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Establishing Minimum
Price on all Grades

. Speculators, greedy elevator men,
middlemen, market gamblers and a
score of other parasites and “stand-
betweens,”‘who have been making an
easy living off Michigan Business
Farmers’ wheat since time immemor-
ial, were given a severe j'olt last week
when the government’s price-fixing
committee sat down and did some tall
thinking and decided to spike the price
of wheat at Chicago at $2.20 a bushel,

thus eliminating speculation and do- ,

ing away with the dealings in “fu-
tures” in the wheat trade in the Chi-
cago “pit." ,

There is probablygno little grief
about the, Chicago “pit” thisE week as
a result. The government started to
buying "wheat on this market Wedn’es-
day and instead of the “pit” getting
all excited and worked up over the
government purchases, it was pen-
fectly calm. The transactions‘bore a
striking contrast to those of days gone
by. There was no clamoring among
the buyers to reach the “pit” because
the food administration’s representa-
tive wasthe only purchaser
never went near the “pit” to make his
purchases. The transactions proceeded
as automatically as operations over
the counter at any ordinary national
bank. 7

In accordance with the government
regulations there was just one stand-
ard of values, the basis of $2.20 a
bushel for No. 1 northern grade. Con-
signees in receipt of wheat merely
had to send their commodity into
store at the warehouse and on turn—
ing the receipt over to the represen—
tative of the food administrator, were
given a check for cash in full pay-
ment. The. exchange of the receipts
for the check was not done in the
board of trade but in an office build-
ing two blocks away. This graphi-
cally explains the simplicity with

which the government has effectively '

wrested the market reins from those
who have held control of them for
years. -

Fixing the price of wheat at $2.20
a bushel 'does many things of great
value to both producers and consum-
ers. In the first place it stabilizes the
market and does away with specula-
tion in “futures” which has more
than once caused the high of living
__to wax fat. It sets aside the law of
supply and demand. It removes a
heavy burden fromthe shoulders of
wheat producers who have hereto-
.foro suffered losses by selling their
crop when the markets unexplainably
,began to decline. -It‘ also protects the
consumer against» the speculators and
middlemen boosting the price of the
finished product out of sight,

Federal ,.'~ action ~ in fixing .» the price
of the 1917 crop could not he escaped.
The government had no other course
to follow after the enactment of the
food control law fixing the price of

It es-
.it was
,, to. protect

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istration eitpects to maintain in ac-
cordance with the recommendation
of the president for the period of this
crop, year will be at the various sea-
board and interior primary markets,
as follows:

”For No. 1 northern, No. 1 red winter
No. 1 hard winter, No. 1 durum and No.

1 hard white, at New York, $2.30; at
Philadelphia, $2.29; Baltimore. $2.29;
Buffalo, $2.25; . Galveston, $2.2 ; New

Orleans, $2.20; Chicago, $2.20; St. Louis,
$2.18; Duluth, $2.17; Minneapolis, -
Omaha. $2.15: Kansas City, $2.15

For the No. 2 of each of these grades,
3 cents a bushel less.

For the No. 3 of each of these grades,
6 cents less.

For the No. 4 of each of these grades,
10 cents. less.

For mixed wheat 4 cents less than the
price of the predominating grade.

For dark hard winter, dark northern
spring and amber durum, 4 cuts a bush-
el premium over the basic grades.

For soft red winter, red spring and soft

white. 2 cents discount under basic
grade. -

For yellow hard winter and white club
wheat, 4 cents discount under basic
grade. '

For red durum and red walla, 7 cents
under basic grade.
For humpback,

10 cents under the

' basic grade.

Lower grades will be purchased by
sample on basic of relative values. "

Purchases will all be on the basis of
government‘s standards of grades of
grain.

Grain bought [for export will be paid
for after being unloaded and warehouse
receipt issued in a public elevator, or in
a private elevator where receipts are
issued under safeguards provided by
the government;

These prices cover government
purchases, only but the food admin-
istration expects to control the wheat
market through its wheat corpora;-
tion recently organized with head-
quarters in New York City and
twelve branch offices in the wheat-
buying centers. It expects to control

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Plant More Wheat

Michigan is. a. good wheat state. Her fertile soils are well adapted to the prof—
' itable production of this cereal and therein no reason why her farmers should not
plant a much larger acreage than is their practice.
'32 that has already been fixed on the 1918 crop, there is no crop which the
Michigan ”business farmer can grow that will insure betterreturns for the
Many farmers of this state report yields of 38 and
4\0.bnshels to the acre, and, with the proper preparation of the soil, this can
‘be duplicated in almost 'any, section of .the state.
h Get the Red Rock variety with which farmers have been
Your soil is good; the price is fixed.
good, treated seed, you take the smallest chance of any crop that grows.

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Plant more wheat, this‘ fall.

“'ith

the market by the fact that purch-
ases for the Allies as well as the gov-
ernmentare to be made through the
corporation. It also has plans under
consideration to make purchases for
the -miilers and then it would virtu-
ally beéome the purchaser of. the na-
tion’s entire crop.

At least for the next two years
the producers and consumers will
have their innings in the food game;
the market gamblers and speculat-
ors will be permitted to warm the
bleachers.

The fact remains we must grow
more wheat and to do this we must
substantially increase the planted ac-
reage, and of no less importance, pro-
duce more bushels to the measured
acre. Our Sammies at the front must
be fed, and fed exceedingly well with
an abundance of nutritious foods and
rations to their liking. Our Allies
must also be fed and those of us who
stay at home must be fed as well.

There is just one best variety of
wheat for the Michigan planter and
that is Red Rock developed by the

‘Michigan Agricultural College. There

are several thousand bushels of this
pedigreed seed available for planting
this fall. It is a variety that has pro-
duced splendid results this year. It
has been tested and found true. Yields
ranging from 30 to 50 bushels per
acre are reported from every corner
of the state where the seed was sown
last fall.

It is not too late to plant wheat
yet. The best time to plant in central
and southern Michigan is from Sep-
tember 15th to '3'0th. In northern
Michigan it may be sown as late as
September 10th. A good stand is not

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The bean “dictator" has arrived.
Mr. W. J. Orr of Saginaw, president
of the Michigan Bean Jobbcrs’ Ass’n,
and a nationally recognized author-
ity on beans, has been
chairman of a committee to purchase
the entire bean supplies needed by
the United States army and navy. The
other members of the committee are
E. E. Doty of New York; G. ‘G. Wil-
son of Colorado; H. Clay Miller oi!
California.

The government’s bean needs for
the month of September alone is 7,-
500,000 pounds or about 200 cars. This
allotment will be obtained from Cal-
ifornia, Colorado, Michigan. New
Mexico and New York state. They will
be of the old crop and deliveries will
start at once to the 32 cantonments;
depots and to quartermasters.

The government will set the price
on all beans purchased for them.
What this will be, Mr. Orr is unable
to state at the present time. It has
been presumed, however,. that the
price will be around $7.50 per
bushel. While the price the govern-
ment fixes does not necessarily an.
ply to beans sold for civilian consump-
tion, it will undoubtedly automatic-

ally fix the price of such .per bushel.

Altho the price the government fixes
on its own needs does not necessarily
apply to those sold for civilian con-
sumption, it is believed that thisprico‘

will automatically govern the latter,.

owing to the large bulk of the crop
which the government will take from
the regular channels of trade.

Mr. Orr states to Michigan Busi-.

ness Farming that any elevator, any
dealer or any producer of beans may
sell to the government in car lots
providing they satisfy the specifica-
tions. This being true, every pro!-
ducer in the state of Michigan has an
equal chance with every other one.
to dispose of his crop to the govern-
ment at the established price. Mr.
Orr requests that all farmers desir«
ing to sell their beans to the govern-
ment to write to him at Saginaw and

receive full particulars as to speci-

fications, price, etc.

According to the provisions of the

food—control bill neither Mr. Orr, or
any of. the other members of the com-
mittee, nor any firm in which they
may be interested, may sell beans to
the government. It is, therefore, man-
ifestly impossible for these gentlemen
to profit by virtue of their positions
from the sale of any commodity. to
the government. ‘
Mr. Orr is unable to state what the

maximum needs of the government

may be, but they will be sufficiently
large to keep the market vigorous
at all times, and no farmer need fear
that he will be unable to dispose'ot
his 1917 crop at a good price and a
fair profit. The element of specula-
tion which has dominated the bean
market in the past is now entirely

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~ » 'vual " Exposition Draws Thous-
rlands from Michigan Farms to
View Exhibits and Splendid
Attractions at Detroit.

While this article is being writ-
en and set in type the sixty-
isecond annual Michigan State Fair
is in full swing in the City of
”Detroit. Thousands of people from
the farms, cities and villages are
thronging the buildings, tents and
fair ground avenues viewing the ag-
ricultural, mechanical and art ex-
hibits with an appreciative eye. Ap-
preciative eye, we say, because each
fair guest can not help but realize
the great handicap under which the
annual agriculturah exhibition is be-
ing held and take Congizance of the
great efforts the state fair officials
have made to crown it with success.
And the fair is again a. success. It
has drawn farmers and townspeople
from every corner of the state to
view the agricultural fruits of the
year. No doubt the 1917 fair Will
surpass the attendance record of a
year ago. The crop exhibits, however
are not up to the standard maintain-
ed by those of a year ago, but this
could not be expected when the back-
wardness of the growing season is
taken into consideration. Yet such
as they are Michigan can justly feel
proud of her farmers in being able
‘to grow as good crops as they have
from which they picked their exhib-
its. These exhibits are from practi-
cally every county in the state and
are on exhibition in one or more of
the buildings on the grounds. . _

The fair is a success because it_en-
couraged so many thousands of Mich-
igan farmers to lay aSlde their tools,
stand their horses in the barn for .a
short rest, while they went’to Detrmt
to view the exhibits of what others

‘ have grown upon their tarnis this
year. The farmers need a little va-
cation of this sort as well as other
people; they needed it more thisyear
as they have been laboring untlringly
short handed many of them, to grow
an inreased acreage of foodstuffs to
feed a hungry world being.torn to
pieces by international strife.- The
benefits derived from this fair Will
probably be manifold. Here the farm-
ers were able to view the new types
of grains that have obtained. such

I splendid yields for many a Michigan
Business Farmer; here they were
brought in contact with breeders of
the best livestock in the country; here
they saw tractor and farm implement
demonstrations. Then too, their
minds were drawn away from the
cares of the farm by attending the
highclassed entertainment features
on the grounds and viewing the fire
works in the evening.

» - fair closes Sunday and the
farmers and the exhibitors will re-
turn to their farms to await the com-
ing of another fair. In the meantime
the fair officials begin laying plans
for the sixty-third annual State
Fair.

Michigan Politics

Err-Governors Chase S. Osborn and
W. N. Ferris are already sparring
around the political mat, calling each
"other affectionate names and other-
wise calling the people’s attention to
their respective candidacies for Unit-
i‘ed States senator to fill the boots
""Which William Alden Smith will
, eke oii' shortly. But they are not
thelonly ones who are reported to be
after the job. The names ‘of Ex-Gov-
mar Warner, “Pat” Kelley and Jos.
Fordney have also been mentioned

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LUDINGTON—LA bumper cucumber
crops predicted by growers in this sec.—
tion. Marketing of the cucumbers is
in full swing this week.

TRAVERSE CITY—«Milk producers in-

creased the wholesale price to $3 'a. bun--

dred lbs. which will increase the retail
price from 8 to 10 or 11 cents a. quart,

LANSING— Figures of the U. S.
census show there'are 7,061 acres'in cu—
in Michigan, the largest state
acreage in. the country. New York, with
an acreage of 3,350, ranks second.

EAST LANSING-—In order to permit
farmers? sons to remain on the farm and
assist .in-the final harvesting of the
the Michi; in Agricultural Col-
lege has announced that postponment of
its regular opening day of September 24th
to October 10th.

SALINE—The apple crop will be 25
per cent. nurmal. Early varieties will be
very short, and there will not be enough
for local. demand.
normal yield despite the 10 per cent in-
crease in acreage. The 'price in local
Sacra: is $1 bu. Other fruit crops are
s or

MT. 'CIMENS—hmers near here
fear an early frost. Those who are weath-
er-wise predict that during the month of
September there will be two moons, an
unusual condition. Crops are promis-
ing, but farmers believe a frost will do
a great damage. Apples will be less
than an average crop this year.

MUSK‘EGON—Thousands of barrels of
flour were destroyed, a grain elevator
razed and the People’s Milling Com-
gutted by a fire that
threatened the business section here, in—
cluding the Continental Motor Company
plant. The loss is $150,000. The pa-
lice are seeking incendiaries.

LANSING-Spread of h choler '
counties of Southern Michigagn is enigmlg
anXiety to state officers. Drastic steps
to curb the epidemic are in preparation.
AdVices received here today said the
diseaseAhad made its appearance in three
townships of Lenawee county, and that
additional cases were reported in Wash-
terraw and St. Joseph counties.

LANSING—Eight hundred farmers of
Osceola and Missaukee counties have pe-
titioned Governor Sleeper that farmer
boys be exempt from the draft. The pe-
tition asks that farmer boys be given
military training during the winter
months for home guard protection pur—
poses only. Gov. Sleeper can not act
and has so notified the petitioners.

IiAJnAMAZOOwKalamazoo milk deal-
ers Will be given ten days councilmen said
recently to submit figures showing why
consumers here should pay the increased
rate for milk. The dealers have sub-
mitted one schedule of costawhich would
make the price of handling milk in this
City .as great as in New York. Kalama-
zoo is paying 12 cents a quart and seven
cents a. pint, the latter price being rep
giggled as an injustice and without

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Sept; 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 {1917

Yer}: “1
Cool

WASHINGTON, D. (la—Lag: bola
letin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent August 30 to Sep-
tember 3 and Sept. 5 to 8, warm wave
Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 and Sept. 4 to 8,
cool wave Sept. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9.
These will carry us past the warm
weather, with a great fall in tem-
peratures Sept. 1 to 11 and killing
frosts in the northern states and
Canada near the latter date. Then
the temperatures will run upward.
contrary to the season, till about
Sept. 27. Good rains will continue in
the states till about Sept. 20 and then
move no ns will continue in
Canada but they will do more harm
than good.

Next warm rain ‘will reach Van-
couver about Sept. 11 and tempera—
tures will rise on‘ all the Pacific slope.
It Will cross crest of Rockies by close
of Sept. 13, plains sections 13, mer-
idian 90, great Lakes and Ohio val-
leys 'Sept. 14, eastern sections 15.
reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
about Sept. 16. Storm wave will role
low about one day behind warm wave
and cool wave about one day behind
storm wave. ‘ .

This will be a well organized storm
With ,, more force than usual. Loca-
tion of rains will be about same as
for month past. Trend of tempera-
tures will be upward. Light to kill-
mg frosts“ are expected in some parts

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Potatoes promise a ,,

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’0 CASS CIT Y—Hi're’e condensed .il’mi: - ,2 I

Company is completing a.‘ modern .con-
densary here which .will have milk ca:-
pacityof 200,000 pounds daily. When the
plant is completed and operations begin.
it is expected this new industry will stim—
ulate the dairy industry about- Cass City
as it has never been done before. .

LANSING——Secretary of State vaughn

has authorized the Grand Blanc Co-op—
erative Elevator Company of Grand

Blanc to incorporate in Michigan to do

an elevator and milling business. $13:
will make the second farmers’ co—opera-
tive elevator .in Genesee county and a.

'third company is now being organized

by‘ the farmers a lit. Morris.

HASTINGS-AR. L.‘ Winslow, 8, Barry .'

county farmer, believes in war_ 07.
"Rather than take ‘ team of. horses
away from their work in the field, he
hitched his touring car to a couple of
loads of wheat and hauled them to mar-

ket, a. distance of two and a half miles, '

without meeting with an accident. He
hauled 120 bushels to market at a single
trip and traveled at the rate of five miles
per hour.

EAST LANSING—According to the
best authorities Michigan will market one
of the biggest potato crops in her history
this year. . W. Wade, potato disease
expert of the M. A. 0., who has kept in
intimate touch with the acreage and con-
dition of the crop, believes the yield will
reach- nearly 40,000,000. While this is
greatly in excess of last year‘s poor

' yield, it falls. short of the state’s aver-

age production. ,

EVART—An unusual effort will be'
made here to harvest the large wild
blackberry crop about here as a result
of word being received here that the
government will require eleven million
pounds of blackberry jam for the army
and navy. Northern Michigan has a. big
crop of this fruit which is particularly
desirable' because it has medicinal qual-
ities which counteract certain intestinal
troubles in addition to its welcome place
in the diet as a sweet.

HASTINGS—The Central Barry Co—op-
erative association is shipping stock each
Saturday. The membership is growing
and will ultimately do all the stock
shipping in this section land for that mat-
ter all over the southern part of Mich-
igan, as there are thirty of these associ-
and more organizing. The one
centered here of which Albert Williams
is secretary, ha : shipped since organiz-
ed over $15,000 worth of stock, and the
prices received have been satisafctory.

JACKSON—The Michigan Co-operative
Association of Livestock Buyers has been
organized here. Officers are: President,
E. A. Dunton, Goldwater; vice presi-
dent, L. C. Kelly, Charlotte; secretary-

treasurer, C. J. Miller, Union City. Forty.

local organizations will be asked to join.
A meeting will be called here next month
The organization protested against the
proposed unrestricted limitations of veal
sales. It also opposed the establishment
of uniform insurance rate for cattle in
transit. The stop-over privilege in ship-
ping stock was advanced. Buyers say
there are fewer hogs and fewer sheep
in southern Michigan now than a year
ago. Hogs are 30 days late in maturing.

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of middle west Canada. and northern
states near Sept. 11 and some late
com will be damaged. General kill-
ing frosts in best corn section near
Oct. 2. Great heat wave will reach
meridian 90 near Sept. 27.

The U. S Department of Agricul-
ture has published a large number
of valuable Iarmers’ bulletins for
free distribution Send to that depart-
ment for a catalogue of those bul—
letins and then you can select such
as interest. you. They will assist
you in studying intensified farming.
The business of farming is now as-
sured as the best occupation one can
follow, but some farmers must get
rid of their slouchy methods or they
will be crowded out by the‘more en-
terprising. Lands are now too val-
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Acid fertilizers make the crops grow
one season but they kill the soil. The
better way is to permanently renew
the soil so that it will not need acid
fertilizers. The only natural and per—
manent fertilizers are vegetable and
animal mold and some mineral, bird
and animal deposits. The best soil
goes into the ravines and down to-
ward the sea. You should catch and
bring it

September rains will put your soil
in condition for sowing Winter —
grit and the
sown in the Fall months.

and blue grass will ‘

ne pastures.‘ The 1918 cropweather
conditions appear to be very favor-
able to timothy and other grasses
east of meridian 90 and .north of lat-
itude.,,40‘. Now is the time to make
preparations. ‘Timothy should be
sewn during the usual sowing time
this Fall. That is one crop Ithat'will
pay next year. but some other crops
will not pay; the seed will be lost.

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~ DeSpite.Protests From Farm Col-

leges and Organizations. the
Country over, President,
Says Farmers Cannot
.be Exempted

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, The State Board of Agriculture has.

passed a resolution protesting against
the drafting of farmers and farm
hands actively engaged in producing
crops. Such policy, the board cle-
clared, is contrary to the intent of the
selective. draft act and it .‘continued
will result in nothing short of dis-
aster for Michigan "agriculture.

This resolutiOn expresses the senti-‘
ment of farmers and, farmer organ-
izations all over the state, and there
is a consensus of opinion that the con.
tinned conscription of farm helpers
will work havoc with next yeag’s.
production. . In response to Presi-
dent Wilson’s appeal for increased
production, and depending upon the
government’s word that farm help
would be exempted from the provis-
ions of the draft, many farmers of
this state made heavy purchases of
lands, machinery and other equipment
necessary to plant and care for a larg-
er acreage of crops. They are now
left in the lurch, with their sons and
hired hands drafted into the army,
and without visible help to care for
the crops they have planned. But it
appears that a proteSt at this date
is useless, according to the following
statement purported to have come
from President Wilson;

“I feel that a class exemption (re-
ferring to exemptions of farmers)
would lead to many difliculties and. to
many heart-burnings, much as "I
should personally like to see all geun-
ine farmers left at their indispensa.
ble labors.”

The President points out that no
farmers will be..called to camp until
after the end of this year’s harvest-
ing season. .

The farmers. have made no 'de‘
mand that they be exempted from ser-
vice as a class. There are men who
reside in the country and try their
hand at farming who are in no sense
farmers, whose responsibilities and,
abilities are so slight that they could ‘
be taken out of the field of preduction
Many so-called
farmers are city men who hiked to
the country last spring expecting that
they would be exempted upon their
unsupported plea that they were
farmers. None of these should have
exemption. But where it is shown
that a land-owning and crop-Pmduc‘
ing farmer. ‘

New Farmers’ Elevator at Midland

The organization of the Farmers’
and Gleaners’ Co-operative Elevator
at Midland has been completed.

Officers were elected as follows:
President, Oscar Warren; vice presi-
dent, Oscar Inman; secretary and
treasurer, August Rohdle. The above
oflicers with Peter Weidemier and
August Hints, comprise the board of

directors, and were given full power

to act. August Rohde was elected
manager of the elevator. __The
board of directors closed a deal with.
William Real-don, Sr., for ' the pur-
chase of the upper elevator, which
they expect to remodel and modern.
ixe for the new business,- and to which

a creornery will be added. .

The new organization -at present
is composed of 110 stockholders, each

of whom will. have but one rotatab- F “

a

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ry‘ service, Hisgouty old guar-_
dish, Munitions; Molten; med "claima
of dependency before-the Senate who
took pity on" the “poor? old man and
returned his beloved. protege pracu-J

cally intact.“ lTr’ue', a few hairs were.

pulled cut during the heat of thecon-
that in the Senate over the exemption.
claims, but they’ll never be —-missed.
He returns ,J‘oyfully home to put on
additional avoirdupois and “keep the
"‘old man" from starvation. In just
’what manner old Munitions-Maker ex-
pressed his gratitude to the kind and
solicitous senators who spared his
“"sole support" is not related.

