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THE WOMAN’S PRISON

I ~ fruits ye shall know them,” and
n this so-called “Woman's
and Training School” intended as a
place of confinement for such fe-
male prisoners ‘as the state is called
on to provide a proper place of de-
tention is one sample of the fruitage
of that “Real Business Administra-
tion” which recently folded its tent
like the Arab and silently stole away
leaving a deficit of from six to eight
millions of dollars as‘a monument
to its “efficiency” and a general pub—
lic consciousness that its passing
‘ justifies general telicitation. The
building of a great‘ office building
at a time when prices of all things
entering into its construction were
at the peak is a no less striking ex-
ample oi‘. good sound business judg~
ment than is shown in this woman’s
prison matter. The state office build-
ing is estimated to cost from two to
three millions to build and equip
and tremendous sums to maintain
and it was built to, tickle the vanity
of that “business administratio-Hr’
and incidentally to house state ad-

‘ ministra-
HE GOOD BOOK says, “By their -

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ance on the newbuild‘ing would in-
volve if some one had. made the state
a present of the finished building. In
other words the taxpayers have been
called on to cough up a big lot or
money to build an ofl'ice building
which it costs more to take care of
than it did to rent the roOm it sup-
plants. Great heads! Splendid
business achievement! \ ~

Leather medals should be struck
in commemoration of the event. On
a par with this is that other enter-
prise oi monumental asin-inity, the
Okemos woman prison.

Colonel Joseph E. Watson, the in-
trepid military genius oi! Bronson,
Michigan, admitted 1e...ler oi the
most enthusiastic and efficient group

  

    
   
 

  

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hive agen- readers and
cies occu— \ practical
pydng ade- ‘_ jokers in
qua‘te rent- J the state, 3.
"ed quart- man who
ers cost- modestly
ing 1 e s s . admits at-
than light, . taini'ng un-
heat a n d By SEN. HERBERT F. BAKER usual suc-
mai 11 t e n- case as a

fisherman; who discourses with freq-
uency and with ferVid eloquence on
the beauty of the scenery and the ex-
cellence of the roads or his native
state of New Hampshire; who radi-
ates sunshine and optimism when-
ever he goes, well this Golonel Joe
Watson represents Branch county

and Milo D. Campbell in the leg-is-.

lature and he has been nosing around
this Okemos monument to the afore-
said “business administration” and
here are some of the things he has
found as he sets them up in a recent
issue of a local paper:
$101,361 Paid Out

“Rep. Watson points out theft—E's
total appropriations already made for
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the cause of good American farming and
it has gained as great a popularity across
boundaries andoceans as well. Since the
first Titan went out to the fields five years
ago, the farming world has invested over
seventy million dollars in Titan 10-20
Tractors. No other 3-plow tractor has
approached such a record as this.
Titans at this writing are delivering
reliable horse power at drawbar and
belt for many thousands of owners who
are done with uncertaintiesand who
know that quality is but another name

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Entering into 1921, this Company has
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provision for time payment and price
reduction guarantees in the sale of its
tractors. Prospective Titan owners will be
glad to have the assurance of this benefit
and safeguard during the present period

“of uncertainty. Details may be had by
application to any International dealer
or by letter from the address below.

Farmers who behave in the money '
value of high standards in agriculture,
as this Company believes in manufac-
turing standards based on quality, will
be helping to build higher the achieve-
ment of Titan in 1921.

With every Titan I 0-20 Tractor purchased from (ts—cash or liberal terms
—bctwecn now and May I, I 92 I, we will give our written guarantee
that if this Company reduces its price on Titan I 0-20 Tractors on or before
May I, l 921, we will refund the purchaser the amount of such reduction.

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which $101,361 in ’cash had been
paid out when he inspected the and-
itor general'e account two days ago.
It is understood there are other obn-
gations incurred to date which must

‘ he paid. Heevisited the f‘site’.’ of the"

institution near Okemos the other
day and found about ,100 acres of
miserable land, a piece, of. gravel
roadway, a power house partially
constructed and a few other minor
landmarks.

“When I visited the auditor gen-

eral’s office I learned that the cash -

balance unexpended by the board of
the $615,000 already placed at its
disposal amounts to $513,639," said
Mr. Watson. “By abolishing the 'in-
stitution the larger part of the re-
maining $513,639 can be saved and
what is out there near Okemos can
be sold for something. ,.

“In addition to the $615,000 al-
ready appropriated and paid into the
state treasury by the taxpayers, the
board of control of this institution
is asking the present legislature to
appropriate $830,535.26 more for the
next two years, making the total
reach $1,445,535.26.

$28,000 in 12 Years

“Of the shin total more than $1,-
250,000 would be put into building,
equipment, and the 100 acres of land.
The institution was created to‘take
care of the women over the state
sentenced to prison for violations of
law. The Detroit house of correc-

, men has been and is now taking them

for the state. The average numbu'
of these women is not more than 08
to 70 and in the past 12 years they
have cost the state's little more
than $23,000.

‘_‘In event the Detroit house of cc-
rect‘ion should no longer desire to
take these women, or there are ob-
jections to con-fining them in that
place, then it is firm that a m
able building may be erected at All—
rian in connection with the Indu-

trlal Home for Girls. While km! .

separate, it is said that the one man-

agement, present heating and light '

in: plant and other overhead charg-

es and expenses would not be may“

terially increased. The arrange-
ment of the buildings at the girls‘
home would permit placing this new
structure in a desirable Locatbn
there.” I '

I am not bnlng‘lng this to the at-
ten'lonoi M. B. F.’s readers with the
expectation that any immediate Io-
sults will follow their acquisition of
this information except perhaps, to
make them in future primary cam—
paigns a little more shy of sooalled
“business” candidates. Experiience
has usually taught that these" “bus-
iness” candidates when elected,
were doing “business” for the other
fellow and that the farmer who had
the temerityr to open his beak was
promptly advised to “go home and
slap the hogs.”

Would the M. B, F. readers like
to know what their legislature has
been doing since my last letter was
written? wen that is a real con~
undrum. However, those who rev
member “what Paddry shot at" he?!
the correct answer to the
That dear old Junket at this writing,
still holds the boards.

The excellent service rendered by

thepressag‘entoftheswteOonstda-J
.uiary lay-evidenced by the fact that

one of their men went into “Maoomvb
county and seized ONE still and got
a halt column of lurid publicity
while one 01'. the drug and toad in-
spectors, with none of the cossack

trappings, went into the same conn- ’

ty and in forty-fibres days seized

That was all he found. '

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p r e s s dele- , .

gates from all but seven of the counties in both
peninsulas of Michigan are on the1r way. to
~ ' Lansing to attend the second annual meeting
"* 7"  - of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. They
 '5  will represent 97,000 farmers who have be-
"  come members of that organization. The
 r-  comparison between the Farm Bureau of 
' a day with the Farm Bureau of a year ago is
a comparison betWeen a giant and a pigmy.
 6 One. year ago the fifteen delegates who mem-
  ' bled at East Lansing represented but 22,749
'V I ’ - members from fifteen counties. Virtually
’ nothing had been accomplished. There was
‘ 3 f . ' enthusiasm, vision and the spirit of loyalty,
l V but the deeds were to come after. This week
 ' there should be from one hundred to two hun-
Ii . dred delegates ‘representing nearly every
2 ‘ county in Michigan. But better still the con-
 ‘ ‘ _ vention will have before it a record of things
 .. - r» ' begun, things accomplished and plans for
i K ’ future Work which in the aggregate bespeaks

1.- .A a wonderful achievement.

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, . . . Membership

‘ As stated before, membership campaigns

 ‘ ' have been completed in all but seven counties.

 1 Three of these, Ontonagon, Mackinac and Ko-
 Z ., _ " weenaw, are in the upper peninsula. The
 V other four, Oscoda, Iosco, Roscommon and
Bay, are in the lower peninsula. Of the
~> . “ 97,264 members 7,000 are in the upper penin-
l- ' , sols. The rapidity with which the Farm Bur-
‘ can organization has spread over Michigan
at ' is truly astounding and not only reflects the
L   capable efiorts of the organizers but indicates
‘ beyond a doubt that the farmers were simply
waiting for some kind of an organization of
the nature of the Bureau. The present mem-
' ‘ bership as distributed by counties is shown in
-' - the boxing at the bottomofthe page.
- Marketing Department

The Farm Bureau, being “organized for
, ~ business," naturally turned its attention first
‘  ' to business matters. In April the Marketing
department was organized with Dorr D.‘Buell,
formerly president of the Michigan Potaoto
Growers’ Exchange, as market director, a po-
' lition which he held until his death in August.
:' A few months later the job was tendered to

_ A. J. Hankins, an experienced dealer in beans
and other farm products. This departinent
has been able to make use of warehouse re-
ceipts very satisfactorily and a good deal of
1 its business has been financed through them
‘- and with the assistance of the county branches
l with which the Department cooperates. "
 ‘Y Seed Department
‘ ,g ? The seed department was organized last
 ' . March. It is in charge of Mr. J. W. Nicholson,
who resigned as Prof. of Farm Crops at the

  
    
 
   
  
 

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The Years Record

URIN G THE past year the Michigan
DStateFarmBureauhaserngagedin
nine diderent projects. Some of them
have proven most successful; others have
been attended *with indifferent results. Still
i others are in the formative stage and will
not show results for'several months. These
projects are as follows:

1. Seed Department. The gross business
of this department for the first nine months
was $112,822.21. It is self-supporting. ‘

‘ 2. Elevator Exchange. Membership
consists of 47 elevators. This department
also on paying basis.

8. Purchasing Department. Handled
824 cars of supplies from Nov. 24th to Jan.

22nd
containing 8,630,834

4. W001 Pool,

pounds of wool. '

5. Trafllc Department. Recognized by
railroads as medium of farmer's voice in
transportation matters. Many claims are
handled.

6. Sugar Beet Department. This de-
partment in embryonic stage. Definite
plans yet to be formulated.

Forestry Department. To co-operate
with states and M. A. 0. in general projects
of reforestation, and will educate farmers
in more profitable utilization of wood lots.
Wood pool may be formed by this depart-

ment.

8. Dairying Department. Also in ex-
perimental‘stage. To work in conjunction
with Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass’n, and
" other dairy interests. V

9. Legislative Department. Keeps
track of pending legislation. Sounds out
sentiment of farmers on legislative matters.
Appears to have good standing with legis-
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M A. 0., to cast his lot with the Bureau. He
is a seed expert and has made a remarkable
success of his department. We are advised
that the business handled through this depart-
ment has doubled each month since last July.
It dOes a large volume of business in such
seeds as clover, timothy, alfalfa, vetch, soy
beans, oats, wheat, rye, barley, ensilage and
husking corn. The total cash transactions of
this department up to January 1 of the cur-
rent year were $113,822.21. This department
is equipped with two large type seed cleaning
machines, a scarifier and a buckhorn removing
plant. Seventy-three counties have seed con-
tracts with this department.

. Wool Department ~

, The Farm Bureau wool pool represents the
most ambitious project which the Bureau has
undertaken. 7Had it been inaugurated a year

proven a SUCCESS.

,“ . Farm Bureau Nears 100,000 Membership Mark

undoubtedly have
But unfortunately the

attempt was made at what later proved to be
one of the most unfavorable periods in the
history of the wool industry. When it was

announced.that the Bureau would pool

the

wool of its, members it was literally besieged
with requests from all over Michigan. So great
was the quantity received at its Lansing ware-
house that it was found necessary to rent two
additional warehouses, one of them in Lansing
and one in Grand Rapids. In December, 1920,
a total of 3,630,834 pounds had been received;
1,900,260 pounds graded, and of the Latter
amount 292,676 pounds had been shipped. The

pool represents the clips of 18,000 farmers.

The total expenses per pound for handling the
wool up to Dec. 27, 1920, was 4.16 cents per
pound. Efforts are now being made to man-

ufacture the lower grade clips into bed blan-
kets and automobile robes, and the experiment
promises to be a success.

In view of the fact that some criticism has
been made of the Farm Bureau’s wool pool,
it is interesting to note that delegates frdm’
fifty wool producing counties met recently in
Lansing and unanimously approved the fur-
ther holding of the wool at the discretiOn of
the Bureau, and also unanimously voted to}

pool the 1921 clip.

Speaking of wool, the following item of‘
news taken from a recent issue of the Wall ;
Street Jounral, being the views of a certain .

Boston financial writer, will be found timely
and interesting:
"Present wool situation reminds one of Bos-

ton’s most prominent wool dealers of the time,
some years ago, when the man

now known as '

the ‘dean of the Boston wool trade’ returned from :

a trip abroad, and reported that conditions on the
continent were about as bad as one could ilm-
agine. He said that the mills were all closed,
and the warehouses choked with wool. So great

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was the apparent abundance of wool than. much ,

of it was piled in fields, exposed to the weather,
for lack of storage facilities.
points out that the ‘dean’ overlooked one import—
ant feature.
stock.

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But the dealer: '

The mills did not have any wool in }
When the demand for goods revived the ;

mills were forced to buy in large quantities and i

the ‘surplus' rapidly disappeared.

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"Today the situation is much the same in the 

United States.
mill stock of wool at less than a quarter of nor-
mal.

A conservative estimate places-

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When the mills start again at anything like ’

their normal capacity it will mean a tremendous ‘

demand for raw wool. It is estimated

certain large group of mills would require a;

number of million pounds of wool just to thread
their machines before a yard of cloth could be
turned out."

Elevator Exchange
Forty-seven co-operative elevators of the

state have signed contracts With the Elevator
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DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTIES OF THE 97,000 MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, FEB. 1512, 1921
MembePSMp of the Mich. State Farm Bureau, Feb. 1, 1921, by Counties, 75 Co. Organizations, 97.000 Memb‘I'S
, Alpena . - - - -  - - 912 Choboyg'an  609 Isabella  . . . . .,1,417 Mocosta . . . . . . . . . . ..1,421 Otsego . . . . . . . . . . .. 398

Antirm . . . . . .  . 818 Charlevoix ......... 540 Ingham . . . . . . . . . . ..1,794 Mason . . . . . . . . . . . ..1,420 Presque Isle . . . . . . .. 575

Aloona . .. - 600 Crawford .....'..... 135 Iron . . . . . .  287 Menominee . . . . . . . ..1,129 Sanilac  . . . . . “3,220

Alser  - - 256 Delta*----‘-~-.-....1.002 Jackson . . . . . . ......1,728 Midland ..,.......1,150 Saginaw . . . . . . . . . ..2,650

Allegan . - . . . . “2.466 Dickinson  .401 Kent  . . . . . .'..-..2,oso Manistee’ . . . . . . . . . ..1,o40 St. Clair . . . . . . . . . ..2,2so

, Arenas,  - 630 Eaten --.-.----.-....1.700 Kalamazoo  . . . . ..1,678 Missaukee . . . . . . . . .. 554 St. Joseph . . . . . . . ..1,465

' Barry. . . - - .  .1480 Emmet '..........f.. 885 Kllkaska  456 Marquette  . . . . .. 520 Shiawassec . . . . . . . ..1,700

, gang“ - ' - ~ - - - -- fig 99%  Iapeor . . . .  . . . . ..2,1oo Montmorencyl  856 Schoolcratt  277

‘ errien -'  ~3v   .985 'Iiivingston .........1,4oo Muskegon . . . .  948 Tuscola . . . . . . . . . . ..2,3oo
Bra-net] .onoooauopoolg761  .c...-.oo-..1y005 ’ na  N  Bum 

 634 Gladwin  ‘1‘,” u  9"”3"  a“ n 'f"""‘2’2oo
Calhoun '__....'.‘.212824 We ...'...."l...'  111180 ..'.’...\......... 187 Oakland . . . . . ... 2,375 Washtenaw . . . . . .... g -
 “Clinton ”_“”“1.Ha,100 Hum. “H”.U._.',;8’1w'Mawee_..._........2.§00 Oceans .. . . . . . . . . ..1,740 .Wayne . . . . .  . . . . ..1,888
  ‘mnsdale ,,.,,_,,,;,;a'147 Monroe ............2,150 Osceola and Lake 630 chford  750

  .‘.».;....-....1,139 Houghton  ole ‘momb .‘.......,...’1.582 Ottawa - ->-~---.---1.685 - .

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7 a1 world was .
slightly amused a few months ago when it
' was announced that Bernard Baruch, power-
ful Wall Street figure, and formerly president
of the War Industries Board, would go to
1 ,Kansas to find out what was “wrong with the
v ' farming business.” It was not to be supposed
that this man of millions, reared in the narrow,
selfish, ruthless environs

houses or elevators, they should be “properly
weighed, graded and certified by licensed weigh-
ers or graders.” ’

This certificatiOm should be so hedged about)

overcharging and unfair
'It—will be the basis of

that underpayment,
grading will be avoided.

sale, or, in case the producer does not desire to -

sell, it should be, and could be, madethe basis
' on which he could borrow
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center, would discover
anything new about ag-
riculture or if he did
discover them, make pub-

lic th e t r u e re-
sults of his investiga- ‘
tions. But ‘ ‘ Barney’ ’
fooled them. He went
to Kansas. He talked
with farmers. He fol-

lowed the course of their
products from the farm
to the consumer. He in-
terviewed bankers, el-
evator owners, ‘ transpor-
tation heads. He found
out that something was
wrong with the farming
business. He found out
what it was, and when
he got back to New York
he wrote a long letter to;

‘ ' ‘ with ual for a
the Secretary of the Mu, b eqt t cc 1to
Kansas Board of Agri_ “Barney” Baruch. Wall Street Flnancler. who earls, p0 a oes:  es,

wants farming put on same basis as other business; cabbage, etc. .

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' willing to sell." <

ed that fer a number of
years the old line elevat-
.or» men have argued
against the farmer own-
ing storage places in
primary markets, on the
grounds, that “actual

factor in the market.”
However, ,it is dead cer-
tain, that someone must
have grain at the mar-
ket, so why not the
farmer in order that he
instead of the profes-
sional trader may have
the advantage of the oc-
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detail the results of his
findings and his recom- . '
mendations. The extracts set forth in this
article are taken from this letter.

Producer Must Be on Par With Buyer

The Business Farmer asks its readers to

note the striking similarity‘between what it.

has had to say many times in the past upon the
Subjects discussed in the following para-
graphs and the Baruch recommendations. The
individual, or the organization, or the news-
paper that preaches a better way of doing
things are often accused of being idealists
whose theories will never work out in practice.
The Business Farmer was one of the earliest
pioneers in advocating certain reforms in
the farming business. We have been called
agitators, knockers, Bolsheviks, and every
thing else of an uncomplimentary nature
simply because ‘we were not satisfied to leave
bad enough alone. But when such practical,
prosaic, and reputable men as Baruch pub—
licly announce views identical with our own,
we naturally expect that added weight will
be given to these theories.

Baruch has found that, the farmer would
, have no very grievous problems if he were
only on the same footing with the buyer of
his products. That is, if he had the same
storage‘ facilities, the same credit, the same
sources of market information, etc., many of
his problems would automatically disappear.
Regarding storage facilities, he says:

“First, (and this is the corner stone of the
whole subject matter) I believe that sufficient
storage warehouses for cotton, wool and tobac-
co, or elevators for grain, must be provided at
primary points to carry the peak loads in the dis-
tribution of the product.‘ These warehouses or
elevators should be preferably under private
ownership- But if private capital is not forth-
coming, they should be under State ownership.
But under any condition, they should be under
Federal supervision. * .

“The question as to who should own or build
these elevators and warehouses requires some

. thought. But that adequate warehouses and el-
evator facilities of the most modern type should
be established is beyond question. The. very

‘ well being and prosperity of the different states.

and all of their citizens depends upon the proper
marketing of their major products.

(agricultural commodities at reduced ' costs

; may

  

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' farmer,

the products are delivered'xto thetwar'eg

' \Vhenever the farmer
complains that money is tight and credit none
too good, he iS‘remindcd of what a fearful
burden the banks have to bear at crop move-
ment times and that they do all they can to
finance the farmer. Nevertheless thousands
upon thousands of farmers are‘forced to sell
their crops on falling markets in' order to
liquidate their loans, whilst, to all appear-
ances dealers, jobbers and everybody else be-

tween the farmer and the consumer, seem to‘

have no difliculty in getting all the credit
they want to hold onto the .farmers’ crops
after they once get their hands on them. Con-
cerning this matter and recommending a
new source of credit for the farmer, Baruch
says:

“If possible a certain percent-age of the credit
facilities should be set aside for the movement
of the crops. In other words our banking sys-
tem should be so adjusted that not less than a,
certain percentage of

'In this— connection the.
reader should be remind;

grain is always a bear.

Farmer’s CreditT Needs '

  

 

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 my housingfaciirties,

institutions or corpdratiOns' could be: established}
for purpOse of'm-aking loansbn the warehouse'.re-X .
ceipts. They should be large enough ‘and' so an ‘
ficered that they would gain the confidencei‘of, the .
investingxpublic. 'Their capital stock shouid'be '-
They could be made'
co-operative; but they need n-otv‘necessarily be so. * v -
They could advance money‘to 'theFindividual, just i
as the banks (16 nowfo'r any time tram thirty- days .. 
They would not take - ""
,theplace of the present arrangement. Wherein'thev *

open to public subscription.

up to six months Or a'year.

merchant, the banks andthe-F'edeMlT Reserve
system finance the marketing of the crop, but
would supplement it. "The finance corporation
would deposit in its treasury in trust ‘the farm-
ers’ notes maturing at various dates and secured
by the warehouse receipts. I ‘ It would then issue
against the notes bearer certificates, as is new
done by the large corporations in the issuance of
short time notes, in denominations of $100, $500
and $1,000. There would be no better short time
investment or collateral than these obligations.
The present process, wherein the-farmer gives his
note to the merchant, and the merchant his note

to the local bank, and the bank sends it to the"

Federal Reserve Bank, amounts to practically the
same thing. The only difference is that the sec~
ured bearer certificates would be in a negotiable
form and would attract the private
There are large sums of money, even in the 10-
cality‘in which the production of the crop takes
place, that would seek investment inr small
amounts, if' it were made easy for investors to
buy these negotiable, well—protected instruments.
The finance corporation, being responsible for the
repayment of the loans, would see to it that they
are properly protected at all times.” -

Statistics of Demand Are Necessary

One of the most important things for the
farmer to know is the total yield 'of the
world’s crops and the probable demand for
them. The former information he receives
in a sort of fragmentary way and is partial-
ly guided thereby in the marketing of his
crops. But of the demand and the factors
that aifect demand, he has little if any know-
ledge. On" the other hand the buyers of
-his products living close to the influences
which increase or decrease the prices of farm
products are able to foretell with a consider-
able degree of accuracy what may happen to
the price in the immediate future. It has
been argued in these columns time and again
that the Department of 'Agriculture should
maintain agents all over the world for the
purpose of not only gathering crop statistics,
but feeling the pulse of the markets, and
studying the financial, political and econom-
ical conditions which exert an influence upon
the demand for farm commodities. Mr.

‘ . Baruch stresses this

 

the credit facilities are

 

held in reserve for the l , "
movement of crops. In
a way, it is already be-
ing done. But the
farmer, the merchant
and the manufacturer

each has to bid for his puth summn-

have bought from the
who is often
unable to obtain credit
he needs in order to fi-
nance the marketing
of his commodities in
orderly fashion.‘ At
this writing I am not
certainwhether it is
possible and wise to
make it mandatory
upon the banks to
conserve. a suflicient
portion of their credit

products.

 

' warehouse receipts.

 

Baruch Recommends:

Klst. Adequate, modern storage facil-
' ties, publicly or privately owned, under

I 4th. A fair share of the credits of the
banking and financial institutions of the
country to be reserved during certain per-
iods for crop improvement.

5th. All market information to be col-
lected and made available through trained
experts by Department of Agriculture, to be
of the kind and character now in possession
of buyers and consumers of the farmers’

6th. A new source of credit, the private i
investor, to be reached through financing
corporations who would make

point as follows:
“The gover 11 me n t
through the Department
.of Agriculture, now es-
timates at frequent in-
tervals during the grow-

share Dealers and 2nd. Certification of his products as to condition of the crops
jobbers usuall ha grade and amount by licensed graders and“ ' and yield 0‘ the (“f-tel"
lit“ (Tm M y V9 weighers, ent farm' products so
'curiig lcrggitytgncarsf" V 3rd. Use of these certificates as the that Pveryone knows
the very crops 2mg basis of sales and purchases, as well as the ‘aDDI'OXI m a t6 13' t h 6
products which they has“ 0“ financmg' amount or Wheat: 00TH.

oats, barley, rye, cotton,
etc., that the
produces. The buyers
and distributors are
thus fully informed by
the government. The
farmer, on‘ the
hand, does not always
have the same inform-
. ation regarding the de-
mand for consumption.
-as thebuyers and dis-
.- tributors have of the
output of the farm. ,In
other words, he is not

farmer

loans on

 

 

 

 

during a certain 'per-
ipd for financing the

Cmoviemgentzof crops, or, in other words, give a
,‘priorityj'to-credit for, moving the crops.
The .mod—'
ern warehouse makes possible the handling oi"
‘ be: ,, .:
"/cause of the saving that could be effected infill: 
surance, financing and marketing. "It also will
an immensely important. part in- the 'devel- ,
ent of a practical plan of co-operative’ mar-

In fact,
fmany‘fof.,the.,best,'bankers are already doing this

 
 

  

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on an, ‘ equal
with the buyer, _

{‘1‘ believe that't'here. should be collected under-1.7
the Department of Agriculture by the besttalent Q
obtainable fulltyiniormationffrom all-the markets?”

     
   
   
  
 
 

   
  
  

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F THE PLANS of the Broduéers’ & Con-

sumers’. Co., of Cheboygan, Mich, are car-
ried out successfully there will no longer be
any middlemen between the farmers of Che-
boygan county and the consumers of the cit-
ies‘ of Michigan. This company has recently
been organized with a capital of $400,000. It
owns fourteen farms in Cheboygan county, a
cold storage plant, and a creamery. It has
just leased a large warehouse in the city of
of Detroit, and will erect retail stations in the
residential sections of that city. Through
these various channels, it hopes to market
food products direct from the farm to the
consumer.

Mr. R. L. Francis, formerly of Detroit, but
for the past four years a farmer and stock
man of Cheboygan county, is president of the
company. At one time he was president~ of
the Central Oil Company which originated
the gasoline filling station plan and erected
the first station in the country. Mr. Francis
has had a, long and varied experience in the
marketing of oil and petroleum products and
the operation. of warehouses and retail sta-
tions.

The first vice-president of the company is
Mr. S, A. Gain of Cheboygan, who has been
engaged in the handling of fruit and produce
in that city for over 18 years.

W. L. Burch, president of the Burch Mot—
or Sales Company, of Dteroit, is second vice-
president. . -

John A. Owens, one of Cheboygan county’s
most successful farmers, is secretary-treasur-
er. Mr, Owens served as an oi'fiCer in the late
war, and was manager for a time of they Che-
boygan County Cooperative Ass’n. ’

, ‘ Marketing Principle” Wrong

In discussing the project, Pres. Francis
said: , »

“After the sale of my busi-
ness, I purchased farm lands

and have been operat-
‘ing them for 4 years. .
Despite any eflf-orts on
my part or that of
my neighbors, the pro—
duce We raised was in
a great many cases..
put on the market at
a. loss to us. Not be~
cause the consumers
did not pay enough
for- it, for in a great
many cases :they were
paying a. really
price,
probably t o 0
much; but I be-
lieve the present
marketing system
was and is at
fault. ' For exam-
ple, what Would
happen it- the
Ford Motor.Com-
many or any othr
er manufactur-

company; would ‘
prod u c e their

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Above: A vlew of the bulldlnae on one of the 14 farms owned
by the Cheboygan Producers’ and Consumers’ Company.

Below: Cattle Stable on one of the farms. All bulldlngs con-
tain the very latest equlpment.

to some commission man, who in turn would sell
to a. wholesaler and then to a. retailer, and then
to the consumer, Can you imagine Mr. Ford
paying dividends to his stockholders or staying
in business under such conditions?

Farming Like Other Businesses

“The business of farming is no different than
any other business and must be handle-d in the
same 'way. That is, to produce the geods as good
and as cheaply as possible, to provide warehous—
es, cold storage plants, creameries, etc., in the
producing section; also «warehouses and retail sell—
ing stations in the cities. Take our cost
of producing, overhead cost, plus a rea-
sonable percentage of profit and place a
price tag on the goods and we then have
farming on a business basis, and the con-

 

  
   
 
   
  
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
 
  
   
  
  
   
   
   
   
  
  
   
   
   
     
 
 
  
  
   
 
  
   
  
 
 
  

  

 
  
 
   
 

 
 

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su'mer is paying only what the goods cost to pro-
duce and market, plus a reasonable profit. I do
not believe any fair-minded consumer objects to
paying that price. What is objected to, is the
present condition. For instance, the farmer in
Cheboygan at present receives forty cents a
bushel for potatoes, delivered to the car. The
freight to Detroit is practically twenty cents, mak-
ing it sixty cents per bushel on cars in Detroit. _
After a thorough canvass of the city, we did not
find a bushel of potatoes selling for less than a.
$1.30 per bushel, and in some cases more. Now,
the farmer did not get enough and the consumer
paid too much. To correct this, we have organ-
ized a stock company, capitalized at $400,000.
This company has purchased land, a cold storage
plant, and creamery; have leased a warehouse in
Detroit, and will erect retail stations in the resi-
dential sections; and will market food products
direct from the farm to the consumer. ‘

“This is not a co-operative company. It is a
stock company and the stock will be owned both
by the producer and the consumer. Therefore,
the consumer can by purchasing stock become a.
producer and any profits made by the company
will be paid in dividends on the stock; which I
believe is true co-operation.”

