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IIIIII SITUATION DE 1
TR0lT AREA SERIOUS

 

Milk Producers in Session again this week; to .

Consider Latest Findings of Special Milk
Commission, New Developments and to
Meet with Delegates From
Branch Associations

 

:‘ "Your article of‘danuary 19th on the milk situa-
tion setsfprth the‘situation in the true light," writes
a Birch Run Granger.

”may be necessary to maintenance of the burdensome

special milk commission took at

(for the people) and highly profitable business of.
the present distributors, but it is no solution of the
problem. . - -

“There is one phaselof the situation, and an im-
portant on not touched upon by either article.
People living in Detroit tell me of. a very good reas-
on for limiting their use of milk. They tell me they
are paying a good price for poor quality. And after
partaking of my product as it leaves for the Detroit
market and also that as delivered to;the consumers
at Detroit, I cannot but agree with them. To me
it is as the difference between new milk and skim
milk.. Does milk as delivered to the consumers of.
Detroit test 3 per cent asr*“requested, by the state
law? Why should the distributors be allowed to
skim it at a11?”—H.-s., Birch Run.

An inquiry was also received from a subscriber
asking fora complete account of what action the
its last session
toward solving the surplus proposition. Both of
these matters were referred to Hon. Fred L. Wood-
worth, state dairy and food commissioner, who ad-
vises as follows: '-

“The Milk Commission decided at their recent
hearing to recommend that for February, 1918, the
distributor pay the farmer on the basis bf $3.35 per
hundred for 3.5% milk in the fifteen-cent freight
zone for 90% of his milk, and $2.75 per hundred for

.the remaining 10%.

, tributors can realize a-

. for this surplus milk
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* the surplus question

“At the time the price was set for January, there
was no surplus and no allowance was made for the
loss the distributor would sustain should there be
a surplus. Because of the coal shortage and the re-
sulting closing of creameries, condensaries and the
embargo on the shipment or condensed milk to the
coast, an unusually large amount of milk has been
sent to the Detroit dis-

“The expedient suggestions,

suggestion because the surplus is, I am sure,, but a
temporary one and a lower price that could only
be maintained for a few weeks would cause more
confusion and misunderstanding to both producer
and consumer than the gain would be worth. Also
in order to reduce the price of milk it would be nec-
essary to make a reduction of ,atfieast one cent a
quart, which means $.47 a- hundred. This would
necessarily have to come out of the producer and
is a reduction that would, under present conditions,
bring a milk famine to Detroit in a week. As you
know, I am a farmer and perhaps it is easy for me

to see the farmer’s side of the case, but I am sure,
that I can prove to any fair-minded man that under .

the present conditions market milk for the city of
Detroit cannot be produced for any less than $.07
a quart on the farm. That the city distributors
must pay this is shown by the fact that the con-
densaries now buying milk in the Detroit milk area
are paying practically that price.

“The $2.75 price on the 10% surplus was arrived
at by apportioning the (Continued on page 22)

POTATO GROWERS TO MEET AT .
EAST LANSING, MARCH 7th-8th.

 

The annual meeting of the Michigan Potato Grow-
ers’ Ass’n will be held at the Agricultural College,
East Lansing, March 7th and 8th. The election of
ofiicers will take place at this time and the problems
of production,'grading and marketing will be dis.
cused.

In view of the fact that the Michigan Potato Grow-
ers’ Ass’n is partly responsible for the establishment
of the grading rules in this state, its hundred and
twenty-five members and officers will now have an
opportunity to exonerate themselves before the fifty
thousand or more potato growers who are not mem-
bers of the organization and who are opposed to the
grading methods. It has recently developed that
those in authority at Washington put up the argu-
ment against the protests that have been sent in that
the organized growers themselves wanted the grades
and that was one of the reasons why they were adopt-

- ed this year.

It is not stated whether the discussions to be taken
up are open to the public or are for the express ben—
efit of the members. In behalf of our readers we
are writing Secretary Waid for an invitation to the
gathering. The doors ought to be thrown wide open
to every potato grower in Michigan. The problems
to be discussed are of state-wide interest, and every
potato fiarmer who can afford to make the trip and
who is welcome should (Continued on page 22)

GRADING TO BLAME I"
FOR POTATO SITUATION

No Need to Theorize as to -Why ”Crop (Has Not
Been Moved to Market; Ask the Farmer '
Who Got Hit With the Grading
Rules; He Knows.

 

 

Last November, the Bureau of Crop Estimates an-
nounced that the‘ United States had produced the
biggest crop of potatoes in its history. “Potatoes
will be cheap," everybody said, and waited and sait-
ed—and still they wait—for cheap potatoes.

On Feb. '4th, such Detroit retail stores that had
potatoes were selling them ungnaded at 65 cents per
peck, and there were lots of stores that had nary a
spud to sell. One hundred. and fifty miles distant on
the same'day, a farmer sold a load of graded pota-
toes at 65 cents a bushel.

A few weeks ago some one propounded the question
“If there are so many potatoes in the country, why
don’t they get to market and why does the price stay
so high?”

Here come the sages with a hundred and one dif-
ferent theories. .

Says the local buyer: “No cars.”

Says the city newspaper editor: “Farmers’ fault.
They’re holding their potatoes for higher prices."

Says the “expert”: “Car shortage, weather, farm—
ers,—-all to blame.”

Who KNOWS? Ask the farmer.
something about it.

All right. Mr. Farmer will you please stand up
before the audience and explain why you haven’t sold
more of your potatoes? _

Says the farmer: “Grades! Last spring the g6?-
ernment and extension departments and agricultural
colleges and the “experts” told me I should be pat-
riotic and plant a lot of potatoes. I did. I paid $4
a bushel for seed, $3 a day for 1abor,'$75 for fiertiliz—
er. When I harvested what part of my crop that es-
caped the September frost I found that it had cost
me THREE times as much as in normal seasons.
But that was all right. I’d raised the spuds like
Uncle Sam had asked me to, and was willing to take
my chances with the others in the market.

“I dug the potatoes in the rain and snow, with what
scant and poor help I oculd get. 'I hauled part of
them to market, be-
cause the government

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gm? making *1 ALL FOOD DEALERS ARE ORDEREnTo DISPLAY PLAIN PRICE TAGS ON THEIR WAREs had said 1 should
“Prof. Anderson of : , W '. .. . ' market at least one-
the Michigan Agricul- fourth of my crop

 

tural College and I
spent nearly a week in
Detroit going over the
creameries’ plants and
books. We decided
that the surplus is now
about 13%. In nor-
inal times the surplus
is about 3% so that
the unusual surplus
is, roughly 10%. We
found that under pres-
ent conditions the dis-

bout $2.50 a hundred
cheese, etc. - .

“It was suggested to ~
the proper solution of

was to lower the pricew

when dug. The price
was from 80 cents to
$1 a bushel. I really
had to have more than
that to pay me any
profit, but it folks
needed potatoes, I
wasn’t going to keep
mine back. ‘Here’s
my first load of spnds,’
I said to the buyer,
‘they’re a little small
on account of the frost
but otherwise all good,
sound stock just as-
good and better‘n
some of the big fel—
lows. I sorted out the
bad ones before I left
home. There are for-
ty bushels; ‘hey cost
me better than $40 to

 

 

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er. I think the Com-
mission acted. wisely
in not accepting this

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a pound; farmer gets 11.‘ Potato. a gram: 3
equalities between the prices received by th‘

Retailers Ire obmpello‘d now by 11111138 of the Food Administration to exhibit plainly marked price tags on all food
8 it any wonder that the poor consumer cusses the farmer? Beans, 20 cents
6 cents;
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the Food Administration has Icontrol over all methods and a ggnts 013pdistrilsiut'ion.c SD t at

a pound; farmer gets 1%. Cabbage,

grow, but I’m patriot-
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MIGHIGAN CUT-ohm LANDS TO
SUSTAIN MANY FLOCKS or SHEEP

—-,—-———.

That the cut-over lands of Michigan will soon be

supporting thousands of sheep to the mutual ad-

vantage of the Western sheepmen who contemplate
bringing their flocks to the state, as well as the
owners of the land and the public at large, now
seems evident from the progress being made in
negotiations between, large land owners and west-
ern wool growers.

The movement had its inception several months
ago when the Upper Peninsula Development Bur-
eau first suggested to the sheepmen‘at the wool
growers’ convention at Chicago, the vast possibil-
ities of the wide stretches'of Upper Peninsula
lands available for grazing. ’ The wool growers
were at first skeptical but 'went to considerable
expense to conduct an examination of the claims,
and announced that they were satisfied that Nor-
thern Michigan and Wisconsin held great possibil-
ities for the sheep raiser. The many summer
drouths affecting the western sheep conntry and
the high freight rates have made it necessary-for
many sheepmen to seek a new field.

The proposition was immediately taken up by
the Western Michigan Development Bureau and
the Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau.
In the face of the threatened wool shortage which
menaces the future success of the war, the matter
is being given serious attention not only by sheep-
men and residents of the parts of the state affect-
ed but by government officials as well. I

Delegates from the' three development bureaus
of Michigan were in attendance at the recent con-
vention of Western wool growers held at Salt
Lake City, and the advantages of the various parts
of Michigan as a sheep raising country were giv-
en prominence in the convention.

The fact that 25,000,000 acres of sheep grazing
lands in the west must be vacated this year under
the terms of the Homestead Act, makes necessary
radical move on the part of many sheep owners.
It is estimated that nearly 25 per cent of the
western sheep owners will be affected by the terms
of this act. That a large percentage of them wlil
seek a new field in the cut—over districts of Mich-
igan and Wisconsin now seems evident.

Representatives of the various counties in the
Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau gath-
ered at the Hotel Bancroft Tuesday, January 29,
for the fifth annual dinner.

The possibilities of sheep- —raising in Northeast-
ern Michigan was the chief topic of discussion.
James R. Snody of Onaway was elected president.

HURON COUNTY FARMERS AFTER
FEDERAL LOAN ASSOCIATION

A movement is on ”foot to organize a Federal
Farm Loan Association in northwestern Huron
County in the vicinity of Pigeon and Elkton. Sev-
eral communications from that part of the county
have been received by M. B. F'from farmers in-
terested in an- organization of this kind. Farm-
ers in the vicinity of these villages who wish to
get in touch with others interested in organizing
a loan association can obtain the names of those
now working on the proposition by addressing this
office.

There are numerous farming communities where
the organization of Federal Farm Loan Associa-
tions would be of immense benefit to the farmers.
In nearly all of these communities there are faun-
ers who are interested, but who have hesitated/ to
take up the matter as they have felt there was
not enough interest among the other farmers of
the community.

Any farmer so interested can obtain material
assistance by writing M. B. F. regarding the mat-
tre. This office may be able to put him in con-
nection with others in his vicinity who wish to see
a loan association established.

MICHIGAN AMONG LEADERS
IN DAIRY BULL ASSOCIATION

Michigan stands second among the states of the
Union in the number of active co-operative dairy
bull associations, and has the distinction of have
ing been the first state in which an organization
of that kind was formed. There are eight active
associations in the state at present, according to
the report of the dairy division of the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture.
South Carolina leads with nine.

The first co-operative dairy bull association to be
organized in the United States was promoted in

.young cattle had their feet frozen.

‘ Michigan in 1908. For a number of years little”

progress was made in promoting similar Organiza-
tions.

not as yet Head by the bureau as active” The or-

ganization of an association in a. community has .
had a tendency to immediately iniprove the live--

stock, as many farmers find it an incentive to pur-
chase thoroughbred cows, as well as the slower
improvement which resultsin buillding up herds
by breeding to grades.

The eight active associations listed ”by the bu-
reau are as follows:

Fairview Guernsey Cattle Club, Fairview.

Leer Guernsey Breeders’ Association Leer.

Climax Gurnsey Breeders’ Association. Scott.

Standard Holstein Breeders Association, Bruce
Crossing.

Harrisville Brown Swiss Association, Harris-
ville.

Litchfield Jersey Cattle Club, Litchfield.

Daggett Holstein-Feisian Association, Daggett.

‘Ray Holstein Breeders’ Association, Washington.

In addition to this a number of these associa-
tions were organized in the Upper Peninsula, as
well as several in the Lower Peninsula during the
spring and summer of 1917.

GRANGE MASTER EXPLAINS PRES-
COTT’S ATTITUDE ON $10.00 BEETS

In a communication to MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING, State Grange Master John C. Ketcha 1,
who is also chairman of the beet growers’ com-
mittee which was appointed to negotiate with the
sugar manufacturers for higher prices, explains
State Food Administrator’s attitude on the ques-
tion of $10 beets. His letter Iollows: .

“Dear Mr. Lordz—Your editorial read with
much interest. You have hit the nail squarely
on the head, I think. Mr. Prescott did not in
fact press the $9 as a price. He merely offered it
as a tentative basis for discussion, disclaiming
any definite knowledge as to either cost of pro-
duction or of manufactUring. He did not announce
$9 as a final price. The manufacturers merely
jumped at the suggestion of his $9 as a good
chance to get away from the $10 asked by the
growers. They were shrewd enough to see the
force of such a position and have been doing their
best since the conference to put the blame on the
growers for any lack of response. So far as I can
hear the growers are not signing in large num-
bers. Fraternally yours, John (7. Ketcham.”

 

 

 

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haSANILAC (South)-——Farmers are not very busy and

hayI is being pressed and some wood cut. Weather is
sti cold and clear. Some potatoes and other vege—
tables have been frozen in cellars. Some hay and
stock are on the move at fair prices, but most farmers
are holding for higher- prices. Beans are not all
threshed.—N. J V C.———Croswell, Feb. 1.

SANIDAC (North)—Farmers are doing chores and
hauling wood and coal when they can get it. Fields
well covered with snow insuring some protection to
wheat and meadows. Some bean threshing to be done
yet The majority of beans are damp. Some pressed
hay being delivered at loading points. Most of the
hay sheds filled up waiting for carer to move it. Live
stock wintering in good shape—G. .A., Palms, Feb—
ruary 1

OSCEOLA (Cannon—Farmers are doing chores
and cutting wood. Some are selling dry buzz wood at
$3. 00 per cord, green buzz wood bringing $2. 50 per
cord. There is nothing moving at present Plenty of
snow; temperature around and below zero most of the
time. This township has lost one of its oldest pio-
neers in the death of L. G Clark. ———E. A. Ev,art Feli-
ruary 2.

BRANCH (North)—Fa.rmers are doing ch01 es and
cutting wood. Are not selling much. Conditions are
such that farmers do not know just what to do. ——F. S,
Union City. Feb

LIVINGSTON (Northwest)—Another cold week and
farmers are not doing much except their chores; all
buying some coal and cow feed when they can get
it. None of them selling anything at present. Quite
a number of jobs of beans yet to thresh, but cannot
get to them on account of the snowdrifts..——G A. W,
Fowlerville, Feb. 2.

HURON (Nerthwest)——Very cold weather. Farmers
doing chores and digging wood out of the snow. The
roads are in bad condition. There is quite a lot of
shock corn in the fields partly snowed under. Hay
and wood in good demand. Some grain going to the
market—G. W. Elkton Feb. 1.

CHEBOYGAN (Northwest)—The cold has been se-
vere here the past week. It was so cold that some
It was 32 below
Friday night—O W B., Riggsville,- Feb. 2.

INGRAM (West ContraD—Stlll very cold. The or—
der of the day is to turn out with your shov e] to keep
the roads open. Feed is scaice and getting more so
all the time. If this weather continues feed will be
very high and hard to get at any price. Some are
forced to sell stock at low prices to s'zne feeding
Some horses have been sold to U. S for army use I
see they are beginning to urge the farmers to put in
large crops again ——C. I. M. Mason, Feb.

MIDLAND (Northwest)———The weather has been
extremely cold the past week, as low as 35 below zero.
Farmers not doing much. A 1few beans going to market.
——-F. A...L Coleman, Feb

Within the last few months", however, sew ’ ‘
eral associations have been organized which are _

. The daily press which plays up i " V
story of the rare. but fortunnte farmer who
huge yield of‘some staple in the we of ad
weather conditions nevu- ‘fi'n‘ds' space for

like the one sent in by A J. Wenger of Cassopolis .

If space were given to stories like this by the

daily press the impression among many city peo.
ple that the farmer was fast becoming a pluth

crat, and was rapidly gaining control of the loose
wealth in the land wOuld soon be dissipated.
Here is Mr. wenger' 3 story:

“I paid four dollars for a bushel of very poor

seed potatoes last spring; One half acre was plant-

_ ed from this seed in hills. The frost caught them
in the fall, and it was necessary, for me to pay '

$3.50 for a man to help me. dig them in 'one day.
We dug 30 bushels in all, 14 of Grade No. l,

and 16 of grade No-2. " The 14 bushels at 90 cents '

a bushel amounted to 312.619.1219. 16 bushels
at .60 cents a bushel brought $9. 60 or a total 01‘

$21. 20. .
“The actual eXpense on that one-half acre was

as follows:

Plowing, dragging and marking. . . . . . ..... ,, . . S 2.00

1.50

Cultivating four times . .
Spraying once
gang: tirgie digging ........................
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One half day ggetting seed and one half day
delivering crop
Actual cost of production on iv

Received for crop -
Direct money 1088.; .........................

CONKLIN CO-OPER’ATIVE
CREAMERY BREAKS RECORD

According to the Oonkh‘n Enterprise, the fiscal
year of the Farmers’ Co -0perative Creamery at
Conkh‘n, just closed, was the most successful in
the history of the organization.

During the twelve-month period a total of
$115,562.97 was paid out to the farmers. This
represents an increase of $44,000 above the gross
business of the previous year.

Every cooperative creamery ever organized has
had to go through the same shadow of uncertainty
and the same fire of criticism. The Conklin
creamery has been no exception, but this enter-
prise has already passed thru the trying experi-
mental stages and has won the confidence and
patronage of the leading farmers of the vicinity

The annual meeting 01 the company was made
the occasion for a gala day in which the farmer
stockholders, friends and families for miles
around gathered about a community dinner and
listened to several inspiring addresses.

It is stated that every member of the director-
ate was retained by the pleased stockholders, and
the old officers were re-elected. Mr. C. J. Lazenby
continues as manager.

DO FOOD ADMINISTRATION MEN
- RECEIVE COMPENSATION 9

Will you please answer the following questions
thru your valuable paper?
Administrators receive a salary or pay in any
way for serveces? Second, also our examining
boards such as physicians, lawyers or anyone con-
nected therewith? If so, how much and how are
they paid? Please answer and settle a dispute
between myself and neighobr friend. ——W. E. V.,
Lapeer

No one occupying a position of authority upon
either the Food or the Fuel Administration re-
ceives a salary Clerical employees who do the
detail work are paid in the same manner as other

employees from a special appropriation voted by

congress. There are many objectiOns to accept-
ance of the services of these men gratis, as the
system necessarily places only wel1-to-do people,
who can afford to give their time to the govern-
ment, but who for the most part are not in touch
with the common folks, in control 'of important
matters. Moreover, the people do not feel as free
to criticise mistakes that these men may make,
when they know that they are giving their ser-
vices free of charge, the most of them because of
patriotism.

We are advised by members of the sic-called
“draft" boards that no provision has yet been
made for paying them for the work they are doing.
It has been rather vaguely understood that the
government expected to reimburse them at the

rate of $1 per hour for time actually pUt in}. but‘
there appears to be nothing authoritive about this-

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,loo ed with more or less favor upon

urea of "this _ government in detaining ,
‘gnenieh vessels in American harbors, .7 ..

of the senate investigating committee,
'Wa’r disclosed military Secrets.
Guild-have remained military secrets. No

11011111 the information has already been receive-

ell with Joy by the enemy, who have been making

"every. eifort within their power the past few
Streams to ascertain the magnitude of America’ 3
“war preparedness.
gistic side to the disclosures.
'the ‘eyes of the people to the gigantic problems
that had to be overcome and have strengthened

But there is a more optim-
They have opened

their confidence in the ability of the nation's

chief men to cope successfully with the situation.

Below will be found a summary of Mr. Baker's

”statements before the committee:

“America will have 500, 000 men in France ear-

"ly this year, and I ,000, 000 more trained and equip-

ped will Be ready to follow as quickly as ships

can be provided.

“100, 000 men already in France, all provided

with improved Americanized Enfleld rifle.
“Inetances of inefficiency named by Senator

Chamberlain were isolated ones and not charac-

teristic of general conditions prevailing. ,

“Thirty-two national guard, and national army
divisions are ready to go abroad at once, if needed.

“France and England supplied the first Ameri-
can expeditionary force with artillery and ma-
chine gun's at the’ urgent request of thesa two
countries and to save ships for the transportation
of more necessary materials.

“Many plans worked out before the United
States joined the war were found impractical
and were abandoned on the advice of the allies

“France as well as England sent to the United
States the most brilliant strategists, mechanical
experts, experts in supplies, experts in industry
andxmanufacture, and these men gave the war
departments the benefit of years of intensive
study and actual experience in the present war.

“Thousands of experts are aiding Gen. Pershing
Not men with guns, but keen students of actual
warfare, who are studying the war from a scien-
tiflc basis and devising'methods of combat.
-“The entire regular army was not sent to the

. battle line in France last year beCause it would

have been destroyed like the-first British army
sent to France. . Part was sent and part kept to
aid in training and form nucleus for the new army.
The purpose of sending the expeditionary force
was principally to bolster up the courage of the
French.

“Men were kept here for proper training first.
‘No more troops will be sent to Europe until they
are ready to meet the situation there.

“The Lewis machine gun was not approved by
Gen. Pershing for ground fighting. A better ma-
chine gun (the Browning) will soon be ready
for use It has met the approval of army officers
here and abroad.

“Nothing has been-left undone to provide for
the welfare of the soldier. The Y. M. C. A and
other organizations are giving valuable assistance.
Old men have been weeded out,of the service and
replaced with young men. Inefficient workers
have been dismissed and replaced by men of prov-
ed experience.”

:|1 It all It

'The-government has issued over five billion dol-
lars of insurance to the officers and men in ser-
vice in the United States army and navy. The
insurance covers both death and total perma—
nent disability. The average amount applied for
is $8,397. The maximum permitted by the act
is $10,000; the minimum $1,000. The cost is
very low, averaging less than $100 per year on the
largest allowable insurance. On February let,
a total of over 600,000 persons had applied for
and received insurance. It is believed that this
figure will be increased to an even mil-

1-. hot Spai “has no cause to love the United States;
“She has been humiliated too often at our hands

for. that. But spanish commercial interests de-
pend upon our resources for much of their busi-

ness, and for this reason it is believed that Spain

will be slow to antagonize us. On the other hand,

' the Kaiser is laying many temptations before

. to discourage any such action.

her, and it is stated that German officers are to be
fOund in large numbers training the Spanish
army in the arts of the most modern warfare.

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It has been learned with some surprise that

the actual war expenditures for the first year will

fall short of the estimate by four or five bil-
lion dollars. Consequently, instead of the ten
billion dollars which Congress believed would
have to be raised before next June, the actual
amount will not be far from five billion. It has
not yet been definitely determined in just what
manner this additional sum» will be secured. The
sentiment for a higher tax against incomes and
excess war profits, grows more pronounced, altho
the capitalists have been busy for some months
I do not doubt but
what a greater draft will be made upon excess
profits to secure future war finances, and the situ-
ation so far as the average citizen is concerned
is more reassuring at any‘time since our entrance
into the war. _
It it t It

In order to encourage andstrengthen indus-
trial enterprise engaged in the manufacture of
necessary supplies of war, the treasury depart-
ment has asked Congress for authorization to
form a gigantic war finance corporation, with
a capital stock of $500,000,000, which may issue
$4,000,000,000 in short term notes to needy indus-
tries. Less than a fortnight ago the treasury
department was authorized to purchase $100,000,-
000 of the federal farm loan bonds, and $3,000,000
of these [have already been purchased, so that a
stimulus has been given to the work of financing
the farmer. When supplied with the cash, in-
dustry thrives, but a lack of funds and credit,
puts a damper on all enterprise.

EUROPEAN DEMAND FOR WHEAT
VASTLY EXCEEDS THE SUPPLY

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The millons of women who are pledged to sup-
port the Food Administration have been called
on to multiply the wheatless days in the week.

Additional instructions to the already familiar
home card impress on the minds of our people the
necessity of sharing the loaf with the Allies.

In regard to the Wheat sitpatiou the United
States Food Administration, January 12, issued
the following statement:

“It is true that the Allies .need from 75,000,000
to 90,000,000 bushels more American wheat. It is
also true we have already exported the theoretical
surplus of last harvest over our normal consump-
tion. The American people have saved a consid-
erable amount, estimated from 25.000000 to 50,-
000,000 bushels, during the past zve months and
we are expecting this saving.

“We cannot and will not export more than our
savings, for our own people must be also fed.
The Allies have reduced the bread ration to their
people sharply the last few days and if this lower-
ed ration is to be maintained we must save more
hitherto.

“We are asking the American people to further
reduce their consumption of wheat products and
use other foodstufis, instead, for the Allies must
also have some wheat as well as ourselves. It
is one of the vital issues in winning the war that
we must maintain the health and strength and
morale of their men, women and children over
this winter.” .

. iathan.

Secretary of War Baker has officially announced
that American troops have taken over a sector of the
western front in 'France. Just where they are lo-
cated is kept secret at this time. The trench training
has progressed-much more rapidly than was expected.
Some time ago the first detachment of Americans
went into the front lines, but- just as a matter of

training. French troops being kept constant‘y near

at hand. During this period of training all classes
of the military service have received their baptism
of fire, regulars, national guardsmen and men of the
selective draft or national army Their behavior
and aptness in learning the art of trench warfare
has resulted in their being assigned a definite sec—
tor and the entire defense of the same. Before the
summer campaigns are Well under way America will
have a half million men in France and another half
million ready for the transports.
O t t

All of the great German liners seized by America
at: the outbreak of hostilities between this country,
and Germany, have been repaired and are now in the
transport service. Eighteen of them in this service
have landed thousands of American troops in France
during the past two months. or especial note is
the repairing of engines of the Vaterland now Lev-
They were left a complete wreck when the
German crew was removed for internment. It was
a common boast of the Germans that America could
not produce an engineer capable of repairing and op—
erating these complicated machines. Not only has
this been done in record breaking time, but the ship
has made the transatlantic trip at the rate. of two
knots faster than her original owners were ever able
to make with her. The German ships will aid ma-
terially in transporting the half million men which
Secretary Baker promises will be in France by mid—
summer.

