‘ I “ ‘ 3P— / U Vol. V - No. 22 THIS IS WHERE. ALL | . THE __I_Vl__0NEY GOES Bean Committee at Washington Explains Why Farmers’ Beans that He Sells for $11 per Hundred Jumps to $17 and $20 per th. Before Reaching .the City Ask the average city dealer who Is to blame for the high cost of living and the invariable answer will be “the farmer.” You smile at his ignorance and seek to set him right, but you ‘might as well talk to the winds. Mr. Consumer KNOWS, the city papers say the farmer’s to blame and besides “look at the high price of potatoes in spite of the bumper crop, The farmer’s a ‘profiteer, and that’s all there be to it; b—gosh.” The writer has a few bushels of potatoes in excess of his own needs, and a few days ago he called up a local groceryman and asked what he would pay for them. That same day potatoes were retailing at Detroit stores for $2 a bushel. “Well, you know,” confided the storekeeper, apparently not knowing that I was more or less familiar with the marketing situation, “I don’t dare load up on high priced pota- toes. (I had 28 bushels for sale, enough to last the retailer probably a week.) These high prices are on- ly temporary. They’re going down in a day or two. There’s a whopping big crOp of potatoes this year, you know. But the farmers are holding on for $3 and $4 a bushel and that’s why the price keeps high. But just you wait, when spring comes and those fel- lers see that they aren’t going to get any such price, the market will he swamped. In another two months I’ll be buying potatoes at 75 cents a bushel.” Honest, folks, it was no use arguing with that man. He knew all about the potato situation,——from read- ing the daily newspapers. When will the consumer ever learn that the farmer is not to blame for the high prices of foodstuffs? When will they ever show enough interest in the economies of food production and distribution to learn the truth? This publication has for months been trying to discover why consumers should be compelled to pay 20 cents a pound for beans when the farmer was getting 10 cents, or $2.00 a bushel for po- tatoes when the farmer was getting only $1.00 and less. We finally asked the bean and potato commit- tees of the Food Administration to supply this in- formation if posible. The bean committee advises us as follows: “It might be interesting to you to know that this Division has been investigating several complete transactions from the Grower to the final consumr er on beans, and when we have found a high retail selling price, in checking it back through its vari- ous channels we have generally found that they were old beans carried over from last year. “One particular investigation that has been made here in Washington, in which the retailer was sell- ing Michigan Pea Beans at 170 per pound, the check— ing back listed up about as follows: Cost of Beans to Grower .................. $11.00 Elevator expense and profit about 10%.... 1.10 Freight 400 per 100 ........................ .40 Brokerage 10c per 100 ...................... .10 Wholesale grocer’s profit about 121/2%..u 1.55 Retailer about 20% ......................... 2.85 Total net selling price to consumer, per cwt.. .$17.00 “On another transaction we made, wherein an ele- vator took a profit of. $2.40 per hundred, in investi— gating his complete cost, we found in an investment 'of an elevator of $14,000, salary to owner and one man, and? a superintendent in the picking room, so far this year they had only bought and shipped 1100 bushels, and the total‘expenses ran about $4,600, or.a little over $4.00 per bushel, so that even in charging $2.40 per hundred, as he did, he was losing nearly $4.50 to $5.00 per hundred on the transaction. »“If you know of any particular instances where goods havl been high we would be very glad to have you give us the exact names and we assure you that INESS‘F The Independent- I SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1918. we will take pleasure in investigating it from the producer to the consumer.” “UNITED STATES \FOOD ADMINISTRATION Per K. P.,Kimba11” POTATO AND BEAN MARKETS snow CONSIDERABLE STRENGTH As we go to press, the potato and bean markets show signs of renewed activity. The Detroit mar- ket on potatoes was still Quoted at $2.70 per hun- dred and beans had advanced to $12.50 per cwt. Demand was strong and supplies light in both in- stances, and market authorities look for no immedi- ate slacking of either demand or prices. It is our firm conviction now as it has been since the opening market that beans will continue to advance slowly as the season grows old. Despite the alleged increase in production of this commod- ity, the demand is greater than the supply, and with the wheat shortage becoming more pronounced, both the civilian and military population °~will be obliged to turn more and more to beans. No two authorities seem to agree upon the potato situation. Some Believe that spring will usher in a period of low prices, while others are as firmly con- vinced that the demand will take care of the entire supply. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING wants to be frank in saying that it has no suggestions to offer this week as to the future of the potato market, but we are now conducting a series of investigations which should give us sufficient information upon which to base an opinion within the next couple of weeks. If there is an over-production, arfd cars are to be had to move the stocks to market, we may as well resign ourselves to lower prices, but if tile pro— duction is only normal, as We have contended right along, prices ShOUld rule comparatively high. Before another fortnight has passed we hope to show our readers in What manner the government has over- estimated the production, and why a more vigorous demand may be looked for with the approach of spring. TO OUR LOYAL CROP REPORTERS We weren’t prepared to handle the avalanche of crop reports that sWept in upon us this week from nearly every county in the state, and were obliged, much against our will, to leave out some which were received after Jan. 28th. So if you don’t see your report in this issue you’ll know it is because we just couldn’t use it. Next week we are going to get out our usual “bang-up’ issue and we want a report from every county. We’ll promise to use every one that comes in on or before Tuesday, Feb. 5th, but get them in before then if possible. PLEASE mail your report not later than Saturday morning, so we’ll get it Monday. And if your supplies are run- ning low, write for MORE. AVERAGE. MICHIGAN PRICES, WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26 Wheat, $2.05; oats, 79c; rye, $1.69; hay, $24.74; beans, $11.11; potatoes, $1.37; hens, 18c; butter, 450; eggs, 490; hogs, 15c. 4 lllllllIllllllll|lIIllllllllIllIllIlllIllHllllIlllllllllllllllllllhllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllllllHlIll|l||lll||l|ll|lll|l|IllllllllllllllllillHHIIIHHIIllllllllillflf ’ WE WANT EVERY FARMER who is a reader of. this paper to tell us by next mail what stocks of potatoes are being held by the farmers in his vicinity. We are making a comprehensive survey of. the stocks still in growers’ hands, not only in this but in other states as well. Please tell us approx» mately what percentage of the farmers you know still have their potatoes in pit or bin, and how do their holdings compare with those a year ago. You can render us, our readers and yourself an inestimable service by giving your careful and immediate attention to this matter. (Jo-operate with us in finding out the TRUTH about the potato cituation. There’s been guessing long enough. llIllllll liillll o l llllll[Hill|IlllilllllllilllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllIIIIHIII‘II 5 [lIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIll|ll|HIllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllililllf‘3l5{lllllilillillllilillii allllllllllllll llllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllmllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIll][lllllllllllllllllllllIlllIlllllIllllllllllllllllllllllilHIHHIIHIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi Farm, Live Stock and Market Weekly 0 1 PER YEAR,--N0anlune. $ Free List or Clubbing ()florl MR. HOOVER “ST RRED” BY BEAN SITUATION But Food Administrator has yet to Make Practical Plans for Saving Michigan’s Million Bushel Crop of Wet Beans Altho the Warm Weather is Dangerously Near It is reported that Food Administrator Hoover was greatly “stirred” by the reports that a million bushels or more of wet beans would go to waste in this state unless something was done at once to save them. That was fully two weeks ago, and so far as we have been able to learn, nothing has run- terialized by way of a remedy. State Food Administrator George W. Prescott rec- ommends the canning of these beans for army and navy use and says they are as good when canned as the dry product. Under the commissary regulations, however, wet beans cannot be purchased by the government, and the rules will have to be altered if Mr. Prescott’s suggestions are to be carried out. There is no question but that the utilization of the wet beans in this state is a matter for the fed- eral government to settle. The large acreage was planted, in the first place, in response to the gov- ernment’s pleas, and now that so huge a quantity are in imminent danger of going to waste, pre- vention methods lie with the federal conservation authorities. MIcIIIcAN BUslNIcss FARMING would like to gain some idea of the number or farmers having wet beans. Write us this information, will you? The State Food Administrator is much concerned also over Michigan’s alleged surplus of potatoes. There is considerable talk about Michigan’s enor- mous spud crop, but we have never yet seen any reliable figures to show that the crop was in excess of the demand. However, it will do no harm to look about for additional markets, and we commend Mr. Prescott’s efforts in this respect. — One suggestion has been made by Robert D. Gra- ham, chairman of the state board of agriculture. that the state place an embargo on southern potatoes until the Michigan crop has been consumed, and the proposal has been taken under serious consideration by the state food administrator, it is stated. GREAT FLOODS ADD TO GRAVITY OF THE COAL SITUATION Millions of dollars worth of property have been destroyed in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia from the flooding of the Ohio river and other streams! tributary to the Mississippi. Warm weather had converted billions of tons of ice and snow at the source of these streams into water, and broken up the ice in the rivers, changing them into tcrrents that have destroyed everything before them. ‘ The catastrophe is not local by any means. Scarce- ly twenty-four hours had elapsed after the breaking of the ice gorges before the fuel administrator was sending out telegrams all over the country conveying the tragic"news that no more coal could be mined or shipped out of these states until the flood had subsided and the damage repaired. Reports from the upper sources of the flooded streams indicate that melting snows will add to the danger and nothing short of extremely cold weather will stay the pro- gress of the unloosened flood. What effect the temporary suspension of coal shipments from that region will have upon an already acute shortage situation can hardly be estimated. The nation’s coal bins are very low; hundreds of Michigan towns have used their last pound and wait in shivering and fear for additional supplies. De- troit factories are shutting down by the scores, pub- lic utilities of every description are in a bad way, and unless relief comes soon Michigan will be wholly coalless. ' .ullllillll‘.‘ 1- Hulll m..l. " llllll'lllllii"|‘il' ‘I‘llilill Mil} ., .. "llielfflilElllll,"i'l'1" ..l€'."i‘l:[i'l- lllliijllllllil l .. |.l.l..unmuulllllllllllllllllllHun“.Him 'liliilélu‘: :11: m .zllli-ulmlHunmunmllmimn lIllii'illllliiiiiiil.iil‘l'Ilf‘li‘.3.l.lr.'ml.n Hit: A: ‘H g PARTIALLIST or nEw OFFICERS ' - or BREEDERS lasso-curios . Not all of the associations ‘which makeup the Michigan Improved Livestock Breeders and Feed- ers Association were able to elect officers, for snow- bound trains and waist-deep country roads pre- vented most of the breeders organizations from . convening a quorum. .In all cases where this hap- pened, the old officers continue in service. . Those associations which were able to elect chose the following: ' Michigan Improved'Livestock Breeders and Feed- ers. AssociatiOn—Pres‘ident, I. R. Waterbury, De- tr0lt; vice president, Colon C. Lillie, Coopersyille; secretary, Geo. A. Brown, East Lansing; ass’tfi secretary, W. _E. J. Edwards, E. Lansing; treasur- er, C. P. Reed, Howell; executive committee, J. Fred Smith, Byron; Jacob De Geus, Alicia; H. H. Halliday, Clinton; P. P. Pope, Mt. Pleasant Geo. Prescott, Tawas City. ' . Michigan Horse Breeders’ AssociatiOn——Pres ldent, Jacob De Geus, Alicia; secretary, R. S. Hudson, East Lansing. . Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association—Pres ldent, M. W. Wentworth. Battle Creek; vice pres- ldent, Peter Buth, Grand Rapids; secretary and treasurer, Chas. Daniels, Okemos. Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ Association ~President, A. Minty, Ionia; vice president,‘G. A. Prescott, Tawas City; secretary, Ward Hathaway, QVld; executive committee, C. Buttles, Lewiston' M. Kelley. Charlotte; Sidney Smith, Pontiac. I Michlgan Guernsey Cattle Club—President, Harry Ballard, Niles; secretary, C. G. Parnell Jackson. :- -dMitch£gan. H§reford Breeders’ Association—Pres- 1 en , ewxs orton, Quimb ; secreta McCarty, Bad Axe. y m Earl 07 Michigan Sheep Breeders’ and Feeders’ Associ- atlon—Prelsid-ent, E. G. Read, Richland; vice pres1dent, Amos Welsh. Ionia; secretary and treas- urer. W. A. Shantz, Hastings; Executive commit- tee, H. E. Powell, Ionia; shropshires, R. A. Kyser, Lowell; Hampshires. S. S. Wing, Kinderbook; Ramboule. H. H. Halliday, Clinton; Feeders, Bert Smith. Charlotte; Lincolns, I. R. Waterbury. Highland; Oxfords, E. M. Ball, Hamburg; Ameri- can Marinos, Carey V. Edwards, Hastings. Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association—Presi- dent, J. B. Hibbard, Bennington; secretary 0. F. Foster, Ann Arbor. , Poland China Swine Breeders’ Association—— PreSldent, P. P. POpe, Mt. Pleasant; secretary, Wm. J. Clark, Mason; executive committee, W. E. Livingston, Parma; L. L. Chamberlain, Marcellus‘ E. H. Leonard, St. Louis. , Duroc Jersey Swine Association—President—F. g. Drodt, Monroe; secretary, C. F. Foster, Ann Ar- or. County Crop Reports . MONROE—Farmers are cutting wood and butcher— ing. Weather cold, damp and snowing, ground frozen. 14 armers selling hogs cattle and grain; those who have anyal'e holding corn. No building going on. Some are buylng hay and straw.There is not much sugar here and we can only get ten cents worth at a time. No coal; some have a little but not enough to last very long. Herman Heemsoth had a very mysterious fire some tune ago. He buys steers and feeds them. His corn Cl'lb caught fire about midnight and burned the contents. about one thousand bushels of good corn;- also his granary, some machinery, half a beef and dif- ferent articles which were stored in the building.— R. H., Carleton, Jan. 26. EMMET—The weather is cold with lots of snow. Beans are not all threshed around here yet and are a very poor grade. Farmers are holding their pota- toes for a better price; also they are feeding lots of potatoes to their stock. No logging is being done. Our Vlcmity is well supplied with wool—16 inch sells for 2.50 a cord. There seems to be a good demand for good seed oats here—H. W., Levcrillg.Jarl. 25. MONTCALM—Most of the farmers are shoveling snow at the present time. Some are hauling spuds to ilreenVllle, but not very many. They are paying $1.50 down there and only $1.20 at Lake View. Some of the big farmers around here are talking about this dealer grab and say they will not raise any more than one~tenth of the spuds they raised last year.———E. W.. Coral, Jan. 24. . CALHOUN (Northeast)——The farmers in this local- lty seem to be weather bound. Can hardly get one to do anything. The weather is very cold and stormy now with_snow about 18 inches deep in woods; roads in bad condition, not \much traffic. A small amount of hogs and cattle are going to market, a few being held for better prices which don’t come very fast—G. R., Olivet BAY (Southeast)——There is not much doing now among the farmers. Taking care of stock, shoveling snow. and some are selling their wheat. Hay is in good demand now but some farmers can’t haul it now on account of the bad roads as it would tip over. I hope the farmers will try and have a. law passed to make sleighs and wagons track the same. We would have better winter roads for all kinds of rigs—J. C. A., Munger. ST. JOSEPH ‘(North Contain—Where is the fellow that predicted an open winter? We are having the time of our life shoveling snow (gratis)_ for the‘ town- ship, as our highway fund has been over-drawn, and of course the farmers haven’t much else to do this time of the year, at least this is the way it hasvbeen doped out to us. It has been reported that‘a good many farmers have had stock perish from the severe weather of the past week. The fuel situation has assumed more severe proportions from day to day, and there, is actual suffering for want of -.coal‘ and wood. ‘ People are anxiously waiting. for the promised" relief, Some farmers; are putting‘up ice, audait meas- ures about 20 inches and, it free. from slush.‘~ Very lit-* tle gram being marketed-on amount of, ca shortage, beans are moving slowly too. '-It L5 m opinion that ,the farmers of Michigan will 'lose’heavl y on the 1917 bean crop both on account of theatret condition and, price. They surely ought to bring no less than $8.00 and even at 310.00. ' Seven-eighties of the growers would lose money. Farmers in this part of the coun- try, are short of feed, as a rule, and it looks like a hay famine in this section later on.“ Most of the people m this section visited the scenevof the big pas-r senger wreck last Tuesday which occurred on the G. R. & I, 20 miles south of~Kala~mazoo, and the\wa.y cars were smashed, derailed etc.,H_is a miracle that out of the 200 passengers, only four were injured, and, these not seriously. The coaches were being drawn by a double header and a broken rail caused the trouble. Oh, .yes, keep after the founders of potato grading, and I might add that I don't see how those county agents could speak for the farmers they repre- sent, if they don’t see each other ofter .r than” I see our county agent. Here’s hoping you. have “a. little coal, and warmer‘weather than we are having.~——-A. A. H., Mendon, Mich. . ‘ KALAMAZOO (Enst)‘——The farmers are all busy shoveling snow, but as‘ the snow keeps ,coming and blowing, they make but little headway. The snow is so deep that it stops the wood cutting, and we are having another blizzard today. All business is at a. standstill on, account of the Snow. Some think that we had a cloud burst, but it was full of snow instead of water. I saw a piece in the Battle Creek Inquirer that after February lst at Manistique, Mich, each person will be entitled to three pounds of sugar and 20 pounds of flour per month. I wonder how they think a hard working man can live and raise more food stuff at that rate. I was always told from noth- ing remains nothing, so if they want the farmers to raise more food stuff, they ought to be willing to put the food to the farmers so as to keep them strong and willing to do their part towards raising more. There is quite a talk that if the camps would 6 more saving it would be quite a help to the pee e, but might make a. shortage in their hog slop. If yo want to get the measles, mumps, or chicken pox send in your order to Climax and have it filled—H. H. F., Climax. . CALHOUN (Northwest)—-—Roads pretty well block- ed Wlth snow and roads are made in the fields through the door yards or anywhere it is convenient to get through. One of the mall carriers came through our yard stopped and inquired the way to go. Said he needed a blue print to know where to make his route. The, farmers are harvesting ice and cutting wood. some hauling wheat. The beans that were grown in this section have not been thrashed yet—V. H. J., Battle Creek. ARENAC (Eden—Farmers shipping wood and re- ceiving $2.00 per cord'at switch. Weather cold mak- ing it ideal for lumbering. Some farmers ,. re sell- ing hay receiving $20.00 per ton at track; Some are getting out logs and timber for barn frames, some trading their farms for city property. I am sending you $1.00 for M. B. F. for Arza Pennwick, who says he has received a few sample copies which has made him beleive that the M. B. F. is the best farm paper ever printed—A. D. F., Alger. _ ‘ CHEBOYGAN (Northwest)—-The farmers in this vi- cinity are hauling logs and wood and some are haul- ing hay for which they are getting $20.00 per ton. Yuell Bros. of Vanderbilt are taking out about 2 500,- 000 feet of hard wood logs in Munro township this winter. It is very cold here at present. It was 20 degrees below zero this week and we had a severe storm‘ the 25th of this month. It piled the snow up .in the roads in some places to the depth of eight feet so that it stopped the trafi‘icfor a couple of days.