.Will It Succeed?

There is not a farmer in Michigan who will
not be interested in this experiment. To elim-
inate the middleman and save his charges to
producer and consumer is an age-old ideal;
but thousands of promising efforts directed to
that end have signally failed. In the vast
majority of cases this has been due to iniu
proper financing, or management, and not to
any fundamental weakness in the principle
itself. To carry out the plans discussed
above seems like simplicity itself and it is
difficult for one to foresee the obstacles that
may intercede to prevent the success of
such a venture. In-the above case it
appears that the company is solidly
financed, backed by men of ability, exper-
ience and good balance, and that the
chances for success are good. It goes With-
out saying that if the Producers’ and Con-
Sumers’ Company succeed in doing What
they are starting out to do, it will usher in
a new system of distribution. If, for in~
stance, this company can success-
fully retail in Detroit, farm pro-
ducts grown 250 miles
away, it might encourage
‘milk producers to take up
the distribution of their
product in the principal
cities. It might encour-
age the organized potato
growers to build great
warehouses in the big
consuming centers of the
country, so that
they could store
their potatoes ' in
the fall and get 
advantage of the!
city prices in mid-
winter. Once prove
that products can
be marketed direct."
from producer to-‘1
consumer, and Ja.‘
new era ‘of pros; 4
perity will dawn
for the farmer.' L

   

 

 

    
    
  
 
   
   


  
 

   

    

  
    
   

 
 

   

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Declines and Gains in Value of Farm Products

HE " VALUE of

farm crops 0 f
1920 and of the farm animal products and an-
imals sold and slaughtered, as finally determ-
ined by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture, is $19,-
856,000,000 or $5,105,000,000 below the total
of 1919. The drop is almost entirely confined
to crops, among which the chief declines in
value are: Corn, $1,662,000,000; cotton .lint
and seed, $1,300,000,000; wheat, $854,000,000;
hay, tame and wild, $325,000,000; tobacco,
248,000,000; and oats, $161,000,000.

On the other hand, as many as 10 crops
gained in value, chief of which are oranges,
with a gain of $32,000,000, and sugar‘ beets,
$24,000,000. Other items of gain are cab-
bage, $11,000,000; cowpeas, $10,000,000; sor—
ghum cane sold and sirup made, $7,000,000.
Small gains were made by soy beans, sugar-
beet seed, maple sugar and sirup, and onions.
Apparently, the products of the farm wood
lot have gained $223,000,000 in value in the

, comparison with 1919.

After oflisetting gains against losses, the net
crop-value reduction in 1920 below 1919‘ is
$4,868,000,000, while only $237,000,000 is
found in the total of farm animal products
and farm animals sold and slaughtered. The
wool decline is as yet unrealized, but it is
reckoned at $37,000,000. Of the animals sold

Total Net Decrease in Value of'1f920 Crops Placed at Five Billions

and slaughtered, the decline for cattle and
calves is $223,000,000, and for swine, $427,-
000,000. But on the other side of the account
dairy products gained $311,000,000, and
poultry raised and eggs produced, $160,000,-
000. I
It is the rule that, in the upward and down-
ward movements of prices, farm animals and
animal products lag behind crops. . So ex-
treme was the lag in the price of animals and
animal products in 1920, on account of the
extraordinary fall in the prices of crops with-
in a short period of time, that the total crop
value of 1920 is reckoned to be only 56 per
cent of the total value of all farm products.
In the estimates for a long series of years,
this is the first crop value estimate that has
fallen below 60 per cent cf the total of all
products. .
O O O
S UCH is the estimate of the Department of
Agriculture of the net decline in the val-
ue of all products from the peak of 1919. 0th-
er authorities place the decline at a much
higher figure. Milo Campbell assures us
that the total is over six billion and George
 Roberts, vice-president of the National
City Bank of New York City, in a recent is.
sue of “The Nation’s “ Business” puts the

amount at between
. six and eight billion
dollars. Commenting upon this loss Mr. Bob—
site says:

“The farmers have less control over the value
of their products than perhaps any other class.
They are not organized in any effective manner
to control production or prices; they have to take
practically what the competition of the market‘s
give them. f “ ‘ " " I think it is very moderate
say that the prices of farm products have declin-
25 to 33 1-3 per cent. It must be remembered also,
that what the farmer has to spend shrinks mac
than his income, because out of the proceeds at
his crops he must first pay whatever debts he
contracted while‘making them. What is left over
he can spend, but the debts do not shrink with
the prices. ’

Now this is what has happened: A few months
ago wheat was selling in the Chicago market at
about—$2.75 per bushel, now it is down to about
$1.65; corn was sellingin August at $1.50, now it
is down to 68 cents; hogs were selling at 318 pa
hundredweight, now down to $10; oats were selling
at 72 cents, now down to 45 cents; cotton was
selling in July at 35 to 40 cents per pound, now-
down to 16 cents; wool .was selling a year ago at
60 cents per pound. now 30 cuts.”

All Business Disorganized
“This decline in the purchasing power of the
farmer throws the industrial situation out or bal-
ance and causes a general disorganization. Since
every line of production can sell less to the tem-
er, the purchasing power or all will be enacted

and they will buy less of each other. .
“There is only one remedy. If the prices of m
the things that farmers. (Continued on page 19)

Grain Expert Predicts a Scramble for Wheat Before the Next Crop '

HEAT PRICES declined
. very rapidly the past week,
showing 20 1—40 under the recent high, but the
situation seems to be getting stronger every
week and in about a month it is possible that
a majority of the trade will be strongly com-
mitted to the bull side. The statistical posi-
tion is .very strong. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has issued some most
startling figures (they look very similar to the
kind we put out some time ago). They are,
of course, highly theoretical and are so decis-
nated. It is estimated that the wheat crops
of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Holland,
Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Sw1tzer-
land and the United Kingdom, also the coun-
tries in the old boundaries of Germany raised
'694,000,000 bushels this year, while the rye
crop was 341,000,000 bushels. The average
consumption of 1909-13 was 1,452,000,000
'bUShels of wheat and 628,000,000 bushels of
rye, indicating theoretical import needs of
758,000,000 bushels wheat and 287,000,000
bushels rye, a total of all bread grains of 1,-
042,000,000 bushels. It will be noted ’that
inothing is said about the needs of Poland,
North Africa, Greece and other countries. To
oflset this, exporting countries have 728,000,-
.; 000 bushels wheat and 34,000,000 bushels rye,
' gindicating a shortage of 280,000,000 bushels
wheat and rye as compared with the world ’s
theoretical, demands. .

In this statement it is interesting to note.

i  that the Argentine surplus is figured at 147,-
‘i«=000,000 bushels, or 27,000,000 bushels in ex-

 
  

..tiniate, and compares with the trade guess of
" ' ’ Oegbushelgwhich we. preter topaocept,

cess of the Argentine gayernment’s ofl'icial es- ,

 

By J. RALPH PICKELL ,

rather than the government returns. As far
as the exportable surplus of rye is concerned,
the United States has already cleared over
30,000,000 bushels, so there is more or less ap-
parent error in the figures. They are highly
theoretical and are simply given to show that
were financial conditions normal, the world’s
requirements would probably eiceéd e’ de-
mand. It is this condition that promises to
keep the price of wheat materially above "a
parity with corn for years to come unless Rus-
sia settles down and becomes an exporter
again. ' The latter country is not included in
the statement regarding exportable surplus.
At the very earliest it will be probably two
years before Russia can ship in sufiicient vol—
ume to be a market factor, although the
threat of big clearances may hang over the
trade. The Canadian wheat crop is oflicially
estimated at 263,000,000 bushels, coinciding
with trade estimates, showing 30,000,000
bushels lea than A the preliminary oficial re-
turns, and comparing with 193,000,000 bush-
els harvested last year. I think those figures
too high. ' -. ' '

Beneficial rainshave fallen in India but it

 to be seen-7Vhether Or. not they ’94--
find in time to“ save the crop. , It is, oflicially ‘

reported flint  revels  WW”-
tions,i‘an'd a titan-saucers swat 
Burma  actor  1;; 

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ly‘by inq'u‘ifing‘ior‘10,000tonsr'ot,  tar - p 
amine  f.  eat We < ’ '

Asserts Grain Slump will be Followed by Strong Bull Market , 000 tons might he wanted. N"

the ‘ latter figures around 9,250,-
000 bus. A month ago‘ official reports showed
that 220,000 tons, or 7,350,000 bus. would-be
required and that 0. Syndicate of bankers had
been formed to finance the purchase. It is
either wheat or revolution so‘far as that coun-
try is concerned. There are very few statis-
tics available as to Portugal, and many in the
trade cancluded that 1,000,000 bushels would
be a large quantity for that country. How-
ever it happens to have around 6,000,000 peo—
ple and consumes on an average of around 15,-
000,000 bushels per year. The Portugal crop
this season was 5,000,000 bushels. Appar-
ently like all other European countries it has
cut its consumptive requirements. Argentina
is going to export wheat ‘heavily in the next
few weeks and it seems probable that the for-
eign demand for Americangrain will fall ofi.
As soon as Argentine has shipped, say 50,-
000,000 bushels, the world is going to com-
mence to figure out where it can get more
wheat and then the scramble will commence.

It looks very strongly as though the United '

States was oversold. _ Better buy that barrel
of flour now and have it on hand. It will
come In mighty handy before long. But do
not get enthusiastically bullish on wheat for a

v while yet. Watch ‘crop conditions. If there I.
is any change in your section let us know. To = ‘7
be  frank we look for a big crop gem 
before, long. Resin fly reports  starting - 7‘

“to come from the suit wheat states and'trc‘mai‘

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H 0' 7 But they belong to Michigan.

0 ‘ another.

0. be alarmed if the stairs creak-

 '. your feet. .
,"sures us they will stand up a

-. threatening to “get” the museum yet.

, a University of Michigan.

of them from immediate or premature death.

Indeed, it is truly marvelous what the people
of Michigan have contributed to the welfare
cf humanity through their Univers1ty at Ann

Arbor. ,,

' Take A Stroll With The President
Because the rural folk of Michigan little
understand and appreciate the great Work
i which is being carried on by this institution
I propose to conduct them through some qf
* the , buildings on the campus, over the same
route which I personally travelled a couple
of weeks ago upon the invitation of and in
company with President Burton. You Will

have to walk fast because the President is a

,big,;-‘ active, broad-shouldered, long—legged

.A man who believes that a second lost is gone

and professions ;

     

By THE EDITOR

 

 

The Facts About the University

8 MY READERS know the U. of M.
A has asked for the largest budget in

its history. It is the natural inclin-
ation of the average citizen to oppose this
budget. The general theory is that the
'University 'is asking for something which it
can get along without. But theories are
sometimes wrong. It is better 'to consider
the fact. The facts are, as I have discov-
ered by a. personal investigation, that the
U. of M. could use $20,000,000 at once With-
out wasting a cent on non-essentials. It
has asked for $8,400,000 for the next two
years. This would mean an additional tax
amounting to about $1 per thousand. It
is not the purpose of the accompanying art-
icle or those to follow, to argue in favor of
the University’s budget, but simply to lay
the actual facts before my readers. After
all these facts are known, we shall then be
able to better discuss the merits of the bud-
get.—-—Edi'tor.

 

 

 

 

 

of the bandaged men who are stretched out
there in long rows of white cots. The know-
lcdge,.too, that death may be hovering nigh
some human soul a few feet away gives the
heart a strange flutter and sadness. But the
firm, quiet demeanor of the white capped
nurses will soon reassure you. If you care

to you may peer into the operating room. A

 

 

iCh'an’s U ' 1y  *
  "  EduCational and .‘Humanitarian Work of Institution Little Understood or Appreciated ’ ?

EARLY everybody knows that there is
 j - “But what
"dieterybody does not know_ is that it ranks
 " among the leading Universities of ‘the world;
 that it numbers among its students men and
women ._ from every quarter of the globe; that
it has graduated thousands who have become
leaders, in their respective countries in the,
' "fields of finance, manufacturing, engineering,
 *medicine, surgery, political economy, law and
. ' innumerable other trades '
I.  that it. has given birth to scientific and medi-
' Cal discoveries which have immeasurably en-
riched the knowledge of the world; and that
'in ‘its hospital it has cured thousands defic-
~ ient in mind, limb and body and saved many

night out, are hardly fit for outcasts

plenty of rest in pleasant surroundings.

But we have to hurry along. We are goa-
lng to see the crippled children now. There
are contagious diseases in this ward so be
careful not to touch anything. Your eyes

may be dry when you walk in but not for.

long. You can’t look upon those little bod;
ies strapped to boards Without wanting to
take them in your arms and comfort them.
And they are so patient; some of them seem
even happy and smile at you shyly when you
wave your hand at them.' Pres. Burton in—
quires for little “Frankie,” and he is finally
located in a wheel chair. The big man leans
over and speaks to him and the little chap
beams back as though life was nothing but a
grand sweet song. But you cannot help but
notice that the arms and hands are twisted all
out of shape, and wonder what the future holds
for the little fellow. You are surprised to
learn upon inquiry what a large percentage
of these unfortunate children are cured and
returned to their homes. A noble work, is it
not?

A few turns here and there, down narrow
crowded corridors and stairways, and you are
soon impressed with the tremendous handi-
caps under which the hospital is obliged to
operate. And to think, over 17,000 persons
passed through its doors last year! The
mention of fire in this building would send a
shudder over you. How could

 

forever, and wastes no time get-
ting. about from one place to

The Museum ‘
"We start‘ in at the museum.
The building itself it a curios-
ity, fit to be listed among the
exhibits which it houses. Don’t

sags beneath
President as-

and the flooring
The

little while longer. We haven’t
the time to examine all the in-
teresting exhibits except to note
that they are very rare and
valuable. They have been gath-
ered from all parts of the werld.
Some of those antiques the Brit- -
~ish' museum would pay a fortune to possess.
The entire col-
lection is worth in excess of two million dol-
lars. Pretty valuable property to be kept in
that old fire trap. ‘Speaking of fire, if you’ll
look‘ over in that corner you will see a charred
'case shOWing Where a fire-bug attempted to
start a fire a few days before. He has writ-
vtcntseveral black-hand letters tovPres. Burton
They
.‘have' two watchmen in the building all the
time now and hope to catch the fellow. It
would be a real blow to the State if the mu-
seum should burn. Yes, it ought to be re-
placed with a fireLproof structure. ‘
Tappan 'Hall and the Rhetoric Building
_ High school teachers are trained in Tappan
hall. They didn’t have room for all of them
'on the upper floors sothey whitewashed the
basement where. classes are in session as you.

 

renter. There is no ventilation, the light is
war, and the air is damp and chill.’ No won- '

gder the young men and women sit With their

cloaks and furs on. I How they can get any- ,
thing out of the lesson in such’psurroundings 

is amystery. ‘  ,
‘ We next enter the building where, therhet,‘

J j oricfclasses hold forth. It reminds you'of the 
'. early: fifties, and wears the lodks - of the c:th
“ "damned. The; interior is dim, dull] and. din. ,
e “stairs are: steep and narrpw.’ 211;; .-_,
id be a-tragedyiif a fire should break out 
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These cottages are the maternity “ward” of the Unlverslty of Mlchlgan. As high as 40 M).
men have been confined In these cottages at one time. The
the elaborate precautlons that have been taken to expedite escape In case of fire.

man is lying on. the operating table while a
surgeon prepares his instruments. In an ad-
joining room a capable young lady is busily
engaged at the more or less gruesome task of
washing bloody knives, scissors, etc. Dr.
Parnall, dean of the hospital, looks at a bulle-
tin board and tells you that four operations
.have been performed there that morning. ,

From the operating room we will enter the
dining room, not exactly a pleasant transi~
tion if one is going to eat. right away. cm
are a hundred or more of the nobleLyoung
women, who nurse the sufiering back to health
and ease the pain of the dying. Too bad they
have to eat in such crowded quarters. How
they would appreciate a big, light, airy room
in which to relax during the brief lunch per-
iod! And we learn, without seeing them,
that the rooms in which these “angels of
mercy” are obliged to sleep night in and

   

  

 
 
 
 
 
 

  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
   
    

bulldlngs are veritable fire-traps. Note

about.

they ever get them all out? You
are glad that the new hospital
is now under way and you hope
that the legislature will apprOp-
riate what money is needed to
complete it. '

The Maternity Cottages

We are now going to visit the
maternity ward where last year
160 babies were helped into the
world. This ward was long ago
crowded out of the hospital prop-
er into two small buildings which
were formerly private dwelling
houses. The interne is awaiting
your arrival. He takes you first
into the obstetrics room. It is
about ten feet square. In this
box-like room hundreds of the future doctors
of Michigan are instructed in the delicate art
of midwifery in order that the future gener-
ations of the state may be brought into the
world in a healthy, normal condition and
mothers may be spared unnecessary ain. A
smaller room adjoins. Although {it 1s‘ only
nine feet square there are three cots in it, all
occupled by women who have recently passed
through the great experience of child-bear-
ing. Occasionally it is necessary to shove a
fourth cot into this room. There ’is one win-
dow, no ventilation. A fine place, indeed, to
keep four suffering women from a week to a.
fortnight!

You climb a narrow stair case, about two
feet wide to the upper rooms. In one of these
are. five women, some cooing to their babies,
others waiting to be confined. One of the
women has broken her leg while climbing the
steep stairs. ,

And then the babies! Twenty or thirty of
them ranging in ages from one day to several
weeks. They ‘are grouped in little canvas
baskets in a double tier around a room about
twelve feet square. Some of them have a ‘
contagious rash. They ought to be isolated,
but there’s no other place to put them so they
have to be kept in the same room with the
healthy babies. Of course, they all look alike.
Suppose the nurses get them mixed! Well,
according to the novels that has happened be-
fore. One of the nurses lifts the bottom of
a blanket and beckons us to look. Sure, that
little feller needs a friend, for he has club
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TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW

EWSPAPER reports indicate
that the entire country is .in
the midst of a general business

and industrial revival. The army of
idle men, the country over, is being
rapidly reduced in size ~by the re-
sumption of manufacturing opera-
tions by hundreds of firms. Of chief

interest to the people living in the 

district tributary to the city of De-
troit is the announcement that the
Ford Motor 00., the Fordsou Tract-
or (30., and the various subsidiary
enterprises, which manufacture the
parts for the various Ford special-
ties. will soon be running full blast.
Manufacturers of the basic products
used in connection with industrial
operations, report a marked revival
in demand, a fact that indicates that
manufacturers, anticipating an ear-
ly revival in demand for nearly all
kinds of manufactured products, are
taking advantage of current low
price levels to accumulate matcrial
for future use. ,

Manufacturers of pig iron report
a dull trade but recent price reduc-
tions made by the independent steel
manufacturers, are bringing business
to those firms and many of them are
preparing to resume operations on a
moderate scale some time in the
month of February. In connection
with the dry goods trade many signs
of improvr‘ment are noted and there
is  reason to believe that in this
department, at least, the improve-
ment will'bc much‘ more marked as
time goes on and the beginning of
the spring season comes nearer to
hand. There are many encouraging
reports, concerning a. revival in the
demand for footwear of all kinds.
The trade in leather, especially in
calfskin and light kips used for up-
pers for ladiesf fancy shoes, is re-
ported to be much more active than
during the closing days of 1920. The
cotton goods trade is showing a
marked activity and it is believed
that improvement in this department
of the cloth manufacturing business
will be cumulative as the winter
wanes and the warm days of early
spring approach, when the demand
for this grade of cloth is more act-
ive than at any other season in the
year.

The market demand for cotton,
wool and hides is improving as a di-
rcct result of the increased inquiry
for articles that are manufactured
from each of these basic matbrials.
There is a conviction abroad in the
land that the material needs of the
American people, in connection with
wearing apparel, were never greater
than they are at the present mo-
ment; the lust mentioned condition
bci'ug the direct result of the “buy-
crs‘ strike" undertaken earlier in
the season for the express purpose
of teaching the profiteers a much
needed lesson. The individual needs
of a hundred million people, will,
sooner or later, be the dominant
note in the dry goods, clothing and
slum (lvpurhnents of the trade. Sen-
sational :lflcr-holiday clearance sales
being: made at very low prices are
chairing the shelves in the depart-
mcut stores and, illcldentally, open-
ing: the way for filing with manu-

‘ fm-tm-ers and wholesalers, fairly
large commitments for spring goods.

An improvement in the demand
for numufactured goods is reported
from the exclusively agricultural (lis-
tricts of the west and middle west
which is largely accounted for by
the fact that many farmers have
grown tired of holding their products
for higher prices and are selling their
surplus, paying their overdue notes
at the banks and clearing the decks
for another season's business. Some
of the farmers are beginning to see
that'ihe  get for
their products now will purchase
twice as much as it wouldnt the be-

7 ginning of the current month; the
realization of the above fact has led
to a marked increase in primary ro-

. oeipts of grain and live stock.

‘ The“, ‘

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situation continues ' »

   

GENERAL MARKET SUMMARY?

 

 

develop strength in near future.

DETROIT—Wheat and rye weak; other grains expected to

CHICAGO—Corn and oat prices too low; advances expected.
Wheat unchanged. Cattle steady. Hogs active- "

Potatoes unchanged.

 

 

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and.
. H.P.  4.00 04.50 ‘4.1I_
Rod Kldnoys . .. . 0.50 J 9.00 _

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
1c. 11. 9.! Prime {Rod Kidneys
. . ..l 7.35 l l

the next week, but the price stin'

 

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holds steady. Do the same. funnel,

and you won’t regret it. This market
is surely on bottom. It's got to go up
before another crop. '

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘°'"' “’ "'“““‘"°" POTATOES

Pu ‘ ' .. . ,
ment buying of standard industrials, Rye is declining with other grains 8 "3 PE“ "VT $14.32;”
rails, motor stocks and rural and and is quoted at Detroit at $1.58 for pm...“ . I , _ .  22,
municipal bonds is sweeping over the No' 2' . Chicano .      1.80 ‘51:.”
country. Call money on the New firm”;  I 1::
York Stock Exchange averages CORN PRICES ONE YEAR “Go
around 7 per cent and some import- Detrolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..| 4.90 I 4.00
out commercial and manufacan °°RN PER 30-. FEB. 1 1921

loans have been negotiated at the
some reasonable rates of interest.
The rapid advance in the value of
the English pound sterling and the
recent oversubscription of the $30,-
000,000 ‘Belgian loan indicate a re-
turning confidence in foreign secur-
ities and trade balances. The im-
mediate outlook for cereals and
meats, with the possible exception
of pork and its products, is not en- '
couraging at ths writing, but it is
believed that demand will improve,
gradually, as idleness gives way be-
fore the demands of productive in-

dustry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHEAT

WHEAT PRICES PER BU" FEB. 1, 1921
V Grade IDotrolt IOhlcagol N. Y.
No 2 Rod .... 1:81 1.00 1.82%
N0. 2 White ... 1.19
50. 2 Mixed ... 1.19 ‘ 1.31%

PRICE‘ ONE VEIR “GO

“0.2  No.2 Whlul No.2 leod
om l 2.02 l w l

 

 

 

The weakness in last week’s wheat
market was strongly in evidence at .
the opening of the current week. The
decline at Detroit last Monday amoun-
ted to 2e and at Chicago it ranged.
from 2 to 2 3-4 cents. Many dealers
are feeling that we have over-sold
on;- wheat to foreigners and that we
will have a. hard time getting along
until the next harvest without im-
porting, but the market is full of
bearishness and the price appears to
have small chance for increase under
present conditions. Two bearish fac-
tors in the wheat market are the re-
cent decline of over 6 cents in the
Argentine markets and a. reduction
in prices in England. Friends of a.
higher market believe Belgium will
be in the market this week. Milling
demand has begun to make itsell felt
and bulls are in hope the pressure
will continue. This grain market has
been discussed by a market expert On
page 6 in this issue. He predicts
higher prices and tell you why.

RYE
Europe is well supplied with rye
fer the present at least, and exporters
are not buying Which leaves rye in a.
dull and weak condition as seaboard
trade is the backbone of this market.

 

- credo [Detroit lChlcagol N. Y.
No. 2 Yellow . . '.  .8130—
No. 3 Yellow . . . .63
lo. 4 Yellow . . . .80

FRIGEQEL’ELR" A60

No.2 Yoll.l No.8 RETqu Yell.
Detroit ..| | 1.25 I 1.20

All last Week corn followed the
trend of wheat but the opening of the
current week found this course grain
slightly stronger and prices some
higher. Large receipts continue to
be a. bearish factor on the markets.
Chicago received 3,660 cars last week
against 891 a year ago. At present
domestic shipping demand for cash
corn is slow and exporters are not
showing interest. It is reported that
farmers are buying feed cattle to
fed their corn to in hopes of realiz-
ing a profit from it in this way. I‘he
bears in the market are gradually be-
coming bulls as the general tooling is
that this grain is too low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OATS

OAT PRIOR PER IU.. FBI. 1, 1021

 

 

 

Grade lpmn 1 Ohloaool u. v.
No 2 mm I .44 42% .53
m. a was» .. .4251. .3914
so. rwmu ...| .sav.

 

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR A00
No.2 Mite! No.3 Whltol No.4 Whlto
Detroit l .90 I .89 I .88

 

 

 

Trading in oats last week at Chica—
go was featured by free selling by a.
strong house, presumably for an ele-

vator interest, and this pressure did,

much in forcing prices lower, the
May delivery hitting a new low spot
for the season. Added weakness was
derived from that in othel grains.
Shipping business was dull all week.
Monday of the current week cats at
Chicago advanced with com but the
Detroit market ruled weak. The cast
which has been an active bidder for
oats is out' of the market at this

writing thus leaving this market
without its heaviest buyer. Large
receipts are reported. It is expected

by many that the breaking up of the
roads shortly will. cause a. reduction
in the farm marketing, but thcze are

‘not many bulls in the coarse grain

deal right at present.

 

BEANS'
Beans are still holding an aggmvat-
ing position. One day they are strong;

 

 

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WASHLVGTON, D. C.
6, 1921.—Durm€n
the week center
warm wave averaging over tem-
peratures than usual, will come out 1
oftheland otlceinWiutersadmoso

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~ nd gradually _ 
‘and, eastward on room an 
land West or in ion ‘10 

    
  
 

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. _ we . can . . 
- WI 1,  It will

drift crossing  co,

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

conic at the extant the solid W.

A storm

nent in about five days.
wave will follow one or two days
later and then a cool wave”. Follow—

ing this storm wave will come your
opportunity for outdoor affairs and
you should make good use of it for
two weeks ending about Feb. 26, A
tradition among farmers says um
February usually ——- not always—
brlngs a thaw, If lt'oomes this Feb—
ruary it will be'during the week cen-
tering on 17. Those February thaw-s
are not good for Winter grain. Many
Winter killings of Winter grain come
from such (thaws.

Not as 'mueh precipitation on the
Pacific slope and in the cotton States
is ' during February u w

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cu _ in Decem January.
Cold weather will prevail during tho
 days of February. A very eon- .
glam-able and important. chunfi
 will occur in AW!
nan neat «afloat- on tho 1

 
  
  
  
  

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There are a lot of disoouragei farm-
ers in the country over the slow do-
cline in potato prices. Many mu-
ers are holding their crop believing
they will receive a, higher price be
fore next harvest. It is said M
in some parts of Michigan farmers
are getting as low as 30 cents 2. DM-
el for their spuds. Potato market!
are weak throughout the country at
present. -

Daniel Dean, potato export a
New York state, speaking before the
Mich. Potato Growers’ Ass’n this
week stated that the Dept. of Agri-
culture had just announced ,thfl
there were only 145,000,000 'bnshefi
of potatoes in the farmers’ hands on
January lst, 1921 as compared vii
127,000,000 bushels on January lot.
1920. Mr. Dean declared that the
comparatively small amount yet to
be disposed of would mean much
higher prices by spring.

This report will be published in
detail next week.

 

HAY '
lilo. 1 TIer sun. TlmJ Ila. 2Tlm.