.iThe' report issued by the Senate
committee. on finance in support of
its recommendation for higher taxes
against war profits.»_and incomes, is
a bewildering document. It Cites the
profits of nearly 150 representative
industrial corporations and railroads
for 1916, ranging from the $254,558
earnings of the Pere Marquette to
the $271,531,730 net income of the
United States Steel CorporatiOn. .The
aggregate of these profits runs up m-

to many billions of dollars, and, they -

have been secured both thru new for-
eigh business, and increased charges
to the American consumer. With but
few exceptions all of these compan-
ies were making large profits on their

‘ invested capital prior to the war,

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which have been increased several
hundred per cent during the last three
years.

Under the original revenue bill the

highest tax proposed against war pro-
fits was 00 per cent on all profits in
excess of 300 percent of the pro-war
profits. The finance committe recom-
mended an increase ranging from
20 to 70 percent of the excess profits
according to their size. Senators La-
Follette of Wisconsin and Hiram
Johnson of California lead the fight
for higher taxes, but at no time were
they able to muster more than 20
votes in support. For an entire fort.
night Congress wrangled over the pro-
posed» amendments. Every time one
amendment was defeated “Bob” La-
Follette would bob up with another,
all having the same object of fixing
the war burden upon war profits.
But Senator Simmons who lead the
opposition was too ably supported by
Honorable Senator Penrose‘ (name
sound familiar?) and other senators
Who make no secret of their obliga-
tions to the corporations, and on a. fi-
nal vote taken Sept. 5th the senate
adopted the comadopted the compro-
mise providing for a total levy of
$1,286,000.000, or about one-third of
this year’s war and normal excess
profits. ’
- Most folks think that if the govern-
ment has a right to conscript men it
also has the right to conscript wealth.
I know that some. however, hold
wealth dearer than life, and there are
a few thousand of the idle richin this
country who are‘unwilling to give up
either life or wealth to help the coun-
try win the War. And with loyal
friends sitting in the Congress of the
united States, both their lives and
their dollars will be safe for all time
to come.

The graduated rates and their es-
timated revenue yield follows:

Twelve per cent. on excess proflth up
to 15 per cent, $100,080,000.

Sixteen per cent. on between 16 and 25
De'ii‘wcent, $46 080,000

enty per cent between 26 and 60 per
cent, $109.000.000. ”

Thirty per cent between 75 and 190
per cent. 888 200,000.

Thirty-five per cent between 100 and

0 per cent, $120.050,000.

orty per cent. between 150 and 200
per cent. 31.02.000.000.

Forty-«five per cent. between 200 and
250 per cent. $84,150,000.

fty per cent. between 260 and 300

peg‘cfnt” 372.500.000.
k1x y per cent. of profits in exce f
800 per cent, $482,940,000. ‘ SS 0

Of course, the revenue bill will have
to go back to the House where un-
doubtedly the war profits provisions
wil be discussed and argued all over
again, but there is little likelihood.
of there being any additional tax put
upon wealth by the House will-chor-
Iiginally recommended a much signall-
or tax than agreed upon by» the Ben-

  

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you prohibit the, more booze there is
drunk,” and other stock, and equally

. at mass
AMII‘Smefess' to,

1: Commissioner " got Internal:- .7 Revenue ‘
" ; Just made public "co‘rnplei.e~ substanti:
.. {ati’onmot their. old.,pleas that ,“prohi-
. Ibition' does not prohibi ,” “the more

   
  

as paradoxical arguments they have ‘

been, using without success the last
few years to «‘stem the tide of prohi-
bition. . Even the prohibitionists
themselves and those cheerful opti—
.mists who persist that the world is
constantly growing better will scratch
their heads and ponder long over the
figures showing the amount of booze
drunk and tobacco smoked and chewa
ed in this country during the 'fiscal
year ending June 30th, which greatly
exceeded all previous year’s records.
Here are the grand totals of pro-
duction on which taxes are paid:
Distilled spirits from every source,
including rye, corn, wheat, apples,
peaches, pears, pineapples, oranges,
apricots, berries, prunes, figs and
cherries, was"164,685,246 gallons, an
increase of 26,000,000 gallons over the

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The American Drunkard Pays His Annual
Booze Bill

previous year, yielding a tax return
of $186,563,055.

Cigars of all descriptions and
weight, 9,216,901,113, or approximate-
ly 9O pervcapita, as compared with
8,337,720,530, the previous year.

Cigarettes, 30,529,193,538, as com-
pared with 1,087,075,078, an increase
of more tha 40 per cent.

Tobacco, chewing and smoking, 445,-
763,206 pounds, an increase of 28,500,-
000 pounds.

The return to the government in
taxes in cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and
snuff was $103,201,592, an increase of
approximately $15,000,000, or 18 per
cent over the previous year.

Looks kinda bad all right for a
country that has waged such war
against booze and (in some sections)
tobacco, as the United States. But
the conclusions of the Federal govern-
ment need aanlyzing. The country
hasn’t so bad an alcohol and tobacco
heart as the figures make out.

The government bases its CON-

  

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lore; ‘hmhnothing about the actual

consumption or these products. .
.It‘isga. tact that distillers and to

, bacon ‘Vmanutactnrers paid millions of

“ dollars ,ot- taxes upon whiskey and
tobacco, which we re never-«consumed
in this country. In the matter of to-
bacco it is only necessary to state
that the exports of this product this
year. to Europe have been the'largest
in the history of the country, which of
course, accounts for the increased pro-
duction. It is reasonable to supp0se
also that'the idleness or. men in the
military training camps the past year
has been a factor in increasing the
use of cigarettes, especially.

The big increase in the quantity of
distilled spirits manufactured does not
necessarily mean that the public con-
sumed them as beverages in the same
length of true. Here’s the key to
the puzzle: Over a year ago the man-

ufacturers of distilled liquors got a. '

“hunch” that the time would come
very shortly when the government
would prohibit or license very heaviily
the use of grains and fruitsvin the
ma'nufacture of whiskey and kindred
spirits. The whiskey men have learn~
ed from sad experience that it pays
to anticipate the future trials and
needs of their business, and so very
quietly they have been buying up
huge quantities of grains and manu-
facturing booz'e‘vastly in excess of
immediate consumption needs and
storing it away in their great ware-
houses. This came to light only a
few months ago when summary leg-
islation Was proposed to prohibit the
manufacture of distilled liquor. Today
Whiskey-making must cease in the
United States. but bulging warehouses
in Peoria, Louisville and other dis~
tilling cities give evidence of the fore-
sight of the booze-makers in provid-
ing for the wants of the‘American
drunkard for some time to come.

Do you see now why the whiskey
manufacturers paid so large a tax on
manufactured products for the fiscal

year ending June 30th?
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A conference of representaative
livestock men was held this week in
Washington for the purpose of dis-
cussing the meat situation. That
there is a world shortage of all kinds
of live stock is just being appreciated
by the governments of the several
nations, and concert-ed action is urged
by the United States government to
increase the production at once. The
meat supply must have attention even
if. war had not broken out Secretary
Houston told the conference, “The
nuumber 0f animals has decreased
steadily in the last decade,” he said,”
“while the population of the United
States was growing rapdly. From all
indications that we can get it is clear
that the decrease in food animals
abroad can be measured only by the
tens of millions. The live stock men
of this nation have an enormous
problem to solve. The)" are going to
be called upon to supply increasing-
ly large quantites of meat products as
well as breeding animals to Europe.”
Got busy, business farmers. raise more
livestock.

  

 

 

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The ,most (important items ‘ that «. ,
come out or the war lone. animal:

several ~Weeks is that of, the'ta'lr. on;
Russia’s this port on the Gulf, ‘ ’“
whi‘h was taken by the Germ n5;
last Saturday ofter a slight sklrm sh:
'with the Russian defenders. During this:
omensive the Germans advanced om
fifteen miles into Russian territory. The
fieemg vRu'ssians laid the entire country
in the way of their retreat in waste,
burning villages and farms. Military
authOrities claim that there is little ‘
strategic value in controlling the Gulf
of R1ga, as it is too far north topetmit
.91' advantageous military operations dur-
ing the severe winter months.

The Entente Allies have been meeting
with further reVerses in the Austro-Ital-
ian theatre of war, the Italians having
made considerable progress along the-
Bainifzza. Plateau where the fighting has
been going on quite severely for a num—I'
ber of months. Advices to the Italian
Embassy at 'Washington are to the 0&1;
feet that along the front of the present“_;,
offenswe the Austrians ‘have lost more.' -
than'128,000 men. In the Flanders m!
gion the batteries of Field Marshal'HaiB‘ 1
are still pouring an incessant fire against]
the German trenches but they have not
yet made sufficient inroads into the Geb»‘,
man lines to enable the British Marshal
t: Safely follow it up with his infantry.- v,

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German airplanes have agai
raiding the coast of England
latest attack is
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as no casualties

age have been discovered as result '“
of the attack. The frequency f Ger‘
man airplane attacks during é last
several ”months keeps England Instant-
ly upon nettles and makes he appre-
hensxve that Germany may at .ome fu—
ture time conduct a more tell' air at
tack upon her shores.

On account of the unsettl economic

conditions in Europe, neutr
are beginning to feel the
tailed imports.
particular, are

”mob of cure,
Norway and Sweden, in
suffering from the lack
of food and many 01- the other necessi4
ties of life. The shortages are so acute
in these countries that the people are
demanding that the governments ’take
over all private stocks of food materials
which are suspected of being held by
food speculators. Some of the latest
despatches from Sweden report of the
rising indignation in many of the cities
at the hlgh prices of certain food stuffs.
Particular complaint is made over- the
fact that some butchers are demand-
bacon. -
ms Anusoer 3.19M “.IerAioq ‘seomd £1133; ,
by the government on the price of pork. ..
Vegetables are luxuries for the well-to-
do and the price of clothing has advanced
65 per cent. The fuel situation is also
acute. Englsh coal is selling in Sweden"
at $90 a ton and hard wood costs $14
a cord. The poorer classes of people
are reported near the hunger line al-
ready, and Winter will bring great suffer-
mg unless some unforeseen ameliora-
tion of conditions comes to pass.

Any hope entertained in the Uni
States that Argentine would support 5312
allied natlons in their war against Ger-
many v1rtually has been abandoned as
a result of the rman government’s
success in. satisfying the demands of the
Buenos Aircs “foreign office in connection
With the Sinking of the little Argentine
sailing craft Toro. Germany's agree—
ment to pay indemnities for ships sunk
and promise not to destroy other ships
under theArgentine flag caused Secre-
tary Lansmg to point out that the im-
penal government and made a greater
promise to the United States {Ind then
lmd broken her word. Examinaiion of
the fariw, however, indicate that Germany
Will not be ismbarrassed by keeping this
lathi promise because, Argentine has no
llitn‘t‘nlzlllc marine engaged in trans—At-
lantic trade.

 

An increase in the number of British‘
vessels sunk last week by mines or sub-
marines is shown in the Weekly admiral-
ty statement just issued. Eighteen ves-
sels of more than 1,600 tons capacity
were sent to the bottom as compared
with fifteen the previous week and five
vessels of less than that tonnage, as
against three the previous wcelc. To:
smneauthorities this is taken to indicate
that Germany has added a number of new .
sulnnarines to her under-water fighting .,
forces or else the vessels were so un-
fortunate as to run onto the "terriers"
of the seas.

Answering Pope Benedict’s peace an.-
peal floated in mid-August, President Wile
son stated that the United States must
contmue the war. until the world is freed
of Prussianism and a. stable and endur-
mg peace is assured, not from the preih
ent rulers of Germany but from the
German peoples themselves. Acceptance
of the vatican's peace propo $113, the
preSIdent pomted'but, would mean a re-
newal of the great war at a. later date.
Pres1dent Wilson made it plain in his
reply that the United States can not trust
the German autocracy. The refusal of
the terms on the part of the United
States could not be expressed in words
conveying more certain meaning, but
wrthal, the president did not close the
door to peace. He said we must await
some new evidence or the purposes of
the. great peoples of the Central powers.
which he hoped would be given soon.
The Allies heartily endorsed the prea~
ident's reply. i

. While peace offerings are being re—
Jocted and peace parties are being de-
nied the privilege of holding a. con—
vention in many of the states, preparers
tions for carrying on a. long and terrible
war are being made by the war depart-A
ments. The pinch of the war is ,
brought nearer home each day and many
homes got their first taste of the war this
week wnen dear ones entertained for the
, Creek where thr
drafted men of Michigan are to be train
in modern warfare.‘ _ , -

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' ustry ‘Startles Everyone With
, "Sudden Conversion to Con-
, sumer’s Cause

 

‘fi‘va'ongressman “Joe” Fordney, of
' erstwhile messenger
and lobbyist extraordinary for the
Michigan sugar interests, created a
mild stir ’tother day in Washington
When he .told Herbert Hoover
the price of sugar should be reduced
to six cents.
. I When a politician who has served
the “interests” so faithfully and
long as Mr. Fordney suddenly protes-
', ses a change of heart and proclaims
an affectionate regard for the wel-
-fare of the consumer, Mr. Consumer
immediately “smells a rat.” No-
body professes to know what is back.
of the Honorable Joseph’s tactics.
Certainly neither the producer nor‘
the consumer are' in on the secret.
. If the manufacturers are wise to his
. game they are keeping mum on the
subject and all efforts to pry, the in-
formation loose from them have'to
date proved quite futile.

It may be mentioned in passing that-
nnder the agreement made between
the sugar manufacturers and the
beet growerslast spring the farmers
will not receive over $7 per ton for
beets in the event of the government’s
acting upon Mr. Fordney’s sugges-
tion to fix the sugar price at 6 cents.
It would be a fine thing, indeed, for
the companies to be able to buy up
all the 1917 beets at $7 per ton and
then have the war come to an end.
Know what would happen? With the
cessation of war, the government’s
control would be removed and sugar
would immediately soar skyward.

.. ——And then again—it is rumored
that Mr. Fordney is a candidate for
the United States senate.

 

New Barrel Law.

 

The standard “dry measure” barrel
law, passed by the 1917 legislature,
became effective September 1, provid-
ing for the enforcement of the law
of the dairy and food commissioner
and penalties for its non-obedience.
According to the new law the stand-
ard barrel for fruits, vegetables, and
all other dry commodities with the
exception of cranberies, shall be as
follows: Diameter of heads, 17 1-2
inches, length of staves, 28 1-2 inches;
distance between heads, 26 inches;
“circumference of bulge, 64 inches;
and the thickness of staves not more
_than 4-10 of an inch; provided that
any barrel of a different form. hav-
ing a capacity of 7.056 cubic inches
shall be a standard barrel.

Wheat Price Fixed at $2.20

assured where fields are planted later

than these dates altho there have
been instances when splendid crops

have been secured from later plant-
ing. ~
Weigh your wheat and other grains
before taking them to market this
fall! You should know 110W much
grain you are taking to market as er-
rors are sometimes made at the ele-
.vators in weighing; occasionally a
grain spout get “plugged” and you
lose a bushel or two. Every bushel
of wheat means at least $2 this year
and it may be time wed-spent for
'you to weigh your wheat before tak—
ing it to the elevator. Remember,
elevator men will not, be able to spec-
ulate on your wheat this year but
if they are none too honest they can
make their excess profits in other
. ways. Weigh your grain and satisfy
your conscience anyway!

  

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" .10 you, it has something of equal value to
3-year neighbor. Why not stick this copy
‘of Michigan Business Farming in
our, jeans pocket so it’ll be handy
. 0 show your neighbors when you
street them. on the road. or in town?

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rstwhile Champion- of saga: 1)th °

. threshing alsyke clover seed.

that . ’ is not much for market as yet.

' [fr-If this paper has something in it of value’

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- Artist Wt
440 bukof oats-tr 111,10 .
Marlon: . . . .

cannon—Th ' farmers are 5 getting

ready-to sow “wheat, but smile are,,.not;
.The weather is
.we;.don't get any
The soil- "is Working up good for‘

through threshing uyet.”
thpeatening rain but
ye .
being so dry. Wheat and cats are the
rlncipal grain; going on the market.
he farmers are not building as much
this year as last—H. 0., Banister...
PRESQUE ISLE—~Farmers are now
Weather
cool and' fair; soil sandy to clay loam.

.Are not selling much, a few sheep and

Not holding anything as there
John
Farrow’s lar e barn burned with-
hay and too 8, causeed by burning of
stumps and neglected them. We need
at least two weeks of good weather "to

cattle;

finish potatoes and beans—D. D. 8., Mil- ,

lersburg. - . .

MIDLAND—Since the last report have
had rains, and f the frost holds off
corn,beans and potatoes will make a fair
crop. Some threshing done,
know the yield. ‘But very little plowmg
done yet. Some of the farmers__ work
in the chemical plant at Midland. Rob—
ert Haskins built a. new house this sum-
mer. He is a good farmer; keeps his
crops clean, keeps good horses, feeds
regularly. keeps them clean and fat—G.
H. M., Midland. .

VAN RUBEN—Fall seeding in corn,
sowing alfalfa.'handling grape baskets,
working out road tax. Consolidated
school at Mattawan commenced Monday.
September 3. A
take the place of German. September
5 a nice rain, but cold. Concord grapes
are starting to turn. Nights cold, poor
cucumber weather. Grape help being
solicited for Oct. 1.—-V. T. G.,Mattawan.

HERE’S PROOF" THE \
FIXES YOUR MARKET PRICES

but don’t,

commercial course to .

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. 7 ran. nip
(M5!) 7.135%.: y ‘. ‘
Elgin _quOtation

where ' the room'f‘will ‘- be"‘nsede
beans.
Rosen rye reported. a .big crop,

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fields yielding as in h as 431 bu. to the.

acre. Buyers are one from Pennsyh
vania and Indiana buying new milch
cows, paying as high as...$150.00, ..for
choice grades.-—G. A. W, Fowlerville.,

NEWAYGO~—Cold nights, hot
shortening buckwheat crop to some. ex-
tent. ’Stock buyers quite plentiful: 5 .1-2
_cents for steers. -Threshing machines
in every direction. Grain turnin out
good, especially oats. ’ Probably 8 per
cent of the corn crop maybe harvested.
Stock- looking good, pasture excellent.
Large acreage of fall gain will
sowed ~this fall. , Gleaners’ picnic'large—
ly attended good speakers. fine ,time in
general—F. 8., ’Big, Rapids.'

, .ANTRIM—Weather conditions the
past week have been ideal for the corn,
bean and potato crops of this section.
Corn has advanced wonderfully the last
ten days and farmers are more hopeful
for ripe corn this fall. Threshing has
not been commenCed yet as a good share
of the cats are not yet hauled and the
rains have prevented threshing from
the fields. Potatoes and beans are do-
ing finely and a good crop is expected.
The cherry season is over and the or-
chardists report good gains altho much
was lo‘st because of scarcity of pickers.

etholfdeUYER ,

 

'County Market Reports Indicate a Wide and Unexplainable Margin

Between Prices Paid by Local Buyers for Commodities in
Different Parts of the State ‘

 

Market reports gathered from a
large number- of counties in the low-
er peninsula indicate a wide margin
in the prices paid in the several re-
spective sections. As noted else-
where, the price of potatoes, for in-
stance, varied from 60 cents in Grand
Traverse county to $1.50 in Kalama-
zoo county. The same divergence is
noticeable with practically all other
farm products.

In a large number of counties, deal-
ers have apparently been taking ad
vantage of the farmers’ ignorance of
the wheat situation, and have been
buying Wheat at from 15. to 30 cents
less per bushel than the price fixed
by the government. Several coun—
ties report the wheat market at $1.85
per bushel, while others show a mar-
ket price as high as $2.08. Under
the prices fixed by the government,
no wheat unless of the very poorest
quality, should sell for less than $2.05
per bushel anywhere in the state of
Michigan. If your dealer will not
pay you this, Mr. Business Farmer,
hold your wheat and write us. We’ll
find out what’s the trouble.

The av-

erage price paid for wheat in the
state on Sept. 4th was $1.97.

The average for potatoes _on
above date was $1.08.

The price of cats ranges from 40
cents in Osceola county'to 72 in Oge-
maw, with an average of 57 cents.
Rye prices vary from $1.35 in Otta-
wa to $1.90 in Antrim, with an aver-
age for the. state of $1.52. The av-
erage for No. 1 timothy hay is $11.68.
ranging from $8 in Ingham to $15
in Antrim. The average for poultry
is 15 cents and for eggs, 34 cents.

There is no one in the world better
able to stabilize the markets on all
products than the farmer. By keep—
ing in intimate touch with state and
national market conditions and prices
he is able at all times to strike a
comparison _with local prices and
know about what he should receive
for his produce. In all cases, when

the

convinced that the condition of the
market is such as to warrant high; “

er prices than the buyer offers. the
farmer should by all means demand
it, and stand ready to show the buy-
er upon what grounds he expects a
better price.

 

 

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The “Home Stretch” Pledge.

Every Michigan business farmer wants to see-this new market

weekly go.

Scores have sent in the pledges of ten to twenty of their

neighbors. These bring us rapidly to the 5,000 mark. Clip this petition

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We, the undersigned, by our signatures herewith, pledgeourselves
to one year’s subscription to Michigan Business Farming, and promise
to send $1 on or before December 1st, .1917.

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soil very dry but-is raining today. Farm;
.. ers are selling hay instacks an in barns j
to‘ store. .
Most farmers are‘holdl‘ng wheat. _

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The {channels a type ‘ or ‘ sévémi‘f
letters that Mung-been »~_r,‘eceived ."by
MICHIGAN Busms‘ss Faustino recent-

. "I am about to buy a 'farm' or’to- inane .
a payment ,on’a farm“ .,and _my neighbor
has already made ”two” payments but has
We :.a.re . both or Jdraft
Do you advise me. tobuy? and do

 

age.

