The Independent Farm, Horne- and Market Weekly, for Michigan Business Farmer’s

 

 

Vol. V- -No.‘ 9

SATURDAY,

NOVEMBER 3rd, 1917.

1 PER YEAR ~No Premiums.
$ Free Lilt or Clubbing ”Merl

 

 

BEAN SITUATION CLOUDED BY NEW

GOVERNMENT

Fixing of $6. 90 per Bushel on Own
Bean Purchases by Govern-
ment Sets Both-Growers
and Dealers to
Guessing

 

A new angle has been added to the
already many—sided bean situation by
the Food Administration’s most re-
cent action in‘ setting'a price of
$6.90 on its own purchases of Mich-
igan hand-picked beans. The first di-
rect information that we received of
this action was in an interview with
W. J. Orr last Friday evening, who
had just been notified of the reduc-
tion in prices. A transcript of the
official notification was contained in
Monday’s Free Press, as follows:

“The following prices will apply to
dry beans for the army placed during
the period, October5 to November 15,
f.o.b San Francisco, Cal., common
pinto, California choice white beans,
small, per lb.,,11 cents; medium, 11
cents; red, pink, Bayo, 8 1-8; Lima,
11 1-2; kidney, 10 3-4, f1 0. b.; 'Color-
ado, New Mexican pinto, 7 3-4; Michi-
gan choice hand-picked white, 11 1-2
f. o. b.; New York State, New York
choice hand picked white, 11 5-8.
Beans must meet requirements of
army specifications on a single bag
basis. On double bags oneeighth of
a cent per pound advance over the
preceding prices will be allowed.~"

In view of the fact that the Govern-
ment originally set the bean price at
$7.25 and later raised it to $8, there is
need of" some careful explaining from
somebody of this sudden and unwar-
ranted drop.

That another attempt has been made
to “bear” the bean market by elevat-
or interests who have sold themselves
short on earlier anticipations of high-
er government prices, there can now
be no'doubt. It does not appear, as
yet, who are the responsible parties,
but we are warned under, recent date
by one of the biggest bean buyers of
the state that a wide-spread move—
ment exists and that the action of the
government is a result of false and
distorted statements that have been
placed before the Food Administration.
This authority states that certain ele-
vator men have written Washington
that growers north of Grand Rapids
are glad to sell their beans for $7
a bushel and that many are being
Purchased at that figure.

In addition to the influence that is
being brought to bear upon the gov-
ernment to reduce its bean price. sim-
ilar efforts are'being made thru the
press of- the bean growing states" to
keep the price down and frighten the
farmers into selling. Below is a Sam-
Dle of’the “bearish” stories” which are
30mg the rounds of the country press
in this state:

 

PRICE OF $7. 00

“The present price of Michigan
beans is likely to remove this state
as leader in supplying the army and
navy with this product. According
to government reports Michigan beans
at $8.00 per bushel will be rather un-

’ popular in the world market while

Colorado pinto beans and the big Ca1-
ifornia crop is offered at only $6.

“ ‘This lineans,’ says W. J. Orr, pres-
ident of the Michigan Bean Jobbers’
Association of Saginaw, ‘that the army

- and navy allotment of beans will be

bought in those states because of the
price. They ought to be bought in
Michigan. I am afraid the farmers of
this state have made a mistake and
Michigan is in danger of 10sing its
position as a bean state.’

”Canners are tabooing the Michigan
variety as many of them at the cons
vention held in Saginaw recently im-
mediately on hearing the Michigan
price cabled to the orient for foreign
beans which they would have bought
in this state if the price had been
right.

“An enormous increase in produc-_
tion of beans over last year. is shown
in an estimate announced last Satur-
day by the department of agriculture
at Washington.

“Almost double the quantity of
beans is forecast. with a total of 15.-
814.000 bushels in the five principal
growing states—New York. Michigan,
Colorado, New Mexico and California.
California leads with 9,728.000 bush-
els; Michigan is second with 4.006.000
bushels."

Mr. Orr emphatically denies the
authorship of these stories. He
points to the fact that “as a result of
his visit to Washington. the price was
raised from $7.85 to $8 per bushel for
future purchases.” and he appears
very much disturbed over the govern-
ment's latest action.

Be that as it may. someone is mak~
ing mighty free use of Mr. Orr’s name
to “bear” the bean market. and it
would seem that those who are daily
being misled are entitled to an ex—
planation of the source of these re-
ports. They come so frequently now
and are so patently intended to accom-

lish a very definite purpose that they
must emanate from a well-organized
source, of which it would seem that
Mr. Orr and other high bean author-
ities should have some knowledge.

Thus far the announcement of the
government has not affected the bean
market a great deal.
ped 50 cents a bushel on the Detroit
market the day following the story
in the Free Press, but today they are
being quoted at $8.25 and in good de-
mand. In spite of the fact that the
government has the authority to com-
mandeer beans in any elevator for its
own uses, at its own price, dealers are
out in the competitive market offer-
ing from $1 to $1.25 a bushel" above
the government price. Whether or not
dealers will care to take this long
chance on future purchases remains
to be seen.

So many conflicting reports have
been circulated on the bean situation
that our bean producing readers are
floundering about like a ship without
a rudder. They don’t know which
way to steer. Let us just suggest,
friends, that you don’t steer at all;
drop anchor and wait a few weeks un-
til the storm has passed and the skies
are cleared. In other words, hang on.
to your beans and don't worry.

"‘e have put this thing squarely 11p
to Mr. Hoover, and we have a feeling
that the Food Administration will not
want to go 011 record as forcing the
farmers of Michigan to sell their beans
at a loss, for that is exactly what $7
beans means to Michigan producers.
As shown by the accompanying tele-
gram we are willing and anxious to

have the food administration send
a representative to this state and
make a. thoro investigation of the

situation. If this is done and the i11-
vestigator is left free and unhindered
to render a decision upon the exact
facts, we need have no fear of the out-

come. As we have stated before. the
growers ask nothing unreasonable;
the profits they would make on $8

beans will be very small this year.
Let Mr. Hoover do the square thing,
send his representative to Michigan,
and the bean growers will abide by
the result.

 

 

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PRICE SET DOES NOT (“OVER COST OE PRODUCTION.
SEND REPRESENTATIVE FROM VVASIIINGTON IN NO
WAY CONNECTED \V’ITII BEAN BUYING OP GROWING
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The price drop- ‘

CROP YIELDS
DISAPPOINTING

Many Potatoes Still in Ground
and Beans Lying Out in
the Fields Unharvested
Resulting in Huge
Loss

 

Letters from our county crop re-
porters are the most discouraging W6
have received in a long time and indi-
cate a condition thruout the entire
state which is bound to cause the
farmers huge loss and very materially
affect the total yield.

Especially is this true of beans and
potatoes. October has been the poor-
est harvesting month in years, rain
or snow have fallen twenty to twen—
ty-five days out of the month, in most
sections of the state. Help has been
scarce with labor prices ranging
from $3 to $5 per day. It has seemed
almost impossible to make any head-
way this month on the harvesting of
crops and as a result thousands of
acres of potatoes are still undug and
many acres of beans remain unhar-
vested.

In the northern sections of the state
the ground has frozen to a depth of
two inches. ruining many potatoes.
One upper peninsula. farmer. it is
stated. had 20.000 bushels of potatoes
in the ground at the time of the freeze
and they are now a total loss and will
not be dug. In more southernly sec-
tions the damage to potatoes has not
been great. but the damage to beans
by the frost and wet weather will run
into many thousands of dollars.

As is always the case. thousands of
farmers have banked their all this
year upon their bean and potato crops.
and the yield in many instances has
been so poor that not even the highest
pri/es “ithin the range of possibility
will enable them to make a profit.
l’nder those circumstances many farm-
crs are obliged to hold to their crops,
trusting that the price may go high
enough to save them from loss. If the
government expects the farmers to re—
spond to its pleas another year it
should at once help them solve the
present year’s problem.

We wish to say again to our read-
are that, there is no overproduction of
crops this year. The huge potato fore—
cast put out by the government, will
tumble many millions of bushels
when the crop is dug, and the same is
true of beans. it is doubtful now if
Michigan‘s potato crop will run over
“0 000.000 bushels or her bean crop
over 3,000,000. Good common sense
tells us in View of these facts that
price: will range high thruout the en-
tire winter. Don’t speculate on your
crops, farmer friends. When the prices
reach a point which will insure you
a reasonable profit, sell at least a part
of your crop. Many city people will
suffer this year from the high cost of
coal and foodstuffs. and let it not be
said that the farmers of Michigan
are profiteers to make them suffer
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- , MlLK MEETING

ATPETROIT

Producers of Detroit Area Will
Meet at Chamber of Commerce
at 10:30, Nov. 5, to Discuss
Establishment of Cheese
Factories

Attention, Milk Producers of the
Detroit area:

The greatest contest yet lies just
ahead of yOu. Never was there so
much need of making our organiza—
tion solid as now. We must close up
the ranks. Thousands of dollars of
your money and thousands of hours of
your time depend upon the action
you take now. It seems necessary to
provide cheese factories to care for
the milk now going into Detroit, pro-
vided there can not be a satisfactory
settlement of the price question at the
end of this year. There should be
twenty of these factories situated in
strategic points so that each one may
be easily available. These factories
can be run as long as it. seems neces-
sary to divert the milk from the city.
One week would solve the problem
without the waste of any milk. We
must remember that we cannot waste
food products now. Now let’s get into
the game in earnest. We have only
been playing at it so far.

Some men have thought that when
they put 500 into a co—operative propo-
sition that they were really doing
something to count in the accom-
plishment of a great objective. When
you only have a 500 vision of a bil-
lion dollar business your vision is
mighty limited. Why can we not get
the ear of the city press that goes to
the consuming public? Simply be-
cause the advertising patronage to
these papers is entirely with the buy-
ers of the dairy product. The agricul-
tural press of the state have given
thousands of dollars worth of space
to the Michigan milk producers. They
have given this space to you that
would have brought them much mon—
ey advertising for other business in-
terests. We owe a debt of gratitude
to these men. Let us do as other bus
iness men do and mlvcrtisc our own.
business. If we would just get a dif-
ferent vision of our opportunity, we
could multiply the consumption of
dairy products. The automobile man-
ufacturers put 5 per cent, of the total
sales of their business into the, ad-
vertising. When one of the cars sell
for one thousand dollars. fifty dollars
of this is taken to wet before the
world hnmvlerlge ot‘ the value of the
machines. This is put into the adver-
tising fund to sell a thing that most
people do not need.

The Detroit milk distributors have
just made a fund of $121000 to when
tisc milk in Deroft; to sell your
product. What are you putting in to
acquaint people with a knowledge of
the value of this most vital food
product? We should have a more en-
ergetic campaign than ever to begin
now. We should get, into the press of
the city with our advertising. Every
dollar used in advertising will bring
back a hundredvfold in increased
price and demand. We believe that
the milk producers should pay for the
support of their state organization at
least onc-half cent per hundred pounds
for the milk sold. This is an insig-
nificant sum. At the present price of
milk to the condensaries this would
be one-half cent on every three dol-
lars or one-sixth hundredth of your
milk price. For every one dollar that
you put into this, your campaign, the
automobile manufacturers would put
in thirty dollars. They get rich in

 

their business, while the milk pro-
duction business, on a commercial
basis, is and always has been a. fail-
ure. You can change ‘it if you will
and you will be benefited all the time
from start to finish. It is up to you.
V'hat will you do? Don't condemn
the distributors or the consumers for
What you can change yourself.

It is estimated by men of broad fi-
nancial vision that the work and in-
fluence of the Michigan Milk Producers
Association has increased the income
of the milk producers of Michigan
more than two million dollars a year.
Just recently we found a place where
they had no organization; Where they
knew nothing about the effort that
was being made to help them; Where
they were selling milk for $1.25 per
hundred pounds. .

You have done well for one year,
now let’s get into the game for a more
determined effort along the line. Your
association stands to assist in all pos-
sible ways. Let us still wave before
the world our banner with our slogan,
Education, Legislation. Cooperation;
our policy. Construction. not Destruc-
tion; our aim. A price for our prod-
uct that equals the cost of production.

We expect some of the best thinkers
of Michigan at the Detroit area meet-
ing at the Chamber of Commerce. city
of Detroit, Nov. 5th. BE SURE TO
BE THERE. Command us for your
assistance.~R. C. Rccd. Fcld Sccrc-
tory, Howell. Mich.

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Cadillac—The city schools may be
closed in order to allow the pupils to
gather potatoes. Laborers are being
offered $5 a day and board for work
in the fields.

Calumet—The Adventure Mining Co.
today suspended operations because of
the low selling price of copper. set by
the government. Officers of the com-
pany say the mine cannot operate

profitably at 23.5 cents~a pound for
the metal, with its present output.
Other small companies may be forced
to take similar action.

Almont—Two large barns on the
John Thompson farm, four miles
north of here, were lost in a fire be-
lieved to have been started by an in-
cendiary. The barns, one 120 feet
and the other 80 feet long, were filled
With this year’s hay and grain. The
fire was set at the south end and a
southwest Wind fanned the flames.
The loss is placed at$10,000, partially
insured.

Bangor—-That men should help con-
serve grain by observing a beerless
day each Wednesday while their fam-
ilies keep Whveatless day and conserve
tobacco for the soldiers by going
smokeless each' Tuesday, while their
families abstain from eating meat,
was urged in a resolution adopted by
the fourth district Michigan W. C. T.
U. convention here.

Bay City—The Columbia Sugar Co.
plant here began operations Oct. 26.
It will turn out between 400,000 and
500,000 pounds of sugar per day dur-
ing the campaign which at this fac—
tory will be from 80 to 90 days. The
West Bay City Sugar Co. plant and
the local plant of the Michigan Sugar
Co. will begin their campaign next
week and when the three are in oper-
ation over a million and a quarter
pounds of sugar per day will be man-
ufactured here.

I see in your last M. B. F. that
Frank Hopkins of \Vise township re-
ceived $1,719 for beans from 18 acres.
Mr. Frank Hopkins. lives in Warren
township, Midland county, so you see
that. I want my township to have all

 

the praise that it deserves—(I. 19..
Midland county. R. F. D. No. 3.

I am enclosing two names with
pledges for the M. B. F. I have re-

ceived five or six copies and like the
paper fine. I could send more names
if I wasn’t rushed so with fall work.
In regards to the farmers holding
back their wheat a .number of those
that raised good wheat last year have
sold all or nearly all for seed. therefore
there is very little to market in this
section.~—N. lu'.. Imnsotllc. Mich.

Last Minute Letters from County Reporters

LIVINGSTON (Northwest)—-Farmers
are selling some oats, wheat and pota—
toes. No hay moving at present. Farm—
crs are buying Liberty bonds quite free—
ly. The consignment sale of Holsteins
held at Howell Thursday was well at.-
tended and the bidding was lively. G.
A. W., Fowlerville.

hIlI)LAND (Southeast)—V\'eathcr Is
very unfavorable at present. Potatoes
are all dug now and they are of a good
quality and a fair yield. About half eat
an

 

the beans are out in the fields yet .
are quite badly damaged by the ram.
~~A. H., Midland.

O’I‘SEGO (“'ost CentruI)——IVIOSt of the
farmem have their potatoes out of the
ground. A hard freeze recently damaged
potatoes that were on the ground to some
extcnt.~~(‘.. A., Gaylord.

BAY (Eaten—Farmers are ditching,
plowing and some are trying real hard
to harvest beans. Frequent rains have
damaged the beans very much. A num—
ber of farmers are harvesting their beets.
llogs have dropped in value on the local
market. Farmers are still too busy with
fall work to sell much grain. Farm help

 

is \‘cry scarce—VJ. it]. hlt'l{., I’inconning.
LIVINGSTON (Northeast) Weather
conditions could not have been worse

than they "ve been for the past week.
There are ._.:res of beans that have not
been harvested yet. It will be impossible
to get in all of the fall crops that the
farmers intended to. Potato digging has
not been finished yet and there is a great
amount of corn yet to harvest. Farmers
who sprayed their orchards are finding
a ready market for their apples at about
$2 per bit—«F. H., Linden.

HURON (Northwest)~Frequent rains
have delayed bean harvest. One—third
of the beans grown are yet in the fields,
part in bunches and some not even pulled
yet.——A. F, C., Pigeon.

MISSAUKEE (North (.‘entruD—The
farmers are trying to harvest their po—
tatoes and beans. but find it slow on ac-
count of the rain. Some are selling po—
tatoes.-—II. E. N., Cutchcon.

ST. JOSEPH (North Central) — We
have had four weeks of bad weather. A—
bout a third of the beans are pulled and
no weather to cure them, They are a poor
crop and will not average 5 bushels t0
the ’acre; 50' per cent of the potatoes
are still to be dug\and the ground is
so wet that it is impossible to use a dig-
ger. They are not an average crop in
this section. Some farm auctions and

everything in the feed line selling at
record prices. corn in the shock (8x8 hills
square) selling as high as 72c per shock.
and poor corn at that. Farmers are
buying liibcrty bonds freely (l¢“~‘])iio the
fact that we are branded as “slackers."
Quite an acreage of wheat sown but
there are many farmers who want to sow

l-‘tosen rye if the \vcnthcr will permit,
but at present all farm work is at a
standstill.~—II. A. II.. Mcndon.

NE‘VAYGO (Nortlicust)———Bz‘td full for
saving crops. llcans still in the fields on
some forms. Potatoes moving to mar-
ket fast to meet summer expenses or to
pay hired help; prices going down. The
farmers are marketing light hogs this
fall owing to the scarcity of corn—~13. S,
Big Rapids.

ANTRIAI (Southwest)—’l‘he weather is
cold and rainy here most of the time,
although we had a few days of nice
weather the first of the week. Fully it
half of the beans are in the field and
are frozen so badly that they will not be
of any account. About half of the po—
tatocs are yet in the ground and I be-
lieve that fully half of them are frozen.

W. 0., Kewndin.

M I 1) LA N l)

(Northwest)—-l<‘armers in

general are very busy getting in their
beets. It has been very wet, too much
rai to get much work done. There are

a number of fields of beans out yet. A
great number of farmers are selling po-
tatoes Several earloads were shipped
from here the past week—F. A. L., Cole-
man.

