The Independent Farm, Home and Market weekly, for Michigan Business Farmers

 

 

Vol. V .' No. 11

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1917.

PERYEAK} NoPremiumsf
$1 Free List or Clubbing Utter:

 

Food Administration Heeds Farmers’ Pleas;
Declares Bean Growers Should Have Profit

Government Advises Michigan Business Farming that
Former Price of $6.90 was set by Army and Navy
Officials Who Thot it Gave Growers a Fair
Profit, and was a Mistake

From the moment the news was
flashed over the wires that the Gov-
ernment had placed a maximum price
on Michigan beans, to this very hour
the editors of MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING have been working night
and day in your behalf. Realizing
that the bean growers were not re-
ceiving a square deal; believing that
some sinister motive was behind the
campaign of publicity which followed
the announcement of the Government
price, and having an abiding faith in
the efficiency and integrity of the
Food Administration, we proceeded
along lines which we believed would
untangle the knotted skein.

In connection with this announce-
ment, we publish a letter from the
United States Food Administration,
which clears up the vital points at
issue, and proves that the Government
officials desire that every man con-
nected with the production and distri-
bution of food products shall have a
square deal. That the Food Admin-
istration has been misinformed as to
the bean situation in Michigan, has
been established; that certain inter-
ests expected to profit through the
Government’s establishing a price on
beans less than $7 per bushel, is equal-
ly true. Our investigation in this di-
rection has not as yet been complet-
ed.

The purpose of this announcement,
is, however, to call your attention to
some very important matters which
are of vital interest to every bean
grower in Michigan.

First: The United States Food Ad-
ministration is anxious to‘ encourage
production;
on Michigan beans to the grower and
they expect the farmer to ,make a
reasonable profit.

Second: The United States Food
Administration is requiring the ele-
vators to operate under a license, and
speculation will be eliminated so far
as possible.

Third: Eight dollars per bushel
for Michigan beans, on basis of estab-
lished grades, DOES GIVE THE
GROWER A REASONABLE PROFIT.
It is your duty to the Government
and consumers generally, to turn
. your bean crop" over to the buyers at
this price.

Fourth: If you hold your beans

1 the Food Administration should and’

will investigate the cost of raising
beans for the year 1917, and establish
a' price commensurate with, the cost
of production. And you know that
the price thus established will not be

they have not set a price

a. cent ‘over eight dollars a bushel.

Fifth: It the market works lower
than eight dollars, it will be because
of united efforts to bear the market
by the organized dealers. The supply
and food value of beans both warrant
the eight dollar price.

Let us conclude the whole matter
for the present with this advice: Feed
the market at the eight dollar price
If the price works lower, wait for the
come—back. Millions of bushels of
beans must be marketed. At eight
dollars per bushel it will take an im-
mense amount of money to handle
the crop.
obliged to lower the price in order to
clean up their bins—it takes time to
prepare beans for market.

We do not think there is any reason
for growers to dispose of their cr0p
at less than $8. We understand that
the California white beans are selling
as high as .359 per bushel, and inas-
much as this is the only real compet-

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Dear Sir 2

ation.

it up.

tioned by the growers.

them represented a good profit.

duce without a reasonable profit.

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United States Food Administration
Washington, D. C.

Mt. Clemens, Mich.

We are in receipt of your wire of the 6th and we
are grateful for the information you have given 11s.
sure that any other suggestion you make will have due consider—

Please remember that the Food Administration has no lllttHL
tion of fixing any bean prices for growers.
late the prabtice among elevator men and dealers, and if you know
of any improper practices in the trade, we shall be glad to follow

We are issuing today a press statement which we hope will
clear the atmosphere on this point.
announced were fixed by Army and Navy officials for specific lots,
all of them, we are informed were in the hands of the dealt-rs so
far as the State of Michigan was concerned~—~nouc were requisi—
VVe are further informed that many early
contracts for beans ranged from 7 to 90 to the growers, and the
Army and Navy officials took the position that the prices named by

anxious to encourage production, but as you know has no thought:
of asking the grower operating under normal conditions to pro-

Youis very truly,
U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION,

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itor of the Michigan bean, prices
quoted thereon will naturally affect
the prices on our own crop. While
it may be true that quantities of: Man-

"churian beans are being imported we

must again remind our readers that
they can never take the place of the
Michigan pea bean, and once the pub-
lic gets a taste of them, they won’t
want any more at any price.

Right now you are between the dev-
il and the deep Blue sea. Don’t rock
the boat; just keep to the middle
ground. If you hold your beans for
more than eight dollars, the Govern-

ment will surely take a hand in the
marketing game; if you try to force
the market, down will go the price,
and speculators will get the profits.

Just tell Uncle Sam that he can
have your beans at eight dollars per

bushel, and that this price repre—
sents only a fair profit this year. And
when the price is offered sell: Don't

get excited about California or Man—
churian beans; keep your seat wheth-
er prices go up or down resell at eight.

dollars—don’t take a cent less, and
don’t hold for ten cents more. You'll
egrct it ‘if you do.

POTATO GRADES MEAN MILLIONS
DOLLARS LOSS TO FARMERS

Millions of Bushels of Small Pota-
toes in Michigan Pass Through
Large Screen and Sell as
No. 2 Grade at Ruin-
ous Prices

 

The farmers of the country are
just beginning to realize how ser-
iously the new potato grades will at-

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fect, their profits this year. There are
many small potatoes which pass read—
ily thru the inch and seven-cights
screen and are graded as seconds, at
60 per cent of the prevailing market
price of the firsts. Many farmers
claim that not over 50 per cent of
their (crop are large enough to be
classed as firsts and command the
highest market prices. It can read—
ily be seen that the farmers will lose
heavily 011 their present year's crop
if the unfair grading continues.

It is improbable that the Food Ad-
ministration would have recommends
ed this grading had it foreseen the
results. The action was taken hast—
ily, at the instance of the organized
shippers, and presumably for the ben-
efit of the consumer. Had the seas—
on been normal and the tubers fully
matured the grading would not have
made so heavy a tax upon the farmers,

but under the circumstances, thous-
ands of farmers are facing heavy
losses on their crops. The situation

is not peculiar to Michigan by any
means; every section of the country
that was hit by the early September
frost reports a big harvest of med-
ium and under-sized potatoes. Some
farmers who borrowed money to in-
crease their potato acreage in response
to the government’s request are
obliged to sell their entire crop under
the present grading I'lllleS for an aver-
age of from 75 to 85 cents per bushel,
(lepending upon the market and the
proportion of small potatoes. Others
who can afford to do so have simply
refused to sell any of their potatoes
On such a basis.

'l‘hose responsible for the measure
will claim that it was designed to
solve the problem of over-production
by utilizing the best potatoes and
eliminating the small ones. But is
this true? The grades were estab-
lished months before the 1917 crop
had set and before anyone knew what
the harvest wOuld be. Even if this

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' 'DAIRY‘STlOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT SAGINAW

Annual Exhibition of Allied Dairy
and Dairy Supplies Organiz-
ations to be Held Feb. 4,

5 and 6, 1918.

 

 

Directors of the Michigan Dairy-
men’s Association, at a recent meet-
ing, decided to hold the annual Mich-
igan Dairy Show at Saginaw on Feb-
ruary 4, 5 and 6, 1918.

The Michigan Dairy Show, accord-
ing to the revised Constitution ,and
By—Laws adopted last July, is now
held under the management of the

1 Board of Directors consisting of the

presidents of twelve state-wide organ-
izations. This board is therefore a
sort of congress of the entire dairy
industry of the state, inasmuch as ev-
ery branch of the dairy industry is
represented except the cheese manu-
facturers, who have no Organization.

The Michigan organizations thus a1-
lied in holding the annual Dairy Show
are as follows: Association of Ice
Cream Manufacturers, Milk Produc-
ers’ Association, Milk Dealers’ Associ-
ation, Buttermakers‘ Association.
Creamery Owners’ and Managers’ As-
sociation, Milk and Dairy Inspectors‘
Association, Poultry, Butter and Egg
Association, Cooperative Association
of Creaméries, Exhibitors’ Federation,
Jersey Cattle Club, Guernsey Cattle
Club, Holstein—Friesian Association.

One of the big features of the 1918
show at Saginaw will be an exhibit
consisting of a complete array of the
various brands of dairy products man-
ufactured in Michigan. There will
also be a half dozen contests in which
members will be able to show their
skill as judges of dairy products and
dairy animals.

Saginaw is located in the center of
one of the finest dairying districts of
Michigan and the Dairy Show will
therefore attract a large number of
local producers. The show will be held
at the Auditorium which is provided
with an exhibit-hall of ample size, as
well as a half-dozen convention halls
in which the various organizations
will hold their meetings—George H.

. Brownell, Sec’y.

ITEMS ENTERING INTO
MILK PRODUCTION COSTS

Capital and buildings; including in-
terest, sinking fund, repairs, insur-
ance.

Capital in stock, including interest,
sinking fund and insurance.

Fixed capital, including barn, tools
and utensils, machines for milking and
handling milk.

Current operating capital, including
interest, pasture, hay, ensilage, concen-
trates, salt, bedding, bull service, vet—
erinary and medicines, labor, board,
cash, lighting, refrigeration, superin-
tendency.

Credit items, including value of man-
ure produced.

The commercial values of nitrogén,
phosphorus and potassium are to be
used in figuring the value of the ton
of manure containing them. Accord-
ing to the manner of handling the pro-
duced manure a larger or smaller per-
centage must be deducted from the
value found.

Value of calf. According to the lin-
eage of the sire the value of the calf
will vary.

FLINT MILK PRODUCERS
FAVOR HIGHER PRICES

 

 

At a recent meeting of the mem-
bers of the Genesee County Milk Pro-

 

 

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ducers’ Ass’n, it was unanimously
agreed that the farmers must haVe a
higher price for their product,. tho
no action was taken to bring about this
advance. Retiring Pnesident J. F.
Reiman made the novel suggestion
that for every cent per quart charged
the consumer, the distributers should
pay the farmers 25 cents per hundred-
weight. In other words, with milk
selling at 12 cents a quart in Flint as
it is at present. the farmers should re-
ceive $3 per hundred for their milk.
Apparently Mr. Reiman did not stop
to consider that such a plan would
work an injustice to the producers
and practically double the profits of
the distributers. Twenty-five cents
per hundred means about one-half
cent per quart, so that Mr. Reiman’s
plan would mean that for every ad-
ditional one-half cent which the dis-
tributer paid the farmer he would

be permitted to charge the consumer ’

one cent. No, this compromise
wouldn’t work. There is no reason
under heaven why the men who work
to produce this milk should become a
party to a scheme which would still
further enlarge the already fat prof-
its of the distributers. The city
creameries should be considered
merely as commission agents betWeen
the producer and the consumer; they
should have a fair commission for
the service they render, but the power
to speculate upon this most valuable
of food products should be absolutely
denied them.

SPUD MIME
mes DROP

Government Figures on Michigan.
Crop for November 1st Shows
Decrease of Nearly Ten
Million Bushels

 

 

The Government has issued its crop
report for the month ending October
31st, and as we have repeatedly told
our readers, it shows a decrease in
the expected yield of nearly 10,000,000
bushels.

The September estimate forecasted
a yield of 44,500,000 bushels of pota-
toes for this state, and 462,000,000
bushels for the United States. Com-
menting upon this estimate we said:
“It is doubtful if Michigan’s potato
crop will run much over 30,000,000
bushels.” Now here comes the Govern—
ment’s report for October, with one-
third of the potatoes freezing in the

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(‘LINTON (Northwest)—The weather
for the past week has been fine, but it is
cold and misty yct. Farmers are plow-
ing, cutting corn and filling silos. The
late beans are a total less, what the frost
didn’t get the rains did. Not much grain
being sold but quite a number of hogs
and cattle—A. l{., Fowler,

“’EXFORD «Wuhan—Farmers have
finished potato digging and bean harvest
the past week. Many potato growers are
not satisfied with prices and the two-
grade system, and are holding for bet-
ter prices and a more even price of the
two grades. Buyers are paying only 60
per cent of the price of No. 1 for the No.
2 grade. Plenty of moisture in the soil
for wheat and rye plowing being done——
A. A. H., Boon

MONROE (\Vest (Itflltl‘flU—We have
had a week of fine weather and farmers
have been busy taking care of their crops.
The late—sown wheat is looking better.
It needs a few weeks of warm weather
yet. Some grain being sold—W. H. L.,
Dundee

ANTRIM— \Ve have been having a
few days of nice weather The farmers
have their potatoes nearly all dug and
beans nearly all taken care of. Buck-
wheat is being threshed and is turning out
fairly good and the buyers are paying a
fair price for it, $3.20 per cwt. Potatoes
have taken a drop from $1 to 900. Some
of our buyers have put 2 inch screens on
the potato sorters ,and of course it is

 

LAST MINUTE COUNTY CROP REPORTS

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ground, forecasting a total of 35,910;
000 bushels. We are confident that
when the crop is all dug the final fig-
ures of the Government will be very
close to ,those reported by our crop
agents. ‘ ‘ ‘

The same thing has happened in the
Government’s figures 'on the corn pro-
duction of the state. The August fore-
cast estimated the yield at 51,400,000
bushels. Reports from our crop agents
prompted us to question the authen~
ticity of these figures, and the latest
U.- S. forecast of 37,758,000, a decrease
of nearly 14 million bushels shows
that we were in closer touch with the
conditions than the Government.

The Government’s national crop es-
timate has not fallen as much as we
had anticipated, and is in our judg-
ment considerably too high if we may
believe any of the reports that come
from growers in other potato states.
The Government's estimate of the to-
tal yield is now 439,686,000 less than
its September forecast of 462,000,000
But it must be remembered that less
than a third of the crop had been dug
at the time the Government’s latest
figures were compiled and we look for
a much lower forecast in the Decem-
ber final estimate.

AVERAGE PRICES SLUMP
DURING THE WEEK

 

With harvesting and marketing in
full swing, average prices on practi-
cally every commodity 'has taken a
slight slump the past week. We note
that the average wheat price is a lit-
tle off, but there-is absolutely no basic
reason for this. If farmers are un-
able to secure over $2 for their wheat
they may rest assured that their local
elevator is making a good fat profit.
We give the average prices below:

Wheat, 51.97; oats, 591/13; rye, $1.65;
Hay, $14.87; potatoes, $1.13; hens, 15;
butter, 42; eggs, 40; hogs, 15.

 

WATCH FOR SUGAR
QUOTATIONS NEXT WEEK

Many beet grOWers are puzzled to
know just what they should receive
for their beets this year on the basis
of the wholesale sugar market. Sever-
al have asked us for New York quota-
tions on beet sugar, and we are mak-
ing arrangements to publish these
with comments in the Nov. 24th issue
of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING. if
you are a grower of sugar beets watch
for them.

 

Farmers can best
doing their best now.

 

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causing a big kick.
huskcd and there will be a very small
amount of hard corn around here this
year.—C. F. W., Alden.

ISABELLA—Not more than 25 per
cent of the bean crop of Isabella county
was secured in good condition; the cold
frosty weather in Sept. and Oct. caused
them to ripen very slowly; many fields
cut by frost while too green to be of
any use, will not be harvested. Some of
the earliest was secured in good shape.
Many thousands of acres were pulled and
laid in bunches in the fields thru about
two weeks of very bad weather, rain and
snow, week ending Saturday, the 10th
was fine weather and most of the beans
were partly dried and hauled in. but the
bean is soft. There is scarcely any corn
here—G. W. 8., Mt. Pleasant.

IOSCO—Crops far below average yield.
Beans almost a failure; lots of farmers-
not getting their‘seed. Potatoes a very
good crop but bad weather and early
frosts damaged the crop to some extent.
Inability to secure help was responsible
for some of the losses—E. L. C.

OCEANA—Potatoes are) about all dug
in this country and the beans about all
in. 10 per cent of the beans are frosted.
not worth pulling, some on the ground
that have been there six weeks. Corn is
frosted and most all soft. Potatoes are
worth 900 at Hart. At Pittsburgh $1.60.
Does that look like a. fair deal to the
farmer?——E. C C., Hart.

Some corn is being

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Mecosta Editor Claims That Farm-
ers Will Lose Heavily if Com-
pelled to Market Their
Crops According to
New Grades

 

Quite frequently we come across a
country weekly that is standing
squarely by the farmer and not afraid
to say so. The editor of the Mecostu
News is a firm believer in the square
deal and in the Nov. 10th issue of his
publication, makes the following terse
comments upon the new potato grades:

“A representative of the Miller—
Michigan Potato Company was in Me-
'costa Tuesday and was insistent that
all potatoes purchased at the Mecosfa
market be put over an inch and sev-
en-eights screen first and an inch and
onehalf afterward. The potatoes pass—
ing over the first screen to be graded
as firsts and paidwfor at the present
market price of $1.05 per bushel, those
over the second screen, as seconds, and
paid for at 42 cents below the market
or sixty-three cents. His plea being
that those people in the city who in-
Sist on a first grade potato be made
to pay the price, while the poorer peo-
ple get the second grade at a lower
price. He further put it as though a
government man would see that po-
tatoes were graded as he had stated.

“It is true that the Food Administra-
tion and Bureau of Markets at Wash-
ington has recommended the grading
of potatoes to firsts and seconds. but it
is also true that the Michigan Pota-
to Shippers Association are the one;
who are trying to force this grade
dOWn the throats of the growers and
we beg our readers to recall that the
present price of potatoes ($1.05 was
not establ’shed on graded firsts and
seconds. but on marketable potatoes.

“We have no quarrel with the local
buyer, the Miller—Michigan Company,
or any other company that will give
the farmer a square deal, furthermore
we believe in the principle of graded
potatoe-z, but we do oppose the princi-
ple of buying graded first potatoes at
an establ’shed marketable price and
believe the growers should be warned.
so that they may market their crop
accordingly.

“This morning one farmer who'
used an inch and {neven-eiglits screen
to sort his potatoes at his farm re
ports, that in order to get his load.
the net weight. of which was 4; bush—
els and 20 pounds, be sorted an ad-
ditional 65 bushels or 110 bushels.
Thus, in his case, at least, 60 per
cent of his crop would have been sold
under the present condition for about
63 cents per bushel. How much would
this man’s crop be worth under peace
condition?”

LIKES IDEA OF TWO
SEPARATE BEAN GRADES

 

Regarding President Cook's idea of
two grades of. beans I wish to say
that I am of the same opinion as he,
for at least 50 per cent of the crop of
Livingston county has been damaged
by frost and wet weather to such an
extent as to cause them to pick heav-
ily and thus reduce the farmer’s profit
and as it now is the purchaser gets
the culls for nothing while if there
were two grades the farmer would get
a price for those culls also, and he
certainly needs pay for them all. I
don’t wish to encourage selling cull
beans for the human family's con-

sumption, which no doubt has been
done, and will continue in the future,
therefore I see no reason why the
producer should not have pay for them.
I truly wish the plan could be effected
this fall—J. E. 3., Gregory, Mich.

