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PCSATDR‘DAY, JANUARY 19th, 1918.

1 PER YIAB,--)‘lo Premiums
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Congress WilLbe Asked to Guarantee Farmers
Against Loss on Next Year’s Crops~by \

Fixing Prices on Leading
Commodities

 

 

Growers of beans, potatoes, and certain other com-
modities have had an experience this year that they
do not care to‘ repeat, and .which..,they. will not be
obliged to repeat, it the plans of this publication and
its .readers carry thru.

The only insurance that the, farmer can have
against over-production and unprofitable prices is a
government guarantee of the minimum price. The
theory is not new. Before the passage of the Food
Administration act, efforts were made by leading ag-
ricultural interests to induce Congress to include
minimumrprice provisionsgin the-bill, and Mr. Grant
Slocum of this publication appeared in person before
the senate committee and the department of agri-
culture and argued in behalf of fixed minimum prices,
but for various reasons it was not deemed wise to
take such a drastic action during the first year of
the war. The interests of the wheat grower. how—
ever, was protected thru the minimum price, but
growers of other commodities were forced to take
their chances, and [mighty long chances some of
them were as later deveIOpments proved.

In’view of the economic uncertainties which are
incident to a period of war, the farmers of the
United States are deserving of the highest praise
for their ready response to the government’s plea
for increased production last season. Few of them
were able to figure more than a nominal profit on
their labor and investment; many of them didn’t
make a nickle on their year’s labor. Today, a half
million or more farmers are paying the penalty for
their patriotism,—with the bulk of their crop of
beans and potatoes still "on their hands,—— and they
have resolved “never again."

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING has evolved what it
believes to be a sane, practical plan for putting m‘i’n-
imum prices into effect. A brief summary of me de
tails of this plan is given below:

1. We recommend that a minimum price be set
on all staple farm products.

2. All non-perishable products, such as beans, oats
and corn, can be easily handled thru government con-
trol the same as wheat is now being handled.

3.; Potatoes being a perishable crop would,.of
course, present some difficulties. as the

year, and how many he would grow the coming year,
sign his name to the contract, and it goes to head-
quarters at Washington. Now when the returns are
all in, they are tabulated, and an eflicient oflice force
will be ablelto_tell very shortly exactly to file acre
how large the acreage would be. If the total is in
excess of the normal acreage, the government would
simply reduce the acreage pro rate. having reserved
that privilege in its contract with the farmer.

5. These potatoes would be placed upon the market
thru the same channels as at present. Every elevator
and potato warehouse is now licensed and thur the
power of that license the (Continued on page 16)

 

BAY COUNTY MILK PRODUCERS’
DEMANDS ARE OPPOSED BY MAYOR

What promises to be another merry war between
producers and consumers. with the civil authori-
ties lined up against the farmers may result from
the recent action of the Bay County Milk Producers'
Ass’n. in raising the price of their milk to $3.30
per hundered pounds, and signing an agreement
not to sell for less. ,

Apparently Mayor Mundy of Bay City has been
reading the Chicago papers which have given highly
colored accounts of the attempts of State’s Attorney
Hoyne to convict officers of the Illinois Milk Pro-
ducers’ Ass’n. of violation of the anti-trust laws.
Be that as it may, the good Mayor has got the no-
tion in his head that. the Bay County producers have
violated some law by agreeing notto sell milk f r
less than it cost to produce it. He consulted District
Attornenyinnane and Prosecuting Attorney McCor-
mick on the matter, and the three worthies have de-
cided among themselves that, the farmers cannot
legally make an organized demand for profitable
prices on their product. or such is the substance at
least of their claims.

The agreement that was placed before the con-
sumers contains the signatures of thirty—five of the
county’s leading farmers. and if they are all of the
type of the president. and secretary of the associ-
ation. Wm. Merritt and L. B. Oviatt. president and
secretary respectively, they won’t get frightened at
the threats of Bay City’s civil authorities.

It has been repeatedly demonstrated that milk
cannot be produced in Michigan during the winter
months under the present conditions for less than
$3.25 to $3.50 per hundred, and we think that when
Mayor Mundy attempts to compel the organized pro-
ducers to sell for less than that amount, he will find
he has tackled a job too big for him to finish. MICH-
IGAN Busmitss FARMING would like to see every milk
producer of Bay County join hands with the associ-
ation and stand with them for more profitable prices.

MILK SITUATION DUE -
FOR 'N0III_I;_R SHAKE-UP

“Black Sheep” Distributor Undersells "‘Rec-
oEnized” Dealers; Creamerv Companies
‘Claim Surplus May Mean Lower
Prices to the Producers

If the reader will turn back to the December 15th
isue of MICHIGAN BusINIass FARMING, he will find on
page 8 these words:

“MICHIGAN BUSIans FARMING would like to see the
Milk Producers’ Association of this state take a long
look into the future and make an effort now to avoid
the clash that is sure to come if events are permitted
to take their normal course. We like to think that
the association has compromised merely for the time
being, in order to have a breathing spell and lay
careful plans for the future. The matter of distribu-
tion of so important an article of food as milk, it left
to independent concerns is one to be controlled and
regulated by civil authority. As soon as the produc-
ers deem the time expedient, the Michigan associa-
tion should invoke the legal aid of the state or
municipality to simplify and co-ordinate the dis-tribu-
tion of milk in the principal cities that. the present
wasteful and costly methods may be eliminated. If
this cannot be done. then the only alternative is for
the producers to take over the machinery of distribu-
tion themselves. which. after all else is said and done,
Will be the eventual solution of the entire problem."

Now keep these words in mind as you read the fol-
lowing developments thut have taken place in the
Detroit milk situation the past couple of weeks.

No sooner were the producers assured of A fairly
profitable price for their product than they began to
increase their milk production to the maximum. and
every milk train running into the city of Detroit was
loaded to its capacity. But the some influence that
encouraged the increased production hud tho I"\sult
of discouraging consumption. Many people. so the
distributors claim. who formcrly used :1 quart of 12-
cent milk. reduced their wants to a pint when the
price went up to 1'! cents. ‘

And as if that wasn't enough to sour all the “cream"
in the milk business. a little “one—horse lie—account"
distributing concern that had established a chain of
stores in Detroit, refused to join the “trust” and kept
right, on selling milk at, 12 cents. Apparently there’s
a, limit to the price that. the consumer will pay‘for
milk without a kick; when that limit is reached. Mr.
Consumer will prefer to step around the corner and
take the trouble to carry it home instead of placing
a standing ordcr with a distributing con-

 

crop should not be larger than necessary
to Supply the current year’s needs, and
measures would have" to be taken to move
the crop quickly and systematically to
market. "

4. We would recommend that Congress
set a minimum price on potatoes, based,
on the average cost of production, plus
10% profit and in order 'to regulate the
supply and handle the proposition in a
thoroly business—like manner, to contract
for an amount equal to the estimated
annual consumption. Let us assume that
the average annual consumption of po-
tatoes is 350,000,000 bushels, Uncle Sam
becomes the' purchasing agent for the
American Consumer, and contracts with
the American Farmer for 350,000,000
bushels at, say, $1 per bushel. The post-
masters of the country would act as, con-
tracting agents, “and every farmer who
wants to contract his potatoes to the gov-
ernment for the ensuing year simply goes

to his nearest postofiice, fills out a blank potatoes looked last August.
.. telling hOW many potatoes he grew last tire field which failed to grow.

 

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Scenfon Bosedale Farm Alpena Mich, showing how Farmer Mogul-3’s field of
’ He hills us that there were only ten hills in the en- the other concerns. Every legitimate
\Ve would like to have other readers send us plc~

tures of their farm scenes.

corn llIut charges his 14 cents per quart
and 3 ccnts per pint for milk that is
brought to his door anywhere from sev-
ou to ten in the morning. and some morn-
ings not :11 all. us was thc case during
the recent heavy storm which held up all
milk (ltEVt‘l‘it-s practically an entire day.

The Zimmcr Dairy Service Station is
the numc ol‘ the “blaclcshcep” milk con-
cern that threatens to “bust be trust”
and confound all the nice theories and
findings of the milk commission. This
company has been selling milk in De
troit for :1 couple. of years, but its busi-
ncss was so small that. it received scarce-
lv any notice from the bi;r distributors.
But when tho big distributors advanced
their price. to fourteen cents, the Zimmer
Dairy Service Station kept right on sell-
ing milk at the same old price at the same
old stand, and within the few short weeks
that have followed, its business has as-
sumed large enough proportions to alarm

 

effort has been (Continued on page 16)

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DAIRYMEN’S. ASSOCIATION

The Officers and,. Directors of the Michigan

Dairymen's Association are making great prepar-
ations for the annual convention of their Asso-
ciation, which will be held in the big Auditiori-
um, in Saginaw, February 4th to 8th. President
Frary, of Lapeer, has made it known that advance
surveys of the situation seem to show that there
will be more representatives of the Association
and its dozen or more’allied Associations in at-
tendance 'than at any Convention in the past.
The Auditorium, where the convention will be
held, is capable of accommodating close to five
thousand people, has many feet of floor space
where the exhibits will be placed and the stage
and the Auditorium annex will also be placed in-
to service. The program proper is not completed
but it will be featured by representatives of the
industry from Washington, many states in the
West, and from Michigan. Don’t forget the date
of the Michigan Dairymen’s Convention February
4th to 8th. If you come to Saginaw you will be
sure of a most hearty welcome by the Saginaw
Board of TFade and the Dairymen.

PRINCIPAL FACTORS BEARING ON
MICHIGAN POTATO SITUATION

The Manistee county farm bureau recently pub-
lished the following factors as influencing the pres—
ent potato situation in Michigan. -

1. Campaign for increased acreage in 1917.

2. High prices received for 1916 crop.

3. Assurance of good prices in 1917 (a) Be:
cause of the war, (b) Given by War Board and
others.

’ 4. An increase of over 700.000 acres over av-
erage season.

5. War Gardens.

6. Yield of 442500.000 bushels. which-is 92.—
500.000 bushels above average for 1911-1916 in-
elusive.

7. Car shortage has retarded any movement and
helped to keep prices up.

8. Shipment of field frosted
quantity broke market.

9. Appointment of Lou D. Sweet. president of
Potato Association of America. as member of the
U. S. Food Administration. Followed by the ap-
pointment of E. Percy Miller of Chicago.

10. Organization of state potato shippers‘ as—
sociations in Michigan, Wisconsin. Minnesota and
New York.

11. Placing in operation by ll. S. Food Ad-
ministration‘ recommendations of Bureau of Mar-
kets as to the grading of potatoes in the F. S.
(lradc No. 1 and U. S. grade No. 2.

12. Licensing of all potato dealers.

19. Price for second grade being started at 60
pcr cent of price paid for No. 1 grade.

14. Early frost and drowth causing dcvclop—
ment of many snfill second grade tubers in cer-
tain scctions.

15. Letters and articles published by the Mirn-
[CAN BusiNEss Funny; against this method of
grading.

10. Attitude 01‘
tion. I

17. Of the 535,000,000 1111;.1!1«~L.<_ Michigan crop.
3110 cars or n littlc ovcr 3.000.000 bushels have
been sold to date. Ilccemb'u' 19. 1917.

18. National cmnpaign for increased consump-
tion of potatoes to be put on by II. S. Food Ad-
ministration carly in 1918.

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OAKLEY FARMERS PAYING 8% IN-
TEREST WOULD FORM LOAN ASS’N

We have been considering forming a national
farm loan association here. We haVe noticed in
the M. B. F. that you encourage farmers to do so.
Would you send me the necessary blanks. etc.
Farmers in this section have been hit very hard the
last two years. Thousands of dollars worth of seed
last year. besides all the work and use of the land,
and we are paying 8 per cent interest on notes to
carry us over. If we can stock up with cows and
young stock. it would save a good many farmers
that will soon go on the market. Some farmers
are already sacrificing and going away and r #1-
cn. will have to follow. I can easily get from 10
to :10 subscribers to a farm loan club. I thank
you for your interest in the farming occupation.
“19'. D. M.. Oakley. 1

The need of the farmer today as never before is

for cheapmoney on long-time loans. The private
or state banking insist time loans. The private
and state banking institutions do not meet the
need of the farmers in this respect; many of
them charge exorbitant interest " rates, and few
if any of them will loafiout money for a period
of more than five years. A loan which must the
redeemed within that period is practically worth-
less to the average farmeru Itis for these, reas—
ons that this publication urges farmers to organ-

ize and borrow money under the farm loan act. 1

The plan has been explained in these columns be-
fore. but will be gtivenagain‘ in detail to any farm-
er who does not understand how to'proceed to
secure federal loans. The advantage of the feder-
al loan plan include a low rate of interest, which
at present is 5 1-2 percent; an amortization pay-
ment plan which enables the farmer to ‘pay both
interest and principal on an installment plan;

and a maximum of forty years in whiCh to"wipe '

out the debt. 'We havehsent the blanks to our
Oakley subscriber as requested, and will be g’ad
to assist other farmers in organizing under this
plan. .

LIVE wIRE MANAGER 0E SUC- -.
CESSFUL CO-OPERATIVE ASS’N

Below we present the likeness of Mr. C. H.
Kiplinger who is ‘manager of the Square Deal
Co-operative Live Stock Shipping Ass’n. at Char-

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lotto. Mich. This is one of the most successful
associations in the cut' 9 state and the reputa-
tion it bears t'or “square dealing” and result—getting
is due almost entirely to the capable management
of Mr. Kiplingcr. Some day «to shall tell our
readers all about this live stock shipping assO»
ciation, but for the time being. just be satisfied
with a good look at the chap who’s behind it.

BIG RAPIDS COOPERATIVE CREAIVL
ERY DOES BIG BUSINESS

The unnunl report, of the Farmers’ (‘o-(lpera—
tiyc (Trcumery Association of Big Rapids showed
that the company had done a gross busincss of
$107,917.94 for the past eleven months, During
the same period $92,657.69 were paid out to the
farmers for cream. and $12,705.12 was spent for
operating expenses. In spite of stiff cnnpetition
with the Swift & Company at Alma. and with var-
ious Grand Rapids firms. the Big Rapids (‘o-oper-
ative association is one of.jhe most successful in
the state. There are few sections in the state
where the price of butter-fat is as high as in Me—
costa and adioining counties having access to the
Pig Rapids creamery. Swift & Company at Alma
make a strong bid for the Big Rapids businczs.
and all winter long have been, offering iron 50
to 54 cent; per pound fcr butter—fat. or from'G to
10 cents more than they have been paying in sec-
tions where they have no competition. The value
of the co-operative association lies primarily in
the influence it exerts in keeping up the price of
butter-fat in the terr'L’ry it serves.

LEGAL MINIMUMBUTTERFAT con.

TENT OEMILKIN STATE 3PERCENT V

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Is there any Michigan state 'law compelling

condensaries to reject milk that does not test 3.5 -'

or better? Also,.are there any beside Ubly, Mich.
that make 3.5 per cent? their basis? I have always
understood that 3 per cent was standard milk
but now they inform- me that under the state
law they can accept only 3.5 or better. Ubly is

at present paying $2.95 per hundred for 3.5 milk,»
$3.10 for 4 per cent; $3.25 for 4.5 or 3 cénts per-

point over and above 3.5 milk. Are they not go
ing down inthe farmers'pockets for the one-half
of one per cent? And do they not pay 25 cents
less per hundred for 3.5 per .cent than any. other
places for 3 per cent milk,. thus making about
40 cents per hundred for themselves—R. 8., Tyre.
,Mich. - _

This inquiry was referred to Mr. Fred L. Wood—
worth, state dairy and food commissioner. who
replies as follows: “Insofar as the state law is
concerned the butter fat content of milk is’ fixed
at 3 per cent. I am sending you a compilation of
Michigan’s Dairy and Food laws and for .the
State’s milk standard refer you to Section 88.
pages 40-1. I-‘kn'ow of no reason why the Ubly

plant should demand a 3.5 per cent butter fat

standard in milk and I am this day mailing them
a copy of the law which provides for 3 per cent.”
——Frcd L. Woodworth. State Dairy and Food Com-
missioner. ‘

[Enrron’s Norm—There are no standard pric-
es on milk. Some condensaries are paying as
high as $3.50 for 3.5 per cent milk; other milk
buying concerns as low as $2.50 where there is
no competition. Members of the Michigan Milk
Producers’ Ass’n. serving the Detroit area are
now receiving $3.35 for 3.5 per cent milk, this fig-
ure having been recommended by the special milk
commission. In our opinion the Ubly price is
much too lowr and gives the condensary an exhor-
bitant profit. It is our understanding that under
recent contracts let by the United States govern—
ment for condensed milk, that condensaries should
be able to pay as. high as $4 for 3.5 milk and still
make a fair profit. Please give us the name of the
company that controls the Ubly plant. and as-
certain if possible. whether they are manufactur-
ing under government contract]

BEAN CROP WILL RUN 40 TO 60%
LESS THAN THRESHER’S REPORT

J. M. K., a Charlevoix county subscriber, writes
as follows:

“One of my neighbors sold 55 bushels of beans
machine run to a local buyer. and rece’vetl less than
$25 for same, or a trifle less than 50 cents per bush-
el. Another had his beans tested for moisture
and dirt. and had he sold them he would have
owed the buyer 20 cents on every bushel. The
beans of still another farmer tested 70 per cent
pickers. The buyers charge the farmers. or dock
them. 17 cents per pound for dirt and poor beans.
Figure this out for yoursc‘l'. The buyers were
paying $11.20 pcr cwt. for hand-picked beans
at the time. I thrcshed 60 bushels of beans from
6 acres. They shrank 18 bushels in drying, lcav-
ing 12 bushels of dry bonny: which pick away
25 per cent, leaving me about 2‘1] bushels of good
beans. Some other of my neighbors who tlrt shed
St to 90 bushels have from 35 to 50 bushels of
hand-picked beans. So the actual bean crop of
this locality will be about 30 to 40 pu‘ cent of the
threshcrs‘ reports.

M. B. F. and its readers'know that, the reports
turned in this year by the threshers aren't yorth
a picayune. They may tell within a few hundred
thousand bushels of the crop that was harvested.
but they do not tell something that is vastly more
important this year. the number of marketable.
hand-picked beans, after they have gone thru the
picker end of the dryer. The Michigan crop of
saleable beans has been grossly over-estimated.
and our readers will recall that this publication
has consistently argued, that the state’s bean crop
would fall several million bushels below the pre-
dicted figure.

We are this week sending out a letter to the lead-
ing co-operative and, line elevators in the state
asking them to explain why they charge as high
as 17 cents per pound for picking beans, and yet
keep the culls. It is like butting one’s head against
the stone wall to bump up against the organized
bean dealers of this state, but we are going to
risk one or two bumps, anyway.

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,jWASHINeTon;
his regime has vindicated itsolf.
.From the very day the :Bolsheviki
wrested Petro-grad from Kerens-

ky and placed the power of government inthe

control of the peasants and workmen, they ’have

grown in strength‘and dignity and have success-

fully led Russia thru one of the gravest crises in

her history. In the‘light of subsequent events,—
the domestic turmoil, the persistent refusal of the
Allies to recognize Bolsheviki sov.ereignty,——the
insidious attacks, of Germany against the morale
of the Russian people, and (fiber disheartening in-
fluences,—~weknow that no matter what may be
said of the practical side of the Lenine—Trotsky
philosophy-these leaders are true patriots in the
fullest sense of the term. The United States and
her allies can no longer doubt that at heart these
men are sincere and unselfish, and that they are
devoting their lives t0'day,—not to further the
kingdom of the Kaiser on earth or to force an—
archy upon the world as has been claimed, but to

'free Russia, who has lain so long-in shackles.

To my mind, the Bolsheviki influenct upon the
German people has contributed/more to advance
the cause and the possibilities of an early demo-
cratic peace, than any other single influence. Pos-
sessed of temperament and ideals qui‘e similar to
those of the Germafl people, they hrve succeeded
in passing on to thei' benighted kin across the
border a new and glorious comprehension of a
liberty unfettered by the chains of tyrants. The
elusive, yet alluring beams of Russia‘s rising sun
of democracy have shone full upon the German
soldier, stirring within his breast new hopes. new
desires and strange determination to bask for-
ever in the rays of freedom’s light. Were the
Bolsheviki power to be swept away on the mor-
row, the impress that it has made upon the mind
of the German people would remain and~ sink
deeper every day.

