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The Independent Farm, Home and Market Weekly, for Michigan BusinessAlTarmers’

 

Vol. V -‘ No. '12

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 1917.

 

 

 

FREIGHT RATE TABLE ENABLES
FARMERS T0 FlfiflRE WHEAT PRICES

By Consulting Table on Page 3,
Every Farmer Should be Able
to Determine What Local
Elevators Should Pay
for Wheat

In response to scores of letters from
farmers all over the state asking what
prices they should receive for their
wheat at, their local elevators, we have
compiled at considerable expense of
time and money, a complete table
showing the freight rates from two
markets in every county of the lower
peninsula .to Philadelphia which is
the most easily accessible terminal
market for Michigan shippers. By
consulting this table every farmer
should be able to tell what his local
elevator should pay him for his var-
ious grades of wheat.

Here's the way to figure it: The
price of No. 2 red wheat at Philadel-
phia is $2.24. The export rate of
freight from Michigan markets to
Philadelphia varies from 13.8 cents in
the lower counties to 23.3, in the north-
ern counties. To determine what
your local wheat price should be look
up your freight rate on the table on
page 3, add to that 2 cents to cover
your local elev‘ator’s commission, 1
cent to commission house, and deduct
these total expenses from the Phila-
delphia price of $2.24
and what you
have left should be
the amount your 10-
cal elevator should
pay you for No. 2
rod wheat.

To illustrate, let
us figure what the
price of wheat should
be at Sparta.
Reference to your
table shows that the
tar-port rate from
Sparta to Phila-
delphia is 17.5 cts. a
hundred or 10.5 cts.
a bushel. Add to
this 3 cents to cov-
or commissions as
explained above, and
We have total ex-
Denses of 13.5 cents,
$2.24 less 13.5 cents

leaves $21011. the
amount that the
Sparta elevator

should pay Kent
county farmers for
No. 2 red wheat.
Take Traverse City
for another example.
The export rate is
21.7 cts. a hundred
or 13 cents per bush-
el. Commissions
bring the total to
16 cts., which deduct-
ed from $2.24 leaves
a net price to Grand
Traverse farmers of
22.08. The method
Is very simple and
any farmer can ens.

_ less.

ily determine the price at his nearest
market. No. 1 red wheat should com-
mand 3 cents a bushel more than No.
2, and No. 3, three cents a bushel

Now there are two or three impor-
tant things which the farmer should
take into consideration when figuring
the price of his wheat. Undoubtedly
many buyers will try to confuse the
farmers on the freight rate. There are
two kinds of rates on grain, domestic
and expert. The domestic rate ranges
from one to five cents higher per hun-
dred that the ewport rate, depending
upon the distance frrm the terminal
market. For instance, the emport
rate from Mt. Clemens to Philadelphia
is 13.2 per hundred, or 7.9 cents per
bushel, while the domestic rate is 14.4
cents per hundred or 8.6 cents per
bushel. Your buyers, of course, will
say nothing about this emport rate,
and consequently will make an addi-
tional cent or more because of the
farmer’s ignorance of the lower rate.

To be fair to the local elevators,
there is some question whether all of
them can afford to do business on the
2 cent margin. They will all claim, of
course, that this is too little, but
farmers should constantly bear in
mind that this is all the Food Admin-
istration has intended the local buyer
shall have. The theory is that it is

not the farmers’ fault if an elevator
cannot do business on this margin.
Most of them can and do, when they
can’t get any more. And the Grain
Corporation has made it plain to us
that if the farmers are not satisfied
with what their local dealers offer,
to lay the case before their Philadel-
phia office, and they will do all in
their power to locate an elevator that
will pay the right price, or arrange
for direct shipment to the government.

But, if the local buyer is a good
friend of the farmer, the latter may
be willing to allow him a higher com-
mission, say 3 or 4 cents, but certain-
ly no more.

Now then, your buyer may claim
that he has no market for your wheat
at Philadelphia, and that he has to
ship to New York City. Altho the
government is, we believe, fully pre-
pared to handle all Philadelphia ship-
ments, we will give the buyer the ben-
efit of the doubt and assume that he
will have to ship to New York, but
even then he is entitled to only an ad-
ditional two cents per hundred, or
1.2 cents per bushel. So that, allow-
ing for the greatest possible cost of
handling and delivering this wheat
to the terminal market, the additional
cost should not in any case exceed 3
cents above the figures givin in our
table.

Let us compare these prices that
the buyers SHOULD pay with the
prices ther ARE paying. Our Gene—

see county reporter tells us that Flint
. buyers are offering $2.08 a bushel l'or
Referring to our ta-
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N0. 2 red wheat.
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Under the above caption, the Do-
troit Journal Wednesday, contained
an article, which while rather amus-
ing, has its serious side. It will be
remembered that ’long about planting
time last spring, many men of many
minds became interested in the solu-
tion of the food problem. As many
blans were devised to increase DI‘O‘
duction and thereby solve the prob-
lem. as have been suggested for the
elimination of the U—boat menace.
From back yard gardens to front
lawn spud patthes the butcher, the
baker and the candle-stick maker were
all out for much glory and a few
“spuds.”

Among those who sought to help
out the poor consumer of Michigan’s
metropolis was James McBride, who
two years ago was given the tire of
State Market Director. McBride rode
his hobby into Detroit one bright
April day, tied his steed in front. of
the Federal State Bank, and secured
an audience with the cashier. As a
state official he promised to cooper—
ate wilh the citizens of Detroit. thru
the bank, and till bins and cellars, with
dollar potatoes. Mich-
igan grown, sand—
cured and sun-dried.
Cashier Plumcr saw
a chance to do a real
service for the city
consumer, the “hob-
by" was brought in—
side and due public-
ity given the propo—
sliit‘w‘.

“ Dollar Spuds ”
looked good to the
a v c r a ge Detroitcr.
who was paying sev-
enty cents a peck for
the very same arti—
cle. and more than
one thousand De-
troiters left their dol—
lars at the bank.
and a contract for
t h i r t e on carloads
was later forwarded
to the State Market
Director. Planting
time passed, bug
time arrived and
passed, and finally
came the bar est.
.5? And strange to re-
!) late, the Detroiters
who had deposited
their dollars began
to ask about their
“dollar spuds.” The
Market Director be—
n‘an to direct; but 10,
and behold! He
.7 found that the most

essential thing had
been overlooked. He
had forgotten all
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Greenville Editor Says That One
Reason for Potato Grades is
for Warehouse Receipt
Loans

The editor of the Greenville Inde-
pendent claims to have ferrited out
the real “nigger” in the potato bin
that is gobbling up many of the farm-
ers’ choicest potatoes as seconds. This
editor, who has taken a strong stand
in behalf of the farmers, sums up the
situation as follows:

W. F. Allewelt, a representative of
the department of agriculture, drop.
ped in on the potato market Saturday
morning last, and had a look at the
buying and loading of potatoes, the
likes of which was something new to
a man whose observations had been
confined to Virginia. He thoroughly
believes the grading of potatoes will
ultimately result in great good to the
farmer, and when he said that he had
opened up an argument that wasn’t
finished when dinner time came. He
tried to make us believe much saving
will result from not hauling (by rail)
unfit potatoes to the eastern markets.
This was branded by a big buyer as
the poorest of all excuses for grad-
ing.

The real reason for grading potatoes
is not to benefit the farmer or the con-
sumer but is disclosed in a leaflet sent
out by the department of agriculture.
Here is the Ethiouian in the potato
bin. It is contained in a recent ruling
of the Federal Reserve Board that

member banks are authorized to loan

against warehouse receipts for POTA-
TOES PROPERLY GRADED, packed,
stored and insured, emphasizing the
importance of adopting uniform
grades. Then this leaflet adds:

The Department of Agriculture and
the United States Food Administra-
tion jointly recommend and urge the
adoption of the following grades, which
in their opinion, will meet the needs

" "-~ T“odieral Reserve Board:

U. S. GRADE N0. l—This grade shall
consist of sound potatoes which are prac-
tically free from dirt or other foreign
matter, frost injury, sunburn, second
growth, cuts, scabs, blight, dry rot, and
damage caused by disease, insects, or me-
chanical means. The minimum diameter
of potatoes of the round varieties shall
be one and seven-eighths (17/2) inches,
and of potatoes of the long varieties one
and three-fourths (1)94) inches. In or-
der to allow for variations incident to
commercial grading and handling, five
per centum by weight of any lot may be
under the prescribed size, and, in addi-
tion, three per centum by weight of any
such lot may be below the remaining re—
quirements of this grade

U. S. GRADE No. 2—This grade shall
consist of potatoes which are practically
free from frost injury and decay, and
which are free from serious damage caus-
ed by dirt or other foreign matter, sun—
burn, second growth, cuts, scab, blight,
dry rot, or other disease, insects, or me-
chanical means. The minimum diameter
shall be one and one—half (1 15) inches.
In order to allow for variations incident
to commercial grading and handling, five
per centum by weight of any lot may be
under the prescribed size, and in addition,
five per centum by weight of any such
lot may be below the remaining require—
ments of this grade.

These are the real reasons for the
grades. To establish a known quality
upon which money can be borrowed.
Farmers are warned not to sell their
No. 2 grade for less than the first
grade. If for reasons stated above it
is necessary to sort the big potato
from his smaller but perfect brother,
let it be done, but the smaller member
contains just as much food value and
often more than the bigger one, and
should bring just as high a price. Take
them home and keep them, or what
would be better, would be to leave
them at home entirely until the big
ones have been sold, then there is a
very strong likelihood these small po-
tatoes will be worth more than the
big ones ever were.

Mr. Allewelt cites an instance in
Virginia where the first grade sold
for $4.50 per barrel and the 2nd grade
at $6.50 per barrel. At the present
time is looks advisable for our farm-
ers to hold second-grade for a time at
least. -

MR. BALE’S FINAL WORD
ON POTATO GRADES

I have weighed all your points very
carefully. I do not care to get into
print for publicity sake, but will state
now that I consider this one of the
best moves that was ever made. I do
not know whether you are posted on
the condition of the potatoes in this
state, but you know we had a very
early frost and no doubt 25 per cent
of the potatoes in the north are under-
size, and by making two grades it is
going to give us a market for all of
our product, whereby it there were
not the second grade these fellows
with the small potatoes would prac-
tically have no market. I was caught
this way myself.

The farmers seem to be well pleased
with the way they are handled with
this grading. I rather think myself
that they put the size a little too large.
I think 1 3-4 inch would be all right
and the second size down to 1 1-4 inch
which practically takes everything.—
John J. Bale.

Mr. Bale, intentionally or otherwise,
misconstrues the farmers’ objections
to the new potato grades. He admits

that the screen for both grades is too

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_ANTRIM (West)—Farmers are dig—
ging potatoes and pulling beans and al-
so filling their silos. The weather has
been warm daytimes and cold nights for
the past couple of weeks. The farmers
are selling their potatoes, the price has
been $1.10.——-H. H., Central Lake.

MONROE (Northeast)——Farmers are
huskmg corn and plowing. They are buy-
ing steers and milch cows; selling grain
and hay—R. H., Carleton.

LIVINGSTON (Northwest)—Farmers
are threshing beans, plowing and baling
hay._ Fine weather all of the week; the
sail is in fine condition to work. Farmers
are beginning to sell hay but are holding
their oats and beans for higher prices.
Lots of the farmers are buying new
autos, thinking that they will be higher
in price 1n the spring—G. W. A. W., Fow-
lerville.

NEVVAYGO (Northeast)——Very pleas-
ant weather the past two weeks; farm
work nearly all done except fall plowing.
Fall seeding is backward in growth, hard-
ly any up yet.. Beans threshed but the
farmers were disappointed in yield, only
50 per cent of a crop, and quality very
poor. Beans, $7.50 per bu.; potatoes, $1
per cwt.———F. 8., Big Rapids.

SAGINAW (Northwest)—-—Much hay is
being baled and sold here. Sugar beers
are a light crop. They probably will not
average more than six tons per acre.
Auction sales are plentiful, cattle and
hogs sell well but horses are very dull.
Allen Whitney sold two lambs to A. I.
Brink Monday which tippel the scales at
280 lbs. and brought $42.UO.-—M. S (1.,
Hemlock.

ST. CLAIR (East)—Farmers plowing
and drawmg hay to market; looks as if
there Will be no hay for spring delivery.
Most all of the good hay is on the move.
Hogs are scarce in this county. Not many
fat cattle. Very few sheep. Turkeys are
scarce and no prices quoted yet. The
weather is ideal for all kinds of farm

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work. Quite a number of farmer boys are -

going to war.——I. C. J., Smith’s Creek.

.EMMET (North)—We are having some
nice weather after the hard frosts. Some
potatoes yet to be dug; poor yields for
spuds and beans around here; potatoes
run from 50 to 100 bu. to the acre and
beans 3 to 5 bu. Farmers are getting
80c per bu. for potatoes at leading sta-
tions. Most farmers are letting up on
selling at present. Farmers are buzzing
wood and are getting ready for winter.—-
F. A. C., Alanson.

GLADWIN (Southwest)——Farmers are
making good use of the fair weather by
fall plowing and hauling sugar beets.
Beans are all in and some are being
threshed, running from one and a half to
six bu. per acre. The crop is so poor that
the bean threshers have set their price
at 150 per bu. Many farmers are put-
ting in tile. Some'are marketing pota—
toes. Milch cows are selling high at the
sales but horses are hard to sell at any
price. We are all wondering Where we
are going to get our seed corn for next
year as no corn got ripe in this county.—
V. V. K., Beaverton.

MIDLAND (Southeast)—The farmers
are busy fall plowing. The weather is
nice. Beans are all in, and some of them
threshed. Soil is in good shape. Beans
are bringing $8.25 at this writing. Coal
is scarce in this locality.—J. H. M., Hem-
lock.

large, and this is the principal point
upon which the contention rests. The
farmers believe in the principles of
grading; they do not think the con-

sumer should pay for a quality which

they do not get, but they do object
very strenuously to a screen which
is so large that it grades many of
their best potatoes as seconds. To
summarize and conclude this whole

matter so far as Mr. Bale is concern- ~

ed, we will simply say this: If it
was necessary, in order to protect the
interests of the consumer that there
be a standard grade of potatoes, well
and good, but not to the detriment of
the farmer. A single grade of pota-
toes, of one and a half -or one and
five-eights inches minimum size would
haye filled all the purposes desired,
given the consumer a good quality
and yet enabled the farmers to mar-
ket their medium-sized potatoes at a
profitable price. Potatoes under an
inch and five-eights should be return-
ed to the farmer for seed purposes.
Under the present grades -he finest
eating potatoes are classed and paid
for as seconds by the buyers; what
they do with them, the Lord only
nows. Neither Mr. Bale nor anyone

else has explained to the satisfaction
of the farmers why the minimum
size of the N0. 1 grade happened to
be placed at an inch and seven-eights,
or what becomes of the huge quantity
of seconds after they have passed into
the dealers’ hands.

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OSCEOLA (Northeast)—-Weather
fine. All potatoes and beans are taken
care of. Everybody is plowing. Potato
crop llght in this locality—W. A. 8., Mar-
ion.

HURON (Northwest)—We have had
another fine week for farm work; must
of the beans are harvested and threshing
has started. The early beans are yield-
ing 4 t0 7 bu. to the acre and on the soft
order. Late beans are yielding from one
to two bu. to the acre and will pick very
heavy.’ The Farmers’ and Gleaners‘ ele-
vator is installing a bean drier—G. W
Elkton . "

MONTCALM (Southwest)—-—Beans are
pulled and are being threshed in some
parts of the county; they are yielding
from 7 to 9 bu. per acre. Weather is
warm and cold nights; soil is medium wet.
Potatoes are moving slowly, as dealers
have .orders to use screens, other produce
is being held for higher prices—W. L.,
Greenville.

BARRY (Central)—Farmers here are
threshing beans, some are turning out
good, others are not so good, some not
worth threshing. We are husking corn
which is nearly all soft. Butterfat, 450;
eggs, 400; potatoes, $1; apples, $1; wheat,
$2.05; oats, 55c; corn, $1.75; rye, $1.60;
beans, $8; bran $2.00; middlings, $2.90.
Central Barry Co—operative Ansociation
shipped 12 cars of stock. The middlemen
have been run right out here.»—W. J. 1).,
Hastings.

CIIEBOYGAN (Scrum—Another week
of fine fall weather. Potatoes and beans
nearly all secured. Bean threshing in
full swing. Beans average 3 bu. to the
acre. A number of acres of sugar beets
were raised here this year as a trial; they
are all pulled and shipped to Bay City
and farmers are anxiously awaiting
the returns. Considerable fall plowing is
being done. 4,000 sheep have been ship-
ped from this place in the last two weeks
to eastern and southern markets. Cattle
and hogs are being sold closely on ac-
count of he high price of feed. Buyers
are offering 75c to 800 for potatoes, but
very few farmers are selling—«Wolverine.

INGRAM (West Central)-—VVeather has
been very good for all kinds of work for
about two weeks. Some threshing beans.
report quite wet. Elevators holding up
on buying on account of being wet, Farm-
ers rushing to close fall work before win-
ter sets in. Some plowing being done.
—Rev. C. I. M., Mason.

JACKSON (West)-——Beans go two to
six bu. to the acre and pick 15 lbs to 30
lbs. to the bu.—B. T.~ Parma.

MONROE (“'est Central)—VVe have
had another week of beautiful weather,
just what the farmers have been looking
for, and we would like another week of
it. Some of us farmers are a little dis-
appointed with our corn crop, too much
soft corn. Wheat is looking fine. and
some fall plowing is being done—W. H
L., Dundee.

DIANISTEE (Nortliwest)—The farmers
in this locality are busy threshing beans
and trying to take care of their corn, and
it is a hard matter to keep it from rot-
ting. Beans are threshing from 2 to 6
bu. to the acre and not a very good qual-
ity. The weather has been good the last
week. Some of the farmers have their
work done up so they can spare the time
to work on ethe roads. More of our boys
go to the training camps this week—C.
H. 8., Bear Lake.

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WHEAL MARKET

Evidences From Kent County
Show That Grand _Rapids
Milling Companies Con-
trol Many Elevators
and Prices

For several years the price of No.
2 red wheat in Grand Rapids has
ranged from eight to fourteen cents
under the price paid for the same
grade at Detroit. Our county agent
has attempted to get some measure of
justice done but the milling compan-
ies, especially the Voight Milling Co,
are independent or stubborn and noth-
ing was accomplished except for a
short space of time one year ago last
spring. One of the elevator men Mr.
J. L. Norris, of the firm of J. L. Nor—
ris & Son of Casnovia. who buy on
commission for the Voight Milling 00.,
once admitted to one that it was not
just right, and they could pay more
and ship to Detroit. but he said that
conditions might. change and they
hated to break the old arrangement
with the Voight Milling Co. The oth-V
er elevator men in this part of the
county buy and ship but they claim
the Grand Rapids price is right and
of course it is for them. But it seems
an injustice that the farmers in this
section should be compelled to take so
much less for the same grade of wheat
than the farmers in the sections influ—
enced by the Detroit and Toledo mar-
kets. Even up to the Kent county
line prices were better, for while the
Middleville grain quotations were giv-
en in the G. R. Press they were bet-
ter than the Grand Rapids prices. But
these quotations were discontinued, I
have believed. because of the influence
of Grand Rapids grain buyers. A
good many farmers have no hopes of
better grain prices, especially on wheat
because of government control, but it
seems to me that this is the time to
look for justice and any aid you can
give us will certainly be appreciated.
”E. G. R.. Kent City.

We are advised by the Food Admin—
istration Grain Corporation that the
price of No. 2 red wheat at Grand Rap-
ids should be 12% as compared with
$2.17 for Detroit. It would look very
much as if the Voight and other Grand
Rapids Milling companies were extort-
ing a virtual monopoly over the grain
market of western Michigan and forc-
ing the farmers to sell at their prices.
Rest assured that the local elevators
have full knowledge of what the farm-
ers ought to receive for their wheat,
and they deserve the full criticism
and opposition of their patrons as long
as they continue parties to this mon—
opolistic control. Ninety per cent of
the grain dealers will impose upon
the farmer in this matter just as long
as the farmer will stand for it, and it
is high time for the farmers of West-
ern Michigan or any other section of
the state to get together and absolute-
ly refuse to dispose of any more of
their wheat at four to six cents be-
low the prices that the Grain Corpor-
ation says should be paid in their re-
spective localities, as they have been
doing.