 

 

 

 

Dotnolt . . {22.00 @ 28121 .00 9 28120.00 0 21
Chicago . . [26.00 @ 21l24.00 Q 251
New York l30.00@88l 28.00@81 -
Plttcburg .127.00 9 28125.60 028l22.00 Q 28
1 No.1 1 No.1 -| No.1
lnght Mlx. IOIover Mix. l Glover
Den-on. . .121.00@22118.00@19|18.00@10
Chlcago . . 324.00 @ 25l22.00 Q 24
New York I29.00 @ 31|27.00 @ 30
Pltllbufl . 324.50 6 2523.50 G 26

 

 

HAY PRIOER A YEAR Aoo ,
1 No. l Tlm.l Stan. Tlm.| No. 2 Tim.
Den-ole . . Isoso @ 31 [29.50 @ 80|28.50 @ 29

 

 

 No.1 I No.1 l No.1
[Jam Mlx. [Glovfl‘ Mix. I _ploul
Detroit . . |29.50 @ 30128.50 (Q 29|28.50 Q i

 

 

 

 

There is an abundant supply of hay
and markets are easy. The greater
part of the hay consuming season ll
over and prices are not expected to
go higher from now on.

 

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

The top for choice steers in CM-
cago broke thru the ten-dollar lino on
Wednesday of last week for the first
time and sold for $9.90 per cwt. A
few extra well finished long your-
lings sold for $10 but this price could
not be realized on for any grad "
number. Receipts Were 1,500 small-
er than those of the previous Wed-
nesday; total for the week up to Wed-
nesday night, Jam. 26, was 40,000
head less than for the same period.
the week before. To have selling
prices marked down on a marina.-
but poorly supplied with desiron r
cattle, was indeed a great surprifl
to shippers, nearly all of whom were
expecting to cash in to ,gOOd'ad‘n.
tage as soon as cattle runs began to ‘
fall off in number. "

The steam thattopped the Chicago
market on Wednesday of last wool
weighed 1,250. They biota.” ”
owt. The long yearlings, that tapped
the market on Wednesday, Jan. 33.
were Herefords, averaging '
pounds and as fine as oom,‘w¢u,fl '
make them. The demand for ' tho
common ‘mdes of yearling 
was extremely sluggish and 
were much lower than'on my V

sold unevenly, ' some being
steady but the majority, of. '
gm .went at hirer-Apr  i
v at @Pevallfid‘   do" V
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} 'f‘vag'iallimgaoe in arrivals in the lead-
:  gsheep' markets of the country.
.. for th'e'first three days of last. week
"-had'the effect to stiffen the trade
U  and lend an activity to the demand
which it had not knowm‘for several
days past. Aged ewes held. steady in,
Olncago with s'six‘ dollar top; aged
wethers sold on the same basis and
the top was the same price. The top-
101‘ yearling wethers was $9.50. The
top for lam‘bs in Chicago on Wednes-
day of last week was $11.40; five cars
of Colorado lambs averaging around,
83 pounds, sold last week for $11 per
ewt. The top for feeding lambs, last
week in Chicago, was $9.75.
Live Hogs and Provisions ‘ _

A law activity in the demand for
fresh pork and its products combined
with generous runs of hogs all round
the market circle kept quotations for
live hogs fluctuating within narrow
limits all last week. The Chicago
hog market developed some peculiar
symptoms, early last week; the top
was only 10 to 20 cents per cwt. lower
than the week before but the average
was from 40 to 50 cents per cwt. low-
er. Shims were poor buyers in
Chicago last week: for the cost part,
he packers had everything their own
way. Chicago packers are chronic
bears and they are resorting to every
known device to pound down values
while they are "annexing" the bulk
of the hog crop. Packer buyers are
discriminating in favor of zoo—pound
weights and do not care to look at
anything much heavier.

The speculative provision trade
continues 'to fluctuate between nar-
row limits, nearly everything in the
hog department indicating that hogs”
whether alive or dead, will sell read-
ily within a certain range of price
but whenever something is added to
selling values, the market immedi-
atelybecomes very dull and slow.
The current hog market is complete-

_ ly under the domination of the
packers.

Local Market Conditions
Shippers to the Detroit market,
when cattle were'selling so compar-
atively low, last spring, thought that
the bottomhad been reached; they
thought that $12 per cwt. for a high-
grade steer was ridiculously low.
, Now the same eteer that brought $12
per cwt., last spring, sells for $8.50
to $9. Tuesday, of last week, was
the low day for several years in the
cattle trade, the best that could be
done for high~grade steers being $8
per crwt. No feeding cattle are be—
, ing taken out of the Detroit yards
at this time, simply because Michi-
~ [an farmers have decided to quit
the feeding game for the present.
The sheep and lamb market is en
the rocks for.certain, best lambs be-
ing only worth $8 per cwt. in the
Detroit market; common lambs only
bring from $4 to $7 per cwt.: sheep
from $3 to $4 and culls as low as
51.60 per ewt. The Detroit demand
for live hogs has been fairly active
of late, but prices have been some-
what out of line with other markets,
similarly located.

 

DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET

The poultry market opened this
week lifeless and firm. The receipts
were small and so was the early de-
mand. The quiet tone extended to
dressed hogs and calves also and
prices were unchanged. Eggs are
in supply and there is a steady in-
crease in receipts with the promise
of lower prices. Consumers are act.
he buyers. Butter demand and sup-
ply are well balanced and there is
a quiet market and. steady tone”.
Grease is firm. Apples are plenti-
ful and the market is easy. '
CIDER—~Bweet, 30-350 per gal. ,,
POPCORN—Shelled, 6-0 1-20 per lb.
DRESSED HOGS—Light, 13-140;
has? 10-110 per lb.

. ESSED CALVES—Choxce, 18-200:
' medium, 15-1’0: large coarse, 10-130 lb.

 p ‘ POULTRY-.r-Spring ch

_ colored 29-300; Le horns sprin
:14! 5c; hens, four poun 3 32-380; ' e

' ‘ and better ss-sac: small hens.
 old‘roosters, éOc; ducks 38c; geese
‘ fturkeys,= seven poun , and over,

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'sndj the offerings were readily ab—
combed. - Pficeawere'firm. The ser-
ies of auctions ended, with prices

ranging'from 10 to 15 per cent below _

those of December. Punta Arenas
wools were 10 per cent down. Dur-
ing the sales home trade bought 54,-
000 bales, the continent 24,000 and
South America 2,500. Forty thous-
and bales were held over.

Poland is to get more than 35,000
bales of Australian and New Zealand
wool under a contract signed with
the British director general of raw
material. Pol-and is to give bonds
for 1,500,000 pounds as payment to
the international committee for re-
lief credits which will finance the
purchase. The Polish government has
agreed not to requisition the manu-
factured goods and plans to ,have
most of the cloth held for export
trade. ’ ‘

 

HOOVER FUND BEACHES $850.00

HE TOTAL of the Contributions
made by M. B. F.4readers to the
Hoover Relief Fund reached on
Monday, Jan, 3lst, the sum of $850.-
05, which amount has been turned
over to the proper authorities, and re-
ceipt whereof will be acknowledged
in these columns .next week. We
probably won’t reach the $1,000
mark, but anyway we are proud of
what our readers have done. Be-
low are the names of those who have
contributed during the past week
The final contributions will be pub-
lished in next week’s issue.
I cannot refrain from printing the
following which was among the let-
ters we have received from scores of

the tunes

  

e ae-Eirlritedvifrdemand‘ 

- Mosher, Lawrence; Mary A. Bell 'Hem-

. inc: William Crook. Morley; Carrie De-

 

 

F(G‘Ontinued from page 2)

“l have given to the European Relief
Fund, but I feel that I can-have no
money lying by me which 18 not being
used, while the little ones are crying
for bread, This is what is left of my
“chicken money" for the summer and I
thought to get some spring things with
it but feel it would be almost like us-
ing “blood money." I thank God for the
opportunity and the graciousness which
allows me to help."—-A Farmer's Wife.
Battle Creek. '

$10.00—M E. Parmalee Billiards;
George H, kenney, Croswell; M. H.
Winget, Linden. _

$5.00 each—Albert Schell, Eau Claire;
C. M. Cartwright, Mendon; C, L. Group,
Ortonville; C. E. Laidlow, Mariette.

$4.00 each—Fannie Pen-in, Paw Paw;
Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Heistand, Middleton.

$3.00—P. Hoppel, Mendon, »

$2.75 each—Alfred Schwanbeck, Fen-
ton; William Shattuck. Fenton. '

$2.50—W. W, Richardson, Byron.

$2.00 each—George H. Heyd, Tustin;
Lavern B. Giddings, Clifford; Charles
Hunt, Jonesville. R-2; Joseph Ex. Me-
sick; James Loughlin, Rushton- D.

decided. It is to be hoped

tee will be made clear.

resorters.

tributors.

$1,50—Mrs. J. L Lillie. Greenvill’e,

$1.00 each—W. C. Phelps. Rives Junc-
tion; Clifford Ward, Leslie; Dexter
Richmond, Balding; Floyd Anson Plain-
well; Priscilla Alden Haynes, Goldwat-
er; William Cochran, Harbor Beach;
Mrs. W, 0. Keller, Reading; W. J. Cope-
land Williamsburg: Thomas
Evalrt; Mrs. A. C. McLean, Swan Creek;
Wil lam G. Brown. Mayville; Ellen Nel-
son; Ashley ; E. J. Curie Durand; Mrs.
Marshall Baker, Laingsburg; John Ing-
lis, Millersburg; Nora. and Robert Ben-
ner, Dansville- Lyle Bowman, Wolver-

activlties of‘Mark McKee's

mlun-ity Council” aggregation

Verna Tlpton: James Cook, Charlevoix:
M. Kelghley, Coloma: Elizabeth LaBar-
re Marcedlus; Osmr Pawllly, Port Hope:
Mrs. Melvin Stover, Owendale; Alma I.
Woodworth. Port Hope; 0. , Chapin,
Perrinton; Mrs. George Peterson, Scott-
ville; Mrs. F. Roberts Newburg; Ires
G, Sickles, Gaines; Mrs, Lillie Wheeler
Jackson.

Less than 31—87. E_ Martrndale, Gay-
lord: A Friend. Ellsworth: Mrs. Fred
Zimonsko, Mic; George Gracey, Nunl-
ca; Frank Galloner, Pinconnlng; Mrs.
Milton Bigger-s, Croswell.

and manufacturing

,,  "Jimmie TEE hm Afr LANSING

ance to its members will have been  ' - '
that
among other things its connection
with the notorious coalition commit-
Every real
farmer knows that the question OI
marketing is the real question with
him, and he is much more concern-
ed over the prospect under present
methods of having his whole fruit
crop “stolen” by middlemen than he
is over the prospect of a few pock-
ets full being stolen by tourists and
Let the State Farm Bu-
reau make clear whether its endorse-
ment of the million dollar state po~
lice was inspired by‘a bonaflde desire
to save a few cents worth of apples
or was it inspired by that coalition
committe in the interest of some of
its labor baiting corporation con-

The special committee provided
form the resolution submitted by
Senator Bou-anger to inquire into the
item-
to
which the governor (speaking of the
law under which it was organized)
referred to as being “vicious.” has
been appointed and now, possibly,
we may learn who is going up and
down the state urging commercial
organizations ;
state and local farm organizations;
church, Sunday School and temper-
ance organizations to endorse our
million dollar standing army of 153
men; who is paying them for that
service and whether they are getting
more or less than the usual “thirty
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It saves twice a day, 730 times a year, over any other
‘1 system or inferior separator—in quantity and quality of prod-
 uct, time and labor.

Its cost represents an investment of about 5 cents a day
for ten years, including cost of operation and interest on the
investment. With simple care it will give good service for
20 to 30 years; it practically never wears out.

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or more a day, according to the number of cows, returning
from 500% to 200070 profit on the. investment. e

Today a De Laval Cream Separator is one of the cheap-
est things you can buy. With cheaper feeds and butter-fat
at present prices there is more profit today in butter-fat than
there was a year ago. Relatively, a De Laval is cheaper
than it was a year ago.

See the nearest De Laval agent. Even though you have
only one good cow, it will pay you to own a De Love].

The De Laval Separator Corhpany

NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO
165 Broadway 29 East Madison Street 61 Beale Street

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and sink, about 4 rods Ion connecting 9, they have yet val-rived at any a“
to 15 inch tile drain; M 'inch drain ‘ ' ~ ‘ w ’ .
r has become" plugged almgst completely: isfactory condusmn- 011° ’ man" 

go 0' .1: _ . haveflbeen using concentrated lye but to guess is as 800d as another. Fire ii:
i J‘ ,, , » ggtflggfe JWget Sggefggggelmvfi clean it all-consuming. There is no salvage” V
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{74 ,  from the sink to the tile or in the utterly. destroy. Something. can us- 
 . _ _ tile itself. It in the pipe it may be ua-lly be saved from the wreckage. . ,
. i r due} to collections of grease, or_ ac- You can draw your own conclusions, "
. ff 0 Y cumulations of hair, lint or other -—Edttor. ‘ . H ‘ ’
I J. C 2 articles getting past the sink screen. ' ' ~
 _. . Ii;3 in the tile it might be due to‘ the TITLE To MONEY IN BANK ‘
_ a ove mentioned causes or to the . ,
1| II In}. lCle growth oi .0... n the en 0. no...  are: instructinmgttai‘;
* - I . ' small animals crawling into the is put in the bank in his Wife's nafie'
/ ' _; ______ n ‘7 til-e and not being ableeto get out, :;%n%1:i?;\fiyaéfhiifieatgofigwnohghg
  5/ , In case the pipe from the sink to bank, this 'wife being step-mother. and
Zero Weather does the tile has a trap connection the “ti “Ving m the agate? D°°zsfi (mug
‘ ' './ not affeCt the CffiCI- stoppage is most likely to occur at  Witgegfiieitgptfigo§e§%_£“seh
/ ency of a Cozy Pipeless that point. Usually the obstruction scriber of several years, Osman. Michy, ;
Furnace—in fact. the may be remoyed by remm’ing the The question of the title tovthe
colder the weather the -- {acre‘w plug on the trap 9nd rem?“ money deposited in the bank would .
more perfect is the performance. The “13 the accumulation “nth a ere' depend upon the facts ‘of each case
' heat generated by aCozy Pipeless Fur— Accumulations 0f grease may Often as to whether the manjntendéd .to g
’ nace is circulated by the cold air that be Temm’ed by the use 0‘ hot water have the wife have the title. It he
enters the outer edge of its single reg- » and caustic SOda- However. if the did it' would be the wife’s From
ister. The colder the air, the faster the — - stoppage is complete and it is imDOS‘ the fact that it was depositeh in. her {
,nirchlation will be, until‘the house in sible to use enough caustic soda to name it would requdre strong and
comfortably heated. clear thepipe and flow out, soap convincing evidence to} deprive her

will form in the pipe and a condition . - .
of the title. The Supreme Court of
worse than the first result. If it is Michigan says that an adopted chm

possible to get a small stream thru. . - .2 .v
the pipe this method will be effective. 1111:1133? :flgvthlg agfim 8163;; " 7 ' 
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the names of homes for aged people.

- my editor.
.“Tfl very effective means of cleaning out o 
n  ACOZ Pi eless Furnace in. our grease. Connect a pipe or hose to ‘  4';
l.  “A home meins En‘efficient and floggmi- the steam pipe, insert into the outer I‘ANDI‘ORDBSN 81353;]: OF NUTS  ,
“   cal central heating plant; only one fire ‘  end 0f the Dlpe and as the grease W.“ 1 t 1. h f ' e  ‘
 :. to feed and fuel enough for all winter ' melts and flows out push the steam IS re‘ntegfllhep 3:321 géyfigef givznhgu 2:113 
_ "“ ‘ Eight beside it, and requiring attention ' Pipe in farther. ' furnish hair, Whatthshafre ofinuts grom‘
‘ at once or twice a day. ' If water' under pressure may be "685 grow “3 on 9 am t e la“ lord
l _ , '- . ? Al
 The Cozy Pipeless Furnace can easily had the iollowmg common method {Eaéafii‘é’re‘ine hugfi) n‘ii’tzsttlieniinfiffiaifii? -
1‘36 installedIitn a new or oliit hotuse in 0313! I may bé used, Connect a, heavy rub- —~E. P. He Sumner. M1011-
ew 01 s. ra one an can - ‘ ’ ————-———< ‘ . ’ \
Be Sf} u]; Withdgtllildtgfggifiggvitl; the present , bf; hose (:0 tghit‘ivatfrttap’bgvedgg “$9 I would be of the opinion that the » 1
‘ ' eaing sys em. \ I 0 er en 1g y no e rain ' . '.  ‘.
"*rgjta: . Ask your dealer for full particulars ‘ pipe; the water is then turned on samle ruledwzlfild 1m) to It?“ as to ‘ '-  ii‘
regardingthe Cozy Pipelcss Furnacc.orwrite I and generally the pressure is sufil- app es an 0 er ru‘ .011 ' .8 prem-
The Cozyis theideal to us direct. j cient to force the accumulation lees. .I am of the amnion that the»
heating System forold I o - down the pipe tenant should prepare them in the h *
ggggvgegmgtgeefflg The Schill Bros. Company _ In.case the stoppage n n the me 333:;in 91339133330331; “3;: ‘ r 
..» , theatre'e. Eiiicicnt, 432 Mansfield St. CRESTLINE. OHIO and It can“ be Emmi“ by a WU"? a division half and 'half, I think the  
" economical, practical. MORLEY BROS., Saginaw, Distributor. . gags'gezggpclg:(31:33; 5131;" F339;: nuts should be divided the same «- 
o , ' a AssistantProfessor of Farm Mechan: way—W} E‘ Brown’ legal editor‘  I? 
ics, M. A. 0. . ——-——-—-——-—i-_ p I r‘ 
__ . ______._____ HOMES FOR THE AGED  ,
r~~ ‘ .- A  LINE  Some time ago I saw in your paper. _ ' ‘_  
' I

 : . - ; . , ' I wonder if you could tell me if I Have accidentally lost t at copy and .. <   ’
     BIOCk:'Th.at 5. : gouldr’be florced by lawhto fmovezréiy line VII/Iould appreiiaéte I)it (if you would Drint' (‘ ’- ,
~-; ‘ a W once. I ave owned t is arm years t em again. . . . Eaton Rapids,  i I
'  There To  ' have never had any trouble in any way Mich. , j, 1'
with my neighbor over the line fence, ——-—-———- v
bruit 1}ow aj real estate mafia hasibougg‘lt The names of the homes for aged - ‘
_ _ _ 5 arm ommg‘ mine. e cams t e , ‘j
do away With painting and ’ line is wrong, He has had it surveyed peODIG WhiCh we published some time ' .1 '1 
water-proofiHZ' 831d insure and brings the line over on us about 2 3-50 are: Home for the Aged, locat- .-
De”; 13C: Dggft‘iicxt‘lobn €351 rods for 60 rods. This line has been al- ed at Grand Rapids; Old People’s - '- .‘
W68 6 CO 0 S Y H - ways where it is today. Now he insists Home, located at Muskegon; 01d - ’

in: it i wron ——E L. Birmi h M'
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31:“: wire; :“f‘m mfgpofi‘g:  Long established line fences are . homes are open to aged, people of 60 a .
afj: £58831} ema e p i better evidence of the real line than years or more and are maintained by  , *
W131.” surveyor's lines. The continued 00.. individuals, charities and contribu- - i  I 
High corfimodity prices with The tile silo with "ship-lap" cupa‘tion for over 20 years estalblish- tions by inmates.-A8800iat6 Editor; _ 5 . ..
the ensuing low purchasing blocks—make more beauti- es your title - You do not need to '  ' " ‘
power of the dollar have ful. stron er walls—and lasts ' '  "i‘ I .
. t for ages. locks alluniform move your fence—W. E. Brown, 16- SCHOOL TAXES . g "
brought abom mgh interes ’ shad“ Rmnfmced by twisted 9‘01 editor. We are located in a. fractional school 7 s '

rates. This has resulted in
low bond prices although the
security behind the bonds of
representative corporations is
greater than ever before, Not-
ed economists believe that the
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tile chitte—ed’mgfiifitifflp'mf' “eel or drilstrict1 andsourhfarfinll i: sfeiparated forgan ‘ I 3
, tescoo y e ac ver,ag _- ‘
Write for catalog. DRIED BEEF sized stream, which can only be crossed

J. M. Preston Company Please print a. recipe for dried beet.—- by horses When the water is low' or When ‘  t
h, - 7’

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. . we can cross on the too. Now. should ..
Dopt.404 Lansing, Mich. A Subscriber, Gowen, Mic We be obliged to pay school taxes in. M »  , 
FactoriesntUrlchnillc.  . ,

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0”“ 3"” '“"‘ The f°nowmg tormula 10" brim 33: 1:133:23 Samiecarzfndo“Stfhdiaifofig

F3a9§23°flfgai ‘ is a good one: 9 pounds common land in both counties. How could we
salt; 2 pounds granulated sugar: 3 get 9‘ bridge?—G- H- 3-» Jeddov MiCh- 

tonJ’n.
oz. salt petre; 4 or 5 gallons cold
water_ v If Your county, or rather the cou -

The meat is salted for 24 hours, W in WhiCh the bridge would be 1
then washed and put in the brine. cated'is under the county road “8'
It should be turned every 6 to 10 tem' you S.h°uld consult the county
days and the brine thoroughly stir— mad commlss'ioners' Show them um

‘ need or the.bridge and the number
red. The meat should remain in the of local tax payers that would be 

“L. L.Winkelman & Co.
brine for 50 or 60 days' Hang “9 benefltted. It the county does not

‘ ,2 62 Broad Street, New York 7   .1
to dry for a day or so and then put have county road commissioners then ’  

Telephone, Broad one ' 7 into the smoke house and smoke for consult the ~
- commissioner of high-
3 days' A 300d plan 15 to “101” on ways of the township in which a the

Branch Offices in Leading Cities 1 e
\ New Oliver » agernageedayfhflnisegégrotn the gm: bridge would be located. Yen would 
y' p e ‘ p 9‘ um a 0“ have to have the approval or recom- ‘

Direct Wires to Various 8 . .
Markets.  Typewriters 80 or 90 degrees F., a little hotter mendauonof one of them unless You
 For $64 than ‘0? mm and bawns- Store took it to the town meeting. in the a
. the same as hams and bacon—Coral spring and secured an appropriation _
0 need new to be R. Havens, Food Specialist, Home of m‘ney from the town to .do the:

Write for list of selected bonds which
offer safety, large Income and oppor-
tunity (or substantial increase In value.

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. ' 7 mm. mwumi 3109 Oliver. brand new. rot only set.“ « You will have to pay 8011001 taxes“
' . 3'33}? “"1534”; term- are only $4, gfiwugreg. 13?”, FIRE 0R ,WATER . , as long as you remain in that sch ‘
 ' ".3““."3W ~ "wabu’wd V'  kind 8313333! 33:13 ‘V‘Q'Thd‘drynefl‘ writer ,‘on-dth‘. I am writing to. you to ask you 1 (“Strict If there. .is another sch
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.act Clover shi ped subject to  up val and test,
rite today {or m Sump“...

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imam Livesmek Ads' agwrm" ’ 3:93? ' giving me credit for an intelligence . ' ' ' I I
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' ,or in behalf of the packers.

\

 TIME ago Tm: BUSINESS
j FARMEB published an editorial
raising a question as to the mo-

tives of the Institute of American .

Meat Packers, which has been. cars
rying on an extensive campaign of
Propaganda to curry the public’s fav~
In this
editorial the statement was made
that a member of the Institute had

"pleaded guilty to adulteration of

grain. To this statement the Insti-
tute took exception and several let-
_ ters were exchanged during the‘ con-
,‘troversy. Thinking our readers
might be interested in the explana-
tion given by the Institute, we re-
print its last letter as‘ follows:

' “I ha’ve your letter of December

    28‘, reading as follows:

“ ‘It does not make a jot of dif-
ference to us whether the Armour
&. Co. who pleaded guilty ‘to adulter-
ation of grain is the Armour & 00.,

v " meat packers, or the Armour & Co.,

grain dealers, providing the Armour
in the case is one and the same in-
dividual, which we understand is
the-ease. If it is not, I would be
very glad to have you set me right.’
. “I submit that as a matter of fair-
ness it should make a jot of differ-
ence'to you whether a member of the
Institute of American Meat Packers
pleaded guilty to the adulteration of
grain or not, since the editorial art-
icle in THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM"
En made thisrassertion in the course
of an editorial stating that it had ale
ways been in the dark as to the pur-
. poses of- the Institute and the use of
its revenues, but that this mystery
had been cleared upon the alleged
discovery that one of the leading

' members of the Institute had plead-
\ edguilty to adulteration of grain and

had been fined a thousand dollars.

“I can only reiterate what I have
said before, namely, that no member
of the Institute has pleaded guilty
to adulteration of grain, and that the
purposes of the Institute are those
stated in its constitution and quoted
in a previous letter to you. These
are the facts. The editorial in THE
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FABMEB was
' plainly incorrect.

“As to Armour & Company and
the Armour Grain Company, and
whether it is from the same Armour
that both companies take their titles,

' I would suggest that you communi-

cate directly with these two compan-
ies for such information, if you have
further interest
W. W. Woods, Director Bureau of
Relations, Institute of American Meat
Paolcers. '

GRATIOT SUPERVISORS CON-
DEMN BIG BUDGET ~

I AM SENDING you a copy ‘of reso-

lution adopted by .the Board of

Supervisors of 'Gratiot County.

Will you please print it in the M. B.

F.‘ I think it's abOut time we were

calling a halt somewhere, don’t you? ‘

_—Ta:cpayer, Gratiot County, Mich.
= The Resolution

"WHEREAS, The heads of the various staie~

schools and penal institutions and of the various
state departments at La have made extra-
nut and unreasonable demands for appropriations
for the years_ 1921 and 1922. amounting to
' nearly dxty million dollars. said amount is nearly
twice the amount_ appropriated for the years 1919‘
and 1920,fin which yam the state tax was far

excess 0 any ever vied previous , and,

"WHEREAS. The price of farm Igroducts has
gone down to loss than one-half on an average, of
what they. were two years ago. a. great many of
the factories of the state are closed, others are
running on short time or with reduced forces, and
will not be operated again with full forces except
at greatly reduced wages: all of which will greatly
lower the taxpayinl sbilitv of the people'or the
state, Therefore be it

"RESOLVED, By the Board of Supervisors of
Gntiot County, now in session. that we earnestly
protest to the State Legislature against makinu
the huge appropriations asked for, as we believe a
great many are absolutely unnecessary., and oth-
on are uncalled for at this tithe.

And“ be it
fnrt er

"RESOLVED, That we are opposed to the re-
ception by the State University at Ann Arbor and
the ~Michigan Agricultural College, of students
from other states and countries on the same terms
as students from this State are received, while
said institutions are not selfrsupporting, and are
airing the legislature to lay heavy burdens of
taxation on the people of our own'statc for their
maintenance, for the bare ng expenses to my
nothing of improvement: or enlargements. and be

it lnrther
“RESOLVED, That we earnestly nm .the
» members the State House of Representatives
{mmbiscomxtm and the member of the State

~ro

level of 1920, so
1' state
asks

t’..  n increase. 0
cl to
those

‘ihe‘ih' “era 6 ‘
'  “thefts

' 'Amon'h Amen!
' cannot be out without endangering the

in the matter."—-—‘

mthisdiltdct‘touseev meanswifim
Ito  .‘ gets caviar-them»
tat

  ,   organ-
' go meat, and is thus contrary
 interestof our state.”

Some . appropriations

work of the institutiOn, but a lot of
them can. Spare the necessary, but take
the axe to the excess baggage, And
then. adopt an inoometax and get hold
of a few millions that are now escaping
their just tribute to the state—Editor.

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE

1 MEAT BUSINESS
MERCHANT declared since he
had been in business he had
bought salt pork for $12 per

barrel. And sold “a barrel 3. week.

Then some two years ago it cost $54

per barrel and 25 pounds would last
two weeks.

I stepped’in a meat market. The
phone rang. The young man’s fath-
er wanted to know if they had any
fresh pork. “No we haven’t. Our
fresh pork is coming from Chicago.
We will have some this afternoon.”

Think.what it would mean should
we’ ship our buzz poles to Chicago
pay a return freight plus several
middle men’s profit. Wouldn’t we
go light on the wood? I drove up
to a market with a load of dressed
hog-s. A city lady wanted to know if
I would sell her one of those hog
heads. I replied the hogs were con-
tracted. Thought she could buy one
of the butcher. Yes, we trade here
and known how he charges. He paid
100 1b. for the hogs and wanted 10c
a pound for the head. "You’re a good
man but that's too much,” and she
walked out.

The last hogs I tried to sell that
man he replied, “My time is too"
short. I have sold out."

“What are you going to do now?”
"Nothing," was the reply, "I’ve got
money enough.” My cousin and I
backed up to a market at Albion,
Mich, with nine dressed begs or 1,—
800 pounds of fresh pork. I asked
the butcher if they would last him
a week and he laughed at me and
replied that they had a large trade
and would use two'such batches a
week. We got 20c a pound.-

They were selling pork sausage
for 30.0 pound. I figured a 10c prof-
it or $180 in four days. Others have
gone broke in the meat business as
it spoils before they can sell it.

' Have talked with many shop men
and farmers. We think a meat bus-
iness would reduce the cost of meat
about one-third. More meat would
be consumed if it didn’t cost so
much. This would give the farmer
a live outlet, something we haven’t
got now. Stick to the farm. Let’s
have farmer rights—H. W. 8., Cal-
houn County. '

The same thing is wrong with the
meat business as every other business
that markets the products of th farm.
Too much overhead, too 'much waste,
too much duplication, too many profits.
It’s the same old story, nothing new
about it. What are we doing to remedy
it?-—Editor_

GIVE US Moan LIGHT ON THE
M. A. c.