 

 

 

 


  
  
  
 
    

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D, C.——The¥ new
crisis in Russian
affairs predicted in
.3 last week's letter
came sooner than
evenlthe most pessimistic had expect—
ed._ Scarcely had we gone to press
last week when news came over the
wire that the Russian anarchists had
revolted against the Kerensky govern-
ment, that the Premier had been forc-
ed to flee the palace at Petrograd and
that Russian affairs were for the time
being at least within the control of
the Workmen’s and Sgldiers’ Congress
the Maximalists and Bolshevikis, with
Kikolai Lenine, the Maximalist leader
as the dominating personality back of
the movement.

The immediate objective of the revo-
lution is peace, not a separate peace
as the Allies have feared, but a dem-
ocratic peace." The revolutionists
have announced that they will discuss
peace terms with any or all nations.

Altho the Allied governments decry
the revolution, and refuse to acknowl-
edge the sovereignty of the new re-
gime, it must be said that thus far the
uprising has been devoid of passion,
cruelty or bloodshed, and the reforms
advocated are both conservative and
constructive.

Hope is expressed that Premier Ker—
ensky may be able to muster sufficient
troops to his side to retake Petrograd
and put down the revolution, but oth-
ers believe that the sentiment of the
revolutionists is the sentiment of
Russia, and. if this be true Russia
may be counted permanently out of
the war regardless of whether or not
the civil war now iminent restores the
Premier to his former place of auth-
ority. Logically, the climax to the
Russian situation is a severe blow
to the Allies and particularly the Unit—
ed States government which has made
extensive loans to the Kerensky ad-
ministration, and which had anticipat-
ed a reestablishment of the Russian
status in the war. The fall of the
Kerensky regime, and the collossal
reverses on the Italian front consti-
tute a tremendous problem for the Al—
lies to solve, and quick action is neces-
sary to concentrate the~combined forc—
es of England, France and the United
States on one huge drive aga‘nst Ger-
many’s most vulnerable point. Con-
tinued successes for Germany gives
heart to the German rulers and peo—
ples, and in the same measure, the Al-
lied reverses plunge the Allied people
into despair.

 

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All Washington is chuckling at
Secretary Tumulty’s expense. Some
wag started the story that secret ser-
vice men had discovered the Secretary
in league with the Kaiser and the
government had secretly bound.
gagged him and hauled him off to
Fort Leavenworth. The Secretary
stoutly denies that he ever served
time in Fort LeavenWorth or any pen-
al institution and is prepared to pro-
duce the atfidivits to prove it. And

as for the wit who started the story,~— .

well, the safest place for him is in
No Man’s Land.

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The repeated outrages against the
peace' and property' of the country
culminating in disastrous explosions
and conflagration are causing the
government no end of concern. Every
precaution is being taken to guard
munition factories, elevators and other
storage places of war supplies; the
secret service force is being enlarged
and strengthened, and the eye of sus—
picion rests upon every man within a
wide radius of the government’s sup-
Dly stat'ons who can give no good ac—
count of himself. If this country
harbors a single German spy and the
government has reason to ‘believe
that it shelters many, we begin the
war seriously handicapped. The effi-
ciency of the German spy system is

WASHINGTON,

   

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such as to keep the German govern-
ment in constant touch with every
military plan and maneuver in those
countries where it has been establish-
ed, and it will be a task of no mean
magnitude to uproot the thing in this
country.
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.The announcement that was made
several weeks ago that the government
would confiscate certain German prop«
erty and money spread consternation

among German residents of this coun-

try and resulted in a pell mell rush
upon banks containing their deposits,
which has brot forth the statement
from the alien property custodian,
Mr. A. Mitchell Palmer, that the gov-

'ernment has no intention of inter-

fering with the property rights of
res‘dent aliens. Only the property of
German individuals and corporations
resident in Germany will be taken,
and this kept intact until after the
war. 80 if any of our German read-
ers have been burying their gold
away from the prying eye of the gov-
ernment, they may now quiet their
fears and put it, back in bank.
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This week a loan of $310,000,000
was made by the treasury department
to France to cover her expenditure:
in this country during November
and December. This makes the to'al
credits extended to France $1,190-
000,000, and the total of loans to all
the allies $3,876,400.000.

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It appears that the railroads are
not going to get their 15 per cent
freight rate increase as easily as
they anticipated. Hearings are now
being conducted in Washington before
a special interstate commerce com-
mission examiner, and many repre—
sentatives from many of the leading
manufacturers of the country_have
entered protests against the proposed
increase. The railroads claim. and
present plausible figundes to prove that
increased cost of maintenance and
operation have cut into their profits
to a disastrous extent and that unless

they are permitted to raise their rates
they will be compelled to curtail
service all over the country. The im-

 
    
 
 

 
 

 

 

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pression prevails that the commission
will grant a slight increase but prob-
ably not as much as the roads have
petitioned for. Altho the railroads
have milked the public dry in years
gone by, there seems to be no question
but what they are in for a long star-
vation period. Certainly they cannot
operate long at a loss, and the pub-
lic cannot afford to chance any cur-
tailment of necessary service at the
present time by refusing a reasonable
increase. »It would be like cutting off
one’s nose to spite their face.
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Seven hundred and fifty thousaxg
cars will be needed to move the n -
tion’s bumper potato crop of 453.000,-
000 bushels. In mak’ng this an-
nouncement Fairfax Harrison, chair-
man of the railroads’ war board, said
the transporting of the crop began
the middle of September and will con-
tinue to April 1.

CITY FACTORIES HAVE
PLENTY OF HELP NOW

What are the qualifications for sc-

curing employment in the ammunition
factories, one of which is located in
Toledo; what wage-x paid and do they
hire women and girls? I am supervis-
or of this township and so many peo-
ple have come to me for the above
information, so if you will be so kind
as to let me know about this I will
appreciate it; very muchwll. I).. Mid—
land county.
"The above letter was referred to
the Toledo (‘ommcrcial (‘luh who rc-
plied as follows: “There are eight
or ten Toledo factories engaged in
making war suppliei. However, they
have plenty of employees at the pres-
ent, time."

it must be remembered by our road
ers that altho many young men have
been taken out of the shops aill l'ac-
tories by the draft. the war has neces-
sitated the curtailment of so many
manufacturing?» operat'ons that there
has been a nice balance up to the
present time. Later on. providing the
war continues, there is bound to be a
shortage of labor and many oppor—
tunities will open up for people in the
rural districts who desire to exchange
the contentment, security and pros-
perity of the country for the uncertain
and confining vocations of the city.

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Our cartoonist recognizes the inconsistency between the government’s food
conservation program and its protection to an industry that uses millions of pounds
of toodstufl‘ in the making of a, useless and harmful beverage.

 

 

Helsingfors, Finland—A state of war
has been declared and Finland has
proclaimed a separation from Russia.
The Diet has voted to elect a’ state-
directorate with full power.

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Lon.don~—No attempt has been made
by the Germans to recla m the ground
recently captured by the British on
the Flanders front. Rain has interfer-
ed with further operations and the
time is being employed by the British
forces in consolidating the new pos'?
tigns. British airmen have carried
out successful raids over the Belgian
seaports held by Germans and have
destroyed docks and munitions ware—
houses in a number of cases.

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Pcu‘iseA second German raid at
tempt on the American sector of the
French front was repulsed ere it was
well started. The Sammies are fast
learning modern trench warfare and
the batallion which received the se-
vere gruelling in the recent attack on
the American sector has fully recov~
ered from the effects of the fight. This
initial brush with the German force;
has increased the morale of the Amer—
ican troops, rather than diminishei
it, as seems to have been the hope of
the enemy. The health ot'the American
troops is excellent. The funeral of the
first Americans to give their live;
for liberty was attended by many h :gli
olih ials and the ceremony was LiiiUHJ'
ed with full military honors.

Amsterdam. m’l‘he iniximalists have
risen in a Russian cotinter revolution
and Premier i\el'ellSli_V has been
forced to tlcc from le.rograo. kick-
mai Lenine. the runicm socialist lead-
er, is at the beau or (116 new geyern-
ment. l’rcmiez' lxcrcusky has reor—
ganized the l'orces oi the government
and is reported marching on Petro-
grad. A clash is imminent between
his ion-es and those of the Maximai—
ists What Ihc future holds for Russia
no one can tell. l'nder present disor—
ganized conditions, facing the rigor;
of a Russian winter, in many case.
short of much needed food and sup—
plies owiug to luck of transportatioi
arrangements, unto;d pr rations and
suii‘crlizg seem in store. for the civil
population.

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London eAi'ier driving the ltal'ans
back from the isonzo. .hc Austro-Ger—
man ion-es penetrated the." lines 0.l
the 'l‘ugliamento iiixcr HJLlilllg‘ them
and czxpauring l(‘>h_0:’20 prl.-o.icrs. The
first dcmchmeni of liriti‘ h and French
rc-inl'ortementg have reached the Ital-
ian l'nez, The Willltli‘__q 22;: ot’ the
Italians has reduced thc length of the
front considerably and enabled them
to concenil'ae their f01'L'w' The
.‘Xusti'oficrnmn ot'i'cnsiye has slacken—
cd to a certain extent as they have
drawn iui'tlxcr away from their bzi-‘c
oi‘ :LliDDlit',1 'l’hi British and French
prsmcrs, t<><:"**hc:' Vii-h their leading
military il’i.’i‘()iri. have {cove to liomc.
It, has hem .c-itlcrl :o consider the
ltziliun line, from now on. as a part of
the great mesa-Pu Mom The eye"
oi" the civil'zcd \xorli.’ are how turt cl
upon the iizllizm pin 1: Mid c'.c‘:"
there are o' grcztl hearth; “Ll :ho
1(‘ll1:"ll of the war.

(VII/1]) I'm/w ’l‘lzrc,» thousand men

have been sen; in twin.“ iiwAldhva’
Waco. Texas. and unoher thrcc thous-
and wil: go to (‘ump . he, i-1i\l\‘ Row.

Ark. The ideal weather oF thc past.
week has ciablci lilt' boys to resume.
active outdoor drills and hike: and
has been of great hcttmit, Everyone.
at (‘ump Custer. from he ctwnnan'ling
otiicer down, is intern: e! in The Dres-
ent Y. M. (‘. A. drive for funds to con-
tinue the great work being done. by
that organization in all the canton-
ments and in France. The Y. M. C. A.
furnished, to a great extent, the social
life of the camp and is the nearest
thing to home environment, within
rear-h ot' the boys, in the service. The
Y. M. (‘. A iuts follow the boys r‘ght
up to the front law and the last, ha 3.2
to touch theirs before they “go over
the top” is the hand of the Y. N (‘.
A. field secretary as he hands out the
cups of coffee and the little square of
chocolate. For the-fie reasons the
boys of Camp Custer are vitally in-
terested in the movement to secure
sufficient funds to carry on the work.


  
 
    
    
  
 
  
   
 
  
  
 

   
 
  
    
   
   

 
 
  

   
 

 

  

’s'Present Conditions Warrant Us in
Believing That Prices Have
Reached LoweSt Level and
Will Soon Advance

Enclosed find $1 for your 'valuable
paper; we figure that it is the best
_ thing a-going, having received so
much good information from it. Would
like to ask your advice on keeping
potatoes until the holidays. They are
‘going down here, now being only 90
cents a bushel. Do you think there is
any chance of getting more by the time
I mentioned?——H. V. 8., Levering.

The marketing proposition is sub-
ject to the whims of a thousand n-
fluences, and presents a puzzle which
no one can solve. While we do not
believe that anyone is in closer touch
with the markets generally than we,
and while developments have repeat-
edly shown the wisdom of our fore-
casts of yields and prices, we are not
in a position at the present time to
absolutely promise our readers that
the potato market will recover from its
present slump, but it is our~unbiased
opinion that it will. It is reasonable
to expect that potatoes would slump a
little as soon as harvesting and mar-
keting was in full swing, and the
wonder of it is that prices haw.- not
gone to a much lower level.

We might say that the prices being
offered on the primary markets today
are such as to enable your local deal-
er at Levering to pay you at least $1
a bushel, if he so desires. In fact, we
know of no market on direct line of
railway in the lower peninsula today
which should pay leSs, than $1.

Our advice to you and to other read-
ers in the same position is this: If
90 cents per bushel will pay you a
fair profit on your potatoes, sell them.
If it won’t, hold them. We would not
sell a thing for less than it cost us if
we thot there was any chance at all of
our being able to get a higher price.
If you need the money you have in-'
vested in your potatoes to pay taxes or
other necessary expenses, why not sell
enough of your crop for this purpose,
and hold the balance.

We absolutely believe that as soon
as cold weather comes on. the great
influx of potatoes into the primary
markets will be checked, and the price
will advance. Farmers all over the
country have been holding their pota-
toes for $1.25 to $1.50 per bushel, and
if it is necessary to do this to secure
a profit we know of no reason why
our Michigan readers should not fol-
low the same practice. IVIICIIIGAN
BUSINESS mezxn endeavors to pre.
sent ALL the FACTS obtainable upon
the crop yields and market conditions,
believing that these should guide our
readers’ intelligence when it comes to
disposing of their crops.

WHAT SHALL I GET
FOR MY BEANS?

 

 

Would you advise me to sell my
beans at a price as low as $5 per
bushel? Do you think that the farm-
ers will get as high as $8 per bushel?
Is it not necessary for me to sell my
beans when threshed. I can keep
them as long as I wish. Kindly ad-
vise me what you would do and what
you think the price will be. Would
you sell or keep the beans for a
time?—Mrs. T. J. R.. Hamburg.

Dear madam, our advice to you is
not to consider for a moment selling
your beans as low as $5 a bushel. Is
that all your local elevator man will
offer you for clean hand-picked grade?
If it is, you ought to boycott him.
Any dealer who offers no more than
' that is the worst kind of a profiteer.
At no time for months have beans
been quoted at less than $8 on the De-
troit market; figure out for yourself
What profit your local dealer would
make on $5 beans. We do think that
the market will very shortly enable

 

 

California pea, beans, which are the
only western variety that compete
with the Michigan beans, were selling
on Nov. 9th at 15' cents a pound, or $9
a bushel. , Read our market editor’s
review of the bean situation, and’by
all means, hold your beans for $8.

MECOSTA FARMERS, BALK—
AT POTATO GRADES

“Fred C. McQuinn, publisher of the
News and postmaster at Mecosta,

 

~Mich., writes as follows:

“It is with pleasure that I read your
editorial in MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM-
ING, also the letterof John J .Bale of
Lakeview, both of which I intend to
reprint in the News for this week.
Since our last week’s News in which
we stated that farmers would be com-
pelled to sell 60 per cent of their crop
as seconds, I have met' others who
claim not more than 50 per cent will
be firsts. Incidentally this station
is so close to Lakeview as to be‘ in
active competition for a good share
of the potatoes marketed here and this
market was paying $1.05 at the time
Lakeview paid $1. The price here
is now 90 cents; slumped last Thurs-
day. In the last few days several of
the farmers of the community have re-
fused to sell under existing condi-
tions, 90 cents for firsts and 54 cents
for seconds, hauled their loads back
home. Up to noon today (Nov. 12)
no potatoes had been brought in.”

FROM AN OTSEGO
COUNTY BOOSTER

 

Expect to be able to get out next
week and get some more subscribers.
Have got some figures here on one of
my neighbors and a reader of your
paper who had 6 acres of spuds
which gave him 240 bushels of market-
able potatoes which he gets 90 cents
for. He paid $150 for seed, $10 for
plowing, 25 for cultivating, $48 for
digging and $12 for labor to put in
the pit, making a total of $220 which
is saying nothing about his own work.
Now, if the government calls this a
square deal for the farmer, I don’t
know what they would call a bad one.
I can say that the farmers are losing
faith in the government and there
will not be half the ac1eage raised
next season unless something is done
pretty soon.~—Iv. H. (lat/10rd,.

KEEP THE TURKEYS
UNTIL THEY ARE MATURE

This year’s turkey crop has been so
slow in maturing that the U. S. Food
Administration is urging farmers to
withhold the birds from market until
fully fleshed. W. F. I’riebe, poultry
expert of the Food Administration
staff, states that the average young
turkey w’ll weigh from 10 to 15 per
cent more on December 15 than on
November 15 of this year. “Turkeys
are unlike other poultry.” Mr. Priebe
explains. “Chickens can be fattened

 

PIN A DOLLAR BILL .{Sp 1.

cnvclopc we sent you and mail it TODAY.
BUSINESS It‘ARMIN-G

of .VI ICING-AN

prevailing price in many sections: or,"
the state up to use past raw days/1

 
 
  
 

Weight. rapidly " I", I

. Feed is now abundant in: most; of ”A
the turkey raising areas, and to place v

immature birds on the market means
the loss of a large potential-r supply
of turkey meat at a time when it is
needed to substitute for the beef,,pork
and mutton that we must export to
feed our army and our allies. The
rapid gain in weight which turkeys
make after reaching maturity will
more than compensate growers for
holding them the additional thirty
days.

WHEAT PRICES AT .
MICHIGAN POINTS

In response to the many inquiries
received from farmers who have
wheat to sell as to the price they
should receive at their local market,
we can only say that there is now in

 

the course of preparation a table which

when completed will shew the prices
that should be paid to farmers in
every leading market of the state, ac-
cording to the construction placed up-
on the minimum wheat prices by the
grain corporation. Our readers should
understand that it is a stupendous task
to compile such a tabulation, as the
export rate of freight from each one
of these towns to the leading export
markets must be ascertained. We
hope, however, to have this ready for
publication within another week. An-
swering our anxious readers as best
we can we will only say that we‘have
yet to find a market in the state which
was offering all that it could offer
and all that the U. s'. Food Adminis-
tration Grain Corporation intends
should be offered for this commodity.

Your paper is O. K. The potatoes
are not all dug yet; help can’t be got.
About 1-3 of potatoes are frozen. Some
were lucky to get theirs dug before
the frost, and those went' about 75 to
90 bu. to the acre. The bean crop is
making the farmers feel blue enough.
They are frozen so bad. Some are not
pulling at all. Others pulling to feed.
There is not going to be any beans to
thresh. $10 per bu. will not bring us
more than even for seed and labor.——
N. B.. Charlevoix county.

I would be pleased to help you as
crop repo1te1 f01 this section Feel
fre to write me at any time you need
my se1vices. Your paper is fine and
can’t be beat. Would be to glad to
hand out some samples at public sales
or any thing to promote your subscrip-
tion list—J. M. 1)., Zeelam.

 

I will say a word or so about the
bean question. Last year I had in 8
ac1es and sold over $800 worth of
beans, so I thought I would try again
I planted about 14 atres this year and
now if I get half as much as I did

last year I will feel good. But we

should not throw up the bean raising.
~7J. S. lv‘rcmonf.

Don’t cry ovex spilled milk. Stop

spilling it.

this coupon,

into the

You can t realize thc value

unless it, comes EVERY

 

\VICIGK. If you can’t spare the money now, tell us so. Any farmer’s
credit. is good with us, but get on the list NOW for your own sake.
Name

Address R. F. D.

