cindependent FarmHomeand M‘afrke'c-We'eak-‘I-y. for Mi ch igan Bus-inc , . , .. » ‘ ‘ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd, 1917. $1 Free List or Clubbing (More 1 Practically , Every] Potato: 'Grow- in‘g Sta‘te,»_Hit Hard by Late Blight, Black Rot and Kil- , ling Frosts" of Septem... ‘ her 9, 10 andll. ‘ ' 0n the first day of August the gov- '" ernment issued a crop report forecast‘ ing a total yield of 451,716,000 bushels of potatoes, as compared with a yield of 286,437,000 bushels in 1916. In spite of a late spring in. practically all of the potato growing sections, delay- ing the planting ‘ from two to four weeks, the ideal weather of July en- abled the crop to partly “catch up,” and as a result on the above date the largest crop in the history of the coun- try was promised. , , But it was altogether too early to prophesy with any degree of accur- ‘acy what the crop would be. To yield 460,000,000 bushels it was necessary that the crop have good: growing ‘ weather, free frbm blight, droughts, excessive rains, and an early frost. Yet, the forecast of the government was'suflicient to put a lot of growers on the anxious Seat and furnish the buyers with all sorts of f'bearish” ma- terial to keep the market down. , But those who have Watched the national crop conditions closely have ‘ _ not been frightened by either govern-\ ment reports or speculators’ “fore- casts." There were certain salient facts that had to be reckoned with, of which the government made no mention. In the first place, the huge acreage of 3,550,000 acres was planted with the poorest seed" ever used in growing a potato crap in the United States. Thousands of deluded farmers plant- ed “seed-ends,” thousands more hick- ory-size potatoes, while probably a third of the growers planted seed of questionable quality. Add to these handicaps the backwardness of the planting season and you have a situ- ation which ought to “stump” the nerviest prognosticator everborn. But it apparently didn’t “stump” the government, which for some reas- on or other forecasted a production based on a yield of 130 bushels to the acre, a record that has never yet, been attained by the United States. In fact, up to 1912, the highest average yield of potatoes in this country was 93 bushels, or a total yield from 3,550.000 acres of approximately 330,000,000. Now, what has happened? Since August let the potato sections have been visited by all kinds of weather calamities. The first reports of a damaged crop came from far-off Wash- ington. As late as September 10th \the news comes out of. Washington ‘and Northern Idaho that no rain has fallen for 74 days. .. Do we wonder any l'imger that Washington’s promised WISCONSIN SPUDS LOST MILWAUKEE—Potatoes, corn, to- bacco, beasn and minor crops through- out Wisconsin have been heavilyrdam— aged by the frosts of Sunday and Monday nights, it was reported to- day. - Twenty—five per cent.~— of the "Potato crop. alone, esthnated at 40,- ~-000.000 bushels, has ibeifm ,wiped. out. ace ‘ g to estimates'o J. W; Hicks, president or the Wisconsin Potato Growers association.» At the, pres- ent prices this would mean'fi. loss of 01,0000. Potatoes and: corn were " rly damaged in northern and tea nsm, HlllllllllllllllilllllllllllllIll[IllIlllllIlilllll|llllllllIll"HulllllmlllmlllllmllMilli"HmIllmmHllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIIlllllllllllllIllHIllllllflllllllllllllll'; , gimumlumunimumuuunuulinnlun :- g BEAN PRICES ARE STILL IN THE DARK E i: That the bean jobbers are not altogether satisfied with the price of g g $7.35 per bitchel which the Government has fixed as the" price it will pay 3 E for beans for the. army and navy-is evidenced by the departure of Mr. E E W. J. Orr, president of the Bean Jobbers’ Association, 'for YWashington g g . last week to register a protest. When consulted by the government as g g to the price which ought-to prevail, .Mr. Orr recommended $7.801: bushel, g 5 Below is the copy of a letter written by MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING to g = Mr. Orr, together with his reply: ' ' ' g E Our Letter to Mr, Orr; . Mr. Orr’s Reply i E During our telephone conversation g E of last week you mentioned that, any lggeplylnigd to 3:21;: I oafm ifigéeigzgf g :3 producer of beans could sell to the ! W0“ say , g— 2 government providing they could com- ing for Washington, I am taking 5 E p'ly with‘ the governmental specifica- your letter With me, and am gorng g E tions, I am writing to ask if it is to let the Government answer some 2 E {113*- DOSSibig f? “S fto getblai cgpy 2: of the questions. On my return I E 5; ese speci ca ions or pu ca Ion, . E E this is a matter in which our readers W111 be glad to answer you in detail. 3 E will be very greatly interested I I might say at this time, that any 2 E gigglignmég 3153;? 13:2? tvhgapriigeyothu: producer who can pick his beans in g E e « . _ E _x_=_: government sets upon its own purch- accordance With Government require E E ases of beans will have upon the bean ments, can 5°11 ‘10 the army and g E market in general. Do you believe navy through the writer, the same as g E that the food control law gives the anybody who has the beans——grower, :E: E gr (gmfienvtvhggg gifgggggé 113°!“ng :31? shipper, dealer, or whoever he may 3 = their beans .to the government, or will {’16, butth 3E0? have lagketd someatqnfis; E E the government price depend largely one a am 3 a ° 8'9 g :- upon the supply and What 13 being time, so that I can place them before 5 g paid in the primary markets? the committee. E E September‘13th, 1917. September 14th, 1917. E g Following the exchange of these letters, we wired Mr. Orr to tele- g E graph us the result of his conference, but up to the time of going to press, 3 E we have not heard further “from him. Next week, however, we hope to g E be in a position to give our readers complete information upon the g g subjects mentioned in the letters. 5% EmnmmumlunmmmmutIII1uuununmuuuummmmumlIIlimmwunnmImlmummmlmummmi1uuuuumauunmmumIlnimmuummmmmummmmmmunmumunnmmmmnuuuz':7 s _ \ crop of 11,000,000 bushels has dwind- led down to 7_ or 8 million? We come back across the continent now to Maine, which was the banner potato state of 1916.- On a little tour of inspection thru his potato fields one morning, an Aristook farmer discovers the tips of some of the leaves turning brown. A neigh~ bor makes the same discovery, and in less than a fortnight the late blight wreaks havoc with many fine potato fields. In addition to the blight, the black rot gets in its work, and government's, forecast of the Maine crop for September lst is 8,000,000 ~ The speculators are county x the. bushels less than the August forecast. Exactly the same situation prevails in New York state, and, blight has likewise cut the yield in Minnesota and North Dakota. , On September first over three- fourths of the late crop needed a full four weeks of good weather to ma- ture. But on the nights of September 9th, 10th and 11th, old Jack Frost, obedient to the prophecy of Mr. Fos- ter, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING’S oflicial weather forecaster, swept down thru the principal potato states of (Continued On page 4) P077) r0557; / a at their old tacticsof trying to "bear" the markets, but they can‘t-"scare the Michigan Business Farmer. ' ‘ . PREDICTS LOW BEAN YIELD Jas.‘ N. McBride, State Market‘ Director, Does Not Believe. Michigan’s Bean Crop Will Run Over Four Million Bushcls The following letter has been re- ceived from Mr. Jas. N. McBride, in response to a letter address- ed to him by MICHIGAN Busmnss Fm me asking him for correct informa- tion as to the, percentage of the na- tional bean crop grown in Michigan. ss Farmers , a rim ransom Fromm-II. ’ In our letter to Mr McBride, we cited ' a statement credited to him that Mich- - igan grows 75 per cent of the national crop and called his attention to more recent statements that this state now grows only 40 per cent. We asked him which was correct. Mr. McBridei remarks on the 1917 yield are partio- ‘ ularly interesting. Please remember while reading, that his statement was made before the recent frosts which further damaged the crop. “Advising as to your questions in re. gard to beans, would say that the pro- portion of Michigan white beans up till 1914 was true as originally stated. Since that time the proportion has been much less, as our yields have been decreasing. With the acreage planted this year and the old time yields we would still have maintained that proportion. The great bulk of the Western bean crop is of other v35 rietives, pintos, pinks. blackeyes and other varieties. California raises a variety called little whites that com- pete with Michigan beans. The white bean states are New York, Michigan, Idaho, with some scattered all over. Kentucky and West Virginia are in the ‘ game this year. The Government August estimate, of . a crop of 22 millions. and Michigan? quota of 8 mill-ion is in my opinion and that of the best judges manifestly over large. Michigan cannot even with favorable weather (0 secure the crop have , over 4 million. Much of the acreage in California is on hill land and on land upon which the bar- ley crop was grown this year and then planted in beans.' The excessive dry weather, has made the possibilities of this acreage largely negligible. Dry land bean growing in Colorado this year 1s also very poor. The irrigated crops are excellent. In my opinion Michigan has reachedhighwater mark in total production, and that, the crop will be grown on smaller acreage with better fertility and‘culture conditions, i The price this year' in the future. according to government advices will be based on cost with a fair profit ad- ded. The U. S. will not at present advise fixmg the price as was done with (Continued on page 4) THIS WAS BEFORE THE FROST NEW ENGLAND—Indications are the late blight ,yvill materially de- .creas‘e the crop of late potatoes in New England, and possibly in west- ern New York. Them are so many things that can happen to the crop be- tween “now and, the time of harvest- mg that. it is practically impossible to forecast with any certainty the final production of potatoes. Late blight continues to gain at Presque Isle, Maine, and the late varieties will not yield more than 50 per cent. nor— mal crop. . . , One Hundred Crap Reporters Es- timate Damage to Crops From Recent Frosts in Leading I Corn, Bean and’Po- tato Counties Thanks to the loyal response of over 100 farmers. in the leading corn, bean and potato counties of the state, we are able to give to our readers what is probably the first authentic report of the damage to the above mentioned crops from the frost of September 9th, 10th and 11th. Strik- ing an average of the damage report- ed, we find th'e corn crop was injured 36 per cent, beans 34 per cent, pota- toes 34 per cent. While We realize that these figures are somewhat in excess of the latest figures given out by the state authorities, we believe them to be conservative, having been gleaned from a wide observation. Many interesting facts were glean- ed from the reports sent in. Nearly all the reporters agreed that the frost was ‘Tmakishfl in that it hit many of the high spots and spared crops on some of the low spots. There seems to have been no well-defined path chosen by the frost. It was es- pecially heavy thruout all of the upper part of the lower peninsula and the entire upper peninsula, only sections in \the vicinity of the lakes wholly escaping. An unusual feature was the heavy damage reported in counties bordering on Lake Michigan, Berrien county reporting a very heavy loss. We are anxious to learn of the authenticity of the reports we have gathered, and are therefore request- ing that our readers compare the .damage we have estimated with their own findings in their respec- tive counties and advise us how far we am off. For further purposes of comparison we are reprinting the es- timate of the damage as made by the county agents. Will our readers please tell us frankly Which report comes nearest the truth? Frost Damage on Estimated by County Agents Corn ........15 ..........10 . 8 County Kalkaska. Tuscola Calhoun .....m Van Buren . . . .. Kalamazoo . . . . . . Crawford Beans Potatoes 1 5 1 5 Oakland Sanilac ..... . Clare St. Saginaw Berrien Leelanau . . . Presque Isle Ontonagon Ottawa Wexford Midland . Gladwin . . 75 Eaton ‘ ............ 10 10 Oceana . ....30 30 Lapeer .......... Slight 50 Mecosta. . . . . . .. Slight 50 ' .. . . . All very Slight . .. 15 10 50 30 .......... All very slight ‘30 30 . . . . 3 10 Montcalm . . . .05 40 Chippewa—111111 yield for all; slight Jackson-"l" try slight wort th mentioning Grand Traverse—Damage very slight Frost Damage as Estimated by Our Reporters Beans damage damage, not Potatoes Chippe 25 Charlevoix Crawford Alcona .MOntmorency .' . . Oscoda , Presque Isle . . . . - .....m‘u ' ' _ Missauk'ce Kalamazoo pull-U)- . 010's . Rosoom'mon Ogemlw n. . Douala Osceola. C18. [-3 Iw-‘l‘h-eso’ Arenac Newaygo‘ 4‘.- ....»n-c', .iuV--H~ ...-...... nth-coon: rt..- ' Mecosta lubella Midland Saginaw ...... . Tuscolra ...“... Genesee ........ Livingston. . . : :: .. Washteriaw . . . . . Van But-en I.~‘~I Calhoun Jackson Monroe . Hillsdale Average for State STATE BRIEFS SZIIIHHIIIIEIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. DURANDmF‘armer-s of this neighbor— hood are laying plans for the organiza— tion of a oo—operative elevator company. SAGINAWu—The Michigan Bean'Job— bers association will meet in Saginaw October 3-4, according to President W. J. Orr. The pork and bean packing section M ,_ “.3. i E s i E g s 2- 2 § 5 ...IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT: of the National Canners' association will . meet in connection with the bean men. GRAND RAPIDS—Milk dealers on Monday notified their customers that the price of milk had been advanced to 11 cents a quart and that 12 cents would soon he demanded, and that an even higher rate might be looked for soon. The increased cost of feed is given as the reason. TAWAS CITY~——Geo. A. Prescott of this city has been chosen by Herbert ‘ Hoover as state administrator for Michigan. He will have charge of in- vestigations of costs of production and marketing which should be allowed in fixing prices of flour, sugar and like staples. KALAMAZOO—That a nation - wide shortage of celery will result from a small crop in Kalamazoo city and coun- ty, is the belief expressed here. Because the weather has been unsatisfactory to grow celery, farmers were unable to put out a second crop. In addition to this the first crop is only 65 per cent normal because unusual weather conditions have caused much celery to go to seed. Early cool weather started the plants to go to seed. The same condition prevails thru— out Southern Michigan. Many marshes that were planted late are in good condi- tion. But on the other hand the early plantings are in the majority of cases, total losses. Michigan is one of the main celery producing states in the union. ' Vegates IA CKSON——Appmximately 1 0 other of that organization. _ TRAVERSE CITY—~Northern Michi— gan's apple crop is a. failure this year. Buyers say the crop is only as per cent normal. Heavy snow Storms last spring are responsible it is said. Plums and peaches were unit by the storms and the crop will be normal. Early va- rieties are being marketed now EAST LANSING—Owing to the late- ness of the corn crop in many sections of the state, their. is every likelihood that therewiilbeamve shortages! says the departmen of the Agricultural college. grower should see he necessity of se- in the field ‘ corn. year. BIG RAPIDS—June spirit of co— opera- tion which is grippin the farmers of today will be exempl lied to a marked extent in this city on Tuesday Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26-28, when the Cleaners, Grangers- and Farm- era Clubs will meet here for a joint flair and celebration There will be exhibi- tions of the usual character and many free celebrations, in addition to address— . as by well-known men of the state. All the farmers in the section are planning to get together on this occasion mutual enjoyment and education. CAMP CUSTER (Battle Creek)—-The demise of John Barleycorn awakens no sympathy among the medical staff of Uncle Sam’s new cantonment hem. “The prohibition of whiskey-making has in- creased ediciency in the army 100 per cent." mid Capt. R. C Winslow, regi- mental surgeon. “le men are not hard to govern and the absence of liquor has enabled us to move the men in the camp and make all necessary adjust ments with scarcely any friction because the men are in a. normal condition ” Bat- tle Creek is in “dry” territory GRAND RAPIDS—Corn beans, late potatoes, buckwheat and garden truck have progressed during the week, says the weather bureau report. Fall plow- ing is general and winter wheat and rye seeding is advancing rapidly in the south- ern counties. Reports ind1cate that the winter rye acreage will be considerably increased. Pastures are becoming rath- er dry and would be henefitted by rain. Sugar beets are making slow growth, but are promising. Corn for silage will be cut this week in the southern coun- ties _:L_I IIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWIII’Q A SATISFIED ADVERTISER We are having so many inquir- ice from the ad. in the Sept, 8th issue of Mulligan Business Farm- ing that we think it advisable to continue it this week and next. Strachan & Son, Ionic, Moll. IlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII- Publisher’s note: Those of our readers who Want to buy or sell should turn to page 11 and note our free trial advertising offer to subscribers. nIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIII all]IllIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIII|I|l|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE illIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIllfllIIIIlIlIIlmmmIHIInIIIIIIIIIIIIII’IIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIUIIMITHHIIIIIIIII‘L’ IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIII {Sept 23212525272829'1917 WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sept. 22.— Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis- turbances to cross Continent Sept. 25 to 29, warm wave 24 to 28, cool wave 27 to Oct. 1. This will be an exceed- ingly important storm. Tempera- tures will go unusually high, on mer- idian 90, near Sept, 27, followed by a cold wave and frosts that will dam- age Severe storms are Oct . Some of our readers who are very much interested in weather matters fail to study the subject. There is no exchange without labor and no understanding without study. The readers must do their parts, A few seem to think they are not interested in a storm wave that does not come their way. We have often tried to explainéthat they are interested in 'every storm ane. The low, or storm center and the high, or cool wave cen- ter. are closely related and their com- bined influences cause all the weather events and weather changes. Without the storm wave-.—the , low—you would get no rain. snow. cold wave,.'warm wave, cloudy ‘weather, exceedingly clear weather. A storm wave pass- ing thru Canada or a hurricane on expected near —IIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIII I ' I THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK A3 Forecasted by E. C. Foster for Michigan Business Farming late corn and threaten cotton.~ 'the southern seas brings your rains i IIIIIIIIIIIIIII and all other weather changes. You are interested in every storm wave. But you must study the subject. Following Sept, 15 very radical weather will occur; Among the ef— fects of that storm wave will be heavy rains, a warm wave, a. cold wave, frosts, severe storms, accord- ing to latitude. Of course there will be frosts in Manitoba and at some places between, The reader must study, discriminate, understand. In every vicinity will be found those who fully do; some do understand these forecasts and they will willingly ex- plain. We have expected 25 per cent of the corn crop would be seriously injured by frosts during the five-day periods centering on Sept 11, 20 and Oct. 4 and have repeatedly given warnings of these weather events. The last date will course a cotton frost scare Next warm wave will reach Van- couver about Oct. Al and temperatures will rise on all the Pacific slope. It will cross crest of Rockies by close of Oct. 5, plains sections 6, meridian 90, great lakes and Ohio valleys Oct. 7, eastern sections 8, mulching vicinity of Newfoundland about Oct, 9. Storm wave will follow about one day be- hind warm wave and cool wave about one day behind storm wave. This will affect the who)» contin~ ent in various ways ' Better conditions than usual are expected up to Christmas for Winter grain, but what the crops of 1918 will be is another problem. We have been advising farmers that they would probably do better not to bargain away their- new grain crops during September and not to be in a hurry about selling oats.- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWMIIII‘IIIIIlIIIIflIIIIIIIIflIHIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I for ' Mrs or 1:15; W ‘ gab. State Grange will meet in Jackson .- ' December 11-14 tor the annual meeting U S. Government to. Determine With Aid- of Michigan Experts Prices They Should Pav on Food Supplies for Army and Favy The United Slams Government will not fix pricesr‘on other farm crops than wheat, directly. However." inpurehaxmgarmysuppliesthel'ed- eral Authorities desire to know the cost of crop production and allow_ ‘ a fair profit them It is expected," that the purchase price by the United States for Military purposes will also be the price paid for Civilian uses. ' Speculation in handling is forbidden. There is then no incentive to establish ’ price limits below cost with a. View to increased profits by dealers. To con- sider these problems and to plact Ag- riculture on the plane of other indus— tries, a commission of the followingfl persons has been asked to cOnslder. crop costs of Bean and Potato growing in Michigan. On the part of the Mich- igan Agticultuml College, County A- gents will be consulted. Representing Bean and Potato grow- ers: Jason Woodman—Paw Paw Michigan ‘ A. B. Cook, Owosso, Mich. Jno. Baal, Lakeview Michigan. J otham Allen, Alma: Michigan. Representing the Business Interest! of Michigan: R C Rothfuss, Adrian Michigan Joseph H. Brewer, Grand Rapids, Sikh. Judge Frank Williams, Allegan.’ ti Representing Agricultural Organiza- . on: Hon. Chas. B. Scully, Almont, Mich. Nathan Simpson, Hartford, Mich John C. Ketchum, Hastings, Mich. This body will be asked to meet at .the Agricultural College Sept. 25 to consider such cost questions. Repre- sentative bean growers and potato , growers will be asked to advise grow-" ing costs. Copies of circular attached will be sent to farmers for collaboi’ar tion of cost accounts. The assistance of advices from the Agricultural Col- lege in the various departments will be at the disposal of this Commission. In determining cost of crop produc- tion there are certain inherent errors ‘when the particular crop is some gated from the general business of farming. No provision is made for the continued costs of farm operations the season through, which is essential for the production of the particular acre under consideration. The farm- er must live and maintain his team power during the entire season. To place all of railroad cost of mainten- ance upon passenger or freight tramc would unduly increase the cost of one branch at the expense of the other. To establish a more equitable acre cost of farm production, it is proposed to consider the farm as a unit and from that calculate the acre cost of crops. The unit cost of bushels or pounds is then determined by the annual yield. It would be a good plan for our readers to submit to us statements on the 1917 cost of producing their beans and potatoes. Send these into us and we will refer them to the above men. I certainly think your paper an inval- uable aid to the farmer and hope you have the success you deserve—James I'l. Eik‘ins, Millbrook, Mich. . You have hit the nail squarely on the head. Keep it coming. Yours for suc- cess—Clyde Wade. Ingham county... A great paper. I am reading mine and passing it on to win subscriptionsH—C H. Archer, Cass county . ’ Got my first edition yesterday and sat up haift night reading it and it was great. “fill try and get'other subscrib- ers—Florence Burton, Gratlot county. Just what we want; a paper that gives-r - the farmer the farmer’s side of the man? ' ,kets. ——Da.vid Stiles. Barry eoun Michigan Business be of grtoeat benefitto will listento and. heed your market vice. May best of success 13' G. \A Mossy, MeCos’ta coun ya 'u. and you arehungiorbeing a. . compulsory military service - and [you care hissed as a'cow‘erdl’and ostracized . from your community; ten: of a profit- able price for your farm. products and the ,mob calls" you a _“profiteer," on ; enemyto your country and an abbot- tor of. the enemy. - But. there’s one place in these great United States where youcan talk and talk till your tongue gets tired and the floor swims in your perspiration, and that place is" the United States senate. Talk there is as cheap and tree as the air you breathe, and in, considerable greater quantities, When a. Senator ‘» gets. tired of standing and talking he sits down and talks, and when his 'flow of oratbry overtaxes his subbing machinery, he uses sign language with hands and feet, until exhausted in both tongue and body, he is carried away to recuperate and get ready for another gablest. .. It is now believed by the best auth- orities that Congres is not nearly so stupid as has been that, that. the only reason that it dodges many of the very simple problems. is to make an opportunity, tor debate. Take, for in- stance. the wanprofits provision m thé tax bill. This was a matter that We should have settled in a sin- gle day's time. There was plenty of preeedcncé’. to follow; there was . a principle of rights involved- which was easily recognimhle, and had Con. gress proceeded at once to a vote on the merits of the proposition, the taxes of the war would have been dis- tributed equitably and iairly. But Congress could not sacrifice this splen- did opportunity to display its orator- icul and argumentative ability, and ‘shortly became involved in an endless debate. which effectually clouded the m1 issues, and created false situa- tions and aroused silly fears of; what Big Business might do to the country it its profits were tampered with. Nobody will ever know just how- much freedom of speech in the United States Congress costs the nation, and the worst oi, it all is that Congress is just beginning to realize the )0)? of this freedom and to get its vocal or- gans in good working order. Such is the price of democracy. If the same problems of finance, huge as they are, confronted a corporation, its board at directors of five men would solve them in a week’s time, and solve them right. not Congressman Joe Fordney _of the eighth Michigan district contmues to hold his reputation as friend of the “interests.” He has consistently op- posed all efforts in the House to place the bulk of the war burden on. the big profiteers, and as a. result, has. been the object of much bitter criticism from his colleagues. Here’s what some of them had to say about Mr. Fordney’s stand: “ ntleman from Michigan says that“? 