N YOUR issue of Jan. 22, page 4,

I note the folowlng: “But it is

a well known fact to many, who
ar efamiliar withthe policies of the
College that valuable experiments
have been nipped in the bud and ut—
terly unimportant experiments en-
couraged, because of the personal in—
terests of certain members of the
board." ,

This seems a pretty grave charge
if true, and libelous if not true.»

I am not a muck land farmer, nev-
er grow a sugar beet or do not know
Mr. Ezra Levin by sight. I am a
graduate of the Mich. Agr’l College
of nearly 44 years standing and ,am
a farmer. All of which seems suffi—
cient reason for my taking an inter-
est in this particularsubject at this
particular time, just preceeding elec-
tion of some members-‘01? the State
Board of Agriculture“ , ‘

tour forthcoming articles from. a
prominent Detroit daily may illum-

inate some of these things, but to ,

many such evidence maybe viewed

with prejudice. If subordination of: 5
rd truth and fact has been practiced by
members of the State Board! of Ag- j -

 .‘(Oonttnued‘ on page. 18

“J.

V ‘A Cargo
of Potash

C .
Action or Reaction
A private soldier, mustered out at the close of the
Civil War, became in turn a farm hand, a tenant,
a farmer of his own land, a recognized authority on
farm management and farm markets, and finally

Governor of a great state in the Central West.
He followed always one fixed principle. He held
that the time to expand activities in any direction
was when others were beginning to reduce or
abandon their interest in that line. He began
when others quit.

As long as he lived he put his theory to the test
on his own farms and his remarkable success
proved its correctness.

Today many farmers are uneasy and are said to be
considering giving up the use of commercial fer-
tilizers. .

For five years conditions beyond their control have
brought about high fertilizer prices and made it
necessary to accept fertilizers radically different in
composition from those formerly in use.

Is the solution of the trouble to be found in giving
up the use of things that have proved profitable in
the past or in a careful consideration of the ques-
tion of the purchase of fertilizers that will be as
good as, or better than those formerly used ?
There has been aperiod of Potash Starvation. Now
all fertilizer materials are obtainable. Fertilizers
high in Potash, 5 to 10 per cent, can be made and
if you will insist on buying them you will find that

Potash Pays

——just as it did before.

80". AND CROP SERVICE. POTASll SYNDICATE
H. A. HUSTON, Manager

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The Board of Agriculture

WO NEW members to the Board of Ag-
_ riculture will have to be named at the
state conventions to be held this month. Two

years ago the organized farmers had every-‘

thing their own way at the Republican con-
vention and easily displaced the two machine
candidates, neither one of whom were farm-
ers, with a man and a woman of their own
selection. The M. A. C. and Michigan agri-
culture have unmistakably benefitted by the
election of Mrs. Dora Stockman and L. Whit-
ney Watkins to the Board of Agriculture. It
is to be hoped that the farm organizations
will do as well at the coming convention. The
places to be filled are now occupied by Mr.
\V. H. Wallace of the Michigan Sugar 00.,
and Mr. I. R. Waterbury, business manager
of the Michigan Farmer. So far as Mr. Wal-
lace is concerned, he is of a genial personality
and capable, but he is scarcely qualified to
'rcprescnt the farmers on this Board. The
reasons for this conclusion are too well known
to need further discussion. Suflice to say
that this sentiment is general among those
who have the interests of the College deeply
at heart. Mr. Waterbury is a fine man, and we
arc told has rendered good service on the
Board, but it is felt on the part of some that
he is ultra conservative and that his place
should be taken by someone whose views are
slightly more progressive. Both Mr. Wallace
and Mr. Waterbury have announced that they
will not be candidates to succeed themselves
which leaves the field open to the only other
two canditdatcs who have yet declared them-
selves, John Doellc, of Marquette, and C. B.
, Cook, of Oakland county. It is quite likely

that Doelle will be nominated without a strug- ‘

gle because of the desire to give the upper
peninsula representation. Whether or not
Mr. Cook will have opposition remains to be
seen. Certainly no farmer could take objec-
tion to his nomination for he is typically rcp-
rcsentative of the agricultural interests. But
if the farmers want C. B. Cook or any other
particular man nominated they will have to
be on the job, else the “opposition” may slip
in' a “dark horsc” who with the vote of the
city delegates might have a walk-away.

 

Capital Punishment

OES MICHIGAN want capital punish-

ment? Whether or no, she is going to
have it if certain members of the present leg-
islature have their  A bill has been in-
troduced to make certain crimes punishable
by death, and sentiment among the city mem-
bers is strong for its adoption.

The only excuse that has ever been offered
for capital punishment is that the fear- of
death is a greater deterrent to crime than life
imprisonment. But that \theory 'has been

punctured so many- times that it .willqno

’ in longer hold water. A century or two ago

   
 

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tto his death'Blut it , tkstempxout
land in a few years England tired of
legal murders. Today only three crimes in
‘ the United Kingdom are  by death.

New York sends her murderers to the elec-
tric chair. Yet, in no state of the union are
~ there so many horriblecrimes committed as in
that state. The friends of capital punishment
produce figures to show that the. number of
murders in proportion to the population is
less in New York than in other states where
capital punishmen is not employed. They
assume that the oath, penalty is the reason,
yet a score of 0 er factors might be equally
responsible’ f r the apparent difference. '

. ' criminals have eXplained be-
fore the bar. of justice, “I would rather be
shot than go to prison for life”? And how
many doomed to life imprisonment have killed
themselves?

Never having committed a murder I am
not prepared to say whether the murderer
ever hesitates because he is afraid of the con-
sequences of his crime. It is fairly safe to
assume that the man who robs or kills expects
to get away. He prides himself on his ability
to elude the officers of the law. Hence, what
cares he what the penalty be? The severer the
penalty probably the more desperate chances
he will take and not hesitate to kill others who
stand‘in the way of his escape.

The demand for capital punishment in
Michigan is the result of the hysteria that has
grown out of the crime wave. Five years ago
the man who would have dared to suggcst
such a thing would have brought the whole
state down upon his head. Every effort should
be made to discourage and punish the taking
of human life, but we doubt if the threat of

’ capital punishment will do the business. Be-
fore voting to authorize the state of Michigan
to take the life of a human being we should
consider the matter long and thoughtfully.
For as the Detroit News well says, “No mat-
ter what new evidence is brought forward;
no matter how grievously in error the court
may have been; no matter if injustice is
proved and the trial is found to have been all
wrong, the “Governor does not pardon the
dead.” ‘

   

   

 

Primary Again in Danger

T EACH session of the legislature the

old political ring has its lobbyists on
hand to give the primary law a black eye and
restore the old convention system to power.
In the present session, Rep. Dewitt of Stand-
ish, has taken the role of leader in the on-
slaught against the primary. This reform has
never stood in the favor of those who in the
old convention days didthe bossing. No man
was ever more jealous of his power than 1113.-
ward heeler who prided himself on his ability
to deliver his ward or township or county to
anyone upon whom his fancy fell; The pri‘
mary has shorn him of his powér, and it will
be in danger of repeal so long as the survivors
of the convention system can toddle about on
two legs. It would not be a bad idea for the
farmers of Dewitt’s district to write him a
few letters and ask him to “lay off’.’ from the
' primary law. ‘

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The 'Common Touch

WOULD not be too wise—so very wise
That I must Slleel‘ at simple songs and
creeds. ,
And let ‘the glare of wisdom blind my eyes
To humble people and their humble needs.

I would not care to climb so high that I
Could never hear the children at their play,
Could only see the people passing by.
Yet never hear the cheering words they say.

I would not know too much—400 much to smile,
At trivial errors of the heart and hand.
Nor be too proud to play the friend the while,
reuse to help and know and understand,

I would not care to sit upon a throne,

0r build my house upon a. mountain-top,
Where I must dwell in glory all alone

And never friend some in or poor man stop.

(remnant that [may live upon this earth
And face the tasks which every morning
brings; .
And never lose the glory and the worth
‘, 0! humble service and. the simple things,
—By_Edgar A. Guest in Cosmdpoiitan.

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been scattered and taken. root. We are pubr
fishing a paper primarily for the benefit, of
Michigan folks, and no effort has been 
to extend the circulation outside of 
We are, therefore, surprised! and pleased to

receive occasionally a friendly letter from“ , I i 0

some farmer living in a far distant State com-
mending us for our efforts. In a single week’l

time we have received letters from farmers in!

California, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Penn-
sylvania and Maine, all expressing the writ-
er’s appreciation of,'what we are doing for the
farmers. An Iowa reader says: ‘I wish we

had a farm paper in this state which would r

keep us as well informed asyour paper doa
of what the farm organizations are doing."
And, a Pennsylvania reader wrote just last
week and thanked us for the “practical
things” which he and “his neighbors” found
in the columns of the M. B. F. And an Ohio

reader recently wrote us the following good

letter: ‘ ‘
"We need you and your paper. Many times a
single article is worth more than your paper costs
a year, to any wide-awake, thinking farmer. We
live in Wood County, which, when the $10 drive
was completed was the banner county in the U.

 the mother .
' stock! In no-better3w3y can {describe the
extent to which the seeds of the business  r ,.
ciples taught by the Business Farmer have  ' '-

S. in membership in Farm Bureau work. $10 _

membership drive on. now in four counties and by
March let every county in Ohio will 'be organism
ed. Nov. let Ohio had 42,000 members. We are

with our Michigan neighbors in demanding e _

square deal, and fair profit for our-work. Beet

.growers are organized and most of the grain ll'

handled by farmers’ elevators. County live stock
marketing by the farmers organizations is a prom-
inent and paying feature in many countlesand
more will follow. We know that it hurts some
people but farmers are beginning to take care
of themselves—G. W. B., LeMOync, 0.

How and when these men became readers
of the M. B. F., we do not. know. Their inteb
est in the paper, however, convinces. us that
the farmers’. problems are mutual problems,
whether they exist in Michigan, Maine, Louis-
iana or Washington, and that the farmers of
every state are interested in what their bro-
ther farmers in every other state are doing.

 

COmmercialized Surgery

. WO YEARS ago the legislature approp-
riated a sum of money to begin the con-
struction of a new University Hospital at Ann
Arbor which is designed to be one of the finest
in the country. The plans call for a ten story
fire proof structure, having a housing capac-
ity of one thousand patients. I The hull '
overlooks. a magnificent "vista of hills - an
woods and nestling farm houses which will af-
ford a delightful picture to. the 'unfortunatee

who will be confined in the institution from. H

time to time. And the most wonderful thing
of all is that any man, woman or child in need
of surgical operation may .enter there and re?
ccive the benefit of the finest skill, equipment
arr? experience which the medical world at-
fords, at no cost at all if. they cannot pay it,_
or at only nominal cost if they can pay.

But in this connection hangs
couple ‘of weeks ago Pres. Burton invited the
doctors of the state to a conference at the Un-
iversity where he announced‘his program for
the new hospital. He made it known that he
hoped the services of the intsitution would be
available to all classes of people. Instantly ‘3
group of Detroit doctors were on their feet
taking exception to his program. They didn’t
want anyone treated at the new hospital by

state surgeons Who could afford to go to a ‘prie .  I

vats hospital. In other words, as Pres. Bur-

ton puts it, ‘ithey do not want anyone to enter

a tale. A'

the hospital unless he can sign a statement .

that he is a pauper.” , - ‘ .

The position of'the Detroit doctors is clear. 
They look, upOn the University hospital and '

the University surgeons as competitors. The
see only the dollar. Their eyes aregrblindj

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'v  prevent the state ,from'employing its hospital
facilities for the benefit of all, inorder that a

and selfish viewpoint which would

few paltry fees might be secured to the pri-
vate practitioners. It is said that this group
of surgeons is preparing a large slush fund to

, . carry out their opposition to the plans of Free.

‘Burton. [Inasmuchas no class, 0f people are
,benefi/tted \quite so largely by the University

. hospital as the farmers of the state, it is sug-
gested that they be prepared to voice their-

" protest against the tactics of these doctors.

“Too Many Potatoes
'N YEARS of‘over production one is in-
stinctively reminded of the preacher who
petitioned the Lord to send him a “barrel of
flour, a barrel of potatoes, a barrel of beans,
a barrel of salt, and a barrel of pepper,” and
then realizing that this Was altogether too
much, “hot stufl,” exclaimed, “Oh, h—l,
that’s too" much pepper.” The farmer who

has grown potatoes this year may well ex-

claim, as he reviews the official report of the

' production, “Oh, h—l, that’s too many po-

tatoes.” And it is, The country can’t use

j-‘them all. Some of them must rot or go to
the hogs. The excess represents an economic

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loss. The farmer spent much money and 1a-
bor and the soil was robbed of fertility to
grow them. And nobody is going to get any
benefit from it. When it was announced last
fall that. the country had produced a bump-
er 'crop of potatoes everyone rejoiced but
the farmer. The great financial
hailed the production as a help to pros-
perity. How could the country sufler de-
pression in the face of such a magnificent
production of farm crops. 4 or delud—
ed! Last year’s potato crop cost th farmer
double what he will get out of them. For
seventy million more bushels which he grew
last year he is going to get at least seventy
million dollars less than what he got the year
before. The economist who. claims there is
prosperity for anyone in such a situation as
that is either a. fool‘ or a lunatic. The coun-
try will never suffer from under-production,
but over-production never fails to leave
thousands of ruined farmers in its wake.

 

Which Do You Prefer?

ARMERS WHO read the daily papers
_ have probably'noticed the occasional ut-

. ter'ances of Prof. Hobbs of the U. of M., whose

‘ h baths

hatred for the pacifist is only equalled by his
love for the militarist. For months before

the United States entered the war Hobbs ,

stormed in print and from the platform
against all who hoped 'to- avoid the conse—
quences of .war by peaceful means. The war
is over; the hatchet 'has been buried; nations
are patching up their gaping wounds and try-
ing again to proceed in peace and harmony;
but Hobbs raves on. . In a recent issue of the
University’s daily organ he severely criticiz-
ed the oratorical association for having, as he
charge’d','signed up a lot of “pacifist? speak-
ers'for the ensuing year. During the course
of his attack he made some serious charges
against Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York
City, who is countedeas a pretty big man,
and who has maintained a consistently paci~
~fic but wholly, patriotic attitude during the
great crisis through which the nation has been
passing. The Rabbi appeared in Ann Arbor
a few days later and publicly challenged the
Professor to prove rhischargw Or submit to a
libel suit. w ‘

These two men represent two radically dif-
ferent types of 'mind. The one is thorough-
ly militaristic in his views.- ‘ '

mediater and without parley avenge by the

' «sword. , “An eye for an eye and a; tooth fora "

toooth’Lis‘Va; typically Hobbs doctrine._ "If

 
 

of more than $80,000,000,000.

circles .

» Beautful roads.

I for seeds and fertilizer.
I War holds no
horror for him. The slightest insult to Amer- .
ican citizen 7. or national honbr he. would 'im- '

way-gthe nited States would arm ,

     

   

 

. WANTED—A BIG MAN
S THE TIME approaches when Mr.‘ Harding
must announce his selection of Cabinet of-
ficers, interest centers in the State and
Treasury Departments. Little thought is, given
to the Department oi? Agriculture, and not enough

’ to that of Labor, except the hope that the selec-

tion of a. Secretary for the former will satisfy the
farmers. Yet there. is no department of the gov-
ernment at Washington in which the business of

the country is more vitally concerned than this

one. Every bank and business house in Wall St.
{and every transportation company on land or sea,
every’family that sets a table, will be affected for

.weal or woe by the selection of the‘ Secretary of

Agriculture.

The Secretary of Agriculture oversees the big-
gest business in the country, with the aid of his
21,000 employee, 4,000 of whom are at Washing
ton. Agriculture represents an invested capital
This is equal to
all the railroads and manufacturing industries
put together, according to a calculation made by
the present incumbent. we talk about the great
debt we piled up because of the war. The value
of the output of this business in one year would
almost pay the war debt. In the four crop sea-
sons since Congress declared a state of war ex-
isted the output of this industry aggregated $88,-
500,000,000. This is more than the entire wealth
of Germany in its most prosperous days, before
it started on its fearful gamble.

About a. year ago Secretary Meredith had occa-
sion to refer to the fact that when the war began
this country owed Europe $500,000,000. Bankers
and business men of Wall Street remember that
fact. They remember too of the worryit some—
times occasioned business on this side. Since
that time agricultural exports have paid the bal—
ance thirty times over. From 1914 to the end
of the calendar year 1919, agricultural exports
amounted to $13,750,000,000. A conservative
estimate for this year would bring the total to
$16,000,000,000.. Is there any wonder that Am—
erican exchange is at such a premium? Can
bankers, man'ufacturer's’and transportation ot-
ficials see now that they, in their business, are
vitally concerned with agriculture, even if they
have never held a plow?

But for the Department of Agriculture we
would be facing a food shortage today. Through
its work of plant breeding, eradication of insect
pests and in other wws the per capita yield of
food has been incroa so that the production
per man and per acre has greatly expanded. It
has reclaimed millions of acres of arid land by
breeding crops to grow on them, and every year
is adding hundreds of millions of bushels to the
food supply and untold millions to the national
wealth.

These are but a. few or the reasons why the
biggest man with the proper experience should
be given one of the Largest jobs in the government
service that of Secretary of Agriculture—Wall
Street Journal.

 

 

Musings of a Plain Farmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

P AND AT my work as usual. I must hurry
l  this morning as there is a Farm Bureau

meeting and pot-luck dinner at the Glean—
er hall.

I am hurrying with the stables. Ouch! That
yearling always hits me on the knee-cap when
she ktclqs. I won’t punish her.

Chores all done and I am off to the meeting.
Quite a crowd gathered here,-
strong, sensible'looking‘ men and women.

The ladies announce dinner. Some cats! This
is my second piece of that gobd cake.

The meeting is called to order now and the
chairman is introducing the county agent. This
county agent is a regular human dreadnuught~
or being undersized like myself, a submarine
chaser. Hear. him.talk! This is his third reel on
CO‘ODeration and he is still going strong. Every
person is paying strict attention- He is not say-
ing a word about the production end or it; just
marketing.

agent’s office is beginning to function in its prop-
er channels. .

The meeting is over and some are placing orders
Every one has a fixed
countenance. some; are spitting on their hands.
much aroused. 4
.11, am on. my way home in the flivver much

(pleases. At length my lonely cottage appears in
new: ' ’ ’ '

‘A't'the chores. To supper. An evening'with the

hdailypa‘per' a‘ndBurns. ' -'

H'rojb'ee. much. improved gmentally- ‘
‘ ' -  ’ ' ' -—44. P. B., Ubly, Mich.

 a pa , , if. 011 ,wantto.  He would rather "
right the nation ’s wrangs across the confer-

memes Editafialfl ‘

That’s good. Production has become‘
an epidemic among farmers. I believe the county

Tlpitefully use you,” espresses in a. few- 
th'e'i‘ philosophy of Rabbi Wise. _ ’ 
Every nation has its Hoobs’ and its Stephui, .

neighbor as thyself, do good to"

 

Wises. The Hobbs’ are the
Junkers, thelL-Iuns, the Cossacks. They 
lieve in large standing armies, conquest, ask.

ression. I “Might makes right” is their doe
trine. They breathe envy. hate, suspicion,

violence. “Kill Without question or quarter”
is their motto. They are the Makers of war.
The Wises are the common PeOple. 'Dmy
fight the wars that are instigated by the
Hobbs’. They know the cost of war became
they always have to pay it. They are against
war except as a last resort. They prefer the
court of arbitration to the battlefield. Thq
preach love, peace, understanding and char-
ity.
Which do you prefer?

Where the Money Goes

HE NATIONAL budget for 1922 has
been variously estimated at frdm four
to six billion dollars. If the reader is curious
to know how this huge‘ sum is spent he may
satisfy his curiosity by, examining the follow—

ing figures:
1922 ESTIMATES UNDER 13 REGULAR SUPPLY mu...
Prom

Estimate 1922 ’1
up“:

Agriculture . . . . . . . . . 3 41,989,384.00 8 AH
Legislative and Executive 136.452.634.97 LOH
Postal Service . . . . . .. 585.406.902.00 '. .......
Sundry Civil . . . . . . . . 803.446.196.80 6.
Diplomatic . . . . . . . . . 11.989.703.67 .1
District 0! Columbia 25.039.044.90 .25
River and Harbor 57.114.915.00 .5H
Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.989.703.87 .1“
Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692.811.070.20 6.93—6 .
Naval . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679.515.731.47 6.7M
Fortification . . . . . . . . 85.676.533.66 fa
Military Academy 8,464,882.78
Penszon . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.100.000.00 2.65—1

$3,353,080.398AB 823.0H

 

‘Payable from postal revenues, unless there is a dam

Grand total .aflmntes submitted to Congress. $4,653,853.“

Supplemental deficiency and milmad items, not inch“ I16
bring esflmnm above 35.000.000.000.

No estimate is included for bonus for government mm an.
Year. at 3420. the coat is $35,000,000.

Interest on the public debt, $22,650,000.

smm. ma. 320535430437.

Five items out of the above are for the rail-
itary. Part of the money is needed to pay
for dead horses and the rest to prepare for
future wars. The total of the five, to say
nothing of the interest on the national debt,
which was almost entirely incurred in the re»
(went great war, exceeds the enormous sum 01’
one billion, eight hundred million dollars, or
nearly sixty per cent of the total regular sup
ply bills. This represents a cost of $18 for
every inhabitant of the United States. On
the other hand, the estimate for agricultural
requirements is only 41 cents per person. The
cost of a single dreadnaught would almost
support the Department of Agriculture. The
military program laid out-for the coming year
would build 50,000 miles of concrete roads.
It would pay the cost ten times over ofopen-
ing up the Great l.akes—to-ocean water way.
It would finance enough construction pro-
jects to provide work for all the jobless. Spent
upon peaceful undertakings the military
funds would bring untold economic and moral
blessings to the United States. But why go
on? These are naught but dreams. With the
junkers still in the saddle at Washington, the
“irreconcilables” bolder than ever before,
great financial powers clamoring for’war with
Mexico, it is idle to hope that any consider- .
able amount of this money will be saved.
Forward with the naval program! On with
the projects that lead to war and destruction!
Pile up the national debt. The people will
pay as they have always paid, for what, in
sooth is there aught else for them to do?

Probably not many Americans feel like com~
mending the course taken by the Federal Trade
Commission in discrediting American meat pack-
ers and, incidentally, greatly injuring our export
trade by sending, broadcast, through Europe.
form letters containing damaging statements con—
cerning the business methods of the Big Five;
one thing is certain, however, had the aforesaid »
methods been based on the principles taught by»
the Golden Rule; had they been entirely above]
criticism, the’charges would have fallen flat and
no harm would have resulted. The fact that
least a part or the charges made in these circa
lars were founded on facts that had develop
during'a recent investigation of Chicago packm“

~ house methods, was what hurt the worst. _ r_

  

   
       

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CLOTHES

 

 SINCE-THOMAS “Carlyle, the fain-

ous English writer published his
essay on “clothes” a matter so
near our hearts, so' closely connected
with our pocketbooks and so neces—
sary in this climate; we need none of
us, hesitate to discuss the subject.
Every time I go into the city
streets where numbers of women pass
continuously I am impelled to take
my pen in hand and ask you readers
of the MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER,
what you think of the way the we-
men of today dress. Two girls walk—
ed just ahead of me, one wore‘silk
hose and pump-s to keep her feet
from the icy walks, the other showed
white hose below a dark skirt and a
few inch-es above a pair‘of galoshes
which had plenty of straps on them;
only two, however, at the ankle were
used, the rest with their accompani-
ment of cloth flopped. helplessly
about like so much superfluous har-
ness.
“My word!" said I, F‘If that is the

way they dress their feet what must"

be inside their heads? It can’t be
brains and yet go slowly with your
criticism I solili'quized, just look back
a little it is not so many years since
women disguised the forms that na-
ture gave them with the abomniable
hoop-skirt and bustle, well do I re-
member seeing older members of
our family sail out proudly with bil—
lowly forms while I sat at home sad-
ly, as did Cinderella, salt tears cours—
ingdown on my scant and youthful
knees. Then came the bustle. I
can remember when it was a great
feat to keep your bustle from look-
ing tipsy and when to sit back com-
fortably in a chair was an impossi-
bility unless one was absolutely care-
less of how one was going to look
standing up, for either you would
have the appearance of a ,freak of
nature, all grown to one side, or the
back of your habiliments would look
like a deflated balloon. Then comes
the hour glass figure with protrud-
ing hips and a chest like a pouter-
pigeon. What! Shall we criticize
ourselves for slippered feet on icy
walks, for skirts so narrow that we
can not, either with safety or modes-
ty, step upon a car platform? If we
could rid ourselves of just a few
of these extremes I believe that the
clothes of today would be the pret—
tiest, the most comfortable and the
most reasonable clothes of any age.

»Have we not the normal waist—
line, free and easy, the simple waist-
mona sleeve, the neck neither cramp—
ed with the stiff linen collar or
‘Swathed with layers of starched mus-
lin and ribbon nor the skirt which
trails its dusty length in country
roads or city streets?

We have indeed much to be thank-
ful for and we may thank the W?-
man in business and our athletic
girls for a good bit of the reform.

It looks to me as if we might by

encouraging modesty and modera—

tion establish for our sex the acme
of good dressing.

There are a good many women
readers of this paper surely we have
some influence. Shall we combine
on this matter?
you.

 

CH'OOSING FURNITURE

'8 YOU have asked readers of
THE BUSINESS FARMER to write
you about problems etc., I wish

‘to ask your advice. Am enclosing a

picture of a bed. I have one of the
same style with straight top instead
of being rolled. It is solid walnut,
head and foot of one piece.
was

thow‘our farm, sawed at a mill then

on same farm also home-made but is
very well made.

As we are plan-
ning to remodel our house some so as

  

‘clded as how to do whether to use

' make

this ‘ bed and '

get ‘a dresser
to match or
get
bed and oak
d r e s s e r. I

fear it will be

a problem to
get a dresser
to match in
finish, they all
seem darker
but natural,
T h e b e d
just needs a
little polish to
it look
like new. The
head board,is
44 inches, foot
board 36 in-
ches high. It
belonged t o
my husband’s
grandmot h e r
so we think it
quit e n i c e.
Please tell me
just What you
thin k, a] s 0
about what
price I will
have to pay
for dresser.
Most all I’ve
read about are

veneer instead ,

of being solid.
I also have a
small walnut
bureau that
matches bed
but has no

mirror and is

a little small.

Do you im-
agine a kitch-
en about 10
1-2 x 11-8
would be too
small? Mine
now is large
10 1-2 x 16
ft. and has an
east outside
door and also
one west. If
we remodel

ll 93 g ,  Department for th

a metal ,

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"Edited by Mrs._Grace Nellis Jenney

    

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B'Annc Campbel! Stark
WOMAN'S work means so much
A more
Than washing the dishes and sweep-
g the floor
And cooking the meals and doing the
things
That the daily grind of housework
brings.

For a house is not merely a house, you
know,
But a. real true home it she makes it so!

For it isn’t so much the willing hands

That attend to all of the work’s demands

But the hand that is soft to the brow of
v pain

And whose grasp is cheer-y In sun or rain,

And the smile that is bright to welcome

you
When the twilight whispers your day
is through.

A woman’s work mans her happiness,

With so many lives to touch and bless,.

With so many childish cares to soothe,

With so many troubles to iron out smooth

From her heart of courage her man’s
made whole

And her patience helps him to gain his
goal. -

A woman’s work means so much more

Than washing the dishes and sweeping
floor.

It means that peace and love are there,

For a woman's smile will banish care,

And your house is not merely a house,
you know, '

true home If she makes it so!

 

 

 

 

 

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‘ it is too large,

and too many
steps from
one thing to,
another.
more .question
-——~are, plaid‘
skirts to be
worn much
this spring? I
hope you will
not be so tir-
ed after read-
ing this that
you will feel
like not ans-
wering it. I
didn’t mean
to write a
m a g azine.
Thanking you
very much for
your advice,
I am sincere-
ly.—Mrs. L.
A. Ballard.

