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«MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921

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‘T COSTS 38 cents to ship a bushel of
  wheat from Minneapolis to New York

City, a distance of 1,500 miles.

It costs 12.6 cents to ship a bushel of
wheat from ‘ New York City to. Liverpool,
a distance of 3,100 miles. '

On Jan. 23, 1920, it cost 17.4 cents to
.ship a bushel of wheat from Battle Creek,

- Michigan, to New York City, a distance of
811 miles, but on \the same dates bushel
of wheat could‘ be shipped four times as
far across the ocean for only 7 cents more.
 Since that date,‘the cost cf shipping a
bushel of wheat from New York to Liver-
pool has dropped from 24 cents to 12.6,
~ but in the same time the cost of shipping
‘ wheat from Battle Creek to New York has
increased from 17 ,4 cents to 24.3 cents per
bushel. - '

Today it’ costs more to ship a bushel of
wheat from Bufialo to New York, a dis-
tance of only 440 miles than it does to ship

pool, a distance seven times as great.
Again, it costs 27 cents to ship a bushel
of wheat from Kansas City to. Galveston,
Texas, a distance of 700 miles, but to carry
that same bushel by boat from Galveston to
Southampton, England, a distance of
5,000 miles the cost is only 15 cents per
bushel. ‘

Because of the high 'cost of getting farm

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Five Thousand Farm
HE PRESENCE of more than 3,000
- farmers and farmers’ wives at the
Michigan Agricultural College on Farm-
ers’ Day, Friday, July 29, was accepted as
a splendid endorsement of the work the
college has been doing during the past
year by the members of the faculty and the
Board of Agriculture who were present.
The campus presented a lively picture
with its grand old forest trees, its green
turf and flower beds, intermingled with
crowds of men, women and children, eager
to see all points of special interest in the
all too short period Of time at their dis-
posal. By far the majority of those pres-
_ ent came in automobiles, .many of. them
, covering more than 200 miles in the days‘
tI'lp ;. the Writer of this article found him-
self ' repeatedly asking himself the ques-
tion,,“Why should not the farmers of this
great state, “who own automobiles, visit
their, college oftener,;and)  at first

   

 w,1.ii.”thalepiat.er}at..tilenolieizez campus  and
 speakers ,‘ef the“
'—~,‘a£ter,noon delivered their memages to the

 

the same bushel “from New York to Liver- '.

.‘ band the many important leésqfis which it
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produCts to the seaboard American pro-
ducers, are placed at a big disadvantage
when competing in the. world’s markets.

The little country of Argentina has been.

an active competitor of the American farm-
er for European business in wheat and
corn and can undersell the American farm~
er by from 7 to 15 cents per bushel because
of the difference in hauling cost alone. It
is over 6,000 miles from the wheat-growing
sections of Argentina to Liverpool, but the
cost cf shipping a bushel of wheat between
these two points is 15 cents less than the
cost from Minneapolis to Liverpool al-
though the distance between the latter
points is 1,500 miles less.

Even the great Wheat-producing prairies
of the Canadian northwest, far removed as
they are from the Atlantic seaboard, can
ship their products to Liverpool cheaper
than can the farmers of many of the wheat
centers of the United States because they
have access to the Great Lakes and the St.
Lawrence river. The Canadian port of
Montreal, by the way, is 350 miles nearer
to Liverpool than is New York. A bushel
of wheat shipped from Detroit to Liver-
pool via New York City would have 550
miles farther to travel than if shipped to
Liverpool via Montreal.

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Rail ‘Rate Four TimesHigher 0121110033“ Rate

‘ Comparison of Hauling Costs by Land and Sea Show Need for More Water Transportation

Scores of instances‘as striking as the
above could be cited but these few should
be sufl‘icient- to impress upon the farmer the
great disadvantage under which he labors
because of the outrageously_ high freight
rates. High freight rates give all industry
a black eye, but they give agriculture two
black eyes because the farmer pays the
freight both ways. The cost of transport-
ing farm products during the war when
the farmers were getting high prices for
their products,‘ was burdensome enough,
but now when farm product prices 'are
down to bed-rock they are in many cases
actually prohibitive, and in other cases
exact a toll which squeezes the last cent of
profit out of the business. Farmers might
become reconciled to the past if there was
any hope of improvement in the future,
but there is not. The rail owners resent
any and all suggestions that a reduction in
rates would bring increased business. Hav-
ing fastened the present rates upon the
country with the assistance of the worst
piece of class legislation that was ever
adopted, the rail owners seem determined
to make no admission or concession which
might result in a reduction of rates.

But after all the situation is not without
its redeeming features. The railroads are
in supreme power today only because they
have a throat hold (Continued on page 11)

Folks Swarm M. A. C. Campus Farmers’i Day

By Ian. MACK

 

 

Wheat Movement Subsides

HAT THE great rush to market
T new wheat is about over in Michi-

gan is the belief of the Michigan
Elevator Exchange, which is affiliated
with the state farm bureau. During the
week of July 18 the Exchange was
handling for 95 elevators an average of
25 cars of new wheat each day. The
week of July 25 saw the state move-
ment of new Wheat drop to about nine
'cars a. day. ‘

Great exporters and miller-s advise
that in the long run wheat is going to
command a better price, says the Ele-
vator Exchange. The exporters believe
that the farmer who is able to carry his -

_wheat' crop until the holidays or there-
i'abou'ts is going to get a better price for
, it than he can today in the face of the
._ movement - of new wheat to market.—
Michigan State"me Bureau.

 

 

 

 

 

 

at. the, lowest point, the ground gradually
,,from it in every direction, giving
. stérizgiember , Of the huge {j gathering an
,oppofitunityfto’ hear and see all that Was
some 011., The, afternoon exercises opened
 address by  Kedzie, fol-

.l-ows   _ Shaw who

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acted as master of ceremonies for the after-
noon. In his remarks Mr. Shaw called
the attention of those present to the activ-
ities of the college in the field of scientific
research and up-to-date farm practice. He
stated that the college owned 1,050 acres in
the college farm at Lansing, an experi-
mental farm of 700 acres in the Northern
Peninsula, one of 100 acres near Grand
Rapids and a l5-acre tract near South
Haven. He stated that a conservative es-
timate would place the value of the college
real estate at about $1,600,000; adding to
this amount the value of the pure-bred live
stock and poultry on the farms and the
wonderful equipment, it will be seen that
the state has made a tremendous invest- ‘
ment purely for the benefit of the farmer
and his ,family. Adding to the above, the
salaries of the college faculty and the hired
help required to operate the enterprise and
computing interest upon the entire amount,
the reader - can appreciate the annual cost
to the state of maintaining this great, insti- .
tution. In view of this tremendous ex- ‘ .
penditure of money for the benefit of the .~ '
Michigan farmer and his family, is it not '
of vital importance that our farmers shall
become intimately familiar with the work"
the college is doing? (Oontflwed 6n  ’11) 

 

 

 

 

 


   

    
           
              
           
  
  
    
  
    
 
 
  
  
  
     
   
   
   
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
    
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
   
  
    
    
 

' i . the 1921 ~ peeling

. pooled to date, all of
I - can advance gives.

..graded and weighed before

 Lam xiv-ween root-

1 " L INTO the last phasm at
1 campaign,
’ “‘the. State Fund Bureau wool

department is now engaged in sack-

ingandmveelinlu a

 more less! m warehouses tel-

Montana-atheism bar

can milk for mannracture into

mitt-gs. matings and blankets.

Graders started on this talk last.
week. Pending the announcement
of a regular schedule for that work.
the wool department is notifying an-
thflltfies at local grading points
when their grader and seeker will
arrive at the local point. Local au-
thorities are advised that farmers
who have wool to pool may bring it
to the grading center at that time
all that the grader will grade and

. make the regular wool pool~eash
4 advance a at the

first and. second
gradings. I

Wool sacked and prepared for
market at this time will remain in
the best. of condition and will shrink
but very little, says the depart-
ment. Between 2,500,090 and 3,-
000,000 pounds at wool have been
which has
bm weighed and graded and a
.No other state
pooled locally,
the
farmer and has given a cash ad
vance, says the flarm bureau. Nor
has any other state graded all the
wool that has been placed in its
care and: is advantageously situated
to take advantage oi all market op-
pcrtunities as is the Michigan State

in the union has

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to the woollen-runes“.

Reports from other term bureau
states show that farmers doing bis-

 

iness outside of their state wool ’

pool are having troubles 01 their
on; In hath-n m are
paying but 15 cents for Wool, “is
reported. In the Mm: my
ilyr-by-night wool buying concerns
have ilesced the farmer oi all n-
turns on his wool. once they get it
into their hands.

Thousands of Michigan farmers
this winter are going to wear suits
made from woo1 prmced by their
own sheep and woven into cloth by
~mills serving their state organiza-
tion. Fifty standard varieties of
suiting are now included in the farm
bureau’s stock room. Farmers are,
making all types or suitings. tram.
the sort mm to the finest some
and easel-mores. Their settings. 8-
tablishment at state farm bureau
headquarters is the largest plane. oi
its kind in Lansing. Twenty—eight
thousand blankets are soon date
there for the fall trade.

It is believed that the extra re~
turns from blankets and suitings
will no? only reduce handling costs
of the 19.21 pool to a negligible
sum, but will provide a splendid re-
turn to the farmer as well.

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SWEET CLOVER IN DEMAND
ANY FARMERS in the drowsin-
beset and grasshopper pleas
ued section oi: the northern
portion of the. lower peninsula are
turning to. sweet clover, says the

fi

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Mr. F armer:
Look Before You Leap!

If a groin-pooling contract,” is. snbmiitai to you,
do these things for your own protection:

1—Study every word. ‘
2—Consult your lawyer—your banker—your grain dealer.

3—Ask your lawyer if it does not deprive you of all CONTROL . F >
OF INCQME from your grain crops for five years.

4—Ask if these is any Llan to the HANDLING CHARGES i
which maybe imposed on youhythepeel. ‘

S—Ask if the contract does not BIND YOU ABSOLUTELY
FOR FIVE OR MORE YEARS em if you find it ruinous .

6——Ask if there is any assurance against heavy loss to you  I ,
fails. The contract protects the pool—how does it ‘ '
protect YOU?

7~Ask your banker or your grain

\ 8—Writc executive committee, Groin Dealers” National Asso- . _
elation, 308' Western Unisn‘nldg, Chicagn, is: free 1m! " ,
analysis of sample contract. ’

l , REMEMBER soars DAKOTA! , I
REMEMBER ms mourn-man 1.me ' I V p
_~  Dealers’ Ndinaal Association I \

I in ~“ficciinnnmting- “an' i'

dealer for literature.

 
     
     
      
            
    
     
     
       
     
    
    
         
    

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heavy denaifl rosewng clover- from

, ,Wt sectll‘l of thistaté _It Wm
 sink" clover host'- v’ithnood the

prolonged drought and grasshopper.
visitation—this summer. Fall trade
in all lieu at seed, is declared to be
early this -.year.

to give a heavy yield in Michlga

this: year. The red clover seed clap
is 'no'win‘the making and may or
may not be a good crop, depending
upon the type of weather that the
state gets at this time. Heretofm‘e
the weather has not been favorable
tor the. production 01 a big seed
crop and predictions of slight yield
has been made.

The alsika seed harvest is under
way, with prospects of just a fair
crop, says the farm bureau. Michi-
gan is enjoying a brill trade in
vetch seed and in shipping much at
it outside the. We. according to
reports.

 

INSPECT ALL HEAVY

STATE 10
, SCALES ‘
EGOGNIZING ‘ that reliable

weighing and measuring de-
vices are as necessary to good
business as dependable currency,

and that '15 per cent of the products ,

01 Michigan agriculture passes over
heavy platform scales each year, the
Bureau of Weights and Measures 01
the State DEMON! of Agriculture
will add two enclosed trucks for in-
spection purposes to its heavy scale
equipment. Funds for the purchase
of the trucks were allowed in the
budget by the 1921 lgeislatnre.

 
 

 

manna-um;

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the American Farm. emu
mtmn, the representative

of 1,112,882 farmers in 47 stiles,

presented to ” the President" of
United States, memhcs of Congress,
and the htrstate Commerce (hm-
mission a memorial requesting that
amen decrease - in {relight
rates on basic commodities be

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“ be made to work together.
v on intermfion gained from

menu or thfiranspmt' sum Act he
The mom. orial reads: as
follows:

‘es have been gratbrally ragged Ain-
ward the pro-war level. A liar pro-

cess has. towered pr

war. One year ago this movement was
launched. «an. - at the

prunes most
at. have been sealed to
the lowest level of all.

“In the United States there is‘ on’.’
viable exception to ash world-wide ne- .. ..

called upon to
charges the American people were on
dered to assume an increased transpon
lattice burden slim than one billion
five hunch-ed million dollars annually.
The purpose of this increase was to tail
cm at an “casein the cost of opera.-
tion and also to increase the Get income
013 the railroad” corporations by the hut-

mmion‘ dolls-rs ever the amount
guaranteed them during the

“Butt thl attempt om
It crippled the bushess at this country.
The percentage advance disrupted rate
and unsettled tubes: con:-
ditions. nstead or increasing the not
income of tho railroads it actually de-
creased it. -

We have patiently awaited some bone
flee effort on the part 01 the mamas:
to right this. wrong, But nothing except
a few minor changes of relatively incon-
sequential character as far as tonnage
is concerned have been eflected.‘ The
Railroad Labor Board has already

on
,dered wag’e reductions a! $400,000,000 on

approximately two-thirds of the increase
granted last year: still other decrease-
in *wages may be aflected. But the
raih’oad corporations are still o-bdurato.
They declm to make any
ductions in rates. .

“We earnestly appeal to the President.
to Congress and to the 13mm Cm.
merce Commission to bring about at tin
earliest possible moment a sabotantinl
decrease in the freight rates on the
basic necessities of life."

COOPERA' “YE WORK WITH
STATES

HE BUREAU of Markets and
. Crop Estimates of the U. S. De-
‘ partners: at Agriculture main-
tains separate division. in its organ-
ization to. handle its cooperation
with. various states. With the con-
solidation ,0! the administration 01

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! the oiflee a! Farm Management un-
der the click at thh bureau, it. “ 3‘

planned to strengthen the coopera-
tive; relations with the state insflv

tuti'ons. It is desired that the won!
undertaken by state and federal.
workers will be Duad on' infinite

projects as he been done for the

past two years in the ofiice‘ of farm ,

management. .

Research work in farm manage-
ment, cost of production and cost 0‘
marketing, marketing methods and
practices. etc-., will be undertaken
cooperatively, with the, state colt
leges and experiment stations when-
ever satisfacter arrangements‘can
Based
these
,investigatims the situational work
will. be. carried on. in cooperation
with the extension service 01 the
state colleges. The service war;
which covers in a broad way the
market news and the inspection

5 m oi! t» Mean. will usually be
v with the state Departments. oi Agri-

culture and the State Bureaus s1
Markets. conforming in this regari

? as the division of-l'aber agreed upon

bathe state.

TRADE ASW
moment 1‘0 FARM. BUREAU

 

“EVEN NarroNAL organizations ’ V
which in dispatches tram Cin- ‘

cheat! on June 28‘ were link“
W.“ 8250...“ “war chest” th'fl
the organized grain trade is to

spend in -“activ‘ely‘ opposing" than.” T 1.

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crash in prices which have brought a
near-panic upon the country is coming to
light. Two years ago when we were wallow-
ing in prosperity an era of hard times seemed
remote if not impossible. With industry
running full-blast, everyone working and
with money to spend, the products of agri-
ture in demand from the four quarters of
the world, our future seemed secure and rosy.
But we all know what happened. Why it
happened or how it happened we have been
puzzling ever since to find out. We knew
that some great power touching everyone of
us was mysteriously moved by unseen hands
to rock our prosperity and destroy our air
castles. What was it?

The foundation upon which our industrial
structure is built is credit. Let that founda-
tion become impaired and the structure must
suffer.
tions of our industrial structure were abso-
lutely sound. Then disintegration set in.
Part of our industrial structure sagged; some
of it collapsed; and most of us were caught
in the fall:

_ Example: A farmer buys a cow. He borrows
the money from the bank, giving his note. In
order to secure more money to loan to other
farmers who want to buy cows, the bank in turn
borrows from a larger bank giving the farmer's
note as security. Possibly the larger bank in
turn borrows. from a still larger bank. /Up to
four years ago the largest bank had no source to
turn to in case it got pressed for funds. Con-
sequently, it “called” its ‘loan from the smaller
bank which in turn called its loan from the coun-
try bank, which as a matter of necessity, called
its loan from the farmer. The tact that a bank
finds it necessary to “call” a loan usually igni-
fies that the borrower is hard up else he would
have paid his note when due. He is therefore
often obliged to sell his cow or 'other belongings
at a loss in order to meet his obligation. When
this happensto farmers all over the country an
enormous loss is entailed which injures the
farmer’s purchasing power and is ultimately re-
flected in the slacking up of industry, which in
turn finds itself unable to pay its obligations. In
~ the good old days a nation-wide situation of this
kind resulted in a panic.

The Federal Reserve system came into be-
ing. Its purpose Was to provide so large a
line of credit that no bank 'would ever be
obliged to'call in good loans because of short-
age of funds. It was to make credit so flex-
ible that a panic would be impossible. The

' system worké'd well,+—-until a year ago. Then,

.‘Departrnen’t of Agrimllture Tells How You Can Keep Sweet Cider Sweet

' " HOSE WHO insist on having a, “kick”
in every beverage they drink will prob-
ably take no interest in the recent findings of
the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Depart-
ment of- Agriculture, that sWeet cider, grape
and other fruit juices can be kept in a sweet
condition for an indefinite time. But it will
be good news to those who leve the sweet
juices of-the‘ apple and grape and have sought
for years for a method which would prevent
them from fermenting without destroying
' their natural flavors- ‘ .

The advent of prohibition bn’nging "in its

wake stringent laws 'which "prohibit the sell.

I, ' ,ing of cider “Containing more than 'Oneihalf of

one per cent alcohol, and penalizing the mask

erin case it, acquires that much alcohol
"fore,

it is "consumed, has-tended to arouse even
for interest iii-stile problem of keeping
 sweet  only practical mathed

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Up to a year ago the credit founda-v

 

  “Lot Farmers Fail,” Said Federal Reserve Board

Deflation Decree Responsible for Hard Times, Alleges uWilliams, Former Comptroller of Currency

 

 

A Farmer on~ Federal Reserve Board

BE DISCLOSURES .made by John
T Skelton Williams of the high-handed
methods employed by the Fedemi Re—
serve Board to “def-late" farm modifier.
prices, lends force to demands of the or-
ganizedfarnmfliatflieSecretai-yofllg-

There will be a scrap over an yattcmpt to
carry out this suggestion on the ground
that it is a. class move, but the farmers
ought to have no difficulty in convincing
Conngss that the. restriction of agricul—
tural credits was also class distinction and
that the farmers have the right to employ
the same weapons that are used against
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according to John Skelton Williams, former
comptrollerof the currency, the, federal re-
serve board decided that prices were too high
and arbitrarily decreed that a period of de-
flation should set in. But, how, you ask,
could a little handful of men put such a pre-
posterous decree into effect. Easy enough.
Remember they had authorized the loaning
of hundreds of millions of dollars to member
banks which had in turn loaned them to
farmers, workingmen, merchants, manufac
turers, etc. Do you see how easy it would be
for these men to force producers to flood the
markets with their goods,‘by the simple pro-
cess of calling in these enormous credits, and
raising the rediscount rate so that it would be
harder for everyone to borrow? And that is
precisely what was done. The reasons for
this action have often been brought into ques-
tion, and the federal reserve board has never

succeeded in convincing the country that its.

actiOn was either necessary or wise. It has
remained for Mr. Williams who was an ex 01-
ficio member of the Board and in constant
touch  its proCeedings to reveal how
needlessly and relentlessly the Board went
about to carry out its decision.

Before a great gathering of farmers at
Augusta, Georgia, Mr; Williams “let the cat
out of the bag” and told in detail just how it
all happened. ‘

“The present disastrous situation,” said Mr.
Williams, “was brought about by restricting of
credits, raising the rate of discount on farmer’s
paper, discontinuance of the War Finance Cor-
poration, and the harmful effect of the state-
ments given out by the Secretary of Treasury,

cider with benzoate of soda which resulted in
a product having a taste half way between
dishW-ater and soda water, flavored with a
Little lemon extract.

\ The new method described by the Depart-
mentof Agriculture consists of pasteurization
or heating, during which process the germs of
fermentation are scalded to death. The same
thing happens in the pasteurization of milk,
sand "it is declared that when properly heated,
the fruit juices retain as much of their orig-

 fla‘vor as does the milk when heated. ~

Method Described

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   employed is described as fol—
low by the Department of Agriculture:

. {we rapidly, as the Juices are pressed from the
m“  {tth in clean vessels. Wooden har-
ms or tubs which have previously been thor-
oughly scalded, will serve the purpose very well.
although earthenware Jars, it available, should

" be used- fThcse'aref’alwwed seemed om night,

‘9! 901' Inhalers  12...?” 'Mujmlh the cool—

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the federal reserve board and federal reserve
banks, which were “construed-to the effect that
commodity prices and particularly prices of
farm products were too high, and that a pro—war
basis, or an approximation of a pre-war basis of
prices, must be reached within a short time.
“When I remarked that serious failures might
ccur unless a certain course of action was tak-
en, one member remarked with a cynicismand
heartlessness which I was unable to compre-
hend: ‘Let them fail.’ Since then the same idea
actually has been published in newspapers as a
suggestion discussed. by an important official of
a certain prominent Federal Reserve Bank.
"The heart—breaking and purse-breaking col-
lapse in prices of farm (Cantinucd on page 10) >

Detroit Milk Price Improves

IIE PRICE paid for milk by Detroit dis-

. tributors in comparison with prices paid
elsewhere showed a, slight improvement for
the month of July. The average price for the
mouth at 111 local markets scattered through
the United States was $2.55, as compared with
an average price “of $3.33 for the month of
July, 1920. The Detroit milk price was $2.71
or 16 cents above the average. In contrast to
this price was that of $2.83 received by mem-
bers of the Illinois Milk Producers’ Ass’n
supplying the city of Chicago; $1.75 at In-
dianapolis; $2.40 at Kansas City; $3.65 at
Boston (not applied to surplus); $3.18 at
Kalamazoo; Cleveland, $2.80, (not applied to
surplus). "

Particular attention is called to the price
received by producers supplying the city of
New York, viz., $8.40 per c'wt. This was one
of the highest in the country, and would seem
to show that the plan of pooling adopted by
the New York Dairymen’s League for the
purpose of controlling the price of milk has
been a success. The retail price of milk in
the city of New York during this same period'
was 14 cents per quart as against 13 cents in .
the city of Detroit. Allowing for an equal'
cost of-distrilmiiiig, which would be more
than fair to the Detroit distributors, the lat-
ter’s margin between buying and selling price
was over 20 cents per cwt. higher than the
margin of the New York dealers.