It It =0!

Spain is leported to have pl211c1l 1111 embargo 1111
shipments of supplies pu1'1hascd 111 that 111111111111 bx.
General Pershing, for use of the. \111e1i11111 Pxpmlltion—
ai‘y forces in France. The reason givcn b_\ l111 olli—
cials ,is that the Spanish railroads have ln'okcll
down under the extra weight, but it is llllilol'sloml
that Washington ofilcials have for some time tell that
a. considerable element in the Spanish g1'1ve1-111111e111
is German in its leanings and that German propogundu
has had a great deal to do with the present situation.
Inasmuch as Spain obtains much of her food >111th
from America, this country is in position lo yicld
the whip hand by withholding bunker coal. It is
generally understood that Spanish vessels now in
American ports have been held 11p waiting the 11111-
come of the present difficulties.

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The Italians have again assumed the offensive and
the Austro- Hungarian war office admits the loss of
two important heights on the northern mountain front
on the Asiago Plateau. The number of prisoners is
constantly increasing and the advance continues '1‘ he
Italian armies, assisted by their Allies, have again
become one of the dominant factors in the war, this
come-back having been staged after the possibility
of future aggressive action on their part had been

discounted by prominent military authorities. Should
they bc able to successfully continue tho present
spring drive You .Hindcnburg will be compelled to
send reinforcenwnts to the llaliuu thoutl'c.

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Michigan boys at Camp MoArthur, \Vm-o, Texas.
have been haying a fair sample of Texan weathcr.
A severe cold snap and heavy snow storm recently
was followed by thunder showers and warmer
weather. The erstwhile frozen parade grounds—over—

night became seas of mud and watcl'. As one Sam-

my cxpressed it, “After we lick tho Kulsoi' and got
back to Michigan we‘ll think we're in heaven.“ De-
tachments are constantly leaving camp for ports of
embarkation on the Atlantic seaboard. The boys 111w-
well supplied with necessary equipment. good health
and high spirits prevailing.

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General Ci‘owdol' has issued new regulations regard—

ing selective draft physical qualifications. Men will
110w be accepted lmviing stature of foul- foot five i11—
CheS. One hundred poundm‘s are also placed 011 the
eligible list. as are also those having {1211 and club
feet, providing these (lefcl'ls are not too highly devel—
oped.

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\Vhen the airplanes which they WPFP operating two

thousand feet in the air, came together, Edwin D.
James, Toledo, Ohio and (‘arl S. Mather, Paw Paw.
Mich, fell to their death. The accident occurred at
Ellington field, Houston, Texas.

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lion risks before another thirty days
Unquestionably the Gov-
ernment is both prudent and just in thus
providing for the future welfare of those
who may be dependent upon the soldiers
who do not come back from France, or a. ,1 ,
return perhaps unfit to again take up
responsibilities of wage earners.
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plies for her army‘. The’action of the
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It is officially announced that the first
draft army will be completed Feb. 15. At
1 that time will be sent to camp the final
quotas from those states which have not
furnished them up to this time. The sup-
ply of clothing and supplies for this last
addition is being accumulated at the var-
ious camps before the men are called out.
It is estimated that an aggregate of about
75,000 men will be sent to the various can—
tonments under the new order. The date
of the second draft call is dependent on
the removal of the troops no“ in t1 ammg

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Latest reports from Amsterdam indicate
that the German military authorities are
crushing the strikes in that country with
an iron hand. They issued a proclamation
stating that all employees who refused to
resume werk on Monday Feb 4 would be
tried by courtmartial autho1ized to im-
pose sentence of death, with execution
within 24 hours after sentence.

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taken over a. section of the l<rcn1h front
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“ELEVATORS SHOULD HAVE CULLS”
IS THE OPINION OF K. P. KIMBALL

Some time ago we laid before the 'bean com-
mittee at Washington the proposition of whether
elevators were justified in charging the farmer for
picking the cull beans and at the same time keep
the cull stock. We also sent out a letter to lead-
ing bean elevators in this state asking their rea.
sons for claiming ownership of the culls. Most
of the elevators responded and cited in detail
their experiences and their cost of picking beans,
tending to show that they were obliged to keep
the culls to help take care of overhead expenses
including rent, fuel, interest and depreciation on
investment, etc. Two of the elevators stated that
they were voluntarily paying the farmers 1 cent
per pound for the culls owing to their greater
value at present time as a stock food.

Asked as to what prices at which elevators sold
the cull stock, Mr. Chas. Wolohan, who operates
warehouses at Birch Run, Hemlock, Davison, Ches-
aning, and Fergus, replied as follows: “At pres-
ent time we are trying to get $40.00 per ton' for
cull beans, but we are not able to move them at
this price in any quantity, and evidently will be
obliged to cut this price considerably in order to
get business. Welfigured that compared with
other feeds, we ought to get $40 per ton; but as it
is necessary to cook beans in order to make feed
of them. and as fuel is scarce and high, people
do not seem inclined to buy them. Personally,
the writer is allowing 1 cent per pound for the
cull beans this year and last year, on account of
their value being more than usual. Formerly
these beans would be worth but from ten to twen-
ty dollars per ton.”

The commumcation of Mr. Kimball of the bean
committee, upon this subject, follows:

“From what information we have up to date,
practically all of the elevators in Michigan are
paying from 4c to 5c to their girls for the hand-
picking. If they are buying on an llc hand-picked
basis. they add the cost of picking each pound
to the cost of a pound of culls; for instance, 11
plus 4, or 11 plus 5, as the case may be. making
a deduction for each pound of pickage of from
fifteen cents to sixteen cents.

“it is true that all the elevators

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' sources '01 profit for
the elevators were the 'cull beans. However, this
publication will-1 make no further comments upon
the matter, until our investigations along this
line are completed. We desire to be fair to" all
concerned, and‘ it the elevator owners can show
the farmers why they should have the cull beans
if they are to continue paying the market price,
the farmers are fair-minded enough to grant their
claims without further Questioning;

 

BINDER TWINE COMES UNDER
FOOD ADMINISTRATION CONTROL

Binder twine for the 1918 harvest will be con-
trolled by the United States Food Administration.
Binder twine manufacturers have entered an
agreement with the Food Administration. Com-
petition is to be eliminated and buying is to be
centralized. ,

The price of binder twine will not be as low
as in past years, but will‘be reasonable, based on
the cost of raw material, a cost which cannot be
controlled by the Food Administration.
tivities, high freights and similar factors, with

 

. reasonable differentials for manufacturing, will

enter into the controrl-ed price. Without the con-
trol exercised by the Food Administration, it is
understood binder twine would be extremely high
in price this year. Arrangements already have
been made with the interests supplying sisal, and
these adjustments tend'to stabilize prices, pre-
vent undue advances,- to eliminate speculation,
waste and boarding, giving the product to the
consumer, ,as the Food Administration says, “at
the lowest possible price all things considered.”

Michigan has a more than ordinary interest in
the binder twine problem as this state has been
a large factor in the solution Of the difficulty of
supplying binder twine at fair prices. The 'Mich-
igan State Prison has one of the large binder
twine industries of the country, and has done
much in the past to help stabilize binder twine
prices for the consumer.

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Thanks to your eiforts Grand Rapids p
and our local grain buyers are now pay—
ing $2.09 for No. 2 Red Wheat. I am
enclosing a new subscription—Eli G.
Roberts, Kent City, Mich.-

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A very successful co-Operative elevator is in op-
eration at Bellevue. Although Operated by the
farmers only a little more than one year, it has
paid a good rate of dividends in the face of keen
opposition.

The elevator was purchased late in 1916 for
$7,000, by a few farmers who sold stock in the en-
terprise to the farmers of the vicinity for $10 a
share. Stock to the amount of $10,000 was signed
for, but only $8,000 worth taken.

At the end of the first year, it_;,was found that
the gross business had been $81,299.08, with net
profits of $1,400.

Coal sheds cesting $500 were constructed, a re-
serve fund of $300 was created, and the remain-
ing $600 paid in dividends. Considering the cir-
cumstances, the farmers interested in the enter-
prise were well pleased. They received a fair rate
of interest on their investment the first year, and
in addition to that they have assurance that the
business is growing, and that there is sufficient
reserve to carry on the business and meet all
demands.

I _Mar?ke‘t rep 7 ., . , .
F. county reperters Of. the =10Wer‘~ peninsula. indig

War ac~.

catéa Wide margin between prices that are being
paid" in different localities, which merely confirms
'our previous statements that the problem of, se-
curing a pricefat localfpoints cOmmensurate-iwith

. prices offered on primary markets use with the

local buyer. In sections where there is stiff com-

petition, prices alwayIs ruleuch higher than in ,
localities where buyers are ”friendly" or where

there is‘no competition, .
This is strikingly evident in the Greenyille

market, which always quo‘tes tWenty to thirty: per'

cent higher prices than any othercountry market
one potatoes. Greenville farmers may thank kind
providence that anca‘ggressive, and successful
farmers’ co-operative buying association operates
in that, city, totally independent of other buyers.
Were there more of these. co-operative, farmer-

owned marketing organizations in Michigan, the '

prices of farm commodities would not go so low
as they do under present conditions. » ~
Average potato prices for the lower peninsula
during the week ending Feb. 2 was $1.28 per cwt.
Beans are quoted at $10.00 per hundred at Crys-
tal Valley, Oceana, county. Two county represen-

tatives in Cass county report the market on beans

at $8.00 per bushel or better than $13.25 per cwt.
Another very [strong market is at Millersburg,
in Presque Isle county, where beans were
quoted at $7.50 per bushel, or $12.50 per cwt.,
on Jan. 28th. The next best market is at Fenton,
$11.75 being offered by dealers for C. H. P. beans,
on Jan. Blst. Other markets --report_ $10.50, $11,
$11.25 and. $11.50. The average for the state is
$11.15. Other average prices for Michigan are as
follows: Wheat, $2.00; cats, '.81 2-3; rye, $1.70;
hay, $21.42; butter, .43; eggs, .47; hogs, .15 2-3.

 

NEW YORK POTATO SITUATION
EXPLAINED 'BY A GROWER

The following letter is from Mr. Daniel Dean
of Nichols, N. Y., who was formerly president of
the New York Potato Ass’n, and one of the leading
potato authorities in the country: _ .

I have heard of your paper and would very
much like to know what is the prospective potato
acreage in Michigan for 1918. ‘Here in New York
nine growers out of ten lost money on_growing
the crop and the acreage will be very much \reduc-
ed for next year. Most of the city gardeners who
planted potatoes in 1917 will confine their garden
work to radishes, lettuce, sweet corn, and other
easily handled items.

The...outlook for potato growers in 1918 looks
bad to me. If we' grow a big crop we will be
urged to sell faster in order-to drive down prices
so city voters will get them cheap. It the crop
is small as in 1916 those same city voters will get
it seized for sale to them at their prices. And last
and most serious of all. The English government
has now adopted the policy of encouraging potato
production instead‘ of holding down prices. Grow-
ers were'forbidden to sell at less than 81c per
bushel here. The result was that the farmers
grew a record crOp. Now they must dispose of
the surplus and some is offered at 45c per bushel.
Just as seen as peace is declared any seaboard

cities can import those cheap potatoes at cost and .

smash the potato markets of the whole United
States. From my beginning in potato growing in
1904 until the war there was all of every winter
a dead line of 700 at New York or about 60c here
which potatoes could not pass without bringing
in imports. It took but the threat to break the
marke‘. The man who plants potatoes in 1918
must be a patriot indeed. He has one cnance in
ten to get pay for his time at farm labor prices,
one in a hundred to get pay at city labor prices
and a good chance of being ruined. Of course,
as President Lowell of Harvard said at a New
England food conference “It is the farmer’s duty
to sacrifice himself for his country.” When ask-

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keep the amount of culls that they
take out, their basis of operation.
according to reports, being that if
the beans only pick one pound they
can handle a car in one, two or
three days, in an elevator. If they
should happen to pick 15 pounds
they have to run the elevator on
the same overhead, paying for gaso-
line, shrinkage, etc., and it is im-
possible to pick a car of 15 pounds
inside of from three to four weeks.
They claim that the culls do not
begin to pay for the additional over-
head on account of the heavy pick,
and if we force them to return the
stock to the farmer the cost of doing
business would necessitate their
lowering' their buying price quite
materially.”

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I note that the January lst re
maining stock of potatoes is 147
million bushels. This is a consid-
erably smaller amount on hand than
in several other years. It seems
that with anything like normal con-
sumption there would only be just
enough potatoes to last the. season
out. As you know the 60 millions
left last January (1917) was- by
far the smallest on record. The
next smallest was in 1911, 90 mil-
lions. Any comparison with last
year’s crop is useless because we
haven’t ever had such a shortage.

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PressfiStories”Galorej'Tellin‘g About the 2 ‘Over

Production” of Beans, Flood the Conn:
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“I am enclosing a clipping, from the Evert Re- .

view If this article is as false as I think it to be,
will you please answer it good and strong through
the columns of M B. F., and I will see to it that
your answer is published in the Review.

“This article was doubtless printed in good
faith by the editor of the Review, but may re the
means of scaring many farmers of this vicinity
into selling at the present low prices if it goes un_
challenged. Yours for success, E. R Barber ”

The clipping which was not set at the Evart'

Review office at all, but was from a piece of “boil-
er plate,” procured ready to put in the forms from
a plate house, paints the bean situation in ros-
eate hues as far as the dealer and jobber are con-
cerned.

“There is cheering reassurance in the news "
says. the clipping, “that this year’s crop of beans
will be much more'than double the average yield.
As a rule the country produces 10,000,000 bushels
a year, but this year, experts agree the final fig-
ures may show a crop of. 25,000,000 bushels. The
consumer this winter should find beans restored
to their normal prices.”

Three dollar beans are predicted in the clipping
which sums up the entire proposition as follows:

“How many thousands of bushels of this year’s
enormous bean crop the army and navy of this
country and the armies and navies of our allies
will consume it would be difficult to say. But the
experts are of the opinion that the crop is by no
means greater than the demands that will be made
upon it. Even so, there should be no shortage and
no exhorbitant prices. Bean eaters everywhere
will appreciate Mr. Hoover’s careful consideration
of the product, to the end that prices approximat-
ing the,ante-be11um charges may be restored.”

Contradictory to this is the crop report of the
United States Department of Agriculture for- De-
cember 1917, which places the yield of beans for
the entire countryat 18,129,000, only 6,000,000 bus.
higher than for 1'91’6. M. B. F. has frequently
pointed out and as the average farmer well under—
stands, the Government cropreports are invari-
ably from 25 to 35 per cent too high. Yet the in-
terests responsible for circulating the article above
referred to would convince the farmers that ante-
‘bellum prices would be in vogue this year, regard-
less of the extreme food shortage of the world.

That veiled propaganda of this kind frequently
finds its way into, the columns of country news-
papers through the medium of plate houses is well
known. The country editor is frequently unable
to discern the true significance of the article or
story from a casual reading; The editor of the
Evart Review should not be subjected to censure
for such an article appearing, as he doubtless
would not publish intentionally anything calcu-
lated to injure the farmers, or which would have
a tendency to cause them to sell a staple crop at
IOWer prices than they should rightfully obtain.

We caution our readers against placing too much
credence in reports of this nature as all too often
they are printed for the purpose of catching the
unwary.

DETROIT NEWS SUGGESTS GOVERN-

‘ MENT CONTRACT FOR FOOD SUPPLY
The editor of the Detroit News seei s to have

an un sually keen insight into the problems of

the fa mers, and is recommending

"As to these other things, the government has,

convictibn which leads to dynamic action. The '
Government believed an army would win the war '

and that without an army the war would be lost.
It did not say to the people, ‘Pl‘ease furnish an
army; it is your patriotic duty.’ It did not ap-
point local agents to make surveys and advise
with the people as to the number of men each part
of the country would be willing to spare. It
TOOK the MEN and MADE AN ARMY.

“So it was with ships; so it was with munitions;
so it was with railroads.
tem of private ownership held sway in all these
industries. Delicate questions were to be consider-
ed. Some men’s interests were advanced and some
men’s interests were interfered with, but the Gov-
ernment believed ships and munitions and trans—
portation were necessary to win the war and it
went after these things.

“The Government says food will' win the war,

but it does not proceed to get food in the same .

way it proceeded to get men and guns and ships
It has expressed itself with conviction and en-
ergy and efficiency in the matter of conserving
food but not in the manner of producing food. At
this point it seems to permit itself to be hampered
by the bogy of private ownership. And yet agri-
cultural private ownership is the most wasteful
and inefficient private ownership in the U. S.

“Other industries have been bidding in the open
market for labor. They got it. There is no farm
labor. Federal and state authorities engaged in
boosting agriculture as a war measure confess
they do not know where farm labor is to come
from this season. And yet we have this anamolous
situation in agriculture—Which could' not exist
in any other industry—that the system does not
bIeak down There is no farm labor, but there will
be farming. The farmers will do What they can
and let the rest go.

“It is this feeling of security and satisfaction
on the part of the small land owner that has been
the strength and the weakness of the system. The
farmer always has been almost sufiicient unto him-
self. He raised what he could, consumed what he
needed and sold the surplus. When prices were
low and help abundant the farmer raised much
and sold a great deal for a little money. When
there was no help the farmer raised a little and
had little to sell. But the price rose and the farm_
er found he realized as much from the small sur-
plus as formerly from the large. The effort cost
him less. His remuneration was the same. Why
should he worry? All over the country farmers
are saying, “If we can get help we will work our
land; if we can’t get help we will raise what we
need for our own use and let the land rest.”

“This situation cannot be relieved by sputtering
about the lack of patriotism on the part of the
farmer or the foolishness of laborers who prefer
life in the city, .with high wages, to low wages in
the country. We might theorize in time of peace,
but in war we must act. If the Government be-
lieves its own slogan that food will win the war.
it must solve the problems of agriculture in the
energetic way it has solved the problems of the
other industries which it used to prepare for war.

“The Government could contract for food, guar-
antee to furnish labor and take over the products
on a basis of cost plus profit, and it would get the
goods. There may be other ways to turn the trick.
but the ways must be found. Results will not come
through philosophy and moral suasion. The farm-
ers will raise the food if they can get the help,
find the market, have adequate transportation and
as reasonable assurance of profit as is given other
war industries. The agricultural resources of
this country are abundantly adequa'e to all our
needs and the needs of our allieS. It is well .to

conserve food this year as much as is necessary,
but we shall be a stronger, more eager, more op-
timistic nation next year to meet whatever strain
this war may put upon us if we raise food enough
to feed every last one of 11s all he can eat. Food
will win the war.”

» ,s the Gov't believe food will win the War?
“Undoubtedly But the Government tides not be- 1‘
vlieVe it in the way it believes that. armies .w111 ;;
win the war; that ships will win the war; that 7'
arms and ammunition will win the war. ,

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Mr. John Strifilcr, Cass City's oldest pioneer, for

fifty-nine years a resident of Tuscola county.

What story is more Interesting or filled with
such romance and adventure as the story of the
pioneer? From the day that Columbus set foot
upon the New Continent, the history of the Ameri-
can pioneer began. Step by step these rugged men
pushed back the western wilderness. The early
population of Michigan was mostly of French na-
tionality. In 1806, a certain historian assures us,
there were 422 farms in Michigan under cultiva-
tion, comprising an area of about 150,000 acres.
The migration of English-speaking peoples. into
the territory began about 1830, and during the
next quarter of a century thousands of brave and
sturdy men and women came from New York and
the New England states to hew farms and homes
out of the wilderness. In 1850, the population of
Michigan was about 400,000; within another de-
cade it had almost doubled.

Mr. John Strifiier of Cass City is one of the few
survivors of the early pioneers who settled in
Michigan between 1850 and 1860. He was born in
Lancaster, New York, in 1833, and located in
Tuscola county in 1859. At that time the middle
tiers of Michigan counties were still in a state of
wilderness, the nearest store and postoffice to Mr.
Striffler’s farm being 25 miles distant. But' he
persevered against the hardships of pioneer life
as many others have done before and since, and
finally won against the rugged environment. To—
day Mr. Strifller owns one of the finest farms in
the section. For the last ten years he has resided
in Cass City. But he finds his way back to the
old farm now and then and was roaming the
woods when the above picture was taken.

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WILL PAY HOUSEKEEPERS
TO CAN THE WET BEANS

 

It will pay the American housekeeper to follow
the moves of the business world in food products.
For instance a large proportion of
wet beans was the result of late

 

that the Government contract for
the nation’s food supplies in the
same manner as other war essen-
tials. The subject has received
considerable mention in the col-
umns of the News.

The arguments put forth by this
editor are strikingly similar to
those advanced in these columns
several weeks ago. If other strong
agricultural and metropolitan news-
papers would take up the subject,
it is fair to hope that the Govern-
ment might do something along
that line. '

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. One look at this attractive farm scone suggests to our minds the word I
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.AGOVERNHENT eanE roe wnEAr

“There are two loEaI milling companies here

(Alleges!) the longer otthem honedthestmogj'

eat in southern Michigan and other is owned hya
son of the head of the urge: am; so the milling
business is practically continued by one firm.

“Now does'a farmer, who had to get his motel"

out .of his wheat to meet expenses, have to sell for
$2.08 per bushel, which is lower than the Govern:
ment price set for this locality,‘o'r would he be li-

able to prosecution if he. markets his own pro—'

ducts in a way to get actual cost of product or at
least to get the full Government price?

“The mills have always done custom milling of
wheat here until last week, charging one-tenth or

.208 per bushel for milling, and allowing 58 pounds.

of flour and feed for a bushel of 60 pohinds re-
cleaned wheat But there was not enough profit
at those figures, so as you see by the clipping, they
have put it on a cash basis of buying and selling
which gives them one-sixth of the wheat.

“Now is it a Government ruling that the mills

discontinue doing a custom business, as the clip- '

ping tries to make the public believe or are the
mills using the Gov’t. to make a goat of the farmer?

“.We cannot hope to get any he-p from our coun-
ty Food Administrator, as he is a member of the
Milling Company.

“I asked the owner of the smaller mill what the
priCe of bran would be under the new ruling. He
thought it would be around $1.60 or $1.70 per cwt.
and that they would have to make up their 103s on
their flour. He claimed that the Government
price on bran was f. o. b. car lots. Is that true?
Also said that mixed feed meant bran and mid-
dlings ground together. Is that true?-M.S., Allegan.

“We are very much surprised to note that the
’mill has not been paying the farmer the Govern
ment price indicated for that section.

“We believe that he must misunderstand the
regulations, and we suggest that you furnish
specific instances of prices«as paid, to our Div-
isional Headquarters, Room 2004 Second Nation-
al Bank Building, Toledo, Ohio, as they are in
better position to give you definite advice.

“There is nothing in the Government ruling that
prevents mills doing a custom business, providing
such custom does not give the farmer or the mill,
supplies in excess of their reasonable thirty days’
requirements.

“The Goverment price of bran is f. o. b. carlots
at the mill, but no mill or jobber should take more
than a reasonable profit in excess of this price
when they make sales as a jobber or a retailer.

“You must realize that many small country
mills occupy the function of millers, jobbers and
retailers, and are entitled 1.0 a reasonable profit.

"The miller is correct in stating that the mixed
feed meant bran and middlings ground together,
as it might mean several other mixtures."—
lfnitcd Sfalcs Food A (Iminis/ration Milling Divis-
ion, By I). D. Davis.

WHY SELL CONDENSED MILK
TO THE CITY CONSUMERS?

 

Would it not be wise for the Food Adminis-
tration at this time to curtail the sale of con-
densed milk in cans to city consumers who are
within easy reach of the fresh supply from nearby
dairies? Is it not a fact that our boys and our
Allies in France are going without condensed
milk and cream simply because the condensaries
of America. Switzerland and Denmark cannot
supply these vast fighting hoards. Is it not a fact
that the price of condensed milk has increased
all out 01' piopmtion with the price being paid by
the condensaries to the producel?

Recent iepOIts have intimated that there is an
over produ1t10n of milk in Michigan which the
markets cannot absorb. This has been Occasion-
ed, so they claim by the factthat 14c milk has cut
down city consumption 20 percent. The high
cost of dairy feeds and the small profits in the
dairy business have forced the sale and slaughter
of dairy cattle which should be the main stay back
of our armies. Our people, begged, cajoled, and
even threatened to save food and yet we cut 011'
one of the greatest fat and thus heat producing
foods known to an. I am firmly convinced that
if a drastic order from the Foo-J Administration

curtailing the sale of condensed milk to consumers .

who are within reach of dairies, which can sup-
. ply them with milk, would in itself adjust all these
disastrous conditions now existing. I should be
glad indeed to open this discussion thru your
columns to have this presented before the Food
Administration, the Condensary owners, and oth-
ers interested in this vital question. If someone
is making a profit out of the dairy business today,
it is not the producer—G. M. 8.. Wayne county

     

  

dairy milk has driven the W ~’ ‘ ' '91
the condensed‘variety Which does mot suit may

  
  

thin the same volume or the raw product-

Whether; or not the Foot Admnistrntlu has the ‘

authority to me such a rating as you "suggest,
or power to put it into practical enforcement, is
a. matter of doubt.
however, to the Administration itself, and will be

glad to advise you of their opinion of the matter.

