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MILK PRODUCERS TAKE STEPS TO

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 1917.

PROTECT mun OF INDUSTRY

Nearly .Three Hundred Dairymen
of Detroit Area Met and Adopt-
ed Plans for Extending
Usefulness of Or-
ganization

 

Milk producers of the Detroit area.
met on November 5th at the Board of
Commerce, Detroit, and passed a num-
ber of important resolutions bearing
upon the future activities and efiect—
iveness of their organization. The first
action was the unanimous consolida-
tion of the eastern branch with the
state association, following which
President John C. Near and his fellow
officers of the eastern branch were
given a vote of thanks for their ser-
vices and discharged.

Addresses were made by President
Hull, Field Secretary Reed and D. D.
Aitken of Flint, each of whom empha«
sized the need of higher milk prices
and urged that measures be taken to
protect the interests of the producers
in the event of their future demands
being denied by the distributors.

It is admitted that the producers of
the Detroit area must receive a higher
price than they are now getting for
their whole milk. Under the contract
signed by the distributors and the
producers last January, the latter
have been selling milk at an average
monthly rate of $2.10 per hundred lbs.
or about two-thirds of the actual cost
of producing milk. Many producers
protested against the price at the time
it was fixed, but felt duty bound to
stand by their representatives who
had in entirely good faith accepted
the compromise of the distributors, in
lieu of a costly and unsatisfactory
strike.

Secretary Reed recommended among
other things that immediate plans be
made to establish cheese factories in
the Detroit area for the purpose of
taking care of any surplus milk that
might result either from boycott by
the distributors or an increased pro—
duction. No action was taken upon
the recommendation but the scheme
is a feasible one and can be readily
carried out in case the necessity
arises.

By far. the most important action
of the producers was the naming of
a committee representing the various
parties concerned in the production
and consumption of milk to investi-
gate the costs of production, distribu-
tion, the food value of milk and other
relative matters in an effort to determ-
IDE} the proper wholesale and retail
prlce of the commodity in the city of
Detroit. .

This committee will consist of two
TBDresentatives of the Board of Com-
merce, two women to be named by the
Women’s clubs, two members: of the
Detroit Federation of labor, two rep-
resentatives of the Michigan inn: Pro-
ducers’ Association, State Dairy and

Food Commissioner Woodworth, State
Market Director McBride, Prof. A. C.
Anderson of the M. A. C. The com-
mittee will meet about the middle of
this month, at a time and place to be
designated by Secretary Reed. Al-
though the producers have not official-
ly bound themselves to abide by the
findings and recommendations of this
board, it is understood that they will
do so, as they are confident that when
all the facts and details of milk pro-
duction costs are laid before the com—
mittee it will decide upon a price that
will be fair to the producer and con-
sumer alike.

This plan has been carried out Suc-
cessfully in Chicago and while the De-
troit meeting was in session a tele—
gram was received from Chicago pro-
ducers saying that their committee
had decided upon a price of $3.22.

The proposal to assess each produc-
er a certain sum upon each one hun-
dred pounds of milk for the purpose
of creating a fund to extend the work
of the state organization was warmly
debated. The unanimous opinion of
the producers was that such an assess-
ment should be made, but they could
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vote on the matter recommended that
the executive committee’assess a half
cent against each one hundred pounds
of milk, this amount insuring a. re-
turn of approximately $200 a. week, it
was estimated.

A further action taken was the
adoption of a resolution not to enter
into any contract with the distribut-
ors for a longer period than one
month.

Secretary Reed is losing no time in
culminating the plans suggested at
the meeting. He was in Detroit the
day following to secure the co-opera-
tion of those who have been asked to
sit on the committee. All available
statistics bearing upon the cost of
producing milk, the problems that are
encountered by the producers, the
wastefulness and extravagance of the
present system of distribution and
the wide margin hctwee the prices
that the (.fstributors pay the farmers
and those they charge the consumers.
Mr. Reed is confident that the people
of Detroit will give sympathetic ear
to the arguments of the producers
and take action which will insure a
square deal for all concerned.

Providing this committee is able to
arrive at a unanimous and fair decis-
ion as to what the producers should
have for their milk, it is planned im-
mediately to abrogate the contracts
now in force instead of waiting until
the first of the your, and determine
upon a new schedule.

The Man milk producer Joins hands with the Detroit consumer to run down

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the fellow who is manipulating the milk prices and “'2: xing fat from the business.

; We Can Help Every Farmer in Michigan Make More Money on His Crops. Clip the Coupon

Weekly, for Michigan Business, Farmer—s

PER YEAR,--No Premiuml.
$1 Free List or Clubbing ()iierl

RECONSIDERS A
REAR ACTION

Food Admnistration Assures the
Farmers of Michigan an
Absolutely Square Deal
on Bean Prices

 

The clouds that have darkened the
bean situation the last couple of weeks
have been partially scattered by re-
ceipt of the following information
from the Food Administration in re-
sponse to Grant Slocum’s telegram as
published in last week’s issue:

“Bean situation in Michigan will be
impartially investigatcd as rcqltcstcd.
Spcculatlon will bc post/ivcly clz’min-
(Ifcn’. If in our pouv‘r all farmcrs will
act (1.1).s'ol'utcly .\‘(]I_l,(l)'(’ (Icul. We want
ihcir hcurty coopcrulion."

it is apparent from the tone of this
telegram that the Food Administra-
tion has been laboring under some
misapprehension of the situation in
the state. It is clear that concerted
efforts have been made to falsify the
conditions, leading the Administration
to believe that the growers had arbi-
trarily fixed the price without regard
to production costS, and that non-mem-
bers of the growers’ organization
stood ready to sell their crops at the
price of $6.90 suggested by the Gov-
ernment.

Mr. Hoover has not shown much of
a tendency to “change his mind” on
any decision he has made, but judg-
ing from the wording of his telegram
he has practically admitted that the
previous action was hasty and ill-ad-
vised, and there is a certainty that
the decision will be reconsidered.

Every effort has been made by those
sincerely interested in. the welfare of
the Government and of the growers
to acquaint the Food Administration
with the true state of affairs in this

state to the end that the price set on .
Michigan beans will be fair and com- .

mensuraie with the cost of produc-
tion so that the trading will continue
freely and that the farmers may be‘
encouraged to plant another large
acreage the coming year.

Predictions are freely made that the
Food Administration will raise the
price on its purchases of Michigan
beanss to at, least its former figure of
$7.80, and possibly higher. As a mat-
ter of fact any price below this will
be wholly unsatisfactory to the grow-
ers and is bound to cause a lot of bit-
terness and hostility which ought to
be avoided for the future welfare of
the industry in this state. As reports
continue to come in of the huge dam-
age that has been done to the already
scant crop, by the freezing weather of
late October, it becomes more certain
that thousands of farmers will lose
money on their crepe. This is a sit-
uation with which the Food Adminis-
tration should acquaint itself. It
should without further delay end the
suspense that the farmers and the el-

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Experience of Agricultural ,De-
partment of G. R. & I. R. R.

Proves Second Threshing
Pays Well

Mr. W. P. Hartman, agricultural
agent of the G. R. & I. R. R. Co., ad-.
Vises farmers to thresh their beans
twice this year. Mr. Hartman cites
his experience as follows:

“It will prove the best paying in-
vestment of a life-time to put your
bean straw thru the threshing ma-
chine a second time—and, if the
plants are damp and tough it will pay
to give them the ‘thrice-over.’

“Proof: Last winter when bean
prices began to soar some of our
neighbors in the vicinity of Howard
City—doubtless many others did like-
wise in other communities—threshed
or flailed their bean straw two and
three times. E. M. Miles realized.
$60.00; Edward Kelley earned $210.00;
Albert Hackbardt bulged his receipts
$220.00. There Were others.

“Last week when we threshed at the
Demonstration Farm, a fraction over
nine acres of beans yielded 59 bush-
els on the first run thru the machine;
the straw was put in again, producing
an additional 13 1-2 bushels; or 23
per cent of the first run. The beans
were sold the next day at $6.90 a bush-
el; thus the direct increased earning
was $93.15 gross; less $5.00 for re-
threshing. $88.15 net. This saving of
hitherto waste would serve 4320 plates
of baked beans on the basis of 3 oz.
per plate. Or. for a family of five it
would provide 864 meals.”

Assuming that every acre of beans
in the state would yield an additionl
1.4 bushels upon re—threshing, and
that there were 540,472 acres planted
to beans in this state this year. the
total added yield would be 756,660
bushels, representing a value of over
$6.000,000.

On’the basis of the above experi-
ment, it would seem good business
for every farmer to thresh his beans
a second time this year. as the yield
is so poor that every additional bush-
el that can be secured will mean a
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Mt. Plcnsantmllocal business men
have loyally offered to close up shop if
necessary and assist the farmers to
gather in their crops. The early cold
weather has caught many potatoes and
beans unharvested in many sections
of the state and the loss caused by
freezing will run into millions of dol-
lars.

Mount (llcmcns—Flying at Selfridge
aviation field will continue all winter
long when the weather permits. There
are now about 900 students and sol-
diers and over thirty airplanes at
the field. In snite of the large num-
ber of flights that take place on fav-
orable days, accidents have been few,
and it is stated that Selfridge Field
leads all the aviation camps in the
progress made by student aviators.

Jackson—Jrhis city is trying to elim-
inate the milk profiteer, the city com-
mission having voted to establish a
municipal milk station to which farm-
ers are invited to bring their milk.
Consumers will be charged only one
cent a quart more than what is paid
the farmer, to cover the cost of main-
taining the station. At present milk
is retailing in Jackson for 12 cents
per ouart and the dealers have pre-
dicted a raise.

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Detroit—The‘ profits of the Packard
Motor Car Company in the fiscal year
ending Aug. 3lst, were $5,400,691,
which is equal to 40.9 percent divi-
dends on the company’s capital stock.
The Packard Company is filling huge
war contracts for motor trucks, both
for this government and the Allies.
Henry B. Joy, formerly president of
the company, was one of the early
advocates of our entering the war.
Mr. Joy recently left for France to
take up military duties.

Mlcmdfimcrs
BELOW AVERAGE

Growers of Michigan are Receiv-
ing the Least for Their Pota-
toes of Any in the»
Country

For some weeks past We have no-
ticed a striking dissimilarity be-
tween the prices offered on the ma-
jority of Michigan markets for po-
tatoes and those being paid in other
states. Two weeks ago. for instance.
Pennsylvania farmers were receiving
$1.70 per bushel at the "station, and
the yield of this state is above normal.

Last week’s reports from Maine
show that ‘as high as $4.50 per bar—
rel was being paid, and for stock of
very questionable quality. In fact.
many shippers have had the Maine
potatoes rot on their hands, as a
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growers are having difficulty in find—

ing buyers.- As digging progresses

in Maine the greater appears the
damage from blight and rot. It‘is
stated that many ffmers have discov-
ered their potatoes to be not worth
digging.

Prices to New York growers have
ranged from $1.25 to $1.80 per bushel,
according to the locality, and most of
the farmers are holding for $1.50

A compariSOn of the prices prevail-
ing in this state with those of other
potato sections show without excep-
tion that our prices are low. For
weeks Detroit jobbers were offering
as high as $1.50 for first-class stock
while the majority of local buyers
were paying less than $1. The prices
on the local markets have advanced a
little since the middle of October but
not to the extent they should. In view
of the fact that growers of other
states are receiving upwards of $1.25
per bushel for their spuds we could
not blamev'any farmer of this state
for not Wanting to sell for less. If
potatoes in the eastern states are sell-
ing for from 25 to 50 cents a bushel
over Michigan prices, it’s a cinch that
the ultimate consumer will have to
foot the bill, and we see no reason
why the farmers of this state should
not have the additional profit instead
of handing it over to the buyers.

We would suggest to our readers
that they watch these columns close-
ly every week for the prices that the
growers in other states are receiving
for their various crops. It will be a
great help to them in disposing of
their own crops at the right prices.

Last Minute Letters from County Reporters

MANIS'I‘EE (Northwest)——Farming in
this county is at a standstill; the ground
has been covered with snow for a week,
until just recently when it began to warm
up a little. Lots of beans and potatoes
out yet, some of the potatoes have been
badly frozen, so much sothat the buyers
have not been buying this week. Fall
grain is not making.r any growth, and the
corn is not curing in the shock, it is as
Irecn as when cut, and farmers do not
know what to do with it; it will rot if
it is housed in the shape it is in now, and
we wonder where the seed corn will come
from next spring and what it will cost.
Cows are still in good demand, selling at
auction for as high as $135.-——C. H. S.,
llcar Lake.

SAGINAW (Northwest)—Farmers are
pulling beans, harvesting beets, doing fall
plowing. The ground is very wet_ There
is no ripe corn in this neighborhood.—
M. S. (1., Hemlock. i

PRESQUE ISLE (Central)~——Thé snow
of October 30 caught about 20 per cent
of the potatoes in the ground and all of
the bagas and carrots and about 50 per
cent of the beans on the ground and the
most of the June clover seed uncut. with
little prospects of saving it now. Most of
the farmers are holding what potatoes
they have saved. The price paid on the
start was 750, then it went to $1.00, then
back to 900; everyone seems to be dis-
appointed in the way the price runs as
so many are losing money at the pres-
ent price and yield.———D. D, S., Millers-
burg.

(JLIN'I‘ON (Southeast)——The farmcrs
are gathering beans and plowing. The
weather is fair with rising temperature,
just right for plowing_ The farmers arc
selling some stock and a few beans, and
are only buying the necessities, building
only to replace buildings that have been
destroyed by fire. Many farmers here
have joined with the Laingsburg co—opcr-
ative association.——F.. A. 0., Bath.

ANTRIM (SouthwesU—Snow still cov-
ers the ground here, but it looks now as

it would be nearly gone by to—

night. About a third of the potatoes are
still in the ground and about the same
percentage of beans are in the field. P0-
tato buyers here have not been buying
this week on account of the frozen po-
tatoes.»‘(.‘. W, (1., Kewadin.

ST. JOSEPH (North Central)——'l‘hc
weather at present is fine, and farmcrs
are putting in long hours endeavor-ing to
secure the potato crop and next comcs
the bean crop. There are a good many
beans to pull. and some that will not
pay to harvest. Those that “cre pulled
and out in the late storm period are
badly damaged. Hver in Kalamazoo
county merchants in some towns closed
their store-s and helped the farmers dig
potatoes, Guess their help was greatly
appreciated by all reports. A good many
lean hogs going to market. Farmers are
surely disappointed with new bean price
fixing. All things considered, the bean
crop will be a losing proposition this year.
So many merchants write in their ads
that a farmer can haul 10 bushels of
beans to market and take home a new
wagon, where 5 years ago 25 had to be
hauled in to get the wagon, but they
don't give the real reason, which is 3 to
10 bu. per acre yield. I had rather raise
15 bu. per acre at $2.00 than 4 bu. at
$6.00, Michigan has had two poor bean
crops in succession. which has had a good
deal to do with $6 beans.—-H. A. H..
Mendon.

BENZ”) (WHO—Farmers are digging
potatoes and trying to save the beans.
There are lots of potatoes in the ground
yet; the hard freeze of October 23rd has
hit some fields hard and they will be
from 5 to 10 per cent damaged. All the
green beans that were frozen are a very
mushy mess and are no good, which in
many cases are from 25 to 50 per cent of
the crop—F. M.. Elberta,

NIONROE (“lest (‘entrnD—We have
had some real cold weather the past few
days and potatoes that were not harvest-
ed got chilled a. little. Some grain and
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How True It Is!

The farmer gets more good advice than any man beneath the sun; the
magazines would treat him nice, so tell him once and tell him twice, how
And lecturers with bulging brows in coun-
try schools lay down the law; they tell him how to groom his cows, and
how to raise blue ribbon sows by feeding artichokes and straw. The edi-
tors of weekly sheets, who never pushed a span of mules, sit in their
chairs with leather seats, and tell him how to raise his beets, and for his
The men pursuing other trades, we all assume,
know what to do; no man the merchant prince upbraids, or chides the
lawyer till he fades, or to the plumber hands a few. The sexton, he can
dig a grave, we do not stop to tell him how, or show the barber how to
shave, or tell the tightwad how to save; the dairyman can milk his cow.
But every man in town believes no husbandmau knows how to farm; and
so we criticise his sheaves and tell him how to shear his beeves, and
treat the old more for the heaves, and bore him till he has the peeves,
and to his shoulders rolls his sleeves and tries to do us deadly harm.

all his duties should be done

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LABOR film 7

Detroit Organization That Prom-
ised Potatoes to Consumers at

65 cents a Bushel Changes
Its Mind.

In the October 27th issue of MICH-
IGAN BUSINESS FARMING we comment-
ed upon the statement of. the Detroit
Federation of Labor that it would
supply potatoes to Detroit consumers
at 65 cents per bushel, as follows:
“As for the Detroit Federation of La-
bor, it has got a lot to learn yet about
the marketing proposition as it will
soon discover when it goes out to buy
its first carload of 65 cent potatoes.”

According to the Detroit Newspap-
ers the Federation of Labor has al-
ready learned its lesson. The potato
committee went boldly forth as per
schedule and promise and offered the
farmers the munificent sum of 65
cents a bushel for their spuds. We
may well believe, in their vast ig-
norance that the committee cautioned
the farmers it would be their last
chanCe to dispose of their crops at
such a high figure and that they had
better sell while the selling was
good. But much to their surprise the
farmers did not respond to their mag-
nanimous offer and after a vain can-
vass of several different sections the
committee returned home disgruntled
and peevish.

“Now the potato committee is
charged with being responsible for
the high cost of potatoes.” says the
Detroit Free Press. “Farmers who
agreed to sell potatoes at consider-
ably less than $1 a bushel, now ask
from $1.10 up. With the freight and
cartage cost added. it was decided,
potatoes could be bought cheaper in
Detroit. The committee was dis-
charged.”

Efforts on the part of city organ-
izations to reduCe the cost of living
are commendable enough. but in the
maiority of cases are wholly imprac-
ticable and usually undertaken with
total ignorance of the underlying
causes. Had the Detroit Federation
of Labor taken the pains to investi-
gate the potato situation before pub-
licly announcing their good intentions
they would seen how utterly futile
their efforts to buy potatoes at 65
cents a bushel would be. As it is,
they made themselves ridiculous,
aroused false hopes in the consumer,
and : to vindicate their stupidity
are laying the blame on the farmer.

$2.06 IS Toov'rmw'ron
WHEAT AT GRAND RAPIDS

A Kent City subscriber writes as
follows: “Do you consider the price
of $2.06 for No. 2 Red Wheat in Grand
Rapids fair when compared with the
price of $2.17 paid at Detroit?"

NO, decidedly not. According to
the Food Administration Grain Cor—
poration the price at Grand Rapids
should be $212331 fdr No. 2 Red wheat,
and no farmer should sell for less
than that. If any of our subscribers
in the vicinity of Grand Rapids are
having difficulty in securing the price
intended by the Food Administration
that they should have, we would like
to have them write to us and explain
the circumstances, and we will take
the matter up with the Grain Corpor-
ation.

Mayville. Mich—There will be‘150
to 200 cars of potatoes shipped from

The crop is
60 per cent of normal with quality
good.

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WASHINGTON,
D.‘ C.—-The Rus-
sian . situation is
causing the admin-
” istration no end of
worry, and in spite
of. the Government’s avowed faith in
the ability of the Russian leaders to
keep the peoples of their country in-
tact in thot and action, Washington
diplomats shake their heads doubt-
fully. -The United States has told the
Russian people that we would stand
by them with our money and do
anything within reason to help them
keep up 'their end of the war. But
Russia is worn threadbare by inter-
nal dissention, war losses and the
friction of pro-German influences. It
is easy to drive one man to battle,
but to drive a million men is a differ-
ent thing. It hurts us to confess it,
and darkens our horison with grim
clouds of doubt when we do, but we
cannot be blind to the 'fact that the
heart of Russia is not in the war. The
present crisis has been patched up;
but another is bound to come within
the near future and as long as Rus-
sia remains in the war, she will have
to be petted and coaxed to do her

part, andpardoned when" she fails.
it t it!

The defeat of Mayor Mitchell in New
York’s election has put a damper up-
on administration leaders who' had
openly announced their sympathy
with his candidacy. Early in the
campaign Mayor Mitchell raised the
cry that the pacifists were fighting
him because he had supperted the gov-
ernment’s war aims s0 enthusiastical-
ly, and in this manner he succeeded
in enlisting the aid of such national
figures as Theodore ROOsevelt. Taft
and others. In fact, it is stated that at
one time President Wilson seriously
considered entering the campaign in
Mitchell’s behalf. The election of
Judge Hylan, however. seems to give
the lie to the statement that the issue
centered upon the loyalty question.