In an effort to get at the bottom of
the western Michigan grain situation,
we are “lit day asking the Grand Rap-
ids Press where it gets its its quota-
tion of $2.06 on No. 2 red wheat; we
are also sending a copy of our cor-
respondent’s letter and a full explan-
ation of the situation before the Food
Administration. Some one is profit-
eering at the expense of Western Mich-
igan farmers and we propose to locate
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The Newcomb-Endlcott Company of De-
troit offers some sensible suggestions for
solving the annual Christmas problem.
Both our men and women readers would
do well to turn to their ad. on the back
page. In writing to this company, please
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. - . . . es .............. . . wosso ........ . . .. 10. 5 13. 5 1 Gladwin ...... a Win ........... . E
g 36mg" Benton Harbor ..... 10.5 13.5 2 105 Shwwasgec Laingsburg ........ I10.5I13 5 2 105 Rhodes ............ I13 I16 I208 E
E Cass ..... .. Dowagiac .......... 10.5 13.5 2.103I0um0n _______ Bani .............. I10.5I13.5'2.105 Arenac ....... Standish .......... I13 I16 I208 E
E Cassopolis .......... 10.5 13.5 2 10 Eagle ............. I10.5I13.5 2.105 Alger .............. 13 I16 I2. 08 E
E St Joseph. . Three Rivers . . . . .. 10.5 13.5 2.105 Ioma _________ Ionia .............. 10.5I13.512. 105 10300 ........ . AuSable ........... 12 5I15.5 I2. 085 E
E ' ISturgis ............ 10.5 13.5 2.105 Belding ............ 10.5!13 .5I2.105 Tawas City ,,,,,,,, 12 I15 I209 E
E Branch ..... Bronson ........... 10.5 13.5 2.105IKCM ..... Grand Rapids ...... I10.5|13. 5 2.105I0gcmaw ...... West Branch ...... I13 I16 I2. 08 E
E Coldwater ......... 10.5 13.5 2.105 Sparta ............. 10513.5 2.105I Greenwood ........ I13 I16 I2 08 E
E - SJonesville .......... 10 3 2. ‘11 Holland ............ 10.5I13.5 2.105 Missaukep. . .. Lake City ......... I12 5 15. 5I2 085 E
H’us‘wle' ' ' ’ IHillsdale .......... 10 |13 2.11 Ottawa Grand Haven ...... 10.5 12.5I2. 105I Stratford .......... I13 I16 I208 E
= Tecumseh ----------- 9-5 13 2-11 , , . Muskegon .......... 10.5 13.5 2 1051chford ...... Cadillac ........... I125 15 5 2.085 E
:i Lemme """ IAdrian ............ 9.5 13 2.11 Mugkegon ' White Hall ........ 11 14 2.10 Manton ............ I12.5I15.5 2.085 E
Monroe. . ..... IDundee ------------ 9-5 13 2 11 IMontcalm _____ Greenville ......... 10.5 13.5 2.105 Mainstee ..... Manistee .......... I11 I14 2.10 E
Monroe ........... 8.5 11.5 2.125 Edmore ............ 10.5 13.5 2.105 Kaleva ............. I12.5|15.5I2.o.«‘5 E
. :Ann Arbor ........ 9.5 12.5 2.115 1’ ‘ _______ Alma .............. I10.5 13.5 2 105 Benzie ,,,,,,,, Thompsonville ...... I13 16 I238
.Wasmemu" ' ' IManchester ........ 9.5 12.5 2.115Imamt St. Louis .......... I10-5 135 2.105 Bendon ........... I13 I16 i208 ;
Jackson ........... 10 13 2.11 ...... Saginaw .......... 10 1 2.11 ng T‘)‘(1’UCI’S€.TF&V€YS€ (‘ity ...... I13 1‘; “3.08
- woman" ' Hanover ........... 10 13 2.1Iflagmaw Chesanlng ......... 10.5 13.5 2 105 Williamsburg ...... I12 16 2.02
2 Battle Creek ........ 10.5 13.5 2 115 , ...... Vassar ............ 10 13 2.11 Kaylkaska ..... Kalkaska .......... I13 ‘16 2.08
:_ oalhowr” ' Albion ............ 10.5 13.5 2.1 Pascal“ cam .............. 10 13 2.11 Sharon ............ I13 I16 2.08 .f
; Kalamazoo. . . , Kalamazoo ........ 10.5 13.5 2.115 Samlao ....... Brown City ........ 10 13 2.11 Crawford ..... GraylinIg .......... I13 I16 2.08 .
E Schoolcraft ........ 10.5 13.5 2.115I Minden City ...... 10 13 2.11 Frederic .......... 11:: I16 I2.08
' Vaanm South Haven ...... 10.5 13.5 2.115IHW0n ,,,,,,,, Bad Axe ........... I10-5 13.5 2.105 08mm, ....... Comins ............ I125I155I2025
Lawton ............ 10.5 13.5 21 Port Austin ........ I105 13.5 2.105 McCollum ......... 112.511.552.025
# Anew” Allegan ............ 10.5 13.5 2.1115I3a3, Bay City .......... I10 13 2.11 AICOM ........ Harrisville ........ I12.5I15.5‘2.085
“ Plainwell .......... 10.5 13.5 2.511 Pinconning ........ I13 16 2.08 Beevers ............i125I15.5I2.085
: Barry Hastings .......... I10.5 13.5 2.115 Midland .5... Coleman .......... I11 14 2.10 Alpcna _______ Alpena ............ I12.5I15.5I2.085 .-
Nashviue .......... 10.5 13.5 2.1 115 Midland .......... I11 14 2.10 ISelina ............. I12 |16 I203 ;
E Faton Charlotte ........... 10.5 13.5 2.115Ilsabella, ,,,,,,, Mt. Pleasant ...... I11 I14 2.10 Imetmorcnry. Lewiston .......... I14 '17 I207 l
" Eaton Rapids ...... 110.5 13.5 2.115; VVe‘dman .......... I11 I14 I210 Hniman ............ 13 I16 I208
f [”9th Lansing ........... 10.5 13.5 2-115IMccosta ,,,,,, Big Rapids ........ I11 I14 I210 015ng ......... Gaylord ............. 14 I17 I207
Leslie ............. 10.5 13.5 2.115I Remus ............ I11 I14 I210 I IVVateiIs ............ I14 I17 I207
E Livingston. . . _ Howell ............ 10 13 2.11 INcwag/go ,,,,, White Cloud ...... I11 I14 I2.].0 Antrr‘m ....... ‘ Bellaiie ...........Ilvi I17 I207
Brighton ........... 10 13 2.11 I Newaygo ........... I11 I14 I210 Ellsworth ......... ‘I14 I17 I207
Oakland ______ Holly .............. 10 13 2.11 foceana ,,,,,,, Hart ............... I11 I14 I210 Ledamw ..... , North Port ........ 2 .5I16.5.2.075
Rochester .......... 9.5 13.5 2.105 Shelby ............ I11 I14 I210 I Bingham .......... I35I16.5I2.075
2 Macomb. . . . ‘ . Utica .............. 9.5 12.5 2.115IMason. _ _ , , Ludington ......... I11 I14 I2 10 Chmlci 0171?. Charlevoix ......... I14 |17 I207
Warren ............ 9.5 12.5 2.115 Freesoil .......... I11 2.10 East Jordan ....... I14 I17 I207 -
; St Clair. . . . . . Yale .............. 9 12 2.12 Lake ......... Peacock ............ I12. 5I 15. 5 2 085 I131" met ....... Petoskey .......... I14 I17 I207
f ‘ Port Huron ........ 8.5 11.5 2.125I Baldwin .......... I11 I210 . Harbor Springs ... . I13.5i16.5|2.075
Lame, ....... Lapeer ............ 10 13 2.11 Osceola ,,,,,,, Tustin ............ I12. 5I15 5 2085 gnaw/gm, ..... Mackinaw City ..... I14 I17 I207 e
Otter Lake ........ 10 13 2.11 Reed City ......... I11 I14 I210 Cheboygan ........I14 I17 I207 .
Gcncscc ______ IFlint .............. 10 13 2.11 Clare ......... Clare .............. I11 [14 I2. 10 P1047771” [81,). O-naway . . . . . . . . . . . I1" I16 208 '
SClio ............... I10 13 2.11 , IHarrison .......... I11 I14 I2 10 " IRogers City ....... I13 I16 ”208
NOTE: The aboua figures do not exactly correspond with those of the Food \dminlstrution Grain Corporation. The freight rates are figured howev_er by

and half ( ents.

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FREIGHT RATE TABLE
FIGURES WHEAT PRICES

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ble we find that the Flint freight rate
is 10 cents a bushel. Add to this 3
cents commission and handling charg-
es, and we have a total of 13 cents,
making the price at Flint $2.11. Note
that the Flint buyers are getting
wheat at 5 cents a bushel less than
they should. Jackson buyers are pay-
ing $2.05. or about six 'JIlCS less
than they should.

Monroe is the only mark-ct, in the
state paying what it should for wheat.
On Nov. 15 that market was quoted at
$2.13, which is the highest price that
Monroe buyers can afford to pay. And
Monroe county farmers appear to be
the only ones in the state who are
getting a square deal on their wheat.

Farmers should constantly bear in
mind that these figure; we have giver
(Some direct, from the Foo-:1 Adminis—
tration. They are not dislorlel or
misrepiesented in any wax. They
1mm {1 basis upon which about prices
are figured all over [lli‘ (ountry
Farmers in othei states are getting
the full price for ther wheat and
there is no reason why farmers of
this state should not, and the only
Icason that they are not is because
they are not in possession of all the
facts. The Food Administration
Wants the farmers to secure as large
a part of the price set on wheat is it
is poss We to give them, and we are
assured that it will take vigorous ac-
IIO" In any case where it is Shown
that elevatOrs are profiteering at the
Expense of the farmers.

Our readers Should take this matter
up with their local elevators at once
and demand to know why they cannot
pay more for wheat. If they are un-
successful in raising the price, they
Should at once lay the facts before

I(H1(.AN BUSINESS FARMFR giving
Us the name of the buyer. and the

 

reasons he advances as to why he

a firm of experts according to existing tarifl‘n and are believed to be authentic.
They will be found in all (uses within three tenths of one
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(cnt

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can pay no more. We will then have
something tangible to lay before the
Food Administration. With- the co-
operation of the farmers in this mat-
ter, we believe we can secure them
many additional dollars for their
wheat still remaining in their hands.

WHAT OUR READERS SAY
ABOUT WHEAT PRICES

 

I enclose one dollar bill for the pay-
ment of the MI(IIIGAN BUSINI) ss Fum-
ing. Do you consider the price of
$2.04 for No. 2 red wheat in liapccr
city faIr when compared with the
price of $2.17 in Detroit? $2.01 was
all they would offer me in Lapeer
city Saturday—F. A,.. .Uricu.

 

Do you consider $2.08 a fair price
for red wheat at Allegan? We are
about 32 miles south of Grand Rapids
and noticed in the M. B. F. an article
concerning the price 01' wheat in
Grand Rapids. We have been paid as
low as $2.05 at, the local mills and the
highest $2.09 on the 60 pound basis.
Most of the time the pr’ce has been
around $2.06. The Cleaners in the
vicinity of Allegan have organized a

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cooperative clearing house and also
have a thriving stock-shipping busi-
ness. but the local mills are trying to
“buck” them out and have arranged
and managed so it is impossible to buy
middlings within 100 miles to supply
the Gleaner elevator. Since that time
the price of middlings has come up
10 per cent. So we are meeting with

 

considerable opposition.~W. 8.. Alic-
gun.
Mr. Lillie was here Monday and

asked if I had my last M. B. F. in
our conversation the price of about
at Coopersville came up. He says we
are not getting enough for our wheat.
I saw the banker. who buys iii (‘oop
ersville, he said he paid $2.05 for ‘x'o.
2 and when he sold at $2.11 and they
graded it No. 3’», and he couldn't pay
any more. Be that as it may, Ihzit is
2111 we can get here. I am not. ii ('I‘Up
reporter but just ll \‘I'Ul‘:l won‘t (IPIIH‘.
amiss. The early sown wheat is look
ing line, while the majority oi" the
late sown don‘t show up 211 211‘. The
line, weather we have been having the
last, 12 days has given the farmers 21
chance to take care of their beans and
in good shape: .1. ill. 1’..

clover seed

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WHO GETS THE WHEAT PROFITS?

: Compare the prices given below which represent the quotations on
E wheat in the several markets named during the week ending Nov. 17.

as reported by our

Conn to To urn Amount

2: Jackson, Parma ............ $2.05
:E Livingston, Fowlerville ...... 2.10
I Genesee, Fenton ............ 2.08
E Gladwin, Beaverton ......... 2.03
E Barry, Hastings ............. 2.05
E Monroe, Carleton .......... 2.13
Ottawa, Coopersville ....... 2.05
St. Joseph, Mendon ......... 2.06
Midland, (Midland .......... 2.05

E Calhoun. Battle Creek ..... 2.03
Presque Isle, Millersburg . 1.85
Saginaw, St. Charles ........ 2.05
., Bay, Linwood .............. 208

 

 

": county reporters,
: You’ll soon find out who’s getting the wheat profits.

with the prices given above.

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County Town A mount
()tsego, Gaylord ............. 2.00
Huron, Caseville ............ 2.07
Tuscola, Cass City ......... 2.00 __
Huron, Elkton ............. 2.05 :
Montcalm. Greenville ........ 2.05 A
Osceola, Marion ............. 2.00
Ogemaw, Selkirk ........... 2.05
Antrim, Central Lake ......
Newaygo, Big Rapids .......

St. Clair. Smith’s Creek

lngham; Mason ............
Saginaw, Hemlock ..........
Genesee, Flint ..............

 

 

[an (nnuniem-e sukt and to avoid fl :Hlions we lune figured freight r:- le In cents

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('oopcrsvillc, Mich. P. S. I think
your paper Should be in every farm-
er’s home. Keep right after the
gulls and here is my dollar.

 

Our local elevator is paying $2.05
for wheat at present, where a. while
ago they were paying $2.07 and $2.08.
Why can't they pay as much now? I
can’t see why it shouldn’t be worth as
much here as at Bronson. I have 150
bags of wheat pil (1 up in the field
waiting to get time to draw it. The
elevators claim $2.05 is all they can
pay for No. 2 red. Claim the Ann Ar-
bor Milling Co. offers them $2.115,
leaving them III;_.c for handling. Why
don't, IIIISS' f-"Ill where they can get
morc, allowing Ihw farmers more, ac-
cording to the (lorcrIImOSIt’s price-
iixing? I also have. 50 bu. of last,
year's Swwlc bonus which I can‘t (lis-
pose oI'. lillcyators say Ihcre is no
call [or them. But a small per cent of
bonus up in this locality The re-
niuindcr covered with snow. The gov-
crnmcnt can go chase themselves for
bonus is the way it looks to me. We
notice manufacturers set their own
prices with a profit. Why not the
farmer? We take our chances with
the weather year after year and lose
our season’s crop in a few weeks of
bad weather. Where does the pay for
this pull on the man’s brain-brawn
rome in Accept my dollar Your paper
is worth the money. ~~W C. W. Morricc

AVERAGE MICHIGAN
PRICES ARE LOWER

 

 

The average price 011 potatoes for
the week ending Nov. 17th reflects the
dullness of the market the past two
weeks. It is gratifying to note, how—
ever, that the market shows more firm-
ness and the demand steady. We look
for the price to pick up a little in the
near future. The average prices are:
Hogs, 15 3-5; eggs, 37; buttter, 37;‘
hens, 13 1-2; potatoes, $1.05 12; hay,
$15.88; rye, $1.53 1-2; oats, 62 1-2;
corn, $1.79; wheat, $2.01.

 


 

/ 'D. C.—An immedi-
J ate and detailed
declaration to the

2 entire world of the

, allies" war aims is
shown‘from London dispatches to be
the underlying motives of President
Wilson’s advocacy of an inter-allied
war council. ColOnel House has been
sent to Eur0pe for the express pur.
pose of negotiating with the allied
governments and forming tentative
plans for the calling of such council.
Briefly stated, the objects of the House
mission are as follows:

To bind the allies to an agreement
that will thwart any ulterior purpose
that may exist on the part of any of
the allies.

To obtain an immediate and frank
statement of the full war aims of the
allies.

To forestall the ambitions of cer-
tain financial groups to benefit from
the war.

To convince the German people that

the United States and other allies ac-
tually are fighting to “make the world
safe for democracy.” _

It requires no prophetical eye to
forsee what the result of such declar-
ations will be upon the people of the
Entente nations, who have been
taught to believe that the Allies were
really fighting for aggrandizement and
conquest under the cloak of democ-
racy. The Kaiser has made capital
of the long silence that the Allied
governments have maintained upon
their war aims, and has solemnly
warned his subjects on many occas-
ions that Germany was fighting for
the national. if not personal, liberty
of its subjects.

From the hour that the United
States declared war upon Germany,
many people have demanded that the
government make known its war
aims and upon What terms it would
discuss peace. Millions of the best
patriots of the country could not be-
come reconciled to a war in which the
issues were not clearly defined and
the basis for peace unknown. They
believed that the government was
wrong to embark in warfare and force
the people to physically and financial-
ly support it, without first specifically
declaring its aims and enumerating in
detail what, its terms of peace might
be. But it will be recalled that the
government has purposely or otherwise
evaded such a declaration; that it has
pleaded justification upon the ground
that democracy was in danger of its
very life and must be rescued. While
this worthy objective found a response
from many, it proved vague and un—
satisfactory to others upon whom the
burden of war fell most heavily, and
consequently the people have not. ac-
corded the government as willing and
complete cooperation as a war of
righteousness should warrant.

The nation will hail with joy the
public declarations by allied nations
of their aims. For the first time
since the beginning of the Great War
they will have an opportunity to see
the cards that nations, great and
small, are playing on the Allied side.
If this nation or that nation has a
card up its sleeve and is bidding
against the peace and security of any
other nation, its motives must be laid
bare at the coming war council. There
can be subterfuge no longer; those
who are fighting the battles of their
respective governments, shall fight
henceforth with a clear and sharp un-
derstanding of what they are fighting
for and what the final objective is to
be.

Millions of people await these an-
nouncements with expectant hearts. If
the Allied nations show that tney are
waging an unselfish and righteous war,
to rid the world of the Prussian men-
ace and secure the safety of the small-
er nations, then there is no doubt of
the outcome. Allied soldiers, fighting
side by side in bloody trenches, will
grip their guns a little tighter and
, fight a little harder to establish these

IwASHINGfroNL

principles, and those Who Axl’iajve. allied ',

themselves with the noble cause need
have no fear of the-futures Righ
must triumph in the end. '
The announcement of the President’s
motives has'caused a wave of renewed
confidence‘in the wisdom and motives
of the government to sweep the coun-
try. Every section is eager for the
interesting developments that are
bound to come It is believed that
when once the Allied councils get to-
gether and around the privy table ex-
change their confidences that a‘ way to
early peace may open up. But the
greatest hope of all is that a public
statement of the allied aims, will so
open the eyes of the people of Germany
and Austria that they will at once rec-
ognize the injustice and futility of the
war they wage and demand that their
governments sue for immediate peace.
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- Latest advices from Russia. show
desperate attempts on the part of the
Bolshevikis to solidify public opinion
intheir favor and ,to formulate a
workable government. At the same

time the new leaders have announced

their withdrawal from the war and

have asked for separate peace terms '

with Germany. A new menace. how-
ever, threatens the security of the so-
cialist regime. It is reported that
Grand Duke Nicholas, cousin of the
former Czar, has been asked by Gen-
eral Kaledines, who is at the head of
an army marching against the re-
volters, to accept the regency of Rus-
sia and restore the government to a
monarchy. Russia is a kaleidoscope
of action at the present time. and au-
thentic news is difficult to obtain.
Washington still shakes its head
doubtfully but refuses to acknowledge
that Russia is permanently out of the
war, the well-informed officials declare
that all hope of restoration of a gov-
ernment in Russia sympathetic to the
Allies’ aims is now gone.
i it #

Things are going from bad to worse
on the Italian front. Attempts by the
Italian army to recover positions tak-
en by Germans Were repulsed with
heavy loss, and a general retreat now
seems inevitable. This means the loss
of Venice. Italy’s art treasury. All
Italy mourns the loss of this far~famed
city, but the Pope has secured a prem-
ise from the Kaiser, it is said. that
the German soldiers will be instructed
to respect the sentiment. of Italy and
spare the famous paintings from
harm. All possible efforts are being
made by other Allied governments to
rush aid to Italy but it is feared that
before a force of sufficient strength to
stem the Teutonic advance can be
brought into efficient action on the Ital-
ian front. the Germans will have com-
pleted their offensive and made their
positions secure.