The above facts fully justify the refusal
of the producers of the Detroit area to ac-
cept a less price than they are now getting,
and fail to justify the claims of the distrib-
utors that they cannot‘ do business on their
present margin.

est location possible so that much of the solid
matter suspended in the juice will Settle to the
bottom. Glass jars or bottles must be thorough—
ly sterilized to receive the juices, which are drain-
ed off without disturbing the sediment. /
May Use Glass Fruit Jars or Bottles

“If fruit jars are used they should be fitted
with sterilized caps and rubbers, and. the cap
tightened down as far as it can be turned. If
bottles using crown caps 'are used, the bottles
are capped as ,they are filled, using caps which
have been sterilized. In case bottles closed with
corks are used. set the previously sterilized
corks in place in the bottles and tie them down V
loosely with strong cord so that steam may es-~
cape. To relieve the pressure during ,steriliza-g
tion the bottles should be filled only to the neck.

“A wash boiler or other convenient vessel‘cenw
:be prepared for a ‘Water bath' by fitting 
a wooden rack on which the containers,-fi-
with juice as above indicated are. placed. T
bath is filled with cold water and the bottlessor.
Jars if closed, are inverted or laid on one 
so as to wet the inside of the caps thorough”
with Juice. If bottles ' (dammed  “

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i  wheat and clover to fight. Authorities state

 

1‘ l    stny  Stock Owners ‘Feieding‘vsunflower Silage to Mi
 ORE‘CENT TESTS by experiment stations

and results obtained by practical farm-
ers have'revived‘interest in the sunflower as
a’silage plant. L. D. Tucker of the Upper
Peninsula Development Bureau, tells us that
the U.’ P. Experiment Station at Chatham,
has proven to its own satisfaction at least
that sunflowers are far superior to beets, oats,
corn and other common silage crops, for Win-

ter feeding. And even more recently the

Business Farmer’s market ’and live stock ed-
itor notes that Mr. H. E. Beecher of New
Baltimore, one of the largest breeders of
Jerseys in the state, is one of the many pro-
gressive farmers who have silaged sunflowers
with satisfactory results.

Early in the spring of 1920 ‘a seven-acre
plot was seeded to sunflowers, at the Upper
Peninsula experiment station, under the di-
rection of D. L. MacMillan, superintendent.
The test plot was given careful attention, and
a week later saw the sprouts reaching up and
squaring away for a healthy growth. The
plant thrived and grew rapidly until, at the
time of cutting, it had reached an average
height of about eight feet, with heavy, thick
stalks, wide leaves, and great yellow heads
eight inches or more in diameter. '

The plant yielded 24.6 tons to the acre, as
compared with eight, nine and eleven tons for
oats, beets and"corn, respectively, grown on
an adjacent plot, and receiving the same
amount of care. Thus, approximately 175
tons of sunflowers were hauled to the silo,
cut into one-inch bits and packed tight, no
other product having been mixed with them.
When the fermenting process had been com-
pleted, the experiment was begun, first, on
the cattle. ‘ ‘

- Holsteins which received forty pounds a
day thrived rapidly, and took on weight.
iMilk and butter fat showed a decided in-
crease and the silky gloss to the hide, the
rounded udders and healthy calves were strik-
ing evidence of the success of sunflowers for
winter feed.

This much having been definitely estab-
lished, the same experiment was begun on the
sheep and lambs. The ewes waded into the

“4 -=owers 5 1 "'J'clare  ‘  t;     

1k  With Good ,_  

juicy feed with a will, eating it .clean. and
leaving not a. scrap.
held back and, though they seemed to sample
it from time to time, did not take to it heart-
ily. It was found that the lambs would turn
aside from the sunflowers for turnips or
rutab-agas.

The ewes, however, stuck to the sunflowers
in preference to any other feed, with the re~

Michigan Dairy Show.

THE MICHIGAN Allied Dairy Associa-
tion, which numbers among its affilia-

tions all branches of the dairy '- industry in
Michigan, will hold its 1922 Annual Conven-'

tion and Dairy Show in Saginaw, February
14-17, (inclusive, accrding to Mr. H. D. VWendt,
general secretary of the Association.

The Saginaw municipal auditorium has

been turned over to the association for the
occasion by the Saginaw Board of Commerce.
This building has 20,000 square feet of floor
space for exhibit purposes and is almost ideal
for that purpose. A convention hall seating
600 people and several smaller rooms suitable
for sectional meetings of the association are
to be at the disposal of the dairymen. The
main balcony has a seating capacity of more
than a thousand. The total seating capacity
of this building, where no spam is used for
exhibit purposes is 4,000.

Plans being developed by the several dairy
show committees are designed to fully mirror
the importance and diversification of the
dairy industry in Michigan. The Dairy De-
partment of the State Farm Bureau is active-
ly cooperating with the State Dairy Associa-
tion to make the Michigan Dairy Show second
only to that of the, National which this year
is to be held at the' Minnesota State Fair
grounds, St. Paul. Minn., October 8-15.

Dairymen in Ohio and Indiana will be‘ in-
vited to take an interest in the Michigan
Dairy Exposition which will be built alOng
the lines of the progress which have been
made in the production, manufacturing and

i'marketing of imilk and milk products.

The lambs, however, '

Sult that they soon out-stripped the? lambs 
weight and appearance. That  sunfloWers

contain ‘ a decidedly “nourishing substanbe " is r
not queStioned by the authorities at the sta- [
tion where these tests, were "first tried out.»
Not only that, they declare, but sunflowers,

fed in less amount than any "other type of ‘

silage, produces better results where the ani-
mal shows a liking for it. -
Another interesting experiment—though
'conducted quit‘e accidentally-was carried out
With sweet clover. ‘

away at the tender sprouts as though-actually

eager to “take on” as much of the feed as'
possible before being discovered. Later, :

when‘six' inches of snow covered the same
field, the sheep Were turned in, as an experi-
ment, and the entire flock, scenting the clover
beneath, immediately began digging down far
the.roots. Consequently, further tests Will

be carried out with annual and semi-annual _
sweet clover, to determine its field value as ;

compared with other kinds of winter feed.
Just at present, however, the experiment

statibn officials are emphasizing the high field »
value of sunflowers for silage, believing that ..
therein lies at least a partial solution of the :
Vvinter feed problem for the northweStern ”
farmers and grazers, It was also determined 1
that sunflowers show a much greater resist-- '

ance to frost than corn, or other silage crops,

,which, again, places‘the sunflower to the fore.

as a middle-western feed crop. ‘tAnd, lastly,
the fact that sunflowers will produce ap-
proximately three times the tonnage of corn

—the latter a stable silage crop fer years—ff
has brought forcibly. to the attention ,of the.
northwestern farmer the decided advantage
of theformer, as applied to the growing con- '

ditions in‘ the middle-western region. .

Here, again, we have demonstrated the'

practical value of experiment stations in tak-
ing the lead in the 'investigational field and
uncovering facts of importance to agriculture

which might otherwise remain hiddenindef—

inately. . -

-4 Insurance for the Wheat Crop--GOOdSeed Bed and Hire Seed '

HE DELAYING of the preparation of .

x the seed bed for wheat costs Michigan
farmers each year thousands of dollars. Ev-

- ery fall we see thousands of acres of land “be-

ing hurriedly prepared for the wheat crop.
Very often much of this land could have
been worked one to two months earlier and
thus a far better seed bed would have been
prepared and undoubtedly a considerabe in-'
crease in yield obtained.

The good seed bed for wheat is one which is
firm below and loos on the surface and con-

. tains a good supply, f moisture and available

cut plant food and is free of weeds. It is
very diflicult to ob ain these conditions in a

' few days and the ttempt is often costly to

the wheat crop. ,
‘ Early plowing

‘If the land be plowed in July or not later
than the middle of August an important, step
has been taken in the right direction. It
should not be difficult to" prepare a firm seed
bed then; however, if plOwing be delayed
until September the seed-bed is‘ quite likely to
be loose which may be directly responsible: for
a poor wheat crop. The early plowed land
..frequently worked (prevides'f a a cleaner seed
bed and thus there are; less weeds for .the

,that' land so. managed, contains a more liberal

:pply of available plant "food." The Kansas
Experiment station found that late fall plow-
edland contained 2.7 per. cent available, mois-

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 at seedingtimevi‘ while the, early fall 5,. ,The 

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By A. L. BIBBINS ,
Emtension'Specialist, M. A. 0.

 

 

Early Plowing for Wheat

UR GOOD friend, A. L. Bibbins, Sec--
rctary-Treasm er, of the Michigan
Crop Improvement Society, rwants to

see the farmers of Michigan increase their
acre-yield of wheat, and in the “accompany-

’ ing article he tells how this may be done.
Michigan has never produced enough wheat
in the aggregate to entitle her to rank.
among' the so-called wheat states. Until
recent years our business farmers oculd
make more monéy out of other crops.
Michigan soil and climate are adapted to
wheat-growing and yields of from 40 to 60
bushels per acre are not uncommon. The
price of wheat will be high for some years
to come. and ought to be a good crop for
Michigan farms. Bibbins presents some
striking facts in this article which should
aid the business farmer/in his Wheat oper-
ations.—Editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

germination and early growth of the wheat,
—so essential to a successful stand-._- ‘

*rCareful experiments have been, conducted
by the Kansas Experiment StatiOn to de-
termine the best time to plow ‘foi' wheat. It
was discovered that for a three year-average
land plowed .Sept. 15th gave wyield of 14.15

bushels per acre. and that plowed "Augutil5th r
yielded 22.1.9 .ngushEIs, per' acre, . while the, July ‘

,15t Vplo’Wingdgave’n 27.11 .ibushels .per.” acre.
-v " ’has'ntse 

  

is the most economical and practical method .
for Michigan wheat growers to follow. . In- .
faCt the early and thorough preparation “of”
the seed bed is of equal' importance to the

use of fertilizer'and good seed, and he who
successfully produces ‘Wheat 'must give care-f

ful attention tovall. three of' these points. This
is additionally truein cases where . wheat 'is.
I seeded with. clover. The clover crop 'is insist- .
ent in its demands for a clean and firm seed
bed. Many times-a poorly r- prepared seed ‘
bed is more responsible for.“ clover failures,

than is the combined »efiects of the weather

and soil. One may find direct proof of these .

if several clover seedings be observed. ‘
With our harvestout ’of the way far ear-
lier than usual we have an excellent oppor-

tunity to giiIe our wheat crop an ideal seed ,

bed and thus pocket most of the annual loss
caused by the late plowing for wheat.

Prices on F arm ,Prod-u'cts

THE AVERAGE of prices paid'tofipro— 
ducers for the principal cropsdecreased ,

3 per cent during June and :0n~‘Ju1y first was  A

65, per cent lower than a year ago; 58"; per _
cent lower than, two years ago, and 3.8 per;  ~- 
cent lower than the ten-year average.uP,rifees   ,
paid to producers-for meatgganimalsgidecreased,  "

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you. All lnquII-lee must be eooompanled by full n ame and address. Nem‘e not used It so requested.

TRIMIMING ALONG HIGHWAY

v 'An electric light line built by the
farmers runs by a neighbor’s farm
where elm and oak trees grew in and
outside of the fence.‘ The trees had to
be trimmed to string the wire. The
owner of. the farm was away and the
trees were trimmed without his per-
mission. Can said owner collect dam-
ages, for the trees and if so how much?
——A Subscriber, Bosebush, Mich.

It _is the policy of this state to
allow and encourage the planting
and preserving of shade trees along
the highway. The statute provides:

“Any perSOn who shall wilfully in-‘
V'jure,’ deface,

tear, or destroy any
tree or shrub planted along the
margin of the highway, or purpose-
ly left there for shade or ornament,
or who shall hitch any horse to any
such tree by means of which the
same shall suffer» any injury, or
who shall negligently or carelessly,
by any other means suffer any horse
or other beast. driven by or for him
or any beast belonging to him and
lawfully in the highway, to break
d,wn, destroy or injure any tree or
shrub not his own, standingfor use
or ornament in any. highway shall
be liable to an action for damages
in a, sum not lees than one nor more

than twenty-five dollars for each of-

fense, to be recovered at the suit
and for the benefit of the owner or
tenant of the land in front of which
.such tree 'or shrub stands, or at the
'suit of the commissioner in whose
township such tree'or Shrub may be
situated, for the benefit of the high—
way improvement fund of such
township.” The supreme court has
said: “The policy of our laws favors
the planting and preservation of
shade trees in the public streets
where‘ they do not constitute actual
obstruction.” A highway commis-
sioner who has wantonly sold trees
in a highway cannot justify his ac—
tion, when sued in trespass by the
owner, by the statute authorizing
him under certain circumstances to
order the removal of trees from the
highway." A telephone company
authorized to erect its line along a
country highway has the right to
of

wires without first giving the abut-
ting proprietor an opportunity to do
so but it will be answerable to him
for any unnecessary, improper or
excessive cutting.” Not knowing
just what was done I am unable to
advise whether an action for dam-
ages Will lie or not but the owner
has-the right to have the
trees preserved if he wants them.—-—
Legal Editor. “

GERMANY COMMUNITY BONDS
Will you tell me through the M. B, F.

if‘Cermany Community bonds arm a
good investme'nt?—-—L. G. R., DeWitt,
Michigan. -
'I am not familiar with these

bonds nor. the security offered. Af-
ter visiting Germany, however, I
feel that any investment in that

country which is backed by real es-
tate or the government is a safe
one. The German people have gone
back to work and they are slowly
but surely making progress again.

-But why invest in the securities of

foreign countries when there are
so many excellent investments offer-
ed in our,own?—.—Editor.

LIFE LEASE
Party of the first part deeds to party

.01' the second part forty acres of land _

reserving to himself a life lease andes-
tate. saidiorty acres being encumbered
with a mortgage of fifteen hundred dol-
V,Pa’rty of second part agrees to
ass me said mortgage. It is agreed
the. party of the second part live upon
the land and work the land, party of the
first part. having his home with party of

‘ second part. Party or first. part agrees

to, furnish team and «tools. Party of the
ficopfie pafig,wnsfine-third of the stock
.‘ > .L ; , ; . 306 8 t

smooo.‘ ,pvnag wor b about

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the fauna 'sll 111?»? t e proceeds 0‘"

,. :  .. have when

.Bcldgené reduced-to. . .art f 1h
". first ‘partfihafthfl'ii’W‘fixtofg alidoeomng‘
,at .-hle.,_,Dl‘easn1;e;-H_.V VB.,r.-'-V.Cliesaning,

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"eyes" and swolle1)‘aces and she does not
.‘do this in sol-LG

ises to the party of the second part
is the same as an ordinary lease and
is to be governed by the agreements
of the parties. If no terms were-
agreed upon “in advance it is pos-
sible that it might have been the
intention that the party of the first
part should have his care and keep
for the use of the land. It is a mat-
ter that should have been agreed
upon in advance. In case of diffi—
culty the courts would make an ef-

, fort to carry out the intention of
the parties in the first instance. If
that can not be ascertained 'the

courts will endeavor to enforce what
is fair and equitable in view of all
the circumstances. They would
take into consideration what was
furnished by each party, its value,
and what it was worth to the party
of the first part to have his care
and keep on the premises. Want of
agreement in advance oftimes caus-
es much trouble—Legal Editor.

STUCCO
Will you please tell me something
about kollaslone stucco. Many people

are putting this finish on their old
houses, lathing over the siding. I
would like to do the same with our old
house. but was recently told that it was
worthless and that the lumber and
stul’din": would dry rot—JG. D S., Fre-
mont, Michigan.

In general there are two types of
stucco. the Portland cement stucco
and the product made from mag-
nesite. The Portland Cement Ass’n
has issued a bulletin upon this sub—
ject entitled, “Recommended Prac-
tice for Portland Cement Stucco,”
which contains much information. I
am sure they will be glad to send
you a copy of this bulletin if you
will write for, it. The address is
111 West Washing’ton St.. Chicago.
As- to the lasting qualities of stuc-
coed houses. a committee represent-
ing the American Concrete Insti-
tute declares the product may be de-
pended upon, “if.applied~~in accord—
ance with the recommended prac-
tice, to be structurally sound, dur-
able-and capable of giving satisfact-
ory service. with little or no outlay
for repairs or maintenonce.” The
committee emphasizes the import-
ance, however, of employing only
contractors experienced in stucco-
ing to do the work. Almost every—
where you go now-a—days. stuccoed
houses may be seen. Some of these
show cracks or patches where the
stucco has fallen off, evidence that
those who did the work were not ex-
perienced. But most of these hous-
es look as if they would stand for
a hundred years. Inasmuch as re-
putable contractors have no hesi—
tancy in recommending stucco for
old houses, they must be fairly well
satisfied as to the results—Editor.

 

IMPERFECT TITLE TO FARM

What is the substance of the law that
helps a man with an imperfect title to
his farm to make his title better by
holding pcaceablo possession of his farm
for a. long time?———M. Kalamazoo,
Michigan.

The possession of land for more
than fifteen years by one claiming
to own the land during all of the
time of possession; and if that claim
of ownership and the possession
must be open, notorious. continu—
ous, exclusive, visible, distinct and
adverse. and hostile. If such ad—
verse possession is continued for
fifteen years, then one gets as good
a title as if he had a deed to the
premises from the government. To"
make sure that one has all of these
conditions existing in his possession
he may file a bill in Chancery and
have the court decide and declare
that he has a good title. He may
then record his decree for the pur-:
pose of “quieting his title.”——'——Legal

 

Al ‘7 PUNISBING CHILD

Our teacher Sf-nds children

capable of han"’ng home with black

   
  

   
 
 
 

.ense; I mean it is just
the littlé ones she does this to. “Also,
8110‘ use» :the» school for entertaining her -

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:11 *these “ 
M_E13 WANTED! . 

Young Men Mechanically
Inclined, Get into the

Automobile Business Now.
-aml Make Real Money!

Sweeney trained men are in
demand everywhere at good wages,
$50.00 ll WEEK—AND MORE——
from garages, tire shops, welding
concerns, auto repair shops, etc. In
the last six months farm products
have all gone down but autos still kept
running and no trained mechanic had
to hunt for a. job. Top wages are
paid but Sweeney Trained Men
are wanted. Here’s the proof :—

Hundreds 9! r
Qpenings for Men!

South Dakota wires: "Will pay most any price
for good man. Send him right away ” No

City. Mo., says: "Put us in touch with a first
class repair man. Excellent opening." Indiana
says: ' Want one more Sweeney man for my
new garage. Steady work at good pricel."
Kansas appeals: "Send man who understand-
Ford Car from A to Z. Will pay top wages."
Mississippi wires: "Want a post graduate me-
chanic. Willpay all he is worth. Wire my ex-
pense." Florida calls: "Want head mechanic.
Will pay $W a week. Let me hear by return
mail." Thousands of Sweeney graduatesnow
owning their own buszncss in various parts
of the country naturally favorSweeney trained
men. Sweeney loyalty is wonderful. Our daily
mail is conclusive proof that the trained mm
with a SWEENEY diploma can secure jobs like
these at 860 a week and more. Simply send name
today, apoat card will do, for full information!

I Will Pay [Railway
Fare to Kansas City

   

       

  

       
           
       
       

 

     
     
     
   
       
       
       
     

       
  

  
  
 

         
  
 
    
   
 
   
  
 
   
  
   
       
     
   

 

  
  
 
     
   

 

 

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School. No advance in tuition, no extras—qut
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s e The Sweeney man in
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trained over 5,000 men for Uncle Sam during
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club and reading rooms. etc. __
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“Are They All” Dead Yet?”

HE LAMENTATIONS and dire pre-

' dictons of certain self-appointed spokes-
men for agriculture upon the present plight
and the future fate of agriculture remind us
of the old class yell we used to sing in high
school: “Are they all dead yet; are they all
dead yet; no, by golly, there are — left yet”.
There ’s no denying that farmers are in a bad
way. No one is more mindful of the fact
than we. And no one is trying any harder to
help agriculture back on its feet. The truth
is bad enough without stretching it. But we
claim it is stretching the truth to say that ag-
riculture is tottering upon the abyss of bank-
ruptcy, or that the ,food supply of the nation
is threatened, or that millions of farms will
be deserted unless relief comes soon. Some
farmers have failed; others will fail, no year
passes by that mortgages are not foreclosed

. and farmers give up the ghost. The situa.
tion is a little worse this year, but so it is in
every line of business. During June 1,325
commercial firms failed with liabilities of 43
million dollars. In May 1,347 failed, with
liabilities of 55 million dollars.

We know of at least 5,000 farmers in this
state who are not languishing upon a finan-
cial death-bed. At least they were well and
happy 8. week ago when they journeyed by
Md and rail to the agricultural college and
spent the day in a manner quite unusual for
folks upon the verge of bankruptcy. And if
reports can be believed some eight or ten
thousand Grangers of southeastern Michigan

' are going to leave their shattered farmsteads
next Monday and drown their sorrows in
song and lemonade beneath the great oaks on
the George B. Horton farm in Lenawee county.

America’s Demands on Russia.
_ O MATTER how much they may despise
' bolshcvism, fair-minded Americans
must concede that the protest of the Soviet
government against the American govern-
ment’s demand for the unconditional release
of all American citizens under. arrest» “in Rus-
sia as the price for food relief is entirelysjust.
Since' the Russian revolution thousandsgof
American citizens have gone to Russia to
study conditions. Some of these were the
hired emissaries of American interests op-
posed to bolshevism. (Others were» profes-
,, sional writers looking for material for their
" pens. Most of them went with the precon‘
. ceived notion that everything was rotten in r
V'Russia, and with the preconceived intention.
‘ of proving- that it. was upon their return home.
:Thcse people sought and accepted the. hospi;
' tality and protection of the Soviet  '
  extended to them  on-
i that they might become fully 
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, but drew upon. their imaginations for hrri-

hie stories of Outragesiwhich had‘no founder;

tion in fact,—the whole purpose of the visit
and the account having been to paint the
most shocking picture of bolshevism- which
the'mind of man could conceive. It was per-
feqtly natural that among these ' thousands
there were some Who were indiscreet enough

' to plot against the Soviet. government while "

enjoying its hospitality. These were caught
and thrown into prison. In a less benighted
country their lives would have been the for-
feit for their crimes. But they were spared,
because,—~thcy were Americans.

