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NINETEEN: ‘ACK IN the balmy days of the notorious Tip Atwood when the “5" railroads, the mining interests 1and the liquor interests were making trlnltkefiorts to stem the rising tide ‘ or popular disapproval of their 're— actionory public—be-damned atti~ , tude—-—-when Pingree was after them . and the people were with “Ping"— 'then as now seventeen votes con— trolled the action of the legislature by controlling the action of the sen— ate Then the astute Mr. Atwood assisted by two or three competent confeder‘ates proceeded to organize a group that could be relied on to follow the flag no matter where it was going. By assisting this senat- or and opposing that one on his bills to permit the catching of suckers, the killing of doors and anything .else that did not interfere with his pets he gradually demonstrated to a majority that if they wanted “to get anywhere” they must run along with him, and what with those who mixed method with their madness and what with those weak sisters. always present, who are dazzled with the prospect of playing with the winners as though the game of gov— ernment was like a game of ball where to win is everything he man- aged to build the first immortal nineteen' and what it did to popular legislatiOn was a shame Of course to make the game work successfully then as now, it is essential that the lieutenant- -governor should be one who would “listen to reason” and be “fair” in his committee appoint- ments. With committees favorable to the gang, it was doubly easy to convince the weak sister as well as * the . sucker ___Atwood and __ his gang did is a matter of historyf sileges, and weak sisters who the _ rewac- é, tionary and f“ special. \ privil e g e. that their inter~ estslay with the 53.11 g. Well,‘ what with which ,we are all familiar ests is about the same as in wood’s day except that manufactur- ing interests have been greatly aug- _ mented, and moving picture interé ests have taken the place of saloon, interests and their respect for pub- lic sentiment is comparable with that which the liquor interests used... to exhibit. On the other hand the Immortal Nineteen of these days are not near- ly so coarse and brutal in their de-' fiance of public sentiment and oc- casionally a wholesome respect for public sentiment is apparent. organization however appears to be founded on the same lines as At- wood’s and to have the same ad- vantages as to committees ‘and priv- fear they will not be able “to get. any- where,” etc., etc. In order that M. B. F. readers may be advised as to who constitute the Nineteen of these days, I am quoting the senate record with vote on Income Tax, and Mov- ing Picture Censorship bills. “Mr Baker moved that the Com- ‘ mittee on Taxation be discharged from the furthed' consideration of the following entitled joint resolution: 8V SENATOR HERI‘RT P RIKER . 'article “Michigan, authorizing the enactment In these days the line up of inter— _ . At-~-. The E House 361111,. résoiut ,i c‘ 111 No. . .’ ‘No. at) e);- Ere-1:“? b... ing “an 10 of the Constitution Of of an income tax law. , ’ “Pending which, Mr. Wood’moved that the motion to discharge the Committee on State Affairs from the further consideration of the joint resolution be laid on the table. E “Upon which motion Mr. Baker de- manded the yeas and nays. The roll 'was called and the senators vot— ed as follows: “YEASE——19. Brower, Bryant, Condon, Davis, Engel, Forrester," Hamil— ton. Henry Lemire. MeNau hton, Os— ’born, Penney, Ross Sink, ufts, Van- denbOom, Wilcox, Wood. “N AYS—«ll Amon Baker, Bolt, E1- dred, Hicks, McArthur, McRae, Phil— 'lips, Riopelle, Smith (2nd Dish). Smith (11th Dist.) . “So a majority of the senators present voting in favor thereof,- the motion prevailed, and the motion to discharge the COmmittee was laid on the table.” (Continued on page 7) LIVESTOCK FEEDING "CON- FERENCE _' CONFERENCE of farmers and others interested in steer feed- ing has been called at the Mich- igan Agricultural College for Tues~ day, May 17. At this time the win— ter’s work in experimental steer feeding at the college’ experiment , (me ' titled, .--a- 301m resoluj,2 * tion DroDOS~fi":.. ‘ amendmo n 1; to section 3 ’ age, . ‘ » Orn in an amount equal Clark, ' they were eating 100.000 Shares Preferred Stock AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT IS OFFERED IN THE 8% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON_ STOOK . WITHOUT PAR _o|.-._. VALUE THE PETO‘SKEY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY CAPITAL STOOK Fourteen Good Reasons Why You Should Invest In the Petoskey Transportation Company 100 .000 Shares No Par Voluo Cemmn Mock 1. The success a? the Company Is assured In advance because Its boats will be kept fully employed durlng the entire navigation season transporting the products of the Potoskoy Portland Cement Company. 2. It has I management made up of‘meh known to be of DNVCI'I ablllty and lnloorlty.1‘hdy are men who have always been successful. 8. The Comphny has to solicit no business and Its boots wlll carry E full temage. . 4. The Company’s not oarnloos wlll be more than twice what It required to pay the 801,. preferred stock dlvldond. 5. ll. knows how much tonnage It has to transport and the rate It wIII recolvo per ton, and therefore knows Its mlnlmum earning. . 6. Its not earnlng. after allowing for operatlon cost figured on the 1920 bush whlch ls considerably above the present level of costs. ls over $175 000 annually. 7. The common stock, whlch can now be bought at $1. 00 per share with the preferred stock, offers A real opportunity to purchase a stock whloh will Within a yoal‘ be worth at least $10. 00 per share. be- cause the common stock from the start has an earning Capacity of nearly 10% on a $10.00 per share balls. 8. The llfe of the Potoskoy Transportatlon Company will be as long as the Ilfe of’thc Potency Portland Cement Company. and the Cement Company owns oncuoh'rdw material to turn out 5.000 barrels of cement per day for 100 yedrs. and bcsldos ‘sell hundreds of thousands What more would you ask to satisfy you that an investment in the Petoskey pany stock is a safe‘one, and that the Company is certain to make a substantialannual earning. ' If you are looking for a substantial investment based on real facts and not on “its," the stOck of the of tons of crushed llmestono annually to foundries. blast furnaces, and for road work. etc. 9. M. the end of three years the Company will booth to retire the Prefer-rod Stock and then the common stock vim draw than dlvldondsu that were formerly paid on the retired preferred stools . 10. When the warm stood I: all "“1331 the common fleck will have on coming of $1.18 per allure annually present cost of the common stock to the Investor. 11. The Petockoy Transportation Company does not need a loud perlod of tlme to not ready ,pocauco It can buy very good boots more cheaply. then It could bulld them. It has already purohuod It: 1, 000 ton boot, thch wllI curt transporting cement between the 10111 and 115111 of May. 12. It wlll make a very good profit right from tho start. because the tonnage wlll be waiting. The oa‘rnlno capaolcy of m 1,000 (on boat will be $4. 000 per week and tho operatlno cost 0? this boat wlll be $1. 587 per week, leaving a not urnlno each week’of $2.438, . 1‘th first boat will transport cement to Wisconsln no“: 18. This one boot alone will earn more than onouoh to pay the July 1st dIvIJend on outstandlng preferred stock. Another boat wlll start Just a little .loter.‘ ‘ 14. This Company possesses every posslblo factor and oondltion re- qulred to make a great spoons—strong management, tonnage that will require maximum carrylng capacity of all Its boats. and a transportation rate that will produce real earnings. TranSportathn Com- 1 Petoskey Transportation Company offers a splendid opportunity. . , An 8% cumulative preferred stock in itself is a good investment, but when along with it can be pur-EE chased a common stock at $1. 00 per share, which within a year should have a value of $10. 00 per share, you have a particularly good investment Do not delay your thorough investigation of this enterprise. tion. 9 It you will carefully investigate. you will purchase an interest in this Company with keen satisfac- IIIOCIIICUETOC’IIOIOIIIIllInd F A. SAWALL COMPANY MICHIGAN Bell M. 3596 Gentlemen: ' I am low-um In an Investment In the portallon 00111911111. " Efirémm moi- Jars moronic ulo me’iofio ululr. *E‘JICICI-poguouuu Tim I: more than the . mm“ any" mugs? enemy part. send the all portloucflc . city. peaches... etc. ,will encourage the. loge made from well that m; corn (normal silagéJ gififiMie from corn stover ('91? ed hunting corn r1111 12!! silage. During the prelimiami'y feeding period, Lotgl received 11 ‘7” mal silage, cottonseed rmeal .- clover hay; Lot 2 received f to. _, silage, cottonseed meal cOttOnseed meal add hich was removed from the... During th en a full feed of shelled COrn. _ The college breeding herd of; - i’ng fitted for show purplises a ternational Livestock ShOW will, on exhibit during the confercnc Livestock inveshgatmnal work ht the Experiment Station for the com-a, ing year. will be discussed at the" meeting. Everyone interested * beef production is invited. DETROIT BOARD OF 00mm ORGANIZES AGRICULTURAL - DIVISION E . HE DETROIT Board of (Mid-E"? merce has created an agricultur-._ * “a1 division and placed in Charge Mr. C. A. Bingham, former secretfiry .of the Michigan State Farm Buredfi Mr. Bingham will be assisted bye? P. Powers, former ”assistant s - tary of the Bureau The purpo this diVision is to form a point ,EcOntact between the farmers 1m the Detroit area and the consuming lic of the city, and to assist .bQ parties in their 11311111139 with ,9 o,.ther , ‘ Among/the projects Which this vision expects to undertake erodin- eluded: (1) the establishment of a ditional city markets;- (a) devalue ment of credit facilities for the farin era; (3) better storage flaciliti%‘; (4) improved methods of transpéra- tation; .(5) regulation of labor $1196“ ply between farm and factory. It is alleged that the present _.oit&t " markets in Detroit which were 115. tablished a number or years ago quite inadequate to meet the pres CE demands of the consumers. and p18 will- be undertaken shortly 1001:? ,to the founding of additional markets nearer the outskirts of . By way of improving ore’ Eff facilities the agricultural division will seek to sell the bankers of the citLupon the advisability of giving? .farmers liVing in the vicinity. of the r _. branch banks a more liberal line :91: credit. While no definite plans have been laid to provide better storage facilities, the need of these is re ' ognized and we are advised that division hopes to assist in a mot. égf ficient and economical distrib of perishable food products ' , into the city For instance, :1. ishable products, such all. tema, This, 1111; " «ilMeasures of Benefit to Fanning Adopted at Last Session fitter recognition which has been’ given . by: the legis ti'on enacted by, the recent - .MichigaIL, Legislature- . The «Makers have heeded ,the desires of the - ' ‘ L}ey have been presented to them by or; 11s larm'ers’ organizations ' ,, ' e the state farm bureau has conducted lmost active legislative department and out the mast extensiVe legislative pro- ,. . Investigating questmns of interestL to proposing desnrable legislation, sendr ' 7 out weekly reports of legislative progress subm'tting controversial issues to a ref- ,6“ ‘ dum vote of: its membeis this Organiza- ‘Q};fi shares with other farmers’ organizations "' rotate whotéver credit 13 cennect‘ed with agricultural legislation , ' state farm bureau the Grange, 'the rs, and the Affiliated Farmers’ Clubs ooperated on this preposition and : gh their federated legislative committee , brought the combined influence of over A “.000 rural voters to bear on legislative mat- .utstandmg among the agricultural _ . achieved during the recent legislative on has been {he abolition of the many pping and semi-active boards, commie- d "artments and offices which have in or less desnltory manner .befm dealing one. matters related to Michigan’ s established a centralized apartment of Agirculture and a State ti6_I'_.1 Department to take over and , 5 filth the promOtion -.o£ Michigan s ag- tiers and the conservation of her varied fist r'a‘l reSODrCCS, including forests,- miner— ,,’game and birds. Both of these new rtments hays been established almost ex- ‘ ‘ " ' ' by the state farm bu- ” _ study of conditions in. T'of the state ation and for . , In, ting appropriations to the limit have. been ' ed to an unpneeedented extent. In: thé_ .. at budget reQueats greatly excedmg any tri-. ‘ " _ . There’ s a Reason BIC-VIEW 014‘ the laws enacted by the last echelon of the legislature reveals ‘ .many of distinct advantage to the {awning interests 01’ the state and very few ll ‘ 01- In injurious nature. “There‘ s a reason." , e farmers of the state were better repre- . sontbd In the lower branch of the legislature “Lithis session than ever before and while they j did not all stand together at all times, their .éOmbinod influence was very great. More- over, 4310 farmers showed their temper in the last. election and the legislature has learned that they can no longer slight the ‘farmers’ interests and escape the conse- quences.—-—Editor. ever made before, the final sum total appropri- ated has been .kept well down below that of “the past, two—year period. Out of the $66,- 000,000 which would have had to have bee: raised by direct taxation had the entire amount asked been allowed, only slightly 01711 $22, 000,000 was granted. Other appropria- tions will be made payable out of the new corporation tax which is expected to raise $6,000,000, or out of the various fees collected ' by the several state departments. What is regarded by agricultural thinkers as one of the most essential steps for the placing of Michigan agriculture on a sound business basis was effected by the passage of the agricultural statistics law which provides crop acreage and live Stock figures This law was drafted jointly by the farm bureau and the federal bureau of crop estimates and was legislative committee. Relief to those sections of the state that have been menaced by ravages of grasshop- pers has been secured by passage of a bill to reimburse counties and townships to the ex- tent of one-half of the amount spent by them in grasshopper control. The health of Michigan’ 8 live stock has been further pretected by placing additional restrictions around the importation of sheep into the state and by prohibiting the offering :of any pure-bred cattle at any public sale or Ior exhibition at any fair until such cattle have satisfactorily passed the tuberculin test. The production of pure- -bred animals in the state has been fostered by the enactment of a law to prohibit the issuance of a license to any stallion that is not sound and pure-bred and- by measures to prevent fraud and misrepre- sentation in the registration of animals as pure-bred or in the conduct of official and semi-official tests of butter-fat production of _ COWS. Fruit growers, as well as livestock men, have received some beneficial legislatiOn from the recent gathering of the law-makers. Im- portation of dangerous insects and contag— ious diseases affecting trees, shrubs, fruit, etc, ’was further guarded against by an amend- ment to the present law on this subject. Railroads were made liable for frost injury to perishable products at any season of the year if it could be proved that such injury was wholly or partially due to their negli- gence. Standards for apples sold in closed packages were revised and more carefully de— fined, at the suggestion of the grow CIS. The law relative to the planting of fruit and nut- bcaring trees along public‘highways was re- drafted and made more workable. Prevention of excessive and unjust charges by railroads for the rental of warehouses and other. property adjacent to their took. was accomplished by giving'tho Public Utilities Commission power to hear and decide all claims arising out of dissatisfaction as to any such lease—right. This measure was favored by the stoic farm bureau traffic. department in the interest of its locals and of other farmers’ cooperative shipping and marketing associa- tions that haie been sudering ‘from unjust charges in the past. Rural educational conditions have come in f01 considerable constructixc legislative at— tention. Consolidation of three or more rural school districts into a single district has been facilitated by one bill, while another provides the means for the union of all‘of the schools of a township into a centralized township unit school. The tuitiOn fee which a‘ school district must pay for an eighth grade graduate who attends high school outside such districts has been raised to'$60 to promote the higher‘cdu- cation of country boys and girls. May 13 Most Important Month of Year for Poultry Work M0 ‘4 TB. is one When all nature with new life. fresh succulent grass and rust? enough of cold left , to mail? life outeof-doors en: Abund- By 0.11. BURGESS Pref. Poultry Husbandry, Mich Agr’l College _Iee_d yourl chicks. Don’t forget to give them clean and fresh water Don’t give chicks too cold water“ Separate the males from the flock, Remember that the male is simply a biblOgical footer during the breeding season. ' f Eons lay as well and better without him. 7 7 ,. corn or barley. Take a bit the size of a pea and rub it thor: oughly into the skin around the vent of each fowl. Remember it is poisonous, hence be careful to rub it thoroughly as directed above. With the spraying each month and the blue ointment once in six months, very little ~ trouble will be experienced with lice and mites. Keep the dropping board clean and once a week pour a littlekerosene oil upon the roosts to prevent the deadly 'mite to get a start. If the hens show any signs of scaly leg use a sewing machine oil can filled with sweet oil or kerosene oil and go over the hens’ legs with either. of the above oils once a month. Commencing with May do not feed too heavy open heating foods. If you are feed». ing home produced grains, give a grain ration .. ~' 1' that contains two parts wheat and one part oI Feed 5111011th oats freely. 80 »~ :many people neglect feeding sprouted grains" during the spring and summer thinking that the hens get plenty of green stud in the way; of ’ rass, etc. Remember that sprouted gm n3 ENTURIES, just how many is a- disput- ed question, have not detracted a bit from the truth of that statement: “Secdtime and harvest shall not fail’.’ 1 _ But recent years have put a qualification on the part of that statement which refers to. ' . the harvest, for although harvest seldom falls, . an occas: onal harvest is only a semblance Of a crop counted against the crop, the harvest is a financial failure, unless the planter insured his crop. There are hundreds of cotton farmers in Georgia, who would not even qualify the statement about seedtime and harVest, hoW-' ever, for their experience of last year con- vinces them that it is not necessary, so secure _ were they under their blankets of crop insur- ance money realized as result of crop failui cs. This is a new thing for farmers—this. crop insurance. The company wh' ch wrote the policies in the South last year and other sec- tions too calls it “crop investment insur- ance. ” New Jersey farmers .are talking about the new policies; farmers are testifying about them. One. of the leading Southern newspapers tells how Governor-elect Thomas I'Iardwick returned to Atlanta after several days absence and told his friends that the crops on his farm were a failure. The' Governor—elect was interrupted by his friend Thomas Little who is a farmer “My crops were insured and I haven’t lost a cent.” said Little. Then he told how he had taken out crop insurance that made him secure against the ravages of the cotton boll Weevil and the fickleness of the weather, be- sidesfirelieving himiof a great deal of worry while he was away frOm his farm. . All over Georgia farmers insured their crops last year——hundreds . of farmers .ac—I cording to reports in southern newspapers. When and How to Graft Fruit Trees to Improve Production Remove Undesirable Varieties of F nut from Your Apple Ordidrd by Top Working Trees . 1' 1 .. I I Will you please. print directions for grafting fruit trees and how to make wax?