— 0. W. B., Riggsville. ' HURON (Northwest)——The even winter waather has not hurt wheat this month. A lot of farmers are pick- ing their beans instead of giving them to the ele- vator and then pay three cents per lb. for their culls back again. The shortage of coal is causing the farm- ers to get out and dig up wood in the drifted snow and blizzards, with no regard for the amount of chores there are to doTA. F. C., Pigeon. The following are the officers of the U. S. Boys’ Working Reserve in Macomb county: Director. R. G. Potts, Washington; Vice Director, V. E. Chase, Romeo. Enrolling ofl‘lcers. Principals of schools: B. B. Ellsworth, Richmond; C. H. Mann, Mt. Clemens; R. C. Lunger, Utica; V. P; Peirce, Memphis; S. Dick, Washington; V E. Chase, Romeo; W. H. Hart. Armada; A. H. Clark, New Baltimore. Enrolling begins Monday, February 25th. One hun- dred Macomb county boys received Federal recog- nition—1917. MACOMB COUNTY MILK PRODUCERS WILL MEET Announcement is made of an important meet- ing of the local branch of the Macomb County Milk Producers’ Ass’n, on Saturday, Feb, 2, at Lowenstein hall, Mount Clemens. The meeting will be called to order at 2:30 o’clock. Every dairyman in Macomb county whether a member of the association or not is wanted to be present. _ AL Apology WING TO a number of combining cir- O cumstances wholly outside of our con- trol it was necessary for us to issue a smaller sized paper this week than usual. One of these causes is a, shortage of paper stock. A carload of paper that was shipped out of Minnesota over a month ago is still cnroute or tied up in some snow-bound sid- ing. The coal situation is also partially to blame. We know that our readers who have appreciated something of the tremen- dous amount of work connected with the publishing each week—cf a paper like MICH- IGAN BUSINESS FARMING, will pardon ‘us for the temporary shortcoming, and will watch with their usual interest for the coming‘ week’s number, brimming over with good things for Michigan business farmers. .Ii'have‘ read 111’- the: M ' great injustice dond’to the" farmeht“ ot'HMichig'fizh.‘ ' .done' at Woodville‘, Newa’ygo county; and I. expect, and I thought'l would 10$, yougkn’o‘ifr'Whrt is being this is being done at othérvpo'intsalso; A certain produce dealer has bought several'thouSand' bush! ' els of potatoes before the. 'socalled government sereentwasused and has now loaded out two car- loads of these potatoes and has been rte-grading them over an inch and three-fourths screen for the first grade and an inch and one-half screen for. If a potato company can, use , a smaller screen for their own, potatoes and abide‘ the second grade. with the law, then- why should the farmer be compelledto‘use an inch and fifteen-sixteenths screen?——‘A Subscriber. . . _ The Michigan dealer who ships stock not con; forming to the U. S. rules, takes about one (Chance. in a thousand of losing liisflicense. .Many deal- ers‘in this state have .shipped ungraded stock. much of it undoubtedly having been purchased as such, but tLere 'is amply evidence to prove. that many of them have mixed the grades in load- ing out. Because of the fact that there is no demand for graded. stockf and that the majority of the commission houses, retailers and consumers don’t give a hoot whether they get graded‘or un- graded potatoes. those who are doing their darn- dest to compel people to buy by grade, _-have found it necessary to, send inspectors into leading term- inal markets to detect any violation of the rules by the country dealers. This method is admitted by the Food Administration’s representatives to be-haphazard, as only a' very few of the cars are inspected. Consequently a 100phole is left for any ~~ dishonest dealer who’s got the nerve, to ship un- graded stock. You might be surprised to know that it has only been within the last fewweeks that dealers have been compelled to ship st’ock ungraded. Up to that time, they were free to buy stock graded, which they did, and to mix the grade in the car if they so desired—which many of them did. Answering your specific question, a potato deal- er cannot use a smaller screen than an inch and fifteen-‘sixteenths and abide by .the rules. He can demand grade stock from the farmer, because, he holds the whip-lash over the farmer, and if the latter doesn’t want to have his stock graded, he’s got a perfect right, of course. to ,haul ‘em back home ungraded. But when it comes to shipping the spuds, Mr. Dealer can use his own discretion as to whether he ships by grade or not. \ HOW, DO YOUR POTATOES GRADE, MR. FARMER? There has been considerable discussion and dif- ference of opinion, as to the proportion of the Mich- igan potato crop which is graded as No. 1, No. 2 and cull stock. Prof. Wald of the extension depart- ment estimates that the crop will not run higher than 15 per cent. The average for the state is, he believes about 12 per cent. Members of the Michigan Potato Shippers’ Ass’n. also try to de- lude themselves that e percentage will not run any higher. But the FACTS are that the 1911 crop will grade anywhere from 10 to 60 per cent, with a state average or probably 30 to 35 per cent. This is the average which’ we estimate from variOus statements that have been received from farmers telling of their own experience. We have something more authoritative than this however, which comes from the leading and most representative potato county of the state, Mont- calm. A few weeks ago, Mr. L. A. Siple, one of the most prominent farmers of Montcalm county, sent out a questionnaire to several hundred farmers ask- ing them to report the percentage of their crop grading N0. 1, 2 and cull, respectively. We asked Mr. Siple for a report of his findings, and he writes us as follows: “I averaged sixteen of the statements I received .from the growers scattered thru this section and Emummmm"mmummmlmmm5]mmm“mmmmmnmulmlI'IIlIllllilillllillllll"lllllllilllllililllllilllllllllllllllllillllilllllllllllllllll[llllllllllllIllIllllllilllllillillllIiiIlllllilIlllllHIl‘lllllllllilllllllillllillllllllllliliillliliiilllllllllllIllIIIll"lilIMIllllmHilllli"iii”Il"IillllIllliilmllllliliiiillllllllllllliilillllllllllllllllllHill!llIlilllflllllillllllliillIllllllllliill[iillllllililllllllllIllIHH!lllilIlllllllllillllllllllflr‘ find their potatos grade an average of SIXTY- FIVE’percent No. 1, THIRTY percent N0. 2 and FIVE percent culls.” . . On this basis Michigan’s thirty million bushel crop will grade as follows: 19 1—2 million bushels No. 1; 9 million bushels No. 2 and 1 1-2 million bushels culls. The‘lii 1-2 million bushels of No. 1 stock will be sold as low as the ungraded stock from New York and Pennsylvania, if they ever get to market, and the 9 million bushels of No. 2,— sound, edible food,———will be fed. to the hogs or left to rot in the cellar. _ g , . Perhaps some of our f’friends” at the college and on the potato committee who are directly'responi ‘sible for this enormous Waste .o-f.food, will come for- ward now and further explain why grading is such a benefitto producer and the country at Inga. A smmmmoscsm . B. F. verymuch about-the: . i . v ' ’ “illilfllllllillllilll!llEi[illllllllllll|lllllliIllIH|lllHillllllllllllilllillilllkiIllllyillllllllllliIlilllillllllllllllilllllllll|lllil|lilllilliilll lllilIiIllilill[1!||l!liililllllilillll“!IIlllllililllllilliilllllllliilllillillliiililllilllll|illIll!iilliliiiifllliliilliiliiliillllllillillillilllllilflllllllllllil "”l' MIN | 'llW‘i'H‘iiill‘iilllilwi “‘i Hh‘ llIH'lI‘Hl‘lr'm in H.,.llnill‘lmli” """ lmll‘mullulllulllulmllull’lfi ', '~ é' “liltli’llllli. V {fathom:llumullmulmmmuuuml of?“ brew .17,” : ‘1'. xihasbroken, and all Congress floun- deifftifi Its seething bosom; Ambition-bloated p01- lucians scramble‘fer a hold on the years of the ship,»01,state, seeking'iiotning but personal honors and self-gratification by guiding whence their own conceited judgment tracts. Of. all the lot, the pilot—the President—stands serene and unmoved directing the craft safely thru the‘treu-bled wat» ers. It now appears t" at the med-diesome senate investigation Was hatched some months ago, and was, a part of a well-preconceived plot, to harrass the President and his cabinet and to place them in bad repute with the people. Despite Senctor Chamberlain’s erstwhili appcrint frien‘line 3 to the-administration,’it now develops that he had been gathering stray data and “evidence” for months tending to show tuatt' e war preparation-s had been badly handled. He had submitted photo- gra1 be taken at training camps showing soldiers practicingwith wooden equipment for want of something better. It’is pat n“. that these photo: and that the Senator, backed up by Roosevelt, is playing them LOW tomdiscredit the government. It is not exactly clear what the politicians expect cannot blind the people to the marvelous progress that. has already been made. The military depart- ment heads cannot quite be the personification of inefficiency that Citizen. Roosevelt would like to have the. people believe. It. need cause no one to wonder that mistakes have been made; the unex- plainable thing is that greater mistakes have not been made. The enemies of the adm-inistraiton take great care iii avoiding any mention of What has been accomplished; they play up the trifles that have been overlooked simply because physical limit was reached in solving the monumental problems that hamper war progress in every na- tion. I do not question that the President has been a bit hasty in dismissing so peremptorily the very suggestion of a super-war cabinet. Possibly the creation of such a body ight have much to do toward silencing the government’s critics. On the other hand, the President may have had absolute knowledge that the agitation was purely of a po- litical character, and his opposition was therefore justifiable. The clash had to come. Better by far that there personal. partisan differences, between the egoists, the cranks, the office-seeking politi- cians be settled now while we are only on the verge of the war. than six months hence when we will be hearing the brunt of the conflict. We have no fear of the outcome. The Shakeup will bring the big men to the top and those mean in spirit and Shallow in patriotism, will rattle to the bottom. * III a: We LOW have a clear and concise statement of the German war :i‘ms. They coincide 1m 3t ex- actly with the conception we formed some time ago of that nation’s ambitions. They give the lie to Germany’s repeated assertion that she wtls fight- ing for her existence. They are express- ing inWashington formant‘hs 3:“ wants patios; or’that. the war will scan end. graphs were gathered fora very definite purpose, .' to gain by their sudden onslaught. They certainly .. . . m ,, rwyé... ; '1}. N peep! ' 5‘13“ United.81ates..can :1 dis 1, any ‘ldea'k’they may, have that Germany If it is‘for the protection of the» smaller nations and for‘democracy; that we fight, Germany must b’ev pushed back on every front and decisively beaten so that there ,may not be a single question as to the fate of the unhappy nations now writhing un- der the Kaisefls heel. The eyes of the World. during the past week. have been turned toward Austria-Hungary, and the intern— al revolutionary conditions prevailing there. That the dual monarchy has reached a critical stage in the great war can not longer be doubted. Conditions there are such as to make the most 'stringent meas~ ures necessary if the present war government is to con- tinue as an ally 01' Germany, and not be overwhelmed by the rising tide of revolution. The censor— ship is so strict that reliable information is difficult to obtain, much of it being obtained through the B01- sheviki government at Petrograd, coming from Aus— tro-Hungarian soldiers on the eastern front. Some of the leading factors contributing to the present un— rest are hostility toathe government’s servility to Germany, famine and distress caused by the war. and last, but not least sociali‘stic influence exer‘ed by the Russian Bolsheviki. It II! t .. The 'l‘eutonic-Rolshevil;i peace conference has been adinurned until Jan. 29. it now appears that no (lef— i‘n’tc settlement can be made except thru a complete backdown of the Russians. Gen. Hoffman inuius on lermany’s annexation terms and while reluctantly consenting to the adjournment stated that it would be the last postponment. and that failure to comply with Germany’s terms would result in the occupation of the Russian city «of Revel, within a week. He also in- sisted that the future Russian frontier be the shores~ of the gulf of Finland to the east of Moon sound islands, thence to west of Minsk and thence to Brest- Litovsk. This means loss to the Russians of a large territory and such terms are not likely to be accept- ed. One redeeming feature of the Brest-Litovsk meet— ing is the fact that Germany has revealed her lust for conquest and desire to retain enemy territory now in her hands. 0 I 0 Count Terauchi. Japanese premier, speaking at the opening of the Diet. outlined Japan’s position in the following way: “Japan holds herself responsible for maintenance of peace in this part of the world. and consequently in the event of that peac~ being endan- gered to the inevitable detriment of our intercfts, the government of Japan will not hesitate a momcpt to take. proper measures. As the friend of Russia. Japan earnestly hopes that country may soccesruxlly scttlc its difficulties without much further loss of limp and establish a stable governmcnt." .9: t a (illicial reports indicate unusual activity for winter months along the western front. intensity of artillcry fire has increased and raiding parties and air fighting are of daily occurrence. i‘en (lcrmun airplanes “‘i‘l'l' brought down in two days by the French. The lini— ian war oflice reports intense artillery fire along the entire front, also several minor engagements along the right bank of the Piave river. 3 t . It Belgium, in her reply to Pope Benedict‘s peace note. has laid down her final peace terms. They include, “a. just peace, So far as concerns Belgium, her integ— rity and that of the colonies. Reparation for damage done, and guarantees against a renewal of the 211;» gression of 1914.” or: ‘of 1918 ShOWS many perplexities. The potato situation in Maiiie at the bsginning he prices re.- ceived by the growers are not enough totempt them to a large production the coming season, and if a further decline sets in as the season for plant- ing draw; near the plant in Maine will be ma- terially cut doyvn. ‘, I have talked with growers from pretty much all over the. state during the last six weeks and if the plant is‘cut asgper the opinion o‘ these grow- ers at the present time the matter will be a serious one. This will be especially true in our eastern markets it the cengested freight situation is not cleared up before the winter of 1918 and 1919. allowing a freer movement from western points to our eastern cities, which usually get the bulk of their supplies from Maine. Not one of the growers l have talked with but what believes the govern- ment report as to the 1917 crop in Maine is very much too large. the Government report of our 1917 crop is. at least 30 per cent too high. Neither do the market con- ditions warrant a belief that there is the enor- mous crop as given out by the Government report. If this report is true the growers stand to lose very heavily as the amount up to date that has moved out of Maine is way below that of a year ago and the time is coming near when the old crop must be moved or lost. Let the reader take a map of Maine and draw a line westerly from Bangor through li‘armington and that portion of the state south of this line did not begin to produce enough potatoes for its own use. This was true also in 1916. A low YOJl‘H ago this section produced hundreds 02' car loads, lor export besides feeding its own people. From the present indications l'dcubt very nun-ll if it ever again becomes an exporting section. There is but little doubt. but what the acreage planted to potatoes in Maine the. coming season will be much below the past few yours. Several Aroostook growers have informed me than the cut in acreage in that county will be in their opinion 40 per cent of 1917. Some claim as high as 60 per cent decrease but this figure will not be touched unless the market goes all to pieces and the grow- ers lose outright a large portion of the stocks they now have on hand. There are several rcasons for the great decrease in acreage that will undoubtedly take place. Some farmers claim that the local draft boards with a desire to make a good showing as to exemptions. are refusing to exempt many young men who are badly needed on the farms it' production is to be maintained. But. little help can now be obtained from over the line and hundreds of Aroostook growers have got to cut their acreage on this ac count. It is little use to get a large acreage plant- ed and be unable to take proper (‘al'c of it, or worse still, be delayed in the harvesting of the crop. Aroostook weather cannot be depended upon after the middle of October. Two years out 01' the last fifteen has the temperature dropped to nearly zero bel'ore October LOth, practically ruining all un- (lug tubers. This makes it ne-cssary if the grow- er is to play safe, to have-bis crop dug before October 15th. and he must be easonably sure of having competent help. This shipping of city labor to h'ilp harvest a potato crop may appeal to theorists in the 'city but hardly one out of every (10ml) of .uch help is worth the food they consume; their backs sim— ply won't stand the strain of picking ed in bold wordings that cannot be misunderstood. Germany is after more land and more subjects, and it is for the attainment of these ambi- tions that half the world has been brought into the inferno of war. Dis- cussing, resident Wilson‘s latest re- marks on this country’s peace terms, Count von Hertling, the imperial Ger man chancellor, asserted bifore the German reichstag that there would be no difficulty in coming to an amicable understanding on the President’s first four proposals, viz., abolition of secret treatiies, ireedom of the seas. equality of trade conditions and reduction of armaments. But the Count was sure dilficuliies would be met in the adjust- ment of terri‘orial claims. along the lines laid down by Pres. Wilson. Ger- many does not inlend to force the in- corporation of Belgium as a German state, but believes that the disposal of l’oland's future is a matter that Ger- many and Austria should decide With- out interference from theMAllies. Set.