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FARM BUREAU FEDERATION EN-

DORSES RURAL CREDIT BILL

The executive committee of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
has indomed the principles of the
McFadden-Kenyon rural credits and
multiple insurance bill for agricul-
tural production.

At hearings before the federa-
tion's finance committee it was
shown that the cattle insurance
rates in some states were 220 per
cent in excess of those in another
state, and that fire insurance rates
paid by the farmers in some states
were 300 per cent greater than in
other states, a statement of the
federation declared. ,

The McFadden-Kenyon bill pro-
vides for the creation of a Federal
multiple insurance charter author-
izing the issuance of insurance
against any and every contingency,
a privilege many foreign insurance
companies enjoy. It is the purpose
to induce one of the mutual life
insurance companies to accept such
a charter, so as to enable the com-
pany to write every class of in-
surance desired by the farmer.

Sponsors of the bill claim that
if the rural credit society and mul~
tiple insurance company had com-
mon agents, that the cost of insur-
ance would be materially reduced to
farmers.

Contrast European System
“It is also claimed,” according to
a statement from the federation,
that the reason the European farmer
obtained credit for agricultural pro-
duction at from 3 1—2 to 4 1—2 per
cent before the war was that he of—
fered better security through his
cheap and sound multiple insurance
than the average American farmer.
That is, the European farmer did
not risk all his eggs in one basket,
but. by insuring against unforseen
contingencies he was not down and
out one year and living in clover
the next, as is too frequently the
case with the American farmer. An-
other reason why such low interest
rates prevailed there, was that their
farmers had access to the credit mar—
kets of the industrial centers, while
our farmers operating only on the
deposit banking plan have their
market limited to their respective
communities.

Rural Mu] tiple

“It is further contended," says
the statement, “that the proposed
credit insurance system would do
more to strengthen our present
banking system tb)an the Federal
Reserve system. In proof of this
contention it is claimed that there
has never been a failure of a single
rural credit society in France, sim—
ply because of the security offered
for credit and the further fact that
their farmers had access to the
credit markets of the industrial cen-
ters of France.”

COOK “WILL NOT BECOME BEET
GROWERS’ HEAD

A. B. Cook of Owosso, master of
the Michigan State Grange, will not
succeed John C. Ketcham of Hast—
ings-as president of the Michigan
Sugar Beet Growers' Association.
Mr. Cook has written sugar beet as-
sociation officials declining the of-
fice, stating that his duties as mast-
er of the state grange, together with
other interests, take all of his time
and that he believes that it would
be unwise for him to take on furth-
er, administrative duties, he advises
the state farm bureau.

He said in his letter to the sugar
beet association officers that he had
not been following the affairs of the
beet association closely for the past
two, seasons and considered himself

‘no longer well informed on the in-

dustry. .

Mr. Cook recently was elected
president of the Michigan Sugar
Beet Growers’ Association to suc-
ceed Mr. Ketcham who retired upon

I his election to Congress.
'» Mr. Cook declared himself to be.
' acted in . he. . problems .

  

confronting the beet industry and
said that he would be glad to. sup-
port the beet growers' association
but could not take on additional ad-
ministrative duties at this time.

 

U. P. ORGANDZES FARM BUREAU
HEADQUARTERS

Escanaba is to be the state farm
bureau headquarters of the Upper
Peninsula and thereby probably be-
come as important a center for bus-'
iness farmers as Lansing has become
for the lower peninsula. This se-
lection was made at a meeting of
representatives of ten county farm
bureaus at Marquette on April 26th.
The vote of these counties was 7 to
3 in favor of Escanaba. A commit-
tee of three will decide upon the
business manager for the Upper
Peninsula office.

One of the first problems facing
the upper peninsula counties is to
perfect their local co-operative as-
sociations. The delegates decided to
organize farm bureau locals into co-
operative associations during' the
months of June and July. When the
territory is well covered with co-
ops., so farmers will have a medium
through which to do business the
upper peninsula office will then be
fully organized, it is understood.

. DAIRY BREEDING EXPERIMENTS

AT ‘M. A. C.

Demonstration of the relation to
production and conformation of line—
breeding versus out-breeding of the
same general blood lines is the pur-
pose of an experiment in dairy live—
stock breeding which is being start-
ed at the Michigan Agricultural Col—
lege. Results of the investigation
which is planned to cover a twenty
year period, will be of great value to
large dairy interests of the state.

Bulls for use in the experiment
are to be furnished by the Dairy Di—
vision of the United States Depart—

ment . of ~ Agriculture,

with the colloge‘in the work. The
first animal for this test, the yearl-
ing Holstein bull, King Piebe Hero.
has just been received at East Lans-

' ing from the government.

King Piebe Hero is from some of

‘the highest producing and best show

stock in the country. His dam’s
sire, Piebe Laura Ollie Homestead
King, was grand champion at the
National Dairy Show and is the sire
of a grand champion,—-also the son
of the twice grand champion Oak
DeKol Ollie Homestead. The calf’s
sire, King Segis Pontiac Hero, full

, brother to Ling Segis Pontiac Count,

is called by M. S. Prescott, leading
authority on Holstein records, the
“Marvel of all Sires,” and one of
the greatest yearly production bulls
of the breed. He carries in his ped-
igree some of the mo'st noted indiv-
uals of the breed. The calf’s dam
has a two year old yearly record of
milk, 19,0152; butter, 782.93 lbs.
Seven other state experiment sta-
tions in the country are also co-op-
erating with the Dairy Division of
the Department of Agriculture in
conducting similar investigations.

DANISH OO-OPEBATORS DO A
HUGE BUSINESS

The Co<operative Wholesale So-
ciety of Denmark reports a busi-
ness of $55,000,000 in a country
only a little larger than the state
of Maryland. The Society owns a
number of factories, whose products
for the year totalled $11,000,000 or
$3,000,000 more than the produc-
tion for 1919. ‘An idea of the rapid
growth of co~operation in Europe
since the war may be gained from
the fact that the Danish co-operat-
ors did 50 percent more business
this year than last. The net surplus
of the Danish Co—operative Whole~
sale now reaches $1,340,000.

State Dep’t to Have Dairy Division-

SSURANCE THAT the new state
department of agriculture is to
have a dairy division, the duties

of which will be to foster and en-
courage the dairy industry through—
out the state, to assist in raising the
quality of Michigan’s dairy products
to higher planes, and to enforce the
dairy laws, is big news to the i11-
dustry in this state.

A dairy division of the state de‘
partment of agriculture has been se-

cured through the efforts of the.

Michigan Allied Dairy Association
which on Tuesday, April 19, laid be-
fore Governor Groesbeck and the
State Administrative board the dairy
situation in the state and the need
for such a division of the state de-
partment of agriculture, according
to a program adopted at its annual
meeting, March 16, sometime before
the bill creating a state department
of agriculture became a law. '

The importance of the dairy indus—
try to the state, the need for ade-
quate laws and an organization to
enforce those laws) and to spread
the educational messages which
would assist in raising the quality
0; dairy products, was contained in
a comprehensive statement present-
ed to the governor and the State
Administrative board at a confer-
ence held at the state capitol. The
statement recommended that a dairy
division of the state department of
agriculture be created and suggested
that $100,000 be appropriated to
finance the work of the department.
Twenty dairy inspectors were urged
as a minimum for efficient supervi-
sion of therdairy industry.

The governor told the dairy asso-
ciation that both he and the state
administrative board were convinc-
ed that such a dairy division was
needed and gaVe assurance that it
would be cr.eated The state depart-
ment of agriculture will open July
1, according to the terms of the act
which created it. _,

The dairy association (ccmmft-

 

tee which drafted the state-
ment to the governor recommended
that the appropriation suggested be
distributed as follows: Butter inter—
ests, 30 per cent; condensed and
powdered milk, 5 per cent; cheese, 5
per cent; ice cream, 10 per cent;
market milk and production, 50 per
cent. The division of inspectors
would be as follows: Butter 6;
cheese 1; condensed and powdred
milk, 1; ice cream, 2; market milk
and production, 10.

The scope of the Michigan Allied
Dairy Association is as follows: The
Michigan State Farm Bureau, Mich-
igan Milk Producers’ Association,
Creamery Butter Manufacturers, Ice
Cream Manufacturers, Market Milk
Distributors, Cheese Manufacturers,
Condensed and Powdered Milk Man-
ufacturers, manufacturers of and
dealers in dairy equipment and sup-
plies. Each of these units is repre-
sented on the board of directors of
the Michigan Allied Dairy Associa-
tion.

It is estimated that there are now
870, 000 dairy cows in the state to-
day, distributed on an average basis
of four cows per farm and totalling
217,000 farms. In 1920 these cows
produced 3,492,000,000 pounds of
milk, which was valued at $104,
760,000.

Dairy establishments in the state
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1920, as given by the state food and
drug- department license ‘ and regis-
tration records were: 248 creameries,
65 cheese factories, 35 condensed
milk and poWder plants, 258 ice
cream manufacturers. 19 milk,
skimming stations, 1916 cream buy-
ing stations, 939 milk distributing
plants 98 milk depots, 104 milk
stores, 1,742 milk wagons. ’

The amount of labor and capital
involved in the production, manu-j
facturing and marketing of the

  

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ganization,

  

ILLINOIS MILK rRon'Uo-Eas' uni-"i

TER MARKETING GAME
A review of the Illinois milk sit-
uation by the dairy marketing de-
partment of the Illinois Agricultural
Association shows two new
marketing organizations now start-

ing operations and three other dis-_

tricts considering organization.

The permanent organization of
the Southern’Illinois and Missouri
Milk Producers’ Association having
been well efiected, the district about
St. Louis is now being surveyed with
a view to locating plants to take care
of the farmers’ surplus milk and to
leasing or buying receiving stations.

The Stephenson County Farm Bu-
reau, in co-operation' with a.
marketing organization of from 400
to 500 members shipping to Free-
port, has begun the building of a
dairy marketing plant to cost $30,-
000. The new building will contain
offices for the County-Farm Advisor
and his staff and 'an assembly room
where farm bureau and milk mar-
keting association members may hold
conferences.

At a large meeting of milk produc-
ers about Quincy held under the aus-
pices of the County Farm Bureau, a
committee was appointed to make a
survey of the territory and, if deem-
ed advisable, to recommend a per-
manent organization.

Milk producers of the Galesburg
district have met with the Knox
County Farm Bureau and are sur-
veying the district with the same
end in view. The marketing situ-
ation has been fairly satisfactory
there, _so it was reported, and the or-
if formed, will attempt

to use the existing machinery. of

, marketing as far as is possible.

The dairy marketing committee of
the Jo Daviess County Farm Bureau
is considering the advisability of‘an
organization of farmers investing
capital in at. idle condensing plant
at Galena.

G. Larsen, director of the Dairy
Marketing Department of the Illi-
nois Agricultural Association, has
been assisting in the organization
work in all five of these districts.

GERMANY T0 REGULATE TRADE
IN CEREALS

According to Consul General Wile

liam Coffin, with the American mis-

sion in Berlin, Germany, the nation,-

al economic council has published a

project for the regulation of com-,

merce in cereals which provides that

grain imporated will be devoted en- '

tirely to supplying the needs of the
German population and that permis-
sion to re—export it will be refused.
A commission of grain merchants
will have charge of the distribution
of the imported cereals through the
retail merchants. The commission
will be furnished within-reaching
powers are regards control of both
price and production of cereals.

 

DEERE a, 00. REDUCE‘PRICES“.

Following the reduction in the
price of steel made by the United
States Steel Corporatibn, Deere &,
Company announce a reduction of
10 per cent in the prices of plows,
cultivators, spreaders, disc barrows,
corn planters, hay loaders, grain and

corn binders, mowers, sulky ,rakes
and other implements. , -'
The company explains, in its an-‘

nouncement, .that its raw materials
have been purchased at the higher
prices and that in its 1921 produc-

tion, it consequently receives no ben- u

efit of the recent reduction in the
price of steel. The steel reduction,
however, does furnish a new basis
of replacement cost, and even the
this reduction in price means a. the:
mendous loss to the company, navy.
ertheless, it is willing to take th
consequent loss in the hope th’
will benefit the farmer in én
him to buy more economics?
implements he needs

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Taxation is the price the

every 1nd1v1dual requires and receives.

etion of his person, and as all prepert'y
res and receives protection, taxation

rs ould: be uniVerSal and reach every individ;

l and all property. As taxation is 11 bur-

€11 requiring sacrifice on the part of the tax.—_

‘ye'r, every system of taxation should at all'
times conform to the 'principle,‘ ‘equality of
"burden”. '

The. history of taxation, however, until re-..
cent years, is that of a ceaseless struggle of the
‘tfdifierent economic classes of society to throw
the taxation burden from the shoulders of
1‘ their particular class to those of some other
class. Looking backward from the ‘ stand-
point of today, when taxatién is recognized
;.as an indispensable condition of society, it is
dlflicult to appreciate how keen has been “this
age long Warfare of economic classes eyer
‘taxatidn... But through it all there has been

continued progress in both theory and 131'an

: toward greater realization of these fun-
demental principles of taxation, “Univer--
sallty” and “Equality of Burden”. In these
days, States change taxation laws and meth-
0118 Without revolution,- - Without turmoil,
WithOut appeals to class interests, wheneve

it can be demonstrated that, because of. chai'I-‘ig
, ed conditions or economic and social progress,
the'ex1st1ng methods no longer reSpond to
our ideas of justice. We- believe such' 21 st-

untibn exists in our State to-day and that we,

Should direct attention to the same. ..
Taxation System of Michigan

aid valorem general pmperty tax, ad-

d' iat a unime rate, on all property.
sally taxed, or by laW exempt It is ~

. ill)? framed and provided With many
safeguards for securing universal and equit-
For many years its operations
were satisfactory in these respects, and it pro-
duced abundant revenue. It has had the

"are familiar” Because of these facts, the
card Of State Tax CommiSSioners has hesi-
edto recommend in its biennial reports,

two years ago, any radical departure

the ad valorem general property tax
{and has suggested only such changes
additions to, existing laws, as would,

11,- tend to bring- about a more »

dmmlstration of the casting sys-

9-part1cularly1W1th remeet to the assess— .

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Will You Help secure an Income Tax?

. - .
HE STAGE was all set for the legisla-
ture to open the way for an income tax

law in this state. A resolution to
amend the Constitution to provide for such
a tax was introduced by Rep. Frank R.
Mosier and passed the House It died in
the Senate committee on taxation, of which
Sen. Vandenboom of Marquette was chair-
man. Sen. Herbert F. Baker made a heroic
attempt during the closing days of the leg-
islature to get it ’out of the committee for
consideration before the senate, but his mo-

‘ tiOn was defeated. " The Senators who voted

in favor of reporting out the resolution are
as follows: Amon, Baker, Bolt, Eldred,
Hicks, McArthur, McRae, Phillips, Riopelle,
Smith, Detroit and Smith, Port Huron.
Those opposing the motion: Brower, Bry-
' ant, Clark, Condon, Davis, Engel, Forrester,
Hamilton” Henry, Lemire, McNaughton,
Osborne, Penny, Ross, Sink, Tufts, Vanden-
boom, Wilcox, Woods.—“the immortal ‘
nineteen." ‘ ’ ,
There was no reason in the world why
the legislature of 1921 should not have
passed legislation providing for a clean-cut
income tax which would have brought in an
additional fifteen to twenty million dollars,
‘ thereby relieving the strain upon real and
personal property. But it failed to. do so,
and the taxpayer must either await another
session of the legislature or take the ini-
tiative in submittin'r the proposal at the -
fall election in 1922. This {tan easily be
" done, pro‘fiding farmers take the proper in-
terest in the matter and assist. in circulating
the petitions anion": their neighbors. The ac-
companying :srti ~ is t‘w first of several
which will be published upon the income
tax. [It is taken from the report of the
,Stnte Tax Commission for the year 1919-20,
prepared by Orlando F. Barnes, chairman.
In order to secure the sentiment of our
readers up0n this subject we are publishing
a blank coupon in this issue which every
reader is requested to fill out and return
promrtly. If we find the sentiment suffi-
ciently strong for this form of taxation, the
Business Farmer pledges itself to leave no
stone unturned to 1 bring about a submis-
sion of r‘w'w ' tax to a vote of the poo-

‘ ple at the earliest possible moment. Your

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statewide interest in taxation matters caused
by the increase in taxation for all purposes,—
Federal, State and local, justifies the Board
1n this decision

The individual. who studies

the taxation

problems of‘f Michigan with the" statistics of

recent years before him, cannot fail to be im-
pressed with the impertance that must be
given to fOur general conditions in any solu-
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Mount Clemens, Mich.
- ' , I am in favor of .a state income tax
to help relieve the present burden of taxa-
" :fion upon real ’ and personal property. I
(will )
(W111 not) help to circulate petitions among.
"my neigh50rs to put the income tax amend-
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First, the great increase in, and broadening of
the purposes for which taxation is now levied, an

the necessary accompanying inc1ease in the vol- " '

ume of ”taxation;

Second, the continuous narrowing in the base
sustaining taxation; -

Third, the changes that have taken place in the .
characte1 of property since our present taxation .
system was adopted and the failure at the pres-
ent time of the ad valorem general property tax
to reach and equitably tax all property;

Fourth, the relative importance now held by a.
class of citizens whose income is the result of
personal effort and now drawn from capital repre-
sented by any f01m of property.

Expanding Demands for Revenue
In the year 1909 the total amount of taxes
levied in Michigan under the ad valorem gen; '
cral property tax law for all purposes——- 9

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round numbers $34,879,000; in 1917 it had
increased to $73,612,000; in 1918 to $85,132,—
000; in 1919 to $110,776,000. The records
for 1920 have not yet been compiled, but from
the reports that have reached the office of the
Board of State Tax Commissioners it is cer-
tain that for the present year it will exceed
$125 000. 000. It must be borne in mind that
these sums do not include taxes paid by pub
lic utility corporations into the primary school
fund or the automobile tax paid into the.
highway fund, or inheiitzmce taxes, or mort-
gage taxes. the total of which for the year end- *
111;: June 30, 1920, was $14.771,746.00.

The following table, comparing taxes lev-,'
led in 1909 and 1919. shows an increase in,
each total in which taxes are classified:

Assessed Valuation and Taxes Levied in the,
State of Michigan
. 1909
..$1,315,627,624
371,528,073

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1919 _
915151435801
988,837,601l

Real Estate
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$4,503,980981f
$ 17,432,512.04l
11,685,08615}
2,101,786.11;
29,753,423091
8,658,775.66?
5,124,191.47:
860, 758.73

31 587, 226 22
3, 557, 909. 691‘
14,436.94)

Total
State Tax
County Tax
Township Tax
School Tax
Highway Tax‘
’30. Road Tax
Drain Tax
City Tax
Village Tax
Reg'ected 'Tax ..

..... $1,687,155.697
..... $2 5,929,304.89
4,499,690.06
1,150,268.21
7,186,799.35
3.014.344.94
741,868.05
267628.51
10,701,84546
1,291,173.47
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Total Taxes $34,879,093.20 $110,776,106.10:
Average rate per
$1,000 $20.67 $24,601,
This continuous tremendous increase in the. ,
volume of taxation is not, to any appreciable '

. extent, the result of waste, extravagance 01"] . ,
mismanagement and is due, only in part to

the increased cost of living. Rigid economy, ..
consolidation of Boards, efficient budget ad
ministration undoubtedly will accomplish
saving. There will be also, saving through
recession in prices in the course of readjust-
ment from war conditions, but in considering
this factor it must be recognized that for. years
to come, prices will co tinue on a consider-‘
ably higher plane than 1n the past. _,

The relief which we may expect from read—
justment in prices and saving in administra— .
tion will, we believe, he more than swallowed l, f

up by constantly increasing expenditures re- . :-

sulting from the centinuous increaSe in, and _.
broadening of, the purposes for which taxa— '
tion is now and will be, in the future, ,leviedn
The State, the counties, the municipali '

ly with respect to highways, streets, sew“,
W}

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I .. Estation, trusting to independent

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E HISTCRY 0f underlying causes and 1 '-

zc nditions surrounding the establish-
. "and“growth of a large number of the ..
single-unit type of 'farmers’ elevators in -_the
United States is not radically different from

githei history of the grain growers’ movement in ;

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(Canada. However, , in the actual establish-
ment of marketing facilities, the farmers ,of
ECSLII-ada pursued a different course. Instead
”inf-the locally owned and Operated form of
- "farmers? elevators found in the middle west-
’érii‘ states of theUnited States the Canadians
I found it desirable to establish centrally locat--
led elevators of the line-house type. While
there area number of the single-unit type. of

‘Xfarmers‘ elevators in Canada, it is the rather ’

jLhconspicuous success of the line-house type
, ,ziiwhi‘ch has attracted attention in this country,
audit is these which are usually meant when

' reference is made to the Canadian plan.’ The

Canadian plan, in the above sense, is typified
in tWo large companies: The United Grain
Growers, Ltd., with headquarters at Winni-
_. peg, Manitoba, and the Saskatchewan Co-op-
',erative Elevator Company Ltd., of Regina,
Saskatchewan. These two companies own and
operate over 600 country elevators in the
three Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and
fManitoba.

Because the Canadian farmers’ companies
ihave‘entered the terminal markets and in oth-
er ways have carried their marketing activitles
further than have the single-unit type of
failiers’ elevators in the middle western sec-
tion of the United States, some have thought
.-..‘that the American farmers erred in their
I scheme of organizatiOn and that the Canadian
type of organization is the correct type for this
icountry as a whole. It is not our purpose to
gtry to establish which is the correct type, but
. rather to segregate and distinguish certain
- cenditions and factors relating to the opera—,.
tion of different types of organizations and to
assist the reader to a better understanding of
co-dperative grain marketing as carried on in
various parts of the United States and 1n
Canada. . . _

In the collection of material for this study,
personal visits were made to typical orgamza-
tions representing different types and operat-
ing conditions, and numerous interv1ews were
held with persons variously engaged 1n gram
marketing in this country and in Canada.

The Farmers" Elevator Movement

There is a notable difference in the manner
in which the cooperative activities of the
-: farmers took concrete form as between the
' -_-’mi'ddle western section of, the United States
and western Canada. In the United States
7 the farmers began-by establishing their own
"co-operatively owned, elevators at the _local
commissmn
firms in the terminal markets to furnish an
_ . outlet for their grain The individual grower
of grain sold his grain to his own local elevat-
I'or cempany, in which he was a stockholder,
and it in turn found an outlet for the gram
through the regularly established comm1ss1on
firms and other trade avenues. In Canada,
.on the other hand, the farmers first organiz-
ed for the purpose of securing legislation fav-
orable to direct shipments by individual grow-
' ers" and of correcting alleged trade abuses.
There was no attempt by the growers, in the
eginning, to establish elevators; their efforts»
redirected toward securing the privflege of
ding their own grain directly into cars and
l“,"'g'“r“it sold fairly in the central markets.

_, 5" "ai'grower might, if he so desired, ship hls
gli‘dfi direct seemed to offer at least a cheek

‘ ‘ those elevators Which were unreasonable in

hitcharges simply became the grain’1eyent-,
' had-rte name through them. The result

" ‘riiefiforts was the: Manitoba Grain Adi},

te‘r' became the Canada grain -. Acg
. .\ , h 5., ‘,'ts,,ci,:», ‘ _ .
m is Meryfiomp're enSIVG an , 1 p3 ., ,} Old-- Mr. Herterya .Busmess Farmer ,. .
States peoplefrainpfar' and pear come-i
calf and. all say-they never’saw any-

besflhow.» nearly eyery phase of the _

ahadfil 5,; .
Gris 01.18131?

'ByJ,‘ M, Mun]. __ ' ,_ 3.,‘ ,
Markers-U: s. nape. 01.ngricuzture-

Bureau} of

I

z. . . , -317 . .. L
. ada should. begin‘their actual 'jmarket

 

 

Secret of. Canadian, Success
HE .AOOOMPANYING article "and, oth-
T ers that will follow disCuss the diner-
ences between the (Jammiiain and United ‘
States methods of Ctr-operative grain mar-
keting. Iii-view, of the effort to establish a
nation-wide grain marketing System [in this
country the comparison is particularly in-
teresting at this time. ,We‘ have tried every
' method in this country now but the right
one. Perhaps the ‘ United States Grain
Growers,’ Inc., which has borrowed most of
its ideas from the Canadianrplan, may pro-

 

 

 

' United States the .farmers’ elevator movem"

 

vide the key to grain niarketings—Editor.

 

 

and the establishment by raierad companies
of loading platforms for the convenience of
individual shippers.
licensing system for country elevators, com'~
mission merchants, terminal elevators and
track buyers.
authority for the establishment and. adminis-
tration of grades, as well as weighing and
inspection. The law is administered by a com-

mission appointed by the Governor in Coun-’~

oil of Canada.
It was not. until extensive investigations by

the government had'been made of the entire,

grain marketing system at the instance of the
grain growers’ associations of seme of the
Provinces, and the passage of-the Manitoba
Grain Act, that the grain growers in Canada
engaged in eo-operative marketing, and then
they entered the terminal markets without
first establishing country elevators. Their
first activity was the establishment of the
Grain Growers’ Grain Co., Ltd., at Winnipeg,
now the United Grain Growers, Ltd. During
the. first years of its existence this company
conducted a purely commission business, re-
ceiving shipments of grain direct from mem-
ber growers. It will be seen, therefore, that
the farmers of- Canada went into the terminal
markets even before they established elevators
at the country railroad stations, whereas in the
United States farmers’ elevators were first es-
tablished locally. “ ‘ ‘

A Three-Legged Cali

 

 

C‘L-A-D-I-E-S and gen-tle-men, among the.
-0 ‘

many attractions shoWn on the inside
of this ~ma-a~moth tent is a two-headed calf.
The only calf born with two heads l“ The price
0 f , admiSSion '
is one dime or
ten cents.” Do
you remember
the cry of the
bally-ho man
on‘ circus day “2‘
Then wh e n
you got inside
on sa w a
stuffed calf,
with two heads
on it alright,
but it looked
like' one head f
had been fast—
cried out o a -
normal cal f
that had been ._
stuffed an d“ . .,
mounted. Well , » , ‘ ,
the calf shown here hasn’t two heads but it
_-._really has onlythree- legs. ' It was born that
way, its owner, Mr. Albert Herter who lives
, near Ann, Arbor, advises us. The calf is over
“sevenweeks old, is healthy. in every way and
runs-and jumps like any four-legged ‘calf. It
3.3 i‘ ed about .105. pounds when only four

 

 

 

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we a

.Ji’k:

There is also. provided a.