——E. B. P. Stephenson, Mich. ' HEN A BEARING ‘orchard contains undesirable varieties and the trees are sound and healthy, it is often advisable to tep- Work them. This consists of grafting the branches with scions of a more desirable va- I‘iety and thus changing the entire- bearing surface of the tree into a diiferent variety. Scions are selected from hearing trees of the desired variety, They are cut preferably in late fall or early winter although they may be out any time before the buds SWell in the ., spring. Only wood from hearing branches of the past season’s growth is selected and after cutting them into lengths of: eight to twelve inches, they are plainly labeled and .tied into bunches of convenient size. They should then be packed in Sand or sawdust and stored in a cool cellar or some place to prevent them from starting in-‘ to growth before grafting The trees may be grafted . any time in the spring before the sap begins to flew. It is-1 generally performed about the time the trees are' ordinarily .pruned in the sprin0.1If the I, ’~ trees are not grafted at this . We and' the scions are kept .- "'". I‘rm'ant in some 13be place as - . I . . the grafting may " «be! ‘ 'cessfilly done later in -' H but not When the sap" And when the cost of production is- middle west farmers- are asking about them Georg'a and Florida ' farming. 'high- topped tree. Inauring'the Crop .. ‘ nor INSURANCE is an old, old 1113:: ' ' to the eminent. Satisfaction of 1111 con-- corned. In some of the Western states near- '1)! every farmer carries cyclone insurance, and the State of North Dakota insures" farmers against loss by hail. It. has even been proposed that the State of Michigan go into the crop insurance business. at “the I more thought of Wthh- the reactionist holds .I up his hands in horror and yells “Socialist. " " farmers lose thousands of dollars 'every year through damage to crops by insects and the elements. And this is a loss for which they might be compensated for thrOugh in- surance. The accompanying article tells of 1 the experience of the cotton growers with crop insurance.—Editor. . Now those men have realized on their insur- ance. Last year was the first year that pol- icies were issued extensively on farm" crops. _ 'Will It Make Careless Farmers?- “‘But what effect will this have on farm- ing?” you ask. “Will it foster'careleSS methods, rest on their oars. depending on their insur- ance money rather than on their efforts?” An answer to those questions offers itself. Policies will not be issued to such farmers. The ceinpanics who 'write this new kind of insurance will choose their risks with care. The character of the man will out .just as much iCe as the. character of his farm, . his crops and his farm 11g methods. No policies will be written beforeb the crop has begun to grow, and acne will be issued after the crop has passed a certain stage of maturity. Ev- erv man Who takes Out crop' investment in- surance will have to satisfy the insurance company that he is a dependable risk. Those By C. P. HALLIGAN 1 Assistant Hmticultmist, M A .C'I the selection of the branches to form the top. Scions when grafted upon horizontal branch- es, instead of continuing to grow in the, direc- ton of the original branch always upward This tends to produce a '.'narrow Great care should be ex- ercised, therefore, in selecting branches well avVay from the trunk and covering all the fruit- bearing surface of the tree. The branch- es should not exceed an inch and a half in di? airieter at the point ”of gra'ftage as Scions seem” to prove more successful 011 branches of this size. 111 top- -working an old' tree about one— »who Purchase Insurance ‘ rvStatc month and year when last plowed; which has never yet been worked out. . ' ' aragc sale value of the land? .: was the cause of siich failure Well. maybe it is, but the facts are that if} ‘_ growing condition? and encourage farmers to .. .. and laws of average have been worked out for grow _ who took out policies last year had theSe questions ' many and what" kind of crops have bee‘m‘r on th'ds 'lan'd Since it was last' pIOWed? ' . “Do you own or operate a.tractor? ' “How much, if. any, of this land is subject to overflow Or so located as to retain and harbor standing water'!’ » .~ , 1 “.Is the land level or rolling? What is the av? , ‘1‘.IHow. many local or partral crop failures have occurred on this land in the last five years? What 5‘. “Do yen aim the land?- What porthn of. the crops do you own? Is any part or the gm, séeded for ensilage, roughage or fodder only?‘ I: so, which acreage? . “How far is this land from your residencé9 . “Are you interested in other like crops ndt'I f shown in this application? ‘ Liv"; » “Have crops on this land been damaged by i113;- ._, ? sects or disease in the past two years? It so. . state fully what has been done to prevent mange-4f", ; rence. ‘ ' "‘State date when crops were seeded. Is standi uniform or spotted? Is the crop in a healthy”:- “Do you agree to cultivate. harvest and gather I. the crop herein described to the' best of your. ability and in the manner usfiIal to the best farm- ing methods in your neigthrhood?” . With the infOrmIation gained frOm this Set of questions the insurance company kans just about where to place the prospective pol- icy holder, and with the aid of the law of av-II ' orages there is not much left to be done cx-I A cept to size up the man himself. Statistics of the principal farm crops have been studied almost every crop. There will be a great many developments -. in Itlie working out of this crop investment ., insurance. There are greater pos31b111tles of success and failure in it than there is in 111.», most anything attempted in the IaSt score. of years. But if it does work out, farming, Will ' be on a more stable basis than ever before.- ' third of the branches that are to be grafted"? ‘ I; :. “.111 should be worked each year as the cutting of "iii "is more branches in a single season Would prove ‘ ' ‘51 too seVere. It will, therefore, take three Ito " 1: i m five years to renew the entire top. Where the ’jh" fruit bearing surface is large, this will often :01 necessitate the making of ten to twenty grafts each season for about three successive years. . "All the important branches should be grand}. and it is safer to graft too .many branches and be Obliged to cut out a few 1n later years thanI not to graft enoug h. .I,, -11.. 1.1.111. I,.. 359$" In top-working mature trees, the cleft graft 1. _ is the form generally needs“ With a pruning 7,71. saw, a branch .an inch to an inch and a half "r( in diameter is cut, about eight inches to a foot ~ (:1 ~ beyond a lateral branch being 7p: ‘ ’ careful net to loosen or tear , .I ~31 bark 0n the stub. If the saw I " ' W is coarse, the stub may it}: ' .ti which Will tend to hasten m callousing. A grafting tool . was be made by any local h 'S: smith from an old file' and Ibe found more serv1ceable th 'the other forms now on. the ' ' ket. The important charac ' fa istics of this tool are the heady I.~»tIo curved blade sharpened ' {1...t'e .0 ”PLANS made and; the Q. uring next month will depend to ' extent the returns derived from Qv‘flock during the coming Season. Q hunt being docked or - a1 loss ranging all the way from fifty to $2 per head. The lambs may beQ. ' at 1jany time but the risk of loss :is: gr at r. if the operation is not performed be- ‘i y are two Weeks of. age. To dock a QeQ" .laQian’ s four feet should' be held 111’ erator’ 8 left hand, the lamb pressed 1 gainst a block with the tail lying on the lock and the tail removed by one stroke of __.a;.sharp knife or chisel at the second joint from. the body operation on a cool morning before the lambs Q:;l ave been out to play very much.- At‘ this ”Sage? there is comparatively no danger of the- {lambs bleeding and the Wound made by the sharp knife will heal very rapidly. Watch a Wound for a day or two to see that it does not become infested with maggots are many flies about at the time of docking .. it is Well to smear some man on the wound to »- keep them frdin blowing it. people have advocated the use of hot pincers fer this Work The Wound made by a hot iron does 110t- heal nearly as rapidly as that Qmade by .«the sharp knife. Hot iron pinchers are there- fore only- desirable in the docking -of older glambs Where there is considerable danger of bleeding ' - The male lanbs may be castrated at : QQQsQaer time as they are docked, having one man hold the lambs by the hind feet with the head ' ' betWeenQ his legs, the scrotum should first be ' moistened with a good disinfectant the of the sack removed and then each testicle g.";‘pufled out taking pains to pull very slowly g» and carefully. In the case of the lambs over {three weeks of age it is best to split the 'per- " itonal lining coVering the intestine and allow- . ing it to pass back into the opening, scraping Q. the cord that is attached to the testicles. as is ”done with pigs and calves, after which the 1‘ Wound should be thoroughly disinfected and Watched far a few days to see ‘that not. become infecte with maggots All that is necessary to perform either of these oper-_ ations is a slight amount of experience as any” .Qmaan‘. can go ahead and both dock and eastrate ThisQ' own lambs with very little _if. any danger. . oflpss 11. ,. .. ,. Work done . ' the. Mar- , sures indicate that fully 50 per cent of " 11113131378 lambs (farm raised) go to market” caStrated, —'—this I It is best to perform this- -.If there - , A great many ‘ the ‘Q 'Q end . it does 1 1.. By PROF. G. A. BROWN . Animal Husbandry Department, M. A. 0. The annual dipping of the farm flock should also be looked after during May or ‘ June. .-.There are on most flocks either a few ticks or lice which if not held in check will cause trouble next winter The only Way to eliminate them is by thoroughly dipping the' etire flock In addition to ridding the sheep." lice. .or ticks the cleansing of the sheep" s stin Will make enough diiference in the wool clip to pay for. the work involved. The dips ping Shpuld be done as soon after shearing as- the Weather will. permit, using some one Of the coal tar dips and the operation repeated . in three weeks where lice or ill cks are present. In small flocks Where it is not possible to .pr‘o- vide a tank for dipping the older sheep, ticks or lice- can be held in check if the ewe flock is not sheared until after lambing and all of the lambs are; dipped about two weeks after the shearing of the ewes as at this time the ticks or lice will all be found on the lambs and the Appie blossoms, budding, In the soft May air; QCups with sunshine overflowing; Flakes of fragrance, drifting, snowing, Showeringeverywhere. ,. , .1 . _ ——Lucy LarcomQ. bloW'ing, 31h Md nthiQQWdl Determine Profits fQQoQQQr Coming Season From the Flock lambs can be dipped in a tub or barrel at very little expense Another minOr operation that should be looked after at this time of the year is the trimming of the sheep’s feet, ‘all sheep but more especially. the fine wool breeds grow an extremelylong hoof during the winter months and 'if not removed it is apt to harbor a large .amount of dirt which may result in‘Sore feet. —This operation is best performed with prun- ing shears after the sheep have been out on pasture a few days as their feet Will soften up by contact with the moist ground. Provisions should also be made during the -month of May to provide some forage .cr0ps‘ on which to feed the lambsafter they- are weaned. VIn'ter‘nal parasites especially stom- ach worms take‘a heavy toll from a good many flocks of sheep. In‘our experience at the Michigan Agricultural College we have found1 that if the lambs come the last of February or the firstof March and the flock is given one or two changes of pasture during May and June, the lambs‘weaned the first of July and placed on a clean pasture that has not been pastured by sheep for one year the risk or loss from stomach Worms is reduced to a min- imum. The best pasture that can be pro- vided for lambs after. weaning is Dwarf Es- sex Rape. The rape should be sown earlyin May being broadcasted at the rate of four to six pounds per acre on heavy ground that provides plenty of moisture. On light ground ' it is advisable to drill at the rate of two to three pounds per acre in rows 30 inches apart and cultivate to conserve moisture; ' The flock should at all times have abun— dance of shade where they may get away from the flies and during midsummer when flies are bad a few furrows should be plowed in the pasture where‘the sheep may stir up some dust and in this way repel the flies. If the sheep’s fleece remains mo st from continuous rains or becomes soiled' and dirty about the rear parts, the flies will blow them, theresu-lta ing maggots working into the flesh causing in- tense pain and often the loss of. sheep. The sheep should therefore be. tagged as often as it is noted that any of them are becoming foul. Where maggots gain a foothold as indicated by the sheep stamping its feet and endeavor. ing to get at the affected part with their teeth the wool should be trimmed away and the part treated with some one of the coal tar preparations in the proportion of one part of the dip to ten parts of water Saskatchewan Farmers Handle 40, 000, 000 Bushels Grain Annually Own OUer Three Hundred Chaney Elevators and Operate Two Large Terminal Elevators Q' my SASKATCHEWAN Co-operative“Q Elevator Co., Ltd" was formed as the (11. rectgresult of recommendations Qmade by a commissmn appointed by the Saskatchewan provincial government in 1910 to investigate anngeport upon the entire grain situation in western Canada: Prior to the appointment of this commissiOn the grain groWers’ associa- .tions had been pressing the provincial govern- ment Qof Saskatchewan to acquire and .Qoperate _._ as public utilities the country elevators in Saskatchewan The urecommenda’tions of the 7' comm. ssion were opposed to the proposition to Own and operate the country elevators, in- irtea‘ it recommended the incorporation of a farmers elevator company for that purpose, .1130; be’ assisted by- the government in the mat-2‘ ~11 Qter of financing Although the reco 'enda;;-- ’~ lion ”of the Commission" was not what the ram; Saskatchewan had heped for it proved 'i ncial government of Mamtoba we (1 best course, for about the same time ; try Q elevators in Manitoba weie‘ subsequently leased to the Grain Growers’ Grain Co. They ' are under lease to the United Grain Growers, Ltd at the present time. The Saskatchewan Co- operative Elevator Co., is incorporated under a special act of the Saskatchewan Legislature. _During the firSt years, of its. life it established over 40 coun- try elevators and handled more "than 3,000,000 bushels of grain. Since that time the number of country elevators operated by it has grown to over 300 and in one year it is said to have 43,000,000 bushels of . handled as much as grain. The financial statement of this com- «‘ pany for the season 1918-19 shews it to have a paid-up capital .stock of $1,122, 312. 50 and a. surpl 0f $1,969, 591236f Its ,stockholders number over ',21_ 000 The average number of shares held. by 21 Stockholder is slightly more erase Par value of shares is $50 During assent 1918-19, \thh was crop 20; 823 [138"‘bushels Were bandied through stockholders do not havea direct vote, ‘company to establish a local. capacity of 650, 000 bushels andiQ it suitable for mixing and conditioning purpOses; the other. has a capacity of 2,500,000 bushelsand is be,- ing enlarged to practically double its origii capacity. Th's is used exclusively for public storage purposes. The affairs of the Saskatchewan Co- -opera-- tive Co. are administered by a board of nine directors, each of whom holds office for three In.the electiOn of-these directors the . but each local, at least 30: days prior to the annual years. 'meeting, elects a delegate to represent—all of uThis del— 11. ‘ egate has. one vote only, regardless of the num- the stockholders within such local. ber of stockholders in a given local. . The locals are established in this manner: Whenever a group of farmers Qdesire an ele- vator at their shipping point, to be operated as a unit Q-of the Saskatchewan Co- operative Elevator Co.’ s system,- they may petition the visions of the Saskatchewan Co operative E1 evator Act the _direptors may not, without the consent of the Lieutenant Governor in Coun- .- cil establish any local unless it appears to their satisfactiOn that the amount of shares , held by'the supporters (Oonflnued on page 18) . . ”IWQ“ Under the proQ— - q Relieves Barrie on "I‘HE MOST universal, the most complete“ and the most accurate measure of the ability of the individual to pay personal taxes ' is “net income.” “Personal property own- ed”, correctly determined and expressed in dollars will measure the taxable ability that' 3' comes from the ownership of certain kinds of "wealth, such as securities and credits “Net income’ ’will measure such Wealth e11ually as. well, and will measure “taxable ability”3r sulting from the earnings of the salaried man, the professional man, the business man, the laborer; it. measures “taxable ability” result- 33'_ ing from rents and royalties and introduced into a system 'of4 taxation it materially broad- ens the base of taxation. Adam Smith, years ago, laid down this proposition: “Subjects of every State ought _ to contribute to the support of the govern- ment as nearly as possible. in proportion to their respective abilities; that is ,———‘—in propor- tion to the revenue which they respectiVely enjoy under the protection of- the State.” Other students of taxation holding that taxes are the part of the citizen’s property or earn— ' ings he contributes for public use in order to ‘ insure protection for the rest of his prope1t‘y or income, have supported Adam. Smith’s proposition that taxation should be propor- tional; declaring that as protection or benefit received is proportional to the amount of property protected or income enjoyed it nec- essarily follous that taxation to be ediirtable, must be directly proportional to property or income. Most modern writers, While, not (1113.: jecting to proportional taxation 'of tangible property, hold that direct personal taxation, through an income, tax, should not be propor-. tional but progressive Even Adam Smith modified his famous principle by declaring: “It is not unreasonable that the rich should contribute to public expense not only in pro— ‘ portion to their revenues but som Lillllg 11101: than in proportion A personal income tax, with exemptions sufi‘icicnt to enable the individual to maintain a proper standard of living, and with rates of tax graduated so as to equalize as far as pos-f sible the sacrifice imposed, is the fairest, the most equitable and the least oppressive sys- tem of taxation as yet devised, and the only system that will reach those whose wealth is in intangible property, and those whose in- come is derived from personal effort. Great Scope of the Income Tax The justice and equity of the progressive income tax is further shown by the fact that it reaches ‘ofiicials, professional men, and cer- tain classes of business men who escape en- tirely the general propertv taX. Of such it is the truth to say that their gains are compara- tively large. They live in style and comfort. They enjoy the protection and benefits of government and society without contributing directly to its support. They are also as a class well educated and well informed, but by Jeason of being untouched by taxation they have little concern as to public business, and are apt to become indifferent to their duties as citizens. The bringing of this class into the group of taxpayers is a distinct public gain from more standpoints that that of rev- ‘ enue ##*=lt= ' The claim is made that the income tax can- not be efficiently administered without cans-3 ing capital to seek immunity by withdrawing, from the States enforcing such a tax. The 31efutation of this claim is found in the atti- tude of the States administering a present day personal income tax, such States as New York, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Missouri and 3 Oklahoma Not one of them, after experi- “_ence with this form of taxation has any 35!.3-3333-11hought of repealing its income tax law or of ‘ .. - 1. 1:34; ”the Mtge”. tion of an income tax; mondmént, fit his call for "a Special sessile 3y!