 

 

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'this to get good uniform cure

  
 

 

Cost of Slaughtering and Prepar-
ing for Market Too Great to
Enable Farmer to com-

‘ pete With Packing
Plant Prices

 

I will have about 35 hogs to market
before next April and half of them
will be ready in'about two weeks. I
saw an article in your paper about
farmers doing their own slaughtering“
and I would like to get your advice
on a few things; Do you think that
it would be practical to kill those
hogs, salt and cure the hams, should-
ers, bacon and side pork and make
sausage head cheese of the rest; and
either ship or sell- to the local provis-
ion stores. If so, where would be my
best market for this stuff; where could
I get good bulletins on how to go, at
and
where could I get trays or small wood-
en boxes to pack and market them,
also pails, kegs, and barrels for the
rest? Will also have about 25 head of
beef to dispose of. Could I slaughter
this myself to good advantage? I
think the waste would be valuable in
feeding hogs and chickens. Any ad-
vice you can give me will be greatly
appreciated—P. W., Mesick.

We really do not believe that it
would pay you to go to the expense
and labor of curing this pork and
then having .to sell it in competition

" with the product of packers who each

day pack from’ one to two thousand
hogs. If you wish to slaughter the
hogs at home we advise you to get
in touch 'with some good commission
house, and we feel quite sure they
will be glad to handle them for you
from time to time through the winter
as you may wish to kill them. We be-
lieve this will pay you much better
than to attempt to cut up the meat
and cure it as per your letter.

Now regarding beef, we do not feel
that it would pay you to attempt to
slaughter it up there and make ship-
ment. We have seen this tried out
in a number of cases and the returns
were not Satisfactory. By the time
you paid the less than car lot freight
charges you would he". be able to sell
in competition with large packing
houses of the cities. 0n the other
hand, if you could sell this beef 10-
cally there, to people living in the vi-
cinity or to local butchers, then it
might pay you. This is a matter which
we cannot decide for you as We do
not know what price they would be
willing to pay, nor what prices your
local stock shipper might be paying
at the time.

POTATO GRADES SERIOUS
LOSS TO FARMERS

 

(Continued from page 1)
were the purpose of the grades, it
fails of accomplishment because the
small potatoes are bought and placed
on the market in practically the same
quantity as though they were mixed
with the larger ones.

In response to the many letters
received from our readers on this
question, we must confess that we do
not know whether anything can be
done to revise these grades this year.
We will, however, investigate the sit-
uation in Michigan very closely and
if found to be as bad as we suspect
will lay all the facts before the Food

Administration. To guide us in this
investigation we ask every reader to
write us his experience and opin—
ion of ‘the new grades. No time

is to be lost. We ought to have at
least five hundred letters in here on
this subject before another week to
lay before the proper authorities. Get
busy, farmer friends; write tonight.

Anyway, cottontails can serve the
nation better in rabbit pie than by
gnawing fruit trees.

  


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The dry weather, as noted in our
last whea‘t article, still continues over
the southwest, western Kansas, Okla—
homa and Texas. Unless rain comes
soon in these sections the winter
wheat will go into the winter in poor
condition. The situation is better
elsewhere and generally regarded as
favorable. The acreage has increased
although those in position to form a
reliable opinion state the seeding is
not up to the Government’s desire for
47,000,000 acres. ' ‘

Since the agitation for the use of
other cereals and less wheat and wheat
products, the consumption of the lat-
ter has materially diminished. The
wheatless days are being taken by the
public as a matter of course and the
great majority of the hotels and res-
taurants are observing the days.

Wheat exports were less last week
than those of the preceding week.
deliveries are still far from normal.
Certain sections report a slight in-
crease 11.. receipts at originating
points, but as a general thing ship-
pers are receivers are at a loss to un-
derstand the situation. The increas-
ing car shortage can only tend to in-
crease the difiiculty and lessen the
movement to terminal markets. There
is surely nothing to be gained by hold-
ing wheat under such conditions as
we now have. To be sure some dis-
satisfaction over the federal grades
has developed in the West, particular-
ly in the Dakotas. But there is very
little likelihood of any change being
made at this stage of the game.

The one saving grace of the pres-
ent situation is the heavy movement
of Canadian wheat into this country.
Canadian shippers are making the
very best use of the lake shipping be-
fore the close of navigation. They are
also anxious to mOVe a certain por-
tion of their crop before the coming
of actual Winter.

 

 

 

GRADE ‘ Detroit Chicago New York
No. 2 White ;
Standard i .66 .55 .71
No. 3 White .551-2 .641-2 .7.
No. 4 White .54 1-2 ‘3 581-2

 

The cash market on oats has been.
giving indications of strength and cer-
tain large grain firms have been heavy
buyers, not only of cash oats but of
May. Trading during the past few
days has been of greater volume than
for some time past. The Government
is reported to be again in the market
for cash oats and inquiries from ex-
porters are frequent.

Deliveries of oats t0 elevators have
fallen off and the car situation is now
an important factor. This condition
has developed much more quickly than
we had anticipated. The call for cars
to move the new corn crop will also
add to the difficulty and it looks anly
reasonable to expect a firm oat mar-
ket for some time.‘ Of course there
is always the chance of country points
becoming congested through lack of
transportation facilities and being
obliged to discontinue buying for the
time. This should be borne in mind
by those who will depend on moving
oats during the early winter.

Canadian oats are moving to the sea-
board in large quantities, but the pres-
ent demand takes care of arrivals and

. no material accumulations are reported

at any point. Domestic demand is
good both in this country and Canada.
Chicago in the past four weeks has re-
ceived 4,700,000 bushels of‘oats more
than it has shipped, yet the accumula-
tion in terminal elevators was only
385,000 bushels during that period.
This will give some idea of the domes-
tic demand. Exports for the week end,
ing November 3 were 2,105,000 bush-
els, just about three times those of

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the corresponding week of 1916. The
market has advanced a couple of cents
during the week and now appears to
be in position to maintain this advance
indefinitely. An improvement in the
transportation condition or a temper-
ary falling off of the demand might
temporarily effect it but we expect to
see values well maintained through-
out the season.

 

 

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No. 2 Yellow 2. 6 2.25 2.25
No. 3 Yellow 2.25 2.22 2.23
No. 2 Mixed 2.25 2.23 2.221-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

The November crop report of the
Government shows that this year we
have the largest crop on record. The
yield is estimated at 3,191,000,000
bushels, or 20,000,000 less than in
October. The yield is 608,000,000 bu.
in excess of last year’s harvest, and
437,000,000 more than the average for
the past five years. The acreage this
year was the largest on record, as
well as the yield. The average yield
per acre, however, is but very little
more than last year. This is account-
ed for by the late spring, the cold,
dry summer and early frosts.

It is estimated that above 20 per
cent of the crop did not fully mature.
The quality is lowest in the northern
states, as was to be expected. Farm
reserves are estimated at 34,745,000
bus, the lowest figure in 15 years.

A considerable portion of what new
corn has been reported as arriving is
in poor condition. With 20 per cent
of the crop not mature and a goodly
portion of the balance high in moist-
ure content it looks as though we
not only had a record breaking crop
as to yield but also as to poor quality.

The price has worked still higher
on cash corn, owing to the great
scarcity of the old crop offerings and
the fact that very little new corn of
good quality is moving. The car sit-
uation is proving one of the main fac-
tors in the corn situation as it has
with other grains and food stuffs.
Farmers seem anxiou; to get their
new crop moving and on the market,
owing in many cases to the general
condition of the crop and its unfavor—
able keeping qualities. But with
wheat being given the preference over
corn and oats, and the general scarc-
ity of cars it looks as though many of

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bance to cross continent Nov. 17 to
31, warm wave 16 to 20, cool wave. 19
to 23. The. week centering on time
the warm wave reaches you will aver-
age colder than usual, will begin with
a cold wave and end with a great use
in temperatures. This storm will be
unusually severe on northern part of
Pacific slope and in northern Rockies.
It will cause more than usual preem-

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CHICAGO WIRE—Supplies of wheat; have increased during the last few
days and shipments from originating points are moving in greater volume.
Elevators throughout the \Vcst report increased deliveries and the situation
generally appears to be more favorable.
California stock arriving but in llmited quantity.

ST. LOUIS WIRE—Just a. few cars of new corn moving and what is arriv-
ing shows a high moisture content. Dryers are preparing to handle a. record
business as much of the crop will have to be dried before shipment.

DETROIT SI’ECIAIr—The poultry market is cleaning up and there is some-
what better sale for the better class of offerings. Under grades still a drug on
the market. Hay demand continues for in excess of supply.

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

As forecasted by W. T. Foster for MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMING

  

Demand for beans very quiet. Some

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them would be obliged to hold their
corn until later. To some of them
this will undoubtedly mean a loss.
Colder weather will help conditions
greatly and prevent loss of corn from
heating and fermentation.

We may soon expect to see prices
adjusted to the new crop basis but
just what this adjustment will be is
a hard matter to foretell. So many
factors enter into the the situation
that only time and future deveIOpments
can decide. It should be remembered
that there is an embargo on ship-
ments to neutral countries at the
present time and they were among
the chief buyers of the 1916 crop. This
may be modified as time goes on so
that a certain portion of the new crop
may go to them.

The action of the government in
tentatively fixing a price of $15.50 on
hogs, to increase production, undoubt-
edly will result in much corn going
into pork, which otherwise would have
gone upon the market in its raw state.

Another two or three weeks will see
the movement of the new crop under
way although it many not reach any
great volume until after the first of
the year. As the new crop moves, de-
velopments will decide the market.

 

As forecasted last week, there has
been some increased demand from
millers for rye, and this slightly in-
creased buying has made the market
more firm and advanced the price one
cent per bushel. Deliveries are much
lighter at all originating points and
this is helping the situation. Car
shortages on all lines are helping to
reduce the stocks on hand at terminal
points and we would not be surprised
to see even a further advance with
any kind of ordinary buying. We are
of the opinion tha the increase in the
consumption UL rye flour is just start-
ing and that a few weeks more of
organized effort in the way of wheat:
less days will have a considerable
bearing on the rye market. Michigan
and Ohio rye has moved quite freely
all fall but many growers have not as
yet hauled any of their crop and we
believe it might pay them to hold off
so far as rye is concerned. for just a
few days longer. and see how the mar
ket shapes itself. Quotations: No.
l rye, Detroit, $1.77; Chicago. $173152.

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western Gulf sections where precipi-
tation will be less, if the hurricane
does not approach the coast.

Next warm wave will reach \‘an—
couver about Nov. 21 and tempera-
tures will rise on all the Pacific slope.
It will cross crest of Rockies by close
of Nov. 22, plains sections, 23, merid-
ian 90, great lakes and Ohio valleys
24 eastern sections 25, reaching \‘i—
cinity of Newfoundland about Nov.
26. Storm wave will follow about one
day behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave.

The most important weather fea-
ture of this storm will be the great
rise in temperatures, followed by bet-
ter weather than in the preceding
week. But after it crosses meridian
90 its forces will begin to increase
and near Nov. 27 will become very
much stronger in eastern sections. Its
precipitation will be about normal.

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Detroit 23 50 24 00 22 50 23 00 21 50 22 00
Chicago 27 28 00 26 27 00 24 .0 25 00
Cincinnati 2400 25002300 24002200 2350
Pittsburgh 28 50 29 0027 00 28 00 24 00 24 50
New York 25 00 26 00 24 25 22 23 00
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‘ e ' Light Mixed Clover Mixed Clover
Detroit 19 00 20 18 50 19 50 17 00 19 00
Chic-(o 20 22 00 19 00 21 00 18 50 20 5°
Cinclmnti 23 50 24 00 23 00 23 50 23 00 23 50
Pittsburgh 27 50 28 27 50 28 00 28 00 28 50
w or 21 22 19 50 20 50 18 20
Richmond 2_8 00 29 27 50 28 00 26 00 27

The same complaint goes out from
all markets at the present time, short-
age of receipts. Detroit is not receiv-
ing nearly sufficient hay to take care
of the demand, and the prices have
shown a slight advance although they
are about as high as buyers can stand.
It is not a matter of price but one of
getting the hay into Detroit. Michi-
gan shippers have as yet given very
little thought of baling. in fact they
have been so busy with other things
that it has been impossible for them
to move their bay. The market at De-
troit is very satisfactory and will show
a nice return to anyone fortunate
enough to have stock that can be ship-
ped. On the other hand the market is
almost certain to work lower later on
as shippers begin to move their stocks
in larger quantities.

Chicago’s hay market is firm at
present quotations, both on timothy
and prairie. Receipts are barely suf
i‘icient to supply the market, although
somewhat more free than those of De-
troit. Shipments billed to Chicago
show an increase over the preceding
week although receipts during the past
week were less than those of the pre-
vious week. There is a good market
there for straw, rye bringing from
$11.00 up.

A good demand with a steady and
trong market at prevailing quotations
sums up the St. Louis market. There
is almost a total absence of high-
grades and as a result the lower
grades are selling at fancy prices. Re-
ceipts there are increasing slowly.

The Philadelphia market is in just
about the same condition as it was a
week ago. Arrivals are just about

 

 

 

 

 

 

sufficient to take care of the demand

from day to day. Shipments enroute
to that point are more liberal but the
question of getting the cars in and
placed for delivery is still giving re-
ceivers trouble. There is very little
good timothy being offered and a good
sale for clover mixed.

There is not enough hay arriving at
Pittsburg to keep the market supplied
and the situation there is rather ser-
ious owing to car shortage and embar-
goes. All grades of hay are in good
demand and find an immediate mar-
ket at prevailing prices. There is an
exceptionally good demand for mixed
and clover.

Never in the history of the Greater
New York hay market has the short-
age of supplies been any greater than
during the past week. Railroads have
kept embargoes on in an effort to
clean up the great congestion of
freight in their yards and on their
lines. The embargo has been at last
raised by the New York Central on
shipments originating on their lines
but loading goes on slowly owing to
the great scarcity of cars. Shipments
enroute have not increased to any ex-
tent and there is no prospect of an im-
mediate (-hange in the situation. '

Richmond’s market is active and
the supply decreased during the past
week. Quotations remain about the
same as last week. All grades find a
ready market although the better
grades are wanted. Good clover
mixed sells on arrival and brings the
price. Very little good timothy arriv-
ing.

We believe that hay will soon be-
gin to move more freely. We are re-
ceiving reports from different sections
to the effect that baling operations
are about to start and by the middle
of December or the first of the year
hay will be moving in large quanti-
ties, providing, and right here’s the rub,
cars can be secured to transport it.

 


 
  
 
  
  
   
   
     
   
 
  
  
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

As reports continue to come in we
are more and more convinced that
when all is said and done the crop of
beans over a good portion of the
state of Michigan will be mighty
slim this year. One after another of
our crop reporters report yields of
from 5 to 8 bushels per acre. The
warmer weather and sunshine of the
past week has been of great benefit
and many growers have been able to
get their beans into the barn. But
the heavy rains of the days previous
had in many cases just about increas—
ed the pick ten fold.

The demand continues light as buy—
ers are still holding off to see how the
price proposition will adjust itself.
Very few beans moving at this time.
In fact but few of the farmers have
given so much as a thought of thresh-
ing. It would appear to be good judg-
ment to allow the beans to stand in
the straw for some time as the mois-
ture will evaporate there much more
quickly than after the beans are
threshed and packed compactly in the
bins.

There is some inquiry at this time
for red kidney beans although the
price on that variety has not yet been
established. Red kidneys usually bear
a certain ratio to pea beans and the
price varies as a general thing with
the price of the white beans. Canners
seem to be sizing up the market on
the reds however, and we would not.
be surprised to see them showing ac-
tivity before a great while. .

New York bean trading has been
quiet of late and there does not seem
to be much of an additional export
demand. Buyers are waiting there the
same as grocers and canners farther
west. Just as soon as colder weather
co “es. however, we may look for
something doing in the way of active
buying, The market has been quiet
for so long a time that trading should
be brisk as soon as it starts and the
new crop begins to move.

What information we have been
able to get from the eastern bean dis—
tricts indicates that the crop there has
suffered from adverse weather condi<
tions just the same as Michigan. The
yield does not seem to be up to the
average and in many sect'ons the
pick is heavy. Growers there feel
strong on the market and are. inclined
to hold until they see how the Michil
gan crop starts to move.

 

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H e ' white-sacked white-sacked
Detroit 1.40 1.45
Chicago 1.40 1.45
Cincinnati 1.45 1.50
New York [.55 2.60
Pittsburgh l 53 1.6.0
Norfolk, Va. 1 l.55
The potato market remains just
about the same as last week. Sup—
pl’es at llctroit are increasing some

what, although not in such volume as
to affect the price so far. Some frost-
ed stock rece‘ved. Several dealers rc-
port having to sort a car or so. We
do not expect to see the supply in-
crease greatly owing to scarcity of
cars.

The Chicago market has shown con-
siderable improvement owing to light-
er receipts and a general cleaning up
of accumulated stocks. Lbading for
that point, at country stations, is re-
ported lighter owing to a firm feeling
on the part of the shippers. It is
well that this is the case as it has
helped the price there. Not so much
field frosted stock coming and dealers

feel that this class of stock is just
about cleaned 11p. '

The Pittsburgh market is rather
quiet at prevailing prices. The car

congestion there and resulting em-
bargoes has made the supply short
' and advanced the price. The general
consuming trade has not bought freely
‘at the advance.

Accumulations are heavy at Phila-
delphia and dealers are expecting a
temporary decline. The Boston mar-

 

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38 those of last week.

The New York market is
slow although shipments have fallen
off. The demand is very light. Maine
shippers are holding back, feeling the
market will advance later. What
stock is coming from there is infer-
ior in quality and does not sell to good
advantage in competition with Michi-
gan stock. In fact good Michigan po-
tatoes sell more readilyiat present
than stock from any other section.
The only complaint on the Michigan
stock is that some cars are field frost—
ed.

 

The Detroit onion market is in about
the best condition of any we know of

at the present time. The demand con-
tinues good and the price has advanc-
ed. Receipts are lighter than-they are
on other markets and shipments en-
route are fewer than reported from
other points. Many onions are going
into reserve by dealers who remem—
ber the experience of other winters
when the supply ran short. One thing
should be remembered, yellow onions
are in demand, while the red variet-
ies do not find a ready market in De—
troit. Unless you are going to store
your onions, to be placed 011 a later
market, now is the time to ship. The
freight congestion is bound to increase
and freezing weather will add to the
hazard of shipment later. No. l yel-
low onions are worth at Detroit from
$3.75 to $4.00 per cwt. Red onions
from $3.25 to $3.50 per cwt.

The Chicago market has been inclin-
ed to weaken since our last article.

Receipts have greatly increased and
buyers seem to have bought all they

wish to store for future use and are
now buying only for immediate need.
Shipments enroute are not so heavy
as they were a week ago and this may
help the situation. Yellow onions are
selling there at $3.00 to $3.15 per 100—
ponnd sack.

