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\The Independent Farm, Live Stock and Market Weekly

SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1918.

  
  

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: EXPLANATION‘WANIED

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to Injure Standing of Michigan Navy
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Bean growers and dealers of Michigan are entit-
led to an immediate explanation of tne repeated at-
. tempts’that have been made by the bean division of
the U. 8. Food Administration to popularize the
western pinto bean at the expense or the better
known and more palatable eastern pea varieties.

The injustice of such a discrimination would not
be so great if the "publicity matter that is being
sent out were confined strictly to the alleged merits
of the pin-to. But it is not. The author studiously
makes a comparison between the quality and price
of the pinto with the pea bean and draws conclusions
. that if permitted to be spread broadcast will work
irreparable harm to the pea bean industry. Reading
Abetween the lines of these bulletins one may be
able to discern a deliberate attempt to further the
interests of the growers of and dealers in pinto
beans, in preference to ~those similarily interested
in the pea bean business. We quote below from a
bulletin sent out under date of Feb. 15th to whole-
sale and retail..groCers‘in eastern sections:

j‘The pinto bean is about the size of the navy bean,
being rather flat in shape and speckled with
brown. Besides being new and/therefore limited in dis-
tribution. its color has been objectionable by consumers
who did not know that its food value and flavor are in
every way equal to the white bean.

“At two pounds for 25c retail, these beans can be in-
troduced in the large Eastern industrial section, giving
the distributors a satisfactory profit, while consumers
would get a food staple equal to the navy bean at con-
siderably lower cost, the latter now selling at 200 a
pound, as compared with 11 to 12%c for the pinto bean.

“Pinto beans should always be cheaper than navy beans
because they do not require the careful hand—picking
necessary with White beans. Food Administration tests
of the pinto bean, both chemical and cooking, prove that
it has nutrition and flavor equal to the White beans.

“Several canners are already putting up cooked pinto
beans as ‘Brown Beauties’ and a can weighing one pound

and four ounces net retails at 150 net compared with 25c
.‘for a similar can of white beans.”

For some time,

quently any move to increase the consumption and
demand for pinto beans would mean a'larger trade
and consequent greater profits for the Isbell Bean Co.

Rumors have been rife that Mr. Kimball is using
his position at Washington to further the interests
of the company with which he was formerly associ—
ated. If these rumors are true, Mr. Kimball should
immediately make an apology to Michigan bean
growers and dealers, and resign his position. If
they are false, then Mr. Kimball‘Should at once clear
the matter up, and give thisnpublication an opportun-
ity to deny the allegations.

In any event those engaged in the pea bean indus-
try should demand that Mr. Kimball take immediate
steps to counteract the harmful effects of his pro-
nouncements upon the pea bean. Absolutely no em-
ergency should justify anyone connected.with the
government to show favoritism to the people or
products of one section of the country over those of
another. If it is true, as claimed, that western grow-
ers have a large surpIUs of pinto beans, the bean di-
vision would have been' perfectly justified in taking
steps to increase the consumption of that variety to
the end that the surplus might be taken care of, but
all mention of other varieties for .the sake of com-
pariSOn should have been carefully avoided. The
matter 'of determining the palatability, nutritious-
ness, and value of the pinto as compared with the
pea bean should have been left to the consumer]

No one seriously believes that the pinto bean can
ever replace the navy variety in the private larders
of the east. It may be true that the pinto is as
“beany” a bean in quality but it is not true that it
is as “beany” in taste as the pea variety. And palat-

' ability goes a long way with Amercan people. But

it is certainly true that the publicity bulletins sent
out by the bean division will have a very material
effect in lessening the present year's demand for
pea beans. .This is a time when everyone is willing,
for the sake of patriotism, to sacrifice personal taste,
and if the public was told by the bean division that
it ought to eat pinto beans in preference to navy
beans, the dear accommodating public would fall

right in line with the suggestion.

Regardless of his motives, it is our judgment» that
Mr. Kimball has n.ade a sorry blunder, and that he
would be wise to get busy at once to undo the dam-
age he has wrought to Michigan’s bean industry.

(Continued on page 4)

PRESIDENT SETS «TEE
“1918 lllflEAT PRICE

By Fixing Price on 1918 Crop at Same as That.
for 1917 Wilson Blocks Attempt of West-
ern Senators. to Increase Price to
$2.50 per Bushel

Advocates of higher prices of wheat have been de—
feated in their legislative efforts to increase the
price, by President Wilson’s recent action in setting
the price for the 1918 crop at $2.20 for Number one
northern, with Chicago as the base. The price is
practically the same as that fixed for the 1917 crop
and is tWenty cents per bushel higher than the
price named in the food administration law for 1918
wheat.

In his proclamation announcing the price, the
President said: “This guaranteed price assures the
farmer of a reasonable profit even if the war should
end within the year and the large stores of grain
in those sections of the world that are now out off
from transportation should again come into compe-
tition with his products. To increase the prime of
wheat above the present figure, or to agitate any in-
crease in price would have the effect of very serious-
ly hampering the large operations of the nation and
of the allies by causing the wheat of last year’s crop
to be withheld from the market. it would, moro-
over, .dislocate all the present wage levels that have
been establshed after much anxous discussion and
would, therefore, create an industrial unrest which
would be harmful to every industry in the country.
* * * * I know the spirit of our farmers and
have not the least doubt as to the loyalty with which
they will accept the present decision.”

The fact that the President failed to draw a com-
parison in his entire proclamation between the con-
stantly rising costs of wheat production with those
prevailing a year ago, would indicate that he has
failed to give all the economic aspects of price—fix-
ing mature deliberation. Many farmers claim they
cannot grow wheat for $2.00 per bushel which is just
slightly under the average price for this state.
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MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMINc has been
making an investiga-
tion into this mat-
ter, and have ascer-
tained the following
facts:

Mr. K. P. Kimball,
chairman of the bean
division at Wash-
ington, just prior to
his appointment as
such, was associated"
with C. G. Edgar of
the Isbell Bean 00.,
which for a number
of years was the big-
gest jobber of beans
in Michigan. Sever-
al years ago this
company opened up
a line of elevators in
the state of Colorado,
which is the leading
pinto bean growing
state of the union.
Altho Mr. ',Edgar
still has elevator in-
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1918 the You of the Tractor!

farmers of Michigan can afford. We are recommending that

 

  

In Michigan as elsewhere the interest in tractors was never before so great. The labor
shortage has forced the issue and luckily there are many thoroly practical tractors now on the market at prices the business
W uld lik t h f two or more farmers club together and got a tractor for im-
, .-, . o o wo e 0 our rom you if you are in the market or thinking of buying a. tractor per ape we can
, the , west" can” g‘ol L the service we will render is cheerfully given, Just address the M. B. I". Service Bureau. ’

F. strehgth during March? Yes, with YOUR help! Please hand this copy to a neighbor-tell him you’ll gladly mail his dollarl

per bushel will not
materially stimulate
production of wheat
as the president~be—
lieves.

But despite the in-
justice of a maxi-
mum price on wheat
without a. similar
control over the pric-
es of raw materials.
there will be many
farmers who will
grow wheat this year
because the country
needs the wheat, but
who would otherwise
grow somcthing else.
Reports that are be-
ing received daily
by this publication
show that the farm-
ers of Michigan have
been planning for
months on an in-
creased acreage,
without ever asking
what the price was
to be. If the seas-
on is favorable Mich-
igan will grow her
biggest crop of wheat
in 1918. /

 

 

 

   
 


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. CALHOUN FARMERS PUBLISH PAPER

IN INTERESTS OF 00- OPERATION

A publicity campaign for more and better co-
operation among the farmers is on in Calhoun
county. The initial number of The» C’o—operator,
which, as its name implies, is published in the
interests of the farmers’ get- together movement,
recently made its appearance. The publication
will appear weekly after March 1.

Officials of the Albion Farmers’ Elevator com-
pany are anxious to spread the gospel of co-opera-
tion first, among the farmers of eastern Calhoun
county, and later to unite with other farmers'
00- operati ve movements elsewhere for the com-
mon good

Atathe annual meeting of the Albion Farmers’
Elevator company a few weeks ago, plans were
made for the enlargement of the company’s fac-
ilities by adding new buildings and equipment.
To make the co-operative movement as represent—
ed by the Farmers’ elevator the success it should
be the officials realized that a better understand-
ing of the principles of co-operation. Hence the,
new publication.

Facilities to take care of the 1918 bean crop
on the part of the Albion Farmers’ Elevator are
planned. A dryer is contemplated. It is also
planned to add to the equipment of the elevator
for' hand-ling grain, to build a feed mill with
warehouse.

James A. Richaids is president of_the company,
H. Eugene Bradley has charge of the publicity
end of the movement, and is editor and manager
of The O'o-opcmtor. Already the movement is
showing good results. Many farmers are becom-
ing interested financially in the F-armers' ele-
vator. which is increasing its capital stock, to
provide for the improvements.

ALLEGAN COUNTY FARMERS DO
A BIG CREAMERY BUSINESS

Allegan county is laying claim to the dis-
tinction of being one of the leading dairying
centers of the state. The progress made by the

dairying interests in the county during the
last three or four years in exceptional, and is re-
flected somewhat in the rapid growth of the Ov-
erton Creamery Company, one of the largest
firms of. its kind in the state.

In six months the amount of milk received
by this concern has increased from 8,000 pounds
daily to nearly fifty thousand pounds daily
An estimated daily business of 80,000 pounds will
be received during the spring months. The con-
cern has 800 patrons at present.

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The annual output of butter this . year will.
reach 300,000 pounds..

densed milk.- The nOrmal supply of cbsi consum-

ed by the plant is six tons a day, and at pres-

cut on account of the coal shortage, wood is be1
ing used. Twenty-five cords of green wood are,
used in a day. '

'Jersy grades predominate in the county,- a-l-
though, there is a marked .tendency on the part
of the farmers to acquire more thoroughbred

stock. Thereare two cow testing associatons' and '

one ’Jersy \cattle club in the county at preseit.

SANDUSKY, SANILAC COUNTY, IS

NOW IMPORTANT DAIRY CENTER

Sandusky, the thriving county seat of Sanilac
counety, is rapidly becoming a dairy center. With
the completion of a large condensary by the Bor-'
den interests which is tocost in the neighbor-
hood of a quarter of a million dollars, the farmers

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AT’I‘ENTION CLARE COUNTY FARMERS!

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sta.te Senator A.
J. Doherty of Clare, member of the Michigan
state board of agriculture, comes to the defense
of .the food administration in the potato grad—
ing controversy. He declares that it is only
the- small potato grower who is finding fault
with the grading plan, and the small grower
may sell his product without grading. ,

“All the big potato growing states New
York, Wisconsin Minnesota and Maine are
observing the potato grading rules, reports to
the contrary notwithstanding," he declared,
while in Washington. “These rules Were put in
force only after a. three years study and iii—
vestigation of the bureau of‘ markets of the
Department of Agriculture. They will cause
some dissatisfaction for a. while, but ultimately
will prove a blessing to every state which a-
dopts them Buyers will purchase their sup.
ply in a state where they can be assured of
good quality. The No.1 grade will sell itself
because of quality, and No 2 will sell because
of cheaper price Just as grading fruits has
put Florida California and other states on the
map, it will put Michigan on the potato map."
—Flint Journal.

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for many miles around will have a ready market
for their milk. Several evaporating plants will be
established at points in the suriounding territory,
which will serve as feeders for the main plant.
Only a few years ago a large part of Sanilac coun-
ty was a vast swamp. The work of reclamation
has been carried out so thoroughly that at present
htat county is heading many of the older counties
in farm crop production. Many farmers are find-
ing it advantageous to breed thoroughbred stock,
and there are numerous Holstein herds in the
county, as well as a few Jerseys, Guernseys and
others.

In addition. to tliis the ,
company is beginning the manufacture of con-~

primarily intended to establish.

' will accept for same.

gel, postmaster at Detroit. It invites“. " ,
patronage of the parcel point system and “12111163
a practical adoption 0: the “direct-irom-prodncer
.to-consumer" plan, for which the parcel post wa
If any of mm
readers care to accept- Mr. Nagel’s proposal, M. B.;
F. will be glad to act as an intermediary. ‘

“I beg to enlist th‘e valuable co-operation of your
paper in the campaign to insure an adequate sup-
ply- of fresh food for Detrbit by direct deang:
with the producers throughout the -.state ,

“To this end, may I request that you infiorm‘.’
your subscribers to forward their names and ad- ”

dress to this Post Office, together With the infor-;'

mation as to what products of Farm and Dairy
they will sell direct to consumers
and also to mention if possible, the prices they:
If it is impossible to tho-to...
exact prices, it might be practicable fer them to.
quote a discount on the current market prices
as published in the daily papers'of Detroit.

“Upon receipt 01' this information I will cause a
list of the producers to be tabn uted and printed
and same will be given wide circulation by this
Post Office.

“Large quantities of Farm and Dairy products
are now being disposed of in this manner through
the Parcel Post Service, but a‘t is very essential
that this service be given a wid; Hope, partic-
ularly during the period 'of the war, and the con-
sequent high-prices prevailing.

“I should be glad to hear from you in this mat-
ter, and it you can offer the co—operation indi-
cated, I will be glad to supply you‘ with any ad-
ditional information deemed necessary. -W1Llliam
J. Nagel, Postmaster”

WESTERN STOCK GRAZERS-
ARE BUYING MICHIGAN LAND

The campaign to interest western sheep men in
cut-over Michigan land
sults, says a Petoskey dispatch. Two deals com-
pleted last week totaled 23,800 acres. One western
woman has purchased 360 acres. The land will
be stocked in the sprung.

TRACTORS AT LANSING MARCH 7-8

We have it on good authority that most of the
tractors which are now at East Lansing, demonr
strating at the tractor school, will be held over
for the farmers’ meetings the week of March 4th,
so this will be an added feature to make your vis—
it to the Potato meeting worth while.

 

REPORTS FROM FARMERS ON 1917 AND 1918 ACREAGE AND LIVE STOCK PRODUCTION. SEND YOURS TODAY

 

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C, A. “—Boley, Quincy 10 10
John Conley, Lapecr 22 8
ll. L Harkness Mason . . . .

R. DeBoer, Lucas .. . 4.5
R. J. IIockstia, Mcliiides .. .. 5
P. E. Bartlett, Dryden

L. C. llonaltlso’n, Vassar . . . .
Chas. l). Moore, East Jordan. . ..
Miles Mnirs. ’l‘awas (lity

Geo. Clark Lake Odessa

R. C. Burch, Cedar Springs
Chas. Schlichtcr. Mayville

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Russell 'lhorne Fife Lake
Karl, E. ll. .reenville

J. Duby. Levering . . ..
August Lew. East Jordan
H. Smith, Sherman

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R. B. Chambers Caro

Orville Reid. 20
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survey will continue
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Ame dment adored by Senator Cummins of Iowa}

h’ich had for its purpose the reduction-by about
$173 000,000 in the Compensation to be pairi'fhe
railroads as provided in the administration bill,
me alsofdefe‘ated, 52 to 23. Senator Townsend
of Michigan voted for the Cummins bill. Sen-
‘etor Hiram Johnson of California, who led the.
fight for government ownership, will not renew
his efferts during the present,sessi0n. Champions
“of government ownership should not be discour-
aged’”by the strong opposition shown against it.
The government has had little opportunity as yet
“to demonstrate what it can do with the transpor-
tation systems 0f the country. It will require a
year or more to show whether the co- ordination
of the Taidroads under a single head will demon-
‘strate the economic advantage of such_ an ar-
rangement, in faciliating the movement of freight
and at less cost to the public. Because the fif-
ty—sixth congress refuses to commit itself as fav-
bring the indefinite continuation cf something
that is yet only an experiment, is no reason that
the issue is lost for all time to come. A11 election
takes place in the fall of this year, which will un-
doubtedly changv the complexion of the present
congress very materially By that time the gov-
ernment will have demonstrated its ability or in-
competency to run the railroads, and the Congress
will be able to vote upon the matter rather more
intelligently at the .1ucceed111g session.