1336 part of the cost of the war mm be placed on posterity because the war has been declared by us. Postemty was not present or consulted, and may or ‘m—ny not approve that dedaxaticm; said Rep. Sloan of Nebraska. . t “The gentleman from Michigan is- no interested in posterity,“ said Rep. Keat- ing of Colorado ;, “hasfpiotgig. 2:! 6:81:53? W” the cing o a. _ - , When he 13ng for posterity what he take from excess income the money to . mentin . run the govern- ! fl 3 Michigan sugar bwt. growers face a serious problem in. the proposal of the government to fix a price of '2' 1-4 cents per pound on ”sugar. 90 per .cent. of the Michigan manufacturers have agreed to accept. the govern- ment's plan providing they can be. re- leased from their contracts with the grower: which call for the payment 0th minimum price of $7.25 per ton for beets, with an additional $1 per ton tor ’ every dollar paid for sugar Over $6.25 per hundred. With sugar selling today at $8.50 per hundred in ,NfiwY‘ork‘, it may readily be seen how m the farmer stands to lose if the munjfic‘ks .5 traitorfouk‘ of your objections ,4- to, _ sugar industry. Noless an'uthority in the matter of beet sugar production cost that Bop. Fordney has] stated that. e . price of six-scents a pound .ior refined sugar would leave ample room for profit for all producers and manufactnrers. Cuban cane sugar can be produc‘ed‘at a price that will per- nrit its file at. a profit in the United States at less than 5 cents a pound, , Mr. Fordney declared. The situation looks very had indeed for Michigan beet producers. It seems as tho all of their efforts last spring to secure a proper price for their beets will go tonanght. The farmers CAN- NOT raise beets profitably for less than $7.25 per ton, and when the gov- ernment talks at forcing them to ac- ' cept a lesser price they are threaten- beet- ing the tuture 'of the entire- sugar industry. The source of all this talk about 6 cent sugar is one oi the mysteries of the day. It seems to have had its or- igin in the paradoxical remarks of Rep: Fordney before Mr- Hoover sev- eral weeks ago, at which time Mr. Fordne-y told Hoover that there was no reason for the present high price of sugar. This immediately started the ball rolling, and seemingly . pin- ning his faith entirely to Fordney’s opinion, the Food Administrator has set his mind on reducing sugar prices, But what queers the entire situation is Mr. Fordney’s attitude. As an ac- knowledged “friend” of the sugar in- terests of his district, it is reasonable to suppose that Fordney is backed by the manufacturers, but the next puz- zle is, what irons have they got in the fire. One thing; at least, is apparent. Regardless of the price paid to the producer or the loss. he may sustain thru a reduction of the sugar price, the manufacturers will continue to reap their profits. The fact that so large a number of them have. gladly acceded to the government’s proposal is. proof enough that they are not. the ones who will suffer. There is a. pas sibility that the 'manulacturers are taking advantage of this opportunity to destroy the morale of the producers who have gained their present status after many years of unremunerative prices. No matter what the reasons back of the. more, there is little doubt as to the outcome. The producers of Michigan may quite safely look for low beet prices this fall. # t 0 The meeting of. the grain growers this week in St. Paul is generally con- sidered as a reproach against the ac- tion of the Senate in letting war prof— iteers off so easily in the revenue bill. Moreover, there is a feeling that the farmers are Wholly justified in pro- u. Hus HEARTS 6000. our nor I . ‘ ’5 .. I q? . . flVEN \ . 1, . lé~j§fi\ igfl . \ r \ ‘ ' M . much m” . pitiful“ the when.“ I t sugar "tater-msphe threatensto and special aromag'mt'to the cone — only 16 per cent. or $160,000. IN THE RIGHT PLACE LET'S OPERATE? the. following editorial from the D:- ‘F‘armers of the great wheat» produc- 55: states will meet in. St. Paul this week incomplaln to the government that they are discriminated against. A price has been fixed for their crop which gives them what is confidered by the government a. “reasonable” profit; but they claim that ,the revenue. bill which has passed the senate and will soon be adopted by con- gress, after a conference committee of both has agreed on it, discriminates in favor of the wealthy. . “This bill is one of the most mm- plex pieces. of legislation that congress has ever considered. ’ ‘ ' - “Let us suppose the case and make it as simple as possible: . “Here is a corporation with an invest- ed capital of $50,000,000, Its average profits for 1911, 1312 and 1013, the three pro—war years cited in the set, were $5,000,000 a year. But it managed to get some war ton-tweets, so that its . l9” profits are $10.000,000.. What tax will it have to pity on its war profits? ,‘ “In the first place, the corporation can ded he average profits of the three- year period, provided they do not exceed 0 per cent of the invested capital. Hap- pily. in this case the profits were exactly 10: per cent. Deducting this $5.0090.000. we find a war profit of $5,000,000. “The next. step is to discover what per- centage this profit bears to the amount deducted. It happens to be 100 per cent. On this 100 per cent the government ex- acts a 30 per cent war profits tax, or $1,500,000. Thus the company which paid its stockholders $5,000,000 3 year before the war- can pay than, in 1917, the sum of $8,500,000, an. increase of 70 per cent, “Are the farmers jmtified in their com- plaint? Does anyone imagine that they are getting 70 per cent larger incomes than before the war? Great Britain would allow this corporation an excess of 20 per cent_ no more, “Now suppose that the corporation made only $6,000,000. Its excess profits under the act would thus be $1,000,000. or 20 per cent of the deduction allowed. On that sum it would pay a. war tax of . The Brit- rsh government would take $800,000. “Suppose, again, that the corporation’s profits amount to $15,000,000 this year. The war profits are thus $10,000,000, or 200 per cent in excess of the I0 per cent deduction allowed. 011 that sum it would pay only 40 per cent, or $4,000,000, to the government, leaving $6,000,000 to be distributed among the stockholders in ad- dition to the liberal IO‘.per cent dividend. Great Britain would take $8,000,000 in taxes and leave stockholders $2,000,000. O t t O t O 0 “Senator Weeks, defending the reven- ue bill, visualized a possible fall of pric- es if the war should end next year. But r-does anybody really believe that the end of the war will cause prices to fall? Rather will not the demand for every- thing needed to rebuild Europe prices at a high level? Wise. heads in Great Britain do not foresee calamity as the result of 80 per cent excess profits tax; They are willing that industry be liberally reimbursed for its ventures into new realms of 'munitions and supplies manufacture, but they do not believe that the men behind these undertakings should be made rich in a few months at the expense of thr rest of the country, especially when profits in other lines are specifically limited. Congress should heed the St Paul conference. Its recom- mendations are likely to be important," The farmers of the Middle ‘West voice their disapproval of the Revenue Bill by - - protesting against the maximum price on their grain. ‘ aid-‘1 "m. the revenue run is keep . tua'll'y iii-the icrvio’eot’ the UnitedStates . on September 6th. The total number of," men was 1,074,146 which was exclusive .0! those called in the draft am y. __ -.. As an important, war measure the- United States has ' the amount of coal that can be e orted to Canada. The shortage of this » el in ths country"". ‘ prompted the fuel administrator to'pheck the exports except those granted license- or: approved by the fuel administratlon. Japan with her great merchant fleet ' is now laying plans to greatly assist her allies by moving a. large number of her vessels into the Atlantic waters. She has promised to divert as much tonnage as she can spare to the Atlantic routes. Her shipyards will also be used for building British ships. The war credits bill authorizing new bonds and. certificates aggregating $11.- 538.000,000, and the largest measure of its kind in the world’s history,_ has been adopted by the Senate just as 1t was re— ported to this body by the House. Not a dissenting vote was registered against it in the Senate. Secretary of War Baker has announc- ed that the United States expects to have 22,000 planes ready for use in France by spring. The work of carrying out the mammoth air program is being push- ed with the greatest of speed- The air fleet is expected to “put out, the eyes, of Germany” and turn the tide of the war for the Allies. Fourteen thousand young .men from every town and city in Michigan began pouring into Camp Custer at Battle Creek Wednesday to take their places in the national army. Half holidays were declared the previous day in prac- tically every county in the state so that people could. view one of the largest infl— itary pageants in the history of Michi- gan. Losses from German submarine at— tacks. upon Allied commerce showed a marked decrease last week while the number of German submarines reported sunk from gun fire increased. EIght. of Germany’s best under-water fighting Vessels were reported sunk. These ves— sels were sent to the bottom in battles with British auxiliary cruisers, seaplanes and a British submarine. ‘ A plan for co-operation in war legis- lation by the United States. France, Great Britain, Italy and Russia was pre- sented to Congress last week by Henry Franklin Bouillon, vice president of the chamber of deputies. The plan urges the appointment of a congressional commis— sion of seven senators and eighteen rep— resentatives as a United States inter- parliamentary delegation to join with similar bodies from other Allied govern— ments in quarterly meetings. The con- iterence would act in an advisory capac- 1 y. The reply 01 the Central Powers to the Peace note of Pope Benedict indicate that they regard the Papal proposals as a sultable basis for peace negotiations. They expressed their sincere desire for a pea-0:6 that will insure happiness to all natlons. COnciIiatory declarations al- so are made respecting the settlement of the Balkan question, Poland and the res— toration of Belgium, but emphasis is laid on the condition that the Allied powers must also give serious evidence of a de— sire for peace by a joint and benevolent drscussron of the questions which now separate the nations. The attention of the world for the past week has again been rivetted upon Rus- sxa where a great internal struggle flared up to cause a feeling of great anxiety among her allies in the world war. The tens‘lty of the situation has been partially relieved by the arrest of General Korni— loft, leader of the recent revolution against the provisional government, and General Lokomsky. who refused to take command, of the Russian armies after kormlotf was deposed. Korniloff’s arrest brings the counter—revolution against the provrsmnal government to a definite end,_press despatches say, and Russia’s political crisis has been solved. A new cabinet has been set up with a republi- can .form of government. In order to deflmtely crush the internal disturbances and mm] war, Premier Kerensky found it necessary to put into execution the blood and Iron” policy the government had threatened to use to cope with the Situation. Copies of three brief mess public by the state departmentaisgt :22]: revealed another case of sinister German diplomacy, this time directed against Al'- gentina. and involving the Swedish tor- eign office. The messages intercepted by the U‘. S. government were to Berlin from Count Luxbnrg, the German charge at Buenos hires, and forwarded there by the Swedish legaticn as its own commun- icattons. The messages advised the im- perial government to grant no concess— tons to Argentina in the- snbmarine con— troversy and suggested that her ships be sunk without leaving any trace, and Information as to the sailing and posi- trons of certain vessels. The new revel- ation of German intrigue and duplicity furnished by the Argentine-Swedish ep- rsode surprised the world and in this country it is thought that a discovry has been made as to the source thru which much valuable information has been con- stantly leaking to Germany since war was declared. The Argentine govern— ment is expected to break diplomatic re- lations with Germany as its foreign 'of- flce has sent a communication to the German foreign minister demanding an explanation of Count Luxburg’s action in sending the secret code messages thru the Swedish legation. Than Submarine Says Food \ Director Rhondda, and “Threatens War Rations Evidence of the world— wide short- . age of food supplies keep coming from ' Europe, and the situation in England ' has become so grave that a new food economy campaign has been found Ynecessary by Food Dictator Rhondda in 01 d-er to still further conserve the supply. “If voluntary measuresfail,” said Baron Rhondda, “I shall put the na- tion on compulsory rations.” He added that the danger of the sit- uation did not lie in the submarine peril but in the world’s shortage of cereals, meats and fats. , Baron Rhodda made his statement to the American correspondents'here after telling them that the minimum foodstuff requirements from the Unit- ed States and Canada during the forthcoming 12 months would be more than 10,000,000 tons. representing an expenditure of $1,250,000,000. The food controller. announced measures also for stabilizing the sugar trade, with a committee in New York to supervise Cuban purchases. “The establishment of this commit- tee and of a ‘meats and fats execu- tive,’ ” said Baron Rhodda, “is typi- cal of the way we are all working to- gether to solve the Allied food prob- lem with the least possible disloca- tion of trade and in a united deter- mination that the armies and civil populations shall be provided at a fair price with food enough to assuie vic- tory." FROST, BLIGHT AND ROT CUT POTATO YIELD (Continued from page 1) the union and lopped off the big and of the promised bumper yield. North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mich- igan, northern sections of Illinois and ' Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Maine, were all hit. In some sections of all of these states potato tops Were BEFORE THE FROSTS 01“ SEPT, 9th—11th. MINNESOTA-.-~—(Polk Red Lake, Vorman. Clay. Ottertail and Becker counties). Weather ideal for farm work. Early potatoes are turning out well. but the later ones are lighter than expec.ted Local frosts have done a great deal of damage to all crops Within the last few weeks several new potato wa1ehouses are being built, frozen to the ground and the crop ut- terly ruined and not worth digging. In other sections the frost cut the growth 50 per cent and down, while in a few localities it was not felt by the crop. No one has attempted a forecast of the potato yield since these frosts, as the reports from afflicted sections have been too conflicting. As shown elsewhere in this issue, we estimate the damage to late potatoes from the frosts in Michigan at about 34 per cent. This would mean a decrease of from ten to twelve million bushels, based on the government’s latest fore- MlllLlONS OF MINNESOTA POTA- TOES FROZEN TO THE GROUND l)ULll'l‘H—Northern Minnesota suf- fered heavily last night from frost. Corn, potatoes and garden truck were frozen to the ground. Small garden— ers here lost everything. The oliicial low temperature was 30 degrees. Woodland and Arnold, East Duluth suburbs, reported 22 degrees. cast, We have made every possible .effort to secure authentic reports of ._ the frostdamage in other leading po— tato states, but at the best our in- formation is meager. (All ’agree that the Cl‘Op was l‘ndly 6.3.11- ,. 000 bushels, or. abdut *5, than the 1916 crop. ‘ No account has been taken in this 7‘ ‘ article of the export needs of the cure rent year. crop hundreds of millions of bushels- short, there will be a vigorous demand, by the warring nations for potatoes, ‘ and there is little doubt but what this, "will be the greatest export year ever: seen in the history of the potato grow- ing industry. . principal markets, and in general denials of the extent of the reports 4 WISCONSIN—The heavy frosts of‘ Sunday and Monday nights damaged . the corn crop, more than half of which was still in the soft state. Potatoes especially late potatoes, badly dam-' aged by the frost. The amount of the damage cannot be eStimated at this time. The day after the first frost» reports were published, the price of potatoes went up ten and'fifteen‘ cents on the spite of damage as contained in some of the earlier reports, the prices have con- tinued firm. Receipts have fallen off very materially on all the big mar- kets, and it seems remarkable in face of the big production that has been prophesied that buyers on the big markets are offering from $1.40 to $1.60 for the choicest grades. Another encouraging feature of the entire situation is the manner in which the producers are handling their crops. Very little of Michigan’s earlies have been moved to the mar- ket, and other states report similar experience. Local buyers seem to be in a quandary as to how to handle the POTATOES ARE SMALL NEW JERSEY—Crops of all kinds have been injured by the drouth. P0- tatoes are small, but many in a hill, and there would have been a. record crop of high-grade roots under favor- able conditions. situation, and prices on local Michi- gan .markets continue to vary greatly. It is apparent that many buyers do not want to take a chance on stocking up with highrpriced- potatoes, and hence in some sections are offering as low as 55 cents per bushel. In other localities, however, the dealers are bolder and some counties report pric- es of $1.25 and upward being paid the growers. Reader after reader has written in to us saying that they will not sell their potatoes for 75 or 80 cents a bushel. The general feeling is that the tubers this year are worth $1 at least, and if a large enough num- ber of the farmers stick for the high- er price they will get it. The only excuse that we can see of any farmer’s disposing of his crop at a less-than-dollanprice is actual need HIHH With the world’ 3 Wheat. _" «posed of the crop. sidered, the immediate potato future‘- ‘looks premisin'g and every farmer aged- to increase their acreage ast " spring, to help in the profitable dis' 2"? All thing's44 con- . . would do well to become thoroly in- formed on the situatiOn before sac-4 rificing his crop at less than cost. ,4 prices. NMcBRIDE PREDICTS ONLY 4 MILLION BEAN CROF. (Continued from page 1) wheat, but will have to assist in price making as a‘ large purchaser, for army and navy uses Approximately one million bushels Will be the government demand for these uses. The 'Navy will get the white beans and the other varieties including some whites go to the army. / The State as well as, the National Department of Markets are working on cost prices. The acre cost must be first determined and then the yield will determine the bushel cost'. In Monroe county, New York, the cost of -' growing an acre ’of beans based on a series of years. determination is $51.35 per acre. ‘ . There are various objectors who say that cost prices can not be used be- cause they are so variable. Several months ago the U. S. bought 4,500,000 pounds of copper at 15 cents. The actual cost of production varied from 8 to 13 cents at the differehttmines. To have struck an average mean price, would have left no profit to the high cost producers. So the price was made to allow a reasonable profit to all. The new view of Agricultural operations is that, these must 'be placed on a busi- ness basis, andthat there must be a profit above cost. In fact the U. S. authorities told us distinctly that the price of beans should include a profit just as is allowed the distributors, for their work. Now can we in Mich- igan take them at their word and as- sist in putting farming on this basis? It is the greatest opportunity that has come to Agriculture in ages and we ought to bend every nerve to accom- plishment. No greater stabilizer could come to farming than the assurance that if we produced the crop it would be paid for at a profit. There would be such a stimulus ,to agriculture as ‘ to turn the tide of famine. It Would usher in the golden era of our fond- est dreams, of farm and country life. On another sheet I am taking this matter up specifically.—Jas. N. Mc- Bridc.‘ HHHIIIIIIIH “Sign the Pledge” You can render the best service to Michigan Business Farming by showing this 'paper'to your neighbors and asking them to pledge.’ ’ “sign the We, the undersigned, by our signatures herewith, pledge ourselves to one year’s subscription to Michigan Business Farming, and promise to send $1 on or before December 1st, 1917. NAME ADDRESS Circulator's Name. . . ' s '.'.........‘...‘.........-.V.A'd>dymv‘s-.V-.1-"‘-"';.....'.;>..>r:'-".'I.IL.1- ‘ c or, and: 11, have driven Noah to tears. IIHIHIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllV longvdisfaa of common knowledge that the branch of the bureau hits the nail on 4 the head "about once our of five. times, altho it seldom attempts :a forecast of _‘ the weather for a greater period than. one Week. However, we all recognize ity in existence unless it be its twin conspirator, Coal. But there is —one weather forecaster to whom we have to take off our hats for he makes a surprisingly accurate ferecaSt a full . month in advance. This 'is Mr. E. C. .. 4F0ster, who has been forecasting the. weather for farm papers for years ”and has earned a very enviable repu- tation for his success. The m’ost recent ment of Mr. Foster was his forecasts 111g of the killing frosts which swept the northern states on.Sept..9th, 10th and 11th, and which was published in the Sept. 8th issue of MICHIGAN anrJ NEss FARMING. Mr. Foster’s forecast on this occasion read as follows: “Last bulletin gave forecasts of distur- bances to cross continent August 30 to September 3 and September 5 to 8 warm wave August 29 to Sept. 2 and opt. 4 to 8, cold wave Sept. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9, Thesa will carry us past the warm Weath- er, with a. great fall in temperatures Sept. 1 to 11 and killing frosts in the northern states and‘ Canada near the latter date. thatty’j‘ there is no such a thing as 11119111111114 ity in forecasting the weather which” is about the most uncertain commod-v notable achieves L Trend of temperatures will be upward. ‘ Light to killing frosts are expected in some parts of middle west, Canada and northern states near Sept. 11, and some late corn will be damaged. It is worthy of mention that no oth- er weather prophet in this section eVen hinted at these froats, and it was not until they were nearly upon .us that local weather ofllces recognized their presence and too late to warn farmers. Mr. Foster, being human, does not always hit the nail on the head, but he always comes close enough to make his forecaslts of the highest value to those who will fol- low them. WHAT DOES IT COST TO ' GROW ACRE OF WHEAT The following figures on the cost of wheat production submitted by 'Jas. ”N. McBride, state market director, shows very clearly why the 'maxi- mum price of $2.20 that the govern- ment has fixed is not sufficientto pay the farmer a fair‘ us what it costs you to grow a bushel or an acre of wheat: 20 hrs. per man at 30 cts. per hr $6.00 profit. Tell ’ ’ 20 hrs. per team at 25 cts. per hr r..- 5.00 1% bus. seed wheat at $1 60 per bu 2 40 250 l s.t‘e1tilizer at $24 per ton. 3. 00 10 10 ds stable manure at 50 cts..... 5. 00 Labor, man and team applying same 1 day ............................ .550 $100 per acre land int. on same. 6.00 . Taxes ...................... 1.00 ' Assume on 160 acres of land estimate of $2400 of teams and tools engaged in general farming, 121/; per cent. depre- ciation and maintenance on same annual— ly divided ovei 160 acres equals per 1 acre .. ........................... ,90 Taxes .......................... 1_00 Interest on $2400 tools and teams at 6 per cent, equals per acre .90 Interest on items 1 to 6 inclusive be- cause there are incurred nearly 12 months before sale of crops . . . . . . 1.58 Binder twine per 8,016 ..... . . . . .- .40 Hauling to barn or stack . , ... .. . 1:25- Threshing per acre ........... .. 