. "-arhets fertile nprthWestern ' The old northwestern During years.- past the growth, :11! no need to seek the buyer because the man from set. alWays led men westward” has now turned the tide in the opposite direc-u tion and the western apple man will hereafter have to ago eastward and across the “pond” and search for the apple buyer ‘ - Following the hoTheseeker who- tapped rivers, building immense water ' ways and, by the sweat 9f his brow. labored faithfully for years to raise‘» the famous big red apple—folloWing " , close in the wake of this miracle of the northwestern scil came 111 second man, looking for the pot of gold at the ' , end of the rainbow—the buyer, who purchased the big rad apple at- fancy .prices, often times on the trees, and shipped it to 3; Waiting world at extra fancy prices. Both made money ab- normally in the days that. were, but those days have passed into memory The lure of gold has tu1ned the stem! of the tide in an absolute reverse di- , rection. With steadily increased prices and increased produCtion, the buyer i. began to: find the pot only half; full of geld; then a quarter full, and many times afterward some will-o the- -Wisp had turned his profit into loss; instead '1 of geld there Was liquid of crimson - rue, which in the language of the trade is called' “red ink. ” In the ages to come history may repeat itself, but for the present, cities and hamlets all eyer the Union and remote corners of the old world, are turned upside down by ' the old hemeseeker, now the commer- cial apple grow er, in his effort to 10- cats the man, the buyer, who once sat under the shade of his old apple tree : with money in hand begging for his, crop, Yes, the stem of the tide has turned. The mountain no longer goes to Mohamet. Right here in the city of Detroit during the past few years, no thwest-I ern boxed apples have sold a a high premium over the very best home stock. It is generally conceded that the Michigan apple is far better in- taste, keeping qu lities and in Every way than the Wes ern fruit; however, the WeSte‘rn apple gro'Wer seems to know just how to put up his product, and While the Michigan apple grower' Was pruning and spraying to get his neglected orchard into bearing, the ~ . northwestern growers got a foothold 3&1,- : .(‘Conthiued on Page Four) ' 1,, oc-roagafi‘fl‘pst our luck! East came » . and worshiped and prayed fer the “v privilege of buying fancy northwestern ‘ apples at any price the gTQWerlinightfl The lure of gold, Which. has. county alone. Something always has to happen! Here we are with corn cribs a‘nd stbrehouses filled “with products from the farm, and thousands 'of bushels stiil In the fields and no place to put them. -we want To sell at once, but prices are low. Truly, it is just one Doggone it all, anyway "-—-(The Drama of "aha-f thing after another. 1&12w—Lasf Act). "susrnAclsrs LOSE: ON THE n'ecoUNT 1 :Lose 1,241 Votes in Wayne County—v lrrpgularlfics‘ and Unfairncss' on the Vote Apparent Everywhere. , Whatever the, final effect of the re- ' cou‘nt'on the vote for Equal Suffrage ’ 1,111 this state may be, .it is conceded by all Who have had anything to do with i-the matter that the recount has served . to show how irregular and uncertain is .the present election system in some ‘respects. in the, different Wards and townships .i‘n'Wa'yne county, irregularities Were : found everywhere. In going over the vote cast Through the re- count the cause has suffered a loss of 1,241,.making the-totalwote against v‘ the amendment in Wayne county more than 12,000. » .Although the recounting of. the votes :only added to t-he.rn'ajority of the “antis” in the county, those interested in the women’s cause hope to gain in the end by forcing the ‘board of can- ,vassers in this as well as the other counties in which a recount has been had, to. throw out the ballots unini- ‘tialed by the inspectorssn the booths. ~ Should they be successful in this, it 'will‘ probably 1esult in a victory for ' the women, but at the cost of‘the dis- franchisement of 11,861 voters in this The legal and moral "\ separated from 1 value of these votes is at this time an open question. At the time of the laying out of the present ballot system the vote for amendments was placed on the regu— lar election ballot. Several years later the amendment part of the ballot was the rest and the amendments were placed on separate ballots. Several years following that a. section was added to the election law which necessitated the number- ing and initiaJing of the regular elec- tion ballots, but no notice was taken of the amendment ballots in this re spect in that nor any other section of the election laws. If as many errms occurred in con- nection with the regular ballots, it is hard to tell who was elected. Some— thing should be done to prevent this gross carelessness 011 the part of the election boards. The question as to whether the bal- —lots did not contain the initials of the inspectors are legal or not. is to be determined soon, as Attorney John F. O’Keefe, of Saginaw, has prepared :1 petition and presented it to the circuit court for a mandamus to restrain the canvassers from counting certain bal— lots and from proceeding with the re- count on suffrage in this county until ‘ the court has rendered an opinion of the legality of the ballots. 1 The petition recites that the placing of inspector’s initials on any corner (Continued on Page Four) At the time of going to ’ Oats, Standard . . . . Rye~ . . . . ~Beans ...-. .. u, Butter LAST MINUTE QUOTATIONS. fo110wing “last minute” quotations: ' ‘I Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) ........ $1.05 Wheat, No.2,Rcd (large mills paying) ......... Hay (best market today, New York), at ........ 22.00 - Potatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at. . press, the wires bring us the 1.06 .37 .63 2.28 " ‘ the speculators’ 50 WEEKS PER COPY I OR MORE 1 BIG SLUMP LN ‘ GOLD STORAGE EGGS \ ' IT IS ISAID THAT’OHICAGO SPECU- LATORS WERE GLAD TO GET RID OF THEIR STOCK AT A LOSS OF TWO CENTS PER DOZEN. ' ”Cold Storage Stock/ls Surely Going. ‘ Lower—No Fear at the Present Time of Any Great Change in the Price for Strictly ' Fresh Eggs. Forty-eight thousand dozen eggs were thrown overboard by local specu- lators in Chicago the first of the week. So anxious were the speculators to get rid of their storage eggs that they dumped them upon the market at a‘ loss of two cents per dozen. They tried to get rid of several thousand dozen more, but couldn’t find any takers. The trouble with the egg situation 'in Chicago is laid at the doors of the members of the price committee of the Butter and Egg Board, which was recently dissolved. For tw0 months these committees have been shoving prices upward with- out regard to the demand and supply. The board, already under federal fire for such activities, abandoned its com~ ‘mittees three days ago and left prices to be regulated by real market condi- tions. . South Water street commission