It is all very well for the United States to.
have regard for the welfare of its citizens in
foreign countries, but it is playing the part
of a, bully to demand that weaker countries
grant immunity to our citizens for their
every misdemeanor. ‘ The American citizen-
in a foreign country receives preference- over

the citizens of every other country. We have i

the world at our feet. But we can easily lose
this prestige if we insist on taking advantage
of it. The United, States is big enough to be
fair if not magnanimous. She should demand
the same rights for her citizens as every other
country demands, but no more.

If American citizens are in prison in Rus-
sia because they deserve to be there, how can
the United States government justify its po-
sition before its own citizens and the world,
by refusing aid to starving women and child-
ren in case these prisoners are not released?

I nations would spend the same effort and
the same money to prepare for peace that
they now spend to prepare for war we could
say good-bye forever to war within the next
five years? We were'all very much inter-
ested in the recenttcsts of the naval depart-
ment to determine the efficiency of airplanes
in dcstrdying objects on land and water.
After the discharging of innumerable bombs
of varying explosive force we. learned that a
modern battleship could be blown into king-
dom come by the right kind of a bomb. And
a few days later an air squadron sailed over
the city of New York exploding imaginary
bombs upon the skyscrapers and the harbors
just to prove to the unsuspecting inhabitants
that they lived in a fancied security only and
that their lives and property could be snuffed
out in the twinkling of an eye by weapons of
destruction discharged from unseen heights
above. v

The making of these tests at a cost of sev-
eral million dollars must have been predicat-
ed upon the theory that this country may
and probably will engage in war again at a
not remote date. Nations that do not antici-

Why Not Prgpare for Peace?
S IT GOING too 'far to say that if.all

pate war need not concern themsclyes with'

methods and weapons which experience has
proven will be obsolete within five or ten
years. Why should this nation proceed upon
the theory that another war is imminent?
With the whole world yearning for everlast-
ing peace and the' diplomats of theleading
nations drawing closer together in mutual de-
sire and understanding for limitations of
armaments, why does our government pcr-
sist in thinking and acting in terms of war?
'If the taxpayers of the United States can af-

ford to support a department of war which .,

expends annually over a billion dollars for
purposes of destruction, can they not also af-
ford to support a department of peace which

may spend a few paltry millions for purposes -

wholly constructive ?‘

Governmental Hmdsightedness
HE INTERSTATE Commerce Commis-
sion has ordered ' an
freight rates on grain to begin August 15th.
  be . welcome news to the ' farmers.
But it would have’been doubly welcome had
  started six manths 
‘ oak: that they themselves might haywire
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has been-1) rehasadrfrom the farmer-gentile. 
basis of the prevailhgmrket;  pro.   ..
vailing freight rates. Long before'the‘ inves- V ' L
tigation can possibly be concluded and new
rates put into effect a large percentage of the K
new crop, if not the bulk, willhave been sold". '
by needy farmers. This means that mass 02!
the benefits which may result from the inves-
tigation will go to» the grain r‘s instead
of the grain producers.
Here we have an excellent'example of gov- r
ernmental hindsightedness. The rate-mak-
ing authorities have been familiar for months ..
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freight rates have visited upon- the farmers.

From every nook and corner of the land there i
have some clamorings for relief. If it was at ‘
all alive to its responsibilities the Interstate

Commerce Commission must have known . A
months ago that the situation demanded in— 1'7".“
vestigation, but instead of acting, it has dilly. ’ 
dallied along, until all possibility of bringing ’f‘ 
relief tothe grain producers on their cun- ' . I,
rent year’s grain crops has vanished. A little '  g}?
foresightedness on the part of the Interstate: —;.   
Comincrce Commission coupled with an hon. ‘ ‘1 ,   '
est desire to help a great body of people at a
most critical period in their, history would
have resulted in an investigation months ago
and a. saving of millions of dollars to the
farmers at a. time when every penny of it was
needed. '

  
     
       
     
   
     
        
      
      
       
     
    
 
    
  
   
  
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
  
 
   
   
   
     
  
    
   
  
   
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
   
 
   
  
  
    
   
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

Let the Women Smoke,—
OMEN, ’tis said, have voiced a protest
against any. governmental ban against
their smoking. Really, if a man may smoke
why not a woman,—~if she wants to? If a
man maydrink why may not a woman,—-—if
she wants to? If a man may flirt why may
not a woman,—if she wants to? If a man
may trod the pathway that leads to hell, why,
sirs, ‘may not a woman,—-—if she wants to?
Let’s have no double standards. Treat ’em“
alike, we say. "
Everywhere in Europe,——-hotels, railway
trains, clubs, boats, parka—I saw women
puffing away at cigarettes between sips at the '
wine glass. And one woman, who with her
little son strode the deck of the Dronening
Maud which plys between Christiana and
Copenhagen, drew placidly upon a. cigar in
quite a manniSh style. It took me some time
to get used to that sort of thing, and I kept
saying to myself, “thank the Lord, the women
of America will never fall for smoking."
Whenever I got the chance without offending,
I made it plain to my European friends that
American women were not smokers. I took
a deal of comfort in the thought. that Ameri-
can wives and' mothers and sweethearts still
retained some of their ~ old-fashioned sweet;
ness and aloofncss from habits that corrupt
mind and body. I kept thinking about the
thing on my way home and even got into
an argument on my return boat over the su- . ,.
perior virtue of American women. You‘can ' 4 3/.
imagine I was sort of staggered when the first 3’ 
paper that I picked up said in bold headlines, =  '
:‘Washington women. oppose ban on smok-
mg”.
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State Police Come in Handy

THE INDICTED governor of Illinois
‘ has found a new use for the state police.
When the sheriff of San-gamon "county at-
tempted to serve a, warrant upon the Governor
for his arrest on the charge of embezzlement,
the governor assumed an attitude of less
majesty and threatened to. call out the state
policerto protect his. person and his dignity. .
Gov." Small may or may not be guilty of the

charge againstth but  is guilty of con- _' 
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Add a subscriber to the M. B. F.
I Would like to introduce myself
to the Business Farmer by 
in: a few facts asfito' my experience
as 2:. Nautical  I
' I was born in a log cabin in south
m Hillsdale County, Mich, on
April, 1847', at which time the in~
habitants of Camden township would
average about one family ‘to the
action or land. I grew up on the
farm with my father and family un-
til I Was 29 years of age at which
time I man'ied a farmer’s daugh-
ter and purchased 140 acres of
land of my father for $4,000 going
in debt on the farm $2,800 and
drawing 8 per cent Interest. About
50 acres of this land was cleared

- but .not very well fenced or drained.

There were no
farm.

I rent-ed a. house 1~2 mile away,
hired a good band by the year to
work with me, paid him $200 a year
with boa-rd and washing. We pro—
ceeded at once to cut the timber,
dawn] the logs three miles to the saw
mill and I had to give the mill man
one-half of my legs in order to get
the other half made into lumber to
build me a house and barn on my
farm. it cut the tops and waste
timber into 18 inch wood and haul-
ed that fourvto eight miles to mar—
ket and traded it at $1.00 and $1.25
per cord fior groceries, hardware,
dry goods, etc., to say expenses.

I underdrained this farm with
poles and slabs put underground 2
1-2 feet deep. These drains worked
fine for about 12 years. Then I put
in tile drains. I have sold wheat
all the way from 65 cents to $1.00
per bushel. I sold fat hogs all the

buildings on this

'way from $2.50 to $10 per 100-

pounds, butter 8 cents, eggs 8 to
10 cents, etc. ~

I have owned and operated farms
nearly all of my life. I have three
farms now, 40, 60 and 80 acres, all
good productive land. So what I
may say in regard to farming, I
have learned by actual experience.
Should the Michigan Business Farm-
er care to hear from me further upon
the subject of farming I would be
pleased to send them items occas-
tl'onally—Julian A. Palmer, Hills-
dale County, Mich. '

Glad to meet you. Shake! It’s a
real plme to get a letter from one of
the old pioneers telling  he struggled
to get a. start in the d-aysof long ago.
I Imagine there are lots of things of
interest which you could tell Business
Fan-men readers about your early ex-
periences.» Jag your memory a. bit uni
lot 'er me.-Editor. .

 

MOB RULE ziN-D THE AMERICAN
LEGION

HAVE JUST read W. C. D.’s art-

icle in the July 23rd issue of M.
*— B. F. and as- you made no com-
ment thereon it seems to me if no-
body raised their voice in protest
against it; “the very stones would
immediately cry out.” ..

In considering this question, first
of all let us define a good American
My definition would be—
A man or ’woman who reveres the
laws of their country, is loyal to its
institutions and traditions, respect-
ing those in authority, whether
or not their votes helped 'to place
them there. Hence an advocate or
participant in mob rule and the con»
sequent violence is outside the, pal
of good citizenship. —

Has W. C. D. forgotten or has he
ever heard of the struggle over" this
same principle that went on in
"Bleeding Kansas" three [quarters
of ascentury'ago? Of .the mobs of
pro—slavery who tolerated no oppo-
sition 'to their ‘opinlons? How the
Free State Party was suppressed?
Its meetings broken upmrHow those
who dared to speak for - freedom
were tarred and feathered and rid-
den on a rail? “ How many of them

 run out of the territuy'ud
some were shotfon their gov}: farms?

 

‘I do not know what those speak-
a  I know but
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and what little I know I do not like
but in such a case it is not necessary
to inquire which party was right,
because we know which was wrong.
The side that attempts to suppress

' free speech by violence is wrong no

matter what the side that suffers
may stand for.

These speakers were clearly in
their constitutional rights and they
should have been protected in them.

It seems strange to me that men
could enlist in the service for the
extension of democracy abroad, come
home, join a gang like that for the
suppression of Democracy at home.

The men who take part in such
infractions of constitutional rights
are not members of an American
Legion, they are members of a for-
eign legion. They have deserted
their flag and gone over to the en-
emy. Their principles are Prus-
sian and their practice is Bolshevist.

The ex-service man as well as the
ordinary mortal who deliberately
breaks the law of his home. land
places himself in the class with the
pro—German the I. W. W and. the
copperhead of civil war days. He
difiers in degree only, not. in kind.

As to the action of Learned Post
as reported in the press, it was any-
thing but 0. K. as he avers and the
sequel proves that the rank and file
of the Legion so regarded it.

Our boy came home from France
broken in health, weak in body and
is now receiving vocational train-
ing and it would break his old
mother's heart as well as my cum if
he should be found at the door of

‘the state or national treasury build-

ing‘trying to kick open the door so
he could get his fingers on the con-
tents. And this is virtuallv what
the action of those men amounted
to. The service of those boys who
went to Europe can never be paid
for in dollars and cents and I am
glad that the American Legion as
a whole does not belle its name.—
W. C. 8., Alma, Mich.

 

Put ’er there, you yankee atrio
That’s the finest sermon on Amzricant:
ism I’ve read for some time. It was an
ova-sight, our publishing the letter you
speak of without comment. Most as-
suredly the Business Farmer does NOT
agree with W. "C. D.’s interpretation of
Americanism and his defense of ‘mob
rule. We’ll leave justice any time to
our regularly elected officers, corrupt as
they may sometimes be, in preference
to the mad frenzy of the mob. If we
do not have a care mob rule ls going to
transform this beloved country into an
arena. of hate, violence and terror in
which no man’s life and property will
be saSe; “fitness the recent outrages
committeed by the resurgrected Ku Klux
Klan in the southern states where law-
abiding citizens have been tarrcd and
feathered or slaughtered like pigs’ by
gangs of masked men. Listen to the
words of warning recently issued by a.
prominent U. 8 official against the
growing disregard for law and order and
the tendency toward mob rule. Take to
heart the recent refusal of Gov. Groes—
beck to turn over to Georgia authorities
‘the person of a. negro, accused but not
convicted of murder, because the Gov-
ernor knew that ‘the man’s life would

 

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' not be safe at the hands of the mob who

await the negro's return like ,blood-
hounds held in leah. I am satisfied
that the rank and file of the Amenij
Legion do not approve of the lawless
new of its members in Kansas. m 0’3
the impouuc and foolish tactics of the
b0}? ‘Who boss the Learned Post. - In the
haDds or true Americans, the W ' cam
Legion may become a mighty factor for
truth and righteousness, law and order.
good government and impartial admin-
istration of justice, but it its leader!
are to be of the stamp who came in
and approve'mob violence its career
will be short and shamefn1.———Edit0r.

 

FORD AND MUSCLE SHOALS
BELIEVE there should be circu-
lated immediately, by the Mich-

' igan State Farm Bureau a “cir-
cular letter” to each local chapter
and obtain the endorsement of every
individual in these respective chap-
ters, that they are in favor of our
federal government accepting the
bids of Mr. Ford for the purchase of
the Muscle Shoals plants.

The American farmer should have
the utmost concern in this matter,
and, I believe should the state farm
bureau bring enough stress upon its
members as to the paramount im-
portance of same, the federal gov-
ernment would awaken to the fact
that for the ultimate satisfaction of
all classes concerned this “colossus
of Muscle Shoals” should be turned
oven to Mr. Ford for the betterment
of humanity. ’

It is needless to say that there
are other large corporations with
infinite financial backing who would
very gladly acquire the Muscle
Shoals project, but these same cor-
porations have a sinister motive
namely, private gain.

It is absolutely necessary that the
Wilson dam be completed. For that
reason the local chapter of the
farm bureaus of the United States
should notify their representatives
in congress through the “circular
letter” as to just What they 'want
and expect. We_ cannot brand such
legislation as a. “class affair" be-
cause thc people of this country
would receive the benefits and not a.
few sinister “noblisse” corporations.

Mi'. Ford I believe, believes in
providing a means whereby the
people or peoples may benefit by
their own industry. It would be an
incalculable calamity to this coun-
try should the federal government
turn down Mr. Ford’s offer

,Get the farm bureau back of it
and BOOST. Wishing the M. B. F.
success in, its endeavor, I beg to re-
main—J. G. Sprong, Calhoun
County. '

 

There is need for 'action. As you have
probably noted Sec’y or War Weeks has
urged the rejection of the Ford proposal,
but his arguments sound absurd to the
average citizen. While it would not be

wise to rush headlong into an accept- -

ance of Ford’s proposition Without first
knowing 2111 that it entails, nearly all will

agree that Mr, Ford is THE man to'

turn this "white elephant” into a useful
industry. Certainly it would do no
harm for the farmers to make their
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THE FARMERS BUYING POWER
HE QUESTION, What’s the mat-
ter with business? can be ans.-
.wered roughly with this simple

statement of facts: In 1914 twenty

bushels of corn would buy'a ton of
pig iron. In 1921 forty~five bush-
els of corn will ouy a ton of pig
iron.

This formula sets out the relation
between the purchasing power of
the farmer and the stuff, he has to

‘ buy. What is true of the corn farm-

er is approximately true of the cot-

~- ton,, wool and livestock raiser. It

in true in large dares for all deal-
ers in raw materials, , ’ -
Why the farmer isn’t, buying as
usual is not a matter ofpsycholOgy,
or mood, or anything of that sort.
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manufactured articles .on a normal
business basis before the war when
he could buy his goods, that we rep-
resent by a ton of pig iron, with
twenty bushels of corn. Obviously,

no matter how disposed he might be '

to buy today, his purchasing power
is slashed to pieces when it takes
forty—five bushels of corn to buy

what he could have boughtin 1914 -

for twenty bushels. _
The farm purchasing power is the

'biggest block of purchasing power“

in the country. The manufacturer
can’t run his factories on a normal
basis when his farm market is cut
in two. The balance between farm
and factory, farm and city, must be

'more nearly restored for business to

get into a healthy condition—Kan-

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_ Son says he is ready anytime to 

READ M. B. F. ADS.
AM, GLAD there is one farm pa.-
' per in Michigan that comes out
‘ rand says it’s soul is its own, and
that one is the M. B. F. The writer
iust came across the second com-
plaint: against Mr. Crandell. T913
time it is a boy who is trying to get
into the pig business but Crandell I
turns up and spoils it all. Why un-
der the sun, men, do you patronize
a man of this stamp? If he will
play dirt on one he will on another.
When a man will take advantage of
a boy, folks, look at the matter
straight and see how it looks. If
a man beat a newsboy out of pay for
a paper what would you think—then
compare. We are in hopes that
every farmer in Michigan will soon
be on the mailing list of the M. B.
F. and then all will be happy as they
only use ads. of reputable men in
all classes of business. Watch their
ads. folks and you all will be repaid
two fold- ‘We are here to say that
Michigan is ‘8 big state and that we
ought to ‘trv and avoid "Shylocks"
all we can as there are enough banks.
that let money to othei classes of
business. Yours f‘01 the benefit of
it all.—-—M. B. Russell, Arenas Coun-
ty, Mich.

Yes. friend Russell, we try to keep
dishonest advertisprs out of our columns.
Occasionally we make a mistake but not
often. The M. B. F. reader can safely
patronize the M. B. F. adventiser.-—-'
Editor.

THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN
FARMER-

AM A reader oi your excellent

paper. It is inst what every

farmer needs. My son subscrib-
ed some time ago with Peter Han-
son of Kingsley Mich. I was par-
ticularly interested in what you said
concerning the South Dakota bank-
ing law in helping farm owners to
get mOney to put their farms on .a.
paying basis.

We are in such a place as you
said so many Northern Michigan
farmers are. We need money to pay
up indebtedness on our 40 acre
farm and to improve, to build a
modest little house,‘ a barn, other
outbuildings, corn crib, chicken
house, etc., to house and save what
we are raising. We need fences to
keep stock in and keep stock out.
My son and I are both good garden-
stock until he can have fences, barn
and feed to care for them right, and
it takes money to bring that—and
when we get those things they help
us to make more money. We want
a good big vegetable garden and
fruit garden and a greenhouse with
well, and gasoline engine for all
purposes. Then we can supply mois-
ture whether it rains or not to our
plants and small fruit. Resorters
demand all kinds of summer foods
and with a Ford delivery body at-
tached, one can make good money.
My son and I are both good garden-
ers and we love to make things
grow. >

My son is a. Mexican .border and
World’s War veteran. He was ‘10
months in border service and 20
months overseas. Came home aIn
poor health, left eye slghtless, pulse '
moneyless. He likes the farm but
he asks what can he do without
stock and tools. Son and I used to
live in Toledo, Ohio. He often said
how he wished. he had a farm home
of even cut over land, so I came up
here in May, 1916, and bargained
for this 40 acres of cut-over land,
best of soil, 19 acres under plow,
stumps nearly off the 19 acres, 17
acres in crops by another party on
shares, but we would rather work“
it ourselves and have the full crop.‘ 

We want to get In sweet clover; ll- . V

folio, clear low ground, sow alsike..“

his forces in here when he gets
things to do with.- Such help as you
wrote of is needed in this case gut. ,
least and what a mighty lot of 

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“ to ,‘irhe'Uni'tedt"St§tes, with no Lot’s
 'wlfe‘.attitude,__, no llookinge,.i-back ‘to

',the‘-various .Old World countries
from whichi—our ancestors have sev-
erally coma—Roosevelt.

 

DON'T WORRY
By Helen E. Wendell

'-0N’T _WORRY! To worry about
the past is to dig up a grave;
. let the corpse lie!

“To worry about the future is to
dig our own grave; let the under-
taker attend to that.

-“The present is our servant; let

us use‘it!” "
" Hemely philosophy, this, but, full
of truth. And, in these days of bus-
iness depression and financial stress,
let,us all make this philosophy our
philosophy. insofar as it is humanly
possible.

We all know that these days, just
like all the "other black days—the
other nightmares—of the past, must
pass on, too, in their turn, and,
when] they have gone, we shall be
thebetter fitted to grasp the pros—
perity that is surely coming, if we

have not permitted them to put
their mark upon us. -
Oliver Goldsmith has said: “Our

«greatest glory is not in never fall-
ing, but in rising every time we
fall.” From the pen of the well-
loved Harriet Beecher Stowe flow—
ed these words: “When you get
into a tight place, and everything
"goes against you, till it seems as if
you couldn't hold on a minute long—
er, never give up then, for that’s

Just the time and place that V the
tide’ll turn.”
V Courage, then! Cultivate coure
'age, and “carry on!”

“I can’t. It is impossible," de-

flclared a foiled lieutenant, to Alex-
jander the Great, on field of battle.
“Begone,” shouted the conquer-
Ting Macedonian, “nothing is impos-
sible to him who will try.”
Napoleon said.
to the most persevering."
' Orison S. Marsden assures us that

“‘Opposing circumstances create
strength. Opposition gives us
- greater powers of resistance. To

overcomes one barrier gives us great-
er ability to overcome the next."
‘ The world not only admires, but
5what is better yet, it respects the
'man or woman who. instead of run-
‘ning away from difficulty, calmly
'and patiently and ‘ courageously
'grapples with it, finally mastering
;and overcoming it. The men and
;women whose names, illuminating
'the pages of history, have come
"down to us through the ages, are
'not the names of men and women
'who have gone down easily in de-
ifeat! Those men and women, and
'they are legion, found no royal road
Vto their triumph, but traveled the
'old, thorny, stony route of deter-
-‘mined perseverance over and around
;the adversities that beset them. All
that is great and true, and worth-
‘while in the history of the world to-
'day is the result of painstaking,
perpetual, often heartbreaking,
perseverance. '

Expect good times!

Faith never fails. If .we only
have faith enough we can see above
.and beyond the boundaries of pan—
ic. Faith will open the door for us
that will enable us to look ahead
into the future’s limitless possibilie
ties.

Think good times!

Believe good times!

Talk good times! V _

Cultivate more faith in your GOd
your
maul—Pipp’s Weekly.

A READER'S HOUSEHOLD HELPS

' EAR HOUSEHOLD Editor: Will

‘ the suggestions offered here be
 helpful to minor the M- B- F‘-

re’adersz ,By keeping filled salt and
.,,"*,-pepper shakermontcip of range and
“if gasoune on oil-stove and a bowl of
gun. ,in'kitchen cabinet, time". and
~ tape 1- saved.

andsexclufii-ve and; undivided loyalty 

“Victory belongs

government and your feIIOW-

much longer.



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—  “e; ., .  '  ‘v '
fl ' Aliépattmentibr‘me . i, _  
'  winters"  amen   r V

Dear Friends: We all need to uproot ourselves occasionally. Here lathe plane to do it.
Let on talk over our work. our plenum. what we read 'end our women“ In Isl-Inning up ours.

families.

I feel that I have many new friends made thru the oolumne of this
I write It Is not to e cold-blooded wemen's
Mmthrloudhout Michigan .and some other mm In whom

- page ind .
ertmeng but to thousandrof‘ wo-.
re a very close and tender ln-“

Home

thlnk of you all In your homes and emerge your” fenilllee end wish I could Jun. eli

" down' with you on your own doorstep
door: . :Now please do not let
euheorlptlon to Ameoloon cookery for
letter chill-e.

complain of much work, the

shortcut in' dishwashing. -

By placing an old bed-blanket or
some heavy cloth in a bushel bask-
et a market basket—~minus "the
handle—on a worn out dishpan, one
has a convenient receptacle for
draining dishes.