COMMITTEE TO DIS-
CUSS MILK PRICES

As previously announced in MICHI-
GAN BUSINESS FARMER. the Michigan
Milk Producers’ Ass’n decided at its
Detroit meeting two weeks ago to
leave the matter of wholesale and re-
tail milk prices in the city of Detroit
to a representative committee. before
which both producers and distributbrs
would lay statements of production
and distributing costs.

Altho the arrangement did not meet
with the unanimous approval of the
distributors, it is stated by N. P. Hull,
president of the producers’ association
that companies representing 481 out
of the 560 wagons serving the city,
have agreed to abide by the decision of
the committee.

The committee, composed of the
Milk Commission, appointed by Gov-
ernor Sleeper some months ago. of
which Ex-Governor Warner is chair-
man, a representative of the Detroit
Board of Commerce, a representative
of the Detroit Federation of Labor and
a representative of the Women's clubs,

ements which caused him

i'onLfn' END LIVES" 0F

HOPELE’SS CRIPPLESt

Dr. Harry J. Haiselden 0f the Ger-"V
man-American hospital, Chicago, is
back in the limelight a second time
for his painless death treatment of
an infant that is hopelessly deformed.

The first patient was a" child who

'since birth had been suffering from an

extremely small head and other ail-
constant
agony. His case was incurable. Were

he to live he would be a hopeless ida

iot. The mother of the child suffered
great mental agony and her health

 

 

 

Dr. Harry J. Haiselden

had been wrecked since his birth. If
he lived the suffering would eventu-
ally kill her. For months she got
no rest because of the constant crying
of the child. An operation was use-
less as it would not restore his men-
tality or permit his mental growth.
The doctor suggested a treatment that
would result in the child’s death in
two or three months. The doctor says
he has the consent of the parents and
that he is fully justified in ending the
life of this unfortunate little one.

Other Chicago physicians do not
agree with Haiselden, and an effort
was made to have him prosecuted, but
an investigation by the Board of
health has since vindicated him and
approved his method.

THE STATE?RANGE
PLANS BIG ANNUAL

The Forty—fifth annual session of the
Michigan State Grange will be held in
the Masonic Temple, Jackson, on De-
cember 11th. The program has not
been arranged in detail but will be
substantially along the following gen~
eral lines: On Tuesday, 10 a. m., open-
ing; Tuesday p. m., reading of Mas-
ter’s address and assignment of dele-
gates to committee work; Tuesday eve-
ning, getting acquainted with one an-
other and with Jackson’s citizens;
Wednesday morning. reports of officers
and Executive committee; Wednesday
afternoon, State Lecturer’s program;
Thursday evening, conferring of fifth
and sixth degrees: Thursday and Fri—
day, reports of committees and action
upon them; Friday evening, rjood fel-
lowship and closing.

The patrons of Jackson county and
the people of Jackson City are making
plans to entertain the visitors in lav-
ish manner and promise that so far
as their efforts are. concerned the
Grangers will have the best time ever
enjbyed at a session of the State
Gramm We are advised by Secretary,
Jennie Buell that reservations in
private homes may be secured by ad-
dressing C. F. Holland, secretary
Jackson Chamber of Commerce.

y raiding parties.

~terrupted for several days.

1122 - "Peso, Texas—Renewed activity
on the part of P'anco Villa is giving
the authorities some~_concern. ' The
Villa, forces have captured the City of
Ojinaga and other surroundingterri-
tory. A force at about 5,000 federal
troops sentinto the state of MoreIOS to
operate against Diaz and Zapata forc-
es, has been ambushed in a. mountain
pass and wiped out With machine gun
fire. ‘Some firing across the interna-
tional .boundary is reported, also a
raid into American territory. One
American is reported t0"_have been
shot. The city of Juarez is threatened
by‘the Villista advance.

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Parts~With the exception of regu-
lar. raiding operations all remains
quiet on the western front. The sec-
tor held by the American forces is
being given increasing attention by
the German forces. ,Artillery fire has
greatly increased and the Americans
are kept constantly on the alert for
Occasional casualties
are reported but not in material num-
bers. Three American officers, four
non~commissioned officers. and eight
privates, who-took part in the recent
trench fight, have been cited for brav-
ery by the French commander.

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Camp McArthur. Waco. Tex.-—-Oifi-
cers and men here have taken out over
$125,000,000 worth of government war

‘ insurance. The visit of Governor Sleep-

er of Michigan was an occasion long
to be remembered by the Michigan
boys in training here. The Governor
took an active interest in the training
and expressed great surprise at the
improvement shown by the Michigan
men whom he has last seen drill at
Grayling. He visited the trenches and
sampled the meals. being given the
men. Rumors are afloat that more of
the men will soon go to France, but
definite news regarding this, of course,
is not available nor will it be until
they are safely overseas.
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Amsterdam—Reports from Russia
are of a more or less indefinite na-
ture owing to the fact that wire com-
munications have been seriously in-
What re-
ports do get through indicate that the‘
country is engulfed in a state of an-
archy. The Bolsheviki. or Russian 1.

-W. W., is in control of Petrograd and

severe fighting is in progress in the
outskirts of the city. Many lives have
been lost. estimated at from 3,000 to
5,000. Fighting is also reported at
Moscow, where cadets and troops of
the Kerensky regime are besieged in
the Kremlin. Protracted civil -War
now seems the one great possibility.
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London—The Austro-German forces
operating against Italy have reached
a point within a few miles of Venice.
That city has been evacuated by the
civilian population and unless the
Teutonic forces are checked at once,
the capture of that ancient city seems
certain. Allied reinforcements are
reaching Italy daily in increasing
numbers and immediatel" taking their
places in the fighting lines. The en-
emy advance is meeting with increased
resistance and at many points has
been brought to a standstill. Artillery
battles of great severity are progress-
ing all along the front.

Am sending you coupon and pledge
myself to send you One Dollar for
market reports and conditions which I
hope you will publish as I think it
will be a fine thing to keep the far-
mer on the inside as well as the mid-
dlemen that get all of the profits.
It will help the farmers to get the
money that rightfully belongs to them
instead of a bunch of market, manipu-
lators and grafters.—C. A. Wallin,
Manistce county. Mich.

AGENTS WANTED‘
IN EVERY COUNTY

Anyone can make good money tak—
ing subscriptions tO.NII(‘IIIGAI\' BUSI~
ans FARMING. Over 200 agents have
already accepted our proposition and
are earning good day wages from their
commissions. With the fall farm work
pretty well out of the way, many of
our farmer friends or someone of
their families, will have a little time
to devote to such work as this, not only
doing themselves a goodturn, butus
a tremendous favor. .Write, fer our

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The movement of wheat from orig-
inating points has greatly increased
and mills are now receiving sufficient

supplies to meet their needs. Unless
the unforeseen should occur it looks
as though the crisis had passed.

Flour output of Minneapolis mills
is the largest on record, and most of
the mills are sold ahead for the full
thirty days allowed by the Food Ad-
minist’rator. Some of the mills are
reported to be running 60 per cent
capacity on Government buisness. A
great portion of the wheat export this
year will be in the shape of flour in
order to conserve space on ocean car-
riers.

The war bread proposed for America
will not be similar to that of Europe.
Food Administrator Hoover, from his
experience in Belgium, refuses to
consider mixed breads or to change
the milling standards of this country,
with the idea of milling up to 90 per
cent. The main idea will be the con-
servation of fats and sugar,
than wheat. The wheatless days al-
ready inaugurated in this country are
expected to result in a great saving of
wheat and make the available export
supply ,much greater.

The administration is having some
difficulty with fancy bread bakers of
the east. These fellows, having work-
ed up a trade on fancy breads, dislike
the idea of coming to a war bread has-
is. Some of them have even gone so
far as to threaten suit to test the con-
stitutionality of the Food Control act.
The Administration announces that
they will come under the act or not
sell at all. And the Food Administra-
tion is right. If the rest of us can
get along with less and put up with
certain inconveniences to help win the
war, a few of the eastern “high-brows"
can do the same.’

 

 

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chic-go New York
No. 2 While
Standard .68 l-Z .67 .731-2
No. 3 White .68 .55 3-4 .73
No. 4 While .67 551-2 .72 1-2

 

 

Oats continue to climb up the lad—
der, due to scarcity of the cash grain
at terminal markets. Transportation
facilities have a great bearing on the
oat market, as we have pointed out
before. This should be borne in mind
by those who expect to sell oats to
meet obligations of the near future.
There is every indication of a repeti-
tion of conditions as they existed last
man when the price at eastern markets
was away over those of the middle
west, due to lack of. transpol'tation
facilities and consequent bare mar—
kets in the east.

It should also be remembered that
the present boom in oats is in no way
due to lack of supplies. We have one
of the largest oat crops on record,
both in this country and Canada.
These oats will eventually move to
market. At present the preference is
being given wheat. Cats and corn must
wait their turn. The Government
during the past week has been a
heavy buyer of oats and this has help-
ed clean up any accumdlation at ter-
minal points or loading station's.
There has also been some export buy-
mg and certain exporters have turned
contracts in for the spot stuff. We
do not expect to see any increase in
the Sllpply of oats at terminal mar-
kets during the, present month and
perhaps not 'during the fore part of
December. But We do feel that after
that supplies will increase to a cer-
tam extent. And with so much wet
corn selling at a low‘figure, we would
not be surprised to see lower prices
on oats. Eastern markets may remain
at the present figure indefiLitely, and
perhaps work higher. But: it will be
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timothy, in good demand.
for Thanksgiving offerings.

within next few days.

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supply. This should not be lost sight
of by growers when considering what
time is best to sell. There is liable to
be a slump during midwinter, so far
as western markets and buying sta-
tions are conCerned, even though east-
ern prices continue high. Many things
may occur to prevent this. slump as
we have certain conditions which we
have never had before.
tell what effect they may have on the
market. But as the price of corn
works lower, as it now appears it will,
we would not be surprised to see oats
follow suit. Then it will be a matter
of holding until conditions adjust
themselves. This would perhaps be
later in the spring but in making the
calculation it is well not to lose sight
of the fact that we have an enormous
corn crop and much of it will have to
go on the market before warm weather
next spring.

As the market stands at present,
the paying price for oats at any point
in Michigan, unless it takes a very bad
freight rate, should not be under 60c
per bushel for standard.

 

DETROIT—Increased demand for all grades of hay, especially standard

Poultry market cleaning up, insuring good demand
The market is firm with higher prices.

CHICAGO—Apple receipts much lighter, good demand for Thanksgiving

' trade at higher prices;- market short of better grades of hay and demand good.

Some additional inquiries for beans, and looks as tho market might work higher

NEW YORK—Hay arrivals slightly increased but demand continues good.
Export buyers making some inquiries which ought to start price upward.

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GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
No. 2 Yellow 2.3l 2.32 l-2 2.36
No. 3 Yellow 2.30 2.32 2.35
No. 2 Mixed 2.28 2.29 2.33

As MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

predicted long ago, the price of cash

corn continues to advance, regardless
of the fact that the new crop is mov-
ing ahead of time. We look for a
good strong market on cash corn for
some weeks yet, perhaps to the first
of the year. Old crop reserves are
about exhausted and the demand is
such as to prove a constant bull fac-
tor.

As the new crop comes on the mar-
ket in limited quantities the poor
quality becomes more and more ap-
parent. Much of it must be rushed
to the driers to save it. It is pre-
dicted that the preference which has
been given wheat will be turned over
to corn in order to move and save as
much of the poorer quality as possi-
ble. Should the present improved
movement of wheat continue for a
short time longer it will be possible
to do this for a time.

      
  
 

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WASHINGTON, D. 0., Nov. 24.—
Last bulletin gave forecasts " dis-
turbances to cross continent: Nov. 23
to 27, warm wave 21 to 26, cool wave
25 to 29. This will bring a high tem-
perature wave accompanied and fol-
lowed by good weather. No severe
storms- Not much precipitation. Ideal
weather for corn gathering and cot-
ton picking. Good use should be made
of that good weather. Bad weather
coming. Best weather farmers and
planters will get for their work Will
be the week following Nov. 24.

Next warm wave will reach Van-
couver about Nov. 28 and tempera—

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tures will rise on all the Pacific slope. SUOWS from the storms first half of
It will cross crest "of Rockies by close December.
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Quality of the crop is lowest in
North Dakota, Minnesota and Wis-
consin, they being the extreme north-
ern states. Michigan farmers know
the quality of the corn in this state.
Just about a half crop of good quality
grain, and in some localities not that.
The condition has been pretty much
the same in other northern states,
some of which raise considerable corn.
It is said that cars have moved from
points in northern Iowa and Illinois
and found to be out of condition 24
hours after shipment. It is this very
poor quality grain that is being rush-
ed to market and buyers in Michigan,
elevator managers, etc., should keep
their weather eye peeled when buying.
Take only the kiln dried stuff and then
inspect it thoroly before acceptance.

War conditions abroad are having
a certain effect on the future market.
Trading in December has become light
and we would not be surprised to see
the new corn market develop weak-
ness at any time. There is bound to
be an adjustment sooner or later. The
price of pork as described by the gov-
ernment will help the feeding situa-
tion some, but this would be balanced
by the fact that less export business
will be done this year. There is the
export demand and Europe can use
our corn, but we have not the ships
to carry the grain. With the present
large crop and poor condition, we look
for lower prices after the first of the
year if not before.

 

Although the rye market is not
brisk by any means, still it continues
to gather strength and has seen an
advance of a few cents since last week.

Receipts at originating points are
light and the great bulk of the heavy
movement is over for this year. Last
week we advised holding for a few
days and those who did so could now
sell at a few cents advantage. We
believe there will be a better demand
for rye before a great while and would
not be in any great hurry to sell. We
do not expect too much of the rye mar-
ket for there is always bound to be a
certain spread between rye and wheat.
At the same time a few extra cents
per bushel are worth waiting for and
they should come before many days.

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of Nov. 29, plains sections 30. meridi—
an 90, great lakes and Ohio valleys
Dec. 1, eastern sections 2. rczutlnng
vicinity of Newfoundland about Dec.
3. Storm wave will follow about one
day behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave.

This will begin a series of bad
storms that will continue thru more
than half of 1,)ecelnbei: including three
cold waves and blizzards. November
usually brings more bad weather than
December but this year will be a re-
versal.

Another minor disturbance will cross
continent Dec. 5 to 9, warm wave 4 to
8, cool wave 7 to 11. This will be
preceded and followed by cold waves.

These severe storms will bring re—
lief to our middle southwest where
the Mexican drouth has interfered
since May 1916, but no general break-
ing up of that drouth is expected dur-
ing December. The subsoil there is
dry to a great depth and vegetation
can not do well till that condition is
changed. But much of the northern
states and Canada will get rains and

 

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- usual, and the car shortage.

 

At any rate, with the rush over, rye
should continue to be worth the pres-
ent price. Due allowance must .be

made for the ordinary variation of ,

the market. Cash No. 2 rye is quot-

ed $1.79 at Detroit and 31.80% at

Chicago.

Barley

Milwaukee barley prices have de-
clined 30 for the week, due to the
predominance of undesirable qualit-
ies in the liberal receipts. Low grades
are relatively much lower, feed and
rejected being about 100 off. The mar-
ket has been slow, as brewers, malt-
sters and shippers are interested only
in the choicest malting qualities. Cur-
rent quotations are: Choice big-
berried Wisconsin and eastern Iowa,
testing 48 to 50 lbs., per bu., $1.30@
$1.33; 45 to 47 lbs., $1.22@$1.29; Min-
nesota, western Iowa and Dakota, 48
to 50 lbs., $1.24@$1.31; 45 to 47 lbs.,
$1.20@$1.25; all states, 42 to 44 lbs.,
$1.14@$1.20; feed mixing, $1@$1.15.

The Chicago barley market Monday
was without material change. About
the only thing can be said was, they
were taking the barley just a trifle
more cheerfully and there seemed to
be a little better demand for the feed
grades also. About 40 odd cars were
disposed of covering a range of $1.17
to $1.32, with the bulk of the trading
at $1.24, $1.26 and $1.28; depending
upon quality. Only occasional cars
of very choice going above this, and
these latter were purely mellow lowa
types. In a general way, offerings
were not quite as heavy here as they
have been, but even at that the mar-
ket is not quite cleaned up as yet, al-
though it is reaching a point where
the under-cover quantities are not
quite as oppressive as they have been.

Buffalo barley dealers did very little
business this week. although maltsters
were in the market looking for some-
thing they could not get at what they
considered a good price. The malt-
sters here are up against cheap malt
from other malting centers and are
afraid to get into that troublesome
game. Sellers are urging them to buy
barley now to come down by the lake
and not depend on all-rail shipment,
as there is no prospect of getting cars
this winter. Asking prices here were

$1.34 to $1.43 for malting and $1.27 to
$1.34 for what is considered feed bar-
ley.

 

 

 

 

Markets No. 1 Standard No. 1
Timothy Timollly Timothy
Detroit 23 50 24 00.22 50 23 00‘2l 50 22 00
Chicago :27 28 00126 27 00:24 01 25 00

Cincinnati 24 00 25 00:23 00 24 00,22 00 23 50
Pittsburgh .28 50 29 00:27 00 28 00124 00 24 50
New York 125 00 26 00 24 25 ,22 23 00
Richmond 29 00 30 00 28 50 29 50 28 00 29

 

No. 1 No. I E No. 1
math“ 1! Light Mixed Clover Mixed i Clover
Delroll ‘19 00 0 18 50 l5 50117 00 19 00
Chicago t20 22 00 l9 00 2! 00i18 50 20 50

Cinclnnati 23 so 24 00123 00 23 50;23 on 23 so
Pittsburgh ,27 so 28 127 so 28 ootzs oo 28 so
New York 121 22 119 50 20 50:18 20
Richmond ‘28 00 29 1'27 50 28 "0‘25 00 27

The hay situation this year has
been a big surprise to a great, many
operators. Last August. the word
went broadcast that we were to have
a record breaking hay crop and that.
the only course for dealers to pursue
was to clean up all holdings and work
close. Many of them followed this ad-
vise and no doubt now are speculat-
ing on the profits they might have
made had they held on to what they
had in storage. They have seen the
price advance to where it would have
meant an additional 50 per cent profit.
The same is true of growers who dis—
posed of their holdings before the new
crop could affect the market.

Many factors entered into the situ-
ation which at that time were unfor-
seen or unthought of, which goes to
show that no man nor set of men can
fortell with any accuracy what the
market may do more than a week or
so ahead. They may draw their con-
clusions but a thousand and one
things may happen to upset their cal-
culations. The main factors overlook-
ed this year were the fact that the
great shortage of labor would delay
baling until a much later date than
The lat-
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the hay situation. V , And there is .‘no .

' relief in sight. With heavy govern-
ment shipments of, munitions on all
~llnes, and the winter weather coming
on, coupled with shortage Of equip-
ment on the railroads, there is no im-
. mediate prospect of a heavy movement
even when baling gets well started. It
will be some time before the shortage

‘ is relieved on many markets and there
will be" times all during’the winter

when certain points will be short of

. supplies. It will pay shippers to watch

‘ this closely and take advantage of

f conditions, always providing they can

. get the cars. There is liable to be a

. great difference between paying pric-

' esp-at different points and between or-
iginating points and terminal markets.

' 'Prices at Detroit remain at about

. the former level. The demand is
ahead of the supply at all times. Now
is certainly the time, for anyone in
position to do so, to take advantage
of the present conditions. There is a
great deal of hay in the country and
there will come a time. after the con-
gestion of grain and other fall traffic
diminishes, when this hay will move.
And the time will come when growers
will wish to sell. At this time there
is every poss‘bility of lower prices.

Much of the western hay which for-

; merly went east is now going south.
Transportation facilities have been
better in that direction and the de-
mand has been constant and strong.
Pittsburgh is still Short of supplies

. although billings in transport are
reported to have increased from points

, nearby. Clover and miXed hay are
especially short on that market.