men said the price of eggs is nowhere near the bottom and predict that with over a million and a half cases in cold stor- age ready for the winter demand, eggs will drop close to 10 cents a dozen before ' New Years. unless severe weather intervenes. During the day many holders of storage eggs showed a panic to get out of their obligations and offered to sell at: 20 cents eggs that had cost them 22 cents last April, without re- gard to cold storage charges for the eight months since that time. With four carloads dumped overboard they could get rid of 110 more. According to the Warehousemen’s Association, there are 1,670,355 cases of eggs now in storage, 341,374 cases more than at this time last year. Most are held by small speculators, who borrowed money to make the pur- ,. chases last spring, or made loans on warehouse receipts after the eggs had been stored. Loan brokers and banks are said to be pressing these specu- lators for margins, forcing them to turn their holdings into cash. , Undoubtedly the panic among the Chicago speculators will result in a tumble in the cold storage product throughout the United States, and it is barely possible that we shall see a lower price for eggs of all kinds dur- ing the next 30 days. We still main— ' tain that there is demand enough at home to take all of the strictly fresh product, and we see no reason why the farmer should sell even if the price sags for a few days. , Farmers will not shed tears over losses, as the eggs that were put in storage were bought from the farmers at from 15 to 18 cents per dozen. Ask, on a: postal, for 25 or‘ 50 copies to distribute DO IT TODAY, PLEASE and neighbors. among your friends 1 ems . _. greatwchmput . not so this season esp all respect to the commercial possihi is got this given? commodity- We .4; 11111 it shows 118,218 producers and distribuA tors of hay. that we simply must do something out of the ”Ordinary this sea- son in order that the best po'sSi-bl'e Te: ‘ . s‘ults may be the outcome. We think that you should feel the importance or conservatism and justified action 111 the handling of the given situation; we ha‘Ve not experienced a season just- like this in a long time.- We have not Lhad the conditions ‘which confront 11: this year, to cope With. So to speak. it has been a comparatively easy prop- osition in the past. It is possible, and we really feel most true, that your handling of the proposition in the past could have been improved upon won'- derfully, but with the advanced prices _which were natural on the face 01 conditions existing, you were able to ‘ obtain a much better price, that you > felt satisfied. 'It is certainly true that the ones who have done the business end of your business, acted as your agents in putting your commodities en the market, have reaped a handsome reward in the past five years. We wish! you to appreciate the businessrespon- sibility upon you, that one thing is meant in the producing of the crop, but the most important is meant in the proper disposition of it. This season we certainly have an enormous quantity of bay to make disposition of As we haVe already demonstrated and enlarged upon, there is only a. very small percentage of the same which will result in being high-class hay in any of the given grades. Ninpty per cent of the entire crop this season we feel is damaged; possibly, not enough to denote a commercial dam- age, but appearance at the least. This means that not over 10 per cent of all the hay we have for disposition will run nice and bright in color. Now, readers, what are we going to do? Are we going to sit down and study the situation carefully and try to frame up some course of action that we will pursue, and what will the. trend of this given action be? With— out studying the situation any more than we always have, does it not show that if we have an abundance of bay for disposition and that only 10 per cent of the same is high in color and correspondingly in quality and in sell- ing strength, that we have a perfect right, based on a legitimate commer- cial principle, to hold this kind of hay ‘back and allow those who have the common qualities of hay to gradually- make disposition thereof? Does it not also show that if we should continue to place freely on the market this com~ modity .on basis of conditions that exist, that we will not only hold' the market where it now is, but have a tendency to make .it of a top-heavy nature and possibly demoralize it? We contend that it is possible to either' demoralize the hay market in every direction or to make it quite satisfac- tory, and that it is absolutely up to you as a producer which condition HAY—-—MlCl-HGAN ZONVE PRICES.“ Zone ..No‘.- 1 Michigan ......... $12.60 Zone No. 2 Michigan ......... 18.50. Zone No. 3 Michigan .......... 14.60 Zone No. 4 Michunkn ......... 14.60 Zone No. 6. Michigan: ........ 11.60 20111: No. 6 Michigan ......... 14.60 Zone No. 7 Michigan ......... 15.00 NOTE—The prices given are on a ,bnsls of No.1 Timothy buy 111 the diflerent Michigan freight Ioneu. This gives you the price that Mich!- _gnn dealers should. be able ‘to pay for this commodity. 1.0. b. their stu- has got the poor .horn'e ‘Ta'iii men Qualities. , summed up adv ; DETROIT~—Having faced :a glpttad- condition on this’inarkei for the past: .- two Weeks. Shipments have grass ly- decreased—«receipts on this mar become lighter This has allowed 111 conditions here a". show dééided din-- provement having Quite well cleaned" up, or at any rate; in a position where. they feel very much at ease. Theo V 0011.8. situation has had something to do in Th9 int helping out the situation, not only at .... HAY—«DETROIT MARKET. :-. ,_ ' N9. 1 Timothy. ..........L...~.$17.60 NB. 2 Timothy ..... .. 15.00 Light mlxed..’...-.;:.V...... .216.00 '1“). 1 mixed. ... (3.. . 14.00 ;B.ye Straw.................-... 11.00 :_ Wheat and Out Sttaw........ 10.00“ this point but at many others. main trouble with;1;he situation here is the heavy run of very common and low quality hay. It has been ‘a serious problem with handlers on this market to place it to the trade“, It has really been necessary to exercise expert salesmanship to make it possible. We think it safe to state not 2 per cent of ' strictly high- claSS hay or any good grade arrived on this market during the past two weeks PITTSBURGH—A congested condi- tion exists on this market on all quali- ties cf hay, excepting No .1 timothy and high— class clover hay. ~ You. 'will be surprised, possibly, when We ad- vise you that the real demand and call HAY—LPIVTTSBURGH MARKET. No.1 Rye straw. The No. 1 Timothy Hun. . .V ....... $17.00. No. 2 Timothy hay. . . . ...... 16.00 No. 1 Light mixed hay. . ...... 1600 No. 1 Clover. mixed 118?. ..... 16.60 No. 1 Out sti-a'w'...,.....-. ..... 10.26 No. 1 Closet: pay... ......... '. 1.6.00 'F‘ine prairie packing hny ..... 