Under this act comes also the ~

. ment privileges,

ers, n cistern"
. . . . .. 4. ' ' I" I ’tivh
mes 1n the terminal markets, while ', in fifth
originated with the, establishment-of ' countr
elevators, may not"‘at'first appear clearngOW-T
ever, 'It must bewremembered-that in Canada
the efforts ofthe‘igrain growers to‘ marketed.” '
operatively beganfigwh-ile the; country .gwas' still;
new and sparsely settled. fCapital withfwhi'ch
to erect elevators at '«the, country points1 was
not readily available. . Mostof the ,g‘rovVers
had. scarcelyenough capital/to carry on. the?"
busuiess of growing wheat, and‘in.~t=hatthinty L " .
populated Section 3.. capital subscriptioanuii-ia: .'
cient ‘to erect a modern grain elevator atfeach'
Shlpplng pomt would have amounted to acts-7 '7 ‘ r‘,

siderable per capita cost. - The Wheat-farms“:
were large; farm storage'was not .so adequate-J ’5’“ ,
1y prowded as it was in Iowa, Illinoisand iotha‘ 1.
er Mlddle Western States "when the movement ‘

started there, and consequently the, establish, f"
ment of loading platforms, and the poSsibilitylfifi

of shipping grain direct, without having iit '- ‘L
pass through the hands of the countryldealers; 3.

seemed to the growers the most logical Way ‘ _- u

out of their difficulties. ' l , _ . ,,
Marketing Conditions ,, ' ~' '

In the actual physical handling of grain the‘57“

bulk handling method prevails in Canada, 'as ..
1t does in the middle western section of the,
United States. But in" the method of market;
ing on the .part of the individual growers there:t
is a difierence in practice. In the Middle}
Western States the local farmers’ 'elevatorfig
usually confined in its activities to buying and
selling the grain of its member-patrons and
others, and its principal source of revenue is. I
in thelprofits made upon resale. V .
tively few growers ship direct to commission
firms in 'the terminal markets and even Wife
practice of storing grain for farmers by--'th‘e
local elevators is being discouraged. In Can:
ada, on the other handfthe grower-has :a‘c‘hoicej .-
between _Several methods of marketing»? his
grain. _, ' 4
.(1)
elevator,_ and sell it at the current pricepa-idsby
the elevator in thesame, manner that most otthe ~
country grain is sold in the Middle Western.

States, in which case it is designated as _"‘strfe_et,.ff .1-

grain,” and the prices which, are paid for giq‘aiiiii ,
sold in this manner are called f‘street prices.""’ f - 5,1
_ (2) He may have his grain stored in a. sped-"€97"
ial bin, the identity of the grain being preserved,
and later 'he may have it loaded into cars ,foiydi-é
rect shipment. In this case he pays to the elevat- ”3
or company merely its .charge‘ for storage"iafld
loading. After the grain is loaded into the car...
and before it is shipped, he may sell it to. l-fifl/(fiy'. _
evator company with which he special-binned it ‘_
or he may sell it to any. other companythirttack-
buyer, in which case itis'referred to' as "ftrack'r
grain," and the prices paid for
grain are called “track prices;" or he may ship" '
tb the terminal market, there to be soldjon Leon}; _
signmenft either by the same elevator companyh
providing it is engaged in the commission bus-‘
iness, or by some other c’ommission firm. .7'
(3) He may have his grain placed in store in
the local elevator with other grain of like-lily
and grade; which is called “grad'evstora'gefl: and I"?
at some time in the; future he may sell? ita-gags‘,
“street grain ;" he may. have an equivalent nuns-gal"
ber of bushels loaded into a car, and'th'er'esolde-l

, as “track grain;” or he may ship on his 'ow'iif iii"

dividual account to the terminal market? “fifth"!
(4) He may load his grain directly. into-the .....
car, utilizing the» loading platforms provided :‘be-fi‘,
the railroad-companies for that purpose, and sell .1
it as track grain or consign it direct to seine
cemmissiOn firm in the terminal mai‘két.’ 3 ‘
(5) If upon arrival in the terminal me he!
of grain shipped for the] account of agrower 1i
grower: elects not to sell, he may under cer "

,conditions'have “the car ordered toa public '1'.

inal elevator for further" storage. Direct is
. of course,» are timited‘to , ’

Quantities. . . "' 3' ‘

‘ Foif‘ the purpose at cateringjto these g1:

3,13 Who web .130" maker..-1:1.seiof,“there?

p 1' d

 

Compass:- , .7

He imaY deliver his grain to the local ‘~

this kind of


ThanFlfty Per Cent of Crop Grown 1n Entire Country , y
‘ By hw- KEPHART and ROLAND Mom 'ing seed for sale, but most of the seed grcwn

Bwreau of Plarit Industry, U. 8. Dept. of Agricuiture . in America was Simply for local consumptio
‘ ‘ ‘ ' Indeed, America i-grown seed was not 100 .e'

' » . '. _ 7 upon with favor y the commercial seed déal
Why Nat Grow Hairy Vetch. , , 'ers, partly because it was more troublesome"
F [IDI-HGAN soil 'and climate is ideally

,. j .» uses “More.
.AIRY-VETCH», a, o termed Q‘Riifssian.
" ‘vetch,’;’. “sand vetchi’ and “winter
(:vetch,” is avhardy Winter-annual legume, with'
_ Wide. adaptidns ‘4 to anunu‘su‘al variety of con-
,f-ditibns. , It thrives“ in; nearly all soils and
climates and is, pinbably more widely distrib—. ‘
. uted- than, any other, legumeinous forage crop ‘
., except” SWeet’clover. It is used for nearly
fi',..‘every,.zpu;rpose' for which forage’ crops are era—,1,
' played, being grOwn for hay, pasturage, soil-
3,193; green manure, a, ‘crover’ cr'op,‘ silage, and-
seed The plant is especially noteworthy. for
f its ability to grew on poor soil, for its resist-
‘ ance to cold, drouth, and alkali, and for its
comparative immunity from insects and dis-
-\Vea’Ses. These qualities'make' hairy vetch a val-
, _. uabl'e crop under any circumstances,- but they
,' ' _ have led especially to'the use of the plant for
V ij‘bu‘ilding up poor soils and as a substitute for
' red clover, alfalfa, and the grasses in regions
. 9 Where these cropsdo not flourish. It is equal-
jg fly evaluable ‘on‘ richer soils, and can be used
Where a winter-growing forage crop is desired.

 

 

to obtain than imported seed and partly be?
.Suited t0 grOWing hairy ‘Vet'ch. one cause of the peculiar preferences of the seedw
of the best hay, pasturage, cover, sil- . >

e d 1 cm k B S 1, th trade for old—established sources. 7 .

23.2",“th ofpsseeraowzfie c353”; Kigm; Table I.—-—Comparison of areas necessary for
. . . ' 9 . ,

profitable, The article accompanying and reseedlng different forage crops. ,
others tofollow describe in detailthe meth- (auger-V8, frag“? - ..
ods of seeding, harvesting, marketing, etc. manner," need wm'. ~
Try hairyovetch another season. You won’t ”an“ we'-
regret it.——Ediwr. - '

Yield of seed
per acre

1‘
C °p (estimated)

Hairy vetch

Red clover 1'58
Common vetch .
Rye

Sorghum (broadcast)
' Crimson clover
Sudan grass
Sweet clover
Cowpeas
Alsike clover
Soy beans ,
Alfalfa l .1 .
Bur clover (unhulled) ' .. 1
Velvet beans

Timothy
Sorghum

cam

 

 

 

 

 

 

and a seeding rate of thirty pounds
to the acre. Recently the price of hairy-
vetch seed has advanced to 30 or 40
cents. a pound, and while this is not greatly
out of proportion to the advance on other
seeds it is a. further handicap to more general
usage. In addition, hairy-vetch must be re-

00 lbs.

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When trade with Europe ceased in 1914,

‘ the, plant is a weak-stemmed vine Which is un-
able to stand upright without support. Unless
accompanied by a' companion crop to which it

- .» "A'»com’mon objection to hairy-vetch is that

can cling, it is apt to lodge badly and to make ‘

a, heavy tangled mass which is difficult to

planted every year, which is not the case with
red clover or alfalfa. The high cost of seed-
ing hairy vetch is particularly unfortunate,
because this plant is one of the very best le-
gumes for building up unproductive soils. The
owners of these soils would be especially ben-

efitted by- the use of a crop of‘ this character,

'hairy-vetch seed in any considerable quantity

hairy-vetch seed was one of the many artlcles
which immediately became scarce, and- a dc: . _
mand arose for home-grown seed. As Mich- I 'v
igan was the only State that was producing,

before the war, it naturally became the lead-

er in the suddenly awakened industry, and it} "

7 plow Ryder or to harvest. " yet they are the ones who are least able to .
' now produces one-half or more of the hairy;-

,, over-advertising, and from

' I"; , [Difliculty is sometimes experienced in ob-

taining a, stand of hairy-vetch, and again in
exterminating it after it is well established.
,‘Many other forage crops are equally trouble-
some in these respects, however and both dif—

«flcultics can be overcome by proper cultural
.In some localities the reputation”

methods. ,
of hairy vetch has suffered fro

plant such a high-priced green manure.
Hairy-vetch seed has been produced in
America since the plant was first cultivated
here, butthe real business of commercial seed
production dates from 1915. Prior to that

time a few growers in Michigan and in scat-

tered localities in other States had been sav-

vetch seed used in this country. From 11915. to
1919 about 1,000,000 lbs. were raised yearly.

Of .the total hairy—vetch seed produced in‘
Michigan, about 5 per cent is. used for re-
planting for seed, 20 per cent 18 sold locally

for general use, and 75 per cent enters the,
seed trade. Of this 75 per cent,

 

 

too
much emphasis on the first wOrd-
_ oftthe name “sand vetch.’,’ Al‘-
ff‘ 1 though it is true that hairy vetch
often :makes ,very satisfactory
,. . growth on sandy soils, it has very
' definite limitations in “this respect,

' and the‘exaggerated claims of en-

thusiastic advocates should
taken too seriously.

{*“By far the most ,Serious objec-
tion to hairy-vetch and the chief
Obstacle—to its wider utilization is
the high cost of seeding. ~Not on-

, 11y does the seed cost more per
’ poundthan that of, most other
fera'g‘e crops, but more ,pounds are
”Quiredigito plant an acre. Prior :
:t {1914 the, average cost of seeding

nd‘t be

‘ 9: gen acre” of hairy-vetch was $2.40

probably two-thirds, or approx-j
imately 250 tons, is shipped be-'
yond the borders of the :State and
constitutes 60 to 70 per cent of
the supply available in other
States. . .
Hairy—vetch seed is produced in .

areas—the orchard districts along 1
Lake Michigan, the sandy areas 1‘ '
of northern Michigan, and the
wheat—growing sections .in the?
southern part of the State. Form-‘
crly the bulk of the crop came
from the orchard districts, where
hairy—vetch has long been usedras
a winter cover crop and for green
manure. Many of the orchardists
grow seed for their own use and
sell their surplus to the trade.
Thus, seed from this source is

 

 

to $3.60," based ona retail price of
8t0 12 cents-a pOund for seed

infinite-d States Wheat Experts Are Nearly D011

éhowing anvabundant yield. of hairy-vetch and rye.

.‘

ble Those of a Year Ago

(Gont—inued on page 18)

. . Despite Claims of Bea-rs to the ContraryOflicial Report Shows Large Increase in Cereal Exports

OME IDEA cf the great change that has
.. -'.taken place in the export business of the
' . United Statesmaybe gathered from the report
. ‘2.'vqf-gthe'fpepartment, of, Commerce covering ex-
-'_pc'rts;_forthe month of - March. One of the
surprising features-.of-th’is report is the enor-
7, ‘ mous increase in the; experts of wheat over last
year, 'WhiCh isfq’fiit‘e‘ contrarysto‘ the=general-
. behef ambng the farmers that‘lack' "of export
business has . been largely’ irespOnSible-‘ifOr the
‘ decline in wheat prices.- . ‘ “ " ~~ , ‘ ‘

h- of

H

avail-

have made a large hole in our
for

able‘ supplies which probably accounts

the‘ recent strength in the wheat market.
Corn Exports shew Increase

Corn exports for the month of March,

1920, and "for the’ nine month period ending

—with 'March" of this year, ,show a very large

increase overfexports for corresponding peri-
ods in- 1920. Twelve times as much corn Was

exported’last AMarch "asin March a year ago,
.. . . . . , ' > . , :- ,~.,-~, . and Over. three times as much exported in the 9
,. '__In' March 1920, the v-Umted States gieXPbl‘ted. ,' ‘

months period ending last March as during

the same period a year ago. Although rye err-,7“
ports were less for March, 1921, than the pre; ,-
vious year, they were over three times as grEat j '
in the nine month period ending Marchithisg
year as the same period last year. Oats iS-thfii
only cereal which shows a substantial ,declin

in the export demand, less than 100,000 buéh;
cls having been exported last Marches 0,0111%?
pared with over three million bushels in‘Mai‘ch
1920. ' _ " , ,‘ :.:~.
An altogether different situation exists}
the export of meats, bacon exports, for, Q9,th .

 

 

$933384 bu.» of: Wheat. In 'Mal‘c , ,
,. @1691: year, the, exPortl-Were 14,599,.
:eoreee..~ee,5,

 

 

.4" {or over ,twice, .as great. "During. )5, if
' ’ ine‘ months. ending ,March; 1929,

' ~ . - Jnnl’mn Straws EXPORTS
" . , , Menth of March.
‘1; 1921 l , 1920 I

.... 13,537, '
. mi 13,3723'23, Il _ ‘1 1.812 ,
.0 2.81 l-- 3.104.259‘

99 4'31 sea:
» 'gu‘efcso," 212091202 1

 

192i ' _!
17,998,273
38,115,894

1 Nine months ending March;

periods in 1921 being less ",thml:
half of the exports for thaws" ‘-
periods last year. All othergmg
show a corresponding decrease
the exports of lard~ are ' .,
,highervthan a year. agog Expos“k
' condenSed milk have, declinedene,
but not quite,,one-half.‘ ~Butan'6’t ‘
increase in “oleo oil’,’ experts; "
. The accompanying table‘- she;
f ccmparison of experts this yes,

1: ‘ f " certain} leadin “

 

 

 

Michigan in three rather distinct


REVELATION even unto itself is What

is said Of the recent report of accOmp- » T

.~-.l~ishni,ents of the Michigan State Farm Bu-

.wreau in behalf of its members, weeks before last,

“ to. the American Farm Bdreau Federation.

1 " Summary of the Michigan State Farm Bu~ ~
reau ’s achievements during the past year has ,
revealed that there is no other state farm bu-

reau organization in the Union quite like the
Michigan body. Farm Bureau members in
. this state are pioneers in many lines of coop—
" » crative endeavor, says the state farm bureau.

Three years old and made up of 97000.

farmers, representing every county in the
state, the farm bureau has made a great rec—
ord as a co- -operative and promotional organ,-
ization. No other state has seed, purchasing,
traffic or elevator exchange departments op-
crating on such a scale as has Michigan.
._ Most of them do not have any such depart-
ments, according to the report. Sixteen other
states have wool pools, but no other state has
a wool pool so large or as aggressive as that of

I i , Michigan.

This great co-operative engine of the Michi-
gan farmers is savmg them thousands of dol-
lars monthly, according to the farm bureau.
Farmers control it. Control is from the bot-
‘tom up. Farmer elected delegates elect an
actual farmer president and all the other of—
ficers and directors are farmers, elected in the
same manner. These officers are constantly
on the job, seeing to it that the farmers’ in-
terests are taken care of and that he gets val-

ue received for the money that he ‘has ex- .

pended. The officers employ wool, seed, traf-
fic and other specialists to handle the farm-
ers’ business. The summary of their works
and success, as reported to the American Farm
Bureau Federation, follows:

The seed department has virtually revolu-
tionized the seed industry in Michigan. This
season it secured 3,000,000 pounds of seed for
Michigan farmers. Marketed cooperatively,
the grower received a better price for his seed

and the consumer got a better bargain than
- they otherwise could have done. Every
, pound of this seed went out guaranteed as to

 

 

. FEW LETTERS hare been received
, _ A at our offices from farmers who ex-
,1 press themselves as dhsatisfled With
the Michigan State Farm Bgroan; that the
bureau is not doing 611011;!) for the iarin- '
ers. They do not stop to consider whit a
tremendous proposition it is. to whip such
a large organization into shape for doing
V business. 97, 000 farmers cannot become a .fi
national Influence over night any more than
a babe born today can take the hired man's
splacc tomorrow. To all farmers, but this,
type of men in particular. his article will
prove a revelation. Few persons, outside
of those closely associated with the farm
bureau at its headquarters, realize the
amount of work the bureau did the past ~
yearn—Managing Editor. — , _

 

 

 

 

 

 

its origin, purity, percent of germination.
Purchase of half the world’s supply of north-
ern groWn registered Grimm alfalfa increased
the pedigreed Grimm acreage in Michigan 500
percent.

farm bureau and retained for Michigan use.
Most alfalfa and all sweet clover seed were
scarified and cleaned.

Throughout the past winter the farm bu—x

reau stabilized the Michigan growers’ seed
market. Farmers were hard 11p, needed mon-
ey and were ready to glut the market with
seed. The farm bureau took in seed,
warehouse receipts and made initial advances
which were often equal to the local market.
Later settlements added several dollars to the
grower’s return for his seed.

Fifty thousand farmers in 79 of 84 coun-
ties did business this Winter with the farm
bureau seed department, which engaged in
seed transactions with 369 00- operative associ-
ations in behalf of their membership.

Farm bureau seed service to farmers is
cumulative and the results, of the first year’s
work will be evident for years to come. Pure
bred seeds of northern orig1n, going out .to
farmers at right prices, have made an eco-

, ture

More than 750,000 pounds of‘ Mich- "
igan grown clover seeds were handled by the,

issued '

Wool Pool Successful

On April 15, upwards of. 2,000,000 po ,.
of the '-,3 500,000 pounds of 11001 in the 19 '
W001 pool had. ~be'en sold at three to tWel ca
cents more a" pound than local buyers had
fered About four-fifths cf the Weal wlis

pooled after the market had dropped and la ,4

cal buyers had absolutely quit buying except
at ridiculously low prices so they saved man-V
ey by pooling. '

Success was instant in the manufacture of
blankets from tags and rejects as an addite
ional outlet for the cheaper grades of Wool m“
the pool. Upwards of 5, 000 blankets Were
sold in 60 dayS, bringing the grower an ad-Qi
ditional one-third return on his wool.
kets Will be manufactured all summer in an
ticipation of a 1921 fall sales campaign.

A program for the manufacture of ladies"
and men ’s 8uitings from virgin Wocl in the

. pool is expected to deVelop into the sale ('15-, ..
The fin-1.97 9
. est wool suitings are sold at cost of produc— . ,
tion, but bring the farmer twice the return)", ‘5
on his wool than he would get by selling it as?

material for 25, 000 suits this year.

fleeces. Tailoring service is sold to

par;

chasers at cost, measurements being taken at I,“

the farm bureau headquarters or by charts;
which are furnished prospective purchasers;
Proof that farmers believe in the pool is

seen in the fact that last January, when little

Bknh“:

of the wool in the pool had been sold, dele- 3."

gates from 51 wool producing counties voted
to pool again in 1921. This year a system of
100 county grading warehouses is expected, to
greatly reduce handling and grading costs
and Will enable the grower to see his wool
graded. Caish advances Without interest,
equivalent to half the market value of “the

wool on the day it is graded, will be made to

growers at the time of grading.

Established connections with great eastern
clothing mills and the (Continued 0.75 page 9‘2

United States Department of Agriculture Announces Result of Survey on Farms in the Potato SeetiOn

VIGURES FROM WHICH the potato
.- grower can make a fairly close calcula-
‘ tion of his own cost of production are given

» ‘ ~ in a preliminary report on labor and material
’ ‘ requirements in potato production,

. just is-
sued by the United States Department of Ag
, riculture.
fice of Farm Management and Farm Econom-
I ics last summer, represent results on 461 farms
in nine potato growing districts of Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan New York and Maine.
It is shown that labor and material costs—
that is, man labor, horse labor, fertilizers and
seed—constitute about 80 perV cent of the to-
tal cost of potato production in average prac-
tice. Since these costs are, roughly 80 per
cent of the. total ope1 atlno expenses, it is then
but a simple problem to find out the total op-
crating (xpense, including overhead, taxes,
etc To this must be added the charge for
the uSe of land, to get the total cost.
1. The following example, based on the actual
‘ stilts obtained in Waupaca county, Wis.,
V2, oWs how basic requirements, as determined

5 i .he 1919 crop, were used in estimating the

most of producing the 1920 crop:

rates ' I

 

.1,» Approx-
‘. 'imate

yLzfibims

\

:'V COO

Man labor, hrs.
.111

In the case cited the man labor rate had in-
creased 20 per cent and the cost of seed po-

tatoes 300 per cent oVer 1919 figures, though"

the expenditures as measured in hours of la-
bor, bushels of seed, and tons of manure, were
practically the same. “Use of Land” is figur-

These figures gathei ed by the Ola. ed at '6 per cent on the acre investment.

.Department specialists in cost of produc-
tion studies point out that the accuracy of the
results obtained by the farmer—in estimating
his costs by the method here described will de-

pend largely upon how'closely he is able to

judge how his own labor expenditure per acre
compares with the average for his locality.
The following summary of the
quirements of potatoes as determined‘in this
study, will serve to give potato growers in the

various regions concerned a basis to work

from in estimating their costs: _

Basic Acre Requirements of

. Summary of
a . . Potatoes

s

 

New Yuri}:

Wisconsin
County
Michigan
Montcalm
County
Steuben:'
County
Aroo‘stook‘
County

Maine '

 

 

a

of farms

 

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who
saw

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- horse rate.

basic . re-

‘ance and overhead expense.

1
l

1
v

i ,

The Office of Farm Management and Farm I

Economics makes the following suggestions

the 1921 crop of potatoes.

1. Labor. Multiply the estimated number"
man heurs required per acre on Your term by 1111
Ideal rate 01! hired labor per heur and the"“t i'
mated number or horse hours by the preva
If no other re’cOrds are available the
number of hours as given in this report may be
used as the labor requirements. ‘

2. Fertilizer. Include commercial fertiliz zér

at eost. Manure may be valued at the sugges
rate of $1. 50 per ten for 1921.

‘ 3. Seed Multiply the number of bushels:r

planted per acre by the current market price at "

time of planting

4. “Other" expense. This includes the char»
es'for spraying, machinery, sterage, taxes, .
For estimatin, ,a
low 25 per cent of the charge for 11111013.
fertilizer and seed.

- 5. Charge for the use of land I} g

basis if available in the community.

mortgage rates on the conservative acre
may be used to estimate» the charge for the

 


\' Acts of 1919.

ASSESSING MG

an the county sherii! shoot -any-.

.50., 11's dog on oyene'zfs premises if an- »
.0, under- .

refuses. to pay deg tax? I?
stfind there is no state law. to that ef-
too There is ve
Ztylda.‘_r__1d. last officials tOok about
~ and put in road
not put the same
_ and assess a dog

" other farm anm mals? This way I
pay more tax on I? ’dog than on my
three horses. —--J'. B., ReeSe, Mich

~’(_In;e dog is different than any oth-
,e e.r"an'_imal. in its control and needs
. ,spét'iial. regulations. Many owners cf
,5 dogs are not collectable for dog tax
, if assessed as other property. The
dog law may be found in the Public

ear

few sheep in coun-'

'that the company will

It provides that the ;
owner of each dog over 4 months old _

w

worth of commdn stock. August '

12,1920, an increase of $1, 600,-
000' was approved. Sept: 21, 1920,
$1, 800, 000 was approved by the com-
mission, covering a total capitaliza-
tion of $5, 000, 000. It appears like
the company had growing pains. No
stock has been issued for promotion
which is something decidedly in its
favorgcThe presence of Wm. Alden
Smith naturally increases the chanc-
es of this concern for success and
one’s cenifidence in the company, al-
though it does not necessarily prove
succeed or
ever pay‘a penny in dividends. All
Who contemplate purchasing stock in
this ,or-‘any other corp-oration should

i :"11’".
.» , 1 L_ . '-, '1' 1 ' ’
.,. . g, .1 .
.'3“‘» ‘ ..'v.' ‘. . . ‘ ‘n. .V
35.. r.. ,5; t '3 . . _ ‘..- 5‘, .‘ .
5.“ , . 1 . - ,- ,1 . ‘ , . .. , ,,_ » 7‘.” .-

only _be able .to struggle through by
omitting their dividends. It seems

to us 'that now is a poor time to pur- ‘

chase stock in a speculative propo~
sition unless the stock can be pur-
~chased at a substantial discount.—
Editor.

PIPING WATER

I have an A1 drilled well which is
about 450 feet from the barn. Would

it be possible and practical to pipe this.

well under groLmd to the barn? The
water never goes lower than 6 feet
from topof the ground.—~W.L . K., Mer-
rill, Michigan.

With. conditions such as!» are men-
tioned, it is entirely possible and
practical to pipe water to the barn.

,ized pipe. This should be laid d9 ' 1
enough to be saved from frost it
have as few turns or bends 8'3

sible. A windmill,

isfactory power but it would 366111.13,

that it would be impractical to 01141.11:

erate a pump by hand power.—-'-'F. E. j
Fogle, Assistant Professor of Farm."
Mechanics, M. A. C. '

FORECLOSIN G

What is the approximate cost of fore—
closing a mortgage and how long does
it take? Does
to close on a contract as it does on a
m0rtgage?-—C. J. B., Washtenaw County,

There are two kinds of foreclose.
ure proceedings for foreclosing mo'rt-j ‘1

gasoline engine {5 .V.
or electric motor would furnish 391191.11

it take the same time - '

remember that all industry is pass-
ing, through a critical stage, that
many will fail, and many others will

gages. The common method 'is by y
advertisement under the power of .
(Continued on page 10)

To reduce friction and to cut down
the power required to force water, I
would recommend a 1 inch galvan-

shall procure a license. It provides
on page 607, section 17, “It shall be
the duty of the sheriif or any mem-
'ber of the State Constabulary to lo- .. . —---_
cats and kill or cause to be killed,
all such unlicensed dogs " Failure
for the she to perform this duty
is constitute as nonfeasanCe in of-
flee? Sec. 26 of the Act, on page 610,
makes a failure to comply With the
provisiOns of the act a misdemean-‘
» or for which one may be fined $100
or imprisonment in jail not exceed-
ing three months, or both such fine
3 and imprisonment. The failure to
, pay the tax is a failure to cemply
' With the act. If the owner does not
.pay the tax and refuses to pay then
the Sherifl is required to kill the
dog. If he is not worth paying the
license fee for he is not worth keep-
ing. -—Lega1 Editor.

 

Save Your Pea or Bean Crop

With a Case

ILE Case Threshing Machines
are most widely known for their
efficiency and economy of opera-

tion as grain handlers, they are also equally
popular as pea and bean threshers.

The cylinder and concave teeth of Case Pea
and Bean Threshers are designed and spaced
in such a way as to insure threshing with-
out breaking or cracking the peas or beans.

Case 9-Bar Cy]. Thresher

— INSECT O_N BEANS Built in 20x28 Size only

I would like to know if there is. any—'-
thing that would keep the germ out' of
red kidney beans? It seems when the
beans are in blossom a. "worm eats a
hole through. the stem about an inch

.' above the ground and when there is a
strong wind those stalks break off and
it makes quite a loss throughout the
field. If there is anything, to treat the
beans with to cure them of this germ

' will you please let me know about it?—

/ J. R. R., Elktonf Mich -’

Any of our seven sizes of steel-built, gal-
vanized Case Pea and Bean Threshers can
be quickly converted into a general purpose
grain and grass-seed thresher.

Steel construction throughout, light weight,
and simplicity Of design in all details,
supplemented by patented Case efficiency
features—contribute materially to the sat-
isfactory operation and long life of Case
Threshers, regardless of the crop handled.