It is an unfathomable mystery why the United
States still hesitates to recognize the Bolsheviki
government. Against the irreproachab'le evidence
afforded by recent developments in Russia. the
statements of American engineers that the peo-
ple of Russia are with the Bolsheviki government
and that its power is growing rapidly, the Allies
put up the argument that Lenine and Trotsky are
visionaries, and assume that because they have
never done some great thing to stamp them men
of greatness and action. they cannot lead the Rus-
sian people safely th’ru the twilight that shadows
democracies in the making. .They cannot forget
that Trotsky was a copy writer on a little s0cfalist
paper in New York just a few months ago; but
they may have forgotten that Lincoln was once a
rail splitter and that Garfield drove a canal boat.
Neither nor both of the Rusian leaders may have
the power to guide Russia safely to port. but
they’ve proven pretty good pilots so far and seem
to be that country‘s only remaining hopc. We
earnestly support the pleas of U. S. engineers. en-
voys and recently converted congressmen to grasp
the last chance perhaps of saving Russia from tho

,Kaiser's clutches and swinging her back into the

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andvcoveiiantsywtth focaignnatio‘ns. The id‘a'he sen-
ator-believes t'he throwing. of secrecyxaround dip-
domatic dealings with other nations is inconsist-
ent with the principles‘of democracy and our pres-
ident’s recent utterances upon this very point. Con-
gress will‘also discuss the Russian situation, and
many senators will urge. immediate assistance be
given'to struggling Russia. It is well that Congress
has decided to open debate on the country’s war
aims,.and thus keep the people informed on. the
ultimate objectiv‘es.
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Secretary‘of War Newton D. Baker is being
made the goat of the investigations that are being
conflicted by the senate -mi1itary affairs commit-
tees into real and imaginary delays in the war
preparations. The critics of the Administration
have been silent as long as possible; they have
begun to worry over the growing popularity of
the President and claim now to have found a le-
gitimate excuse for harrassing those who are ac-
‘countahie to the chief executive. Mr. Baker has
met his critics withgood grace, however. and has
answered their questions to the satisfaction of the
people. His tormentors, however. have scoffed
at his explanations. It is), plain to be seen that
no matter how speedily Mr. Baker might: have
pushed the war preparations. he would still have
been subjected to petty interference and annoying
attacks by certain politicians who make it a bus—
iness in all countries to embarrass the. head men
of the nation upon the slightest pretext. Tho poo»
ple of the linited States as a whole are satisfied
with the'progress that has been made in perfecting
our war machine. and will absolve Secretary Baker
from the blame that the senate committee is trying
to place upon his shoulders.

Railroad executives want llncle Sam to relin-
quish control of their roads just the instant the
war comes to an end. At a recent meeting in
New York they framed a resolution asking that
Congress amend the bill confirming the President’s
action in taking over the roads, so that, the con-
trol will extend only over the duration of the war.

The bill as it now stands empowers the President \

to retain control of the roads “until otherwise
decreed by Congr‘ess.” it is quite apparent from
this action of the rail chiefs that they expect to
make a. fight against government ownership when
the present crisis has passed.

l'ndcr new food regulations, the Swiss people
are allowed only a pound of sugar per month per
person. The butter ration is one—fifth of a pound
per month.
* * * *

The total (li‘l‘i’li§;, sown to crops in 1917 in tho
'Irninradcd portion of France showed a decrease
of 24.4 per cent from the acreage in lili3. The
burden of agriculture which has rested since the
war on old men. women and children will bc light—
ened considerably by the 1500 farm tractors being
shipped to France this winter by the 1‘. S. li‘ood
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Germany has closed her northern border for the
period of one month and this is taken to indicate.» the
movement of large bodies of troops to the western
front. These— troops are in all probability being
taken from the Russian front, despite the agreement
of the armistice with Russia, which specifies that such
movement shall not take place. That Germany will
make a last desperate effort to break through the
western front before the armies of the United States
arrive in full strength. is almost a foregone conclus-
ion. All possible preparations to meet such an even-
tuality are being taken by the Entente Allies. Pres-
ent weather conditions are such, however. as to prac-
tically preclude the possibility of immediate major
operations in France.

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The negotiations between the Austro-German and
Bolsheviki peace delegates has been resumed at Brest-
Litovski. The German demand that the conference
be continued there rather than transferred to neutral
territory has been accepted by the Bolsheviki leaders;
Although the Central powers have withdrawn their
peace terms of no annexations, no indemnities. the
same having failed to meet with a response from the
Allies, the Russians claim to still have their peace
plans based on this understanding. It is not likely
they will accept any other terms so far as Russia is

. concerned. this is liable to prove a stumbling block in

the way of the present negotiations. Latest dispatches
indicate that some kind of a separate peace agreement
has been arranged between Bulgaria and tho Bolshea‘
viki government
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(‘nmp (luster has been lsolutcd by the recent storms
and the boys have been getting excellent. preliminary
training with tho pick and shovel, extricationr the
camp from the grip of :-'vm\\' and ice. The. army mulc
guy-(tin came into its own during the storms. proving its
ciliciency -when all motor trucks had been put out of
business by the cold and snow. flecause of their bc~
mg unable, to leave camp, the men crowded the Y. M.
C. A. and K. 0. buildings. these organizations: again
proving thcmsclves as foremost. in welfare work with

the army. under all conditions. \‘Vilhout their cheer
and warmth. rcligious scrvicos and cni‘vrlninmcnt.

(“amp Custer would indeed have been a desolate place
during the recent. prriod of storms and general :id—
verse weather conditions. Outdoor drills continue
whcnever weather conditions permit but all trcnch
work has bccu abandoned for the time being.

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The boys in camp at \Vaco. Texas including many
from Michigan have bccn having a in to of the north—
crn weather. t‘old. frosty nights have been the rule
of late. making hcayy clothing and blankets welcome,
Practice on the ranges has brought the booming of
heavy guns to the boys in comp. giving them sonn-
slight idea, of what it will be whcn they take up uc~
tivc training behind the lighting line: in camp, The
boys are all in; finc spiriP and anxious to movc “over
ihcre.” As one soldor laddie expressed it. “\Vc‘rc out
to lick the Kaiser and we can‘t do it here." VVbilc
definite information is not ()liinillillll“ thcrc is cvmy
indication that many of thcm will the watw'
before sprng. to say nothing of those already on their

vying:

way. Michigan parents of boy: how. could they but
we fhcm. would be proud of tbnir lino :mpczirunr'c

;:‘culb‘-m:iiil_\' conduct and general soldicrly bearing.

SIW‘NI'H winici' conditions arc no dclcrrcnt to italiun

Ltill!!!:‘l'dli‘i‘l'll‘dvl' :no'vcinwms and during the bust
wcwk thcy huvc bottom-d thc‘i' position materially,
liulitm uirpluuo-s‘ have brought down two iiomy l!‘.;l--
chines and droppod mlu'o than two tons of explosives
on cncmy mnuuzinvs rind (‘lzi‘tllll[)lll(‘lli<, Tho Bl'iti b
:irtillcry with the Italian army has also been in con-

stant t'ii“l':iliull. keeping up it steady lire on thc Aus-
H'o—ilcrmuu lint-P Many (li'w'l hllr= on county (”n—
plnccmcnl-s‘ hnvo lwwll rcpoi'tcll by :lll‘ observes. lt‘i‘nnl-h
urtilb-ry has also been le‘ith‘ :ilong‘ the milldlc l‘Euvn
licuvy snows in the mountain parqxs huvo Intci‘i'uptml
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Members of Congress have announc-
ed their decision of reviewing the var-
ious proposals laid down in President
Vv’ilson‘s last peace message with a
'iew to placing the government’s peace
views before the people in concrete
and understandable form and sound-
ing out public opinion on each of the
fourteen covenants set forth by the
President. No question is raised as
to the approval of the President’s
views. by both (‘ongress and the peo-
pic. but it is thot that open and speci-
fic discussion by the accredited rep—
resentatives of the people may have
the effect of convincing the German
people that we stand solidly back of
our President and support, his acts.
It is believed that the majority of the
proposals .will be unanimou. ly approv-
ed. Others. however. are quite certain
to be debited. There is some question
for instance. as to whether the people
will be satisfied to let the war continue
a. single day longer than necessary
merely in order to restore France’s
lost provinces. Alsace‘Lorraine. or to
assist ltaly in securing some of Aus-
tria's nearby territories in which the
Italian strain predominates. One prop-
osition which will be made the sub—
ject of spirited debate is the secret
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.\lfon:-o Sil'cr is now in conference with
Mcxiczm loath-rs. Ho rcccntly returned
from ‘iI‘l'lllzllU' and authorities fear bi<
mission mums no good for this country.
.\ grout deal of tun-crtainty cxirts as to
thc l’uturo supply from the ’l‘ampit'o oil

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dependent on this :‘uphly. German in—

fiucncc in the bust ho: undoubtedly crw

latcd :Ul\'<‘i'~‘o scutinwnt toward the l’niled

States. to say the lczist. and the present

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Sui-yu-[gql'y Nit-\doo has complctvd or—
rnugcnu-Ms whorl-by war stumps will be
:chl through a :-j»',<lt'lll of “cash on deliv—
ciy" dircct to the homes of purchasers.
This is said to he the first undertaking
of any nation to deliver and collect for
its securitics direct in the homes of the
)wnpit‘. l’rovi'ling only om- stamp is pur—
chased. in each homs- rcuchcd by the mes-
senger it will result in :1 loan of $1000,—
merino.

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l{nighls of (‘olumbus drive for
funds is meeting with success generally
and thcrc is at prcscnt a prospect of the
amount sought being over—subscribed.
This fund is used entirely for war work
in the various'cautomnents and in France.
The work is-similar to that being done by
the Y. M. C. A., and the benefits are ex—
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Food Administration; from ' Further Coma
pulsory Grading of Potatoes - ’

About 40 members of the Michigan-Potato Ship-
pers’ Ass’n., which was organized early last spring
by Mr. E. P. Miller of the Food Administration
for the purpose of co-operating with the Food
Administration in carrying out the new potato
grades, attended a meeting at Grand Rapids -last
Friday evening for the purpose of discussing the
general potato situation and offering, if possible.
suggestions for bettering it.

Not knowing that a representative of Mrcm-
GAN BUSINESS FARMING was present, several of the
dealers paid their respects to this publication in
language not designed to be complimentary. Prof.
C. W. W a.1d. who was present by invitation, must.
have also been ignorant of the presence of our
representative, else he never would have blunder-
“we dealers.”
Neither is it to be presumed that he would have
cautioned those present, not to confuse MtcchN
BUSINESS FAmnxo. (which was frequently‘referr-
the dealers as “Michigan Farm-
ing") with the other weekly paper in the state of
a somewhat similar name. for. said‘ Mr. Wade,
“the Michigan Iv'armcr is supporting these grades.”
How-ever, had we any idea that our name was to
have been taken in vain. we. "'ould most certainly
have had announced our presence, and the blame
for any indiscreet remarks that may have been
made about us lies wholly upon our shoulders.

Mr. E. P. Miller had been invited to be present.
but he was unable to attend. In his stead, he
sent a letter which stated in no uncertain tones
that dealers must abide by the new grading rules.

The discussion that followed was
several of the dealers citing their experiences
with the grades, some claiming that the large
meshed screen did work an injustice against the
farmer. while others “opined” that the injustice
existed wholly in the farmer's minds and that they
really didn’t know what was good for them. The
blame for all the dissatisfaction was laid at the
door of “certain newspapers” which had been
agitating the matter.

Prof. Waid that, that the dissatisfaction was due
more to the difference in price on the two grades
than to the ruling. and in a very mild manner.
told the dealers that he thought. they ought to
pay a higher price for the No. 2 stock, which re-
mark made as much impression on the dealers as
water on a duck's back

informal,

John (‘. Ketchum, master of the state grange
was present and gave a very inspiring talk in
which he urged everyone concerned to think to-
gether. get together and act together. Mr. Ketch-
um was firmly convinced that the rights of the
growers had somehow been stepped upon, but he
wasn’t prepared to state in jug: wnat manner.
He thought something ought to be done to increase
the price of potatoes to the farmers. but wasn’t
altogether certain that the grading rures had any-
thing to do with the present situation. In fact.
he openly stated that he would not discuss that
phase of the matter at all and failed to state wheth—
er or not he was in favor of the present grading
rules. Mr. Ketcham did, however, draw out the
information that, one of the principal set-backs
at the present time was due to the shortage of
adequate cars. The dealers stated that they could
pay 15 to 20 cents a bushel more for potatoes
right now if they.had good refrigerator cars. It
was claimed that it cost from $50 to $75 to make
a common box-car fit for potato transportation and
that the cost; of “firing” the car to its destination
added another half hundred dollars The subse-
quent discussion resulted in the passing of the
follov. ing resolution:

‘Whereas, the satisfactory marketing of the bal-
ancc of the Michigan potato crop depends very large—
ly upon the securing of :1 sufficient number of satis-

factory cars to handle the crop, and whereas Michi—
gan appears to be discriminated against in the dishi—
bution of 1ef1igerator cars and whereas the \Iic'h gun
State GI range and the Ancient Order of Cleaners have
offered to co— —operate in the seething of such can".

f‘Be it resolved, that the Michigan State Potato
Dealers’ Ass'n. herein assembled earnestly request
the co- operation of the State Gr range and the Ancient
Order of Gleane1s in this matter.”

And the meeting adjourned.

Had the dealers and Prof. Waid the interests of
the farmers really at heart, we believe that they
would have taken some action toward appraising
the Food Administration of the attitude of the
farmers against the grading. and it is our firm

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by the rules, to abandon them in Michigan. 'g
this,appa1"ently, Was farthest frOm their minds.

The cuming week.- we shall ask the Food Adi
ministration fer a final decision 0 the grading”
matter. ;By that time, every card will have been
played, every influence possible will, have been
brought to bear to induce those' in authority .to'

act. We shall know very shortly now whether
the rights of the growers of Michigan are to be
respected or ignored. ~ '

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Wm. Alden Smith Gets Busy

As announced several weeks ago this pub-
lication sought to enlist Senator Wm. Alden
Smith in the potato growers fight against
the grading rules. 'We were successful.
Not only did Senator Smith espouse the mat-‘
ter in his paper the Gldnd Rapids Herald.
but he is using his personal efforts to induce
Mr. Hoover to act as shown in the following
letter just received from the Senator:

“I have placed a lengthy protest on record
with Mr... Hoover against the Potato plan of
the Government and hope it may do some
good.

“I have followed the matter up in other
ways and believe that the Editors of the
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING are entirely
right in their contention and should be sup-
ported in their efforts by every loyal son
of M’chigan.”

(Signed)

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GLEANERS PLAN IMPORTANT
WORK FOR COMING SEASON

The Gleaners three—day biennial session, which
was concluded on Friday of last week at Kala-
mazoo, was characterized by one of the Supreme
officers as one of the best conventions ever held.

Among the prominent speakers who took part
on the p1ogram were Herbert F. Quick of the
Federal Loan Boaxd, who announced that he was
present as the emissaiy of Wm. G. McAdoo; H011
Richmond P. Hobson, hero of Manila and prohi-
bition leader; Harry S. Evans, editor of the Yeo-
man Shield, and others.

Among the many impoxtant matters taken up
by the convention was the naming of a Gleaner
War Emergency Committee, with G. H..-Sloc11m
and Nathan F. Simpson as active chairmen. A
committee will be appointed in each Arbor to aid
in handling Liberty bonds, war-savings certificates.
and Y. M. C. A. work. In addition. the leading
farm industries will be organized. will
be known respectively as “Dairymeu's Division,"
“Beet Growers' Division," "Bean Growers’ Di-
vision." “Potato Growers‘ Division."

Many important resolutions were passed. among
which was the following:

“'HEJARI' » \S, li‘xom statistics gi'ithered from reliable
1es0urces, it is found that there arc more than one mil-
lion bushels of wet beans in the hands of the grow ers.
\vhic h, if left in present (1.111dition,will soon be unfit for
loud , and

Vi Hl'l RJCAS. as the result of the present grading rules
thexe will be left large stocks of undersized potatoes
in the g1o\\e1’hands, which are unmmketahle because
of grade discrinnnation which interfeied with the
1111)\c111ent of potatoes duling the shipping season for
perishable products; principally aflecting the states of
Michigan and Wisconsin where the buyers have 911—
forced the recommendations of the food depaitment
and

VVHF .I4 AS the authorities of the Michigan State
iris-on at Jackson have expressed a 331ll1ngnes~ to
utilize a portion of the inmate labor, 'now idle in can-
ning the beans which if immediately cared for can be
preserved within the requiiements of the National
Food laws, and

WHEREAS, the prison authorities have expressed
a willingness to also utilize the inmate labor to dry
and convert into potato flour, such potato stocks, in
excess of demands and grades unmarketahle, which
flour may be used in the 111anufacture of bread and
other food products, thus in a measure conserving
“11.211 flour, and

\K'lllde AS, a double se1vice may thus be perform-
ed by mu 111g this vast amount of food product fo1
home consumption and our armies across the seas
and at the same time preventing this stupendous lu<s
to the growers. who have SO loyalty answered the
Nation‘s call for food, therefore. be it ~

RESOLVEI'V, That We urgently request that the
Governor of Michigan gives this grave question thor-
ough and immediate consideration. to the end that
interests of producer, consumer and soldier may be
alike protected. Be it further

I: ESULA FR, That in this wai emer'gentv action be
i111I11ediately taken to equip the Jackson Prison, and
such other state institutions as can effectually and
economically caIe for this “Ork “ith the necessa. 3
additional machinery. And be it further

l: l"S(1I\ I'll) That the amounts required fOI purch—
using and installing the nece 82113 equipment be im—
111ediatel3' appropriated and loaned f1om the wa1 em—
eigent3 fund created by om State Legislature and to
which all citizens must contribute, in order that an em-
ergency suchas set forth in these resolutions might
be promptly cared for. And be it further

RESOLVED, That inasmuch as the United States

’1‘ l1 ese

-Government has removed its restrictions that all de—

lays be avoided by our State .Ad111inistration‘ and red
tape eliminated. in order that the ‘impending loss to
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We regret' that we have been unable to carry out .
. the exact arrangement suggested in last week’s s“
M. B. F. for the utilization of Michigan’ ”13‘ wet been:

crop. This has been due to no fault of ours but

to a change of plans on the part of the elevator 1'

concern which made the proposition.

However we realize that unless some action is -

taken at once to dry the wet beans now in the

hands of the farmers, thousands of bushels of
them will be a total loss before anOther sixty days ~

have exDired. For this reason, this publication
is trying to get the farmers and the elevators to-
gether on some .kind of a mutually satisfactory
basis for the trading and drying of, these beans,
and in the coming week’s issue we will list every
concern in the State who is equipped to handle
moist stock. We understand that there are about
20 dryers in the state, but that their combined
capacity is not sufficient to dry all Of Michigan’s
Anotherconcern, however, has re-
cently built a huge dryer at Toledo, with a 5;000_
bushel daily capacity, and will make an effort to
handle some of the wet beans there. .
It would be a colossalswaste .Of good foodstuffs

and a tremendous loss to the farmers of the state,

if the several hundred bushels of wet beans are
allowed to spoil on the growers’ hands. Regard-
less of what the bean market may be three or
four months hence, holders of wet beans cannot
afford to speculate that long, else they will find
their stock rotting on their hands. The important
thing is to get these beans to the dryers at once——,
and we urge every one of our readers who has
wet beans ,that he cannot successfully dry him-
self, to take advantage of the offers that are
made this week and next in the-columns of this
publication. We promise our readers that so far-
as is possible. we, shall watch the practices of
the dealers in handling these beans, and see to it
that the farmer receives all that he is entitled
to for them. We have little fear. however, that

he ,will get anything but an absolutely square deal. -

THE INCOME HX—HOW
IT AFFECTS THE FARMERS

“What deductions are allowed a farmer for ‘busi-

ness expenses’ in making out his income tax re- ‘

turn?” 1

This is one of the many questions which .evenue
officers who will visit every cOunty in the United
Stdtes during January "1d February will answer
Briefly they include the amount ex—
pended for labor in the preparation of land rm-
crops and in cultivation, harvesting, and market-
ing of the crop. Deductions may lie made for the
cost Of seed and fertilizer, the amount expended
for labor in caring for live stock. cost of feed.
repairs to farm and other farm buildings,- but
not the cOst of repairs to the dwelling. The cost
of repairs to farm fences and machinery is de-
ductible, as well as the cost of small tools and ma—
terial which is used up in the course” of a year
or so, such as binding twine, pitchforks, spades, etc.

The value of farm products is not considered
taxable until reduced to cash or‘ its equivalent.
If crops and stocks were produced in 1916 and
sold in 1917, the amount received therefor is
to be included in the farmer's tax return for the
calendar year 1917. Crops produced in 1917 and
on hand Decemlier 31 need not be considered.
Persons in doubt as to any of the provisions of
the income tax section Of the war revenue act
are advised by the bureau of internal revenue to
see the revenue officer, who will visit their county
to assist taxpayers in making out their returns.
which must not he filed on or before March 1. 1918.

OTSEGO COUNTY GRANGE COM-
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At a recent meeting of Lakeview Grange, No,

872, of Otsego county, the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:

“Inasmuch as we believe the present proposed‘

system of potato grading is an unjust discrim-
ination against the potatogrowers of Michigan.
therefore be it resolved by Lakeview Grange, No.
872 of Otsego county, that wedo condemn the
system and also the means employed in estab-
lishing the same. And further that we do heart-
ily commend the MICHIGAN BtrsIans FARMING
in its efforts in behalf of the growers, and hereby
pledge our support in any further efforts that.
may be made.” , ”-1

 
   

 

    

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The wheat situation, so far as sup-
plies to the Allies are concerned,,is

' becoming more serious every day. In
J spite of the fact that we had export-

ed our surplus by mid-December, we
are now called upon to furnish an ad-
ditional 90,000,000 bushels. It will

be necessary" for us to cut our con- .

sumption considerably, and there is
every possibilityrof wheatless days be-
ing enforced by law, rather than a
matter of request. The Food Com-
mission is also considering a flour of
mixed grains. The spring will per-
haps see an actual flour shortage and
really bring this phase of the war home
to the American people for the first
time. ’ . .

Production must increase in this
country, as it is going to be up to
Worth America to furnish the bulk of
the wheat used in Europe. At the
present time Australia and India hold
the reserve surplus of the world, due
to the fact. that the shortage of ocean
tonnage prevents moving the stocks
held there. The Allies have taken over
the Argentine surplus and the prob.
lem is to move it. France is now on
a bread card basis. the daily allow-
ance ranging from 7 to 21_oz.

Russia is reported to have little or
no wheat to spare and with present
conditions there is doubt if the next
crop will show much of a surplus for
export.