0.1.60 . ’ HAY—BOSTON MARKET No.1 Wheat strnw. is for all cloves bay of. nice quality, properly cured, etc; Average mixed qualities of hay and; threshed timothy hay are comparatively -qi;iiet. The market at this point is, on the whole, Slow but steady. CINCINNATI—There was a noti'ce- , able increase in receipts on this mar— , ket, with a result that the same showed weakness and reductions were ' forced to be made in order to create a. movement and reduce’ther_-supply. The ' . tlonl, under existing market eondl- tinny. ., » . HAY—CINCiNNAT‘} MARKET. Timothy,~ Standard 3. Timothy No. 2 Timothy No. 3.‘:"’.. V . Clover- Mixe‘d, No. 1.1....” Clover Mixed, No. 2a.“. . Clover , stMWI _ Straw, x1 3mm; ,1; if; Timothy No. 1...”; ”$18.00- j . Glover Pure. ‘No. 1;. .52.... .11.“; é‘fiépedd Choice Tlmflly. z". . '. No. -1 Mmo'tliyfir , . . No. 2' Timothy." ' —V. J Linn: 010°"er ' (53- 3 Mixed "h N0. atrium, lover- ......,. .L. Tine-shed Timothy {511‘ 19.011118. liar. voice g1115111111 N011} Affnlfn ......ouv Oats :,-. . .1. VV Wheat . . . ' tinues to plug along at about its to mer pace There does not so -’ any particular change todth‘ up to this time: We bei , ket is making lees changes 15 the ket tone than many others. Weap preciate that on‘ the lower and mere , common qualities of hey, this marked 811639 BOSTON-—The Boston market conZVV‘ . 0 hot w' and G _anows we .15.. t‘iwa'nt to mis 611, but we do. wish a: .1161}. hoe: éou ' center has an outlet through the ex- :wtth you forj a betterment or south port channel. thereby relieving itr tions and is tot-emailing of mistakes their‘we may make, as producers, in allowmg these large manipulators to control the situationas they as and . along this line. There is little change to report as actually existing on this market. . Hay, clover. . ........ , NOTE—Large bales 11m. 1:61:51 1:200 to 260 pounds; multipurhler :1- : ./ a. deem fittl There isnbsolutely do sons.) *‘imour being subject to the conSQfenco of these potato buys 15.- 113-- well ha’fve an understanding of th< mtuatign govern the disposition and We can Just . as a_ result, regulate theprice that we 61m get for our stock: Ataoc We would not sell one bushel o1 potatoes to the «beetleoking potato buyer that eye tapped. we Simply can not feel that ’ we" have more potatoes than the trade Iron! 80. to 100 pound-V. . V ~- ‘ NEW YORKwThere is lost a little ’better feeling t0. 1'6er 611 the‘iNew York market for. the pant week is noth enough, understand do mask 11‘ his given. point resplt 61V receipts more than This ‘_ in the general market . ”.2 is going to demand We also feeithat ' T many of 131.11 brother producers are going to be disappomted-.when in open up thatr’pitsenr possnnly when 2... Hist? 1ndpsct‘i‘th 139,113? , i‘j‘in general “ 4 and vice versa. .13 .. givlén' commodity We are”. going (-1 rigfitnoue flat-footed and say .61 it right over on to your shoulders, as a producer and distributor. and say " , f8 you, frankly", that you have jumped You . yoiiif stuff on the market too fast. ’have got to let up on this sort of dis- up sltibn Onyou can bank on. an unsat- ._ uif table, - andrmnreliahle & a tend'ewvjtpl the flir> “ condition an ther demoralizing oi? the' bean market urQ of this ‘ _ we have every Now, that is shod, mam. uh? and right from the shoulder We> . ‘1 'oogk'you hut, hut. .. in you to; * give“ you above ’ meats-:1: seam; sue-1s Id;. fig e avernfie Micki; :1 t' 2.40 per bushel. -- "'fiiews‘i‘of a. sensin— ‘- 3 this particular line seemed:a {13:11 any given . its seasonl We wel- ‘- s, because it goes to 1:13 manner in Which the t1aI IOQOIIU.1.‘.. .>.,I,,o-I-I.u..-..II 1. . . r . 1‘. ha «11.151. . 1.x. “4.15;“...1“ . 7' 1‘ , ._ Five Weeks’ Trial. . . .' . .- ...... ..... Ten Cents Entered as Second- Class Matter, October 13-,‘19‘12, at postoifiee at Detroit MlChlgan,,mder 't’tie‘l-‘j: ’ , cepted for a longer period than six months. a. ~f ":4 TEE-Ms ,FQR sunscmrrion . ._ ’F-ifteen Weelaeq'l‘rial .. ;‘ ‘,. FIFTY WEEKS o-R MoRE qNE; dENr PERIWEEK (In remitting giVe full;;'namé, vpost‘otii e and $11131“ route 5113‘. advise;- ‘whether you are an old or new mibscriher do facilitate acknowfiedgmem) Act of March 3,1879 PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT DETROIr BY ‘ ,, THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY Irie. ALso PUBLISHERS or THE CLEANER, MONTHLY FARM; MAeAerE. . « 95 Fort Street West. . ~- " ‘ " ~‘1 ' :A CHICAGO Sr. Lough 1, NEw You: ‘ . First Nat Bank Bldg. 3rd. Nat Bank Bldg 'lmadiwn Aye. '_ ‘S‘herman Bldg " - ,HoNEsr ADVERTISING SOLICITED AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: :3: “ Tenacents. per agate line, flat. No discounts for time or space, and no contract atk‘tbis rate we EDITORIAL HERE IS A DIFFERENCE between “bucking- the market” and holding your farm products foreprofitable prices." The “Pink Sheet” never has, and, under its present management, never will advise farmers to “speculate,” ”buck the market.” We have advised, and shall. continue to ad- vALL IOIN vise fa11ners to hold their products for profit— HANDS, able pric’es’. ',True you can’t alWays Be sure of. CIRCLE TO a profit 011 everything you grow upon the ' THE LEFT farm, but you can get all the supply and de— . mand market will give if you wait long enough. . “If you must sell at a loss, sell at the eleventh hour" In othe1 words, if there is a surplus in any Commodity, the prices offered for that particular commodity will be low. price still gives you a profit, that is if you must, pocket a loss. \Vhy sell before you know what the sttpply and demand really If the low ahorse of another color—but is? It \ery often happens that the so- -called surplus vanishes like' snow under a Tuly sun. When the surplus vanishes, low prices take to their heels, and a good market with profitable prices remain. At a fa1111ers’111eeting the othei day, a successful farmer, in the ' “I never sell the products of my farm ~ cOurse of his remarks said: unless I can get profitable prices; and I never hold the products of my farm for bigger prices when I can get profitable prices: That far‘mc1 had the‘ right hunch.” He will win in the long run;‘ win in the short run; win eve1j‘v time ma-j01ity of us fellows 15 that we really don’t know what our products costrus. \Ve have the goods; they are in the bin, granary and mow. We know right well how we got these products of the farm; we know whereb we got the supply and When—but “dog on—it,” if we know what the goods cost us And how ale we going to set a selling price Wthlbl will leave us a profit when we don’ t know the (OSI? "' Speculating is sometimes profitable, but often a very haZardous game. Dealing in futures may be all right for the fellows who have sinned away their futures anyway, but the farmer is outclassed the moment hesits in with the fellows who play such games. The farmer who holds for a profit and sells when he can make a profit may lose a (food long price occasionally-—but he always has, the satisfaction of knowing that he didn’t expend his labor and energy without at least a satisfactOIy reward A bright young farmer followed in the discussion. “My neigh— bor’s advice is all right; but what would he do if prices were un— profitable and he desired to hold his products, and the banker noti- fied him that his interest was due and must be paid. Only money' will cancel the obligation at the bank, and I have only farm products with which to get the money?” “Renew your note,” suggested the first speaker. “But suppose the bankei told you that he was loaned up; that the elevator man had to have lots of money to move the crops, and he could not renew?” asked the young farmer. “Well,” said the well to do farmer, replied the young farmer,‘ ‘between the banker and the elevator man I‘have got to sell.” And there you are; One problem solved; another unearthed ' . Strange that farmers will put their money in a bank ‘to be you’ve got me.’ “And,” " irriwhere our interests an »- athalorle every’iarmer Fnij thr 1111112611 .1137: Attractive combination rate with The Gleaner, monthly. “ The trouble with the , "I of“ Tariff From Wiscon loam: :Minnesota Being Rail" rates" on potatoes from points 'in Wisconsin and Minnesota to destin- .aticns weSt of the Mississippi river form the basis of a complaint that is Hbein'g heard by John S. Burchxnorc. ’ ekamirier for the Interstate Commerce ‘ Commission ,held in the federal building A tariff The hearing is ‘5éi'1’rg embracing: increased rates on potatoess’ from Wisconsin and Minnescita points 01511911211101 exec t- ‘ . forated lino,. breed}; opportunity fraud and; destroy sf’the secrecy ofthe . It is expected that the Sign - ballot. new circuit; court‘ will grofnt the in? junction, and issue an limbo e on 113116 sfiew cause; which Will 111111ka the matter into ceriu- On its merits. ' When iih can'vas'serar counted bailo Friday 1113111 they counted all that ha initials 0n the back irrespective of. the was suspended by the commission No.- P031t10n13011°ng the opinion re- J vember 1. last.’ It is alleged that the new tariff is “grossly discriminatory.” It also is charged that the proposed rates will advance the price of pota- toes. - ~ . APPLE GROWERS HAVING ’ " TROUBLES (Continued groin Page One) in all of the leading markets. This season, however, has been an exccp-_ tion to the rule, and the Michigan pro- duct has been in demand Just what effect this changed condition is gbing to have on the markets of the future is probiematica1;however, there is no. question but that fruit groWers every. where will be obliged to seek the mar-' ket for the next few ygars at least. ceived. from the attorney-generals office. ' « . L' x " * . Secretary Wilson, of the United States Department of Agriculture, has . issued eleven distinct regulations gOYerning the sanitation of renovated or process butter factories, which took effect on November 15. Copies may ~ be; obtained by writing the Bureau at Animal Industry, Washington, for order 133. _ . - Uncle Sam is saying that he will pni‘iish the Elgin Board of Trade for the unjustifiable wot-ii they are doing in controlling and setting market prices 611 butter'._ The Elgin bound is not wtru'st. but some of the work‘ that they do may reasonably be questioned ’-em along. If you the quarter. - and address; I want to know 011 the board: beans to the elevator. be twenty— —tWo— —pound pickers. From every bushel of beans The Detroit market showed man could have paid $2 20 per . in the beans. county. this bargain: .‘i ‘ ‘ " EMEMBER, "' .,b‘oys I pay a ‘ » quarter for a problem Send problem on the‘board, it means ydu, get Be sure t'o'give your name send the ‘two—bits,”’ remarked the Pro- fessor, and then he wrote this problem Farmer Kohler took twenty bushels of They proved to ' The elevator man paid Farmer‘Kohler sixty- ‘ five cents per bushel for the beans. ‘ had thirty— —eight pounds of hand‘piCked beans. picked beans 011 the day Farmer Kohler brought ‘ i 1’ , This transaction actually occurred in Lapeer “Now, boys," said Prefessor Square Root, set-”.5, iously, “I wan-t to know thagot the best '01,. _ Did Farmer Kokler 2g?! more for”? "his beans than the 21,6th Wm got profit? Jfi so, how ' ‘ “Pk/reantterifoi’gfiis F. ’ see your, ‘ where to the elevator man that the elevator bushel for hand-I '1 it I;-,'I v' '. ..~ /"I ‘ . .(I cllnes all to live Well; L To the Founders of ,1 "Dink-‘Eheot" is going to grow too - gt 1;, more practical. And When you I; I :' s 'd' in the balance. be sure to Inst" ~ P a' Word throivn ”others those tracts Were cat- grazin ’section‘s but the cattle 11113111633 :1 ere has ceased forever I a Isccasidnally hear. men speak or have me traveled a; hundred miles across {the plains of these states and pQ s'ée- ; i11g. a single human habitation. That vast area was used for grazing cattle? but it is now being far‘med and there 4 'is no new territory that may be old. .- The man who reads and observes is thoroughly cbnScleus of. the fact that there is at present a. serious livestock Sherpa-go; eat‘ supply Three successive seasons of drought and -‘“foot and mouth” doeasie seri- 191:st crippled the livestock interests or. South America, while the United States has actually declined during. the last decade in her supply of meat animals.Q While the papulation of. her ' people has increased 21 per cent .It Would scene that new is the ac ce'pfed time for the thinking man. to . Q_'- go into Stock raiSin'g. Crops of all .- kinds are bountiful in this country and - our natibn is most prosperous, at peace with the World and with Qprac-' tically Qevery one employed, which in- settlement audio great 1101‘: .‘ t is occupied by settlers. Lik'e'I- . remain? the prices of beef, cattle will soar opened tip to take the place of the WORLD’S LIvEsTocK SHos-rAeE' and statistics shoW also: that the population 01 all civilized nae] . tiOns. is growing much taster than is" " the general . three causes There are, or. present conditions; so it would ' SPECIAL NOTICE . I ‘ MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING ‘ ' It you Were one of the loyal farmers who helped found this weekly Market and Crop Reporter in the face of the combined oppo- the Parasite Produce Buyers, by ' sending ITen or Twentyrfive cents to apply on a mu FIFTY: WEEKS SUBSCRIPTION ~ roncy'; or stamp: in an early mail. Remember every issue or the littf-6Q_ 8Q. Qr-o' JWofto 10111 with you 1 sition of the Market Gamblers and; I Ask no a Personal F avert _ * that you send the balance in our- . , in fact, "Qsolvlng some of the corn belt prob- .' lems, .making possible the keeping of more cattle on less ae‘r'e's than in the .. With no desire to: discourage. ~ the use of- commercial fertilize '. ,Q . we must say matithe 3911.111 01' er' to Q 'I ‘do its best, needs a certain element on. ' vIe years. 1';-.