150. Marketing assuming 5 miles avers ‘ age haul ' Proportion of farm supermtendence of owner aside from- labor already accounted for and alsm imp mam , during Wintei covering whole seal son’s operations Total ................. ‘45.. .12 1- 2 per cent insurance fund cover . » . ing seasonal losses below a profit—4 ...... able minimum when losses’ are be-_ '- 17 yond grower 3 control 4 .4 . 4 . ,Total.. N ‘4 .1 HHI—unAmh—I—sn—AHAH 3......cuh Hm «:2: cm first! E'meD-hl-atm e-t-an inlay 111111311096. on» in Is- sue olffisepfembsr 3th, on: . prices varies little from those ro- ported in our issue of Sept 8th. This ‘ is the most encouraging indicatiOn or a good strong market we could have, 1’ as the past fortnight was the logical period for muCh of the grain to be moved to market yet prices on_ cer- eals remain practically stationerv. *' some buyers are still offering less than $2 for wheat, and we intend to- find cut the reason for it We would like to know- why a farmer at Cass City can’t get'over $1.97 for his wheat, when in the neighboring coun- ty of Bay, dealers are paying $2.05 We know of no reason either why a farmer ,at West 'Branch should, be .asked. to sell his wheat for $1.95 when at Alger, 'justa few miles south of West Branch, he can secure $2.00 per bushel. Or again, why wheat should be quoted at $2.07 in Green- .ville, Montcalm county, while a few ._ miles away. at Remus in Mecosta .county, it is quoted at $1.90. Farm- ers let us advise you again, don’t sell your wheat for less than $2; you ought not to accept less, than $2.05 for the best grade; hang onto it and you’ll get that much before many weeks have passed. The average price being paid today ouMichigan markets for Wheat is an even $2. Cats ,are one cent lower than two weeks ago on .1111 Michigan markets. The average price is 56 cents. is higher at $1.64, and hay at $11.28 a little lower Altho much of the early crop of potatoes has been dug and some mov-p ' ed onto the market, the price re- mains steady, the average of $1. 04- for the state' being only 4 centsless than quoted 'two weeks ago. The popular p1ices in the leading potato sections range from 75‘ cents to $1. On Sept. 14th, Greenville was offering $1.10 for choice stock, and the prices in the potato growing sections of the northern part of the state range a little higher than previously. Eggs and butter are both quoted several cents higher than in our last report. We wish to make this one request of our readers, that they watch their 10- cal markets carefully and‘ compare the prices offered with those quoted each week in MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. If your dealers are not of- fering you what you think your stock ought to command, do not hesitate to 7 write us, and if necessary in order to ascertain the reason for the “bear- ish” attitude of the buyers, we will not hesitate to refer their case to the food board. Keep in _mind always that there is a vigorous demand for everything you raise, and do not fear to hang onto your products until the prices offered make it profitable for you to sell. Buyers report a shortage of cash wheat on all markets. During tho uncertain period before the govern- ment established the wheat price, millers held off buying with the re- suit that their stocks of flour are now very low and the available” sup-- ply of wheat is limited. There is a discount ranging around 15 ~ 'shel on smutty wheat. Irittio: Change Rated» in; Quotations- ,‘11 Local ~ ”'IlllllllllnmfllllililllllllllllflflllnfllilflI The average of Michigan farm crop Rye , .sure is, being brought to bear cmeaoo " Ii [bornj closing- igh but oats weaker. NEW YORK—é-ALI grain markets flrm _ FF-thtlc mil-ket streng, corn fed hooves selling at new high ‘- record ‘pflce of- 811.90; h'og prices higher at 818 75; DETROIT SI’EGIALr—l’oultry market easy, heavy receipts; continues strong; large receipts of medium cattle. tlnue in stroni demand with light receipts: to market weakening slightly under incoming crop of Maine cobblers grain buying enormous, potato demand hay unsettled; butter and eggs cou- peaches and apples plentiful. Pota- .2. ' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ”IIIIIIIIUHHIIIIIUI' IIIIIi‘JiII' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE to treat seed for smut. This is a very— important matter, and means a heavy lose unless promptly taken in hand. The Government has ruled that no wheat lit for human censumption can be said for chicken feed, etc. Manu- facturers of scratch feeds are willing to pay a premium for the grain but are having a .hard time securing 'a supply sufficient for their immediate needs. There ,is- no more staple product in the world todaytha’n' wheat and the production as we have already noted in previOus issues, is far short of the needs. Yet there is apparently little wheat moving to market from the big grain growing districts of the Middle She is a. dandy. Keep it coming. In- tended to send this long ago. —-—Roland King, Otsego county West. This is not true, however, of the lesser important wheat which are readily supplying the mar- ket in limited quantities at the pres- ent time. The farmers of the grain growing stateshave “balked” at the price set by the Government and mil- lions upon millions of bushels are in private storage awaiting the outcome. of the conference held this week be- tween the growers’ representatives and the Government officials, at St. Paul There seems to be little likelihood that the wheat board will rescind its decision on the maximum price it has fixed for wheat, altho great pres- upon them to .do so. It might be well, however, for our readers to hold their wheat a little longer. The price will certainly not go lower and there is a very faint possibility that it may go higher. Exports of Wheat since commencement of European crop year, compared for three- seasons: 1917- 18 1916- 17 1915-16 American 35,792,000 49, 229, 000 33,852,000 Indian . . 3,439, 000 5, 966 000 1,872,000 Argen'tn 11,170,000 4, 868, 000 2,168,000 Austral’n ,,152 000 5, 588, 000 Others 281,000 1,039,000 1,980,000 Total. . 59,834,000 70,012,000 40,482,000 Season ........ 539,934,000 602,867.000. GRADE Detroit Chicago New York ‘70. l White .‘3 .52 .73 to. 2 White .53 .62 .73 Io. 3 While‘ .52 .62 .72 Io. 2 Mixed .62 .fl ~72 The oat market has advanced con- siderably since our last meeting and is ruling firm despite the exception- ally large crop. g1IIIIIIIIIIIIlmIIllII|IIIIIIIIWINIHIIIIIINIIIHNIH}.II.IIIIIIIII.IIIIII Hm I E E = E E E «. is worth on his lmul market. commission or profit coIItry before him. 1,116., and while of course 8213*‘lnssoll street, Detroit. IIIIIIIWIIWHIIII feet on the market. states" Aug. 1, SELLING WHAT YOU RAISE AT A PROFIT is equally as important as raising the utmost your la'nd will produce. the flrpt leaders in America to advance this thoor‘y and no exponoo has been "spared to make this department without question tho boat of its kind iI America. The prices quoted an, received from dirort sources on all leading markets -flild form a basis by which any reader can find out oxuctly what his product - The price your local buyer should pay is the price quoted loci frolght from Your shipping point to the best market, The advice given is_writton by our own employed market editor and is booed on his best judgment with the facts and figIroo from all part of the This advice is given wholly from the turmoro’ oido of the it is not infallible, still In oxporlonce covotL-g many yours hgo provon that in the long run our Market Editor's advice hand on this. lolly study of the markets, in the most reliable and the oIly unproJIdiood advice which the farmers of Michigan are able to noelro thrI any M311 source. Spool-l direct Market Advice or: boot price on any commodity xvi be given any subscriber of rocord to this publication any day in , tol rub, inqulror to pay sending and receiving coats. ' 9! Telephone Cherry 2081. The export demand has greatly in- creased. This has had a bracing efl’ Domestic de- mand is also good as there is such a spread between corn at oat prices as to give the latter grain preference. Generally speaking the cat situa- tion is rather complex and a difficult one to figure out. A great deal de- pends on the corn market and the at- titude of/ the Government. The volume of arrivals on the New York market has increased moderate- ly, but is still much below normal for this time of year. Transportation difficulties are partly responsible, as but few shipment are coming through in average time, while the larger pro- portion, of them are greatly delayed. These conditions will doubtless ob- tain indefinitely because of the in- creased use of the rails for Gevern~ ment business. The delay in expect- ed arrivals compelled dealers to pro- vide for immediate necessities from limited spot offerings, thereby main- taining premiums to an unusual ex- Mighty flne paper. Wish you the best of success and my support is yours.— Carlton B. Lewis, Ypsilanti. tent. It is not expected that present premiums will hold, but the recess- ion so far has been more gradual than is customary at this season. Recent advances at the West have not been fully followed in this market because of the existing high levels. Exports of cats Aug. 1, 1917, to Sept. , 1917, and comparisons for three years: 1917- 18 1916- 17 1915-16 American 16 012, 000 19,482,000 7,794,000 Argen’ 11 767, 000 12,941,000 Others .. . . 0 000 1,550,000 Total 16,779,000 32, 723, 000 9, 34 4, 000 Season 162, 753, 000 165,800,000 GRADE Detroit Chicago New York No. 2 Yellow 2.15 2.10 2.20 No. 3 Yellow 2.14 2.09 2.20 Common 2.13 2.08 2.16 No. 2 Mixed Despite the fact that the distillers are no longer buyers of corn for mak- ing whiskey, they are still using it for making alcohol, the market con- tinues to advance. At the time of, writing this article corn is quoted on Chicago Change at $2.13 per bu., 13 cents above the Government’s basic price on wheat. Frost has undoubtedly caused more damage than many traders are willing to admit while on the other hand the damage may perhaps not prove so great generally‘ as certain growers and county agents might be led to be- IIIIIIIIIII Our oditor, Grunt Slocum, was one of with I roioouablo allows-o. for his ho wook by mail, wire or Address Market Editor, WWMHWWNWIMHHMIMMMHIRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlIIIIIlII . 5 lIlIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIllIIlIIIlIIllIIJIIIIIImIlIITIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. . filIIIIIIIIIII lieve from a survey of local condi- tions. ’ It will , ing of the present crop in good con- dition,’ especially in the more north- ern sections of the corn belt. _ .' The carry over this year will“ per— haps be less than for manyiyears, It]: " is generally believed that old stocks are practically exhausted. While there is every indication of a record~breaking crop, still them will also be‘ a record-breaking demand and corresponding satisfactory prices. According to our crop reports, such - Michigan corn as escaped therfrost, Here' 5 hoping you succeed in this grand work. I passed the extra to a neighbor who has signed. You must succeed for our sake. It's our great ,hopo.-—-W, A. Smith, Montcalm county. will require two more weeks of good weather to mature it. ment forecast for September lst higher than its August forecast. Where they get the “dope" we do not know, for we cannot see how Michi— ‘ gan can possibly produce anywhere near 51,000,000 bushels of marketable corn this year. age as there is no hope of its ripening, and lucky is the farmer who has his silo bought and erected. Exports of corn since Nov. 1, 1916, compared with last year and year bo- ’ fore: 19 916-17 1915- 16 1914-15 Amer‘ 11 42, 582, 000 36, 752 000 39, 856, 000 Argn'n 56,126,000 88, 296, 000 138, 306, 000 Oth’rs 2,815,000 12,069,000 Tot. 101, 523, 000 137 118, 000 181, 852, 000 Se e’nas 21 1,6 746, 000 176, 367, 000 -------- There is a very strong demand for rye and vetch mixed. Receipts on all terminal markets are very light. Orriginating points report very little rye on hand so we see no sign of an immediate relief for buyers looking for rye. The market has regained the slight I am well pleased with the sample of : your paper and hope you make 11 success. -Lloyd W. Lyko, Leelanau county. decline of a few days ago Ieally was no reason for it first place. Rye is worth somewhere around $1. 90 per bu. at middle western ter- minal points. The Government has set a price on its bean purchases of: $7.35 per bu. Just what effect this may have on the I general market remains to be seen. The large crop of beans promised earlier 1'11 the season has been mater- ially lessened by the early frosts. It is too early to get a definite idea of just what the frost damage’will be. No doubt much year. especially in the northern part of Michigan will pick heavily. There will certainly be a lot of beans dis~ Anything to help the good work 310:1; With full appreciation of the good you hav done the farmers.—-—A_ S. Nelson, Mus- kegon county. colored by frost and while such stock usually sells below the market, still it is just as good for food. The demand generally is just a lit- tle quiet although the Government is a free buyer. The advent of cold weather always brings an increased demand for beans. Bean growers and jobbers are both anxious to ascertain to what extent ,the price the government has fixed upon- its own purchases will effect the general market, and it is expected that more authentic information can - ~ be given upon this matter the coming week I am with you. It right along --Allon .1. Mains, Calhoun county. . ' -I _ require several weeks of ,favorable weather to inSure harvest- The govern- . of ' Michigan’s corn yield is just a trifle ' Thousands of acres ' .of corn are already being cut for all- j 3 588, 999 f There : in the ‘ of the stock this ' The paper is fine. Send. i ‘~ Mixed Clover 14 5 13 OI 13 5. 21 20 21 22 5‘ 22 22 5. 1‘ 5| 1‘ 50 11 1' 10 11 18 Eastern markets report a great shortage of all' grades of hay. Lack otg cars for shipping is no doubt the rather light. Farmers are busy with ; Fall work and very few of them are (hauling hay. » Reportswould indicate that there. is considerable old hay still left. This as transportation can be secured. ' What effect it will have on the price 3 of the new crop remains to be seen. New York reports supplies light and markets firm at somewhat higher values than last week. The Baltimore First copy sent worth $1 to me, and .' more than that. Thanks.-——“’. E. Boyles, _~ Van Buren county, . market is steady under light receipts. Boston reports buyers taking hold more generally and a firm tone to i the market. , Pittsburgh reports a great short- ' age and corresponding advance in » price. All southern markets report light supplies. Detroit and Chicago markets under-supplied with prospects heavier receipts soon. are of v.‘ Choice nnzd white-ads“! Medium Round Markets white- sucked Detroit Chicago Cincinnati New York Pittsburgh Norfolk, Va. 1.10 1.60 1.40 1.45 1.20 The potato situation has been so well covered elsewhere in this issue that there is little to be said here. The nemarkable feature of the situa- tion is the firmness of the market and the high prices still being paid in spite of all the f‘bearish” talk. This should lend encouragement to every grower. It is the best evidence ob- tainable that the country at large ex- pects to pay high prices for tubers this year and that the producers eX~ pect they will. Let us give you a little quiet tip in the matter of grading your potatoes ’ this year. As you doubtless know the government will require several mil- lion bushels of tubers for the uses of the army and navy and naturally it will want the best. No scrubs, scabs, or bruised potatoes will satisfy them. The government’s judgment is pretty good, and if the crop is a little above previous years, it Will certainly pay every grower to grade his potatoes carefully. The government suggests the following grading rules: 'Round varieties of potatoes will be run over an inch and seven-eights screen and long varieties will be run over an inch and three-quarters screen The stock will be graded No. 1 and No. 2. The specifications for N0. 1 stock are that an allowance be made of not to exceed‘5 per cent for under- sized potatoes and not more than 3 . per cent of sunburned, cut, scabby or otherwise defective potatoes. On No. 2, an allowance of not. to exceed 5 per cent. will be made for defective potatoes and the sizes shall not run smaller than an inch and a half. The percentage will be ascertained by weight. 1mm]lllllllllfllllllllllllllll|llIllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll —here’s your chance to help a movement that’s bound‘ to put ewtra dollars into the pockets of every form- ) er in Michigan. Add one new name ”to the M. B. F. list this week, some ., neighbor will thank you for showing ' him this copy. I Ilfllmm[mlllMilli"!llllI|lIllllllIllll|lllllllIlllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllnlllllll'.llMllllllllllllllfllll‘il h i I the end of July"indication3’were-for an“ 70 per cent crop both is now placed at around so per eentiortheoiote In: . onion crop the ' last. two Weeks." f Massachusettsthe crop "is about The same as last year, possibly a * little? poorer. The size is small. Onions are selling on the Detroit market at $1.75 per bushel. New York contracts are offered at $1, but most of the farmers are refusing to sell at that figure. The market in general is very firm and growers 'may . expect good . _ no. doubt will be moved as quickly The movement of the cabbage crop is now well under way, with prices varying on the ‘principal markets from 50 to 85 cents per hundred. ‘pounds. The crop for the most part is of exceptionally good quality and the supply seems to be plentiful for _ all the present market demands. Supplies continue light and demand vigOrous for fancy barrel apples. Jon- athans have been bringing on the Chi- cago market $6 per barrel. Wealthies $5 and Maiden Blush $5.50, with No. 2 stock selling at $3 to $3.50. Michi- gan Duchess were quoted at $3.50 to $4.00. This year’s apple crop calls for in- telligent handling. The latest Gov- ernment reports indicate a crop of about 190,000,000 bushels, a little be- low normal. Good prices are assured for all honestly packed first quality apples and also fer honestly packed selected second grades, which Govern- ment experts say can be put into storage. When the crop is big it does not pay to store second grades, but I think the Michigan Business Farming. is O. K. Just what farmers needed—Alex \Valker, Buscommon county. this year, despite the fact that Amer- ‘ica can not ship its usual $2,000,000 barrels of apples abroad, because ship- ping space is precious, farmers should be able to get fairprices for all good , apples at home. Careless packing of poor quality fruit has always been one of the chief causes of market instability and un- satisfactory prices. to the growers. This year the whole apple industry is co—operating to remove this market handicap. The Governm‘ent will encourage ap- ple eating and apple storage and will discourage apple speculation that raises the prices abnormally. To get the best of the crop to the V market in prime condition it must be picked carefully at the time of ma- turity, promptly cooled in temporary storage, and then skilfully graded and packed. Second-grade fruit should not be marketed in bulk in near-by con- suming centers, then it should be worked up into by-products along with the culls. ‘ For the grower who desires instruc- tions in apple packing the department of agriculture at Washington has in- formation in bulletin form. These bul- letins can be secured free by writing to the department. PEACHES New York reports a good demand for peaches, in fact the movement is better this year at this time than re- ceivers ever remember. This is per! haps due to the fact that housewives are doing the bulk of their canning just now. Elbertas have been selling. on Detroit market from ,$2 to $2.75. HONEY Receipts of honey are generally light and on the best markets the de- mand is strong. Wisconsin, Minneso- ta and Michigan comb honey No. 1 has been selling at 20-21 cents on'the. Chicago market; fancy, 22 cents; ex- tracted honey in tins, 14-14%cents. eem-tob-lefig . ._ . . .. a good! domestic demand in spite i-‘o-f the "high prices _ilthdlugh; export def" “W‘Mewemalso. . Elm creamy but!” is. quoted ‘on' the Detroit marketat 42112 cents Fresh creamery firsts 41 1-2, to , 42¢ porpound. ». . . ‘v up well. {Tilers-iii?- .: The latest Government report ' shows- : decreladfl 5,165,000 hogs frdm last- year. This mat shortage, together with the increased: demand... would seem to foretell much higher prices. The publication of the report brought " some spirited buying. N . _. . 7. fig . -»_. ,-,-.- .,.; "“\.-"" . t. 9,; The egg market is- firm at about the. former range of prices. ' Michigan firsts are quoted at 37 to 39 cents .per dozen Detroit with the consumer pay- imv‘ considerably more. ' The scarcity of good fresh eggs is . being felt and'in some localities stor- age eggs are being offered "freely. '.c.a leis report the demand a. somewhat lighter owing to the. . high prices. VA comparison of food values however, together with prices , of other commodities, show that eggs are still about as reasonable in priCe as any food. ' Now is the time to give special at—l tention to moulting hens which are to be carried over as layers. Proper feeding and attention will hasten the process and result in an earlier start" on egg production. Turkey Dicks ere Springer; Hm .. No. 2 Grade 2 to' 3 Celts Less .lust at the time of going to press the poultry market is somewhat con- gested and we advise holding up on shipments for a few days. This condition no doubt has been brought about by the heavy shipments which arrived on all markets just previous to the Jewish holidays. The warmer weather, which arrived just at hte commencement of the Jewish New Year season, made it necessary for commission men to push the sale of dressed poultry, resulting in‘ a large carry over of live stock. Present indications are that much immature and unfinished stock will be placed on hte market this year, owing to the high cost of feed. The natural result will be fancy prices for well finished poultry of all kinds. Ordinarily much material is allowed to go to waste, which, if properly pre- pared and utilized, might be used to good advantage as poultry food. By using this material the poultryman will not only be doing his bit in the conservation of food, but will be mak- ing the extra profit on the finished article. Chicago 9 50-10 50 15 75-17 90 14 00-15 65 8 50- 9 00 14 50-15 75 10 25-12 50 7 00-13 00 8 50-1100 7 00-10 50 7 50-10-25 500- 640 450- 650 Bulls, average 7 25- 7 50 7 50- 9 50 Veal, lg; to good 15 00-16 00 14 75-16 25 16 00-15 25 Fall shipments of live stock are in full swing, the receipts on- the Detroit p l Detroit Buffalo Steers, good to prime Steers, com. to fair Heifers,good ioprime 8 00- 8 50 Cows, svcrage 50- 7 00 Cannery—Cutter: market on Thursday being 4,296 head. , The quality is, however, far from _good, and there has been plenty of good picking this week for the farm- er wanting some to take back home and they had no difficulty in get- ting what they wanted. The general market for everything but canners was 15 to 35 cents a hundred lower than last week, but on Thursday nearly everything was cleaned up be- fore dark. In response to our question to crop reporters: “Has frost affected local markets. and if so, to what extent?” one reporter respondsr “Not yet, ' they are going to put it over. as long as they can,” "flllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllflflllllllllllllllllllfifllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmmmmmllmm Shippers will find a go‘od, ,market for all grades with a premium on medium Weight, well finished stock. Gleaned from. Crop Reports . "Thedamage is greater than' the buY- ers will admit. It :is‘ nearly, complete. Missaukee county." Right here, we want to call every reader’s attention to ,the fact that the _buyers at the. town the above report came from are today pay— ing _ FIFTY-FIVE] cents r’or potatoes. And the average pricegthr‘uout the c..