The recent heavy snow over the mid-
dle western states has helped the sit-
uation greatly but there is some,spec-
ulation as to the amount of damage

done by the severe frosts before the.

coming of the snow blanket.

The new war flour will shortly ap-
pear on the market. It is known to
mlllers as a 95 per cent patent and is
darker than the flour now generally
in use.

 

 

 

GRADE i‘clrnil l Chicago New You
to. 2 White t
i andlrd . 84 2 82 99 1-2
No. 3 While E 82 l- q .81 .98
"o. 4 White ' .82 1- i 801-2 . .97 1-2

 

 

 

There is a great speculation at the
present time as to why oats remains
wh re they are in View of the big sup-
ply back, both in this country and in
Canada. it is a fact that there is a
Very great volume of cats back. wait-
ing to be moved to market. This in
itsrlt is a bear factor and under ordin-
ary conditions would cause a lower

, price. However. there are two princi-

pal factors bearing on the oat market
at the present time and causing the
price, to remain around 80c. The first
and minor fact.0r is the shortage of
cars to transport the grain to market.
Supplies are cleaned up from day to
day and as long as this continues \we
may look for firm market. Buyers
will bid up the price when only a lim-
ited supply is available and they want

> the. grain.

The second and by far the greater
factor in keeping the price where it
is is the heavy buying by the govern-
ment. This now amounts to a great
dealmo’re than many people realize.
The requirements of the United States
government are now around 3,500,000
bushels. The Allied governmentsneed
10.000000 bushels, ~ making
close to 13,500,000 bushels needed
each month to satisfy the Government
orders. This. is the real secret of the
continued strength of the oat mar-
ket and unless the movement becomes
unusuallyr large we believe“ this de-

;.mand. added to the domestic call, will
. ‘be sufficient to keep the‘price close to
the present mark, if not

, higher.
There is now some talk of the govern-
entestabli'shinga maximum price of
0x: perbnshel. .' '

   

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will work lower.

to lack of demand.

regain normal conditions.

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GRADE Detroit
No. 2 Yellow 1.92
No. 3 Yellow 1.90 1.67
No. 2 Mixed 1.85 1.50

Chicago New York
1.681-2 1.82

1.80 1-2

1.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cornwsituation at the present
time‘is one of grave concern. With
less than two months of real cold
weather ahead, and but a small portion
of the crop marketed, growers and
dealers are becoming convinced that
unless immediate and most strenuous

measures are made to move the crop;

to centers where drying facilities are
available, ’there will be an exception-
ally heavy loss of grain which is
sorely needed at the present time.
The whole problem is one of trans-
portation. Given sufficient cars and
coal, the crop would move rapidly.
Growers are willing to dispose of
their holdings but are unable to do
so owing to the fact that the grain
cannot be moved. At the same time
there is very little accumulation at any
central market. Under ordinary
transportation conditions, with the
large amount of wet corn we have
this year, the Chicago market would
have been deluged with corn and the
dryers there, having an estimated ca-
pacity of 500,000 bu. per day, would
have saved a great portion of what
now seems fated to be lost. Taking
into consideration the drying facil-
ities of other markets, it appears to
be a matter requiring immeliate gov-
ernment attention, even thtugh some
other commodities wait just a. little.
The market, at the time of writing,
is off about 10c per bu. from the price
prev tiling last week. A freer move-
ment will undoubtedly cause a fur-
ther decline. but growers will he sat-
isfied at that. rather than to have the
corn left on their hands to spoil when
the warmer weather of spring comes.
The market is still far from low and
considering the size of the crop, move—
ment during the next month or so will
mean money to growers. even at a con-
siderable reduction from present pric-
es rather than a. total loss as will he
the case wit many if the warm weath-
er catches the grain on their hands.

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The rye market remains steady and
firm at present quotations. There is

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Jan 202122232425§26 1913

Sever
St rms,
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.——-
Last bulletin gave forecasts of disturb—
ance to cross continent Jan. 20’ to 24,
warm wave 19 to 23. cool wave 22 to
. 26. Cool weather will precede and a
warm wave follow this storm. averag-
ing about normal. It will develop
more than usual force. Most precipi-
tation in North Pacific and North At-
lantic slope sections. Severe storms
and a cold wave expected during five
days centering on Jan, 17,

Next warm WaVe Will reach Van-
couver about Jan. 24 and temperatures
Will rise on all the Pacific slope. It

- CHICAGO \VlRE—The grain market is quiet, and especially so in oats. A
lack of seaboard demand weakened them and the price worked a little lower.
Small declines shown in corn.“ Peoria reports decline of as much as 5c in corn.

'DETROIT SPECIAL—Corn buying inactive on, buyer’s belief that the market
Very little wheat moving and miners buying everything in
sight. No poultry arriving and some left over {rom last week finding slow sale
on account of weather conditions. Fresh butter is showing some weakness owing

BOSTON. “VIBE—Markets generally inactive on account of storms. No hay
deliveries for several days. Potatoes arriving in badly frozen condition. Same
true of several apple shipments. \Vill take a. week, with favorable weather, to

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a fair demand from day to day and re-
ceipts are just about sufficient to take
care of it. Stocks at country ele-
vators, judging from latest reports,
are not as heavy as is usually the case
at this time of year. While a certain
portion of the crop is still back in
growers’ hands, we do not‘believe
there is as much of this grain still
held there as is usually the case at
this stage of the marketing season.
With any kind ofvan increased de-
mand we would not be surprised to
see rye advance in price». Detroit is
quoting cash No, 2 at $1.84 per bushel.
Chicago quotations are still nominal
and any kind of an inereased demand
there would mean a much stronger
market under present conditions.

    

 

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GRADE 1 Detroit Chicago New York
C. HJ’. 7.50 7.75 7.65
Prime 7.45 7.55 7.58
Re] Kidney: 8.75 l 9.30 8.75

 

 

 

 

The more we study the bean situa-
tion in Michigan the more we are con-
vinced that unless some well—directed
effort is made on the part of State or
Federal authorities to get Michigan’s
wet beans into cans before the warm-
er weather or spring, a large portion
of the crop will be lost. A great many

elevators are not equipped to handle-

this wet stock, and they are simply
refusing to handle it. The farmers
have more on their hands than they
can possibly dry themselves, and there
the situation rests. Talk about con—
serving the food supply, here is a
golden opportunity for the Food Board
and one which will prove mighty ser-
ious if not attended to very shortly.
Different societies, publications and in-
dividuals have endeavored to bring
about some decisive action in this
matter. but so far without success.

Not much change in the general
bean market. Some stock moving all
the time and prices show just a little
tendency to become firmer. We feel
that they will be much better later
on. and unles more of the present
Michigan and New York crops are put
through the dricrs. there will he a re-
action later on with greatly advanced
prices. But those would be of small
benefit to growers after their stock
had spoiled.

Eastern points report the demand
improving and supplies in only moder-
ate quantity. Some pintos coming
east from Colorado but movement of
this variety limited there. the trend

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“:lll (‘l'HHF ('l‘csi (pl. Hovklt‘s‘ by (‘the- (-t'
.lun. 25, plains Ht‘t‘llnl‘lfi 20, meridian _
1&0. great lakes and Ohio-Tenriesscc '
vallcvs 27. t-nstcrn sections 2?? roach—
ing.r \‘icinity of vafoundland about
January 20. Storm wave will follow
about omx (lay t»("«llrl’.l worm wave and
cool wave about om- day behind storm
wave.

The warm wan- will he unusually
warm, the/cool wave will be a. cold
wave 'and will bring blizzard storms
of more than usual severity. Most
precipitation in the North Pacific and
North Atlantic coast sections. Except
severe storms near January lT. bal—
ance of this month \\ill be more mod—
erate than the arr-rage of this Win-
ter’s wcuthcr. Another severe (-o‘d
wave and blizzard weather are expect-
ed during the five days centering on
Jan. 28.

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being more southward. Red kidneys
are in fairly good demand and offer-
ings seem to be in very good shape,
much better than the average otter-
ings of pea beans. Demand for sul-
phur and brown Swedish stock is very
light. This stock usually goes east

to Boston and nearby points, but de—
mand so far is not up to ordinary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1 Standard No. 2

Huh” Timothy Timothy Timothy
Detroit 24 50 25 00 23 50 24 00 22 50 23 59
Chicago 27 28 00 25 50 27' 50 26 00 27 00
Cincinnati 29 00 29 25.28 50 29 03;28 M 28 50
Pittsburgh 29 50 30 00l27 50 28 7527 00 u 00
New York ‘26 00 27 WIZA 75 25 5023 24 00
Richmond I31 00 32 00 31 00 31 50,31 00 31 50

' No. 1 t No. 1 No. 1

""h“ Light Mixed 'Ctover Mixed! Clover
Detroit t23 50 2A 20 00 21 “U9 00 2° .0
Chicago l2” 22 00 19 00 21 00:18 50 2. 50
Cincinnati ‘28 50 28 75l28 00 28 50.28 25 2‘ 50
Plttohurgh l28 28 50 29 00 30 00529 00‘ 3. 00

New York 121 23 19 50 21 00118 20

Richmond 330 “0 31 29 00 29 50l28 50 29

 

 

Most markets are at. this time re
ceiving only moderate supplies of hay
but dealers expect to see the move—
ment increased within a short time.
The taking over of the railways by
the government resulteu in the mov-
ing of perishable products first, with
some delay to the hay movement.
There is every indication however,
that that government. control will
eventually result in better transporta-
tion of hay so that it. will not be all
piled onto the market at the same
time in the spring and result is a dis-
astrous decline.

Detroit. up to the coming of the
recent blizzard. was receiving a fair
volume of hay. about sufficient to take
care of the daily demand. The storm
has resulted in a let-up of supplies
and somewhat of a shortage. Prices
remain about the same as dealers hold
off rather than pay more.

Chicago is having about the same
experience as Detroit, the market be
ing somewhat firmer under lighter of—
ferings. The blizzard has resulted in
a. complete tie-up of all freight move—
ment so far as anything outside of
perishables is concerned, and hay is
either stalled in transit or held in the
outer yards. This condition will very
speedily be remedied unless unfavor-
able weather should develop.

Philadelphia. reports an active hay
market on account. of stormy weather
with prices steady for desirable offer-
ings. Receipts of good clover mixed
are small there and find a ready mar-
ket. Straw is in good demand, N0. 1
straight rye bringing around $18.00
per ton.

The Pittsburg market is steady at
Prevailing prices. with clover and
mixed hay scarce and firm. Termin-
als there are cleaning up and with a.
better car supply at shipping points
receipts will perhaps increase con-
siderably.

Conditions in the East are greatly
improved. accumulations being pretty
well cleaned up although the recent
storms will perhaps tie up traffic and
result in heavier arrivals for a few
days when the trains again resume
normal movement. Receipts at Bos-
ton have been noticeably lighter for
some days and this has added strength
to the market although there has not
so far been much change in values.

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There has been some advance in prie-
es at New York, this taking place at-
ter deliveries by boat stopped and the
city became entirely dependent on rail
arrivals.

 

 

 

 

 

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M‘rh” 'hIo-nched thin-add

Detroit 1.25 cut. 2.15 at.
Chicago , - 2.10 2.00
Cincinnati 2.20 2.12
New York 2.35 2.28
V“shurzh 2.30 2.25
Norfolk, VI. 2 .25 2.10

 

 

The potato market during the past
week, while firm at prevailing quota-
tions, has been just a little quiet. The
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“ ing influence.
ing has not been of any great volume.
Cams arriving have come thru some
very cold weather and show signs
of frost and this has made buying
sort of a hand-to- mouth proposition’.
Ever_ since the frosted stock began to
appear on, the market last fall, buyers
have been just a little shy of. taking
on any large quantity of potatoes.
The chances are that this trouble will
have a bearing on the market until
well into spring?

The mice at Detroit has advancel

.' some under lighter supplies but trad-
ing has been rather quiet airing the
last day or so. The writer was talk-
ing with a. large Detroit receiver this
morning and he stated that while the
cleaning up of the market and some-
what lighter 1eceipt'l had resulted
1‘11 a little bett1-1rp1i111 still (auditions
were su1h that any kind of increased
arrivals would result in lower pr! ces
\Ve therefore advise against any heavy
l1ipme11ts to this maiket until a little
later.

Conditions at Chicago are ver1 sim-
i1 lar to those at Detroit. The market
there is just a little stronger than at
Detroit but advices from there indi-
cates that dealers anticipate a 1011e1
1na1ket as soon as 11armer weather
permits shipping to increase.

Eastern advices indicate that stock
‘s not arriving there in such volume
as that of a fen 11eeks ago but still
in such quantities as to take care of
the demand which is 1ather light just
now.

There is some d11crs1t1~ of opinion as
to what the future holds for the pota
to market W'e do not believe it is
possible for anyone, to say at this
stage just 11 hat the market will do but
111. are somenhat ‘111lined to think it
11ill work lower. However a number
of things 1113.1 at'fc1t it such as 1ncreas-
11d onsumption. a campaign being
no“ waged to that end. also the condi—
tion in which stoicd stock 1‘ 1mes thru
the cold months With reports of
damage from decay coming in we are
inclined to the belief that the loss

‘ f1om this source will be considerable.
‘1 little later 011 it 11ill be possible to
not a more definite line on the situa-
tion.

   

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:t‘l'cct ted by th11 cold 111121111111' >115 1)
11111111 s l1a1e bccu curtailel and thc dc,
111111111 has also lallcn ol‘l‘ 1‘11:1si1l111‘;1bl1.
“hat stock has b11111 :11““1i1ing
the past week has been in poor con-
dition owing to frost damage. l‘ven
cars which were lined and heated 110111
ct'tectcd b1 trost in many cases. D11-
troit 1111s had an easy market with
ample supplies. The same is true of
(‘hicago although the demand for
box stock has b11011 :1 little better at
that point.

Detroit

(1111 iii"

quotations
same: Spy. $6011.11 '10
@$6.25; Snow $6. 50fl$7.:00 Baldwin.
$5.00@$S 50: N11. 2. $1($’.5011ci bbl..

Castern points are quoting about as
follows: Baldwins. fancy. bbl.. $460
$4.50; No. ls. $2.50@$3.50: No. 2s.
$262552. 50 bu box. $l@$l.75; Ma‘ne.
bbl.. $2 llolleflower. $‘3fi13‘1'3:
Ben Davis. 381.500.02.50; common cook-
ing. $2.25@$2.75; Greenings. $$lfif$lz
Hubbardstons. $Il@$3.50; Kings. $3.23
@$4.50; Northern Spys. ((121554: box.
$1.25@$1.50; Pippins, bbl.. $2@$f::
Russets. $1.50@$2.50; Snows. $2.500?
$3.50; Starks. $270953}; Talmcn Sweets.
s2®$t

arc about the
greenings. $6

u._- .

i g A Bums

The 1:.old stor1111 weather of the past
week has dela1ed deliveries of what.
1 limited supplies of butte1 were mov-

ing and has caused the market to
'harden still ’more. Arrivals which
have reached destination are not of
first quality in the great majority of
'1‘ases. The extreme weather which
has prevailed -1)1'cr the crcaniery sec—
tion of the middlt1 west has been far
from conducive to good butter making
and the result is now becoming appar-
1 ent on alheastern markets. Fine

 

I ited the quantity of arrivals-on 11111.1“,
markets and this has hadsar fauStagin- 1 '
On the other hand buy- .

3 ‘~‘ to , eh .ugh‘a
tion of this receipts1t at jobb_ers can-

they must substitute medium grade
- stock and held.

Detroit is quoting fresh creamery
firsts at 4755c; fresh creamery extras,

49@4917éc; storage creamery, 43@
441/10. '
New 'York quotations: Creamery, -

higher scoring than extras, 521/2@58c;.

extras, 52c; firsts, 47@511/2c; unsalt-
ed, higher scoring than extras, 541/2@
55c; extras,- 531/2@54c; held extras,
@460; State dairy, tubs, finest, 501/;
@5112; renovated extras, 42@43c; lad-
ies, current make, firsts, 37@37%c;
packing stock, current make, No. 1,
361/_)@37c.

 

EGGS

main topic of conversation
among egg 1eceivers on all principal
maIkets the past week has been the
exceptionally large amount of frozen
stock in all arrivals. lt.is estimated

 

The

that as much as 90 per cent of ar-
rivals show at least some frost
damage. This condition is due not

only to the severe weather but to de-
la1 in transportation. Shippers should
not attempt to send ‘small lots of eggs
through without thoroughly protect-
ing same. Many shippers use heavy
paper but this does not prevent
freezing under such conditions as we
have recently experienced and about
the best way around it is to defer
shipment under such conditions.
There is no danger of a declining
market at this time and every indica
tion of higher prices. To hold stock-
for a. few days will hurt it none and
may at timesprevent a loss.

Detroit is quoting fresh
receipts at 55c;
doz.

Michigan
storage 42@431/gc per
Fresh firsts in New York City‘
6160621110 seconds, 55@

are worth
61c per doz.

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LIVE WT. Detroit Chicago New York
Turkey 29- 30 25-27 28-30
Duclu 30-3] 28-29 26-27
Geese 24-25 23-24 2425
Springer: 28-29 24-26 28—30
Hem 27-28 24-26 27-29

 

 

 

 

No. 2 Grade 2 to 3 Cents Less

There was a feeling among receiv—
ers that, poultry would work lower for
a time after the holidays. it has tail-
te do so however, and the market at
this time rules strong and the supply
is not heavy. The demand has not
been quite so heavy but the lighter
supplies have cOunter balanced this
and the market continues very satis-
factory to shippers.

The general quality now
good as it was, especially
chickens are concerned. Turkeys.
ducks and geese continue in good
demand. prices firm and in the case
of turkeys. inclined to advance. Dress—
ed poultry has been greatly delayed in
transit and many shipments have ar-
rived in rather poor condition.

There is some talk regarding the
holding back of laying hens between
February 1 and April 30. in order to
increase the egg and poultry supply.
This is the season when these fowls
are in best condition and many of them
usually find their way to market.
It is suggested that a better plan
would be to hold back all poultry un-
til it attains a weight of 3 pounds.
Millions of small chit'kens yearly find
their way to market. sometimes weigh-
ing only from 1-2 to 3-4 pounds. It
remains to be seen what the Food
Board may decide.

is no" so
so far as

 

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Government

the
tions has resulted in somewhat lower

new regula-
prices, it has had no effect on the a-
vailable supply of feed stuffs. 'Mill-
ers and dealers are unwilling to offer
any quantity at a time and there ap-
pears to be a great deal of uncertain-
ty regarding the entire business. De-
troit quotations stand as follows:

1

 

not secure _,enough to 'go around and"

3 dard
40 fine middlings‘, $4340

corn, $.8;1 coarse cornmeal, $77, cllop-

ped, $60 per ton.

Philadelphia quotations: ,

Winter bran, in 1011-1111. sacks, spot,
$45@45 50 per ton, and to arrive, $45. -
50@45 uer ton. Spring bran, in 100-
lb sacks, spot, $44@44.50 per ton, to
arrive, $43. 50@44. Winter middlings,
in 100- lb. sacks, to arrive. $51@52
per ton. Standard middlings, in 100-
lb sacks, to arrive; $4850@144 50 per
ton Red dog, in 40-lb. sacks, to ar-
rive, $60@61 per ton. Shorts, in 100-
1b sacks to arrive, per ton, $45. 50
@46. Mixed feeds, in 1001b sacks,
to arrive $45@46 per ton.

Hides

The hide market is off just a little
on some grades as is shown by the fol-
lowing range of prices:

'.No 1 cured, 180; No.1 green,15c;
No.1 cured bulls,131:;No 1 green
bulls, 11c; No. 1 cured veal kip, 23c;
No. 1 green veal kip, 20c; No.1
cured murrain,18c; No.1 green mur-
rain.15c; No 1 cured calf, 27c: No
green calf, 25c; No.1 horsehides,
$6; No. 2 horsehides, $5; No. 2 hides
10 and No.2 kip and calf 1 1- 2c lower
than the above; sheepskins, as to
amount of wool, 50c@$3 each.

‘1

Furs

No. 1 skunk, $4.30; winter musk-
rats 800; No.1 mink, $7. 50; No. 1
racoon, $4.50.

~ Cheese

New York. State whole milk. flats
field. specials 243/1@25c; average run,
24@241/gc; fresh. colored and white,
specials, 281/_1@24c; twins-held, spec-
ials, 241/20; Wisconsin, whole‘ milk,
fine to fancy, twins. held, 24@24V_1c;
Young Americas, held, 271/2@27-'ch
State. skims. twins and flats, held.
specials. 19@].91,!_1c.; twins and ched-
dars. 16@17c.

Chicago: Squares. 271/_1@280; twins
and cheddars. 2253/,@231/20; single and
double daisies. 2434@251/40: young
Americas and long horns, 266026340;
new round Swiss. 28@400; block
Swiss. 30@3lc; brick, 251/3@26c; No.
Limburger. 26141613270; N0. 2 limberg-
er 25l/_,@26c..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago Buffalo
Steen, good to prime 10 50.12 00 12 00.13 50 13 00.13 50
Steers, com. to fair 9 50.10 75 9 00.10 50 11 50.12 00
Heifen,good toprime 9 00- 9 75 9 00-le 8 00— 9 00
Cows. average 75- 9 00 8 00-10 50 6 75- 8 50
Cannery—Cutters 5 75- 6 15 5 50- 6 00 5 25- 6 00
Bulls. avenge 6 50 7 00 7 50- 8 25 8 00. 9 00
Veal, {air to wood 13 00 15 110 13 110-15 00 14 50 11: 50

Under moderate receipts. curtailed

by holiday influences and the severe
and widespread storm conditions that
promise to handicap the railroads so
as to make light marketings through-
out the greater part of the current
week, the cattle market has been in a
position to demonstrate its underlying
strength during the past week and
values on the rank and file of offer-
ings have worked upward.