Your pea or bean crop will be threshed
perfectly, cleaned thoroughly and saved in its
entirety if you entrust it to a “Case”.

J. 1. Case Threshing Machine Company
Dépt. E57 Racine. Wisconsin

I can not diagnose the trouble
Ewthh the red kidney beans from your
idescription. In fact, I have never»
seen any work of this kind. If you
.will send in some of the work, and
.especially if you will send in- the in-
fsect that is doing it I should be glad

' gelto give you any information in my
' po'Wer. There is an insect that does
' work similar to that described in
strawberries and blackberries but I
know of nothing that works 011 beans
in this way..—--R H. Pettit‘, Potessor

. . so" Entomology, M. A. C. '

‘ —-——i—————_

MICREPRESENTATION 0F AUTO

We‘ purchased an automobile the first
. part of October of our dealer and he told
us the car would make 15 miles on a
gallon of gas We tested the car out
and it made only6 and 7 miles. I went
back to him and he sent me to their 28x50.
carburetor manager at Lansing for ad-
just-merit They ha e adjusted this
twice now and said car will only make
10 Iniles on a gallon. The car also
.. . pumps oil. Can I compel him to take
» car back and refund my money? I have
. a witness to what he told me when he
‘ sold me the car. I consider he misrep-
" resented it to me. at can -I do?—
C E. H., ShiaWasse'e County, Mich.

' {1' If the representations made
amounted to a warranty he would
be obliged to. make good the dam-
age; but if the representations
amounted to the expression of an
opinion he would not be liable. You
should give local counsel a full state-
ment of the ’tacts and such other in-
formatiOn as he may need. --Legal
Editor. ’ , . -

Case lZ-Bar Cyl. Thresher
Built in 22x36 and 26x46 sizes

Case 20-Bar Thresher
32x54. and 40x62

 

LOOK FOR 1'11:
BAG LE
can run: MARK

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‘,."’I~q-"’

MIWHIGKN GUARANTY OORiP’N

Will yOu kindly tell us in your Cne‘x‘t
paper if the Michiia an Guarant’ y Corp-
oration, of Grand apids, Michigan, 5
‘ a reliable and safe concern to invest

—presigent
L.D I-I.. Ceresco. Michigan. . _
Michigan Guaranty corpora;
approved by the Michigan.

28th;
the 1

Deane. treas-.. ‘

 


’ WE WEEK has some and
_ ‘ gone and has brought with it
,a large measure of improve-
. hient In business and industrial cir-
ties. Many new developments have
1 been meanest] from time to time,
_‘d1'tring the week, that seem to have
Myanced some of our major. prob
lems nearer to an adequate solution
than they have been at any preced-
" ing date. The breach. between la-
,‘bor and capital, is narrowing down,
the former showing less desire to
strike than has been the rule of oth-
_er 'years and the latter, straining
every nerve and muscle in the efiort
to find a way out of the many diffi-
culties that have beset the pathway
of the manufacturer and his em-
ploye. because of the stagnation ev-
erywhere prescnt. The number of
unemployed is rapidly decrcasing
and. while wages have been materi-
ally decreased in many cases, the
men seem to View conditions in a

rational way. thereby relicving the,

strain which both the worker and
his employer have been struggling
with for many months.

There are evidcnccs oi clearing
weather in the great. international
sky and hcforc this article is read
by those for whom it is written. the
world may know what. itvis to have
a permanent. pcncc oncc more. The
reparations crisis is pcnding and, in
the very nature of things. a dccision
cannot bc long dcfcrred. Evcr since
the signing: of thc armisticc. uncer-
tainty concerning the final condi-
tions 101’ 21 permanent peace, have
tended to destroy confidence and to
discourage commercial intercourse
between this country and foreign na-
tions; it is the universal opinion of
everyone worth While in the busi-
ness world, that thc consummation
of a permanent peacc, regardless of
What the conditions may be, will be
the signal for a general business re-
vival that will extend throughout
the known world. Foreign exchange
ratcs are rising rapidly, in response
to thc suggestion that a peace set-
tlement is not. far away and the
men. 'Who have direct charm), of our
international business rclations, are
making ready for a tremendous in-
crease in the volume of America’s
export trade.

It is not hard to understand Why
our men of affairs are so intensely
interested in a speedy settlement of
the reparations question, which it .is
remembered that Germany is now
the third largcst buyer of goods
from the United States. Statistical
menstion. applying to the current
year and including the, month of
March. shows that while our trade
with all other European countries
has Moral/2 tremendous decrease,
with Germany, exactly the opposite
is true. Within the period of one
year. Germany's impozt trade with
us hasmore than doubled and her
export trade has been multiplied by
three. Trememious quantities of
wheat. cotton and meat are going

be the Central Powers at the present .

time. In the event of a. peaceful
settlement of the reparations phob-

1cm. the exportation of these com- '

modifies will increase by leaps and
' bounds; with the named occupation
5.9! Gem“ territory by the allies,
1 May‘s ability to buy would be

lessened. '

3:; .nspidm in the 91;:-
flmyel’lhem -

Edited by I1. .11. 1mm"

 

PA

GENERAL MARKET SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

Cattle and calves higher.

DETROIT-«All grains strong. Beans steady. Hay easy Po-
tatoes lower with liberal receipts (little higher. Hogs off.

CHICAGO~Gmin market bullish oiving
Hogs and sheep lower. Potatoes weak.

to small receipts.

 

 

1191. page Is set In typo.
wing to press —Edltor.

 

4

 

of money in circulation is increas-
ing. rapidly, is evidenced by the re-
port of the weekly bank clearings
which equaled 35.390.983.000.

WHEAT

WHEAT PRICES PER BIL. —MAY 8. 17921,
20mg. [Detroit lchlcagoi N. Y.
No. 1.41 1.62
No. White
No. .2 Mixed l 1.58
PRICES ONE YEAR EEO
1N0. 2 Rod! No.2 White! "2.2 Mind
2. 95 I 2.93 l 2.98

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit |

 

 

After making a poor start the
opening day of last Week the mar-
ket took a turn for the better and
prices advanced Detroit making a
total gain of 5 cents for the week.
Small receipts and 2 1182111 thy export
demand was responsible for higher
prices the fore part of the week
and later, when the export buying
slumped, muse tied business condi-
tions held prices up. and,
cases. caused advances. Domestic
buving is not active oping to the
pending emergency tariff bill and
legislation that. tl11ectm1s to wipe
out the Chicago Board of Txade.
Dealers, as a whole were bullish
most of the week At the close last
Saturday dealers looked for large re-
ceipts and lower prices at the cur—
rent Week’s opening but they looked
in vain; and, instead of prices de-
clining on Monday they advanced.
The Detroit market went 2 cents
highbr and substantial advances
were noted on other markets. Ex-
port business was reneWed in spite
of the advances which proved a bull—'
ish element at trading centers Two
of our competitors, Australia and In—
dia did a fairly good business last
week, Australia shipping 2944 0100
bushels against 4, 528, 000 the week
before, and India’s shipments
amounted to 368, 000 bushels com-
pared with 112, 000 the week before
Chicago received 223, 000 bushels
last week and shipped 211, 0'00 bush—
els. All markets are firm and in a
healthy condition as they have been
for some time. Markets are in a
position where any crop scare will
send prices soaring and the writer
is of the opinion that the cold weath~
er at the opening or the current
week will have some bullish effect.

in some ,

(Note: The above summarized Information we: no“ I"? the whims. of 110 me-
It contain! last minute 1mm up mm. W

hour 5' "

Dorm names can 1311., my a. 1921
1 We ;, Mt10m1n.,v.
No. a Yellow U) .65 i m 31%
no. 4 You" .02 1 » ’
rum an: an no
111.13 you lo.‘ 7.11.
1.31 :1 1.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

m1. .......... 1

Corn did not follow the action of
wheat last week but mind weak
most of the time. The foreign buy-
ing which has been very much _ in

 

 

 

evidence the past few weeks was'

lacking and domestic demand was
disappointing. Complaints from
dealers that farmers were market—
ing corn in unfit coudition caused
foreigners to become reluctant buy-
ers. Receipts were only moderate,
but larger than a year ago. Chicago
redeived 1, 232, 000 bushels last week,
compared with 321, 000 a. year ago,
while 3, 189. 000 bushels were ship—
ped from that point. Dealers were
enthusiastic “sellers believing that,
like in wheat, Monday of the present
week would see enlarged receipts
and sagging prices but they were
doomed’to disappointment as re-
ceipts showed no signs of increasing
and prices advanced instead of de-
clining. Corn is inclined to. again
Jellow the trend of Wheat and is
firm.

OATS

our Pawns PER 311'..an a, '19::
mm W: lchlcwo‘l N. V.
m. 2 Wm; .44 l Ant/.1 .u'
no. a White 52%| éS'B‘l’a‘ .
No. 4. m 33%
"was one run Ann
11111.2 wrum No.3 wmwl no.4 Mm

ban-on! 1:22 I' 1.21 :1 1.20

 

There was no export trading in
oats last week and this grain fol-
lowed corn. Preciseiy the
thins that tiled the corn market

erected oats. Feasts caused consid-

erable remeding, last week. Reports
from Iowa show more replanting in
that state than has been done In the
past 31 years. Receipts of Delta at
Chicago were less than the week be-
fore but. this was offset by a decrease
in‘ eastern demand. Monday, my
2nd, this course grain was firm on
all markets and at Detroit prices
were the: same as those quoted-bu

 

 

 

Pubic Walker for , ”I

 

 

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK ~
AS Forecasted by W. '1‘. Foster Inn- The Michigan Business Further

he expected. But these dim
willbe beef seeonda ary com—
pared with the next great combine.-
tion of forces booked the week
centeringU311 on May 31. m‘The met
1011 these great terms will
strike camot new be located and the
best way is tor all to
them in s

 

 

week but prices are levee.

same ,

Nashua

In spits out the missus W

,m mizt‘k‘et most 9! last week

market managed to “vanes;

trait where No. 2 is new quanta

$1. 36. Export demand which plays
2 prominent part in the trend 0!

» this market. was leaking. Exporters

predict this grain will. show more
strength fro mnow until the new
crap comes. . _ 1

BEANS

‘13s“ me can win. any I. 12211
, Groin 1W1 lemomlfll‘v. if
our... .iass 1425442101

‘.“‘ mom ....I l ”0 1 l

.rmntsnecmsm_, !
, , _. Ie 1|. 4
pug-on - J 1.7;. 'g

" .

Last week there was a substanfiai »
gain in the trading in the bean ma‘r— ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

; ket and Detroit prices made several

advances, closing on Saturday. at
'53. 60 On Monday of the present
week the price again advanced and

this time it was 5 cents The edit—:- L

or oil the Resenbaum Review J.
Ralph Pickell advises dealers to
quietly purchase several cars of

Michigan beans as he- is certain they 2

will. Show a 50 cent to a dollar per
cwt. profit shortly. He also advises
sellers to hold. We are informed
the farmers of this state have better
than 35 per cent of their,1920 crap
on hand yet. The tone of the mar-
ke-t at the present locks good and
promises well for holders.

POTATOES
scans PER m” “in“ s, 1921

 

Daron

New Y
Plttsburg

PmcEs one van 1130- .
......... -._......1 3.22 1.

Old potatoes continue to meet
with a dull market and only the best.
stock is wanted.
better tone to the New York market
than there was the early part 51’ last
Chicago
and Detroit markets are receiving
more tine enough to (supply demand
and markets ruie easy. New pote-
toes are coming onto the market in
tau-fly lsrge quantities and there is
little at the present um to weaning;
the price of old petatoes not going
lower.

 

 

 

 

Demon .

 

1

MI

. lhmlflmlmmflmlul‘limp‘
Molt ”go'gg‘gzons. .m 1811;23'
«no $400M1
lbw You 123.00 @225! 4-09Qu '
Jammie Jumaamuibbau‘
-4 no.1) 10.11-11.11 7
1Llaul1mmlovertlli clam .
. mm wheeaewnmoo 1 3
cm .-.1:sm:wm1.we1msmgig
New «111.121.1911 ”[220 2 ‘
Mum -1117.” 33117.53e1'311o. on.“
—‘“————‘-—-~.—.— fi
nnv emcee 11 YEAR no .
”is. i l'lrgiggllm. INT“ 211113.. .1 '-
..-Ia:.ao@ssiassoeazrssma.g§1f7 '

N 1 ' ‘
1mm°h1x. mm. .'1 5%}..."1

Cm: ..1m.ebearts&soesemsoea :._

Light recemts and bad wreath,“

 

 

 

 

Mn

 

mu

 

 

 

fire the only {actors that sustain mi

present level of hay prim Hold
ings are large and there 18 mm
to cause prices to advance or.
remain at present 1am. for, "
great length of time. At this .

ing markets are easy. "

rum is a. We; supp} "

219s and the mutter. is

 

There is a. 111.4119 1...


everything of beef quality

“live
~ . morning, April

> action.

erkefi that was peculiarly dull
he shipping demand.

Ijm eastern dressed beet trade

cases to $1 per own; offerings ..
eased beef were unusually light!

.. V the demand was far below norm-—
1 Last week’ s cattle receipts were

ctical’ly the some as for the. week '

are but the average quality or the
eriugs was far below the arrivals
n! that period. The top price paid
or Chicago for mature bollocks Was
'1‘! 75 and $8 was high for yearlings.
Many good, choice loads of steers
sold for $8 to $8. 25 and some very
flair cattle below $8. per cwt. The
renge wes extremely narrow, nearly
selling
above 37 per cwt. Handy butchers
cannon, bulls and needing cattle
_ were called 25 to 50 cents lower for
,fgmé week. Common cow mm is
called 31 to $1525 per cwt. lower
two weeks ago. On Monday of
' £11115 week all cattle markets were
Med about 5 cents higher than
“I: bid close. or the week hetero.
The sheep and lamb trade, which
-," was almost eliminated from the
market program, earlier in the sea-
Inn, was the one bright spot in the
Eve stock trude, last week. A study
it the market for the month of
lunch, shows a. steady gain, iron
the beginning to the end the chief

cause being a pragressive falling ad

111 arrivals and a marked Increase ,in
the some for both mutton and

legislat or e
’cldsed its regular
session of 1921 at * " ' f
O’clock, Saturday - . “E53375;
301211,
end hetore sundown on that day
muse Who” for one hundred and fif-
~ ’ duys‘ had occupied the “seats of
mighty”'had fielded their tents
the Arab and silently stolen

its: 17- new only a. lonely eégeant '

. f janitor is to be seen Where yes-
tends: was hustle and bustle, lite and
.. Not only have the people’s
representatives hied themselves to
“the tall timber but also the casual
observer, the innocent ~ lay-stander"
“fid'tb‘e oily lobbyist have all faded
8:”;
Two- lobbyists were said to have
M the house because speaker
not no Maharish- were not in a
mood but I. more congenial
than lit the other end 9'! the
‘ one there seemed to be

the men. on, $7. 25,

Reportsnshowed a marked activity all

big a. tendency to gain

.6880}

sun-rum

government, killing is.
.measuros that did- not have his 0.

, W
“$33979 151?le sold inthe poet

two weeks than in: anv similar- per-

e down, con— "

'bu‘yere showing a preter-

cone for slipped stock. Choice clip-'
'- pod when mid tor $1 to 37:25; .
draped ewes, entire entity, brought
,3}; 75.

V no noise ewes were said
above- 87. Show yearlings sold for
$7504.51 $8 Breeding ewes, with
clipped, $6. 50
per cwt. -

Slipped lambs, 11 well flattened,
the
week with the heavier grades show-
most in
$150,120 $1.75 per cwt. higher than
price.‘ Heavy lambs are now from

on the opening trade in April; scar-
city 'of aged sheep and an increas-

ing- export demand are the cause of
this latest change in market demand.

The hog market or the country
had a bad time of it last week, the
discomeging element being larger
arrivals than were needed and: a
dull trade in fresh and cured pork
products. The Chicago arrivals
were. heavier than has been the
rule of recent weeks and reports,
from other points, showed the same
conditions existing. The smaller

outside packers, who were operating

freely in the Chicago market, earlier
in the season, have been conspicu-

ous by their absence of late and the .

market has been left to the tender

,mercies of the big packers who have

pounded values mercilessly. Last
week’s average price, $8.15 at Chi-
is the lowest since February.
1916- » During the corresponding
week in 1911, hogs sold down to
35.96.1410: the ten year period,
from 1911 to 1920. the average price

for boss was $11. 60

Last week’ 5 average weight was
237 pounds, being 3 pounds heavier
than the week before but 8 pounds
lighter than tor the corresponding
week last year.

f’g

using

-5 :— ,\

counted. No governor
had‘ ever received so
largea percentage of
the popular'vote and
When it was announced

snusn .
he had a reform pro-

,gram that w‘ouldcleer. up the situa-V

tion no one cared or possibly dared
to interfere.» For sixty days: the leg-
islature marked time while the gov—

ernor and his adrisors worked out
.his- plan and the balance of the ses-
, sion was spent in putting it. across-
'and in making approprlnttorie for

the various departments of state
law vicious

K. in red ink and in passing bills

permitting the speering of fish- in

this lake and prohibiting it in some
can "lake. . .

While the governor's. sci—called re-
form program iii-believed to be com-
mendable. use thole it has the ele—
ment of danger that it places auto-
cratic power in his hands and also
in the hands of his successor by pro-

Vridin-g that eppoinlive heads of de-

partments shall serve at his pleasure

one leave their pubs when he says

"with: word. While under this plan
. there are splendid machine building

ffvnmr‘tlnities the-re is also this mer— ..

537-, There FRI bl empietg mpan_
'Mitr mm "'

epic thronzh

, been “modem

“sold to eastern mills at prices

average of one a week.

"t'h him and there

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V .5. n.» . .‘u—M-LLL._‘—mlno—AIL1 “Jam—mm.

ion for Some time. Increased move-
ment is due; local dealers say, to a
di’spos1tion on the part of the mills
to buy more against future needs,
and not just against present orders.
The woolen and clothing industry as
a whole seems to have an Optimistic
tone.
STATE FARM BrunAU MADE

‘ WONDERFUL RECORD

(Continued. from page 6)

manufacture of blankets and suitings
are expected to make a great suc-
cess of the 1921 pool. Recently
580, 000 pounds of high grade wools
far
abore local offers.

ElevatOr Exchange Profitable

An average of 3 1— 2 cents prem-
ium was paid by the elevator ex-

‘ change on wheat, oats and rye mar-

keted through the exchange in Feb-
ruary. The actual sales of the ele-
vator exchange were that much bet-
ter on an average throughout the
month than the best bids of five of
the nation’s great grain jobbers.
There are now 80 elevators in the
farm bureau elevator exchange,
which has expert salesmen handling
the grain, bean and hay business of
its clients. For the past sik months
elevators have been joining at the
Each week

sees another added to the list. The

‘Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange

now has a. membership, and the el-
evator exchange has a potato grow-
er exchange membership, enabling
the two great organizations to recip—
rocate on grain, hay and beans and
potato. sales service.

Traffic Office Pays

The farm bureau traffic depart-
ment secured $23,600 during "the
first three months of the year thrn
the presentation of railroad claims
for-“members. The service cost $1,—
500, effecting a net saving to farm
bureau shippers of $22,100.

During the same period the de-
partment audited hundreds of freight
bills and found overcharges amount-
ing to $2,388. This service cost
$446, a net saving to members of
$1,942. ‘

The department is constantly at
work in behalf of Michigan farmer
shippers of grain, hay, fruit: live-
stock and all farm materials. Re—
cently it secured a. four day ruling
on the placing of livestock cars, we
planting the six day rule which had
prevailed heretofore, and even more
important, the guarantee that, two
single deck cars would be laid down
in lieu of a double deck ordered in
the same time limit if a double could
not be found by the carrier.

 

 

MARKET MAN AooUSED 0F
CREATING usurious

. Robert J. Ferguson, doing
business at the Eastern mar;
ket‘. as the Ferguson Commis-
lion company, was arrested
last Tuesday on complaint of
Post Office Inspector E. E.
Fraser, who accuses him of
using the mails to defraud the
_ farmers. According to the in-
.ipecm, Ferguson would write
' to farmers oflering to take
their ego, poultry and other
produce at certain figures, but
would neglect to pay for them.
When pressed he Would send a
. check which proved worthless,
Ferguson pleaded not guiby
before United States Commis-
sioner, J. Stanley Hard, and
Was held for, examination May
.4, in a bond at $55000. He
was formerly employed by a
firm that is under indictment ,_
on a similar charger—Detroit -

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we! we Imam live-arch and pm
us! give directions for using 3

* Kreso Dip No.1

PARASITICIDE AND DISINFECTANT

which in specially

adapted for use on .11

Livestock and. Poultry

,eoOst

'No. 15141911 shimmers) Describe-sand '
tells howto pxcvent diseases commonl-
livestock. . .

No. 757—006 BOOKLET. Tells bow to ria'
the dog of Hell and to help prevent
dines-c.

No.160-'HOG BOOKLET. Covers the com-
mon hog disco-u.

No. IGHOG WALLOWfi. Gives complete

directions {or the construction of a ma—
crete hog wallow.

No. I63 mount. Hawto .5: ride: fine
and mites. also to prevent licence.

Kmo Dip No. 1 is sold in original
pads-gas It all drug store...

 

 

ANlMAL, [NBUSFIY DEPARTMENT OF

PARKE, DAVIS 8r. C0.

DETROIT. MXCH.

Fleece Wool
Wanted

Cash paid for the following grades
of Michigan fleece wool, f. o. b. De-
troit for immediate shipments:
Delaine .................... 25c
Fine Clothing .............. 18c
Three—eighths and half. blood comb- -

ing 22c
Quarter blood combing ....... 19¢
Rejections ............ 11 to 14¢

Wool sacks furnished for packing"
wool. Check sent on receipt of
wool.

Traugott Schmidt & Sons

508-560 Monroe Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Capital, $1,750,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women's Guaranteed Coltslln
COMFORT SLlPPERS '
Good quality. handsome well made from
fine COLT SKIN finished like kid. Give extra
weer. extra comfort. Send $1; PI! Postman
the helm. $1.85. row

 

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POSTAGE

clam or wide Thus are "sum
Spendbd value. Enos!
a dollar Price 82.85 to introduce:

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111511 bill

He has the thresher that beats out

the grain instead of waiting for 1t to

drop out, as other makes do. The

Big Cylinder, the “Man Behind the

Gun,’ and the beating shakers save
. the Farmer’ s thresh bill.

Write for Circulars
Nichols & Shepard Co.

.(In Continuous Busineup Since 1848)
are e“exclusively of Red River Special Threshers, Wind
coders, Steam and Oil-Gan Traction Engines.

FBottle Creek. Michigan

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Are you doing anything?
'Wo want someone in your locality

to- write some auto insurance, part
tune.

We write a full, coverage policy.

”Have over $3,000,000 worth
oars insured.

g Write: ,
GREAT LAKES AUTO INSURANCE

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7500 Mile
Guaranteed
Brand New

  
  
 

   

of roads and con itions—
absolutely proven satisfaction
from coast to coast, $8.90 fit the
sensation of thef tire trade. SW?

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ed the. trickn . tire is edto the ’
without

Every
7500-mile bonded guer-
wee, Weour ship same day your order comes.

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‘ . FORECLOSING ,
- (continued from page 7)
sale contained in the~mortgage. At-
torneys usually make. such flore-
‘closure‘ for the fee specified in} the
mortgage and which ranges from
$15 to $35 according to the amount
of the mortgage; The printer-sites
for printing depends upon the length
of the notice and runs from $15 to
$25. The Sheriff and register of
deeds fee and revenue stamp amount
to $6 or $8 more. If there is any
season why the mortgage should be
foreclosed inchancery and the fore-
closure of a land contract would be.
in Chancery would be the usual
charges of the attorney for a bill in,
chancery and would probably_ be
from $50 to $100 more than a fore”—
closure by advertisement.
take the same time to foreclose on
a contract in chancery as it does a

mortgage in chancery.-—Legal Ed-
itor.

 

FINDS COAL ON FARM

When a well was drilled on the farm
where I live a thirty foot vein of coal
was found sixty feet below the surface
but above the rock 'l‘wo feet of the
thirty was sham, but the other twenty—
cight was solid coal. although I do not
know what variety My father who
dr'llod it. about sixteen years ago, was
told that tho. coal oculd not be mined
bonanse it aws above the rock. Is this
true? If it could be mined, could you
Drive me the names of reliable companies

 

who would be interested in the proposi-

,tvnn9—B M Millinglon Mich.

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" Last year. tlie demand,

 

We referred our subscriber
Tcwett, Bigelow & Brooks of
1roit, who are owners of mines
West Virginia and Kentucky and
have been selling their stock in
Michigan. This concern replied that
”“ .11- facilities were all being em-
ployed in their other mining Opera'-
tions and that they would not be in-
terested in the coal. Experience has
shown that the margin of profit in
mining Michigan coal, especially at
pro—war prices, was very small and
several companies attempting to do
so have been forced to the wall. My
advice to any farmer who has knowl—
edge or, suspects that coal lies be-
neath his farm in paying quantities
is to write the State Geologist at
Lansing, giving all the facts. He
will be able to advise in detail con-
cerning the probable value of coal,
mining of it, names of responsible
concerns who might be interested,
etc.——Editor.

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PAYING SHARE IN DITCH

A has a farm 1- 2 mile from village.
There is a county ditch that runs along
the road in front of A's farm. This
county ditch drains all of A's farm. it
being only a forty acre farm. Certain
parties have put a big ditch on their
own property at the back of A's farm.
but there is not any of the ditch on A's
farm; this they put through to drain
their own property. Now they want 0
compel A to pay a share on the ditc ,
when it does A no good whatever. Can
they compel A to pay a share on the
ditch: if so, how much would A have to
pay on ditch? A did not sign any con-
tract as they wanted A to do; as A did
not need the ditch?———M. E. D., Seba-
waing, Michigan.

If the ditch on the back of the
farm is a private ditch dug by 'the
owners of the land then they can
compel him to pay no taxes for its
construction; but if such ditch is a
public ditch, established by lawful
proceedings for the drain commis-
sioner they can compel him to pay
whatever tax was assessed against
him for benefits if he did not appeal
from the assessment when made—1
Legal Editor.

 

RED KIDNEY BEANS

Is the yield of red kidney beans as
great as that of white beans? Are the
pods good for feed. and how much seed
should be planted to the acre?-——E. S.
Y., Comlns. Michigan. ..

During the past few years, red

kidney beans have met with a much
greater demand, and a better price

on the market, than white beans.
hold very
strongly up until the middle of the
winter. I am of the Opinion, that
comparatively, they. will again be in

r I moerln‘o m' nmont tor rumou' -ovory ‘- troubloo. Prompt, oil-o1 111 at
this department. We oronhoro to serve you. All 111.11.111.31 must no oooomponlod by full name {ml address. Home

It would .

 

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somewhat stronger demand than

‘ the white bean during the coming

year.

Red kidney beans do best on a fer—

tile, well drained loam or silt [barn
and under such conditions will out-
yield pea/beans. They should be
planted‘in the same manner, using
from 1 1- 2 to 2 bushels'of seed, per
acre, according to the size
bean.

