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An Independent

Farmer’s Weekly ”Owned and

Edited in Michigan

MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, Novnmenn 13,1920

 
 

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or that he has not been discrimin-

The Next President and the American Farmer

  
  
   

Republic‘an PartyTF aces Sb

F THE Republican party is in-_

debted to any particular class

of people for the overwhelm-
ing pluralities given their can-
didate for President, it is the
American farmer. The popu—
lous agricultural sections of
the east, north and west, re-
turned to Mr. Harding sufficient
votes to have insured his elec-
tion had he lost every indus-
trial center in the United
States. This fact should not be
lost sight of when the Admin-
istration’s policy with reference
to the development and im-
provement of agriculture is
shaped. It does not necessarily
obligate the Republican party
to pamper the farmer and grant
his every whim,'but it does
disclose evidences of wide-
spread agricultural dissatisfac-
tion of which the Republican
party should take full cogniz—
an'ce.

It would be impossible to con-
vince the average American farm~

ated against from the day we en—

tered "the war to the present time. All about
him he sees people with capital invested in
manufacturing or~mercantile enterprises pros—
pering as never before, whilst he faces a bar-
ren, uncertain future, with no fat war profits
to carry him through the readjustment crisis.
1115 vote in the last election unquestionably
showed at whose door he places the blame for
a good share of these conditions and at whose
hands he expects to receive relief.

Taxation, Tariff and Trade Practices

It is not the three R’s but the three T’s in
which the farmers of today are mostly in-
ested, namely, taxation, tariff and trade prac-
tices. Rightly regulated by the government
this trio of factors can put the farming busi-
nes upon the same firm, sure and permanent
foundation with other kinds of business.
Wrongly directed as
they have been in
the past they may in ,
time completely dis—
organize and destroy
agriculture as a prof—
it-earning business
that can draw capi-
tal and labor in com-
petition with other
forms of industry.

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WARREN G. HARDING
The Next Presldent

  
    

By THE EDITOR

aled nearly five and a half billion dollars.
Nearly a fifth of this has been collected in the
form of excess profit taxes against which bus—
iness and economists have universally turned
as a vicious form of taxation. There can be
no doubt but what the Republican party will
attempt to repeal this tax providing some other
source of revenue can be found which will not
unduly burden the consumer. Right there is
where the industrial captains and the farmers
are apt to clash. The consumer feels, and
rightly too, that the excess profits tax is cor—
rect in theory. What the consumer does not
see is that the man who earns excess profits

from which he .. is supposed to
pay a tax to “lam V; the government
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in reality adds the tax to the

CALVIN COOLIDGE
The Next Vice-President

lemn Duty to Improve Nation’s Agricultural Conditions

cost of his product and goes right
on salting away his excess pro-
fits. Not being able to clear-
ly comprehend how the excess
profits tax is really a tax upon
the farmer and other consum-
ers, several large farm organ-
izations have already gone on
record as opposing any attempt
to abolish this form of taxation.
But notwithstanding it now
looks as if this measure will
be repealed.

Whence then will come the
taxes to make up the loss of
the excess profits tax? The
Ralston—Nolan bill proposes to
relieve industry by shifting
the burden to the farmers in
the shape of a 1 per cent tax
on all land values. Of course,
that suggestion appeals to the
farmer like a red flag to a
bull. Another plan that has
been advanced is a general tax
on sales. Again the consumer
will foot the bill. But as a matter
of fact can you devise any system
of taxation not requiring rigid gov—
ernment supervision and regulation
of profits or outright confiscation as of inher-
itances, that will prevent any enterprise which
can adjust the price of the product it sells
from passing the tax on to the consumer? But
since the farmer is the only business man who
cannot add the 'tax to the selling price of his
commodity, the farmer’s position should re-
ceive special consideration by the tax makers.

Famners Need Protection

The Republican party stands Dre—eminently
for protection to American industry. The tar-
iffs now in existence, however, are not fair to
all classes of people. Manufacturers of almost
every conceivable commodity are amply pro-
tected from foreign competition. But not so
which the farmers of today are mostly inter—
sell to buy American~made and protected ma-
chinery he sells in competition with the farm
products of other na—
tions. There would
be less cause for
complaint over the in—
flux of foreign food
products were for-
eign made goods
which the farmer has
to buy also permitted
to enter virtually
«duty free. But so
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. . . . - e: co ducted a novel arade of
genital-boring Itemgltln? flip"!!! of {Mlowm'and' western apples. Several firms, notably Andrews Bros., stressed Mlohlgam- apples In thelr floats. The scene abgve shows severalp hundred
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FARMERS WILL BURN CORN

however deplorable, may always
be expected when the price of

THE BURNING of corn for fuel,

acorn goes so low it will not buy its

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Economics,

ing to Dr. H. C. Taylor, Chief of the
Ofllce of Farm Management and Farm
United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Commenting to-
day upon reports that farmers in-parts

.of'the corn belt were threatening to

burn corn, because at present it was
cheaper for fuel than coal, he said:
“Farmers will not burn corn' in-
ad of coal unless they are driven to
economic necessity.

warlevels no more rapidly than are
the prices of things the farmer must

4 i buy, agriculture can be counted upon
{to continue the course it has taken
"for many years, but if the prices of

farm products fall and the prices of
other things remain high, the farmer
will be compelled to reorganize his
busineSS on a more nearly self-suffic-
i‘ng basis, produce more largely to sat-
isfy his own wants, and give less at-
tention to production for the market.

“American farmers are steady-mind-
ed peOple, and they would not precip-

‘ itate the Nation into such a course

from base motives."

FARM BUREAU NOTES
HE SUGAR BEET problem'has
I taken on a national aspect ac-
cording to the state farm bureau.
While Michigan is endeavoring to

. work out its solution of sugar beet

marketing problems, the American
Farm Bureau Federation is consider-
ing action of this nature on a na-
tional scale. The Utah and Idaho
Farm Bureau Federations have ask-

. ed that the American Farm Bureau

Federation call a national meeting
of representatives of sugar beet
growers to consider a uniform con-
tract for 1921. President Burton of

- Utah mentions that there is a_wide

’ did~not set a good crop of seed

variation, both in form of contract
and prices bid for the beets in the
various states. President Howard of
the American Farm Bureau Federa—
tion indicates that a national confer-
ence in December is a likely plan.

Another meeting of the Michigan
Sugar Beet committee appointed by
the county delegates, October 19, at
the state farm bureau, was held last
Wednesday. Plans for presentation
to delegates from all of the beet pro-
ducing counties are rapidly taking
shape. The delegates will be called
together December 15. ,

,The seed department of the Mich-
igan State Farm Bureau is notifying
the county farm bureaus that alfalfa
in
Montana and the Dakotas this year
on account of excessive rains. This
is the territory that grows what is
called northwestern grown common.
The state farm bureau has received
orders from county seed departments
for many bushels of this but it may
find it necessary to-cut down some if

- the personal representative of Mich—

. igan is not able to fill all the orders.

' ‘ aliens have joined the elevator
g-c’hange. One is thp Farmers’ Elevat-

The seed department will also handle
some native Kansas seed, purchased
under the personal supervision of a.
representative of that department,
who will see that only the best type
of Kansas seed is secured. Price of
ilsuch seed is only approximately
known. Clover seed is arriving at
the Lansing warehouse in carload
lets assigned by members for sale.

Sp far it is mestly Alsike, Mammoth

Ind Sweet Clovers.
Two more co—_opcrative associa-
ex-

and Produce Company of Bad Axe
-. the other is the Atwater Grain
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"within the next few weeks
_ ote'levators in the exe
, be: most doubled. Some
(gigs tors are waiting: for the
.3553 e! “purchasing depart-

1’ In " farm bureau, the

  
 

'coal, tile, flour, and feed.

. If the prices
i of farm products are adjusted to pre-

ch elevator _

purchasing department is already or-
ganized and is collecting orders for
Due to
light receipts and the presidential
election the business of the exchange,
like the business of most other grain
companies has been comparatively
light for the last two weeks. The
exchange is keeping its member as-
sociations informed daily as to mar-
ket conditions by mailing a report
which is prepared at the Lansing of-
fice immediately after the close of
the Board of Control. .

SUGAR BEET GROWERS’ ASS’N
To all Sugar Beet Growers of
Michigan, Gentlemen: '

On account of the nearness of the .

time that beet contracts are usually
made ,we wish to announce that this
association will take up the fight for

a beet contract for 1921 that will be -

fair to the factories, fair to the
farmers and within the laws of the
state.

We wish to make it plain that
our plan of action ivill be along
strictly conservative lines and will
at all times recognize the right of

the individual grower to decide at'

any time whether or not he can com-
ply with the conditions voted upon
by the members of this Association.
We realize on account of the finan-
cial condition of 'most beet growers
that this is not only necessary but is
also a right that no organization
should attempt to take away from
the individual farmer.

We will print a complete itemiz-
ed report of the financial affairs of
this Association during the past year
in this paper after we have our di-
rectors meeting which will be held
as soon as our president, returns from

'Boston on theztth of this month.

In the meantime we are employing
every means in our ’power to ar~
range a conference with. the factor-
ies who say in their letters that on
account of the unsettled conditions
theymnotinapositienioconsld—
or putting out the 1921 contract at
this time.

We submit that we are entitled to
a contract having the following con-
ditions: '50 per cent of the ‘sugar in
our beets which should be based on
a 14 per cent beet in Michigan, to be
the growers’ share and 50 per cent
to be the factories share. A sliding
scale price for beets based on the
price received for sugar by the fact-
ories and the right to buy our en-
tire share of sugar produced from
our beets at factory prices.

We as}; the officers of our 113 10-
cal organizations throughout _
state to get their organizations in
shape for business as from indica-
tions it seems that we will have
much need for our locals this year if
the individual beet grower does not
meet with a crushing blow this year.
Remember that our only hope of
getting anywhere near our. rights
will depend upon thorough organiza-
tion and education. — Michigan Beet
Growers' Ass’n. By 0. E. Ackerman.

Michigan Potato Growers’ Ass’n Meeting

Potato Producers’ Association to

hold their annual meeting during
the time of Farmers’ Week at the
Michigan Agricultural College. This
will be from Jan. 3lst to Feb. 4th in-
clusive. Exact date of the meeting
will be announced later.

One of the features of this show
will be to put on an educational ex-
hibit of potatoes. This exhibit will
consist for one thing of’ samples in
bushel quantities of potatoes from
the fields which were certified the
present season. It should beef in-
terest to the readers of THE MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMEB to know that over
40 fields and about 250 acres of po-
tatoes have been inspected in Mich-
igan the present season. These fields
have each been visited twice during
the growing season by a representa-
tive of the Michigan Agricultural
College. At the time of these visits
all of the hills which showed mixture
or disease which would be transmit-
ted to the seed stock‘ were removed
from the field. In a few cases there
were so many mixed and diseased
hills that the fields were not certified.
In a majority of the cases the rogue-
ing was done in a thorough manner.

In practically every case we had
the co-operation of the County
Agent in the county where the field
was located. Following the field in—
spections and after the potatoes were
dug, a bin inspection was given in
each case with a view of learning
whether or not the potatoes were free
from scab, black scarf and the gen-
eral appearance of the crop.

A list of growers whose fields pass-
ed inspection will be published and
furnished to the'Seed Department of
the Michigan State Farm Bureau and
to the Michigan Potato Growers' Ex—
change. They will also be sent to
any firm or individual making in—
quiry for certified seed potatoes. The
individual growers whose fields have
been inspected for certification have
paid for this service. They are,
therefore, entitled to a price some-
what in advance of the price paid for
uninspected stock.

IT IS THE PLAN of‘the Michigan

Itisthe purposetohave samples
of those potatoes on exhibition at.

the potato show to give those in at-
tendsnc’e at the college Farmers’
Week an. opportunity to get in touch

with the men who have grown this ‘
..eeedstoek. . . .

 

Another very important feature of
the show will consist of graphic il-
lustrations of demonstrations which
have been carried on in the state dur-
ing the last few years. particularly
the last season. These demons-tra-
tions have consisted of the use of
commercial fertilizer, hill selected
seed, tuber units, etc. Reports have
been received from a number of

. County Agents and from other sourc-

es indicating that several exhibits
will be sent to the college to be used
for this show. Anyone reading this
article who has had a demonstration
on" his farm that showed up certain
practices to-good..advantage, we will
be glad to hear from.

The express on potatoes sent for
this shew will be paid. The potatoes
should be sent as soon as they can
be gotten, ready and addressed to the
Horticultural Department, Michigan
Agricultural College and marked for
potato .show. We will furnish tags
to anyone who makes request for the
same of Mr. H.» C. Moore, Secretary
of the Michigan Potato Producers’
Association, East Lansing. ,

In preparing the potatoes for
shipment each potato should be
wrapped in paper and should be pack—
ed securely in a box so that they
will be protected against freezing
and will not be bruised in transit.
Do not wash the potatoes but clean

.them by brushing with a soft brush

when the potatoes are dry.

To make a graphic illustration use
a small quantity of potatoes from
each plot for example, if a fertilized
plot has a yield of 200 bushels per

acre and an unfertilized plot 150.

bushels the yield can be compared
by using 20 pounds and 15 pounds
respectively. Placards will be pre-
pared in this pace to display in con-
noction with the exhibits based upon
the information received from the
parties who put on the demonstra-
tion. .

Important problems of interest to
potato growers" of the state will be
considered at the meeting or the
Producers’ Association and we in-
vlte each grower interested to plan
to attend this meeting. and to be
present at the college Farmers’ Week.

A program will be mailed to you on
request. ~— 0. W. Wald, Ewtcnsiau,

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VEGETABLE CANNING DROP
GROWERS’ PLAN ,NATION- "
AL ORGANIZATION ,
‘ HE canning crop' grewers, pay
I ticularly pea growers, of Michi-
gan will beinterested in a nap»
‘ional wide movement which is now
well under way and which has for its
object the bringing together of the
canning crops men of the various
states in a manner which will be of
mutant benefit.
The first meeting to consider the

' canning crop growers’ problems was

held at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in
May.» At this meeting about 60 rep-
resentatives of different sections of
the country were present. The con-
ference considered principally the
cost of production records which has
been secured in different states with-a
view of trying to work not a uniform
method of securing these records.
Committees were appointed- at that .
conference to work out plans for fur-

ther development of the 'work.' ’

A second meeting was held at Co-
lumbus, Ohio, in August. At. this
meeting it was decided to ask the Am-
erican Farm Bureau Federation to
cooperation in trying to organize a
national association. The third
meeting was held at Columbus, Ohio,
recently. At this meeting ten states
were representated and a fairly defi-
nite plan of action outlined. Presi—
dent Howard of the American Farm
Bureau Federation was asked to ap-
point ,a committee consisting of one
man from each state in which canning
crops are‘grow'n extensively. This com
mittee is to constitute the nucleus for
the national canning crops assoc!»
ion. The committee will proceed as
soon as it can get together to work out
plans that will enable the various
states to cooperate along the line of
securing more satisfactory contracts.

The writer of this articlebecause
of the fact that he is Organization
Secretary of the Vetegables Growers’
Association of America, has been ap-
pointed by the American Farm Bureau
Federation to represent that organiza-
tion for the vegetable and ' canning
crops interests until such a time as
the federation can appoint a man to
devote his entire time to this work.
We are interested in learning the de-
‘sires of the pea growers, particularly,
in Michigan, as to the formation of
local and state associations. We have
consulted with the State Farm Bur-
eau officials and they claim that at this
time they have so many problems on
their hands that they hesitate to take
on any more work unless there is a
decided need and desire for the lines
to be taken up: If the pea growers of
Michigan are anxious that some plan
be worked out whereby they can con-
tract for their crop as an organization
rather than as individuals we would
be very glad to be advised of such de-
sires. This proposition has been tak-
on up through the County Agents in
counties where pea growing is an im—
portant line of production.

It will be interesting to the Michi-
gan pea growers to know that Wiscon-
sin is one of the states included in ~
this movement. It has been the claim
of the canners of this state that. they
could not aflord to pay higher prices
for peas when it was necessary for
them to compete with lower priced

peerfrom Wisconsin. If the Wiscon-

sin wpeople con produce peas at a low-
er cost than the Michigan growers,
they, of course, can afford to sell them
cheaper. This is one of the questions
we are spamming to answer. Mr.
H. C. Moor; of incomes has been ’
working with a number of the pea
growers this state this past season
endeavcring to get cost of production
mores. These figures will he avail-
ableforthensebf local. orastute or-.
they care to secure

than. Anyone wishing to express

their deciles and opinions along this "
line should commitments with the
State Fem Bums allies or while .
.W. Wald M Wax, Rep . ’
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the Committee of 17 which met
in Chicago last. week to discuss
the evils of the present marketing
system, must hare been very similar

T HE FEELINGS experienced by

to those of the fifteenth century scien- .T

tist who argued that the world was
flat, when he learned that Christopher
Columbus had discovered that is was
round. This Committee had invited
to speak before it some of the best
grain marketing authoritles in the
country. It was information they

sought, albeit every member of the

Committee had the preconceived not-
ion that the grain exchange is ;a den
of robbers and the entire system per-
nicious and inefficient. They expected

to hear some facts which would sub-

stantiate these opinions, but every
speaker who discussed the subject
from personal experience and obser-
vation, not only failed to concede any
disadvantages to the present system
bu signally praised the grain ex-
change as a great stabilizing influence,
having a legitimate and valuable
function in the marketing of the nut-
ion' s grain crops.

Right here let it be said that those
who refused to admit there was
any need for a radical change in the
methods of marketing Were men who
had been brought up in the grain ex-
changes, who owed their fortunes and
their positions to the exchanges, and
whose'entire future prosperity de-
pends upon a continuance of the grain
exchange practices without any sub-
stantial change. The Committee of
17 listened respectively to the views
expressed by Mr. Barnes and Mr.
Gates, president of the Exchange, and
others, but remained unconvinced.
Down in their hearts they. knew and
they still know that unseen forces ov—
er which they have no control, keep
the 'grain markets fluctuating up and
dowu to suit the whims of the manip-
ulators. The conference of last week,
however, failed to smoke the nigger
It did give to the
information,
colored though it might have been,
which will guide them in their future
deliberations.

High Lights in Barnes’ Address

We are told by the Chicago Droo—
ers’ Journal that some of the state-
ments made by Mr Barnes in which
he upset pet theories were the follow-
1112.

1. The recent wide fluctuations in
o‘einq‘are the result of. supply and
demand and not due to manipulations
of ,, the market. To a certain degree
errors of human -
been a factor, but they always are.

2‘. There is no substantial saving to

"no made on distribution from the

time grain leaves'the local market or
elevator until it goes into the termin-
al. as there is free competition all
along the line.

3 I am opposed to cornbinations of
growers fixing prices and the country
is opposed to it. In the case of 8.

Worldwide market the plan is sure to

break down.-
4. Prices do not fluctuate because
of speculation, but speculation is at-

tracted where there are wide swings

in prices. A

5 Any action which considers re-
striction of marketing of a product
or results in violent price dislocation
involves great responsibility and is
to be considered with much 111.1st

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1‘6. Cost of production is not a sound

' > determining factor in making prices, "
; although in the long run it will affect
the ‘voluine produced and thus the,
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National Wool Marketing Committee Named

N. McBRIDE, former marketing director of this state, enjoys the

distinction of having been appointed chairman of the national 1.
‘ wool marketing committee of the American Farm Bureau Feder—
Other members of the committee are E. L. Moody, Rushville,
N. Y.; V. G. Warner, Bloomfield, Iowa; F. L. Fitch, Linneus, M0. , J.
. E. Boog-Scdtt, Coleman, Texas. This committee was instructed to con-
‘ for with officials of the American Farm Bureau Federation, to call in
such marketing experts as it is desired to consult and to formulate a
definite plan of warehousing, financing and central selling agency for
.‘ pooled wool, the program to be presented at the meeting of the Fleece
States Wool Growers’ Ass’n, to be held in Chicago on Monday, Nov-

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Recent decline in wheat was the
natural result of extremely heavy ac-
cumulations for foreign account last
spring, said Mr. Barnes, and cited the
prophecy he made at that time that
if the United .States did not main—
tain control of the market and take a
hand in helping Europe reorganiqe
her economic status and establish
credit there would follow all over
happening
now:-

In his address‘Mr. Barnes first
spoke'of price factors, obstructions
to the operation of supply and de—
mand, the grain exchanges and indis—
pensable service they give, and con-
cluded with suggestions tmgrowers
that might help them better their po-
sition.