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There is war in the administration camp. Two
of the Presidents most’ favored lieutenants Wm.
G. McAdoo secretary of the treasury and director
general of the railroads and Herbert C Hoover
the food administrator, are sparring about, each
trying to place the blame for the food situation
upon the others shoulders. Mr. Hoover accuses
Mr. McAdoo of failing to supply, a sufficient
number of cars“to move crops to market, and Mr.

McAdoo accuses Mr. Hoover of crippling the law ‘

of supply and demand by unwise price and mar-
keting regulations. Mr. McAdoo even goes fur-
ther and hints that Mr. Hoover’s administration
of food'produciion, distribution .and consumption
has been a failure, and that having failed to live
up to his promises to supplythe Allies with their
food need he i. now trying to shift the blame to
others. Mr McAdoo might have reminded Mr.
Hoover that the government was not in control
of the railroads during the period in which farm
crops are normally marketed and shipped, and
that if there was any reason why‘the farmers
of the nation had not placed their crops on the
market during the fall months, no one but Mr.
Hoover was responsible.

XIII ' * III

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Further disclosures of greed and profltcering
among the firms who are manufacturing war sup-
plies at cost pl 5 ten per cent are looked for as
investigations continue. The Hog Island ship-
yards scandal has opened the eyes of the gov—
ernment and the public to the true characte1 of
many of the nation’s supposedly most unselfish-
\ly patriotic men. anw future scrutiny into the
various” war preparations are ex- .
pected to disclose a misuse of the
public funds, bordering oh the
sensational. Speaking‘before the
senate appropos the Hog Island in-
vestign! ion Sena tor Vardaman of
Mississippi, said “My investiga-
tions into the ship-building indus-
tries of the United States, the Hog
Island infamy, for instance, togeth-
er with the shortage of coal and
scarcity of sugar, have led me" into
the various fieldsxof industries and
goVernmental war enterprises, and

March 3

with regret and shame for my Coun-
'try, that I find the slimy trail of
the serpent of greed in all the prep-

arations of war.”
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Afiairs in Russia are taking their
‘ logical turn. The 'Bolsheviki have

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Washington, D C. March 2.—Last
bulletin gave f01ecasts of disturlan e the
to cross continent ‘Maich 1 to 5 warm east of
wave Feb. 28 to Melon 4, cool wuce
March 3 to 7
storms more general precipitation and
colder than usual;
outdoor affairs;
the northwest extending into
parts of the continent.

'turbance the Moon’s electro— —magnetic

"*7'Trot8ky: is defiant the Bolsheviki will never sub-
.mit again to autocracy They are only playing

for time which will enable them to reconstruct
their political constituency, gather ,.up the frag-

vment's‘ of their army and piece them together

again in an effective fighting machine. Not for
months perhaps will Russia again take an active
stand against the enemy, but for all that the Bol-
sheviki may be expected to do their share when
the final struggle comes.

According to a New York authority there is
plenty of wool‘in the country to ,meet all needs.
The available supply for ”1918 is 1,200,000,000
pounds, of Whichamount about 120,000,000pounds
would be needed for the. army and navy.

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Future events: There will be an eclipse of the
sun on June 8, 1918, which will be total over a
path seventy-five miles wide extending from Port-
land, Oregon to Orlando, Florida. The eclipse
will be visible, however, in all parts of the United
States.

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Disease, starvation and expulsions have reced-
ed the Jewish population of Jerusalem to 32000
or about 40 per cent in the tluee and a half years
since the War began
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Owing to short crops .and failure to obtain
supplies from European countries, Canadian
farmers will have to look to the United States
for their needs. Bed clover in Canada was a

failure.
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Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt recently felt the cru-
elties of war when she tried to engage a private
coach to go from New York to Spartanburg, S. C.
where her husband, Col. Vanderbilt, is stationed.
She offered to pay forty fares in order to get
an exclusive car,” but the railroad administration
ruled that it would be a waste of fuel and motive

power.
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Representative'J. M. C. Smith (of Charlotte.
Michigan recently announced before the House
of representatives that every man. woman and
child of Charlotte had purchased a war savings

stamp.
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A11 “ammonia-less” day threatens. Mrf Hoover
says there is a shortage of ammonia and has
cautioned all refrigerating companies to be very
careful not, to waste any. During 1918, the gov-
ernment should have 20,000,000 pounds of ammon-
ia more than it is .possible to make by working
all plants producing ammonia in this country
to their maximum capacity.

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An earthquake caused the death of two hun-

dred persons in (‘hina last week
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The largest hog ever raised in Pennsylvania
was recently slaughtered. When dressed it
weighed 784 pounds, of which 375 pounds was
lard.

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plains sections 8, 1111‘—
great lakes and
Ser'llollS l0,
Ncwfoundlund ‘21—
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Germany has renewed active military aperations
against Russia and vast stores of supplies have al-
ready fallen into their hands. They have captured
the cities of Minsk Hapsal, Lea], Wenden and the
latest cables state they are within 250 miles of Pet-
ragrad. The Bolsheviki commanders are putting
forth every~posible effort to re-organize the disrupted
Russian forces and offer resistance to the enemy,
but with little result. The German advance contin-
ues to sweep all before it. The Bolsheviki leaders.
under the pressure . have accepted the German terms
of peace and have dispatched envoys bearing the
signed treaty. Germany so far has taken no notice
of this last minute offer and is making every effort
to reach andVOccupy Petrograd. The Bolsheviki de—
clare they will defend the capitol to the end, using
the Red Guard for the purpose, and a bloody battle
is imminent. In the meantime chaos reigns through-
out the country. the condition of the civilian pop-
ulation being fitiful, women, and children facing
starvation.

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With the coming of more spriuglike weather the
Western front presents a scene of intense activity.
The Allies are making every preparation to meet
the expected German drive and their leaders are
confident that they will be able to withstand any of-
fensive which may be launched. The boom of the big
guns is becoming more frequent and raiding par-
ties are much more active than duringg the severe
winter months. The Germans have increased their
fire. particular ly along the sector held by the Ameri—
can forces. The American trenches are constantly
sprayed with shells but the casualties so far are
light. The Sammies reply vigorously and airmen
report that their fire appears to be hitting important
enemy positions with regularity.

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The (lovcrnmcnt announces that 460.000 mcn will
be required for the U, S. air fleet. 10,000 aircraft are
to he sent to France, where only 500 are now ready
to fly. This forcc will require the service of 46 men
to each plane, in addition to tlmlimen who opernic
them These men will be recruited from industrial
plants over the entire country.

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Hrdcrs which cover the troop movement from Camp
Custer for the past two weeks call for the moving of
5,000 soldiers. The mcn in ihcsc increments are sent
to port of embarkation and to other National Guard
and national army cantonmcnts for obsorption by
these divisions. Maj. Con. Chas. \V. Kennedy has
been made commander of the 85m division at (‘omp
Custer, and will take chargc immcdintcly upon his
return from observation trip to ibc F‘rcnch trcucbcs.
Maj. (ion. Parker has been rciircd.

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An agreement has been reached with Spain wbcrv—
by she will furnish supplies to American troops in
France in exchange for certain American commodi—
ties. Under its terms Gen. Pershing will get mules.
army blankets and other supplies in return for cot—
ton, oil and other commodities from thc llnitcd States.
With (7611. Pershing able to buy supplies in Spain.
much ship tonnage will be. released for otbcr pur—
poses. 'I‘bc negotiations which bavc boon undcr way
for more than :1 month resulted from Spain‘s refusal
to Ship American consignments of mulcs and army
blankets across the French frontier.

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announces ibui meatless
Ilt'i‘l. in foUl‘
months. Durinar that pcriod 165.000 0011 pounds of

were exported to the Allies, together with 400.—
000.000 pounds of pork. The figures \vcrc made pub—
lic in a statement cxplniniug why lbw food admin-
istration rcfuscd rcomwis of the curllo 11nd sheep men
to remove bcci‘, muiiou und lamb from the conscrvu-
tion rules with rcgurd lo ruinilcss dnys.

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The food ad1uiui<t ration

oilico announces :1 i’uribor 11d-
ouc—bulf miles by tho British
The British fort-cw :Ii'o bow with—
";rilixb bnvo also 11d—

'I‘bc lriilsb war
vance of three and
forces in Palestine
in four miles of .lcricbo, Tho

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l'nitcd States army ordnuucc ex—
ports, who have cxmniucd the plans
of the new aerial bomb iuvontcd by
W'. A. Pungs, Detroit. believe he has
solved one of the most perplexing
.. problems of wnrfarc that has develop-
()hio—Tcu- cd during tho. proscm‘ conflict. This
' bomb is so consiructcd that dropped
from up :iirp‘nnc. it will cxplmlo at
prc-dolcrmincd distance from

low about onc dn)‘ Iwhind warm \VitYO ibc grumpy

and cool \\’2t\'(:3
storm \vavc.

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the Pacific slope 21nd \vili

as it progresses custward.

storm,
slope, . will

states. This
Pacific

Rockies
good time ~l'or
will prevail.
work ‘and

This will bring severe

bad weather for
a blizzard storm from
large
In this dis~

March 14,

That crop will

about onc day behind

The storms
that come. in by way of Vancouvcr of—
ten move Soutlicustward to the cotton
after
be tame,
moderate
afrming and shinning
You should get your farm
shipping arranged for a
moderate increase of bad weather near
but it. will be very moder—
ate compared with first week in March. 2

Sow oats early south of latitude 40. ' s 1. 1
bring comparatively

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Plans for tho Hu‘nml drul'i urc now
under consideration. 'l‘bvy includo
calling 100,000 a month until the sec—
ond quota. is co111plciwl. icichu two
it lczu'cH and tbrco million mom will be cm—
:lud braced in (‘lass l. .\‘o date has bccn
weather, sot for tho beginning of tho second

; draft. the limo bcinu‘ \‘lll‘lilllSly csii‘
mated belwccn Murc‘l I :11111 .luuo I.
the remaining increment: of the first
draft are now moving forward to Illt‘
camps.

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been forced to accept a disgraceful
and humiliating peace to save the
‘ country from total dismemberment.
It would be Utopian to hope that
a country whose traditions have
been torn apaf‘t as have those of
’Russia; could recover its head and
find new strength in so short a
space of time: No power on earth
could have saved Russia from the

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tions of similar forces from Mercury,
Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Saturn, and
Uranus. So many planetary forces
seldom Linite in one storm. The forces
of this storm are expected to be much
in the severe storms
near Feb. 16-17. You should avoid
being caught out in these great storms
as you have been frequently warned.

Next warm wave will reach Van-
couver about March 6 and tempera.-
tures will rise on all the Pacific slope.
It will cross crest of Rockies by close

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good yields and-good prices and should
be largely sown. I do not bebeve
the World War will contnue till the
1918 crops mature. Europe will buy
more wheat and oats than any other
crop Farmers are feeding their soft
corn to live stock and will have a
large amount of good corn to sell in

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Ambassador Francis has wired the
State Department that the (lcrmuns
are within eight hours march of Pct~
rograd and that he, together with the
Allied envoys was‘prcpariug to flee
the capital. Arrangements have .been
made to move Americans to Samara.
The Russian resistance is growing
stronger, but not sufficiently so to
stop the German advance.

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It is rumored that Trotsky the B01-
sheviki leader is about to resign.

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STATE PoTATo ACREAGE To
BE CUT .FULLY 40 PER CENT

For the past two weeks MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING hasbeen making a survey of the pota-
toes still remaining in the farmer's’ hands to as-
certain whether the large surplus as claimed by
the governme 1t actually existed. We regret very
much that lack of space prevents us from publish-
ing the complete tabulated statement of the re-
ports received, in this week’s issue. It will ap-
pear the coming week, however, without fail. Suf-
fice to say that over one hundred reports from
thirty counties show that appsoximately 50 per
cent of the 1917 crop is still held by the growers.
This is about the SAME as held a year ago. BUT
it is estimated that 20 to 40 percent of the stock
in pits and cellars has been frozen, as shown by
the opening of pits the past week.._ If this esti-
mate is anywhere near correct, then the gross
amount of saleable potatoes still remaining to
be marketed is MUCH LESS than a year ago at
this time.

Without exception reports from Maine and New
York show the government estimate for these
states to be greatly in excess of the actual hold-
ings, and both states report a huge loss rom
freezing.

Ninety-five per cent of the reports received from
various sections of Michigan, Maine and New
York show that the farmers will cut their p0-
tato acreage at least thirty percent- for 1918.
Writing to MiciiioAN BUSINESS FARMING. under
date of Feb. 25th, Daniel Dean, former president
of the New York Potato Ass‘n, states that a cen-
sus just completed in his locality shOWS 1a de-
crease of twenty-five per cent from last year.

Final reports on the potato situation in the
leading potato growing states will be issued the
coming week. Watch for them.

BION’J‘CALM (Grconville)
putlng in many acres to
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Farmers do not talk of
potatoes on account of the
system —F. II.

MISSAUKEE (Lakeview)—It seems to be the gen—
eral talk with the faimers in this locality to cut the
1918 crop about one— third, mostly due to the unprof—
itablo price they have had to sell f01.——A. L. S.

BEV V711” ('I‘hompsoinillc)—The next year’s acre-
age is liable to be less Grades and trend of affairs this

year. lotatoes are usu1lly grown here on no“ land.
Some. Will not have the land to clear, others the
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CASS (Porno—The ac1eage will be 'Itss b 2
ent.~—C. 1'9. 12. y a per

KALKASKA
50 per cent less. HT

ALCONA (Glennie) As fai as l lime heard the
farmers say they \\111 only plant enough [(11 home use.
The farmeis are up in arms against the double grad-
ing. Make one, stand1‘11d grade and anyone uishing
to uoik I111 a fancy guide and fancy prices it is up
to their ambition As foi my elf I ha\1A been rais-
ing eight to ten times 1\ery year. In 1917 I had
12 acres and they were well Gal‘tfti for and planted in
good time. from early planting to late. They were
in line growing condition when killed by the early
frost and would not average 50 bu. per acre, of which
40 pm- (out would g1ad11 N11 1. I planttd mer $250
woith of .0011 last spring and could not 111111 sold the
entire crop for that 111111 111 the fall lnl1s' there is
some 111A<isi\c slips taken foi the better in the grad-
ing 1 will plant only enough for home use.~~S. 10. R. ’

(fliARIJCVOlX (Boyne (lity)—-Next season‘s acro—
ago will (l1'pcnd upon whether the present holdings
will have to be sold at a loss to the farmer or not,
also the grading.——F. I”.

OAKLAND (Leomird)—I would plant 8 to 10 acres
of potatoes and spray for blight, but think I will
wait till they get through regulating them. It is
hard to tell what we will be 11p against when the crop
is rcady.—~H. A. H.

MONTCALM (Gowan)-——Farmers say they are only
going to raise from 1 to 2 acres of potatoes this year
unless there is something done, and as far as I can
say, we live on a farm of 020 acres and 20 acres of
potatoes is an average crop, but this year we are go-
ing to plant less than 5 acres. Last year we lost
$300 on help, paris green and grading conditions. This
is the same trouble with all of our neighbors. Now as
the government urged us to plant lots of potatoes we
obcyed in hopes to win the war. Help was scarce and
as for one among more than a hundred farmers in‘this
vicinity have been trying for years to get just such a
potato as they call No. 2, and consequently our pota-
toes. if we. sold, would be about half No. 2, and in
some instances more than half. I was in Ionia and
they were selling ungradcd potatoes out of the stores
for 35 cents per peck, and lots of the stores had none
of any description, nor could they get them. I went
from Tonia to Pontiac where I was with a farmer
who was. selling his potatoes ungraded, at $1.10 per
bushel.——Mrs. L H.

KALKASRA (Spencer)—Fai‘mers Say they are go—
ing to out their acreage right in two in the middle of
what it was last year. There are two reasons whv:
First, on account of the way they screen them. Sec-
ond, because labor and paris green is so high that
they can't raise them for the. price—A. T.

WEXFORD (Sl1ermnn)—Farmers will cut acreage
of potatoes in two, on account of high price. of labor,
grading and getting an unfair piiCe. —F. A. S.