While choice beef steers did not
share in the advance last week. in fact
lost a little ground the first few days.
such kinds are getting the full benefit
of the 25c advame and the major por—
1ion of the low grade and medium kil-
lers and butcher cattle as well are ful-
ly 50c higher than a week ago. Most
of the steers coming are a warmed-up
anvd short-fed variety. selling between
$10.50 and $12.75. An occasional drove
of choice beeves. fed~ .5 or 6 months.
sells up to $13.50 to $14.00. but they
have been getting a relatively light
demand and the proportion of sales
above $13.00 is small. While we look
for liberal supplies of shortrfed cattle
during the current ‘month and through
the greater part of February. we be-
lieve that the breadth of trade require-
ments will be manifested in no uncer-
tain fashion and that there will be no
severe, lasting declines. However. we
think it good policy for those with
cattle on hand they expect to market
within the next 40 to 60 days to mar-
ket them as fast as they are ready. At
the same time we feel that the man
who will have a goodly number of well
conditioned beef cattle to sell 011 the
late spring and summer will have
cause for jubilation.

On the present market canner cows

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3111111 ”on: cows and heifers tram $7. 75
to $9.5026h51ce beet bulls are want-~
. ed up to $11. 00 The veal calf market'
_ has had ‘a slump from .the pro-holiday '

prices but this was not unexpected; -
' Demand for stock and feeding cattle
is very active and prices are inclined
to work higher.

to good breeding quality are a good
buy at current prices for those who
are in position to carry them cheaply
through the remainder of the winter
and finish with corn or other concen-
trates on grass. Most of the stock

and feeding steers' now sell betweenj "
$8. 25 and $9. 75, choice fleshy feeders

with weight on up to $10. 75.

 

 

GRADE
Heavy 240-290
’Medium 200- 240

Mixed 150- 200
Packers 100-150
Pies 100 down

But Mo
17 1017 15
17 1017 15
16 80 17 00
16 50 IS 75
16 25 16 50

Detroit Chico
16 00 16 25 16 40 “5°75
15 7516 00 161016 50
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The Chicago hog market‘clo’sed the
last calendar week With a net decline
of 2.50 to 350 from the close of the
week previous. This week, under a
curtailed run because 'of storms and
the zone loading plan. most of the
loss has been regained although big
packers have fought the upturn and
quite a few hogs have gone over u—n-
scld from day to day. The—top has
averaged around $16.75 to $16.85, while
the bulk of supply has sold at $16.25
to $16.20. with pigs and underweights
largely at $13.50 to $15.00. It is pos-
sible that packers will soon be able
to put hog droves around $16.00.
which has been their objective point
for weeks past. The movement thru
November and December was abnor-
mally light. warranting expectation
of a. heavy run this side of March.
Sn 11... 11.. “~54 Administration has
had no occasion to take measures to
protect. its 151/3c minimum. but it is
probable that an ”opportunity for such
action will be offered within a short
time.

At a corresponding period last year
the best hog: were selling around
$10.20. with the bulk at. $9.75 to $10.
Two years ago packers were putting
droves at $6.75. The present, market.
has a. top—heavy appearance. but grow-
ers haVe confidence in the security of
their position and will hold back on
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Top Lambs , 17. 00- l7 35.1.4 50-1750 181048.50
Yelrlingo t ‘6 25-16. 50 i 1.4 00- 16. 00 15.00-15.75
Wethen i 10.00-17.00 9. 50-73125 , 12.50-13.00

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The sheep and lamb values advanc-
ed 25 to 50c last week and . e lamb
end of the trade showed a resh up-
turn of 25 to' 40c the first of this
week on a rather small run? for which
the storm was responsible. The mar—
ket appears in good‘ position butwill
not stand crowding. The trade is
complaining of excessive weight in
lambs. but this is in accordance with
economic production and the- public
must be educated to the use of heavier
cuts. especially legs of lamb. Best
handy—weight lambs are selling up to
$16.75 to $17.50. choice to prime fat
ewes at $12.00 to $12.50; aged wethers
to $13.00 or better and yearlings to“
$15.00.

Barley

Milwaukee—«The barley market has
shown a decided change of foam, being
quiet and nearly normal at this time,
after experiencing much activity. Of—
ferings have been more liberal, while
hte demand has been quiet, maltsters
and shippers holding'off. Prices are 20
lower for choice, and 3c for medium
and low grades. Current quotations
are: Choice big-berried Wisconsin and
eastern Iowa. testing 48 to 50 lbs., per
bus. $1.54@$l.58; 45 to 47 lbs. $1.49@
$1.53: Minnesota. western Iowa and
Dakota. 48 to 50 lbs., $1.53@$1.57; 45
to 47 lbs., $1.49@$1.53; all states, 42
to 44 lbs., $4.43@$1.49; feed .mixing,‘
$1. 32@$1. 40.

 

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* DICTATE P ICE». on BEANS

Pleaise 'find enclosed $1.00, my sub-
scription for one year. I’ve' enjoyed
your paper very. much. You keep us
farmers informed to the minute On
prices and yields in every county of
Michigan.
f ing with one elevator man who said
'that ' the government instructed, him
to pay $6.90 for beans, now he is pay-
ing $6.30. How is thatZ—R. H., Gra-
‘tiot county.

The government has not at any time
~ set a price at which elevators are to
buy beans. They established a. price
of $6.90 for government purchases
last fall but the greater portion of
’these were purchased outside of Mich-
igan. The elevator operator is free
to‘ pay any price the market warrants.

,

WHAT IS A FAIR
, PRICE FOR GEESE?

. Do you consider the pricé of 16c per
pound for live geese fair with the De-
troit market of 20-21c? 16c is all they
are paying in Mt. Pleasant. Is there
a market for flax in Detroit, if so,
where? . Do you think it would pay
better to ship the geese to Detroit
forthe difference in price at-both mar-
k.ets?—0. ,W. H., Mt. Pleasant.

It is our opinion that 16 cents for
geese at Mount Pleasant is a very
fair price when they are 20c from the
Detroit market. You must take into
consideration the transportation chargL
es, also the fact that there is a con-
siderable shrinkage in transit. Rela-
tive to flax, will say we do not know
of a market in Detroit and would ad-
vise you to write the Summers—Fibre
Company of' Port Huron, Michigan-
Regarding the shipping of geese to De-
troit, ‘we would not want to advise
you definitely. There are some good
reliable firms advertising in MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING and it might be Well
for you to try out'a shipment or so
then you would know as to whether it
would pay or not. "

GOVERNMENT HAS SET
NO PORK PRICES

I understand that the Government
has set a minimum price on hogs,
basing the same on the price of corn..
and guaranteed that this price will
be received by farmers. Is that true?
Please give details through M. B. F.
’———C'. B., Kalamazoo county.
The Food Administration has not
'set a guaranteed minimum price on
hogs. It has pledged itself to use its
influence to prevent the average price
on packers droves at Chicago from
falling below 15 1-20. In View of
the fact that the Food Administration
has ‘the placing ~of all Government
orders for hog products, it can most
assuredly maintain this price. and
undoubtedly will, altho no positive
guarantee of price has been made.
It should be made clear also that the
government has never contemplated
the fixing of a maximum price on
pork products, altho such a rumor
, was current several months ago. But
; the Food Administration dces contem-
. plate a reduction in the price of pork

to the consumer by a close control
. over the packing houses.

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Two weeks ago I was talk- ..

SIZES UP POTATO DEAL

The following is what “Jim” Helme,
editor of the Michigan Patron, the of-
»‘ficial organ of the state Grange, thinks
of the unjust deal thathas been hand-
ed to the potato growers:

The more we view the potato situa-
tion the warmer we getaunder the col-
lar at the way potato growers are be
ing treated. Urged by the public of—
ficials to plant freely, man-y ran in
debt for $3 seed and tried to do their
utmost. With only a fair crop farm-
ers in northern Michigan are only of-
fered/60 to 75c a'bushel for No. 1
potatOes, while in the little city 0f Ad‘
rian any old grade of potatoes retails
for 350 a peck.

As if low prices were not enough,
buyers have put in grading screens
and pay 40 to 50 cents less per bush-
el for No. 2 grade and a majority of
the farmers’ potatoes go
grade. But when we get to the con-
sumers in the big cities, no one hears
any thing about the No. 2 grade of pota-
toes. Potatoes are potatoes and all
bring the same price. It is the old,
old .story. Just as wheat grading and
bean grading were simply a device
of the distributor to skin the farmer
so is the potato grading, only it seems
to do a more thorough job of skinning.
There is widespread effort to make
the farmer believe that the federal
government pasSed some law com-
pelling the grading. of potatoes. This
is not so. The department of Agri-
culture issued a circular recommend-
ing the grading of potatoes, but it
is not compulsory and it did not fix
the price difference in the two grades.
This difference should not. be over 10
cents a bushel. If any potato buyer
is using screens he is not doing it
because he is compelled to. for he is
not. He is doing it because he wants
to and because he sees there is more
money in it for him. He can sell
those potatoes to big hotels and res-
taurants at the same price as larger
ones, because when the hotels serve
two potatoes on a side dish. the small
ones make a' bushcl go fa iher than
the large ones. The farmer should
boycott if possible every buyer who
insists on buying on a grade. it the
farmers did their own buying and sell—
'ing co-operatively, they would get the
big profits on this No. 2 grade.

We believe the potato market will
improve in the spring. The crop has
been "largely over—estimated. Thou-
sands of bushels were frozen last fall.
This severe winter will damage many
in the pits. All food stuffs are scarce
and will become more so as winter
advances and the potato will be turn-
ed to piece out the shortage. Don’t
sell your potatoes it you can possibly
hold them.

No business man sells his product
for less than cost. That consumers in
Michigan should be paying more than
double the price producers in Michi-
gan are offered is an outrage on both!
Suppose we had a state market at De-
troit whcrc farmers could ship their
potatoes and where consumers could
buy them direct. Each would be ben—
efited. Yet the state authorities stand
apparently paralyzed by the situation.
If municipal and state authorities can
sell cheap fish direct to the consumer
why not cheap potatoes. What’s the
matter with this war preparedness
hoard opening a state market in De-
troit. One thing is certain, it the
state authorities permit, the potato
grower (”o'be robbed in this monstrous
fashion. they will discover that. the
cries for “increased production” will
fall on deaf ears.

into this '

   

 

LABOR AND FEED!

I want one farmer or poultry-raiser in
each locality to build and use a Ferry
Improved Brooder ~t‘his season. it is
easy to build and operate. light on feed.
Plenty of heat out of doors. equally as
good with hen hatched as incubator Chick's.
hens do not bother feeding. The. heater is
under oven and central heat, no crowding of chicks. No over heat, no gomg out in
the wet to eat, cares for 150 chicks as quick and as easy as one hen. Once used
you never will be without one or more. Save the manufacturer’s profit by sending
one dollar for right and complete plans to build and operate. I Will send copy.“
patent instructions and license for building and operating. It can be made any $126
you wish and at one—half the expenseof any you can buy. Just send a dollar
bill today and have your brooder ready for early chicks, This paper guarantees T
will do as I agree. Buy now and we will give you a. chance to build and sell under
our license and give you license tags to attach on each brooder you make. Address,

E. O. PEMIY, 37 Henry Street, Detroit, Mich.

 

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There is a heater room and feed room,

SAVE THE ”CHIC—K‘s,“

 

 

 

 

We are a Farmer Owned Organization handling

for the farmer everythingraised on the farm. There is now an urgent demand for
POULTRY, VEAL CALVES and DRESSED HOGS. HAY, POTATOES and BEANS
(send 1 lb. sample) hand—picked or otherwise. Save the retail margin of profit by
buying at wholesale prices fertilizer, binder twine, grass seed. spraying materials,
paris green, auto tires, paint, wagons, fence posts, corn, oats, cotton seed meal, bran,
middlings and complete line of Purina feeds.

\Vrite for prices, general information and get reliable marketing advice.

CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION

N. F. SllUIPSON, Gen. M312, Telephone Cherry 2021, 323-327 Russell SL, Detroit.

 

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Hogs Sheep and craves

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LIVE STOCK COMMISSION SALESMEN
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LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS
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Respectfully solicit your consignments. No shipment too small to receive our best care and attention
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Thompson strain, $3 and $1. Yearling
250 STEERS FOR SALE breeding hens, $2. Well Barred. Sam
_ , Slade]. Chelsea. Michigan.

Ones. twos, threes, Ilerciords, Angus

and Shorthorus. 6 to 1200 lbs. Choice
qualitito sorted to size. use and breed. 1“ OHN’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BARRED
car lots. Write your wants. C. l“- “11' Rocks are hen hatched and sold on ap—
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males $12.00.

Good layers. Circulars,
l’hotos.

John Northon. Clare, Michigan.

 

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Every reader of M. B. F. will be In need of one or more of the following items before

. spring.

The next few months lo the time you will do your‘buylng for the coming

season. Check below the items you. are Interested in, mail it to us and we will ask
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BUILDING “BM LANDS PAINT SEEDS I I I I ERS
SUPPLIES FE CE PLOWS SPRAYERS
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CLOTHING HAY BAKES PLANTERS VETERINARY
‘ CULTIVATOE HABVESTERS POWER SUPPLIES
CREAM IN CUBATOR TBACTORS WAGONS
SEPARATOR LUMBER ' ROOFING WATER SYSTEM
, CARRIAGE LIGHTING , SAWI‘NG WASHING
' DYNAMITE MANURE MACHINE MACHINE
GAS ENGINE - SPREADER STOCK FOOD WIND MILLS
FANNING MILL LURSERY SHOES WIRE FENCING
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Holstein llcil'crs one? lulu) “I I l' d tl
21d three years old. Some bred to res 1- 0 rave 5 {mile lousand" 0‘
(in1 this spring. (‘lark Gregory. UOUd- CHICKS day-old “11ka ‘each season
rich Michigan R.l«‘.ll1\'0. 1 Since 1904, ditterent varieties, orders
, ~ booked now for spring delivery, booklet,
stamp apprecrated. Freeport Hatchery,
HOGS Box 10, Freeport, Mich.

I BOARS and SOTVS of fine REESE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED
0. . _ quality. pI-ipeg reasonable. .,dckrels for breeding Purposes. Prize-

winning stock $3 apiece or three for $8.00.
i‘pay for sending. Wm. J. Rinche, A1—
pme, Mich, R.R. No. 1.

OGEMAW COUNTY FARM LANDS

Very productive. Small payment down.
No further payments interest or taxes
for five years. Harry 0. Sheldon, Alger,
Michigan.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Registered free and will ship COD. Floyd
H. Banister. Spriugport. Mich.

 

 

EUIS'I‘ERED HAIWPSHIRE BOARS
and bred gilts for sale. John W.
Snyder, It. 4.. St. Johns, Mich.

 

 

SHEEP

I OFFER FOR REMAINDER 0F SEA-
son a limited number of Strong Vigor-

 

Postal will

‘ Ry '.rtered Shropshire ram lambs, . bring com-
233d Slit: well covered and ready for Dketet and riiicely Dicttmifd b00k,btetlls all
' C. Lemon. Dexter. Mich. a 011 m vzorous s cc grown eS way.
servrce. Mayors Plant Nursery, Merrill, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

POULTRY EVERY FORD OWNER should possess
— ‘ a set of Ford Special tiresoverjacks. Set
Alt-RED ROCK COCKERELS tor sale, or? four $1.50; 170 postage extra. Satis—'

$3.00 to $5.00 each for strain with
records to 290 eggs a year. Circular free.
Fred Astling, Constantine, Mich.

faction guaranteed or
l>culcrs wanted.
llci'izunmit,

money refmuicd.
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GRANT BLOCUM

FARMING

A Farm, Home and Market Weekly Owned and Edited in Michigan

 

 

SATURDAY JANUARY 19TH, 1918

 

EDITOR
FORREST A. LORD '
ANNE CAMPBELL S'IARK EDITOR WOMAN’ 8 DEP'T
Dr. G A CONN - . VETERINARY EDITOR
WM. E. BROWN . - . . - LEGAL EDITOR

 

Published every Snturdly by the

RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANYK
GEO. M. SLOCUM, SeC'y and Bus. Mgr.
Business Ofl'ices: 110 Fort Street, DETROIT
Editorial Offices and Publishing Plant M1. Clemens- Mich.
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Advertising Rates: 'l‘wrnly cents per agate line. fourteen agate lines to
the column inch, 760 lines to the page.

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We respectfully ask our readers to favor our advertisers when possible.
Their catalogs and prices are cheerfully sent free, and we guarantee you
Ilalnst loss providing you say when writing or ordering from them, '1 law
your udvertisment in my Michigan Business Farming. "

 

Entered u second-class matter, at Mt Clemens. Mich.

 

 

A Statement of Policies

HE IDEA that the farmer's only function

was to grow crops is as old as the business

of farming itself, and all subsequent theory
and developments have been based upon that false
assumption. It is needless to review the count-
less, profltless years that farmers have labored
to wrest from the soil only sufficient to keep mis-
erable bodies and souls together. It is needless
to dwell upon the past and present discriminations
against the men of the farms. Likewise, it is need-
less here to show 110w, step by step, those who
knew nothing of the science of agriculture, took
over and perfected the business of marketing
farm crops We all know that these things have
transpired. The immediate purpose is to show
what has been done to keep the farmer from ex-
erting control over the distribution of its products,
and what may be done to remove these hamper-
ing influences.

For some reason or other, there has always been
a fear that the time might come when the farmer
might not of his own volition raise enough food
to go ’round. This belief gave rise to an increased
production campaign which found its inception
in the United States Department of Agriculture,
and which has since spread into practically every
state of the union, thru the medium of the state
agricultural colleges and the U. S. extension de-
partments. Billions of dollars have been spent
to educate the farmers to grow more crops, and
yet the business of farming is still in an experi-
mental stage, and the world’s supply of food has
not been materially increased.

What’s the trouble? Agricultural expertsncom-
plain of the slowness of farmers to adopt the
more scientific methods advocated by ‘rhcm, and
privately express the opinion that the average
farmer is a stupid block—head and an ornery
“know-it—all.” Yet the fault is not with the farm-
er. The blame rcsts wholly upon the shoulders
of those deluded tho well-moaning persons who are
trying to bolster up one end of the farming busi-
ness while the other end is pormitled to fake
mighty poor care of itself.

There is no reason to expect that a farmer will.

increase his production, year after
year, if he cannot make a fair profit on what he
has produced in previous ycars. He knows very
well that over-production means :1 period of low
prices and no profits, so why should he be asked
to help it along?

MicumAy Busiw'ss Funnyc was founded for
no other purpose than to hclp lhc farmcrs of l‘Tich-
igan mnrkct their crops of greater profit. VVo
readily concede that our farmers ought to know
more about the science of agriculture: we bcliovc
that if is good business to sludy and use methods
which will decrease the cost of production; where
possibly without too great. an additional expense
to increaso the productive possibilitics of lhe soil,
we think it ought to be done. We acknowledge
the debt that; husbandry owes to lhc agricultural
colleges and the extension bureaus. They have
unquestionably done much to further llic science
of agriculture,—and yet, the resulls have fallen
far short of measuring up to the efforts that have
lcen put forth along these lines.

The g1eatost service that the government the
colleges, the extension departments, the agricul-
tural press, and all others who claim to be inter-
ested in the farmer’s welfare. can render to the
farmer at the present time is to correct the in-
equalities of the marketing system, and make it

continue to

.1

EDITOR

”secondr Give the farmer an opportunity to say 0’ "
.What he Shall have for his crops; shorten the'
road to the consumer; eliminate all unnecessary

commission men; make it possible for the farmer
to receive a larger part of the ennsumer’ 3 dollar;—

and you won 't have to drive him to increase his

crop production.

Giving the Farmer’s Hand Away
VERY YEAR, the bureau of crop statistics
does its darndest to ruin the farmer’s mar-
ket. From the very day the crops-are plant-
ed in the spring until they are stowed away in the
fall, the bureau religiously tips, the farmer’s hand
off to the consumer, by proclaiming thru every
available medium what the conditions of the Var;-

ious crops are from month to month, and what

the final yield is estimated to be. Mr. Consumer
is therefore, able to_figure out just about how

' much he ought to pay for everything the farm-

er produces.

Last fall, crop statistics conveyed the infOrma-
tion to the public that the potato crop of the Unit-
ed States would be the biggest in history. Long
before the crop was harvested, this information
was emphasized by the press in a hundred different
ways. Even while the bugs and blight were work-
ing overtime to reduce the estimated yield,.gov-
ernment experts were discussing, always publicly,
what methods should be employed to take care of
the surplus. If anything was left undone or un-
said to convince the average consumer that pota-
toes would be cheaper than dirt, at harvest-time,
we don’t know what it could have been. ‘

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bushels, but care was evidently taken by some one
that this information didn’t reach the consumer.
For instance, the fact that over one-half of Maine’s
crop rotted; that millions of bushels of New
York’s and Pennsylvania’s crops 'were destroyed by
blight and dry rot; and that several million bush-
els of Michigan’s crop were ruined by field frost,

—these and sundry other circumstances that con— -

spired to reduce the total yield, were kept a deep
secret so far as the consumer was concerned.

Those who have studied the national potato
situation know that the govcrnment’s estimate is
a gross misrepresentation of the actual produc-
tions—but the deluded consumer doesn‘t know if.
Consequently. he'continucs lo cut spuds from hand
to mouth, always confident that the price will
drop,—~and ihc farmer suffers from it.

Several weeks ago a few county agcnis met
over in the western part of the stat-e to discuss
the potulo situation. The next day the startling
announcement was made that, only .‘l.000,0"(‘1 bush-
cls of Michigan’s 40,000,000-bushcl crop 1f polalocs
had been marketed and that millions of bushels
would naturally 10f on the moduims hands. If
lhosc luxm ugcnts had 1021(lud llwir hands down
into lhc pockets of Michigan's pomio growcrs and
extrucicd 11 clean million dollars in cold cash, they
couldn't have done the growers a greulcr injury
than by giving publicity to such a false and mis-
leading statement. ‘

llut tho damage has been done; alrcady the
daily press is inquiring why potato prices remain
at $1.50 per bushel when the county agents who
ought to know more about the maticr than any-
one -else, have said that millions of bushels of
potatoes must rot for want, of a market,

Pity the farmer. He’s the innocent victim of a

horde of theoretical but possibly well-cmeaning peo-.

ple, who have assumed to boss the farming busi-

what the grading
farmers. and knew

in France.

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Wout his problems by himself.
Federal Tarm Loan Aid

MEASURE that should receive the united].

support of the farmers of Michigan is the

one that is to be laid befdre Congress in}: ‘
the near future by. the Federal Farm Loan Board
asking authorization for the secretary of treasury

to purchase $200, 000 ,000 worth‘of the bonds issued

by the federal land banks " -

On page 15 of this issue will be found a full '

explanation why, the land banks. have found it

necessary: to turn to Congress for assistance. The
failure of investors to buy thesebonds'in'suffici-ent
Quantities to enable the banks to take care of all

applications for loans is not’ due to any fault Of ,

the act creating the banks or lack of faith in thé
security offered. It was merely due to the ab-
normal demand for money by other borrowers Who
were willing to pay a meh higher rate of inter-
estthan that Offered by the federal land banks,
which attracted large sums of money that would

’ otherwise have been invested in farm loan bonds;
Already hundreds of farmers of Michigan have

formed farm loan associations and applied for
loans. Many of these applications have been filled,
but there are a great many others that are being
held up because of the inability of the banks to
dispose of their bonds readily. It will be to the
interest. of these farmers and their friends—and
every farmer should consider it his duty,#to
write his congressman urging support of the
measure so that unfilled applications may be tak-
en care of, and farmers who have been depending
upon this source of revenue may be able to se-
cure tl1cir money at the earliest possible moment.

Lining Up the County Agents

ANY COUNTY agents went to the state gath-
M ering of agents held at the Agricultural col-

lege in Decgmber. firmly convinced of the in-
justice of the potato grading, and prepared to
argue against it. “But before they left,” says
Prof. C. W. Wald, “they had changed their minds
and eve1y one gave their endorsement to the
grades.”

What cl1a1m hath the tongue of man! Back
home among the folks whom they are paid to
help, the agents had seen with their own eyes
methods were doing to the
that. the farmers Were dead
against the new rules. Being men of intellect
and sympathy. the agents went right down to
East Lansing with their dander up, to fight: against
the grades,——but they reckoned not with the
smooth-tongued fellOWs sent out by the potato
committee to convince the farmers that they
were absolutely wrong and the potato commit-
tee, and experts and specialists, many of whom
perhaps never grew a potato in their lives, were
wholly right. Between the government man who
Was present at the meeting, and Prof. W'aid,
the agents were finally convinced that they had
seen a mirage and that the lax and discriminalory
grading rules. even tho established Without the
farmer’s consent. weré all right after all.

\Ve heartily commend the words of (l.A.E.. one of
our Grand Traverse county crop rcporfcrs. who
writes in this issue as follows: “It is a lamenta-
ble fact that ll1e supply of the fariners‘ produce
is public property while that of the auto concerns,
farm machinery. etc, are kept a secret. lf'a re-
port, was to get out, that there was an oversupply
of motor cars it would hurt the manufacturers'
business. lllyeryluuly would hold-off from buying
as long as possible, thinking (that there would be
a reduction of pricc in ordcr to get rid of the sur—
plus. The same thing is true of the potato crop
or any other cropf I hope to live to see the day
when the present goycrnmcnt statistics of farm
crops will be abolished and put upon the market
in a- reliable manner so it will benefit the farmer.”

in Congress are again Hhmving the
ycllow slrenk. Beaten at cvcry point in the fight
on 1‘1ational prohibition, they are now trying to
“got even” by accusing the anti-saloon league of
spreading slanderous statements that drunkenness
and immorality are prevalent among our troops
and they demand criminal action
against the league. They die hard.—~these part
boiled subjects of old John Barleycorn.

The “wcls”

Theodoro Roosevelt is still telling what might
have bccn (Zone to have brought the. war to an
earlier close. The true patriot has no time to
spend in. vain wieepings of regret; he” takes off his
coat and goes to work, and that is the thing We’d
like to see Mr. Roosevelt do.

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Over-Production Means Disrupted Market
You have sent me several sample copies of your

paper and I wish to assure you that you have en- "

listed one recruit who will never go back'on your

1 methods of solving the problems of the farmer.‘ I

can “see already, from articles appearing in some

“of the otheriiapers, thatsome of our government
’ oflicialshave begun tofeel the power and influence

you have with your subscribers back of You. May
God speed your work, as it is a just cause, and may
your subscription list increase ten fold and more,
for the larger the list'the keener will be felt your
power and I would like to'repeatto the M. B. F.
readers that it is a historical fact that whenever
the ”farmers have created a head through which
their influence was being felt too keenly, that
some disreputable cuss generally creeps in to cir-
culate damaging reports to stir'up dissatisfaction,
in order to disrupt and disorganize them. My

only hope is that your subscribers will see thru

all such flimsy schemes and stand all thecloser
together to work out the problem of equal rights
to all and special privileges to none.

I am- sending youxa copy of a petition Sent to
our Congressman last spring, which I would like
your candid opinion on.

*Last spring a meeting was called at Traverse
City to organize a preparedness board and it was
a large gathering of our foremost business men
and farmers, and the main issue prescribed for
us by the board at Lansing, was to'urge the plant-
ing of all the beans and potatoes that was possible
for the farmers to handle. Credit was to be given
those who had not the means of getting seed "and

fertilizer, and the board was to devise ways and

means of getting the seed.

I prophesied on the floor to that audience that
there would be an over-production; that it was
inconsistent. and that the results would be dam-
aging, as an over-production would mean a loss
to the farmers which would invariably create a
shortage the year following, and that the g0vern-
ment ought to devise some means thru which we
could determine the acreage already
planted, the probable amount planned
to‘ be planted and to make an estimate
as to the probable demand, than to ad-
vise the farmer the percentage of in-
crease needed to create a normal sup-
ply. I presented a plan through which
I believed this information could be
obtained in a very short time, also a
plan to correct some of the evils and
waste of marketing, and this gather-
ing unanimously agreed that the plan
was feasible and just and that we
should try to put it into effect.

I drew up a petition at once and
with the help of the chairman of this
board’mailed it to our Congressman
at Washington. It received consider-
able attention, was commented on by
the press in various parts of the coun-
try, and finally referred to the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, and from there
to the Bureau of Farm Organizations.
What became of it afterward I do not
know, but I realize now that we didn’t
have the “pull.” ' 4

My idea was to cut out some of the
necessary departments in the Agri-
cultural departments and that the Ag-
ricultural department at Washington
with the State departments be given
the power to inaugurate rules for the
marketing of farm products so that
waste caused by cross transportation
and going thru too many hands could
be eliminated and that the county
farm agent and an agent appointed in
districts allotted by the board in the
large cities could oversee or appoint
Federal inspectors for overseeing of
distribution and the inspecting of all
cars of produce going or comingr from
their respective territory. This would
settle all disputes between the buyer
and seller as to whether the goods
were up to contract or not. and give
the shipper government protection in
:hipping to these points. It woulr’
also give the buyer, through the rec-
ords in the offices‘of these county and
district agents. the information that
would guide them to the closest ship-
ping point to get his produce. ,

This. I know, might bring out con-
siderable objection, as it might cut
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It; would certainly, in my Opinion, saVe billions
of dollars of waste in this country that is now
coming out of the producer and consumer.

2' We are paying for this work today thr'u self-
appointed agents, or agents hired by commission
houses who are extravagant in their methods
with noprotection for the shipper. Why not pay
for it direct? Cut out the waste and give us
government protection when we wish to ship our
produce to other markets. Under this plan the
producer and consumer would be benefitted alike.
—C'. A. E, Traverse City.

Buyers Grade Our Stock; Iobbers Set Price
I am a subscriber to MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM-
INC and must say that every issue is. worth the
price of a year to me. We are certainly pleased
to know that yoii are taking up the matter of
the grading of potatoes, for the farmers in this
section who were compelled “on acct. of storage
and shortage of cars” to hold their potatoes are
not at all satisfied with thepresent situation.

We were told last spring to increase our acre-
age of potatoes and other crops and that we would
receive a fair price, and I was told by Mr. M1:-
Bride that Mr. Prudden of Lansing was ready to
write contracts to the amount of $50,000 at a
price of $1 per bushel, delivered either in Lan-
sing or Detroit. Now here we are with the pota-
toes._ We were given to understand that dollar
potatoes would be common, and with proper mar-
keting that price could be maintained thruout
the season. We see quotations sent outby the
Bureau of Markets where they‘are paying from
$1.90 to $2.60 per cwt. for potatoes Where the rates
are less than 25c per hundred. Now if the pota-
to buyers are given power to grade our potatoes
and the jobbers the price-making where are we
at, with 75c being the price per bushel here?

We realize that the prices, set for our produce
are made up at the meetings of the jobbers, and
their scale must be ours. They tell us that. if we
want to figure to come out alive we must get in
touch with the jobbers and elevator men and
learn how to do business. Now this talks well,
but here is another thing. the buyers tell us we

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producers can’t get a car as they have orders in.

for? almost all of the available cars and that if we

' ship‘our own stock and do not run it over the

sorter agreed upon by the jobbers we will not be
allowed to sell in the open markets. Is this true?

There are plenty of farmers who can ship their
own stock and have done so, and never had any

_ trouble at the other end. Why all this kick about

the big losses to jobbers and elevators where the
farmers are buying at $1.50 per hundred they
don’t say anything about losing. The farmer
would be satisfied at $1 per bushel and to screen
them over a 134 inch screen—E. E. (7.. Remus.

We Need a2 Different Method of Marketing

It doesn’t look as though we need to raise any"
more produce until we get a different method of.

marketing. Any fair-minded man knows what
would happen if we raise any more stuff than we
have on band now.
here as near as I can make out, every farmer rais-
es all he can take care of every year. He works
his head off and gets soaked by the weather, then
gets soaked on the other hand by the buyer. I
don't believe there is any farmer that would not
raise all he could if he could get what was coming
to him. As far as the market is concerned, there
is none here; we are in one of the poorest years
we ever had and cannot market a thing; it looks
good, doesn’t it? Now Companion. we have to have
a marketing system different. than we have now or
go under. It is getting “very rich" when we
can't get. as much as we did :1 year ago for our
beans and potatoes. Now let them give us a mar-
Pct and we will do the rest.———B. (7.. Sand Lake.

Half of Potatoes Will Grade No. 2

In regard to the potato industry will say that
out of one thousand busl els of potatoes one half
of them would grade No. 2 and that they are worth
more to feed than to sell at present, prices and
its a big loss to feed them when it costs a dollar
to grow them. $211 pushel would only bring the
farmer a fair p1ice this ye.1r.~~21 Lake City

Production and Marketing

I wish to say a little on thc subject of produc-
tion and marketing. This is one of the most im-
portant factors of farming. For my
part I think we all know that over-pro-
duction means a reduction in prices,
and not cutting out the middleman
make the price still lower. The farm-
ers of Michigan will never again pay
any attention to the urgings of the
“big" fellows; the majorhy of us will
plant only enough to keep ourselves
alive and make a living. and as far as
: we are concerned the big fellows can
starve.

In marketing we should deal more
closely with the consumer and take
the fat profits reaped by the middle,L
men as our own profit. By this meth-
-_;; od we can help to make u better coun-
' try. The farmer who makes money

helps to make 21 better country; he can
afford to buy it he can scll and make a
profit on his year‘s work.

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'l‘hc 1'111'111c1‘s of Michigan and other
slum.- us wcll. should plant, only aver-
ugc 111' what one or two men could
handle next year. then the country
would soc some hungry “big“ men

urging an over-production for 19H).
.lusi keep a moderate production and
the price will be better next fall. We
should pl.1_\ deaf when the big ones
“hollm 1‘111 an over—producti0n.——-F.
1'., .ll11/ison.

Prices are Unfair to Farmers
Being a reader of your paper I want
in say it is the best farm paper going
today. it is right to the point and

gives lhc exact facts as they are to-
day. Lust spring the county agents
held meetings throughout Arenac

oppoiymtun,

county urging the farmers to increase
production. Nearly all responded to
the call. and we were all informed that
Ihc prices of beans and potatoes would
i111 reasonable. The seed potatoes cost
from $3 to $3.50 per bu. and beans for
“seed were from $10 to $l1 per bushel.
Many farmers plowed 11p their mead-
ows to plant beans. The season was
a bad one, and now the prices on these
two commodities is very unfair. The
farmer produced but the marketing
part has been rotten. Now, until the
farmer has a price that is fair he
should not, try to produce any more
than he 11eeds.—~~M. B. R.. Twining.
(Editorials by Our Readers)
continued on. following page.)

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,Does the Farmer Get the Least Privileges?

In speaking on the question as relating to this
important subject, I may have a reference to the
farmers in the State of Michigan, as they seem
to have the most trouble in the crop situation in
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ters which affect the farmers in this country to a
more or less degree, and therefore I am speaking
to the farmers of this country as awhole. Do the
farmers get the least privileges as a class, or do
they stand well up with those engaged in profes-
sional lines? Which gets the most beyond the
necessities of life? Are the farmers an independ-
ent class? It might look that way, but is it? Is
the farmer a business man in lookmg after the
selling end of his products as well as being a pro-
ducer? He certainly ought to be capable enough
to set a price on his products so as to give him
all that is coming to him as profits, for he alone
knows the cost and the expense in producing the
crops. Is the farmer independent? It might be
that he is in a certain way when not under a boss,
and yet he stands in the humiliating position of
letting an outsider do the selling, and at prices
very often below cost.

No wonder the boys don’t want to stay 011 the
farm when they can get more money elsewhere,
even if they have to work under a boss.

How much does the farmer get from the real
earning power of money when we come right
down to facts? Let me quote the figures of total
wealth in this country. In a recent statement the
comptroller of the treasury placed the wealth of
this country as being $250,000,000,000, and the
yearly income from same at $40,000,000,000, or 16
per cent. This includes the total industries of
the country, manufacturing, commercial and agri-
cultural.

The rcturns from agriculture are about 5 per
cent on the valuation, thus indicating that the
average annual earnings from manufacturing and
commercial industries is practically 28 per cent.
Inasmuch as this average is kept down by the fail-
ures and losses in mismanaged and unsuccessful
industries, it stands to reason that the successful
ones must earn a correspondingly higher amount
to keep the average up to 28 per cent.

Is it any wonder that if the farm is placed at
5 per cent valuation instead of 28 per cent, that
the farm boy leaves home so as to get the 23
per cent extra?

If the farmer puts his money in a bank why.is
he not getting more for his money than the 3
or 6 per cent? How long will banks continue to
do business on the 3 per cent or 6 per cent as a
basis?

Is it any wonder that any farmer is alive today
when living on a farm as being valued at 5 per
cent? Why is he not stirring about in getting the
9 per cent of the consumer’s price which gives the
middleman only 10 per cent as his‘share, as it
was done in Denmark? Why is it different? It
is because their government sees to it that the
farmer gcts it Who is running that government?
It is farmers who are in the majority, and thus
they are in a position to see that their brother
farmers at their homes and farms are getting the
“hog’s ” share of the profits which rightfully be-
long to them.

Here in this country the farmer gets only 13 per
cent while a string of middlemen get 87 per cent.

Isn’t it about time that we as farmers get work-
ed up to the real situation and see if our govern-
ment can do likewise instead of paying attention
to the other fellows higher up, who are but par-
asites to the farmers in general? Let tl.c farmers
stop producing large crops for one year and we
will see how quickly the half of our industries will
H be paralyzed for want of something to do.
E Does the farmer get the least privileges?
5 getting of 13 per cent of the consumer’s money
2 doesn’t Show that he is getting the most, when
E; he should be getting 87 per cent.

E Thus it stands that there must be more farmers
E in the halls of Congress as a majority to swing
. g the whole thing to the side of the farmers by ac-
' g ceding to their rights, and see to it that the farm-
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ers get '* right along as far as a profitable price
is concerned.
. Too long has the farmer been permitting an
outsider to do the selling and pocketing the profit.
Mshould do our own marketing and get the
profits ourselves. ,

Suppose the farmers were to price the goods in
the merchants' stores and thus value them at a
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reasonable or high price? H0176r long would-(the

merchant tolerate the farmer as an outsider to do '

the business of selling and thus running thin-gs
gradually do‘Wn toward bankruptcy, when the
merchant prefers to do the selling himself because
he alone knows the cost of the goods which he has
to pay for in getting them into-his store, and thus
he wants to look after the profit which constitutes
his living?
No doubt there are obstacles which the mere
, chants run against, and if such things are too
strong he has the merchants’ union or‘ organiza-
tion to help him out” Does not the same reason
apply to the farmer’ s interest in looking after the
selling end of his business? And if the big club
of the other fellows is too strong for him as an
individual he will go under to defeat unless he is
a member of an organization of farmers as an
organized body' thatcan look after the selling
part as one of its duties.
' There is no use in crying over spilt milk after
the dastardly deed is done by the other fellows,
which has been done in the State of Michigan,
already seen in the potato and bean situation, but
we farrrrers are mostly to blame if we are not more
business-like in looking after our affairs from the
beginning to-completion, as far as the planting
and harvesting of the crops is concerned.———C’. W.

Years Behind the Times in Marketing Game

I have been reading MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM-
ING for a .few months. Every issue seems to bring
good news. The way M. B. F. fights the battles of
the farmer is encouraging. It seems that at last
we have found a paper that is destined to bring
the farmers in line with other business. You ask
what is the most important problem before the
farmers of Michigan at this time? That question
it seems to me. is very clear. As far as produc-
ing, the farmers of Michigan are holding their
own, but when it comes to marketing we are 50
years behind time, and that condition is all over
the country. The United States Department of
Agriculture, all the State Agriculture Colleges,
the State Expernment Stations, all teach and
spend millions annually to show the farmer how
to increase their yield from year to year, and to
grow two blades of grass where, one use to grow
before and to double their field of corn. etc. etc.,
queer as it may appear none of those authorities
until recently have ever attempted to help the
farmers as to how to market those large crops
at a profit. to the producer. The marketing end
of our business is certainly sick and needs a good
physician to doctor it, and let me tell you that
no one can better that, condition unless he can
locate the seat of the disease. A doctor can be ev—
‘t‘er so good. he can not treat a bad case effectively

zuntil he has found out what ails the patient,
when he has located the seat of the disease, with
his science he can apply the right medicine and
-effect a cure. In the history of our country
the farmers have at different times organized
under one head or another, trying to better their
condition. They have 511-: ceeded in bettering them-
selves considerably, especially in the line of pro-
duction, and unnfortunately the most important
part of farming has been neglected. The market-
ing end of farming is the seat of the disease.
Now let us put our heads, together and see if we
.can not devise a remedy to soothe the pains of
this malady, which in my estimation is worse
than the white plague. The teaching of more and

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v-CJubb in the Rochestcr Herald.

Vsomething wrong with you sure.”

/ of our business

~7this end, let the pen be thesword and M. B. F.

' this, or do the ones “higher up” think the farm-

  
 
 

  
  
  
  
  
 

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dent that happened-_ in our neighborhood some
years ago. There‘ was an “eye specialist” or "fad
Doctor” as we might call him, going through”
the country. One day he came to an old farmer
who was very busy with his chores. After hav-
ing entered the heuse and shook hands with the
old lady and old nian and taking a. good square
look at the woman, said to the old man: “hour _
wife’s eyes are crooked and unless you do some— 2
thing for her. eyes at once she will be a miser- E
able creature all. her life. And-'my dear man, E
water is’runnjng down your eyes. There is . S
' “Yes,” said =
the old farmer, “I have ,a pain in the lower part
of my back, running down to my hips. Can you
do something for that? “No!” said the Doctor,
“I only treat the‘ head.” “Well, ” said the old man,
“If you treat, only one end of the body and leave
the other end die, get out of my house ” Well,
enough said for this time, let me hear from some 1
others. I am not against better methods of farm-
ing and bigger crops, but I believe in taking care
of both ends of the business. The marketing end
is surely lame, but there, is no
perfect organization in this world, and I hope
that after the war we may be able to attain the
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the battlefield. And in conclusion,— will say that
while we are striving to better our condition, lets
not forget that we have a duty to perform, name-
ly, to dohour bit towards bringing this war to a
successful end. Let us thank the Lord that we
are Americans and that we are proud of the cause
which the United States is fighting for, and let
us have the same spirit that those big-hearted
\gentlemen had when the Titanic went down.
“Women and children first.” and that is the spirit
of the United States to do her share of the fight-
ing to free the world of “Tyranny” and I for one,
am willing, to do my share of producing to feed
our soldiers and our Allies across the pond. to help
put the Kaiser where he belongs. —-—I. B. I’rorc-
ment.