'you ,think. my neighbor might 10Se',’"'We

were not drawn in the first drawing but

"if all reports are truezI think ther ' ' .
.— be another drawing from the saunae 333 ‘ . “

istration soon." . .
' We immediately referred .this let-
ter_ to Governor Sleeper‘and are in re-
peipt tg’f aha following infomhation
romp e overnor’s. secretar‘ , Mr.
Rolph DufEr ' .y '

“I have your letter-to Governor Sleep»
er in which you inquire as to the posi—
tion of farmers who may be drafted and
whp have land contracts running.

. I just now called up Col. Bersey.
Adjutant General 'of the State} and he
tells me; that there is no question in his
mind that the law which takes care‘ of
these contracts in the case of enlisted
men, applies equally to men who are
called under the draft. If Col. Bersey
ésrsrifigéhagd I- laave no doubt he is, farm—

e un er no ‘a reh ' .

as to their land contragtlijs. ension the“
. “Yours very truly,

‘ROLPH DUFF, Secretary.’

We WOuld, therefore, unhesitating-
1y advise our readers of draft age to
continue their business transactions
as usual. They may never be'drawn,
but if they are, the government will
look after any. contracts to which
they may be a party. .

 

~ What Our Readers Say:,

It‘s a great little magazine for-the farm-E
ers and I' see it hews right to the line.
The farmers must organize and stand to-
gether. Chas. P. Douglas, Saginaw Co.,

 

I am not eng ged in. farmin- , but a
vitally lntereste in the things gou stanrg
for. Wish you'every measure of success.

. M. Perry, Osceola ,County. Mich. '
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Keep coming. ‘Slocum I' admire your
nerve, also the way you handle your mar-
kgg gipggts.‘ gour ieditorials are worth

0 a miss on.
Lapeer County, Mich. Force,

 

It gives me. pleasure to say that I am .
more than willing to co-operate with
you in establishing a Market Paper.
Wishing you success. I am, Ernest Trues-
dale, Wexofrd county.

As to being a crop reporter I will do
the best I can for BUSINESS FARM-
ING. I think we should all try to help
one another. If my report will help you
are welcome to it. W. H. Leach, Monroe,
county.

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I want you to know that I appreciate
the Market Reports. In the way ‘of
Market information they are the best
that I can obtain. No farmer can af-
ford to be without this paper. I am,
Percy E. Parkinson, Gladwin' county.
Michigan.

Altho I am already a subscriber to
three prominent Farm magazines. besides
several other works I have room for an—
other and as evidence enclose herewith

-‘ $1 to get my name on your subscription

list. This country is fast changing from a
sparselyto a densely populated condition
and I believe that the application of sci-
entific principles of tillage will ab-
solutely necessary to successful farming
and this result will be largely attained by
organization of the farmers for the pur-
pose of interchanging ideas and experi-
ence.—-Geo. Ernst, Com. of Finance.
Port Huron. Mich. .

 

Dear Mr. Editorz—I am so glad that
there are a few editors who are not afraid
to speak the truth and picture the farm-
er’s conditions as they exist. Last year_

I tried to work 160 acres of land: no
help except cocasionally a man by the
day, my wife and the dog. The dog died.

No one seemed to want to Work on the
farm. I am above .70 years old and
lived in sight of where I now HVe since. ..
1853.. If you want to insult a man ask ,
him _lf he would work ,on a. farm. Our
hold was to change work withpeople
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you! Discouragodz ,Yes, until a week .
.ago at Saginaw county man located a;
man and , ht him here. _We :mafie:
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It’s a wise man and abrave man.

.who dares to tell what potatoes will
bring next Decoration, No one vex-
pacts potatoes tojdrop below 50 cents
a .bushel, .while others are confident
that $1 will be closer, to the average
price~ for the entire season. ‘

* It is apparent that buyers them--

selves are in a quandary as to what
they ought-to pay for potatoes _
folks in the 'cities are still paying

$2,: per bushel at the corner store,

and We know that buyers can safely
pay from $1.25 to $1.50 for limited
quantities. Some of them are pay-
ing that at the present time, but
there are others who are offering as
low as 60 cents here in Michigan.

On Sept. '4th potatoes were bring-
ing 85 to 90 cents in Ingham county,

$1.25, Gratiot; "$1.50, Kalamazoo;
$1.25, Monroe; $1.60, Macomb; 90c,
Branch; 60c, Grand Traverse; $1.40,

Saginaw; $1.25, Ottawa; $1, Bay; 75c
Newaygo; $1.25, Antrim. .

It is our judgment that potatoes
will average considerably more than
60 cents per bushel this year, and

that the growers ought not to sell,

this early in the season-for any such
Remember, the potato crop
has not yet been harvested. There
are many things yet that can happen
to cut down the yield by many mil-
lion bushels.
produce a few extra million bushels
quite safely without demoralizing the
market. The only thing for them to
do is to keep their head, reason
things out for themselves and sit
tight.

If wheat, for instance, were sell-
ing at $2.20 per bushel, oats at 35c,
corn for 90c, beans at $2.50, etc., we’d

say in a minute that something was

wrong somewhere. But the prices
of EVERY SINGLE THING produc-
ed on the farm is all out of propor-
tion to prices other years. in spite
of the fact that the grain crops this
year have been stupendous. and we
can see no reason why potatoes should
be the only exception to the rule. It
is quite true that potatoes are not
so desirable an export crop as the
grains, owing to the large amount of
water they contain, but please bear
in mind that every year nations D0
export or import potatoes and that
this year will be the biggest export
year of all for this country. If wheat
is worth $220 per bushel and beans
$7.50 per bushel. who will say that
potatoes are not worth $1 per bush-
el, and that considering all conditions
and circumstances the producer
should not or. will not receive that
much for his 1917 crop.

OTTAWA (CAN.)——The government
will consider placing potatoes 0n the
tarifi free list as a war measure. The
announcement was made at a sitting

of parliament in response to an ur-

gent suggestion by F. B. Carvell, Lib-
eral. In view of the fact that in central
Canada there are indications of an
almost unmarketable quantity of po-
tatoes, Mrs Carvell urged the govern-
ment to take action similar to that
taken with wheat and wheat pro-

ducts. .‘

 

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A Dayton,~ Ohio,‘ customer bought 3
bag of potatoes and discovered a note
In one of the tubers which had been ho]-

lowed out to hold the communication,‘
“Will . the ultimate - buyer-

pleps'e write me what he pnid- Tu“ bushel
s sack of potatoes.
bushel to th‘ ’3' » He had. Justjbongh't

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Hog market weaker and showing downward tendencies; Corn,

DETROIT SPECIAL—All kinds of poultry, especially old liens and spring—
.. Make shipments
round for new potatoes. AStrong demand for veal calves.

NEW~ YORK—Potato market. weakening.
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The-priceof No. ‘1 Northern wheat
is no longer a gamble. Government
officials have gathered in the market
reins’in the last ten days and pegged
the price at $2.20 a bushel at Chica-
go. As a result the wheat market is
effectively stabilized and speculation
is completely eliminated.

In the last issue of MICHIGAN BUS-
iNESS FARMING, we predicted that
the price of the 1917 wheat crop would
not drop below $2 per bushel. ‘In fix-
ing the 1918 price at $2 with the pros-
pects of a bigger acreage than ‘the
present year, We held that the govern-
ment had established a precedent
which was of material value in de-
termining the price of the present
crop, which to all present indications
is smaller than the one to be harvest~
ed next year.
~ Regardless of whether the Govern-

' ment had taken this drastic action

there would have been no good ex-
cuse for the grain dealers to ride the
price of wheat below the 32 mark.
The world shortage of this cereal
alone would have been Sufficient ex-
cuse for the speculators to send the
wheat quotations sky-rocketing, which
they probablywould have done as
soon as the farmers had marketed
part of their crop. Wheat at $2.20 a
bushel is considered a just price and
one that guarantees the grower after
allowing forI transportation and com-
mission charges, between $2.05 and
$2.10 a bushel for his grain.
Although this price is fixed on gOV-
ernment purchases only, the food ad-

.ministration, thru its wheat corpor-

ation recently organized, expects to
control the market without difiiculty.
In doing so, it will take a great bur-
d-en off the shoulders of the farmers
who have always been compelled to
match wits with the speculators when
It came time to sell their wheat. The
government wheat corporation ex-
pects to control the market through
the fact that all government and al-
lied purchases are to be made thru
the corporation. Uncle Sam started
buying thru this corporation this
week and he was the only buyer on
the Chicago wheat market Tuesday.
From a speculative viewpoint wheat
is now a matter of history. Trading
for future delivery in'North America
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supply and demand but the govern-
ment has taken over the demand and
set aside the law. Dealing in fu-
tures ‘will no longer be necessary as
a result of the government action.
Movement of new wheat is still
slow at all of the terminal points
but it is now believed that it will be-
gin to move in larger volumes as a
result of the market having become
stabilized by the government’s action
in fixing the 1917 price. Estimates
of the domestic wheat- yield’ made
since August 1 shows an enlargement
of 25,000,000 bushels. Latest mes-
sages from abroad indicate that the
alleged. great Russian surplus is un-
doubtedly a myth. India and AuS-

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awaiting export but are unable to get
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Reports of bumper oat crops in
many of the heavy grain producing
states has beared the market and
brought the quotations to a lower leV-
cl. Cash oats have lost their premium
over futures as a result. The bearish
pressure has brought the quotation
down to a reasonable level with other
feeds and it is now expected that the
trade will pick up. The domestic
demand for the new grain is only
fair while the export call is relatively
light. However, bins and elevators
are still generally empty and it will
take a considerable movement of the
new crop to fill up the holes.

Cash oats at this writing are quot-
ed at 58 cents and the receipts are
reported to have shown a marked
decrease. Both the farmers and lo-
cal shippers are showing a disposi—
tion to hold oats for better prices.
This reluctancy on the part of the.
country to sell, together with the dif—
ficulty in obtaining ears in some 10—
calities and the limited supply of
oats in Storage, will soon cause a
break in the market, some authorities
say, and better prices will issuelforth.

Rather than sell their oats at 58
cents many farmers are reported feed—
ing them to their livestock and hogs.
Unusually heavy feeding is also an-

ticipated because of the scarcity of

corn thruout the country and the rel-
ative cheapness of oats as compared
with other grains. It is our opinion
that the farmers will make no mistake
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SELLING WHAT YOU RAISE,AT A PROFIT is equally as important as
raising the utmost your land will produce.
the first leaders in America to advance this theory and no expense has been
spared to make this department without question the best of its kind in America.

The prices quoted are. received from diroct sources on all leading markets
and form a basis by which any reader can find out exactly what his product

The price your local buyer should pay is the price quoted less freight from
Your shipping point to the best market, with a reasonable allowance for his

g The advice given is written by our own employed market editor and is
based on his best judgment with the facts and figures from all parts of the
country before him. This advice is given wholly from the formers’ side of the
fence, and while of course, it is not infallible. still an experience covering many
yours has proven that in the long run ‘our Market Editor's advice based on this
daily study of the markets, is the most reliable‘and the only unprejudiced advice
which the farmers of Michigan are able to secure thru any known source.

Special direct Market Advice or best price on any commodity will be given
any subscriber of record to this publication any day in the week by mail, wire, or
telegraph, inquiror to pay sending and receiving costs.

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CONDITION 600D-

 

 

Reports Gleaned‘rFrom 35 States
Show Promise of Biggest Yield
in ‘Nation’sziAgricultur-
a1 History

 

Judging from crop conditions and"
estimated yields obtaining in thirty-2
states of the union, PreSident_

iive
Wilson‘s plea to the farmers to in»
crease. production has borne fruit.
Crop reports from these states indi-
cate not only a largely increased
acreage,
tion of crops, with the exception of
fruit. There is no indication of more
than local damage from either drouth
or the various diseases and pests
x.‘th which plants are bothered.
Practically all sections report a
scarcity of rain during the growing
season but not at all in comparison
with the long drouths of last summer
which ruined so many crops. New
York state wil have a below normal
yield of potatoes on account of the
dry weather, and Washington reports
a decreased yield from the same
cause. Potatoes Were selling at
$1.40 per bushel on Sept. lst in New
York state. Western sections, how-
ever, report. a lower price on tubers.
Fruit this year forms the notable
exception both as to yield and qual—
ity. Michigan, it is Well known, has
a greatly below-average crOp of ap\
ples, peaches and smaller fruits, while
other fruit sections have made sim-
ilar reports. Washington reports less
than a 50 per cent. yield on all fruits.
The northerly states have recup-
erated somewhat from the backward
condition of crops due to the
planting season. Sections which two
weeks ago reported absolute failure

of corn crop now state that some'

corn will mature or the crop will be
close to average providing the frost
holds off. The crop is in fine condi~
tion in the corn belt. A frost at any
time now before the 15th would cut
the corn, bean and potato yield 30 to
50 per cent. Mr. Foster, our official
forecaster, says Canada and the nor—
thern states will be visited by kill-
ing frosts near the 11th or 12th. Let’s
hope for once that Mr. Foster may be
mistaken.

ENGLAND WORRIED BY
RECENT CROP DAMAGE

 

The London papers feature as a
matter of serious national importance
the effect of the August weather on
British crops. The month began with
tremendous rains, which beat down
the cereal crops to an extent, com-
pelling reaping to be done“with'the
scythe and sickle instead of by ma-
chine.
quent and heavy throughout the
whole month, while the unfavorable
harvesting weather now has culmin-
ated in a savage gale of. a velocity at
times of a hundred miles an hour and
accompanied by sweeping deluges of
rain. The Times in an editorial says
that the results of the disastrous
weather of this, the wettest. August
in 20 years, discount seriously the
more optimistic mood about food sup-
ply which had been gradually gain-
ing ground. The paper adds that re-
cent estimates of the harvest in the
United States are more favorable
than the earlier calculations, “but
that it is a treacherous source from
which to gain much encouragement."

Farm Chief Sees $1 Eggs

BOSTON—Eggs at $1 a dozen, with
the price of dressed fowls somewhat
lower, was predicted for this winter
by Secretary Wheeler of the
board of Agriculture. He declared
poultrymen are killing off their flocks.
because of the high cost of grain. It

is also predicted butter will jump "to
‘ $1 a pound.” ' s.

but generally good condir

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"he cornmarket is a weather prop-
‘on’ at the present time with the
the‘ ascendancy every time
{temperatures are unseasonably
w and frost is threatened. With the
op generally from ten to thirty days
viate it is imperative that we have
I "ome warm weather within the next
eek or two to insure proper ripening
.the bulk of the corn. With an
arly frost there will be a large quan-
‘1 tity of corn, not only in Michigan,
.but in many of the corn belt states
that will not be fit for commercial
, purpOses. ,
' Political news also promises to
have more or less of a disturbing in-
* fluence on the market, conditions in
Europe being in such a state
rumors are bound to spring up at
(frequent intervals and upset the
Tmark-et. No material increase in re-
,3 ceipts of cash corn is to be expected
I to have, any influence on the market
‘. as the country has been closely
f cleaned up all this grain. Shipments
of new corn from the south are ex-
pected to be coming ”soon but not in
sufl‘icient quantities to have much
effect on the market.‘

Just as we are going to press re-
;ports of frost damage to me corn
fields in the northwest had a bullish
effect on the market. Most of the
[crop injury was done in Minnesota

  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
   

and North Dakota. The extent of the
damage could not be learned.

 

The rye market continues unchang-
xed. At present there is a heavy de-
l mand for rye for expert trade and if
r the movement does not pick up con-
siderably, an advance in present quo—

tations may be expected. Michigan,
JrBusiness Farmers who had acreages
I of Rosen rye, secured big yields and
are assured of a fair return from their
, crop as the quotations on rye are
‘abnormally high on account of the
war. The 1917 rye crop is inadequate

to meet the world needs so that a low~
er market is not to be expected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M rkets TNo. 1 Standard No. 2
' imothy Timothy Timothy
Detroit 16 50 17 00 16 50 17 00 15 50 16 00
Chicalo 18 50 19 17 50 18 1G 17
Cincinnati 18 19 17 50 18 16 50 17
Pittsburgh 18 50 19 25 17 50 18 16 50 17
New York 18 19 17 50 18 16 17
Richmond 19 50 20 17 50 18 50 16 50 17 50
M kt . No. 1 No. 1 No. l
or e ’ Light Mixed Clover Mixed Clover
Detroit 16 50 15 75 16 00 15 50 14 00 15 00
Chimo 18 18 50 16 17 1G 17
Cincinnati 17 50 18 1G 16 50 16 50 17
Pittsburgh 17 50 18 15 15 50 16 50 17
New York 16 50 17 16 16 50 16 17
Richmond 19 19 50:17 18

 

 

p The hay market has not changed
materially from a week ago. In De-
troit there is a good demand for both
old and new hay but little of it is
being moved either because of a short-
age of cars or the shortage of labor
to load cars at shipping points. In
southwestern Michigan enquiries have
been received from Illinois for large
quantities of clover and mixed hays
; of good quality. The Illinois hay
crop was short this year and feeders
of live stock are reported anxious
to get in touch with parties with these
. grades of hay for fall and winter ship-
; 'ments. The hay trade in the east
, and south is reported slow and the re-
" ceipts moderate.

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- bean market is practically at a
filtandstill although the, government
ooufinues to make heavy purchases for
“army and navy purposes. Bean stalks
re low and buyers are anxiously wait-
[ng for a movement of the new crop.
3 ‘ , us are now quoted at $7.50 a bushel
’ 1 d in all probability will continue at
$15 figure even after the new crop

   
    
    

 

 
 
  
  

 
  

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Cincinnati 1.65 1.60
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So far this season the movement of
new potatoes has been remarkably
light in comparison with former years.
In the last three weeks there have
been times when there wasn’t enough
potatoes in Detroit to hardly supply
the demand. The movement is said

to be surprisingly light in view of the”
bumper crop of earlies in the state
1 and the farmers have the produce

men bafiled at their reluctance to sell
for a $1.50a bushel. Some are still
inclined to believe that a‘ shortage

of farm labor and the busy harvest-

season have interfered with the-move-
ment of the new crop. ,

The government crop reports con-
tinue to forecast the biggest yield on
record. That- doesn’t necessarily
mean low prices. Prices, in our opin-‘
ion, ought not to go below one dollar
a bushel and probably will not except
when large quantities are thrown up-
on the market at one time. We are
led to believe that the market will
open around one lollar a bushel by
the fact that contract dealers in many
places in .northern Michigan are of-
fering to buy the potato crop now at
that figure per bushel. In fact farm-
ers can not sell for less and realize
a profit this year. The high cost of
seed last spring and the big expense
of spraying and caring for the crop
have caused production costs to soar;
consequently the grOWers must ask
top notch prices for their tubers at the
start this fall.

While predictions have been made
of a bumper crop reports have been
received from a number of states
where diseases, insects and drouths
are believed to have mater-
ially curtailed the yields of tubers
in those states. Maine has been hit
by the potato rust; a number of other
states including Michigan have been
in the grip of a drought. Late de-
spatches from, the state of Washington
bring the news that the western crop
will not be moved eastward as earlier
planned but would be held in reserve
for western consumption. Frosts have
visited Wisconsin, Minnesota and
North Dakota but no information is
available at this writing on the ex-
tent of the damage done to the potato
crops in these states. These condi-
tions will no doubt have their influence

. upon the potato market along with the

world demand for foodstuffs.

Many cities have been planning to
lay in large stores of potatoes as soon
as the crop begins to move this fall.
The city of Chicago planned to store
1,000,000 bushels and retail them to
the public this fall at practically cost
-—$1.50 a bushel one Chicago news-
paper estimated—but the corporation
counsel discovered that the city had no
right to use the public's money for
such purposes and the plan has ap-
parently been dropped. The move
ment, however, reveals the fact that

the consumer’s expect to pay around'

$1.50 a bushel for their potatoes this
fall, which will mean one dollar or
better to the farmer.

If a heavier movement of new tubers
is felt on the Detroit market next week,
produce men willprobably force prices
down some as few potatoes are kept
in storage in the cities at this sea-
son of the year. But for a limited sup-
ply the market will remain flrm and
steady at from $1.40 to $1.50 a bushel.

  

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With the crop rapidly reaching ma.-
turity the question of prices is co-
cupying the attention of growers and
shippers from the Atlantic to the Pa-
cific. It is practically conceded in
most sections of the country that
apple prices will probably be the high-
est in many years due to a short crop.

 

.marlcet is somewhat higher this year.

. milk that can be delivered to their
plants in a- sweet condition so. that

   
 
   
    
    
      

[According "to. the most'yre'liabl-ein—~
Micrnintmn obtainable. the: ‘ 2
de- gyery short all : over ”the" United » '
States; Right now the market on this
product ‘ is _- bullish and . practically. in
control of, eastern honey-brOk‘ers. Des~
pite the fact that large consignments
have been leaving New York» for
European ports during the last ten
days, and. at wartime prices 'to’o
qubtations to the» individual bee-keep-
ers have‘ not materially. changed.-
Prices, are ranging on wholesale ‘ex-
tracted honey at from 12 to 1‘4. cents ‘
for” the best, grades. Best grades of
comb honey are bringing from; 18' to
20 cents and buyers are reported .to'
be glad to. get‘ it at“ these figures. Ad-
vices received from" some authorities
art-the honey market urge the-bee-
keepers to stand pat for better prices
but keeping, of course. within the

and .yarlety. such-c 1 ,
so early-in the season won indie:
that apple prices arel-schedu ’to go
Sky-rocketing: before spring if the es;
timated shortage is found to be true.

One of the most vital questions to;
the growers, however, is the question

of exports. America usually exports
from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 barrels of

apples each season.’ So far. this year

all European markets are closed to

American fruit and no little specula-

tion hinges upon the probable effect

this may have-son the apple market.