(Barker Credo—The acr1age “ill be
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WEXFOBD (Sherman—Acreage will be less on
account of grading and scarcity of labor and high
priced paris green —H.

OCEANA (Walkervilleé—Farmers are opposed to
the grading system. —W.

OTTAWA (Co‘nkun)———FBarmers will cut their acre-
age down so that their potato harvest will be a short
day's work. -—L. N.

GENESEE (Fenton)—Dealers are not buying in this
section. Farmers selling to stores are grading as
they did in other years there being no demand for
U S. graded stock. Farmers are not feeding any to
stock yet, but probably will later if price gets unreas-
onably low. Not over 50 per cent acreage for next
year unless better prices are guaranteed for hte sur-
plus. —C. S

MONTCALM (Lakeview)—The potatoes that I will
plant another year will not make any dealer rich if
things do not change. I am in favor of only Ione

ve
only read your paper for a short time but think you
are on the right track, so keep at it. ~——J. .M

MONTCALM (Sand Lake)——If grading continues
and the price does not make a large advance there
will not be more than 40 per cent of an acreage this
.year. —M. D. P.

BENZIE (Nessen City)——~The opinion here is a very
small acreage for next year unless there is a prospect
for us to come out at least whole —E. .C.

WEXFORD (Cadillac)——I feel confident the acreage
will be cut in two this year.—O. D. W.

CHARLEVOIX (East Jordan)—Farmers are thor-
oughly disgusted with the grading rules which will
reduce acreage one- -.half—A. L.

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FOURTH 'ANNUAL )lEETING OF THE BUCH-
IGAN STATE POTATO GBOWERS’
ASSO(I1\TION

Following is the program for the Potato (lrow-
ers’ Meeting to be held at East Lansing March

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7th and 8th, 1918, in conjunction with harmers’ g
Week: 5
Thursday, March 7—Afte‘rnoon. g
: 1:30—Presid1—1nt‘s Address, llorr1D.vl3uell, Elmira. :
2 00—Secretary‘s Report, C. W. Waid, M. A. CD;
2 :30—The United States Food Administration and;
the Marketing of the 1918 l’otato (Yrop I
H. P. Miller U. S. Food Administration.
3:30—Ifi)iscussion, opened by L. A. Siplc, Green-

ville.
Evening
(Ine1yone invited to attend meeting in
College Armory——See general piogr1.1m)
Friday, March 8—Fofenoon

9 :OO—Business Session:

10:00—What the U. S. Department of Agriculture
is Doing for Potato Growers, Dr Wm.
Stuart, U. S. Depaitment of Agriculture
and Sec'y of Potato Association of Amer:-
i.ca .

10215—1“: 11 hating the Balance of the 1918 Potato
Crop W. Hinyan President Michigan
Potato Shippers’ Association

11:30—“Gotting ’I‘ogether,’ 'John C. het1 ham, Mas—
ter Michigan State Grange. ' e

. Afternoon .

1:30—How Potato Growers Can Help Themselves
Market their Crops, J. W. Weston, Ass’t
State Leader of County Agents; John V.
Harrison, Sec’y VVexford-Missaukee Co.
Potato Growers' Ass'n, Manton, Mich.

2:15—Organizcd Potato Development Work in
Wisconsin, J. G. Milward, Sec’y Wiscon-
sin Potato Growers' Association.

3:00—Future of the lv‘otato Industry in Michigan,
Joe. 1. Gibson. Sec’y’ Western Michigan»
Development Bureau.

3:45—County Agents and Potato Growers, Dr. 1.
B Mumford, State Leader of Couriy
Agents M. C.

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EXPLANATION WANTED FROM
‘THE U. S. BEAN DIVISION

(Continued from page 1)

Regardless of his motives, it. is our judgment
that Mr. Kimball has made a sorry blunder, and
that he would be wi: e to get busy at once to undo
the damage he has wrought to Michigan’s bean
industry. We can't believe that there is any state
in the union in greater need of federal asssist-ance
to place its bean crOp on the market intact and at
a profit to the grower than rig‘ , here in Michigan.
With nearly a million bushels of wet stock yet to
be. canned or dried, and the growers already sub-
jected to heavy losses, it would seem Mr. Kimball’s
immediate duty to forget western beans and his
former employer for the nouce and turn his at-
tention to this state.

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WASHINGTON, 1'). C.—-~As a means 01‘ >timu-
lating movement of farm products to the consum—
er. Postmaster General Burleson has increased
the allowable weights of parcel post packages, ef-
fective March 15. Packages when mailed in the
first or second zones for delivery in the second, or
third zones, may thereafter be as heavy as 70
pounds. They are now restricted to 50. The
weight limit for all other zones was increased
from 20 to 50 pounds.

FARMERS’ WEEK AT EAST
LANSING MARCH 4-8,1918

EAST LANSING, MICK—Farmers and house-
wives of Michigan ,will assemble here duringfive
days of the coming. week, March 4-8, for the an-
nual Housewives Congress and Farmers’ Week of
the Michigan Agricultural college. A score or
more of men and women prominently identified
with agricultural and food affairs of the state and
nation will appear on the campus while the ses-
sions are in progress to deliver addresses upon
subjects covering every phase of production, con-
servation and the war.

Dr. Shaler Mathews, author and lecturer of
note, President Sherman of Cornell university,
Dr. Alonzo Taylor of the food administration in
Washington, Mrs. Henrietta Calvin, also of the
food administration in Washington and B. F. Har-
ris, banker-farmer and vice chairman of the Illi-
nois Council of Defense, are a few of those who
will appear.

The week will also -be marked by a number of
conventions and conferences, among which will. be
a conference of garden leaders, another for couné
ty school commissioners and conventions of the
Michigan State Potato Growers’ association, the
Michigan Maple Syrup Makers' association and
the Michigan Vegetable Growers’ association.

A food show, community singing and war mov-
ies will further emphasize the patriotic side of
the week’s meetings. Sessions will begin on Mon-
day and will continue until Friday.

MicuiéAN BUSINESS FARMING will have head-
quarters at the Wentworth hotel, Lansing, "from
Wednesday" noon until Friday night, where a
royal welcome will avVait every business.farmer
who comes to attend Farmers Week. Let’s make
1918 Farmers’ Week a Get Togetlfer for ALL the
farmers of Michigan. Come!

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LANSING—Speaking before the gathering of.
food adminstrators of southern Michigan counties
assembled‘ at Lansing’this week, Frank W. Fort,
state food administrator of New Jersey, told some
startling facts about the food needs and available
supplies of our Allies.

“Since December 23, France has not had on
hand, at any time, more than three days supply
of food. Most all of the farming in that country
is done by the women. France has lost either in
dead or permanently maimed, 3,000,000 men
Their horses, their farm animals have been taken.
And there is nothing for the women to do but
farm and furnish the power

“England formerly got from 11s (3 ,000 000 lbs. of
meat 11 month. now they want 70,000,000 lbs.

Three weeks ago last Saturday the meat shops‘

0 London closed at 10 o’clock in the mmning be-
cause they had no meat to sell. And all because
two ships laden with meat from the Argentine had

"been submarined. You can guess how much of a

reserve "stock of meat England has when the. loss
of two 'shiploads will produce a result like this.

“Pork is absolutely vital.
reasons for this, the chief of which is that it 1an't

.1 be shipped in ships which are not refrigerated.

Unfortunately our German friends have submar-
inod many of our refrigerated shipsv and we have
to use the others. 7

“Today there is not a bit of pork in France, Bel-
gium. Italy or Portugal,‘except what they get
from us. We used to export to these countries
comparatively small amounts of pork products,
but now they want 150.000.000 pounds a month.

“The actual food facts” said Mr. Fort, “should
be preached in schools, churche’s and everywhere
men and women1may be reached. Neighborhood
meetings should be held, and the facts put before
the farmer. Once the situation is understood, I
am satisfied that the American people, especially
in this section of the country, will sacrifice to
the point of self denial.”

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WASHINGTON ,D. C/~The bill appropriating
$50,000,000 to buy seed wheat for farmers, as in-
troduced by Representative Baer from North Da-
kota. was voted down by the house agricultural
committee. Another denial of the oft- repeated
statement! that the crying need of the hour is
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Every Farmer and his Wife who cutend Farmers’ Week at M. A C are Cordially Invited to Visit Michigan Business Farming
Headquarters, at the Wentworth HOtel, any time from Wednesday noon, March 6th until Friday evening, March 8th.

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“Declare They Must HaVe Cull Stock to Pay
‘- y Overhead and Expenses of Picking
Beans, and Deny That it is a I»?
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MICHIGAN Bvsmass FARMING has received a
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"setting; férth. their side of [the cull bean argument.

There’ is undoubtedly two sides to this question
and we are prmtingfliese letters just as they have
Our induiry brings out the fact that
that all of the elevators are using the Reardon

. schedule and that Some of them have a method\
of buying whereby they pay the farmer for the .

culls at the rate of 1c per pound. If some of the
elevatOrs can afford‘ to do this, all of them should

pay the farmer something for the culls that me .

retained. It is certainly true that no elevat01
would pay for, these culls unless they were a
source of profit. The elevator men seem to have
presented their case rather completIy. We invite

"our "readers' to examine their arguments care-
' fully and write us any suggestions they may have

to make. ' .
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It is not a true statement that the elevators,"

or at least, any elevator with which the wrfiar
hasa connection, makes a deduction for the price
per pound of ~the culls and also a charge for over-
head co'st.

To make this matter clear will say that our
price on hand picked beans is twelve dollars per
hundred. If a farmer brings in a load (if hand
picked beans, which is often the case, we pay
him twelve dollars per hundred. These beans
are immediately ‘available’to be sacked in new
Another farmer
brings in a load of beans which have to be screen-_
ed and picked in order to make them merchant-'
able. We charge back to him twelve cents per
pound which is the‘value of each pound of beans

' plus five cents per pound which we pay the girls

for picking these beans, or a total of seventeen
cents per poumd, and we also lteep the culls.
Now then, the farmer bringing in the hand
picked beans is entitled to thefull value of one
hundred pounds of hand picked beans because
they are immediately available for shipment, but
the lot of beans which has to be picked has to be
dumped in the bins and kept until such time as
the picking girls can get to them. The time

.varies which these beans have to be held, from
a few days to a. few months depending on the.

amount how heavy picking the
stock is.

In order to pick these beans we have invest-
ment in buildings and machinery which is not
less than five thousand dollars in a good plant.
We have to heat this building, maintain this ma-
chinery, pay from one to two men at the rate
of three. dollars per day to handle these beans and
keep the girls at work, and last but not least,
stand the shrinkage which is a' good heavy item
of expense, and I believe. you, if you wish to pre-
sent the case fair, will be willing to admit that the
off-set of the culls against these heavy items of

delivered and

'expense is very fair.

To illustrate the amount of shrinkage We are
11p against, will say that we took inventory at one
of our plants January first and found 'that the
actual shrinkage on beans handled at that point
from the beginning of the new crop until Jan—
ulary first was ten thousand pounds. While,
when hand picked beans are delivered this heavy
shrinkage is avoided as ‘liuick movement avoids
it. As l understand it the1e is no charge made
for oveIhead expense ',whatever and all the dif—
ference made in price between the man who brings
hand pickd beans and the man who‘ brings in
pickers is that the culls are not taken into con-
sideration to off-set the heavy expense of main-
taining a plant and shrinkage in Weight on beans
held for picking.—»C’has. Wolohan. Birch Run.

SUGGESTS FARMER DIAKE TEST

If the beans are hand picked/beans we pay.
the full market mice and if not we deduct the
cost of labor for hand- picking, that is the amount
We also keep the
cull beans in payment for other expense connect-
ed with the hand- picking such as buying the ma-
chines for the women and keeping them in re-
pair- providing a suitable building and heating it
the wages of a man or woman to supervise the
work and greatest of all to tiff-set the loss on
account of our women picking out more beans
for culls than we do when'making the test at

the time of buying them from the farmers. I .
do not mean that our women pick out good beans

for culls intentionally but on account of work-
ing fast they will do it and I have been advised

by many farmers who have hired women and

. :saIne experience.

‘ .if- our women only pick out one more pound per

bushel than we do at the time of testing it will
' cest ,us as follows:

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So you can readily see that

We have paid the farmer 11% cents for the

" pound or beans and the women 5 cents fer labor
.which amounts to 16% cents and we get 2% cents,
' for the pound of beans in the culls, leaving a loss I

of.14 cents on a bushel. ’ This with the aforesaid.
expense items is why we;.‘consider that We are

. entitled ‘to the cull beans without paying anything

mere for them. We wish you would ask some of
the people Who are- writing you in regards to the
cull bean propOsition to weigh 10 bushels of beans
and. make ‘1 fair test of them for culls and then
hire some women to pick them and advise us
of the results. We will be pleahed to work with
you at any time on such matters as this so as to
get a better understanding between the growers

and the buyers 0f. farm products. ~—Caro Farmers’

Co-op‘. Elevator 00., J..“N McAllister, Mgr

CHATTERTON EXPLAINS DRYING CHARGE

Our methodslof buying beans from the growers
or from elevators are never secret. Our charges

forrdrying‘ them run all the way from 35 cents

per cwt. up to $1. 25 depending upon moistule
content. 60 cents per bushel would be just $1. 00
per cwt., and beans would have otest 37 per cent
moisture before we would charge this amount for
drying. Practically all of the beans We are get~
ting at present are running fiom 23 to 27 per cent
moisture and our charge at present for these
per cents Ivaries from 40 to 48 cents per 01%.,
that is, from about 24 to 30 cents a bushel. .

Regarding picking, wouldadvise that we use a
schedule such as 'I am enclosing you herewith.

-This is based on value of beans plus the cost of

picking. For instance, today at Mt. Pleasant we
are paying $11.50 basis to growers. Beans onthis
cents per pound and as
it costs us 5 cents per pound to get them picked
out, we deduct 16 cents for the first pound, and
17 cents for the second pound. Two poundpickers
would be worth $11.17, etc. We pay our girls 5

cents a pound for picking. the same as we charge .

the grower.

We have left the value of the cull

 

A. F. Hyver, Hon

A Marquette county scene. Mr.
and granddaughter of Northland.

beans, which is from 1 to 2 cents a pound at the
present time, to cover overhead of running our
picking room, which includes lighting, heating, in-
terest on equipment, sweeping and salary to floor
lady.

At any time there is any information which
we can give you with reference to handling of
beans from growers, we will be only too glad~to
do s0.—~(l'haf(crion & Son. pcr B. G. Sticklc.

BAD AXE ELEVATOR PAYS FARMER ONE

_PER POUND FOR (‘U'LL BEANS
-We have been in the business for 14 ye ms and
we have always paid the farme1 1 cent per pound
for his c1111 beans which we axe doing at the pies-
ent time We pay ou1 girls 6 cents per pound
for picking out the culls] We are enclosing one
of our slips showing you just exactly how we
buy and we might say that this slip is a copy of
what we give the farmers to explain to them
just how we figure up their beans. We have been
paying girls 6 cents per pound for taking out the
cullsot‘orat least seven or eight years—Bad Ame
Grain 00., per Fred W'. Kimlc.

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W; chargc 6c per pound for picking out (“1111 Beans
We pay 10 per pound for the Cults
Wet Beans Cull Beans

You1 beans contain 10 pounds (ulls per cwt.

90 pounds God Beans at $11.75 per (wt ....... $10. 57

10 pounds Cull Beans at 10 ptr ll). ............ .10
$10.67

Deduct tic pound for picking out 10 lbs. Culls.. .60

Net price for 100 lbs, including Culls ........ $10.07

Bad Axe Grain Company.