- :lemenlgol? boundary disputes between. Erance and Germany and R3151?! and‘ Germany should be settled by the na- tions immediately concerned. Strip- ping ihe Count’s speech of all camou- flage, we have the substance that Ger- many will be perfectly willing to con- cede the wisdom of President Wilson's recommendations on all matters gen- erallygonceded to be of international JJJJn l l I l 414i AA- A In. REM .le J \ \ ._ , \ . . . [illIt!ilumflmlllllHillllllmtlllmllllllfllflufllflulllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllll'Nlllllllllllllllfllll U l i' I , . , ./ I , l llllllllllllllllllilllliill ‘Wllllllllllllllllllllll up ,potatoes all day. Next the fertil- izcr shortage is a very scrious one to the Maine groucr. The great major- ity of Main growers use 21 ton of fertil- izer per acre. Belorc po‘ash got so high in price from (S to 10 per cent was used. This grade of commjrcial fer- tilizer cannot now be had at any price and the growers must content them~ selves with one or two per cent. and at a. price more than twice as much as before the war. it takes some cour- age to apply from sixty to seventy-five dollars worth of fertilizer for an acre and at, even the present. prices from twanty to twentyfive dollars won» for seed. Most Maine growers use from 14 lo 20 bu. of St‘t-BLl per acre. probably an average of around 1G to 18 bu. when seed is reasonable cheap. Add to this lhecost of materials for spraying l'or blight and insects and we have around a hundred dollars per acre without fig uring any labor cost. Were this all he had to contend with the Maine grower would not cut his acreage 40 per cent as now seems probable. there are two other serious reasons which I will take up next week. At present, there is no frost in Maine fields. Snow came early 18 inches along the coast to 4 feet of snow as one goes north. (Editor‘s note: The above is the first of a series of weekly letters that Mr. E. A. Rogers. of Brunswick. Maine, has agreed to write for the readers of Mich- igan Business Farming. on Maine crop and market conditions. Mr. Rogers is sec- retary of the Johnson Seed Potato Co., which operates eight big potato farms in ’ ”am/\ms the vicinity of Brunswick. specializing in the culture of seed potatoes. munlimulllilmlnllluuumuulmmummmmnl.nummsutmri::zituntrrtlmnl-u m m..:. .l 1: ...-:'on:lmlzwuslnnl.n...lluunmlnmlullullzl. ‘7 / My own judgment would be that Hm . ii v”- m - .p, ,.. any mu'mlumlw "':l ill" \. .m H, unnuml H l l’ I llllll‘: .. llllli..,hilllll|lll|llli|il.nll‘l. w. . ll:lll,mu$.l. 'lllil‘u. Ill‘m blind llll‘ ,,l|llili:|lli‘.llll.!‘ i ll . m- mom l-uzlli xlllnlllll‘ l ... ffl‘l lliu‘illim 4.7“. i; "7*", “‘7" ”2"_ 11:11:11.1“. .11....~....... .. ..1....1.11mnImmnnnmunmnuuu[Inmm!mIImnunnmnulmummmlmmlmumlmlmlmnmmm'm -11- 3III‘II'I. I' l' E IIIIIIIMHIHHI‘11111111111111 11H); I I I'JI I II..IIIII.I I». ‘1. 'I. II111iI|Ie.I‘lI111‘:‘. 11111 .11I.I|I‘1.III1‘..‘ITI‘II HI. W .. 1 1 1..11. iI1.111.1.1..1.1..41.,.1 “smut”. SlDEIlGll'l‘S 011 1311131 SITUATION Manufacturers with Customary ”Short-sight- edness and Bull-headedness would Comp’el Growers to Raise.Beets . ‘ Without Profit I The annual tug-of-war between the beet grow- ers and the manufacturers is on. The farmers, thru their committee have said that they would not take less than $10 a ton for their beets, and the manufacturers are equally positive that they won’t pay a cent more than $9 minimum, with a sliding scale attachment, which represents a- bout $1 per ton over the price paid for last year’s ' crop. “The growers’ committee cannot endorse the nine dollar contract and will not endorse i,t” said A B Cook, of Owosso, one of the members of the committee. We failed to get an offer from the manufacturers that we believed good enough to assure a fai1 profit on our beets, and we refus- ed to accept any offer made by them. We did succeed in getting an increase of one dollar over the first contract submitted, and I believe that about one more meeting will get us what we should have.” State Food 1 uministrator George A. Prescott has been quoted as saying that he was not in sympathy with the “$10 contract or no beets” ultimatum of the growers. In Mr. Prescott’s judgment this is the time to think only of pat- riotism and not of p10.fits It is our candid opin- ion that Mi. Prescott has either been misquoted or that his knowledge of the sugar beet industry is very limited. Mr. Prescott is too good a bus- iness man. we know, to argue that a manufacturer of munitions of war, for instance. should con- duct his )usiness at a loss or charge him with be- ing unpatriotic if he threatens to close up his plant unless he be assured of a fair profit, even tho the article he manufactures may be indis- pensable to the conduct of the war. Why Mr. Prescott should ask that the common rule of business, be suspended when applied to the farm factory. is totally beyond our ken. We would like to aSK if Mr. Prescott knows What it costs to grow an acre of beets, or if he has any , idea of the profits that accrue to the manufactur- ers from the slicing of $9 and $10 beets respec- tively. We don’t believe he possesses this know- ledge. It looks very much as if Mr. Prescott in the role of mediator, did the easy, rather than the just thing. and recommended a price half way between the p.‘ asked by tile growers and that offered by the manufacturers. irrespective of Mr. Prescott. as state food adn inistrator, believes that the farmers of the lower peninsula should accept $10 per ton for beets, its a dead sure thing that the manufacturers won’t pay a cent more than that unless they’re absolutely obliged to. The government’s price on sugar enables the manufacturer; if assured of a good acreage. to figure to a "T" just how much he can afford to pay for the beets and still come out with a fair profit. The growers have as0ertained from re- liable sources that the manufacturer can make a very good profit on $10 beets. They know that it will cost themselves, even in a normal season. verv~nearlv the $10 they ask, to produce beets, and they [gr—“f“, are merely asking and with fair- . mess that the manufacturers give them a portion of the profits. Here are two facts that the growers of beets should keep con- stantly in mind. The manufactur— er knows what his selling price is to be. and he can estimate very closely What it will cost him to convert beets into sugar. He bases his cost figures very naturally. 11p- on a conservative estimate of the probable acreage and yield, so that if the acreage and yield be larger than anticipated his profits are in- creased in proportion. But con- sider the farmer. His selling price of $10 per ton is based on an av- erage yield. Any yield even slight- ly under the average. may mean a big loss on his crop. In asking $10 for his beets, the farmer not only fails to secure an even fifty- fifty share of the profits, but he takes a mighty long chance of be— ing left in the soup without any profit at all ' :IIIIIIIIIIII IllIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIII‘JlIillIII. Illll llil‘ 1| III ‘1 I I I I :1. whether it paid the growers a profit or not. If- Where’s Mr. Hoover? ladyship is owned by M. “ IIIVIHII’IZIIIII'I'1'I‘:II“V"III“IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII””I“IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ». , . . s" , GrOWers of Colorado and California are getting $12 per ton, of Wisconsin $10 a ton. and it is stated that the Menominee River Sugar Company of Menominee, Mich., has its own volition offered upper peninsula growers $10. George W. Mc- Cormick, manager of that concern, has been quot- ed as saying that the farmers Were entitled to ' $10 'per ton and that he had given contracts at this price even if he did not make a cent of profit from the factory. It was this same George W. McCormick, who a year ago, voluntarily paid over to the growers 50 cents per ton more than his contract called for, on 1916 beets. Such acts as these inspire confidence and friendship, and aid very materially in the upbuilding of the sugar beet industry. We cannot refrain from drawing a comparison between this constructive policy of Mr. McCormick’s and the narrow and arro- gant attitude of the lower peninsula managers. It would appear to us that the demands of the growens are just and reasonable, and we see no reason for their backiing down on the ultimatum they have given. If the abnormal conditions . mean abnormally high production costs and there is no profit in growing b‘eets at less than $10 per ton, it is silly to argue that farmers who prefer to grow some other crop in their stead are un- patriotic. One of the reasons why the beet grow- ers have been so much at the mercy of the manu- facturers is because so many of them have pinned their faith to beets year after year as their sole “cash” crop. We honestly believe that the best thing that could happen to Michigan’s sugar beet industry would be for the growers to turn to some other crop for a few years and show the manufac- turers that they are not altogether dependent for their living upon sugar beets. There is a great a demand today for beans and wheat as for sugar, and these two staples can be grown in many of the sugar beet sections with equal suc- cess and possibly greater profit. WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BEAN MARKET? How does’the bean market look to you? Do you think they will advance in price before March 1st? The market seems weak now, but I can hold my crop until March lst, but I am undecided whether I had better sell now or not.——N. G.. Alma. We always hesitate to advise a man definitely one way or another when it comes to holding his product, but .it is our personal opinion that the bean market will be better later on. There is a great deal of wet stock. at the present time and after this has a chance to clean up we believe the market for good dry beans, except those which may be used for seed, will show material advance. FROZEN BEANS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR SEED I would like to ask the question about wet beans that are frozen. Is it safe to plant them for the next year’s crop?—J. N. R., Ithaca. We do not advise the planting of wet beans which have been frozen. During the spring of 1917 the Writer saw this tried out in a number of cases and it usually proved entirely unsatis- factory. The beans /wou1d frequently germinate and grow for a few inches above the ground and then seemingly‘lacking vitality, would shrivel up and die. We advise the planting of good beans in all cases, and while wet beans may be dried cut and used as seed, we believe that after a bean has been frozen the germinating qualities, or at least the vitality, has greatly deteriorated. _voices the price shall be on" the basis of cash or loads. “Lady Giant 2nd” at home with her family of nine. Her A. Newton, a prosperous farmer of Liberty Township, Van “'cr.t Ohio, and the picture “as “snapped" by Miss Ilo “bite, of St. Louis, Mich” to whom we are indebted for its use. , 111111 |I“"I"’" ......lllIllIlIlIIllIllIIIIIIIIIIHIl‘IIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIllIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIII]|llllIIIIIlIIIIIHIIIllIlllllfllllllllIllllllllllklllllllllll MILL FEED REGULATIONS ' . . BY FOOD ADMINISTRATION llllil Hillllll By nevir regulations obvering mill feeds, the U. S. Food Administration has established a rela- tion between the price of mill feeds and the price of wheat. The plan guarantees to farmer a di- rect relationship between the price he receives for his wheat and the price he pays for feed. The regulations apply to all mills engaged in the busi- ness of milling flour and feed from wheat and li- censed by the U. S. Food Administration. The price of bran, bulk, f. o. b. mill, in carload lots, for one ton (2,000 pounds) is in no case to ex- ceed 38 per cent of/the average cost to such-mill of one ton of wheat at the mill. The price .at the mill is determined by the average cost to the mill of the wheat, ground during the previous month plus an administration fee of 1 per cent paid by the mill dn the wheat so purchased and ground. . The regulations provide further that on all in— lililIIlllllllllllllllllllllll This is the price,‘in bulk at the mill in car- Ali invoices, moreover, shalf show the bulk price at the mill plus the price of sacks, items of freight and interes‘ , if any, when goods are sold on extended terms or credits. The other grades of mill feed are established on a fixed differential taking bran as.‘he basic price. For shorts or standard middlings, the maximum charge may be $2 per ton over the‘price of bran. Mixed feeds may be $4 per ton over the price of bran. Flour middlings may be $9 per tcn, and Red Dog $15 per ton over the price of bran. In the case cited, the maximum price for these feeds per ton bulk, f. 0. b. mills in carload lots, would consequently be as follows: Shorts and standard middlings, $28.60; Mixed feeds, $30.60; Flour mid- dlings, $35.60; Red Dog, $41.60. Until further regulations are issued, a maxi- mum of 50 cents per ton differential on feed sold and shipped in less than carload lots will be per- mitted. In arriving at the price several things should be borne in mind. While the price f01 grade wheat at the point where price determination is being estimated should be the Chicago‘price of $2.20 per bushel, with proper freight adjustment, at the same time it may be necessary to move this grain from a source involving heavier transporta- tion charges. This may be due to difficulties in transportation or the lack of wheat supplies. Fur- ther, mills not operating under voluntar; agree— ment with the Food Administration are not oblig- ed to observe the basic price. It is ab: lutely es- sential therefore to know the price paid for the Wheat by the mill. If your miller is not working in agreement with the Food Administration, use your influence to help him to do so. draft. IlIlIhIIL llllIiIilIII11IIllIIIIlIIIlllllUlIlUllmIIIIIIllIllllllllllllllIIIIllllllIIIlIlIIlllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIIlIlllllllllllIlllIlIllIIlllllllllllIllllllllllllIIIIIllIIIlliHlllll||ll|llllllll 1.1‘1‘ II1I1'l11Illh’.1IIII|lIl|}mm}|II NO, MR. FARMER, THEY DON’T " GRADE POTATOES IN N. Y. Do they grade potatoes in New York? What- dyumean, grade potatoes? Thatfis a new one on old New York state. Judging from the tone of the following letters, one might judge that they never heard of graded potatoes “back east." Mr. Garry A. Root of Frankinville, New York, asked the county agricultural agent if farmers. would have to grade potatoes. Well, that was a poser for Mr. C. A. He never had heard anything about grading potatoes. and so he asked the New York Bureau of Markets for the information. Below is the correspondence. The first letter was written by Mr. H. K. Crofoot, Agricultural agent for Cattaragus county: “Some little time ago you wrote me asking if there was a law here on the grading of potatoes. In this communication I beg to enclose copy of letter received from Mr. G. G. Atwood, chief bureau of plant industry, state department of farms and markets. I think this ans- wers your questions and GIVES YOU NO CAUSE FOR WORRY.” Mr. Atwood’s Letter “There is no statute (potato grad- ing) in this state that I am aware of; however, the Federal govern- ment has been attempting ‘to get a standardization of grading of pota- toes and may have made rules 'to that effect. I think possibly the Board of Health of the city of New York may have had some legula— tions on this subject on what No.1 potatocs [should be " .11HHUHIIII‘IIIIIIIll'l"I”IIIIISI'II‘II‘“II'IIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII “I"III11151mmI;::t='IIs“1::' l .II:I.:I!III1IIIII|IIII§ ‘1. 311.1 . I 1.1 fillIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIIl{IIIIE:i'!IiIlili1III1‘1.ILIlIi 1.1351}. .~\ I l 1 1 4 weather. ‘ market :transportaiton conditions will bring ADE. Detroit Chicago New York No. 2 Red ’ ' 2.17 i 2.15 2.25 No. 3 Red 2.14 2.12 - 2.22 No. 2 White 2.15 2.13 2.23 No. 2 Miami ‘ 2:15 2.13 2.23 . Movement/of wheat has been much lighter during the past week and it will perhaps be another week, with favorable weather, before shipments will move as they did previous to the recent ‘stor s. Flour movement also has been restricted although mills . are turning out theingular quota. , With two wheatless daysper week,’ and the introductionw‘of war flour, it becomes more and more apparent that America is going to be called upon to relinquish claim on every posible pound of wheat which can bespared to Europe: Few people outside of gov- ernment employes, really realize the seriousness of the situation. Let our watchword be conservation of every pound of wheat. GRADE Detroit Chicago New York No. 2 White Standard .89 ~ .871-4 1 02 No. 3 White .88 1-2 .851-2 1.01 No. 4 White .87 3-4 .853-4 .99 1-2 During the past week the oat mar- ket has advanced and the end is not in sight. Our readers will remember that in our last article we stated it as our opinion, despite the opinion of many dealers on tile different grain exchanges to the contrary, that oats would reach a higher leveldiefore sup- plies would be snflicient to seriously ,effect the market. That we were not far wrong is shown by the latest advance in the market. Under pres- ent conditions we do not see how sup- plies can possibly increase sufficiently to effect the market before the last uf February, and perhaps not then. We believe there will be a still further advance in the price of this grain, be- fore any decline takes place. GRADE Detroit Chicago New York No’. 2 Yellow 1.85 1.611-2 1.82 3-4 No: 3 Yellow 1.84 1.60 1:81 LZ No. 2011er 1.80 1.56 1.77 Storms have again delayed corn shipments and at the time of writ- ing this weather conoitionsc are far from 'favorable. The market for the next thirty days depends entirely on the weather and the clearing of east- ern terminals. With better weathc" conditions in the corn belt, there will be a greatly increased movement to primary markets. Dryers there are running now about. to capacity and will continue to do so, providing the grain reaches them. With the present congestion in the east, and the ina- bility of the Eastern roads to move ' further Stocks until this is renw ,it will not be long until western points have a surplus of sufficient proportions to effect the market. Dur« ing the next six weeks a great portion of the corn crop must move or become a loss with the coming of warmer This would indicate a lower and we. believe improved this about. The rye market is exceptionally strong at this time. Not much grain moving, and the increased use as a . wartime substitute for wheat has plac- ‘ ed it among the most active on the lisé. The Detroit market has advanc- ed until nowI No. 2 rye is quoted at f - \‘ all”llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ~ Hay prices up $1@$2 per ton. ket. NEW YORK -CITY WIRE E71|ll|illllllllllllllllll|l|Ill!ll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lll’lIllI’llll!l’llllllll|lllfl,"l‘llllElllllHMlillllllllllllllllll'l“ ‘H‘Hllllw‘ ,m , umluuflmzhgfi $2.05 per bushel. '/This advance has been mostly by bids as but few cars have‘actuially changed hands. The Chicago market is quoted nominal. Barley The barley market continues very firm and receipts at all points are ex- tremely light. Barley is being used now in many different ways and more extensively for domestic consumption than ever before. There is every pros- . '«pect of higher prices, considering the limited supply moving and the con- stantly increasing demand. Choice barley is bringing around $1.59@$1.60 on the Chicago market. Buffalo prices run from $1.60 t» $1.79. No. 1 Standard No. 2 Markets Timothy 1 Timothy l Timothy Detroit 25 50 26 00:24 50 25 MIL? 50 24 00 Chicago 29 30 00128 00 29 00327 00 28 00 Cincinnati [31 00 31 5030 50 31 00 29 00 30 00 Pittsburgh :30 00 30 50l28 50 29 50:27 50 28 00 NewYork 38 00 ‘37 00 37 5035 37 00 Richmond , ‘32 00 32 50 31 50 32 00 31‘00 31 50 No. 1 No. 1 l No. 1 Markets l Light Mixed Clover Mixed " Clover Detroit 324 50 25 23 50 24 00,21 50 22 00 Chicago ,‘28 28 50'27 50 28 00l27 50 28 00 Cincitnati 30, 0) 31 0028 50 30 50,31 50 32 00 Pittsburgh l28 28 50,29 50 30 50 29 50 30 00 New York l31 33 lso so 32 oo 29 so 31 so Richmond I31 00 31 50 30 00 30 50 28 00 28 50 There is still a very light move- ment of hay to most markets, the ef- fects of recent sorms still being felt. Right now the weather is the deter- mining factor in the hay situation. Good weather and a liberal movement would undoubtedly mean somewhat lower prices. At the time of writing however, heavy snows are reported and weat r conditions give promise of littl improvement during the next week. Supplies at Detroit are only mod» erate, storms prevent‘mg the hauling of. hay to loading points. The market is firm at prevailing pjrices. Offerings at Chicago are very light. that part of the country having been exceptionally hard hit by recent bliz- zards. For days the movement of freight was almost entirely at a stand- still. The market is inclined to be somewhat irregular, depending on the supply moved from day to day. Eastern points report a somewhat easier situation and receivers state it as their belief that any material 1 i ‘ V alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|l|llll|lllllllllllllllillll||llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIllllllllllllllIll|lllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilti DETROIT SPECIAL—Oats are showing additional strength on a. purely supply and demand basis.