“«On1y a few years; ago Texas had we. cleaning up in the oattlge business. . ”s. I‘Many of the men who had been thus engaged tht' therbilsmess and placed trai loads of breeding stock on the ets. It was predicted then that Texas Would want for cattle before - she, could roplenish her herds, and etiide‘ntl'y it has proved true. Many of . the grazing sections thflere are stocked with cattle imported from neighboring - states. Just so long as present conditions continue to exist, is it not reasonable to conclude that present price's will \IMy Candid opinion is that to such heights that beefsteak Will be served as a luxury- rather than a daily ration .' . . seem that the opportune time to grow . stock at a profit is in sight, with the Starting point right now. With prime beet selling at bet er than $11 per hun~ ’ dred, makes one see hoW much he is losing by not raising calves instead of potatoes. We are ceasing to be exporters of cattle, and our OWn food supply is be- ing seriously curtailed. A11 alarming §carcity of “feederS” has been 'wit—' Inesse'd- during the past him years, While the steadily lessening number of farmers Who formerly fed cattle for "market adds to the seriousness of the situation. Last season with corn sell- ling at 60@70c per bushel made many feeders View the situation with dOubt', thus stayed out of the game of feeding, preferring to sell their grain rather than to venture feeding it to cattle, but those who made the venture sur- ‘inveId with a profit. Elbert Hubbard, the word wizard and philosopher,.says: “It is a wise man who turns his grain into livestock before marketing. ” History has proven in this as in other kinds of business .that the man Who “sticks to it” will win out. “1385' dirt" is not in the first shovelful turned, and seldom in the second;- so herds and Qflocks must be maintained through poor years in. or- ‘Q derQ t0 be ready When the pay car arrives I The most. serious mistake made by dairymen is in the Wholesale slaugh- tering of calves; and it would not sur- Q prise the writer to learn of the enact— ment of Qa law in the 'near future for ‘. the protection of calves against the greed for milk production. Stockmen should gradually work toward raising their own feeders and should not be- .‘Igrud'ge the pasture necessary for this rennin efltive branch of the business; the silo and alfalfa are fast . set yet animal matter which $66me to be .“ I. :airail'able‘ only through 'thp agency of 7" ' ' . : animal. manure In thoroughly ' 1.“ . 1W I -'. _IsII,=.I_cRETARY WILSON s FlNAL EIPE ' Q ' ' vantage of the high prices. , , That in itself Will materially leaflen ' the possibility of reple Q herds within the neat ishin'g their. . —'years has. been written. .with ayearly farm production of $4,- - 1912. “operation with drops the soil is “ before a tenantQ.I-.I.I * r porti t; the 3611 nine I‘stoek raising will alone insure. Q As a result of a most thoughtfub .4 DREAM. , partment of Agriculture. After a. service of 16 years as see- ”rotary of Agriculture Mr. Wilson sub- mits to President Taft the last annual report that he will ever make as head 'of the U. S. Department of Agricul~ ture.,"1‘he report covers mere than . the Work of the year 1912, as it in- cludes a summary of. the entire term .0! office, showing the advance in agri- Culture during the past sixteen years. _ Mr. Wilson. is a past master in deal- ing with big' figures and his declining years seems to add to his imaginative powers for he deals with billions of dollars with as. much reckless aban- “don as does a newsboy with his pen- “The record of 16 It begins nies. He— says: 000,000,000 and ends with $9,532,- 000,000. Sixteen years ago the farm- er was a joke of the caricaturist; now he is like the stone that was rejected by the builder and has be- come the head stone of the corner.” The tillers of the soil were burdened with dlebts', he adds, “but prosperity followed and grew with unexampled speed. Beginnings have been made in a production per acre increasing faster than the natural increase of population. There has been an uplift of-agriculture and of country life.” Mr. Wilson is right about the “up- lift,” but his figures are as meaning- less as his pen is unruly. He speaks of the farmers’ debts in the past, and there he leaves it, giving this im- pression that the farmer is now out of debt, with millions in bank; as, continuing, he shys: “During the 16 years the farmers’ wealth production increased 141 'per cent “Most productive of all agricul- tural years in the country has been . The earth has produced its greatest annual dividend. The sun and the" rain and the fertility of the soil heeded not the human contro~ versies, but kept on Working .in co- the farmers’ efforts to utilize them. The prices at the « The grdWing pulatlon 3n‘ust b fedII . -j ease needs mic ' Q ’ improved and made to produce greater '.II.,VQ,.crOhs——'and needs manure; and farm» more. need greater profits which careful; 7‘tp market—be generous to the earth ‘ ' ~ Which yields you her harvest and a sure and rich reward will be yours! "farm are generally profitable Q Iwill 1 farmers have enjoyed in recent years. ; Sixteenth Annual Crop Report of De- , ‘ is the highest yet reached by half. a dither—+111; 1111111112111 you here re no better loans. than cattle loans. Don’t wl‘orry about the markets " ~—the man Who loses is the Speculator.' Feed your stOck, ship When it is ready \e . A and continue the prosperity that The total production of farm wealth billion dollars. The grand total for " 1912 is estimated to be s.9.532,000,000. This is more than twlé'o the valueot the farm wealth in 1899. " Mr. WilsOn gives much credit to “his department, as Well as to agricul- tural colleges for the present‘ ‘reduced cost of living” Which no one but him- self seems to have noticed and he flings his soothing web of verbal slime over the'farmers, while 99 out of every hundred of them" will say that “it was the other fellow that prosper- ed, not me.” Note I what he says: “The most effective move toward re- duced cost ofliving is the production -. of greater crops and this move is due to the work of the Department of Ag- ricul'turegcolleges and experiment sta— tions and to the help of the press in publishing every movement to help the farmers. The nation forgot its farmers in the general scheme of edu- cation of past years and few philan~ thropists thought of them when giving for education, but they are waking up and thinking for themselves and con- gress has been good to them.” It is true that science has had much to do in the advanced production of crops; say for instance” the “apple crop,” which has been boosted high above any possible profit line to any one, yet the consumer is starving for the surplus. Uncle Jimmy’s optimism is a case without parallel, and its great- est beauty is, that We are not obliged to believe it all. Enclosed find 500 for Michigan Business Farming for one year. I think it is all right. You only men lion yelling four with these credit coupons. How about getting more, will you send more coupons? Please let us know at 07106118 we are aur- ious to have them before our next meeting. which will be Dec: 7th. Hoping for a reply, I am, th'lliam Smith, Rosebush, ”Mich” No. .3, Chief Gleaner Beal City Arbor, "WOULD “YOU BE SO FOOLISH“ As to let ONE-CENT-A-WEEK stand be— tween you and the DOLLAR-MAKING in- formation contained in every single issue of, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING ' "DEAR SIRS. There is note farmer in Michigan so rich or so poor that he Can afford to “be without this weekly that is already gaining fame as the “salesman” of every Michigan farm factory. SEND THIS COUPON, OR COPY IN A LETTER. RURIAL PUBLISHING 00.. 