“'OULD PREFER T0 HA‘ E FARRIER PICK HIS
0“'N BEAKS

I think most elevat01 men in Michigan would
much prefer to have the farmer hand pick his
own‘beans and offer them on th market as
hand-picked beans. They would t en be ready
for shipment and it would not necessitate the

”elevator man being compelled 'to assume all the

items of loss, such as interest, insurance, shrink-
age, power, wear and tear on machinery, de-
terioration, etc. —-Sanginaw Milling Company, per
W. 1.312263.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The idea of reinforcing
the waning agricultural strength of France
- with Ameriéan tractors originated with Hen-
' ry Morgenthau, Jr.
.Mr. Morgenthau is the 'son of Henry Morgem
than, 'former American Ambassadm to Tur-
key. The Food Administration has designated'
Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to follow the machines
to France and put them in operation. This ar
>ticle, written just ef01e Mr. Mo1genthau left
for Europe, will be followed later in the season
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in France.
the field.

French crop p1 caution in 1917 was more than
one- third less than in the year before the war.
All able-bodied Frenchment up to fifty years

When spring comes they will be in

of age are fighting and though the women, chil-.

dren and old men have made heroic efforts to
maintain the agriculture of the country on a
normal basis, the burden- has exceeded their
strength and endurance. '

One acre out of every four in France now lies
idle from sheer lack of man and animal power
to plow, seed and harvest crops upbn it. So
this expedition of 1500 farm tractors and plows
with experts to put them in operation ,not only
will increase the French harvest in 1918, but the
presence of these powerful farm machines pre-
paring their land for crops' will cheer French
hearts.

French High- Commissioner M. Tardieu approv-

ed the idea on behalf of the French Government‘,

and we are assuied that the ordering of these trac-
t'ors at this time will not in the least impair the
supply for our own_ farmers. Manufacturers have

time to. produce additional tractors for the Amer- .

ican demand.

The first 100 tractors were sent to France on the
deck of a naval transpmt and the entire number
will reach them in plenty of time, for spring plow-
ing.

Purchase. shipment and transportation of 1500
farm tractor outfits to France would in time of
peace be a comparatively simple matter, but
today it is made difficult by war restrictions and
many 'unusual conditions. All these obstacles
have been overcome in the case of these tractors

The tractors will operate mainly in the battle-
scarred portion of northern France which has

been retaken from the Germans. There prop-
erty lines have been largely obliterated. The
fields are consequently large and the batteries

of tractors will be able to work most effectively.
Thus in a few months food crops, especially wheat
and potatoes, will be growing in French soil plow-
ed by American tractors—soil that a few months

ago was “No Man’s. Land" between the great
battle lines. .

The size and significance of this tractor enter—
prise is, lianver. more striking than the mere
presence of American tractors in France. as tho
French have for several years been operating

With chara toristfc thor—
oughness, they have kept careful rccords of the
work accomplished. fuel consumed. repairs and
other details of the work.

Satisfied with‘the general results, the French
government by legal enactment January 2. 1917.
created a credit of 550000.000 for subsidizing ag—
ricultural co-operative societies and groups 8f
farmers for the purchase of tractors. In some
instances the government has advanced 40 pcr
cent of the price of the tractors to aid and encour—
age farmers in securing them. ". .

The tractors and plows in this expedition are
being purchased by the French High Commission
with money loaned to them by the Treasury De-
partment, and the expense of the mechanics who
accompany them is being met by adding a lump
sum to the purchase price of the tractors. Judg-
ing from past experience these outfits will plow
about half a million acres for wheat, potatoes
and sugar beets this spring and a million acres
for fall planting of wheat.

When operated in large fields. as
conquered zone, the tractors work in batteries
of ten, preferably all of the same make. With
each battery there are ten drivers, two black—
smiths, two mechanics, one cook and a manager
111-—'charge who has a clerk to assist him. In ad—
dition, thereis a field "man who lays out the work
for the tractors; and several motor trucks which
‘as workshops. or for hauling provisions,
repairs, fuel and supplies.

Machines of medium size and relatively simple
construction have been selected. They are of the
9-18 and 10-20 horsepower sizes. The plows used
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‘U. S. Food Administration, will battle hunger

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I am a reader of. your M. B Fig. and fl" »& .
best farm paper I ever had and vionld"; 1: like
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~_GENERAL TREATMENT FOR _
' SPRAYING APPLE ORCHARDS

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for Sap Jose, scurfy or oyster- shell scale. (Send
tW1gs. 9:1" strips of bark to the Entomologist of
the , eriment Station
the scale yourself.) .. : ,

These scale insects, especially the Sari Jose
scale, must be destroyed promptly or they will
kill the trees.

  

   

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ent, spray with the strong limeL sulphur wash
To be successful the work must be done very_
thorougl1ly——this means that every part of the
tree mast be coveied with the spray.

Just before the blossoms open, or when they
are “in the pink” a spraying must be made to pre—

A, (anker-w,orm bud- moth and a few other insects
For this and the sprayings that follow, .use the
dilute lime- sulphur or the bordeaux mixtu1e. To
every 50 gallons. add 2 01' 3 pounds of ‘arsenate
of lead. (With the lime- -sulphur, arsenate' of
lead is the best poison to use.)

Immediately after the blossoms fall and before
the calyx (loses, another spraying must be done
just like the one befo1e. At this time dilect the
spray downward from above as much as possible
and with the highest pieSSure available the ob-
ject being to get some of the material into the
calyx cups to opison the larva of the codling
moth when it, attempts to enter. This is a very
necessary spraying. If well done it usually means
a mop free from worms.

; About two weeks after the above splaying, make

j_ another Ilse same mixture and poison as in
DIPVimls spraying

Rally in August there will be a second genera-

tion of 10111111}: moths. Just when this will occur

for you1 lmality may be determined. ,

Protect fall and winter varieties against the
_‘ codling moth and a possible late outbreak of
. : stab. Use, the usual amount of poison, but the

' 1 dilute lime- sulphur, or the bordeaux either of
which (an be made somewhat weaker than be-
f01e.

The lesser apple wmm worl s more superficially
than the codling moth. Sometimes it merely
makes a mine under the skin. It resembles the
codling moth in many ways. but is smaller. When
present. it requires a spiay of poison when stan-
;~: dard winte1 varieties 111e, fiom 1 to 11/; inches
in diameter this spraying should be very thor-
oughly done. It takes the place of the second
spiaving after petals fall The other regular
sp1ayings also help to keep the lesser apple worm
in check.

Plant lice of several kinds infest the apple tree.
and theii effect on the fruit and foliage depends
largely on weather conditions. The lice are
~ , hatched out by the time the buds -uin pink and :1
‘~ ; spray of nicotine 01 some other contact spray is

- most effective at that time
On the other hand. an early Spring with warm.
3 dry weather following. this time is unfavorable
,1 to the lice. and they may fail to appear in
{- large numbers during such seasons. Cold. wet
weather and a late Spring are favorable to the
;; rosy and to the green leaf-lice. In seasons of
this character, spraying is almost imperative.
,The spray to use is one that kills‘by contact.
Nicotine sulphate is best of all but expensive.

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blossoms open. At
hatched. but the adultsare unable to fly. Ap-
ply on a bright, warm day. Use a 40 per cent nic-
otine sulphate diluted 800 times with water, and
2 pounds of soap to a bairclvof the mixture—or
else, add 1 pound of the 40 pm cent nicotine:

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' vet muck shoes for: horse

, tilizer or not as I haveflthe agency W§3m9~ -

Please be adviséd that “a tanner engaged 1111",:
is 1161; subs;
'jECt to a F00.d Administration license As a mat-
information, we might .add that.

oodx s
;_Administration licenses. ———Um‘ted States Food Ad?“

Give spraying recipes for spring use for or-
In the Wintei or early spring, inspect the trees '

if you cannot identify.

Just befdre the buds open, if the scale be pres-”

vent soab and other fungus diseases and .the -

If red- bug is present spray with nicotine sul- .

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agents give me; any information
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they sham be’ ’bdugh Thanking 1; advance
fer any informatio which you maybe able to
give meg-40. K2, Ashley 1 1'. . _

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THERE IS NG LAW FIXING PER

CAEITA ALLOWANCE OF SIIG-AR’ ’

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' Is there any laW‘by which merchants can charge

7 more than eight cents per lb. for sugar, and is it '

a fact 'that the government intends to allow 3

pounds of sugar to each person per month‘l—U. B.

L. Vanderbilt
The base priCe of beet sugar is $7; 45 per hun-
dred pounds to Which is added the New York
eight rate, Which is about $26 per ‘hundred at
Detroit. This total is the price which the Whole-
sale: is' supposed to pay I. o. b Detroit. To this

added his profit of $.25 per hundied, making the
total wholesale price to the Aretaler about $7. 961”

f. o. b: Detroit—Geo. A Prescott, Federal Food:
Administrator.

For the purpose of determining whether an un"-

reasonable profit on sugar has been obtained in
any case by ”retail grocers, the food Administration

- will carefully investigate sugar sales by retailers

at an advance of more than lo a pound over the

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‘ Fife Lake Farmer on Potato Grzdes ~

I am a reader of. your paper and take
very much interest in its contents from
week to week especial‘ry the potato grad-
ing articles and Lcrop reports In the
first place, the writer doesn’t believe there
would have been any restrictions on the
grading if the Food Administrator had not
appointed Mr. E. P Miller and gave him
the reins He is the state agent for the-
Boggs potatto grader * * * and would natur-
ally be in facor of grading regardless of

_ the cost to the farmer.

The amount of potatoes in this locality
is no larger than normal, with the ware-
houses empty and a great many frosted on
the farm in pits and cellars. The writ-
er is in the game and in a position to
know about how many there is back and
doesn’t believe there is 25 per cent of the
crop left, with 90 days yet to move them.
~Gt’o. Slults. Gleaner Farmcrs’ Produce
(70.. Fife Lake.

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delivered cost of such suga1 If a smallei margin
has been obtained in pre- war times, that margin
should not be exceeded now. This figure has
been adopted by the Food Administration as a
tentative guide in determining whethe1 in any
particular case an unleasonable profit has been
exacted within the meaninggof'the Food Admin—
istration Act of August 10, 1917. Each case will
be judged on its merits.
to town and city customers ’111 11.._"" ore than two
to five pound quantitiesyto farm and rural cus—
tomers in not more than 5 to 10 pound quantities.
The Food Administration has suggested to con—
sumers that they use not more than 3 pounds of
sugar to each person per month.——U. S. Food Ad-
nzinistrator J. H. Taylor.

HERE’S ONE INSTANCE WHERE
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While the graham flour question in under dis-
cdssion, will say I sent 105 pounds of clean No. 1
wheat to the Reliance Mills at Vassar and ex-
changed it for graham flour. They sent me 50
pounds. If that isn’t robbery, What is it?—F.1A.,
Vassar. ' ,

It would seem this matter of amount of flour
received in exchange for a farmer’s wheat is en-
tirely .a-m’atter of Contract between the farmer
andmiller and a farmer should surely look ’after
his own interest in securing a proper amount of
products in return for his wheat, making reason-
able allowance to the mill for the cost of grinding
or the toll ——U 8'. Food Administration, Milling
Dipision, M. Mennel; Divisional Chairman. ‘

 

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monESr’rnicss THEY CAN GET

“Can you tell me through M1 B F how much:
wood is selling for in Detroit? This might in—
terest both buyer and seller. Dry wood, timber.
ash, maple, oak, elm, hemlock, tamarack, beech,
birch, bone-dry and green, mostly from buzz“.
Timbers I Will be able to ship in a week or ten
days Wood selling here at $175 and $2. 25 f. o
1). cars. I think it worth more ”—‘~S‘ubscriber..“
, There do not seem to be any standard pricés

"on Wood in the any of Detroit. .0ne co‘mpan
advises that it Was entirely up fo the dealers to pflft
as high a_ price as they desired on:- each kind of.
Wood, and judging fran the way prices have
sexed, it is apparent they have been using that
privilege to good advantag: to themselves. Thn
Talbot Coal Company quoted a;,price of $9 a ton
or $6325 a cord on all kinds of wood. {Another-.1
company quoted $15 on a cord. We haverbefore
.us a bill’ sentby the United Fuel & Supply Coma
pany covering a quarter of a cord of _“12 inch
"/beech and maple", purchased by 'Mr‘. George M. 1.
Slocum of this company, for $4. 25, or $17 a cord!
We would suggest that every farmer who has a
quantity of wood for sale make an effort to se-
cure contracts with Detroit concerns. We are
' sure it would be a good business venture, as wood _
'will continue Scarce and high tram now on. A
list of the leading responsible fuel concerns of
Detroit will be furnished any reader on request.

  
  
 

  
  

 
 
  
   
   

 
   
  

 
 
  
  
      
    
    

 
    

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I wish to call your immediate attention to a 7’
situation that looks very peculiar to me, and would -
be pleased to have your opinion as to the relia—
bility and also the effect of the following: Mr.-
Fred Welch, Owosso elevator man and jobber, very
recently gave a. very good friend of his a tip to sell
his beans within the next 20 days, giving no rea- 7
son in detail. Mr. Welch has a farm 1 at‘
Clare and has sold the beans raised there. Al
so a former elevator man and member— of Bean
Jobbers’ Ass’ 11. stated that bean jobbers Were
going to refuse to buy beans after the latterpart
of this month also stating no reason. Now
these bits of information (ame separately and I
put the two together and the 1esu1t is that I
wonder what is up, also the result if this be true.

Personally, I think it worth you1 attention to
look this up, because it so, M. B. F. ought to know
it right away. Will be pleased to receive an
early reply with your opinion~-Subscribcr. H0111-
ell.,'M1‘.ch.

/ You are undoubtedly aware of the condition
of'the beans in Michigan in regard to excess
-moisture. There are very few beans in the state
in this section in particular, but what would get
out of condition as soon as warm weather comes
unless they have exceptionally good care and at-
tention. It is for this reason that I have told some
of my friends that I woald sell beans containing
excess moisture before the warm weather comes.
I do some farming myself, always have. My
beans like the other farmers’ this year contained
excess moisture and were sold’ some two months
ago; but even if beans were not in first—class con-
dition it has been my policy and advice to always
sell beans, or anything-else.'whenever it brought
a good price and there was a good demand. I
have been in,the grain and bean business twen-
ty years and I think I learned many years ago that,
no man’s opinion on future‘values was worth
censidering that is particularly true at this time
when conditions exist as they do. —Frcd. Welch
Owosso.

[EDITOR’S Norn;- The unprecedented quantity
of moist beans puts an aspect 0n the bean situa-'
iton which n'o~ one can fathom. _Wet beans MUST
BE disposed of within the- next thirty days or
spoil. Elevators are looking for a rush of these‘
beans before warm weather-hand are no doubt?

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AGRICULTURAL EXEMPTIONS DE-
‘ NIED TO NECESSARY LABORER

at camp at Camp Funston, Kansas. ‘ I have‘a farm
of 310 acres; am 60 years old and have no other
help, and cannot depend on anyone I can hire. I
think the boy could do more for his country here
on the farm than in the training camp or in the
army—Subscriber. '

There is no authority for the discharge of a
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FARMER MAY SHIP' POTATOES
UNGRADED ~IF HE so DESIRES

Would like to ‘know through” your paper if a.
farmer would dare to ship potatoes without grad-
ing them—D. 0. M.. Stanton, R. F.-D. '1.

Yes. The grading rules apply only to per-
sons licensed under the U. S. Food Administration
to deal in potatoes. Any farmer may ship his
potatoes ungraded, and if possible to secure the
cars we would‘advise readers who have a car‘
load or more yet on hand to ship independently
of the local buyer, providing he can locate a
dependable market. '

SUGGESTIONS AND QUERIES FROM
‘ LAPEER COUNTY SUBSCRIBER

As spring approaches why can’t we make your

. B. F. a fine medium to advertise seed potatoes
and corn in, also beans? I myseli
would like to buy some extra nice
Late Petoskey seed potatoes. I
have Sir Walter Raleigh for late
crop but would like to try Late Pe-
toskeys. I hOpe these grading rules
will be amended. Think one screen
of one-and three-fourths mesh would
be satisfactory to all. _If it is to
growers and consumers why should
not it be to shippers? Screening
potatoes wont take out sun—burnt
or frosted ones. Sorting will do
that. ‘

I have read of .the government
to have hog prices thirteen times as
much as corn per bushel. When is
this price to go into effect?