HOW ALLEN PAGE'OF ELWELL .
MADE SUCCESSFUL BEAN DRIER

 

I will send you
thot that some of your readers would be glad to
get so as to make one to dry heir damp beans in.
I used one to evaporate apples in audit did .the
work perfectly. It was 16 feet long and the, width
would be.according to the width of the screen ob-
tainable. Itvwill be seen that there is three rows
of‘screens below the floor and two rows more,
then another floor and two rows more above this
one. 'The bottom floor‘is two feet short on the
back end and the top floor'is two feet short on the
front end, so the heat and steam will pass around
these ends and gives ,a. fine draft.‘ The screens
could be made of galvanized door screens and

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should be covered one-half or three-fourths inch
deep with beans and slid in over the heater on the
bottom three rows of slides. After they are some
dried they should be taken out of the back end
and slid in above the first floor on the next
two slides and as they pass on to the frontend

they should pass above the top floor and toIthe

back end and out. Care must be taken not to
scorch the beans. ,A box like the one that I used
held 36 screens. Of course the cost will be accord-
ing to the lumber but if two or more build one to-
gether it would come cheaper and do the ‘work of
the Whole neighborhood. An old box heating
stove will do and run the pipe out at the side at
the back end so as not to be in the way of the
back doo‘rs. If anyone should care to build one
please write to me and tell the amount of work
you have to do and I can be of service to you.
Tell the width of screen obtainable.»~.~lllcn Page,
Elwell, Mich.

CAN A MILLER PAY MORE THAN
GOVERNMENT PRICE FOR WHEAT?

 

”Would or could a. local miller pay government
price $2.20 for wheat for home grinding? He
gets the same price for flour as any other miller
and what he pays less than government prices
is gain to him.
freight. If he would pay $2.20 for wheat would
he violate the lawf—S. R., Montague.

“In answering the question of prices, allIgov-

ernment prices are figured I. o. b. and to arrive"

at that price we take the terminal market (New
York) for example less the export rate which will
give you the f. o b price. The miller then should
buy this wheat for a little less than the govern-
ment price so the warehouse man or elevator man
has a chance to live, and their.price should be

governed according to quality or grade of the.
wheat.”—~Food Administration Grain Corporation,

H. D. Irwin, 2nd Vice President.

“We have referred your letter:

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fled. 4. L. 31., Ht. Pleasant

, “I wish 15-min you that the press state-z
meats you rater to in regard to the agents or the '
, Food Administration gens-g" into private homes to-
aeoertain the anount of sugar householders have
» _ in stock, are very misleading and unfair to the‘

ardrawmg for a drier that I

Administration

“It has been, and will centinue to be, our aim

to secure voluntary cooperation and at no time

has this Department eyen considered such a step
" as mentioned in the press articles you refer to,’ ,
“We have in many instances asked people who

have over 60-day supply of sugar on hand. to
make a report oi! same to' this offic‘e'or to'our‘

locai Administrator in their respective cbunty.=

We have, in some localities, asked the holders of
a surplus stock of sugar to release part of their
supply for redistribution. We have had yet to
find one Single instance where the holder of the
sugarevas not. perfectly willing to share his stock.

“There is not a casa where this has been done
that there hasbeen a hardship Worked upon any
one. We will say in this connection that while
the sugar shortage is so acute and knowing as we
do the cause of it, it is very unfair for any one
family to be holding 400 pounds of sugar when
there are many families going without and have
been without sugar for many days. So long’as
the sugar shortage shortage exists we will contin-
ue to appeal to the, more fortunate from a patri-
otic sense of duty standpoint to release their sur-
plus stock of— sugar, or in other words, what they
have. in excess of a 60-day supply, to be redistrib-

of this commodity.”—Federal Food Administra-
tion, F. D. Fitzgerald, Eewccutive Secretary.

The above letter should set the minds of our
readers at rest upon the alleged designs of the
government toward private sugar supplies. ~The
Food Administration has no power and will not
attempt to usurp the power to confiscate private
stocks. We are quite sure any such efforts would
be resented and vigorously opposed by all. There
is a vast difference between forcing a man to
part with his legitimate sugar supply and asking
him on the grounds of patriotism to share with
his neighbors. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING
knows that it can safely assure the state food ad-
ministration, without Consulting its readers at,
all, that it will find the farmers of Michigan
willing and glad to divide any surplus they may
have with their less fortunate city biethern if
the need becomes urgent.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FARMERS’ ’
PATRIOTISM IN MANY WAYS

Is the United States Government buying‘ trucks
from the Republic Truck Works at Alma? There
have been 'men here from the Alma. plant who
said they had to deliver them at New.York or
Philadelphia. and the farmers must keep the roads
clean from snow for 16 feet wide for them to get
through. Is this true"?—J. A. M., Hemlock.

.It is entirely possible that the government is
buying trucks of the Republic Truck Company,
but we have never heard of any law which gives
them authority to compel the farmers to keep the
roads open for their passage. Of course, if the
farmers in your neighborhood haven’t anything
else to do, it might be a mark of patriotism to get
out and shovel the snow from the roads. Farmers,
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bonds, and mayhap, shovel snow. -

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Michigan who have never had an opportunity to
read this paper. They areas anxious as any of
our readers to solve the eternal problem ofmar—
keting farm crops at a profit. If.you or any mem;
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It is officially reported from Washington that

the wool-clip in sight in the United States will-

provide about 200, 000, 000 pounds of the 750, 000,-
000 pounds rejuired to adequately clothe the men
‘of our army and navy In other words our pro-
duction will slightly exceed one-fourth enough

wool to make the clothing for our fighting men. '
The folk at home are not considered in this cala
' culation, what they will wear is entirely contin-

gent upon what they themselves do to make wear-

ing apparel availlable. If needs be, perhaps, the
stage-version of the Hawaiian dress may prove a

last resort. Bethat as it may the men in train-
ing and-Overseas must be provided with abundant
warm clothing and free of shoddy.

Twenty sheep; it is said, must be kept working
to produce the wool for the clothing of one man
in the service. The average yield of wool per
sheep in this country is a little better than eight
pounds, thus, one hundred and sixty pounds of

wool per man. Of course, this is the weight as.

sheared and sold, their grease and dirt- content
of the wool is about two-thirds of the gross weight.

1 The sheep and wool shortage not only affects this-

country but is true in every sheep raising country
abroad. For example, Australia suffered a drought
which reduced her flocks by 12, 000, 000 head, and
the war has required the slaughter ohmillions up-
on millions of head that would otherwise have con-
tinued as wool producers. Our average annual
imports for many years past have exceeded 300,-
000,000 pounds. This year, to take care of our
shortage, at least in part, we shall perhaps be able
to make some imports from Australia and Argen-
tina.

We, in Michigan find a certain keen delight in

believing that our resources, productions and so.
‘on are sufficient to make us self-sustaining, if, as ,

a state we so choose. What a fallacy! Of sheep
we have about one-half of one animal per capita
which if all were sheared would yield enough
cleaned wool fibre to make about one-third of a
suit of clothes for each man, woman and child in
the state.

The western ranges have in the past contributed
largely to our wool production, but the homestead
act now works against this source of supply. It
is said that some 50, 000, 000 acres will be taken up
in the spring and this will affect about 25 per cent
of the sheep now in range.

A heap of additional statistics and ‘comparisons
might be set up to bear further on the seriousness
of the wool situation, but we shall reserve the
space to discuss the solution of the problem, rec-
ognizing in the first place that we are face to face
with a proposition that calls for quick and big
efforts. Ordinary procedures will never suffice.
Big men, big money, farms, ranches, wide vision
and concerted action, must all be united in push-
ing the project to an early and successful conclu-
sion. But how?

First ,———though a bit timid in offering the sug-
gestion because of the present day commonness
of urging a war or ruling for almost every con-
dition“ arising—I believe that the situation war-
rants a law that will absolutely prohibit the kill-
ing of lambs and desirable breeding stock for
the next three to five years. In submitting this
thought I have particularly in mind the conserva-
tion of the western flocks which are now subject
to heavy slaughter and are greatly needed as
foundation breeding stock to speed up the neces-
sary production. This, of course, will inconveni.
ence some who want their regular diet of leg-o’-
lamb, mutton chops, etc, but their appetites will
have to be. sacrificed to the more important duty
of clothing our fighters who must come first- in
evei'y instance.
will naturally object on the grounds of no winter
feed, etc.,»thus a desire to market their lambs in

‘fall. These are mere details incident to the main

issue, and with the woeful shortage and high pric-
es now obtaining and bound for many years, we
believe that the details are absorbed at the outset.

Secondly,——more sheep should be found on more
farms. The assistant Secretary, Of Agriculture
has expressed the opinion that sheep ought to
be raised on at least one in every two farms;
whereas, in the United Stgtes the average is sheep
on one “farm in seven; and in Michigan about one
farm in four. The Michigan’averag-e is about 42

Then too, some wool growers-

‘ price per sheep on January let each year at no 111111;.
reached 58. 00 between 1906 and 1915 the price,
. fipér head averaged from" 53. 43 to 54.50. In 1916 '-
g 5517, in 1917 5.7 14 and on January 1st of this year,
according to the Secretary of State the farm value '
' Was $13. 34. per head. Perhaps, some who had
sheep to ;,sell found this price current, but some .

who wanted to buy found a much higher figure de-

mended.~ .Th’e prices-"for wool were corresponding- '

ly. as low during the different periods named.
Briefly then, it simply didn’t pay to raisesheep
and naturally the farmers’discontinued the indus-
try. '. Hewever,gconditions are vastly different to-

- day,'and only a hopeless pessimist can see noth-

ing but a most promising future for sheep hus-
bandry.

Michigan’s greatest facilities to increase wool
production, will be found in the utilization of our
present idle acres of which we have approximate-
ly 12,000,000, and if each acre would support one
and a half sheep- the year ‘round, then our con»
tribution to the national supply by thos means
alone would total some 18,000,000 sheep produc-
ing enough wool to clothe an army of 90,000' men.
Michigan’s cut-over lands will graze from two
to six head, a conservative acreage of about three
head per acre. To convert this idle land into pro-
ductive acres, the owners, in large part, signify
a very commendable willingness, and hundreds of

“Sheep are the most profitable stock for Northern
Michigan at the present time,” writes Samuel
Hertzler of Glennie, Alcona county, to Michigan
Business Farming. “0111' sheep increased 200 per
cent last year; one sheep’s three lambs and wool
were worth 550. Many thousand acres of idle pas-
ture land in Alcona country, which would grow fine

_mutton and wool, if stocked with sheep.*-Tho above
picture is of Mr. Hertaler’s little son and one of his
profit-making sheep.

thousands of acres are being offered on most at-
tractive terms. It is hoped that we may attract
some of the flockmasters from the western rang-
es with their bands of sheep. But we cannot rely
solely upon them, we must devise other means
of bringing in sheep from the farmers and others
who want to get into the game. And this devel-
ops the matter of financier is, or ought to be, in-
terested. Some groups of bankers seem to have
worked out a plan to amply meet the situation. In
any event funds will have to be made available,
and this being a vital part of the program, dila-
tory action is not in order, if we are to realize
the ultimate object.

Finally, to increase wool production we should
seriously consider increasing the amount of wool
per sheep. If, by selection, careful breeding and
otherwise, some breeders'can double the wool
production per animal in their entire flocks, it
seems reasonable to conclude that others can do
about the same thing. Eight pounds per fleece,
the average in this country, is altogether too low.
This, none will deny.—-—-W. P. Hartman, Agricult-
ural and Industrial Agent, Grand Rapids & In-
diana. Railway Co.

In the face of such poor returns from the bean

' crop, the record made by Herbert Spencer of Ar-

mada is considered very exceptional. Mr. Spencer
planted 9' 14 acres of beans, and harvested 225
bushels. He was fortunate in getting the beans
under shelter before they had been wet, and as a
result had a first class grade which have been
much in demand for seed. He has been getting
58 a bushel. “

 

 

 

 

COHOCTON STEUBEN- COUNTY, NEW YORK,
January 29th,1918—— Owing to the continued cold
weather and the great abundance of snow

.in~ this particular section of _tl_1_e State, it has been

very difficult to move potatoes with any certainty

~Of protection. The market seems' to be strong and

imprdving from the previous week, while the de-
mark! is good. A- few potatoes are being marketed
and whenever the Weather Conditions will permit
the growers ai'e taking advantage of them and
marketing a few hundred bushels of their crop.
The general feeling of the growus in this

' State seems to be that they are expectant of higher
~ prices, than those offered for their produce. Ow-

ing to the unusual short crop in this section to-
gether with the high price for seed, some growers
are consequently balding the remainder of their
crops for these expected prices.

Another thing which promises to haVe an in-
fluence upon the prices offered here, is the or-
ganizing of the growers for the purpose of ob-
taining more money for their produce. This will
evidently, have a serious result upon the potato
merchants, who this week are offering 51. 80 per

. cwt., for firsts and 51. 00 for secOnds while the or-

ganized growers are obtaining considerable more,
especially for the seconds. The use of the 1 15- 16
inch screen in grading continues to be muCn dis-
cussed throughout the state. The use of this in
normal seasons would not be as noticeable as it
is this year because of the small size of the tubers
due to the short season together with the other
evils which the growers experienced this year.
But nevertheless a moderate temperature for a
few days would result in the moving of a few
thousand of bushels from this vicinity—Osmond
E. Noble.
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NAPLES, ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK,

February lst, 1918.—-The movement of potatoes

. 1 was nearly stagnated by the unusual weather
conditions during the month of January, which is

usually considered one of the best winter months
for potato marketing, and so far as price goes, it
has been so this year. Frosted potatoes have been
taken to the market freely—some showing only
dark coloring, while others are soft and easily de-
tected. Potatoes darkened by low temperature are
usually worthless for seed purposes, but are eat-
able, though not first-class. Such potatoes haVe
a tendency to demoralize the market.

Frost has entered cellars deemed safe for pota-
toes. In a few cases losses up to hundreds of bush-
els are reported from this cause. Potatoes stored
in barn basements at last digging time have been
entirely destroyed in a few cases. The late fin-
ishing of potato harvest and the early coming of
cold weather are responsible for this loss. Those
destroyed in barn basements were as a rule, dam-
aged before digging—considered hardly fit to place
in house cellars. On driving on scales with a load
of potatoes recently, the first question asked by
the buyer was, “Were they dug before the freeze?”

One dealer here is using a sorter with a belt
having meshes of the old-time size, but the rest
are making seconds of everything 1% inches in
diameter and under, except the very smallest which
go into the thirds. The seconds thus taken out.
are suitable for seed or for eating. Farmers feel
much dissatisfied with this method of handling
their potatoes. Prices are $1.70 per hundred for
firsts and two-thirds as much for seconds.

Many unripe beans are being offered for sale,
especially among red kidneys and marrows. Yel-
low eye beans seem to have ripened sufficiently to
be safe for seed. Few beans will be planted with—
out testing,'for the germs are about as easily in—
jured by severe cold as corn. Yellow eye beans
are selling for 512.50 to $13.00 per hundred and
other varieties about a dollar higher.—0. M. Drake.

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An important and impressive result of the war
in Europe is the general degeneration, through

lack of manure, of the soil in regions which have
been stripped of their livestock. Shortage of ships
has also compelled a general abandonment of at-
tempts to import fertilizers. Reduced yields per
acre in the Allied countries increase the responsi-

‘bility which America, and especially American

farmers, must shoulder.
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With the world’s supply of ships about 20 per
cent short of normal and the Allies' need for food
imports increasing, the following facts about ship-
ping will interest American farmers: A ship can
make two trips from the United States to Europe
and back in the time required for one round trip
to the Argentine. And it can make three from the
United States to Europe and back in the time re
quired for one round trip to Australia or the In-
dian Ocean. .

Shortage of ships has reached the point where
the long journeys must be given up and the ships
used on the trans-Atlantic routes. The great task
of rural America this year will be to supply enough

food to load these ships and those which are being

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By proclamation‘cf the President’whieh‘ takes

.efiect February 15th, livestock and poultry feeds

are placed under the supervision of the U S Food
Administration in addition to bran, cottonseed
products and other staple commodities already so
controlled. Alphabetically arranged, the feeds cov-
ered by the new regulations are:

Alfalfa, animal _er fish products or lay-products
baled alfalfa, baled hay, baled straw, barley, beans
broom corn, buckwheat, cane seed, copra, corn
(ear), corn (shelled) dried brewers grains, dried
distillers grains, dried yeast grains, emmer,‘ fet-
erita, grain and seed screenings, hay,‘ kaflir, len-
tils, linseed oil cake, linseed oil meal, malt sprouts,
millet, milo, oats, palm kernel, palm nut, peanuts.
peas, rice, rye. sorghum grains, soya beans, spelt,
straw, sugar beets, sugar cane, sunflower seeds,
tankage, velvet beans, wheat.

With specified exceptions, all persons, firms and .

associations importing, manufacturing, mixing,
processing, storing or distributing these feeds are
required to secure a license from the U. S. Food
Administration and be subject to its regulations
for the duration of the war. The exceptions in-

clude farmers, gardeners, co-cj‘eraltive associa.

tions of farmers and gardeners (including llive-
stock farmers), common carriers, and retailers
whose gross sales of food commodities do not ex-
ceed $100,000 annually.

The purpose of the control is to prevent specu-
lating and hoarding, to stabilize prices and secure
distribution through most direct channels.

The theory of this ruling is that on and after
February 15th. the farmers of Michigan should be
able to go to manufacturers and dealers in the
above commodities and buy them at a much less
priCe than the present time. We dont ’believe
it will work out any better in practice than other
“regulations" attempted by the government. We
would be interested, however, in knowing the re-
sult of our readers’ opinions on this.

A COUPLE OF TIPS TO THE
HARDWORKING FARMERS

In the January 29th issue of M. B. F. I noticed
the advice in regard to wet beans and to dry them
temporarily to hclo them. I acknowledge same and
would like to give a tip to those in despair. Get
busy and spread the beans 20 inches t1.1ck,.se1ect
a few good sized stones and heat them in the
even, then put each one in a grain sack and drop
into the bin.
day and change to different places in the bin, the
wettest kind will rattle. Be sure to dry thesacks
each time they are removed, as they will draw the
moisture.

Another thing I want to mention. The farmer,
in order to have a chance for his life should be
protected legally. We grasp for our farmers’
weekly as our only hope. Now for our service
rendered, we are allowed barely enough to pay
expenses. A living is never mentioned; we work
all day long, and figuratively speaking, are counted
as sheep for the slaughter. As a farmer, I know
this and know also that in many respects we our-
selves are to blame. Voters should cc-operate and
see if a minimum price cannot be set on the great
necessities for now and all time. Then the spec-
ulator would be a grain buyer instead of a cigar
puffer and rope puller.—W. R. 0., North Shade
Center. /

TROUBLESOME DAYS AHEAD FOR
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All trusts have their day. The Michigan fish
“trust” is now enjoying the heyday of its control
of the fishing banks and fishing markets, but if
the plans of Game Commissioner’John Baird car-
ry thru, the “trust” will be “hooked” and the
price of fish will go down.

Commissioner Baird wants the 1919 legislature
to formulate changes in the fishing laws which
will give the state direct control over the busiv-
ness for the purpose of keeping down the prices
to the consumer. At the present time the price
of fish is away beyond all reason. In Detroit and
other large cities common perch sell for 20 to 25
cents a pound, and Mr. Baird declares that there’s
no excuse for it. He declares that fish can be
sold way below present prices and still permit a
reasonable profit to all engaged in the transac-
tion.

Altho technically speaking. the state owns all
the fish abounding in native waters, it has no

   
  

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control over. the prices at which {commercialth

product is soid. Consequmtly ,‘the - mist” which

has its biggest held of. operations 1:14.110 Saginaw
bay, not only has usurped the primes at the . . .
smaller fisher-1111111,. but practically dictates the
‘ market prices. Mr. Baird’s idea is to glve‘: thematic -
a weapon to hold over these fellows and make _- t" aid in mm “3»
‘ them come off their ‘perch‘fi‘ W

Beginning Feb. 15th, all salt water fishermen
and distributors of seafood come under control of
the U S. Food Administration, but this control
does not in any way touch those engaged in the
fresh water fish business.-

 

The United States Shipping board plans to con-
struct concrete vessels .on an extensive scale. Already
contracts for this new type of boat are beinglot

Auto salesmenn tell us that seventy per cent of the
automobiles in the United States are owned by farm-
ers. The farmer goes in for the general utility car

_ largely

Holland has ordered the closing of two hundred dis-
tilleries pmducing gin, to conserve the grain.

Deposits of asphalt that are believed to be practi-
cally inexhaustible have been discovered in the Phil-
ippines.

Experiments are now being made in New Jersey
with fish skin for use in making shoes. Skins 01' the
porpoise, whale and sturgeon are used and it the
invention is successful, shoes will drop 50 per cent in
price.

In Charlotte Michigan. they propose to have a min-
nlcipal sugar bush, in which every maple tree in town.
will be used. The trees will be capped by an expert
and the sugar sold at cost to the Wm, thus help-
ing to reduce the sugar amine

Haiti has forbidden the export of foodstullfs to coun-
tries at war with the United States and countries as-
sociated with them in war.

Many big fires were recorded in Michigan during
January more than during the entire year of 1917.
The estimated loss in this one month to the state is
$1,150,000.

Cats and dogs as well as horses are being eaten by
the people of Holland, and eat meat heir“r considered
by them the most palatable of all.

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WHAT CROPS WILL YOU
PLANT NEXT YEAR?

We were well phased with the response which
was received to our appeal for statements of the
number and kind of crops which our readers are
planning to raise next year. In next week’s issue
we will publish the returns received up to that
time. They will prove not only interesting but
valuable. In the meantime, we urge every reader
who has planned his next year’s crops to fill out
the coupon and thereby help us compile informa-
tion as to the approximate acreage of the more
important crops that will be planted in this state
the coming year.

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Are you planning to raise more or to raise l
I less of wheat, oats, barley, -,rye corn, potatbes,
I peas, beans, sugar beets, vegetables, fruits, hay,
horses, beef cattle, dairy stock, sheep, swine,l
I poultry, or for feed carrots, mangels, rutabagas, I
I silage? ,
Please fill out this coupon, sign your namel
land postol‘fice address and mail to the editor
of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mt. Clemens,
Mich. Your name will be held in strict. con-l
fidence if you so request. .

' I am planning to raise this coming season: I
(Please state approximate number of acres of
the principal crops, or head of the principal'
live stock.) I

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information now, please keep this coupon until I
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30 acres of cm, 10 or 15 acres or oats,. has 13; “
any, wheat and pasture. I need help that. ‘

able to do the heavy 11111741,,” my health is not of

the hast. I do not wait a tobacco smoker nor
shower, but one of clean morals and trustwmyz
HoWever, I don’t expect peflection, but as he will
be one in my funny you will understand how I

feel. Hoping for favdrable report in finding a
. good boy ”—E R.F_. Watcrvliet. '

“‘I have just received your letter enclosing a

communication from Mr. E. R. Fitch of Water-
v‘liet. We shall be glad to help Mr. FitCh. I have
written Mr. H. J. Lu‘r‘kins, County Director of the
United States Boys”- Working Reserve in Berrien
County, hose address is Benton Harbor, and have
directed him to help Mr. Fitch to secure a man
if possible, but if not, a good husky young man.

“The United States Boy's’ Working Reservejs
just in the process of being organized and the

boys Who are being enrolled are mainly high-

School boys who‘ll] be able to work only from
about May let to November. 1st.

vice to go out whenever they are needed and I
am sure that Berrien county has a number of such

young men who are anxious to get intothegame

and help win the war by farming.

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“I shall kuep in touch with this matter until

Mr. Fitch recelves assistance.

I wish to thank the MICHIGAN BUS'Nicss FARM-
ING for its assistance in bringing to our attention
Mr. Fitch’s need. I hope that we may hear from
hundreds of farmeis now, so that the maxihinery
may be put into motion at once to provide them
with help for this coming summer.—«0Mfles A.
Parcells. Federal State Director U. S. 8018’ Work—
ing Reserve.

GRADING RULESTO BLAME FOR ,
A PRESENT POTATO SITUATION

 

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“Did I get it? I did not.
over a sorter. that i had never seen or heard about
before.
ernment ruling.’ And so they were graded, and I

hauled back home fifteen bushels of as nice p_o-‘

tatoés as anyone could wish for, and fed them
to the hogs N

“Will I sell my potatoes that way? I will not.
I’ll quit growing potatoes .before I’ll let them
take out thirty per cent or more of my stockand
call them culls when people in the cities are fairly
starving for potatoes and prices are beyond the
reach of many. ~

“Figure it out.
foes cost me $40.
bushels for less than $40.

40'bushels of hand-sorted pota-
And naturally I can’t sell 40

see that my price per bushel must be raised so
that I can still get $40 on my load of potatoes.
In this case, I’d have to get $1. 60 psi bushelior
my 25 bushels, whereas if I could have sold my
entire load as in former years, I need only to have
had $1 per bushel ”

“That’s the reason why I didn’t sell my pota-
toes last fall. That’s why my neighbors didn’t
sell theiri’potatoes last fall. That’s why the po-
tatoes weren’t movedfto market last fall when

. they should have been, and that’s why potatoes

are scarce in the cities arm the prices are high."