Peaches

The lightest peach crop harvested
in Michigan in many years is now be-
ing gathered in the fruit belt. It is
estimated that the yield per acre is not
more than 10- percent normal. The
demand is more. than equal to the sup-
ply and prices are abnormally high..
Wherever the crop is “anyways good
canners have been endeavoring to buy
up the whole crop at a $1.50 per bushel
tree run. The price of Micléigan / ..

caches, however, is bein held own " 7 ~

by the heavy supply of easgtern peaches Strictly fresh 9889 direct from th
shipped into the state which are‘ be— farmerare 11013 to be found upon the
ing depended upon.in the large cities Detroit 01‘ other large markets in
to supply the trade. , large quantities at the present time.
" Individual” farmers are not getting
enough eggs from day to day to make.
shipments themselves so they are sell-
ing to local buyers. “Reasonably”
fresh eggs received from country gro-
cers are selling at 40 cents a dozen
in Detroit, with the supply inade-
quate to meet the demand. The daily
receipts are very light which may be
taken to indicate that the farmers
are either selling off their hens be-
cause of the high cost of feeds or they
are refusing to purchase the necessary
feeds to secure egg‘ production.

 

bounds of reason.

   

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Pears and Plums

Fair crops of both pears and plums
arevbeing harvested in Michigan and
sold upon the market at prices higher
than a year ago. Since‘the pear crop
began to move to market prices have
been working lower. They are now
quoted from $1.45 ‘to $1.75 a bushel.
The quality of the frui is medium and
the demand is not as s arp as had been
hoped for. There is a light demand
for plums which are selling from one
to two dollars a bushel. Fancy lom-
bards and 'Burbanks are selling close
to $2 a bushel. Canners are reported
to be buying the plum crop from the
growers at $1 a bushel.

Grapes

While no home grown grapes are
on the market, preparations were be-
ing made this week by commissiom
firms to receive shipments from the
western part of the state some time the
first of next week. As far as can be
learned the Michigan crop is only a-
bout 60 per cent normal and is about
two weeks late. Champions, one of
the earliest varieties, are reported to
be fast ripening and will be among the
first to appear on the markets. The

 

Since the government has set the
price of the 1917 wheat crop, quota-
tions on flour and a number of the
wheat shorts have steadied. Flour is
now quoted all the way from $11.20
to $12.80 per barrel according to the
patent and kind of wheat from which

it was made. Feeds of all kinds are
still high but quotations on them are
not fluctuating as frequently as be-
fore the government set the price on

wheat. Millers are now uotin bran
The first grapes received in Chicago q g

from Missouri sold. for 35 cents a
basket.

Grape growers of Berrien and Van
Buren counties, two of the leading
vineyard districts of the state, have
decided to sell grapes to retailers for
15 cents a quart and $40 a ton. The
growers felt it necessary to demand
higher prices on account of the increas-
ed cost of production due to higher
cost of spray materials and labor.

at‘$36 'a ton, middlings at $40, fine
middlings air-$45. Commeal is quoted
in jobbing lots at $80 a ion, a price
that is almost prohibitive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIVE WT Detroit Chicago Lian.
Turkey 25-26 20-21
Du I 24-25 22-23
Geese 16- 11 15 ~16
Sprinter: 27-28 24-
cm 26-27 25-26
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The market everywhere is excep- .
tionally strong for all kinds of well
finished poultry. This is particularly
true of large 'fat hens and plump
broilers and springers. Farmers who
have a number of good hens in fair.
condition would do well to prepare
them for shipment in the week of Sep-
tember 12 to 15 so that they would
be on the market for the Opening of
the Jewish holidays. The Jews ob-
serve New Years on September 17 and
18. For the observance of these two
days there' will be a great demand
in the cities and especially in Detroit.
for good fat hens and springers, tur- '/

The withdrawal from the market of
large quantities of butter for use in ~
the army and navy is beginning to
have its effect upon prices and the
consumers will not be surprised in the
least to see the price of creamery ex-
tras soar to 50 cents a pound. The
government specifications call for this
grade of butter. Creamery extras in
Detroit are now selling at 43 cents
while dairy prints areyalmost as high.
Besides the demand for butter from
the army and navy, the production
of the country has been decreased by
shortage of pasturage' which has cur-
tailed the milk flow. ‘The condenser-
ies are also out after every pound "of.

’ keys, ducks and geese. ..

There promises to be an excellent .
demand for good poultry for. the next ' -,
”three weeks "the . Jewish holiday”
trade will rule the market , ”as!

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much milk that would otherwise be _
skimmed and - the cream made

   
   
 

   

 

  

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fiance: 1? “ «~—
' ‘cei'vetijon the, imarketsjmost of. it is
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Shortageof loads on- the farms
and their high Icosts‘i‘at the elevators
are responsible for the liberal supply

       
    
    
    
  
     
    
   
    
 
  
 
 
  
    
   
  
     
   
 
   
    
 
  
  
   
 
 
  
   
    
     
   
 
  
   
   
   
    
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
   
 
 
  
 
  
  
   
    
    
   

5011 all of the markets. But the de-
lmand is so keen that the holdings are
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_ Detroit Chicago
Sign, good‘to rim. 10 00-10 75 15 50-17 00
Sheers, com. to air _ 9
Mommdsoprine 7

Cows average , .
c...’ —— ' - 525-600 575.750
°"’ cm" 750. 1 15 700- 1 50

. Within 1600-1650 11.75-1511?

 

 

 

 

the

dive stock markets the, country over
lcontinue firm and show advancmg

In the face of heavy receipts

tendencies. This is good news for
cattle feeders. It indicates that no
matter what may happen in the way
of receipts showing spasmodic in-
creases there is bound to be a con-
tinuation of broad demand and sharp

'reactions from any occasional down-

turn of prices.

Cattle advanced to new levels on the
Chicago, Buffalo and Detroit markets
during the last week with a few
‘prime steers selling as high as 616
a hundred, but with the average price
around $13. The demand 18 hot for
cornted steers and as the .season
works along and firther shortage of
corn-fat steers materializes, market
authorities say that there are good
prospects of the market gomg still
higher altho government control of
meat may interfere. The demand for
feeders is not so active.

The veal market shows advancing
tendencies with. the receipts moderate
and the' demand good. Weather con—
ditio ve,been more favorable for
the shipment of calves during the

last few days but commission men
say that few shippers have taken ad-
vantage of it.

 

    
    
    
   

 

 
 

GRADE ‘ 0 Detroit
Heavy 240-290'16 7511 80 l 00
Media-1200140 15 25 15 70 11 1413

32

  

Mixed 150-200 15 oo 15 25 16
Packers 100—150 14 so 14 75 10
IslNJown 117514 2

  

l Perhaps one explanation for the un-
lusual advanCe in the price of live
hogs in the last two weeks may be
found in the demand of the British-
government for September and later.
deliveries of side meats and hams. A
short time ago the British govern-
ment advanced its maximum price.of
lard to $1.60 per hundredweight; side
meat was advanced a half cent to the
maximum price. Local packers spec-
ulated on these prices and the Brltish
demands and consequently pork pric-
es soared.

-Twenty-dollar hogs proved an ex-
pensive buy for a number of specu-
lators as the price had no more than
climbed to its exalted position than
the market became nervous thru the
public’s boycott of the meet and as a
result quotations began to decline. It
proved a good market (or many mm—

' ers, however, who took advantage of,

it and unloaded many hogs that had

been fed on bulky-iced corn.
,The market has been in a more
' (settled condition the last few days
’ than at any time since the sensation-
al-advances tWO Weeks ago. The de-
mands of the markets at present lean
,1 towaifds offerings ighihgunder 250
.' pounds ‘ rather t as, above that
' .trfi'rhe supply ot’pork on any
e market , is not large. when “is

        
      
  

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o plenty treasury is_being Fe:

of light stocks now being unloaded .

.two cars were received “there. '
demand for choice old breeding ewes.

 

 

filnreased' consumption of beth mut-
tona'nd 1311158 :13 a- result of the sud-
den advances‘in the cost of pork has
strengthened the markets and prices
of this kind ‘of meat are seeking a

I level with pork. 'During the last tWO

days, hoWeVer, thelhigh prices have
been incentive to feeders to sell and
heavy receipts are showing a tendency
of weakening the market if they are
not checked. More than 22,000 sheep
and lambs were pushed on to the Chi~
cago market Wednesday, The Buff-
alomarket was» much stronger as only
The

lot khaki cloth are ordered for

e " I" s anemone demand has

upon" be: visible supply by the gov-

ern "lent for army. and navy purposes.
‘An order went .out‘from the navy re-
'cently, for 4,500,000 yards of'uniiorm
cloth which still cost the government
$16,000,000. .. Other millions of yargs
t e
army. These large purchases by the
government have failed to jack up
the wool market and prices new range
from 38 to 55 cents a pound according
to grade, '

A strong‘demand for feeding bar-

' ley is reported from practical all mar-

kets near feeding centers. Feeders
of swine are drawing heavily on this
grain by substituting it for high priced
corn. A good crop was harvested in
.Michigan and adjoining states. 'The
market is steady at $1.10 to $1.30 with
only a small volume of this grain mov-
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day. W’hent is yielding from 25 to 40
bu. to the acre. Wheat is being market-
ed about as fast as it is thrashed—J. W.,
North Star.

Ingliam—Threshing is the order of the
day. Weather dry and cool nights. Soil
dry. Some plowing for wheat. Some
farmers selling wheat and oats. Some
farmers buying light cattle for feeding.
Corn and beans very late; not much
prospects for a. corn crop; some beans
turning but not very well filled. Sugar
beets looking pretty good—A. N., .Will—
iamston.

Ingham — Farmersare plowing for
wheat and rye, very dry and cold. Many
are planning to sow Red Rock wheat;
one man has record crop, 247 bu. off of
seven acres. He has contracted it all for
seed. Rosen rye has the mark for thir—
ty-three bu. to the acre. Black rye has
yielded twenty—six bu. per acre. Beans
need three weeks of good weather; corn
needs four.—-B. M., Leslie. ,

Hillsdale—Farmers are harvesting oats
and plowing for wheat and rye. Soil in
good condition. Weather is fine with
plenty of rain. It makes it backward
with the oat harvest, but corn and po-
tatoes are in fine condition. Corn is
from two to three weeks behind; with
good weather will-have a good crop.—A.
J. B., Hillsdale.

Kalamazoo—Farmers are busy hresh-
lng and plowing for wheat. We need
rain badly for plowing, also for the
crops. Monday was stock day at Cli—
max. Monday, September 3, was the
Pierce and Roe reunion at Indian Lake.
The schools commenced yesterday and
today throughout the county.-—-F. H. H.,
Climax.

Grand Traverse—Harvesting late oats.
Weather favorable; soil good. Selling
hay, wheat and rye. Holding wheat and
rye for higher prices. Not much build-
ing at present. Have had demonstrations
with tractors hauling gang plows;' farm—
ers well pleased with results—B. E. 0.,
Buckley.

Crawford—Beans are not filled out
well on the stalk, and won’t be more than
half a crop if they get ripe. Corn is
just silking out but very late; potatoes
also look good but also late. Hay and
wheat were good and oats fair in this sec-
tion. The weather has been good and
plenty of rain has boosted the late crops
right along—B. F. S., Frederic.

SchoolorafF—Light frosts in early part
of month damaged some beans and corn1
but they are recovering. Potatoes good,
but somewhat late. Plenty of rain; nights
are cold, but days fairly warm. Soil is
quite light in spite of rains. Farmers
not‘selling anything except an occasional
load of potatoes. The Western .Land
Company of St. Paul are completm a.
large ditch thru the marshes northwes of
Hiawatha where they intend to plat farms
The ditch connects with the Seney ditch
and empties into Indian Lake. The soil
is heavy muck on white sand.———J. M. H.,
Hiawatha.

BAY—«The farmers at this report are
busy threshing grain. There being a
large amount of straw. Oats Will aver-
age from 50 to 70 bu. per acre. Barley
is also good with an average of about
35 to 40 bu. per acre, and wheat about
25 bu. per avre. "With the frost holding
off the beans are coming nicely endure
'well loaded where land has been dramed
Fw farmers are pre aring soil for.fa.ll
wheat, but will not e very large It ‘8
thought at present. Corn, like beans.

' wiht met holding on? about two weeks,
u

will about ripen t not very large—G.
G. LinWood. ‘
Monroe—We are plowing for wheat
between threshing jobs. The ground 1n
this part of the county is fitting up line.
(tool nights. We have had plenty of
rain now. Not much selling, too
blisy at work. Would like to know how
brother farmers are getting along in
bi er parts of the state. Will say we
hid a. hail storm on Aug. 20. It hurt
the corn badly, also’spoilt cucumbers and
tomatoes. The tomato crop is good qual—

ity, somewhat short on account of dry

hing is doing well at

_present.L-W. II. L.—Dundee. _

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Cashier ,ch} Ronda?

I Gratict-w'i‘hreshing is the order of the

Clinton—We are getting a goodvheavy,
cold. all-day rain, which is more than we
need. There are some oats in shock
waiting for thresher (not fit stack).
Corn, beans potatoes are making growth
but must have warmer weather to ma.-
ture.—-—J'. W. H., Grand Ledge.

Saginaw—A large number of the farm-
ers have thrashed out of the field. Wheat
is not yielding as expected. Oats are
very good. Barley is also good. The
weather has been very favorable ‘or har-
vesting and threshing, but too cool for
corn. The soil is in fine shape on tiled
graund, but quite Lard and baked on
ground not tiled. Farmers are selling
wheat, oats and barley. There is noth-
ing being held at present prices, as the
farmers need the money and the prices
are good and they are letting‘ go.——J. A.
M., Hemlok.

Macomb—Farmers have finished draw-
ing oats. Plowing for wheat; lots of
wheat going to be planted this fall. One
farmer going to fiplant about 400 acres
of wheat and rye on the county line.
Fine weather. Had a severe thunder
storm last. Sunday morning. But rain
did lots of good to potatoes and fall
plowing. Farmers are not selling yet,
as no threshing has been done. Thresh—
ers seem to be scarce. Lots of farmers
going to the State Fain—H. D., Almont.

Branch—Farmers plowing and thresh—
ing mostly. Weather rather cool. Soil
in good condition. Nothing: moving very
fast. Farmers holding wheat. Some cat-
tle not bringing much just 110w.—-F.
Union City.

Genome—Farmers are plowing for fall
crops, threshing, cutting and hauling oats.
The weather has been cold, especially
nights when it comes not far from freez-
ing. In this section of the county we
have not had enough rain and crops have
suffered but in other parts there has been
plenty of rainfall. In most sections the
soil is in good shape for working for fall
crops. Farmers are not selling much at
this time. Several farmers are holding
their grain for higher prices. Farmers
are buying coal for threshing; some silos
are being bot and erected. Several dairy-
men attended the Dairymcn’s meeting
at the M. A. C. A union picnic, compris—
ing Gleaners, Granger-s. and Farmers’
Club members and others interested in
co-operation was held near Fenton on
August 29.. The principal speaker was
Nathan F. Simpson, manager of the
Gleaner Clearing House Association, who
gave an excellent talk.——C. W. S., Fenton.

OTTAWA—~Some farmers are plow-
ing for Wheat and others that can’t are
waiting for rains and niCely started
threshing. We are having a nice rain
today (Sept. 5th), and hoping it will last
for some time. We badly need a soaker
to start and continue plowing, also for
all growing crops. It is impossible to
plow and fit the wheat beds. Only those
farmers that are selling now and then
such as beef cattle and a few hogs are
probably raising some cash for building
or for the present and past hired help.—
R. J. K, Conklin.

SAG]NAW-—-Corn. beans and late po—
tatoes need three weeks more of cod
weather to mature. Oats are not yield—
ing as good as expeted. They average
about 40 bu. per acre. Rain is needed
to help in fitting ground for wheat—M.
S. G.,Hemlock.

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jpoa‘toes started last week. Theicrop'
never bettter. ,. , armors are getting;

   
 

SAN FRANCISCo—The Southern ,
citic expects to move; 11,000 cars or‘gra-pe
or 1,200 over last Year. The bulk of _
crop will be Malagas and Tokays.. A
feature will be the heavy increase 01‘.
wine grapes, of which 60 per cent. Wil‘
go to Chicago to be made into wine ‘1)
Eastern concerns. , .

CHICAGO—The first car of. hte seaSo
of Moore’s Early grapes from Neoga,
Mo., was received by Coyanroa. The
grapes were fine, packed in 6 1—2 lb. "‘
net baskets and sold for 350. '

SWAYEE, IND.—Owing to the drouth
the potato crop looks bad. Late pota- '
toes are needing rain. Early potatoes
are good, but only a. few were planted.
There has been no rain to speak of for},
several weeks.

CENTER CITY, MINN.———Early pota’-'
toes have started to move. They are most,
ly all early Ohio’s and very fine quality
Yield is heavy. .

APPPLE'I‘ON, N. Y.——Until July 20 this
section had considerable rain, but since
then‘it has been very dry. Potatoes, cunt
and apples will be a light crop, but pro»-
pects for peaches are good. '

PELICAN RAPIDS, MINN.——Although¢,v
there is a large areage of potatoes were .
are no prospects for a substantial yieloas
the ground is dry to the bottom of the'
roots. There will be very few potatoes
unless rain comes soon. Cabbage is also
suffering from drouth.

BALTIMORE, MD.—Apples are to join
the climb to higher prices, according tea.
survey of the situation by the Baltimore ’.
& Ohio railroad, which declares that the
yield of the country will be under that of
last year. The quality, however, will be
better. It is estimated that Maryland
will produce 2,000,000 bushels of apples.

DENVER—Colorado bean growers pro-,
pose to pool their entire crop of pinto '
beans and sell to the Government for
army and navy use. Federal Market
Agent W. H. Kerr, lert here for Wash-
ington to present the proposition.

ALLENTOWN. PA —In"ccts of vs rims
kinds have been unusually (at: inn“. 1
the potato vines. This has weakened Le
plants, making them more susceptible to
bl1ght and rot. Weather conditions have
also been quite favorable for rot and re-,
ports are that early varieties are show-
ing some. The yield will not come up to.
expectations.

WASHINGTON-“According to the Bur-
can of Crop Estimates there are 70,500,
acres planted in cabbage in the nine prin-
cipal cabbage producing states. New York
leads with 36,900 acres, with a forecast-
ed production of 369,000 tons compared
to 96,120 tons last year. Wisconsin
comes next with 13,000 acres and a fore-
casted production of 157,300 tons com-g,
pared to 57,960 last year. The total pro-
duction for the country this season is
figured at 747,910 tons against a total
production of 246,630 last year.

ELMER, N. J."—Whlle early indications
pointed to an exceptionally good crop of
potatoes it is now apparent that the lack
of potash in fertilizer is becoming more
and more apparent. The present indi-
cations are that South Jersey will not
dig more than 60 per cent. of a crop,
VJhile shipments up to the close 01" last
week were about one—third of last year,
at the same time it is thought that 40

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ers will not have a very good year.

ASl’lLAND, ME.-——There ire—considerable
rust (lt‘VL'lUDlllg in potatoes all mwr the‘
country. Considering the time patatoes
were planted they are fairly well ad-
vanced. Growers here cannot see the ,
bumper crop predicted by some. Acre- '

age was cut short by the wet. late spring.
Quite a few were drowned out and many
not look any too thrifty. A.
fairly good crop is all that can reasgnw
ably be expected. ' ,
VVASHINGTON—Some interesting fig-
ures on the late onion production are
shown in it recent estimate sent out by the
Bureau of Crop Esimates. This shows
a total acreage in 12 principal late on-V
ion producing states to 41,550. There will
produce 14,439,800 but. compared to 7,-
806,500 bu. from 28,350 acres last year.

ROCHESTER—A long drouth in West-
crn N. Y. was broken when good rains
fell in many parts of the growing belt.»
\Vhile they soaked many batches of'cut
wheat and toppled over the field and
canning corn wherever it was shallow-
rooted. the benefit was five times the loss.
It was the first real rain in a month-
and did a great deal of good to potatoes
and beans. These crops obtained a new
lease, and another inch or two of rain-
fall will tide them over until Fall show-
ers begin. With favorable weather from '
now until harvest, the potato and bean.
crops W111 be much better than forecast-
ed, when it looked as if dry weather
would shorten both crops. Some bean
fields, however, are too far gone to be
helped much, and these will be short.

BELLINGHAM, WASH.—S. A. Sher-
wood, Bellingham manager ofr the Ryan
Fruit Co., says that the potato crop in,
Northwestern Washington this year will,
amount to not more than a third of the.
average per acre yield. He says the dry?
weather which has lasted for more than '
a men continuously, is causing "the
vines to turn yellow before maturity has”.

many small potatoes. , , _

HOULTONl, DIE—«The prospects of
a bumper crop of potatoes for 1917 does-
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The Home Stretch

ROM THE day that the first copy of MICHI-
cm BI smr: ss FARMING Was put in the mails,
pledges of subscription dollars have been

coming back at the rate of from 50 to 150 'every
twenty-four hours.

“It is just the paper the farmer needs” is-the
verdict of its readers, voiced a thousand times
among the great quantity of pledges that have come
in. It is a verdict that has more than satisfied our
highest expectations, and convinced us beyond
the shadow of a doubt that the farmers of Michi-
gan will support a straight dollar-a-year news and
market weekly that recognizes and serves their
need for a champion of their marketing rights,
an out-and -out, free and abovaboard paper that
dares to tell the truth about Michigan and nation-
al crop conditions and market prices.

Here and now the makers of MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING give thanks to the hundreds of loyal
friends thruout the state who have secured other
subscriptions besides their own. The numerous
offers of this kind of assistance has been one of the
most pleasant surprises of the campaign and has
helped immensely to swell the charter list of sub-
scribers to the desired number.

The 5,000 goal is near at hand. We are on the
home stretch. - Every subscription, every FRIEND
—counts now. Who will be the first of the last
one thousand to send in a neighbor’s name or sub-
scription, and bring MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

_ down the “home stretch” safely under the wire?