- tn'e state today on potatoes is ONE DOL- LAR AND FOUR CENTS. Further- more, sholce potatoes are DETitOIT market at AND - cents. say, to, our Missaukee, county that we’d let-our potatoes-"inc in in storage cellar before we’d sell a single peck to these buyers under the present circumstances. - . g on the .ONE'; DOLLAR. "Beans will nor. average over 7 bushels per acre. Charlevoix county." Oh, this must be a.» mistake. The bean jobbers say Michigan will produce SEVEN MIL- LION bushels! , . . . “The potato prices in Greenville have ‘ Just doubled in one week, I don’t know whether it was on account of frost or not, but something happened." Montcalm county. (Looks as tho there are SOME buyers who are waking up ,to the real potato situation. . To the Milk Producers of Michigan: Greeting: Whereas, it is now fully demonstrated that the manufacturers and distributors of milk in Michigan are so thoroughly united and combined, and ' are so determined. for .the sake of their own exhorbitant profits, to hold the price of milk to producers at such a point that it will continue to entail a severe loss. And inasmuch as this, like every other legitimate industry is entitled to a price for its product that equals the cost of production and at least a small profit. And, Whereas, recent investigation corroborates the evidence of all previous investigations in Michigan that milk pro- duction in Michigan is still being carried on at a. loss of from 40c to 90¢ per hun- dred pounds (according to the different months); and except in a few localities v. here the buyers are willing to meet the demands of the Association for a. living price, and recognizing that our patriotic duty is first to our country, then to our families and not at all to those combin- atiohs of capital that are today making extortionate profits, even to the destruc- tion of this most vital food industry, Therefore, we see at this time no way of putting this industry of milk produc- tion to that point where the distributor and manufacturer (for the sake of ob- taining the product) will be willing to pay a price that equals the cost of pro- duction plus a 10 'per cent. profit. With the present high cost of labor. with the present price of dairy feeds, and with the recent frosts having destroyed at least one-third of the corn crop stand- ing in Michigan September 1st, and with the probability that a ’large number of our farmer boys will be called to the cvolors on the first of January, making ‘ the farm labor problem more acute and severe than ever; good business judg- ment would suggest: That.every good dairyman begin to cull his herd at once, cut out every cow that is not an outstanding producer and myry poor dairyman who is throwing his product on the market in an unwholesome, unsanitary and unprofitable way, under- stand that he is not only a menace to public health and to public prosperity, but understand also that he is standing in the way of live men who could better their condition if it were not for your lack of business methods, For the sake of our soil fertility, upon which demands ‘our future food supply, we would be glad to paint to you a. glowing picture of the immediate future of the dairy industry. but combinations 0 capital and power have decreed that their pound of flesh must be exacted, even at the expense of the consuming public and a depleted vital industry We have viewed the situation from every angle in Michigan. in Washington and over the country at large and he have come to the conclusion that the best. weapon of defense now is a de— creased production. Consequently we appeal to you to do as other business men do under similar conditions: Re- duce your output until the demand will war- rant an increase again—R. C Reed. Field Sec’y Michigan Milk Producers Ass’n. % "'mumnnmlmmmmnmmmmmm!mnmmnmnmnmmnnmnmummmrihmmmm 15- If our readers appreciate the service we are trying to render, them we will appreciate the service they will render us in reading the advertisements. in this issue and in mentioning Michigan Business ' Farming ~when' answering them. , llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllfllfllll lIllllllllllllllllilI‘llllllllllllllllllllflllllllll H ’A .,,. .‘pnf (”17913115, , tinge :to potatoes, beans,‘ corn. and» buckwheat. ' . CALHOUN majors ‘ ' . dry ’and"-warm. $5M yet», ' ‘ , lid 10}: ground dry. ,. 11 did crowds; '—-;-H. EL; N., . CutchGOn _ . (Nortliwest)ex-Farmers are tting ready to seed, weather is. warm; oil in fine shape. ' .e ‘ CLARE (East Cantrell—A heavy frost‘ here ~1ast Sunday and Monday nights killed about everything. Seed corn will be’ hard to find next year, as" there was none J7me. There is an occasional field of be hs that were pretty well along be- fore the frost but the most of .them will not be worth harvesting. There will be more’ than the usual acreage of rye sown this fall. Most farmers who. have not already got silos for their card are putting them up as fast as possible.‘ It has been quite warm here since the frost without any rain. and it is too dry- to sow wheat—C. P. W. Harrison. OS'CEOLA (Central)-—-F_ine weather. Farmers are busy hullin-g clever. It is. turning out about 4 bu. to the acre. No red clover hulled. Some oats ‘ threshed, 35 to 40 bu. per acre; spring wheat 18 to 25 bu. per acre; not much threshed yet No rain for three weeks—A. C M., Mio. ANTBIM (Ween—Farmers are sowing fall grain. Weather warm and dry with ' cool nights. Farmers are selling wheat, rye and oats. Many farmers are build- ing slides and filling them. A frost did much damage in this locality last week. Beans will be a short'crop. about 3-4 of a crop—H. H., Central Lake. EMM‘ET (East)—Everything hurt by frosts on low land but no damage on the high land. /Corn was damaged 10 per cent, beans 30 per cent. cucumbers 50 per cent: and potatoes 5 per cent—J. D. R Peliston.’ - ‘MIDLAND (East Central)—The frost of Sunday and Monday killed about half of the corn and beans in this part of the county. It is reported Mr. Myers has harvested and threshed $1,400 worth of beans from eight acres. There is talk of several new silos to be built here the com- ing season on account of the failure to raise beans and the high price of cattle and sheep. There is a lot of tiling going on around here replacing open county ditches with large tile as it gives the farmer that much more land to work.— Midland. MIDLAND (Southeast)——The farmers are getting their ground ready for wheat and rye. There are quite a few silos be- ing built this fall—J. H. M.. Hemlock. SAGINAW (Northweutl—Poor crops and early frost are causing many‘ of the poorer farmers to contemplate moving to town where work is plentiful and wages good. We have had a good rain and wheat will generally be sown as soon as possible—M. S. G., Hemlock. OAKLAND (SoutheasH—Farmers are fitting their ground for wheat. No wheat sown yet will commence sowing next week. Weather tine. Soil in good con: dition. flats are being held for higher prices. Threshing very late. this season. flats are not yielding according to straw. Farmers are commencing to fill silos with the frosted corn, which Will make poor emsilage because of its being so green. Feed will be very high this winter.—H. M. R., Birmingham. NIONTCALM (Southwest) — Moist weather with two days of drizwling rain. Wheat sowing in all stages—R. E. P., Greenville. ' MONROE (Northeastern).—We are busy preparing to sow wheat between threshing jobs. Weather is nice since the frost. ground has about the right amount of moisture. Farmers are too busy to sell much of anything. Small amount of hay moving. There will be a larger acreage of wheat sown than us- uai.——F. 8., Newport. PRESQUE ISLE (West Central)— Farmers are threshing grain; some is turning out good but about 75 per cent. of a crop. Not much going to market: there are a few potatoes going in for local trade is all; no demand, as most everyone has a few in their gardens. A few lambs to market yet and a few cat- tle.-—D. D. S., Millersburg. 1'; ' , , Farmers": are busy." -_ threshing; wheat is good—0.131. B., Bat-- _ tle Creek. ‘ ‘. 2 1 :n . Gandhi . , . . ’ » rain is turning out fairly the exception of . peas 'whlch poor. A great many are try- : v3 . g‘; in: target wheat ground in shape to sow, the ground is very dry-and hard to ”work. ‘INothing doing in the line of mar-. keting crops. 4 . Potatoes. and beans - are late but are coming on. Potatoes Will be a good crop and beans, if they get two weeks of good weather, will be a fair crop.—D. 0., Lincoln. NEWAYGO are cutting corn and filling silos since the frosts on the 9th. 10th and 11th of this month. Lots of wheat being put in; on one fa. m 75 acres will be sown; One . farmer w 0 has more than 50 acres of potatoes on his farm saved his crop from frost with manure and oil smudgesmc. B., White Cloud. OTTAWA (Northeast)—The frosts of Sunday and Monday nights, Sept. 9th and 10th. certainly did ‘much damage. Some late bean fields and most all of the gar- den truck, such as tomatoes, cucumbers and pumpkins were badly frosted. Po- tatoes hurt the least. Only potatoes and corn were hit hard on low lands. Farm- ers are fattening hogs for market with, the little grain at hand merely to get rid of hogs. Corn, crop looks pretty blue around here. Threshing and sowing wheat is the order of the day—R; J. K., Conklin. ’ \ - BAY (_East)———The frost hit this section of thezcountry light although it damaged some beans and corn. Farmers are be- ginning to harvest beans though a little green—G. G., Linwood; TUSCOLA (Northéast)—Frost of Mon—' day and Tuesday nights did some dam- age to beans and corn but not as bad as at first thought. It will be about two ~weeks beofre beans will do for pulling. J. A. McG._ Cass City. MONTCA'LM (Southwest) — Farmers are doing very many different kinds of work at the present time as potatoes, corn and beans were struck by the frost and ' considerable damage_ done._ Po— tatoes are not damaged seriously 1n the neighborhood as in the country around, especially in the northern part 'of the county. Corn was hit very hard 1n most 'parts and will average about 80 per cent. lost in Montcalm county except in cent- ral and southwestern parts, corn being very green and majority of farmers who own silos are filling now. Beans were struck very heavy. The heavy rams in this vicinity most of this week have prevented farmers from plowing for wheat. R. A. Scott of Fairplams town— ship or Greenville, is the owner of a new Case tractor.——W. L., Greenville. OGEMAVV (West Central)——Farmers are.busy threshing and getting thezr‘corn cut as it all froze. Difference of opinion as to damage to beans by frost—W. N., West Branch. GRAND TRAVERSE (South)—Farm- ers are busy threshing and plowing for wheat. Weather favorable, having had plenty of rain. Corn and beans are very poor; with two or three weeks good weather they will hardly average 3—4 of a crop. Potatoes are looking fine. no Sign of blight. Pastures poor. Grasshop— pres did some damage to meadows and spring seeding—R, E. 0., Buckley. SAGINAW (Northeastern) —Farmers are plowing for wheat. cutting corn and harvesting beans. Filling silos will soon begin as the frost struck the silo corn to some extent. Help is very scarce as a good many of the farm boys have been drafted and some'have gone to the train— ing camp. The soil is in good shape for fall seeding as the recent rains moisten— ed it just right. The weather has been fine since the frost and with dry weather now the bean crop will soon be in the horns. Farmers are building silos, gran- ‘arios and other small buildings.~—J. McD, Hemlock. HURON (Western)—Farmers are plow- ing for wheat and threshing. A few fields are sown to wheat. Oats and bar— ley are turning out fairly well but wheat is yielding poorly and is badly shrunken. Beans need three weeks good weather to mature and would be only half a crop then. Weather has been cold and damp; had a slight frost; Farmers are not mar- keting anything to speak of. A few farmers are holding old beans for high- er prices—G. W., Elkton. Farmers . arcf fhusy, (East Cannon—Farmers n ' C , guano rmvmsn «Northeastern— 1 Cook, one ’of' our retired farmers, died this Week. ‘Weather is some warmer. but neéd’rain for fall plowing. Beans are beginning to ripen. .A big grain.ele- vatorhas been built, at Williamsburg this ' summer. e farmers here‘ have bought a threshing machine. Quite a call for butter just, now; prices good—C. L. 3., Williamsburg. » JACKSON (East Central)—-It is a. slack time among the farmers. The corn is not ripe, neither are beans or potatoes but we are trying to prepare the soil for wheat. The weather is fine this week, no rain and plenty of sunshine. just what we need to ripen the corn and beans. The 14th was the big day for the Jack— son county fair, the attendance being 40,000.—B. T., Pal-ma. TUSCOLA (West Central)——Threshing about half done. Wheat and oats turn- ing out good and of good quality. There will be a big acreage of wheat and rye sown this fall as we had a nice rain on September 13 and 14, putting the ground in good shape. Reese is to have a Farm- ers’ co-operative elevator in the near fu- ture, as the farmers held a .meeting Sept. 10, organized, electedlofficers and capital- ‘ized at $30,000. and have begun selling stock with good success—C. B., Reese. MONTMORENC’Y (Central) ——- Frost has hurt all crops, potatoesxcut in two; beans 3-4 gone, corn all gone, buckwheat 75 per cent. gone. Wheat is being plant- ed but weather condition is too dry for fall seeding. No rain for three weeks Considerable clover seed to hull in this county this year. Beans may go to from 3 to 5 bushels per acre it We get a rain and .warm weather—P. H., Atlanta. GRAND TRAVERSE (North Central) —Farmers are threshing, fall plowing and sowing wheat and rye. The weather is nice. just enough rain to keep the crops growing good, Some cattle are being sold. buyers are paying .06 and .06 1—2 per pound on foot. Some early potatoes are being dug~ and sold but most farmers are holding for more money. The buy- ers are offering 75c to 80c. We grow a lot of potatoes and the last year and this year the bean acreage has increased to about double. Will have a good crop if we escape the frost about three or four weeks longer. ST. JOSEPH (North Central) — The weather is most too cold to hurry the crops to maturity. A few light rains have froshened up the corn. potatoes and the pastures some Not much grain being marketed just at present; people seem to be waiting to see what government control is going to do. There is consid- erable grain to be threshed yet. B. K., Mendon. Mich. ANTRIM (East Central)—Threshing season is on. Oats are averaging from 35 to 40 bushels per acre: wheat 15 to 20. Corn, beans and potatoes are still prospering. All wheat is in now and rye ground is being fitted. Early pota- toes are ready for harvest but the yield is smaller than usual because of drouth at the time they were setting—C. W. 0., Kewadin. VAN BUREN (West Ccntral)—'l‘he condition of the weather is good for fall seeding. Not much wheat sown yet, al- though plowing is 'well under way. A hard frost visited this section Sunday and Monday nights. the 0th and 10th. Potatoes. corn and beans on high ground will be fair crops, but on low ground these crops will be almost complete faiL ure. Our county agricultural agent, Mr, Tarrand. estimates the loss is this county to be near $1,000,000.——IT. l1, Bangor. OTTAWA (Northeast)—Farmers are still preparing for wheat; the light rains we have had lately have moistened the ground so it works up better. Heavy frost of Sept. 9—10 damages the crow quite a bit. Farmers are selling some wheat and quite a few are buying fer- tilizer.—J. P., Coopersville. BAY (Northmst)—Farmers are fitting up wheat ground; some are cutting their frozen corn. Ground is quite hard for plowing but the rain will help. Other than selling hay farmers are not market- ing their crops to speak of. They are holding oats for higher prices. Several of the farmers are building new silos and some are putting in additions to their harns.~——J. E. McK., Pinconning, ' . (—56.11. W.,' Fow’ie “ lie.‘ _ ' . ' ', ' ground in ‘from ten acres. Livinosron (N‘orthcast)-—The “use .of Monday night did thousands of dol-w .lars worth of damage in Livingston coup: ' ty. Some of the tempera who have silos are filling them to save the fodder. ' Late beans and potatoes are in a good many instances ruined Some of the farmers ‘are pkwing' their beans up. l‘he :zu'm~ ers are having an ideal time to get the condition for wheat. The ground is nice and can e kept in con-~ dition very easily—F. H., Linden. ‘ .OAKLAND (Southwest)—Some fat'ru- ». ers are sowing wheat; lots of them are sowing Red Rock wheat and Rosen rye. Farmers are cutting corn and filling silos as fast as possible on account of frost. —Milf0rd. ARENAC (Northwest)——Farmers are threshing and some are plowing rye and wheat ground on sandy soil, the clay ground is impossible to plow on account of the dry weather. Some farmers are selling rye and wheat; some are holding rye for higher “rice. About 100 farmers, wives and children were in attendance at the organization of a Community Bot- terment club at M. E. church last week. Ed. Redmond threshed 3.30 bushels of rye A. D. F.. Alger. MONROE (East Central)~——Most every- one plowing and disking for wheat. Lots of oats out yet. The rain of last week Wednesday night stopped field thresh- ing until ,last Monday. Most all of the corn needs two or three weeks yet. and some five or six weeks. A. car of Mich— icgzn Wonder wheat unloaded at Maybee o ay. MECOSTA (East Central)~—In my per— sonal observation in driving across the county from west to cast I am of the' opinion the frost has done far more dam- age than was at first reported. In the first place if the frost had held off there wouldn’t have been more than 75 per cent of an average crop for the very reason that the bean wevel have destroyed whole fields and they were be- ing .worked up and put in shape for seeding to wheat or rye before the frost came; furthermore 10 per cent of the beans were planted in July. some as late as the 8th. Those are worthless for any purpose. Late potatoes need min to fin- ish them up; nothing eLse is suffering. The ground is in fine shape for seeding. but not much being done in that line. The threshers are slow in getting around and that IS going to make seeding very late. so many farmers depending upon their own seed to sow—W. H. S., Re- mus. CLINTON (Southwest)——Farmers are very busy plowing and fitting ground for Wheat. I think Clinton county will have fully 30 per cent more wheat sown than a year ago. Not much produce being marketed at present. Prices are about the same except potatoes: would not be surprised if they sold down to 50 cents. Calvm Sexton‘s barn. Victor township, was burned during the electrical storm of last week, loss $2,000 above the in- surance. We are getting a little com weather at present—J. W. H., Grand Ledge. KENT (Northeast)——The weather is very wet, making a bad time for bean harvest which is here. Some beans are pulled. Most early beans are ready to harvest. The late crop is more or less damaged, in some places entirely worth- less by reason of frost. Lots of early potatoes are being marketed; some are even.d1gg1ng late potatoes with green growmg tops and putting them on the market, which if left might grow from 25 to 50 per cent.~—G. M. W., Greenville. NEWAYGO (Northeast)—On the night offlthe 9th Jack Frost took a hand in fixmg the price of beans, potatoes and buckwheat. The latter crop is a total failure with us. Corn'badly damaged, some localities entirely lost. Farmers busy repairing and building new build- mgs ofr the winter. Not much being done on trunk lino highways this year, owing to the shortage of laborers—J”. S., New- aygo. OSCODA (Southwest)——Conditlon of weather is bad. Everything froze; beans and corn almost a total loss. Mr. Deeter had 200 bu. of oats off 8 acres—M. E. C., Luzerne. MECOSTA (Northwest)—The fruit on September 9, 10 and 11 has done much damage in this section; corn is nearly all gone. Potatoes are damage 50 per cent. and all other crops are damaged—L. W., (Crop reports continued page 13) llllllllllllllllll‘fl nuuummummmlnuummnnumummnuumlImunnImummnmmummmuunmmlmnmmmuwmmmmmmmmunnuummmmmmnmmmmm illlllllllllllllulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllHIIlllllllilyIlllllllllllllIIlllH|”llIlllllllll|ill|lllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ”here’s your chance to help, neighbor NI 1 See that this coupon brings back a good farmer’s subscription for this new weekly that means I kind of a fighting market weekly in Michigan. so much to YOU'and every other man who farms Michigan for profit. . I No need to canvass or ask for any money ' * Just show this copy of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING to a neighbor, tell him what it will mean to know as much about crop and market conditions as the market-gambler—rtell him why you subscribed and he’ll grab his pencil quick to get his name among the founders of the new weekly. A few copies are distributed each week to. farmers who may not have had a chance to subscribe before—if you are one, and like our paper and\ what it stands for, use the coupon and send a dollar bill now or after harvest, as you please, the big thing is to get your name on the list so you won’t miss next week's crop and market reports. l I want Michigan Business Farming for one year and I’ll send my dollar after crops are sold this fall Remarks muuuumnmImmmmnmr __ _ __ | MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Here’s my support, we need just your or I enclose$l herewith I I l lYours truly o o o o | If you have not subscribed, this is your chance; act quickly! IP- 0_ R, F. D..... :County ........State......... I l Clip Out This Coupon -‘ -- ‘- — —‘ ‘l _ l | l | | I l . ....... 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He who possesses the virtues by which character and manhood are measured'meets the trials of life with a brave heart and ,battles courageously for the things required to conserve his spiritual and moral qualities and his economic welfare. Despite the stumbling blocks that the All-Wise has placed on man’s pathway, God has been good. ‘Not a day or a single hour passes by without con- tributing some evidence of His goodness. It shines forth with the morning sun; it gives the ‘rain its tuneful melodyfiit rests in the soft lap of the snow that comes to protect the earth from the freezing blasts of winter; it lends a glow to the fire that crackles in the evening'hearth; it is in the laughter of children, the fragrance of the flowers, the fruit of the trees. Strong and true men recognize the goodness of God as manifested in nature, and laugh at the obstacles that stand in the way. Of such as these is the farmer, who seems to have been espec' ly favored with the Creator’s goodness/wan lives who is in as constant and intimate co mun- ion with the worth while things of life as he who treads the furrow and finds the realization of his rosiest, dreams in the cultivation of the soil and kindred pursuits. But in much the same pro- portion that the farmer enjoys the blessings of life. he is harrassed by the problems of life. But fortified with the knowledge that all this is in keeping with the divine plan of the universe. the farmer is doubly prepared to meet the tre- mendous and well-nigh insurmountable difficul- ties that beset. his business. The problems peculiar to the conservation, prep- a ration and cultivation of the soil, and the breed- ing and feeding of live stock are very many. In fact, farming seems to be a continual round of these porplexitie's. But agricultural colleges and experiment stations have been the means of anal- izing and solving many of the problems that have to do with the productiOn end of farming. And the farmer who has been wise enough to avail himself of this knowledge and put it into\practi- cal execution has probably overcome the 'major- ity of such difficulties as lie within the power of man to conquor. The problems of production have been many, but they are being solved; the problems of mar- keting have been ten fold and We are just be- ginning to study them. it, is needless here to dwell upon the inefiiciency, the waste. the injustice of the present scheme of marketing farm products. Not a year goes by that it does not take from the pockets of the farm- ers of the nation billions of dollars and hands them over to persons who have no legitimate claim to them. it is a system that clutches the farmer. body and soul, and from which there is no escape thru individual effort. How to make the best. of this system to the end that he may wrest from the speculators the larg— cst possible proceeds to which he is entitled for the labor and money he has invested in _thepro- ductipu of his crops, is the mighty problem that I-onfronts the farmer of today All his other moblcms sink into insignifitance (ompared with it and as an individual he is sadly unfitted to cope with the situation. To know at what prices he should secure for his produce it is necessary that the farmer be . in intimate touch at all times-with crop and mar- ket. conditions not only in his own state but in ‘all the states of the union and'even in the re- mote countries of the world. There are scores of influences which cause the fluctuation of mar- ket prices. By the very, nature of his business the farmer is far removed from the ordinary sources of market information, and ignorant of -------- IIumuuIiumumuuuuunIuummumumumummnuumuummmuuuummmmmImanualuummmmuuunuumluI1mmunIunuuummmmmnmmumuwmnmmummulmmmunnunmmmlIInmumIumnmmmmIIuwmlmummmumulnmuuumnmmiimumumuué ‘ ' I . ASSOCIATE EDITOX‘ ' EMMY! MAH’O DIP"! . . moat. Immune: , demand for the year, A the government. been knocked into a cocked .