Bright and shining dishes may be
had by washing in good suds and
as soon as one is washed, dip it in
pan of hot rinse water and place in
receptacle to dry.

By placing dishes in drying pan in
kind of irregular form—not closely
packed—the air will reach them
and they will be dry and ready for
cupboard by the time the calico
dishes are washed. This also saves
laundering many dish towels.

Silver and glassware require the
use of the towel- '

To wash windows, use a Chamois.
After the window is washed, squeeze
—-not wring—the water from the

try

chamois and ~wipe window—no
cloth is needed for drying. This is
very good method for washing

windows in cold weather.

The chamois and warm soft wa-
ter may be used to wash soiled fur-
niture and will not dull the varnish.
As a fuel saver try this when wish—
ing to fry eggs. When boiling po—
tatoes, have a flat cover on re-
ceptacle contain- ' '

end- be e
me do all the talking. I shell be e
the most practical letter on the aubleot woer in the

P. w.. “Taking Drudoery From Work."—-|\Ire. Grace Nellie Jenner.

home but'wei‘wlll have to'oell thle me our
glad to oiler I you"

"do and we love you. ,Hoping the

enclosed suggestions will help soine-
one and that my .letter is not too
lengthy, I am, very truly, Mrs. R.
F-., Clinton County. '

A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE
IBEEN A BENEFIT TO ME

WAY TO use bread that is a
little stale, break as many
eggs as you want to use in a
bowl. Add a little salt, beat well,
put a little butter in a frying pan,
pour in half the egg, dipethe bread
in hot water or milk, place in frying

pan, cover with'the rest of the eggs.

If the butter was hot when the first
eggs were put in it will do to turn
as soon as the breadgis covered, turn
and let' fry a bit, put on platter and
serve. Our men. never tire 'of‘ it."

In canning tomatoes, I take out
the seeds by putting .them through
a collan'der, when they are cocked
then they are ready for soup or any
way one wants them. If I do not
have cans enough I put them in bot-
tles ‘and seal with a wax made of
rosin and a little lard melted to—
gether about a level tablespoon of
lard to a half pound of rosin.

TOMATO SOUP

1 quart tomatoes put in stew‘ket-
tle, when hot add nearly a teacup
of cream with a tablespoon of flour

' stirred in it. To
thicken the soup

 

ing them and a

 

few minutes be-
fore they a r e
cooked place the
frying pan con-
taining the eggs
on top of potato
kettle and, soon
the y w i l l b e
fried in a better

Shakespeare on Friendship

He that-is thy friend indeed
He will help thee in thy need;
If thou sorrow he will weep,
If thou wake he cannot sleep:
Thus of every grief in heart
He with thee doth bear a part. in

a little, some
like to stir in a
little soda just as
if it is taken off
the stove.

If a'stew kettle
gets burned put
some wood
ashes and set on

 

way than when

stove to boil and

 

placed right over

the fire. It is well to place cover
over the eggs while cooking as they
cook more evenly and in less time.

By using only enough butter or
drippings to well grease the frying
pan: the eggs will be much more
tender and palatable than when
placed in a larger amount of fat and
it is dipped over them.

If there are those, who, like my-

' self do not like the taste or odor of

soda in tomato soup, they may make
it by having the tomatoes boiling
when the milk is added and the milk
will not curdle. If one likes, a can
of salmon may be added to the to-
mato soup, making a _ pleasing
change. To improve cookies stir
them up at night and let ‘stand till
morning before rolling out. Here
is recipe that if treated this way
will make cookies that will “melt
in your mouth.” '

One and one-quarter cups sugar,
a very generous cup of butter, 3
eggs, 3 tablespoons of cold water, 1
level teaspoon of soda and same of
baking powder. Be careful to not
stir the dough too stiff and roll out
as soft as possible, taking only
small amounts of dough on mixing
board at a time. After cookies are

‘partly cooled place in container. in

kind of irregular manner, so they
will not stick together and then
cover. This makes cookies much
more moist. As soon as
taken from oven place in covered
container and cakewill keep moist

.We wish . you ;.to_ know, .dear .edit-
or. how much -we appreciate you.
It seems g'to; me, Mrs. Jen-nay, that
with all 'loi'e,andq,due'-respect to
other householdeditors, I‘ have never
known of any who has seemed to
so unite herself with her readers
as you do. You surely are doing

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cake is

.1”?!er as“.

it will loosen up,
if not too badly burned.

To clean combs easy, put in to
soap suds and soak a little while
then brush with a five cent brush.

We have two big wire fly-traps,

one in the wood shed and one on the v

back. porch, .baited with sweetened
vinegar and water and have .caught
two or ,three quarts of flies this sea-

son. We made the traps.

Labels for Fruit Cans

I paste one side of a blank pa-
per wi-th mucilage and dry it, then
write the- name of the fruit I have

in the cans and cut it off and paste

on ‘the can.

A safe way to build fires with ker-
osene is to stand corn c-obs on
end in a tin can until it is full. Fill

with kerosene and use one for each-

fire.—-—-J. D.

 

NOW WE KNOW THE AUTHOR
OF THE  ’

N YOUR paper of July~2, the poem
I “The Bird with a Broken 'Wing,"
‘“ I do not feel is quite complete as
dlder. P. P. Bilhorn several years
ago'when he added wthis fourth
verse:

But‘the soul that comes to Jesus,
Is saved from every sin.

And the heart that fully trusts Him. '

Shall a crown of glory win;
Then'come to the dear Redeemer.
He’ll cleanse you from ev'ery stain
By .His wonderful love and meréy'
You shall surely rise again. ', _ ‘

4' - I believe it wasin 18961 that? this
stanzawas added- I never .ran’to

locket your page although ,I ' dc" net

’ always read the rest ‘ of the paper.

e“ of Lrightf—Jielena

_' i-tanCe;-t

' - for-s ourself. by :nnttins on -"'o. 
 ‘ltoe" gunners and chank amend.—

    

   
   

wo ,-- 7 is * , ',
his right- ' to marry; ‘
to prove his r'ight‘to hold efficients,
prove hisqright' to secure passports
for foreign travel; ’ -.to-‘ prove ‘ 
mother’s right to a widow’s pension.
The War and .Birth- Registration, ‘ _
The drafting oft-thousands 'of‘me‘n '3? u f
for; military service has emphasized  ,
‘ the need for more complete birth a 
registration.- Young men have been 
confronted with the necessity of fur-. -
nishing proof of-age and citizenship,-
and have found proof lacking on--ac-" ; V .
count of faulty-laws or imperfect ’ ,
enforcement ofthe 'la-w. » » -

Provisions of Birth-Registration ' V  
Laws = - E???
The law requires that the baby's r
birth be reported by the physician, _
the nurse 'or midwife in attendance, F
to the health office or town clerk, w 7 3, --
who reports it to the StatetBoard of F.»
Health. If you are not sure that “
his has been done for your baby,
write to the State Board of Health,
and if they have no record they will
send you a blank on which you may
record the child'sflb'irth yourself. It
is not ,too late at any time, and may
be very important for him \in the
years'to come. ‘ ' , ’

        
           
               
           
     
         
   
     
     
       
    
  
 
  
   
  
   
  
    
   
   
   
  
    
  
   
    
   
   
 
   
    
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
    
 
   
    
    
   
  
   
   
   
    
   
   

 

TATTING ' ‘ “-

Dear Editor—I am wondering if
‘any' readers of theeM, B. F. would
'care to buy tatted yokes or cami‘
soles? If there are. I wouldbe glad
to have them send their orders to
me and I will make any size round
ones for night dreSses and edgings
for sleeves at $3.50. Camisole
yokes at $5.00. I do anything in

tatting. We are readers of the ,-
‘M. ,B.'F. and think it a fine paper.—
‘Mrs; Minnie Field, R 3, Middleville,
Michigan. _ . ‘

 

KEEP “VELL!

Ventilate every room you "occupy.

Wear loose. porous clothing suited
to season. weather and occupation. '

Sleep in fresh air always; in the
open if you can. . , ', » '

Hold your handkerchief before
your. mouth and nose when you
vcough or sneeze and insist that oth-
ers do so, too.

Always wash your hands before
eating.

Do not. overeat. This applies es-
pecially to meats and eggs.

Eat some hard and some bulky
foods; son/1e fruits. .-  I

Eat slowly—+chew thoroughly.

Drink sufflCient‘ water daily.

Evacuate thoroughly, regularly.

Stand, sit and walk erect.

Do not allow poisons and infec-
.tlons to enter the body. ‘

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clean. v
Work, play, rest and sleep in mod- ‘ ‘
eration. \ ' ‘ ' ' ‘ I
Keep serene. Worry is the. foe or
health. Cultivate the companion-

ship of your fellOw men.
‘A‘vold self-drugging. Beware the ’
plausible humbug of the patent med-
icine faker. .  - ' '
Have your doctor examine you
carefully once a» year. Also consult
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COBRESPON DEN T'S COLUMN

*Mr’s. V.—We have no pattern for .a
’babys cape but if you cannot get one
I will procure one and send .it 'to you.
: The price of DHlilOl‘l’lS'at stores here is
.about 250. Do yourvath a simple cape
or one with a hood, attached?

This lady will
_footoing stockings: , ,
V If the request for renewing stocking
feet has not been «answered, will the
correspondent pleaSe'fwrite me- stating
her size stocking and I will help her aisf
I think I haVe a. fine pattern. It looks‘
like slippers when made of contra tin"
_ color, __am1 it made of heavy, materi l i
is. a pleasing gift .to an, invalid or‘the -:-
little kiddies forglwlnter in the house.‘

1 and menus summer underwear as good

      
       
       
       
      

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. mkes a." very pretty gift- for the ll;
7, girl; a..,red.pair ‘for the little manor" ‘
for yourself, uso the [legs " of another“
~ pairiand if out low enough can be we .
3 with-:quppers Or. y0u;'can cut the, patter?"

  
  
   
  
  
 

 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
   
  

  
 

     
 

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‘ linens. Uncle. Ned, butlfor his sake
"~'..‘ypu must :‘put ' up with: them- and
write to me each week during Uncle

‘ ‘ Ned’s absence so-we can keep your

page going until he returns. Poor
Uncle Ned! He. certainly needed a
v‘aCation. VDay-in :and -day out he
‘has sat here in his hot l-ittl-e‘otfice
from 8 in the-merning- until 5:30
.atnight. writing and planning for
the‘chi-ldren and others who read
tithe M. B. F. I am sure he will feel
vmore like working and will have
“some interesting things to_tell you
v about his vacation when he returner

As‘you may know I have been in

'Eur'ope. At one time I was almost
4,000 miles away from dear old
vMichjgan. I became acquainted

with .many boys_ and girls in Scot-
land, Norway, Denmark, Germany
and England. Some of these child-
ren 'could not talk English and
they would jabber away at me in
their own tongue like monkeys in
a circus. . Ontthe boat which I took
from Norway to Denmark. a little
Norwegian _b0y about 8 years old
became much interested in my type-
writer so I asked him if he wanted
to Write his name. At first he did
not understand, but by pointing to
the .m-achine and. saying “navn”
which is Norwegian for "name." he
soon caught my meaning and was
.immensely pleased. He was really
a very bright and gentlemanly little
fellow and we had a great time to-
gether. ' ‘

' . Now if you children will write to

 

1' 2’ _, Lkn w‘: ’
can't write things half-.250 interests” “ :

'week about the boys and

   
 
  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll
promise to tell you something each

me \whll-e Uncle .Ned is away

girls I
saw in Europe. Address your let-
ters toUncleNed Just asyou-have
been doing so they'll come straight
to the “Children's Hour" desk.—
Editor. - ' -

 

OUR ’BOYS AND GIRL

Dear Uncle Ned—l am a boy eleven
years old and in the fifth grade. I live
on a farm of eighty acres. My father
takes the M. B. F. and likes it very
much. _ I like the Doc Dads and 1 en-
joy reading the letters the boys and
girls write. For pets 1 have a dog, two
cats, 3. horse and colt—Harold Bennett,
R 3. Box 54. West Branch. Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned—~—I am a farmer’s girl
13 years old. [have light brown hair.
gray eyes. my height is five feet, seven
inches. i weigh 140 pounds. We live
on a 70 acre farm two miles from town.
For pets we have one crow, -which I
caught in the woods, 30 rabbits. 3 cats,
and a. coltn I have four sisters and
three of us will be in the eighth grade.
I am a violinist. my father made my
violin in the year of 1911 and last year
he gave it to me. I will not part with
it for anything. One of my sisters plays
the piano ; like to read ‘fThe Child-
ren's Hour’ very much—Dorothea
Cook.’ Pittsford, Mich.

Dear Uncle Nedz—We got our M. B.
F. today. and I was very glad because
I like the Children’s Hour. I am twelve
years old and am in the eighth grade
at school._ I am rather short and have
brown eyes and dark brown wavy hair.
For pets I have a. little dog called Cupid.
He is just a puppy but he knows a lot.
One morning my sister left the corn crib
door open and when mother went out
there he was standing in front of the
corn crib keeping the chickens out. We
have ten calves and sixteen milking cows

 

and a calf that is red. black and White.

' Her mother is black and white spotted.

We need to put,my sister Dorothy on

vher back and she would go for a ride.
~I milk
. friend.———Mabei

cows. Your affectionate

two .
Somers. C‘larc, Michigan,

Route 1,

 

Dear Uncle Ned:--I am another girl
who wants to join'your merry circle.
I did not See my letter invprint 'in the
i , B. F. I am nine years old and in
the fifth grade. My daddy owns a big
gravel pit and it has water in it fifteen
feet deep. I like the M.. B, F. line! I
ham: 3. dog and a cat for pets. I have a
brother who is 18 months old and-his
name is Eric. I am going to . braska
this summer—Ardis Fills, Dewitt, Mich.

Ardis. you must tell us all about
your trip to Nebraska when you re-
turn.

Dear Uncle Ned: May I join your
merry circle? I am a boy 'fouricen
years old and in the seventh grade at
school. We live on a farm of 120 acres
and have five horses, forty-one sheep,
ten pigs, two cows and two calves. For
pets I have a kitten. My father takes
the M. B. F. and we like it fine I like
the Doc Dads; they are so funny.—
John Martin, Laingsburg, Michigan.

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——-1 am a farmer girl
that would like to join your merry cir-
cle. I am 12 years old and will be in
the 7th grade when school begins. I
live an a 80 acre farm. For pets I
have a cat and a dog.’ The dog will go—
and bring the cows up if you tell him
to. We have 8 cows, 2 calves and 4
horses . I like the M. B. F. very much.
I read the boys and girls letters just
as soon as we get the paper in the
house I like the D00 Dads. I think
them very mischevious little fellows
sometimes. I have one brother seven
years old in the fourth grade. His
name is Ford—Eleanor Newman, R 1,
Muir. Mich.

" r V, ..
 Doo Dads." ‘

  

.d ., , ._enioy the, cull  .
unh. and especially “ 0?; ‘
. . _ l t correspondence” with
a: girl. for quite a while: I'read her leta
tcr in the“ paper and she wanted “wine
one to Write to her so 1 did. She sent
me her picture and I also sent her mine.
i am twelve years old; graduated from
school this year with an average '
87.9. Nine pupils wrote from our schnal
and six passed and i passed highest 01'
all. 1 am going to high school. We live
on a farm of .i80 acres. My father
works in an office in a nearby town
and we have two hired men. We are
going to our resort next week and stay
three or four weeks. Well I must close.
\Vill some of the girls please write to
mo? 1' will gladly answer their letters
promptly.——-I—Iazel M. Horton, Filion,
l’fichigan.

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a boy ten
years old and will be in the sixth grade
in school this fall. I have one sister‘
and no brothers. \Ve live on a 120 acre
farm. We take the M. B. F. and like it—
very much. I like the D00 Dads and '
the children's page. For pets I have
thrco eats. a calf. n steer and a cow.—

LaVerne Stiericy. Charlotte. Mich, [1-3.
Dear Uncle Ned:—-Hcre is another

one who wishes to join your circle. I
am twelve years old and am in the 6th

grade. For pets 1 nave a cat named
Abijah. I have four sisters and no
brothers. I live on an e1ghty acre farm.

We take the M. B. F. and like it very
well. I read tlie Children's Hour and
I like the D00 Dads too. I will try and
answer any letters the boys or girls
write to me.——Phyllis Brown, Laings-
burg, Michigan, Route 4,

 

Dear Uncle Neds—I saw the letters
from the girls and boys in the M. B. F.
We have 15 cows, 6 horses, 100 chick-.
ens and Z ducks. I live on a farm of
320 acres. My father takes the M. B.
F. and we all like it fine. I have two
brothers and two sisters. I am fifteen
years old. I have golden hair and blue
eyes and have fair complexion. I am
6 feet, 4 inches tall and weigh 132 lbs.

.. Well I will close for this time, hoping

that some of the boys and girls will
write to me. Your friend—Olive Jones,
Deckerville. Mich., Route 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

were hardly dryasafter the duck-

y in: they got t jweek. before.
they put their heads together to cook
lip“ some new mischief. .rTheB wanted
especially to get even with do Saw-

  
  

 
 

ville which melts: 111‘? the a
‘ 1y imfiinting the nose of the
,d- 0 Doc lose angry

and words to express his- feel-
longer he stands there the
His eyes are stand-

, ets.
' ‘ ' could knock them.

you

  
  

~ has a.
" his back to say

08 with a  He .is getting so
furiously, rod that before long he will
. be 88. red as the‘ nose on the statue:
~ that is. 11 he doom't burst. Poly re-
memberi._h0w old man-Grouch, actual-

ly laughed, when n

_ pow  ’ i e is
so stiff with rheumatism that it hurts
“yea” and "nod; He

  

     

 
 

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1-.—

‘ The Rascal’s Revenge

would not be able to standthe pain
of benamg down if it was not that‘he
'oxpected somemmg Ior nothing. Be-
tween you and me, there isn’t anything
in the purse anyway. Someone told
Flamielfeet. the cop. that the boys
were teasing a blind .man, so he -. is
hurrying .down the street to make
.them stop. All of a sudden, bingi A
'horrid ‘looking thing jumped right out
at hint Flannelfeet hasn't yet made
nun his mind whether it is a dummy or
a. ghgst, but he is a. pretty wise cop.
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squinting so hard to keep that glass
in his eye that he never even saw the
stick. He will be lucky if he does not
finish up with a nose as red as Doc. -
Sawbones' statue. fwunout ever look-
ing where. he was going Sleepy Sam
sat down under the see-saw that the
boys were teetering on. Poor Sam.
he doesn’t get any better. He lost his
leg through not paying attention. An-
other cra‘ck like that and Doc Saw-
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in issue. Bteedm' Auction Sales. advertised
museum maze-roar ,TNE- women

   
  

    

To avoid conflicting dates we will without
Goat. list the date of any live stock sale In
Michigan. If you are considering a sale ed-
.VIee us at once and we will claim _the at.

   
  

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for you. Address. Live Stock Editor. IR. 3.
-l Mt. Clemens. *
Oct. 21. Holsteins. Howoll Sales 00..

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Howell. Mich

 

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LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS
Andy Adams. Litehfield, Mich.
Ed. Beware, South Whitley, Ind
Porter Colestock, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
John Hoffman; Hudson, Mich.
D. L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.
J. I. Post. Hillsdalc, Mich.
J. E. Ruppert, Perry, Mich. .
Harry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich.
\Vm. V‘Vaf‘i’le. Goldwater. Mich. '

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

John P. Hutton, Lansing, Mich.
0.  Rasmussen, Greenville, Mich.
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN
SHOW BIILL

Sired by a Pontiac Aauie Komdyke-Henger-
veld DeKol bull from a nearly 19 lb. show
cow. First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair.
1920. Light in color and good individual
Seven months 0d. Price, $125 to make
room. Hurry!

Herd under Federal Supervision

BOAHDMAII FARMS

JACKSON. MIGH.

 

 

 

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PEWL ADVERTISING RATES under this headan to hone“ 'brpoei-e or live noon It“!
will be sent on modest. Better, still write out‘whet you have to ofier, let us out it In
gm, show you s\ proof and tell you whit it will cost for 13. 28 or 52 times. .m chem
 .01 ad. or copy so otten «you with. copy or changes must be received one week
here at special low rates: ask for them. write my!)
BUSINESO Fm

 

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before date

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A ROYALLY DEED BULL
Born Nov. 13, 1920. Mostly white. Slut!
by a 35 lb. son of King of the Pontiaes:
a 15 lb. 2 yr. old granddaughter of Pontiac De
Nlilander. whose records of 85.43 at 5 1-2 yrs-
32.73 at 4 1-2 years and 30.11 at 3 1-2 vent!
Put her in the first ranks as a producer. First
cbeCk $150 gets him. Herd Federally Supervised.
BRANDONHILL FARM. Ortonville, Mich.
John P. Hehi. 1205 Griswold St... Detroit, Mich.

GLADWIN COUNTY PURE BRED LIVESTOCK
Association. Holstein. Jersey, Shortth and
Hereford cattle; Duroc-Jersey. Poland China and
TrilaIDDShirg bogs; Oxford, Shropshire. Hampshire
5 eep.
A Blues to buy good breeding stock at reason-
able prices.
ED 3. SWINEHART. C.‘ E. ATWATER.
President. , - Secretary.
Giadwin. Mich.

 

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Fairlawn Herd—Holsteins
Hire Sire, Emblaggaard Lilith Champion 108073

llis sire’s dam (Joinnt‘im 4th’s Johanna. world’s
first 35 lb. cow, and world's first 1,200_lb. cow.
The only cow that ever held all. worlds butter
yearly milk record at the same time. His dam
records from one day to one year, and the worlds
Lilith l‘iebe De Knl No. 03710. over 1,150 lbs.
of butter from 20.5904 pounds of milk in a
year. World's 2nd highest milk record when
made and Michigan state record for 6 years. Only
one Michigan cow with higher milk record today.
His two nearest dams average:

Butter, one year . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,199.22
Mi  . . . . . . . . . . . . ........28.515.0
Champ’s sons from choice A. R. O. dams Will
add prestige to your hard and money to your

r86.
w J. F. MEMMI. Owner .
Flint. Mich.

A PROVEN BLOOD LINE

KING SEGIS tranmitted to his sons the power
to transmit to their daughters the greatest .of
production over long periods. It is his offspring
that has recently made the greatest yearly pro-
duction ever dreamed of. 37381.4 pounds
milk in a year. . .