Keep the Pig in the Parlor

CARTOONIST suggests that the American
A aristocrat can now quite safely “keep .the

pig in the parlor" without soiling the so-
cial doormat. Pigs and Pork have gone skyward
along with everything else these days. Only the
rich may safely revel in the luxury of pork steak
without robbing the family purse. And the best
of it is, for the farmer who has pigs to sell, that
if the price does not stay where itis now, it will
go higher. The entire world is short on pigs and
pork. Germany has slaughtered her porcines by
the millions. and the people there hunger for fats
The Allied nations have reduced their pork sup-
plies until they are already feeling the pinch, and
thousands of tons of pork products have been ex-
ported to Europe the last year, diminishing our
own supplies to a very noticeable extent. The de<
mand continues; the shortage becomes more evi-
dent every day. People will be crying for pigs
and pork in another six months. Therefore, my
farmer friend. raise pigs,—~raise all you can—~en-
courage the children to raise pigs—and keep
them in the parlor if you want to.

Is This the Spirit of the War?

C‘ F WE BEAT the Germans, we shall skin
1 them alive, andwe cannot help doing it.”
This is reported to be the satirical remark

of George Bernard Shaw, the noted English aué
thor. is this the contemplated diversion of the
English people in the aftermath of the war? Does
this sentiment typify the thot and spirit of the
Allied governments, the United States included?
Shaw’s remark may have been made in jest—it
probably was—yet it must‘ have been the friv—
olous expression of a serious thot conceived in
the great writer’s mind or passed on to him by

'someone e1se,——a thot of complete domination of

the political trade rights of the German people
after the war. Is this, then, the spirit of the

"war? Is it for this we send our sons to foreign
“battlefields, destroy thousands of useful careers.
4. and bring despair to as many flresides;
-, this we disrupt our peaceful industries and rend

is it for

“the. fabric of our national life? Mr. Shaw has

iced a thought that must be explained. No true,

3011 of America can fight with conscience to free
a people from one despotism that they- may be

7 subjugated by another.

- 8 million ‘ 's
' part of Mr. I’br‘ were"

I per cent of the predicted natiOnal crop of It any y.” c
On Sept. let, the press quoted
’ Mr. Orr as saying that California will lead the

million bushels

bean producing states this year with 10, 000, 000
bushels (normal crop 6,000,000), Colorado and
New Mexico, ' 4,000,000; Michigan, least
4,,000 000 and double that if good weather. c0n~
tinues. Today, however, Mr. Orr frankly admits
to the Michigan Business Farming that he can

not estimate What the yield will be.

Readers of the initial issue of MichigangBusi-
ness Farming publiShed two weeks ago will re-

call that we questioned all the circulated reports ,

of a bumper crop of beans, arid after a. careful
investigation thru crop reports of conditions we

vailing in the leading bean counties, we estimated ,

that even with the continuance of reasonably
warm weather until late in September the yield
would not exceed five million bushels. This is
the. only forecast of the bean .situatlon we have
attempted to make, and now over three weeks
after the forecast was made, all facts seem to
substantiate our figures.

Every Dog Has His- Day

(C - NY PERSON who willfully hoards any
Anecessaries shall upon conviction thereof
be fined 'not exceeding $5, 000 or be impris
oned for not more than two years, or both. Neces-
saries shall be deemed to be hoarded within the
meaning of this Act when***(c), Withheld, wheth-
er by possession or under any contract or agree-
ment, from the market by any person for the pur-
pose of unreasonably increasing or diminishing the
price: Provided~ that any accumulation Or with-
holding by any farmer, co- operative association of
farmers *** shall not be deemed to be hoarding

within themeaning of this Act.”

Thus reads Section 6 of the Federal Food Con-

trol Law, and thus reads the death warrant of the
oldtime speculator. 7

As a well-known elevator man recently said,
“We might as well face the facts; the elevator
men have had their inning, and now their buSi-
ness is regulated by a law which they cannot es-
cape”

The purpose of the food-control law in this
respect is very plain It absolutely deprives ele.

vators or other dealers in farm produce‘of their‘

old right and their invariable practice of buying
commodities at whatever prices the farmers, were
willing to sell and holding them for the top-notch
market prices.

The farmer who takes his grain to market
now-a-days may know that the price he receives
includes a part of the fat profits that formerly the
elevator man took as exhorbitant commission. for
its jobbing service, and the consumer, too, may
know that the price he pays represents the value
of the goods he buys plus; only a reasonable profit
to those thru whose' bands they have passed on
their normal route to market.

Every dog has his day. The elevator man has
had his, and a prosperous day it has been. The
new day that dawns is a day of profit and justice
to the producer. And it will be a long, long day.

Land Values Will Advance

AND VALUES of Northern Michigan are be-

L ing stimulated at the present time by the

prevaling high prices. of farm products.

This condition seems to be the result of natural

causes and follows a. trend that has been notice-

able for years. the tendency of farm. land prices
to increase with farm crop prices.

There was a time when the best cut-over land
in the state could be bought for fiVe dollars per
acre. It seemed incredible but nevertheless ab-
solutely true that virgin loam soil, as fertile as
any land in the state, could be purchased and
cleared ready for planting for a maximum price
of $25 per acre. More unbelievable still was the
fact that these lands were capable of producing
the first two or three years, without fertilizer two
to three hundred bushels of potatoes, more than
sufficient to pay for the land and the cost of the
crop. Yet, this statement. is likewise absolutely
true as hundreds of new farmers on the little
new farms of the section have demonstrated.

Despite the remarkable cheapness and produc- '

’ . own country, the

stimulate the demand and deplete the supply

Result, higher prices, greater interest iii farming. -
greater demand- for farm lands and naturally '

higher‘ values. ,
A camparisoii of prices for two different psi-1;

’ _»ods is interesting and discloses the reason for

higher land values. In 1910 wheat sold for 78c;
ate, 3.4; corn, 50; beans. $1. 60; potatoes, 60. To-
ay wheat is quoted at $2. 19; oats, 58; com, $2. 08
beans, $7. 50; potatoes, $1 50. The increase on
these particular commodities is from 200 to 500

per cent.

A greatly increased demand for farm property
is now inevitable. There is a general 'and con-
certed “back-to-thc-farm" movement taking place.
Farm boys Who have been lured to the city are
going back “home"; city men are turning their
cyes longingly countryward, and farmers are in
creasing their land holdings.

Quite naturally the cheaper lands are the first
to feel the demand. The need of the times is
for good land that can be«purchased cheaply on
long-time contracts, and easily cleared for im‘
mediate use. .

The concerted efforts of the past few years to
make knewn the vast possibilities. of Northern
Michigan cut-over. lands are about to bear fruit
Tenant farmers of other states where land sells
for $100 to $300 per acre are now seeking the
lands of Northern Michigan, the desire for owner-
ship upon them. ‘ At the presen‘ time the very
best of these lands are being purchased at a max-
imum of $20 per acre, with many thousands of
acres selling for as low as $10. But authorities
on land values claim that such prices are only
temporary, that with the increased demand there
will come higher prices.

The price of farm products then and the fear
of mounting land prices are stimulating trade in
these lands and the present summer will bring
hundreds into this fertile section from Ohio, In-
diana, Illinois and neighboring states.

The Graduated Milk Price

HY a graduated milk schedule? Is there

any economically sound reason why milk

dealers should buy summer milk at $1.60
per hundred and winter milk at $2. 26 per hundred
while they charge the same price to the customer
all the year ‘round? '

The theory or the graduated milk price scale
is based on the fact that it often costs less to feed
cows during certain months than at other periods
of the year. -It is upon this asSumption that most
of the Michigan milk contracts are drawn; should
the summer months be wet and warm and the pea"
tures good, ‘the theory works out beautifully;
should the pastures fail the theory explodes and
the farmer loses money

Dairymon must have three dollars a hundred for
three per cent milk this winter or $3.25 for that test-
ing 3.5 per cent... which seems to be about the aver-
age for city milk delivered to consumers there.’1‘hlo
is nearly seven cents a quart. It is believed to be
perfectly possible for such milk to be daivered at 12
cents and make a good profit.——H. H. L. in Burn]
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Under the graduated milk price arrangement,
the farmer takes all the<chances; the dealer plays
safe. Regardless of the weather his profits mount
automatically as the milk price goes down during
the summer months, for he never thinks of reduc-
ing the prise to the consumer during these months.

The price paid to the farmer for his milk
during any period of time should be a flat rate
determined by the highest monthly production
cost of the preceding year. The most satisfactory
contract will not cover alonger period than three
months. No other arrangement can possibly be
made that will fully. protect the farmer and give
the dealer a permanent basis upon which to de.
termine his costs and profits.

Let us comparé the farmer to the manufac-

turer. The latter bases his selling price upon the
4 cost of production. He figures his costs month by
~month, takes into consideration all the seasonal
problems that may add to his costs. and the price _,

, . of production be
cause of law prices have . contributed to both

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business ability:;oi the producer.
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tio'n upon ”which to base his costs and his profits.
The plan is likewise fair to the Consumer. It does
not» take away his privilege to buy milk cheaper
in the summer than in the winter, for, in truth, he
I never had that privilege.

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. , p , . _ . avert” the problems
. g , ehad ‘fikin‘éd‘mightfarise and serve asa
financial detriment, heirs-the one" to profit thereby.
. If“: T-mhe. farmer’svcase isf‘identical. To be safe, he
"should ‘ figure his“ “costs '"in like manner. If the
pastures are ‘gohd and he is able to put away suffi-
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the Winteriat a‘mini’mum, c'Ost, then mest certainly
. he,°a’nd not the distributor of his products, should
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95 per cent of the war profits to help support the
war. As a citizen he has offered to manufacture

  

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"cenaries who have been .cryingflitl'fiiirl-iialtridtism-"'
to the; skies while they rake .iri‘tli‘ei-ishbeckefs with
both .hands. Wh‘o‘is the traitor4—the man who .
wants peace and happiness forflhis country, or
”the man who wants war and misery because they
fatten ,his bank account?

  

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has not yet developed. Farmers in most localit-

ies have been able to harvest their crops without

calling. upon the School children, city politicians =
or street bums which well-meaning city author-
ities planned to give them. Will people ever
learn that the farmer can run his own business
without their interference when he is given the
same control over his markets as other manufac-
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'Tj CORN-RIPENING time, drop all ,

other. farm business, says the U-

ed States Department of Agricul-
ture, and select twice as much seed
born as you think you will need. The
gob is too important to be conducted
‘ 'ncidentally while husking, and de-
mands the entire attention of the farm-
'er. when the time is ripe,——11keWISe
the corn. .

Get the very best to be had and pre-
‘Serve it well, because then, say the
00m experts, increased yields W111 re-
»turn more profit than from any other-
, work that can be done on the farm.
' The one and only proper way to se-
lect seed corn is from the stalks stand-
ing where they grow, as soon as ripe
.and before the first hard freeze.

As soon as the crop ripens the wise
farmer will go .through the field with
seed—picking bags, and husk the ears
from the stalks that have produced
the most corn without having any
special advantages such as space, mois-
ture. or fertility. He will pass by
the large ears on stalks standing alone
with an unusual amount of space a-
round them. Strains that do well
in competition for light, and moisture,
and soil fertility are likely to repeat
under the same conditions. The most
important consideration is to select
seed from those plants which have
the ingrained ability to furnish the
largest quantity of dry shelled corn.

Early maturity is a desirable qual-
ity, and so are short, thick, wind—firm
stalks; tOp-heavy ones with ears borne
too high are likely to mean losses.
Breeding experiments have proved that
the tendency to produce suckers is
hereditary in corn. Other things be-
ing equal, take the seed from sucker-
less stalks.

The same day that seed corn is
gathered from standing stalks as they
grow in the field, the husked ears
should be put in a. dry place that the
cars do not touch one another.

This is the only safe way, as much
good seed has been ruined because it
was thought to be dry enough when
gathered. Many farmers think that
autumns are so dry that these pre-
cautions are not necessary, yet there
is no locality where the corn will not
be. battered by a thorough drying treat-
ment. If corn is left in the husk
it may sprout or mildew during warm
wet weather, and it is more likely
to become infested with weevils.

The vitality of seed may be reduced
by leaving it in a sack or in a pile for
even a day after it has been gathered.
Firing warm fall days, with some
moisture in the cobs and kernels,
the, cars heat or mildew in a remark-
ably short time.

The best and cheapest treatment
immediately after the ears are gath-
ered and husked is to tie the ears sing-
ly on binder twine at about eight-
inch intervals, the twine being looped
about the middle of the ears so that
they hang balanced and horizontal.
Ordinary binder twine is strong
enough to support from 15 to .20 cars.

Wire racks are cheaper in the long
run and more convenient. A good
form is made from welded or woven
wire fencing, the up-right wires be-
ing used as the hangers, and the lat-
eral wires cut off and bent upward
being used as supports for the individ~
ual ears. The lateral wires, about

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Over 8 1-2 per cent of the wheat
crop and 1 per cent of the rye
crop is lost through smut.

Seed treatment with formalde-
hyde solution is practically 100
per cent efficient except in a few
sections where the soil is badly
polluted with smut spores.

The formaldehyde treatment
costs less than 6 cents per acre
for materials and labor. To this
must be added in extreme cases
the cost of 20 per cent of the seed
grain, the germinating power of
_which may be destroyed because
’of seed injury.

In every case the entire cost
of the treatment together with
vpossible seed injury is much less
'than ,the value of the increased
‘ Yield which it assures.

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the. main upright, are [thrust :uiiogtha ”a

butt end of the ,cob.‘ ,These: racks '
will last many years and are easily ,-
In use, with '

stored when not in use. p.
the' corn upon them, they. have some

what the appearance of giant fern.

fronds. The, central wire is the'mid-
rib of the leaf, and the ears "of corn
stand out on each side likethe fern
leaflets, or like leaflets on alocust
tree. '

Wooden seed racks," in which the
ears are stored in rows on separate
shelves, are convenient dryers, and
have no drawbacks in a dry, breezy
place, although the air can not cir-

culate freely'on all sides and damp-.-

n‘ess may be held where the row of
kernels rests on thewood.

Only during unusually damp weath-
er at seed-gathering time will a fire
be necessary to help the drying. Yet
if heat is applied in a poorly venti-
lated place it will do more harm than
good. If used, the fire should .be
slow and long-continued. It should
be below the ears with plenty of good
ventilation above them.

Michigan’s New Apple Law

Section 1. The standard grades for ap-
ples grown in this state when packed in
closed packages shall be as follows:

First, “Michigan Standard Fancy”
shall consist of hand-picked, properly

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taming applesr-grown in
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signed for sale, packed for sal -

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ped for. sale shall bé’ar upon 1: e. outside

of one and n plain letters orpflgures,_»oi-V
.. both, the. name and address of the person

by whose authority the. apples Wére
packed, the‘true name of the variety, the

- grade. of the apples therein contained

when packed or re-p‘acked, andthe min-

imum size or the numerical couht of the

fruit in the package. If the true name of

the variety ”is not, known" to the packer or...

the person by whose authority therfiLDples
are packed or branded, then such var—
ieties shall be designated as “unknown.”

Every package of apples which is re-'

packed shall also bear upon the same end
of the package the name and address or
the person by whose authority it IS re-
‘packed, such name and address. to .be
receded, by the words “repacked by."
he letters and figures "used in markings
or branding closed packages of apples
under the provisions of this act shall .be
of a size not less than 24 point Gothic;
Provided That closed packages contain-
ing a pies which can not be readily
marke on one end, so as to-bear con-
spicuously the information therein speci-
fied shall be marked or branded .in such
other conspicuous place as may be pre-
scribed by the regulations promulgated
hereunde . ' -
Section 5. The marks and brands
rescribed in this act may be accompan-
ed by any additional marks or brands
which are not, consistent With or do not
in any way obscure the marks and brands
required by this act. Apples packed and
branded in accordance with the ‘United
States nipple grading! law, approved Aug-
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Reminders of the Things That Should'be Done
On the Farm ”This Week '

1 Look over the corn harvester and see if it needs any repairs.

This

should be tended to at once as the present freight congestion would make it
diflicult for your implement dealer to secure new parts in a few days if he

does not carry them in stock.

2. Don’t neglect to have your seed wheat screened and also treated for

smut.

filled granary. Remember, rats are

it to the cows.

this time.
feeds will be higher than at present.

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packed apples of one variety, which are
well grown specimens, normal in shape,
uniform in size, of good color for the
variety, and which are free from dirt.
insect injury, fungus diSease, bruises and
other defects, except such are as neces-
sarily caused in the operation of pack—
ing. “Uniform size” shall be construed
to mean that apples contained in any one
package shall not vary in size more than
one half inch in diameter.

Second, “Michigan Standard A" shall
consist of hand-picked, properly packed
apples of one variety. which are well
grown specimens, normal in shape, of
not less than fifty per centum of good
color for the variety, and which are prac-
tically free from dirt, insect injury, fun-
gus disease, bruises and other defects,
except such as are necessarily caused in
the operation of packing.

Third, “Michigan Standard B" shall
consist of hand-picked, properly packed
apples of one variety, which are well
grown and practically free from insect
injury and fungus disease: Provided,
That the apples having healed~over in-
sect punctures, small scab or blotch in-
fections, fruit spots, or other defects
which taken singly or collectively, do
not materially deform or discolor the
fruit or injure its keeping quality, shall
be admitted to this grade;

Fourth, "Michigan Unclassified" shall
consist of apples which do not conform
to the foregoing specifications of grade.
or which though conforming, are not
branded in accordance therewith.

Section 2. In interpretation of this
act a. tolerance of' six per centum below
the standard shall be allowed in the Stan-
dard Fancy grade, ten per centum in
the Standard A grade, and fifteen per
centum in the Standard B grade. Such
tolerances shall a. ply to size, color, and
other grade spec fications and shall be
computed by counting or weighing the
specxmens which are judged to be below
the standard for the grade in any respect
and those which are found to be smaller
than the minimum size, marked on the
package. .

Section 8. In all of the grades speci—
fied‘ in this act, the apples included in

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Seed that is free of straw and trash will sow evenly thru the drill
tubes and treated seed will mean dollars to the farmers' next harvest time.

3. "Phosphated manure" will increase
is easily made by adding 40 pounds of acid p osphate to each ton of barnyard
manure applied on the field to be planted. ‘

4. Set a trap for those rats that are getting too nosey around the recently
reat destroyers of chickens, eggs, fruits,
grains in the shocks, stacks, mow, or b, granary, elevator, car or ship.

6. Make plans to sow an increased acreage of wheat.
have sufficient labor to get the soil fitted and planted to this crop this fall
but you may not next spring when it comes time to plant something elsa unless
the government calls a halt to the drafting of farmers.

6. Make a rough estimate of your apple crop this week and see if you have
enough barrels, crates or other containers needed for fruits.
to wait until harvest time to view your crop prospects.

7. If the pasture is short, cut some of that com in the field which you
think will not reach maturity this fall before a killing frost comes, and feed
Splendid returns are obtained from this feed when freshly cut.
8. Dalrymen should order their winter’s supply of commercial feeds at
Two months from now it is being predicted that the price of

our wheat yield next fall. It

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be exempt from the provisions of this act.

Section 6. The minimum size of the
fruit in all grades shall be determined
by taking the transverse diameter of the
smallest fruit in the package Minimum
sizes shall be state in variations of one
quarter of an inch, as two inches, two
and one—quarter inches, two and one-half
inches, two and three-quarters inches and
so on,
Minimum sizes may be designated by
either figures or words and the word
"minimum" may be designated by the
use of the abbreviation “min."

Section 7. It shall be unlawful for
any person to pack for sale, ship for
sale, offer or consign for sale, or sell, in
cloSed packages, any apples grown in
this state which are not graded, packed
and marked or branded in accordance
with the provisions of this act and the
regulations made hereunder, or closed
packages of apples bearing any false
statement, design, or device regarding
sugh apples within the meaning of this
so

Section 8. Any person who, violates any
of the provisions of this act, or of the
regulations promulgated hereunder, shall
be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be pun-
ished by a. fine of not more than $50
for‘the first offense and not more than
1100 for each subsequent offense: Pro-
vided, That no paracn shall be prosecuted
under this not who can establish satis-
factory evidence that no part of the
packing or branding of the apples con-
corned was done by him or under his
authority and that he had no knowledge
that they were not packed and branded
In accordance with said provisions and
said regulations.

Section 9. The word “person” as
used herein shall be construed to include
individuals, corporations,
and associations. The ‘act, omission,
or failure of any official or employs of
any erson, when such official or ‘employe
is within the scope of his employ-

_ment or ofiice shall, in every case, be
deemed also t e not, omission or failure

'r ship-H

undred twelve, shall -

in accordance with the facts._

partnerships, '

Section. 30 It shunts the has»: the
dairy and food commissioner to diligently
enforce the - revisions of this act- andhis'f

.,-ofiicers, vemp oyes'and agents are author-

ined' to enter upon the prennses of any- ‘

"person within this State for the purpose” *

of inspecting'packages of apples and 86-. ~
curing evidence of violation of “this act,-
and the Said dairy and food commission--

er is hereby, authorized and empowered .‘ =

to make, promulgate and enforce, such; '-
regulatmns as‘may be necessary for in-g‘jfi,
terpretmg the grade specifications =pro—.
scribed in this no and for votherWise ‘
enforcing its provis ons: Provided, how-

ever, that ~any grades or classes of ap—

ples packed in closed packages, or any

requirements for making closed package:

containing apples, mandatory as apply- ‘
ing to interstate commerce, which may ;‘
here or be established by the authority 6‘
or. the Congress of the United States
shall forthwith, ‘ as far as applicable, be
established and promulgated by the dairy
and food’commissioner as official grades, 5
classes and marks, for apples packed in g

. closed packages in the state oil—Michigan;

Section 11. All' the acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed. ; ' .

Quack Grass Roots

I have been informed that the farmers.
in Southern Michigan are getting" sale for
uack Grass roots. Can you tell me if
t is is true? If so, where‘could I sell
such and how. mush er ton‘could 1 real-
ize out of it?-—-A. . W., Roscommon.
It is true that Quack Grass Roots ..

are used to a limited extent in meat-7

' cine, being recognized as official in the

United States Pharmacopoea. Hither-
to, however, all the roots used came:
from‘Europc. It is barely possible;
that under the present conditions brot %
about by the war, there will be some 5
demand for American roots. I would{

suggest that you make inquiry of;
Parke, Davis & Co.—-—E. A. Bessey,j
Professor of Botany. /

(3o 21/

Green Plant Lice

Can you tell me what is the matter with ’
the twig I am enclosing, and what to do 1'
for my trees—W. W. S.