«hat 'T. '. Mini," the farmer-39th. deformation" which, the" buyers- and speculators in farm products poisons, but to which the farmer has had no means of access. , .. ' , By the aid of trained editor‘s and crap reporters ' it gathers the crop and market neWs of the World. and bring them to the farmer’s doorstep. Know-' ' ing the anticipated production and visible sup ply of farm commodities and the real and probable? we are able to ascertain. ' with a surprising degree of accuracy the Scale" of prices that will prevail, and to advise our readers accordingly on the disposition of their , crops. ‘ MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING is now a reality. Thousands of farmers from Keweenaw to the Ohio line have shown their faith in the integrity of its publishers and in the value of the paper,. by becoming subscribers. With this iSSue we start on our long road; “our heads are high and our hearts are. strong and. the smile of—optimism is upon our face. The opportunity to serve. and i be of tangible usefulneSs to the farmers of Mich- - igan stretches out broadly before us. Backed by an army with sineWS of strength and mination, we shall proceed carefully but fearless- ly, never stopping, never Swerving from our course, but straight on to the goal, finally to un- lock for all times the gates of the great wall that shuts the farmer out from the market place and makes him a slave to speculators and a victim of a world's injustice Prices and Prefits WENTY THOUSAND grain [growers of the middle west have “struck” for higher wheat prices. They are dissatisfied with the price the government,has set upon the 1917 crop, and this week are holding a giant mass meeting at St. Paul to discuss their grievances and formu- late a plan to enlist the sympathetic attention of President Wilson and Food Administrator Hoover have been invited to attend the conference. Coincident with the-fixing of a maximum price on 1917 wheat and automatically a maximum profit for the growers, was the action‘ of the Senate in passing the revenue bill containing a ridiculously small tax on the excess war profits of industrial institutions. Patriotic impulses might have conquered any earlier tendency of the producers to voice their disapproval of the inclination of the government to interfere with their legitimate profits, had our "patriotic” Senate shown a desire to put a proportionate check upon _ the prices of other commodities, thereby distrib- uting the burden of war more equitably. But the almost total disregard of the inequalities exist- ing in the sundry price-fixing propagals of the administration and the tax levies as finally agreed upon in the revenue bill, has given the growers complete justification for their present stand. As if in reproof of the growers’ attitude, atten- tion has been called to -the fact that the price fixed by the government is over twice as much as that received by the growers before the outbreak of the war. Nothing but ignorance of the many factors entering into the‘scheme of production could excuse the total disregard of the fact that the farmer is compelled to pay two or three times as much for the raw material and machinery to produce his wheat as he paid before the war. The peculiar irony and injustice of the whole situation is clearly reVeal'ed in the light of the fact that the farmer is helping to pay the huge war profits of the steel and machinery manufacturers for whose welfare Congress has recently shown such a char- itable and fatherly concern. Yes it is quite true—the PRICES that farmers are receiving today for some of their products are from 20 to 100 per cent higher than before the war. But their PROFITS have not increased proportionately. vFar from it. As a matter of _, fact, there is some question as to whether many farmers will be able to realize a profit this year on $2 wheat. So far as the wheat growers are concerned the law of supply and demand has and regardless of the heights to which their production costs .may soar, they must sell their wheat at the stip- ,ulated price or not at all . On the other hand—the PRICES of many man- ufactured articles have increased from 100 to,500 _ loudly of mucus when it asks the war. supplies eter- . 'get acquainted. Probably no one suspects makers how moon they will contribute to,“ lighten *' the burden of War, it hints softly of PROFITS Gettmg ACquamted E WISH every member of our editorial staff could step right out from these print- ” . ed pages, shake hands all ’round with our readers and sit doWn on the back door step for a. little friendly chat. We just banker to stroll the gateway of every reader’s home these fine fall evenings, grab his ”hand and say: “Hello, Bill how’s everything? Wheres the fo-lks?” . And then we’d like to follbw you all over the farm and let you do the talking. Say, folks, if. we could just visit you that way once every year and learn of your hopes and disappointments and trials and troubles and successes and failures and griefs and mirths, we’d know just exactly the kind of a farm paper to give you. But it can’t be done in‘just that way. Nevertheless, we must that this issue of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FABMING was ed- ited by over a hundred people, yet such is the fact.- The names -that appear at the head of this page represent only a handful of those who, each week contribute to_ these columns, We want to tell you particularly about the several hundred men and women 111 every county of the state who are giving their time Willingly and without com- pensation to write ‘to us each week about the crop conditions and market prices in their re- spective localities. We cannot underestimate the value of this service to us and to our readers, and we feel that every one of "our crop reporters is just as important a. member of the editorial staff as tho he or she sat right here in the editorial of- fices. This loyal staff of crop reporters are nec- essary to the success of Michigan Business Farm- ing; without them our efforts would be very poor. indeed; with them'and their continued support. we confidently believe that we can make a‘publi- cation which will represent to~all farmers of the state a valuethat can be measured in dollars and cents. each week just remember that much of it is writ- ten by farmers and farmers’ wives who are trying in this way. to do their “bit” for the cause of business farming. This simple introduction to the folks at this end who have consecrated them- selves to a cause they low will suffice for the present Let us hope that with the passage of time we shall become very much better acquaint- ed. Look Out for the “Bears” HIS IS the season of the year when the market. “bears” come forth from their sum- mer hiding and stampede the marketplaces The “bulls” which have held sway during a long period of diminished supply and increased de~ mand scatter before the onslaughts of the “bears,” and prices, which have been going steadily up- ward, suddenly pauseand topple from their high eminence. The ”bears" are particularly active and fero- cious right now. They are lurking everywhere. Their influence may be seen in every crop report issued by the government, in every “forecast” of the “bumper” crops that-are sure to flood the market this fall. Grain dealers, potato buyers, bean jobbers, and a score of other speculators in farm (products are all lending a helping hand to “bear” the markets and pave the way for hasty selling and low prices to the producer. Nothing short (if anNoah’s flood could drown the happy optimism of'the bean jobbers. Blight and frost have visited the choicest bean fields of the state,,causing total loss in some counties and a ten to twenty per cent damage in others. Never- theless, the bean men stick loyally to their orig- inal forecast, and promise glibly that Michigan will put 8, 000, 000 bushels of beans on the market this year. . 7 -Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and vMich. 111g” potatoes suffered an average damage of over ' 25‘ per cent by the recent frosts, while Maine and New York crops have been hit- hard by both frosts.« and late blight, some reports estimating a. 50 per Therefore, when you read this paper- illllIl|llilHilillIlltllilllifllllliilllllmullltlllliilllllllitillilllllllllllillllllulllllllHilllllllllllllllillllllillllIllliltllllllllltilllulllllltill“IIlitlllllltllllllitillllHill.ilillllllllllilllllllltItllllllllllllltilltlllllllllllllllllll l I HilllllllllillltlllltlilllIllltli1illllllllllilllllllllllltlllllllliitliillllllltillllillti nummmummmu111mmmunmummmnmumumuum1qummmmumimum E ,4. Vt [I (I 1'." ”i t "is '1 sixty: c ya” statight. «in theirflcrops. iiiiIiililllliliiiililillillilillll liiiliimiiiiili him.unmimmmiWit. i a 13 5 a a :"l tlllifllliimliiimlillllllmliiUl|lllliiliilllllllllllillliillliillliil . ThB*.Harvestvaime , .- . , T ‘ "HER-n is just a‘h'it' or melancholy in thi changing'fal‘l air that hints of the approach- - ling harvest Season. Alreadvmany fields have felt" thetourh of frost; leaves at corn have taken on a yellowish'huc and hang limp and seemingly ashamed among companions that still EWllilINilliilillulllllllIliilliililiilllllllliillliillilillll|llillilllilillllllillillililllillll|l|lIIiillillllllliHililillllliliilllllillillllillllllilllillllllllllililllllillii Yifl‘lédakcrandCarkonisf t h, are Witness-of V. . winter will gather, the crops into their chilly" hoe oms and clothe them ’Wlththe final shroud. Then .1». “>626. _the harvest! . Potatoes to dig. beansto pull, corn to cut, and fruit to pick. .Out in the fields while: yet the treat glistens on vine and tree and house- top in the faint rays of approaching dawn. the farmer goes, the tang ot‘the morning air filling his heart with an eager zest for his job. With his crops, the farmer harvests the hopes and tears that he planted with the seed in springtime. If Mother Nature has been kind. his highest hopes * s00 new. the early imps of - wh casts hisbfread‘ uponflfthe‘ were”: a limitless sea, the storms and turmoil . of which‘he cannot know. His crops run'the gamut of drouth,’ flood, blight and frost, all'oi' which he fears but against whose coming he is' powerless to prepare. 4 goes forth- at last to harvest crops that are bounn tiful and gather them safely into .-bin and ham and cellar. And doubly happy is‘h'e when in the final accounting of the twelfth-month labors, after the harvest is over and the marketing is done, he finds his'eflorts crowned with deserved success and a fitting recompense for the trials and worries of the year. Happy is the farmer WhO' hilliiflilimiLiliiiilliilllllililllfliflllifllililmllmmll "illiIlll|Ii|ImlilllillllliliiiillilmulillllllllIIIllliliiillIii|||illlililiiiillillilliiiililliIlllilliliilliiiIiiiliill|iiiiiiiillliiIiiIIIiHillIIIlliilHillMimi"|Ilillflliilfllimllllilillll|llflmwmmimllMliiMleflmMilmiiillllilMMHMIMIIMUINIiilliliimmillliiiimmlliHHIINIllllliilililwiilii War is a great leveler of caste . sons. This very ordinary looking chap 18 minutes respite from duty at the Spartanburg, scions of wealthy families are today peeling potatoes and social position. Cornelius Vanderbilt, S. C., cantonment. at the training camps. Three million It is no respecter of per- _ . soldler boys 1n taking a few Man of the _-__...n......_..._i .. .._.. Indian company to fight for .Uncle Sam. Many of the members are direct descendents of the lndian Chieftains who led the fight against Gen. Custer and annihilated his command. Copyright-d by the international New: Service. New York. The Peace Terms. lnterned German sailors from the “Rronprinz helm” spend their time making German toys. A battery of British guns pouring shells into the German lines in Flanders. persons were thrilled by the great parade of the New York National Guard preliminary to their departure to the Spartanburg camp. Detroit this week when that city's first draft army departed for Rattle (‘rm-k the tramp, tramp, tramp of 30,000 A similar demonstration was held in _ m m Washington's draft honor of President Wilson leading parade, an impressive demonstration in the young men called from the Capitol City to de- fend the nation’s honor. One cannot help making a mental comparison of the President’s simple street attire and the gold laced and dress of European monarchs and diplomats. 3 3 § 3 medal-bespangled a a as. iliiliiiiillililliilillllll[Ill|iililHIMilli!iiilllilllilllllllilwulfluliimflilmiilflmimmuliiiliiliili‘llilillliiiiillmililiilllliifluflllflmflilflllliiiilllililllliilllillllIlilllmliiillIllMilllliiiiilililflfllilifllflllfllmmmmlfllllllllilmuilillliiliiiilillifltllllilllilIillliillllllllll|IililillilllliliilllillIiilillliiIilliili“HIIIIINIMIIWIMIW i chant Secretary 'Vrooman' 01 united States Department of _ ' recently ‘startled the ....f‘y with the Statement that “our L‘nédollar manure waste is the s greatest economic leak.” his is not a more wild guess,” ntinues, “but a very shrewd and uservativecstimate based upon re- ble statistics. It has been found ieach horse or mule produces an- _ 1y $27 worth of manure (based on commercFal fertilizer values); 11 head of cattle $20 worth; 83-011 1102; $8 worth. Recent investigations indicate that at least one-half of this great wealth of fertilizing material is lost.” 0n the dairy farm, the best and 7‘cheapest way is to draw the manure . directly to the field and spread it as . fast as it is made. If plenty of good absorbent bedding is used, the most valuable or liquid portion of the man- ‘ ure can be saved. Rain, after the ‘ manure is spread upon the land, only helps to carry the fertilizing mater- ‘ials where they can do the most good ——provided, of course, that the land is reasonably level. There are few farms, however, where. all the manure can be handled in this way. Very often, heaps of manure accumulate beside the barns from which the most valuable con- stituents leach away. Of such man< ure. Prof. Van Slyke of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station said: “Taking into consideration both the amount and the availability of the r’ant food leached from stable man- rre, it is not an exaggeration to say that two-thirds of the plant-food val- ue is leached away from much of the stable manure used on American farms." The best method of storage is in a manure pit. A pit 3 feet deep, 12 feet long and 6 feet wide will enable the average farmer to properly pre- serve the extra barnyard manure un- til he can find time to haul it to the field. Such a pit may readily be constructed with farm labor of co. ment, or of hollow tile with a thin coat of cement to preserve seepage. The cost will be trifling in proportion to the saving effected. The manure pit should be so locat- ed that the liouid portion of the manure can be drained from the sta- ble to the pit. Since “about one—half of the value of the nitrogen and two thirds that of the potassium are in the urine.” according to Van SIVke’s “Fertilizers and Crone,” a big saving can be effected in this wav. Barnyard manure, considered as a plant food is not a well-balanced ra— tion. It is high in nitrogen (ammon- ia) and low in phosphorus. If used freely. it is ant to force a rank growth of foilage Without a corresponding in- crease in the grain yield. So it is a good plan to sprinkle acid phosphate over‘the manure pit at the rate of 40 to 50 pounds per ton of manure. This will help keep the fies from breeding in the pit. The acid phos- phate will absorb some of the liquid manure. The free ammonia. instead of escaping. will be changed into am- monium phosphate and ammonium sulfate—both valuable fertilizers. Manure so treated is not apt to heat and will make a much better balanced fertilizer than will clear manure. Farm manure adds organic matter genie}; is needed by most of our up- land soils. It also favorablv affects the bacterial life of the soil. The benefits from even a light dressing of , manure are noticeable for several ‘yearg. Indeed. a given amount of manure will accomplish much more when spread thinlv than when con- ccmtrated on a smaller area. .thhereshould not be enough man- ure to cover the entire acreage to be sewn to fall grains, use 200 to 400 unds of complete fertilizer to the re. Or if that can not be had, use fertilizer containing 2 to 3 per cent. fianhmonla and a high percentage of “euphoric acid. Such fertilizer may m readily be sown broadcast at Toi'yU'TlLIZE WASTE ‘ 1118 a' fertilizer .a dressing" or wheat with 200 to' 390 pounds of suitable fertilizer may read» _ily increase the yield frOm' 53m 13 bushels per acre. ‘ ORCHARD COVER CROP AND FERTILIZING My‘ experience with orchard cover crops covers a period of better than ten years, with most all kinds of fruits, many of which are only plant- ed in sufficient quantity for family use. I have about thirty acres of or- chard on my farm at present, have . just gradually brought it up from a small family orchard, by planting a little every year. . Much of the land of my orchard is entirely too rough for regular culti- vation, consequently I have resorted to cover crops and mulching with manure and other materials. My best trees are in a field that has never been plowed since .the trees were set out. A blue grass field, with heavy mulches of, manure and other litter about the trees, and the grass is left for a cover crop, and pigs run in there early in the season and also late in the fall. When the grass is very luxuriant I often turn some Sheep in for a short time. but have found that it is better usually to just let pigs go in there. Other parts of my orchard lay better, less rolling, and gmnmmmutumumtnum"an:rmnmimnnuumuuumunumauulnm.vumllmuummmmmmmnnmmlmmimmumnmnnmmmmnmmmmmm nu: BUSINESS FARMER’S CALENDAR Reminders, of'fhe Things That Should be Done ' On the Farm This Week «- 1. If your bean fields are beginning to ripen this week, _locate the DOrtions of the field least affected by bean diseases. These Vines should be Pulled separately, stored by themselves, threshed by flail sometime this winter and put away in some dry, cool place until planting time next spring. 2. It is not too late to sow rye. Unlike Wheat rye will winter well even tho it doesn’t get a very large growth. Wheat requires sufliment grow”! to partially cover the ground and protect its roots in hte wmter by pre- venting snow from blowing off the field. _ 3. Inspect the ensilage cutter and get it ready for bumuesa. The weather as forecasted by Mr. Foster for Michigan Busmess Farming promises an- other visit from Jack Frost altho we hope he is wrongly informed. Anyway get the ensilage cutter ready in case he again hits the nail on the haul. 4. Every tool on the frm that is out doors and will not be used again this fall, should be placed 11 the shed at once. In fact there are many tools ~on the average farm that ought to have been put away weeks ago, but the farmer has neglected to do so. Show your business management and have lllllllllllllllllIHIIIIHHHHI i l them put away this week. there are sheep. every night. IllllHlllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlll|lll|[llllllll!IllllIllHIIIIIIllIlfllllIllIIlllllllllllllll|lllll[IllIlllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHill his game as you are. V ”‘“ ”mnmwmnnmm on this I plow more or less each year and then seed to peas, rye, etc, and plow them down and go with the mulch as far as I can get. The rye is best for Winter protection, and the peas best for summer, while the peas add nitrogen and other elements to the soil, and also make a humus when plowed down; the rye adds nothing, but helps to hold whatthere is there through the floods of rain and freez- ing and thawing, and the mulch of manure and other litter furnishes fer- tilizers and stores and holds moisture for the future use of the trees—R. B. Rushing, Ill. WHAT IS BFST TIME TO CUT CORN FOR FODDER Those who are fortunate enough to have silos in which to store their corn fodder need little advice from any source as to the best time to cut the fodder, because it is a well known fact that com must reasonably mature in order to make first-class sl- lage. However, it is a somewhat dif- ferent proposition when it comes to the matter of cutting and curing fodder in the shock to make an ideal feed that will be palatable for both horses and cattle, and there is considerable differ- ence of opinion ameng farmers and st kmen as to the best time for cut- tin fodder. ‘ .. 5. Sow a cover crop in the orchard. Rye is considered the best crop for this purpose and isextensively used for that purpose, not only in the or- chard but in many fields from which a. cultivative crop has been removed. 6. Bring up the sheep and lambs at night. ' _ . . more or less at night during the fall months, especxally if there is a streak of hound blood in the "our" and he runs a rabbit into pasture field in which It Will be time profitably spent to bring the sheep up 7. If you have not. already become a regular subscriber to Michigan Business Farming, then do so at once. If you are a subscriber, then help the cause of business farming by handing your copy after reading to some other farmer who ought to be equally as interested in the marketing end of 84" , is very thatch-and ruin‘all that isnot- ' auteur else if it: is earlier corn .iL'gets, too. dry, and the stalks are too Woody; - palatable. ' The” weather is more apt to turn suddenly. and. therefore not hotjor a day or two during late' cut- ting. and. take all the sap out of the stalks before one gets the desired amount of fodder cut, in which case a poor and almost worthlesa grade of roughage is secured. ~ _ My experience has shown that early fodder cutting holds many advantages ' over the'late cutting: Its tenderness- of stalk causes it to cut a great deal easier, the blades are not so dry and harsh that they scratch the face and hands and wear out the clothing. Thereis considerable difference of; opinion‘about the tying of the shocks. I see some farmers make large shocks and 1111le the wind is blowing, or ‘ there are signs of showers, they allow the shooks to stand without tying for two or three days, which they claim removes the danger of moulding by heating caused by the blades being pressed too closely together. Sure if conditions of weather stay ideal, this will insure the fodder, to cure-out per- fectly and remain in that condition till ready to be fed wnen its nearness . t‘o summertime greenness makes it one of the most palatable and profitable forms of roughage the farmer con pro- cure for winter stock feeding. Sheep dogs begin to run IlllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllilllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllilllllllll||IllillllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllIllllIllllllllllillllllllllllllllIll[lllllllllnllllllllllHllIlIll. % nu nu However, I am not exactly taken with the idea of leaving the shocks for a period of a day or two without try- ing in order that they may cure out. It has been my experience that there is too much danger of having them blown over‘ by sudden showars that come occasionally and do damage be- fore you hardly know it. I have found it a much bi'ter plan to make the shocks small say not more than 10 hills square and tie them rather loose- ly at first, then after a couple of days they may be tied tighter, and they willhot blow down if the wind does blow hard. I see some farmers cut and leave the fodder lying on the ground a day or two and then shock up. I have tried this myself, and find that the sudden rains that come when we think not, splashes considerable dirt on the fodder, which is very objectionable While I admit that a day or two dry- ing reduces the water content very greatly, therefore lessening the labor of handling, and it is just like the method of not tying, is ideal if the weather stays ideal. But, usually do not trust the weather. There is con- siderable less waste to this early cut fodder since the stalks are in ideal condition for feed and they will be almostentlrely devoured by both‘ hers. esand cattle, and'sheep are fond of good fodder also and consume lots of it. in. cold weather. , llllllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllflmlllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllll[lllllllllllllllllllillllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllHIllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIl ‘ E “4310': 33$ save the food rats Waste. 9 . It is essential to feeds considerable proportion of eef 'scratp' m the mash if a wheatless ation is used for egg production. The sows that are to furrow thin fall should be kept on pasture and have plenty of water and shade.‘ Remember that the question is not whether you personally may feel that you can afford to waste food; the point is that the nation can not af- ford to have any food wasted by any- body. - _ ‘ ' ’ There will probably be some diffi- culty in harvesting the apple crop with volunteer workers, many of" whom have had no experience at the . work. .Perishable fruit must be band- led Carefully to preventinjury to the skin. Bruises later cause decay when the apple goes to storage. Special care to place the soil 'in . good condition in preparation to planting wheat and rye will go a long way toward assuring the produc- tion of bumper crops of these grains which the Department of Agriculture hopes to see harvested next year. Good breeding ewes are selling high; lower prices are unlikely. With probable high prices for both mutton and wool in the future, the farmer who understands sheep and will prop- ' erly care for them from the start has good prospects for success. Pigs which were fa‘rrowed early and are about six months old at this time, may profitably be finished now and rushed off to market. Theearly fall market has been the highest for a number of years because the num- ber of well-finished hogs arriving at this season is limited. Prepare to store winter apples. They may be kept in the storage room in the basement of the house, in the out- door cellars, ‘or in banks and pits. Conditions suitable for the keeping of potatoes answer fairly well for ap- p es. If wheat and rye follow a cultivat- ed crop which has been kept free from weeds, it is best not to plow the land. The land may simply be dished and harrowed just before seeding. Pasturing of the brood sow and her litter as late in the fall as possible, keeps them in good health. The pigs will make satisfactory gains and there will be a r‘ecideu saying of gram“ Plowing kills wireworms by do straying their food supply and inter- fering with their preparations for winter. A dry, well ventilated place, such as an attic, furnishes a good storage place for onions in winter as slight freezing does not injure them, pro- vided they are not handled when frozen. mummunmmmmummmw POTA 1‘0 “DON "1‘8" l-«pon't injure the selling and stor~ mg quality of your potatoes by careless digging. 2—Don’t glut the fall market and imure your winter market by placing large unantitiw of un- graded stock on the market at harvesting time. 3—-Don't ship any frost—damaged potatoes. It is disastrous. 4—Don't demoralize the already overburdened transportation fa- cilities by shipping cull potatoes Unless potatoes are extremely high in price, culls will not bring transportation charges. 5—Don't overlook the advantages of ‘fmachine sizers.” They are provmg of great value in many shipping sections. 