We have for sale at moderate prices beautiful
individuals of show type KING SEGIS bulls.

GRAND RIVER STOCK RMS

 

 

 

 

 

E M l Corey J. Spencer Owner
Holstein Breeders Since 1900 111 a.“ ~Jackson' Mlch_ '
Under State and Federal Supervision
  SIRED BY SEGIS FLINT 0R SALE—2 REo. HOLSTEI'N BULLS
llt'ilzurvcld Lad. The ready for service from 10 1—2 and 24 1-2 lb.
average records of his four nearest dams are ohms. Price $100 and $125. Herd on so.
33.12 lbs. butter and 730 lbs. milk in seven credited list.
days from A. ll. 0. dams representing the lead- ‘Im. GRIFFIN. Howellc ‘MlCl'ie
ing families of the breed with records up to 29
pounds in seven days. Prim-d to sell.
~ . C. KETZLER 1 x
Flint. Mich. ithFQgDSW#_fi#H
“OLVERINE svocu FARM REPORTS coon REGI§T§REQ HEREFORD CATTLE FfK'tNG
sales from their herd, “19 are we” pin-ed with Rial LATER 713941, and‘ Bean erIec ion
me calves from our Junior [Ierd Sire "King Pon. 327801) head our herd. Bulls are sold, have
use Lunde Korndyke Segis" who is a son of some very fine heifers for sale, bvl or opeiifiail,
‘King ofhithe IPontiaca; gram . daughter of pon_ vbi'i-izd15.28;):ryg‘iird bulls. Come and son them, i; ey
‘ t l“ ) KI .
“:12. (All.  Sgraglue, Ill 2,AB§3‘.'1.1"33§.3”°§,,§§ Tony 8. Fox, Prop... Henry Gehrholz, Herdsman,

 

AM OFFERING LIGHT COLORED HOL.
Btein-Friesian bull 1 year old from 21.51 lb.
dam and sire whose six nearest dams are 33.34
lbs. butter. Herd under state and federal sup-

ervision.
Oscar Waliln. Wiscogln Farm. Unlonvllie, Mich.

Registered Holstein Bull
aired by a son from King Ona and from a 22
n). cow. $90 delivered your station. Write for
pedigree.

EARL PETERS, North Bradley, Mich.

 

 

MARION STOCK FARM. Marion Michigan

ifiimiiii cmLE .313. “mm

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

 

of registered Hampshire Hogs, Gills. Sewn
and Boers.

Write us. tell us what you want and get
our prices.

Le FAYETTE STOCK FARM. La Fayette. In‘
J. *Guuch a Son. Pres.

 

TUEBOII STOCK FARM

Breeder of Registered Holstein
cattle and Berkshire Hogs.

Everything guaranteed, write
~me your wants or come and see
them.

ROY F. FICKIES
I , Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

LAKEWOOD Hsnrronns,.~.'."§;.;c2

.lre good ones. High class females, all

 

ages Best of blood Come and see.
E. J. TAYLOR. Fremont, Mich.
FOR SALE

IIWEIIVIEI‘I HEBEFOIIDS four bulls. one

a grandson of tho $9,500 Bullion 4th. A190,.
few femn
Wm. c. DIOKEH. Smyrna. lich.

EREFORDS FOR SALE. WE HAVE BEEN
breeders of Ilerefords for 50 years. Wyom<
lng 9th. 1920 International prize vvinncr heads
our herd. Have 5 choice yearling bulls. 8
Yearling heifers and a few choice cows for sale.
Let us know your wants.
CRAPO FARM. 5mm Creek, ‘Mich.

 

 

 

OME. Gooo vouua REGISTERED HOL-
ste’ cows. Fair size. good 0010:, bred to
good bulls and due from July to December. Morat-

ly than A. R. stock, prices reasonable and
only or" guaranteed to be exactly as repro
seated. .

M. J. ROCHE
Mich.

SHORT HORN

ONE EXTRA GOOD 18 M08.
oirl lied Scotch bull suitable to
head pure bred herd. Also sevéral cows and
heifers carrying the service of a son of Imp.
Lorne who was twice grand champion of Michigan.

 

FOR SALE

 

 

Pinckmy- OTTO, Charlotte, Mich.
1    on SALE—REGISTERED SI-IIORTHORths
,. and Duroe Jersey spring ‘pigs. citier sex; 0
Shea by Segisfiomdyke De. Nllhnder' 3 32 red bulls. one 11 months and one 5 months old.
son of in twice Michigan nbbon winner vher Several heifers from 6 months to 2 years old.

dam. 29 1-2 lbs. Dams are daughters of King
Segis Pontiac, 9. 37 lb. son of King Seine. Rec-
ords 16 lbs. to 30 lbs. Priced at half value.
' Federally tested June 10. Writé

 

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Springwoll Stock Farm offers for. sale Six
Registered Holstein females, three two-year-old
heifers due this fall. tvvo cows six and seven due
this fall. Brod to a 27 1-2 lb. bull; one year«
ling heifer; $1,000 takes the bunch. Send for
pedigrees and photo or come and see them. Herd
under federal supervision.

W. C. HENDEE 6’: SON. Pinckncy, Mich.

SOLD AGAIN

Bull call last advertised sold but have 2 more
Ilut are mostly white. They are nice straight fol-
lows. sired by a son of King Ona. One is from
I 11' lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from s

 

0 lb. Jr. 8 yr. old dam, she is by a son of
‘end Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. one of
the great

bulls. .
JAMES HOPBON JR" Owouo. Mleh.. R 2._

FOR SALE—TWO Bill-I. CAI-Ills, A HOL-
teia. and Durham about} months old. Both
' Not registered $00

 

have heavy milking dm
huh I! taken at once. V
'OMSE STOCK FARM. Mariette. Mich,

 REGISTER ‘I'IOLSTEHI GH‘TLE
hr sale. From calv to full~eged cows.
l‘ - F. I.  , . Richmond. .Mloh.

 

 

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Scotch Top and Rates bred. Address
GEORGE W. ARNOLD or JARED ARNOLD
‘ Williamsburg. R 1. Michigan

 cows. HEIFERS, our.“

offered at attractive prices
before January first. ’VVill trade for good land.
Wm. J. BELL. Rose City. Mich.

 

HE VAN BUREN 00. SHORTHORN. BREED-

en’ Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding.

Write the secretary,

FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich.

 

From the Maple Ridge herd of Bates Short-
Calved in September 1920.
Michigan.

horns.

3EXTRA GOO’D BULL CALVES FOR SALE.
J. E. TANSWELL.

Mason,
TORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN
Slheep. Both sex for sale.

J. A. DOOARMO, Mulr.‘/Mioh.

meiiLAiin- sseiiriiniiiis

Herd bulls for quick side. Fair Acres Gout
eiidd' Coélyilriiedogm 5th. Both roan five year,
0 an e co. ..

Best of .blood lines and show prom
1 Beth onset to   ‘

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’and'camping tourists and the

. Grasses.-.“ southeastern Michi-'

gun » will assemble at the Horton
homestead at Full: Ridge on Aug.
7th and 8th. The camp will be in
military formation, electric lighted,
fire protected and provided with pen-
itary privileges. Also ice, oil, gas-
oline and auto mechanics. Besides
the camping tourists, large num-
bers from all parts of t-h‘e state, es—
pecially Grange people will visit the
camp on Sunday evening and Mon-
day t-o enjoy the assembly and to
take part in the camp programs and
Grange meeting. ‘

The attendance of National Grange
Master, Sherman J. Lowell and Na-
tional Lecturer, John C. Ketcham

makes the occasion an event of
much more than pass-lng‘ notice.
The officers of the State Grange

will be present to greet the officers

of the National organization. The

Adrian Chamber of Commerce and

Imperial band will attend on Mon-

day and contribute to the program.
The Camp Program

Sunday evening the 7th will" be
devoted to a. great community sac-
red service held on the Homestead
lawn, Géo. B. Horton presiding- The
surrmunding church societies of
Weston, Fairfield, Sand Creek and
Seneca will join in making the
event memorable in vicinity annals.
Program will include orchestra
music and addresses by Revs. Ed-
ward Hockin and Harry Kellogg
and Dr. F. A. Perry.

Monday morning all campers will
hike to the woods, where _the
morning will be reviewed in all its
freshness and object lessons in
Farm Forestry noted. At 10 o'clock
the hosts will gather at the base of
a giant oak, 22 ft. in circumference,
estimated to have occupied the spot
Where it now stands a thousand
years. This tree stands in the road-
side woods and here will be given
a program both unique and instruc-
tive. Prof. Filbert Roath of the
University of Michigan will, preside.
The theme will be "Farm Forestry”
and “Can a. Farm Woodlot be af-

V forded on land worth$100 to $150

per acre?”

The Imperial band of Adrian will
call the assemblage to attention.
Mrs. Mary Roberts will read “Wood-
man, Spare That Tree.” Mrs. Dora.

 wows: will Speck  ‘ s 
 Stockman    to 
oak by original poem.  

', MICHIGAN Farmers’ auto ,

will contribute are  “Orleldo 1?.

Barnes, Prof. a. K. Chlttonden- a"
‘ M. A. C., W. R. Matoon of Wash!”
ton, D. C., and President Feeman 0"

Adrian College will tell us
thing of “The Significance of
Thousand Years.” _ .

At 11 o’clock a general eon-fer.

enceof Grange officers will be held. 

in Fruit Ridge Grange hall.
Grange officers of whatever station
are urged to attend.

‘A 12 o’clock the farm bells will

ring and a general break for amp V

will follow. Campers will serve
their own dinners, while the mull-
titude with their baskets will and
shade and carpets of grass all about

the Grange hall and the Horton
premises. »
Lunches and hot cofl'ee will be

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served at the Grange hall to all not:

otherWise provided. Ice cream and
lemonade will also be served.
hours given to feasting and camp
visiting all interspersed with band,
music. .

Afternoon Grange Program

Address of Welcome‘ in behalf of
community to the assembled tourists
and state Grange officers—M. N.
Dillon, Lecturer, Fruit Ridge
Grange; Response, A. B. Cook,
Master State Grange.

Welcome to the Adrian Chamber
of Commerce and representatives
of all surrounding towns, Hon. W.
H. Moore, President of Adrian Fair;
Response, Tom Kennedy of Adrian,
President of Adrian Chamber of
Commerce. ,

Address. Mrs. Dora H. Stockman.
Lecturer Michigan State Grange.

Address, Sherman J. Lowell, Mast-
er, National Grange. .

Address, John C. Ketcham, Lect-
urer, National Grange. ' '

Review- of the evidence,
Burton L. Hart.

Interspersedoin the program will
be singing by Michigan’s— own
Harry Lauder (Mr. Marc Cutler)
and other specialties of high order.

‘At 4 o’clock there will be a. base
ball game between Rome and Fruit
Ridge Grange teams both members:
of Lenawee County Grange Base Ball?
League. This will close one of the
most memorable events in the 'histp
cry of Lenawee county and south-
ern Michigan. \ ‘

{udge

“Lest Farmers F ail,”_Said Federal Farm Board

(Continued from page 3)
products and other commodities
were referred to in the board in
terms of satisfaction, as indicating
the SUCCESSA-Of its policy bf deflation
and in response to my appeals of
more than six months to apply the
brakes and secure a more orderly
recession
was, merely being punctured to let
the gas escape. My reply on this
point was that wise and sensible men
should try -to bring a balloon laden
with human lives and fortunes safe-
ly to earth by the intelligent use of
valve ropes and ballast, not by pre-
cipitating a sudden and ruinous
crash.

Approves High Interest Rates

“Upon another occasion at certain
member of the board spoke up and
said in effect that ‘if this plan
means the failure of the small state
banks, that need not stop it; in
fact, if we can’t get rid of the small
state banks by any other method, it
might be well to .get rid of them
that way’—that is to say by their
failure. It was the same statesman
and member of the board .who a
few weeks later condoned the action
of a large bank in a big city which
had been discovered to have charg-
ed a valued customer the equiva-
lent of about 200 per cent per an-
num interest on a loan of several
hundred thousand dollars for about
sirmonths. . '

"The prodigallty with which cer-
tain big banks disposed of the funds
so unstintingly loaned them by car:
tain- reserve banksmay be illustrat-
ed by a loan of $500,000 to a. fisher:

 

in values their response'

also of tr. e and: co. meree’l'

ies company made by a big northern
bank which came to my. notice.
When I inquired what the security
for the loan was, I was informed
that the collateral was fish. And
when I asked where the fish were
I was informed officially that the
fish had not been caught at'the time
the loan wasmade, but that they

were supposed to .be swimming In‘

the ocean thousands of miles away;
but that the corporation had prom-
ised to go fishing, and if they
caught any fish, would pack and can
them, and then put them in ware-
houses and then deposit the ware-
house receipts as security for their
loan. r

“I heard much talk while I was
a member of the Federal Reserve.
Board about forcing the farmer to
sell his wheat, or the cotton plant-
er his cotton, or the cattle raiser his
live stock; the Wholesaler or retail-

er their stocks of goods, but I must. '

tell you frankly that I do not recall
a single occasion during the past
year or two of deflation when the
board ever discussed seriously the
importance or desirability of requir-
ing the big banks in New York City,
some of which wepedending mil-
lions of dollars to their .own exec-
utive officials on highly speculative,
securities and to big syndicates- in.
which _thOSe officials were actively
interestedand which those banks
had been carrying for months. and

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by, sosdaolis'g  might hayog‘
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SWEET CIDER SWEET
I V (Continued from page 3) , V
geio's'ed withcorks are used thebot-
ties must stand upright in the wa-
ter, which should come up to the
reeks of the bottles. - '

“The heating is then started. A

' thermometer is hung so that it will

dip for half its length into the/wa-
ter, which is heated gradually un-
til its temperature reaches 175 de-
grees F. Allow the bottles or jars
to remain in the water for 30 min-
utes if quart or half-gallon jars are
used, and from 40 to 45 minutes if
gallon bottles are used. Then re-
news from the stove and immediate-

}! tighten down the caps of the jars,

if jars are used. If corked bottles

are used, drive the "corks firmly‘ into ,

the necks; ‘invert each bottle so as
to wet the cork thoroughly with the
hot juice: then complete the sealing
By cutting the cork off smoothly and
pouring hot paraffin over it.
\ “Place the product in a dark, coo-l
storage room. Watch it, for a peri-
od 50f a week or more for the begin-
ning of fermentation, which will be
indicated by frothing at the surface
of the liquid. If any bottles show
signs of fermenting. return them to
the wash boiler and repeat the pro-
cess exactly as before, loosening the
tops of course, before heating begins,
and closing down firmly again be-
fore the liquid is allowed to cool.
“When the juice is placed in stor-
age the suspended solid matter will
gradually settle out and sediment
will accumulate in the bottom and
-on the sides of the jars. In the
course of two or three morths at
ordinary temperatures, this settling
will be completed and the
will be fairly clear. It may be used
directly from the bottles or drawn
off into clean bottles which should
be sterilized before they are filled
apd which should then be corked
.an‘d pasteurized by heating to 170
degrees F. for the same length of
time as in the first pasteurization.
If rebottling is necessary or desir-
able the second heating should
never reach the temperature to
which the juice' was first heated, oth-
erwise the clarification which is se—
cured by settling and decanting into
new containers will be defeated, as
a second process of sedimentation
will occur. If the temperature be
kept 5 degrees below that reached
at the first heating, this result will
be avoided.
Observe Correct Temperature
_ “A reliable thermometer is a ne-
cessity for this work as it is im-
portant that the juice be heated to
175 degrees F. in the first heating,
in, order to destroy the organisms
which would otherwise cause fer—
mentation. It is equally important
that the juice should not ‘be over-
heated as this will give it a cooked
taste, which is decidedly unpleasant
to many people.”

5,000 FARMER FOLKS SWARM
M. A. C. CAMPUS 0N
. FARMERS‘ DAY
(Continued from page 1)

Following the remarks made by
Dean Shaw, Miss Mary E. Sweeney,
director of the Department of Home
Economics, at the college, made a
stirring address, outlining and ex-
plaining the work in her depart-
ment. She urged upon the consid—
eration of those present the import-
.ance of giving as much attention to
the proper physical development of
the children of the farm home as to
the young farm animals in the farm
herd of live stock.

Commissioner Halladay of the De-
partment of Agriculture made a
short address, explaining the in-
tents and purposes of this newly
created department and promising
to do his uttermost in the efiort to
advance the cause of agriculture in
"the state. The closing address of
the” day was made by John A. .Dolle.

'member of the State Board of Agri-~

culture, .from the Upper '\’Peninsula,
whose term of office will begin
January 1, 1922.

An important

feature of the ,pro-

irred— live stool: and horses owned by
'   88.1fm department; an
- or. this parade. .was

 

soy-1m . I
, taculty" wore in evidence everyWhere

  

' tions ‘ concerning exhibits

liqu‘d- 'T-he benefits to be derived by

-home with me.—Mrs.

uerna

Members of the college

   

'to ’welcome._visitors, make explana-
and to
make everybody feel at home.

 

RAIL RATE FOUR TIMES MORE.
THAN OCEAN RATE
(Continued from page 1)

monopoly upon the transportation

of the country.

borders are mighty rivers tapping
the very heart of our natural re-
sources and waiting only the hand
of man to deepen their channels,
widen their narrows, and harness
their rapids, to carry ocean-going

"vessels from their very sources to

the far reaches of the sea. A few
million dollars spent upon the St.
Lawrence river will fit it to carry
an unlimited tonnage-of agricultur-
al products from Michigan and the
great west at one—half to one—third
the present cost by rail. Nothing
could better'speed the day when
Work’ will be started upon the St.
Lawrence project than the prevail-
ing high freight rates.

The‘ completion of the St. Law-
rence project will mean a saving in
distance alone between Detroit and
Liverpool, of over 500 miles. The
saving in cents per bushel of wheat
or other products can only be esti—
mated but will be' considerable.
Should same rate per mie apply be—
tween Detroit and Liverpool as now
apples btween New York and Liver-
pool, a bushel of wheat could be
shipped from the Michigan metrop-
olis to Liverpool for 13.4 cents per
bushel whereas it now costs around
30. cents per bushel via New York.
the
farmers as well as all other ship—
pers from the development of the
St. Lawrence river are not imagin-
ary nor over—estimated. In the
early completion of that project
lies the solution of the transporta-
tion problem of millions of farmers.

NORTHERN MICHIGAN
V FARMER
(Continued from page 7)

it would do. A man of your influ-
ence could agitate this banking sys-
tem until itsbecomes a law in the
state.

Son is at workout on farms now
at home over Sunday is sill. I am
caring for one—fourth acres of gar-
den for market, planted it, hoeing
it and it is doing fine, when we have
sufficient rain, raising quite ‘1 lot
of chickens. I am 63 years of age
and in poor health. Want son at
B., Buckley,

THE

Mich.

Whenever I receive letters like yours.
I am bound to reflect that things aren’t
always as they ought to be. Here you
are with a Will to go on working aml
earning at an age when you ought to
be taking life easy. Just for the want
of a little capital you must make a slave
of yourself, and son. without the nec-
essary tools 01’ farming, must work
doubly hard to compete against those
Whose farms are equipped with every
modern appliance. And yet our coun—
try is rolling in wealth. There is money
for pleasure, money for risky industrial
ventures, money for every purpose it
seems except to finance the forty and
eighty-acre farmer. I do not like to
make promises. but I know of no reason
at this time why the Business Farmer
should not employ its influence to bring
about the enactment of a law similar to
South Dakota’s system to provide cheap
money to the struggling farmers of
Northern Michigan. Editor.

 

BEAN TARIFF BOOSTED

, ICHIGAN BEAN growers are to
be protected against Oriental
competition by a tariff of 1

3-4 cents per pound on beans, ac—'
cording to the terms of the perman-
ent tariff just passed b the house.
The original provisions in the per—
manent tari'ff'provided for protec-
tion of 1 1-4 cents a pound. but
that was protested ‘by the state
farm bureau as being insufficient,
and the house ways and means com-
mittee was petitioned in a state
farm bureau resolution, drawn up
in behalf 01"110‘0,.000X‘Mic111gan farm-
ers, to retain the present emergency:
tariff of two cents per pound. The
cent and three~quarters ,pnotectmn

.granted is held to. be much better

than the-,1 1-4 cents,  em .1:

  

This monopoly can- ‘
not continue forever, for within our ‘

it ‘ a no the str n5; protectionsoughtt, ;_ >,

 
 

poultry will be sent on room.

of Issue. Breeder-3’ Auction Balaclava-flood

 

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders of live 510041 6M-
Iottor stlll write out what you have to offer,
typo. show you a wool and tell you what It wlll cost for 13. 26 or 52 times.
size of ad. or copy as often a you wish. Copy 03‘
here at spools! low rates: ask for them. Write today!)
llREEDERS’ DIRECTORY .THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

let us not It In
You can charm.
changes must be received one week before data

 

ENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED-
ers Association offer for sale 75 ‘head; all
l  both milk and beef breeding. Send for new

M. E. MILLER, Sec'y, Illch.

 

Groonvlllo,

\

UY SHORTHORNS 4TH ANNUAL
herd test without a

in hulls. , Slam. bargain.
JOHN SCHMIDT & SON. Reed CI”. Mloh.

NOW.

, reactor.

 

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The Home of

Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny

Probably
The Worlds’ Greatest
BREEDING BULL

Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at tho
1Smithsljfild 8513:. 1919, and the Birming-
1am cw, a0, is d h
of Dumeny‘ a aug ter of Eds“

The Junior Champion Bull J ni
Champion Female, Champion Calf Illegd
and I‘lfflt Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Miclr
igan State Fair, 1920, were also the not
of Edgar oi Dalmeny.

A very choice lot of young bulls—5i d
by Edgar of Dolmen are ‘ ‘re
offered for sale. y ' at am tuna.

Send for Illustrated Catalogue.

WILDWOOI) FARMS
Ol'ion, Mich.

W. E. Scrlpps, Prop" Sidney Smlth, supg,

 

 

 

BROWN S‘VISS

EGIST‘ERED BROWN SWISS BULL, BORN
April 15. 1921. Guaranteed entirely satis-
factory.
EARL O. WHITLOOK. St. Johns. Mich.

RED POLLED

BED POLLED CATTLE, BEST OF BREEDING
Oxford and Tunis Sheep. Yorkshire Pigs.

Homer: Michigdn.