95-97 FORT ST. WEST, DETROIT, MICE , I enclose fifty cents in stamps, money orders or currency, for I. which send “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING", fifty weeks to-— to- start t. '- It 17(- position. 'coarse feed stuffs on their present-' I " 01d corn is gradually cleaning: 9 it is practically a bygone lac-5’ _at'or'. It is true, We will Obntinue 71:0 receiy’e advice of an occasional car of old corn geing forward, but, prac- tically- all the trade is now cent9reQ. .‘ and based on the mOVement of the 43— » It certainly detrelops that-4;». " We have a bumper crop, and, as We” ' . A new crop understand it ‘of high quality, for dis» We believe with prices '01 '-.basis, and correspondingly, with the~ high prices of meat products along " practically eyery line, that we, in -' turn, have a right to expect a very r CORN—DETROIT MARKET. No. 2 white. No. No. No. No. No. " “ bite .l white , 4 white ' . 2 yellow ................ . 4 Vollow No. 2 mixed N41. .i nlixed No. 4 mixed .................. cofiN—PITTSBURG MARKET. No. 2 “lute ‘) . - yellow . 3 yellow 11 .................. 4 mixed . heavy and spirited consumption of corn this year. We are 'forced to . state, that if we do not see an added relief ove1 0111 last seasons output along consumptive lines, that it will be quite impossible to raise the pres- ent standa1d set. Vie can hardly see Why the feature of feeding either cat- tle or sheep should hot be considered and subsequently investigated by a great. majority 01' our Michigan farm- e1s this season Should any of you wish to se Creemefiy Nb. 1, ‘per pound " Fancy Dali-111.. per {may} to be most firnifih tutesx'are certainly going to stay- along as close as. ‘they £ng 9.. There is no reason} " Wbrlfi: them to increase the-manufacture to- tr ~a‘ point Where forcing ”on the market at a. reduced price would he the 9m. bet; I come. This will. not be butter will re— 1— 28d main. 111211 and the tone of the situa " ._tion firm, . ., lithe Qniom 7' EGGS In - some directmns oelpts of strictly fresh stock were noticeably advanved over the past. .. This, of course, Wash; :naturally caused by mild weather conditibns existing (51.11» statewide “It is~ also evident ._ in their position during the last feW days.' ElseWhere in this paper, you will see an exhaustive account of the} * EGGS—GENERAL MARKET. Large Fresh . . . . . .3 Medlum Fresh .28.; same, but regardless of all of this, we want to say to 31011 that the Sitnaé” ...‘.. " tion with reference to strictly fresh eggs is firm and will remafn so right through the Winter months. 111' face of storage conditidns we ”care not. What magnitude it is practically possible for actual receipts of striét- . ly fresh stun; not only #31 bring a pree the ire.— ' ‘ 25 cents p61! hundred (hiring the" .. ter part of the Week, soin Sales be! ing made a; 15, 1991111 40 cents per hundred from last Weeks highest level HfiWever many loads 1'11 fancy. ~béeyes :Wég-e included’ln the offerings."- ind sales Were also made ' " , 11 est prices 11 the history 111211111 tmd‘é'; some: cavy’ fat in condition 9 2111111111 but to bring almost 3113’ reami‘.x-;f «able limit _ eyes shut .011 red onions 48:? its» a _ 1- .1... phi... 34:04? the alternate. s nmade because: There is 4 .4 Wu fol-€00.11 mixed .7.75to 7.80 ”fair to Medium weightul'rflfito 7 85 . _. Lightweight: " . , .. "‘ .. ..... 7370 to 7180 \ancy shippers -,.‘ .' 81m Very little doing 1n the Chicago- Jump andklamb markets; Receipts , Were heairy‘hnd Aprlcea ruled as fol- ”W3v ' ' > -- ‘_ clubs, good to choice 6.00 to 7.00 '~do, fair: to $9911.. .5. 75 to 7. 60 do, cull 1o cominon. . .,‘.‘.50 to 3.2 Yearling lambsg‘ choi’ce. .5.50 to 0.50 down to fair 2.50to3.25 A ,. 4.15 to 4.00 A 2. 76 to 3.60 3.25 to 4.2: . 5. 751:0 7.85 '2.50 to 3. 25 WW e4 -d"o', choice heavy” 1 .,,Cnll 3115421224.. ‘ 411mm. ' . .235 302.50 ....4 . A .1 , , 1 Shape-Detroit. ..4 9 " There Was a good, fair rumor sheep ' “and lambs and a brisk market, with' “best lambs runing- 25 to 50 Cents higher than a Week ago; mained about steady. There Will be no market at the Be- ' Jitroit liveStock yards on Christmas day ;. _ , Arrivals Will be Seared for. but the; .' market Will be closed. sheep re~ -, 7...00 to' 7.50 ...6 501:0 7.00 . choice. . .5.00 to 6 00- .25 to 3.75 4.2 59 to 2.754 good to choice '2-.wa do“ tail: to good was i ninhg, ' coal "pun the consumption of steam therefOre, when cold weathdr does come the supply of coal avail- ’ able: far. domestic purposes Will not increase at diminish. The reports on the cars Eltuation are "not 4encanag1ng. The railmads are the coal situation continues in bad The hard 00:11 situation is just a. little easier, but on account of the v" “Blend”‘—-—This demand being equivalent to the sup- ' ply there has been no change in prices A Soft Coal. Kind of 'Coal. , Hocking 1111111.) 8 Cambri e lump Cambridge $11.- lump W08: Virginia Splint lump White Ash block Kentucky 4 inch lump Kentucky 4x2- inch egg ...... . . . Harrisburg 6- inch lump .......... ocahontas lump and egg ........ ocahontas mine ru-n Michigan Domestic 4- -inch lump Anthracit egg stOVe or nut Note: is based on gross tons, Flour. 4_ flour, is especially adaptedAfor all round purposes, used as either a bread or pastry flour, put up in barrels containing 200 lbs. $5 30 , “Patent” flour is a purely spring wheat flour. On account of the scar- -'city of winter Wheat there is more of ‘ a demand for Spring wheat flour It is put up in barrels containing 200 Albs._at $4.70. Either brands of flour can be put up in 501b towel sacks at the same price The above prices are for less than car load! shipments, F. O. B. Detroit Special prices can be made on mixed ca'r load shipments containing flour, bran, middlings or prepared feeds. Those interested can write our Bu— reaufor information. THE H4OG AND HIS NEEDS. Never feed pigs more than they will clean up. When the feed is left in the trough or on the floor it soon becomes tribe's. It is a mistake to confinethe breed— lng stock too closely. They should have exercise in order to develop right. A few dollars spent 101' a feeding platform in the hog pens will be one 'of the best investments that can be made. When the pigs begin to eat they become almost self- supporting and are dehanding less and less of the sow The hog that is uneasy, nervous and is co'nsltantly fighting with the others éis usually an unprofitable feeder Hogs will make the most rapid growth if they are given warn, well-'5 ' ‘ -,, which Will at least make up for part ' ventilated comfortable quarters. A little milk goes a-- long ways in, building up the hogs. It is one' oi the best feeds that "can be used. Dry sleeping. quarters are absolutely, necessary for the pigs and the hogs. - If the; right: kind of feed is used. it is impossible to crowd the pigs too; as ,. notations on anthracite coal 4 at hands. _, .. i-w: t’dhioepugposes. is a .» liter. _l4)lzext weekthere nearly. no market ' re oihg nothing and city trade 'cmely Quiet; A few Maine buy-J - Were on the market this weekE ‘buf:we‘re anfihin‘g but vociferous in - +Ap occasional .. their bidding. For every class demand :13 4111:1111 client and even moderate re- Ibis? ha. “failed to dEVelop tone. Tork buyers have been practical— ‘ although 2 good young horse with promise finds a buyer readily choice draft gelding» drifts in, one realizing $450 at private sale on Monday. The cemmission in- t‘érest is urging country buyers to pperate cautto’usly during the next few weeks.