- ' " M of, ithis month. ‘ "The GovoruOr Was apparently you over to the idea by a group of representatives who: .walted upon him- during the closingdio 33 of the legislature and proscribed the renew; The Petition The Fifty-First Legislature of Michigan; _dér the able-trained and courageous load-’ cramp of our proSout Governor. Alex J. Groosbeo‘k. a service to our loved state that 'willstaudouthichlganhlstoryasin oXamplo for future legislature to emulate. , The old machinery of state govommont,~ . rusty add worn w!H1 time, has been discard- "3ed‘a'rid 111 its- place substituted a splendid "Icompréhonsivc and emolent system of mod- ' 'orn gbvornmont agency. , ‘ But While our mmchinory of government has boon rendered mOSt efficient, the basis upon which all government stands, taxaa tion, remains .unsound unsafe and unjust; a good system in its day, but that day long since past. We now have the spectacle of a great compionwealth rich beyond calcu» lation, in which one half the property bears the entire burden or taxation while the oth- , or half cheerfully goes untaxod. No one f can 139011.131- enmigh into the future to see . a time when taxes will be less or should be less. 011} splendid state institutions must keep pace in development with the state itself. Goverujnont agencies of all kinds 'must expand with state expansions. The one apparent thing to do is to tap for taxa- tion that reservoir of intangible property now ax free. We believe this "can be done only through an income tax applied unj- ‘formly to the Whole state. ' Therefore. be it resolved that we. repre- . sontlng a vast majority of the House of , Representatives. respocflully suggest to __ and request our Hon. Governor 1 Alex J. '.Groosbeck,’ that at the first special session . of the present legislature to be ~.callod he ' include in said call a request that tho logis- lature in its first special session, by Icint Resolution, submit to the people _-ot the state the proposition to amend our state constitution so as to pormit the legislature at its next session to put into operation a just, complete and comprehensive state income tax. - ' I «f3 3 , . ‘, argument is further refuted by the reports of the commissioners or officials charged with ad-- ministering income taxation. In ‘Wisconsin, for instance, the amount of the income tax levied increased from $34,145,676 in‘.-1914 to ' $11,784,151 in 1917, a cendition which would' Sugar Manufacturers Refuse- ' to Accept Growers’ Contracts OR THE second time the organized beet' , growers have met the Organized manu-‘ facturers of sugar and been defeated. Al— though several thOusand farmers signed the Association’s contract, the manufacturers 3 Were able as in the previous year to secure encuigh acreage to insure them a fair r1111. While this acreage will not come up to that of: the former year, it is said that it Will be. all the companies desire in vieW of the un- certainty of the sugar Situation The factory "contract guarantees a minimum of $36 per ton lag potltlou: " ‘3 3 a; 3 is about to adjourn"; having completed, tin-:7 ‘ teln for then respective StateS. '1 A3 strume‘nt for 11133:“, " "’ ‘ l V income tax is not to be memonedi 1113 the m 3133113 ' “"ebreath with the 1161 (aims geneéal pro tax upon intangible property ministered. come frOm those who do not understand the diflere‘hce between the proposed Stats 11111 It does not displace any ‘eXIstmg taxation is not designed to equalize taxation. '1 ‘ revenue measure solely, and, for that ’ ministration that are exacting- in .1311 3 3 The maltosed» and annoying to the taxpayer State 1nc0me 131,011 the other hand is in ed as a substitute for that part of 013131: p: taxation system which fails in operation ,_,3 purpose is eqnahzatlon of taxation rs than increased taxation ‘M1llions of inc .1. revenue must be raised in any event: ter, .with no excess profit taxes “and the rate not exceeding eight per cent The Board of State Tax Commisswne its biennial report of 1917- 18 model » administration. nation of theK entire taxation problem in» State, it thi the recOmmendations made in its previo 3 port, with such additions as study of the lem suggests. ,' - “ sonal tax Where domiciled, ‘net income~ to measure of his ‘ability to p'ay.’—'—'—tf1e adept 3 such tax as acoustituent part of our system to be accompanied by the abolition 3' ad valorem general property taxes upOn iii ible property; _, "Require such tar to be levied upon th ' payer' s entire net income train all scurces in or without the state, except income United States bonds and salaries of teder ticials,’ by law exempt; ', ;_ 33,. “The rate of taxation to be the same. to which derived,-—-this rate to be progres’siv proportional, -—the progression depending 11pm! he amount of the taxpayer’ s net income: poses to be allowed from gross. incom thing net income, as the costs or ea rig? Aeome, exemption of all income uncle , _ sum to be allowed the sanié‘exem ‘ti‘ sheh exemption 'to he s 3 able the citizen to mom -i and as ual provides that the factory shall hangmg it other than to make it more in”: s it, proper at this time to renew ‘ m 'AL—lL—lL-IIJA ’ . , . 993%: Fr") ,6‘ or'lan‘d, result“ Ethel-feminine- aiid'approvalziot moving picture , - reels,,slideét andxyiews' and ad- i'ng of, the ,isame,j§.,and .to’ pro"- "vide a13- penal'ty‘iforv violation of this , g *5 1‘?ng -° The; QuestiOn then being ‘ ”(the motion todischarge the Com- ‘ ttpe T‘on; ,- State ,Aifairs irom the‘ further consideration oi’._the bill. ' out"; McArthnr" demanded the. yeas h, g 1135's.“: _The‘ roll was called and hei‘henators voted as follows: ' _ ' .. ass—B , firmer, aé‘iiiisEi-‘tio‘pgigrgé‘suh‘fi“it?- tr), Smith‘ (11th Dist.)—— .' ' ‘Naysé-Amon', Brewer, Bryant, /Clai;k, ondon, Davis, Engel, Forrester, Hamil- ton,’ Henry. Lemire, McNaughton, Os- gdrn,_Penney,;,Ross, Sink. fruits, Vanden- ‘o'o'ni, Wilcox, Wood-20. . _, SALARY GRAB GOES: OVE " 'N THE. NEXT to the last day of l. v the session the : salary grab for "“‘ justices of the supre'i'ne'Coui-t . (item over by the narrow margin of three votes and a lot of good repre— , hentatives whbée? aim .has been to serve 'theppublic interest simply fell damn in the, presence of over-per: gsuasion and demonstrated that they. _ lacked, the back-bone to stand up- ,right in the image'of their, maker ‘ ”and-"say to the tem’pter. “Get thee , ':;.‘behin'd me Satan.” ~ V , - .YVhen' this bill was before the sen— ?at§~a--it was shewn' that, our supreme ' 5 count vjiustices wter-e deceiving sal- _ , ‘ 4 ’ A . »,_,‘faitles h gher than 'the’ average paid " ‘ » _ ' ff’inseven of the states nearest Michi- " V » ' ;»-s:»§x§n...on. mean-e11, ,aniitvas further . ' - 1 ' ' ‘ .7 . BhOWn that at the' ele-ctibn' in“ the " ‘ “ ‘ ' ' * - ‘ - ,, - : .- ‘ ré-spring of 19213253mehp8flp18 voted on A _ ‘ - the Question of? permitting the legls- ' ‘ , ~ , 3 latui'e to increase their salaries vdur- - - m t B . v , ' ' , MOS eauz‘yizl 622’ rz'nmn‘cn . fiin'g' their terms oil-office so that a ~ '7 shill. like this one just passed might ., dihezpassed and the increase made et- " . Erectiye at once, and,the people sho’w- " sat?strengthen:is? ' _ > -' Three F ado r s of Quality ,‘jority of more than $.1.0'0-',00-0 against ‘- _ it, and [still the Read 'machineThthe . a.“ 19, but it over in rthe senate and Th _ , ti ti d _ ' pithé "lawyers and. the mollycoddles - ,- e rea na 011-. ' ' p311: gt (aver inf téieghoouse and an add; “‘Gleibroo ,, “10:21 8 Sgccecsis Of the Palge New 881' 133 he ur en 0‘ 1 , 00 per year for - : ' ‘ ' IS - .all'time has beenrsaddled onto the ' ~ ., - . oun ed upon three attnbutes . backs cf'the peeple without hope of A ., -—Beauty, Performance and Economy. (benefit or return. ‘ . , . V . . Amng “If 54 W110 170“?“ ‘01” the - _' _ When a man first looks at this car he is captured by among thoseifwh-o voted against it 7 , ' - . :i twsregtwo“‘~11avvyers;g Len“? and g , ‘ ,g the enquiSite finish and long, graceful lines. He re- : i'ljhe record shows- the members to- I l g ' .' ‘. ..... all'Ze-sthat “is an unusual art creation—a newer and 3‘” We“ as “1““ ‘ ‘~ ' . , . * finer. conception of the five passenger vehicle. A ifiramaérti), lgrognl, *.Buz]')nham.'.]3Biti'tlerb lzy— ‘ _ - - ' - “ rum, pe , uver,' acey, aoe, en. i _, ., ' - , _ i , . . will“; H‘fiffgi, Igargufigrtgag» 7 Helga“. , f ,, ‘, And then (fertile: a trial on the road—one thrilling , i op ns. ar , n r, ’rome. ew- , ‘ ;eX Hence . T’Mm’afing' ‘Megqsonkmmen Wm- ., , fi Pet in the motor that accelerates from jgm’tmvm QB,“ 01”,“, PM- , ve o twenty-five miles per hour in nine seconds flat. » 'wgfié’ri Joe. 12]., Watson, Wells, Welsh. A {iéfifigeyféflirg Déggrilisévgrganfi'megggg: ’ proud, enthusiastic adoption. ,iv-Klrhy,~Kooyers, Lennon,. Locke, McKeon, _' ‘ - . ~ . -Me!terey, Miles, Mosaier, Osborn, Pius - Later comes indisputable proof of low gasoline con- send, Speaker.—=—34t , .1 _ 1:}:,,,RE%%%SL¥1E1IZAM£%E§ON . mileage. And last—but far from least—comes the 3 _. _, m , ~ . confidence and respect that only fine products com- - , A Em - s , ' . s Oéiir“ mand. Such is the cause and effect of “Glenbrook” tiiiregor Gla'd- _ _ Winfiistri‘c't, ~ " _, , . _ . .- _ ~ . , . New Series “6-44” Models 'Gladv'fin. dis- A ~ ' . vAtdmoreFoui-Pas s tMod ‘- - , . trict lives, on ‘ ‘ ‘ » gm»: Roadster_v1‘v::ngzgsefizgr -°I- - - 3%: g, g: g. gggrrgi': mare; comb "PG Four Pal-sense: - — - - - - - 2600 r. o. b. Detroit. .ty; " t Cor’d mm mm grab, were fourteen farmers and (Speaker Warner. - " f’YeaS—‘Aldricli, Atvvood, ‘ fiarnard, 1' ngunn. Francis, Frlck,. Gettel, Gowdy, ell.;Johnson, ’ Lee; ; Liddy, MacDonagl, 'é‘r;-‘Rams§3tr, Read, ,,sftteut_ter+'_t Rob‘igsoin, - t "d A evenson, rom, 1113, a e, a n e is nev r . . . ,Woomm_54 . . 1h , e_ forgotten and it leads ineVitably to ‘3‘ Evans. Fuller, Glaspie, Green. Hall, wa.1;;'ii,rr,_‘1él_:§ilrli,5‘Islasiizrliluss’seéri, Rfiuchholz, ' Row . , v . . . m. ,. ”‘3”? frown, Town-V * sumption, long hfe of tires and care-free, untroubled ' ,IOHAJR D 'i—‘fipresent' 8-. . " oWnerShip;' lives on . a If a r m 'i n Glenbrook Five Passenger Touring Car - - $1795 I. o. 5. Detroit a' farm ' in» ‘ g . . W‘,:~fs°4aln'F"°.Pa”°"‘°' ' ' ' ' ' - - - 3739f-O.b.Deti-oit V- ~. j‘filgjtfi'fé; 1‘ : g . -, .._ . _ .2 . M _ g V gthe warmers _ “is ‘92: '1 I: 'Z , ' ' _ . ' ‘ . v . ’ ' dPAIGEEETRGIT MOTQR CAR COMPANY, Detroit, Michigan . , . .r p . n ”he Jabwq¥0t°t “at. 'and-MOtor Ttmks , _ f TMDEVVAND MARKET REVIEW , N THE «ssun of April 30, pre- , .. ' ' ’ dictions were made in this... de- ' pertinent foreshadowing an early V . rise in the market prices for all farm , products and other basic!- materials ‘that have been recently depressed, by rank market manipulation to lev- els for below the original cost of production- The recent short sell- ing drive, against the 'May option in grains and provisions, was referred to and the prediction was made; that after long side of the May option . - was wiped ol'f the board, the market - would turn, permanently, for the ., better. The writer expressed the ' . belief that. the upward trend .in I;- ~ values, when once it. started. would I“ “ ' be just as positive and persistent as had been the campaign of depression which preceded it. ‘With the din) of the month. the predicted improve- ment began and has persisted ever since with comparatively slight- re- actions. Current market quotations for Wheat, corn, oats, mess pork, 1 lard, ribs, hides, wool, cotton, ;. stock and all related products show I a marked gain over those which ruled during the closing week in I ' April; a fact that. is much‘smore en- couraging than the actual gain in selling value of those commodities. is the marked improvement in the general tone of the market. Much has been said, of late, by the chronic pessimists among us, concerning the tremendous stocks of grain and other food products with which American warehouses are fill- ed. There is good reason to believe . . .. “aw “men". V , the direction of a foreign trade re- ‘ ‘ viva] which will carry America's exL port trade with Europe up to .11 total I never befbre realized. It. is needless I: to say that a. revival of export» buy- , .. ing, of“ our products by foreigners. »V,, would speedily wipe out the burden- ; some Supply about which so many I ‘ good men are worrying. : The immediate prospect of much I cheaper money is helping trade and ,r market conditions, just now. Many I of the leading Federal Reserve banks have reduced interest rates to 6 per cent and more. are expected to do so very soon. The recent bouyancy of the grain and commodity markets ,V has already helped trade in many », lines and still further improvement ’ is expected before Ion". It is a fact that» present». conditions are much more favorable to the launching of a general business rc- vival, than any which have existed since the campaign of deflationbe- gun, early last summer; the stage is~ set for an upward movement and the only.obstaclc in the path "of im- - ' provemcnt is the. uncertainty con- cerning the ultimate settlement of the rcparr tions problem. It will be impossible for Germany to postpone making a decision very much long- er; it is quite possible that the an- nouncement of a permanent world peace may be made before the cur- rent issue of this paper reaches the hand of the reader. American trade and manufacturing industry are waiting for a. final settlement, be- tween the allied nations and the Central Pox-.0 erg. and when it comes thousand of idle wheels will begin to turn and thousands of working- men, still in the ranks of the unem- ployed, will be called to'service. \VHEAT WHEA_T 1-310;st PEL su. .. MAY. 10, 1921 Grade Iowan I¢hIcVego ‘I' N. v_. No- 2 121111.113 11M """1193 .332 3 $1,123; "II 1246 I V. I»1._5Vls_w ‘2' " ' I ‘ ‘ emcee. ONE vsAn Aoo ‘ ~ . , . ' "" » , INo.2 RodI 93:2 WhltoI No.2 Mlxod' ‘ -» Voemu I _ 2.97 I 295' 'I .2195 , I' ”opts last week but I' closing'dagr, Saturday, took a drop of P 5 cents leaving a tetal gain for the live that .we are again movingmapidlyém. . disturbance will com The Detrom wheat morket adVanc—V . - ' our the” "week I-“of'f 8 cents, or 6 cents. moreVV as quoted on this page in Our. Edited by I1: -—.v~ GENERAL oats quiet.» Hay easy. CHICAGO—Wheat 05.601331 ' 1 . DETROITwFavorable crop i! I Old potatoes and oats firm With weak future .V their present i. the market steady wins to press Mm. It cont-u '1» “minute Information up, outlook All live stock h1gher..._ Beans steady m. n :m 'wlzrx ‘ ' I (Note: The above summaries! two 11 was mama AFTERt minions. 0' th' "I?“ .I' ' V1,“ ' WIU’IIN I’M‘If ‘hour of , 1 Kat one Is set in tyne. H .-I ‘ V . . 91 ' country were also several cents high- er in spite of the'general weakneSs shown on Saturday. Last week saw a bullish market owing to two fact- ors. ,Tbese were conviction that there is Root enough wheat'in the Chicago market to fill orders billed for May, and reports that the grow— ing crop was not coming along as well as was expected. declining market at‘ the close of last week was looked forand. was due owing to the upward tendency of the market forsome time; react-ions al-. ways appearcn a rising or lowering market. Good export 'demand and light receipts also helped the bullish side. Crop reports boosted the market on the opening day of the current week but before the close reports became quite bearish and the Detroit market lost 5 cents, wYt‘ile 0th 1' 'markets declined correspond- ingly. Reports that foreigners were reselling the grain they had bought in Ihls country wash big factor in torc'mg prices. down. CORN “oRN PRICES PER su. MAV .19- 1921 VVWVWGradeA_____VIDetr01t_I t':_h_lcagol N. Y. No.2 Yellow . . .I .66 I .61 l/4I ./482Il No. 3 VeIIow ...I .85 I I I!“ 5-3.61”! ._'.'.'.I.~ ...62 I I " Pmou one #:1111390” .-- __ --.--- I No.3 v‘JI_I.I No.4 1111 Detroit .......... I 2.05 ' I 2.00 Last week closed with a' weakI corn market at Chicago and a. firm one at. Detroit; lower prices at Chi- cago and a firm steady feeling. with prices holding their own at Detroit. Export buying has been fairly good of late and indications at present are that It will continue. A reduc- tion in the visible supply of corn firmed up the Chicago market Mon- day of the present week and held the Detroit market steady. This feeling continued throughout the en- tire day. Receipts are more liberal this week than they have been for some time. - OATS Oats were more inclined to fol-V low the trend of wheat than corn The weak, .\ lg. ° ’ ' I I 0A___‘l_' :RlcES PER “911.. MAVY fl. 1921 V Grade Imtrin Innings? u. H‘". 191%”on g. . . m No. 2, Won. ...1 .4: I .asm .48 -bImom~I1'loo£1lI17mn18« No. a Whlte .4ovI 31%] ~ No. a Whlto ...I .31VV2I V_ emcee our vsAn AGO” , -\ » ,V I_No. 2 anj No.3 thIeI No. 4 Whl__t_o ' " . inf; VV Detroit I 1.28 I 1.27' = I 1.28_ . - hm": 11m. Imam-mar. 4 last week and as a result his" grain »°°"°II _, I3°'5°@37I355° @36I55 55°. closed the week easy and lower. Monday May 9th, it followed the corn market and prices: were higher all during the trading. -Rece'1pts are somewhat larger than "last week and buying by houses 'with- seaboard connections not as active. There is an easy feeling in the oat market at the present and experts are not in- clined to feel extra bullish over the trend of near future prices. Domes- tic demand is fair but . not good ‘enough to boost prices. ' ‘ ’ Beef cattle mend. RYE Rye followed other cereals and af- ter several advances No. 2 is back to $1.36 at Detroit. ‘Ex‘po'rt demand is lacking in this grain at present. sold lower. . BEANS “Wt” ' 4 BEAN PRICES PER cwr... MA? '10. 1921 Grade IDotroII IchloagoI N. Y. H. ..... .I‘ciho I 4.25 I 4.25“ Red KMnon ..»I -. 19.50. I amass our: YEAR A130 ~ . Ic. H. Detroit . . . . . . . ‘ I. 7.75 . The bean market'continues, to cattle' fluctuate and during the past week pea beans declined 25 cents at De- troit. The market is easy- as trade ing shows very little activity. ~ on off later. POTATOES SPUDB PER 0WT.. MAY 10.1921 “”3512.“ ONE YEAR Aoo ~ "MI‘VOIt‘ ........... ‘... .I 7.28 I , A feature of the potato mgrket the trade past week was the inclination of old potatoes to hold their own against increasing receipts of new , stock. II ‘ THE WEATHER Fodd- Wulhn Chat for JUNE. l92l 1’ or I Zixizha—lzroIZ'EIa—Wtw a: Vz-aooax ' 711 1 1 I II. ‘ ». no \"" II I. V 1, I..IC0|d 1-3:, .I'L’TTI V , I I IL i | | I i .1 1 I V a: I ILI"IWgrmII\I-III .o I IHIIIII ,1 , .;- I I I I I -I I I I I- . Cmok-dllnfi to: «41mm. shove Amman-rm below colder WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 14, ,192V1 —-During early pazt of week cen- tering on May 18, a..oII1~2r weather 1%. out of. 1113 ex- treme northwest pa ofwthis conti- nent. While the general tempera- .tures will be above normal and fre- quently vary up and down the long trend will be to higher degrees Ina-n usually occur in May. But 1.1.1} next , storm will bring still higher temper- ' atules and therefore the farmers will smile to see the rapid growth of Then” herons. , » This disturbance Will Ire om If the tWo most severe storms of May and will afloat the whole continent. The. 'warm wave is always the adVanIce gnard and will spread over all the northern 11:! of. the Rockies 3y May 18, its ('2 er ‘crbssizrg Meridian : near that eda-te not far from VSt Louis and then on toWard New Orleans. <9. As Forecasted by W- T- Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer V..of very considerable .. 1 Behind this “Vikki-m wave one 3101‘ two FOR THE WEEK cattle, in Chicago days will come the center of the low $8.15 was .and when that center passes over ’ h k before. your section you will experience 21. \Of t e wee depressing atmosphere. 110 Wind and ' were light In Chicago on Mend not many clouds. This center of the this week and prices were low is called the storm center, but V higher. there is nothing in it to indicate a. storm and many people start on a; " journey at that most dangerous time. If you carefully iead these bulletins the knowledge you gain from them will save you from many ‘weather difficulties. This storm will move in sharp a semicircle from the crest of the t a a northern Rookies to the m uth of the it)? Peg 1d 86 St. LaWrence River, or At antic coast Wovear- '0 31 £10m near May 18 to near May 22 erg, 36. 