The small twig shows that it had
been covered with green plant lice.
It may be that most of these lice will ,.
have disappeared from your trees by §
this time. If they are still present,;’
however, it. would probably pay you i
to spray. . :

The safest and most satisfactory '
spray to use is one of the nicotine ex-
tracts made up in soap water. Black
Leaf 40, made by the Kentucky To~
bacco Products Company, Louisville, _
Kentucky, and sold by most dealers
who handle insecticides, is one of the
best nicotine preparations. It is a
40 per cent solution of Nicotine Sul-
phate. In making up this spray for
use, first dissolve 2 pounds of any good
soap in fifty gallons of water and then
stir in one-half pint of the Black Leaf
40. This solution should be applied
with a pump and nozzle‘that will give
you a fine, strong spray. The work
should be done very thoroughly, since
only those lice will be killed which
become thoroughly wet with the spray
solution.

In case you find Winter eggs—little
oval, black eggs, on the bark and about
the bud scales of the trees next win-
ter, it would spray in the spring just
before the buds open with strong lime
sulphur, such as is used against San
Jose Scale. When plant lice eggs oc-
cur on the trees, we believe that many
of them may be killed at that time
before they hatch with strong lime sul-
phur. In the summer, however, the
spray with Black Leaf 40 is racem-
monded as about the safest and best
one to use—G. D. Shafer, Associate
Entomologist, M. A. C.

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Michigan Business F arming. I f y om ~-

mco this paper, pleasant! your netghé

.bors about it; show them this copy.

If Michigan Business Farming falls,
short of your expecmttons, tell us and
weft! remady the shortcoming. This;
paper was founded to help the farmers '-
of Michigan secure better-prices ondr .
bigger profits. We-thmt YOUR. my”?
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.. Cholerain Michigan

"G CHOLERA hasbroken cut in
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township, . Lenawee

county,.w11ere it has infected over,

400'7hog‘s 'valued at $8,000. Subsequent

advices state that it has also broken

out in Washtenaw and St.‘ "Joseph

Counties. _
soy and C. L. Coffeen, agricultural

agent for Lenawee county, are using .

the utmost measures to stamp out: the
disease and prevent its spread. Sep-
tember. introduces the normally infec-
tions'seuson for bug cholera, and if
this southern Michigan outbreak is

any criterion of what may. happen as;

the season advances, the farmers are
tutor a bad year. But there’s no use
cressing a bridge till yOu get there.
Pork is too valuable now-a-days to
permit hogs to die from cholera with-

out making the best possible effort,

to save them- .,

The present outbreakbids fair to be-
come general if the proper measures
are not taken to check it, but if every
farmer; in Saginaw county, or any
other counties for that matter will
use ordinary precautions, there is no
need for alarm. '

The most prolific causeof hog chols
era. prevalence is the indifference of
many farmers, and their seemingly
absolute refusal to recognize the dis-
ease even when their hogs, succumb to
it. ' The best way to check the disease
is to have every animal that shows
signs of sickness examined by a com-
petent veterinarian and if found in-
fected to have every hog on the farm
treated with serum. g,

The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture says upon the subject:

“Don’t take a chance with a sick
hog. Act quickly. Get a veterin-
arian or a trained man immediately.
Don’t wait asingle hour when you
suspect disease in your herd. Use
the telephone or send to town at once.
Only prompt action will stop hog chol-
era losses. Every hog saved will
help win the war.” .

The time for argument about anti- "

hog-cholera serum-is past. 'Explicit
figures are readily available which
prove unmistakably that when admin-
istered in time by competent persons.
hog-cholera serum will keep Well hogs
from taking the disease for a period
of 3 to 6 weeks. Not argument, but
quick action is imperative to get ser-
um and a trained operator to the farm
to treat the hogs. Hogs will be saved
and the nation’s meat supply increased
if every farmer will immediately upon
sign of disease call ‘in the nearest
available expert to diagnose the com-
plaint and administer treatment.

The Department of Agriculture is
urging that all State, county and local
llVe stock interests, including State
college workers, county agents and
local veterinarians, begin immediate—
ly to organize anti-hog-cholera pre-
paredness campaigns to reach every
farmer in every county. Such organ—
ization already exists in many places.
Where it does not, there is need of
special and immediate action before
the hot weather conditions, favorable
to hog-cholera, come on.

Bankers and other business men
can aid in the work of informing far-
mers where they can get expert help
immediately when they suspect chol-
era in their herds. Lists of accredi-
ted persons competent. to diagnose
cholera and administer serum, to-
xether with their addresses and tele-
phonre'numbers, should be furnished
to each farmer in the county with the
appeal that he call for help at once in
case of need. Business men may also
”range thru the local veterinary
authorities or county agents to buy
Serum and hold it in reservefor emer-
gency use at the nearest Stat-e serum
plant, private plant, or serum depot.
State and Federal animal—industry
authorities should be notified of any
. outbreak at once by telegraph.

Because a single outbreak of hog-
eholera on any farm is a matter of
moment to the entire community, and
because hog-cholera infection is rap-
, idly spread in many‘ways, the Depart-
_] mont of Agriculture is urging farmers
‘_ to employ every possible measure to
ghee} the. disease out of their herds.

, g. has issued especial
‘f-Sto' Hog-Cholera
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,Federal Agent C. L. Taw- .

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la

w foravoiding infection by sanitary and

selfquarantine measures; also direct-
ions for the isolation and treatment
of cholerasinfected hogs and directions
for, disinfection and restocking the
hog lot. Farmer’s Bulletin 834, soon
to be published, contains the latest
information at the command of, the
Departmnet of Agriculture. concerning
hog-cholera prevention and the immun-
ization of hogs against the disease.
All farmers should have it. We

‘ will secure comes of this bulletin free

of charge upon request. _

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l Veterinary Qcyarimcnfl

G. H. CONN, D.‘ v., Editor.

   

. W E HAVE 3. pure-bred Holstein cow 3
lvlng at this 2

years old. She is

per day She
seems to be in periodic health, but yester-
day I noticed a peculiar bunch on the right
hand lower jaw. . This hunch is about
the size of a goose egg. It is very hard
and seems to be attached to the bone. It
hurts her to have it touched. Uur near-
est vcicrlnary is 20 miles away. st- we
would like to have you tell us what the
trouble is and what we can do for it.
H. M. and F. H. II., Bellaire, Mich.

Undoubtedly this enlargement on your
cows’ jaw is an Actinomycotic tumor
which is commonly known as Lumpy jaw.
This is the common location for them but
once in a; while they will be found be-
tween the jaw bones under the throat and
occasionally they will affect the tongue
making it stiff and this condition is then
spoken of as wooden tongue. In rare
cases these growths may be found inter—
nally as well. When these conditioos
are treated early it is marvelous almost
at the results that may be obtained in the
majority of cases. The large percent of
them will respond very readily and rapid-
ly to treatment. Paint this growth night
and morning with tincture of iodine. Take
three ounces of Potassium Iodide and dis-
:olve in one pint of water and give this
cow one tablespoonful three times each
day on some chop or brain if she is where
you can feed her at noon, if she can be
handily fed at noon give this night and
If this growth is not removed
until the medicine is all given, repeat af-
ter one week as before. Need not stop
the paintings with the Tincture of Iodine
during such interval.

VV E HAVE some Holstein heifers that

are about fourteen or fifteen months
old. Are they old enough to breed?——-
A. N., Monroe, Mich.
' It would be much better to wait until
these heifers are at least a. year and one-
half old before they are bred. It does
not pay to breed them too young. It
would be well if possible to breed them
so that they would not freshen before
they were two and one-half years old.

 

W E HAVE a nice five-year-old Jersey

cow that is getting the lump jaw.
This growth has just been coming for
about htree or four weeks. Does not seem
to bother her any. What can be done for
lt?——T. McC., Saginaw, Mich.

Get the fluid extract of Poke root and
give her one tablespoonful in a little wa-
ter as a drench three times each day and
paint this growth with tincture of iodine
night and morning. This will no doubt
remove this growth, unless the bone is

already diseased which is not at all likely.

MY HENS are barred Plymouth Rock
and Brown Leghorns. They are dy-
ing with a. bowel trouble; they are not
sick but two or three days. The dropp-
mgs are sluggish; sometimes it seems
like bloody dystentery and some like the
whites of two eggs at first. Then after
it is exposed to the air a short time be-
comes white. They want to sit on the
nest at this time and I have lost three
where they became very lame. First it
affects the barred rocks, mostly beautiful
looking hens. I am feeding them barley,-
wheat screenings and corn. They run at
large and get only clean water. I put
10 drops of carbolic acid into a. 4 _quart
pan of water. I have lost 13 in just a
short time.

The condition that you describe seems
to be an infectious diarrhea. The first
thing that should be done would be to
clean all coops and roosts if you have
not already done so and then disinfect
them thoroly. This should be done well;
the trash in the run should be raked to-
gether and burned; if the runs are not
too large they should be well sprinkled
with lime and the poultry removed to some
other location for a few days or a. few
weeks if possible. The feed should be
clean and free from mould or contamina-

tion. The water should be clean and
pure. Separate the sick ones from the
well ones.

Get the followingz—Soduim Sulphocar-
bolate and Zinc Sulphocarbolate of each
one (1) ounce and mix together. Take of
this one level tablespoonful and dissolve
in one gallon of water and keep this be-
fore the chickens for them to drink; if
desired this can be used to make a wet
mash for them and feed to them in this
way. This is non-poisonous and they

‘ should have no other water to drink. This
should bring about ,a. normal condition in

'short time,

  

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The Live Stock, Farmer

S ONE thravels a long distance

thru the country,.h.e is constantly
impressed with the various types of
farms. that line the road. Some show
a very prosperous appearance. Fields
and meadows stretch away in a green
rolling panaroma, and sleek live stock
graze contentedly in the distant. Grain
waist and head high, nods in the
breeze; the smell of clover sweetens
the air, and there is a thrifty appear‘
ance to all vegetation that bespeaks
a fertile soil and careful cultivation.
Invariably modern farm buildings add
the final touch to the air of prosperity
and success that hangs over such
places. 'And if you have been schooled
in the‘ ways of farming you know at
once that these are rive stock farms,
and that live stock was the key to their
success.

But there is another type of farm
that the traveller encounters. It has
a hang-dog appearance. The fields are
green but the crops look poor and
stunted as tho starved of the elements
needed for full development. The ab-
sence of cattle or sheep denotes a lack
of interest in live stock raising and
appearance of the crops. It usually
also explains the run-down appearance
of the barns and house, for the man‘ of
experience knows that without live
stock to replenish the soil of the ele-
ments that are annually taken away
by the crops, there cannot be the high-
est success.

Show me a. community where live
stock are not raised and I will show
you a community where public im-
provements are lacking, the roads and
schools are poor, the farms are not
producing profitably and the buildings
are out of date, money is scarce and
the rate of interest is high; the young
people from this community are leav‘
ing the farm and going to the city.

On the other hand show me a cem-
munity where good live stock are rais-
ed and I will show you a. community
of prosperous contented farmers. Their
roads and schools are of the best.
Farm buildings are in~good repair and
their homes have all the modern con-
veniences. Their crops are good, money
plenty and rates of interest are reas-
onable. The young people from such
a community are staying on the farm.
They can see the advantage of such a
life over that of a shop life in the city.

Some way must be found to feed the
great numbers of people who have
flocked from the farms to the cities
the past decade, and the solution of
this problem is resting with the farm-
er. The fact that this increase is
going on and that meat contributes
a large part of the diet of the average
American family makes it reasonable
to suppose that we will never see cheap
meats again for any length of time.

At the present time good live stock
is bringing good prices for food pur-
poses; but we can not see but what
the man who is breeding pure-bred
farm animals of quality, will get very
high prices for all the animals he can
spare for breeding stock for several
years to come. This country will use
more food animals during the next
few months than they have ever used
before as they will send as much food
to the allied armies as possible and as
soon as the war is over the European
countries that are at war will find
it necessary to replenish their breed-
ing herds and they will look to the U.
S. to supply‘these animals.

The possibilities of the live stock
farmer are almost unlimited and al-
most unbelieveable. The men who are
getting results in their breeding op-
erations are reaping rich financial re-
wards; cattle, horses, sheep and hogs
of quality and that are typical of their
type are bringing enormous prices;
there seems to be scarcely a limit 1;.)
the prices that men will pay for breed-
ing animals in an effort to increase
the value of their herd and its pro-
geny. Five months’ old bull calf re-
cently sold for $53,200; a cow for $18,-
300. Hogs and horses are bringing
prices in comparison. The man that
can producethe highest class of live
stock at this time, need not go beg-
ging for his reward, as there are many
men just waiting to hear his price,
and they Write the check. It would
not, surprise me if we were to hear

    

 

 

 

    

interest Rate‘T’

We want selected farm
mortgage loans of $2000 and . ;
up on improved farm lands

 

 

in Michigan. Interest at only w p

5%, the borrower paying a

- small brokerage when loan is,

closed. , Prompt service.

The Guaranty Titled
and Mortgage Co. ‘

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W in thes pri Ewe
HE Bradley Sheep Club offers
sixty flocks of bred ewes as prizes

to stimulate interest in sheep raising
and to increase wool production.
_Any boy between the ages oft; and 17 inclusive,
ls eligible for one of those prize flocks. In five
years the flock you win will earn enough to send
you through college. This is our chance to
learn a profitable industry and help cloths and
feed our soldiers. Prizes awarded on merit only.
Write us for Free Booklet 0n Sheep Raising
by Mr. Anthony Gould of the American Sheep
Breeder. Full details of contest will be sent
with booklet.

BRADLEY KNITTING CO.

Delavan, Wisconsin

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Engmes-Spreadors-Tractors »

Don‘t buy any lmplementumil you see what

. Galloway csnsaveloryou. Learnallabout my
low prices and fine quality. I sell you direct
from my factpries at the lowest manufacturer's
pnce, and it I cannot save you big money on

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> Write Now for New 1918 Book

I want this great book in every farm home. Let itbeyour
buying gui e for anything you need on your farm: It will
save you a big amount of money in the course of a year.
Send for your copy today. It’s free. A postal will do.

GALhOWAY coco Box 3737

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ROSEN RYE—We have for sale the
new selected and improved Rosen Rye.
that we obtained from the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College, which yields as high
as 40 bushels per acre. Seed is pure and
carefully selected. Write for prices.
Strachan & Son, Ionia, Mich.

 

more live stock on every farm”, yes
,let us go one better and have another

of some one paying a. hundred thou«
sand dollars for a. good dairy bull
within the next five years. It would
not surprise us if we would not see
at least half a dozen sales of $50,000
bulls in the next five years and no
doubt as many cows that sell forv
$20,000 or more in the same length of .
time. The man that can and is breed— ‘
ing good stock, should stay on the job ’;
and redouble his energy and do his
best to produce better animals than he
1s now doing and he need have no
fears as to being able to be well re-
paid for his efforts.

Let us all boost for the live stock
farmer, not because he needs it, but
because our country needs live stock
farms, instead of grain farmers; let
us boost for them because it makes
for prosperity and happy contented
farmers and because it contributes
mere largely than any other branch
of farming to maintaining the fertility,
of our farms; let us boost for it be-
cause it makes us independent and
prosperous and because it brings us
everything that is good. Let us all
have this for our slogan, “Better and

 

slogan equally as applicable and here
it is, “Pure bred live stock on every

Farmer.”-——G. H. Conn, D_,__Y_.';M. r:

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HERE WERE few places, Average Jones held
where human nature in the rough can be
studied to better advantage than in the
stifling tunnels of the subway or the close-packed
sardine boxes of the metropolitan surface lines.
It was in pursuance of this theory that he en—V
countered the Westerner, on a Third avenue car.
By custom, Average Jones picked out the most
interesting or unusual human being in any assem-
bly where he found himself, for study and analy—
sis. This man was peculiar in that he alone was
not perspiring in the sodden August humidity.
The clear-browned skin and the rangy strength
of the figure gave him a certain distinction. He
held in his sinewy hands a doubly folded news-
paper. Presently it slipped from his hold to the
seat. beside him. He stared at the window opposite
with harassed and unseeing eyes. Abruptly he
rose and went out on the platform. Avtrage Jones
picked up the paper. In the middle of the column to
which it was folded was a marked advertisement:
RE you in an embarrassmg position? Any-
thing. anywhere, any time, regardless of
nature or location. Everybody’s friend. Con-

sultation at all hours. Suite 152, Owl Build-
ing, Brooklyn.

 

The car was nearing Brooklyn Bridge.
Jones saw his man drop lightly off. He followed
and at the bridge entrance caught him up.

“You’ve left your paper.” said ne.

The stranger whirled quickly. “Right.” he said.
“Thanks. Perhaps you can tell me where the Owl
Building is.”

“Are you going there.”

“Yes.”

“I wouldn't.”

man’s tanned forehead.
“Perhaps you wouldn’t." he returned cooly.
“In other words, ‘mind your business," said Av-
erage Jones. with a smile.
“Something of that sort.” admitted the stranger.

“Nevertheless, I wouldn’t consult with Every-
body‘s Friend over in the Owl Building."

“Why?"

"Eriwbecarise—er if I may speak plainly.’

drawled Average Jones. “I wouldn't risk a woman‘s
name with a gang of blackmailers.”

"You’ve got your nerve," retorted the stranger.
The keen eyes. flattening almost to slits, fixed- on
the impassive face of the ol her.

"Well, I’ll go you.” he decided. after a moment.
His glance SWept the range of vision and settled
upon a rathskeller sign. “(Tome over there where
we can talk.”

They crossed the grilling roadway, and, being
wise in the heat, ordered “soft” drinks.

“Now,” said the stranger, “you’ve declared in on
my game. Make good. What’s your interest?”

“None, personally. I like your looks, that’s all,"
replied the other frankly. “And I don’t like to see
you run into that spider’s web.”

“You know them?”

“Twice in the last year I’ve made ‘em change
their place of business.’

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nerves are on edge. It isn’t illness,so
must be trouble; On your watchchain
you’ve got a solitaire diamond
ring. Not for an ornament; you

aren’t that sort of'a dresser. It’s
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‘can 'find a place for it.
a deeply troubled man wears an

engagement ring 'on his watch-
chain it’s a fair inference that

there’s been an obstruction in, the
course of true love. Unless I’m
mistaken, ' you, being a stranger

newly come to town,
to take your case to those man-

eating sharks?” * "

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I noticed it was three hours slow.

That must mean the Pacific coast,
or near it. Therefore you've just

got in from the Far West and have
not thought to rectify your time.

*** “You made a good guess at a

woman in the case, and you call

this a coincidence? She’d say it

was a case of intuition. She’s very

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or something of that sort. Enough for her. Noth-
ing would do but that I should chase over to see
the Owl Building bunch. At that, maybe her
hunch was right. It’s brought me up against you.
Perhaps you can help me. What are you? A sort
of detective?" ‘ -

“Only on the side.” Average Jones drew a card
from his pocket, and tendered it:

A. JONES, AD—Vison,
Advice upon all matters connected with
Advertising

Astor Com-t Temple 2 to 5 P. M.

“Ad-Visor, eh ?” repeated the other. “Well,
there’s going to be an advertisement in the Evening
Truth today, by me. Here’s a proof of it."

LOST—Necklace of curious blue stones from
Hotel Denton, night of August sixth. Re-
ward greater than value of stones for return
to hotel. No questions asked.

“Reward greater than value of stones,” com-
mented Average Jones “There’s a sentimental in,-
terest, then?"

“Will you take the case?” returned Kirby ab—
ruptly. . .

“At least I’ll look into it," replied Average Jones.

“Come to the hotel, then, and lunch with me,
and I’ll open up the whole thing.”

Across the luncheon table, at the quiet, old-fash-
ioned Hotel Denton, Kirby unburdened himself.

“You know all that’s necessary about me. The
——other party in thematter 1s Mrs. Hale. She’s
a young widow. We've been engaged for six
months; were to be married in a fortnight. Now
she insists on a postponement. That’s where I
want your help." ‘

Average Jones moved uneasily in his chair.
“Really, Mr. Kirby, lovers‘ quarrels aren’t in my
line.”

“There’s been no quarrel. We’re as much en-
gaged now as ever, in spite of the retufn of the
ring. It’s only her infern-—-her deep-rooted supersti-
tion that’s caused this trouble. One can’t blame
her; her father and mother were both killed in an
accident after some sort of ‘ghostly warning.’ The
first thing I gave her, after our engagement, was
a necklace of these stones"~—he tapped his scarf
pin—“that I’d selected, one by one myself. They’re
beautiful as you see, but they’re not particularly
valuable; only semi-precious. The devil of it is
that they’re the subject of an Indian legend. The
indians and Mexicans call them “blue fires,” and
say they have the power to bind and loose in love.
Edna has been out in that country; she’s naturally
high strung and responsive to that sort of thing,
as I told you, and she fairly soaked in all that non—
sense. To make it worse, when I sent them to her
I wrote that—that—” a dull red surged up under
the tan skin—“that as long as the fire in the stones
burned blue for her my heart would all be hers.
Now the necklace isgone. You can imagine the
effect on a woman of that temperament. And you
can see the result.” He pointed with a face of
misery to the solitaire on his watch-chain. “She
insisted on giving this back. Says that a woman
as careless as she proved herself can’t be trusted
with jewelry. And she’s hysterically sure that

misfortune will follow us forever if we’re married~

When .

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without; recoverihgi‘l'the V fool necklace. ”So shes”

begged a postponement.”
“Details,” said ‘Average Jones crisply-$1.? _ . '
' “She's here at this hotel. :_ Has a small suiteon
the third floor. Camejdow‘n from her home, on
central New York to meet my mother, whom she

floor. Night before last Mrs. " Hale thought -’ she
heard a noise in her outer room.~
look-see, but found nothing. In the morningwhen
she got up, about ten (she’s a late riser) the neck~'
lace wasgone." , ' ,,
“Where had it been left?” '
“On a stand in her sitting room.”
“Anything else taken?” ‘ ‘ v _ '
_ “That’s the strange part of it. Her purse, with
over a hundred" dollars in it, which ,layunder the’

“Does she usually leave valuables around in that
casual way?” ' > -

“Well, you see, she’s always stayed at the Den“
, ton, and she felt perfectly, secure here.” .