\ Supplies not sufficient; to (Rood demand for rye and supplies insufficient to‘meot same from day to day. CHICAGO WIRE—Corn market quiet under light receipts. Improved weath— er conditions give promise of an increase in stocks and perhaps an easier mar— Hay in good demand and supplies‘only moderate. Butter market firm and receipts lighter. increase in ibgg supply although same is expected. ate quantities and market satisfactory. 3' lllhlsllrlllllllll.Illl}llllillllllllllllll:lihlllllilllllllllllllllhlllllllllllllilll‘hl}.lllllllillllhlllll lllllllli‘lllllilllllllll“lillili Cl, llv‘iil” l‘l‘ ,u.n,1;.‘w,,:1 THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK meet consumers’ needs. No Hay arriving only in moder— increase iin supplies would result in lower prices. mas" . GRADE ‘ Detroit Chicago ' New York c. H.P. l 7.50 7.75 7.65 Prime 7.45 1.65 7.58 Red Kidnevs l 3.75 9.30 3.75 Conditions generally for some time have been such as to make the bean market quiet. Lack of transportation facilities has made trading difficult. Any improvement along this line would undoubtedly result in a much better bean market. State authorities are cooperating with canners with the idea of getting as much of the wet stock as possible, into cans before the coming of warm weather. Present prospects are that a great deal of this stock will be left on the hands of growers when spring comes and it is almost certain to spoil. Driers in the state a": run- ning to full capacity. The trouble is there are not enough of them to take care of the crop. Don‘t loose sight of the fact that good dry seed beans are going to be worth some money next seeding time. Those of you who have them will do well to hang onto them. r . i -,‘\Y¢ 1‘".' «x a" 0% mass W q ’33.; 0‘ 1’0 M k ta Choice rouud Medium Round ar e white-tacked ! white-tacked Detroit 2.65 cwt. 2.55 cwt. Chicago 2.15 3.02 Cincinnati 2.60 2.47 New York 2.90 2.80 Pittsburgh 2.90 2.78 Baltimore, Md. 2.70 2.60 The potato market, the same as all other markets. has been effected by re— cent severe weather conditions. Re- ceipts on all markets have been much lighter than during the early part of the winter. This has given accumu- lations an opportunity to clean up and most markets have shown an ad- vance in prices. A continuation of present conditions will no doubt result in further advances. (I‘onsiderably more stock went into pits last fall than is usually the casc. There is much speculation as to what 1:; llll‘l ,1” - v 311‘ . As forecasted by W. T. Foster for lVll(‘lll(.‘AN Busmnss FARMHC 4567891918 Moderate Washington, D. (3., Feb. 2—Last bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance tocross continent Feb. 1 to 5, warm wave Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, cool anc Feb. 3 to 7. This will have a little greater force than usual, wiith moderate pre— cipitation, most of which will be on the northern parts of Pacific and Atlantic slopes. . Next"warm waves will reach Van- couver about Feb. 6 and 11 and tcm— Deratures will rise on all the Pacific slope. They will cross crest of Rock- 1es by the close of 7 and 12, plains sections 8 and 14, meridian 90, great a a =: a E E a l llllllllllllllllll lakes and Ohio—'l‘cnnessce valleys {I and l5, castcrn Ht‘l'lllUllH 10 and lli, l't‘HUlllllg the vicinity of Newfoundland 4 near I] and 17. Storm waves w1l1 :3 follow about one day behind warm 5' warm; and cool waves about one day behind storm waves. . . For these two wccks the prccipua— tion will be well distributed and most agricultural scntioins will dirt. fair , amounts but beforc b‘cb. 10 ll -\v11l bc, 73 lieayicsl on northcrn Atiantlu and Pacific, slopcs, while aflcl‘ Feb. 10 the precipitation will incrcasc 111 all the cotton slatcs. Storms will be. of grcatc:t force and precipitation greatest durmg five days centering on Feb. 13 and 28. W1t11 only a few cxceptions February crop weather will be good but for the five days centering on Jan. 31 and Feb. 28 unusual cold has been expected. Most sevcrc we her of the winter was cal- culated to the weeks centering on .lan. 14 and 27 lllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllillllllllll 5 the condition of this stock,will be when it comes 'out. Many seem“ to think that the proportion of wastage will be great owing to the severe weath‘ er. This would have an effect on the market and the outcome will be closely watched. There is still much stock back in rowers hands and held at originating 501nm. Dealeres feel that the price ‘is too‘ high and that as soon as this stock moves freely decline in price. there will be a The onion market is steady and firm at prevailing prices. There is no oversupply at present at either Detroit or Chicago. Eastern points report rather free supplies but prices there are satisfactory and conditions fairly firm. Detroit is quoting yel- lows at $3.75 to $4.00 per 100-lb. sack. Red stock at $3.00 to $3.50. The apple market remains lirm. re- ceipts being light on account of block- ades, while the demand is fairly good. Detroit notations: Greening, $6@6.- 25; Baltwin, $5; No. 2. $3603.50 per bbl.; western. $2fi‘2.75 per box. ‘rtm New York Lcttcr, J2111.'26, 1918 Butter receipts have been much lighter than for last week. This has undoubtedly been due to congested traffic conditions and to severe storms in the central west. Quotations on all grades of butter advanced one cent during the week and the market re- mains nrm with a rising tendency. Buyers have been extremely anxious to get fresh goods but have been unable to secure enough to supply their needs. The demand is so keen that prices will without a doubt remain firm even with the. influx of considerable quan- tities of buitcr that has been enroute for several weeks. - Mun/(slim: {o ('x‘cunzc/‘icx.~~The ap- pearance of some of the tubs of butter coming into the markcl prejudice buy- ers against the butter. Many tubs coming in are without one or more hoops and'ln sonic instances some of the slaves are out of place. Tubs should be, soaked thoroughly before putting butter into them and it would be advisable under present transpor- tation conditions 1:: put one or two small lill'lls‘ through the hoops to keep zlmm from falling off. Tubs should be filled leycl full with the top and smooth, as a rough or concave surface detracts from the appoaranc. and hin- ders sale. Quotations for the first half of the week beginning January 21 were 540 for extras and 5415_.@5Sc for higher scoring grades. ’l‘he‘range of firsts was Stlflhfilg; seconds, 46@491,Qc and there were few lots in that grade to be had below 47((7‘148c. On Thursday be— cause of a considerable influx of butter all grades declined one-half cent in price, that, however, being consider— cd temporary. A -» TYL- 7. «" M339 . $2? POULTRY . ~ -. ; i .. yew-“1'5? ‘ , _ . *Ft‘l’" ‘33 LIVWT. Detroit l Chicago New York Turkey 26-27 l 18-24 20-25 Ducks 27-28 25-26 29-30 Geese 25-27 24x25 2930 Springer: 27-28 ‘ 25-26 28—30 _ ena____ 25-28 WW7 21:25 ,, ““2730 No. 2 Grade 2 to 3 Cents Lesa” is very light just at this time. tryiroads are in such shape as to make delivery to shipping points very dim- Receipts of poultry on all markets Coun- (Markets continuedyn page 8) 1 1mm“: 1 11.1. ‘ 1 '1vi1llllllill11llll“ ".1‘ ’5 ," l r :3 'll gizllllllllllllllllllsilll \\.E= A Fm, Home and Market Weekly Oumod and Editad'in Micheal» SATURpAY, FEBRUARY 2N1), 1918 EDIT“ EDITOR GRANT SLOCUM - - FORREST A. LORD - - . - ANNE CAMPBELL STARK 1 EDITOR WOMAN’S DBP’T Dr. G. A. CONN - VETERINARY EDITOI WM. 1. BROWN - - 1 . - ~ . LEGAL EDITOR Published every Saturday by the RURAL PUBLISHING CQMPANY GEO. M. BLOOUK. Boc’y and Bu. Mgr. Bulinou thcn: 110 rm emu. Dn'rnou' Editorial Offices and Publishing Plant. M1. Clemens.-Mich. BRANCHES: CHICAGO. le YORK. 81‘. Louis, Minnnnroms ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR No Premiums, FrecListor Clubbing Offers, but a weekly worth five times whatwe ask for it and guaranteed topleau or your mom back anytime! Advertising Rates: Twenty cont: per all.“ line fourteen agate lines to the 1 olumn inch 7601inea to the page. Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We offer upecisl low rltOI to reputable breeder! of live flock and poultry, write 11' for them. 0U R GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS W e respectfully Mk our readers to favor our advertisers when pooliblo 'lheir catalogs and prices are cheerfully sent free and we guarantee you against loss providing you say when writing or ordering from them ”1 saw your advertisnu nt in my Michigan Bullpen Farming. Ent1red .11 1191mm 1lau matter, at Mt Clemens Mich. Michigan s Sugar Beet Industry’s Future AS BETWEEN the grower of sugar beets and the manufacturer there is much needless friction. Each seems blind to the fact that the other is indispensible to the success of the iespective enteiprises This conflict of opinion and lack of co- -operation has put a clamp on Mich- igan's sugar beet industry. and while the indus- try of other states has developed rapidly, encour- aged by a sympathetic understanding between grower and manufacturer, that of Michigan’s has lapsed. We do not hesitate to place the onus of this ’condition upon the shoulders of the manufactur- ers. They have not viewed the industry with any breadth of vision; their plans have been made to meet the needs and opportunities of the present; they have failed to appreciate that future success depends upon the ability of today’s foundation. The only thing that can possible insure the per- petuity of Michigan’s sugar beet industry is the payment of a profitable price to the grower of the beets. There have been many seasons when the farmers lost money on their crop and the man- ufacturers made good profits, but the latter have never been disposed to encourage the growers and protect the future of the industry by sharing Lilcll‘ profits with them. A succession of unprofit- able years not only hurts the grower of beets but eventually spells ruin for the manufacturer. Last year the farmer was paid the highest he ever received for his product. Need We remind .hc manufacturer that it was only after numerous conferences. both costly and worrisome to grower and manufacturer alike that the farmer finally received the price he asked last year. Altho at that time, the manufacturers protested that they couldn't afford to pay that price it is new 11 mat- ter of record that their profits on las1 season’s acreage were ample and satisfactory. What would their profits have been and what would have hap- pened to the grower had he not demanded and re- ceived the larger price? Comes another season. The growers want $10 for their 1918 beets.’ Their priCQ is fair. based upon the largely increased cost of production. The manufacturers refuse to pay the price, even tho the price set by the government on the manu fucturcd article would permit them ‘10 do so and still have left a fair profit on an average acreage. What will the outcome be? To whom shall the growers turn to champion their cause and lead them to victory? State/Food Administrator Pres- cott has already spoken for the federal govern- ment, and urged thc growers to compromise on a $9 basis. Last year the growers sought the gov- ernor's aid but it is unlikely that Mr. Sleeper will care to make any recommendations this year supplementary to those of Mr. Prescott's And the legislature is not in,session. so there can be no threat of a legislative investigation into the profits of the sugar business. This thing must be fought out between the grow- ers and the manufacturers themselves. We will not speculate on the outcome. No matter who wins'the other over, both lose by the long delay and the attendant bitterness. The farmer who is convinced that it is necessary to have $10 to pay him a nominal profit on his venture, accept a penny less. Mr. Prescott’s contention that the farmer ought to compromise on $9 beets whether that price affords a profit or not, is in our I!llll'llllillllllllllllllz‘llllllllllllllllil'Ji'l.tl1‘l‘1‘i‘1'1' liillllll.! 'l'!|ll'l I"! :l.‘ is a poor specimen of a business man to '.:Wl!‘.!lll:'l!l|illllilllllllllElllllllllllllllllllilll!llllll!l!|l!!llllIlllllllll!!!ll|lll|!lllllllll!l!lll!lll|llllll|!!lllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllxlllllllll"‘H There are sumcient farmers of the sugar. beet sections in sympathy with the demands of the or- ganized growers to force the manufacturers to pay the price asked. But the manufacturers will be extremely short-sighted to permit. the teens to be decided in this manner. "If. there js profit in;$10 . beets, they should for the protection of theirown interests, agree to that price‘and quit ’duibbling. If there is no profit in $10 beets, the growers'will ' be grad of the chance to examine the proof. There are two courses open for themanufactur- ers. They cah follow blindly the path they are now trodding and force hundreds of sugar beet growers to turn permanently to the growing of some other crop. This will cut down the season's acreage and have a bad effect generally upon the industry in this state. But the constructive, pat- riotic thing for them to do is to take the growers into their confidence, pay them a sumcient price for their». beets that will insure a fair_profit, and show thereby that they are willing to co-operate in making sugar beet farming a. desirable and pro- fitable pursuit to follow. Let the manufacturer do this thing and this publication and every other agricultural agency in the state would co-operate in every way possible to secure the biggest acreage of sugar beets ever planted in this history of the state. There need be no fear of a sugar famine. Mich- igan’s. sugar beet industry. it given any kind of encouragement, can double, if not treble its pro- duction the coming season, despite the labor short- age. The opportunity lies broadly before the man- ufacturers to give the industry the impetus it needs. We hope for the sake of everyone concern- ed that they will not ignore it. The Cat that Came Back EOW! The old black cat that the voters of Michigan threw out of the back door by the tail last fall, has come mewling back and scratches once more to be let in. Talk about the cat that had nine lives; it hasn’t got anything on the demon rum. . Last fall something over 70,000 sane sober cit- izens of Michigan pronounced booze a public nuis- ance, passed sentence forthwith, and supposedly consigned it to a permanent grave. But they reck- oned without their host. . Booze wants to come back; its friends are mak- ing strenuous efforts to resuscitate and restore it to its old position of power and prestige in the social and political affairs of Michigan. Petitions . will be sought to bringebout the re-submission of the question to a vote of the people, in the hopes that they may have repented their action last fall and will forgive the scapegrace forhis crimes. The proposed amendment is full of pitfalls for the unwary. To delude the farmer, a provision is made that $250 of the license money it turned over to the state highway department for expen- diture on the roads. This is a bribe, pure and simple for the farmer's vote, and is an insult to his intelligence. That he will recognize it as such when an ex-saloonkeeper of his nearest village sticks a petition under his nose, is our candid opinion. Booze can’t come back. County after county and state after state have black-listed it. Con- gress has put a ban upon it. All the constructive forces of the world have reared themselves against it. But be ever watchful. Like the bedraggled cat, it slinks along under cover of darkness. purrs plaintively upon the threshold and rubs a soft paw against the door. But look out for the claws when it gets inside. Military or Physical Training HE ADVOCATES of military training are putting in their best licks these days to con- vince Congress that it ought to pass a univer- sal, compulsary military training law just as soon as the ponderous Wheels of our legislative mach- inery can be set in motion. No doubt remains but what they will take advantage of an unnat- ural state of the nation’s mind to saddle a dan- gerous doctrine upon our_law books, unless the op- ponents of the proposal bestir themselves. The proponents of military training argue that the enforced drilling of‘our youth will develop his physical powers and assist in the building of a stalWart and courageous race. If this be the only motive of the military propagandists, why not substitute the word ‘physical” for “military”, and we will have all the advantages-of the one with- out the dire possibilities of the other. mention of how the $10 price with 113131;: thei’rj' profits. They have merely Said that they. won’t .‘ , pay it, and let it go at that. ' " '.in the arrogance of the" mthtariat. . mental effect upon trade conditions. are being instructed in physiieCal welfare that theY ‘ may develop into. strong men and women to per petuate a race of strong-minded etrong-mmded When the City Editor Writes , HEN the average City editor ... finders off 111m dissertation on the Cost of form pro- . ducts and the reasons therefore, we are in- stantly reminded of the bull in the china shop. There are undoubtedly some metropolitan editors who can write with intelligence and unbiased judgment upon the problems oI food Iproduction and marketing, but. they. ar ow and far betWeen. A‘Lincoln subscriber w e us recently, enclos- ing a clipping from an upstate paper, Whiich laid the blame for the high cost (if potatoes against the farmer. Writes this Subscriber ,"‘It wduld be proper to acquaint the Michigan farmers how that sheet feels toward them, so that when they send their- solicitors thru the state looking for subscriptions they will meet the reception they “deserve.” Now we don’t feel at all like that toward our fellow editor up-state. The bovine who wandered into the open door of the crockery store had no grievance against [the brleabrac 'nor Its owner. And so it‘is with our city editor. He really has nothing against the farmer, and we rather admire his courage for his convictions, even tho they are wrong Our editor friend has merely stepped out of his sphere, and, he writes error instead of truth without knovving it. , The sum and substance of this editor’s cry is that the farmers held back their potatoes last fall expecting to get exorbitant prices before spring and now that they have failed to materialize, the owners of the spuds are crying for help from the consumer and the government.’ Our editor friend wholly ove‘io0ks the fact that the farmer like any other business man, must se- cure a price for his product that will pay hima profit, and he is certainly justified in .holding his potatoes on the chance that the price will go high enough to give him this. Most of the buyers, like the city editors and consumers, believed that the prices would be lower before the first of the year, and the prices they have offered have ranged far below those paid in other states, and did not hold a profit for the farmers. It is proof enough of our city friend’s ignorance of the potato situation that he failed to mention the fact that this year 35 per cent of the farmer’s crop is graded as No. 2 stock and taken back to the farm, so that it was necessary for him to have much higher prices than formerly in order to save him from loss. We challenge this up- state editor to show us a single dealer in the state of Michigan who had cars “in which to ship potatoes when he had no pota: toes to ship. ‘We would like to have him point out thes “profiteering” farmers who refused to sell when a fairly profitable price was offered them. We'd like to have him analyze his statement that “these farmers who are now complaining will get no sympathy from consumers.” Brother editor, the farmer doesn't need or want your sympathy or the sympathy of the consumer. If you and your fellow editors will tell the truth just occasion—‘ ally about the crop and market conditions, the costly and wasteful marketing methods over which the farmer has no control, the arbitrary grading of his product, and a few other “ins and outs” of the farming business which are total secrets to the average consumer, much of this bitterness between producer and c’onsumer will be swept away and you will be performing a real service to the public. l i $ The federal trade commission is slowly uncov- ering the sinister influence that the giant packing concerns exert over .many of the nation’s most important utilities and nnancial interests. It is said that they own railroads, street car systems. and control many large banking institutions. A few weeks ago a number of prominent Detroit bankers sent a telegram to President Wilson urg- ing that the investigation into the packing busi- ness be abandoned, as they were having a detri- It is now charged that this telegram ,was inspired by the packers. It is not probable .that the administra- tion will be frightened into abandoning the inves- tigation, however. That it will lead to government control, if not ownership of the big packing cen- _ cer‘ns, is the consensus of opinion.‘ - . - / ".1111!1.mii!flllilllllllllllfililill!Illllllllllllllll|!!!!llll|lllll|!llllllllllllll!Illllllli1llllllllllllllllllll[llllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllll|llll|!l‘!llllilll!!!llllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!ll!ll!lilll|llilll|lllllllll "it “til ‘ll‘l‘dlllli‘ ‘ mr Ii: " "“ rl111..11111 ”lil‘ll'l‘ ‘i‘lll‘ W. . ,1., 111:1!» .111l1l.111.1.1 ‘Iltlel .‘.,‘:;: .ll. "Ill"”‘li'lli‘ll"‘iiil‘ ,uc'wr" 1:111 "1H" 1m: ! "Illlllili‘ E - a m11111111111111"11111111111111“ "mu1111111111111111111Iiwnmunmmmigmnmmfl * \. s... / / 1'1 .1 . .111 1 .‘1111-11 iifliliiiiiiiililli‘ill 1. 111111111111111111'11 _;—'lilllililllllllllllliillillilll: s .were termed as --‘ ‘Patriotic Duty. ” pen you a few lines and let you know that this Whole potato community is with you. Of course you know that this county and also neighboring counties are potato growing centers and therefore » know that you are putting up a just fight to pro— tect the rights of the farmer. Referring to your issue of January 12011; 1918, in your cohtrbversy with Messrs. Wald and Waterbury, I notice those gentlemen refer to “patriOtic duty, ” and “increas— ed' production” as a basis for their argument in favor of these unjust grading rules, also that Mr. Waid makes the assertion that the progressive farmers are in favor of it. Maybe Mr. Wade had better make a public statement as to what he means by.‘ “Progressive farmer.” Apparently the farmer who agrees with Mr. Waid is the progress: ive one and the one who stands up for justice is" the unprogressive 'one, but- believe me, if that’s the case this state is overrun with unprogressive ones, and we feel proud of it in this particular case. If Mr. Waid would take a couple of weeks and travel around to the community centers of the potato'sections and inquire as to the growers' opinions about the grading rules he would find out that next to Kaiser Wilhelm his pet idea is the most despised thing in Michigan A s to th e sale,and price of Grade 2 po- tatocs there is no such thing as G1 ade 2 in Otsego county, a county which y o u k n o W makes a spec- ialty of pota- toes. If the gentlemen who are ‘3 a c k i n g the g r a d i n g rule don’t be lieve this,"let them visit the potato storage houses run by d e a l e rs and they will find that potatoes which droppe1 thru t, c-screen lliillliiiilllilliliiilllillilllllllllillllillli‘: l|llllllllllllllilllllllilllliiiluliillllliliilllliill I‘iilililliliiiillii cuils and were thrown back in the f a r m e rs’ wagon, to be taken to the farm and fed to the hogs and cattle. Grade 1 is the only grade w n i c h the d e a l e r 3 would quote a price on. M r . Water- bury says it is “our patriotic duty to all turn in and help en- ‘ courage more as e d produc ilians from the invaded districts. t1on. Isn’t It along the road to safety. funny what‘; eal's are -’Dlanketed With ‘the words I-Iavje: read your’ many articles which uphold , Ihe farmers’ claims and thought over their truths, . fulness so much that the only relief I’ll have is to '- 90.34. '5’fi7‘ltfl Y ”unto co . After Belgium France, Serbia and Roumuniu it was italys turn. Friulian plain, marching day and night, with little rest and less food, were accompanied by large numbers of 1-112 Aged men and women and children of all ages were in the throng that poured as oral ' - :1 y he know that manure, fertilizers and fine 3 ve increased produ'ction; that’s been drilled "into them fer years, so advance them into another class and educate them how to eliminate some of the middle-sharks and get their share of the con- Sumer’ 15‘ dollar whidh they certainly are entitled to after doing the bigger share of the labor. Potatoes are quoted around here at 72 cents per bushel. It costs from 75 cents to 85 cents togrow them. Wonder if the steel mills are running at such a loss? Still the .cry is that the farmer must win the war; All rig ht, we want to Win it, and will .go the manufacturing industries one better, inas- much as We won’t ask a certain pe‘r cent profit over all running expenses. Give us wages for our ‘labor and we’ll be waving the flag at the finish— A Subscriber, Otsego County. We Can’Pr'oduce; Help'Us market Our Crops I am glad you believe in the follow-up system, because if you ‘did not I would probably not be sending you the enclosed check for a year's sub- scription to M. B. F. As soon as I read the first sample copy I said that is the paper every farmer needs. Most farmers understand their business, and are as efficient in the production end as any other producer, but I am sorry to say that they are away behind the others when it comes to dis- posing of their product. I will not accuse any farm paper of giving the farmer false advice on raising crops, etc, but ybu know as well as I that a farmer gets disgusted having some one who probably never saw a farm except from an auto, tell him how to be. more ef- iICient. Your paper tells the farmer how to sell ' il!llililll1lillillllli|IllllIillll![lliillI!IllIlliiill|liii1l'Illlllllliillillll'lliii|lilllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllliililiili||HilllHillllliiliillillI‘llillilIllIlllliillllilllil'lllilllllllll illilllilllllllllllliiiillliillliilillllilillllllilIllilliillllilllliilliliiiiiilllilllllIllIlliillillllilillllillllllllllli ITALIAN CITIZENS RETREATING FROM THEIR NATIVE LAND. ' >1 \‘_ I”. . EWV The soldicrs who rctrcntcd across 11n- ‘“ not afford to waste mod, it ease too much, and They have .1. ' been practicing econOmy for years, and the lesson their wages buy too little as it is. is not a. new one that must be dinned so persistent- 1y into their cars. What these people need is low- er prices that will enable them t’o enjoy more food, , pressure to make them eat less. If there are certain kinds of food that are most necessary to supply our allies and our own sol- diers these foods can very well be conserved in reasonable amount for this purpose. But there are other kinds of food that are not so necessary; there is .food that can be had in plenty without interfering with the provisioning of the war; per- ishable foodstuffs that cannot be shipped abroad. Denial of certain things should not mean general under feeding. ‘ We are earnestly desirous of seeing food control ‘made a success, as it ought to be, in this war; of ‘ seeing the principle vindicated among the people. so that it will be continued after the war; but this cannot be the case unless food control results in feeding the people, whatever other necessary and laudable objects it may achieve, they will count for little with the masses of the people if it fails to achieve this last.—S. H. 8., Harriette. The Present Potato Grading Rules Will Never Benefit the Consumer " I am a subscriber to IVIICHIGAN BUSINESS FAth ING, and I have been reading the articles about potato grading with interest. M. B. F. surely is doing a lot of good for the farmer. It is one sure thing that the way the buyers are gracing the potatoes never was and never will be a benefit to the farmer or the consumer. The buyer and the middleman are the only ones to profit by it. I should not be opposing the grading if it was done right. Now if they were us- ing a 134 inch screen in place of the big one they are now “Sing. I think it would be _a fairei way. I think that po— tatoes that can Dass ver a 131;; inch screen are No. 1 stock. I also see in .‘li 11i'11.“1.i, , M. 13. F. that : Mr. VVaid said that the- pro gressive farm- ers are in fav- or of the grad- ing. I think the “progress- 1v e” farmers must must be 7 very scarce as g1 have never seen a farmer 3% yet who didn't . condemn the grading the way they are doing it, but I hear a lot of them say they will not raise many potatoes next. y‘ar if this grading is not changed to a fairer way. .1 111111;:1111i1..11'1‘ “Hi5!" i11v-111‘1l‘ili13111‘, 1 “HUN: 1 kind of deals ”“ are blanketed with those words “patriotic duty!” Wonder if Mr. Waterbury thinks it is patriotic to encourage an experiment which means financial destruction to the potato grower at this critical time, and which most assuredly will discourage the farmer in responding again so loyally to the Government’s plea for increased acreage- If they don’t believe this grading rule is going to act as a boomerang to their increased production plea let them go into the potato centers and inquire from growers as to what kind of acreage they will put in next; year. I notice their intentions are to ed- ucate the consumer into buying by grade. The consumer always was satisfied when there was only one grade, what he was kicking on was the dealer’s prices. Maybe they consider it a patriot- ic duty to stir up the public into buying by grades and practically discarding a size of potato which they previously relished. When Mr. Waterbury says you are stirring up the farmer on this grad- ing rule he is wrong, and being a farm paper ed- itor," ought to know his subscribers better than that. The farmers were stirred up when they were handed this grading lemon at potato digging time and the truth of it is MICHIGAN Busmnss FARMING is the only publication which has had the backbone to uphold the farmer’s rights If this grading rule is so justifiable why don'r- Mr. Waterbury come out in his paper and state where it is a benefit to the grower. H6 shouldn't forget that the farmer is the backbone of his paper and should defend their rights instead of hiding be- hind the plea of "patrfgtic duty.’ _ l'i‘lillllllliiliillillllllllliillIllllllilllillllllil'll'ill llllill'll.‘!ll' 111111111111111111111111'11111111111111111111111111111111111111mm111tinmmnmmnmnnmnmlnmmmuummmmlmmml1111111l11111tununnmnun . any circumstances. his products to the best advantage and also helps him get a just price. That is the impression that we farmers know all the best ways to farm, etc., for we are always on the lookout for better ways to do our work, the same as any other manufac— turer. We must. also do the same as they do. sub- scribe for our trade papers and discuss problems with others in the same business, and if we had a little more leisure we might write to different papers and tell the butcher, the baker and candle stick maker how to conduct their business. I ex pect they would thank us—nit.——F. W. 0., Peters bzlrg. ‘ Government Should Control the Food Supply of the Country We know that Government control of the na— tion’s food supply, if applied in a large and logi- cal way, will go a great way toward sol-dug pres- ent high cost living problems for the people. This control should be applied by special legislation at the real source of high prices, to all the private interests who directly handle the country’s food supply and take advantage of war opportunity to deliberately charge unreasonable and extortionate prices for every article of living necessity that the common man or woman must have. Waste of food would be eliminated. Waste of food is bad under It should be said, however, that it is not among the workers, the poorer clas- ses, the common people, that food waste is to be found in any alarming degree. These people can- Mil 1|11111111I11d1‘1 The price paid for potatoes is not satisfactory, when one considers the high price the consumers have to pay, and also the price the dealer gets for them, as he sells them for nearly a dollar more than he pays the farmer for them. One thing more is wrong: A dealer in Greene ville is paying $1.40 to $1.50 per cwt in Green- ville, where there is some competition, w‘iile here 25 miles from Greenville. the same men only pay $1.20 per (-wt. 1 should think the oealer would be made to pay the same price at the different sta- tions he is buying at, except the difference in the freight rates between this place and Greenville.—~~ N. P. 19., Howard City. Too Much Red Tape and .Bull-Headedness in Potato Grading Scheme I am one of the 01d Lincoln boys of ‘61-‘65. 76 years old. Two sample copies you sent me I gave to my neighbors. I do not know the outcome of the potato business, but one thing I do know, I will keep mine until the weather is hot enough to bake them in the cellar before I will take leSS than a'dollar a bushel-for them. Somebody is to blame for the present potato muddle; there is too much red tape or bullhea-dedness at the bottom of the whole thing. Yes, I am a staunch friend of MICHIGAN BUSI- ans FARMING. It is worth five times its subscrip- tion price to any man who amounts to a. hill of beans anywhere —H. B. 0., Dighton. l‘ll! Eiliildi il‘ lillillhil‘l'm :11 11mm lillillilillillililliliiiliillllllllil‘lflnlliiiuillll 11 11 1111”“[1111l'1-1111111 1111 ‘ illlllllllilllllllliill‘llillliliillliiflli '1iill'iIi1i5 111111111111-1111‘1111‘11;,"'1‘ 1‘ 1““ 'il‘il‘lihi'lllll. ‘1' '11’11ii'11‘l‘ i11. .nihilhi‘m}11.1.1111ilid' ’i'il"‘i" 2'1'1'1 . linm. ‘ 11H"1m;.’11 -li1. 111' 1': 112.il11111..,. 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Trains have been hours behind their schedules and arrivals by express have been showing a. heavy shrinkage. Ship- pers should take this into considera- tion at the time of making shipment. Unless weather conditions appear fav- orable it is best to delay shipment. We look for firm conditions in the poul— try market for sometime. ‘The egg market continues strong and Detroit quotations advanced 'just a .cent or two. Some dealers there think the market is just a trifle eas- ier but receipts are so small that the price keeps up despite reports of in- coming shipments from the southwest. Michigan fresh firsts are quoted at 55@590, Detroit. Eastern markets report fresh eggs very scaimce Prices are inflated but, buyefis are available for all fresh stuck that appears Within a week 17 cans of California stock have arriv- ed at New York and assisted very-ma- terially in supplying the market. Most of the stock during the past week has sold at 72c. Storage stock is selling around 46@47%c without much regard for quality. Cheese New York Letter, Jan. 19, 1918 The market has been somewhat more active than heretofore. This is prob- ably due to the small make and also because the army and navy have been buying cheese during the past week. Michigan and Soft Michigan grades are not popular on the eastern market and will not bring 10p quotations. Held specials are quoted generally at 24 3-4@25c; held, average run 24 @250; fresh specials. 231/26524 fresh average run, 2314c. The total hold- ings are in neighborhood of 10,000.000 pounds. Prices on all 111111 feeds remain firm and the market is strong. Some points report a. shortage of supplies while in one or two cases they report quiet con- ditions. The reverse is‘li'ue of most points, however. and at Detroit con- ditions are firm at following *quota- tions: In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots: Bran, $34.50; standard middliugs, $36.~ 50; fine middlings, $43.50; cracked corn, $79; coarse cornmeal, $77; chop, $66 per ton. Flour per 196 lbs. in eighth paper sacks: Standard patent, $11.10@$11.- 15; straight winter, $19.30; spring patent, $11.20; rye flour, $10.50@10.70 in jobbing' lots. CLOVER SEED The clover seed market continues to show additional strength. Toledo quo- tations: Prime cash, old $19.75; new. $19.85; March, $19.10; Alsike, Prime, January, February and March. $15.95. Timothy, Prime cash, old $4.25, new $4.35; March, $4.45. Tees curing cars .1151 shipments tle to their feed lot to await cars at a later date. Best'heavy~ steers are going at aroumd $11.26@11.50. Offer: ings of the real fancy-article are not so plentiful as might be desired. Ham dy weight butcher steers are running at $11@11.50, with mixed steers and heifers bringing $9.75@10.25. Best cows are selling $8.5‘0@8.75 while the ordinary run of butcher cows are sell- ing $7@8. The best of the heavy bulls are selling $9@9.25. There is a good steady market for veal calves, prices ranging from $14@16 for the better grades while others go as low as $8@9. The Chicago market has been rather quiet during the past week, lack of shipping demand affording an oppor- tunity for local packers to bear the market. Steers displayed same strength at the beginning of the week but a severe decline followed and clos- ing prices on the bulk showed a decline of around $1.00. Eastern buyer'ls were unable to’move purchases freely owing to the car situation and after the first few days of the week were about out of the market. Quality of arrivals was not so good’toward the close of the week. Tott'al‘ receipts for last week were 85,300, an increase of 64.100 over the previous week and 22,600 over the same week a year ago. -. Buffalo reports a steady market with receipts of 20 cars on Tuesday of the present week. Medium weight and heavy steers are in light supply and strong demand. Butcher steers and handy weight steers are steady at a— bout last week’s range of prices while fat cows and heifers SllOW. an advance of 10 to 15c. Bulls of all classes are liikher than last week while canners and cutters, while in light supply, are from 15c to 25c lower. Stockers and feeders are in light supply and at pre- vailing prices. GRADE 1 Detroit Chicago Bui falo Heavy 2411-290” 15 00 16 25H15 50 16 50 17 00 1710 Medium 200- 240 16 00 16 25 15 50 1610 17 00 1710 Mixed 150- 200; 15 75 16 00' 15 50 1610 16 50 17 25 Packer1100'150H15 50 16 00 15 20 16 00 16 25 17 00 P115100 down 15 00 15 75l12 50 14 50 16 00 16 75 Detroit 110g market has been rather quiet and slow all week. Embargoes are still in effect on M. C. and P. M. and arrivals are very light. Not much active trading. A better supply ex- pected during the coming week and the market is in good shape to i-eceiVe delayed shipments. The Chicago hog market has rule-d slow during the past week. The close of last week saw the general run of mixed packing hogs going at around $1@1.10 lower than the close of the preceding week, sales running $15.15 @1540. Medium and butcher offer- ings were even throughout, closing around 300 lower 011 Saturday than 011 Friday. The bulk went from $15.40 to $15.50. Heavy packing stock has been somewhat neglected, buyers wanting the better offerings. Sales from $15.10 to $15.45. Light grades also came in for a reduction, selling around 30@ 35c lower on Saturday than at Friday’s close. Sales were from $14275 to $15.- 25 with the bulk going at $15.00. Sales were plentiful at that price and un- derweights went as low as $14.00. Buffalo reports fairly good receipts on most days and a good healthy tone to the market. Receipts 011 Tuesday of this week were 40 cars and buyers were in the market ready to take all offerings. Bulk of the well finished offerings sold from $17 to $16.75. 