An Independent

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Vol. VIII, No. 51

MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1921.

 

 

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ually knows the reason and has

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.git'f't he doubt in the minds of“
, is hearers but that he believes ,

.:. gfiirepe,

j of crops there his great mind

1s a result.

. our readers, the Business Fann-
. 1: er editor sent him the following
' . letter under date of Aug.

rt Hoover RevieWS Cmp SituatiOn

Writes fie Busmess Farmer His Views Upon Probable Demand and Supply

BEN Ems/r 1160an
has learnedjhm many experiences that

“layer usually knows what he is talking
about. The Secretary of Commerce is not,

a man to make rash predictions. Be has
bemuehatstakefOrthat. Butheisa

7m who having thoroughly investigated a

film ill ant druid to tell what he
thinks sheet it.
Holmes is an authority on three. things,

h -'-_;-‘n.t,_ ,least. Engineering problems, food

relief, and We. He probably knows
as, much as man living about the cur-
rents of trude the World over?

says, *

anythmgtheworldstopstohsten_

Mr. Hooover’ 3 reply 1s. published below.
While it is couched in more or less cautious

' terms there is no mistaking the meaning.
= Mr. Hoover believes that the European de-
.m-and, coupled With the short supply,'can
Only mean. higher prices later on.

More-
over, he states his belief in the concluding
paragraph that the government should pro-

vide the farmer with adequate credit so

that he may not be forced to sell his creps
at the prevailing low prices, but may with-
hold a part of them from the market in
order to receive the benefits of higher prices
later on. ‘

v

_ dwarfed.

are badly in need of rain, and though winter
oats and wheat are fairly forward, healthy
spring-sown j varieties are parched
The char’lock past has thrived [in
the grain fields and farmers have not had'
sufficient quantities of water to spray it with
sulphate of copper.

“It is felt that with prompt downfalls,..v of
rain much geod would be.accompllshed .eyen
now toward saving the root crops. Grain
crops, however, are already so badly damag- ,
ed that they will fall far below thé’c areruge_,;-.
harvest yield. ‘
Britain produces only sufficient home-girWn

wheat to supply about one—fifth of the eduu- 5; '5

try’s needs. Therefore, when the emf crepe '
fall below the average, imported supplies must
be increased proportionately ..t.°'
the decrease in native production.

 

If commerce is lifeless he us—

 

a pretty fair idea of when it
will recover] If there 1s a short- j
age of crops here and a surplus

has a. way of figuring out how
this situation will affect general
supply, demand and prices the
world over. '

During the last several months
Mr. Hoover has expressed a
number of opinions about the '
probable shortage of foodstuffs
and the prosperity that lay‘
ahead of the American farmer,
While his pro-
,’ cements have not been ab-

committal they have"

7 1: prices are in prospect on ,
1 1 crops. Hoping to secure ,
a: ldefinite opinion direct from

Hoover for the benefit of

. War.

5:111
"oh my return recently from “

 

The Michigan Business Farmer,
Mt. Clemens, Mich. '
Gentlemen:

During the last fiscal year—practically the harvest year

——we exported as net amount of approximately 425 million
bushels of grain. being about double pro-war normal. The
great bulk of this grain went to Europe, and our continuing
large exports are largely due to the‘ fact that Russia has
practically disappeared as one of the principal food scurces
of Enrbpe.
Next year’s demand from Europe will—5t appears to me

--be about the sanie as that during the last fiscal year. While
the crop returns fromo eastern and southern Europe show
they are much better than last year.

. drought in northwestern Europe just about equalizes the sit-
Owing to the lack of capital, there is a pretty gen- '
.eral tendency in Europe to delay purchasing of imports until
In other words, the American farmer is in
.~.»efl’ect carrying the. warehouse supplies for Europe.
These demys naturally impose a. burden upon our farm-
er of having to carry his crops for a longer period than pre-
The object of the legislation now before Congress is to
‘ ; provide assurance to the farmer that he will be able to borrow
necessary capital so that his marketing may depend upon his
I own judgment rather than upon
upon his produce.

nation.
'1' actually needed.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
Washington ‘

inability to
Yours faithfully,

HERBERT HOOVER.

August 11, 1921.

On the other hand the

secure credit

Already the argument is being_ad,_-.
vanced that unless Great Britain
can ship sufficient coal to Wheat-
producing countries to providé a
one-way cargo on ships which
must return with grain, the price
of'wheat in England during the
coming winter will .be very high
and naturally result in an Increas-
ed price for breadstuffs."

As Mr. Hoover points out the
increased yields in southern
Europe have partially at least
offset the decrease in the north,
but what about the needs of both
India and Russia where crops
have utterly failed? Before, the
revolution in Russia, twenty ..
provinces were large exporters of "
grain, but today it is estimated
that n‘ot-over four provinces will '
have any grain to expert. In the
other provinces there is wide-
spread starvation that can only
be relieved by the importation of '
American grain. Consular re-
ports from China state that the
wheat crop of that country will
be 20 per cent under the 1920
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where I witnessed the
db'vastatlng enacts of the pro-~-

' _ longed drought in northern France and south-

' .117 you rilla ve to

em England, my attention Was called to cer-
thin Meme ts alleged to have been made
the favorable prospects

”Renaud of American agriculture, as a result of

1.1921 or
‘ r’

the sum to iii-spy in other annuities. '

‘- lt he Inconsistent in your positidn,
for you it make a “dome statement of your
opi‘nk‘ms up this subject far the benefit of our
readers. '5. you MW, farmers are faced an-
finally with use outfitter)! of when to sell their

“crops, and I am arms {11th some warn-'

1118 is 1 #0 than that the sweat bulk of

'- he placed 4?”- the market this y
“I '7 . practically a total absence of rain through-

Fucts Bear Mr. Hodver Out
The European situation has not improved
one whit since the Business Farmer’s. sum-
mary was published in the July'30th issue.
Some information of an official nature is
given in the U. S. Commerce reports show-
ing the condition of English crops as of

j June 27. Part of this report follows:

“On‘the first of the'month the position in
the agricultural world consequent on the
drought was considered critical. Since then
extremely hot weather has prevailed, with

try, so that now the
.erops are threaten»

us most arts at the c

.. ay_ crop, which in many see-
n the shortest 011 record owing

jditlon at this date.

. duality are reported
Depart * f‘~r'isfhelu’w‘ uvérage and the

Juying threshing in

Domestic Crop Poor

The government’ s estimate for
August 1st is way below the July estimate,

and as threshing returns continue to come,
in, the estimated production continues to
drop. For the week ending August 6th
the department of agriculture reported as
follows:

“The condition of the Scorn crop has been
declining but is still above the average con-
In a large portion of the
central or leading corn reducing states suf—
ficient moisture has been received to assure
a Satisfactory crop. Some sections; or the
country, however, are still suflerln'g from

.drouth and the field especially 'of early corn,

will be light. .
- “Threshing of winter: vflieat 1's in “$11 prong
rash and sonic disapmlntma yields of poo

In ,
"diff
looted somewhat bythec. duth. Rain is (“3- T
sombé’ sections. ~ The
threshing of the spring wheat crop is pro-
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The good roads and increased number of automobi1es ac—
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surplus to stand the shock of serious claims. [The Com-
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in the largest company, able to give you service and pay

all claims
Write:

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promptly.

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Insurance
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The Best
advertise in Il'he Michigan Buss
It will be worth
"your while to read the livestock ‘ .

‘ Mdvertisements in "every
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l WOOL CONDITIONS IMPROVE

HILE WOOL imports for the
eleven months ending in May
were larger in 1919, they were
50,000,000 pounds
1920 and‘are now in a state of flux-
owing to the effects of the embargo
imposed by an Emergency Tariff and
uncertainty concerning the terms of
the new tarii! now under discussion,
It seems certain that a substantial
tariff will’ be imposed. -
At the same time, the
wool markets are giving many evi-
dences, of recovery from the glut
and stagnation of recent
other
demand is
broadening. The home clip in
United States is still warehoused for
the most part, manufacturers being
unwilling to buy liberally for long
future requirements.
are being offered very close to pre-
war prices, and some South Ameri-
can wools have been offered below
the proposed tariff tax ,on
of the same character.
These unsettled conditious‘are be—
lieved to be abnormal and of short
as all reports confirm a
broader demand from Bradford, for
the raw material and a continued
large consumption in the mills of
In fact, woolen mills
are reported as better supplied with
business than either silk or cotton
millh and lower prices for made-up
, goods are steadily
better distribution. --'—Tho,l

less than in

world’s

months.
having

‘ steadily
’thr '

sales

Many wools

imports

stimulating 8
World’s

HER BIG LITTER
VIDENCE to refute
etimes made by uninform-

eople' that Poland Chiuas
are not prolific, continue to pile _.up
This time it is J. Russell Walters,
or Jetmore, Kansas, who reportsa
tall yearling gilt bred to e. Gerts—'

Black Monster

42,2317 that farrowed 13 pigs. As
the mother had but 12 teats, it was
necessary to raise one or the young-
stern on cox’s 21.111.11.11 at the pres-
out time they are all alive and kick-

 

The kingdom of Bulgaria in plan-
ning the erection oi! grain elevators
to care tor the. annual surplus crops i

in

~ agricultural

the charge 2

'as stocks everywhere have

TARIFF 43m
.'RWC ,aapm Juli”
.. ’ d111§n pvfodl, each (1 basis, zines
bee I’éked of Congress by {1001'
growers of the nation instead of the

  

7. proposed 25 cents per pound duty,

limited by the 35 per cent ad valor-

em rider which provoked the ire of '
the wool growing interests and {re- ,
suited in the national conference at

American Faram Bureau Federa-

tion headquarters in Chicago, Au-

.gust z. The result of that confer-

ence was a resolution‘, addressed to

the U: 8. Senate finance committee

asking a flat 30 cent duty and abo-

lition of the nullirying ad valorem

rider which threatens to reduce the

protection of American ' wool to

three or four cents. Difference in

foreign exchange would wipe that

out also, it is claimed.

Wool growers told the confer-
ence that passage of the 25 cent
wool duty, limited by a clause say-
ing that in no case should the duty
exceed 35 per cent of the market
value of the wool, would wreck the
American sheep industry, driving
thousand of sheepmen cut of busi-
ness. Michigan will represent the
sheepmen before Senate nuance com—
mittee when the wool tarifl' bearing
is called. The 25 cent 11111; has al-
ready passed the House. _

Michigan farmers may continue
to pool wool indefinitely throughout
the 1921 season by consigning wool
direct to farm bureau headquarters
in Lansing, says the farm bureau
wool department in a rdcont. an- -
nouncemont. . Instructions have
been given that wool sacks shall be
sent to farmers requesting them for

[consignment to state headquarters

In cases where wool has not been
shipped from local warehouses.
wool poolers may bag and store
their wool there, addressed to the
state farm bureau, to be shipped
when the sacked and graded wool
moves. The farm bureau intends
‘to continue the fifty per cent cash
advance on the value of graded
wool, which is a feature of the pres-
ent local pooling and grading cam—
paign. Several/thousand pounds of.
wool are arriving at state head-
quarters daily.

Three iarm bureau wool pool
men are touring the state, making
arrangements for wool pool exhibits
at the fairs and locating local dis-
tributmg points for farm bureau
virgin uwool fabrics. Another rep—
resentative is visiting the great
clothing mills of the east in the in-
terests of the sales division of the
pool.

 

FARM BUREAU NOTES '

Activities of the Michigan State
Farm Bureau and its county organ-
izations have been endorsed by, the
commission 'of - the
Michigan Bankers’ Association as
carrying out the ideas that the bank-
ers themselves have encouraged
through their agricultural commis—
Ision. Bankers throughout the state
have been .urged to co-oper'ate with
the farm bureau in serving the
farmer. The endorsement of the
farm bureau movement in Michigan
was part of the recent annual report
of the bankers‘ agricultural com-
mission. It is declared that the
farm bureaus were well organized,
self—supporting and well financed».

 

Demand for roson rye, red rock
wheat and Michigan grown. vetch
leads the field'invthe rush for tall
seed reported by the state farm
bureau seed department. Mam-
moth clover is reported in great de~ .
mend, especially. in the northwest-
ern part of the _.state However,
very little oi that seed is to be had ‘
been
about cleaned out. The new crop is
coming onto the mapket seen, with
prospects ot a better
prodicted a few weeks ago when.
the weather conditions had
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or by
The insurance of
amounts be over 8.3, 000, 000.
crop than was i .,. ’

themselves.

President Nicol
Brody of the state farm bureau have
addressed scores of farm bureau
audiences this summer as well as
. many other gatherings of rural folk.

%1reau letter to county agents i
t 0110 states,,settlng forth the mer—
its of the Michigan developed vari-
eties. The response has been very
strong and large quantities or Klein
igan seed are reperted going to oth-

er states to make new friends for

 

and Secretary

No county farm bureau picnic is

deemed complete

without having

one or the other present, according
to the requests for their presence.
During the week of August 8th Mr

‘Brody spent four days in the upper

peninsula where on August 10 and
11 he spoke before the upper pen-
insula county agents and farm bur-

eau delegates from the upper pen- _‘
lnsula counties. August 17 and 18',
he attended the annual meeting 111 ‘
the MIchlgan Potato Growers’

change at Cadillac, spending the re-
mainder of that period at farm bur-

eau points in Wextord, Cheboygan,"

and Gratiot counties.

spoke

ata

number of

 

Mr. Nicol.

southern" _
~ Michigan points during the week. '

WAYNE \COUNTY PICNIC

HE third annual picnic

of the

Wayne County Farm Bureau will
be held at Case Benton grove, be-
tween Plymouth and Northville, on

Friday, August 26th. The program.

will cover the entire day, including»
morning games for all members of

the boys’ and girls’ clubs in

the

county, as well as the junmr mem-
bers of the Farm Bureau families;

A basket dinner, organized
community lines, will be the noon-
part of the program.

The

31011;

after-

noon speakers will be Dr. F. A. Per;

’3'.

“Americanization”;

extension '

worker for Michigan; Mrs. Louise H.
Campbell, state leader of home .dema
onstration work; C. L. Brody, sec-
retary of the Michigan State Farm

Bureau;

G. , V. Branch,

municipal ,

market director of Detroit.

TO DEMONSTRATE VALUE OF‘

SOY BEANS. .
The value of soybeans as a crop

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will be demonstrated at a big'fleld
meeting at 'Stryker, William coun-
ty, Ohio, about thirteen miles south
of the southern boundary oi "Hills-
dale county, on Sept. 9, ‘and county
agents and farmers of lower Mich-
igan interested have been invited by

Prof.. Wallace F. ‘Hanger of Ohio,

State university to attend.
Although the program will con-

‘sist for the most part of

observa-

tion of the use of the soybean crop
on the Johnson Seed farms, 3. sei—

ies of addresses will be

given by

professors from colleges and .uni—‘

versities of
among them Proi. J. F. Cox ‘and C.
R. Megee of~the farm crops
partment at M. A. O.

neighboring

states,

Others who will speak are Prof.

M. L. Fisher of Indiana, Prof. L. F.
Graber of Wisconsin, Prof. W. L.
Burlison of Illinois,
Schmitz of Pennsylvania, Dean Al-.
frcd Vivian of Ohio, Prof. F. S.
Wilkins of Iowa and a representa-
tive of the United
ment of Agriculture.

Prof. Nickolas

States Depart-

Not less than 500 persons from

 

GLEANEB ORGANIZATION m. '

Michigan are expected by E. F.
Johnson, owner of the farm.

PORTS RAPID. GROWTH

N LITTLE less than ninety days“ .

three thousand three hundred and
ninety—seven new members have

that

pioneer

these

been added to the membership rolir
’ot the Cleaners, safer-ding to
formation given the Business Farm-
organisation-

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Farmers

ORTY BUSHELS of barley to the acre is
a mighty good crop. That is what the

Winter 1111er of B. G. Brown, .Jr., of Parma,

produced this year. When one considers that
this was a very poor barley year, Mr. Brown’s
high yield is all the more remarkable. The
fact that he used the real registered winter
‘bapley and put it in the fore part of Septem-
her on a well prepared seed bed enabled him
to harvest on June 15th, 400 bushels of A No.
.1 barley from a ten acre field

Could Mr. Brown have done as well with

spring barley! Probably not—for his winter,

barley, maturing so early_ escaped the rather
‘ disastrous dry spell that so materially influ-
enced our small grain crops this year. The
yield of forty bushels to the acre has made
a Winter barley enthusiast of Mr. Brown who
believes it to be a valuable crop for farmers
of southern Michigan.

The Young Bros” of Niles, Michigan have
been growers of registered Winter barley for
‘ several years and maintain that winter barley
under their conditions is far superior to the
spring variety. In fact they have voiced the
opinion that it is a more profitable crop than
oats. As a rule we do not consider southwest-
“ ern Michigan as either a barley or oat coun-
try. Hot dry summers are not favorable to
the growth of these crops ,- but the winter bar-

ley having the advantage of the fall, winter ‘

and early spring precipitation is seldom in-

jured by the lack of moisture, and in that it »

matures about the middle of June, it usually
' misses the hot dry wave. An average crop of
" Winter barley should produce approximately
, 1,8“) pmnds of feed to the acre. One must
, raise about 60 bushels of oats to equal this
weight but then, an acre of barley 1s of great-
er food value in that there is less fibre in
barley than oats. Land that produces 60
bushels of cats should produce more than an
average crop of winter barley. From our
observations it would appear that the Young
. Bros. have a good argument—specially if we

" consider that an average crop of winter bar-

‘ ley under their conditions appears to be more
certain than a good crop of oats

Mr. James Leach of Genesee county fol?

lows the ancient adage of “Don’ t put all
your eggs in one basket." Mr Leach groWs
both the winter' and spring varieties saying:
“I’ 111 sure of a barley crop. If the wintex
barley should look bad 1n the spring, I‘ can
pasture and then disk it up for corn and
then depend upon the spring sown crop for

By A. L. BIBBINS
Extension Specialist, M. A. C.

 

 

Advantages of Winter Barley

1. The preparation of the seed bed and
seeding may be done 111 late August and
early September—4:11:13 allowing better dis-
tribution of labor and lessening heavy
spring work.

2. Having the advantage of fall, win-
ter and early spring preparations, also ma-
turing so early,.it is seldom affected by
lack of moisture. _

3. Maturing in June it provides! grain
at a time when the grain supply is often
limited and somewhat expensive.

4. Excellent nurse crop for alfalfa. Its
dense foliage tends to hold the weeds in
check while the alfalfa is making its start.
Being harvested in June, the barley is off

the ground by the time the alfalfa .is ready
to really start its growth and thus does
not 10b the alfalfa seedlings of their need-
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my barley feed. This spring my winter bar-
lcy looked very good but I put in the spring
crop too.’ The dry spell hit Genesee county
but too late to greatly damage the winter bar—
ley but in ample time to materially lessen the
yield and quality of the spring barley. The
Winter barley, being ready for harvest in

Have. You a “Better” Baby?

F YOU think your baby is a little better
than your neighbor’s, bring him or her to
the State Fair and perhaps you’ll get a pretty
ribbozi. pinned on him, and have the honor of
having the best baby in your county. Your
baby doesn’t necessarily have to be pretty,—

oh, of course, I know it’s the prettiest baby in .

seventeen counties,——but what I mean is that
he,’or she, can’t get a-.prize for his or her
beauty, because this isn’t a, beauty contest.
The baby show“ at the State Fair is a health
contest, and if your baby is healthy and just
the right height and breadth and depth, etc,
for a baby of his or her age, don’t fail to
“exhibit” your offspring at the fair. There
are three classes. If you live in the country
or a town 01' less than. 1,000 population, and
your baby is not less than 12 months nor more
than 24 months of age, you may enter him or
her in Class 226. Better write to Geo. W’.
Dickinson, secretary-manager of the Michigan
State Fair, Detroit, for entrance blanks, and
show the world what a nice baby you’ve got.

,much ‘better 011' the more
‘ barley being a surface—feeding crop needs a

Report Yields of Forty Bushels Per Acre of This Excellent F eedmg Grain

mid-June, provided an early grain crop for ;

Mr. Leach which is an excellent feed espe'cial- .' ‘
1y for hogs running on pasture. '
Growing the Crop

Winter barley is not adapted to Northern .
Michigan, but has many times demonstrated

its ability to stand the Winters of Central and » “ ’

Southern Michigan. Early planting is abso-
lutely necessary._ The most successful grow-
ers endeavor to plant during the last Week of
August or first week in September. Perhaps
farmers in the lower tier of counties could ,
delay planting until September 10th, but 7
those located in the central portion of the '
state should plant by the 6th of September,
while those of North Central Michigan should
plant about August 2.5th Generally speaking '
the last week in August appears to be the
best date. '

Although the winter barley stands lighter .
land better than spring varieties, it will do '
fertile loams, for 5

retentive soil. ‘

Barley‘ is a far better feed than many give
it credit—in fact it is stated that 100 pounds
of barley is equal to 90 pounds of corn. The
very best pork is produced by feeding barley.
through self-feeders to hogs running on a1:
falfa pasture. Winter barley provides the
supplement at just the' time that it is needed.