-Yet the fact that Hillquit. socialist

and avowed pacifist, received a vote
of only a trifle over 7,000 less than was
given Mitchell, is giving some of the
Washington executives a little uneas—
iness. There is the feeling that a
city overwhelmingly in favor of the
government’s war stand as New York
was hoped to he should have given
more material evidence of its senti-
ments. ..

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Herbert 0. Hoover, the food admin-
istrator. announces that farmers who
hold their wheat in anticipation of
higher prices will he disappointed, and
Mr. Hoover usually means What he
says, The Non-Partisan League , of
North Dakota was the first organiza-
tion of farmers to protest the fixing
Of a maximum price on wheat while
other commodities were untouched.
Other farmers, however. soon came to
their support, and for a time it looked
as if Mr. Hoover would have to re-
Vise his wheat price schedule. The
wheat farmers the country over felt
that they Were not being treated fair-
1y, but many of- them. in prefer
ence to embarassiug the government.
dlSDOsed of their crop at the stipulat-
ed Price and relieved the situation
sufficiently so that. the threatened
famine did not materialize. Mr.
Hoover now claims that he is master
0f the situation and that thru an
arrangement just completed with (‘an-
adian authorities will be able to se-
cure enough Canadian wheat to sup-
ply immediate needs at least. and be-
lieves that the farmers of the middle
West will come down from their perch
before there is a serious shortage.
Mr. Hoover has made the following
announcement: “There will be no
alteration of the price of 1917 wheat,
except of course, if peace should in-
tervene and under the law ‘the food

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such an event the large quantity of
Wheat now accessible in Australia and
India would be available to the world’s

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markets, arid the maintenance of the

present price for, wheat would be un-

likely.” _ ,

‘ While no doubt Mr. Hoover is sin-
cere in his statement, it does not en-
tirely accord with thevfacts that the
total world production of wheat is
short of the total World needs or that
the food Control law guarantees a
price of $2 to the farmer for his 1918 .
crop regardless of whether the war

ends or not in the interim.
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There is no longer danger that the
“bogey'man will get us if we don’t
watch out,” according to informa-
tion just given out by the Secretary
of State’s office relating to the agree-
ments just drawn up between the
United States and Japan. For years
this country has feared the “yellow
peril,” and since the Russo—Japanese
war many have lived in fear and
trembling that some day Japan would
turn envious eyes to our western short
and make no end of trouble for us.
But if such a danger ever existed, it
is now claimed to be eliminated.

The friendly relations that have
existed between the governments of
the two countries have been further
cemented by the recent conferences
between Secretary Lansing and the
.Tapanesn special ambassador, Viscount
Ishii, during which each reaffirmed
their faith in the integrity of the oth-
er’s country and mutually determin-
ed upon a policy covering both coun-
tries’ interests in China. ,

Recently it has been strongly sus-
pemmi that Japan entertained ulterior
motives against the peace and safety
of China. It was thot that the am-
bitious Jap had designs upon his
neighbor’s rich resources and was
only looking for a. half plausible ex‘
cuse to tread upon China’s toes and
thereby precipitate hostilities which
would result in territorial acquisi-
tions fo Japan. But if this country
may be taken at her word. her inter-
est in China’s internal affairs is
wholly unselfish, and she has pledged
to respect the independence and terri-
torial integrity of that empire. She
admits that she has a special inter-
est in China but only because of her
geographical contiguity. and claims
that she should have something to

  

 

 

   

say concerning the exploitation of "her

neighbor’s resources by European or '
‘ American . capitale—and Sec.‘ Lansing

has diplomatically conceded the point.

“While the troops of the central al-
lies were forcing their way across the
Tagliamento, Germany at home quiet-
ly crossed the political rubiconr and
in the space of five days 'changed from
an autocracy to a democracy," is the
startling statement of Mathias Erz-
berger, socialist leader of Germany’s
peace party, as transmitted to this
country under date of Nov. 5th. The
assertion may mean much or nothing,
and to date has not, been amplified so
as to shed much light upon the actu-
al situation.

That political conditions in Ger-
many have been more or less upset
the last few months, none will deny.
But at no time apparently has there
been an actual crisis in affairs; the
Kaiser seems to have retained the
upper hand successfully; and still
holds the balance of power. It would
appear that Wilhelm has thotfully
granted some concessions but whether
they are sufficient to enable the dem-
ocratic proponents to have anv in-
fluence in shaping future policies of
the government remains to be seen.

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It is expected that the next callsfor
men under the selective draft law will
be issued in January and that the men
will be summoned in accordance with
the new regulations approved by the
president. Under these classifi:ations
as published in this column several
weeks ago, skilled farm laborers will
be exempt from the first call. regard-
less of whether they are married or
single. The new purpose is to gather
in all unmarried and unskilled men
who are contributing nothing to the
welfare of the nation. such as habit-
ues of saloons and pool rooms. floaters
and loafers who have no ambition in
life and are constantly making troub—
le for the authorities. Camp life and
discipline may prove a real benefit to
these men. and spare those needed to
carry on the industries of the nation
as long as possible. Unless the war
makes heavier demands upon our
armed resources than now expected,
it will be a matter of several years at
least before men with wives and chil-
dren dependent upon them for daily
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Libels in words and pictures continue to h ’ ~ ~ .
With no one at hand to conduct the farmers defense city cartoonists

this nation.

delight to take an occasional fling at him. .
intimates that the farmer is iryng to dodge his duty.

of the cartoon, many a farmer who is selling his niilk at Go _
himself at the sight of the old dairy cow, labeled

40 cents a dozen, will chuckle to

“15¢ milk,” and the strutting hen, marked “000 eggs." .
incss of farming and farm marketing.

are our city cousins with the bus

e perpetrated against the farmers of
Darling. oi‘ the, New York Tribune, here
In spite of the gross injustice
a quart and his eggs at

Verily, how little acquainted

. London —— Premiér David

Lloyd
George has left for Rome. He is be-
ing accompanied by Premier Paul

Painleve of France, and also by cer-
tain high military officials. Every
possible assistance is being given Italy
in her hour of need. Men and muni-
tions have been despatched to the Ital-
ian front although great difficulties
exist in getting them there promptly.
Further means of assistance will be
discussed at the meeting of the Brit.
ish. French and Italian war officials
in Rome.
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Romc—The Italian forces have re-
established their linc along the Tag-
liamento river and great artillery ac-
tivity exists along the entire front.
German attacks have so far been beat-
en back but men and guns are being
concentrated by the Austro-German
forces and one of the greatest battles
of the war is impending. Reinforce—
ments are being rushed to the Ttalian
forces engaged. both by the ltalian
war office and by the British and the
French. The Italians. in their re-
treat, managed to save most, of the
heavy guns loaned them by the Brit-
tish. and these are now being used to
good effect 9.,
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Paris—The Germans have, again re-
treated all along the Chemin des
Dames sector, on. the Aisne front. They
have been closely pursued by the
French forces and many square miles
of territory have been regained, The
German retreat is expected to contin—
ue to Leon and will also affect other
parts of the French front. necessitat-
ing withdrawals along the line run
ning northward to St. Quentin. The
French for several months have been
keeping up a brisk offensive against
this section and it is evident that the
German forces. tiring of the terrible
ordeal of constant artillery and in-
fantry attacks. have fallen back to
other lines. thereby gaining a breath—
ing space while the French consoli-
date their new won positions.
it 3 *
PctrogrmlwPremier Kerouahy has
issued a statement to the effect that
Russia, after three ~years of warfare.
is for the time being obliged to halt
her operations and recuperate. 'l‘orn
by revolution and disscniion of differ-
ent factions and attacked in for-c bv
the German’s forces on sea and land. it
has been necessary for her to effect a
reorganization of her forces and re-
establish a permanent government be-
fore she (‘Elll continue operations. The
scvere Russian winter will soon 0"—
i'cciually prevent further German of-
fensive movements and :1ch Russia a
much needed period of rest and an op—
portunity to harmonize the different
factions which have been contending
for power since the revolution which
deposed the Czar. Russia hopes to be
able to resume the offensive again in
the spring of 1918, at which time the
great allied drive is exported to he
resumed with the addition of the
American forces.
It I 1
('amp ('nsh‘r Sundays no longer
bring such great numbers of visitors
to camp. The novelty has to a certain
extent worn off and the colder weather
has also has a deterring effect on vis-
itors. Another explanation is that
the new soldiers are being more liber-
ally supplied with passes to visit at
home over the week end. A strong
appeal is to be made in the campaign
to secure sufficient funds to success-
fully carry on the Y. M. C. A. work.
(Vamp Secretary Parnell has spent a
week out in the state and has aroused
interest among prominent business
men and others. Officers from the
camp have b d meetings at different
points during the week and the move-
ment. promises to be a success. l'nder
normal weather conditions the camp
construction will be completed with
ten days or two weeks and the camp
formally turned over to the military
authorities. Many sore arms have
been reported among the boys owing
to vaccination. but generally the state
of health of all is show? the average.
Wonderful improvement is being
shown in drills and general field work
and it is hard to realize that the sol-
diers seen drilling were but a few
weeks ago busy at the desk. on the
farm or in the machine shop. The
boys from Michigan and Wisconsin
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Food Admin' tration Official Is-
sues Sensible Statement on
plans for Encouraging
Hog Production-

 

We present below in full a bulletin
Just issued by the meat division of the
Food Administration. It cites in a
clear-cut manner the plans that are
under advisement for increasing hog
production and insuring the largest
returns to the producer. It is worth
the attention of every reader:

“The main purposes of the Food
Administration as to hogs are four:
To see that the producer at all times
can count on a fair price for his hogs
so that it will be profitable to him,
to see that the farmer increases the
number of hogs bred, to limit the
profit of the packer and the middle-
man and to eliminate speculation.

All these purposes are necessary
because we must have more hogs, so
that the ultimate consumer shall at
all times get an adequate supply of
hogs at the lowest feasible price.

We shall establish rigid (antral of
the packer. Fair prices to the farmer
for his hogs, we believe, will be brot
about by the full control which the
Food Administration has over the
buying of the Allies, our Army and
Navy, the Red Cross, the Belgium
Relief and the neutrals, which togeth-
er constitute a considerable factor in
the market.

The first step is to stop the sudden
break in prices paid for hogs at the
central markets. Those prices must
become stable so that the farmer
knows where he stands, and will feel
justified in increasing hogs for next
winter. The prices so far as, we can
affect them will not go below a min-
imum of about. $15.50 per hundred
weight for the average of the pack-
ers’ droves on the Chicago market
until further notice.

We have had and shall have, the
advice of a board composed of prac-
tical hog growers and experts. That
board advises that the best yardsticks
to measure the cost of production of
the hog is the cost of corn. That board
further advises that the ratio of: corn
price to hog price on the average over
aseries of years has been about twelve
to one (or a little less). In the past,
when the ratio has gone lower than
twelve to one, the stock of hogs in
the country has decreased. When
it was higher than twelve, the hogs
have increased. That board has given
its judgment that to bring the stock
of hogs back to normal under pres-
ent conditions the ratio should be
about thirteen. Thereforeuas to the
hogs farrowed next spring, we will
try to stabilize the price so that the
farmer can count on getting for each
100 pounds of hog ready for market,
thirteen times the average cost per
bushel of the corn fed into the hogs.

“Let there be no misunderstanding
'of this statement. It is not a guaran-
tee backed by money. It is not a
promise by the packers. It is a state-
ment of the intention and policy of
the Food Administration which means
to do justice to the farmer.”

TAKE GOOD CARE OF
THE BEES RIGHT NOW

 

Beekeepers lose from one-tenth to
one—half of their colonies every winter
by failing to feed and protect them
properly. That loss is too large, bee
specialists of the U. S. Department be-
lieve, and in a statement issued to-
day they declare these losses of im-
portant sources of sugar can be re-
duced to less than 1 per cent.

Wintering bees is a problem of con-
serving the energy of the individ-
uals in each colony, the bee specialists

say. Three conditions in the hive.

cause a waste of energy. First, when

necessity .

erg‘y to Ike‘é'p warm; Second,fiw11ei1‘_ '
‘ the temperatures; ‘thefairJ-eflabove. 60.; '
. degrees the" bees use energy .by ' fly-"

ing from the hive, removing the dead
that may ‘haVe accumulated, and in
any other activities which the needs
of the colony require. Third,'an ab-
normal activity resulting- in. energy
loss is‘cau‘sed by long periods of ad-
verse weather which do not permit
the bees to fly from the hive to void
their excrement. This last condition
may result in the death of many thous-
ands of colonies, the specialists say.

Protection of the hive and provid-
ing foods of good quality for winter
stores will conserve the energy of the
bees and enable the coiony to pass the
winter safely outdoors. If the hive
is placed within a box about 6 inches
greater in each dimension than the
hive itself. and the space between fill-
ed with dry sawdust, leaves, or other
insulating material, the necessity of
heat generation by the bees is reduced
to a minimum. A small tunnel thru
the packing material will make a pas-
sageway for the bees to the entrance

Care must be taken to see that
the hives have proper food stores.
Fecd such as honeydew honey or
honeys with a large percentage of
gums. which may cause a rapid ac-
cumulation of excrement in the bees,
are undesirable but may be corrected
by inserting a frame of honey in the
middle of the brood chamber after
brood rearing has ceased. Another
remedy for undesirable stOres is to
feed about 10 pounds of .a sirup made
of 2 parts granulated sugar to 1 part
of water. In either case when such
food is given after brood rearing has
ceased, it. will be placed by the bees
in positions most available for immedi-
ate use. and the poorest food stores
saved until spring when they may be

used safely.

RETURNING PLANT
FOOD TO THE SOIL

 

Commercial fertilizers are so high
priced at this time that we should
plan to return all the fertility to the
soil that is possible. The most econ-
omical way is to feed the food which
will return the most pounds and
dollars worth of plant food.

On the following list potash is val-
ued at. $ .40 per 1b,; phosphoric acid,
$ .06; and nitrogen at. $.25 per lb.
An animal returns about 80 per cent
of the fertility of the feed in the man-
ure.

The following list is the dollars
worth of fertility returned in the man.
ure from one ton of feed: 1 ton of
cornmeal returns $9.32 plant food;
ground oats. $11.92; cotton seed meal,
$41 84; wheat bran. $23.94; wheat
middlings, $24.92; barley, $14.60; a1-
falfa, $21.60; clover hay, $20.16; tim-
othy, $13.04; corn silage, $4.19, skim
milk, $3.20.

To gt. the most returns we should
sell part of our oats and buy cotton
seed meal for the cows. Sell part of
the barley and buy middlings for the
pigs. sell the timothy and buy clover
or alfalfa hay.——L. S. L., Norfh Branch.

SODA LYE NO REMEDY
FOR HOG WORMS

 

Soda lye has no value'as a remedy
or preventive against worms infesting
hogs, nor is it likely to be of value
against similar intestinal parasites
in other animals, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture.

Hogs were fed daily with the soda
lye mixed in their food in accordance
with the directions printed on the la-
bel of the sample tested. As a result
it was found that the hogs remained
infested throughout the period of
treatment—21A) months—and that the
extent'of infestation was increased
rather than decreased.

While the efficacy of soda lye against
worms parasitic in other animals was

     

 

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’paratively simple digestive tract of
hogs would be equally unsatisfactory

in the case ofvsheepand other rumin-
ants. ’

Manufacturers of soda lye are
Warned to ‘remOVe labels on which are

.g'printed unwarranted claims that the
product has remedial or preventive

powers against worms, or render them-
selves liable under" the provisions of
the Insecticide Act of 1910.

WHO IS MR. DIMOND?

Our many Mayville friends may be
interested in the following reprint
from the Detroit Free Press of Oct. 30:

I saw an article on the last page of the
Free Press October 24, relative to specu-
lators endeavoring to corner the potato
crop and force prices up as was done
last season. , ‘ ~ .

' Anyone conversant with the potato

situation knows that speculation had little
to do with these prices. The larger part
of the speculation, it you wish to use that
term was done by the farmers. At no
time. for 20 years have dealers stored as
few potatoes as were stored last season.
This can be easily ascertained by referr-
ing to any of the large dealers of the
state, -

The dealers themselves care very little
for the criticism of the newspapers, as is
evidenced by the fact that there has been
no attempt to answer these criticisms.
However, such articles are causing a great
deal of dissatisfaction with the consum-
ing public.

Relative to conditions at the present
time do not think that potato dealers
anywhere are inclined to carry any heavy
stocks of potatoes if it can be avoided.
And the only thing that will force the
carrying of such heavy stocks will be the
railroad company’s inability to .furnish
cars for transportation—Geo. F. Dimond.
Mayvillc, Mich.

HOOVER RECONSIDERS
FORMER BEAN ACTION

 

 

(Continued from page 1)
evators are laboring .under, send an
accredited representative to this state
and investigate not only the produc-
tion problems but the questionable
practices of many of the large elevat-
or companies who have been persist-
ently trying to “bear” the market for
individual gain.

No matter what future developments
may be, the Food Administration is
apparently reconsidering its former
action and an upward revision of their
prices is now looked for. So, farmer
friends, rest on your cars for another
week. By that time the skies should
be cleared and the way to port opened
up.

Will F. Powers of Goodland town-
ship has a variety of fall potato which
he considers very choice as it is us-
ually dry and mealy and bakes nicely.
His father got the seed in Canada
many years ago, bringing home three
small potatoes in his pocket. The po-
tato is'called the Vermont Gold Coin,
and Mr. Powers reports a yield of 150
bu. an acre this year with individual
potatoes weighing 13/, lbs.——Imlay City
Times.

 

J. A. Wise, who farms in the north-
west corner of Evergreen, left a speci-
men of White Globe turnips on display

,with the Chronicle that weighed four

pounds and a Flat Purple Top turnip
that tipped the scales at three and
five-eights pounds. “Oh, I can beat
that!” exclaimed a farmer when he
saw them the other day. Another
made a similar statement when he
viewed our potato display recently.
Well, we’re from Missouri—Cass City
Chronicle.

 

“On the hog,” can no longer be a re-
proach, since the 800 Line hog special
made its triumphal tour. The show-
ing was a surprising one, thirteen-
months’ old animals weighing 600
pounds—quite a plutocrat at present
prices—and four~months’ old pigs 200
on the hoof. The car was visited here
with much interest from the time it
pulled in until it left. The National
Pole 00., and Northwestern Cooperage
00., have arranged with the breeders
for several sets, and applications will
prObably be made for more than the
five sets which the 800 Line has ar-
ranged with the State Bank to finance.
“Hogs are worth more than shells"—-
ordinary field shrapnel anyway.—
Gladstone Delta. ‘ .

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Canadian Food conuomf wisely
Decides to Let .Potato Market
Take Normal Course",

 

The Canadian food. controller has de-

cided not to than arbitrary price for,

potatoes. A regulation is now under
consideration which will require
wholesale dealers to take out a li-
cense to do business and to file regu-
lar reports of all their transactions,
covering the purchase and sale of po-
tatoes. The sub-committee decided
not to fix the price at 1.26 per bag to
the consumer, after ascertaining that
the cost of producing a 90 pound bag
in each. of the five eastern provinces
was as follows:

Ontario, $1.27; Quebec, $1.50; New
Brunswick, $1.25; to $1.50; Nova ,Sco—
tia, $1.05; Prince Edward Island, 90
cents. To theSe costs must be added a
fair profit to the grower, freight and
the profits necessary to the wholesal-
er and retailer.

In regard to the suggestion of mak-
ing two grades of beans I think it
would be a good thing, as the beans
through my county are’frosted more
or less. As Mr. Cook says, the farmer

will need every cent he can get this.

fall.—D. B. B., Bellaire.

AVERAGE POTATO PRICES
ARE A CENT LOWER

 

Below are the average prices being
paid on Michigan markets for the
week ending Nov. 3rd:

Hogs .......................... $15
Wheat ......................... $2.03
Rye ................ $ .59
Potatoes ....................... $1.14
Hay ................. . . ...... $15.94
Hens .......................... $ .16
Butter .. . . . . . ................ $ , .42

.......................... $ .39

Eggs

Frank L.-Holycross, member of the
board of education, Columbus, will
give a few more blows at the maps
under the H. C. of L. He has several
carloads of vegetables and fruits that
he says he will sell at prices far be-
low market quotations. He will offer
100 bu. of apples at $1, $1.25 and $1.50
a bu. 50 bushels of pears at $1.10 and
$1.50 a bu. 5O buyof potatoes at $1.40
and $1.50. Potatoes on city markets
are now selling at $1.80. 25 bu. of on-
ions at $1.75 and $2 a bu.—$1 and $1.25
under market quotations. 300 dozen
eggs at 45c a doz., 5 cents under pre-
vailing. prices. Mr. Holycross lately
has made good on two under-price pro-
duce sales. He buys direct from the
farmer and sells for just what the
nroduce originally costs him.—Ohio
State Journal.