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‘3 As a. result of organized effort the'farmers of
Michigan are getting better prices for their milk

than the farmers of any other state in the great

milk producing regions, and all of this hasbeen
accomplished ‘without milk strikes or court‘pro-
ceedings against any oflicers or members‘of the
Michigan Milk Producers’ Association. We are
working in perfect harmony with the buyer-s and
distributors in our territory. These facts are
very gratifying when we consider the strenuous
tights that have taken place in New York, Illinois
and other localities in the‘great milk producing

While these conditions appear gratifying to
the oflicers‘and members of the Michigan Milk
Producers’ Association there still remains the
big constructive undertaking of regulating and
stabilizing the supply of milk used by the city
trade and the various industries so that there shall
be no glut in the market at any particular place
at any time of the year. In order to bring about
these conditions it is necessary to plan the sales
of milk so that each particular district shall find
the best market possible for its product for the en-
ti're‘year and not use its supply‘ at certain seas-
ons to create a surplus in the other districts. While
the present system of distribution may often re—
sult in higher prices for milk in a certain locality
for—a” few weeks or months, in the end it is
sure to prove disastrous to prices in general. This
is a problem 01 vital importance to the milk pro-
ducers of the state of Michigan and one that must
have our serious consideration before we can place
the selling end of our business on a safe and per-
manent basis.

Every successful selling organization in
country dealing in staple products has partially
solved this problem of efficient distribution. Dis-
tricts must not be played against each other by
the buyers. I want to say—and I cannot say it
too emphatically—that if the milk producers of
Michigan are to reap the full reward of our ef-
forts to secure better prices for their product and

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mehrbers of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Asso-
ciation, so that the supply can be kept uniform

during the entire year. '
Another reason why we must encourage the pre

ducers of milk in proximity to our cities by pro:

\tecting their territory is the fact that the surplus
of milk created at certain times of the year by
these producers from ‘a distance is of a quality

that tends to discourage the‘ use of whole milk in ,

city homes. 'If we are to advertise our product

and maintain a reputation for Michigan milk it,
must be our policy to gradually foster the dairy'

where milk is the main product and try and
minimize or, if possible, gradually eliminate. so
far as supplying the city is concerned, those with
whom milk production is a side issue and where
high sanitation is not possible. This would en-
tail no hardship to the small dairy farm-er for
generally his interest is very,small——an average
of six to ten cows, which are generally kept as a
side issue. With this class of producers the milk
should go to the manufacturing industries. butter
and cheese, where the manipulation and process-
es modify the contaminating possibilities. While

it is desired that all dairies be uniform, those'

supplying the city milk trade should be specializ-
ed to a high standard and be differentiated from
the lesser ones where proceedure is along differ-
ent lines.

There is at present therefore, no greater prob-
lem or greater work than to make our organiza-
tion solid; to the Detroit area producer who ob-
jects to becoming a member of our Milk Produc-
ers’ Association, we wish to say that the rule that
you object to is your protection. Without that
protection there would have been the worst sur-
plus on the Detroit market this year that there
has ever been and the entire industry in Michigan
would have been unstabilized. Let every local of-
ficer get busy if you want to protect your market
from outside milk. Detroit buyers stand ready
to live up to the provisions of our contracts with
them. But if one goes to buying in car lots, and
the others will naturally seek self protection, and
your market is destroyed. Our agreements are
well signed up. Our ranks are becoming constant-
ly solidified and we do not want to

 

ask the buyers to cut you off. You
had better get in while the getting
is good.~;R. (7. Reed, Field Sec’y
and Selling Agent.

A. B. cook GIVES VIEWS
ON SUGAR BEET VICTORY

Ordinarily when some good thing
is put across the question of “who
gets the credit” will take care of
itself, and were it not for fear that
a very important principle, splen-
didly illustrated in the slightly
over two years of life of the Beet
Growers’ Association, might be—
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by the Rural Publishing Company.
The Rural New Yorker is also
published by the Rural Publishing company. Are
these two companies the same or are they entire-
ly different concerns? Please answer theSe ques-
tions in the M. B. F. as I believe I am only one
in a hundred who would like to have them an-
swered—L. W. M., North Adams.

The Food Administration has not set a price on
hogs. It has pledged itself to use its influence
to prevent the average price of packers from fall-
ing below 15c on the Chicago market.

The Rural Publishing Company of Michigan
which publishes MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING is
not connected in any way with the Rural Pub-
lishing Company of New York state, publisher
of Rural New Yorker. '

U. S. SENDS 1500 TRACTORS TO
SPEED FRANCE’S PRODUCTION

(Continued from page 5)
are self-lift gang plows having three 12-inch bot-
toms. ‘

These batteries of tractors are subject to the or-
ders of the Minister of Agriculture, notwithstand-
ing the fact that 75 per cent of the operators are
soldiers. The problem of getting competent op—
erators and- mechanics has been one of the most
difficult to solve. Mechanics at present employed
on the batteries of tractors either are men relieved
from military obligation, wounded men who have
not regained their strength, \or inexperienced
young men below the draft age. The Agricul-
tural Service also has sought to employ as me-
chanics tripples‘from the re—education schools,
who have studied mechanical courses for a few
weeks. . '

In addition to the beneficial effect the machines
will have on the morale of the French peOple, the
land plowed by the tractors in 1918 is expected
to produce 1,500,000 tons of sugar beets and po-
tatoes_and 450,000 tons of wheat; and this in-'
creased production in France, amounting to‘near;

_l'y 2,000,000 tons of food, will obviate the send-

ing of about 400 large shiploads from America~
through the, perilous submarine zone.

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The Home the Jerseys built for Alvin Balden, Capao.

not cut each other’s throats, when there comes
what is called a surplus, they must emulate some
of the successful marketing organizations and
come together in a complete understanding of
this distribution problem. I want to say that in'
the case of this milk surplus in one or two of our
districts is the result of bad distribution, of a
greater supply in one place than there is demand,
and a corresponding scarcity at other places. To
stabilize these markets thruout the year and keep
the supply of milk at these places regulated to
meet the requirements of the different markets is
one thing that we must do to keep prices at a uni-
form and profitable level thruout the year.

Every effort possible must be made to protet
the Detroit market for the dairy farmers of that
area. It is unfair for the dairy farmers who have
invested thousands of dollars in first-class build-
ings and equipment and made plans to produce
a uniform quantity of high-class milk thruout the
year to have to compete with the product of
dairy farmers who only keep a few cows as a side-
line to their other branches of farming. Our ef-
forts to stabilize the milk supply must be based on
some system of milk selling and distribution that
will eliminate the small milk producers from a
distance, who only keep a few cows, from selling
their milk so that it will create a surplus at cer-
tain times of the year in the Detroit area.

Efforts are constantly being made to gain the
consent of the Secretary and Selling Agent of the
Michigan _Milk Producers’ Association to bring
large quantities of milk into Detroit because of
the advantages of that market. One shipper had
a carload a day that he desired to ship to the
Detroit market. Your secretary and selling agent
are endeavoring to save the Detroit area for the
Detroit area producers. This must be done if we
succeed in stabilizing production and prices. Next
summer when the up-state farmers can raise beets
potatoes and beans, they will not milk cows, and
the consu ers in Detroit will be without milk.
When win er comes again these up-state farmers’
COWS will again freshen and there will again be a
milk surplus in Detroit. This is the reason why
the agreements contain a provision requiring the
sanction of the Selling Agent of the Association
before the milk can be put on the Detroit market.
This is the reason also, why the Detroit distribu-

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writer would not care who gets the
bouquets. Last year the organ-
ization was effected and the great work
of making the farmers of the beet, grow
ing sections familiar with the conditions and the
aims of the association undertaken. One employee
of the association spent one solid month in the
work. Several spent considerable time. while all
did not join the association or contribute to the
support of the work done, the beet growers as a
class, lined up solidly behind the association, and
we won our point. The credit last year was giv-
en by some to the governor, others to the legis-
lature, etc., but it was the organization that
turned the trick.

This year, with the precedent of last year’s work
behind us the task was comparatively an easy
one. This year the credit has been variously
attributed to the Food Administrator, to the pat-
riotic impulses of the manufacturers, and to other
co-operating agencies, all of which we grant were
factors, but we agree with your editorial that it
was the association of, by and for the beet grow-
ers that resulted in the very satisfactory contract
now offered, the most liberal proposition ever
made to a sugar beet grower.

The growers’ committee pledged a full acreage
on the terms granted. Regarding the propositiOn
a fair one, as we do, and with the shortage of
sugar which confronts the United States and our
allies, Brother Beet Grower, it is our patriotic
duty to see that the committee’s pledge is made
good and that every factory gets all the beets that
it can manufacture. Michigan .must be “on the
map” as a sugar producer this year.

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING has contributed
with all of its power, fearlessly, for the interests
of the farmer, as it saw them, from its first issue,
and will, I feel sure, accord space to emphasize
the absolute necessity of organized effort on the
part Of the farmer if agriculture is to be in a p0~
sition to properly perform its vital functionss—A.
B. 00076, (President Shtawassee County Beet Grow-
ers’ Association and member of State Committee)
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No Attention Paid to Gradingkules

Newport, Maine, February 20—1 don’ tthink any .
. of the dealers in this yicinity are grading potatoes

With a one and fifteen- sixteenth inch screen. I

don’t think, the" farmers Would sell their crop if ‘

they insisted upon this rule. I should say per-
haps one- third of the Maine crop is Still held by

the farmers. Have heard some complaint of freez- -

ing in the cellars, but don’t think many have been
lost in that way.
however, been frozen in transit in heaters as well
as line'd cars. Dealers here are not buying many
potatoes at present as they can’t get cars. They
are paying about $2.00 per cwt., bulk for ones and
about $1.00 per cwt., for N0. 2 grade, but market
for No. 2 stock is very weak—W. N'. Smith.

Farmers Not Pleased With Grading Rule

West Paris, Maine, February 20—0nly a part of
the dealers of Maine are using the U. S. grading
rule but very few did so in the early part of the
shipping season. The farmers are not very much
pleased with the grading rule unleSS the prices are
made to suit the new order as the price for No. 1
grade is not more than should be paid for both
grades together and the price for grade No. 2
is not more than 75 cents to $1.25»-per 100 pounds
which is not enough to nearly pay cost of produc-
tion and marketing. No. 1 grade $1.50 to $1.75.
I don’t think there are more than 40 per cent at
the 1917 pota‘o crop now on farms in Maine and
from 10 to 20 per cent of those are too badly frost—
ed to be much good—R. L. Herrick.

No Surplus in Potatoes in Maine

Greenwood Maine, February 20—The demand
and price for potatoes has not been as good this
winter as was expected, owing in part, no doubt
to the fact that many potatoes were either frozen
enroute or on the siding at the terminal, thus
rendering the quality poor at present prices from
$1.50 to $1.75 per bushel. The amount of pota-
toes on farms at this time is not large, this fact
together wit-h the high price of all other food
stuffs and the difficulty of obtaining some of them
at any price will no doubt help the potato mar-
ket this spring. The yield of potatoes has stead—
ily fallen off since the war began and the potash
supply stopped only some of the newer lands of
Aroostook county from producing maximum yields
under the most favorable climatic conditions and
best of care. The seed potato situation will be
rather small this spring, many having been
frosted in cellars and warehouses. The farmers
of Maine are by no means well pleased with the
iegislation in relation to their interests as they
are by no means accorded the same degree of pro-
:ection as other basic industries. This coupled

with the scarcity and high price of labor, horses,-

t'ertiliz'cr 21nd machinery'will discount one—third to
one-half from last year's acreage according to
all pl‘mwlil forecasts. In fact the acreage of all
('l‘ODS wi‘l be much less than last year unless laws
are loaded to insure the farmers against total
loss in case of crop failure resulting from condi-
tions entirely beyond the farmers’ control.——R.
L. Herrick. "

Oneida County, N. Y., Dealers Ignore the
Grading Rules

Monmouth. Maine, February 20~I have called
up potato growers 011 all sides of me for informa—
tion 011 your questions. The graders in this sec-
tion were purchased last fall. Men who are mak-
ing 21 business of potato dealing have the. grad-
ers. I have an idea that some cars may have
been shipped out in the fall not so graded but
not varying much from the standard. I called 11p
our State department on this point but the man
I wanted was away.

I have heard of a few cases .where potatoes
have frozen in cellars but do not think it general,
not enough to effect the market.

Boston market quotes N0. 1 U. S. grade $2.85
per 100; No. 2 U. S. grade $1.40 to $1.75 per 100
pounds. Northern Maine prices on No. 1 $2.12
per 100 pounds, second grade in proportion lower.
I11 central Maine cities wholesalers are paying
$1.40 per bushel in 100 and 200 bushel lots. Re-
tailers are paying $1.50 to $1.60 to the farmers
who bring them in but they will not buy in quan-
tity only for a short supply.

There are no more potatoes about here than us-
ual at this time. Every one seems to think there
are immense quantities of potatoes in the country
the papers so report, but as far as 'I can learn
they are not here. We have no more than usual
possibly less and' I do not believe they are situat-
ed much different at the north of us. In lots of
places we had only half a crop last year and in
some places they were too poor to dig. A man
just above me had a little yield of 197 barrels and
only 15 barrels of N0. 1’s out of the lot—G. P.
Bonner.

Penobscot County, Me.,. Dealers Not Gradihg

Brunswick, Maine, February 19.——The U. 'S.
grading rule has not been used in my section of
Maine so far as I am able to learn. Many of

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land wholesale dealers who buy
from all over Maine and other points._

wholesalers which looked much better than field
run containing little tuners not much over one
inch diameter. No one here in my section seems
to know a‘nything about the U. S. grading plan
except what they read in the papers. ‘ >
The amount of potatoes held here _in the farm-
ers hands is very light but a little higher than
a year ago. It should be remembered oweVer
that the whole southern part of" Maine as not
enough potatoes to last a month. The farmers
probably have enough if they were distributed

for seed only to plant the probable acreage that ’

will be put in 'Some 108s from freezing but not
general or serious. From the best knowledge I
can get from talking with farmers from nearby
all over the state the Government reportiis very
misleading as far as Maine goes. Practically
every farmer says “They may have the potatoes
in other sections of the state but they have not in
my neighbmhood. ” .

I am inclined to think that there are more
potatoes in Maine than a year ago but not to any
great amount. Good eating stock is b1inging lo-
cally from $1. 75 to $2. 00 per bushel. Practi-
cally no call for No. 2 .——E. A. Rogers.

Buyers Do Not Mention Graded Stock

Head Tide, Maine, Feb. ZO—So far as I know
no attention whatever has been paid to the U. S.
Grading Rule. Possibly whe’n tubers have been
shipped outside the state they have been graded
according 150 this ruling, but I do not think so.

Farmers of Maine rearely use pits in which to
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Despite the publications 'of letters and -'
telegrams by M. B. F. from the highest
agricultural authorities of the states of
New York and Pennsylvania stating that the
U. S. grading rules were not being employed
to any extent in those states, the Michigan
Agricultural College and the U. S. Food
Administration sent out numerous press
articles claiming that we had prevaricated
and that the rules WERE in effect in all
parts of Maine, New York, Minnesota and
.Wisconsin. In order to substantiate our
former statements and to prove that those
who are to blame for the rules and the
present potato situation were trying to de-
ceive the farmers, we wrote to 12 farmers
in the states of Maine and New York (the
Food Administration not claiming that the
rules were being respected in Pennsylvania,
altho that state had as large a crop of po-
tatoes this year as Michigan) asking them
to give a complete history of the rules and
an account of. the present potato situation
in their respective states.

Six Maine farmers responded. FOUR of
them said dealers were NOT grading ac-
cording to U. S. rules. Three New York
farmers replied. One reports that none of
the dealers are using the coarse screen;
the' second that some of the dealers are
using it; the third that all the dealers are
using it. These letters support our previous
contention that the rules are noggin general
or compulsory effect in other large potato
growing states and that therefore, the farm-
ers of Michigan are being imposed upon.

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plaints this year of cellars freezing, but the ma-
jority of producers have saved their potatoes
by providing heat during the severe spells.