POLAND CHINA

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0. IN MIOH.
Get a bigger and better bred boar Dll from my

herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see
Expenses. paid if not as represents-l.
In comes: 1 Us Biz Ounse.
Oranle Price and L's Long Prospect.
W. E. LIVINGSTON. Farms. Mloh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIG BOB MASTODON "

Is sired by Caldwell Big Bub, champion of
the world. is dam‘s sire is A's Mastodon,
grand champion at Iowa State Fair. some breed-

 

ing. ve sows bred for Sept. A fall boat
and spring hours that are (Hu'kt-l's. Write for
prices. Everything guarautmwl to please.
0 E. GARNANT
Eaton Rapids. Mich.
ERE IS SOMETHING GOOD. BIG TYPE
Poland Chin-as. (inc extra g-vod lame lonfl
big boned smooth lgilt bred to lloWlt‘Y'S Clans-
uiuu. Price $100. Also younger gilts $30 to
$50.00.
HOWLEY BROS.. Merrill, Mich.

 

BARTLETTS’PURE BRED ABERDEEN.

. ANGUS CATTLE AND 0.I.U.

Swine are right and are priced right. Corn.
spondence solicited and inspection invited.
CARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.

VHEGISTERED ABERDEEN - ANGUS—-—BULLS,

 

 

Heifers and cows for sulc.
Priced to move. Inspection invited.
RUSSELL BROS.. Merrill. Michigan
JERSEYS

BIG TYPE P.

FAHWELL LAKE FARM u. u... a

line lot of spring pigs. i'omt‘ ulul see them. vBoars
' B

in scrvicl‘, Ulnllsmau’s Image L’ml. . Out—
p'zst and Smooth, Wonder. Don’t forget the
November sale.
W. B. RAMSDELL
Hanover. Mich.

 

B.T. P. C. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED T0

Highland Giant. the $500 boar. Others bred

to \Vllcy’s Perfection. Weight. 700 at 18 month].
JOHN D. WILEY, Schoolcraft. Mloh.

 

 

Young Man
A-Hoy!

What is it?

STOP breeding those scrubs.
GET 3. pure bred sire.

JERSEY BULLS

are noted for

their prepotency.

JERSEY COWS For their

_ maturity,
economical production.

early

long
life,

Write Secretary Hendrickson of
Shelby, Mich, for free Jersey'
literature. Do it now.

 

 

 

 

EADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM—REGISTER-
ed Jersey cattle.
J. E. MORRIS & SON. Farmlngton. Mlch.
  HEIFERS 1 YR. OLD—
Young cows in milk sired

by Majestv's Oxford Sllylock 156,692 also Young
bulls Sll‘ed by Frolic's Master Pogis 177683. a

 

grandson of Posts lllllli and Sophie. 19th’s ’I‘or«
mentor, two great bulls of the breed. Write for
prices and pedigree.

GUY c WILBUR. R 1. Beldlng. Mlch.

 

L. T. P. C. DOES YOUR NERVE SAY BUY
hogs? Vote yes and order a good one. Fall
gills $30 to $50; spring boars. $1.; to $25. Two
Prospect Yank Hilts bred to Hart's Block Pricc
March 24th at $50 each.

F. T. HART. St. Louis. Mlch.

 

EONARD'S BIG TYPE P. C. BOAR PIGS

.L \veuuint: time, from Mich. Champion herd
$2 5 with pedigree. Satlsfa ctlou guaranteed. 
or write E. It. LEONARD. 1: 3. St. Louis. Mich.

 

ILTS ALL SOLD. SPRING PIGS SIRED

by Jumbo IllllI. rm 800 lb. boar. One flu.
herd boar by llig {ob Mastodon.

DeWITT C. PIER. Evert, Mich.

BIG TYPE P.

  E (‘. One gilt for
sale with pig by

u.

llw Grand Champion hour of Detroit, 1920, d
May Sill. First check for $75 takes her. G11!
is right. so is the price.
0 GREGORY
Mlch.

 

lonla.

 

ARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS. SPRING
pigs either sex sired by \Vonder Bob. he by
King of Giants. The big—boned, good-backed
klllll. Priced to sell.
WALTER McOAUGI-IEY, R 4. Croswell. Mlch.

LS-P

 

——-4 BOARS BY CLANSMAN’S IM.

AGE and Big Defender, that no
extra good. Bred stilts all sold.
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Michigan.

 

Bll:r TYPE POLAND “2551-? 225.2 1°33
growthy. Best of blood llucs represented. \Vrito
or call. W. Caldwell 8. Son. Springport. Mlch.

 

lei TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS EITHER SEX

from large gruwlliy dams llIlll sired by choicl
herd hours, Come and see our stock, price.
reasonable.
L. W. BARNES & SON, Byron, Mlch.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA GILTS BRED
l'nr summer and fall furrow frl>111'$25.00 to
$40.00. {oars ready for service, $25,00_
JNO. G. BUTLER, Portland. Mich.

 

F THE BULL IS HALF THE HERD, HOW
much would a son of I’ogis llfitli's Duke 8th,
who has 60 per 0th blood of Sophie 19th. be

worth to your henl‘r
Let me send you pn'ilgroes and prices on bull
calves from this bull ulul Sophie ’I‘ormuntor cows.
' FRED HAYWARD
~ Scotts. Mich.

 

NE OF OUR MAJESTY BULLS WOULD IM.
pruve your lll‘l'll.
FRANK P. NORWIINGTON. lonia. Mlch.

 

Chlna Saws.
Aloe

ll.
R 3. St. Louls. Mlch.

F

Am Offer-lug Large Type Poland
broil to F's Orange at reasonable prices.
{all pigs. “'rile “1' ca
GLYDF FISHER.

 

DUROCS

 

0R SALE—FINE MARCH AND APRIL PIG.
by Gladwin Col. 188995. Write ll

your wants.
HARLEY FOOR & SONS. R 1. Mich.

Sll‘tlll

Gladwln.

 

GUERNSEYS

UERNSEY BULL CALF 7 MOS. OLD. SIRE,
Lnugwater Prince (‘lmrmuuta A. It. 4 A.
R. daughters average. 416 lbs. fat 2 1-2 yrs.
Dam: Lawton's IAIKI)’ Lu, A. R. 416 lb. fut Class

 

 

A. A. (farmers class) A. R. daughter, 10‘.)
lbs. fat D. D rite ’
MORGAN BR08..
Allegan, R 1, Michlgan
  GUERNSEY BULLS, SERVICE-
able ace, and calves. Dams now
on test making splendid A R. records. I have

what you want in type breeding and production.
Have never had abortion nor tuberculosis. Herd
federally accredited. Prices $100 up. Write

for particulars.
A. M. SMITH. Lake GltY. Mich.

 

 BRED TO MICHIGANA ORION SEN-

sation (:1 grout son of (trout Orion’!
Sensation) and Miclligmna Demonstrator (one
of largest boars in state) for sale at conserva-
tive prices. Also big, growthy spring hours and

fit.
illfCHIGANA FARM, Pavilion, Mich
Kalamazoo County

 

uroc Jersey Brod'Stock all Sold. Orders takofl_ ‘

1,000 pound herd beer."

for wentling pigs.
Weldman. Mich.

JOS. SOHUELLER.

unoc JERSEY IOARS. soars or the up",

 heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. Write,

or better, come and see. ~
F. J. DRODT, R 1. Monroe, IMIOII.

 

Aims mans

'- ‘ron SALE—lactation: iAYRSHIRE
ml and bull calves. heifers and heifer calhl.

. m
  R .0 "W: quh-

 

 

 

 

 

Read the Classified Ads . 1 . I
——IN.'— , a,
M. B. E's Business Ear-m ml, a

Exchange

 

 

 

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Lord Cinnamon, \\
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poultry wlii be sent on request.

typo. show you a proof and tell
size of ad. or copy es often as you wish.
of Issue. ,Breedors‘
IREEDERS’.

‘FonseLE—Lounoc FALL GILTS nuo snso

young pi gs.

sows. One. Duroc’ Boar
breedmg. Choxce spring pigs,
Louis R. Elsohtraaer, R 1, Linden. Mich.

T PEAGH HILL T'IIIIM

TRIED sows and gilts bred to or sired by Peach'
Hill Orion King 152489. Satisfaction quor-
enteed. Come look 'em over. -
Also in few open gilts.
INWOOD BROTHERS
Romeo. Mich.

EADOWVIEW FARM—A FEW ‘cHOIcs

spring female pins for sale.
J. E. MORRIS a SON. Farminoton. Mich.

 PATHFINDER AND DEFENDER
b ceding. Boar, sows and spring

Tit—reasonable price.

REED, Saugatuck, Mich.

from Brookwate‘r‘

 

 

pics. Closing
R. E

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AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUROG BOARS.

at reasonable prices A few gilt: bred for Sep-
hmber furow at bargain prices.

. G. TAYLOR

Milan, Mich.

 

FOR BALE—REG. DUROO-JERSEV SPRING
(tilts bred to Rambler of Sangamo hit. The
beer that aired our winners at Michigan State
Fair and National Swi'no Show.

HEIMS A SON

Davison, Mich.

oAKEAIIDS PREMIER GHIEF
Herd Boar—Reference only—Ne. 129219
1919 Chicago International
4th Prize Jr. Yearling
BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT ‘25
BLANK & P313259

 

Pottervlile.

 

ANYTHING YOU AT

 Farmer’s prices. WANT

c. L. POWER. Jerome. Mich.

  REG. ounoc SPRING BOARs,

L'Imd breeding, prices right.
JESSE BLISS a. SON
Henderson. Mich.

REGI ‘T D OAR~
 JERSEYIngs by silofiefiger’s Sherry
King $16 up. Satisfaction guaranteed.
E. E. CALKINS. Ann Arbor, Mich.

OR SALE: ONE DUROG BOAR FROM
Brookmter breeding; stock Choice spring pigs.
JOHN CRONENWETT. Carleton.' Mich. .

 

 

 

 

uroo sowe eno aliu )l'ed to Walt's King 82949
who has sired more prize winning pigs at the
cute fair: In the int 2 years than any other Du-
roc boar. Newton BarnharL St. Johns, Mich.

 

urocs. Hill Crest Farms. Bred and open tom
and gilts. Roars and spring pigs. 100 head.
Farm 4 miles straight S. of Middleton, Mich,,
Gratioi 00: Newton 6: Blank,-.Perrlntnn, Mich.

DUROG 30”} FIGS TYPE; QUALITY

‘ and size. Pathfinder,
Orion Cherry King and Proud Colonel breeding.
Satisfaction guaranteed.

Address
ROGER GRUBER. Capac, Michigan
FEW WELL-BREE) SELECT.
.ui wring Duroc Boers.

uleo bred eown end
Gilts in season. Cell or write
MCNAI'GHTON & FOHDYGEn 82. Louie. Mich.

 

 

E OFFER A

 

 

O. I. C.

“o I I: AND cIIESTEII WHITE

Bred sows for August furrow. March pigs that‘
will please. Prominent bloodlines. Write
' I CLARE V. DORMAN. Snovoi‘, Mlch.

 

 

0. I. O. SWINE—~MV HERD CONTAINS‘THE
.Iood lines of the most noted herd._ Gan fumllh
you etock at "live and let live” pricel.

A J ORDEN. Dorr. Mlch.. R 8

 

o. I. 033. SERVICE BOARS, SPRING Plus
at Farmer’s prices.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

CHESTER WHITES
  FOR JUNE FARROW.

service boar 9 mos. old. Also
Write me your wonte: Prices right.
RALPH OOSENS. R1. Levering, Mich.

 

 

 

 

HAMPSHIRES

 

AMPSHIRE BRED GILTS NOW READYTI'O
ship. A bargain in fall nnd spring boar pigs.
JOHN w. SNYDER, R 4, St. Johns. Mich.

 

An Opportunity To Buy .
Hampshires Right

We are ofl'ering some good sows end gllte, bred
for March and April fan-owing. Also a few
choice fall pigs, either sex, Write or cell

GUS THOMAS, New Lothrop. Mich.

 SHEEP 
snnorsnlnes

Ten breeding eu'cs—é-cheop.

One imported Hinton mm at one-half price

10 choice ram lambs.
 DAN BOOHER

Evart, R d. Mich.

 

 

0R SHROPSHIRE VEAORLING» Rages THAT
1 . d .t )e. - all ornrr .
.Artnrelt‘r'ifnos Sirens: "R?R..No. 3. Fowiorvliie. .Mich.

chino «stas‘roc'suus-fi ooob'f‘ elo- ‘

 ‘  Albion: Mich. f

Hymn-Tina's, suck LAMBS AND YEARL-

wlfake'yourgefectlonrnow for later ship-

Ill To a ow If ewes. '

":1. .--.mi$iums .
Idem.‘ Mum, - _

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liili lliiiilim

(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATEs .uhder this heading to honest breeders ofilve stock and
Better still write out what you have to offer, let ue put-it» in, r
you what it will cost for 18.28 or 82 times.
copy or changes must ,he received one, week before dete
Auction Selee" advertised hora at special low rates: not for thorn. Write todeyi)
DIRECTORY,.THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Oiemens,‘.Mlchioen.

I HAMPSHIRE ' SHEEP

You can oheno‘e

A fei. good yearling ram: and eome rem
lambs left to offer.” 25 ewes all ages for sale
for fall delivery. Evhrything guaranteed e:
represented -

CLARKE Ue- HAIREN Welt Drench, Mich.

 

 

 

 

BETTER BREEDING STOCK

for the best in Shropshire and Hampshire rune
write or visit
_KOPE-KON FARMS. S. L. InklingK Prop.
Goldwater. Mich.
Be» our exhibit at the Ohio end Michigan,

“ Horses '

TWO-YEAR-OLD PERCHERON STUD, GREY.
big 'boned, high class colt. from tonmare and
Imported stud weighing 1,160 pounds. Price

JNO. O. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

PET STOCK _ .

OR SALE, FLEMISH'GIANT RABBITS. DOES,
b{eedlng age. 86. Three months'old pair, 35.
Beg stered -does £12 each. Stock pedigreed Quel<
ty guaranteed

E. HIMEBAUOH. Goldwater. Mich.

"State F‘elre.

 

' $250.00.

 

 

 

 

 

SILVEROREST KENNELS OFFER FOR SALE
9. chmce little of Reg. Scotch Collie Puppies.
Sable arcs wgite.

HUBER. Gladwin,

SAVE MONEY!

Mich.

 

renewing the
FARMER in combination with your
favorite daily.

THE MICHIGAN
FARMER and any one of the daily
newspapers listed befow WILL
BOTH BE SENT FOR ONE FULL
YEAR for amount shown.

DETROIT

 

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orders can be accepted without R. . o. num-
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THE MIGHIGAII BUSINESS FARMER,

Mt. Clemens. Michigan

 

“Eyery

——

JBI’S’. Directory
.o 5006 advantage.
Run, your ad: "and '
watch the returns
. “comet’in.

 -,    ,

. Shaw: . ' '

 

 

'V 'L H r“.
f‘schoo ». hours

" Children vicious names.

'some other way.

BUSINESS ’

BUSINESS

 

4.50

Breederjowe—I .

doxo , ~
Can use M. B. Ffish 1' " [I

 

‘ ' . 5:)"  .

water ' dilth
My “for janitor ,wor-k. .She calls the
She (ices not

give "the "children‘any payiof any ‘kind

'for what they." do. ‘. ~.' She. rings the bell

from 7 to 10-minutes early and that

makes so'manv of them late, and she

marks them all for it.—G. C., Decker,
Michigan.

The teacher has the same right
of punishment that a parent has
while the pupil is attending school.
It is necessary for the training of
the child and tomaintaln the dis-
cipline of the school. —Reasonable
punishment of a pupil may be ad-
ministered. _What is reasonable
will depend upon all-the circum-
stances. I would consider such
punishment as you describe as un—
reasonable and I would suggest that.
you make a careful investigation Ito
see if the injuries did not occur in
If you have a
good school board I would prefer to
submit your troubles and difficulties
to them and take their advice in th
matters—Legal Editor. '

HARVESTING SOY BEANS
When isthe best time to harvest
mam-moth yellow soy beans?,, What can
I go by to tel when ready to harvest?
H‘. .T L.. Trufant, Michigan;-

The best time to harvest soybeans
for hay is when the pods are filling
and before 'the lower leaves turn
yellow and drop off. The Mammoth
Yellow is a very late maturing va-
riety and unless conditions are very
favorable it is not likely to set pods
In this state. In this case would
recommend harvesting first half of
September when weather was suit—
able regardiess of state of maturity.

Tests conducted by the Michigan
Experiment Station at East Lansing.
show that there is a wide range in
the yielding ability of different va-
rieties of soybeans. The following
table gives. the two year average
yield in tons of air dry hay per acre
for several varieties.

Manchu, 2.40 tons per acre; Ito
San, 2.14; Early Brown, 1.97;
Black Eyebrow, 1.95; Medium Green
1.88; Wilson, 1.72; Wisconsin
Black, 1.55; Ogemaw, .81; Mam-
moth Yellow, .64. These figures
show the desirability of securing
only adapted high yielding varieties.
——C. R. Megee, Ass’t Professor in
Farm Crops, M. A. C.

FORFEITURE OF LAND
CONTRACT
Under contract sale of real estate
stipulating a fixed yearly payment on
principal no payment has been made for
two years. What steps are necessary
to terminate contract and obtain posses-
sion? Must tenant be notified in writ-
ing of default? If tenant tenders all,
payments due with interest can he re-
vive contract? He has made no pay-
mmts at all.——Mrs. C. T., Otter Lake,
Michigan. ',

To terminate a land contract by
forfeiture you must follow the terms
of the contract. -If no time is spec-
ified in the contract for notice, or
notice is waived in writing in the
contract, a three months notice to
quit is necessary. Written notice
to quit and declaration of‘forfeit-
ure are usually necessary. After
notice to quit has been served and

the time for vacating the premiseS‘

has expired and the vendee does not
move then complaint should
made to a circuit court commission-

er or to a justice of the peace of the

township where the premises are.

The payment of the amount due and

interest before ouster places the con-

tract beyond forfeiture, and entit-_
les the purchaser to continued pos-

s‘ession until another default and

forfeiture—Legal Editor.

WHERE TO' SOVV

I Would like to know what are the
best dates for, sowing wheat in the dif-
ferent countios of ’Michigan.——Subscrib-
er, Chicago, 111.

Your request is a perfectly nat-
ural one and one which I would like
to supply if I could. However, each
date'set depends on the following
factors: latitude, longitude, altir
tilde, proximity of large bodies. of

I _ water,“ character of soil and some ,
are ‘

contour factors besides there ,
other factors which disturb .th’e-i'cpm-'

putations so that computing“ for onlyy'znar
one ‘county, with merely _ using *
j , information womb, _ . ' ' ' ‘

? . She "go a n additional sale. -

be.

. _ 1m: ' ,, 
. ut a -bulleti.n” tor-Just the mo

> 'tion" 'whiohsy'ou' request burl: do n
.feel Justified inl'pubiishing: ingeo

print advice that has :to,be‘- 
ed from year to year as our knowl-a,

edge of it. continues ,to increase. I. _" 7

believe that these computed dates',‘
which are really nothing but aver?
age dates, based on
years of observations ‘over the en-
tire United States, 'are the best we.
have. ' ' “

Of coursesthey do not apply in an". '

exceptional season and exceptional":
seasons seem'to'be the rule lately.
I do not believe it would be affair 3’
thing to put this down in the man-
ner in which you propose, that is

fair to the farmers, because, there—'-

are so many cases where a distance
of a few, miles changes the altitude
many hundredi feet also as- I say we
are constantly getting new facts
that we hope will help us to perfect
our records and 'make it more ae—
curate every year as time goes on. '
We have 'not‘been trying to apply
this system but a'year or two any-
way, as you know and hardly had
time to reach a mum where w’e’ére
justified in makinghard and that
rules, such as- you "suggests-4R; H.
Pettit, Professos’ of Entomology, M.’
A. C. ' ‘ ' ' ‘

DETACH FARMS FROM CITY I“

' The city of Big Rapids is three miles
In length and two miles in width and
It extends out into'fhé farming section.
There are nine farms ranging from .40
to 160 acres on the south end. Is there
any way that we can get set out of the
city? We have no city conveniences.
We can not get lights and the water .is
over one-half mile from the nearest
farm.——C. 0., Big Rapids, Mich. '

As the statute now stands '11:
would seem to me a very difficult
matter to get a small population de-
tached from a city. The question.
must be put to a vote of the divie
sions affected. It would not only re-
quire an affirmative vote 'of the part
to be-detached but would require
an affirmative vote. of the -wh<')le
city. The method to be followed
will be found in the C. L. 1915, Sec.
3309 and following and as .amend- "
ed in 1917, 'Act~286.——-Legal Editor._

RYE AND VETCH AS GREEN
MANURE CROP

I would like to start raising potatoes
on a. large scale but do not know just
how to go about it as the land is not
very rich. The-soil is somewhat rav-
eliy. The crops On it now are pet and
beans which are 'prttty fair; after these
crops are off would it be all rightto V
plow it and put in winter» vetch and
then next spring, about June first, plow
that down and put in either soybeans
or cowpeas, then in the ‘fali plow it
down and leave it for spring planting?
is this vetch of the hairy variety; and
does it home to be slowed with ’some
other grain or not? I Where can. It be.
obtained and when is it sowed and how
much to the acre? What kind of pota-
toes would do best on this soil?——S. M2,
Minden City, Mich. .‘ .

Rye and vetch is onset the most
economical green manuring crops
for Michigan conditions. One bush-
el of rye and 20- pounds of hairy
vetch seed should be sown onua well
prepared seed bed about the,'mid-
die of August. The seed shbuld b'e
inoculated. ‘Materi'ai for inocula-'
tion may be obtained from the Bac-
teriology Department of the College.
East Lansing. Mich.,‘at 250 per bot-
tle, one bottle being sufficient to
treat a bushel of seed. A top dress—
ing of manure applied during the‘
fall or early winter will be of hen:
efit to the potato crop.

If the rye and vetch is used would
not advise planting soybeans but
would plow under rye and yetch

fairly early and while preparing the I

seed bed would sow and work in
300 to '500 pounds of acid, phos-
phate if manure was used or 200 to,
400 pOunds of 2-10~4 if manure Is

not available and planting the pol. "a 
tatoes rather.,than soybeans. .3; ,j -

The Late Petoskey is a. very good :27
variety. for the lower .penineulaewh-‘fle
the Green Mountain is ‘recommend:__
'ed for the upper peninsula...) , L,

Yetch, is ‘a‘y'ery, wreak-u r _

plant shameless“ sownf with; ‘

grain  ; lbflge‘awvery hem
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get-a ye grain marketing 'as'socia-j
I " secretaries" of'.’each asBocia-’

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"ed "States Chamber of
l‘th'eAmerican Wholesale Lumber As-
sociation,

'2 . Association,

 had not even heard of the
"Ltrade's convention to raise a pro-
.paganda fund against farmer com-

': $209,439 during May.
.‘the Lehief purchaser, taking. 41,342
W:bIl3hBlS.d '  . ' \ .