HURON (West. Central)—A large part
of the beans are still in the field; too
«ct to get them in. Some farmers are
hanging them on rail fences to dry them.

Fall plowing has started here. Wheat
is no doing very well, the weather is too
cold ind wet. Farmers are buying Lib-

erty bonds—G. W_, Elkton.

INGRAM (“'est Central)——Very bad
weather for gathering crops. Farmers
are busy turning over their beans in the
fields; many are not- yet pulled. Much
of the corn will not be cut. Rye seeding

about finished. Stock doing well; the
pasture is good.——C. I. M.. Mason.
WEX FORD (Central) —Farmers are

still digging potatoes and gathering root
crops_ Buyers complain of frosted po-
tatoes; the yield is only 50 bu. pEr acre
on my place with good strong vines. The
wheat small and most of the rye not up
yet. Some beans in the field yet. The
farmers are selling potatoes too freely.
—A. A. H., Boon.

     

INVESTIGATE i
an DEAL

Gratiot (County Subscriber Be-
lieves Time is Ripe for Beet
Growers to Ask Govern-
ment to Insure them '\

Fair Prices

I take considerable interest in your
paper and am putting up a proposition
to you that I would like brought before
the public about as follows:

It is now reported to us beet grow-
ers that we are to receive somewhere
from $8.10 to $8.25 for our beets this
year when we should be getting $12.00
to $15 in comparison with prices of
other commodities. We are getting
from $2.00 to $2.25 per bushel for
wheat, $8.00 to $8.25 for beans and
expect to get from $1.00 to $1.50 for
corn and $1.00 to $1.25 for potatoes.

How many of us good farmers are
going to raise sugar beets next year
under such conditions when the rais-
ing of sugar beets costs at least $30
more per acre than a crop of beans

. and all other commodities in the same

proportion?

It is already stated that after Jan-
uary or February 1 there will be a
new schedule and prices will advance
no doubt, after the beets are all in and
we farmers have received our pay for
them at $8.10 or $8.25 as stated above,
and the beet sugar is all marketed.

Now it looks to me. brother farmers,
as though there has been one of the
finest jobs put up on the beet sugar
growers of Michigan that ever was
perpetrated. It is claimed that there
is the largest shortage of sugar that
there ever was in the world and the
Government has made a price for the
refiners of the east who are monopol-
izing the cane sugar of the world.
Then after this raw cane sugar comes
in in January and February this new
schedule will take place and no doubt
the price will advance to the consum-
er from 12c to 15c per pound. It looks
very queer to me that even now at the
present time ‘ of sugar has been re—
tailing from 10c to 11c in New York
City and according to this price the
wholesale price should be 9c at least.

It’s about time We took this matter
into our own bonds the same as the
Louisiana and Southern growers of
cane sugar are doing and put, this up
to the Government in its right light,
and get what our beets are worth this
season instead of taking the paltry
sum above stated? Now who is going
to raise beets next year for the fac-
tories of Michigan? Our food com-
missioner is urging all the beets rais—
ed that can possibly be for nevt year‘s
supply. Before we enter into any—
thing of this kind we are going to
know more about this proposition and
what we are going to get for our beets
this coming year and fight for our
rights the same as the southern grow-
ers are at the present time. Isn’t it
about, time the farmers took a hand in
the price of sugar and put in their
year’s supplv?

I take much interest and pride in
your lVllClllCAN lirsrysss FARMING pa-
per and wish you success and will give
you all the aid possiblegi Orattot
County Former and Subm‘tbcr.

Attention, Readers

You will confer a favor upon us if
you Will write and tell us what time
of the week you receive your M. D. F.
We plan to have this paper is your
hands every Saturday morning. but
reports from some of our readers in-
dicate that it is not received till
Monday morning. If this condition is
general we want to know and locate
the trouble.


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WASHINGTON,
)5 D. C.—In the pros-
) ecution‘ of the
great war", the
United States has
- been spending $30-,
000 every minute, day and night, or
' 42,600,000 daily during the month of

October, according to a statement is-,

sued by the treasury department. The
total, which includes loans to the al-
lies, probably will exceed $1,000,000,-
000.

Ofiicial treasury reports show that
for 23 working days thus far the av-
erage daily expenditure has been
$42,600,000.

The increase in the daily expendi-
ture is greater at the present time
than it was a month ago, and is stead-
ily growing. It is thought that it will
continUe to grow. A $2,000,000,000
month, officials assert, is not far .off.
It may be reached, with the retirement
of short-time treasury certificates—to
be met out of Liberty bond receipts——
by mid-winter.

Expenditures for the fiscal year
thus far have reached the total of
$3,446,659,764, of which $1,770,700;
000, more than half, is represented by
loans to the allies. These loans and
the interest upon them are to be re-
paid to the government by the bor-
rowers and, therefore, do not repre-
sent actual expense to the American
people.

The total expenditures of the cur-
rent fiscal year to date, $3,446,659.764,
compares with $331,238,313 during the
same period last year, an increase of
more than 900 per cent.

Because of the large issues of short-
time certificates of indebtedness this
month. the government’s receipts have
been greater than its expenditures,
and total $1,060,064.807. This is al-
most 20 times the amount, $54,651,308,
received during the corresponding
period last year.

* I. * it *

The increased postage rates, pro-
vided for in the revenue bill recent-
ly passed have become effective. A
copy of them is given below. It would
be well for every farmer to clip this
out and put in his writing desk for
future reference. Just remember that
on and after November 2nd, you
must attach three cents postage to a.
letter and two cents to a postcard:

FIRST CLASS—Letter mail, to all
points in the United States and its pos-
sessions, 3c each ounce or fraction there—
of, except letter mail for delivery at
point of entry.

FIRST CLASS—Letter mail to Cana-
da, .Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas,
British Guiana, British Honduras, Do-
minica] Republic, Dutch West Indies,
England, Ireland, Scoland, Wales, Lee-
ward Islands, Newfoundland and New
Zfealand, 30 each ounce or fraction there—
0 .

FIRST CLASS CARDS. Government
postal cards, and postcards containing
writing; 2c each, regardless of address.

SECOND-CLASS—No change. Com-
plete copies of newspapers and magazines
to all points in the United States and its
possessions, and the United Expeddition—
ary Forces; 3c for each four ounces or
fraction thereof. Less than a complete
copy, 10 for each two ounces or fraction
thereof.

 

 

THIRD—CLASS. Printed matter, cir—
cular letters, printed cards, etc. No
chan'r’ 10 for each two ounces or frac—

tion thereof.

FOURTH-CLASS.
No change.

SHORT PAID POSTAGE—First~(llass
letter mail and cards not fully prepaid
at the new rates, will be rated and re—
turn d for postage to the sender, if the
sender’s name appears; otherwise they
will be rated and held at this Post Oflice
and a card sent to the addresscn request;
ing the necessary additional h“stage. ex-
cept that if one full rate is paid, (30 on
letters. 20 on cards) the mail will be dis-
n'vtched and the deficient postage col-
lected at, he point of delivery.

I: t t t ,c

The Second Liberty Loan campaign
wound up in a blaze of victory, and
while even now, a week after the cam-
paign closed, the officials are unable
to announce the exact results, they are
confident that it. was oversnbscribed.
Up to within less than a week of the
date marked for the close of the sub-
scriptions, the proceeds lagged and
it looked as'if the loan would be a. dis;-
mal failure. But the people respond-

 

Parccl post, etc.

ed 110ny and loyally the last few days.
‘Be it said to the credit of the farmers
of the nation that their avalanche of
subscriptions was one of the things
that turned the trick. and rescued
the loan from the brink of failure.
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The capitol city went “dry” Nov.
1. Judge Ashley Gould in the dis-
trict supreme court denied the
injunction sought by six saloonkeep—
ers to prevent the district commis-
sion-ers from putting the Shepard law
in effect Nov. 1 on the ground the law
is unconstitutional. Slowly, very
si.)wly, booze makes its exit. Before
the war closes, many prophecy that
the door will be closed upon him al-
tog-ether.

 

* FARMERS WOULD

INJURE CAUSE

By Offering to Supply Milk to
South Bend Consumers Dur-
in};r Strike of Local Pro- -
ducers Establish Bad
PreCedent

 

 

According to the South Bend, Indi-
ana, newspapers, milk producers of
lower Michigan have agreed to supply
that city with milk in case the local
producers precipitate a milk strike
as a result of the present differences
between them and the health author-
ities of the city.

It is claimed that the producers of
St. Joseph county in the neighboring
state refuse to comply with the health
ordinances of the city and as a re-
sult the health authorities have threat-
ened to disbar them from selling milk
in the city.

We do not know the exact facts of
the Indiana situation, but we do
know that there is a lot of red tape
and needless restrictions to most of
the milk ordinances in existence. We
know, furthermore, that distributing
companies persis_tently violate the
provisions of these ordinances, and
in most cases get by with it. Most
of the milk ordinances place a heavy
burden upon the producers and now
that the cost of production has be-
come so great, it is certain that many
of those who are forced to comply

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ey by reasdn of them. , We'hold no
brief fer farmers who ‘do not use or-
dinary care in'the handling of their
milk. Filthy stables, filthy animals
. and unclean utensils should by .all
means he tabooed, but ninety per
cent of the farmers of our acquaint-
ance are careful in these respects and
require no ordinance to compel them
to produce clean milk. A frequent
and careful examination of the prem-
ises of producers supplying cities
with milk, by one competent judge,
constitutes, in our opinion a reason-
able safeguard against diseased milk.
IVe are amazed and most of our
milk producing friends will be amaz-
ed to learn that there are farmers
who stand ready to interfere in the
South Bend situation and hinder the
farmers from reaching a satisfac‘ory
arrangement with the city authorit—
ies. Suelv there, is a big enough mar-
ket in Michigan for Michigan milk.
Let our Indiana friends alone; they’re
not unreasonable; they probably know
more about their rights and their
grievances than we.

THINKS PLAN OF TWO
BEAN GRADES GOOD ONE

 

In reply to yours of 28th in regard
to President Cook’s method. or idea,
of two grades of beans 1 think it would
be a noble plan. for I can say for the
township of Clayton two-thirds of the
beans have been over-touched with the
frost and they are damaged from a
third to two-thirds, and some of them
won’t be pulled at all. Now there are
half of the beans in this township yet
in the fields and it is raining every
other day. This is going to cause a
lot of beans to color, and I think it
would be a good idea this fall to have
two grades of beans. If we don’t the
elevator man gets them for nothing
and then he sells them to the canning
factory, and it makes a, nice price for
him, but nothing for the man who
grew them, and he paid the elevator
man last spring 5510 a bushel for them.
This is my idea of firm/011,72, Slanlcu,
Sterling, Mich... Hiv’Jl. No. 1.

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I have just been reading the last
issue of M. B. it‘. Say, there is some
hot stuff. Give us some more of the
same brand; keep right on up the.
road, the farmer and laboring man are
on the trail. I have some friends up
north I would like to send that paper
to if you have any of last week’s is-
sues left please send them to me and
oblige~W. R. B., Durand.

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Rio Janeiro———The chamber of depu-
ties, by an almost unanimous vote, has
declared that a state of war exists be-

teen Brazil and Germany. The vote
stood 149 to 1. The Senate unanimous-
ly approved the proclamation. Tor-
pedo boats were at once ordered to
proceed to Bahia and take over the

German gunboat Eber, which has
been lying there for some time. ' '
O t O

Waco, Texas—On Oct. 26, 600 boys
from Camp Custer entered camp here.
The boys were met at the depot by the
One Hundred and Twenty—Fifth Mich-
igan band and a group of officers.
Most of the seledive soldiers came
from the upper peninsula of Michigan.
One of the requests made by most of
the men was to be shown the trench
layouts and dugouts used in the train-
ing here.

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Pc/rooramehc Germans are 'con-
tinuiug their retreat along the north-
ern Russian front. Russian forces
pursuing them have reached the Riga
Orol railway without coming in sight
of the enemy. The Germans have
made, an attempt to land reinforce-
nientg for the detachment on the Es-
thouian coast. but Without, success.
They were driven back with heavy
losses.

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Romcv—fl‘he Italian forces have been
compelled to give some ground before
the combined attacks of the German
and Austrian armies operating on the
Isonzo front. German forces have
been concentrated in huge numbers
along this front, evidently being com-
pelled to some to the assistance of
the hard pressed Austrian forces to
prevent a general retreat and great
loss of g1 ound to Italy.

1 it I

Paris—From the heights of the
Aisuc the forces of the German Crown
Prince are being driven back toward
the fortress of Laon and experts pre—
dict, a general retreat along all the
line from St. Quentin to the (“ham-
paign. Under French pressure the
Germans have been forced to abandon
valuable positions and retreat to the
Oise-Aisne canal. More than two
thousand prisoners and many guns
have fallen into French hands.

it a: *

('dmp ("2.I.«'f(’)'—~~Tlic boys here have
subscribed a total of 351235000 toward
the Liberty loan. This is an average
of $70 per man and shows the kind
of stuff Uncle Sam’s new soldiers are
made of. It is reported that a large
number of officers now at Camp (lus—
ter are due for a shift. Seven of the
men are to go direct to France for
special instruction. (lamp officials
have issued a warning to the State of
Michigan to beware of fakirs solicit-
ing funds for various benefits at Camp
Custer.

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Londoninlot and cmmternlot still
describes the Russian situation. Leon
Trot’lky, president of the soldiers’ and
wovkmcns’ council, in his latest at-
tack against the provisional govern-
ment has I‘m-lured that Keronsky and
his aides have planned to leave Pet-
rograd in lllr- hour ot‘ peril, but, that
the soldicrs’ and workruous’ delegates
will remain. Tlailv reports come from
tho south to the effect that agents of
the old regime are busy there inciting
trouble and sacking to reestablish the
old order of things.

it it it

Loud/MW The Austro-German ad-
vance 0‘] Italy has reached the Tag-
liamcu'o river and Gen. (‘odorna is
massing his forces for a final stand
at that point. So for the Teutonic ad-
vance has swept, back the Italian ar-
mins before it capturing many
thousand prisoners and several hun-
dred guns. Briiivih and French rein-
forcements are. being rushed to the
assistance of Gen. Oo'loi'iia's army
and one of the greatest battles of the
war is impending. So far the, Ital-
ian armies have lost the greater nor-
tiou of the territory won during their
recent offensive, losing more than 000
square miles of territory.

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Paris—The American forces are
now holding a sector of the front in
Flanders. The weather has been very
had ever since the Americans went'
into the trenches, snow iaud rain ad-
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I. ‘ is laying open the secrets of t L

Fead ‘Administrator Investigates
I 'PrOfits of Dealers and Orders
Them to Lower Prices to
Consumer

“The Food Administration has start-
ed its campaign for a reduction of
food prices to the consumers. The re-
tailers all over the country have been
asked to co-operate in the plan to re-
duce the cost of living, by handling
goods on a less margin of profit dur-
ing the duration of the war. To keep
the public informed on the prices
which should be paid for the various
articles of food, to insure the retailers
a. fair profit, the Illinois State Food
Administration issues a bulletin in the
leading cities showing the prices which
the dealer pays and the prices at
which he should sell, and consumers
are requested to report variations from
these prices and to do their buying else
where until their regular dealer comes
down.

Following are the wholesale and
retail prices published by the Food
Administration for Chicago on Go
tober 24th:

Retailer pays Consumer should

per cwt. pay per lb.
Su uga r—Bbest gran. in bulk.

87. 65 to $7.7 73540 to 8%0
Flour—16-2 bbl. in cotton bags
$2.80 to $2.92 $2. 95 to $3.18
Potatoes—«No. 1 .

per 15 lbs.

430 to 460
per can (unsweetened)
er can
111/30 to 12%c I)13c to 15¢
Condensed (sweetened)
15c to 15940 170 to 19c
I)Rye1)14‘glou1~—1—8 bbl. cotton bags

per ba
:1. 29e I‘tob i1. 37 $1. 37 to 51. 50
Pure white or patent—~1— 8 bbl.
$1. 29 toI ).$13 .37 to $1. 50
ark7 8(pure) cotton ha ag
$1.18 toI $12 $1. 26 to $1. 41
Cornt 8Meal—vviThite (bulk)
w

per cwt.
$2.35 to $2.50
Milk—evap.

Administrator Prescott
Michigan has caused an investigation
to be made into the retail prices cur-
rent thruout this state with the in-
tention of taking steps to reduce and
standardize them as much as possible.
Comparison with the prevailing prices
in this state with those recommended
by the Illinois Food Administrator
show some wide discrepancies.

For instance, the average price of
sugar in Michigan is 10 cents per
pound. According to the Illinois Ad-
ministrator the retailer buys this sug-
ar at. from $7.65 to $7.75; if this be
true, the Michigan retailer is mak-
ing an excessiVe profit. Flour is sell-
ing at an average of 30 cents per hun-
dred pounds over the wholesale price.
and from 5 to 25 cents over what it
should cost. The margin on rye flour
is even more marked, showing that
the Michigan retailer is making a
profit, of 25 to 50 cents a hundred more
than the Illinois retailer. Owing to
the fact that Michigan is a potato
state and that many of the country
stores are selling potatoes purchased
direct from the farmers. the potato

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Enclosed please find one dollar
postoilice order for which to pay
you for my year’s subscription.
You have sent me several copies
of the best farm paper ever put»
lished in the United States. Per—
haps you do not think I know
what I am talking about but I
read a good many afrm papers
like the Rural New Yorker which
is of the best and l have had sev—
eral western farm papers and as
I am in the real estate business
as well as farming. I get a great
many good papers wanting ads,
Michigan Business Farming beats
them all, and if you continue to

t. out 'such a good paper I don‘t
see why all the farmers in the
whole United States would not
subscribe and stand by you like
we do by Uncle Sam. I remain
your friend and subscriber—W. S.
Lincoln St. Joseph County.

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‘Can truthfully say M. B.

sale and retail trade that the lold high
cost of living is due for the tobo'ggan

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101' being ‘

NATIONAL CROP REPORTS

Washington—The egg supply of the
country today is 15 per cent more than
a year ago, due to the embargo on egg
exports.

East Fairfield, Vt.—The potato crop
here is about the same as last year,
two or three cars for shipment. Rot is
showing up badly in places—A. J. P.

Ottawa, Ont—Canadian Food Con-
troller has decided not to fix an ar-
bitrary price on potatoes. A surplus
crop is expected in Eastern provinces.