Philade‘ph‘a and Baltimore report
a firm market at last week’s quota-
tions. Straw is also in great demand
there. Shipments from nearby points
have slightly increased but not to any
extent.

The Cincinnati market is showing
rising tendencies and the supply is
way short of the demand. Dealers
there are trying in every way to get
shippers to consign their way rather
than to eastern points.

New York has seen times during the
past week when there was almost a
famine in hay. Shipments via. the N.
_Y. C. have increased but it is about
the only road making deliveries. The
general market, while holding to last
week’s prices, is in a- rather unsettled
condition. Dealers feel that any in-
crease would affect it. We do not
think they have any cause for imme-
diate worry on that score.

 

7.80 8.80 9.00
7.75 8.70 8.80
8.15 8.80

C. H. P.
Prime

[ Detroit Chicago New York
Red Kidneys

 

7.50 |

 

 

Bean threshing seems to be well un-
der way now in many sections of
Michigan and the yield is disappoint-
ing, in some instances running as low
as 3 to 5 bu. per acre. The pick is
also heavy in most cases. Some few
localities seem to have been favored
and report a fair yield of good qual-
ity, but these spots are few and far
between.

It is interesting to note the vari-
ation of prices being paid at different
buying points, sometimes at points
within a very short distance of each
other. The price varies from $5.25 to
$8.25, and clearly shows that all the
talk about government supervision
and price setting has had its effect
on the market, making buyers uncer-
tain and causing a great variation in
paying prices. Now that the govern—
ment has declared itself the atmos-
. phere should clear and a firm working
basis be established.

The time has arrived when farmers
will be marketing their beans and the
movement to central markets will no
doubt be greatly increased. At many
points so far the price has been nom-
inal owing to the fact that only small
lots were coming and buyers were com—
pelled to pay the owner’s price. This
has held back the market, as also has
the fact that exporters were waiting
to see the market established before
buying to any extent. We recently
read a very significant report from
New York City to the effect that very
few lots of Michigan beans were being
received; that beans were arriving
from the western coast but buyers
were holding off to get the Michigan
beans. This speaks for itself. No
state or foreign country can produce
beans equal to those produced in Mich-

igan. Beans are Michigan's crop and
growers should familiarize themselves
with eVery phase of the marketing as

g applied to them. ' .
.Good seed is going to be worth the

money next year and those who have
beans which will make good seed will
find it~to~their advantage to hold it.
Often times certain portions of a field,
being on higher ground, will yield a
better grade Of beans than others, and
as straw from that portion of the field
is running through the separator the
beans may be separated and seed sav-
ed from it. At any rate, just hear in
mind that seed beans will be seed
beans next spring if present indica~
.tions count for anything.

The Food Administration announces
that on account of the possible short-
age in tin plate necessary for.the con-
servation of food products during the
year 1918, it has‘included in the rules
governing canning operations the reg-
ulation that no dried beans or dried
peas shall be canned without a special

' permit from the Food Administration,

and it is now illegal for oanners to
operate on these products without
special permit. Dealers in dried beans
and dried peas will be required to get
a special permit before selling these
products for canning purposes, and
can makers are instructed not to sup-
ply cans for these purposes. Bean can-
ners desiring to operate should ad-
dress a letter to the Food Administra-
tion stating the amount of dried beans
they have on hand or under contract,
the quantities which they expect to
can, and the markets where they ex-
pect to sell them. Particular refer-
ence should be made to any contracts
made with the army and the navy or
with the allied governments. In view
of the shortage of seed peas and dried
peas the canning of soaked peas is re-
garded by the Food Administration
as a wasteful practice and must be
discontinued immediately.

 

Medium Round
white-locked

Choice round
white-sacked ‘

 

2.35 cwt.
2 00

2.40

2.45

2.50
Norfolk, Va. 2.35 ’

Note: Quotations now per cwt.

The market has weakened at the ma-
jority of points although Detroit still
manages to keep quotations at about
the highest point of any market. The
demand in Detroit is good and the
supply only moderate in comparison
with other years. Some frosted stock
still coming but not in any quantity.
Stocks in transit are said to be in-
creasing and while their arrival may
affect the market temporarily, we see
no reason for continued lower prices.
The first of the year will see a good
demand from consumers who will have
exhausted their small supply, and
from that time on until spring and
summer there should be a strong mar-
ket. We do not feel that anyone
should be afraid of the potato mar-
ket this year and we bel'eve there
will be plenty of opportunity to sell
at a profit. We say. to growers, do
not be discouraged by any temporary
break in the market. Potatoes are
worth the money, especially in Mich-
igan.

Chicago has been receiving too
great a supply. It is the old story of
a glutted market, due to shippers’ an-
xiety to get their stock on the market
before the coming of actual Winter.
Much field frosted stock has come to
that market and this has not helped
things. Buyers noting the heavy re-
ceipts and the number of cars on track
have been none too anxious to take
hold. Shippers in many cases have
now discontinued shipments, saying
the market is too low to let them out
after the prices they have paid for
stock or the cost of production. This
should help things out and we advise
those who can do so to hold back on
shipments to that market for a few
days and see what effect it will have.
We know what the effect will be: a
cleaning up of accumulations and a
much more healthy market generally.

Both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
markets have been draggy and inclined
to weaken during the past week. Ac-
cumulation of cars on track continue
and until shipments lessen we see no
better conditions in sight. But we
believe the market will provide its
own remedy. Shippers will hold back

2.50 cwt.
2.15

 

 

 

'off for a. lower scale.

long 'eiioiigh' a list as or. .stock,xnow

03be is selling in“ Detroit“ only

on track, clean up and Conditions will ‘1! a small way and is now quoted at

become better. . Just at this season of
the year, regardless of the crop, we are
l'able to have a declining market at
eastern points, due to the fact that
shippers hurry their stock to market
just before the advent of
weather,

New York dealers look for a lower
market from now until the first of
the year. Receipts are increasing and

shippers in the nearby territory seem,

inclined to let their stock go at pre-
vailing prices. Many of them have
been frightened by stories of an ex-
ceptionally large crop. Taking ad-
vantage of the situation, buyers are
holding off and the market generally
is slow. Dealers say they do not re-
member in years of so little buying at
this season as has been the case dur-
ing the past, two weeks. We believe
that this is but a passing condition.
Potatoes are a staple food and there
is not such a crop but what all of it
will be needed and at a fair price.

While onion markets generally have
been inclined to sag and weaken, the

Detroit market has held its own just"

a little better than the most of them.
It will be remembered that the De-
troit onion market has been good all
fall and in fact the demand there has
been more regular than on any other
market. The same condition holds
good at this time, when many other
markets are reporting lack of demand
and a falling in values. Yellows are
still selling at $3.75@$4.00 per cwt.

- Off grades take the regular reduction.

Chicago reports an extremely weak
market. The demand is very light
and stock arriving and on track is
hard to move. There is quite an ac-
cumulation on track, much of it be-
ing California stock. Many less than
car lots have come in there owing to
anxiety on the part of small shippers
to move their onions before winter
weather. These have not taken long
to accumulate and buyers have been
quick to take advantage of the situa-
tion. Yellows are quoted at $2.50@
$2.75 per cwt. California browns,
$2.75@$3.00 per cwt.

Onions are not moving to any ex-
tent in Pittsburgh. Dealers there
claim the price is too high for their
market and that buyers are holding
Spanish are
quoted at $4.50@$4.75 per case. Mich-
igan and Ohio yellows, No. 1, $2.50
@$3.00.

The Boston market has weakened
decidedly during the past week. Pric-
es have declined from 25c to 500 from
last week’s quotations. Philadelphia
reports a lighter supply and petter
prices. The demand there has been
better than for some time.

The New York market has been
having hard going in company with
all other eastern markets. Over 200
cars have been taken off the market
and placed in storage by receivers.
Trading there is just about at a stand-
still. Many shipments ot‘ off grade
and frozen stock have been received
and this has not been of any help to
the situation. Yellows have been sell-
ing at $2.50@$3.00 per cwt., reds at
$2.00@$2.75 per cwt.

4: . CABBAGE

The cabbage market does not show

any activity or improvement. Arriv-
als have been heavy on all markets
and the buying has been light. Grow-
ers have been cleaning up the remain-
ing stock in the fields, sorting it and
getting it on cars as fast as possible.
Much frosted and frozen stock has ar-
rived on all markets. Many cars have
had to be trimmed and all around the
situation has been far from satisfac-
tory for two or three weeks. The
early frosts and cold weather compli-
cated the cabbage deal this season.
The kraut cutters were not as active
as formerly nor did their purchases
extend over so long a period. While
no doubt it has been necessary for
growers to dispose of their poor stock
or that which they feared was frost-
ed sufficiently to effect its keeping
qualities, still this heavy shipping of
off grade stock gilled the market when
it was very promising.

freezing

$1.10 per bushel. Shippers should
bear in mind however that Detroit is
not a cabbage market as compared to
eastern points. The consumptive de-

mand increases each year as the won-

derful growth .of the city continues.
But heavy shipments at any time'will
glut the market in a "hurry. There-
fore it is always well to get in tquch
with good relialfie receivers there be-
fore shipping any quant’ty. We un-
derstand certain Detroit concerns have
been able to dispose of cabbage for
Michigan shippers to good advantage.
some of,it being applied on eastern
contracts. ,

Chicago advices are to the effect
that the last of the Wisconsin cabbage
will probably go into cars this coming
week. There is a considerable range
of prices. Stock has been rather
slow sale at $18@$20 per ton. Re-
ceipts at Philadelphia have been heavy
and the market has declined. Do-
mestic is br’nging around $18 per ton
while Danish is selling, at $20@$25
per ton. Pittsburgh is quoting Dan~
ish at $30@$35 per ton but it should
be remembered that that market has
been having great transportation dif—
ficulties and cabbage has not been
reaching there freely. As soon as it
does the market there will come into
line with others.

New York stillereports an accumu-
lation of cars in the yards and with
very little demand the market has
worked lower. Danish is selling at
$15@$25 per ton with the bulk selling
around $20. Red cabbage sells well
there at $2@$2.50 per barrel.

The Detroit market continues good
for -11 varieties and although this past
week has seen somewhat heavier ra-
rivals, the demand is such that there
is no danger of an over-supply from
this time on. The Thanksgiving and
Christmas demand is coming on and
shippers will be taking advantage of
it and at the same time will be clean-
ing up before zero weather. Quota-
tions are: Spy, $7; Greenings, $6.00
@$6.50; snow, $6.50@$7; Baldwins,
$5.50; Wealthy, $4.50@$5; Alexander,
$5.50@$'6; No. 2, $3@$3.50 per bbl.

Chicago is receiving a light supply
of strictly fancy stock, the bulk of ar-
rivals being No. 2. The greater por-
tion of the apples are hasvested and
much of the fancy stock arriving is
going into the coolers. The bulk of
the demand is for the good stock and
at times the poorer grades are .hard
to move. Prices have worked upward
and there is every promise of a good
market for the holiday season. Next
week will see the start of this and per-
haps higher prices may prevail. Fol-
lowing are the quotat’ons: No. 1 to
fancy Jonathans, $5.50@$6.25; Grimes
Golden, $5.25@$5.75; A grades, 20
Ounce, $6.25@$6.50; No. 1 Baldwin,
$5@$5.50; Greenings. $0@$6.25; Kings
$5.50@$6; Golden Russets. $5@$5.25;
Winesaps, $4.50@$5; Ben Davis, $3.75
@$4; Spys, $6®$0 50; Wagners, $4.50
@$5; Hubbardsons, $4.50@$5; large
green pippinS, $5@$5.50; B grade of
all varieties, 50c discount; ungraded.
75c@$1 discount; overage No. 2 of all
var‘eties, $2.25@3. There has been
a fair movement of box apples, but
high prices have prevented consump-
tion. Arrivals are fairly liberal. There
was a good demand for extra fancy
Jon-athans, good size selling up to
$2; smaller down to $1.65; Home
Beauty, large, $2@$2.25; smaller stock
$1.65@$1.90; fancy, 15c less; C grade.
$1.25@$1.50; extra fancy Delicious.
taken readily at $2.25@$3, and fancy.
$1.75@2.50. Good Winter Bananas,
$2.25@$2.75, and down to $1.75 for
smaller sizes.

New York receivers are complain-
ing of heavy receipts of poor stock
and the effect it has on the market.
The bulk of this stock is selling at
$2@$3.25 per bbl. There are usually
heavy receipts of such stock at the end

1%:

No change in the Detroit butter
market. Just about sufficient stock ar-
riving to take care of the demand and
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high prices .have to a certain extent
affected it. Many families using clan
and other butter substitutes. Cream-'
ery extras are quoted 42 1-2c. Girsts
41@41 1-20. ,

The Chicago market has been rather
dull during the past week, after the
renewed interest of a week ago. Fresh
extras are very scarce and there is a
good demand. Fancy offerings are
becomming very scarce. There is a
wide range on fresh creamery. Fresh
centralized is also in fair demand but
for other offerings there isra very
slow market. Held stock is moving
slowly. The difference in price be-
tween butter and substitutes is so
great that it is affecting the retail sale
of all lower grades. Fresh creamery
extras are quoted at 44@41 1°20; ex-
tra firsts, 43@43 1-2c; firsts, 41@42c;
seconds, 38@390.

New York has seen a slow and un-
satisfactory butter market all thru
the week. There has been a slight
hardening on extras and high scor-
ing lots but medium and undergrades
have experienced a slow market. There
has been a deterioration in quality so
that many creameries—which were for-
merly shipping extras are now ship-
ping butter which grades only first.
There is very little speculative buy-
ing. The Government’s warehouse re-
port has also had a depressing effect
as it shows a surplus in the coolers.
Up to Nov. 1st there had been a de-
ficit compared with a year ago. /

Trading in renovated is very quiet,
more so than at any time in several
weeks. The general opinion is that
lower prices must come. Held but-
ter is finding slow sale and owners
of same are working on it every day.
The free receipts of medium and low
grades has affected this movement.
Cremery, higher scoring than extras,
45 1-2@46; extras, 45c; firsts, 4260
44 1-2c; seconds, 40@41 3-4c; unsalted.
higher than extras, 46 1-2@47c; extras,
45 3-3@46c; firsts, 43@45c; seconds,
41@42 1—2c; held, higher scoring than
extras, extra, 42 1-2@42 3»4; firsts,
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A good demand for fresh eggs
rather a quiet market for storage, of
medium gades, characterizes the De-

troit egg market. Holders of storage
stock report a. great falling off in the
demand from consumers of that
grade. The high prices are affecting
consumption. We are now at the
time of year when receipts of fresh
eggs fall off greatly and it would seem
that there should be a better market
for the storage stock. But in the
homes of many workmen vegetables
are being used more and more to the
exclusion of eggs and meats. Fresh
new laid eggs will sell as high as 46c;

ordinary run of firsts, 44@4z')c; sec-
onds, 41@4‘3c: storage, 23(7724c.

The government report had a weak‘
ening affect on the Chicago nutrke‘.
The report, shows that on .‘u'ov 1 more
was four months supply oi‘ eggs on
hand. according to tho Octohcr, 1017
movement, where a year ago inure was
only three months supply on h and, ac-
cording to theOctober, 1010. move
ment. The October movement of bold
stock this year was 115,000 cases loss
than last year. New laid eggs are
becoming more scarce every day. The
market. on fresh new laid stock has
steadily advanced while storage stock
has become more stagnant each day.
New laid fresh, 44 1—2@45c.; ordinary
fresh, 4Z§®44c; checks, 28@30c; dir-
ties, 30@320.

New York reports a good situation .

so far as fresh stock is concerned but
a bad market on all held stock. The
pmce of fresh stock continues to ad-
vance but the consumption of eggs
generally is much less than a few
weeks ago as is only to be expected
with the prevailing high prices. The
falling off in demand for medium
grades usually sold to the poorer class-
es has affected the sale of held stock
and many dealers are anxious to move
the"r holdings even at a lower price
than they expected. Fresh gathered
firsts are quoted at 54@55C; 9X"?!
firsts, 52@53c; seconds, 42@46c.

Vegetables
Carrots, $1 per bu.; beets, $1.25 per
bu.; turnips, $1 per bu.; green onions,
200 per doz.; hothouse cucumbers,
$1.75 per doz.; garlic, 14@15c per 1b.;

lradishes, 50c per doz.; green peppers,

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75c per bu.; parsley, 350 per doz.

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The surplus of poultry on the De-
troit market has been just about
cleaned up and ‘the general condit‘on
is a great deal better than at the time
of our last writing. The trade is now
facing the Thanksgiving buying and
right after that the holidays will be
coming on and we should see a good

 

active market there. It should be re—
membered that Detroit, with its large
foreign and Jewish population, also
a great influx of colored people from
the south, is just about the best poul-
try market in the country, all things
being equal. All these people prefer
poultry to other meats and Detroit,
with its great market places. furnishes
them ample Opportunity to satisfy
their desire to do personal “trading”
and secure poultry and other prod-
ucts direct from the country. And
don’t lose sight of the fact that they
are receiving much better wages in
Detroit than in man“ other cit’es and
are thus enabled to buy what they
wish.

The Chicago market is in about the
same condition it was last week. He
ceipts are rather light and ezpecially
so on dressed poultry. Dressers are
buying freely in order to meet the de-
mand and all arrivals clean up from
day to day with very little carry-over.
The general condition of arrivals is
none too good. Receivers there look
for increased activity the first of the
coming week.

Boston reports that the market has
an improved tone and that rece’pts
are just about sufficient to meet the
demand. Receivers anticipate a good
healthy Thanksgiving market.

Dressed Hogs

The season for dressing and ship-
ping hogs has arrived and quite a
number of shipments have‘been re—
ceived on the Detroit market. While
farmers as a general rule cannot ship
dressed beef to good advantage, they
do very well with dressed hogs and
the result of shipment is usually sat-
isfactory.

To bring the top of the market the
dressed hogs must arrive in good con-
dition and have an attractive appear-
ance. They should be carefully dress-
ed so that bruises and spots do not
appear. These usually are caused by
rough handling of the animal before
killing. See that they are well clean—
ed and washed. Then allow them to
cool thoroughly before shipping. if
possible, wrap in a burlap or old ('0‘-
ton may be used. Paper does not

last to the, end of the journey. The,
arrive

main thing is to have them

clown and attractive Tho llctroit
market on drosscd bogs at the prment
time is quo‘cd :it 21fi122c pcr lb.

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The Detroit market rules firm and
steady with slightly higher prices on
certain kinds of offerings. There is a
good fair movement of stock and the
general condition of arrivals is better
than that of a week ago. Canners have.
seen some advance. The veal calf mar-
ket is strong with a good demand and
only a moderate supply.

The general market continues to dis-
play its ability to absorb enormous
supplies of medium and low grade cat-
tle. Receipts at Chicago last week
were 79,381 of which 26,000 were west-
erns. Seven western markets had a
combined cattle run of 327,000 for the
week. This was only 8,000 less than
the previous week’s big total, but suf-
ficient to cause 10 to 250 advance on
steers grading below choice.

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fluenced by the observance of meatless
days, choice corn-feds. although never
scarcer, barely held their own at de-
clines previously shown. The top for
the week was $16.00. the lowest top
since the third week of August Noth-
ing strictly prime arrived at Chicago,
however, and that kind carried a nom-
inal value up to $17.75. Approaching
holiday demand for choice to prime
beef should improve the market for
$15 and higher priced bullocks. Bulk
of the common light to good short-
fed steers selling for slughter, moved
last week at $9.00 to $13.50.

Monday of this week, with 27,000
cattle at Chicago, of which 4,000 were
westerns, the market was steady on
native steers and on all the stuff and
range cattle. Butcher cattle market
responds v'gorously to every oppor-
tunity to advance and will work high—
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sides. The poultry season just ahead
will be a depressing influence, yet
moderate receipts alone are needed to
insure a continued healthy trade.
Receipts of cattle at Buffalo on Mon-
day were 235 cars, including 40 cars
of Canadians and 16 cars from last
week. Trade opened steady on medi-
um weight steer cattle which were in
light supply; butcher steers and ban-
dy weight steers sold 15 to 25c higher;
fat cows and heifers sold 15 to 25c, high—
er than last week; bulls of all ('171’48es ,

sold steady; stockers and springers ,
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Medium 200—240 16 75 17 2517 0017 50‘ 18 <0018 1;
Mixed 150.200 16 5017 00 16 8517 25 17 7513 cc
’ackcrs 100.150 15 7517 10 17 to 17 85 17 8518 00
Up. Hm clown 16 5017 01) 16 so 17 51. , 17 11017 7

The Detroit hog market is steady at
prevailing prices. A good demand ox-
ists for any kind of fair offerings and
the supply coming is just about suf-
ficient. to meet. it. l’rospocis urc t‘zlv-
orable for the coming wcek. (‘.<l>e:'ltll-
ly on well finished stuff.