Some growers have. found the Winter barley ‘5 ‘4

to be of aid in eradicating weeds—especially
thistles and quack grass. The seed bed being
prepared in August keeps these pests in check
and then the barley plants pretty well cover ’
the ground in the fall. It makes a rapid and
early spring growth, the broad leaves smoth-
ering many young weeds that start. Th-é.
crop is harvested before weed seeds are
fol-med and. after harvest the ground may be
summer fallowcd for wheat which, if seeded,
should give a clean field of clover or alfalfa.
The experience of growers has demonstrat-
ed the crop to be valuable and it is believed
that it has a place on a great many Michigan
farms. Thole never has been a large supply
of seed, but the Farm Bureau has obtained
the registered Michigan winter barley orig-
inated at M. A C. and giown by numbers of
the Michigan Crop Improvement Association.
This is an important step for it is necessary
to have the real Michiganlwinter barley for
the southern Winter barley varieties are not
sufficiently hardy to go through the normal
Michigan winter. _ . '

State Farm Bureaus bin in Call for General F reigbt Rates Conference

'CTION BY the on'va State Farm Bur-
eau Federation to call a general confer-

ence of organized agricultural and commer—'

cial interests of the nation for the purpuse of ,
seeking lower freight rates has been endorsed “V
by the executive committee of the Michigan 3

State Farm Bureau. ,.
Speaking for 120,000 Iowa farmers, the

I Iowa federation says that presentirepght rates ‘

are so high that they have prevented abso—

j, commodities
“ '- tation and necessary handling costs have ab-
, ‘ many Instances the

5 _, out at
" commoditiesvel'y “upmf‘
eraaltretes V '

far above the actual valuation.

In other cases the return .— ‘
mak tit???

edtheir own purpose by decreasing instead of

. incncasing returns, due to the shrink in the

traffic.
It is further claimed by the Iowa organiza-

tion that recent wage cuts and other economies
made by the railroads justify and demand a
; corresponding decrease in ,
‘-.rates The present valuation of railroad prop-

transportation

my, upon which rates are calculated in ac-.

.iflordauce With the—terms oi an Interstate Com.— -
'.'1nt91£.ti§he movement at many agriculfinfl ‘
to market because the transpopg,

meree Commission ruling, are declared to be

on such a basis are unjust and almost confis-
.vit is held.

' ' is endorsement of the proposed
conference is part of the Iowa plan to submit
the matter to. all mid—west states farm bureau

Rates made ‘

Farm Bureau Fedei ation to arrange for a , '
general rail rates conference. T

As the Business Farmer goes to press a
heaiing is 011 in Washington before the
Interstate Commerce Commission on the pe-

tition of the Kansas public utilities commis-

sion pleading for lower rates on grain. Bank.
crs, economists and farmers were pne in tour
tifying as to the disastrous effects of present
rates on agriculture. J H. HoWard, pres»
dent of the A.- F..B F1, presented figur'
shearing that the prices i‘armers were rodeo
ing at the present time for their crops is
than. the cost of producing them, and ab
that any reduction in grain freight

would compensate the farmer that much]
his losses Upon the outcome of this can
ence will undoubtedly depend. the fat

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10 actually increased, While 7 ———round steak, ,
navy. “

..As

US

HAT OLD chestnut, “how old 18 Ann?”
has found an equal '

‘When will retail prices return to pro-war” -'

levels?” I .
A little over a year ago it was announced

through the newspapers that we were about.

to enter a period of “deflation” Pr1ces,
’twas said, were quite too high. Everybody

1 was making too much money and it had to be

stopped. The farmers, in particular had

' made such enormous fortunes during the war

that it was feared they might knock off from
work and rest up a spell, and there would be

' no one to produce the food. And laborers,

enriched as they had been by a fifty per cent

j increase in wages over the pre- -war level, were

becoming altogether too high and mighty,
loafing on the job, talking shorter hours, etc.
that it was high time to teach ’em a lesson.
The way to bring people to time and make
’em submissive and docile is to take away

» their prosperity and make’ em work. A man
‘ with money is as a rule as independent as a

fish in water, but a poor man is as meek as
Moses.

And so they spread a lot of tacks in front
of our joy wagon, and the first thing we
knew we had a flattire. Farm prosperity
shot to hellofcourse we couldn’t travel with a
flat tire. AnybOdy knows that. But we
were having such a good time, we hated to
stop. We bumped along a little ways fur-

, ther when, —-—sis-s—s- s, ——anot_her tire crump-

led up. Industrial prosperity gone. lhen
bang! went the right front tire. Blowout.
Laborer s purchasing power shattered! Only
one tire left, retail prices, hard as a rock, and
no sign of a-leak. We try to go on but that
pesky tire makes steering 'hard and traveling
slow. If she doesn’t “blow” pretty soon
we’ll have to yank her off and'travel for a
spell on the rims.

Farm Products Drop

From June, 1920, to' June, 1921 ,all farm
products decreased from the index figure of
243 to 113, or 54 per cent, according to the
U. S. Department of Labor. This latter fig-
ure represents an advance of 13 per cent over
the average price for 1913. Some idea of
What farm products were selling for on these
mentioned dates may be gathered from a study

of the accompanying table.
But Look At Retail Prices
For the year period, June 15,

1920, to

- June 15, 1921, the percentage decrease in all

articles of food combined Was 34 per cent.

The price of raisins increased 12 per cent. The
price of all the other articles decreased as fol-
lows: Po'tatOes, 74 per cent; granulated sugar,
71 per cent; rice, 53 per cent; lard, 45 per cent;
crisco, 42 per cent; and butter, 40 per cent:
strictly fresh eggs and corn meal, 35 per cent;
prunes, 34'per cent; flour and navy beans, 33
per cent; oleomargarine and onions, 30 per cent;
cheese. 29 per cent; coffee, 27 percent; plate
beef, nut margarine, and. canned tomatoes. 26
per cent; chuck roast and oranges, 22 per cent;
bacon, 20 per cent; cabbage, 19 per cent; bread.
17 per cent; round steak, pork chops, leg of
lamb, and hens, 16 per cent; ham, corn flakes
and Canned corn, 15 per cent; rib roast and
baked beans, 14 per cent; sirloin steak, 13 per
cent; fresh milk, 12 per cent; bananas, 10 per
cent; canned peas, 9 per cent; evaporated milk
and tea, 8 pm cent; canned salmon and rolled
oats, 6 per cent; cream of wheat and macaroni,
1 per cent.

Some Comparisons
From June, 1920 to June, 1921, allvfarm
products declined 54 per cent but retail food
prices declined only 34 per cent

From May, 1921 to J11he,1921,farmipro.}
ducts declined 3-; per cent but in the same“
ree-.

period retail food pricosr. dropped orily
tenths of one per” cent During thISjpemOd
26 given antic of food decreased' 1111.11

 

corn meal, rolled oats, cream of wheat
beans and canned corn, wremained unchanged
mprice. ’

noted 111 the table shave farm products
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INDEX NUMBERS or Wnonn‘sn L E

PRICES, BY GROUPS OF COM-
MODITIES /,
(1913 equals 100),
ii . 1920 1921
June . May . June
--Farm products ..... 243 117 113
Food, etc ........ 279 133 132
Cloths and clothing .335 181 180
Fuel and lighting ...243 194 187
Metals and metal . '
‘ products -. ..... 190 138' 132
Building materials . . .387 202 202
Chemicals and drugs .218 166 166
House funnshn’g goods 362 262 250
Miscellaneous ....... 247 151 , 150 ,
an commodities ....269 151 14s "

 

 

 

' ~ .V 111 1.; 'iiheuncrease ranged from 2 te‘nflisp
”2-P9r- 081113 in Cincinnati to 7 per cent 1 '13

gas; decrease Was; only 1 per cent. , . 72;; ‘

' other commodities.

VV V, . .. ,' Juno Juno 'Juno -.% do- i-
. -1. 2.. ;: 191Vs_1920 1921 01-022
Wheat, "per>bu.. $1. 04% $3.07. $1.57 .,
,Corn, per bu. , .62 2.02 ,. ..63 69
"Rye. per 1111.. ..' ' .644 230 1.46 34 ‘
Opts, per bu. .41- 1.23 .41 66
Potatoes. bu. . .55l 6.40 ~- .66 88 »
Beans, per bu. . 2.15 4.50 2.25 60.
Butter. per lb. .27 f .31 . .29‘ 44*:
E338. per ..Vdoz. .201 ..40 , .2’3 37 ‘
Hogs, per cwt. 9.00] 14. 00] 8.00 43
came, per cwt. | 325| 14. 0,04 8.0.0 43,
Average per centagc of decrease. . . 116.4%:

 

 

 

than in June 1913; BUT retail food prices
were 48 per cent higher. .

Food prices have a long way to go yet be-
fore they are back to pre- war level. That
those who have to do with the making of food

’prices have no intention of returning to the

prewar level is clearly indicated by what
happened during the month June 15th—July
15th, this year. Although figures were not

available for the entire countiy at the time

this article was written they were available
for many of the principal cities, , and these
figures show that during the above month, re-~
tail food prices INCREASED in 20 out of 24

 

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‘ Other Conlmodities Need the Are.

President Howard of the A. F. B. F, has
been bothering Congress lately. With a lot of

Q foolish figures showing some diiferences lie-i

-. tween the present prices of farm products. and

In a letter to Senator
Kenyon, he says:

. “We have endeavored to make some 1an
vestigation but with little success thus tame;

the causes for the price increases which occurr- ..

ed in the household furnishing group during
1920, which reached, in October, 371 per cent
of 1913 prices, having Continued to rise for sev-
eral months after prices of most other comm d-.-
ities had begun to decline. We have atteinp ed
(0 find out whether. o'r not any further decline
in prices in this group may be expected and
have been assured by most of the cancerns. we;
have interviewed in this trade, that no further
declines are anticipated. We have heard '0!
strong associations operating in certain branch.-

es of the furniture industry, of a trust in the ,
glass industry, which dominates the situation,'

and of similar conditions with respect to othef

important articles included in the household,
furnishings commodity group
‘flt seems to me that this is an appropriate

time for an investigation by the Federal Trade

Commission of the household furnishing indus-,

try and trade, With a view to ascertaining .what
the actual conditions are which make possible
a price condition so much out of line with tend-
encies in most other lines. "

But almost as great a disparity exists with
respect to the wholesale prices of other cem-
modities as the accompanying table will show.

The reader should note that only two
items listed above namely metals and metal
products and chemicals and drugs, failed to
reach as high a level in June, 192,0 as farini
products. All the others made farm prices
look like pikers. Thus, not only did farm pro»
ducts fail. to reach the peak attained by other
products, but declined first and most.

N. Y. Dairymen’ 3 League Gets Highest Price

\' THE report of fluid milk prices pub-

lished in the Aug. 6th issue of the Bus-
iness Farmer, comment was made that the
price received by members of the New York
Dairymen’s League Was the highest for the
entire country. Knowing something of the
heroic struggles of the New York dairymen

against the organized greed of the distrib--

utors of fluid milk and .the manufacturers
of ~ 'milk products, the M. B. ~ F. editor
wrote the League asking how it had been

able to finally master the situation and
secure so good a price for its members at a
time when every other section of the country
was ficed with lower prices and huge losses.
A reply to this letter was received from Mr.
E.-R. Eastman, editor of the Dairymen’s
League News, who givesthe information in
the following detailed manner:.

."The price of $3.40 per cwt. for milk deliver-.
Our base price to.

ed at New York is, correct.‘
farmers at the 200 mile zone for the month of
July was $2.20. This is for three per cent milk.
3. 5 milk would, therefore, be worth $2. 40. To
this must be added fifty— three cents freight and
handling charges, making a total of $3. 40

“I am enclosing herewith an article dealing

with our August prices which are very much bot- .
You will understand that this price of».

tar still.
$3. 40 for July is only for fluid milk. The final

price which the farmer receives is a pooled price I

which is the average of prices received for' fluid

 
 

$11k situation shows that this
bleio get for its farmers’ milk
ter-‘pric’ésw *fii‘

11d; much better than almost

., Q '
'iw‘ar . = .
evmomhors who romeo to
'11 he .

‘ of the fluid milk “zo’nes”.
__ . ap fflpred milk.- A careful study of».
11$ .. 'classes' of niilk and striking an averago
‘ situation iis . “bash” price which will vary, of come ac
cording to biitter fat’ content and“ ‘

‘.. from market the League has‘bee able to

., 8 paid in almost any other?

.‘cour e“- the; ship
" _ (1185111.

dealers are able to pay those dairymen not meni-
here, who are delivering fluid milk, a . larger
price than the pooled price. This. of course,
makes dissatisfactiOn. However, there are indi-

cations that we will be able to solve this, our

most perplexing problem. .

"I want to take this oppOrtunity of congratufi'
lating you upon the fine publication which you
are putting out. I am a regular and thorOugh
reader of it. I believe that you have the right
idea in emphasizing the business side of farming.
Too many farm papers are making the mistake
of constantly urging productiou and telling how
to increase production and not doing anything
on the other equally important side of farming,
that of properly selling the stuff that farmers
produce.’ "—-—Dairymen s League News, E. R. East-
man Editor

The principal merit of the New York pool-
ing plan is that it views the milk industry in
it's entirety, instead of confining its attention
to any particular branch. The principal fault
that has been found with many other milk
producers’ associations is that they concern
themselves solely with the fluid milk market
leaving dairymen who supply creameries and
condensaries to shift for themselves. The N. Y.
Dairymen’ s League on the other hand he-
lieves that the stability of the fluid milk mar-

.ket can only be sustained by providing. an

’Outlet and profitable prices for those outside
By pooling the
prices Which the producers receiVe for all

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”have sweat cream.
. ; cream to surrounding towns for $I 'a "
gallon we were. ]paid 34 cents for but-

-to or not.——C;

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1.161113: 1:12“, words please {in ice 1:111:11.th
. W0 e to get an ide on w. a 1
01.1% to make 3; 311.1161: of igee‘fireafir We”

» flffumers sell our milk ‘to a cheese and ice: . Ly

. 02683111 fachery combined The cheese
mike? separatists 1mg milk: in .Order to.
He delivers his ice

,terfait for lst but of July or in other
was “31,25 per hundred pounds of milk
téét n: 3.7. How much will this cream
expand when frozen, that is how much~
ire en cream will a. gallon of

e?—M J. E. Carney, Michigan.

It is a little hard to ascertain just ..
the kind of ice cream to which you:
allude. If a 20 per cent cream is
uséd' by the time the necessary su-
gttr, flavoring material and gelatine ‘
or other substances. used are added,
this should freeze up to make two
gallons of ice cream: In commer-
cial ice cream manufacture, neithe'r'
straight milk nor cream is uSed ex-
elusively. Both cream and milk:
are used, but also enough condens-
,, milk, evaporated whole. ‘milk’,
evapo‘rated skim milk or skim milk.
powder to morease the milk solids,
nbt tat, in the ice cream mix‘. These
,mixes are usually standardized for
fats and solids and since the state
law requires 10 per cent fat in ice .
cream the finished commercial mix'
will contain about 10 per cent but-
ter fat, 10 to 11 per cent milk"sol—'
ids, not fat, and approximately 13
per cent of sugar. To give the
necessary amOunt of fat and solids,
it' Would take abtmt 20 1- 2 pOunds
or 2. 4 gallons of 3 per cent milk to‘
make .one gallon of finished
cream.-—O. T. Goodwin, Associate
Professor of Dairy Manufactures,
M. A. C. .

VIOLATES FEDERAL LAW

‘A- made moonshine. He hid his still
on, B’ s. farm and the whiskey on C’s. A
lived just across the road from B and C.
'llhe authorities learned about A’s activ—
iti and arrested him. B and C knew
n‘d hing about A making whiskey or
that there was anything hid on their-
(farms. (‘an Thev be prosecuted also?—
Mrs. -.S D., Twining, Mich. - -

. A” may be prosecuted under the
state or Federal law. He is liable
to a: fine, or imprisonment, or both.
If the owners of the land upon
which he hid his still and the pro-;‘
ducts were innocent they would not
be liable in any way for his acts and
violations. ——Legal Editor. ‘

DOES NOT ADVISE FEEDING
RYE TO HENS ~

My hens like rye and will 'piCk it out
and eat it first if fed mixed with corn
and oats. Have been told that if I feed
very much: of it it will kill the hens. Is
that so or can I mix it, with cracked corn
, and date as a scratch feed ?———Mrs. H
Ravenna. Michigan

“,We do not advocate feeding rye
alone to hens, and for that matter,
we, do not advocate the feeding of
any one grain. with the expectation
_ of getting good results. A little rye
in a mixture of corn, oats and wheat
is not objectionable. ———W. E. New-
1011,, Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.

BUILDINGS NEAR ROAD
They are building a county road by my
- farm and I am building a small store.
. The shoulders are 24 feet wide and 1

11111.10 feet from the shoulder on my OWn
farm. some tell me I will have to move
the builidng back. Tell me if I. have
R.. Belmont, Mich

The owner of the land can erect .

his buildings to the highway line.
The highway authorities can not
» use parts of a man’s land beyond
the:f highway limits without conh
.).demning the land and paying. its
You do not
. . width of, the highway , nor
[whether the authorities propose to
‘.'extend the “shoulder” beybnd

grades,
'tuition to a county normal or just to a
high school?-—J. C.

cream .

' ' leyr -
. lows:

'tuition only to an approved

- here. The place was sold.

ice '

. largely, _ replaced with other

State ' glories?

--;.but eove‘ri'ng with’ tap paper is quite ex-
'. the fill...
.' _ higfiway limit -——Legal Editor ' w“: "“3""

' ores us to furnish him transporta-

tion fo whis children a‘t that site

ta'nce, ‘1? law. I am a subscriber to your

pitlér and; .I would like very much to

see this ansWeri in your paper. —-E. C.
911:; Michigan. .. .

If a pupil finishes a school of

is the district supposed to pay

8., Elm Hall, Mich
l

"I'would refer you to Supreme

Court decision in Dennis vs. Wrig—

176—6212.'which states as fol-

“In exercising the discretion
vested in the voters of a school dis-
trict, to discontinue schOol for , a

.year the school board are bound to
-furnish transportation and may de-

termine the amount to be paid. The
performance of such duty may be

xenforced by mandamus.”

A district board can legally pay
high
school. ~No tuition is demanded for
attendance at county normals.——-T.
E. Johnson, Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction, Lansing, Mich.

. ‘ FORECLOSURE .

. A sold a farm to B. B paid one-half
down and gave a mortgage for the bal-
ance. That was two years ago and he
has paid no interest to A nor has he paid
any taxes for that period A foreclosed
on B because of non- -payment of the
mortgage and advertised it in the pa-
Can B re-

deem the farm within one year?—E. C.,
Plainwell, Michigan

The purchaser at mortgage sale
on foreclosure by advertisement can
have his deed recorded on the day
of .sale. The time for redemption
expires one year from the recording
of the deed. If the mortgagor does
not move off and- give~up possession
upon the expiration of the—year the
purchaser may institute proceedings
to gain ' possession immediately.—
Legal Editor. - «

INDIANA RED WAVE WHEAT

Could you inform me where I could
Eet Jones Climax wheat also Indiana Re"
Wave wheat? I want this wheat for
seed and would lke to buy direct from
the" farm. or Fa mers’
T. 3., Bentley, Michigan.

Jones Climax wheat is rather an
uncommon variety and the name
appears to be largely local. It has
never proven itself to be generally
adapted and we do not know of any
source of seed of this variety.

Indiana Red Wave wheat is
grown to some extent through this
section of the state, especially_ in
Shiawassee county. All of 'the' fields

»we have seen the past few years
, have been’so. badly mixed that we

would not care to handle it for seed.
'ILhe milling qualities of the Red
Wave are so poor that it is being
vari-
eties. In Indiana, where it is
probably more widely grown than
any other place, the millers co— -op-
crate with the Extension Division of
the Agricultural College are wag-
ing a very stiff war on this variety.
As suggested above you might be
able to get the Red Wave, badly mix-
ed, from. Shiawassee county. If
your: subscriber cares to. he might
get in“ touch with J. V. Sheape,
County Agent, whose address is
Owosso.—,,—C. F. Barnum, Seed De-
partment, Michigan State Farm
Bureau, Lansing, Michigan.‘
. (Editor’s note: Will some reader
who has had experience with these
varieties, tell our subscriber about
it, also where he can get dependable
seed?)

WILD MORNING GLOR-IES
Is there any way to kill wild morning
Some say cover with tar paper

pensive unless you could kill .part of
ten .pthen move it' to kl another
ll lid how long

rt diss -

V ten ,.

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of mamp [and
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Drain Your Swamp Land

the Mgdern Way with

0U PDNT
NITROGLYCERIN DYNAMITE

ILLIONS of dollars of profits due to the farmers

of this state are being drowned bya few inches

of water. Start NOW to improve your idle and un-

productive swamp lands. Drain 05 the water and

make their wonderfully rich soil ready to produce
crops. It’s not a big job if it is done the right way.

VDitching with dynamite is the simplest, fastest and,
in most cases, the cheapest method.

A. . to be sure of satisfactory results always use“
DuPont Nitroglycerin Dynamite. The careful super-
vision under which it is manufactured insures uniform-
ity and maximum efficiency from each stick.

The “Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives" gives com-
plete instructions how to use DuPont Dynamite for
blasting ditches, stumps, boulders and holes for tree-
planting. For a FREE copy, write to us.

E. l. DU FONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc.

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On a small number of
silos we have-made a big
cut in price. This offer
is limited so get in touch
with us now. It will pay
you.
In this lot are Saginaw
Steel-Built Silos, Stand-
ard Stave Silos, Hollow-
Wall Wood and Vitrified
Tile Silos. As long as
they last they will be
what a sacrifice.
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prices.