Burley, Ida—The potato crop here
shows an increase of 50 per cent over
last year. The acreage was larger
and a normal yield per acre is being
shown—H. P. L.

Pine City, Minn—There are about
250 cars of potatoes for shipment from
here this year, half as many again as
last year. There will be two cars of
cabbage, double last year’s shipment.
——P. 0. M. 00.

Eagle Bend, Minn. ——Potatoes are
nearing the end of the shipping sea-
son. Yield has been fair, but 10 per
cent was lost by field frost. Cars are
scarce, although a large percentage
of the crop has been marketed.

New York —- Canadian rutabagas
were moving with some satisfaction
this week. Shippers were quoting 45
@500 bu. delivered New York and the
stock was selling around in the dif-
ferent markets at $1.50 per 140 lb.
barrel.

New Tripoli, Pa.—Potatoes are mov-
ing freely at $1.70 bu. f.o.b loading
stations. The crop is excellent as to
size and quality. There will be prob-
ably twice as many cars as last year,
or about 500 cars from a. radius of
three miles.

Scranton, Pa.——~Potatoes arised on its
own farms are being offered by the
Delaware & Hudson Railway Company
to its 9,000 employees in and about
the anthracite coal mines at $1.20 a
bushel. Each employee is limited to
a purchase of five bushels.

Chicago—Peaches were no longer
'taken freely on the market this week,
as the season had about reached an
end and offerings were not especially
desirable Michigan late varieties in
bushel baskets brought 50c@$1.25;
and New York Elbertas,$1@$1.50. Col-
orado flats were salable at 40c@50c.

Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Po-
tato Show, Nov. 15-16. Leading pota-
to machinery manufacturers have se-
cured space for exhibits. The state’s
potato crop exceeds 10,000,000 bu. and
of superior quality. principally in
northwestern Nebraska. 1n irrigated
sections of North Platte valley there

are yields of 300 to 450 bu. per acre.‘

Systematic methods of sorting and
distribution show increased profits
to the growers by reducing expenses
of handling.

A DOLLAR BIL

M orrismlle, N. Y.——Potatoes and cab

bage are keeping in the eyes of the '1
public by their almost daily advance-

A few cars of cabbage have been snip-
ped, with more to follow. Some busi-
ness has been done at $35 per ton.

Yield is light, manypieces were eat-‘

en by worms and others never headed.

Gardiner, M e .—'Crops are not as good
as usual in this section, with the ex-
ception of hay. Apples show 60 per
cent of a crop and buyers have picked
most of them up at $3 bbl. Potatoes
are light, due to blight and the early
frost. It is not believed that the Crop
is over 40 per cent of normal. Quite a
number of growers have not finished
digging.

Burdette, N. Y.-——Farmers just be-
ginning to dig potatoes. SOme are
rotting and the general average will
not be over 75@90 bu. to the acre.
More than half of the beans are yet
to be pulled. Frost has hurt some of
the crop and there will have to be good
weather or all the beans and‘potatoes
will not be harvested. Labor is ex-
tremely scarce. ‘

Syracuse. N. Y.—-The potato crop of
Onondaga is estimated this season to
reach a total of about 1,000,000 bush-
els. Out of this the shrinkage from
rot is placed at 1 per cent The yield
is approximately from one-half to two-
thirds that of a normal season. Much
of the crop would be damaged by a
freeze now. The probable yield per
acre will strike an aVerage of about
130 bushels.

Pittsburgh, Pa. ——Becanse of the high
price and scarcity of sugar in this dis-
trict, there was a falling off in the
demand for preserving fruits this
week. However, there was a fair in-
quiry for quinces, and while receipts
were normal, the price on barrels ad-
vanced to $4. 50@$7. In the pear deal,
prices declined. Bulk pears which
sold last week up to $1. 25@$1. 50
were slow and draggy this week at
$1.15@$1.25.

Houston Tex. —-Poultry has been in
smaller receipt this week and prices
are firm, but generally unchanged.
Large hens are quoted at 20@22c per
pound, fryers 26@28c, geese 10@12c,
and ducks $4. 50 per dozen. The mar-
ket has been practically bare of geese
ducks, pigeons and guineas for sever-
al weeks. Turkeys are selling at 26
(728C per lb. in small lots with deal-
ers ouoting 20@24c per pound to the
country.

Geneseo, N. Y.——The bean crop of
Livingston county has been saved
from killing frosts, but the yield will
be small, only a fraction of normal.
The potato crop in Groveland and in
Dansvil’le, both good potato towns. is
a big one, but there are so many rots
and spots in the product that the
yield to be wintered will not be above
normal, if it is that. Quotations run
from $2.20 to $2.60 per cwt., according
to prevalence of infection in stock.

PINNED TO THIS
COUPON WILL

bring MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING to your doorstep 52

times a year. Don’t delay!

This is the .marketing season.

Profit by others’ experience and send this in at once.

Name

 

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F. has made me $150 or $200 on potatoes alone.
1minc for 75c when your paper started as I was guided by market Scipcm’ rcports”-L.D.Hcss, Calhoun C 0.

Average Michigan Paces Show
Ten Cents More a Bushel Of-
fered. for Potatoes and "
Six Cents Less far
' Wheat

Our county crop letters show t.
much higher average potato price
thruout the state the past week than
the fermer. Last week the average
was reported as $1.06; this week
$1.15.. It... would appear that buyers
are rapidly becoming acquainted with
the true situation and are less afraid
to stock up with $1 potatoes. j Other
average prices are as follows: Eggs,
39c; ha'y, $15.39; butter, 4lc;' rye,
$1.65; oats, 58c; wheat, 32.02%.

That wheat price isn't high enough,
farmers. There is no need for, you
to sell No. 2 red wheat for less than
$2.05 anywhere in the state and in
most sections of the lower peninsula
you should receive $2.10. Expect to
get as much for your wheat as your
neighbor does and don’t sell u-nleSS
you do. A card to us will bring you
the exact information as to what you
should receive from your local ele-
vator. We are glad to render this
service. Write us, or the Food Ad-
ministration Grain Corporation, Phi]-
adelphia and get'the right. “dope” on
the wheat price.

GOV. CAPPER SAYS U. S.
DENIES SQUARE DEAL

Asserting that $50,000,000 was tak-
en out of the pockets of Kansas farm-
ers in 24 hours when the government
fixed the price of wheat, Gov. Capper,
in- a letter to Herbert C. Hoover, says
that the “sacrifice apparently has been
made in vain," because “the millers,
the bakers and the retailers have not
reduced their prices.”

“The farmer,” the letter continues,
“who still is paying as much or more
for his flour, is losing confidence in
the power of the government to en-
force a square deal. There can be
no defense of a system that takes
profit from producer and fails to give
consumer that, benefit thru saving."

WET COUNTIES FEAD IN
THE STATES CRIME

The annual report of the attorney-
general, Alex J. Groesbeck, shows'
56,993 cases were started by the pros-
ecuting attorneys throughout the state
during the year which ended June 30.
Of these there were 47,516 convictions,
of which 14,517 were drunkenness.

Wayne county leads with 24,528
convictions. Oscoda county reported
but-five convictions out of a total of
11 cases, which is the smallest number
in the state. Convictions reported by
prosecuting attorneys from some of
the larger counties include: Bay,
1,067; Genesee, 778; Jackson, 1,907;
Kent, 1,395; Lenawec, 346; Muskegon,
166; Oakland. 1,335; Saginaw, 729.

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I am sending you herewith the
names and addresses of 10 farm—
ers whom I believe will be very
much interested in "our market
paper, M. B. F. Send them a copy
and also a letter telling them just
what you are doing, and I believe
they will be ready to help the great
cause along. M. B. F. is just
what We want as we get the true
markets and .1- not have de-
pend on the market gamblers, the
crooked buyers, or commission
scalpers' market reports any more.
I can truthfully say that the M. B.
F. has made‘ me already $150 or
$200 on potatoes alone. T was
about to contract mine for 750 per
bu. when your paper started, as I
was guided by market scalpers’ re-
ports—I1. D, Hess, Calhoun coun-
ty.

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would have‘sufllcient supplies for this
year. The Argentina wheat comes on
the market slowly owing to shortage
of available ships for transportation.
Much Australian wheat is now coming
to the United States and grain men
estimate that as much as 75,000,000
will be brought into this'country in
that way. The markets of this coun-
try are in the best shape to take care
of this wheat and primary marketings
so far have been away under those of
last year.

There is still a very strong demand
from the milling interests and sup-
plies are short. With heavy shipments
of wheat moving from Canadian ele~
vators to eastern mills, however. some
relief should be in sight. So far the
western mills have been running un-
der capacity in order that eastern
mills might have a full supply. With
Canadian wheat in a great measure
supplying the eastern trade, more
western wheat will be available for
in western mills.

There is no chance whatever of the
price of. wheat being changed. The
Government purchase pricewili be
maintained unless peace should come,
at which time the food administration
would come to an end. 'At, the same
time the price would probably drop
as certain supplies. not now accessible
would then come on the market.

One of the great factors at the pres—
ent time is the car situation. This is
becoming worse 'as the days shorten
and the actual winter weather draws
nearer. The condition is aggravated
this year by the heavy Government
shipments of war supplies. As the
fall work lessens the farmers will dis-
pose of their grain more freely and
stocks will accumulate rapidly at the
elevators. Under ordinary condi-
tions this would mea.; lower prices.
Perhaps this year it. can only mean
delay to growers at a time when they
will want to haul their grain. Were
peace to come suddenly it would un.
doubtedly mean lower prices. We
feel that the wise thing to do is to dis-
pose of wheat gradually rather than
hold it this year. The Government
price is fixed and will control the
market. Holding can only result in
loss from different causes. There is
always the uncertainty of peace com—
ing suddenly and unexpectedly. which
would most surely effect the price. in
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No. 3 White .621-2 ‘ .so .55
No. ‘ White . .61 1-2 ‘ 59 551-2 .

 

The oat situation shows very little
change except a slightly higher price.
Eastern buyers who were expecting a
decline have, so far, been disappoint-
ed. Outside trading on ‘oats is very
limited. Exporters will soon be ac-
tive in the market as they have been
very quiet for some time. It is now
about three months since the new oat
crop began to move and at this time
accumulations at terminal points are
very small. With two billion bushels
in this country and Canada it would
seem that there would be enough to
go around and some to spare. At the
same time the car shortage will be a
factor from now on; we believe that
the oat market will just about be able
‘to hold its own. There will be a steady
demand all through the year and the
way oats have been coming on the

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market it has been just about evenly
supplied.

As we have said, the car situation
will be a big factor from now on. We
all remember last year that. certain

.eastern points saw the price‘of oats

go to a dollar while some of the mid-
dle western points were glutted. We
would not like to see this condition
prevail this year with our present
crop. Growers will do well to watch
conditions closely and not glut west-
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GRADE Detroii ' Chicago New York
No. ZYeilow 2.20 2.10 2.18
No. 3 Yellow 2.19 1-2 2.08 2.171-2

‘io. 2 Mixed 2.13 2.05 2.03

 

The corn market, as we expected,
has worked considerable higher and
there is every prospect of still higher
prices before the new crop moves. And
even after it does begin to move free-
ly, it will take some time to satisfy
the immediate demand and get re-
serve stocks of any kind accumulated
at terminal points. The 1916 crop has
been well cleaned up and with strong
demand from different interests the
immediate future looks very firm.

We expect to see the price gradual-
ly work lower on new corn but do not
believe it will come before the first of
the year. The distillers, working on
Government orders, are in the market
every day and different industries are
also ready buyers Offerings of new
corn are few and far between. Husk-
ing has just been started in the
more northern sections, adverse
weather conditions holding it up. With
the present advances in prices we
believe many grOWers will speed up
on the husking and on deliveries to
elevators and this may result in an
earlier movement than was expected.

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WASHINGTON, .D_ C. Nov. 3.—
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbances to cross continent Nov. 7 to
l , arm wave 6 to 10, cool wave 8
to 12. About normal temperatures
with this storm, as an average, but
the fall in temperature from the top
of the warm wave to bottom of the
cool wave will be sufficient to make a
cold wave at the center of the latter.
These storm waves affect the whole
continent but in different ways. They
affect your locality according to the
path over which their centers move.
As we improve our forecasts the in-
terested reader will get greater hen--
eflts by studying, more closely, the na-
ture of weather events. The above
described storm is of no unusual im-
portance as it will be of moderate
force,

Next warm wave will reach Van—
couver about Nov. 10 and tempera-
tures will rise on all Pacific slope. it
will cross crest of Rockies by close
of Nov. 11, plains sections 12, merid—
ian 90, great lakes and Ohio valleys
13, eastern sections 14, reaching vicin—
ity of Newfoundland about Nov. 15.

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for cabbage for roshlpmont“ Strictly fresh-gathered eggs are tn great demand
and will bring shippers 3 premium. Market entirely bore of hay, advancing
prices and exceptionally strong demand, ,

NEW YORK WIRE—Bean market is somewhat upset and buyers are holding
03 to see what range of prices will result from Government scale set for its
purchases. Only moderate supplies on hand but demand Just at this time

PHlLADELPHIA WIRE—Cabbage receipts light and market strong and
higher, especially on medium-sized stock. Potatoes steady and unchanged.
Onions active for fancy stock. Good demand for both poo beans at $9.00

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

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Those who get their corn on the mar-
ket now will of course profit over
later sales.

The crop generally appears to be

good but in spots soft corn is report-
ed. This will be utilized in feeding
hogs and in the long run will net an
additional profit over the cost of the
corn. .
. In all probability the price has just
about reached the top as industries
will buy from hand to mouth now un-
til the new crop moves freely. We
trust our friends in the state acted
upon our advice and bought their im—
mediate supplies some time ago before
the later advances.

    

Rye demand has fallen off. Ex—
porters are not active and the domes-
tic demand has been rather quiet. On
the other hand, farmers have not been
active sellers so that the general sit—
uation has remained firm at current
quotations. Detroit quotation on No.
2 is the same as that of last week,
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GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
C. H. P. 8.25 9.00 9.00
Prime 8.15 8.85 8.90
Red Kidneys 7.50 8.00 8.00

 

 

 

 

The future of the Michigan bean
market holds much uncertainty at the
time of writing this article. The
new schedule of prices set by the Food
Commission have just been reported
but it is too early in the game to
give any definite idea of just what
effect they will have on the market.
The prices as announced apply from
Oct. 5th to Nov. 15th, and that set for

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day behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave.

This disturbance will come in like a
lamb on western part of continent and
go out roaring like a lion, in eastern
sections. No matter where you live
nor what path the center of this storm
takes you will get it in a radical way.
if you are far enough away from the
central path of this storm you will
get the famous Indian summer with no
cloud in sight, but to get that delight—
ful condition you must live among he
greasers away down in Mexico or the
Eskimos of the frozen north.

“wet ready for a bad storm, a severe
cold wave, a blizzard; they are com-
ing and will reach the central parts
of the inhabited sections east of the
Rockies during the five days center—
ing on Nov. 14. The next storm will
come in like a man—eating tiger on
the Pacific slope and go out like a
playful kitten thru eastern sections.

Excepting these severe storms we
are expecting good cropweather in
the States and Canada. The Mexican
drouth has held our middle southwest
in its grip for a long time and has
particularly affected southwestern
Texas. We predicted some relief in
September and it came, but the drouth
condition was not broken up. We
also predicted some relief to begin
not far from Oct, 20. These predic-
tions of relief do not mean that the
TVTexican drouth will be broken in our
southwest: it only means that tem-
porary relief has been expected at
certain times.

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pea beans is considerably under the
prices now being paid or that set by
the growers association. ‘

We do not look to see a very ex-
tensive movement of Michigan beans
until after the date set, Nov. 15. At
the same time if this present scale of
prices is to be taken as a criterion,
they may affect the market generally.
There is a good strong domestic de-
mand for beans but of course the ex-
port and Government buying is what
must hold up the market. Therefore
future buying prices as set from time
to time by the War Industries Board
will in a great measure govern general
prices.

Reports from all over the state
show that the yield has been away
under normal. Most of the reporters
give from five to six bushels as the
yield and state that the duality is
poor. A yield of ten to twelve bush-
els is a rare thing. Thus it appears
that even with high prices many of
our bean growers will not realize
enough to pay for the seed. We will
compile these reports and give them
attention later.

Old crop beans in York State have
been well cleaned up and the new crop
has not yet started to move in any
volume. Red kidney beans are very
scarce in the east of late and there
has been considerable demand for
them. Lima beans are in good do-
mand and the stocks of old beans on
hand are firmly held. Additional re-
ports from California give the Lima
bean crop an average yield of 75 per
cent for this year. No definite re-
port on the pinto yield of Colorado
has been received although general
prospects are good. The Government
prices for all these varieties, as just
issued, is lower than those prevail-
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M H: in No. 1 Standard No. 2
' e Timothy Timothy Timoth y
Detroit 22 50 23 00 21 50 23 0‘ £0 50 21 00

Chime 24 25 00 23 24 Oil 2] 00 22 00
Cincinnati 23 00 23 56 22 50 23 0 21 50 23 00
Pittsburgh 25 00 24 50 25 00 22 50 23 50
New York 24 50 25 50 24 25 22 2.3
Richmond 25 75 26 25 25 50 26 24 50 25

Market: ‘No. ‘1 No. 1 No. 1
Light Mixed Clover Mixed Clover
Detroit 2150 2 i850 19 0016 50 H 00
Chicago 23 23 so 23 00 23 25 21 so 22 50
Cinclnnnii 2300 23502250 23002250 23
Pimburgh 22 50 23 22 22 5022 50 23 00
New York in 23 20 22 119 21
Richmond 24 50 25 .22 73 00 21 50 22 00

The hay situation has shown little
change unless it be to gather addi-
tional strength. The demand at De-
troit continues strong’and arrivals
are exceptionally light. for this time
of the year. Anywhere from fifty to
one hundred cars could be used to
good advantage right now on the De-
troit market without showing any
effect so far as a decline in price is
concerned. Not in many years has
the Detroit market been so bare oF
hay at this time of the year and all
during the fall as it has this year. The
farmers. in harvesting their crops and
preparing for a large wheat acreage
next, year, have neglected baling al-
most altogether. As coldcr weather
comes this condition will change but
so will the price. in all probability,
and later shipments will not realize
so much money.

The Chicago market is firm and
higher. Shipments are not arriving
in any quantity and are quickly tak—
en. Arrivals of prairie are only mod-
erate and values have advanced. Rm
ceipts of all grades of hay last week
were under those of the preceding
week.

All southern markets are calling for
hay as they have been doing for some
time. The New Orleans market has
shown a further advance during the,
past week and all grade: of timothy
are wanted. Alfalfa and prairie are
in good demand.

The Philadelphia. market, has been
very active all week and some fannv
prices are reported. Stocks are very
light. Dealers there seem to expect
local shipments to increase ‘ i“ "~
present condition of the market many
cars will be absorbed before any ef-
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Pittsburgh is calling for hay The
' market is firm at higher quotations.
No.1 timothy, good clayer and heavy
clover mixed are in demand on that
market. ,All arrivals, however, sell
quickly and at very high prices for
this time of year. Receipts have in-
creased slightly but nowhere near
sufficient to take care of the con-
stant demand.

Arrivals at Boston during the past
week have been very light owing to
scalcity of shipments from the west
and bad weather and othe1 adverse
conditions in the local shipping dis-
tricts. There is a good demand for
the better grades and off grades find
a ready market at the regular reduc-
tions. Dealers there say that the
price will be sure to work lower with
any increase in arrivals. This is the
general opinion on all markets.

The tone of the New York market
is somewhat stronger this week owing
to small supplies and active demand.
All arrivals clean 11p quickly. Not
only is the local situation responsible
for the strong position of the market
but reports from all western shipping
points indicate a shortage of supplies,
which is having a, certain, effect.
There is a great scarcity of No. l tim-
othv. sales being reported as high as
$25 00 11(111 ton (“over mixed is scarce
and Wanted. Sale»: as high as 320.00
are reported. live straw is selling as
l1is1‘l1 '111 ““6 00 and wheat straw brings

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white sacked

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Detroit 1.50 ‘I— 1.45
Chircgo 1.25 l.20
Cincinnati ]./5 1.40
New York 1.75 l 1.70
Pittsburgh .‘ 1.60 1.60
NMHI. v... ‘ 1 A" 1.35

The minimum wetight on a car of
bulk potatoes is now 45,000 pounds
and on sacked, 39,000 pounds.

The Detroit market continues firm
so far as the price is concerned and
arrivals are taken quickly. There is
a feeling among dealers that later
liberal receipts will effect the markets
and many buyers are taking only
such supplies as they really need.
as though it was a good time to get in
shipments while the arrivals are
light. There has been some talk of
state control of the potato market
but so far as We have been able to
learn nothing definite has resulted.
A price which would assure the farm-
er a satisfactory piofit would per-
haps be satisfactory to all concerned.
.It would have a tendeury to stabilize
the market and stop speculation. How-
ever we note a considerable difference
of opinion among dealers and grow-
ers

Chicago operators have been buy-
ing and selling by the cwt. during
the past week. Arrivals there are
just about sufilcient to take care of
the demand The price remains about
the same as last week. The daily re-
(eipts me around 75 cars. about nor-
mal for this season. Some trouble
reported there from field frosted stock.
Shippers should be very careful as
regards this. Any stock which is
fosted should be kept separate from
that which is not. A very few frosted
potatoes in a tar w1ll make the sacks
wet and cause a (list ount on the whole
lot.

'lhe Pittsburgh potato situation is
very difficult, to figure out. The price
remains the same with arrivals only
moderate. At the same time there is
a weak undertone and it would not
take much in the way of 1eceipts to
send the price down. Dealers are buy-
ing only what their immediate needs
require and seem to feel that the price
will work lower

Trading at Philadelphia is some-
what light with only moderate sup-
plies. About. the same feeling pre—
vails there as at Pittsburgh. The Bos-
ton market has eased off from 10c to
l511er lushel The local potato deal-
ers have been fu1nishing the market
with a fahly libelal supply which per—
haps acmunts for this.

The New York market is consider-
ably easier than at this time last week
and prices have declined below the
points reached on last week's excit-
ed market. RW'OiDis have been more
liberal 21s was expected after the ad-
vances of last week. Local shippers
especially havn taken advantage of the
situation and this goes to show how

may a We market may harm
landed. Mars have temporarily
filled their storage. and will not .be
free buyers again until the market

. cleans up. The decline will no doubt

effect. shipments and furnish its own
remedy. Considerable. Pennsylvania
stock has been received, selling at
about the same price as Maine and
Michigan stock. Long Island ship-
pers have not been free sellers al-
though their stock sells at' a premium.
At the time of writing this we are
receiving reports of adverse weather
conditions through the York State po-
ta‘to district. Rain and snow storms
are tying up shipping, making dig-
ging impossible. This will have a
good effect on the general eastern mar-

Wisconsin shippers are now mov-
ing their crop freely and the stock is
of very good quality. The acreage
this year was larger than that of last
year and the yield is also greater than
last. year, although no'. a ‘bumper
crop, The average yield per acre is
around nine tons. Some localities re-
port as high as twelve tons to the at 11.8
Cold weather and snow is retarding
the harvesting in some sections.

Pittsburg reports the cabbage mar-
ket as having tal e an upward trend
with prices 11211'1' rr around $7 to $10
per ton over the .n o a V1. eek ago. The
demand there continues active and no
doubt the price will follow the York
State market. which as stated in our
last article, is very strong and advanc-
ing.

The New York market is still firm
and the price ianges mound the 340
mark. This is for the hard Danish.
There is very little demand for do-
mestic around 325 per ton. Ship-
ments of red cabbage are light and
there is a good demand around $1.75
to $2.75 per barrel.

The local (‘hicago market is keep-
ing just about even. good c‘ock selling
around $30.00 to $32.00 per ton. Cars
for eastern shipments are scarce and
shippers west of Chicago are holding
up on shipments. The Retroit demand
is rather quiet locally. but many com-
mission firms are billing shipments
east and realizing a good profit on the
transaction.

Judging by the Detroit demand for
onions they must have taken the

-place of garlic over on the east side.

The price is higher than last week
and dealers are crying for more. Of
course there is usually a lot of crying
when it comes to onions. This crying
however. is being done with their
Never

lungs and through the papers.
was the onion market in better shape

than it has been this fall. Shipments
are cleaned 111) about as fast as they
arrive. The price has steadily ad-
vanced and shippers to this market
have generally been well satisfied.
The Detroit maIket is still advancing
and higher prices are in sight. Yel-
lows are quoted at $3. 7:) pe1 cwt. Red,
from $2.50 down.

The (‘hicago market continues
steady. The trade continues to take
onions and call for more. There has
been some speculation and dealers
are reported putting some into stor-
age, evidently feeling that there will
be a shortage later on. Some home—
grown still being offered but not near-
ly enough to supply the demand that
is now looking to other fields for
supplies. Yellows are quoted at $3.25
to $3 50 and red around $3. 00 per
cwt.

The Pittsburgh onion market is just
a little weak, owing to lighter de-
mand and free arrivals. The price
ranges around $3.40 per cwt.

The New York market has been
heavily supplied and the price has
declined accordingly. The New York
quotations have really been lower this
week than the prices being paid at
leading points. Rains have prevent-
ed distribution with consequent ac-
cumulations. 011 Monday of last week
76 cars arrived; Tuesd ‘. 46 and Wed-
nesday, 56 cars. A considerable quan-
tity have gone into storage.

Dealers expect, however, that the
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orable; Weather and lighter” receipts.

Quotations: Yallows, $3. 010633. 50:

reds, $2. 50@sz. 90.

Adidas

The demand continues good on the
Detroit market for all varieties of.
winter pples. Early apples, used
mostly for canning purposes, do not
find su(h a ready sale owing. to the
present shoitage of sugar Receipts
are only modeiate and the demand
could take care of much heavier ship~
ments without serious effect on the
price. With the season so far advanc-
ed it is only reasonable to think that
shipments will not at any time from
now on be such as to effect the market
and shippers may feel safe in shipping
either car lots or less than car lots
to this market at any time without
fear of finding a declining market.
Jonathans ,$5.75 @ $6.00; Wealthy,
$4.50@$5.00; Alexander, $5.50; other
varieties. $4.00@$4.50; No. 2, $3.00@
$3.50 per bbl.

The Chi: r1"o market continues stea-
dy. There is a very heavy trade. both
for speculative and immediate needs.
Shipments are not heavy for this sea-
son and clean up fast. Some of the
later varieties are coming and meet
with ready sale. Baldwins, swarm
$4 7.3; Ben Davis. 315063533 75: Green-
ings, $4.50@$5.00; extra fancy T01a-
thans. $5.50@$6.00: No. $9. 75 (03:1. 25
Crimes Golden. F45_00@$5. 0; Twenty
Ounce. 9:5.75frh3600; Arkansas Black,
34.50.510.35 00'. Winesaps, 34.506033500;
[large Pippins $1150@$4. 75; NO). 2.,
all varieties, $2 056» 3. .. ,

New York apple piices have ad-
vanced under increased demand and
lighter shipments. There is some
speculation among receivers as to
why receipts are not arriving in great—
er volume. The harvest has been in
full swing for some time and the only
reason which can be given is that
growers are storing their product.
Very little fruit is coming to that mar-
ket from the western New York ap-
ple district, the bulk of it coming
from the Hudson River district and
southern points. 'The general range
on the best fruit this week is:
Greenings, Kings 20 Ounce. $5. 00@
$6. 00; Wealthy and McIntosh $6 00@
$7.;00 “Tonathans. $6 00@$7. 5;0 Yorks,
$4.50@$5.25: Baldwins, $4. 00@$5. 00;
Snows, $5.50@$6.00.

The Detroit market has been in-
clined to weaken in sympathy with
the eastern markets. No doubt the
reaction will also affect the situation
and bring about a stronger feeling
with additional gains in values. There
is a good supply coming to this mar-
ket and also considerable storage but-
ter moving. Fresh creamery firsts,
40c@401/_.c; extras, 41c@411/_)c.

The New York butter market is re—
covering the recent break and unless
something unforeseen should occur
conditions should soon be back to nor-
mal. The surplus of last week has
gone into storage. Several large gov-
ernment orders have also helped the
situation. Buyers have been more ac-
tive in the market this week and have
shown more confidence since the large
surplus of last week has gone into
storage. There has been good trad-
ing generally not only in good table
butter but in the intermediate and
under grades as well. There has
also been some speculative buying
since the last advance set in.

Production in the west is falling
off. This is shown by a larger ar-
rival of held stock from interior
points. Some of the smaller creamer-
ies have closed for the winter. There
is a falling off in quality which has
led to a greater demand for the high
grades. Firsts and seconds have also
shown a good heavy movement for the
past week.

Before the recent break held but-
ter was moving quite freely, but own—
ers refused to sell at the decline, as
they figured there wold be a speedy
reaction, especially at this time of the
year. Packing stock is not finding a
very good market just at this time
and is lower and easy. Receipts are
only moderate.

New York quotationw Creamery,
extras, 45c; firsts. 43c@44%c; seconds
41%c.@42%c; packing stock, .best,
36%c@37c; seconds, 360.

The Chicago market is firmer and
shows dvancing tendencies. However
buyers are showing little enthusiasm
and trading is lather quiet. The ad-
vance in eastern markets has had
some effect on the Chicago “market.
There is quite an accumulation of
butter at Chicago. Receipts at Chi-
cago are falling off. Local Consump:
tion is fairly good, and considerable
stock is being shipped in small lots
to interior points. Creamery extras
are quoted at 4214c; extra firsts at
411.'1/}Cf’."12€; firsts, 291,{3c@4lc; sec-
onds, ilSl/Jc@130c; packing stock, 25c@
3514c: according to quality; process,
39c@39l/Jc.

Receipts of butter at Boston are
somewhat lighter and this, together
with the reports of higher markets
in other eastern cities, has resulted
in an advance of about 1-20 on most
grades. The demand is rather quiet
with buyers taking only sufficient to
care for their immediate wants. The
Philadelphia market ‘is in better shape
than last week. Consumption has in-
creased and prices are firm.

     

The Detroit egg market is advanc-
ing and supplies me very scarce. One
dealer advised the writer that good
fresh gathered unif01m sized eggs
were “worth their weight in gold.”
This gives some idea of the present

condition and the sentiment which-

prevails on this market. We advise
shippers to send their eggs to De-
troit as they will be most sure to
find a very satisfactory market and
there is nothing to indicate a break
on this market. Do not hold eggs
too long but ship a case or so at a
time, as they bring a better price
when strictly fresh. Fresh Michigan
firsts are quoted at 39c to 41c per
dozen. Many sales are reported at a
higher figure on strictly fancy stock.
Stmage eggs are selling at 6c and 70
under fresh. W

Chicago market is firm and higher
on all fresh offerings and the refrig-
erator stock is also quoted higher.
Trading has been active on all fresh
stock but somewhat limited on refrig-
erators. Some shipping being done
to eastern points, principally owing
to limited storage facilities. Receipts
of fresh are light. and much of the so-
called fresh stock turns out to be held
stock. A good many small eggs, also
badly shrunken. sell down when ex-
amined. The demand for strictly
fresh stock is away ahead of the of-
ferings. Buyers have paid as high as
38 l-2c for strictly new laid firsts;
ordinary firsts. 35c to 26c; checks, 26c
to 30c; dirties. 98c to 22c.

The Philadelphia cgg market has
shown downward tendencies for the
past week. New York has done bet-
ter on strictly frcsh offerings but on
all other grades. the market is slow.
The accumulation of held fresh is
gradually being reduced. Many ship-
ments from the south and southwest
show more fresh eggs than a week
ago. However. packers there are not,
grading any too closclv and discounts
are made on this stock. This has a
certain effect on the general market.
There has been more activity in stor-
age eggs which are somewhat firmer.
Extras are quoted around 45c®460;
extra firsts. 44c@45c: firsts. 29c@ 42c;
seconds, more-ac; thirds and poorer,
37(1@39c.

While the condition generally over
the country is good so far as strictly
fresh stock is concerned, it is far from
good on storage stock. Much storage
stock is being held and dealers must
soon move it or face a loss. It is a
question with them whether to move
it ’now by reducing the price or wait—
ing and taking a chance on higher
prices later in the winter. Many of
them seem to favor reduced prices,
causing increased consumption, so
that storage stock may be moved more
freely. The next few weeks will no
doubt. decide the matter. In the mean-
time shippers should remember that a
free movement of held stock, at reduc-
ed prices. would affect the markets at
many points. The chances are that
the Detroit market, would feel the ef-
fect less than others as there are
fewer storage eggs held there.

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Turkey 24-25 22-23 25-27
Duck: “-25 16-17 1-2 19-20
Geese 18-20 15-17 1‘2 17-18
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is some good cold winter weather to
brace the poultry market, The Thank-s
giving demand will soon be coming
on and with the proper kind of seas-
onable weather the demand should
increase and trading become brisk.
Just at this time the general demand
is only sufficient to take care of cur-
rent receipts and' at times the mar-
ket becomes just a little draggy. The
better grades of offerings find a firm
market even under present conditions
but thin or otherwise off grade poul-
try is hard to sell. A few more
ducks coming, also some geese. Not
in any great volume however. Tur-
keys are scarce and those'arriving are
not in any too good shape.

The first of the week saw heavy re—
ceipts at Chicago and somewhat low.
er prices. The market is now clean-
ing up and with an increased demand
conditions are getting back to normal.
There is a big local trade for imme-
diate consumption. The feeders and
dressers are operating to a limited
extent and some buying is being done
by them. Iced poultry is dull and hard
to move. The weather has not been
such as to increase the call. There
is more iced stock being offered than
the trade demands and unless strict-
ly fancy it finds a slow market.

supplies of dressed poultry have in-
creased on the New York market and
the demand is only moderate. The
arrivals have increased and owing to
the rather unsettled condition of the
live market many buyers have been
dressing. The live poultry market
there has been in a very unsettled
condition. Receipts have been heavy
and the demand light. Good stock,
well finished, finds a very satisfactory
market in most cases but off grade
offerings are sold at a considerable
discount. Some turkeys arriving but
generally the condition is poor. A
few Long Island ducklings being of-
fered, but not .in any quantity as vet.
Geese are not coming in any quantity
but as there is very little demand the
shortage is not noticed. The Thanks-
giving trade is expected to help con-
ditions generally and cooler weather
will also help.

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uttADt‘. Detroit Chicago ‘1 Buffalo
Steers, good to prime 9 50-10 0 10 50-13 00.I 9 75-1150
Steers, com. to hit 8 50— 9 00 10 00—12 50' 8 50-10 25
HeiienJoodtoprimo 7 00- 8 00 7 50- 9 00 7 25- 8 50
Cows. average 6 75- 7 50 7 00- 8 00 4 50— 6 50

475-550 500-575 475-650
Bull], average 6 00- 7 00 6 50- 7 50 6 50- 7 50
Veal, iairto good 800-]? 00‘ 8.501500112501350

The Detroit cattle market is firm

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FOOLING THE FUEL FAltllNE.

While the hundreds of acres of wood
lots last in Michigan there is little fear
that the farmer will suffer much from
cold for the lack of fuel. Our city cous-
ins are setting up an awful hellablue be—
cause the steam—h at is late in coming
and-the price of (.ial begins to rival its
prectous cousin, the white diamond. Like
most economies this year. it is patriotic
to save coal and burning wood is there—
fore helping to do one’s “bit” for Uncle
Sam. Getting wood out and cutting it
up for stove sizes is not so hard a task
{LS it once was. There is a foldign saw—
ing machine made by a company of that
name, whose address is 161 West Hur—
rison street. Chicago. which can 1w car—
rled and operated by one man. Surely
there should be a big demand for this
machine particularly this year and M.
R. F. readers who are intercstcd ought to
Write the company for thcir catalog No.

A KM FOR SA [JG—80 acres of [hit best

soil in ()ccana. County, 60 acres under
cultivation, 30 acres \\'()()(1 and pasture,
two acres of young orchard, 1”; acre small
fruit, 30x40 barn. two good wells of wat—
er, five-room house not finished. 1—2 mile
to church and school, t.l«‘.l). 2, electric
line. a chance to double your money in
a short time. 31/; miles to good market,
1 mile to river. 111 health has compelled
me to sell and go south. Write me if you
are interested. Terms made 0 right party.
Must sell by Dec. 1st. Also sell stouk
and tools if wanted. W, H. Grove, Hes—
peria, Mich, No. 4.

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Hand picked or machine run. Don’t
sell before mailing us sample advising
number of bushels and when shipment
can be made.

N. F. Simpson, Mgr. Clearing House,
Bean Department, 323 Russell St,

 

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" and strong-at i" fi’pre'sent" quotationsr'

Lighter receipts following the recent
break in‘ prices had the 'desired re-
sults. A fairly good grade of stock
is now coming with fewer of the can-
ner and cutter order. Buyers re-
port a number of very good upstate
shipments of mixed steers and heif-
ers, stock showing the result of prop«
or feeding and finishing before mar-
keting. This claSs of offerings bring
a premium and it Will pay shippers
to put a little extra feed into the deal
as the returns will more than satisfy
anyone for the trouble and expense.

Chicago is having a better market
than it had a. week' ago. Last week
fat cattle values advanced irregularly
600 to $1.00 per‘cwt., the bulk of the
offerings grading below top class-
showing 750 to $1.00 gains. On Mon-
day, with an estimated supply of
36,000 in the pens and combined sev-
en-market crop of 100,000 head,
against 87.000 last Monday, the mar-
ket held generally steady with the ad-
vance above noted on all classes of
native cattle, while the western rang-
ers were 10c to 15c higher. Choice
corn-fed were scarce but a $17.00 top
was made and others sold to $16.85.
Bulk of the 1050‘ to 1250 lb. warmed
up and medium steers sold $10.50 to
$12.50. while good to choice 1250 to
1500 lb. corn-feds sold largely at $13.00
to $16.00. Feeder competition is
strong on decently bred steers selling
below the $1150 line. Most of the
stock and feeding cattle are going to
the country between $7.75 and $10.00,
but extra choice, fleshy. near beef
feeders sold up to $11.50 to $12.00.

In the butcher cattle trade canners
and cutters are 350 to 500 above the
low spot ten days back; while fat
cows and heifers are 600 to $1.00 high-
er and bulls about 50c up. Best veal
calves sold on Monday at $14.75 to
$15.00.

No stronger proof of the abnormal
demand prev-ailing for beef could be
asked than that furnished by the ac-
tion of the cattle market last week
and Monday of this week. the sharp
upturn in values shown virtually re—
storing declines enforced the week
previous which were due solely to the
fact that killing facilities here and
elsewhere were solely overtaxed by a
record-smashing week’s run at Chica—
go of 102.593 head and an enormous
supply at seven western points aggre-
gating 388.000 head. Last week’s cat-
tle receipts at Chicago decreased near-
ly 29,000 from the preceding week.
while the combined cattle run at seven
points showed the pronounced shrinki-
age of 116,000.

This contraction in supply was due
in large measure to the severe break
of the week previous and in part to
shippers’ inability to secure cars for
shipment in many sections. It evi-
dences, however. a well justified feel-
ing of confidence on the part of pro—
ducers in future conditions and now.
with the movement of range cattle on
the wane. We have no hesitancy in ex-
pressing our belief that, the low point
of the season has been passed. Owing
to the approach of the poultry season
and that portion of the year when
stormy weather is likely to herald
the coming of winter. there are likely
to be some over-supplied sessions on
which killers will be in a position to
force temporary price breaks that
may prove severe and we foresee some
rather wide fluctuations in the mar,-
ket. but we anticipate that shippers
will see in any break a signal for cur«
tailment. as was the case last week.
and prompt. recovery will follow.

 

 

GRADE. I Detroit 1 Chicago ‘ But ialo
Heavy 240-290 15 0015 75t15 5016 75116 5017 00
Medium 200-240‘ 15 0015 75115 2516 00 16 5017 00
Mixed 15072140 15 0015 75 15 0016 00 16 5016 85
Packer3100-150'14 5015 (0 15 00 1;; 25 14 50 16 00
Pics 100 dnum ‘13001400 14 "33115 00 14 5915 50

 

 

 

After the break of a week ago the
Detroit hog market has been regain-
ing its position. The first day or so
of last week not much improvement
was shown. After that however,
things began to look up and now the
market is again in a fairly satisfac-
tory condition. There is still an un-
satisfied demand on this market for
real good, well finished stock.

Monday of this week saw a run of
26,000 head at Chicago with the mar-
ket 10C to 250 higher than the close

of last w.eek.‘.The duality average was
better than last week and the 1mpr0V9‘-

'ment in this market was most notiCe-
‘able on the inbetween classes. The

top 'was $16.75. Bulk of the best
grades sold.at'$16.40 to $16.65.; 30011
mixed $15.90 to $16.30; light mixed
and heavy packing $14.35 to $15.85 and
pigs and underweights from $13.00 to
$14.50. There is a good demand on
the Chicago market for stock pigs with
a desirable 75 to 130 lb. ClaSs selling
at $13.75 to $14.00. A charge of 80c
per cwt. is required by the Govern-
ment for a single vaccination treat-
ment and it is administered by Stock
Yards Co. A charge of 5c per head for
disinfectant is also made. Buyers and
dealers generally at Chicago advise
against the marketing of young under-
weight hogs at this juncture where
growers are in position to mature

 

them. Food administrator Hoover has ‘

issued this reassuring statement to
producers: “I wish to make this posi-

tive statement; that, so far as the 11- 5

nited States Food Administrator is
able, through its influence on the pur-
chase of pork and its products for
exportation, it will do all in its power
to see that prices of pork are main-
tained in a ratio to feed prices that
will cover not only the cost of produc-
tion. but proper remuneration to the
grower. '

The Buffalo market, on Monday. with
feceipts of 12,000 hogs, opened 10c
to 150 higher. with the medium and
heavy hogs selling from $16 75 to $17.
Arrivals on Tuesday were 2.330 head
and the market opened generally 25c
higher on the mixed, medium and york-
ers and 50c higher on pigs and lights
One deck of heavy hogs reached $17-
15. The market is in good healthy
condition and shippers should watch
it closely so as not to flood it at any
time. As soon as a break is in sight
the logical remedy is to withhold

shipments until the market cleans up.
It should he remembered also that this
market. in common with all the others
at the present time. calls for well fin-
ished stock and any which is not up
to standard will take a lower figure.

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago i Butiaio
Top Lambs 15.754625 15.004750 1 16.35-16.50
Yearlings 13.50-14.50 12.00-16.00 l 13.00-14.00
Wethers l 11.00-11.25 8.80-12.851 11.50-12.00

we: . 10.50—11.00 7 85.11.40 1 11.50 12.00

 

 

 

The Detroit market is showing more
firmness after the declines of a week
ago. Prices have in a measure re-
gained their former standing and with
ordinary receipts and any kind of a
demand the condition should contin-
uc to show improvement. The call for
breeding ewes is not so heavy and the
price on such offerings is not so good.
There is a good demand for well—fiir
ished lambs. Use some of your rough
feed on them before shipping. A little
extra care and feeding will work
wonders so far as price goes.

Chicago. on Monday, saw a run of
23.000 head of shecp and lambs and
sold on a steady market with the do
cline of last week. The killer top on
fat lambs was $10.00 while choice
light feeding lambs were quotable up
to $17.50. Best matured ewes sold
for slaughter at $11.25 to $12.25 and
$12.50 was quoted for choice wcathcrs.
good handy weight yearlings selling
around $13.50. Owing to the lutencts
of the season the demand for breeding
ewes has let up and a class of aged
western ewes that ten days ago was
finding a breeder outlct up to $12.00
to $13.50. now sell around $10.50 to
$12.00. The movement of range sheen
and lambs will be light on the (‘hi
cago market from now on and will
consist mostly of fcczliug stock. A
good many fcd westcr'i lunbs that
went out, carlv in the sch-zoo are com-
ing back and when thcy l‘lt‘l: from]
killing ficsh are getting poo" action,
it is advisable to hold this: stock for
a good finish whcnevcr it .3: respond
ing to feed with good weight gains.

The Buffalo market opcncd
on Monday with about 30 cars ot‘ r‘liccp
and lambs reported. The decline in
some cases ran as much as 25c to
35c lower than the Saturday price.
Best lambs were selling around $16.25
to $16.50. Several loads of good
lambs were held over, unsold. Tues-
day saw a moderate run of 1,500 head
and a more steady market. although
the price remained at about Mondy’s
level.

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VETERINARY EDITOR
LEGAL EDITOR

GRANT SLOCUM

FORREST A. LORD - - -
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Shall‘There be a Maximum Potato Price?

TATE MARKET Director McBride is a little

out of season with his recommendation that

a maximum price be placed upon potatoes.

In the first place, the food administration

months ago, after an exhaustive investigation of

the results of maximum pricefixing in Europe and

of the conditions obtaining in the United States,

decided that it would be unwise to establish max-

imum prices to the, consumer. The matter should
have been drOpped there.

The suggestion is especially inopportune coming
as it does at a time when every encouragement
should be given to the speedy movement of the
new crop to market. While there is little likeli—
hood of the adoption of Mr. McBride’s recom-
mendation, even the remotest possibility of such
makes buyers over-cautious, depresses the mar-
ket and discourages both buying and selling.

The practice of the consumer in purchasing his
winter’s supply, of potatoes at the first influx of
the crop to provide against higher prices later in

the season is the greatest factor in stabilizing the

potato market. Place a maximum price upon the
commodity and you at once remove the incentive
to buy. In fact you discourage the consumer to
purchase more than his daily needs at a. time,
for he knows that the price cannot go higher and
he loses nothing if he takes a chance of its going
lower

Under our present system of marketing farm
products the maximum price proposal is not. feas
ible. and would inevitably disrupt the entire mar-
keting organization from the local buyer to the
city retailer. The bulk of the potato crop passes
thru three important agencies from the producer
to the consumer. They are important because,
under our present marketing system, necessary.
There is the local buyer, the commission house,
the retailer, to say nothing of the transporting
agent. Who shall say what toll each of these must
exact to pay a reasonable profit? Has the Market
Director figures to show what it costs to handle
a bushel of potatoes in the local warehouse. what
it costs to get it to the commission house. what
profit the jobber should have. 110w many additional
cents must be added to satisfy the retailer? For
if he has these figures, he cannot. mean that.
there is any hope of the farmer receiving $l.l0
per bushel out in the potato sections when the
consumer pays only $1.50.

Many farmers will make a fair profit this year
on $1 potatoes; thousands of others will lose
money at $1.10. The majority of those who can
afford to do so will sell their potatoes at $1, but
those whose costs were higher will hold their
crop for higher prices. which is merely good bus-
iness.
of placing a penalty upon the patriotism of those
who at great expense responded to the govern-
ment’s plea for increased production,—-for that
is the only interpretation, so far as the farmer
is concerned, that can be made of Mr. McBride’s
proposed maximum price.

There is no demand and no need of a maximum
price on potatoes. Present prices are the result
of very natural causes. Farmers who have been
able to get their tubers out of the ground are sell-
ing a part of their crop at $1 per bushel which is
only a fair price. There is no speculation. The
Market Director will find upon a little investiga-
tion that it costs all of 50 cents to place a bushel
of potatoes grown in Northern Michigan into the
hands of the Detroit consumerpfunder our pres-
ent marketing system. '

Forget maximum prices, Brother McBride. Use
your: talents in shortening the road from farm to
market, eliminating one or two of the intermed-
iary agents. By so doing you will perform a ser-
vice to both producer and consumer.

'Senator knew whereof he spoke
.had not Warmed to the war;
‘apathetic; and it is questionable if they will ever ,
give the War aims of the-country their united and
spontaneous msupport

Would the State Market Director be guilty '

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This attitude does not bespeak lack of sym-

‘ pathy with the motives which prompt the govern- -

ment.‘ It is not born of pro-German preferences,
nor anti-Ally antagonism. It is indicatiVe- solely
of the people’s inability to fully grasp the menace
of Prussian millitarism, and to sense the trage-
dies that accompany its operation.

War is so horrible in itself that we seek to
excuse the causes of war and put it farther off.
To the minds of many there is no national crime
so foul and abhorent as to compare with the great
crime of war itself and its attendant countless
murders. Logically then, a less crime cannot be
expiated by a greater one. _

This, we believe. sums up very briefly and crude-
ly the mental condition of a considerable number
of the people of the nation;- among others, the
farmers. We do not say that this attitude is
justified; in fact, speaking in the light of the
past year’s’developments, we believe that it is
superficial and dangerous to the nation’s welfare,
but nevertheless it exists and means must be de-
vised to combat and conquor it.

Ever since the beginning of the war our ears

have rung with sordid tales of Prussian barbar-
ism—the murder of infants, the ravishing of
women, the torture of priséners. It has all seem-
ed so unreal, so inconsistent with our 20th cen-
tury civilization that many of us have shook our
heads and told ourselves that these tales were
nothing more than the fantasies of the war pro-
moters’ fancies. No, we couldn’t believe that a
man inherent with the possibilities of fatherhood,
could butcher an innocent child for either pleas-
ure or reprisal.

But our eyes have been slowly opened and the
repeated tales of Prussian cruelties and bloated
ambitions have been verified so often that doubt
has at last given way to horrified belief. Today
we no longer doubt that the Prussian overlords
are the beasts they have been portrayed, that they
are committed to a conquest of aggrandizement
and territorial expansion which brooks no argu-
ment nor respects the common rights of nations
or humanityitself. Stirred at last by the pathetic
cries of Belgium’s murdered children, haunted to
desperation by the mental vision of countless dead
faces turned up toward the top of the sea, and
alarmed by the finesse and purposfulness of the
plots connived against our peace and safety, we
are justified in believing that Prussia makes war
for war's sake and that the peace of the world is
endangered by the menace of the central powers.

Deep-rooted in our national conscience is the
conviction that we war against war, and nothing
else. Let us be truly thankful that this is the
conception which guides 11s today in performing
a duty we could not escape even had we so their-
ed. Let us be thankful that our war preparations
are devoid of fervor and enthusiasm, that the
mass of the people are yet calm and their judg-
ments unimpaired by overzealous impulses, in the
face of the great decision. For when the day of
reckoning comes. human justice will cast about
for a champion whose vision is still clear from
the lust of battle and whose perceptions are 11“-
dulled by passion or prejudice.

Ohio’s Dry Fight

HE INTEREST of the nation is pretty well
I divided just now between the war in Europe
against, the Kaiser and the war in Ohio
against King Whiskey. For the fourth time the
drys of our sister state have rallied to the side of
law and order and sobriety and turned their guns
upon the Open saloon. Their ranks have been re-
inforced by the soldiers in the training camp,
and their cause has been strengthened by the
powerful opposition of leading nations to the traf—

ficking in alcoholic liquors during war time.
Ohio’s fight is a fight for sobriety and conserva-
tion at a time when habits of sobriety and con-
servation are being urged upon the people by the
government. If. the government and the leaders
of the nation are sincere in their protest against
waste and inefficiency, there is no better way that
they can show, it than by lining up solidly with
the Ohio ’drys and helping them to win their war.
Men large in the affairs of the country are tak-
ing a hand in the mayoralty campaign of Mayor
Mitchell of New York City, on the grounds that the
issue involved is a question of loyalty to the gov-
ernment’s war aims rather than of the fitness of
the respective candidates. If there is justification
for this meddling into municipal affairs merely
to discourage Mr. Mitchell's opponents for their

The people than- old warrior,

ing with anxious eyes.

‘ bodies and morals.

handed. Wheres Teddy with his big stick, and

“Billie Taft, J.os Tu‘multy and the President?
Seems as if they ‘ought to turn their hand to

this Ohio fight for it is a scrap 'in- which all the
people from the Atlantic to the Pacific are watch-
And a defeated liquor
element in Ohio means the saving of thousands
of tons of foodstuffs and the' conservation of men ’s
Here, gentlemen, is a game
that’s worth ‘the candle. -

“Eddication” Comes High

UDITOR GENERAL Fuller has a“ most an-
A noying habit of uncovering unwise expen-
ditures by various state departments, and

he uses no “camouflage” to keep the facts from
the public. In fact‘ one would say (or rather the
unfortunate debtor ‘on the state's account Would
say) that the Auditor General is distressingly
lax in keeping the secrets of his oflice, for some

I way or other they do leak out.

F’r instance, not 10ng ago Superintendent of
Public Instruction Fred L. Keeler renovated and
refurnished his office. The Cost of harmonizing

the walls and the draperies with the high-class

tone of Mr. Keeler’s profession cost the state a
trifle over $1,000. Then it became necessary to
purchase a few pieces of .new furniture to com-
plete the setting, and in his selection‘here, Mr.
Keeler again exhibited the fine distinctive qual-
ities which are the heritage of the true connois-
seur. Here is what he bought:

1 F flat top desk, 60x36
1 R roll- top desk, 66x36
1 A arm chair
AS arm swivel chairs at $75. 75 each
side chairs at $52 each
table, 72x36
costumer . .
waste baskets at $20 each ............. ,. . .
bookcase
double type desk
type chair
All walnut finish.

Total . . .
Less 25 per cent

215.00
285.00
69.00

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Total ................ $1 038 00

The bill came in. was paid, and finally came to
the attention of Mr. Fuller, who it is related,
nearly fainted when he saw it. But then the
Auditor General is a sord'd creature who thinks
only in terms of money, and may be forgiven for
his lack of appreciation of the beautiful.

If this furniture bill is any indication of the
cost of conducting the oflice of the Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, then “eddication” in
this state comes almighty high. We must not be
too severe upon Mr. Keeler, however. He is
merely a victim of a bad habit which seems chron-
ic with ninety-nine and nine-tenths per cent of
our public officials. It is always easy to spend
somebody else's money, and the public officials
are legion whose cravings for $15 waste baskets
and other expensive furnishings blind their judg-

' ment and quiet their conscience, if they have any.

Democracy is priceless; that’s .why it costs so
much. But nobody has ever yet explained why
our system of government and business economy
are such strangers to each other. About 50 per
cent or less of the people’s tax money pays for
service actually performed and legitimate public
expenditures; the balance is spent for red tape~—
miles upon miles of red tape—“the expensive
whims of men in office, patronage, and kindred
other luxuries, which we ought to be eliminating
from our new scheme of efficiency. economy and
conscrvation. Some day we will get tired of buy-
ing $15 walnut “waste baskets” for the men we
elect to ofiice, and will hire plain busir ess men
whose esthetic tastes are not jarred by the plain
and serviceable “wire baskets,” to run our public
affairs.

As long as a single pint of beer or whiskey is
sold in the United States under the protection
andlieense of the government, the food conserva-
tion program is a farce. How can the food ad-
ministration expect people to cut themselves short
on needful articles of food and observe meatless
or wheatless‘days while tens of thousands of bar-
iels of'poison male from diverted fruits and cer-
eals are consumed every day in the year?

Mr. E. D. Hulburt, the gentleman who was re-
sponslble for the statement to be spread over the
country that the farmers of the nation are slack-
ers because they refuse to fight, buy Liberty bonds
or sell their crops, has hastily drawn in his head
to escape the shower cf brickbats that descended
upon him. Since the second Liberty loan cam-
paign in which the farmers responded more loyal-
ly probably than any other class of people, Mr.

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other stawtes Considering the huge acreage that
was planted last spring. the net yields of all the
principal crops have been dismally poor. Not ev-
en present high prices are sufficient to return to
many farmers a profit on their year’s investment,
and the outlook for more than a normal planting
another season is not altogether promising.

The farmer is the goat,———always the goat. A
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survives, well and good; if he perishes,—the fad-
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to witness one single practical effort to reduce the
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THE LUBRICATION' 0F
FARM MACHINERY

The various
ments used on

 

machines and imple-
the farm have become
so high priced that it is to the farm-
er’s interests to lubricate moving
parts in a way which will insure max-
imum wear. The proper lubrication
of the moving parts of a machine is
an important consideration; it is not

sufficient to see that all the moving.

parts are well lubricated. but it should
also be remembered that often differ-
ent varieties of lubricants are needed
for the different parts.

Attention should be given to the
_ quality'ot‘ lubricants used; for much
more oil is wasted by dripping. or
passing through the bearings un-
used than is actually consumed and
worn out in doing actual work.

A lubricant is a material which pre-
vents contact of the metallic surfaces
by supplying a thin film of oil on
which the moving parts rub, and in
this way keep the minute projections
of the journal and bearings from. in-
terlocking. Lubricants are grouped
into three classes. viz., fluids, semi-
solids and solids. An efficient lubri-
cant must prevent seizing (welding of
the journal and boxes) prevent over-
heating. reduce wear and remove
transmission losses. The characteris-
tics of a good and efficient: lubricant
are easily understood. It should have
sufficient body to prevent its squeez-
ing out under the rubbing surfaces.
It should be as fluid as: possible; for
a lubricant which is too thick requires
additional power. However. the 111b-
ricant should not be too thin: for in
case there will be a too rapid running
off. A lubricant should not gum or
dry out when exposed to the atmos-
phere, nor should it, evaporate or de—
compose under working conditions. It
should be free from foreign substanc-
es; for grit and dirt arc the worst
foreign elements which can enter the
oil. They can increase friction and
clog the feed tubes; they also heat
and cut the journal and boxes, caus-
ing unnecessary wear.

It is best to use a lubricant which
will not be readily decomposed by
heat; when lubricant is decomposed
by the heat carbon is deposited which
will frequently cause trouble.

Oil and grease are the two com-
monest lubricants.
familiar with the oiling of mowers,
binders. etc. Oil is a wasteful lubri~
cant at times because of its tendency
to run off: but in many cases it is
the only lubricant which may be used.
A grease which contains graphite is
well adapted for farm purposes. Graph-
ite is well adapted for use under both
heavy and light pressure when prop-
erly mixed with oils.

Gas engines of all kinds should be
lubricated with care. The gas engine
cylinder is difficult to lubricate as all
parts requiring lubrication are diffi-
cult to reach without a waste of oil.
A good grade mineral oil should be
used for engine cylinders; for mineral
oil- will stand the high temperature
without decomposing. Animal and
vegetable oils are certain to decom~
pose in the gas engine cylinder, leav;
ing carbon deposits and gumming the
pistons and other parts.

It is well to remember

that too

much oil will carbonize the cylinder. ‘

If blue smoke issues from the exhaust
it indicates an excess of cylinder oil.
The oil should be turned off until the
blue smoke disappears.

Practically any oil or grease of good
lubricating quality is suitable for use
on gearing. Where oil is used it
should be fed from a receptacle above
and at one side. or to the center of
the gears. Graphite. mixed with oil
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cases the gearing ’should be kept well
coated with grease or oil.“

Proper lubrication will double, and
occasionally triple the life of a ma-
chine. This is why emphasis should
be'placed on the proper use of lubri-
cants on the farm.

POTATO TEES DECEIVED
EVERYBODY AS TO YIELD

               

 

In looking over the potato crop
around this locality I find that the
yield runs between 70 and 90 bu. per
acre, sometimes below this and this
is a potato growing section. In re-
gards to the condition of all summer
I think they have estimated the crop
by the tops and not by the tubers.—
A. H. 13.. Sidney.

WHY NOT A MAXIMUM
PRICE ON EVERYTHING?

 

Will say in regard to the fixed price
of $1.00 on potatoes the farmers can-
not raise potatoes at that price, pay-
ing $3.00 for seed and $3 ,per day and
board for labor. Why should not the
Government fix a price on labor and
other things, such as sugar, tea, cof-
fee and all eatables, sixth as we are
paying, 40c for meat, 10c for sugar
and other things in proportion. When

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way now as soon as possible
will find us ready to manure
done.

3, Replenish the woodpile.
: depend upon coal for your
: wood.
4.

. 5. Raise more liogs.
If sumption of hog products
\\ eek buvs a dozen or

fat dividends before sp1ing.

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they do that then 1 would say $1.00
for potatoes, But the poor farmer
gets the worst of it. Am sending six
more names, all good responsible farm-
ers;
end. ——F. H. Gaylord.
DON’TS FOR THE _
POTATO GROWERS

Don’t store potatoes while they are
moist.

Don‘t store without first sorting
into table grade and culls for feed.

Don’t expose potatoes to injury by
frost after digging.

Don’t let the wind dry out the po-
tatoes. A bitter taste will result.

Don’t bank potatoes without, pro-
viding a ventilator.

Don‘t store in a light room. Light
lowers. the quality.

Don't cover potatoes with damp
earth when storing in a hot cellar.
They will start to sprout if you do.

Don’t forget to watch the thermom-
eter. The ideal temperature is from
thirty-five to forty degrees Fahren-
heit.

Don’t forget to sort out the decayed
potatoes before the trouble spreads.

Don’t forget to serve freely every
day. This will help to keep the stor-
age supply up to table grade.

GOVERNMENT‘FIX‘ES $7 ON
OWN BEAN PURCHASES

Can you advise me if the Govern-
ment has set the bean price at $8.00.
Is this what the farmer is to get at
the local elevator; also has there been
a price set on potatoes? Around Buck-
ley potatoes are yielding from 100 to
150 bu. per acre. Beans are very poor
and very green where the frost came.

 

 

ETHE BUSINESS FARMER’S CALENDAR

Reminders of the Things That Should be Done :93
On the Farm This Week

1eminds 11s that many tende1
mediate protettion to safegua1d them from winter killing.
tar papel.
injure the plants before protecting them.
and many falmers will be unable to do their
fall plowing before the ground freezes.
so that the few rare days of warmer weather
the fields and get at least part

If you have
winter’s heat

Many people in the cities will suffci
Haul part of the potato crop to market this week providing the price
; offeied will pay you a satisfactory profit.
this way you serve both youlself and the consumer.
Grain is high,
is far in excess of the supply.
so fall pigs is making an investment 11 111111 will return

they will stay with you till the

Not many pulled yet, weather too wet.

We should have $10.00 per bu. for-
Estimated yield about 6 bu.‘

beans.
per acre-«J. 19., Buckley.

SAVE SKI—1E“ MILK—-
IT IS VALUABLE

 

Save every drop of skim milk. It
is a valuable food. Use it in your
kitchen and on your table.

It is valuable as a beverage, in cook—
ery, as cottage cheesewtoo valuable to
waste, whether it comes through your
own separator or the separator at the
creamery—too valuable to be threwn
away, or fed to farm animals, it' it
can be used for human food.

At creameries Where whole milk is
handled, skim milk is often thrown
down the drains. Creameries ought
to make their skim milk into cottage
cheese.

Farmers ought to make cottage
cheese at. home. Skim milk so used
will supplement our meat supply, or
cottage cheese is one of the best sub-
stitutes for meat. Use it in cooking.

Make and eat cottage cheese and
encourage others to make it.

Make puddings and soups and bread
with skim milk.

The dairy division of the United
States Department of Agriculture,

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plants need im—
Pack with stiaw
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a timber lot on the farm do not
Haul up everything in the. sh. {pe of
this year from lack of coal.

Store the balance of the crop In

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Washington, D. (‘.. will tell you how
to make cottage cheese in the home
or creamery and in what dishes it
may be used. .

DON’T PLANT FRUIT
TREES EARLY IN FALL

Fall planting of fruit trees should
be delayed to late November or early
December, advises the United States
Department of Agriculture.

A pomologist of the department
writes in reply to a New Jersey in-
quirer he would hesitate to advise

 

planting in any section as early as

October because of probable injury to
the trees. In sections of the north
where cold weather prohibits planting
in November or December, he says,
it is usually better to plant in the
spring. Apple trees can be planted
with safety in the fall farther north
than peach trees and other less hardy
kinds.

At the Missouri Experiment Sta-
tion it. recently has been shown that
little or no root action takes place
with fall planted trees until the suiL
face of the ground has begun to freeze
and the trees planted early in the fall
may lose considerable vitality before
they begin root action.

 

    

 

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THINGS TO CONSIDER
WHEN ERECTING A SILO

 

If a silo is to give best results it
must be perfectly airtight; for. it
air is admitted to the ensilage decom-
position will set in and worthless
silage will result. It is advisable to
have the silo of as small diameter
as possible so as to leave only a small
surface at the top exposed to the air.
The walls should be cylindrical, leav-
ing no corners for air pockets to form.

It is important to use material
which will not crack, crumble, decay
or absorb the_moisture from the sil-
age; the walls should also be smooth
so the silage will settle evenly. No
part of the silo wall should be subject
to chemical action, viz., rusting,
crumbling or decaying due to the ac-
tion of the acids within or effects of
weather extremes without.

Attention should begiven the doors;
they should be of a non-warping wood
or other material so as to iit properly
at all times. Extremes of tempera.-
ture inside the silo are to be avoided;
this is why the walls should be of
such construction as to prevent ex-
tremes of temperature from affecting
the silage.

It is especially important to erect
a silo which will be proof against rats
and other vermine; for if rats once
get a “foot-hold” they will cause ser-
ious damage to the structure.

Durability is an important factor
to consider; the cheapest material is
not always the most economical. The
silo is subjected to more strain than
any other structure on the farm; ow-
ing to this fact the only safe plan is
to build a strong silo. When silage
is settling the pressure is heavy,
then the wind pressure must be reck-
oned with. Flimsy silos never give
lasting satisfaction.

The item of convenience should be
kept in mind. Ample room to driye
about the silo at filling time makes
for convenience. The silo can be
made the most attractive building on
the farm; it is certain to be the most

“noticeable” building 011 the place,
and should add to the farm’s value——
Clement White.

MEAT ANIMALS GAIN
IN PRICE AT THE FARM

 

The prices received by producers
for cattle, sheep, and hogs, September
15, and chickens, October 1, have gain-
ed 52.7 per cent in the general aver-
age from 1916 to 1917. according to
the latest report of the United States
Department of Agriculture. The ad-
vance for beef cattle per 100 pounds,
live weight, was from $6.55 to $8.40,
or 28 per cent; for veal calves per 100
pounds, from $8.77 to $11.08, or 26
per cent; sheep per 100 pounds, from
$6.25 to $10.05. or 61 per cent; lambs
per 100 pounds, from $8.22 to $13.06:
or 59 per cent; hogs per 100 pounds.
from $9.22 to $15.69, or 70 per cent,
and chickens, from 14.3 to 18.1 cents
per pound. or 27 per cent. Sheep.
lambs and hogs have far exceeded
beef cattle, veal calves. and chickens
in the upward price movement at the
point of production.

The highest price at the farm per
100 pounds, live weight, reached dur-
ing the year under review, was $8.70
for beef cattle in May, $11.08 for veal
calves in last September, $10.15 for
sheep in May, $13.06 for lambs in last
September, $15.69 for hogs in last
September, and 18.1 cents per pound
for chickens October 1 of this year.
The latest farm price reported is the
highest one of the year for veal
calves, lambs, hogs and chickens; the
May price was the 'highest for beef
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PERSISTENT COMMENTS ON
PRESENT DAIRY PRICES

High priced feed is also‘ bound to
cut down the milk yield despite high
prices for dairy products. Farmers
are not used to such conditions. They
really haven't the capital to handle
the business. Why, it takes $1,000
now to buy a car of bran, $1600 to buy
a car of oil meal, $1800 to buy a car
of liominy feed, and corn meal is $88
per ton. The farmer is not only afraid
to make the investment bat he abso-

lutely hasn’t go_t the capital to do it»

and it surely takes some nerve to do
it even though one has credit so that
he can get the capital.

I can sell a car of wheat, loaded at
my siding, (about 1000 bushels at. a
little over $2.00 per bushel. This car
won’t much more than buy a car of.
good dairy feed or hog feed. Some
business men say that the farmer
ought to raise his own feed. But
there is a new order of things. The
price of dairy feed and in fact the
price of feed for almost all animals
is not fixed by the price these animals
or their products sell for in the mar-
ket, but rather by the price of human
food. Corn didn’t advance to over $2
per bushel because of the price of hogs
or cattle. or of dairy products, but it
was because the distillers wanted
corn to make into liquor. It was be-
cause the manufacturers of corn syr-
up wanted the corn to make human
food. It was because the manufac-
turers of corn starch wanted corn to
make starch, etc. and these products
are sold for human consumption
which fixes the price. while the by-
products, gluten feed, hominy feed, dis-
tillers grains, etc, are offered to the
farmer to feed live stock. And this
is good economics too. We ought not
feed wheat or corn, etc, to live stock.
They ought to be made into fiour,
hominy. fiakes, etc., for human con-
sumption and the by-products fed to
live stock. it is the same with most
all of the grains.

Farming is much more of a busi‘
ness than it used to be. 'I‘he farmer
has to convert the products he pro‘
duces on his farm into cash and then
take this'cash and purchase these by-
products to feed his live stock. This
takes more than double capital now
and if the farmers’ grain crops are
short by reason of a bad year then
he lacks capital and he has got to
borrow. or else he has got to hedge
on feeding live stock. To illustrate, I
had thirty acres of sweet corn this
year grown for the canning factory
that didn’t sufficiently mature so that
we got one single ear of corn matured
enough for canning purposes. I ought
to have had at least $1,000 worth of
corn in cash but I haven’t got a sin-
;rlri dollar. We left the crop in the
field after the frost in September,
thinking it might develop sufficiently
so that part of the corn would sell.
Some of it was slowly developing,
then came another freeze which actu-
ally killed it. Probably this corn is
worth a. little bit more for silage than
the stalks would have been had we
been able to pick off the ears and sell
them but we lack the cash and in the
face of so much money going into
Liberty bonds it is not the easiest
thing for banks to accommodate. The
money is getting pretty well tied 11p
so what is a fellow going to do? The
average farmer reasons that the only
thing to do is to cut down the grain
raitno in live stock feeding and let
the cows go without the usual amount
of feed and consequently the produc-
tion of milk is lessened.

The man who has the nerve and
the business initiative and can com-
mand the capital will probably win

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out on this proposition because I have

' faith in the future, but it isn’t always
what a man thinks he ought to do or
what he WUlll(l like to do, many times
it is a question of what he can do. And
when people like the Michigan Tradcs-
man, criticize the farmers severely
because they apparently are not wil-
ling to do these things and say that
they should be summarily dealt with,
a man is apt to lose some of his faith
in humanity and yet, I suppose that
we should pay no attention to this,
we should be more like the Saviour
on the cross who said, “Father, for-
give them for they know not what
they do.” The fact is that such busi-
ness people know but very little about
farming conditions and it is their ig-
norance of such things more than any-
thing else that causes them to write.
such editorials as the one copied in
a. recent issue of M. B. F.——('().7()IL C.
I/lll’ie.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
AMERICAN BREEDERS

With the great number of horses
that the U. S. army must purchase
for war purposes and the great num-
bers bought by the Allies, there is
going to be a big demand for Ameri-

can horses in the future. Since the
European war started this country

has been exporting horses across the
water much faster than the supply
can be increased. The result is that
horses are becoming scarce with a big
and increasing market that must be
supplied.

The Government is selecting horses
with extreme care. The price paid
is in most cases good or at least fair.
Farmers are satisfied with the way
Government officials are handling the
work. The Government will purchase
horses new direct from farmers for
the army if they have a carload at
one place. A great number of farm-
ers are pooling their horses they have
for sale and are now selling them di-
rect.

: is a wise thing to sell as many
geldings as possible and keep good
mares in their place. By breeding
every mare to thebest sires possible
the supply can be kept up something
like normal.

What is going to be the result of
this draining the best horses from
the farms? It can only have one ef-
feet and that will be to the advantage
of farmers generally. It will take a
great many horses from the farms
that have not been profitable and eta
able farmers to fill their place with.

horses better suited to the work to
be done.
Farmers will turn off as many

horses as possible this fall and dur-
ing the early winter because of good
prices offered and on account of the
high prices of feeds. That will work
well now but how about next spring
when there will also be a great de-
mand for horses for the farm work
that must be performed and we must
not lose sight of the fact that the Gov-
ernment as well as the Allies will be
buying horses then as well as they
are now. The best horses of the coun-

try Will go into the army and be
slaughtered on the fields of battle.
And it takes at least four years to

replace every animal that goes to Eu-

rope, so it can be readily seen why
the price of horses will go up.
At the National Stock Yards, llli-

nois, one of the largest horse markets
in the world, from 600 to 700 horses
are being sold every week as well as
a. great number of mules. Nearly all
of these are being bought by the U.
S. Government, but some are being
taken by the British government.
There is also a strong market for
horses to fill the demand of the sugar,
mine and plantation trade at good
prices.

The four-year-old horses from the
South that formerly found a ready
market can not be sold now. Feeder
trade is practically dead which shows
that farmers are selling instead of
buying horses—Bernard E. Coffin.

FALL PIGS SHOULD MAKE
PROFITABLE HOGS

Notwithstanding the facts that the
crop of fall pigs is short, at least in
this vicinity, and also that the price

of fat hogs is abnormally high for
average conditions, young pigs are
very cheap. They have been selling

for $2.00 per head at weaning time,
the same old price as when live hogs
were selling for from five to six cents.
Not only this but you can scarcely
sell them at that. Farmers don’t
want to buy. A farmer in a nearby
neighborhood told me that his neigh-
bor could not give his pigs away.
There was nobody that even wanted
to take the fall pigs as a gift, buy
high-priced feed for them and run the
risk ”of loss. There is practically no
demand at all for these fall pigs.

The cause of this condition is the
failure of the corn crop. it is almost
an absolute failure in our vicinity.

Many fields have scarcely any cars at
all. The crop didn’t get far enough
along to car. Other fields are nearly
all soft, and there is no field in the
whole neighborhood that has anything
like half a crop of ears, consequently
it will take what little there is to
finish off what few spring pigs they
have and they are going to wait until
they produce another crop before they
put any more money into hogs. Farm-
ers will not borrow the money and
take the risk.

Personally, I think.th:ey are making
a mistake. I cannot conceive any loss
even if a man has to buy the larger
part of the ration because with the
world demand for pork. hogs are
bound to bring an unusually large
price. It seems to me that the prop-
er thing to do would be to perhaps
cut down the number of hogs some—
what but not to go out of the busi-
ness entirely. Farmers argue that
while hogs are exceedingly high they
are not high in proportion to feed
than they ever were, but the money
or business risk is more than double.
And they. know the risk: they have
had experience in the past. They have
seen the price in Chicago. Detroit and
Buffalo drop three or four cents in
the last few weeks, It isn't because
there is a surplus of hogs in the coun-

 

try, it is simply because the packers
and "he middlemen have the power to
"beat" 0." "bull" the market when-
ever they take it into their heals to
do so “'9 Llf‘r‘ told by men who have
car-ciziily es...o.;ir:‘--i the <npply of hogs
that there is not only a shortage in
this country but there is :1 world

shortage. yet
packers can
or four cents

in the face of this. the
"bear" the market three
after the farmer had to
pay $2.00 or better for corn to feed
his hogs. It is these things that ac-
tually scare the farmer. He hasn't got
money to take such risks.

And yet, in the face of all this,
farmers ought not to change material-
ly their policy of breeding and feed-
ing hogs. It is apt to change and
unsettle conditions so that nobody
knows what will happen. It is abso-
lutely necessary to have a certain
amount of meat and animal fat to
keep people in healthy condition, con-
sequently, our armies and the armies
of our allies should be and must be
supplied with this necessary amount.
Thenefore, even if the farmer lacks
faith in making money in feeding
hogs this Winter, he ought to be wil-
ling to do something for “the flag;"
he ought to be patriotic enough to
run a little risk in the markets so
that he can do his bit toward sup-
plying the very necessary article of
food to the men who are going to win
the war. Overlook profits for once

.and do it for “democracy.”—Colon 0'.

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EDITOR’ S NOTE:
e are very much like Americans to the
extent that they prize their independ-

to dictate methods of eating and living.
*They have also been liberal in feeding
refugees without thought of their own
future welfare. Hence they now face a
‘ dire shortage which official figures clearly
prove, Farmers in America have a won-
derful opportunity in helping to restore
the agriculture of France by furnishing
live stock both now and after the war.)

HE FRENCH government is

very bureaucratic, but the

French people do not like to be
over-governed. They object seriously
to anything that savors to them of
meddling in a. man’s private affairs.
For this reason is has been extremely

difficult to get a workable income tax ,

law in France. The people immedi-
ately rozae against the proposal to give
the government the right to examine
their books and find out if they told
the truth about their incomes, or find
out what their incomes were, if they
failed to make a return. So a scheme
was figured out for taxing a man on
seven times his rent, if he made no
income tax return, or one the Gov—
ernment thought too low.

Saying how much or what a man
shall eat is, also, getting pretty close
to private affairs, and therefore, the
French government, knowing inti-
mately the people it has to deal with,
is slow s-l-o-w—in coming to such
measures, even in face of the only too
evident food shortage in the country.
There have been efforts at price fix-
ing, but they have not worked satis-
factorily, one reason being that they
have not been national, but local. Par-
is, for example. has tried fixing the
price of butter, but it has been found
that the result has been to dl‘iVle but-
ter away from Paris to localities
where it could be sold for what the
market would pay.

NATIONAL PRICE—FIXING TO BE
TRIED

A scheme of national price-fixing
is to be tried now with beans and
potatoes. Both of these crops are far
below the requirements of the coun-
try. I have seen many days when
potatoes could not be bought in Paris,
and it was a common thing last win-
ter to have to run half over the city
. to find a market where green vege-
tables could be bought. The National
price fixing scheme for beans and po-
iatoes will divide the country into dis-
tricts. with a. penalty for sending
either commodity out of the district
without permission.

So far, meat has withstood all ef-
forts to control its consumption—
there has been no attempt to control
its price—and yet
it is vitall.V 119‘"
essai‘y either to
control the con-
sumption of meat
in France or to
increase the suD~
ply, Otherwise.
the end of the
war will see the
country so reduc-
ed in its herds
that it will take
many years to
bring them back
again to the 110th
where France will
he once more self-
sustaining.

SUPPLY MUST
BE INCREASED.

Of course. the
thing to do is to
increase the sup—
nly. When a
country has had
its breadstuffs cut
down to the ex-
tent that France
has suffered. the
people naturally
fall back on meat.
One might think
they would fall
back on vegeta-
bles, but the same
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The French peo- ‘

ence and resent efforts of the government .

   
  

Afiy Consumes 400,000 Tons of Meat Annually Which
Together with Civilian Consumption is Rapidly

‘ , Depleting the Live Stock Resources

By FRED B. PITNEY

deprived them of grains have de-
prived them of vegetables. There
have not been the hands to cul-
tivate the ground. They could
no more raise vegetables than
wheat. And they have fallen back on
beef, mutton and pork. The herds
existed and they have been eaten up.
People had to have something to eat.

To what extent the herds have dis-
appeared is shown by the cutting down
of the meat ration of the soldiers at
the front. At the beginning of the
war they were allowed one pound of
meat a day. Twenty per cent has now
been cut from that allowance. And I
will point out again that only dire ne~
cessity will countenance reducing the
food allowance of soldiers at the
front.

MEAT SHORTAGE SERIOUS

Civilians, naturally, were the first
to suffer, when meat became scarce.
The price went soaring. Retail prices
to consumers doubled and trebled. The
poor cut down in quantity, one under_
stands, and the very poor went with

out entirely. But those who could, pay
could have meat, if they were willing
to give the price.

The time came, however, ~when
there had to be an attempt to control
the consumption. The army requires
36.000 tons of meat a month, or 432,-
000 tons a year. France’s herds suf-
fered enormously at the very beginn-
ing of the war. A total of approxi-
mately 2,500,000 cattle, sheep and
hogs from the French herds were
seized by Germany in the invaded
provinces. Coming immef! Vely' on
top of this loss Fran e found herself
compelled to find food for some mil-
lions of Belgian and French refugees.
This had to be done at once and the
herds remaining had to be-slaughtered
without stopping to ask questions
about the future. One does not say
we starving man, "What will I do
tomorrow. if I give you this crust of
bread today?”

England. therefore, undertook to
supply France with 250.000 tons of

meat a year, and this supply was kept

up atlthe rate or about 20, 000 was a 0
month until February of this year.

At that time the English supply stop,
. pad England was having then all

she could do to feed flier own people.
011 reduced rations '

Thus, since- February, France has
had to supply from 1m own resources
432, 000 tons .,,of meet a. year to her
armies. 1,428,000 tons for‘the civil-
ian population and another 350,000
tons for refugees, making a. total of
2,000,000 tons of meet a year demand-
ed by France.

HEBDs DEPLETED
What are the herds she has to do
this with? At‘thie beginning of 1914
her cattle herds comprised 14,787,710
head; sheep 16,131,390 and hogs 7,-
035,850. By the end of 1914,‘after five
months of war, her cattle were reduc-
ed to 12,668,243, her sheep to 14,038,-
361 and hogs to 5,925,291. Today her
cattle herds are cut down more than
twenty per cent, while her sheep num-
ber no more than 10,000,000 and her
hogs 4,000,000—a loss of nearly fifty
per cent of her hogs and three-eights
of her sheep on top of the loss of

twenty per cent of her Cattle.
Cattle feed is short in France and
the cattle are poor and under weight.

(Continued on page 13)

Renewing Fertility of Depleted Soils

To Reclaim “Wom-Out” Soils the Action which was the Cause of the Depletion
must be Reversed and a Careful Rotation Followed

HILE THERE are many farm—

ers suffering losses, because

of poor marketing conditions,
there are still more who are los-
ing because they are not pro-
ducing enough. Every farmer must
produce a certain yield or he is
farming at a loss. This lack of pro-
duction is due to numerous causes,
principally lack of fertility in the soil.

If the farmers now were blessed
with virgin soil known to this country
a half century ago, with the advan-
tages of modern equipment available
today, there would be an abundant
production of farm products, notwith-
standing the many vexing problems
arising.

But no matter how painstaking the
seeding and cultivating, no matter
how much you study scientific farm-
ing, no matter how persistently you
work to the end of reaching a maxi-
mum production, you must reclaim
the fertility of the soil if living on a

By NATHAN F. SIMPSON

depleted farm, or you will not be
able to produce profitably. And when
the farmers of any section have
learned to feed the soil, along lines
making possible a profitable rotation
of crops, the problem of successful
farming so far as that locality is con-
cern-ed, is solved. This would apply
especially to the proper fertilizing by
clover and otherwise, of soil not so
much depleted but what the success-
ful seeding of clover and other nitro-
gen producing plants are certain.
The farmer in possession of soil,
which under normal weather condi-
tions will produceclover, has no ex-
cuse in this day and age, to allow the
natural fertility of his soil to de-
crease. Keeping up the fertility of
the soil where clover can be produced
is a routine so simple and 30 generally
known among all good farmers that
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would not be necessary in this arti-
cle. But how to reclaim a depleted
farm where the soil is too poor to
raise clover, and there are such farms
in every community, will be the sub-
ject of this discussion. _

Not long ago, the writer, in company
with the owner of a large farm in
Michigan, was walking over the farm
with a view of determining the prop—
er rotation of crops. The owner Was
deploring the loss of a clover seeding,
caused, as he claimed, by the drouth
and hot winds. Scarcely had he
completed his tale of woe when we
came upon a strip of fresh clover,
stretching across the field. This strip
of clover marked the former site of a
rail fence, “which standing for years,
had relieved this space of ground
from producing, and in consequence
it contained all that was required to
produce clover. I called my compan-
ion’s attention to the fresh growing
clover, and asked
why the drouth
and hOt winds
had not killed it,
Following the ob-
servation, it Was
easy for me to
convince the own-

er of this farm
that he

In 11 s t
start with some
artificial means

of fertilizing in
order to produce
a legume, which
would further
carry nitrogen to
the soil until the
usual rotation of
grain, clover and
pasture could be
resumed. And
you who are on
a depleted farm,
can usually at-
tribute your loss
of clover seeding
more to the lack
of fertility in the
soil, than to con-
ditions of the
weather, and the
great problem to
discover the cure-
all for this kind
of soil, made DOS"
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His quiet businesslike ways seem
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called to the colors, you will still be able
to get your milking done easily, if you
have the Perfection to help you. You can
even increase the size of your herd, if you
wish and thereby do your share in increasing
the pmduction of dairy foods of which the
country really is in need.

C. F. Andrews of Richmond, Vermont, says:

“I mat 32 cm with ray Perfection Milker in a satisfactory
mannerin about an hour. I see no change in the amount of milk
we get. We have no teat or udder trouble. I know of 40 Perfec-
ions in thin State, each one of which are satisfactory, and if I were
to install another outfit, it would be a Perfection.”

T. P. Peterson of Blooming Prairie, Mind, says:

“I use two double unit Perfection Milkers, and with them
milk 27 cows in less fian an hour. My cows made more butter
lat pet cow hat year, milked with a Perfection Milker, than ihey
ever nude before. I bought another Perfection Milking Machine
lasthll formy other farm. I prefer the Perfection to any of the
other makes that I have seen, and I believe it is easier on the cows,
and the expense of keeping it in repair is very small. I am satis—
led (in it has no bad effect on the cows if properly Operated
I won“ I“ be without a Perfection Milker as long as I milk
are.”

Get a Perfection Milker and increase
your earning capacity. Write today for

penod of complete release. The free copy of our new illustrated catalog.

Perfection Manufacturing Company

2119 E. Hennepin Avenue

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A new potato and grain warehouse
will be built at Provemont by A. J.
Otto.

 

The Constantine Co-operative Buy-
ing & Selling association shipped a
sow for John Stears the other day
which weighed 530 pounds and sold
for $90.18 net—AdvertiseT-Record,
Constantine.

 

Geo. Freidrich marketed some reg-
ular shoats in Brooklyn Saturday.
There were .seven as near alike as
peas. They averaged 260 lbs. each
and at $17.75 brought 321.27.—Brook-
11m Exponent.

 

Alex McConnochie has just cleaned
up 130 head of cattle which he has had
on pasture farms during the season.
Sixty head went to Buffalo and the
balance were sold to farmers for feed-
ers.——Deckerm’llc Recorder.

 

Will Scott planted an unknown va-
riety of potatoes last spring which
are proving to be some yielders ac-
cording to two samples which he brot
to our office last Friday. One hill con-
tained 24 potatoes and weighed 9 1-4
pounds and the other contained 35
tubers which weighed 8 1-4 pounds.
They are a fine sample and Will says
they are splendid cookers.——Dccke'r-
m‘lle Recorder. ,

 

Dr. A. H. Weber of Petoskey and
brother J. S. Weber, the latter a bank-
er in Des Moines, have purchased a
number of Emmet county farms and
will start a cattle raising industry.
Alfalfa ranches will also be another
feature on their newly secured farm
land holdings, as well as potatoes
from the fact that potatoes raised on
the cheapest Michigan land yield as
many bushels per acre and are far bet-
ter quality than those raised on $500
acre Iowa farms, according to Mr.
Weber’s statement.———Portland Observ-

CT. .

The Cooperative company’s ship-
ments of live stock since instituting
this department about three weeks
ago, amount to $12,244.78.—North
Branch Gazette.

 

A carload of potatoes ready for.
shipment out of the Colon station was
destroyed last week, some miscreant
entering the car at night and sprink-
ling fine salt all over the tubers. The
ruin was complete and Michigan Cen—
tral detectives are looking for ‘ the
evil doer.——Um'on City Reg. Weekly.

 

Federal secret service agents Tues-
day reported to Washington the dis
covery in a Buffalo warehouse of mil—
lions of pounds of sugar in bags and
barrels, labeled “Top Crust Flour."
Notations on the packages, it was said
indicated that the sugar had been
coming into the warehouse over a per-
iod of several months. A federal
agent who made a survey of the con-
tents of the building estimated the
amount of sugar at 150 carloads or
about 10,000,000 pounds.—Ma.;uvillc
Monitor.

 

The Evart Creamery Company is
now ready for business and will start
in all departments this morning under
the direction of expert workmen from
the factory who placed the machinery.
Since determining to enlarge the scope
of their business last summer the
company has been greatly delayed in
procuring material with which to en-
large the plant and the machinery ow-
ing to prevailing conditions; it was

' first planned to have their plant ready

July 15. The plant is equipped to
make powdered milk, condensed milk.

, butter and cheese, and buy whole milk

direct from the farmers. Next week
auto trucks and tea’ins will make reg-

. ular» trips to Hersey, Chippewa. Orient

Sylvan and Hartwick townships, for

.gatherlng milk, cream, eggs, poultry

etc. 'The enlarged industry will fur-
nish a great impetus to the dairy in-
dustry of this locality—Evart Review.

Fred Donaldson of Sandusky brags
about one bean stalk with 60 pods on
it, but Walter Evans of this village
has him beaten 3. mile. Mr. Evans
brot a bean stalk to this ofl‘lce re-
cently which had 110 pods on it and
there were several pods broken off in
handling. Come on, you bean brag—
gards.—Deckcrville Recorder.

 

Corwin Giles brought in some “Early
Breakfast” potatoes on Tuesday, about
the best seen around these parts in
many a year. Carwin tells his ex-
perience as follows: “With just ten
pounds of seed I planted 88 hills and
harvested 376 pounds, an even six
bushels above the ten pounds of seed
planted. They are the best size as
well as the best yield I have ever
raised. Only eleven pounds of the lot
were under market size and of the
largest only 48 as selected filled a
bushel basket, averaging from one to
one and a half pounds each."~—Brook-
Igm Exponent.

 

Plans are being made to hold a farm-
ers meeting in Union City soon to
consider the advisability of forming
an independent local cooperative com-
pany. This is in response to numer-
ous demands that products other than
live stock be handled. It was quite
generally considered at the time of
joining with the West Calhoun Co—op-
erative company that this junction
was likely to be only temporary. The
time now seems right to incorporate
a company of our own, capitalizing
enough to operate a warehouse and
general supply house. By late inter-
pretation of a. co—operative law, it is
made possible to organize very sim~
ply and to obtain sufficient financial
rating to carry on an extensive busi-
ness. Arrangements are being made
to have a federal organizer here. and
it. is hoped that when the date is an-
nounced. a large attendance may be
had—Union City Register Weekly.

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portion to supply the needed quanti-
ty of meat. Milk cows have been kill-
ed and the shortage of proper feed has
reduced both the quantity and qual-

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ity of milk. Why, I have seen the
time when it has been next to impos-
sible to get milk for my little baby in
Paris. I have gone from store to
store, begging some one to sell me
as little as two cents worth of milk
for my baby.
CRYING NEED FOR MEAT

The government is trying to con-
serve the meat supply and save the
herds now, by limiting the use of
meat to one meal a day. The endeav-
or is made to accomplish this purpose
by forbidding the sale of meat after
1 p. m.. and ordering the butcher
shOps closed at that hour, while ho-
tels and restaurants can serve meat
only with the noonday meal. But
this measure has had little effect on
the use of meat as it serves only
against the restaurants. Housekeep.
ers can buy all the meat. they want

before 1 o’clock, and they do it, as.

there is no restriction in the amount
that can be bought. Moreover, in the
restaurants one can eat all the meat.
one wants at midday, and thus make
up for having none at night, and this.
also is the practice.

There is only one real solution to

the problem. -Fra.nce must have more

meat. Her herds are disappearing
rapidly. They are today far below
the danger point. Soon they will
have to be reconstituted entirely.
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Three tablespoonfuls of rice to a quart of
milk, one cup of sugar, a lump of butter as big
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A Chance to Make Some Christmas Money.
NE OF our neighbors from Lockport, Mich-
igan, wrotevme the other day, telling me
that she had reduced the amount of wheat

flour used in her family to one-third by following
the suggestions of Mr. Herbert Hoover. She said
she thought this was the least she could do for
her country. and wondered if other women are
doing the same.

I, for one, am Observing two meatless days a
week, and a wheatless day. Judging from how
it is to get sugar and coal, it looks as if
after awhile we would be keeping meatless, wheat-
less, sweetless and heatless days!

Anyhow, what I want to know is, what are
you doing for your country? Are you following
the suggestions of the Government, through Mr.
Hoover? Are you observing meatless days? Are
you wasting nothing, and cutting down on your
menu as much as possible? »

‘Remember. we women have to help fight the
kaiser, and the only way we have to do it except
send our men away, is to fight him through the

kitchen. Everything we save means so much
more for our soldiers. And. by the way. are you
remembering the soldiers at Christmas? Are you

knitting?

Write and tell me in what manner you are
doing your bit! For every letter published we
Will pay 50 cents and—that. much will help to buy
some ’baccy for our boys at Christmastime!

Now, dear neighbors, drop your broom for a
minute, sit down to the old “senetarv,” and tell
me just what \011 me doing to shorten this war
we are all maxing “ill end soon.

Address letters to Mrs. Anne Campbell Stark,
Editor l-Voman's Page, MH‘IIIGAN Bi'sIans FARM—
ING. Mt. Clemens, Mich.

The Land of Substitutes
ISS MARY ETHEL McAULEY went to Ger-
M many in 1915 to write of war conditions
as she found them. She came back this
summer, three months after we .had entered the
war, and says that Germany is the land of sub-
stitutes.

She says they have about a hundred different
brands of coffee substitute and they are all very
bad, as is also the substitute for tea.

Soap is one of the scarcest things in the land
and everywhere posters are pasted warning the
people to save the soap. Clothes are put to soak
a week before washday and every day they are
washed a little. At the end of the week the dirt
falls out of them, and thus hard rubbing is saved.
Miss McAuley says that they don't use wash-
boards in Germany .

They clean hardwood floors with tin shavings.
Felt shoes are worn by the housewives and the
shavings are rubbed over the floors with the feet.
Most stores will sell just one spool of embroidery
floss to one person at one time. If you want a11-
other spool you have to go back the next day.

One of the funniest restrictions the store-keep-
ers had, Miss McAuley says, was that you could
not buy an orange without buying a lemon at the
same time. This worked two ways. The oranges
were saved and the storekeepers got rid of their
lemons.

Cofl‘ee grounds are not thrown out but cooked
over and over. When you go to a shop, you must
take a bag of paper along. as they save paper over
there. If you don’t take your own bag for eggs
you must carry them home in your hand. String
is saved carefully, too.

No matter how rich a person is they cannot run
their own automobile. This is to save tires and
gasoline. Some of the automobiles displayed for
sale have cement tires.

There is a substitute for eggs, and a substitute
for milk. Miss McAuley says the egg substitute
is very good, especially when mixed with one
real egg. and makes very good omelets. They
have iron and aluminum money. They make oil
out of nuts, and use hazelnut oil to fry potatoes.
They make cloth from thistles.

 

 

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And to cap the climax, in the city of Hanover,
on account of the scarcity, of water, the water is
shut off entirely'from the bathrooms and no one
can take a bath.

Enjoy This World
Y AUNT Abby Watkins always thought be

ing a Christian was to frown on all the '

bright, beautiful things of this world,
wear sober black, hold her mouth as if she was
continually saying “papa, prunes and prisms,” and
never sing anything but hymns.

There are lots of Aunt Abbys in the world, sad
to relate. What a strange idea hers is, dating
back to the old Puritan days! They believed that
although God surrounded them with beauty, it
should be frowned upon. Rich and poor alike' can
enjoy the beauty of the fields, the open sky, the
myriad colors ofthe autumn woods, the flowers,
the friendly stars, the little moon that rides so
high above us! It doesn’t take riches to get
beauty out of a sunset No millionaire can drink
it with any more appleciation or pleasure than

his poorest servant.
MWWWM

A Night at Home in Winter

LOVE the winter evenings, _
Somehow they seem the best.
I like to sit around the lamp
And read, and talk and jest!
Outside the keen wind whistles,
Inside it’s toasty warm!
There‘s nothing like a night (it home
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We pop the golden corn.

.tnd mnneh the bright rcd apples
Until it's almost morn.
Some nights it is eleven,
Just dreadful late. I think!
But there's no school next morning
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And maybe for from home
I'll think of these dear evenings,
No matter where I room.
So quiet and so pcaycefnt.
R0 far removed from harm .'
There's nothing like a night at home
In winter. on the farm!
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I believe that is why God made this world so
beautiful. Poor folks cannot fill their houses
with beautiful pictures, Oriental rugs, and hand-
some furniture. We have to get along with what
we have, and save mighty hard for any added
luxury. But we can all enjoy the beautiful fur-
nishings of the great out-of—doors; the snow which
is more lovely than any carpet one can buy: the
pictures Jack Frost makes on the window pane
could not be reproduced with such delicacy and
finish by man.

And Aunt Abby to the contrary, this world is
filled with good, friendly people. We read the rec-
ord of crimes in the'daily papers, and it seemsal-
most as if there aren’t any Christians left in the
world. But all about us are such fine. simple,
friendly folks, who are always doing good little
neighborly deeds for 11s. We know that the wicked
and the criminals are the exception, and not the
rule. Of course. if we have Aunt. Abby’s peculiar
disposition. all we can see about this world is un-
lovely. We extol] the virtues of the next world,
and do not see the heaven about 11s. We are so
busy being good in our own narrow, selfish way
that we haven’t time to do good to those about us.

When I was a child going to Sunday school, I
remember our teacher had made a visit to Chica-
go, and was much impressed with some of the
sights he saw there. He described his sensations
upon going up to the top of the Masonic Temple,
many stories above the ground, and I will never
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Spread the Meat Flavor
Spread the meat flavor over other foods and
so economize on the quantity of meat consumed,
says the United States Department of Agricul-
ture Here is one was? to utilize l-eft -over meat
by spreading its flavor:

Meat Turnovers

Chop the meat. If the quantity on hand is
small, mix with it left-over potato or rice.
Season with salt and pepper, onion, etc. Place
filling on circular pieces of biscuit dough about
the size of a saucer, Fold over the dough and
crimp edges together. Bake for about one—half
hour in a hot oven.

A brown sauce made from two tablespoon—
fuls of flour browned in two tablespoonfuls of
butter to which a cupful of water or stock and
a half teaspoonful of salt is added, may he
served over the. turnovers.

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as he stood there and looked down, all the people
on the street below looked short and wide, and
spread out. No one looked tall and thin, and he
said that the lesson he got from this was that
God in looking down from His great height upon
us, judged us the same way: We are judged by our
width, by the good we spread about us, and not by
the narrow, bigoted little life we live within our—
selves.

In order to spread a good influence, it is nec-
essary to be cheerful, to enjoy yourself, and have
a good time as you go along. Smiles and loving
words will work wonders, where frowns and
cross words will fail utterly. Aunt Abby thought
she was a good Christian; no doubt she was, poor
soul, according to her understanding, out if she
had laughed a little more, been kinder to child-
ren, and enjoyed this world. 110w lovingly we
would think of her now, and how much more she
would have enjoyed her life here!

Ninety-Nine Cents Worth of Cretonne

MY BACK bedroom was always a cheerless
place. There are some rooms like that,
have you noticed? It wasn't. improved any
when we built a garage in our ba1kyard, which
is small (we live in a village.) This made the
room dark. and try as I would. I couldn’t make a
livable room of it. l was going to give it to the
children as a play room, but thought that would be
taking a mean advantage of them. as children re-
quire sunnier rooms than grown folks do. It was
really a logical room for the guest room. and
this is what I had planned, and so I told my
friendliest little neighbor one autumn afternoon.
“Can you suggest anything to give this room the
cosy look it lacks?” I asked.

She laughed as she answered,
cents worth of cretonne!”

“I had just such a room in our old house,” she
went on to say. “One day I was over to the dry
goods store, and saw some very inexpensive cre<
tonne. It was a cream background. with a blue
flowered design, and sold for only eighteen cents
a yard. My windmvs were double a; yours are.
so I bought five and one—half yards, which cost
me ninety—nine cents. I split it through the cen-
ter, measured the length of my windows. made
two curtains for each, hemmed on the one Side,
and tOp and hottom. and made a short curtain or
valance to {‘11 and ruflln a little. of course. between
the pair of curtains on e111h window. I hung
these over my tied-back ruffled curtains. which I
used in order to get all the light possible into the
room, and you have no idea what a difference it
made. Luckily I had a white iron bed. and white
dresser and rocker in the room. and the light fur-
niture made the room seem brighter and cheerier
than darker furniture would have. I enameled a
little white table to match. and put a basket of
bright artificial nasturtiums on it. and an inex-
pensive blue rug on the floor. and now it is the
prettiest room in the house. Indeed I was so in
love with my cretonne drapes. which are so easy
to make. and cost so little that I have them in all
my bedrooms now. and over my dining room cur—
tains too, I have some handsome stuff in a bird
and flower pattern.”

My neighbor went on to say that it was those
little touches that take more thought than money
that give any room the desired homelike effect,
and when I had followed her suggestion, I heartily
agreed with her.

My back room is as pretty new as any room in
the house, and I never feel ashamed when I usher
a guest in there.

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-GENESEE (SouthwesU—Farmers are
sowing rye, digging potatoes and cut-
ting corn. They are also harvesting the
bean crop, many acres of which are yet
in the fields. The weather has been cold
and rainy for the'past few days. The
soil is too wet for working right now,
but it will not take long for it to be O.K.
for fitting up. Farmers are selling po-
tatoes, wheat, rye and other grains in
moderate quantities. Several are hold-
ing potatoes for higher prices. An extra
large amount of the pedigreed grains,
Red Rock wheat and Rosen rye are being
sown this fall. The auction sale season
has started and several sales are billed
for the next few days. The apple crop
is very short. There is a serious short-
age of threshing coal—C. W. S., Fenton.

HILLSDALE (Northeast)—Some .are
still cutting corn and others'arc husking.
Potato digging is in full swmg. Farmers
are getting $1 per bu. at the car.———J. A,
H,. Somerset Center. -

BENZIE (West Central)—The Wood-
men of Benzonia camp filled neighbor
Fred Watters’ silo last Monday. Farm—
ers are digging potatoes. A light snow
,has fallen here.——G-. H., Benzonia.

INGRAM (Northeast)—Farm work is
pretty nearly at a standstill With rain
and snow in the air. A few beans out
yet—A, N._ Williamston.

BENZIE West)—The farmers are
digging potatoes and trying to harvest
beans. There is a storm nearly every
day when it rains or snows or does both.
There are some potatoes but.th very
many. There is not much building or
buying here only absolutely what is nec-
essary (and automobiles.) The farmers
will hold what little beans they have un-
til they get a fair price for them. Then,
even then they will show on the debit
side of the ledger, at $10 per bu, If the
weather will ever permit, buckwheat will
be threshed; it is about half a crop here
as the crop was frosted—F. M., El-
berta.

MIDLAND (Southeast)—The farmers
are threshing beans and doing fall'plow—
ing. The weather is cold and rainy at
this writing. Our potatoes are all good
and about all dug, but the bean crop here
is small, had out 17 acres and will get
about 25 bushels or close to that. Those
who had their ground tiled did not do
so bad—J. H. M., Hemlock

ANTRIM (Southwest)-—Potato digging
is the main business in this vicmity.
Some of the farmers have not pulled all
of their beans yet on account of the
scarcity of help.-———C. F. W., Alden.

MONROE (Ween—Have had lots of
rain. Most o the wheat and rye are in
the ound. Corn is all cut and in the
shoe There was lots of corn that was
not good enough to cut this year. Some
of the corn is soft. Hoping to have some
warm weather for our late wheat. Lots
of the early wheat did not come good on
account of its being so dry shortly after
being planted.

MONTCALM (Southwest) —Farmers
are mostly through harvesting fall craps
and some are digging potatoes which is
a poor crop in this neighborhood. The
weather is cold and heavy frosts were
received this week. Soil is wet but not
too wet to prevent farmers from work-
ing. The prices of potatoes are from
twenty-five to thirty cents lower than
they were last week and the farmers
are not marketing—W. L_, Greenville.

OCEANA (Southeast)—It begins to
look as though winter was nearly here.
The biggest share of the crops are har-
vested and beans and buckwheat are
being threshed. Beans are yielding very
poorly and many will not even be thresh-
.ed. They range in price here from $7.50
to $9.00, and some have been offered as
high as $10.00 for good white beans. A
large acreage of grain was sown in this
county; mostly all looking good—H. V.
V. B., Hesperia.

I’RESQUE ISLE (Central)—The wet
weather is interfering with potato dig-
ging; there is about a third of the crop
in the ground yet, and they are not a
very poor yield—D. D. S., Millersburg,

TUSCOLA (Central)#l<‘armers are
still digging potatoes, and they are not
as good as looked for, but still a fair crop
and range from 90 to 150 bushels to the
acre; the price is from $1.00 to $1.20.
Beans are all pulled here but no thresh-
ing done yet; there will be a light crop
by the looks now. There is no corn here.
Some beets and cloverseed out yet. The
farmers are selling some rye and wheat
but no oats. Potatoes are moving fast.
No fall plowing done yet on account'of
the wet weather Farmers are paying
$2.50 and $3.00 a day with board for
help and can’t get it at that.-—R. B. C..
Caro.

BSLANCII (Nortli)—Farmers are refill—
ing silos and digging potatoes. Weather
wet and cold; soil too wet to work. Are
selling some grain and holdidng some
hay and oats. Not building or buying
much.——F. S,, Union City.

TUSCOLA (Northeast)——Owing to the
continued rains the most of the beans
are still in the field and how much they
are being damaged is hard to tell but
with the heavy frosts and so much wet
weather they are no doubt being dam-
aged to some extent. Potatoes are most-
1y taken care of and were a fair crop.
although there are not many grown in
this district. Corn not very ripe and seed
corn will be scarce—J. A. McG., Cass
City.

JACKSON (West)—The farmers are
‘ still trying to dry their beans but it is
still raining. The beans of Jackson Co.
will be a total loss if it don’t stop rain-
ing—7B. T., Parma.

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JACKSON (Serum—Weather is cold
and rainy. Farmers are behind with
their work. Impossible to get help. Day
help commands 3.00 and dinner, but it
is hard to secure anyat that price. It
is difficult to get a supply of. either hard
or soft coal at present, Dealers do not
seem to know when they will get any
more coal. Corn and beans nearly all
harvested; crops poor and the corn is
soft and of poor quality. Potatoes are
good and of good quality, and are bring-
ing readily $1 a bu. at the market. Some
farmers are getting more. Wheat all
sown and most of the rye also. Apples
are scarce and of poor qualiy. Not very
much hay to market this year. most of it
Will be fed up on the farm.-——(}. S.

RENEWINGT—ERTILITY
OF DEPLETED SOILS

(Continued from page 12)
sible without bankrupting the owner.
The cure for the depleted farm des-
cribed in a few words is: reverse the
action which was the cause of deplet-
ing your farm. How did you or your
predecessor reduce the fertility of
your farm? Listen! You raised
wheat after wheat without fertilizing
because the soil at that time would
produce wheat, 'and wheat was bring-
ing a good price. Because your straw
stacks were numerous, you sold straw
for a paltry sum, and in doing so you
drove about as good a bargain as did
Esau in Selling his birthright.

Clover seed was costly, and in your
mad pace to tax the soil to its limit
you passed the clover by and raised
another crop of. grain. It was not nec-
essary to divide the two fields of grain
by a fence, so one by one your fences
disappeared, and in consequence your
flocks and herds diminished in the
same proportion. You sold more
milk and stopped the supply of sep-
arated milk, the main support of
your calves and pigs.

As your flocks and herds diminish-
ed, necessarily your income was les-
sened, so you further reduced your
live stock to finance the farm. The less
live stock, the less you were in need
of hay, pasture and fences, so you
raised more Wheat and sold more
straw, carrying on your process of
dissolution until by degrees you drew
off from your farm or consumed in
your every day routine of destructive
farming the last vestige of fertility
in your over—cropped farm, while clov-
er, the redeemer of all depleted soils,
no longer lived, and under the old dis-
pensation of farm production, you
were lost.

So I say, in prescribing a general
remedy to reclaim depleted soils, take
the opposite course from which you
or your predecessors have taken in
reducing the production of your farm.
To start, use the necessary commer—
cial fertilizers required in producing
clover and other legumes. Stop sell-
ing Whole milk, although it may bring
a trifle more, and use the separated
milk in raising pigs and calves. Build
up your fences, and to the farmers
I know who are buying condensed
milk, purchase some cows. To the
farmer who keeps a cow, staked out
by the roadside, turn the poor creature
into a pasture and see to it that she
has company. Don’t sell any more
straw. Use it for roughage. mulching
or as an absorbent about your stables
or yards, and if you have the money
or your credit is good. and should
your neighbor be foolish enough to
sell his straw, buy it, and you will re-
alize within a short time, by compar-
ison, that you are transferring the
fertility of his farm to yours. Don’t
allow anyone to tell you that it pays
to sell straw and buy commercial fer-
tilizer. It pays to use both, but a
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush, so keep all your straw and
roughage.

The Lord created vegetable life to
sustain animal life, and the animals
were intended to roam the fields, and
subsist on What the soil produced. Do
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