 

Your letter
interested me
very much. In
your p l a c 6
nothing would
tempt me to
replace the
walnut bed
with a metal
one. The most
expensive of
the beds that
are shown to-
day are made
of woo d.
Yours is a
real treasure
and to be
highly prized.
lit would be
hard to re-
place it today
at any price.
If‘your wal-
nut dresser is
small why not
purchase a

But II r081 cedar chest or
one of those

, pretty chests

will have just covered with matting, place it

- Il;‘:.n.': J.“

One ‘

Let me hear from '

I believe '

 

the west door and all the light will
come from north windows. West door
opens into an enclosed porch in wint-
er, screened in summer. I feel now
to have a kitchen arranged that way
will seem so small and like I would
be tucked away in a corner after
having it as it is now, but still now,

under a window or at the foot
of the bed. - If your dresser
is narrow hang a long mirror beside
it. If it is wide and low hang a mir-
ror over it, having it made the same
width and framed to match if possi-
ble. I have followed the latter
course in one of my bedrooms and

 

 

used. Cast on 40 stitches.
Knit plain and increase one
stitch at each end and every row
until there are 60 stitches, knit
6 rows without increaSing,s . de~

K NITTING needles No. 16 are

row until 40‘Stitches ren‘1ain.‘At

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Child’s Slippers

crease one stitch at each ehd'every ’

  

one end cast on 12 stitches,‘ at. Y '
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every row 24 times. Bind off 26
stitches at heel, knit 22 rows, cast
on 26 stitches, decrease one stitch
every row 24 times, bind off. Sew
the slipper at the toe side and
heel. Pick up the 16 central ~
stitches at the heel, cast on 24
Stitches at each end, knit six, rows
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am much pleased. An oak dresser
today can be bought from,$30 up and
mostly up for those at $30 are not
very attractive. ' ’ 1

.Your kitchen would be considered
very roomy in a city house or apart-
ment. ' ‘

It can be made ~very convenient
with careful planning. Have a table
hinged on‘the wall so that it can be
dropped. Put narrow shelves over
it and your sink, then with a little
closet for brooms and a well ar-
ranged cupboard you will have every
thing well placed and the numberof
steps much reduced, I have a cup-
board plan that is very good. If you
wish I will draw a little sketch of it
and send it to you. Hoping that my
suggestions will be of some use to
you I am your interested. friend.—
Editor. r v

 

MAKING BREAD.
S A SUBSCRIBE‘R and being a
young h-ouseker er I wonder if
the editor of this helpful de-‘

partment might publish this and let

some of the readers who are especial:
ly good bread-makers tell me how
they make good bread, going into de—

tails as to when they start soaking _

the yeast cake, when and how they
make the yeast and sponge,’ how to
mix the dough-into a hard loaf out
of the sponge and the amount of in-‘

gredients used? I always have poor '

luck with my bread and it. is always
late at night when I get it out of the
oven, so you see how thankful I’ll
be to all those who take mercy on
me.—-Young Housekeeper.

Please come to the rescue and send
in some good ones—Editor.

S THE good book says “the poor
A we always have with us," but
our teeth just naturally dissip—
pear unless we are on the picket—
duty pretty constantly ; the last state-
ment is mine, but it is just as true.
“Cavities ought not to form in
well-cared-for teeth, but'few teeth
are always well-cared—for.
“Have'the dentist watch for small
cavities. Do not wait for toothache.
“If there is much gold work—
crowns, caps, etc..———in the mouth, or
many large fillings, have the dentist
make sure that there is no infection

 

around or under them. X-ray of _

such teeth is always a wisa measure
of precaution. '

“If there is persistent fever, rheu-
matism, joint trouble, stomach
trouble, or obscure chronic..disease‘
of any kind, have X-rays taken to
find out whether abacess of roots is
present.

“Don’t neglect your teeth. 62 per
cent of the men and women whose
teeth have been X-rayed at the Life
Extension Institute have showed root

abscesses! Fully 50 per cent of
these .did not even suspect the
trouble.

“The importance of the mouth as
a factor in health is appreciated by
the Life Extension Institute, of which
Ex-Presid-ent .William H. Taft is
chairman. This is a society for the
prevention of early death; they have
the right idea.” i -
—__..____
RECIPES TRIED AND TRUE
EAR THE end of winter often
our palates become tired of the_
usual dishes. Roasts, frys and
stews, and an entire change at least
Once a week is a good thing,
These recipes if followed‘careful-

V ly are very good.

> . Shrimp Wiggle
Into two cups of white.sauce stir

2 cans of shrimp. '
the creamed shrimps over 6 or more
slicespt buttered toast arranged on
Heat and season a can of
peas and 'sprinkleover all. > v

   
 

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oonful butter melted; 1

‘v-milk. Place on stove and stir until.
all: thickens. Season with salt and
" paprika, . v.

' ' Salmon With Peas, 1363115 or _

‘ Asparagus ,
I . - Place 1 can of salmon in hot was
~ ter and boil 20 minutes. Open can
and turn out ‘ona hot platter. Sur-
round the salmon with the vegetable
which has been previously heated,
drained. and seasoned. Serve plain
or with the white sauce.

Shrimp Fricassee

Rinse thoroughly in cold water 2
cans of shrimp and prepare a cream
sauce to which should be added a
shake of cayenne. When the sauce
Sis smooth and boiling hot add the
'shrimp 'broken a little ,and a few
drops of Worcestershire sauce. Re-
move irom the fire and stir in the
well beaten yolk of an egg and sev-

iinde be Spinach Sans:  

JEST ABOUT GIRLS

E SEE, hear an’ read a good
, deal about girls these days,—-——
' how they dress; how they paint,
powder and fuss up; how mincin’ an’
snippy lots- of ’em are an’ we know
that lots of this stuff is true—too
true I might say, fpr I see consider-
able of it myself—~see girls with
paint, enough onto ’em to paint a
wagon, .purty nigh; girls wearin’
floppy gal'oshes or whatever it is they
call ’em girls with cootie traps—hair
you know, over their ears, hidin’
all that’s purty about ’em; see girls
with dresses cut toowhigh an’ with
dresses cut too low; see x’em out
' makin’- eyes at the young tellers——
throwin' the'mselveslright at ’em al—
most—yes I see most all kinds of
girls an” young women and I also
hear what young tellers has to say

’1bout girls of this kind an’ I’m think- ~

in’ if girls could hear some of the
things I hear they would see how
silly they are, as seem to be to the
unbiased on‘looker. Boys make all
kinds of fun of the painted an’ pow-
dered girls an’ of the girls with the
(floppy galoshes. ,Such girls makes
me think of 01' fashioned 'brahma
'hens with feathers on their legs
tlappin’ in the wind—athey answer
no partic‘lar purpose ’s I can see
but natur put ’em onto the hen and
"she can’t get ’em off. .But natur
never put floppy galoshes, paint nor
powder, cootie traps nor winkey eyes
ai’or out-to-catch-the-boys manners,
- onto no girl—she puts there things
onto her self an’ they’re 'not very
attractive—hot when a young feller
decides to pick‘ out one to be his
companion through life’s jour-
ney. When this time comes he wants
a girl with .good common sense—
that is it he’s the right kind of a fe-l-V
ler himself. He don’t want a paint-
ed, flippy flappy, shallow pated 'girl
to help make a home and be the

mother of his children", not by a
long ways he don’t. An’ he don't
have to have ’em either, ’cause

there’s girls that’s -different-——-there’s
.girls that’s nice a‘n’ sweet an’ true;
girls that live an’ grow to woman-
hood as :natur intended they should;
girls that need no paint or powder,
no floppy galoshes, short skirts or

low necked dresses to make 'em at— .

tractvive, ’cause natur’s done for 'em
all that’s necessary to be done an’
these girls know it an’ don’t try to
improve on natur’s work.

Jest last summer I had the pleas—
ure of meetin’ two girls like I’ve
jest been describin’alovely girls
they are, an’ when I leoked at ’em
I always thought of apple blossoms,
-’-—-they' were so human, ‘ so natural
an’ cheery, they jest brOught sun-
shine right along with ’em. They
. wore no war paint, they Wore no
‘.-skinipy “skirts nor immodest waists,

7,,tbutith’“? were I. mighty attractive
‘ ’ ‘ ’ heysvejre, always" pleasant

 
   

_ toes are soft.

  

  

~~ ~  S Oodfish 

'1' cup ,
seals—.411 cold water a few minutes,
then’a-dd 2 cups. of raw potato (heap-
ingr cut in small pieces. Cover with
boiling water and cook until pota-
Dra'in, mash and add
2 teaspoons butter, 9. little pep-per.

v Beat well, add 4 well beaten eggs.

Cover the frying pan 'with
bacon or pork fat. Spread the mix-
ture. Cook slowly until a brown
cru-st‘is formed. Fold over on a hot
platter.

Beat well.

Smoked Halibut

Smoked halibut is a splendid appe-
tizer, served without any preparation
whatever. For Sunday evening
lunch it is delicious, cut in small
cubes and serve with crackers or
buttered toast. Use the thin' slices
just as they come fro-m the glass jars
or cut the chun‘k halibut into squares.

If your cooked dishes look pretty
you may be sure they will taste bet-
ter and a little good humor is a fine
sauce for any dish.

 

first saw ’em wasn’t the kind of
place you most gen’rally find such
girls, if you find ’em at all. It wuz
in a restaurant an’ the uncle of one
of these girls wuz owner of the place.
The girls came here from near Ma-
son or Leslie or somewhere there-
abouts, an’ they come on a visit an’
to have a good time—bein’ jest out
of high school, they were havin’ a
vacatiou, but they found the uncle
short 0’ help, an’, bein.’ of the help-

co-dhsh picked up in flakes, I}

 

full kind they both went to work an’-

say, they sure could work. They
were dainty lookin’ young misses
too—see ’em on the street an’ they
were dressed nice an’ slick an’ look-
ed jest fine. Well as I wuz sayin’
they went to work, waitin’ on the
hungry fellers———myself among the
rest that patronized the place.

All kinds of laborin’ men went
there for meals—railroad men, shop
men, office workers an’
an" these girls had a pleasant word
for all, not talkative you know, ’but
jest nat’ral an’ every body admired
'em for their nice ways an’ they wuz
respected too, 'by everybody—~why if
there had been the least mite of dis-
respect shown these girls t-here’d 6.
1been a deadly riot right straight from
the word go. Food tasted better
when served by them two girls an’

everybody felt better jest ’cause they _

wuz there. It didn’t make a bit of
difference to the girls though—they
jest kept their heads an’ did their
work an’ the apple blossom feelin’
stayed with us right along an’ I got
a little bit acquainted with ’em—'be—
in’ old I had more privileges~ meb‘be
—anyway I used to talk with ’em an’
I found out where they lived an’ I
knew without askin’ the kind of
mothers they had; there’s only one
“kind of mother can give to the world
such girls an’ I knew the kind of
bringing up they’d had ’cause
mother of ’em had done their work
so well.

An’ then when I see the tlippy-
floppy girls—the painted dolls you
know, I wonder about their mothers
an’ I almost~.,,know What they must
.be—fer when all’s said an’ done,
girls generally are jest what their
mothers make 'em—and young girls

that go "round the town 'makin’ silly

shows of'th-emselves, ain’t.so much
to blame as the mothers that let ’em
do 3it. An’ I want to say that while
the two girls I’ve mentioned will be

everything

the '

respected whereverthey go, the~,o_t.her_

kind will not always be for by their?“

dress ’an’ by their actions, they in-
v1te disrespect «an’ if they get- it who
is to blame? r ‘

,In windin’ up this story I jest
want to say that thetwo girls that

.'were so much admired an’ respected
were farm girls; they grew up in

the country that God imai'de for folks
to live in an’ they are jest. as dainty
an’ refined as any city- g'irlcan be an’,
they are the kind» of girls

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That is right. I knew what you
would say. All American boys and
: girls remember Abraham Lincoln’s
birthday. ’When I was a little boy
going to the country school, I never
tired of reading stories about Lin-
coln. I thought him to be the great-
est man in the history of our wonder-
iul country and grew up with that
hie: firmly fixed in my mind. Think
how he educated himself and from a
rail splitter he gradually advanced
until he was chosen president of the
United States. He was called a
very homely man but to me his face
was beautiful. Beautiful because it
showed so much intelligence and
kindness. It is too bad that such a
man must die.

Lincoln's saying and stories will
live forever. He used to tell a story
show his homeliness. One day while
walking down the street in an Illi-
nois village he was appoached by a
Watern man who pointed a revol-
ver at him. “What’s the matter?”
Mr. Lincoln asked.

“Well sir,” the stranger answer—
ed. “I swore years ago that if I ev-
er met a man homelier than I be I'd
shoot him on the spot."

"Shoot away!” said Lincoln. "If
I‘m my homelier than you, I’d be
(H to be shot.”

Meet school libraries contain at
land a volume or two of this man’s
life andmy nieces and nephews will
he mending their time to a good ad-
vurhge if they will read what their
when] has to offer regarding our
out Lincoln.

Lots more letters this week about
New Year resolutions and more
coming in every day. Sent in yours
rail—UNCLE NED.

 

 

THE LION AND THE MOSQUITOES
NOE, IN the forest, there was a
great drouth, and many of the
fibtle lakes and streams dried
up. A Lion, king of the forest, grew
thirty, and, in his voyaging to find
em, he came to a deep well which
was the home of the Mosquitoes.
'You shall not drink here,” said
the Mosquitoes. “But if you wish,
we wm give you a messenger who
win show you a small spring which
in never dry."
- 'I am thirsty," answered the Lion,

I ‘1 will drink here and now."

 'Y‘eu shall not," said the Mos-
euflnes, “this is our home. Try it
I: We will fight you."

as that the strong Lion, king of

; haste, laughed, and put down his

5 had to drink.

But the Mosquitoes swarmed

A trend him, got in his eyes, his ears,

' cl his tongue and hit him horribly.
Be fled howling, but clouds of Moo-
Clfloee pursued him until he was
une- my. 80 he got neither a
drink from the well, nor did he find
the ever-flowing spring, and, some

I dry- lzter, he died of thirst.

Evil comes upon those who refuse

a. give courtesy for courtesy.

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will fight it
1 out on this line if
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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

0.! Uncle Nedz—I am a. girl eigt
old and in the third grade. y
has a farm of 80 acres. We have

two cows two Ind
‘ Ihave onesister our
minimum-st dein For

Vwe have two back rabbits; one, of
hasslittlew’hite spotonthetip
se, and we named it White-nose,
; ' other one has white spots on
‘3 its front feet and we named it
" They are very tame. We
eat and two dogs, I like to read
lldren's Hour in the M. B. F

 
  

   
 

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The Flying Trapeze

  

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'5' WE‘W

By Shea Hague

’M WILLIN’ to tackle anything in
the arena but that," said the

Clown, pointing to two trapeze_

performers, who were rehearsing on
their dizzy perches at the very sum-
mit of the Big Top. “I can swim
like a fish, an’ ride like a cowboy,
an’ play_ pitch an’ toss with any 01’
o‘rnery beast that ever got into a cage
you bet you! But whenit comes to
flyin" a couple of hundred feet above
ground—well I’ll wait till my wings
grow for that!”

“It must take a lot of practice," I
said.

“A really first class trapeze flyer is
made in the cradle," was the answer.
“Of course, this family an’ that fam-
ily you see on the bill, ain’t all re-
lated, but you’ll find nine out o’ ten
come from families 0’ trapezists.

'It’s a queer life just to train your

muscles and. nerves an’ your whole
life so as to be able to catch on a
swingin’ stick. A clean-living, quick-
thinking group too, trapezists!
an old circus rule—in an emergency
get a. trapezist, he’ll do more things
in half a minute than most folks in
half an hour. '

..“Take that fellow on the high
trapeze there. Once when the wild
animal tamer was being clawed, he
got in an' out of the cage with the
man so quick and slick the lions
never touched him, saved the tamer’s
life, too.
was a fire, he and a Japanese con,-
jurer got the inflammable stuff out
of the way before the fire department
‘reached there, and a circus fire de-
partment isn’t any slouch. Yes, sires
if you want to see human lightnin’ in
action see a trapezist in a pinch."

 

 

 

very pm End would like to hear from

some of other little girls. ma.-
mahaslotsotworktodoandlsstudy—
lng play a

it no matter what it
much I wished to pay, So
I wash the dishes every day and sweep
the randlronwhatclotheslcan
euohweekandbringinwoodandlcan
bake cake. I am piecing a.
I can crochet some too,
I think my letter is long enough now so

g‘od-hyep-Esther Marie Ellis. Gladwin,
oh..R.F.D.5 Box“,

Dear Uncle Ned :-—I am a girl thir-
years old. My birthday is Novem-
ber the twenty-ninth.

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er is Miss Broecker. There are twenty
two in our school. I live on Ii two hun-
dred and forty—five acre MY
father takes the M. ,B. F. and likes it
fine. I am going to try for the prize
for the New Yeair resoluflona. Mine
are: To study as hard as I can in
school, and to clean my teeth every
morning. I will close hoping to hear
from some of the girls and boys, Your
friend—Irene Miller, R. F. D. No. 1
Elba Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :——My father takes
theM.B_F.a.ndlikesltfineandwe
usually have a fuss over which can have
it first. We have a farm of 100 acres,
and we keep 6 horses and 5 cattle. For
pets I have a. dog Flossle, and a pig
Mickey. I am ln'the sink grade at
school and I am 1 years old. My
teacher's mm. is rs. E. J, Kelly and
I like her fine. I wish some of thecrirls

ark.

  

would write to me.-—Dorothy
Buchanan, Mich, R-I, Box 108,

 

 

 

 

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You can combine the letters and groups of letters in twee, threes, fours.
etc. ~ See how many-birds names you can'make. . ‘ ,
; Answer to last week’s puZzle: KOKOMO, ANDERSON, ’LAFAY-

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,. I should like to see the. D00. Dads,
F—«Howard er
field. Boyne City, Mich 

    

Dear chle Nedz—I am a girl eleven ~ I
years old. My birthday is the let get -

 
 

June. I am in the seventh grade at
school. I have some New Year’s reao-‘
lutions,. They are:

 
 

I am going to grow from hour to hour

In spirit, soul and mind,

I aim to climb from day to day

That knowledge I may find.

I aim to know the .most I can

And do the best-I know, v ‘

My thoughts I’ll keep on higher ground v
And not upon the low. ‘

I aim to be a child of God,

In every path I tread;

Ill live a. busy upright. life 
And cam my honest bread, 
So thus I’ll strive from year to year ' ‘ ' K
To do the best I can:

and then my-life will be some good,

Ill be a. friend of man, -

I will try to follow thrs rule. Wish-
ing you and the M. B. F. a prosperous.
and happy New Year, I remain ——Isla -
Fleck, Carsonville, Mich, R-3.

    
   

  
 

 

     
       
      
      
   

 
    
     
   
    
   
    
    
   
    
   
      
    
    
       
    
    
  
    
   
  
   
   
 
 
   
   
  
 
  
  
    
  
    
 
   
  
  
    
   
 
   
     
  
  
   
     
  
  
   
  
    
     
  
    
  
  
  
      
    
 
  
 
   
    
     
  
 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—Will you please let
me enter your merry circle? I am
twelve years old today, but no one has '
given me a. spanking yet, and I will see r
that no one does. We live on a ninety~ '
two acre farm, with about seventy-five
or eighty acres under cultivation. We
have six cows, four horses, sevon small
calves, and four yearlings, For pets
we have a dog named Ginger, three cats
whose names are Cripple, who has some i
of her front paw cut off, Spot and Sandy I
Snow Ball. 1 am in the sixth grade at ' v
school, and my teacher's name is Mrs,
Rose Herald. She is the same teacher
that my mother went to, and I go to the
same school that my father went to, We
have to walk three-quarters of a mile to
school. I have three sisters, but have
no brothers. I wish I did have because
Daddy is. sick and the doctor just went
fiwagr—lMar-jorie Clark, Ravenna, Mich..

 

Dear Uncle Ned :——4I am a girl 10 years
I am in the sixth grade at school.
My teacher’s name

is Florence Stamman,
I live on a farm

of 120 acres of land,
go to‘ school every day. I only have a
half a mile to go, I have one brother.
He is sixteen years old and his name is
Norgan, I haVe one sister, eighteen ." i
yea old and her name is Olive. I have ‘V ('
a. pet cat named Tiger. I made some ‘
resolutions on New Years day, One of ‘ '
them is, I will always be true. The next v i‘
one is, I will go to church every Sunday. I I
The others are, I will be honest, and I !
twill lfie gootllj Imwillncme now so good

ye, rom— oro y a. .120 3 '
~83, Imlay City, Mich. Ute Bo

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- We live five miles from our town, I . ‘1
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Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a girl eleven
years old and in the 5th grader“: school.

was reading the M. B, F. and I saw
you were going to have another contest ' "
so thought I would try as I never have ~ ‘
before. These are the New Year’s resolu- '
tions I made, Trying to help by mama I
and papa all I can; being more inter- . ‘
ested in my school work; trying to "
make others happy. In my other letter . ;
to you I asked permission to in the 1
“Children's Hour" but not see g my ” .
letter in print thought perhaps you did - - I
not get it. So I will ask permission to
join your merry circle again. I have
been writing to six girls of the M. B, F.
and would answer any letter from any
of the girls or boys of the M. B. P.
loving ninhelma Woodard, Box
No. 62, McBrides. Mich” R. 1

Dear Uncle Ned :—-I haVe written to
you before and 1 am going to write ' r I
again. The third of this last month was
my. birthday. and I was nine years old. '
For my New Year resolutions I ~ ‘
to study and try to pass my grade this .
year. On Christmas. Santa Claus was "
good to me and I hope he was to every- I
body, At our school we learned "The - '
Children’s Hour." the same name as our '
page, I got many letters from children
who write to the Gleaner Forum and I
have answered them all. I hope some
of your little girls and boys will write
to me too. Wishing the Michigan Busi-
iness Farmer good luck, from your niece
——-Marion Weekes, - Lowell, Michigan,
Box 36 R. R. 5, care of Wm. Weekes.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a fa ‘
8 years old and in the fourthrmgraderfi . I
have a new teacher, tier name is Mrs. V
Dillingham. My other teacher's name
,Sile got mart-riot:1 Christ-

ve a new eac ,
I live on a farm of 140 acres. ‘76: {113%
16 cattle, 6 horses, to sheep,
ens and 11 pigs. We have 4. cats for
pets. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters ’
My brothers’ names are Milton, Charles
and Allen; my sisters are Dorothy and
Rita. I like the M, B. F. and papa. and s “
mama like it too. Your loving friend— 
Marie Vernon, New Lothrop, Mich.

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned:-———I was readin t >- 
M, . F, and you said you were 20 he ‘ '7‘";
to start a new contest,” I thought ‘ ' ' '
would write. I do notexpect to get
prize. Since the New Year started
am going to try not to be late for school.
I am‘going to Sunday School every Sun-
day and get all of my lessons as good
a?! I! can—Elsie Leona Reetz, Rose City,

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Then you are sure 'of getting true
“Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"——genuine
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an un-
broken “Bayer. package” which con-
tains proper directions to relieve
Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neu-
ralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain.
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost few

cents. Druggists also sell larger
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mark of Bayer Manufacture Mono-

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’HIDES and F URS

are Cheap in PRICE

So are our PRICES for
making FUR COATS,
ROBES and LADIES’
FURS._
.. We tan your HIDE
and make you a Fine
FUR COAT or ROBE
for $15.00, using the
-- best grade of'lining
for‘either job.

LADIES? FUR SETS made fro
Rabbit, Raccoon, Fox, etc.
Get our CATALOGUE. It’s FREE. w:
anngeIIEtfis‘Years tanning HIDES  1""
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w. G.‘White 00., Inc. ’

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23 ARIETI“
$3.7 per 1000.

Strawberry Plants

History ‘and illustrated book gives all details about
most rigorous true to nature productive

now grown. Book Free. ’ .

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We frequently hear from our

is afailure. In order to help along
this kind of propaganda we have
taken pains to tabulnte the figures
'of cases packed and the gross value
of the goods. These figures cover
the operations of the various Co-op-
erative organizations in California
beginning with the old Tulare Coun-
ty Growers’ Association in 1914, fc'l-
iowed by the California Growers’ As—

' soclation in .1915 and including the

California Co-operative Canneries op-
erations in 1919 and 1920.

Year Plants Cases Ap'rox’mate
Operated Packed Value
1914 1 65,000 ,3 190,000
1915 3 72,000 216,350
1916 3 101,500 329,500
1917 3 313,929 1,569,645
1918' 5 319,000 1,470,000
1919 7 673,365 3,870,426
1920 1381?le 965,633 6,869,424

‘1918 peach crop in Southern Cal-
ifornia . extremely short.

It would appear to us that a few
years more of this kind of “failure”-
would put the growers of canning
fruits completely out of business.
They would then have become the
canners of their own fruits. This is
the kind of “failure” that increased
the production of oranges from 5,-
000 cars to 50,000 wars, that made
Fresno the most prosperous town in
the state, that has made Santa Clara
Valley orchards worth $2,000 per
acre, and that will find new world
markets to take care of the tremend-
ous increase in our canning fruits.—
The Uzi-operative X—Ray.

 

PRODUCERS SHOULD CONTROL

One of the strongest declarations
made by the National Milk Produc-
ers’ Federation at the recent annual
meeting in Chicago set forth that
many large miik condensing and
manufactan companies have on re—
markably short notice refused to buy
milk, thus depriving many farmers of
their accustomed market and in
many localities of any market, their
apparent purpose being to stop the
production of condensed milk until
their hoarded supply can be disposed
of at prices for higher than justified
by the present prices of raw milk
and sugar, thus' at one blow forcing
dairy farmers out of business and
compelling consumers to pay an un-
duly high price for condensed milk.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that such arbitrary acts by the manu-
facturing companies but further illus-
trate the danger incurred by dairy
farmers in permitting middlemen to

a control the agencies and facilities for

processing and marketing milk, and
that “we urge each member organiza-
tion to carefully consider the advis-
ability of farmers exercrsing the right
to process and market their own pro-
ducts."——Northwest Dairy/man.

BEAN RATE UNREASONABLE
Rates on beans, in carloads, from
Pere Marquette stations in Michigan

to various destinations, receiving
transit service at Toledo, 0., were
found by the Interstate Commerce

Commission in the case of Chatter-
ton & Son of Toledo vs. Pere Mar-
quette Railway Company et al., to be
unreasonable. The rates were found
unreasonable .to the extent that they
exceeded. the joint rates contempor-
aneously in effect plus a transit
charge'of 1 1-20. per 100 pounds at
Toledo. The complainant is to file a
statement withthe Commission show-
ing the overcharge on which repara-
tion will be awarded.

BUTTER IMPORTS

Importation of butter to U. S. from
Europe and South America for first
10 monthsof 1920 was as follows:
(January . . .._ . . . .  334,135 lbs.
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1Manch . . . . . ._. .‘g. . . . 3,151,640 lbs.
April '. . . . . .... . .  .‘5,065,02'0 lbs.
M8! 3 : e I so go see 'e e {.1971015111135.
June . . . ., "2-, .,r.,.3,186,6‘5-9 lbs.
July e e e {use are e e e e I-e  lbs.

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SATURDAY, BECAUSE—

MAIL BOX EVERY

"————it brings you all the news of Michigan farming; never
hiding the plain facts.

——it tells you when'and where to get the best prices for
what you raise!

——.—--it is a practical paper written by Michigan men close to
the sod, who work with their sleeves rolled up!

———it has always and will continue to tight every battle for
the interest. of the business farmers of our home state.
no matter whom else it helps or hurts!

 

One Subscrip- ONE YEAR . . . . . . .61 No Premiums,
tlon price THREE mans. . .es No free-list. but worth
to all!   more than we ask.

 

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Dear Friends—Keep M. B. F. coming to 3the address below for

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$850 SECURES 100 ACRES WITH S cows,
heifer, horse, bull, poultry, vehicles, machinery.
2 miles mfg. town; 800,000 ft. timber, 800 cords
wood, 300-barrel apple orchard, 600
maples; good 8-room house, basement barn; all
$2,200, easy terms. See page 13 FREE .
Catalog 1,200 bargains. STROUT AGENCY.
814 BE. Ford Bldg., Detroit.

 

FOR BALE—IMPROVED MICHIGAN FARM
120 acres. located in Huron 00., Mich, two miles
to school and town. There are 108 bearing frmt
trees in orchard. Soil is' dark loam wrth clay
sub-soil, good drainage. All of farm in cultiva-
tion. 42 acres are now in hay. Tdo artesran
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 lst. For further in-‘

formation write or see CHAS W. BUTCHER,
Owendale, Mich.

160 ACRES, 70 OLEARED, GOOD OR-
chard. five room frame house, frame barn 36x50,
good drive well, part not cleared, good pasture,
clay loam hardwood soil, one mile to school, six
miles to Evert, on main road, three miles gravel.
price $4,500 with $700 down. 40 acres, thirty
cleared, nearly level, clay loam soil, 5 acres in
hardwood timber, 5 acres in lake, land high, dry
and well drained, one room frame house, small
frame stable, one half mile from'good summer
resort, lake, four miles to Evert, close to school,
'price $1,500 with $300 down. Write W. F.
UMPHREY, Evart, Mich.’ .

FOR SALE—200 ACRE FARM 4 MILES
from town. Ideal for livestock, potatoes, clover
seed. Fenced with woven wire, 80 acres under
cultivation, bearing orchard, good house, base-
ment barn 40 by 60, other buildings, 16 acres
new seeding, 6 acres pedigreed Red Rock wheat.
For price and terms write E. S. BREWER,
Owner, Onaway, Mich.

 

 

 

146 ACRES FINE LOCA-
Sprlng water, 10 Reg. Jersey
$2,500 ash, balance in 10
Lake and river

DAIRY FARM,
tion and buildings.
cows, $12,000;
years, interest 6 per cent.
farms, lake hotels and cottages. Stock and
grain farms from 20 to 225 acres. Blacksmith
shop, includes wood department, house and two
lots. I allow up to $20 car fare on all property
bought of me. A. G. BEEMAN, Jones, Mich.