‘ti'on reported to be affiliated with

"the “movement were“ ashed for a
 statement as to their attitude tow-
 the Cincinnati undertaking.\_ ‘_‘
7 National aséociation's which have

_disavowed connections with the

 grain exchanges? fight' on- the U. S.

Grain Grewers, Inc., are: The Unit-
Commerce,

The 'National Wholesale
the American Seed Trade
the American Feed
Manufacturers' Association, the Na-

Grocers,

{gitional’ Implement and Vehicle Asso-

ciation and the American Wholesale
Coal Association. ,
Several of the secretaries ' of

these associations declared that they
grain

petition until it was brought to their
attention, by, press , reports naming

«their organizations as- having taken

part in the deliberations.
W¥Org~anization .work of the grain
growers is proceeding rapidly. In
braska and Missouri, Where solicit-
ors are just entering the field, 122
elevators have been signed up. So-
licitors are meeting with success in
Minnesota and South Dakota. It is
predicted that. U. S. Grain Growers
will market 35,000,000 bushels of.
grain this year through their Min-
neapolis sales agency.

 

FARM PRICES VS. OTHER
PRICES
Wholesale prices for farm pro—
‘ducts in June were only 13 per cent
higher than in 1913, while all
commodities were 48 per cent high-
er, according to the index numbers
computed by the Bureau of Labor
statistics. The improvement in the
purchasing power of farm products
shown _by the May .index numbers as
compared with those for April was
not continued, since farm products
declined four points while all com-
modities fell only three points be-
low thejMay levels.' The disadvant-
age under which the farmer has
worked during the past year is ex—
changing the fruits of his labor for
these, of other sources of producers
was not lessened. __
‘ Lumber and building materials
remain 102 per cent higher than in
1913, fuel and lighting 87 per cent
higher, clothes and clothing 80 per
cent higher, house_furnishings 150
percent higher, chemicals and drugs
06 per cent higher, metals and metal
products 32per cent higher
foods, which group also includes
many' farm products, 32 per cent
higher than 1913.1evels.
 Besides farm' products substan-
tial declines occurred during the
month in fuel, metals and ‘ metal
products and house furnishings, but
the other groups declined ,but little
or not at all:

OSCEOLA BOARD OF COMMERCE

HE OSCEOLA county Board of
 Co'mmerce will hold its annual
. meeting at Reed City, Aug. 17th,
we-are'advi'sed by Pres. M. M. Cal-
laghan. Coincident with the meet—
ing will be the visit of the M. A. C.
dairy train which reaches Reed City
on' that day upon its" tour of the
state. The governor is also.expect-
ed _to be present. The' Osceola
Board of Commerce is unique in
the respect that its membership
comprises many farmers. The an-
nual meeting is usually the occa-
sion for a great
town and country folks.

K-

AGRICULTURAL BRIEFS

The United'States exported 54,—
239 bushels of beans, valued at
Cuba, was

 

)5 Z’ealand, wool producers have
‘ he government -to,take.steps
trol, the ‘V 9001111873114 _ma‘rketa-
is year’s-woolcmnp;

. ' ’ man

  

and ‘

get-together of

', f‘The... Dairy- products ;,~,;. .

F be carried

available
than have been the case in recent

,months, since the :improved condi-

tion of the marketand the advance
in auction prices have given the
bankers a better security to work
upon, but the margin is still very
small in the case of the inferior
wools.”

 

Because of dry pastures, excess-
ive heat and flies, the condition of
livestock throughout the country is
considered rquite unsatisfactory.
Iowa reports some mortality among
horses as a result of the heat.

The. United States is still import-
ing large quantities of wool despite
the great reserve of domestic wool
on 'hand. For the single week end-
ing July 16-, 107,000 lbs. were im—
ported'at Boston and 432,000 lbs. at
Philadelphia.

 

Farm wages have not declined in
the same proportion as prices of
farm~products. Far from it. Re-
ports from various sections of the
country show that farmers are still
obliged to pay from $2.50 to $4 per
day with board for competent help.

India is not only out of the wheat
exporting list for the next 12
months but will very probably be
a large importer of wheat asa re-
sult of the drought last winter which
caused a total loss in some places.
The harvest, completed in May,
shows the crop to be one of the light-

‘es't on record.

I

 

The Interstate Commerce Com-
mission may refuse .to grant Henry
Ford’s petition that he be allowed
to reduce freight rater on his road
the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton. It
has been known for some time that
the Commission is opposed to whole-
sale reduction of freight rates un-
der the present condition of the
roads.

 

_Prices [of wheat feeds are believ—
ed to be at rock bottom, and' the
wise farmer will make his purchas-
es now. Jobbing prices for bran
are down to $22.50; middlings,
$22.50; cracked corn, $31.50. Corn
is likely to go lower, but if present
wheat prices are sustained and the
second cutting of hay is no better
than the first, lower prices of wheat
feeds need not be expected.

 

Reports from manufacturers of
milk powder indicate that during
May the market for this product was
unsettled, with demand limited and
stocks more than ample to take care
of current trade reduirements. Ger?
many continued to receive the larg-
est amounts of the, goods exported
from this country, although total ex-
ports for May barelyexceeded 144,-
000 pounds. It is of interest to
note that of the total exports since
Jan. 1, amounting to some 2,000,000
pounds, Germany. has taken over
850,000 pounds. Other countries
which have shared in the larger ship-

ments are the United Kingdom,
France, Belgium, Italy, and the
Netherlands, but the amounts sent

to these countries were small com-
pared with those sent to Germany.

 

In arguing against the Norris bill
which proposes the creation of a bil-
lion dollar government corporation
to finance the export of farm pro—

ducts, the Wall Street Journal deg

clares no emergenCy exists and
points to the large exports of 1920
as proof that Europe is able to buy
all Shej’ needs of our products. The
comparison of exports for 1920,
with the average for 1910-14 is in—

teresting: .. , ,,

~ , 1920 1910-14
- * v , .. Average
Wheat, ...~....-.‘..'39.1 17.6
Corn  1.5

Oatsz..........., 1.1.5. ' .
Barley -..v..'.,‘.,.y..'l;,88_»' r >
 1 e o‘eje-ev e  e e 0‘ 155-5 .1. 1.
RICO - . e‘e: ele’ .1, e e‘A"e 0 
Buckwheat ~~ . .". .. ., .. 2.2

 
 

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-' libéta etadvances will be

  

  

 

 

 
  

fete: for 18 time: or longer. .
It In type. send proof end quote rates by

 

'rov~Lf'Yr'.BcEfE‘—'EDER1$ broom

W no out whet .you have to offerond send It. in. we will 'put
Murn mell.

Sneolel
Address The Michigan Business Farmer.

 

Advertising Department, Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

 

 

POULTRY

WYANDOTTE

 

.section close RR town,

/ orchard.

_ take.

  

 

PULLETS

If you want some good eight weeks old P11118118.
write us for description of White and Browu
Leghorns and also yearling Hens. -

Also we have a limited number of Three

 

ILVER LACED GOLDEN AND WHITE m:
sndottes. Eggs $2.50 per 15: $4.50 for 30.
c. w. BROWNING, n 2. Portland. Mlch‘.

WHITE WYAHDOTTES

Martin Foundation. A few good breeders for

 

 

 

 

Months old Pullets—White and Silver Laced sale. No more baby chicks th' 0 Il-
Wyandottes. White and Barred Rocks, S. C. Reds cockerels now for early fall dlglivifif. l’dcg
andjegiufi‘ rt[lielghorna Also (lockctrelts. L reasonable.
- IS a c you a prlce on w a you wan HE

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION 0‘ W’ . [MBACH

Desk 2. Kafamazoo. Michigan Big Rapids, Mlch.

MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM
oflers young stock and a few mature breeders in BABY Cchm
White Chinese Geese, White Runner Ducks and -—-
White \Vyandottes. Also 0. I. C. spring gilIl. GREAT PRICE OUT FOR JULY

Write today for prices on what you need.
DIKE c. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for profit. Write today IO!
free catalogue of hatching ogge. beby chicks and
breeding stock.

CYCLE HATCHEP COMPANY. 149 Phllo Bldl.
Imlra. N. V.

 

 

UALITY CHICKS, BLACK MINORCA. LIGHT

Brahma. 250 each. Barred Rock. R. I lied
18 cents each.

TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenion, Mich.

HIGH GRADE

Barred Rooks,

 

BREEDING
three to
S. C. R. 1.

000 K E R E L8
four months old,
Reds, and S. l.

White Leghorns. Just the kind to hmd your
breeding pen for next season. Satisfaction
Gun-Tammi]. For Drives and information write

ROY BIRMELE, Waterv'let. Mich.

 

 

LEGHORNS

rabowskels sic: White LeghornsrACockerels,
cooks and yearling liens for snle.
LEO GRABOWSKE. R 4, Merrill,

unomi ISLAND REDS

HITTAKER’S R. I. REDS. MICHIGAN‘S

greatest (‘olor and Egg Strain. (“hicks all
sold. Si) good cock birds. eitln-r (‘Jnnh .‘ll lino
gain' prices for quick sale. (‘atnlou Free.
INTEPLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. M‘ch

LANGSHAN

DR. SIMPSON‘S LANGSHANS OF QUALITY
llrcd for type and color since lili'l. Winter
laying strain of both Black and White. Have
some cockcrels for sale. Eggs in season.
CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webbervillo. Mich.

Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORPINGTONS

 COCKERELS AND PULLETS
for sale. Buff, White,
Black (,‘ockcrels at $7, $8, and $10. Pullets at
$3 and $5. liso yearling hens $3 and $4.
Hatching eggs, $6 per setting of 15.
GRABOWSKE BROS,- R 4. Merrill. Mlch.

 

 

 

 

delivery to real bargain price, LOOK
50

Pure S. C. 'W. Leghorns . . $8.00 $4.00
Pure Barron Eng. Leg . . ] 0.00 5,00
Pure S. C. Anconas . . . . . . 10.0 5.00
Pure B. P. Rocks . .‘.. . . .12.00 I‘» or

Hatch every Tuesday- in July. Order direct
from ad. Prompt shipment by Parcel Post.
Full count. strong liveLv chicks on srriva. 13
years reliable dealings. Fine instructive catalog

free.
.u U!" APPLEDORN. R 1. Holland. Mich.

 

SINGLE.COMB BUFF LEGHORN HENS AND
cocks, and early batchel Crickerels and pullets.
J W. WEBSTER

' Beth. Mich.

BREEDERS

WE ARE BREAKING UP OUR BREEDING
pens and offering you this valuable stock

 

 

      

 

at $1.75 per head. Both males and fe
males must go. Write us now how many
you want. Satisfaction guaranteed.

LORING & MARTIN C0.

East Saugatuck, Mich.

 

 

HATCHING EGGS

NCONA COCKERELS, 4 MONTHS ODD, 
2 for $3; 8 weeks. $1.00.
EVA TRYON. Jerome.

  MATCHING EGGS FROM
Parks 200 egg strain. Rich
in the blood of l’ark's best pedigreed .pens. $2
per 15. $6 per 50, $12 per 100. Prepaid by
parcel post in non—breakable containers.
R. G. KIRBY. R 1 East Lansing, Mich.
C. BR. LEGHORN EGGS. $1.50 FOR II.
l'ekin duck $1.50 for 8. W. Chinese (:00-
eggs 40c each. Mrs. Claudia Betta, Hillsdale, Mich.

Mich.

 

n. i. RED MATCHING EGGS, THOMPKIN'S
strain, $1.0 livr 100; baby chicks. 25c each.
Wm. H. FROHM. New Baltimore. Mich

Business Farmers’ Exchange

 

C
5 for les‘ than 3 times.
ment.

A WORD PER ISSUE—3 Insertions for 100 per word. Farm for sale ads. not accepted
Twenty words Is the minimum accepted for any ad.
Cash should accompany all orders. Count as one word each initial and each group of fig-

In this depart-

 

 

 

 & 

FARM WITH 3

147 ACRE MID—WEST . ,
bull, 15 shouts. 3

bores. 13 cows and heifers,
brood sows, 150 chickens,, vehicles, cream sep-
arator, gas engine. machinery, etc; prosperous
convenient big :ity, ad-
alfalfa, clover, potato,
40—cow pasture;; variety fruit; good
delightful shade; 30~cow barn,
Owner called away“ $7,000
gets all, easy terms. See page 58 Spring Cat-
alog 1,100 Bargains, FREE. STROUT FARM
AGENCY, 814 BE, Ford Bldg” Detroit, lich.

240 ACRES CLAY AND SANDY LOAM
soil, some improvement, for sale. In Prvesque
For particulars write LEON ARI)

Isle Co. .
h‘l.Pl\VhJI.I.IN(}. Ocqueoc, Mich.

FOR SALE—IMPROVED 60-ACRE MASON
Co. farm on hard road. Write J. A. WEAVER,
R 2, Scottviile. Mich.

vantages; fertile grain,
tillage;
2—story house,
poultry house, etc.

TO BUY ONE OF THE

IF YOU WANT
80 acres, 60 un-

best farms in Arenac county, '
der cultivation, horses, machinery, everything to
start in, write the owner today for prlcc and
full particulars. address Wm. BAUM, Au Gres,

Michigan.

FOR SALE—120 ACRES. WITH_ CROPS,
machinery, stock, large l)uildlngs.l Write PAUL
SHERIO, R 3, Grand Haven, Mich.

PRICED FOR QUICK SALE, 40. ACRES
unimproved clay loam soil 4 1—2 miles'from
Alpeua, a city of about 13,000 inhabitants.
For full description write FRED GODFREY, R2,
Hillman. Mich.

103 ACRE FARM. WITH OR WITHOUT

crops; clay, sand loam, fair bindings, orchard,

spring brook: 3 1—2 miles from county seat.‘
- IA

E. A. t W“ \'_‘ Hersey, Michigan.

 

~——1 60 ACRES. SUGAR BEET
lam. kahunge for city property. Par-
ticu‘an. . pirequest. MORLEY WIEDER-

HOLD, Turner. Mich.

a
40 ACRE IMPROVED FARM. i...“
on East Mich. pike; rural delivery; 1
house, new barn, outbuildings good‘ well . ‘.
1-2 miles from town. LELAA

2
REID, Twining, Mich.

I 0000 "40. FAI‘R2 238%0muEas. grnnsecwlfi
road" . , . . - as.
3335  N. TRACY, Mimics. .Mlch. 1

 

 
 

  
  

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ures, both In body of ad. and In address. Copy must be In our hands ,before Saturday for Issue
dated following week. The Business Farmer Adi. Dept., Mt. Clemens. Mich.
WANTED TO RENT—A GOOD FARM.

\Vant someone to go in the purebred business on

shares. _IIave one of the best herds of linroc-
Jiars‘eys 1n the state—VIRGIL DAVIS, Ashley,
ll l(‘l.

 

 

 

§MISCELLM 130%.
- ,, MACHINE“! fa

$100.00 PUTS A HIGH GRADE TRACTOR
on your farm. How? Address Box 1131, In-
dianapolis, Indiana.

 

MACHINERY. PORTABLE

Make your own lumber,
IIILL—(‘lllii'l‘ls CO.. 1507
hIlI'l.

SAW MILL
mills for furmers' use.
Send for new catalog.
No Pitcher St. Kalamazoo.

 

CORN HARVESTER CUTS AND PILES ON
harvester or winrows. Man and horse cuts and
shocks equal Corn Binder. Sold in every state,
Only $28 with fodder tieing attachment. Testi-

moniuls and catalog I’ll illl‘l showing picture of
harvester. PROCESS HARVES'I‘ER CO.. Sa-
linn. Kansas.

 

 

GENERAL

 

A NATIONAL MANUFACTURER 0F
staple products, indispensable to Concrete indus—
try has unallotcd territory aavnilahle for sales—
men who can appreciate dignified staple lino giv»

ing permanently good returns for proper effort.
Use of car desirable but not essential. I'. S.
BY—PRODUCT (‘IILOIIIDES COMPANY. 12020

Clifton Blvd, Cleveland. Ohio.

 

FOR SALE—TO BE SOLD IN THE NEXT
sixty days, The Wolverine ‘IClginc Creamery. If
interested sec or write MARK SCOTT, Wolverine,
Michigan.

TRUNKS, BAGS.

 

SUITCASES. WHY PAY
two middlemen profits? Buy from factory di-
rect. Send for free catalog. GEM TRUNK &
BA)? FACTORY, Spring Valley, 111.

   
   
 
 
 

LIGHTNING RODS, EXCLUSIVE AGENCY
nd quick sales to Live Dealers selling “DID-
DIE—BLITZEN RODS." Our copper test:
99.96 per cent PURE.

 

 

 

 

 

are right. L. M. Diddle CO.. Marshfield. Wig.
, ». FENCE POSTS
uov “no: Immobiliser more no
eet. All kinds. Delivered prices. Addreu “
H,"- cere mun Business Farmer, Ht. Ole-
.m-mcn _, ‘ ~
 -  Izivcetock Ade.  ~
’. ' I ' in M. B; F.
' Do the Trick

  
    

 

  
 
 

   
     
 
       
    
  
 
  


TRADE ANn1nmnmmniannmv

'  improvement in the 1

general. business situation the

country over is noted, predi-
cated largely upon the mvement to
market of the wheat crop and the
“thawing out” of rural credits
which has resulted from this phase
of the market movement. Nothing
in the way of a permanent easing
of the money situation, in the lead-
ing wheat states, has resulted from
the developments referred to above.
On the contrary, the current de-
mand for money. to finance the crop
movement is having a tendency to
weaken the reserve strength of the
banks in the leading agricultural
districts of the country and to
strengthen the banks of New York
and other leading eastern cities; as
the crop movement develops the con:
ditions described above will become
more and more intensified. '

Recent improvement, in the sellr
ing prices fer fat cattle and hogs is
having an effect to greatly strength-
cen the position of the live stock
farmer but there are still certain
important financial questions in
connection with American agricul-
ture that are pressing for proper ad-
justment. Information concering
the administration of the fifty mil-
lion dollar live stock pool is en-
couraging; the iact that already
more than $5,000,000 has been loan-
ed to live stock growers to be used
in the purchase of yearling feeding
cattle, preventing stook cattle from

being; marketed and slaughtered
and furnishing assistance to cattle-
men in connection with their next
year’s feeding operations testifies
to the usefuness of the undertaking.
All of the above is constructive work
of the right. kind but that it is but
r-a-“l'dr'Op in the bucket,” when com-s
pared with the great financial needs
'of the American farmer, cannot be
denied. _

The inexorable logic of human
events has placed the farmers of
this country, both tenants and own-
ers in the debtor class and, in the
opinion of the writer. the time is
near at hand when some arrange-
ment must be made by the great
moneyed interests which derive
their annual incomes from merchan-
dising the, products of the farmer’s
toil, to tide, the farmer over the im-
pending crisis which will surely de-
velop when foreclosure proceedings
begin against the farmers of the
corn belt and other great agricul-
tural sections of our country.

if the bankers of this country
still subserilm to the opiiiions that
they have frequently been heard to.
express in the past. that. prosperous
agriculture is the foundation of all
permanent business success in this
country, they must see to it. that
money is available at reasonable
rates of interest for refunding the
mortgages with which the farms of
this country are encumbered. It is
not charity but extended credit that
the farmer is asking for. ll. must
be clear to the average observer
that form indebtedness cannot be
rapidly reduced by the sale of sur-
plus farm products at. present prices
especially when the current cost of
production is taken into considera-
tion. That better things are in
store for the American farmer in
the near future. nearly everybody
believes; the only way to help him
to derive benefit from these improve
ed conditions is to make it. possible
for him to renew his mortgage obli-
gations for an extended period.

The agriculmrnl bloc .in congress
is pressing upon the administration
the importance of giving permanent
assistance to, the American farmer:_
the. aforesaid farmer. while asking
for assistance, should be very care-
ful to ask for something that will
 or permanent benefit for all time.

There is a fair prospect that the job
' or “assisting. agriculture" will- ‘ be
handed over to. the IWar Fiance. (lor-
poration. the some creams-Mimi.

 has been given-- the job; of raise 

,

Edited by H.

H. MACK

 

 

‘GENERAL MARKETEUIZIMARY '

 

 

DETROIT—~Beans back to $4.
Oats and corn inactive.

CHICAGO—Wheat strong; potatoes higher;- corn and oats
steady. All live stock firm fit.) higher. ' .

Potatoes and wheat in demand.

 

 

ket. page Is set in type. It contains last minute

tolng to prose—Editor.

 

 

(Note: The above aummsrlzad lnformatlon was resolved AFTER the balance of the mar-

lnformaxlon up to within one-hall hour of

 

 

 

 

ing $500,000,000 for the railroads
by the sale of bonds issued upon theI
value of railway securities. It is
fair to presume that the War Fin-
ance corporation would take about
the same course to raise money to
help the farmer.‘ The question
arises, right here——will not the Jim-
it in the sale of bond issues, like
those described above, soon be
reached? Would it not. be a more
feasible proposition if the private
bankers of the country would un-
dertake the job of refunding farm
obligations?

Some improvement in both retail
and wholesale demand. for the basic
commodities of commerce is noted.
The iron, steel, lumber and fuel out-
look is greatly improved and the be-
lief is becoming general that the‘ bot-
tom has been reached in connection
with these industries and that ,a
gradual improvement in demand will
be noted as winter approaches. The
number of men employed in Michi-
gan is slowly increasing from month

to month and sales reports of man-

ufactured products indicate that the
articles manufactured are being
promptly absorbed by the trade. 00]-
lecltions are reported to be extreme-
ly low, tradesmen finding it hard to
collect money enough on the month-
ly statements they send out to keep
their business going and meet their
own current bills.

The New York stock market has
been extremely quiet and the trade
has been largely professional. Some
weakness in the demand for railway
issues has been noted, evidently.
the result of the talk about cutting
rates. that has been going the rounds
of the public press. Call money
touched a new low of 5 1-2 per cent

(points

last week and Several banks have
announced a- reduction in redis-
count rates.

WHEAT

WHEAT PRICES PER BU., AUG. 3. 1921
Grade IDetroIt IOhlcagol N. Y.