An application of 300 pounds" of
acid phosphate at the time of pre-
paring the seed bed will markedly
increase the yield and produce an
earlier and more evenly maturing
crop. i ,

The pods and stems can be fed in
the same manner as the pods and
stems of white beans. They are
somewhat coarser and are best util-
ized by sheep—J. F. Cox, Professor
of Farm Crops, M. A. C.

 

NO SUCH MACHINE INVENTED

Is there a law in this country in re-
gard to a thinking machine, such a ma-
chine as would enable the operator to
read and take mental pictures from the
mind of another, thereby gaining know-
ledge of lodge secret work and other
business? According to my way of

 

The purpose of thls department I: to pro-
tect our subscrlbers from fraudulent doellnos
or unfalr treatment by persons or concerns at
a dlstanco.

In every case we wlll do our best to make
a satlsfaotory settlement or force aotlon. for
which no charge for our services will ever be
made, provldlng:

1.—Tho claim ls made by a paid-up sub-
scriber to The Business Farmer.

2.—Tho clalm Is not more than 6 mos. Old. .

3.—Tho clalm Is not local or between 00-
ple wlthln easy distance of one snot or.
These should be sfttled at first hand and not

attempted by me!

Address all letters. glvlng full partloularo.
amounts, dates, 91.0.. oncloslng also y0ur ed-
dross label from the front cover of any Issue

to provo' that you are a paid-up subscriber.

Collectlon Box Report, April 80, 1921
Total Claims Filed ............. 555
Amount Involved ............... $1,299
Total Clalms Settled to Date ...... 82

Amount Secured for Subscribers . .33. 528
THE BUSINESS FARMER. Collection Box,
Mt. Clemens. Mich.

 

 

 

COMPANY RENOUNCES CON-

TRACTS

Is the H. N Weller & Company "of
Richmond, Michigan, an honest com-
pany and worth enough to pay for the
cabbage they contracted here last spring?
They contracted for a large acreage and
in the fall would take only a part of it
and some people never got any out be-
cause they did not furnish cars for it,
and for what we did get out we haven' t
yet received any money. Our contract
provided that we could draw cabbag
from Sept. lst to Nov. 16th. 1920, and
they only furnished cars for about two
weeks in all and the last cars they let
stand on the track and rot Now what
can be done. Do you think we will ever
receive our money which was due the
first of December, 1920 ——A Reader, Ca-
pac, Michigan. :-

 

The H. N. Weller Company offer
a different explanation of the mat-
ter, as follows:

‘We are in receipt of your letter and
beg to advise that we did contract with
farmers in the neighborhood of Capac
for cabbage, but you are misinformed,
if you are advised that we refused to
provide cars for the shipment of same.
We provided cars but there was abso-
lutely no judgement used in the loading
of these cars and some days, we would
get in as high as 12 cars of cabbage,
consequently the cars piled up on us
faster than we could unload, and the
Grand Trunk railway company placed
an embargo on us, and refused to fur-
nish any more cars or allow any in-
bound freight to come to us from any
points. We have since learned that
some of the savanna there tried to out—
do the others to see as to Just who could
haul the largest load. and these cars
were loaded so heavy that some of the
cabbages on the bottom were mashed
flat. ‘The growers over there loaded in—
to cars cabbage that was frozen solid
and was absolutely worthless. We had
a local man there doing! the weighing
for us but left it to the honesty of the
growers to furnish us with only market-
able cabbage, but a great many of the
farmers took advantage of us, and ship-

ped us, as was told us. by a Commission
merchant who was here on several oc-
casions. that this cabbage was a clean-
up of the field. and that he would not
handle it for the freight ”

I can find nothing in. this explan-
ation which would legally release
this company from its contract ‘0in-
ga’tions- A suit at law would prob-
ably show whether contracts can be
violated in this manner.- If the
amounts involved in the contracts
are of suflicient size the farmers who

 

., centracted should get together and
’place their contracts in the h 1111
, of a lemon—Edit”. , '1

 

 

on some mm: or}

of tho .

  
 
 
 
 

to
not tantrum. ’1an

thinging, in an illegal manner. uA’W
less phone used in connection with”? $1115
machine further annoys a citiz‘e

labor in the lodge room and all $11111 id
worshi. If there is a law in this stat;
regar- machine I speak of please lo
me know how you would go abou

prosecute?—H '1‘.,, Delta County, Mich".

With all of the developments of
the telegraph, telephone the X-rray
and the wireless they have never.
been able to invent a machine to
picture what a man is

 

whether they are whole or broken,
see your hear? beat and witness the

functions’ of the vital organs but they
have never been able to picture what- . '
The nearest is like;
the old fellow’s question asking . a

a man thinks.

young fellow what he thought and

not waiting for an answer he said:
You think

“I know what you think!
‘by d—’ and I-llck you for that!"
Never haying invented such ‘a may
chine no law has been passed to reg-
ulate it. ——Legal Editor.

 

OBTAINING INTEREST OF MIN-
OR IN REAL ESTATE

A home of 40 acres was probated 2‘
1-2 years ago and equally dividedamong
nine children; there being three minor
children. Now one of these minors has
since married and could use her share

to'help pay for their place She will

of a in11- 2
1’16-1'1ceedg‘eto obtain this if she could get
Ht before of age?——T. F., Tustin, Mich.

To sell the interest of a minor in
real estate quickly she would peti-_
tion the circuit cburt 1n Chancery by
petition provided by law. A slower
method of sale is by guardian and Il-
cense from the probate court. The
first procedure may be completed in
a'few days while the second may».
take several weeks. Probably the
least expense would be in probate
court.-—Legal Editor.

 

FOX RANCH AND SHOW CABD'
SCHOOL

Will you please toll me if the follow- .
lng comapines are good. The '1‘. Drya ,
Fox Ranch at Eagle River. Wisconsin
and The American Show Card School. ’
Toronto, Canada -——Mrs. L. M., Rose
City, Michigan ‘ -

The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank of Eagle River, Wis” advises
us that Mr. Dryz located at, ‘that
place a year ago and since that-time
has established himself as. “a ire-fl

 

thinking."
They can look through you with the
—X-ray machine, see your bones and"

care How could she .

,

sponsible and square dealing bus- -'

iness man." He is a‘ breeder of fox-
es and also does quite a large bus-
mess in them as a jobber. They
state the information which they
gave us on Mr. Dryz came from him
and aside from the banking he does
with them they have no methodlof
verifying his statements other than
that “w
the land which he purchased. by-
clearing, building fences and con-
structing buildings thereon." _

Regarding the American Show,
Card School we have learned the.
following from the Bank of Mont-
real, Toronto, Can” ' ‘These people

have carried a small unsatisfactory

account with us for” some time. They ;
have innumerable. cullecti‘o'n's”. for '
small amounts in connection With

their correspondence course. The bus-

iness has been apparently profitable,.
but the principals have been in the

habit of drawing large salaries and

no surplus has been built up. "—-

Managing Editor.

COLLECTING TAXES

I have 240 acres of land I sold to a
man last March. Now he is going back
on his contract. He say he has one
year more to pay it in. o refuses to-
pay the tax on it too. Let me lm my
what proceedings I can take on m. .
Can I put him off when his time is up.
or not?--C. N.. Holton. Mich. ..

  

 

Your statement is too brief for

moto tell you what your rights are
under the contract. If the taxes
were assessed to him the tree-our r-
should collect from him or:
himself-liable if hershad- pr
from which the tax could 11¢
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, JESSE MEDITATIN’ '
HUM!

y window, lookin’ out an'
sein’ the glorious Ol’ sun' shin-
in“ grass growing’ and eyerything
sayin’ spring has come. An’ I’m
thinkuin’ 0f the days when I. wuz
yOunger than I am now—days back
on the farm when spring meant hard
work an’ a contented mind; when I

I could snatch a part of a day now an’
then an’ go flshin’ an’ have a good

time an’ be the better for it. An’
I'm thinkin’ of my dear ol’ mother,
_I~ long ago gone to rest, an’ or my dad
who passed on only about a year ago

at the age of 82——an’ I’m thinkin’
of the ol’ cupboard which mother
alwtays kept stocked with good
things to eat an’ which I visited oft-
., en—great days they wuz an’ great
' times we had then; on later on some
' one else cameinto my life an’ child-
. ren came to bless our home an’ as
they grew up we’d all go to the lake
and the kiddies an’ I would go fish-
d'e—the missus bein’ a little shy of

the water and beats, wouldn’t go,
but oh, what lunches she’d fix up
for us an’ she’d stay on shore
have the fOod ready fer us when we
come in with a nice lot of fish—yes,
sire’ ee, them wuz great days an’ we
enjoyed ’em an’ never though there
would be a time w en things would
all be changed—w en I’d be alone
an in town lookin’ out to see street
cars goin’ past my Window an’ trains
whizzin’ by my door—abut here I be
—~all alone an’ the sun still shines
nan’ I get lOnesome an’ want to get
‘ out an’ go somewhere an’ can’t
"causo I have work to do an’ I’m
tired here. An’ seems'like’all this
nice weather wuzn’t made fer. me but
vjest fer” the folks out on the farms
to work in an’ pleasure in an’ I’m
w'ond-erin’ how many farmers take
- a ”day Oh once“ in a while an’ take

the wife an’ boys an’ girls out fer a_

good time? .. You know I don’t be-
lieye in all work; it makes us old
before our time an’ it drives the
boys an’ girls Ofi’n the farms an’
they come into the city where every-
thing looks easy. ’Course they get
their eyes open after they’ve been in
tOWn a while but, like matrimony,
they all seem to want to try it once
anyway.

An’ so I’ m thinkin’ if the farmers
would'forget work for a day once in
a while an’ take the whole family,
hired help an’ a‘,ll out for a picnic,
fishin" or somethin’, they would live
jest as long an’ have jest as much
“in a hundred years as though he had
made slaves of himself an’ the fam-
ily- an then died an’ left ’em a hun-
‘dred dollars apiece or mebbe more.
f "Somehow city life don’t appeal
.- very strongly to me when spring
comes an’ I know how beautiful
things look out in the country. I
.. getIa longin’ to go out an’ smell the

‘fresh earth an’ drink water out of .

a Well an’ milk out of a cow; to eat

real vegetables out Of the ground, '

Here I be settln' by:

’a lake ’Stead of a bath tub;

and '

.I’gtead of outer.- cans an’ such; to eat

real butter ’stead of “N'u-oo-nut” or
“N'ut spread,” or some Other kind Of
margarine. An’ I like to see flow-

ers growin’ in the garden ’stead of

in the windows an’ splash ‘round in
an’ I
like to take the little tellers an’ go
out in the Woods and fields an’ watch
the birds an’ hear ’em sing—you see
here in town, ’bout the only birds I
see are English sparrows an’ I’m no
lover of ’em a-tall. How foo-l-
ish folks are to get a notion they
want to move to town where you
know nobody an’ where everybody is
tryin’ to do you in every way they
can; where» life is jest a burly burly
—-—-a nightmare so to speak, an’ your
expectin’ robbers or landlords or
some Other hIold-up‘olique to get you
every time you turn. 'round.

In town everything goes by whist-
les; whistles tells you when to go to
work an’ when to quit; policemen
blow whistles to let you know you
must move along an’ street car con:
ductors. are forever blowing whist-
les—the Dord only knows what for
--the nestoys blow whisles an’
the milk man whistles—just when

you are gettin’ your beauty nap in

the mornin’———yes everything goes by
whistles—the merchant whistles (to
himself) when he sees you comin’
an" you whistle (to yourself) when
he’s skinned you out of your whole
week’s pay; the employer whistles
when he hires you and you can
whistle when he lays you off—so you
see its a land of whistles, trains.
shops, pnofiteers an’ victims, all
whistle an’ all in a difierent key sq
the music is quite interesting—if
you like it, which I don’t.

Oh, Humi Hum!! Well'I guess
this meditatin’ has kinda got into
my system an’ I've got an idea, I’ll
take a little trip out in the country
before long an’ get away from' this
everlasting whistlin’. I’ve got a
daughter livin’ out in the country on

' a farm right by a lake that’s full of

fish—Mr. and Mrs. Pike and a mil-
lion other pikes—an’, blue gills,
perch, calico bass and bullheads that
will weigh two pounds an’ my girl
an’ her husband ‘has invited me out
to stay as long as I can an’ I’m go-
in’ an’ she’s a good girl an’ knows
what her dad likes to eat an’ how to
fix it an’ she likes to fish with the
01’ man so I’m a goin’. I made up
my mind that I’ve been penned up
her-e long enough. So in about an—
other week you can think of me as

be’in’ out in the country that I love

with a good old fashioned
I use rod and

so well,
cane pole—oh, yes,

reel but Ilike the ol’ cane pole the
~best—an’ I'll get some good ones,

I know; ’cause I’ve fished on that
ol’ l-ake'eVer since I was a boy an’
know every foot of it an’ rig-ht where
the fish hide. An’ I’m gittin' things
ready an'fiam anxious as a girl wait-
in’ for her first feller. SO good-bye
’til you hear from me ag’in. Cor-
d-ially yours—UNCLE RUBE.

 

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suh.

. Tourist: What’s he rubbing him-

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dimmy: That’ 8 right. I am always

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‘2. . Action
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nan Out’n th’ held, Henry.’

Why They Wear ’Eem _
- Squi‘bb (looking in a hairdressers

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, wear switches any way!

Glibb: I suppose for the same rea-

son that railroads use ’em.

Squibb: Why is that? ' '
glibb So as to get by!

j . . Worthless ‘

“I gave that beggar a penny, and
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Entered 113 locond—clasa matter, at poet-omen, Mt. Clemens

Are The Farmers Different?

HE WALL Street Journal which always

takes a grandfatherly, philosophical, it ’s-
311-for-the—best-view when the farmer or the
Q laboring man suffers but squeals like a stuck
pig when industry gets it in the neck recently
published the following .“soft pedal” stuff to
prove its contention that there is nothing
wrong with the farmng business and 311’s
. well with the world:
“Secretary Mohler says there is absolutely noth-
' ing to the gossip about a farmers’ strike in Kan-
‘sas. Farmers of this state, he says will not be
parties to any scheme which looks to the curtail-
' ment of the world’s food supply. The industry
. and thrift of Kansas farmers, he points out, is an
object lesson «to the Whole world.“**”*These,
; Secretary Mahler says, did not accumulate their
wealth through strikes and demands to:- shorter
hours but by industry and economy and a will-
ingness to work from sunrise to sunset to lay up
a competency for old age. Kansas farmers have
, nothing in common with the striker, the walking

delegate and the trouble-maker.”

It is part of the stand—pat policy of Wall
Street to feign a fit of alarm whenever a
surge of disvontent disturbs'the usually pla—
cid heart of the farmer. For 10, these many
years he has suffered in Silence, and Wall
Street cannot understand why he isn’t satis-
fied to go on suffering in silence. But since
he isn’t and shows signs of kicking over the
traces, and seeking greener fields, Wall Street
. feels thatit must use a stern hand to curb
him. The best little knock-out drop in the
world today is propaganda. In the hands of

“an“ absolutely unscrupulous individual or
‘ newspaper it can put the skids under almost
any proposition. That is the weapon Wall
, Street proposes to use against the farmer.

Make the consumer fear the farmer and then
to hate him and the rest is easy. The con-
sumer, having fully digested the propaganda
that labor is seeking to socialize 1ndustry, he
is presumably ready for another meal, and
this time prominent on the bill of fare is the
propaganda that the farmer is trying to cur—
tail production and starve the consumer into
paying fabulous prices for the products of
the farms.

I .maintain that the only inception of V“

Mich.

scheme which looks to the curtailment othhc‘
world’ 3 food supply”
"g'gf'pditor of the Wall Street Journal who may
nave garnered it from a night-mare fellowing.

is in the mind of the

a too plentiful diet of Welsh rarebit. Whfle
”his the hope of farm leaders that by educa-
legend interchange of information, the

“ , . production which brings disaster in its
_ ’ ~.1ralte,not only to the farmer but to business
H * general, there is no scheme on foot for an

SCSu‘eet-tohavefltm1do
'it?‘

-ey, money, money, to build

3111133, ” j33t as it 11731133 131311311in .-

longer hours on éflmrter pmy. . Itpmys,

But there’sgbing tobea changcand W311
Street Will find 13311 11111331531112 to prevent it.
The tender never really loved the “sum-133
to sunset” part of his job. He works mm
113311133311 hours a day from necessity and not
from choice. 113’: no difierentm any oth-
er man. The same love of 31383 and comert
runs through his veins‘asv through the Veins
of the men whose omega are on Wall Street.
He might take every other afternoon of and
play golf if he had the time; he might. own a
place at‘Palm Beach or Atlantic City. it he
could afford to.’ But these are pleasures to

which he does not aspire and never hopes to
He will be satisfied with much 1333'

enjoy.
than the money- -mad of the cities. Just a lit-
tle less work, and a little more profit is all he
asks, and if there is any way under the can-
opy of heaven that he can legitimately bring
about this condition he’s goingto do it;

“This Is 'Where the'Money Goes”
HE MILITARY department- of the
United States, like Banquo’ 3 ghost, can-

not rest in peace. It must at all hazards par
rade itself before the people and keep their
minds actively engaged with the things of
war. One might think from the vociferous
demands of the military department for mon-
ships and air-
planes and fortifications and eduip the youth
of the land to bear guns, that the- country
were facing an invasion from a foreign foe.

Not content to spend a few paltry hundreds
01‘ millions on‘super—dreadnaughts which are
obsolete even before’ they are duly christened,
the military department, acting under the
authority of congress is establishing military
camps throughout the country where the
youth of the land may revel in a great Pnd
glorious ‘ ‘ vacation ’ ’ under
pline, all at the expense of the United States
government. Thus reads a circular which
has just come to hand: _

f‘Summer months are not a good time in which

to invite a farmer’s boy away from the harvest \

field, but the government is ofiering this year a
month’s outing with all expenses paid. It the
farmer can spare his son the boy will certainly
be eager for the chance and perhaps he will work
hard enough before and after to earn his holiday.

All “expenses are paid for. the boys who attend;

including transportation both ways. ~ All young

'men are eligible between the ages of sixteen and
imtelli- .

thirty- five, who are sound in character
genes and physical condition.”

So, Mr. Farmgr, if you haven’t anything
for your boy to do between July 15th and
August 10th, ship him off to the military

training camp and let him be taught in the _

arts of war. It won’t cest you a cent, except
the loss of his time. Good old‘Uncle‘ Sam,
spendthrift. that he is, will foot the bills. Then
when the junkers and militarists' decide to in-

vade Mexico to gobble up the oil wells, .or'

’spank Japan for some imaginary grievance,
or teach England that she is no longer mis—

trees of the seas, your boy will be’fit fodder '

for the cannon. Glorious opportunity, isnft
it? “-

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- Good-Bye, Sales Tax
HE NEWS dispatches tell us that 0011-"

grossman Fordney’ as hopes for the adopi
Lion of a sales tax have gone a-glimniering as

’ there is no possible chance that Congress will
adopt such legislation It is probably just as

well for Mr Forheyi’ 3 political future that
the issue 1133 been f‘settlcd Out 13f court. ”
h

curtailment of the “world’ 3 food _

.. unife true as secretary M31113;- 113.sz ‘
t the farmers have not accumula' ‘gl

military 61331;

”W1

died of 111333 133mm from comfy
Michigan attended as annual meeting,
mined the new modern plants, listened "to
the reports of the 053333, impacted the . "

313.1 record, 1333333311»: 11113131 of

and went hm W Thm m no
icism,110p3331m13m no bi v
in Michigan 1133 E13113 ‘been 3. 11333111 annual
meeting of a corporation, cooperative or nth—'— ‘
erwise, controlled by farmers in which {there
has not been 3' vein of dmsatisiadwn on
fmuiinfindingi We do not wonflnr thxt £31m
e'rs who have already taken a 1033 911 6131'?
1331111 operations and face another in their eo—
operative b113111383 enterpri833, should be

down-hearted and critical. But they. should

never make the mistake of forsalnng the 3hip~
or abusing the captain simply 1133311331113
weather is rough. There is time enough 33
quit when the boat begins to sink. No 3131::
upon the sea of business can expect to have
fair sailing three hundred and sixty-five day)?
out of the year. They all encounter stoma-3,
but if the crew does not mutiny and scuttle
the ship, they usually escape ‘ -
Those who engage in business must. expect to“
take their losses along with their gains The.“

gains will be the larger and the losses 1113* 1"“

smaller, if every stockholder stands by With
unswerving fidelity.

We think that farmers who are slowly but
surely destroying their farm organizations ,
by petty complaining may well take 21 1333911
from the stockholders of the Detroit Peeling

ICOmpany, who have shown their willing-neg

to give- their hired managers every leeway 1n
buildmg up a packing business. The com— .
pany has already made notable progress and ..
under the congenial 13111131133331 fair-minded
stockholders, we know of no reason Why.- it
will .not become one of the big and 311ch f -‘
packing concerns of the country. *

1.1:. '

The Father As A Manufacturer? Q.{-V’
E MAKE a prediction. In less than

trying to treat with the corporate mterem
who now control the Michigan sugar mdmtry .
The lonly way left to get a fair- share of this
profits of the induStry, which the farmers
must have to break eyen, during periods of
low prices, is by Outright Omenship of the
factories. German farmers control many of;
the factories to which they sell their beets. In)",
the west 3, farmer-owned factory is in opera—'
tion, and others are being promoted. Is the
Michigan beet grower less able or Willing to.
go and do likewise? He may have 3 Chan 3"

future.

What has become 01 the 3111: shirt chaps

_wonldn’ t work on the farm for less than 35

day? Most of them are still putting up _‘
front as usual but are thinking of 311311
for a blue chambric one and getting 33m 33*
33 on their hands luv the 1111303 or glovcs

money and pays it back
present yalue wejwill‘h \_

 

the bre'akaéi'S.. . F


ho! logarithms.
"aptldnight oil he must have burned

copying all those figures Our meth- '
nil or spreading and collocti-ng taxes '

but they were expected to

V'V do so" in a quiet and detectivedike .

’ma'nner, and not as a gang of ruf-

Nevertheless there V ’

s in all our. counties, _ as
the counties and state;

flehult as is the state.

[Wurer highway commissioner,

justices and three constables-7

necessary. A town manager

can take the supervisor's place and a

county manager can scrap a lot of

obsolete stuff around every county
neat.

My tax receipt looks like a table

My! what a lot of ‘

Is a santiquated as grandmother’s

spinning wheel and more tiresome

ind costly to operate. Look at this!
_ A t-oWnship in Ashtabula county,
0;, levies 2 plus mills on the dollar
tor all purposes. Our township levies
3 plus tor the same things. The
Vofiio county levy is 4 plus; ours is
7 plus The state levy there is 3

ms; here his *4 plus (the pluses"

vii-igdding relatively the. same amount in

V, ill I cases.)

1 "hownship- "wood pile.”

'. was also yearning for
‘Vthnngible.

_ , No beloved board of
supervisors Or fees to tOWn treasurer
down there! I did not miss the
”wood pile” that time, did I? The
lliggest “African" seems to be in the

from '\ Kalkaska
something
On a thousand

The _ supervisor

Here it is.

Vdollars asseSsed farm value in Ohio

V"1 53,! pay a total of twelve dollars tares

a! the same assessed value in Mich~
{fan I pay twenty—eight dollars and

iMd over tW-OIVIW- eight cents more.

.3:-

. ,1 township ‘V‘woodpile, ”
Woodpile” or the state “woodpile ”
' therein ,

hem any one of the

'VV. Well while you

in the town treasurer for the privi-
loge. On a village house and lot in

the Ohio county I pay $20. 60 on $1, x

”0 value At home I pay over $60,
an the same value and head over, an-
nther 60 cents to help out the sys-
hem that the supervisor from Kal-

V haka likes and the—fair defender“ of}

fiis “frying pan” fears to abandon.

Now I have tried to ”register
Vifiiree Ways" without missing the
the county
' “Africans” contained
defend the road “WOOdpifB”
a could: get the: present; logic:-
to pull out even one "Atrican"
“woodpiles”
there would be a ray of hope I fear

.Jfithere is no hope because supervisors,

town treasurer, highway commmis:

andsotl tillers, pursue placidiy
cient ‘way of finding more luc—.

“boysV and girls?
mppmg ever the “trigger in the. wood-
me", the ‘M n. F‘- w '
W-fln‘rd out forr‘itse

. legislation to make the

cramp. and that is what it needs.
_ American Legion in Michigan is fortu-

- held together.
1 union.

flaps with tar and feathers. I ex-

,peét to hear next they are lynching

dtihehsvwho dare to express opinions
diffetent from that of the American

,lLegion in “Kansas. She says “Kansas

alive.” has been first in reform
movements,” General Gary and his

“army for instance—Charles H. San-
ford Alpena county, Mich.
arm" of annulment in the};

psi and counties is' as much ‘-V
The townw

The: American Legion is doing a lot of
silly things. which are hurting it even

in the eyes at its membership. Witness,

for instance, the proposal of the Lamed

‘ Fest in Detroit. to march on the State V

Capitol and attempt to coerce the leg-ls-
lnture into an immediate enactment of
soldier bonus
Jaw effective. The legion ' can be a
great power for good under proper le'lad—
he

nets in having such a leader as Guy M.
Wilson. who is a sane, progressive, and

~ honest man. ——Editor.

“WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE
. WORLD?" .
'HE LEAGUE of Nations is a
league of.robbers. It is founded
‘ ,on force. It has no spiritual
foundation. Humanity is not ready
yet for it. A new machine is of
little advantage if it be run by the
old power'and for the old ends. Or-
ganization is not brotherhood, and
God cares more for a brother than
he, does for an empire.

The great war wasone of the
blows,’ of Godseeking to break down
our materialism, our selfishness,
our narrow nationalism. It made
a dent, but only a‘ dent, in the
crust. Other blows will fall betimes.
Until we learn to live together by
the'real law of our nature—the law
of. love,-—a veil will hid-e the beauty
and wonder of the world, leaving us
to wonder alone or struggle togeth-
er'in confusion and strife. In every"
land I find~ me who seek the truth.
But they are outcast for the most
part-eats Jews were in His day. They

are the keepers of the soul of hu-

manity. There is need of. a league
of vagabonds, some kind of fellow-
‘Ship between these men of God.
What is wrong‘with the world is
that it does not know the truth. It
has forgotten, if ever discovered,
that down below race, rank religi—
on; there is a-fundamental humani-'
ty———man as meow-which is univer-
sal and every where the same.‘ I
am a man of. India as to my origin,
trainiqg and outlook, but am
Something else, I am a human be-
ing, a man of humanity. Humanity

., will be perfect, only When diverse

races and nations shall be face to
evolve their distinct characteristics,
while all are attached to the stems

"-of humanity by the bond of love. All

imperialismwexcept the imperial-
ism of love~—is wrong. It brings
little nations and various races to-
gether, like chips in a. basket, but
they do not unite. They are simply
There is no bond or

Hereafter my life and all that
I have—which is only a little—are

-.'to be devoted to establishing, first
are .

in India.