Last week the receipts of hogs at
Chicago totalled 173.614 head, the lar-
gest in over eight months, yet around
105.000 less than the corresponding
week a year ago. A further increase
of. the supply may be expected as the
winter works along but the market is
in a technically strong position and
this has improved by the policy adopt-
ed by the Food Administration in
assuring producers that so far as lies
within its power it will see that pric-
es are such as to insure the producers
a profit.

Buffalo received 12,000 hogs on Mon«
day and the market there was 10 to
15c lower than last week. Receipts
on Tuesday totalled 6,400 head and
the market opened 250 lower on pigs
and lights and steady to 10c lower on
all other grades with the medium and
heavy hogs selling from $18.00 to
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The shccp and lamb market is

strongcr at, Detro‘t and under moder-
ate receipts and a good steady demand
the price has worked higher. Looks
as though the rush of shipments was
over for the season and as though we
might expect only moderate receipts
and a firm market for the time.

Chicago is still receiving a good run
of native and fed western stock, al-
though the movement of range sheep
and lambs is virtually over for the
season. Good feeding weather, 110w-
ever, is tending to restrain premature
marketing of western stock out of
cornfields and the marke‘ is perform-
ing creditably. Advamc; of 50 and
75c were scored in the lamb trade last
week, while yearlings showed about
as much gain and sheep advanced
about 25c. Best fat lambs reached
$17.25. Monday saw a moderte sup-
ply of 17,000 in the pens and the
trade was generally steady. Best
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Thanksgiving

‘ URSUANT to custom the President has named

the last Thursday of November “Thanksgiv-

ing Day” and enjoined the people to give
thanks to God. For what? Because one-half the
world is bathed in the blood of its kin and the
other half rushes to the slaughter? Because of
the vacant chair of him that has gone perhaps
not to return? Are these the “blessings” for which
'we are to offer thanks to the Great Ruler?

Collectively we may have much to be thankful
for, but what it is does not yet appear. If the Great
War was God-ordained, as many claim, then per-
haps under its crimson mantle lie blessings which
the dawn of peace will reveal. Could the world
but feel the consciousness that this war endeth
all war, it would fall upon its knees in the mire
of blood and sanctity the heavens with solemn
prayers of thanks to the Almighty! And is it
not this hope that inspires the defenders of Dem-
ocracy, charges them with courage and tempers
the awfulness of their task?

Individual blessings are much like the sun-
beams that play upon the fields and steal thru the
windows. They visit us so frequently and unob-
trusively that we become oblivious of their pres-
ence; ‘but when the clouds of adversity and dis-
appointment cast a shadow over our hopes, we
welcome the stray beams that come thru the rifts,
with a new understanding and appreciation.

Most folks magnify their troubles and dispar—
age their blessings. Everyday cares are too often
treated as everlasting calamities. Life to many
seems a succession of joys and glooms; one day
all the world seems to smile upon us and we are
tremendously glad to be alive, but the next day
trivial cares sit on our shoulders with the weight
of millstones and plunge us into a chasm of doubt
and despair. Today we laugh at the fears of yes-
terday; tomorrow we wonder how we could have
been so gay today.

Blessings are very much like opportunities;
they come frequently enough but many folks don’t
recognize them when they knock at their door.
Every day that we live we assimilate blessings
and don’t knew it. Of course, it’s hard to be
grateful for something we are not conscious of
having received. There isn’t a day goes by, dear
folks, but leaves even the most barren life some-
thing to be thankful for. It may have been noth—
ing more than a smile, or a good word, but if’it
added only a mite to our pleasure and contentment
it deserved our gratitude. '

No great single blessing has come to this nation
the past year; doubtless thereare millions of in-
dividuals unable to point back to one or more
specific acts of providence which have left an im-
press upon their lives for the duration of the
year, but there is no individual who can say that
the year has given him nothing but crusts and
husks. So on this day of Thanksgiving soon to
be with us let us remember our many debts of
gratitude to the Giver of all things, and offer up
neglected‘thanks for His kindnesses of the year.

Speaking o'f Profits

E, Christian Breisch & 00., have not

“ ‘)‘/ bought any beans. There is no profit in '

buying beans at $7 or $8 a bushel. and
hten being forced to sell them at $6.90. We will not
buy them while we have to pay any such price as
that."

Thus reads a statement made by a Lansing
bean buyer, according to a clipping from the Lan-
sing State Journal, sent to us by an Ingham
county subscriber.

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are pa. r

they are an yawn: this,“ some

the government has placed on the crop, ~How-
ever there are others, a sort .of ring in fact. hold-

» ing up their beans, speculating in order to: get .

better prices.” . .

This statement wasmade at the time the gov‘
enment set the price of $6.90 on its own bean pur-
chases, whichha’s since "been rescinded. It is a
sample of the silly .balderdash that [finds its
source in thermouthings‘ of the dethroned specu-
lators and goes"the rounds of. the daily. press, put-
ting the farmers in a false light and poisoning
the minds ofthe consumers against them. ‘

Christian Breisch & Co., will buy no beans to
sell at a loss. But Christian Breisch & Co., are
perfectly willing that the farmer shall sell his
beans at a loss, and infer that he is a traitor be-
cause he refuses to do so. .Will our Lansing
friend who is so anxious to put the farmer in a
bad light please explain why he wants a profit
that he denies the farmer? The latter does the
work and takes the chances against wind and
weather; if his crop is good he may make a profit,
if his crop is poor he loses money. The dealer of-
fers NOT what the beans are worth, but always
the lowest possible price at which he can induce
the farmer to sell. The price he offers is based
upon the prevailing market and is low enough to
enable him to make a profit. He takes no chances,
except by choice when he holds them for specula—
tive purposes. ’

Yes, Mr. Breisch, the farmers of Michigan are
holding their beans for $8 a bushel. They’re the
fellows who grew them and own them, and we
know of no one who has a better right to say at
what price they shall sell. You’re making your
living from the farmer, and ought to be the last
person in the world to deny him a fair profit.
And you call him a speculator! Well, anyway,
the government hasn’t yet deemed it necessary
to harness him with a license, as it has the erst-
while bean buying speculator.

Somebody Please Explain

INCE THE opening of- the potato market,

prices in Michigan have ranged from 20 to 50

50 cents a bushel less than in other states.
At the time the average Michigan price was less
than a dollar, Pennsylvania farmers were getting
$1.50; Maine and New York farmers, $1.40, and
western growers all the way from $1.25 to $1.50.
Farmers of Maine and Pennsylvania have been
offered as high as $1.70 a bushel, while the high-
est price noted in Michigan was $1.30 in the
Crreenville district.

011 October 30th we gave the average Michigan
price as $1.13; the government’s crop report for
November 1st gave it as $1.12 and estimated the
average for the United States at $1.28. '

there is no

Something’s wrong somewhere;

logical or legitimate reason why Michigan pota-

to prices should range so much lower than those
of other states. Surely, our shipping facilities
are as good and primary markets as easily acces-
sible. It is possible that there is an agreement
among the organized Shippers of the state as to
the maximum prices that shall be paid in the re-
spective markets, and thereby keep the prices to
a lower level than in other states? Whether
there exists such an understanding or not, it’s a
situation that should be and will be called to the
attention of the Food Administration.

What Michigan potato growrers‘need is a strong
state organization, with subsidiary county organ-
izations, conducted along much the same lines
as the milk producers’ association. Organization
must be met with organization. The buyers are
organized. the commission men are organized,
the retailers are organized, but the farmer con—
tinues to blaze his own way alone, and a mighty
poor job of blazing he does.
of this state been properly represented at the con-
ference at which the potato grades were estab-
lished, there wouldn't be so many up-state farm—
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and willing to sell their‘ cropri'mdftake the price;

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_ The MICHIGAN Bus-INEss Fumes

first desired to clear the Way to the market place
of all obstructions. It was. impossible to even

guess at what might happen so long as the‘mar- .

ket manipulators were able to throw a “‘fit” about
this action or that action, which was sure to be
taken by Mr. Hoover and his assistants;

The MICHIGAN. BUSINESS FARMER, single band-
ed and alone, grappled the tissue, forced the man-
ipulators to show their hands, and secured an
unqualified statement from the Food Administra-
tion. But, Mr. Farmer, remember that only the
first step has been taken. “Watch your step mar-
ketward,” is the slogan for the next ninety days.
The market “tide” is right now running out, and
for very good reasons. Twovthirds of the beans
are threshed; all of the potatoes out of the ground.

Fifty per cent of the farmers of this state sell
their products as soon as they are ready for the
market—profits cut but little figure, for the reason
that many things enter into consideration: “Prices
will go lower,” “1 must have the money,” “taxes
and interest will soon be due,” and add to these
reasons the publicity sent out by the manipulators
and you have a sufficient reason for the “insane"
marketing mania that grapples so many farmers
during October, November and December. We are
a month late this season, hence the greater reason
to “watch your step marketward.”

The farmer who would hold his beans, potatoes
and other food products for war-time prices, is
both greedy and unpatriotic. The farmer who
sells his beans for less than $8, his potatoes for
less than $1, or any farm products without secur-
ing a reasonable profit is not only a “slacker
dumper” but unwise in ,his day and generation.

The market tide will ebb and flow as the days pass ‘

during the next ninety days. The outgoing tide
will attempt to catch your products in the under—
tow; and mind you, the current will be strong.
So again: In the interests of a stable, profitable
market: “WATCH YOUR STEP MARKET
WARD.”——G. S. ‘

The Food Conservation Program
DOWN-STATE editor, commenting upon the
action of members of the W. C. T. U., in
refusing to sign pledges to conserve food
as long as, the government permitted the manu-
facture of alcoholic beverages, opines that the lad-
ies were unpatriotic. He professes to believe that
regardless of what use is made of the grain saved

through the food conservation plan, it is never-

theless the duty of all loyal citizens to save in
accordance with the government’s wishes. In
other words, right or wrong, the government’s
wishes and mandates must be obeyed in spirit and
action. '

These are not the principles of democracy; they
are the principles upon which the Kaiser’s dom-
ination of the German people is founded; they
are the very principles of misconceived “duty” to
governmental dictates which plunged the world
into war and are driving unwilling people to fight
it to a-terrible finish.

it it is necessary to conserve the country’s food
supplies the government should first of all, with-
out any hesitancy" or apologies, stop the huge
waste of grains and fruits now being diverted
into alcoholic beverages, over which it has direct
control. ,This done, it might then expect to secure
the co—operation of the millions of people in the
country who are opposed to the liquor traffic on
moral as well as economic grounds. As long,
however, as the commercial manufacture of
liquor continues, using up probably as many
pounds of food elements as the people could
possibly save even by dint of the utmost thrift,
the government should not expect to receive, nor
will it receive the whole-hearted co-operation of
the people in its food conservation program. And
it is folly to talk of coercing them. either by
force or criticism, to lend palpable encouragement
to the government’s continued approval of the
liquor traffic.

Why we Are Grateful

E ARE grateful for the thousands of new

friends we havemade the past year. They

are scattered from Ohio’s line to Kcewe-
naw's farthest point, from Lake Michigan to the
shore of Huron. They represent every branch of
Michigan agriculture; they are the most progres-
sive of the state’s business farmers; they have
proven themselves true friends in every sense of
the werd. One of them visited our office a few
days ago,——a man near seventy years of age. The
his eye was still keen and his voice still steady,
his heard was snowy white and he carried a cane.
“I want to subscribe for your paper,” he said, “I

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atives in “our t0wn.” He stayed a few minutes,
watched the 'big press turning out the Nov. 17th
issue and then left. But under his arm he carried
a bundle of back issues of the paper which he had
insisted that we give him to distribute among
his neighbores! It is physically impossible to
personally acknowledge the words of encourage-
ment, the offers of help, unsolicited subscriptions
sent in by our thousands of friends. So ve have
to express our appreciation in this way.“ hoping
that each of you who have contributed something
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try to feel that we have you personally in mind as
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Mr. Peter Bale, farmer and shipper of Lakeview,
now admit that the thinks himself “that they put
the size” of the potato screen under the new grad-
ing rules, “a little too large.” This is like send-
ing regrets and flowers to the funeral.

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Yes, the “Hayseed” Gets it in the Neck

Well, as potatoes are about dug they will fall
short of the estimate the War Preparedness
Board announced. I find that some places went
100 bu., some 75, some 50, and some down as low
as 25 bu. per acre. A very few went 100. Possi-
bly some might have reached a little above 100 but
if they did they were rare cases. Not only the
hand of Providence has struck the farmer in rais-
ing his potatoes but the hand of mammon in
the way of grading them, which is an imposition
upon the producer, and which is not tolerated by
any means by the farmer. It has been rumored
that after the grading the No. 2’s are put in with
No. 1. I would not vouch for the
“ truth of this, but just as unlikely
things as that have happened. We
were to have sugar at 80 after th-e 1st
of November, but it seems like cut-
: ting teeth to get the graft cut down
to 80.

All kinds of schemes to beat the
poor “Hayseed,” when if they would
stop to meditate a little they would
fare thin if it wasn’t for Mr. Hay-
seed. -The farmer was urged to the
limit last spring to plant all he
could; to plow up his back yard and
put somethingin it. Now, after he
has raised all that his might and
energy would allow he is cut short
in prices and grades. The only re-
demption in our minds is for the
government to take care of every-
thing. Then and then only will we
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Thanks for Suggestion.

,There is one thing more that I
would like to see in your “Market
Flashes,” and that is quotations on
dressed hogs. Many hogs in the
small towns are sold dressed, so the
dressed market would help us out
even more than the live market. It
almost makes a person laugh to read
some of the things the theorists are
suggesting for the farmers to do.
Raise more hogs and don’t sell a hog
under 200 pounds, in fact they would
have a law making it unlawful to
do it. You cannot blame the farmer
for not wanting to do a thing unless
he can make at least a little money
by it. I believe it is a fact if every
farmer would keep strict accounts of
the cost of raising their hogs, that
they would soon quit the business
entirely. ‘Many farmers think they
are making money raising hogs,
when if they knew the truth they
are really losing money. I keep a
, strict account of all feed costs, etc,
-5 and know just what it costs to raise
my hogs. I know that when 1a per-
son has been feeding high-priced
feeds and the market slumps, he is
going to lose some money. Of course
my feeding methods might be im-
proved some, but at the same time
I feed quite scientifically. If. the
government would guarantee a price
so that the ‘farmer could realize a
fair profit on his hogs, the hog
shortage would soon be solved.——G.
W. R. 0. Kent City, Mich.

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informed men. could meet and quibble over a few
cents a bushel on farm craps, which few cents
would be scattered all over the country among the
people who actually did the work, and not pay
any attention to the manufacturing companies
and trusts that are amounting to, in some cases,-
a. million dollars a week piled up in a single place.-
Something has got to happen. There are many
idle fields and there,will be more next year—G.
R., Olivet, Mich.

Ask Elevators to Return Bean Picks

If the farmers would have more “business"
about them the buyers would not set their priecs
on our products and also their goods.

We ask them, “what are you paying for cream
or butter today?” Then “what are we paying you
for flour, sugar, shoes?” Is it just? We take our
beans to the elevator and take their weights, picks
and prices. Pay them the price they deduct for
picking them and then give them the picks. Do
you not think it would be a good idea to put the
farmers wise to ask for their picks back? They
make fine hog feed. If the buyers had to return
pound for pound the picks to the farmers they
would be careful not to pick any in the sample
that the pickers would leave or he would soon run
out of culls to return. if in the test our beans
pick 10 lbs. per bu. and the. pickers actually pick

6 pounds that's 4 lbs. “velvet" to the buyer, and
4 lbs. loss to the farmer, I am not saying they
do this but farmers. wake, up! demand your picks

back, they belong to you.~~1tlrx. I). ’l‘.. Blanchard.

We thank you for the stand you and your paper
takes for the farmer. The farmer and his fam-
ily are the hardest worked people and get. the least
money. Is it any wonder our boys go to the city
(we have one there now whom we need on the farm

——the only one).vH. D., ('olcman.

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HJW TO PROPERLY
STORE SEED CORN

The next important step after se—
lecting seed corn is to dry and store
it properly. The principal cause of a
loss in vitality of seed corn after it
is gathered is the failure to dry it
rapidlyand thoroly. When first gath-
ered, corn often contains 30 to 25 per-
cent of moisture, and may be greatly
injured within a day if allowed to
heat or freeze. Experiments have
shown a gain of 5 to 10 bushels per
acre from seed that was carefully
dried and stored:

As soon as the seed is gathered it
should be stored in a dry place where
there is a free circulation of air. If
the weather is very cool or damp it is
best to put. the ears in a room which
is heated for at least a part of the day
so that they may dry out rapidly. They
should never be piled together, but
should be placed so that they do not
touch one another.

A good way to arrange the ears is
to string them with a binder twine,
tying each ear around the middle and
putting as many ears on a string as
are convenient to handle. The strings
of ears are then hung in a loft or shed.
Another way. equally effective, is to
spread the ears on shelves or on the
floor space or speciallymade shelves.
Many special kinds of racks or frames
are used, but these, while convenient,
are not necessary. Any arrangement
the farmer’s ingenuity can devise will
he satisfactory, provided it dries the
ears thoroly and rapidly.

After the seed is thoroly dried it
may either be left as it is then ar-
ranged or be stored in bulk. However
kept, it must not be allowed to freeze
nor to absorb an excess of moisture if
it comes in contact with a damp at-
mosphere.

If destructive insects appear they
may be killed by placing carbon bi—
sulphite in an open dish and setting
it above the corn in a practically air-
tight room, bin or box. A pound of
this material is required for a room
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VALUE OF FARM—
LIGHTING PLANT

This is the season of the year when
the farm family feel the need of a
lighting system which will adequate-
ly l’ght the interior of the house. An
electric light plant. fills the bill; it not
only lights the interior of the house
in a satisfactory manner. but also pro~
vidcs an e‘l‘tcient. economical means
for lighting the da'ry barn. garage,
etc. Electric-ity offers the best and
most convenient form of illumination
possible. it give: a pure white light
free from smoke or odor. can be used
\ Tthout the least danger of fire. and
relieves the housew'fe of the annoy-
ance of cleaning and caring for lamps.

Complete and reliable electric light-
ing plants, including engine, dynamo,
switchboard, and storage battery can
be purchased from $300 up. and in
case the farmer is supplied with an
engine he can deduct this item from
the bill. The cost of installing a
plant, outside of the cost of wiring. is
very moderate. Plants are available
with the battery, sw’tchboard and
generator all mounted on a single
skid, completely wired and shipped
ready to install.

The cost of operating the plant is
practically limited to the cost of fuel
for the engine and the cost of occas—
ional new electric lamps. One farmer
who installed a 25 light plant states
'that he operated it at a cost of $2.00
per month. He used the engine solely
for operating the electric light gener-
ator. Had he used the engine for
.other work he states that the cost
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A complete electric lighting and
power plant must have an engine (or
other source of power) a. dynamo, a
switchboard, storage battery and a
system of wires and. fixtures for the
distribution of the electric current.
Usually a gas engine is used as a
source of power. The dynamo tur-
nishes the electric current for light-
ing, the current being generated in
it by the rotation of the center portion
called the armature. ‘ »

The switchbard consists of a pan-
el, made of slate (or other material)
on which is mounted the necessary
instruments for controlling the cur-
rent generated by the dynamo, and for
determining the amount of current
flowing through the wire: into the
storage batteries or the lamps or mot-
are.

The heart of the whole system is
the storage battery. It is the reser-
voir for storing electrical energy.

The lighting plant can be set up in
a convenient place where it will be
out of the way. The tool house is a
good location. , *

When given reasonably good care
the outfit will last for many years, and
will be the most prized of the farm
owner’s possessions—Clement White.

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We filled our ice house last'winter
at a cost of not more than $15. It
lasted well into October when the
weather was cool enough to dispose
with the use of it. Before we com-
menced to store ice our bill was doout
$30 a season so that as an investment
the ice house has paid well.