75 to This storm’ ane Will introduce a, '« rainy spell that, before it ends, will almost determine the 1921 crops, Farmer's should do an unusual amount of cultivating before that rainy sea- son begins as .many sections, during its continuance will be too wet for‘» "cultivation From June 12 to 22 will” be another best time to do an extra. ‘amo’ui of cultivation Near thelmid dle. of June the monthly chang' in crop weather will occur and It immrtem large sections of Nort south- America and Ind ing for mongsprin as 8 0 LIVE STOCK MARKETS In Selling; valhe, last week, over i " week before but the gain in p‘ricp' ' was the result of small arrivals raili- er than of an improvement in dé— , Many eastern market points reported the lightest demands“ for :- carcass beef that has been noted.- “so far, chis spring. from handy-weight fat caittle ..... marked up 50 cents per cwt.. Kids ing the week, but heavy carcasses fewer cattle 'than during the we'VV before and the net gain in pri from one week end to the nth m unevenly from 25 to 50 can 3 there were many sales, “.1119. .5 during the week, which were 75315: 80 cents higher than: for the before but the market did not E11111: Its high-time levels to the' clos . , On Monday of last Week the 331-. wcago market made a gain of 50 cents per cwt. on steer cattle a. all of the better grades of killing on Tue'SVday, Was added, a part of which was tak ped for the week with a yearling steers at $9. 25 on nesdayz. this was the only sale V" of ' I I " . yearlings above $9 25 Which was the top for heavy killing steers. of the same general quality a latter only brought $8 25 to 38 trade in yearlings‘, just new, 4. markets, is the‘lovr average ‘11 [of the offerings; feeders are V1111. . the' 1' yearling cattle too s'oo properly meet the needs I Snokodl a‘uii’ been“ .. ...... T VI 1181: II .15 ' 135’; week The weak feature on! o . . «momma ........ ‘,. .I ‘- I1.15 Dltuhurg ............. I ‘ 1,.0V8_V Feeders from Wisconsin undo er states are competing, with till ers, fer some of the best heaviest! . erg-coming to Chic-ago but outs; I . of th s particular feature, the fa ing cattle trade is extremely mil. The general average price of 13:11.11 50 cents higher than that The sheep and lamb deal was mixed equation, gain for the Week and sheep going lower on large torula spring 11.1111) canielu poor .in', V qua 11133? b showed a marked In Chicago the beef 5. Chicago got 10 099 h 25 cents 139,138“ The market Was top“ load $1.1.- 9d— 9f of last week, Cattle recs slim lambs making‘ so kind- the only more .jVsbipped out. or In“ Week the cause being the yard men; this Was week’ 3 shipments since Emeipts oi’ hogs at" 11 ficints‘last‘ week, were 551.4 _:V 11313 010 less than the week 2313.59 less than" onemrd 91’ ' agrrespmding ionday 61 the current weelt‘ Mflo Ilia spring lambs sold In Chi— 1 $13 to $1256: best woole'd stems 91.11.1131: states Is, than . carried on 1or profit in 1 any locality shonld be cared in that is: V1112" VV locality Muse of benefits and pro- tactics that!» received ” The ques- tion what'heif tho income of business should be subject to a. tax before it is distributed, is ~0ne regarding which there is Inuch diversity of 0111111011. It: might be argued that the income from business would all be taxed by the personal income tax when 11. passes into the hands of in- di'duuhls. eaten that distributed to non-rements of the state. The re- peel or all taxation upon intangible .propV'ertVy; the relief that would come to tangible bitsmess property thru the operations or the personal in- come tax. the abse from our tax system .of any prov sion for taxing corporate excess values; the elimim ation of any suggestion of an excess with tax; and the necessity for in- creased revenue for both state and ’11.; 75 31115 65D? for $1040 w local afiairs,—~—-all argue that busi- W top for. booted 11113an De: Mensa Monday, was $11 and In. £1,311.25.- [fan-oft got $9 Ion ness conducted for profit should be directly taxed Taxation of business has been at- 0-71 Monday and. $3 75 1051111383 ~ tempted in many ways, .-——by license, Detroit had a steady trade in a with best killing steers selling $8. 25 per cwt. _ BOSTON WOOL MABRET Commercial Bulletin says: 3% ethane” for WM has improved. $111 ..'.-this week and prices are ally firm, although still more ..~:1ess erratic Interest in the new 11 the west has increased the ‘ eho pool of Utah. wools of fair, .1331 and fine medium wools having ofl'ered but withdrawn on :1 Wed high bid of 16 7-86; mrfitlvely little has been soId in the The goods market is reported bealth-y condition " whig'an and New York fleeces-4 , ms unwasbed 36@38c: fine 1111- y , d 31013311114 3 e 1@'32c; 3.- 8 blood unwash- efi‘ {3Q293.. ‘ “ » , m ' my NFT INCOME MOST > EQUITABLVE OF ALL ; - (00111de from me 61 This scheme here h*iefly outlined 3 Tier a; purely personal income tax. , dis in accordance with the second ' Memento}. principle of taxation sly That every citizen should wane-ct personal tax where dorm leVd beéause of protection and hen- here received. It should be ‘ , ; {rem individuaIs only- and business of an‘v' kind. \ . mite oibusi ,as 11111111,..qu be . on somewhat. different? lines included among our ~. recom-~ 11.119113, for the purpose of en- n; the third. principle oi lua- -,I have previously declared: . 13118111883 carried. on 10‘; profit ; _.locality should be taxed in .Iocility. because 01 benefit and "e .tion there enjoyed.” ._ be second recommendation calls VVVVVthO. taxation. of the citizen’s Ven- mm m "rider the genera] Slate, eon Com, , 131033,“- - ' .wouid naturally Show Smaller earnings. yet the relation of th taxation 3-; gEeV iffiéVVV by taxes upon gross business, taxes upon labor employed, or materials used, and taxes upon capital stock. Such/taxes; have no economic justifi— ‘ cation. ; If business must be taxed because of the demand for revenue, it should be justly and equitably taxed, and the basis or sucha tax should be “net’ income.” The reve- nue laws of the ' Wisconsin, New York, Oklahoma and several other states provide for the taxation of thrust income of business and de- rive very considerable revenue from such taxation. The business income tax should be levi :J on the moons of all business. whether incorporated or not It shun ‘d in general follow the sugges- tions for the personal income tax. It sh- 1111. however, be levied only on he“: income earned within the state In one important respect. the busi- ‘V‘ tress income tax should differ from the personal income tax, —-the rate should be a flat rate, not a gradu- ated er progressive rate. The rea- son for this is apparent. A business with a large invested capital should earn a numerically large income. a corporation with a small ' capital numerically net income to invested ”capital might be relatively higher in the case of the numerically. smaller income. The benefits enjoyed by business be- cause 91 taxation must be assumed to be «111911113: proportional to amount or net income. not progressively so. The tax upon net income of business shouid be in lieu of all taxation upox intangible property, and of all other forms of a. business tax. (Continued next week.) MOI}? BOARD 0!? common: ORGANIZES AGRICULTURAL . DIVISION ; ; (Continued from none 2) ' farmers .whd have only part 01 a loud may fill out their loads by tab.- 111.; on products «1.111911 neighbbrs. and vice versa. this policy my land to the establish» meat of regular trucking routes 1:111:11 will spare Individual’ farmers 1113mm. expense of individual Th “agricultural division 11.5w to. ' sort of clearing house for . farmers for. the reds. ”fan over It is possible that - l'l‘uthelastfewbusheh yougotfromenacra thatgiva ; youaprefit.. You can easily lo“ bushels byshehinygut or sprout‘ THE “JUNIOR one pro «rushing to; alter the grain is ripe. will protect you. You can thrash when your grain is just right and save. and sell all of it. the power. Your own help does the work. exchange labor at inconvenient times. big threshing cfew to feed. Your tractor sup You I: not Your wife has no The grain you saw—ind the threshing bills-soon pay for your Huber Jr., if you thrash for I few of your neighbors tho media. should pay for itself the first year. The Prices are attractive. Terms if desired. This ad may not appear “sin, 0051! out the coupon m! THE HUBER MFG. CO. 22 Center St. Marion, Ohio CANADIAN BRANCH: Brendon. Men. Maine 0! Thacher- u’nc. 1879 and TWIW 1m. sent! me u in: copy of hamlet “Burna- Insmce Poh'cy, ” without obligltinn. is YOUR FARM FOR SALE? Write out a plain description and figure 100 for each word, intial 01' group of figures for three insertions. There is no cheaper or better way or selling a farm in Michigan and you deal direct with the agents or commissions. buyer. No If you want send in talk Farmers’ to sell or trade your farm, Don’t Our Business you rad. today/ just about it. Exchange . gets results. Address the Farmer, Adv. Dept., Michigan Business Mt. Clemens. V 07—11‘ your money is /0 bringing less write the publisher for full partic- ulars regarding the 8 per cent preferred stock in The Rural Publishing Company, which pays 4 per cent twice- a-year. You can invest as: little as $100 for ten shows! If you have some spare money earning less than 3 per cent write, Publisher, Michigan. Business Farmer, Mt- Clemens Mich. lllllllllllllIlllmlllflillllllllllllllllllIHHIHHIIIIHIHHI When \Vriting to Advertisers, Please Mention the Fact that You Save it in TheVMich-lgan Business Farmer. It win Help Both of Us. butter st mm the A 25. 70 lb. cow that will nah 30 lbs. before A two» of Sr Veemsn Re. gmeld. All may and Wood-crest Firm is located ow the 1 “5 west of Detroit. trill be be” under cover, BOISTElN-FRIESIAN COMBINATION and DISPERSAL SALE of Wood—Crest Farm and WOODCREST FARM, Plymouth, Michigan consisting of 55 head of Holstein- Frieslsn cattle. Saturday, May 28,1921 There are five [EMIMM of King of the Pontiac, with resort so high - 13.31 b. Michael-s of a 32-111. son of John Ilenzerveld Lad Seven daughters of a son 0! Kim: of the Pont lacs aegis. emilhed 581.5 lbs. grams“ 01V 1m Dosh. that we amt - A 19. 55 lb. two year gold with two of her daughters. BULLS ' so: of King Korndy‘s'e Sadie Vale. from a 32.12 lb. {our year old W A final-mold. ml; of King of the PM fit... A tm-yur—ald .1 H of Jolthtmt H‘cnggrevzld Lal. .eéroms Ki 1d better; 0 emu: o e r are br to 11¢ KorIIdyhe Sadie Hengerve a 3212 lb. son of King Korndyke Sadie Vale. ; . Sixty to ninety day minutes. for tuberculosis. ; WM. 8 Infles east of Putnam, and M Fisher Farms 58 Both herds under State and Federal test 2443. 111-wa eon. 125.1. lb. bmr-oldc 13.0w fihnmr mansion. Sale VManager: s. ’1'. woon Plymouth, Kick. _ W“. WopduestV Farm, Plymouth, Michf .1" win ‘1» be included b; the Isle. 1. l}- We’vencvermedeeuéh'cnofleruthiemour ‘ We write a full Coverage policy. -. cars insured. Anybodgcan run a N1chols-Shepard Steam ngme. It does not need a master mechanic to keep 1t in shape. ' It is built so that most engine troubles are avoided, but if any- thing does go- wrong the engineer himself can usually eliminate the trouble and keep the threshing outfit going. The NicholsShe pard Steam Engine Is the result of 73 yeam' efixrience 1n building thresh machinery an threshing power exclusive y. It is simple and built to run your: er economically and profitably With an engine like this you can be sure of simple power for your run. It is not eating up . without delivering full power. 1: eepe a bu reserve power on any good fuel. Write for circulars and let us tell on more about this pow y I! you want a threshing outfivt of our own. ask about our J umor RedR1 especial - = (I earl; n inment .ter I‘erme this depertment. We OI! WANTS TO CONTRACT BEANS AND POTATOES Could you refer me to some. Bean Co. besides the Everett ‘3. Clark Bean Co . that would take contract for red kidney beans? ‘I have a chance to contract red kidney beans at $3. 50 a hundred w‘hich me in. touch with some firm that would take contract on potatoes? I am a new reader of the M B. F. and I sure think it» is a. good paper, that should read. —-F' E. K. Arenac count Michigan - - 3". You are right, $3. 50 is too low for red kidneys. Today’s. market is tract this year because 0: the un- certain conditions ahead, and the prices they offer are ridiculously low. I would suggest you write the one time the A. L. Randall Co., of Oxford were large contractors of po- tatoes in the northern part of the state. I do not know if they are taking contracts now or not. Write to them. ——Editor. HOMESTEADING CUT-OVER LAND Seven years ago last spring I came to Michigan and took up a piece of cut- over land, built a house on it and be— gan to improve it the first year Now the Michigan law is that I would be ex- empt from taxes for five years; but there was some misunderstanding over it and I paid my taxes for two years. Then I did not pay for three years Last Nichols. & Shepard Co. (In Continuous Balinese Since [848) Builders Exclusively of Red River-S eclal Thréehers. Wind Stacker-s. Feeders, Steam and Oil-(2.1m Traction Enamel. Battle Creek. Michigan ‘ l 7500 Mile Guaranteed Brand New Tires Th1s Is the proposition and the price that is r sweeping the Country. , Weh ave set the pace. Brand new mm- -sk1'd time, quality tires, name and serial number on » each.sturdy.stau.nch, built for endurance- regardless of roads and conditions-— absolutely prov'en satisfaction from coast to coast. .'90 is the " sensation ofthctire trade. Sweep- i ' ing purchase of IO‘quulotym stocks , turned the trickp Everytir limit with our 7500-mile bonded guar- antee. we ship same day your order comes ‘ myrrh Tahoe Nam , Tubes 311.3, ”289—1 $152 $31102 :12: Ta 0 Guaranteed for One Year ED NO MONEY! 1 Look tithe-e thee.them—exe1nine them Here you y one eerit. be any moon you don't it'e belt new tire you ever- eew at even 13.1131111113"! ,eeedit flames?! y-Ehergee ‘ 1: er :1 van oe, “can?" can’t? 15:11 refunded forthwith it you it's churn chance tor- you. Order at IN a mom We“: Hadfmd' m Suicidal: GARP!ELD TIRE CORPORATION “Valli-steam“. in?» 3:1.“ Chicago. 111.1 Ho! There. Are you doing anything? . _ . We want someone in your locality to write some auto insurance, part time. Have over ‘33, 090, 090 wqrth of Write: GREAT LAKES sump INSURANCE ~ 00111;?an Saginaw, Mich. .‘ 'it. I believe, however, -' fires; " .. amount of negligen ‘ fire to deter year I paid. Can they make me pay this year or next?—-C. ,Daggert, Mich. The statute exempting cut over or wild lands from taxation reads- in part as follows: “Hereafter any cut- over or wild lands, as defined here- in which shall be actually purchased by any person for the purpose of making a‘ home shal-l be exempt from the payment of all taxes for a period of five years thereafter.” The second section provides that if you want the exemption you must apply for it. -~ A reasonable construction- of your failure to apply for it would be' that you waived the- exemption... You might say you did not know of the law but you know the presumpe tiou that everybody is supposed to know the law, although we all know they don’t. I fear that, in the eyes of the law you would not be legally entitled to any exemption after five years from the time' yOu purchased the super? visor would be justified in making the exemption. —Legal Editor. SUE SCHOOL BOARD FOR PAY l have taken the janitor work in my- school district for ten dollars a month. The first two months they paid. me and- the next two months they refused the- order The moderator says that it was only eight dollars the treasurer has. it on the books for ten dollars and direc- tor says he knows nothing about _it. Please tell me if you can what steps I (an take to collect it. Is 1'1 school meet-v ing legal without the director being therc?—-—J H" Elkton. Michigan. If you have been lawfully employ- ed as janitor and they will not pay you the proper course is to sue them. A school meeting would be lawful even if the director did not attend A school board meeting might be ‘lawful if the director did not attend or it might be ‘nbt a valid meeting. —Legal Editor. ‘ STATE . LAND IN MARQUETTE COUNTY ‘ ' ' . Please print in your paper the name an address of the erson who has the handling of; stat . ands in Marquette county Upper ninsula. _— _A ELL-1 .Midflieville. Michigan,- 3 . -. é _. The. party with whom you wish to Correspond Mr. Geo L. ’LuSk, Secretary, Pusblic Domain Commis- sion, Lansing. -——-Managing Editor. ’ SETTING FIRES “ .. 1 _ Would you pleaSe give 'me the name of the man at Lansing to whom: Itcoiu'ld send and get the laws of Mich hi an on. ‘How close has til Ineig'h . 4:11 This is a question that submitted to local counsél. re are here. to m you. All VIII ul’rle‘e Inn", .3 . I think is too low. Also would you_ put , every farmer $8. 75. Firms are not anxious to con—.. Michigan Bean Co., at Saginaw. At' Mm.— . ' ' ‘ I : MOI. catfiul menu» [menu to day I‘e'ejull From _ accompanied by full neme end eddreee. “fire has 1336.. placed are all ques- - tions that can not be answered With- out a careful cross examination of . what evidence you can submit. The Questions of the transfer of proper-_ ty are likewise important. General- ly, from your statement, it would look as though the person who set the fire so close to the house would be negligent and liable. It the transfers of property were after the fire and to defraud you from {cell'ect- ’ log. your damage the courts would aid you in making the collection. you inquire for. It is a matter that , only a good attorney Can handle for you. ——Legal Editor. ' . ,. SUITING FROM FARMERS’ WOOL POOL . In one issue of your paper I read mu article regarding cloth made from wool in farm bureau wool 13001.1 would like to know where I could get some samples. ——E. J. D, saginaw, Mich. You can procure al-l the informa- tion you desire and 9.190 samples of the suiting by addressing a letter to the Michigan State Farm Bureau, Wool Department, 223 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. —-Managing Ed- itor. LICENSE TO PEDDLE [MEAT Do I have to have a license to run a meat wagon through towns and the country? If so, what kind of a license would I have to have- a state, county or just a village license for the village? Also. how much is the license fee?—H. A., Maribn, Michigan. C. L. 19,15 section 6498, provides for inspection of meats intended for human consumption and the follow- ~ing sections provide. that cities and villages may adopt ordinances for inspection and license. If the city or village in which you desire to ped- dle meat has such an ordinance you will have to comply with the terms. Each city or village would require a license and you would have to get a license in each city and village that you desired to peddle in and un- doubtedly each city would have a different rate. I do not knowof any state license. Section 6508 contains this proviso: “Provided further that nothing in this act shall be constru- ed to prevent any farmer from kill- ing, dressing and selling, in the open market, unless diseased any' animal" or fowl intended for food that he has ~ raised, fed or slaughtered, nor any dealer or merchant from buying or selling the sanie.”—5Legal Editor.- FEDERAL FARM LOAN Could you tell me where to get infor- mation on securing a loan from. the Fed- eral Farm . Lo‘an - Associatioh?—J. ‘13., Harbor Beach. M1chigan ' " Write to the Federal Lank Bank, St. Paul, Minn,z stating facts re- garding your desire of a loan and they will advise how, :when and where :you can secure one.4—'—«Man-‘ . aging Editor. TOWN BRAINS WATER ON MAN'S . ,, PROPERTY - My farm is on the west side of a north and south road and joins the vil— lage‘ corporation. on the north side Now about eighty rods south of my line in the village on the east side of the road is‘a little water hole where water al- ways stands in the spring time and al- so after heavy. rains .The town put a. tile drain down’ on the east side of the .road as far as the village limits and , then they put a tile across the road on- to my side of the road and left it. It keeps about three-quarters of an acre of my land.wet so -late in the spring that I can’t plant crops on it until it is too late for them. to grow: and some years its-i3 Wet there all summer. There is lots of fall for them to drain this ater on 'down to a county drain. Have they any right. to take the water off of . one man's jlace in town and dump onto me in the country? Can I make them take care of this water as it is not the natural course? W 8., Mayville, Michigan:' . Neither the town; the lip-1111151111113. Emissioner nor highway 00111111 3310113. .91' has the right to gather. the w all N‘I'l‘ll’fll There are no such books on tires as . of debts, for distribution, the-’W-idow lean Canned Food Co!