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I on the toboggan, retail food prices

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: ment and less government in business”, is the
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When Competition Fails
ACCORDING to theory competition is the
modern Perseus which slays the Gor-
gons of monoply whenever they show their
ugly heads. It stands guard against ineffic-
iency in business, inferior goods, high prices.
It is the consumer’s bulwark of protection
against the would-be profiteer. ‘
But when one views the trend of food

I prices these days he is forced to the conclu-
, sion that competition has departed on a pro-

longed vacation. While farm products are
persist
in climbing higher. From June'15th to July

15th they mounted seven per cent in Detroit,

. and slightly less in nearly all other American

cities. During the same period the prices of

. farm products and the wholesale prices of

food products declined. It is possible that

., the grocery business lacks competition?

Since the war there has been a great fuss
over bureaucratic interference with business.
If prices were high- those who profited by

.~high prices said the government was to blame

and those who got the brunt of high prices
“More business in governs

the common people as the Wall Street Jour-
nal,‘ which lauds congress whenever it releas—
profiteering business

For over a year now we
government in business”.
. The food control law is no more.

The federal trade commission has had its
Claws clipped. .

Competition is once more in full control of
the situation.

——And everyone can see how much better
oif we are as a result. , '

But prices don’t come down. Is it another

have had “less

‘ case of “liars figuring”?

 

The Red Man Passes

OUR CENTURIES ago the Red man was

in undisputed possession of the entire
North American continent. He .toiled not;
neither did he spin. The-treasures of the
earth; the commercial possibilities of the
lakes and rivers were unknOWn to him. He
was content to leave the trackless forests as
he found them, the home of the game which
supplied him with his daily meat. The White
There was not room on even so
great a continent for two races of so widely
dilferent characteristics. The fittest survived.
By the middle of the nineteenth century the

Indian was ‘ completely- subjugated in all but I
afow isolated spots. War, whisky and the

cat “white plague” have cut terrible swaths
his ranks. In Michigan; so the state;board'

  

' from protein 19.10 ,to 5,613 31.19%

 

   
  

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‘gan India , ‘rt’c’d 'fbriit'he‘happ,
grounds, and. but, 55 . babies .I- were .born. to take . .

  

y" h» in

their places.r.- Despite, or shall Wei-.88.}. be—

cause of, the ‘Weliymeaningfeifjorts' of the, gov-1:2.

ermnen't. to save Lthe,,red man from extinction;
he. is rapidly passing, ,. and it is likely that
within another century the hills and valleys.
which he once married in such, numerous num-
bers will see him no more.

A National Road Building Policy

HE AMERICAN Farm Bureau Federa-

tion is up in arms against the Townsend
highway bill, drafted by SenatOr Townsend of -
Michigan, which proposes a system of nations
al highways to be constructed under the sup-
ervision of a federal road commission with
state and national funds. In referring to this
bill the federation asks: “Why build a high-
way for the idle rich and leave our-[food and
raw material for clothing at the far end of a
mud road?” The Bureau has made clear its
policy in the following resolution:

“We earnestly approve the local building of
‘farm-to-market’ highways by the use of federal
and state and local funds. Until such roads are
built we emphatically oppose the construction by
the federal government of a few hard surfaced
trans-continental roads. Regardless of the char-I
acter of the roads which are built, an adequate
amount of. such funds should be provided for
their maintenance and repair. We urge the ad-
ministration of federal road funds be in the
hands of the United States Department of Agri-
culture.” . . .

This statement is in effect a challenge from
the fa.riners who are wallowing in mud to the
idle rich who desire hard-surfaced roads to
make their motor trips smooth and pleasur-.
able. It presages‘a fight on- the floor of cong-
ress over the question of Whether the policy
of the government shall be to confine its aid to
trunk line roads for the benefit of the few, or
extend its aid to the building of farm-tomar- '
ket roads for the benefit of the many. The po-
sition taken by the farm bureau is undoubted-
ly the correct one and is likely to prevail. It
is absurd and most unfairfor the government
to spend billions on trunk line roads which
give slight if any benefit to, the producer When
a few hundred millions spent on local roads
would give a vast percentage of the farm pop- .
ulation a highway to market. ”Local highways
can not be developed too soon for the welfare
of the nation. The farmer needs an easier

 

road to market and the consumer needs cheap-

er food. Both can be greatly ‘assisted by fed-
eral aid in the improvement of the farm-to-
market roads.

 

Farm Names May Be Trademarked
OME TIME ago our service department
received an inquiry about trade-marking

farm names to prevent others from using
them. Our legal editor advised that there
was no law in this state authorizing the reg-
istratiori of farm names, and “that as many

‘ people as desire can use the same name ’ for

their farms. We have since learned'something
which probably few people know, namely,
that farm names may be registered with the
United States Patent Office which protects the
owner in the interstate use of the name. L. C.
Willis cf Iowa is, so far as known, the
first farmer in the United States to obtain a
U. S. trade mark for his farm. A number of
states have laws authorizing registration of
farm. names. If there is any advantage to
such registration why not have such a law in
Michigan? ' ‘

 

 

European Agriculture 1
EXT WEEK the editor of/ the Business
Farmer will begin the publication of
a series. of articles on his European,”
travels. . These will describe, both- agricul-
tural and industrial conditions“ he found
them in Scotland, Norway, Denmark, Ger-
many, France . and England.“'2’ Particular

  

 

    
 
    
  
 
 

  
      
    
  

healthreports,‘ the’Indian population ”has; I

 

reference will be made» to the (so-operative
Increment- in. these “ WMME . the WM
having made especial etudygyo E‘tliese for-
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been referrer ._ .,
red. as.

League of Nations... Th
failed. ’ ‘ . _ .

Another EurOpean war within the next
decade might not only 'conceivably- draw us

into . the maelstrom, but might destroy com.»I
pletely our already Shattered foreign markets“

which would be a terrible economic ~ misfor-
tune. Consequently it is to. the American

interest .to keep an eye on] EurOpean afiairs;
and keep our feet out of the tangle if we can. ‘

French and English diflerence’s over Upper
Silesia is, one of those international family

rows in which everybody up to third and 7

fourth cousins. insist on having a say. Upper
Silesia has been German territory for many
years. The population is, German and
Polish, with' the Germans predominating.

Under the Versailles treaty the country 'was '
given to Poland but Germany objected, and_'

after investigating German claims, Great
Britian upheld them-to the extent of suggest-
ing a, plebiscite or a vote of the inhabitants
on Whether they should go over to Poland or
stay with Gerinany. The plebiscite resulted
in Germany’s favor by a large majority, but
France refuses to abide by the decision. Al-
though France has just fought a war to end
militarism in Germany, she can no longer
conceal the fact that she has certainsmilitar-

'istic aims of her own, and the acquisition of

the rich Silesan territory by Poland would
materially aid France in realizing some of
her ambitions. To which Britian is quite
properly opposed. Efforts of the Allied prime
ministers to settle the controversy by com-
promise have failed, both Japan and Italy
siding with Britain’s contentions, and Bel-
gium standing neutral. , . .
As a final resort France has agreed to sub—
mit the matter to the League. If the League
can adjudicate the question to the satisfac-
tion of all parties concerned, nearly all are
agreed, it will definitely establish its right to
act as the arbiter of international politics.

 

Give .’Em the “Ax!

CAN IT really be true that Congress is

J gonnaget down to brass tacks and put
through an economy program after
Looks suspiciously that way. For months
we have had terrible nightmares of a five or
“six billion dollar tax budget hanging over
our heads. It must have been a dream, all
right, for the last report we get from Wash-
ington is thatcongress has slashed the budg-
et to less than four billion. That means that
expenses must be cut, and that ’8 just what
congress has been doing the past fortnight.
A hundred million there, seventy-five million
here, fifty million somewhere else, and any
number of paltry five or ten .mil‘lion dollar
estimates, lifted bodily from the. budget. All
of us have had a lotIof cruel things to say
about congress, but let’s give them a hand
and confess that the present congress and ad-
mfiiistration have' done more the last two
weeks in the name of econbmy than has been
done in recent years. , '

 

The Grain Exchanges “

WHEN THE futures trading bill was be-
- fore congress the grain exchanges is-
sued a warning that if the bill swas passed
they would quit business.
their bluff by passing the bill. The exchang-
es are still doing business at, the same Old
stand and areso anxious to live that they are

"spending fortunes to stem the Grain Growers? -‘ ~? V

 
 

Inc., which threaten their very existencefi‘I

Strange, isn’t it, how men will fight to pro;

 
   

tectva businessthat has been “ruined“, by
legislation, and in which there is‘nomone'y
anyway?- “ “a ,

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distinct victory for the‘Leagub‘» since it .is' an: .1
EadmisSion that iall‘ other peaceeful effortshave

all? .

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anxious the organized grain

from
nnmber of rm papers are carrying
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paganda they are asking the farm-

or to do several things before join-

ing the U. S. Grain Growers.
Warning No.1 is “Study every

 
  
 
 

   
    
 

word in. your grain contract. This
is. good advice. , _ ._
Warning No. 2. “Consult your

 
 

lawyer, banker and your grain deal-
er. ” The first two named are as a
rule, mighty poor judges of the

 
  
 
  
  
 
 

the grain dealers, why in blazes
do they not also ask us to consult
the grain gamblers and grain spec-
ulators? .
Did the bankers consult us farm—
‘ are when they organized the bank-
ers’ association or did the organiz—
, . ed grain dealers take advice from
‘- the farmer before organizing?
‘ _ , .r Advice No. 3: “Ask your‘lawyer if
‘ " this grain contract does not deprive
you of all control of income from
your grain crops for 5 years?" Great
snakes! How can we be deprived
of anything we never had! Or did
we ever have any‘ control of our in-
come for grain in the past? Every
’.farmer will answer, no. But this
proposed grain pool may prevent
these self-appointed guardians of
the farmer from contrlollingl our
income in the future and for this
'~ reason are they so very anxious to
' help? us.
terested in our welfare, ,Awhy did
not the organized grain dealers
make some effort to have the freight
rates on farm products reduced as
the Farm Bureau has done and
which good work will save millions
to us farmers? , If the organized
grain dealers are so much interested
in the farmer that they feel it their
duty to spend hundreds of thousands
for this hypocritical propaganda,
then why not spend some money to
assist the Indiana dairy farmer to
free himself from the clutches of
the “Indiana Manufacturers of
Dairy Products’ Association,” of
which association the Attorney Gen-
eral says: ”Theyhave a slush fund
' e " and they maintain unreasonably low
3),": ' prices to the producer and very
‘ 7 high prices to the consumer. Is it
possible that the grain dealers also
have a slush fund and that this
fund is used to pay for these ads
‘ which are intended to fool the farm-
er? Is it not queer that these gen-
tlemen who have not the least to
do with the production ‘of grain
should have the nerve to claim that
the farmer has no right to pool his
crops or have one word to say in
regard to prices? And brother
farmers, have you not noticed that
as long as the farmers owned an e1-
, evator here and there, things furth-
er up were very quiet because we
still had to do business with the or-
ganized dealer, but as soon as'some
concerted action was planned and
as soon as this great crop pooling
‘ plan was Worked out by the Farm
Bureau, then suddenly these ben—
evolent gentlemen became aware of
the great danger that threatened
' the American farmer! Don’t let
these fellows fool you any longer.
We couldevget along 'much better if
we had at'least 80 per cent less grain
dealers and speculators and thru

  
 
 
 

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do our grain business at a fraction
of the present cost. The organized
dealers say that the elevator ex-
changes are simply more commis~
sion firms set up in business. This
' may be true for a short time but if
1 the farmers will use their brains
'1 and also, if all managers of Farina
ers' Elevators who are opposed to
the F B. and elevator exchanges
«are removed froin their jobs, then

 

 

 

Our business will- be- handled thru
these elevator exchanges and later

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fraction of the present cost.

spite of an opposition and in
i! very strong propaganda the
levator Exchange has

  

  

9m are to protect the farmers *1

themg'élweg? A very large Vnthan 10 months

fellows are getting scared.
expect them to tell us; that this pool

you leap,” and in this piece of pro-‘7

farmer's’ needs and as to considering .

If they are so much in—,

Don t

would be a good thing for us and
bad for them. They naturally would
not raise a slush fund for this 1): 1r-
pose but is it net natural for them
to raise a “war chest” tordefeat our
plans?‘
ceived by this. and other propaganda
launched by the organized grain
dealers. If they actually believed
that the U. S. Grain Growers plan
would prove a failure as they try to
make us believe them they could of-
fer to stand pat and wait, for after
this predicted failure had occurred
they; would certainly gather a rich
harvest for many years.

But no. They'are really afraid
that this plan might work and this
explains their lavish expenditure of
money for such misleading propa-
ganda as is instigated at the pres-
ent time.

Mr Farmer, be loyal to the Farm
Bureau. and follow its leadership.
There is no reason for mistrusting
our F. B. officers as every one of
them has been put in office by his

_ brother farmer and with our assist-

ance, the F. B. through its elevator
exchanges and other means will de-
liver our products to the consumer,
more direct and at a less expense
than at present. Bear in mind
please that the F. B. has been send—
ing committees and delegates to a
large number of successful co—oper—
ative concerns all over North Amer—
ica and is getting first hand inform-
ation in such matters and therefore
is well qualified to give advice and

This is why} these

And now let us not be de-,

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act as leader. -—-’l‘.heo. Bengel Fowl- ,

er, Michigan.

 

Good stuff, Theo. Don’t worry, thO.
the grain dealers’ may fool a few farm-
ers, but not many. And the fellows they
can fool, you don’t want anyway. The

grain dealers are scared stiff of this.

farmers' movement and are staking their
all to destroy it. If the Grain Growers

plan were without merit, they would, as

you suggest, simply sit back and wait
for it to fail, but the fact that the grain

dealers are fighting it is the best evi-

dence in the world that they are afraid
it will succeed—Editor.

COMING TO THE POINT

OUR ARTICLE regarding the
farmers telling what’s the mat-
ter with business is an article
that- is right from every word, be-
ginning .with the high freight rates
and secondly with the non-co—oper-
ation of the‘ banks and compelling
the farmer to-dump his wares on
the market whether 'he wants to or
not. It is getting to be a very ser-
ious matter this money matter and
high freight rates and unless some-

i

‘thing is done to relieve it matters

will go from bad to worse until
some one will go hungry same as
they are in Europe. I do not~ say
all the country banks are alike for
they are not but in some instances
I know of the banks crowding the
farmers to such an extent that they
just simply moved off and let their
land go.

The freight rates are sure out of
reach and until this is also relieved
we face something that will put a
different line of transportation as a
side line' and direct marketing will

i The the thing of the day. 1'.
instance last spring the matter pi"

Take

potatoes after the freight was 933d
the farmer had nothing left. . ~

The laboring man expects as high.
wages as ever and tries to get it
too, and when the farmer is stuck
and has to pay it has nothing left
for his labor or seed. Cutting out 3
the middleman and sticking by\the
Farm Bureau is what is going to
help bring matters to time and
when the big fellows see what is
going to be done ‘something’ will
happen. Here is hoping the M. B.
F. will keep tracking them.—-A
Farmer from Good Old Arenac
County.

Don't lay all the blame for high freight
rates on the laborer. Try supporting a
wife and five children in any American
city on $125 a month andxsee where you
come out. High freight rates are due
to inexcusable inefficiency and whole-
sale plundering by the railways them-
selves The American people are simply
reaping some of the “wild oats”»which
the railroads sowad in their younger
days—Editor. '

ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE
COUNTY NURSE

HAVE READ and reread “Coun-
ty Nurses,” by M. C., Genesee
county. Really I cannot refrain
from expressing my surprise that
such feelings exist in a state hold-
ing forth the opportunities. and ed-
ucational facilities to be found in
Michigan. '
Proper medical supervision, and
adequate facilities for introducing
and carrying out sanitary and hy-
gienic measures, are the most im-
portant steps toward making the
countiy as progressive and desir-
able as the city .
(Comimud on page 10)

 

 

our state elevator exchanges we can

the time Will soon come when all"

become the largest“

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ ' Al-Good Investment for You

The Overland car is built to save the waste of slower
transportation.

The price is low; but the price of its service is lower still.

The body is all—steel,-

the finish baled mama],-

electric

starter and lights designed with the car; the cuitains open

with the doors.

The car lasts.

Its fuel saving is astonishing, its cost for tires and upkeep
c—negligible.

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, . week.
one in:
reader but a keen thinker as well,
and puts forth some sound reason-
ing on the poem.
was asked to publish the poem by
a friend and did not choose it be-
cause. I believed. in it’s teaching

which might be considered bigoted » -

but I am'certainlyglad it- was pub—
lished for it has aw-akene‘d .muc'fi
lively discussion. Now let us hear
from a few readers who contend
that we have strong reason to be-
lieve in a separate and conscious
existence for each individual in the
hereafter.
“there is a natural body and there
is a spiritual body,” and that the
statement may be taken literally.
‘Now let me hear from you. Your
name will 'not be published unless
you wish.

. : . ‘- t .

Dear Editor: I have read in this
department “The ‘Bird With a
Broken Wing," together with the
several comments thereon.

It would seem that those wishing
to form and express-opinions con-
cerning things religious, would do
well to base those opinions upon the
teachings. of Jesus Christ, rather
than upon the theme of apchancé
poem.

It would be every bit as reason-
able, to use as a premise, Poe's "The
Raven,". and therefrom arrive at
the conclusion that there is no fu-
ture life whatever. “Is there—is
there .balm in Gilead? * " *Quoth
the Raven. 'Nevermore.’ ”1

When as a child I first heard “The
Bird With a Broken Wing,” at Sun-

day School, I was fllled with" terror _

and despair, but thanks to my habit
of asking questions, and most -of
all to a mother whose understand-
ing of Christian doctrine exceeded
that of some of the M. B. F. readers,
I soon learned to know the song in
question to be the product of a
morbid, mistaken conception.

I find nothing in the Bible that
could be honestly construed to mean
that one who has sinned can “never
be so pure again;" in fact there are
abundant proofs to the contrary.
Is. I 16—18, “If your sins be as scar-
lét they shall be made white as
snow.” The Sacrament of Bapti'sm
was instituted for the express pur-
pose of cleansing man from -sin, that
he might be “born again in Jesus
Christ.” There are innumerable
passages confirming the same idea.
but if they all were cast, aside, I
still find sufficient proof in the one
parable of the householder who
hired laborers for his vineyard. He
hired them at the first hour and the
third, even unto the eleventh hour,
and at the end of the day “and they
likewise received every man a pen-
ny," Matthew XXI 1—16. Read also
Matthew 28:31, especially verse 31.

For myself, it
me, Whether or not there is a Heav—
en conforming to; the theological
description. I am so devoted a na-
ture lover that I can contemplate
with pleasure the state depicted in
Thanatopsis, “Thou shalt goto mix
forever ,with the elements, to be a
brother to the insensible clod ‘ * ”
*or in Swinburne’s beautiful lines:

"Nor star nor sun shall
any change of light:

Nor sounds of waters shaken, nor any
sound or sight:

Nor wintry leaves vernal, nor days nor
things diurnal,

Only the sleep Eternal in an' Eternal I

night.”

But if there be the Heaven for
which we are taught to hope, it
would be sad indeed to know that
some of our noblest, worthlest

In eXplan’ation. I ..

.. I believe with Paul that-

.is immaterial to ..

waken, nor

readers who is not only a good ,.

  

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spin for us.

place to camp without charge.

 

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Dear Friends: How. about that little outing or 1108111131,.“ My ‘
say in England, ha’ve you had it? Every one does better Work, . .is
happier, and I will add, more contented for a little. change. You knowV
we .shall soon be head over heels in fall cleaning, canning and “11an :
ing about how We shall be clothed for we know that the “lilies of the 2
field, " could never go thru a winter in our climate so it is toil and
The state of Michigan has set aside a number of pub-
lic parks, so that people, especially country people, shall
If any one wishes I will be glad to
give any information desired. Who is to have American Cookery? We
have had some very good letters—Grace Nellie Jenney.

have a

 

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MICHIGAN CHILDREN’S HOME
SOCIETY, .ST. JOSEPH
What It Does
Last year it cared for 1,156 child-

ren, supervised 923 others in adop»

tion homes. Used 240 licensed and
supervised boarding homes besides
the Receiving Home at St. Joseph.

Up to date has received as perma-
nent wards 2,700 homeless children,

besides many hundreds of others for»

temporary care and later returned
to 'parents. Average number on
hand at one time, about 400.

It’investigates cases of need, ne-
glect and abandonment in every sec-
tion of the state.

_ How It Does It

1. Learns causes of dependency
and assistance needed.

2. Receives child into legal
guardianship or for temporary care

3. Cares for child in Receiving
Home or supervised boarding home.

 

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2. Send potatoes, beans or can-
ned fruit.

3. Clothing, shoes and stockings.

4. Form a sewing circle and
make body clothes‘for the nursing.
. 5. Share your, home with a
child for atrial period.

6. Say a good word to your
friends who can afford to help us.

 

NEW BREED OF POULTRY DE-
VELOPED BY UNCLE~ SAM
Lamona is the name given to a

new breed of poultry that has been?

developed at the Experimental Farm
of the United States Department at
Beltsville, Md. It has been named
by Secretary Wallace after the .or-
iginator, Harry M. Lamon, senior
poultryman of the Bureau of Anié
mal Industry.- It is a white fowl

with red ear-lobes that lays _a
white-shelled egg. White Plymouth
Rock, Silver Gray Dorking, and _

 

 

 

GOTTA lov' for Angela

I love Carlotta too.