Condition of beans in Western A1-
Some have
been pulled three weeks and not dry
enough to haul yet. Many fields will
not yield five bu. per acre, and a
good many not three. Some fields
are not pulled and others not worth
pulling. No profit at $8.00 per bu.
Potatoes are not yielding very good,

price should not be less than $1.25.—

G. A. M.. Bravo, Mich.
ImumnumnmmnImlmmummm1mInIImummmuuummmnnmnummmmmnmmn

Please find enclosed one dol-
lar for my subscription to M. B. F.
Just the paper we need. We have a

co-operative shipping association here‘

which is bringing results. We ship
about $3,500 worth of stock each week.
John Thompson cleared $72 on In
bunch of 12 hogs over What a local
buyer offered him. This was on the
first shipment we made and the deal-
er wasn’t used to it. We want to get
a co—operative elevator started next
spring.-——L. S. L., North Branch.

 

With corn worth two cents an ear,
or more, it pays to husk the cornfields
clean. The cars that are missed do

not help to feed the Allies.

   

 

 


  

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It becomes more and more apparent,
as time goes on, that the Amerlcan
people must practiCe the most strict
economy if our wheat crop It to prove
sufficient to supply ourselves and our
Allies. Wheatless days should be rig-
idly observed. It is estimated that
if the public observes this one wheat-
less day each week, obstaining from
wheat products of every kind, it will
add from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000 bush-
els to our total available for export.
The movement so far is meeting with
hearty co—operation but it will not be
an entire success untill every loyal
American citizen agrees to observe
the day, as well as all hotels and
restaurants. Waste must be elimin-
ated in every-shape and form.

Canadian wheat is coming into this
country. in almost unlimited quan-
tities and it is a good thing that this
is the case. Otherwise there would
haVe been a great shortage of flour.
The American farmers have been busy
preparing for next year’s crop and at-
tending to the harvesting of other
late fall crops. This has resulted in
the small shipments mentioned in this
column from time to time. The re-
ceipts are gradually increasing. but
not in sufficient quantity to take care of
the demand. However, the grain is in
the country and sooner or later will
move to market. The Canadian grain
has been allowed to come to this
country under an arrangement where-
by we guarantee to export an eoual
amount of American wheat or flour
during the year. No doubt flour will
constitute. the greater portion of the
exports this year. owing to the desire
to conserve space on ocean carriers.

Crop reports. from the Southwest
indicate that rain is badly needed.
Western Kansas and Oklahoma re—
port condition as unfavorable owing
to continuous drv weather and un-
less rains come soon damage will re-
sult. Southern and western Texas re-
port dronth conditions as very bad.
Reports from central and eastern Kan-
sas and Oklahoma are favorable. We
recently made mention of the car sit-
uation and this has become worse
during the past week. Many trains
have been cancelled owing to lack of
coal. With winter weather fast ap-
proaching it is a very serious ques-
tion. We advise farmers. especially
those who will depend on sale of
wheat for taxes. etc.. to sell at. this
time. Nothing can be gained by hold-
mg and there is every probability
that the coal situation will become
more serious and congestion of ele-
vators result. While the state fuel
I'Ommissioner is doing all he can to
relieve hie situation. very little relief
‘9 Yet in sight. Coal for Michian
has. been rerouted to ammunition fac-
tones in the East. This shortage of
coal is bound to effect the transporta-
tion companies. In many sections
there is a large sugar beet crop to
move and we cannot figure how the
elevators are going to escape being
filled to the roof and obliged to dis—
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All terminal markets are receiving a
fair supply of oats but the demand
keeps pace with the supply. During
the Past week export buying has very
light. but there was a noticeable in-
crease toward the end of the week.
Receipts are fairly liberal at all orig-
mating points but we have no reports
0f accumulations. The car situation
is bound to enter into the out deal

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before long. We would not be sur-
prised to see a repetition of last year’s
condition when the price was way up
at the seaboard and much lower back
at originating points, due to conges-
tion in ' the elevators ‘from lack of
transportation facilities.

There is a considerable increase in
the demand for oat products for home
production. The different companies
manufacturing rolled oats and other
foods in the making of which oats
enter prominently, are in the market
regularly and we believe the winter
will see a great increase in this de-
mand. The American people have fail-
ed to appreciate the real value of oats
as food. The meatless and wheatless
days are going to have a salutary ef-
fect so far as cats are concerned. per—
haps one which will be felt after the
war is over, and effect a better mar-
ket for oats as food, other than for
animals.

Quotations, outside of some slight
variations from day to day. remain
at about the former level. The future
market depends greatly on transpor-
tation conditions, as we have
before stated, and growers generally
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From reports coming in it appears
there is some new corn moving altho
not in any volume. There is a possi-
bility however, that new corn may
move somewhat earlier this year than
it did last. Reserves of old corn are
just about exhausted and the demand
and price will haVe a certain effect
in hurrying the new crop on the mar-
ket. The price of old corn has Work-
ed up to the danger point and we do
not see how it can go much higher
without a break. Since our last ar-
ticle was written it has worked up
considerably in value and while there
is a possibility of further advance,
we believe it has now just about reach-
ed the top. It will surely effect the
time of the coming of new corn in
larger quantities. Another couple of
weeks will bring us to the time when
new corn usually moves quite freely

 

DETROIT SPECIAIF—The demand for well-finished poultry is Just. about
sufficient to take care of arrivals. Much stock arriving in thin or otherwise
poor condition and dealers have great dimculty disposing of it even at a con-
siderable reduction. Thin, blue stock wlll not show satisfactory returns to the

CINCINNATI WIRE—There is a steady demand for all grades of hay and
the market is almost bare. Advise shipments at this time. The pot-to market
is somewhat better supplied and dealers expect a slight decline in prices.

ST. LOUIS WIRE—Distillers are bidding for new corn but finding very little
offered. Deliveries to elevators are reported on the increase and movement

CHICAGO WIRE—Bean market quiet at prevailing prices, Buyers waiting

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and there is no doubt but what grow—
ers will strain every power they pos-
sess to get their corn on the market
and share in the price ruling before
the readjustment to new crop prices.

While some of the new corn com-
ing is soft, still the general quality
seems to be good. Husking is now
more general although not yet in
full swing in the northern districts
owing to "recent rains.~ With the bet-
tre weather for-ecasted for the com-
ing week we may expect to see all
sections of the corn belt with the
husking well under way.

Much of the wet corn will go to the
distillers or be used as food. The
heavy demands of distillers will fur-
nish a splendid outlet for off grade
corn and thus relieve the market of
its bearish effect. Export demand is
very light, exporters evidently hold-
ing off owing to the exceptionally high
quotations on the remainder of the
01d crop. It will perhaups be well
into the new year before this demand
becomes general. .

The Government report for No-
vember will soon be out and no doubt
it will deal extensively with the gen-
eral condition of the new corn crop.

   
  

 

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During the early part of the week
rye showed some activity and the de
mand seemed to increase. Later. how-
ever, a slump materialized and the
price declined. The demand is en-
tirely from local millers and the sup-
ply is more than sufficient to take care
of it. There is a strong possibility
of an increase in this demand owing
to the wheatless days inaugurated.
Receipts of rye at originating points
seem to have fallen off considerably
of late. The first rush of the new of-
ferings is over and from now on the
grain will come on the market more
sparingly and in the volume usually
received from week to week after the
first rush is over. This may have a
beneficial effect. The rye market gen-
erally for some time has been rather
neglected and it would appear to be
about time for some action. A little
better export demand would help the
situation a great deal but exporters
have been giving their attention to
wheat. almost exclusively. Detroit
ouotations at this time are $1.76 for
No. 2.

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bring MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING to your doorstep 52

times. a year. Don’t delay!

This is the marketing season

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Clover Mixed Clover
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Cincinnati 2300 23502250 23002259 3
Pittsburgh 22 50 23 22 22 50 22 50 23 M
New York 22 23 20 22 19 21
Richmond 24 so 25 22 23 002150 2m

While some markets report a slight
increase in hay arrivals, the Detroit
market is still short and dealers are
working hard to get sufficient stock
to keep their customers going until
shipments increase. Adverse condi-
tions over the state have made the
bean harvest late and for this reason
many growers have paid little atten-
tion to hay. On the other hand trans—
portation conditions are very bad and
constantly beComing worse. By the
time Michigan hay growers get around
to bale and ship they will be unable
to get cars unless there is a great
change in conditions. The price is
very good right now and no doubt bet-
ter than it will be later on. Looks as
though there would be a continuation
of high prices until much later in the
season. but very few getting the bene-
fit of them. Later on growers will all
want to sell and perhaps by that time
the rush of transportation will be
over and hay will move freely. When
it does the price usually works lower.
One of the bad features about the hay
market as it exists at present is that
there is usually a feast or a famine.
A bare market or one glutted with
hay. Those who can move hay right
now will be well repaid.

Baltimore during the past week has
seen somewhat freer offerings of
timothy and clover mixed and the
market is a little easier. The demand
there continues good. especially for
good clover hay. Pittsburg has also
scen an increase in the supply but not
of sufficient volume to supply the trade
Dealers there are expecting receipts
to increase this coming week as more
shipments are reported enroute. Only
a. small portion of receipts are No. l.
timothy. There is a good demand for
straw there. Ryo running from $11750
to $12.00.

Supplies at. Philadelphia during the
week were very light. largely on ac-
count of transportation. increased
receipts are looked for there as con‘
siderablc cars are enroute for the city,
arrival of which will to a certain ex-
tent relieve the shortage.

The car shortage keeps hay load-
ing at a low level so far as the terri-
tory supplying the Chicago market is
concerned. Offerings there continue
moderate and prices correspondingly
high. Timothy has been in somewhat
better supply and the demand only
fair. Offerings of prairie hay are
small and the market is steady and the
price good. Very little alfalfa being
offered and the supply of good straw
is light. The receipts of hay last week
were 7:950 tons against 5.540 tons for
the previous week. an increase of
2.410 tons.

The New York market is very firm.
Arrivals continue small. Embargoes
on many of the lines supplying that
point have cut down shipments and
prevented a normal movement of hay
to that market. Prices are consider-
ably higher than last week and with
a further reduction in arrivals we look
for still higher prices there. Brook-
lyn is feeling the shortage even more
than the city proper. Not much hay
reported arriving in Jersey City.

Boston arrivals have increased
somewhat by shipments from nearby
points early in the week. Conditions
remain good however, and the de-
mand continues to be greater than the
supply.

Dealers there are looking for a
greater increase in arrivals unless
shipments are held up by embargoes.
Shippers have advised of consignments
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CUIMULJOXI‘S on the Detroit market
remain good although eastern markets
are receiving more liberal supplies.
The price at Detroit is about 5c un-
der that of‘last week but arrivals
keep fairly well cleaned up at that fig—
ure. Shipments have been more lib-
eral and no doubt the volume would
be still greater if it were not for the
car shortage. Many shippers have
been trying to get their stock on the
market before severe freezing weather
sets in for good. This. together with
a more firmly established scale of buy-
ing prices at country points, has ten-
ded to increase receipts. There is a
very good demand, however we look
for a firm market at Detroit for
some time.

The New York market has been re-
ceiving much more liberal supplies
and the price has worked considerably
lower. Arrivals are still increasing,
both from nearby markets and from
Michigan. ‘Maine Shippers are bold-
ing up on shipments owing to decline
in price. Michigan shippers are quot-
ing the New York market at around
$1.50 to $1.55 per bu. delivered. but
the prevailing market at present is
about 95c under that price. However
much Michigan stock has already
been billed and is enroute and arriv-
ing and this stock is either selling at
prevailing prices or going into stor-
age.

The supply of potatoes on the Chi-
cago market has greatly increased
and the market is inclined to weakcu.
The tracks are reported full of nota-
toes and many cars in the outer yards.
Much of the stock arriving is N“ poor
quality. Good stock still finds a
ready market. Considering the sud-
den increase in arrivals we feel that
the market has held up very well in-
deed. We believe it. will be just as
well for Michigan shippers to with.
bold whinments from the Chicago mar—
lret. for a few days until present ac-
cumulations are cleaned up.

Receipts at Dittshurg are still light
and the market continues firm at
about, the former range of prineq.
Shipments to that market are reported
to be on the increase. quite a num—
ber of cars being reported enrnnfg
Still the market is in such condition
that an additional volume of arriv-
als can be taken care of without ma-
terially affecting the price, at least
for some time.

f- DEANS“

GRADE 3 Detroit f Chicago
C. H. P. 4 8.75 ‘ 9.50 9.00
Prime . 8.69 . 9.40 8.90
Red Kidnevs ‘ 7 5’) ‘ 8.00 8.00

 

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The condition of the bean market
at present reminds us of the weeks
during the Civil war when each day
the Northern papers bore the head—
lines “all’s quiet on the Potomac.” All
is, quiet so far as general movement
or demand is concerned. But it is
only a case of waiting on the part of
the buyers to see what effect the buy-
ing price of the Government will have
on the general market. The price of
beans has worked down to the eight
twenty-five mark and there it remains.
Why the quotation on spot beans
should drop when no new ones are in
sight is one of those things to figure
out. We have our suspicions. But
inst as the tension was at last re-
lieved along the Potomac by the ad-
vance of the Union forces, so will it
be relieved some of these days by the
advance of buyers who will be great-
ly in need of the Michigan pea beans,
(not pintos. pinks or any other substi-
tute for the genuine article.) and
they will find that the Michigan crop
is away under their estimate, and we
believe they will be glad to pay the
premium to get them.

All this talk about substituting for-
eign beans, pintos, and “double-jointed
California pinkos” is a lot of hot air.

' ket than they are at Detroit.

‘bcen followerl by

There wmhe ,the mwm .
misfit f ‘T' mbeans‘vand- it]; is left
. alone it wingnnd its prOper level un-

der the law'of supply and‘demand.
We say to those who would interfere
with this that unhess they keep their
hands out of the game they will not
have enough beans another year to
wad a shot gun. Michigan farmers
cannot be expected to pay an enormous
price‘for seed, work all season under
adverSe conditions. get about half a
yield or less owing to wet weather and
early frosts, and then ,sell them for
nothing.

Why under the sun certain inter-
ests are trying to “bear” the Michigan
bean market at this time is beyond
our comprehension. If some of those
fellows wait for $6.00 Michigan beans
they’ll go hungry to bed. Just take
your time, boys. get your beans in the
barn in as good shape as possible and
let the other fellow do the worrying.
It’s a long time before another crop,
and there are a lot. of empty stomachs
to fill during the interval. All those
chaps who are talking lower prices
will be after your beans in due course
of time and it will be up to you to
secure a fair price. We know that’s.
all you want. Remember theheans are
your property and you may dispose of
them when you get good and ready.

Beans are quoted from $1.00 to $1.25
higher at present on the Chicago mar-
New
York quotations are nominal, or in oth-
er words real quotations exist in name
only. The price depends on arrange-
ment between buyer and seller.

ONIONS

Onions are still short of the demand
in Detroit. The market is inclined
to advance under lighter receipts. All
arrivals are quickly taken and buyers
appear to be laying in their winter’s
supply at this time or as much of it
as they can secure. Each day sees
track buyers on the lookout for good
stock and commission men and dealers
generally have no trouble in dispos-
ing of all receipts at. the prevailing
market price. Several shipments of
off grade stock came in during the
present, week but perldlers were on
the iob and appeared willing to pay
all the stock was worth. Growers
seem to be supplying the market, only
in such quantity as it can readily
take care of. although much heavier
receipts could be disposed of Without
material affect so far as price is con-
cerned. No. l yellows arc ouoted at
$2.50 to $2.75 per cwt. Only the real
t'wncv stock brings the top. Ordinary
offerings run from $3.00 to $3 25. Reds
sell around $3.00 or less, according to
quality.

Under a limited supply and steady
demand the Chicago onion market
continues in good shape The price
for good yellow stock ranges from
$3525 to $2 50 per cwt. Reds. from
$2 80 to ST’. 00.

Pittsburgh «'o‘ulitioit": as
good with pmsner-tq o7 an advancing
market when cold weather comes.
There is a good demand at Philadel-
phia. The New York Wnrkct is not
write, so P'oorl as heavy arrivals have
a lighter demand.
The general produce market there has
been off for some. days and onions have
been no ovception. Vellows harm sold
there from .‘M W) to $9 75 per cwt. and
found hard going at, that.

reports

The New York cabbage market has
experienced a sharp reaction. due to
the withdrawal of kraut cutters from
the market, they having purchased
sufficient stock for their needs. The
result is that some of the $40 and $42
cabbage is lying in the yards and sell—
ing around $36 to $38 per ton. There
is said to be an accumulation of 50
cars on track. Farmers seem inclined
to sell but buyers are unwilling to
meet their price, fearing still further
declines during the coming week.
Some frost-affected stock has been
received and this has not helped the
general market any. Very little red
cabbage received and what does reach
the market finds a very good sale at
$45.00 per ton.

, Chianti h‘u seen very “hominid-

plies mm; m m week ‘m with.

‘ a falling ”cff'inthe demand themat—

ket has become weaker. than it'was a
week ago.'The. price has shown a wide
range/owing to’difl‘erent grades and
conditions of stock on arrival.

Pittsburgh reports the market as
firm but the demand from kraut cut-
ters easing off. Danish sells there at
$40 to $43 per ton but with the pres-
ent condition of the general cabbage
market in mind we advise shippers
not to figure too strongly on this price.
There are quite a number of cars en-
route to Pittsbnrg and these will be
placed in the near future. It will
be a difficult matter for Pittsburg to
keep the market where it is when
other markets are working down.
Philadelphia reports a draggy mar-
ket and inclination to lower prices.

Looks as though shippers had held
off or been delayed in shipping and
were now trying to get rid of their
cabbage before the winter sets in,
with the result of over-supplied mar-
kets. Even at that the price is still
where it. will show a fair profit and
will perhaps remain so.

Apple receipts in Detroit
show any sign of an increase. There
is a great demand for all kinds of
winter apples and during the past
week early apples for immediate cook-
ing purposes have been finding a ready
market. Several cars of bulk stock
were, on track at different times, at
least two of them being of mixed
varieties of none too good quality.
It was surprising how quickly these
cars were cleaned up. The peddler
trade was eager for them and the
shippers were no doubt also surpris-
at the returns. It will pay anyone
who has apples of any kind. fit for
human consumption, to put them in
the best possible shape and ship them.
There is no excuse. with the present
demand and short supply. for apples
being allowed to go to waste or be
fed to stock. The range of prices at
this time. on the Detroit market, are
about as follows: Spy, $7; greening.
$5.75; baldwins. $5.60; Jonathan, $5.75
@$6.00; Wealthy. $4.50@$5.00: Alex-
anders. $5.50@$6.00; No. 2, $?@$3.50
per bbl.

The Chicago apple market is show~
ing advancing tendencies. Shipments
are decreasing as. is shown by the
lighter arrivals. 'l‘vtere Is a good
consumptive demand as well as specu-
lative. Many buyers who formerly
contracted in the country are buying
their requirements this season on the
open market. Fancy stock of all var—
ieties is bringing a premium. There
is a good ‘trade for storage on Bald-
wins. grcenings, winesaps and Ben
Davis. Quotations this week have
been as follows: Winesaps and Don
Davis, Baldwins. $4,25@$4.75: green—
ings. $4.50@$5.00; winesap': $4.50 ((0
$5.00; Ben Davis. $3.50@$?.75' Crimes
Golden. $5.00@$5.50t York l'rneriuls.
$5.00@$5.2fi: Twenty—Cupce $5 75 617
$6.00: Ark Black. $150r’rh‘1‘500: Pound
Sweets. $1150@$500: Talmau Sweets.
as comes so; extra .lonathaps.
$5 50%?“ 00: largo l"inpins of all va-
rieties. 5M 506?.‘55 00; No. 2 all varieties
meson 25.

The New

‘51an

York market, is strong
and higher. Receipts continue very
light for this season. although re—
ceipts from the western New York
district have shown a marked in—
crease. The demand for fancy stock
exceeds the supply. Much ungraded
ordinary stock is arriving and find-
ing ready sale at good prices. Ordin-
ary Greenings sell around $6. Weal-
thy sell $5@$5.50; snow. $4.50@$5.50t
with a‘few up .to $6; Baldwins, $4.50
@$5.00: Mackintosh. $5@$7: accord-
ing tor sive and quality; mixed lots.
$4.00@$4 50. Some upgraded fruit,
sells around $400. but the best of it
easily commands $5.