‘ Wh . head .ofilcos? Who are the 9 4 the company? Would It. In Your ion, be safe to invest in the this company?—-—C. E, Yale, Mict This company was approved . this commission on January 14 h, _ 1921, and permission was given it to sell its unissued common stock a amounting to 315.0, 009.00 “P99. 11" 10 per- cent 1.1131111113111011 1131113.;- ' The officers of the company are' President J. J.‘ sm‘lth‘, Detroit;:vice‘- president, E. S? Fr'ey or Detroit: secretary-treasurer, E. C. Dearth Eau Claire, Wisconsin. -- The company has its principal] of flce at 1633 Dim'e Bank Building, 06-, troit, and has a branch, office a v Greenville, Michigan. ‘* J _ .1 This commission does nOt recom- jmend the purchase of any security and its approval should not be ”con- _ 9 strued by investors as an endox33‘e- 3. .f ment of value. ——Michigan Seglritfes Commission. , .-- ..e1 WIFE’S SHARE OF HUSBAND’S :' 1' ., PROPERTY . ‘ 5"”? , . “ W Is there a dower aot allowing a. wife 7 V “l , [km to hold two thousand dollars worth oQZv-fv ‘ ’ --81 a. husband's property? Said property igl . l1; ‘s( in Michigan. If so, ‘is it“ effective in 1‘. ".;w this state? The husband died leaving ,5. l. '. no will or joint deed. ——- Mrs, ‘P. P. 9 -' 4», 11. Wheeler, Michigan. ' - :7... -* If a man dies without will and -' leaves no children the widow is en— . tit-led to one half of his real estate _ and, after the payment of his debts, to all of his personal estate if- it does not aimed $3, 000'. She is en- titled to one half of the personal I.) T, above $3. 000. These amounts are lieu of dower. The widow has’ one year after administration. is al-_‘ lowed to choose between the above and taking dowerand homestead, If- the estate is badly in debt so‘-there-‘ will be little left after the payment-'- freqnently refuses the statutory-isle lowance and takes dower and home- stead. If the estate is practically ._ .- 11 free from debt she usually takes the \ ”-1-‘5 11. statutory allowance —-Legal Editor ' :2 CONSOLIDATED SCHooL‘ , 9 . _ . E What is the law concerning the: coir- ‘l‘w ' 1 ,- ' t’c solidated school?- If we- are once Vote ,3. p ._ ' ed into a high school is .thege any way 1 ,, £11 to get out again. ",——W Qwos‘so. .9 4 1' 1'5. Michigan. , ;. 7<~ .. {Pl , 'I am unable to . determine frame ' ‘ your letter just which kind of , .. , "SE school you mean. There is the. tbwna 33,1 ship high school «where there 3.84.11 . . 31 incorporated city or village and ’th “1;; union of three or _more‘ districts - b: You better inquire of your school; commissioner who will know what kind of a school you have Section 5934 of the C L. 1915 provides for the establishment and abandonment of rural high schools by an election, after a petitiim from n01: less than one-third of the taxpayers. {NM 1;} knowing the kind or a school you have I am unable to tell the method of procedure. —~—Legal Editor. ' PLANTING POTATOES AMONG TREES I have 10 acres of apple trees which I set out last spring and am planning-‘ on putting- in late potatoes as an inter. crop and I read in a fruit journal that”. digging late potatoes has a tendencv of causing a late growth Shppos‘e I do not plant closer than three feet t0. the trees would this cause the trees to gr w? -- Please advi‘Be me if early pota Desi would be better. —F A., ionia, Mich-g 1:1 Growers of Michigan have found that early- potatoes make a better in.- tercrop for .a‘ young orchard 1113;: lets potatoes since the crop may: dug some time before the first August; then harrowed andv seed. to a cover crOp. Late potatoes are removed so late in the season - is impossible to us ’ 51111111110113 covercr ' pt'o'ped t 1 “lb. 1111's ate e'We busted’ou't'an _ some‘thin.’ to' the editor of the‘ , ,f'_$ F3... or :so'm gainer paper an’ ‘ - 'e'en 'readin" the letter' '~E Smith, of Antr'i'm Co., ,chplace, inM. B F. an", elp but think that she Was ' wrote" ussed up when she he ain’t guilty 014—2101" ‘01 course, help some an‘y'wa'y. . ‘ . ' "a. long Ways he ain’t. A’W'n by any body—1111’ I vthis letter to defend him but 'Law' breakers are law breakers, nether they live in Kansas, Ger- ,Ku Klux Klan, Bullshevies or ' ' dot—~a'.mob is .a mob, regard-- ~’."WIe have laws to handle . all Iessness, an’ plenty of officers n‘férce. the laws—:.—-there ain’t any ion nor- condition that can arise 18111. to exist as anothe1 as long - they. keep within the laW———if~ they oyerstep the law then the remedy res, not in the hands of a mob but , the hands of officers elected or tedlto enforce 'the -law. If ’officers assume authority. not- in them an’ become over of— . do11s,gth_en 1they lower themselves be level of mob practices an’ be removed an’ men of hon-.5. “intelligence should be ap- _ in their place.‘ ,;. ,1011 \know its jest awful easy' to W11 an’ Write a letter full of ‘ I it don’t :take much intelli- to do that—4'11 fact any 1601' do it but What is~eVer gaQnedv gtuabuse is not argumentQ—an’ a? 1:18.11 as Well knewn an’ Who is doin’ the good Work our good 01’ ed- ~ is doin’ letters like Smiths can do no harm—but Ii other hand what does such of it? der What. kind of a woman the writ-I . ain’t '. , their, feel'in’s an’ 1311 up ’bout things 1111’ then .. loose while. in that condition 1 ' with me an’ I ain’t goin’to ’ resent. «131511111311 s deuce in the paper and in the editor An’ 'many (if u's kinda won- er can be an’ if her husband dast say his soul' or even “his britches is his own? 'Mrs.S‘1n~ith sez she has “Seen more disloyalty in Michigan an- she has ever supposed existed,’ and. _ ,yet' I don’t ’Spose she was ferced to com into this (11’ state, an’ trains are runnin out of it every once in ' a While so‘ she ain’t really obliged to stay her ’less’ 11 she Wants to. But there’ s a lesson to be learned from. Mrs. Smiths letter writin’ of it did no harm an’ mebbe we can turn it into good an’ that’ ll It’s a. fact that many people gits all fussed- up an’ carried away by they harbor gro'uches an’ grudges; that, because somebody differs with 'em in opinion, or in religion, in politics or business methods, or in any other way, then the other party is in the wrong an’ should’ nt ought to. live—-—-t‘hey are “idiots,” “liars,’ “nu-American” an’ ”the truth is not in ’em”————now this is silly an’ en- 'tirely wrong. Every one has a per— fect right’ to his 'or her opinions—— I donot expect everybody to agree agree with everybody else either—jest supposin', everybody thought . the same thing, believed the same thing L an’ did the same thing; Where W'Ould progress come in? There would only be one thing accomplished an’ most probably that wouldn’t amount to very much ’cause it Wouldn’t re— . _quire any brains to carry on the Work Jest look fer a minute or two at the difference between the people of, Egypt, where all thought runs ne r- ly in the same channel, where there, ‘has been but little progress in over six thousand years. an’ then think of, our own country. Where there are as many opinions as there are people an’ see what has been done an’ is .‘bein’ done an’ you will catch my meanin’ When I say it don’ t pay to get all fussed up over matters an’ things that we can’t control. no harm was, .to say the least, un- dignified if not unlady- like an’ our. , advice Which of course she will not take, Would be to unfuss herself— . ’member M. B. F. is working for the good of us 'Nall an’ the editor is a man of geod c'ommon sense. an’ of the highest principles an’ letters like ~ ' Mrs. Smith’s can only do harm to the 'f writer an the cause she would rep- ed up-—Please remember that. Cor,- 'dially yours—LUNGLE RUBE. «- .1 . Information Wanted At' 'a banquet given by a '2 ~ of ‘ith the Words.‘ “Long live ‘;”' He was interrupted ..';emaneiated young . man large ' Trepar'ed . “Ole, "’ said the preacher to ' the" Swedish bridegroom- to—be, “do" you itake Hilda Sorgeson for your law- 'tul Wife. fOr better or for Worse?” . .' “Oh well” replied Ole gloomily, "Aye s ’pose aye get little of ,each. ” ' the room" g' . store and said: “A “quick,” I Want to. No Hope 101- Him' 3:5 ' 1: A11 international Thexname Jot t e'man has not ‘ Yet been dives ed. 'Lh'ow it makes the Write ' _ t-h t_letter look kinda ridieu- ' .: l’ous-to the thousands of readers of . M B. F.. Who have the utmost confij, . jest the same an’ so mebbe its all right she ~-'.wrote jest as she did ’cause her prejudices——that Mrs Smith’s letter, While it did It don’t pay, to get all fuss—. 1117111101111)th ‘Without Potash ., 12.11.11.101 SwamliLaiid? OES the corn grown on your swamp or muck land look like. the large ear or like the small one? The . small one shows the kind Of corn pro- *duced 0n potash hungry muck 1.and When 100 to 200 lbs. per acre of Muriate of Potash, or 400 to 800 lbs. of Kainit, are broadcasted on potash hungry muck, full yields of sound corn are produced. For onions, on such lands, 100 to 200 lbs. per acre 0f Sulfate of Potash is the right amount to produce full yields of sound onions that ripen normally and . keep well. With» potatoes and truck crops, like results are obtained. Even at war prices potash gave a good profit on swamp lands. Now it can be bought for very much less. It will help you reduce the cost of production and greatly improve the quantity and quality of your crops. Jhere is plenty of it if you will take the trouble to insist on having it. The" following firms have requested us tostate that they will sell unmixed Potash Salts." . 'Ashcraft—W'ilkinson Co., Atlanta, Ga. Dawhoo Fertilizer Co., .Harby & Co., A. F. Pringle, Inc., TheNitrateAgencies Co., 85Water St., N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Norfolk, Va. Jacksonville, Fla. ' New Orleans. La. Charleston, S. C. ' Sumter,~S; C. Charleston, S. C. Columbus 0. Savannah, Ga. SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE . ' 42 Broadway H. A. HUSTON, Manager New York , "' ‘ POTASH PAYS!" 1 ropingr match"" has been; announced between a Mex-' " ' ic‘an :Wflma‘n and an American Womi... o w Are you going to need roof- this summer or fall? Buy now and save money.Ho1-e Herein the big tbarguin on slots surf roofing otferedzon ‘ in years.W1-itetod out free samples on 15 Year Roofing conned for 1.5 "no. Don’t buy a battery unfilou you new? monopuoeuor? filial; 53'; d Di '1‘ T0 abysdbu‘e'k _ Wm nte‘e.‘ -' your 1" ".Qfi-‘w—‘m ,—~_....--.4. .-' ...- . [1. . GUARANTEED ,HUBAEIWCLOVEE ' Annual White Sweet Glover - 2 This is the new clover discovered by- Prof. nghcs. ' All the 1920. cmp of seed is. exhaust: ed. But seed of an early strain planted in Texas since Xmas has reached maturity. You' can get it in time to raise a crop yet this yeat. Make big profits growing seed for yourself and neighbors. Order from The Henry Field Seed Co., Shenandoah. Iowa. or direct from The Grower Who Guarantees .Fl‘lie price i8,- 85.00 mr pound . ‘ 5" THE DEGRAFF F000 00.. Deana", Ohlo A WORD ABOUT RENE“ING! When vou Stnd in your renewal it will pay you to do‘ two things,‘ lw-Enclose the address .label torn from the front coxer of any recent iHsue of M. B. 'F. 2—Send money in check, money- order or registered letter. - The first avoids our entering yOur' name as a new subscription and thus ‘ sending you two papers every week and bothering you to pay up the old sub:~criptin The sec nd avoids the possibility your money going astmv in the .,=:. mails or being lost. We often have our friends write us that th'f‘v sent currency or stamps which .We can— not find any trace of but sent by mail in any of the above" , forms, are a receipt. in themselves. or it lo'St can be “secured The fans; e in date of expiration , following y ur name on the address label is your receipt, and 111-the buSy .. spring months. ‘when our mails are loaded With ren‘eWal and new sub- scriptions it generally . takes from ' two to. tr weeks to acknomeogo- ‘ trta 9:1 ‘anjd W. your money ., 1 ' antGoyernor name, as well as choice—strong for the 11135111 '7 SATURDAY in 11. 1921 . Published «my Ram-w a. the Run. PUBLISH!” MANY. Inc. B. Clemons. Michigan B when Agricultural . Auoclatlnn ' .- comment“:M in In Emil: Wei. et. Louis and Minneapolll W the Associated-131m Papers Incorpomtod . 81-10mm 11.313001”! FORREST 1m ASSOCIATES Frank R. Schelck .. ............. Assistant Business Manager Mllnn Grinnell ' Manama Grace New: Jennoy ........ .Editor Farm Home Dmrtment . 11.311101: .,............ ..... fluket and Li‘- -flt0¢rk “Ito! M. II. Lamb . ....-.‘...--..._..Mtu {$18133 M1” “’ebcr . . I V All 1. Brown le 1 De rtment W Austin Ewalt .............. I. . . .". .Yeterid?ry 139$!th ONE YEAR. 62 ISSUES. ONE DOLLAR Three vars. 158 Isu- . Flvo mrs, 260 Issues 1 'Ilho address label in each mar h the huh-31M: "comm now: to what date his subscription .13 paid When renewals 'na lent It usually requina 8 wash Hm W W5! chanced Running Rates: F 1: :1. “f" oolumn inch 768 or ymvepfenh per We line. Ute Stock and Auction Sale Advertlslnc: We offer special low gram; reputable hmdena of live stock and poultry: Wm. 3' 01111 GUARANTEED ‘A‘DVER‘H‘BERS We respectfully nk our radars to hirer on: all- vertiscra when possible. are chearhflly cent £199,321! we wants: 7011 against loss providing you our when writing or or- dering from than1 '1 saw your ILL .18 n: Miclflun Business Farm-9H Entered as second—class matter. He Stood By His Guns _ O WORD-S of higher praise could be N spoken of 11 111-1111 than to "say of him that “he stood by his guns” The men who stand courageously by their guns in this worldof conflict are few and far between. It is so easy to follow the crowd which flees helter skelter when danger ~impcnds, so easy to go around obstacles instead of removing them, so easy to ("Ol'llpl'fll'lllse when victory. means sacrifice . and so easy to retreat in the defense of principle when other friends of principle r1111 up the white flag. that many of. the finest men in the world are led astray upon the smooth pathway of expediency. But not all. Here and there we find men standing alone defending sing1ehanded what they believe to he the right, and accepting without complaint the jccrs of the multitude Such a man is Senator Herbert F. Baker who. for two consecutive terms in the state senate has been the leader of: a small group of pro- gressive senators in a desperate fight against what they believed to be reactionary forces. Theirs has been a thankless job because the people do not take the time to inquire into the issues at stake and accord those who stand for the pcoplc’ s rights the credit that is their due. During the entire session of the' legis- lature Senator Baker and his progressive colleagues maintained a consistent opposition to salary grabs, increased appropriations where none were needed and legislation to betray the people of: the state into the hands of predatory interests. While othey did not always succeed in stopping vicious legislation or Securing beneficial legislation their influ- once was nevertheless great and the.state of Michigan is infinitely better 011 because these men fought the good fight in defense of the people’s rights, and against overwhelming odds. Although the peeple have failed as yet to - recognize the great worth of the services per- formed by Senator Baker in the last session of the legislature, they have not been permit- ted to become ancient history Without favor- able mention In a review of the work of the session by John Fitzgibbons of the Detroit ”.3011. at post-office. Mt. Clemens. .News, who is recognized as the most able“ political writer in Michigan, Baker is the only member of the legislature who is even Y mentioned, and Fitzgiben refers to the part- ‘ he played 1n the following Words: “It was Senator Herbert F. Baker Weadock, who generally started things that brought a curtain lecture from- the Inciden- The Senator is a reformer 133?" 1 people as against the predatory interests ' . whiql e the Lieutenant-Governor 3 allied Editor ' 14 lines to’ The}: catalogs and prices ‘ stood by their gone- The Supreme Gail-it his doc-Jana m m vésions of the 1m under wkink NeW‘berry Indis- his aids were inde to “be uncomtmmalv '-_.,_.. _. and the defendants, adjudged flat my of ~.--, violating the law. Not many will regiiel; that these men and their famahcs have been spamd the shame that is memorable hm mumm- meant in a penitentiary, and it is not unlikely that the Court? 8 decisioii has been received With a feeling akin to relief even by those who l , A . son arrives the beét groom's were Newberry’s bittcrost opponents. These men have already paid heavily for the meth. ods which they pursued to elect Mr. Newbem and no additional punishment is moccasary to uphold the sanctity of our elections or serve as a warning to those Who would adopt the Newberry methods. Many of the friends of the primary look upon the Supreme Court’ 5 decision as a vic- " tory for the reactionary forces who have. never. ' had any use for the primary andwho will nowr be encouraged to Violate both th-e'letter'and spirit of the primary law with impunity. TWe have no such fears. While the Supreme Court may reverse the decisions of lower courts it cannot reverse the decision of the highest court of all, the court of. public opin- ion. 'Long’ before? the jury- at Grand Rapids had'rcturned its Verdict the court of public opinion had tried, convicted. and sentenced the NeWbcrI-y defendents for their contempt" of the election laws. This verdict still stands, and it will continue to serve as a warning to aspiring politicians who might otherwise be tempted to follow in Mr. Newberry’s steps. 1 .4 _ Another Black Eye! LSELHERE in this issue is an announce- ment of the failure of the Boot Giowcm’ Ass’ 11 to secure a conference with the sugar manufacturers or a decent price for beets. This is the second consecutive year that the growers have tried and failed to get any- where with the manufacturers. Evei-y op portunity has been given these gentlemen to take the growers into their confidence and ‘write a contract which will meet. with the ap~ "proval of all and protect the interests bf all. '. But the growers have been spurned at every. . turn, and there is no longer the slightest hope that the manufacturers may repent of their arbitrary methods and welcbme the (5011118611 and co—operation“ of the growers. . It is now a settled fact that the only measures left for consideration are measures of“ cocreioii.‘ 01E convmq in favor of dwchamwt - foot-- 1 aim of complete mini-mating Nor sci strain confined to the “weaker eex’i’.. .’ . couraged by the walespréad sentiment many of the nation’s most prominent mm .113 raised their voices in strodg appositioi further naval 11.111131114511112.me 111.1,.” sentiment among the people the From!” st‘ran gely cool upon the subject,“ and '4ea the people in an anxious- and impatient of mind while ,he continues to refer ' terms to the E‘dcs’aire of the United'f-Sm mi» disarmament” but scrupulously amide any expression as to how this desire is to be, ried out.- Frankly, the people are " of the Fresident’ s lutenhous to lead the hopes that congress will see its duty the initiative. HE FARMERS Will be pleased that Governor Gnocsbcck has fine . his call for a Special session a 1: submit an income tax amendment at 1-11 211% I. taxation System as coon as our legal machinery Will perifiit are. Rowan conclusions. we 13111111121111 yonl Groesbeck. Splendid as has am the ' j of your 311111111th thus far, greater cr'édit W11]. be yours if through}. upon our statute boob. Watch For These Articles ONVINCED that the farmers , J’be correctly informed upon the ; national issues of the present day, is engaged in the preparation a: a . articles upon these subjects. The be ready fer publication flotilla .anua'mcnt, national ‘ . and credits. There WW0 1 ... ”an?!“ M39 “’ u! in .. . b defrauded 03: its rights in order" artist a tow may be made toptosycr financially? . The government ot: the I}. S. 'A: (I supposed to be a government 0:11.10 people and for the people. Is it so? 01' is it a governmeht by a few of its people for MW at 1am”? Where Wilson secured his presi- :L'doitial election it Was through .111“ e "‘momike he made to keep hs' out of Am. Did he do do? liar-ding occur-ad his election by «actuated 'by selfish motives his promises. to 11919 the laboring .. flanges and upholding agricultural 1, interests; A, $330111: to do it? ' -: want? Is he do it? Otis he' The fsifmer, has al- ready been“ cheated out of six bil- lion dollars How mahy more dob hrs do those bloods’uckiag parasites When is the farmer going to “.116 30de for his losses? .thn the milk condemn drop- nod thé price of milk below the cost of production stating that they could . not pay rum-e the state speaker of I I . o l l . A. . Q - l .