1‘ Many . Michigan shippers. during the p931: " 1 week have made ready to load and then been compelled to return the cat- ‘ ‘ ,1 GRADE Detrdit Chicago Builder Top Lamln 17.75 13.00 17.00 17.85 18.25 18.50 Gatling: 14.00 15.00 15.25 15.50 15.00 15.71 Wetllere 12.00 12.50 10.50 13.00 14.00 14.50 we: E.” 12.25 10.00 13.00 12.50 13200 The sheep and lamb lfiarket has ruled steadyat all points and values have been Well maintained. This is' especially true with regard to sheep. At certain points lambs were inclined to rule weak at times but no material declines were registered. The Detroit market has been strong on all grades. Chicago at times has been out of line with eastern points, especially so on lambs. Traffic conditions prevented eastern buyers from filling orders, few cars being available, and eastern ,markets showed additional strength owing to lack of supplies. Chicago receipts on Tuesday of this week were 14,000. Buffalo on the same day received 10 cars, lambs selling there from $16.75 to $18.50. Chicago prices ranged from $14.75 to $18.00. ‘ Hides . _ No. 1 cured, 17c; green, Me; No. 1 cured bulls, 30; No. 1 green bulls, 110; No.1 cured veal kip, 200; No. 1 green veal kip, 180; No.1 cured mirr— rain, 17c; No 1 green murrain,14c; No.1 cured calf, 26c; No. 1 gleen calf, 240; N0. 1 horsehide, $5; no.2 hides, lo and No.1 kip and calf 11/.) lower than above; sheepskins, as to a- mount of wool, 25c@$3 each. ‘ lmmmnummimnvum llllll'” Please don't.let us miss a copy of your valuable paper. Its the best paper out in the interest of the farmer. We are very much against the prcsent grade of potatoes—Mrs Ralph lmsl\ett, Mont— calm county. I hope this letter will iemind you that I am looking fox the best faim paper that even “as published. And I wish all editors of all faim papers would try to help the faimers as much as you do 1 think there would be a big change-— E. J. Weinberg, \Vashtcnaiv county. ' Music furnished for all 506181 orCheStraoccasions. 484 Drcxel Ave., Detroit. Phone Hickory 1085—M. OR SALE—Shorthorn Cattle Shady Hill Farms for 24 years. the blood of Avondale. .lohii Reed City, Mich. brcd , at Rich in Schmidt, READ WHAT MR. HOOVER SAYS We have a very good lot of young hulls coming on that will be fit for service in a few weeks. '1 hole bulls are sons of l‘uirvlew Colaiithn Rag Apple 141, 297, a son of the great Rag Apple Korndyke 8th.‘ ”We always have a number of I: lioicc females from which to make your selections. "clhi y me all daughters of '10 pound hulls, the only kind Wt use at Rosewood l‘iiII.iI ” h’USl' W001) S"l()(‘ K PAR“ Howc ll, Mich. Robt: R. Pointer & Son Dearhorn, Michigan Breeder of Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle. Stock for sale at all times. If you are looking for some of the best see us. “TOP-NOTCH” HOLSTEINS Milk produttion is an inherited iibility. Good cows must be lIrI dto good pure bred bulls if progII so in dairy- ing is to he iIiIIdc. Extrmtll. S. Dcpt. oiAgriI. Bulletin. Buy this youiigliull and give your milk and butter pro duction a pus 2 King Colnnthn DcOIikdiilI, N01828:”, Born \0v. 4 1015_ His Sire’ s 3 names! Bllllt’l ’7 days 30.87 Dams average Milk 7 days 570.60 Butter 7 days 30.50 His Dani’s Dani’s {Milk 7 days 505.00 Record Butler :10 days 124,19 Milk :10 days 2430.60 (She heads one of the ten only combinations of three dircrt generations of thirty pound cows.) . , Butter 7 days 23.33 H is dum 3 record at 3 years { Milk 7 days 42940 . Butter 7 days 29.30 11111 five nearest dams average {Milk 7 days 548.68 (lllllll(111182-- “Bundl— 41 2y.r 0ld,) ldcully niurkcd, about half and half. Price $250. McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich. GRADE Detroit Chicago 1 Buffalo Steen, good to prime 112‘) 1150112 0013 50 12 50 13 75 Stem, coin. to fair $1100 1150115012 50112512 50 Heifers, goodlopriine 9 75 10 25in 00 ll 90 11 25 12 00 Cows, avcrage 8 008 50 ll 00 ll 90 8 25 10 50 chum—Cutter. s so 6 151 s 75 s 75 s so 7 00 Balls. average 8 00 3 75l 8 00 8 75 8 25 9 00 14 5015 7514 001': 0014 5018 50 Veal, fair to good The past week has been very quiet so far as the different cattle markets are concerned. Embargoes at many points have held up shipments and the storms have delayed those enroute to such an extent as to cause consid- erable shrinkage and make deliveries away late. ‘ The Detroit market is steady but business is quiet owin to embargoes and the difficultnes of shippers ‘in se- ward at present quotations. or any commodity used SHORTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS \VILL HANDICAP DELIVERIES. eral information. N. F. SIMPSON, Gen. Mun, Reap the benefits of a high market LET YOUR SHIPMENTS of veal calves, dressed hogs and poultry come for~ POTATOES—market way above normal—only early arrivals will sell GngANER BUSINESS FARMERS own a. three story building which is used exclusively for handling farm produce. is assured of personal marketing service. Reap the benefits from buying at wholesale prices IF YOU ARE GOING To $UY fertilizer, binder twine, ing materials, feed, corn, oats, grass seed, fence posts auto tires, paints, oils in your business—PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW. WRITE US TO DAY for prices, and gen- CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION Telephone Cherry 2021, Every shipper parts gi‘een, spray- AND TRANSPORTATION DELAYS 523-327 Russell 51., Detroit' 4‘. *7 mun-nu a—n—u—a- .— . -_,ErI.Es,FOR THE .4 ‘ HOME GARDEN Gardeners of 1918 are now studying, the new edition of seedsmen's catalogs trying to frame the season' s" seed- order but many are puzzled by the dozen or more varieties offered under each kind of vegetable. There is not‘very much in a name when one comes to seed catalogs, and still less can one de- pend on the glowing descriptions and I‘ pretty pictures. The home gardener wants a different variety, generally, from that which the commercial grow- er in the same section uses, for quality is the main object with 'the home-gard- dener. Then too, the home—gardener wants a continuous supply instead of a heavy crop lasting a few days only. Shipping quality and even appearance mean little to the homegardener, while keeping quality may be very import- ant to assis gardeners in selecting va- rieties of vegetables in the home gar- den, the following list is suggested by J. T. Rosa, Jr., of the University of\ Missouri of Missouri College of Agriculture. - ‘ Rhubarb, Victoria, Parsley, Dwarf Pecfection; Unions, Yellow Globe sets for early, Southport Red Globe seed for late crop of dry onions for winter storage; ,Spinach, Savoy; Mustard, Black Chinese; Turnip, Purple top, White Globe for both spring and fall plantings; Lettuce. Grand Rapids for early, leaf type, Tennisball for hot— bed, heading type; Radish, White-tip- ped Scarlet for early. White Icicle for later and White Chinese for winter; Peas, Gradus f01 early Potlatch for late; Irish potatoes Irish Cobbler for early, Ruial New Yorker for late and Winter use; Parsnips, Hollow Cr own; Beets, Detroit Dark Red for early and Edmond's Blood Turnip for late and storage purposes; Carrots, Half-long Danvers; Cabbage. Copenhagen for early, and Savoy, Rock Red. or Dan- ish Round-head for‘late; Beans. String- less Green-pod for early, Refugee Wax for second early; Sweet corn, Gol- den Bantum for first early, White cob Coy for second early, Country Gentle- men for main crop and canning, and Stowell‘s Evergreen for late; Toma- toes, Earliana for first crop, Bonny Best and Greater Baltimore for late crop and canning; Sweet Peppers, Ruby Giant; Lima Beans, Burpee Bush Li- ma, and Sieva of the pole type;Cucum- bers, Long Green for slicing and Gher- king for pickles; Muskmelons, Rocky Ford(green fleshed) and Netted Gem; Watermelon. Keckly sweet (early) Florida Favorite (late) ; Summer Squash Early White Bush; Winter squash, Warted Hubbard. Golden Cu- shaw; Eggplant, Black Beauty; Okra, Long Green; Sweet Potatoes, Nancy Hall and Southern Queen of the sweet juicy type. Big Stem Jersey of the dry mealy type. These varieties are not expected to make good everywhere, or under all conditions, neither will they meet with the particular tastes and requirements of every gardener. '130 SPRAYED TREES NETTED OWNER $1,813.55 Thousands of acres of apple orchards which have never been profitable can be converted into an asset by spray- ing and pruning. These orchards, are a potent source of food supply which should not be neglected, especially during the present emergency. The University of Missouri College of Ag- riculture is urging that every orchard be put in bearing condition. This is much more satisfactory than planting new orchards which would not come into bearing until after the war~ is over. Furthermore, the land which would be devoted to a new orchard can be cultivated more conveniently and more profitably if it is planted to some other crOp. An example of the profits from spraying is illustrated by the experi- ence of Charles Tanzberger of Jeff- erson Barracks, Mo. Mr. Tanzlterger’s \ -110 feet down the center. orchard is 17 years old and was never sprayed until last year. He Offered his orchard of 130 apple trees. for a spraying demonstration. In 1917 as a result of proper spraying, the 130 trees produced $1,897.55 worth of fruit. The total cost of spray materials, to- \gether with the cost of labor, amounted to $851. Thus, the net profit resulting from spraying was $1,813.55. The or- chardhas never been profitable before, For example, the same orchard of 130 trees, was set just as heavily with fruit early in the season of 1916 as it was last spring, yet it produced with- out spraying only enough apples for. three barrels of vinegar. ENCOURAGING NEWS FROM OAKKLAND COUNTY Just a word to the M. B. F. I cer- tainly enjoy reading your paper, but that isn’t the point; it is the good we get that counts. I am up here in the northwest corner of Oakland county. I filled my silo before the corn was frozen and haven’t opened it yet but will as soon as my corn in the field is nearly gone. I see in your paper that the most of the reporters claim that it is not worth as much. I never had my cows do better than they have this winter. I put the corn in a day ahead so it will thaw out and feed three times a day.——O. H. 8.. Holly. [Eniron's Nor1«::—What experience have the restof our readers had with this season’s silage] GOOD SHOWING BY U. P. HOGS AND CATTLE A record made by an Upper Penin- sula farmer in the cattle and beg raising industry which has been sub- mitted to the Upper Peninsula De- velopment Bureau is ample justifica- tion of the representations made by that organization in its efforts to in— crease these industries in Cloverland. This record is considered so good that it is probable it will be brought to the attention of the sheep and cat- tle men of the western and middle western states through the' press of these sections of the country. accord- ing to officials of the bureau. Fol- lowing is a summary of the record: The net farm receipts of this man, whose farm is in Luce county',’ during the year 1917 are $5599.26. This is after the expenses, such as freight and all other charges in connection with the shipping end of the work, have been deducted from the total. The following extract from the let- ter submitted to the bureau will ex- plain tlie situation. “Now this stock was all 1aised on my farm. We keep three or four mares. forty to fifty cows, and about '20 brood sows. Our shipments Of 1917 were six head of young horses, thirty-four fa‘t cattle and 87 fat hogs. “0n the horse: we realized $975. On the cattle. $2595.12. On the hogs. $5599.26. This fact is supplemented by the announcement that “We have never shipped any ‘feeders’ of any kin1.” Our hogs are thoroughbred 0. I. C. and our cattle are all grade cows. with a thoroughbred Shorthorn sire. of the beef type. 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DETROIT, MICHIGAN Do it Now! Before Your ,u :;p.oa~»:pn.. 9"”, ’0. "'"nnumofifl‘ Chicago, 111., City, Mo., City, Iowa, CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO CLAY ROBINSON & CO. LIVE STOCK COMMISSION South St. Paul, Minn., South Omaha, Neb., Denver, Colo., East Buffalo, N. Y., Fort \Vorth, Texas, East St. Louis, 111., El Paso, Texas, South St. Joseph, MO. Kansas Sioux , Michigan Central Stock Yards, Special Attention to Shippers. Consign your stock to McMULLEN, KNAPPEN & JACKSON Cattle Detroit, Mich. Hogs Sheep and Calves MICHIGAN CENTRAL STOCK YARDS - - - BISHOP, BULLEN & HOLMES LIVE STOCK COMMISSION SALESMEN The Largest Live Stock Commission in Michigan DETROIT Sandel, Stacy Respectfully solicit your consignments. None too large for our capacity. John R. Beadle B. C. Green Beadle & Green LlVE STOCK 3COMMISSION MERCHANTS Michigan Central Stock Yards No shipment too small to receive our best can and attention Geo. J. Smdel Geo. H. Stacy l 1 over lands and they are in grass up to 1 their knees all summer with plenty of1 clear cold spring water. We winter them 011 hay, oat straw and rutabng- as. They run in a large, Warm shed. which has a rack running full length is stored above and fed directly into their rack. The roothouse is at the end of the shed. “Rutabagas are a sure crop here and yield from 500 to 1000 bushels to the acre. We are now wintering 115 head c" cattle, 85 head of hogs and 15 head of horses and colts.” This is an illustratiOn of the kind of practical information the Upper Peninsula Development B reau will submit to the Salt Lake ity meet- 1ng of practical sheep and cattle men in the near future( and which it is hoped will result in an influx of these these men to Cloverland.—Fowlcrm‘llc Rcview. The feed ‘ 325' SAVE THE CHICKS, LABOR AND FEED! I want one farmer or poultry—raism in each locality to build and use a leily Improved Brooder this 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 chicks. 'l“l1c1e is a heatm room and feed 1011111 hens do not bother feeding. The heater is undm oven and 1-‘ent1al hcat no (iowding of Chl(l(S. No over heat no going; out in the wet to cal,1-:1ies fm 150 chicks as quick and as easy as one hen Unce used you neier will be without one or moie. Save the 111an11fa1turei’s profit by sending one dollar foi iight and complete plans to build and operate. 1 will send copy of patent instinctions and license fol building and opeiating. It can be. made any size you wish and at one- half the expense of any you can buy. Just send a dollar bill todnv and have your bioodex ready f0] early chicks. This paper guarantees I will do as l agIec. Buy no“ 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. 0. PERRY, 37 Henry Street, Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN GROWN SEEDS in Michigan is by far the most cinnnlcm 13’1‘actically every reader of M. B. F. and attractive they have ever isfim-q, lives within the. first or second parcel post It is in reality more than 21 catalog: it zone of Jackson, Michigan. so the Seed Annual which the S. M. 1030 Mechanic St., that city, Offer to send free on request is of more than 11:111le in— ter-est. company’s 3.0th year in the seed business .niig'ht well be called an "Encyclopedia of Michigan (,lrown Plants. . Fruits and Flowers." “'8 hope every one of our readers who have not yet received their 1' my will 111-311 a card to (be Isbell people {L'iixllig for 1.113111" sued annual. Ishcll 1Q (‘11.. This annual which celebrates the .-.wgmmxA ...< 13 -. .-. ~‘-.‘ - \. 1.}. 35 2i -1 :3. ‘3 .‘l 3 ..(_ ‘llnul rt. liti-l..‘t'liilih.,Ell” lt-iim. ,‘ w {11:1ltll'lltl“l‘" glliilllllIllilllmlilillilIIlllIll.‘lilililllllillllillttlltililitlliifllitaillttilttllllttililiittlltltl imunmnmnmi lllllililllllIililIii!llllllliifllllillmllillillllllIilllllllllillmtlllimmlilmniliillflliiflilHMIillilmlnm ’ .. w ’1- .. . g ., a I . :' . . , . a», . . . ,1,» - A . W .. ., . A ,t . 'g 1 l‘ ~ ‘ ' .. - m e ; a _ )ZDmarmIémf/firffie Werner: and’aznrézzgéfizieism-t g... allillilh’illillillililllllillimllliiliilllliiillilillliiiiilfllllillltilllifllliiflllllililllliliilllllliillliillliillililliilllllllll!|Illtlllillliltllllllillllil : This Week’s Tested Recipe . (in-n Meal Gingerbread ()ne cup cornmeal, 1 cup wheat flour. 1 tea— spoon soda, 59/4 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons ginger. 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1,5 teaspooncloves, — cup sour milk. 1 cup molasses. 2 tablespoons short- ening. Sift together the dry ingredients. Com~' blue the milk, molasses. melted shortening and beaten egg. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry. Stir well, Bake in moderate oven. Two cups buckwheat flour may be substituted for the cornmeal and flour in this recipe. This will have the characteristic flavor of buckwheat. If it is too strong use only one cup of buckwheat and one and a half cups of white flour. Two and a half cups of rye and white flour may also be substituted. In using the rye and white flour a larger quantity is necessary because these flours absorb less liquid than do the cornmeal and buckwheat. Illilillltilillilil'lltli"l""“”iH 'H'I-wlm «up i l tiillillill lliliiliilllltiliilllltifi Farm Life as Bad as Being in Prison 1 have been reading the letters in your column and would like to say 1 am another one nearly in the same class with the lady who wrote ofmarry- i‘hg the farmer's son. 1 too, had lived in town all my life, when one day I met a certain young farm- er who was very nice to me. Our meetings be- came more frequent and finally ended by us being married. It has been nearly twelve years since then. We still live on the farm of 50 acres. which we own. We have three children. We live five and onehalt’ miles from town and it seems I can‘t help being lonesome and discontented how- ever hard 1 try. Farm people have not the time to visit and go places. There are always chores and things which have to be done. Those who have been raised on the farm are. used to it and think nothing of staying at home and seeing nothing of other beings and doings, while one who was raised in town if taken to the country is always more or less lonesome. and it is almost as bad as being in prison. T, for one, say if there was some way of keeping the girls of town or country either from being transplanted from one to the other it surely ought to be done. Or at least have them see the trap. they are stepping into. it really is as bad for one as the other to change. i hope the girls who read this will have better foresight than I had and marry one who lives and does as you are used to doing if you would be ha].>py.e~Mr.s‘-. 8.. Indiana, Never Disappoint a Child R "’ ti’l‘llliit WAS going to town, and little Dor— i othy \ras weeping. as children usually do .on mother's departure. "th'cr mind." promised Mother. ”I'll stop and bring you a little dolly if you'll be a real good girl.” Dorothy smiled through her tears. and promised to he as good as gold. Ail afternoon she thought about the doll, and hoped it would have yellow hair and blue eyes. She dreamed about the kind oz' dresses she would make for it. for Dorothy was just learning to sew, and she sorted her pieces out and had an attractive little pile of gay prints on which she was going to begin for her new dolly when Mother came home. > Mother, in the meantime, was busy down town. She had a great many thugs to do, because she lived six miles from the village, and went down only once in two weeks or so. Then she met a great many friends and chatted with them, and had a soda at Herb llennes‘sey’s drug store. and the upshot of it was that she was three miles out of town before she thought of Dorothy’s doll. I know you think that she disappointed Dor~ othy. but this little story did not turn out that way. She was a. wise mother, and she knew that ithe only way she could build a firm foundation for her daughter's character was to always keep he." promises to her. She knew how keen was the childish disappointment, and how it lingered, and often left an effect in after years. So she just, turn ed old betsy’s head toward town and went those extra three miles to make good her promise to Dorothy. ' And wasn't she rewarded when she came home again? When she saw the little pile of materials Dorothy was saving to make dresses for the little new dolly, and felt her warm grateful arms around her neck, she was glad she went three miles and' back again out of her way to save her little daugh5 ter a disappointment. I think she was a wise mother. It never pays to lower a child’s ideals. A child’s ideal of her moth- er-is high, but after mother has broken a few promises and she learns she never can depend on ANNE CAMPBELL Sunk. Barron her word, even mother seems more like other pee: ple. and not entirely to be trusted. Never break a promise to a child, and n‘everlie to one, even in fun, for the great tragedy of child- hood is tolose faith. To Clean Irons , NSWERING a note from Mrs. A. P. R., ask- ing how to clean irons, I wrote the follow- '11 with . ing, which I thought might prove of inter-h est to other readers of our page: A geod way to clean irons is to scour them with finely-sifted coal ashes, and occasionally to wash them in strong sOapsuds. When thoroughly cleaned rub with sweet oil and, stand aside in a dry place for several days. Before you use them again~ wash with soapsu'ds, rinse with hot water, adding a little borax or gal» soda and wipe until perfectly dry. To remove rust from 'fiartirons, rub the spots with emery paper. and if not successful then cover the spotsmith sweet oil and powdered quicklime. allowing this to remain on for several days. Next wash with hot water, adding a general .sup‘ ply of sal soda and wipe until perfectly dry. If not entirely smooth after this, rub again with em- ery paper. ‘ " Dear Mrs. Stark:— I wish you would write an article advising the young people to stay at home more. When 1 was young there never was such carryings on as there The Little House Where Love Lives HAVE no china dishes that cost ’a for- tune small; I have no famous paintings aAhang-ing on my wall; _ l have no Oriental rugs, or marble stat- ot m u comm and! 1 nos grand, But I'm a urcolfh of happiness and love ‘ HA VH no solid silver in a velvet pad- ! (led chest, I havc no grand piano. as perhaps you ' may have guessed,- I him: no comforters of silk; my liuen‘s not so fine. . But oh. the wealth of happiness, the store i of 701;!) all minc.’ | i Y HOM It) is very simple. just th e plain- cs‘i sort of things. ' But {here's a sense of commdship that reaches out and clings; ’l'hc furnishings arc Shabby. but there‘s peace and comfort there. And loving deeds and loving hcm'ls and loving thoughts to shore. HAVE no gold or silver: I'm sort of poor you see;— l'ha! is. ['11) poor in everything that makcs no odds with me. Somc folks believe, their home must be (l symbol of succcss. But my little house where love lives is justfillcd with happiness! esAxNi: CAMPBELL STARK is now. The young folks in our neighborhood meet once or twice a week at the school house, and have a singing society, a knitting club, and put on plays and entertainments and I don’t know what all. it seems to me that‘ there is hardly a night when they are at home. And when they are home, it seems as if there are always young folks here. We never are all together for a quiet evening any more; or at least seldom. When I scold them, they just laugh, and say the country is getting more civilized than when I was young ,and-keep on having their good times—Mrs. Rose M. My dear Mrs. M., you should be a happy woman! I have received so many letters asking me what to do to keep the young folks on thexfarms, and here comes your letter, telling them just how to do it! You should'be very glad, indeed that the boys and girls are having such innocent, whole- some fun, and nstead of sco‘iding and nagging about it. should join in rand‘h‘ave fun too. If they cannot have a good time in their own homes and their own neighborht d, thy will soon become restless and want to join the arm: 0; rural young folks who are hunting employment in our big cit- ies. It is as necessary as breathing for young people to have good times. “It is tle world’s “" H" "ml-mil” ’llinio“?"i!:.“' Hit ‘ .. illllllilllillllilllllllilllllllllllillllliillilllliiiliiilIllllilillliliiIitillillilllliillllililllliiil ~instead of lemon. Hg - ; WllillllllilllIiilmllililIllilllllimmillllilillllIWillllilli|[IllllllllillllfiilllllililiillililiiIIiiilillilillllllllllillillillllllillltitliulliiiilg .' _. , , e . , V .. Uncle Sam —s~ Thrift. Thought - ' ,"' BREAD _ ’ Americans have almost forgotten some of the best‘thlngs we eVer knew. Corn bread IS one of them; oaten corn bread is another. How manV' times you have said, ‘l‘that’s good. why don't you have it oftener 2’” Well, we are going to» have corn and oat bread more often, v‘gry often, everyday in fact. We would do it Whether we liked it or not, because our government needs more. wheat to send abroad—wheat that can be had only as we let it go. Well made. there is no breadmore wholeSOme, more nourishing or better flavor, ' than the mixed loaf of corn or oats. There are. any number 0f good rules in every old recipe book. Here is one for quick cornmeal bread which has been tried. Every time you eat bread made with corn and oats you do well by your self—and more, you help to win the war. lllliiililllIillllillIlIlllIlliillilllillliiiilliilllilllilliiilililiilllllfllllilliili'llw Com-meal Quick Broad One and one-half cups cornmeal, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, ,_1 tablespoon flourL 2 cups milk,‘ 1 egg' (omitted if desired), 1 tablespoon melted fat. -Mi .and sift the dry in- gredients. Combine the ilk beaten egg and melted fat, and add to the dry ingredients. .Mix well pour into greased .muflin tins and bake in a hot oven about 20 minutes. This bread should be served hot. If the softer, bread is desired the cornmeal. salt and milk may be brought to a7 boil and cooked for 10 minutes in a double boiler or over hot water. Cool, add'the beaten egg, melted fat‘ and baking powder. The flour is not necessary. Beat and bake in a hot oven. This same mixture may, be baked as griddl cakes. -- T=.t . - mun ” nunmtf». great cri e its babes grow dull” someone said, and something to the effect that young souls shou..t not be stunted until they have their fill of joyous youtthful pleasures. , They just have to play and gambol, and settle down to responsibilities and make better men and women for it“: More power to the young folks in the neighborhood! They have the right spirit. They are happy in their youth, which is only natural, and Hey should be commended and encduraged in their happiness. Sugarless Fruit Cake Fruit cake can be a patriotic cake. “But fruit cake is expensive," says the prudent housewife. That’s just the point. To be patriotic a cake need not be expensive, but if-she chooses~an expensive recipe it can still be in line with national food needs. These recipes omit sugar. thereby releas- ing an important food of which both America and the Allies are in serious need. Fruit Cake (uncooked)-—Half a pound each of nuts, dates, figs, raisins. and citron. Put dates. figs and raisins through the food chopper. Grate in the yellow rind of one lemon. Then add the juice of the lemon and blend with a wooden spoon. Chop nuts fine. Cut citron into fine strings. Pack closely into an oiled tin, alternating layers of fruit with nuts and citron. Press down closely. weight and leave at least 24 hours. Keep in clos- ed cake box and slice as needed. Serve in small slices with a simple gelatine desert. This can be varied in [many ways. Candied orange peel or grated cocoanut may be used instead of citron. Orange juice or extract of cinnamon may be used A drop of oil of cinnamon or ground cinnamon may be used with the recipe. This fruit loaf may be cut in strips, rolled in powdered sugar. and used as candy. Dricd iv‘ruit Cake———Two cups dried apples, peach- es or any kind of dried fruit; 2 cups Orleans mo- lasses, 1/; cup shortening. 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, flour for-stiff batter. l teaspoon'soda. 1 cup seeded rais- ins, 1 teaspoon nutmeg. 1 teaspoon ground cinna mon, 1/; teaspoon ground cloves, juice of a lemon. Soak the fruit over- night. Then chop very fine and simmer in the saucepan with the molasses for two hours and a half. Let it ceci. Add beaten yolks of eggs to shortening and beat until light. Add the milk, then the fruit and molasses. Baal hard for five minutes. Now add enough flour for a stiff batter and soda dissolved in a teaspoon of hot water. Mix well. Then add the flour, raisins and spices and beat vigorously. Add the juice of lemon and finally the whites beaten to a stiff forth, The batter must be stiff but elastic enough to drop from, spoon. Bake in moderate oven two hours. ” Liberty Fruit Cake—One cup molasses, 1 cup water, 1 cup seeded raisins, 1/4 cup citron out fine, 1/; cup shortening, 1/3 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon n’ut— meg, 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1 cup corn flour, 1 cup rye flour or white flour,'5 teaspoons baking pow- der. Boil molasses, water, fruit, shortening, salt and spices together in saucepan three minutes. When cool, add flour and baking powder. which have been sifted together. Mix well; .bakelinloa'f pan in moderate eyen' about 45 minutes. _=_ :5. a above. s 5‘ Millilitmn 'tn: il‘i“iil‘t' vapult t'.l‘iiltii‘llhdlIE-lltt hilliti‘uild :i‘ ,tlt»{lil :tliiliiltfliitlliitttit“. ..|l, .l Itit‘i ti‘itttuMih-l t‘. ‘4 . l‘ l , ct. .t :,.m..:....t; Lliiliillillllhtilllt‘Hillliii .1 no ‘1luiltl..tlltiiltIli tliillliliiit iii/1mm L . . .....mmttnmuummiulitttittiimmunurri .. . .-.-......-\ MN ' Clo-operative 4 have in this 1 "3'- r" ‘ » L- . .,1A‘BE§AC-’—'(North)"——The writer was at Sterling recently where the farmers gath-' meted from near and; far the object was .they- are. finisgdng the organization of a. hipping association. They seemed to be taking a lot of interest. We county a live stock associa- tion. ~ Shipped about 20 cars"this fall and gwinter. Made some money for those who shipped. Not many beans sold at the - present. . The local 'elevators are paying $11.50 per hundred weight; rye. $1.75. The roads are in very bad condition an ac: count of..,driftin'g snow. There is a strip of‘cbuntry here in Clayton township, Are- rl'ac county where we were not hit byrthe .frost as hard as in some other districts, and we have some very nice beans for seed. I have at present about 60 bus. that will not pick over one pound to the bushel from the machine. Would like to get in touch with someone needinngood need. I know of a good. many fie ds in this neighborhood just in the same condi- tion, nice and dry. There was an agent from the vicinity of Almont here looking for seed corn, last Week and he picked up about 50 baskets and has the promise of more. I have sold 70 bushels of seed cor‘n this fall at one dollar‘a basket and have orders for all I have at $1.50 per basket—W. R. 8., Sterling. MONROE (West (‘entrnl)——Farmers not doing much these cold days. The deep snow and zero weather keep us very busy doing chores. There is quite a lit— tle trouble in the milk business these days as the snow has blocked the roads and made the trains late and milk inspec— tors are making the farmer do some think- ing. The only remedy is to stand firm and pull together.——W. H. L., Dundee, Jan. 21. " ANTRIM (Northwest)—-Very stormy weather for a week. Most farmers are hand—picking their beans and holding them for higher prices. Very few pota— toes being sold, as the price is too low. and farmers are not in love with the pres—' ent methods of grading. Hefe is an il- lustration of what we receive up here: \Ve took a bag of hand-picked beans to Ellsworth last week and the elevator man said thi-y would test 24 per cent moisture. We took the sample to Phelps the next day and they said the beans were first-class. The farmers say $8.50 per bu. for beans. There are hundreds of acres of beans not threshed yet and lots of them rotting in the mow. One elevator man from this section sent out five car— loads of potatoes and only sent one man to five tnem. When they reached their destination two cars were frozen. If that had” been a farmer who shipped those potatoes the public would say he was destroying foodstuff and was responsible for the high cost of 1iving.-G. A. D., Charlevoix, Jan. CLINTON (Ween—Unusually severe winter. Snow drifts from 2 to 8 feet in height. Everybody hunting for wood as coal cannot be bought. A car of coal is brought in once'in awhile but the quality is very poor and on account of the pat- riotism is sold for from $9 to $10. Beans turning out fairly well but threshers re- port to Secretary of State is worthless as they report culls. dirt. stones and every— thing. About 1—3 should be deducted from the amount reported. Farmers have no corn to feed and are unable to buy any.— T. B. Fowler, Jan. 22 . , WEXFORD ((‘entraD—Snowing every day and snow is-two feet deep in the woods. Business with farmers is pretty quiet; some are buying hay at,around $26 per ton. No produce being sold—A. A. .'~l., Boon, Jan. 22. SHIAWASSEE ((‘entral)—-I“armers are busy shoveling snow from the roads. cut- ting a little wood, which has a ready sale at $3.50 to $5.00 Di'l‘ cord. Not much coal in sight and very cold weather—W. P. B ()wosso, Jan. 22. INflHAM (Northeaut)——Snow piled up mountain high; roads in bad shape. but getting better now. Some are preparing to‘build inthis vicinity, but not to any great extent. the war problem is caus- ing too much tax. it looks as if the beans were up against something this season. After passing thru ten or twelve middlemen there is not much left for the farmer. If I could see them put out of busmess it would seem good for once. The weather has been very cold which has retarded business somewhat. The mer— 0111‘3’ has been down to from 10 to 18. I see by the report they have elected a COUDtY agent to help the farmers raise more potatoes and corn. 1 rather think hf? WONG get a poor reception in this vi- einity. If a man has farmed it thirty.or forty years and don’t know how, its time he'lltld help. but not a paper man—W. B. TVilliamston, Jan. 24. BENZIE (Southwest)—We have had a 1very hheavy fsrgxw storm and farmers who 'lV‘e ac< o e main roads are snowed in.~G. H., Benzonia, Jan. 20. . )[ANISTEE (Northwest)—-—The farmers \ll’l this county are busy doing chores and breaking roads. We are having a con— tinual snow storm, the snow is two feet on the level and in drifts from 4 to 10 ft and it is still snowing. There is nothing in the line of selling anything. The pr'ces quoted on potatoes is $1.00 per cwt and on beans $10 per cwt. Hay is scarce and sells at $25 to $30; oats, $3 per cwt— C. 7H. 8., Bear Lake, Jan. 20.~.‘ ' OSCEOLA (Northwest)-Most farmers areckept busy now-a-‘days shoveling snow and doing chores as it, has snowed—nearly every day for the last two weeks. Sheep sold at a sale here for, $29 a head—A. S. ‘S., Lewiston, Jan. 22. - GRATIO'I‘ ('Southoast)—The farmers are cutting quite a lot of wood and are drawing some grain to markets ' The '! ,, weather isflne now. only a little too much . snow. 'Oa-ts are the main grain the farm- ers are selling although some wheat an a few beans are being put on the market. Some grass seeds are being bought, which are pretty high; June clover, $20 per bu., timothy, . $6; alsyke, $17.00.—J. E. C” Banister .Jan. 24. ‘ ‘ NE1VAYGO\ZNortheast)——Mu_ch of the corn crop yet in the field, not being of much account only for the fodder. Snow- Very deep. Farmers are having a bust- ling time to keep the mail route open. Stock in good condition. Hogs are very scarce. Farmers who have Wood lots‘are busy cutting and hauling, wood to Cities to relieve coal shortage; dry wood. $4.00 per cord; green wood, $3.00 per cord. This will be a good year for the farmers ,to keep a. book account of their business. as the Federal census will be taken in a' little over one year. Some of the ques- tions are hard to answer.——F. S., Big Rap- ids, Jan. 24. BAY (Northeast)——Farmers have dug themselves out of the snow, which was piled up by the storm, which prevailed over the greater part of the country. The weather is still very cold. Farmers are kept .sy with the chores and obtaining fuel. A very few have wood but a greater part of them are depending on coal. Coal shipped in at the station is not sold to farmers any more so they are forced to go to the mines for it. . This makes a. very long haul and if one isn’t real early he will perhaps find 40 or 50 teams ahead and the chances are he will have to re- main until next day or return without coal. Those burni hard coal will have .to resort to coke if they do not have a sufficient quantity to carry them over. No selling to speak of; the market has been- dull since the blizzard—J. E. MCK., Pin- conning, Jan. 21. . / OAKLAND (North)——~Not much doing but chores and hunting for fuel, most of the people are burning green wood. The roads were badly blocked with snow but are mostly cleared out. Very little pro— duce .going to market. Some prospects of moving some potatoes, but it is un- certain about cars. A good many farm- ers are looking for seed corn wh'-h is very hard to find. A good many auction sales and everything selling well but horses—E. F, Clarkston,' Jan. 25. ARENAC (Ewan—This week the weath— er has been quite moderate. Lots of snow in the fields, which is a good thing for new seeding and fall grains, but bad on getting around. The scarcity of feed has made it necessary for many farmers to dispose of their stock. Hay is selling at the farm at from $16 to $22.50 a ton. and some of it a very poor quality. You can buy fine big horses at nearly your own prices. Beans advanced 500 a cwt. last week. Farmers are marketing some oats, beans, wood, hay etc. Tuesday. Jan. 22, Mrs. Henry L'llman, a pioneer of East Arenac County, passed to the great beyond. She was a resident on one farm for 40 years—M. B. R., Twining, Janu- ary 25. IONIA (Northwest)——-The ’weather for the past two weeks has been far from tropical, and the winds much like a step- mother's breath. Saturday, Jan. 12, was the severest day ever experienced by most residents of this county. The wind blew 45-55 miles per hr., at a temperature 14 below zero. Snow drifted everywhere there was an opening, ev‘en thru the key- holes in the doors. Stock without extra warm quarters suffered much, as moder- ate shelter was very little protection. The roads are filled with drifted snow from 4 to 12 feet deep, making them almost im- passable. Many days the rural mail 'car— riers were unable to make their routes. Some farmers are already out of feed and few that sold hay in the fall for $8 to $12 per ton are now buying at $22 to $24. It has been almost impossible to receive shipments of cottonseed and linseed meals as they have been held up by the rail- roads, and in some cases where these feeds were contracted before the .\'m'. or Doc. advance in prices. some companies refused to fill their contracts, claiming that these feeds were not obtainable. Bran and iniddlii‘igs are much cheaper since the. last Government ruling on flour and feed an are now selling for $28 and 3537 respectively. Very little wheat in farmers’ hands, as there can be no possi— ble advantage to them by holding for a higher price. Some have kept a few bush- els for chicken feed; it being cheaper and better than corn. Wheat and rye have suffered very little. if any from weather conditions. and the early sown went into the winter in fine shape. but by far the larger part of the acreage was sown verv late, much of which never germinated. Acreage of wheat very small; not more than 35 per cent of last year’s crop—S. W. K.. Lyons, Jan. 24. . MONTCALM (Southwest) — Farmers are not as busy zis‘usual; many are cut- ting and hauling wood, receiving $3.50 to $4.00 per cord at the station. A small amount of potatoes are being purchased, owing to the shortage of cars and the fact that mosUwarehouses are filled} Ice is moving slower than last week on account of most roads being closed. Weather is very cold with a large amount of snow on the soil. A very small amount of pro- duce is being held for higher prices—W. L.. Greenville, Jan. 25. 10800 (Southeast)———Farmers are cut- ting wood and putting up ice. We have %‘ood sleighlng and very cold weather. armers are selling some beans, hay and straw. Hay is bringing from $20 to, $22 per ton and straw $8 to $10. Quite a number ofour farmers have bought silos to be put up the coming spring—A. L., Tawas City, Jan. 25. 0TB!) ‘0, (West)-—NVeather here has been vex cold...\ Some of the farmers are gaulirég 1: 1 and wood—C. A., Gaylord, an. . . \ (Write Advertising Department, Mich- igan Business Forming, 110 West Fort St., Detroit, for rates in this column.) 