As Maine did not have so large a crop as in
the year 1916 of course we haven’t as many po-
tatoes at this time as we did in February 1917.
It is estimated that our 1917 crop was but two-
thirds that of the previous year. Owing to an
especially severe winter which has made ship-

' ping more of a risk, and also because market

prices haven’t been high enough to cover cost
of production Maine farmers have a large amount
of their crop on hand. Should say there are two-
thirds as many potatoes in Maine today as a year
ago. It may be however, that there is a smaller
percentage of salable tubers than this, as we had
a most unfavorable growing season last year, re-
sultin-gjn many small ones and in some instances
frosted potatoes. Maine farmers do not intend to
ship frosted potatoes. ’There certainly is no huge
surplus.

Usually we sell potatoes as large or market
size and small, medium size; first arle new sell-
ing f01 about $1. 50 per bushel and little call
from consumers for the latter kind. Seed pota-
toes about $2.00 per bushel. Believe the acreage

must be smaller this year than last—D. M. Grov-

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' there is perhaps not more than 50 per cent of. 11151» -
I would say the held- .'

year’s crop still on hand.
ing's now on hand are at least double those of one

ed. Some of this stock was damaged before dige
Eing and perhaps 10 per cent has been damaged
by frost in storage. On one farm, 200 bushels

were stored in a barn basement and all .Were froze.
‘en. Number one potatoes are Selling for $1.. 50;
per hundred and the seconds at two- thirds this,
"price. ,

It is well known that the food administratOrf'

wishes the farmers to unload their potatoes, and I
believe the exaggerated report of amount on hand

go in as seconds. I have heard growers say that

they would have to return to the hill system to “in-j
crease size. ——-C. M. Drake.

Maine Acreage Will be Less ,_w

Boonville, N. Y. Feb. 18—1 think there is one-
half of 1917 crop on the farms today and Of this
fifty per cent, twenty-five per cent was not har-
vested. I think they are frozen in the ground so
as to be of no value. Today the farmers are with-
out help. Late help and excessive rains made
the harvesting of the potato crop impossible.

The dealers here have not bought by U. Sgrad-
ing rule. One said today that he knew nothing
about any dealer buying by those rules. Think
there was not any potatoes shipped out of the state
as New York City receives all of the crop in this
state. There is no sale apparently for potatoes
as no dealers are buying. If there was, he could
get no cars to ship them out of Boonville Some
are sold for seed. Where the farmei
frozen in the cellar at $1.15 per bushel the mer-
chants sell for 50 cents per peck at retail. Thru

' the interest of the patriotic farmers fund there

were fifty per cent more acreage planted in 1917
than before. This year the planting will fall
short of last year on account of the number of
men leaving the farms for higher wages that are
paid in the manufacturing plants and farmer
boys being drafted. '

The cost of help and the uncertainty of the
prices next year it is doubtful that the usual acs
reage will be planuted this spring. Just at pres-
ent everything is in doubt—D. W. Miller, Morse-
wood Valley Farm.

Grading Rules Have Not Been Enforced in

Madison County

Poolville. Madison county, N Y, Feb. 18—It is
rather hard to give a conect report at this time
of year on the pbtato situation here, owing to
the fact that for the past three months no potatoes
have been going to market on account of the se-
vere winter, but I can safely say that the pota-
toes in hands of farmers at the piesent time,

‘is no larger now than at this time last year while

we had a large crOp, less than 75 per cent of these
vere dug, some of these were badly frosted and
have been fed up to livestock.
that one- -quarter of the potatoes steied away last
fall by farmers are unfit for sale, as the hardest

winter in the past 50 years has got a good share
of potatoes by frost getting into cellars and nits ‘

that were never known to freeze.

Thru this state there remains not mm 40 per
cent of saleable potatoes of the 1917 crop, this is
contrary, to the Washington figures, but they are
way off the track down there.

There has just been a census taken of the en-
tire state of all crops on hand and for sale, and as
soon as I can get the compiled figures on this
I will forward information to you. However it
is whispered that Albany does not desire to give
out these figures, why, I do not; know.

Farmers have been urged to rush their pota—
toes to market, and cut prices on them, this is
unreasonable, as at the current prices for pota—
toes at $1.50 per bushel there is hardly any profi‘
it is estimated that the cost of producing an acre
of potatoes in this state last year cost in excess
of $125. 00 per acre, this will compare in cost for
the average yield to $1.10 cost per- bushel

I think that the present scare about the big
potato surplus is bosh, this is kept alive mainly
by the large speculators, they want to get the
potatoes, but they want lower figures than the
present, and if they can scare the farmers into

crowding the markets, which would give specu-.

lators a chance to force prices down to one dollar

‘. or less, is what they are after.

As far as the grading rule is concerned, there
seems to have been no enforcement or prosecu-
tion for not living up to this rule.

(Continued on page 20)

lle tenet-1-11mi buying; blames, he ”is:

There is no question that reports of;
potatoes now on hand has been greatly exaggerat- 2*

Grown by the drill sys-"
tem, probably 30 to 35 per cent of the crop would .

has his,

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The warm weather of a week ago

,rfincomred most of the winter wheat
-, in this section and the plant generally
showed very good condition.
Lyagain covered most of the belt be-
: -iore the present cold weather? devel-
oped. The prospects generally are t‘a-
,"voi‘able at this time so far as the
coming crop is Concerned

Snow

While wheat is moving fairly well
still there is not the supply coming
Which many would like to see. Mills
are running about even with the sup-

-* Ply most of the time and flour stocks

are lower this week than during the

. past month.

Canadian wheat is not moving in

.such great volume and it is felt that

the“ flow of grain from that quarter

»[ wilybe growing much less from this
’ time on.

Australian wheat is coming
to this country in‘ fair volume at this
time but lack of ocean carriers greatly.
restricts this trade.
gretted that this is the case as Aus—
tralia has millions of bushels of wheat
stored. ready for shipment and free
supplies from that source would great-
ly relieve the present situation;
There is said to be a good inquiry
for spring wheat and it is {evident that

in certain parts of the country this

Cereal will be planted in place of the
usual planting of cats.

The Food Administration, in further
explanatian of the sale of mixed flour
states that flour containing less than

‘50 per cent 0‘: wheat flour may be sold
‘, Without the usual amount of ~ substi-

tutes, Flour that contains more than
50 per cent of wheat must be sold on
theta-50 basis. .Grahams and whole

, wheat flour may be sold at the ratio
of three pounds to five of the wheat
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No. 2 Yellow l.9l 1.22 LS9
No.3 Yellow ' 1.9! 1.70 1.88 I
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Primary receipts of corn the past
Week were not only the largest of the
present Crop year but with very few
exceptions were also the largest on
record for a week. The market ab-
sorbed this heavy run and it will
take several weeks of such move—

‘ment to accumulate any kindof a sur-

plus at primary points. Industries
have been running for weeks 011

hand- to- mouth basis and will not lose
a moment in accumulating a 1eserve

Vetock when the grain is available. It

is claimed that 100,000 box cars are
now in use moving cern to primary
markets. The Government is lend-
ing e'very assistance in its power to
move the crop beforte the warmer
weathei comes and with it the loss
is sure to occur on the wet
stock. An emba1go has again been
put in force on shipments east. Grow-
ers are ready sellers, the extent of the
movement being limited only by the
number , of cars ,available.

The strong’yfinds of March, usually
lower the moisture content of corn
in the crib and no doubt considerable
improvement will be brought about
this'year in the same way. The effect
will probably be more noticible owing
to the heavy moisture content of the

‘ present crop.

White corn is selling at a high Dre-

'mium over yellow and mixed owing

to its use as a substitute in wheat
flour Millers are considering the

'mlilling of the yellow, the idea being

to depress the value of the white and

bring it in line with the yellow

Just another word regarding seed
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normal condinons.
'60 to 90c.

creased receipts.

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perfect, on testing s-hOWS very low
germination. We happen to know
that many of our friends have corn

’which they have saved for seed and we

advise them to test the same without
delay and if found deficient in germa-
nating qualities to'make arrangement
for a supply from some other source.
and make the purchase at the earliest
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No. 2 White
Standard .97 1-2 .91 ' l 05
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think' that there is not as much as has -

  

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Oats during the past week have
reached a new high level ,for the sea-
son. Themovement has increased to
a certain extent but is still far from
the point where there is any accumu-
lation at’ primary markets. The price
advanced so rapidly that the Chicago
Board of Trade placed a maximum on
futures, setting the same at 930 per
bu.
ther advance and new high record.

There is now much speculation
among grain men as to just what
amount of grain is back in the coun-
Some of them are inclined to

been estimated and that the price will
remain close around'the present mark
for the balance of the season. There
has been an enormous amount of

cats sold for export and receipts will
be consumed for some time in filling
even if the market»
is considerably

these contracts,
ward movement
creased.

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The rye market has reached a point

-far beyondanything dreamed of a

few months ago. At the close of last

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CHICAGO \V IRE-Corn is arriving much more freely and the market is easier
Growers are free sellers and with proper movement of trains
the supply at primary markets willl increase greatly in the next few weeks.
are strong and market showing advancing tendcmies.

DETROIT SPECIAL—The demand for beans shows much improvement.
dry stock is moving freely and the mailozt is strong and will advance under
Clover seed developed weakness and the price dropped from
Corn here somewhat weaker in response to the (‘ hicago market, but
receipts at this point are not as yet showing an increase.

PITTSBURGH “’IRE—The potato market is growing weaker daily under in-
Receivers predict lower prires until after the spring rush.

This no doubt prevented a furw

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week the Detroit market for cash No.
2 was $2.30 bid. On the same day
the Chicago market was run up to
$2.47 per bu. This grain is entering
more largely than ever into t e manu-
facture of flour and as the supply is
away short there is a constant demand
remaining unsatisfied.

So far there has been no increased
movement from either the growers
or country elevators, and there is a
big question as to whether this move-
ment will increase to any extent. We
believe that; the main movement of rye
occurred last fall and that stocks now
in the hands of growers are small.

Barley

Milwaukee reports a further ad-
vance in the barley market, due to i11-
creasing demand and inadequate re-
ceipts. Prices there advanced last.
Thursday, even with maltsters out
of the market. The milling demand
constantly increases. Current puma-7
tions there are: Choice big-berried

Wisconsin and eastern Iowa, testing-

48 to 50 lbs, per bu., $1.87 to $1.90; 45
to 47 lbs $1.82 to $1.86; Minnesota
western Iowa and Dakota, 48 to 50
lbs., 781.86 to $1.89; 45 to 47 lbs.. $1.81
to $1.85; all states, 42 to 47 lbs., $1.75
to'$1.81; feed mixing, $1.50 to $1.70.

In order to insure a greater supply
of cereals which may be substituted
for wheat, the United States Food Ad-
ministration on‘ Feb. 14 sent the fol-
lowing telegram to all maltsters in
the country: “You ' are directed.
until rules governingnmltsters are is-
sued to cease all purchases of barley
and other grains for malting.”

The administration estimates that
the maltslers now have on hand a
sufficient supply of barley and other
grains "to last from three to six mos.
It the course'of a few days detailed
rules governing the pnrchase and
holding of grain by mal’tsters will be
issued. In the meantime such purch-
ases are entirely forbidden.

The Canadian market rules strong
and the Winnipeg market continues
to advance. barley there selling dur—
ing the past week at new top prices
for the season. The advame applies
to all grades.

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it will be noted that the bean price worked lower to—
ward the month of November and has continued below the levels prevailing be—
lt will also be remembered that at that time there was a great
deal of talk regarding the possibility of the Government establishing a. maximum .
price, and their mice established on beans purchased for army and many, use
,was considerably ,bclow the price prevailing at that time.
appear to have: affected the market from that time until the‘pres ent.]

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Iwroit Chicago New York
13 00 l l3.50 l 14.”)
. 12 85 [ 13.35 l :3.50
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The bean market is strong and de—
mand exceptionally good right now.
The price has advanced to $13 00 per
cwt. at Detroit, and you may 1est as—
sured the Detroit quotation is just a
trifle under what is actually being
paid. We have found that the Detroit
market is, as a general thing. under-
quoted. Suppose this is kept so as to
make the country elevator fellows
think i. e jobbers are paying them a
little premium, and also for its effect
on the farmers. The situation, so far
as wet beans are concerned, is deplor-
able. There will be a heavy loss as
soon as th warm weather comes, and
it is not so far away 2171. this time.
Country elevators are in many instanc-
es unable to handle more wet stuff
until they are furnishcd cars to move
tllelstock already on hand. In the
meantime growers are doing all in
their power to lessen the 11 olsture con—
tent of their beans. 01‘» of our
friends w rites tb ml 119 has bowl spread-
ing his beans out on canvass in Hue
driveway of his b11‘n. ‘cuying the 181ng
docis open at either cud at tho drive-
way, and that b\ 111111i214r Ih 14c beans
daily they have diied out unelx We
believe this plan will wo1k .0 good
advantage with the waru‘er days. We
pass along all such information. as
we know full well that this is a most
serious matter to our friends, the
bean growers.

Another advance or so in the market
and our friends will be red’eiving lbs}
much—talkedol‘ price of $8 per bushel.
We believe that. good dry stock will be
worth much more than that before
the end of the present crop year.
Those who have good seed stock will
have no difficulty in disposing of the
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Marie-.5 Timothy L Tlmolhv lvmo‘hy
:)etroit 25 50 7‘ ”‘24 SO 25 00! 3 10 24 00
Chicago 3000 31040191 3107il7’80‘ 2909
Cincinnati 32 75 33 0‘ L32 06 3’ ‘ 3' so 31 50
Pittsburgh .3] 90 30 5"j7° 9 2’ 50 2‘3 00 25 50
NewYork ‘3! 0:) 39 0" "3 09 37 00 3' 30 34 0.
Richmond ‘31 5‘0 3‘ " "“
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“"7", L131! Mue- C -1-ver ill-led Clover
Detroit 23 SI 24 0 . I-J 22 1 ll 50 2t '30
Chicago ,28 Cl 28 5'5 l7 5) 28 30,27 50 2'8 90
Cincinnati “32 00 32 9‘ 37 5’) 31 00 35 0) 35 )0
Pittsburgh ‘29 5l 30003051 3151‘3)5l 3159"l
New York 34 00 36 00 3| ‘0 34 00 3? 00 34 00
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All hay markets are firm and price<
steady. having shown an aayzlncinz
tendency at cert‘hin points. Arrivu’x
are light on all markets and :11 1111»
lime of writing shipments cu rou‘e do
The Detroit

not seem to be hoary

111:11‘7kct has received just a lillo more
bay duringlhe past week than has
been arriving for some timv“. but the
incrcnsc was not of sziiflilium volume
to make any i111pressizm on the mar—
ket. (‘onditions Llicre 211-2» favorable
for shipments at this time. The mar-

ket is firm a: prcvailing quotations.

The Chicago 11iarkcl is firm and re-
ceipts not showingr any increase. Cars
are few and shippers to that market
are limited as lo the amount they
can move each week. Willi :1 more lib-
eral car supply shipments to limit mar-
ket would increase.

St. Louis has had rather a (1111::
market for the past week, and while
stocks of hay were firmly held, the de-
mand was light, buyers feeling that
shipments would increase and prices
work lower. Clover hay was in light
supply and the demand slronger for
that grade than on any other.

Pittsburgh reports 11:11‘:llv sufficient
bay "arriving to take. care of 1119. trade
’from day to day. The railway situ-
ation there s much better than for
many weeks and is expected to con-
tinue to improve with the spring
weather.