 

LANDOLOGY SPECIAL NUMBER JUST OUT
containing 1921 facts of clever land in Marin-
ette County, Wisconsin. If for a home or. as an
investment you are thinking of buying good farm
lands where farmers grow rich, send at once I'
this special number of Landology. It is free on
request. Address SKIDMORE-RIEHLE LAND
(10., 398 Skidmore~Riehle Bldg.. Marinette, \‘v

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

 

FOR SALE—120 ACRE FARM LOCATED IN
Emmet 00. Good buidings, silo included, 90
acres improved, fenced, near school and market.
For further particulars write BERT B. PIERCE.
Mackinaw City, Box 96. Would take a few
good Holstein or Guernsey cows in exchange.

 

FOR SALE—STANDING TIMBER. TAM-
arack, spruce and some oak ash and elm. Also
number one 120 acres with good buildings. R. W.
ANDERSON, Clarkston, Mich.

FREE! DESCRIPTIVE LIST 100 FARMS IN
"Thumb" District, the Garden of Michigan. REED
REALTY CO., Carsonville, Mich.

 

 

FOR SALE—21 ACRES IMPROVED LAND
in Ray township, Macomb County. Inquire of
owner MRS. O'DELL ARNOLD, Coleman, Mich.

80 ACRES WITH PAIR HORSES, HARNESS,
wagon, two cows, machinery, etc., $1,890.00.
Easy terms. I. C. BARBER. Turner, Mich.

FOR BALE—40,000 FT. OF FARM TIM-
ber‘to 40 ft. lengths. Cheap. AISHER DENT,

 

’ one acre.

200 ACRES IMPROVED LAND AT $40 PER
acre, 34 per acre down, $4 per acre year. Will
sell any amount, 10 acres or more. Good roads,
good . dings. Hiring creek, close to market,
good soil. Free mail delivery. Write_ M. A.
PRESTON, Hesperia, Mich. ,

 

FOR SALE—WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

if taken within. TEN DAYS, 80 acres, fifty clear. _
ed. house. barn, 80 acres wood, fenced, school on ,

land. Half level.
$1,000.00 cash.
key, Michigan.

balance rolling. Good fruit.
QUINLAN COMPANY, Petos-

 

FOR BALE—~80 ACRES ONE MILE FROM
town, 50 acres und ' cultivation New home.
Write HENRY N. GO ON. Harrisville. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—FARM HOME 52 1-2 ACRES
just outside corporation of Yale on state road. 9
room cobblestone house, large porches. Fine
basement furnace. All kinds fruit. Good base~
ment barn, granary, hog house, poultry‘ house,
beautifully located. Running water. For par-
ticulars, address owner. MRS. Wm. B. YUILL,
Yale, Mich.

meanness;

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-
cst. ‘ All kinds. Delivered prices; Address "M.
M,” care Michigan esa Farmer, Mt. Clem-
ens. Mich.

 

 

WANT THE CHEAPEST. HANDIEST BELT
power? Then ask me about the LITTLE TWIST-
ER Power Transmitter for Fbrd and Dodge can
FRANK R. WEISBEBGER. Saline. Kansas.

 

FOR SALE—JANDEE MAMMOTH INOUBAT-
or. Beef Scraps $5 per 100 lbs. -TYRONE
POULTRY FARM, Fenian, Mich.

 

SENATOR DUNLAP STRAWBERRY PLANTS
at $5.00 per 1,000 or $4.00 per 1.000 in lots
of 4,000 or more. For particulars write
FLOWER VIEW FARM, 0. H. Stanley, Prop.,
R 2, Paw Paw, Mich.

 

FRANCIS’ STRAWBERRY PLANTS. $2.00
per 100, 815 per 1,000, postpaid. TINDALL,
gfhEver-bmdng Strawberry Man. Boyne City,

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PRINTING—QUALITY WORK ON HAM-
mermill Bond. Full size letterheads, $5 and
up. Der 11., envelopes, 85 M. Other prices in

proportion. We eliminate the uncertainty in
mail order job printing. in advance or
O. O. D. Send us a trial order now or write

us for prices. T—R PRESS, Manton, Mich.

 

STRAWBERRY PLANTS, SENATOR DUNLAP
and Warfleld, $4.00 per 1,000. Other standard
and overbearing varieties. Certified stock.
HAMPTON & SON, Bangor. Mich.

 

U. 8. RECORD. CHAMPION EVERBEARING
strawberries, 352 cases, $2,059.20 in 129 days.
Plants $2.50 per 100 postpaid. Book-
let Free. EDW. LUBKE, New Buffalo, ‘Mich.

SALESMEN WANTED—HUSTLERS WITH
’team or auto for exclusive territory. $50-60 a
week easily made selling Heberling's medicines,
extracts, spices, toilet articles and livestock spec-
ialties direct to consumers. Wonderful demand,
steady repute, liberal profits and you are your
own boss. No investment in goods. Experience
unnecessary. Write quick for full particulars
and secure your home county. HEBE'RLING
MEDICINE 00.. Dept. 0., Bloomington, Ill.

 

FOR SALE OR TRADE—40 BARREL
steam mill with elevator in thriving town. J. G.
BROWN, Avoca, Mich.

 

GOLDEN

EXTRACTED HONEY BY MAIL.
E. Glenwood,

Oampine Cookerels. E. MOTT,

 

AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING OUR
Silos. Write today for mtalog and big com-
mission proposition. NAPPANEE LUMBEB_ &

 

 

Loire B 1, Mich., 1-2 mile south Sherman City, Mm. con Napmneav Ind,
Mich. '

ron SALE—GOOD 1eo scar-z. um, pun: sucanssr Hours, mesa
sandy loam. fair buildings. Plenty of good fruit, ground. $2.00 for 25 pound sch. ellvered anya
nem- 3 good markets. Price right. FRANK where in the lower peninsula by pared post.

JONES, Mendon, Mich.

J. H. FOR/ELL, Wheeler, Mich.

 

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e- littlejolder they“ win. is hungover
'to the orthopedidward and make the‘
feet straight and perfect. ' " Without
the facilities. of this ‘great'hospital
that baby’ might have .had to- .go
through life a. cripple. Ah, yes.
’tis a great work they are doing.
The Medical College 1

It’s time to eat. We repair to
Michigan Union building a magni-
ficent structure which didn’t cost the
state of Michigan one cent. (It was
given to the state by the alumni. And
by the way it is but one 'of several
of the finest buildings on the cam-
pus which have been the gifts of
friends of the University. We eat our
dinner, and then go to the medical
college. Pres. Burton insists that
we .look into the dissecting depart-
ment. We feebly demur, but finally
consent. Here is' three or four con~
necting rooms are several hundred
students, both men and women, dis-
secting dead bodies, or cadavers as
they are' professionally called. The
air is heavy with the acrid odor of
em'balming fluid. A faint nausea
sweepsyou from head to foot. But
you soon recover and take a sort of
professional interest in the scene be-
fore you. You are instantly im-
pressed with the crowded conditions.
In these rooms are sixty bodies lying
on tables not more than three or

   

 

four feet apart: Over each body are
four or five students. They are con-
tinually getting in each other’s way.
They have no plaCe to lay their text
books except upon the cadavers. You
soon get enough of this gruesome
sight and turn to go, thanking your
lucky stars that you chose some oth-
er profession besides the medical. .
The medical college is a very old
building. The number of students
now attending it are easy double the
number it was built to accomodate.
Every kind of a make-shift has been
resorted to to provide for the con-
stantly increasing number of stu-
dents. Corridors have béen turned
into workshops, and “lean-Ito’s” have
been improvised at the sides of the
building, but in spite of all this the
work is seriously handicapped be-
cause of the over-crowded and un-
healthy conditions. It is not neces-
sary to dwell upon the-importance'of
the research work that is carried on
inside this building. No monetary
estimate can be placed upon its
value, for it is measured by human
lives and not. by dollars and cents.
The day is nearly done, and while
the President urges you to visit the
engineering building, you are oblig-
ed to postpone that until another
day. He points out to you, however,
a. long, low, structure, covered with
sheet iron which houses the depart-
ment of motor mechanics. And it
strikes you as rather odd that the

 

greatest automobile state in the
union has not provided better quart-
ers at its university for this import-
ant branch of engineering.

You leave for home with your con-
viction badly shaken. You reflect
that When y0u started out in
the morning you were “unalter-
ably opposed" to any building appro-
priations for the University, and you
recall the stock arguments you had
all prepared when the President
should‘seek to impress you favorab-
ly with his program. You remember
that you had visions of plans calling
for stone and marble and gutter orna-
ments, and you intended to set your
foot down hard and bell. the President
In your flrmest tones that‘the tax-
payer had all they could do this year
to pay the ordinary expenses of the
state without building any brown-
stone fronts at the University. But ,
there wasn’t a frill in his entire pro-
gram. The President merely pointed
out the facts and the conditions and
you saw for yourself that certain im-
provements and replacements would
have to he made if the University is
to carryvon’ certain vital work.

’ (Continued next week)

GIVE US MORE LIGHTON THE .
 M.A.O.’ - "
_ ‘ _ twontlnaed from page .11) ’ 7 .
rlculture.  If a “certain  count!
county (agent Was comedic!”  an."
other college representative was ‘4 Buds '

 

 

denly gagged by his " super-lord'f'ltT‘
becomes “a ingestion “J 1181' WHY

. prestige and aspire once

' buyers and distributors?

vital; interest to dormers:  
' men; in the; world's:
‘ attracts Joint:

 

paper diatribe.‘ ‘ I

If these things are "well 
to many,” it should be" easy toiproé
vide indisputable evidences Who'ar'e” v
"the witnesses? I am not offeringthis '-

ln defense of the College or ' the
Beard of Agriculture or the‘faculty.
Nor in criticism of THE Bummer!
FARMER.
years it has seemed to me, the Mich.
Agr'l. College was not holding its

rank in agriculture with New Ybrk, 3
even r

Ohio, Ill., Iowa, Kansas and
Oklahoma Agricultural Institutions.
But that on the other hand, it was
fast becoming a prominent and
more eflicient tech-nologic and mill--
tary Institute. But for this impres-
sion I blame myself as much as I do
the College, because I no longer
know personally, but one man on the‘
College factulty, while I am person-
ally acquainted with Davenport, Bail—
ey, Burnett, Troop, Mumford and

others of the other states, including~

Georgia and Alaska.

But if the College'is going to the
daiz‘nsti'on bmvwows because of
lacking sympathetic personal of its
managing board, I want to know
all about it, that I may place my
vote whereit will count for most
in behalf of every department of our
farms. With all respect for the Wa-
terbury, as a good farmer and citi-
zen, he raises this confidence I have
in him by withdrawing from furth-
er service and performs a most ex-
cellent example for Mr. Wallace,
whose abilities as a farmer are not
known to me and whose business
does not at this time appear consis-
tent with good service. Give us
more light.——J. E. Taylor, Balding,
Michigan.

 

What would be gained, Brother Tayé-
lor. in Indulging in personalities in the
discussion of this subject No one in
close touch with the College would think
of asking us to produce specific proof,
including names of the persons involved
becaues they know well enough. that it
could be done in snort order and would
prove embarrassing to some people. It
you want to get dowu to cases, visit the
Agricultural College some day and tall:
with Individuals engaged in extension
work. Also get out among the county
agents and ask them how many times
certain valuable investigations which
they have undertaken along marketing
lines have been nipped in the bud by
their superiors at East Lansing, The
facts that I have mentioned and will
mention In later discussion are as I have
said well known to those whose
business It is to know them; and I
haven’t a doubt but what the criticism
that has recently been directed against
the M. A. C., will have the salutary ef-
fect of weeding out from the College

. Board. the faculty and the extension de-

partment those who because of personal
reasons, prejudice or naturally reaction-
ary characters, have retarded the pro:-
ress of that institution. As a result of
these criticisms and of this Weeding out,
the old M. A. C. will recover It pristine
more to leader»-
ship. Don't you agree with me?——Edit0r.

 

WHEN BARUCH LOOKED INTO I
‘ THE FARMING BUSINESS
(Continued from page 4)
are now Informed regarding the con-
dition of the buying market. The
collection and dissemination of these
facts will tend to avoid wide fluctua- '
tions in the market, and make it pos-
sible for the producer to deal with
the buyer on an equal basis in the
disposition of his products- Why
should not the Government's activ-
ities along these lines be greatly on-
larged so that the producer will
have the same character and class
of information that is available to the
The pro.-
ducer is at a serious disadvantage
when he does not knew the condi-
tions surounding the consumption of ’
his products. " ~ . '
Mr. Baruch expresses himself v’ery

forcibly as being in favor of ctr-op- .» ' '

erative marketing. But he does not
believe that co-operative marketing
can attain the fullest measure of snow;

ces until. such obstacles as" he‘ has  ‘

described above are removed.~ 
It is most significant that. Mr.
uch should have expressed. 11'

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‘rtheir trains andb‘eans.‘ In addition
,‘Wtyreight other elevators . have
. contracted for the disposal of their
i  During the month of Decem-
ber the Exchange handled 200 cars
ofAhay and grain. It is said to be
on a self-supporting basis. Quota-
tions on beans are mailed or wired
' daily to seven thousand wholesale
grocers. A certain bean dealer in
Michigan claims that the willing-
ness of the Exchange to quote beans
. on a low basis is the thing which is
‘ keeping the price of beans down. As
long as the wholesale growers can
secure beans through the Farm Bu-
;reau at $4 per cwt., there is no
chance for-others dealers to boost
the price. There may be nothing
whatever to this charge, yet it is
something to which the Exchange
might well give thoughtful consid-
eration.

For its selling services the Board
of Control charges one cent per
bushel on grain and one dollar per
ton on hay. The following elevators
are members of the Exchange:

Albion Farmers’ Elevator 00., Albion; Allegsn

rm Bureau Association, Allergen; Atwater
F‘armers’ and Gleaners' Oo-op. Elevator, Atwo-
ter: Alcona County Farm Bureau, Lincoln:,Avoca
Farm Bureau Local. Avoca; Caledonia Farmers'
Elevator. 00., Caledonia; Coopersville Co-op. Ele-
vator 00.. Coopersville: Co-opemtivs Elevator &
Milling Ass’n, Pigeon; Goldwater Co-operstlve
(70.. Goldwater; Chippewa County Farm Bureau.
Sault Ste. Marie: Decatur Co—operative Ass’n,
Decatur; Dowaginc Farmers’ Co-op. Ass’u. Do-
wagiac; Decker Farm Bureau. Snover: F‘armers'
Elevator 6: Produce 00., Bad Axe: F‘armers’ &
Gleaners’ Elevator 00., Elkton; Farmers’ Co-
operative Company, Harbor Beach; Flushing Farm-
ers‘ Elevator 00., Flushing; Farmers' Co-opera-
five Elevator Co., Fowler: Fowlerville F‘armers’
Car-operative Ass‘n, Fowlerville: Four Counties
Cooperative Ass’n, Marcelus; Grand Blanc Co—
operative Elevator Co.. Grand Blane: Gladwin
Co-operative Ass'n, Gladwin; Gratiot County Farm
Bureau, Ithaca; Hastings Cooperative Elevator
00.. Hastings; Holland Co-cperative Ass'n. Hol-
land; Ingham County Farm Bureau, Mason: Jones
(Io-operative Ass'n, Jones: Kent City Farm Bu-

reau, Lamb; Mason County Co-operative Ass'n,

Scottville; Marlette F‘srmers’ (lo-operative Elevatm

or 00.. Mariette; McCords Co-operatlve Ass'n.
McCords: New Haven Farm Bureau Loni. New
Haven; Port Hope Farmers’ Elevator 00., Pam:
Romulus Farm Bureau Aas'n. Romulus; Rockford
Co-operative Elevator Ass’n, Rockford: Sebewa-
ing Co—operative Marketing Ass‘n, Bach; Square

Deal Co-operative Elevator 00., Charlotte; Snover‘

. Farm Bureau Ass'n, Suover: Sherwood Co—oper-
ative Ass'n, Sherwood: Tri State Cooperative
Association. . Montgomery: Trufant Farm Bureau
Marketing Ass'n, Trufant; Union City Co-oper-
ative Company. Union City: Woodland Farm Bu-
reau Exchange. Woodland; Ypsilanti Farm Bu-
reau Ass’n, Ypsilanti; Crosvrell Farm Bureau Lo-
cal, Croswell.

Purchasing Departmnent

The purchasing department hand-
les feeds, twine, coal, forestry pro-
ducts, tile, flour, fencing and other
commodities. On many of these items
an appreciable saving to the farmer
is made. For instance, last year
white arsenic was quoted at 13 cents
to 16 1-2 cents per pound. The Farm
Bureau secured 150 tons by cable-
gram through an English house, at
11 1-2 cents, resulting in a saving of
$9,000 on the single purchase. It is
the claim of the Bureau 'that ,its pur—
chasing department is forcing com-
peting'companies- to A reduce their
prices on many of these commodities
which means an indirect saving to
farmers of millions of dollars a year.

Traffic Department

\ This department, working through
the traflic heads of the various rail-

” ‘.

b’eit‘imwers lestyesr, _
. ‘ ed  tangible results. Later
especial department was organized
under the supervision of A. M. Ber-
ridge. This department will seek,
as the Sugar Beet Growers' Ass’n
has sought, to secure conferences
with the manufacturers. Additional
functions are described as follows:
“To complete investigations prelim-
‘inary to building and equipping sugar
beet manufacturing plants, improve-
ment of seed culture and distribu~
tion; improvement of loading devic-
es; methods of tare; disposal of by-
products of sugar beets.

Forestry Department

The principal plans of this depart-
ment have to do with the organiza-
tion of a selling service in the mar-
keting of fence posts, fuel, pulpwood,
excelsior wood, maple syrup, ties and
telephone poles, tree seeds and nuts,
and the discovery of methods for
utilizing waste forest products. There
is urgent need in Michigan for work
of thisykind.

Legislative Department

The Farm Bureau’s active partici-
pation in legislative matters comes
as a surprise to those who were led .
to believe that the Bureau would not.
engage in "politics." But the Bu-
reau has thrown itself headlong into
the legislative field, and its work
along this line promises to l-ecome
one of its most important activities.
It has recently submitted question-
naires to its counrty officers asking
for advice upon various matters of
pending legislation. The results of
these questionnaires have been made
known to members of the legisla—
ture. Each week this department
sends out a letter describing the
bills that have been introduced for
the ,week, the laws that have been
adopted and other information of a
legislative measure. This depart—
ment is still in. good repute with
members "of the legislature but
whether it can remain on a friendly
and influential footing is yet to be
seen. ‘

DECLINES AND GAINS IN VALUE
OF FARM PRODUCTS
(Continued from page 6)

want to buy will come down, to cor~
respond with the prices or What they
have to sell, they can go on buying
as before, subject only to the neces-
sity of taking care of outstanding
debts.

Here Mr. Roberts has hit the key-
note of the entire'situation. Prices
of clothing, machinery, lumber and
scores of other things which he must
buy have not declined anywhere near
as much as have the prices of farm
products. In instances, even they
are higher. So why should the farm—
er sell his crops at prevailing low
prices when the things he buys are
still holding to relatively higher lev-
els, or when there is no outward in-
dication that they are going to come
down at all. High prices mean noth-
ing except according to the amount
of goods they will buy. Lower prie
es to the farmer would not necessar-

Make sure that the parent stock, your hens and'
roosters, are in the pink of condition at mating
time. Then they will impart health and vigor to
the offspring. See to it that your breeders receive

in their daily ration

Dr. Hess Poultry .
PAN-A- CE -A

It puts the Breeders‘in Fine Condition

You get strong livable chicks—Chicks with power
of resistance—Chicks that will not fall a prey to
every little-chick ailment—Chicks that will develop
into early broilers—Pullets that will develop into

fall and winter layers.

SPEED UP EGG PRODUCTION during winter with
Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a. It contains tonics that
promote a hen’s digestion, tonics that tone up the
dormant egg organs—so that the proper amount of
food goes to egg production—and not all to flesh and
fat and laziness—when it’s action and eggs you want.

Always buy Pan-a-ce-a according to the size of
Iyour flock. Tell your dealer how many hens you

ave. He has a package to suit. Results guaranteed.

30c. 75;: and 31.50 packages. 25 lb. pail. 33.00. 100
lb. drum, $10.00. Except in thzfar West and Canada.

DR. HESS & CLARK

Ashland, Ohio

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Tonic a worm
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9  Ma:

F.O.B. JACKSON BAGS FREE

Buy Direct at True Economical Prices
Don’t pal exorbitant prices for Grass Seeds—let Ishell supply you direct at money-

saving w

olesale prices. Get the “Cream of the Crop” direct from ower. All
—sold subject to state and government tests—the best pgduced.

fly prove calamitous if ‘he could con-
tinue to purchase the same amount
of the necessities of Life with the
same number of bushels as in former
days. But this he cannot do. What

seed guaranteed
' B u d Aimee. Lew Prlsces Subject to Early Orders Only
e Bran a . . . . . 14.00 per bu. Bell Brand Red Clo . 4.00 b .
Timothy s. Alsike (10%) mixed 3 4.86 per bu. White Sweet Cloverm. :18.“ g: h:
Sudan Grass-7c per lb.

roads of the state. has been able to
secure cars and concessions which in
all probabilities the farmers would.
not otherwise have received. It is
said that fifty per cent of the refrig-

Orderdirert from this ad—vve guarantee satisfaction or your money back. Save from $2 to $5 per
babel. Buy Bell Brand- alwa s over 99% pure. Get lsbell’s 136-pago Seed Guide with mic. and
“niche for the ssldng. nu today—we. (is)

eratcr cars used in Michigan since
the beginning of the fruit harvest
were secured by this department. The
innumerable instances of how. this
traffic deparMen-t has interceded in
behalf Off the farmers affords inter-
esting "reading, and proves. the value
of the department.
Accounting Department

One of the difficulties which every
large firm or organization encount— .

ers early in its career, is keeping a
proper record of its finances. Where
such an organization not only has its
own finances to watch, but acts as
agent for scores of other organiza-
tion, the bookkeeping becomes at
once an involved and difficult task.
The Farm Bureau has developed an
accounting department, which under
0 the “management of J. Lee Mar-ford,
‘ former-state senator, has proven
_ most efficient in keeping.an up—to-
date- record of all- flnancial transac-V

floss;  -  7 ' "  ‘
'-  f Beet Department
  bent

a a:  '

;->-,.,.The M; B.
in the U. S.

are the real facts? Again quoting
Mr. Roberts we learn:

“Mr. J. A. Schcyer, secretary of the
Legislative Committee of the Farm-
ers' Union of Nebraska, appeared be-
fore a joint meeting of the Senate
and House Committees on Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. C., on December
2 last, for the purpose of describing
the situation of the farmers. Here
is a short account of what he said.
as it was told in the newspapers:

‘The Cost of a Hat

"Mr. Schover' said that his hat
which he had thrown carelessly on
the table cost him last year four
bushels of corn. HHe went to buy an-
other and found it would cost him 24
bushels and he had it cleaned in-
stead of buying another. His suit of
clothes,'he said cost him two years
ago 18‘ bushels of corn and was pric-
ed at $37.50. He had visited several
stores to see about getting" another.
and he found the some: old 'price on
thesame kind of a. suit. $37.60, W1

/'t

:it Would now. cast his 64 2+3 bushels-- 3-
-to get it.” - ,   .. , .

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Paint WithOut Oil
Remarkable Discovery That Cuts

Down the Cost of Paint Seven-
ty-F'ive Per Cent

AFreeTr-ialPackageistledto
Everyone Who Writes
A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer of
Adams. N. Y., discovered a process of making a
new kind of paint without the use of oil. Ha
named it Powdrpaint. It comes in the form of a
dry powder and all that is required is cold water
to make a pain weather proof. flre proof,‘ sani-
mry end durable for outside or inside painting.
it is the cement principle applied to point. It
adheres any surface, wood, stone or brick.
spreads and looks like oil paint and costs about
onewfourth as much.
site to L. Rice. Inc., Manufacturers, 18
North .81... Adams. N .Y., and a free trial package
will In to you, also color card and full
information showing you how you can save a
(cod many dollars. Write today. (Adm)

BUY WHOLESILI
voun COFFEE m 5 u. ton
from JEVNE'S and SAVE 10¢ per pound
We Pay Parcel Post. We sell only High Grade Coffee and 1'.
Sell for our Money-Saving Price List. or better am
Send $1.45 for 5 be. Jevne’a Economy cofiu '

or $1.55 for 6 be. June's Excello Coffee

or $1 .10 for 5 lbs. Jevns’s Speclal coffee

or $1.80 for 5 lbs. Jevne‘s Perfection Coffee

JEVNE COFFEE C0- (Eli. 1881) Coffee Specialists
Dept 38, 2855-47 W— Madison St.. Chicago Ill.

 

 

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uREEDERS’ DIRECTORY, THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan-

 

 

 

 

 

To avoid conflicting dates we will without
cost, list the date of any live stock sale In

Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad-
vise us at once and we will claim the date
for you. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. I.
F.. Mt. Clemens.

 

 

Febi 21, Duroc-Jerseya. Michigana Farm.
Pavilion, Mich.

Feb. 24, Horses. Mich. Horse Breeders’
Ass'n., East Lansing, Mich.

Feb. 25, Shorthorns. Mich. Shorthorn
Breeders’ Ass'n, Mich. Agricultural College.
East Lansing.

 

 

 

LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS

Andy Adams, Litchfleld, Mich.

Ed. Bowlers, South Whitley, Ind
Porter Colestock, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
. John Hoffman, Hudson, Mich.

D. L. Perry. Columbus, Ohio.

J. 1. Post, Hillsdale, Mich.

J. E. liunpert, Perry, Mich.

Harry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich.
Wm. Waffle, Coldwater, Mich.

CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

USE PURE-BRED SIRES!

Estimates furnished by the Dairy Division
of the United States Department of Agricul-
ture show that the dairy rows of the country
average only 4,500 lbs. of milk per year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A good Holstein bull will increase the pro-
duction of the ordinary herd 50 per cent in
the first generation.

Let us help you find a good one to use on

your herd. You cannot make a better in-
vestment.
lIIICH. HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

ASSOCIATION
Old State Block Lansing, Michigan

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SHOW BULL

Sired by a Pontiac Aaggie Komdyke-Henger-
veid DcKOl bull from a nearly 19 lb. show
r-mv, First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair,
1920. Light in color and good individual
Seven months 041. Price, $125 to make
room. Ilurryi

Herd under Federal Supervision.

Bummer

Holstein Breeders Since 1906

 

 

 

 

.5 FOR SALE—$450.00

CASH 0R TERMS
A show bull from A. R. 0. liam born De-
cember 14", 1018, sired by our Show Bull
MODEL KING SEGIS G‘LISTA
whose grand (1am, ULIS’I‘A ERNESTINE has
six times made better than thirty pounds ‘ of
butter. -
my now in order to have 1921-22 winter
calves.
GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS
Corey J. Spencer, Owner
Under State and Federal Supervision

WORLD’S RECORD BREEDING

Back of Carnation Champion, whose sire is
Johanna McKinley Segis (the only 40 lb. son
of King Segis) sire of the world‘s champion Jr.
two—year-old, Carnation Pioneer Segis, 31 lbs.
whose dam is Tietje Queen De K01, 42 lbs. the
dam of the world's champion Sr. two-yr. old, Glen
Alex Queen De Kol 42 lbs. We are now offering
some of his sons from A. R. 0. dams that are
real bargains. Herd under federal supervision.

VOEPEL FARM. Sebewaino, Mich.

 

 

 

A Real FOundation Herd

Three 2 year olds fresh in Sept. with the
following records. No. 1 made 13.126 lbs.
:of butter from 355.2 milk at 21 months. No.
2 made 16.85 of butter from 362 lbs. milk
at 21 months. No. 3 made 16.28 of butter
from 383.5 milk at 29 months. Sire to go
with them is a 20 lb. grandson of King of
the l'ontiacs just a year old. From an ac-
creriiimi heri and only $1,050.00 for the
herd F. 0. B.

JOHN BAZLEY
819 Atkinson Ave.

DETROIT IIIICH.

 

 

 

' 'ro SETTLE AN ESTATE -

7 registered Holstein cows. 6 yet to freshen.
bred to a 80 lb. bull. $1.200 takes them.
BERT SLOOUM. Byron, Mich.

,Yearling Bull For Sale

Bull born Sept. 28, A1919, evenly
marked and a line individual. Sir-
ed by. my 30 lb. bull and from a
20‘ lb. daughter of Johan Heng.
Lad, full sister to a 32 lb. cow.
Dam will start on yearly test
Nov. 15.

ROY F. FlCKIES

Chesaning, Mich.

MR MILK PRODUCER

Your problem is more MILK. more BUTTER,
more PROFIT. per cow, '

A son of Maplrcrest Application Pontiac—
132652—from our heavy-yeeriy-milking—good-but-
tor-record dam will solve it.