A Third of This Year’s Crop of Beans Onlv
Fit for Hog Feed. ‘

llav‘abeen reading MICHIGAN BUSlNESS FARMING
with much interest, and find it good reading, prac-
tical and interesting. I was talking with a man
in this section who is a thresher. He said he had
threshed 9.000 bushels of beans this year and that
there would not be to exceed 3,000 bushels of good
beans in all. He said many of the beans he had
threshed this year were not fit for anything but‘ _._.
hog feed. I asked him if when he sent in his re- :5
port he reported the condition of the beans or not
and he said the government only asked for the
amount of beans threshed and not the quality.
Now, I cannot see what good these threshing re
ports are, without a test as to the quality of the
beans, as there is nothing to go by more than a
mere guess, and they could do that without going
to the expense of making for all of these reports.
It sounds good to have 9,000 bushels of beans
threshed but it hurts the grower; it overestimates
the good beans 60 per cent.

Have you seen the buying schedule the bean
jobbers are using now in buying beans? If not,
get it and do a little figuring. On a six-pound test \ J
or up it is rotten to the core. They get all of the
cull beansfcharge you 50 a pound for picking and
take so many pounds per bushel acc9rding to test,
and then shove on about 50c a hundred besides;
whether the beans are dry or not, it is all the ‘
same. The Copemish Bean. or Grain Co., is only
paying $10 per hundred. They sold the farmers

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I had in 16 acres and got 118 bushels, good and
bad, will average about a ten pound test per hund-
red, and my beans are better than the average
here.—~—C'. A. W., Acradia.

Why Don’t the Government Take a Hand ?

fiidn’t they tell us that the Government would
see to it that we would get a square deal if we
were patriotic and put in every spare acre we pos-
sibly could? Charlevoix is paying $1.25 per cwt.
for potatoes, which is only 60 cents a bushel.
Ellsworth is paying only $1 per cwt. The Argo
Milling Co. is paying $2.75 .per cwt. .for buck-
wheat, and if you take a grist there and want
buckwheat flour they will give you 50 lbs of flour
for 100 lbs. of buckwheat. Pretty good “toll.”

Beans are $10.25 per cwt.

Now why don’t the Government take a. hand in

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ers can raise these commodities for these prices.
I have heard farmers say that if this continues,
the government can grow its own potatoes and
beans another year.

We realize /the fact that it takes time to work
these things out and we certainly must thank
M. B. F. for what it is doing—H. 11’. 0., Chartcvolirr.

   

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:HE PRESENT highpricés of
grain- seeds and labor . is
causing a lot of dairy farmers

to do more thinking about the eco-
nomic problems confronting their
business No kind of business on
the list has been managed with so
little appreciation of the causes that work against
success as dairy farming. The much advertised
prosperity of the dairy farmer has led us to think
of'him as a man-not justified by the facts. For the
most part his prosperity has resulted from'condi-
tions quite independent of his ability as a breeder
and feeder of dairy cattle.

Dairy farming, especially in the territory sur-
rounding big cities, has been developed on a basis
of cheap grain and by-product feeds. As a natural
result of the domination of cheap protein feeds,
timothy "hay and corn silage became the princi-
pal crops grown on the farms; the farmers find-
ing it cheaper to buy these grain feeds than to

grow suitable food crops for the cows and give

their land good cultivation. The new .way—the
purchased grain way~—‘seemed a good way. The
problem of economical milk production was set
tled, at least so it seemed for the time b1ing. But
no problem in agriculture is ever quite settled,
especially in a new country. Hardly had men he—
gun to realize “the possibilities of feeding these
cheap grain feeds when the prices began to rise.
For the past twenty years the profits from the bus-
iness have been dwindling. The whole milk deal-
ers have been developing new source of supply thru
extending their territory always finding more
farmers With cows when one bunch had been used
up and demanded higher prices for their milk.
It required wartime prices for grain feeds and
labor to convince the dairy farmer that’building'
up a profitable dairy business through the use
of purchased feeds of commerce and neglecting to
grow nitrogeneous grains, grapes and forage
crops .is just as simple as lifting oneself over the
fence with one’s bootstraps. It can’t be done.

The long and short of it is the American dairy
farmer is woefully Weak in his resources—his
hand and labor—to the best advantage. He has
been working in the most roundabout and indirect
ways to get results which might far better be ob-
tained directly. He produces milk and its pro-
ducts by the most expensive methods; the pro-
ceeds are used to buy food for the cows. The
prime obiect is attained in the end, but at every
step in the process the farmer must pay heavy
tolls in commissions and middlemen’s profits; he
takes a minimum profit on his milk and its pro-
ducts; he pays a maximum profit on what he
buys. Compa1ed with what might have been un-
der better management he is a heavy loser: he
cannot possibly-be the gainer by such methods
of providing food for his cattle. The ill effects
of this system are best illustrated not by a study
of individual cases but of conditions surrounding
big cities where this type of farming prevails
in its simplest form. New England. New York.
New Jersey. and Pennsylvania point the moral
admirably. Ohio. Michigan and Illinois are fair-
ly typical.

The dairy farmer who grows the food for his
cows is getting at the absolute net cost of produc-
tion. That is the one big fact Market prices
of grain feeds cut mighty little figure in his sup-
ply What the supply shall cost is entirely with-
in his_hands; it is determined by his understand-
ing of methods and his ability in farming. Quali-
ty is also within his control;
preseive his feedstuffs in the best possible condi-
tion for feeding. I am not saying that the dairy
farmer should not buy any protein feeds to balance
up his home-grown supply, but I do say that he
should grow as much as possible on his farm
and in sufficient variety to make up suitable ra-
tions for his cows and .VOllllg stock.

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he can grow and ‘

More Feeding Crops and‘ at a Cheayer cost Must be
Produced on Michigan’ 3 Dairy Farms if-the Dairy‘
Business --is to Thrive and Grow into a

Permanently Profitable Industry-
w.‘MILTON KELLEY

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To Dairy and Live Stock Men: r;

HIS PUBLICATION realizes that. the

I important dairy and live stock in-1
terests of Michigan have never been
properly represented by the agricultural
press. In response to numerous requests
from subscribers engaged in these branches
of farming, that we devote more time and
space ‘to the discussion of problems affect-
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FARMING hereby announces its intention of
co-operating to the fullest extent possible
to further the great dairy and live stock in-
terests of the‘state. Complete plans for .
putting this policy into effect will be an-
nounced later. For the time being, how—
ever, we wish to advise our readers that we
have enlisted the services of Mr. W. Milton
Kelley, one of the nation’s leading dairy ex-
perts and agricultural authorities. who is
tremendously interested in the dairy possi-
bilities of Michigan. Mr. Kelley will assist
the editors in making the live stock feature
of the paper timely, interesting, practical.
and in keeping with the importance of the
industry. It will pay every. dairyman and
live stock breeder to watch for the ., new
features that will appear in MICHIGAN BUSI-
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the year. Of course we must take into considera-
tion weather conditions as a few days of rainy
weather will often double the wdik that should
have be done the next few days Such condi-
tions have to be met in the best possible way.

One prominent dairy farmer says that although
he had made plans to raise nothing but corn
‘and alfalfa, With a few acres of small grain, he
did not see how it was going to work out. for‘the
reason that the two crops would not fit together 011
the labor schedule. If he em loyed enough men
and teams to care for a suffici nt acreage of these
crops at that time of the year he could not fur—
nish work for the rest. of them all the year round.
The amount that one can grow of each of these
crops is a little more than one—half as great as
if the labor on them came at different limes.
Sometimes this difficulty can be overcome by grow—
ing a large enough acreage of winter grain or by
growing a cash crop in the rotation. The same
holds true in regard to regulating the number
of cows giving milk at the busy season of the year.
The milking machine is proving itself an eco-
nomic necessity in these days of high priced labor.
It not only keeps down production costs but it
makes it possible to fit the cows to the labor force.
To hire an extra man just to milk is far too ex-
pensive. Having a mechanical milker helps to
balance the labor problem as between the actual
farm work and the milking 0f the herd. On many
farms the use of the milking machine has made
it possible to keep more cows without employing
additional help. With a convenient dairy barn,
labor-saving equipment and a good milking ma-
chine two men can on the majority of farms handle
as many COWS as three men can where the milk-
ing is done by hand. Such a saving of labor
means a tremendous reduction in the costs of
producing milk.
For the past few years agricultural professors.
the farm papers and dairy experts have been tell—
ing the dairy farmers how they must give 1111 their

 

Right there as I see it is the start-
ing point of the new dairy farm effi-
ciency

There is no getting away from lab-
or charges in operating a dairy farm,
although it is possible by adopting
a definite rotation of crops to plan
the field work so that the labor charg-
es against the cows may be greatly
reduced. By growing a rotation of
crops which provides for a more ev-
en seasonal distribution of labor and
team-work will be accomplished at,
less cost than is the case when only
a few crops are grown. or a number
of crops which require a maximum
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individual interests and pull to
gether for needed reforms.

not make them disgusted with the
idea. But it did not. All at once
they began thinking, and the 111-.
evitable and fortunate result of thousands of dairy
farmers thinking along the same‘lines has been
the immediate organization of numerous and
strong organizations to deal with such problems
as the price of milk and how to make some of the
big interests in control of the marketing end of
the business come across witlr’living prices. As
a result of better thinking we now have sufficient

organizations as The National Dairy Council The ‘

Dairymen’s League, the New England. Northern
Ohio. Michigan, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois and
other milk producer’s associations. And that is
only just the first few months’ results of 00-01)-
eration in the dairy industry.

The Dairymen’s League, the New York farmers’
organization, has gone into the feed business in
a way that is going to make it interesting for
some of the profiteers who have been waxing fat
from selling mixed dopes at outrageous prices.
The rotation decided upon by the League is one
made up by the Agricultural College of 'the State
and is flexible enough so that the feed manufac-
turers may take full advantage of the fluctuations
of the market in buying materials. So long as
they keep up the fixed analysis of 20 per cent
protein, 45 per cent carbohydrates and not more
than 10 per cent crude fiber; the manufacturer
can shift around so as to take advantage of the
market. changes for different grain and by-product
feeds. The price of this feed per ton will vary
according to market conditions. but League mem-
bers are to get the lowest prices. They can also
buy grain and by-product feeds in whole or mixed
carlots at wholesale prices. A general office has
been opened in New York City where all formu-
laes are passed on "11d plans made to cooperate
with all inanufaLiurel-s who desire, to sell feeds
under the 1ules la 11 down by the League.

It is not the purpose of the League to destroy
the business of the local feed dealers, but to en-
courage them to act as purchasing agents and
handle the feeds at reasonable profits. Another
aim of the League is to divide the patronage among
the dealers so that more than one dealer in a
community may get the benefit of their business.

The plan is to buy food in carlots so as to secure
minimum freight. rates and 11ml»:x the best use of
the cars which are scarce. at the pl‘cscnl time. The
purchasing agent is expected to carrry sufficient
feed in slot l1 to suppl tho needs of his 111stomers
until no“ shipments zlll‘l\t‘. Any 1111mm may buy
League feed through the purchasing agent. but. he
He must pay three dollars above
time the

gets no discount.
the wholesale price at the

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nude, The member who pays cash and removes
the feed directly from the car gets a discount of

two dollars and fifty cents a ton. 011 less than
lots he gets two dollars discount if he
And if he pays cash

days he gets a

carload
takes the feed from the car.
at, the storage house within five
dollar a ton discount.

The farmers who buy League feeds not only get
better prices but they get a grade of feeds that
are pretty sure, to be up to the requirements laid
down by the League. The feed dealers and man-
ufacturers submit prices to local purchasing
agents each week and also to the main office of
the League. 111 case of a sudden change in price
a special notice is sent. This is sure to prove a
great help to dairy farmers. it, is a phase of
co-operutive effort that has not caused much 6):—
citcmcnt among investigators but it will have
more or less to do with keeping down the cost of
production. The. dairy farmers are
simply doing what other business con-
cerns are doingebuying in large quan—
tities in order to keep down freight
charges and middlemen‘s profits.

The success of several of these big
c0-operative concerns in fixing prices
for milk and/the League's success in
cutting down the cost of grain feeds
is encouraging other organizations to
take a hand in 111111: fixing Taking
all these bits of evideinc into (onsid-
eration it indicates that the dairy
farmers are doing considerable think-
ing and the result of this thinking is
going to prove a big factor in build-
ing up a better and more satisfying

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HE weather conditions are’ideal. Don’t
. POStpone movmg your wet beans until

farm weather is on, or they will spoil in your
In. V U V

The Clearing House Association, as a farmers’ ser-
vice corporation, realizes that no better work can be
done than to assist in saving as much as possible of the
great . crop of wet beans now largely in the growers’

hands.

Therefore, we have arranged in Detroit, as well
as 111 other markets centrally located, for the drying,
picklng and disposing of wet beans.

Until further notice, consign all wet beans to The
Clearing House Association, 323 Russell St., Detroit,
where the beans will be dried and tested, a pound sam—
ple of the dried beans returned to you with net price,
‘ f. o. b. your station, submitted for your acceptance or
rejection.

if the price submitted is not accepted by you, a
nominal charge will be made for handling and drying,
determined by the condition of the beans. If the beans
are sold through us, bags will be returned to you atvour
expense. '

This 18 the time for quick decision, quick action
and conservation! The wet beans have cost vou energy
and money to produce, why not save them?

Ara/mm

Manager

THE CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION

Owned by 1400 Farmer Stockholders »
323 Russell St., Detroit

We are in the Market for
Dry Beans, Potatoes, Hay, Dressed Pork and Veal, Poultry, Eggs
——in fact, everything produced on the farm. Write us what you have.

Attach this coupon to your Bill of Lading and mail immediately

The Clearing House Association,
323 Russell St., Detroit, Michigan

I am shipping you today securely tied in sacks. approximately

. . . . . . .bushels of Wet Beans, upon the following conditions z~

1.~—That beans will be dried and sample and pricc sulnnitlcd by
you subject to my acceptance.

2.——Price submitted to be net to me F. O. B. shipping point, bags
to be returned to me at. my expense.

3.—~In case price submitted is NOT. accepted by me, I aurcc to
pay a nominal price for drying and handling to you, also to giw
you shipping directions-for their disposition.

Signed ............... ............. ........ - .......
P. 01R RD. No .......
County ..... . . . - ........................ State ................

(Show the number of bags nnd the not mightion the Bill of Lading.
that all bags are securely tied or sewed. We suggest that you do not fill the
bags to capacity as they will not carry thru, especially when tied.)

See ,

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'the Union stOcky'ards.
‘ the same period are given at 56,123

 

DO BIG BUSINESS

In the' eleven months tabulated by
the Statisticians of the yards 3. total
..of 250,277 carloads were received at
Shipments for '

 

earloads. .

With the general impetus given the
industry a corresponding inerease of
activity in stock raising and other
producing branches of the meat indus-
try is noted by the controlling com-
pany of the live stock mart. The
daily capacity of the stockyards. giv-
en _one year ago as 75,000 cattle, 300,"
000 hogs,‘125,000 sheep, and 6,000
horses, has been increas‘ed;

The'present yardage area is given
at. 500 acres, with 300 miles of rail:
road tracks. twenty-five miles of streets.
21.500 pens. sufficient to care for half
a. million head of cattle daily; 25,000
gates. and 450 commission and other
ofilces.

     

The statistical re - ort e d-d T) . 24
1917 as follows: p n P ec Ie

Receipts——
Cattle .....- ....-. .. ....-..... . ........ “3,157,116
Calves. . . _. . .-..-.....-. . ..; 603,888
Hogs . - .. . . .. . .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .... . .. .. .. ..7,007.158
Sheep .--..-_-_-...... ..-......-..........-3,543.320
Horses .-. ..---..-..------1-............ 105 519
Total cars ........................... 250.277

. ipments- ' .
Cattle ........----..---........-_......- 820,141
Calves - .. .. .. - _ .. . . -. -.. .. .. .... - .. .. .. .... .. 31.456
Hogs .. ..-.-....-.... ..... . ..............1,203.810
Sheep ...-.. 821.699
Horses - 98.834
Total cars -... .. . 56.123

City use and
Cattle . - . - ..
Calves -
Hogs ..
Sheep
Horses .. ..

U. s. LIMITS THE PRICE
OF STORAGE BUTTER

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By agreement between the U. S.
Food Administration and representa-
tives of the wholesale butter trade
of New York City and Chicago, max-
imum prices of storage butter until
January 15, 1918, have been fixed at
46 cents per pound for New York and
45 cents for Chicago. Most of the
butter sold in these markets is pro-
duced in the central west, and the
difference of one cent per pound is
the approximate additional freight rate
to New York. _

The figures established are for the
highest quality of storage butter at
wholesale. Values for lower grades
will as usual be governed by market
conditions.

This agreement on prices will allow
sale to our associates in the war of
any exportable surplus of storage but-
ter without forcing the market to a
higher level.

“The agreement".
E. Haskell. dairy specialist of the
Food Administration staff, “will not
affect prices received by farmers for
the raw material. The product for
which maximum price: have been es-
tablished is storage butter which has
been paid for month ago. No prices

declares George

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' seed.
. poor ones, further testing of the sup-

  

hav’e been fixed for‘Iresh butter; the .
purpose is simply-to. 11mm in silvery j

definite manner. the profits on" storage; _ ,

holdings. -The presentagre‘ement on >

‘ sires on Janum 15, enlist that time

representatives or the Feed Adminis:
tration and or the butter trade Will
again meet‘ to take a general survey.
of the situation and determine the
advisability of continuing or changing
these prices." . '

FINAL FIGURES GIvEN. _
‘ ’ ON CANNED CORN '

U. S. Food Administration statis-
tica credit the corn canneries of the"
country with putting up during 1917
more than two cans of corn for every
person in the'United States; The to- '
tal pack in terms of No. 2 cans, the
most common size, is 10,802,962 cases
of two dozen cans each. This is the
largest amount since 1912 and was
accomplished in spite of the damaging
frosts early in September which seri—
ously reduced the yields.

The Army and Navy will requisitidn
about 1.300.000 cases leaving for the
regular trade 9.500.000 cases, a fig-
ure considerably above the total pack
of 1916. Corn canneries are now dis»
tributed through 20 states. . Illinois,
Iowa and Maryland. the leading states
in this product. each packed more
than 2.000.000 cases of canned corn-
in 1917.

TEST THE GERi/ITNATION _
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Even where seed corn has been care-
fully gathered and stored it should
be thoroughly tested in the spring

. before planting. The best way to do

this, says the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is to make a seed
corn testing box and test 100 ears
separately. M

Each kernel that is tested must be
perfect. and not injured at the tip when
it was removed train the ear. Hand-
shelling will give much fewer injured
tips than machine shelling, and Should
be used with all seed com. If three
or more kernels Otit of ten from any
one ear fail to grow it will be wisegto
test every ear in the entire supply-of
It the 100 tested ears show no

ply is necessary. ‘

It must not be thought, says the
Department. that good results from
the germination test are a sure index
of h‘gh productivity. Ears slightly
damaged by poor preservation. as in
damp storage places. may germinate
well, but will'produce less than if they
had had better care. Prevention is
better than cure; and in the case of
poor storage. according to seed-corn
specialists. a. cure is impossible.

Corn that was selected wisely in the
field where it grew. that matured nor-
mally and has been preserved pizoperly
in mouse and insect proof storage will
grow and produce satisfactorily.

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None' (Except Liberatanoa)‘ _.. ..’._'T._.Y11.‘8"'978- I0 7.5 2.2 8:3—‘ 613 “4.3105 {The}
Farm Manure _. . .. ...... :.12.2 12.8 .3 16.9 6.8 6.2 7.8 8.3 15.0 15.7 10.2
Manure and limestone .. ........... 25.8 27.5 12.3 21.0 10.1 28241.2 15.4 24 . . . 22.9
Manure, limestone and phosphate rock. 32.8 33.6 20.5 30.1 16.8 23.2 39.2 19.3 27.2 31.4 27.4
NW“?1‘89509.92SingghallgflL;'- ........ 13.0 7.6 3.3 14.4 11.2 4.2112 4.9 18.8.. . 9.8
('rop‘residues . . .. . ............ ..... . 20.7 13.8 2.5 20.4 12.5 8.2 15.2 5.3 17.2 9.3 12.5
Residues and llmestone ... .. .. .... . H 31.7 30211.3 28.2 13.0 23 2 37.2 15.6 23.5 .. . 23.8
Rt}?i992§;l"3§§i939.éphosphate rock ., . 44.2 33.2185 35.3 21.6 32.1 40.5 17.0 25.3 28.8 29.7
Residues. limestone, phos. and kainit. 38.7 35.8 19.5 31.4 23.3 31.3 46.4 19.6 23.5 . . . 29.9
53% (except crop rotation) 12.2 2.5 . 13.4 .. 5. 5.3 3.2 16.2 7.2
NOTES.-~—These experiment fields are operated by the University of Illinois. The

farm manure is applied in proportion to previous crop yields.

The crop residues include

com stalks, straw, clover chaff, and cover cro s (as sweet clover seeded with small

grain and plowed under the next fall or the

ollowing spring before planting corn).