6—Don’t expect machine Sizer-s to grad]: for quzgity—only human an can gra e out th - ive tubers. e defect 7—Don't mix No. l and No. 2 grade potatoes. There are cus- tomers who desire each separ- ately, but do not wantlthem mixed. ‘ ‘8—Don't overlook the potato grades recommended by the. United States Food Administration. llllIlllllllWlmmllmwfimmfllmmmuflilllllIllillllli'uUlHiiilllllluuun mm WHMHMlUIWlllWWW Mullahs; I b . Smile"; trworéboison rats. I'flIt is‘ ‘ eSpecially important-at this time to. finow ’16 Avon) coser AND POT-BELLIED PIGS Haven’t you been perplexed because -‘ the pigs you have tried to feed so well ' grew only in the. middle, while each end seemed to become smaller? Well, I have, and for the life of me, , for a long time I couldn't then tell why, nor did anyone seem to be able. to suggest a remedy. “They're just simply ‘pot—beliie ' ” was the statement of those older than the one who had been given a few runts for, his “very own.” Since then our folks have learn- edi better, but still! there are people who raise the pot-bellied kind. Not a great while agoI lacked at a bunch of shoats whose owner said they hadn’t done well. them carried a middle piece about fifty per cent greater in size than either end. They were a sorry-looking lot of runty, scurvy things and out of condition generally. There were thirty-one of them and upon investi- gation I fou'nd they had been fed on slop consisting almost wholly of skim milk. and this diluted with wat- er. They were compelled to drink about fifty gallons of this dilution to get about twenty gallons of skim milk. Of this they were fed once a day. Corn was too high-priced to feed to grow- ing pigs, he said. When the skim milk was brought ' home from the creamery about 9 a. m,. and the stuff diluted until there was almost two gallons per pig and then poured into the trough, it was a sight to see the half-starved animals fill up. They would drink as long as they could stand, then they would sit down on their haunches with noses still in the trough and gulp it down as pigs would that had had nothing to eat since the same hour of the day previ- ous. They reminded one of small bal- loons on four sticks. They needed the water by itself and the skim milk in about three feeds, and a little corn or meal or middlings or all three in proper amounts. They were compelled to overload with a lot of milk diluted with water that spread out the middle and furnished nothing with which to make compar- ative growth. In feeding young animals nature’s way should be strictly observed. Sweet milk, as it comes from the ' mother’s udder, is nature’s way to feed the young. The milk goes direct from the place of secretion to the place of digestion without any chance of contamination. By nature’s plan there 'is no chance for it to become sour or in any way tainted, and ‘is then the most digestible and contains different elements of growth nearest to the right proportion; not only all this but it is at the best temperature to promote thorough assimilation, and to convert all of its nourishing prop- erties into the various elements of growth that go to make a well- bal- anced thrifty animal, but when We attempt to substitute for nature’s food we are too liable to drift entirely away from nature’s way of feeding. Young animals that are permitted to run with their mothers until they wean themselves seldom become pot- bellied, as the change from milk to solid food is so gradual that the di- gestive maChinery becomes much more accustomed. Then when they are weaned they are capable of taking foods of the right kind and making rapid and cheap gains Heavy feeding, however, at long in- tervals and indigestion, (if the feed is right) are the two principal causes of the abnormally large stomachs in young animals. When it is fed in a quantity or quality that it cannot di- gest, decomposition soon follows, pro- ducing gas on the stomach, which dis». tends the stomach. The food is wast- ed as it is not digested, and the animal grows but little even though he is consuming a large amount of good food—R. B.‘Rushing, Ill. llllllllllllllllllllllllllll[IllllllllIIIllIllllIllIllIlllIlllllllllIllIIIlllIllllIllllllllllllllllltllllllllillllflllllIllllllll —-—will YOU do this much? get some farmer to sign the coupon on the back cover. No need to ask' him for his dollar, he’ll send that 3W6“ . , Uelcrmary Dope fitment } Nearly all 'of ‘ EEEF Ema, ‘BRE‘EMNG mastEMs 6.11. CONN, D. V., Editor PLEASE GIVE me a balanced ration for Holsteins weighing about .1. 000 pounds. Have alfalfa hay and silage and can buy cotton seed mehl at $40, distiller’s dried grains at $38, bran at 3-30 and middlings at $32 per ton.——C. “7., Hastings. . You can feed to each cow daily from 30 to 40 pounds of silage and what al- falfa she will clean up handily and when cows are producing under. \15 pounds of milk the}! need very little else in the way of feed. The following would make a good ration, distiller's dried grains 100 pounds; bran 200 pounds middlings 150 pounds. Where the cows are in good shape and producing ordinar- ily they should receive one pound of this. mixture to every four pounds of. milk they are producing; where they are pro- ducing quite heavily and they are not in elxtra good condition they should receive one pound of this rriixture to every three pounds of milk. WHAT DOES it mean to pasteurize milk? How long will it then keep in b( tiles? Will it make good ice cream? Would like to‘ keep milk until ready to make ice cream.—-A. J. P., Port Huron. Pasteurization is a process of making houids free“ from harmful germ life. Dr. Pasteur perfected the process by which milk ls now made germ—free without in- juring its physical properties. There are two systems by which milk is pas -teurized, the holding system which is preferable in which milk is heated to 145 degrees F. and held at this temper- ature for 20 minutes and then cooled. By the flash system it is heated to. 1165 to 175 degrees and cooled immediate- Y Pastcur‘zed milk will keep much long- er than whole raw milk since the lactic and putrefactive germs are killed. It should not be kept longer than 14 hours. it will not improve the flavor or the body of the ice cream and will not en- able yru to keep the milk much longer than you would be able to do if you would produce the milk under sanitary conditions and then keep it cool. VVE HAVE 8. horse that is not doing well. He is eight years old and seems to eat good but his appetite seems to be irregular. What is wrong with _.him and what can We do for him?——F. 0., Newberry. This horse is no doubt afflicted with chronic indigestion, or commonly called dyspepsia. The first thing that should be done with him is to have his teeth looked at by 2a qualified veterinarian and if they need any attention they should be attended to at once. Then get the fol- lowing: Fluid extract of nux vomica 2 ounces and dilute hydrochloric acid 4 ounces and put them in a one-pint bottle and fill the bottle with watelr. Of this give one tablespoonful on the tongue with a dose syringe three times each day. AVE A young driving mare that has some speed and in working her we hurt her left front leg. She is quite lame and around the tendon about half way be- tween the ankle and knee it is very full and while she walks almost sound when she trots for a short distance she gets so lame that she can hardly go. Can you tell us what ails her and what to do for her?——-—F. H. Birch Run. This is a. condition that is termed bowed tendons. It is an inflamation of the tendon and of the sheath that ‘it works through. Very few horses ever fully recover from this condition so that they can be used for speed with any safety. Get antiphogistine and put her leg up in this each night and cover it well with cotton and bandage it so as to retain all the heat. This should be ap- plied as hot as possible without blister- ing the leg and then after it is removed in the morning use the following lini- ment, equal parts of tincture of iodine, oil of white cedar, glycerine and alcohol. Use this again about an hour before do- ing the leg up at night. E HAVE some shoats that we are feeding and there has been several of them that have belen vomiting the past several days but none of them have died and they all eat all right. What could this be and what can be done for it?——- E. T., Vermontville It may be possible that this is simply acute indigestion, and is no doubt brought about by some error in feeding. If we knew just how you were feeding we might be able to tell you what it was. It may be that you are feeding them some spoiled feed of some kind. Clean up the feed lot and all the troughs and examine everything carefully to see if you cannot find something that is spoiled that is causing this trouble. Occasion- ’ally spoiled middlings and shorts are thecause of such conditions. CORN SUBSTITUTES NOW” VALUABLE'FOR HOG FEED Farmers can reduce the amount of corn ‘fed to hogs by substituting other feeds for corn. This is especial- ly desirable with high-priced corn and its increased need for human consump- tion. Pastures and forage crops prop- erly used can reduce the corn and other concentrated feeds fed to hogs from one~half to onetourth. There are, moreover, many feedstuffs which can be substituted for the other por-‘ tion of corn. Their use will be deter- mined largely by their availability, relative feeding value, and cost per pound as compared with corn. Hog feeders, by getting in touch with the feed-manufacturing industries in their section, may discover profitable sub- stitutes, for. corn. Feeds unavailable for human consumption should be used as far as possible. A number of substitutes for corn with suggestions for their use are given below. The feeding value, meth- ods of feeding, and the highest rela- tive cost of a pound of each feed to a pound of corn at which profitable substitution can occur are given for each feed. For example: A pound of feed with a feeding value four- fifths that of corn muSt cost at least one-fifth less before substitution is profitable purely from a monetary standpoint. Oats after crushing have three- fifths the feeding value of corn. They can be substituted profitably for corn, therefore, when a pound of crushed oats costs two—fifths less than a pound of corn. In a fattening ra— tion, oats should not compose more than two-thirds of the ration during the early part of the feeding period and should gradually be reduced until during the last 4 Mb weeks. they are entirely omitted from the ration} Oats are excellent for adding bulk to a ration. and are especially good for brood sows. Barley when crushed is an ex- cellent feed for swine and can be substituted entirely for corn, even when it costs the same per pound. RYE when costing nine-tenths as much as corn per pound can be sub- stituted for corn in the ration. It should be fed ground or crushed, and is best fed as a slop. . Wheat shorts or middlings are a by-product of the milling of wheat. While a feed high in protein, it can be substituted for corn when one and one-tenth the cost of corn. It is best as a nitrogenous supplemental feed and when forming but a part of the ration. Owing to its heavy. pasty nature, if fed alone for a long while digestive troubles are liable to occur. No protein supplement is necessary for a ration of shorts, hough lime, in which shorts are low, should be sup- plied. Millet (~11 be substituted for corn when one-fourth cheaper per pound. Millet should be ground and fed al- ways With a rich protein supplement. For fattening hogs in cold weather ii is not so good and produces a soft pork. Cull beans can be substituted for corn if below the cost of corn. Beans make soft pork and always should be cooked and salted before feeding. It is better to substitute the beans for but one-half the corn and so prevent soft pork and increase the gains. There are many wastes and by- products from industries, such as can- ning factories, which are of feeding value to swine. It should be remem- bered that, with bulky by-product feeds such as distillery grains, brew- ers’ grains, and’pea cannery refuse. the hog, owing to his digestive sys- tem, cannot utilize these as well as cattle and sheep. When the prices of corn and intro- genous by-product feeds such as bran. peanut meal, soy-bean meal, velvet bean meal, linseed oil meal, tankage, fish meal, etc, are relatively close, a larger amount of these concentrates high in feeding value can be fed and' partially substituted for corn. This will naturally increase the percentage of protein in the ration. $384 Per Acre Net on His Potato Crop Was realized by Mr. W. 8. Coach} ‘ of Yelvington. Fla" for the spring season of 1917. .Corn was M planted and net 385 an acre; 1! _ Mr. Cone wanted to.,,he could m6 a fall crop of potatoes, but he pre- fers to harvest a too or more per acre of fine crab-grass hay. which he can sell for $15. with no ex- pense except mowing. You can now buy as good land ' or $30 an acrenworth You can't buy improved potato farms in the Hastings potato belt of Florida ion-s11 than $150 an acre ~-many sell as high as $.50. Raw land in the immediate vic1nlty lvnngs item 350‘. $75 an acre. The present owners also . 600m. long withheld hem settlement by estate owner- ship. ofler farms oi ll! Dues Ind up at w 9' sure to quick buyers Let us send you pictures of Mr. Cone'l 1Zrops and of others. and give you the lam about'this three-crops-a~year country. Jacksonville Realty and Mortgage Co. Sales Agt's. Desk 13 Jacksonville. Fla. ’ my "Alter Harvest" . Low Prices that 1 am ‘ oil's-ring those who BUY '1 NOW. Others have " ~ raised prices—l have cut them. Just drop me a f postal for my bur, new . " - i l 08 I dmy latest Bar-mime. c-ub' shawl-3.x" 5 Dogtavlvgft until S ring—“vow“ 40 by buying 1103.815? d 2 DAvs'irREwa‘mreEsr "union. . no "But Bull _t Bugglu” mtg-33m n1- 0». 1...}... In: to. O ' ' 0 I .. Don‘ i buy any implementuntil you see what Galloway can save for you. Learn all about my low prices and fine quality. I sell you direct from my factories at the lowest manufacturer's price, and ii i cannot save you big money on the best implements built 1 dou' t want your or“ Write Now for New 1918 Book * I want this great book 111 every farm home. Letitheyour buying guide 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. _GA LLOWAY 60.. Box . - . _ WATERLoo. IOWA 3737 N4 “"11 . FREE TO SUBH(3RIBEI{S—-—\Vritci in your wants, what you want to buy, or sell or exchange and if you are a paid—up subscriber to MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING we will insert’ your \Vant Ad in this column ONE' TIME FREE. This is the way to make YOUR WANTS KNOWN. Only one want ad one time to each only. scribdr. Send in yours today and see how quickly your wants are answered. Address, lilICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Want Ad. Dcpt., Mt. Clemens, Mich. ‘ ROSEN RYE: —The new selected'and improved rye, for immediate shipment We obtained our seed from The Michi- gan Agricultural College and have. Gen- uine Rosen Rye for sale. Write for prices. Strachan & Son Ionia, Mich. Price-s have hit bottom BUY Book for fall shipment Cotton Seed Meal Ask for car-lo: pricm. Mill J. J. E. Bartlett Co., Jackson. Mich, NOW ' Special “low price on pig! middlings and unkage, . llllllllllllllllllm llllllllllllflllllllfllllllNMWWIMWMMWWWMMWWWMMMIMMWHMIflflfmmllllllllllmllllillllllllllililllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllmmllllllllllllllllmll lllllllllllflllllllllllllillllllll lllll .tiin‘es the operator, 'lotfan important 35’", .exm‘eS-‘iion of good-humored power, charac— ; Journalist. Linder. would deny it flatly, and there would . Clear of the window—sill. '_.Then an awning intercepted the poli . liar stretch of canvas shading the next wind : .[REE men Lat in the‘ Cosimlc’ Club dlfi- . 'CuSSlhg the question: - "Whites the matf : f. tor with JoneS?” rWaldemar; the Olde“ of, the conferees,- was the owner, and 3‘ decent neWspaper.: His heavy face wore the teristtc o , i ced and successful ' f gssitfg‘llieilne’sat Robert Bertram. , the CIUb‘ldler. slender and- languidly elegant. The third member of the conference was Jones himself. , It a > t l ‘ “Excuse my interrupting." said‘l‘the new- comer. “Just one question. Waldemar. Who's going to be the nominee?” “Linder." “Linder? Surely not! Why his name. hasn’t been heard." “It will be." “His Federal job?” "He resigns in two weeks." “His record will kill him." "What record? You and I know he's a grafter. But can we prove anything? His clerk has always handled all the money." {Wasn’t there an old scandal—4i. woman case. asked the questioner vaguely. "That Washington man’s wife? Too old] be no witnesses. The woman is deadekiiled by his brutal treatment of her. they say. But The whole thing was hushed up at the time by Linder's pull. and whcn the husband threatened to kill him Linder ouietly set a commissioner of insanity on the case and had the man put away. He's never appear— ed since. No. that wouldn’t ‘b _ effective.” . e politically The gray man nodded and walked awav musing. . “Egbert the traction boss" ' ‘ . u , . explained Waldemar. . Wc re generally on opposite sides, but this time we’re both agai st Lin- der. Egbert wants a. cheaper man for mav— or.t hI' wan: a straighter one. And I could ge im is year if Linder 1. ,. ’ ' fortified, isnt so vlell .1 t t 1 3 What time the Honorable William I' - matured his designs on the ma.vorality:m/(\i:: erage-Jones sat in a suite of offices in. Astor Court, a location which Waldemar had ad- vised .as being central. expensive, and in— spirational of confidence. and considered with a. whirling brain, the minor woes of" humanity. Other people’s troubles had swarmed down up him in answer to his nominhiigfi tion -_He. becomes”; if neér'ma y' _-.u_moS.t ready to believe thumbs.” 151‘” I'm 11‘ .bfimb, "hlfihSelf.'f ' ~ far, i‘sn’tgit? ; neSs.-; *flUnless we suppose that " Hmckoned the charge of eXDlOSIVe- 9,, ~ “They let the mu-sicia‘n 3'0, dldl’lt they. , 7 him, except that he was in the street Slinky: Besides, he seemed ’quite" lacking men “Mightn’t that have. been ‘21 Shirl: him t‘Alienists of good standingfixamme They'reported' him just a Shade.bett§r 33:1" half-witted. He was like a one-idea?it C and his whole being comprised in his abil ”y . ' ambition to play his B-fiat trombone- . u - . ‘d , “Well, if I? needed an accomplice. Sal, Average Jones thoughtfully. 1'; Wgugggnt want any better one than a half-WWW. ' Did he play well?" . ' “Atrociously. And if you knOW’ “aka—that: soul—shattering blare exudes from .a ss- trombone—" Mr. Waldemar lifted expre ive hands. ' ‘ Within Average Jones’ overstocked mltlll‘t‘: something stirred at the repetition of th v Words “B-flat trombone.” Somewhere e, had attracted his notice in‘print: and some- how they were connected with Waldemar. Then from amidst the hundreds of adver» tisements with, which. in the past weeks, he had crowded his brain, one stood out It voiced the. desire of an unknown gentleman on the near border of Harlan? for the: services of a. performer upon t a_ semi-exotic instrument. One among several], it had been cut from the columns. of t e Universal. on the evening which had launch: ed him upon his new enterprise. Averag: Jones made two steps to a bookcase, too down a huge scrap-book from an alphabet- icized row. and turned the leaves rapidly. “Three Hundred East One Hundredth ' k shut Street," said he. slamming the boo again. “Three Hundred East. One Ilium:- redth. You won’t mind, Will you. — o Waldemar—“if I leave you unceremonious- ly?" _" “Recalled ‘a forgotten engagement? asked the ohter, rising. . t H 1 m “Yes. No. I mean I'm gomg o H are, to hear some music. Thirty-fourths the nearest station, isn't it? Thanks. So long. Waldemar rubbed his head thoughtfully advertised offer of help, as sparrows flock- to scattered bread crumbs. Mostly these were of the lesser order of difi‘iculties: but for what he gave in advise and help the Ad-Visor took DaY- ment in experience and knowledge of human nature. Still it‘was me hard, honest study, and the helpful toll which held him to his task, rather than the ro- mance and adventure which he had hoped for and IEValdemax had foretold—until. in a quiet street in rookly'n. of which he had never so much as heard there befelkthat which. first of many events. justified the prophetic Waldemar and gave Average Jones a part in the greatcr drama of the metropolis. The gaggirof the second part was the Honorable William Mr. Linder sat at five p. m.. of an early s day,_behind lock and bolt. The third floor fronltjrgcrig: of his ornate mansion on Brooklyn’s Park Slope was dedicated to peaceful thought. Sprawled in a‘huge and softly upholstered chair at the window, he took his ease in his house. The chair had been the recent gift from an anonymous admirer whose political neces— SIties, the Honorable Mr. Linder idly surmised had not yegdlrlvcn him to reveal his identity. ' e ow, iii lv'ennard Street, a SOlltII‘ll‘Vl isi T. - ded. His pretzel—shaped brass rested nalgaglnlsntnpllgs shoulder. He appeared to be the “scout" of one of those prevalent and melancliolious German bands which. under Brooklyn's easy ordinances, are privil: aged to draw echoes of the past writhing from their forgotten recesses. The man looked slowly about him as if apprising potential rcturiis. His gravid glance encountered the prominent feel in the third storv win: dow of the Linder mansion. and rested. He raised the mouthpiccc to his lips and cmbarkcd on a periloiis sea of notcs from “'llll’ll llin tutored car might have inferred that once popular ditty, Egypt. .Love-of music was not one of the Honorable \Vil- 11am Linder's attribuics. An irascible temper was, Of all instruments the P—Flat trombone possesses the most nerve—jarring tone. The master of the mansion leaped from his restful chair. Where his feet had ornamented the coping his face now appeared. Far out he leaned. and roared at tho musician belov." “ rettahcll outotlicrcl'” ‘ The performer upturned a mild and vacant face “‘Vhat you say?" he inquired in a softly Teutonic accent. ‘ 'The Honorable William Linder made tures. like a brakcman. "go away! Move on F" The musician smiled reassuringly. “I got already paid for this." he explained, Up went the brass to his lips again. The tonal stairway which leads up to the chorus of Egypt rose in rasping \vailfulness. It culminated in an excessive unendurable, brazen shriek—and the Honorable Will liam Linder experienced upon the undefended rear of his person the most violent kick of a lifetime not al; ways devoted to the arts of peace. It projected him _ His last sensible vision was the face of the musmian, the mouth absurdly 110110le and pursed above the suddenly removed mouthpiece. tician's flight. cond and sim- . . ow below, and lay plaCid on his own front steps with three ribs caved in and a variegated fracture of the collarebone, urgent ges- o He passed through this, penetrated a se " By the time the descent was ended the German musi- cian had tucked his brass under his arm and was hur- I‘Ying, in panic, down the street, his .ears still ringing with the concussion which had blown the angry house- holder from his own front window. He was intercept- ed by a running policeman. ”Where was the explosion?” demanded the officer. ”Explosion? I hear a noise in the larch house on the corner," replied the musician dully. The policeman grabbed his arm. “Come along back. You fer a witness! Come on: you an’ yer horn.“ ”It iss not a horn,” explained the German patiently,- ”it iss a B-fiat trombone." Along with several million other readers, Av- erage Jones followed the Linder “bomb outrage” through the scandalized head—lines of the .local press. The perpetrator, declared the excited journals, had- been skilful. No clew was left. The explosion had taken care of that. The police (with the character— istic stupidity of a corps of former truck—drivers and bartenders. decorated with brass buttons and shields and without further qualification dubbed "detectives") vacillated from theory to theory. ’l‘heir putty-and— pasteboard fantasies did not long survive the Honor— able William Linder’s return to consciousness and coherence. An “inside job,” they had said. The door was locked and bolted, Mr. Linder declared, and there was no possible place for an intruder to conceal himself. Clock-work, then. "Now would any human being guess what time to set it for,” demanded the politician in disgust, "when 1 never know, myself, where I’m going to be at any given hour of any given day?” "Theirthat Dutch horn-player threw the bomb," pro- pounded the head of the “Detective Bureau" ponder- ously. ‘Of course; tossed it right up, three stories, and kept playing his infernal trombone with the other hand all the time. You ought to be carrying a hod!" Nevertheless, the police hung tenaciously to the theory that the musician was involved, chiefly because they had nothing else to hang to. The explosion had been very localized. the room not generally wrecked; but the chair which seemed to be the center of dis- turbance, and from which the Honorable William Linder had risen just in time to save his life, was blown to pieces, and a portion of the floor beneath it was much shattered. Thc force of the explosion had been from above the floor dow'iward; not up through ~the flooring. As to inurrlerously inclined foes, Mr. Linder disclaimed knowledge of any. The notion that the trombonist had given a signal he derided as an “Old Sleuth pipe—dream? As time went on and “clues” came to nothing, the police had no greater conc‘ern than quietly to forget, according to custom, a problem beyond their limited powers With the release of the German musician, who was found to be simple-minded to the verge of half-wittedness, public interest waned, and the case faded out of current print.