The construct'en of a. house sufficien
to hold ice is not an expensive matter.
The building should be. so located that
it will be near the dWelling and pro-
tected by shade trees if possible dur-
ing the heat of the day. Good drain-
age is also an item of importance
which may be obtained by a filling of
gravel or a prope~ grading in and
about the building. The walls should
be‘double with a six inch space be-
tween the boarding. This must be
firmly packed with saw dust or some
other non-conductor of heat. Saw dust
should be used for packing ice and
the ice cut and packed when the weath-
er is around or below zero. This pre-
caution will aid keeping qualities and
at the same time prevent a possibil-
ity of the blocks freezing together
from dripping during the process of
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We Want to Help When We Can

[UH/GAN BUSIN JSS Farming does not intend to give itsmccde’rs a
.lot of advicc on, how to form. We assume that the majority of them Ԥ *
who have been in the fawning business for a score of years or more arc
for better acquainted with tho problems peculiar to their own soil and
conditions than we or any one else could possibly be.
that filling these columns with a lot of theoretical notions by theoretical
g. agriculturalists who are not practical farmers would be a more waste of
E spacc. W'c know. howevcr. that no man lives who knows everything that
he ought to know about his own business, but we can‘t an cipate thc i
individual shortcomings of our rcaders in this respect and wc‘rc not going 5':
to try. We will. howcvcr. be glad to answer any technical questions rc-
gording the technical cnd of your business. and will be pleascd to have you 1
call upon us when you are not absolutely certain how something should bc
donc. Any questions on any branch of the farm work—preparation of the
soil, planting seasons, land reclaiming and land clearing projects. orch—
ard pests. pruning. household problems. problems pertaining fa live stock. 7:
If you are not getting results from any (10- 5':

partmcnt of your farm, there must be a reason.
usland let .us givc you the bcncfit of our €(L‘j)C’I“l€’I’l(‘(.’. 'Wc want to fill this
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TO INSURE FERTILIZER
SUPPLY ORDER NOW

 

By ordering fertilizers now and
hauling them to the farm as soon as
the. cars arrive, farmers will help to
improve railroad service next year.
They will also protect themselves;
against failure to receive the fertiliz-
ers in time for spring use.

The National Fertil‘ZZer Association
is urging that freight cars be loaded
to their full capacity with at least
fifty tons of fertilizer as against the
average trade car-lot shipment of
twenty-one tons. If next season's fer-
tilizer requirements can be shipped
well in advance of actual needs and
in cars loaded to full capacity, the
railroads will be able to render satis-
factory service in spite of the other
demands made on them.

STORING ICE FOR
NEXT SUMMER’S USE

 

With a supply of ice constantly on
hand during the summer fresh meat
dairy products and other provisions
may be kept in good condition for
weeks where otherwise they would
spell in a short time. Ice cream lem-
onade and other home made delicacies
may be served every hot day \where
ice, eggs, etc., are at hand. Where
neighborhood farmers unite in build-
ing ice houses and filling them by a
system of exchange they can main-
tain a supply of fresh beef or other
meat sufficient for family use during
the entire summer.

side should remain unfilled with saw
dust for the ice will melt quickly
about them. Six to ten inches of saw
dust should be firmly packed between
the ice and the inside boarding. Chaff
is sometimes used for this purpose
but it. is not equal to saw dust as a
tum-conductor heat. The mass of
ice should be covered with at least
twelve inches of dry clean sawdust.
Ice may be kept without building 21
,house but it is best ito build a house
for the purpose as one is then sure of
the ice keeping properly. I have known
some to simply pile up a big heap
of ice on straw laid over poles on a
slight elevation covering the ice very
thickly with straw and it seemed to
serve nearly as well as a house. One
farmer kept ice the entire summer on
the north side of the barn. He left
a space of about three feet between
the side of the barn and the ice and
into this poked cut straw good and
tight. He then covered the pile with
a thick roofing of straw so as to shed
rain. The best plan however is to
build a house. A suitable one for use
on the average farm does not cost
much, requires but little time to erect,
will last for many years and one is
assured of good supply of iée during
the entire heated term. I doubt if the
work and money can be devoted to a
better purpose on the farm. An ice
box or a modern refrigerator is also
a real necessity. It ought to be lo-
cated in the dining room or kitchen
where it will be handy. Tools for ice
cutting and storing may be purchased
for a small sum.—John Underwood.

 

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THE FARM MACHINERY
SHOULD BE CONSERVED

HOW TO CONSEBVE AGRICULTURE’S
AB’I'ILLEBY

1. Orders for new equipment and re-
pair parts should be placed as soon as
possible. .

2. To produce maximum results with
a minimum of labor, new and modem
machinery in large sizes should be used
wherever possible.

3. Serviceable equipment, not needed.
should be sold or made available to 0th-
en;- Useless machinery should be return-
ed to the channels of trade as junk.

5. Thorough lubrication and proper
care when in use will materially lengthen
the period of service offarm equipment.

6. More care should be given to pro-
tecting farm: implements from the weath-
er. .

During the coming winter farmers
should give careful attention to the
work of repairing all machines which
will be used next season. Also, orders
for repair parts and new machines
should be placed as soon as possible.
This will acquaint manufacturers and
their agents with the demand in dif-
erent sections and enable them to
make the best possible distribution.
At the same time it will eliminate ex-
pensive delays in transportation at the
busy season.

The use of the largest and most im-
proved farm machinery, always desig-
able, is of special importance. Where
large acreages are farmed the largest
machinery is the most economical.
Many of the latest machines embody
improvements which will often justi-
fy their purchase where obtainable
from the standpoint of economy even
though the old outfit. is st'll service-
able.

When new machines are bought
on large farms to replace others still
capable of service, it is suggested that
the owners afford an opportunity to
other farmers who operate on a small-
er scale to purchase this replaced ma-
chinery at a reasonable price. This
plan should benefit both parties.

All worn-out machinery should be
sold for junk at the first opportunity,
the specialists advise. first removing
all bolts or other parts which might
be useful in repairing other equip-
ment. It is usually false economy to
attempt to use a worn—out machine. as
the time wasted with breakages and
other delays and the extra power re-
quired for its operation usually more
than offset the saving effected by con-
tinuing it in use. .

More damage can be ”one to a ma-
chine in half an hour through lack of
oil or grease on some bearings than
by a whole, season‘s exposure to the
weather. the spcc'alists declare. For
this sort of neglect there can be no
excuse. it is said. Operating a ma—
chine without lubrication. especially
when the bearings are slightly rusty,
will quickly result in the wearing
away of the ‘metal, often to a consid-
erable depth, in a very few minutes.
Expensive breakages, as well as ser-
ious delays, also may be caused by op-
erating machines on which nuts have
worked loose or have come off entire
1y, allowing bolts to loosen or drop
out.

All practicable steps should be tak—
en to preserve machinery now on hand.
Needless exposure to the weather
should be avoided, and in cases whem
it is not practicable to house machi"
cry when idle, all bearings should
ceive a thorough application of heavv
oil or grease to keep out moisture an ‘
prevent rust. It is believed that on.
many farms machinery could be more
adequately sheltered ‘in the buildings
available by exercising care in placing
them so as to economize space.

 

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ciate the Market reports. In the way
of Market in formation they are the
best that I can obtain. No farmer
can afford to be without this paper.
——Percy E. Parkinson, Gladwin county

 


 
  
  
    
  

   

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CARE OF THE BROOD..
MARES IN WINTER‘

 

In the winter care of the brood
mare the chief essential is to enable
her to safely carry her foal until it is
born. There are certain factors that
we must observe. We must always ex—
ercise special care to see that her food
is absolutely free from dust, mold or
other evidences of poor quality or do
cay. Abortion is a likely consequence
of feeding mouldy hay or grain. Sud—
den changes of food are to be avoid-
ed- No fixed rule can be laid down
as to amount, each animal should be
carefully studied and the necessary
amount of food gauged according to
the need and capacity of the individ-
ual. We must be careful to give ra-
tions which supply a suflicient amount
of the most suitable nutrition both
for the mare and the unborn colt.

Many mares are fed almost wholly
on fat-making feeds as corn and tim-
othy hay, whereas protein or flesh-
forming feeds as oats and clover hay
are the kinds most needed. Good
sound oats and wheat bran, about
one-fourth bran and three~f0urths oats
by weight with nicely cured clover
or pea hay and a little oil meal form a
capital ration for the in-foal

 

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lot where the mare may strain her-
self or fall while exercising. Plenty
of exercise can also be obtained by
turning the mare out of a meadow
during pleasant sunshiny weather in
the winter. When the mare becomes
somewhat heavy with foal it is well
not to allow her to run loose with oth-
er horses as she might be kicked or
injured to the extent of losing her
colt and maybe her own life too.—
John Underwood.

TOP PRICED RED
' CROSS JERSEY CALF

As a climax to the 1917 Dairy Cattle
Congress, Waterloo, Iowa, an auction
sale was held for the benefit of the
American Red Cross.

A six months’ old Jersey heifer calf,
which scampered into the sales ring
with a Red Cross blanket on its back,
brought forth the plaudits of a throng
of 5000 spectators, and after sixty
seconds of spirited bidding she was
sold for $500. This sum is believed to
be the highest that has yet been real-
ized by the sale of a calf for the Red

 

_Cross fund.

This calf was immediately placed
on exhibition in Machinery Hall,

  

reachedvthe limit of their possible pro-
ductiveness. The great majority have
an actual and a potential accomplish—
ment—what they do and what they
have the capacity of doing. The qual~
ity of‘milk which they yield is below
what might and ought to be. If
judged by their present productive-
ness they must be ranked as poor.
But if possible yield is made the basis
of judgment many of them go into a
higher class.

It is perfectly natural that the own-
er of a cow that never yields more
than a moderate quantity of milk
should be dissatisfied. But is a great
many, probably in the majority of cas-
es, much can be said of the cow. She
has never been placed under condi-
tions which would enable her capac-
ity for milk production to be deter-
mined. No intelligent and persistent
effort to find out whether she can do
better than she has ever done has ever
been made. It is true that she may
not be valuable, but it is not fair to
the cow or profitable for her owner to
condemn her as inferior until she has
had a fair chance and adequate trial.
She should not be put in the class of
poor cows until well—directed efforts
for her improvement have been made.

Whenever conditions are at fault
they ought to be corrected and

 

mare. The grain and hay sup-
ply the necessary nutriments
for the mare and the foal she
is carrying and the oil meal
keeps the digestive apparatus
in good working order. A lit-
tle salt mixed with the oats
and bran. just enough for
seasoning, is beneficial. Corn
is not necessary, but a little
of it now and then will be
relished by the mare and will
do no harm. Also a little tim-
othy or red-top hay may be
mixed with the clover or pea
hay two or three times a week
as the mare enjoys variety,
but at no time during her
pregnancy should she be heav—
ily fed with feeds of a fat—
making nature. A little green
food, such as carrots, or other
roots is beneficial and will be eaten
by the mare with a relish. They
should be sliced or cut in two. Each
mare should have her own feeding
trough and manger and these should
be kept clean at all times.

Keeping the mares in close, warm
stalls is not to be recommended. Their
quarters ought: to be comfortable, but
I would rather keep an in-foal mare
in an open shed on the north and
west sides, than in a hot, ill-ventil-
ated stable. A good dry bed of straw
should always be provided no matter
how the more is kept; it is comfort-
able for her to rest 011 and it absorbs
the fertilizing elements of the man-
ure.

Exercise in plenty the'mare must
have. Strong, healthy foals cannot
be obtained without it. The mare
that is given careful work in harness
every day will produce a better colt
than the mare that is pampered and

 

kept in idleness. The average farm;

mare can be worked, if in the hands
0f a careful and intelligent man right
up to within a day or two of foaling
without fear of injury to her or her
DrOSpective offspring. But never ask
a pregnant mare to pull a heavy load
or back up a load. Always let her
take her time and never work her be-
side a fast-walking or ill-tempered
horse while she is in foal. If the
mare is not given moderate work
each day she should by all means
have a good-sized lot adjoining her
stall into which she can go and prance
around as the desire presents itself.

Care should be taken to see that

there are no slippery places in the ,

    

SANS ALOI’S GOLDSKIN FINANCE

where she was resold one hour later
to Mr. A. E. Haswell of Waterloo, Iowa
for $600. Mr. Haswell is a Waterloo
business man, and he plans to put on
a boys’ and girls’ contest by which
still greater sums of money will be
turned over to the local chapter.

The calf’s name is Sans Aloi’s Gold-
skin Finance, but this will be changed
to Sans Aloi’s Red Cross. The boy or
girl who eventually will get the calf
for keeps will be the owner of a dou—
ble granddaughter of Sans Aloi, a bull
with several daughters in the Regis-
ter of Merit.

Sans Aloi’s Red Cross is a linebred
heifer of Finance-Interest breeding
from the WaterlOO Jersey Farm, the
donors of the calf.

THE DAIRY COW
ALWAYS TO BLAME

 

When the returns from the dairy
business are not satisfactory it is not
at all unusual for the owner to com-
plain that his cows are poor, and for
his friends to advise him to obtain
better cows. The explanation is very
plausible and the remedy is easy to
suggest. But it is often found that
the explanation is incorrect and the
remedy is impracticable.

It is easire to blame the cow than it
is to carefully investigate the real
cause of their shortcomings, and it is
often pleasanter to do this than it is
to admit that the owner may be more
deserving of blame than are his cows.

But easy and pleasant ways are not
always the right ones. They often
lead those who follow them far astray.
Comparatively few cows have ever

 

the cow then be given a fair
trial period of probation. If
this is done it is not at all im-
probable that a good part of
the blame for the shortcom—
ings of which he has complain
ed should be placed on the
owner rather than on the cow.

There are various ways in
which conditions may fall be
low, a proper standard. There
are farms on which the COWs
will require better protection
against sudden changes 0"
temperature, from extreme cold
and from exposure to storms
All causes of discomfort should
be removed as fully as possi
ble. It is useless to expec‘
that a cow will do her best i“
she is not satisfied and con
tented.

On many farms the principal effort
for improving the conditions and thi“
increasing the productiveness of the
cows should be directed toward the
feeding. Changes along this line may
be made with great advantage. They
may involve the giving of larger
quantities of food, or the use of more
expensive materials in the ration. Or
they may require the use of the same
materials in different proportions, or
some changes of foodstuffs which will
not increase the cost of keeping.

On some farms where the inconven-
ience of the owner is regarded as of
greater importance than the welfare
of the cows, greater regularity in the
times of feeding would be of marked
benefit. The water supply too, is
sometimes at fault, especially in cold
weather. Where this is deficient. or
the quality is poor the yield of milk
will be only moderate and the charac-
ter of what is produced will probably
be bad. In cases like these all ad-
verse criticism should be withheld
from the cows and bestowed upon the
owners.

The only real profitable course to
take when the dairy does not yield a
fair profit is to find out whether the
cows are inherently, and consequently
hopelessly inferior, or whether their
low rate of production is due to the
conditions under which they are kept
and the rations they are receiving. If
conditions are made right and the
cows still fail to be productive, it is
evident that they are lacking in ca-
pacity, and the sooner they are made
ready for the butcher the better. But
be sure first—R. B. Rushing.

 

 

     
   
    
  
      
       
     
      
      
      
           
              
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
   
  
 
  
   
 
   
  
   

  

lameness can’t be avoided, but
its duration (an be reduced by
- using Sloan's Liniment as soon as
the horse goes lame. See how nick-
ly this effective liniment re ievw
stiff, sore muscles, bruises and en-
largements and “puts your horse
back into the I K, class. Thou-
sands of farmers eartily endorse

Sloan’s Liniment, the naive:

relief for pains and aches.

Buy it at yourdealers. 25c-50c $1.00
ust six times more liniment in the
1.00 bottle than in the 25c size.

That's wise economy.

  

 

 
 
  
    
  
 
 
   
 
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
   
    
     
  
  
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
   
    
   
 
   
  
   
 
   
  
   
    
  
  
   
    
   
  
   
  

 

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I pay the HIGHEST PRICES OI III RAW FURS. I pay
press Charges.

I remit on receipt of goods. 1 also buy HIDES, TAL-
LO'W. PENIS and CRACKLINGS. hides tanned
for Robes and Coats. Write for prices.
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Calves. Calves will average about 600
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Van Subscriber Wants to Know
Whose Interests M. Bale Was
Supporting When He Vot-

ed for Two Potato,
Grades '

I would like to make a few remarks
in reply to Mr. John T. Bale's article
in the Nov. 10th issue of MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING. Mr. Bale says he
don’t think I fully understand the
poaition of the shipper and consumer,
and I am willing to admit the fact,
and am Wondering if Mr. Bale fully
understands the consumer’s position.
No doubt he understands the ship-
per’s position.

Now, Mr. Bale, I have spent 6 years
on the potato market, three years as a
helper, when we sorted all potatoes by
hand, and three years as a buyer. You

will have to admit, Mr. Bale, that dur- .

ing that time I must have gotten a
pretty good idea of the buying end of
the potato deal, but freely admit my
ignorance of the selling end of the
deal. I am willing to absorb all the
information you can give me on the
subject.

For instance, you say you have been
making two grades of spuds for two
years. You sold one car last year of
second grades at 65c f.o.b Lakeview.
Can you tell me what the consumer
paid for them, and who made a profit
on» them and how much? You quote
me as saying “why take the poor
ones?’.’ You are wrong, Mr. Bale, I
said nothing about poor ones. I asked
why the two grades. I contend, Mr.
Bale, that the second grade, so called.
is the best grade, because they are
more solid and firm, not apt to be
hollow, the eyes are not so deep so do
not peel away as much as a larger one,
you can get more good solid eating
from a bushel of the second grade than
you will from the first grade. You
say they are used in large eating
houses, hotels and restaurants and
that they no doubt will make as good
use of them as they would of the larg—
er ones, then please tell me, Mr. Bale.
why are they not worth just as much?

Another thing, when you went to
Washington to help pass the bill for
two grades did the proposition come
from the government or from the ship-
per? In helping to paSs this bill did
you have in min-d the interests of
John T. Bale, shipper of potatoes, or
did you have in mind John T. Bale,
farmer, or both? Tell me, please, who
will benefit most, Mr. Bale, farmer, or
Mr. Bale, shipper?

You speak of the dirt, stones. mar-
bles, etc, brought in by the many
farmers. Now, as a buyer I have run
up against just such things as you
mention and more that you do not
mention, but I never ran acrOss the
farmer who could get a jump the start
of the potato buyer, did you?

Now about dirt. You and I know
the buyer always takes an up and
down weight. that is, when he weighs
the farmer's load he lets the bar on
scales go up rather sharp then when
he weighs the wagon back he takes a
down weight, which gives him from
40 to 60 pounds. I know this to be
a fact, for I have often weighed a
load on the big scales and then weigh—
ed them on a small scale and they
would over-run that much. If a load
is extra dirty the buyer will take a
little more. Now I am not finding
fault with this method for I know it
is necessary, for after these potatoes
get dry the dirt. will drop off, and if
the buyer does not protect himself he
will have a shortage, but I have yet to
see the buyer who did not protect him-
self good and plenty on these things.

I am not advocating the idea that
shippers should buy potatoes field run
and I never heard of their doing it. I
have known of farmers bringing in
that kind of stock and I have seen
them haul back from 5 to 16 bushels
of cull potatoes; the farmer who does

 
 

 

the shipper "is and should not try to

put-in poor stock on the market. I‘

am not kicking on the shippers "grad;
ing potatoes by taking out all the poor
and under-sized potatoes.- The con-
sumer when he buys a bushel of pota-

toes should get a. bushel of good pota-

toes, but, I claim there is no need or
general demand for two grades. You
ask me to place myself in the consum-
er’s place, set a bushel of No. 1 graded
stock by the side of a bushel of field
run at a cost of 10c to 250 more than
the other, you infer I would take the
No. .1 at the larger price. Correct,
Mr. Bale, but set side by side 'a bush-
el of No. 1 grade and one No. 2 grade,
according to Government specifications
and I will take the No. 2 grade.

I am glad to know that you have a
grader that will take care of the po-
tatoes as fast as a man will shovel
them, but Mr. Bale, there are hund-
reds of little stations in Michigan
that just have a common sorter‘ with
two-sized screens and they have to put
them over one screen and then change
and put them over the other. As the
editors have answered your argument
as to prices paid for the two grades
better than I could, I will pass that
up, and if you can show me where the
farmer is benefited by the two grades
I will do all I can to help the good
work along, but if the two grades idea
was started for the benefit of John T.
Bale, shipper, and against the bene-
fit of John T. Bale, farmer, i am going
to put in my best licks for John T.
Bale, farmer.——B. E. 8., Van, Mich.