 

ter minds of all races, to whom we
must look for leadership, may
mingle, and the culture of the east

and the culture of the west may be‘

united in fellowship. It is men of

Vworld »minds that we need, men of

the.~ spirit, Who see that we are all

citizens, Of the Kingdom of Ideas. 111.
I am gone,

this way, long after
when in the purpose of God the
time does come for a real league of
humanity, there will be men large
enough to see the human race as a
whole, who understand that the
good of‘ humanity as a family act-
ually exists and we shall not suffer
such a bankruptcy of constructive
faith and vision as we have in our
day.—- —-By Sir Rabindranath Tagore,
the famous Indian poet in “The Re-
construction.”-—Submitted by S. H.
Slagle, Wexford County, Mich. '

One does not have to agree with all
that Sir Tagore says in order to admire
his great character But poets fre—
quently float so. far away upon the
clouds of idealism that they lose all con-
tact with the realm of realism. Sir Ta-
gore's description of ‘a world at rest in
the arms of love is very beautiful. and
we yearn for such a. happy day to dawn,
yet we know that it lies in a future re-
mote from this day. Let us,_ to satisfy
criticism, admit that the League of Na—
tions is as full of faults as a sieve is
full of holes. Nevertheless it is a step
in the direction which man has long
hoped to go, but never before dared. It
is a. step to a. better understanding
which can only come about through
round table discussions between nations.
A better understanding makes for great—
er tolerance and friendship. And true
friendship is the gateway to love—Ed-
itor.

FARM BUREAU SHOULD TEACH
MARKETING

HAVE READ so much about the

farmer, and how he ,should do his
‘— work, how he should raise his
stock, how he should market. his
grain and potatoes, how he-should
keep his books. The farm bureau
is having schools to teach the farmer
how to keep his books and do his
work until I for one am tired of it.
If the farm bureau would get a hold
on the men that takes the produce
from the farmer and sell it to the
consumer and rake him over the
coals and teach him where to get
oil at, the farmer would not need
to be schooled and the consumers
would not need to be robbed of their
daily bread! . .

.As a rule the farmer knows how
to keep his books and he knows how
to count his cost.

If the farm bureau agent would
farm the middleman and let the
farmer tend the soil, we might get
along some better. I might tell you
some more, but will quit for this
time. I like the M. B. F. fine. I
think it is a very good paper.——T.
T. DeJean, Wexford' County, Mich.

DcJean, the state
long way to

At that, friend
farm bureau has gone :1
improve the marketing system. _\ It
didn’t begin soon enough and it"hasn’t
gone far enough, but it's on its way. As
long as the marketing end is being tak-
en care of let’s not be ,too critical of of—
fortsV to cheapen production and im-
prove farming methods_~—-Editor.

 

 

 

 

Musing-sot a Plain Farmer

 

 

. ‘put out today. Hiram
drove past and stopped
V We spoke of low

”reduce, stock, etc;

‘ year.

xwoodsh’ed is her signal.

about"; cooling the milk. ,1
"£11 '

reauVis unshaken. It’s going straight.

I am taking just as much pains to
fit this field for oats as I did last
Theywere a $1 a bushel then.

Is that good business? We farmers

hd’o it anyway through force of habit.

. Mrs.‘ B. has ordered me tthrnhitch
for dinner. A white flag on the
T day‘iit
willserve as a kind of flag 0

We had a spat before breakfast

it in the can and let it go. ”
b, . it must be coéled
dais usual she got the

rind 'then elsewhere, if pVos-
Vsible’, a university in which the bet—

:su bject

truce.- .grade of book paper cost two and! th

. said, ,

orrosns cousin common)
I AM PLEASED to read these

else about the commission tor-fl
‘ of government for our counffil:

This agitation originated, from whit "

I can learn, from Wayne and Kent
counties When the state mod»
tion of supervisors met,- they ding
cussed the question and it appeared
the only ones in favor of the commis-

sion form of government were the ,

men from Wayne, 3. small part of
the men frOm Kent, and a few from
the mining district, yet when it came
to a vote there wasn't one vote in
favor of the proposition, altho it was
argued at two of the sessions.

In our county of Calhoun at the

meeting of the supervisors in Janu-

ary they passed a resolution oppOs-

ing this form of government and in

this county the cities of Battle

Creek and Albion both have commis- ,

sion forms of government and it
was men from these cities that were
the leaders in the argument against
the county taking this step“

From what I hear. from those who
have given it thought, all would

agree with Mrs. A. E. H. of Ingham ,V

county. No one knows the value of
a township so well as a local man.
No one will look after the township
at the meeting of the board of sup,-
ervisors, as the supervisor from his
township.
penses, these men in favor of a. com—

mission form of government claimV

that it doesn’t intend to do away
with the supervisors in the assessing
work It intends, merely, to take
the place of the board of supervis—
ors. They plan to have a few men—‘—
say four for each county, to be al—
ways on the job looking after the
work from day to day. Now our
board of supervisors in Calhoun
draw for their work outside of the
auditing committee, never to exceed
three thousand dollars. Can any
county hire these five men ,for that
sum? Then will these men he so
careful of the districts that have but
a few votes?

I claim it is un- -American, it is un-v

Democratic, it centralizes control, it
gives a better chance to work with a
political ring, and this form of gov—
ernment will increase taxes by great-
er expenses selfishly divided .-.—-——Cha.s
T. Voorhees, Calhoun County, Mich.

In discussing this Subject we should
alwnvs hear in mind that the people or
the county
the power to determine what form V of
commission government they would
haw. If they desired to retain
supervisors well and good; if they Wish—
ed to replace them by a commission and
have a single assessing officer for the
entire county, also well and good; and
if they wanted to put all county busi-
ness in the hands of the commission
they could do so Under a. democratic
form of government there is no danger
in centralized control. On the other
hand it has a good deal of” merit. To
my mind the principal objection against
destroying the supervisor system is be-
cause of the assessing feature, Protect
that, and I see no ’reason why- 8.001117
mission
be devised which would be a vast im-
provement over
Editor.

SHAKE!

HOPE that print paper
margin in it for you, as well as
myself in the farming game. I oafi
surely sympathize with you and VI
know it takes lots of stamina .to
stand for the right these days,Vbu-,
remember the boys are back of ygh.

Now as to reducing ex- ,

would have by their votesV

their V

form of government could not ‘

comes .V
down soon so there will be more _.

w .

the present systems—1F” '

I hope I may be able to shake your

hand some time—Geo. E. Robinson,
Barry Coi’inty, Mich.

Well, George,
the time when I can come around, grab
that horny paw of yours and say ‘glad
to meet you.’ We don't talk about I

a whisper.

except in
Five years ago an excellemt

fourth cents a pound. Six monthS‘

the poorest 01 paper cost eight andth
fourth cents a

W’hen you no
sider we use several tens to ever
sue, you can appreciate what the,
crease meant to us. Fortunate!
price is dropping slow but an ~.
——we ’re not worrying as lira-g

pound.

boys: are MICK 0f 1181‘

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’ A Department for the Women

 

  

.j COUNTRY LIVING
E BREADTH of this subject is
someWhat confusing as’ one re-
5‘; flects upon the same, but I trust
I may be able to offer a few thoughts
Which may be of some help to those
.’i-‘intei'iested‘ in this important subject.
F1rst‘, the farm is the most satisfac-
.tory place in which to live for there
we come more closely to nature than
"in any other place on earth. Second,
' we always have the best of food for
Slit is strictly fresh and of all kinds.
, ._-,If at any time we want a fat hen for
" . dinner we know where to go for it.
‘We always have a good garden so
. that the vegetables are ample, both
. for summer and winter use. .1 dry
corn and pumpkin. Can greens, to-
matoes and beet pickles. We always
have plenty of canned fruit—home
' grown. I fully believe in economy,
' defined by Webster as prudence, keen
judgment, good management and
the avoidance of wastes. We may,
therefore, regard economy as the
basic principle of success and it
- should be practiced in our everyday
affairs. We may differ, as to what
constitutes waste. Saving, carried
to an extreme, is an evidence of
short-sightedness. It should be the
servant always, never the master.

An investment which will lighten
our labors and be an aid in our chos-
en work should have our favorable
consideration.

1* It may not be out of place to re—
fer to the present need for economy
in the home, in the state and in the

‘ nation. An era of extravagance hav—
ing taken possession of. us as a peo-
ple and there is much need for econ-
omy in public affairs as well as in
home affairs.

While country life is, to some ex-
tent, isolated, it has many valuable
features, not granted to the inhabi-
tant of the city. The Grange, the
Farmers? Club and other similar or-
ganizations give opportunity for
much intellectual and social ad-
vancement which is not enjoyed to
the same extent, by the average city
resident.

‘While rural delivery, the tele-
. phone and the automobile have, to
a large extent, dispelled this isola—
tion. Thrisis my conclusion after
having lived in both city and coun—
try.-—Mrs. J. T. Daniells,
County, Mich.

  

  

   

  

  

 

 

‘ POLITICAL POINTERS
’~ For Citizenship School Funds
OMEN of Chicago have launch—
ed a movement for teaching
, , citizenship through the state of
Illinois.
; The Illinois League of Women
Voters, which is back of the move-
ment, opened the campaign by hold—

“. _

80,000 new members in Chicago.
Funds from, the dollar membership
_are devoted to carrying on the work.

schOol in Chicago to train tea'chers
togive instructions in citizenship.
, The school was so successful that re—
._ quests poured in from all over the
{state for this instruction. By sup-
;;plyng teachers the League hopes to
*tandardize this sort of education.
{it The "big drive will be made thru-
Kant every county in the state in
July. Graduate teachers from the
eéhool will make a tour of the state
. "to. pageant programs of citizenship.

‘ i ’9" = Wants All Well Fed

i Vivfng’ in a land of wonderful
artlliy and abundant farm crops,
aim-«y man, woman and child in New
' ‘rsiey has a right to be well fed, ” is
mtiment of a committee repre-

 

 
  

 
 

 
 
   

   
   
 

   
  
  
  
  

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to wish and «season?

Clinton '

h 1' ing‘ citizenship breakfasts to obtain,

The League started by opening a.

bring before housewivfl'

__E’rhey will (go-operate ‘
‘ ’ th amcnn 11$

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boardshof education in securing
proper quality and consumption of
milk among growing children, espec-
ially among children suffering from
malnutrition. They will encourage
the establishing of farmers’ whole-

sale and retail market places in the"

cities, the promotion of cabopera-
tive buying by consumers, "direct
from producers, using the parcel
post where practicable. -
Atlanta L. _W. V. to Keep in Touch
With City Affairs

The Atlanta League of Women
Voters haselected a committee com-
posed of the eleven ward chairmen
of the League and three other wo-
men from each ward, with Mrs.
Murray Hubbard as chairman. The
duty of the committee will be to see

Edited by MRS GRACE NELLIS JENNEY

‘ rooms.

troom that faces south and has more

light than it needs, paint the walls”

green, blue,- ,tan or brown. Rooms
having north and east windows are

made more pleasant by using colors ,
, with tones of yellow, canary,

etc. Bedrooms should always 'be
finished in delicate light tones. The
nearer to white the better. Blue,
.grays, etc., are suitable for dining

Wall Colors .

A room looks higher without a
border on the walls and lower with
a drop ceiling.»
warm colors and make rooms gap:
pear‘smaller than they really are.
Gray, green, blue and soft colors
make rooms look larger than they
really are. Some bad combinations
are red or buff walls and mahogany

 

 

What’s the reason?-

What’s the reason?

What’s the reason?

’Cause It’s Gettin" Spring'

HE MEDDER lurk is ‘pipin’ forth a sweeter note to me.

And I hear the pewees over yonder in the cedar tree;

The popple leaves is quiv' rin’ ’cause the wind is in the West,
And the robin’s ’round a-hookin' straws to build his-self a nest.
The blackbird he’s a flashin’ up the crimson on his wing.

Oh, the reason’s ’cause it’s gittin’ spring.

The old man’s got the rheumatiz an’ stifl as he can be;
Why it don’t git settled weather’s moah'n he can see.
But when it clears off splendid, then he’s
An’ he reckons jest. a little wind ’ud keep away the frost.
The kitchen door is open; I can hear Elmiry sing a

Oh, the reason's ’cause it’s gittin’ spring.

The air is kinda soft’nin’ and you think it’s_goin’ to storm,
Sometimes it’s kind of chilly, then again it. comes off warm.

_ An’ jest when it’s the stilleet you can hear the bullfrog' 3 note,
An’ it fears as if he wondered how the frost got in his throat.
The ducks and geese are riotous, an’ strain’in’ hard to sing.

Oh, the reason’s ’cause it’s gittin’ spring—Ben King.

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that a delegation of women is pres—
ent at every meeting of the city
council for the purpose of reporting
the happenings of the council.

Virginia L. W. V. States Its Case

Taxed with “taking sides" in a
political contest, the Loudoun coun-
ty (Va.) League of Women Voters,
after declaring they were an organ-
ization for neither candidate and did
not intend to become one, issued the
following dignified statement: “We
are merely a group of thoughtful
citizens, anxious, like all others, for
the welfare of our state, and earnest-
ly desirous of'helping to select in
the coming primaries the man who

' will be the ablest and most patriotic

public servan-t, and who gives fair-
est promise of giving us a great ad-
ministration during these difficult
time .” Is there anything ‘radical
in t at statement? And could one
ask for a better citizenry than that?

 

HOUSEHOLD DECORATIONS .

OUR EDITOR has received a
Ynumber of letters expressing ap-

preciation for the few hints and
suggestions on household decoration
published in one of our recent is-
sues, so when the following article
was sent me by the Heath & Milli-

gan 00., I decided that a further talk '

along the same Jine would be ac-

ceptable. ‘
t t O

The Art of Home Decoration

Making roOms cheerful and home- .

like is an art, but there are many
simple.'rules which .one can fellow.

If a room is dark, it is 'o-bvious‘that “
. the walls and woodwork should be.

light in color. If a room has sever-
9.1 windows and is very light, there

is the place tones the darker. colors, »

 

if c e likes. .
Go oor changes the size of
to the '

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’ tame and a brown and tau

   

[ ,more colors, the

woodwork. Shades of pink, old
rose and cream will give’ a room
warmth and coziness. They are des-
irable colors for rooms with a north-
ern or eastern exposure, especially
bedrooms. ,

Whitish- tones are cold in effect,
they make the room appear large
and spacious. For this reason one
must use warm colors in draping,
curtains and upholstery—to add to
the cheerfulness of the general ef-
fect. Large and pronounced designs
in wall decorating give rooms a
crowded and smaller appearance.

When decorating a room the fur-
niture and rugs should be used as a
nucleus, as these are very seldom
changed. Of course, if the furniture
is old-«and scarred and is not to be
refinished, it would be best to use
darker shades, otherwise all the de-
fects of the furnishings would be
shown up. _

But it is'not necessary to have
scratched and marred furniture
when there are so many products on,
the market today which can
bought at a very nominalcost, “es-
pecially-designed to make chairs

, and tables look attractive and pretty.

A coat of satin with a couple of
coats of varnish, after the old finish
has been removed, will do wonders
to any old article. Or a coat of en-
amel with a dainty’design stenciled
on" a bed room suite will make it a
thing of beauty. What 'could be
prettier than a bed room set stained.
walnut, a light gray wall for a back
ground with pink drapes, while cur.-

tains, old 'rose and white rag rugs

with a little touch of very pale blue.-

here and there; or a bed room suite“
7 stained oak with a cream or 4'ivorygr. .,
book ground, with either blue and";

 

yellow i’cretonne over drapes
brown} and cream drapes, l ‘

Of course, in comhi
shad

. _ be taken into consideration. . .
instance; a pale blue and pale pink“!
are very pretty and one will offset
the other, but if the shades are dirk .:

red; '

Yellow and red are

.. which has been dissolved

be ':

.it is practiCally impossible ,to keep
, the fat from soaking into the foods;

keeps the food dry and digestible

Emmi-411011111 be used in trying

    
 
 

and air, in :ft’li

they will clash:

Gray is a neutral color and almost '_

any other color will harmonize with

it with the exception of brown or
Because of the handsome cur- .

tan.
tain materials as well as upholstery
now obtainable it is far better

‘ have plain wall tones.

Wonders can be accomplished in
the homeT-if one'is
this art. .

ANOTHER BREAD RECIPE (
KNOW my way is a good way for
making good bread for
taught at least a half a dozen
how to bake my way. I have baked
bread ever since I was a girl of 10'
years; now I am 25.
_all right. First to get my yeast!

take 2 good sized potatoes, cooked w
good and done, then mash these fine. "

and add about 2-3 quarts of water
and 2 tablespoonfuls each of,salt
and whitesugar and 1-2 yeast cake
in just
warm water.

Let this stand a day and a night
“at least before using. Then for five
medium sized loaves of bread I take
5 medium sized potatoes and cook.
when done mash good and fine and
then add I cup white sugar and _I
good handful of salt, then about 1
or 3 {warts of w~ater."Then’ add
yeast and let ‘this'stand overnight.
In the morning take out~~your'.quart
can of. yeast for your next baking
but do not use any more yeast cakes,
as your liquid is now yeast. Then
line.-your pan with warm flour and
also warm your liquid in this war:

you can have your bread dOne I: ‘
great deal sooner than by Sust leav- 2
Then put in 0.1: 5

good stifi sponge. When sponge has . 'A -
' doubled in size it is then ready for '

ing materials cold. _

a hard loaf. If- you mix your bread
”a long time when putting in hard
loaf your bread will be finer grain-
ed and lighter.

When hard loaf is double in size

put in small loaves; “grease top as-
loaves,

soon as you have all your
kneaded out. Let double in size and
bake one hour. Remove and grease,
on top and cover with thick cloth to
keep steamin. Hoping this
help Young Housekeeper for I am.
sure I have taken up enough room.
It Certainly ought to help Somebody.
Will send in a good bread sponge

cake recipe and cinnamon rel-ls re- .

cipe if wished for. -—‘A Happy Farm
Wife and Mother, Leonidas, Mich.

EQUIVALENTS OF ONE-HALF

, CUP OF BUTTER ~ '

NE~HALF cupful of chicken fat:

one-half cupful cf lard less one

tablespoonful;
substitute less-1 one and one-halts
tablespoonfuls; one- fourth cup of
butter plus three tablespoonfuls 951a
lard; one-fourth cup of butter plus
three tablespoonfuls of lard substi-

tute; one- -half cupful of cottons0*..:._.;.-.w,3:

oil less one tablespoonful.
Cooking in Fats ..
Sauteing‘ is cooking in‘a small‘
amount of fat and is commanly-
knOWn as frying.
are more difficult to digest becauise

Frying is immersing in deep hot fat.
This method allows a crust to form;
while allowing heat to penetrate and

An iron kettle with as broad flat

should never‘be more. than 0 ‘
full because tends >

t. ~ 3'.’

interested ll

,1 have"

So I know it is:

will '

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, f‘ next Sunday, May 8th, as Moth-
' .er’s Day; a day on which to honor
the memory of mothers who passed

from us and pay tribute to the moth-

ere" still with us. Let us all, who
have" our mothers sparedi‘to us, thank
‘God on that day for being so good
to us in this way. Many give flow-
ers to their mothers on this day to
show their affection and help her
with her work in every way they
,can. You should show your mother
- each day of the year that you love
her and appreciate what she does
for you. Many of you, I know, are
so busy with your work or play that
you do not think to show her and if

anyone 'shoul‘d speak to you about it ,

you. would reply, .“0h, mother knows
I love her.” Of course mother
knows it but she likes to have you
show that you do. God has spared
my mother to me and I am very
thankful; and next Sunday sheyis
going to be at our house and I afn
going to put my arms around her
and kiss her just to show her I love
her and have not forgotten the
many sacrifices she has made for me.
Most of you live where you can go
to the woods and gather a boquet of
flowers to give to her. If you do
by all means do so. By the end of
another year she may not be with
you. -

Now, I think another day in the
year should be set aside and that
one to be in memory of our fathers.

‘ dinner we went out again.

I Maybe you could not, gigs your fath?
‘ers‘a boquet or flowers but you could

say to him, “Today isFathers’Day,
father, and I wish you to let me help
you with the chores all I can}?
Don’t you think that would’ please
him? What do you think about a
Fathers’ Day?—UNCLE ‘NED. ,

OUR BOYS AND GIRIB

Dear Uncle .Nedz—I have written to
you before and am not going to desert
our merry circle as long as my age will
permit me to stay. Hasn’t it been love-
ly weather? But last Saturday it was
very much like winter again. The birds
are now busy building their nests, and‘
flowers are blooming and trees are leaf-
ing out. I have been busy cleaning our'
yard. Some folks have their oats in. I
am going to tell about once when I went
fishing. Althought I am a girl I enjoy
a good fishing trip. Last summer‘there
were some people at our house for a.
while One day we all planned to go
fishing bright and early the next morn-
ing. So the next morning we all got up
early and started for the lake. It was
about 25 miles from our house. There
were seven of us in a. _Dort car and we
were rather cramped up. When we got
there we rented two boats, four went in
one boat and three in the other. We
staid on the water until about noon, and
then we went and ate our dinner, After
We caught
had to throw
But we had

little fish that we
than anything else.

mum
Ivy r‘k

. the run of going and a boat ride and the

coming home again. I wish some of the
girls or boys would write to me. I would
surely answer. Will close, with best

»wishes to the M. B F. and its methl‘S,

——Miss Arlone Wilkinson, Perry. Michi—

gan. R-3, Box

Dear Uncle Ned: — I hate seen so
many of the boys and girls writingr let-
ters in the Michigan Business Farmer. so
I thought I won‘d, Now I will describe
myself. I am fifteen years old, a soph—

htlgh school and am five-feet}!!!

. . ., tell. I thave light common
ion; have. light hair, and wear- losses;
Don‘t worry boys andgflrlsl _ g 1: 'do
You supposed am, a farmer-r girl or a

'city girl? .IWell, out itcomes—I am a.
farm -

farmer's daughter. ‘We live ‘OI‘L‘R
of ‘100 acres; 1 have five “brothers. I
am‘ the youngest and the only girl. I
suppose you think I am babied? But I

, I. have three brothers ..

My‘father Owns a Ford car and
also 2 horses, 7 cows, 4 calves and 3
pigs. For pets I have 2 cats, Tiger and

Nigger. and a number of chickens. Well .

as my letter is getting long I guess I
will end it. 'I will answer any letters
or cards I receive'from boys or girls. I
am. not particular. My friend, Gladys
Telgenhofl, has written in your paper
and has received 5 letters in two days,

Now boys and girls let me receive six or.

seven so I can beat hen—Lucy Brock,
Central. Lake, Mich, Box 204, care of
Mrs. J M. Brown” - ,. 1,

Dear/ Uncle Nedzmfiere is another
girl who.would like to join your merry
circle. Since my sister and one or my
schoolmates have written -I will write
and see if my letter will escape the
waste paper basket. I am going to tell
you about a trip which we took up north
last summer. We went through Bliss-
field. First we stopped there to get
gasoline so we could go on,. then we went
through Tecumseh and Clinton. We ate
our lunch just before we got to Man-
che'ster. Then we went through Man-
chester, .Chelsea, Stockbridge, Williams-
ton, Perry and Morrice Then we .came
to Owosso which ended our journey. We
got there about 5 o'clock in the after-
noon, and went to see my aunt and. un-
cle. and my cousin. It was a great
surprise to them as they did not know
w were coming. We took some pal-{ea
tries of scenes on the way. We
not have nanv tire trouble but we broke
a spring. e went on Saturday and
stayed there over Sunua, and did not
start home until Monday noon. On our
return we brought my aunt and cousin
with us. My father, -- mother, sister,

1.

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aunt; cousin and myself antennae
in ’therPalge, ear.‘ On "

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. firms way up e went. a, L
. gage! ourfwafiiand reached Blisfifiel
did not have anywtire'troublew The, ,-
. . was, ‘very enjoyable-{Adams ‘r >Maler

went through” the ,séix'ggfcmeys as?”
'Select:

an -Mlchigan. 'RTZ. . i

My Dear Duels fNed:——Well,wit-; la
Spring. isn‘t it? Are. you. glad?‘ I m I
Just four more-Weeks of :schOol ' for "me. 1
and then I: can help mother and fathez.,:i
Jilly-school teacher audiwef pupils are.

_ genuingt‘hon‘ tal‘riing our dinners and go» '
7g 0 e woo ,s some‘i‘oOn..We a .
alreadygone ,rto "n ‘ h v." ‘ ‘”

firmness}; ..
'niée flower:
have 100193! ‘ _

cow—slips, blood-roots and
am planning on having ’ a
garden this summer. - e
setting so far,
some more:

soon. Must close with best

Wishes to an or the boys anemia—«v ‘

.l‘llerien Wiley, Adria-n. Michigan, Bout»?
Dear Uncle Nedz—LI am a' girl ten

years old and in the sixth ’ grade ,1;

school. I have One mile to go'to '

We have two more weeks of school; .17 I

got. a. piano for my birthday present.
when {was ten years old. I have taken“
36 music lessons. I haVe one brother,:
His narne ts Clay. I have no sist
For pets I have a cat and 4, kittens,
have 2 horses, 6 cows, Z'calves, 5 hogs
96 chickens, 9 sheep and 5 ‘lambs.—-—'-Leom 3
Martin, Ashley, Michigan, R-s. ‘* “

ere.
We

Dear Uncle Ned:—-—I have been readi
all of the boys and girls letters and?
would like to hear from some of them:
I am 12 years old and in the sixth
grade. For pets I have five rabbits and
threecata Therema besemeotthe'
boys and girls who will think _, I have ,
given my cats funny names but they‘m -
Polar. Tom and Mike. Will close hopr
has to hear from. some of the girls or
boys soon.-.—Ha.rold Beytham, . Freeland.‘
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. ville this week when a great rhin-

' _ oceros escaped from‘ the zoo. He

mt tearing down the street knock-
in; ‘oyer telephone, posts and upset,-
my everything that earn; inv‘the’way.
an: old man driving to town had his

donkey. cut away dram the cart and
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m‘m' "Jeers rangé from the vmung'nume.‘

j any other place beat
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say. My sigter has 'a *

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‘ One day last sum-
We had a mphnicin the woods and
playing games and taking. pictures
eturned home and to heaping dishes

3 had made for
. lo we were enjoying ourselves in
haw“ —Slncerely yours: Leta.

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GQME TAX._ LAW?
(C’ontinued from pug; 3)

[These' projects of deyelopm‘ent it
~ahould be noted, are financed only
partially by present day taxatiwon
, :The; main reliance is upon bond is-
.‘Aues drawing comparatively high

rates of interest, and in the future

the interest upon these bonds, as
1‘ well as'the principal as it matures,
, must be added to the annual tax
‘~ ' “ Expense, that is reflected in the
annual tax levy, follows deveIOpment
. all: lines that are purely industrial or
"lreommeroial, and in no way connect-
. 6:! With an public business. For il-
.. limitation, note the cast to the public
,of autoinobile development. ' The

state-wide program of highway ini-

movement, now calling for an an-
$19-$13} outlay of millions of ',dollars
owes its rapid advancement and

present impertance very largely to
motor vehicle development. The cost
9; constructing improved public
highways has been increased to three
and four times the cost when only

, ye. The ’cost of maintenance after
netmction, as compared with cost
tormer years, has increaSed
“a; same ratio The cost or public
fety— and administration of justice

fin policemen, motorcycle Squads,
recovery of stolen machines and the
'ombating of new forms of crime
, enticed by the auto bandit.
autompbile carries the sportsman
ad the seeker after health and rec-
ja’tion, surely and in ever increas-
.. numbers to the new and more
ermote parts of the state,- putting an
, ed burden upon the highways
1‘! increased pressure upon public
_ lands nimble for reserts, and upOn
the resources of our streams, lakes

for increased appropriations for the

11d maintenance of

(1 game refuges, for

: protection, fer game protectiOn

nil-tor the propagation and distri-
ion or game and fish.