And there you are, scores and sages, dealers and
theorists, city editors and consumers.
fact solidly in' your mind, that the blame for the

high prices of: potatoes rests not upon the weather ,__,
man, the railroads nor the profiteering farmer. It
rests upon the shoulders ofgtwo men-at Washing:

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many counties young manure enlisting for ser- :

The buyer put them

‘We have to grade 'em now,’ he said, ‘gov-'

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buy only 25 out of the 40 bushels, and there 1s no ‘
market for the other 15 bushels, you can readily "

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fizrfifiééis‘mt'littlechanged.» the
wheat situation. Terminal market re- *

.- ' blushes: consort-led to tm‘to mill-
‘ ' jgii'Jéjtha substitutes’in order to contin-
uamratim [There seems lobe an
roflg element-of belief that the gov-
‘ 16§Wm0V6r~aétillfiaied the pres-
ent-wheat crop and that we are due
. in; a. pinch of supplies before the crop
03;»13118 is available. _ many authorities
adhere that [this country can . spare
91153150000300 bushels of wheat at
the outside." .Exports up to'January
.VWQr'f-e around 62,000,000 bushelsi The
,. ,Allies are now to get 75,000,000 bush-
}wels and the neutrals 25,000,000 bushels,
* making a grand total of 162,000,000
vbushels Which is 12,000,000 War the
. amount originally believed to be the
. limit of our available export surplus.
Now, it it“ is a fact. that the Govern-
,mentL-‘overestimated the crop, it will
‘ be readily seen that we are going to
. need wheat badly before the next crop.
'It will stand .113. all in hand to cheer-
. fully comply with the new—flour regu-
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.35" Very little change noted in the oats
’“ p ; situation. ppl-ies do not increase 'at
5 terminal points- and the movement

from countrygelevazors has been de-

. 1 , creased rather than increased during
1.3.7“ the last week..- Eastern markets do
{\2’ not receive sufficient stocks to take
‘ . care of the consumptive demand from'
day to day, to say nothing of any ac—
cumulation to act as a balance wheel.

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:3. there is still a good supply back, the
l. entire problem being one of transpor-
tation. This would have been serious

' enough under ordinary circumstances,

but with the urgent demand from the

' various cantonments, the increased

' domestic consumption, export require-

' , “ ments, etc.,- the wonder is that eastern

‘ points are receiving even the amount

l ‘ , . airiving at present.

V. Country elevatorsgenerally, and es-

’ f ~ pecially thOSe of Michigan, are hold-

ing large stocks of high priced oats.

They are anxious to move them but

find it impossible at present. Not much

improvement need be looked for in

the way of equipment, until much lat-

er, and in the meantime present prio

es, and perhaps sowewhat better. may
'be well maintained. '

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r; _ . The Government at this time is put-
ting forth every effort to increase the
car supply in the corn belt. During
the past week «the movement of this
cereal increased to a certain extent
and with an increase in the number
of cars.available this increase should
be more pronounced from this time

- on. ‘There is only a month or six'
weeksin which to move the wet. grain
if it is to reach the driers before the
coming of warmer weather causes se-

‘yere, losses. _ "
Stocks have not increased to any

Austen: at any terminal point and the
{ads «have held up to last week's
'.,_j,,';i’,he_demand is so great

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beams to snstainprices for some time
after increased movement starts. Al'-
ter the storms of that part of the win-
ter which has passed, shippers and
receivers are looking to: better con-
ditiOns so far as the weather is con-
cerned, and this would materially as-

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. 1‘ st- shipping.

We do not look for much change
during the next week, although with
be tier weather and an increased move-
ment the price might Work off just a
little. it will certainly take some time
to bring about much of a change.

  

Rye has been about the only grain
showing any activity during the last
week. Shortage of supplies at all ter-
minal markets, and a greatly increas-
ed demand, has brought about spirit-
ed buying and the price has advanced
considerably. The Detroit, market is
now quoting No. 2 at $2.15 per bu.
It would appear that the price had
just about reached the limit but buy-
ers of‘ rye seem willing to take all
ofierings at the price. Stocks of rye

still in growers.’ hands are not so large

as to seriously affect, the market at.
any time, and country elevators are
not holding any great supply. We
would not be surprised to see the pres-

_ent demand hold the market well up

toward the present figure until the
next. crop.

 

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GRADE . Detroit > Chicago 1 New You
c. H.P. 1 12.50 l 13.00 , 14.0
Prime . v.4! I 12.35 ; ‘3.85
Red Kidnevs 1 13.50 ‘ '4.‘ 0 l 23.75

 

 

 

Bean prices quoted by cwt.

Bean,q are moving slowly, both on
the market and from growers’ hands.
Elevators are taking on only such
amounts as they can handle quickly,
and many of_them are buying but very
few beans at this time. owing to the
moisture content. Their policy 1.; cv-
idently to play a safe game, especxally
where they have no drying facilities.
Farmers who have any amount of wet
stock on hand are very liable to have
some trouble when warmer weather
comes. It is certainly a shame the;
more of the elevators of this state have
not installed drying apparatus 7.0 noel

 

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WASHINGTON, D. (3., Feb. 9.—Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbances
to cross continent Feb. 7 to 11 and 12
to 16, warm waves 6 to 10 and 11 to
15, cool waves 9 to 13 and 14 to 18.
Storms of these two weeks will be of a
little greater force than usual, general
temperatures will not be radical and
_\vlll average about normal. Most pre-
c1pitat10n'will be from the great lakes
eastward, next in amount on northern
Pacxfic slope. Some rains in cotton
states. Weather not so severe" as’it
was same time in Jannary. Crop-wea-

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OTHCAGO WIRE—Tho recent .0qu weather has out all receipts of grail
so that the market In without enough grain to meet the daily demand. Dealers
fear? that. it will take em. time for enough corn to arrive to have any material
effect on the market and some or! than say not inside of several months.

CIRCINNATI: WIRE—Lack oi smiles forcing hay market higher.
um cl ’1 to $2 per ton reputed although local dealers do not expect this to

DETROIT menu—n” market firm and receipts light.
demand In!) puke. higher. Eggs more source than ever and storage supplies
about “hunted. Very few potatoes moving. but market firm. ‘

 

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just such conditions as exist this year,
and as have existed before.

The bean market, to all intents and
purposes, is strong. There has been
a great deal of bear talk going the
rounds and this has resulted in some
of the larger buyers holding off and
buying only such amounts as were re-
quired from week to week. But the
supply of beans in this state is not
nearly so large as many dealers and
ellevator men believe, or profess to be-
lieve- The crop has been greatly over-
estimated. The amount of beans that
will be imported from other countrie:
is a negligible quantity, notwithstand

' ing the fact that this phase of the pro-
position has been.,played up in glaring
headlines. The sum and substance of
the whole matter is that beans will be
beans before we are thru with this
crop and the fellow who has them to
sell later on, in good condition. is go-

» ing to make some money.

Barley

The barley market has shown addi-
tional strength and although maltsters
are not bidding as freely as they were
a week ago, millers are in the market
to such an extent as to more than
make up for this lack of mailing de-
mand. Receipts generally are light.
Stocks in growers’ hands are only

A' moderate and elevators are not offer-

ing freely, the general assumption be-
ing that their stocks are also light.
Chicago quotations on good malting
barley are $1.46 to $1.64; Milwaukee
quotes $1.»- to $1.60 for the same
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ar e“ ‘ Timothy ‘ Timothy E Timolhv
Detroit {25 50 26 0024 50 25 00;“3 50 Z40!
Chic-go 19 311 00:28 00 29 00127 0‘ 28 on
Cincinnui 3; 00 31 5930 so 31 0 :29 oo 30 to
Pittsburgh 30 on 30 5028 50 21 so 27 so 28 on
New York ,38 00 37 00 37 50 35 , 37 00
Richmond 3' m) 32 50 31 o 3?. 003100 3' 5!!

No. 1 t No. 1 No. l

Ma'k‘“ 11.1.1 Muxed ‘Clovchilcd Clover
Dolroil 24 51 25 ‘ 3 so 24 no 21 50 22 on
China" 28 '28 5" :7 so 28 no 27 so 28 o)
Cllli Int! 30 0) 310128 50 3) 51:31 50 32 00
Plintuqh 28 28 so 29 so 30 5 79 so 33 00
New York 31 33 3'1 51 3‘ no 9 so 31 :10
11;. m... ‘ 3] V1 31 so 39 m 3\ ' 23 o as :1-
The hay market continues strong

although certain developments of the
past week have foreshadowed c0ndi-
tions as they are liable to exist. just
as soon as improved weather condi-
tions permit the railroads to make
deliveries and furnish cars for ship—

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FOR THE WEEK
for Mu'moAN BUSINESS PMUH‘ER

ther of February will average. better
than it did in January. Most severe
storn‘is of the month and most, precip—
itation will occur near Feb. 1:: to 28.

Next warm wave will reach \‘un—
couver near Feb. 16 and tmnpv-mlures
will rise on all the Pacific slope. 11 will
cross crew-l of. Rockies by close of Feb.
17. plains sections 18 mcridmn 90.
great lakes and (')hio—’l‘ennessce val-
leys 19, eastern SEt‘liOllH 20,- rcuclnxig
vicinity of Newfoundland about Feb.
21. Storm wave will follow about one
day behind warm wave and cool wave
about one day behind storm wave.

This will not be a severe storm. Not
much precipitation and storm forces 5
not above average. But the storm 1;
following will be severe in eastern sec-
tions and will bring general rains in
nearly all sections north of San Fran-
cisco and east of-~ the Rockies.

West.

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ping. Embargoes and storms haVe (le-
layed deliveries and held cars enroute
and during the past week the Garfiell
closing order allowed the roads to
make delivery of much of this consign-
ed stuff. Wherever deliveries in—
creased to any extent there was a pre-
portionate decline in prices, indicat,_
ing that the market has been worked
up under a shortage of supplies at
terminal markets. Our investigation
leads us to think that there is a con-
siderable supply of hay back in grow—
ers hands and at originating points.
both in this country and Canada. and
it will not be a great while now be
fore conditions will improve to an
extent to permit this bay to move.
When it does We will most certainly
see lower prices. Our advice to grow—
ers is to move their hay at the earliest
opportunity. The price is now up to
where it will increase but very little
as has been demonstrated during the
past month, market values remain—
ing stationary even at points which
were almost bare of hay. On the other
hand there is very little possibility of
a declining market just as soon as
spring weather arrives. ,

We realize that in many sections of
1\lichigan the roads are now in such
condition as to make hauling out of
the question. No doubt there will be
an improvement before a great while
and growers will find it to their ad-
vantage to kccp an eye on the market
and get, in whilc the going is good.

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W’Wh'fi‘ $.51
C503“ round Medin- Round
Markets while-lacked ‘ white-lacked
Detroit 2.60 cwt. 1, 2.45 cwl.
Chic... 2.15 f 3.02
Ciltinnlln 2.60 2.47
New York 2.90 2.80
Pittsburgh 2.90 2.78
Baltimore. Md. 2.70 2.60
The potato market. is about at. :1

standstill so far as active trading is
concerned. The extreme weather of
the past two weeks has curtailed ship.
ments until arrivals are few and far
between. 'l‘hnsc few shippers who
would have braved the elements found
it out of the qucstiou to secure proper

cquipmcut. As :1. result. supplies on
most markets have bceu greatly rc-~
(luced.

One peculiar thing is the lack of
demand from the consuming public.
Potatoes at the present price should
be very attractive, but most/markets
report, the demand as very light. For
this reason the present, supply has
failed to affect, the market as it otherv
wise would have and no material ari—
yum-c has been registered.

The Detroit market, is in good shape
at, the present time. the demand there-
lic’nsr better than at many other
points. Arrivals there have not been
of so great volume as at Chicago an".
other more centrally located markets.
We find that actual carlot sales in
Detroit bring from $1.35 to $1.40 per
bu. Sales in small lots run from $1.50
to $1.60 but this includes del'very
in most cases. .

We have conversed with a number
of potato dealers, receivers and corn
mission men, and the general opinion
is that shipments will greatly increase
later on with a corresponding decline
in price. growers 1 “ug anxious to dis-
pose of stocks which have been held
back on account of weather, transpor.
tation conditions. grading. prices, etc.

On the other hand we must consider
the amount of loss which has occurred
since the crop was harvested. No
doubt the extreme weather has frozen
some of the spuds in the pits. Ther0
has been a great deal of loss'from the
system of grading which has prevail—
ed'in Michigan and to some extent
in- other states. There has been loss
from rot. Many sections reported this
trouble last fall. All these conditions
must be considered when we attempt
to forecast future supplies.

We would not be surprised t'o see
lower prices at terminal markets later
on, but we also believe the grower
should receive a better price at, the
loading stations than he has been re-
ceiving. and if this matter is adjusted
the decline in price will not afiect
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The onion market is almost
standstill so far as trading is concern-I
ed. . Arrivals are few and far between.
Weather conditions have affected the
shipments and in fact just about cut

them off entirely. The demand at
present is only moderate but receivers

look for better conditions as soon as-

the prevailing temperature is such as
to permit of deliveries When the
mercury is down around zero for days
at a time the movement of parishable
commodities is bound to be greatly re—
‘ stricted. Detroit is quoting No.1 yel-
lows at $3. 75 per 100- 1b. sack, but deal-
ers advise us that more sales are made
at around $3.00.

 

About the same condition prevails
with apples as with all other perish-

able commodities. Not a very large
quantity moving. There" is just a
moderate demand at present, buyers
being afraid of frozen stock. Detroit
quotations are as follows: Greenings,
$6.00@$6.25; Baldwins, $5.00; No. 2,
$3.00@$3.50 per bbl. Western, $2@
$2.75 per box.

 

Toledoreports .a good demand for
clover seed and prices this week are

again higher. Alsike has also advanc-
ed on small stocks. Timothy has been
rather inactive all week. The ,Ameri-
can Grass Seed Association, whose
membership is composed of dealers
throughout the country, at their mid-
winter convention in' Chicago recom—
mended to the gOVernment that no
maximum price be established, stating
that present prices were the result of
supply and demand. Toledo quota-
tions

Clover — No. 2, $18.55@$1‘8.00; No.

3, $18.20@18.45; rejected, $17.80@
18.10; N. E. G., $3.60@17.60.
Alsike—No. 2, $15@15.25; N0. 3,

$14.60@14.85; rejected, $14.25@14.50;
N. E. G. (mixed with clover, timothy,
etc), $3.60@14.00.

Timothy—No. 2.$4@4.10; N0. 3,
$3.80@3.90; rejected, $3.60@3.75; N.
E. G., 45c@$3.45.

Fry“
‘E

The feed market is rather quiet, due
in the main to the fact that manufac-
turers have very little to offer. Some
points report a good strong demand,
especially those of the south. Others
say the demand the last two weeks has
been much lighter than formerly. De-
troit mills have been unable to get out

       

their usual quota owing to lack of coal
One of the

and shipping difficulties.
mills was shut down entirely for sev-
eral days recently.
look for better conditions as soon as
the weather moderates and supplies of
grain become more plentiful.

Detroit quotations: Flour, per 196
lbs., in eighth paper sacks, standard
patent, $11.10@$11.15; straight winter,
$10.30; spring patent. $11.20; rye flour,
$10.‘50@$10.70 in jobbing lots. Feed, in
100 lb. sacks, jabbing lots, bran, $34.50
standard middlings. $36.50; fine mid-
dlings, $43.50, (‘i‘aOkCll corn, $79;coarse
cornmeal, $77; chop, $66 per ton.

Milwaukee quotations———Sacked bran,‘

$38; middlings. $40; white, $45; red
dog, $52; oil meal, $58; lOO-lb. sacks;
gluten feed, $49.80 bulk; $54.80‘100-lb.
sacks, Chicago. .

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Dealers generally

The Garfield order suspending oper- a it
atlbns generally hr the fiveid'ay per-

iod, resulted in- delivery of much but-
ter consigned to eastern markets, that

had been held enroute. The result was

that supplies were greatly augmented
and the market weakened somewhat.
Not only was there delivery of large

quantities of the fresh article, but a.
large quantity of held stock was also

delivered from western storages. The
market declined somewhat but there
has. been a reaction, buyers realizing
that the over-supply was. but a mat-
ter Of a few days, being caused by the
conditions before mentioned.

High grades have moved to a mUch
better advantage than the under
grades. There is at present a consid-
erable irregularity in the quality of
butter with many shipments showing
the seasonal defects. 'lne amount of
storage stock coming at this time has
proven somewhat of a surprise. A
considerable amount of this has been
marketed at the government’s fixed
price of 470. The Government has
been a good buyer of held creamery
stock for packing in tins for the army.
The Allied governments are also in
the market for 1,000,000 lbs., 3. con-
siderable portion of this quantity hav-
ing been contracted.

Monday’s prices at Eastern points
were as follows: New York, cream-
ery, higher than extras, 52@5-21/9,c;
extras, 92 score, 511/20; firsts, 49@51c;
seconds, 46@48c. Philadelphia, extras

52c; Detroit, fresh creamery firsts,
48c; extras, 49c; storage creamery,
46c. -

Cheese

The feature of the cheese market re-
cently has been the adance in Wiscon-
sin prices. However, the eastern trade
did not follow the Wisconsin prices
and at the close of last week the price
had worked somewhat lower.
Wisconsin make is small at this time
and much of it is taken by the south
where held stock is not in demand.
With 9,000,000 lbs. of held cheese in
New York and around 16,000,000 lbs.
in 1‘hicago, eastern merchants could

see no reason for adjusting prices on.

held to accord with the Wisconsin
movement. .
New York quotations: State, whole
milk, flats held, 26 1-4@26 1-20; lower
grades, 20@23 1-2c; Daisies, 26 1-20;
Wisconsin, twins, 25 1-Zc@260; daisies,
26 1-2c; Americas, 28 1-4c@28 1-2c;
State, skims, specials, 19c@20 1-20;

fair to good, 13@15c.

 

Egg prices have again advanced and
the market is on a basis of agi cement
between buyer and seller. Detroit quo-
tations are 60@63c per doz. for fresh
firsts. Sales are reported above that
figure. Chicago is quoting 62 1-20 per
doz. for the same grade.

New Orleans—No fresh. eggs or stor-
age eggs are to be found in the entire
South and the lack of them continues
a famine in the local markets. There
is just a slight springling of fresh be-
ginning to arrive, and receipts
likely increase as the weather is mod-

The ,

will'

  
    
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
 
  

 

      
     

 

 

 

 

   
     

 

 
 

Poultry is very' scarce on all mar-
kets and every indication now points
to conditions such as have not been
experienced in years. The Food Com-
mission has ordered all of the 1916

crop of frozen poultry out of the freez; .

ers before March 1. However, a great
deal of this held stock has been moved
before this time. Withthe balance
disposed of as per the ruling of . the
Commission, there is sure to .be a
shortage later on and it seems only
reasonable to anticipate much higher
prices. Many operators state it as their

belief’that there will be none of the ,

1917 pack left in storage by July. 1,
and that supplies Will have to come
from fresh stock. This can have but

one effect on the market. and that will .

be beneficial.

The latest advances have
the price of No. 1 hens and springers
and geese are a very scarce article, in
fact there are not sufficient supplies of
.ducks to go around at any time.

Furs and Hides 1
\ Furs—No. 1 skunk, $5; winter mus-
rats, 80c; No. 1 mink, $7.50; No. 1 ra-
coon, $4.50.
Hides:—No. 1 cured, 17c; No. 1 green
140; No. 1 cured bulls, 130; No. lgreen

' bulls, llc;No. 1 cured veal kip, 20c;

No. 1‘ green veal kip, 18c ; No. 1' cured
miIrrain, 17c; No. 1 green murrain,
14c; No. 1 curedcalf, 26c; No. 1 green
calf, 240; No. 1 horsehides, $6; No. 2
horsehides, $5; No. 2 hides 10 and No.
2 kip andcalf 11/2'0 lower than above;
sheepskins, as to amount of wool, 250
@$3 each, .

Dressed Hogs and calves.

There is a good demand for dressed
hogs, those of good quality bringing
210 to 220 per 1b. at Detroit and some
sales are reported at higher figures.
Dressed calves are selling on the De-
troit market around 20c ~to 21c for

fancy while common to choice range‘
The market is firm.

from 17c to 19c.
and demand good.

Boston Horse Market

Feb. 1—Good quality drafters weigh-
ing 1'10111 1650 to 1900 lbs. sold :1: .1
range of $325@$375; good quality med-
ium weight, green drafters, from
$275@$325; chunks from $225@$300;
heavy wagon and express horses from
$150@$_225; good seconds, from $12_5@
$175, and cheaper seconds from $35@
$75.00.

MANY NEw YORK POTA-
TOES ARE FREEZING

 

Tunnel, N. Y.——'Cold weather has
caused many of the potatoes held in
this section to freeze. Most farmers
have been holding for more money, al-

erating. With favorable producing though one car was located last week

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I MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, Mt. Clemens, Mich, I'
Dear Sirs: —Send yOur weekly to the following address for one year,

| for whi<h a one dollar bill is enclosed. _ I

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CALIFORNIA LEADS , .. .,
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brought I

shortage is improving.

'. “ond smallest for January with!
year period, totaling but '

  
 

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Washington—The Bureau of Crop , a "
Estimates has prepared its final report
on .~',the commercial acreage and pro-, ; 5“-
vduc'tion of Fall onions in 1916-17.. Thisf "

shows a total acreage of 41,300 in 1915,

which produced‘315 bu. to the accre .»

or 13, 017, 500 bu. In 1916 the acre-
age was 28, 400, the yield 276 bu. per

acre and production 7,832,700, or prac'g. , .
tically half the yield of 1917. Last:
year New York led in acreage, but not ,
in production, as it had 9,800 acres,
which averaged 278 bu. to the acre or;

2,724,400 bu. California wit h 800
acres le‘ss devoted to this crop produced

394 bu. to the acre or 3, 546, 000 by far ; ..
the largest single State production

last year.

In 1916 California also led in total‘
production with 14,96 000 bu. while.

 
   
  
 
 
 

 

New York that year had 1,287,000 bu.;

slightly more than Massachusetts” in;
but less than Ohio. Massachusetts in

1916 produced 1,292.000. andyrflhio 1,-
440,400. ‘ In 1917 Ohio stood n xt Cal-
ifornia in acreage with 6,600 roduc.
ing 1,702,800 bu. or 258 to the acre.
Indiana devoted 4,250 acres to onions
and raised 1,245,250 bu.‘ or 293 bu.
to the acre. Massachusetts had 100
acres less but production was 344 bu.
to the acre, ‘making the total crop
1, 427, 600 bu. None of the other State
produced 500, 000 bu. except Minneso-
ta, which had a crop of 562, 600 bu.
from 1,450 acres, making a yield of
388 bu. to‘ the acre. Michigan’s acre-
age was 1.500 and production 456.000;
Oregon 1, 050 acres, 268, 800 bu.; Wash-

ington, 900, 281, 700 bu. :Colorado, 850‘ -
Idaho, 450 acres, ‘

acres, 226,100 bu,
80,000; Pennsylvania, 350 acres, 94,-
150. The total production of New
York ,
was 4,223,800 against California’s pro
duction last year of 3,546,000. These
three States last year produced 7,-
973,200 bu.

LIVE STOCK LETTERS

 

CHICAGO, Feb. 4,
cattle receipts were estimated at 16..-
000 head and supplies in all depart-
ments were such as to indicate that
the-railroads are recovering from the
paralyzing effect of recent storms and
that the situation as regards the car
The general
cattle market was steady. Best steers
here sold around $14.00 but $14.50
was nominally quoted for prime heavy
bullocks. Comparatively few were
good enough; however, to pass $13.25
and the bulk sold between $11.00 and
$13.00. Thin and light fleshed cattle
of both sexes on the stocker and feed-
er order were relatively slow on coun-
try account still being held to very
small volume by weather conditions
and the shortage of cars.

Hog receipts today were 41,000. The
market Opened 10 to 15c higher and
improved as it progressed with big
packers who were credited with car-
rying extensive government orders for
war meat leading in the activity. A
top of $16.85 was made and the bulk
sold at $16.25 to $16.75, with pigs and
underweights largely at $14.75 to
$15.75.

Sheep receipts tcfiay 12,000. Market
steady. Best ha y lambs sold at
$17.75, the bulk at $17.25 to $17.65, and
some wethers sold at $13.25, but prime
were quotable to $13.75. Best fat
ewes sold at $13. 00. '

JANUA'M LIv E STOCK MARKET

Stormy weather, low temperatures
and car shortages played havoc with
the live stock trade during the initial
month of 1918, being effective in sharp—
ly reducing the volume of business

transacted frcm what it would have.
logically been had normal conditiens

prevailed and in creating a Widely
fluctuating set of markets. .

Due directly to the unfavorablecli- :

matic and transportation situation,

the combined receipts of all kinds of;

live stock at Chicago proved the se‘

    

California and Ohio in"1916 ‘

1918.———Today’s~

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., ._?-t0 .1901:
_ respectively. . , .
. hicago,,receipts of‘cattle last month
; ”wife 260,570 head, a decrerse of 48,-
296-‘from the corresponding month last
year. _
crease" of 14,366 head. Hog receipts
-were.729,003 head, a decrease of 395,-
089 head.
335 head,- a decrease of 16,783 head.
Horse receipts were 6,002, or 4,786 less

    

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' than a year'ago.

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These,decreases in every department
of the trade represent a total falling
off for the month of 6,805 carloads, as

“ against. arrivals for the same month

.last year. The percentage of decrease
here has, been much greater than that.
suffered by other leading market cen-
ters, but in no wise reflects a normal
situation, the “Storm King” having
centered his energies to a large ex-
tent in Chicago and its contiguous
territory. Had the railroads been able
to cope effectively with the storms and
cold and equal to the task of supply-

ing'the voluminous orders for cars"

from those who would have shunted
.~tm:k t" the shambles increases in-
stead of decreases in the receipts would
'doubtleSs have been recorded in most,
if not all departments of the trade.

Owing to rail embargoes, due to the

storms and congestion of freight at
big eastern centers of population, and
to the car shOr‘tagefi outgoing ship-
ments suffered an even heavier per-
centage of loss than did the incoming
supply. Nearly 17,000 fewer cattle
and 256,000 fewer hogs were shipped
on foot from Chicago during the month
than in January last year and .every
department of the trade suffered by
reason of reduced competition due to
shippers' inability to secure adequate
transportation facilities. The zoning
system of‘ loading and the car situa-
tion made it a six-day a week" market.