“Any other thefts in the hotel?" .

“Not that I can disoover. But one of the guests
on the same floor with .Mrs. Hale saw a fellow act-
ing queerly' that same night. There he sits, yon!
der, at that table. I’ll ask him to come over.”

. The guest, an elderly man, already interested
in the case, was willing enough to tell, all he knew.

“I was awakened by some onerfumbling at .my
door and making a clinking, noise,” he explained.
“I called out. Nobody answered. Almost im-
mediately I heard a noise across the hall. I opened
my door. A man was fussing atthe keyhole of the
He was very clumsy. I Said,
‘Is that your room?’ Het didn’t look at me. In a
moment he started down the hallway. He walked
very fast, and I could hear him muttering to him-
self. He'seemed to be carrying something in front
of him- with both hands. It waS'his keys, I sup-
pose. Anyway I could hear it clink. At the end
of the hall he stopped, turned to the door at the-
left and fumbled at‘the keyhole for quite a while.
I could hear his keys clink again. This time,
I suppose, he had the right room, for he unlocked
it and went in. ‘I listened for fifteen or twenty
minutes. There was nothing further.” ‘

“How was the man dressed?” asked Average
Jones. ‘ .

“Grayish dressing-gown and bed slippers. He
was tall and had gray hair.” '

“Many thanks. Now, Mr. Kirby, will you take
me to see Mrs. Hale?”

The young woman received them in her sitting
room. She- was of the slender, big-eyed, sensitive
type of womanhood; her piquant face marred by
the evidencesof sleeplessness and tears. .

“I felt sure the advertisement would bring us
help," she said wistfully. “Now, I feel surer than
ever.” , ‘

“Faith helps the worst ,case‘," said the young
man, smiling. “Mr. Kirby tells me that the in-
truder awakened you.

“Yes; and I’m a very heavy sleeper. Still I
can’t say positively that anything definite roused
me; it was rather an impression of some one’s be-
ing about. I came out of my bed room and look-
ed around the o'uter room, but there was nobody
there." - ‘

“You didn’t think to look for the necklace?”

“No," she said with a little gasp; “if I only had!’

“And~—er——-you didn’t happen to hear any clink-
ing noise, did you?”

“No.”

“After he’d got into the room he’d put the key
up, wouldn’t he?” suggested Kirby.

“You're assuming that he had a key.”

\“Of course he had a key. The guest across the
hall saw him trying it on the doors and heard
it clink against the lock.”

“If he had a key to this room why did he try
it on several other doors first?” pr0pounded Av-
erage Jones. “As for the clinking noise, in which
I’m a good deal interested—may I look at your key
Mrs. Hale.

She handed it to him: He tried it on the look.
outside, jabbing at the metal setting. The resul-
tant sound was dull and. wooden. “Not much
of the clink which our friend describes as having
heard, is it?” he remarked.

“Then how could he get into my room?” cried
Mrs. Hale?” '

“Are you sure your door was locked?” ,

“Certain. As soon as I missed the, necklace I
looked at the catch.” '

' “That was in the morning. But the night be-
fore?” '

“I always slip ‘the spring. And I know I did?

this time because it had been left‘unsprungso
thater. Kirby’s mother could come in and out
of my sitting room, and I remember springing it
when she left for bed.” ' ‘

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U u man pondered, then drew
a Eligirygpngi Mrs. Hale’s escritOire, }sand,
with an abrupt ".‘excuse me, helped m-
self to pen, ink and paper. 1 t s’
“There!” he said, after five in nuYeu
work. .“That’ll do .for a starter. f 13‘
see” he added, handing .the product 0 1:
toil. to Mrs. Hale, “this street happeznr
to be the ._regular cross-town rout? “(1i
‘ the milk that comes over by one o be:
minor ferries. If you heard a hum
of wagons passing in the
they were the milk-vans.
Mrs. Hale read:

“ LK-DRIVERS, ATTENTION—Del-
awaMmIa Central mid-town route. Who .talk-
ed to man outside hotel early morningt
of August 7? Twenty dollars to rigd
man. Apply personally to Jones, I: y:
Visor, Astor Court Temple, New Yor .

“ r the coming issue of’the Milk-
i,Deaal.1:;)r's Journal." explained the author"2
“‘Now, Mr. Kirby, I want you to find on
for me—Mrs. Hale can help you since
She has known the hotel people for years
-—the names of all those .who gaxe up
rooms on this floor, or the floors abovle
or below. yesterday morning, and as;

Hence this.”

whether they are known to the hotel
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peoprgu think the tIt-Ifielf is still in the
‘2'” cried Mrs. a e. . ,
ho‘t‘eladardly. But I think I see smoke

rom our blue fires. To make out the
:ffigureythrough the smoke is 0t:— Av-
erage Jones broke.off, shaking his head.
He was stilll shaking his head when he
’ e hote . .
lefItt ttldok three days for the milk-Journal
advertisement to work. On the after-
noon of August tenth, a lank, husky-
voiced teamster called at the office of
the Ad-Visor and was passed in ahead
h a'ting line.
0f“tl’gi Waflter that twenty.” he declared.

“Earn it." said Average Jones with
brevit . .
eggIa—Ilotel Denlton. Guy on the .third floor

balcony.”

“ h so far.” . .
“Eightin’ on the rail as if hewa'ssick.
I give him a hello. ‘Takin’ a nip 0 night,
air. Bill?’ I says. He didn’t say nothm.
”Did he do anything?’ ’ . .
“Kinder fanned himself an Jerked his
head back over his shoulder. Meanm
it was too hot to sleep ins1de, I reckon.
It sure was hot i" "
“Fanned himself? How? . _
“Like this." The visitor raised his
hands awkwardly, cupped them, and drew
them toward his face. ’
“Er—with both hands?’
“Yes." ' _ I. ”
“Di you see him go in?
“Nope.”

“Here’s your said Average

twenty.”

Jones. “You‘re long on sense and short

on words. I wish there were more like

you.” _ n .
“Thanks. Thanks again, said the

teamster. and went out. _ .

Meantime Kirby had sent his list, of
the guests who had given up their rooms
on August seventh: George M. Weaver.
Jr., Utica. N. Y., well known to hotel
people and vouched for them.

Walker Parker. New Orleans. . ditto.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hull; quite el-
derly people; first visit to hotel.

Henry M. Gillespie. Locke, N. Y. Mid-

dle aged man; new guest. ‘

C. F. Willard. Chicago; been gomg to
hotel for ten years: vouched for by hotel
People.

Armed with the list, Average Jones
rent to the Hotel Denton and spent a
usy mornin . _

“I've had Ea little talk With the hotel
servants,” said he to Kirby. when the lat-
ter called to make inquiries. “Mr. Hen—
l‘y M. Gillespie, of Locke, Y., had
room 168. It's on the same floor with
Mrs. Hale’s suite, at the farther end of
the hall. He had only one piece of lug-
gage. a suit case marked H. M. G. That
information I got from the porter.
left ,his room in perfect order except
for One thing: one of, the knobs on the
headboard of the ,old-fashioned bed was
broken off short. He didn't mention the
matter to the hotel people." ’

”What do you make of that? ' .

“It. was a. stout knob. Only a consul-
erable effort of strength exerted in a
peculiar way would have broken it as it
W93 xbroken. There was something on:
usual'going on in room 168, alright,
“Tug; ii think. Henry M. Gillespie,
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' Average Jones greeted his guests cor-
dially. Their first ques one to him were

differences 'in- point of view.
"Have you got the necklace?"
Mrs. Hale. .
“Have you got the thief ?f’ queried Kirby
“‘I haven’t got the necklace and I have-
n’t.got the thief,” announced Average
Jones; "but I'think I’ye got the man

cried

who’s got the necklace; Mr. Harvey M. .

Greene, who now sits in the outer room."-
“ . . G.," said Kirby quickly. “Is
it possible that the decent looking old

boy out-there is .the man who stole—"

“It is not." interrupted Average Jones
with emphasis, “and shall ask you, what-
ever may occur, to guard your speech
from offensive expressions of that sort
while he is here." ~ '-
, .“All right, if you say so,” acquiesced
the other. “But do you mind telling
me how you figure out a man traveling
'under an alias and helping himself to
other people’s property on any other basis
than that he’s a -thief?” '

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The man from the outer room entered

and nervously acknowledged his intro—
duction t0'he others.
“Mr. Greene,” explained Jones, “has

kindly consented to help- clear up the
events of the night of August sixth at
the Hotel Denton and”——-he paused for a
moment and shifted his gaze to the new-
comer's narrow shoes—“and—er-the loss
of———er—Mrs. Hale’s jeweled necklace.”

The boots retracted sharply. as under
the impulse of some sudden emotion:
startled surprise. for example. “What?”
crie Greene, in obvious amazement, “I
don t know anything about a necklace.”

“That also is possible,” Jones admitted.
“If you'll permit the form of an examina—
tion; when you came to the Hotel Denton
on_ August sixth. did you carry the same
suitcase you now have with you, and
similarly packed?”

“Ye-es. As nearly as possible.”

“Thank you. You were registered un-
der -the name of Henry M. Gillespie?"

The other’s voice was low and strained
as he replied in the affirmative.

“For good reasons of your own?"

C‘Yes,l!

“For which same reasons you left the
hotel quite early on the following morn-
ing?” .

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“Your busineSs compels you to
a great deal?” .

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travel

"Do you often register under an alias ?"

“Yes," returned the other, his face
twitching.

“But not‘ always?”

‘3N0.!9

“In a large city and a strange hotel.
for example, you’d take any name which
would correspond to the initials. H. M. G..
on your dress-suit case. But in a small
town where you were known, you’d be
obliged to register .under your real name
of Harvey M. Greene. It was that nec-
essity which enabled me to find you.”

"I'd like to know how you did it," said
the other gloomily. - ‘

It III It

“Now,” Jones said. “here‘s a bedpost.
exactly like the one in room 168 occupied
by Mr. Greene at the Denton. Kirby,
you’re a powerful man. Can you break
that knob off with one hand?”

He Wedged the post firmly in a. chair
for the‘ trial. The bedpost resisted.

“Could you do it with both hands?”
he asked.

“Probably, if I could get a hold. But

there isn't surface enou n for '
hold !” g d 300d
“No, there isn’t. But now." Jones

coiled a rope around the post and handed
the end to Kirby. He pulled sharply.
The knob snapped and rolled on the floor.

‘ . E. D.," said Kirby. “But it does-
not mean anything to me.”

:‘Doesn’t it? Let me recall some other
eVIdence. The guest who saw Mr. Greene
in the hallway thought he was carry~
mg something in both hands. The milk
driver who hailed him on the balcony
notlce that he gestured awkwardly with
both hands. In what circumstances
would a man use both hands for action
normally performed with one?”

"Too much. drink.” hazarded Kirby,
looking dubiously at Greene, who had
been following Jones’ discourse with ab—
sorbed attention.

“Possibly. But it wouldn’t fit this
case." ‘

“Physical weakness,” suggested Mrs.
Hale. »

“Rather a shrewd suggestion. ‘But no
weakling broke off that bedpost in Henry
M. Gillespie’s~ room. I assumed that
theory that e phenomena ”of that night
were symptomatic rather than acciden-
tal. Therefore, I set out to find in what
other places the mysterious H. M. G.
had performed.” ‘ '

He handed the “Oh. You Hotel Men”
advertisement to the little group.

"Plenty of replies came. You have,
if I ma say it without offense, Mr. Green,
an un ortunate reputation among hotel
proprietors. ‘ Small wonder that you use
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Leaning over. Jones pulled, clinklng
from the scrap-basket, a line steel chain.
It was endless and some twelve feet in
total length. and had two small loops,
about a foot apart.

“Yes, that is mine,” said Mr. Greene
with composure. “I left it because it
had ceased to be serviceable to me.”

“Ah! That’s very interesting,” said
Average Jones with a keen glance. “Of
course when I examined it and found no
locks, I guessed that it was a trick chain.
and that there were invisible springs in
the wrist loops."

“But why should any one chain Mr.
Greene to his bed with a trick chain?"
questioned Mrs. Hale, whose mind had
been working swiftly.

“He chained himself." explained Jones,
“for excellent reasons. As there is no
regular trade in these things, I figured
that he probably bought it. from some
juggler whose performance had given
him the idea. So,” continued Jones, pro-
ducing a specimen of his advertisements
in the theatrical publications. "I set out
to find what professional had sold a
'prop’ to an amateur. I found the sale
had been made at. Barsfield, Ohio, late
in November of last year. by a ‘Slippery
Sam,’ termed "l‘he Elusive ldeardes.’
On November twenty-eighth of last year
Mr. Harvey M. Greene, of Richmond.
Virginia, was registered at the principal.
in fact the only decent hotel, at Burs—
field. I wrote to him and here he. is.”

“Yes: but where is my necklace?"
cried Mrs. Hale.

“()n my word of honor. madam, I
know nothing of your necklace.” assert—
ed Greene, with a painful contraction
of his features. “If this gentleman can
throw any more light—”

“I think I can.” said Average Jones.
“Do you remember anything of that
night's events after you broke off the
bedpost and left your roomwthe meet-
ing with a guest who questioned you in
the hall. for example?”

“Nothing.
and found myself on the fire-escape."

“Awoke?” cried Kirby. “Were you a-
sleep all the time?”

“Certainly. I’m a confirmed sleep-
walker of the worst type. That’s why
I go under an alias. That’s why I got

the trick handcuff chain and chained my-
self up with it. until I found it drove me
fighting crazy in my sleep when could
not break away. 'l‘iiat's why I slept
in my dressing gown that night at the
Denton. There was a red light in the
hall outside, and any light, particularly
a colored one. is likely to set me going.
I probably dreamed I was escaping from
a locomotive-«that's a common delusion
of mine—and sought. refuge in the first
door that was open.” .
“Wait a minute," said Average Jones.
“You—-er-——-say that you are-—er pecul-
iarly susceptible tower—colored light.”
(i es.”

“Mrs. Hale, was the table on which the
necklace lay in line with any light out.
side?" ’

“I think probably with/the direct ray
of an electric globe shining through the
farther window." *

Not a thing until I awoke'

, “’l‘hcn, I\'Il'.. Greene.“ said Average
Jones. “the glint of the fire-blue stones
undoubtedly caught your eye. You seiz—
ed on the necklace and carried it out
on the fire-escape balcony, where the cool
air or the milk driver’s hail awakened
you. Have you no recollection of seeing
such a iliing?”

“Not the faintest, Unhappily?"

“Then he must have dropped it. to the

ground below.” said Kirby.
“I don’t think so.” controvei'ted Jones
slowly. “Mr. Greene must have been

clinging to it tenaciously when it swung
and caught against the railing. stripping
off the three end stones. If the—whole
necklace had dropped it would have brok—
cn up line, and more than three stones
would have returncd to Us in reply to the
advertisements. And in that case. too,
the chances against the end stones alone
returning, out of all the'thirty-six, are
too unlikely to be considered. No. the
fire—blue necklace never fell to the ground.’

"lt certainly didn't remain on the bal-
cony.” said Kirby. “it would have been
discovered there."

"Quite. assented
“V‘Ve‘rc getting at it by the process of
exclusion. 'l‘hc necklace didn’t fall It
didn‘t stay. 'l‘hercforc?”——he looked in—
quiringly at Mrs.’ Hale.

"It rcturncd.” she said quickly.

“W'ith Mr. Greene,” added Average
Jones.

"I tell you.” cried the gentleman
hcmently, "I haven't set eyes on
wretched thing.” '

“Agreed.” returned Average
“which doesn’t at all affect the point
I wish to make. You may recall. Mr.
Greene. that in my message I asked you
to pack your suitcase exactly as it was
when. you left the hotel with it on the
morning of August seventh.”

“I’ve’donc so with the exception of
the conjurcr's chain, of course.“

“Including the dressing gown you had
on, that night, I assume. Have you worn
it Since?”

“No. It hung in my c10set until yes-
terday, when I folded it to pack. You
see. I—I’ve had to give up the road on
account of my unhappy failing.”

Then permit me.” Average Jones
StOODed to the dress-suit case, drew out
the garment and thrust his hand into
isuone pocket. He turned to Mrs. Hale.

Would you—~er—mind—~er leaning over
a. bit?” he said.

She bent her dainty head, then gave a
startled cry of delight as the young man,
With a swift motion, looped over her
shoulders a chain of living blue fires which
gleamed and glinted in the sunlight. '

“They were there all the time,”
exclaimed: “and you knew it.”

“Guessed it,” he corrected, “by figuring
out that they couldn’t well be elsewhere—4
unless on the untenable hypothesis that
our friend, Mr. Greene here, was a thief."

“Which only goes to prove.” said Kirby
soberly, “that evidence may be a mighty

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the

Jones :

she

— deceptive accuser.”

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Average Jones, "that there’s no fire. eren
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.° Let’s Be'Neighbors

I had no neighbor. ,

of telephones, and what would I have not
given for a half hour’s cheery chat with a woman!
I don’t know how I existed through that lonely
year, I am sure if it were not for the mail, and
books and magazines, and of course, my dear hus-
band, I would have died! And just think, city
folks often do not know their next door neighbors!
They seem to glory in the phrase “Oh. I can’t be
bothered with neighbors!" It must be the lonliest
feeling in the world for a stranger to walk down a

  
 
   

  

  

happy faces of children, and not be able to speak
to them. Why, in our town, I know everybody!
There isn’t a man, woman or child in the neigh-
borhood that does not sing out, a cheery greeting

olated year, when I almost atemy heart out in
loneliness.
I wonder if some of my readers are living where

an occasional chat? Perhaps you have taken up
a homestead in some far Canadian country where
the nearest neighbor lives miles away. Or maybe
your good neighbor who used to come in and sit
in the kitchen and swap experiences with you has
moved away.

Let me be your neighbor! I'm coming to see you
once a week on this page of MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING, and I’m going to say “Hello, Neighbor”,
and I want you to say “Howdy” right back again!
Have you some troubles you just have to tell some-
body? Aren’t things going just right? Maybe I
can help you! Do you want a certain recipe? Sure-
ly our readers, or neighbors, will be able to help
you out, if I cannot. Let’s all be neighbors, ex-
change experiences, and try to help each other and
,7 this good old world by the simple method of give
and take. I’ll give you all the helpful articles
I can think of, and you give me your advice, sug-
Hestions, and experiences. And we’ll all take from
this life we’re living in every bit of happiness
and good cheer we can squeeze out of it!

I’m calling 011 you today, and sitting out in your
kitchen, and talking to you, and suggesting to you.

LET’S BE NEIGHBORS!

Now Comes The School.Lunch Problem

0 MOST of us, one of the “pesky” jobs of

i the day is putting up the school luncheon.

We have been free from it all summer; now
the problem faces us again. What shall we give
the childrento eat during the fall and winter?
Of course, We all realize that the little growing
body and the rapidly developing brain must be
properly nourished, and the careful mother does
3 not take the attitude that “any old thing will do”
for the school lunch box. In Illinois alone there

are 254,000 rural school children who carry their

lunch to school. Just imagine all the mothers

in the different states, thinking about the same
,7. problem——the school lunch box!
i: If the teachers feel responsible for the develop-
ment of the very best in her pupils, and she too
realizes that a child cannot accomplish his full
quota of work when he is poorly nourished any
more than an engine can run without fuel. Often-
tlnies the teacher will cooperate with the mothers,
and serve warm food to add to the cold sandwiches
and salads that are brought in the lunch boxes.
Experiments show that Whenever warm food has
been added, good results have been noticed by
parents and teachers, keener interest in school
work, better marks, and above all better health.
Children who are well fed aren’t likely to be so
greatly in need of discipline.

A growing child has need of large quantities
of body-building material. A child often needs
more energy than a grown person, growing as he
is, mentally and physically. Proteins, fats and
carbohydrates are necessary to the body, but there
are other necessary substances. Lime is needed
by the child tobuild bone and teeth. This is
found in milk, eggs, dried or fresh peas, beans,
carrots, prunes, parsnips, turnips, oranges, al-
monds, and peanuts. Anemit, which means
“thin" blood, is often caused by the lack of iron
in the system. Too manypersons take touics con-
taining iron, when proper food would supply the
same element. The foods rich in iron are the
fruits and vegetables such as prunes, raisins,
,spiuach, peas and beans. Also eggs, beefsteak,
oatmeal and whole grains of wheat. Children

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city street and see all the pleasant homes, and the!

when I walk abroad. Quite 3. Contrast to my is»

neighbors are scarce or too far away to, run in for .

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rather than the sweetsi'm ma‘ny are freely'g‘lven.’ _.

Fried foods, rich‘ cakesspastry' and pickles, and Tj '

other "highly seasoned foods should be excluded
as far as possible from the school lunch box. '

Do not put lunches, up in air-tight pail or con»

tainer. Food gets soggy if the box is not ventilat-
ed. H‘oles can be punched in the side of a“, tin‘pail.
A basket makes a good lunch basket. Waxed pa-
per used to wrap the food in is desirable, because
it is sanitary, and makes sandwiches so appetizing.

The University of Illinois has cooperated with
the United States Department of Agriculture and
published a valuable booklet on - school lunches,
compiled by Florence Harrison and Olive B. Per:
'civel. The receipts which follow are taken from
this interesting little booklet: .