‘ Average Jones, who was much occupied with 95er of blackmailers operating through faked photographs about that time, had almost forgotten the Linder case, when. one day, month after the explosxon, Walde mar dropped in at the Astor Court offices. ”I haven’t thought or dreamed Of anything for a month but this internal bomb explosion," he said, “Oh, the Linder case. You're personally interested 7,. ii as the door slammed behind the speeding Ad—Visor. . ~ ‘fNow. what kind of a. tune is he on the track of, I wonder?” he mused. “I wish it hadn't struclohim until I’d had time to go over the Linder busmess with him.” _ _ _ _ But while Waldemar rubbed his head in cogitation and the Honorable William, Linder, in his Brooklyn headquarters, breathed charily, out of'respect to his creaking rib, Average Jones was followmg fate north- ward. _ Three Hundred East One Hundredth Street 18' a house decrepit with a disease of the aged. Its wm- dowed eyes are rheumy. It sags backward on gnarled joints. All its poor old bonescrealcwhen the Winds shake it. To Average Jones’ inquiring gaze on this summer day it opp05ed the ,secrecy of a senile‘lndif- -. . He hesitated to pull at its bell-knob, lest 'by Ehhetncifct he should exert a disruptive force which might bring all' thevfrall structure rattling doWn m ruin. When. at length, he forced himself to the sum- mons, the mei‘cst ghost of a tinkle complalrpd petu- lantly from within against his violence, An old lady came to the door. blie'was sleek and placid, round and comfortable. She did not seem to belong in that house‘at all. Average Jones felt as if he had cracked open one of the grizly locust shells which cling lifelessly to treetrginléis, and had fOUnd ‘ ‘ lum) and prosperous ee e. WIEIWZ: al.3n advertisement for a trombone player in- serted from this house, ma’am?” he inquired. “Long ago,” she said. “Am I too late, then?” _ . “Much. It was answered nearly two_ months ‘Sll‘lce. I have never,” said the old lady With conVictlon, “seen such a frazzled lot of folks at B—fiat trombone may??? person who inserted the advertisement—“ “Has left. A month since.“ "Could you tell me where he went?" “ address. “fig? :gme was Telford, wasn't it?” said Average ically. . Joule/Isigitgattgg. said the old lady, who had evidently formed no favorable " “But he called himself Ransom. “He had a furnished room?_’ “The whole third floor. furnished." “Is .it let now?” “Part of it. The rear.” “I’ll .take the front room." . “Without even looking at it?" (CYOS-Dl ‘ “You’re a queer young man. “Whatever you choose.” “You’re a very? queer young man. er.” trell‘bgorlleecltlathem,” said Average Jones, “References?” said the old lady abruptly andwith sufiifiioxllarieties." 'replied her prospective lodger cheer- fully. “1 will bring 'em to-morrow With my grip," For five successwe evenings theyeafte‘. Average Jones sat in. the senile house,_awaitmg personal re— sponse to the followms advertisement: which he had inserted in the Universal: .. ._ 7“ As .to price ?" Are You a B-ilat WANTED—B—Flat trombonist. Must have fiad ex— perience as street, player. . p. m.- R—— 300 East 100th Street. .‘ lflllllilllllilllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllIllllllllllllllll||IllllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllItllllllllEllllllllllllll|llllIlilllllllllllllllllllllllIllllll|lllllll|llllllllllllllIlllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllNialllllllllfllllllllllllllillllllIllllillWWWllillllflfllllllllllililllllllflflfllullflflllflllllflflfllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllliiliilIllillhllllllljllllllllllllllllllillllfllllllllllllil]l!lllll!lllllilllllllllllllillillllliflllilm r : :‘iAnd‘afe l-“out .0: a thirdastory .winil‘w ' ca. ' 0.“ Zine ;idea'? _-That's Dushlfig “Bans“! , _ , .. . ‘ u ’ .L " weak? , , Waldemar 'vlaughed. . Theres 12:8 unfit? “Yes; there was absolutely “0 Dr°°f agaln‘ assafiég“ 4‘ . . ' ted a to?” _ .' llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfmWHWWWWWHIHI impression of her ex—lodger.‘ ;: Apply between, 8 and'io -' llllllllIlllIlllllllllillllllmllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllilll . ,5, 1‘ Average "Jones; ' . astairs. _ , The visitor ’put his trombone down and rpm he. one that sun , .“No. Afterfhe'fia’d eenj- here a While he had a mampdine‘ifi and box it up. He must have sent it away, but I never' ’. saw it 50;", ' _ . , . ' "i O . Q 3 C The "musician; ushered in, looked about him, yanfex‘pression of bewildered~and childish surprise on his rabbit-like face, "I am Schilchtin‘g,”, hevmurmured; “I come to play... the B-fiat trombone.” . f‘Gladto See you. Mr. Schlicting”, said Average Jones, leadingthe way up: “Sit down.” shook his head with conviction. 1., ‘ "It iss the same room, ,yes.” he observ- “ ed. “But it iss not the same gent. no.” "You expected to find Mr. Ransom ' ,' , the, gentleman who employed you to play in the street in Brooklyn, where the fat gentleman Told you to stop, and fell out of the window." , ' . A look of fear overspread the 'worn and innocent face. ’ “I don’t go there no more. The po- lice, they take me." .\. "‘But you had gone there before?" “Not to play, no.’ ‘ "Not to play? Are you sure?” The German considered painfully. “There vas no feet in ‘the window,” he explained, brightening. ' Upon that surprising phrase Average Jones pondered. “You were not to play unless .there Were feet in the window,” he said at length. “.Was that it?” . The German reached down and lifted his instrument to his'lips. “No, not that," forbade Average Jones. “Put it down.”- ' — “Not to play my ,B-flat trombone?" asked the other, innocently hurt. “The other gent he make me play here always." “Did he?" drawled Average Jones. “And he—er—listened ?" “He listened: from out there.” The musician pointed to the other room. ”How long?” “Different times,” was the placid reply. “But he was always in the other room ?" “.AIWays. And I play Egypt. Like this." ' “No !" said Average Jones, as the other stretched out a hopeful hand. "He liked it—Eg’ypt," said the German wistfully. “He said: ‘Bravo! Encore! Bis! Sometimes nine, sometimes ten times over I 'play it, the chorus.” . ’ “And then he‘ sent you home ?" “Then sometimes something goes ‘sping-g-g-g-g-!' like ' that in the back room. Then he comes out and I may go home.” _ "Um—um." muttered Average Jones discontenetedly. “When did you begin to play in the street?” “After a long time. He take me away to Brooklyn and tell me, ‘When_you see the feet iss in the window you play hard.” There was. a long pause. Then Aver- age Jones asked Casually: “Did you ever notice a big easy chair here?" I do not notice nothing. B—flat trombone.” . And there his limitations were estab- lished. But the old lady had some- thing to add. . “It’s all, true that he said,” she con- firmed. “I could hear his racket in the front room and Mr. Ransom Working in the back and then, after the old man was I play my gone, Mr. Ransom sweeping up some- thing himself.” “Sweeping? What—er—was he—er——— sweeping?" “Glass, I think. The girl used to find little slivers of it first in one part of the room, then in another.” “The next thing,” said Average Jones, “is to find out where that big easy chair went from here. Can you help me there?" " The old lay shook her head. can do is to tell you the near—by truck— men.” Canvas ot‘ the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that ele— gant article of furniture. It had gone Average Jones learned, not to the man~ sion of the Honorable William Linder, as he had fondly hoped, but to an ob- scure address. not far from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. To this address, hav- ing looked up and gathered in the B-flat trombonist. Average Jones led the way. The pair lurked in the neighborhood of the ramshackle house 'watching the en- trance, until toward evening, as the door opened to let out a tremulous wreck of a man, paisied with debauch, Schlicting observed: . “That, iss him. He has been drinking again once.” Average Jones hurried the musician around the corner into concealment. "You have been here before to meet Mr. Ran- som '?" . ‘ (1N0.'l. > c ‘jWhere did he meet you to pay your wages?" “On some corner," said the other vague- “Then he, took you to the big house ? and left you there," urged Jones. . : Waldemar asides. '7 * “All I ’ ‘William Linder contemptuously. (I only on speeial'“occa\£lions ,and' in 79°. . . a ~ Wonderful, delicate » losses—didv-Average Jones get an opportunity to, speak to “I've been looking into that Linder matter a little.” . ‘ . ' “Indeed. aI'veabout given up hope." “What was the husbarfd's name?” “Arbuthnot, I believe.” “Do you knew what sort of looking man he was?" t “No. -I could find out from Washing— on." - ' “What was his business?” “Government employment, I think." “In thHr—scientific line, perhaps?" drawled Jones. “Why, yes, I3believe it was.” , "Um—m. Suppose,- now, Linder should drop out of the combination. Who would be the ‘most likely nominee?” . “Marsden—the man I’ve been groom— ing for the place. A first—class, honor- able, fearless man.” “Well, it’s only a chance; but if I can- .get one dark point cleared up—” . He paused as a curious, tingling note came from the platform where the musi- cians were tuning up. “One of Bellerding’s sWeet dulcets,” observed Bertram. . ‘ The performer nearest them was run- ning a slow bass scale on a‘sort of two— stringed horse fiddle of' a strange shape. Average Jones’ still untouched glass, al— most full of the precious port, trembled and sang a little tentative response. Up —-up—up mounted the thrilling notes, in crescendo force. _ “What a racking sort of tone, for all its sweetness!” said Average Jones. ,His delicate and fragile port glass evidently shared the opinion, for without further warning, it split and shivered. - “They used to show that experiment in the laboratory,” said Bertram. “You must have had just the accurate amount of liquid in the glass, Average. Move back, you lunatic, it’s dripping all over you.’ But Average Jones sat unheeding. The liquor dribbled down into his lap. He kept his fascinated gaze fixed on the shat- tered glass. Bertram dabbed at him with a napkin. “Tha—4a-anks, Bertram,” drawled the beneficiary of this attention. “Doesn’t matter. Excuse me. Good night." Leaving his surprised companions, he took hat and cane' and caught a Third Avenue car. By the time he had reached Brooklyn Bridge he had his campaign mapped out. - At the house near the Navy Yard he learned that his man was out. So he sat upon the front steps while one of the highest—priced wines in New York dried into his knees. Shortly before eleven 3. shuflling figure paused at the steps, feel- ing for a key. “Mr. Arbuthnot. otherwise Ransom?” said Average Jones blandly. The man’s chin jerked back. His jaw dropped. “Would you like to hire another B-flat trombonist?" pursued me young man. “Who are you?” gasped the other. “What do you want?” “I want to know," drawled Average Jones, “how-—er——-you planted the glass bulb—er—the surphuric acid bulb. you know—in the chair that you sent—erm— to the Honorable William Linder, so that ——er-—it wouldn’t be shattered by any- thing but the middle C note of the B-fiat trombone?” The man sat down weakly and bowed his face in his hands. Presently he looked up. “I don’t care," he said. side.” At the end of an hour’s talk Arbuth- not, alias Ransom. agreed to everything that Average Jones proposed. “Mind you,” he said, “I don’t promise I won’t kill him later. .But meantime it’ll be some satisfaction to put him down and out politically. You can find me here any time you want me. You say you’ll see Linder to-morrow?" ”To-morrow," said Average Jones. “Look in the next day's paper for the result.” Setting his telephone receiver down the Honorable William Linder lost him- self in conjecture. He had just given an appointment to his tried and true, but quite impersonal enemy, Mr. Horace Waldemar. . “What can Waldemar want of me ?" ran his thoughts. “And who is this friend, Jones. that he's. bringing? Jones? Jones! Jones?!" He tried it in three different accents, without extracting any partic- ular meaning therefrom. “Nothing much in the political game," he decided. It was with a mingling oi gruffness and dignity that he greeted Mr. Walde- mar an hour later. The introduction to Average Jones he acknowledged with a curt nod. ”Want a job for this young man, VVal— domar?” he grunted. “Not at present, thank you,” returned the newspaper owner. "Mr. Jones has a few arguments to present to you—" “Arguments,” “Come in- "What kind of arguments ?" . “Political " arguments. “Mines—4“ ‘ of" one' - very ingenious affair. 'reading somewhat extensively on the sub- . levers project outside the mine. repeated the Honorable‘ Mayorality, to r. A efage "Submarine mines," explained the other. ’ +the—hsoa, if you. Wish, words , _ xiable.” ‘ . , halide of: the Honorable Linder con- tracted. ‘ ' » “You’re in the wrong joint,” he said, “this, ain’t the Naval College." l“'l‘ha.nk you. A, submarine mine is a I've recently been ject. The main charge, is some high ex- plosive, usually the dynamite type. Above it is a small jar of sulphuric acid. Teeth, working ,on levers, surround this jar. The When a ship strikes the mine, one or more of the levers are pressed in. The teeth crush the jar. The sulphuric acid drops upon the main charge and explodes it. follow me?" ‘ “I’ll follow you as far as the front door,” said the politician balefully. He rose. “If they charge were in a chair, in the cusion of an easy chair, we’ll say, on the third floor of a house -in Brooklyn—— The Honorable William Linder sat down again. .He sat heavily. “-¥—t11e problem would be smnewhat different. Of course, it would be easy to arrange that the first person to sit down in the chair would,_by his own weight, blow himself up. But the first person might not be the right person, you know. Do you still follow me?” The Honorable William Linder made a remark like a fish. “Now, we have, if you will forgive my professional tinethod,” continued Average Jones, ”a chair sent to a gentleman of prominence from an anonymous source. In this chair is a charge of high explos- ive and above it a glass bulb containing sulphuric acid. The bulb, We will assume is so safeguarded as to, resist any ordin- ary shock of moving. But when this gentleman. sitting at ease in his chair, is noticed by a trombonist, placed for that purpose in the street below ” “The Dutch horn—player!” cried the politician. “Then it was him; and I’ll——” “Only an innocent tool,” interrupted Average Jones, in his turn. “He had no comprehension of what he was doing. He didn’t understand that the vibration from his trombone on one particular note of the slide up the scale—as in the chorus ' of Egypt—would shiver that glass and set off the charge. All that he knew was to play the B-fiat trombone and take his pay." “His pay?" The the politician's lips. question leaped to “Who paid him?” “A—man—named—er —~ Arbuthnot,” drawled Average Jones. Linder’s eyes did not drop. but a film seemed to be drawn over them. “You once knew—er—a Mrs.- Arbuth- not?” The thick shoulders shivered a little. “Her husband—her widower——is in Brooklyn. Shall I push the argument any further to convince you that you'd better drop out of the mayoralty race?” Linder recovered himself a little. “What kind of a game are you ringing on me?" he demanded. “Don’t you think,” suggested Average Jones sweetly, “that considered as news, this———" Linder caught the word out of his mouth. "News!” he roared. ”A fake story ten years bid, news? ,That ain’t news! It’s spite work. Even your dirty paper, Waldemar, wouldn’t rake that kind of muck up after ten years. lt’ be a boomerang. You’ll have to put up a stronger line of blackmail and bluff than that." “Blackmail is perhaps the correct word technically,” admitted the newspaper owner, "but bluff——there you go wrong. You’ve forgotten one thing; that Arbuth— not’s arrest and confession would make the whole story news. \Ve stand ready to arrest Arbutlmoi, and he stands ready to confess.” There was a long, tense minute of sil- ence. Then—— “What do you want?" to—the-point question was of defeat. “Your announcement of withdrawal. I’d rather print that than the Arbulh~ not story." There was a long silencc. Finally the Honorable \Villizim Linder dropped his hand on tho table. palm up. “You win.“ he doclurcd curtly. “But you‘ll give me- tln- benclit, in the an— nounccmcnt. of bad llcnlth cuuscd by the shock of tho explosion. to cxplain my quitting. \andcmur‘.’” "it will ccriuinly make it morc plaus— ible." :lsscntcd tho ncwspupcr owner will; a smilc. Lindcr lurncd on Average Jones. “Did you (lopc this out, young follow?" he, dcn'mndcd. “Yes“ The straight - an admission “VV'oll. you've put me in the Down—owl! Out—Hub. all right. And l'm just curious enough to want to know how you did it." "By abstaining.” returned Average Jones cryptically, “from the best wine that. ever came out of the Cosmic Club cellar.” illllllllllll!llllllllll!!lllll!!lillllllllllllilllllllllilllllllllllilllllllll|llllllllllIllllllllllllllilllllllllllillllllllllll -——get one neighbor tosign the coupon. on page seven of this issue—tell him his dollar can come ,anytime before Dec. lst, and he’ll have the new market weekly every Saturday. 5"“imimmummluluu mllullnllilllllilllilllllllllllllllllllllllulllll llllllllllilllll my, more: 1. , , ., . ' . GENESEE (Soufllwestetnlf—Tfla' you—eerwknow 'hnyt'zhing of'sub4 = ”in”. MES-Linder?“ drawled the. ,_ "Huh?" returned the Honorable .Wii- liam Linder.) startled. ' Do you . “a era, are very busy ,at' this .writing. ..: are filling their, silos, others Manama ing beans, plowing for-wheat and'va‘r ' other work that is always donel’atféthis,. We have not had any" rain the last few days, but we have had enough for some time yet. . The soil is in: Same farmers. . time of the year. line shape for fall work. are selling their grain at threshing time, but the most are not, for they expect better prices later. Several been bought this fall. pretty hard frosts, the first on the night of Sept. 9th and the second and harden};- on Sept. 10th. Considerable damage h‘LS been done but it is not as serious as ha: been reported by some. Corn has not been hit very hard. except in the low soils. ’ Beans have been hit quite a bit .harder. and several fields that were extra late have been made nearly a complete loss, but the majority of fields have not been damaged to any extra large extent. .Po- tatoes have not been damaged. except in 'the low spots. The damage cannot be estimated. as some fields have been pargy .destroyed while others only about half- a mile away have not been hit at all. The loss will amount to time—HG. W. 3., li‘enton. . VAN RUBEN (East (Wuhan—Chum- pion grapes-arc being harvested ..this vweek with Moore's lilzu‘ly i'ollowmg \.y closely. Cool night;-: causing them'to ripen very slow.. \VClll'liJiililjf night the safe in Mattewan postotlice was blown vopen and about $501.) taken. li‘rost Sun- day and Monday nights hit. hard on low places, making cucumbers a short crop. The markct on up at 20c for 4—(1L. basket by car lots—~V. 'l‘. (L, Mattawan. OAKLAND (North (unwrap—We are having line weather for fitting ground for wheat. Everybody at it. _'l‘here will be a good acreage sown. Cannot get threshing done as thcrc are not enough machines in the county. A big crop of oats, a fine crop of corn where frost did not get it. Not any fruit but apples and pears, and a light crop oi apples. A good many silos. have bccn binlt. William Edgar is just finishing a large “barn in place of one burned by lightning last year, George Hams, war Davisburg, lost a fine barn last \\'cck by lightning, all of his crops wentflld. l<‘.. Clarkston. OUIGMA\\' (East (fientrai)-—The farmers are harvesting and threshing. The weath- er is cold; the soil has plenty of mois- ture, but backward for being so cold. The farmers are selling wheat, rye and some early potatoes. A. number are selling their stock—ll. A. 8., Sf’lkli‘k. O’l‘s‘EGO ((Jentrai)—»So1nevfall plow- ing being done this fall for rye and wheat. Not much threshing being done yet. No rain for the last two weeks but been having frosts for the last three or four nights; froze the potatoes and corn and buckwheat in many places. Pas- tures are poor, many ‘ifarmers are feed- ing their stock.~——C. A., Gaylord. CLARE . the order of the day. The killing frosts of Sunday night did great harm to beans and corn, and continued frosts are de- stroying all the maturity of them, but few were matured and large acreages were planted. Mr. Clark is erecting a. house and burn on his farm. Mr. Ash- erd is erecting u ccnlc-nt house on his ranch—4). 8.. Luke. VAN BURNS (.\'orilu‘asi)———We have had two frosts and they hurt corn and late potatoes. Buckwheat and Winter ap- ples are shy. The land is sand, clay and gravel. The people are mostly in the - fruit business around here—J. N. A;, Breedsvillo. MON’I‘CALNI (Southwvstern) -—— Glory be! it is ruining for the first time in nearly cight wcoks. it will be a great benefit to lliic. potatoes. corn and seed- ing. Too low it) help beans very much in this vicinity. We have been waiting for rain so that we can plow for wheat. In the meantime we have been getting some road work done. Nearly everyone l‘opnl‘ts good crop of oats. Wheat ranges from very poor to good. Our fair is on this week. Will try to gct a. better line on county conditions. \‘Vill be glad to mukc :1 weekly l‘t‘llill‘t."rl. it}. P._ (‘xrcen- villc. S’l‘. (‘LAIR (Mam Central) —- "Farmers are hastening ilu- cutting of corn and filling silos show the frost of Monday night and Tuesday night. (iruin is not turning out as good as anticipated. ow- ins,r in tho dnmngo from hull storms—— H. .l.. Hi. (‘luiit ISABELLA (Si)llill\\’l‘§tl*liHVlllg FP- ccn‘..'y mudc 2! trip to S'vuthcrn Michigan and Northern Indiana. I will say that the farmers have done their best to "do their bit“ in fccdi’ilg the nation, but the crops arc all into on account of the weuilwr. Nccd a fcw moro weeks of good wcnlhcr to mature. ’l‘hreshing and pulling in full crops is tho order of the day. l4‘urn'u‘rs are in 21 study whether to fowl the high—priced grain to hogs or to soil thcm half—finished us the. corn crop is poor.——VV. D. .l.. Blanchard. LAPEER (Southwestern)fir—Oats well taken care of. with wheat threshing near- ly over and the yield much better than was expected. Local showers of the last week improving the pastures wonderfully and plowing of a largo acreage going on. Frost did some damage to corn and beans but not serious. (1. A. S.. Almont.‘ INGRAM (South (Hannah-«Silo filling has commenced. Most beans need ten days or two weeks to mature. Corn on low damaged so it. will not mature. on high ground needs three weeks. Corn Leslie. . , ground was, silzr: ” in yo We have b d. we ‘ hundreds Of '_ thousands of dollars. but not e'ven ap—m proximate figures can be given at this (‘lnunpion grapes opened .. (Southwest)———Threshing is Some beans are pulled.) 7 Late. ." potato vines-were hurt about a quartet. Some wheat and rye are drilled—B. W.,, nmmmmvimmnnmmmlmmmiimmmummummmmmmInumumnmuummmllmilmé , , . . p ‘ , . . _ ., _ This Week 8 Tested Reape ‘ GRANDMA’S nononnu'rs. One cup’ milk (Sour if you have it. If sour 1—2‘ teaspoon soda, and 1 heaping teaspoon baking ._ powder. If sweet, 2 heaping teaspoons baklng powder.) Scant cup sugar. 2 eg s. '1 tea- spoon nutmeg. 1-2 teaspoon salt. F our enough to make soft dough. 