Eastern markets are quiet and drag-
gy under plentiful supplies. The Bos-
ton market is receiving just enough
stock to supply the demand, and while
the price so far has remained about
the same, the general situat’on is none
too promising. Onions sold there
during the past week as low as $2.75
to $3.00 per cwt.

The New York market is slow and
buyers seem to have about all the stock
they can take care of for the time. The
same condition holds good with near-
by markets and orders to grocers do
not come in such volume as they did
a few weeks ago. Several of the rail~
roads have placed embargoes on onion
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things during the coming week. A
great proportion of the receipts have
arrived in rather poor quality owing
to transportation delays. YeIIOWs have
sold there this: week from $2.75 to $3.00
Other grades at corrcslltl‘ulfllllg figures.
Vt'hites have sold up it) $3.50 per cwt.

CABBAGE

 

York cabbage market has,

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not recovered from the slump of a
weck ago and the price has worked

<‘o'\'n much lou'cr. Arrivals are fall-
ing off; a large share of stock in ten"-
tory adjoining Greater New York mar—
ket has been shipped. Domestic cab~
bage is about cleaned up in the east.
General range on domestic is $18@
$22 per ton. Danish sells from $22
to $28 per ton and the average price
out of the car is $25. The buying is
almost entirely for consumptive de—
mands as kraut, cutters are out of the
market. Much stock has been arriv-
ing in frozen condition and many of
the shippers have had the stock re-
maining out so badly frozen that it
will not be shipped.

Chicago receivers who have been
over the territory say that many grow-
ers are now moving the last of their
stock from the fields and that receipts
will show a falling off from now on.
The price there ranges from $20 to
$22 per ton.

The Pittsburg market at present is
the best in the country. Although
there has been a fairly liberal amount
of stock received, dealers are quoting

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, 342.50. wmoin Hoiiami' 5: $35 to

,837 per ton 13.0.1). Pittsburg. We ho-
,lieve it will be well for shippers to
take this market with a grain of salt
for there is too much of a spread be-
, tween it and others nearby.

 
   

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Despite more liberal receipts,
Detroit Apple market continues strong
and the demand takes care of all ar-

rivals. Shippers are evidently increas-
ing shipments before winter weather
sets in and many small shippers are
now getting their work in shape so
that they can give more time to pack-
ing and marketing their apples. Dur—
ing the past week the call for all
grades has been such as to clean up
all offerings each day and even the
early, soft varieties, which some time
ago did not move so well, are now be-
ing taken readily. Quotations: Spy,
$7; Gleenings, $6. 00@$6. 50; snow,
$6. 50@$7. 00; Baldwin, $5. 50; Wealthy
$4. 50@$5. 00; Alexander, $5. 50@$6 00;
No.2, $3. 00@$3. 50 per bbl.

Chicago market continues firm.
There is a big demand for fancy box
and barrel stock to put into the cool-
ers. The bulk of such arrivals is be-
ing put away. Arrivals have increased
on certain days, due to a desire on the
part of shippers to get their stock
moving during moderate weather and
also to avoid the impending car short-
age which is already making itself
felt throughout the country. The mar-
kets continue at about the former
range of values. the market being
firmly established. Quotations: No. 1
Baldwins, $4.50@$5.50; Greenings,
$4.75@$5.25; Ben Ilavis, $3.50@$4.00;
Grimes Golden, $5.25@$5.75; Jonath-

ans, $5.00@$6.50; Twenty Ounce.$5.50
@$6.00; Pound Sweet. $5.00@$5.50;
Talman Sweet, $5.00@$5.5‘l; Winesap.
54505533500; No 2 of all varieties.
$2.25@$3.00.

The New York market continues

about as before. Receipts are not in-
creasing to any extent although Wes-
tern New York is shipping freely. The
arrivals are much under normal for
this season. The proportion of fancy
fruit is small with a good supply of
the poorer and medium grades. The
short supply keeps these grades
above their proportionate value and
the prices paid for same have been
above the average all season. A more

‘ liberal supply of boxed apples from the

Northwest have been rece'ved this
past week and this fruit has been tak-
en freely although the general quality
has not been up to usual standard.
Quotations for the week average about
as follows: Greenings, 5.50@!l}7.00;

Baldwins, $4.00@$5.00; Kings. $150617
:,,3.50; Twenty Ounce, $4,50@$5.25;

Snow, $5 @556; Wealthy. $5@$5 50; Mw
intosh $5 50®$7.0(). Spitzenburgs are
arriving in small m'aiitit‘e'! with ex«
tra fancy selling 5726:0635? 75: fancy.
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There is a good demand in Detroit
for the best grades of creamery but-
ler. The market has shown just a
slight gain in values. Arrivals are not
heavy although some low grade pack-
ing stock has come on the market and
found slow sale. The demand for such
offerings is light. The better grades.
however, find a ready sale at prevail—
ing quotations. Fresh creamery firsts
are quotable around 411/_,@42c; ex—
tras, 42l/f_.@43c.

Demand at Chicago is improving on
fresh goods and the surplus is clean-
ing up fast. Quite a little activity has
developed in the market there, owing
to reports that the Government had
given permission for the exporting of,
1,000 tons of butter to England. This
would clean up the accumulation of
storage butter and put the market in
a good healthy condition. The bulk
of the fresh goods coming is taken by
the local trade and there is also a good
demand for grades just under firsts.
The general trade is more cautious
than in former times, very few being
willing to take on a good block at any

one time. Fresh extras are selling at
4’3@431/_)c; extra firsts, 421/20 .;firsts,
40@420; seconds, 38@39c; packing

stock, No. ,1 35@361/2c.

  

  
 

  
 
 

‘ iWhia's mark ?%@10 higher
than fist week A good firm feeling
is .ovident and the market generally
is .in good shape. Creamery extras
are" oomng. 45c; extra firsts, 44c;
firsts, 43@431;§c; seconds, 41@42c;
fancy prints, 49c. .

New York has had a steady and ac-
tive butter market all week. The sup-
ply of extras has been short and the
demand for that grade has exceeded
the supply. Most dealers have had a
fairly good supply of firsts and as a re-
sult the trading on that grade has not
shown such good returns as on the ex-
tras. Rece’pts have fallen off to a
certain extent and this falling off will
perhaps increase from now on. The
fact that many western creameries
have closed is bound to show in the
volume of receipts. Consumption has
also decreased and the sale of oleo and
nut butter steadily increases. That
this increase should be noticed is only
natural when one considers the dif-
ference in price. Good butter retails
from 500 up and oleo and nut; butter
may be had at 32c@350. This is quite
a saving to those of moderate means.
Another illustration of the limited use
of butter is shown by the fact that
the market experienced a slump a
week ago in spite of the fact that the
receipts for the month of October, 1917
were 34,134 packages less than for the
same month of 1916.

The movement of held has increased
somewhat but is rather limited owing
to the fact that most jobbers are work-

ing on their own supplies. New York
quotations for the week: Creamery,
higher scoring htan extras, 451A,@

34540; extras, 441/_.@4434c; firsts, 42@
44c; seconds, 40@411/_,c.

 

Egg prices, so far as Detroit is con-

cerned, remain about the same. The
demand for fresh stock continues first
class and all arrivals find ready sale
at current quotations. Arrivals seem
to be falling off to a certain extent and
no doubt will continue to grow less
until after the first of the year. There
is very little demand from the grocer
trade for anything but strictly fresh
firsts but some storage and held back
stock goes each day to restaurants and
bakers. Strictly fresh firsts sell as
high as 44c; ord’nary run of fresh
arrivals, 4063431: Held and storage,
'lfl@34c

A better demand exists at Chicago
where the supply of storage and held-
stock has been in exgess of the de—
mand. Latest reports show an aggre-
gate of storage stock of less volume
than was supposed and this has had a
favorable effect. The supply of strict—
ly new laid firsts is very limited. In
fact so that cars or less than car lots
of such stock bring fancy prices. The
lllino's law requiring every package
of storage eggs to be labeled as such.
has helped the fresh market. Only
eggs which are really fresh can be .vo‘d

as such. Fancy offerings brine: 420?
43c; strictly iirLts. 40604112: ordinary
run of titsts. 2863.01' checks, 2!) (1,130 ';
dir‘ies lt‘C

The top grades of eggs continue to
better demand and prices owing
to falling off of receipts. The-re has
been a general hardening of the mar-
ket and improvement all around. The
”fiuation has helped all grades but, the
falling off in receipts o" fro ‘ll his help-
ed the sale of undergrades, There is
a good expo‘rt demand but no facilit-

sl‘m‘.‘

ies for shipping. Fresh gathered ex-
tras are quoted 5‘l@5lc; extra firsts,
48@49c; firsts, 4463471: seconds, 38@
43c.

 

 

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Turkey 27-28 , l 20.22 18~30
Duck: 23- 24 ‘ l9v20 1 Zli-Zl
Geese 20 21 l 18-19 l 2021
Springer: 16-19 “5-19 19-23

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The Detroit poultry market is in
poor condition right now and we ad-
vise against making shipments for a
few days. Receipts have been alto-
gether too heavy for the demand dur-
ing the warmer weather. Much stock
has accumulated and unless the re-
ceipts decrease there will be a further
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arrivals have not been of the fancy or
even good class. Stock is not being
pu ut in the proper cOndition to bring

the top of the market. Springers and .
fowls generally arrive in many cases'

in thin condition and fail to show up
in weight as might be expected from
general appearances. It should be re-
membered that just about 90 per cent
of the poultry arriving on the Eastern
market in Detroit is taken by the Jew-
ish trade. It gives one a good idea of
what is wanted, just to visit the mar-
ket during trading hours and see the
buyers go'ng through the coops. Along
will come a Jewish woman with a mar-
ket basket almost as large as a clothes
basket.
She stops
in front of a commission house, sets
her basket down and starts in to buy
a few chickens. She will exam’ne and
feel over from ten to twenty fowls to
find one in good flesh. Thin fowls are
left for other buyers, thoSe who are
looking for bargains. And the thin
fowls not only bring less money owing
to the difference in weight but also
take a discount because they have
been left; 'in other words they are
culls. The Jewish dealers who come
to buy in larger quantities than the
individual buyers also go through just
1t the same performance. Thin
fowls are purchased mainly by dealers
who have feeding rooms arranged on
the top floors of their buildings. They
take in the stock and feed it into bet-
ter condition. Now, here is the point:
If it pays them to buy feed on a city
111' 'ket and feed this poultry, it would
certainly pay the farmer to use some
of his own feed to put the stock in
good condition before shipping. The
extra price will show a niCe profit.

The Chicago market is in fa’rly
good condition and the quotations
there are higher than those of a week
ago. Receipts there have been lighter
this week after the.heavy shipments
of last week. Butchers have been good
buyers owing to the limited supply of
dressed poultry coming from the coun-
try. Warmer weather has affected
such shipments. Dealers are expect-
ing still higher prices but shippers
will do well to keep an eye on condi-
tions. Extra heavy receipts such as
usually arrive on any advancing mar-
ket, might easily turn the tide the
other way, just at this time. Buying
for the Thanksgiving market will elim~
inate much of this possibility, but still
it exists.

Eastern markets are in very good
shape and receipts are just about
enough to supply the steady demand.
Buyers on all of the principal markets
are looking for well-finished stock and
much of it is being dressed for the
Thanksgiving trade. The New York,
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia markets
are all firm and steady. The Boston
market has received just a little bet-
ter supply than the trade has been
able to take care of, but conditions are
improving and things are looking bet—
ter than they were at the first of this
week.

   

 

CATTLE. .

GRADE , Detroit Chicago 1 Buffalo
Slecn, zoodtoprime‘ 9 50-100 105112 001175-12 25
Sleen,com. to fair 8 50 9 75 10 00 1050 10 00- 10 75
Heifers, goodloprime' 750- 8091' 650- 800 900- 950
Cowglvcrage 600 750 650- 750 750- 800
Canners,~Cutteu 400- 475 475- 500 450 600
Bullu,avenge 650 725 650- 725 6375 800
Ve1|,tairlo good '110 00-12 50310 0042 00,10 50-“ 75

The Detroit market is firm at about
the same level of prices as prevailed
last week. There has been some ad-
vance in the price of butcher grades.
Others about the same. Monday saw
a good run of better finished stuff
than has been arriving and packers
Were on the job early. Good weighty
steers were in demand while the mar-
ket on fat cows and heifers was just
a little inclined to 1 1212!, at time: All
things considele'l, though, it has been
a very satisfactory market all week.
The market is strong on veal calves.

The general marketward movement
of cattle continues of enormous vol-
ume. (‘hicago received 95,819 head
last. week and 97,402 the week pre-
vious, the two largest runs on record,
for successive 1.: eeks. Receipts at Chi-
cago for the year, to date, aggregate
about 3.2121000 head inclusive of near
ly 550,000 calves, a supply approxi-
mately 600.000 head in excess of the
corresponding period last year. Last
Week’s cattle receipts at seven west-

 

 

 

 

 

 

She is out to purchase sup-'

"ern points aggregated 328, 000, a few

thousand less than the week previous
but 120,000 more than the same week
last year and the year's supply to
date at these seven points is now ap:
proximately one and one half million
head in excess of like period last year.

While values have of late been re-
ceding from their recent record alti-
tude under the stress of unprecedent-
ed supplies, the fact that they have
been as well sustained as they have
been and the~agility with ‘which the
market rebounds on any temporary
lull in the marketward movement well
e'rinces the great breadth to current
demands. Last week’s average price
for native beef steers at Chicago, fig-
ured at $11.00, while 50c lower than
the average for the week previous, was
still 700 higher than the correspond-
ing week last year, $1.20 h'gher than
two years ago and, in view of the fact
that quality of current offerings is
the .poorest ever, is remarkably high.

A broad country demand for stock
and feeding cattle, the h'gh marke‘s
for hides and other by-products and
the abnormal demand for beef and
other meats created by the war and
shortage abroad are the big factors
of strength underlying the trade. Lib-
eral receipts are expected to continue
for some weeks to come and as the
season for increased poultry consump-
tion lies just ahead, the outlook is
none too favorable for a speedy recov-
ery from recent declines- Anv mater-
ial let-up in the rush of suppl'es to
market, however,would be Signal for
a healthy up-turning trade.

Chicago sent 75,576 head of stock
and feeding cattle to the country dur-
ing the month of October. a record
output for one month from this mar-
ket, and followed this up with a rec-
ord output last week. The large area
of frosted corn and the moral certain-

ty of relatively light supplies of and‘

high prices for cattle in the late win-
ter and spring months are acting as
joint factors in increasing investment
demand in stock and feeding stuff at
this time and the generous country-
ward movement appears well justified
by prevailing and prospective trade
conditions.

Declines in beef steer values last
week ranged from 40 to 75c per cwt.,
with choice classes, although very
scarce, 017 the most. The spread in
prices narrowed materially. Although
one load of prime steers reached
$17.25 a week ago today, the highest
figure as paid subsequently was $16.75
and the latter quotation was in doubt-
ful standing at the week’s close. Com-
paratively few steers sold above
$13.50 and the bulk ranged between
the latter figure and $8.50. There was
a showing of common. light killing
steers at $7 00 to $8 00 and of lght
canning steers downward from $6.50.
Cows and heifers lost 35 to 500 for
the week, but the bull market held
generally steady, Veal calves declin—
ed $1.00 to $1.25 with the practical
top at the close $12.75.' Most butch—
er cows sold the last half of the week
at $6.50 to $7.50 and heifers from
$6.75 to $8.00, while fair to good can-
ner cows were (1‘1 at $1 TF1 to $5 00 bus—
is and cutters sold largely at $525 to

$0.00.

Stock and feeding cattle closed with
prices about s‘eudy with the close of
the week prev'ous. Prime heavy feed—
ers sold as high as $12.00, but $10.00
to $10.50 bought choice 9.30 to 1075111.
feeders and bulk of the stock and feed—
iny; steers cashed 21! $7.50 to $0.75

Monday with 21.00". cmtle received,
a much lighter 11111 than had leen ex—
pec,'.101 the n 211ket ruled 10 to 25c high
e1 than at lust wee‘i' s c‘. ()19 on 211‘ but
top notch beef steers, which were no
better than steady.

Re clpts of cattle Monday on the
Bulfalo marl: e1 were 250 cars. includ-
ing 16 cars lei! ovcr from last week's
trade and 50 cars of Canadians Trude
opened steady on medium we ght and
weighty steer cattle which were in
'rery light supply. Butcher steers
and handy weight steer: sold 10 to
15c lower; fat COWS and heifers sold
15 to ‘5c lower than last week. lulls
of all clusrzses'sold steady; (‘nnncrs 21nd
cutter; were in very large supply and
sold .15 to 25: lower; fre'h cows: 21nd
springer were in n:o'lera‘c supply 21nd
sold steady; stockers and feeders sold
15 to 25c lower; yearlings were in
light supply and sold steady. The
market was over—supplied with com—
mon to fair kinds of cattle. The Tues-
day market, with 20 cars of fresh ar-

" rivals and 20 cars left over from Mon-

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With somewhat lighter receipts and
under the stimulus of the Govern-
ment’s recent announcement as to the
future hog market, the Deiroit mar-
ket has shown stronger tendencles
The general run of arrivals 1121'. 0 shown
somewhat better condition and with
the feeding of soft corn, of which there
's a goodly supply in the territory ad-
joining the Detroit market, we may
expect the shipments to show improve-
ment as to grade, from now on. There
is a better feeling among the packers
and this is helping the situation.

Last week's receipts of hogs at Chi-
cago weie 124,405 head, the largest
s 11cc .lulj', yet 78,000 smelter than a
yeai ago. The week closerl with pric—
es at the highest point of the 11233301.
The top Saturday, $17.60. was only
50 higher than the close oi” the
previous but some of the light weights
were $1.00 higher and pigs $1.50 to
$1.75 up. The general piice range wa:
the nanowest o. the season, compara—
tively fe hogs selling last Saturday
below $17.00. The average pr'ce for
the week figured $16.80, 20c abov1 the
week previous, $7 50 higher than 2-1
year ago and $10.00 higher than two
years ago. A big country demand for
stock pigs followed the announcement,
by the fool 2131111inist1'211io'i o; the es—
tablishment of a. $15.50 tentative min-
imum for packing hogs at, (‘h'cago
and a sharp bulge in provision futur-
es were outstanding features in the
week’s trade. Monday’s hog receipts
were 40,000. The market opened F1 to
10c lower, but recovered the 105s and
closed strong. The top was $17.60 and
the bulk sold at $17.00 to $17.50, with
pigs and underweights largely from
$16.25 to $17.00.