BUTTER

All butter markets during the past
week have shown improvement over
the weakness developed a week ago.
The Detroit market is in a fairly
healthy condition and arrivals of first-

do not —

cit-s Offerings (find. " ready: fibu'yers.

flicking stock and undergrad” are.
'mther- slow... There, is some stprage

stock moving, but‘not in the volume
expected. a little later on; ‘Fresh
cream-cry firsts are quotable at 41@
41%c; extras, 42@42%c.

The Chicago market is firm on
fresh extras but demoralized on all
other grades. There is a good local
demand for the fresh article. Trade
on storage is very light. There is a
heavy sale of butter substitutes and
this tells on the sale of undergrads
butter. Holders of storage butter
seem anxious to sell but find it out of
the question to sell at what they con-
sider a fair price. Creamery extras
this week have been selling at 42c;
firsts, 40@4lc; seconds, 39@39%c.

New York reports a marked falling
off in receipts of all grades of fresh
butter and every indication of still
lighter supplies to come in the fut-
ure. Western creameries all report
a marked falling off in milk receipts.
Condensaries are paying prices which
make purchases impossible for the
creameries. Many of them will close
down for the winter and this will
shorten the supply of fresh still more.
After the upturn of last week there
was a slight reaction and some ac-
cumulation. This is now clearing up
and at the time of writing this con-
ditions are better than for some time.
Storage butter is quiet. There is a
very small export. business but deal-
ers seem to feel that. this will increase
shortly and help the situation so far
as the movement of storage is con-
cerned. Creamery extras are sellinc
this week at, 4414c: firsts, 42%c@
44c: seconds. 4.0@42c.

The Detroit and Chicago markets
have both showu advances in the
price of strictly fresh new laid eggs.
The demand for strictly fresh stock
excedes the supply. 011 the other
hand, especially at Chicago, the sup-
ply of seconds and storage stock is
in excess of the demand and the sell-
er must make a reduction from quo‘
tations to attract the buyer. The re-
receipts of firsts at Chicago have shown
a marked falling off and they are al-
so coming in smaller volume on the
Detroit market. There has been a. fair
movement of storage eggs during the
past week but not in the usual quan-
tity for this time of year. Detroit
quotations on strictly new laid firsts
are 400 @ 44c per dozen according to
size and appearance; storage eggs, 33
@ 34 c per dozen. Chicago quotations
are from 41 ((D 44c for firsts, keeping
just about along the same range as
Detroit.

Eastern markets are in fairly good.
condition so far as strictly first class
eggs are concerned. lower grades and
storage stock are not doing Well and
a draggy market rules. With lighter
receipts and colder weather this con-
dition is expected to improve, altho
the present high range of prices les-
sens consumption among the poorer
classes.

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Warmer weather and a lighter de-
mand has to a certain extent effected
the poultry market at Detroit. Tur-
keys, ducke and geese have shown
some additional strength but other
poultry has been rather draggy and
at times supplies have been carried
over from day to day. The supply is
more than sufficient under present
demand and shippers will do well
to let up On shipments for a few days
until conditions improve. We are
bound to have colder weather before
a. great while and the Thanksgiving
trade Will also be coming on. The de
mand will undoubtedly increase and
with a lighter arrivals for a week con-
ditions should show a great improve-
ment. Do not ship thin fowls if pos-
sible to avoid it. A little extra feed
will be well paid for in the additional
prices received.

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mend so far-in Detroit, The weath
is not cold enough to Warrant shippers
killing and they will do well to hold
off until later. -The‘re .is- some dress-
ed poultry coming but the supply is
small and still. greater than the de-
mand. '

Freight receipts at Chicago have
been heavy. The, past week has seen
a considerable increaSe in receipts
over the previous week. While the
demand has been good, still the heav-
ier receipts have materially help-
ed to work the market down just a lit-
tle and at present prices the trade
seem more inclined to take hold. Just,
a. little cooler weather will stimulate
trade still more and with the Thanks-
igving trade coming prospects are
good for all kinds of poultry, especial-
ly that in good condition.

Eastern markets are firm at pres-

, ent quotations. New York has exper-

ienced a very good'week’s trade and
the market is strong.‘ Old roosters
and hens have sold well if in good
condition. The turkeys arriving show
irregular quality, most of them be-
ing on the thin order. Heavy chick-
ens and springers have not, sold to
such good advantage. A good demand
for geese and ducks, especial"v from
killers. The market on dressed poul-

try has been rather slow although f

the prices realized were fairly good,
all things considered.

The Philadelphia market has shown
an inclination to weaken but our lat-
est report looks more promising. The
demand has been rather light but.
the receipts have not been so heavy
the last couple of days as they were
the fore part. ofmthe week. Pittsburgh
reports a good market with advancing
tendencies and dealers there look for
ward for a firm steady situation from
now until after the holidays.

 

 

 

 

‘ GRAIN: Detroit Chicago Buffalo

:leers, good to prime 9 50-10 0 9 51114 85 ‘2 50-13 5'
Eleen, com. to fair 8 5!)— 9 01" 9 0011 5?,1100-12 0

'lellere,goodtoprime 7 00- 8 0'1 7 00- 8 Z" i 9 00-10 7.‘
Cows, average 6 75- 7 75 5 75- 8 0 i 8 257 9 2'
Canners,—Cuttere 4 50— 5 251. S 75- 6 001 4 FE F 2"
sum. average , 5 50. 5 :5; 6 50. 7 001 6 " 0. 6 =0
Veal, ialr to Eon‘ 8 0’11? 00 9 00.17 75 1? 5’11! 00

 

Satisfactor )‘conditions prevail on
the Detroit c tle market with the pos-
sible exception of canners and cut-
ters. A rather plentiful supply of
this grade has caused the price to
drop just a trifle. There is a good do
mand for all grades with a s‘c'idy
market. Canners and cutters seem
to run in bunches. A week or so ago
the supply dropped off. only to be in-
creased the first of this week. The
Detroit market can at the present
time take care of just. about so much
of this grade of stock and any addi-
tion to this amount brings about an
over supply and usually lower prices
for a few days The demand con-
tinues very good for well finished
steers or mixed steers and heifers.
chci‘al loads of extra fine stock gr-
rived and brought a premium Shh)-
pcrs all. agree that it. stands them in
hand to do a few days extra feeding
on stock which needs it. Veal calves
have found a emadv market all Week
with a strong demand.

Cattle receipts at Chicago for the
week ending Nov. 3rd, totalled .07 900
head, the second largest on rc'crd.
QQVOMI western markets . rcccivcd
5.10.000 head for the week, a gain of
41x 000 over the same week last Year.
11 ollowing up this liberal marketing.
there was a run of 37,000 cattle there
on Monday and 100.500. all told, at
SOVQu western markets.

These supply figures are suggestive
of a desire on the part of the country
10_ take advantage of current prices.
Liquidation of cattle has been on an
enormous scale for months past. 0c-
tober receipts at. Chicago and a num-
b?!‘ 0f other markets broke all pre-
V10us records and present indications
{ire that there will be a heavy. though
Irregular. Movement marketward
”H‘OIIIlbout the current month.

. The Chicago market. was higher the
first half of last week and lower the
121t181‘ half. Fluctuations were very
Irregular both ways and although de-
clines the latter half offset advances
shown the fore part of the week it
Was a splendid market, supply consid-
ered. Prime long-fed steers were
never scarcer and sold higher. A tWO-
car drove of Illinois fed Angus steers

wasted ~. $17.50, but, $1700 at the

am

next best price and the specialty
character of such offerings is ~1ndicat-'

' ed by the fact that comparatively few

were good enough to pass $14.00. The
country is shooting a lot of common
and light grass. stuff to market to
avoid the expense of. wintering and
there is an abundance of $8.00 to
$11.50 grades and trashy light canner
steers selling downward from $7.00.

Trade at Chicago on Monday, under
the liberal supply of 37,000 head, was
slow and from 10 to 15c below last
week’s closing on steers selling below
$12.00. Above that line the trade

was steady to 10c higher. Quality

average was poor for the season.
Butcher cattle sold mostly 35 to 600
be‘ow Wednesday of last week. but the
bulk within 25 to 40c of prices cur-
rent a week ago today. Veal calves
have been hit for a sharp decline. a
choice class of vealers now going
around $13.50, such as made $16.50 at
the high time in September.

The Buffalo market on Monday re-
ceived 2‘10 cars of cattle, including
'45 cars of Canadians. Trade opened
steady on medium weight and weighty
steer cattle which were inlight sup—
ply. Butcher steers and handy weight
steers sold steady; fat cows and
heifers sold 15 to 25c higher than last
week. Bulls of all classes sold steady;
canners and cutters were in only mod-
erate supply; stockers and feeders
were in light supply and sold steady.
Practically all cattle were cleaned up
at the close of the market.

On Tuesday, with 25 cars of cattle
on sale, market was 15 to 25c lower
than Monday.

 

 

GRADE. '1 Detroit 1 Chicago I Bui lulu
Heavy 240—2911: 16 00 16 25: 16 7517 00,17 6517 75
Medium 200140115 0016 25116 5017 00 17 2517 59
Mixed 150260? 15 7516 30,15 6517 35 17 23 17 50
Packer1100—150114 5:115 ‘0 15 6516 60 16 25 16 75
"i" ”V" '4 5 ’5 110 14 401’: ll 15 0016 2

 

 

 

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"he action of the government, an-
nounced last Saturday in pledging the
hog growers a minimum price of
$15.50 per cwt. for the average of
packer droves at Chicago until further
notice and pledging itself as to the
hogs farrowed next spring that it
“will try to stabilize the price so that
the farmer can count on getting for
each 100 pounds of hog ready for mar-
ket trihteen times the average cost
per bushel of the corn fed into the
hogs,” assure hog growers that the in-
dustry willvbe a highly profitable one
for a long time, at least, ahead, and
it should go far toward increasing
urgent need of the times. No doubt
this action will relieve anxiety on the
part of many hog raisers and will re-
sult in an increased production next
season and the same will no doubt
be needed.

Buffalo’s receipts on Monday totalled
9,000 head or 60 double decks and the
market ruled 10 to 15c lower than at
last week‘s close. Extreme top Mon—
day was $17.75 for a few bunches of
heavy hogs. Tuesday saw 5,700 hogs
on sale, the market opening 15 to 25c
lower.

The run of hogs at Detroit increas-
ed the lattcr part of the week and
the price has been inclined to work
lower. There is a good steady de-
mand but at. times the supply increas-
es to where the local buyers cannot
take care of the run and Willi a carry
over there is alvays the prospect. of a
decline. Taking everything into con-
sideration, however, the market is in
a healthy condition. It has to some
extent, been effected by the large runs
at other markets.

During the first five days of last
week the Chicago hog market enjoyed
a boom but the market broke sharply
on Saturday, and on Monday, with an
estimated supply of 39,000 in the
pens, the largest run for months. the
trade closed fully 25c lower. Despite
the decline of Saturday. the net gain
in hog values last. week was 90c to
$1.50, mostly $1.00 to $1.40. Such an
advance was unexpected at this time
of the year and can only be accounted
for on the basis of scarcity. Chicago
received only 107,000 hogs last week
which was 131,000 less than the same
week last year, while October receipts
of, hogs were only 55 per .cent of Oc-
tober last year. The average weight
last week of 206 piunds was the light-
est since March.

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  

 
  
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 

Detroit Chicago Buffalo
15.504515 14.75—17.25 16.00-16.50
13.50-14.00 11.70-14.00 12.50-13.50
10,50-111’0 9.004250 11.51-11.75
10.00-10.50 90040.50 l0.5010.'15

 

 

 

 

 

Conditions continue satisfactory in
Detroit so far as the sheep and lamb
situation is concerned. Receipts are
in just about sufficient. volume to meet
the demands ‘of the trade and the gen-
eral quality of arrivals is fair, all
things considered. The call for stock
and feeding classes continues to Fall
off and it appears that the coil for that
grade of stock will soon be over.

Arrivals of sheep and lambs de-

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

creased moderately on the Chicago

market last week. but country demand .'

for stock and feeding classes fell off,
quality deterioriated, dressed trade
conditions were reported unsatisfac-
tory and the market. declined the lat-
ter part of the week. Fat lambs fin-
ished weak to 25c lower and feeding
grades 50 to 75c down. Being scarce-
sheep sold with little change Monday,
with an estimated supply of 27.000
head received, the trade was weak on
sheep and mostly 50c lower on lambs.
Best fat. lambs sold at $10.25 and
choice ewes at $11.00. Weather con-
ditions will have much to do with the
marketward movement and trend of
the trade the next few weeks.

The Buffalo market is firm and
steady at. slightly lower prices. Re-
ceipts are running about normal. De-
mand somewhat easy.

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Hamilton, Mont—The potato crop
here is about 75 per cent of normal
with about 100 cars for shipment.
Quality is good.

Los Angcles, Cat—The holdings of
onions show an excess of 25,000 bags
over the same time a year ago, be—
ing 35,000 bags on hand.

Winchester. Va.——Theb ean crOp in
Washington county, Md. was a record
breaker this year, and good prices
have been obtained by the growers.

Carmel, Mc.——Potatoes have not been
harvested owing to the lack of help
and bad weather. The yield is below
early estimates, as many fields will

not produce enough potatoes to pay-

for the fertilizer.

St. Louis—The cabbage market was
weak with prices lower this week.
Receipts were liberal, while the de-
mand was slow, resulting in lower
values. Northern Holland was quot-
ed at $23 @ 25 per ton.

New York Canadian rutabaga tur-

nips were steady this week. Canadian
shippers were getting 50c per bushel
delivered New York and stock was
selling at $1.05 (17 $1.75 per barrel
in the different markets.
Foirvicic. Po.——Heavy frosts have kill-
ed all but. the very late potatoes and
will reduce the yield about one-half.
Digging has been delayed on account
of wet weather. There has not been
a car shipped from this section so
far. The price on the local market
is $1.75 @ $2 bu.

Rotaoia. .N. Y.#The bean crop in
Cencsce county, n"01'ding to Joseph
\N. Burke, secretary of the farm bu«
reau, is a very poor one this year. in
many sections the crop cannot, ripen,
so will not be pulled. The beans: are
so"t and in most places thhroughout
the county the yield will not, be more
than four bushels to the acre.

Kansas City/’With supplies of ship-
ped cabbage larger, the local mar—
ket for that, commodity was easy this
wcek and prices were lowered. (‘ol-
orado and Minnesota stock sold in a
jobbing way at $1.65 ((0 1.75 per cwt.
in bulk. Offerings of home grown were
light, and ouality generally was poor.
Crowcrs generally received $1.50 @
$2 per cwt.

Pcrsia, Ia.~Poultry moving freely.
about two tons a week. This quantity
will soon be doubled. Prices are good
16c on hens and springs. 13c on ducks,
10c on geese. No turkeys in this sec—
tion. Very few eggs moving :t 3".
(ch 340. There is no packing stock
or print butter. Farmers are not. mak-
ing any butter. Butter fat is selling
for 46c. at. the station.

ch Ym‘Ir—fi—The Quartermaster do
partments in the various cantonments
have under consideration the various
bids for turkeys for the Thanksgiv-
ing dinner for the soldiers. inspec-
tors are busy grading the various lots
of turkeys. and it is not, yet known
who was the successful bidder. All
the turkeys must be delivered to the
various cantonments by Nov. 25, four
days before Thanksgiving.

lVinchcstcr, V(I.—~Thc movement of
apples from the Winchester district.
continuesto increase. At. the same
time the receipts at the local storage
are also showing up well. Cider mills
and apple butter plants have sprung
up at almost every crossroad in the
country. There are also many more
evaporators, canneries and preserving
factories. which create a market for
all kinds and grades of fruit. The
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Cortland, N. Y.—Potatoes have gone
111) in price here this week, selling at
$3 per cwt. Dry rot is a contributing
cause to the increase. One Cortland
dealer bought a comparatively large
stock, apparently free from blight,
only to have the rot. appear.

Elgin, Ill.——Thc butter market show-
ed a firmer tone at. the meeting of the
board here Saturday and values were
about 1c highher than the week before.
The best. grades of fresh butter were
in good demand, and with decreasing
receipts the situation was satisfact-
ory. No sales were made on the call,
but one lot. of extras was offered at
43c and this price seemed to be in
line withh the general sentiment.

Farmingion. 1a.—~l-‘oultry receipt;
are very much short of last year, bu;
this is probably due to the fact that.
the crop moved earlier than normal.
Some inquiries for turkeys are con.—
ing in. There are quite a few gool
flocks, but, the aveage run will not be
in the best, of condition for Thanks-
giving. Holders are looking for ex—
trcmc prices for their turkeys. Ree
ccipts of eggs have fallen off consid-
erably during the past. few weeks.

SI. L<)’Ili.$'~#PI‘1(‘CS of potatoes wore
lower this wock due to larger re-
ceipts and an inactive demand. An-
other depressing factor was that a
large amount of the offerings were
of ordinary and offgradc quality which
were hard to dispose of. Some frost-
ed potatocs made their appearance
this week and were slow to sell. North—
ern sacked is quoted track basis at,
$1.30 ((17 2.30 per cwt. Early ()hio:
$2.05 (1) 2.40 and Western white stock
$1.55 @ 2.110.

1)cfroit—~Ceo. Bawden of A. Jacob
& Co, has just returned from a trip
through the northern part of Ontar-
io. where he was studying crop con—
ditions. He found many acres of
beans in that section, which were in
such bad shape on account of weath-
er conditions that he does not believe
they will ever be fit. for marko‘. There
has been too much wet, weather and
not, enough sunshine and dry wind to
dry the pods. Fnrmcrs in conse-
quence have met with heavy losses.

Dallas. Wis.~r-7About 10 per cent of
the acreage of potatoes was SL111 in 1“,;
ground at the first of the week and
as the ground froze to a (lcpthli of
about three inches the damage to
the undug potatoes from the freez-
ing temperatures is expected to exceed
30 percent. The acreage planted to
potatoes shows a small increase and
the yield was good, averaging about‘
130 bushels to the acre. The pota-
toes are of a good size and are pro”-
tically free from scab and rot. (7 row—
ers have hauled about. half of their
crop to market.

(Ulrich. W'isnghe average yield of
potatoes here is about 135 to HO bush—
els to the acre. The long while is the
predominating type while Grcen Moum
tains and lturals are also grown For
seed stock a small acreage of Tri-
umphs and Early Chios are grown.
The tubers are of semi size andd qual-
ity, being practically free from scab
and rot. The farmers have brought in
their crops freely and all potato ele-
vators are now filled. The car short-
age prevents rapid shipping, and a
number of buyers have had to stop
buying because they had no more
room in their warehouses, Somerut-
abagas are being grown here thhis
year and the yield per acre is good.
This is the first year that rutabagas
will be shipped in carlots. The bean
crop is practically a failure.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
 
 
  
  
  
 
    
 
 
 
   
 
 

 

 

  
 
 
   
 
  
    
     
    
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
  
   
   
 
   
  
  
 
 
  
   
 
   
  
   
 
  
    
 
 
  
  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     


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Getting Somewhere

NE CANNOT help but be impressed with the
sensibleness and saneness of the program
outlined by the Michigan Milk Producers’
Ass’n for solving its marketing problems. The
plan is conservative and constructive and based
upon principles of right and justice that must
prevail and bring victory to the producers’ cause.

There are many things that the association
might have done in its inevitable struggle against
the distributors. It might have made arbitrary
rules, demanding that the companies pay their
price, with the alternative of a strike; discour-
ageu and disgusted with the hopelessness of the
unequal contest it might have shut off the supply
to the city of Detroit and turn the milk into
cheese or other dairy products; it might have
pursued the same tactics of the Illinois Milk
Producers’ Ass’n and boycotted all companies
found guilty of buying milk from a non-member.

But it took none of these harsh and revolution-
ary measures. Altho the distributing companies
have persistently pursued a policy in all their
dealings with the producers which would abso-
lutely justify the farmers in resorting to the-
most extreme tactics within their power, be it
said to the everlasting credit of these men that
they could not come to the point of shutting off
the milk supply of the infants and invalids of
Detroit even for the sake of the great cause they
are striving for. '

They recognized the necessity of higher prices;
they knew that to announce these prices and stand
by them without word of explanation to the con-
suming public they would be bitterly and
unfairly criticized as in the past; they realized
that any concessions which they might gain thru
arbitrary means would be only temporary at the
best.

And so they dismissed all thots of coercion and
decided to lay their case before the public and
stand by its decision.

To this end a committee consisting of repre-
sentatives of those, most vitallly concerned in
the production and consumption of milk has been
appointed. and will meet some time the coming
week. The producers will lay before this com-
mittee a compleic history of their difficulties with
the distributing companies, will produce their
cost statistics, and absolutely prove to the satis-
faction of those fair-minded enough to listen
and judge that they are now and have been sell—
ing their product at a loss even While the consum-
ers have been paying high prices.

Whether or not this committee of investigation
and arbitration determine upon a price that will
be satisfactory to the producers. great good will
come from its investigations.

For years the people of Detroit have suffered
from high milk prices. Ignorant of and largely
unconcerned with its original cost and wholesale
price of milk. they have met the frequent advances
in price without inquiring in to the cause or the
justice of the additional charge. If any question
was raised at all the distributing companies al-
ways had the ready excuse that “on account of
the demnds of the farmers for higher prices, etc.,
it was necessary, much as they regretted to do so,
to advance the price to the consumer.” And the
poor consumer accepted the explanation, cussed
the farmer and continued to add his pennies to
the surplus of the creamery companies.

Utrolledpress have; . "alerts” “ x ‘
. discussions; of__‘thq milk guest-Ion”. LWhe, t; 5;"
known that the ‘Ilarges't stockholders in two “(if the

Detroit” daily papers are also the ‘largest,' stock-

holders in the largest creamery companylin De-i
troit, the producer will understand why the light '

of, publicity has never been permitted to shine
upon the tactics of the distributing companies,
for if it had, it might have revealed secret un-
derstandings and agreements betWeen the big

' companies, and huge exhorbitant-profits.

If» the representatives placed on the committee
are left free to judge and act and the people of
the city will stand back of them, those who have
given any thot at all to the situation are confident
that the creamery companies will of their own
volition agree upon prices that are fair to both
producer and consumer, in order to circumvent
any agitation which might lead to an examination
of their books.

A friendlier spirit and a better understanding
between the producers and the consumers will be
a logical outcome of this investigation. The con-
sumers will find that the farmer is not the selfish
and ornery profiteer he has been pictured, and will
have a clearer conception of the many problems
confronting him. OnCe this mutual confidence is
established the matter of f\uture equitable prices
will be readily adjusted.

In the event, however, of the inability of. the
committee to secure any satisfaction from the dis-
tributing companies, the state association is now
well enough organized to take the situation in
hand and cut off the milk supply and thereby the
profits of. the companies. The association stands
ready in case of this eventuality to build cheese
factories and make‘profitable use of the surplus.
It also contemplates the sale of milk thru the
chain stores in order to supply those who must
have it. But it is significant of the conviction of
the producers that such measures as these will
not be necessary that they failed to provide the
machinery for carrying them out.

We believe that the discouraging and costly, dif—
ficulties that have always existed between pro-
ducers and distributors are about to be solved,
and that the dairy industry of the state will short-
ly enter a new era of. profitable expansion.

The New Potato Grades

N ANOTHER page of this issue we publish
a letter from Mr. Peter J. Bale, grower and
shipper of potatoes at Lakeview, who takes
courteous exception to our recent article opposing
the new potato grades and sets forth at some
length the reasons why he believes that the grades
are a good thing for all concerned. We urge our
readers to turn to Mr. Bale’s letter and read it
carefully.
Now, friend Bale, we really appreciate the very

.complete and unbiased manner in which you have

covered the subject and we believe that you are
sinCcre in your convictions. But if you think that
we have overlooked some of the redeeming points
of the new grading rules, we are also convinced
that there are an equal number of phases which
have escaped your consideration.

If this is a reform designed to benefit the pro-
ducer and consumer why, may we ask, did it eman-
ate from them instead of from the shippers? As
a matter of fact, not once—during our long associa-
tion with the agricultural press has a single farmer
advanced the opinion that there should be two po-
tato grades, and we are quite certain that the
idea did not originate with the careless consumer.

You will grant, without argument, we are sure
that the establishment of these two grades opens
a way for buyers to make large additional profits
on the Number 2 grade for which the farmer re-
ceives‘ 60 per cent of the price paid for No. 1 stock.

You will also grant that if the farmer receives
more for No. 1 stock, the consumer must pay
more, and inasmuch as 80 per cent or more of the
entire supply will consist of the first grade, then
80 per cent of the gross purchases by consumers
will be of the No. 1 grade, at a higher price than
the consumer would be obliged to pay for a
mixed grade. Is it good logic to argue that 80
per cent of the consumers would be willing to pay
any additional amount 101‘ this No. 1 grade merely
for the sake of getting potatoes of a one and sev-
en-eights instead of one and five-eights minimum
size?

You state, Mr. Bale, that farmers are receiving
more money for their No. 1 grade. As a matter
of fact they are receiving only what they would
have received on a mixed grade providing there
were no discriminations anywhere as to the size
of the potatoes. We contend that the farmer is
NOT benefitted as you claim. Take your own il-
lustration, for instance. To simplify our com-
parison we will assume that the 50 bushels Mr.
Farmer brings in have been passed over an inch

11;, .59 L. "..‘. 2'
g .. fifth of thetioad, or ten-_bush_els,jam;p¢bir
- _toesbetween"1%fand 1%; under, the f new grading"
rulesi‘you‘ would'take his entire load at Silicon-ts ‘

a'.bus1'1el,ior $45 Which is $5 less than he would

have received for the load under the old condi~

tions. But now he is obliged to have them run
over a 1% inch screen.’ You get 40 bushels of
No. 1 grade worth $40 and ten bushels of No. 2
grade worth 36' or a total of $46. Mr. Farmer
loses $4 on his load by reason of the new grades.
To sum up, we can see no real benefit accruing
to anyone but the dealer from these new potato
grades. In the first place, they were unfairly
adopted after the farmer had planted his .crop.
They were recommended by the shippers without
consulting either the farmers or consumers, and
in our judgment do not meet an actual demand.
Were these potatoes included in the No. 2 grade
unflt or undesirable for the average family con-
sumption then there might be merit to
the proposition,‘but inasmuch as few housewives
can tell the difference“ off-hand between an inch
and seven-eights and an inch and five-eights po-
tato we are constrained to believe that the bene-
fit of grading according to the two- particular
sizes mentioned is merely fancied. . .

Stung, B’Gosh !

vested the first apple, the, jokesmiths have.

been forging puns, at the expense of his
rustic descendents. Legion and legendary are the
tales of the farmers' credulity, his passion, for
“sold-bricks” and ten—story skyscrapers, his pref—
erence for confidence men and his simple faith in
mankind in general. The only conception that
many people of the city still have of the farmer
is the Sunday supplement type, who comes to
town with (the green carpet bag, a purple necktie
and an inquisitive eye; who salutes the traffic
cop and buys peanuts at a street vendor’s stand;
who invariably falls in with “strangers” and “in-
vests" his roll in choice real estate surrounding
the city hall. Oh, yes, indeed there are a lot of
intelligent people living in the city!

The city chap is one hundred per cent proof
against the wiles of the faker and the gold-brick
maker. You can’t fool him, no sir-ee. He is wise
to all the bunco games that would part a man
from his money. He puts his savings in such
permanent investments as stocks, upon someone’s
“sure tip" or lnsuburban lots so far removed
from the maddening crowd that the only person
Who ever sees them is the tax asses ,r.

Yes. Mr. City Dw'eller is the personification of
wisdom. You never catch him a-napping, but——

’Tother day when “Colonel” Omar Macklem.
globe trotting adventurer and weaver of fairy
tales that vie with Baron Munchausen’s best ef-
forts, appeared in Detroit proclaiming himself a
person of rank in the British army sent here to
close war contracts with Detroit concerns. patri-
otic and temperamental Detroit gave one glad
shout, gathered him into hospitable arms and
swallowed him whole, bag and breeches, shoulder
straps and gold braid. without salt or seasoning,
and for a solid fortnight feted and did him honor
that would turn Theodore Roosevelt green with
envy. One day Macklem thrilled his delighted
hearers with tales of his heroic deeds on the bat-
tlefield. the next of his wonderful inventions. and
still thenext of his associations with Lloyd George
and other British high-ups. Never before had
Detroit captured such a prize guest. He seemed
.almost too good to be true,—and he was.

Despatches came from England and Canada de-
nying many of Macklem’s claims. A soldier he
was and a brave one, who had done valiant fight-
ing for the British, but that was all.

Verily, our city cousins are wise to the confi-
dence men when they come properly tagged and
accoutered, but wearing the garb of a British col-
onel.—~that's different! Lock the city hall lest
the Kaiser stroll down the Campus some day, pass
the time of dav with the Mayor and walk off with
the city charter.

‘ Ii: VER SINCE Farmer Adam guilelessly har-

Down come the potato estimates! Three weeks
ago the War Preparedness Board announced an
average yield of nearly 103 bushels to the acre.
Of course, it was too high. Now the Secretary of
State places the estimate at 98.41 bushels, which is
also considerably too high. With a fifth of the
crop still in the ground and much of it damaged
by frost, it is impossible to estimate the yield
with accuracy, but we know .it will fall a lot less
than 98 bushels to the acre.

Overheard at the Milk Producers’ meeting:
“There's only one paper in Michigan that’s stand-
ing by the farmer, and that’s MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING. It ought to be in the hands of every
farmer in Michigan.” '

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As we take the Detroit Joumat I could not help
but think of an article I read in it in regard
to the exemption of: Edsel Ford. It told how he

  

,was needed in his father’s tractor business, as

farm help is so scarce the farmers will need the
tractors. Now they say so much about the farm-
ers not being patriotic, but I know of some farm-
ers who are trying to sell their farms because
their sons have been drafted.

Would farm help be so scarCe if the boys-who
are skilled workmen on the farm had been left
on the farm? Now, what I would like to know is
this: If Edsel Ford is exempted will Henry Ford
be patriotic enough to put the price of theSe trac-
tors down where the majority of farmers can af-
ford to buy? And if the farmer gets the tractors
will the Standard Oil Co. put the price of oil
down where they can afford to run them? Or
will they buy Liberty bonds then raise the price
of oil so the public can pay for them and then
call it patriotism? I don't know as they did this
but have not heard of the price of oil going
down—H. .S'. F.,'Morgan.

Sauce for Goose is Sauce for Gander

I saw in the Detroit News of Oct. 30, that the
coal dealers refuse to handle coal according to the
ruling of the U. S. '

Now, how is this? Should the farmer be the
only one to have his produce regulated? The
price of wheat Croppcd'to $2.20'at once after the
price was set at that figure by the Government
and we heard great things of how the prices of
sugar, coal and other necessary articles should
also be cheapened. but it seems that only the
wheat price was affected. Farmers are as patriot-
ic as any other class; is it right that they should
be the only ones to be singled out?——T. E. Fowler.

New Potato Grades Uniust to Farmer.

I would like to say a few words regarding the
potato grade situation. Was it the Government’s
demand that these new specifications were made,
or was it some association that wanted to make
more graft by the use of. the 1% inch screen and
taking out a fif’h of the best grade of potatoes?

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7 farmers will respond so loyally to their country‘s

call and increase their acreage with high-priced
seed and help, and then cut out a fifth of the
crop by unfair grading. If it was done on the
prospects of a bumper crop of potatoes they are

, greatly mistaken in their estimates. ' I don't think

the crop will average over 60 bu. per acre in
Michigan after being run over the 1% inch screen
with more than one-quarter of the potatoes not
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of the results of the present war will be Government
ownership of transportation and distributing agencies.

more coming Nov. 1, looks to a man up a tree that
the farmer had the heavy end of the load.

I have lived forty years on this farm and I
think I voice the sentiments of many of the farm-
ers of northern Michigan and many will cut the
average in two the coming season. Now if they
had given us these specifications before we planted
there would not have been so many potatoes un-
der the snow today, Nov. 1.

Any fair-minded person knows there is more
good food in a bushel of 1% inch screen potatoes
than in some of our big freaks that have a hole
as big as a 17/ ,3 inch potato inside and not only
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Speaking about potatoes, I put in two acres
this year. I had new ground, no
stones; never saw better prospects of a good crop.
When I dug them I had just 100 bushels of mar-
ketable spuds. I kept a record of everything
and when I put them in the cellar they had cost
me $199.74. $75 per acre is the way they average
in our township this year—0. E. 131., Gould City.

Give Us What We Earn

So glad somebody is taking up the farmer's side.‘
In some fields of beans in Gratiot the frost did
damage to half the crop. Just got thru harvest:
ing 30 acres, about one-half crop. I hope the
farmers will not always be found with a wisp of
straw behind their ears. It has always been
with the farmer that he take so much or noth-
ing; he can never set the price. You certainly
keep your shoulder to the wheel. I am glad to
see some of those on the other side take a back
seat. There are a lot of millionaires in the United
States and many of them became so at the expense
of the farmer. All I 110pe is that you keep right
after them and give us what we earn. We are all
trying to do our bit.-—Mrs. F. K.. Brcckcnridge.

Write to the Editor

Our readers are requested to write us their opin-
ions on current topics. This is such a busy age,
and national developments affecting the life of
every individual come so rapidly that it is impos-
sible for any newspaper to follow accurately the
trend of its readers thot and opinion. M1. HIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING endeavors to reflect the senti-
ment of the majority of its thinking readers and
in this manner moulds the idea of those who do
not think. To render satisfactory service to those
who read this paper we must know the ideas they
have formed upon the subjects treated in these
columns. It is manifestly impossible for 11s to go
out and interview every reader or this paper;
we must depend for our guidance upon the let—
ters and comments that come thru the mail, and
there is nothing that gives as greater pleasure
than a good. sensible letter from a farmer who
thinks and has the ability to put his thots upon
‘paper. We appeal to our readers to write us of
the things that they are interested in. the things
that they discuss in the family circle. at the vil-
lage grocery store. the farmers‘ meetings. etc...
of the features in these columns which appeal to
them and of those which they do not like. When
signed by the author's name as evidence of good
faith. such letters will be published in this col-
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WILL COMMERCIAL

“ APPLE ORCHARD PAY?

Would like your advice to a young
man on setting out a commercial ap—
ple orchard. If advisable, what va-
riety or varieties?—R. V., Alamo.

This like any other business ques-
tion cannot be answered by “yes” or
“no.” It all depends on the man. The
right kind of a man could make a
splendid success out of a commer-
cial apple orchard. We have evidence
of. that all over the State of Michi-
gan. Several years ago, Mr. N. B.
Hayes of Muir, Ionia County, set out
a forty acre apple orchard. Some
people shook their heads and said it
was a mistake but it was not a mis:
take. After this orchard began to
bear, Mr. Hayes for several years sold

his crop each year for several tlious-“

and dollars and here two years ago
he sold the orchard for $32,000. Cer-
tainly, there was no mistake here.

Mr.‘ Bramen of Grand Rapids who
purchased the N. B. Hayes orchard,
also hasa large orchard near Belding
as well as one near Grand Rapids.
Mr. Hull of Ionia also Mr. Hull of
Belding have very profitable commun-
- ity orchards. In almost every instance
in Michigan where people have com-
mercial apple orchards they are simp
ly making them independent finan-
cially and yet you see all over the
state apple orchards that are failures,
people get no revenue from them at
all, of course, because they don’t at-
tend to them. You cannot set out an
apple orchard now and neglect
it and make any money. It would be
an absolute waste of time but if any
man will set out a good huge orchaid
not less than t\ enty acres and forty
acres in my opinion would be better.
and if he will study the proposition,
and do the things right, he is almost
sure to win. He can get all the in-
formation necessary by interviewing
these successful apple growers or by
taking the matter up withlthe horti-
cplturist at our Experiment Station
or he could get the information from
books that will enable him if 1». 4,,
a capable man to grow a commercial
apple orchard that will make him
independent.

He certainly wants a good location.
He should have a good soil. well drain-
ed, and also good, fair drainage. He
must set out standard varieties and
only a few. That is where a great
many people make a mistake in grow-
ing apples: they have :1 (“WOW differ-
ent. varieties. Personally i would pin
my faith entirely to winter varieties.
I wouldn’t have an early variety in
the orchard. and my observation is
that i would have only two varieties“
northern spies and baldwins. and it
might be better to have only one.
These varieties are commercial apples.
They are advertised and they are in
demand. All you have got. to do is
to grow a crop and you can sell them.

One cannot. take the time in an
article like this to go into the details
of growing up an apple orchard. That
must he studied carefully. but who-
ever puts the time and money into
an apple orchard must under tand
that he has got, to cultivate. piune
and thin and spray regularly and
systematically. if he does this and
does it right there isn't any difficulty
in growing apples in Michigan.

He wants a large orchard so he can
afford to have modern appliances, pow-
er spraycrs and that sort of thing.
He wants a large orchard so that com-
mission men will come to see him. He
has got to have something worth their
while and he can sell to a great deal
better advantage. And last but not
least, he wants a large orchard and
have so much invested in it that he
can’t afford to neglect one single de-
tail. That is the trouble with these
old orchards scattered over the state;

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they were .not ’large enough so that
a man could afford to take care of
them. And again, it a man is go-
ing into the apple business it is well
for him to take care of the apple orch-
ard strictly on time.

A man must have considerable cap-
ital to go into the commercial apple
growing business. This must be con-
sidered carefully. It is a heavy in-
vestment. You have to wait for sev-
eral years before you get anything
on this investment so that you have
got to have the means to make this"
investment and not have it cripple you.—
If you can master all these things
you needn’t hesitate about putting
thousands of dollars into a commercial
apple orchard. If you do it' right you
will win.~—C’olon 0. Lillie.

   

RAISE RHUBARB AND .
HAVE PIE THIS WINTER

 

Every one who has a patch of .pie—
plant or rhubarb in the garden, or
who can get a few roots from a near-
by commercial plantation, can eas-
ily force an abundant home-supply
of this delicious and healthful vege-
table during winter. Forced rhubarb
is more attractive, tenderer and more
crisp than the spring garden product,
and it also is much less acid, so that
less sugar is necessary in cooking it.

Strong one-year old or older root
stocks may be used for forcing this
winter, but J. T. Rosa, Jr., of the Un-
iversity of Missouri College of Agri-
culture suggests that plants which
have become too old to produce a
profitable crop in the garden be used.
These roots or crowns are dug sep-
erately with earth adhering to them,
in November before the soil freezes
hard. Leave them on the ground a
few days, so that the roots will freeze
and the rest period thereby be brok-
en and so that the plant will start
vigorous growth when placed in a
higher temperature. If the roots are
left out too long, they may dry out
too much.

A cool greenhouse, deep hotbed or
cellar of a‘-y description or a base—
ment room with earth or cement floor
will do for the forcing place if it can
be heated slightly and if light can
be excluded, and water obtained. When
the» rhubarb is ready for forcing the

lift “ii $53: .fu?

Water the bed thoroly just after set-
ting, and as often as necessary after-
ward. The temperature ought to be
low at first, around 40 degrees while
later it may run up to 60 degrees
Fahrenheit. Take care that it does
not get too warm, for that causes the
shoots of rhubarb to be slender and
spindling. Three or four weeks after
starting, a crop of heavy-leaf stalks
should be ready, and .there should
be an abundant supply for four or five
weeks from' the same roots. A half
dozen roots should supply all that a
family fond of this vegetable can con-
sume, thus providing a cheap and ap~
petizing relish for the family at a
season when fresh vegetables have dis-
appeared from the tables.

BEST WAY TO REMOVE
PAINT FROM GLASS

Could you suggest to me some for-
mula for removing paint from glass?
—J. D., Ruth, ,Mich.

We would say that the simplest
way would be to obtain a can of or-
dinary varnish remover, which you
will find on sale at any paint or
hardware store, and use this accord-
ing to instructions. We think this
would be far more convenient than
preparing such a preparation from
any formula.

POUNDS OF WHITE AND

GRAHAM FLOUR IN WHEAT

How many pounds of white flour
should a miller get from a bushel of
wheat? How many pounds of gra-
ham flour from a bushel of wheat?—
R. 0. V., Alamo, Mich.

This will vary several pounds de-
pending upon the condition of the
wheat at the time of milling. Some
wheat will not yield over 40 lbs. of
flour to the bushel. The average will
run about 42 lbs. Fifty—five to fifty-
eight pounds of graham flour are se-
cured from a 60-1b. bushel of wheat.

What is the address of R. C. Reed,
Field Secretary of the Michigan
Milk Producers’ Ass’n?——C. A. G., Clif-
ford.

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CAR SHORT-AGE BECOMING
A VERY SERIOUS MATTER

Reports from nearly every section
of the country indicates that the car
shortage is a very serious problem
and no relief is in sight. Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover recently asked the
railroads in the state of California to
stop hauling barley until the situation

 

is. relieved or until the fruit and other ~

perishable crops have been marketed.
This is undoubtedly a wise suggestion
and might be worth following in other
sections.

Large crops of potatoes in the states
of Colorado and Idaho cannot be mar-
keted on account of the Shortage of
cars. Mr. Hoover says that the apple
crop of the 'Hood River district in the
state of Washington. which is the larg-
est in years has been started to mar~
ket.

At Chicago the shortage of cars
has been an important factor in the
marketing of all kinds of products.
Operators were looking for some re-
lief when the peach crop, which on
account of its perishable nature, had
to be taken care of first had been mar-
keted. As yet prospects are not very
bright. Many dealers say that the
price of potatoes, cabbage and other
products are much higher than they
should he were it possible for the pro-
ducing sections to market in the quan-
tities they Wish. Reports from many
sections of this country and from
Canada show the large producing sec-
tions are unable to roll their products
at this time which indicates that the
shortage of cars throughout the coun-
try is general.

Shippers have certainly given' ev-
ery possible aid to unloading and
loading cars as quickly as possible.
There is no doubt in the minds of any
one who has studied the situation care
fully but that the growers have done
everything in their power. And it
may not be out of place to ask why
in any of the large railroad centers
it is possible to find a congestion of
empty freight cars. Here in St. Louis
I ride through the yards every morn-
ing and I can see hundreds of cars
that stay there too long at a time and
I have often wondered why they were
not on the road for some of these crops
that must be marketed. There seems
to be something wrong somewhere
and the Food Administartion might
engage in the good work of finding
and righting the wrong with a great
deal of profit to bo‘h producer and
consumer. They would win the heart-
felt thanks of both classes.

In some instances, especially in the
Northwest. shippers report that there
is a shortage of cars and that the
railroads are demanding that cars
be loaded so heavily that there is
no room for a stove. All products
are shipped at the producer or buy-
er’s own risk. Unless the potatoes
in the Northhern section can be mar-
keted soon there will be a consider-
able loss to growers. Loading cars
as heavy as possible will help but it
will in no way relieve the situation

The fifteen per cent advance in
freight rates asked by Eastern roads
has been reopened by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and there will
be a hearing in Washington November
5. The roads asked that some method
be adopted so that they can have the
advance on grain, grain products and
dressed meats and other products as
quickly as possible.

It seems certain that some advance
may be looked for on roads east of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio
rivers. And, should these roads be
granted an increase it is almost cer-
tain that the Western and Southern
roads will also ask for an increase.—
Bernard E. Coffin.

    
    
   
    
   
   
  
  

   
   
   
   
  
   
    
   
   
  
  
   
   
   
    
  
    
  
   
  
  
      
   
     
  
   

  
    
  
   
  
 
 
   
    
 
    
 
  
  
  
 
  
     
    
  
    
   
   
  
   
  
  
  

    


  
    

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To Win the war We need more meat.
To get an increased meat supply quick-
ly hog breeding must be increased
materially throughout the country,
and in certain States an increase of
from 25 to 50 per cent in the number
of hogs is recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture.

The situation is of great import:
ance. We must have plenty of meat
for our armies and the armies of the
allies in the field, and sufficient meat
for our civilian population and the
civilian population of the allies at
home.

To have this meat, breeding animals
must reproduce themselves so the off—
spring Will be available for slaughter
in the future.

Hogs can be increased quicker than
any other kind of live stock.

In addition to the fact that there is
an imperative demand for more meat
as a war measure, it should be taken
into consideration that we now have
an abundance of feed crops—«corn, oats.
and barley—with which to produce
this necessary increase in the number
of hogs. The demand for meat is
certain and it will be profitable to the
farmer to market some of this heavy
grain supply on the 1100f.

The increase in the number of begs
for various states, as recommended
by the department, is as follows: Mis-
souri, 50 per cent: Alabama. 20: Iowa,
25; Kansas. 25; Indiana, 20; Illinois,
20; Mississippi. 20: Arkansas, 20;
South Carolina, 15; Ohio, 15. Ken-
tucky, 15 Tennessee. 15; Maryland,
10; North Carolina, 10; Michigan. 10;
Nebraska, 10; West Virginia. 5; and
Georgia, 5. The increase needed for
the entire country is 15 per cent, and
is covered by the above schedule. Other
States than those named should breed
no fewer sows than last year.

The result of these increases will
be to provide sufficient animals to
make the meat that is absolutely es-
sential to the feeding of our armies.

Pork» can be transported more read-
ily and economically to troops in the
field than in any other meat. Great
supplies of bacon must go to the boys
in khaki at the front. Unless NOW
3. larger number of sows are bred,
the amount of meat we will require
next year will not be available.

The estimated number of hogs is
4.000.000 less than it was a year ago
in this country; and in the face of this
we need more hogs than ever before.
How can we get them? By breeding
sows at once.

The exportation of pork products
has increased since the war began
and will continue to increase during
the length of the war. The foreign
countries are devoting their farm—
ing energies to food and feed rather
than live stock production, but they
must have meat and htey must get
a large part of this supply from us.

During the last three months the
price of hogs in the United States has
been, on an average, more than twice
as much as the average price for the
five years from 1911 to 1915. In view
0f the large crop of feedstuffs in sight,
however, it is believed that farmers
will see the wisdom of taking every
reasonable step to increase the supply
of hogs and hog products.

 

In view of the probable shortage of
farm labor next spring, now is a.
timely occasion to rig up several
three or four-horse eveners to be used
on the farm implements. One man
with a. four horse team will do al-
most as much work in preparing the
Spring seed bed as two men, each us-
ing a two-horse team.

 

FLAOCK or SHEEP WILL
PAY GOOD PROFIT

 

A flock of sheep on every farm, if
properly handled, would add to the
profits from that farm in the great
majority of cases. Prices for sheep
and wool at the present time are at
an unprecedented level. University
of Missouri College of Agriculture
calls attention to the following fig-
ures:

There were in the United States on
January 1, 1917, 48 1-2 million sheep,
and a human population running well
over 100 million. as compared with
52 1~2 million sheep and a human
population of 90 million in 1910, and
with 64 million sheep and a human
population of around 75 million in
1903. These data make evident a ma-
terial shortage in sheep, and while
present prices are indicative of this
.shortage as well as an increased de
mand, an ordinary sized flock of sheep
can be handled to excellent advantage
on the average farm, and the profits
therefrom are worth careful consider-
ation at this time. This is one means
of increasing the income from the aver-
age farm and at the same time increas-
ing the fertility of the land.

CULL THE FLOCK: LOAF-
ERS ARE COSTLY NOW

 

At no time has it been more im-
portant to cull the flock carefully than
now. A good hen is returning to its
owner a good profit; a poor one. a cor-
respondingly greater less. With the
general purpose breeds the pullet. year
is the most profitable. In fact, it
will take two pounds more feed to
produce a pound of eggs with hens
than it will with pullets. No farmer
can afford to keep any hen of the gen-
eral purpose type after she has pass-
ed thru the second laying season.
All females which 1save nasscl the
first year of laying would be market-
ed unless they arc to be kept for next
year’s breeders. If the farmer can—
not tell the age of his hens he can
avo d future guess work by putting
a ring on the legs of the pullets.

Some features that, will help the
farmer distinguish hens that have
been good egg producers have been
noted by the University of Missouri
College of Agriculture: In October
the poor layers will have yellow
shanks, a. small dull comb. pin bones
close together, and will have complete
melting. “719 good layer will be
in the melt. will have pale or almost
pink shanks. will be ragged in an
pearanco and, if laying. the pin bones
will be well spread apart. The good
layer. even the in the melt. will start
laying just as soon as the early mol<
ter. The good layer will have a soft
velvety skin while that of the poor
layer will be thick and coarse.

It will pay to cull the flock if the
culling is done right.

 

   

.11. Conn 11. v., Editor

I have a threeyear-old heifer that
I would like some advice about. She
came in two weeks ago. We found
her in pasture and calf was dead, but
apparently fully developed. I did not
know when her time was, exactly, as
she ran with bull in pasture. She
came in in the night and I found her
the next morning. She is perfectly
well it seems, but gives no milk. At
first her milk was as yellow as the yel-
lowest corn meal, and very, very
thick and only about a cupfull and she
gives no more yet, although we milk
her regularly and all we can get. Do
you know of anything we could give
her to bring her to her milk, as we
want to keep her for a cow if we pos-
sibly can. She is half Holstein and
half Jersey: If she doesn’t come to

 

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would make a good cow the next timeJ
she comes in ?—W. C. 0., Almont, Mich. J

From the history of the case I can;
see no reason for this cow not givingJ
a normal flow of milk unless it should?
happen that this cow is affected with::
abortion. which is very likely. I‘
believe that unless she is from a very
valuable strain of cows that I should
sell her and replace her with another
rather than to take any chances on
her making a good cow another fresh-
ening. It is too late now to attempt.
any treatment that might be of any,
benefit to her. J
. l

I have about thirty pounds of cornedJ
beef that spoiled on me and i would,
like to know if it would hurt to feed
it to chickens:~L. R.. Champ-ion. J

You would undoubtedly have heavy;
losses from ptomaine poisoning if you
were to feed this to your chickens. I
have seen quite heavy losses from
chickens eating animals that were
left lying around dead until they were
badly decomposed. l have seen losses
of several dozen birds out of a single
flock before the cause was found and
as soon as removed the lesses ceased.

 

 

REDUCING LOSSES
FROM IIOG CHOLERA

What is needed for (ontrol of hogJ 7:5,

cholera is»« J
A farming community that knows
hog cholera. the ways in which it, is
spread. and the best methods of com-
batting it. .
A community so organized thatJ
every farmer will be ready to 11711le
his‘neighbors by informing them and“
the proper State o‘ficials ot‘ the exis—J
tenre of 7bolera 1""hc7eve1 this may.
come to his, notitc and where every
farmer know: where to get good ser J

um quickly.
Readily available serum at rea 'on—J
able prices. J
A sufficient number of skilled meal
to administer the serum. J
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WINTER LAYING HENS
NEED ATTENTION NOWJ

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added to their mash w'll help grow‘
feathers. lt' this is a moist mash and
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in growing the new feathers. Make
the mash rich and feed plentv of good
sound giains. Avoid iceding non corn
during the fa..ll ,
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are the healthy ones; and the
problem of the hog raiseris to
keep them so.

I or scours, thumps, distem- J
per and other ailments, try
Sloan’s Liniment. Quickly
effective and promptly relieves
Have it always handy. You
will find many uses for Sloan’s
Liniment in your home.

At all dealers. 25C— 500- $1. 00.
The $1. 00 bottle has six times the

amount of the 25c
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tion for a moist mash: 100 pounds
wheat middlings, 100 pounds-corn-
meal, 100 pounds of wheat bran, 50:
pounds meat scrap. 35 pounds gluten‘
meal, 12 pounds oil meal (old process)
one pound common salt. It a dry
mash is desired add 100 pounds of
ground oats to the above.

“During the winter two parts by
weight of corn should be fed to one
part by weight of wheat. If plenty
of sour milk is at hand, good water,
sunshine and fresh air supplied, the
house kept tight and free from draft
and the quarters dry, and mangel
wertzels cabbages or sprouted oats
fed, well bred pullets and hens will
produce a good supply of winter eggs."

Now that the Government wants
the people to eat more fish it will
be harder than ever to keep Father
mm “taking a day off.” ~We only
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$3 00 to $5 00 each for stiain with
records to 290 eggs a year. Circular free.
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. tatoes,
- of dirt,

‘ at the weigh station and the freezing

 
 

:' ducer and Consumer, and De-
nice it Works to Advan-
tage of Dealer.

 

I 'read with much interest your ar-
ticle opposing the grading of pota-
toes. I am afraid brother B. E. S.
does not fully understand the posi-
tion of shippers and consumers as

.. well as good honest growers.

I am a grower as well as a shipper
and Was called to Washington by our
Food Administrator for the benefit of
the public and gave my own time and
paid my own expenses for the bene-
fit and best interests of our country,
and helped to introduce the bill for
making of two grades of potatoes.~

Let me state here that I have been
making two grades for two years
and shipped one car of seconds last
year at 65c per bushel track here
when I was paying 900 for No.1 stock.
50 per cent of these potatoes were
my own raising. The parties who
received the car wired right back and

'wanted more of the same stock.’

Now I am loading my first car of
seconds this year and expect to ship
many more. The parties who receive
them no doubt will make as good use
of them as they would a larger grade
on account of them being used in
large eating houses, hotels and res-
taurants. They use at the present
time a machine for scraping or rub-
bing the peeling from the potatoes
which does not take but very little
off the outside and they are very
nice after going through this machine
for any purpose. where they could not
be used if peeled in the usual way.

In making two grades it is very
easy to get 100 more per bushel for a
No. 1 stock. Place yourself in the
consumer’s place; set two bushels of
potatoes side by side, one graded and
one field run, one at cost of 10c to
250 more per bushel than the other;
I can readily see the position you
would take without asking any more
questions.

If you have kept posted on the mar-
ket you have no doubt seen quotations
at Greenville and have seen potatoes
quoted there as high or a little high-
er in Greenville than they were quoted
at Chicago. I am in the Greenville
district but do not, always pay as
much as that market is quoted as they
have sharp competition at that point.
Will say for your benefit that we
are paying the farmer $1.00 per bushel
here today. If you will recall the
past few years you will see that oth-
er states have taken the lead in pota-
to growing and shipping. Now is a
good time to put Michigan on the
map while our stock is good and we
can make them extra fine by sorting
them according to the Government
request.

At the present time we are taking
out from one to five bushels of sec-
onds from the ordinary load of pc-
from one-half to one bushel

sand and marbles. I want
every farmer to have a square deal.
This is a good potato town and lots
of them sold now in the ordinary
way without sorting.

Three farmers would bring good
stock which would pass as No. 1 sub-
ject to government inspection, one
would bring poor inferior potatoes
and they would all be put out into
the same car. The three who brot
the good would be obliged to take
the same price as that paid for the
poor ones. Is this right? If it is
your write up is all right and we
should still be taking field run straight
paying the same price for poor as for
good stock. Now you say why take
the poor ones. That is the question.
Farmers will some times top dress
their loads the same as some shippers,
putting a choice load on top or where
they will show up and the inferior
stock would be put on the bottom.
You know there are tricks in all
trades but ours so let us be on the
square. and give the good farmer the
same deal as the poor one. This will
give them all their rights and just
what belongs to them.

You speak of the grader and the
time it takes to handle the stock

Now let’s flgurefthis out. A man may
bring in 50 bushels of potatoes.- and

sell them as field run for 90c mak-.

ing him $45.00 for his load. Now-he
puts these 50 bushel over a sorter
and makes two grades getting 45 bus.
of No.1 or choice at $1. 00 per bushel.
$45. 00, 4 bushels at 600 per bushel
$2 40 and one bushel of interior stuff
and dirt which he takes back home
Now you can readily see that he is
getting more money than he ordinar-
ily would with the 90c deal and the
farmer who puts his potatoes up in a
fancy grade gets the right price and
all concerned are getting a sqare deal.

Now I want totell you'what has
been done on Our market. Nearly
all of the farmers draw potatoes in
crates and the majority of the stock
in this territory is sacked. The way
these have been handled a man wOuld
drive up to the car and pour them from
the crate into the sack, dumping good,
bad and indifferent, sand and all dirt
that would naturally'stick to pota-
toes just as they co-me from the field.
I have even seen buyers shovel up the
dirt and sand that was on floor around
the scale, and put this into the sacks
so they could make the loads hold out
and there would be no shortage. This
may sound rather “fishy” to the ordi-
nary man nevertheless these are all
facts and can be proved. We ship
300 sacks in a car and if there is 5
pounds of dirt and worthless stuff in
each sack or 1500 pounds to a car
and the cost of shipping for instance
East, is the 300 rate this 1500 pound
of waste would cost the consumer
$4.50 and the Ry. Co. would be getting
this transportation for nothing and
the consumer pays the bill.

Now I am a farmer and a shipper
and always stand up for what is
straight and honest. I want to get
all possible out of our crops and want
to ship potatoes so that the onstomers
will be satisfied and come back with
another order for same quality. There
is no trouble in getting a good price
for good stock and I consider we are
on the right track when we grade
our potatoes and can guarantee them

111m .
fast as a man can naturally shovel".
and can make three grades at the”
same time and by so doing give 1111',
farmers the square deal and pay them
ten cents more per bushel tor his No. 1
1 Stock, 60 per cent for the seconds.
and the culls they can take back:

‘ L . ' " {b .
Gévernment'k and all stand together
- to the best interest or all

correct in. my, remarks I: Would; like
to have the Editor or some of my

.farmer friends tell me where I am

wrong.

Mr. Editor, please excuse this long
article but I wanted to make it plain
so my remarks would be understood.

~—-John J Bale, Lakevicw, Mich.

START SPRING GARDEN
" - IN FALL OF YEAR

Spring garden? Yes,1 i’ts time to
start next spring’s garden, says J. T.
Rosa, Jr., of the University of Mis-
souri college of Agriculture. As soon
as frost has killed all of the late veg-
etables, the dead vines of such crops
as tomatoes, squash, and melons,
which harbor insects and diseases
that will give trouble next spring,
should be pulled and burned. The
last of the root crops may be taken up
and stored in a trench or cellar.

When the garden has been cleaned,
broadcast over the ground some, rot-
ten stable manure, add a sprinkling
of either bone meal or acid phosphate
fertilizer and plow the whole under.
The furrow slices hold the rain and
snow and expose the soil to the pul-
verizing action of frost. The fall
plowed garden is ready for planting
sooner in the spring than is the spring
plowed garden. Where the soil is
loose it dries off quickly and is ready
for planting earlier. The soil is in
better shape for working and for
growing plants. Early vegetables
planted in the fall plowed garden will
make a quicker start, for the organic
matter will have partially decayed
and become well incorporated in the
soil during the winter. Frequently
in the rush of spring work unless
the garden was fall plowed it may
remain unplowed until late. Thus the
effectiveness and the value of the
garden will be reduced.

 

“I want to say that some way or
other I have missed getting my copy
of your paper for September 15th.
Would you please send me another
and I will thank you in advance for I
do not want to lose one. They are
just the checker and may they long
wave. until every farmer in Michigan
has them by heart. I say: Long may
they wave—W. A. R._. Fremont. Mich.

It Looks Good But We Can’t Guarantee It!

Our old. friend, Dobbin, the horse,
is to go into the electric light produc-
ing business. through an invention
by Robert D. McCreary, of Cincinnati.

“If,” said McCreary, “a horse can
give power to a wagon, why can’t he
give energy to a dynamo?”

In other words, a horse, figured
McCreary, could be used as a one-
horse power engine.

So he invented a harness attached
to a set of gears, which in turn are
attached to a dynamo; the horse steps
into the harness and starts to walk
around on a 14 foot track at the rate
of one mile and a half 11 hour, mak-
ing electricity all the while.

If the horse should stop,
trically controlled bell rings,

an elec-
as much

to say, “Giddap Dobbin,” and an elec-
trically controlled whip taps him light-
ly on the back. The electricity Dob-
bin thus makes goes into a storage
battery and, by working three hours
during two days of each week, Dob-
bin can make enough electricity to
light up farm house for a whole
week.

“The farmer needs light most ‘nr‘
ing the winter time when his horse
works least,” says McCreary. “And
running a dynamo a few hours a day
for two days a week is one of the easi—
est things a horse can do.”

Similarily, he says, a horse can
be attached to a motor and run a.
cream seperator, a churn or an ice-
cream freezer—J. R. Schmidt.

 

 

 

If I 3111 not V

  
 

   
  
 

How Any Farmer May Detaminc
' Net Income Upon Which he
Will be Obliged. to Pay ‘
Tax Under New Rov-
me Law. f ‘
, Congress at its last session passed
a new income tax law or at least
amended the old one or made an ad-
dition to it so that all married men
are subject to income tax who have
net incomes exceeding $2,000, and I
understand that any man who has a
gross income of $2,000 is required to
file a report with the Internal Reven-
ue director of his district whether his
net income amounts to a suflicient
amount to make him taxable or not.
The Government wants to know
where he stands.

With the present high price of ear
ricultural ‘prodncts many farmers
therefore will be‘ob’liged to make a
statement giving their gross income
and their net income and if their net
income exceeds $2,000 then they must
pay an income tax of 2% This'also
is graduated, when it exceeds a- cer-
tain amount then the rate of tax is
higher.

It is going to be a problem for the
average farmer to make this state-
ment because he rarely keeps books
in such a condition that at the end
of the year he can show his gross and
net income. To do this of course a.
farmer ought to take an inventory
of his personal property, his live
stock, the amount of grain, his im-
plements. etc., each year, then to this
inventory he adds the total receipts
from his farm and from this be sub—
tracts the necessary expenditure for
the year and also the amount of his
inventory at the close of the year,
and the balanCe would be his net in-
come. If this exceeds the $2,000 then
he must pay an income tax.

The farmer is just as patriotic as
any class of citizens, in fact, he is
more so. There isn’t any doubt of that
in my mind. I have had experience
With farmers all my life time and
with other business men and I don’t
believe that you will find as large a
percent among farmers that will try
to dodge taxes and especially patri-
otic taxes as you will among other
people. I don’t say this to throw
bouquets at the farmer but the farmer
lives a different kind of life than any-
body else; he thinks more about the
country in which he lives; he has
more respect for the laws which en-
able him to live and be protected in
his rights than the ordinary citizen
of the city; he is a better student
anyway than the average man who
lives in the city; he is nearer to na—
ture; he is more thoughtful about
these things; he reflects more on what
he reads and he reasons out things
from the standpoint of nature and is
much more apt in my opinion to have
sound ideas upon matters of this
sort than the average citizen, not be-
cause he was born with any more pa-
triotic ideas but because his environ-
ment tends to make him more patri-
otic.

The farmer is going to be as will-
ing as any citizen to pay necessary
taxes to support the government in

this great world crisis. But the farm-

er is getting to be a business man.
He wants to pay his share of the tax-
es but he wants to pay on the same
basis as other business men. He does-
not want to be made the “goat" and
he is not going to be. It is very
easy for some business men to show
that the farmer wants to get out
of paying the tax simply because
he wants to investigate and find out
what is right and proper for him to
do. The business man does that and
then many of them, it is said, try to
find out how they can get out of pay-
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'MISSAUKEE (North Central.)~——Snow
came last Monday night and the ground
has been covered ever since. A third of

the potatoes are in the ground yet, and

three‘ quarters of he beans are not yet
pulled and probabl never will be, as they
are rotting in the hill. The chances are
that we will not be able to get our seed
back—H. E. N., Cutcheon.

HURON (West Central)-—Rain Monday
and Tuesday, mud the rest of the week.
Beans are in bad condition, “ Some have
been taken in too damp and are heating
in the barns.——G. W., Elkton. ,

WEXFORD (South Central)-~Farmers
began digging and hauling potatoes again
this week; snow began falling October
29 with strong winds and lasted about
three days; temperature down to 18.
Lots of undug potatoes. The buyers are
still afraid to handle late dug potatoes.
Wheat and rye not making very much
growth, as it freezes nights. Some farm-
ers are selling out at auction and are
quitting farming—A. A. H,. Boon.

TUSCQLA (Central)-——Some potatoes to
dig yet; about a tenth of those that are
in the ground are frozen. Soil in poor
condition for fall plowing. Farmers are
selling some oats, rye and wheat; most
too cold to handle potatoes. About half
of the beets are in the ground yet. The
Caro sugar plant began slicing Wednes-
day morning with about 7000 tons of
beets in the bins.—-—R. B. C., Caro:

OSCEOLA (Northeast)-——Weather is
very bad. Many farmers have potatoes.
.beans. and other crops out and snowed
in, although most of them have been (112‘-
ging in all kinds of weather—W. A. 8..
Marion. .

MIDLAND (Flash—Weather conditions
are very unfavorable; have had two days
of snow, lots of beans out in the fields
yet and they are badly damaged. About
half of the Midlapd county beans are out
yet, potatoes are about all dug and of a
good quality and a fair yield. Corn is not
fit to husk yet, hardly wilted yet in the
shock and of an immature quality. A.
B.. Midland.-

MONTCALM (“’est)—The farmers are
still digging potatoes and some are work-
ing at their beans yet, some have as many
as 15 acres yet to pull. In this neigh-
borhood the yield has been from 9 to
12 bushels per acre and the quality has
been good. but there are some farmers
here who have from 5 to 10 acres’ under
the snow all bunched up waiting for them
to dry off. We have four inches of snow
and it is still coming—E. W., .Coral.

.CHEBOYGAN (South)——Cheboygan is
covered with four inches of snow. and
more coming. About a third of the no-
tatoes are yet undug, We had two hard
freezes last week and it caught many of
the potatoes yet in the ground. Beans
are in bad shape. very wet all through
October and most of the beans are yet
in he field. Farm help is very scarce.
farmers are offering $3.00 per day for
help. This part of the county had a po-
tato show on the 1st of this month. The
show was put on by Riverside Grange and
it was a big success.

BENZIE (West Central)——Weather wet
and cold. Farmers can not do much——
G. H.. Benzonia,

MONROE (West (lentral)—-The ground

is soaked by the recent rains.’ Some of
the crops stand in the water. A lot of

 

corn is in bad shape—W. H. L., Dun—,

dee.

ANTRIRI (Southwest)—P0tatoes are
not nearly all dug yet. and beans are
not all pulled. Some potatoes are turn-
ing out very good and some are not.
Some fields have turned out over 200 bu.
per acre and some will not average over
50 bu.; they will average about 100 bu.
Apples are very scarce and very high.
No. 1 winter apples worth $1.25 per bu.
On account of so much wet weather the
beans are nearly all in the field yet and
lots of green pods which have been frozc
en, and therefore there will be a lot or"
them that will be of poor quality. l’ota-
toes are bringing $1.00 per bu. Some, of
our buyers are using the large screen
and one buyer uses his old 1 5-8 inch
screen; and of course he is buying nearly
all of the potatoes—C. F. W., Alden.

CLINTON “Venn—Rain every day. late
wheat rotting in the ground. at least 15
per cent of all wheat total loss. Potatoes
were very good, practically all dug; about
90 per cent of corn soft; about 50 per cent
out, much lying on ground and spoiling.
Pastures are good. About 5 per cent of
all beans are out and will be total loss.
Prices of wheat. coal and sugar were
“regulated" but wheat only stays regu-
lated, coal and sugar are higher than
ever. Farmers are asking a fair deal
only. Much mammoth clover raised here
but none could be threshed, heavy loss.
T B., Fowler.

NEWAYGO (Southeast)—~F‘armers are
tryin to dig potatoes and get their beans
pulle . There are acres and acres of po-
tatoes in the. field yet and lots of beans
to be pulled and help is hard to get.———C.
B., White Cloud.

GENESEE (Southeast)—Farmers are
not doing much at this time on account
of the bad weather. Farmers are selling
potatoes. hay and medium amounts of
grain. Some potatoes are being held. but
grains are moving steadily—C. W.
Fenton.

MASON (East Central)——Potato digging
is being rushed. The yield is very disap-
pomting. from 40 bu. up‘ to 150 per acre,
but mostly below 80. Some beans have
been threshed and 11 bu. per acre is the
highest yield yet here, and this runs down
to one bu. per acre. Everything is under
snow here now. There are quite a few
potatoes to be dug here yet and beans
are not all taken care of;—-J. 8.. Fountain.

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Yet in the ground waiting for the snow to
80 oft—C. A.. Gaylord.

KALAMAZOO (East)—The farmers are
cutting corn, digging potatoes and trying
to get ready for the winter, but winter
took the advantage and got ready for the
farmer first. This is the second time
that fall snow has covered the ground.
Wood is in good demand in this section
at a high price on account of the scarcity
of coal. The farmers want to know what
to feed their hogs to make them pay out;
there is little corn here and middlings
are too high in price to feed hogs at the
price hogs are at the present.—H. F., Cli-
max, '

CHARLEVOIX—On Oct. 23 and 24 the
ground froze to a depth of four inches.
About half of the potatoes that were un-
dug are frozen and the crop in this nei-
ghborhood was about half dug. Beans
are badly damaged by the continued rains.
Very few of the farmers have their beans
in the barn,‘ acres of pulled beans are
lying in the fields covered with snow.
Anction sales are numerous and farmers
are badly discouraged—C. M. P., Charle-
v0ix. ~

OTTAWA (Northeast)——The beans out
in the fields yet are spoiled and there are
very few of them that were saved here.
Potatoes are being dug between snows
and rains. The corn crop here will be
fed from the field by those farmers who
do not have silos. Not much fall plowing
started here yet—R. J. K" Conklin.

GRATIOT (Nort‘heast)—-There are a
good many auction sales here now. and
everything going high. Cows are selling
as high as $130 per head_ Beans are com-
ing very slow. easily half of them in
this county are yet in the fields. and
there are some potatoes yet to dig.~—~J.
W., North Star.

MACOMB (Nortliwest)——Farmers are
picking apples and fall plowing, but the
ground is frozen hard. Lots of beans
out in the fields yet, some fields not even
pulled yet. Cows are selling high at the
sales while horses are selling cheap.—
H. 13.. Almont. .

BENZIE (“'est)-——We are hoping for
good weather to get our beans harvested.
There is a rumor here that the potato

buyers have quit buying on account of ‘
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cleared nicely and they are. taking ad— ‘
vantage of it. Soil is in good condition ‘

for plowing. Farmers are not taking
time to do much selling. Beans dropped
to $6 on the local market but farmers
will hold beans before they sell at that
price. Hogs also took a big drop—J. Fl.
McK., Pinconning.

BAY (Soutlicast)—Sugar beets are be.—
ing delivered slowly, Ground is wet and
it is slow work harvesting them. A great

many are in the ground yet. chicory the ,

same. Several fields of late—sown wheat
not yet up.—J. C. A.. Munger.

BRANCH (Norili)—'.l‘he farmers are‘
digging potatoes when the weather will ‘

'permit. Soil pretty wet to work. Farm-

ers selling some hay and stock, but hold~ ‘

ing all kinds of feed. Cows selling high
at auctions, horses cheap—F. S” Union
City.

NIONTCALM (Southwest)—-l<‘armers are

still digging potatoes and harvesting their '

beans which has been discouraging work

on account of the rains. The weather is .

cold and this locality has been visited by
frosts during the week and snow remain—
ing on the ground. A small amount of

. potatoes and other produce is being sold

on account of the low prices and farmers
are holding for better prices.—~W. I...
Greenville.

TUSCOLA (Northeast)—-Over 50 per“

cent of the bean crop of this vicinity is
still in the field with some snow on the
ground and freezing quite'hard; There
are some potatoes yet to dig. .\ot much
grain moving but quite a few cattle and
hogs going to marlu-t-wJ. A. Mci... Cass
Pity.

l ' East VVcailicr has been <-old
anldAvsl'ct(\vith)freczing. Many beans yet
in the fields. Beet harvesting, is going
slow. many in “in ground yet. l‘lie ayei—
age per acre is from 10.to 12 tons. I‘llie
farmers are. selling some beans, the ep-
vators are paying $6.00 per bu_ while
some are paying $7. and yet others ml
not buy them at all. Sml is in good
condition for plowing, but not much is
being done—41, (1., Linwood.

MIDLAND (Northwest)—-The weather:
las been very nasty the past week. Their
are a number of acres of beans yet in
the field; some are pulled and in piles.
The farmers are selling (lUliC a few beans.
Quite a lot of fall plowing is being done,
Farmers are selling a lot of light hogs
r‘wing to the shortage of feed—JV. C. 1..
Coleman. 1 t)

l .‘ TRAVERSE (Nortieas -—
Nd 33;}? digging for a. week on account
of snow. There are quite a lot offpota—
toes yet to dig. Some of them are "gain
in the ground Some beans not yet a —
en care. of. and part of the crop will not
be worth pulling. Buyers are. paying £5
per bu. for potatoes. They paid $1.-.
ten days ago—A. H_. Acme. d1 v

ND West)———The groun s'co —
ertgdAvlsfiIt‘i’ix snow and the outlook is 'Wiintiigy
indeed. The potato crop in this V1061 y
is good. some fields yielding from 20 {:0
250ibu. per acre. but the average is pro]-
ably around 100 buz, or maybe a lititte
more. They are 0mg to market qume
fairly at $1.00. a ew at $1.05 and $1.i t
Large trucks are taking many to Fl}?
and Detroit. Corn is in poor shape. e
early frost killed some of it. later frosts
got about all the rest. I believe there s
very little sound corn here; some is _not
cut yet and some that was cut some time
a o is not set u yet owing to the scarcity
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acres of bonus still in the livid} 5"!!!“
pulled and in bunches, others still stand—
iiig. The price of beans has (li‘olli'lt‘i1 ”m”
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$6 basis. We, the farmers of lsabella
('Ulllliy would be glad to have the gm—
crnment send a man out here to look at
this problem and see if we. this season
can produce this crop of beans at that
price without a great loss. considmwng
the price of seed ($10.00) and the price
of labor. We are not .‘~'.'«i,yin;.r ii word
against our government for we think ii is
trying to help us. but it looksdikc :i
rcnmnc on the part of some indiyiduals
to make a fortune at the expensc of. the
farmers. Recently we saw a letter ill a,
certain paper written by a city person
stating that our grandparents sold their
produce much cheaper than we and that
now we have all kinds of tools to dothe
fléllllt‘ “'(ll‘k “'9. aflk Sllf'h f‘llOl'lllOllS pl‘li‘F‘S.
Does he not know that these tools cost
money and that it costs more to produce
a crop now than when the land was new?
Did he not stop to think that the so—i-alle'd
(middleman and speculator) gets his
money off. the same crops after it leaves
the farthers’ hands. before it reaches the
consumer? We think that if the overn—
ment would appoint some one w‘o had
once been a farmer to set the prices on
the products of the farm and do away
with the middleman. we all. city man and
farmer. would be better satisfied. The
writer having occasion to be at the pota-
to houses found that they were grading the
potatoes in two grades. the seconds from
30 to 40 per cent cheaper than the firsts.
These same seconds are being put in a
bin to remain all winter. Does this not
look as though they will be sold at top
prices in the spring to the consumer or to
the farmer for seed at double price?—W.
Ti. T. Blanchard

HURON (Northwest)—Frequent rain
and snows have delayed bean and best
harvest. The hard freeze Oct. 31 damag-
ed garden truck. A small amount of
fall. plowing has been done—A. F. C..
Pigeon.

JACKSON (West)—The farmers are
still trying to get in their beans—B. T..
Parma.

 
  

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You want to see it in every farm home in Michigan! '
You want it to grow and grow until it comes to 'you.on
Saturday, not just 16 pages, but 64 pages, brimming
over with the farm news and views of Michigan!

SO THIS WEEK WE’VE ENCLOSED AN EN-
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DECEMBER, slip a dollar bill in the envelope and
write your name on the corner or clip the yellow address
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is the biggest favor—ask that next door neighbor or a -
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——But try and add a name to your papcr!

E HANDLE HAY, POTATOES, POULTRY, VEAL, Etc.,
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30. lo 21. m_ at i'i'vvzilig‘ point, :lll(i at 7

p. in. was 5 bclow l‘i'i-omng and snowing.
The snow is four or lch illi'llUH deep. ,llad
lots of ruin lately. Many of the farmers

will not be able. to save their beans as
they are not much more than half taken
care of as yet. some of thcm are not even
pulled ycl; thcre is field after field that
arc pullcd and lying on tlic ground. but
cannot. ge-i tin-m dry enough to haul in.

Sonic fields were good and some poor. lii
regard to potatoes they :ii‘c not much
more than half dug yi-t. Help is very
scarce :ii any price, and ill(‘ probability
is that many will be frozml in the ground.

There is no corn liuskcd lici'c yet that
i know of and tlicrc will not be one bu.
of good l'Ol‘Il in this county. l am taking
M. R. i“. and 1 would not do without it it
it was $5.00 a )'(‘.’Il‘.‘.\. ll. 16.. Sand
Lake.

[SABHLLA (Soutlieasfl—liad weather,
rained most of last two weeks. Beans are
commencing to rot in the. fields. Two-
thirds of the bcaiis are still in the fields
What few beans that have been threshed
have yielded from 2 to 14 bu. to the acre.
Potatoes are yielding about. 75 bu. per
acre. There will be, scarcely any hard
corn as it all had to be put into the silos.
The beet crop is very sliort.‘W. O'C.,
Shepherd.

WEXFORD (“'est)——ln regard to po—
tatoes, corn and beans i and around this
locality, I have dug games in many
places and I find that t ' go about 50 to
75 bu. per acre, and this snow storm will
catch hundreds of bushels of them out
in the fields, and also lots of beans. Corn
is almost a failure, and a few in this
vicinity will have seed corn enough to
supply themselves. As a result there will
no doubt be little attempt made to raise
corn in this vicinity another year and
barley, oats and such grain will be raised.
The farmers are discouraged in the way
the crops turned out. what the frost didn’t
get of the potato crop the blight did.. so

don't think the people of Detroit and
other cities will get potatoesfor 65c per
bushel; if they get them for 32 they may
be thankful. They are liable to go quite

high the way things look at present—S, ,-
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CORN PON ES

Two cups white meal, two cups. buttermilk,
half teaspoonml soda, one teaspoonful salt, one
tablespoon melted fat. Put fat in biscuit tin
or iron griddle on top of stove. While it is
heating sift meal and add salt. Stir soda into
the buttermilk. mixing thoroly. When irothing
reaches its height, pour milk into meal and stir
together. Add the smoking hot fat, The mix—
ture should be a very st'ff hatter. If too thick,
more milk or water may be added. Drop from
spoon in small oblong cakes in the hot pan.
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Brighten Your Corner

THINK the best songl heard at the Billy Sun-
day revival meetings last year was “Brighten
the corner where you are.” It seems to me

that short phrase sums Christianity up as com-

pletely as anything I ever heard. Taking it lit-

erally, I have in mind an old lady who sits in a

corner all day long, .and the gloom that permeates -

the entire household because of her disagreeable
disposition is pitiful. She is not one of those
cheery old ladies whom you just dots on having
about, like my dear old grandmother, for instance.
She is always nursing aches and pains, which if
real, she could surely forget. once in a blue moon,
but which everyone expects are imaginary. She
demands a great deal of waiting upon, is extreme-
ly selfish, and wears the most melancholy and
hopeless expression, and speaks in a whining voice
that chills one’s soul. She very seldom moves
from her corner!

If she had heard those thousands of voices at
Billy Sunday’s meetings last year sing

“Brinlztcn the corner where you are,

Briqhicn the corncr where you arc.

Someone far from harbor you may guide across

the bar.

Brightcn the corner where you are”—

I wonder if she would have taken the hymn to
herself? i doubt it!

The saddest thing in the world is to see a person
grow old with a “grouch.” To forget to watch the
sun cheerily performing his duty. the little birds
whose every note breathes of good cheer, the
changing seasons so beautiful to see. the evening
skies so altogether lovely, the kindly neighbors—
but would she call them kind?

That, reminds me of a story. .vn old lady was
sitting out on her front steps and saw a wagon
come alongr moving household goods. The folks
inquired the way to a certain neighborhood. and
she asked them where, they lived before. They
told her. and complained bitterly about their
neighbors. so vim.r that was why they moved. “Well,
you’ll find ornery folks wherever you go, I reck-
on." said the old lady. Pretty soon another mov-
ing wagon came along. The folks stopped to ask
to be directed alright. and who, asked them where
they had lived. and why they were moving. They
mentioned the same town the other family had
hailed from. and said thev'were obliged to move
on account. of business reasons. They added that
they hated to move. they had had such good neigh-
bors, just the finest people in the, world: it would
be hard to beat them. “Well. you will find that sort
of people wherever you go.” said the old lady.

And she was right. They brightened their cor-
ner. They gave love and they received it. The
other family were no doubt unneighborly and re-
ceived in their turn inst what they gave. Han
niness is a habit Anyone can be happy. it
doesn’t mean either. that you are always to think
“W'ill this make me happy? Will they Wake me
happy?” It’s to think of the other fellow. it’s
to serve and make others happy. it’s to forget
self. It’s to radiate good cheer. Just. the same
old principle of smiling in the mirror, and see-
ing the smile come back at you! Smile at the

world and ' will give you smiles! That’s the se-
cret, of ha‘mcss! Brighten your corner!
Let the Children Learn to Knit

T'S A RARE occasion nowadays to walk along
I city streets and not see some one knitting. Wo-

men knit while riding in automobiles. in the
street cars. and now in one of the churches in a
large city. the pastor has granted the women mem—
bers of his congregation permission to knit
during the service. A little six-year old friend of
wine came to call on me the other day and brot
along her knitting.

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tale bright oolora that my lady knits while rid-
ing in her limousine betrays the fact that the
soldiers are farthest from her thoughts. She is
knitting a bright scarf for herself, or -a pretty
sweater. The elderly woman who makes her
needles fly through the gray yarn while riding
down town or to make a call, is serving her coun-
try and guarding one of her boys'from the bitter
cold. The gray yarn is what we should all be
using. We ought to forget ourselves nowadays.

Little girls dearly love to knit, and their inter-
est is stimulated if, instead of being allowed to
knit just a straght piece, you will teach them to
knit something for their dollies. There are plenty
of little articles dolly will enaoy. For instance,

a muff, a quilt, a scarf, or a little pair of shoes.

Or the child can knit something for her own wear;
a purse or a cap. So much yarn is wasted teach-
ing a child to learn ,on straight pieces, while some-
.thing which she will enjoy doing can be fashioned
just as well.