1 teaspoon lard or butter. llllljlllllllllillllllll"llllllllllllllllllllllllllmmlll ".nlllllll|llllilllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIlillllllllllllINIIIHHIHNIIIHMill”HHHHMIHHiilllllllll“[HIIIHIllllmllllilllllllllimlul—I Be Cheerful for John’s Sake _ HE MOST 'important job a woman has is to I be cheerful! It’s a great deal more impor- ,. tant than food conservation, regardless of what Mr. Hoover says! 0f coursefthe best about .c is that there are few women who can go lIILu calming and pickling up to‘their ears and be cheerful too. Their husbands are truly blessed! It’s a great gift, being cheerful, and one difficult to acquire. Especially hard is it for the young mother, new to the Ways of housekeeping and motherhood, to attend to her multitudinous dut- ies without occasionally being discouraged and‘ 'losing her cheery outlook. It’s mighty hard, and I speak from experience, to keep one eye on the baby, one on the present task, and plan the meals all the same, time. If a person could just go ahead, one job at a time, the way a man does! But a woman always has half a dozen things to do at the same time, and take care of the baby, too. After a nerve—racking day, when John comes home from the fields, how many of us take our nervousness and fatigue out on him in a few well-directed scolding remarks! Consider poor John. He’s been working all day, perhaps under adverse conditions too. Of course, he is seldom bothered with what seems to us extremely petty things, but he’s a hard worker, is John. He toils all day long, and back in his brain is the thought of his home, his wife and his baby. They are like the shadow of a rock in a weary land to John. To them he comes home at night as a child goes to his mother’s lap for rest. Home, where a cheerful wife awaits him, with a smile and kiss, where his baby toddles with a joyful squeal to daddy, and where all the lesser joys of favorite pipe and book fill him with asense of comfort and well-being. By forgetting to be cheerful, youcan mar this picture for John. If- you meet him with a frown, and a complaining monolog about the hardness of your lot, John begins to squirm mentally and be mighty uncomfortable. Undoubtedly he feels that you threw yourself away when you married him, that he is a poor stick, anyway, and he wishes mightily for riches and plenty to shower upon you. Anything to smooth out that frown on your pretty forehead and to make you cheer- ful! Even the warm kiss of his baby doesn’t comfort John. You’ve spoiled his world for him temporarily. . Maybe when you’ve realized what you’ve done, you’ll smile and be cheerful, for John’s sake! The Dry Shampoo (C HAT IS the matter with my hair?” asked the High School Girl of the Hair- dresser. “How often have you been washing it?” asked the Hairdresser. “Oh, every week or ten days. dirty!” “That’s your trouble,” said the Hairdresser. “You’ve been washing it too often. Why don’t you give it a dry shampoo occasionally?” “I don’t know how,” answered the High School Girl, “but I’m willing to be shown.” “Watch me!” the Hairdresser said shortly. “I’ll use a hair brush with long bristles, as it ”is absolutely important in preparing the hair for uni-dry shampoo, that all particles or loose dust be removed before any‘further cleansing process is attempted. You see, the bristles are stiff enough to penetrate to your scalp, but they don’t scratch, do they? They’re not stiff enough for that. Now, I’ll separate the hair into small strands and It does get so dust. The brushing also stimulates the circula- tion of the blood through the scalp. Now, the hair is ready for the application of the dry shampoo. “Because you’re such a dear little friend of mine, I'll give you a recipe for dry shampoo. One , of the best preparations for this purpose is made got two parts of powdered orris root and one of talcum powder. Put this in a box with a perfor- Wilma!muumnmummml ’ ated 1m. "Rub tile 1mm about so it reaches thoroughly brush each one until it is free' from- I ‘ M‘WBmsrmx m . ""I every single hair, then-use the bruish thoroughly; “Many hair specialists use this ,mixture; , 3 gills of bay rum; 1 ounce glycerine; 1—4ounce ' carbonate of potash' 1-4 ounce, borax and 1-4‘ ounce carbonate of ammon . ., “The horn, potash and ammonia should be put into the bay rum, and when they are dis- solved, add the glycerine. Shake well 'so the in- gredients will mix. Always shake this before using. The way to use this liquid dry shampoo is to rub it well over the scalp with a linen cloth or a. sponge and let it dry in." ‘ “My sister Jane has awfully oily hair,” said the High School Girl.. » . - ' “Eau de cologne is the best thing for tha ,” stated the Hairdresser. “Tell her to wet her hair thoroughly with this liquid, and then to wipe it off as quickly as possible with a soft' towel before the cologne has had time to evaporate.” ' “What sort of a dry shampoo are you using on my hair?” asked the High School Girl. “I’ll give you the recipe,” said the Hairdresser. “I prefer this recipe to the one I have given you: - 2 ounces lavender water; 1-2 ounce borax; 1 1-2 ounces orange flower water and 1-4 ounce tincture of cochineal.. . “It has such a nice clean odor,” said the High School Girl, as she watched the Hairdresser do her hair up in soft coils over her well-shaped head. “MY.,but_my head feels good!” “You just try the dry shampoo occasionally,” and the Hairdresser gave the blond locks a dex- terous twist. “Washing the hair too often dries " the oils, deprives the hair of nourishment, and makes it look dry and lustreless. After ‘a while it falls out. Once in three weeks is often enough to wash the hair,” said the Hairdresser, “and then it is often a benefit to let it go another week or two and use the dry shampoo.” -/ 'i‘ilIllI|Iflllllll|IIllHI!ll"IlllllllflmflflllIlllllfllllllllllllllmlflll[H[IIlllllilllilMlllllHUlHlNlH|lllllllllllilllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllé zHIIIHIIIIHIIII‘I Lodgings I’M kinda lonesome these fine days, I’ll just have to confess. Since Pa and I have left the farm, Things ain’t the same, I guess. We thought that movin’ into town Would be just something grand, But now we’d each give a right arm To move back to the land. ‘6 AOK to the land!” I’ve seen that phrase In newspapers and sich. I never thought so much of it, But now, say every ditch In that old farm we’ve left behind 18 precious ground to me! Since Pa and I moved into town Taint as it used to be! 0U see my son got married and We thought ’twould be just fine To start him out in better style Than started me and mine. So we leased the farm to him last June, We’re gettin’ old, you know, We knew right well that our fine boy Would make the old place go. E’S doin’ fine, I’m glad to say. Much better than his dad. His modern ways sure make the cash, And I’m awful glad. I wouldn’t tell him for the world How homesick we two be. Wisht we were startin’ out afresh On timber—Pa and me! —ANNE CAMPBELL STARK. ”IIIHIHmlIHHIIHIIHHHIIHIHIIlllIN|lllHHHIllllllllllllllllllllIHHHIHHIIHIIHI[IllllllllIlHiIliHIIIIHIHIIIHIHHlIliII!HIlllilllillllllllllllHII[llIIllIllIIHHIIHIHIHIHIIIHillllllllllllllllllllIIIIHHIHIIIIIIIHIIllHlIHllll lllllIIIIIHIIIIll[HIlllilllllllll|lllllIIHIHIIllllllllllllllflllllllllHlllllllllllllllIIHIIHIHHIIHIHIIIHHHIIHHHIIHIIIHIIllllllllllllllllHIHHIIIIIHIIIHIHHHlHIINHIIHI|Illlllllllllllllllllllflmlll[HlllllllllllllllllllIIHIIHHIlllllllllllmlillllllllllllll ‘llilllllllllll ..lmmmnnmmumnImmlII1minimumlmmmmmmmIInuIlmnnmnmimnnnnmlImnmuunmmlmmmuumulé VI Kitchen Curtains HE appearance of the kitchen is greatly en- hanced by pretty white sash curtains but many women object to them because they are constantly blowing against the stove, the sink, the table, or the object nearest them. I learned of a splendid idea the other day and hasten to pass it on. Slip heavy dress weights into the heme, and fasten them to keep them from sliding. The weights only cost ten cents a dozen, and you can sew three or five evenly in the hem of each cur- tain, depending upon the width of the window, or the amount of breeze which homes through it. You will find that they will hang down the way they should after that. llllflmlllllllIlHlllllllIlllmmtllllullullflflmllmmllmflmflflmflmflWill"WtlilitllhlilulllilltllfllWMMWUWll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllI[illlllllllIlllllllmfillliliflIlllllillllllllllmlfi .say that seventy-five per cent. of the farmers; " improvement will cost—Dale R. VanHorn. Wrath" iii mm mm; _ Uncle Sam 5 Thrift Thought l yarn-nan run» MEAT uneven." _ " Spread the meat ‘flavor- and so economize) on ' the-amount of. meat consumed, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Here is a suggest, ion for making a delicious dish from an inexpensive steak. , “ . _ ‘ - . . . Mock Duck . On a round steak cut thin place a stuffing of bread crumbs well seasoned with chopped on-r ions, butter or other fat, salt, pepper, and flav- orings such as sage, celery seed, etc.,. if de- sired. Roll the steak around ’the stuffing and. tie' in, several places with a string. If the steak .is tough steam or stew the roll until tender. : before roasting in the Oven. E If desired the roll may be cooked in a cas- g & ‘serole, in which case a cupful or more of water should be added. 'lllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllli 'llllllllllllllllll|lllmlflllllllllllll|H|IllillllllIllllllllllllllllllHllilllUllUllllUIlllllUlllullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllil? Draining the Kitchen Sink AR T00 many of the farm kitchens today still adhere to the old-fashioned and messjl practice of tolerating the slop-pail. I dare l. in parts of the country at least, who, altho giving but a second thought to the purchase of a hun- dred dollars worth of machinery or a whole herd of stock would stop in utter surprise if asked .to spend a few dollars on sanitation about the house. Few farm houses are thoroughly equipped with all the modern conveniences, and it is not to be wondered at, to find among those missing, the bath room. Really, tho, the bath room is as much ‘ of a necessity as is the furnace, or perhaps the family car. ' - . But this is getting into another story. What can be easily accomplished, however, if the slop- pail does still exist in the kitchen, is to spend a few dollars for Some pipe and an enameled sink, and run oh the water as shown by the sketch. And after the job is done, you will only wonder why you didn’t do it before. The never-ending task of emptying slop buckets will be at an end. If the subsoil of the surrounding yard is of sand, or of decidedly light and porous 'nature, the task will conv sist merely 0f piping the drain to an old barrel, minus bottom, a few feet under the surface and let it go at that But if the ' subsoil is of a stick) or non-por- ous consis— tency, such " as clay or' muck“ oth- " er measur- ' es will have to be taken. A simple and efl’e'ct- ive Way is to sink, say a carbide can two or llllllllllllllllllllIllllIIllIIIllllllllllIlllllllllllIll”lllllllllllllllllllll"lllllllmllllllllflflIlillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllfllIllHlllllllllllllIHllllHlHlll three feet upside-down as shown, and then with a post-hole digger with an elongated handle, of small gaspipe, continue the hole for ten or fifteen feet. The entire hole is then filled with coarse sand or gravel, and then connected up as in the former under the surface, case. Simple pipe connections from the sink to the Outlet are best for they do the work and that is all that is necessary. Moreover, anyone can do the work in spare time, thus saving the cost of an experienced plumber. Slope the pipe a trifle from the sink. The pipe will easuy bend enough to accomplish this. Particular conditions alter any case, and given the idea, anyone should be able to install such a system on any farm, no matter how difficult. After some years the can will have rusted away, and the barrel will have become honey-COmbed with worm-holes, if not crumpled and decayal, but even then it would be but a small matter to replace them, for the pipe will still be there. The next time you are in town just drop into your local hardware store and get prices on the pipe and sink. You’ll be surprised how little the lllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllI|illllllllll|lllIIlllINlllllllllllllimlllllllIlllllIIINIIIHIIHllIHIHNIHINHIlllll|lllllllllIIIlllllllIllllll[I||lIlllllllllllllllllllml[Illlllllll|"I”IllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llIllIIIHIlll|illllIIIH]llllllll|lIIIllllIllllIIillIIlllllullllllllllllllllllllllllll lmmuuuumnmmummml it, info less than ‘a decade agorefused to pay its owner the‘°'tax- es levied upon it. Today it is one of the most produc- tive farms in Liv- ingston county. The original farm comprised a tract of 160 acres of “blow sand." It ’was so light and unproductive ten ye‘ars ago that it seemedto" blow away with each Windstorm. The crops were poor and the buildings were in perfect harmony‘with their environ- ment. For three years the farm had failed‘to pay the taxes levied against it. The farm had been “cropped to death” and finally despairing of \fu- ture livelihood from the place, the owner offered it for sale. Here is Where Mr. R.. C. Reed 0f Howell became interested in the farm. He had been farming in Michigan for more than 30 years but was not en- joying the best of health at that time. He had retired in the village ‘ to take" a long-needed rest, but vil- lage life for a man who had been ac- tive all his life upon a farm failed to content him. As Mrs. Reed puts it, “he refused to rust out in idleness,” so he bought the old worn-out farm for $2,600, a song compared with its present valuation, in the heart of this great Holstein cattle district of Am- erica. Predictions were freely made that Mr. Reed would soon find he had a “Jonah” on his hands. To the pub- lic eye itslbarren fields held no prom- ise; to Mr. Reed they forecasted a golden opportunity. Today they are not only paying the taxes levied upon them and the interest upon the in- vestment, but they are also giving up a neat profit to their owner. There is no secret connected with the reclamation work on Fairlawn Farm, as it is known today. Mr.. Reed frankly admits that any farmer in Michigan can “dOctor” up the soil and make it almost as rich as the virgin sod which our forefathers turned with the plowshare centuries ago. ' Vetch sown With rye, and these crops followed by com and alfalfa, formed amombination that partly restored the fertility to the depleted fields on Fairlawn Farm. The recla- mation work was slow. The Vetch acted as the soil builder. It supplied the soil with the elements of which it had been robbed during the years when crops were raised and every- thing sold from the farm. When sown with rye it made an excellent crop to turn under as green manure; when out it made an excellent hay for live stock. As a forage crop on sandy soil it could not be excelled. Vetch and rye did much to build up the depleted soil so that good crops of corn and alfalfa followed. But all this was not accomplished by those two crops alone. Tons upon tons of barnyard manure were hauled from the stables in Howell upon the land in addition to the large quantities secured from the dairy herds with MILE: east- or which Mr; Reed had stocked the farm _ ’ ,Howeil _'.is a ; 8:108“me , 7‘ to consume the crops: The first few years were “lean years.” The only and pure bred animals. but once after the land began to regain its fertility, the earnings began to increase. Only a few acres at the rear of the farm remain today to be improved. Mr. Reed knows beyond a doubt that the fertility of this soil could not have been restored without the aid of the dairy herd or some other branch of live stock farming. In- stead of selling the hay and crops oi the farm, they Were retained, fed to the farm animals and later returned to the soil from which they had been taken. The crops were marketed through the animals without much extra work and the soil fertility was maintained and improved thru the rich applications of barnyard man- ure. Although the rebuilding of this old farm and the management of anoth- er‘big farm a few miles away have kept Mr. Reed pretty busy, it should not be inferred that his activities have been confined to the advance- ment of his own interests alone. Far from it. Mr. Reed is of the rare type who finds the greatest pleasure of life in making themselves useful to their fellow-men. As field secretary of the »Michlgan Milk Producers’, Ass’n, Mr. Reed has rendered a ser- vice to the dairy farmers of Michi- gan which they cannot repay in do]- lars and cents. His greatest ambl- tion, it seems, is the solution of the economic problems confronting the dairy industry of the state, and the progress that has been made by the organized producers in securing high- er prices for their product and better understanding of their rights by the consumers has been not a little due to the efforts of Mr. Reed. Much more might be said about Mr. Reed and the motherly woman who presides over his household, but we are obliged to respect the quiet nnwmasnaiaaff Hot Air; One Register; Pipeleos; Body made of heavy Cast Iron throughout; Casings are made of 26 and 24 gauge 1' Galvanized Sheet Iron. you wish to heat. installation. Write for full information. ZFURNACE ‘. ill ii“ ' ""1 1 "COMPANY , Well Made; ' Closely F itted; Easy to Install; Easy to Operate; A fuel. Saver and a heat ' Maker. Part of Casing cut Away to Show Circulation You cannot go wrong if you submit to us a pencil sketch of the rooms We will tell you honestly and frankly if we do or do not think a one register furnace will do the work. We-do not claim that a one register furnace will heat anything and everythingzbut we do claim, because we know, that it will heat satisfactorily the great majority of houses, and if your house is one that can be heated by our one register furnace you can save money in the first cost. You can save money in its You can save money in its operation. agent in your vicinity we have an interesting proposition to submit. If we have no selling 160 South Front St. DOWAGIAC DRILL C0,, Dowagiac, Michigan Lowii'P RI c E,/ LIVE STOCK-FRUIT}, RESORT, LOCAIIONS; 1 NORTHEASTERN MICHIGAN G O 0 D; [3' A N D, Wu}, “The Last Good Laird /’/",,./ GENERAL FARMING, ' ”/“5' WW” _BAY_CITY, MICHIGAN at a Low Price’fx .FOR INFORMATION ADDRESS; N. E. MIGH. BUREAU 'I f / modesty that characterizes the man, and leave further ecomiums for the future. Sufiice to say that Mr. Reed and his co-workers of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass’n are doing a work today which will live in the an- nals of the state’s agricultural his- tory. For this, if nothing more, they deserve the highest thanks and praise of every farmer in the state. Pompous Lady—“Must I put this stamp on myself? Postofflce Clerk—”Well, you can if you like, but it’s usual to put it on the letter.” . “Aren't you the same man I gave the mince pie to?” said the Kansas housewife sharply. “No, ma’am, I’m not, and wot’s more, the doctor says I never will be," answer— ed the weary one. Kid-“How did you get the red marks on your nose, Uncle?" Thole—“Glasses, my boy.” Kid-—“Glasses of What?" Mrs. Alfred :Boulee, of Fountain, has kept a complete record of receipts and expenditures for her flock of 98 hens for a year and finds that her net profits amount to 598. Two dozen of the hens were kept for the purpose of raising chickens and she raised 130 chickens in addition to the original flock. r___._ ' . ‘ Neat and Attractive Farm Buildings Typify the 9MP. Rand’s “Rebuilt” Farm. _ , Prosperous Appearance 01 ~ , .- is m. all Xavier Barnhart of Riley raised 16 lambs for R. C. Parson of Grand Ledge this season, the latter paying him $15 per hundred weight for his trouble. Seven of the number averaged 121 pounds each. I ’1‘ Robert Draper of Almont has 11 [—2 acres of cabbage be contracted with the Almont canning factory. Many of the heads are 12 inches in diameter now with a month yet to grow. He cut one that weighed 7 lbs. He has 70.500 heads and contracted them for $5 per ton. # * The first shipment of cattle by the North Branch 'Co-operative Company which was recently organized, was made last weelo. Satisfactory returns were made to the shippers. Shipments of cat- tle. sheep and hogs will be made every week or two now. 4: a: a Supervisor Charles A. Jones of La— Grange township. near Niles. rim-nil" sold a bunch of 82 hogs, averaging around ““0 pounds each. He sold them in Chl- (-ago and received for them 18 1-2 cents a pound, or a total of $2,900. This will be one of the record sales for any one farmer to make this year in Cass Coun— ty. Mr. Jones has over 4,000 bushels of Wheat on hand to sell, when Hm price suits him and will have a big corn crop if the “rather proves invm'ablt- from now until October 1. II: t It Fred Smith. a Burnside township farm- er says: “Prices for everything are all out of reason, but. 1 remember when all commodities were just as unreasonably low. T once sold a man twenty bushels of potatoes and charged him seven cents per bushel and he kicked like a steer— said he could get them for five cents any place.” o e e W. K. Miller of Almena, recently un- loaded a car of 20,000 cans to be used in canning the crop of tomatoes which he is growing. Mr. Miller has been doing home canning for several years. Mr. Miller contracted his tomatoes early in the spring. He says he has no trouble in selling farm products this season. a: s As a result of a petition signed by 500 workingmen and presented to Prosecut- ing Attorney Green the “Milk Trust" of Sault Ste. Marie, is to be investigated by a grand jury. The Milkmen’s asso- ciation here advertised that its members have agreed to advance the price of milk from 10 cents a quart to 12 1—2 cents or from 5 to 7 cents a pint, giving the high cost of feed as the reason. The Co-operative Creamery. which has been in existence at Coopersville for about a quarter of a century, ceases its existence, It will be operated hereafter by the Coopersville Condensed Milk Com- pany, a $400,000 corporation which is making extensive improvements. lit * W. D. Jones, county agricultural agent for Cass county, has brought into that county 225 bushels of Red Rock Wheat for fall seeding. a 0 It The farmers in the vicinity of Tekon- sha not only do (nu—operative shipping of farm products of all kinds, but also conduct a co—opcrative retail store for the sale of merchandise. as a a: E. Kunzman & Son of 'Barryton sold a span of nice two—ycar—old colts last week to Floyd Johnson. The price, too, was just as good as the colts as Mr. Johnson handed over $325 in exchange for them. The colts had been thoroly broken. a: as a: An extensive addition has to the Farmers" Co—opcrative at Alto. The growth of its business since its organization mod». it impera- tive that its grain capacity be enlarged to care for bumper grain crops now being threshed about Alto. been built Elevator t It 3 Secretary C. H. Kiplinger of the Square Deal (Jo—operative Association at Char— lotte. made the following statement thru a. local newspaper last week that is ap- plicable to any community where farmers are not marketing their live stock co- operatively: “A farmer living near Bat— tle Creek sold five fat hogs weighing about 280 pounds each to a buyer on August 28th for $13.25 per hundred- weight. This is $3.08 a hundredweight less than hogs shipped with the Square Deal Company the same week netted. A co-operative associatir'n in this man’s lo- cality would have saved him $43.12 on five hogs. Deals of this kind are what cause the farmers to organize." 8 Iii * . The Sixty—fifth Congress recently pass- ed a harbor and river bill in which an appropriation of $100,000 was made for improvements to Harbor Beach harbor; The proposed improvements will greatly augment the farmers' shipping facilities in this district. The appropriation will be spent in closing the north entrance ‘ and dredging two hundred acres of the harbor to the depth of 23 feet. The area in the harbor at present having a depth of 19 feet is a. little over 72 acres. i,’. '\‘\"“'l 28,400 ,. f ’ Policies Lia 1S11ityafr\ to you. EDWIN FARMER E. E. FRENCH . . WALKER s. a. KETCHUM a nose m. ,Jo‘fiiAutB-Taaefi CITIZENS’ MUTUAL OFFICERS - - . President Vice-Proident - - Vice-President Vice-Proficient Sec’y and Treat. Michigan ! Can you afford a risk like that? of your savings and mortgage your farm. livery day one reads of automobile fires, on the road, in transittor in a public or private garage or barn. Is your machine protected or if it were burned to-day would you have to give up the profit and pleasure you will get from it the coming summer and fall? Every day-one reads of automobile thieves and u . . ,, . . . . Joy-riders. Not only are the CItIes infested With these parasites, but the small towns and even the farmers are being molested. completely wrecked. WHY RUN THESE RISKS WHEN OUR MUTUAL INSURANCE PROTECTS?‘ At a small cost, we have provided for Michigan automobile owners living outside the cities of DetrOIt and Grand Rapids a complete policy which protects against Fire, Theft and Liability. _ 28400 owners, like yourself, have banded together for their mutual protection—our assets have Increased to $65000 and Io—day over 400 agents in Michigan alone are. ready to answer your call. YOU KNOW THE MEN BEHIND THIS COMPANY All are substantial business men and business farmers, who are responsible for the successful conduct of this company during the three years of operation. All claims are met promptly, we have already paid over two hundred and ninety. You can figure HOW Low the Cost would be on Your 'Car Think of this protection, fire, theft and liability for 25 cents per horse power plus One Dollar for the policy. No farmer in Michigan is rich enough to drive an automobile and assume the risks which we are willing to take for him at this small cost- The Important Thing Is—DON’T PUT IT OFF! Everyday our agents write of men who have “put off gettin’ insurance" just a day too long, we can’t help you after the accident happens, unless you are protected by our policy. Somewhere near you is a man who represents our company, he is anxious to get your car protected—if you know who our agent is. get in touch with him right away 1» Don’t put It Off and be sorry for years .to come. ;. TELL USTHE NAME AND NUMBER OF YOUR CAR ON A POSTAL CARD TODAY—:LET US TELL YOU HOW LITTLE CITIZEN' MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE COSTS! 1 NO FARMERO CAN AFFORD » ' TO DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE my; LIABILITY INSURANCE! VERY day one reads in the papers of automobile accidents. Some day it will happen A child runs out from behind a wagon—F—too quick for'you to, dodge or put on your brakes—you push back to pick up the little body, perhaps only a leg is broken—per— haps worse, of course you must pay for the doctor and hospital bills and your liability is still more, $5000 has been awarded the widow of a man killed byan automobile, right here in A risk that might take every dollar I r Some cars never return, others are found days, weeks or months after damaged, sometimes ASSESSMENTS The success of a mutual company depends upon the promptness with which its members pay their assess- ments. g Each member who joins signs an application that he will be govern- ed by the by-laws and Charter and pay all just assessments. , 'The first assessment levied by this Company was in January, 1917, with- in sixty days of time notices were sent out about $60,000 was collected thru the mail. This response indicated the willingness of each member to per- form his obligations, and an apprecia— tion of the low cost of insurance. This assessment has also provided a reasonable reserve of $65,000 and with new business coming In of five hun— dred new members per week, the Com- pany is enabled to pay many claims each month and has sufficient funds in sight to anticipate the needs of the ”a“ CANCELLATION Members may withdraw at any time by sending in their policy to the Sec- retary, properly signed on the back and paying the amount due at the time. If the policy is sent before the as- sessment is levied. no charge is made; after the assessment is levied, it is the duty of each member to pay his as— sessment before cancellation. The Company also reserves the right to cancel a member, but after a loss has been presented, it is their duty to first adjust the loss before cancellation. The above rule protects the member as well as the Company, and is fair ‘0 3‘" POLICY covnns Fire. Theft, and Liability in excess or $25 up to $1,000, and liability insur- ance in excess ,of $25 up to 85,000. By liability is meant damage claims presented against the owner of the car either for personal injury or pro- perty damage; it does not mean dam- age to your own car or to the people riding in the car. AUTO INSURANCE COMPANY WM. E. ROBB, SeCretary-p ‘ HOWELL. MICHIGAN ' ‘ clean clcmi unifo ? dred i awarl tion I ner.” ‘ In ‘ l to at 1 lishir , ment: ‘ anoth l locate ,2 and l ’3' AS ' went I } prote: l fixed }' bean 5i lurne '“ are a l' appar [,- has d .1 f $7.35 h less t ‘ 1‘ pay. ’, VVd ; on on I sorbet ? or at [ matte his h l . l reprer 60 or it? 1‘ HUN] 3 » more i . ‘ have: