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.Vol. VIII, No. 19.

Farmers Weekly

An'i'ndepe'ndent' ‘
Edited in Michigan

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and put it in storage for higher

, pot luck, started the pot to boiling

V ought to get together, hire a sales—

_this incident relatedto me only a

with the present packing associa-

, the same.
. formly, I’ll take the other ninety-five without
«inspecting them, on your say so.’

had been buyers in the past.

 

 

 

ards‘ success Such was the case in this

istory I am about to chronicle—a story of the
New York Fruit Growers’ Padking Association
in western ’New York.

For years the fruit growers took pdt luck in
selling their fruit—the fruit grown in western
New York,'in the narrow strip south ofLake
It was every man for himself, and the
marketing came hind'most. Some men sold to
local-hardware dealers, or keepers of general
stores, in the small towns. These buyers in
turn sold the fruit to their regular customers in
the cities.

There were also cash buyers Who came into
the fruit section every fall at harvesting time,
bought fruit, and sold it in some other section.
Then there were speculators who bought fruit

, FAILURE is sometimes the biggest b00st tow-

o-operative Packing Plants Aid N. Y. Growers

Standardization, Careful Packing, and Intelligent Marketing Have Been Big Help to Fruit Men

I By E. A. KIRKPATRICK

With such an experience as. this failure the
growers settled back into a rut again. There
they stayed until a county agent began to stir
things 111p. ‘-.‘It is dangerous for anybody to be
in a rut, when there is so much traffic on the
roads,” he said.

' “What are‘ you making on your orchard, ta-ke
it year in and year out?” this county agent in
Niagara county said to Ned smith one daywhen
Ned came into the Office to order spray material.

“Well, I don’t know exactly,” said Ned.

“Woul’dn t you do better if you sold the or-
chard, put the money on interest and hire out
by the month?”

What Ned answered, if I were to quote it,
would comprise several blank spaces and an ex—

situation, and advised the organization of cent-
ral packing associations for packing the fruit
from all the orchards. Result, there are now,
due to steady growth since the fiist was cigan-
ized two years ago, twenty- fi-ve central packing
associations in western New York, south of Lake
Erie.

“How shall we proceed?” the fruit growers

‘parried when the pomologist advised packing as—

sociations.
“The first thing you will need is a commit-

tee to build or buy a packing house,” was the

reply.

The committees were picked and houses pro-
vided. It was estimated that in each house 5, -
000 feet of floor space would take care of 20,-
000 barrels of fruit, not counting storage. Mem-
bership was selected that would furnish this

amount of fruit from each associa-

 

 

pricesf. Since they bought expect-
ing to make a. little by Selling at an
advance, they naturally bought low
to safeguard againsta possible
slump ‘in prices. No body can
blame them for that. You would‘
do the same thing.

Then somebody not satisfied with

by telling the- fruit growers they

man to sell their fruit-and thus

beat the market game. Not much
sooner said than done. A co-op-
erative selling association was

formed and a'manager hired to sell
the fruit. The association was just
about as short lived asthe grass
“that today is, and tomorrow is cast
into the furnace,” and met just
about as hard a fate.
What was the trouble? Perhaps
few days ago by. a man. connected

tions in western New York will
give you the‘ answer without any
explanation from me:

“I was in the office of the sales-
man for that co-operative associae
tion when a' buyer came in, who

 

 

When winter winds are blowing”.
And through the hawthorn blows
the gale,
With solemn feet I tread the hill
That overbrows the lonely vale

Where, twisted round the barren oak
The summer vine in beauty clung, \
And summer windsthe stillness ‘ ‘

broke,
The crystal icicle is hung,

 
   

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The Woods in Winter

Shriliy the skater’s iron rings,
And voices fill the wood: and side

‘ Alas .
scene,

. , lay
O'er the bare upland and away 1
Through. the long reach of desert And “32:: “:55: 5°“ and woods
The exagggng sunbeams chastely And am" 5"“3’ “and not with “1°
. my
play _ -
And gladden these deep solitudes. . . . .

ear
Has

   

how changed from the fair

When birds sang out their mellow

Chill airs and wintry winds!
grown familiar with your

song;
I hear it in the opening year.—

picked. Each man was asked to
subscribe his share of the money
needed to build or buy a packing
shed. For example, fifteen men
were to put up $300 each. The
New York law on co-operative as~
5‘3 sociations made financing easy. Say
five. of the men could pay .cash.
Each other man could sign a non-
interest bearing.note, for his share.
These notes, we’ll say, are then pre-
sented at the bank. After harvest
is over, each man who has given a
note has the amount of the note
deducted from his sales returns.

‘ The contract which each member
signs specifies that he appoints the
association his agent to sell all his
fruit. In a few cases members
were allowed to keep out early
peaches, which they could sell to
advantage close at home. But fruit
to be kept out must be so specified,
and a contract must be observed.

When harvest time comes, each
member picks his fruit and, instead
of packing it himself, sends it to
the central packing house. When
his fruit arrives there he is given
a receipt for so many barrels, or

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If the first five cars are packed uni-

“The salesman replied that he couldn’t fur-
nish the fruit; that he couldn’t guarantee the
apples to be uniform, even in the same barrel,

-, and the buyer departed."

The situation was this: Those growers had
put the cart before the horse. Theyhad tack-

:1 led “the selling end" or the problem before they
had solved the growing and packing end of
" it;

It might be expected that the fruit would
be packed in as many different ways as there
Each buyers had

said", "‘I want my fruit packed thus and so ”

‘ Some wanted the barrels stove-piped, others
. Wanted good heads and tails and poor
and some wanted honest-to—goodness pac

iddles,

. I do not mean to say that some of the grow.

'. ers- packed their fruit with intent to deceive
z'aanod’y. they just put up their fruit according
td what previous- buyers had demanded. , Even

the state apple law‘, good as it was, did not help
‘ for. while it specified what- standard

ifirst pull tdgether failed miserably,. for
bad the cart before the horse; this time they
' decided to get the -h0rse before the cart, and so
1,.t left the gate open so far as

ci-dedly not}?

While the county agent was not convinced,
he didn’t press the matter, but before the year
was over,he had set about, with the aid of state
and federal farm management folks, to find
out just what the fruit growers in western New
York were making. This farm management
survey lasted five years.

When the five years was up and an average
of farm profits was struck, the county agent had
a story to make the fruit growers sit _up and
take notice. The average fruit farmer in that
section, in the five years, had. made a labor in-
come of $184 a year. That is, $184 after
counting-out five percent interest on $18,000,,
the money invested in the average farm in that
section. ~

That started the pot to boiling the second
time. The fire was almost put out when the
pot boiled Over several years befoee, but these
figures kindled the flame. The fruit growers’
they

called on the pomologist at the state college
of. agriculture for help. He came, studied the

' something to sell.

wanted to buy 100 cars of apples Where'hom their no,“ urns, mm, 1 ““0“. “"1 it ““00" “‘9 1°“g- bushels, as the case may be. Each
for the mining sections of Pennsyl- springs ._Longfenow_ man’s frult is run through the
vania. He wanted five cars on Pour out the river’s Kradual tide. grader as a unit, and all is packed
‘trial. ‘The apples must be uni- - according to grades adopted at all
form,’ said he. ‘I,want all the - ' the central packing houses. Each
"apples in a barrel the game, and an the. barrels clamation point, all meaning, in short, “De- barrel of fruit has on it the grower’s number,

so that the fruit can be traced back to the or-
chard, and also to help in making settlement for
the fruit. After fruit is received at the pack-
ing house, it no longer belong to the grower,
but to the association. Payment is made when
the fruit is sold, ‘on the basis of so many bar-
rels and eighth-barrels of certain grades of
fruit.

All packing houses have the same standard
grades, as I have already stated, and that is
why they have succeeded. Even without a. sales
organization, this -uniform.-,grading system and
packing method has resulted in much better
prices for fruit. That is just what the organ-
izers of the packing house system had in mind
—to teach the growers to produce and pack
better fruit, and not so much to try to buck the
market for better prices. It is the old story of
the man who makes a better mouse trap.

Better prices have come, however. It stands
to reason that better fruit, carefully graded, will
sell for more money. But there must first be
A few packing house associ-
ations have used local dealers who wanted good
fruit, as salesmen. Before offering fruit for sale
a meeting is held and price is agreed u-.pon

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’ I ‘HE outstanding feature’of the inter-
national Manure‘ Spreader, among
a number 'of exceptional features, is its ‘

Equipped with roller bearings at seven ‘
points, it runs with almost the smoothness

Two rapidly revolving steel beaters
tearing tough chunks of manure into hits;
a heavy load carried on the main axle, to be
moved steadily back to the heaters — these
things ordinarily would. tend to create heavy draft.
4, But roller hearings in the new international
I E Spreader smooth out the hard work and convert

what otherwise would be “heavy draft” into a
horse-saving, Spreader-saving “Easy-Pal ".
_Your nearby International dealer will i
be glad to tell you more about this ’

INTERNATIONAI. HARVESTER COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

THIRD GOLD CONTEST NEWS

 

N0. 4. JANUARY 4, 1921

N0. 4.

 

, YAGER LEADS ‘BUT
ONLY BY FEW POINTS

J. E. YagerLCaro, the man who won $50
in the 2nd Gold Contest is in the lead to—day,
but with a total of only 55 points, having
sent in all, less than $15 in subscriptions.
How would you feel to find out that Yager
won $150 in Gold, the 31st of this month
(January) and he had sent in only $15 in
subscriptions to M. B F?

us $2.
53 Five Year
us.$2 50.

 

You'd feel like kicking yourself all 'round
the mulberry tree and you will anyway if
you don't get in and knock down one of these
cash prizes!

 

5th—Mrs. Jos. Quimieh Columbieville 9
6th-—~Jesse Nedry,‘ Moddeflvflle ......
fill—Gert Stroven, Jr., Fremont . . . . 8

 

Can you best it. no one has even a fair
start in this contest that has only three Weeks
more to run! Anyone can go in and be the
winner by inst half trying for new and re—
newal subscriptions in their neigh borhoodl

Subscriptions in this contest count as fob
lows:

, 2330 Six month trial counts 1 point—Send

25c.
$1 One Year Remal counts 1 point—fiend

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Send us 31.
$2 Threng Year New counts 3 points—Send

88 Five Year Renewal counts 3 points—Send
75.
New counts 5 points—Send

VThe other leaders today are: Points them you are in
2nd-—\Vm. Stadel. Marion .......... 17
3rd—G. W. Utterback, Anderson, lnd..13
4th~——Jas. J. Doody Dexter ....... 12
5tl1—Thos. l‘int Jr. Tustin ........

$1 Ongc. Year New counts 2 point~Ssnd us .
$3 Three Year Renewal counts 2 points—-

80‘“ you see we pay a cash commission in
addition to the number of points you cum
on everythins except the 251: trials.

 

Mrs. John Elofson, who won the $100 first
prize in the 2nd Contest, was a busy farmers
wife. who got the subscriptions in her spare
moments and over the telephone!

Your friends will gladly help if you tell

to Win the grand prize

5150 Gold. Everybody loves I. winnerl

In this our Third Gold Contest, we will
Split 8250 in Gold among the seven winners.
You can be one of them if you start today!

 

You don't need anywins but 0. sample of
our paper to start.
call up every farmer, friend or relative you
how, tell 'em you are as.
H. B. F. and what
’em you’ll take! the
m! coiled

Gotcyour

unlistfor

on are working for Tell

new or renewal subs.
late you see then.- fiend
hmehetmdrl'inetmesnbeinnret
place next week!

 

You can give the cash commission to your
friends 3 you want to. You send in the names
us 85c. and we give you credit for the pants.

 

  

Third Gold Contest Manage
THE MICHIGAN seemed; FARMER,
Mt. Clemens. Michlga

  
 
  

 

      

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tex- my name in the Third Gold Conmt for 8250,1vhrch closes at midnlsht, January
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FARM Bonsai: Horns
E SEED Department of the

state farm bureau is in the mid-

‘dle of its rush seasOn and has had
to increase its warehouse space sev-
eral times in the last few weeks.
Seed is coming to the warehouse
both on orders from members and
on consignments from members.
Some wool has had to be moved to
make place for the bags. An ar-
rangement has been made for the is-
suance of warehouse receipts on seed
consignments.

More machinery has been install-
ed. A large scarifler was installed
last week. A new large type clean;
ing machine, the best that oeuld be
secured, has ,xbeen ordered. All
Grimm alfalfa and sweet clover is
being scarlfled. The seed depart-
ment states that sweet clover has a
heavy hull rather impervious to
moisture; many—“hard shelled" ‘seeds
are found in most northern grown al-
falfa. Germination tests from a

,number of Grimm lots have ranged

from 47 per cent to 72 per cent, an
average of 60 per cent. The other
forty per cent was not dead ”but
simply had too hard 3 coat to absorb
moisture: Scarifylngbincreased the
germination over 30 per cent or to
a total _of over 90 per cent. Seed
sown should germinate promptly be-
'fore a crust forms on the soil or
weeds smother the alfalfa seedlings.
Scarifying insures ' prompt and com-
plete germination.

Muskegon, Shiawassee and Che-
boygan counties are the last to sign
the agreement which make them a.
department of the state seed depart-
ment, making a total of fortydwo.

The elevator exchange reports
that it has handled 301 cars since it
,started in the middle of October. It
now has forty members.

The purchasing department states
that its conservative estimate of the
amount of money saved to members
on. purchases alone is 320,000 since
Nov. 1.
amount of money saved by giving

members advice as to market oondl- ,

tions and when to buy.

Shippers should not be charged
freight on the lining and false floors
of cars except on the return move-
ment reports the traffic department.
The department has had to settle a
claim in which a railroad charged
freight on a net weight of 43,666
pounds whereas the actual weight of
potatoes was 36,000, the difference
being the weight of the lining and
false floors. Rule 545, Perishable
Freight Protective Tariff, provides,
that there will be no charge for
floors, racks, etc., when used in the
protection of potatoes. Item 2875,
Exceptions to the Classifications,
Ann Arbor Railway, provides that
shippers who avail themselves of the

railroad’s acceptance of shipments-~

of actual weights must furnish the
agent with a certificate showing the
actual contents of the car
actual weight. The agent then
makes the notation on the billing
that actual weight was furnished by
the shipper and that the Weight cer—
tificate is on file at the shipping point

A similar ruling applies to other rail- ‘

roads.

A dairy meeting is called for Jan~
uary 10th of representatives of every
county. A dairy department has
been authorized by the Michigan
State Farm Bureau and plans will
be placed before this meeting for
consideration. ‘

 

POTATO GROW'ERS momma
DURING FARMERS’ WEEK
HE MICHIGAN Potato Growers
who will be able to attend Farm-

“ ers' Week at the Michigan Agri-
cultural College wlll find that the
program which has been arranged
while of short duration will be full
of. things which should be of great
‘1nterest to the potato growers.

Mr. Daniel Dean ‘of New York
state is a grower who has a. nation»
a1 reputation. He usually grows
from 40 to 50 acres of potatoes and

\secures yields ‘which few Michigan

growers are able to secure. He is a
Joint author of a potato book and is

This does not include ' the ,

and the '

a forceful and convincing speaker,

 

He can only ‘be with us for the Tues-
day afternoon session, February lst.

EVer'y potato grower Who can” 9083- ’p .-

ibly attend this meeting will find

that it will pay him” well to make the.

effort. We also will have Honorable
Jason Woodman as one of the week
are, and every potato grower in

Michigan knows his reputation as a '

potato ‘grower and public speaker.

Dr. Goons will tell us about the
control of potato diseases in storage,
’ and transit.

There will be
films or moving pictures shown on
Wednesday evening at the gymnas-
ium. One of these will show pctato
growing in southern California
where the work is practically all
done by hand. The other will show
potato growing in the famous Aroos-
took county, Maine section, where
most modern methods of
growing are followed. .
In addition to the program as an-

nounced there will be a potato show'

which will be well worth seeing and
studying. The growersywho attend
the two forenoon sessions of the po-
tato meeting will find excellent-gen-

eral programs in the afternoons and

evenings which they will without
doubt be glad to hear and see—0.
W. Wold, Extension Specialist, M. A.
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POTATO SITUATION IN MAINE
HE potato situation in Maine and
especially A'roostook Co. is seri-
ous, a's they are selling far below

what it cost to produce them. The
farm organizations are working hand
for a tariff that will help a little,
however the exchange is against the
American farmer at present.

Every organization over the coun-
try should get busy and try and pro-
tect American agriculture.

Potatoes selling for $1. 50 to $1. 7 5
per 165 pounds and prospects look-
ing bad.

There are more potatoes in the
farmers hands now, than a year ago
in Aroostook, in- comparison with

'the yield a year ago in the state.

DECEMBER CROP REPORT

HE ACREAGE of wheat and rye - '
I sown this fall in Michigan is.

v considerably less than last year.
The acreage of wheat now on the
ground is about four per cent less

than the the average annual harvest-p

ed acreage for the past 15 years. The

acreage of rye was more than doubled»

during the war, reaching an estimat-
ed aCreage of 900,000 acres in 1919.

There was a marked decline last year.‘

and a «further decreased acreage was
sown this fall, although it is still 50

per cent greater than the pre-war av-z.
The December Crop Report,

erage.
for Michigan, issued by Verne H.

Church, Agricultural Statistician, Ur

S. Bureau of Crop Estimates and
Coleman 0. Vaughan. Secretary of
State, also sho'ws that the average
monthly wages paid'by farmers dur-

ing the past season were 25- per cent .

greater. and day wages from 15 to 20
per cent greater than in the previous
year.

The acreage sown to winter wheat
is estimated at 839,000 as compared

with 022,000 sown last year, a dc?

crease of nine per cent. Dry weather
greatly hindered the preparation of
the ground which, bogther. with a
shortage of labor, caused much to be
sown late and appreciably decreased
the acreage. Germination was slow
and uneven. but ample moisture in
November and mild weather have
given the crop a chance to overcome
the handicap with which it started.
The condition is 89 per centwhleh is
one per cent below the corner av-
erage. and three per cent less than
last year on December 1. The amount
of wheat marketed at mills and ele-

vators in the State during November

is estimated at 745 000 bushels, and
the total amount since August 1, 5,-
744.000.

About four per cent less acreage at. V‘
rye is estimated to have been sown
the amount being 035. 000w '

this fall,
acres 'as compared with' 660000 last
year and 900,000 two years agml'l‘

condition figure is 92 per can

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ending Sept 20 1920 earn‘

_ common after allowing for

if {the subject;
weekly submit to every county a res
port of activities of the legislature in.
detail, so far as is practical and 111-.
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N A RECENT issued we published
a statement showing the profits
that 'Were earned by the American

Sugar Refining Company for the past
several years. This was no "esti-
mate” such as the best growers of
the state'were obliged to make last

year in attempting to arrive at the;

cost of producing sugar from beets
in this state, but was the actual cost
taken from the books of the com-
pany and published in the Wall

Street Journal to show investors the .

strength of the corporation. In this
issue we present the financial reports
of the Cuban-American Sugar Refin-
ing Co. ,and the Michigan Sugar Re~
fining 00'. These also are authentic
reports from the books of the two
companies.

Cuban-American Earns 100 Per Cent

The Cuban-American Sugar 00.,
are refiners of cane sugar. The par
value of their common stock is $10.
According to the Wall Street Journal
this company in the year

is indicated by the following table
(last three figures omitted): ’

, Operating Bal. for Aggro.

Gross profits common surplus

1920 . . $92,744 $22, 282 $11,564 $20,931
1919 . 50,767 13,045 6,538 22,307
1918 . . 40,089 10,249 3,674 16,828
1917 . . 40,345 10,821 6,341 13,809
1916 . . 27,344 9,625 7,682 9,555)
1915 . 23,366 7,210 4,489 6,285
1914 . 15,560 4,446 2,153 3,894

Michigan Sugar Earnings
The Michigan Sugar Company is
the largest beet sugar refining cor-

poration in this state. It has had a
consistent record of conservative
management and fair dividends.

During the war its earnings increas-
ed by leaps and bounds.
this fact the beet growers of the
state have sought to secure a portion
of those profits for themselves, and
on two separate occasions secured

an increased price per ton of beets

which they would otherwise not have
received had they not gone after it.

Mindful of‘

"Repol'ts Show Sugar Concerns Make Huge Profit

Dividends Declared in Past Four Years Range From Thirty to Over One Hundred Per Cent.

At all times the Michigan Sugar
Company as well as other beet sugar
companies of the state have resisted
every effort on the part of the grow-
ers to secure a better price, always
on the grounds that their earnings
were not suflicent to pay the price
asked. In all but the last contest
staged over the price of beets the
farmers stuck together and won out.
Last year, however, the factories
maintained the position so strongly
that they could not afford to pay
more for beets that they convinced
enough growers of the fact to secure
their acreage.

For the purpose of securing reli-
able information concerning the
Michigan Sugar Company’s earnings
the editor of the BUSINESS FARMER
purchased some of its common stock
and finds it a very good investment,
indeed. The balance sheet of this
corporation as of June 30, 1920, is

 

reproduced on this page. It will

bear careful scrutiny.
Looks Like “littered Stock?

The statement shows an actual
property investment of $7,738,-
184.83. ”Good will, trade names,

etc.,” have no tangible value, yet
they are listed at $3,742,924.32 as
assets, and against this questionable
item there is outstanding preferred
stock to the value of $3,703,500.00,
on which dividends must be earned
from low priced beets and high—pric—
ed sugar.

In reviewing the statement of this
corporation the Michiqan Manufacr
tmm (1an Financial anrtl observes

‘ that the surplus of $3 ,868, 942. 85 as

applied to the common stock shows a
book value of $5.17, after allowing
“liberally” for reserves, or $3,375,—
684.39. ‘

It is almost impossible to tell from
the foregoing statement the exact
amount of profits earnedaduring the
past several years. Cer-
tain facts are known, how-

 

 

the largest balance for
common stock in its his-
tory. The $11,564,659 av-
ailable for the 910000.000

dividends on the $7,893.800
preferred, represented over
100 per cent and would
have been $2,000.000 great-
er, except for the reserve
set up out of earnings t0”
cover depreciation on re-
fined inventories.

During the four years,
1917-1920, this company ‘
entirely wiped out its
funded debt of $8.211,000,
increased 1ts working cap-

lngs of $92,744,415 nearly
doubled, those of the prev-
ious year, while operating
profits rose to $22,282,658

Good Will. Trade Names, etc.

I

Total Property Investment'
Investment in Other Compan-

ies (at cost)
CURRENT ASSETS:
Inventories of Products and Supplies on Hand.
Process Stocks

Bills Receiveable

Advance Payments
Seed Purchases and other

Michigan Sugar Company Balance Sheet as of June 30, 1920

hsssrs

PROPERTY ACCOUNT:

Land, Building, Machinery and Equipment:
Manufacturing Plants
Weighing Stations and equip-

..... $7,167,686.23

out ................ 1 1 3,732.03 '
Rolling Stock, Factory Tools,
Stable and other Movable
Equipment ............ 311, 357. 98

Total Plant Equipdxent . .,87 592, 776. 24 ,
Farm Real Estate

145, 408. 59

.......

 

8 7,738,184.93
3,742,924.32

 

$1 1,481,109.15
1,074,240.42

.......... $ 30,178.27

' ' By- Products ............ 61,131. 96
if”. 36’000’000 and paid Beet Seed .............. 444, 2'16 04
leldendS on common SCOCk' Material and Supplies ..... 575,624.87
aggregating 440 per cent, -- .
1,111,171.14
or 54430090“ Gross 9313' Accounts Receiveable ...... 240 2.92. 49 "

........ 1, 096, 462. 71

1,336,745.20
on Best

from $13,045,236. Profit Degpggmgm- $3,; 55;, “”35“
and loss surplus was‘$29,- - u. 351- (Siam: 'se'cix'n'tiei 53. 492.91
' . e e
93137642 compare?! Wlth -—-Bonds and Certificate 11 802.583 so
$8,894,157 on September, can in Bank. and on and 2, 242, 554. 97
30, 1914. Progress made 3,151,061”

 

Deferred Charges to Future
Operations

______._______..
818,496,70601

{IABILITIES
(Issued and
6 per cent
Preferred——
....... 83.703.500.00
. 7,471,100.00

Capital Stock:
Outstanding)
Cumulative
3 7 0,3 50 Shares

Common—~74 7, 1 1 0 Shores

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811.174.600.00
77,478.77

Amounts Payable, Including
Local Taxes not due
Reservesz,
For Dcpteciation ........ 1,591,736.93
For Inter—Campaign Repairs,
Federal Taxes, etc. 1,783,947.46

._____,..__—._.

8,375,684.39

SURPLUS:

Balance. July 1. 1910 . ..$2,978,006.43

Add: Aluount of Adjustment
of Federal Taxes for

A
ever, which will enable
one to arrive at an ap-
proximate conclusion. For
the year ending June
34237278 20 1921, dividends

amounting to 12 per cent
have been declared on the
common stock. As the
accompanying statement
shows nearly $900,000 has
also been added to sur-
plus and 110w much to re-
serves can only be conjec-
tured. The present sur-
plus if declared as divi-
dends would mean 50 per
cent on the common stock.
In gauging the financial
strength and earning ca-
pacity of a corporation it

previous year .......... 17,099.91 is necessary to go beyond
:m U s 2,995,106.34 declared dividends to the
PRESENT S PL S: . '
Dada" Dividends Paid: surplus which is only
Prefer-rid ................ 222,210.00 earned. bu-t undivided div-
mmo ...............

747,100.00 '
3
Profit for year ending June

30,1920,Iflar deducting
Federal taxes ...... &

969,320.00
2,025,786.34

1,843,156.51
$18,496,706.01

idends. The statement of
the Michigan Sugar Com-
pany indicates that the
net earnings of this corp-
oration for the past two
or three years must have
exceeded 30 per cent.

 

 

 

 

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Farm Bureau submits Questionnaire on State [Ssues to County Officers

LEGISLATI V E tde- Conducts Referendum on Important Issues to Present Farmers ’Views to Legislature

partment of
State Farm Bureau has boon or-
gunned with A. M. Berridge in gen-

eral charge and J. P. Powers active

legislative agent. - The department
disclaims any intention to lobby, but
will thoroughly investigate the vari-
ous propositions up before the legis-
lature, consult its members upon
them, and lay the results before the
legislative comniittees. A question-
naire was recently'sent out to the

‘mffides of the local farm bureaus who

were asked to indicate their approv-
al of the following legislative pro-
gram Results of the referendum
will be published in a later issue.
lets—That this department primar-
ily is to reflect the desires'of' the
county farm bureau; that it will, un-

‘ less pressure of time forces it to ex-

ercise its own best judgment, sub-

' mit controversial subjects to a refer-

endum_ of county farm bureau of-
ficers; together with an analysis of
further, that it will

form bureau members are

 

receiving in the senate and house of
representatives.

2d—-—'I‘hat it will strive'for great-
or economy in state government, in-
vestigating the.various measures in-
volving state funds that may be in-
troduced, and favor or oppose thru
personal efforts and publicity.

3d——,That it will urge consolida-
tion of all state boards, commissions
and bureaus of the state doing re-
lated work, with elimination of dup-
lication of any efforts of any boards,
commissions or bureaus.

“ii-«That it ‘will seek enactment
of same and equitable taxation, with
protection for forested and reforest-
ed- lauds aby taxation of them on a
basis of their bare-land value, with
the timber and products being taxed
only at time. they may ‘be marketed.

5th—-—z—That it Will endeavor to have
provided improved methods ofa ob-
taming more accurate statistical
knowledge of agriculture in Michi-
gan through an annual rural survey
to‘be made by township supervisors
at the time of"‘annualassessments of
property.

Gui—That it will advocate reten-

'1,

' Agriculture

trim of the state constabulary with
the force increased from 163 to 200
men,'on the same salary basis as at
present, and the assignment to this
force of the police duties that are
now assigned to special wardens, dep—
uties in the department of food and
drugs, and Public Domain Commis-
sion.

7th—That it will earnestly urge
the placing of an agricultural repre-
sentative on all public boards and
commissions that may be created, be-
lieving that the rural part of the
state, representing as it, does more
than half of the wealth of the state,
should have i" voice in all public af-
fairs

8th——That it will advocate creation
of a bureau of markets with adequate
funds to enable it to serve the peo-
ple of the state properly in co-oper—
ation with the U. S. Department of
in inspection and cer~
'tiflCation of all farm products that
may be marketed or warehoused, as
a subordinate division of a state de—
partment of lands and agriculture,

including the following state agenC~

lea, all of which are doing an agri-

' Parks ;

cultural or related work,
and further any that may
be created.

The Public Domain Commission,
with game, fish, fire commission; the
agricultural section of the statistical
division of the Secretary of State’s
office, with transfer also of vital sta-
tistics from secretary of state to De-
partment of Health; the Food and
Dairy division of the Food and Drug
Department, with the further trans-
fer of the drug section to the Depart-
ment of Health, and the liquor en-
fo’rcement duty of this department to
the state constabulary; the Orchards
and Nurseries Inspection Bureau;
the Seed Inspection Agency; the Fer-
tilizer and Feeds Inspection bureau;
State Geological Survey, with disso-
lution of the board of geological sur-

,vey, and a coalition of this work with

the survey activities which have been
carried on by the Public Domain
Commission; the Agricultural Fair
Commission; the State
the Mackinac Park Commis-
sion; the State Board of Veterinar-
ions; the Board of Swamp Land Com-
mlssloners; the Board of Fish Com-
missioners.

(Continued on page 11)

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* right" ownership 4
‘ .\ marketing—are lacking.

EARLY EVERY farmer who
reads a farm or other newspa-
per has heard of the RalstonvNo-

lan bill. He. may know that this is

' a measure prepared and Sponsored

by a' group of manufacturers and

merchants.

of taxation from industry and place
it. upon the privilege of holding land.
The American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion, the National Grange, and other
large farm organization, to say noth-
ing of a score or more of farm papers

have already announced themselves
as opposed to the measure.

The subject of taxation is vital to
the farmer and is going to be more
vital during the next few years. Tax—
es are going to be heavy. Everyone
will feel their weight, and everyone
will do what he can to shift the bur-
den from his own back to that of
his neighbor. If federal taxes are
not directly assessed against land
they will be collected in some form
and quantity from the holder of land.
The farmer will be called upon to
bear his share,~of course, so it be-
hooves him to become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the entire tax'situra-
tion and the various plans that are
presented for raising the necessary
federal revenue. We doubt if many
farmers are well enough acquainted
with the Ralston-Nolan bill to .have
an intelligent opinion upon it, and
for that reason we are presenting
here the salient features of the bill.

Present System Unfair

It is claimed by the proponents of
the Ralston—Nolan bill that there is
much inequality in the present meth—
od of assessing federal taxes. It
is said that the total industrial val-
ues amount to $140,000,000,000, and
the total land values the same, but
that the industrial values pay $4.-
000,000,000 in taxes while the land
values pay only $600,000,000. It
the tax burden were distributed as
provided in the Ralston-Nolan bill,
industry would then pay three bil-
lions and land values one and six
tenths billions.

The authors of the bill state that

.Measure to Come Before . on

He may also know that '
its aim is to remove a billion dollars'

 

 

 

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felt for a number of years to come.

in these columns.
will be published upon this subject.

 

 

Who. Will Pay the Taxes? A; T

AXATION Will be the buga'b'oo of state and natiOn for the next few
T years. Never in the histbry of the present generation has the state
or- nation been confronted with such enormous. demands upon the
' exchequer as are being felt on all sides today and will continue to 110‘ J

reason, the property owner should watch carefully the public appropri‘
ations and the methods of raising and spending them, and should de-
nounce waste, inefficiency and discrimination with all the strength at
his command. Tax problems will be thoroughly and clearly discussed .
The accompanying is the first of many articles that

.—

For self-protection, if- for no other

—Editor.

 

 

 

 

their measure will
taxes on business men, [professional
men, tradesmen, real estate men,
manufacturers, wholesalers, retail-
ers, shippers, builders, laborers,
farmers, stockraisers, food produc-
ers, lumbermen, miners, etc., and
will increasefederal taxes on IDLE
city lots, town lots, suburban tracts,
farm lands, timber lands, coal lands,
oil lands, :potash deposits, iron Ore
lands, copper ore lands, lead, zinc
and all other mineral lands, water-
power sites, water fronts, terminal
sites, etc.
“There the Farmer Comes In

The bill should have the suppert
of the farmers, it is declared. Be-
cause it does not proposeto’ tax any
used land values under $10,000, ex‘
elusive of improvements. It is
stated that only ten per cent of the
farmers own farms valued at more
than $10,000, after the value of 'all
improvements such as buildings,
fences, tiling, machinery, etc., are
deducted. In an appeal for the sup-
port of the farmer the authors of
the bill say: ’

“The Ralston-Nolan bill means
more to the farmers, laborers "and
legitimate business men of the na-
tion than any other bill now before
Congress. It means more than mere-
ly making our vast unimproved
lands and undeveloped natural re—
,sources ‘(worth between $50,000,-,
000,000 and $60,000,000,000 and
now exempt from taxation) bear a

reduce federal _

small portion of the crushing feder-
al tax load. It means putting a
‘damper’ on the keeping idle of a
vast empire of valuable agricultural
and building ground, and the holding
out of use of millions of acres of rich
coal, oil, iron, copper, timber, water-
power and mineral lands. It means
a lessening ofthe heavy taxes that
must now be passed on by manufact-
urers, wholesalers andretallers to
the farmers and which inevitably
have the eflect of keeping up the
high price of goods. It means a long
step toward the solution of the farm
tenant problem, not only through a
great increase in the farmers pur-
chasing power, but through the
breaking up of railroad land grants,
large speculative holdings and big
landed estates. It means a halt to
the ruthless ‘profiteering' and goug-
ing of the consumer, with a large re-
duction in the cost of coal, gas, food,
clothing, shelter and all the necessi-
ties and comfort of life.
wider opportunities, better markets,
greater farm profits, and more abund-
ant prosperity for all. It means,
finally, the shifting of the tax burden
from those'least able to pay onto
those most able to pay.”

The supporters of the bill dec‘rare
that “Wall street Will leave no stone
unturned to kill the Ralston-Nolan

bill,“ and cites the action of the Na?

tional . industrial conference board,
representing the “railroad kin-gs,
coal barons, steel magnates, oil, cop-

New York Dairymen Enter Distributing Business in
Discover That Only Way to Hold Whip Hand Over Their Business is to Own Distributing Machinery

N THE IAST few years the state
of Michigan has given birth to
some notable co-operative suc-
cesses. Some of these have been es—
talilished by such pioneer farm or—
ganizations as the Gleaners and the
Grange, and more recently by the
Farm Bureau. One of the most suc—

'cessful of the state’s numerous co-

operative ventures is the Michigan
Potato Growers’ Exchange which has
served as a pattern for potato pro-
ducers in many other states. Rela-
tively important advances have been
made in Michigan by those engaged
in the production of potatoes, grain
and beans. Scores of warehouses
and, elevators have been purchased
or built by farmers engaged in the
production of’those crops, and while
temporary losses have been met in
many cases as a result of the world-
wide depression, generally speaking
the position of the co—operative asso-
ciations is strong and Will be the
means of bringing to their members
considerably higher prices than they
would otherwise receive. There are
two great agricultural industries ’in
Michigan, however, which have not
made so substantial progress toward
co-operative reform. We speak of
the sugar beet industry and the dairy
industry. While it‘is true that strong
organizations have been formed, the
really dominating factor, which has
made 'otller
success in Michigan, namely, out-
:of the means of

Not‘to our knowledge do the mem-

-bers of the Michigan .Milk Produc-
é“‘-gers’ Ass-’n own a single condensary,
U a, single cheese or butter factory, a;

single weighing station or a single
’ ‘ distributing plant. . ’
ed.» cases where the producers of 9.

There are" isolat-

co-op‘erative' ventures a "

 

 

S LOVVLY but surely the organized dairymcn of the United States are dis-

covering that there is only one solution to the marketing problem, and.

that is the outright ownership of plants to distribute fluid milk and man-

ufacture the surplus into by-products.

Scoresgof small cities throughout the

country are being successfully served by farmer-owned distributing plants.
The dairymen serving the larger industrial centers are now falling in line.
The opportunity is ripe now in Michigan for the formation of farmerowned

distributing plants to serve the larger cities of the state.

Will the organized

producers grasp the opportunity or will they let it slip by unnoticed?—Editor.

 

 

subscribed
creameries

single community have
money to build local

[which while they have not brought to

the farmer all that he should have
for his milk, have at least provided
him with an outlet at times when
otherwise he would have no market._
If farmers are to co-operate to elim-
inate wastes in' distribution 'and to
locate the most favorable market for
their products it is fundamental that
they should' own .or control the ma—
chinery of distribution.

' , \Vhat Other States Have Done

Reports from other states shows
encouraging'progress among milk
producers towards thismuch desir-
ed end. ‘Heretoforep investments
have been confined to factories for/
the manufacturing of dairy 'by-pro-
ducts or possible to weighing and
receiving stations.

But dairymen supplying the large
industrial centers havé’vQ-‘éfarned that’
this only partially meets the prob-
lem. They have learned that no!
amount of arbitration between their

organization and the organized (11132;.55

tributors of- milk will insure them a

profitable price when 113‘ suits the
‘ wishes of the , distributors to pay;
then’r less than that. The dairyniééig.

of New York state have been partie-

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, v

ularly impressed with this fact, and
the history of their organization has
been a continual round of broken
promises bv the distributors and re-
taliatory strikes. It now appears,
however, that they have seen the
light and are to actually enter the
distributing business in the city of
New York The New York Herald
describes the proposed venture as
follows: '
“R. D. Cooper, president of the
Dairymen’s League. has announced
that the Dairymenjs League Co-op-
erative,Assoeiation, Inc., has Obtain-
ed an option for the purchase 'of the
properties, equipment and‘business
of the Levy Dairy Company, a large
wholesaling c‘on’cern. , The company
has a milk station and pasteurizing
plant at Nineteenth street and Aven-
ue B and leases or owns t‘Wenty—six‘

.milk shipping stations in this state

and Pennsylvania.
“Funds to make the purchase will

. be raised by ahampalgn among- 1111-111-
the-w Dairymen's * ‘
League, the offer to purchase stock,» .4
being made first to farmers whb sun-' ,

‘plled milk to the Lovy, company,
“This is‘ the first 51,581) 411.12% do ,
velopment of (so-opera veDmllk sales f

er members of

   

  
  
     
 

in this city by ,,
League, Charles .A. _

    

     
 
 

It means

  
 
    

, per, timber, waterpower an
~ powerful landed princes or A
ea" in voting against the bills
idence of Wall Street’ '
fluence.

. authors turn to the farmers to
port it on the fellowlng ground”

“It exempts over 90 per cent or

the farmers. Less than 10 per can

of farms have land values of $10; 000
or more, after deducting the value or
buildings, fences, tiling, machinery, 5"

stock and all improvements.

"It will check the growth of farm .
land, 1
grant railroads, and, owners of cut-
over timber tracts will be discourag-
ed from holding a vast empire of:

tenancy. Big. speculators,

fertile land out of use, thus making

it easier for hundreds of thousands

of tenant farmers to obtain homes of
’ their own.

“It will lower tne price of all man-
ufactured products. All taxes on 1113 .
dustry, unlike taxes on land values, .

are always shifted from producer to
consumer in higher prices on goods.
Like a Snowball that grows bigger
andbivgger asit is rolled along, so
does every tax on a product of in—
dustry grow larger and larger as it is
passed from one business man to an-
other, until it finally falls with ac-

cumulated force on the consumer,”

When taxes ,on industry and the
fruits of industry are reduced there;

fore, and placed onnland values where" "

they cannot be. shifted, the farmer
will be able to purchase his goods'at
a much lower price.

“It Will break the monopoly of
coal, oil, iron, timber, waterpower,
and all natural resources.

revived,

er will thus be able to make an ad-

ditional saving in the cost of every- »

thing he buys—food, clothing, fuel,
household goods, machinery, tools,
fences and building materials—of
not less than $300 to $500 a year.”

(Additional information upon this
'.subject will be given in a later issue)

Great Metropolis

president of Borden’ s Farm Products
Company, Inc., has been appointed
manager of city distribution for the
league. ”

Southern Illinois Farmers Organize ,

Company

Still another venture along this ,
line is to be tried out by the dairy-

men of southern Illinois who supply
the city of St. Louis. with a large part

' of its milk supply. The Globe Demo—~ "

crat of St. Louis in its issue of
Dec. 5th, gives us the following in-
formation concerning the project:

"Donley A. Brooks of Marine, pres—
ident of the Southern Illinois Milk
Producers’ Association and Fred
Henke of Edwardsville, representing
the Illinois State Agricultural As-
sociation have gone to Minneapolis,
Minn. where they will spend several
days studying methods of the Twin
City Milk Marketing Company in
view of the organization of a $500-
000 corporation to handle 70, 000
gallons of milk produced daily in
the Southern Illinois field and sold
principally in St Louis. The com-f
pany will probably be known as the
‘Southern Illinois Milk Marketing
Company.

“The plan is being handled by the
State Agricultural Association , d
necessary finances will be raised 1;

the sale" of stock to milk producer .

 

Headquarters and the central pie,"
will be located’at East -e‘uL ‘

 

     

     

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mate competition in industry will 116.“:
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“The use of a truck on Goodyear Cord Tires has enabled me to release three teams
and three drivers from threshing work and is shortening the length of my harvesting,

 

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ght. 1920, y

season three to four weeks, thus helping the thresher to finish the job while good
weather lasts. The pneumatics roll easily over plowed fields, through stubble, barn-
yard mud, snow and so on. At 12,000 miles, they look good for 12,000 more.”

Carl J. Gustafson, Owner of Willow Grove Farm, near Aberdeen, South Dakota

 

 

 

 

ORE and more farmers constantly are
reporting, as above, marked benefits
obtained from motorization and partic—
ularly from motor trucks on Goodyear

Cord Tires.

They have found that [quick field hauling
assists power-machines by prompt supply
and removal of loads, and that the pneu-
matics make such hauling possible.

A' sturdy, truck on Goodyear Cord Tires,
therefore, is of Vital aid to year ’round
motor-farming; to motorized pumping,
spraying, threshing, silo—filling, feed—grind-
ing and other works

 

Pneumatic traction overcomes soggy ,slip—
pery going; pneumatic cushioning: prevents
severe shaking and loss of load, pneumatic
activity saves much time.

By the development of the rugged Good-
year Cord construction, all these advan-
tages of the big pneumatics have been
made most intensely practical for farm
service.

Farmers’ accounts of how motorization and
pneumatics have saved labor, crops, time
and money, can be obtained from The
GoodyearTire & Rubber Company, Akron,
Ohio, or Los Angeles, California.

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Poverty

OME WITH me. I will show you pov-

erty. -I will take you down the broad
boulevard with its beautiful lights and its
handsome, happy homes, to a street that turns
05 toward the river. The pavement ends, the
lights grow fewer, the houses become smaller
and closer together. Watch your step, for in
the gloom you may catch your toe on a broken
sidewalk or litter left by the children at play.
It is very quiet and mysterious down here.
Except for an occasionalgleam of a kerosene
lamp or the‘wail of a hungry baby you might
imagine the little hovels to be nothing more
than huge empty dry—goods boxes thrown pro-
miscuously from a dump wagon. There is no
. music, no laughter, not even the friendly purr
of a motor to break the silence of the night
and give you a comforting sense of companion-
shi p. After a little while you come near to
the river. You can tell by the cold cutting
wind that sweeps in from its icy bosom. Then,
too, you observe ‘through the gloom that here
at your foot is the begimiing of a swamp. You
lwar the soughing of cat-tails and the rustle
of reeds. You turn and walk a short diStance
along the edge of the swamp. Soon you per-
ceive a row of little houses. Squatting as
tlwy do at the very feet of theswamp they re.
111 nd you of fishermen’s shacks that might
have been pulled up from the river the prev-
ious spring to await the coming of another
season of ice and spearing.

You knock at thd door of one of these shan-
ties. There is a shuffling inside, a hurried
straightening of things and while you wait the
opening of the door you note that one of- the
two front windows of the little house has been
‘broken and a piece of cardboard loosely placed
does duty as a window pane. Soon the door is
opened.
babe in her arms. -- From either side half a
dozen pair of eyes (if a half a dozen different
ages peer at you inquiringly. You state your
111 ssion. You are getting up some Christ-
mas packages for the children of the city.
Does the woman wish you to remember her
little ones, and if so, will she kindly tell you
their sex and ages. Instantly there is a sub-
dued clapping of hands. “Santa Claus,
Santa Claus,” murmur the children. You
are admitted from the cold and whilst the

mother, eager togive you the information lest'

you become impatient and depart too soon,
hurriedly mutters the names and the ages of
the children, your eyes- sweep the unkempt
room which is no larger than the clothes press,
in your own commodious home; The floor is
here. That is to be expected, of course. But
there is something else that is here and it gives
' you quite a shock when you make the diacov-
cry. It is the feet of the children. Two of
7 the older ones are wearing shoes several times

too lugs for then; but there are arrest 11an

‘yin mthe stockings through Which We is
r vealed. Several- of the children appear to
ave no undergarments. Little ,

A woman stands before you with a,

_‘ the clouds of doubt and despair. .
tic theory this, which bids 9. man yield himself

thoughts. ltim

‘ these little children withstand the cold when

the mercury is low. Fm an adjoining room
another child, an unmindftil that a waiter is
present, enters with a cracker in his hand.
Instantly there is a great hullabaloo. All the

children pounce upon him, seeking to deprive '

him of the morsel of food. The mother finally
succeeds in separating them and in the walls
that follow you learn that the children had
only crackers for supper, a very poor meal, in-
deed. The mother makes some confused ex-
planation about it being so cold she didn’t
have the heart to send the boys down town

.for the bologna. " " ‘ ‘

Here is poverty, the direct kind of poverty.
It exists in Mount Clemens, it is found in De-
troit. All great cities‘are cursed with it. And
thousands of future American citizens are
growing up within its blighting environs, cold,
hungry and miserable.

His Excellency, Gov. Groesbeck
R. SLEEPER is out. Mr. Grocebeck is
in. And all eyes turn expectantly to
Lansing. The people of the state are gener—
ally agreed that Michigan faces two possibil-
ities, -—either one of the most progressive ad-
ministrations in its history, or—keen disap—
pointment It is perhaps unfortunate for Mr.
Groesbeck that he enters upon his new duties
in an atmosphere of great expectation. It is
not always easy for performance to scale the
dizzy heights of prophecy, and what has been
predicted for the Groesbeck- regime will not
be attained without a deal of vision, hard
work and the utmost cooperation between the
executive and the legislature. One thing is
certain, Mr. Groesbeck will be his own boss.
He will counsel with others, as indeed he has
already done} He will be open to conviction
and will be patient with those who disagree.
But in the end he will have his own way. (He
is of the type who will please others when he
can, but always himself first. That type of
public servant makes mistakes and enemies,
but casts them aside and goes straight on. Mr.
Groesbeck has been a door as attorney general.
He will be a door as governor. He will not be
content to follow the beaten path trod by his
predecessor, but will blaze his own trail. We
expect him to make some rather radical re-
commendations to the legislature looking to
the simplification of state government and
greater economy. Having an intelligent grasp
of the needs of the state.gained from an act—
ive experience and a close observance he should
be able to direct the course of legislation along
safe, sane, but nevertheless progressive lines.
Here’s to you, Gov. Groesbeck.

Are You Making the Most. of Life?

IFE IS the most varied thing in the

world. It is easy to perform to the ut-
termost any single duty of life, but only a
super man can combine all the qualities of
right living in a perfect existence. Life is not
altogether What you yourself make it as the
optimistic philosopher likes to assure us, but
it is what God and the rest of the world make
it. Smiles may cheer the living after the
pangs of sorrow suffered for the dead have
spent themselves. But they cannot charm
the powers of disaster and disease, nor cheat
the grave of the dying. All the virtues of a
correct life may discourage but they will not
entirely hinder the forces of evil employed in
evil hands from injuring your rights, your
happiness and even your faith in mankind.

The most optimistic soul must have its mom-‘

ents when the sunshine of hope is lost behind

to ignoble whims and passions and remain a
slave to a plastic com/thence. You cannot
make of life all that you would but you can
make much of it. In the dawning of each
new year it is well to plumb the inner man to
its new ds and gauge the past year’s

end
all, been wéll wrifli you“!
with three aboufym

No fatalis- .

of your

X
,. them to have lpss regard for you -,
and kinan are second nature to no is

They must be" cultivated. The heart that

, full of compassion for others is a fertile fish!

for {mixing the seed of these virtues. Plant
them. Nourish them. cultivate them. And

the harvest will be an abundance that will

bless you and your posterity. You did not

“make the most of life in the year just closed

if you spoke crossly when you could have spok-
so kindly; if you were mean where you could
have been generous; if you cursed your neigh- '
bar when you could have forgiven him, if you 2
refused your family the little joys, of life .
when by a trifling sacrifice on your part you:
could have made them happy. In. short, if:
you were guilty of a single commission or
omission as a result of which any other was
deprived of one jot of happiness the black
mark of failure has been chalked up beside
3/0111- name. Turn over the leaf. Write upon
it, “Rmolved. that I will in this year 1921
make the very most of life and that I will,
overlook no opportunity to render a service to
those about me. ” -

Prosperity Ahead! 4' "

HE TRADE barometer reads, “fair
weather and blue skies ahead. ” The

auto manufacturers are positive that the New .
York and Chicago automobile shows will re-
vive the public’ 8 interest in automobiles and
enable them to once more start up the wheels
of idle factories. , Textile manufacturers hay
that the public has gone about as long as it

can without clothes and that spring will see

a demand for garments which will require 111
clothing making facilities to fill. Steel mak-
ers remind us that six month’s delay in make
ing necessary machinery repairs and improve—
ments will mean a general rush from all, quar-
ters for steel products when the brake, is fin-

ally released from industry. And the United

States Chamber of Commerce is sure that the
slightest improvement in farm product prices
which will increase the farmer’s purchasing
power will instantly scatter depression to the
four Winds.

Nearly every business man in the cOuntry
has become a self-appointed prophet and is
seeking to peer into the dim recesses of the
future to see what they hold of good or evil..
Either all these hopeful seers actually discern
a glimmer of lightin the distance or else they
are "a set of colossal blufiers. For they all ‘
agree that the worst is over and the turning
the road is just ahead. Itmatters not so much
what they may predict for the future, but» if
every last man in this cduntry from the most
‘powerful down to the weakest would firmly
resolve that he would dovhis individual part
in restoring prosperity, we would, have pros-

perity. No longer would the wheels of fan. " .

tories lie idle, nor the avenues of trade remain
congested. No longer would farm2 prices
slump or sleep,,nor labor be out of a job. As
if by the wave of a magic wand, everything
would move forward. Industry is like a
mighty chariot which when once set in motion

moves of its own accord. Once stopped it is .

a discouraging job to get it under motion
again. A few cannot [budge it. But let
enough get their shoulders to the wheel to
give it a. start and the whole nation will get ,.
behind to lend it momentum. And that’ s Em":

about What is likely to happen the next few_,..95 r

months.

Did you ever tact?

general public has been doing the last few months, '
+Mng. It to getting gaunt and empty for ,
eryt‘lflng m food to furs. It {cant wit , ‘
the famine much longer Sooner or later its '

must be filled and when the demand comes 1

keep us an busy feeding the ravening wolves. .2

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, IF WE OKLI UNDERGTOOD
Could .we but draw back the curtains
That surround each‘ other’s lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the ”action gives,
Often we would find it better,

Purer than we judge we should.

We would know each other better

If. we onlyunderstood. .
Could we judge all deed by motives.
lee the good and bad within;

Often we would love the sinner

.All the while we loathe the sin.

'_ Could .we know the powers working

To o’erthrow integrity,

We should Judge each other’s errors
With more patient charity.

If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts all in vain,

And the bitter disappointment;
”Understood the loss and gain.
Would the grim eternal roughness
Seem, I wonder, just the same?

Would we help where we now hinder;

Should we pity Where we blame?
Ah, we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not, life’s hidden force, .
Knowing not the fault of action
Is less tnrbent than the source.
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All the golden grains of good
'We shouldloveeach otherbetter.
If we only understood.
——-C'ontributed by Mrs. M00” Bad Ase,
Mich” R. p. D. 7. .

BERRIEN, COUNTY AG‘IN STATE
. POLICE

HAVE been a subscriber of your

farm magazine since the first

copy u'blislred, and am ‘firmly
impress ”with the fairness shown
‘ by you in. all public matters. There-
fore I ask you to present one from
Berrien County’s attitude on the
state constabulary. It is undoubted-
ly known that they did duty in this
section the past season and the re-
sults of their‘services was such that
the citizens asked their removal by
=a protest petition which was acted
lupon by the governor. Therefore
they considered their past exper-
ience with them most frankly under-
stood. ' /

Berrien' county is one of those in
the lead in membership of the Farm
Bureau, yet we find the publicity de-
‘partment telling that it is only the
ignorant and uninformed of the
Workings of the eonstabulary who
are objecting to them. The people

, believed in the bureau, even more

.,.when being informed that the coali-
tion committee was dead. Can it be

? possible the soul yet lives like that

'of the well known deceased John
Brown? Could it be possible it was
the spirit that prevailed at the Grange
vaention, Grand Rapids? Would also
add, our would-be farmer statesmen
had no need to have been alarmed
at the proposed resolution presented
by Genesee County Grange. Pure de-
mocracies don‘t go Red: only auto-
.cracy. Let us not make this an au-
tocratic government—E. D. Buchan-
on. '

 

' f Guess it doesn’t make much difference
to some folks what the people want,’ If
a few farm leaders say, ‘Let‘s retain the
Constabulary and spare the civil offic-

es s,” I suppose th
listen. the State Police6 I misting; w“?
and out es will continue

were
Mt. Clemens and Macon:

Marsh has come ”mm M'

here himself an -
sonaily conducted several midi Deg“
gambling houses and” Whiskey dens. tak-
hing into custody one of the most notor-
‘rons gamblers of this section. \ While

appreciate this clean-up and want to ac-
knowledge the part played Kathe State
Police, I am satisfied that ' of.
flcers would have done as much. un er a

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TARIFF wrap NOT HELP

', QHAVE AD with ~interest 'the
,3. ”;various_ letters published in. the
. .,; M. B. F., on farm problems. In

* 'yo’ur'i'ssue of the 25th I find. one art-

icle~~on what tariff will do for the
more. As‘matters now stand lfbe-
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this act become a law. This would
give him an excuse to get another
crack at the consumer, of course,
’iarmers included. Press informa-
tion informs us that one Massachu-
setts factory has bought and receiv-
ed 1,500,000 pounds of wool at 20
cents per pound delivered. Millers
have bought 4,500,000 or more bush-
els of wheat over in Canada Which
have been delivered. Worlds of
beans are'her'e, no doubt a lot from
Japan. Hides are brought from
Russia, butter from Denmark. Mr.
Fordney knows that we have treat-
ies with other countries which can-
not be set aside immediately without
meshing retaliation from these
countries. Why was the bean tariff
pigeon-holed? - Why doesn’t he see
to it to have manufactured goods
brought down on the level with the
farm products? Why should
farmer be the goat and work for
nothing or little? Perhaps all that
»Mr. Fordney’s bill will do for the
farmers is to buy a spray to lay on
their graves The profiteers have killed
the farmers and landed us where we
are now so give us a decent burial
at least. I believe the bill will ,not
become a law and no doubt Mr.
Fordney has thesame belief. Yours
fer tair play to all—G. 0. A., To
City, Mich.

It is possible and fairly easy to re-
store farm prices by tariff legislation.

 

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MICHIGAN PRODUCE AGAIN

I am one that shipped to the Michigan
Produce Company and never got any
returns. On the first day of September
I shipped a coop of eighteen fat hens. I
waited over two weeks and did not hear
from them; then I wrote to them but got
no answer. They got the chickens all
right for the coops came back but they
will not settle. 0n the. 26th of October
I shipped a. veal calf weighing 112 pounds
to the Farmers’ Produce 00., and I have
never heard from them, so I am putting
the matter in your hands to see what
you could. do about it as I think some-
thigg should be dong—L, E, North
Br icy, Mich. ‘

I'm sorry, L. H., I‘m afraid you’re

-“out" one veal and a coop of chick-

ens. Ireferred this to the' postofiice
inspector who replied with this
sound advice: “I agree with you that
there ought to be some protection
for farmers who ship to these con-
eerna’but the. farmer ought to be a
little more careful himself and not
ship to people he knows
about just because they offer him a
cent or two above the prevailing
market price.”- The government’s

case against both these concerns is '

now in the hands of the grand jury.
One of the members of the Farm‘ers’
Produce (30., has been arrested for
operating without a license. The
day of reckoning is near at hand.
But that doesn’t help the farmers to
get the money that is rightfully
theirs. I suggest that all the farm-
ers who have been stung by these
two concerns place their claims in
Our hands and authorize us to insti-

- into civil action against both con-

cerns for the recovery of their mon-
ey. For each farmer to do this on
his own account Would be too costly.”

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name mousse ray NOTE

Ounsbunkoollectanotefromsman
who endorses a. sale note and the man
who gave tho note . skips ,the country?

The mm and wife have a Joint deed of

40 acres but the wife’s money bought it
in full. (Jan they hold the propert
the amount?——~A T_. Cutcheon, Mi ,

The bank could recover judgment
against the endorser of a sale note
where. the maker "skips out”, if there
is no other invalidity connected with
it. A 'f40"~owned by' husband and
wife in their joint name is not liable
on s judgmentag’ainst‘the husband

alone; unless he puts his property:
in such a deed. toiavoid the payments '

of his debts ensue, note ~ was sign-
ed. Howeverflupon the deathsof the
wife such property becomes absolute-

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ties the farmer. buys, by legislation,
Hence, good sense dictates that the
former procedure be followed as an em-
ergency measure. I disagree with your
conclusions that the enactment of a tar-
iff will benefit the profiteer or speculator
more than it will the farmer. What are
a million and a half pounds of wool
compared to the hundred million or more
pounds still in the hands of the farmer.
What are five millllm bushels of wheat
compared to the three hundred or more
million bushels still in the hands of the
farmers or possibly the millions yet to
be huported from Canada? What are the
few hundred cars of beans in the hands
of elevators and jobber-3 compared to the
millions of bushels still held in the farm-
ers‘ names? Probably over half of last
season’s crops are still held by farmers,
0f the other half that has been sold the
major part has been exported or con-
sumed. A small amount may be in the
hands of the middlemen and they will
unquestioriably benefit along with the
farmers from the adoption of the Ford-
ney tariff. Such' a condition can never
be prevented, however, under our pres-
ent complex marketing system—Editor,

 

FREE PASTURE
FULLY agree with C. E. R.,
Thompsonville, and would like to
wean land declared open for free
pasture that is not’fenced. I should
think woven wire fence would be bet-
ter than a three wire fence as that
would turn all kinds of stock. I sure
ly hope to see such a law passed so
that this idle land might be pasturing
thousands of head of stock—1. F. L.,
Canes, Mich.
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If this proposition appeals to you so
strongly why not take the matter up
with your representative. Possibly some-

thing practical could be worked out
that liner—«Editor,

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erty so held by husband and wife
may be transferred to any third per-
son or to either husband or wife.—
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

INDIVIDUAL GANNOT CLOSE THE
HIGHWAY

I own a farm eighty rods back from'

the public highway, but do not reside on
it. Some years ago, before I purchased
it, our township purchased a strip of land
two rods wide, across the land in front
of mine. The records of this purchase
were burned in a fire which destroyed
the house of the highway commissioner

of our township. Since then the farm in

front of mine and across whose land the
road exists has been sold. The present
owner contends that, as there is no rec-
ord of this road on their deed, the road
should, and can be closed. He also plac-
ed a. gate across the ning of this two-
rod-road onto the pu lie highway, thus
making it necessary for anyone traveling
back to my farm to stop and open the

to, Practically the only portion of our

hway improvement money spent on

3 road recently was spent in placing
a culvert across it about two years ago.
He cultivates the land and plants crops
up to the wheel track, but has a fence
only on one side of this two—rod-road. As
a. favor would you kindly tell me through
the columns of your paper, if, when
driving cattle back to pasture on my
farm, is it necessary for me to keep them
in the center of the road so they will not
destroy his crops? Also, can this road be
closed, and can I compel him to remove
the gate?—S. 13., Sand Lake, Mich.

As I understand your letter the
township has established a legal
highway of two rods in width and
made all the entries in the records
of the township that was necessary
to establish the highway. In such
case he can not close the same. You
could compel him to remove the

- gate. If it was an application for a

private road and was lawfully es-
tablished you have the right to use
it as a highway and also to prevent
the gate if you fence the way so that
cattle from the highway do not get
onto his premises. You are only
bound to keep your cattle, etc., go-
ing over the patch, onto the two-nod
strip. If the highway in either case
was lawfully established it would be
good even though the records are

, burned—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

‘ .RENTING .ON SHARES
Aside from the consideration of a con.
tract What are the rights and obligations,

, as established by law [Or custom, of two

parties to a crop share plan, the general
agreement to be as follows: ‘
to furnish the farm and such other ma-

gs‘is required on him and to re-

la'bos, comment, etc., and receiving 2-3
of thenroceeds.‘ Now theftho hams to
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HELP FOR THE FARMER IS IN
SIGHT
HE FARMERS have, in recent
years, had very great difficulty
‘winvconducting, successfully, the
various operations connected with the
producing of the food which all must
receive or suffer from hunger, star-
vation, in some portions of the old
world being the terrible result of
lessened food supply.

It is most encouraging to note that
president-elect Harding has announc-
ed his plan whereby he proposes to
aid farmers in their efforts to pro-
duce the needed supply of food.

He says, most truly. “The agri-
culture of the United States is the
basic industry of the country and in
which every person in America has a
deep concern." _

The earnest interest which our
President-elect has shown, in this
matter, gives assurance to the “till-
ers of the soil" that he will stand
by them and give effective aid when
he becomes the nation’s executive.

Th lure of the city has, as is well
known, caused a portion of the farm-
ing class to migrate to the cities and,
thereby, the necessary help, to cul-
tivate the soil and gather the crops,
has been so greatly lessened that
food products have been much re-
stricted and this result will necessi-
tate the “return to the soil" of a por-
tion of those now engaged in man-
ufacturing industries.

The excess, in numbers and in the
toll taken by the many “middle-
men," calls loudly for redress and
the 1,000,000 of Farm Bureau mem-
bers, when fully organized, will rem-

' edy this faulty condition by elimin-

ating the unnecessary portion of the
middleman thereby bringing produc-
er and consumer into a more near
and proper relation.

The closing of factories in the city

of Detroit has thrown out of employ-'

ment 75,000 men and in other cities
like conditions prevail and these
men, being dependent on their daily
wages, for the supplying of the needs
of themselves and: of their families,
the serious question arises, from
what source will those needs for
food, clothing and fuel be now sup-
plied?

These conditions cannot fail to
cause the "lure of the city" to fade
and the “lure of the farm” to again
brighten resulting in the “pendulum
of industry” returning, again, to its
normal condition.

The property of the farmer, con-
sisting mostly of real estate, cannot
be concealed and, in consequence, he
is, in some cases paying more than
his just share for the support of gov-
ernment and, in this connection, it
may not be out of place to refer to
the unwise extravagance, in many
ways, now so generally indulged in
by the individual, the community
and the state.

Some of our state institutions also,
have "caught the fever" and are
asking for large sums of money
whereby to enlarge their buildings
and for other purposes.

It is to be hoped that the members

‘ of every incoming legislature will,

while properly financing our State
Institutions not fail to remember
that many citizens will find it a se-
vere task to meet their portion of the

annual tax levy, and no unnecessary

tax-burden should be placed upon
them.—J. T. Dan/tells, ShiaWsce
County.

 

Where have we heard that phrase be«
fore ‘agriculture is the basic industry?"

‘ If I wot not every man who has as ired

to a high gisition at the hands 0 the
electorate, ve dwelt long and touch-

ingly upon the importance of agriculture

and the need of its getting a. square deal
Yet in most cases they are only weasel
words for they are soon forgotten after
the pledgemaker is elected, We will be
charitable enough to believe that Sen-
ator Hardingis sincere and will give hon-
est, sincere and sym athetio attention to
the agricultural nee s—Editor. ‘

 

It is certainly a fine paper and sticks-
up for the rights of the farmer and is a“
very useful paper to take.
I}; without‘flynjfi—HA. J. M...

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0U [ARE without doubt much in-

terested in the present discus-
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tion of which the papers and current
magazines are full.
out of work all over our country and
factories are either closing down al-

While men are

together or reducing their output
and the number of those employed,
it is a pertinent ‘question: Shall we
admit thousands more to this coun—
try? An army of unemployed is
always a dangerous thing in any
community.

Recently in Detroit there were
literally hundreds of men _ seeking
work shoveling snow, after the heavy
fall of the previous night. They
were out on the streets begging for
work, some with tears running down
their faces. It was not a cheerful
sight and made one’s heart ache with
sympathy. The bill to restrict im-
migration passed the “House Decem-
ber‘ 13, and will now come up before
the Senate. It provides for a ces-
sation of immigration for 22 months.

Here is a condensed report of
what the Hon. Harold K-nutson, of
Minnesota had to say. It is well

worth your reading.

“Mr. Chairman, my parents came
to this country as immigrants, and
in the very nature of things I would
be inclined to oppose any proposi-
tion looking toward the suspension
of immigration to this country for
the period of two years were it not
for the fact that I realize the imper—
ative necessity for some legislation
along this line.

“A great objection to the peeple
who are coming to this country at
the present time is that they are un-
skilled, common labor. Very few
are willing to go into the rural sec-
tions and help solve the farm—labor

  
 

here and settle in the large and con-
gested centers, where the problem
of housing is already acute. We are
not getting the. class of immigrants
that we did 10, 20, 30 or 40 years
ago. Most of those who came prior
to 1900 went into farms or took up
land. They became producers, while
those that we receive now, or at
least 80,per cent of- them, will be—
come consumers and will contribute
comparatively little toward the ma- '
terial development of this country.
“I do not know when there has
been a proposition before this con—
gress that I have considered of great-
er importance than this, because my
feeling is that something must be
done, and done at once. We can not
allow the governments of Europe to
dump their bolshevists and commun-
ists onto us. We have no place for
them. We have more of that kind
now than we know what to do with.
We ought to deport those that we
have. I sincerely hope when this
measure is put upon its passage that
there will not be a dissenting vote.”
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MAKING AN AFGHAN
ERE IS a suggestion for making
[:I an afghan. Having on hand
two old army sweaters of dark
grey wool and a box of odds and

he ~ arm

A OD epartmeut for th

.der all around.

   

ends of bright colored wool, I de-'
cided to make an afghan. It is so.
attractive that I will tell you how to
do it. I raveled the sweaters and
taking a pair of No. 4 needles set up
100 stitches, 150 stitches would give
about 1 1-‘4 yards without the bor-
der. Knit 4 ridges (8 rows) of the
main color, then take a bright color
and purl across knitting back, purl
across again and then take up your
main color and knit 4 ridges. Con-
t'inue this plan until you have the
desired length. Your afghan will
be'banded across with bright colors.
I used blue, a bright deep shade,
brighf green, old rose, orange and
red. Then you may crochet a bor-
My needles are
about 1-4 of an inch in diameter,

BOOK REVIEW
The Sandman’s Mountain by Louis

. Dodge

This is a charming and imagin-
ative tale for little folks which any
of us might enjoy reading.

Giddy was going fishing with his
uncle and was lying in the hammock
when the thought came to him that
he might go down the road to meet.
him. The road seemed strange. It
led to a lonely mountain where he
fell in with Mayor and Missus Bear

 

 

“Do you give thanks for this or that?”

No, God be thanked, I am not grate-
ful

In that cold, calculating way, with
bleSSings ranked

As one, two, three,
would be hateful.

I only know that every day brings
good above my poor deserving;

I only feel that in the road of Life
true love ‘

and four—that

Whatever gifts and mercies to my lot
may fall, I would not measure
As worth a certain price in praise, or

great or small;

But take and use them all with sim-
ple pleasure.

For when we gladly eat our daily
bread, we bless The Band that feeds
us ; ‘

And when we tread the road of Life
in cheerfulness,

e “Women - l

and their, son and daughter. Annu-

l

ias and Sapphira. Later he pane—V
trates the mountain and, finds a"
marble staircase which ’ leads to all ;
the earth’s treasures. Then he finds'l'f
a smuggler's cave.
an Night’s for the "little folks.
Indian “Old Man" Stories by Ftank
Many old and young readers will
enjoy Mr. Linderman’s “Indian Whyi

  

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Stories,” and the charm of them lies ’ .

in their being real and not invented;
They are delightfully told with a
touch ofir‘resistible humor. Illus-
trated in colors. ' !

 

NOVELS WORTHY 0F MENTION
In Chancery by John Galsworthy
A new book from this author is
always an event in both England
and America. '
No Defence by Gilbert Parker
That stalwart Canadian who pros

duced one of the finest novels ever, ‘

written in America called “The

Right of Way."

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' 0 YOU remember thf’atflit
we had about a woman for ca‘b—
inet member? Well, last week

I read that Mr. Harding was" likely
to appoint Mrs. Harriet Taylor Uptdn
of Warren, Ohio to the postgofyfiec-
retary of Education, which'is the
name of a new department to be
created to take care of work whidh
has been somewhat scattered. If.
President-elect Harding chases Mrs;
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shortage. We have no place for that Is leading me along and never swerv- Our every very heart-beats praxise the ‘ p ‘
sort now. These immigrants come ing. Love that leads us. —-Van Dyke.- well fitted to fill the position. I _
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Going
Monday
Christmas I found a bulky en-

EAR CHILDREN:
I) my mail the

velope and opening it I found a
chroche-ted necktie and a nice long
letter from the little girl who won
the prize in our fair letter contest,
Eathel Fay Sharp. In the letter she
said: ,

“I belong to The Children’s Hour
in the M..B. F. and through our page
I have received letters from 36 girls
and boys. I have sen-t each one of
my M. B, F. friends a handmade
Christmas present so that, meant
Quite a bit of work. I am enclosmg
a necktie for you as a token of
friendship and Christmas love. I am
twelve years old. I sent you my
picture a while ago so you know
what I' look like. I would not live
without the M. B. F. > I love our page
and have made many friends thru
it. Your niece, Eathel Fay Sharp,
Akron, Mich.” .

I cannot begin to tell you how
pretty the tie is. When I took it
from the envelop I thought how nice
I would look when I ‘put 'my, best

‘4 clothes on and wore my ,new ritie,
' , A then I thought about how =much time

and care it had taken to make. it‘and
I decided to put it awava-ith other
treasures I have, which are dear to
me, and keep it to always remember
Eathel by." ~- . . ..

I wrote to Eathel the day before
Christmas telling her she had won
the “mystery prize” and the same
day I sent the prize to her. I have
«potheard' from her as to {whether

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she received it or not. TheAprize
was a flash light.

I am going to start a new con-test
now and give another prize. All of
you boys and girls who made New
Year resolution this year write a let-
ter to me telling me about them. The
one who, in my estimation, made the
best resolutions shall receive a prize.
We will not let Eathel enter this con-
test because she has just won a prize
and it would not be fair to give her
a chance to win this one. Do you
think so? After you have read this
sit right down and write me about
those resolutions so all of the letters

' will be in early and we can close the

(311114.58

contest sooner than we did our last

one. Goodbye—UNCLE NED.

 

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have read many
' letters and

of the boys’ and girls’
thought I would try
my luck, 1 am not
a farmer girl but I
am much interested
in the M. B. F. MY
father is the mail
carrier of Pentwater
R. F. D. 1 and he
often brings home
the paper“ I am al-
ways waiting for it
and many times I
haye asked if it has
arrived yet. Papa.
taught school. .nine ‘
years and then he
took examinations
for a mail carrier,
Often times I go'
with him '.to sort
out mail and I help
him put it up. The
postoffice is very in-
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enjoy going down to help him, For pets
I have a cat, heifer, cow and a Shetland
pony, We also have a. western pony
and we often ride her. She used to live
in the far west, but she is as gentle as
a kitten now. Perhaps some of the boys
and girls would like to know what our
little pony did Christmas night. We
took her to the church and she is a very
small pony so we took her inside and
she carried 01d Santa’s bag. which was
full of peanuts and popcorn and she
stepped up a few steps onto the stage.
Then Santa began throwing popcorn and
peanuts at the crowd, Then She went
out the back way and we took her home,
I wish some of the boys- and girls would
write to me and I would surely answer
them.——Vera Squires, Pentwater, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a girl
years old, I have two brothers and no
sisters. One brother is 20 and the oth-
er 18 years old. I go to school 'at Bite-
1ey which is 3 miles from my home. I
ride horseback to school. It is
woods and no .houses along the road,
I .am in-the fifth grade at school, We
have a summer resort on Nichol Lake. I
have" lots of playmates in the summer
but none in the winter. We have a

sawmill, a .buzz saw

and feed grinder.

We have 4 horses, 2

cows. a. calf, one

pig and 40 chickens.

For pets I have

dogs, 4 cats, 3 pig-
. eons and a canary

bird, Can you swim,

Uncle NedY, I

can, I have gone

swimming ever since

I was 4 years old.

My brothers taught

me to swim. If some

of the girls and
boys will come and
see me next' sum-

min with them.
My father takes the
M. B, F, and likes
it very much.

 

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all .

mer I will ‘go sWim-,_

, . My _
father" killedga' deer? __

It is an Arabs?

x

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AL.” .._.

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I.

e tails '

this year not. very far from home. There.

are lots of fish in Nichol lake. They
are spearing ciscos tonight, I guess my
letter 15 too long now but I want to tell

you that mother and I saw a bear in,

Will close now
so goodby —— Enyde Underwood, Japs
Camp, R. R. 1, Biteley, Mich.

about 'a mile’of home,

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——.As I was readin
The Children’s Hour I readv'some: neagl
nice letters so I thought I would writ
I am a little girl, tenyears old. I am. in
the fifth grade at school. My teacher’s
name is Asa Kelly, I like him very
much.. My father takes the M B. F.
and likes it very much. I live on a
ninety acre farm, We have four calves,
two horses, two colts and, fifteen cows.
I live one. mile from school. For pets-
thave two cats, Their names are Tops;
and Tabby._ I have one brother and one
Sister. I Will bid you all goodby hoping
somelittle girl will write to me. I- will
answer .it very gladly—Gretchen H.
gamer. Coopersville, Mich,, R. R. 4, Box

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Dear Uncle Ned:-——I am a' buy" I,
years of age and am in the 7thgrade. at
school. We-live on a farm of 120acres.
We have 5 horses. 3 cows,‘ 2 sheep. . pigs

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‘I have a. horse by._.the-nalne5o£~F If he
also have a. little-Wagon an
have five, sisters and no broth
Rasmussen, Greenville.’ (Mien,

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ute, twice in a moment and ““13an
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Dear Uncle Ned:—I am -a. boy skis

old'and in the, third grad?” at school. My'

father. takes the M, B . ~‘a.m1_.,lilres~
very .weli. For-pets we have a. dog, .t.
cats and a. pair of guinea pigs. rWe l
on .a. :forty acre farm. \We 'have-'-fhr
horses. five cows. one cam: ave .pigs’
about sixty chickens. I am‘.‘ rec
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offer. safety, large Income and ‘oppor-
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_ what preportion and in what condition
each party is required to furnish their 1e-v--
pspective parts and the respective division

'party replace it?

.back guarantee?—Mrs. ,H- B.,

   
   
  

of the pfoceeds Now then I want to put
before you a someWhat different proposi-
tion. It contains elements that are some-
what puzzling. Suppose the 1enter we
have been discussing was given perrms-

   
 
 
  
 
 
 

. (men to sublet this farm to a third party.

On the third share system each of the
three parties receiving a third of the pro-
ceeds and increase the general terms be-
ing the landoWner providing the farm,
the second tenant the furnishings equip-
ment, stock feed, etc., and the third party
the labor. Under these new conditions
Who should furnish the following items
and in what amount: Labor for repaii-
ing fences: labor for threshing, feed for

stock: feed for work horses: operating
expenses, fertilizer (commercial): horse
shoeing; oil: twine; veterinary bills;

male services for breeding, etc? If a
cow should die or a horse must the third
If not how? If a
breeding ewe dies how is it replaced, To
keep the original number good is it re-
placed from the increase or by the own-
er of the breeders or must the third party
replace it? Or does the manner of its
death make a difference? Are one—half
of the first tenant's obligations still bind-
ing on him?———N_ T. W., Middleton, Mich.

It is usual for parties to provide
in their contract for all of the items
your letter mentions. If nothing is
said in the lease the owner Should
furnish‘ material for repairs but he
is not required to furnish fertilizer.
He is not required to furnish fuel but
the tenant, unless restricted by con-
tract, may use the timber suitable
for that purpose, for fuel and re-
pairs. Unless the owner agrees to
furnish equipment he is not obliged
to furnish only such as was there
when the lease was made. If the
tenant agreed to do all the work and
labor I am of the opinion that it in-
cludes the delivery of such of the
products to market as are sold to be
delivered to market. On such con-
ditions I would be of the opinion the
owner would be entitled to 1-3 of the
products of animals. Unless agree-
ment otherwise I am of the opinion
that the tenant would furnish the
fertilizer, machinery, la’bor, etc.
However, it would be a rare case
that such an uncertain condition
would arise for the most inexperienc-

ed lwould be likely to make some
kind of a bargain that would be
binding upon both parties. The

third party would furnish everything
without an agreement otherwise. He
would not, however, replace any-
thing unless agreement to that efiect.
——W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

BEWARE THE AUTO-KNITTER
I have a letter from Auto-Knitter
Hosiery Co., Inc, saying if I will buy

an Auto Knitting machine from them
they will pay me $1.50 per dozen pair of
socks for all I will make for them and
replace the yarn in them. They also
claim with one of their machines an ex-
perienced hand can make a pair of socks
in 20 minutes and very easily in a half
hour. If they will do as they say they
will I would very much like to get one
of the machines but I am afraid they
would go back on sending yarn or not
pay me as much for my work or not take
it at all What would you advise?
Would it be a. safe investment to send
them $75 cash with order on their money
Decker,
Mich. ,

Do not buy an “auto—knitter.“ We
have never heard of anyone except
an expert who could do with this
machine what the manufacturer’s
claim. We have heard of a good
many who couldn’t. In the last four
years we have had innumerable com—
plaints against this company which
persistently refuses to make good on
its guarantee—Editor.

FENCE

I have 320 acres of land in Alpena
county I intend to fence this some day
for cattle and sheep pasture. All of the
land owners around me have large tracts
of land and are not utilizing it to any
purpose, Can they be compelled «to build
their share of the fence now or could I
set my fence in from: the line and compel
them to build and warn them against
trespassing? What way would you pur-
sue? The township road 1s built within
two miles of my land 01111sl land is not
cleared up or settled very extensively
It is cut- over land- Just before I get
ready to go onto the land and start a
Egoelrtugm,twha1 genres in I have to
0 go exr ’ ut throu n?

--W. H. R... Oakland 06118 p M g , 1‘

  

     

decided in substance that before the
duty to build and keep in repair any

appear; first, that the

 

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COMPELLING PAR-TIES TO BUILD ‘

The Supreme Court.. ,of this State'

portion of a partition fence it must 7‘
adjoining.
proprietor improves his land; second; 1
, «that either by consent or by action,

.‘of the fence vieWers a ortiOn of the...”

  

 

ute, Sec. 2212, of C.
, provides: “When in any

controversy that may arise between

Occupants of adjoining lands as to
their respective rights in any parti-
tion. fenceit shall‘appear to the fence
vieWers that either of the occupants
had, before any complaint made to
them, voluntarily ere'Cted the’ whole
fence, or more than his just share of
the same or otherwise become pro-
prietor thereof, the other occupant
Shall pay for so mu'ch as may be as-
signed to him to repair or maintain,
the value of which shall be ascertain-
ed_ and collected in the manner pro-
vided in this chapter.”

Sec. 4-288, C. L. 1915, provides
that the highways may be laid out
by the commissioner of highways of
any township within his township
upon the written application of seven
or more freeholders of such town-
ship. He shall al-so have power to
lay out and establish highways on
section lines, through unenclosed
and unimproved lands, without the
applications above mentioned—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

FEEDING UNWHOLESOME FLESH
TO HOGS

Has a farmer who is raising hogs for
market any right to feed the hogs flesh
from a dead horse, not knowing what
caused the horse’s death?’ If he hasn't
any right what is the penalty?—A. P. M
Montrose, Mich.

The law regarding the feeding of
unwholesome flesh- to animals or
fowls reads as follows:

“No person shall feed to animals
or fowls the flesh of an animal which
has become sick, or which has died
from such causes, or offal or flesh

that is putrid or unwholesome."

Regarding the penalty it goes on
to say, “Whoever shall do any of
the acts or things prohibited by this
act, or’ in any other way violates any
of its provisions, shall be deemed
guilty of misdeameanor, and shall be
punished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars and the costs
of prosecution, or by imprisonment
in the county jail not more than
ninety days or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.”—AssOCiate Editor.

LIABLE FOR GUARANTEE

If A sold a cow at auction to B and
the cow was supposed to freshen at a
certain date and the cow failed to freshen
until six or eight weeks afterwards can
B collect anything from A for his loss?
A honestly thought the cow would fresh—
en at that time but did not guarantee
anything—C. L., Marlette, Mich.

One does not have to say that he
guarantees or warrants a thing to
make it a warranty. If A made
such representation that B had a
right to rely upon them and did rely
upon the representations in making
his bid for the cow, A would be li-
able to him for the damages—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

NEW’ YORK DAIRYMEN ENTER
DISTRIBUTING BUSINESS IN
METROPOLIS
(Continued from page 4)
trucks. The building will be ready

for occupancy early in 1921.

“The company under consideration
is an entirely different organization.
The principal idea is to have a means

of disposing of surplus milk when‘

the St. Louis consumption is low.
Dairymen say the St. Louis distrib—
utors will be provided with milk and
that the surplus will be converted
into butter, ice cream, cheese and
other dairy products.

. “In the near future, it is said, a
department of the State Agricultural
Association will open offices at East
St. Louis and begin a campaign of
placing stock among the farmers.
Henke is one of the largest of the
southern Illinois producers.

“Henke says there are now about
10,000 milk producers in the nine
counties in the organization. He de-
clared that 7,000 belong to the asso-
Ciation and believes the stock will
be rapidly raised.
of.$100 from each dairyman
capital will be oversubscribed.

“The East St. Louis oflice will be
maintained for about a year and will

the

‘.then heliom'e the office of the milk
“marketing company.

Henke said
that, with the railroads centering at
one place before going into St. Louis,

the handling of the milk will be an

easy matter.”

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08 SEVERAL weeks post, busi-
ness analysts the country over

. have been predicting that with

the “turn of the year” the general
business outlook would improve. The
year has turned and, so far, condi-
tions certainly do look better. A
marked improvement in the demand
for staple products suchr as cattle,
hogs, fresh and cured meats, hides,
wool, leather, pig iron, steel and
lumber is noted. Selling prices, for
all of the commodities mentioned
above, are still at the extreme bot-
tom of the recent decline, it is true,
but the fact that a reliable demand
is beginning to develop is taken as a
good omen by those who have been
watchfully waiting for something in
the nature of a market to develop.

The last days of the year saw some

of the cheaper grades of soft wood
' lumber selling at the lowest prices
' that have been known for many
years; this was, however, the result
of the closing out of several car-
‘loads of low-grade building lumber
that the owners were anxious to
move out of the path of an oncoming
spring trade.

The signs of business improvement
that are apparently in evidence this
early in the first month of the new
year, are not regarded seriously by
those who are familiar with the hope-
ful indications which usually follow
long periods of business depression,
similar to that which this country is
passing through at this time; that
the work of readjustment in compar-
ative values has not yet run its
course is universally conceded and it
isalso a recognized fact that the
foundation for a permanent improve-
ment cannot be laid until a uniform-
ity in the selling prices of all of the
necessities of life has been establish-
ed. When the turn for the better
does finally come, it will be several
weeks before the wheels of industry
and commerce will attain the velocity
and momentum required in the mak-
ing of normal daily production rec-
ords. Business recovery is sure to
be tardy and spotted but nothing can
happen which will stifle and repress
the unconqucrable spirit of Ameri-

v can enterprise.

Locally, here in Michigan, the in-
dustrial outlook is far from encour-
aging at this writing; with the an-
nouncement that the Ford Rotor
plant, at Highland Park, has closed

for an indefinite period, die army of

the unemployed in Detroit and vi-
cinity is increased by the addition of
some 40,000 men. There is every
reason to believe that Mr. Ford has
done his level best to avoid the ne-
cessity of taking the step referred
to; that he will resume operations at
the earliest possible moment and that
every other local manufacturer will
take the same course, goes without
saying. Until that time arrives, all
that laboring men can do is to make
the best of the situation and see that
they are ready for business when
the call for action comes.

Recent developments, in connec-
tion with the New York stock mar-
ket. seems to indicate that bottom
prices for all standard dividend-pey-
ing stocks have been uncovered and
a gradual improvement in selling
values. with perhaps an occasion!
reaction, is looked for. The crepe
hangers who have been predicting in-
solvency and complete demoralizaflon
for several of our leading and most
reliable industrials,’ will in the opin-z
ion of the writer, be called upon at
an early date to completely revise
their views. ,

WHEAT

, 'WHEAT i’RIOES PER BU., JAN. 4. 1921

 

 

 

 

 

Grade lDotrolt Ichlcaco N. V.
No. 2 Red 2.00 2.00
lo. 2 White 1.91 . 2.04
site. 2 Mlxod ...L1.81 2.04

 

 

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
[No.2 Redl No.2 Whltcl No.2 Mixed
2.48 I 2.48 1 118'

 

 

 

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i ‘DETROI'l‘: Wheat. showing some strength. Beans unchanged.
Advances expected in oat and corn prices. , . “
CHICAGO: Grains advance on export buying. Cattle higher.

FGEIQERAL MARET SUMMARY Al,

 

r Hogs weak. Sheep steady.

 

 

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list page Is not In typo.
plug to prong—Editor.

 

e: The above unwind luformdtlon was received A
It contains last. minute FTER the balance of the Inn-

Intonation up to wlthln one-halt hour of

 

 

 

than usual. It was a significant fact
that previous advances in the wheat
market depended almost entirely on
the export situation, but market ob-
servers noted that in the almost total
absence of export demand the mar-
ket was in a strong and advancing
position with the opening of the cur-
rent week. For a long time the trad-
ers have been pooh-poohing at the
thought of the farmers holding their
wheat, but each week that has pass-
ed has only served to emphasize that
the holding movement is widespread.
With the coming of the new year the
wheat buyers find that there has
been an enormous reduction in sup-
plies, recent weekly receipts falling
nearly 2,000,000 bushels below the
normal. The wheat situation is still
largely a matter of financing as it is
no longer doubted that domestic sup-
plies are going to fall short of the
world’s demands. It wouldn't be
surprising to note an early burst in
the price of wheat which may react
to lowest levels yet seen on the crop
for the balance of January and pos-
sibly February. However, market
experts who have authentic inform-
ation of the world’s supplies and
demands are still predicting $2.50
wheat before the next crop. The
passage ‘of the bill reviving the War
Finance Corporation has been a. very
bullish factor in the wheat deal, and
was largely responsible ‘for March
and May wheat going to new high
levels for the season. Then, too,
there is a decided improvement in
the milling demand although no in-
clination is shown to stock up heav-
ily. Continued withholding of wheat
is bound to be reflected in consider-
ably higher values within another
sixty days.

CORN
Opinions differ greatly as to what
is in store for corn. Heretofore this
grain, as well as oats, has showed a
marked tendency to follow wheat
over most of the bulges and down all

 

CORN PER own. PAR. 0. 1021
0nd. lDurolt Ichlcago I. V.
No. 2 Yellow, old .38 $ .00”
.11

No. a Yellow. new .79
lo. 4 Yellow. new .10
PRICES odd—inn Ado
lNo.2 mu No.3 Yoll.| No.4 Yell.
Detrolt ..| 1.50 l 1.48' 1 1.44

the toboggans. Corn is back to the
pre-war level, largely on account of
the lack of export demand and the
comparatively large crop. It is still
affected, however, to some extent by
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'sympathy at present with the strong-

er tone of wheat. It is not believed
that corn will, go lower unless the
bottom should drop out of wheat. If
wheat advances corn is likely to fol-
low suit though in a lesser degree.
There are still some hopeful souls
who are predicting better than $1
corn to the farmer before another
crop.

OATS
OAT PRICES PER su., JAN. 4. 1921

Grade loco-on. IOhIoaool' I. V.
No. 2 White . 50% .487. .00
.49 .48

 

No. 3 White ..
No. 4 wmw .48‘
Pmcss ONE YEAR A00
[No.2 Whltel No.8 Whltol No.4 Willie
Dolmlt. I .so I .38 I .31

 

 

 

 

not overlook the effect which the re-
vival of the War Finance Corpora-
tion is likely to have upon the Ger-
man and Austrian demand for this
cereal- fCredits granted 'to theSe two
countries should enable "them to in-
crease very largely their purchases
of our bmdstutls and rye is their
favorite.
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BEANS

 

BEANS PER cw-r.. JAN. 4. 1921
and. mm". lohlaaiol n. v.
gngklr. ...... 14.00 {4.50 [3766"
dneys 0.00
PRICES on: vans A00

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The bean market has recovered
from the new low point reached with
the closing of the old year and h
again quoted on the Detroit market

at 34‘ per cwt. There is not much
in this market, the "

doing asyet .
comparatively warm weather of De-
cember has notlbeen conducive to
heavy consumption. Even the bean
in this market are forced to admi

however, that beans are too low a

should be the very first to recover in
case of a. general price advance in

lo. M. P.| Prlmo lRed Kldnoya l '

farm products. Unemployment is on -

the increase which can be taken as a.
bullish factor, and should make it-
self manifest in the near future. This
market will stand watching closely,
lest the same kind of situation de-
velop as did back in 1917 when the
farmers sold most of their beans at
around $3 per bushel and the ele-
vators and jobber-'3 sold most of
theirs at better than $7 a'bushel.
Remember the production is way on,
and something has got to happen in
this market soon.

 

 

Oats are very much in the same
position at this time with corn. Ex-
port interest 13 slight, and except for
the holding movement, the price
would undoubtedly be. somewhat be-
low its present level. Cats are down
to their pre-war level, which is gen-
erally conceded to be too low, and
any changes in this market may rea-
sonably be expected to be upward.

RYE
Rye is showing some independent
strength owing to lack of supplies
and a spurt. in the export demand.
The market advanced three cents in
Detroit Monday and further gains
are in order. .Holders of rye should

A Last Appeal for Europe’s Starving

HE RESPONSE to the appeal

which I published in last week’s

‘M. B. F., for funds to help feed
the starving children of Europe, has
not been very encouraging. Why
more has not been received I do not
know. But I do not intend to be-
lieve until I absolutely have to that
there is a solitary reader of Tm:
Busmsss ,FARMER who will deliber-
ately ignore this call in the name of
suffering humanity. My dear friends
I know well enough that I would not
have to make this appeal a sectmd
time if you had thoroughly read and
taken to heart the article which was
published last week. The amount
which I would ask you all to con-
tribute is so pitifully small and it
will go such a long ways toward’ sav-
ing some little one from starvation

{—— —— ~ Clip This Coupon and Help Save a Child. From Starvation - ..|-ll

EDITOR BUSINESS FABMER.
MOUNT CLEMENS, MOB.

Enclosed find 0............as my, contribution to the Hoover

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that I am sure you will not hesitate
any longer. Remember that no large
sum is asked from anyone. Twenty-
flve cents, a. half dollar, a dollar, is
all that each person in moderate cir-
cumstances are expected to give.
surely, you can spare that much.
Will you not, before you forget it
and without further delay, ‘reach
your hand in your pocket, fold your
contribution in the coupon printed
below and mail it to me by the next
mail so that I can turn It over to the
176—118: committee before the end of
I make this last ap-
peal in the name of the three and a
half million children who must starve
to death in central Europe unless
you. and I will help to feed them.—
Forrest Lord, Editor.

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POTATOES
SPUDS PER CWT" JAN. 4. 1921
l Backed! lull:
Detrolt. ................ 1.83
culuoo ............... 1.60 1.00
ow Von ............ 2.00!
Pillsbury ............. 1.03 1.00
PRIOES on: YEAR A00 __.
Detroit ............... l 3.50 I 8.23

 

 

 

Again arises the old question,
“Why does the consumer have to
pay $1.60 per bushel for potatoes
when the farmer can get only 50
cents of less?” 'We consumers hero
in Mount Clemens have been paying
40 cents a peck right along and re-
coutly there was a slight advance.
We note from our crop correspond-
ents' reports thatprices to the farm.-
ers throughout the state are running
from 35 to 15 cents a bushel. Farm-
ers, you ought to have a warehouse
down here in Detroit in which you
can store your potatoes in the fan
and get the advantage of the wint'ér
price. That's the only way in years
of overproduction that you can get
a decent price for your spuds.

 

HAY

 

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Plttsbul‘a 6.50.! 25.00.29:
HAY Peters A YEAR Aoo
l No. 1 7mm Men. TlmJ No. 2,111“.
nus-on ,..fio.soosuzo.so 9W
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Llsht Mix. lclom- mm. «tumultL
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Detroit . . 04006 27125.00 6 20l25.00. 2‘
Mo . . ”NOHWMCZB 2.00.”
New Y .00 Q 87 30.00 84
, Hm . -. 30:31.50 0 2 25.00 20
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Lion Mix. Clover Itx. l om»
Detroit . . ”.00. 20m.00024 22.00.”
Chicago . . 24.00 025122.000 28 -
New York ELM! G 35 29.00 0 83

Holiday dullness‘coutinuo; to rule

the hay markets but with, thegad- ,

vent of, the coming week trade largo!-
pected to be, renewedon a healthy

scale... ,Mcauwhlle receiptsénd stocks '

aresmoll and, prices are holding:

LIVE spoCKMAmvrs '
\. Western cattle markets; aye ‘

  
 
 
  
  

 

       


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
    

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PM? . 1. .

WASHINGTON, D. C.,,January 8,
1921.———During first part of week cen-
tering on January 18 a wave, of
comparatively low warmth, will drift
southward from Alaska. moving in
the direction of New Orleans and all
the country west of Meridian 90 will
change to warmer. Mild storm forces
will cause this temperature to change.
and temperatures will not reach high
degrees This western temperature

  
  
  
   
  
  
  
 

‘ condition will drift leisurely east-
,nard, reaching Atlantic coast sec-
tions within about four days. The

‘storms following will .be rather quiet.

 

not much rain or snow The cold
wave following will be the most rad-
ical feature of these storms Pres
cipitation will be less than usual
From January 10 to 21 will be your
time to get your outdoor affairs ar—
ranged for bad weather during last
week of January, which will be more
elaborately described in next bulletin.
But I warn you now that very severe
storms and bad weather will prevail
during the week cente1ing on Janu-
ary 26. Coldest weather of January
will 'drift eastward across the con—
tinient from 20 to 24, The good
crop weather from January 8 to 24
promises good effects on winter grain
and will be favorable to live stock
The next general change of rainfall
will occur in April. and its efiects
will be particularly important to all
northern Europe and all of America
east of the Rockies' crest.

 

 

 

 

 

lble, demoralization of prices. Ar-
rivals in’ Chicago, up to Friday night,
were 11,000 head larger than for the
same period of the Week before.
Steer cattle scored a big break in
Chicago, on“ Monday and Tuesday
saw a further drop but on Wednes-
day the trade r-ighted to somewhat
and a few sales were made that look-
ed a trifle higher than on the day
before.‘ One of the reasons for the
low price list last week has been the'
extremely common quality of the of—

errings in all western markets. No

long—fed steers of extra quality have
come to hand in Chicago for several
days and the better grades of handy
killing cattle are conspicuous by
their absence; the big markets are
still receiving a flood of nondescript.
cattle that are of doubtful value.

The demand for stockers and feed-
ers is still light because of the un-
reasonable freight rate, back into the
country. The belief is coming to be
country. '

One of the hardest things to sell
on the live stock list is the dairy
the business of d-airying has
been harder hit in this country than
almost any other agricultural lines
and the milch cow is feeling the full
force of the blow. Eastern trade in
milkers has seldom been worse than
it is at present and the outlook for
thecoming summer has very little
of encouragement in it. The veal
calf is coming back into his own
again and prices for bothlive and
dressed calves are sharply higher.

The last week of the year began
with sheep and lambs active and
higher than on the close of the week
before, the lifting force being a drop
in receipts at many of the leading
markets. Chicago' 3 showing for
Monday of last week was 11,000
sw‘hw than on the same day of the
week before. Tuesday got a big run
bu. .aiues held well, the top for- fat
western lambs being $12.75 per cwt.,
the highest price paid for a. long
time.

An extremely light run of hogs in
Chicago on Monday of last week and
fewer than was expected at many'
other markets sent prices sharply up-
ward on that day. On Tuesday and
Wednesday, the belated hog trains
made the grade and Monday’s gain
was all lost and some more with it.
Shipping demand was strongly in ev-
idence throughout the weston Mon-

day but Tuesday’s and Wednesday's

“left overs" headed the shippers

'back .and the trade staled off, badly,
as the advent of the holiday

ap-
proached. The big packers were not
much in evidence on Monday until

  

 

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to bid 39 to 40 cents lower than the
average of the morning and doing
the same thing on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday; in fact, this mode of pro-
cedure has been the regular order of
exercises for the pack-inghouse con-
tingent ever since Nov. 1.

On Friday of last week, the Chi-
cago market opened with too many
hogs in sight for the market imme-
diately preceding a holiday and first
half of the day's trade was carried
through at prices only five cents per
cwt. higher than the season’s low
point. The afternoon hog market. on
Friday, was helped out greatly by a
string of belated eastern orders that
practically cleared the yards and
helped the day's general average up
to $9 per cwt. The close on Friday
of last week in Chicago, was fully
25 cents higher than the opening for
mixed hogs and yorkers and the
decks were practically clear for Mon-
day’s business. On Monday of this
week, Chicago got only 36,000 hogs
Where 45,000 had been estimated;
the trade was active and, for the
most part, 25 cents higher than the
close of the week before.

Local Market Conditions

Detroit cattle receipts have been
.far below the needs of the trade for
the last two weeks and local‘killers,
who depend upon buying their cattle
in the Detroit stock yards, are decid—
edly hungry for cattle; less than 600
came to hand on Mon-day of this
week and estimates for the remaind-
er of the week indicate a very light

run. Veal calves were off a dollar,
from last week’s firm close, the
best bringing $17 per cwt. Sheep

and lambs were in light supply, on
Monday, and, the top for lambs was
$17 per cwt. Mixed hobs finished
last week at $9.75 but, With less than
1,500 on saloon Monday of this
week, prices were a trifle stronger.

 

FARM BUREAU SUBMITS QUES-
TIONNAIRE TO 00. OFFICERS
(Continued from page 3)
9th——That it will urge state aid
for northern counties annually facing
grasshopper plague and an agency
for correlation of the combative e!-
forts of these counties, as the ter-
ritory infested annually is enlarging
and menacing greater agricultural

production.

10th—-That it will advocate 'the
submission by act of legislature to
the people of the state of an' amend—
ment to the state constitution, pro-
viding for optional county commis—
sion form of government.

11th—TT'hat is will seekv'adequate

appropriation for enforcement of the
seed inspection law that is now
among the state statutes but virtu-.
ally inoperative, and because of en-
forcement cometitutes a menace to
agriculture in Michigan.
. thh—That it will favor adequate
appropriation to enable the’ Michi-
gan Agricultural College to maintain
a place among the progressive and
worth while agricultural colleges of
the country.

Isak—That it will relinquish claim
of the Michigan State Farm ‘Bureau
to erg slate hid, such as was given
the . .;yea:: and voice aware»
elation...” 1 '
.thmflifi: for thou anemones lent in
the building of their organisation.

 

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Some vegetable gardens pay their owners 3100' in returns
for every $5. 00 spent. They are a constant source of big
profit. They give pleasure to everybody in the home
«old and young alike. They yield the finest vegetables
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and how to plant and what to expect from the crop. 0"
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ELARMS ' & owns-g

112 ACRE EQUIPPED FARM NEAR BIG
RR town. 12 cattle, 20 tons hay, 100 bu.
' oats, 50 bu. potatoes. 20 cords stove wood, quan-
tity corn. full implements, etc, included if. tek-
en n0W: learny tillage, spring-watered pasture,
sbundance wood, variety fruit, sugar stove: 800d
8-room house basement barn, poultry house. etc;
$3800 takes all, easy terms. Details this and
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21. Illustrated Catalog Bargains, 33 states.
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FOR SALE—IMPROVED MICHIGAN FARM
120 acres, located in Huron 00., Mich, two miles
to school and town. There are 106 bearing fruit
trees in orchard. Soil is dark loam with clay
sub-soil, good drainage. All of farm in cultivat-
tion. 42 acres are now in hay. Tw0 artes'mn
wells. Improvements consist of good house, barn,
shed, hen house, granary, and fenced with woven
wire. Some barbed wire. Price is $175 per
acre with possession March 1st. For further in<
formation write or see CHAS. W. DUTCHER,
Owendale. Mich.

 

LANDOLOGY SPECIAL NUMBER JUST OUT
containing 1921 facts of clover land in Marin»
ette County, \Visconsin. If for a home or as on
invrstment you are thinkllvr 'f boring good form
lands where farmers grow rich, send at once i
this specml number v: » ' ,9... It is free on
request. Address SK“l\l"“"".—l'll".lll’,E LAND
(‘()., 398 Skidmore-Riehle Bldg, Marinette, \Vir

 

BEST STOCK FARMS IN
15)!) acres, 100 cleared,
’I‘hree big barns. Cow
10 room house. Silo. Hen
water. 3 miles north of
JOSEPH CHANTING.

ONE OF THE
'l‘uscnhi county for sale.
60 hay, 25 ryc. Orchard.
shed. Granary. Good
house. li‘ine spring
Si ‘ "crwonrl. A riilrcss,
Silverwood, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—80, 160. 240 OR 320 IN
farms to suit party. No better land. Free from
stone. flood water. For sale cheap. 2 miles
north, 4 miles east of lmloy (‘ity. ROBERT

DOW'LING, R 3, Imlay City, Mich.

 

FIRST CLASS FARM HOME. STATE RE-
wnrll road, 3-4 mile market, schools, .churches.
For particulars address owner, JOEL G. PALM—
ER, Orleans, Mich.

wiSCELLANEOU

 

 

MALE HELP WANTED—GET A GOOD JOB I

-—\Vork for Uncle Sam. Men and Women need—
ed. $1400, $1600, $1800 at start. Railway
Mail (‘lcrk and other “exams” soon. Let our
expert, former U. S. Government Examiner, pre-
pare. you. Write TODAY for free booklet D10.
I’A’l"l‘EllS(l.\' CIVIL SERVICE SCIIOOL, Roch-
ester, N. Y.

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-

»? All kinds, lleliwred prices. Address "M.
III,” care Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clem-
ens. Mir-h

 

MAPLE SYRUP WANTED—WANT FIVE
gallons or less of good purc syrup, put up in
gallon cans. In writing state quantity and price,
Iii-x l". The Rusiness Farmer. Mt. Clemens.

 

BLACKSI'IIITH SHOP SUITABLE FOR GAR-
age chi-up. Terms. REED REALTY 00..
i“ -=':r-:i"m Mich.

 

WANT THE CHEAPEST. HANDIEST BELT
power" Then ask me about the LITTLE T\VIST—
IT: l"\ver 'l‘rnno-niltcr for Ford and Dodge curs
FRANK It. \VlCISRERGER, Selina, Kansas.

 

INCUBATORS AND BROODERS—ORDER
enr‘y to insure delivery, don't pay retnil prices,
buy fhru us and save money, any reliable make.
l.:* v. johhcrs in central west. NORMAN
POULTRY PLANT, Chatsworth, Ill.

    

 

L’i'nHTED—A BUSHEL OR TWO OF EXTRA
gnml hickory nuts, write quantity and price, Box
1:. The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens.

 

CERTIFIED PETOSKEY SEED POTATOES
grown in l’rcsque Isle County. For list of grow-
crs write E. S. BREWER, County Agricultural
Agent, ()nawuy, Mich.

 

TOBACCO—KENTUCKY’S FINEST LEAF. 4
yrs. old. (‘hcwing and smoking. Postpaid: 2
lbs. $1.00, 7 lbs, $3.00, 10 lbs. $4.00. KY.
'l‘OIlAt‘i‘O ASS'N, Dept. M, Iluwesville, Ky.

 

NOTICE—4 WILL GLADLY TELL ANYONE
how to prevent a puncture or a blow-out in their
ruto tires. Please address C. COYKENDALL,
lioughton Lake, Mich.

. » SACRI
suvrns CAN snysflggmpu

 

 

 

B' l of t mevtoflupeu
1g s over growers e e r y needed
cash. Wehadthemoneytotzkotheiz means
Iowan-ices to Winkfineiototdovec will not
be boarded“: ' .Mpuuedanutulggmmate
profit. «bulges. vdmconnmallpr games;
Wm mug-us gun“ "was?” y“
- m. .e~—~ .
rm m new. 427 .

 

STRAWBERRY PLANTS. $8.15 FEB 1000
history and illustrated book gives all details
, about, most vigorous true to nature product...
iltock, now crown, book free. -MAYER'S PLANT
'NUBSEBY, Merdll, Niobium.

  
  
  

 

 

LOOKING UP OOOPS \

Subscriber’s living in eastern Michi-
gan still complain that they have not
received return of poultry crates
shipped to Detroit. This matter has
been repeatedly laid before the Amer- ~~
ican Railway Express Co., at Detroit,
which has ,as' many times advised us
that careful investigation shows no
accumulations of coops at the Detroit
terminal. The latest information re-
ceived under date of Dec. 4th, was
that an investigation would be made
at the various transfer points be-
tween Detroit and eastern Michigan
towns to ascertain whether any coops’
were being held up.—Editor.

 

STILL THEY COME

I see by the paper that there are a. lot
of other people roped in by the Chicago
Portrait Co. I was one of them. I gave
them a note for $25 which is due the
first of December. Do you think it would
be advisable to pay this note or not?
They sold frames at different prices
around here—A, C,. Port Huron, Mich.

We wrote to Mr. C. that his pay-
ment of the note would depend some-
what upon the circumstances under
which it was obtained from him. If
the holder of the note can show value
received the note would probably be
collecta’ble. It would be a matter
for a court to decide, and the ques-
tion arises whether you would care"
to go to the expense of going to
court and possibly being obliged to
pay the note in the bargain. In the
future look before you leap.

CHICAGO FIRM SETTLES

Among the score of mail order
houses against which we receive
complaints none are so prompt and
courteous in investigating and adjust-
ing complaints than Phillipsborn, of
Chicago. Why they should delay so
long in settling complaints until their
customers get wary and put their

claims in our hands for collection is

something we cannot understand.
Last April. Tom. B., of. Cheboygan,
sent an order to this firm for a suit
of clothes, enclosing a money order
for $18.86. Th clothes arrived; they
were several sizes too small, so Tom
B. fired them back and asked for a
return of his money. No reply. He
wrote several more letters which were
also ignored. Finally, on Nov. 16th,
he asked the Collection Box to try its
hand with case. One letter did the
business. A few days later. Tom’s
grateful mother wrote us that the

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- Veterinary Department

Dr. W. Austin Ewalt, editor

icheck far tn." mil amount in” defile: ‘

ceived, and assured ,IiS of the life-long,
’friendShip of herself and family. Ah,
well, “he profits most, who serves
best." - . ‘

 

TIRES UNSATISFACTORY

I have an account I wish youcould
‘collect for me with the Master Tire 00,.
Chicago, Ill. In June I sent them an
order for $17.56 for two tires at 59.4.5
each, with a discount of 5 per cent if
two tires were ordered which . I did
They were guaranted 5,000 miles.
waited until the middle of August be-
fore they came, writing them several
times in the meantime and paying 96
cents express on them. I put one.on
the car and drove less than fifty miles
and had a. blow-out, The other tire was
not properly beaded and could not use
it so I send them back by insured parcel
post. Have written them several times
to return money but they do not send it
and have failed to get {my more tires in
return—E. .I. 0.. Linden. Mich.

The Master Tire Company in a
reply to our complaint adv1sed us
to write our subscriber to call at the
express office at Linden, as they
were sure the agent had the ship—
ment. “We finally received the two

tires,” says Mr. C.

 

PORTRAIT CO. THREATENS SUIT

Mrs. C. F. B., of Harrison, Mich.,
one of the several scores of our read-
ers to be inveigled into purchasing a
“painting” from the Chicago Portrait
Co., has received'a notice fmm the
“Inland Collection Agency,” that un~
less payment is received within a cer-
tain specified date suit will beinsti-
tuted. Printed in legal form with
“State of. Illinois, County of Cook,”
appearing under the heading. “final
notice ‘before suit,” the paper is a
very impressive document, intended
to send the chills dOWn the spine of
the recipient and bring before her
vision a picture of a courtroom, jail
and gallows. In most cases the
“notice” has the desired effect. A
shyster lawyer or a. bogus “collection

‘agency” has little difficulty in bull-
dozing the average person into sign-

inn: away their birth-right. But we
hope our readers who have been stung
bv the Chicago Portrait Co., will have
the good sense to know that the “In-

rland Collection Agency,” is probably

a faked name used by the Chicago
Portrait Co, to scare their dupes into
settling accounts which they know
could never be collected in an Ameri-
can court of justice.

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“TAR-TS "

Have a yearling heifer that has a
cluster of warts on her noSe as large as
a man’s fist. and also smaller ones com-
ing; Blouse advise a cure thru your col-
umns.——A Farmer, Lamb, Mich.

Remove the entire cluster with a
sharp knife properly sterilized, after.
which apply silver nitrate to the
bleeding surfaces. Fowler’s solu-
tion of arsenic applied once a day,
and given in one ounce doses morn-
ing and night will remove warts in
the early stage.

S‘VELLING AROUND KNEE

I have a mare that has a bunch on
each side of knee on left front leg, prob-
ably a year old. but is soft and about the
size of an apple on outside, smaller in-
side, I haVe.used 3 or .4 bottles of Save-
'I‘he—Horse on it, but it hasn’t reduced
it yet, Can you advise one what will
cure it? Did you ever use any Gom-
lmult’s Caustic Balsam and would you
recommend it?‘ My Cats are troubled
with a distemper and I don't know what
to do for them,-——S_ C. J., Bronson, Mich.

 

- If this enlargement is soft it
should be lanced provided it is exter-
al to the capsular ligament and pack-
ed with gauze saturated with tincture
iodine. If it is not external to the
ligament, then the fluid should 'be
drawn off by means of an as-pirator
and a solution composed of equal
parts of tincture iodine and alcohol
injected. This should be doneby a
competent. veterinprlan. Gombault's
Caustic Balsam or‘fan‘y other local
preparation will not reduce the en‘-

 

largement' for it contains a quantity
of fluid. ‘

Mixed infection vaccine is the only
treatment to be relied upon for the
cure of distemper in cats and dogs.

 

CO‘V’S UDDER HARD AND
‘~ INFLAIVIED .

I have a cow that came in last May,
She often has one quarter or the other of
her udder hard and inflamed. She also
gives gargety milk at times and she does
not always have an inflamed udder to do
so.—-Z, O, S,, Mayville, Mich.

 

Give two drums of potassium lodid
twice daily dissolved in a little warm
water. In severe cases where the
udder is hard I would recommend
giving a good cathartic at the start
consisting of magnesium sulphate
two pounds, powdered ginger and
gentian, equal parts one ounce, pow—
dered nux vomica and capsicum equal
parts one dram; dissolve the entire
contents in two quarts of hot water
and give slowly at one dose. '

 

'- PIGS IVON’T EAT

I have some pigs which I Wish to fat-
ten but they will not eat either corn or
rye mash, I.have fed them small piec-
es of coal but that does not seem to ben-
efit them, Can you give me any advice
as to Why they will not eat'and what I
could give them that will make them
eat? ‘They are March and June pigs——
J. B. N., Baroda, Mich. . .

 

Give them a complete‘ hen '
food; ‘feedv' anything the. , _,
digested. Also give thp : ‘
Zion outside yard. Give".on'e
“powdered gentian twice rash

 

  

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, YOUR

 

      
   
   

‘ ‘ E. PAY the Market’s nigh-
est Mark. Are absolutely 4
reliable —— establ i s h ed. .

_ 1853 3'— capital , $1,100,000;
Write at once-for FREE Price
List and Booklet “Successful.
Trapping.” Postal will do.

We are now paying for
Michigan Furs:-— ‘

SKIINK, No.’ 1, $3.00;
No. 2, $2.00; No. 8, $1.00;
No. 4, 500.

_ MUSKRATS,

winter, $1.00.

RACCOON, No. 1, large,
$4.25.

MINK, Lake Superior, '
No. 1, large dark, $9.00; ‘
Michigan No. 1, large 7, ~
dark, $6.50. . , . _ .

"TRAUGOTT’; SCHMIDT 8: SONS
150 Monroe Ave. Detroit, Mich. p

  

Large

 

SEED FAMOUS KINDS Offered

at MONEY SAVING PRICES

in lsbefl’s 1 921 catalog ,

The famous WOLVEIIIIIE which outyielded
every other variety in a four-year
test is one Isbell Type. Many yields
have been over ninety bushels per

acre. It grows vigorously — matures ‘ ' 2

early. Isbell's own-grown certified. pedigre-
ed stock offers wonderful opportunities to
farmers. lsbell’s College SuccesoJohn-
eon. Worthy. Alexander and Sensation
Oats provide farmers eve here with the
best varieties for their spec needs.

FREE SAMPLES
of these with 1921 SEED ANNUAL or
samples of any other field seed you want sent
upon request. Let us ow your require.
ments foothis year and quote you low direct-
eelh' prices on sterling audity seeds. lap
hell 3 arty-two years ofsee growl success
assures you the finest quality for e lent
money. Write today. ’ (9)

S. I. IsbcII & 00.. wfledlallc SLJIM HIcII.

ET us IAN
nun mus.

Horse or Cow hide. out or other skins
with hair or fur on, and make them
into cootonr men and women), robes,
rugs or gloves when so ordered. Your
Iur good. will cost you I... than to as
them and be worth more, ».

Our Illustrated some. tells'how' to
take of! and care for hides; how and
when we pay the freight. both ways;
about our sole dyein process on cow
and horse bide, an and other skins;
about the fur goo s and game trophies
we sell, taxidermy. etc. » .

Then we have recently 20!: out w-
other we call our Fashion leek wholly
devoted to fashion plates of muffs;
neckwear and other fine fur mutants,
with I nnlng and making charges. Also ~
for meute remodeled and repaired.

For Fox. Raccoon and smaller skips. 'T .
the Fashion Book is 111 you n '
Catalog is for big stud. ' -

You can have either book by sending your
addressAgldomlng winch. or both book.- 1! you _
both. ress .

The Cross}? Frisian Fur Comrny. I ~
- 571 Lye Ave. Rochester. . Y .

4Q. COrd'TsaDay

 

  
 
 
   
 
   
 
  
    
   

     
 
     
   
   
  
 
 

 

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' flawed One Mun with,
new 0 AWA. Gorgon:- own fuel etlesl
a than 2c a cord. then supply big demnnd
-, forfirewoodat$20 I. cord up. Balm.
COII Shortage!

Q___A_ loo saw
Over4H-P. 810strokesuminute. Wheel-
mounted. Ens to move cheanpund any to run.
‘ Engine runs ot er_machinery. when not Iawin .
- - ew clutch lever tarts and stops law w e

. engine runs. One or Easy Payments. SO
and Trial. Io-Yenr Guarantee. send [or

,--' , .BI. FREE BOOK

' end 8 I Len

I'm. nrloo
Strictly ROW. Write to

W .iglotgwgu'flg'letg.

Ottawa. Keno...

‘ . 7 not suns“,

co-EFsg .r. so“, . ,

, from Jl'lflll'fi‘end SM! 199 ”r pound; ; , - .
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Better still, write out what you here to offer, let us out It In “I”-
Copy or changes must be received on week before date eI issue

 

L
(0920i I 0 RATE. under this heedins is honest breedero at live stock end ouItI-y wiII be sent on request.
All"! you a pfietkfixzfl 833‘ who! it will cost to r 13, 20 or 52 times. You can change size of .J’. or copy so often as you wish.
BroodoI-I' Auction Sam I venieod here I! weelel low rates: as for them. Write today I)

 

IREEDERS' DIRECTORY, THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

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To avoid °conflictino ~dates we will withow

WHO WOULD LIKE HIM?

His ,‘6 nearest dams nemge 23.99 lbs. of
butter in 7 days. His Sire’s 14 nearest

BULL CAI-F BORN MARCH 21, 1920, VERY

nice, straight and well gro vn,
sired by a son of Flint Hengerveld Lad whose two
nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butter and
735 Tbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is a 20. 61 lb.
Jr. 2 year old daughter of Johan llengerceld Lad
68 A. R. 0. daughters. Price $150. F. 0. B.
Flint. Pedigree on application.

 

 

FOR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND

Oxford Down Rams.
J. A. DeGARMO. Muir, Mich.

OHESTIIIIT RIDGE STOOK FARM

offers eight Scotch Topped Shorthorn Heifers from

. out, list date of any live stock Isle III _ _ 1d d n man
.s "Ichican. ‘ Ff you gre confliierllmli etf‘siedea- dams average 25.46 lbs. of butter. His dam L. C. KETZLER, Flint, Mich. $91133an it"(fatgs'tzfifi "1031335 tam y’all”; 01mm
.. so 11: I once an we w com o I - 11 cc . .

'0' you. Address. leo Stock Edltor, M. I. ‘5 a nearly 23 1b- flanddaughter of Km: RALPH ermsou, 0mm, mm

-. Mt. Clemens.

 

 

 

of the Pontiacs made at just 3 years of age.
Hie sire is 25 lb. 3 year old Grandson of
the $50,000 bull. Calf is niéely marked

FOR SALE—TWO BULL CALVES, A "OI-P
tein and Durham about 3 months old. Both
ave heavy milking dams Not registered. S50

echclf taken at one

 

 

ERED ROAN
FOR SALE bZUsUTrongthSTTO months old.
Villager breeding.

 

 

 

”Wilmm 11:0. Holsteins 3“” 1" Tubb" EL and large for his age and is priced at' only HASE STOCK eFARM, Mariette. MIG“. HENRY J. LYNCH, Mayviiie, Mich-
siting; is:3:e”.2:.8“....:::?‘gi.:.sb"- "5'” F‘. °‘ 3‘ ~
perFeNI m1: Poland ChinaI. Witt Bros. Jos- JOHN BAZLEY L ,FofisiAL'ELs-rgm cow HEREFORDS
' . ‘ ,s ' 319 Atkinson Ave' l five yggaon, Rviola] 312511.211 and a good milker, ale?
_ DETROIT MICH- 53:.3“l..::‘:..‘;5“12§f‘ 0%: 3‘3“: iii 2.32.2. Hansronns FOR SALE ,

 

 

 

 

 

LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER8

Andy Adams, Litchfleld, Mich.

Ed. Bowers, South thWhitley, Ind
‘Porter Coleetock Eaton Rapids, Mich.
John Hoflman, Hudson, Mich.

D. L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.

J. J. Post, Hillsdale, Mich.

J. E. Rapport, Perry, Mich. '
'Hsrfy- Robins011,Plpinouth,Mloh.
Win. Waflle, Goldwater, Mich.

,- CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

 

 

 

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, more PROFIT perco
of in

old dem‘ Price $250 for them
R. H.‘ BARNHART, R 1, 8t. mcxharies, Mloh.

 

MR MILK PRODUCER

Iour problem is more MILK; more BUTTER;

9m plocreet Application Pontiac——
18 052n—from our hes -yesrly-mllking-good-but-
tor-record dam will solve t.

Maplecrest Appllcetion Pontiac'e dam mead
85,108 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1344.3 lbI. butter
Ind 23421.2 lbs. milk in 305 deyI.

He is one of the greatest longy distance sires.

Hie daughters and sons will prove it.

Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons.

Prices right end not too high for the average
dairy farmer.

Pedigrees and prices on Ipplication.

R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich.

 

 

:MR. DAIRYMAN!

Areyou using a, firstclass herd
sire? ..

You can’t afford to use a poor
one.

.We have good ones of all ages
listed at reasonable prices.

Let us know your needs.

MICHIGAN HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN
ASSOCIATION

H. W. Norton, Jr., Field Secretary,

Old, State. Block, . Lansing, Mich.

 

 

snow suLL

Sired by a Pontiac Aaggie Korud ire-Hen -
veld DeKol bull from a nearly 159 lb. egg;
cow. First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair,
1920 Light in color and good individual
Seven months 0d. Price, $125 to make
room. 'Hurr yl

Herd under Federal Supervision.

 

 

 

[Traverse Princess Weg.

’ 5032 milk.

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, 1b. 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.

 

 

 

 

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PRIGED TO SELL

SIX -.HEAD REGISTERED HOLSTEINS
Two yearling heifers, bred to grandson .of
Price $150 each.

Three heifer calves, ages 5, 4 and 2 months
old. Price $125 each. ,

One bull 8 months old, dam has 7 day A. R. O.
18.77 butter 427.8 milk. Next dam 15.11
butter, 387.7 milk. Sire's dam 22. 43 butter.
Price $125.

Pedigrees sent promptly on request.
This stock is all nicely grown.
H. E.’ BROWN. Breedsvllle, Mich.

SOLD AGAIII

Bull calf last advertised sold but have 2 more

 

 

HOLSTEIII FRIESIANS FOR SALE

A bull calf ready for service. Combines show

type and, production.
-Herd sire, 'Model Kig. Segis Gliste, whose
granddam is Glista Ernestine, the only new of
the breed that has six times made better than
30 1‘“ butterr

GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS

. Corey J. Spencer, Owner.
111 E. Main St. Jackson, Mloh.

‘ IIA'I'OII IIEnn

, Ypsilanti, Mich.

3 (In Government Accredited List.)
ofiers choice yearling registered sires
from our 34. lb. (average 2 nearest
dams 37 pounds) King Korndyke

‘ Artis Vale bull for $150 to $250-

 

BRAIIDOIIHILL FARM

(FORMERLY HILLGREST)
'Ortonvliie, Michigan
Mr. Dairyman: Space will not allow full deo-
cription of my young bull born March 29th,
1920, except to say he is a perfect individual
light color, and well grown If you can find an
ordinal to ColllDal'ethéih 1him for $300, I Will
ma c you a preseu o him—M rice _
for a limited time only. y p $200
OHN P. HEH HL
1205 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michigan .-

0R SALE—2 REG. ~HOL8TEIN BULLS
ready for service from 19 1—2 and 24 1-2 lb.
dams. - Price $100 and $125. Herd on Io-
credited list.
Wm. GRIFFIN, Howell, Mich.

 

-well marked, good condition.

 

Howbert Minita Ormsby
'REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFER. BORN
APRIL 18, 1919
Sired by s 27
pound bull. Dam I. well bred Ormsby cow. Herd
Tuberculin tested under State and Federal SUD-

ervision
H. T. EVANS
Eau Claire. Mich.

BULL and 3 HEIFERS

(Federal accredited herd.) '

Bull old enough for service. His dam’ e 7 day record
20.85 lbs. butter, 467. 80 lbs. milk 305 days

Two A.
grandson

 

16, 281.1 lbs. milk, 654 lbs. butter.
0. daughters His sire e 24 lb.

1 of 001mm Johnna Led.

Also 3 heifers 7L months old 0not related to bull.
AL LFOR $500
VERNON CLOUOH, Parma. Mich.

 

A WHEN YOU CAN BUY BETTER BRED HOL-

stein bulls for less money, we will sell them.
Write for list. 42 lb. sire in service. A. R. O
dams. Federal tested herd. .
VOEPEL FARM, Sebewaing, Mich.

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS 0000

sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire ”King Pon-
tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis" who ~ls e. son of
”King of the Pontiece" from a daughter of Pon-
tiac Clothilde De Kol 2nd. A few bull calves for
Isle. '1‘. W. Sprsgue, R 2. Battle Creek,M1ch.

Two' BULL ciLvrs

Rodetend Holete'in—Frioeian. sired by 89. 87 lb.
bull ond from heavy producing ycun These
celvoe Ire veg and wlllbe pr‘iced" cheap ,it

,Ioldeoon.

HARRY ‘1'. mm. .ng-II. IIIIIII.

 

 

7 HOLSTEIN F RIESIAN BULLS 7

From a State and Federal Accredited ‘l-l‘erd. ems by
' WALKER LYONS 174771

 

 

 

OR SALE—REGISTERER HOLSTEIN 00W.
Three heifer calves. 1 bull calf.
R. J. BANFIELD, Wlxom, Mloh_

T0 SETTLE AN ESTATE

7 registered Holstein cows, 5 yet to freshen,
bred to a 30 lb. bull. $1,200 takes them.
BERT SLOCUM, Byron, Mich.

 

 

FOR SALE

A Bull Good Enough to Head Any Herd

PRINCE FLINT MAPLE CREST 208468
a 4 yr. old son of Maple Crest Korndyke Hengcr-
veld, once known as the greatest butter bred
bull in the world. His dam, Flint Pieterje
Eleanor and her dam have yearly records of over
25, 000 lbs. of milk and over 1,200 lbs. butter
in 1 year. This bull is a good individual and
was purchased when a yearling for $650.

Write for price.

CHAS. HAZZARD. Ionia, Mich.

 

SHORTHORN

 

L Special Shorthorn Offer!

For the next 30 days we will make
attractive prices on females with
calves by side, bred and open heif-
ers. Bred to our great imported
herd sire Imp. Scottish Emblem 680,-
312. Also a few choice roan Scotch
Ibulls of serviceable age by Imp.
Scottish Emblem. A great opportun-
ity to secure the blood of. this great
bull. Come and see them or write

H. 13. PETERS & SON
Elsie, Afich.

 

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

0. H. PRESCOTT & SONS
Herd at Prescott. Mich. Tawas City, Mich.
SOOTOH SHORTHORIIS .52 30°31? $3353
Priced right, also my herd bulL
THEODORE NIOKLAS, Metamora, Mich.

Prices

 

 

ILKING SHORTHORNb. BULLS FROM COWS
making records. Priced reasonable.
0. M. YORK, MIIllngton, Mich.

 

FROM AN ACC -
BUY snonTHonu
right at readjustment prices

JOHN SCHMIDT a. SON, Reed City, Mich.

 

HAT DO YOU \VANT? I represent 41

SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all
ages. Some females. C. W. lrum, President
Central Michigan Shorthorn Association, Mc-
Brides, Michigan.

W. S HUBER, Gladwln, Mich. ., offers for sale
I. choice bull calf,, sire, Robert Clay by Washing-
ton Olay. Dam, Charlotte’s Gem by Maplelaue
Dan Oxford out of Charlotte B 2nd.

SHORTHORIIS

5 bulls, 4 to 8 nice. old, all room, pail fed.
Dams good milkers. the farmers’ kind, at farm-
ece' prices.

F. M. PIGGOTT I! SON. Fowler. Mich.

THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers’ Association have stock for sale, both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the secretary
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich. /

SHOHTHUHHS cows HEIFERS’, BULLS

offered at attractive prices

before January first. Will trade for good land.
Wm. J. BELL, Rose City, Mich.

~KENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS'

Ass' 11 are oflering bulls and heifers for sale. all
egos: "Sell the scrub and buy a purebre

 

 

 

 

Fbirfax and Disturber blood, 150 Reg. head in
herd. $35. 00 reduction on all sires Choice fe-
males for sale. Write me your needs.

EARL 0. MCCARTY, Bad Axe, Mich.

HEREFORD GATTLE 11313.13. HAMPSHIRE

We can furnish registered bulls from 12
months and older, best of breeding and at a
very low price, have also ome extra good
Herd headers, We have aso a large hne
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.

REGISTERED HEREFORD OATTLE

King Repeater No. 713041 heads our herd.
'A grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion
Repeater 7th No. 386005. We have some fine
bulls for sale and also some heifers bred ti; ite-
pester ’lony l5 l1‘,ox Proprietor.

HE MARION STOCK FARM Marlon, Mich.

 

 

150 HEREFORD HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW
of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality Shortsiiorus and
Angus stccis 5 to 1 000 lbs, ()wncrs anxious
to sell. \Vill help buy .I0c commission.

C. F B,ALL Fairficld Iowa

 

LAKEWOOD HEREFORI 5233.? 11:5:
young bulls. 12 months old lor sale. Also high
class females any age. Inspection invited.

E J. TAYLOR, Fremont, Mich.

 

 

JERSEYS

 

Mr. Dairy Farmer!

You are keeping cows for what
money you can make out of them,
are you not? You want cows that
will make you the most money for
feed consumed, do you not? The
JERSEY will do this. She has prov—
en it in public tests as well as in

that are mostly white. They are nice straight fel-
lows, sired by a son og King One. One is from HIGHLAND SHORTHBRNS private herds. She Should; she has
BOABDMAH FARMS 17 lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from I . . f h d d
__ . JACKSON We". E31121 g“: 3 “1d 011;, (112,111, Rheum 11,3, ,, son 0; , Why buy Buns that G Y H d k been bred or over two un, re
~ on n erve o o u er 0 . one o » omo rom 0" 8 you now ' '
Holstein Breeders Sim. 1903 m. m,“ bgm V "0",an “our? years, for economical production.
JAMES HOPSON JR.. 0woeso..Mloh.. It 2. This characteristic IS fixed. The

Jersey bull transmits it to his daugh-
ters. Grade up your dairy herd by
using a pure bred Jersey Sire. It
will pay. 'Ask the man that has tried
it. He knows. Remember Eco-
nomical Production is What we must
have to succeed.

Write
SEO’Y HENDRICKSON
of Shelby, llficli.
for free literature.

 

 

MEADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM, REG. JERSEY
cattle for sol
J. E. MORRIS 6‘. SON, Farmlngton. Mich.

DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION?

The grandson of Pogis 99th of Hood Farm
and Sophie lOtli’s Tormentor, two of the great-
est sires ever known heads our herd. No other
strain is more noted for past and present produc-
tion. Bull calves and bred heifers for sale at
seasonsble prices.

FRED HAYWARD. Scotts. Mich.

 

 

EAL BARGAINS IN HIGH CLASS JERSEY
cows. lIerd tuberculin tested.
FRANK P. NORMINGTON, lonla, Michigan

 

OR SALE—THREE PUREBRED JERSEY
bulls ready for service. Tuberculin tested.
J. L. CARTER. R 4. Lake Odessa. Mich.

 

GUERNSEYS

REGISTERED curnnsns

Fine heifer calves 6 months old—$200-
Fine bull calves 6 to 8 months old—$100.
All papers transferred.

J M. WILLIAMS, North Adams, Mich.

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES

From tested and untested dams.

 

. ‘whcse “111111.“ch ‘ records dimming so 11 pounds .‘ I... n- 92
of milk. Arum n«bulls I fromedams with race up Amman“- 32:10:}, 33%}: A. E.- RA AB. Sec’ 1!. Caledonia, Mich. Satisfaction uaranteed
-pric'ed from 0100.001» I$200. 00. Age,9month1. l 2to year-L8 _ g ~
1‘ . ~.:.SALISBURY SHEPHERD DIICH. 11:11:31.1”. 1“” 3'“ 3‘11”” 3h°"hl‘(’i"‘zl 0; VVI‘lte for prices 311d breeding ‘30
‘ e orseearoan u cs mos.o . so -
IIIORGAN 13308., Allegan, Mlch., R1

 

 

.oneI. ,J. E. TANSWELL. *Meeorg‘, Mich.

 

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here at :peclal low rates:

AYRSIIIRES

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

so some choice cows.
A) FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. Vassar. Mich.

'/ RED POLLED

 

BED POLLED CATTLE,“ YORKSHIRE SWINE
Oxford and Tunis shee
E. S. CARR. Homer. Mich.

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this so

write out whet you have to ofi'er. let us out It In type. in you

1129 of ad. or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changes must
for them. Write today!)

BREEDERS’ OIRECTOKV- TN! MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. ML Clemem, ”ohm... ‘ \

Black Price, a good son of

L..TP.C

Ihave s line 101: of spring figs {Ir-g! by Berg's
lac rice, gra

champion of the world in 1918. Also In" A

litter of 7 pigs, 5 sows and boars. sired by‘.

Prospect Yank, a sone rof the 2.840 000 Yankee.
that are sure Humding
F. T. HART.e rSt. Louis. Mich.

LEOIAHD’S BIO TYPE P. O. ”RING

boars, bred sows and the best lit-

ter of fall pigs in the state. Come and see or writs
E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Mich.

 

 

 

ANGUS

BARTLETT ’PURE IRED ABERDEEN-
ANGUS CATTLE AND 0.1.0.
Swine are right and are priced right. , Corre-

li 'ted inspection invited.
“Md“é’im'i eBIARTLET‘I'. Lawton. Mich.

 

 

The Most Profitable Kind ‘

of Is rmlng. a of grade dairy hell'ers
from LENAWEEr COUNTY'S heaviest 1 pro-
ducers to Include a pure bred ANGUS bull of the
most extreme {type for combination beef and
dairy farming.
snr‘ Tot shipmentshipm assembled at GLENWOOD
FA or prompt s
Methods explained in pmSMITH’S PROFITABLE
STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated.
CEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mich.

 

 

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SWINE

POLAND CHINA

f!”

 

 

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

DeWITT O. PIER. Evsrt. Mich.

BIG BOB MASTODON

Sire was champion of the world.
His dam’s sire was grand champion
at Iowa State Fair. 8 choice spring
gilts bred that are pictures, sired by
him. Also some sows bred to him
for March and April. Priced low
and guaranteed in every way. Get
my prices.

C. E. Gamant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH.
Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my
herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them.
Expenses paid if not as represented. These boar.
service: L’s Big Orange, Lord Clansmen,
Orange Price and L's Long Prospect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich.

THE THUMB HERO

Bis Type Poland Chinas. Largest herd in North-
eastern Mich. Bears and gilts for sale.
E. M. ORDWAY. Mllllngtou, Mlch.

FARWELL LAKE FARM

L T P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boars and
some gilts left. Will sell with breeding pri
Boers in service: Clansman's Image 2nd, W. B. s,
Outpost and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome.
W. I. RAISDELL
Hanover, Mich.

My, Oh My, What an Opportunity!

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

You can’t get better breeding. Individual]
they will please you. Price 50.

HILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IG TYPE POLANDS. HERD ussoso sv
W’s Sailor Bob. Spring pigs. both sex tor sale.
w, CALDWELL a son, cps-lagoon. Mich.

 

' IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BARGAIN. $15
1 buys a bred gilt and a 250 lb. spring beer.
Also choice gilts bred for 040. Guarantee ntis-
faction.
DORUS HOVER, Akron. Mich.

 

IG TYPE P. C. WE HAVE SOME CHOICE
boars we are closing out at a bargain. Also
some extra sows bred to farrow in April. Health
1 and growth.
L. W. BARNES G SON, Byron, Mich.

 

B. T. P. C. SPRING BCARS. SIRED BY WIL-
ey‘s King Bob, out of Grand Daughters of
‘Disher’s Giant. All immuned with double treat-
ment. John D. Wiley, Scbcoicraft. Mich.

OLOSIHG OUT SALE

of Big Type Poland China hogs. which represents
the work of 25 years of constructive breeding.
Everything goes including our three .great herd
bears, Mich. Buster by Grant Buster. A. Grant.
Butler’s Big Bob. Two of the best yearling
prospects in Mich. Modern type, high arched
backs. great length, big bane. Come and pick
ut what you want. Our prices are right.
JNO. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

 

 

L s P c FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
boars left A few extra nice gills
left bred for April farmw.
H. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcrsft, Mich.

BIG TYPE P.
WALHII A He 0,, a

pigs grand-
daughters of the Senior Grand Champion sow of
Detroit, 1920 $12. 50 each. Also bred gilts
priced right.

A. D. GREGORY. Ionla, Mich.

 

 

‘ Am Offering Large Type Poland Chins Sowe.
bred to F's Orange alt reasonable prices.
[.1] p1gs.Wrile or call

CLYDE FISHER, R3. St. Louis. Mich.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

Early fall pigs for sole, either sex. These are
real ones. W rite for breeding and price.
VHIMM BROS" Chesanlnc.M Uh.

BIG TYPE POLAIIO OHIHA BOARS

Long, heavy boned spring boars. Sired by
Brewbaker dz Son’s great herd boar, Girtsdale

 

' Timm. Stock all double immuned.

H. c. oven, Ovid. Mich.

 

 

DUROCS

 

DOUR
Brookwater JERSEYCS

Boars—Ready for Sevvi‘co

Big type, large bone and rugged, with plenty
f quality. This is your chance to buy high clue
ndiVIduals at reasonable prices. ,

OPEN GILTS

of choice breeding and the right type.
Pa'nama 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.
Satislaction guaranteed. —
BROOKWATER FARM

Ann AMP. Mlohlsen
H w. Mumford. Owner - J. B. Andrews. Mgr.

 

    

opt-Ina plgs by Wall’s
Orlon, First Sr. Yearling
Detroli. Jackson, Gd. Reside and Csllnswu 1.10

Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich

REGISTERED OOROO JERSEY

boars, gills. and fall pigs for sale: Herd headed
by Breakwater Demonstrator 27th, No. 155217.
H. E. LIVERMORE & SON. Romeo. Mich.

 

 

OR BALE—OUROC JERSEYS. BOTH SEX.
Spring and fall pigs. Have several extra good
spring, boars ready for service. Write us your

wants. .
HARLEY FOON A SON. R 1. Gledwln. Mich.
00300 JERSEYS.“.£§'E..§°.'2§. ‘25;

his priced reaso nabls.
_ C. E. DAVIS J SON. Ashley. Mich.

 

 

/
.- POLAND cumss
‘ BIG TYPE WITH QUALITY
Nine fall gilts out of litters of eleven and
thirteen. for sale. .
J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich.

 

of both sex for sale at reasonable
prices Registered in buyer's name.
Sired by Big Long Bob .
MOSS BROS.. St. Charles. Mich

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. SPRING PIGS

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
A few choice spring boars and gills sired by
"Half Ton Lad ” a good son of “Smooth Half
Ton” Champion of Michigan in 1918. Gilts will
be bred to lumbos Mastodon 2nd. son of Big
Bob Mastodon for March and April farrow.
HOWLEY BR08.. Merrill. Mich.

 

assume in ell: TYPE POLAND cums
bredgiitl and older sows. Also fai] pigs If
young Shorthorn bulls. Robert Neve. Pierson. ich

 

 

 

PEACH HILL FARM

Sp ring boar pigs by Peach Hill Orion King,
152489. Batistaction mnnteod. Priced at

835 up.
, INWOOD BROS’u Romeo. Mich.

 

nuroo sows enu guts and to Walt’s Klng 82948
who has sired more prize winning pigs at the
state fairs In the last 2 years than any other Du-
Newton Barnhart St. Johns. Mich.

roc board

   
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
   

 
 
  
   
 
  
   
  

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'0. I. C. BOARS

.Choice individuals; shipped .to you c. o. d express paid and guaran- ,1
teed right or your money refunded. All stock registered in buyer’s

 

”91H

 
 

breeders e0 llve steel: end poultry ill be semen reced- m in.
lproof and tell you what It will cost for 18. 20 or 52 times You can change
be resolved one week before date of issue. Breeder-3' Auotlon Sales advertised

“CEADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY H068.

been “pigs for sn.le
J. E. MORRIS a. SON .Fsrmlnnton. Mlch.

 

For Sale—Reg. Duroc Jersey Weannng Plas' oi
good quality and breeding Either sex.
offering spring gilts also. v

VERN. N. TOWNS. R 8, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

”"8003 5 Fall Boers of Last Sept. Farrow.

200 lb. big stretchy kind, 4 (00d

spring boars, also gilts of mine litters. sired yby

Liberty Defender 3rd. Col. bred dams.

nut good boars order at once. Prices $75 to S305.
H. a. KEESLER. ens-spam. lllch.

 

DUROCS, ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A
spring gilt to a herd boar. at prices'you can
afford to pay. Cholera immune Satisfaction guar-
anteed. C. L. POWER, Jerome, Mich.

 

UROC JERSEY BOARS. Boar's of the IAI'OOo
heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. Write.
or better. come and see
F. J. DRODT, R 1. Monroe. Mich.

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REGISTERED «OUROO’ JERSEY

September pics for sale. Prices reasonable.
E. E. OALKINB. R6, Ann MI". Mich.

 

OFFERINO SOME HIGH CLASS

MSPRIHG OIIROG BOARS . F

at reasonable prices . A few gilts bred for Sep~
tember farmw at bargain prices. -
W. C. TLAY OLR
Milan. Mich.

OAKLAHOS PREMIER GHIEF
Herd BoarwReIerence only—No. 129219

1919 Chicagointerna'tional
4th Prize .Ir. Yearling

BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT $25
BLANK an POTTER
Pottervllle. Mlch.

 

 

FOR SALE—Reg Duroc Yoarllng Boar weigh-
ing 600 lbs. A bargain at $75. Spring boar!
weighing 200 to 250 at $40 and $50. I These are
real hours. We still have spring sows at $40
and $50. Stock double immunized for cholera

F. HEIMS G SON. Bavlson. Mich. _

 

urocs. Hlll Crest Farms. uBred and open sows
and tilts. Boats and and gpigs. 100 head.
511m 4 miles straight S of Middleton, Mich,,
ratiot Co. Newton & Blank. Pertinton, Mich.

 

’ FROM PRIZE
DUROC BOARS \VINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-
son. Mich.

 

0R SALE: ONE ' DUROO BOAR FROM
Brookwater breeding stock. Choice spring I318!-
JOHN CRONENWETT. CANON". MICI‘I.

 

JERSEY ssnwc: ICARS 50. oo
Dunne Fine early on pm, 1,006 Iiii herd
boar. Jos. SCHUELLER. Weidman. Mich-

ounoc SPRING scans. sows
Fan SAL and gilts of all ages. Write ul

your wants. Entire herd double immune.
JESSE BLISS l: SON. Henderson. MWh.

E OFFER A FEW WELL-DR“ SELECT-
G‘iéd “spring Duroo Boers, sbo bred new! all
1 eeseol. an or write ,
McNAUGHTON'G FORDYCE. It. Louie. Mich.

I. YOUR
HIOHIGIIA 5.21%.:5 ‘51:: '2‘} 1......“
g'l'hc Gust flan. W

represented Some
faction guaranteed. ‘0. F. m, Pavilion, Mich.

 

 

 

0- I. 0'

 

o. I. C. AND CHESTER WHISTE S‘MIINflE. ON:
choice boar of Prince Big one ree 11g.
big type fellow. priced to sell. fell pigs

1 ft. Bred sows s gilt.
e CLARE V. I.l’blv'RIIAN. Shaver. Mich.

PURE BEE!) 0.1. 0.11008

30 HEAD m 3.111.. sml co boars and bred

gilt; 16 headv ofI fall piss. Paper! furnished free.
J. R ETTEN, Clifford,“

'01. C.’s

June and July been and each one
s guaranteed breeder. Recorded mend express paid
in full for the next thirtyds

F. C. BURGESS. Meson. Mich.

 

 

 

o . C. IRE!) OILTB FOR MARCH AND
Aprl prll farrow. Also a few choice service hours.
VOLOVER LEAF STOCK ‘FARM, Monroe. Mich-

 

C. I. C. MARIE—MY HERD CONTAINS THI
bloodli kofllisemoatlrgtoffilnherd.egemfurnlsh
to t " ve s11 mic
”a ' Ac. J... GORDEN. Del-r. Mlchn R 8.

 

o, I' c. ALI. aces FROM his scans, scan
sows to fall pigs. 35 spring gilts, wt.
Service boars. none better in the

2 5.
2M to 8 Registered

state. Write and get acquainted.
free. " 1- 2 mile west of depot
OT TO BLSCHULZE, Nashville. Mich.

  
 
  

 
   
  
  
   
 

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MASON, Mia-1.

 

recently made” heavy purchases

Ia,_on American account-z this_‘rep01;_t'
if true, foreshadows a recovery in

'lzwool prices. The managers of the"

farmers’ big wool pools are lboking
for a better market, early in} the
new year. '

The horse trade begins to show
some signs of returning prosperity;
there is, however, no well-establish-
ed deman-d for anything but drafters.
Animals'weigh‘in-g from 1,500 to 1,-
,700 pounds, sell readily in the Chi-
cago market for $250 to $265. The
grade known as “chunks," averag-
ing from 1,300 to 1,450, bring from >
$150 to. $185. Some fairly gobd,
second hand horses bring around $35
each and no demand exists for slim-
waisted, long-legged, trotting-bred
animals. ' ’

All of the leading western live
stock markets have been featuring
bargain sales of female cattle of late.
and the result is a lower price sched-
ule in this department than has been
known since 1912. Canner cows
have sold below $3 per cwt. in Chi-
cago on several market sessions,‘ of
late and Omaha has cleared hund-
reds of fairly good beef cows for
prices ranging between $4 and $5
per cwt.

C. E. Heinemann who has been
for many years secretary of the Na—
tional Live Stock Association with
headquarters at Chicago has resign-
ed from that organization and gone
with the Institute of American Meat
Packers. Mr. Heine‘mann is acui-
ltured, courteous gentleman ofthe
old school; tactful and conservative
to a. degree but always bristlingwith
information concerning the subject
lie/has in hand, he will reflect great
credit upon any organization with
which he is connected.

Recent developments seem to point
to an early revival in the demand
for hides. Packers have made im-
portant sales lately and many inter--
ior butchers, with nearly a year's
“take-off” on hand have‘disposed of
their holdings, :The banners are be-
ginning to nibble and good judges of
the hide market are predicting in-
creasing activity- from now on.

The latest report of the United
States Bureau of Markets shows that
cold storage stocks of meats and
lard in the United States, including
holdings in both cold storage ware-

uses and packing house plants, on

so. 1 amounted to 695,676,000
lbs., a. decrease of 21,949,000 lbs. as
compared with Nov. 1, 1920.

Perhaps the largest mow testing'
association in the United States was
organized in Geneva, Illinois, recent-
ly by Temple Lovett of the depart-
ment of dairy husbandry of the Uni-
versity of Illinois. Farmers entered
more than 1.000 cows from their
herds in an association to determine
the producing value of their stock.

Rag Apple Korndyke VIII, Hol-
stein bull, the purchase of a half in-
terest in which for $50,000 is alleged
to have started the financial difllcul-
ties resulting in the bankruptcy of

the insolvent Union State Bank, and
E. M. Detweiler, was sold recently
at bankrupt’s sale for $1,100.

Members of the Corn Belt Meat
Producers’ association, while in con-
ventlon assembled at Des, Moines' the
other day,» went on record as opposed
to establishing co- operative commis-

country for buying and selling farm-
ers’ live stock. The larger and more
influential feeders'were strongest in
their Opposition to the plan, urging
that the adoptio_n.,of the._p1an would»
antagonize interests at, the yards
whose friendship had been and would
continue to be of great value to law
farmers. It was also pointed
that the undertaking would dupli
organizations of a similar nature ’
«were giving geod satisfaction

L

 

of. If:
wool in South America and Austral-'_ -‘ '

E. J; Countryman, former cashier of ‘

slon firms at .the stock yards 'of the»

  
   
  
  
 
  
 
    
  
 

 


    
  
  
  
  

 

  

 

 
 
 
 

Mod: «mm om: tor Anrllajftl‘l‘OWt
' . One. Shorthorn bull. .125.
shire pits $10 and-“815 each.’ .One‘ Hampshire
Dewn‘ mm' lamb $35.
.. for registry. ‘ .

;‘ PRIMEVAL FARM, Osseo, Mlch.

 

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DEAL TYPE REG. BERKSHIREO. WE_°F-
fer choice pigs all ages, either lax. best
breeding. Satisfaction guaranteed
0. H. WHITNEY. Mel-rill. Mich.

J

L i * on
BEG BEBKSHIBES some READY r

immediate service. also
.9128. both sex. '
RUSSELL BR08.. R 3. Merrill. Mich

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOB
profit. Choice stock fOI‘ sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall. Ill.

ARE ouALIrv

BEHKSHIBES \Veaned pigs Of the Very

best blood lines of the breed is our specialty. W
guarantee to please or nothing stiring. '
ARZA A. WEAVER. Chesanlng, Mlch..

 

 

 

CHESTER WHITES

BEGISTERE

vice. Prices right. .
LYLE V. JONES, Fllht. Mlch., R. F. D. No. B

 

CHESTER WHITE SWINE,
either sex. Boats ready for ser-

 

 

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REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE GILTS ARE NOW
b ready to ship. Spring boars and fall pigs at a
argsun.

JOHN W. SNYDER. R 4, St. Johns. Mlch.

BOAR Pics'sisoo
‘ At 8 Weeks Old 1
'W. A. EASTWOOD, Cheetah!»- Mlch.

 

 

An Opportunity To Buy
Hampehires Right

We are offering some mod soul and (in bred
for March and ‘ . far-rowing. Also a few
choice fall pigs, either sex. Write or call

GUS THOMAS. New Lothl‘op, Mich.

‘ SHEEP

 

   

Put your faith in

[arms estrous srocr

For the beat in Sin-unsure snd‘mmpshire ram
trite or visit -
KOPE-KON FARMS. 3. L. Wine. FNP-

Goldwater. Mlch.
See our exhibit a the on» and “(all
Mte Fairs. .

HAMPSHIRE ‘SHEEP
A few :good yearling rams and some ram
lambs left to offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale

(or fall delivery. Everything guaranteed ”as
represented. If ‘ .

 

'cunxsu. HAIRE. West Branch, Mlch.

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Eon SALE

One 8 year old Shropshire Ram.
One 3 year old Poland China boar.
All registered stock and in fine heelthy ser
viceable condition. .
For further particulate and price. addrees‘
‘ .. c. H. WHITE
158 Rhode Island Avenue
Highland Park. memo“

 

ANT A SHEEP? Let Amen-lean Hemp-lure
Sheep Association send you a dandy booklet
with list of breeders. Write 'COMFORT A.
TYLER, Sec'y. 10 Woodland Ave.. Detroit. Mlch.

 

FOR SHROPSHIRE EWES BRED 'I'O LAMB
in March, write or 12

ll on
ARMSTRONG BROS“ R 3, Fowlervllle. Mlch.

 

MERINO RAMS FOR SALE. GOOD DIO-
h neri. heavy shearers.
HOUSEMAN BROS. R 4. Albion. Mlch.

 

Egg-T—SALE—REGIBTERED OXFORD DOWN
. arm and Ewes. Prices to sell.
JOE MURRAY & SON. Brown City, Mlch_. R 2

PE T STOCK

FOR SALE, FLEMISH GIANT RABBIT‘. DOES.

breeding age. 86. Three months old pair 85
Registered does :12 each. am new om' '
a guaranteed .

E. HIMEBAUCH.. mm, I”.

AIIIEDALE was .33”

 

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registered dock
Pedizreealfurnished. Maze line watch dogs to
homes and poultry. Males 315. Females 310

n. o. KIRBY. R 1, East Lanelna. Mlch.

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
   

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'MONROE (N. E.).-—We are having real
winter 'Weather now; with a nice coat
of snow on the ground, It will help the
fields of small wheat. We have had a.
bad fall in general, lots of rain and when
it froze up, roads were nearly impassxble,
They are bad yet, Lots of corn in the
fields yet and lots is being wasted. When
spring comes there will not be as much
corn in cribs as last year, It is cheap
so they throw it out and let the. stock
eat stalks and all_ Very little going to
market; a few hogs. poultry and same
hay. The markets are very uneven; it
depends on a. buyer getting an order to
be filled, Our grain buyers will not buy
unless on a big margin, which does not
leave the prices of hauling, still they
want war time prices on lumber, posts.
fencing and coal. The sooner we all
swallow our loss and try to do busmess
the best We can the better for everyone.
All one can- hear when a. bunch of farm-
ers gettogether is taxes; it IS true we
are caught very hard around here by the
acreage tax on the Dixie Highway (and
can not use it) and our Improved road
'tax in county has gone right to the hm-
it and some will be unable to pay. They
will holler but not go to vote or get
together and see that they get value
received for money spent—G, L, 8..
Newport Dec, 28

INGHAM—It’s a dark foggy morning;
snow about all gone, Everybody busy
with holiday affairs, The farmers and
a. few in the village have organized a
stock company; are to build an oil and
gas station to supply autos and the farm
trade with gas and oils. Will commence
building about the 15th of this month_
The market for calves here last week
was 12c. Shipped by Co—operatlon they
brought 160, A little profit, eh? Not
much doing but chores. Quite a good
many farms are offered for sale here,
and good ones—C, J, M” Williamston,
Jan. 1. .

MONTCALM—Fl'he farmers are doing
chores and cutting wood. A. few draw-
ing potatoes? some visiting, others enter-
tainingvlsitors.’ The weather is fine.
not very cold. with just enough snow
‘to make pretty good sleighing. but none
—to spare. A few of the farmers are sell-
ing poultry and live stock, but most of
them are holding their wool. potatoes and
beans for higher prices. Not much
building being done, only a few necessary
things, Material too high and money too
scarce. The holidays were very pleas-
ant and everybody seemed to enjoy them
gfry much—G. B. W,, Lakeview, Dec,

 

 

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GRATIOT—Farmers are, selling some
grain and hay to raise money to pay
taxes, for they say that ueatn and'taxee
must come and they certainly come
high. Well it has stormed every day for
the last three weeks, Have had some
sleighlng but it is. thawing now, so it
gigon't stay long—J. W., North Star, Dec,

WEXFORD—Plenty of winter for this
time of the year Snow is from 1 1—2 to
2 feet deep. Today it thawed some which
made good sleighing. Not much pso-
duoe hauled at present, Getting up wood
seems to be the order of the day. Strong
talk of wages being cut by first of year
by some lumber firms and above the
Straits some lumber firms say- they will
raise wages he first of year, \Ve all
know it is out-of reason to cut wages
when cost of living is so high—S, H. S
flarrietta, Dec. 30,

GRAND TRAVERSE —- Are having
some winter; lots of snow but not much
sleighing. Farmers are getting wood
and quite a. few hogs are being butcher—

ed, Everything that farmers have to
sell is so cheap, there is not much be-
isrbg sold—C B.. Williamsbuxg, Dec,

MIDLAND—Farmers are doing chores
and getting up wood, most of which is
being sold, Weather conditions remain
about the same; cold enough to keep the
snow on the ground. There are about
six inches now, with promises of more
in the very near future. Fairly good
sleighing, Some potatoes have been
sold, but,at present there is no market
for them, Not a great deal of building
being done. A few auction sales, with
cattle going very low. For reasons which
are not generally understood, the Farm
Bureau has fallen into disfavor among
a few of the small farmers, It is hoped,
however. that the difllcltuy will ‘soon be
sDtraigéh’tened out—C. L. H., Midland,

ec, .

COOK COUNTY, (III.)-—-We are hav-
ing about 2 to 4 inches of snow with
realgwinter weather of from 2 to 5 be—
low zero, but the milk trucks that haul
the milk daily are still traveling. As
this is a dairy country all the young
hogs are sold on the market on special
market days, at about 8 to 10 weeks of
age and are selling from $2 to $5 each.
No. hog cholera around and all cattle
are healthy, Horses selling moderately.

is now plentiful. People are haul-
ing fire wood from he forests, Much
drainage 5 beats planned for next year

' a: many carloads of drain tile are being

shipped in: Drainage has been practic-
ally' at a standstill for the past 2 or 3

years on account of the help question.—

F. T., Mt. Prospect, Doc, 28

“seem oo'LLm PUPPIES”
SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE

Two months old. Sable and White
pedigreed Collies, also a few Shep-
herd pupples, all bred from farm
trained stock that are natural heel
drivers; fifteen dollars ($15.00) for
quick sale; send check inQfirst let-
ter,‘ all stock guaranteed.

"BATH CITY KENNELS
, ‘Dr._W.--Ausflnm ' ' ' ' '
.Mt. Unmens’wsmsen' '

   

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POULTRY BREE-Dans DIRECTORY.

Advertisements Inserted'under thle heading at so cents .per llne. per Issue. “speom

rate: for 13 tlmes or longer. Write out what y hevelto offer and send It In. we wlll pm
It In type, send proof and quote rates by return mail. Address The Mlchlgen Business Farmer,
Advertlslna Department. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. .

 

 

   
  

POULTRY

ll) CHICKS

“HOMESTEAD FARMS

It will pay you in se-
lecting Chicks for the
coming season to consider the
quality of our
Pure Bred Practical Poultry

We will send you our new

 

.. spring catalog, which explains
this breeding. Also the Cat-
alog tells how to brood your
Chicks successfully; it do«

scribes our

ngh Class Egg Leghorns

'And All Standard Breeds

Both Chicks and Hatching Eggs from all
breeds Zuaranteed. and delivered post paid.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM
ofl’ers young stock and a few mature breeders in
White Chinese Gecee,’ VVbjte Runner Ducks and
White Wyandottes. Also 0. I. C. sprlng Ellin-
Write today for. prices on What you need.
DIKE c. MILLER, Dryden. Mlch.

 

WHITE CHINESE GEESE, WHITE PEKIN
ducks. R. C. Br. Leghorns. I'lnce orders early.
MRS. CLAUDIA BETTSH Hllisdale. Mlch.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

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

 

 

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WI'ZIgBE WYANDOTTES. COOKERELS FROM
egg hens or better. May and Jun h

85 to $8. Eggs $2 per 15. . e etch.
FRANK DELONG. R 3. Three Rivers. Mlch..

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

 

OR SALE—45 BARRED ROCK PULLETS
$2.50 each. One cockerei, $5.
MISS MARGARET WELDIN, Remus, Mich.
PARTRIDGE ROCK COOKERELS
sale at $3 and $4.

Wm. CRISMORE, R 2, Middleton, Mich.

FOR

 

OHN‘S BIG BEAUTIFUL BARRED ROCKS

are hen hatched, grow quick, good layers. Sold

on approval, $4 to $8 each. Circulars. Photos.
JOHN NORTHON, Clare. Mich.

 

H l G H
strong

ARRED ROCK COOKERELS FROM

producing strain. These will make
breeders next year. $6.00 each.

MRS PERRY STEBBINS. Saranac, Mlch.

 

ARRED ROCK COCKERELS and a few Eul-
lets $3.00 apiece.
Mrs. W. A. Eastwood, Chesanlnq,

Mlch., R. z

 

Bitmap ROCK COOKERELS, BRED FROM

great layers. Bargain prices now.

W. C. COFFMAN, R 3, Benton, Harbor, Mich.
FROM

BAHRED 800K. GOGKEHELS t . a i»

posted proven breeding stock. book your chick
and egg orders now. Large illustrated catalogue
25c. Stamps for circular.

 

 

 

 

 

breeding stock, NORMAN POULTRY PLANT, ChatsWOl‘th, "L
CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY, 149 Phllo Oldfl.
Elmira. N- V. ' 0R ALE—BARRED ROCK COCKERELS.
Thompson's Imperial Ringlet strain, best early
ockerels J: Hens, Leghorns, Mlnorcas, Houdane. hatcggd. 33- 138% later hatched, $2.50. 0th-
Reds, Rocks, Orpingtonss. Wyandottes. era ~
TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton. Michigan. A. 0- NELSON. Wheeler. Mlch.
BOURBON BED TURKEYS RHODE ISLAND REDS
stock not akin if desired. Order early. ll h
(1.319363 kfinggnfi {fig $303361“ “d p“ “t“ t ' HITTAKER’S R. I. REDS. MICHIGAN'S
' Color and Egg Strain. Both combs. Cock-

Qur stock will put your poultry on a mm

basis.
F. [HEIMS a. SON
Davina, Mlch.

 

 

LEGHORNS '

 

s. 0. WHITE LEGHORN COOKRELS. FERRIS
strain. Fine big sturdy fellows. T11

best breeders that money will buy. Only $3. $f

$5 and $6 each. Guaranteed in please. That

the way I do business. Unrelated blood for old

customers.

.. F. STEGENGA, Mich.

A. Portland.

INGLE 00MB IUFF COCKERELB. ’FARM

raised from excellent laying stock. Also Rufus

Red Belgian Hares.
J. W. WEBSTER, Beth, Mlch.

 

GRABOWSKE S. 0. WHITE LEGHORN COCK-
erels for sale, only $2.50 each and up.

LEO GRABOWSKE, Merrill. Mlch.. R. 4

 

OR SALE—R. C. 8. L. COCKERELS, SIRED
by Madison Sq. winner. Bred for size and
layers, weighing 6 lbs., $2.50 each. Flemish

Giant rabbits.
E. HIMEBAUGH, Goldwater,
s I. LEGHORN COOKERELS FROM EX-
cellent laying strain. Prize winners at Sag-
inaw Fair, $1.50. ’5. McKeage. R4, Hemlock, Mich

Mlch.

 

 

‘0. IUFF COOKERELS. EXCELLENT LAY-
' in; stock, $3.00 each.
WILLARD LINDSEY, Otsege, Mlch.

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\VYANDOTTE

 

Ilver Laced Golden and White Wyandottee.

Choice breeding stock our specialty. Let us
furnish your good cockerels.
c. w. BROWNING. R 2. Portland, Mlch.

 

erels. Chicks and Eggs. Write for free catalog.
INTERLAKES FARM
Box 4, Lawrence, Mlch.

 

 

LANGSIIAN

DR. SIMPSON'S LANGSHANS OF QUALITY
Bred for type and color since 1912. Winter
laying strain of both Black and \Vhite. Have
some oockerels for sale. Eggs in season.
DR CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Wehbervillo, Mlch.

 

 

 

TURKE YS

 

IANT BRONZE TURKEYS. STRONG. VIGOR-
om birds. Write at once for fall prices
MRS. PERRY STEBBINS. Saranao. Mlch.

 

OR SALE_ MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY.
Write for prices. Forest View Farm.
MRS. H. D. HORTON, Flllon, Mloh.

 

 

0R SALE—THOROUGHBRED BOURBON

Red Turkeys. "-AMY large. Write for prices.
M. E. CO kON, Cassopolls, Mlch.

0R SALE—BOURBON RED TURKEYS.

Write for prices.

MRS. GEO. HULLIBERGER, Saranac, Mlch.

FOR SALE BOURBON nan TURKEYs.

THOS. G. CALLAGHAN. Fenton, Mlch.

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Little Liveska Ads. ‘

in M. B. F.
Do the Trick

 

Going to hold an ‘7
AUCTION SALE 0

Don't depend on just the "homofollu", they are not the beet buyers; place your advertise-

ment in The Business Farmer,
miles of your sale.

which reaches all

worth-while farmers within a hundred

SEND US COMPLETE DESCRIPTION

and remember your copy‘mnst reach us one week in advance of the date of issue. Address.

Advertising Department. The Buslness

Farmer,

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

paper.

names with the $2.
a full year without charge.

 

 

" You Can Renew Your M. B. F.
.' Without Cost

OU HAVE two neighbors, who, for their own good and the good
i of the' farm-ing business in Michigan, should be reading
. .

Get their subscriptions for 1 year at $1 ‘each and sen-d us their
We will then renew your own subscription for

Take this chance to get your subscription renewed
same time do two of your friends a favor. ' 1

. This ofier is limited so please act promptly.

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER
. ~ , mount canals. MICH.

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' thlS independent company was organized and
is already established to afford the farmers and livestock growers
of Michigan a packing plant in their own metropolis that will give them
a market second to none in the United States, Detroit, the wonder city
of the world, has in the past decade jumped to a position. in population
Iled only by New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. Is there any sane
reason why the producers of this state should allow their hogs, beef and
mutton to be shipped to distant points, there slaughtered and prepared
for market and shipped back at, the high freight rates of today 'to feed
America’s fourth city? ” -

We said not, and nearly two thousand of the best business farmers of Michigan have
already lent their support to this undertaking, to prove that-.they agree with the men

behind this plan. . .
An Ideal Location

On what ‘we believe to be the best site for a packing plant in the City of Detroit, with a frontage
of more than six hundred feet directly on the line of the Michigan Central railway, today a great group
of buildings are being remodeled and other large buildings are being erected to house, what we know
will be one of the most modern and sanitary packing plants in America, the product of which will Corn-
pete successfully in the markets of the world with the best produced anywhere. '

It is no half-hearted, or experimental plan of inexperienced men. A smaller or less complete plant, not properly
financed would be doomed to failure, because only the efficiency 'Which comes with large operation can successfully compete
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this independent and largely farmer—owned company and as you may naturally suppose, they have not hesitated to spread
the kind of stories which during the war, we Americans learned to speak of as “Pr0paganda”.—you who have had any ex-'
perience with farmers’ or producers’ movements to better their conditions will be quick to recognize this sort of thing and,

help us stamp it out of the minds and niouths of those who believe or repeat it.

Will You Write Us? Even a Postal Card Will Do!

If you are interested in these plans and have not read or heard about them fully, will you do us the honor of letting
us know that you are interested? Your request for information will in no way obhgate you to lend your support in any way, _
shape or manner. We would simply like to place'our plans in your hands and keep you posted, as the weeks roll by, of Our " '
progress. It will cost you nothing but a penny postal card to. tell us you are ‘ interested. And we are keenly concerned
that every farmer and stock-raiser in Michigan should know of the market we hope to make for your products through the

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