With 9,600 hogs on sale Monday,
the Buffalo market opened 10c lower
with the best porkers selling from
$17.75 to $17.85 mixed, $17.85@$17.90
mediums, $17.90 to $18.00; heavies,
$18.00 to $18.15 pigs and lights, from
$17.00 to $17.50. On Tuesday, with

only 3,500 hogs on sale. the market
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Top Lamb: 1 16.00-15.25 115.00-16.65 16.50~16.85
Yearling: ; 15.25.15.50 15.50.111.25 13.50.14.00
Walker: 1 11.50.10.001 11.75-10.751 1150-11.75
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Under lighter receipts and increas-
ed demand the sheep and lamb market
at Detroit has worked 11p just. a lit-
tle. Packing house; have been ac-
tively in the market all week as well
as city butchers. t-‘orre udd’tional
sales of feeders have been made 21nd
generally the class of stock arriving
during the week l1:1;: bcen of bc"cr
quality than for several weeks post.
Shippers \i'ill 21o "U'llll find :1 W1
satisfactory 111211-l;v:3.i :11'.:: coming 1:2

The (‘hlcuuo l‘='.l “c‘ has
but little from l21~»“1 Viol-k A filling
off of rot-2311‘s 11:1: (151111 clcr: :1
chance to arrest the (l()'1\"l“1”'-l‘1'l move
ment previously 117;}101'I2-1-cl 21‘111
bring about 11/)‘1'13 re'ovcry. 11‘11'1 121mb:
closed the 1~.'c::‘-' wi1h 21 top of $16.77:
and best fat, owes sold 211 a top of
.111 25. Monfzw, “111120.000 on 11.711111.
the market 1121: gcncrnlly ste'idy with
last week's closing. [lest lambs sold
at. $16.65.

Receipts of sheep and 12111111: 211 11111'
t'ulo on Monday were '21'o'1nl .1.0 0
head. The market ope/111d 10c lower
and worked down to 2.113 lower than
Saturday's clos‘e. '1‘11e»‘.(l21:~.'. wi‘h 21
run 11" 1,500 head the market opcncd
around 15c lower than o". l\/’lo:1da).’
With lighter .rcceipts during 11121 'c.
zonindcr of the wcck the I :1,"e.
should work. back again and tho "1.2211116
es are that next Monday will 11c, '21
lighter run as shippers will profit by
the experience of. this week and let
the market clean up be'o'c shipping
again.

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Flour and Feed
New York—‘Local mills are offering
absolutely nothing and the amount
of mill feeds coming from Lanadmn
being offered from the West. We are
not looking for any change until the
mills are in posit on to make moie
liberal offerings, at which time pr ces
should decline. Western spring bran
in 100 pound sacks is quotable at $37:
standard wheat middLngs, $2
flourO in 1001b. sacks, $51.50; red (10%;,
$6.25 bran, 1001b. sacks, $37
Toledo——The market for mill feeds
of all kinds continues strong and the
demand is exceptionally gool Mil-
lers report that they could sell twice
their output of bran and middlings.
The former is quoted at $35.00 per
ton bulk, with bags $5100 higher Mid-
dlings are ouo ed at $4600 bulk.
Duluth»~The demand fo1 feeds is
increasing, rece pts and supplies of-
fering are comparatively light. Pric-
es are firm with no change likely dur-
ing the next week or so No.1 ground
feed, per ton, $58 75; No 2, $53. 50;
cracked corn or meal, per ton $68. 75;
bran. per ton, $3 shorts. $39.
Detroit—The scarcity of corn and
a better demand generally has 1411561
'1 firmer condition in the teen market.
Bran is quoted at $36.00 per ton: stan-
dard middlings. $39; fine middlings,
$12; cracked corn. $84: coarse corn—
meal. $77; hour, per 196 pounds in
eighth paper sacks, best winter pat-
cnt, $11.50; second pu‘c‘it. $11.40;
straight, $11.10: .vprin!r patent. $12.10;
rye flour. $11.20 in jobhiug lots.

Toledo Seed Market

Last week close d quiet with prices
21 shade lower ’1110 11 G’lUlCl is quite
favorable. Alsike market firm with
the trade very light. T'niofhy neglect-
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("lovei seel prime $15.5(ldil$15.55;
Dec. $11500 15 55 March. $15.45; N.
11]. (1.. $? .60(r?$11:10

Alsvke. No. 2, 92105061151360; No. 21.
113252011240, 121121212111. 51130522211015
March. $14.25(i2$14..35

Timothy, No 2 $‘11.’»5@$;1.4F1; No. :1,
$3.20@$3.30; 1111121211. $1.87.

Vegetables

The quotations given on (ariots
beets and turnips are for the small
table varieties. They must be wel
cleaned, trimmed and should be sick—
ed. Detroit commission men and
dealers generally renort a fair de-
mand. Carrots, $1 per 1111.. beets, $1.25
per 1111; turnips. $1 per 1111.; green on-
ions, 20:- per (1112.: hothouse cucum-
bers, $165 per um: garlick. 15c per
111.; rarishes. 50c per 1107.; green pep-
pers, 60c per basket; parsley. 35c per
dozen.

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against loss providing you say when writing or ordering from them, “X saw
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The Army Y. M. C. A.

IF WE WERE to be asked our choice in, sub-

scribing to the Liberty Loan, the Red Cross
and the Army Y. M.. C. A. fund we should
choose the last. The money derived from the sale
of Liberty bonds buys our soldier boys guns, am-

munition and other.ma.terial equipment; Red
Cross funds nurse them back to health if they
become sick or wounded; but the Army Y. M. C.

A. provides clean environment and recreation
and ministers to their moral and spiritual needs.
And of all these, the last is by far of the greatest
importance.

For what profiteth a man to have a good sword
that he may conquer his physical enemies if he
yields to the foes of good morals and character
that lurk about the campfires of every military
encampment today? Shall we give our dollars to
rescue our boys from the shadow of death and
lead them back into the light of health, but leave
their moral natures to rot in the contagion that
infests their surroundings?

We smile when~we ought to weep at the ignor-
ance of well-intentioned men and women who
extol the merits of training camps. They seem
to think that because we are fighting for dem—
ocracy the almighty has reversed nature’s laws
for our benefit. But let us not deceive ourselves
about this thing. When it is remembered that
our training camps represent a couglomeration
of humanity gathered in from every strata of
society and including the wise and the good, the
ignorant and the vicious who spend half their
time in idleness, we are compelled to open our
eyes to the inevitable evils that arise.

It is almost impossible for us who are busy with

'our daily routine duties to understand the terri-

ble temptations that are placed before men in
training camp, and the saddest thing of all is
the vast number who succumb without a strug-
gle to them. Boys of good habits and principles
mingle freely with moral lepers who would corA
rupt their minds and habits with as little com-
punction as they would kill a worm. To weak-
minded youths army life means moral ruin, and
those of stronger wills must be ever upon the
alert to ward off the temptations that are placed
before them.

“The day I left home," said an American farm
boy, “my mother took me alone into the kitchen
and put both hands on my shoulders, saying.
“Son, let me look into your eyes. It breaks my
heart to see you go. I’m not afraid of bullets or
rigid military discipline. I’m proud to have my
boy give his life for our country, but I fear most
the awful moral conditions. Can you come back,
if God permits you to return, as clean as you are
now?’ ” This boy has gone to France, and this
is what he despairingly told a Y. M. C. A. secre-
tary in a hut, frantically clutching the secretary’s
arm as he did so: “I’m standing alone against
this squad and must have help soon or I’ll fall
sure. I can’t stand the spirit of that bunch, nor
listen to its conversation and keep clean much
longer. Every one of them is older, some twice
as old, and they have secretly planned among
themselves to get me to the house of a harlot ‘to
make a man of me.’ My God! Can’t you fellows
help me in this crisis?”

The Army Y. M. C. A. gathered this boy into

, its folds as it had thousands of others, surround-

ed him with clean and home-like influences, gave
him wholesome reading, interested him in uplift-

 
  
 
 
 
 
  

lr'boys straight and manly.

   

minute, , pp, , they leftendthem
who had ,tea-r‘fully and tactfully watched them '30
Will rejoice that‘there was someone to keep their

The Army Y. M. C. A. has inaugurated efcam-

- ”pain to raise $35,000,000 to carry-On its work.4
It is planned to, or-

Michigan's quota is $700,000.
ganize every county in the state and everyone is
urged to give a little something thru their coun-
ty organization to help the great cause along. If,
for any reason your county has not been organized
and you wish to subscribe to the Y. M. C. A. fund,
you may send your remittance to us and we will
'see that it is placed in proper hands. But give
something, if no more than a dollar, for the moral
welfare of Democracy’s soldiers. '

Michigan Business Farming Scores

N ONE of the early issmes of »MICHIGAN BUSI-
NESS -FARMING we spoke to .our readers as
follows: “The opportunity to serve and be

of tangible usefulness to the farmers of Michigan
stretches out broadly before us. With faith in the
ultimate victory of the great cause 'We nepresent
we shall proceed carefully but fearlessly, pro-
testing against those who would usurp the farm-

er’s common rights, and demanding that he be '

given a voice in determining the prices to be
placed upon his products.”

This is a service we have tried to render; we
have anticipated many of the farmers’ marketing
problems this year, and have laid careful plans
to solve them. We have never been satisfied
with treatment that was anything less than fair;
we have fought steadily against all attempts to
control the prices of farm products below the
cost of production, either by government regu-
lation or market manipulation. And we have
scored victory after victory.

Take the bean situation, for instance. Attempts
were repeatedly made by speculators early in the
fall to “pull the wool” over the farmers’ eyes by
false reports of the crop conditions, the importa-
tion of Manchurian beans and of the alleged
willingness of western growers to sell their crop
at $6 a bushel. We exposed the scheme and
saved the farmers thousands of dollars.

Later, similar efforts were made to deceive the
food administratiOn as to the situation in Mich-
igan, in hopes that the government would set a
low price on its own bean purchases, enabling
growers on this pretext to purchase a lot of cheap
beans, fill the government’s needs and hold the
rest for higher prices on the general market.

This scheme worked; the Food Administration
was properly “fooled” and lowered its price from
$7.80 to $6.90 a bushel. What happened? Farm-
ers all over the state arose in protest; hundreds
of letters were written to us, asking that we do
something to save the farmers from the loss
that was inevitable with $7 beans. But. even
before the growers realized what the new price
might mean, we had already got busy, and wired
the Food Administration that the new price was
unjust and ruinous and offered to give $200 to-
ward the iexpense of conducting an investigation
into the situation. In the meantime, we told our
readers to hold their beans for further develop—
ments.

The developments soon came. We convinced
the Food Administration that it had been deceived
as to the actual conditions in the state, and the
latter published on the front page of this issue
is written proof that our efforts have borne fruit

and have insured the bean growers of the state
a square deal and a fair profit.
Ohio’s Dry Fight.

NCOMPLETE returns from Ohio precincts on
I the state-wide prohibition election give the

“wet.” forces a slight lead,—less than two
thousand votes out of nearly a million and a half
cast. It will require the official canvass to deter-
mine the correct vote.

The drys do not by any means admit defeat.
The first returns on the night of the election
with practically the entire urban vote in gave
the wets a substantial majority, but this was rap-
idly reduced and overcome by several thousand
votes as the rural districts reported. For a time
it looked as though the dry forces had carried-the
eliection safely, but the wets, always true to form,
suddenly. “discovered” an “error” in' the Hamil-
ton county returns in which is included the Cin-
cinnati vote, which boosted their figures several
thousand and apparently gave them the election.

The temperance forces openly charge the friends
of booze with fraud and sufficient evidence of this
has already been uncovered to prompt the state

  
 
 

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state. -. .
cess of Michigan’s 'soon-to-be. operative prohibi-

tion laws, as well as the success of the di‘lyimoye‘ _

ment in; Indiana and Illinois. Toledo is a. notorious-
ly wet city and as long as she retains the saloons
she will be an alluring oasis for thirsty pilgrims
of dry and desert’Michigan, and mock the pro-
hibition laws of the state. A “wet” Ohio means
a “moist” Michigan; 9. dry Ohio means a dry
Michigan. '

Have You Bought Your Winter’s Coal?
HIS, DEAR reader, is not sarcasm. We
recently heard of a farmer in the southern
part of the state who had five tons of coal

in his cellar and we are wondering if there are
any other farmers in the state so fortunately sit-
uated. " . '

On the following page is a letter from a Sher-

‘wood subscriber who says that he and his neigh-

bors are facing the winter without fuel or any
prospects .of getting any, and'he has asked our
assistance. We are taking the matter up with
the Fuel Administration, but we have no better
hopes that Wie will be able to secure relief for our
subscriber than that the war will end tomorrow.

The coal situation is undoubtedly grave. Every
section of the country is suffering from a near
famine; in many localities consumers are unable
to buy more than a week’s supply at a time; the
Fuel Administration is besieged with requests,
pleas and threats, but to no avail. -

Months ago the people,were told that the gov-
ernment had “investigated" the coal situation and
that very shortly there would be plenty of fuel
for everybody at $3 to $5 a ton. Winter is coming
on and what little coal there is to be had is still
being sold at $9 and $10 per ton. The people are
in a fever of worry and unrest; no explanation
has been made of the coal shortage or the high
prices.

What is the reason there is no coal? What is
the reason that the government which has freely
told ten million farmers what they should and
shouldn't expect, hesitates to take equally as sum-
mary measures with a few score of coal barons
who control the mines of the country?

Unless these fellows come to time mighty soon,
the government should take over the mines and
operate them. Delay now means suffering be-
fore the first of the year. Put a brick in your
glove, Uncle Sam, and give the operators a punch
that will put them in action. If they lay down
on you, oust them and mine the coal yourself.
But do something, anything, to get coal moving
consumerward, and do it quickly.

Keep Your Shirt On.
E LIVE in a suspicious and hysterical age.

Let an accident take place within forty‘

miles of a military cantonment, or a child
die of ptomaine poisoning and We are at once as-
sured thru the daily press that “German agents
are again at work.”

There is nothing too unreal for this imaginative
generation to believe. We strain our ears to
catch fairy tales of fiendishness that would put
a caveman to blush; we devour the daily news-
papers as we would a hash, making no choice be-
tween the ioothsome and the unpalatable. The
fancied appeals more to our imaginations than the
real; for some reason or other it is easier to be-
lieve that an enemy soldier prefers killing babies
to kissing them. .

Don’t get excited; keep your shirt on. Spare
judgment of your enemies until after the war
and let history instead of hearsay make the
record. There is enough of crime and outrage
to feed our passions and justify our action, with-
out bidding our imaginations to invent the im-

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EDITORIALS BY OUR READERS

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, HILE EVERYONE else is advising the
farmer what to do and what not to do, the
writer, a farmer himself, feels it his duty

to do his part and offer a little advice which
comes from his heart.

I view with grave apprehension the tendency
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this hit; ement is Confined to this locality, beCause

t is general it; is certainly a serious matter.
Our nation is now engaged in unquestionably the
greatest struggle of it's histOry. Our sons and

" brothers are taking their places on the firing

line. Our future national_life must depend to a
great extent upon the outcome of this conflict;

Food is one of the most important, if not the
most important factor in this war. Uncle Sam
needs producers, not consumers of, food. Let me
say to you brother farmer, if you. cannot serve
your country at the front, the next best place is
on the farm. A man who is physically fit to
farm and quits his farm now is a slacker unless
he takes his place in the ranks.

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To elderly farmers with long experience in farm

_ management I will say it is your duty to your
country and our brave soldiers and sailors to

hire available help and keep things going even
if yOu don't clear a dollar.

. I know from bitter experience what it is to farm
at a loss, but every season cannot be like the last
two and anyway we must do our bit. Try it one
more year for the sake of Uncle Sam and Liberty.
Think it over brother. Am I right?——M. S. G.,
Hemlock.

 

Something Rotten About Coal Business
Insurance laws prohibit the use of wood as a
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Secretary of War Baker visits Officers Reserve Training camp at Harvard, where
cadets are being taught the arts of modern warfare by Fremh officers.
respondence says that the Secretary of War did not disdain to enter the wet and

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Australian Official Photograph from the front,
of wounded
Such scenes soon dispel the glamour of

dozens of farmers in this vicinity when I say that
we have no fuel to thresh our beans, buckwheat

‘or cloverseed with With a family of small child-

ren, we are facing the winter with no fuel, even
now we are beginning to burn old out buildings,
and there are many more around here who have
no wood lot to go to for fuel, and those who have
are very reluctant to sell us any. Appreciating
your past eiforts in the interests of the farmer I
think I voice the sentiments of all others here in
asking you to use your great influence in aiding
us to get coal. It seems inconsistent that the
government should bar the farmer from getting
coal and at the same time demanding the farm
products. Something rotten about this coal bus-
iness anywawa. A. J., Sherwood.

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Mother Lewis say their
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Here’s Master Guy Lewis
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USING ACID PHOS-
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Do you use any acid phosphate in
your stable gutters and do you think
it pays, also where can We get any at
the present time? If you know of
any please let me know. Also would

. it. be advisable to use the regular fer-

tilizer in that way?——C. S. 0., Sears.

We use acid phosphate in our cow
stables every day and in our calf
pens, hog pens, and horse stable quite
often though not each day usually.

You ask if I think it pays. I could
easily say “yes" or “no” but I am
going to say simply this: That I
don’t know, norhave I any way of
finding out absolutely, and yet, I be«
l’eve it does pay. The theory is cor-
rect. We know that in all stables
unless something of this sort is used
there is a strong smell of ammonia,
hartshorn. The ovlatile ammonia that
comes from the decomposing manure
both liquid and solid, is valuable and
is vaporized and goes into the air.
This is the salt of ammonia that gives
this rather biting sensation to the
nostrils. Now, ammonia is a form of
nitrogen, the most expensive of plant
foods. It by some means we can trap
th's nitrogen and save it so it won’t
go off into the air we have saved a
most important factor in increased
crop production so that we not only
get rid of this very unpleasant smell
of ammonia but we save nitrogen. I
have known a single aplication of
acid phovhate in the horse stable
around the hind feet and back of the
horses to comp‘etely stop the vapor-
ization of ammonia. There was a
strong smell of ammonia the moment
you got into the stable. but after ap-
plying acid phosphate this was en-
tirely overcome.

The reason is that the phosphoric
acid and the free sulphuric acid,
should there be any in the acid phos—
phate. form a chemical combination
with the ammonia and this vola‘i‘e
salt of ammonia changes to the sul-
phate of ammonia which is not vola-
tile and ye‘ it is so‘uble in water
Hence. ins’e-td of al’owing this avail-
able plant food to vapor'ze and Pro 0"”
into the air by combining it with
acid phosphate We save it in such a
form that we can put it on our land
and feed the crops that are to he
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Why Usc Acid Phosphate

Years ago we used land plaster or
sulphate of calcium and it was re-
ontmended hv chem‘sts but expe‘i
mcuts provc'l that «‘lphuric acid was
so firmly fixc'l in this that very little
or it would 111111111 tic v i‘h this salt 0
ammonia so ‘liat yoi- last to use lar rgc
quantities of it ’11 order ‘0 do an"
good. Again, untreated pho-rpha‘e
ro-l: or tlotits was rematmende'l.
(‘hcmists tell us that the phosphoric
acid is so strongly combi‘wvl up in
this substance that it is well-ugh im-
possible, to get any chemical action
bet\x'o"‘\ 'hc ,olzi'dc salt of ammonia
am,1 this ground ro:-k. Of course. both
the land plaster and the ground rock
assist in absorb‘ng moisture in the
stable by taking up the liquid manure
and are beneficial in that way but
they are not beneficial in fixing this
volat‘le valt of ammonia while the acid
phosphate is.