Considering the handicap the trade
encountered the market may be said
to have performed not discreditably,
although feast and famine runs, a con-
'dition which shippers—forced to ac-
Hcept cars Whenever they could get

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‘iwere powerless to prevent, naturally
[created a market featured by wide
prlce swings. Owing to high feed
cost and the high prices at which feed-
ing stock was laid in, however, the
highest January market on record
failed in numerous cases to put re-
sults on the right side of feeders’ ledg-
ers and market conditions; a corn-belt
covered with snow and demoralized
transportationservice proved a trin-
Ity of influences that, loyal as the meat

.producers of the Nation are and as
learnestly as ‘it is their desire to co-
'operate with the Government in in-
.creasmg' our meat supplies that the
war may be more quickly won, caused
a small output of stockers and feeders
to the country. '

A great many cattle and hogs have
necessarily been held in the country
for weeks past because of shippers in-
ability to get them over the rails. In
View of the conditions it is impossible
to forecast what the supply will be
other than to say that if the railroads
furnish the facilities with which to
move the stock to market that Ship-
pers are desirous of cutting loose sup-
plies Will at least' be fairly liberal for

six or eight weeks. Demand‘is of too ,

Calf receipts were 36,830, a de- '

Sheep receipts were 289.— .

    

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mo rket‘ within [the , next

great breadth to warrant expectancy
worn severe, lasting declines, indeed the
future market, considered in the broad
sense, looks bright, at the same time
current‘prices are too high to appear
to "warrant the holding back-of cattle,
hogs, sheep or lambs that are fat and
ready or. that are not “paying their
board.” ,

January’s closing levels in .the beef
steer trade were at the highest point
of the period, an advance of $1.00 per
cwt. on much of a storm_curtai1ed sup-
‘ply, more in some instances, being
scored during the last four days of
the month. A similar upturn was.
shown over the 'close of December,
while Compared with the previous
January average prices were about $2
per cwt. higher. Although it was in
the main, a run of short-fed cattle, de~
mand for medium and cheaper grades
showed greatest breadth most of the
month. Weight and quality, however,
were catered to toward the latter part
of the period and shared well in the
advance. A $14.30 top was made on
1,666-lb. beeves on the month’s final
session and sales from $13.00 to $14.00
became rather numerous, though a
spread of from $11.00 to $13.00 took
the bulk of the offerings and only
feedery and common light steers were
selling for slaughter at the wind-up
below $10.00 when packers were avidly
going to everything with a sheath of
beef on its ribs. The top at $14.30 com-
pared with an $11.95 top in January,
1917 and $9.85 in January two years
ago. 1

Butcher cattle trade was an up and
down affair, but the advantage, due to
light receipts and a healthy demand,
lay with sellers most of the time and
final quotation ranged from 500 to $1
higher than at the close of December.
Late in the month a few fancy heifers
reached $12.75 and odd extra prime
heavy cows sold as high as $12.00 to
$12.50. but $7.75 to ,.9.50 took most of
the fat cows and heifers during the
period under review and prices aver-
aged around $2.75 higher than for the
corresponding month last year. At
month-end good canner cows were sell-
ing as high as $7.00 and cutters up to
$7.75, wine $6.50 to $7.50 took the
bulk of the month‘s supply of these
classes. Thin young cows and stock
heifers cleared mostly through killing
channels in view of the dormant condi-
tions of the stocker and feeder market,
due to stormy weather and the car
shortage. On the closing high spot
choice heavy bologna bulls sold freely
around $9.50 and Odd prime beef bulls
up to $11.50 and higher, with only
common light bulls from $8.50 down.
Veal calves touched new record prices,
but the market was subject to violent
fluctuations and “frozen out" calves
that had been delayed in transit in
sub—zero temperatures at times took
several discounts. On the high spot
$16.75 was reached by a few prime
vealers, while at the month’s close
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gOOd to best. Heavy calves also sold
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Who Are the Guilty Parties?

NFORMATION that certain agencies within
the state have within the past few weeks
been circulating false reports about potato

grading that have tended to aggravate the potato '

situation and cause friction between the growers
and dealels have come to the notice of officials of
the Michigan Agricultural College.” Thus reads
an East Lansing dispatch that is receiving liberal
publicity thru the columns of both the daily and
weekly press of the state.

We have thought all the time that we were in *

pretty'close touch with the potato situation, but
we must confess that we never heard of these
gents who are telling such fibs about the college
and the dealers. The only persons or agencies
that we know anything about who have been de-
fending potato grades and inventing nice little
fairy tales about the Wonderful advantages of
potato grades, and those “progressive” farmers
who have fallen all over themselves to endorse
the grading, have been closely affiliated with the
college themselves. And the party who has
the powers of imagination and the fluency of ex-
pression to add aggravation to the present super-
aggravated potato Situation ought not to be crit-
icized. He ought to be (omplimented for his men~
tal versatility.

For the next; six months the U. S. Food Admin-
istration. the dealers, the colleges, the experts and
others who had a hand either directly or remotely
in the establishment of potato grades this year.
will make desperate efforts to divert attention
from the results of their asinine interference
with established marketing methods, and endeavor
to shift the blame on other‘s shoulders.

We admit. not, without compassion, that they
occupy a most, uncomfortable and unenviable po~
sition. To be held accountable for the de-
nioralization of markets. resulting in millions of
dollars 10s" to farmers. is not a pleasant experi-
ence, but. gentlemen, it: helps matters none to
crawtish. The farmers know who are back of
this potafo grading dcul. No amount of denial or
subterfuge or shifting of blame will deceive them.

We imagine that . no of the parties involved
in this grading scandal have already mentally
resolved to meddle no r ire in others’ affairs. or
at least to consult the wishes of those most vitally
concerned. which wasn’t, done when the grading
rules were put into effect.

Give the Farmer Recognition

ICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING has repeat-
M edly called attention to the fact that the

rights and wishes of the farmers have been
practically ignored from the beginning of war. As
the control of the Food Administration has light-
ened. this fceling has become more general and
acute. and recently representatives of 2,000,000
organized farmers bluntly told President Wilson

that the farmers wanted a more direct hand in,

the business of making war.

“The farmers of America,” they said, “have
little, if any, voice in deciding the great questions,
even the food and farm questions, upon which the
issue of the war depends. As far as we have
learned there is not; a single genuine farmer, rep-
resentative of the organized farmers of America,
in any position of authority in the food adminis-
tration, the advisory council of national defense
or any of the other special boards charged with
the conduct of the war. When coutrastedwith the
recognition properly accorded organized labor and

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wishes were not consulted. 1101; his unrest; pron

erly interpreted Those who Compriso important
committees on" the food administration, holding.

almost autocratic powers of discretion and reg-

ulation, are men who have but very limited

knowledge of the farmer’ 5 problems and very little
sympathy With his viewpoint.

How can the Government expect full- hearted
evaporation from the farmer when he has been
practically told that his counsel is not wanted?
How can the Government expect to get the most
out of the nation’ s agricultural resources when it
places men in charge of affairs who continually
hedge the farming business with injudicious re—
straints and petty regulations?

- . Those in authority at Washingtox‘i~ should 4, re—
member always that this is not a class war. It‘

is a people’s war; In this great conflict the wishes
and the interests of the few must be Subservient
to those of the many. This war cannot be won
if opinions and efforts are to be divided. Every
trade, every profession, every business over which
control of war-time expediency is placed, must
have representation in the nation’s counsels.

Mr. President, your most loyal supporters are
the farmers. Take them into your confidence.
Give them a hand in the war preparations. Long
after the professional patriots who throng the
Capitol’s corridors, have deserted your train, the
American farmer will stand unfalteringly by your
side, ready to do and to die for the sake of the
nation’s life and liberty. When the heart of the
nation’s favored has grown fail’tt from the ceasless
strife and the pulse of their courage all but
stilled, a million stalwart farmers, unwanted in
the first flush of the war’s preparations, will spring
to your call,»ready and capable to perform any
duty you may lay before them.

War Savings Stamps
EARLY A YEAR has elapsed since the Unit-
N ed States entered the Great War. In that
short period nearly a million men have
been called to the colors, billions of dollars worth
of bonds have been sold, an incomparable Red
Cross organization has been perfected. In the

maze of preparations and in the various activit- -
ies associated with the business of making war,‘

the life of practically every individual has been

touched and an opportunity opened for all,—-.

men, women and children—do perform some kind
of a service in advancing humanity’s cause.

By far the most practical method that has yet
been created to enlist the interests and aid of the
rank and file of the American people, has been
the war savings stamp. It enables even the very
poorest invest the smallest savings at better
than savings-bank interest, and at the same time
render a valuable service to the government.

As previously explained in these columns, a war-
savings stamp that the government. will redeem
in 1923 at $5, may now be purchased at $4.13. It
need not be bought outright. It can be purchased
on the “installment” plan by buying thrift stamps
of 25 cent denomination which may be exchanged
later for the war-savings stamp.

It ought to be considered a national duty for
every person living under the protection of the
Stars and Stripes to contribute something to help
the government win this war. It ought to be a
matter of pride for every person to be able to
say, “I’ve done my bit. I’ve helped the Red Cross,
the Liberty Loan, the Army Y. M. C. A., the Recre-
ation fund,~——or the War-Savings fund. Heaven
forbid that, there may be a single American citi-
zen who cannot hold his head up proudly after this
war is over and say, “I helped to win it.” Buy a
War-Savings stamp tomorrow.

MrcuioAN Brsmnss FARMING recently advised
Prof. C. W. Waid that it would give his work the
fullest co-operation if he would help remedy Mich-
igan's potato situation by recommending to the
Food Administration the, abandonment of the
present grading methods. The Professor respond-
ed and said that he would not be disposed to co-
operate with US, until we had admitted the error
of our contention that he was partially to blame
for the grading rules being put into effect in Mich-
igan this year. We offered Mr. Waid the fullest
use of these columns to present his alibi and
prove to our readers that he had no control over
the situation. Ample time has elapsed for him to
accept the offer, but he has disdained to do so. It
is still open, however. Present your claims, Prof-
essor Waid. They will receive at least a respect-
ful hearing.

submitted by the growers.

have been accused of being WW1», but this ~

is something that the farmers am buxom qdlte‘ f

accustomed to, and it doesn’t barman- feelings '
It it is unpatrtotlc to ask star. (I. failr ‘
profit on the growing of sugar beets, it is likewise ~~

any longer.

unpatrlotlc to ask. for a fair profit on the manner:
turing of sugar.

manufacture sugar at a loss.

If the manufacturers refuse to pay the growers;

a. profitable price for their beets when they have

it in their power to do so, and as a result the,"
grovvers refuse to raise boots, theseby depriving
the nation of a part of its sugar supply, we’d cer-:
tainly say that the manufacturers were unpatriot-'
lc for refusing to part with even‘ a few of,

their earnings for the sake of satisfying the grOw-
ers and encouraging the industry.
Who is more stubborn; the grower who re-

fuses to accept the manufacturer’s terms, or the”

manufacturer who refuses to accept the grower’s
terms?

The settling of these differences logically lies
with the Food Administration.
sentative,_Mr. Prescott, has signally failed in his
efforts to bring the grower and the manufacturer
together. Altho a. farmer himself, Mr. .Prescott’s
views are strangely out of sympathy with the
growers' problems and claims. Apparently, he
believes without question the statement of the
manufacturers that they cannot afford to manufac-
ture sugar at present. prices and pay $10 for beets,
but he seems to question the statement of cost
Always, in matters of
similar dispute, the farmer must produce argu-
ment after argument and figures after figures'to
prove his Contentions whereas the word of the
manufacturer is taken without gainsay.

If the Food Administration really wants to
be fair to the growers and save Michigan’ s sugar
beet industry, it will lose no time in sending
someone into the state who is thoroly conversant
with the costsand difficulties of sugar beet grow-
ing, and urge upon the manufacturers the payment
of a price that will pay production cost plus a fair
profit.

In the January 26th issue we announced that
we would have something to say in the following
issue about the competition-destroying methods
of Swift & Company, the 'big Chicago packing
house which is being kept busy just now covering
up evidences of its misdeeds from the prying eyes
of federal investigators. The evidence we had at
hand indicated that the creamery department of
this big concern was guilty of illegal practices in
its dealings with Michigan creameries and farm-
ers. A history of the entire affair was laid before
the butter department of the. Food Administration,
but we have been experiencing considerable diffi-
culty in getting a repOrt from them, hence our
delay in publishing the details. We are. still on
the trail, however, and hope soon to be able to
present some very interesting, if not helpful facts,
to our readers about the cutthroat methods of
the trust. \.

II: * I! *

There has been considerable m‘erriment in the
camp of the organized potato dealer‘s the last few
weeks. They seem to think it funny that a certain
farm paper and a. certain potato expert should
suggest htat they voluntarily pay the growers a

"higher price for the No. 2 potatoes and thereby

lessen the farmers’ dissatisfaction. There is no
secret as to why some of the dealers don’t pay
more than 60 per cent of the N0. 1 price for the
N0. 2 stock or why ‘the others won’t buy the N0.
2’s at any price. There is no market for No.2
potatoes. The dealers know it, but they are so
anxious to show how patriotically they are 00-
operating with the potato committee’s fool ruling
that they won’t confess it. ‘Potato dealers are
neither angels nor philanthropists. They’re busi-
ness men. They’ll buy No.2 potatoes or any other
old potatoes at the lowest prices the farmers will
sell. Who wou‘ldn’ t?
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MICHIGAN Busmuss FARMING is indebted to’the

U. S. Food Administration Grain Corporation for »
its prompt investigation/0f complaints of unfair

practices bygrain elevators, laid before it. In
several instances it has succeeded in raising the
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in some such‘manner‘as this: .“‘I KNOW‘
that you Will willingly and conspicuously
Stand by to Win this. War. You are today
earning the highest wages in the history of
labor. Ill-Very safieg-uard has been. placed
about you by: the Government. Your repre-

sentatives sit in the councils at washington,

invited there by the Government, to present
your claims in all matters of legislation or
regulation affecting your interests. We have
created a vast Food Administration organiza-
tion which has set the price of. wheat and oth-
erwise controls the price of ydur daily food.
Nothing has been left undone .to make you sat-
isfied and willing to. do your part in winning
the war.”

To the manufacturers of war supplies, we
might expect the President to say:. “ I
KNOW that you will willingly and conspicu-
ously, stand by to win this war. Upon. your
shoulders rests the responsibility of manufac-
turing guns, shells, powder, clothing, shoes,
transportation facilities, and equipment 0n
land, water and in the air —every material
thing required for the prosmufion of this war,
excepting foodstulfs, you are called upon to
supply. - The Government does not VWlsh. to
take advantage of your patriotism by asking
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lease who work in the factories or who-own
: the factories. . . g . - _
d “ - "-x‘I‘h‘e majority of farm factories are shert of

capital. They need raw material; new maéhin-
cry. The Government is trying to supply this

_.,c.a,pital, . but the waiting line of applicants

grows ever larger. ‘

The farm factories are short of labor. The
Government isdraining the agricultural com-
munities of the only dependable labor so
needed for the planting, cultivation and 11a.—
vesting of the food that is wanted to win the
war. The new draft rules help but litt'n-.
Exemption boards continue to take not only

, skilled farm laborers, but farm managers and

owners as well. It is impossible to estimate

the number of acres that will lie idle the com—

ing season in this state alone, because their
owners have been called into active military
service.‘ '

Uncle Sam’s attitude toward his ‘soldicrs
of the soil” is both unjust and unwise. lln—
just because it presupposes a patriotic re-
sponse which the farmer cannot afford to
make, and unwise because it contains no solu—
tion of the..food problem.

The .Food Administration and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may, and doubtless will.
send representatives into every agricultural
community between now and spring. urging,
pleading, almost commanding, that the farm-
ers increase their production. The farm pa-
pers, patriotic always, will take up the cry
and pages and headlines will echo back the
slogan, “Food will win the war; raise more
(,_W.7, .

But how many more? Do we want more
beans, more rye, more oats, more sugar beets
more potatoes? Let’s not set the mark too
high: the Food Administration is hopping
around in the frying pan now trying to make

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Spring; it has no wish to get into the fire.

When Uncle. Sam says, “Increase produc— .'
tiOn to maximum, ’ ’ does he mean it? Probably:
- not.
We would bring financial ruin to the farming '

Maximum production on every tillabele

business. The nation would only feast this
year to starve the next.

As a matter of fact, the government‘s in—
creased production. talk doesn‘t sound alto—
gether sincere. It’s so aimless. It has a. flash
and a roar that make good fireworks, but it is

minus the bullets that carry to the mark. Un»

clc Sam ‘ has used blank cartridges long
enough. If he wants to hit the bulls—eye and
bring home the bacon (or the potatoes or beans

or anything else), he’ll have to load up. With. -

a better projectile than powder.

The old saying that it is better to be safe '

than sorry applies with force to the. problem
of food production. “We can afford to theor-
ize in peace times. but in war we must act,”
says the Detroit News. \Vc may safely specu—
late in peace times as to what the food pro—
duction will be. but when half the world
clamm's for food. we are brought face to face
with hard practical facts from which there is
no escape. '

The hope of lllc Allies is Germany’s hun-
ger. if the enemy's rations fail, his weapons
fail. So it is with every nation. An empty
stomach is a breeding place of. discontent:
nothing disturbs the peace of mind and haunts:
one like a spectre more than fear of hunger.
luns are necessary : ammunition is necessary,
but food should be the first consideration
of all.

Wc need the food. \Vc‘yc got the land to
produce the food. \Nc’yc got the money to
buy the food. Why. then, should there be
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pensation. Consequently we
have contracted for all. these
supplies, and are paying you a,
profit ever cost of production.
Now that we have made. the bus-
iness of manufacturing war es-
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(So-Operation, the One Big Thing for the 1 '

Farmers of the Country.

_ I have reCeived the few sample copies of your
valuable paper, MICHIGAN BUSINES ss FARMING, and

{am enclosing $2 to pay for my subscription, also
for my neighbor, G. W. Pickett.

I think your pap~
beaten more than seven
It does me good to read what practical bus-

or has the
ways.

‘ iness farmers have to say.

'make good one-dollar-a-year

There seems to be but one answer to the one
big problem which we farmers have to solve, and
only one that will do away with the middleman,
of whom so many of the farmers are complaining.
We can kill this louse with the following form-
ula: “00- Operation ” The sooner the farmers
double up their fists and say “we’ re going to do
our own bus1ness ” the sooner it will mean more
money in our pockets. Co- -operation is the life- -sav-
er for the farmer; it does away with this louse,
the middleman, who will draw the last drop of
blood out of you if you give him a chance. But
who is to blame? Is he? No! You are, Mr.
Farmer. As long as you are foolish enough to
keep him. Idon’t blame him for holding his
pockets open for you to pour it in-. Mr. Farmer;
you are the one who feeds the world, but you’ll
never have any more to say about what you are
to have for this feed than you have right now
unless you cooperate. One or two can’t do much;
but when every last one of us farmers take hold

 
 

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era ing, s picking,
what this loéa‘l man’ s first statement says they»
are. Don’t Wait for them to start something for-
you, they are only too glad if you don’ t start any-
thing. Just talk co- -operation and watch the prices
go up. As soon as we talked shipping our own
stock hog. prices went up 75c per cwt. here, altho
prices at the other end remained the same. Just
try it and see. 1
We have all “got to co-operate with Uncle Sam
if We want to win in this war for democracy, and
we farmers will have to tic-operate if we want to
win out in this war against the middleman. So
cry out co—operation and cry it out loud. It sure
is the best thing for the man who busts sod—~82
G., Caledonia.

Selective Draft Right in Principle, but Wrong
- in Practice

I am an interested reader of M. B. F. and think
it-O. K. . It knows just what to say and when to
say it. . -

I wish to take up enough space. in your paper
to reply to your reader from Van Buren county
who thinks the selective draft law is O.'K. and
fair to the farmer. He says if a man is a skilled
farm worker he goes in class three. Now that"
sounds all right to anyone who doesn’t know,‘
but listen, I know that is not the case in this
(Livingston) county. I will mention two cases
for example I have heard of more, but these two

etc, ar- ,iustr‘

like the

. h re
talked w th‘ that,~ is going 0

j a. ~
1 ‘than he can take care of. himself. See where
supplies will be by next 19.11. The present help-
and price conditions does net Warrant anything "

else

If some of the men h1gher up that are sitting at
their roll top desks with their stenographer at
their elbow, a boy to bring them a. drink and a
limousine to carry them where they Want to go,
were to come out and inspect conditions on the
farm instead of taking somebody’s word for it
President of the Michigan Bean
Jobbers’ Association, there might be some change
but I doubt it, for they have to eat and Uncle
Sam only requires them to work eight hours per
day. You and, Mr. Farmer work fourteen to
sixteen hours per day to pay taxes to keep them
there. Like your paper very much and if Hoover
is not taking a copy, please let me know and. I
will remit for him. He might see something that
would make him'sit up and’take notice from farm-
ers of Michigan—E. J. T., Shepherd.

Another Way to Dry Beans

I wish to say a word in regard to Wet beans. I
suppose every farmer who raised beans knows
something about drying them. If you have a. fur-
nace in the house take the bed out of the bed-
room. You had better sléep on the floor than lose
your crop. Spread the beans out on the floor

we can do something. Every shipping point have come under my personal observance. The three or four inches deep; you can put from 15 to

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on why We can- ’ and in two or

not sell‘our own
produce, s h i p
our own live-
stock, buy our
own feeds direct
and do all 0111
own business~—
do away with
keeping the mid
dleman,wh0isas
able to work for
his living as we
are. Don’t have
any mercy on
him, but get his
“goat.” If you
don’t get his he
is going to get
yours, and by all
means beat. him
to it by co-oper-
ating. We have
a co-operative
live stock ship-
ping association
in‘ our village.
We are about 15
miles, south of
Grand Rapids.
When we talked
co-operation sev-
eral of our busi-
ness men gave
us two months
before We would
be out of busi-
ness—they said
that it wouldn’t
work. We or-
ganized March
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Machine guns and bomb throweis were found inside.

three days they
will be dry. I
dried 128 bush-
els in two weeks
time six years
ago, in a room
10x12 feet.

If you do not
have a furnace
in your house
you can spread
the beans out on
the floor of any
room where it

is warm and
where they will
not freeze and
you will find
they will soon
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longer than if
you had a fur-
nace.

We put 21 bu.
in a chamber
room that does
not even have a
stove pipe run-
ning through it,
two weeks ago
and they are dry
enough to crack
under foot, and
before We com-
menced to dry
them they were
so wet that they
could be squeez-
ed into a ball.
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of Michigan with about 7;) members, and now after
ten months of life we have 215 members with new
ones coming in eyery week. We have shipped dur-
ing this time for the farmers, over $160,000 worth
of'live stock at a very small cost to them. They
have bought thru this organization seven carloads
of bran and middlings at a saving of over $4 per
ton; one car of dairy feed; one car of corn com-
ing, also oil meal. We have had five cars of coal
shipped in; we are buying our grass seed and we
are getting a car of pedigreed barley for seed pur-
poses for the farmers next spring.

And how about the middleman? 011.7119 loves
us. He calls us all those pretty names not permis-
sible in print. If nothing happens before next fall
we are going to have something to say about our
wheat and beans. There is no reason why those
farmers who are complaining about the grading
rules regarding potatoes cannot co-operate and sell
their own potatoes, and also beans. Have a little
confidence in yourself and also in the men you
choose to do the business for you.

Just the other day a local man in our town made
the remark that “farmers are d fools,, and
more than that said they were “d—hogs because
they can’t get enough. Prices are high now and
they still want more.” Last fall he made the re-

 

‘ mark that he hoped farmers would have to take

twenty cents a bushel for potatoes because some
of them were holding them for $3. Such fellows
as he ought not to have anything to eat that comes
from the farm.. I think, however, that we will
find just such fellows in every town; they wOuld
men for the govern-

ment. They never did a day’s work in their lives

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man in N0. 1 is '24 years old, he lives with and
works the farm of his father who is now 66 years
old. The son has lived on this farm all his life
and never worked at anything but farming. He
owns part of personal property and works place
on Shares. In filling out his papers the lawyer
called him joint managing head agricultural en-
terprise, but he has been put in class one.

In No.2 I don’t know age of maPn, but he has
always lived and worked on the farm he now lives
on and at present is working that farm for his
widowed mother. The father died a few years
ago. This fellow has bone into class one. Now
do you think this is a square deal for the farmer?

I am willing to do my bit anywhere Uncle Sam
wants me,.but like the reader from Osceola county
I say, what is the use of the Government asking
the farmers to raise larger crops and then taking
all their best help away from them.

Wishing you success this new year, I remain,
yours for a square deal, F. K., Livingston county.

The Farmer is the Goat

Eat less, raise more and sell your products for
less than cost. Hooverize!

If the present conditions are not relieved it
will be eat less, for there will not be enough help
to raise more. And as for selling‘there will not
be very much to sell.

Eight hours is a Government working day.
Fourteen to sixteen is a farmer’s working day,
yet the-price is set so the man working eight
hours per day can buy what‘the farmer has to
work fourteen to sixteen hour per day to raise.
Is it helping the farmer? Cut the working day on

. . that it is very
foollsh t01 farmers to sell their beans as wet
stock and take any price the dealers are willing

to pay for them, when by a little trouble they can

dry them. I was caught three different seasons
with wet beans and I have never been docked for
wet beans, or had a moisture test taken of my
crop—F. M. E., Millbrook.

Wants 1% Inch Screen

Dear Friend of the farmers:——I would like to
say just a little about the grading of potatoes, as
for one I have been like Mr. Bale in one way 1
have run my potatoes over a 1 3-4 inch screen, and
was satisfied with that grade.

The farmers around this part of Montcalm coun-
ty want only one grade of potatoes so they will
not have a 50 per cent loss. If they have two
grades itwould be no more than right for the ship-
pers to pay 90 per cent of the first grade for the
seconds.

.For one I am in favor of 1 3-4 inch screen.
Just a few years ago the shippers wanted a medi-
um sized potato and they would not take the large
ones so you see there is a big skin in the game.
I have heard some of the farmers say that it was
a farmer that helped put the two grades in effect
Well, he may be a farmer, but he belongs to the
Shippers Association. ,

Will close with this: I think that the -M. B. F.
is one of the best farm papers thatwasever print-
ed in Michigan—A. H. B., Sidney. .

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have been very much interested in the flood or

protests that have been sent in from all over the‘

state, and I want to congratulate the editors of
Mronrem B'Usmn‘ss Enzyme fer the stand they
have taken on this and other things of vital im-
portance to the farmers. You have done a good

work but the fight is only begun; the enemy is

going to die hard, but We shall win. The farmers
must and will win the fight against the thousands
that live and wax f-at off the sweat of the farmers’
brows. "It seems to me the great .question is how
to carry on the campaign. We must have some
kind of an organization, whereby we can work to-
gether and pull together like one ox. I think your
idea of a minimum price for next year a good one.
Will be glad to help it along in any way possible.

Nearly all the farmers I talk with are agreed
that we must have some kind of a working or-
ganization. Now the question is, what shall it be?

.‘ Its ;object' must be a square deal for the farmers
, and the consumers.
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. have a system that will cut out the excess profits ‘

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Their rights must\be respected. We must

of the middleman; there is too much money made
between the farmers and the Consumer._
products go thru too many hands; but how are

we to change these things? My idea is that it has.

got to be done by legislation. Laws must be pass-
ed to protect the farmer and the censumer. Did I
hear somm'ne say “it can't be done?" Why not?
Hasn’t there been laws passed to protect the mer-
chant, the miller, the banker,-the manufacturer,
the railroads, and all kinds of business that have
organized their forces and demanded such laws?
Sure they have. Then why not the farmers?

A political organization? Yes, sir, that is what
got protection for other lines of business. -Why
not for the farmer? Their organizations were not
called political organizations, but that is what
they were, and we farmers helped them to get
what they wanted, and now it’s up. to us to get
what we want the same Way. We must drop par-
ties. No democrats, no republicans, no socialists,
but all farmers. You may belong to one party
and I to another, but it We are both farmers our
interests are one. If my party puts up something
that is good for me as a farmer it is good for you
as a farmer and should have our support regard-
less of party lines into one big Mutual Benefit
society with an ofiicial paper With men. at its
helm like the editors of M. B. F. where every
farmer could write in and give his ideas on sub-

I jects of interest to all farmers where we could if

necessary take a vote on issues of importance
to the farmer and demand action on the part of
our law makers favorable to the interests of farm-
ers and consumer. It seems .0 me this could
be done and the expenses would be very :ittle
for each member. W; could have a local secre-
tary in every community that could call a meet.
ing when necessary to talk over and take action
on anything of importance. With such an organ-
ization We could have flooded the Food Adminis-
tration with petitions against the potato and bean
situation that would have opened their eyes and
overwhelmed the pinheads that put it over on us
this year. What do you think, Brother Farmer?

Now, just a few wordsrabout next year. 'I no-

tice a good many are talking about not trying to .

raise a very big crop of potatoes and beans next
year. Now brothers, I do not blame you for feeling
that‘ way as the way the deal we have this year is
enough to make any man feel like it, but brothers
we can’t afford to do it. No not even if we don’t
make a cent we can’t afford to run the "chance of
having people star ‘e because we did not do our
best to feed them. The chances are that if we
that are left on the farms do their very best there
will be a shortage of food stuffs next year. I
want no deaths of starved babies, mothers or any
human beings la1d at my door. ‘ I shall do my
best next year as I did this, to raise all the food
I can even if I lose the little start I have. Think
this thing over seriously brother, some of your
sons will be facing the enemy in France soon or
perhaps it will be a brother or friend. Shall they

want for food when we could have raised it for
them and would not. I doun't believe you will
think when the time comes you will all respond
with the same courage and patriotism that our
Boys are showing in going to a foreign shore to
face the seething Hell of shot and shell of the
most terrible war in the history of the World——
B. E. S. Van, Mich.

Huge Profits of Corporation Heads Kill the
Farmers’ Enthusiasm

I am much interested in your paper and hope
that you will continue the good work of “smok~
ing out" the Swifts of the country and in showing
up the leeches who live off the producer and
consumer, and I think you need have no fear of

your subscription thinning out in consequence. _

Yours is the only paper I have ever read which

dares to come out editorially and tell the truth.
The farmers are waking up to the condition of

things are using their heads as well as their hands.

Your editorial on the proposed advertising cam-.

paign of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass’n in

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‘ one of the first to voice a protest,
against the present flatbed of grading potatoes, 1‘

_ two pounds of cornmeal.

Our ~

out each year? If the gave

it
ministrator is looking fer war prenteers, I Would -

suggest that they give the big milk distributors’
in all the big cities the once over I wound like
to ask how it is that the government has over-
looked the Standard Oil 00., who under a sworn
statement claim to have made $85, 000, 000 in gaso-
oline alone in three months. And the Internation-
al Harvester 00., who in 1912 made the sworn

‘_ statement that the cost of a grain binder was $26

1!. o. b., Chicago; and the Henry Ford Co. which

‘ handed out over $50, 000, 000 in dividends in one

year. Then they came to the farmer with the most
generous offer of a small per cent above the cost
of production. In talking with my neighbors
and farmers in general I find their sentiments are
quite different from what our newspapers and
government publicity bureau would have us be-
lieve. They want to convey the idea that all
is satisfactorywith the farmer. During the per-
iod of sugarshortage the farmer who usually goes
about once a week to town for his groceries, can
get if he is lucky one pound of. sugar by buying
The city fellow gets his
pound of sugar in the morning, his wife another
pound at noon and after school his five or six chil-
dren fill .up their hours until closing time bring-
ing home their pounds of sugar. The efficiency
of the Food Administrator is a marvel. And the
coal—well you know the farmer simply cannot get
it even tho it was paid for last summer. And the
farmer without wood, and there are many of them,
is in bad shape. The farmers are willing to do
their share and more at cost if need be but they
can hardly feel very enthusiastic over it when
they look around at the profit of the profiteers,
and compare it with the profit. the Michigan
farmers have made on beans and potatoes this
year.The government publicity bureau sends out
all the dope they can get together to stimulate pro-
duction and then the price is fixed by the govern-
ment or allowed to be fixed by, the leeches, so that
the farmer comes out a little less than even, while
the whole Damm family are working their heads
off. Well, they will not stimulate production much

 

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We have our Agricultural Bulletins and
Colleges,‘ and an innumerable number of
farm papers to teach us how to grow
bum-per crops, so that the other fellow
could make the money and wear the good
clothes, while the farmer toiled from day-
light until dark and wore the rags. We

5 have waited long and.patiently for some
fearless publication-like thepM. B. F. to
not only, teach us howbut to actually as-
sist us in receiving what actually belongs
to us, the real producers. I think every
.live farmer in Michigan ought to join
the M. B. F. army, and with our support
help them ' fight our battles. “United
we stand, divided we fall.” Here is my
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this year. We had our stimulant last year—and
enough to last-over theyear.

If the government will guarantee us one-half
as good a deal as they guaranteethe railroads and
manufacturing plants taken over, we will hustle
and‘do our best.

grumble from the fellow with the little bunch of
W. C'., Ypsilanti.

Potato Grading System Holds Future Menace

In regard to the potato situation and system of
grading, there is absolutely no one who believes
in the present system of grading, although We have
sold here over a screen for the last 10 or 15 years.

‘ Now in regard to this method of screening it is

absolutely necessary that the system be killed off,
not alone for this season, but for all seasons to
come. Talk about raising potatoes of uniform
size is a good deal like controlling the Weather.
Of course you can. grade them to a uniform size
all right, and Prof. Waid says we will get so much
In other states they
are getting more money for no grade than we are
for No. 1. But the most serious problem will be
when there is a time as there is sure to be, when
potatoes will be ten cents a bushel.
throw out all the over size anyway and if we have
this grading system in vogue it will be ruinous
to us. Now some people may think that ten cents
is an absurd price but there have been thousands
of bushels sold here in the past for that price in
the spring of the year, besides other thousands that
were allowed to rot in the pits.

Now I have a scheme to do away with all this
system of grading. It is not honest neither is the
system honest. It is not practical for the large
grower but is for the small grower. Let the farmer
get the prescribed set of screens and screen their
potatoes at home, making the two grades. Then

‘ take all of the nice large potatoes out of the No.

2 and keep them at home, putting the small N0.~.2
back in the No’. 1 grade and take them to the buy-
er. When he gets our No. 2 grade they will all

‘be small and he won’t want them, but will have to

talge them because they wont go thru the cull
screen. As I said, it isn’t honest but neither are

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splendid type of potato here.

for $15. 83.

favor of it.

Then get the produce to the con- ,
sumer at a reasonable cost and you will hear no-

Then they '

of the long varieties and about 75% oft them will

_ go thru the No.1 screen in a normal crop .——-F. M., .

Ellberta.

Is War to Blame for Unjust Mill Profit ?
Why is it that our government required as

farmers to do business ,on a basis of cost and 10 '

per cent profit while at the same time certain “pat-
riotic” elevator and mill owners are allowed to take
from 35 to 50 per cent? Here is a case from
our own county which will prove the assertion:

B went to the mill with 4661 pounds ,or 7 bu.,
41 lbs. of No. 2 red wheat. The mill bought this
wheat at $2.06, which amounted to $15.83. B
buys 273 lbs. of flour at $5. 75 per cwt., which also
makes $15. 83, or just the amount received for his
wheat. Now this amount of wheat will make 307
lbs. of flour at $5.75 is worth $17. 65. The mill also
has 154 lbs. of feed, which at that time was selling
at $50. 00 per ton, which makes it worth $3. 85.
So the mill gets $21. 50 for the wheat which B sold
This is a. profit of $5. 67 on a $155. 83
deal, or about 36 per cent, or 74 cents on each bu.
of wheat. In the future 45 lbs of flour must- be
ground from each bu. Many people haVe a suspic-
ion that even on lbs. or more will be taken, but if
we complain they will tell us that the war is to
blame. But if only‘45 lbs. of flour are taken from
each bu. the figures will be as follows: Value of
10 bu. of wheat Iat mill at $2.06, $20.60. This Wheat
will make 455 lbs. of flour which at $5.75 per cwt.

is worth $25.87; there will also be 150 lbs. of feed '

which at $36.00 per ton is worth $2.70. Therefore
the mill gets $28.57 for the products of 10 bu. of
wheat which was bought for $20.60. This leaves a
profit of $7.97 on 10 bu., or nearly 80c on each bu.,
or nearly 39 per cent. Is this not patriotism with
a string to it?——T. B., Fowler.“

Will the Government Uphold a Funny Man
With a Funny Idea?

In Ml(‘IllGAN BUSINESS FARMING of Jan. 12 I see
that the potato experts will consider the potato
grade revision; that is the way it looks. Mr. Ex-
per Waid has all the say about it. It was he who
invented the grading 'scheme with the dealers, and
then say that the “progressive" farmers are in
I will ask how many progressives he
has on his list. I am sorry to say that we have no
such progressives around here. Is it possible that
the government will uphold a funny man with a
funny idea because he is an “expert?" One man
against thousands upon thousands who are against
it! We wish Mr. Waid had spoken about those
grading rules at planting time.

Why don't some of the experts look at the seed
we have to buy? Not all of them, but some seed
houses sell us lots of. noxious weed seed in our,
grain seed, others sell us brush for .ruit trees.
Twelve years ago I bought what I supposed was
Northern Spy apple trees and they turned out 'to
be crab apples and Wolf Rivers.

Those .experts are around to teach us how to
grow big crops of everything, while it would be
better if they made an effort to help us sell our
produce at a reasonable price. It looks to me as

if Mr. Waid- is hand in hand with the commission ~

men, and when he comes around again to explain
the potato diseases and shove us pictures, don’t
give him his dinner, let him carry his lunch—dhe is
against us.—J. D., Levering.

An Outrage Farmers Will Not Soon Forget

I have taken your paper for some time and as
we take so many I concluded We could do without
the MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING, but when this
potato steal came up and you handIeu it so well I
changed my mind, and herewith hand you one dol-
lar. Last spring the farmers here were asked to
make every effort to raise a bumper crop of po-
tatoes, and I with others, when help was so scarce
we had to pay $3 per day for every day’s work all
summer, did our best, and then have who should
be our friends step in and without our knowledge
fix an arbitrary grade upon our products, is an
outrage that the producers will not soon forget.
Everyone knows that the farmer sells at whole-
sale and buys at retail what we need. In our town
the other day I met a farmer taking back 14 bu.
of seconds out of a load of 44 bu. I took three off
of one crate and brought them home; wife said
when ghe wanted extra nice potatoes to bake she
picked just such potatoes because of their regular
size and smoothness.

I do not think that either the producer or the
consumer are benefitted by the grading. What they
both want are-potatoes run over a 1% in. screen
and one grade. Then I think all parties will be
satisfied—B. E. K., Lakem'ew.

Can’t Blame Us if We Lose Confidence

Please tell me why our government cries “save,
save, and produce more,” and will then allow the
enormous waste of food in the two grades of pota-
toes, and also allow the middleman such profits
for handling the crops. The farmers get 80c a.
bu. for potatoes and the consumers pay from $1.50
to $1.70. Our community says lees potatoes next
year They are losing confidence, and you can’t
blame them.

The bean situation is practically the same The
farmer gets $6 and the consumer pays $12. It
seems that Mr. Hoover could help the situation
if be investigated, and it. should be done at once
to save the farmers thousands of dollars—H. J. B.

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family. That is to say an educated person whose {comp k
education has all lodged in his head and left his ”Lizmsig?y cheat me and some fol 8 The'FM Wedding _ ' *1
heart empty and smt of calloused over. And some folks may gossip and say I am Write the following questions on heart- shaped E
I have in mind a case of this kind that is a queer. leaves 0‘ paper “'th you can bmd With hearts '—' g”
doubleheader since both husband and wife have But one will stick ‘tO me, though others , cm from red WP '
E a “lodged" education, this time lodge-d on their mdy rail 1 What was the bridegroom’s name? ,
: bumps of SelffiteM. Thére are other people in Why he wouldnt leave me if I went to - 2. What was the bride’s name? ‘ " 4
: the neighborhood who can read just as much latin, : jail! 3. At what hour was the wedding?
5‘ quote just as reliable and notorious historians and . 4. What high dignitary married them?'.
repeat just as much obsolete and jaw-breaking figgiailefngg, whom I see every day 2. 3110 was one (Italicized bride’s maid?
poetry but they act just as human as if they 1 . ame one pretty ride’s maid. ,- \
didn’t know their alphabet. E! Whoezfuldn t :9to by me like he, to the . 7. Who-gave the bride away? . '
But Mr. and Mrs. Education moved into our 5 If deepest (lisgzace should by chance be 8- What di-d’the bride wear on her head? i
' E: neighborhood and set themselves immediately at _ my lot , 9. What did she wear on her feet? 2;.
E5; work to impress the “natives” with the superior- Thcwl all melt away pom my 3mg like 10. What style of collar did she wear? E
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14. Color of her lips?

15. What was the name of her restless little 7_
brother?

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blamc

If misfortune and ruin should shadow
my name!

The natives are hard to impress. Mrs. Education
has revealed to some of us (by experience) a num-
ber of new ways of cheating help out of their hard
earned pay, and several new lines of discourtesy.
but the only impression of any moment that she

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f lk~ V n w wa. S of farmin Out in these . 802/ number. The answers are as follows:
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p ‘ ' “W h“ 4, Jack in the Pulpit; 5,, Black Eyed Susan; 6,

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with large bunches of well ripened fruit. He g nose ' 033’ ’ 0 may ump _p' ~»
leaves six or eight arms and expects Mother Na- 3 D0011. deep in my gram. and the foe. l .

ture to.- outdo herself for his benefit. She is a 3i. suppose! Snip}: Sugarless Desserts ”f

Hot rice or hasty pudding (cornmeal mush)

served with a sweet sauce makes a simple whole-

some dessert. Chopped raisins or dates may’ be

added to either but no sugar is needed- Here are

a few easily made sauces: . _
Honey Sauce—~l cup honey, 1—4 cup water, 1 table- ,_ ' . ‘

spoonful butter substitute. 1-4 teaspoon salt, l4

teaspoon cinnamon. a dash of nutmeg”. juice of one - , ,

wise old girl though and gives him more bunches
but little scraggly half-filled concerns scarcely
worth harvesting, but he packs them religious-
ly (‘1’) in A No. 1 grade baskets and passes them
on the buying public with a clear conscience and
an extra swell of his educational bump. Every
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nothing man size about him or anything he does. or cure” was an Old saying or my grand- may be used instead 01’ lemon and seasoning in 5'

Now then. if Mrs. L. was like this her neighbors mother’s WMCF‘ I heard .often in my this recipe.
viewed her departing dust without a tear or sigh. young days. Tlus 15 particularly applicable. to colds. Molasses Sauce—1 cup molasses or syrup, 1 table- «
Selfishness or egotism are twin sisters and we Sometimes in 2. 5011001 filled With smummg, 00161- spoon cornstarch stirred smooth with water. 1 3

don’t any 01 us need to take them in to board if stricken children, one or two will escape. Why is tablespoon butter substitute, J4 teaspoon cinna-
we don’t want to The good God, who gave us this? Perhaps it is because their mothers realize mos, a pinch oi salt, lemon juice or vinegar to
life also gave us within ourselves, the power of hOW VBI‘Y catching (3013418 are, and have paid close taste Boil all ingredients together 23 minutes]

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happiness and the ability to radiate the same. attention to. the following preventatives: Hot molasses flavored with ground ginger makes
._ “Oh, wad some power the gifite gie us, They have kept their Children well nourished an excellent sauce.
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four year old, numbered 8481. This
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and theil’emon juice; heat thoroughly

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shells;,cOVer with meringue made of
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7 Daisy Tarts—Daisy tarts will please
the children. Seed and mix one-half
cup each raisins and dates; put fruit
through .food chopper; fill tart shells.
Form daisy. with center of yellow pre-
serves of candied orange peel and the
petals of almonds cut lengthwise.

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cranberries are dried there is too
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cup white corn syrup into which a
teaspoon of corn starch has been stir-
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Vary this by usinghalt raisins and
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Apple Tarts—Make an apple sauce,
using White syrup instead of sugar;
fill shells; sprinkle t0p with chopped
nuts; place a square of current jell'y
in center of each,"

Apple-Raisin Tam—Wash and soak
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simmer in same water for an hour;
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This is Evelyn Rinosmith, who lives in

Huntington, Indiana. She is Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Slagle’s first grandchild. She
visited her grandparents this fall, at Har-
riette, Michigan, and they were mighty
proud of her. Isn‘t she a big girl for two
years old?

AHIRA RAISES BEANS

Ahira Enan Hinkleum
A cobbler was by trade.

His patches, soles and all his work,
’T'was said securely stayed.

- He owned an unpretentious house,
Just suited to his needs; .

A barn and little plat of ground,
For years grown up to weeds.

Ahira Emm Hinkleum

Read news of war in spring,
Especially the prices, high.

All kinds of beans would bring.

Then Hoover came, with counsel wise,
To teach folks what to do;

And said Ahira Hinkleum,
“I long to help some too

“I cannot go to war, because
My eyes one getting dim;

But I’ve a. plan ‘whioh yet may prove
A. H. has, got some vim. '

“My piece of groundis very small,
But kidney beans grow thick; »

I sure can raise two bushels there,
And prove that I’m a brick.

“For thirty dollars they would sell,
And that's no little j e; '
Why, that would buy randa H.

A brand new winter cloak.

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“So I Wlll“ help my country, and
Myself the while, as well,
Ahim Enan Hinkleum
I see with beans to sell."

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_ . or o p ow his ground:

A dollar more to get his seed.
:Thebelt that could‘be found.

He then prepared“) plant them, on
One pleasant summer morn, '
. . But finding ma was full of quack,
Began to book forlorn;

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Morn after morn he toiled and sweat
At tasks so hard and long. .

Uprooting quack, with aching back,
For roots were large and strong.

At last, his task completed. he
The costly beans did plant.

'Twas rather late in spring for them-—
But if you can’t you can't.

A short vacation then he took,
’Twas fairly earned, he thought.
For much and hard work had he done
To plant his war—time plat.

Returning from vacation's rest,
His lot he went to see;

He there found beans, but also weeds,
As thick as thick could be.

On. that night hoed he one row out,
The next hoed little more.

And found to hoe was harder. much,
Than he had dreamed before.

He weeded and he weeded, still.
And still the weeds they grew;

And when the last row was cleaned out
He did commence anew.

The summer passed and autumn s chill
The weeds began to check;

Ahira then began to count
The bean pods by the peck.

But as the nights much colder grew,
He frost began to fear,

And grew anxious, and more anxious,
As equinox drew near.

One night stars bright were shining and
A chill was in the air.

Next day the beans were limp and black
Those'hills so green and fair.

The dauntless Mr. llinklcum
Then said, “l’ll,p.ull them all.
_ Though some are ripe and some are
green.’
And stack in barn, though small.

“I've raised a few." Alliru said.
I hoped that more would grow;
But I’ll have'iwenty dollars worth,
The prioc is high, you know."

As soon as he arose next morn,
Ahira looked about;

He saw a cow was in his barn,
And hurried wildly out.

Alas, he did forget the door
To close the night before.
And all his beans lay strewn and
crushed
Upon the stable floor .

The cow had cracked and split and
chewed,

‘ 3 And trampled them in the dirt,

Till scarcely any beans were left
That weren’t in some way hurt.

Ahira Enan I-Iinkleum
Looked on in angry pain,

Then vanished in his visions bright,
Of patriotic gain.

Wth muttered words-he turned away,
And walked into the street,

"Perhaps,” said he. “I may clean up
A very few to eat." _

“Next year the farmer, stout, may raise
The beans, it they will grow;

And I will stick unto my last
An extra hour or so.".

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PORT HURON MICHIGAN

Your Bean PrOblems were never greater than they are .
WET BE ANS now. Wet beans are a dangerous commodlty, and must .

be handled during cold weather, or they Will spoil when .
the weather moderates. we have a fully equipped Bean Plant at Port Huron, with a big bean Drier,
and will be glad to have an opportunity of helping you save your wet beans. There are quite a number of bean driers in
the State, but very few Elevators are equipped for drying. It will not be necessary for you to sell your beans to us,
although we are in shape to handle them on consignment. If you want us to dry these beans, we offer our facilities at a
reasonable price, and they can be dried and returned to you for picking, or be sold elsewhere, either by you, or we offer
our services. Write us the quantity of beans you have to offer, and the name of your local elevator- man, who usually
buys your beans, and we will be glad to take the matter up with them, and see if we can arrange to handle your wet beans
through them .

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' HAND PICKED BEANS they

been handpicked, and you

wish to send them to market but are unable to do so on account of them being too damp, you can

ship them down to us and we will dry them, pack them again in bags, and re- c—onsign them to whatever place you want
them to go. There should be at least one hundred bushels in the lot, to be dried successfully.

Our experience with wet beans teaches us that the quicker one gets rid of them the better he is off. Don’t wait
until they spoil. Railroads move slow. Write us for \full particulars, and we will be glad to answer you promptly.

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Crowd your stock, your poultry, your farm, into in—
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If your dealer doesn’t handle it, you can order direct from us.

We carry stocks at Port Huron, Croswell, Harbor
Beach, Owendale and Roseburg.

PURINA O-MOLENE HORSE FEED
PURINA CALF CHOW, 33 1-3 per cent protein

A distinctive feed for raising calves and saving milk.

PURINA FATENA FEED

For fattening steers—molasses, corn, cottonseed meal and alfalfa.

PURINA PIG CHOW

For developing and fattening pigs and hogs.

PURINA SCRATCH FEED and CHICKEN CHOWDER
PURINA CHICK FEED Makes the little chicks develop twice

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pain'_aga.inst them hypersonal con-
tact; correspondence, .and publicity
through our reports. / But we have re-
cently-been confronted witha couple
of'cases that we are powerless to cope
_ with, except to, prevent, ' the owners
from using the stallions for public ser-'

  

' " vice, and intthis case the penalty falls

on innocent partiesand for this reas-
on We have 'interested‘ourselves as far
,‘as we were able in helping to place
the blame.

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names in connectionwith these cases
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one instance we are morally Certain
. as to who changed the date of foaling
on~the papers of an'aged stallion and
sold him to an unsuspecting purchaser
who did not know of it until his at-
tention was called to it by our librar-
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In the othercase through a dispute
as to ownership or some other disa-
greement among some dealers the pap-
ers ‘of a Belgian horse have become
suspicious, one of the parties involved
claiming that the stallion with whom
the papers now are is not the one that
was recorded. ‘ .

There is a question as to whether or
not this situation is not the result of
‘a disagreement ‘as above indicated,
as this stallionhad a. license at one
time (1912) which was allowed to ex-
pire. The present situation develop-
ed when the present ownermade ap-
plication for reinstatement of the li-
cense. Upon our suggestion this mat-
ter has been referred to an attorney
and we hope for, some results.

The question of transfers which was
formerly such a bug-bear is working
out very nicely, nearly all matters com-
ing into our office being now accom-
panied by the proper transfers. .It

should be- from one owner to another

that a transfer on an official blank is
invariably demanded. There is still
difficulty in those cases where (lis-
agreement develops in the course of
exchange of ownership and one or the
other refuses to sign a. transfer. Re—
memeber all these changes must be
entered on our books, and in order to
do so the State license, transfer and
$1.00 must .be sent to our office these
three no less—Dr. John S. Black.

HOW TO ECONOMIZE IN
BEEF COW FEEDING

In Bulletin No. 615 on The Econom-
ical ‘Winter Feeding of Beef Cows in
the corn belt, United States Depart-
ment Of Agriculture investigators cite
conditions on five farms in support of
their arguments that winter feed'costs
may be largely reduced, without det-
riment to the COWS or calves, through
greater use of: farm by—products in ra.
tions. .

Avoid feeding excessively, avoid
costly rations, use more cheap rough-
ages, such as straw and corn stover,

‘feed silagewhere conditions make it
more economical than corn fodder—~—
this is advice in the bulletin.