- ' debt? 'A.1 wi. I I ‘ Q ’If '0 A 1' .A'Ft the Milk Producer-3’ Amociation, Mr. B. 0. Reid said that the government Ind guaranteed the condenser-lea a certain profit on their Manufactur- 011 article. _I asked him\where the Atarmer’s was: some in or why the government did not guarantee the I producer a profit and. he said he did not know._ 011 whose side was the government then? ,On the side a: the row or on the side at the many? Who stood by the government during the late m as the farmer did: “Who is bearing the burden of taxis-non as the factors are at the prcient time to pay our national All the former has ever ask- so is fair play and that 0110 little Are-:A quest“ has been 'reiusod. It was the last straw that broke- the camel’s hack and we have about reached the 011 C0uuty, M1011. It seems an if the Emma's "bill! of is endless, and I doubt if many 'rvi‘ll be rigm “during the 1. in; administration. 711: {is cancelled that . m president ever £8500d greater rot-mon- militias than Mr Hardin? L think it magi-rt be added that few Mich-rats , have hid so mile capacity for meeting these r6390nsi‘tulifics. Mr Harding was elected at the behest of Wall Sheet and it is not likely that «he will do anything to disp‘leass those who Wm respons'hle for his election.“ the qualities of leidership which are no mention at tmpmcnt tithe. Helium $19101» for this. and I have ire/doubt this; he will do the boot (‘0 that wm fall far short of 3317111? “13333 :1”.ka now rash; as. at. W and not E10 President to mick-o" 10011019 in mm: «a... W or mum—ash: , agree "The President 18.01“" ‘ pillars.' . ' i with 3111111 111110611 no, he... a mm of high‘col- ed bloodsuckers working them- " ' good. 111,-; tat salaried job. bye the only: way out of this: Use 115119311, 1100" t“ plant and raise take me- more easy Put , 'Eblé, price. on that you have '11 and hold it until you do get MAJQI. 'Must 111.110.11.11 automo. "bflcqron’t go far with an empty gas but not will" a driver of one go very on.“ empty stomach. I guess ; “- quit farming and raise sum; pickles 101' H. .1. Heinz & Co. I know what 1:111 getting for what I WM ma every trip too. Let’ s “or that and see. how long they and last; on a pickle diet. —A Read- a, own County, Mich. W - - ' Good melons, man. farm paper edit- 0135 efistefl long before the first farm— ors' Amarketing organization was born. I you "there are too many farm 013W bumps-ting against each other. but I: disagree with you that the, men who are responsible for them were There may be exceptions to the rule, but my obser— 0v.8.tlty)n has satisfied me that the aver- 'ag'e fem organisation leader goes a . great deal more to his orgnizatjon than he gets out of it. We are passing thru a. very discouraging period just now which“ magnifies the weaknesses of farm organizations and foments dissatisfac- tion among the members. Grow pickles if you want to, but don’t lose your faith in organization,—~yet.-Edit-or. WHAT CAUSES THE GLOOM? THIS IS the question 'of the pres- ent days events and it seems to, be“ getting more gloomy than be- fore. Is is the war-like business depression famine outlook or what is your opinion? Go where you please and it is the same gloom cast: over-”the people. ,Accordlng to our good book it looks“. so the something will be do- ing in the near futureand with all the wealth of this great nation will not stop the scriptures being fulfill- ed. The writer does not claim to be a calamity bowler in the least but when these great matters loom up and all our greatest statesmen try- ing to find out what is holding mat- tors back would seem to repeat our anoient timhs. Never in the history of our (great _11atiou has a‘ president taken office last smw ~——.Wm'. smmoa‘ugh, rim- .A ‘ ' spirit, . 8 Warren“ G. Ending,“ the present en'- cumbent.il'armers'a10 sailing for what they can get, leaving for 801110th the Lord only knows and with everything- to sell and mitotic-- ally no price to: his products. we cannot blame him for doing so. The city gentleman will find where he stands as soon as the farmers be—‘ gin to ratse‘less and this. year will surely show he is going to do so. The writer is in a' position to know the dittlcdties the tanner is up against in this part of the state and can assure the M B. F. reader‘s that it looks mighty serious just the same; Where they may be now and then a farmer who is making it go there are ten times that number that are not. - _ One of our greatest bankers gave out the information that it would be at least eight months before things would begin to. show up providing no complications set in and it that be the case, where art thou? The costs to the farmer are as high as ever—the writer priced a. piece of machinery a few days ago and was told that it was ten per cent higher than a year ago, and there ydu are. Potatoes down to 250, beans at $2, hay at as low at $9 baled and so on down. Taxes way beyond reason, and a higher outlook next fall makes one think he will be ready for the happy hunting ground next winter all right. We sincere- ly hope that matters will soon ad- just themselves and get back to A normal times. ——From a Farmer who Likes to See Everyone Live, Arenac County, Old Man Gloom must have stopped at your place for quite a spell. Why didn’ t you set the dog on him? Yes, it's been a terrible discouraging year for the far— mer, but; the road is long that has no 1111-11.. The worst is over. Any change from now one should be for the better. When we try to discuss the situation ad~ euuately words fail us What .we think about it. and those responsible for it verges on the blasphemous. Its too late to undo what has been done. The only course open it to “let the dead past bury its dead" and turn to the future. That's hard to do I admit. but it will help some to remember that “It’s easy to be cheer- ful when life flows along like a song, but the man worth while is the man who can smile when everything goes dead wrong.”—~Edit0r. Agencies-robe or BUSINESS ALL“ STREET is becoming bet- ter acquainted with the De- _, pmtment of Agriculture at Washington. 'It is a wonderful or- “iganization', touching the economic life of the people at every angle.- has added tan-counted . millions anId perhaps billions to the ,ocuntry's “wealth. It; represents one of the cornerstones of business. Beneath the main floor 013 the cap- ,. Xitso‘l at Washington is a row of mar- ble columns, know-8 an the Cornstalk Fl'guratlvely, the capitol rests upon them.- They were the Aconceptlou' of Thomas {38013011, to . typify that this country: is founded ' upon agriculture. Its. cépital invest~. :Ilont' now roprebent‘s A380 000, 000 - 9 mammal; equafléd by no other "dry in the world. . ' -. as! 511' years our combin- turd!- output aggregated .0 . small, . work. ‘ up the agriculture oi the ' ._aud adding so much to the general, .prospe'rit'y. Wall Street can take of "its bat to the Department or Agri- lish these things by a blind groping. The organization at ’W'ashiugton is the directing brain of American ag- riculture. Wonderful are its scien- tific and technical accomplishments. In one government department at least economists and scientific men of the highest order have deliber- ately turned their backs upon bus- iness advancement for the joy that comes from service to mankind. . The head of a division said to the Wall Street Journal: “Salaries are but the men stay until their family needs make it absolutely nec- essary to leave us." The tale of re- cent years is an impressive 0110', showing. what it cbstS'these men to serve the common welfare. young man, whose salary was not large, laid aside an offer of $4, 000 ayear more than he was getting to carry on absorbingly Another,- when he had to. leave his $1,500 position, took a. $10, 000 place; another. went from a. $4 500 position to a business firm that paid him $20, 090. Another not long ago refused an offer of $16 000 and is still giving his services at $6, 000. be multiplied over and over-AA again, This is the spirit that is building co‘untry culturagknowtng that“ true creative maniti’ s nearest ap- “ ‘ rm OneA interesting. Instances of this kind “can. MIR. "minus“ Au]; m1; Arm non DAIRY COMPANY; EGARDING your editorial mi tive to Carl F. Braun: - no doubt know, Brauu to ' Pennsylvania-Dutch extraction ‘ has evolved into a capitalist: f 01'..- We in and about AnarArbot‘ knbw him as the “Farmer's Angel”? and Secretary Treasurer of the A“? Arbor Dairy Company. There was keen competition in tho ' milk business in Ann Arbor The market is 11005011111, 1'. e..'during,.tho sessions of the University of Michi— . gun there in a large demand which‘ ceases suddenly during the vacation periods, thus making a serious sur- plus situation Farmers sought a market would take all the milk. all~ be time and» the distributors were an! put A to keep the producers in line and not lose in the slack periods: Christ- that mas. spring and summer vacations. Finally, I imagine the largest dis- tributor reached the conclusion that they must capitalize their business- and fight for a monopoly, but—hour . could it be done without the good; will of the producers? Wurster Brothers the big distribo“ utors, used to work as farm hands on the Braun farm and are more or less thick with Braun and his. ill-A terests. The Farm Bureau was new. and ' the co—operatlve idea was red-hot in the Grange. The farmers were disgusted with the milk business as" it was .and it was natural that, the Ann Arbor Dairy Company shoufd be born or a combination of capital seeking safe profits and farmers .af- ter a square deal. The Grange or county agent, I don’t know which, but an INTER- EST OF THE PRODUCERS furnish— ed the plan of the organization un- der Act 398 Public “Acts of 1913 You are no doubt familiar with this Act and with Section 9. “No stockholder in any such 8:850.- ciation shall own shares of a greater par value than $1,000 or be 110154 mitted to vote by proxy or be 031- titled to more than one vote " , And section 12: “The directors. subject to revision by the 3.380019... tiou at any general or special meet _ ing, shall apportion the earnings by first paying dividend on the paid—119' capital stock not exceeding six per cent per annum, then setting aside not less than ten per cent of_ the not: profit for a reserve fund until..- 8.11 amount has accumulated in said reé-y- serve fund equal. to 30 per cent of?” the paid-up capital stock and, the re—- mainder of said net profits by uni- form dividend upon the amount of purchase of shareholders and to no shareholder on the amount of their purchase at :1 per cent one—half; all. great as that paid to share holders, which may be credited to the account] of such non—shareholders on these"- count of capital stock of the 3.990(25 ation, but in productive associations such as creameries, canneries. clove. 01's, factories and the like, dividends shall be on raw material delivered . ' instead of on goods purchased. : case the association isboth a selling and a producing concerh, the divi- dends may been both raw material delivered and on goods purchased by patrons." . In my opinion the plan of organi- zation means that the A1111 Arbor Dairy Company is a producers’ com pony, the object of which is to' glvf the producer the profit on his goods Capital is entitled to a return. to. when safely invested, that return none or less fixed. The max-gm above or below should be appontiéni old to or taken from the 1111561031!“ and the manager. In the Ann ArbOr Dairy Coat 81: run by Mr. Branch—HE H RUN IT——.— I have found that 1y producers’ organization ' run an a close corporation- get our 6 per cent on the “ no dividends—even thong, puny makes good money members are“ riot asked 10 - (continued on (id-921 A Depa“j1,ment fort :e‘ _: A FEW EEOOLLECTIONS S YOU read a couple of weeks . V 0 our editor, Mr. Lord, con- templates a trip abroad this "smug-s; and will visit Scotland and land where net so many years a I1 spent a few glorious Weeks =I10rossing the ocean has today become .. Immon and ordinary thing and :do. not .speak of it ‘I'As going o-v'm into the sea in ships,” that is, sinIce. Von Tirpitz and his campaign .Iis 1a thing of the past. We crossed on the _Carmania of idle Cunard line which line is sub- .sidized by the English government. .:(Qne evening, on shipboard stands Iout in my memory. Among 'the ship’s passengers were four colored II.peopl1e;I we had no conversation with them buir'Iqust noticed their presence and that they kept quietly to them- selves. One evening as we were .‘Strolling up and down the decks in '1 the beautiful moonlight we heard strains cf' Swane'e River (our own lovely, classic) emanating from some corner of‘ the ship; we immediately thought of‘ the colored passengers; drawn by the melody, in little groups we gathered near the four dusky sirens and led by them we sang for over an hour. darkie melodies, gos— pel hymns and songs almost forgot- ten, but recalled by the melody. Overhead were the eternal stars, underneath the dark and rushing Waters with the great ship plunging through and we a mere handful “of "humanity drawn from many quart— ers of the globe singing together. It [was a bit impressive to us all. The c010red people were a Mr. and Mrs. Shepard and two compan- louse: Mr. Shepard and his wife h-ad [Spent sixteen years in- the heart of Africa. as missionaries and were "returning after. two years in . this country. They were intelligent, well educated and interesting people. Mr. Shepard spoke one evening in big dining room and held a large and .atteniiye audience spellbound for over an hour; every one was sorry- when he stopped. While on board we made up a party to go down to Chester, one of the Iquaintest and most interesting of English towns. An old Roman wall; surrounds the old town while the new town .with its buildings stands without the wall. It is the old town with its quaint if—Itimbered heu'Ses and ancient " and the beautiful cathedral attracts the tourist, made us. : loaf-ll to leave and eyen now fills me "with longing to return. The first i'jterspersed alongsits leagt Jigs 'Imost' intermsn’g one mrhaps ls~K¥ng {Charles mm It is the same today as it was in. the year 1645 when he stood looking out through the little lattice Window, beyond the walls on .Rowton Moor watching with sad 1Ie_‘.art the defeat of the royal troops. COUNTRY LIVING S THERE any one who can leally ”(5%! that living in town. is .bettegl T‘Iliving in the country a's'id tell - ‘ ‘st to‘ goodness truth? Is hat does _-not look back s'itimes on the farm in She“ is fenced I her out some and evenings, 31139313.- she may get the 5 modern . 1111115110. do is to “mil: around the. ,, wall which if memoryh-se’rves me correctly is abo i ty' fggt is. '1‘11 snaight‘, with the "different towers in.- " ady who was rais‘é'd‘vt 1113:. .I in the summer we get the smell if hus- - but for real. filiaty . the.“ chantryshousd- ‘ of it. Edited by MR8.- GEACE NELLIS JENNEY’ " not have to beg for a dime for an1 ice cream when she goes to tow-11 or wear clothes that are out of date' either. The wdman in the city gets just a' glimpse of sunlight once a day, eith- er front or back window and the country woman sees the glorious sun when it comes "up, her home is flooded with it and in the evening she can watch it go down behind the hill or over the tops of the orchard trees. Then when the shadows fall she can slip out On the _front porch ands itting down beside the one she loves best she can watch the moon come up and one by one they can count the stars come out. Some- times she sees the wonderful Aurora Borealis shoot its light over the northern sky and change the colors and posit-ion for hours. This is 1 its and listen. to the wind roar to . heart’s- content outside. ' F013, we know our animals are warm ~ and munching in the barn, Dad has a job he will not lose, the kiddies are en-_ joinnIIg the snow with sleds and skis while it makes our own blood “tingle to run out for a few minutes and drawn” in great; deep breaths cf the puiest air on earth Of course We could not live- wit-11‘- out our city sister for She helps break the monotOny but we wwoulld not trade places with her. for SUBJECT I have wanted to ‘hear othensIviews" about -f 1work andsee things pay I1 - . the farm, but after one has done Tthje new. turmework about 40. 1115533, we . Hot where .9111 Work pushes us, and .Ithat is not as agreeable. . .1'113'1111 .. ’ ' We made our house modern With." “=13. work roomIzI power washer, running ’ to». 11100111- wliich is indispensable _.zcould see myself giving out. ' there might be in it. ~' How many city ladies are there that can show a drop 'of muscular development? How many of them could walk into our homes and go ' on with the work without help? How many of them can walk miles to see ' a neighbor, or go fishing with hus’-. .' The Little Cettage Organ N A CORNER of the attic, I found the other day The little cottage organ that mother used to play, It stood amid the shadows, closed and silent—yet to IIme It brought a precious vision, still held dear to memory. I could see the quaint old parlor, and the loved One gaflmred there—4 Hear my father’ s lover-ant accents, in the chapter, and the prayer. ' Then the organ, softly. blending, with the hush of twilight dim— ‘ “W161i mother led the singing of some sweet familiar hymn. ' “Rock of Ages,” wondrous promise, Har ! the notes triumphant ring—1- “Ainde With Me,"I and “Calvary”—or “Beulah Land,” we’d sing. We learned both words and music, in the best of ways, I know-—I 1'4‘01 mother’s voice we followed, in those hours—long, long ago. I » lam sure you can remember—how we children loved so well ' To touch the iVOrv key-board, finger every stop 'and swell. . ' We’d say “USe this 01 that 0ne"——lhougl1 perhaps it might be Wrong—I— By using flute or tremolo, we often spoiled the song. » ' But mother would be patio nt, she’d just. let us try again— _ . Until at last we knew the air, and joined in .the refrain. I think she taught us how to live, attuned to God’s own key—4 .With tender care, she helped us find—Love’ 3 patient harmony. ' iTheyears have passed, and now We have a wonderful machine. 'We listen to great artists—who may please a king or 'queen. But, you cannot buv a record, like the music heard today, “’hen I dreamed of home, and mother—and the sengs she used to play. « —Michigan Tradesman. gomething that a city- lady hardly1 ver sees If callers drop in unexpectedly on the city lady for a meal she has to chase someone to the store for a dinner of tin— canned stuff. In the country the housewife runs out into the garden and with fresh vegetables. . eggs and cream she soon puts a meal on the table that is fit for a king. _Of course the lady in the city can cook just as good but she does not have the things under her hand like we do on the farm. . Our men on the farm are inde- pendent workers and are up early and late but if friend wife does not happen to have a meal right on the minute he is not going to lose his job but he can set down and read , the paper or play the Vlctrola until- she gets it for him. Then if she wants to let the dishes set a few minutes while she wanders out with her hand tucked under his 'arm to see the new colt calf or tractor she is not hurting anything but is enjoy- Iing life to the full}- » ‘ We 'do have it hard on the farm but is there really any thing worth b whileunless We‘have to work for lt.’ y” .'