- There is a general dis» position in buying Circles to mark dewn prices. Desirable drafters and over ..... $250 @350 Dfifiirable‘ 1, 500@800 s Light Drifters 1,100ful 5001bs 200@250 Express horses 1.300((01 400 -185@235 I lbs ........................... 17.56.3225 1,700 lbs. feeders Wagon horses choice, 1.200@ 1,300 lbs. Wagon horses, @1,200.1bs Southern 1b.. deliverv, PASTE THIS TABLE IN YOUR HAT. To provide something good to talk about during the winter we furnish the folldwing table, showing for the State the estimated acreage, ,total yield and yield per acre of the follow- ing farm products for the year 1912: ‘ ’ Esti— Total 110111 mated yield per anew c. bushels. . 519,131 5,234,311 ..1, 6’1), 061‘: .1 4601511)‘ \')..‘317 111,101 01,593 J34 H.007 Farm products Wheat Corn Oats lty'e Buckwheat Potatoes Beans Peas 21663 Clov erseed ..:,T»17 Apphs ‘:..l|3 Peaches . "— 18,340,101} 2.031.519 .845),‘JU§ 1,...ll Pears .. ..089 Plums ..720 Chen-105,600 Siruubmyhs .051 .asplmrrits (.786 219, 6:30 Tons. Sugar boots” 93.949 839.4110 Hay & f0rage.2..‘l6:l,filtl . 3,013.99; Note carefully these yields, especi- ally that of hay, then try to figure out just whv hay is selling on the Detroit market from $18 to $24 per ton while on the farm but $9 to $10 can be real» ’ ized. Nigger in the fence somewhere. Poke him out with the probe of inves- tigation. < CHRISTMAS TREES QUARANTINE. , A partial quarantine was issued last week by the Departmentbf Agricul~ ture against the interstate movement of Christmas trees and other nursery stock in New England. The. quaran- tine was to take'effect November 25.’ Within particular areas in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island an absolute quarantine is de— claredl on account of the gypsy moth, and out of: these areas 110 one is to be _ permitted to move coniferous trees, suCh as spruce, fir, hemlock pine juni—44;; per and arbor-vitae (known as “Christ- mas trees”) and decorative plants, such1as holly and laurel. While this will be a. serious hard; ship and disappointment to a great many young folk, in not being able . to have their Christmas trees, it is to be hoped that other sections will show up, not affected by the quarantine, of the shortage Everybody likes the new pink ' sheet-wiles “Wheeler, 'MiOh'gg I 1 Y‘ ' , ;'Qarrow, , ythaigp ,5 - We Mydsed you “,ep some 1(of. your poultry ristmas market. Ii: you hav poultry in good shape, we are -.sure ~ great it. ._ ~APlan your shipments of poultry; so that they will reach this market between the 16th and 23d. From :.the 17th to the 20th will be the very; best dates. If you have poultry that is not in marketable shape, 'remember that there will be a brisk demand in _ later markets If we have cold » weather, there will be a splendid demand for dressed poultry. Re- member the following instructIOns in preparing. . ' .instructions fer Dressing and Shipping Poultry.—-See that the birds are empty-cropped—kill ,by sticking through the neck—remoVe the feathersflre—dip in the same hot water for about 15 seconds—‘- place in cold water until thoroughly . cooled out—next,~ where they will thoroughly dry preparatory to ship- ment. Do not cut off head or feet or draw them. Use care in packing. . -——between each layer of birds place double thickness of plain paper—— just under cover of package place slip showing number of birds, weight, also your name and ad- dress. Ship by express. DRESSED PORK. We have arrived at the season of the year when there is a Splendid demand for dressed pork. The city trade does not object in the least to farm— dressed pork, there- fore you can ship almost any time with the certainty of getting a good, fair price. Shipping ,by'ex- press is very expensive, therefore wait for cold weather and ship by freight. It is well to use burlap over the hogs if you are going to ship by freight, as they are liable to get very dirty. If the market is unstable; a wire to the “Pink Sheet” will give you very best prices any day. l tor inf: ” t: ' . £0033, usuch poor duality'ihat‘ , . ' look upon them with ran 11'. has 1: a consequently the market, . ”glide snap or activity. There- we ‘ . » . little really fine stock id be tonne on ~ ‘ the market, and some buyers Were willing to pay as high as 30c for good y‘ wegg‘s if they were available. The, go;- that. you will have no reason to re-g " . MUST RETURN CAR LININGS. A hearing before John S. Burch- more, examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at Chi- cago a few days ago, resulted in the temporary suspension of a ruling es- tablished by railroad lines operating in Minnesota and Wisconsin, which made potato shippers" liable for the safe delivery and return of car lin- ings. The efforts of local potato men and northern shippers were successful, in securing a suspension of this ruling until February 1, and it is possible that it will be held in abeyance indefi~ nitely thereafter. Under the ruling shippers who went to the expense of $35 to have a car lined properly had no guarantee that the lining would be returned to them safely, and in most cases when a car would get to its destination the lin- ings were chopped out and carried away, and that was the last of them. The railroads were not held respon- sible for the linings, and unless the party who received the car at desti- nation made out a new bill of lading covering the return of the linings, the . shipper would never get them back. The suspension of this ruling forces the railroads to revert to the former practice of returning car linings free, and the interstate commerce laws pro- vide that they are responsible for the safe delivery and return of same. Ordinarily, when a car is once lined it can be used for four or five trips in a season, and so the saving under the old‘method is nearly three hundred per cent on the cost of lining cars, as compared with the cost under the rule~ which has just been suspended. the" , (rsdi no oral character of current receipts 'from Kansas and Missouri, however, was inferior, and prices ranged as a rule from 24 to 28c. While some were of the opinion