No.—2-lled ....}1726 ’12: 1.88

No. 2 Whlte 1.21

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PRICES ONE YEAR AGO »
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Detroit l

The talk of the trade is the way
Wheat prices are holding up in face
of a movement almost unprecedent-
ed in the annals of the grain trade.
Failure of the prices to crash under
this influence has caused the bears
not a little worry and seems to jus-
tify the conviction of the bulls that
much higher wheat prices are in
sight. The Winter wheat farmers
of the middle west hold the key. to
the wheat price in their Very hands
if they but knew it. A sudden cur-
tailment of supplies at this time in
the face of a strong domestic and
export demand would soon result in
cleaning up supplies at terminal
and strengthen the price.
Fortunately, the wheat movement
in Michigan has subsided, according
to the State Farm Bureau, and
county correspondents report the
inclination of farmers to hold their
wheat for higher prices. With a
situation exactly reversed from
what existed last year, the farmer
must recognize that he is taking lit-
tle chances in marketing his wheat
in an orderly fashion or withhold-
ing it altogether from the market
until at least the first of the year.

 

 

 

Snow says that the government“

estimate of 235 million bushels of

 

 

THE WEATHER F

Poale Weather Chm for AUG. 1921
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WASHINGTON, August Ii,
1921—~The drouth that has struck
eastern Canada, particularly Que-
bec, Labrador and some spots east of
great lakes in America. is the same
drouth that has ruined parts of north-
western Europe, including Great
Great Britain and parts of France
and Russia. I was not sure the
drouth would reach eastern parts of
this continent and therefore did not
lnclude the latter in my drouth lure-
casts, but the drouth for Western
Europe was Well advertised. I expect
August to be the most disastrous
month of that great drouth and that
the drouth will end during the Week
centering on Oct. 1. The strange
thing about these drouths is that the
same planetary forces that cause the
drouths on land also cause the evap-
Orations of sea water that waters the
land where the drouth does not ex-
ist. The north Atlantic high baro-
meter has great influence in carry-

' in-g that moisture—«this season—but,
strange fact. the moon causes that
great, so-called high to shift north
and south in an apparent irregular
way. This last great _ discovery was

H made by an .eniment French astron.
omer.- . Lack of means has prevented
the complete working out of this
d'routh I knowledge.

Following some lower than usual
temperatures a storm center will push
a great high temperature wave south-
wards and it will cover. Alaska, north. _

D. C.,

 

 

AS ForecaSth by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

\ books.

OR NEXT WEEK

em Rockies, northern Pacific slope
and northern plains seetion.. Gener-
ally warmer weather always precedes
the eastward movement of these
storm centers and this one, as it
moves southeastward, will cross mer-
idian 90 near Aug. 14 and will reach
Atlantic coast near 17. Tempera-
tures of this storm period will average
near normal, but. for lack of‘severe
storms, rainfall will be deficient.
Mexico, west of Rockies. seems to be
most favored. First half of Septem-
ber promises severe storms and an
increase of rains which, in a large
part of this continent, will be favor-
able to sowing winter grain. At least
two-thirds of the winter wheat lands
of north America; will produce good
winter grain crops for 1922. But a
considerable portion must fail on a. c-
count of dry weather the coming fall
or during next year’s crop-season. I
cannot give full details for every lo-
callty thru these columns. I can
say, however, that the demand will
be unusually great because of tail-
ures in other countries.

In the great grain crops of 1922
some farmers will: find fat pocket-
W'hoever holds the agricultur-
al’lands will rule the government of
this continent. Go slow in swapping
your farm for one in some other sec-
tion or county. In all sections of
this country crops of the next twen-
iy-flve years will average about" the
same as for the past twenty-five
years. For 1922 cropweather the
moisture will come from east of
Cuba. South America will get a,
drouth during our summer and- their
winter of 1922. North Africa will
set a. drouth durinz early part of its
1922 cronseason. _

 

 

'a total loss.

'wantcd badly before antither

spring. wheat is too high. He putsiit
at 198‘_mil.lion bushels. And. snow,
is usually right. , 4

Latest. reports indicate flhat nu
exaggeration. has been made of 

wheat and flmir. requirements of. 

foreign countries. It is learned that
an initial shipment of 2,000 tons of

' flour was sent from New York to-

Petrograd last week, the first in-

stalment of a largeorder from Rus-

sia for American food products.
Wheat in, Detroit regained three

~cents a bushel which it lost last

week only to lose one cent at the
opening of the current week. In
Chicago the week opened with a.
strong'and higher market, with few
bears on hand to argue lower pric-
es. we repeat what was said in.
these columns last week that we
may see temporarily lower wheat
especially if the movement keeps.
up. But farmers are showing less
desire to sell and any decline may
be looked upon as only temporary.

CORN

CORN PRICES PER 30.. MG. 3, 1981

Grade Inatmlt IOhlcago N. V.
Yellow .    .61'/2 .82"/¢ 

 

 

 

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No. 8
No. 4

Yellow
Yellow

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Corn prospects 'have materially
decreased since last week. Rains
which were anticipated in some of
the corn~belt states in time to save ‘~
the crop did not materialize, with
the result that some sections report
The drought has had‘
its effect in nearly every state, and.
the government’s next crop report
is expected to show a big‘ slash in
the July estimate. There, has been
little change in the corn market.
since a week ago, but the cooler
weather and rains of the early part
of the week may,result in tempor-
arily lower prices.

OATS}

‘ur pmczs (new) 30., sue. a, 192%
Grade IDetrolt IOhloagoI N. V.
‘I0. 2 wmm  .31 I .85 t 51%
' '5. 3 "’h'to  .3! .33
s‘lo. 4 Wm“ .35

Patel-:9 one YEAR AGO

No.2 White! No.3 Whltal No.4 Vlflilto
Datrolt I .85 I .84’ I .83

Snow’s estimate on cats is 1,-
079,000,000 bushels or 250 million‘
bushels less than the government’s.
July estimate. With certain local
exceptions the cat crop has been a:
near failure in the majority of
states; although a few Michigan
counties report a yield-of between
40 and 50 bushels per acre. The
average will probably be less than
20 with some yields as ,low as 8 and
10 bushels. It is stated that many
of the finest farms in Ohio are re-
turning yields of less than 15 bush-
els to the acre as compared with.
a normal yield. of 40 and ,50. Snow's
present estimate is a. half billion
bushels. short of the 19-20 produc-

 

 

 

tion, and way below the 10—year av-

erage. If this doesn’t mean high
oat prices, we don’t know what it
does. /

RYE "

The rye market seems to be in"!
bad way. due partly to the slow de- -
mand and the. eagerness .of tumors
to dispose of the grain. The price
has tumbled from $1.20 as quoted
last week to $.1.I5, and may go tents.»
porarily lower. But if the statis-
tical position of. wheat is as strong
as presently, indicated rye will; be:
has.

vest.’

. BEANS

'Scarcely had we gone
last \week ,tha'fi“tliln‘gs began -.
happen "in the ' been market; ; 
nix-es» trays the. price lumped  .
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Detroit

Edition of the market is such at
this time that we do not look for
any further declines until the .new
crop is" harvested. Price changes
dor the next sixty' days will probably

 

be upward.
I POTATOES
The early potato market rules
ltrong at nearly all points. .At

Bitbsburg prices are quote better
than $5 per barrel and in Detroit an
ndvance of 50 cents per barrel is
toted over last week’s price. Early
Ohios which bridge the gap between
Virginia and Michigan stock are not
turning out well and it looks-as if

r the early potato deal for this state

will be a good one. Condition of
potatoes has shown no improvement
the past week and it appears to be
more certain that the government
will have to take another slice off
its July estimate.

 

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onion 0 ..19.oo@24lne.oo @221130‘Q.?0
New ork Ize.oo @ s11 _ 26.00 @ 29
Plttsburg 423.50 @ 24|21.oo @ 2214 3.00 @20
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~> 1 [Light Mlx. Idmr Mlx. | Glover
a Detroit . . I21 @ 21 .EONBJDDG "1:94.00 @ 1 s
_ Chicago . .I1R.00 (a 20l11.00@18l1‘.00@16
‘ New York |23.oo @ zsl I22.on @ 23
' Pltuburg .113.00@19116.00@17|15.00@1e

 

 

HAY PRICES A YEAR AGO
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Dorotlt . . [21.00 @ 28!24.00 @ 26I20.00 @ 24

 

Hay prices rule firm despite in-
.aeased receipts. The crop has been
a failure in many western states
and the prospects for the second
cutting are only .fair. Supplies on
file Ch-icago‘market have been ample
Sor all needs, and timothy has been
in good demand. Clover, it is stat-

'  til-ethic  command much
- 1‘ better. prices 'but-we can’t see What

 

 

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—-—Money on a
fiaginaw silo now. _
Big cut in prices. «5.
Their reductions 
apply on the entire

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new price list. .1“
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' . comma. Nodal”. noox beg. Do it in ‘
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' he bases his opinionupon. Farmers
.' living within hauling distance of

. consuming centers- need not worry .
’ but what they will have a. good mar-

ket the entire winter for what little
hay they may have to sell. The
only thing, in our judgment, which
can cause any material reduction in
present high prices, is a drastic cut
in freight .rates which is not very
likely to happen.

 

MISCELLANEOUS MARKET NEWS

High freight. rates have forced
western peach growers to sell ’their
cling—stones at $35 per torn

Butter and cheese show an up-
ward tendency owing. to the de-
crease in the milk flow. Best cream-
ery butter is now bringing close to
40 cents on the Detroit market.

Eggs are in ample supply and
‘there is no change in prices over
last week.

Peaches are in demand and prices
slightly higher.

The, demand is still good for
dressed calves, choice bringing
from 14 to 15 cents per pound.

It is reported that the New York "

state cabbage crop will show a fall-
ing off of from 10 to 15 per cent.

Best, grades of apples are in good
demand on most ma?kets. Michi-
gan transparents brought better
than $8 per barrel on the Chicago
market last week.

LIVE ' STOCK MARKETS

Under an active domestic demand
for fresh, meats and a tremendous
export demand for fresh pork pro-
ducts and lard, the live stock mar-

kets are giving a much better ac-
count of themselves of late than
they did earlier in the season. The

readers of this paper, who have pre—
served their back numbers, will find
by referring to them that the M.
B. F., all through the spring and
summer months, predicted this
change. Attention was repeatedly
called to the fact that one extreme
always follows another; that a
famine always follows a feast in
the live stock business and grow-
ers were advised to “sit tight" in
the assurance that finally the worm
would turn and the fresh and cured
meat trade, lard, wool, hides and
live stock would come into their
own again. From week to week in
the columns of this paper, the mu—
tations of the market have been
traced and the editor is' proud of
the fact that every prediction has
been fulfilled on time and with a
generous margin to spare.

.‘ Cattle

Last week’s cattle receipts, in
Chicago, were about 2,000 lbead
larger than the week before but
they were 6,500 smaller than for the
corresponding week last year- An
advancing market for prime kill-
ing~ steers prevailed all the week
and prices showed a gain from the
close of the week before of 50
cents per cwt.; the near beef and
grassy grades were 301111 and easy,
closing from 25 to cents lower
than for the week before; under
$7.50 there were sales near the
close of the week that looked 75
cents lower. The eastern beef mar—
kets were active and strong and un-
evenly, from 50 cents to 3:2 per cwt.
higher, early in the week but before
the close they lost some of the gain
and were dull and draggy on the
finish largely because of the extreme
hot weather. ‘

Eastern order buyers were out
after the cattle last week and even
the local members of the Big: 5
were liberal buyers of corn-fed
stuff, both yearlings and mature
steers. The demand for fat year-

"l‘lngs‘was active all the week and

the right kind we‘re worth SID-every
day and on Monday of this 'week.
Last week’s toxin Chicago for .ma-
ture steers was $9.85 per cwt.; the
animals that brought the price men;
tioned averaged 41,348 pounds. Steers

weighing between, 1,550 and 1.650

sold for $9.50, and above 'this
weight for. $9.25. {behavior grades
of butchers cattle were steady but
common kinds were from 2:5 “to 50

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decline; canners and cutters were
steady and bulls were 25 cents per
cwt. higher than the preceding
week. Stockers and feeders were
higher early in the week but lost

the gain, closing steady with the

week before.
Shehp and Lambs
More sheep and lambs came to
hand'in Chicago last week than
were needed but, at that, they were
nearly eight thousand less than the
week before and 45,000 less than
for the corresponding week last
year when more than 113,000 came
to hand. The trade was easy,’all the
week,and both native and western
lambs closed about 25 cents lower
than last week, with the latter on
more in spots. All‘grades of ms-
ture sheep were steady and an es-
pecially active demand for breed-
ing ewes developed at prices rang-
ing from $4 to $5 per cwtu The
toy for both native lambs and west-
erns, in Chicago on Monday of this
week Was $10.50 per cwt. Lambs
took. a jump, 01,51 per cwt. in But—
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Hogs

Last week’s Chicago trade in live
hogs was persistently active from
beginning to end with upturns in
prices nearly every day and a fin-
ish that was within 15 cents per cwt.
of the week’s best price. Foreign
demand for products was the lift-
ing force that boosted live hog
values, the call from this source be-
ing more active than at any preced-
ing date this year, Foreigners
bought cash product and they
bought nearby and deferred futures
showing that they had little hope of
lower prices. Last week’s receipts
of hogs in Chicago, 119,300 was 80,-
50031833 than for the week before
and 9,000 smaller than for the same
week last year. Shipping demand
was strong and active every day.‘
the total for the week being 36,100.
The average weight of the hogs ne-
ceiv'ed at Chicago last week was
243 pounds, and the average price
was $10.25 being 40 Cents per cwt.
abaove the previous week and $2.469
above the lowgweek- of the M.  5 5

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‘ ' ~» . potato Crops

_ ._ *
- , flaginaWeBains railing "on"  Tuesday
I and Wednesday .in' several parts-rot “the
 county helped,_lco_l_'n and teens: ,-
xv...enough to .jlielpm'asmres any. Truck arid,

Farm Bureau. '
Tummy—weather very dry;
‘ nearly all‘lthreshed or in the heme. Corn
-‘ is looking Lfine. Beans need a «rain, had-
11.. .i; Late "potagtoes lare .vergy pooh} some
people say ’_ that Early bearislhaven't‘got
pods on them.——W. :H. C. I”
Marquette-‘f—Hey nearly all cut.

barley. Sunflowers and corn ‘locking
fine. Potatoes about 2-3 of a stand.
Many farmers need to sell cattle or have
to buy hay.—§L. R. Walker. "

St. Joseph—Need good soak-ing rain
here now.- Had 3 small sprinkles but
not enough to do any good. Not quite
so hot as it has been. Still threshing
around the neighborhood; grain turning
out falr.—-—Mrs. Henry C. Holtz. ‘

Ionic—Corn and late potatoes look
good but are in need of a good rain. The
two small showers we had last week
did not do much good. Early potatoes
do not amount to much. Oat threshing
will soon be oven—S. \E. Lyons.

Bern-ion (East)—Oat harvest
done. Straw quite short.
ing injured by the dry weather. Pota-
toes are about half a crop. Corn is suf-
fering from drouth. We haven’t had a
good rain since June lst. Apples are a
short. crop—D. A. Famey.

Kalhskw—Wealther is fine only all
crops are in need of a good rain. Com
is looking fine but in need of rain. Oats
are getting ripe. Crop very light and a
great many are being cut for hay. Too
hot and not enough moisture for potatoes.
Beans looking very good—W. A. B

'QeneseO—Bain needed very badly.
Rams around the county in Spots but
not enough to do much good. Potatoes
Will be scarce. Butter and milk advanc-
ing due to drouth. Corn looks fine but
needs rain. Very hot and ground is
baked hard—A. R. Graham.

Washtenaw—Oats are a poor crop;
too dry to head, very short straw. Po-
tatoes need rain soon or we won't have
any to harvest. Corn looking good but
needs rain; haven’t had a good- rain in
three weeks. Seeding about dead. Most
of the farmers complain of a shortage
of pasture—H. C. Ringle.

‘Arenao (East)——Oats nearly all har—
vested. Some threshing being done.
Beans suffering from drouth. Prospects
for a good bean crop poor as no pods are
forming due to the excessive drouth.
Beets looking none too good as they are
suffering from drouth. Altogether I
think we are going to have a poor year.
—William Baum.

Kent (North)——Rains this week have
helped all growing 'crops. Corn and
beans looking good. Late potatoes do-
ing well but fields very spotted. Large
green worms did considerable damage.
Oats .nea'rly harvested. Yield and
weight both light. New seeding mostly
gone. Good crop of pickles—C. A. .

Allegan—Silo filling will begin today.
Potatoes did not come good. Some fields
about 1-2 missing. A few have replant-
ed. Very dry, if rain don’t come‘soon
the late potatoes and what corn there is
will be a failure. Grain yield is very
poor. Some very good wheat farrns‘yieid
this year was 9 and 10 bushels per' acre.
——L. B. M.

Huron—We had a fine rain also a
high wind that did considerable damage
to crops. Oats and barley poor, sample
shrunken badly. One man threshed 416
01! 14 acres of wheat. Rye good. Po-
tatoes, corn and beans look very prom-
ising. Late rain helped pastures. Ber-
ries a fair crop. No price for cattle at
present. Cutting grain winding up.—-J'
Keay.

Eaton—Three good rains this week.
breaking the drouth and helping late po-
tatoes. - Corn is fired, will make two-
thirds of a crop. Wheat not yielding as
well as expected. Rye nearly average
crop. Oats nearly a complete failure,
five to ten bushels per acre. Hay all
secured and in fine shape, two-thirds of
a crop. Clover seed prospect. poor.—
C. F. L.

Kalamazoo—Threshing has been pro-
gressing rapidly. Oats averaging. from
10 to '30 bushels per acre and light at
that. Wheat about '22 bushels per acre.
Corn is wilting badly these hot days and
unless rain comes soon is going to be a
fake. Potatoes are also in need of a
very heavy dew. Harvesting is pretty
fir advanced for the time of year.—

about

Midland—We are badly in need of
rain. Corn is still looking fine, but 'with
curled leaves in spots. ,Potatoes not
looking very well; a rain will do them
a great deal of good. All the oats are
not yet cut, but all are ripe. Indica-
tions are that the crop will be very
light. giving us, perhaps, the lowest
yield per acre in many years- Cucum-
bers seem to be doing well, but some
turn yellow because of the dry weather.
‘—C. L. H. v

Branch—Threshing is practically over I

and plowing for rye and wheat is well
under way. .Tractors have been
chased by several of the farmers , who
intend putting. in a large acreage of fall
crops. Corn. and potatoes are beginning
to show the eflects or the. dry weather

and a .heavy rain is the only thing that “ ~

.will insure a crop. The ravages of’ the
tobacco worm .on, the potato vines seem
to be on the decreaseand this season of
activity is thought to be oven—F. Adolph
. : rumba (central)—-Oat harvest is
the. V, = oflthe day' some being

1- - ram

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‘ "live {gs-fifty bushels
Not
' 'pocr.—LSaaginaw County

"  ' » f ~ hit byij‘blight.
stain .

~ I Oats”:
/ heading very Short; ton hot,for oats and"

Seeding is beg

pur- I

thresh-
t . .

no? 
average about twent. w

‘havinsbeen hurt  0st
--:aetting»_va31d_will be  .
weeksTr.,earlisr than; usual.» "
:oiitlo‘ok. ’ Beans have apps.

Owl); "Vines. spindling
blossomed» as usual, ‘much, good
didn't {tow-W: Coleman. 3 .

and “ have 7 ‘hot
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V . . zbnflvf be$‘
Potatoes Will‘be a.sm’al gt:

wining—oats sire" being f- cut" min? the  .
 farmers are parig’gre’enlngbugspnV—po- ' ‘

’tatoes" evé'n‘“ Yeti" We' have] had .consid- “ "

erable win'd for the last two days and
showers are frequent this week. Plenty
of rain would help, new seeding now as

v dry weather injured it“ this spring. Work

on the trunk line road is still in progress.
Our new county agent, Mr. Bailey, is an
up-to-date’- farmer and is visiting tarm-
ers in all parts of the county. He is
much interested in all farm work and is

striving to introduce more alfalfa and g

sweet clover as basic crops—A. H. ~
Hmidalw—Threshi’ng cats at present

and they aren't yielding very good. but 

come up to expectations. Cool sunny
Weather for the past week._ We have
had no rain for about two weeks and
the soil is beginning to show dryness,
although there is some moisture in it.
Farmers in this locality are helding
their grain expecting to get higher pric;
es. Anather bamJn this locality burné
ed to the ground last Tuesday caused -by
spontaneous combustion. A few tools
were all that was saved. The barncon-
tained ten tons of hay. some tools and
hamesses.—\K. J. Fast. " ‘ ' ,

Alconm—Hay about all in and is a
good cram Rye and wheat is good: cats
will be a light crop in this country, po-
tatoes don’t look very good. it has been
too hot. We have had some very heavy
rains lately and it is cooler now and
they may do better. The "storms have
pounded the cats down badly and they
are very difficult to harvest. Apples
will be a very light crop. Pastures are
good and all kinds of stock look well;
The farmers seem to be selling all their
calves for veal, it looks as if they were
going to try and make cattle scarce but
I guess that is the way to get a decent
price. They offer here $25 and $26 for
a two year old that will weigh between
seven and eight hundred pounds and
most farmers are cutting down the num»
ber of cattle they are going to raise.—
Duncan Campbell.

Montcalm—The farmers are very busy
with their harvesting. A threshing ma-
chine commenced work in this vicinity
but only threshed out two jobs and part
of another when it commenced raining.
Now they have had to lay off until the
grain gets dry. Most of the farmers
had planned on threshing from the field
and neglected to stack or put the grain
in barns. Last week the grain was in
good condition to thresh as it was sr
dry and hot. Now they won't be able to
do anything until another week and not
then if it_ continues to rain. And it
looks very much like rain again. The
soil is in good condition to work. Po-
tatoes are not a very good crop, many
of them rotting in groundlafter plant-
ing and other fields that look line have
no potatoes set on to speak of. Corn is
looking fine in most places. Beans fair-
ly well, but grain is not turning out Very
well.—Geo. B. Wilson.

Ben-ion (West)—We have been suf-
fering from an almost unprecedented
drouth for this time of year with no
prospect of relief in sight. Pastures
and gardens are all dried up; we have
no early potatoes as it has been too dry
for them to set. A large per cent of
the corn is gone and the rest will follow
'soon without rain. Threshing is aboui
over here with an unusually low yield
everywhere: in some instances farmers
did not get their seed back. Mint farm-
ers are cutting and pressing their mint,
which is a very poor yield. We have had
quite a few fires lately, several farmers
losing their barns and houses. I wish to
voice a. protest against the criminal care-
lessness of passersby who throw match-
es to the ground after lighting their,
"smokes." Many fires have been start-
ed along the road side in this way by
auto drivers and others. thereby en-
dangering farmers homes and property.
Nearly all the young seeding for bay
has been destroyed by the. drouth and
farmers here are all in accord in asking
"Where are we going to come out at?”
—O. C. Young. ~ v

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