The market stows'a shorty
age of feeding hay, clover and clover '
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markets and a re-adjustm
fipected. . '
Very little Western hay as arriving
,at Boston and receivers . are
holders
poor quality eastern hay and what
western hay is arriving on that mar-

ket is selling at a premium over the‘

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Last week saw a considerable liqui-
dation of clover seed, the bulls show-
ing some nervousness as the planting

season approaches, and the ‘price
worked off considerably. It is not
generally believed, however, that the
farmers will restrict the use of clover
seed on account _of high prices. Al-
sykc has worked in sympathy with
clover, and timothy also declined. The
volume of trade during th past week
has been very large. Toledo quotations
are: Clover, No. 2, $19. 25 to $19. 50;
,$18. 85 to $19.10; rejected, $18.30
too$18. 65; N. E. G., $3.60 to $18.
Alsyke, N0. 2, $16.25 to $16.50;
$1590 to $16.50; rejected, $15.50 to
$15 75; N. E. G., mixed with clover,
timothy, etc., $3.60 to $15.25.
Timothy No.2 $3 55 to $365; No.3,
$3.35 to $3.45; rejected: $3.15 to $3.30;
E G. 45c to $3.
Detroit quotations prime red clover
$20.60; Ma1ch, $19. 70; alsike, $16.50;
March alsyke, $16.60; timothy, $4.

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At Detroit, mainly because of the
lack of grain, the production of mill
feeds is now only about 40 per cent
of the normal and the entile output
is being disposed of in less than (:11
lots to the local trade. A small ad-
vance in price is noted.

B1an $34.50 standard middlings.
$45.50 coarse corn meal, $74; crack-
ed (01‘11, $75; chop feed, $60 per ton.

Flour, pe1 196 lbs” in eighth papei
sac,ks standa1d patent, $11.10 to $11.15
straight winter, $10 80 to $11; spring
patent, $1120 to $11. 30; rye flour,
$11.80 in Jobbing lots.

Duluth 1eports that with shipping
conditions showing improvement as a
result of better weathe1, a more active
demand for feeds is noted on that
market during the last few days. The
volume of trade put through by deal-
ers is still comparatively light, 110W-
ever. Prices rule about as follows:

Bran, per ton, $33.;16 giound oats,
per ton, $53; sho1ts, $35.16; red dog,
$48.16: fiour middlings, $12 16.

 

   
   

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M k t Chm“ round ‘1 Medium Round
ar e ‘ white-sacked 5 white- sacked
Detroit 1.75 cwt. L69 cwt.
Chicago 1.75 . 1.60
CinCinnali 2.10 1.80
NewYork 2.10 I 1.85
Pittsburgh 2.00 1 L85
Baltimore. Md. 2.10 i 1.95
The potato market is easy, quite

a plentiful supply coming to all mar-
kets and the damand somewhat light.
The Detroit market. if any change
’may be noted, is not quite so strong
as it was last week at this time.

Grocers and dealers generally are
not buying heavilly, 'celing that the
supply will shortly inc1ease and pric-
es work lower.

The Chicago market is considerably
easier. The breaking up of winter
has caused a feeling of uneasiness
' among buyers, and the impression pre-
vails the the market will be lower.
Buying§will be 011 a hand-to-mouth
basis until such
demand firmly established and :1
definite line max be had (.1 ‘supplies
back in tit-e growers"hands.

15‘»

Pittsburg reports 1:.10 cm of stock ,

’on track, much of it showing signs
of frost. The market is inclined to
i. work lower even. though there is :1
somewhat improved demand. Real

 
 
 
 

firm .
Most of the arrivals are of.

'are

time as the spring‘

, . .. in
ket is one which" it will be well to
keep aWay from until such time as the

present accumulation. cleans up and-

.until local transportation and Switch-

.' ‘ing facilities improve.

The New York market is in rather
a bad way,
Arrivals there are much improved

in quality but there sRms to be al—-

most an entire absence of demand.
Loading for that market is more free.
according to reports from eastern
points, and this will be the case for
some time. Many eastern growers
are anxious to move their holdings
and now that the roads are free from

snow they will be hauling to loading.

stations. It is only reasonable to ex-

pect somewhat of a rush marketward
with the coming of warmer weather
and the desire to market holdings
before the start of spring work.

 

The onion market generally is i11-
clined to be somewhat draggy and
weak. The demand for some reason
seems to be light on the great major—
ity of markets. Receivers are hop-
ing for better conditions as the spring
season advances and the market again
settles into a steady stride. Detroit
is quoting \No. 1 yellows at around
$3.50 per 100 lb. sack. The Chicago
market is somewhat lawer, supplies
there being more plentiful than at
Detroit. Detroit sales are mostly in
small lots, buyers not taking any
amount at one time, evidently being
afraid of the market.

 

The apple market continues strong
so far as the majority of markets

concerned. Supplies at Detroiit
and Chicago are only moderate and
the demand good for both barrel
and box stock. Pittsburg is about.
the onlv point to 1epmt a su1plus, a1—
1ivals there being free and not of
good quality. The New York mar-
ket is strong with good demand and
somewhat higher prices.
~Detroit quotations:
@625; York, $5@5.50;
No. 2, $3033.50 per bbl;
@350 per box.
Chicago: No. 1
$5.50@5.75; extra
Grecnings, $6@6.50;
Baldwins, $5@5,25; extra fancy, $5.50
@575 Willow Twigs, $4.50@5;York
lmperials. $5025.25; Kings, $550613
6; Golden Russets. $5@5.50 Talman
Sweets, $4.50@5; Winesaps, $5@5.50;
Ben DaviS, $4@4.50; Northern Spy,
$550656.

Greenings, $6
Baldwin, $5;
western, $2.75

fa ncy, Jonathans,
fancy, $6@6.25;
extra fancy, $7;

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1.; BUTTER

 

New York, Feb. 23—This week has
witnessed the influx of a large amount
of butter into the New York market.
Beside the regular shipments of but-
ter which had been delayed in tran-
sit arrived in large quantities. One
instance of delay in transit that oc—
curred was of a Minnesota creamery
which had made a weekly shipment
for five consecutive weeks. 011 Mon-
day the five shipments arrived to-
gether and‘ were delivered to the but-
ter warehouse. Several instances of
two or three shipments from the same
creamery arriving simultaneously,
have been reported. Another reason
for the overstocked 111arket_ is because
several lots of held butte1 have been
received from interior storage houses.
Naturally such a condition of attai1s
has causd the supply to greatly exceed
the demand. One month ago, accord-
ing to reports of the Federal Bureau
of Markets, the supply of fresh butter
on the New York marketeach morn-
in ayeraged about 20.000 tubs. On
Thursday morning of. this week a total
of 552.36 tubs of flesh stock was re-
po1ted. ,1

On Monday the markets began to ex-

with prices declining._

‘ Receipts of ducks are fairly

’yvas out from 52c to 521,4@51%c 011,7
Wednesday extras were quoted at a flat 2 .

price of file and the market has ruled
steady at« that price since although
there is a feeling that there 'will be
a further ecline soon. Butter scor-
ing higher. than extras is moving at
51%c@520, firsts are selling at a
range of 48%c@50%c, seconds at 461/;
@48c. There is an over supply of un-
salted creamery and the market is
consequently weak. Much of the un-
salted stock is selliing at the price
of salted Ti. would seem advisable
for creameries which are at present
making unsalted butter to change to
salted goods until the present con~
dition clarifies.

The Detroit market is well supplied
and the tone is easier Quotations are
for fresh creamery firsts, 471/2c; fresh
creamery extras, 49c lb.

Philadelphia quotations:
fi1sts, 48 to 49c;
47c; extias, 52c.

Boston: creamery firsts, 49 to 50o;
seconds. 47 to 480. .

creamery
creamery seconds,

Cheese .,

New.York, Feb. 23—The sale of
cheese during the past week has been
confined principally to small lot salesl
However, thereohas been great ac.-
tivity in filling the large export order.
Our allies wish 12, 000, 000 pounds of
cheese and at the suggestion of the
Federal Food Admoinistration hold-
ms of cheese in New' York are offer-
ing 1, 500, 000 pouids, subject to inspec-
tion, to help fill the large orde1. All
the export business is being done on
the basis of 24c per pound at the re-
quest' of the Food Administiation
Very little f1esh make of cheese is be
ing received, the receipts being large-
ly storage stock Trade in colored
flats this week has ranged at 2514,61)
261/_c, and in white 25@260. Fancy
Single Daisies are firm at 27@271/1c
Doubles 26%@27 c and Young Ameri~
cas firm at 28L§@283;c '

Detroit quotations. Michigan flats.
26146326150; New York fitats, 27c;
brick. 2814((17291/9c; long horns, 2834c;
h’lichigan daisies. 27c; W'isconsin dais-
ies. 271/33: domestic Swiss, 35@420;
for m-imn to fancy; limburger, 3014
fi'fllc per all). '

 

EGGS

The supply of eggs 011 the Detroit
market has become more free and
prices have worked down considerab‘
1y. Fresh firsts are quoted at 48 to
490 per dozen. Dealers expect a still
further increase in supplies and state
it as ”their belief that the government
order preventing the sale of hens and
pullets will have a decided effect in
the near future, greatly increasing
the egg supply.

Our New York city correspondent
reports the supply of fresh eggs inad'
equate to meet the demand. He also
advises that the market is unset—
lled because of expectations of arriv—
als in larger quantites. The market

     

there at the close of the week stood
gathered extras,
firsts,

Fresh
extra firsts, 631/10;
c; seconds, 61 to 62c.

as /follows'
64 to 65c;
6214c: to 63

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LIVE WT. Detroit 1 Chicago New York
Turkey 30-32 1 25-26 30-35
ucks 30-32 27-30 33 35
Geese 25-26 23-25 ' 33 35
Springer: 28-32 23.30 t 35 36
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The order of the Food Administra-
tion, prohibiting the sale of hens and
pullets until May 1, has brought about,
a very firm condition in the poultry
market. Prices are exceptionally
high and promise to remain so thru-
out the spring. Receipts of live poul‘
try are very light. both live and dress-
ed. and the market on frozen stock is
very firm "on this account. Both
young and'old roosters are in good
demand and selling at \record prices.
liberal
but 'not many geese coming. Tinkevs
are scarce veiy few coming and what
do arrive are in 11001'1'3011diti0n.'l‘he

 

‘vances scored last Week, but one cur.~

   

Furs and Hides ‘ I.
The hide market has worked just

Quotations:
green 13c?" No. 1 cured bulls, 133; No.
1 green bulls, 11c;

kip, 210; No.1 green veal kip, 200;

No.1 cured murrain,15c; No.1 green ‘51

murrain, 13c; No.1 cured Calf, 26c;
No.1 green calf, 250; No. 1 horsehides
$6; No. 2.horsehides, $;5 No.2 hides
1c and No.2 kip and calf 1%0 lewer
than the above; sheepskins, as to a-
mOunt of wool,-

5OC@$3 each. _

i:

e a little lower this Week, but we seat...

no apparent reason for’this and expect .3
, the former/price will again prevai
No.1 cured, 16c; No.1_~-

Furs: No.1 skunk, $5; wnter musk— .

rats, 80c; No.1 mink, $7.;50 No.1
raccoon $4. 50. 1

‘1 Dressed Hogs and Calves

Dressed hogs and calves are steady,r
the market being in good condition
to receive shipments during the next
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demand good. Dressed hogs cre sell- 4

ing around 21 e per lb. Dressed calves
are selling at 18 to 20c; for faincy
stock and the ordinary run of choice
brings 170; common offerings sell a-
vround 15 to 16c.

Horse Market

Boston, Feb. 23.——The improvement
in the weather conditions made also
much better market for the sale of
horses. The demand was more ac-
tive, and as there were larger sup-
plies, trading was brisk. Prices held
firm. Some of the dealers received
shipments that should have arrived
for the previous Week’s sales, in ad-
dition to those intended for this week' s
trade, thus having an extra large.
number of green horses for this time
of year. At "some_ sub-market’s no
green horses came in at all, but this
was made up by a geod line of accli‘
hated and second-hand horses. Al-
most all reported a good clearance.
There was one lot of good acclimated‘
horses, weighing from 1500 to 1600
pounds which sold at' $250 per head.
Heavy weights in seconds also sold
freely, but there are many light
weight horses. of 1,000@1100 pounds
Weight, which used. ten years ago, to
be classed as “family drivers,” that are
now very hard to sell and- are general-
ly taken by hucksters for light wagon'
work; The western fresh country hors-
es, all of good weight were taken
quickly.

The best'quality, green drafters, of
1560 to 1900 lbs. sold from $325 to
$4.00; medium weight, first class,
green drafters, 1450@1650 lbs, sold
from $225@$300; heavy wagon and
express horses from $150@$225; good.
quality acclimated horses from 1400;
lbs. upward, sold at a range of $175

'@$250; seconds from $40@185.
Vegetables
Beets, $3.25 per cwt.; carrots, $2 per
cwt.; turnips. $2 per cwt.;rutabagas,
$2 per cwt.; parsnips, $2.50 per cwt.;
radishes, 35c per dozen.

Celery "

Michigan, 25@300 per doz.; Florida,
$2.75 per crate; California, $5@5.25
per crate and 50c@$1 per doz.

Live Stock Letters \
Feb. 27.——T11e live stock

Detroit,
market is strong at the following
quotations: Best heavy steers, $11@
$11.50; best handy weight butcher

steers, $9.50@$10.50; mixed steers and
heifers, $8.50@$9.25; handy light but—
chers, $8@$8.50; light butchers, $7.50
@$8; best cows. $8.50@$9,50; butch
er cows, $7.50@$8.25; cutteis, $7.25 to
$7.75 canners, $6.25@$7; be'st heavy
bulls, $9@$9.50; bologna bulls, $8.50
»@$8.75; stock bulls, $7.50@$8; milk-
ers and springers, $65@$100. Veal
calves: Market steady; best, $15.50
@$16; culls, $11@$13. Sheep and
lambs: Market dull; best lambs, $16
@$16.25;‘ fair lambs. $]5@$15.50';
light to common lambs, $13@$14; fair
to good sheep. $10@$11; culls and
common, $6.50@$8. Hogs: Market
for pigs steady; others -10@150 low-
er;
$16. 50. .
Chicago, Feb.
here today were estimated early at
1.) 000 and late1 111: to 17, 500, a mod-
erate supply in view of the strong ad~

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mixed grades, $17. 25@$17. 50' pigs

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_w'r>.ight are new selling up to $13. 00 to
3.3513. 50,‘ a large share of the receipts

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‘ year ago.

as active Beef steers seldz.

higher, .the upturn being

pets but not shaferd in any

xtent by eommon Ilght cattle. Any
.. 6a.

'that’..tin1_€e on medium to choiée
steers of some weight ranges from

_ . {The improvement in .the'
good beef cattle is particu-
'urag'ing as they have not
‘5; the premium that is'
e, cost of production censid-'
ered, for 1101116 time past, nor are they
yet fer that ‘matter. '

CIay, Robinson & Cot sold a two

Scar drove of goOd qualitied branded

Hereford steers of the F. J Bauer,"
:reene cOunty. Iowa feeding today at

' $13.90, averaging 1471 lbs Two, or
’. three leads of chOice, high finished
beeyes sOld up to $14. 00 to $14.15.-

While not a few good fat steers with

:canist Of 1050 to 1200 lb. steers of
plain to medium killing grade that are .
sellIng» largely from $11. 50 to $12 50
fer army beef and these kinds are
proving the most profitable for the
feeder. .

Conditions appear to warrant ex- -
pectancy of rather generous receipts
for the next few weeks and the soon
ing of further material advances is
likely to prove difficult of accomp-

~ lishment, yet demand is showing such

breadth that we believe current price‘
levels will be well sustained.

Butcher cattle sold 10 to 150 higher
today and she stuff is 35 to 50¢ higher
than a week ago, with an excellent
demand prevailing for all classes.
'Canner cows are selling upward to
$7.25 and the bulk of the medium to
good butcher cows and heifers from
$8 t.o‘$9.5‘0. ,

Today’s hog receipts 55.000. Market.
opened 10 to 150 highei but closed
with the gain more than lost top of
$17. 65, the highest of the year, was
made Mile the bulk of the matured
hogs sold at $17.25 to $17.50 with

pigs and underweights from $14.25
to $16. 00. ‘ ‘
Combined hog receipts at eleven ‘

markets last week totaled 801,000. be-
ing the largest on record. compared
with the corresponding week in pre-
vious years. Only 638.000 arrived a
Last week’s average weight
of hogs at Chicago was 232 lbs. being
the same as the previous wt :k. 26 lbs.
heavier than a year ago and the heav-
iest in nearly ten years, compared
with the corresponding week in previ-
ous years. Prices closed 60 to 90c
above the pre*‘ious Saturday. with the
best at $17.50. .