The requirements of various state

stitutions,.er1peoially those ' con-

- .ed "with education, public h'éalth,

ety’ vied welfare, always have been

{fryméi ’and because of the

idea-111mm they make, will

to. receive favorable con-

To appreciate the in-

. situations, compare the 19 a
declared to be? indisp “-1 now

' n:
"gs-y because of increased cost or 11v...

and increasing population ”but

All this will pan '

7' $1516" expen
only is a limited way...» 3.
and public playgrounds for children,
to tuberculosis hospitals and math
ers’ pension for adults. They relate
to public hbfltb, sanitation, comfort,
recreation, child welfare and any
number or kindred subjects. They
increase 111 number and scope every
year,- and each new feature taken-
over cells for and justifies the de-
velopment of some other feature or
public or private welfare at public
expense. No one will see, or should
wish- to see these new functions of
government restricted. The world
is now in a new orbit and one of the
forces that will tend to keep it bal-
anced in this new orbit is a proper
and continuous development in pub-
lic and private welfare through pub-
lie expenditure and this condition
necessarily means a. continued in-
crease in the volume of taxation.

Economic and Social Evolution

Failure to locate and tax intang-
ible property made little ditterence
in the early days of Michigan when
the ad valorem general property
tax system was established. At that
time agriculture was the principal
industry. Property was homogen—

‘eous, consisting mainly of real es-

tate and tangible personal property
dependent upon the ownership. of
real estate There was very little
intangible property. Wealth was
distributed comparatively even, the
range of investments was narrow,
earnings and profits were generally
converted into property or the same
nature as that which produced them.
But a Wonderful change has taken
place in recent years in the charac-
ter of property, brought about large—
ly through the operations of what
may be declared- the greatest instru-
ment of modern commercial life,—
the limited liability corporation and
its a‘ccompanying secured deft fea-
ture, through which an individual
may invest in any business where-
ever’ located and hazard only his or-
iginal investment, his interest rep-
resented by intangible securities eas-
ily tranferrable. The resulting com-
mercial and industrial expansion has
been almost beyond comprehension.

Agriculture’has been displaced as
the leading industry. The homogen—
eous character of property has dis-
appeared and,. instead; it is now
widely diversified. Many new forms
of property have been brought into
existence as a result of- invention,

commercial and industrial develop—
ment' and legal and corporate contri-
vance. IncOme has increased great-
ly, and is derived ‘tro'm numerous
and often entirely new sources. It
is,,for the most part, no longer re-
invested in the business which pro-
duced it, but seeks investment i in-
tangible and, wherever possible, non—
taxable securities. To appreciate the
extent to which profits that are fluid

are passing into intangible, non-tax-
able investments, one has but to
glance over the columns otlany met-
ropolitan daily newspaper and notice
the altering of new securities. To-
day, a very considerable portion of'
the Wealth of the state is in intangi—
ble property, and. failure, at this
time, to properly tax the owners of
such wealth, whether as a result of
legislation or administration, reliv-

. es many from all taxation. ’ ..

Rise of Professional and Salaried
Class

At the same time, and largely as

7'8» result of industrial and cdmmer-

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The cars of the people are
within your call; their voices
are Within your hearing.
From near neighbor .to dis-

tant cities and villages, mil- ‘

lions of slender highways
made alive by speech con—

1 verge within the small com-

pass of your telephone.

-Telepbone service cannot
be estimated byusual values.

Imagine how complete a re» .

vision of our methods of liv-
ing and working would have

- to be made~ if the telephone

ceased to operate.

Disasters, both personal
and to whole communities,
are daily prevented by the

AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

telephone. And this guard~_

ianship is a part of its cease-
less service. '

Glad tidings are forever
streaming over the telephone.
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crises, the accomplishment of
Vast business undertakings,
the harmonizing of a nation’s
activities; these compose a
portion of the telephone ser—
vice which is beyond price.

But the miracle of the tele—
phone is realized in the emer~
gency when it is so vital to
health, happiness and success
as to put its value beyond
price. ‘

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to Property. 812. 00 per acre for quick

o. 88 Hm two story hotel. Good lo-

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.0 ACRE FARM" FOR SALE—GOOD HOUSE
two ry. new hennery. yicam
sell. two miles tromm railroad. high
es. Terms amused. ERNEST
Adams. Mich.

u0 ACRES ALL TILE DRAIN-
ed good soil location. fences and basement

to; 22 H. . Port Huron engine: 2 x 54
Wood Bros. Se parator: sine Revere Huller;
size 21 Rosenthal Silo Filler, mounted steel wa-
tertmk,newpumna ndsixn steamhnse.slso
new drive belt. Would trade or a medium size
truct or tractor. SHERMAN CO . Osaeo. Mich.

OLD IMPROVED CLAY FARM
miles Irom town on
motor stop
FRENCH.

FOR SALEE

80 ACRES.
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telephone line, B. R.

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seed. 85 00 per bushel. bass inc luded.‘
HEBBLEWHITE. Armada. Mich. a

FOR SALE—DARK AND RED KIDNEY
beans. Have been' screened, pick one lb. per
-.cwt. $10. 50 per ch Bags free. RAY HEL-
SEL. Rockford. Mich.

FOR SALE—CERTIFIED MIOHIGAN R0-
hust‘seed beans. A. P. HART. B‘ 1, Grand
Ledge. Mich. .

.FOR BALE—CIR WALTER RALEIGH SEED
potatoes, graded No. 1. clean stock. Free
from blight and rot. 500 per bu., f. o. b.
Woodville. AVID LEENIIOUTS, White
Cloud. R 2. Mich: , '

FOR BALE—EARLY BROWII 'SOYBEANS.

4.50 r bu.. and Michigan Favorite Cowpess,
2.75 3:: bu. ELMER TOBIN. Three Rivers,
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“DID-
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99. 96 per cent“. PURE. Write for Azency.
are right. L. lLDiddie 00.. Marshi!

DOR'T LET YOUR BULL GET GROSS.

so use my invention on him

takeitoutofhim. bestwayisto
himwmritbeforehege ts.hadthenheisal-
my! safe—Dr. F. B. SHAW. ink: City. Mich.

State full. partial “lg: HARVEY
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HELP WANTED

WANTED—FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORK
assistance of a competent lady. Mil, of
at Northvme. Mich. Modern conveniences
Write at once statingwsses dress BOX
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store"dn such manner as to have—lit-
tie or no space available for special“
especially where elevators ’
are constructed with. a limited nail-

binning,

ber of large. bins only The farmers'
companies claim to provide more
special-bin accommodations than
the private-owned elevators usually
give. In special binning the grower
may be required to pay storage .on
the capacity of the ~bin which is
needed for his special purpose. .

In the matter of storage for grow-
ers, the elevators in Canada may,
upon giving 48 hours’ notice to the
owner, ship the stored grain from

‘ the country elevator to a public el-

evator, thus relieving congestion at
the local elevators.
The United Farmer-5' Associations

In Canada the farmers have been
fortunate in having only a compar-
atively few general educational and
agricultural asaOciations which are
broad in scope and territory, and the
result has been concentration of et-
fOrt along definite lines.‘ In the
three principal grain growing prov-
inces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba, for example, ,there ' are
found the United Farmers of Alberta,
the Saskatchewan Grain Growers'
Association and the United Farmers
of Manitoba respectively. These and
similar associations in some of the
other provinces, together .with their
respective affiliated commercial or-
ganizations, are united in the Can-
adian Council of Agriculture, and
through these various associations
practically all of the demands of the
agricultural interests of Canada are
voiced. There is, therefore, no di-
vision of interest or eirort among
what might be termed competing
farmers' organizations, as has some-
times been the case in the United
States.

The existing associations are well
supported and there is unity of ac-
tion. With the exception of the Sas-
katchewan Grain Growers Associa-
tion, these organizations have. con-
flned their efforts largely to educa-
tional ,and legislative lines, leaving
commercial undertakings to separ-

fite and distinct trading corporations.

9 Saskatchewan Grain Growers’
Association is incorporated as a
trading company and is engaged in
handling all kinds of ’farm supplies,
but inasmuch as its commercial act-
ivities are carried on in separate de-
partments, there is in reality a clean-

cut divison between its educational ,.
activities and the handling of sup-l

plies.

The principal reason why the Sas-
katchewan Grain Growers’ Associa-
tion is engaged in commercial activ-
ity is that the Saskatchewan Co-op-
erative Elevator Co. deemed it wise
to confine its activities'strictly to a

grain business and there was a de-

mand for certain supplies usually
handled, in connection with elevators.
The trading department of .the
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Asso-
ciation was created to. satisfy this
demand. '

The several provincial associa-
ations concern themselves with mat-
ters of local interest and with legis—
lation to be ._ had through the‘pro-
vincial governments, while the Can-
adian Council of Agriculture is con-
cerned with matters of. national
scope. The latter is able to slit and
harmonize the various resolutions
which come to it for action from the
conventions of the provincial asso-
ciatlons.

It will not be practicable in this
article to discuss the various activi-
ties ot these organizations nor to
describe them in detail. They are
financed by membershlpvdues and in
the past have also received large
grants from. the earnings of the

principal farmers' trading compan-~

ice, such as the United Grain Grow-

ers and the Saskatchewan Comper- ,

stive Elevator 00. Each provincial
association is composed of locals
which have as their center the local

centered upon the commercial

ling of their groin in 1906, when the
?'GrainL=Growers’*"zflmdano. who
tablished at Winnipeg. For so

.a.

years this company confined its hot;- i.

'ivitie's to an exclusive gram

» mission business, handling the grain ,.
of its members in much the same ~

manner _, as any other commissi
flrm.‘
seat on the Winnipeg Grain Er-
change aud received shipments from.
member and non-membei- growers in
the three prairie provinces.

rules of the Winnipeg Grain Ex-

From the beginning it had/s”

The\

change made it possible for this com- A

pany to pro-rate its earnings on the
basis of patronage furnished, and
while it was at one time suspended
because of a supposedly avowed D1115.
pose to so distribute its earnings, it
has consistently followed the regu-
lar established usages of the :grain
trade.

In 1911 the Saskatchewan Co-op-

arative Elevator Co., Ltd., was es- ,

'gina, Saskatchewan, and in _
the Alberta Farmers' C’o-operativ,
Elevator Co., Ltd.,,with headquart-
ers at Calgary, Alberta, was formed.

Each 'of these companies wassuccesem

tul in building up quickly a large

.t'ablished with headquarters at' Re-'
191"

membershipand' in handling a large ‘

volume of business.
katchewan (Jo-operative Elevator
Co. and the Alberta.- Farmer-3’ ~00-
operative Elevator 00. received find
anclal assistance from the provincial
governments, which consisted in an

advance by the government of .85

per cent of the cost of buying or
building an elevator. to be repaid in
installments extending over a. 20-
year period.

In addition to mortgages and pref-
erance accruing to the provincial
governments in the elevatbrs and as-
sets of these companies as security
for the repayment of advances made,
the special incorporation acts under
which the. companies were created,
provided, among other things,
audits by a provicial auditor, and
also provided that certain conditions
relative to acreage and other factors
necessary to, success must be. met be-
fore elevators could be built. While-

‘Both the Sas—

\

for. '

giving very widepowers to farmers' -

companies the provincial gd'vbrn-
ments also tried to guard thorn

against ill-considered acts by remrv-’

ing to the government certain mat-
ters for approval.

The Grain Growers' Grain 00., the
Saskatchewan Co‘operative Elevator
Co,, and the Alberta Farmers' Co-
operative Elevator Co. were all in-
corpor-ated under: special. flegislative
acts.

In 1917 the Grain Growers’ Grain
Co. and the Alberta Farmers’ Co—op-
erative Elevator“ Co. amalgamated
under the name of the United Grain
Growers’ Ltd., so that at the present

time the United Grain Growers' Ltd-

and the Saskatchewan Cooperative
Elevator Co., Ltd., are the two out-
standing examples of farmers' grain
marketing organizations in Canada.
An analysis of the organization'pians
and operating methods of these two
companies which well be discussed

in a later issue, will, therefore, be.

sufficient to give the reader an idea

of co-operative grain marketing as

practiced by western Canada.

HAIRY VETQH A VERY PROFIT-
ABLE CROP IN MICHIGAN "’
(Continued from page 5).

simply a by- product.

arable.

During the past five years a spec:

is] hairy vetch seed industry has dc.—
1velgped in. the sandy regions v
northern Michigan, where the plant
is grown in combination with -

, On most of the sandy (oils the
her of cash crops that :11
d , the 1

shipping station or perhaps magicians .

try schoolhouse. .. Th

are regarded as
‘ hi

However, the I
quality at the seed is good and tire‘_ \- .
quantity, in the aggregate, conside,

{£- \

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‘_1l_1I

‘etch is

to ' in

. . ; "grown
except oc-
e wheat plant

I Ethan watch.- The seeds are

to separate, but unless '

case ‘severe dockage‘.

containing as high as three
mods“ of hairy—vetch seed per
4 vusu'ally yields enough votch

.. ,o'n separating to pay the cost
at soparation. A lesser quantity re-
dices the value of the wheat 10 to,
.3 cents a bushel. 1 Hairy-vetch seed
{your this source is more likely to
«so (sin seeds of cookie ”and other
' than that from other" sources,

less: liable to centain imma-

e centers~of production of hairy

‘7’ t Irom year to year,

bu the Mic gsn counties of great-1
Itproductlon in the ap'proXimate or-
Ill": or Importance are Oceana Musé
iie’gfion 0tta1va,,_ Newaygo‘, Allegan,
“ o,n,,.Manistee..Kent, Antrim, Oge-
w; Barry, Charlevoix. Osceola,
exford, Kalkaska, Grand Traverse
.Benz'ie. The counties along Lake

van are the largest producers

ed but they are also the largest

ad. do not necessarily export

as some of the cOuntles
herinland Vetch seed has been

lsed in, nearly every county in
hig‘an at one time or another, but

. the eastern half of the state the
. industry is not important. ‘ ,
Gromng the Seed Crop in Michigan
'the baest- crops of ha-iry- veetph seed
produced on medium rich soils

in,” legions of moderate rainfall and

. 901 temperatures Conditions
is to the best development
toes may be regarded as the
for hairy—vetch seed pro-
Excesslye plant food and
nail warmth and moisture are. to
specially avoided, as they- pro-
'uxur1ant vegetative growth at
of the seed- bearing

A fairly dry, cool sandy loam
Vitae well supplied with nitrogen,
Us) the moat profitable returns
conditions produce stocky, ro-
vines; heavlly set with pods,
”the highest possible , yields
the“ least trouble and expense.
ops-ing- a locaticm' fer seed pro-
eretor’e, «it is better not to

'- express on the farm, but

old that has not recently

‘ anuied "or has not boon grow-
heavy drops of clever, alfalfa or
am legumes. . .- _ .
”Do the other hand, seed produc—
tier! should not be attempted where
the soil is too poor; under such can-
thus the: plants lack vigor and
use a- small crop of low~quality
’df.’ ‘Tda'is mistake has sometimes

a”
5% ii ion?

is

been made in north central Michi- -

on the llght blow lands and jack

_ ' 121.113.: where the -Soil, is almost
as sand and contains practically
. , , For; .a few years
land is cleared these soils

rly good crops, but un—

"are taken to renew the

e original supply is" soon

11 edged the and becomes bar- ~

. oculation.

I roots.

. ground.

‘ together.

' commonly eutyields

. h 11 less sensitive to acid
red- downhill: soils which

arefencessiVely “sour” midst have,

applications of lime.: A total of 1, -
500 pounds of hydrated lithe or 2, -
0.00 pounds of finely 'ground lime~
stone per acre applied and worked
thoromghly into the soil just before
the '1'er~ and void: are sown, usually
will be found very beneficial.

Inoculation _-

_».

growing of hairy-watch is lack of in-

yellow, sickly condition of the plants
and the absence cf nodules on the
The propei' nodule—forming
organisms are usually. present in
any field Where garden peas, field
peas, sweet peas, or any of the vetch-
as have groivn successfully and they
can be introduced into another field
by transferring soil from these
fields. Laboratory cultures of the
inoculating organism also
used.- , ~‘
‘ Support Crops

Whether, for‘hay or seed, hairy-
vetch rarely is grown alone, but
nearly . always. in combination with
some grain ‘crop to hold it off the
For seed production, win-
ter rye, is used almost exclusively.

Springawheat, cats, or barley some,

times is drilled into thin stands of
hairy vetch in the spring in order to
produce hay. Occasionally they are
allOwed to produce seed, but as they
ripen several weeks later than hairy
vetch the vetch is apt' to shatter
badly before the grain is ready to
harvest.

Rye and hairy-vetch form a very
useful combination, having-1 some-
what the same relation to each other
as timothy and red clover. Both are
outcasts of the wheat field and neith-
er is very profitable by itself. When
grown together, however, the mix-
ture has many advantages. The
growing period of the two plants is
practically identical except that hairy-
vetch mus-t be planted a few weeks
earlier. than is absolutely necessary
for rye. The rye plant is tall and
strong'a‘nd holds up the hairy—vetch
nicely, and it is believed that the
vetch by adding nitrogen to the soil
incrases the growth of the rye. The
plants are harvested and thrashed
the combined yield being
greater than either crop alone The
presence of hairy— vetch adds to the
feeding value of the rye straw which

won] dotherwise be difficult to util-'

ize. Thus,’by the partnership neith—
or plant is injured, but
helped by_ the presence of the other
In‘ recent years, an important de-
velopm'en't in growing rye and vetch
together has been the introduction
of improved varieties of rye, partic-
ularly the Roseh rye. This variety
ordinary 'rye
and is consequently more prOfitable.
A further advantage is that at e
straw of Rosen rye is somewh t
shorter and stiffer than that of 01:—
dinary rye, while the seeds are a few
days later in ripening, thereby al-
lowing more time for the vetch to
mature. , The only objection to Ros-
on rye is that the kernels are plump-
er and more nearly round than those
of ordinaiy rye and hence are slight-
ly more difficult to separate from the
vetch
Use In the Rotation

When hairy-veto}: is grown espec-

’ially for seed, .it must become part

, ,1 pro _ for disposal y " ,.
. prop loIIstand 08'.an

of s rogular crop rotation It can
‘ merely as a catch crop

A frednent cause of failure in the ,

This is indicated by a‘

can be

occupy the ground as-

til‘ithe latter part of that month. 0c-

'casionally the vetch is seeded- in

buckwheat and the rye broadcasted
later. Rye and vetch seldom follow
well a timothy meadow, as the old
sod is hard to subdue.

Hairy-vetch and rye can be suc-
ceeded by any crop, that follows
wheat; or rye.- “A common rotation
on the heavier soils is (1) potatoes
or beans, '(2) corn, (3) rye and

s

.hajry-vetch, (4 and 5) timothy and.

mixed clover. '1 0n sandy soils and in
the northern counties timothy and
red clover may'well be replaced by
orchard grass and street clover but
incither case the rotation provides
for two legumes in three years with
one plowing. More or less volun-
teer hairy-vetch appears in the
clover at the‘ first cutting, but it
disappears entirely by the time the
second crop is ready.

A serious objection to saving hairy-
vetch-for seed is the sacrifice of the
green manure, which in many cases
is the principal object in growing the
crop. A rotation that provides for
both seed and green manure is the
simple one of (1) corn, (2) rye and
hairy-vetch. . By allowing the hairy-
vetch to become quite ripe before
harvesting, sufficient seed shatters
to produce a heavy volunteer stand,
which is plowed under in time for
corn planting in the spring. The
straw from the seed crop is fed to
live stock and the manure is plowed
under or spread on the ground in the
fall. In either case, two crops of
vetch are turned under every two
years and in addition a cash crop of
corn and one of vetch seed secured.

Hairy-vetc'h and rye are sometimes
grown year after year on the same
ground, especially in areas where
conditions are not favorable for corn.
This system has the advantage of
providing a money crop each year
with little labor or expense, but the
yields fall off rapidly even when the
straw is returned. Continuous vetch
growing should be accompanied by a
yearly application of phosphatic fer—
tilizer, or on cheap land the crop
should be saved for seed one year,
followed by a volunteer green-ma-
nure crop the next.

“he would take more drastic W

toward the control of the pest.

Flies are allowed to multiply and
became not Only a nuisance, but 3130 . : .
a threat to the health of the nonsp-

hold. The fly population increases ,
gradually, until by August and .
September they swarm the entire'ff
farmstead. The files which infest
any farmstead are usually produced
on that farm. Flies prefer horse ”
mpnure for laying their eggs, and
the eggs‘éan be prevented from
hatching by applying ordinary pow-
dered born to their breeding places.
Specialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture have discov-
ered that ten ounces of powdered
borax to eight bushels of manure is
sufficient to’kill the maggots and
prevent all of the flies from develop-
ing.

.In’ the case of stables, the method
is to sprinkl' the borax in the quan—
tities given above by the means of
a flour'sifter or sieve. Most of the

‘borax should be applied around the

outer edge of the pile, as that ,is
where the maggots congregate. The
manure should be sprinkled with
two or three gallons of water to
‘eight bushels of manure. This does
not affect the value of the manure as
a fertilizer in any respect.

In the case of garbage, where flies
also breed, the borax should be thor~
oughly sifted on in the dry form, in
the proportion of two ounces to the
can of garbage. This will not im—
pair the value of the garbage asIa
food for hogs, as bor in these
small proportions is abso utely harm-
less.

It is practically impossible to en—
tirely eliminate flies on the farm, be-
cause they find soImany places in
which to breed, but a little atten-
tion to this important matter will
be an effective aid in controlling the
fly nuisance. If stables are cleaned
thoroughly and all accumulated ma—
nure is spread upon the fields, there
will be a noticeable reduction in the
fly population around the farm.

The use of the above precautions
will aid greatly in reducing the fly
nuisance on the farmstead

 

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Divide the price ofa De Laval
by its years o/servicc ’ 7
for its real cost.

 

 

HAT the best is the cheapest in
the long run is doubly true of the
De Laval Cream Separator.
Divide the price of a De Laval by the
years of use you will receive—there are
thousands in use from ten to twenty
years, and even twenty to thirty years
is not unusual—and you get a yearly
cost that is much lower than that of any
other separator you can buy.
During all these years of use the

efficiency; it will save instead of waste
cream; it will pay for itself over and
over, and return you the greatest cash
.income.

That’s why there are more than
2,500,000 in use the world over.

Furnished with hand, power or
electric drives sold only through
agentsyand 1‘ desired, on such
terms that it will pay for itself.

The De Laval Separator Company

NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO
[65 Broadway 29 E. Madison St. él-Bule Street

 

 

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To avoid oonflletlno date: we wlll without
, . flat the date of any Ilvo stock sale In
.m ,-. Moon. If you are oeneldorln e eele ed-

ue at once and we wlll elem the date
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L May 10. Shorthorna Central Mich. Short-
.bom Breeders’ Assn, Greenville Fair Grounds,

Granville. Mich.
:‘ my 18. Holate lateina. Livingston Co. Hol-
' stein Ass’n. Howell. Mich. _
* May 21. lsteins. Win. Gottschalk
New Haven Mich.
May 28. Holsteina. George E. Bench

Plymouth, Mich.

‘ June 9. Angus. Michigan Aberdeen— Angus
Aas'n East Lansing. Mi ch.

1 June 9th. Aberdeen— Angus. Michigan his}:

«deep-Angus Breeders’ AssociLfio
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LIVE erocx auoioIIEEne
Andy Adams, Litchfleld. Mich.
Ed. BOWere. South Whitley, Ind
Porter Colestock. Eaton Rapids, Mich.
John Hoffman, Hudson, Mich.
D. L.- Perry, Columbus. Ohio.
J. 1. Post, Hilledele, Mich.
J. E. Ruppert. Perry, Mich.
Harry Robinson, Flymouth, Mich.
Wm. Waffle Goldwater, Mich.
John P. Hutton, Lansing, Mich.

CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIEBIAN

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

USE PURE BRED SIRES

Estimates
of the Uni
t‘ure show that the dairy cows of the country
average only 4, 500 lbs. of milk per year.

urnished by the Dairy Division
States Department of Agricul-

‘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 011

your herd. You cannot make a better in—

veatment.

‘LIICH. HOLSTEIN - FRIESIAN
ASSOCIATION

Old State Block ~ Lansing, Mich.

 

 

 

SHOW BULL

Sired by e Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke- Henger—
veld DeKol bull from a nearly 19 lb show
cow. First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair,

 

1920. Light in color and good individual
Seven months 0d. Price. $125 to make
room. Hurry

i
Herd under Federal Supervision.

BOABDMAII ,FARMS

JACKSON. MIOH.

 

 

 

 

Holstein Breeders Since 1906
BULL GALF “.333..." 93.12%? 33.1 ‘33.” .2153

aired 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 Hengerveld Dd
‘ 68 A. R. 0. daughters. Price 8150 F. 0.
Flint. Pedigree on application.

0. KETZLER. Fllnt. Mich.

 

OLVERIN! STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD

sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon-
fiec. Lunde Korndyke Segia" who is a son of
'King of the Pontiaca” from‘ a daughter of Pon-
tiac Clothilde De Kol A few bull celvoe to!
«is. 'l‘. W. Smegue.2 R 2. Battle Creek. Mich

’Hownrnr IIEIIII

WHERE TYPE, .cousrlvurlo‘n AND PRO-
ouo'nvr: ABILITY Is aasunEo.

TWO grandsons of King of the
Pontiacs from A. R. 0. Dams of ex-
cellent breeding.

H. r. Evaue'
v . Eau Olelro, Mich.

 

 

AM OFFERING LIGHT COLORED ,HOL.
stein-Friesian bull 1 year old from 21.51 lb.
dun and sire whose. six nearest dams are 33.34

(special. ADVERTISING RATES under this needle. to honest breeder. of llve steel: e d 300%?) willb.
' if“! out what you have to offer. let us out It M type. rho

w you e proof and tell you what it
Copy or changes must be received. one Week beforo date of issue.
t.l1em Write to“

sent on mung.

ll cost for 18'. 26W 52 times.

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lotto? etlll.
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Breedere’ Auction tale. edvm‘lugq

to VI.)
BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Olomene. MIohIi‘n. " ”

 

 

Quality

at HoWell, Mich.

Wednesday, May 118/21

At 10:00 OlClock A. M.

THE HOME OF HEALTHY CA'ITLEL

From herds under Federal Supervision.
60- 90 day re—test privilege. \

90 Head Registered Holsteins

Twcthirds either have A. R. 0. records or are firom record cows
5 coWs with records from 25 to 29 lbs. >
1 daughter of a 32 lb. cow.
1 daughter of a 29 lb. cow.
1 daughter of a 26 lb. cow.
9 bulls whose dams have records from 25 to 32 lbs.
One proven herd sire from a 29 1b. cow.