Maplecrest Application Pontiac's dam made
85,103 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1844.3 lbs. butter
and 28421.2 lbs. milk in 365 daya

He is one of the greatest long distance sires.

Hie daughters and sons will prove it.

Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons.

.Pricea right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer. '

Pedigrees and prices on application.

R. Bruce McPherson. Howell. Mich.

SOLO AGAIII‘

Bull call last advertised sold but have 2 more
that are mostly white. They are nice straight fel-
lows, sired by a son og King Ona. One is from
a lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from a
20. lb. Jr. 3 yr. old dam, she is by a son of
Friend Hengcrveld De Kol Butter Boy, one of
the great bulls.

JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosao. Mich., R 2.

HOWBERT HERO

WHERE TYPE, CONSTITUTION AND PRO-
DUCTIVE ABILITY I8 ASSURED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TWO grandsons of King of the

Pontiacs from A. R. O. Dams of ex-
cellent breeding.
H. 1'. EVANS
Eau Claire. Mich.

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REFORTS 6000

sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon<
tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis” who is a son of
"King of the Pontiacs" from a daughter of Pan-
tiac Ciothiide De K01 2nd. A few bull calves for
sale. T. W. Sprague. R 2. Battle Creek. Mich.

TWO BULL OALVES

Registered Hoistein-Friesian, sired by 89.87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap if
eoid~soon. r

HARRY T. TUBES. Elweii. Mich.

  BORN MARCH 21, 1820, VERY
nice, straight and well Bfown,
sired by a son of Flint Hengerveld Lad whose two
nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butter and
735 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is a 20.61 lb.
Jr. 2 year old daughter of Johan Hengerceld Ind
68 A. It. 0. daughters. Price 8150. F. O. B.
Flint. Pedigree on application. ,
KETZLER. Flint. Mich.

FOR 4 SALE“HOLSTEIN BULL

registered 2 years old, tuberculin tested and will
make a ton bull. Guaranteed right. If you
want a herd bull write me for particulars.

0. C. GATES. Fountain. Mich.

FOR SALE-

LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN 00W
her bull calf born Oct! 27: sired by a son of
Johan Hengerveld 14d, and a 22 1b. two year
old dam Price $250 for the pair.

R. H. IARNHART. R 1. St. Charles. Mich.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

Six head registered Holsteins.

Two yearling heifers, heed to a grandson of
Traverse Princess Weg.

Three heifer ulves, ages 7. 6, and 4 months
old. One bull 10 months old. dam has 7 day
A, R. O. butter 18.77; 427.8 milk. Next darn
15.11: 387.7 milk. Bire’s dam 22.43 butter
503.2 milk. Pedigree and prices sent promptly
on request. This stock is all nicely grown.

H. E. BROWN '
Ireedevliie. Mich.
'Breeder of Registered StOck Only

BRAHOOIIHILL ‘FABM

(FORMERLV HILLCREST)
Ortonviiie. Michigan ’

Mr. Dairyman: Space will not allow full des-
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
animal to compare with him for $300, I will
make you a present of him-My price $200—
for a limited time only. .

JOHN - P. MEI-IL . .
12054 Orimold Street. Detroit. Miohioan. '

 

 

of milk. These bulls are

SALISBUR

 

STEIN -F RIE’SIAN BULLS

From a State and Federal Accredited I'Ierd'. tired ‘by
V _ WALKER LYONS 114771  , ‘
whose twenty nearest dams have records averaging 30 it; grounds ’of butter from 592 pounds .

from dams with retards up
0. Age. 9 month.- ’-

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FOB SALE—2 REG. HOLSTEIN BULLS
ready for service from 19 1-2 and 24 1-2 lb.
dams. Price $100 and $125. Herd on ac-
credited list. ,

Wm. GRIFFIN. Howell, Mich.

NOTIOE

Having sold one of my farms
I will sell the herd of cows on that
farm, consisting of\c-ows, heifers,
and calves. My herd is under
federal supervision, having pass-
ed one ciean test last month. Sev-
eral prize Winners, bull calves
from 70 to 80 lb. cows, among
them at the Lenawee and Hills-
daie county fairs. Had Grand
Champion bull at Michigan State
Fair. , ‘
C. ‘E. WINNS, Adrian, Mich.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE

REGISTERED HOLSTEIII .
' OOWS MID. HEIFEBS

(From Federal Accredited Herd)

Three very fine cows, five years of age, bred
to a 33 lb. bull. They are due to freshen the
first of February. Price $350 to $400 each.

Also three two year old heifers. Choice out
of six. Three are fresh, others will soon fresh-
en, some are cutof A. R. O. dams. Price $300
each. Pedigree and papers furnished.

Wm. O. SCHOOF
, Washington. Mich., R 2
Telephone Washington Exchange, 41—E-13

 

FOR SALE—LARGE TYPE HOLSTEIN IULL
calf. More black than white. Born Nov. 1920.
Son of a 26 lb. cow who has a 27 lb. sister and

lbs. a day. Sire is King Lansing, whose dam has
a record of 32.45 lbs. of butter with better than
100 lbs. of milk per day for 30 days. First
check for' $75 takes him.

D. BOX 0. SONS. R 1, Lansing, Mich.

 

ULL READY FOR SERVICE, 16 MONTHS
old. His two gandsons averaging ‘80 and 31
lbs. butter and his dam 24 lbs. butter and 519
lbs. milk in 7 days.
WILLIAM SCHWEITZER, R 3. Bay City, Mich.
Bell Phone 6125-F-14

0R SALE—HOLSTEIN BULL, KING SEGIS

Korndyke Canary No. 231425. Sire. King
Segis Lakeside De K01 No. 105372. Dam,
Grandview Canary Korndyke No. 251733. Three

years old. Price $225 if taken at once.
MRS. IDA SMITH. R 1, Wheeler, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—TWO BULL GALVES, A HOL~
tein and Durham about 3 months old. Both
ave heavy milking dams. Not registered. 850
ach if taken at once. *

CHASE STOCK FARM, Mariette. Mich

FOR SALE—REGISTERER HOLSTEIN 00W.
Three heifer calves. 1 bull calf.
R. J. BANFIELO. Wlxom, Mich,

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. SHORTHORN

RIOHLANO SHORTHOBNS

Why buy Bulls that come from Horde you know
nothing about? .V
For the next thirty days we are going to offer
the best lot of Bulls ever sold in Mich. Prices
ranging from $200 to $500.
0.- H. PRESCOTT & SONS

Herd at Prescott, Mich. Tawas City, Mich.

scores Summons 1‘. 2??? £2.53

Priced right, also my herdAbull.
THEODORE NICKLAS, Metamora, Mich.

 

 

 

ILKING SHORTHORNS. BULLS FROM COWS
making records. Priced reasonable. ‘.
0‘. M. YORK. Mliilngton. Mich.

BUY SHOBTHOHN mom AN sconce.

ited herd, that are
right, at readjustment prices, 1
JOHN SCHMIDT a SON. Reed City. Mich.

HAT DO YOU WANT! I represent 41
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you In
touch wiih best milk or beef strains. Bulls all
gea Some females. . W. (.rum. President
Shorthorn Association. Mc-

 

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Central Michigan
Brides. Michigan!

Milking and Scotch Top. 3100 and up.

 

 

SHOHTHORN BULL‘OALVES FOR SALE.
‘. W. S. HUBER, Giadwin. lMlch.

- i OLLED SHORTHORNS. BEEF AND BUTTER

bred young bulls; heifer calves and yearlinga
priced right. FRANK BARTLETT, Dryden, Mich.

 

EGISTERED SHORTHORN ROAN BULL 2

years old and roan cow. 8 years old. Also Red

bull call 4 months old, all from choice reg. stock.
‘J. E. FROST. Armada. Mich.

'SHOBTIIORIIS

II bulls. 4 to 8 mos. old, all roam, pail fed.
Dams good milkera. the Iarmerl’ kind. ct (arm-
ers' ; cee. .

_. M. PIOGOTT A CON. Fowler. Mich.

 

 

. ao.;euomuonus: TWO" vouno 'IuLLe
sired by Memory’s Model, by ,Fcnd'ncmow-_
one'rcan bull air 6 month. old. ‘ ~ ‘

 

a 26 lb. daughter that milked better ‘than'90.

  
 
 

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My boy hasa drivmg hersel'we , ' '
around 1100. pounds. which he hails-big

   

been driving much but the horse 

   
  

been going down in flash. We are 

 
 
 

iey) three times a day and a little~

We are feeding him oondition'powdm,,;':
stomach 

He has passed one or two
worms. He drives free but turn him out,
in the barnyard to play and he has our
life. What. is good to give him as).

tonic to build him up?——J. P., Sanllac‘:

County, Michigan.

First treat this horse for warms.

giving three ounces of turpentine in
one pint of raw linseed oil; after
forty-eight hours give the follov’vihg.
tonic powders: two ounces powdered
nux vomica -,one ounce of powdered
capsicum and thirteen ounces of hi-
carbonate of soda; mix all together
and give on tablespoonful cit-her in
the grain Or on tong‘uethree' times
a day. Discontinue the barley and:
in place, feed one quart of bran with
four quarts of oats; also have salt
before him continually. A common
practice among owners of horses is,
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feeding; this is wrongas this wash— , 

es the food out of the stomach be-
fore it is properly mixed. with the
juices that.aid materially in diges~
tion, a. horse should always be wa~
tered before feeding.

 

ECZEMA ,
I have a 9 year old black mare, She

I .itches and has rubbed the hair off around "

her hip and tail. Is it mange or ecze-
ma? Please tell me what to do.—S. H.,
Kalamazoo, Michigan. .

This is a case of eczema and de-
sirable results will be obtained by
the continued use of the following
treatment: Put two ounces of P0-
tassium Iodid in a pint bottle, then
fill the bottle with Fowler's Solué‘
tion of Arsenic and give a table—
spoonful well back on.t~he tongue
with a syringe three times a. day.
Externally use this lotion: Zinc
Sulphate and sugar of lead equal
parts one ounce, add sufficient wa-
ter to make one quart and apply to“
affected parts two or [three times a
day. Shake well before using.

CRIBBIN G

I wish that you would explain thru
your paper what would cause a sound
young horse to start cribbing and if
there is any remedy .for lt,-—C. B.
Ithaca, Michigan,

Cribbing, as it is called, is a habit
and not a disease; it is often seen in
horses possessing a nervous temper-
ament. It is generally observed
among young horses; an old horse
very seldom developes the habit of
cribbing. Everything should be done
to 'prevent this habit on the start;_
cases of long standing can rarely be
benefltted. Sometimes by removing
the horse to another stall the habit
will be forgotten, or by smearing the
manger with tar. As stated above

cribbing is a habit and if the cause

can be determined, remove it' and
an ounce of preventive will be Worth
a. pound of cure. r

 

CHICKENS BECONIE LAJIE .
Will you please tell me what is the
matter with my chickens. I first noticed
that they were lame on one leg then their
combs turn white. and then gradually “
decrease in weight, although they seem
to have a good appetite at all times. At
times they appear to be getting better,
but the lameness gradually comes back
on them and they linger ,along for
months before they die, How‘woifld'
be the best way to eradicate this dis-
ease? Would the flesh and eggs of the
unaffected birds be good for use? ‘13
there any solution we could use for
spraying the coops that would help to
kill the disease germs‘I—B. M,.

grove. Mich. '

This condition is due to some in-
fection; bathe the combo withcoal

oil and put the sulphocarbola‘te tab- ,
Wash ‘ .
the coops thoroughly with a.” five per;
cent solution of oreolin', or, five per /

lots in the‘drinking water.

cent solution of catholic acid; " 

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I have “a mare that, forfthe last 

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three ounces.
 twelve powders and give“ one powder
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sire , .
listed box stall, free from all drafts,
feed“boiied oats! or bran once or

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Quinine sulphate one
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 (econ AVERAGE MADE AT FELD-

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. H 'KAMP’S SALE _
3 On January 5th'about 350 breeders

,".-"-and farmers gathered at the farm of
' 1 Mr. .A. A. Feldkamp, near Manches-
“gter, to see. the splendid offering of
 fiPOIand Chinas‘ sold. Col. Ed. Bow-
*1, ers, the auctioneer of the day, was at
"his best and did good work

from

.‘start to finish.

" While no 'extra ‘high prices were

'paid' a nice average of .$71.29 was

made. The highest price paid was

I.$170.00._Mr. E. R. Leonard, St. Lou-

is’s progressiire breeder, bid this on
a sow which was sired by L’s Lorng
Prospect and has.been- bred to the

‘egrand champion boar F’s Clansman,

the boar admired by all Poland Chin-a

' breeders. -

Following is a. list of the animals
sold, who to and the price they

brought: - v . .

No, 1, L. K, Andrews, Mowell, Mich.,
$66'; No. 2, E. J, CollinsLBritton, Mich.,
$57; No.‘ 3, Geo, .T. Kemp, ‘Tecumseh,
Mich. 570; No. 4, Melville Higgins, Te-
.cu‘mseh, Mich., $63; No, 5, Wilbur Com-
etock, Manchester, Mich., $71; No. 6.
Fred Baker & Son, North Adams, Mich_,
$70; No, 7, . R, Leonard, St. Louis,
Mich., $170; No, 8, Elmer Blaisdell,
Manchester, Mich., $69; No, 9,
Haselschmerdt, Manchester,
'ND. 10, same, $61; No. 11, ,. ,
Parma, Mich., $145; No.12, same, 387,-

50; No. 13, Albert Sutton, Manchester,
'Mich., $78; No, 14, Chas, Widdneyer
Ann 'Arbor, Mich., $69; No, 15, Elmer
Blaisdell, Manchester, Mich, $57; No.

i . may
’ stock. Manchester,

_$‘=R:"o 27. l"

' Mich.,

, Gieske,

‘ Mich.. 355;

I ' John

- ’Northville.

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" Manchester, Mich,

6. Wm. J, Schmidt Manchester, Mich.,
$75; No. 17, Geo. Sutton, Manchester,
Mich., $71»; No. 18, Thomas Tasker, Par-
Mich.. $77; No, 19, Wilbur Com-
Mich,~,. $81; No._ 20,
E. A. Collins. Clinton. Mich.. $71; No.
21,- A, D, Gregory, Ionia, Mich., $80; No.
'22, ‘Amos Curtice, Manchester, Mich..

'866: No. 23 A. D. Gregory. Ionia. Mich.,

$76: No. 24. same. 370: No 25, Fred
Baker 6: Son, North Adams, Mich_, $71;
No, 26, Ruben Sodt, Manchester, Mich_,
F‘_ Bowen, Parma, Mich.,
882; ’No. 28,-Erwin Knickerbocker, Man-
chester, $55; No. 29. Elmer Meyers,

$56; No, 30, Ray-
mond Jacobs, Grass Lake, Mich., $54;
No. 31, Homer Lehman'd,~ Manchester,
$56; No. 32, Ed. Uphave, Man-
chester, Mich., $65- No. 33, Geo, Kempf,
Eecumseh. Mich., ‘56; No. 34, Clyde
Manchester, Mich., $55;'No_ 35,
Ruben Kappier, Manchester; Mic-0., $53;
No, 36 Walter Curtis. Nervell, Mich.,
$60; No. 37, A, M. Kiebler, Manchester,

No. 38, James Strotners,

. Manchester. Mich., $52;. No. 39 Leo,
,Austin, Norvell, Mich., $66; No. 40,
Curtis. Norvell. Mich.. .8101; No.

41, Fred Widmayer, Ann Arbor, 3Mich.,
76; No, 42. H. Weedham, Saline, Mich.,
71- No. 43, Geo,’ Eisele, Manchester,
$60.—A, D. Gregory, Ionia Mich.,

’MICHIGAN BERKSHIRE BREED.

, 'ERS ELECT OFFICERS

'At the annual meeting of the
Mich. Ber‘kshire Breeders held at the
statecollege of Agriculture in East
Lansmg, the following breeders were

elected to office for the ensuing year:

President, W. H. Avery, Manchester;
Vice-President, M. F. Millard, De-
troit; Sec’y-Treas., .T.. W. .Cla'pp,
Directors: Bascom Park-
er, Uil'es and Clarence Mosher, Osseo.

The breeders present at the meet-
ing, in a resolution, endorsed Dean
C. F. Curtiss of the Iowa State Col-
lege of Agriculture for Secretary of
Agriculture in President-elect Hard~

,ing’s cabinet.
Arrangements were made for the - .1

release ,at the Detroit fair, of Berk-

.. shire exhibitors who were entered at

other state fairs on Friday, instead

. of- Saturday as heretofore. The "fair

management agreed to release them

and will so state in the new premium

list that will be printed later.
Arrangements were 5 also made for-

 lBerkshi-re pig club boys to compete

in the 1 open ring with the regular
bro e 

  

   

 «1; usually. terminate in chrcnf

.hould be placed in a well vent—-

I “can strangle. Cm

 

here at rocolal low rates: ask for them.

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BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens, Mlchllllfl-

'THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN’IHEED-
era' Association have stock for sale. both milk
end beef, breeding.

Write the secretary.
FRANK 'IAILEY. Hartford. Mloh.

 offered at attractive price!

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

‘COWS, H EIFERB, BULLS

FOR SALE—REG. SHORTHORN BULL CALV-
es ready for service. Also Oxford Down Ewes.
JOE MURRAY 1 SON, Irown City, Mich.

Maple Ridge Herd- of, Bates Shel-thorns Of-
fers for sale a roan bull cnif 0 mos. old. Also 2
younger ones. J E. TANSWELL. Mason. Mich.

OR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND

Oxford Iiown Rams.
J. A. DcGARMO. Muir. Mich.

‘GHESTHIIT RIDGE ‘STOGK FARM

ofl’ers eight Scotch Topped Slim-thorn Heifers from

seven to twenty-two months old and one roan

bull nine months old. Also two younger bu
RALPH STIMSON, Oxford. Mich.»

ENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS'
Ass’n are offering bulls and heifers for sale, all
ages. Sell the scrub and buy a purebred.
A. E. RAAB. Mich.

FOR SALE FOUR REGISTERED no“

bulls from 8 to 10 months old.

Villager breeding.
HEN RY J.

Sec'y, Caledonia,

LYNCH, Mayvllle, Mich.

 

HEREFORDS '

HEREFORD GATTLE' 8"" “"5"”
' HOGS.

“’9 can furnish registered bulls from 12
months and .older, best of breeding and at a
very low price, have also some extra good
Herd headers We have also a large line
of registered Hampshire Hogs, Gilts, Sows
and Roars. ,

Write us. tclll us what you want and get
our, prices.

Le FAYETTE STOCK FARM, La Fayette, Ind.
J. Crouch a. Son. Pron.

REGISTERED HEREFORD OATTLE

niKg Repeater Np. 713941 heads our herd.
A grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion
~Repeater 7th No. 386905. We have some fine
bulls for sale and also some heifers bred to Re-
peater Tony Fox, ,_Propriewr.

THE MARION STOCK FARM, Marlon, Mich.

HEREFORDS FOR SALE

Fairfax and Disturber blood, 150 Reg. head in
herd. $35.00 reduction-on all sires. Choice fe-
males for sale. Write me your needs.

ARL C. MCCARTY, Bad Axe,

 

 

Mich.

150 HEREFORD,HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW
of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality Shortshorns and
Angus steers 5 to 1,000 1bs_. Owners anxious
to sell. Will help buy 500 commission.

C. F. BALL, Fairfield, Iowa
GOOD TYPE.

LAKEWOOD HEREFORD 3...... hon...

young bulls, 12 months old for sale. Also big
class females any age. Inspection invited. I
E. J. TAYLOR, Fremont. Mich.

 

 

 

JERSEYS

EAST, WEST, NORTH, SOUTH.
HOT on COLD; WET OR DRY,

 

Great Jerseys make large official
yearly records.

Canada 960. lbs. 85pct. butter
Maine 1223.51bs. 85pct. butter
California 1105.8lbs. 85pct. butter
Mass. 1175.21bs. 85pct. butter
New Maxico 1097.61bs. 85pct. butter
Ohio 1010.51bs. 85pct. butter
Oregon 1212.8lbs. 85pct. butter
So. Carolina 1020. lbs. 85pct. butter
Illinois 1120. lbs. 85pct. butter
Washington 1102.31bs. 85pct. butter
Iowa ~1010.21bs. 85pct. butter
Michigan 1124.61bs. 85pct. butter
(No! not 80 per' cent but 85 per

good, honest, golden
These are only a few

cent butter;
Jersey butter.

* ofthe great Jerseys.

SEC’Y HENDRICKSON
of Shelby, Mich»
will send you free Jersey literature

for the asking. -

 

anoowvuzvvcsnszv FARM, nae. JERSEY
V cattle for sale.‘ ~
J. E. MORRIS a SON, Famlngton, Mich.

Do YOU WAilpr-rsonucnom

 

I The (random) :of. oils 9911:? of Hood Form
and Sophie V 19th’c -Tornientor.‘wtwo of the great-
est site; over  heads ourhe'rd. No other
strain isjmoro- noted: for but cpdpr’eeent' produc‘
tion.- calm and. had :helfui ‘fcr‘ gal. of

assemble .. . .. ,
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Wicca, . .,
. ,FREP ,HAYWAIID‘.

  

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cows. nerd- momma  ,
“RANK 9. NORMIIIGIO

    

   

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HIGHLAND EAEMJEESEYSJEE’ESEE

 

 

‘ed herd. High production, splendid type and

breeding. Write us your wants. ,

Samuel Odell, Owner. ‘ Adolph Heeli- M9“-
Shelby, Michigan
GUERNSEYS

 

REGISTERED GUERNSEYS

A bull calf, nearly ready for light service—he
is a dandy—we have a price that will sell him.
J. M. WILLIAMS
North Adams. Mich.

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES

From tested and untested dams.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Write fdr prices and breeding to
MORGAN BROS., Allegan, Mich.. R1

 

 

usansev BULL CALVES—VTWO me: 5'

months .old bull calves for sale. Cheap. Write
for prices.
H.

J. NELSON, R 1, McBrides, Mich.

 

AYRSI-IIRES

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer calves.
Also ennu- choicc cows.

 

 

 

 

 

FINDLAY BR09., R 6. Vassar. Mich.
ANGUS
The Home of
Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny
Probably

The Worlds’ Greatest
BREEDING BULL

Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the
Smithflcld Show. 1919, and the Birming-
ham Show, 1920, is a daughter of Edgar
of Dalmeny.
> The Junior Champion Bull, Junior
Champion Female, Champion Calf Herd
and First Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Mich-
igan State Fair, 1920, were also the get
of Edgar of Dalmeny.

A very choice lot of young bulls—sired
by Edgar of Dahncny are, at this time,
offered for sale. '

Send for Illustrated Catalogue.

WILDWOOD FARMS
Orion, Mich.

w. E. Scrlpps, Prop., Sidney Smith, Supt.

 

 

 

 

 mum: snap AIERDEEN.

ASIGUS cATELEi gun o.I.c.

r right‘ on are Price rg t. corn.
.sp‘gi‘denfiee solicited and inspection invited,
CARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.

 

 

I The Most Profitable Kind

r load of grade dairy heifers
from LENAWE COUNTY'S heaviest milk pro-
ducere to include a pure bred GUS hull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef and
dairy farming.

Car lot shipment: assembled It GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt shipment.

Methods explained in SMITII'S I’ROFII‘ABLE
STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated.

GEO. B. SMITH. delspn. Mich.

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

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.

0. E. Gamant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH.

Got a. bigger and better bred boar pig from my
herd, at [reasonable price. Come and see them,
Expenses paid If not as represented. These boar.

of farming, a

 

   

 

 

 

In gel-vice: L's Big Orange, Lord Cinnamon,
Orange Price and L's Long Prospect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich.

FARWELL LAKE FARM

L. T. P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boars and
some gills left. Will sell with breeding privilege.
Bears 11] service: Clansman's Image 2nd, W. B’-
Outpost and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome.
W. B. RAMSDELL
Hanover, Mich.

 

HE 3581 BRED Pounn CHINA Pics sm-
ell by Big Hub Mastodon at the lowest price.
DcWITT C. PIER, Evart. Mich.

L s P FbDUR ftfliflcl SPRING AND FALL

' oars c t. A few t i iltl
left bred for April furrow. u u no. t
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mich.

 

 

IG TYPE POLANDS. HERD HEADED BY
W's Sminr Bob. Spring pigs, both sex for sale.
w CALDWELL a. SON, Springport, 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
and growth. ‘
.L. W. BARNES a. SON, Byron, Mich.

BIG TYPE

Nine fall
thirteen. for sale.
J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich.

 

POLAND CHINAS
WITH QUALITY
gilts out of litters of eleven and

 

.T. P. C. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED TO

Highland Giant. the $500 boar. Others bred

to Wiley’s Perfection. Weight, 700 at 18 months.
JOHN D. WILEY, Sohoofcraft, Mich.

L. T. P. C

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

T. HART. St. Louis. MIGII.
 BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING
boars, bred sows and the best lit-
ter of fall pigs in the state. Come and see or write
E. R. LEONARD, R 3, St. Louis, Mich.

 

 

 

China Sows,
Also

Am Offering Large Type Poiand‘
bred to ["3 Orange of reasonable prices.
{31' outs. \Vrito ~r call

CLYDE FISHER, RI 3, St. Louis, Mich.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS .
Early fall pigs for sale, either sex. Those are
real ones. VVl'ite for brooding and price.
HIMM BROS.. Chesaninc. Mich.

OLOSIHG OUT SALE

of Big Type Poland China hogs. which represents

 

the work of 225 years of constructive breeding.
Everything goes including our three great herd
boars, Mich. Buster by Grant Buster. A. Grant,
Butler‘s liig Bob. rl‘wo of the best yearling
prospects in Mich. Modern typo, high arched
backs. great length, big bone. Come and pick
ut whut you want. Our prices are right.

JNO. C. BUTLER, Portland. Mich.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
A few choice spring boars and gilts sired by
“Half Ton Lad," a good son of “Smooth I'Ialf
Ton" Champion of Michigan in 1918. Gills will
be bred to Jumbo’s Mastodon 2nd, son of Big
Bob Mastodon for March and April furrow.
HOWLEY BROS., Merrill, Mich.
  POLAND CHINAs. SPRING PIGS
of both sex [91' sale at reasonable
prices. Registered in buyer's name.
Sired by Big Long Bob.
MOSE BROS.. St. Charles. Mich
0., 3 fall sow

WALNUT ALLEY ,,,. 

daughters of the Senior Grand Champion sow of
Detroit, 1920, $12.50 each. Also bred gilts
priced right.

 

 

BIO TYPE P.

 

A. D. GREGORY, Ionia, Mich.
IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BARGAIN. $15
buys a bred gilt and a 250 lb. spring boar.

Also choice gills bred for $40. Guarantee satie-

faction.
DORUS HOVER, Akron, Mich.

 

 

DUROCS

 

DUROC
Breakwater JERSEYS

BOARs—READY FOR SERVICE
BRED sows AND GILTS
Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees
Mail orders a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed.
BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor. Michigan
1 w. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews. Mgr.

 

   

spring pigs by Wait'a
Orion. First Sr. Yearling
Detroit, Jackson, Gd. Rapids and Saginaw. 1010

      

 

Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich

 

 

. This service is free

BREEDERS ATTENTION:
If you are planning on _‘a sale this year, write us now and
CLAIM.  DATE -!
to the live stock industry in Michigan
_ to avoid conflicting sale dates
LET “THE BUSINESS FARMER" CLAIM YOUR DATE !

 

 

 

   
     
        
     
  
      
    
  
    

  


   

  
  
 
  
   
    

   

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(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest broaden of live stool: and
Better still write out what you have to offer, let us put It In .
type, show you a proof and tell you what It will cost for 18, 26 or 52 times.
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BREEDERS' DIRECTORY ,THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS PARKER, It. Clemons. Mich“!!!-

 

FOR SALE—DUROC JERSEYS. BOTH SEX.
Spring and fail pigs. Hue several extra sood
spring boars ready for service.

wants.
HARLEY FOOR a SON, R 1, Olsdwln, Mlch.
v~ DUBOG JERSEYS .SQ’E..’::"E..§°:!5. ‘35;

his priced reasonable.
C E. DAVIS a SON, Ashley, Mlch.

Write us your

 

 

EADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY H008,
slum-e boar pigs for sale.

J. E. MORRIS A SON. Farmlngton, Mlch.

 

PEACH HILL FARM .
oflers tried sows and gilts bred to or sired by
Peach Hill Orion King 152489. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Come look ’em over.
Also I. few open gilts.
TNILOOD BROS.. Romeo. Mlch.

 

AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUBOG BOABS

at reasonable prices . A few gilts bled for Sen
ber furrow at bargain prices.
. W. O. TAYLOR
Milan, Mlch.

 

uroo sows Ino aim and to Walt's King .2949
who has sired more prize winning pigs at tho
ltsto fairs in the last 2 years than any other.Du‘<
too boar. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns. Mlch.

 

R SALE: REG. BOWEPIGS OF SEPT. FAR-

row. Maple Law’s Pathfinder is the name of
my new herd boar. Nuf sed.