0 I C BOABS and SOWS of fine ' ' - quality. Prices reasonable. Registered tree and will ship C.0.D. Floyd H. Banister. Springport, Mich. CATTLE WANTEnz—Pig feed cull beans let me know. Chas. Bromham, Hubbard Lake. Michigan. E. L. SALISBURY SHEPHERD, MICH. Breedernof purebred Holstein-Friesian Cattle Young bulls for sale from A. R. O. COWS with creditable records. SHEEP ' A limited number of Shropshire Ewes bred ewes; bred right! Prices right! A son of Tanner's Royal in service. H. F. Mouser, Ithaca. Michigan. YOUNG nELAlNO EWES,_bred, and yearling Ram. $60.00 to quick buyer. S. H. Saunders. R. .\'o. 2. Ashtabula Ohio. “’OLVERINE STOCK FAR.“ FOR SALE, a beautifully mark- ed bull calf, born Aug. 3, 1917. Sire JUdge Walker Pieterje whose first five ‘dams are 30 pound cows, his dam a 24 pound 3 year—old grand— daughter of King of the Pontiacs, and second dam a 26 pound cow. This calf will please you. Price, $200. T. W. SPRAGUE Route 2, Battle Creek, Mich. ' F FOR SALE INE Holstein bull calf 90 per cent White. A grandson of Maplecrest Korndyke Hengeweld who is as good as the best. Dam has A. R. 0. record 16 lbs. butter in seven days as three—year-old and 21 lb. three yr. old daughter. If ‘vou wantlone he is cheap at $50. Writevfor dewription. C. Hendee & Son, Pincknoy. Mich. 250 STEERS FOR SALE Ones, twos, threes, Herefords. Angus and Shorthorns. 600 to 1200 lbs. Choice quality sorted to size, age and breed. in car lots. Write your wants. C. F. Ball Fairfield. Iowa. ' HATCH HERD HOLSTEINS FOR AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register- ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and 30 Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual— ity and breeding. Flock established 1890. (f. Lemen, Dexter, Michigan. POULTRY For Sale—2 hens and COCkeI‘elS cockcrrl $5. also cock- erels $2 to $5. Write W C. West & Son. East Lansing RF 1.1.1 BARBED ROCK L‘UCKERELS for sale, $2.00 to $5,011 each for strain With records to 290 eggs at year. Circular tree. F‘red Asiling Constantine. Mich BARRED ROC (EOUKERELS from Prize Winning stock Thompson strain, $3 and . Yearling breeding hens. $2. Well Barred. Sam Sladel. Chelsea. Michigan. OHN'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BARREI) Rocks are hen hatched and soil! on up- proval $3 to $10 each. 1 llltliu and l rc- inales $12.00. Good layers (‘iri-iilars, Photos. John Northon. ("lure .‘JilPl’liR‘Rll. ()SE (‘ODIB RHODE ISLAND pR'HI) ‘ockrels for breeding Purposes. Prize- winning stock $3 apiece or three for $8.00. I pay for sending. Win. .1. Rinclie, A1- YPSILANTI We have been “breeding pine. Mir-h, RR \'o. 1. MICHIGAV Up" for Pthe past eleven L years. - 0n_tiac Korndyke U'ITERCUPS llimilcd niimlierday—old Chick’s. . ~ and .ng horndyke Sadie B‘Orders listed now, 20c each. Hatching Yale bulls 1n servu-e, Select your next eggs. Member A. R. P. Roy id. Mathews, 51m "OW \w-i-mlmrviiie. Mich. Bx 157. “BRENNAN JERSEY FARM” . . STRICTLY MAJESTY“ line bred reg. Will Save Your CthkS! bulls and heifers for sale from ' _ dams that are domg better than 50 lbs. fat per mo. we invite in‘-=pcction. Fred Brennan, (‘npzitx FOR SALE bull calf. ing. For Alit'li eglstered Holstein Bull Ready for service; also These bulls are of Choicc breed- particulars write Fred Lord. Stockbridge, Mich. HORSES ERCHER-ON STALLIONS, one 3 years old, driven single and double, One ten years old, thoroly broken single and doub— le. Will work like a mare, llczivy boned gentle fellows. Price $100 :mil 8:100. l"i'i‘(l N. Randall. Munvhir-stcr. Mir-h. (mo 3—year—old Black l‘er- or a e Micron Stallion, weighing 1800 lbs, also our aged Stallion Ingomar 30047, that has been at the head of our stud for 10 years. M. A. t l l l Anv reader of this magazine who writes P. 'J. Kelly, the Poultryman, at 109 Kelly Bldg. No. 2 N. 2nd St. Minneapolis, Mimi. will receive a Free (‘opy of his new book- let “White Diarrhoea in Baby Chicks." It tells how to prevent, remedy and save the whole hatch. lt‘s free. Write ofr it at once. (Adv.) Superior Farm, White Wyandotts Good winter layers, and fit for any show room. .A. few good cockerels, $3 and $5 each. Eggs after Mar. 1st. C. W. Hon- eywell, Plymouth. Mich. MISCELLANEOUS SEED, 100 per cent B E purity. Sample and price on request. Mayor‘s Plant Nursery. Merrill. Mich. (lit SALE—Choice seed l’cn beans, $8 .. . « .\. ,. ,, .. wr bushel. Samples on request. Otis Bid) l..‘t., ( 11.1.. DIAY. Mgr. l.an.~.ii,...\lil ii iii 'l‘i'ipp. Mount Pleasant. Michigan. i FRANCIS Fall — bearin HOGS 1 FOR SALE Strawberry plants $1.50 perg 100: $10.00 per 1,000. W. l“. Tindall, LEONARD, POLAND CHINAS Bred ‘wyvm City. Mich- sows, fall pigs, either sex, Leonard, St. that will grow. $10.00 a at reasonable. price. E. R. Louis, Mich. R. No. 3. B RE D GIL T S Wm. B. No. 47049. Longfellow 18575 Sire of 1st prize young 0 T 1 N2). { herd at Iowa State Fair. Fall pigs and , C breed serviceable boars. J. CARL JEW’ETT, Mason, Hirli. l SEED CORN bushel. Sample on re— quest. .l_ A. Rhodes, Prairie Depot, Ohio. OGEMAW COUNTY FARM LANDS Very productive. Small payment down. No further payments interest or taxes for five years. Harry 0. Sheldon, Alger, Michigan. 0 I C Choice young boars ready ' ' ' either sex; sired prize yearling boar Mich. State Fair 1917 (llover Leaf Stock Farm. Monroe, Mich.. 11. No. 1. BOARS John W. llAMPSHlRE for sale. Johns. Mich. EGISTERED and bred gilts Snyder. R. 4.. St. CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK Percherons--Colonel 10483}, a grand— son of Morse and Olbert; a great grandson of Besigue and Calypso, at head of stud. ” Holsteins~Senior Sire, son of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke and a 28.22 pound dam. Aberdeen—Angus— Senior Sire. Black Earl of Woodlawn 152209. A Blackbird. Shropshires—A small but choice flock, large, and wool— ed from nose to toes. Durocs~The large, prolific money—making kind. It in need of a first-class sire, write me. DOBR D. BUELL, Elmira, Mich. B. 1. i for service; also fall p.gs > by lst " Co—operative Buying $53,703,; Saves Money. Delivered cailoi quotations furnished. GRAIN GROWERS GRAIN C0. Minneapolis, Minn STRAWBERRY PLANTS distal} plete and nicely pictured book, tells all about my vigorous stock grown best way. Mayer‘s Plant Nursery, Merrill, Michigan. C OLD FORDS START EASY LV WEATHER if you use our 1918 carbur- . etor. 34 miles per gallon guaranteed. One-third more power. Use cheapest gas- oline or one—half kerosene. Quickly starts cold motor even at zero and moves right '. off .with full power. No spitting or pop- ping. Slow speed on high. Fits exactly. Attach it yourself. .30 off list where no agent. Big profits selling our goods. We fit all motors. Write for 30 day trial of~ fer and money back guarantee. The Air- Friction Carburetor Company, 559 Mad- ison St., Dayton, Mich. gem, We, vst .‘a‘vfim‘ ‘” .e v- SHALL I PLANT?" ’ “I w‘buld like to ask your advice on what would be the best cash crop for "I us to plant this next season. We have 160 aeres of land and it is mostly of a: gravel loam, some sand loam but not light, also quite a fittle clay .and some muck. We have about 30 acres in new 3 seeding, about 14 acres in fall crops, .' and expect to plant 15 acres corn and 20 acres oats and barley and now I would like to know what your advice would“ be to plant on the balance of 30 .acres as a cash crop, taking all the ‘ marketing regulations and price pros- ‘ pects into consideratioil."——-Subscliber, = Gooderich. ' Taking into consideration the crops ‘ already planted and to be planted on ' this 160 acres of land which includes . 13 into grass, 14 into wheat and the : proposed 15 to corn and 20 to oats and barley, there remains 30 acres to be ' planted into cash crops. Also consid- : ering the soil which a sandy, gravelly loam, and the location, I cannot recom- ' mend anything better, everything con- , sidered, than beans and potatoes for . this land unless part of the area be devoted to sugar beets. This would depend more on the hauling distance of the beets. If the land is located near a shipp- ing station, with the present price ' offered for beets, I think it would be -. wise to grow a portion of this land to ; sugar beets because it is an absolute ._ cash crop. All you have got to do is to get the tonnage . the market is es- tablished, there is no question about the money and, besides, the world needs sugar. It is a patriotic thing to grow sugar beets if one is favorably located and has suitable soil, but of course one cannot advise a man to ‘ grow sugar beets if he has to haul them four or five miles to market. This costs too much. Neither can one recommend sugar beets ii the soil is not of the right nature or in the proper condition to grow a good crop. A. loamy soil that is in quite fertile condition will produce a paying crop of sugar beets. Beans and potatoes will certainly , be good crops to raise in this lecality ‘ on this kind of soil. The amount to I be planted to potatoes will be govern- ed largely by the problem of market— ing. How far they must be hauled to market. I would think that the commercial city of Flint would furnish almost an ideal market and it would be within hauling distance. i should think it would be no particular trou- ble to sell potatoes in wagonload lots to families in this city of Flint next fall at a good fair price. This ought to be one of the best home markets for potatoes in the state. But where potatoes have to be hauled a consid- erable distance and then shipped by rail to far away markets the grower is handicapped and the profits are not apt to be as large as where they can be disposed of in a nearby home mar- ket. I shOuld judge from the discription that this would be an ideal soil for beans and I know too that large areas of beans are grown in Genesee county. One doesn’t have to- figure as much on the market for beans as the hauling to market counts little figure compar- ed to marketing a crop of potatoes or sugar beets and unless the market con- ditions are favorable for the sugar ' beets and the potatoes as suggested above, I think it would be advisable to put a large part of this land to beans. With a favorable season, on this soil, a man ought to get a very profitable crop‘at present prices and there is no question but_what\ the world will need the beans and but what they will bring a. fair price for 1918 crop.—~Colon 0. Lillie. Illlllllifllllliflllllluillllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllilllllnfl|IlmillllllllllllllilllifllllIIIIINHflUiHIImlUIIII I think your paper is a good one. I would not be without it for three times the price. —John Booth, Sanilac county We are certainly well pleased with the M. B. F. It is the only paper we can find that has the interest of the farmers in mind. ——Wesley Dell, Grand Travercse county. United'States has 350,000 IHdians.‘ ‘ I! I ‘ Iro’n money is passing in Germany and the Siamese are using porcelain. More than 44, 000, 000 acres of coal lands in fourteen states of the United States are to be opened in 1918. ‘ t t t " Castor oil is ‘a taverite lubricant for aeroplanes because it is little ef- ' fected by changes of temperature. ' ' t t 1. Imports in undressed furs and skins for the nine months ending September 30th last were valued at $19,458,181. II 0 0 Nothing is wasted in war but noise. A steam roller is run over empty tin cans to flatten them then they are put into a smelter. . O The population of the United States is now estimated at 104, 863 thousand, compared with 103,145 thousand a year ago. t t 0 Michigan has been called upon to enlist 11,734 men for shipbuilding work as her quota, provided they are needed for this branch of the service. i t t Prompted by the warmest December on record, farmers in Western Mon- tana are plowing by night, railroads lending them headlights, and wheat acreage will nearly double that of a year ago. New York City eats 100,060 pounds (of horse flesh weekly. . Kansas City schools will teach food gardening. . t l 0 Pennsylvania railroads states that the shippers could save $2,000, 000 a year by more carefully packing fruit. The United States Government will expend $1,000,000,000 during the com- ing year in military buildings. I t O From Amsterdam comes the report that a number of Allied airplanes drop- ped 1, 000 copies of President Wilson’ 3 me5sage to Congress over occupied ar- eas of Belgium recently. a: The third elevator fire to occur in the Thumb district within the last ten days, burned one of the storehous- es of the Bad Axe Grain Company to the ground Monday night, entailing a loss of $20,000. ' t O t The new Washtenaw Co-operative association of Ann Arbor, held its first business meeting in the Super. visor’ s room in the county Court House a few days ago. Partial arrangements were made at them eeting for making the first shipment of stock to the De troit market under co—operative meth- od of handling. Forty new members were taken into the association at this meeting. . , John G. Newman. former Portland produce dealer, believes more Ionia coun- ty farmers would raise cabbage if they realized that there is ordinarily good money in the crop when the grower goes into it on a large scale. Mr. Newman, who Spends his winters in New York City, dealing in produce, writes the Re- view that domestic cabbage is selling in New York at $58 to $60 a ton, red cab- bage bringing $100; potatoes are $4. 25 to $4. 50 per 180 pounds; onions $3. 25 per hundred pounds and table beets $3. 00. t F E. Langdon has 25 Rhode Island pullets that p1 oduced 409 eggs during the month of December. The pullets were hatched the 26th day of April and began laying the lst of November, but from the lsth to the end 0 fthe month they pro- duced 14 dozen eggs. Mr. Langdon takes good care of his flock and says he aims to keep them busy. He is sellin gthe eggs at 50c per dozen so even with the high price of feed he figures that the chickens am paying a good profit. ——Lawton Lead- er. I- t a Ed. DeVries of Dighton sold :1 beans to the Dighton Grain Co. for which he received $455.00 This is the largest amount of money received for a load of beans in this section and shows that beans can be successfully grown around Digh— ton—Osceola Press. 3 6 Ed. Chamberlain and. son of Brighton are milking 14 cows and selling the milk to the Detroit Creamery Company. For December they delivered nearly 700 lbs. daily for which they received better than $20. 00. -—South Lyon Herald Will McCrory sold to F. J VanAtta seven hogs that Weighed 2289 pounds and for which he received $480.69, or nearly $70 each—South Lyon Herald. The creamery at Grove City, Pa., oper- ated under the management of the Dairy Division of the Bureau of Animal Indus- try, United States Department of Agri- culture, is cited in the bureau’s annual report as an excellent example of the in- fluence that a well—managed creamery has upon a locality. When it was opened in 1915, it had only 54 patrons the first month, but at the close of the fiscal year it had 579 patrons, from whom 378.000 pounds of butterfat were purchased dur- ing the year at a price well above that generally prevailing. In addition to the manufacture of 4255,084 pounds.of but— ter, the products included 139,585 pounds of cottage cheese, 1,504,025 pounds of con- densed milk, and 5,441 pounds‘ of casein. —Sanilac county Farmer. l 0 ll There was a. distinct object lesson at the recent unloading and delivery of the corn shipped in here by the Union City branch of the Farmers’ Co-Operative Company. This corn was purchased sev- eral months ago since which time prices have advanced greatly. Had the farmers sold this corn when it arrfved, the profit would have been about $670 on the entire consignment.’ Co-operation seems to pay well and the management suggests that the work be enlarged -—Union City Regis- ter- Weekly , o o _ c Bert Closson sold a hog that weighed 625 pounds to Jones and Shurte for 16 cents a pound or an even $100. The an— imal was shipped with other stock to Chicago—National Democratl Cassopo- 113. g. . . Joseph Duvall, a. farmer of LaSalle township, Monroe county, sold one pig Jan. 18. 1918 that weighed 535 lbs. dress- ed, at 200 per 1b., receiving for it $107.44. How is this for 3. Monroe county farmer? coco-IIIIIIQIIIOOIIII (This‘coupon is from issue of Feb. 2nd. 1918- I Incl-Iv... Icon-Cotfilolltoiultloul 'icoooloellvouoocl ——_—_——mu‘~—‘——v__——a_—_——Il MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mt. Clemens, Mich. I Dear Sirsz—Send your weekly to the following address for one year, I for which a one dollar bill is enclosed: nuoooo-cnuouiotoce \ . R.F.D ......... _*_—-—————- ’ the boost. It causes one to inddlge in. an ironic V smile whefi he finds tucked away in one corner of the Detroit Free Press] the following item: . “Healthy financial condition and a. -' satisfactory volume of busineSs dur- ing the "year were reflected in reports submitted to stockholders of the De-~ troit Creamery Company at their an-. nual meeting, Thursday, January 24 in the company’ 3 general omces, Grand River and Cass avenues.” J . One of the directors reelected was. Mr. E. D. Stair, who incidentally, holds a cantrolling interest in the Free Press. We are reminded that the Detroit. Creamery Company similarly rejoiced a year ago over the gratifying profits, ' but at that time the public was let in on the good news. This Year,\howev- er, in view of the attitude of the De- troit consumer against 14 cent milk, it wouldn’t be very good policy to talk very loudly about the dividends. BRIEF NOTES FEOM THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION Shortage'of wheat in France is becoming more adarming each week. Pastry is now classed as a luxury -- and its manufacture or consumption is now suppressed except on Sun, days and holidays. The U. S. Food Administration wishes to place the Irish potato every day in the. year on ‘every table in A- merica. Potatoes furnish nourish- ment, bulk, mineral salts and a cor- rective alkalinity in the diet. They are plentiful this year and cheap. Fifty thousand tons of linseed cake- originally consigned to Holland will be sold at request of the consignee for consumption in New York, Penn- sylvania and New England accord- ing to an announcement authorized by the U. S. Food Administration MR. CITY CONSUMER . SPEAKS H‘IKS OPINION Hyman Winegarden, who. it is re- lated to us came to Flint about ten years ago with a little gocart of fruit and established a small business. is said to have grown rich in that time and. is now reported to be worth three—quarters of a million, an dthis has been made in the commission business. He now tells in the Flint Journal that “one dollar a bushel is too much to pay the producer for no- tatoes.” He tells an \awful tale of woe about trying to buy potatoes on the Gneenville market and says when he tried it that potatoes were worth a dollar a bushel, but ovnefi he came on the market the price was boosted to $1.25 and he lays it to the farmer for He forgets there are a few buyers hens in town who just lay for some interloper to come in and outbid them on the market. He goes on to tell about handling costs and says it costs 43 cents a bushel to put potatoes on the retail market. From the state- ment made to us that he is worth the better part of a million of dollars made in the commission business it is easy to see where a large part of the costs to the consumer gets into the potatoes he handles. He says “they can raise potatoes around that sec- tion of the country (Greenville) for 25 cents a bushel”, He adds): “I have personally bought a lot of pota- toes there and I know the minute a fellow comes in there and wants to buy som epotatoes they boost the price 10 cents on him. This would make us believe that Mr. Winegar.‘ den’s grievance is against the buyers and not against the growers. We have heard of some of this race of people having the belly ache before when they thought someone else was getting a piece of the money. Mr. Winegarden forgets that lost year the grower could have sold ev- ery bushel of his seed potatoes for $3.00 per bushel and that it takes 8 bushels to plant an acre. , Further, labor cost'$3.00 to $3.50 a day to bar- vest and paris green 50 cent sper pound and that the average crepewas not more than 75 bushel per acre. Farmers doing business at this rate wouldn’t have got as rich as the Flint man on his little commission. This is the duck that takes no “chances.”— Greenm‘lle Independent.