JAY B. TOOLEY,

J. G. HAYS,
President

For catalogs, address
F. J. Fishbeck, Howell, Mich.

Secretary

Livingston County Holstein Assocmtion 53 "1“

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Complete Dispersal Sales-of‘ .
— 4O HEAD —— '

NENISEENEN NNESE IN ENIESINN

Saturday, May 21,1921,lp

at the Gottschalk farm 8 miles north,west_ of Mt. Clemepns, 1:] miles
southwest of New Haven and 1 1—2 miles southeast of Meade.
Herd ‘iederal tested with a clean test and sold subject to a 60 to
90 day retest.
25 Head fresh or safe in call! to our young herd sire SIR ORMS-
BY LILITH SEGIS whose dam made over 30 lbs. butter and over 600

Many creditable A. R. 0. records in herd.

as a 4 year old. Write for catalog to

WM. GOTTSCHALK, New Haven, Mich-

Stop at Fairchild’s on electric cars leaving hourly from Detroit
going north and Port Huron going sou.th

cars at Fairchilds to the farm.
Sale will be held under cover in case of rain.
Bankable paper for 1 year at 7 per cent accepted.

ALBERT E. JENKINS,

COL. D. L. PERRY,

Free transportation from

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lbs. butter. Herd under state and federal sup- Skies Manager.
«vision. -
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K01 2of 4%;1i'litéside. No. 137129. due to freshen

4. $250. 00
in. J. BaurIELD. Mich.

  

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.1931,“ bor apt, 28, 1919, evenly

‘ Red and a fine individual. Sir-
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cow. 1
wt. .

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GOOD BULLS. LIGHT. MEDI-
Dama' records et 2 yr, Byte.

 

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and 2e. y46 ' ova Fle'r OFFERING

‘3‘! 4 fiitlgwgo dem's itemindéz 000 pounds Bull born March 27. 1920. well grown.
0 es. d 1 000 pounds butter in year 11 straight top line. deep body. and guaranteed
milk an over f re “med w." - end right. little more black than white and ready
mntm A33 1‘ a" ~ 12585;?" .h - Emblagaard 11mm" Champion

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ciao. What can I do to gaunt
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drink middlings slop. They Will
and cough :then drink again On
pig‘s can hardly walk. What e1
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Theat your horse for worms, give
pewd'ered Areca Nut two ounces,
tartar em’etic, dried sulphate or men
and pOWdered charcoal equal pend,
one ounce; mix together thoroughly
and divide into sixteen poWd'ere, giro
one morning and night and When you
give the last powder. give one pint
or. raw linseed oil, feed whole cats
with brain, and after this course at
treatment give horse daily exercise-.- -.

Your pigs eat too fast. Place 14..
clean stones in the trough to prevail:
them drinking so fast. 111151111 ,
eliminate your trouble. t,

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BLISTER ..

I would kindlv like advice regarding
a lame horse She has been lame £01- -
two years; it is in her right front foot” ' .
between her ankle and her hoof. It in . ‘ - ‘ r - ‘
soft and pyutf like. I tried to blister . ‘ ’
it but it would not blister. —L H.,' Buck- . '
ley. Michigan. ' ,-

      

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\ Try theJollowing blister and allow
animal to rest for'at least one
month: Pulv. cantharides and red
iodid of mercury, equal parts We ’ .3191
drams; lard, three ounces; mix there -' {'3‘ .
oughly and apply to affected parts, 1 ' : ‘
rubbing in for ten to fifteen minutes. ‘ 4 ' "
After two days apply lard once daily _ _
and repeat in idur weeks it neces- ‘ "j" 2‘69; “
sary. . ~ ' v

 

COW OFF FEED

I saw in the Veterinary Dept. of Mars. '- -
19, that P. B. Falmouth, Mich.. m3 ' " -4'
fresh cows 01’! their feed this whiter and ’ ,
he gave them salts and they got well, ~ 3 ~ ‘1 "1
and the editor recommended tonic pow- " 'i‘ x. 3593?
(lei-3;, powdered gentian, flve , ounces; , - .
powered nux vomica, two ounces; yow- - N i
dered capsicum, one ounce; and Noah L. ‘- _'-‘
bonate of soda, eight ounces. What I
would like to know is if it would be 1142- v‘ .
cessary to give‘ a cow that has freshen-k .
ed, and is off her feed, or troubled with ‘ . 5*...
indigestion, a dose of salts in connec-. ‘ :’-.
tion with the tonic, or will ,just the ton-1 ' ” ‘5“
ic alone answer the purpose?—-— .T-P., 7-4. ‘1 'li
Morley. Michigan. ' -» ‘5 5
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It is always better to give a cow 7.. V
a. cathartic before putting her on a ., .9
tonic. This cleanses out the intestin- T
a] tract. It is also advisable to com-‘ . '
bine an alterative With a cathartic. . . i. E
A very satisfactory cathartic is pOW- ."fi ' L L
dered ginger and gentian equal parts '
one ounce, powd.n11x vamica. ande?
capsicum of each one dram and ep-
som salts two pounds. Dissolve in
two quarts of hot water and give ‘
slowly at one dose. "

 

 

 

.. EATING mamas U " “ .

Can you tell me what is the 98.1135 0! > U 73 .‘ ». 5
chickens eating each ‘ others‘ feathers .. . 1‘ » , ' 4
and what will stop them?‘—— W 3D,; ‘ " . . ',¥
Moorcstown, Michigan. ' ‘ ' "

 

 

The ration you are feeding (ices ; ,
not contain enough animal matter." T
Feed plenty of beef scraps and you ’ ""‘ ,5 5'
will have no more trouble with your :'

 
 

 

   

 

   

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LICE ON 011111.11... m. ,

Will you please give me. a, ppeecri -
tion for treating lice infested cows will ' '_
method of applying same'L—G
waygo, Michigan.

There is nothing better than Kreso , ,-:
Dip, Parke, Davis & Co. Wash eni- ‘
male according to directions on the
can. The stable should be white-h;
washed.

       
      

   
    
       
 
   
        
       
 

   

our NO'r‘nnAma

About a year ago I severely calke 3‘4
horse, about two Aand a half in
above the "hoof. tfl rat I used tun
tine on it and later used white v1
pulverized alum and . sugar
This has been unsuccessful. . .
now a. bunch about the size at my
in the cut- and the leg is mu T.
about twice its norms si e.
is not ve glame b‘ t
Gran

     

 

     

  
   
 
   
  
 

 
 
     
 
 

  
  
     

    
 
 
 
 

 
     

  
   
 
 

   
 

      
 


  
  
   
   
  
  
 
   
 
 
 
 
  
   
  

 
 
 
  

 

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' PICA IN CATTLE

mt spring when I moved here I
imhased 2 cows. one about 8 years old
and the other 3 years did. When. I let
thfi‘n out of the barn they Will hunt for

I I- on: -old board or stick to chew on, They

we'll stand and. chew on old boards and
anneal: all day. In June I Dur-
f‘c ahead an nether cow that I know was
» not infected, but after a while she start-
:‘JR‘also and is now as bad as the rest.
e callyes are affected the same as the
.. cows. hzg'e had veterinary aid but to
. ,no avail; obody seems to know what
‘~"it is. The animals seem to be in good
“condition except. they are a little th
L.- G Suttons Bay. Michigan. ',

 

diseased conditiOn affecting cattle
and is chiefly showu by a depraved
. appetite. As a rule there are prac-
,_ tically no other symptoms beside the
depraved appetite; the cow, seems
to have a craving for rOughness,
such as pieces of leather, rags,
cl'ockery. morter pieces of wood,
metal, dirt and so forth. She picks
theSe objects up and apparently has
a relish for them, frequently ignor-
lIig‘ good feed for the sake of chew-
111g up and swallowing an old shoe.
She dOes this not only occasionally
and casually, as all cows 'dO normal—
17, but ravenously and persistently

and cOntinuously. In cases of long
duration the animal’s ' coat lacks
gross, and cOnstipatiOn may be pres-
ent. If not properly treated, some
cases of Pica persist indefinitely, the
cow gets poor in cOnditiOn and may
deveIOp a. variety of. conditions. The
treatment of this affection should be-
g‘ni- with an investigation of the ra-
tion fed The condition can usually
be premptly benefitted by a properly
. balanced ration In other instances,
‘ .free access to an unlimited supply of
Salt is all that is necessary. In cases
- which occur under good feeding con-
_ ditions, and in which salt treatment
‘ falls to correCt'the trouble, .the cow
should be given two lbs epsom salts,
dissolved in about two quarts of
warm Water; when the purgative has
acted give the following: iodine re-
sub., three drama, potassium iodid,
' one ounce and a half and add suffi-
cient water to make tWelve ounces
. _ and" . give two tablespoonfuls three
' times daily in four to ‘six‘ ounces of

j . fLwater'on an" empty stomach. If you

T'toilow these directions I am confl-

“ajcnt yo’u Will get desirable results. '

Let us hear trom you later.

 

INCREASING MELK FLOW ’

We boughta heifer ata sale last fall, ‘~

said to be 3 1- 2 years old, and. had had

-_‘. and calf befOre. She had a calf Jan.

18, 192,1‘m'd never gave more than 6
quarts at two milkings, for the first
month and a. half. Since then only 4
duarts ,I am feeding her a little hay,
~.pota_toes, while her main feed is corn-
I won’t aflord to buy fancy feed

‘s‘ .‘fo‘r 1111'. What can I do about it for in-

finding the milk?—-A. A. 'Pentwater,
9.11.1 14"." v- .

 

If your cow is not getting the neo-
besary feed required for milk pro-
ductiom you cannot expect to get a
large new or milk Feed grain and
no doubt the milk supply will be in-
creased.

” .3 .. “RUNS STUB IN HEEL "
I have a herse that t
heel. Infection got inmann: gugbol'n (:11:
_ charge ran out half way arOund crown

. gt hoof. This leaves a. crack which
we? is open and shut when he walks.
e

still quite lame. Am using wool-

How long before this crack will

eel 01- will he grow a new hoot? Can

,. 1 :turn him out to gesture not fearing

- mud and water to. am this foothi-
”U .0. ,W., Mornlce, Michigan. .

 

   

    
 

 

 
   
  
 

 
 

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flu or ad. or con! can
here it Molt! low rates:

c given in one ounce deses

(SPE3IAL ADVERTISING RATES 'undor thlu headlnn to honest breeders of live stool: and poultry will be sent on Frau-st. Boner still,

write but What you have to odor. let us out It In typo, show you a proof and tell you what It will cost for 18,28 or 52 times. You can change

often “I y’ou‘u1 wish. Gwyn. or chino)“ must be Noalvod one Week before date of Issue. Broodorr’ Auction salon advertised
them rte

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, ML Clemons. Michigan-

. . Illlllll!lllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllll’lllllll'lllllllllllllll""llllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllmll1lillhllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllflllmflllllfl-lllll

 

 

pd also applied to entire enlarge-.

First Annual Consign
CENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION
at Greenville Fair GrOunds, Greenville, Michigan
TUESDAY MAY 10, 1921 at l P. M.

About 2-3 Milking Strain, 1-3 Scotch

39 Head, 29 Females, 10 Bulls,
Write to M. E. Miller, Sec’ y, Greenville, Mich. for Catalogue

SHORTHORN S

ment Sale of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

This name has been given to a} '
SOLD AGAII ’

Bull colt last advertised sold but have 2 more
that are remostly white. The: are nice straight fel-
by a son of King 0
I 17 11:11..e 2 yr old dam and the other in from a -
old dam, she 11 by a son of

Friend Hengerveld De
3.
JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. Mlch..

TWO BULL cA‘Lvrs

Regine-rod Holltein- Frielien, sired by 39 87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows.'1‘he
calves are very nice and will be priced cheap

 

1111111111011le FARM

Bull calves sired by 35 pound son
Of King of the Pontiacs—$100. 00—
and upwards—egood
from a clean herd.

JOHN P. HEHL

1206' Griswold Street. Detroit. Mlchlgan

individuals—

 

AKEVIEW DAIRY FARM HOLSTEIN- FRIES-
llerd sire Paul Pieterje “’ane Prince
'l‘wo nearest dams average 31 9 lbs.
lbs milk in 7 days. Dam milked 117 lbs. in one
His bull calves folr sale.
I. 22 1b. two- “year ~old’. Good individuals.

E. E. BUTTERS. Goldwater, Mlch.

 

SALE—EITHER
13111.5 randy for heavy service fr:~ 111

They are all fine
1115 and nicely marked and priced to sell.
a few W813 bred females.

H HOOVER Howell.

A PROVEN BLOOD LINE

KING SEGIS tmnmitted to his sons the power
to transmit to their daughters
production over long periods.

with same breed.

 

the greatest of
It is his offspring
made the greatest yearly pro-
duction ever dreamed of. 37. 381.4 pounds
have for sale at moderate prices beautiful
individuals of show type KING SEGIS bulls.
ORA AND RIVER STOCK FAR RMs
nCorey h.J Spencer, Owner

J Mlc
Under State and “Fedora

ready for service from 19 1-2 and 24 1- 2 lb.

 

 

IIEREFORDS

11:113an 011m: ..

We can furnish registered bulls item 12

belt of breeding and It a
have also some extra good
_ We have also A large lino
registered Hampshire

 

and HAMPSHIRE

months and older,
very low price.

. tell us what you want and get

La FAYETTE STOCK FARM.
J. Crouch a Son.

TERED HEREFORD CATTLE --— KING
and Beau Perfection
327899 bend our herd. ulls are sold; have
some very fine heifers for sale, bred or opened,

bred to our herd bulls. Come and see them; they

Prom, Henry Ochrholl, Herdsman,

MARION xSTOCK FARM. Marlon Mlohlnan

‘ HEREFDBDS FOR SALE

[and Diaturber blood, 150 Reg. head in
’35. 00 reduction on all sires. Choice to-
Write me you: no eds.

ARL. .0. McCARTY. Bad Axe. Mich.

 

' ’ 150* passer-one
of 10 02:15 lfioadé quality Shortlbornz and
“1111115111111 bily 50c c‘omm'mion
1° [Hanna nonunion

LAKEWOOD HEREFDBD

.. ”young bulky/1 8 month: 11111351)
‘01”: toluene!!! age:

 

strong solution of Kreso,‘
.y or Creolin, ~‘

 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 

TWA! HIRED JERSEY

 

 

 

SHORTHORN
cENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED-
ern’ Association ofl'er for sale 75 head; all
use. both milk and beef breeding. Send for new

in. s. MILLER, Soo'y. Omnvlllo, Mlch.

 

 

F YOU WANT TO BUY 0R SELL I MAY
have just what you want. I handle from one

animal up to the largest consignment sale in the

country.

0. A. Rosmusrson Sale 00., Greenvlllo, Mlch.

Have YOu a Mortgage

on Your Farm?

If so buy Shorthorns at the Feb. 25th sale
It M. A. 0. held at 1 P. M. .We are listing
four females and two show bulls that will lift.
your mortgage if they are cared for.

RICHLAND FARMS
C. H. Prescott 3. Sons, Tawas City, Mlch.

 

 

Huron '00-. Shorthorn Breeders’ Ass’n
offer for sale Scotch and Scotch top-
ped males and females Of all ages.
300 head to select from. For inform-
ation address
Jas. R. Campbell, Secretary
Bad Axe, Michigan

MAPLEHUHST FARM

Newton Loyalist 211d in service, short horn bulls
for 811%.
O. H. PARKHURST. R 2.’ Armada, Mlch.

 

 

UY SHORTHORNS‘ NOW, 4TH ANNUAL

lllerilI test ‘without a reactor. Some bargains
in 111 8.

JOHN SCHMIDT & SON. Reed City. Mlch.

THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the secrHyta
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mlch.

SHOBTHOH“ COWS. HEIFERS, BULLS

. offered at attractive pr1cel

before January first. Will trade {or good land.
Wm. J. BELL. Rose Clty, Mlch.

 

 

From the Maple Ridge herd of Bates Short-
horns (‘alred in September 1920.
J. E. TANSWELL. Mason, Michigan.

5HORTHORN OATT E AND OXFORD DOWN
sheep. Both sex or sale.
J. A. DeOA'RMO, Muir. Mlch.

3EXTRA GOOD BULL CALVES FOR SALE.

KENT COUNTY SHORTHORN aREEDERS'
.‘Assn are offering bulls and heifers for 59.19.1111
Iges. Sell the scrub and buy a purebred

A. RA AB. Scc'y Caledonia. Mlch.

0R BALE—REGISTERED SHORTHORNS
and Duroc Jersey spring pigs. either sex; two
red bulls. one 11 months and one 5 months old.
Several heifers from 6 months to 2 years old.
Scotch '1‘an and Bates bred. Address
GEOR E.W ARNOLD or JARED ARNOLD
Gwmmmsburc. R 1. Mlchl can

 

 

JERSEYS

 

 

JERSEY YEARLING BULL( SIRED BY PEN-
hurst l‘ern Sultan R M. Breeding.
E. MORRIS a. SON. Earmlngton. Mlohlgan.

REG. JERSEYS HEIFERS 1 YR. OLD——
Young cows in milk sired

by Majesty's Oxford Shylock 156 692 also young

bulll sired by Frolic's Master Pogls 177683 a

grandson of Pogis 99th and Sophie 19th'a Top

mentor. two great bulls of the breed. Write for

prices and pedigree.

GUY C. WILBUR, R 1, Balding, Mlch.

DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION?

rThe grandson of Pogls 99th of Hood Farm
and Sophie 19th’s Tormentor, two of the great-
est sires ever known heads our herd. No other
strain is more noted for past and present produce
ti'on. Bull calves and bred heifers for sale at
msonable prices.

FRED HAYWARD. Scour. Mlch.

 

1116111111111 rAnM-Jrnsavs.s:3§3:t

ed herd. High pmduction splendid type and
breedl‘hg; Write us your wants.

.‘ " Odell, Owner. Adolph Hoes. Mgr.

' .‘ Shelby. Michigan

auu. roa SALE.

1708- 34.1.1;918. Sired by Kho-

,. . the fine dam,

Price. F. 0. B. Paw

: iAdd rear

TN m ru.u1oo. , .-
.1; ram

  

 

 

 

 

YEARLINO BULL
81nd by Majesty‘s Oxford Shylock. Nothing better
FRANK P. NORMINGTON. lonla_ MloIIMn

GUERNSEYS _

UERNSEY BULL CALF 7 M08. OLD. 84lRE.
Lnngwnter Prince Charmant'e, A. R.
R. daughters average 416 lbs. fat 2 1- 24 .131.
Dam: anton's Lady Lu. A. R. 418 lb {at class
A. A. (farmers class) 1 A. R:1 daughter, 4U‘l
lbs. fat D. D. Write
MORGAN BROS».
AAllegan, R 1, Michigan

GUERNSEY BULL FOR SALE

Good individual. six months Old. [lord under
state and federal supervision.
Write for partirulars to
A HENN ESEY. Watervllet. Mlch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

l The Home of

Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny

Probably
The Worlds’ Greatest
BREEDING BULL

Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the
Smithfield Show, 1919, and the Birming~
ham Show, 1920. is a daughter of Edgar
of llalmeny.

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 Dolmeny are, at this time,
offered for sale.

Send for Illustrated Catalogue.

\VILD\VOOD FARMS
Orion, Mich.

W. E. Script”. Prop” Sidney SmIth, 80M-

 

 

 

 

The Most Profitable K1111

of farming 10nd of grade dairy heifer!
from LENAWEEK COUNTY'S heaviest milk pro-
ducers to include 11 pure bred ANGUS bull of tho
most extreme beef type for combination beef and
dairy farming

Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt lbip the

Methods explained in SMlTR’S PROF’II‘ABLI
STOCK FEEDING 400 pages illustrated.

CEO. B. SMITH. Addison. Mlo‘h.

 

 

REGISTERED ABERDEEN- ANGUS—BULL...
Heifers and cows for sale.
Priced to move. Inspection invited.
RUSSELL BROS.. Merrill. Michigan

BARTLETT ’PURE BRED ABIRDEIIi
ANGUS CATTLE AND OHIO.
Swine are right and are priced right. con.-
Ipondence solicited and lame 6n invited.

CA L BARTLETT. Lawton. Mlch.

 

 

 

RED 'POIILED

so. nan POLLED suns, ALL nose.

Bred heifers.
E. 8. CARR. Homer. Mlch.

 

 

0Rd SALE—REGISTERED RED POLL“
vfor .
HrERBISON BeBROS. .. R 3.. Blrmlngham. Mlch. '

AYRSHIRES

FOR BALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves. heifers and buffer calm;
Also some obOico r we ‘ ‘

FINDLAY 31106.. R B. Vassar, Mlch.

I, SWINE M

POLAND CHINA

BIG BOB MASTODON

WM Caldwell 311 Bob Champion of the;
world: In: dam Ike 1- 1‘- Wu. Gunf-
Clnmplon at low! Stet. l‘l-h’. . -fl ,3
Ihoveaflnefleptunberno‘umtht ’
‘ “°"‘ "°" 1"“ ”’ n“ ”231%: “Saw"...

w n 0
mm pig: °oohmu1m , -
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Id! at MI. [En Ella. MI you 1
Write In“ '

ESSA 1.... 1. ......
am.
here" or 1mm low has: eel: for them.

“use.
many!)

BREEDERS' omec'ronv. THE liner-dun BusMEss "men. III. ms, W.

 

SERIES SBIETIIIIS SIMS

ITI'IE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0. IN MlOH.
Get a bigger and better bred hour p'n from my
herd. st :1 reasonable price. Come end see u.
Expenses paid if not as represented Th on hours
service; L's Big Orange. Lord Clam“:
Orange Price and Us Long Pros ect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Plrma. Mich.

ERE- l8 SOMETHING GOOD. BIG TYPE
Poland Chinas. One. extra. good large long
big boned smooth gilt bred to Howleys Clans-
1311318. 00 Price 3100. Also younger gilts $30 to
o . .
HOWLEY BROS.. MOM". Mich.

FARWELL LAKE FARM '

L. 'l‘. P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boars and
some [tilts left. W111 sell with breeding privilege.
Boers in service: Clans-man's Imus 21111, W. B.‘s
Outpost and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome.
W. B. RAMSDELL
Hanover, Mich.

 

 

BIO TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS ALL
.sold, but have some full gilts at reasonable
price. W111 be bred for fall litters.-

DORUS HOVER. Akron. Mich.

 

ILTS SIRED BY BIG BOB MASTODON, BRED
to Jumbo Lad. Price very reasonable.
DerTT c. PIER. Evm. Mich.
L s P —4 BOARS BY OLANSMAN‘S IM-
AGE end Big Defender, that no
extra good. Bred gills all
Michigan.

- sold.
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolmft.
IG TYPE POLANDS. AM OFFERING TWO
good growthy {all gills. from best sow in 0111"

 

 

erd.
w. CALDWELL a. son. Springfiort. Mich.

 

IG TYPE P. 0. BRED SOWS ALL SOLD.
Closing out a. few choice boars at n bargain
5130 some extra good fall pigs, either sex. From
growthy stock.
W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND

China boar ready for service $25. 00
JOHN c. BUTLER. Portland. Mich

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

_ Highland Giant the $500 boar. Others bred

in Wiley’ :1 Periection. Weight, 700 at 18 month
JOHN D. WILEY, Schooé craft. Mich.

 

 

. T. P. c. DOES YOUR NERVE SAY BUY
hogs? Vote es and order a good one. Full
Its 330 to 300; spring boars. $15to $25. Two
respect Yank is bred to Hart’s Block Price
Hurch 24th at $50 each
F. T. HA.RT St. Louis. Mich.
EONARD'S BIG TYPE P. c. BOAR PIGS
Pt wnnninc time. from Mich Champion herd
$25 with pedigree. Satisfaction guaranteed. 011]
or write E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Mich.

Am Offering Large Type Poland Chins Down.
bred tn F‘: Orange at reuonshle prices All!
tall pigs Write or call
chor FISHER, R 8. St. Louis. Mich.
IG TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS
sold. Some extra. good full pigs of both so!
for sole. Vi rite for breeding and price.
MOSE BROTHERS. St. Charles. Mich

WALNUT ALLEY m ""E "'

Ono gilt for
salet with pig 11v.
the Grand Clmmpion hour of Detroit 1.20. due
May 8th. First check for $75 takes her.G11t
is right so is the price.
A. D. GREGORY

lonla. Mich.

 

 

DUROCS

FOR SALE—SEVERAL EXTRA GOOD SPRING
Bears. ready for service. Our bred _gilts are
All sold but we have some fine spring pigs cum-
in on Harley Foor a. Son. Giadwln Michigan

'EADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY HOOS,
JBooking 01'1th for spring pgsi
E. OIRR S 8: SON, Farmlnoton. Mich.

 

 

UROC JERSEY BOARS. Boar! of tho lam
heavy boned L“.‘.,1l at reasonable pr1ces Write,
or better. come 9111! see.
F. J DRODT. R 1. Monroe. Mich.
PEACH HILL FARM
offers tried sows and zilts bred to or sired b1
Peach Hill Orion King 152489. Sstisfsetion
mnntced. Come look 'em our.
Also A few open til ts.
INWOOD BROS.. Rom. Mich.

Spring pins 8by Wall‘s
Orion. Flt-3181'. Yearling ,
Detroit. auction. Gd. Rapid: and “New. 1”.

Phillips Bros, R1ga, M1ch.

fAII OFFERING SOME HIGH OLA“

SPIIIIIS DIIMIG BDABS

gt reasonable prices A few gilt: bred for Sep-
hmber furrow 11¢ bargain prices.

W. o. TAYLOR
Milan. Mich.

 

R SALE—REG. DUROO-JERSEY SPRING
gills bred to Rambler of Sangemo 1st.
hour that aired our winners It Michigan ELI“.
Fair and National Swine w. ;
F. HEIDI A ION
Dalton. Mich.

assures passes 0111:!
Hard leg-«Releases 1M0.J292tS
ISIS Chicago lhternahonal
4H1 Pme Jr. Yearling

BOOKING ”Gums FALL FY33 AT S35
mummram, ‘ I

 

 

 

DUROO JERSEY SOWS :AND IOILTB'I. IRID'

for sin-11 and know. 1 not 11: hard
_ J08. sou‘bEELEn. _wcidmon. mull.

 

DU ROOM“ .m OILFIS ALL COLD-
Havs 11 few. be full hour! at tease-this price.
G. I. W_ER. Jero'me. Mia. .

 

on BALE—DUROG IFALL suns. we AR:

booking orders for choiee sprinz P183. 315 3
to 10 weeks old. Mi h
0 .

JESSE BLISS A sounflendemn.

 

n SALE: 0N: ounce BOAR rn'om
Brookwuter breeding stock Choice 11mins Dink
JOHN CRONENWETT. Carleton. Mini-1..

 

nuroc sows one gilt; Iarod to Wall’s Kin! 82949
who hes sired more prize winning pigs oi: the
state fairs in the last/2 yous then snpother Du-
roc boar. Newton Barnhsrt. St. Johns. Mich.

 

Hill crest Forms. and and open some

sud gilts Boers and spring pigs. 100 head.
4 miles straight S. of Middleton Mich,.
Gntiot Co Newton & Blank Perrinton. Mich.