Yearly acre-rates of applicatiOns are 1,000 pounds of limestone, 500 offraw rock phos—

: phate, and 200 of kainit; or 4,000, 2,000, 'and 800 pounds, respectively,

years. ’ (The initial application of limestone
on the Raleigh field. '
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",large number of persons who know

. hogs.

ca. little damp,
.,only a few _will\ go on the market until

'GRAND— ynavnnsn (West) -—1'-leen
snowing herer‘for over; a week. ,Farmgrs
haulingu‘gravel, doing chores and getting
tip woodiszotatties; not moving very much
and the price is $1.25 per cwt. Hay, $20
to . 23; oats retailing at $1, quoted at the
mils at >90c. Our county agent just re-
turned from Lansing conference report-
ing that the press there had government
estimate fer the potato crop. which was
35 million bu: in,Michigan, With .only
about '3 million bu. marketed, and the
agents are working with the Food Admin—
lstration to try and tak c: re of the
enormoLs crop by drying facilities. This
may be wise, but it is a lamentable fact
that the supply of the farmers' produce

, is public property while that of the.auto

concerns, farm machinery, etc., are kept
a. secret. If a report was” to get out that
there, was an_ovcrsupply of motor «cars it
business. Everybody
would hold off “from-buying as long as
possible thinking that there would be a
reduction of price before long, in order
to get rid of the surplus. The same thing
is true of the potato crop or any other
crop, yet we are~the subjects of Govern—

7.ment statistics determined by percentag4

es arriVed at by past experiences with a
few donations. of estimates made by a
no
more about the crop in their vicinity than
Adam's off ox. .I hone to live to see the
day when the Government statistics of
farm crops will be abolished and put up—
on the market in a reliable manner, so
it will benefit the farmer. I beliM’c now
that the one thing that has kept the p0~
tato market down was the prophesies last
fall that We had an enormous crop. It
has kept the public in an attitude of, buy-
ing just what they needed for present use.
thinking that price 'vvould go down. I
have farmed for 35 years and have had
my ups and downs, have organized ship-
ping associations and worked thru farm-
er organizations to try and better the
conditions of the farmer, but I have never
found anything‘yet that has comc up to
your p fin—working thru your subscribers
——to b mg about remedies to change “1080
conditions. It is certainly a, whirlwind of
success. "The powers that be" have be-
come to fear our power thru you. and I
Wish everyone could see this as I see it.
~C. A. E. Traverse City.

WEXFORI) (Sonthwest)-—chnthnr t0—
day looks and feels quite a bit moderate.
There is; some snow.but not enough for
good sleigliing. If you havo bcan» that
look_ black don’t throw them away. wash
them. and the most of that color can bc
taken out of them. I had some that most
everyonewho saw said were no good. but
by washing them I have saved at ‘lcavt
75 per cent of them. We have alwavs
contended that the people Were not only
robbed on coal. but on every conceivable
thing that they use. In regard to help
on the farm, we will say that if the "ow
ernment would take the help awav from
the farm and put it in the trenches and
thus let the ocuntry go without food i
say let them do If it is out of the
ggefiiéirr; téihget help we will have to raise

an we —~ ¥-'
etta. Jan. 5. can. S. H. S. Haili—

CHEBOYGAN
ers are not. doing much now
It)? mulch snow. The weather '

ias een snowing for the last tot '

. . . I] (1; vs
$11111 t'we haie about 14 inches of sinlwS

e armers are selling some hay, and all

else is on the sta s ‘ ~ -‘ .-
ville Jan. 8. ndstzll. '0‘ W‘ B Juggs'

~ MTONROE (“'th Central —» ‘ ' ’
ers are kept busy doing cllrii‘esho farm—

(Northwest)——The farm-

keeping the woodpile in and m

_ good sha '*
would like to know where that fellleowwiii
who said we were gomg to have an open
Winter. We now have about 4 to 6 ins
rof snow on the level. and i!~- "*‘ound is
rozen solid. It is fine weather for ice

harvest and the (
L., Dundee, Jan.

)1 ST. JOSREPH .(NorlIIPiISI)—Weftillel‘ is
on id. (.old, warmer and snow and sleet
now. Farmers turning off st ' ready
ggcfigglflé (Selling mostly through the

_ , '. .omianv.— ~ ‘
Jan. 7- l . W. W.. colon.

illiality is good.—~VV. H.

LitPEER (\Vest (‘entral)-——Farme are
holding potatoes for a higher price. Many
say they Will plant no potatoes or beans
to sell another year. Wheat and rvc are
small and the ground is bare for the most
part. Many horses are being nicked up
for the army here at very low prices
31 per cord f0r__cutting wood is being cf;
fered here but can get no one to cut. The
farmers are the last to be supplied with
coal—E. R. S., Lapcer, Jan. 5.

“'EXEORD (South Central)——Farmers
are getting up wood and caring for their
stock. ”Some milch coWs being sold at
low DI‘ICCS_ as the price of hay is sky—
{igglrf A'delllI’r in Boon is asking $28 per

11 or JllS’ air ualitv " ‘( r—w
A.IH.. Boon, Jan. g. . elm,“ In}. A.

MACQMB (N'orthwost)—Farmers busy
cutting wood, drawing corn stalks and
doing their chores. It has been terribly
cold and there has been lots of stormy

weather. There is ’not much going to
market. Some farmers are selling their
beans; a few are dressing and sellii‘lg’

Bean threshing is about over. and
they averaged about 4’ to 8 bushels to the
acre, a very poor crop and a lot of soft
beans—H. D. Almont, Jan. 0.

SANILAP (East)—~Very cold weather
this week. Farmers busy getting up wood
but no farmers are marketingfiheir beans.
The elevators in this section want to
“ho " the whole thing. Most beans are
but will not pick much;

things look bettern Not many cattle are

I being fed for the market, feed is too high,

cottonseed; meal

60,per ton; hay worth
fill—[per tones-H.

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A. 3., McG~regor,.Jan. 9.

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MAN‘ISTE‘E (Nerthwestl—Themfariners
are putting in their time. doingchores, get-
ting wood nd hand-picking beans. The
Weather 1! been so bad that‘ we have
been unable to do anything else it >we
wanted to. There is nothing selling ex-
cept‘ hogs and ,cattle; cattle go at 4 to
6 1-2c per 1b.; hogs from 13 to 150, ac-
cording to size and condition. Feed is

getting scarcer every day and going high- .

er. . Some farmers are buying hay and
grain, while 'others are doing without
grain, and the stock show it. . What will
they look Ii . by spring? Hay is selling
at from $25 to $30 per ton; oats from 800
to $1; corn, we have none.—,-C. H. 8..
Bear Lake, Jan. 1. “

GENESEE (Southeast)—Farmers are
kept busy doing their "chores and getting
up a wood supply. Bean threshing is
still going on, with yields from 2 to 8 bu.
per acre. Some samples pick as much as
40 bu. to the acre. The weather has been
very‘ cold and we have had quite an
amount of snow. which covers the ground
in spite of the windy days. Fall soiv-zed
grains have suffered quite a little and lli<
dications point to poor stands of wheat
and rye this year. Dairy butter and
eggs are extremely scarce. 'l‘liei'c
big demand for hay, cornstalks andnlso
straw, and good prices are being iriitl.
however, there are few farmers who have
any to sell. The farmers lll‘e rr-t svlnng
or buying feeds to mention. Hogs and
cattle are moving steady. Potatoes are
movmg slowly with the price firm. Sev-
eral ice houses are being filled during the
cold spell.—C.' W. S., Fenton, Jan. 11.

SAGINAW (Nortliwest)—Eighteen ins.
of snow on the level. Wood is selling at
$3 for dry and $2.50.. for green. Some
hay going at $22.50; beans, $11.25; wits.
800; wheat. $2.03; coal, $4.13 for half a

ton. No call for horses; cows, $30 to
$60; hogs, dressed, $20.——W. G .S., Mer-
rill, Jan. 8.

MIDLAND (Soutli)—-—Weather has been
very bad the past week, stormy nearly
every, day. Snow twelve to fifteen inch—
es deep. and drifted very bad in places.
roads most impassable. Farmers ill'l‘
not doing much except chores, and t"
are not selling much except a few l-i
—F. A. L., Coleman, Jan. 11

EMMET (East),——Fall grain in poor
condition in this county on account of IIIl‘
cold and dry weather in the fore part of
the winter. We have been having it
blizzard for a few days; snow is deep
and drifted badly. About one—third of
the beans have been threshed here and
show a poor quality and short Vield: we
have poor machine service for the Work.
There is nothing being held by the farm—
ers here for higher prices. Potatoes bad
to be held on account of the car short—
age until it was too cold to draw tlimu
to the warehouse. The potato acreage
will be short in this county next sea on
on account of the unfair grading rulcs ~—

VV. Fl. 0.. Alanson, Jan.
TUSCOLA (Northeast)——Farmcrs .zir»:
cutting wood and doing Chores. I'Ill‘l‘S

condciisary is doing a big business here:
thcy are paying $3.10 for milk testing ’2:
per ccnt and Li per cent for every addi—
tional per cent. Farmers are buy it."
cows, several carloads having been stup—
pcd in here. Ice harvest is on and it
a bumper crop—,S. S. Cass City. Jan. l

GRAND .‘RAVERSE (S0!ItIl\VI“"‘
There is not much doing now. Some llIL'
cutting Wood which is very much in de—
iiiand. There is no change in the pota—
to robbery business here. The crops lll
1915 were almost a failure and tl‘wl‘i‘
were a lot of farmers discouraged, but
they took a fresh start last spring to help
feed the nation, with the understanding
that the farmers would not lose anything,
but we had another very bad season; thi-
crops all froze and our main money crops
were very poor. Then came a discount
on beans on account of moisture, and tin-
two grades of potatoes, and now only tin-
No. 1 grade is bought at all at most mar—
kets. Hardly any of the farmers IIZLYU
anything to sell. Some of our fill‘lllvl‘s‘
have left to go to work in the cities and
in the camps and say they are tIlI‘UH‘Jll
with the farming business as they hurt»
lost their all, and with the boys that. tor
draft has taken and will take from the
farm it looks like a very big shortage
another year on all foodstuffs. All po—
tatoes ought to be screened. but not over
a wire fence. I have bought potatoes for
years and never heard a kick anywhere
when they were run over 3. 15,1. inch
screen and all scabby and cull stock tak—
en out. I always aimed to buy just what
I would want if I was buying them at the
other end of the route by the peck. Talk
about meatless days; there are u lot of
farmers here who were compelled to soil
their hogs even to the old brood sow. on
account of the scarcity of feed—WV. \V.
0, Buckley, Jan. 11

LIVINGSTON (Northwest)—~Farnicrs
are busy caring for their stock and cut-
ting wood. Weather is cold. (lrouiid
has been covered with- snow for the past
two weeks, which is beneficial to the
coming wheat crop. Farmers are not so”—
ing much‘of anything now except milk.
which sells at $3.20 per cwt. for 3.5 milk
delivered at the Howell condensary, The
farmers are t buying anything but
dairy feed.—— I. A, W.. Fowlerville. Jim—
uary 12.

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for all farmers—J. L. M. Newaygo (.‘o.

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Please send me your paper for-one. year.
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The Ignorant City Girl
THINK ONE reason some city girls don’t get

along well in the country is because they bring

- such a “smart-alecy," critical viewpoint with
them. They seem to think that farmer's wives
are going to be uneducated, in fact, totally ig-
norant, and because they have a superficial know-
ledge of the world picked up from theaters and
dance halls, they regard themselves as superior
beings, totally wasted in the country, and among
country folks.

Mind you. I don’t say that all city girls feel
this way. Some of them are blessed with country
relatives. and they have too often sat on the. wide
veranda and read all the books and magazines.
and been stumped in an argument on Suffrage
by their country-bred grandmother to think for
a moment that the city folks have all the educa-
tion. But the ignorant city girl whose point of
View is distinctly of the city, who has never visit-
ed in the country. certainly generally thinks she
is “it." and if she is fortunate enough to marry
a farmer. usually goes to her future 1131119 with
the idea that she is “going to show those coun-
try bumpkins up!”

Two very interesting letters are published this
week which are not only very well written. but,
show thot and wit. I doubt if there are many
girls of the city who have had sufficient educa-
tion in public schools and colleges. and in the
greater school of life to write such thot-stirring
and sensible letters as these. I hope many more
of my readers will write to me on any of the
many interesting phases of life, particularly as
they affect the women and children of the farm

Address Mrs. Anne (‘ampbell Stark. Editor
Home Department. M11-11111AN BI'SINicss FARMING.
Mt. Clemens. Mich.

“I Love the Farm.”
My llcar Mrs. Starkzv—

I take the M. B. l“. and always enjoy your page.
I read the letter in your January 5‘11 issue and al-
tho I am not of the. class you invited to write.
still my experience has been such that I am deep
ly interested in the questions you ask: “Are
you inclined to think that happiness comes from
within. and some folks will be discontented with
heaven?“ and “Don‘t you sometimes believe that
a. contented heart can be cultivated?"

By all means I do think that happiness comes
from within. City or farm. mansion or humble
cot. has little to do with one's happiness so I be-
lieve. The trouble with Mrs. L. is that she was
carried away. not by love for her husband, but,
by the novelty and romance which she could find
through him. Had she really loved him she, could
have followed him anywhere, endured anything,
and murmured not so long; as they had each other.
”The. heart that has truly loved never forgets.
‘But as t1ulv lo\ es on to the close.

As the sunfioue1 tu1ns on hei ‘od whcn 111
The same look \1l111h she 111111'1l \\ 11111 hc It—tMoore

I read this little. bit of verse some wheie- and
remembered it. because it is so true. I am, and
always was a close. observer of life and l have
seenithis proven over and over again. On the
other hand l have seen some who could not be
pleased. and as you say 1_ have often wondered
whether they could be contented with licavmi.
But I find (and from 11:»:peri1-1111-el that the cause
of this dim-ontent is a lack 111' the rigl1t‘l1inrl of
love. James Russell Lowell wrote-rs

VVith my love this 1111:

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wait-(lgc 1111» was given.

“hi1h each 1111111 day doth strcnrrthcn more and more
That 111p} “1111 love. 11111 11111 1111/1 -=11-p from Heaven."
Tine love endures all suffers all. and is only

strengthened by adxcisity. As for the second

question. there are so many things to be consid-
ered. If one has a strong will and the determina-
tion one can at least put on the appearance of
contentment even tho the heart is being torn with
what it has lost. Then too there are circumstanc-
es where one could cultivate perfect contentment
if they would only will to do so. I am a farmer's
wife. I love the Farm. I love the big out-doors,
the fresh air and quiet peace of it all. I love the

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. nights so, quiet and peacefulfnthe starry sky, the

flowers, birds and everything which brings one
so close to God. It would seem with all this love
‘in my heart that I would be content. I can feign
to be so. But eventho -I am thankful for all these

.things which are very dear to me. still I would

willingly give them up: and live in a city flat if
I could possess- that other ltwe, the great-perfect
love of two hearts that beat as one—Mrs. 0.

3__ I Think Mrs. L. Cared Most for Herself With
Her Husband as a Sideline.”

~Dear Mrs. Stark:-——
.We have enjoyed immensely the experiences
of the two city girls who married farmers. They

show up in a great cantrast two "different types-

of women don’t they? How comforting it is
after reading the second letter to turn back to
the first and know that there are still some wom—
en in the world whose whole life and soul isn’t
wrapped up in clothes, pleasures, theatres and
leoking in store windows.

How revivifying it is too to know that there
are some reliable, sensible young women who are
old-fashioned enough to be glad and happy to

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HE HOLIDAYS arc over now.
ll'c‘rc settled down again,

With 11 bunch of resolutions

To stick to. now and then.

We have gathered up the trimmings

From. off the Christmas tree.

And, put ‘cm in the attic

For a ('hristmos yet to be.

HE HOUSE is strewn with dishes.
And blocks. and dolls and such.
And the books and slates and papers

Would beat the very Dutch.

.Il kiddie. car. a rocking horse.
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.trc' blocking up our pathway,
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Thc log/sore with 11.9 still, ‘
’l’hc childrcn. too. God blcsx Wm.
.«lrc plot/inc fit to kill
With the lovely things that Santa
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B It' 8' what we fiamul (m.
I think we d sort of miss it.
If they didn’t have Ihcir fun.
For with the little kids around you.
life's iicvcr dull or drcar
And Christmas sort of sticks around
All through the happy ycrn'!

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husbands in whatever lo-
cality he sees fit to make a liv‘ng. Mrs. M. L.
says she has always “cared for" her husband
but we think she cares mostly for herself with
her husband as a side line. But. no blame is
to be attached to Mrs. M. l.. herself. We notice
she blames her mother for her bringing up. she
blames l1cr mother—in-law for being a strict Meth-
odist and probably she blames her husband for
marrying her and doing the best he can to make
her happy. And now after having her life desire
granted to live with her circle of friends whose
interests are hers she is only “passably happy.”

We believe in our own minds that “passably
happy" is the happiest she will ever be for you
know and I know that the life and interests she
pursues is not, cohducive to real and lasting happi-
ness. We would like to stop and inquire: “What
real good in the world do childless women do,
who only live for dancing. theaters and other
pleasures? Mrs. M. L. says her education was
one of the things which totally unfitted her for
farm life and we wonder if she really was the
only educated person in that neighborhood or in
what was she educated that sets "“apart from
a farmer" And in closing we would like to bet
that her neighbors_were as glad to see her move
"out as she was to go.—~Mrs. A.

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Uncle Sam’s Thrift Thought

Just Plain Cornbread

Get the best unbolted white cornmeal and
learn to make plain cornbread. Eggs and milk
are needed for muffins and spoon b1e d and
these are good but so is’plain cornbrea. It is
even better than ”6 g bread" for dinner. ‘To
the Southerner, eating cabbage, snap beans.

, turnip salad, and spinach without cornbread is
like'eating food without salt. To him meat for,
dinner may be a luxury, but crisp little corn
pones a necessity. Serve these with a vege-
table dinner and» you will not miss the meat.

’ (torn 'Dodgiers

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spoon of salt and one teaspoon of fat. enough
boiling water to make a stlfl.‘ dough. Set aside
to cool and rise When cold shape into small'
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“How Shall I Advise My Daughter?”
Dear Mrs. Stark: —

I am at a loss to know 110w to advise my young
daughter She has finished schdol and is ready
to take up her caieer for herself. She is bent
on teaching. and it seems hard to argue her out
of it. I would like very much to have her take
up dressmaking. as that would keep her at home.
If she taught, she would likely get a school away
from this neighborhood, and be away from home
for a good part of the year. It seems to me I
just can't part with her. If I insist on her tak-
ing dressmaking, she will do so, as she is an obed-
ient girl, and wants to please me. but she would
just make a. fair dressmaker, and I know she.
would be a fine teacher. as her ambitions are all
that way. A few words from you will be appreci-
ated. Sometimes-another person can point the
way. particularly a disinterested person.-ll[rs. f'.
H. B.. Arcadia.

I think when our sons and daughters have
reached the age of maturity. and are ready to take
up their own lives. we parents should emulate
the example of the birds, just literally push them
out of the home nests, and let. life and experience
mould their character. It seems to me that your
duty is plain. A child should be allowed to fol-
low its bent, just as a tree follows its bent. Only
by so doing will she grow to the fulness of her
mental powers and spiritual happiness. Let your
daughter got, She will make a splendid teacher;
you will get over the first break. and will hear
from her frequently. and she will spend'her holi-
days with you. When she marries, she may move
to South Ameritfa. A mother never knows. We
just have to face these issues bravely and unsel-
fishly. thinking first of all. of the good of the child.

The Meanest Child on Earth

HE TIRED CHILD whimpered as his auth-
. I er jerked him by one arm into an elevator.
It was plain that his short legs had been
taking three steps to her one for hours up and
down the long aisles of the big department store.

Shocked women in the elevator gazed irr aston-
ishment at the impatient mother.‘

“What a pretty little boy!” ventured one of
them sympathetically.

“Pretty enough when he‘s asleep." grumbled the
mother, .‘fbut. when he’s awake he’s the meanest
child on earth!”

And all the other
could believe their ears.
miseries a three-year-old must endure .at
hands of a mother who could say that!

“The earth is full of anger, the seas are dark
with wrath”a-which makes it doubly necessary
for reasonable human beings to cut down the great;
score of the world’s small unnecessary griefs.

Hundreds of people say that they would give
their lives to stop the war. but, of course. they
cant: but they can reduce the average of human
sorrow greatly by being tender in all small ways
to all things great and sniallif‘hild l-Vclfa'rc .lldo-
aeinc.

women wondered if they
What endless, needless
the.

Some Don’ts for Careful Folks

Don’t hang light dresses on hangers. however.
Make largo bags to slip them in.
" Don’t lay your dresses away In drawers. They
will keep better hanging in bags in the closet.’

Don‘t lay your coat carefully over the back of a
chair Hang it up 011 ahanger. This applies also
to dresses and waists. ‘

Don’ t hang skiits on hangers, either. Sew strips
of braid or tape inside the waistband of each skirt,
one on each side, and hang on two hooks.

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HE Federal Land Banks have

been in actual operation about 7

\ months. Most .of them were or-
ganized last March and April
[opened for business about May 1st.
The work has now been carried on
long~\enough to form some idea. of how
tlle Federal Farm Loan system oper—
ates in actual practice. Up to Decem-
t;f-11 1,-19'17, over 1800 farm loan asso-
rialions have’ been formed in the
l'ni'fed States, comprising a total of
97.716 loans, aggregating $219,760,000
1:1 amount. During that period the
banks had closed loans to the amount
1:“ $29,816,000, which"was all paid out
an the farmers. The banks had issued
and sold bonds to the amount of $26,-
970,000. These totals have been great-
ly added to during the month of De-
(ember, which is the heaviest: loaning
month of the year and the Federal
L and Bank of Saint Paul, on December
1. had approved loans. in the amount
o“ 9116,7005030. and during the month
cf December there was added to this
final $2,707,900, making a grand total
. $19,408,400 of approved loans. To

this must also be added loans that are
.1' 1,11, yet. approved. but. which have been
appraised and are in the bank ready
for approval in the total amount of
112.542.1110. This makes a total of a13-
proved loans in the Federal Land Bank
of Saint Paul of $21,950,500 11p to this
date, which is eight months after the

bank opened for business. This rep-
resents the commitments that this

bank has which constitutes a contract
of agreement with the farmers.