SUGGESTIONS FOB SANDWICH FILLINGS
1. Ham, chicken, or veal. minced fine~ seasoned,

and mixed with cream or salad dressing. Hard cooked

eggs may be added.
2. Cottage cheese, plain or mixed with chopped
pimentos, olives or nuts. .
3. Grated cheese, minced green pepper and cream.
4. Raisins, nuts, dates and figs, ground and mixed
with fruit juice. , .
5. - Sardines, salmon, etc., boned, seasoned with pap-
rika and lemon juice or mixed with salad dressing.
6. Hard cooked eggs, chopped, mixed with grated
cheese, butter and vinegar. Use with rye bread.
7. Salted peanuts, ground fine and‘ mixed with
cream or salad dressing.
. _8. Dates ground and rubbed to a paste with orange
Juice. Good served with cocoa.
et 9. ' Thin slices of tender meat, veal, beef, chicken,
0.
Fresh and canned fruits have an importance in

the school lunch box. The dessert may supply
the sweet of which all children are so fond. It

may be a piece of plain cake, a cooky,_dried fruit,.

such as raisins, figs, dates, a few pieces of pure
candy, or some sweet chocolate. Custard, rice
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This Week ’3 Tested Recipe

801106}. LUNCH COOKIES

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butter, 2 eggs, 1-2 teaspoonful salt, 1-2 tea-
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It should not be dimcult for the teacher in the
public school to make a warm dish a day for her
little charges. For instance: potato soup, cream
oftomato soup, apples cocked with bacon, cocoa,
apple sauce, custard, or baked beans. Any of these
simple things can be prepared in the winter on the
school stove, and in the fall and spring on a little
alcohol stove. The older pupils could cooperate
with the teacher, and one delegated each day to
prepare the luncheon. She could go quietly about
her task a few minutes before noon. The various

food products could be furnished by the parents
of the school children.

 

At the County Fair

HE WIND it breathes of autumn,
Kinda nippy-llke, and keen.

The leaves are red and pallet,

When they used to be so green.

The rose has lost its fragrance

But there’s odors in the air

That seem to sorta. tell me,

We’ll exhibit at the Fair!

HE PICKLIN’ and the jellin’
That ma is doin’ now

Will surely prove a winner,

For upon her sweatln’ brow

Is writ determination

To git all the prizes there!

All the wimmen in the County

Are preparin’ for the Fair!

H GOSH, there’s heaps a doin’
The sideshows and the rest,
The livestock and the races,
Each girl tagged in her best!
The whirliglgs and dance halls
Would mice a parson swear,
But don’t we all enjoy it,
Down at the County Fair!

——-ANNE CAMPBELL STARK

   

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with salt and pepper, and pour onto the beaten eggs;
enwellmlxed, serve. "hot.

be omitted if desired.
' , Potato Soup ’ ,' '
4 cups milk, 1 slice onion, 1 1-2 cups mashed pota-
toes, 3 tablespoons butter,—~ ‘3 tablespoons flour, 1 1-2
teaspoons salt. Scald milk wlh onion in it, remove on-

ion and add milk slowly to potatoes Season-with

salt and pepper and serve.
‘ , Baked Custard ’ ) . ‘
4 cups milk, 4 to 6 eggs, 6 tablespoons‘sugar. few
grains salt.» Flavor with nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla,

or lemon extract. Scald milk beat 6:38. add sugar.

and salt. and pOur on gradually the scalded- mllk. Fla-
vor to taste and pour into custard cups ;' place cups
in deep Dan and pour boiling water around them until
it almost reaches the tops of cups. . Bake in moderata
oven about 20 minutes. To test when done, dip a point-
ed knife into the custard. If the knife comes out clean
the custard is done. ‘ ' ,,

Other suggested dishes for the hot school lun-
cheon are cream of celery soup, pea soup, onion
soup, cream _of rich soup, milk and cheese soup,
baked eggs, shirred eggs, coddled eggs, creamed
eggs, apple custard, banana custard, chocolate
custard, tapioca cream, rice pudding, cream of
wheat, milk toast, macaroni, baked apples and
baked bananas. ’

I would suggest that every 'amother speak to--the
teacher about the hot lunch "plan. The teacher
would be rewarded by better development or her
pupils, and the effort required is so little, as com-
pared with the results obtained. .

Winter Goodies

T IS A WISE housekeeper who converts part of
I the summer iruits into winter “goodies’ to fill

the call for candy or “rush order” desserts.
Fruit paste so common in the tropics is little
known in America. Old time 'Virginia house-
keepers put up peach and dams0n “leather", 1!.
similar product.

These pastes make a delightful dessert served

with cream cheese or nuts. They can be used
togarnish cakes, custards and platters of cold

' meat or eaten as a' candy.
Fruit paste is made by boiling down fruit pulp,

adding sugar, and drying out slightly.

PEACH PASTE—Cook peaches tender and rub
through colander after draining of juice (this
can be bottled and used as a fruit syrup). Allow
1-2 lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of fruit. Cook over slow
fire till very thick. Pour paste out in thin sheet
on flat dish or marble slab which has been rubbed
over slightly with salad oil. Place in sun or draft
for two days, covered to protect from. insects. It
should be dry enough not to be sticky, but by no
means hard or leathery. Cut paste in fancy fig-
ures or in any way desired, place on wax paper.
sprinkle with granulated sugar, stand in draft two
days "more. To store, dip again in granulated
sugar and pack in boxes or jars like candy with
layers of paper between. ‘

DAMSON PLUM LEATHER—“Damson leather",
as it is known in Virginia, is made Without strain-
ing, the skins left in, dried as above. The sheet
of leather is then sprinkled with granulated sugar,
rolled like a jelly roll, and cut into slices. Dip
these slices in granulated sugar and pack in jar.

APPLE CONSERVE— 1 lb. apples to 3-4 1b. sugar
and 1-2 pint water. Simmer apples, quartered
and peeled, in syrup till clear. Dry in sun till
no longer sticky. Roll in granulated sugar and
pack in tin boxes or glass jars, in layers with wax
paper. . ’

DAMSON PLUM CONSERVE—4 lbs. plums,
3 lbs. sugar, 1 lb. shelled nuts, 2 oranges, 1 lb.
raisins. '

Remove the seeds and chop the plums. Peel the
‘oranges and slice thinly one-half of the peel. Dis-
card the other peel and the seeds. Mix chopped
plums, orange pulp, sliced peel, sugar and raisins.
Cook all .together rapidly until bright and thick
as jam. Add nuts five minutes before removing
from the fire. Remove from fire, cool, and pack
into jars. '

FANCY VARIATIONS—These are only a few
suggestions; there are endless varieties and com-
binations that can be worked out with these pastes.
Use different fruits or pastes, dry partly, and ar-
range in layers like layer cake“. Or vary the
layers by adding finely cut citron, candied pool
or blanched nuts. With apple pastes dinerent’color

lugs “and flavors can be used. Where fruit is

‘ abundant, fancy packages of _these pastes might

be put up for Christmas presentsor church, in.
nears. . ' . ‘

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Plenty of apple borers, have - n" in-
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$2.75 :to' 33.2618; barrel for. thewo

apple crop. e _. * , .. _ .

Chas: Bowen of Paw Paw shippedone ..

hundred bushels of _ lino Yellow _-
parent apples to Chicago last week where
they sold at top prices.

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Rev. H. Nankervis of.‘ Memphis, harvest-
ed a b crop. of early potatoes from his
“little ' " which he sold locally all
the way from $2.60 per bushel down to

$1.80. ‘ t e .

It is said that shipments of peaches
around South Haven this season will prob-
bably not be large because the canning
factories will pick up most of them, pay-

\

ing $1.50 per bushel. ~Peaches are» juSt

ripening. .

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~Frank King and son of Charlotte rea
ceived $841.10 not. for 22 hogs and one

real calf and George Cooley shipped a.

sow that netted $73.42; Both were sold
thru the Square Deal (Jo-operative Ship-
ping Association.
- ‘ 0' t c .
Mike Kenny hauled to Chief the biggest
load of cucumbers ever brought to that
station. There was about fifty bushels
and he received $30 for them. Mr. Ken-
ny not only broke the record but also
broke his wagon, so that it took him ”till
late in the evening to make the delivery.
‘ an at a

The largest yields of wheat- in many.

years, are reported, around Read—
ing. Leroy March, three and one-half
miles north and west of Reading village,
reports 1,115 bushels of wheat from
thirty acres of ground. At present prices
Mr. March’s crop isxworth $2,230 or bet-
ter. .
. a: t at

George W. Leggett of Allendale made
a nice bunch of money from his early po—
tatoes. He dug 225 bushels from an acre
and a half, which brought him in the
sum of $364, an average of a triflle over
$1.60 a bushel. He experienced no trouble
in selling them. Is there any. one who
can beat this record? We would like
to hear from him. -

e o t
It is estimated that Allegan county
will this year produce 7,000 bushels of
Red Rock wheat and is probably fore—
most‘in the state in this line. County
Agent Bentall has just sold ’to parties
in Jackson county 3 car load of wheat
at $3.50 per bushel. One piece of eight
and one-half acres just thrashed in that
county gave a yield of fifty bushels per
acre.
:3 all I:
Talk of $1 eggs next winter is not
impossible. In fact the Birmingham Ec—
centric printer is now paying more than
$4 per dozen for nice fresh eggs! He has
21 hens that generously contribute one
egg every three days while they consume
100 pounds of feed in less than four
weeks. And that same 100 pounds of
energy cost just $4.25 cash. He is going
to live on chicken instead of pork chops.

a at at
William R. McDonough of Ocealo re-
cently sold a thoroughbred Holstein cow
and calf to a Grand Rapids man for
$1,200. Last winter on an official test
this cow produced 608.3 pounds of milk
and 30.9 pounds of butter in seven days.
Here is where a test made the owner
several hundred dollars, for it is said
that without the test he would have
done well to get $400 for the pair.
* t It

Officers of the Charlotte Square Deal
Co—operative Association published the
following statement in a local paper which
is self-explanatory: “Whether you ship
your stock with the Square Deal com—
pany or not, please give us credit for
making a market in this locality. Mr.
Goodman from Bay county spent Monday
here learning how co-operative shipments
are handled and he says the highest
price they can get offered for two year
old steers of good quality is 6 1—2 cents
1h; The highest price they have re-
ceived for hogs this year is 14 cents lb.”

' Janice Coo-of

a‘st :few days payin . from ‘
l‘genbersv

. as the Square Deal Company.

Brighton? delivered a veal.
calf to L. . . Lp‘VewellTuesday and was
paid $30.20 in exchange for it.-. -

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,It is estimated, according to advance
information, that eggs will reach a price
of $1 per dozen the coming winter. That’s
cheerful news. ,

- of" a e

Joseph . Fritch, the apple buyer of
Bloomingdale, made a business trip thru
the northern counties to Traverse City.
As a result he will pay a. little over $3
per barrel for apples. .

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The farmers’ co-operative— grain ele-
vator will be built on the old Hurdmill
site in Marshall'L'It will be a modern
elevator, at 17,000 bushels capacity, an
.will be completed by December I.

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Fromei ht acres of Rosen Rye, George
Disbrow o Barryton. threshed.~240 bush—
els, or 30 bushels per acre, while the old
fashioned rye yielded but. 16 bushels per
acre. At the present price the Rosen Rye
would bring to the producer $48'per acre,
as against $25.60 for the old variety.-

' a: at at

Alfred Gates of Elk Rapids has solved
the labor problem, so far as his rasp-
berries are concerned. Finding ,it diffi-
cult to get help to pick them, he sold them
“on the bushes, allowing people to do
their own picking. 'Monday he disposed
of 17 crates in this way, for which he
received $2.00 a crate. -

t a: a:

Manager Kelly of the Charlotte Square
Deal o-operative Association, helped
Eaton apids farmers recently to com-
plete their co-operative shipplng company
there and Secretary Kiplinger helped or-
ganize one at Ann Arbor on the same plan
The inm-
tation to Ann Arbor was extended through
the State Grange department.

It it all

The, West Michigan Holstein—Friesian
association will again offer a $25 lovmg
cup to the exhibitor showing the best
Holstein-Friesian cow and two of its of!-
spring, regardless 01 sex, at the West
Michigan State Fair, September 17-21.
The exhibitor must be a member of the
Holstein-Friesian association, and the cat-
tle must be registered on its books.

at at it

Six hundred bushels of potatoes have
been traded by John Johnson, of Danforth,
to A. & J. DeGrand, of Escanaba, for a
new automobile. Mr Johnson calls his car
a “spudmobile” and says he’ll grow more
potatoes than ever this year. Prominent

potato men here claim that more pota-'

toes will be grown this year than in any
two seasons before.
3 II it

C. P. Smith of Portland brought in a
bushel of fine looking, home grown p0-
tatoes, the first that were sold to Port-
land grocers. Mr. Smith has followed a
custom of several years’ standing of al-
lowing the seed potatoes to sprout in the
hmsn and then transferring them 1") his
garden. This gives him. several weeks’
start in getting his pctato patch under
way one insures him good prices. Mr.
Smith received $2 for the bushel.

at at: *

The municipal piggery, established some
time ago to take care of Lansing’s gar—
bage, is making money. The amount
of the debt has been reduced to $1,300
from $2,000 and the present stock is
valued at $4,000. The pigs are said to
be gaining in weight rapidly on the gar-
bage fare, and with pork selling around 14
cents 16! pound, Lansing will make an
average profit on each pig of $12.60.

a it *

Probably the record wheat yield for
Michigan was threshed at John Tiche—
nor’s farm near Dowagiac where a field
of 14 acres of Red Wave wheat gave a
yield of 50 bushels per acre with five
bushels and some pounds to spare, and
30 acres gave a total yield of 1,473 bush-
els machine measure. This means a re-
turn of about $125 per acre for Mr. Tiche—
nor. and this return will not be equalled
in the state this year from a field of that
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“progressive farmers. which farmers have estimated

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Some Day, Mr. Business Farmer,

this may happen to you; What then?
$5,000 to the victim of an auto accident, can you afford the risk? No

sir, not when you can get

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A Michigan jury has awarded

THEFT

28,400
MEMBERS

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300
Claims Paid

Wm. E. ROBB, Sec’y

CITIZENS MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO.,
Howell, Michigan '

 

  

Frank Mahrl of Marshall, reports the
largest yield of Wheat raised in south—
ern Mchigan in years. He got 418 bush—
els from nine acres and sold it in Te-
konsha for $2.02 a bushel.

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Walter Hoyes, a South Lyons farmer
sold to Frank J. VanAtta the record
breaking veal calf to date. This calf
was 5 1-2 weeks old and Mr. Hoyes re-
ceived $35 for it.

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The Godfrey Canning and Packing com—
pany of Benton Harbor, who last fall con-
tracted 25,000 crates of red raspberries
at $1 per crate is doing an “unheard
of” act in paying the growers $1.25 for
theslcontracted fruit, when the agreement
is

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The first load of 1917 grain was de—
livered to the Barryton elevator last
week by Floyd Van Syckle, of Sec. 18,
Fork, on Monday morning. It consisted
of 81 bushels of rye, and the load brought
the producer $125.55, at $1.55 per bushel.

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G. B. Wilson’s raspberry farm of ten
and a half acres did quite satisfactory
this year for young plants. He marketed
a big crop of choice berries that brought
top prices on the markets.

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“Here are some peas for your vault,”
said R. E. Sneider, of Grand Marais, as
he walked into a local bank and placed
$499.40 on the cashier’s desk. “I made
this by selling 105 bushels of peas at
$5.25 a bushel. I am going to grow peas
all my life after this.” Sneider got a
yield of 35 bushels to the acre. All of
Sneider’s friends laughed at him last year
for planting peas. This year they are all
buying seed from him. G. W. Hackman
former Chicago waiter, bought 40 acres
of land for $4.000. He has just sold
his bean crop for $4,800.

A $20,000 Investment

FTER several years of experience

here are those among us who are
still asking “Does the County Agent
pay?” The answer, of course, depends
partly upon the agent and partly upon
the county in which he is working.

Scott county, Iowa, furnishes a con-
crete example of what has been done
thru the development of the work
that has its start in the county agent’s
ofiice Says A. F. Dawson of Daven-
port: '

“If any county in the United States
was to expend $3,000 a. year for four
years, or a total of $12,000, and in return
for this expenditure was to enhance the
value of the county nearly $1,500,000,
would you“ regard the investment as a
good one and the effort put into the ork

Worth while? Something over four y rs
ago. a number of progressive farmers or

 

' Scott county. Iowa. joined with the busi-

ness men forming the Scott County Farm
Improvement League, which engaged the
services of G. R. Bliss as county agent. it
is not an easy matter to measure in doll—
ars and cents the net value of crops in—
creased and animals saved asthe result
of this organized work. But there have
been six items in the program pursued in
this county, with rega d to which the
record could be kept an the accompany—
ing table shows the extent to which the
farmers of this county have been enrich-
ed by reason of organized effort with the
county agent at its head. The six
items are:

“These figures show not increases. For
instance, the figures on alfalfa are from
actual production and for the value of the
crop above the price of timothy or clover.
In 1912 there were but 146 acres of’alfal-
fa in this county, now there are 2.050
acres which have shown an average yield
per acre from four to five tons. '

"The increased value of the corn crop
comes from persistent campaign for the
gathering of seed corn early. Before
the organization was formed, 57 per cent
of the seed corn was gathered early. Last
year the pcr cent. was 81. The gain in
cats is the result of similar activity for
the treatment of seed for smut. Before
the county agent came. only five per cent
of the sccd cats were thus treated. The
figures on silos are based on an estimated
profit of $200 a silo,

“Before the organization was formed,
there was only one farmer in the county
who believed in the serum treatment to
prevent hog cholera. The league con—
ducted demonstrations which proved its
cfiiciacy beyond question. AS a result,
17,420 hogs were treated in 1913, of which

14,284 or 82 per cent, were saved. In
1914. 18.611 hogs were treated, of which
16,377 or 88 per cent, were saved. The

value of the animals thus saved is con-
servatively figured at $10 per head.

“And back of the county agent has been
an organization which hrs enabled him
to buy $3,500 worth of serum and sell to
the farmers at cost; to market a. car—
load of Scott county clover seed to advan-
tage; to conduct a most useful farm tour;
to secure an extensive state soil station
in this county; to obtain government as-
SIStance In a campaign to completely
stamp out hog cholera; to protect the
farmers from frauds and humbugs of one
lundand another; and to accomplish other
serVIces which cannot be enumerated."

A more concrete and forceful ex-
ample of a dollar-and-cents value of the
County Agent could not be acquired,
yet there are among us men who are
still wondering whether it pays the
farmer to put up his share of the mon-
ey required to finance the movement.

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—-d dollar investment in Michigan
Business Farming pays real
dividends. Can you do your friends a
better service than to Show them where
to invest in a dividend-paying propo-
sitio'n?

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Usually the buyer, for he knowewtpe'n'an.

where to sell at the tep- market price'

Who :Vill—get the Profits from our.
Farm tl‘lls fall of 1917? .

You or the man Who buys them to load for market?
LET THIS NEW WEEKLY

 

" ‘7

INESS FAR

Keep you posted on when and where to sell your crops,
this fall—if you know as much about the markets as your
local buyer you can beat him at his own game!
We ask every loyal Michigan business farmer to lend us his sup-
port by pledging just one dollar to help us found this new weekly!

Thid is the rear of years when yOu have the opportunity of getting full prices for every bushel and pound you raise—every farm crop will bring

big 1;) ins the only question is, WHO WILL GET THE PROFIT, you or the speculators?
The malket season is scarcely f0u1 weeks away—you ’11 need the new weekly then-n0 where else can you secure dependable market advice written

f1on1 the falincrs side of the fence! _
SllHe the p10n11se of the new weekly was made hundreds of farmers haVe written us letters like these:

» 7 1, » , - ' Very good thing and your money will be I would be ve1y much pleased to 1eceive the
them on time. lichzud Edgerton, Tuscola Co ueeklyl mggkgt ilegou andthhopeff you wIillh re-
Will send $5.001f necessar to et it started (ewe “6 0 D e 865 to at '3 ect- ave
Thomas Hutchins, Isabella cguntyi; $100 for you anytime you may call for it. I
Enclosed please find one dolla1 bill for my enclose coupon to-day taken from the Gleaner.

subscription. i enjoy your paper very much. Fred S BrOOkS’ Otsego County
It’s the one paper that really stands for the in- g I am With Grant Slocum every time Mrs.
terest of the farmer. and which every farmer ~ .14. E Starrett Bernen Count y

"Editor (hunt Slot-um,
Mt. (demons, Mich.

Brother Slocum :— ~

Here’s my support, we need just your
kind of a fighting market weekly in Michigan.
I want Michigan Business Farming for
one year and I’ll send my dollar after crops

are sold this fall ............. [ ] (mark
or I enclose $1 herewith .7 ..... [ ] iWhiéh
Yours truly. . .

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Remarks ............ . . . . . .

ought to read. Albert Leheck, Kaikaska Co.

Rush Market Weekly. Will support it in
every way I can. Your money will be there
uhen it should Thanking you in turn for
assisting myself as well as a great many more
farme1s which the middle man has robbed every
3ea1 D. W. Stokes, Midland County

I think a Market naper will be fine. Clare
Lemen. Washte’naw County.

Like your plan very much for Markets. John
W. Hann, Wexford County.

Will help you in any way.
Gratiot County.

A good thing, send it to me.
Kalamazoo County.

Speed the good work along, I am with you.
Chas. Ellett, Midland County.

Geo. L. Baker,

Fred Jenkins,

You hit the nail on the head every time.
Just diix-e a few more. William A Allen An—
trim County.

This paper has .long been needed. Your
$1.00 will be there as agreed. Lynn W. Hen~
dee. Livingstone County.

Just what We want Send me subscription
blanks. D. H. Crouch, Grand Traverse Co

I will drive my stake here for your new i
Market Weekly. Herbert Wright, Ionia County.

Find enclosed the coupon You can have
the $1. 00 any time and may your Market Paper
be the means of burying the market gambler-8*
so deep that they will be unable to hear Ga-
briel’ s Horn in the day of’ Resurrection Chas

Pierce CharleVOix County. 1.

YOU MUST ACT NOW—busy as you are—tell mother or one of your young folks right now to
address an envelope to Grant Slocum, Mt. Clemens, Mich. and put your name and address on
this coupon, send the dollar now or later, after harvest, just as you please, BUT SEND YOUR
NAME IN RIGHT NOW TO BE AMONG THE FIVE THOUSAND FOUNDERS! ,