Phosphorus

Again, one great reason for using
acid phosphate is the fact that all of
our land needs phosphorus quite as
much as it. does nitrogen, in fact both
science and practical farming have
demonstrated that phosphorus is the
limiting factor in crop production on
most of our Michigan soils. if there
is any one thing that pays to be used
in the form of a commercial fertiliz-
er it is acid phosphate, because our
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raise good grain crops especially with.
out an abundance of phosphorus as
its function is to hasten ripening and
product.r seeds, so when we use acid
phosphate we are really saving two
of the essential elements of so'l fer-
tility nitrogen and phosphorus, and

 

we apply the most important—phos-

phorus.

A couple of years ago a farmer vis-
ited my farm one day when I was at
home. We were in the stable just
after the gutters had been cleaned
out and the barn man was scattering
acid phosphate all over the platform
here the cows stand and in the drive-
way and in the gutters. It was a new
th’ng to the man and he inquired
about it. I took considerable pains
to tell him, explaining that there was
a chemical action between the acid
phosphate and the volatile salt of am-

monia which fixed this ammonia in a

soluble form so that it could be in-
corporated in the excrement and
drawn out into the field, also that
acid phosphate was our most impor-
tant food element and that by apply-
ing it I was laying the foundation
for better crops. Besides this, this dry
acid phosphate had the power of ab-
sorbing about four times its weight
in moisture and this helped to dry
out the stables and keep them clean
and save the liquid manure, besides
th’s it did away with the bad smells in
the stable. 'He wanted to know how
much this phosphate cost. At that time
it was ocsting me about $17.50 per ton
in carlotS. He wanted to know how I
expected to get my money back. I
told him that the only way to get my
money back was by putting this am-

monia and phosphorus out into the}

field and plowing it under and grow-
ing the crops and getting an increased
crop yield. He thought. for a moment
and remarked that I had “a blamed
sight more faith in the proposition
than he had.”

But why shouldn't I have faith? I
know it will trap ammonia; I can tell
that by the smell. I am sat'sfied that
our soils need phosphorus and I
know that it is a good thing to keep
the stable in good condition. Now,
why shouldn’t I buy acid phosphate.
use it in this way and draw it out with
the manure just as well as to use it
in'a drill when I sow the wheat? It is
only a question of comprehension that
gives a man faith. Faith comes from
understanding and I believe that I
understand the propos'tion and believ-

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()lV (1cm~ to my heart arc thc
drcams of my childhood
ll'hcn fond rccollcction proscnts
thcin to itlczo:
'I‘hc (1.1- mm! thc 8(1'11‘b7'r'". thc gl'cdt
cord of [)ilcd wood
I loolscd at with horror~«-;that I
must saw through.
’I’hc 111111 jars. the apples,
borlrs. the bacon
’l'hut hung in the cellar "In slabs
long and thin»—
tht wonderful dreams at this
t-imc they awaken;
’I‘hc old fall potatoes inc dumpcd
in the bin.

the Shcll-

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’I’hc plain old potatocs.
’I’hc chcap fall potatocs
Thc big smooth potatocs
We dumped, in 1h 1’ bin.

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3 Wc bought thcm by bush(‘lssAsonu'

' fiftccn or t’ll?(?7’ll_?/——~

- .tml had them boilvd. baked,

" creamed. sliced, diccd, stow-
cd and fried.

The pics might be few. but of spuds
there were plenty

For all of us boys and the neigh-

bors beside.

We called them but spuds—’twas
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ing this prompts me in saying to you
that I believe it pays. Though when
it comes right down to facts, how can
I prove to you that it pays? Nothing
only a very careful, continuous experi-
ment by an Experiment Station would
prove anything of this sort. Thecom-
mon farmer can’t make the experi-
ment, he can simply accept the facts
as given by an Experiment Station
and apply them. -

You can purchase acid phosphate of
any reliable fertilizer manufacturer
in this country.

It certainly wouldn’t be advisable
to use a complete fertilizer in the
stable. What is the use of adding nit-
rogen when you are going to save nit-
rogen? What is the use of adding pot-
ash when you cannot absorb it by acid
phosphate, and acid phosphate comes
much cheaper than a mixed fertilizer.
—Colon‘ 0. Lillie.

FARMERS SHOULD
ORDER LIME AT ONCE

Orders should be placed at this time
by farmers who intend to use lime on
their land in order to increase next
season’s crop. If orders are placed at
the present time the manufacturers

 

will be able, they say, to supply the ag—_

ricultural needs. By being given or-
ders now they will have six or eight
months in which to prepare the neces-
sary supply, whereas they will be

swamped if the orders all come next

spring.

Lime applied in the fall or winter
is as effective as when applied in the
spring. Fall and winter application
of lime is urged as good farm prac-
tice and also as an emergency war
measure. By following this suggestion
farmers will be improving their land
so as to turn out the largest possible
crop yield.

MICHIGAN BUSINEss FARMING will
put its readers in touch with manufac-
turers of this important soil builder,
upon request.

If you can’t raise a pig, save one.
You can do so by eating less pork.

Dogs may be friends of man, but
sheep furnis 11 (lothing fo1 his back

Every cellar of vegetables is a
trench of food preparedness.

Comfortable barns keep dairy cows
warm far more (heaply than high- -pric-
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The Aristocratic Potato

And somc collcd thcm murphics.
so common they were. A,
But now I take off my hat whcn I
soc onc.
And grcct it with plcdsurr- and
always say. Sir.
’I’hc much-sought potato.
The ton—cont potato.
The high-prided potato
I always call Sir.
[[0111 old Farmer Si, with his boots
and. tucked trousers.
('mnc creaking and swaying upon
the hr‘ghroad,
With bushels of spuds that werc
certainly ro-uscrs
For size. Shapc and flavor, and
sold thc ”whole load
I'or thrcc or four dollars : and [10d
(Iriggs. the groccr.
(lairc Si half in cash and he trad-
thc rcst.
I bought, me a dollar‘s worth ycs
tcrdoy. 0h, Sir!
I lost both of them. through, a
holc in my cost.
The precious potato.
The one-carat potato.
Gcm—Stndllcd potato—
Aml that is no jest.

——JAMi:s W.1FOLEY in Saturday
Evening Post.

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VALUE OF A ,POWER
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In the accomplishment of farm op-
erations,‘conven.‘ence is one of the
most important factors. Convenience
results in a saving of true and labor.
which, in this era of high priced help,
means much to the farmer. A farm

_ powerhouse makes for convenience.

and is not difficult to plan or equip.
The line shaft in the power house
permits the accomplishment of several
jobs at one time, and eliminates the
necessity of moving the engine or the
machines from one part of the farm
to another.

There is no reason why the gas
engine and‘various power machines
should not be installed in the same
building. On some farms engine and
machinery are scattered in a number
of1buildings. The eng'ne must be
moved about the premises when a job
of work needs doing. This moving of
the engine not only means a great
deal of wear and tear upon it, but also
causes the expenditure of much valu-
able time. Occasionally it takes long-
er to move the engine and get it in
position for operation than to ac-
complish the job of work. The above
are only a few of the many reasons
why it is best to install the gas engine
in the power house.

The power house may be a separate
building erected especially for the pur-
pose; or a basement, granary, etc., may
be used for the purpose. The princi-
pal essential is to provide a tight roof
and walls. A concrete floor give;
excellent service. The engine should
be mounted securely: ample room
should be provided for the engine so
the operator can move about it read-
ily when cleaning or oiling.

A few of the var'ous machines which
can be installed and run direct from
the lineshaft in the power house in-
clude the cream separator. washing
machine, churn. grindstone, feed grind~

. er, corn she‘ler, a dynamo for light-

ing the farm buildings, pump, e‘c.

The churn and cream separa'or had
better be ‘ocated in a room bv them.-
selves; for ‘t is necessary to keep them
in clean surroundings. It is in'portant
to give careful attention to the opera-
tion of the cream separator, for no
engine is sufficiently uniform in spe‘l
to give the best, power results for 1‘1“:
mach'ne. Uniform speed is necessary
when a cream separator is operatol.
A governor pulley is required 1.. M...
ing up the separator because the 11-"-
chine must be starte'l up slowly ant
gradua‘ly worked up to the desir”l
speed.

It is a 1100! plan to ins‘all the (on
sholler and feed. grinder in a separate
compartment. The tannin” n‘ill can
occupy the same room. with the to!"
mer ment’oned machine: The thrwe
pieces of machinerv raise 'o‘isiv‘ci‘zible
dust when in operation. and for this
reason should be scpura'crl from o‘her
machines. I

A compact. servicealfe and econom-
ical farm power p‘ant is necde'l upon
every farm where business methods
are in vogue. At first thought the
farm owner may not see the many ad-
vantages which result from grouping
various machines under one roof,
where they are operated at will from
a lineshaft; but a little consideration
of the matter will Show that a power
house is a profit-maker.

When two or more machines are op—
erated at the same time, the cost of
operation is reduced to a minimum.
Consider the advantage of do‘ng the
washing and churning ,' in one room,
while the work of shelling corn and 1
ggrinding feed progresses in an ad‘
joining room. The power house makes
for business farming —Clemcnt Whitc.

 

   


    

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ARM AND GET A PROFIT
m OD- The growing of beef with profit is a
. the matter that is not mastered without
llence care and watchfulness. However, I
labor, too often hear people say that they
help, cannot make anything growing and
.farm feeding beef cattle. I have raised and
lenfm fed some beef cattle for several years,
Egg: and have“learned from that experience
everal that there is profit to be made-at the
s the business; provided, however, it is done
r the in a business-like manner. I‘believe,
farm and I think that the reader Will agree
with me, that there is not profit in
gas feeding cattle just any old way.
illnes First of all I will say that my ex-
same perience has been with raising both
and the feeding cattle and the feed for
mber them, except perhaps some of the
be commercial concentrated feeds. These
L job however, I have tried as far as possi-
ig 0f ble to leave entirely out, bellevmg that
great I could furnish similar feeds that
also were grown on my farm much cheap-
valu- er. and thus save the expense of buy-
.ong— ing. I do not believe that much profit
t in can be made feeding cattle where all of
no the feed must be purchased, and also
bove where the cattle must be purchased
sons and fed without the aid of any silage
gine or grass or some form of green crops
among the cheapest and best beef
rate producing foods that can be had. It is
pur- nature‘s feed and when supplied
mav abundantly with a little other food.
nci- fed in connection, I have been able to
roof make some good gains in cattle.
lves 1 had always thought that I could
mld make some good money With a few
)om feeding cattle, but just for the sake
, so of experiment. I tried a little bunch
33d_ of ten head for a period of six months.
My experiment began with eighteen
ich months’ old steers taken off thegrass
,0,“ and late forage crops and was com-
in— menced on November 15. They were
. placed in good, clean comfortable
mg quarters and fed what they would con-
1;} sumo of such as the following: Cood
' - clean clover hay. crushed corn (cob
and all. a little corn stover, with
“all enough good sWect silage to keep them
”I in goozl condition. The daily ration
pm given each steer during the feeling
mt period is for tedious to give here, how-
ra- over. and I will give some totals to
"0 show that there was a prolit. Just: to
i say that a profit can be made is not
showing that it ws made.
W Ilavi‘ . raised the ca‘, le as We farm

‘1' M's shoud do, (and by the way. I so"
that many are now :ak'ng to raisin:
tlzcm) I cannot tell c‘antly what thc,’
"1 (UL-if me. but I feel safe in saying that

*1 they had not, cost me near the mn'rir“
price on to the time of bettnnidfl til"-
"'1 fccdinc; experiment. 15‘ tulips: i110”:
‘9 at what they were sclmg :: o: the
in matter at, that time (o' (041‘ 2‘ (WHO
w- are trig-flier now and H) is iced.) feed-
"? crs were worth ih =1 $4.50. and at the
‘e beginnng of the feeding they averag—
iS ed 000 pounds. At. $4.50 per cwt., ten
‘1‘ steers at 900 pounds would be worth
$405.00.
v1- During the feeding period the steers
n were eaCh fed an average of $35 worth
is M grain and hay, counting crushed
9 corn and cob at $12 per ton (its value
1- at that time), clover hay at $9 per
g , ton, and silage at about $1.50 or $1.75,
f, I hardly know just what it did cost.
0 The ten steers during the six months
a 0f feeding consumed in round figures,
1' near $350 worth of feed. Feed is of
course higher .now, and therefore the
_ beef would cost more to produce to-
f day. But. I do not think that my

steers cost me what I have figured at
the time of beginning the experiment.
I can raise them cheaper than buy
them. But taking the ten head as they
sold, counting the worth (at the be
ginning) $405 and feeding them $350
Worth offeed, that meant an invest-
ment of $755 in the ten head of steers.

  

  

STOC'KON mater

They sold at that time to a buyer at
6 1-2 cents per pound, and they aver-
aged 1,400 pounds, making a total of
$910 fOr the ten head of steers. They
made a gain of 500 pounds each dur-
ing the six months period.

I find then, that I received the mar-
ket price for my feed, and after count-
ing the steers at the market price at
that time, had a balanCe left as clear
profit of $15.50 per head. This with-
out anything being counted for the
manure produced. Counting anything
like fair for it, I would figure it worth
at least one-third the feed bill. Besides
the-re were while feeding, some pigs
running with them, to clean up all
the waste, and they brought a neat
little profit also.

Where plenty of grass can be had
for summer feed and good clover hay
can be produced, and also silage stor-
ed away, I cannot see why anyone can—
not make some‘ profit raising and
feeding beef cattle. The fault must
surely be in the management, poor se-
lection c." feeders, or some other poor
method.

It seems to me that the time is now
ripe for the farmer to raise and feed
more cattle. It looks to me like they
will command a high price perhaps
for years to come, and we can still
feed a steer on the same amount of
feed that we could when they were
cheap, and if we manage rightly we
can produce them pretty cheap yet.
and then selling them for prices such
as they are now worth, why should
we not all try and raise and feed a
few. I say raise them yourself-"R.
B. Rushing.

HOW TO PREVENT
HOG TUBERCULOSIS

The United States Department of
Agriculture gives some timely advice
upon the subject of hog tuberculosis.
This disease last year was found in
the carcasses of over 66,000 animals
making them wholly unfit for human
consumption and entailing a direct
loss of nearly $2,000,000. The follow-
ing advice is g'ven by the llewrtmont
to prevent and eradicate the disease:

Hogs contract tuberculosis chiefly
from dairy cows, which are also very
subject to tuberculosis. The disease
in a tow affects her nilk system, her
lunar. and throat. with tubercle
bm c'lli wtho germs which cause, tuber—
(‘1:‘()';ig: in inch and. animals. Some of
:‘=c~‘e germs escape from the cow in
hc‘.‘ milk or in her droppings, or shc
may cough them out. on fscd or bed
Ilofrs got the (ti-case from the
raw milk or droopinpi. or infch
er] by :1 ti1.i)(‘l't“lli’t'<?'1 NOW.
or "HUiCHti m'lk will rot
Gift from iufcctcd cows to other ant»-

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mais.

’I‘heret'ore, to protect your hogs from
tuberculoiis and to make sure that
your feed will he turned into meat in-
stead of into fertil'zer

I. See that all milk, especially all
skim milk from the creamery, is pas-
teurized or cooked before it is fed to
the hogs.

2. Keep your hogs from following
dairy cattle, unless the cattle are tu-
berculin tested. Keep them out of
cow lots and barns, and keep dairy
drainage out of hog lots. Hogs can
follow steers without much danger.

3. Give your healthy hogs a chance
to keep healthy. Give them clean,
well—drained lots and plenty of fresh
air, sunlight, and clean water. Shel-
ter them in well-lighted and ventilat-
ed sanitary hog houses. Keep the
houses clean and use plenty of white?
wash and disinfectants.

One benefit of the war is that it has
induced consumers to study foods and
food values.

HUGE DEMAND EXPECTED
FOR AMERICAN HORSES

Many military experts declare it is
more than poss'ble that the horse
may be the determining factor in the
war. The transport of food to the
trenches, the supply of ammunition
for the guns, the rapid movement of
artillery—these are duties which only
the horse can perform. And if open
fighting should develop, as it may in
some desperate effort to force a final
issue, there will be terrific slaughter
of cavalry men and horses.

Europe’s horse supply, with the sole
exception of Russia, which has enor-
mous resources, has already been sore-
ly taxed. Britain, France, and Italy
have been buying from outside sourc-
es practically since the war broke out.
Canada has furnished enough horses
for her own army of half a million,
with the prospect of just being able
to supply the needed reinforcements
as required to make good her casual-
ties. The allied nations are looking
to America as their main hope in the
matter of horse supplies.

The importance of the horse may
be judged from the following facts:

There are 4.500.000 horses engaged
in this war.

On the western front the losses over
a considerable period averaged 47,000
horses at month.

In eight hours fighting along a three
nile front at Verdun the French lost
5,011 horses.

Over a million and a half of Amer-
ica’s horses have been purchased for
service with the allies.

In the first seven months of 1917
the value of horses shipped to Europe
from American ports was $25,327,333.

For the month of July alone the val-
ue was SEd,2%7‘T,202.

When the Amer'can army “rake: it:
place in force on the battle—field next
Spring it will require 400,000 horses
for the fighting equipment of :1 mil—
lion mcn. Every month the losses will
have to be made good. which means
that constant, drafts will have to be
sent to Europe to take the place o"
those animals killed in action.
from disease. or lo :1, by submarinc :it-
tack. Aucricn has approxin‘a‘c‘y 22,-
000,000 horse: but lllltll ozic-ti‘lh
of these arc available for war service.
Already. according to (hint. llal E’nrr.
and other nuthoritics there is a dc. ‘lti-

lusts

cti shorlagc ol' the host type of cav-
alry roiroimt 'l‘hc strongcr: ('t'ltit“‘-!"‘
of th s is to im iound in thc (art that.
for some time il‘lFi oycry :»:uitul:le

horr‘c offered for ratio has b'u‘u purch-
uztc’. by tlic .-\nicrtc:'n cc Al-
iicd (iovcrtimcnts. Au cnor'zmus share
of lllt‘ responsibility of maintaining
the fort-cs at full strength. thcrcfot‘c,
falls upon the agriculturalists of this
country.

The Amoucan lied Star Animal re-
lief is acting as an auxiliary to the
field forces in saving and conserving
the horses sent to the war. Volun-
teer effort has played an enormous
part behind the battle lines of Flan-
ders. Every horse that can be saved
and restored to health is being care:
fully nursed and sent back to the firing
lines. Behind the British lines there
is hospital accommodation for 12,000
horses under the care of Army veter-
inary corps, and the Royal society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
So efficient is this hospital system that
80 per cent of the animals treated are
cured and sent back to help in the
fighting. Wherever fighting is taking
place there is a hospital in'the rear
within a distance of four miles. Hun-
dreds of horses and motor ambulanc-
es collect the injured animals and
rush them to animal hospitals where
they are treated with skill and care.