From this it; is plain to be seen that.
the farmers of the country have been
quick to avail themselves of the pro-
visions of this law. «They have formed
farm loan associations so rapidly that
the Federal Land Banks have simply
been swarhped with business. It also
must be kept in mind that the Federal

Land Banks organized their business

which was entirely a new system in
this count1y. Systems have been es—

.and'

tablished, employees have been train—
ed in their difficult and new'Work—all
this has been done in the first six
months of the bank’s operation. No
further proof is needed "‘Lat there was
a real existing demand for this new
law in our economic life. The Federal
Land Banks collectively have before
them’commitments totaling $100,000,-
000, that must be takencare of. The
farmers have made application to the
Federal.Land Banks in good faith to
secure loans for the purposes stated
in thelaw. All of these loans were
applied for with the understanding
that they would be granted at a five
per cent. rate. The Government. can-
not afford to break faith with the
farmers of the country, and especially
so now when extra burdens are thrown
upon agriculture for increased produc—
vtion in every way. To aggravate the
situation, it is also more difficult to
sell mortgages on the open- market ex-
cept at a very high rate of interest.
lt the farmers-were forced now to se-
cu‘refunds through other channels,
they would be compelled to pay rates
of interest largely in excess of the
rates paid prior. to‘the time the banks
were established, if they could secure
the money at any rate. ‘
Agriculture is asked to make a tre—
mendous effort the coming year. To
assist the farmers now is one of the
most important war measures that
could be undertaken The administra
lion therefore has asked Congress to
assist the farmers at this time to au-
thorize the secretaiy of the treasury
to purchase at par the four and one—
half per cent bonds issued by the
banks. Inasmuch as the government.
has secured its funds from the people
at four per cent. it can readily be seen
that this is no burden to the govern-
ment in any way. The government, will
receive the profit of one—half of one
per cent while they are carrying the
bonds. The provision can also be
made in law, that if these bonds are

 

 

 

 

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of thc
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farmers of Brown City
victims the past several
We'i‘liH of clcvcr horse buyers, who mh
I-ntlv go union“ the l'arnurs claiming
1 1:11 thcv :11c buying hor. His 1111 the l nit-
Stdtcs 11‘11\"(1111111(-11t. They are cloy'ci
1111111 and so far no h'1vc not heard of
:1 .j:1tcmcnt th'tt “onld 1onvict ihc binci
iiipri'soiiiting .1 l nitcd Slate. olliccr r.
they .1r11 smooth—tong'ucd individuals
1.1'h11 makc thc furincr think that it i-' his
r=.:‘.1'iofic duty to scll thcm his horsc or
‘1 111-11151 \vhcthcr thc pricc is right or not.
\Vc would advise all farincrs of this
vicinity to not soil their horscs il‘ they
11111-11 them and not to sell any lim'sc for
I118." than he is worth. VVhen a. United
Strics marshal comcs hcrc_ aflcr horscs
he will prcscnt ihc propcr 1-r1~1lcntials.
—B1'0\vn (“ity 11111111111.

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\‘21111111111ai1 of this
a flock of twcnty-thrce pullcts hatch—
cd May 25, 1917. that. has produced
an ,yvcrage of eleven cggs :1 day :iillcc
the fifth of December. ’l‘hcy are :1
cross—breed between Rhodc island Reds
and Plymouth Rocks, and a rooster
killed for_ Christmas dinner weighed six
pounds dressed. This flock of egg pro—
ducers get shelled corn, bran and midd—
lings, cabbage and meat on their bill
of fare and are housed in‘a warm, clean
and well ventilated home.——-Uni0n- City
Register.

have hccn

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George Wickliam of West Casco sent a
prize can of cream to Chicago last week.
It tested 50 and brought $10.33; 39 lbs.
nvere in the can and 530 a pound was giv—
(111 for the butter fat—South Haven Tri-
hune.
1i I 1|
A Kansas woman last year caught
more than 300 bushels of grass-hoppers
and by drying them and selling them for
chicken feed cleared» more than $500.
—-Montrose Record.
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New Years’ day was a record-breaker
for the condensary. They Worked all day

and put up 51,000 lbs. of condenscgi milk.

near 500 cascs. That is going 51111111 and
is a great start for lhc new ycnr. Hut
thcy can do a great 111111! bcticr yet and
time is not vcry far off \vh1111 lllcy \1'il IH‘
condensing and filling from 800 to 1,000
cansa day.~Cass ('ity 1‘l11-1111i1'1lc.

’ll ll: 1!

George Kenyon ot' anily sold :1
drovc of 01 hogs for \vhich i111 l't‘t't‘lVl‘fl
$32,111:"). It may bc ho had to scll 111cm
at this ruinously low price bccziusc of tho

high cost of fiecd.—<‘h:1rlottc l.1\:1dcr.

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.\ llHl,000-poui11l11:11‘lo111l 111' \1hi-21‘. \15.1.-'
rcccntly shipped out of Holly by M1—
I.:1ugl1lin iros. it was bought l1]. 1h1
govcri’iinci1t 11nd billed to :1 southcrn
(-21innareMilt‘ord Times.

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The (lrangcrs, Glcancrs 111111 l1‘:111111:1r-<'
l1‘211r association of Mccosia county 1111-1 21.1
thc court house. at dig tapids 1111 Friday
of last 1110M: and voted to disbnnd the or—
ganization 11nd reorganizc undcr :1. public
act. providing for the organization of 1111111—
tV. fairs. The old officeIs were 1e- elected
as follows. President. James J. Ilen—
doison; vi<e president. Clarence Simons;
Secretary, Edward Dresser; treasurer. A.
\V. Ladnen—The Evart Review.

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Miss. John Cordmg sent to the 'l‘iibunc
office this morning a sample of eggs laid
by one of her Rhode Island Red pullets
which were hatched the first day of Apiil
The circumference of the egg is six inches
the small way and eight inchcs the long
way and weighs three and one— half unc-
cs Mis. Cording has 64 chickens hatched

at the same time and in December they
laid 80 dozen of eggs—South Haven
Tribune.

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What is believed to be the high mark
for the sale of pigs was reached at Mor-
riee last week, when Willard Buck of that
place, disposed of a bunch of fifteen pork-
ers for the t1 ifling sum of $676.80.—T110
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~i-Prwate [masters have Failed to Take up 4 1-12 Percent Farm Loan Bonds, Because of Other
I More Profitable Investments, and Government Aid Must be had if Work is: to Continue

not resold to the public Within . ten
years’ time that they shall be repurch‘
ased by the Federal Land Banks upon
the request of the secretary of the
treasury, thus assuring that this one
hundred million dollars of bonds will
not become a permanent investment
for the government. If the banks at
that time had to resell the bonds at a
discount in order to' absorb the bonds
from the United States treasury. they
will be in a position to do so without
entailing any great financial loss at
that time. They will be so firmly es-
tablished that they can absorb the
loss, if any, at that time, which they
cannot possibly do at this time.

The first. six months of the operation
of the banks, while the conditions
were normal. experience taught 11s
that our bonds sold readily on the
open market at four and one-half per
cent. and at a premium. The unnat-
ural and disturbed financial condition
on account of the war interfered with
the ready sale of our bonds. We feel
that the present condition is abnormal
and the embarrassment that we now
have in selling our bonds is tempon
ary.
increase the rate of interest 011 loans
from 5 to 513% to the farmers, thus
permitting the Federal Land Banks to
sell their new bonds in the future at a
5% rate. Considering the class of se-
curity and the tax-free feature. it
would seem that the bonds would sell
readily at this rate

We are asking Congress to appro-
priate $100 000 000 to purchase 41/) /c
bonds in order to take care of prom-
ises and commitments made up to this
time. To avoid any future embarrass-
ment of this kind we also asked Con-
gress to create a revolving fund of
$100,000,000. giving the secretary of
the treasury authority to purchase the
bonds from the Federal Land banks,
at any time, at the then going rate.
The land banks can then form their
oWn syndicate and sell their own bonds
and they will sell bonds out of this
revolving fund, thus creating a con-
dition whereby the Federal Land bank

can at, all times make loans to the
farmers in a steady flow and there

will be at all times funds to take care
of their bond issues, when the bonds
are issued. Such funds as the treas—
ury will have invested in these, bonds
will bear five per cent. intcrcsl or
more. according to thc thcn prevail—
‘ng rate. This will introduce. into the
system the elastic features. that ihc
system 11ccds. 'l‘hc rcvolving fund
was part of the original bill as draft-
ed. but was stricken out just hcl'orc
the law was passed. It is the
i'iiug that thc law 11ccds and rcouircs
in to make it 11
ccss.

till"

order practical suc-
is so :11)—
tiinc 11nd
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char

This rclicf to the 1111
solutcly ucccssarv :11. thiv
should (‘ongrcss hc :-o :hoi
not to grant it. it, absolutely
111-11 :11.» dcmunrls ol' lll11 farincrs thrir
out the lhiiicd States will be such that,
thc malicr will huvc to ‘1111111 ‘ialely
lic tukcn 1111 again for l'Ol'rl‘oslthl‘zlllOIl.
To say 1111:? tho old l11'1’1kt11'11gc system
of the country 111111 take...caro of the
l’armcrs’ needs in this direction is to
beg the question. it is very doubtful
that the mortgages can be absorbed by
the people at this time cven if the
mortgages did hear a high enough
rate of interest to encourage the peo-
ple to purchase them in preference to
other securities that are offered on
the market. This is entirely beside
the point for this reason that such a
conclusion would have to be arrived
at, without taking into consideration
the farmers. inasmuch as the assump-
tion is based on the fact that the farm-
eI‘s would have to pay a rate that
would induce the investor to buy the
mortgages at this time. In other
words, the farmers would be compelled
to pay a rate of interest which would

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{4.1353 Cafiital $500. 00060 16c. 188s
nghost Prices Pa For'l‘

RAw FURS

Write for Fur List and Bgf‘c _
on Successful 'l' r a 9 p1

Alison SCHMIDI 8. sons

I38-‘I84 Monroe Ave. Dotrolt. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

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R A W F U R S

I pay the HIGHEST PRICES on all RAW FURS. I pay
xprcss Charges.
l reiiiii on receipt of goods. lnlso buy HIDES, TAL-
l.L)VV. Plil.'l S and CRACKLINGS. Hides tanned
for Robes-.1111lConis. VVriic for prices.
G. HAPP, TOLEDO, OHIO, 222 Vance Street.
lila'lv'lCRIa'NCE:-"Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Co.
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be far in excess of what they ought to
pay, security considered.

Experience has proven to the board
that the Federal Land Banks can op-
erate on one-half of one per cent. The
Federal Land Banks are solvent, the
machinery is established and they
stand ready today to render the ser-
vice to the people throughout the
country contemplated under the Act.

This is an administration measure
to perfect and perpetuate the Federal
Farm Loan System, to give relief to
the farmers through a [scientifically
arranged and systematically perfect-
ed organization. Everyone interested
in the welfare or our country at this
time should urge our congressmen and
senato‘i‘s to grant this relief at once.

 
 

        
     

 

      
       
 
        
 
       
    
  
         
      
        
      
        
         
      
           
           
        
            
             
           
   
  

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to handle potatoes oii a" cost plus basis

.1 exactly in the same manner as they
handle wheat.
would know within a few cents of

Thus the consumer

what these potatoes ought to cost
him.

I

6. Under government control there
twould be no further incentive for eith- "

er producers or dealers to hold the
crop in storage for higher prices and
the bulk of the crop would naturally
move to a market during the fall
months when the danger from freez-

ing is slight, and before the winter-

congestion of freight comes on.

7. We would not recommend the
fixing of maximum prices. thru leg—
islation. We would suggest that this
matter be left entirely within the hands
of the Food Administration with pow-
er to fix such prices if found necessary
to protect the consumer from specula-
tive practices. The plan We have out-
lined would practically mean maxi-
mum prices if the production were
normal. But in the case of a crop
failure, the farmer should be left
free to secure as high a price as the
consumer considers potatoes are worth
to him as an article of food.

The entire plan we have suggested
is feasible, practical and sane. The
need of such action exists; we have the
machinery for putting it into opera-
tion; it is the duty of the country to
take some measures to protect the in-
terests of the farmers. The govern-
ment takes no chances. The acreage
contracted for is based .on the average
production; if the production runs
less than normal, the demand will ex-
ceed the supply; if by any chance the
yield is higher than normal, the farm-
er will take his chance on disposing
of the excess crop. But no matter
whether the yield be above or below
the. average. ey-ery farmer who signs
a contract will absolutely know just
how many bushels of potatoes he will
be able to sell at a fixed and profitable
price. All uncertainty and worry are
swept. away.

The plan we have suggested can be
carried out. should be carried out and
if the wishes of the farmers of Mich-
igan have any weight with those who
make our laws it will be carried out.
Let every farmer lend his support to
the plan; Let every local grange; every
local Gleaner arbor; every farmers’
club. and every other farm organiza-
tion in the state. discuss this matter
at, their next meeting and pass resolu-
tions addressed to Congress urging the
firing of minimum prices according to
the plan outlined above. For the sake
of uniformity, this publication will
prepare such resolutions and forward
a copy to any organization upon re-

Was thereby ‘left fer the Zimmétl‘ I

y- a
Service Station, or any other indepen-..

dent concern, which has a. cheaper

method of putting millcinto the hands '
of the consumer. to enter the competi-,

tive field and grab off the business up-

on which the organized distributorsx
depend to carry out their agreements.

with the producers

Another great fault that may be
found with the compromise was the
failure to provide for the standardiza-
tion of the supply. No provision was
made for the utilization of milk sup-
plied in excess of the consumers’ needs,
which left the distributors in a posi-
tiOn where they could demand a lower

and accuse the distrf' tors? ~ ,
this 3.13 lo. subterfuge in order to in;

duce. the milk comniiasipin to lower *

 

the price to farmers;. In a recent. in—-

terview with this pubIImtIOn, one of

the best-posted dairy authorities in

.Michigazl openly stated that the dis-

tributors weré disposing of all milk
in excess of the retail’ demand. at a‘
good profit by drying or diverting to
their condensaries.

No matter how you look at the sit-

-uation, file producers have no protec-

tion it the Zimmer Dairy Service

station undersells the older concerns

and compels them to'lower their price,

and; there. Seems to. bevn way in‘whieh/
.to immediately checkdnate the in»

fluenoes that are slowly but surely

--.foi§eing the business riight hack ,'to the
same old basis.
instance. added to countless -

It. will he merely an-
other
others of where the farmer pays the
penalty for Letting someone else do
his marketing for him. Some day he
and those. who represent him, will
learn that union and organized co—op-
eration Will be effective only when the
farmer possesses the necessary ma-
chinery for putting them into practice.

 

”Here’s the Coupon!

That Brings You

60 Days’ FREE Treatment
for All Your Hogs ‘

: Unless You
Are Positively
“ ’ Satisfied!

I Invite You to Accept This
Offer AT MY RISK‘

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AVAION FARMS HOG -TONE

(filmed)
w. o. GANDY

HOG com. I

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my ofier! It has
been repeatedly

made in this paper
for over a year now.

It has been accepted by thou-
sands of hog raisers.

Here Is what!

I frankly and honestly ofier you!
agree to send you Avalon Farms Hog-
‘I'ono treatment for all your hogs for60 days!
If it doesn' t mko your hogs mako moro
money for you ~produce more pounds of clean
flesh from the same amount of teed—l don't want

your money!

This is a mau—to~man proposition.

I trust In your

honesty. Let me take all the risk—like Geo. Buhler. Oberlin,

Iowa. did, and he writes:

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so they brought $15.00
brought about £9. 00."

 

“Enclosed find P. 0. order to pay

for Hog-Tone. I now have 61 head of bogs and have not one
sick since feeding Hog-Tone. Lastyear I lost over 40 head. "
Struckmeyer, Miles City, Montana, writes: ‘ I uta
bunch of 17 rants into shapehwith Avalon Forms "03- one
one

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quest. United effort NOW is what
count. and it is none too early to ;P
p]... . the matter before Congress. \\ The Liquid Hog-conditioner, Fattener and Warm Remover 3

What do you friend

think about it ,
farmer ? ‘

MILK SITUATION DUE FOR
ANOTHER SHAKE-UP

 

 

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Cost' ls little—Brings Big Profits to You

20 cents worth keeps a hog in tip-top
condition from weaning time until mar—
keting time. I will ship you one 51.00
bottle of Hog-Tone for each eight hogs
in your herd~the day the coupon below.

 

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famous handy
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Avalon Fol-ml Hog-Tone Is a highly concentrated llould
mediclno for hozo only. Contains Illgllly Important modic-
lnol liquid Ingredients which cannot be combined In
Medicated Salts. Stock Foods or Condition Powders of any
klnd. Safe. Easily mlxod with any slopo,drlnklng water or
dampened food. elven only ovary third day for llrot six
weeks and after that once a wook. 9

     
 

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- filled in. reaches this ofiice. That will Diseases FREE
(Continued from 1mg P 1) be SUfliCientto "eat your hogs 50 days 0’ with every 0"!" Thoroughly proved on Avalon Farms near FortWayno. .
' more' according to Size' That treatment Indiana. almost Invariably successful In cleaning
" . . I is guaranteed by me to give you a 400per cent profit at .
4‘ made to bring the concern mto the 3 marketing time over and above the cost to you of the Hog- “It Stomach. Bowel and Bronchial Worms that
01105.91] circle of those who are selling I Tone. If it doesn’t, I don’t want you to pay me apenny, lnfest bogs. Thus, It protects hogs from easily Q 9.5
’ '1k [‘0 ‘lin to the recommend'l- ! The Avalon Farms Hog-Tone does this -and more—39 °°"tra°t"‘g c"°'°"a' “he“maflsm' Secure. ‘3’
III] ace H g . I «.A - J r 1 times out of 100! Farmers by the hundreds report profits Thumps, caused by worms and Indigestion. ‘9’ W. 0.
t1011s 0f the mllk COInmISS‘OHv but of 1000 and even 2000 per cent inril‘og-weightiirgnease over EnterItIandIgostIon and other dlseaseao ‘0‘; CANDY,
' ‘ - . .' ' ' .1 , and above the trifling cost of Hog— one used me send
Wlthout suttess. . It (ontlhues to. be \ you facts about scores of such cases right in your own w°"d"'"' ”mat?” finflrwzrflzzk'zgn “(6 Prosidont,
a thorn 1n the side of the organized \ section of the country. 3:323:02; I": :n.fleolg|.:a:f'-" a.“ Avalon FarmsCo.
dealers of the city, and unless it can \ _ - known tonic m. .0“ an..." 3.5.1....“ ’33; 824mglfram'mdfifi
"7 ' 1 ' ' r Ito o l o serous. healthy p 3.. ca 0
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parent to all concerned when the pres- \ "°" um... - .
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concern, admitted that the methods 824 Rand McNally. Blllllllng .90“ no ‘
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The most profitable-cowa¥é—‘ » - g ’

The mos-t popular cows¥+ '
The greatest Cows in all the
world are— ‘ i

P URE B’RED

OLSTEIN

These facts are pointing 'the way to greater
dairy profits in every state in the Union.
Pure-bred Holsteins have demonstrated they are

Most profitable because-—

they give the largest yields‘of milk: and butterfat of any breed. ‘
They return a greater net profit in the least time at the least
cost. Thea/are the strongest, most vigorous cows bearing strong, ~
vigorous calves regularly. Purebred Holsteins are the

  
 

    

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Most popular because—

they are the most profitable. More purebred Holsteins are reg-
istered each year than there are cattle registered of all the other

prices than dairy cattle of any other breed have ever sold for—
the demand is greater than the supply. Purebred Holsteins are the

Greatest because——

all records for production of both milk: and butterfat for a day,

a week, a month and a year are held by “Black and White cows.
If you are breeding cattle for pleasure or keeping cows as a

business you should learn about this—the profitable breed.

Write us for free information

about purebred Holsteins

SUNNY HILLSIDE
ADVANCED REGISTRY HOLSTEINS
M. H. DANIELS & SON
11 1-4 miles east of Okemos

  

7 1-2 miles east of Lansing

   

 
     

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change in ownership of

 

 

 
    

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HASLETT, MICH.

 

     

formerly owned by Dr. C. L. Barber.

Percheron Horses Holstein Cattle

Poland China Hogs Pedigreed Grains

      
   

   

     

We specialize in high grade pedi—
greed live stock and small grains.

  
        
 

   

we are in the market for sonic sheep

   
   

S'l‘ALLION ROI will stand at
our‘farm. Sire Gilbert 59603 by
Nestor 70246. Dam Queen 48127
by King 23016.

    
         
        
    

Farm situated one mile east of Haslett in Ingham Co

E. P. KINNEY, PROP.

EAST LANSING, MICH.

      

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MICHIGAN
Agricultural College

offers for sale

to 12 years old, in foal

 

1 Belgian Mare, 6 years old in foal

 

1 Percheron Stallion 2 years old

 

Young stock for sale at all times

 

For particulars write

R. S. HUDSON,
Michigan Agricultural
College, ‘

EAST LANSING, MICHiGA'N

16 Percheron Mares, Blacks and Grays, 3‘

 

 

 

 

 

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