 

Find enclosed coupon for the new
Market Paper. I am with you in
anything‘you undertake fer the ben-
efit for the farmer. With kindest
regards, Philip Carnell, Huron Co.

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as much interested "in seine ng .- ou '_
good stock from his shipping point, as

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fall plowing, husking corn, threshing and
some are sowing rye. The weather has
been excellent for doing fall work. Soil
is in fine shape, altho it is frozen 3. little
mornings, it does not take lot! for the
sun to make it all right for fal plowing.

.Farmers are selling potatoes and‘hay

considerable uantities. Grains are mov-
ing steady. onsiderable numbers of the
farmers are selling their ho s and other
livestock. Farmers are not uying much
of any kind of feed.
getting into. swing and the yields are very
poor. If we do-not have a good winter
this winter hundreds of acres of fall
grains will not amount to much on ac-
count of the farmers sowing so late this
fall. Bean harvest is about over and pota-
es are about all dug. Quite a number of
auction sales are being held this fall and

prices received are good.——C. W. S., Fen- '

ton.

BAY (Eaten—The weather has been
fine and fall work is coming along nicely.
Farmers are hauling sugar beets and
plowing, some are threshing beans; some
beans are being sold. Soil in good con-
dition for plowing. Corn is too wet to
husk and a large, quantity is soft and
will have to be fed about as soon as it
is husked. Seed corn will be scarce. Some
oats being sold—G. G., Linwood.

VAN BUBEN (East)—The Indian sum—
mer is very acceptable to finish the fall
work, such as potatoes, apples, beans and
cleaning the barnyards. The few weeks
of dry weather came fine for gathering
the late beans. The roads have been
very bad but are drying out and wearing
down well. Corn husking is in progress,
but there is lots of soft corn, and very
little geod. Bert Glidden is picking his
frozen grapes and getting $18 per ton for
them by the car load—V. T. G.. Matta-
wan.

OGEMA (East)-—The farmers are bal-

ing hay and plowing. Some have beans
to pull yet. Threshing is about "done.

The weather is fine, cool nights and sun- '

shiny days. The soil is in fine condition
for working. The farmers are selling po-
tatoes and grain. There are a few new
farm buildings being built here—H. A.
B.. Selkirk.

HURON (Northwest)—-Farmers are
threshing beans, they average about three
bu. to the acre, and are very poor. No
apples on the market—C. G., Caseville.

OTTAWA (Northeast)—Fa.ll plowing
is nearly done. Some farmers are selling
a little wheat and hay. A few have been
doing their road work and graveling a
fen! of the worst places—J. P., Coopers—
v1 e.

GENESEE (Samarium—“Farmers are

‘beans are in bad shape.

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TUSCOLA‘ (Ruthenium—Farmers are
fall plowing and threshing beans. Many
Coal is scarce
and farmers can not get it to do their
threshing—S. 8., Cass City.

.. SAGINAW (Western)—-The weather
continues nice for fall plowing and the
soil is in line shape. A few beans are
being thrashed but none are going to
market. Ha seems to be the oral arm
commodit t at is much looked at er,’ all
other pro uce is very quiet—G. L,
Charles. ’

CALHOUN (Northwest)—Weather is
fine for this time of year. Some of the
farmers have been reefilling their silos
this week. Some have put their entire
crops of corn in their silos after the set-
tling and feeding the ensilage a month
and a half. Wheat, otatoes and hogs
are being marketed, ut none ,of them
strong enough to flood the market. Not
much corn is being husked, only as it is
fed—V. H. J., Battle Creek.

PBESQUE ISLE (Cannon—The farm-
ers are plowing and pulling bagas. A
few potatoes are going to market, and
some grain. The only buyer here runs
the price to suit himself.—D. D 5., Mil-
lersburg.

MIDLAND (Southeast)-—Fall work is
nearly all done. The farmers -in this
county are not expecting to plant nearly
so many beans next season as they did
this year on account of the way the gov-
ern‘rinent handled the price—A. B., Midv
an .

ST. JOSEPH (Northeast)—The flne
weather is still with us, and most farm-
ers are well up with their work, except
corn husking, and few of us have any
that would be fit to crib. I don’t see
how many hogs can be wintered, as corn
will freeze solid as soon as cold weather
comes. A few will sow rye yet, and
some have started to plow. Beans are
not yielding anything and 'a very poor
quality; they are worth $8.25 and pota-
toes are bringing $1.00. The car short-
age is bad go for farmers.—-H.
Mendon. .

OTSEGO (West Central)-We are still
enjoying fine weather. Farmers are.
busy getting their fall work done and
songe will put more rye in.———C. A., Gay-
lor .

INGRAM (Southwest)—-Beans are all
taken care of. Those threshed after ly-
ing out in the rain and frost are badly
damaged, will pick from 5 to 20 lbs per
bu. Elevators are not buying at present.
Corn very poor. Fair corn at auction is
selling at from $1 to $1.60 per shock.—
B. W., Leslie.

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In view of the fact that the high
prices of flax products are attracting
many farmers of Michigan to grow
flax, they will undoubtedly be much
interestedin the following article:

“Grasshopper proof” is the confident
prediction of. Deputy Minister of Ag-
riculture F. H. Auld of Saskatchewan
concerning binding twine made from
flax straw by the new process.

With 300,000,000 pounds of binding
twine used annually. If the grasshop-
per problem is solved vast quantities
of flax straw now going to waste in
the United States and Canada can be
used to cheapen twine. The sisal con-
troversy with Mexico too, abruptly
would take on a new aspect.

Deputy Minister Auld said of the
new proéess now under final tests at
Reginaza “As yet the tests are incon-
clusive with respect to grasshopper
damage of flax twine but our investi-
gators are very optimistic.

“A perfect working twine has been
made from flax, but here again uni-
formity of product has been found
very difficult, and with the increasing
production, the percentage of binder
twine made from other fibres is not
important," says the International
Harvester Company in a bulletin, ad-
ding:

“While the great bulk of the binder
twine of recent years has been made
from sisal and manila, there has been
other fibres used successfully, usually,
however, in connection with larger
proportions of sisal or manila. New
Zealand fibre, either in a mixture is
used exclusively, makes a satisfactory
twine, but it does not possess the last-
ing qualities found in the two princi-
pal fibres.”

For years thousands of tons of flax
straw have been destroyed every year
after the seed has been taken from it.
This waste has led a small, group of
men to devote untiring efforts to the
discovery of a process whereby this
straw could be utilized. The efforts
of these men are now said to have
been successful.

“Some excellent samples of binder
twine, cord and rope made under the
new-discovered process from flax fibre
were recently'on view at Regina, Sas»
katchewan,” say officials of the Can-
adian Pacific Railway. They are said
to be much stronger than material
made in the ordinary way, and flax
twine can be produced at half the cost
of sisal twine.

“What is probably of more impor—
tance to the farmer, however, is the
fact that he will in the future derive
a double revenue from his flax crop~—
from the fibre as well as from the
seed.”

From the beginning the Department
Of Agriculture of Saskatchewan has
taken a very keen interest, in the ex-
Deriments. and a small grant avas
made by the government to enable the

Work to be carried on. As prepared
by 1he raw process, flax fibre consti—
tutes a raw material suitable. not only
for the manufacture of twine and cord
but also for the weaving ot' the coars-
er kinds of linen, twills. sack cloth,
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TACKSON EDITOR DIS-
COVERS SOMETHING

It seems that the editor of the
Jackson Patriot has been dabbling a
little in farming the past summer,
and has added richly to his experi-
ence. He describes his experience ed-
itorially as follows:

Yes, “we farmers" have been very
busy these nice bright days of the past
Week. We, the editor, have got our
season’sbean crop into the barn in
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fields, during the two or three weeks
of equally, ‘ October " wintry weather}.
and-.the frested pods were dried up,
leavmg good bean.and vines in very
good condition for storing after pull-
mg. Then .we stirred out our clover
seed and got it dry, and on Saturday
got it hulled, receiving a little over
two.bushels from seven or-eight acres
of June clover. It may bring enough
to repay our financial outlay on it,
and thaw in our own labor for the fun
of the thing. Our neighbors had about
the same success. Yes, we farmers
are to get rich this year——at such a
rate. Then we went at the corn, antic-
ipating a good yield of big ears, and
find that we have the big ears all right
but we fear that mighty few of them
will stand cribbing because of soft
ness, while about one-third is still in
the milk and water. The “bossies”
like it, and we a : giving them all
they will eat, to see if it will fatten
them. Last year our corn was mostly
“nubbins,” but hard; this year. large
ears, but soft—-and there you are. Nels
Fletcher tells us they have about 140
acres that they think might as well
spoil on the stalk as after handling.
There seems to be little sound corn,
either for seed or for keeping. Then
we expect, as usual, about the time
we get our “bossies” fat enough for
the market the market will be “off.”
Yes, we farmers are getting rich——in
experience! ”

NATIONAL CROP REPORTS

Toma Brook. Va.—Thc poultry here
except turkeys, is about the same as
last year. There is a reduction of 25
per cent in turkeys. About 33 coops
of poultry are shipped weekly. and
about 40 cases of eggs.

Pulaski, N. Y.——Fewer turkeys have
been raised in Oswego county this
year than for some time past, accord—
ing to shippers. The high price of feed
is attributed as one reason for the
reduction in the number raised.

Oswego. N. Y.——Many fields of pota-
toes in Oswego county have been so
badly frozen that the stock is fit only
for cattle. The loss to many farmers
is heavy as much of the time the
weather did not permit of work in
the fields.

San Francisco—The vegetable mar-
ket broke sharply. late this week. To
matoes dropped to 40%50c lub. The
first rains of the season. although late
to affect the" foothill crops, will stimu-
late production in the valleys. 0n-
ions were wobbly and inclined to
break. Fresh fruit was quiet with
Cassabas slow. Strawberries were
steady, $6@$9 chest, and raspberries.
$6@$8.

ll’cbcv'villc. (folo.—-The County Food
Administrator here last week took
charge of the Nickol packing plant on
behalf of the Government. The em~
ployees struck and the Government
officials immediately put 25 men to
work in order to save products stored
in the plant. These men were told
that they were working for and would
be paid by the Government.

Scaftlc. W(I.8}I.‘w'l‘lle cranberry crop
in the Ilwaco marshes was not dam—
aged as much by frost as early reports
gave. according to a grower familiar
with the situation here a few day-s
ago. “We now estimate the entire
crop will be 22 cars.” he said. “in-
stead of 15 cars as was expected innue-
diately following the frost." (lrair
berries have been selling at $1,3((i‘$lf.
per barrel.

Cinmmnati#»'l‘ui'key dressing Open-
ed up this week for the Thanksgiv-
ing market throughout Kentucky.
Southern Indiana and Ohio. Reports
form various points indicate that about
the same volume of stock is beingr
slaughtered as last, year. The market
started out down in Kentucky at 2lc.
@22c delivered at the pens. in In-
diana and Ohio the market, ruled at
22c delivered, and at most points a
little higher where competition is

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You have been sending me M. B. F.
for some time and I want to say how
much it appeals to me. Am glad you
are willing at least to try and get a
square deal for the farmer. If the
farmers don’t come into their own
pretty soon it will be strange. Under—
estimatedimarket reports are the worst
thing the farmer has to contend with.
Is it right for graham flour to sell at
70 per lb. with wheat at its present
price?———L. W. N., North Adams.

 

 

 

 

————next Thursday

it the folks are over at your place for
dinner put this issue of the weekly right out on
the center table where they can’t help but pick
it upl *

or if you are “invited out”,just slip it in your
side pocket, because no matter to whose house
you go, if he farms, he’ll thank you for show—
ingmhim this market wcckly that you like so
we .

WE WHO CAN EAT OUR THANKSGIVING
DINNER AT HOME THIS YEAR OUGHT
TO BE THANKFUL!

And you farmers of Michigan, who can fol—
low the markets and know when and where to sell to
get the highest market prices for your produce, thru
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, can make us mighty
thankful when we come to work next Friday morning,
if all of you have Sent us in tnis turkey coupon with a
new subscriber for the weekly!

Will you do it .9

Remember always that every name you add helps
control a market that Otherwise might be glutted and
force down the prices on every crop you have worked
so hard to raise so you do your neighbor and yourself
a favor when you get him to hand you a dollai or see
to it that he mails it with this coupon.

 

OUR 1917
TURKEY DAY COUPON

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,
Mount Clemens, Mich.

 

Send your weekly to the following address for one year for which I
enclose herewith ()ne Dollar in currency, money order or check.

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Boil one and a half pounds of granulated
sugar with a half pint of water, add half a
teaspoon cream of tartar dissolved in a little
warm water. Keep covered and boil over a
quick fire until the syrup threads and cracks.
Flavor with lemon and color with grated lemon
peel. Pour out to cool in a well—buttered dish.
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Thanksgiving Dinner

CANVASSED among my friends yesterday to
I find out how many were going to have tur-
key for Thanksgiving. And do you know
what I found? Every single one decided to Hoov-
erize, going without their customary Thanksgiv-
ing turkey this year. You see, we all think that
it will be quite enough in these war times to have
a turkey for Christmas, and so that’s the program.
“Fix us up a simple menu,” one girl friend said
to me. “Something good, but comparatively

cheap!” So here goes:

A THANKSGIVING MENU
A small portion of Oyster Stew
Roast Chicken Bread Stuffing Giblet Gravy

Stewed Cranberries

Sweet Potatoes en Casserole

Lettuce Salad with Russian Dressing

Hot Apple Turnovers
Plain Charlotte Russe

Nuts Raisins Coflee

I think that menu is plenty good enough for
any company you may expect, and as for me, I
like chicken as well as I do turkey anyway.

Everybody knows how to make oyster s'tew, but
I’ll tell the brides who have just started to cook
one thing, and that is: Be sure and don't boil
the milk. Some folks pour the juice off the
oysters before putting them into the stew, but I
always use it, as I think it makes a better oyster
flavor.

Sweet Potatoes en Casserole: Boil your sweet
potatoes first, skin them, and slice lengthwise.
Place them in your casserole, or earthen baking
dish, and sprinkle between each layer brown sugar
and bits of butter. Bake until browned slightly.

Russian Dressing: This is a splendid dress-
ing to use on lettuce, and tastes so well with
meats. It is pretty too, as it comes out a bean-
tiful shade of pink, and looks so well with the
green lettuce.

Take a cupful of French dressing. You know
110w to make it, don‘t you? Vinegar, olive oil, and
salt and pepper. Drop your oil in slowly, and
keep stirring, so it won’t curdle. Some folks use
lemon juice instead of vinegar. It’s all a matter
of taste. i prefer the vinegar myself. Then take
a cup of Mayonnaise; the bought-in-bottles will
do, though it Is simple to make. Put in a cup a
teaspooni'ul of salt, a teaspoonful of vinegar and
a. teaspoon of flour. Fill the cup up with Vinegar.
Beat tWo cggs. and add the mixture to them, and
cook, \x'a’ching carefully, and stirring. until done.
Well, you add the cup of Mayonnaise and the cup
of French dressing together to make the founda-
t’on of your Russian dressing; then if you have
it you put in a drop or tWo of Tobasco sauce. I
didn’t, have it last time and didn't miss it. Add a
cupt'ul ot' Chili sauce or catsup, either one you
happen to have; (‘hili is hettcr, a cup of chopped
boots, and if you have a green pepper. chop up a
tablespoonful and add that. A chopped up pickle
or two adds to the flavor. Don’t be afraid to try
this, folks, because I have it often, and my fam—
ily says that as a dressing for lettuce it can’t be
beat.

Here are two recipes for Charlotte Russe. They
are small recipes, and if you were going to have
a big dinner, you would have to triple them:

CHARLOTTE Rl‘ssrl WITHOUT GELATINE

Three-fourths cup of double cream, onequarter
cup of sugar (scant measure), one teaspoon van-
illa. extract or 2 tablespoonsful of sherry (which-
ever you have handy.) Ladyfingers. Nuts or can-

died cherries, or three or four common canned,

cherries will answer. Beat the cream until firm,
then beat in the sugar and flavoring. Line the
cups with ladyfingers and fill with the cream
mixture. l,)ecorate with cherries.
RASPBERRY (‘HARLOTTE RUSSE

Ladyfingers. one teaspoon granulated gelatinve,
three tablespoons cold water, three-fourths cup of
raspberry juice and pulp. one-third cup sugar,
three-fourths flip of double cream. ' Soften the
gelatine in the cold water and dissolve by put-

ANNE CAMPBELL. STARK. EDITOR

ting the dish in boiling water; add to the rasp-
berry pulp and juice (fresh or canned berries
pressed through a sieve) with the sugar. Set
the dish into water, 'ice cold, it possible, and stir
constantly until the mixture begins to thicken.
Fold in the cream, beaten firm. Turn into cups
lined with ladyfingers. Macaroon; or any small
light cooky can be substituted for ladyflngers.

Abolish the Dark Parlor

A house is built of bricks and stones,
0f sills and posts and piers,

But a home is built of loving deeds
That stand a thousand years!

ICTOR‘HUGO wrote this a long time ago,
Vand although a “mere man,” who seldom

had read women’s pages, he certainly hit
the nail on the head!

A house often has one room which has closed
shutters and blinds, and which is never used by
the family, but a home never! Every nook and
corner of a real home is used, and the only reas-
on a room is shut off there is to save heating,
perhaps, in a winter like this, when fuel is scarce
and high. Even then, the room is not darkened,
because we who live in homes know that we can-

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Thanksgiving

Thank God today!

You will not have to ponder

To find a cause to bring you to your
knees! .

The world is filled with beauty and with
wonder,

And God is everywhere for him who sees!

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You may be bowed in sorrow

And life a. burden difiicult to bear!

Thank God for joy that comes upon the
marrow,

He’ll see you through your pain with lov-
ing care.

Thank God today!

He’s given so much gladness,

So many joys we all can call to mind!

Our happiness is greater than our sad-
ness! ‘

Thank God today, our Father, good and
kind.

Thank God today!

Though worlds are bowed in weeping,

And battlcficlds glow redly through the
night!

Our God on high his silent watch is keep-
ing.’

Our faith is strong that he will make
things right. ANNE CAMPBELL STARK

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not save our best carpet and hangings by closing
off the room. We know the germs of disease do
not flourish readily where sunshine and fresh air
are frequent visitors. A closel room soon be-
comes musty, and our belongings are never so
precious as the health of our family.

The dark parlor has given ’way to what we now
call “the living room.” The parlor was too stately
a place, and its furnishings were all for show and
not for comfort. The living room is always
opened wide, and is just what its name implies. a
place to live in and enjoy. A living room with
a fireplace is always the most, attractive. How-
ever, the chief object of the living room is to
create an atmosphere of cheer and comfort, as
well as rest. This can be done with very little
money, if one has good taste and understands
how to get pleasing results.

The living room is not cluttered up by bric-a-
brac. The what-not is a thing of the past. Fur-
niture nowadays is planned for comfort and use-
fulness, and of What use in the world is a what-
not? It's nothing but a dust-catcher. A reading
table, and a reading lamp is necessary in the
living room. Some good comfortable chairs, by
the windows or near this table; a place for books;
a couch by the fireplace. Some good old prints
on the walls, simply framed; a victrola or a piano,
if you have them, a desk. A plain rug should
cover the floor. If your floors are not hardwood,
they can be painted.

It is poor taste to select unusual and preten-
tious furnishings for the living room, or any part
of the house, for that matter. Gilt chairs and

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SCALLOPED, POTATOES

Use raw, thinly sliced potatoes in layers, each
layer to be sprinkled with flour, butter, pepper,
salt; lastly pour in just enough milk to be
seen throngh the top layer, and then bake for
about an hour, or until the potatoes are tender.
This may be varied by adding, in layers, hard-
Rolled egg, sliced; grated cheese; or minced
am.

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BOILED POTATOES

Select potatoes of uniform size; wash them
with a brush and plunge them into boning salt-
ed water (- teaspoonful salt to 1 quart water.)
Cook them with the cover. of kettle ajar, until
tender, from 20 to 30 minutes. Dram the pota-
toes; remove the skins; dress the potatoes w1th
butter if desired. and serve them immediately.
If it is necessary for the potatoes to stand a
few minutes before being served, cover them
with a cloth, not a. lid, in order that the steam
as it condenses may be absorbed by the cloth
and not returned to the potatoes to; make them
soggy. This is the reason for servmg potatoes
in an uncovered dish. The potatoes may be
sprinkled with. chopped parsley.