I no can marry both 0’ dem
So w'at I gonna do? “

0' Angela ees pretta girl

She gotta hair so black, sopcurl,
An' teeth so white as anythecng,
An’ 0' she gotta voice to seen;

But make your hearta feel it must
Jump up an' dance or cot will bust.

An’ alla time she seeng, her eyes
Dey smile. like Italia's skies

An’ makin’ flirtin' looks at you——
But dat use all w’at she can do.

Carlotta ees no gotta. song;
But she cos twice so big and strong

 

Between Two Loves

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As Angela, un’ she no look .

So beautiful but she can cook.
You oughta see her carry wood!
I tol' you w'at eet do you good.

When she ees be som’body’s wife
She worka hard, yo bet my life!
She never gettln' red, 'too——-
But dat ecs all w'at she can do..

Oh, my! I weesh dat Angela
IVas strong for carry wood.
Or‘else Carlotta gotta song
An’ looka pretta good.
I gotta lov‘ for Angela,
I lov’ Carlotta, t_oo.'
I can no marry both 0' dem
So w’at I gonna do?
—J. A. Daly, American poet.

 

 

 

 

 

4. Provides medical or surgical
treatment when needed.

5. Investigates proposed foster
adoptiOn‘hOmes, and finds the best
possible home for each child.

6. Places the child in» foster
home on trial 'for adoption, and
supervises-the home to insure wel-
fare of the child. '

7. Aids worthy parents to keep
their families unbroken, or to re-
gain their children after a period of
distress.

‘ Some of the Ways You Can Help

heroes wear crowns of lesser bright-___

ness because of some earl-y gsin;
while the finest laurels are reserved
for those who, having done no
wrong (if such exist) have neither
done anything especially worthy. A
man’s goodness, my friends, is in

God’s sight, measured by the good

he has done, rather.than~:by the ill
he has not done—Mrs. Irene Bon-
‘ nell, Shiawassee County, Michigan.

 

' When corks are too. large to go into

a. bottle soak in hot water a. few minutes.

, and they will soften.

1. Contribute yearly
from $1.00 to $100.

any sum

White Leghorn were the breeds
used as foundation stock.
The fowls are larger than Leg-
horns, with long, deep bodies, well
feathered and comb and wattles’of
medium size. The new breed is not
ready for introduction,_ and neither
eggs or fowls can. be secured. When
a sufficient stock of birds has been
raised specimens will be sent to
state agricultural colleges and ex-
periment stations to test their
adaptability to different sections
and conditions. .

 

Quick lime in a cellar or other damp

place will absorb the moisture.

 

 

Two Pretty Designs for Summer and Fall Wear

ERE ARE two pretty designs.
The.Jumper Dress which has
been worn so much this sum—

mer will be worn as much this fall ‘

and winter but made up in serge,
jersey cloth or silk. The other de-

A Pretty Summer Frock

3685 sup-
attractive

' It is
16, 1 8

An 1 8

Pattern
plies this
youthful. model
cut in 3 sizes.
and 20 years
year
7~ 8 yards of 3-8 inch
material.

Crepe, crepe de chine
voile, embroide r i e s
dotted Swiss, taffeta,
and wash silks, also
linen and
may be used for this
model. The width of
the skirt is 2 3- -4 yds.
. A pattern of this il-
lustration ' mailed to
any address on receipt
of 120 in silver or
_' stamps. Mail all orders
' to Pattern Department,
1 . M. B. F... -Mount Clem-

' v. ens, Michigan.

 

 

 

size requires 4 ~

chambrsy .

fpartm at, M

sign is a pretty model for

dressy wear.

“Up-to—dato" Jumper Frock

’ Comprising over-
dress 2989 and waist
pattern 3312. The
dress is out in 7 sizes
34, 36, 38, 40, 42 44

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and 46 inches bust
measure. ‘ The waist
“in 7 sizes: 34, 6

38, 40, 42, 44 and 46
inches bust measure
To make the
will require 2 1- 2 yds
i —of 36 inch material
R. The over dress re-
7? quires 3V 1-. 2 yards yo}.

130113391;
voile, chambrey
taffeta
crepe de: chine ‘ are
good for both . waist
and dress. ‘ Thi§\fl~
lustration’ calls for
0 ' Separate
ferns which will be
mailed to any addres1
On. receipt of 129' FOR
E ACH p attorn- in

     

 
  
 
 
 

 

 

  

   
 

  

silver or Stamps. ,
B. F.,M

min I
Ira.»

pat- '

more ,

waist ‘

and’

Address Pattern De- ‘
Ole -

kept ready to use.

Office. .11
men}: ’bfiflfite-

  
  

 

voila. crepe (19an
and madras‘

 
 

 

for this style...
- This blouso ..
smock is very muc31
Worn this summer. g
It— should be made
a up in plain co r;
' ,figvured materials
this design are‘ not in

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
  

 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  

 
 
  
  

good taste.

just than a shirt waist which 80., often
is inclined to slip out of the skirt belt
and give one an untidy appearance. ’A

smock of any color may be worn with a

white skirt this summer. Sham con-
trasts are quite the thing. Patterns 120.
in stamps or silver. Order from Pattern
Department, M. 'B. F.. Mt. Clemens,
Michigan, . . . ‘1 ~

 

CORRESPONDENT’S COLUMN

Mrs. E. B: .I had not yet published
the second article on the St. Joseph's

Home for Children as I have been wait— Q

ing for some information which was slow
in coming; you will find it in this week’s
issue; if you wish any more information,

‘just write direct to the Michigan. Child-
ren's Home Society, St. Joseph, Mich. I .

/

do not knew why you did. not receive

the papers of datesjmentioned but
will send' them 'to you immediately.
. Mrs. H. B. It seems to me that you
scald your pickles too often.- Try some
of the new recipes given and I believe
you Will have success I fact, I never
scald pickles at all. '. ‘

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Mrs. M. B. You may obtain a reliable

road map by writing to any large book

store. Macaulay’ 3 book store, Library
Park Ave" or Shcehan" 5 book store,
Woodward Ave. Detroit, Mich. I will

make the purchaSe for you if you -wish.
You can follow the Dixie Highway all
the way through and Will find it Well
marked .by guideposts. There is much
camping ground in Florida, some of it
free and some for which a rental is
charged. You might let me know .to

which part ofiFlorida ‘you wish" to“'go,- :
and I could then give you more explicit ._ ~
Do you intend to camp on’
Will be. glad-

information.

the East or West coast?

to help you all I can ~
Recipe for 'Bye Bread anted '

I am a member of the M. B F. and
enjoy reading it very much. I am es-
pecially interested in the Farm Home
Department page.
bake rye bread but I never have any
luck with it. Now I wonder if you would
would do me the favor and print a rehipe
in your paper or ask the members of th:
M. B. F. to send some in, you wpuld

greatly please a discouraged housewife .

To Clean Milk Bottles .'

I see lots of recipes in print I never
had very good luck making cake, so I
made one from .a recipe in the July 9th
paper and had a fine layer cake, so now
I make all my cakes that way. I-will
tell you so you can print it if desired
how to clean milk bottles. Take a lit-
tle ashes with a few small coals with
little water, Shake well, rinse well. Your

bottles are nice and clean and clear as '

crystal. —Mrs. Carl Oceans.

E. Yaneps.
County, Michigan. '

, Another Pickle Becipe ‘

A pickle recipe being requested I 111111
send mine as I think it the very easiest
and best for Sour pickles: One gallon
vinegar, one scant cup salt, one scant
cup mustard, one rounding cup granu-
lated sugar. Prepare in a jar, and work
cucumbers clean and put in that is all.—
Mrs. A. K B., Onaway, Michigan.

 

 

SOME HOUSEHOLD HINTS
I haVe never written before but as I

see a request for a cucumber pickle rot- .

clpe will send mine _ .Flrst will give a
hint or ‘.two 1st; Use old woolen socks
fOr mop rags and see how much quicker
the floor will get clean and dry. 2nd. :It
is a little late for this but will come in
handy this fall in housecleaning: For
lace curtains wash and starch llam-
and hang on the rods while still wet and
let dry while hanging at the windows
This saves stretching them and they look
good too.
Society Pickles No. 1 (Sweet).

1 cup vinegar 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon-
ful White mustard seed 1 teaspoenful
celery seed, 1 téaspoonful salt Heat
pour over small cucumbers and- small
onions gr large onions sliced. TheseVV are
very goo, .

_ Cucumber Home}; No. 2 (Sour;

1 gallon vinegar, 1 sca‘nt cup sa.,lt 1— 2
cup dry mu stard, 1‘ ounce saccharine.
Stir all» :mgether and pour over pickles
as- you get them. This requires no 111111

I have often tried to'

. It is entirely suitable for ‘1 3:" '1‘"
street wear and is so much easier to ad-9

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ing and niches good sour- plcldes..- :‘lzh‘
are not too sour but snore : 111s '
first recipe. Thisg b .

1113' ‘our page‘Swm d- _,
all. The children. like the
very much also.
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English and anyway
.__.fee1in-g very well.

' and most of the year is >

by icy winds- from the polar

the '

, -mwh'ich wlas much \ smaller
than the passenger boats on the
vGrea't Lakes. My’, how that little
stesme'r did bob around, just like a
15141. The waves were so high at
times that you eould stand at one
,end of the boat and lock down at
the other end, just as you would if
you stood at the top of a hill and
‘f looked down to the bottom,- and the
gnext minute a huge wave would

‘i'5_raise the rear end‘of the beat up in'

,fthe air and the front end would go
‘ down, and you would be looking up

7w Jill]. There were a good many times

on that trip when we were way out
;. lnxthej,center, of the ocean with noth-
j'lns insight but sky and clouds and
'rolling'waves that I thought of my

little girls’back in Mt. Clemens and ,

wished I‘was. with them.
0n"board the boat was a
'dark skinned girl from far~off Bra-
all.
and sunny most- all of the time, but
out bn the North Sea it is nearly al-
ways cold. And what a unhappy
time that little girl had! She
, couldn't keep warm out on the deck

and her daddy didn’t want her to “

stay inside because he was afraid
she would get seasick, so he bundled
[her up with blankets in a deck chair

and there she sat for hours while'

the littlepboat bobbed up and down
among the waves.
her but she

couldn' t , understand

she wasn’t

little .

In Brazil, you know, it is warm ‘~

I- tried to talk to ‘

“The next day she >

was .50“ sick (nearly all ¢he mesa,
ers became sea-sick after a few

.hours) that she couldn't come: outs

“on deck and remained for two nights

and awhol’e day in her bed, with not ,
. a single thing to eat; You wouldn’t ~
' like that, would you? -

But the next day the sun came
out and the waves quieted doWn, and
011% more I saw the little girl from
Brazil. She was feeling \better and
smiled at ,me quite happily. After
that we .got well acquainted,
though her daddy had to tell her in
their own language, PortugueSe, ev—
erything I said to her. We landed
at Bergen which is nearly one
thousand] miles farther north than
Mount Clemens, and not very far
from the Arctic circle. From Ber-
gen We went by train to Christiana,
through nearly two hundred tun—
nels and great mountains of snow.
Whenever the train stopped for a
few moments the little girl from
Brazil and I would'get out and play
in the snow. .At one time the train
passed through a snow storm at the
top of one of the highest mountains.
After we reached Christiana, I saw
the little girl no more.

Next week. I will,_tell you about
the three little Norwegian boys I
met in Christiana—Editor.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Ned—I have been reading
the Children’s Hour ever snce we have
-been taking the M. B. F. and we like it
very much. I am 14 years old and in
the 8th grade. I have a sister in the
fourth grade and she is 10 years old
For pets I have 1 cat half grown mm
two coons. The cat’s name is Buddy;
the coon's names are Jim and Toodles
We have 2 horses, 1 cow and 1 heifer.
We have quite a few chickens now. I
have a milé and a quarter to go to
school. I would like to nave sums of the

al— -

boys and girls write to me. l will ons-
'wer any that write to me "no matter how
many I get. I have written to one of
the girls in the Children's Hour before.

Why don’t some of. the boys write to"

the M. B. E. I have lots of flowers
and I like to take care of them. On our
back porch We sat a pail on the shelf

and in the morning there were a lot (if-1
. sticks in it and we found out there was

a wren building its nest in it. Now it
has three eggs in it. I have just made
a red white and blue kite for my si. for.
I have not had a chance to fly it yet. It
is 3 ft. high—Elmer A. Smith,:Dundee,
R 1, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned—As we enjoy read—
ing The Children's Hour every week we
are going to tell you about our trip to
the fish hatchery. One day last summe1
five carloads of us went on the other
side of Paris, Michigan to the fish hatch—
ery and arrived about 10: 30 a. m. We
unpacked our lunch and oh, how we dic1
enjoy that dinner. They have a.nicr
park with some tame deers and we saw
thousands of little trout and lots of big
trout and two big sturgeon fish weigh
ing about 60 pounds. About 4 o’clock
we started for home and arrived there

about 8 o’clock, tired children and ready .

for bed.-—-Florence and Charlotte Fox,

Rosebush, Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned—Here is another boy
who would like to join your merry cir-
cle. I have read the boys and girls let—

ters in the M. B. F. and like to read them -

and also the D00 Dads, so I thought I
would write. I am a boy 12 years old
and in the 7th grade when school starts
again. I live on a 68 acre farm. We
keep 5 horses, 18 head of cattle about
30 old hens and 125 young chicks. I
have 6 brothers, their names are Bern-
ard, Arthur, George Joseph and James
and two sisters Margaret and Mary.
For pets we have two Scotch collies and
one rat terrier, 4 cats. 11 pigeons, 16
rabbits and one little red squirrel. I
would be pleased if some of the child-
ren would write to me. —-—JNeil Mclnerney,
Munger, Mich
—-————-3,

Dear Uncle Ned—It is a long time since
I have written you but thought I would
try again. I think the boys are not very
ambitious. I saw only three letters from
our boys and seven from girls. The
boys had better hurry or the girls will

Den't you. think so? a
13.1., . and I ‘en- "j
very much; i

My brother, ‘vhis wife and family- were '
”living at Pueblo .until just exactly one
eek from the day the terrible flood
came and Wiped out the town: They had.
‘ moved to Monte. Vista. We .did not know?
htye were goin gto move but are -ce -1.
tainly glad they did I would be glad
to have some of the girls and boys Write.
to me. I received letters from Helen
Abrahamson of Sand Lake and Ruth
Hayes of Ithaca and am glad to have‘
made their aCQuaintnce for they are both
nice ”girIS' Well Uncle Ned I think my.
letter is getting long Some other girls
and bbys will want to Write. I think
we had better get busy and rouse our'
boys out—Ruth Schcrmerhorn, Stanton,
Michigan. ‘

behind.

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a boy 12 years‘
. old and in the fifth grade at school. I
have one brother and two sisters. We
have 120 acres of land, 4 pigs, 150
chickens, 8 cows and 3 horses. ,I think.
your club is grand. This is the first
time I have ever written to you. I think
the D00 Dads are funny little fellows. I
will close wishing so'me of the boys and
girls would write to me.——Irvine White,
Gladwin, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a girl thirteen
years of age and in the seventh grade. IV
go to the Sacred Heart school, and my
teacher’s name is Sister Christiana'and
I like her very much. I live on an 80
acre farm and for pets I have a dog'
named Tip. We have four horses, their'
names are Bess, Nell, Tom and Polly.
and seven cows. I have a little garden
and in it I have lettuce, onions, carrots,
beets, cabbage an dtomatoes. My father
takes the M. B. F .and likes it very
much I havae a sister and a brother
my brother's name is John and my sis-‘
ter’s name is Agnes. and I am the young-
est one in the family.——-Mary Letheren
Merrill, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned—May I ' join your
merry circle too? I am a farmer girl 14.
years of age. We take the Michigan
Business Farmer and think it is a. fine
paper. I read the Children's Hour and
like it very much. We have eleven little
pigs, eight cows and two. calves.- For
a pet I have a little pig We live on an
80 acre farm and have quite a let of

"chores to do. I have one brother and
One sister. Their names are Bernice
and Pauline. My brother goes to school
and my sister lives on a farm near us
Well I will. close and leave more space
for the other letters. I wish some of the
girls and boys would write to me.—
Violet Pio, Union City, Mich.

 

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so he made a race at old Doc.
You ll imagine the effect on the pyra—
mid Rely who was all unaware of what

was going on was still busy calling out ‘

to the Doc Dads to come and see the

 

 

wonderful strong man who was going
to do. many» wonderful things such as
lifting ,heivy weights and swinging
heavy bars. Poly managed to make it'
rather uncomfortable for Grouch by
rolling- one of the heavy bars onto his.
foot. . . ‘
:.

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«us we will with.“
any live

consider-I
and will ole
Address. Live Stock to er. M. I.

To m mflictinl

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Holsteins. Howell Sales Co.,

Howell. Mich.

 

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_ LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS
Andy Adams, Litehfleld. Mich.

Ed. Bowers. South Whitley, 1nd
Porter Celeste ck. Eaton Rapids. Mich.
John Hoflman, Hudson, Mich.

D. L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.

J.’ 1. Post ale, Mich.

J. E. Ruppert‘, Perry, Mich.

Harry Robinson, Plymouth Mich.
Wm. Wsflle.Coldwate1-, Mich.

John P. But ton. Lansing, Mich.
0. A. Rasmussen, Greenvllle, Mich.

CATTLE

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

SHOW BULL

81nd by 1. Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke-Henger-
veld DeKol bull from I. nearly .10 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. MICH.
Holstein Breeders Since

BULL OALVES

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

1906

 

 

 

 

SIRED BY SEGIS FLINT

Hengerveld Lad. The
average records of his four nearest dams are
33.1" lbs. butter and 730 lbs. milk in seven

days from A. R O. dams representing the lead—
ing families of the breed with records up to 29
pounds in seven days. Priced to sell.

. KETZLER

Flint, Mich.

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS 6000
sales from their herd. “1e are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon-
tiac Lunde Korndylre Segis” who is a son of
‘King or the Pontiacs”
fiac Clc'i‘thildo De K01 211d

A few bull calves for
ale. Sprague. R

 

AM OFFERING LIGHT COLORED HOL.
stein- Friesian bull 1 year old from 21. 51 lb.
dam and sire whose six nearest dams afe 33. 34
lbs. 8ibutter. Herd under state and federal sup-

Oscaro nWallin, Wiscogln Farm. Unlonville, Mich.

Rigistered Holstein Bull

Sired by a son from King Ona and from a 22
lb. .cow. $90 delivered your station. Write for
pedigree.

EARL PETERS, North Bradley. Mich.

 

 

 

TUEBOB STOOK FARM

Breeder of Registered Holstein
cattle and Berkshire Hogs.

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

ROY F. FICKIES
Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

OME GOOD YOUNG REGISTERED HOL-.
stein cows. Fair size good color, bredM t:
as

good bulls ancizdua from July to December

13' from . sto to,ck prices reasonable and
every one guaranteed to be exactly as repro
sented.

M. J. ROCHE

Pincknoy, Mich.

 

1 YEAHLIIIG BULL 131111111113

Sired by Segis Komdyke De Nijlander, a 82
son of a twice Michigan ribbon winner .hor
. Dams arc daughters of King
Segis Pontiac. 3 87 lb son of King Segis. Rec-
ords 16 111.3 to 30 b. Priced at half value.
1510% t Federally tested June 10. Write
or s .

ALBERT G. WADE, White Pigeon, Mich.

from a daughter of Pon- V
2. Battle Creek. Mich'

W ‘61 ut‘e m“
one», let '11: out}:
mollusk" m
WWW“ my!)
Mt. Clemens. Mlohiga'n. '

 

LIVESTOCK ASS’N
Gladwin, Sept. 15th,1‘9;21
Third dayot Gladwin.
Fair. 7' ~ '
Announce second
sale of Hereford, Shorthorn,
Poll and Holstein.
Duroc-Jersey and 0. I. C.’s.
Write for sale list. .
,0. E.~ ATWATER
Secretary

consignment
Red

 

‘ Fairlawn Herd—Holstein;

Hire am, Emblusserd 1.111111 Champion 108019
His sire’s dam Colantha 4th’s Johanna. worlds
first 35 lb. cow. and world's first 1,200 lb. cow.
The only cow that ever hold all world's butter
’ yearly milk record at the same time. His dam
records from one day to one year, and the world's
Lilith Piebe De Re] No. 93710. over 1.150 lbs.
of butter from 20,599.“! pounds of milk in s.
y . ld'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. 9
Champ’s sons from choice A. 11.0. dam will
add prestige to your herd and money to your

purse.
J. F. IEMAN. Owner
lint. Mich.

A PROVEN BLOOD LINE

“' KING SEGIS tranmitted to his son sthe power

to transmit to their daughters the sgreatest of

production over long periods. It is his offspring

that has recently made the greatest yearly pro-

ductioin ever dreamed of. 37 381. 4 pounds 01

r.