E. P. and C. A. Claydon, school mistresses in
England, have written a very instructive book
called “Knitting without Specimens." They be-
lieve, too, that children should be taught to knit
something which they will enjoy. Here are some
of their very good knitting patterns which you
can teach your children. Remember, it is much

Little Playthings on the Floor.

LAYTHINGS scattered on the floor
Block my steps from door to door.
Fingerprints upon the pane
Show where he has been again.
Daddy’s pipes are on the stair,
Mother’s pans are everywhere.
Busy little boy aged one
Simply has to have his fun.
RAPERIES are pulled askcw,
Magazincs are torn in two.
Clothespins 72. odd corners lie
Where hc'll find them by and by.
When he goes to slumbcrlamd
Then I’ll clean the house up grand.
Soon hc’ll wake and start once more
To scatlcr play/things on the floor.
NCE I kept a house so neat,
Nothing strmcn beneath my feet;
Everything where it should be,
Polished to (l niccty.
No one bumped (l goldcn head
And ythimpcrcd to be comforted.
No onc not into my way
Or 1cm pied me to join his play.
()W his play/things on the floor
Bloc]: my sicps from door to door;
But hovc lonely I would be
If he didn't boihcr me!
If no little toddling boy
Filled my life with work and joy,
How‘rl I low; 10 sec once more
His little play/things on the floor!
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easier for the young to learn to knit than it is for
us old folks. When the little ones have learned
on the small articles, perhaps they will be able
to knit scarfs for our soldier boys. Children have
so much enthusiasm and interest. They can us-
ually go far ahead of us older folks, when they are
really and truly interested. .

To teach (1) casting on. (2) plain knitting on
bone needles, and (3) casting off.

Materials required—Two bone needles size 6.
Rather less than 1—8 ounce of 4-ply wool.

Insh'yctions—Cast on ten stitches, or as many
as will produce knitting having a width of 2 in.
Without stretching. Work a strip of plain knitting
3 1-2 inches long. Knit every stitch of the first
row, and in all succeeding rows slip the first stitch
of the first stitch and knit the remaining stitches.
Cast off loosely.

Making up——Double the strip, so that the cast-
off edge lines over the cast-on edge. Oversew
these edges neatly together, using a darning needle,
and the same kind of wool as that of which the
muff is knitted. Suspend the muff by narrow 'rib-
hon of the required length. This may be tied in
a bow. This will fit a doll 16 inches high, and
would be a nice Christmas present for your small
daughter to give her little chum.

(lasting on—Make a slip loop on one needle.
Pass the needle to the left hand. Take a second
needle in the right hand, and place the wool in
position for knitting over the right hand fingers.
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HAVE YOU TRIED UNCLE SAH‘S LATEST
THRIFT IKOUGET?
“Fifty-Fifty Biscuits."

Two cups corn meal, ground soy beans or
finely ground peanuts, rice flour, or other sub-
stitute; two cups white flour, four teaspoons
baking powder, two teaspoons salt, four table-
spoons shortening, liquid sufficient to mix to
proper consistency (1 to 1% cups.) Sift to-
gether the flour, meal, salt, and baking powder
twice. Have the shortening as cold as possible
and cut it into the mixture with a knife finally
rubbing it in with the hands. Mix quickly with
the cold liquid (milk, skim milk, or water)
forming a. fairly soft dough which can be rolled
on the board, Turn onto a floured board; roll
into a sheet not over 1-2 half inch thick; cut
into rounds; place these in lightly floured bis—
cuit tins ‘(or shallow pans.) and bake 10 to 12
minutes in a rather hot oven. 11' peanuts are
used, the roasted and shelled nuts should be
finely crushed with a rolling pin. In making
the flour and peanut biscuitsthe flour and other
dry ingredients should be sifted Ulgetbcr twice
ands then mixed thoroly with the crushed pea-
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stit'ch, pass the wool around the point of this
needle with the forefinger of the right hand and
draw a second stitch through the first. ‘ Place this
stitch on the left-hand needle. Repeat this process
until required number of stitches has been cast on.
Casting off—~Slip the first stitch, and knit the
second; then, with the Yeft—hand needle, draw the
first stitch over the second. Knit the third stitch;
pass the second stitch over this Continue to re-
move the stitches in this manner. When only
one stitch remains, break off the wool draw the
loop of the remaining stitch through, and fasten
off the end by knitting or darning it‘ in. A chain
edge is produced by this method of casting—off.
PURSE WITH HANDLES non CHILD'S USE
Materialsm'l‘wo steel needles, size 14: .1-4 ounce
No. 6 knitting. cotton of any color. Wool may
be employed if preferred.
Instructions—Cast on 20 stitches, or as many as
will give a width of 2 1—2 inches. without stretch-

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Knit every stitch of the first row. and in all suc—
ceeding rows slip the first stitch and knit the re
maining stitches. Cast off loosely

Making up—Take the bottom edge of the strip
and fold it upwards until it lies exactly over the
top edge, thus forming a bag. Oversew the two
sides together neatly, leaving 1 in. at the top of
each side unsewn. Turn the purse on to the right.
side. Make a crocheted chain of knitting cot-
ton 14 inches long. Thread a large darning needle.
bodkin or rafl‘ia needle with this chain and run
it round the purse at the bottom of the loose fiaps
left at the top. Sew the loose ends of the corner
neatly together, and draw up the top of the purse.
so that a loop of the corner is left at each side to
form a handle.

KNITTED IRON HOLDER

A child could learn to knit on an article like this.
and her interest would be held. because she could
iron—holders for Christmas presents
for her auntie or mother.

Materials—Two steel needles, size 14.
of No. 6 knitting cotton of any color.
flannel for padding and sateen for lining.

Instructions—The cover for the iron—holder is
made of three strips, each of which is knitted as
follows: Cast on 14 stitches, or as many as will.
give a width of 1 3-4 inches, unstretched. Work
a strip of knitting 5 1-2 inches long Knit every
stitch of the first row. and in all succeeding 1‘01"".
slip the first stitch and knit the remaining stitches.
Cast off.

These three pieces can be made of differort
colored knitting cotton, thus affording variety for
the child.

Making up—Sew the three strips together to
form a square. Place on this square. layers of
cloth. flannel, etc., to form padding for the holder,
and on top of these place a lining of sateen. print.
or calico. Turn in the raw‘edges of the lining,
and oversew the folded edges of the lining to the
sides of the knitted square.

A dish cloth for mother, a black-hoard pad for
teacher, or a polishing pad for furniture or metal.
can be made in this same manner. The dish
cloth would not be lined. of course.

Start the children knitting, but do not make a
task of it. It will keep their small fingers and
brains busy, especially if they think they are
knitting something which is really of use. When
you sit down in the afternoons, with your knitting
for the soldiers in your hands, doesn’t small daugh-
ter fidget and fuss and wish she could knit? She
can (if you will just be patient and teach her!)

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The sale will comprise over 5'0 head from the herds of the members of

high-class sires to freshen thrbugh this 11 and winter.

FIFTEEN GRANDDAUGHTERS AND SIX GREAT GRANDDAUGHT-
ERS OF KING OF THE PONTIACS AND PONTIAC KORNDYKE are among
the attractive offerings.

King Pontiac Jewel Korndyke No. 94184 will be offered, simply because
the herd which he has headed for four years finds it necessary to avo‘d in-

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breeding to dispose of him. He is a son of the KING OF THE PONTIACS,
the greatest living dairy sire with more 30—pound daughters. more 40-pound
daughters, and more‘ARO daughters than any other living sire. His dam
is a daughter of De Kol Zd’s Butter Boy 3d, and his granddam a daughter
of Pontiac Korndyke. He has 10 A. R. 0. daughters to his credit and many
more coming on to test. This is an unusual opportunity for one or more

Address WILLIAM B. HATCH, Secretary, Ypsilanti, Michigan

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James Wilcox harvested 310 bushels
of potatoes on an acre and a half of
ground. Can you beat it?—Farming—
ion Enterprise.

An increase of 150 per cent in the
acreage planted to wheat in the vicin-
ity of Carleton is the cheerful infor-
mation given out by George-Williams,
editor of the Carleton Times.

John Leece, of Ortonville, dug 32
potatoes out of one hill, every pota-
to. with the exception of one was
large enough to cook. John says if
the rest of his crop turns out as well
he will have no kick coming—Imlay
City Ttmcs.

Thirteen deckloads of cattle and
sheep have been shipped from this
station the past ten days by the sev-
eral buyers. William Deeter of Lu-
zernc. paid 'out over $13,000 last week
to farmers in this locality for cattle.»~
Lcwiston Journal.

Edgar Hunter. living south and
west of lmlay ’Tity, had a very fair
yield of potatoes. From three acres
he dug 600 bushels of marketable tu-
bers. Of these he has stored 200 bu.
and sold the rest at $1.10 per bu.“-
lmlag/ City Times.

James Ryckman and George T. Ut-
ley are two Arcadia farmers with a
fine confidence in the ability of the
government coal commicr‘mn to sup-
ply everyone with fuel. They are each
installing furnaces in their farm
homesr—Imlal/ Times.

Peter J. Wescott thinks the potato
yield about lmlay City will not aver—
age half a crop. There are many
good fields. he says. and many poor
ones. In his own little, patch he ex—
pected a yield of 300 bushels and dug
130.~—Imldy City Times.

.Alger county has hired a county ag-
ricultural agent and authorized him
to purchase sheep in carloads for the
farmers. They will be financed thru
the banks. the county guaranteeing
”1.6 pay if the farmer is prevented 11V
misfortune from meeting his note.

.Farmers are hustling as there are
still lots of potatoes that are not dug-
Potatoes are still $1.50 to $1.60 a bu.;
apples, $2.00. The hard freeze on
Tuesday night froze bushels of apples
on the trees. One orchard We inspect-
ed was loaded down to the ground
With all kinds of apples. all froze for
lack of help to gather them.——Wayn€
County Courier.

At a recent meeting of the crop
cost commission bean prices were fix-
ed at $7 a bushel. One of our readers
takes exception to this price.‘ He had
a heavy acreage of beans and claims
to have kept an accurate cost of the
crop, the average per acre being $63.
He estimates his yield at eight bu.
an acre and wants to know where he
gets off with a. $7 price.—Imlay City
Times.

Relatively only a few farmers have
been able to secure their bean crop.
and unless there is better weather
soon the 1917 crop which was needed
so badly will be a total loss in this
country. A few early fields were har-
vested and threshed, but a large pro-
portion of them were late and could
not be cured and consequently they
are yet in the fields. Unless more
favorable weather comes soon the
county will lose a half million dollars
through beans—Tuscola County (‘onr-
tcr.

Andrew Dresser. proprietor of the
Mill Creek farm, comes forward with
a potato that breaks all records up to
the present time in point of size and
weight. This mammoth tuber tips the
scales at exactly three pounds and
four ounces. And this is not the only
large one he raised. as he dug any
number weighing from one to two
pounds. Mr. Dresser is perhaps the
most extensive potato raiser in this
section. His crop this year will yield
him in the neighborhood of 600 hush-
els: ~I,(-.I'ingt(m Ncws.

James Clemens of Harrisvillo hrot
to the Review office two polutotw
weighing two pounds. He did not
claim that. there was anything unus-
ual about two potatoes weichihg two
poundsflthe remarkable par? is that
these potatoes were. grown from Ueerl
grown this year on his own place.
From potatoes dug early in July he sc-
leclcfl three pounds. and on (h-‘ohcr 15
be due: 32 pounds ot‘ matured pota—
toes from this seed. A second crop of
potatoes grown in this climate is some.
thine.r rarely heard of.~--;llr'ona (Vol-(m
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Potatoes have long hoou ”(Jenna’s
leading product and many farm mort-
gages have been lifted clear thru a
bumper crop of tubers. This year :1
good yield and increased acreage
promise to bring a great deal of mon-

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How to Make Money for Your Church,
School, Arbor, Grange or Farmers’ Club

It was a Ladies’ Aid society up in Sanilac county th
We are glad to pass it along to you for an early and ([uic
for your church. school, arbor, grangc, farmers” club «1'
you are interested in. These ladle:t wrote us toying that what farmers in
their neighborhood has seen Michigan Business Farming were enthusiastic over
it. knew it was just the kind of a weekly that cycry business farmer in the
state had been looking for and that their society needed some money for a
certain purpose and were tired of giyiug suppcrs and entertainments to raise it.

They asked us if we would be willing to have them take subscription: for
the new weekly and allow them a regular agent's commission for getting them.
We told them of course. we would be glad to hayc them and send along a
bit: bundle of sample copies to hand out.
a hundred subscriptions apd as the secretary wrote: “Send us more receipts
and sample copies, our ladies made more money for our Aid Society the first
week than we have made in six months, with much harder work. Every farmer
in our neighborhood now gets Michigan Business Farming and they are all
so well pleased with it that we know we can get more Already some of our
ladies have asked if you would let us take renewals next year, will you?"
one and we will be glad indeed to help anyone
of our friends get their society or organization startedln this work, for we feel
that in so doing we help to make the farm community a better place to live
in by encouraging any worthy movement.
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'-Fnanesi eders’ Club Sale

At Ypsilanti Fame, 1 1-2 miles west of city on electric line, YPSILANI'I, MICHIGAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, AT 10 A. M.

breeders to procure a tested sire, gentle and all right in every way and right

' as)! is».

  

Others sires represented in the oii'erings in this sale are Kind Lunde Pon-
tiac Korndyke 15111, No. 142487, out of a son of King of the Pontiacs and a
daughter of Pontiac Korndyke; Mercena De Nijlander No. 149013, out of a

son of Pontiac De Nijlander (35 lbs); Sire Mina Komdyke No. 129169; King
Hartog Elzevere No. 70642; Vale Piebe P
2d’s Count No. 35419; Woodcrest De K01 Lad No. 45103; Elzevere King of

Butter Kings No. 71595.

GET YOUR CATALOG AND COME TO THIS SALE. There will be at-
tractive offerings for the discriminating breeder able to pay any price, for
him who desires to get started in pure—bred cattle at a moderate price, and
for him who has grade cattle and recognizes the profit in using a pure-bred
sire. All animals old enough will be tubercular tested.

en into the county. The normal crop

'amounts to about 1200 carloads but

this year the figures will be around
1000 to 1700 carloads, or about 1,000.-
000 bu. The local market price is now
$1.00 to $1.05. There are many acres
of potatoes yet to dig, but farmers are
not alarmed oversecuring the crop
from the frost. What is causing the
most worry is the beans. There are
hundreds of acres of beans unpulled
and the snow and rain of the past week
has greatly damaged the crop. Better
weather conditions must. soon be, hurt
or in many ii‘fstauces farmers will lose
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THE INCOME TAX
AND THE FARMER
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ing their just. share. I don’t say
there aren’t farmers that would try
to do this but it is my candid judg
ment that there is no larger percentage
of them that would try to get rid of
paying their just share than any other
class of citizens.
la” the, farmer has not been in the
habit of taking inventory of his per-
sonal property. he, can closely approx:-
imatc what the inventory would have
been January 112?. 1917. and thou Jaw
nary lsl. 1918. he can give particular
attention to taking an inventory and
when he makes out his statement to
the Internal Revenue Commissioner
the first of next April he should make
it out in duplicate and save one, copy
so that he will have this as a basis
for defcrmiuiugrhi: taxl'orncyl year.
it will also take some figuring for
the average farms" to ascertain just,
how much he has sold from his form
this year. Here is where a hunk ac-
count comes in nicely H' the i'arp‘cr
would only deposit every hit of money
he receive: in the bank and then pay
everything that he pays by chm-k he
has got all the necessary facts about
his business for waking u report that
will satisfy the internal Revenue (\t'li—
ccr. Nun‘s farmers don‘t keep bank
accounts: they carry the money around
in their pockets and W” W" “will for
evcrything they buy. They don't hoop
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LIVE STOCK

  

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of a job in some instances to deter-
mine their net income but under this
law and with the urgent need of the
government for money and the de—
termination of Congress to make ev—
ery man my according to his means
it is going to be necessary for the
[armors it) lx’PCl) :~'O'.1l'.‘ t‘lll‘l' 1.)" :ll't‘OilntS
t'() that lhcy can determine their net
income.

The tax on the average with the
farmer will be light. He can afford
to pay it lelil won’t object to paying
it. Many farmers will really take a
pride in the fact. that they have a
sufficient net income so that they are
taxable. It, shows prosperity. It is
a manifestation that the farmer is
doing his bit in this great. crisis. he
is doing something for the flag. It
is no sacrifice for the farmer or any-
body clse to lmy :1 Liberty Bond be-
cause he is getting tho worth of his
money but when you pay taxes you
are not getting anything. it is a. con—
tribution purely and simple for the
support of the government. The gov-
ernment has got to have both. They
have got to have cash out of bonds
because it is not policy to attempt
to tax the people sufficiently to pay
the expenses. Much of these unusual
war expenses must be borne by fu-
ture generations; they will have to
redeem these bonds that are being
sold now, and the farmer should. if
necessary, sacrifice some in buying
these bonds and he certainly should
feel a just pride in paying his in-
come tax if he has one so that the
government may do its share in stamp-
ing out autocratic domination—Colon
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DON’T SEND ME APENNY TODAY!

That's my offer—made repeatedly in this paper for over a year now—and accepted by
tens of thousands of hog-raisers in this state. I agree to send you the Avalon Farms ling-Tone treatment for
all your hogs for 60 days—and if it don’t make your hogs make more money for you—produce more pounds
of good, firm flesh Item the same amount of feed—I don’t want your money.

This is'the same promsitlon that H. M. GieSeking accepted. hogs the day they were placed on the market. This is only
Read his letter at right—and the letter from W. W. Madden. one of hundreds of similar instances. Avalon Farms flog-Tons
who bought and shipped the hogs—the one from Williamson is making “hog-fat" profits for tens of thousands of hog-
CommlSSlon. Co.. who sold the hogs — and the letter from raisers from one end of the Corn Belt to the other.
Danahy Packing 00., who paid top market prices” for those

UAVALON firms: HOG-TONE
The liquid Hog-Conditioner, l-‘attener and Worm-Remover

Cost ls Little—Profit-Results Are Big

20 cents’ worth keeps a hog in tip-top condition from weaning time until marketing
time. I Will ship you one $1.00 bottle of Hog-Tone for each eight hogs in your
herd—«the day the coupon below. filled in, reaches this office. That will be suffi-
cient to treat your hogs 60 days or more. according to size. This will mean just
12% ‘cents per hog for all the treatment—and that treatment is guaranteed by me
to give you a 400 per cent profit over and above the cost of the Hog-Tone treat-
ment. at marke ing time. If it doesn't, I don’t want you to pay me a penny.
The Avalon arms Hog-Tone does this—and more—99 times out of 100!
Farmers by the hundreds report profits of 1000 and even 2000 per cent in
hog-weight increase over and above the trifling cost of Hog-Tone used.

  
 
  

  

   

   

  
 
  
    

 
   
  
   

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You will probably have to feed soft
corn to your hogs this tall. That

will mean digestive troubles for
the herd—sure! Avalon Farms
Hog-Tonois the best known
remedy for digestive
troubles of this

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Avalon Farms Hog-Tone is sale.
Very easy to test your hogs

with it. Easily mixed with any
slope. with drinking water or

dampened teed. Given only

every third day lor first 6 weeks
and after that once a week.

 
    
   
  
 

  
 
 
 

 
  

Thoroughly proved on Avalon Farms, \
near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Almost In-
variably successful In cleanln out every
kind oi Stomach. Bowel and ronchisl worms that lnlest
hogs. Reports Iron: users everywhere prove this absolute-
ly. By doing so, It gives protection to hogs trom esslly
contracting Cholera. Rheumatism. 8cours,‘l‘humps,caussd
hy worms and Indigestion. Enteritis, indigestion and
other diseases that destroy millions oiI hogs. A wondpr-
lul tonic and conditioner~gives hegs voracious a po-
tltes, aids digestion, makes them thrive, and put on t ssh
lest. Makes hogs eager tor their feed.

w_ o. \ Avalon Farms Hog-Tens is the best known tonic ter‘sews during ges-
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\ Now—write me at once—use the coupon-a post card—or send me
sham" Farms Co. 00. st a letter—and I will send you the 60 days’ treatment on 60
15 Rand McNally Bldg. 30‘ ~ Dnye’ Trial—No Money If Not Satisfied Plan—at once.
Chicago, Ill. ‘Ir

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charges. I agree to report results to you at end of

815 Rand McNeil,
60 days and ay for the Ho -Tone at that time if it has lb 4 mam
done a] that) you claim. 1 it does not, I will return th. (‘4'. &’ CHICIGO
'3 ~e$~

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me immediate y enough Avalon Farms

Hog-Tone to treat them for 60 days. I am 50 e

to pay nothing now except transportation 0* P\

to you and you agree to cancel the charge. ’

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