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should represent ourselves, and our standards of
living. We are all simple folks, and our furni-
ture should be simple in design and workmanship.

Plain net or scrim curtains, which hang per-
fectly, look well at the living room windows. In-
stead of the potted plants which brighten the win-
dows now, make what is called a “fernery.” This
is nothing more or less than a window box stand—
ing on legs. If one is fond of plants, a fernery at
each window would add to the cheer of the living
room.

Photographs in the living room have gone out
of fashion. Photographs should be kept in a book.
or box, out of sight. On your mantle place a clock
and two brass candlesticks with yellow candles.
A magazine rack lends a “homey” touch to the
living room. Of course there should be book‘cases
on each side of the fireplace, filled with your fav—
orite books.

Tear Up the Bedroom Carpet

0U WILL say your floors are too unsightly

to use rugs in your bedrooms. - Fill in the

holes and cracks, and réain or varnish or
paint it. White paint makes a good foundation,
and cream or gray can be painted over it. Use
small rag rugs which can be washed in your bed-
rooms. You will find them much more sanitary
than the dusty old carpets. If the walls of your
bedrooms are old, fill in the cracks and walls with
plaster, and kalsomine the ceiling. Put a little
yellow ochre in the kalsomine to give it the creamy
color so desirable in ceilings, and paper your walls
with a simple inexpensive bedroom paper. Paint
the woodwork a silver gray to correspond with
your gray floor, or ivory, if you have used that
color for your floor. Use white paint in bedrooms:
which are dark. When the ceilings are low do
not use borders as they make them seem lowcr.

If there is no closet in your bedroom, in outsido
closet can be easily made by putting up mtnc
brackets and a shelf in one «orner of the room
Under the shelf suspend a pole with srrew eye;
and picture wire, and place one end of .110 rol-
in a. socket against the wall to he‘d it in place
As hangers keep the clothes in the best order.
they should be procured and hooked onto the pole
A low shelf can be made for shoes. Make a crc~
tonne curtain, with a two—inch heading, and tack
to the shelf with gilt-headed tacks. , The curtain
will reach to the floor and serve the double pur
pose of hiding your clothes, and protecting them
from dust.

The same cretonne can be used for the window
curtains, and if your bed is an old, iron one. grown
unsightly from use, here is a way to make it look
like new: Make slip covers of the same cretonne
as you have used all through, and slip them over
the head and foot of the bed. A ruffled valance
all the way around the bed, and a spread and pil-
low covers complete the disguise.

Wicker chairs are very good taste for bed-
rooms, as they can be washed. Perhaps you have
an old bureau in your attic which could be fixed
up for your bedroom. Scrape the varnish off and
enamel it a gray, ivory or white, whichever suits
the woodwork and the other furniture of your
room. A. square or oblong mirror can be treated
the same way, and hung separately above this
piece of furniture.

Be sure and'have a waste basket in each of
your bedrooms. Don’t have many pictures in your
bedrooms, as too many articles collect dust. Use
simple, restful pictures. '

 

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as on Saturday he killed a large Kais-
er chicken hawk weasuring 53 inches
from tip to tip, which had been cap—
turing many of his chickens.——Middlc-

ville Sun.

 

Some state papers are hinting at a
special‘session of the legislature.
Haven’t we enough to worry about
without that bunch of incompetents
getting together again? —— Hastings
J ournal-H crald.

 

Farmers should remember Grand
Rapids does not fix the price of pota-
toes in Montcalm county or anywhere
else except in Grand Rapids. Last
Thursday two loads glutted the mar-
ket and sold for $1.25. A big daily
said. “After that the price went down.”
#Greenyille Independent.

 

A. M. Todd who owns large farms
in VanBuren and Allegan counties,
owns a hemp field near Holland, cov-
ering 300 acres and the crop has grown
to a height of from six to eight feet.
Mr. Todd is erecting a large cement
building for a hemp factory on the
place so as to provide employment for
his men in the winter months—Law-

ton Leader.

 

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IS IT FAIR PLAY?

The. Law controls the price of
wheat, 4.
Though Farmers sweat and toil. ‘
Two-twenty is the limit set
For Tillers o; the Soil.

 

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But they who rule and set that
price,

Big incomes usually get;

Still they believe they’re justly
right

And Farmcrs’ income set.

Then custom sets the retail price
Of butter, eggs and meat,
Of flour and feed, of grain and
, seed,
' Most everything we eat.

The profit on a ton of coal
Is set at fifty cents;
; They fired the weight of bakers‘ '
1 bread,
:2 And War bread must commence.
9? But no dictators are for them
1 Who have an upper seat;
And “lust for gold” stock gamb-

lers _
May fleece the common sheep. .

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The poor man must be full of
thanks,

For low-priced labor jobs,

But fat linings are handed to

The offspring of the Nobs.

 

Our rural mail delivery men,
Unlike the upper Nobs.

Drive daily thril the sleet and rain
And tender for their jobs.

The school books for the childrcn
small,

A certain price must be ,-

But all the cabinet ministers

Are left alone, you see.

The railroads have their mileage
:3 fired,

f; And freight rates to a T.

But the crafty “M. P.” lawyers
Have no limit to their fee.

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; The “Docs.” five hundred 96t-

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And still they come with their large
vegetables. Wm. Frenchof this vil-
lage presented the News with a winter
radish which weighs nine pounds and
4 ounces. The radish is on exhibition
at this office and we extend a special
invitation to the editor of the Sandus-
ky Farmer to call and see it.—.Le:t-
ington News.

 

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We have several local speculators
who are keeping close watch on the
egg market. They purchased these
eggs in April at 37%c to 39c which is
about the wholesale price offered at
New York now, so unless the market
takes a decided upward trend they do
not stand to make a very big profit.
~—Midland Sun.

 

Will Gehman pulled 5 bushels of
carrots in one minute, the largest of
which weighed 4 1-2 lbs They yield-
ed at the rate of 800 bushels to the
acre and are worth 12 1-2c per bu. in
the field. Ninety-six dollar per acre
is better than wheat at 63c per bu.—
1892 issue of Charlotte Tribune.

 

Vern Moore, living south of Union
City, made a good shipment of lambs
and hogs, through the West Calhoun
Co-Operative. Company. He shipped
nine lambs, which weighed 960 pounds
and eleven hogs which weighed 2.930
pounds. Both consignments topped
the Buffalo market on Nov. 5. and
Mr. Moore’s net proceeds were $614.22.
Union City Register.

 

As they dont’ raise beets along the
lake short where fish‘ stories thrive,
we are going to tell a beet story, which
can be vouched for, and at the same
time put forth a claim for the cham-
pionship beet scooper of Sanilac coun-
ty. Having contracted to load beets
for the Mt. Clemens Sugar Company
from piles at Elmer Crossing on to
the co‘al cars, Clarence Teets loaded ,
40 1-2 tons, scooping them on a wagon
from the ground and from the wagon
to the cars in fourteen hours’ time——
a straight job of it. This makes a
total of 81 tons that he handled. As
we stated in the beginning, we believe
the championship of the county be-
longs to Mr. Teets. Just leave it to
Teets to scoop the beets.~Sanilac Co.

 

 

The weather has been very favor»
able for potato digging and growers
everywhere put forth every effort to
secure the crop. In some places busi-
ness men and school children render-
ed very valuable assistance. The yield
has been very good this year. Porter
farmers getting from 140 to 180 bush—
els per acre on the average. In some
instances the yield has gone abovc

two hundred bushels per acre. Chas.
Mohney reports 1286 bushels from
six acres. The farmers are holding

largely to one variety, the Pctoskey
Rurals. Shipping has already started.
Chas. G. Hall and J. D. Haync both
buying at Lawton. Prices have been
above a dollar a bushel. starting at
$1.15, but have now dropped to $1:—
Lautlon Lcadcr.

 

The supervisors seem to wish to
dodge the issue; the national organi
zation of agriculture are insisting that
one be established in this county. It
would seem that the overhead expens-
es could be sustained by the county.
so long as the question of salary was
no longer an issue. The protest com-
ing from Eli Lindsey of Prairieville.
is but one of many expressions of
dissent to the supervisors’ action. The
fact remains that other counties have

 

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Th0y_fi$ the price of paper pulp
But is the printer square?

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down,

Government ads cost more.

The party printer gets his “pap,”

If not, he’s mighty “sore.”

 

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owners

Can countless acres keep;

And kings by accidental birth

Hold thousands at their feet.
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found it profitable to continue the
county agency, and believe and show
material help to the farmer. If the
expenses, something like $1,000 to
$1,500, are all that is asked from this
county, it would seem that we would
be the losers not to have it. The ques-
tion arises whether the forcing of an
agent upon the county through the
national and state organizations would
not defeat the purpose of an agency.
If we can have such service at reas-
onable cost and there can be no ex-
ploiting and padding of expense ac-
counts, we believe the county would
be benefited by a county farm agent.
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the rates are so low that only a fool-hardy property owner will drive
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Fred Youngs of Carmel township
raised seven acres of beans this year.
The yield was 118 bushels. After re-
serving his seed he sold the balance
at $8 per bu., receiving $900 or $132
per acre.ACharlotte Tribune.

 

Some people argue that the age of
miracles is coming back. which may
be true but probably isn’t. At any
rate, John Flint had a filo-acre field of
Alfalfa cut on shares last week and
every particle was cured and secured
without a symptom ' of dampness,
which has never been done in Novem—
ber before.*Brooklg/n lu'rponcnt.

A farmer in the city from Sidney
said to the lndcpcndcnts “Let's send
a cnrload of food from the farms to
the starving Belgians." A splendid
suggestion, which we would be glad to
help carry out. Where is the man
who will take this matter in hand? No

 

doubt a car could be loaded to its ca-
pacity right here in (,lreenvillcns
(.‘rccnzlillc Independent.

 

Following are two items which ap-
peared in the Constantinc .ldrcrtiscr-
Record twenty years ago: ”Hiram
Powell says that several years ago in
Porter. he sowed a field to wheat so
late that the plants barely got above
the ground before the freeze came on.
The next spring the crop came on and
the field yielded thirty~five bushels to
the acre. The wheat is past getting
above the ground this fall." “R. D.
Merritt, Monday last, drove home 51
lambs, worth about $3 each, the prod—
uct of 52 ewes on his Williamsvillc
farm this season. He had 63 lambs
but the dogs got in and reduced his
flock. There is an apparent profit in
keeping and raising sheep.”

 

Every wide-aWake, progressive far-
mer should feel it his duty to attend
the meeting to be held in Union City
on Saturday afternoon, November 24.
It is expected that Mr. R. H. Ellsworth
a field man of the state market depart-
ment will be present and explain the
many features of the co-operation
plan. It is hoped that at this meeting
a Union City farmers’ co-operative
company may be formed, as there is
manifest need for such. Every farmer

  

   
   
      
    
    
  
    
    
  
   
  
     
   
   
  
  
 
   
    
 

FREE Egg

For 100,000 Cattle
200,000 Sheep!

THERE IS 9 months’ grazing every

year on the luxuriant and nutritious
native grasses of the ,Free Open Range
surrounding the farm lands in the

Highlands 9_f louisiana

This pasturage is Free to the Northern farmers ‘
who have bought and art-buying at our low prices
on easy terms. On those-lands two or three culti-
vated crops are growni 'l the same fields each year.
We believe this to be the greatcst opportunity in
America for the stock raiser and general farmer.
Mild winters, amplo rainfall, productive soil,
healthful climate. -

Learn about it. Send for the big, Free book
“Where Soil and Climate Are Never ldle,”full
of facts and photographic illustrations. Write
for it Now.

Ilomeseckcr’s excursion first and third Tuesdays
of each month.

Long-Bell Farm Land Corporation
436 R. A. Long Bldg. Kansas City, Mo.

 

 

should at least investigate the princi-
ples and the workings of these prop-
ositions, and ask himself the question,
“Why should not the farmer, after
raising his products, have something
to say as to the marketing of them?”
—Union City Register.

 

A. C. Aspinwall, secretary of Mich-
igan Potato Shipp'n‘s' Ass’n, paid
Greenvillg-a visit last Saturday and
told the Independent that about all
the large buyers in the large cities
were buying and selling potatoes by
the hundred—weight. May be so, but
we notice the small towns like Chica-
go, Detroit, Greenville and Grand Rap-
ids are still quoting them by the bush-
el.—Grcenville Independent.

 

 

Bronson’s potato show was such a
big success that it will no doubt here-
after be a regular feature. There were
thirty-eight exhibits of potatoes, and
even the women took part, by pre-
paring dishes of potatoes cooked in
different forms. Among the prize win-
ners were S. E. Lee of Union; Wilber
Bert of. Batavia, F. A. Covey of Batav-
ia, and Wm. Stough of Mattewan.——,-
Union City Register.

   


    

 
 

 
  

 
   
   
   
  
   
 
   
    
   
  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
 

   
    
      
    
   
   
   
   
      
   
  
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
    
  
  
   
  
  
   
 

 

 

 

    
   
    
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
     
 
  
   
    
     
    
  
     
       
    
     
  
    
   
   
  
  

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Neighboring country Ruthlessly"

Grabs Off Alli‘Profits in
Excess of Fifteen
'Per Cent.

, ‘The United States Government
might well take an object lesson from

' the Canadian manner of treating ex-
cess profits. Canada has absolutely
no use for profiteers, and without any
apologies or beating about the bush,
gobbles up everything over 15 per cent
and a large share of profits between
11 and 15 per cent.

Recently it was discovered that the
big packing houses of the country
were making 80 per cent profit on
their invested capital, and that com-
petition among them was responsible
for the high cost of pork. It was fur-
ther discovered that Sir Joseph Flav-
elle, chairman of. the imperial muni-
tions board of Canada, was president
of a packing concern which was mak-
ing 80 per cent profits on war orders.

This little disclosure cautions us
to be on the watch in our own coun-
try. The prices of pork products con-
tinue to soar, and somebody—not the
farmer—gets the profits. ’Tis true
that J. Ogden Armour denies that his
company is guilty of profiteering but
he fails to satisfactorily explain the
20 odd million dollar dividends which
were passed out to the Armour stock-
holders during the year 1916. The
packing houses are making fortunes
out of the war, and the consumer
pays the bill. Get after them, Uncle‘
Sam. Pass the profits plate toward
the farmer. He’ll have more ambi-
tion to raise more hogs if you do.

FEDERAL LOAN EAN
DEVELOPMENTS

Over 9521000000 worth of the Fed-
eral Farm Loan bonds have been dis-
posed of, thru bond houses and pri-
vate investors. These bonds bear 41/2
per cent interest and are entirely tax
free. They are being offered to the
public at approximately $3.000,th0 per
week. The money derived from their
sale is loaned to farmers at 5 per cent,
the margin of one-half per cent be-
ing employed to pay the expenses of
the Federal Land banks.

The total amount of money loaned to
farmers to November lst, was $21.—
040,138. Applications for over 193
million dollars in loans have been re—
ceived ,and as fast as the loans are
approved the, several land banks will
care for them at, the rate of 8 million
dollars or more per month.

Approximately 3,000 farm loan asso-
ciations have been organized and it
is estimated that upwards of 2.000
more are in the process. The farmers
of Texas have applied for the largest
amount 01' loans of any state. a total
of over 10 million Michigan with ap-
plications tor a total of $4,443,680,
ranks 21st among the states. Dela-
ware farmers have asked for only
$20,150 the smallest amount of loans
to be applied for any one state. Ac.-
cording to sections, the middle west—

 

ern grain and the southern cotton
states lead in the aggregate amount
of loans asked.

WESTERN MILK PRO-
DUCERS UP IN ARMS

Michigan milk producers should not
think that they are the only ones con-
fronted with a marketing problem.
Washington producers have been har-
rassed so long by the unreasonable-
noss.of the Spokane distributors that
the Inland Empire Dairymen’s Asso—
ciation has announced its intention of
incorporating and selling milk in Spo-
kane direct to the consumer. Milk in
this western city is now selling at
14 cents per quart bottled and deliv-
ered, being a compromised price re
cently agreed upon by distributors

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further up the stream.—G. 8.

must State. our intentions.

establish a plant and distribute milk.

, We now figure on handling milk 111:."
built; but, of Course, it we go ahead-

we will probably come to the bottling
and distributing. Probably we can
find enough stores and restaurants
to take our output. If so, the prob-
lem will be simplified. Our course
will depend on developments.

“I believe we can sell milk to the

retail trade‘at 10 to 11 cents a quart in:

bulk, at least, and at 30 to 32 cents a
gallon in 10~gallon cans to the larger
customers.

“Our articles will authorize us to:

.buy .and .sell feed for the benefit of
our members, and also to 5
probably other things we produce. By
such a combination our success would
be more assured. ”

Undoubtedly the solution offered
by Washington producers will be the
ultimate solution of the whole milk
problem. The farmer is becoming
more and more dissatisfied with the
present method, of marketing milk and
all other products from the farm, and
any arrangement entered into between
him and the fellows who are making
money from the peddling of these
products will be unsatisfactory and
temporary. Not until the farmer him-
self takes over the marketing of his
products will he be in a position to
secure the largest possible profits
which the value of his goods and the
existing demand should warrant. his
receiving.

MORE ARGUMENTS AGIN’
THE BOOZE BUSINESS

If the Lusitania were now floating
the seas, the coal used annually in
the manufacture of beer in this coun-
try would furnish fuel for 726 round
trips for the giant ship and transport
23,595,000 tons of supplies to the al-
lies, accoding to compilations given
out by E. D. Leach, assistant state
fuel administrator of Ohio.

Coal used for the manufacture of
beer in Ohio alone would furnish more
than 60 round trips and carry nearly
2,000,000 tons of supplies a year.

It requires 180,000 cars of coal. of
3000 trains, to move the raw material
to the breweries. the figures indicate.

“We have heard a great deal about
the grain in the beer and about the
sugar in beer, but we have heard little
about the coal in beer.” says the fuel
administration.

Coal is one of the principal ingred-
ients. it takes almost exactly a pound
of coal to produce a pint of beer,"

IOHN D. IR., SAYS
VICE WORSE THAN FOE

“Drunkenness
your greatest

and immorality are
enemies," .John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., told the soldiers at
Camp Dix, “The grapple with these
vices is more to be feared than meet—
ing with the Huns. Shun wounds of
shame as soldiers of the best army the.
world ever has produced.”

MCBRIDE’S POTATO
PROGRAM FAILS

(Continued from page 1)
about contracting for the potatoes.
And finally 011 came the “potato run"
on the Federal State Bank. Potato
depositors kicked and scrambled for

their “spuds,” the cashier offered them
their dollars, but NO, we want pota—
toes! Where are our promised pota~
toes? The State Market Director was

appealed to, but the bank officials, like
one crying in the wilderness. could get
no answer. And this chapter ends the
sad, sad story. “Out of the thirteen

cars contracted for only two have
been received, the last forty-seven
bushels are on the truck. People

seem to think we have hoodwinked
them and they accuse us of duplicity.”
And the first lesson ends. with one
thousand city people damning the far—
mers, and claiming that they will not
live up to their agreements, when for-
sooth, the damning should be lodged

*cles will likely giVe us authority to}.

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Nos. 754 and 755—‘Hadcira hand embroidered Dailies. Nos. 7608 and 76lB—Japanese blue print Lunch Cloths

Beautiful design. 0” round %- doz. in box. ...... 81 25 and Napkins. Fast colors. 36 x 36’ square. Price 75c
5% x 12” ovals. Price each ................... 45 x 45” square. Price ea ...... . ............. $1.25
No. 757B—L11nchcon Set, 13 pieces. Japanese blue 54 x 54”square. Price each ..... . .............. $150
nnt. Pr rice .................................. 63 x 63” square. Price each ..... . . ....... . . . . . 52.50
No. 75BB—Japanesc blue print Lunch Cloths and Nap- 72x 7 ”square. Price each ............... .. .
kins 42” round. Price each .................... 14 x 14” square. Price per doz.. . . . ............ $2.00

We prepay charges nnywhcre' In the United State: on all Mnilnble Merchandise when the order amount: to $5. 00
or over, and anywhere within 300 miles of Detroit when the order amount: to $2. 00 or over.

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