11111:“ nhailveyefn'or sale at rlrirxii‘izeéateEgrligesb beautiful
1 1' sh w type 11 s.

mdhmuds 11° no DRIVER STOCK FARMS

111 E GMaln Corey J. Spencer, Owner

 

Jackson. Mich.
Under State and Federal Supervision
REG. HOLSTEIN BULLS

FOR SALE—2
ready for service from 19 1- 2 and 24 1— 2 lb.
dams Price $100 and $125. Herd on sc-
credited list.

Wm. GRIFFIN. Howell. Mich.

 

 

HEREFOBDS

EGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE -——- KING
REI’EATER 713941, and Bean Perfection
327899 head our herd. Bulls are sold; have
some very fine heifers for sale 13' d or opened,
bred to our herd bulls. Come and see them; they

 

 

wil please you.P
Tony 8. Fox. sop" Henry Gehrholz, Herdsman,
MARION STOCK FARM. Marlon Michigan
HAMPSHIRE

HEBEFOBD‘ OATTLE "figs.

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

of registered Hampshire Hogs, Gilts, flows
and Boers.

Write us, tell us what you want and got
our prices.

Lo FAYETTE STOCK FARM, La Fayette. Ind.
J. Crouch A 8011. Pro».

LAKEWOOD. HEIIEFOROSbui'F‘Z’vaTfiE

T1 ey are good ones. High class females, all
11808. Best of blood. Come and see.
E. J. TAYLOR, Fremont, Mich.

IIIVEIIVIEW HEBEFOBDS fggRbulgfinE
I

a grandson of the $9500 Bullion 4th.
few females.
Wm. C. DICKEN. Smyrna.

 

 

Mich.

SHOBTHOHIS FOR SALE.

As I have sold my Cattle Ranch near Reed
City, Michigan, am offering for sale my herd
of 50 registered Shorthorns headed by one of

 

 

 

the best Scotch bulls in the State, Master
Model 576147. This herd of cattle are prin—
cipally roans. Terms can be arranged. Time
will be given on approved notes.
E. PARKHURST, Reed City, Mich.
SHORTHORN

 

Fan SAI- ONE EXTRA GOOD 18 M08.
old Red Scotch bull' suitable to

head pure bred herd. Also several cows and

heifers carrying the service of a son of Imp

Lorne who was twice grand champion of Michigan.
L. P. OTTO, Charlotte, Mich.

 

R SALE—REGISTERED
and Duroc Jersey spring pigs.
red bulls. one 11 months and one 5 months old.
Several heifers from 8 months toe 2 years old.,
Scotch Top and Bates bred. Add
GE ORG GEW RANOLD or JARED ARNOLD
Wil llamsburo. R 1. Mlho Moon

3 HORTHORN8
either sex; two

 

SOLD AGAIII

Bull colt last advertised sold but have 2 more
that are mostly white They are nice straight {el-
lows, sired by a son of King One. One is from

17 1b. 2 yr. old dun and the other is from s
20 lb. Jr 3 yr. old dam. she is by a son of
Friend Hengerveld De K01 Butter Boy, one of
the great bulls.

JAMES HCPSON JR“ Owosao. MIoh.. R 2.

A HOL-
Both
$50

 

FOR 8ALE——-TWO BULL GALVES,
tein and Durham about 3 months oid.
have heavy milkingc dams. Not registered.
«oh if taken at on

CHASE STOCKc FARM.‘Marlqtto. Mich

REGISTERED “ULSTEIE BATTLE,
1°! ”Ii-3'. Em‘aot‘l'itmf“n§2m Sande;

 

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. ‘ A 11 A h b so”. ' ‘f‘ "
' mun Nov. 1,11" L120;B 50111111 white. sued
by s 35 lb. son 011.31 of I916 Bonuses: dam

 

15 1b. (laugh 0! Pontiac Do

85 ”AS at t'5'

2 , 1d
’3': (’Wflf" ~1~2 yrs.

M1’at&1~2yem'

aiproducer. .First

orally .Buperviaed.
AFR 1 Mich
rel-1511101 815.,

lows and tried sire

"91o Mich... .

SHOBTHOIIIS cows, "arm‘s: BULL.

ofl’erod at attractive prices
before January‘flrst. Will trade for good land.
Wm.

J. BELL. Rose City. Mich.

 

HE VAN RUBEN 00.. SHORTHORN BREED-

ere' Association have stock for sale, both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the score

FRANK BA LEV.

Hartford. Mich.

 

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

3EXTRA ooon BULL~CALVE8 FOR SALE.
J. E. ITANSWELL. Muslin,

Michigan

I-IORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN.
.8“) heel) Both sex' for sale
.1. A.‘ DOG ARMO, Muir. Mich.

IiiO‘iiLAiIO 'SIIOBTHOIIIIS

‘ Herd bulls “for .‘quickt'h‘ sale.B Fair Acres Goods
and 0011mm “Em Both man five year

I uiblood lines and show prospects. '
Ada ° tto 11mm.

T we... fol-I: rescotILG: Sons

Jam our, Mich.

 

 

   

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GLADWIN 0011er runs. BRED _.

County

 

4 .2119 risk V-wha‘te'

1.111s northern tater: and 1 old.
low average.

“Threshing of the cat crop
making? progress ‘ throughout the
central and northernstates {but the
yield and quality are generally be-
low average. Many ”fields were too

short to cut’with‘ a binder, and some

were cut for hay. Harvesting has
commenced in the» tar western
states and the yield and quality are
reported as reduced somewhat by
the recent'hot weather.-

Some Predictions

As a result of the publication of.

the unusually poor condition of farm
crops, no one can be found who will
confess to a belief in lower prices.
All agree that the unsettled finan-
‘cial'conditions will prove an ob-

‘stacle in the way of higher prices,

but all. also agree that when the
world hungers 'for bread they must
and will pay the price. A writer in

the Chicago Tribune discusses the.

situation as follows:

“The Wheat situation the world
over is regarded as unusually strong
statistically, but there are elements
in the speculative situation here
against a big advance at present.
Statisticians here, in other markets,

and those abroad present an u‘nus-‘

ually strong situation, as regards
closeness of supplies to demand the
world over.

Have Small Surplus
“Indications are all wheat and
foodstuffs" the United States has to
spare Will be needed. Our surplus
of wheat is 'the. smallest in several
years, and it is not expected it
will be more than,175,000,000 bush-

‘els based on the latest government

report of 757,000,000 bushels, with
an estimated carry¥over of 80,000,-
000 from last season. Canada is not
expected to have more than 200,-
000,000 bushels for export and may
not have that much,-but all will be
needed.

"‘When the maximum of the
spring wheat movement is over.
Which should be inside 60 days, with
a continuation of the liberal export
and milling demand, the latter be—
ing around 1,000,000 bushels a day,
higher prices are expected for
Wheat, and_a1so should be reflect-
ed in corn and oats.

“Last season export buying of
wheat averaged 1,000,000 bushels a
day and clearances for the 12
months ended July 31 were 365,-
000,000 bushels, the largest on rec-
ord. We have sold around one-
third of our exportable surplus, and
in the last two weeks exported 20,-
000,000 bushels of Wheat and flour.
It is impossible to export in the
same volume as last year because
of the crop being 30,000,000 bush-
els short with a carry-over nearly
50 per cent less than the previous
season’

ANOTHER FRIEND OF THE
COUNTY NURSE
(Contihued from page" 7)

Our country can be no bewtter
cleaner, nor bigger than the citizens
who compose it, and those citizens
can be no better, cleaner, nor big-
ger than their early advantages
and education enable them to be. It

‘is only occasionally that a Lincoln

arises from the ranks and hews a
way for himself without the help of
a systematic learning. The great
mass of our people must be educat-
ed, trained, prepared for life and
service. ,

Does not the commonwealth be-
long to each individual both separ-
ately and collectively? Does not
each one assume it’s obligations and
derive its benefits? Society cannot
exist’ without exacting from each
member some service for the bone-
fit of the whole. Then why be so
incredibly selfish and short—sighted.

as to think thatin helping educate ~

your neigthr’s child you are giv-
in‘g something without return. " I
would suggest that M20101 Gen-
esee county retire to the heart or
Africa, there are 110 schools there,
nor social usages (if any recogniz-V
able sort. M. ’
113 any.

   

weight and Quality aré generally b'e- '

1:5

woulauihere, run- '
\d t

9'01 which she 11:11:13.1 .
nurse can be designated as an
. or)” let us return to the" m" an

    
 
 

ages at once.-:-,Mrs. Irene Bonneli A

ShiawaSsee County.-

A

 

You’~\ have taken a.
”the subject. Still,

of.

Taxes

 

. " The Ones who knowlt
are those who are bothered with it.i I
rather think Mrs,» C. will do her part in
helping along the Work, of the county
nurse . when she ., becomes
“sold” on the need of it.——Editor.

GLEANER ORGANIZATION RE-
‘ PORTS RAPID GROWTH ‘

(Continued front page 2)

. the war, the members are rallying

to the support of their xown organ-
ization and apparently eagei'to get
everyone into the Gleaner fold.

County rallies are favorites when‘

from fifteen to fifty local Arbors
join in getting up a large member-
ship class and holding a public
meeting.

thoroughly I

correct view
aren’t you a'

borrowing _‘

11

.m

August hasn’t enough days for the ‘

picnics Which are being billed—in
some cases there are as
five large picnics in one day and
the Supreme Officers are all kept

busy filling speaking dates at these

monster meetings.

/ Nineteen local Arbors are com-1

bining their efforts to make a sue-f
cess of the picnic to be held in San-

.ilac county at Argyle, Michigan, on,
Friday,

ON BALING HAY

The Bureau of Markets warns
farmers against the practice of ship--
ping hay before it has become thore

oughly cured.

causingrapid deterioration. Conse-

quently this hay must .be sold at a '
discount causing the farmer heavy,

losses and ‘weakening the market.
To those who insist on balingrand
shipping hay fresh from the wind-
row the department offers the fol-
lowing suggestions:

Press the hay in the bale as loose-
ly as possible to get the minimum
weight in the car.

Load hay in cars with air space
about the bales; standingthe bales
on end is considered a good practice.

only.
Hay shipped
territories should be drier than
when shipped into dry or high sec-V
tions.
Provide ventilation for cars when
possible.

Bill cars so that no delay will 011- ~'

cur in handling or unloading at des-
tination.

 

COST OF POWER FARMING
DROPS .. ..
Among concerns which have re-
cently cut prices on their tractors,
is the International Harvester Coma
pany of America, which has just
made a second cut in its tractor
prices, bringing down the Interna-
tional 8-16 and Titan 1020, $250
and the International 15—30 $550
since March first. 'These are the
lowest prices over quoted on the

many as '

August 12th, when Pre-Si-J
dent Slocum has promised to speak}.

Ship first bay to near-by markets-

into low or humid

A great deal of hay-2
arrives on the market at this time ‘of
the year which contains moisture]

8—16 and 15-30 and also on the Titan" “

10—20, considering the equipment
now included in the price, which,
was formerly seld and charged for-
as extras. ’

 

Stops M. B. F. Only When He Can 1'.

No Longer See
The M. B. F.

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' f a very poor crap this time.

{9188. live weight, 10 1~2c.——S. E.

8:03 burning all the blueberries. .Grasss
filo pets are "destroying grain.—-Mlss An-

' they should.
" unless we have plenty of rain and cool

' attic or sheep.

.4 light.

 

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Oil “Tigris »wliich are
m day, .morning.

 

c. note! .0:

uteri. than $1.
. :IfoIlowln _
en .1. not published it “win be
so it did not reach us on or bcfcgo
My morning.
‘- ’ ~43 picked up by the rural carrier
' overy' Saturday morning.)-

 

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cok'c issue, It

 

«lentil—Some. farmers plowing for
Wheat“. Have had some rain and need
More ii-Farm products are a. little bet—
ter-a'inpriccs. veal ‘c‘alves sell for 8c;
Lyons.
ChippewwSome farmers have started
ing. Soil is very dry. Weather
rain greatly appreciated. Forest

‘ 'Barens.
’ Shiawnssee—Rain in northern part of

foolmty. Plowing in regress. Thresh- .
Int done. _Threshing southern part.
- Very dry. Corn is semewhat shortened

by continued drouth. Early beans are
ripening; the yield will be below the

. average—Verne -G. Wood ury.

‘..Gon’eue-—Splendid rain Thursday; this

will. make the corn and help potatoes.

Mares very dry and will so continue
until we have about three days rain. Lots
'0! wheat‘ being sold; Some plowing
since the r in but still too dry to work
toad. Con iderable wheat going in if
rains permit—A. R. Graham.

; Wanhtenaw—Jl‘he Jarmers here have
htarted to plow for winter crops but is
too dry. Potatoes are not growing as
Will be a very short crop

weather. Corn looking good. Some will
be ready to cut in a week or 10 days.
Oats are not turning out more than 15
to 20 bushels per acre—H. C. Ringle.
'Enton (BOnton Township)—-Corn good
in most.local.ities;, is filling in good
shape. Oats most all threshed; yield, 10
to 3-0 bushels; poor quality. 'Wheat 8 to
82; lots of light wheat. Sugar beets
look good but need a good rain. Beans

. past help of rain. Late beans look good.

Potatoes very poor. Seme farmers plow—
ing ground for wheat. ‘

‘ chtord—«Plenty of rain the last
week. Potatoes about half a stand.
New potatoes 9 cents per pound; can't
be got at that. ‘All grain very poor. No
oats to speak of. No early potatoes yet.

Corn good. Hay almost a failure——
C. E. Olney. ‘ "
“amour—We had some shower

'Tuesdayxand Wednesday. Just right to
help the pickle crop. Potatoes are down
to. $2. per bushel. although they are

Decree. Corn developing fine and to all ,

appearances will be a great crop. There
is some cldver seed which is fairly well
filled—~11. A. Barnes

Saginaw (Central '——-The weather is
dry. Farmers are . plowing for
Wheat and pulling beans. Beans are

I ’very disappointing in quantity and price.

Oats are threshed and are very light;
average about 20 bushels per acre. Late
potatoes are not setting yet; no chance
for half of 3. cm . Corn is getting ripe;
medium crop. Sugar beets are fairly
good-.111. P. HI“.

Mecostn (SJ—Fine growing weather.
.Corn seems to be a bumper crop this
year. Some potato fields. looking good.
others very poor. Some rye being
planted. Threshing most all done. Oats
Beans look—
big good but a light acreage here. Some
1123* being cut the second time. A few
hogs going to market but no demand for
p A few farms being sold
gnu auction sales have: commenced.—

-_ Aron-c Chou—«Oats nearly all thresh-
od. average yield about 25 bushels per
acre. Had some nice rains last week
which has helped beans and beets won-
_derfully. Late beans going to be a
bumper crop, while early ones are not
going to be so good. Corn is the best
in" years. Sugar beets looking dandy
now. Altogether prospects for a good

Vamp haVe brightened about 60 per cent

since two weeks ago—W. B.
mandala—More fall crops are going

to be put out this tall than last. Farm—

ers here are doing more fall work at this

' time of year than for a. number of years

previous. Cool sunny Weather for the
past, week. The soil is well supplies
.with'_moisture here at present. More
young poultry is being sold this week
than provigis weeks and are bringing
good prices. Majority ,of farmers still
holding their ~wheat tor a better price.
One barn burned the past week, east cf

Jackson (SJ—Weather very dry. Ra,
nooded.~ Farmers waiting for rain

here. struck by lightning—R. J. F. jg
to I

,_~.plow as it is too dry to do much with
._ ground. Very few apples and what there

.falling ofl. Rye and oat yield .very
Wheat fair .to good. Some farm-
on. report their oats were not
harvesting. Many farmers rushed their
my into market before the price Went
below the dollar mark. Early potatoes
rec-y" scams and l. the crop is generally
‘arded as a failure. Eggs. 35 cents;

I) ‘crfat tic—G- S. »
5 ‘Orawiud—Everyone is picking ber-
.Q .tbey arcane“ ,, Oats are all
,or; threshing but no
-r , . in progress. New po—
stwar“ “abnormal! last week.

_»;:.Verr,. much. 2 "Thef. bet-

 

I: tor-me buns."
1 sung have: arrived 2 at
.. t. eta-re

’ ‘ 5‘
factors mayor... sepafifig Fall Seed seas
(is! Marguerite, 1. formerly 'Portag'e Lake at
“ ~ Camp Ferris.

, for. publica- _

Please see that your
.but mostly too dry.

.. scarce with higher prices

-tlle...meat is unfit for food.

worth .

_ . threshing
{may are at’Work yet. Work on the

the county We have had some - '
' fiGruylm‘x-L their am ,.

The military hospital at

the'campvis now being fittedgupwo serve

', as "a hospital for convalescent eat-service;

men.) This Was accomplished .by efidltf

of the American Le’glon.‘—-A. H.’

Bay—Weather cooler with, a little. rain
' Grain, harvestin
over and threshing begun. Will be shor
grain. Corn looking gbod. Early beans

. shortpods and not very‘ many on. Late

ones looking better-but need rain. Beets
not very encouraging. No tall pasture;
too dry for pldwin'g. Farmers are. work—
ing at odds and ends. getting ready for
threshing and fall work. A few beans
going in at $3.50 per cwt. Hay Will be
in sight.—-A.
G.. (August 7th.) .
_ Livingston—Weather has been .0001
all of the week, with slight showers
Monday and Thursday but not enough
to help plowing. Many farmers. have
stopped plowing on account of being so
dry., Threshing still in progress. ‘ Good
prospects for a large wheat acreage this
fall should weather permit. Corn is
glazed and will be ready to cut in a
.couple of weeks. Community Chautau-
qua held at Howell from Aug. 4th to
8th with good attendance and entertain-
ment—Geo. Coleman.

Kaikaska—Jl‘he weather has been
much cooler this week and the rain has
done a great deal of good. Threshing is
well under way and the yield of gram is
very light. Rye is shrunk very badly and
cats are very light. Corn is looking line
and some nearly ready to' cut. Potatoes
are very poor but will improve some if

we have plenty of rain. Beans and
buckwheat are looking good but the
acreage is not very large. There is

lots of work being done on the roads

throughout the county—W.

Berrion (W.)———The drouth has been
broken by a fine rain which will help
late potatoes and pastures; a great per
cent of the corn here was too far gone
for help. Many farmers have commenc—
ed plowing, although it is plenty dry
yet for ‘plowing, as it will take more ram
to penetrate ground deeply. The acre—
age planted to wheat will be greatly
reduced this fall, many farmers stating
they will not sow wheat at all this fall.
Considerable rye and vetch will be sown.
Some early grapes being cut; the grape
crop willx be away below. normal.——O. Y.

Branch—A coo‘l drizzling rain Wednes-
day and Thursday came just in time to
give the potatoes a badly needed lift.
Fall plowing is well under way and all
farmers intend sowing rye as early as
possible. The late planted potatoes that
came through the drouth are looking
line and there are one or two fields in
this locality that no doubt will yield
well. J. F. Games of Calhoun county
has just perfected a .marl digging ma-
chine for the purpose of supplying this
material to farmers. His machine was
inspected last week by Farm Bureau
men and also the head of the Farm Me-
chanics Department of M. A. C. and
pronounced a success.~F. P. Adolph.

Berrien (Essen—Recent rains havc
been of benefit to all growing crops and
cool weather has aided the partial stand.
of potatoes to develop. Fall plowing for
wheat going merrily forward with a
little less acreage than common. Oats
yielded from 10 to 35 bushels per acre.
Apples find a ready sale. Maiden Blush
and Wealthys are being picked. Cattle
are selling slow. The first annual picnic
of the Berrien County Farm Bureau was
held at ‘Berrien Springs August 4, with
Jim Howard as principle speaker. Old
settlers and Grange picnic was held at
the same place a, week later.—D. A.
Ferney. '

Veterinary Dep’t

Dr. W. Austin Ewalt, editor

 

 

 

 

 

TUBERCULAR CHICKENS

Our chickens seem to have some dis-
ease. I have killed a number and found
white spots on their livers and some limp
around but as soon as we' see them
limping we kill them and bury them. We
have killed some and they are fat .and
seem perfectly well only the spots on the
liver, but we never use them; we bury
them.. Can you tell me what it is' and
how to get rid of the trouble?——M. E.,
Empire. Michigan.

 

Your chickens are affected with
tuberculosisr—there is no cure and
. Your
cattle possibly are‘tu-bercular and
the chickens have no doubt cen-
tract‘ed. the disease from the drop-
pings; better have Them examined
or tested by a qualified veterinarian;

 

I havi. some pigs 2 months old that
are not doing the best. ,They weigh 41
pounds apiece. The“? ‘should weigh 60
or better. ‘1 feed. :11 dlings, pigmeal 'nd
ear corn also. -a‘.nkage. Some ‘01? t em
cough quite ‘a- t. .I might at]- they
have the rune: 5 agree or good caver.

Please advise me. if:‘i".o‘u= can, h t
‘(torfhmwb y w a, to do

     

 

- .0: slay“ Emmott. Michigan.

 
 
     
   

 

  
  
  

 

 

poultry will be sent on "quest.

size of Ad. or copy as often as you wish.

‘cENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED¢
on Association. ofler for sale 75 head: all
~ aces. both milk and beef breeding. Send for new

M. E. MILLER. aoo'y. Granville. Mich.
BUY SHORTHORNS new, 4TH ANNUAL

herd test »
in bulls without a reactor. Some bargains

JOHN SCHMIDT & SON. Reed OltY. Mich:

ANGUS

 

 

 

 

 

The Home of

' Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny

Probably
The Worlds’ Greatest
BREEDING BULL

Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the
Smithflcld Show. 1919, and the Birming-
ham Show, 1920, is a daughter of Edgar
of Dolmeny.

The Junior Champion Bull, Junior
Champion Female. Champion Cali Herd
and First Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Mich‘
lzsn State Fair, 1920, were also the get
of Edgar oi Dalmeny.

A very choice lot of youn bulls—S
by Edgar of Dalmeny are, it this 5:18:
oflered for sale. '

Send for Illustrated Catalogue.

WILDWOOD FARMS
Orion, Mich.

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

 

 

 

 

BARTLETTS’PURE naso ABERDEEN-

. ANGUS CATTLE AND O.I.G.

Swine are right and are priced right. Corro-
upondence nohcited and impaction invited.
OARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mlch.

 

REGISTERED ABERDEEN - ANGUS—BULLS,
Heifers and cows for sale.
Priced to move. Inspection invited.
RUSSELL BROS” Mon-Ill. Michigan

 

 

JERSEYS

EADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM—REGISTER-
ed Jersey cattle. '
Mich.

J. E. MORRIS &
-BEGI JERSEY HEIFERS 1 YR. OLD—-
_ Young cows in milk sired
by Majesty’s Oxford Shylock 156,692 also young
bulls sired by Erolic's Master Pogis 177683. a
grandson of Pogis 99th and Sophie 19th's Tor-
mentor. two great bulls of the breed. Write for
prices and pedigree.
c v c. wusun. R 1. Bcldlno. Mich. ‘

 

SON. Farmlnoton,

 

 

F THE BULL IS HALF THE HERD, HOW

.much would a son of Pogis 99th's Duke 8th.
who has 60 per cent blood of Sophie 19th. be
worth to your herd?

Let me send you pedigrees and prices on bull
calves from thls bull and Sophie Tormentor cows.
FR D HAYWAR
Scotts. Mich.

 

NE or oun MAJESTY BULLS WOULD IM.
prove your herd.
FRANK P. NORMINGTON. lonia. Mich.

Young Man
A-Hoy! .

What is it?
STOP breeding those scrubs.
GET a. pure bred sire.

JERSEY BULLS are noted for

their prepotency.

JERSEY cows For their

maturity,
production.

 

 

early
long
life, economical
Write Secretary Hendrickson of
Shelby, Mich., for free Jersey
literature. Do it now. -

 

 

 

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GUERNSEYS

UERNSEY BULL GALF 1 M08. OLD. SIRE,
Langwater Prince Charmante. A. R. 4. A.
R. daughters average 416 lbs. fat 2 1-2 yrs.
Dam: Lawton’s Lady Lu. A. R. 416 1b. fat clam
A. (farmers class) R. daughter. 409

A.
lbs. fat D. D r

MORGAN BR08..
' Allegan, R 1. MIchlgan

FOB SAL GUERNSEY BULLS, SERVICE-
. able age, and calves. Dams now
on test making splendid A. R. records.
what you want in type breeding and
.lElsvc hover had abortion nor tuber

:ederslly poi-edited. Prices $100 up.

or. en .
, A. 1'. SMITH, Lake City. MIch.

,AYRSl HIRE. s

 

 

roduction.
osis. Herd
Write

 

 

 

(”BOIAL'onss‘rIsiuc at“: undu- xiii-nodding to holiest 5W of me“
. lotion still vvrluont what you have to blur, lot us .9
"P'- show-you a M and «tell .you what. It will ocular 18, 28 or 520m“. You can mm

Oooyor changes must be received one wk before cm, '

‘ Big TYDI‘
ready.

I have '

was .
ut It In

low Paton: all for them. erto today!)

of Issue. lmdm’ Auction. Sales advertised hornet special
INEEDERS' DIRECTORY ,TRE MICHIGAN BUSINESS .IABMER, Mt. clement, Michidlfl- .

 

   

. . SWINE
‘roLAND CHINA
HERE'S SONETHIIG 06000

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. . IN MION. ~
Get 1 bigger and better bred boar vi; from my
herd, at A reasonable price. Come and see then.
Expenses paid if not as represented. These boon
In service: L's Oren". Lord Chump,
Orange Price and L's-Long Prospect.
‘ W. E. LIVINGSTON. Puma. Mloh.

ERE l8 SOMETHING GOOD. BIG TYPE

_Poland Chinu. One extra 'zood lame long

but boned. smooth gilt bred to Howley’s Clans-

man. Price 8100. Also younger gilts 830 to
D

$50.00.
HOWLEY BR08.. Merrill. Mlch.
BIG TYPE P.

FAIIWELL LAKE FAB“ 0. Have .

line Iot'of spring pigs. Come and see them. Boers

m semce. Clansmsn's Image 2nd, W. B. Out-

post and Smooth Wonder. Don’t forget the
November sale.

W. B. RAMSDELL

Hanover. Mich.

 

 

 

 

—-—-—Fon SALE, LARGE TYPE—l——-

POLAIIII IIH'IIIA

Sired by F’s Clansman 391211,
1920 Gr. Champion. bear, and
Buster 395823, Michigan's
1920 lat Jr. Yearling Boar. Immune by
double treatment. Priced ho selL \Vrite
or see them. Free livery to visitors.
A. FELDKAMP
R. R. No. 2

BIG BOB MASIODON

Is sired by Cdldwell Big Bob. champion of
the world. _Hls dam’s sire is A's Mastodon,
grand champion at Iowa State Fair, some breed-

boar pigs.
Michigan’s
by Smooth

Manchester, Mlch.

 

 

 

ing. I have 3 sows bred for Sept.. A fall boar
.and Spring boars that are corkers. Write for
prices. Everything guaranteed to please.
0. E. GARNANT
Eaton Rapids. Mich.
.T. P. G. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED TO

Highland Giant. the $500 boar. Others bred
to Wiley’s Perfection. Weight. 700 at 18 months.
JOHN D. WILEY, SchooICI‘aft. Mich.

 

. T. P. c. DOES YOUR NERVE SAY BUY
hogs? Vote yes and order a good one.
gilts $30 to $50; spring boars. $15 to $25. Two
Prospect Yank gilts bred to Hart's Block Price
March 24th at $50 each.
F. T. HART. St. Louis. MIch.

 

EONARD’S IBIG TYPE P. c. BOAR PIG.
at weaning time. from Mich. Champion herd
$25 'W‘lth pedigree. Satisfaction guaranteed.’ 1]
or write E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Midi.

 

ILTS ALL SOLD. SPRING PIGS SIRED
by Jumbo Lad. an 800 1b. boar. One fine
herd boar by Big Bob Mastodon.
DeWI‘l’T c. PIER, Evert, Mich.

Poland I

. (Shines. boars ‘and gilts new
The kind that has made good for the
past ten years.

A. D. GREGORY
Ionic, Michigan

 

 

LARGE TYPE POLAND HINAS.
pigs either sex sired by' onder Bob. he by
King of Giants. The big-boned, good-backed
kind. Priced to sell.

WALTER McOAUGHEY, R 4. 0mm", Mich.

'- s P 0—4 BOARS BY OLANSMAN'S IM-
AGE and Big Defender, that an
extra good. Bred gilts all sold.
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mlchlmn.
both

BIG TYPE PIlLAIII)S“’Z‘.il§'.'.§‘.I 233.3 and

growthy. Best of blood lines represented. Write
or call. W. Caldwell ti Son. Springport. Mich.

 

 

 

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I6 TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS EITHER SEX

from large growthy dams and sired by choice
herd boars. Come and see our stock. price
reasonable.
i. w. BARNES a SON. Byron, Mich.

IG TYPE POLAND CHINA GILTs BRED
for summer and fall furrow from $25.00 to
$40.00. Roars rmdy for service, $25.00.
JNO. c. BUTLER, Portland, Mich.

 

 

Am Offering Large Type Poland China tows.
bred to F's Orange at reasonable prices All.
full pigs. Write or call.
OLYDF FISHER. R 8, St. Louis, Mich.

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DUROCS

OR SALE—FINE MARCH AND APRIL PIGS
Sircd by Gladwin Col. 188995. \l’rite us
your wants‘

 

HARLEY ‘FOOR 3. sons, R 1. Glndwln. Mlcn. »

 

TO MICHIGANA ORION SEN-
(a great son of Great Orion's

BRED
cation

80W

Sensation) and Michigsna Demonstrator (one
of largest bears in state) for sale at consem~
tive prices. Also big, growthy spring hours and

lts.
311101116an FARM, Pavilion, Mich
Kalamazoo County.

 

one chmy Brod Stool: all Sold. Order: ‘_
for wentling pigs. 1.000 pound herd boar. ‘f
/ J08. SOHUELLER. Woldman. Mlch. * .

BUROO JERSEY BOARS. BOA“ of “I. ll!“

heavy-boned type, at reasonable pried. ‘erh,’ i‘

.or better. come and use. .
F. J. DRODT. R 1. Monroe, moo.

 

 

 

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90.3“? “‘7 (Ion ans—osoumm nvnsums
Bil-lino m 3.3.? our sin-- hum and mm «in

  

 

 

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one... I .- I. . Yuan; Mich.

 

FOR SALE—~DUR00 FILL BIL“ ”D Em
sows. One Duroc, Boot“ from W
breeding. Choice wring pizz- - .“
1- MM

Louie, R. Elnoniraw, ,n

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, (In of pd. or. ’n‘opyf he“ often Aaron wish.

‘ , of. tune. Auction Sales eaves-thee

 

DVAR‘I'IBI II IIA'I'EO' under the «lime to hon

I op moist: Better still nil-Ito out :what you we to »o .
I! It». Trish you i proof fine tell you What: It will not: tor 18, 2e01-
copy or ohnnoeelm
Br eedere here at uncle Iiowre
BEEDERS’ DIREOTORV .1'IIIE MICHIGAN BUIIIIEBIS FARMER,

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must be retired

mm uh for dth‘tmnWflte tetéddflo- .
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FOR PARIIWLARS ON BIG BONE
ownIII-E prolific Duroc Jerseys. Either sex.
ready for service. _. , V
1 prices to18eptembe; -lst. -,‘ ..

HIIISOA'IW" R 5.

JEAEII HILL FIB" ~

TRIED sows and gllts bred to or sired by Peach
Hill Orion Kim: 452489. Satisfaction gush
enteed. Come look ’em over.

Also a fowl~ open 'ltagi
WOOD BROTHERS
Romeo. Mich. .

       
       
  

 

 

EADOWVIEW FARM-—A
spring female pigs for

FEW CHOICE
sale. '
J. E.) MORRIS .‘ SON. Farmlnmn-

Mich.

 

AM OFFERING some men cuss

SPBIIG' D'UIIDG BDAIIS

at reasonable prices . A few gilt: bled for Sep-
tember farrow at bargain prices.
c. TAYLOR
Mllen. Mich.

 

R‘ SALE—REG. 1‘OUROO-JER8EY SPRING
gilts bred, to Rambler: of Sangemo 1st. The
boar that aired our winners at Michigan State
Fair and National swine Show.
F. HEIMS A SON
Devleon. Mich.

annulus PREMIER cmrr
Herd Boer—Reference only—~No. 129219
1919 Chicago International
4th Prize Jr. Yearling

BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT S25
' BLANK a PgTI‘ER ‘
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Pottervl I Ie.
. r 17 WANT AT
1}; Dunocs T‘gzrregliugricelou

. c. L. POWER, Jerome. Mich.

 

 

 

Fon SAL REG. DUROC SPRING IOARS,

good breeding, prices right.

JESSE BLISS & SON
Henderson. Mich.
DUBOG JERSEY 'REGISTERED Leona
pigs by .Defender’s Cherry
King 315 up. Satisfaction guaranteed.

E. E. CALKINS. Ann Arbor, Mich.

on SALE: one ounce BOAR FROM

Brookweter breeding stock. ChoiceI spring pigs.
JOHN CRONENWETT. Carleton. Mloh.

 

um sum Ina gllu JI‘OC1“ Waive Kine .2948
”who has sired more prize winning pigs at the
etete hire in t o lent 2 years than any other DI-
roc boar. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns. Mich.

 

urece. IIIII Crest Fermi. Ired and1epen new.
and tilts. Boers and spring pigs. 100 head.
'4 miles straight S. of Middleton. Mich»

Fem
Grstiot Co. Newton & Blank-,~Perrinton. Mich.

DUBOG BOAR PIG "PE QUALITY

and size. Pathfinder,

Orion Cherry King and Proude Colonel breeding.

Satisfaction guara te.ed Addr
ROOER GRnUBER. Capos, Michlgan

WE OFFER AI "all" WELL-IREI IELECT.
ed spring "Ogilo re, a bred lows and

rtewrl
figgnil'efi'r'c'i'da Foo RD VCI. Itch.
9.1.0.

o I c m IIIIESTEII WHITE

Bred sows for August fabr'ow. March ipigsthat
. will please. Prominent bloodlines. Write
CLARE V. OORMAN, Shower, Mlch.

0. I. C. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
1 blood lines of ll" moat IHOICIO herdfl oSan fur
t“v an e we pc
you It”? J: OOReDEN. Derr. Mich.

 

 

It. LOU“.

 

 

 

SPRING PIGS

I Mlch.

. tI. C. 'e. SERVICE BOARS,
Farmer's prices
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM.

CHESTER “WHITES -
FOR JUNE FARROW. ONE
BRED' Ell-Ts service boar Qumlgfl (glad. right
me your wan c
youngRRing.“ cWOrétEeNS. R 1. Levering. Mlch.

HAMPSHIRES '

 

Monroe.

 

 

 

AMPSHIRE BRED OILTS NOW READY To
“ship. A bargain in fall and spring boar pigs.
JOHN W. SNYDER, R A, St. Johns, Mlch.

An 0 ortunity To_ BUY »
pp Hampshires Right

We are offering some good news andA tilts, bf“:
for March and April farrowinfl 130 A 9
choice fall pigs, either sex, Write or Acall

GUS THOMASI, Ne’w Lothr'on, Mich.

. SHEEP

SHROPSHIRES REDUCED

Price 5 for 30 days -
DAN BOOMER'M‘ 4, Eight. Mich.

 

   

 

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, to sell.
Michigan “'1‘; " 1"" ‘1

6 Head Registered Shropshle Ewe andq Ram
lambs, also yearling rams of a uglity
that have given satisfaction since 1890. Priced

_ o. LEMEN. _ cellar, Mich. ,,

 

To means: You saunas

from sheep breed Registered Ramboulllets.

For 3310',
yI). ZFREEMAN A SON

Phone M-BP or Lowell, Mich.

 

, and farm homes. Pedi

 

FOR SHROIPSH'IRE- NEARIAINO RAMS THAT‘ ’

Fat 55g: ”Wagons BK?! ,
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' Little 1.1ka Ad‘s-

 

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A few good yearling rams and some run ,
lambs left, to offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale
for fall delivery. Everything gue‘ranteed as
represented
CLARKE u. RAIRE. wm Bunch. Inn». '7

 

 

HAMPSHIRE'S. BUCK LAMBS AND YEARL-
1ngs. Make your selection now for later ship-
ment. Will spare a few good ewes.

J. M. WILLIAMS

North Adams. Mich.

HORSES
31 cons ron SALE

coming 3 years old ' '

Ohes. E. Kelley. R 8, Flint, Mloh. Phone 100“!
TWO-YEAR-OEO PEROHERON STUD. GREY.
big boned. high clam colt. from ton mare and
imported stud weighing 1. 160 pounds. Price

3250 00.
JNO. C.

 

   

 

IUTLE R. Portland, Mich.

PET STOCK

 

   

 

 

Shepherd Puppy
‘ Sale

Ten days only—$8. 00 for either a male

or e spayed female,. bred
from farm trained stock natural
healers with plen of grit. Send check or
1'. 0. order in rat letter.

Dr. W. Austin Emit. Mt. Clemens. Mich.-

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE, FLEMIGII GIANT RABBITS. DOES,
breeding due, 86. Three months old pair, $5.

tedre does 312 each. Stock pedigreed. Qual-
ta guaranteed

 

E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. "loll.
AIREDA'LE PUPS "m” aflfflffinfh':

Oorang strain. Make an: wgtchdogs for poultry
gross furnished.

S25.R Femala $15.

0. East Lansing, Mich.

Kirby, R 1,

 

_sILVERORE§T KENNELS OFFER FOR SALE
a choice little of Reg. Scotch Collie Puppies,

Sable and white.
HUBER. , Oledwin. Mich.

MAN WANTEII

A reliable house, well and fav-
orably known among the farmers
in Michigan has an opening for
an honest, energetic man to sell
to farmers. I

The man for this job must rea-'
lize that he will be expected to
work hard and steadily and. that
his advancement will depend on-
tirely upon the amount of energy‘
enthusiasm and loyalty he puts
into the work. Applicant should
have a Ford car or horse and
buggy. Previous selling experi-
ence desirable but not absolutely
necessary. _

If you are only curiously inter-II
ested do not” apply, but if you

 

 

tion by hard work write’ ~
BIQx K ‘1 1
care Michigan Business Farmer,
“Mt. Claiming” Mich.

 

   

 

really Want to better your condi-I, .tyrfro‘:

 

 

 

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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Dothofl‘flck

 

 

1‘01 “ - - '
. least beyond the; outer edge of the.
patch, Place boards or dirt along
1 the Overlapping portions And. at the

 

cuter edge to hold the papers down.
This will. keep the plants in the.
dark and will cause them to exhaust

themselves. However, if they man-.

age to work their way through Ibo-1

tween the paper or at the- edges the.

papers must be lifted and the vines
cut back again.
one season. The next season the
land should be put in cultivate/Id

crops to catch any remaining plants.

(2) For a larger p,atch it will
be necessary to hoe or plow it up
and just as soon as any new shoots
appear to hoe or cultivate so that
no leaves will be permitted to form.
If this is kept up for a. whole season

the weed is usually destroyed—E. I.

F. Woodcock, Assistant Professor of
Botany, M. A. C.

(Editor’s note: M. B. F. readers
who have exterminated this plant
are requested to advise our sub-
scriber through these columns of
the method used.)

NOTE AS PAYMENT 0N STOCK
If a person agrees to buy stock of a

manufacturing company and pays some”

down and gives a note for the balance
which reads that the stock will be de-
livered when the note is paid, can he
be compelled to pay the note as he has
never got value receIVed and will not
get it until he pays the nOte?——Reader,
Six Lakes, Mich

The maker of the note may be
sued thereon at the maturity of the
note. If the note is In the hands of
the original party the maker may set
up in defense the failure of consid-
eration, but on that defense he
would have to establish that the
stock was worthless if they tender-
ed the stock in fulfillment of
terms of the contract—Legal Ed-
itor.

RAILROAD COMPANY LIABLE.

The Michigan Central Railroad Co.
killed a steer of mine. The section crew
assessed it 353, but the company sent
us .a letter and asked us to settle for
$25, but we wrote that we didn’ t- want
any more than the section crew assessed
it for..—-—J J., Gaylord, Mich. ~ .

TheIrallroad compan's offer to
settle is likely an admission ofI' re-
sponsibility. and I would refuse to
accept anything Jess than the true
value of the steer.-—LegalI Editor.

COPY OF PROHIBITION LAW _
Please tell me through the columns of
your paper where 'I can get a copy of
the prohibition “laws of Michigan.——A.
K.. Hemlock, Mich. 1 - ~ .

You can doubtless secure a copy.

of the Michigan prohibition enforce-
ment act by writing to the Secre-
tary of State, Lansing. A copy of
the Volstead Act which was passed
by congress to make federal prohi-
bition effective can be had by writ-
ing your congressman, Hon. Jos.
Fordney.——~Editor. I

LICENSE ‘ TO SELL VINEGAR .

Would" you let me know in 'your
columns if- I have a right to sell pure
cider vinegar. The Storekeepers here
say they do not dare to buy it for it
hasn’ t been tested. If I have no right
to sell it what can I do with it?—E. A.
F., Alma, Michigan.

It is permissable for you 'to sell
vinegar.11 To do so, however, you
must 11secure'a federal license, and
furnish Ibonds. For detailed partic-
ulars apply Federal Prohibition Di-
rector, Detroit:———Editor.

 

CANNOT PAY TUITION TO OUT-
OF-STATE SCHOOL
Is it leg I for a school district to vote

to pay to tion for schOlars who go to'

another state to high school. I wrote
to the Supt. of Public Instructi n and he
says it is not legal for a schoo board to
vote money for that purpése. I asked
for the lawI covering the case but he
did riot say. ‘ ihdly let me. have a. reply
h your valued paper and .oblige.—-
Y.,' Hutton. Michigan, . .

Yours is the 'second inquiry we "
" have had f

-.rom Holion upon this

  
  
  
  

 

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the

, wa ’ant

» worry—it’s all snidoth safl‘ln an”

‘ has always had a littl '

Iohnson‘11supér-‘1 '
instruction, -.
life- bdzrd’ to

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leafy-courtship an’ marriage _
to be epidemic an’ contagious M’ ».
its/right it should Be '30 ’iii my
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for. marriage-s,
wouldn’t get so much money as
are gittin’ now an’ lawyers ”might-go;
hungryIsome times ’cause with .
marriages there would be no di’
vorc'es an" no divorces would moo ,
cuttin’ into lawyers inéomes some-‘4‘
thing scand' lus.

But how many of our young singi-
letons an’ misses ever stop to coil} "
sider the consequences 'of marriage"
Before marriage everything is‘ 1 all
love an’ kisses, joyrides, movies,
holdin'1 of hands an’ bein’ on on
best behavior always. There are
no real cares, no responsibilties, p.01

       
    

 
  
   
             
        
 
           
    
         
      
           
           
  
  
  
   
  
    
    
  
    
  
   
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
 
 
    
  
   
 
    
 
 
 
  
  
   
 
   
    
   
 
   
    
   
 
  
  
  
   
    
   
 
   
 
      
 
      
      
      

'little expense comparatively
speakin’ —is attaChed to it It's a
wonderful time an’ could it always
continue there would be but very
little trouble in the world; divorces
would be unheard of; less 1-ldwy'erii“
would be doin' business, less home's ‘
would be started, many times only
to be broken up, an’ in a- *lltt’lo
while, jest a few years, every- .—
thing would be at a standstill an’
love an’ kisses would be ’bout an .
the country could show. But foré1‘1‘ .
tunately, marriage changes all this, '
sometimes for better, sometimes {Or .
worse, but it's a change from the") ‘V
monotony 'of first love'an’ kisses";
anyway. 11::

Now altogether too many of o‘ul‘: I
young singletons of both Sex kinda '
cling to the foolish idea that love '
an’ kisses will always be with ’en’i’fif
that there will be nothing ell f 3319;. '
worry about 811’ so they launc their . .2 '
ship on the troubled sea of motel-'1' - » 1'
mony without a thought of where-11a
they' re goin’ to sail to—a-theyf in
jest goin’ right on as they have been .,
doin’ but now they’ re goin‘ to sail
together—they’ re one now an” lbout ;_
the first disagreement after the ship
is launched is to know which one i 3""
goin' to be the captain. Heretoforo "
each has been boss of their -.own: 1
craft—they have been subject to no
will but their individual one. .. But .-
now there are two wills an’ some-J.
'how they don't seem to act in then
some accord as they did in former .
days an’ so it is necessary to know --
who is boss.. Sometimes it takes a '—
lifetime of strife to learn this an'- ,1
often only death or the divoro'ewg
court can settle it—the one :.who in
survives or comes out boat has worn H,
the day, but at what a sacrifice? ,‘5

’Bout the first lesson to be learned , . ;. :I
after marriage is the fact that love 1,: 1
an’ kisses, while good an’ perfectly ,1
proper, is not the all sufficient thing I
it has been in the past—there must ,
be broad an’ butter an’ other
things to go with the kisses or they
become stale—they do not nourish},
the body nor put clothes “on the"
back—~there is work—I—good ‘ hard " “I; .
work an’ plenty of it, connected with . '
matrimony-L-the little wife needs
money an’ the new hubby is egpeot’”
ed to furnish it. Here is another eye
opener—she often finds that while
he might have been a liberal spend-1.1.1
er in Ithe old courtship days. now-
he’s changed an’ he hangs onto. hi
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the mam—wonderful? lord of
realizes this an’ puts the
in all

bé more happy homes an' less

fdi. orce business for the lawyers an’
the “w orld will be a better place to
live in than it ts now.
._ " ‘ iso- I want to say to all you
young singletons of the male sex——
xifmyou are thinkin’ of gittin’ mar-
, intake up your mind to give
11:30: was an even chance—she'll
Intake good if you give her
chance to do it—an’ to the young
"‘gosiin’s of the female sex, let me
say;
atter marriage—iv ll be bread an’
butter an’ babies an' similar an' the
or you are fitted to do your part
in, this the happier your married life
., will he. A word to the wise is a-
1 plenty. Cordially—UNCLE RUBE.

21" sent to the Franklin Tire & Rubber
Co: 829. 04 for tires on the 16th of June.
They5cashed my check but failed to send
the tires; Will you take this matter up
with their] Minden City, Mich.

whims? some ..correspondence in
which ithe company offered no rea-
. son or the delay in shipping the
tires T'M‘r. K. advised us on August

30th, er six weeks-after his er-
or. was": placed, but, 1'

ittsed. only a cheap tire. They weigh

15 pounds each and are made for

.‘55' pounds air pressure only. ”

_ «Eurious to know just what this

”concern advertised; examined

some of the literature sent to us by
r. K. The “teeler” wiifich this
ncern sent to Mr. K., under date

of June 5th; was a printed circular.
T'Iet'ter With his name filled in at the

top with a typewriter, and these
rds'

. at the bottom of the letter,’
Personally dictated by Mr. A. _.S‘

For, _ President ”

Fraud and falsehood are written
all over the letter froIn start to flu-
. 1611'." We are reprinting portionh of
' the letter so that if you ever receive
zne like it you will know what to

“I am extending to you the first priv-l

' liege of obtaining a full set of tires that
will run over 15, 000 miles at a lower
price than you can buy' ordinary 5, 000
.no tires.

r Sales Manager called my atten-
to our stock of ‘Semi- Cord Tires’
. were especially constructed for
3 cars. The special construction of

' we tired entailed a great expenditure,
as the .materials‘ used are not only the

that money can buy, etc.

"we, :arg just “introducing our tires in '

cur locality. I want to have one
pliable man“ in your section to test

, of these special racing tires on his

I am especially anxious that our

the-

he writeszf
“They are not the kind they adver—

was Wednesday night, after which“

It won ’t be all love an' kisses

\

make a very good showing in your.

am 1‘15
tote to a very influential party in

up. territory. and asked him- for the~

someone who would give these.

"Wail!" test.
these tires at a price, which

«etc.

"t~ aflord Ito allow this op~ »
Iran) going to hold ‘-

pass, by.
was: Tues .to'r you

Your name was sent
I am going” to let you have at

the cost entailed in manu-.

u plenty of time:
t you to give our:

our territOry.
t‘». )1 ,

'5. tour;

' In tense cultivatiOn

‘er and learn to know fellow

.Prosecnting Attorney Pugsley wele,
ceased the visitors to the “Hart" of‘
talk ,

Michigan. a Among others to
Were George Hawl’ey '0; Hart, pres-

ident or the- Society; T. A. Farrand

ofo Eaton names; secretary: James
Nicol of South Haven, president of
the Michigan State Farm Bureau.

Early Thursday morning the lOng
line of cars was moving northward
from Hart into Mason county. In
Michael Fitch’s Montmorency cher-
ry orchard the visitors noted that
nitrate cf soda applied in May
(which was thought to be too late
to produce results this season) had
forced .a much better growth and
decidedly more and darker foliage
than check plots, and the acid phos-
phate had produced a slightly better
condition than the checks. ,,

At Mr. C. D. Kistler's old apple
orchard in heavy sod similar fer-
tilizers were applied at the ,
time, the nitrated trees shewing
some eflectbut no noticeable im-
provement for phosphates. Had the
application been made earlier—the
results certainly would have been
more contrasting. The ,Butler and

Hitchcock orchards both very _effi—,

ciently managed by women were
next rigidly inspected and several
men were heard to remark that
they wouldbe glad to let these wo-
men manage their ochards.

The last orchard visited was that
of- Mr. Smith Hawley, veteran fruit
grower and one of the oldest ’anr
mast ardent workers of the Society;
and thorough
spraying had produced a wonderful
crop of apples, peaches and pe'ars
in spite of the dry season.

Luncheon was served picnic fash-
ion on a high, wooded bluff overlook-
ing Lake Michigan. A short pro-
gram followed the luncheon at
which President Hawley, '_Smith
Hawley, I. T. Pickford, County
Agent of Oceana, Kris Bemis,
county agent of Mason, and D. L.
Runnels of the Grand Rapids Press
made short talks. The County
Agents of Oceana and Mason coun-
ties were highly complimented for
the manner in which they _
worked out the details of the trips
and handled the largegcrowds in
their respective counties. Mr. Run-
nells,’ upon learning that a shortage
of funds in the Society’s coffers
would probably make it impossible
for it to hold its annual meeting in
Grand Rapids in December, had ar-
ranged with the Grand Rapids Press
by telephone for the meeting to be
held in the auditorium of the Press
Building without charge and made
such announcement before adjourn-
ment. The invitation waspaccepted
by the executive committee.

The value of such a‘tour cannot
be estimated. Thefact that the at-
tendance of busy "fruit growers is
growing each year is sufficient
proof. Fruit growers have the op-
portunity to see and judge for them-
selves and they find a lesson in every
orchard visited. The very informal
picnic luncheons served on each of
the three days and the tramps thru

the orchards offer an opportunity

for growersvfrom distant parts .of
the state to rub shoulder to .sli‘ould—
fruit
’ A_

growers and their problems.

statement by one of the executives

committee, “Making this trip each
Year is all that keeps me frOm get-
ting into a rut " shows one the
sense of the value oI_such tours.
The society was indeed fortunate
in selecting Oceans and MasOn coun-

ties for the tour this year because;

it so happens that this is the only
section of the state‘fthat has a norm,—
a1 crop oI tree .t "

.1 8.531 1
- and the 1201mm are an
any. .11! his eitdrts and icondeauent‘
success. The next annual tour. will,
be thircugh Van Buren and Allegan

same _

had '

preci- ‘

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as .21. “h"’% a is... 5... .
an

Advertisin'u” Donal-tire out, Mt. filament.

.‘u'

POULTRY

Pu
Cochran—White Rocks,
‘g.meds. d AC. (1 R.1 t 1d

0 i an nconas pair wo year 0
Gray Toulouse Geese. Write for description
and prices.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Deck 2. Kalamazoo. Mlchloan

White-- Wyandottes
C. Brown andW Whi ta

MU D-WAY-AUBH- KA FARM

offers young stock and a few mature breeder! “—-

Whito Chinese Geese, White Runner Ducks and

White Wyandottes. Also 0.1.0.5)!!!“

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

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two great breeds for prom. Write today for
frudcataloguo of hatching eggs, baby chick. all
OYOLE‘ NATOHIR COMPANY. 16. Phil. OMI-

Ill'n In. qu

 

QUALITY CHICKS, BLACK MINOROA; LIOH'I'
1883311111,“) 25c each. Barred Rock, R. I.
TY‘RONEc POULTRY FARM, Benton, Mich.
BREEDING
three

"la" GMDEW to four COCKERELS

B ed R ks S C months old.
arr oc R. I. Reds. and S. 0.
White Leghorns. Just the kind to head your
for next - season. Satisfaction

For prices and information write

ROY BIRMELE, Watervllet, Mich.

RHODE ISLAND REDS

HITTAKER'S R. l. REDS. MICHIGAN’B

greatest Color and Egg Strain. Chicks all
sold. 50 good cock birds. either comb. at bar-
fain prices for quick sale. Catalog Free.
NTERLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. Mich

 

 

 

 

 

HATCHIN G EGGS

ANCONA COOKERELs, A 0.MONTHS OLD. $2;
2 for $3: 8 weeks, $1.0
EVA TRYON, Jegmo. Mlch.

 

 

B’ c. an. LEGHORN seas, $1.50 FOR 1?
Pekin duck $1. 50 for 8 W. Chinese goon
egg: 40¢ each. Mrs. Claudia Betta, Hillsdale, Mich.

 

n. l._ RED MATCHING EGGS, THOMEKIN'S
stram. $10 per 100: baby chicks. 250 each.
FROHM. New Baltimore. Mich

5 C
ment.

urec. both in body of ad. and In address.
dated following week. The Business Farmer

 

 

FARM WITH 3

flock poultry,
engine, complete
prosperous neigh-

199 ACRE ALFALFA
horses. 10 cows and calves,
hogs, manure spreader, gas
machinery, tools, crops, etc;
borhood in splendid farming section, best mar-
kets, conveniences; valuable 88 per cent lime
marl bed on fam;180 acres machine worked;
20 acres alfalfa and clover; 15- cow wire fenced

g fine 150-tree apple

, bountiful shade, de-

50-ft. barn, 30— foot silo, ultrY

all. DaabIed owner sacrifices,77 91,300

e easy rms us.

Eintal log 1 100 Bargains. F STROUT

FARM AGENCY, .814 BE, Ford Bldz.. De-
troit, Mich.

lightful view .
house, etc.

FOR BALE—180 ACRES. SUGAR BEET
land. Will exchange for city property. Pnr-‘
in'culars upon request. ORLEY W'IEDER-
HOLD, Turner, Mich.

4,0 ACRE IMPROVED FARM. CLAY LOAM
on East Mich. pike; rural delivery; telephone;
new 2,barn outbuildings good well bearing

1-2 miles from town. LELAND

REID, Twining. Mich.

ON GOOD
terms. Will
unica, Mich.

GOOD 40, FAIR BUILDINGS,
road near town, 82, 200. Eas
take good Ford. N. TRACY,

FARMS FOR SALE: SIX IMPROVED PRO-
ductlve farms comprising 535 acres. Can be
split up in units with buildings from 40 acres
up to suit. We are living on and farming
this land at present but owmg to other business
activities, we Wis to lspose of a part of our
land. Location, terms, and pr is as attractive.
Write what you want. PALMER BROS, 01'-
loans Michigan.

FOR SALE—~80 ACRE FARM, 60 ACRES
improved; with or without personal. Write or
come quickly. F. S. BOYD Ellsworth, Mich.

, 80 ACRES, 1 MILE NORTH, 14 MILE
east, L4 milc north of Turner. Good build-
ings good house 5 rooms, good barn, granary,
chic en coop, hog house. Plenty of water,
good fences clay loam. 65 acres cleared, good
dra go. I will sell stock and machinery if
wanted—MRS. EDWARD REAUME, Turner,
Michigan. R. I“. D. 1.

125 ACRE- FARM, 85 ACRES CLEARED.
well fenced, house and barns, fine orchard,1~2

mile off stone road. Will sell on nasy terms.
write owners.

Mich.

AC RES. 5
Good land.
Charles, Mich.

posed and particulars
SCHAIBERGER BROS, Au Gres,

FOR. SALE ‘OR RENT—40
acres plowed, fir buildings.
My terms. J0 LODER, St.

FOR SALE—~80 ACRE FARM, N0. 1 SOIL.
under cultilvatio 1200111 house with
outside buildings ,Good or-

station, 5 to town.

111m ‘z‘fnllel 1to railroad
% i920 , For part rticulars write to R.
L E, Pinconning. . Michigan
FOR “LIX-40 AOBE FARM IN MICHI-
One of— the finest farms in Covarianda
. Winn. , on 11 see, lck.
loin..- and all implemen Near
. . , A ,. "El land mtillable.
' W rite

sacrifice W
2847115. RHalsead St... Chicago.

 

CLAY AND SANDY
my“. balance out oever. fair
well (911 P1 m from
cc 1. rice, $40 per

AB .. Y, Elger. Mich

12 .AORI FARM,
m

under thlshhcuilns at 80 and II c I- l
Wm. out what you have us odor-”:nd 'Bto’ndfi'in auo
ymga‘wfll. Address The Mlchlnh luni'nou Farther.

 

 

A WORD PER ISSUE—3 Insertions for 100 per word.
for lor- than 3 times. Twenty words It the mlnlmum
Cu’h should accompany all orders. Count I: one word each initial and each group of fig-
Copy‘nsuat be In our hand: before Saturday for Issue

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W. W” ROI
5‘ a ,7 . _,

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_, ORPINGTDNB T5
OBPIIGTOIS °°.f“.'55.“ “3311'"th

Black Cookers]. at ~37, 88, and $10 Pulletea.

$3 and 35. Also yearling hens $3 and $4.

Hatchinz ecu. .80 per uttins of 15
RABOWONI BROS" N A. Morrlii. Mloh.

WYANDOTTE

leYlEvél LQQCED‘ggtDENz‘ AND WHITE WY.
an 0 es tun per 15 $4. 50 f 30.
w. anowumo, n éoruina. 35m.

WHITE WYAIDOTTES

Martin Foundation. A few ood breeders for
sale. No more baby chicks t is year. Order
cockerels now for early fall delivery Prices

reasonable.
. W. HEIMBACH
Big Rapids, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have a fine lot of English and Amer-
ican Leghorn Cockerels for sale at reason
able prices. Let us know your wants. We
ship on approval and guarantee satisfaction

LORING & MARTIN CO.

East Sauoatuck. Mich.

 

 

BABY CHICKS

INCLE COMB DUFF LEGHORN COOKER-
els, April and May hatched Heavy laying

strain.
W. WEBSTER. Bath, Mich.

LEGHORNS

rabowskc's s. C. White Leghorns,
cocks and yearling hens for sale.
LEO ORABOWSKE. R 4, Merrill.

LANGSHAN
DR. SIMPSON? LANOBHANO OF QUALITY
Bred for type and color since .1912. Winter
Laying strain of both Black and White. Have
some cockerels for sale. Egg-111cm;
DR OHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webborvllie. Mich.

 

 

 

may»;
Mich.

 

BUSINESS FARMERS’ EXCHANGE

Farm for sale ads. not accepted

accepted for any ad. ln thls depart-

DepL, Mt. Clemens. Mich.
FOR SALE—NICE HOME ON MARSHALL

Goldwater, Mich. Good house, furnace.
good barn, extra good hen '"

St...
gas, plenty water
house, room for 500 hens.
chicken farm. 7 1- 2 acres, very productive land. .
Small fruit, young orchard, grove of maple
trees around buildings. Priced for quick sale.
Address owner, E. HIMEBAUtxH, Goldwater.
Michigan. '
80-ACRE SAGINAW COUNTY
horses, poultry, cows crops, cream separator.
tools, machinery, equipment included; advanced
age forces immediate sale this well lomted pro-'
ductive farm, close thriving RR town, conven-
ient city SaginaW' 50 acres rich loamy tillage;
10- -cow spring watered. wire fenced pasture;
good 2-story 6- -room house veranda, bountiful
shade; fine 18 cow barn. second barn, big poul-
try liouse. piggery; to settle affairs at once all
84,400, than if cash, easy terms. Your
opportunity secure your future assure yourself
steady job and permanent happiness Investigate.
('atalog free. A. 0 HEINE, 118 So. Frank-
lin SL, Saginaw, ch. .

FOR SALE—A FIRST CLASS
miles from Lansing. Good buildings,

mted. rods to sch no.1 1212
$18,500. 8 W. HEMPY, R. 7,
Michigan.

FARM

 

FARM. 8
all newly
acres for
Lansing,

 

FOR SALE—120 ACRE FARM, 5 MILES
south of Williamston. Stone _roads. tiled and
fenced. No. buildings. con-
tract. Will bike any kind first
yment. CHARLES2 HODG E0 f& ON, Dans-
villeyu.l Michigan, .

FOR SALE—120 ACRES WITH CROPS.
machinery, stock, lO—room house 40 x60, base-
Illgfn'i’. hill'n.1 \Vrite C. COL’I‘ON. Mich”

MISCELLANEOIQQ

SAW MILL MACHINERY. PORTABLE
mills for farmers’ use. Make your own lumber,
Send for new catalog. ‘HILECURTIS 00.. 1507
No Pitcher Si... Kalamazoo. Mich. .

Luther,

 

CORN HARVESTER CUTS AND FILES ON
harvester or winrows. Man and horse cuts and
shocks equal Corn Binder Sold in every state.
Only $28 with fodder heing attachment. Testi-
monials and catalo 01: FREE showing picture of
harvester. PROCESS HARVESTER- 00.. Sa-
liha. Kansas.

FOR SALE—4'0 BE SOLD IN THE NEXT
sixty days, The Wolverine Elgine Creamery. If
interested see or write MARK SCOTT, Wolverine,
Michigan.

VETCH SEED—{Y GROWER. $7. 00 PER
bushel. Bags free. A. A. LAMlilliiT‘il
Sand Lake. Michigan. '

WANTEDé-HIGH GRADE FEED SALE8-‘
men for Ohio, Indians, Michigan and Pennsyb

experienced producers odor at-.
T

TM ”15% god, apply.
BUSI ESS F ARMER. 1
Mt. Cemens.-,, gait .

“nouns. nos. son-casts. gal-lg” war;
0 m 5311’ q. o -
.ifét'y ' ($513}; mouse

 

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L TNIN ROD V
11'?th sods Eire alilo-tiers “111111:
IdE~BL TEEN”

-99. 96 pe‘r cent PURE. Write mgr ”33* I it.
are right L M. Diddio" Cou‘rmrehfle

DUY FENCE P081“. DIREO‘T FNOMw. ,
at! -All kinda. Delivered prices. Address ‘
M,” 3111 Michigan Business l‘ernisr, Mt. Olen.
one. I:

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volume of trade, in many lines, ex-

ceeding thatof thesamedate‘ last.

you. All lines of production and

manufacturing trade. that cater to,

the wants of the farmer, are pre-
paring to increase their monthly
output because current sales are
rapidly reducing stocks on hand.
Ready money is becoming more
plentiful among farmers, who had
large yields of wheat and many
frozen credits have been limbered
up. 1110 advent of belated rains, in
(heath-stricken districts, has great-
ly improved the outlook for some of
the crops that were not too far
gone and the general rural outlook
is much improved from that of the

beginning of the current month. 19‘

the country as a whole. a bumper
corn crop is assured and a marked
improvement in pasturage will de-

crease the amount of hay needed to'

carry farm animals through the
coming winter. The outlook for the
Michigan potato crop is not on-
couraging at this writing, a. fact,
that means a. great deal to the pros-
perity of \Volverine farmers.
Recent developments in the flu-
ancial world are not all reassurin ,
the failure of certain traction com-
panies and the. evident embarrass-
ment of several others seems to
foreshadow an early readjustment
in methods of passenger transpor-
tation that may result in much in-
convenience and loss of money to
many business undertakings other
than those directly concerned. There
are many features, connected with
our modern conditions of living
that infringe upon each other until
friction is developed’ which finally
neutralizes much of the good which
has developed from their discovery.
The New York stock market has
been drifting aimlessly along of
late. the business done there being
of such professional character as to
give very little indication of what
may be in store for the future. Mo-
tor stock issues have been quiet
and steady. equipments have shown
moderate activity but railroad
stocks have been dull and droopy.
evidently, because of the reports of
reduced crop yields and a rapidly

growing Sentiment that eventually

Will mean greatly reduced freight
rates. Cattle growers and farmers
in general are finding it easier to
secure funds and the general out-
look for American agriculture is
considered ' greatly improved from
that of mid-summer.