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ness Farmer '

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“Back to the farm,” is fast becom-
ing a popular slogan with our city
cousins.

This applies especially to that por-
tion of the city population who were
born on the farm and spent their boy-
hood and perhaps their early manhood
in the country, before making the city
their home. .

“Back to the farm” is growing in
popularity, prompted by an impulse
of patriotism, to respond to the call
of the allied nations for food, so es-
sential in the great struggle for world
democracy.

“Back to the farm”. is the solution
of the problem of reducing the high
cost of living. The natural law of
supply and demand has controlled the
economic relations between producer
and consumer, excepting where unnat-
ural trade and marketing wastes have
interfered.

Previous low prices for farm prod-
ucts as compared with the liberal
wage paid by intensive manufactur-
ers, caused the rush from the farm to
the city. Whereby food producers
were transformed. to consumers, thus
diminishing production and increas-
ing consumption. resulting in the high
cost of food studs, for the natural law
of supply and demand, uninterrupted,
Ivgmates the piice.

So the young man on the farm who
was : itiacted by the high wage of the
manufacturer now finds that his large
salary in the city has been absorbed
by the high cost of living- and that
the brother remaining in the coun-
try is now realizing a profit from his
farming operations on the old home-

, stead. And in this we find a financial

reason, which, added to the patriotic
impulses and popular trend, has
strengthened the “Back to the farm"
movement.

But conditions have changed in

, farm values, and the man in the city

discovers that it takes more capital
than is represented in his entire sav-
ings to purchase a farm sufficient in

acreage to support himself and fam-‘

' ily—this conclusion measured by ex-

periences in general farming. So he
hesitates in his start back to the farm
for prompted only by his knowledge
of general farming. he believes it will
require a large acreage to support him-

. self and family. and at present values,

a greater investment than he can com-
mand.

So, in order to encourage the pat—

, riotic as well as economic movement

“from the city to the farm,” publicity

, should be given to the greater possi<
: bilities which may be developed from

intensive farming, as compared with
results from general farming.
Experiences in general farming has
taught that it does not require 1 hun-
dred acre farm, an eighty, or even a
forty, to support a family, but that
20 acres favorably located and prop-

; erly managed, along the lines of in-

tensive farming, is quite sufficient.
So, with intensive farming well in

‘ hand, the greater investment requir-

ed in the larger acreage necessary in
general farming, may be avoided, and
farming made possible to many who
are now prohibited by lack of capital.

A few years ago intensive farming

' was associated only with the produc-
. ing of crops requiring the maximum
' of hand labor.

Not generally so to-
day. To illustrate, a crop of different
varieties of fruit can be produced, not

3. including the harvesting, at no great-

er cost than a crop of corn, and even
the extra labor in harvesting may be
done by women and children, thus
avoiding a shortage of labor, while the

 

FARMING PYS

._ Nathan F. Simpson Cites His;Ex-.
' - perience 'and.0bservation Up; i ,

. . t
of the land producing

line, would satisfy the most ambitious
farmer as to profitable employment
for himself and family. In addition

to his fruit growing and poultry rais-.
ing now established, with but small y
investment, an apiary could be added

which would add materially to his in-
come. .. The apiary would-not require
additional acreage, for the bee, unlike
the chicken, is not expected to stop at
the line fence, and again, unlike the
chicken, the bee does the neighbor a
benefit rather than harm, when tres—
passing.

Thus we have described a haven for
the factory—worn toiler, not a dream,
but a real home, wholly within his fi~
nancial reach as an investment, and
made possible by intensive farming.

However, opportunities
lines of intensive farming are not
confined to fruit growing, spoultry
raising and bee keeping, or a combin-
ation of these industries, 'but there
are numerous lines and combinations
known to intensive farming, quite
equal to what is heretofore presented,
in fact, a farmer following intensive
lines becomes so accustomed to in-
tensive yields and profits as compared
with the acreage under cultivation,
that he ceases to be interested in a
crop which does not yield a gross
annual profit, or even a net profit,
equal per acre to the original cost of
the land, and this on a small farm is

Twenty acres set to tree and small,‘
fruit,.With poultry raising as a side-

along the V.

  
 
 

‘ the idea the. v, be opportunities for him

tensive farming are}. alike equal to all.

,Location as to large city markets, op- '

. port-unifies for shipping, local factor-
ies absorbing farm products in manu-
facturing, advantages of climate, soil
conditions, etc., all have to do in mak-
ing intensive farming possible. ‘

But what the writer does wish to
convey, that at the present price of
producing farm lands only men with
.considerable capital can afford to in-
vest in the acreage necessary for the
support of an average family. But
that men “in the city with limited
means can procure sufl‘icient acreage,
which under intensive cultivation can
be made to amply provide for his fam-
ily. And to encourage intensive farm-
ing is to stimulate “back' to the farm”
movement.

To make a finished food product of
farm produce is promoting a condi-
tion making intensive farming pos-
sible, all of which‘the writer will dis-
cuss in a subsequent article—~Nathan
F. Simpson.

Warm drinking water for the dairy
stock will save feed and also’bene-
fit the milk'flow. It saves feed be-
cause it does not draw on the vital-
ity of the cow as does cold water. It
benefits the milk flow because a cow
will not reach her maximum pro-
duction unless she drinks water
abundantly. This she will not do if
it is ice cold. '

NATIONAL 9R9? REPORTS

Snowhill, Md.——The late crop of po-
tatoes is being dug. The indications
point to a full crop, equal, if not larger
than that of last fall.

Washington—The export of eggs for
the first eight months of 1917 were

9,868,488 uoz, valued at $3,298,871,
against 14,804,682 doz., $3,419,920 last
year and 10,189,551 doz., valued at

$2,201,625 in 1915.

Iv‘i’thian, Ill.——Eggs are the scarcest
they have been this fall and are only
enough for home consumption. This
has been the first week there has been
no surplus. Butter is about the same
as usual, as most of the large produc-
ers are shipping cream.

Harris, Minn—The early freeze
damaged potatoes fully 20 per cent.
Hundreds of acres were not dug and
some farmers are still digging, as it
was impossible before this to secure
help. In addition, it is almost im-
possible to obtain cars in which to
ship. Hay is very scarce and there
are more buyers than there is stock.

Crandon, Wins—A small percentage
of the potatoes here were damaged
in the ground when the cold weather
prevailed. The average yield per
acre is about 100 bu. The quality is
considered good this year and more
potatoes have been shipped this year
than during the entire season last-
year.

Stanton, Mich.—Farmers have mar-
keted their potatoes freely at this and
other nearby shipping points, but since
the heavy freeze of Oct. 24 the move-
ment has been limited, as operators
do not want stock until after it has
been in the cellar for some time. Re-
ceipts are light. Beans are rotting
in the fields.

Hanford, (7alif.——Turkeys are plen-
tiful in the Tulare section, according
to J. A. Marr, but the birds are much
lighter than the average at this time.
The late spring is held responsible,
as the eggs were not hatched as early
as usual and the birds are now old
enough to have the weight they usual-
ly have at this date.

El Centro, 0alif.——At a meeting of
the turkey raisers of Imperial Valley

during the past week it was estimated

that the turkey crop will be consider-
ably lighter. than original estimates
some weeks ago. It seems that the
first hatching of turkeys was not a
success and as a result the birds are '
all young and lighter in weight than

those sent to market last year.

Los Angeles—According to latest
1ep01ts apple holdings here are 416,-
000 boxes, an increase of 38,000. On-
ions holdings are 39,000 sacks, an in-
crease of 29,000.

New York-There was a fair supply
of Canadian rutabagas on the market
this week and prices were steady at
$1. 50 to $1. 75 per barrel. Canadian
shippers are quoting 47 to 500 per bu.
delivered New York duty paid.

Clear Springs, Md .—Eggs are scarce
and not much increase is expected.
Butter supplies are not able to take
care of home requirements. Late po-
tatoes are about all dug. There is a
good crop of nice ’size stock.

Winchester, Va. ——The appeals made
by the government to conserve food
and save Wherever possible have had
the effect of inducing many country
people to do home drying and all
kinds of dried fruits and vegetables
are commanding good prices. Driied
apples are paiticularly in demand.
Buyers are offering 10c per lb. for ap-
ples in large lots delivered at the sta-
tions.

Hornell, N. Y.—Many potato fields
in this district are still unharvested.
A few days ago it was predicted that
unless more laborers Were secured
in gathering the crop a considerable
part of the Steuben county potato crop
would go to waste. This year the
area planted was an exceptionally
large one although the yield is not so '
gneat this year per acre as compared
with former years.

Los Angeles—The honey market
keeps on climbing. Middle Western
dealers who declined to consider Ne-
vada and California comb extract in
August but became slightly interest-
ed in September, are now insistent.
The honey crop is far shorter than
the trade realized. Houses who turn-
ed down propositions in September on
a basis of $3 case f.o.b., are now un-
able to get their orders filled at $4.

Syracuse, N. Y.——The total potato
crop for Onondaga county is estimated
at 1,000,000 bu., according to figures
secured by the farm bureau. This is
based on an estimated yield of 100
bu. to the acre. Some of the best po-
tato farms in the county have yield-
ed 125 to 150 bu., but others, probably
in the large majority, have run con-
siderably below that figure. The av-
erage yield seems to be about two-
thirds of the normal crop. Buyers
have been paying $2.80 to $3 per cwt.
at shipping stations.

  
 

 

Valuable Information for Farmers
of M10higan who Want to Sell
Horses to U. S. Govern-
ment for- War
Purposes

 

In the month of July the United
States government began buying hors-
es direct from the farmers. The plan
has worked Well but some delay and
dissatisfaction has resulted from the,
farmers pricing their horses at- too
high a figure. But the system has a
great many advantages over selling
to dealers and the following informa-
tion is given to the men who have
horses to sell for army purposes:

Any responsible farmer or dealer
who is captable of supplying a carload
of animals should send informatiOn
as to age, weight and the like to the
purchasing officers ingremount zone in
which he is located. .

The classes of horses which the go
ernment wants are, cavalry and rig-
ing horses, light artillery horses, heavy
artillery horses for siege batteries,
wheel mules, lead mules and pack
mules. ‘

He should state the price at which
he will enter into an agreement to
supply animals of each class to the
government and the place where he
w: '11 offer the animals for sale.

, Farmers in the States of Michigan,
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan-
sas, Missouri and Nebraska, are locat-
ed in the central remount zone and
shOuld write to Quartermaster, 410
Searritt Arcade Building, Kansas City,
Mo. F‘ull information can be obtain-
ed by writing that oflice. and giving
the information specified above.

Farmers living in a community can
pool their horses and they will find
their dealings with the government
satisfactory. The army demands for
horses are somewhat exacting but
they are assured of a good price for
every animal accepted. by the govern-
ment.

Army officers say that one difficulty
has been the tendency of farmers in
some localities to price their horses
too high. The best guide to follow
in setting a price on horses to be
sold for army uses is the prevailing
local prices.

The horses must be at least 15.2
and not over 16 hands high. The
British buyers will accept horses as
high as 16.3 hands high. The govern
ment wants horses at this time main-
ly in the following classes: Stock
weighing 1,100 to 1,300 pounds three
to 10 years old for the artillery at
prices $175 to $180. Every horse
that passes the examination is tak-
en. There is urgent need of good
stock in all other classes.

All things considered, this method
offers a good oportunity for farmers
to dispose of their surplus horses at
fairly good prices. As stated before
it would be a wise thing for farmers
in a. community to carefully look over
the available animals for sale, class
them as well as possible and write
the purchasing officer in their zone.
There is still a great demand for
horses for war work and this de-
mand will increase as time goes by be.
cause horses are becoming scarcer
each week. Reliable figures show
that the average life of a horse on
the battle front is about three weeks.
—Bcrnard E. Coffin.

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PRES UE ISLE (“bow—The snow
has near y disappeared and the farmers
are improving their opportunity by $1?-
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beans. Beans. are a .poor crop. and pota-
toes are fair, with $1 being paid, here.
An average acreage of wheat has been
sown here. Buckwheat Was frosted and
is 'a light yield. Very little hard ,corn
to husk. ‘_Pork dressed is $20 per cwt.,

and those who have to buy feed are .pay- .

ing ‘35 for cracked corn and $3.75 per
cwt. for mlddlings.T—E. C. P., Onaway.
PBESQUE ISLE '(Central)-—-The past
week has been fine for the farmers to get
in their tatoes and bagas. There is

no sale or bagas. A good many are
doin their fall plowing. ,There are a
few ans in the fields yet.—D. D. 8., Mil-
lersburg. '

SAGINAW (Northwest)—Everybody is
taking advantage of the fine weather the
past week to catch up with the fall work.
There is some ripe corn in this township,
one farmer has about 1,000 bushels of
ripe corn. Others have lesser quantities.
Beans are averaging about 3 bu. to the
acre, where there are any—M. S. G.,
Hemlock.

MANISTEE (Nortli,west)-—The farmers
have their potatoes and beans abouttall
harvested in this county; 'the weather has
been fine this week and the farmers made
good use 01' it. Some corn cured in the
shock last week. If we could have two
more weeks of this weather I think some
of it would be fit to put inside. Farmers
are not selling anything to speak of. All
of the excitement here is over the second
grade of potatoes. If all of the counties
feel as th county does about lt-they will
have to c ange the double grade or do
without potatoes. I do not think the po-
tatoes ought to be graded at he farm-
ers’ expense.—-—C. 8., Bear ake.

MONROE (East)-—-The weather us fine
again after so much rain. Buckwheat is
being threshed and is turning out good.
with the price $2.75 to $3.00 per cwt.
Wheat is coming slow. Not much corn
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but there are no apples to harvest. E.
. M., Monroe.
TUSCOLA (“'est)—After nearly one

month of steady rain (“’e have had one
week of fine weather of which the farm-
ers are making good ,use, taking out the
sugar beets and harvesting beans. An—
other week of such weather and the
beet and bean harvest will be about over
in this locality. A large number of farm—
ers are buying young cattle this fall to
feed up their corn of which about forty
per cent is soft. and not fit for market.
Farmers in this locality are not selling
any grain to speak of as they are too
busy with farm work—C. B.. Reese.

TUSCOLA (NortlwasQ—Weather for
past week has been fine. Farmers have
about finished bean harvest. Some are
hauling beets; many are fall plowing.
Auction sales are almost a daily occur—
rence, Some are selling beans, not many
threshed yet—S. S., Cass City.

JACKSON (South)-—Fine weather and
farmers have been able to finish pulling
and slacking their beans. The beans that
were pulled but not slacked were heav-
ily damaged by the recent rains. Beans
with few exceptions will not average over
7 bu. to the acre. Rye seeding has also
been finished. Corn is very soft and can-
not be cribbed. .Clover seed is not turn—
ing out well. Good demand for poultry;
fowls are bringing 18 cents alive. Pota—
toes higher, so-me farmers getting $1.25
per bu. Buckwheat is a good yield. There
seems to be an epidemic of thieving thru—
out the county. of automobiles, clothing.
groceries, in fact most anything eatable.
Farmers learn by experience when they go
to market if they don‘t keep a sharp look-
out on their belongings, especially their
overcoats, they will be relieved of their
property—G. 8., Hanover.

HURON (Northwesh—Fine weather
all week. Farmers are busy getting their
beans into the barns. Some are fall
plowing. Stock is on pasture yet, pas—
ture is fair. A few beams have been
threshed. Wheat is improving, new seed-
ing is a good stand—C. W., Elkton.

SS. CLAIR (Central)—F‘armers are.
plowing, some drawing pressed hay. Not
much grain moving here. The farmers
figure they will get just as much for their
grain after work is done when they have
more time to haul it. The weather is
ideal for farm work. Hogs and poultry
scarce. Not much fat stock of any kind.
~I. J., Smith Creek.

INGHAM (“'est (‘PlliruU—A week of
fine weather has helped the {2:3thng 0f

CY‘ODS. There are, some beans out yct.
There is but little ripe corn. There are a
flood many auctions. some farmer»: are

C. J. M" Mason.

SAGINAVV (“’est (‘entraU—VVcnthcr
is fine except frosty mornings. Farmers
are busy fall plowing and hauling sugar
beets. They are selling cattle and hogs
on account of the scarcity of feed. There
is no hard corn in this community—«G.
L., St. Charles.

BRANCH (North)——Farmers plowing;
a few husking corn. Weather line. Sell—
ing wheat and stock. holding oats on ac-
count of no corn. Disposing of all cheap
stock on account of scarcity of feed. F.
S. Union City.

INGHAM (Soutli)—Good weather of
Dast week has cured beans in good con—
dition; beans yielded from 2 to 10 bu. to
the acre. and they are picking up as high
as thirty pounds to the bu. Late rye is
being sown—B. W., Leslie.

MIDLAND (Nortlnvest)——4\Ve "have had
extra fine weather here the past week,
and the farmers have been busy getting
in their beans. The beans that layed out
during the bad weather are pretty badly
damaged. If we have about another
Week of good weather I think the farmers
will have their crops nearly all taken care
of. A number of farmers are domg fall
Dl'm'ing; Th‘V are selling off lots of
light cattle owing to the shortage of feed.
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JACKE 0N (Ween—The weather is
good this week but it is too late toObe

ne
man thrashed in this part of the’county
and got four bu.’ to the acre, and S. M.
Isbell and Co. offered $2 per bu. What
about profit?—-B. T., Parma.

CALHOUN (Northwe‘st)—Farmers are
harvesting beans and husking. corn which
is a poor quality. Weather has been fine
this week—C. E. B., Battle Creek.

HURON (Northwest)—Fine weather
this week has relieved the bean and beet

harvest. Fall work is wel lalong ex-
cepting plowing. Fall pasture rather
short. The failure of the corn crop is

causing the farmers to reduce both cattle
and hogs—A. F. 0., Pigeon.
CHEBOYGAN (South)—1‘his week has
been a big improvement over last week.
The weather has been ideal, more sun-
:‘iine than we had in the whole month
of October. Farmers have been busy
with beans ard potatoes. Beans are
badly colored and lots of potatoes frozen.
Many farmers are holding potatoes on
account of the 1% inch screen, buyers
are supposed to be compelled to use. The
farmers are much dissatisfied with this
mode of grading. Some farmers are still

sowing rye. Very little hay is baled as.

yet, and will not be until cold weather.—
C. M. T., Wolverine.

NEWAYGO (Solitlieast)—-Farmers are
threshing beans. Potatoes are about all
dug. Weather has been fine this week.—
C. B.. Whie Cloud.

LIVINGSTON (Northwest)—-—Weather
fair all week; farmers are finishing their
bean harve t and fall plowing. Soil just
right to work nice. Some baling hay and
selling it; also selling some wheat; seem
to be holding oats :mdpotatoes for a
higher price. About all they seem to be
buying is dairy feed for c0ws.—-—G. A. W.,
Fowlerville.