-:'1 . In the spring when we Ioponour doors :we get the scent of’ lilacs and maple syrup boiling in the woods, of fresh sweet clover in the fields and flowers in our yards; in the {all we have the ripened fruits with theirI delicious taste and also lay away for, winter even'ln the apples etc? that when old M0 or Natur t rest we can do the a Ithat‘ ' thin two la " gar, one teaspoon salt. ~.. In the morning there should be . t .. . . , . band, and not be-tired to death at night? We think this is ‘a'question ‘has “a thousandand one an- swers and I could1 keep on this subject for a «week; iibutvais I' have. about-"ten gallons ‘ol "maple. attention very soon, I- “will {have to quit and keep on thinking instead of syrup» _Iboiling‘ion the stove that needs. my ' writing my opinions on coutry liv-.. ing. —Mrs.' C. A. Byers, SchooicraftI County, Michigan. You have put before us a fascinating picture of true contentment, Mrs Byers. i hope that yours is the experience of many another reader of the M. B. F. SARI-RISING BREAD AVING seen your repeated to- ques for receive for, salt-ris- lng bread, will gladly send mine. * - About dl or time pare and slice Ice potatoes; Mid 2 table- spoons corn meal, one teaspoon su- Pour over this two cups boiling water; When cooled to about" milk warm put- ln a warm place until the next morning. then skim out potatoes and add 4v cups warm water, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 teaspoon salt (scant) and thicken as for sponge. When very _light knead into hard leaf. Put immedi- » ateIly into tins; when. light bake as- 'Iustial. . we could o ‘ well below the waist line, a ‘water, both hard and soft, sinks well Yet I ' The . doCto’r encouraged our laziness by telling us we had got to a time in .life when Iwe must give, up .hardI work. A buyer. came and We sold the- farm, deeming it beSt as it was too large for the boy at home and the other away at school Would never be , . a farmer A year has passed' since Coming to the city and we are glafid 1.:1 t e we came... Of course we miss baby animals who had to be cared for this time of year, but we can’tI have everything, and there is much around us we are interested in.01i1r home is at the foot of a busy; street, ' I believe there are two dozen little people living 011 that street I-Itrom 2 to 10 years old and the cute little pranks they do and the real Joy they seem to. get out of life is ”'"Worth‘ while. And then 'we attend the farm; ers’ meeting at the M. A. 'C Which we have always done, but of course we cannOt make use of the things we learn as heretofore but there is joy in seeing new improvements.‘ We lend a hand to our neighbors, as we often did on the farm, and find them Iquite as congenial. Of course there is considerable differ; ence between the clang of the street car in the. early morning and the quiet sounds fronl‘ the barnyard but it does not seem to disturb .our res-t. - Some of our friends consider male" . ing .1 like change, but few wduld' be contented, so I would like to hear what the M. B. F would do with the Istcessful farmer who has pas'Sed the time Of his; or her ’real useful- ness on the farm. There is surely no room for drones there these days. A Real Shirt 'Waist Men’ s negligee shirts wear at the elbows and around the neck .while the rest of the shirt is good, tee good . to throw away these days, so I have found the real shirtwaist Take your bungalow apron pattern; I like ~‘ -the new- one with a seam 011‘ the shoulder. Cut the frents from the shirt front, with the neck or shoul—' . der seam about 16 inches from the . bottom of the shirt, which will reach ' . {small woman can make it sherter; and add " on pieces from shirt sleeves to make sleeve long enough Then cut the back with the neck laid at the bot- tom of the shirt back, as that is us- ually quite strong yet; add on as be-' fore for' sleeves, sew up, and bind neck and bottom of sleeves with bias seam binding and you have a waist withla little work. I wear. them .vpith .. old gingham skirts Of course they soil easily, but are as easily laun- I dered, and it is a way to use up what '. ., is good of the shirtI the boy wouldf 'not be presentable in at school. C 11 M.I Crainer says to be too} large for. worry, too imble for anger,I ”too" strong for fear and too happy to. permit the presence of trouble Who 1 can do it? Not many. -—Mrs. J. L. JI. Still, 1- 1eader, we might be all that. 11 C. M. 1 :_if.1'1 d" ramer' thinks. we" should hbe, at 1111011 seine height Ta with ‘ vision unclouded 11; {sewed the . (51’- my-/I'1111 placed. to be handy, and a arcs batH.-. 8 * eater, -‘~———H——————————— GORRESPONDENT'S COLUMN LL LETTERS wfll be answered promptly and no letter or an- . swer will be printed if the edit- or is' reQue'sted not to do ,so but I know the readers of our page enjoy -reading each .’others letters, so we like t9 print them. .f Mrs. E. McN.: You will find some help for your 'paper, ”in the follow- ~ .i-ng magazines.» Technical Education 33nd» CitiZe-n-ship, School and Society Journal, March, 19:20 Facts versus Education by C-anfleld', The Delin- May, 1920; Schooling With- dut the Schools, Harper’ s Magazine 8 - Octoh'e'r, 191:9; Ideas of a Fareseeing TWoman,. .(System of Education) in “REF-i . ._-. __ III nosznlilflI IIin'r-k. - i. all an. n- 4:333“.- .. 3 ,3 ,7: {Le x“.(’:a"\ 13.3 outskirt- 8 38. 4 48 a 465 inches bust in sure. . l?" @819 80181818; 111' 6.513%: 24.26.”-‘.28. 32.? inches Waist measure. .-A msedium e - will require 8 142 yards: of" 6 inch m2: te'rlal (on tunic, waist and Skirt 0:. one 3 material, with 3- 4 yard of contrasting material- for collar', and cuffs. The skirt Measures 1'7-8 yard at its loWer edge. 3853,82. thld's Play Suit Out} in- four - sizes: 2 :4, 6 and 8 years; A 4 year old size- will require 2. I'- 4 yards 01336 inch material. 111831158 891-833 Ior Work 01-8 Leisure Cut, 7size .34‘ 36, 38 40 42.3 4.4 and 46 inches b st“ meas‘ure. - Size“ will re- qnire' 6 -b yer-(13,01! 36 inch material. "I‘he 11.338138“ of the skirt at lower edge is 3533. ‘Girl's Degas. Cut in 4 si gyms, wages 1; {88888883 A 10 year $28.. . a - t er'i 8;”, y r s of 27 inch ma Cu 1: 88,111 3 8si8ze§:« “355.11.? ' 8'88 8 r size 1.” " Ari-1 -, will requfre dyam of 386 inch {hateri 9.1. ' The width of the' skirt, t the, ' plaits extended is”: about 882 4-2 81880 88'8th 135489.233 3:: 1118888888; suit. ACut in. sea 2.” :1 cars. l requlr 8a 2.123 yards 01,8836 mP»-::8:e terial for the Overalls and 1 1.3 yards for the blouse , . .3054,» .An sL‘An' Easy to Make” Apron., m°g~,8~ Cut in one size, medium. It will flags of 27 inch material Girl's Dress. cut. in 4 sis A 12 year‘ ’s 1- 8 yards of 36 inch-1' his. The Ladies Home- Journal, May, .1919. I am sending you by mail an art- icle printed in the North American Review on a phase of education and hope it will give you some interest- ing material. ——Ed,i,tor. 8Query: Who knows how ,to rid a lawn of moles'and ants? Hints for Program May ~I ask you to publish a few hints in arranging a program for a Farmers’ Club? Which of the following plans do you think would be the best suit- ed to keep the members interested To arrange a program of study and enter- tainment to cover several meetings in advance or to have a new committee on pregram for each meeting? Thanking you for the help we are nl-_ ways sure of, through vnur paper. I re- main ——Mrs L. A K” Leonard. Mich. ,_,__.__.__. As' a rule a good lively . debate awakens much interest and as a race we Americans like the Irish: love an argument. Perhaps we indulge in It too fre— quently, for argument is not conver- sation and there is little so interest- ing and so rare as good conversa- tion. It does not consist in spin- 'n'ing yarns or in listening to some one's confidence. Heaven defend us from the confidential friend! A debate on your program will in- cite much interest even if'the finer balance 0: judgment is sometimes lost in the heat of an argument, per- haps it is all the more interestoing on that account. Why not have a subject or two assigned for discussion, give it to two or three people and let each .talk upon it from a different view— point. Then put on your program a sub— ject for impromptu discussions, the subject to be announced at the meeting It must necessarily be a topic with which many are familiar. This. may bring forth some good conversatmn in which country peo- ‘ple, 81Who rely more 0n. themselves and each other for entertainment, may do better than city people,- Who are somewhat iii danger of b‘ecom- _ ing mentally lazy as they rely very much on listening to music, wit— nessing the drama or a movie or the prevalent game of whist for their entertainment. : . Then give to two or three "good talkers each? a topic. for a short ad- dress. , With an evening or two given up to pure amusenrent and, “A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men," your farmers’ ‘ club should be a decided success. A printed program sent out .in ad- vance generally insures a good at- tendence and is better than one ar- ranged .for each meeting; it excites interest and curiosity both and there is mere certainty that all parts will be well carried out. I can, send you a list of topics and possibly some material if you wish. ‘ ' . MD AND, TRUE 88just for seasoning. ,9‘ 9 olive 1111,» -‘ .-plnt8 Jar and 21.1.11 sin 1 onion It is then ready for use and very goOd. ‘ _Lemon Sauce tor Steamed Pudding Three-quarters cup of) sugar, 1 Cup of water, 3 tablespoons. corn starch. Bring to a boil, cook for 3 minutes add grated rind of a quarter of a lembn and the juice of half a lemon and a pinch of salt. Berkshire Muffins One—half cup of corn meal,,1-2 cup of white flour, 1- 2 cup of cock- ed rice, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1- 2 tea- spoon salt, 2- 3 cup of scalded milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon melted butter. 3 teaspoons baking powder. Turn scalded milk 0 room meal, let stand 5 minutes, add dry ingredients sift- ed together. Add rice, the yolks of eggs well beaten, the melted butter and the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. These are very delicate and delicious muffins. HOME LAUNDERING ASHING AND iron‘ing are . among the hardest of the regu; lar household tasks, and ways of lessening the work are much needed in many homes. The ideal of every housekeeper would be 8a separate room for her laundry, with running water and modern labor- saving devices. These can not be provided in every home, but even where the arrangement and equip- ment are necessarily very simple 1* is often possible to make minor changes or to plan the work in such a way that it will take less time and strength. The Laundry Room In olden days. tubs and benches were brought into the kitchen because water could be heated there most conveniently, and from this seems to have developed the idea that the kitchen is the place for the laundry. The odors and steam from laundry work, how- ever, are disagreeable in a kitchen. and the handling of soiled clothing in any room in which food is pre- pared is' highly objectionable. If clothes must be washed in the kitch- en, the preliminary sorting should be 'done elsewhere. In some sections especially in the south, it is considered prefer- 8 able to have the washing done out of doors or in a room outsde of the, Otherwise the best place for house. is usually either in a a laundry - room next to the kitchen or in a basement room directly below it. because this makes it possible to use the same chimney and if the house is equipped with running wa- ter the same water pipes for both rooms. A basement laundry gener- any means too many stairs for the housewife, while a room adjoining the kitchen may enable her much more easily to carry on or oversee the work in both roomsat the same time. . . FROM HERE AND THERE 3 AVE YOU heard this? One ver- H sion of the fopt- and mouth dis« , ease has been ‘given by the man who said that every time be open— ed his mouth he put his foot in it. A goOd remedy is to think before you speak. Yes this is very old but ever; scientists have found no bet-'r -ter core. Here is an inexpensive shampoo 'which the Food and Drug Monthly says is very good; Use one egg well beaten in one pint of rain water, add one tablespoonful of boric add. ' Beat all well and rub into the scalp. Rinse thbroughly twice in soft water. The last water very cold. ' If your nose becomes '9in 8or 8shiny,‘ «bathe nightly with borax water, .then ("apply rice powder. the ordinary talcum powder she/uld' It is said that It _ bago, and for Pain. Warning! Unless you see the name “Bayer" on packageor on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin (pre- scribed .by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only‘as told, in the Bayer pack- age, for Colds, Headache, .Neuralgia. Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lum- Handy tin boxes of 8 twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few 8 cents. Druggists also sell larger pack- ages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid- ester of Salicylicacid, wash ' Three Advantage;8 8 now offered by SOUND BONDS 1. Larger investment returns than can normally be secured. from even the highest grade 1n— vestment stocks. 2 An opportunity for enhance- ment in value almost as grca as from speculative securities 3, A degree of safety which probably has never been eqnal- led before because of the large increase in asset values of in- dustrial and railroad corpora- tions. Write Dept. MB- 20 for our list of bond investment suggestions which we recommend an offer- lng these unusual advantages L. L.Winkelman & Co. {8 8 . 62 Broad Street, New York Telephone, Broad 6410 Branch Offices in Leading Cities ' Direct Wires to Various Markets Women’s Guaranteed Coltsklh } .8, 8 ' COMFORT SLIPPERB v 3’11- ' eood quality. mandamus. ,well from , fine COLT SKIN finished Illa lild. Ive 1m: Wear, extra comfort. Sand ‘31; my not - the balance. $1 85. Total cost $2.1 P"? WE PAY ' POSTAGE "'IIo. 500x. sizes 3 to 3. Say 1! 16m I38: mo- gin? 1113' 111116. 51119» are excellent " p 1: vs ue. pair uara'ntoed 'fln'd a dollar Price $2.85 to ”Inigoduu. - Tho-ul’hlhm, 24mm». emu, 111.1 :: ONE YEAR TO PAY $44 mmhmln No.28 3- 8 mi , easy cleaning at dumb . li‘,‘ 3Fi3311; ' ‘ 5 mi £2!in :-- t. , 1' . 'EAR CHILDREN: ; Within the past few weeks I have received "setteral‘ letters from mothers Whose ”sons and daughters read this "department and they have .written ‘me that they enjoy this department newellas their children. These let- " "ere are worth more than gold to me because they show that many of the things I am publishing on this page will be remembered by my nieces and nephewswhen they are grown up land have children of their own who write letters to the Children’s Hour. I am here to serve 'to the ut- _most‘ of my ability and if any moth- ers or fathers read this and have any suggestious to offer for the bet- ‘ 'term'ent of this department they will ‘ be doing me a great service if they will writeme. I have a bit of news I feel sure ybu will all be interested in. You re- member little Levi Gugel do you not? Well, his papa and mamma have taken two small orphan boys into their home and hearts. Isn’t that nice ’0! them? Now we will have two more members of the Children's Hour. How are'you coming along with your gardening? I have my garden all planted excepting the late pota— toes. Oh yes, i nearly forgot to tell you my radishes are xup and growing fine. After your garden is all planted why not go out among your neighbors and earn some prem— iums by getting subscribers for the Business Farmer. We have several . .,., - Inf.” {4‘ , J’s v-L‘ '5 . very fine premiums for'hoys and girls. I will try and print a "list of them soon. _ - ‘ You will notice We, are printing an ad. on the‘page opposite this one in‘ which the company tells ‘how you can win an auto game. If you have not received one of these you better fill out the coupon and send it to them. All it will cost you is a two- cent- stamp. Goodbye until next -weekr—LUN'CLE 'Nl‘ ' ' ‘ OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear I‘ncle Nodr—I am a boy 10 years of age. I have four sisters brothers. We live on an eighty acre farm. I have three pets. a cat'imd two rabbits. We have 51 hens and two cows and two horses. I am in the fourth grade at school. I like my teacher very well. My father takes the M. B. Leo Young, Lakeview. Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned:———May I joing your merry circle? I am a farmer girl, 12 years old and in the 8th grade at school. I haw: one mile ‘to go to school. I. think the M. R. F'. is certainly a fine paper. I love to read the Children's Hour. ‘ I like to read books and I also like music. I have taken music lessons for two sum— mers —— Remice Stonebrook,. Sumner, Michigan, R-z. . . hear Ilnelp Nedg—I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade at school. I live on :1 230 acre farm. I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. I like the Children’s Hour. I wish some of the boys and girls would write to me. I have one sister and one brother. For hots l have a dog named 'T‘cd. It has been quite a while since I wrote to your mm-rv circle. We wrote to Laddie then. ”Irene Carey, Rochester. Mich. R—2. Dear Uncle Nedt—T am a farmer's daughter, 8 veers old Our sclmnl has let out. I am in the 4th grade. The last ' I wishfsome of the 'el Claw, ’Gobleville, Mich. and no _ .‘b‘ ad): of. schooljweI—hadi a. picnic. M "fl-’1 Join your merry eireiei? For pets I . v9 2 big cats. and 5 little ones. My tether takes the M B. F; 'We live i on a.“ r, 150 acre farm. :-We- have 2 horses. 8-cows and 16:0 chickens. I like the D00 Dads. _ , , _ he .3 and girlswwould write to‘-me.‘ I will c 086 with sir-riddle. What kind of hair has a dog on -lt5 tail? Answer: dog mn.*rgtgom Etha- . 'Dear ‘Uncle’ Nedz—I have written to ' you two different times and thought I would write to again. I am 12 years 1' old. My birthday come on the ’23rd”of July. I am in the sixth {grade at wheel. _ I like my teacher very much, We live on an 8'0 acre farm, We have six flesh cows. 1 milk in the morning and night, and I feed some calves. I have three sisters and three brothers. *T'heir mines are Elsie, Nellie, Grace, Joseph, John and William. Elsie is married. For pets I have two cats and a dog Travel: close for this time. Wish you ood luck. I wish some of the girls an “boys would write. to mes—Fanny Hainell, Cooke, Michigan, Box 3. ‘ I .r W Dear Uncle Ned:—-I' have not written before but as the Children's Hourflis free" for all to join. and is very interesting. I will tell you of one. of my trips last summer. About the middle of August .a earload of young people went for a. joy ride. We intended to go and see a dam about fifty miles from my home. The road lay mostly ,through wooded coun- try and the scenery was very pretty. Wild flowers grew along "the roadside and pretty birds flitted in. the Virees. As we turned a bend in the road we came to one of nature’s most beautiful Works The road ran very near to a low valley, where trees lined all sides but one, on which was a sandslide. As the sun shone on the sand it seemed to gleam like gold. Small smnes._and aloose sand would roll and slide down almost to the water’s ege. In the hollow of the val- ley was alsmall lake. perhaps a. mile across. In the center of the lake was a. small island. It did not seem more than 100 feet from the level of the surround- a s . slide we ,read' the children’s page. ,fore' Xmas my mother and I ins“ enemy; in; 0r) Vines." 7| . at William the: was edge? Wiener: ""1527” 8'56':‘1’eet..-' From the ., top cruises-3:51: w: ht We saw .smali; poles 'andi‘dfift;fl £19.11? . . woo along tissshore, which “were dogs. 1mm ' .l toe "feet in diameter. 011 the north sld’yej‘of,.tho_. landslide .a. '1 min? came, bubbling "up; ..The water tires us Just- about .106 feet West ,of the land-l clear as crystal and had fine, taste. .air about . M On‘ climbing this hill we saws}! 01' the surroumiing‘ country. A large river, fed this lake and it wasr' very, crooked; ‘wlndlng its way through the valleys hetWeen‘ the hills. We all were very but, were .very sorry none of us .had a? camera. ., We avowed it would Interban- pen again. "I am" afraid my..l'etter~ will '- be too lens“ but I hope wii «all rec ogmze mermymir friend. I' am slxtee years old. _~_I-\Ioping.r_some of you will} write to ,meq—e’Florence '1. Koahn,~51‘ur- ner, ‘Michim. _ ' ' nDear’ Uriah Nbdz—I wrote to you he'- tore but" thought I Would writehagain. I got IO letters" from girls who saw my: letter in then. B. F. I wish you would put your picture in the paper. I. like to The day be- Kalamazoo visiting. While there ,my_ oidést brother got married. We were at the”Wedding.' We ‘own a summer resort and some men are coming to rent- some of our cabins, and go trout fishing. ‘ I went in swimming the 5th of April but» the‘ water was so cold that I had to get ‘ right out. I owned a. 3 year old colt.’ I just got him'hroke to ride and he went out on the range and got on the railroad track, at Bitely and was killed. I was 11 years old Jan. 19th. I am 5 feet, 1. inch tall. I have .two mothers. adopted when I was 3 years old. own mother live in Dayton, Ohio, and I write to her. My own father is dead. I am happy and love my home and my foster parents. I guess my, letter is long enough for this timeso will close.