WHEAT I REMAINS FIRM

WHEAT PRICES PER BIL. AUG. 17, 1821

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grads Instr-ole thlcagol N. V.
lo. 2 m {fa-i 1115““7313"
no. 2 mm 1.2;
No. 2 .mxoa 1.23 1.41
rmces our YEAR sao
No.2 Rodi No.2 wmul no.2 mm
Detroit I 2.41 I 2.45 I 2.48

 

 

Probably the only thing that pre-
vented wheat from taking a slump
-last week was the government crop
report which showed a loss of 52
million bushels from the July 181:
estimate Receipts were fairly
heavy, but the market ruled firm
to higher during the entire week.
The present week
slightly easier tone to the market.
'but this is true at the opening of
nearly every week. » The belief is
general that wheat will not go be-
1m: $1. 20 per bushel ore-if it does
under the press of heavy receipts,
that it will not long remain there.
The Business Farmer expects the
wheat market to rule falily even
during the balance of the year par-
ticularly if farmers keep on pouring
their supplies into the market. As
soon as" the crest of the wheat
movement is over and Europe’s de-
, do begin to make themselm
st, prices must

reported to be very encouraging the

opens with -a-

 

 

  
  
  
    

Beans and hay firm.

lower.

: " DETROIT—All grains easy, cor-n lower.,

CHICAGO-n-All grains lower. Beans firm and higher Hogs

Potatoes i scarce. .

 

  
   
   

 

  

 

 

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(lots:
Rel base is at In type.
IOIMN pm: —!dltor.

 
 

 

  

There is no alternative. ‘ The un-
settled flnancial conditions are
pointed to, with good muses, as an
argument for any spectacular spec—
ulation and advance in wheat. High-
er prices wichome, but slowly and
steadily. . ,

In Michigan winter' wheat shows
an average yield of 16 bushels per
acre, which. is about one bushel be-
low the ten year average. The fore-
casted production is 13,088,000
bushels, or about 700,000 less than
last year. There-is much :shrunk-
on and light weight grain, the qual-
ity being 84 per cent as compared
with an average of 90. Spring
wheat is a poor crop, the estimated
yield being only 53 per cent of
normal.

As stated elsewhere in this issue,
the Business Farmer is inclined to
the belief that the government’s
Sept. lst report will show a further
loss in wheat. By that time thresh—
ing will be virtually completed, and
we should know within a few mil-
lion bushels of what the crop is go-
ing to be.

CORN BRIGHTENS UP

 

 

 

 

OORN PRICES PER BU" AUG. 11, 1.21
-1 "grog: 'PJ’";" l Chicago in .Y_
lo. 2 Vollow . . .I 5'36 .01
No. 3 Yellow “1. 31% I
No. 4 Yellow . . . "Vam ;

PRICES .ONE YEAR— AGO

N02 YollJ Nos Yolm No.4 Yell.

Detroit . .I 1.70 l I

 

 

Corn showed independent strength
following the announcement of a
decrease of 91 million bushels from
the July estimate. ‘It was also in
sympathy with the stronger wheat
market. Prices remain unchénged
from last week, however. Tendency
of western farmers to hold on to the
balance of their old corn helped to
take the slack out of the market.
Barring a. premature frost it is hard-

Ily likely that the government's Au—

‘I'lao above uunms’rl'zod Information was received AFTER the bounce of the mar.
lt contains inn minute lnformatlon up to

‘gust let estimate will
cut, as nearly all the corn regions,

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within coo-hall hour of

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be further

have received beneficial rains since

then which insure an improvement

in the crop. Indications are now
that the crop will range very close
to 3 billion bushels, or about a,

quarter of a billion less than last;
year' s. ' 1
Michigan corn is well advanced

and is in generally good condition
over the state. In the scuthwestern
counties, where the weather is very
dry at present, and on light soils in
other sections, it is rolling and tir-
ing more or less. More moisture
during the last two weeks would
have produced a larger yield.’ The
outlook is for a crop of 60, 479,000
bushels as compared with 65, 000,-
000 last year.

OATS QROP FURTHER

 

OAT PRIGES (new) 30., sue. 11, 1921

 

 

Grads inch-on [Chicano] N. [L
.No. 2 White . .. .38 .34 .48
No. 8 White .. .84 .82
No. 4 White .33'/2 l

 

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
"10. 2 White] No. 3 WthoI No. ___4 “Wilts

Detroit I, 1. 00 “—I .99 I fl.”

Were it not for the big carry—
over of 1920 oats this market would
have long since shown some life,
but for the time being, and in fact,
probably for some weeks to come,
we do not expect to see much doing
in this market. In keeping with
the prediction stated a couple weeks
ago in these columns, the August
lst estimate showed a further loss
in the cat crop of nearly 200 mil-
lion bushels, bringing the total es-
timated yield to slightly over 'the
billion bushels mark. As in the
case of wheat, we believe that final
threshing returns will show the act:
us] to be less than a. billion bushels.
Oats may look discouraging for a.
few months, but we do not expect
to see lower prices. Go the other

 

 

 

Post-’- Woslhn Chart for m. 1.81

 

 

also. In; new

WASHINGTON D. 0., August 20.
”xi—During the first part of the
week centering on Aug 22 low tem-

ies. Alaska and northern plains; near
Aug. 23 these conditions will cover
great central valleys and great lakes
countries and near 24 will overs read
the Atlantic states and prov noes.
Temperatures will go lower than us-
ual, covering the country to the Gulf
of Mexico during the eastward move-
ment of these conditions. North and
northwest of the great lakes farmers
will dread the killing August frosts
when these low temperatures strike

1113‘ any August frosts this year.
Last great warm wave of August

, at lakes near Aug 28 and will he
£1610va across the anthem east-
ward by the usual. ,co wave and. 'a-
small amount of rain.
mild storm till near and of

Will be developed and severe gtorms
" will follow. Bevmbcrw will
more stormy than August 1'
should expect hush weather with h!-

    

 

 

 

peratures will cover northern Rock:

, their vicinltles, but I am not expect- ,

"”qu reach meridian so west of the;

This will be a _
Wit,
' about which date increased energies --

bad all '1'

‘the place of evaporation

'fi’,‘ eastern sections near Sept.-

THE WEATHEE FOR NEXT, WEEK
‘ As Forecasted by W. T.'Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

creasing rain during the week cent-
ering on &pt 2

First half of September will be
much mere stormy than August. The
most severe storms and most rain ex~
pected during the first half of month.
Temperatures will average above
normal last half of month and below
first half. Unusually severe storms
near Sept. 2. Not much change in,
but it will
extend farther south than for several
months past. Places of most rainfall
and of dry weather will remain about
same Sector past months except some
of the dry places will get rain during
the week centering on Sept. 2. An-
other wcek of severe storms and in.
creased rains will occur during the
week centering on Sept. )3. Balance
of September will be poulet with less
rain and no severe storms. Good
time for finishing the sowing of wint-
er grain. I am not expecting any
material change in; European crep-
weather in September. The soil, over
there, will be too dry for sowing
winter grain. Prospects in Ansel-lea
and Canada will be much better“ for
winter graih- than in. Europe...- but
some sections on this continent
not premise well.

First Warm wave of the month will
cover all morthmstem sections near”
Samba- & cross meridian 30 as it ;
moves Sou eastward near 4‘; Teach-

 
   

    

  
 

  

   
 
  

_ vanes

'11 to continue to be ,m: me
little time. But the bean. 3rd;
or. mayurest assured the.
advances from ‘

- six months we algal
.f it has done. all, Q.»

state. the straw was too short-
cut with a binder. ' "

were harvested Were not threshed.
The estimated production is on

55 per cent of a crop, or 31, 942,000.

bushels, the smallcst. for the statof'
since 1907, but at that our crop; in:
no worse than in other” states.

 

. RYE " ‘

There has been slight
ment in rye since our last report»
with prices on the Detroit market
up a cent, or $1. 09 per bushel. The
rye crop seems not to have suffered
quite so severely. from drought‘a3”’
oats and wheat, but the crop will
nevertheless fall below last year’s.

Farmers are not selling quite ,110' 1;,

so freely, and if they. can hold off’
a few months longer, pr1ces~should
be more attractive. We éxpeCt .tQ
see gains in rye within the '
sixty days.
cover much more quickly than cats,

The yield of rye in Michigan iSL'

13. 4 bushels, or slightly under the:
10 year average. The total price
duction is" placed at 8.496, 000 bush-j
els against 9,.702 000 bushels last
year.

 

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d'

BARLEY

‘ Barley seems not to have suffer- "

ed so great reverses the post—wail"
years as other grains, and it seems

' .to be coming back in favor as a

feeding grain. Prices at the present
time average around the $1. 35 per
cwt. mark. The total crop is short
and lower prices are not expected on
the new crop. Prof. Bibbins of the
M. A. C. has an excellent article 011'
barley in this issue which every
farmer will do well to read. Mich-.
igan is a good barley state but both
acreage and yield this year were
under 1920. At present indications
the crop will not exceed 4 millibn

bushels as compared with over “-3" .,
-milIion last year. ”

 

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sun PRIOEB an own, Ave. 11, 192-7

Grade IDolrolt lcluoaool N. Y. I:
WI..." 4.85 ‘ 415' i 8.25

 

 

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Dad
PRICES ONE YEAR AGO

 

 

 

 

We haven’t felt so good in a long- '

time over anything as the recent ad-
in. bean prices. Beans ad-
vanced 80 cents per owt. from ‘Mon- '

day to Saturday of last week and as ~

we go to press are firm and scarce-
at $4. 65 per cwt. on the Detroit
market. This is the highest beans
have reached since' last October“

when in the short space of miles '

weeks they crashed from
$4.55: per cwt.

$6

remember that many of the elevat-
ors still have beans on hand for
which they paid $4 to $5 per cwt‘
Perhaps there aren’t many of th'_ é
but there are encugh to shake til
market if they Were all 11dede

once. The history of the bean“

   

   
 
   

ups and downs, and we may

 

improved

But let’s not teal-W

.too good ove'r the advance. ‘ Let’s" '

   

next ' ,
Certainly it should re-g

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m since our last re-
resnlt of increased rain—
cannot see how even
imminent is going to bring
as upto the demand. Bear
height rates virtually shuts
water-n growers oil from the
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"j. "53 Nwhkh ownssevural-hundred head of

  
 

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l m time, despite the positive
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hundred and forty million bushels

last year. While there is
" ’mnchonwhichtobaseapre-
we “name, that buyers
,7 will open the late potato deal with
‘ ‘ mi ranging from 75 cents to :1

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~ )fi' bushel. A factor which must be
{ film into consideration are‘ the
,. ‘ high freight rates Vhlch will pre-
~" ‘ ventthe payment of as high prices

av. ' ' : formerly at points far removed
' ' .j consuming markets. Wiscon-

gt/ sh, Illinois and Hichigan will
’i not have more than a 50 per cent
" Pmmy‘lvanis, New York and
Item repaid slightly better condi-
am but the total 11.5. crop is
3 ‘» r, ’ not likely to earned 300 million
: ”t 3.'hushels, although the Aug. 1st es-
. -§ flmnte places the crop at 316 mil—
?! Ct. ‘5, film bushels. Recent rains have
"l " benefited the crops some in this
‘ ,1; :1?" :A’state but cannot undo the damage
. - d the early drought. ‘

‘ Early Ohios were bringing close
[1’ is: $2.50 per bushel, on the Chicago
, » j market at the opening of the week,
. .'.,~‘_"and "about the same price on the

. «market. .

. It is impossible to make a reason-
. «able prediction ”on-what will be the
' outcome of this year’s potato mar-
. ’ " -". hots. We hardly expect. to. see such
jimmy prices as were quoted at the
"-‘cv, gum—ape: the 1919 crop. but ‘we
.. fie no reason, why potatoes should
5. not bring the .. farmer considerably
’ -- $1 per bushel by the end
at the year. ' § . .

   
 

    

  
  

  
  
  
  
    
   
  
   
  
    
 
 
 
 
 
    
  
 
 
 

 

 

 

  

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“ Good demand» for can at 290
0c per,_dozen._ ' . ',
Dressed calves “are scarce and
" at :15, and 161: for good grades.
edvh'ogs are down to 10c ‘per.

end .for "been” “"3 3°”; at
' suing 1; gig-the reels
.9. mama-22¢ for in“ 1”” 9°
Leaflet? "
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Farmers who“ can.“ market ’grade
A appieafthi'a fall “should take par-
ticular pains. in picking and stor-
ing fortntm "-310. With both the
m and English apple crop
out right in m in the middle ap-
pia are going to be in demand at
m 3110.!- ' -

cumin MARKET

The mixed situation which de-
veloped in the cattle department of
be leading markets. early in the
month, still continues in an aggra-
‘ form. f Corn-ted cattle are
growing lees; plentiful, every day
andt'priees.‘ for both yearlings and
heavy steers, have held firm and
study as: more than a week. The
market for grass ted cattle is grow—
ing weaker every day under liberal

 

receipts of natives and a rapidly in- .

creasing supply of rangers. The
pressing, need of ready money, felt
by. thousands of cattle ..owriers and
the imbility of would be feeders to
take these cattle is filling the mar-
ket. hopper to overflowing‘fwnh just
the kind of cattle that nobody
wants. A belief prevails, among cat-
tle market experts, that -a tremend-
ous glut of common cattle is ready
to flood the market whenever fav-
orable conditions prevail. It is be—
lieved, that the desire' to move
these common cattle before “snow
flies," will result in a constant over—
supply from now until winter closes

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Handy dry—fed cattle have the
”middle of the stage, top grade yearl-
ings selling'in Chicago for $10.65
and heavy steers at $10.40 per cwt.;
these prices are the highest paid in
this department since last Novem-
ber and present indications favor
still higher values, before very
long. Eastern demand for dressed
beef. centers around the better
grades and order buyers, in .7 west-
ern and middle-west markets, are
setting the pace for the trade. West-
ern demand for feeding cattle is
improving but the region east of
Chicago has been practically out of
the trade of late. A little more
ready money and better pasturage
are needed to guarantee the contin-
uance of an active feeder demand.

Sheep and Lamb Trade

Chicago got 16,500 more sheep
and lambs, last week, than came to
hand the week before but in spite
of this fact the trade Was fairly
steady, closing firm for all kinds
and with a gain in the feeder de-
partment of 25 to 50 cents per cwt.
Desirable feeding lambs are scarce
and experienced operators are pre-
dicting much higher prices in this
division beforelong.

Native lambs held fairly steady
throughout .the week but westerns
scored a loss, early, of 20 to 40
'cents which was, however, all re-

; gained (before the close of the

week.
Live Hogs and Provisions

Last week’s hog market was a
down and up affair, the close on Sat-
urday being about the .best for the
week. The break, early in the
week, was severe enough to scale
down‘ the weekly average to $9.75
vwhioh was 55 cents lower than the
week before. The top, on Saturday
was $11.10 but the bulk of the of-
ferings were sold below 310‘ per
cwt.; By tar the largest proportion
of the hogs on oter throughout the

. week were or the heavy packing or--

der, the average of the week being
244— pounds. ‘ decidedly heavy for

thisseasonml the year. Eve 10*

pounds added to. the 260 pound hag

. lessens his-"selling value in the cur-

rent market. ‘ On Friday.’ ’of last
weekpArmoura 09...,bou’gh'ti a any.

vets penalty whichfts . being ”placed.

1.111301!" the“. MU 1393"":A steady

  
  

ads in. iive‘hogs and provisions is
in the 're' tulle '

. ‘: . "teatime: 'Applesy‘fltzfi's' perv-‘-
‘bm; blackberries, 3768' bu.; huck-.
_fieber_ries‘, 31.1618;~ peaches.‘ 33.75;}
pears. 330:. ‘ ' -- ' *

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‘-”””.f.‘ EXAMINATIONS for premium awards “5981” S‘mrda”

Sept 3 Increased premiums are being ofiered' in all class,
es. One half of A cultural Hall Will be devoted to splendid
display by the Mic igan Agricultural College; the other half to
county and individual displays. The best county display Will

' - receive an“ award of $2,000. This is the‘first time in 'two years

that individuals and counties have had the opportunity to
compete, the M. A. C. and government displays last year hav-
ing used all available space.

POULTRY AND PET STGCH

Egg laying contests will feature the fit. More than 100
pens of five hens each will start laying competition August 31,
being ”Well under way when fair opens on Sept. 2. This contest
will close Friday, Se..pt 9, as will all contests in the poultry and
pet stock division. The building will be used on the last two
days of the fair for the dog show, the largest show of its kind
ever held in Michigan and including field trials of police dogs
and others, Whippet races and other features". ’ '

DAIRYING

Dairy building displays will be greater than at any fair
ever held in previous years. Milking contests and dairy cow
demonstrations conducted by experts of the state dairy bureau
will keep up a continuous interest in this department from the
opening to the closing of the fair. A feature of this department
will be a milking contest for girls under ’21 On Saturday, Sep-
tember 10.

l

HORSES

This is always a leading department at the fair. Judging
will begin Monday, Sept. 5 and continue through Thursday,
Sept. 8, various breeds being judged each day. The Horse Show
in the new arena and the harness races on the half mile track
through the week of Sept. 5-10, Will be one of greatest interest
to all lovers of well bred horses.

_ CATTLE
The cattle department as usual, Will rank as one of the
leading points of interest at the fair. Judging will occupy
three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 6—8. As
in all departments this year the premium awards are of in-
creased value. A big feature of the cattle show will be the auc-
tion sale at 3 p. 111. ,.Sept 6, of all fat steers shown.

SHEEP AND SWINE

Record exhibits are looked for m these departments. J udg-
ing will be on the same days as cattle judging, with increased
premiums“ awarded in classes embracing the well known-breeds.

FRHITS PLANTS AND FLOWERS

Premium award examinations begin Saturday, Sept. 3." In- .

creased premiums are attracting numerous exhibitors and d1!-
plays worthy of Michigan’s preeminence in the fruit growing
world are indicated by the intending exhibitors.

APIARY
Bees have attracted more attention in the »

past few years
in Michigan than they ever did before. This fast-developing
industry has been recognized by the State Fair as one well
worthy of advancement. The bee exhibits will be far greater
than in any preceding year and expert advice will be given to

all who are interested 1n apiary work.

EXthltS of tractors.“
implements are so numerous th‘ th
not be able to hold them all and m

WOMAN’S WORH _, . ' ,fg :4

Splendid displays of all work of interest to woman white .
seen at the fair. Increased premium awards will be given in
needlework of all varieties, in China decoration and domestic

baking, canning, etc.- . ‘ .1;

BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CLHBS

Keen contests will be said 311 through the im- is”
sion. The youngsters will have their ”'
deavOr to show their ability. The Judging contents; ’
contests, milking contests and others Will ”keep the
tives of the coming generation busy every minute

. AUTOMOBILE SHOW . v.
A show of merit equal to big winter displays Many m
features of the coming 1922 season will be givbn their ' " ‘
public display at the State Fair.
featured.

,_

1 ' BETTER BAsIEs

Starting on the first day of the fair and continuing until _
aWards are made on Friday, Sépt. 9 there will be a” babyctm can -
test that will bring out the best of Michigan’ s infants. Att‘
ive as the Woman’s Building will be in many ways,”

Will make it the Mecca of the fair for fond pm ’ '

EDUCATIONAL . .

School exhibits, both city and rural, will bring out the“ ed

ucational work that is alWays going forWar'd and Which”;r filth“

State Fair is always encouraging. The Hajr itself is an aim
cational institution.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Daily lectures on art matters and in the crafts will fegmre '
the exhibits of fine, decorative and industrial arts in the Art ,
stitute. These lectures will be deIiVered by noted m’en nnd-
men and will be .a course in artistry to those who take
age of them. . f

MERCHANDISE AND MANUFACTURING
Continuous exhibition of the best: products of W

WILD LIFE EHPOSITION ., , ‘
The state conservation department Will show to viSito id

the' fair samples of the animals, birds and fish natiretg '. ,
igan. This exhibit will be one of the most inte

fair.

-. '- ENTERTAINMENT _ _ , . -
There will not be a dull moment. Clean £1111 and entertain-
ment andplenty of itwillmarkthefnih. mere willbe an ..
Midway, with a myriad of attractions of all m;h1m:—nmmg 4;
airplane stunts, leaping the loop while mum upng‘ht,chang - -«
ing from plane to plane and from auto toplane; mg:
With fireworks; balldon ascensions and triple Wimp;
auto races, horse races, auto polo; band concerts; ' " ., .
fireworks displays; free vaudeville and circus am
grandstand afterhoonandevming, mdmlmyothrm
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