that receipts of fresh eggs from tne Coun- . ,. try are increasing the 031019.] fig— ures showedno material gain over the past few weeks, and arrivals. con-x tinued' to run something otter 2,000 cases daily ' The market on storage goods was rather quiet though a fair move- ment was reported out of the ecolers. . Some shipments Were being made to _ points in this territory and further west, and considerable stock was go- ing into local consumption,“ but east; 'ern .markets were not favorable enough to attract any goods. Al- though cooler stock continued to show a loss to their owners, prices were possibly a. shade stronger than last week. April extras were salable at 211/2 to 21314.0 and firsts 21 to 21340, while Mays brought 20% to 21c and Junes 181/2 to 191/2c. INTERNATIONAL STOCK SHOW A / WINNER. STEER SELLS AT FIFTY CENTS. Chicago Concern Buys the World's Grand Champion. Canada’s awakening along agricul- tural and industrial lines was empha- sized' at the International Live Stock Exposition by the speech of Duncan Marshall, Minister of. Agriculture for Alberta. He dwelt on the significance of a Canadian steer winning the' world’s grand championship in compe- tition with cattle from all sections of the united States and. other countries. AnOther feature of the day was the presence of Indians from the land show, who were there as the guests of the newly elected president of the' International Live Stock Association, Col. A. J. Lovejoy: Every seat in the amphitheater was taken at night and many were unable to gain admittance. The horse events were of particular interest and at times the crowd stood in the seats and cheered. Sale of Prize Beef. New Yorkers will eat the beefsteaks from the championship/ sweepstakes load of beef steers, but Chicagoans will be able to purchase the world’s champion beefsteaks.‘ , The fair bought Glencarnock Victor, the champion steer, of J. D. MacGre- gor, of Brandon, Man, for 50, cents a pound. The animal weighs 1,630 pounds. The champion sweekstakes sold for 14 cents a pound. They aver- aged 1,189 pounds. Fairfax, J. P. Cudahy’s 2-year-old bull, won the wo‘rld’s grand champion- ship of senior and junior young Heres- ford bulls. First and second places were won by Mr. Cudahy in another young bull contest. Mr. Cudahy again triumphed in the senior heifer calf class, his entry, Pearl Donald, draw- ing the ribbon. Breeding Shires occupied the horse arena throughout the day. ' Many of these ere American bred, others brought..from England and Scotland, while several were of Canadian breeding. The principal winning contestants were the Truman farm and W. E. Williams' of Bushnell, 111., and the Burgess farm of Wenona, Ill , ‘ to have deubled. conspicuous exhibits , of menses the Winter, as ”gone unto .‘feeders ' weight and pearl _ markets have a. habit of re repeat. ‘ Demand for feeders of- all clad . v . Feed is.:.abundant d; while til all markets ’ ‘comparatively cheap, {country »is not disposed 1’1: run into ’1 long Afeeds, it is equally .indisposed, to let roughage go to Waste. '11 iarge J \ percentage or the thin cattle now go- ing into finishers’ hands .will merely; be roughed through the winter to 151e,: thrown on grass next summer and are « not to be counted in the prospective winter beef supply. . ' KEEP THE JTESTERS OFF THE ' ' HIGHWAY6. ' The automobile testers from Michi-R gan factories are using up more roads than all other traffic combined. This is especially true near the large cities. A proposed law will be presented to the coming legislature, which, if enact- ed, will keep these testers, who have no regard either for life or for prop- erty. off the highways. The latest ac- cident is reported from Monroe: ‘fWilliam Bessner, an- automobile tester from Detroit, was arrested here today, charged with damaging Prop- ' erty. Bessner, with another‘auto test~ er, were on their way to Toledowith four .cars from Detroit. _ Bessner, ran his machine into two cows owned by George Chesmeyer, » a "farmer. The cows were so badly injured‘tha't both had to be killed. The car was so badly damaged it had to be taken to a repair shop. ” In the last five years the consump- tion of commercial ice cream is said Ice cream is now recognized as a. food as well as a con- fection. I have been a very careful and“ interséted reader of the pink sheet and think it the best thing yet for the farmers. , Thea/should be great- ly benefitted by it. I .would rather pay $1 per year thando without it, Enclosed find 400 to balance year’s subscription.-——Ernest Trucs- dale, Manton, Mich, R. F. D. No. 5. ‘ SMALL ADVERTISMENTS ILL be inserted under this heading with first three words displayed as shown for TWO CENTS (20) PER WORD .or will be run four times in “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING" and under the same heading one month in “THE GLEANER” for ten cents per word. Address RURAL PUBLISHING 00., 95 Fort St. West Detroit, Mich FARM FOR SALE 10 acres, splendid 10- ation, 2% miles to Manton, a railroad town of 1,000 population; high school, churches, creamery and othe1 advantages. Mail delivered, near; neighbors and school. 7- -room frame house, wx30, clap- boarded and in good condition; Two log barns and other buildings Never— faillng spring of good water, piped to build— ings, and can be used to irrigate garden. 100 good bearing apple trees; 40 acres in fields, balance in pasture; plenty timber for home use. Soil is good gravel and sandy loam; will produce alfalfa potatoes, etc. Splendid loca- tion for large apple and cherry orchard. Price for quick sale $2,000. Address owner, JOHN MGGREGOR, Manton. Wexford Co., Mich. STAWBERRY PLANT 33 Standard m- i-ieties, Senator Dunlap at $1.66 per 1,000. LOWest Prices on vigorous nursery stock in the state.1913 illus- trated catalog tree. good cellar. ' MAYER s PhAN'r. NUR. : sggY, Merrill. Mich. , . , .. ' B USI’ E SS FARMING” ‘ inft‘o Ten new: homes where it is not received today, by sending ten cents for cash nczmev-~ for aJFivie Weeks" . Trial SubScrip‘uon! " This new ”book is going to ' answer most of the every- day questions that farmefs ’ have been asking and finding no ahév‘ver- to, for. years1 7* “Where and. when to sell for profit” is the question that is being answered every week in this little paper, AND THE BIG QUES- TION, “HOW TO SHIP FOR PROFIT” IS GOING TO BE ANSWERED BY THIS NEW BOOK. , It is Mr. Slocumis earnest- desire that every singlesdpy of the' first edition of his new book should go into a farm- .er’ s hands, who has by actual demonstration proven that he' believes" in the principles of Business Farming as . taught in his two publica- tions. ‘ - Thus, every -copy of the , , ’1‘ new book will go toga. Bus- ' iness Farmer who has preven his personal interest by in- troducing this Wackly into ten farmers’ hands who have pgrhaps never seen a copy before! / They, 1n turn can secure a copy by] sending in' ten of their friends names, and so it goes. 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