—‘—En- yde Underwood, Bitely, Mich... Care of Japs Camp. - / .a o *- 49: .s- rfi _.. ~ neuritis. Alone I s- .x i" -‘K' " "1.55.13." 3‘ i 5?! '_ , ' .. 'wr’ stagnant/m” a ?'w a; Small hill. rising in the I 9 feet well pleased With our joy ride . ' Lyme" I ‘_«‘ _;.: ,_ -. next summer. ‘ time. I am going )to plant ‘a little ear- . . g ml e e and e are always asked to bear the ' i loss on a surplus. Last mOnth, from g "“ Ii _ am grins ' this“ gear. ope to hear the (”S andI git: 180011.” M answer any e r re- ' Vjoist Render Bair, Dolph, M 7 Dear Uncle Ned. -—I read the child- “smut MBFeueryv‘Ve‘ek' and I wondered if some of the girls of my: age would write to me. .,I am oidamdhlthesevenulmdelly' is sick and Idon’t go no school - a . this spring but I study at home :“mdtrytokee-pup. lsetfiama’slndu- ~j bator and this morning I took out a . hundred and two dandy little chicks . going ‘thomwitlmt raisethana'l. Ihwe' ' a baby sister. Hue name is Arlene. 'e .. is crazy- about the little chicks e ' .. ;- would like to squeeze a few of them I have a brother Kenneth. There is a big ‘1 like a half a mile from our house. It is. . a nice place to. catch fish There are a ’ lot of cottages by it We have a Reo - car and a tractor; We. have a new bun- ._. galow built last; summer I’d like to " have some little girls come and visit me We wot-aid have a big '- den Saturday. Come over, Uncle Ned ~when m'y watemolbns get ripe. ——~Your '1 meice, Marian Wiley. Linden. Mich. . WHEN AND HOW TO CRAFT ‘ PRODUCTION (0011:th from page 4) .1113; enough to accommodate the . scions. The Cleft is then held open with the small-wedge and two trim- med scions are placed in the cleft. Each scion! should contain ’ about about three buds and thelow’er end” ,. of the scion should. be trimmed vvith ‘ a sharp knife to a wedge abOut l to . ‘1 1- 2 inches long with the outer edge er the wedge thicker than the othet. It is very important that the sides . at this wedge be out perfectly even. , A: the 11111011 or the soion and stOck "takes place at the cambium .layer or inner bark. it is alsojmportant in . myths graftgtoj have the inner hark attire sciougin Contact with the dune: bark of the smelt. Hence the nebula. lettua’litt‘l'e; thicker on the outside edge to insure the pressure ..ef the stock against the scion at (this point. Frequently the scion is " tipped slightly outward that the = camblum layers may ‘be in contact at least at one point. In preparing the scion, it is also advisable to . trim it in such a manner as to. have . a bud just above the wedge ‘on the ‘ thicker shite, so that When it is plac- ,_ odln the gtock. it will appear just above the cleft on the Outside. At- fer the salons are trimmed and placed in the stock. 'the wedged end of the , granting tool may be released from the cleft and the graft is then ready to wax. Pulling the wax out into this ribbona- the sides of the cleft are first covered and then the entire upper surface, of the stub. is -care— fully covered, being especially care- 1111 to press the wax firmly around the scions' This will prevent the stock and scioiis from drying out. Likewise the tips of the scions may be covereg] with yam . If both or the grafts grow, the 1. weaker one abduld be cut out the following outing to prevent the . formation of a crotch, and the stub, . it not entirely healed may be cover- ed again with Mac , , maths WaxV g]- , '.Agoadgrattin~wa1ri_‘g iron: the rum; formula . ,.- 4 Donn“ 0!. min 2 no . fissures, 1 pound of best .3 /" Pulvorize the resin ramy my up A the beeswax and tel-low other slowly not an. 5"" ved Pour this late - creased to $50,000.. — from the ‘m‘da' 61‘ t0 .the- ' 'tvfhtieh ” January 15 to February 1, we got ‘$2.. 5d, per cwt tor ’70 per cent of ,,,_our milk, and butter price for the other 39 per cent dine 6Qmpany Was originally cap-6 and later in- , . Here is a cap- {tenet-banker’s method of favoring capital; legally though, in my opin- ion," not exactly according to the spirit of-the law. Last year we were oflered stock, one share for every live We already had, at par. This stock was worth 125 per cent or 130 per cent per share; so you can easily see that, while they don’t give us more than 6 percent dividend this plan amounted" to an extra dividend and shows that Braun can’t possibly gét the mum of view of a producer The fact that he refuses to sell to new producers also illustrates that he failsto realize that they all stand or~ fall ’ together, but 1rather use the privileges of the organiza— tion fer the benefit of the few which will eventually wreck any concern. This is not a kick on the Dairy Company 1101' especially Braun. He is an excellent manager and the com- pany is strong. What I would em— phasize is that Braun’s ideas are ab— solutely opposed to co-operation and it is perfectly clear to me why he should “climb. your frame”—pan you generally. He can't see things your way. What I would like to see would be men like Braun. working for co—op- “oration in executive positions and not against it as antagonists—one of which situations is bound to exist.— Milk Producer, Washtenaw County. .‘ttauoeu tor $30,000 Thank you for this bit of information. I begin to see the reason why Mr. Braun is 'so perthrbed over the policies of the M B F. which. if they prevailed, might deprive him of a fat source of rev.enuc ———Editor. ABE SOLDIERS NEGLECTED? AM SENDING'you a clipping. that ' I cut out of a paper, and I would like to know if it is the truth all through, and it so I would like to see it printed in the BUSINESS FARM- su. It, seems too awful to believe: “Guy M Wilson, a prominent officer ‘in the Legion and himself a soldier of the World War stated at Lansing re— cently before a legislative committee that there are 14, 000 injured and sick soldiers in Michigan, neglected by this great state, deprived of necessities and, - treatment and care, living in hundred of instances, in poor houses and reel—l plants of private charity as well that the state Would not even sell the hospital ' on the state's military training grounds Custer for their occupancy. but id sell it at a great sacrifice to private interests. C'ol Wilson further charged that this great state, under its mis—man- agement has been receiving three dol- lars a dirty for each of these soldiers government. but that only eighty-six cents of that amount has been applied to the purpose for which it was paid but that this state'has been profity eering off her soldier protectors. to the extent of the difference of $2.14-- a sol— dier .per day. This is hardly believable and yet it is unequivocally stated and charged and brings the blush of shame to the cheek of citizens of the state."——- Chas Cook Charlevoix County. As to the truth of those statements I have no personal knowledge, but if Mr. Wilson made them I have no reas0n to doubt them. Similar charges have beeln made by national officers of the American Legion, and Pres. Haxding has instructed an investigation to be made of the needs of eat-soldiers There seems to be no good reason why the re~ ' turned scidiers of this state should have suffered as there was a balance of near- ' y $500 900 in the patriotic fund to take care of’the . wants. Instead of it be- We? expended in that direction, however. a large partof the fund .was turned ov~, Mlehlgin Community Council, according to a senatorial investi- satin «_ committee dpatissl leaving. only $75, Q09 out of $243,000 aila is for this" purpose ”32,0 NW1: n1 . ty. ca Ins 1N8}! York State, without ’ttachjéd, to be expended in my a”: sermons mlt~-.bet. . . rarely criti- ...1ifi3tr" l 1"“ would- 6 ”manhunt finance Motor Oil. .. HE man who ex- pects quick action when he“steps on it” —-the man who wants his motor to hump, not thump; the man who insists upon power, energy, life and a full day’s work every day from his tractor, automobile or truck, is the man who appreciates En-ar—co Motor Oil. - You’re that kind of a man and you should not be satisfied until 'you’ ve tried En- -ar-co. ”((35-v ./ . _ ’/ xe- The Oil of a Million Tests ' Produced by me'n who know the oil business and oil refining from A to Z-men who take a pride 1n their product. With them it is not how much oil from a given amount of crude petroleum, but how good, i The result” 18 an oil that is all oiL—an oil that holds its body longer, lubricates better, prevents carbon, saves wear on working parts and keeps your motor out of the repair shop. You owe it to your motor to try En- ar-co Motor Oil, and other En- ar- -co quality products. . fl En-ar-co Gear Compound—for gears, differentials, transmissions. White Rose Gasoline— pure, clean. powerful. National Light Oil—=1 for Tractor fuel, lamps, stoves, incubators. Send the coupon for the fascinating Auto Game—FREE. Get this game. . ' It’ 5 full of fun and interest. Every member of the family will enjoy playing it. THE NATIONQLMBEFINING COMPANY ‘C 704 National Building, Cleveland, Ohio ' 4 Modern Refineries—97 Branoh- 0mm ' EN-AR-CO—Auto. Game FREE ! The National Refining Co., c104 National Building. Cleveland, Ohio. Enclosed find 2- cent stamp to partially cover postage and packing. Auto Game. I have never received an En-ar—co Game. ..Send En-at‘w ‘. My name“aceeonntIUeDI-alintranet-ojtsto or R.’F.D.NO. ........... 'r‘.:.' Im‘jfi roamfl1C9 an.....L...n......COl1ntY‘_...... -(-Auto 01: Tractor) ‘ town a .. My Dealer located “t we . n - . - . .. l . 1 .1 . . . Instinct supply me. Quote prices on or ship at once‘ 6 . . , ,lbc llu—sr- co Gear Compound. ,,lbs, lilac]: Beauty Axle Grease. . . , ,gallons Enrol-we Valve Oil, I V Gravel and sand are as" mummies-cages“: so '3 Andes». . g . natlmu.- , t1, 09h should accompany all men. _ his body of so. had 'In ' W diluting week. ._{ Torment: Ans. unosn rule is!” ' e 3 times 'Words 1 time 3 times 32.00 c ...31. o . Q POI urbCOMI-IOflm-J so» H OOOOOOOOOQOOOQ #Hrwrrererrrrrv we: 4 wadGMfi-“MH statutes: ensures-rowan occocoodcooaoo: maenaaem PPFPPPF’PPPF??? ma+mmmmn~sceomm aucaomoucucaou Peeeeeeeeeee? cacao-la qqaaaakeaumwwubbz osxqa acaouomcucmcueuga screenpepnwnppw ZNQUJNH ‘ffi’ Min ,ANI] films No. 94 B.r—55 A.. Aloona 00.. 40 A. fenced. 8, room. house, granary, large chicken house. barn, sandy lo . clay subsoil. three-fourths mile to R. R. depot. ' 130 rods frontage on Crooked Lake. fine beach. $3,000.00. No. 95 M.——120 A. well fenced. 60 A. cleared. loam clay. sub soil. Young or- chard, good house, barn. windmill. etc. 2 miles from county seat on trunk line. $4,000.00 for quick sale. Also flock of sheep and other per» sonal property. No. 96 E.—280 A. 4 1~2 miles from R. R. very productive. by. Bargain No. 97 D.——80 A.. Gladwin County. partially cleared, near R. R. station. good roads. store and school. $10.00 per acre. Also 40 A. cutr over land at $6.00 per acre. No. 98 B.—320 A. good soil. 150 A. im- proved, balance pasture and timber. 1 mile from ., C. R. R. depot. T0018. 9. cows. 20 head cat- tle, 2 teams horses. 20 ewes. 10 room house. ru water. 2 barns. cement granary. TIEIE NORTHEASTERN MICHIGAN DEVELOPMENT BUREAU Bay City, Michigan stock ranch. 'Alcona Co. and near vilhge. Soil Living water, free range near AORE. RIVERSIDE FARM WITH h ' . 4 hogs. wagons, implements. vege- .: everything to quick buy- $1.000 down, easy terms; edge town In famous farming section, heavy cropping ”fields; brook-watered 'msture; large quantity Wood. tlnber; mm]: 6-mom house overlooking village and ham, silo;~garage,;etc~ .Details page 8‘ lllus. Cat» slog 1.100 Bargains. FREE. STROUT FARM AGENCY, 814 BE. Ford Bldg.. Detroit. Mich. $2.390 with I HAVE 320 ACRES. LAND IN ALGONA county.~ 'lfwo good springs. some building timber also. no Improvements. Will sell cheap. MRS. SUSAN MOFFETT. Applegate, It 2. Michigan. mo unosm’ farm in fruit belt. asked. JOHN IF SOLD 800N. 80 AORE Buildings alone worth price FULLER. Elberta. Mich. $1.000 SACRIFICE!) ON 80 .AORE FARM. Three horses. ‘tools and stock. good buildings. If interested write CHARLES KELLEY. Vesta— burs. Mich. . WANT A 'FARM? I HAVE THE BEST AND rest proposition to enable you to secure a farm the famous Clover Seed Belt ‘of heavy clay nds near Onaway. Write me today for a‘booklet. THAD B.'PRESTON. Ouawcy.‘Mich. 60. ' » ted count as one word; ash _.‘- Oopy-inust be In our; Th? Business Forms:- Adv. Doom, 'LIOHTNINO RODS. EXOLUOIVE AGENCY and quick sales to Live Dealers selling "DID~ 11f" . , n -I Mildew Ills. 'clomem. Ill . so sons 'Ksskssks court-Iii! > LAND. FOR ’Ford car or truck. Hold, and at 8590. G. A. JOHNSON, Carlshend, Mich. . ' sfié‘ffldtrw 80 A0“ FARM FOR SKI-£90,000 HOUSE two barns, silo. granary new hennesy., Clef 10 m soil. two miles from railr ad. high school. church- es. T312? arranged. RNES'I‘ FAST... Norflf Adams. ch. .. , . . ' - FOR BALE—40 ION-E8 ALE: TILE ”RAIN- ed. Rood soil and location. {shoes and basement barn; 22 H . Port Huron engine: 32 x 04 .Wood Bros. Separator: size‘ 10 Revere Huller; size 21 Rosenthal Silo Filler. mounted steel wa- ter tank, new pump and p' steam hose. also new drive belt. Would: trade or a medium size truct or tractor. SHERMAN COX. Osseo. Mich. so noses. om meaovso our mm l? we *wsv-mmm‘s “mums: ’ " J o‘ I” e‘ e' 02%“; FRENCH. méoELLANEom a BERRY PLANTS . ’ SENATOR DUNLAPS AT $3.80 PER 1.000. $2.00 for 500:- $1.00 per 250. Guaranteed first-class. plants or money refunded. C. H.- l59%;"ng 2Flower View Farm..Paw Paw. Mich. . . o. . “ 4 » . . FENCE POSTS IUV FENCE POST. DIRECT PROM FOR- ut. All kinds. Delivered prices. Addras “M; M,” care Michigan Business Farmer. Mt; Clem- ons. Mich. ‘ SEED FOR BALE—DARK AND _RED KIDNEY: beans. Have been screened. .pick one it). per cwt. $10.50 per cwt. '~ Bags free.~ RAY HEL- SEL. Rockford; Mich. ‘ FOR SALE+£ERTIFIED MIOHIOAN bust seed beans. A. P. HART. R 1, Ledge, Mich. FOR 8ALE—-8lR WALTERIIALEIOH SEED potatoes. graded No. 1. Nice. clean stock. Free from blight and rot. Woodvillc. ,. Mich. Cloud. B 2.‘ Mich. j ' no. Grand GENERAL DIEBLITZEN RODS.” Our copper tests 99.96 per cent PURE. Write for Agency. Pric are right. I... M. Diddie Co.. Marshfleld. Wis ' FOR.8ALE—NEW OUTFIT 1M0 TR TOR and 28 x 48 sepagztor and.bean thresher, Used one season. HER MANN 81108.. R 7. Clare, Michigan. _ ‘ ' SAW MILL MACHINERY. mills for farmers’ use. Make your own lumber Send for new catalog. HILL-CURTIS 00.. 1507 No. Pitcher St... Kalamazoo, Mich. DON'T LET YOUR BULL GET CROSS. IF he is already so use my invention on him and take it out of him. The best wayis to let him wear it before he gets bad. then he is al— ways safe.—Dr. F. B. SHAW. Inks City. Mich. PORTABLE WANTED—FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORK ' the assistance of a competent lady: Fimily- of 3 at Northville. Mich. Modern conveniences' etc. Write‘at once statin ~wages. Address BOX‘. '1‘, care Michigan Busin Farmer, Mt. Clerir‘ ens. Mich. - \ WANTED: HOUBEKEEPER, ONE OF THOSE real old—fashioned young country; women can be a mother to five children live to fourteen years of use. Every convenience; in country home of 150 acres.‘ Mush-have fair education;- If you cannot giye best of-‘referenoe do not up ply. BOX L. care '(hf. Michigan Business Farm- er, Mt. Clemens. Mic ‘ _ . .' «Wu-1W0,” .YOU' “’Al'T THIS \VEEKLY IN YOUR MAIL nox EVERY SATUBDA Y. BECA USE-— -——-it brings .you all the news of Michigan farmin ° nev I hiding the plain facts. 8' e —it tells you when and where to. get the best prices for what you raise! -—-——it is a practical the sod, who paper written by Michigan men close to work with their sleeves rolled up! . it has always and will continue to fight every battle for the interest. of the business farmers of our home state, no matter whom else it helps or hurts! One Subscrip- “ .flon price ‘ to all! \ l' :, MICHIGAN BUSINESS F ‘ _ Dear Friends—KeepM. B. F. coming 2‘. . . ,. . . . . . . . . .yearsjor which I enclose herewith 3 .. . . . . _,'”'ey,order. check or currency. . ,— ONE YEAR.......$1 THREE YE.ABS..2 FIVE YEAR8W88 more than we ask. No Premiums. No free-list. but worth ARMER, Mt. Clemens, Mich. to the address below to:- ;- om mon‘ 4 we -.:otlio‘ueso.-.oedeo‘o-oeooeheoIooemeooounosoomuol-I‘OlDtli 'e o~' ‘. pile..uopn..Ooo‘eir..gvtr.e‘oong.000...shRI F. D. NOOeoe. ,,.‘L.V.,e..oos‘..oseoo'ogoe‘o.voeheos,-io'ens SW 9......OI'IIontldlpl Rummy. renewal mark an X here ( ) and enclose the yellow overgoi this issue t6 avoid duplication. 4 ‘tions r'elaitivelto such matters members and to suggest 50c per hu., f. o. b. DAVID LEE‘NIIOUTS. White . who. . . ./ em ‘ . ' age of the said ,‘sh’arehol’ders repre- sents ‘a’ proportion: air-“pot Jess-than “2,0 9.0, acres (or _‘ each‘ 1.0,oooi’busheis; of elevatorcapacity“ asked. for. Upon the establishment ‘ of a local ”the sup- parting shareholders, meet "and elect a .gocai ; board " of management cons 'sisting of five members, who hold office'mntil- their: successors are ap- pointed. Each stockholder my own not‘ more than 20 shares of the Stockhffithe company ($1,000) and has only one vote, regardless of the number" of share's' owned. At this meeting “of... thmsuppnrtsrshite local. . there is“ elected the delegate who rep- reSents all :01 thestockhoiders in that “local at all. the general meet- ings of the company. , . . .While the local board of man- agement has no powers or authority. ,uetv delegated. to, it by the general board/of directors of -the company, itwdocsgfvnoycrtheless, perform e. vs]- uable. servicedn advising the'general directors with respect to "matters of local concern. The directors in the local do- not actually contr'oleven the manager or agent ,of “theirjown local eilevatOr, but their recommends: necessarily. given weighty, consider- ation. by; the general board. ~They also! are able tobring to_-the atten- tion or the «general board any dis- satisfaction existing‘ among the local ment inthe service. The priceto be paid for grain at"a'loc'al elevator, 01' course, is determined exclusively by the centrahotiice, and all.» matters . of business policy aredictated from this ’4 office: --The duties “of sthe looa'l tagent are confined mainly. to carrying out the instructions of the central office ~ and reporting to it regularly and in detail the business transacted by him. - ~ , . . Section .20. of the act to incorpor- ate the Saskatchewan VCo-operative Elevator Co.‘, Ltd.,‘ stipulates .the manner of appertioningearnings. In substance it providesthat after ex- pense of operation 3 and. certain charges have been paid; including the. payment of installments and in- terest of loans due:-the government, out of the remaining earnings may be paid a, dividendnotto[exceed- 10 per cent upon theY-paid4up“ capital; 50 per Cent'Of the balance, it. 'any, may then be distributed in several different ways: - t(-1)- :It maybe-paid to the share- holders in the term of: a patronage dividend, " proportionate. to the vol- ume {of- business . which .7 each . has brought to the company. Under this method the earnings of the Company are considered as a Whole, no ac- count being =taken of theyariable net profits accruing from the differ- ent locals. ' (2) It may be paid‘to the sup- porters ot the locals on the basis of the aggregate relative net‘ financial results of the respective locals. ’ This method recognizes the differences in operating cost at the different locals and provides a means whereby the supporters of less profitable locals may be precluded from sharing fully in the profits of locals‘which have been better supported. - (.3) It may be paid partly ac- cording to each of the above-describ- ed methods. In this case the sup- porters of a particular local may Share less. fully in. the earnings which are peculiar to that local than they Would under method 2. ,(4)5 It may be applied on the un- paid portionrof shares; that is, a certain amount may be placed to the credit of the shareholders for each share held ,but not fully paid up, thereby lessening the unpaid portion- and increasing the paid-up capital stock of the company. The. remaining 50~per cent of the" balance may be setlapart as a ; re . ssrye under, what has been; desig‘e” I halted. in ~ the ’ act of incOrporptio “the elevator. reserve access: 2 , {While patronage dividends paid jibe members of . wen 4~CQmehitive .4 been paid.1 Thereiés ' katchewan are ’ improve— ~ irider 'went over to the neighbor, gknow what 'to' dc.~ ' was dead. 4B?—J. B;. Gladwin, Mich. _ gan. Ii , There "is 5?. joint“ escort-44 betw g hates, the payment ‘o’ifpatronog‘e. ' idendshas .been regarded ’ ' i49f~~