The first farm used as an example
is in east central Iowa. The breeding
herd consisted of a grade bull and 22
grade cows, from which 20 calves were
obtained. The cows were given exces
sive amounts of high-priced feed for
both of the years for which records
were procured, says the bulletin.

They were turned on stalks Novem-
ber 15. Winter feeding began a few

.days later and lasted until May 1,
when the cows were again turned on
pasture. During the 165-day interval
each cow received the following:

Stalks, 1 1-5 acres, at $1 an acre;
fodder, 2-5 acre, at $35 an acre; mixed
hay, 3-4 ton, at $10 a ton; corn, 2 bus,
at 65s a bu.

’ As the average yield of corn on this

th‘ ,. at corn wascut for fedder, the
- I the corn in the fod-

s “firearms; , .
‘ ‘ per acre of stalks and that. the stover

I just recent.- . fire!!! the fodder. feda‘wouldgo 2 tons

.for one year.

farm was 50 haste the sore, and as.

  

9i .3 ton of: stover was eaten

to'the acre, and allowing the cows 3
bushels of corn cachiduring the win-
terfinstlea of '22,“:tliey‘w‘ould receive

nthe tollp ,, daily nti 1‘:
~ V “Steven, set its ;.‘

f

This ration would be sufficient for

.- their needs. .

By merely eliminating the excessive

amount of corn (19 bushels). from the

ration a saving of $11.40 could have
been made and the feed bill reduced
very nearly one-half, or from $24 to
$12.60 per cow.

Rations on the fifth farm inspected
by the investigators are pronounced
very satisfactory. The bulletin tells
of it to illustrate how a farmer may
grow- emergency forage crops to take
the place of hay when the hay crop is
a failure.

This farm (240 acres) is in north—
eastern Kansas.. Seventy acres were
in corn. 25 in cats, 25 in wheat, and
100 in pasture. Because of the unusu-

al rainy weather prevailing in that,
section the cats and wheat for the '-
_ year. in which” the record was taken’

were practically destroyed and the
straw was absolutely worthless for
feeding. To provide for a lack of hay
15 acres of millet and 4 of sorghum
Were grown.

The herd consisted of a bull and 15
grade COWS, from which 15 calVes

were obtained. The cows were turned
on stalks November 1 and allowed to

run there until spring. They receiv-

ed approximately‘3 acres of stalks, 1

ton'of millet hay, and one-third of a
ton of sorghum fodder each. Valuing

 

This sturdy young sire is owned by H.
.1. Flower of Milo, Mich.

the millet at $4.50 a ton and the sor-
ghum at $4 a ton, the winter feed cost
per cow was $8.20. The cows were car-
ried through the entire year for a net
cost of $25.85.

The bulletin strongly recommends
that farmers who raise their own feed-
er cattle take more pains to find, out
the needs of their animals and feed
them accordingly. They are invited to
write for advice to their own state ex-
periment stations or the United States
Department of Agriculture.

What the Neighbors Say!

Being a farmer am interested in the
stand M. B.- F. has taken regarding a.
square deal for the farmer in potato grad—
ing. It is highway robbery or even worse.
0. S. W., Thompsonville.

I find that in reading the Michigan Bus—
iness Farming that it is a friend of the
farmer and by supporting it we are do—
mg our bit, as I believe the farmer a
brave tighten—P. W. T.. Ionia. county.

'Enclosed please find one dollar and
Wish you success with Michigan Business
Farming—J. T. P., Gratiot county.

Enclosed find one dollar for M. B. F.
I like the paper very much.
——D. H., Sanilac county.

I was very much pleased with the sam—
ple you sent me. Enclosed find one dollar
for the paper.——H. W. G., llresque Isle
county. _

 

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and want it fora year. Enclosed find $1
——1. A. Thompson, Mecosta county.

Your paper is the best of its kind I
ever saw. Will do all I can to boost it
along—Wm. Bronkema, Missaukee coun—

or.
Will Save YOur Chicks!

Any ,reader of this magazine who writes
P. J. Kelly, the Poultryman, at 199 Kelly
Bldg. N0. 2 N. 2nd St, Minneapolis, Minn,
Willnretieiwe.a~ Free Copy of his new book-
let White Dummies. in Baby Chicks.” It
tells how to prevent. remedy and save the
whole hatch. . It’s free’. Write ofr it at
once. (Adv.) »

_ the 'btoyer fed, the-re
. .- summit roughage-
c‘ows., Estimating that three- .

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H

E. L. SALISBURY

SHEPHERD. MlCH.

Breeder oi purebred
Holstein-Friesian Cattle
Young bulls for sale from A. R.

0. Cows with r:reditable records.

 

 

 

 

 

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BRED GILTS ’ _.

To Wm. B. No. 47049. Longfellow

prize young“ ~
herd at Iowa State Fair. Fall pigs and .

. breed serviceable boars.
' .J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mlch.

 

 

CHOICE, REGISTERED STOCK
PercheronS'--Colonel 104833, a grand--
son of i‘ Morse .‘and Olb‘ert; a. great
grandson of Besigue and Calypso. at
head of stud. ‘ Resistance-Senior Sire,
son of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke and a
28.22 pound dam. Aberdeen-Aligns—-—J
Senior Sire, Black Earl of Woodlawn
152209. A Blackbird. Shropshiros—A
small but choice flock, large. and wool—
ed from nose to toes. Domes—The-
large, prolific money-making kind. It
in need of a first—class sire, write me.
DORR D. BUELL. Elmira, .Mich. R. l.

 

 

 

 

neurons» HAMPSHIRE BOARS':
and bred gilts for sale. John W.

Snyder. R. 4.. St. Johns, Mich.

 

“'OLVERINE STOCK FARM

FOR. SALE, a beautifully mark—
ed bull calf, born Aug. 3, 1917. Sire
JUdge Walker Pietcrje whose first.
five,.dams are 30 pound cows. his
dam a 24 pound 3 year-old grand—
daughter ‘of King of the l’ontizu-s.
and second dam a 26 pound cow.
This calf will please you.

Price, $200.

T._ W. SPRAGUE,

Route 2, Battle Creek, Mich.

 

 

 

 

250 STEERS FOR SALE fl

‘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.
Fairfleld, Iowa.

HATCH HERD HOLSTEINS

YPSILANTI We have been
Up” for the Dust eleven
MICHIGAN years. Pontiac Korudykc
and King Korndykc Sadie
Vale bulls in service. Select your next
Sire now.

 

“bl't‘t"(llng

 

“BRENNAN JERSEY FARM"
TRICTLY MAJESTY line bred reg.
bulls and. heifers for sale from dams

that are domg better than 50 lbs. fat per
mo. We invite inspection.

Fred Brennan, Capac, Mich.

 

Registered Holstein :liull

Ready for service; also
hull calf. These bulls are of choice breed—
ing. For particulars write Fred Lord.

FOR SALE

 

Stockbridge Mich.
Registered Holsteius—-
Bulls ready for servxce,

For sal and bull calves from .m

lbs. bull and A. R. O. dams; also females

of all ages.
Wm. Griffin, Howell, Mich, R. No. 5.

 

in your paper

 

HORSES

 

ERCHERON STALLIONS, one 3 years

old, driven single and double. One ten
years old, thoroly broken single and doub-
le. Will work like a mare. Heavy boned
gentle fellows. Price $400 and $300. Fred
N. Randall, Manchester, Mich.

One 2-year—old Black Per-
For Sale cheron Stallion, weighing
1800 lbs., also our aged
Stallion Ingomar 30047, that has been at
the head of our stud for 10 years. M. A.

Bray Est, Chas. Bray, Mgr., Lansing,Mich

 

 

O. l. C.

Registered free and will ship C.O.D. Floyd
H. Banister. Springport, Mich.

Choice young boars ready _
. I. . for service; also fall lugs

BOARS and SOWS of line
quality. Prices reasonable.‘

either sex; sired by 1st

prize yearling boar Mich; State Fair 1917
Minor Leaf Stock Farm, Monroe, MlCh..
R. No. 1.

 

 

SHEEP

 

‘ Shropshire Ewes

right!
Royal in service.
Michigan.

A limited number of
bred ewes; bred ‘
Prices right! A son of Tanner's '
H. F. Mouser, 1thaca,

\‘OI'NG “ELAINO EWES, bred, and ‘
yearling Ram. $60.00 to quick buyer. ‘

. S. H. Saunders, R. No. 2. Ashtabula. Ohio.

 

0R. AUGUST ‘DELIVEBY 50 Register- .
ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and 0

Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual—
ity and breeding.
C. Lemon, Dexter, Michigan.

Flock established 1 89 0.

 

 

 

POULTRY

 

ARBED ROCK COCKERELS for sale,
$2.00 to $5.00 each for strain with
records to 290 eggs 3. year. Circular free.

 

 

proval $3 to $10 each.
males $12.00.

Fred Astling. Constantine. Mich

BARRED ROC (lOCKERELS from
Prize Winning Sim-k

Thompson strain. $3 and $4. Yearling.

breeding hens, $2. Well Barred. Sam

Siadel. Chelsea. Michigan.

()llN'S BIG BEAUTIFUL BARRED

Rocks are hen hatched and sold on ap~
1 male and 4 fe—
Good layers. Circulars, ’

Photos. John Northon. Clare. Michigan.

 

Superior Farm, White .Wyandotts

Good winter layers, and fit for any Show
room.
each.
eywell, Plymouth, Mich.

A few good cockerels, $3 and $5
Eggs after Mar. lst. C. W. Hon—

 

ANCONA COCKERELS

From $2.00 to $5.00 each. Also 2 hens and
oockerel for $5. W

C. West & Son, East

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE Percheron Stallion, black,
No. 121705, foaled June 23, 1915; No.
131951, foaled June 29, 1916. J. F. Glady,
It. 7, Vassar, Mich.

 

HOGS

LEONARD, POLAND CHINAS Bred

sows, fall pigs, either sex,
at reasonable price. E. 11. Leonard. St.
Louis, Mich, R. No. 3.

 

 

\NTED: Pig feed cull beans 101 me
know. Chas. Bromham_ Hubbard Lake.
Michigan.

 

Lansing, Michigan; ll.F.l). No. 1.
FORDS START EASY IN ('01.!)

WEATHER if you use our 1918 carbur-

etor. 34 miles per gallon guarantee-(l.

One-third more power. Use l'ht‘llllQSl gas-
oline or one~ha1f kerosene. Quickly starts
cold motor even at zero and mows 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. W'e
fit all motors. Write for 30 day trial of—
fer and money back guarantee. The Air-
Friction Carburetor Company. 559 Mad-
ison St., Dayton. Ohio.

 

.WIIITE “'YANIIOTTE

BARRON’S . _
Cock and cockerels ior sale. Bred
from imported trapnestcd birds with

265-283 egg records. Mrs. L, A. 'Riggs,
Route 3, Linden. Mich.

 

 

1G Type PC. Boars. March, April and
May farrow ready to ship. Sired by

Grand Superba and Peters .lumbo, Mouw
Bred Boar. C. E. Garnant, 'l'laton Rapids,

Michigan,

 

 

 

ROBT. R. POINTER & SON

Breeders of

Registered Holstein-Friesian Cattle l:-

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

Stock for sale at alltimcs.
- for some of the best, see us.

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,_ ' ¥ ' MAPLECREST KORNDYKE HENGERVELD

. 7 ' _ Senior Herd Sire—MAPLECREST KORNDYKE HENGERVELD,
' ' whose dam, grand dam and great grand'dam each made over'30 lbs. of
butter in 7 days; hisdam and grand dam each making better than
1200 lbs. of butter in a year, and the only mother and daughter ever
having made that record. He already has 13 advanced registry
daughters. He was sired by Friend Hengerveld De K01 Butter Boy
; ' who siredp4 daughters averaging better than 1200 lbs. of butter in
' a year. Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld is probably, for long dis-
tance breeding, the peer of any bull living.

I " , KINGONA

Junior Herd Sire——KING ONA, whose dam made 1345 lbs. of but-
ter in a year and her dam made over 1100 lbs. of butter when 12
years old. Thus the dam and grand dam of the Junior Sire have an
average production of over 1200 lbs. in a year. This is something
of a novelty when the great efiort is being made on short records.
The Junior Sire mated with the daughters“ of the Senior Sire rep-‘
resenting four dams with an average of more than 1200 lbs. of butter
in a year.

Why should not their yearly production be the measurement of
greatness? We have to keep them- the full year and it is at the
end of the year that we make our return on net income.

A few heifers coming two years old in calf to King One will be
sold at reasonable prices as we will have no pasture for them» during

the summer. If purchased they can remain with us until May lst.

D. D. AITKEN

FLINT, MlCH.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, Cow Health IS Dairy Wealth
Safeguard the health of your herd by building stables that will be ..
clean, sweet and sanitary. Easily done if you build with Natco Hollow Tile.

Germs can ’t hide on the smooth glazed walls. A blanket of dead air in Natco
walls keeps the stable warm in winter and cool in summer-prevents damp-

ness and mildew.
NatcO‘on the Farm

~ ' means healthier stock cleaner and bette- milk—bigger profits and more dairy wealth. Natco
'1- Hollow Tile has fire-proofed :«ost of the great: skyscrapers” of our large cities. The same
1.: - ‘ material will protect your stock. grain and ,
" ' tools from the xgill-agent and will lower' in-
aurancecha abet) buildings save
painti mm They cost less
than ot forms of masonry yet add
vgreatly’wth e value of your farm.
Your building supply dealer will
gladly show on samples and
practical bu ding plans. He
lease rhaps, just the plan
iEorw eichyou' re lookmg.
But write usdirect to-
day for new illus-
trated “Natco on
the Fann”_book
~1918 Edit1on
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I to. Fulton Building Pittebprrh. Pad
:3 Factories assure a wide and econmmcal distribu ion.

 

 

 

 

The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually more than

$2,500,000 worth of Live Stock, Horses, Cattle, Sheep
and Hogs from Accident and Disease.

The animals are destroyed and their cash \aer lost not only to the farmer
but to the community, the State.

This amazing sum of money can be sated to the faiiners and the State if
they (the farme1s) will bu avail themselves of

Michigan Live Stock Insurance Co.

organized expressly for the purpose of indemnifying owners of live stock against
death from any cause.

We want agents to carry this great message to every farmer.
Harmon J. \Vells, Sec. and Gen. Mgr.u
Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, “28., ltlich.

Colon (l. Lillie, Pros. and Supt. of Agts.
319 Widdioomb Bldg., Grand Rapids, hfich,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EYOUR FARM FOR SALE?

It I0 give us this information: Location, section,
township, county, acres work, waste and woodland.
hilly, level, rolling, loll, lake. streams, well cistern.
windmill silo barns, all outbuildings, painted
fences orchard, fruit, berries school, roads, distance
to market price, terms, possession. On receipt of
his information we will write you what“
)ur 11-ference. this paper. WALTER 0.
4111111 st I "rm Land 0pc rnror in Michigan,417 Holden
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and latest improvements. First order gets agency.

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1111111111 people talk about what 1111111111111. "

or ought to do and what he ought not

to do, but it is hardly amusing, it is .

somewhat disgusting to hear other-
wise ably edited daily papers discuss
and in some instances almost demand
that the farmers grow all the calves
so that there will be more beef for
the people to eat. In the first instance
it is amusing because the average
man not interested in farming can be

excused from talking like this because

he has not studied the matter proper-
ly, but the man like the "editor of a
paper who sets himself up as an edu-
cator of public opinion ought to know
more.

I. understand that a certain con-
gressman’ introduced a bill into Con-
gress, which, if it had passed, would
attempt to compel the farmersto not
slaughter anycalves until they were
tWo years old. I have heard it said
that the people in general down at
Washington don't have véry much re-
spect for the average congressman; he
is not the big fellow down there that
he is at home, but what would a con
stituency think of a congressman who
would introduce a bill'like that?

Many people seem to have-no idea of
the‘ impracticability of such a ques-
tion. They get the idea that if there
is a shortage of beef or wheat or any-

thing else that the farmer‘is Wholly.

to blame and he could just as well
produce this for them if he wanted
to as not and produce it in such an
abundance that the_prices wouldn’t be
exorbitant; that if he doesn’t do. this
he is a slacker. Now, the practical
farmer knowsthat such ideas are ab-
Let the man who ad-
vocates such ideas as this stop and
think for a moment. It is one thing
to advocate the growing of. all the
calves; it is another thing to find food
to grow them on. Where is the food
coming from? Just stop and think.
Do. you know of any hay or corn or
any oats’ or any cattle food of any
kind that has been wasted in the last
few years, or any food that has been
thrown away? Hasn’t it all been con-
sumed and are not the prices increas.
ing every year? Does this mean that
if the farmer increases the amount of
food produced to grow them on? No.
The farmer, when prices are good,
wants to produce all of everything
that he possibly can. It is the only
way he has of making a living. If he
didnt produce something and sell it
at a gain he couldn’t live in this mod-
ern business World; he would go
bankrupt and end in the poor house.

One reason why feeding stuffs are
so high at the present time is because
we keep so much live stock. There is
hardy enough food to go around, con-
sequently, everybody is bidding for
this and supply and demand regulate
the price. Now suppose we would i11-
crease the live stock, our cattle and
sheep, by 15% or 25%, where would
the food come from to feed them? The

 

Registered Holstein Friesian Cattle.
tures of their Farms and Farm Animals.

ed theirwlive stock which 1.;
market for this waste product 9.1. the

‘farmer is not to blame $01 it.

mills. If they should increase that

' live stock at the present time it some"

make a larger demand for these foods
and the result would be higher prices.

Still this congressman could introduce

a bill which WOllld compel the farm~
ers to raise all their calves. He might
to introduce bill No.2 Which would
compel them, to raise more food to
feed them. It would be more sensible
to pass a bill to compel the manufac-
turers of implements to increase the
number of plows or the number of cul-
tivators or the'woolen mills to increase
the number of yards of cloth or the
'shoe manufacturer to produce a lar-

ger number of shoes that the peoplev

might be more abundantly supplied
with these articles. These manufac-

turers are going to produce all of these ~

things that they possibly can if the
market will take their product at a

' profit And so we don’t have to force

the'farme‘r to produce more dairy
products, more beef, more potatoes,
more wool or more cotton; he will do
all he can if. he can do it at a profit.
If there is. an over-production, prices
drop down so there is little or no prof;
it, so of course he slacks up in the
production. of that particular com-
modity just the same as any other
business man, and when the prices
increase he will increase his produc-
tion. The farmer looks at these things
from exactly the same angle as other
business men and it is absolutely an
imposition on the' farmer for a busi-
ness man to tell him he is a slacker
because he doesn’t put in as much
acreage of a_certain product one year
as'he does‘ another. It is a duty he
owes himself and the ones he is to
protect to figure out this proposition
from a business standpoint, not from
a sentimental standpoint.

The foundation of all this dissen-
tion and dissatisfaction among the
consuming, class is the gradual in-
crease in price of food produCts. Amer-
ica has been such a great producing
country compared to its population
that food has always been cheap and
now as our population gains on pro-
duction and as the production of the
whole world is falling off in propOr-
tion to consumption, the only result
is the rise in values or p11ces and the
It is
just simply one of the natural laws of
business. As a matter of fact, the
people of the whole world and
country especially, must expect that
the price of meat and dairy products
is bound to increasc- from year to-year
as our population increases in pro-
portion to production. This has been
the history of all civilized countries
since the foundation of. the world.

The time is bound to come in this

country just the same as it has in

Asia, just the same as it has in Eur-
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7 cording to a recent Farmers' Bulletin

"‘The Field Pea as a Forage Crop,"
'ipublishxed by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.

Since the field pea requires a cool
temperature during its growth it is

ell adapted for spring and summer
growth in the northern portio of the
United States and in the comparative-
ly high altitudes of the Rocky Moun-
tain region, and for winter growth in
the lower south. It is useful on the
farm as a rotation crop for hay, grain
silage or green manure, and the peas
may be used in the green state as a
vegetable like garden peas. ~ >

In the North' the field pea may be
planted very early in the spring, even
in northern Michigan, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin, in late April or early May.

The rate ‘of seeding varies with the
size of the seed of the rifferent’ varie-
ties, tram 1 1-2 bushels for the small
est to 3 1-2 bushels for the largest
when br'oadcasted. When sowed with
oats the proportion of peas to oats
shouldbe: 2—3 to 12. The field pea
is best sown with a grain drill.

“Inoculation is necessary for field
peas unless they are grown in the
ground in which bacteria are already
present. In mowing the vines at-
. tachments should be used on the mow-
ers which'will raise the tangled plants
from the ground and prevent clogging
the cutter bar. Peas may be thresehed
in an ordinary grain separator with
most of the teeth removed from the
- concaves and the speed of the cylinder
reduced.

The vines should be cut for seed
when the pods are fully matured and
the peas firm. For hay they are out
_earlier, when most of the pods are
well formed. When grown for hay,
peas are usually planted with cats
or some other grain crop.

When intended for use in silos,
peas usually are planted with bald
barley and cut when the. latter is
. ripe. Pea ensilage has a higher feed;
ing value than corn ensilage, but
should be fed in connection with a
grain ration. It is especially good
for dairy cattle and sheep} When
peas are grown for green manure,
a large vined sort should be selected.
The most favorable time for plowing
[under is w'Len the lower pods are well
filled. It should be remembered that
the use of a green manure crop is
profitable only in sections whene suffi-
cient soil moisture is present to cause
the quick decay of the vegetable mat-
ter turned under.

Although peas are pasturled in some
regions many farmers are discontinu-
ing the practice because they consider
,it wasteful, and are harvesting all or
part of their crop and feeding it in
a feed lot. The use of alfalfa or
sweet clover pasture in connection
with the feeding of. field peas notice-
ably increases the rapidity with which
animals gain in weight.

The pea weevil is the most serious
insect enemy of the'field pea. Eggs
are laid on the young pod and the lar-
‘va on hatching bores into the young
pea. The insect may be combated by
fumigating the seed before planting,
or, where it has gained a strong foot-
hold by discontinuing the growing
of peas for several years. Powdery
mildew and leaf spot or pea-blight are
the chief disease of the field pea. Ro-
tation of crops is the best remedy it
the diseases affect a considerable area.
small acres may be sprayed with Bor-
deaux mixture.

NOTABLE co OPERATIVE

MARKETING SUCCESSES _ '

The one big idea —which has resulted
in the formation of practically all
farmers marketing associations has
been that of securing more fair and
, efiicient and economiCal distribution
than Was afforded under the old sys-
tem of buying by speculators. If there

”the Canadian field pea, deserves even '
Rudder use than has been given it, ac-

   

,onseqnently, when we inquire
as at present into the methods be-
ing followed by co-operative associa-
tions in distributing and selling, We
are getting right at the heart of co-
operative marketing. And by compar-
ing these new methods we. can begin
to understand the old system, still
in vogue in many Sections and for
many agricultural products,, we can
begin to understand the “why" of
co-operative marketing successes.
The difference between the old and
the, new is the usual difference—the
difference between a system which,

“like Topsy, “jest growed” and a sys-

tem plotted, mapped, laid out in ad-
vance, by a business genius. It is
the difference between r'a Brooklyn
Bridge built by intuition and one built
by science.

Let us take the case ‘of a not very

' complex organization, that of the A-

merican Cranberry Exchange, a fed-
eration of three state organizations
of cranberry growers and having in
all about one thousand farmer mem-
bers. The purpose of this federation
was stated in its articles of incorpo-
ration to be that of “securing higher

. standards of grade and pack and direct

shipments from the grower to the job-
ber; also, for the purpose of adver-
tising, selling and distributing, at ac-
tual cost, Cape Cod, New Jersey and

‘ Wisconsin cranberries.”

“Direct shipments from the grower
to the jobber” was the primary aim.
Here are thousands of growers “who
a few years ago before they federated
Were ‘blindly selling their cranberries
to buyers who would come out to
their farms in the buying season, or
consigning them to commission men
whom they did not know personally,
There were abuses on both sides, un-
der that old argument. The growers
did not put up a standard, absolutely
quality pack in every instance. The
speculators or commission men. with
superior knowledge of market condi-
tions, would take a bigger profit than
was strictly fair for his services, and
leave the farm-er a very meager profit.
Or sometimes through poor manage-
ment by these market functionaries,
not only ‘would the farmers’ profits
be next to zero, or even less, but the
speculator or commission man would
also lose money, thus bringing dis-
couragement on the entire industry.

Under such conditions the farmer
was pretty much at the mercy of the
speculators. He might have his opin-
ion, gleaned from the farm papers, as
to what a fair price might be, in view
of. the total supply and demand—but
if he didn’t meet the speculator’s
terms the next grower might. He
was working at a disadvantage and
largely in the dark.

And it was very plain to him that
his crop was being made to support
so large a group of. middlemen that it
naturally couldn’t be expected to pay
the farmer a very good profit.