V. N. TOWNS, R ,6, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

 

UROCS, ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A

spring gilt to a herd bonr, at prices you can
word to pay. (‘holcm immune. Satisfaction guar-
anteed. C. L. POWER, Jerome, Mlch.

UROC JERSEY BOARS. Boar: of the largo,
heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. \Vrite,
or better. come and sec.
F. J. DRODT, R 1, Monroe, Mlch.

 

 

R SALE—DUROC BRED sows AND GILTS

priced reasonable and double immune. Write
. no your wants.

JESSE BLISS a. SON, Henderson, Mlch.

R SALE: ONE DUROC BOAR FROM
Brookwnter breeding stock. Choice spring pigs
JOHN ORONENWETT. Carleton, Mlch.

 

 

 

Sale of Choice Durocs

The 7th“ Sale of Durocs will be
held at Dowagiac, Michigan, on
Saturday, February 12th, 1921 at
12:30 o’clock.

Twenty‘one choice fall and spring gills
sired by Liberty Defender and Col. bred

dams and bred to Orion Cherry Jack 6th,
one of the strongest Orion bred boars in the
state.

If you want some good Durocs come to
this sale. They will be sold regardless of
weather. Send for Catalog.

If you cannot attend this sale send bids to
Auctioneer C. O. Burch, Downgiac, Mich.

H. G. KEESLER, Prop.

Cassopolis, Mich, R 5

 

 

 

 

UROOS. A THRIFTY DEG. BOAR PIG REG.

$15 in Feb. Orion Cherry King and Brook-
.tor breeding. Nothing better. Money back if
not satisfied

|-:. :2 OALKINS. Ann Arbor, Mich.

oAKLAsus pnrmrn cHlEF

Herd Boar—Reference only—No. 129219

 

1919 Chicago International I

4th Prize Jr. Yearling
IOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT ‘25
BLANK & POTTER
Pottervlllo. Mlch.

 

R SALE—REG. DUROC-JERSEY SPRING
gilts bred to Rambler of Sangnmo 1st. The
host that sired our winners at Michigan State
Fair and National Swine Show.
F. HEIMS A SON
Davlson. Nlloh.

 

Brod and open sows
100 head.
Mlch.,
Inch.

s. Hlll crest Farms.
and gllts. Boats and spring Dial.
4 miles straight B. of Middloton,
Outlet Co. Newton 4: Blank, Perrlnton.

DUROC BOARS rnou rnrz-

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

Dunn’s-JERSEY SERVICE IDAHO.
Fine early fall pigs, 1,000 lb. herd

 

 

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hr. JOS. SCHUELLER, Weidman, Mich.
E OFFER A FEW WELLJRED IELIOT-
ed spring Duroe Boers, also bred sows all

Gilts In season. Call or
. oNAUOl-ITON a FORDYOE, St. Louls. HIGH-

nUROO JERSEY IRED 80“! SALE FEB.

2151;. Also sows for sale at private treat?- 599'

ktactjon Kunmnteed. -
MICHIGANA FARM LTD., Pavilion, Mlch.

 

‘4 0.1.c.

oILrs siren son spnmo “snow
and one Bhothorn..bull calf eight months old.
Milking strain. pail fed.
F. C. BURGESS, Meson, R 8. Mlch.

 

o.  . ALL AGES FROM BIG BOARS, AGED
sows to fall pigs. 35 spring gilts, wt.
200 to 285. Service boars, none better in the
state. Write and ,get‘ acquainted. Registered
free. 1-2 mile west of depot. ‘
OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville, Mlch.

 

o I. O. BRED GILTS FOR MARCH AND
April furrow. Also a few choice service boon.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe, Mlch.

 

 

BERKSHIRES

IDEAL TYPE REG. BERKSHIRE. WE 0F-
fer choice pigs all ages, either sex; be“
b ' Satisfaction guaranteed.

C. H. WHITNEY, Merrill, Mlch.

HEB BERKSHIHES

piss. both sex.
RUSSELL BR08.. R 3, MOI‘I‘III, Mich
an: QUALITY

 waned pigs of the very

best blood lines of the breed is our specialty. We
guarantee to please or nothing stirring.
ARIA A. WEAVER. Ohuanlnu. Mlch..

reeding.

 

IOARS READY FOR
immediate servics._tllo

 

 

GREGORY FARM n'nnxsmnn non
profit. Choice stock to: sale. Write Your
wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall. Ill.

 

 

CHESTER wm'rns
REGISTERE

vi ,. Prices right.
LYLE V. JONES, Flint, Mlch.. R. F. D. No. 5

 

CHESTER WHITE SWINE.
either sex. Bears ready for sor-

 

 

HAMPSHIRES

EGISTERED HAMPSHIRE GILTS ARE NOW

ready to ship. Spring hours and fall was at a
bargain.

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

BOAR PlGS $13.00

At 8 Weeks Old
A. EASTWOOD. Chesanlna,

 

 

w. Mlch.

 

An Opportunity To Buy
Hampshires Right

We are offering some good sows and gllta, bred
for March and April farrowmg. Also I few
choice fall pigs, either sex. Write or call_

GUS THOMAS, New Lothrop. Mien.

M SHEEP

ANT A SHEEP? Lot Amen-loan dHugpsgr:

Shoo Association send you a an > oo o

with lie]: of breeders. Write CON! ORT A.

TYLER, Soo’y. 10 Woodland Ave.. Detroit. Ilsa.
Put your faith in

BETTER BREEDING STOCK

For the boot in Shropshire and Boinpshiro‘nms
WI

write or visit
KOPE-KON FARMS. S. L. . Prop.
Goldwater, Mlch. _
See our exhibit at the Ohio and Michigan
State Fairs. ’ .

 

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A few good yearling 'runs and some roll
lambs left to offer. 25 owes all ages for ulo
for fall ’delivery. Everything guaranteed as
represented. _

OLARKE U. HAIRE. West Branch,

Iloh.

 

 

R SHROPSHIRE EWES IRED TO LAII
In March, write or call on
ARMSTRONG IROS.. R 8. Fowlorrlllo, Ilsh.

 

OOOD III-
Albion, Mlch.

IRIIO RAMS FOR SALE.
boned. heavy shesrers.
HOUSEMAN IROS,. R 4.

 

 

   

 PET STOCK w

u out, neglewulr nsss’l‘n. cog,
s s a 9 g s
Wlm‘ao'g :12 sods. Stock pound. on.»
n .
ml. NIIEIAUON. W, M

 

 

EOISTERID WHITE AND SAIL! OOLLIIS
puppies. Six months old. Price 615.00
W. o. MICHEL Rm, Dish.

 

 

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.. I. 0. AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE. ONI
choice boar of Prince Big Bone brooding. A
fig type fellow, priced to sell. Bone fell pigs
Ht. Bred sows and gilts.

‘» r CLARE V. DORMAN, Snorer, Iloh.

I  in sale. Service hours and

fits. 16 head of fall piss. Papers furnished fros.
J. R_.VAN_ ETTEN, OIIII‘IIHI, "loll.

o. I. a. SWINE~MY HERD CONTAINS THE
"09¢! linos of the most noted herd. Con furnish
.fll .st "lln and let live" prices

-- ‘ A’-J GORDEN, Dorr. Mlch.. RIO.»

 

 

PURE BRET) O. I. O.‘

 

The Best Breeders

advertise in The Michigan Bus~
iness Farmer. It will be worth
» (your while to read the livestock
advertisements in every issue
to - keep posted *on what they

 

have to offer.

 

 

 

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Every factor entering the trade
in 'sheep’and lambs was bullish fur
the first few months of 1920—~high
priced wool, pelts and by-products
light receipts, especially from the
,range districts, and the willingness
of the public to pay'long prices when
wages were high and Work plentiful.
All was activity at the sheephouse
and flockmasters on the market xen-
Joyed generous margins of profit.
This healthy condition prevailed fur
the first five months. Then the wool
trade, suffering from heavy importa-
tions, went to pieces, dressed lamb
carcasses began to arrive from New
Zealand and South America. and
values started down hill with minor
reactions to' the close.

O O O

In January, 1920, top lambs start-
ed at $18.75 with the close at $21.65
only 450 from the record price in
April, 1918. Aged sheep gained
$2.50 and $3 over previous Decem-
ber and 2-year-old wethers amount-
ed to $17.75, a record. Year-lingo
sold at $19.90; shown lambs advanc~
ed 50c over any previous sale and
went to a packer at $18.75. The
first export sale in many months oc-
curred, a small lot going to Bermu-
da. A record average price for fat
lambs was hung up in February, the
mark being $19.95, with the top for
the month the same as January. Col-
.orados sold largely at a range of $17
and $21.50, the first shipments of
these western fed lambs arriving on
Jan. 28, 1920.

Trade in sheep and lambs contin-
ued active through the months of
March and April, 1920, although uin~
satisfactory during the latter month
on account of the yard workers’
strike. After the strike ended best
lambs established a new top for'the
year, .90ng to $21.75.  There was
good demand for feeders and shear-
ing lambs during this two-month per-
iod, although offerings were unusu-
ally small. Best shearing lambs
reached $20.75 in March. The first
full load of California springers ar-
rived April 20.

, e e e

Receipts of hogs in Chicago in
1920 at 7,526,120 fell short of the
1919 run by 1,146,356 head, with

 

 

the total second smallest for any year
since 1914. On the other hand, ship-
ments from Chicago at 1,656,528
were 555,893 larger than in 1919
and largest since 1913. Shipments
in 1920 were 685,664 larger than
two years ago when the number sent

from Chicago, at 970,864, was small-

est since 1877, or over 40 years. With.
the year’s receipts 1,146,356 smaller
and shipments 555,893 larger than
In 1919 there were 1,702,249 fewer
hogs available during the year far
packers.

O I C

The \December average price for
live hogs was $9.55 standing $6.35
lower than September and $5.45 low-
erthan the first month of the year.
,On the lowest day, Dec. 16, hogs
stopped at $9.15 or $9.10 lower than
the highest time and $14.45 below
the top quotation of 1919. On the
last day of the year light hogs scored
a. top of $9.50. The general average
price for the entire year on all grades
of hogs was $14.15, a decline of
$3.70 from the 1919 figure, which
was highest ever recorded. The loss

. average.

«bewaing, Michigan, writes

was $3.35 as compared  

it.

According [to Consular reports from‘l“

Paris, France must face a deficit of

300,000 to 400,000 tons of meat ail-3.29

,pL

nually for many years. Prices 'of

fresh meat are so high that the mu-. 

nicipal authorities in Paris are'con-'
sidering theladvisa'bili-ty of institute
ing meatless days, as happened dur-
ing the war. Frozen meat is nearly
as high in price as fresh' meat.
city of Paris has made contracts
abroad for the importation of large
quantitiesof frozen meat. v
t It *

Throughout most of the year light

hogs were in best demand, finding. 

strong outlet to shippers. Light-
weights scored the year’shigh-mark
of $18.25 and topped at $9.50 on the
closing market of 1920. At times
there was an extremely small. spread
in prices betWeen the heaVy and the
light hogs, but at other times the
range was exceptionally wide. The
top on heavy stock in December was
$10.55, representing a spread of
$7.45 'between the high and
months of the year on that class.
C II 0

Valuation of hogs received in Chl-
cago during the entire year showed
an immense drop from the 1919 fig-
ure.- Total valuation was around
$258,126,000, as against $380,932,-
908 in tl'fe previous year, or a differ-
ence of $120,166,000. This big,
break is explained in _the 1,150,000
decrease in receipts and the $3.70
drop in average prices. The loss in ‘
total hog valuation was far more
pronounced than on any other class
of live stock, comprising more than
one-half of the decline in total val—
uation on all classes.

 

VOEPEL FARM HOISTEIN
RECORDS

Mr. H. L. Voepel, Holstein breed-
er and owner of Voepel Farm, Se-
us that
he has five pure-bred cows which
have recently completed records as
follows:
Miss Korndyke Callam, butter 24.88
pounds; milk 524.3 pounds; Bar-
bara Pauline De Kol Clothilde 2d,
butter 22.96 pounds, milk 602.4
pounds; Model Annie Wayne De
Kol, butter 21.39 pounds, milk 469.7
pounds; Iithlea Nancy Korndyke
butter 17.55 pounds, milk 450.0;
Korndyke Clara Heng‘erveld, butter
16.52 pounds, milk 398.1 pounds.
The last three are three—year-olds.
Some mighty fine cows we’ll say.

SHOW CATTLE IN MICHIGAN
MUST BE TESTED

Under a general order issued by
Commission of Animal Industry H.
H. Halladay early in 1920, all cat-
tle exhibited at fairs in Michigan
must be accompanied by tuberculin
test charts showing a. clean test,
within six months of time of exhi-
bition. ' .

There was some misunderstanding
in regard to this regulation last fall,
and while it was enforced at all the.
larger fairs, it was not followed out
at a number of the smaller county
fairs. The Commissioner has al-
ready announced that this regula-
tion will be strictly enforced at
Michigan fairs in 1921 and it is
well that it should be.

 

   
 
 
  
  
   
 
    
 
  
  
 
 

 

 
 

 
  
   
 

Notice to Farmers i,

I 'own more Belgian and
Percheron Stallions than any
man in Michigan, including’In:
ternational and State
prize winners,
out on my breeding share plan. »
Have placed over one hundred »'
head in this state. If your'loe
‘ cality needs a good draft stale,
lion or Short Hornbull, let
hear from you. ' _ z' -‘ '
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3731911 thila famngen pmeet and that there
is‘ much dissatisfaction is putting it
mildly—4}. s. H. Hanover, Jan. 27.
' .11 NTch N.)-—-Bome arm. tarm-
ers'gre getting 1(i‘p wood .; some are haul-
ing gravel on the roads, as there is quite
a lot of road work being done now. Some
are drawing tatoes to market but

 
     
 

    

- ’man a hcl ing for higher prices. The
‘ marliet Itgrices are not very encouraging

to the farmer now. Some stock is being

1 old. A good many are butchering and

diin th meat out at sand 10 cents
pad 8 The ground is frozen but no
snow. Looks very much like rain today,
cloudy and foggy. No auction sales just
now. No buildinggbeing done—G. B. W.,

BERRIEN—JWeather fine. Wheat and
rye looking good, Farmers are getting
out and doing odds and ends, moving
fences, setting posts and trees, cutting
poles for buzzing etc. A few farm sales
in progress; they are well attended. One
big sale near G1endora.,today where hors-
es sold for from $60 to $90. Cows sold
good, one bringing $100, Hay sold for
$18: oats, 50c: corn, 650 to 770. The
county mad men are out painting the
fences along the bridges and embank-
ments.——O. Y., Jan, 27. ‘

OAKLAND—There is not much to
write about here. Apples about all gone
to market, but most of the potatoes are
here yet. Not much going to market in
the way of produce, Not much stock be-
ing fed for market. Animals are in good
health. If we have this fine weather the
rest of the winter farmers will get
their corn husked before planting time.
~E. F., Clarkston, Jan. 8.

MANISTEE—There is not much doing
in these parts, A few small jobs of
graveling and stove—wood cutting is all
there is. Help is not so scarce as
was. We see men looking for work most
every day. The weather is fine and
warm for this time of year. The farm-
ers are not selling anything and buying
Just as little as they can. There is some
sickness in these parts—C, H §,, Bear
Lake, Jan. 2 .

GLADWIN—The weather is nice now
It is warm and clear. The ground is
frozen yet. The farmers are selling
wheat and hay now, Tne Farmers e1-

' Lakeview, Jan.

' evator is not buying cream or eggs now.
._ A ,

F., Gladwin, Jan.
OCEANA—Farmers are doing their
chores and cutting wood, as the weather
is fine and no snow. Are holding pota-
toes and beans, and the buyers have
quit buying— E. M.. Hesperia, Jan. 27.

ARENAG—Il'he weather is like spring
and farmers are getting u wood. balmg
hay marketing some uce. The old
pioneer says that the season is one that
has not been equalled in years. Taxes
are very high. Few auctions. Prices
are settling to pro-war basis. Not much
building as yet.—-—M. B, By. Twining, Jan-
uary

GRAND TRAVERSE—A very nice
day, and so has been many before this,
The winter has been a wonder to most
people. Farmers are putting u wood
and doing chores. Not much he ng sold.
only beans, and the Farmers' Clo-operas
tiv‘e Ass’n is loading potatoes and beans.
-—C. L. B., Williamsburg, Jan. 28.

MONTCALM —- Farmers are cutting
wood; some are having their corn husk-
ed with the husker. We are having very
D‘Pasant weather, but the roads are ter-
rible rough for hauling loads. Few farm-
ers are selling potatoes,'but not many on
account of the roads. Farmers are do-
ing mostly repair work,-—-M. C P., Tru-
fant, Jan.

MISSAUKEE —- Farmers are doing
chores and cutting wood. We are having
the best weather we ever had for this
time of year. Wheeling is fine. The
fields are mostly bare with about four
inches of snow in the woods. Nothing
being. sold as there is no market for
anything except butter and eggs and
much of those commodities to sell. Peo-
ple voted for a change and it looks as
though they got it. They are paying
86 cents for butter and 48 cents for eggs
and offering 24 cents per bu. for pota-
toes.———H, E. 37.. Cutcheon, Jan. 28.

WEXFORD—We are having some fine
weather; not snow enough for sleigh.
mg and everyone seems to be enjoying
lt,-—S. H S., Harriette. Jann27.

CRAWFORD—The weather. has been
line here for some time‘. The snow is
nearly gone and it has been warm until
this morning when it grew colder and
today it has been snowing‘a little. There
does not seem to .be any demand for
any farm products atpresent. One of

our neighborsdied some” days ago and "

no one knew it until a farmer went to
his place to give him a check that the
banker asked him to deliver. He found
him about ts'wnty rods from his house
where one of his horses had kicked him -
eart. 'His name
was Wm, Wheeler. The horses were at
a stack'near the barn. Mr. Wh' alarm
a batchelor' and lived. four to es
anyone; his age was .59 years.
Malawian. 26. > p r

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Write. out what. you have to ofler and send it in.
Address The Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising Department, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

P  BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

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Advertisements inserted under this heading at so cents per line, per issue. Special rates for 13 times or longer,
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POULTRY '

WYANDOTI'E

 

“ ‘ .. D;CIIICKS

{fill FARMS

We‘ will send on our new
spring clinics. explain;
slog tells how to brood yclur

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scrib- our ‘
High Class Eu Leghorn
And All standard in“!
Both Chicks and Hatching Eggs from all
breeds guaranteed, and delivered post
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Kalemuoe. Michlcen

 

PRIZE WINNERS AT
THE DIG SHOWS
and the greatest of

ANCONAS

layers. Eggs for
hatching and Baby
C h lob from prize

11g flocks.

8.. C. W. Leghorns.
 Flock average 267
_ .~ 1 eggs per year per hen.
 “'1  Eggs and Baby Chicks.
Also Baby Chicks from selected purebred,
rants raised flocks in Beds, Barred and
White Rocks, Brown and Bull Leghorns, Or-
pmztons, Minorcas. Get prices from us be-
fore buying elsewhere. All Eggs and Chicks
safely delivered by Prepaid or Parcel Post.

NEW LONDON HATOHERY
Lock Box 800 New London. Obie

fl vards and heavy lay-
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ILVER LACED OOLDEN AND WHITE WY-
endottes. Choice Cockerels 88, $4 and $5 es.
0. W. BROWNING. R 2. Portland. Mich.

OR SALE—PURE BRED WHITE WYAN-

dotte Cockerels and pullets. Cookers]: $3.00
bullets, $2.50. Both combs.

AUGUST 0. BOROK, Reed CIW. R .5. MIMI.

HIT! WYANDOTTES. COOKERELS FROM
200 egg hens or better. May and June hatch.
$5 to $8. Ens $2 per 16. - I
FRANK OELONO. R a. Three Rivers. Mich.

 

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

COCKERELS AND PUL-
  lets bred from Detroit and
Boston winners Low prices. action guar-
enteed.

TOLLEO BR08.. R 10, 81.. Johns, Mlch.

BABHED nooks misstfi‘sts

 

in the blood of Park's best pedigreed pens. $2-

per 15. $6 per 50, $12 per 100. Prepaid by
mrcel post in non-breakable containers.
R. G. KIRBV, R 1 East Lansing, Mlch.

ROCK COCKERELS FOR
PAHTHIDGE .1. .t 33 and $4.
Wm. CRIS’MORE, R 2. Middleton, Mich.

 

 

ARRED ROCK COCKERELS, IRED FROM
great layem. Bargain prices now. '
W. C. COFFMAN, R 3, Benton, Harbor, Mich.

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. '

 

 

UALITY BARRED ROCKS. CHOICE M. A.

C. and Homestead Farms cocks head, range

‘ broad Ringlots. Select cockerels $5 each. Book-

ing egg orders. Ship as required, postpaid. 15
$2: 80, $8.50; 100. $8. Guaranteed.

M. J. A R. A. WILSON, R 2. Kingsley, Mich.

 

 

 

eflers younug’ug‘lrmv.¢:l‘u‘r-x‘ Ft‘RMb d l
s c an a ewmaure reeers In
White Chinese Geese. White Runner Ducks and
White Wyandottes. O. I. sprlns silk
Write today for prices on what you need.
DIKE O. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

ARRED ROCK COCKERELS. LAYING
“Strain Direct." From pedigreed males. Prices
$3.50 to $5 until Mar. lst.
N. AYRES Q SON, Silverwood. Mich.

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS

 

 g'fllgEgE 35:85 WHITE PEKIN
uc , . r. g orns. Place orders eer .
MRS. CLAUDIA IETTO. Hlllsdele. Mich.”

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two [rut breeds {or proilt. Write today for
free cetelosue of hatching eggs, baby chicks and

CYCLE HATOHIR COMPANY. 14. Phlle IIdI-
Elmira. N. V.

 

 

oeherele A Hens. Leghorne. Mimrees, Houdens.
Reds. Rocks, Orpingtons, Wyandottee.
TYRONI POULTRY FARM. Fem-on. Michigan.

 

 

LEGHORNs

 

LADY omen EGGS IN ONE YEAR
GHIGKS

 

By
Hatching 'arcel Post
100 per cent iafe Arrival
fertility guaranteed
muteod
Send for Send for
’ our big Our Bis
catalog catalog

S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS

We have the world’s greatest layers. You
can have them too. If you get our eggs. Chicks
or stock. There is big money in poultry if you
have heavy laying stock. Send today for our big
free instructive catalog. It gives prices for eggs.
chicks and stock and much other ormation.
Semi for it today before placing your order else-

where.
PURITAS SPRINGS POULTRY FARM
Box E111, Boron, Ohio

 

s. C. BUFF LEGHORN COCKERELS, ACTIVE
- full egg basket strain, $2 each.
MR8 FRED LAMBRIGHT, R2, Manchester. Midi.

GRABOWSKE S. 0. WHITE LEGHORN COCK.
erels for sale. only $2.50 each and up.
LEO GRABOWSKE, Merrill, Mlch_., R. 4

 

 

OR GALE—R. C. I. L. COCKERELS, SIRED
“by! magma] Bab ngueriz 5i(l)red fho-r size and
y- . '0 3 . t '
Giant rabbits. _ ‘ “c mm”
E.t HIMEIAUOH. Goldwater. Mich.

. s c I. LEOHORN OOCKERELB FROM EX-
celient laying strain. Prize winners at Sa
insw‘Feir. $1.50. A. McKeage, R4, Hemlock, Mich

 

 

 

REDS. MICHIGAN’S
Color and Egg Strain. Both combs. Cock-
erels. Chicks and Eggs. Write for free cataloz-
. INTERLAKES FARM
Box 4, Lawrence, Mich.

HITTAKER'S R. I.

 

 

LANGSHAN

OR. SIMPSON'I LANOSHANB OF QUALITY
Bred for type and color since 1912. Winter
Ieylns strain of both Black and White. Have
some cookers]- ior sale. Eggs in season.
CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webberville. Mich.

 

 

 

ORPINGTONS

 COCKERELS AND PULLET8

for sale. liufl', \Vllite,
Black Cockerels at $7, $8, and $10. Pulleis at
$3 and $5. Also yearling hens $3 and $4.

Hatching eggs. $8 per setting. ,
GRABOWSKE BROS" R 4, Merrill, Mich.

 

 

 

ANGONAS

 

NOONA COCKSRELS LARGE FINE BIRDS
from heavy laying strain, $2.50 eachO Order
now. Emil Johnson,  City, R 1, Mich. Box 71

 

NCONA OOCKERELS FROM CECIL SHEP-
pard’s fine strain, Aug. hatched, $2 and $4
each. You want one.
EVA TRYON, Jerome, Mich.

 

 

BABY 
BABY GHIGKS

350,000 for 1921
Our 17th season. Chicks sent
prepaid. Safe delivery guarum
teed. Leghorns, Rocks. Reds, An-
conas, Wyandottes, Minoms,
Utility and Exhibiting quality at
very reasonable prices. Catalog
and price list free.
20th Century Hatchery -‘ » 1.
New Washington, tho

If chix and eggs are '

 not shipped right.   
100,000 best blooded chicks ever produced,

selected utility, tmpnested stock. 20 varieties.
Be one Catalog. Early booking avoids
disappointment.

BECKMAN HATCHERY

28 E. Lyon 8!... Grand Raplds, Mich.

 

 

 

 

THE swan son

153557 6W393i8¥d¢ flown- birds.

    
  
    

    
    

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. , 1‘ P l I 'I e . e
     011‘  Advertismg
 Don’tide’nendgon your local markets to sell your hatching eggs,

 “Emil:  before the prospective buyers or the en-
titgrprices and shatter market.»

Al.  B. as poultry directory you cover

-‘ rooms IN  28.. F. NOW!

 

500,000 CHICKS

at very reasonable pric-
from our heavy 13)::
English

strain cl
American White Leg-
horns, Brown 011-

and Anconss. S pped
by parcel post Bromid-
Special prices on 1,000
lots. Catalogue free.

Wynaerden Hatchery
Box I, Iceland, Mifi.

BUFF LEGHORN BABY

 

SINGLE COMB

Chicks. Order now for riu (1 ll '
reasonable. Safe delivery (Eateries; very. Pne-
J. W. WEBSTER. Bath, R 2. Mich.

3m cmcxs $.3ng sees. sunnao'

Norman st ‘ . trap-

Eggtéegh bred ti lay. 1Expertly tested “lot; many
ons. arge ilustrated

Stamps for circular. catalog“. 2“

NORMAN POULTRY PLANT, Chatsworth, III.

         

 

“1-0.0.9001... I.
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THE J. B. FARMS HATCHERY
S. C. White Leghorn Chicks. Best se-
lected stock; large, with capacity for eggs
which they DO lay. Only THE BEST
trade. Write for terms. _
LORING AND MARTIN COMPANY
East Saugatuck, Mich.

 

 

_..

Day Old Chicks and Hatching Ego

Tom Barron English S. C. White Leghorn
Pullet No. 25 entered in Mich. egg laying contest
Nov. let, 1920, layed 54 can in first 69 day:

Eggs, $1.50'per 15: $8.00 per 100.

Chicks, $18 per 100; $15 per 100 for June.

One hatch every Wednesday, starting March
grid. Will hatch chicks 'from all breed during
une.

Write for free poultry book.

W. A. DOWNS, Washington, Mich.
Romeo Phone 108—F-32.

 

 

srnoue,

UPERIOR BABY CHICKS,
healthy, purebred. White and Brown Le.-
horns, Anconas. Catalog free.

SUPERIOR HATCHERY, Iceland, Mich.

Chicks wtih the ‘Pep

Our bred—today and exhi-
bition chicks will pay you.
Try them and be convino
, ed. Safely delivered h
. ' ' prepaid postman. Rocha,

A ~ Reds.

' doting. muco-
can and Leghorn; Prices 1mm 15c and I.
Get our catalog and buy your chicks direct [m
the hatchery. .

HOLGATE CHICK HATCHERY, Box 3
Holgate, Ohio

 

 

 

HATCHING EGGS

fl.  RED HATCHING EGGS. THOMPKIN‘.
Strain.‘ $12.00 per 100.
Wm. H. FROHM, New Haven. Mlch.

 

 

TURKEYS

 

FOR SALE: Choice White Holland Turkey H“
($7) each. Three toms left at $10 each. Ab
one reg. Oxford Down ram lamb.

MR8. ED. COLLING. Mayvlllo, Mich.

 

on SALE—MAMMOTH snouzs TURKEY.
\Vl'ite for prim-s. l-‘orost View Farm.
MRS. H. o. HORTON. Flllon. Mich.

 

OR SALE—BOURBON RED, TURKEY TOMS.
$8.00 and $10.00.
THOS. G. GALLAGHAN. Fenton, Mlch.

 

GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS. A FEW CHOICE
.\' ‘H‘: laws and pnllots. '
MRS. PERRY H. STEBBINS,‘ Saranac, Mich.

 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEVS
WHITE AFRICAN GUINEAS
80 acres of them. Reference C. II. Burgess
Professor Poultry, Mich. Agricultural College.
Farm for sale.
Whltcomb Turkey Farm. Byron Center, Mich.

 

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