DUROC BOARS FROM P B 1 z s:

“1N\1NG STOCK
rendy for service. Geo. B. Smith. Add).
3011. web.

 

 

11111 was m

Registered. Duroc Pigs. cratcd and delivered
to expressstatxon for $20 esch. Either se or
am furnish them unrelated to each other hose
are late fall and winter pigs sired by State Fair
winners and weighing over 100 pounds. Write
for particulars.

MICHIGANA FARM LTD.. Pavilion. Mich.

 

E OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED .ELEOT-
ed spring Duroc Bonn. also bred lows std

Gilt: in anon. Cull or write
McNAUOH‘l’ON A FORDYOI. It. Look. Mich.-

BUROO—JERSEYHIGS FOR SALE.
BUTTERNUT FARM
Lumen. Mich.

 

00 I. 0.

Special Boar Sale For 10 Days

June hosts. randy for se.rvice weighing 190~
225 pounds at $30 @ 835 0 Good straight fel-
lows. men, your opportunity breed

your stock at s oreasonable price. Recorded free
in the 0. I. C.

r.C
LARE V. r'DOIIAfl. Spam. Mich.

0 I G REGISTERED STOCK

We are oflering in the nextS
weighing 300 at $40; 1
June) st S40-200 lbs; 8 £1.11 boars,
at {$125. All stock guaranteed. Papers furnish-
ed cc.
0'. R. VanETTEN. Otlflond, Mich.

0....1C

OILTS BRED FOB SPRING FARROW
end one Shothorn hull calf eight months old.
Milking strain, pail led.

F. c. BURGESS. Mayan. R 8. Mich.

 

 

 

O. l. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THI
blood lines of. the most holed herd. 0n turnbh
you stock st"l‘1ve end let live" price; .

A. J. GORDEN. non-.1111“... R 8
o. I. 0.’ 8. SERVICE BOARS,
st Farmer’s price

snnmo
CLOVER LEAF sr'ocx FARM.

 

PIGS
Mich.
wm

ready
Mich.

Monroe.

 

sAGINAW VALLEY HERD OF _ PRllE
min; 0. 1-. C'c. Jan. and Feb. pigs
priced reasonable. John Gibson. Foster.

0mm WHITES

FOR JUNE FARROW. IOIE
BEE” GIL-Ts service boar 9 mos. old. Also
youngR pigs. rite me your wants. Prices right.
ALPH cossns. R 1. Levering. Mich.

BERKSHIRES

BERKSHIBES ARE ouerrv Hoes.

Walled pigs of the very
best blood lines of the breed is our coach“! W9
gusrsntee to pluse or nothing Inning.

ARIA A. WEAVER. Ghosaninu. Mich"

BEG“ BEHKSIIIII "“3 "7"“ 85x.

hiorn April 2. will be
weaned and ready to ship after May 12th.
PETER J. HEIINLEIN. R 4. Steinem Mich.

 

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\

~ choice fall gigs,

HAMPSHIREB

. it

BOAR Pics $15. 00

, At 8 Weeks Old
Is IIIASTWOOD. CHOSAIIIIIQ, .

lch'.
AMI-sums BRED 'aIL'rs ALL

Spring and fall boar pics at a bar

gm
mm W. _suvpln. R 4. St. Johns. Mich.

An Opportunity To Buy
. Hampshires Right

W‘e are oflering some good sows and tilts, bred
for March 11ml April fan-owing. -Also in!
either sex Write or an

GUS THOMAS. New Lethrop. Mich. ‘»

 

 

I LAMB
Mich.

FOR sunopsnms szs SRED T0

11 Ma ch, write or canon

ARMSTRONG BROS.. R 3. ’Fowlo‘rvllle.
' l

 

MERINOl RAMS FOR SALE.
1 11erl hesiy sliesrcrs. . ..
HOUSEMAN »BBOS . R 4. Albion. Mich.

 

FEW EXTRA FINE enact-cums: Auo
Hampshire Yearling Ewes for $25 sch These

are extra nice. 1 .
.L I. WILL DAMS
Adam. Michigan

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A low (and yurmrg runs out! some ram
lsmbs left to ofler. 25 over all out for sole
for {all delivery Everything gusrsnteed u
represented '

CLARKE 11. misc. wm Bunch. no».

 

 

111nm BIlEEDiIfi' 510011

For the best in Shropshi}: 11nd Hump-hire rum
write or sit
IOPE- RON FARMS 8. L. Wing, DMD.
Goldwater, Mich.
See our exhibit st the Ohio
Stab Furs.

_ and

 

HORSES
HAVE err 111: mm

Must sell Imported Belgisn stud weighing 1 900
lbs and 11. registered Percheron. Both are good
foal setters. Papers furnished with either. Get
one or both of these stallion bargains. '

R. BOWER. Romulus. Mich. -,

 

 

on SALE 0!! TRADE FOR ANYTHING I
can use Registered Percheron _Stud. 3 years
old. absolutely right in every 11111115th c lass

colt..I have no use forh h.im
JOHN G. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

PET STOCK

FOR SALE. FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS. DOES.
breeding age, 36. Three months old 9-11.35.
Registered does 82 etch: Stock pedigreed. IQusl-

tygua. ra.nt¢cd
mi. HIMEBAUIOH. GRIdWIuI'. MIMI.

ALL FROM REGISTERED
stock. sale. Pal-r three to £0130 months
$5. 00; Single buck breeding age 830
A. .I. ATIE. R 8. Bed Axe. ugh.

 

 

 

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probable. The

501.0. _,

.. coon um...

mchiuu '

 

., 8'9“ ,
smart little. is "e in " soc"
ornn's,- pa'renl; stack; .
have been branded

.first‘ two or thracI’lveOk. iii L
{hey receive proper ear ‘

agement during their 1'

sickness Aha disease. , Th .
timely warning made by no
of the United States Depar
Agriculture. in Farmers’ Bulletim

Lsentials. to proper growth and
veloprnent of chicks The bfi‘llh’cin

tor beginners, especially member
_boys’ and girls’ poultry clubs

cleanliness, proper feed and :an a
shade, and free range Growing
chicks should ”be provided with Tart-i!
rOOmy coops or houses.w11ich will“
give them a comfortable place
stay at night and during st 9
weather. The bulletin suggests in,
particular kind of house, but still ‘
it should be 30 built that it will pro-
vide the chicks with plenty of light,
pure air and sunshine and protect
them from dampness and storms 92
all kinds; It should be arrangedso
that it can be cleaned easily and Irv
quently. which is very important. ‘* 5;
Chicks should never be crowded
in brood coups, for crowding wfll
cause them to become overheaterfi.
resulting in improper growth and
sometimes in dead chic-ks“ A good“?
house can be built from a. dry goods
box or a piano box, which can be cov-
ered with tar paper the total edit
being small .
Sickness or disease usually starts
in unclean ouarters, and in such
places lice and mites are always more
plentiful the bulletin says. -

amine the chicks and houses lifted}
for lice and mites, and it found oth‘ey
should be gotten rid of ‘ at
Farmers Bulletin 1,110 gives- «111
rections for fightmg lice and mites.“
‘ The three kinds of feeds most
necessary for rapid growth are grain
feed, green feed and dry mosh. WA",
grain mixture should he led night"
and morning. giving as large :11 cm
tity as the chicks will eat clean, fiat
110 more. [1.“

ing chicks consists of three , g . ,
cracked corn, two parts wheat ami
two parts hulled oats. Kafffr corn;
or rolled‘ or hailed barley may. be
substituted for hulled cats A m. ‘
ply of fresh green teed is almost} is
necessary as grain for growing;
chicks. They obtain plenty of it; if;
they hare free range, but it kept in
confinement. lawn grass, beet taps
cabbage. lettuce or other such green ‘~
teed, should be supplied regularly" I

grovving chicks at all times

they are three or four weeks old

is best to feed it in a hopper ’
the building, or where it will ,
be exposed to rain or wet. The bu!
letin suggests the following 111119
Two pounds corn meal, I I
middlings, 1 pound

Grill and oyster shells shoI
provided so thee-chicks .
themselves whenever - they: .
When sour mm; can be ohtaiI

' berm

 


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*‘M’erotcc tincture” ma. hadron

 

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“wigs? Lonesome OP ”ALI?!

0first! for doc. 1912. Winter
loving stain of 0% aid White. Have

some cocked-e13 tar ah. W-g all!-

\1, ' , '
r

., mmns

 

spasms “my?“ crimes:

1‘” “hm Gomorrah e": 37: so? end no.

 

ENS PULLETS
16 other breeds. She ll
cripflve demon

wb-mv-Ausn-KA ma
1‘ eture 03'“
. Ma..." r“ is 23' is... $33?-
“prudence. A - If m
0.“ need.“
Wig:- prices £0:- '3: yo Ml

morons AND LECHORNS

' for
a cat breeds for profit. Write today
“11232116 of hatching eggs, baby chicks and

‘Aifidflfin comes“. _149 Phllc iaTITa'u.
E‘mi ra. “-

" ITY CHICKS BLACK MINOROA. LIGHT
" 25c each. Barred Rock. R. '1. Red

 

RUFF. BARRED cocumeIAu
& .Partridge. - Silver 'Pen led. .IIW its
gage c s,~ Anconss. White Wyundottcs
g 4*" ‘Rouen DucgsT $2 setting. pesto-id.
- > catalog c .

DAN Pouu'nv- YARDS
TSHER‘sh el'ldan. R esT Mloh.

A WYANDOTTE

cap WYANDOTTE, ‘THE FARM-“
sit farmer’s prince; 15 eggs, $1. 75.
EL'DIURKEE. Pincennl‘ng. Mich.

~ 'vA'oeo GOLDEN AND WHITE wv.
R $2. 50 r rs; $4.50 for 30.
W efifimie.

2. Portland. Mich.“
' Chicks and Hatching Eggs
strain White Wyendottes. Grand utility

nut hibition matings _WiTnners at W Mich.
usk on. Chix sold to May
Show 0.1: MM gg’ at TD

ml‘ June ch

rice rat,

I). HEIMBITBH. Big Rapids. Mich.

“HIIE WVANBOTTEG.~ “GENRE“ FROM
200 Begum hens 201‘ better. May and June hatch.

a coat
31%“er 0. 1T8; Three Rivers. Mich.

 

LEGHORNS

To LAY Ros: OOIRB BROWN LEG-
1.75 no, 1" . $3 00
$0 RE” r glaconoi mum. Mich; T
wears a. 0. WHITE LEGNORNS—

h taking 85. chicks .for sale.
{mew $12.3 moo. mes.

4

 

LYMOUTH ROCKS

W6 c
. 0150- $5.00; p035. paid.

ONN NORTHON. chi-e. Mich
TV BARRED ROCKS. THOMPSON’S
cks. M

Irculnrs.

 

dafifit .. Prices re

.3 i1. 23mm.

ced. Write for circu-
creme. Michigan;

 

, £498 or A LAYING mom, I
rind “"550 ded sub pedigreed

 

 

 

 

 

. 8- cannin‘WIopd
" 810. . »
robes.

‘Live arrival guaranteed. Quick delivery
’Imzc book free.

‘»,:.é'

IRRRED noose .V.
coed lagers; 301.";0

. ,3 ‘ ‘ Reds:
. W to Wysndottes.
3% mime“ 1“-

 

at
.139 yearling hens183 and 84.
“no trottiIzOf
“I gel:

as, Ion-III. lion.
0. gem? “new”. sxceuen'r
ra- per 15
3”" anti seem. mm IIIIIcII.
meme ’ ‘ we? IMIIIIIIeomIs.
M52 for 15; $3 to 030. ll“Spec lTlrim
!’ la.
Women Pom. row». Mich.

.‘BABr‘oHroKs

$3 and $5. .
Hitchint

 

 

39601qu me. I"... _1':~ gen-Ice o'r

HELIN'S EGO FAR“ STRAIN S. c. W.

Bezhorns. Winners in the world's laying 0011-

- They any they are superior to the world's
best layers. Cyhicks. $16 per hundred

your ordereu with n 1343’" cent" deposit.

W" ELAN'Sy EGO FA “M. Mich.

“BY Bulcxs HATDNflG .EGGS,.BARRED
Rocks: Norman strain. trop-

nested. bred to lay. Expertly tested for many

generations. Large illustrated catalogue 25o.

Stamps for circular.

NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Ghouworth. Ill.

 

BABY cHchs

4350.000 for 1921
Chicks sent
Prepaid. Safe delivery guano-
teed. Leghorns. Rocks, Reds. An—
conas, Wyandottes, Mlnorcas.
Utility and Exhibiting quality at
very reasonable prices. Catalog
and price list free.
20th Century' Hatchery,
New Washlngton,

Box 5
Ohio

 

HIGKHHIGKS .
chipped Mely coverywhere by mail. 8. C. White
[ghouls 1nd 8. C. Mottled Anoonu. the great
cg: inuclnnes. Guaranteed full count strong.
sturdy chicks on arrival. 13 years reliable deal-
ings. Let’s get acquoi ted. Free catalogue.

HOLLAND HATCH R 7. Holland. Mich.

HIGH STANDARD
QUALITY ,
BRIO RIGHT
. HATGHED RIGHT
Shipped direct ufrom our
hatchery to door.
BIG. STR RONG.o
fellows hatched
of good laying stnins, and
under an m smuervlsion.
Nine leedi 11$ vsrleties to
select from
Barred B. C. Rhoda Isiand Reds
_ W to Rocks 8. 0. Rhode Island Reds
.White Wyundottes White Leghorns
Golden Wyondot tes Brown Leghorns
Anconas Mixed
. TRIAL GONVINOE
rices reasonable Write for FREE CATALOG.
NEW WASHINGTON HATCHERY
New Washington. Ohlo

BABY GHIGKS

Leading kinds. 11c esch end up. Postpaid.

100

LEN usrcusnv. Mo. '

;.cIIIcKsAn_IIAIIIs

The La.
kind that LIVE
RIGHTLY HA’I‘CHED
the most Modem Incubators
built. All chicks shipped di—
rect from our to
30% door by Prenaide l,Psu'cel

' PRICES: Barred undo White
Roch. R. . lied

. , s. for
87519.0.d315'0500
White Wy endottes But! ming—
for so. on: one. $18 5.00 87.50
horns. 50 for $6. 00: 100

WI ndcor.

 

. apply
hatched from free range flocks of
us ins. direct from thi:
ad. at once and save valuable time.

ATALOG FREE
BANK REFERENC
NURWALK CHICK HATOEERY

Box B, _Norwalk. Ohio

 

EXTRA GOOD cI-thcxs
lot: now on more eggs ne
chicks from pure - bred m Order
William Leghorn,
P .
where. Oemlog Md

MONAROH POULTRY FARMS Tl NATGNERY
- Iceland

 

Chicks with the ‘Pep

. Prices cduoed
0* We . “our;

~ I: s

bibifion c MAY and
10c:

Rglfcs.

15 , Anconas.

6160; Silver W‘s.
site delivery.

“ I. re ofirgx “ANNIE 1w
ago “:11 “m, on»

 

 

 

 

to FIRST GRADF ,

="HI!IllfllllfllllflllflllllflIllllfllllllllIllllll'lllllllllflm

 

‘ - KNAPP’S
‘Hl-GRADE”
CHICKS
38 years building up
laying «strains—begin
where we leave off.
Day old chicks from
» 12 leading varieties—
Safe delivery guaranteed.
BY PREPAID PARCEL POST
, Send for prices and get early de-
livery.
Knapp’s “Hi-Grade” Poultry
Herbert H. Knapp, Prop.
Box B F 5 Shelby, Ohio

BEDUGED PBIGES

For balance of the season the prices on Chix
will be as follows:

garred Rocks White Rocks and R. C. Rods
1

White Leghorns_

0 per hundred.
Brown Leghorns, $13.00 per
hundred. delivered.

Prepaid. 100 perI cent alive guarantee.
HILLCREST FRLU AND POULTRY FARM
L. L. IWinslow. Prop-

Saranac.

Mich.
Order direct from this adv.

BABY cfllx 12 000 STANDARD QUALITY
every Tuesday at reduced prices;
Mottled Anconos, English and American W. LI. eg-
horns, Brown Leghorns and Barred Rocks; all
single comb; safe arrival guaranteed; catalog free.
Knoll’s Hatchery, R 3. Holland, Mich.

INGLE COMB BUFF LEG-HORN BABY
chicks Good strong ones from flock on free

run 5. Write for prices
' g J. W. WEBSTER. Bath. Mich.

,pepchicks

Better Produced Day Old Ghlx
are the kind you want. Send today
for free catalog. Springfield Hatch.
cries, Box E. Springfield, 0.

Farm

 

he Michigan”; Bushes- Earner, Adv. Dept. Mt Clemens

' bred for egg production.

.11de
RELIABLEm POULTRY FIRM

 

Wilt. out what you have to other and

Michigan.

A

RELIABLE BABY» cHIcKs FROM GOOD
parent stock. Take no chance with your new
son‘s success. Place your orders early with r us
for chick: that are produced tron: free range ond
They are hatched an-
that expert care with our own exclusive sysuomén

in a. real up-to—date hatchery at .
prices. S. . Anoonos and S. C. White u:end
Brown Leghorns. Postpaid. Circular free. Safe

AND HATGHERY

Paul Dear-cot. Prop" leeland. when.

 

HICKS. Improved White and Brown Leohorns.
bred to lay large white eggs. Get some of these
good Leghorns. $12 per 100 parcel Dust will
bring thm up to your door. Safe arrival gunmu-

teed. Catalogue free.
Wolverine Hatchcfl. R 2. Iceland. hush.

 

 

HATCHING EGGS

RRED ROCKS HATCHING EGGS. PARKS'
Prebrgg-to-leylp strain. 8150 per 15; $8 per 100.
parcel
MR8. PERRY STEBBINS. Saranac, Mich R. 2
EGGS FROM BIG BARRED ROCKS BRED T0
$" per 15 $5 per 50; $8 per 100
MRyS. THOS. FOSTER. R 1. Gassopolis, Mich.

 

 

 

B. l._ RED MATCHING EGGS. THOMPKIN’S
strum, $10 Fpm l()0;l)z1hy ("hicks 2. 30 each.
m. RHO M. New BaltImore. Mich

 

HATCHING EGGS FROM PURE BRED BAR-
rm“. {or-ks. Fertility guz'IInIIloul, $1.50 Der
1.). 3H 50 per ”)0. $800 pol“ 100.

MRS. GEO. WEAVER. Fife Lake Mich.

 

BARRED ROCK EGGS FROM GREAT LAY-
ers \I'IHI exhibition qua litivs.
C. OOFFMAN, 3 Benton Harbor.

BARRED Hocxs MATCHING EGGS FROM
Parks 200 egg strain. Rich
in the blood of Park‘s best pedigreed DtllS $2
per 1;. $6 per 50 $12 per 100.1’repuid by
parcel post in nonibreuknhlo containers.
R. G. KIRBY. R 1 East Lansing. Mlch.~

Mich.

 

n. 0. BR. LEGHORN EGGS $1.50 FOR 15.
l’ekiu (lurk $150 for R. “. (‘lIiIIeso noose

eggs 100 each. Mrs. Claudia Bette, IlillSIlIIIn, Mich.

 

HATCHING. SHEP‘
$3.00, 30. Spur-in] rules
it 'lI'ynn. .lIII‘mIIe. )lirh.

OR SALE: SICILIAN BUTTERCUPS $1.50
pm‘ 1;” I (ms. lCVI’OIIPnt layers ('JIIIIII lnlvh‘ low}.
L. K. PRAUSE R 1. Maple,C|ty. Mich.

ANCONA EGGS FOR
purd's. 5.12.00 1’3;
per 100 eggs, 1 I

 

 

BARRED ROCK EGGS FOR HATCHING, BRED
.to 1113', $1.7."- por 1:"). $300 Iwr 30. Other
prlm‘s IIII I‘I'quosl‘. l’an'I-l post Dl'L’Jl‘li".

J. M. Trowbrldge, R 4. Box 41. Gladwin. MIMI.

OR SALE—EGGS FOR MATCHING FROM
Mlzérsue limrml ltmks. $1.30 IIIr l3 SH 100.
FRED KLOMP. R 1. St. Chories. Mich.

S. c.
BARRON STRAIN .fi:’l§.;.‘fifififift

form range stork $1. 75 pIr 1): $3. 00 for 30

Prepaid: $4 00 501537 00 per 100 not DI'IDITU‘i

Older direct from this adv. \lso 0. I. C. suine.
BRUCE W. ROWN Mayville, Mich.

 

 

 

 

EGRGTS FROM MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS
.00 for 1“.
MRS. WALTER DILLMAN. R '5, Dowagiac, Mich

 

C. BROWN LEGHORN HATCHING EGGS
I 1mm hI'I‘Il 3“,“) nor 12; $7.00 for 0f}.
ISAIAH GREGORY, Brutus. Mich.

AM. BRONZE TURKEYS, PULLETS 7 LB.
:53; toms 9 lbs. $5: eggs $4.00 per 10.
RALPH WISE NURSERIES. Box 151
Plainwell. Mich.

 

 

This SEASON FOR

baby chicks and grown birds.

the entire state.

Poultry Advertising

. IS HERE
Don't depend on your local markets to sell your hatching eggs,

Putting your offering before the prospective buyers of the en.

tire state means better prices and a better market
By placing your ad. in M. B. F’ s poultry directory you cover

START YOUR AD IN M. B. F. NOW!

 

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,COLLIE PUPPIES

EWALT'S SIR HECTOR
‘- “e D. NO! 244035

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" ? scrim Fee $45.00

TW ustfn Rival: Mt. Clemens
Toss beautitul. pa reed sable

. uppies,.' rem farm
1 heel drivers

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A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY

For Investment Is Offered 1n the 8% Cumulative Preferred Stock and Common Stock Wathout
Par Value of- - . - : - 1.

The Petoskey Transportation Company

CAPITAL STOCK ’
. 100,000 Shares Preferred Stock-
100, 000 Shares No Par Value COmmon Stock

PURPOSE OF THE COMPANY

The Petoskey Transportation Company was organized for the
sole purpose of transporting the products of the Petoskey Portland
Cement Company—cement and crushed limestone—eand for haul-
ing coal.

The Petoskey Portland Cement Company sold, in less than
two weeks, 250, 000 barrels of cement in Wisconsin, besides what.
will be delivered in Michigan ports. The Company. could have sold
its entire output in Wisconsin, but deemed it wiser to develop a
wider market and therefore is taking advantage of the large de-
mand in Michigan. There will always be a large and growing'mar—
ket for the products of the Petoskey Portland Cement Company in
Wisconsin and all Great Lakes ports.

The Petoskey Transportation Company will purchase three
boats—~two for hauling cement, and one for carrying crushed lime-
stone to Toledo, Cleveland and lower lake ports and hauling coal
back from these same ports to the plant of the Petoskey Portland
Cement Company.

The three boats will cost from $850,000 to $950, 000 and will
be purchased with the money derived from the sale Of the Com-
pany’s securities and there still will be left a working capital 0f
from $100, 000 to $150; 000.

The cement carrying boats will be of 800 to 1, 000 tons and 600
to 800 tens carrying capacity, and the coal carrying boat will be of
3, 000 to 5, 000 tons carrying capacity. The 800 to 1, 000 ton boat
will be used to transport cement to Wisconsin ports, and the 600
to 800 ton boat will be used to transport cement to Michigan and
Lake Superior ports.

These boats will be kept fully employed during the entire nav-
igation, season, by the Cement Company. \ The Transportation Com-
pany has tosolicit no business.

Itis therefOre evident that inasmuch as the Transportation
Company will have its entire investment in boats always at work
at market'rates, that it will be able to make a very good return on
its investment. Any transportation company so situated can do
very Well. ,

The Transportation. Company has already purchased its first
boat whiCh will begin transporting cement to Wisconsin ports, on
May 16th.

EARNINGS

In transporting only the material already contracted for, for
1921 delivery, a total gross earning of $378, 675 will be produced.
The total cost of operation figured on the 1920. baSis of cost, is
$170, 370. The 1921 basis is without question less, but for the sake
of conservatism the 1920 level of costs is used“ These costs have
been taken from the figures of one of the largest and most success—
ful water transportation companies of the Great Lakes. The cost
of operation includes labor, fuel, oil, supplies, insurance, general
expense, and winter storage and repairs. In addition, in figuring
the earning, each boat has been-.credited with only 28 weeks of
earning but has been charged with 30 full weeks cest of operation.

The net earning of the three boats is $208, 305. From this

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must be taken $30, 000 (3 per cent of 1, 000, GOO—the approximate
cost of the boats) as the United States Government Income Tax De-
partment figures depreciation on this basis. ,

This leaves about $178, 000 available for dividends, After pay-
ing $80, 000,- pr 8 per cent on $1, 000, 000 preferred stock, there is
left $98, 000 vailable for common stock dividends, er. _{nearly 10.,
per cent on the common stock if it were sold at $10. 00 per share.

‘ a ELANAGEDIENT

- The primers of the Petoskey Transportation. Company. are:
President, A. B. Klise; Vice- President and General Manager, J. B.
John; Secretary- -Treasurer, John L. A Galater; Vice— Presidents, J.
C. Buckee, Henry Vanderwerp, A R. Moore, Joseph A Magnus, J.
A. Klise, W. N. Andrews, Louis Seelbach and Homer Sly.

All of these men are heavily interested in the PetOskey Port-
land Cement Company, and thus a clee interest'and covopera-tion?‘
will exist between the Petoskey Portland Cement Company and the
Petoskey Transportation Company, and this assures a greater suc-'
cess for both companies. .

UNIQUE POSITION OF THE PETOSKEY TRANSPORTATION
, COMPANY FROM THE START ‘: ~r . .

The Petoskey Transportation Cempafiy’ is in 3.111qu13 pdsitiow- '
inasmuch as it positively will have its eetlre miteetment fully em-
ployed. «w u :-

The above figures on earnings and operation costs are based -
on facts, There are no “ifs” abbut how much this Transportation,
Company has to transport or about its earnings; It has figured its
operation cost on a high basis, and. still should be able to show a '
large return. ' .-

The Petoskey Transportation Company is now in :the position
of a going concern, so far as knowing what it (has to do, and what
it should be able to earn.

Whether other transportation cempanies are busy or not, the
Petoskey Transportation Company alWays will be, for the reasons
ab0ve given. '

Could any company engage in business under more favorable
conditions? Could any company have behind it better security

than the fact that its equipment Will always be employed at its

maximum capacity? ,- . - 1
Every invesItOr and business man knows that any company en-

gaging in business under such conditions should make better than V

an ordinary success.

1 In this strong enterprise, we offer for sale 8 per cent preferred

stock, with dividends payable the last days of June and December,
beginning June 30th,1921. v A

The possible dividend on the common stock has been given I
above. «v: ta9$’

With every two shares of preferred stock at $10. 00 per share , '

can be purchased one share of common stock at $1. 00 per Share. , 1
.. This offering will not last long, therefore investigate and act
now ’

' We highly recommend this stock as an inVestment.

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Gentlemen: ‘ ' ' f A N 4, V 1 .- ,

I am interested in lain investment in the Pew:
Transportation Company. . . 1 :r. 1.],- ,.
3 1 _ Without in 111111 ion on my part. send 1'

particulars regarding ma Crimpany. . i
Yours truly,

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