How many speculators did it take
to call on those thousand growers, in
the buying season? That is a hard
question to answer. But today they
are not called on by any speculators.
They have two general sales offices.
one in New York and one in Chicago,
and these two officers sell their crop
direct to jobbers throughout the East-
ern and Western territorities. Most
sales are made in carload lots to large
jobbers. Shipments are direct from
the growers’ packing house to the pur-
chasing jobber, his order having been
secured by one of the two sales offic-

es either by mail or through personal

call of a sales representative.
Incidently it may be Said of this
,organization that it is among the

younger but highly efficient farmers’

marketing associations of the United
States, having had its beginning about
1907. Standardized packing and an
,efl‘icient distribution and selling or-
ganization were its first concern. On-
ly in the, last year has it put on its
first experienced advertising campaign
in a single city, and with notable suc-
cess.—0Mlton Gano,

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ope, when meat will be so dear that
the average man cannot aflord to use
very much of it. It is because there
will be such a demand for the grains
necessary for the production of cecf
and “dairy products, by peOple as hu-
man food that in order to produce an
imals and animal products the cost
will be so exorbitant that few can af-
ford to buy. For instance, if we use
corn directly as a food for human be-
ings it will support many more people
than can be supported if that same
amount of corn was used as food for
animals and then they consumed the
animal oranimal products in the
form of beef, mutton or pork or dairy
products. There is not as big a waste
in using what is left for food for the
animals as there is in first feeding
these products to animals. That is
what the old world has discovered.
consequently, they eat the grain di-
rect as human food and there isn’t
a sufficient amount left to produce
meat and dairy products in abundance.
That is just the way it is going to
110 in this country. We can’t prevent
this thing. We may, by economy, hin-
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tion is going to be so great and the
demand for corn and wheat and bar-
ley and rye will be so great for human
food that we can only use the by-
products as animal food, and we Will
use just enough of them to balance
the ration with the roughage of hay
and silage that cannot be used direct
as a human food. What animal foods
that we can produce in this way can
be consumed as food but there will
not be enough of them to go around
and consequently the prices will be
higher. Now a law passed by Con-
gress would have no effect upon things
like this. It is absolutely foolish for
a business man to talk in this way
and it is nothing but foolishness for
the editor or congressman. They
simply don‘t know what they are talk-
ing about.——Colon (7. Liyic.

We think the \I1( 1111;: 111 Business Farm-
ing the best fa1m paper 111 ever had, and
think may fa1mc1 ought to heme it It
ceItainly is a tanner" s f1iend.————J. B. W.,
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The Michigan Business Farming is a.
dandy paper and the oan one for the
farmer. I think it ought to have a h mile
to its name and call it “The Farmer's
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lip-1th HIGHEST PRICES on all RAW FURS.
nu (lumen.

l remii on receipt of goods. 1 also buy HlDEs, TAL-

LOW. PELTS and CRACKLINGS. Hides tanned

for lobes and Cons Write for prices.

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' we do wlcanizing. West 2380, 377
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meat, ,the prom com 78.29 per

”hundred on all! his talk. manual-p
. 1y I believe it me a good arrangement
star the: farmers, and "it its bottom-
porary because (even “the cold wreath.

er, excessive snows, and 003:! short-
.shIould- Continue into Merch,j1

being led will not keep up the flow
of milk that long. Also, many farm-
ers are getting short of lead and few
are going to ”buy memtitles of
concentrated fiends .at present prices.

“As to change then; milk ls’being
sold in Detroit testing less'tiham 3%
This is a. violation oat both
the State Law and the Ordinance of

' the city of Detroit. The Detroitfloalrd

of Health has had a. very ancient Milk
Inspection Department and the state
forces have kept out of the milk wont
m Detrolti Recently a number of
complaints have come in similar to
that of your correspondent, and we
are now checkingup on the quality
of milk beihg sold in your city.
“limping that _’.I have answered your

' inquiries and assuring you that l 3.19-

preciate very much any chance to serve
you or your paper, I .am, Yours very
truly. Fred L. Woodworth.”

Judging - from letters that we have
received from prominent milk produc-
ers not only within the Detroit area
but in other sections as well, there
seems to be a wide divergence of cp-
inion as to the wisdom of the commis-
sion’s method in solving the over-pro
duction problem. Altho we are convinc-
ed that thousands of Detroit people
are gding without milk or using it in
limited quantities because of the high
cost. while. at the same time. there is
an over-abundance, creates a most
delicate situation, and leaves an open
loop-hole for federal interference. This
possibly may not come, but it would
be well for the commission and the
.association to keep their
weather eye wide open and be prepar-
ed for such an eventuality. The milk
commission is made up of keen, unbi-
ased individuals and no one can ac-
(use them of being indifferent to the
l’armers’ interests. They are undoubt-
cdly following the course which se;ms
to them the wisest, and only time will
tell the valulc‘of their judgment. The
producers meet at Detroit again this
Week as we go to press. A complete
report of this session will be publish-
ed in next, week’s issue.

Meantime. the lllinois producers are
having their troubles all over again. -

“The milk commission of the lili-
nois state I‘cod administration has
reach a finding” says the Chicago
Tribune. “whel‘ in ii recommends to
State Food Adn'IiIIistz'a‘or Wheeler that
the prire of milk remain at 12 tents a
quart, but suIlI a storm of protest has
broken banner: of alleged disuimina-
lion in favor of the disuibuting (om-
panics that, the. committee’s finding
has be’n withheld from the public
and probably will be held in abeyance
until passed by National Food Admin-
istrator Hoover.

The farmers are hard hit. by the
Iommittee, which shortly before ad-
journment had decided to give them
.3 07 for the-7r milk (hi: wonth, but
pare the amount down Inch month
until June, ~wh~en llIe price goes to
$1.80.. The consumer gains nothing
and tho distributing companies profit
largely.

“A member of the local protested
that ‘to declare .a boycott would be
violating the agreement with State
Food Administrator 'Wlheeicr.

“We never made an agreement to
let John F‘iwnatrick ol‘ the Borden
company set the price we shall get.”

“President W. H. Shaw of the Belvi-
dere local declared that the dairymen
will skim their milk, make butter,
and use the skimmed milk for feeding
calves rather than sell at the low price
reported to have been decided on bv
the milk commission. By this method
they can realize $3.75 a hundred for
their milk. he asserted.

“The farmers are said to be prepar-
ing to appeal to President Wilson and
Congress. The annual meeting of tho
Illinois Milk Producers’ Association
is to be held this week and resolutions
are to be presented which will deplore
the action of the state food adminis-
tration as 2i blow which will wreck
the dairy industry of‘ this section of

the, country. The convention will be

to the “Burnett's to live up to theirng' ' .
meet were met today in the rural dis: ’
been. by the “tn-rt reply that the food
summon-ulna failed to live up to its
acumen: to have the W out
a price based on meet at pfiodwctien‘

plus a flair profit.

“Ha mandated that a price would be
set by January 1 ” he sin-d. “An exten-
sion of time until January 15 was then
asked. Now it is February and. :no
price has been set yet. We have been

' selling milk blindly for two months.

Now we must know where we stand.
“The scale set by the commission is

amid to give the producer, on an avecr- '

age, 5.85 cents per quart. It gives the
distributor 615 cents tor his services
and News the price tothe consumer st
12 cents,

“The farmers hang their macs on
the minority report, submitted by Wil-
lis J. Kittie member of the milk com-
mission. Mr. ,Ki‘t‘tle said the majori-
ty oftbe commission arbitrarily Set
a price/of 12 cents [a quart, then ac
cepted ’in their entirety the distribut-
o'r’s statement Jot their costs, and ig.
cored testimony allowed by producers,
giving them", what Was left. No at-
tempt was made. he declares, to‘ar-
rive at the actual cost of production,
as agreed between the farmers and the
food administration, and the price fl—
nal‘ly arrived at is based on figures
taken from “those
when the farmers were struggling
under the domination of the distribut—
ors.”

“In the meantime reports from EIJ

gin, ‘Belvidere, Union, Indiana and
other nearby milk producing centers
said some farmers were prepari‘hg to
sell their herds for slaughter while
others are preparing to make butter
from the cream and either feed thI
skim to hogs or sell it to condensed
milk companies which make 'a milk
substitute from skim milk and vege-
table oil-s. These fiarmers say there is
no law. to force them to continue in a
business which they believe is unprofit-
able."

POT-ATO GROWERS TO
MEET AT EAST LANSING

 

(Continued from page 1)

arrange his affairs to be present at
this meeting. Certainly all growers
whether members of the association
or not. should have a. voice in the de-
termination of these problems which
so vitally affect their interests.

Whatever action the association
takes on the grading proposition it
should be based solely upon the wishes
and the interests of the majority of
growers. L

M'H‘lliGAN BI'SINIcss FAR'MlNG wishes
that every reader who can do so will
attend this gathering. Write and tell
us at once whether this will be possi-
ble, so that we can arrange headquar-
.615 for you at Lansing.

 

GOOD FARM BUTTER. DE-
PENDS ON RIGHT METHOD

The butter made on «the farm of the
United States may be materially im-

 

proved in quality in mast cases, if,

standard methods are employed and
greater care is exercised in carrying
out the necessary details, says the
United States Department ohAgricul-
ture. The department gives the fol-
lowing outline of the essential steps
to be taken in making good farm
butter: "

1. Produce clean milk and cream.
0001 the cream immediately after it
comes from the sonarator. Clean and
sterilize all utensils.

2. Ripen or sour the cream at from
65 degrees to 75 degrees F. until mild-
l ysour. Always use a thermometer
in order to know that the right tem-
perature is reached.

3. Cool the cream to churning

temperature or below, and hold at

that temperaturefor at least two hours
before churning.

4. Use a churning temperature——
usually between 52 degrees and 66 de-
grees F——that will require 30 or 40
minutes to obtain butter.

5. Clean and scald the churn, then
half fill it. with cold water and re,

  

the churn smrnl fines; stop with

’ peratu res.

to the churn with the butter.

intolerable years '

. but one effect.

   

B Put the Cover. on tight revo
bottoml- “up; and remove swim“ to In?

mit Escape of my; meat until no we

geefams.

Continue churning until hatter:
granules are formed the sine Io! gains"

of wheat.

10. Draw oi! the buttermilk threat! -.
the hole at the bottom or the chm-11,3

using a strainer to catch particles or
butter.
drained wt, replace the cork.

about the same temperance. Use the
thermometer;

Put one half the. water iii-

12 Repiwce the cover and revolve

.the chum rapidly a. few times, then

   

When the mum-mm: has, *

r’repme twice as much wash,
Water as there in mm, end at?

  
  
 

 

       
      
   
    
      
     
    
     
  

 

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firms; all? the Water. Repeat the wash—U ‘

ing with the remainder 0*! the men
13. The butter should still be in

granular form when the washing is

continued.
14 Weigh the butter.
15. Place the butter in the worker

and add salt 'at the rate of three—quar- .

teiis of an ounce to a pound of butter
6.
is dissolved and evenly distributed
Do not overwork.

17 Pack in any convenient £01m
for home use, or make into l~pound

~ prints for murket, wrapping the butter

in white parchment paper and incios-
ing in a parafined cartom .

18. Clean the churn and all butter-
making utensils.

JOBBERS" STATEMENT
.. TS VERY MI‘SLEADING

We quote the following from a state:
ment issued by Mr Orr, President of

Work the butter until the salt‘

the M'Iichiglan Bean Jobbers’ Associa-'

tion: “I not-e with interest that the
MMIHIGAN Bl sixties FARMING in its last
issue advised the farmers to dispose

of theiI wet beans, having concluded"

appalently that the $8 a bushel piice
i’s not in sight or to be realized before
this class of stock should be moved. '

The following quotation from a trade
letter sent out by one of the large
Michigan jobbers is also of interest in
this connection: “It is interesting to
note that the farm journal which has
made the strongest statements to the
larmers in trying to convince them
that they should hold their beans for
$8 per bu. ($13. 35 per hd.,) did. in
their last issue, tell the farmers to
sell their off-grade beans new. and not
to take any further chances on the
market.” .

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING has
not at any time advised its readers to
hold wet beans. As the real condition
of the stock in this state became more
and more apparent we issued a timely

‘warning to our readers, not to hold

wet stock until warmer weather, as‘we
found from letters coming here that
some of them were planning on doing
this. We believe that beans will be
worth a great deal more than $8.00

per bushel before another crop comes ~

(In the market. but we also realize that

much of the stock this year will not
keep after warmer weather comics.
'i'IIo-se who have beans which may be
he d until later will undoubtedly get
better prices than now prevail; at the
same time it would be unwise to hold
wet stock 11ml] warmer whither as it
would undoubtedly become an entire
loss. .

Such dope as was handed out by the
jobbing concern quoted above can have
Buyers will hold off or
refuse to pay ' any higher price for
beans, after having been told by one
of the largest jobbers in the state that
Michigan growers were gol‘xig to be

' compelled to get rid of their home or

have them spoil on their hands. Such
stuff as this going broadcast over the
country is not good for'Michigan bean
growers.-

We are wondering whet price the

Michigan elevator men ivill puton

seed beans this year. Willthey sell

them at, $8.00-OI‘ will they be asking '
anywhere from $12 to $14 per 'tlis‘hei?
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talk here that. there will not be many po-
tatoes filmed next spring unless the gov-
ernment mrantees a price for the crop.
The potato situation is worse than it ‘was
30 days ago. The buyers wi not take
the seconds at anyprice and y give 604::
for fists. Does this look right when we
all know there are people in the large
clubs who are going hungry for the want

oi! potatoes? ,The way the M. B. F. hits '

the target in the Prof. Wald case mm
shears thaf there is a. man behind. the gun
who. knows how to shoot straight. Give
us some more, May be the farms will
wake up one: of these aground: organize
strum than ever and than win
havesmshmotcmnmcexmau top of
'22, Menard, Jan. 30'.

VOCIANA tlmhjaBean threshers are
still here. means around here went. from

3. in 4- bu. per acre—W. W. A., Crystal
Valley, Jan. 26.
MSSAUKEE (West Centrall—Farm-

ers: are getting wood and domg- chores.
One of our mmers took a load of pota~
toe: to Lake City recentlynaud received
in per cwt. Beans mo pool-"to sell.-—;-HE.
E. N., Cutcheon, Jam. 26. " .

GENESEE (W‘y—S‘ ome farmers
are getting up wood; but the majority are
attending to' their chores only. Farmers

are selling cattle and hogs quite.» Y-
HTmthem rityoficaeamllxht
anunfimfihed. Visnotmovtngvety

age there by supplying: hundreds of cords
of wood—43. W. 8., Fenton, Jan. 31.

wmonn (south (Munch—Some of
the farmers here are buying hay to car-
ry their stock through the whiter; price
is wound 827. No potatoes being sold.
Threshed our beans- with a flail recently:
3- acres. yielded 28 bu which will pick 25

Des cont Tm m is: dry. I think
mm . 3 made a. mistake in thresh-
ing, ear , r to have left them to dry

ounover a Mold—A. A. H., Boon, Jan-
uary 28. .
mean]: ISLE

(Central) —-We are

having another blizzard, and; consequently

there is nothing moving. Hay iled up
beside the track but no cars to lmove it.
~19. D. 8., Millersburg, Jan. 28.

IALKASKA (Southwest)—-Most of the
farmers are buying hay and grain. They
are not selling potatoes. The snow is
three feet deep on the 1eve1.——R. E. 3.
south Boardman,’ Jan. 27.

MA NIS'I‘EE (Northwest) ——H~and—pick-
beans lS.the order of the day with the
farmers in this part of the county. At
the institute here last week some of the
state speakers tried to make us believe
that we were getting better prices an ac-
count at the The talk did. not‘set
well with those farmers Who have had po-
tatoes to son. The market is dead here
new. Buns sell at $1150» per cwt. if
and oats getting high-
er and scarce:- all the time. About all
33:8??? that) the farmers care to dis-

ave een sold. . . .
Lake, Jan. 27. —C H 8' Bear

GHEBQYGAN (South)—Business is at
a standstill on account of the deep snow.
We are not much- ‘ ecf by the coal
shortage on account of there being lots
of wood here. A few farmers are hauling
gravel for the roads. Mr. J. B. McMurty
111:3» been hired: to take the place of C. H.
Umpf, county agent, who has joined the
at haervice. Ha IS selling at $26; oats
corn, flléo c:;;1,cwf.40N per thtL; cracked-

. ,_ o o a co
zit present.—Wolverh1e, Jilin. 29. 5 moving

IITRON (Northwest) Bean' thl' '

_ . — eshm
ha: been tied up on account of the bag
t ms. There is not much grain going
a market. Hogs are scarce. and there are
none to sell.~G. W., Elkton, Jan. 25.

MONROE (West entrain—Wheat has

icing gogeging of snow. The milk busi-
‘ a wa '

are selling coyv‘v‘hsome of the farmers

if we cannot get. what is right for milk

for there is a lot of

we had better sell,
work connected with the (gall-y business.

~W' H' I‘m Wee, Jan; *.

ST. CLAIR. (Southeast)—Farmers a e
Warming hay, Wood, piles, logs and all!
s at timber to. market. 'Not holding,

anything no speak of too highs '
there is not much to hold. Hglgnces’ as
scarce this winter and $1 for cutting 1‘6—
is being, offlered, and.
wood, and can’t get much
People in the small ‘and
p ‘05 allwunt wood'hut it}! next to
impossible to- get help 'to cut it.
want to work come, to Smith’- Creek——
I. J. Jr, Sinitir‘s Creek, Jan. 28; ‘

ST. JOSEPH (Northeast r—Fam
cutting some "wood when the weaag-Bver’rfll
permit. Not much stock moving; the-
rallroad will not give cars now.-—-—W. W
Colon, Jan. 28. '

INGRAM (West Central —Some
being hauled to town to be p out thewctlgl
situation m

.» Hay-very scarce and

, Dish.
at the barn and; gel higher. Monty h
reduced. their herdsn‘tn save buying 1W. -

< to~~ out wood:
f" WW“;
, e men a a

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. . this'locality. Pm are
' not seem much owing to the condition

'well.
West Branch, Jan. 29

, cutting and.

. should not burn these stumps as

whisk a
' potatoes on
. and tor:

' phenol, (SouthmeFarmers are
- doing chores and cutting wood. Weather

cold m stormy. Farmers are selling no
Hay seems to be

No not being tag in filmy. .
one my in: too has. our cum—ll). M.
1-1., M Jan. 28. ~- , -
m1 gloomy—Farmers are doing
chores and catch wad. About 10 iné
chu- ot snow on the foul. No potatoes
moving. Beans all threohed, average 4
bu. to» the acre. Not much hay for sale
hora—l. G. D., Luther, Jan. 25.

ms (amp—Farmers are
not much. except chores and cutting
Wuhan '1:er £10 new];

conv m harbor and we .-—B. It.

‘ Jan. 3L.

m TRAVENE. (Southwest) L...
The faunas are only doing their chores
and. mmtwhi’ehisabigjob
it they have to go far for it. Not much
being sold at’ present, shortage of cars
and poor roads the cause. Potatoes are

_ selling at 8.1410» to $1.20. per cwt—-—R. E. 0.,
.Bucklny M 2.1%.

OGEMAW (.Sonmu.)l—~Weather cold
with lots of snow. Not much produce be—
ing sold except hay and wood. Several
horse buyers have been here looking for
houses, but they are not getting many as
the prices are too low. Cows are selling
Potatoes at a standstill—W. N..

CASS (.Northwe t)—The weather here
has: been the cold known; in years. Many
potatoes reported frozen in the cellars,
and some are fearful. that the conditions
may he the same in» the pits. Most stock
is wintering in fair condition. Many will
have to buy feed before the end of Feb-
mmltwln‘hedlfllhuitwflndat
any price. Farmers cutting ice and fuel,
but my little farm produce selling—M.
R PL, Domgiac, Ian; 25.

MAW (Northwest)~The farmers
are hauling tile, cutting wood, doing
chores and shoveling snow. Farmers are
selling a few beans and some ham, The
old officers of the co-operative cannery
were all lee-elected and the year reported
to have been a good one—J. A. M, Hem-
lock, Jan. 29.

LENAWEE (Southeast)——Farmers can
do little‘but chores here now on account
of bad weather. A load of hogs was
shipped from here this week price $16.
It was the first load shipped from this
market in six months—J. F. G., Pal—
myria, Jan. 26. ‘

'MIIILAND- _(Solthooet)—Quite a lot of
tile has been. purchased here by the
farmers this Winter. Coal is a scarce ar-
ticle now.———J. H. M., Hemlock, Jan. 26.

OSCO'DA (West)—Clover seed as never
a better crop. H. D. Hager had 22 bus.
from 10 acres. all No. 1 seed; J. K. Stark
had his clover seed in a stack and it be—
ing frozen only had 9 bus, but he will
thresh the straw again as about half the
seed was left in the straw. The rest of
the farmers will not hull theirs until in
the spring—M. C., Luzeme, Jan. 28

LAPEER (Southeast)—-—Fa.rmers are
making good use of the fine sleighing to,
get up their summer’s wood. We will
have a. hard time the coming summer to
find help. Help in all probability will
cost us around $50 per month and. feed.
There were several silos put up in this
vicinity this summer.-—C. A. B., Imlay
City, Feb. 2.

ARENAC (EMU—About all there is to
say this week is- that it is very cold. The
farmers are cutting wood. Hay is scarce
and high. Not much grain moving; roads
too bad—M. B. R., Twining, Feb. 2.

ALLIGAN (Southeast) —Eve1‘ything
at a standstill on account of the very
bad weather. Farmers cutting a. little
wood and shoveling snow—W. F., Otse-
go, Feb. 2

10660 (Southeast)—-The weather be—
ing as cold there is not much doing. A
little hay and straw being sold, which is
bringing a good price. The wet bean mar—
ket is in bad condition, nobody to handle
them, and warmer weather expected will
mean a big loss to many here. The most
of the potatoes raised around here were
sold last. fall, but there are a few farmers
who did not sell and many of those car—
ried overr have. been frozen. I hear some
of my neighbors say that the Michigan
Business Farming is the greatest tarm
Daggerz published—A. B. L., Tawas City,
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TUSCGLA (Northeast) -—— Twenty-nine
below zero on Feb. 1. me beans are
being sold, also oats and hay. Several
carloads of horses have been shipped from
here. Some wood is being cut and hauled
to town—S. 8.. Cass City. Feb. 1.

MECOSTA (Southeast)+—Scarcely any
produce is moving, A .iiew farmers are
elling wood, but not many
have the ‘tim or,» as everything Was cut
in- the timber days. A good many farm-
ers have been pulling their pine stumps
burned them in piles to get rid of them,
and they have been buying coal.‘ There
are plenty of stumps that are not pulled
within reach of cvery'tarmer. Farmelrs
t 8
most forms: have 'waste places where they
can be dumped and they will not decay

for ears, and as long as they last they
are best kind of fuel—F. M. E. Mill—
bro Ian. 30.

mm ‘(louthwest)—Farmers doing

chmmggam: up a little woodt. Farmers

,, . ng excep once In a

he a at» use They are holding

account of grading system.

_ ' . are also hold-
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OTTAWA (Nor-thousan—The farmers (‘AHS (Northwest)iFarmers are cut-
are not doing much now. only necessary ting and hauling logs and Wood. Some

chores.’ Nearly everybody seems to have
plenty of hay, but corn is scarce, have
none only what is shipped in..—-.]. P.,

Coopersville Feb. 1.

BAY (“basin—Weather has been ex-
tremely cold with lots of snow. Farmers
here are not satisfied with $9 per top for
sugar beets, and are holding for a higher
price. They can not be grown for less
than $10 and come out even. Farmers
are harvesting ice, husking corn and domg
chores. Not much selling at this date. A
car load of horses are being bought at
prices from $125 to $135 for heavy young
sound horses. The fiarmers are dump; a
good deal of tiling here. i tiled 30 acres
last fall and doubled the crop on the
piece—G. G., Linwood, Feb. 2.

LAPEER (West Common—The weath-
er still continues very cold. There is a
great deal of corn in the fields and seed
corn is hard to get. Clover seed is also
scarce and the price is high. The elevat-
ors do not seem inclined to have a supply
of feeds such as bran, cottonseed, nud—
dlings and corn on hand. No produce
moving but some livestock is selling at
good prices.-——O. E. P., Lapeer, Feb. 2.

MONTCALM (Southwesfi—We have
plenty of snow in this territory. Play is
moving slow on account of the roads. Po-
tatoes are. moving slow on account of the
shortage of cars and a large amount is

being fed to cattle. as many farmers make

the remark that they would like to feed.
all of them to cut oftthe profit of the mid-
dleman. A small amount of produce is
being held for higher prices—W. L.,
Greenville, Feb. 1.

SAGENA‘V (Northwest)—Weather con-
tinues very cold. Farmers are feeding
as much corn as possible for it will spoil
when warm weather comes. Pretty hard
to get corn out of the field now, but it
has to be done. Many farmers are look—
ing for hay and corn fodder but it seems
to be very scarce.M. S. G., Hemlock, Feb-
ruary 1. g .

new buildings will be built here this com-
ing spring to replace. ones that were de-'
stroyed by fire last summer. The price of
grain going up. Farmers are hauling
what they have lei‘i.—-—~W’. H. A., DOW‘a.-
giac, Feb. 2.

MACOMB (Northwest) A~Aqu'mers not
doing much but ch'ores, drawing in corn
stalks and cutting wood. A few loads of
hay sold last week. Farmers not selling
much or buying much. A few farmers
have hired year men. and others will won-
der Where they are going to get help—~—
H. D., Almont. Feb. 2.

OSCEOLA (Northeast)~—L0ts of pota—
toes are freezing in the cellars. They
might as well freeze as to have to sell
them the way they do. The writer has
not been able to get any sugar for the
past six weeks. Farmers are not selling
anything except hay, which sells readilly‘
at $20. Papers are all advocating more
crops. I don’t think the farmers Will
"bite" like they did last yeah—W. A. 8..
Marion, Jan. 31. ,

NBWA‘YGO (Northea'st)—eIt continues
cold and many cellars “and potato pits;
have been visited by Jack Frost.
and hay in good demand at a. very high
price, hay $22, feed $4.05 per cwt.——~F. S...
Big Rapids, Feb. 1.

SANILAC (Central)—V’Veather Gontlll‘,
ues very cold. Farmers are having a. hard»,
struggle to get fuel, and some of them are
going to the swamps for old pine stumps,
and some are getting out poplar 130135,..-
A. B., Sandusky, Jan. 25. ’ ,*

CHEBO’YGAN (South)-—Everyone here
like. the M. B. F. They can't help but
like the best farmers’ paper in Michigan.
Weather cold with lots of snow. Nothing
moving at present.—-—C. W. T., Wolverine.

    
     
  
     
     
    
  
    
  
  
  
 
  
  
       
         
      
      
    
 
      
    
     
  
  
        
  
 
  
  
    
 
 
  
 
  
    
  
    
    
  
  
   
     
  
   

 
  
 
  

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