TUSCO’LA (Northeast)—VVe»have had
a. week of fine weather and the beans are
about all in, but not much threshing done
yet. only a few jobs ih't I know of and
they went from 6 to lo bushels to the
acre. Not much rolling of grain for the
farmers are busy fall plowing.—~J. A.
McG., Cass City.

(.‘HARLEVOIX ((‘entraD—Digging po—
tatoes is the order of the day. The frost
damaged the potatoes about 10 pflr cent
around here. There are lots of beans in
the field yet—W. S. Boyne City.

O'I‘SEGO (“'est (‘ontral)—l<‘ine weath-
er the past week. Farners bu y getting
their crops in.—C. A., Gaylord.

MONTCALM
are nearly through harvesting beans, ow—
ing to the late frosts in this county the
harvesting is later than usual, and more
is being harvested than was expected.
Potatoes are mostly takenmare of in this
vicinity and the farmers are holding for
higher prices. Condition of so'l is med-

», hi it "done—W; L., Greenville.

the crops secured except beans.
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; ”generous of fall plowng is
. OAKLAND (North)-—We have most of
The fine
is helping . the bean situation,
but beans are damaged agood deal. The
buckwheat. crop is light. Silos are all
filled and some corn left. Not much corn
that will do for seed. Potatoes are going
to market slowly as cars are hard to get.
Potatoes are selling for $1 to $1.10. No
grain or hay moving—G. E. F., 'Clarks-
ton.

GENESEE (Southeast)—Farmers are
harvesting beans, sowing rye, d‘gging po-
tatoes. threshing grain and beans, and
doing fall plowing. The weather has been
good for the past week.
part of days. It freezes at night and
does not get thawed out in good shape
to work until nearly noon, thus making
short days. Farmers are selling grain.
potatoes, apples and live stock in medium
quantities. They are buying flour and
also very small quantities of coal. They
are holding potatoes. Apple crop is very
short this year. Nearly all of the pota-
toes are dug. The next few days will
see nearly all of the beans harvested, pro-
vided the good weather holds. Beans
that have been threshed average from 3
to 5 bu. to the acre. Figuring the acreage
planted last spring there will not be an
average of 3 bu. to the acre. Auction
sales are being held about every other
day and prices are good. A milk produc—
ers’ meeting will be held at Flint on Sat-
urday, Nov. 10. Schwanbeck Bros. have
purchased a new Ford ton truck. Several
farmers are moving during the past few
days—C. W. S.. Fenton.

INGRAM (Northeast)—There is always
a calm after the storm. Farmers are im-
proving thé few nice bright days of the
past week. Some are huskingr (on and
digging potatoes, and gathering beans.
Corn is soft, not more than «inc-third of
the best that will do to crib. Beans badly
hurt with snow and freeze—A. N.. VVill~
iamston.

ARENAC (Nortliwest)—-’l‘00 wet for
plowing on clay land. The weather very
cold with hard freezing nights. N0 bean
threshing in this vicinity yet. Lots of
sales here, horses go cheap, cows sellingr
at from $50 to $80. From data taken
from each supervisor on beans they are
running about 3 1—2 bu. to the acre in
the county. A. D. F., Alger.

KALKASKA (“'est)——'l‘liis fall has
been very unfavorable for fall work. A
great many potatoes were. frozen in the
ground. The ground has becii covcreil
with snow for nearly a wcck and no farm
work could be. donc. There are about a
quarter of the polaloes to be dug. ’I‘hcre
are several auction sales this fall, o.e
listed for every day in the week for thrce
weeks. (‘ows and feed are selling hi 'h,
in fact most everything sells high at the
sales. Thg-re will be no corn to fat on
hogs with Jilld {armors will be olvliucd to
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MONROE (Northeast) Farmer‘s :iro
husking corn. Vi'eather has been fair
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ton.
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past week. Sugar Nuts and cli'cory l-e-
ing delivered and full plowing being donc.
J. P. A., Munger.

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OMETHING happened this week which caus—
S ed me a great deal of worry and distress.
And I had occasion, as have many other
worried, harrassed women, to thank God for the
common things of life.

I had company that day for luncheon, and it
was while fussing around the kitchen preparing
the little dainties which girls like so much, that
I had occasion to think of how blessed we women
are that we have so many little common tasks
to do.

In the front of my cook book is this “forewor '2”
“The best things are nearest- Then do not grasp
at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as
it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread
are the sweetest things of life "

Isn’t this true? I know that I lost all my worry
that day while I was getting luncheon. I mixed
it in with the tea biscuits, I guess, or just steamed
it out of me o'er the hot stove!

The fact that a person has dut'es to perform
has saved many a poor grief-stricken mortal from
insanity and many of our little perplexities just
smooth themselves out automatically, because we
are so busy we haven’ t time to brood over them.

I know a woman with six children, and she is
the happiest woman I know. She hasn’t time
for the little worries of the mother with one
chick. She hasn’t time to think about herself.
And selffi‘vrrzetfulness is the secret of happiness.

Let‘s thunk Co". this 11 oath of Thanksgiving,
for the little common thing s of every day; the
rout'no at which 1-.“e rel (11 at times, and call mon-
otonous; the duties which we, are compelled to do
in spite of the little worries and tragedies which
assail us. Thank God that we can bury our faces
in the soft h17r of our c‘l1i. ‘11-:11; that We can
make them and our husbands happy; that. we
can do “life’s plain comrron work as it comes, cer-
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sweetest things of life .

Renovating Spots From Clothing,

RECEIVE many letters in the course of th.1
year asking me how to renovate spots from
clothing. Imagine how plearc'l l was then, to
find that the, government had is wed a hiib‘icui'i01
the object of- which was to teach us how to take
care of garments or fabrics which appear to be
hopelessly stained. The retro '1" the bulletin is
“The Removal of Stains from Clothing and o‘lier
Textiles ”
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fabric.
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ihe stain is l'i‘osh (‘old or lulqc-
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ot‘ the stain is not known and 1‘1" lbc fabric is not
injured by water. llot water should not be used
until it is detemuine'l lhui 1l1r11-1*;1.1'ui11.!1: malt-rial is
such that it will not be “set" by heat. Stains from
meat juice, blood. (151.1%: milk and o‘her materials
containing protein are set by hot, water.

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Singeing the Hair
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regularlye crv month If you are afraid to singe
it, instead of us ing a match, clip the ends with
scissors. Singeing is much better, however, as
it seals up the little tube which rungs through
each hair.

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make it into :1 number 0 freul small braids. Braid
these Very rightly. Now smooth each braid
I)(I(‘.7.'l{‘rll‘(/.S‘.' do you understand what, I mean? No?
Well, run your hand backwards over each braid,
to draw out the ends of the hair.

“Then take, your match, and run up and down
the length of the braid, burning off all the little
split ends If you have braided it, tightly, the
Perhaps you might
find it easier to use a lighted candle for singeing.
Place it on the dresser, and hold the braid just
near enough to it to singe the ends of the hair.
You can use your other hand to follow the tiny
flames up the hair and put them out before they

burn the braid.

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me do it for you, or ask your mother to do it.

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this mixture, «dot the tops with butter and bake
for eight or ten minutes in a hot oven. To vary
this add to the mashed potatoes, before the
skins are filled, any one of the following:
Beaten white of egg (1 egg to 3 medium—sized
potatoes); grated cheese (1-2 cupful to fl med—
ium-sized potatoes); chopped meat (1—2 cupful
to 3 medium-sized potatoes); chopped parsley
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collected not later than Nov. 15th. The

Government cannot hromise to get away any
parcels mailed» after that time so that the boys
will get them Christmas morning.

When you are wrapping your Christmas pres-
ents for the front, remember that there are thous-
ands of others doing the same thing and cover
them with wrappers strong enough that they will
resist the heavy pressure of the other mail When
there are several articles going in one 11arc,el
eluding soap, candies, toilet ariiclos. etc., be sure
that the container is t'ghtly bound up. Boxes or
candy should be rebound in wool. tin, or corru
gated pasteboard. Be sure and protect the sharp
points or edges of razors. kni1:o:, ec.

The address should be plainly written on one
side and the words “Christmas Mail” should be
written in a conspicuous pla'c The recipient’s
company, regiment, or other organization fol-
lowed by the words “American Expeditionary
force." should be included in the address. 111
the upper left-hand corner the sender‘s name and
address should be written in ink.

Pos‘age must be prcpad at the rate of twelve
cents for eachpoundn-xor fraction thereof of a
round, and all Christmas parcels are now limited
10 111111111 pounds insiead of ten, as first announced
by lbs-troasler General Buz‘leson. Parcels may be
registered or insured at extra cost.

Do not pu:1‘o still'ors on to seal the parcel, and
do not place Red Cross and other stamps on the
address side of the parcel. Any pasters or stick-
ers resembling postage stamps are not permitte'l
to go through the ma'ls on pacnages. Holiday
greetings. such as “Merry Christmas,” “Happi
New Year," “With Best. Wishes,” “Please do not
open until Christmas," etc. may be written on
the owlsil‘e oi“ the parcel if this does not interfere

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To Kill Blackheads
‘TSlGl-ITLY il'OllllflheS called black-
are often unused by improper diet.
which so many persons are
washing the face. If your
use a pure castile soap in
warm 1'. uter. and wash the face thoroughly. If
your skin is thick and greasy, then you cunno‘
scrub it too vigorously. Once a day wash your
lace. “ii 11 green soap. acrordir-g to the fo‘l iwinr:
directions:

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water. Apply more soiiu Wih the brush. Rinse
in clear warm water. Then rinse in cold water
and apply heir/inc lo The face with a piece 0:

clean soft cotton. Rinse again in cold water. and
111assage the skin with (old cream. In the morn
ing dash cold water on the face.

 

Some Dont’s For Careful Folks

If you want to be careful of yofiir clothes here“:
some don‘ts for you:

Don't mend your clothes after they are washed.
Mend them before. A small hole will become a
large one in washing.

Don’t forget to brush your woolen clothes, suits,
dresses, etc. frequently, and watch them closely
for such matters as loose buttons, frayed ski11‘-
braids missing l oolrs and eyes.

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Cider apples have, been selling at
$1 to $1.10 per hundred pounds at
Fennville, a few sales being reported
as high as $1.35.——Allegan Gazette.

 

Farm.ers in the vicinity of Eagle
Lake west of Lawton, have been mak-
ing an effort for several weeks to get
in their beans. It is said that there
are same fields of as high as twenty-
five acres—Lawton Leader.

 

Aside from his tailor shop, the auto-
mobile agency and various other things.
Bill Watson of Fenton is doing some
farming. During the past week he
and a gang of helpers have been bus-
ily engaged in digging Murphies. Mr.
Watson will have in the neighborhood
of 1400 of 1500 bushels of potatoes.
Aside from this he had a fine crop of
rye on 23 acres, thus he will be all
set for winter.——Fenton Independent.

 

Clare Lemen of Dexter recently
bought of John Humphrey of Ham-
burg, 24 head of grade Shropsliira
breeding lambs, the produce of 12
ewes, that weighed 2292 pounds, at
15 1-2c a pound, bringing $355.25 Last
spring Mr. Humphrey sold to William
Benham, of Brighton, the wool from
the 12 ewes for $50.50, which makes
the total income from the ewes $408.76.
—Ucater Leader.

 

An up-state paper tells of a resident
who has in his possession a grocer’s
day book kept during the Civil war
from 1863 to 1866 by his father, Mayor
Kaufman who kept a general store at
Negaunee. It shows some interest-
ing comparisons with the present high
prices. Potatoes sold for $2.50 per
bushel, flour $14 per barrel. beans
$1.50 a bushel, sugar from 16 to 25c
a pound according to grade, matches
30c a box, peaches 600 per can, ham
28c a pound, salt pork 20c and lard 300
per 1b. Prohibition laWS were not
very strict as the grocer was permit-
ted to sell intoxicants. The book
shows many entries of whiskey at 50
cents a pint. The cheapest tea was
sold at $2.32 per lb. Coffee was not
weighed, but measured, and sold at
40c a pint. Salt and kerosene were
away above the present prices, the
former selling at 200 a pound and the
latter at $1 per gallon.

Never before has the price of cider
apples reached the high spot of 1917.
This week hundreds of loads have
been marketed in Bangor at $1.00 per
hundred pounds. The season‘s price
started at 55 cents and Barrett & Bar-
rett got some at this pricegin fact it
seemed a very good price compared
with former years. although we un-
derstand that it was about 20 cents
below the price paid in surrounding
towns. As soon as it was rumored
that, 75 cents would be paid when a
car could be had in some instances
the price jumped to 75 cents at Bar-
rett‘s, while others were offered much
less. The shortage of cars kept the
price down, but when a car was se-
cured it jumped to $1.00 per hundred
immediately, and Barrett & Barrett
paid the same—that is, if the farmer
happened to see their man on the
street and get a ticket to that effect—
otherwise he didn’t get so much. The
result is that three cars of cider ap-
Dles, containing about 60,000 pounds
each, have been shipped out, while the
local mill has got a few. Of course
We would not attempt to tell Barrett
& Barrett how to conduct their busi-
ness—that’s up to them—but it makes
a farmer very weary to get an offer
of 55 cents for his apples when his
neighbor across the road gets 75 cents.
It’s not to be wondered at htat the out‘
side buyer gets the cider applesw
Bangor Advance.

[EDITOR’S NOTE:—Just a typical
example of how the local buyer holds

up the farmer when there is no coma

petition, and.loses the cream of the

business when outside buyers come
1n.]

' sugar.

The early beets harvested this seas-
on contained about 17 per cent of
The continued rains had the
effect of reducing the sugar content
to about 14 per cent, but with dry,
sunny weather it is expected that the
beets still in the ground will improve
in quality.~—Bltssfield Advance.

 

A short time ago we mentioned an
exceptionally fine field of potatoes on
the farm of Stephen Shepard, north of
the city a mile. The field contains by
measurement one and seven-eights
acres, and when the potatoes were
dug the first of the week they showed

' a yield of 447 bushels per acre. If

anyone in Michigan or any other state
can beat that this year, we should be
glad to hear from them. Until we
do we claim for Mr. Shepard and Char-
levoix county the champion field of

potatoes in 1917—East Jordan Enterw

prise.

 

Dr. Newton of the state division of
the federal bureau of animal industry
was in Adrian conferring with C. L.
Coifeen, director of the Lenawee Co.
farm bureau and with Dr. Kilmer, the
Lenawee resident representative of
the federal bureau of animal indus-
try. Dr. Newton at the present time
is working for the prevention of hog
cholera. Michigan as a whole is free
from that stock plague at the present
time but there are a few scattered
cases. Kalamazoo county has the larg-
est number of cases and the poor farm
in that county is in danger of losing
some stock because of the existence
of the disease. According to Mr. Cof-
feen and Dr. Kilmer, Lenawee is prac—
tically free of hog cholera. Some evi-
dences of the diseaSe are still found
in Ogden and Riga townships but the
situation is said to be under perfect
control.——-A(lrian Tcicm‘mn.

DON’TS FOR FEDERAL
LOAN BORROWERS

 

Don’t try to get money enough from
the bank to pay the full contract pur-
chase price of land _\'()‘1 are buying.

Don’t apply for more money than
you need; you may want to borrow on
a second mortgage some day If your
mortgage is small you may increase
the loan thereafter.

Don’t think your
cold—blooded shylock. He isn‘t. He is
working in your interest as well as
the interest of the bank.

Don’t spend borrowed money for an
automobile when the implement shed
is empty.

Don’t ask for $1,000. expecting to
be cut down to $700. The banks look
with more favor on the borrower
whose appl‘cati n is approved in full
by the appraiser.

Don't think the first loan will end
your business with the bank. Some
time in the future if you need more
money, and a re-appraisment of your
property may justify an increase in
the future when you need it.

Don’t think the Federal Land Banks
were created to make money from the
farmer. They do business for you on
a cost basis.

Don’t ask for more in the way of
a loan than could be obtained from
any careful lender.

Don’t inflate your values on land or
buildings in order to obtain large loan.
You will be disappointed after the ap-
praisement is made.

Don’t fail to answer every question
asked in the application if you desire
the banks to give you quick service.

Don’t suppress the facts; state the
answer truthfully.

Don’t offer the poorest of your pos-
sessions for the loan wanted; and keep
your best land unincumbered.

appraiser is a

      
  
  
   
  
   
  
   
   
  
    
    
   
   
   
  
  
    
  
     
  
  
   
  
   
   
    
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
   
  
 
   
   

   

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HE steady price increase and scarcity of
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power fuel.

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Starts clear saving of four-fifths of the fuel cost—a saving
so ample as to be a conclusive recommendation in itself.
MR!!!“ However, other features of unusual merit have com-
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teries, magneto, wiring, coils, spark plug or switches to provide the usual
annoyance of faulty ignition.

An old principleb—that high compression produces extreme heat—is em—
ployed for ignition. The fuel is introduced directly into the cylinder and
never fails to ignite.
Starts and runs on kerosene, fuel oil or any oil that flows, even in the
coldest weather. An engine of final simplicity, inherently smooth
‘ and pliant action, and capable of the heavy strains and grief
of farm power demands, is placed within your reach.
We are sure you will be interested; at least
allow us to send you a catalog.
DEALERS—Responsible dealers are

invited to write for full informa-
tion as to exclusive territory.

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Also manufacturers of the Evinrude
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Home Office:
Executive Office:

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Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, W. 8., Michigan.
319 Widdicomb Bldg., Grand Rapids, Michigan.

This Company is backed by more than 500 of the best live stock farmers of
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any cause.

\Vc issue individual and blanket policies covcrinn‘ any and all conditions .1
herd policies, feeding policies, shipping policies, 2:0 day fouling polii'lcri, etc.

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We want every farmer in the Static of Michigan to insure his live stock

with us. if
\Vc will give you a square deal
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interests to better advantage on the Detroit or other markets.
\Vrite what you have to sell, or call and see me. N. F. SIMPSON,
Gen. Mgr., THE CLEARING HOUSE, 323 Russell St., Detroit, M.

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and discomfort that can readily be
avoided if applications are sent in
this month or early in December. All
those Who will require plates are urg-
ed to take prompt action as suggested.

NOTE—For the year 1917 to Novem-
ber 1st, registration under the Motor
Vehicle law was as follows: Pleasure
cars, 205,557; commercial cars, 19,-
518; chauffeures, 19,851; transfers, 10;
882; motor cycles, 8,685; manufactur.
ers and dealers, 850. Motor tax col‘
lected, $2,469,812.08.

‘ DEPARTMENT ASKS EARLY
PURCHASE AUTO LICENSE

 

The Department of State, charged
with collecting the state tax on motor
vehicles, would be glad if those in—
terested in registering cars by Janu-
ary 1st would send in their applica-
tions at once. Holding back until
January, by those who want plates
immediately, imposes a great task on
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