Discussing price factors
coarse grains, he said:

“The price for the entire crop is
the price at which surplus can be
marketed. It is true, whether it be
10 or 50 per cent of the crop, except
for that part of the crop which may
be marketed early. All five princi-
pal grain crops of the United States
are grown on a surplus basis. Each
of these crops'therefore tends to

for the

Gleaners Embrace

UCH- HAS been said about the

Rochdale plan of operating co-

operative societies, but thus far
the system, as applied to English
societies, has not been fully worked
out here. The patronage dividend
feature has been found quite satis—
factory and workable, but, with one
exception, the main features of the
Rochdale system has not been fully
applied. The Gleaner Clearing
House Association was first to at-
tempt to put in operation the com-
plete Rochdale system, with central-
ized management, financing, selling,
buying and manufacturing, and all
with the quarterly distribution of
“patronage dividends."

This Association has been in op-
eration. for thirteen years, but not
until eighteen months ago was the
plan put ln operation; and not until
July lst, of the present year was the
plan of distributing patronage div-
idends quarterly attempted. It is
for this reason that the result or the
first quarter’s operation will be of
spatial interest. The Association
now has two terminal plants and

twenty-six elevators and buying sta- ‘

tions, the whole with an authorized
capital of $1,000,000, organized un-
der the 1917‘ Michigan co-operative
law The headquarters of the As-

.. location. are located in Grand Rap—
ids from which point the entire bus-
Siness is conducted.

The plan of cooperation extends all
through the organization, .. reaching

,; from the warehousemen to those in
charge—40w mmxfiri. bookkeep-

on. auditors, cashiers all receiving
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reach a price paid for export, less
handling costs.

“It is to the interest of all for
prices to be a natural reaction of
supply and demand, and not the re—
sult of arbitrary settlement. The
reason why prices fluctuate, is be—
cause the price-Ifactors change, and
often rapidly. The supply of any
crop is not truly known at any time.
Crop reports are not absolute and
consumption cannot be ascertained
ahead of time.”

Russia was cited as an extreme
example of what happens when there
is arbitrary dislocation in either the
supply or demand. Russia is out of
the world market with wheat, but it
has not helped the rest of the world,
for Russia is out as a buyer of other
things also.

“It is true that supply and demand
are working very haltingly,” con-
tinued the speaker. “This is due
to government control of the grain
trade abroad. It is impossible for
the careful grain merchant today to
foresee what will -happen and there

\is much apprehensiveness and dis-

turbed market conditions.
“If the English currency was nor-

Rochdale system

their stock and patronage dividends
on all they buy from or sell to their
local branch. It might be here noted
that each branch. stands upon its
own showing when it comes to pat—
ronage dividends; but all are linked
,together on general profits as well as
losses. Through this provision if
one elevator loses money, no patron-
age dividends are paid at that par-
ticular point, and yet the whole loss
does not fall upon the local elevator,
but is cared for through a fund, cre—
ated at the central office for such
emergencies. 1

The financial report of the Glezfi-
er Clearing House Association recent-
ly issued, shows that the entire op-
erations, including central and lo-
cal plants produced a net profit of
$20,651, and that patronage divi-
dends were declared at nearly all
points. The manner of distributing
patronage dividends is through cer-
tificates, issued at each branch, and
given to each stockholder at the time
a sale or purchase is made. The op—
erations at Balding, including the
flour mill, made a patronage divi-
dend for the quarter of two per cent;
Greenville about four per cent; Ionia
four per cent; Lake View four and
a. haltper cent; Lockwood, Ohio four
,and three quarters per cent; Mc-
Brides three per cent; Saranac four
and a quarter per cent; and Stanton
nearly four per cent.

Patronage dividend certificates are
paid from the central office, in cash,
direct to the stock—holders. At most
points the patronage dividend has
amounted to between eight and nine
cents per bushel on an grain bande
its previous to the drop in price.

untarny do the same at once."

 

Vi ~ommittee of ~17 Hear Grain ’C‘hflngé Praised

Julius Barnes, F ormer Head U. S. Grain Corporation, Calls it Most Efficient Marketmg Agency

mal today our wheat would bring
$1.00 more per bushel over there.”
Asked as to whether he was in
sympathy with the comperative spir-
it of the times Mr. Barnes replied .-
that his idea of how producers could"
best help themselves was to form co-
operative agencies or organizations
to gather information useful in mar-
keting and study the conditions af-
fecting prices of farm products to be
sold. But he would not admit that
the farmers could devise a better
marketing system than now in vogue
or one which would effect any ap—
preciable economy to the consumer
or increased returns to the producer.

Farmers Excluded From Exchange
L. F. Gates, president of the Chi—
cago Board of Trade warned the
farmers against tearing down the
present grain marketing structure,
which he said was the cumulative re-
sult of year’s of efforts. The prob-
lems of the farmer as he viewed
them, have to do with better financ-
ing and storage. A Missouri dele-
gate tried to get Mr. Gates to admit
that the annual wheat crop of the
United States is sold eighteen times
in speculative transactions before it
is consumed, but Mr. Gates cleverly
dodged the question. '

One of the reasons for the dissat—
isfaction of the farmers over the
grain exchange methods is the
Board’s refusal to permit coopera—
tive associations to become members.
Mr. Gates explained this by saying
that the rules forbade any member
to make rebates, and that co-opera-
tive dividends returned to produc-
ers would be considered as rebates.
This discussion recalls to mind an
effort made by the Gleaner Clearing
House Ass’n, a farmers’ marketing
corporation of this state, several
years ago to secure a membership in
the Chicago Live Stock Exchange.
Although a check for $1,000 was pre—
sented with the application, the or-
ganization was refused membership
upon the same grounds as those men-
tioned above. It doth appear all
right that the grain and live stock
exchanges do not relish the presence
of farm co—operators in their midst...
They might find some things which
they would want to correct.

Other speakers appearing before
the .Committee discussed grain mar-
keting in Canada, the danger and
injustice of farmers trying to fix
prices, etc. The practice of trading
in futures was also discussed and
approved by speakers having grain
trade connections. As a result of
the conference, the Committee not
having secured suflicient data to per-
mit the'drafting of even a tentative
program for the more efficient mar— '
keting of grain, contented itself with
adopted the following resolutions:

"Whereas the principal grain ex-.
changes of the United States bar co—
operative companies that distribute
their profits in proportion to the vol—
ume of business handled, from par-
ticipating in the buying and selling.
in farm products; and whereas the
same prevent the producers from.
collectively selling their own pro-

ducts on the markets of the coun--~ .,

try, thereby creating a monopoly in,~ -,
the hands of the traders, which is ;,

’ not just and in harmony with the: '
spirit of American institutions, be it

resolved “that we call upon theafedL-N
oral trade commission, the attorney
general. or other public authorities
to take. such steps as may be new
my to open said market to the in m’
bership of co-o'perative campus)
nukesthe grain exchangesmn "

   
 
  

   

     
 
  

 
 
 
 
   
     
 
  

 
    
 
  

  
  
    


   

  
     
     
      
    
       
   
   
   
     
     
 
   
    
  
  
 
    
   
   
   
 
   
  
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
      
      
 
    
    
    
       
  
  
   
    
  
  
    
   
  
     
    
    
   
   
   
     
   
   
 
 
   
     
   
  
     
   
  
   
   
   
 
 
        
       
       
          
       
   
     
      

HAVE READ and heard theories
innumerable, advanced as the
- ""r‘c‘ause of the unusual business co‘na'
-dltions that have prevailed during,
'1 the past four ‘years. Most of' these
:7 theories make me think of a man
:‘searching the sky with a telescope
for objects which lie at his feet.
' I am offering my theory of the ab-
normal conditions that have prevail—
ed. without offering a cure, for the
reason that I know of no cure.
" It seems to me that the disposition
of the people‘to shirk the responsi-
bility of financing our government,
inn. other words, the disposition to
shift the burden of taxes) from
shoulder to shoulder without assum-
ingrany responsibility, has been the
one and only cause of the ever in-
creasing prices and business unrest,
prevalent during the past four years.
(”130] illustrate my meaning let us
suppose" that our Government has
been running along nicely without
the necessity of levying any taxes.
Let us suppose that the finances for
conducting our Government, came
from some source not dependent on
the'people. Let us suppose that
you are a farmer and that under
these conditions you are able to pur-
chase a tractor and all other ma-
chinery needed to conduct your
farming operations, for the sum of
three thousand dollars, and that you
are able to dispose of your wheat
crop at the price of one dollar and
fifty cents per bushel, and other
crops at a like proportion.

Then let us suppose that the Gov-
ernment is suddenly deprived of its
source of income and it becomes
necessary to levy taxes. Accord-
ingly an income tax is levied, also a
tax on all property, and a tariff on
imports.

- Now to see just what effect this
tax will have on the price of your
' farming tools and the price that you
receive for you products, we will be-
gin where the iron is mined and
smelted and follow the process down
to you. The larborers at the mines
and smelters find that their living
expenses have been suddenly in-
creased. They have to pay a tax on
their homes. The price of grocer-
ies has advanced because the groc-
eryman has to pay a tax on his
home, his store and his stock of
goods. The same is true of cloth-
ing, fuel and other necessities. So
the laborer finds the cost of living
greatly increased because of taxes.
He calls 011 the mine owner who em-

 
 

 
 

OME‘time ago ,” says the Aineri-
ican Review of Reviews, “this
magazine had occasion to refer

which the United Farmers secured a
plurality of members in the legisla-
ture. At the time of the election this
successful party was without a lead-
er, but within a few days Mr. Ernest
C: Drury was unanimously chosen at
a legislative caucus to fill that posi-
tion. To obtain the necessary work-
ing majority for a government a‘coal-
ition was formed with the Labor
Party, and so Ontario has had a
Farmer—Labor administration.

, “The new g0vernment entered on
its first session on March 9, 1920, and
completed it on May 28. The work
~of'the session is described in the
National Municipal Review - (New
York) by Mr. J. Othmar Robinson,
' of the Citizens’ Research Institute of
‘ nada. The result of this session
gs sot forth by Mr. Robinson, male
' ear that nothing resembling .o-
evolution is contained in the"
’ of the United Farmers. Mr.

  

  
  
  
  
 
   
   

the hands of menuwho had
ions parliamentary experi-
dministration was surpriSa

  

to the Ontario election of 1919, thru,

 

 

By E. E. LUMBDEN’, Farmer

 

The Farmer, belng unable to edd_hla taxes to hls selling prlcu. must carry the Burden.-

ploys him, states his case, asks for
a raise of wages so [that he can live
decently and support his family
properly, incidentally mentioning
that in case the raise is refused, a
strike might be called. He gets the
raise. Thus the load is shifted from
the shoulder of the laborer.

Next the steel mill owner comes
to the miner and smelter with an
order for pig iron. He isdnformed
that because of the higher .cost of
labor, and the higher cost of machin-
ery in the plant, and because of a
tax on his plant and his home, 'the
cost of mining and smelting has
greatly increased , and a raise of
twenty—five per cent on the price of
pig iron is necessary. So the load
is again shifted to the next man.

Next the manufacturer of machin-
ery comes to the steel mill with an
order for steel. He hears the same
old story about taxes and the in-
creased cost of production, and is
informed that the price of steel has
gone 11p fifty per cent. Thus the
load is shifted to the shoulder of an-
other, and is getting heavier at ev-
ery shift, so that when you go tb
your dealer to get a new outfit of
farm machinery you are told that
because of the extra high cost of
manufacturing, due to taxes, and be-
cause of the higher cost of living,

and because of taxes on his home’

and his store and his stock of machin-
ery, you will have to pay $6,000 for
your outfit of tools instead of $3,000
as was the price before the levying
of taxes.

You now have the accumulated
load on your shoulder. You take
your high priced machinery, prepare

your soil, grow and,harvest a crop
of wheat with it, aided by labor
hired at an increased price. Your

threshing bill is double the old price

Canadian Farmers Make Goetl as

for the same reason that
thing else has advanced. " 1

You take your wheat to the 11931:"

or in grain and say to him, “Owing
to abnormal [business _con’dition's,

due to the tax levy, the cost- ‘01 pros"

ducing wheat has, greatly "increased
and I Will have to charge you three
dollars and fifty cents‘per bushel for
this wheat.” The dealer smiles and
politely informs you that the Board

every

Levy a Tax as You May, itV-All Comes Back to’the Farmer in the End ., 'l :-

- Number Tire,

\of Trade over in Chicago instructs

him as to how much to pay “for
wheat. ’ .
Now what would happen‘if the

farmer was able to shift the burden
back to Nur‘nber One and letfit go
the rounds again? ‘

Just exactly what has been hap-
pening for the past four years. Ow-
ing to the closing of the Board of
Trade, and because of unusual mar:
keting c'onditions,»due to the war,
the farmer has been enabled to
.shift a part of his load back to Num-
ber One. I say a part of his load,
because he has been able to get an
increased price for his products over
pre_ war prices. An -increase‘ of
about fifty per cent 'of what he
should get, as compared with prices
of‘other commodities. So the farm-
er has been shiftingabout fifty per
cent of the accumulated load of tax-
es back to the starting point, and
the other fifty per cent, he has been
forced as usua‘ to pay.

Now these accumulating taxes
were bEing shifted round and round
the circle of business, in the shape
of higher and'higher prices.

For example. Seat ten menin a
row and hand each man an apple at
intervals of, say five _minutes. These
apples are to be pared and sliced
ready for canning. Now if each
man does his share, the work'will
be easily done with time to spare.
But if Number'One would say “I’ll

Lawmakers in Ontario Legislature

Farmer Political Control, Characterized by Enemies as Class Movement, Has Beneficial Results

 

 

the mud of class legislation.

discredit the farmers.

 

way is a square deal. ——Editor. ,

 

HEN the Canadian farmers first came into ascendancy in the
Ontario legislature. their reactionary enemies were horrified.
They saw the dignity and honor of Ontario being plastered with
They wrote insulting stories about the
ignorance and hypocrisy of the farmers, which had a wide circulation
throughout Canada and the United States. The Business Farmer re-
printed some of these stories as an example of the extremes'to which
those who fear the farmer’s elevating influence in politics, will go to
. We predicted that the folks over in Ontario—
:l11d nothing to fear of farmer control of their legislative policies.
Experience has demonstrated this to be true, and no other authority
than the American Review of Reviews tells us in the accompanying art-
icle. how greatly have the maltreators of the farmers erred in their
judgments. Possiblyuwe may be able some day to convince our urban
brethren here in Michigan that all the farmers Want in a legislative .

 

 

 

and open attitude adopted by the
government and the attempts made
to get way from political dickerings
or sparring for position. , ~'

“That a high conception of the
responsibilities of government was

entertained by Premier Drury and his

cabinet was proven by their early,
determination to refrain from class

legislation. The Farmers’ party made

tentative plans to broaden its scope . .
“' of activity and to. get away from any

fear of having the movement consid-
cred.- as sectional: or devoted to a one;
class :intrest...

YMr. Drury is reported

1919, to have made the following
statement. ‘May we not hope that
before’long this movement, which
has had its birth in one particular
class, may expand and broaden till
it shall become not merely a Farm-
er-s’ party, but in a very real sense

a people’s D'arty.’

“Although the government‘s nia-

joyity i the house is- very slim, many
,6 met successfully;
table 0! which was the fight

   
    
 

Lmost.
5111-1115 central organizatiol

panel as hsin

s

~sored by the Labor members.

*up to $3,000 for co—operative soci-

, , farmers.

the

, Mr. Robinson
' _I‘ the radicalis ‘

. pension law and amendments to the

net par-e apple’s", and hand his to ’
and Number; Two
would say the same and pass both-
apples to Number Three and so On
doWn to 'the end of the line, Number"?-
Ten having no one to pass them on
to, would have ten apples to pare“
and slice. ' *If he Was a hard Work-K
ing good natured sort of a fellow”
like the farmer, he might with the
aid of his wife and children, get
them all pared and_sliced.-in timezto ‘
t—akezcarero'f the next ten“ iWines '
when they-came, along. Now .seat . .
the ten-menin a'cirfcle'so that Num- '
ber Ten can: pass the ten ’apples'to " i"
Number One,'“th‘-e:‘number 6f apples-2
will :"be increasedhby ten at», each; ,
round until" the circle. will-:‘be soiovs . ,. *f
erwhelmefd with apples that it will - ,- ‘ '
collapse unless some One can ‘ bel . ;; 1
forced to pare, slice and (impose of, ~ f 5
them _, ‘= '
Now this is exactly what is the‘
matter with business This" ever
increasing load of taxes has bé‘eh-_
shifted round and, round the circle,-
in the shape of higherand higher'
pricos until business was. on "~ the:
verge of collapse. one -of two ,
things must be done to avoid a pan-
ic. Somebody—must voluntarily as- -\
sume th—is load of taxes or it must ‘_
be forced upon some one. ' '
' Nobody was willing to aesume the
responsibility and pay the debt.
Who could it be forced upon? Why
not the old victim, Mr. Easy Mark,
the farmer? How could itlbe done?’
Why not re—instate the Board of“ - 1'! I 1":
Trade?, That would help some. {The '
Board of Trade was re-instated,'and
an excessive crop yield over the
whole of the United States supplied
the leaver by which 'the trick was
turned. Late newspapers pub—
lished an article under these'glow-*
ing‘ headlines, “FARMERS 'OF
THE UNITED STATES , LOSE
THREE BILLION DOLLARS ON
NINETEEN’ TWENTY CROPS BY
DECLINE IN PRICES.” ' Just what
does this mean? It means in plain
words that the farmers‘of the Unit-
ed' Stat-es are going to pay out of
this year’s crop, three billion dol-
lars of accumulated war tax, that .
was being shifted round the circle
of business, a floating debt, in the
shape: of inflated prices. A debt
which nobody was willing ”to as-
sume, but ,which the farmer is
forced'to assume. And the farmers
of the United‘ tates ~Will continue
against their will to' pay such sums
from time to time until the last dol-
lar' or war tax is paid in reality.

 

*though the bill was introduced by
the _’Farmers government. They
w'rote a circular letter to all the local
clubs suggesting that they appeal to
their representatives in the house . 1;
against the bill. ‘ ’ .1 » ~-
“Mr. Robinson points out that the , ,‘ .
Labor wing of the coalition was suc— ' * '
cesful in obtaining legislation of
much greater volume than that deal-
ing with the farmer industry, alt-
though the Labor members in the
House'were only eleven ,as against
the forty—five farmers. A mothers’

workingmen’ s compensation act were __.
among the principal measures spon—

“0utside of an act to provide loans ’ V '

eties for the storage and cleaning of
seed grain and potatoes and legislar
tion setting forth a comprehensive
p1 ogram 'of. good roads, very few hills .
were passed of direct interest to the 1

- “It is generally conceded that the‘.‘
reSpb‘nsibilities of governing 1119;;
province have had gf'stabilizing ins»

    

       
   
      
  
  

  

 

  
 
 
  

 
   
    


   

ORRESPONDENCE between ere.
Buslx'hss FARM]!!! and Mr. Win-

«1: field Scott, publisher of Dairy.

 
 

 

   

  

 
  
  
 

  

 

    
 

of San Erahcisco supplies

3 ,of these cities.

' distributing concerns.

 

and ,8tock ,Rdnch, San- Frane1sco. _Ca‘l-‘

. ‘- * ifornia has. brought out a good deal
' ‘I33 30;. interesting
’ ~ .2» marketing of milk

information on the
in that
Western state. ,
Mrs-I: Scott reads as follows:

“Your letter of the 9th inst. in re-
gard to what the M1lk Producers’ As-
,sociations f California have done

toward 1101 ng the problem of mar-
4 keting raw. milk has been received.
. "You say thatyou understand that .
, ,j-‘ihve‘ral of— the California associa- 3
Atkins have gone into the distribut-

131,1g business. and that they have suc-
cessfully eliminated the x-middleman

.I To discuss this ouestion fully opens .
.. '.. sewerai phases of the ‘whole milk’

‘ lgwsituatieu in: California with which
.3 you perhaps are not’. familiar. I~

"The Associated Milk Produc'ers'
perhaps
‘eighty per cent of the ‘whole milk’
used in the city.- The Milk Produc-
,_ers’ Association of Central Californ-
ia..supp,li,es perhaps” fifty per cent of
thewhole milk. used in ,the- cities of
Oakland, Alameda and ,,,Berkeley.
The, Associated Milk Producers of
San Francisco supplies”. San Jose. The

3 NorthernCalifOrnia 'Milk Producers’

Association supplies about, seventy-
Ifive per cent of the whole milk used
in Sacramento. The Milk Producers’
Association of Central California
supplies perhaps sixty per cent of
the milk used in -.Stockton The San
Joaquin Valley Milk Producers’ As-
’ sociation supplies nearly all of .the
milk , used in Fresno. The Cal-
fifornia Milk Producers’ Association
supplies about sixty per cent of the
milk used in Los Angeles.

. “In the sense that you have fram-
ed_,,your letter, the milk producers’
associations in, this state are not di-
rectly supplying the consumer in any
The Associated Mil-k

Producers of San Francisco and the

CalifOrnia Milk Producers’ Associa-
, tion of Los Angeles have taken very
» effective steps towards getting a

square, deal from the city distribu-

tors. They Ihave done this by means
of purchasing the control of some
_ They have in
these distributing concerns the best
insurance towards getting a square
deal from the'city‘milk distributors.

In other words, it is no longer possi-

ble either in San Francisco or Los

Angeles for the city milk distributors

to whip, the producer over his back
. and tell him where to head in. This

condition was born of war in San

Francisco and born of caution in

Los Angeles. - '

“Take the San Francisco situation:
.A year ago July the Association Milk

Producers had thrown back 'on them

about 12, 00 gallons of milk a day,

the city using 32, 000 gallons daily.

This milk was thrown back by the

Dairy Delivery Company and the

United.Milk Company, two. of the
largest distributing concerns in‘ San

Francisco, andIalso by the San ,Ma—

teo Dairy'Company, whichis a small—

er concern. At the outside, there are
not to exceed 225 members in the As-
sociated Milk Producers, ninety-five
per cent of them being of Portugese
birth or descent At that time their
directors were under indictment on
charge of violating the provisions of
the Cartwright antiLtruSt law, a piece
of state legislation. What happened?

“Before this surplus of 12,000 gal- ~

Ions a day was handled it cost these
-. men approximately

to defend themselves in the courts.
Their trial resulted in acquittal.

. They turned right around and se-

‘c‘ured the' cOntrol of San Francisco

"-JIIDsiry'Company, which is now the

(largest single distributing concern

. in San Francisco, and the control of

  

the California Milk Company, a

smaller condern. This control, I un—

‘ not vest, directly With

Irodugers as a
i

great.
A recent letter from .

$180, 00.0 It.
cost them, moreover, about $12, 000

 

Toward Ultimate Control of Market and Prices

 

 

generally

as" any other time. "

—~

 

 

“ .T is only. common business prudence," says California dairy anths,
I ority “for milk producers anywhere not only to be ready to dis-
tribute if they have to, but also to ,be equipped with manufacturing
plants ,to handle their own surplus and also to handle industrial milk
. The manufacturer and the middleman is thoroughly con-
‘ mess that the tnncu‘on'mg the dairyman is to furnish milk for these
superior. people to' manufacture and to sell at a goodly profit to the
consumerfi. If your dairymen undertake to do anything else you have
to run the gamut and you might Just as well prepare to fight now

I
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3‘3‘N3ow.33Mr-3. ”Lord, yeu‘can under-

stand why the milk. distributors in

San Francisco are behaving decently. ..

Should the- wb'rst Come to the worst,
the San Francisco Dairy and the

California Milk Company could be'

expanded to} take up any slack.

There is no more arrogance on the
part of the city milk distributors and ‘

there are no rows.

“The? Los Angeles situation was
created; as I have said, by caution.
There are perhaps 500, members of
the California Milk ProduCers’ Asso-

ciation who ship into Los Angeles._

Nearly a year ago the California Milk
Producers’ Association bought sixty

percent 'ofIIIthe stock of the Burr
~ Creamery, one” of‘the‘ largest distrib-

uting concerns in Los Angeles. The
Association is _now negotiating for

, another plant to take care of Surplus

milk in the spring. There are no
troubles between the Milk Produc—

were and the distributors in Los An-
‘, gelesfi.
.Califor'nia Milk Pr-Oducers Associa-
» tion is probably as well informed as

Of— all the Associations the

any organization in the United
States on various phases of the milk
business. Their cost sheet system as
to production is kept right up to the
minute. Through the ownership of
the control of the Burr Creamery the

3- The. Cost of Growing Potatoes

HE high cost of seed, machinery
Tand labor has turned attention of
many who have never before giv-
en the matter any thought, to the, cost
of production. No satisfactory record
has yet been kept over a large enough
area or under varying enough condit-
ions to arrive at an exact average
cost .of producing the various crops.
But a good deal has ,been accomplish-
ed along that line by individual farm-
ers who in years past have lost money
and didn’t know it. and who keen
rigid cost systems and are able to tell
at the season’s end whether they have
earned a profit or produced at a loss.
Farmer H. F. Korthase of Charle-
voix county has kindly given us the
following figures showing the cost of
producing potatoes in his section. as
compiled by a number of neighboring
farmers:
(The average yield of the 1920 crop
was 150 bushels for 10 farmers. These

figures were taken from the average. of
10 farmers’ costs as well as yield?)

Rent, per acre ................. 4.00
Plowing, per acr .............. 4.65
Discing, twice oveer at $1 40 each. 2.80
Dragging, ‘wice over at $1. 30 each 260
Picking stone 2 ................. l 00
Ten bushels seed potatoes at $3 50 35.00
Treating seed ................... 1.00
Cutting seed ........ 2.00
Planting . . ............. 3 00
Dragging three times before culti-
vatlng, at 80c per acre ....... 2.40
Cultivating twice over at $2 each. 4.00
Paris greening three times“ $2 30 6 90
Four pounds parls green ...... 2 00
Hoeing and weeding ........... 2,00
Digging and pitting, 140 per bu.. 21 00
Hauling 10¢ per bu. ............ 15. 00
Fertilizer such as phosphoric acid
potash and nitrogen, 91/éc bu. 14.25
Interest and depreciation and re-
pairs, per acre on digger and
planter . .......... 2.85
Interest on other tools and on
money used to raise crop ..... 4.35
$130.80

Average cost. 870 per bu. on the 150
bushel yield. -
The Yields of the Ten Farms
No. 1—110 bu‘. cost of production3106
No. 2—125 bu.. cost of production.
No. 3—155 bu.. COSt of production. 38.5

. No. .4—206 bu;, cost of production. .72M.

No. 5—110 bu,. cost of production. 1.06
No, 6—100 bu.. cost of production. 1.14
No.’ .7—141 bu.. cost of production. .90
No. 8—226 bu.. ‘coI—t of productio’n..68%
No 9—207 bu.. cost of production. .72
No.10—120.bu..cost of production 1. 00

”I‘here are no figures here for book-
keeping or__ management,” says Mr.
Korthase. The manager does the
work on these farms

1,000 pounds of potatoes, while the
,150 bushel yield would take 2,250
pounds, This airy matter, I would say

, would be such part: of. the. barnyard,
manure that, .yvouldn’t test as, acid pot-’

ash or. nitrogeh and the conditions of
the local report show that- this may be
.‘ The yields of over 200 bushels

   
  

- Were ableto haul manure from town,
. and have to? several years

  

"According 'to the agricultural sta-‘
tistics there is taken. from the. 8011'
250 .pounds of‘ dry matter for each '

While the _

“I would‘suggest that where it is

possible more farmers co-operate in
buying diggers and planters. The
work is done but a little cheaper but
it is done more efficiently and you own
the hired help yourself. If one man
were to buy individually for the aver-
age acreage. the interest On the in-
vestment would be too great. \Accord-
ing to my figures I based them on a 3-
year life plan, wearing it out in 3
years. There are three of us in the
family circle, and we buy our imple-
ments cooperatively, and we sell our
potatoes' thru a co-operative ass’n.
' "I hope more farmers will give
more thought to cost of production. If
we are to be business farmers let us
begin at the right end of the job.”

OUR MAINE POTATO LETTER

EASTON, MAINE, Oct. 30.—-The
potato harvest season is entirely
through in the valley of Aroostook.
The beginning of the digging season
was very bad due to the heavy rains.
A week previous to harvesting, it
rained steady. Then a week of good
weather came, but the land was so
heavy it was hard digging. Then
came another remendous heavy rain,
that flooded many fields, curtailing
harvest about five days. These heavy
rains until the late blight that began
in August, has caused considerable
rot which is showing up bad in early
stored potatoes. Some bins of potatoes
are reported to be one-third rotted
now. Many fields were badly affected
with rot when dug. With this condi-
tion‘ existing and the blight through
Aroostook, it looks bad for spud
growers. A conservative estimate of
the average yield would be 65 bush-
els per acre, when 110 is an average.
Farmers are storing and holding for
$3 per 165 lbs. which in most cases
will not let them out with a profit.

On Saturday, Oct. 16, on, my way to
Pomona Grange in Linestone, prob-
ably one of the best potato sections in
Aroostook county, beautiful as it
stretches with its cultivated fields
from 20 to 200 acres of potatoes in a
single field and hundreds of acres
planted, and practically every farmer
using his very best method to make
his crop a success, this section had
one of the smallest crops ever har-
vested. The trouble was credited to
late planting and“ blight.

If conditions at final report are as
bad in other states as in Aroostook

the Government Report will decrease

considerably Some seed sales' being

made at $3. 25 to $5 for good type of

stock, Local market is around $2.25 to
$3,130 for 165 bbl. partly graded.

The state as a whole has been esti-
mated. touhave an average crop——
around ‘23, 000, 000 bushels. But as
conditions appear now this estimate
will be cut, as Aroostook raises about

. . .60 per cent of the potatoes in Maine.—
t my 711.- Hewcs, Special Correspondent

.W’F

  

, time ” -

Association knows what it costs. to
distribute and this gives accurate

knowledge in the relations between

the Association and other distribut-
ors. -

“The California Milk Producers’
Association has a subsidiary company
with a paid capital of $76, 000, which
is transacting an enormous business
in feed and other supplies, so that
in the purchase of supplies and in-

side knowledge of distribution the ‘
members of that organization are

particularly well fortified.
“Some timeago there were some

‘ differenCe between the Milk Produce ,

ers’ Associationof Central Califor-
nia and certain Oakland distributors.
That organization, immediately cast
about for possible facilities for dis-

tribution, taking ”the lesson learned-

from the San' Francisco situation

very much to heart.

ers’ Association of Central Califor-
nia to do what was literally forced
upon the Associated Milk Producers'
of San Francisco.

“Relations between the producers
organization and the distributors
elsewhere are pleasant but you may
depend upon it that the milk pro—
ducers know perfectly well what to
do in an emergency such as con-
fronted the San Francisco organiza-
tion about a year and a half ago.

“I am confident that not a single
One of the organizations would hesi-
tate one moment to provide distri-
buting facilities were it to become
necessary in any single city.

“Speaking right out, it is only
common business prudence for milk
producers anywhere not only to be
ready to distribute if they have to,
but also to be equipped with manu-
facturing plants to handle their own
surplus and also to handle industrial
milk generally. It is needless for
me to tell you which controls the
dairy and the poultry and the egg
business in the United States. A
very complaisant attorney general,
Palmer by name, who aspired to be—
come president of the United States,

"recently made a compromise with

the big packers by which the pack-
ing interests were allowed control of
the farmer’s cow and the hen of the
farmer’s wife, at the same time de—
ciding that the stock yards business
will be taken from the packing con-
cerns. No more infamous surrender
could have been recorded. What
connection is there between a pack-
ing house and butter and cheese and
eggs? Anyway why should the Na-
tional Wholesale Grocers’ Associa-
tion, a combination of big business
interests, have been favored by Mr.
Palmer in this same compromise,
and _at the same time the dairymen
and the poultrymen and their wives
and their children been left at the
mercy of the Big Five? I
“The milk producers’ associations
in California have been in a turmoil
for two years, due to the activity of
two of the packing concerns aided
and abetted by centralizing concerns,
a milk condensary that has just been
sold to the Nestle Company, and sev-‘
eral smaller fry. In the courts our
people have been prosecuted crim-

inally and bedeviled with litigation ,'

civilly.

“The dairyman and his marketing
and manufacturing associations have
faced suits for dissolution, at the
instance of this combination of man-
ufacturers and packers. Agents of
the same big interests have organiz—
ed housewives’ leagues and consum-
ers’ leagues of city women for no
other purpose than to add to the
clamor against the dairymen.

“Now, Mr. Lord, you people in
Michigan are up against just the
same situation the minute you try to
anything 3

    

perior people to manufacture. audio
sell at goodly profit to the consumer,
If your dairymen undertake to -
anything else you have to run th,
gamut and you might just
prepare to fight now as} n
Winfield Scott.

 

It did net he},
come necessary fer the Milk Produ‘cr

else you have run the
the middleman is thoroughly c0115,

vinced that the function of the dairy- j
man is to furnish milk for these 311-: ',

   
 
   
    
    
 
   
 
      
           
     
     
       
        
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
     
  
   
  
   
 
  
  
  
   
    
 
  

 

 

 

 
  
    
 
  
    
    
  
    
          
    
      
      
       
     
    
     
       
       
     
     
      
     
     

   
  
 
 
    
 

  
 
   


  
  
 

 
 
  

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After Election Thoughts

HE PEOPLE have spoken, not softly,

nor hesitatingly, but emphatically and.
positively. The great popular vote given to
Sen. Harding removes any doubt about it,—
they want a. change in party administration.
The result verifies the predictions of ten
tenths of the Republicans, nine tenths of the
independents, and if the truth were known,
the unspoken convictions of eight tenths of the
Democrats. No matter what your political
leanings were you had the feeling that the

 

. votes to spare.
The Democratic candidate did not receive
the support which was conceded to him. He
did not get the labor vote. He did not get the
Catholic vote. He did not get the votes of all
pro-Leaguers. He did not get the normal
Democratic vote of many Democratic pre-
cincts. The wet and the dry, the laborer and
the capitalist, the pro-Leaguer and the anti-
Leagucr, Catholic and Protestant, friends of
Irish freedom and enemies of Irish freedom,
progressive Democrat and Republican, weary
of conditions for which they rightly or wrong-
1y held Democratic rule responsible,——all vot-
ed for the Republican candidate as the one
with whom they felt their individual interests
and the interests of the nation at large could
best be entrusted. —
The election of a Republican president will
temporarily restore confidence in financial and
commercial circles. Business Will probably be
accelerated. The over-cautious investor and
consumer may be expected to loosen up some-
' - what. Bank clearances should increase. Mon-
' ,ey should be easier. These cOnditions will
merely reflect the relief of mind and the relax-
ation of the millions who gave the. Republican
candidate his pluralities. But they will be
the result of fancied rather than actual im-
provements in the fundamental position of
trade and credit, and therefore cannot be ex—
pected to cotinue long. We have tremendous
‘war debts to pay. We have tremendous do-
mastic and international problems to grapple
with. These things cannot be settled over-
night. Be the administration Republican,
Democratic or what not, the readjustment
must continue, the debts must be paid, and
Mr. Average American Citizen is going to suf-
fer while the operation is being performed.
; The only regret that the non- partisan mind-
"ed may have over the outcome is a well-
'3 grounded fear that the enormous pluralities‘
“given the Republican candidate may be taken

' a positive repudiation of the League of Nat-
one. idea. We refuse to believe that the
are and fathers of this country are nOt
' ,y'jito accept a league association or feder-
.. . fieall it what you please, fiof nations to

  
 
 

  
 
  
  
 
 
  

ty = of Republican lead-1

1 H fi'League of Nations covenant in substantially

, truckling to the Gompers’ labor crowd, the

' blow in over a half century.

Republicans were going to win and with many .

We are -‘con.~-«

. _~ and now that" ”111: city to be bread lines in some. of ‘mir 03:th by ’

streets m’despair locikmg for Jobs, v
pray that such may not be the case. Even
its original form. We Would be. more sure of;
this had the Republican victory been less
sweeping.

Mr. Bryan does not look upon the Demo-
cratic defeat as a rejection of Democratic
principles or a world peace league. He lays
the'blame at the door of Mr. Wilson, whom he
says disgusted men and women of all parties , p
by his autoératic disregard of all other’ s opin- grant that these things may not come to pass.
ions but his own. This undoubtedly accounts _. _ ’ ' _ f \, - _‘
for the alienation of a good deal of Demo- . -
cratic strength. Other contributing factors A Suggestion To Catholics.
were the administration’ s unexplainable at-
titude during the war toward agriculture, its

needs.
, not pleasant to the ear; the sight of thinly clad
men and women searching the streets for work
is not a pleasant spectacle to those who are

 

feated but not so decisively as its (in-

able groups of people were to be found among
its supporters. The first consisted of those
whose prejudices against Roman Catholicism
have been inflamed by anti-Catholic literature
The second those who honestly felt that both
the nation and the Catholic child would be
better off if all children received their educat-
ion in the democratic atmosphere of the public
school. The third group, astounding as it
may seem, consisted of .Catholic people them-
selves who, while keeping their on counsel
lost it ofl’eiid the authorities of their church,
nevertheless went silently to the polls and in
the secrecy of the voting booth marked a
cross‘in favor of the amendment.

It is one thing to force a religious reform
upon a people and quite another to exhort
them to effect it voluntarily. From the fact
that many Catholics voted for the School
amendment, it is reasonable to concludle that
not all the: Catholic people are in favor of
continuing their schools at the large extra ex-
pense which they entail. There are undoubt-
edly thousands of Catholics who wOuld gladly
send their children to the public schools if the
Church would sanction it, and it is a matter
of established factthat many of them do with-
out the sanction of the Church The Busi-
ncss Farmer could never approve of any law
that would compel the Catholic people against
their will to send their children to the public
schools, but the Business Farmer does urge its
Catholic readers to weigh carefully the. com-
parative advantages of-- the private, parochial
and public schools and determine for “them-
selves which it would be to the. best interests
of their children to attend. Should the Cath-
olic people of Michigan ever decide that their
children will have a better chance in life with
a lay education acQuired in the ,public schools
and a religious education acquired in the
Church, they are in a position to eifect the
change without any fuss or arousing of relig-
ious prejudices.

farcical and ineffectual drives of Attorney
General Palmer against the profiteers, the,
throttling of free speech and free press, and
many other domestic blunders. But even
these combined influences were not sufficient
to have given the Republican candidate his
unprecedented plurality. Added to these
causes was the wide-spread unrest stirred up
by the war, which has manifested itself and
will continua to manifest itself in radical
changes in political, religious, social and ec-
onomic beliefs and practices. This, to our
mind, was the predominating factor which
dealt to the Democratic party its severest

Step By Step. ~
CC 3 FTER all the intricate problems of pro-

/

duction are considered the fact remains

that marketing is the farmer’s biggest
and most difficult problem. He may follow the
best system of scientific agriculture ever devised
and still for lack of the right kind of marketing
facilities, make a failure.”—E. T. Meredith, Sec-
retary of Agriculture, before American Bankers'
Association. ‘

Where have we heard that doctrine before?
Surely no such utterence as this ever before
came out of the mouth of a Secretary of Agri- -
culture or his aids in the Department. Nor
have -the Agricultural Colleges ever expound-
ed such atheory to its students or the farmers
who have looked to them for guidance. You
may even examine the files of the farm press
so short a time back as four or five years and
you will find" little if any evidence‘that the
agricultural editors had any such conception
of the relative importance of production and
marketing. Yet, it was precisely the same
doctrine expounded by Secretary Meredith
before the American bankers which served as
the foundation’stone for the Business Farm-
er. The whole thought and purpose of this
publication has been expressed in almost
identically the same words as employed by
Mr. Meredith. The Business Farmer has been
plugging consistently along this line from the
day of its birth, and gradually other farm
papers, farm organizations, agricultural col—
leges, and even the .Department oi; Agricul-
ture has caught the swing and fallen in step.

 

The Next Governor.

LEX GROESBECK will be the next

Governor of Michigan. Although Mr.
Groesbeck was not the primary choice of the
farmers, it must be conceded that he has many
qualities which will make him a popular. and
successful governor. Mr. Groesbeck’s record
as attorney general has been consistently pro-
pressive and fearless, as a result of which he
has made some enemies and many friends.
During his campaign Mr. Groesbeck made cer-
lain definite promises with reference to law
enfOrcement and economies in administration.
The Governor-elect is not the sort of man to
make promises lightly and to break them on
any pretext. In view of his promises and his
record as attorney general we expect him to

It Might Be Worse.

HE FARMER is feeling pretty blue over

the market outlook. Cribs are bursting
with corn. Wheat and oats are stored away
in barn and elevator, prey to the moisture and
rodents. Present grain prices“ mean positives
financial loss to most farmers. Beans are all
threshed and waiting for a price turn that
will at least pay for the seed and labor. Banks
are calling loans, taxes are coming due, the
children need clothes for the winter, and
Christmas only six weeks awayi. Truly, the
farmer’s horizon is as dark and foreboding as. 31% Michigan an administration that W111 be
the storm clouds of December. . But after all, unique in the history of the state for its hon-_
it might be worse. God has blessed the farmer, est investigation of the cemmonwealth’ s needs,
with an abundant harvest He has a roof to its honest efforts to satisfy those needs, its
cover his head, food in the cellar and fuel in‘ 110119313 attempts to reduce expenditures and
the shed. Come what may the farm family will "
be fed, Wanned and sheltered until the warm ment i . .
spring months come again. But there are , ’
many families 111 the cities who are not so sure "
of a- warm hearth and a full larder the winter »
long g. unless conditions change soon there are

 

American banks have. ample funds to under»
write the Cuban sugar crop and. hold up. the price
of sugar, but they are mysteriously are 91‘ ,
when it cemes to protect ' $9392
, .a‘g isastroue steel, " ' ' ,,

 
  

knowledge that the people of the cities hays-”i .

" spent their substance in riotous living should i '
not make us the less compassionate over their; ,

The cries of hungering children are

Warmly clothed and have work to do. God ;.

HE SCHOOL amendment has been de-’

emies hoped and expected. Three consider-'

its honest expectations of rigid law enforces »

   
  
       
       
         
            
      
     
      
     
   
  
   
    
 
  
   
    
  
   
   
   
   
    
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
   
    
   
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
   
 
    
 
    
 
   
  
  
 
  
   
  
 
  
 

 

 

  
     
    
       
   
   
  
  
 
  
 


      
       

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-.: ‘smmfi'omsm‘m STATE; ~

' of those now in

" selves hostile to organized labor asin,

Will T'never’j-getr legislation, only such».

I\~,

, .., ”cousranmv
seed the State Constabulary?"
Y My answer is NO, and I; dare say

"YJUR question is "Does Michigan

' that at least 90 percent of the peo-

ple that I have talked with are of
the same opinion. A. few years ago
when there were lumber campahere

and plenty of booze, and Cadillac

with about 22 saloons, they seem to_
get along without them very nicely.

_ _.All they have done up here is to ar-
rest a few drunks and catch a few

driving their autos too fast, and a
very few of. each. I .say‘ we can get
along without them.—-—Arthur Christ-
ofi'erson, sherifi' Wexford County.

 

If our memory serves us right We):-
ford county, considering its proximity to
the lumber camps. has always been sing-
ularly free from crime, That’s a. pretty
good tribute to the character of the peo-
ple who live there and of the men whom
they elect to enforce their laws—Editor.

WHO OPPOSED BIBLE TEACHING

HAT part if any, did the Catho-
~ ,lic or~Luthern churches have in

’the movement to prohibit the
Bible from being read in the public
schools? Who were the prime mov—
ers in having the law enacted?——-M.
E. P., Holt, Mich.

This matter belongs to a: past which we
are not acquainted, and we have been
unable to locate anyone who remembers
the details of the opposition. If any

 

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Ireader recalls what part if any the above

mentioned denominations had in prevent-
ing the teaching of the Bible in the public
schools, please tell us abo‘ut it.——Editor.

OBJECTS T0 BOTH REPUBLICAN
AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
HAVE read your editorial on the
League of Nations and endorse
your sentiments, but you must

know that there is no way in which

we can express approval of the

League except to vote the Demo-

cratic ticket which could easily be

construed to mean approval of all of
the Wilson administration. It would

' also mean the endorsement of At-
-torney General Palmer and his activ-

ities in depriving farmers and work-
ingmen of their constitutional rights
of free speech and free assembly. It
would also be ‘an endorsement. of
the espionage act and the imprison—
ment of workmen and non-partisan
farmers for holding and expressing
opinions contrary to the views of the
administration. 0n the other hand
a vote for Harding, while it would
be disapproval of the League and of
the Wilson administration it could
easily be construed as an approval of
the Newberry scandal and other cam-
paign slush funds and special inter—
ests generally. —— H. 11., Plymouth,
Mich.

Aye, there's the rub_ If we only had
perfection in individuals or political par-
ties we’d know better how to vote.
Against the incompetency of the post of-
fice and legal department under Demo-
cratic rule and the autocracy of the
President, we must place such construc-
tive legislation . as th Federal Reserve
Act. the Farm Loan card and a suc-
cessful war record. against the shameless
political tactics of Harding and the Re-
publican leaders and the reactionarism
control of Republican
policies. We must place a long record of
wise and beneficial legislation under Re—
publican rule. The good and the evil of
the two old parties just about neutralize
each other, and may. I think be largely
discounted. I have taken these facts into
consideration in arriving at my conclus-
ions on the League of Nations, the only
gilt issue of the campaign just closed.—

or.

FARMER LEGISLATION
NGW that election is over it is time

 

to take inventory of what the far-

mer can expect legislatively. Can

the farmer expect any legislatiOn from
the people‘s representatives elected by
labor and capital? It seems that the
farmer and laborers twill be the
“goats," as in time gone by. As long
as the Gleaners, Grangers and Farm,
Bureau». will let the coalition commit-
tee put up farther candidates, and
the above organizations express them-

the past. [Under those conditions we

all‘gtreet: fifllmg we should

 

arately.

Great progress has been made in the
west by farmer and laborer in se-
curing legislation. What can our
Farm Bureau do? Can it get any
legislation from the present'Legisla-
ture? If they get anything it will
be because some one sympathizes
with the poor farmer, and? not be-
cause the representative farmers and
laborers have ‘ the influence they
should have in\the Legislature.

What Michigan farmers want is a
Moses to lead the producing class out
of the darkness. It seems outrag-
eous for any farmers’ candid-ate, even
if dictated to, by the coalition com-
mittee to rile labor against agricul-
ture.

Let our farm organizations come
out of their long sleep and we will get
speedy results.

After reading the above article, read
again and between the lines. The
writer of this article is no I. W., W.,

“Red,” Socialist, or Non-Partisan
league member. He belongs to the
Grange and Farm Bureau, owns

two farms in Mecosta county, and on
both places by working five members.
or the entire family can barely earn
enough to pay one good man’s wages,
and this is not on account of poor

gether" or they surely will hang sepm

 

 

er got his products too cheap.—-—John
Rodney, Mecosta County, Michigan.

m.“

I am not familiar with any candi-
dates put up by the coalition committee.
Please give us their names so that ‘We
can follow their course. We understand
the causes of the farmers’ complaints,
but will state legislation remove them?
Does not the solution rather lie in the
organized power of farmers exerted
along economic lines? If'legislation is
to be employed, can not more be done by
the national government than by the
state to lighten the burden of taxation
and simplify the marketing system? Is
the warehouse amendment still an issue?
Are the farmers of Michigan ready to
back a move looking to the resurrection
of the proposition and its submission
next year? If they are We are with
them. The spread between the produc-
er's price and the consumer's price is
still altogether too great. Can you sug-
gest any definite legislative program
which will balance the scales of justice
and which the farmers themselves will
support. I believe the interestsof farm-
ers and laboring men are going to be
better looked after by the next legisla—
ture. The political aims of organized
farmers should not be so much to se—
cure special legislation as benefleiai gen-
eral legislation, and the repeal of pres-
ent laws which give other classes special
privileges.
attitude taken by certain farm organiza-
tions toward organized labor. We sym-
pathize with labor, We would like to see
producer and the consumer working
closer together for mutual economic
benefit. What they can do in a. political
way without trespasaing upon the rights

management or because the. consumi

We do not approve of the-

of other classes is not yet clear‘to us.
We would be glad to have your further
opinions about this—Editor. '

FORFEIT FOR BACKSLIDER

I wish to make some enquiries in re-
gard to the Farm Bureau. Has it a
constitution and by-l'aws and where
can I obtain a copy? We have in
Hampton township, Bay 00., a Farm-
er's Club, but it is not working in
conjunction with any state society.
Last spring every one said they would
grow no sugar beets. But before
time came to sow beets there was
more land used for beets than ever
before. Now What is the remedy? I
can think of one, that is to join some
state society and have the society is-
sue the contract and every member be
under a forfeit of some kind to live
up to it. We are with the M. B. F. in
all things except one. We believe in
the Public School that has made the
U. S. the greatest country in the
world. Imagine what this country
would be if we all were brought up
under church schools—J. S. Essex-
m’lle, Mich. »

The Farm Bureau is trying to work
out a plan exactly arong the lines you
suggest for cementing farmers to their
vows, You can secure a sample consti-
tution and hy—laws adopted by the sever-
al county farm bureaus by writing the
Michigan State Farm Bureau at Lans-
ing.——Editor.

 

 

   

 

 

 

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stantial oil must be used. ‘

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does the work without exces-
sive thinning down. It burns
clean—without excessive car-
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greatest pressures. It reduces
wear. It means more power.

It comes in 33 and 5 5 gallon
well-built stccl drums,woodcn
barrels and half-barrels, and
five-gallon cans.Try it.You’ll
see a difference right away.
You’ll find it mighty cheap
compared. to replacing worn
parts or frequent repairing,

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ANSWER TO HARBOR BEACH

SUBSCRIBER

Below is the first letter I have re-
ceived in answer to the question,
“Should a child be allowed to do only
tasks which he enjoys, and not be re-
quired to do those which he dis~
likes!” which was published on Our

page in the October. 16th issue.
NE WOULD naturally say he
0 should not. But to me the ques-
tion implies something mare, the
method of the moral trafhing of the
child. The field of work is so great and
the methods so varied it can only be
spoken of in a general way. Home
the
hood is laid. There

the child's

filirst impressions are gained, its first

lessons learned. It has been said
the Mother wields the greater in-
fluence of the parent. To her be-

longs the privilege of planting those
seeds which will bear the fruit of

" earnest and useful lives.

To control and train a child are
two different things. The first
means obedience by force in one way

or another, the other to educate or_

instruct. ~Unfortunately parents do
not possess enough imagination to
put themselves in a child’s place and
feel as it feels or see as it sees. It
is expected to take the parents’ point
of view or it is called willful, and it
must have its will broken. This
method I believe to be wrong, for
grown—up people often fail to appre-
ciate another’s point of view, and
often children when grown to man-
hood or womanhood look back with
' indignation and resentment at some
act of punishment administered in
their childhood.

Parents should train their child-
ren to some occupation. Poor Rich-

ard’s saying, “mischief finds work

for. idle hands to do” is a, very true ,

one. WOrk is both a duty and a

necessity of our nature, and to én- -

courage labor in some useful form
is a duty parents should urge upon
their children if they should seek
their best good. The first ten years
of a child’ s life is the golden oppor-
tunity which may never return. A
,child, by all means should be given
the tasks that he dislikes to do. To
do only those he enjoys would tend

to make him selfish and create a dis— .

position to put upon others the un-
pleasant ones. We should teach
them to feel that they are a part of
the world and necessary to it and
that they are not so much under
government as at one with it, be-
cause there is no such thing as en-
tire independence. In making the
child feel that in doing the tasks he
dislikes cheerfully, is one step in the
making of a useful and honorable
man, for public life and future
home, may develop those powers of
mind which will raise him to a. high
standard of life in after years”
Although I do not advocate paying
a child for the tasks they perform,
in a case like this it might be an in-
centive to give him a little renum-
eration, with a forfeit of part or the

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Watch Your Step

In life's subway have a care,
Watch your step!
Danger threatens everywhere,
Watch your step!
If you're young you’ve much to learn,
If you’re poor you’ve much to earn,
If you’re good you’ve much to spurn,
Watch your step!

'whole it he fails .to- perform them._

But always keep the fact before
him, that the happiness add success

of life depend upon the gladly" per— .

formance of our duties well done.—
'Mrs. F. H., Calhoun County, Mich.

 

THE UNCULTUBED HUSBAND.

VERY WOMAN on. her wedding

day would feel hurt and angry if

anyone should say her husband
was not refined or cultured. Most
women think their choice of- life com.-
panion is very wise and sensible,
but as they live together day by day
she will see he is not .the .perféct
,man she expected, and he will see
she is not the perfect woman he ex-
pected his choice to be. But now the
knot ls tied, make the best of it on
‘both sides, be just as polite and as
considerate of one another’s feel-
ings as you were, before marriage
and when the little ones come into
the family be just as modest and
polite as ever. Do not ’talk' about
things before the children that you
would not want them to talk about,
‘and only have the best of'papers and
books in the house and always treat

your husband with the respect that

you would like him to treat you

with.

In the crowded streets of life,

Watch your step!
There is peril in the strife,

Watch your step!
If you’re old you ’ve much to tell,
If you’re rich you've much to sell.
If you’re bad you’ll go to hell,

Watch your step!

-—Michigan , Tradesman.

 

 

 

Never use slang and do not'

a§k hlm to go out to every little, 1' soldier’s overcoat to have it

A address

petty doings but ask him to-
you to some entertainment that ii
congenial

ture and contentment in every
home. Some men have just as sch—
sitive feelings even if they are net
educated as well as their wives are.
Don’ t read trash but read good

books and papers and be thankful , '
- that-you cantexplain the meaningof

what youread to each one of your
family, and there will be culture
and contentment to -.-make each ‘one
happy in this short life.

shining every day. It is not always
the rich people that have the most
understanding and refinement and
culture._—-—-Mrs. 0. E. D., Bay County;
Mich.

The above letter arrived too late to
be entered-in the contest but. it con-
tains so much food for thought that I
believe all of us will be better for the
reading of it.

————-—‘-‘——-v

PLACE TO GET DYING DONE

Can you tell me where I cam send a
cleaned?’
My brother wants to have his dyed a
different color, and as there is no place
around here to have it done, I thought

Q

perhaps you could tell me of a, reliable ~

place —Mrs. W. 0.. Weidman, Michigan.

 

One of the most reliable cleaner and
dying companies which we know of
is located in Detroit The name and
of this _ firm is Brown’s,
Cleaners and Dyers, 259 Oakland Ave.
Detroit, Mich. The price for dying a
soldier’s overcoat _ is $5.00.

 

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ing to write you a very long let-

ter this week because we have
so little space, and what space we
have I want to fill mostly with your
letters.
’ I have received several letters the
past week from nephews and nieces
containing poems which they had
learned. One little girl sent three or
feur in her letter. Another girl
wrote me that she had found a poem

DEAR CHILDREN: I am not go-

. with the same name our page has. It

was “The Children’s Hour,” by Mr.
Longfellow. I suppose nearly all of
you have read this poem. Our page
was named after it. If you haven’t

 

horses. I rode on the ocean wave. After
that we ate our dinner and then it was
time for the races. They had auto races
instead of horse races. Then my fr1end
and I tried to win a doll but we couldn't,
Soon after the balloon went up. It was
late so we went home, but after supper
we came back and heard the band play.
We had a good time—Garnet Darby,
Standish, Michigan, R.F.D No. 33.
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Dear Uncle Ned:—-I am 9 years old
and in the 3rd grade at school. For
pets I have a cat named Ceaser and a
bunny named Snowball, I live on .a
160 acre farm. We have two horses.
Their names are Terry and Mike. We
have 7 cows. .Their names are Topsy,
Maud, Horns, Whitefoot, Spotty. Dinah
and Rosey. I have one sister named

. Phebe and one brother named Lewis. We

have 5 pigs and 70 chickens. We have
450 bushels of potatoes—Ira Bowman,
Leroy, Mich_, R. No. 1.

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much.
kitten for pets. We have 3 horses and
1 cow and live on an 80 acre farm_—--'
Ethel Kinnamon, Jasper, Mich., R. R. 1.

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—My father takes the
M. -B. F. and likes it very much I am a
boy 11 years old and in the 6 grade. I go
to school every day. My teacher’s name
is Miss Lydia Stoup. We have lots of
fun playing ball at school. I have one
sister., For pets I have two rabbits and
one cat named Jerry. I enjoy reading

the other girls’ and Boys’ letters in' ‘Tho '

Children’s Hour."~——-Alton R, Kinnamon,
Jasper, Mich., R. F. D. 1.

 

Ned: -—-My father takes the

F. an I enjoy reading the “Child-
ren’ s H.our" I have two brothers and no
sisters One 01 my brothers is married
and has a baby. -—-Vlola Granger, School-
craft, Michigan.

D U
M.B ear no:

 

I have a dog and a little White ‘

brother, Arthur
‘Milteacher’s name is Miss Selma Royce

 

Dear Uncle Ned—.1 am a little boy 8
years old My father has 3 horses and
6 cows and 17 pigs. I live on an 80 acre
fanm We haVe 75 chickens. I have 3
brothers. For pets I hays some little
rabbits—Donald J. Bazzet t.

Dear Uncle Ned. ——I am a girl 10 years
old. I have one sister, Luella, and one
I am in the fifth grade.

elen Landenberg, Grant, Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned--My father take. the
M. B F. and I like it very much am
11 years old and in the 4th grade. I
hays a mile to go to school. I live on
a farm of 40 acres. I have five broth-
ers and four sisters. We have seven
pigs, five cows, 13 geese, nine ducks and
{.00 Itiilutilfens.1 —~Edna. McIntyre, Kawkaw-
m, c 1. '

Dear Uncle Ned—I have seen so many

to you both. If the ._
mother would always do to others as .
,- she would. have them do to her and
teach it to all the household there
would be more refinement and cul— -

, , Don't let "
any one of your talentsfrust out but.
workieach unevenongh to .keep'them .

   

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(read it I WiSh you would as it is one Dear UncleNedz—x am a girl 11 years girls and boys letters so I though I

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0’3 the best poems ever written I old and in the fifth grade at school. My would write too. 1 My fath r t l ‘
- ‘ - - m Dear Um‘e Ned—MY father *5 a sub' 'father’takes the M B F and likes it F and like it 6w a”E’S’Wu‘e M ’ '
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tlunk. I emoy reading these D09 5 scriber to the M- B. F. and likes 11 fine, very we“. For a pet I nave a ”we lamb s ery all e live

on an eighty acre farm. For ts I \

one brother and one sister. VII}: livehgh:

milghgrcgahtowna I {am 1? years old and
gra e a sc ool.—-—

man, Caledonia. Mich., Elsa Her-

I am a girl 13 years old and in the 8th
grade. We-have a. 200 acre farm. I
have 4 brothers and 3 sisters. We have
14 horses, 9 cows, 4 pigs and about 150
hens—Beulah Grimes, Melvin, Mich,

sent in but as for publishing all of
them I would rather publish stories
written by my nieces and nephews. 1
Often many of you have read or

andva yellow angora cat. I believe I
have guessed last week’s ‘puzzle. It is,
‘George has a girl aged eight." and
‘What.has Henry had to bother him?”
I wish some of the boys and girls would

     

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OLE NED.

learned the poems which are sent 'in
but when you write some story or tell
about something that really happened
in your life or some of your relation’ s
lives you may be sure all Of us will
read them with interest. I will have
to say goodbye for this w.eek ——UN-

 

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
ear Uncle Ned: -—I saw that you were
to give a. prize to the one that
the best story about the fair that
tended so I am going to try.- I
Years old
out to the Arena!) County Fair
ay and took a lunch with us.
place we. went to was the place
7 school work was on exhibitmn.
"re we went to see the stock. I
‘ and many big,

  

 
 
 

school. and also

 

Dear Uncle Ned—May another farmer
girl join your merry circle? I am a girl
10 years old and am in the eighth grade
at school. Our teacher’s name is Kath-
erine Malloy. We live- on an 80 acre
farm: We have «three cows and two
gorges—Mary Charowski, Ruth, Mich.,

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——:I am a girl' '10"
years old and in the nth grade My

te’acher’ s name is Miss V. Lang and I like ‘

her very well. My father takes the M.
B. F. and he thinks it’s the best farm

paper ever published. As my letter is!
getting long I'll bid you all goodlzge—I-

Maki, Newberry, Mich., R.

Hour" in the M are a little girl »

. eight years old and 111' .the 4th grade;- I f‘th

have a brother eleven yea-rs old Who is 111,;
" ers. -—Miss
our teacher very ; i h

the 6th grade. and 11?: bot-h like td’ go to

 

"old and r am in the 6th
ger's name is MiSs Edith Gross.
- on a; farm Of a hundred and

Dear Uncle Neal??— 1111193 1311111 Chum-en”

write to me.—Alice Rasmussen, Green-
ville, Michigan, R. 3. ‘

Dear Uncle Ned—I am 10 years .old
and in the sixth grade at school. I live-
on an 80 acre farm. We have 4 horses
3 colts and 6 cows. For pets I have two
cats and a dog. I am writing what I
think is the right answer to last week’s
puz‘zle. It is: George has a girl aged
eight. The next one is: What has Henry
-had to bother ‘hlm .—'-C_athe‘rine Gunder-
man, Bancroft. Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned .---I a

 

      

     

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bays 5 horseséiimd 21 , ‘
‘ «nicks. 1111' y“: I!“
e M. .F and we an “he i
I will close and was; room for
Leona. Carpenter

a girl 11 years ,_ ‘

Answers to Last‘Week’s Puzzle I.
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,. . ,. ‘ mum‘s. ..‘ in~which
thereafter are a certain price." r a motor.

  
  
   
    
    

, _, . . am: enolosi‘hg‘;a.~i copy of
a manner. Wilt wu‘pfiasmlaglsiinto it"!
, .4 "can I com i them "to pay w at they
ptomise?\\ lease write to me at once if
-,.you.~'can,aand~if,you.cannot, you may ans-
wer in your paper, but do not print my
name—W. 6.. Kent County.

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information" as we can

 
 

better not ship to'them'. The concern
. is smellyand' while. probably honest,
‘ " there Would; be.m‘any chances for a.
‘ misunderstanding and a refusal or
.failure to pay you tor-the ”motor.
Distance lends security to those who
- iwish to swindle. 1. It is better to deal
? ~ aawith concerns. nearer home. Then
*1 in case of dispute itis 4 possibleto
secure a settlements—Editor. _-_

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  

 

  

FEDERAL FARM LOANS . ,
'We continue to receive complaints
, -' ‘i‘rom‘e‘tarme’rs who have _’made appli-
i1 '- ' cations forfeder‘al' farm loans which
' have not been acted upon, despite
“ 'the fact that we'have explained the
' reason for the delay» several times.
The Farm Loan Bank's hare made no
’ i ' loans for over four months. Early
last summer the Farm Land mort-
~ . ‘ . gage bankers Ass’n instituted a suit
‘ l- to test the constitutionality of the
‘ 7 law. The matter is now before the
' Supreme Court and a decision is ex-
' pected within the next thirty or Six-
, z; " ' ty days. If the court upholds the
'3 ' ’ validity of the act, the land banks
will at once-renew their activities
and pending applications will be
passed upon—Editor. ' ~

 

 

‘ -N0 LIGENSE ,FOR SELLING FRUIT

Would it be necessary for me to pro-
cure a‘license to peddle or sell melons on

f» f ‘ the strfeefia h);
w ‘ state 0 c gan.
7 self in.the state of Indiana—C. F, ., R.

. p 5. Knox. Indiana. _

’fl . 1 There is no state law requiring
I" ' , anyone to secure a license for ped—
dling on the streets, and we know of
no law to prevent actual producers
~ ‘ ~'from selling'withbut a license, The
" ‘” city of Detroit exacts a'license fee for.
' peddling from all
ly manufacture or
they'peddle. [Farmers "are, there—
fore exempt from this fee. My ad-
vice would be to Write the city clerk
in the city «where you propose to sell
your melons, and he can advise you
‘ whether or not a license is required.
--Edttor.

 

grow - the articles

 

FEDERAL STOCK FOOD PAYS UP
' -Week before last we held that the
Federal Stock Food Company of M11!-
Ienburg, P8... was fraudulent because
it had failed to. make good certain
guaranties. Since then, the com-
pany has decided to “come across,”
‘ according to the following letter:
‘Yourletters of Sept. 16th and October
22nd concerning the paying of expenses
to ,Mr. , CharlevOix, Mich., are re-
ceived. This matter was referred to our
representative, Mr. Coyle and through
error was placed in our files. However,
we are today mailing Mr. C. a
check for 86 covering these expenses.—
‘Federel Stock Food Co.

 

 

 

 

, ’ ' . MUCK LAND .
' Is muck land. or land near a small

stream more, liable to early ,frost than

' higher or iigh-ter'lands? Which is usual-

ly the better land. Where pine timber has
.rown' or where oak timber has grown?—
TV. R. W‘., White Cloud, Michigan.

-Any»land which is lower than the
surrounding country is quite liable to
frost, due to the fact that the cold air
drains into such areas. That is con—

siderable variation,gh0wever, in the
frostiness of different pieces of low
ground as some areas have an outlet

' (“which allows the cold air to escape,
{while others are entirely enclosed by
" higher land and so trap the, cold air.
Muck soils also absorb .heat quite
ley- and hence. at _"night aremot able
, give‘ofl' ,sufiieient heat to preth
7’ rostWhfinéthetemperature is around
. $11.9 . fre'eflfis. V
the * ' “ «number is ass whole

   
  
 
   
   
  
  
 
  
  

 

 
 

   
  
     

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p assassins

9 large ‘

”Do you think it: would :be‘; safe for me‘ ‘.
to‘send it?-

" i'Prote’stant Episcopal Church.

secure about this company. you would

any city or town in the_‘
Melons grown by my-

who'do not actual— '

some Land which orig-.
“t {t Which praise

that whichoriginaily produced leak—p:
0.1: E." jn‘fliar, Associate Tramway: “of
.j son'rl-‘t 0..” '4‘ V' 1 ‘

“morons FAITH 0F, ems.

. woonaow-v wnrsmv
. . lathe wife of E’resident Wilson .a Cath-
Shoat 'Itnot. what church does she at-
‘J. 3.10:3: City. Michigan,

Mrs. Wilson, is a member of the
She
‘rtransferred her membership from St.
'Th‘omas’s Episcopal _ church in Wash-

ington, to 'St. Margaret's. She usually
. however, accompanies the President
when he attends service in Presby-

terian churches—Helen 0’. Bates, Ref-

erence. Librarian, Detroit Public Li-
‘br‘ary.

 

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. sent to Bellas Hess & Co. for a child’s hat
costing $1.98. The ’hat came but was
too small, so I sent it back by insured
mail and the company said they never
received it. I then put in a claim‘ for $2
against the postal authorities through our
postmistress at Elm Hall, but so far I
have been unable to get any return.—
Mrs. J B. H., Elm Hall, Mich., Sept. 16.‘

We exchanged letters with Bellas
Hess and Co., and they advised us
that they were taking the matter .up
with the postal authorities. Shortly
after Mrs. H. wrote us that on Sept.
27th she received a check from the
Post Oflice Department at Washing-
ton, D. C.

 

PROMPT AND communes

 
 
 

only received one letter from them and

It is. wantedtofifltlo a dispute.—-— V.

dd ~en 133:1; chuck
1) "like!“ 3.3
w 3‘2 . 'shbck'ab’sbrbers'if

    

asking, the return of my money, but have

 

no «.money, The shock absorbers were

. $5.25 and the postage made it $5.65, also

have paid 84 cents on those. I returned
because they were notthe kind I ordered,
making in all $6.49. Will you/ ~pl(gase
‘hel-p mecollect this amount—G. 0., ay-

- lord, Michigan

.Upon referring this complaint to
thejflrm in question we received an
immediate response as . follows:

“There is a refund for $6.49 going for-
ward to our customer, Mr. , Gaylord.
Michigan, in the following mail. Due
to some unaccountable delay this credit
was held, but the writer is now in pos-
session ot the papers and assures you
that the customer will be adjusted with-
in the next few days. We sincerely re-
gret that you have been put to this in-
convenience in having to notify us of the

 

- delinquency, however we assure you it is

our desire to adjust all our customers in
a way that will prove to be satisfactory
to all concerned.‘ Thanking you again
fonbringinf this to our attention, we re-
main. Nat onal Auto Supply Company,
Chicago."

Later o‘ur subscriber advised that
the check had been received.

 

GOODS NQT SENT; MoNEY RE-
TUB

, NED
On the 29th of Jul I Sent to the Hav-
erford Cycle 00., P iladelphia, Pa., for

a Universal Repair Hanger for my bi-
cycle, The price was $4 02, including
postage. I received one letter from them
in which they stated that they had ship-
ped part of the goods but that I would
have to wait a. short time for the rest
of‘ my order asthey were out of stock at
present. I have written the company
twice but‘ received no goods so fan—D.
McC.. Hope, Mich., Aug 28th,

We exchanged correspondence

 
 

‘mY’: -

. to; gen (1~ the ' . . . . ,
.had."them ' zit . not to please return .
money. '-"Have written them three times.‘ ‘ ‘

  

. Rheumatism, Colds and Pain.

   

spmn a
Name “Bayef'fneans genuine 4
Say “_Bayer”—Insist| ,‘

 

Say “Bayer" when buying Aspirin.
Then you are sure of getting true “Bayer
Tablets of Aspirin”—genuine Aspirin
proved safe by millions and prescribed by
physicians for over twenty years. Ac-
cept only an unbroken “Bayer package” -
which contains proper directions to relieve
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia.
Hand tin
boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. rug-
gists also sell larger “Bayer packages.”
Aspirin is ‘trade mark of Bayer Manufac-
ture Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.

 

 

Read the Classified Ads
—IN—

 

 

 

 

 

 

wit hthis firm and on September 13 M B Fv B o
Th 1 t f 1 . _ . . o B USINESS FARM“
Aumesggmg gggpgngfnlsbobtdfessalxtrliocrhall our reader adv1sed us that his mon-
gan avenue, Chicago, 111,, 1'0;- a set of ey had been returned. L EXCHANGE
' THE SIGN 0.!" QUALITY
“The Flour the Best Cooks Use” .,
Makes' the most wholesome, nourishing, economical .
food. ; Of all foods, bread, rolls, biscuits-everything
baked from flour—are the most nourishing, the most
\ ‘Wholesome Contain all essential food elements for
bone, muscle and brain. The cost of flour is lower
than that of any other staple food. ;
.

Look for the
ROWENA
trade-mark
on the sack

 

 

the flour and color.

" . of granulation.

The better the flour the better food it makes.

VALLEY CITY MILLING co.
,, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ,

‘ “Millers for Sixty Years"

LILY WHITE is a flour containing the choicest selection of
soft and hard Wheat grown in America. Soft wheat improves
It insures the baking of a good looking
loaf of bread. The flour is correctly balanced to make as good \
bread as it does biscuits and pastry.

There is "just enough hard wheat in LILY WHITE to make it
the ideal all-around flour. ’

It is milled to perfection. After being cleaned four times it is
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MARKET AND TRADEdIEVIEW
i, ' Another great national election has
been held and again “the country is
saved," figuratively speaking. Look-
ing back over the comparatively
election 'day, we are forced to ack-
j Iiowledge that the net results which
have so far accrued, in connection
' with the stabilization of business and
the easing of credit conditions, have
been negligible. Business experts
express no surprise at the conditions
described above; these men point to
the fact that this is no ordinary year.
Attention is called to the mixed con-
ditions which prevail in trade circles
‘ and the position is taken that liquid-
v . ation and price adjustment, which
.have just barely.begun, must pro-
ceed in a regular way until all of
the merchandising machinery, which
links the producer with the consum-
er, is working smoothly on an equit-
able price basis. It must be conced-
ed that the ultimate consumer is
still in direct command of the situa-
tion; he has grown weary of paying

war prices for commodities in times!

of peace and until he is appeased
and thoroughly satisfied that selling
prices have been equitably adjusted,
nothing of importance in the .matter
of business stabilization can be ac-
complished.

One of the leading problems which
the American business world must
face during the coming four-year
presidential term, has directly to do
with the financial problems which
the United States government must
now endeavor to solve with equity
and even justice to all interests con-
cerned.
dent axiom that it is much easier to
spend money than it is to make it—
tbat it is much easier to make debts
than to pay them. The Republican
party, in its hour of triumph, is in
the exact position of the administrat-
or of the estate of the “late lament-
ed” and the first important duty,
[which the men so recently called to
take the reins of government will
be asked to perform is to ascertain
the liabilities and locate the assets
of the great governmental enter-
prise which has been left in their
care.

The position of the Government
in relation to its financial obligations
is not different from that, of the in-
dividual whose debts are coming due.
The election which will signalize the
asumplion of office by Mr. Harding
and his associates, next March, will
be tempered by a feeling of intense
anxiety as to where the money is
corm‘ng from to pay $8,000,000.000
in Victory Loan bonds and savings
certificates that will mature during
the next three years. A merry time
is anticipated, between the incoming
congress and the U. S. treasury de-
partment concerning the proper
methods to adopt in raising the an-
nual budget of $4,000,000.000 which
is deemed necessary to meet the year-
ly needs of the country. That the

—Republican administration will con-
, tinue to penalize productive indus-
try by levying a tax upon excess prof-
its in inconceivable and that agricul-
ture, the real backbone and founda-
tion for everything in this great
country, will be permitted to worry
along in the maze of discouragement
and uncertainty with which it has
been surrounded during the past year

does not seem probable.’ If the Amer- .

v ican farmer is permitted to make a

living profit on his financial and la-
‘bor investment, no material reduc-
‘tion in the selling price of many of
_-the principal necessaries of life, can
be made in the near future.

WHEAT . A

 

BEA-r PRICES PER you nov. 9. 1920
. *. Credo. Detroit [yelling I. 1"
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short period which has elapsed since

It has long been a self-en's

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4 son ’8 lowest level. Hogs firm and active. Cattle lower.

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GENERAL MARKET SUMMARY ' f ......u "a“

' v~ - Detroit . "...... ...; .l 8.13 . .

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Detroit—Wheat lower and weak. Corn and Oats weak. Bye :flbu‘fig“,.;j;;;j;jj;:;f 2 :31:
down .30. Cattlemarket OE. . , ‘1 f . ' - ’ PRICES ”on: YEAR:.A00

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wheat states of Oklahoma, Kansas.

and Nebraska, has had a. marked ef-
fect upon receipts andpriees. When
this movementfirst started the grain
opera-tors pooh-poohed. Said it
couldn't be done; that farmers would
have to sell their wheat to get their.
money out of the crop to pay their
loans. This unfortunately was true
of many, but not of the great ma-
jority. The holding movement has
spread over the country and right
here in Michigan we see a decided
disposition on the part of the farm-
ers to sell no more wheat until the
price more nearly reflects the value.
The Rosenbamm Review holds that
the farmer is in a. position to dictate
the selling price of his wheat up to
a certain point. The editor points
out that revision of crop estimates
show that the exportable surplus to
be less than the exportable demand.
He says, "the world is simply short
of wheat.” He furthermore advises
farmers to hold their wheat. The
success of the movement will de-
pend almost entirely upon the ability
of the banks to finance the “striking”
farmers. In Oklahoma the credit sit-
uation is desperate, the state banking
commissioner having advised all the
state banks in strong terms to pay
their borrowed obligations.

CORN

 

CORN PRICES PER BU., NOV. 9. 1920
_arado matron. lcblcogol II. V.
...l1.00 } .9193‘ 1.10%

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m7: Yellow
do. 3 (Yellow . . .l
No. 4 Yellow ...!
'PRIcEs—O'NEAVEARWAGO‘
[No.2 YellJ no.3 rem No.4 You.
Detroit l 1.00 l 1,00 | 1.50

 

 

 

 

In spite of the enormous crop of
com the market price of this grain
is standing up remarkably well, al—
th0ugh the current price is altogeth-
er lower than most farmers will care
to accept for their crop. A bearish
condition of the market is the failure
corn products
manufacturers to contract their us-
ual supplies. General financial con-
ditions have hampered their opera-
tions and lessened the demand. In
the corn belt a-good many farmers
are talking of using their corn for
fuel instead of coal. This will not
be the first time such practice has
been followed. Of course, there will
be a lot of long-haired and short-
brained individuals who cry aloud
about the farmer’s moral duty to
the race, and he will get his full
share of blame for burning a. food
product. Any other business man

.lng some signs of activity.

using similar means to make the
best of a bad situation would be
merely practicing business economy.

 

OATS

 

OAT PRIOES PER Bu. NOV. 9, 1020

 

 

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No. 2 mm .57 .54 .04~
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PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
INoZ Whltol No.8 White] No.4 W'blte
' Detroit .77 I .78 I .75

Oats entered from the general
liquidation of grains last week as
did also corn. Oats shows greater
stabilization,— however, -than any of
the other grains, and it will not go
for either way. /,_At present supplies
of cats at terminal points is ample,
but if the farmers extend their hold-
ing program to cats, this condition
may be expected to change very soon.

 

In any case, slightly higher oat val-

ues are in prospect.

 

, RYE

Rye suffered declines along with
the other grains last week and is
down to $1.68. Should the govern-
ment by any chance act upon the sug—
gestion of the farm organizations
that a loan of a billion dollars be ex-
tended to Germany for the purpose
of makingagricultural purchases in
this country. it could not but have a
most stimulating efleot upon rye of
which Germany is a large ’importer
when she has the cash to pay.

 

BEANS

 

BEAN PRICES PER cw1'.. NOV. 9. 1920
Grade IDctrolt lchloagoli N. V.
c- a. P. ...... ‘ 4.65 I 5.00 I 3.00
Rod Kidneys 10.00
PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
Ic. H. P.I Prime IRod K‘ldneys
....l 8.75 I 050 I 11.50

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit

 

 

 

The beans market is again show-

are a-good many in the trade who
feel that the bot-tom has been reach—

, ed and that price changedmust be

upward. The position of beans is
stronger at this time than for sev—
eral years. The production is low,
both here and abroad. unemployment
is on the increase, and beans are still
far too low in comparison with the
prices of other foods. In the com—
ing week’s issue there will be pub-
lished a complete summary of the
bean situation showing production
both domestic and foreign, imports
and exports, and other factors.

 

 

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Rookies. cold in the. cotton states.
This condition will pass mtward dur-
tho next three or four days: and a. high
moron: '

  
 

    

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

 

the Pacific Slope and in the northern " _
'was considered the center and brine:—

come in from :tho ,1
will float ’ ‘

peratu‘res. affecting the whole ‘ conti-
nent and bringing good weather for
growing crops and outdoor affairs, ,
But look out for squalls. The fron-
tier people of the great central val-
leys would prepare for a. norther when
such nice, pleasanti clgar, “rapidly
rm ‘dayg came n. mu warn
:31: oifnghe last third of November; it
will be rough and tough, equally and
cold, particularly in the middle north-
west. ‘ The whole continent will be af-
flicted by that great storm period and
thuse late November days will make
good for this month's. record of bad «
storms and disagreeable weather. The
most pOWerful‘ electro-magnetlc guns
of Uranus, Jupiter and Mars will be
trained on this little speck of dirt,
Which only a. few hundred years ago

  
  
  
  
  

 

 

  

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farm

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,The cooler weather and short sup-

plies hava stitched .‘thc potato mar— '

ket. considerably both in the east and
- the central. west. Chicago and New
York both report improved demand
and slightlyhigher prices. The price
of potatoes has stood up amazingly
well considering the large produc-
tion and the great Volume of sup-
plies that have gone onto the mar-
ket the pas’t sixty days. It is‘clesr

that a good many potatoeshave been j

put in storage which is always a
good sign for the future of the mar-
ket. A Maine potato report received
from a special correspondent, is pub-
lished elsewhere in this issue, show-
ing a probable reduction in the Maine
estimate. Following the issuance of
the: government's NoVember' report
we will be better able to tell What is
going to happen in the spud market.
Colder weather will hamper ship-
ping and probably still further
strengthen the market, but every
farmer should keep his weather eye
peeled for unseasonably warm weath-
er which raised hob ‘with the potato
market two years ago. ,

HAY

I No. 1 Tlm.l Stan. Tlm.l N0. 2 Tim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit . 29.00@30 28.00@29l27_’30@2l
Chlcm . . £29.00 @ 31 28.00 @ 29l25.00 @ 27
New York 40.00@42 37.00-O41
Pittsbum . MSOQSS-«BOSO @31 2&50Q29

l No.1 l No.1 l No.1

lLloM "lx. IGIover Illx. l clover
Detroit . . [28.00 @ 29l27 00 @ 28l28.00 027
Chicago . . l27.00@29l25.00@ 27!

New York 139 00 @ 41135.00 @ael
Plttsburg .129.oo @ 30|31.00 @ szl
HAY Pmcss A “is Aoo
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Detroit . . . I II I -

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Glover

 

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Dotrolt . .l | - l
The hay market at Detroit is act-
ive and steady.

 

 

 

 

 

LIVE STOCK MARKETS ‘

The cattle trade began the week
with lower prices all around the mar-
ket circle, nearly all departments
sharing the break which was, primar-
ily, the result of larger receipts than
were expected and a5 lifeless demand.
Live stock markets are dull and
heavyin sympathy with trade condi-
tions in all other lines; the chief
moving influence being the recent
sharp break in foreign exchange. The
live stock trade enjoyed great proo-
perity, last week, prices averaging
higher than the week before, along all
lines in nearly all markets; there is
reason to believe that during this
week is to come a complete reversal
in the situation, especially, if the con‘
ditions that prevailed on Monday are
to be taken as indicative of general
trade conditions for the week to, com.

Recent demand for feeding cattle
has .been decidedly active 'in Chicago
and all western markets, feeders. and
buyers making their appearance in
the open market and competing tor
offerings in a. more active manner
than on any preceding date this fall:
in this they are certainly ‘ showing
good judgement for prices in this do-
partment of the trade have been ex- ’
tremely reasonable and the opportun-
ity to make selections more favorable
than for many years. In the opinion
of the writer, the outlook tor the gen-
eyal Live stock .fe'cding enterprise was
hardly ever better than at the present
time. ‘ .‘

Early last week, sheep and lambs

sold well at'strong values'in all m. .. .- V

kets, but toward tha’cloae of the week
arrivals, became, more liberal and the

demand less active. 01: Monday, of .Q.
the" .cumntweek. arrivalswerc large

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chase feeding lambs, will find it nec-

f essary to act Quickly as the best of the :

picking is already gone for the year.

During the'last two weeks, the live .

hog markets of the country have been

enjoying" unusual prosperity for this '

season of the year, the principal actu-

ating causes being abnormally light.

receipt: and a rapidly growing export
trade in cured meats and laid; all the
time, there has been, however, a weak

undertone to the genera! situation'

caused by the conviction, in the minds
of those familiar with the habits of
the market, that there are many hogs
being held back that are ready for the
market. A permanent, advancing

‘ market for live hogs and hog product,

during the month of November, would
indeed be an unheard of thing.
Detroit had a quiet trade in cattle all
last week, receipts being fairly liberal
for this market but extremely com-
mon in quality. On Monday, the local

market got a big run of cattle and,
with the exception of canners and.
bulls, prices were fully 50 cents low- E
‘ er. Last week’s sheep trade was fair-

ly active in the Detroit market but

I the largest receipts of the season, on

Monday. resulted in prices for lambs,
5.0 cents lower than last week’s clos-
ing trade. A moderate run of boss in
Detroit on Monday was the cause of a

- fairly active market and prices about 3
, steady with the close of last weeku
The writer is looking for more liberal 1

receipts. of all kinds of Live stock,
during the next ten days and lower
prices all along the line.

 

THE NEXT PRESIDENT AND THE
AMERICAN FARMER
(Continued from page 1)
long as the tariff builds an artificial
barrier around American industry
it should be extended to protect the
American farmer.
low prices that have obtained in the
bean market the last two years are
directly attributable to the influx
of oriental beans, and Canadian
wheat and potatoes are coming to
this country in sufficient quantities
to keep ‘the price on these products
below American cost of production.
The farmer should insist that the
Republican administration devise a
better, and fairer tariff which will
givelhim protection equal to that en-
joyed by the manufacturer. But here
again there is likely to be a clash.
For the consumer wants lower priced
foodstuffs, and he is not likely to ap-
prove of a tarifi which will increase

the price of food.

The greatest service which the Re-
publican party can render to the farm-
ers is to improve marketing and crop
trade practices. While the farmers”
do not believe that legislation is a
cure for all the evils existing in the
marketing system, they do believe
that it is a proper function of the

government to prevent unnecessary.

expense, waste and inefficiency in the
distribution of essential commodities.
They believe that the present sys-
tems of gathering crop statistics and
of marketing crOps should be thor-
oughly investigated by government
agency, and reforms effected that will
minimize the chances for. over and
under production, remove the pre-
ventable causes of price fluctuations
and return to the farmer the maxi-
mum of the consumer's dollar.
several years the farmers have been
striving to secure ofllcial recognition
of the farmers' right to bargain col-
lectively in the sale of their products.
Not Only has the present administra-
tion failed to- concede this right, but
its agents have vigorously prosecuted
me farmers when they have sought to
enjoy it.

President-elect Harding is, or was
prior to his election,‘in favor of col-
lective bargaining by farmers. At
least that is the information given to
us by Milo Campbell who visited Sen.
Harding at his home a few weeks be-

fore the election and received Mr..

Harding’s personal assurance that he

would hand his, efforts toward secur- ,

lug legislation that would insure and

.facilitate the exercise of this right.

Farmers want this right clearly de«

fined by the statutes. and they will,

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JACKSON, MIOH.
Holstein Breeders Since

 

1906

 

 

 

Yearling Bull For Sale

Bull born Sept. 28, 1919, evenly
marked and a fine individual. Sir-
ed by my 30 lb. bull and from a
20 lb. daughter of Johan Heng.
Lad, full sister to a 32 lb. cow.
Dam will start on yearly test
Nov 15.

ROY F. FICKIES

Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

SOLD AGAIN

Bull calf last advertised sold but have 2 more
that are mostly white They are nice straight fel-
lows, sired by a son as King Ona. One is from
.1 17 lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from a

20 lb. Jr. 3 yr. old dam, she is by a son of
Friend Hengerveld De Koi Butter Boy. one of
‘he great bulls.

JAMES HOPSON JR., Owosso. Mlch.. R 2.

 

A Real full and Nearly White

His Sire is both a Grand Son of.
Pontiac Korndyke and King of the
i’rniiacs. Enough said on the $ire’s
side.

1113 Dam is a 14.48 lb. 2 year old
'irnl the Daughter of a 25 lb. 3 year
old. her Dam is a 20 lb. Cow. His
Dam is a Grand Daughter of King
gl‘fcl‘ls Pontiac Howell. Only one un-
tested Dam in his pedigree and she
12.5 2 A. R. O Daughters and one
A R. Son and all for $100 00. ,

JOHN BAZLEY

319 Atkinson Ave. I
DETROlT, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

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OUR HERD SIRE

' “7110.251 KIIIG SEGIS ausrA

1. ground. 80 lb- «m 11! Lakeside King led.

all

' dam. Gusts enolla 32. 37111.
IEnglédun Ghats Ernestfns. 35. 96 lb.
_. three nearest dams average over

 
  
    
 

"as n».
forty six nearest tested relatives average
0 lbs butter in seven days. ' We on» one

 

' sons ready“ tor Mt}
RRARD RIVER STDOK FAR
my .5. Spencer. Owner ‘ Eaton Rapids. Mich.

  
 
  

  

 

 

heifer calves.
gen. J. BARFI ELI}

 

 

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”TWO BIILL GALVES'
Registered Holsteln- Frieslsn, sired by 89. _8‘I lb.
bull and from heavy producing young ‘eows.’ These
calves are very nice and bsorlest cheap if

soldsoo
nanny r. ‘russ‘o. mu. Mich.

will .Mflifhollyfii

the? P30 p" org“; Ii ti 1’ tine—-
. Jon 4) p A as on on
uhdoZ—from our “VI-rgsprb'unlkinr'goed-but-

 

lap App
::1.3 lbs. buaerin

tion_Pont1nc'rglnpttmde
7 do 13“.! lbs. butter
1.211.331

1 one of the I“teat d”:diatancs slips.
His daughters and 31: wins» long' t.
W11“ III for "dine. and rises on his sons.
ddfyflfirme right and not too (or the average

edigress and prices on applies

8.? Bruce McPherson. Howell. Mich.

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‘ A soil: or _
KIIIG or THE roiimcs

out of that wonderful cow. -Woodcres_t Cora
35.89 pounds, heads our herd. Two nice
straight young bulls ready for service. It
will pay you to see them. Herd under Fed-
eral Supervision. —. ..

HILLOBEST STOCK FARM

Ortonvllle. Mich.
or write ‘

John P. Hehl. 181 Griswold so, Detroit. Mich

 

 

 

 

or Sale: A Dandy Stralght Well Marked and
well grown bull calf born March 27 1920.
Sire is a son of Flint Hengerveld Lad whose two

nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butte
735 lbs. milk In seven days Dam a 2TB aiii?
granddaughter of King Segis.’ Price $300. For

extended pedigree write
L. G. KETZLER

 

Fllnt. Mich.
FOR SALE—TWO BULL cause, A HOL-
tein and Durham about 3 months old. Both
have heavy milking dams. Not registered. $50

each if taken at once
CHASE STOCK FARM, Mariette. Mich

“ND RICI‘TINID HOL‘S'I'IIN “RIPE!!!
16 “(11-19 Incl. old.-. lired by A 29 1b. and 37

 

 

lb. bun. Dam of older one a 14-111. 1- two
year old well bred. good Individuals. a line
rnaleoa rfromasoncfthem’elt the
Pan cs. Cslf’s dam a 20 lb. cow.
For particulars Address ‘-
II. T. EVAN.
Eau' Claire. Ilch.
“OLV'ERIRE crock rams rumors coon
sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calm from our Junior Hard Bi ' "King Pen-
the Lands °KPo he”. ” “3.11.113. :IP of
King 0 ' re- s
the Clothiide De Kai and. A few r “HIE-ls;
no puma. It I. B‘a't‘tlo'Oros _
‘ ' ‘ FOR CALI
23 Registered Holstein Females
' 11 In cal! ud-
ders. homing. wro

reasons for selling.
bunch. Can sell In turn calves
will be worth more than half of“. my price. In-

vestigate at once.
. M. HAUTALA, Dru Crossing. Mich.
Ontonaoon

 

For: B-ALE REGISTERED McLeTEIu su'LLs'
nearly ready for iervico from good A. R.
dams. also bull calves. Win. Grillin. Howell, Mich.

A LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN cow
five years old. well". marked and a good milker.
Due to freshen Nov. 1st
R. H. BARNHART, R 1. 8t. Charles. Mlch.

 

 

 

SHORTHORN

sIcHLAAn SHORTHORHS

Why buy Bulls that come from Herds you Iinow
nothing about?

For the next thirty days we are going to offer
the best lot of Bulls ever sold in Mich. Prices
ranging from $200 to $500.

0. H. PRESCOTT & SONS
Herd at Prescott. Mich. Tawas City,

 

Mich;

 

SHORTHORNS‘ FROM AN ACCREDITED HERD

grandsons and granddaughters of Avondals

Maxwalton Jupiter 754193 heads our her

 

JOHN SOHMIDT‘ SON. Reed 0|". eroh.

 

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~H. C. POTTER

Registered

20 Cows with calf at

. condition.

co- operation. - .
BULLS IN

 

Breeders’

Thursday, Nev. 18,1920

at Charlotte, Mich.” '

at Eaton County Fair Grounds
' 1 o’clock p. m:

35 Head High Class Cattle

and 2-year-old heifers bred.
6' yearling bulls - .
This is an ofiering of good, well bred Cattle, just in pasture
The kind that will make good,
We ask the breeders of Michigan to lend their support and

Captain 'Stanway 733192
Don Fairfax 704378.. _
7 Keep On 508019 ‘ . ' . -. -

Galves by, and can»; and Heiferls bred to these good bulls.

H C Potter and Jay Harwoocl

JAY HARwoon

Sale of ‘

Herefords

foot. A few yearling

I

SERVICE:

 

 

°o

11%”th Good

)3 taketh be88,000 for the:
The

' have exhibits at the shown

Michigan feeders of 1 ‘ . _
have been much 11 evidence. 1113 C y _ .
cage of late, a fact that indicates
that our farmers have faith In the
111111111111 the busiues of_ meat pro-g 1
ductlo‘n, and also believe it good ’
judgment to feed out grain and fore-.7"
age on their farms. - _ _
There are persistent rumors that », *
the big packers and- the represent-ai- ,
tfves of the United States government v‘
have at last come to an understand—
ing concerning the sale of stock in-
stockyards‘ enterprises now held by .
packers; it is reported that a hold-Te .
ing committee of trusteEs will take
over the stuck in question and hold
it in trust for 20 years, while 'the
big packing house owners gradually
dispose of_ the stock to live stock
feeders and producers. Some bunk.
say we. ‘ . ‘ '
A celebration of the 77th births- \ '

 

   

“day of Dr. 8.11. Babcock was re—

cently held at the University of Wis}
‘consin. Dr. Baccocx, who invented
the famous Babcock test, by which
the butterfat content in milk is “4
certained, Is one of the greatest sci-
outlets of our time and deserves the
best that American dairymen can
give him. Dr. Babcock is still doing '
active service and is hale and hearty
at his advanced age.

The Eéderai Bureau of Markets is
just now engaged. in making an ex-

. haustive survey of the cost and effi-

ciency of meat distribution methods

in vogue in this country. Both the

producer and the consumer of meats

are anxiously looking forward to the.
time when the report of the investi-_
gations mentioned above will become

available to the general public. That .
there is far» too much “machinery”_

between the producer and the ulti—

mate consumer has‘long been real-

ized but the delicate question has to

do with the proper methodsto pur-

sue in attempting to eliminate any

part of the aforesaid machinery.

H. R. Smith, live stock commis-
sioner of the Chicago'LiveStockEx-
change visited the Detroit stock yards
last week in the interest of the cam-
paign that Is. soon to be launched
here in Michigan for the purpose of
wiping out the plague of tuberculos-
is in hogs which is getting to be firm-
ly entrenched in the herds of the
state.

The meeting of Organized Agrl-
culture, the largest gathering of .
farmers and stockraisers in Nebras-
ka. will be held Jan. 3-7 at. the Uni-
versity of Nebraska, Lincoln. Some
forty, producers’ associations will . '
meet. representing. every Nebraska ‘
organization of farmers and stock-_
men. ‘

The annual Indiana. farmers’ short
course wil be held at Purdue Uni-
versity, Lafayette, Jan. 10—14. The
annual meeting "of the Indiana Corn
Growers’ Association will be.held at
the same time and place. Beef and
dairy cattle state breed associations
and other organizations. are expect»
ed to hold their annualmeetings 5
during the short course. The event;
will be a round-up of all agricultur—v .
alinterests of the state. -

The International Grain and Hay
Show to be held in Chicago, Nov. 27-
December 4, in connection with the .
International Live Stock 'Exposi-

tion, has a premium list totaling
$10,000, offered by the Chicago'
Board of_ Trade. Director ’ G. I.".'

Christie of the Indiana Experiment

Station, who is 111' charge of the show . -
reports that it wil bethe largest and .
most comprehensive exhibition of 7'
its kind ever» held. The Department ’
of Agriculture, state agricultural
colleges, state farm bureaus, corn
and seed growers’ asociatlons, and-
the Canadian dominion and provtn‘
cial Organizations and various othe
societies are co—operating and " *

     
 
  
  
 

  

 

  

 
 

 
 
   
   
   

 

    
 
  

 
 

   
 
  
  
      


    
 
  
 
 
 

  
 
 
 
   
 
  
 
  
  

 

 

 

   
  
  
   
  
 
 
 

   
 
   
   

  

'readre of the? M. B F.
reme y for calves that contracted a dry
Some say the ‘

run over the sheep pasture.

I would like to know if any of the
can give .a

cough and gradually me.
disease is what they call the‘ ‘lung worm "
My calves have been bothered very bad
of late and some of my neighbors are
losing calves from the same Complaint
Will be glad to who ar from some reader
——R. F. rGlennie, Michigan.

-:.A post mortem examination is the
only method that will determine the
exact cause of this disease.

 

 

~. . GID IN SHEEP

I have an. early spring buck sheep
lamb "Which at' times has no uSe of his

'Lf legs and carries his..hea.d On one side.

He. will not eat: or drink although he
has been on good clover pasture. He is
in good snapel
cannot get' up without help, and then he
can walk a; little Please tell
the matter and What I' can

to the larvae Of a certain for'm of

tapeworm, the eggs of this tapeworm ,;

are, distributed around- the pens on

cor-rals by carnivorous .animals,..andv

chiefly by dogs. Other animals such
as the coyote, wolf or fox, may also
be the distributor. After the eggs
are ingested by the sheep, it is sup-
posed that they hatch and the em-
byros gain entrance to the/ circula—
tion and pierce the walls of thestom-
ach, although our knowledge of
their life history is incomplete. Those
that reach the brain or spinal cord
develope into large systs, and cause
this fatal malady among sheep. The
treatment is unsuccessful, prevention

being the only logical method of pur- >

sue. - If you have a dog give him the
following treatment for tapeworm:
Pulv. areaca nut, gr. XX: male fern,
drams one; turpentine, M. X; m. f.
cap.’ Starve the dog all day, allow-
ing plenty of water. In the evening,
give the above, and the next morn-
ing administed four tablespoonfuls
castor oil. . Do not allow the dog to
This is
the average dose for. a forty pound
dog. Stray dogs are best treated

with lead administered with a well

aimed gun. Where sheep are known
to be infected, all heads of dead an—
imals should be burned and not fed
to the dogs or left for coyotes.

 

SIRE NON-PROLIFIC

Can you tell me if there is any-thing
wrong with our bull? He is one year old,
a registered Holstein in good condition,
and a fine looking animal but all the
cows he has served so far have failed to
get with calf. Is there any remedy? He
had ground oats and bran, alfalfa hay
and grass pasture until last- month when

we left off the grain. —-—A_ W. B, East:

Jordan, Mich.

 

Try fEe‘ding him one dramof powd- '
cred Nux Vomica in the grain twice'

daily; keep this up for tWo weeks,
then omit for the same length of time
and repeat. He may be non-prelifiC.

WFS'I‘ MICHIGAN SALE A SUCCESS

Regarding the West Michigan sale
of registered Hols‘teins, held at
Grand. Rapids, Oct. 18th, the sales
manager, Mr. W. R. Harper, says:

-“We had a very good sale, 105 head.
of cattle selling for $28,290.00, or‘

an averageof .$270 per head. We
had a splendid bunch of cattle but for
some reason failed to attract out of
the state buyers.

 

 

 

FUR: REPAIRING
7-, ~\lVe can make that OLD FUR

‘ COAT, ROBE ‘- and LADIES’
FURS looks as good as new.

We guarantee Quick Service
and first class Workmanship:

In business 20 years at this

I

We tan your cow and horse
hides and make Fur coats and
Robes. ' ~

Our Catalogue is Free. .

  

 

 

 

 

 

When he lays down he

e what is .

ofor him j
I have had two the same way. '—H. B. .-
‘ Hillman, Michigan. ._ _ .-.. .

This condition or disease is due

 

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I

work and still going. , ‘ ‘7; :
BARTLETTS’azs. inningggz

'off forming, a

 

(BPEBIAI. ADVEn'flcmo RATES under this hoodlnc to haunt breeders of live stock and poultry wlll be sent on request.

write out who! yOu have to offer, let us out It In typo. show you a proof and tell you what It will cost for 18. 26 or 52 times
size of ad; or my As often no you Vlsh. m‘gynor shrugs mm: be received one week before date of Issue.
r e o ay

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER.

here at roeclal low rates: ask for them.

Shorthorhs at Farmers’ Prices

FOUR ,SGOTGH TOPPED BULL OALVES

under one year old. These are all room and
choice individuals..- - .
FAIRVIEW FARM ~

Almo.‘ Mlchlgon

F E. Boyd.

 

I“ represent 4 1

“(HAT DO YOU WANT}.
Can put you in

II. HORTHORN breeder...

1.1cb wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all
ages Some females. 0. W. Crum President
C’s ral Michigan .Shorthorn Association.

Bri es; M1ch1un.

Mc-

 

 

we; Wish to

Canadian bred Shorthorn females
either straight Scotch or Scotch
toppe ..... milkers at reasonable prices.

If your community needs the serv-
ices of a high- class Shorthorn bull,
write us for our Community Club
Breeding plan.

PALMER BROTHERS

In 1898 Balding.

 

VEstabIlshed Mlch.

 

W. S_ HUEER, Gladwln. Mlch. .. offers for sale

a chriice bill] calf,, sire, Robert Clay by Washing-
ton L'll' VDam, Charlotte’s Gem by Maplelane
Dan Oxford out of Charlotte B, 2nd.

‘ - SHORTHORHS

5 bulls. 4 to 8 mos. old all roam. pail fed.
Dams good m1lkers. the farmers' kind, at farm-

ers' prices.
F M. PIGGOTT l! SON. Fowler. Mlch.

 

THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding.

VI rite the secretary.

. nounce;
to the farmers of M1chigan that we '
are now ready to supply them with-

‘ . JERSEYS

Mt.

 

 

 

THIS SPACE

belongs to the

Mich. Jersey
Cattle Club

WATCH 11:. you;
maylearn something.

While You Wait

Write Sec'y. Henrichcl, Shelby, Mich.

{or free JERSEY Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get Your Start in
Registered Jerseys for $500!

5 heifers from 5 mos. to 1 yr. will be sold
at this price if taken at once. Write for breed-
ing and description to

FRED HAYWARD, Scotts, Mich

MPROVE YOUR JERSEY HERD WITH ONE

 

 

 

of our Majesty bulls.
FRANK BA'LEV' "mmd' M'°"' FRANK P. nonmmcron. lonla, Mlch.
SHORTHDHNS 0"” FEW LEFT on .SALE—THREE PUREBRED JERSEY
AT OLD PRICE bulls ready for service. Tuberculin tested.
Wm 4- BELL “059 0'th ""0"- J. .L. CARTER. R 4. Lake Odessa. Mlch.
KENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERSI’ HEIFER
Ass’n are offering bulls and heifers for sale. a_l
ages. Sell the scrub and buy a purebred. Registered Jersey and bull
A. E. RAAB. Sec y. Caledonia. Mlch. elves of
pleasing daixy type, backed by high production.
Priced very low, quality considered
aplo Rldco Herd of Bates Shorthorns 01- c. s. BASSETT, Kalamazoo, Mlch.

{era for sale a man b’ull calf 1) mos. old Also 2
younger ones. J E. TANSWELL._ Meson Mlch.

 

0R SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND

OxfordJ .Down Home
A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mich.

 

 

HE REFORDS

HEREFORD OATTLE "Hal's.

We can furnish registered bulls from 12
months and older best of breeding and at a
very low price, have also some extra good

 

HAMPSHIRE

Herd headers We have also A large line
of registered Hampshire Hogs, Gilts, Sows
and Roars

Write us, tell us what. you want and get
our prices.
La FAYETTE STOCK FARM, La Fayette, Ind.
J. Crouch a. Son, Prop.

 

120 HEREFORD STEEBS. ALDO
know of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality
Shorthorn and Angus steers 6 to 1000 lbs
Owners anxious to sell. Will hel buy 60o
commission. C. F Ball. Fairfled Iowa.

MEADOW BROOK HEREFORDS

Double Disturber Bull at head of herd. Some
holce Fairfax females for sale also bulls any
ge. Come and look them over.

ARL O. McCARTY, Bad Axe, Mich.

REGISTERED HEREFORD OATTLE

King Repeater No. 713941 heads our herd.
A grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion
Repeater 7th '.No 886905 \Ve have some fine
bulls for sale and also some heifers bred to Re-
peater. Ton B. F‘o ox Proprietor.

THE MARION STOCK FARM. Mlch.

 

Marlon.

 

 

ANGUS

 

 

The Most Profitable Kind l

car load of grade dairy heifers
Rom LENAWEE COUNTY'S hen-nest mill! DIO‘
ducers to Include a pure bred ANGUS bull of tho
most extreme beef type for combination beef and
dairy farming.

. Gar lot shipments assembled at GLENWOVODV
FARM for prompt shipment

Methods memhined in SMITH'S PROFII‘ABLE
STOCK EDIN 400 pages illustrated
GEO. B. SMITH. lddlson. Mlch.

 

momma m clad'n‘lnc‘l’muon luv!
.0 3
out. emu-urn. Lawton. Mich.

 

n

I 'mnnsmrs
GUERNSEY BULL CALVES

Front tested and untested dams.
:‘S‘atisiocti‘ xwagnteed .
r1 loos and‘brcoding to
Mich

   

 

 

 

 

 

A—YBSHIRES

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer calves.

Also some choice cows.
FINDLAY BROS.. R 6. Mlch.

 

Vassar,

 

 

 

SWIN E

POLAND CHINA

 

 

 

THE THUMB HERO

Big Type Poland Chinns. Largest herd in North-
eastern Mich. Boars and gilts for sale.
ORDWAY, MIIlIngtou, Mlch.

 

HE BEST BRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIR-
ed by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price.

.DeWITT C. PIER, Evan, Mich.
B T P I: FOR SALE Ar ALL TIMES. EX-
tra good offer on tried yearling Boar,
$100 if taken at once; also spring and fall Boar

Pigs 1'. reduced price. Write or call for partic-
ulars. J. J. JEFFERY, Kingston, Michigan.

BIG BOB MASTODON

Sire’was champion of the world.
His Dam’s Sire was grand champion
at Iowa State Fair. I have 6 choice
spring boar pigs left that will make
herd boars. Will price them at $50
apiece if taken soon. Sired by Big
Bob Mastodon.
C. E. Garnant,

WflNflHilANU Hill]

Large Type Poland Chinas

_ PUBLIC SALE

November ~9th
Wm. J. CLARKE

 

 

Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

 

Better stlll,
You can change

Breeders'- Auction Sales Advertised

Clement, Mlchlgan.

[6 TYPE P. C. sows OF CHOICE BREED-
lug, bred to Big Bone Bone Boulder No. 726,-
672 for Sept. furrow. Spring pigs either sex.
Hohlthy and srowthy. Prices reasonable.
L. W. BARNES a SON, Byron. Mlch.

 

My, OI] My, What an Opportunity!

We are now offering a. few choice big type
Poland China Roars, from Big Smooth Jones. 0119
of the breed’s best sires, from Dams by such noted
sires as Grand Master, Hillcrest Wonder. Masto-
don Wonder and Hillcrest Bob.

You. can‘t get better breeding. Individual!
they w1ll please you. Price $50.

HILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Mlch.

POLAND OHIHAS

Spring boars and gilts-from the Sr.

 

Rapids weighing 1,025 lbs..
want something that will give you
satisfaction let us sell you a boar or

gilt. _ ,
ALLEN BROTHERS

Paw Paw, Mich.

 

POLAND CHINAS
WITH QUALITY

BIG TYPE

Nine fall gilts out of litters of eleven and
thirteen. for sole.
J E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns, Mlch.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. SPRING PIGS
of both sex for sale at reasonable

prices. Registered in buyer’s name.
Sired by Iiig Long Bob.
MOSE BROS.. St.

Charles, Mlch

 

HERD HEADED BY
397305 Spring pigs.

Mlch.

IG TYPE POLANDS.

W's Sailor lob N0
both sex for swl

W CALDWELL & SON, SDI‘Ingport,

 

LARGE TYPE P. 0. SPRING BOARS, MARCH
and April farrow. Also one Scpt. yearling.
The big bone and big litter kind. For prices and
breeding write

E. W. LANDENBERGER. Parma, Mlch_

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
A few choice spring boars ready for service won
first premium at Saginaw Co. Fair. All cholera
immuned by double treatment. Also fall pigs
at weaning time.

OWLEY BROS.,

Merrill, Mlch_

 

L. T. P. C.

I have a fine lot of spring pigs sired by Hart'l
Black Price. a good son of Black Price, grand
champion of the world in 1918. Also have A
litter of 7 pigs. 5 sows and 2 hours, sired by
Prospect Yank. a son of the $40,000 Yankee,
that are sure llumdingcrs.

F Mlch.

H A RT. St. Louis.

 

OLOSIHG OUT SALE

of Big Typo Poland China hogs, which represent;
the work of years of constructive breeding.
Everything goes including our three great herd
boars, Mich. Buster by Grant Buster, A. Grant,
Butler's Big liob. Two of the best yearling
prospects in Mich. Modern type, high arched
backs great length, big bone. Come and pick
out what you want. .Our prices are right.
JNO. C. BUTLER, Portland. Mlch.

BIG TYPE P.
v: ALk “T ALLEY C. Roars now
ready for new

homes. Git your order in on fall pigs for I am
going to price them right.

. . GREGORY
Ionia, Mich. "

.Ir
All

 

 

eonard's B. T. P. 0. See my Exhlblt at Mlch.

State Flll‘. All stock double immune. Pub.

11c sale Oct. 28. Get your name on mailing list.
E. R. LEONARD, R 3, St. Louls. Mlch.

 

.. T. P. 0. SPRING BOARS. SIRED BY WIL-

King Bob, out of Grand Daughters of

Disher’s Giant. All immuned with double treat-

ment. John D. Wiley, Schoolcraft. Mich.

L s P FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
boars left. A few extra nice gilt-

.- mus.

 

 

left bred for April furrow
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mlch.

 

TH ANNUAL P. c.
Marci) 13. 1920.
V.’. J. HAGELSHAW.

BRED SOW SALI.
For particulars write
Aucusta. Mlch.

 

Am OlToI-lng Large Type Poland China Sewn.

 

<herd. at a reasonable price.

,8 {all boars and 5

 

Eaton Rapids, Mich. faITrEpTgsm {Warlgmorl'gecal at reasonable prices. Also
CLYDE FISHER. 1R3. 81.. Louis. Mlch.
’ BIG ‘
"EBES SOMETHING Goon Early fall piTgstTEr 3?;“gtrl’1erczlzlr‘8'l‘hesoron

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. O. IN MIOH.
Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my

Come and see them.

not as represented. These boon

Expenses peldl
In Big Orange mm Cinnamon

service: Us

Write for breeding and price.
HIMM BROS.. Chesanlng. Mlch.

real ones.“

 

 

 

 

°"“‘°w‘."’&f SEMESTER. rum. Mlch. DUROCS ‘L
FARRELL LAKE FARMS FOR SALE “

L. T._ P. 0.31121) 80W SALE NOV. 10
I! tried cows and 20 spring gilts. 2 aged beers,

spring bani-3.1; on are
lookingt for something good. here is w are you

gte
“Write 1for catalog.
w

I. RAmELL
Mm

 

 

GUI BEG. DUROO JERSEY STOCK NHOG
“CRIMSON CHIEIIBSIG MODEL KING

art-owed June 16.11919.
eight about 500 pounds.
Price 875. , .
O H STANLEY. R 21-ng PIN. Mich? ,_ .

 

Champion bear at'the State-Fair at ‘
Detroit this year also Grand Cham-;
pion at West. Mich. Fair at Grand’
If. you. ,

   
     
    

        

 

     
   
   


  

 

Brookivater TEIAIAEES

Boar's—Ready for Service
Big type. large bone and rugged, with plenty

of quality. This is your chance to buy high class
individuals at reasonable prices.

OPEN GILTS

'ot .choioo breeding and the rl out type. ‘
Panama Special. the Principal 4th, Orion
Cherry King and Great Orion families.
Now is the time to buy before the demand
takes all of the good ones.

Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees
Mall orders a specialty.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor, Michigan
R w. Mumford Owner J. B. Andrews. Mar.

 

    

Spring pics by Wait's
Orion, First Sr. Yearling

Phillips 'Bros, Rigel, NIich

REGISTERED DUROG JERSEY

boars, gilts. and fall pigs for sale. Herd headed
by Brookwater Demonstrator 27th, No 155217.
H. E. LIVERMORE 4% SON. Romeo. Mlch.
FOR SALE

SPRIIIG BOAR m ml...

The big grmvthv kind.
C. E. DAVIS J: SON. Ashley. Mich.

 

 

AT FARM-

 

Duroo sows and oilts bred to Walt's King 82949
who has aired more prize winning pigs at the
state fairs in the last 2 years than any other Du-

board. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns. Mich.

 

EADOWVIEW FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY
hogs. Spring pigs for sale.
J. E. MORRIS. Farmlngton. Mich.

 

PEAGH HILL FARM

S pring boar pigs by Peach Hill Orion King,

$52489. Satisfaction guaranteed. Priced at

INWOOD BROS.. Romeo. MIOII.

~ (OPECIAI. ADVERTiomO RATE! under tide heedln on
"low you a proof and tell you what It will cost for 18. 28 or 52 times.
Breeders' Auction Sales advertised here at special low rates: ask for them. Write today i)

 

teheaeetbreeders ct Mend
You can c enge else of

   

out be sent en request. letter am, III-Ice out what you have to offer, let us put tin mu

WWII“ mm.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens, Mlchlsen.

For Sale—Reg. Duroc Jersey Weanllnu Pics of
good quality and breeding Either sex. Am
oilering spring aha.

VE RR. R. TOWNS. R 6. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

ounces 5 Fall Boars of Last Sept. Farrow,

'200 lb. big stretchy kind, 4 good

spring boars. also gilts of urns litters. sired by

Liberty Defender 3rd. 001. bred dams, if you

want good boars order at once. Prices $75 to 835.
H. G. KEESLER. Cassopoiis, Mich.

 

 

DUROCS. ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A}

spring gilt to a herd boar, at prices you can
aford to pay. Cholera immune Satisfaction guar-
anteed. 0. L. POWER. Jerome, Mich.

DUROC JERSEY BOARS. Boers of the lam
heavy-boned type. at reasonable prices. Write.
or better. come and see.

F. J. DRODT. R 1. Monroe. Mich.

FOR SALE DUROC-JERSEYS

Fell Pigs. either sex, sired by 800~lb. lid-year-
old boar. GLEI GiBBON, Fowimiile. Michigan

 

 

AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUROG BOARS

at reasonable prices . A low gilts bred for Ben-
tember tarrow at bargain prices.
C. TAYLOR
Milan. Mich.

DUROC BOARS now run

WINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-
son. Mich.

 

Fan our. one ounce sons FROM
Breakwater breeding stock. Choice swim 9133-
JOHN cnousuwsrr. Carleton. ‘liiioh-

 

Duroc Jersey Bows and cm. bred for Aug. and
Sept far-row. 1 000 herd boar
J08. SCHUELLER. Weld‘man. rMich.

F0“ SAL and gilts of all ages. Write us
your wants. Entire herd double immune. \
JESSE BLISS a SON. Henderson. Mich.

 

DUROOIOPRINO BOARS, sows

 

FOR DUROC-JERSEY FALL
' $12 ‘00 pig 6 weeks old,either's1§x Ex-

press charges paid and registration papers free.
M. A. C. ——-Brookwater breeding
D. W. BUTHERLAND, Gd. Ledge. MICR.

MIGHIGAIIA IIIIRGGS - —

Service boars and open gilts at $40 and ‘50
112m These are real hogs. Satisfaction guar-

O. F. FOSTER. Pavilion. Mlch.

 

 

”unocs Bothxspring and Fall Boer Plus from
Bmokfiater bred sire and dams.
Write for what you need.

E. E. CALKINS. R 6, Ann Arbor. Mich.

 

OAKLAIDS fpnrmrs cmrr

Herd Boar—~Reierence only—No. 129219

1919 Chicago International
4th Prize .Ir. Yearling

BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT 125
MK I. POTTER
aI’ottervlllo. Mich.

EG. DUROC-JERSEY 8PRIkNG tAng FAIlt-L
1 either sex. Have stoc no I. n. e-
meager our National rSwine Show and State Fair
min s. Get our p res
wm C F. HEIMS & SON
Davlson. Mich. '

urocs. Hill Crest Farms. Brad and open sows

tits B rs and sprin pigs. 100 head.
Mantl‘ s mlleeolatraight 8. of Middleton, Mich.,
Gratiot 00. Newton do Blank Perrinton. Mllic.

I: areas 'A flaw WELL-snap onscr-

Gills 111mm“ Dara: Dumbo bred l0“ and
son.

nonsucnrou a ronovos. St. Louis. silos.

 

 

BERKSHIRES
‘ OR
REG BEHKSHIRES ?££§.?..."§£3.Z.. '11..

pigs, both sex.
RUSSELL BROS.. R 3. Merrill. Mich

 

 

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIBES 1'03
profit Choice stock for sale Write your
wants. W S Corsa. White Hall. Ill.

 

MATURING.’ FINE

BERKSHIRES, QUICK
Fine lot of

type. style, size and large litters.
weaned pigs {or sale.
C. H. WHITNEY, Merrill. Mich.

 

BERKSHIHES ARE QUALITY H068-
Weaned pigs of the very
best blood es of the breed is our specialty. We
guarantee please or nothing stiring.

ARZA A. WEAVER. Chesanlng, Mich..

 

 

Copy or ehenou must be received one week before date

’0'. '1. as

June and July bears and open gilts each one U
Recorded and express paid

a guaranteed feeder.
in full tor the next thirty days.
F. C. BURGESS. Mason, Mich.

 

o. . C. 's—8 Choice ‘yeunca boars, March and
April pigs at w .
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. mob.

 

I. o. SWINE—MY HERD oou‘uius 'rI-II
(lea turn“

b13011 lines of the most noted herd.
you stock at‘ 'li've and let live” prices. '
A. J. 00 ORDER. Dorr. Mich" R I.

SHEEP
Registered Hampshire Down Sheep

 

 

Choice Ram hiatus—well wooled 835
Choice Ewe lambdr well wooled . . . . . . . 40
Choice ..... . . . . . 50

Yea rlings o's
J. M. WILLIAMSr. North Adams. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—REGISTERED RAMBOUILLE'I'TE
lRams. Large individuals. shearing from twen-

' ty to thirty pounds.

R0 081'. J. NOON, R 9. Jackson. Mich.

 

REGISTERED TWO‘YEAR OLD HAMP<

shire ewes and 2 ewe lambs. $150.00. Ber .

istered mms priced to sell.
LONE CEDAR FARM, Pontiac, Mich.

 

SIIROPSHIRE RAIS

arlings and one two year old. Field condition
$30 to 840. Will pay express charges both
ways if not as I re 1egresent them.
Ithaca. Mich.

C. ACY

 

 

 

 

 

nrmsrrnrn HAMPSHIR “11.3.13

ages. Priced to close out entire flock.
W. W. CASLER. Ovid. Mich.’

 

Registered Hampshire Down Rem Lamb. Register-
ed Shorthorn bull calf". Berkshire pigs of
spring and fall farro

RIMEVAL FARM, Osseo, Mich.

 

breed.

teed to suit the purchaser.

St. Johns,

4o HEAD
DUROC JERSEY HOGS

AT AUCTION

Thursday; November 18th, 1920
- at St. Johns, Mich,

‘Sale includes the get of Wall’s King 92949

who has sired moreprize-winning pigs at the State Fair in the last
three years than any other Duroc boar.

Walt’s King is by Walt’e Top 001.,

A few sows bred to Walt’ a King and Walt’ 3 Col. 7th 184969, the
undefeated under- -year Boar of 1920.

Walt’s Col. 7th 184959, also sells in sale.

Some of the get of the following Boar's sell:
who was the biggest pig of his age shown at Chicago Fat Stock Show;
Oakland’s Jack Orion, 9. National Swine Show winner of 1920; Col’s
Orion King 4th; Col. Jo Orion. and Principal Orion.

A flow gilts with breeding privilege to Walt’s King 92949.
The yearling and under—year show sows of 1920 will be sold.

Everything sold is guaranteed in every way. and anything pur-,
‘lcbased through a representative of The Business Farmer is guaran-

NEWTON BARNHART

     
           
     
         
         
         

   

the most popular boar of the

      
   
      
 
      
 

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Orion’s Fancy King,

      
   
   
   
  
 
  
 
 
  
   

    
    
 

 
 
  

  
  
 

     

  

 

 

 

CHESTER“ wrrrms
CHESTER WHITES 3512': 191.31? lhpllliuil

stock at reasonable prices. A130 a few bred Gilts

for May {arrow 1" W. Alexander. Vassar, Mich.

GHESTEB WHITE STOCK OF ALL AGES
FOR SALE

Some good boars ready for service.

Will, ship C. O. D. and Reg. free.
J_ A. & D. C MILLER, Swartz. Creek, Mich.

 

 

 

Some Fine Chester Whites iarrowed July 14,
19 0. Will ship 0. O. D. when 2 mos. old for
$13.5 reg. Try one. Ralph Cosens. Levering, Mich

CHESTER WHITE SWINE
BE_G|§TEHEDM either sex. Boars ready for set:
LYLE VEXCSYJNIES. Flint. Mlch., R. F. D. No. B.

 

 

HAMPSHIRES
BOAR PIGS $15.00

At 8 Weeks Old
W. A. EASTWOOD. Chesanlng. MICI’I.

HAMPSHIRES OF QUALITY

Some excebtionaily fine young spring boars.
They are extreme individuals. with best backs.
toot. belts and breeding. They carry the Exalt-
ed Approval and Jim Messenger strains, at
a sacrifice price. Call or

GUS THOMAS. New Lothron. Mich.

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRES OF QUALITY. SPRING BOAR
pigs only for sale now.

JOHN W. SNYDER4

St. Johns. MIoh.. R

 

 

O. l. O.

O. I. O. and CHESTER WHITE SWINE
Some choice spring gilts which will be sold
open or bred torus March Farrow” to one of my
good herd boars. Also (all piss
CLARE V. DORMAN. Snover. MIoh

. BIG TYPE 0 I G SYlIIIE

Am oflering for the next 30 days. 4 yearling
boars and 6 yearling gilts also spring pigs of
ther sex. Willd “eke. special price. Ship
0. 0. D. ind record
ELM FRONT, eSTOCK FARM
Will Thormen. Prop. Dryden. Mich.

 

 

 

‘30 HEAD 1,913 ”1“”...3- .1 011°.“
e. e re a red

tilts. 416 head 0:. fall Digs Papers i niche
R. VA ETTEN. Clifford]; Mics. free

 

~ name. .

.1.an Jawsn

 

OICBOARS

J-Choice individuals,- shipped to you c. o. d. express paid and scared--
teed right or your money refunded. All stock registered in buyer's

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A few good yearling rams and some ram
lambs left to offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale
for {all delivery. Everything guaranteed as
represented

CLARKE u. HAIRE, West Branch. 'Mlch.

Put your faith in

BETTER BREEDIIIG STGGK

For the best in Shropshire and Bumpshirs rams
write or visit
K-OPE KoM‘ FARMS. s. 1.. Wing, Prop.
Goldwater, Mich.
See our exhibit at the Ohio and Michigan
State Fairs. .

AM OFFERING FOR FALL DELIVERY HIGH

class registered Shropshire yearling ewes and
rams. Flock established 1890. .
O. LEMEN. Dexter. Mich.

 

0R SALE REGISTERED OXFORD DOWN
rams, all ages . Farmers’ price
IRVING SANFORD, Morley. Mich , R. F. D. 4

 

OR SALE—REG. YEARLING
Down rams, also 1 aged herd Ram
W. B. WHITE. Carson City, Mich.

DELAINES
Hill Crest F arms

Black Tops and American Merinoe. Fifty rams
for stud or farm trade. Farm 4 mi. straight
south of Middleton. Gratiot 00.

Newton & Blank, Perrinton Mich.

 

 

 

' The Best Breeders

advertise'in The Michigan Bus:

iness Farmer. It will beworth

your while to read the livestock

advertisements in every issue‘
to keep posted on what they
.have to Sell.

 

 

 

        
       
 

 

     

 

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.. "ANK,'RO‘iRAhiBfiA.¢3HER. Lalpgsburg, Michigan.
" 4 an s ‘susspr' L9.

7 "ER. Seb'y. 10 Woodland Av... Detroit. Mic—h: ‘

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as “announcers... m.

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“seine RAMS FOR ssu. oooo sm-
. nd,’ a. shearers.
HIDIISEW BROS, R 4, Albion, Mich.

 

1 "in outcomes“ To" use.

Anisrioun Hampshire
you a .. dandy booklet

Sheep Association send Writer COMFORT A.

list o! breeders.

.ms‘i'ht‘l‘fnnos. n e. fewlerviiie. Mich.

 

 

Ixronos: name, 1. 2. or 3 YEARS om,
it $25. Lambs, $20 to $25. Ewes cheap.
' .o. M. YORK, Millington, Michigan.

 

R SALE—REGISTERED OXFORD , DOWN
Ewes. Prices to sell.

 

NROPSHIRE RAMS. ONE VH0 YEhAdR OLD.
' rling and lambs. e woo .
LIIO yea HEBBLEWIIITE. Armada. "ION

PET srocnfl

R SALE, FLEMISH GIANT RflIIIBBlIQI'S.“DO§g,
din a e, $6. Three men s o p r, .
Re:ik°i:eered‘I dogs $12 each. Stock pedigreed. Qua].

nte d.
t, “SE3 HIMEBAUGH, Goldwater. Mich.
OR SALE—PURE BRED COLLIE PUPPIES,
F sired by Ewslt's Sir Hector. Pedigree fur-
nished. E. J. Allman, R 2. Michigan.

 

   

Lachlne,

 

OR SALE—YOUNG FOX AND .RABBIT
hounds. Send two cent stamp for particulars.
/ E_ E. DAVISOII, FI‘DOSOII, Mlch.

It Pays .. Big -

to advertise livestock .

 

or poultry in
M. B. F.’s

Breeders Directory

 

 

THANKSGIVIgIGS POUIlr‘iTvlv‘Yth pre
Will an lease-a v e me o -
pare m3}: .cbrickens for the Thanksgiving
trade, how to ship them, when to ship
them, and what commission firm in De-
troit I could ship to? Subscriber, Eaton
county. ' -

Poultry should be bledin the mouth,
scalded in water just hot enough to
loosen feathers, carefully plucked by
dipping alternately in hot water and
cold immediately after the feathers
are loosed. Entrails should not be
removed. Pack in barrels and boxes
when thoroughly cooled. These box-
es should be ventilated with holes in
the sides and bottom. Ship to arrive
in Detroit no later than Monday, No-
vember 22nd.

~The Chas. A. Cullen Company, 520
West Jefl'erson Ave., Detroit, seem to
be the only commission house adver-
tising with us now, altho there are
several dozen assorted kinds and siz-
es in the-metropolis of Michigan.
We believe in helping the friends of
the” BUSINESS FARMER on both sides of
the fence, so we’ll not mention any
other names, knowing that the Cul-
len Company must be worthy of con-
fidence or they would not be alloyed.
to advertise in these columns—H. H.
Mack, Market Editor. ,

 

 

HOLSTEIN COW SETS A NEW
WORLD'S RECORD
Carnation Segis Prospect, a Hol—
stein cow owned by the Carnation
Stock Farm near Seattle, Washing-

.ton, established a new world’s rec—

ord for milk production with a total

of 33,469 pounds of milk in 318
da 3.
yl‘he former record was 33,425

pounds in 365 days, made by 3. Cali-

fornia cow.

 

Nllm on Stone Road.

YOUNG BROS, GROAT & EASTON

BIGTYPE POLAND CHINA SALE
. MONDAY, NOV. 15, 1920

' d spring boars
Abo t 60 header Tried Sows, Fall Yearlings an
and giltsI.1 Everything in elegant condition and cholera immune.

’ ‘ i i ' ' d by Grange
All trams will be met during forenoon. Dinner serve
Ladies. Sale at 1 'o’clock at Young Bros. Farm, three miles west of

SaleUnder Cover Rain or Shine

 

 

 

A1136“ EmeIey

ANNOUNCEMENT
of sale of

STOCK, TOOLS and DUROCJERSEY SWINE
November 23, 1920

Plymouth, Mich.

 

 

 

 

i There will he a

Clay and sandy loam soil," leveL

Jan. 1).. Wood, .
. Ervin L. Graham, Executor-s.

 

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Going “to hold on .
AUCTION SALE ?
at“: on _W m w

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In Order to Settle Estate

PUBLIC AUCTION

. Saturday November 27, 71920
at 2:00 p. m.

of evaluable 1204mm farm. 1 mile north and three and three-quar-
ters miles east 01 Shepherd, Mich. Two houses, barn, granary and
other: buildings. Orchard, one flowing well and two other wells.‘
All tanned and under cultivation, nearly all tiled. 0n gravel road.

ms:—1o per cent or one-third of purchase price to be paid on

day of sale, balance oi! onethird on confirmation by court.
two-«thirds on delivery 01 deed. angiahstract. v

‘ J. D. HELMAN, Auctioneer

H ‘1: 04W.Merenotthebestbuym:
dependaniustuie mum:h .. m ,

comm]: DES

Other 4

 

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.1“. 1m sdvertise-
,, a. hundred

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RIBTION,
antic-n e- ~ ..., ‘ W 2?; x-z‘

Address.

AI o »‘

Insane-e of the dots st issue.

   

 

[Red Belgian Hares.

‘ cellent soil

 

 

 

 

rsmvlor- '18 times or longer.

V 4 nod ' headln “130‘ cents per line. per l'ssue.
Advertisements Inse "33.31333. whet :ou have to offer and send It In, we will put
I: In type, send proof and quote rates by return mail. Address The Michigan Business Former,
Advertising Department, Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

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Special

 

 

 

POULTRY

 

MUD-WAY-AUBH-KA FARM i

often young stock and a few mature breeders 11

White Chinese Geese. White Runner Ducks and

White Wysndottes. Also 0. I 0. spring gills.
Write today for prices on what you need.
DIKE C. MILLER, Dryden, Mich.

wan-s enmsss asses, WHITE PEKIN
ducks, R. 0. Bi: Leghoms. Place orders early.
use. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillsdsle. Mich.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for profit. Write today for
free catalogue of hatching eggs, baby chicks and

breeding stock.
CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY. 149 Phllo Bldg.
. Elmira. N- Y.

 

cockerels a. Hogs, Leghorns, Mlnorcas, Houdens.
Reds, Rocks, Orpingtons, Wysndottes.
TYRONE POULTRY FARM, ‘Fenton, Michigan.

BilllllBON RED TllllKEYS

stock not skin if desired. Order early.

Also S. C. R. I. Red cockerels and polish. the
dark red kind and bred to lay.

Our stock will put your poultry on a purine

basis.
F. HEIMS & SON
Devison, Mich.

PURE BRED STOCK, EXTRA LARGE TOU-
louse geese, $10 per pair. Bourbon Red tur-
keys, $01116. $8. hens, 86. White Pekin, Ducks,
$6 per pair. Please order early.

MRS. W. M. BOWMAN, Bentley, Mich.

 

 

LEGHORN S

FOR SALE—Thirty thoroughbred Rose Comb
1Brown Leghorn Roosters. T. L. BACON,
R.B.D. No. 8. Box 109, Davison, Michigan

 

SINGLE COMB BUFF COOKERELS.

. FARM
raised lrom excellent laying stock.

Also Rufus
J. W. WEBSTER. Bath, Mich.

FOR SALE—ROSE COMB BROWN LEGHORN
cockerels, $2.50 for single bird, $2 00 for two
or more. Kulp strain. April hatched.
W. E. CUMMINGS, Coleman, Mich.

GRABSWSKEIS. 0. WHITE LEGHORN COCK-
ere or see, only $2.50 each and up.
LEO GRABOWSKE, Merrill, Mich" R. 4

FOR SALE—THOROUGHBRED BROWN LEG-
horn hens, one year old at $1.25 each. Also
Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Cockerels, May hatch-
ed, at $1.50 each.
Wm CHEESEMAN, R 2, Yale, Mich.

FOR SALE—R. C. B. L. COCKERELS, SIRED
by Madison Sq. winner. Bred for size and

layers, Weighing 5 lbs. , $ 2 . 5 0 each. Flemish
Giant rabbits. _ ‘
E. HIMEBAUGH, Goldwater, Mloh.

 

 

WYANDOTTE

silver, Golden and White Wyandottes. Bargains
in surplus yearling stock to make room for

 

growing birds. Clarence Browning, R2, Portland.

4

 
 
 
  

WHITE WYANDOTTES. COCKERELS FROM
200 egg hens or better. May and June hatch.
$5 to 38. Eggs $2 per 15.
FRANK DELONG, R 8.

 

Three Rivers, Mich.
FOR SALE—~25 WHITE WYANDOTTE COOK;
erels.. Price $3.00.

AUGUST. O. BOROK, II 3, Reed City, Mich.

0R SALE—PURE BRED WHITE WYAN-
dotte cockerels and pullets. April hatch.
$2.60 to $4.00.

MRS. TRACY RUSH, R 7, Ithaca, Mlch.

RHODE ISLAND REDS

wmmxsn's nu) cocktntis‘

Both combs. Special discount on early orders.
Write for price list.

INTERLAKES FARM

Box 4 . Lawrence.

 

 

 

Mich.

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

'IARRED ROCKS. PARKS ZOO-EGG STRAIN
cockerels which will produce fine layers next
ear $3 each.
Mich.

IL. G. KIRBY, R 1, East ‘Lansing,

HIGH

BARRED ROCK COCKERELS FROM
strong

producing strain. These will make
breeders next year. $3.00 each.
MRS PERRY STEBBINS, Saranac, Mich.

BARRED ROCK COCKERELS and a few Pul-
lets $3.00 apiece.

Mrs. W. A. Eastwood, Chesanlng, Mich., R. 2

 

 

LANGSHAN

 

DR. SIMPSON’S LANGSHANS OF QUALITY

 

 

Bred for type and color since 1012:. Winter
laying strain of both Black and White. Have
some cockcrels for sale. Eggs in season.

DR, CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webberville, Mich.
TURIIEYS

 

FOR SALE—MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS.
Write for price.
MR8. B. B, SMATTS, R. 1, East Jordan, Mich.

 

GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS. STRONG, VIGOR-
ous birds. Write at once for fall prices '
MRS. PERRY STEBBINS. Saransc. Mich.

OR SALE. YOUNG WHITE HOLLAND MALE
Turkeys. Twelve dollars each

JOHN CRAWFORD. Dowaglac, Mich.

 

R SALE. MAMMOTH BRONZE TIJRKEYS
\Vrite for prices. Forest View Farm.
MRS. H. D. HORTON, Fillon, Mich.

 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS, TOMS $8;
liens, 85. Place orders early.
MR8. EMMA GODSHALK, Marcellus, Mich.

TUBKEYS—ngmiiR-(gURBON TOMS.

J. B. HUDDLE, Cercsco, Mich.

 

Write

 

Business F armers’ Exchange

 

FIVE CENTS PER WORD, PER ISSUE.
per word when charged.
1 body of ad. and In address.

 

20 words or less, $1 per issue, cash with order, or 70
Count as one word each initial and
Copy must be In our hands Saturday for issue dated following week.
The Business Farmer, Adv. Dept., Mt. Clemens, Mich.

each group of figures, both In

 

 

 

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215 ACRES $4,500, WITH HORSES, CAT-
TLE, TOOLS, PRODUCE Splendid Productive
farm near his city; 200 acres machine—worked
fields, immense crops hay, grain; remainder wire—
i’enced spring-watered pasture, valuable'wood; 200
sugar maples, home-use fruit; 7-room house, 3
barns, 4 poultry houses. ice house, other build-
ings; personal reasons force sale, owner includes
4 horses, 10 cattle. feed, pigs, machinery, tools,
all for $4500, part cash, balance easy terms.
Details page 21 Strout’g Big New Iihistrated
Catalog Farm Bargains 33 States. Copy free.
STROUT FARM AGENCY, 814BE, Ford Bldg,
Detroit, Mich.

  

 

FOR SALE—IN CLOVER SEED BELT, 3,-
000 acre tract. 11 miles from Millersburg. Sandy
clay loam to clay loam. On account of distance
to market I will sell entire tract for $21,500.00.
No cash payment required—if responsible pur-
chaser will apply Red or Sweet Clover seed re-
turn annually from 40 acres—until land is paid
for at 6 per cent. A dandy ranch proposition
JOHN G. KRAUTH. Millersburg, Mich. .

 

WANTED—TO RENT A GOOD 160 ACRE
farm. Have good horses, tools and help to work
same. Can furnish good references. Write or
better still, come and see me. JOHN E. BRAD-
LEY, Route No. 2, Gowen, Mich.

STOCK FARM FOR SALE—160 ACRES EX-
half under cultivation, remainder
pasture river watered. serviceable buildings .335

acre, terms. Owner VERN EGAN, Mikado, Mich

 

 

 

FOR SALE—120 ACRES, BUILDINGS, FENC-
80 under plow. Mile from school, 3% to
market. James Fontaine Estate, Lakevlew. Mich.

' house.

, so ACRE FARM FOR SALE.

limits, nearly all improved. 2 barns,
For full information write “’m

MINGS, Gladwin, Mich, County Seat.

IN CITY
6 room
CUM-

THE VILLAGE FARM, 50 ACRES $5,000.
Good 10 room house, barn 30 x 42_ Garage,
good hen house 10 x 30, tool house, wire fenced,
good .well, 16 rods from state road, Chicago and
Detrmt pike, 20 rods from good school. HENRY
BOKEN, Somerset Center. Mich.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—FOR IMPROV-
ed 80 or 100 acre farm, (must be productive
and good soil) in central or southern Michigan;
a splendid modern equipped home, 4 lots, fine
lawn, garden and shade trees. Live town 1,400
population western Michigan. LOCK BOX 36,
Shelby. Mich.

 

MUST SELL AT ONCE 122 ACRES ALL IM-
proved. Good buildings, 3 miles from Lansing.
Special price $152 per acre if sold soon. S .
liEMPY. Lansing, Mich, R 7.

 

80 ACRES IMPROVED FARM FOR SALE.
For particulars write C. W. Mcl’lllflRSON, Grant,
Mich

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

WANTED—IN EVERY TOWN, AGENT FAM-
tllisr with farming to sell article every farmer
needs; exclusive ternitory. THE RELIABLE
COMPANY ,Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

 

WANT THE CHEAPEST, HANDIEST BELT
power? Then ask me about the LITTLE TWIST—
ER Power Transmitter for Ford and Dodge cars
FRANK R. WEISBERGER. Selina. Kansas.

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Monroe

Branch
Ottawa

Kalamazoo

taking new and unusual
farmer and his wife wants. --

    

 

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We Want Subscription Agents invthe Following Counties

We have salaried positions for men, who have had some selling experience.
my a. canvass of one of the following counties: ‘

who have auto or horse Voonveyanpol’preier‘rw.
first iifér, what experience you have had in selling or why you think you could mske good
I, rial Michigan's "017mm weekly—4110

We guarantee a good salary and' all expensel'to men who can make good on the deb.

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and operating a soli‘d,'establiShed business, which has buildings,

 

 

HE Detroit, ‘~:~Pac1<fing~Companyis T ‘

I already a 5fgoiiigcpncern.” Selling: _:

in a. limited way it is truebUt nevertheless
‘ ‘ actually id‘oi-nggbu 3111.633? and pushing ‘aheadon _ w ;

the gigantictaskit hassetforltself f  ~‘ . _ "
Theidea backiof-the preSe‘nt’plan, is therefore, not a theory
or hazy dream, but a‘ practical Working‘pla’n for amply financing

sidings, and much of the labor-.savingmachinery. on the ground
or under order from manufacturers. '

The one reason we'are offeringalarger portion of the Own- .-
ership of this plant and property ’ EQAgtth. farmers . and live-stock '
growers of Michigan, isthat— they may share at first hand in the
profits, direct and indirect, which have been": going to Chicago,
Buffalo, Pittsburgh andthe East. ‘ "

“Michigan for Michigan”, is our, Slogan! ‘, *

Ownership of a packing plant by the live-stock growers of Michigan will
place them one step nearer the consumer Vs dollar. . - .. r

Naturally the interests which have so long controlled the live—Stock and
packing business in Michigan do not look with‘favor ongthe: adventidf thiscomp—
any. Someone is spreading broad-cast the same kind of misinformation which
during the late, War we were taught to label ‘FPrOpaganda?

Should you hear remarks belittling, defaming or criticizing the Detroit Packing Com
pany’s property, personnel, financing or future plans, all.we ask is that you be, fair. enQu-ghhto .
put it up to us. Better still, if you can, come to ,the plant at Detroit and letus show you w it
we are doing and why we are doing it. If youcare honestly interested'inb the . future of Mic -,
igan live—stock industry we have no doubt whatever about your decision- ‘

Can any fair-minded man ask for a squarer deal? ' «.

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