,Today’s receipts Of sheep and lambs
were estimated at, 14.000. The market
was helped by light runs all around
the circuit, and by the announcement
from the food administration that
lamb and mutton may be eaten on
meatless days from now up to April
15 in certain states. Lambs 111d 1111-
evenly 25 to 40c highel than the close

\last week and sheep strong.

.Eastern shippers paid up to $17.15
for choice. handy Mexican lambs,
while sheep sold strong. Best fat
ewes were quoted at $13.00 to $13.25,

25 to 50c higher than last week: fat

er than laSt week; bulls of all classes

3 deck of 78 lb. lambs sold up to $17.25.

‘ draggy. Throwouts and heavy lambs

 

East Buffalo,
:Ceipts of cattle Monday, 85 Cars Trade
opened 35 to 501: higher 11 medium
weight and weighty steer catle Which
were in very light supply; butcher
steers and: handy weight‘ steers sold

cows and heifers sold 15 to 25c high-

sold steady; canners and enters were
in light supply, sOld steady; fresh
cows and .springers were in very light
supply, sold at strong last week's pric-
es. Stockers and feeders were in

light supply; hold 25 -to 500. higher .. -

rthan last Week. At the close of. our
market al‘. catle were sold. -
Receipts of cattle Tuesday 5 cars;
market 15 to 25c higher on all grades,
Receipts of hogs Monday totaled 65
double decks or 10400- head, and the
market opened 7561 to $1.00 higher on
pigs and strong to 100 higher on all
other grades with the bulk of the
hogs selling on a basis of $18; 25. The
top of the day was $18. 35 which was
obtained for a shipment of hogs from
Indiana: The hogs averaged 213 lbs.
Pigs sold generally at $18. 00; roughs
$16. 50, stage, $14 to $14. 50
Receipts of hogs Tuesday totaled
1120 head and the market opened 25c
higher with the bulk of: the hogs sell- .
ing at $18.50; pigs, $18.25 to $18.50
roughs, $16.25; stags, $13.50 to $14.50.
The receipts of sheep and lambs on
Monday was called 9,000 head. The
lamb market opened 25c to 50c lower
than Saturday, with best lambs sell-
ing'from $16.75 to $17.00. There was
one bunch sold for $17.15, and one

Heavy lambs were very slow and very

sold at about th esame figures. $15
to $15. 25; yearlings $14 00 to $14. 50;
wethers $13. 00 to $13.25; ewes $11. 50
to_$12.50 as to weight and quality
The receipts of sheep and lambs on
Tuesday was four cars. or .800,head.
Best lambs sold at $17.00, but they
were a little on the weighty order.
Anything 011 the handy order would
have sold about 250 higher.
‘Choice to prime weighty steers, at
$12.75 to $13.50; medium to good
weighty steers, $12.00 to $12.50; Plain
and coarse weighty steers, $10.75 to
$11.25; choice 'to prime handyweight
and medium weight steers, $11.50 to
$12; fair to goOd handy weight and
medium weight steers. $10.75 to $11.25
choice to prime yearlings, $12.00 to
$12.50; fair to good yearlings,‘ $11.75
to $12; medium to good butcher steers
$10 to $10.50; fail to medium butcher
steels. $9 to $9.50; good butchei heif-
ers. $9. 50 to $10; fair to medium heif-~
ers. $8. 50 to $9; good to choice fat
cows, $9 to $9.50; medium to good fat
cows, $8 to $8.50 fair to good med-
ium fat cows.’$7 to $7.50; cuters and
common butcher cows, $6.25 to $6.75,
(Tanners, $5 to $5.75: good to choice
fat bulls. $9.50 to $10.00; medium to
good fat bulls, $8.50 to $9; good weight
sausage bulls. $8 to $8.50; light, and
thin bulls, $6.50 to $7; good to best
stock and feedingstcers, $9 to $9.50;
medium grades of stock and feeding
steers. $8 to $8.50; common to fair
stock and feeding steers $7 to $7. 50;
god to choice fresh cOWq and spring-

e1s, $90 to $120; medium to good
fresh cows and spiingers, $75.00 to
$85.00.

 

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A Form, Home and Market Weekly Owned and Edited in Mum”

SATURDAY, MARCH 2ND, 1918

 

' - EDITOR
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Time to Act

T IS TIME for Uncle Sam to clothe his words

to the farmers with action.

have listened to sage advice from the depart-
ment of agriculture, have taken our orders from
the food administration, and read the President’s
various messages on the farmers’ part inthe great
war, but on the verge of another planting, the sad
truth comes home to us that nothing has been
done to help the farmer increase the production
of food so very badly needed.

The situation is becoming truly alarming. .The
food needs of thenation and Its allies are very

greatly in excess of what present indications re-'

veal of the probable production. Reports received
every week from farmers of this state showapro-
nounced tendency toward a less acreage, owing
to the reasons set forth above, and the situation
is by no means confined to Michigan.

The farmers of the nation are up against some
very real problems which no amount of patriot~
ism can solve. There is a labor shortage. ThouSv
ands of skilled farm hands have been drafted
into the army, and thousands of employing own-
ers have likewise been taken. Against such a
policy as this, the farmer is helpless. He Will not
he cannot, jeopardize the savings of years by
putting in a larger acreage than he can secure
Why Uncle Sam should ask
him .to do this as a matter of patriotism is more
than the average mind Can fathom.

There is a lack of capital. The federal farm
loan banks have gone a long way toward supply—
ing money for 1918 farm operations, but the ma-

chinery of the law is ponderous, and millions of ~

dollars are needed to put the farm factories into
capacity-producing conditions -which the farm
loan banks cannot supply this year.

There are high and constantly rising costs of
farm machinery and raw materials which dis-
courage many and prevent the most from plant-
ing more than their available machinery will
care for.

The problems now confronting the farmers de-
mand the immediate attention of the government,
else the nation will hunger before a second har-
vesting.
desultory policy toward‘the matter of food pro-
duction and the hope of sufficient food to meet
all needs Will be drowned in sighs and regrets.

Action, action. action is the need of the hour.
Vague promises that the government will request
draft boards to be more lenient in granting agri-
cultural exemptions should be followed up by
measures that will absolutely prevent the drafting
of another single farm hand. Farm laborers are

needed in the furrow ten times as badly as they '

are needed in the trenches.

Acknowledgement by the President that the
farmer is being discriminated against in the na-
tion’s price-fixing program helps not at all to buy
feed and equipment As complete a control as is
being exerted over the products of the farm should
be thrown at once about the prices of the raw
material and the machinery of the farm. If the
lack of capital is to result in a decreased acreage
of necessary products, the government should sup-
ply capital and do it quickly in the same manner
as it is supplying capital to needy industrial en-
terprises.

The solution of the problems confronting the

farming business does not lie with the farmer.

The government is the only onerthat can supply
thekey, and if it fails to do so in this hour of

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Another 'sixty days of indecision and '

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war no: is a nuisance his all- fxnominy Hem , ~ ~

be dealt With just as drastically as is

without doing dam gotta national lntmsté in

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would desil with the *“War hogs“ Who infested

Hog] island, and. by means or mailed- pay rollsfi‘x"

and hated estimates utempted
United States government out ‘of‘lieveral millioh

remand than-a '

dollars. The Hog Island. scandal .mvolved many
of the leading financiers of the country, including. fl .

‘ among others Mr. Otto H. Kahn, Newflork banke1-1‘
The Fates surely played “Mr. Kahn an unkind '«
trick when they delayed the: federal investigation -. *‘

into the misuse of U. funds by the Interns:
tional Shipbuilding Co ration, until after Mr
Kahn had presented every dollar in the united

States with a complimentary copy or 'fiTli‘e Myth

of a Rich Man’s Wag.”-

All wars are rich m’ s warm; .It cannot be 0th»
Probably not less: than fifteen million
of the t'Wenty-five million dollars that the gov-
ernment is spendiing on its war pneh.arat0ns ev-
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NOTICE -ro POTATO GROWERS

[All farmers who, are planning to at_-
tend the meeting of the Michigan Pota-
to‘ Growers’ Ass’n at3East Lansing,
'March 7th and 8th, are urged ‘to reach
Lansing on Wednesday toattend a pre-
liminary meeting of growers that Will
be held at the Wentworth Hotel Wed-
nesday evening. This will be an impor-
tant session, and, every grower will be
given an opportunity to, express him-
self on potato grades or :an yother
matter affecting the, potato industry.
Please advise us Whether you can be
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of munitions and supplies of War, industries that
are controlled by probably less than a. hundred
men.

The American people realize the essentiality of
profits on investments of money and labor, and
they rather expect that those who have the money
to finance the manufacture of war supplies will
gradually absorb the nation’s surplus wealth.
That is one of the powers and dangers of un-
controlled capital to which we have become ac-
customed. But when the malefactors of wealth
deliberately conspire to defraud the government
out of vast sums of money derived fromtaxation

‘ upon many of the commodities of life, we some-

times wonder if war is not the rich man’s graft
and the poor man’s burden. -~

Michigan‘s Next Senator

NLESS PRESENT political signs failMich-

igan will not have to go a-begging for a

senator to fill Wm. Alden Smith’s shoes
next fall. There are plenty of aspirants for the
Republican nomination, of varied abilities and
convictions. The list includes such names as
Wm. Alden Smith, Chase S. Osborn, Ex-Governor
Warner, Truman H. Newberry, W. K. Prudden,
Patrick H. Kelly, Lieut-Governor Dickinson, Jos.
Fordney. The first three have already announced
their candidacy;
at the edge of the arena, waiting for their friends
to push them in.

As a general rule, the farmer takes little (ac-.

tive interest in politics, and is frequently too busy

,on election days to take the time to even go to
‘ the polls, let along stepping a rod out of his way

to speak a good word for his choice of the can-
didates: This m not because‘he lacksthe qual-
1ities of. a good citizen, but» because the issues in-
volved do not usually concern his welfare, and it
makes little difference to him whether John Jones
or Bill Smith gets the'nomination or the election.

But this year‘the farmer Will exert a big in-
fluence in the state’s politics and we predict that
his vote will reflect a unity of thought and pur-
pose that will spell success for the man or issue
for which it is cast. ' ~

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the others are scouting about-

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-meeting at aEst Lansing, March
‘ should come prepared to take p

will; endeavor to ru/stify the actioii of the
committee in putting the gradln rules in on
a. foregone conclusign We wil be tom, :10

how Wonderfully satisfactory the grades hovel

been working out in other States; how the” evil

aginary, how “certain agencies“ are whOlly to
blame for the dissatisfaction. that has aroused

‘the farmers almost to the point of rebellion; how‘-

some happy day in the dim, distant future, gradsf
ing Will miraculously solve all the problems oF
the potato. growers.

The speakers at East Lansing may theorize

and justify to- their heart's content We shall sit .
patiently thru it all “and do our host to attune

our humble intellebts With theirs, but after they

are finished reciting their dreams of a. potato

Utopia, we shall want to ask .them a feW ques-
tions along the following lines: ‘ 3'

1. Who first suggested putting gradin‘ rules
in effect after the crop was planted? WHO gave
thrie assent to the proposal?

2. Why were the rules put into compulsory
in Michigan and Wisconsin and not in
certain other states?

3. Why do Maine and New York upgraded po-
tatoes command a higher price on eastern mar-
kets than Michigan grad-ed stock? '

4. Why have potatoes sol-d all winter long in
the cities at $1. 50 to $2 per bushel, While the
average price to the farmer in this state has been
LESS than $1?

When these questions have all been answered
to our satisfaction, we shall then be in- a position
and mood to talk about future plans, but not
before. If the gentlemen Who represent the or«
ganized growers, the food administration, the
agricultural college, the organized shippers, will
show by word of mouth that they are willing to
listen to the arguments of the farmers and ac-
cord their opinions respectful consideration, they
will find the farmers quite willing to reciprocate.
The farmers do not claim to know it all, but

they can cite hard, practical facts from their

own experience on what potato grading has done
to them this year.

If compulsory grading is to continue, the farm-

ers of Michigan ought to have something to say
about the- number of grades and the sizes of the
chains employed to get that grade

If compulsory grading is to continue in Mich-
igan, the farmers are entitled to have some con-
crete assurance that they will be made compul-
sory immediately in EVERY: commercial potato
growing county of the United States.

Here is your opportunity, Mr. Grower, to be
heard on this important subject. Don’ t neglect it.
Come to Lansing with a brick in your glove and
convince the gentlemen from Washington that
you want to have something to say about .how
your product is 3‘"de and marketed. Canvass
your neighbores before you leave so that you may
vote intelligently upon the recommendations that
will be made. ,

Had the farmers of Michigan bebn properly or~
ganized, the potato grading fiasco would never

' . have been perpetrated.

The time has come when every commercialized
potato grower should join the state association
and help to build it into a strong, effective Organ-

cffects of the grading in this state is purely 1m? ‘:

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I gamzation may be perfectly molded, but if it

fails in a crisis, it is worse than declass.
There has been no concrete evidences that Mr.

_.:Ho0ver’s administration of the nation’s food af-

'fairs has brought results. Despite the almost
unlimited control of the machinery of food pr‘o-
ductiOn and distribution that has been placed in
Mr. Hooyer’s hands, the prices on all food com—-
modities to the consumer have steadily advanced;

' there has been an unprecedented shortage of su-

gar; the largest receipts of hogs and cattle in
the history of the stockyards have not prevented
porkless and meatless days; the maximum price
on wheat has failed to_ reduce ”the price of flour;
the licensing of dealers in foodstuffs to prevent
hoarding and profiteering has brought no re-
lief from high priCes and unstablegmarkets
Notwithstanding the seeming failure of Mr.

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con] afford to magnanimously theorize on! how
much worse the situation might have been with-
out Mr. Hoover’s regulating arm, if itonly de-
livered the goods when the first emergency came.

There is an inherent weakness in M1. Hoover’s
organization. Months ago MICHIGAN BUerEss
FARMiNG discovered this defect and latterly oth-
er farm papers and farmers’ organizations have
spotted and exposed it The most important cog
Of Mr Hoover’s machine is missing, and he’ s been
running along for ten months at half efficiency
Without ever [discovering it. Practically every
business, trade and profession which has to do even

'remotely with the distribution of food stuffs is

represented in Mr. Hoover’s organization. with the
single exception of the farming business, the most
important of all the world industries combined.

Buyers, jobbers, transporters, commission a—
gents, wholesalers retailers ,-—every member of
the old school of market manipulators and profit—
eers ,—-are down on the Food Administration at
Washington to pretect the interests of their
constituents and to boss the farmer, but the latter
is unusually conspicuous by his absence. It would
be no more of an economic farce to turn the rail-

. made over to the labor unions than to thus place

the farming‘business within control of commission
merchants and erstwhile speculators.

Food will win the war, providing. first, that it is
produced in sufficient quantities and secondly,
that it is efficiently distributed. In regulating the
production of food, the farmers’ wishes andrights
must, of course, be respected. In distributing this
food from the local dealer thru'the various market--
irrg channels, the wishes and rights of those en-
gaged in those operations must be respected. 70th-
erwise, the government will have to take over the
entire machinery of production and. marketing,
and pay Subsidies therefor as in the case of the
railroads. _ ~ “ 1 '

A crisis is rapidly approaching in the food at—

, fairs of The nation for 110 Other reason than that
' at of the .'

the. producer of fopd has been left
counsels of the nation. antagonized and his nor.
mal efforts at production hampered by price-
fixing regulations, arbitrary grading measures,
conscription of his help, and by soaring cost of
his raw materials. ..
[mentth fortified with the government’s
f n overgproductiOn of potatoes, Mr. Hoov-

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tanner position after these many months

- growers and made them suspicious

to supply Sufficient carE. to m'ove' the

ubt‘erfuge that cannot explain ,. "e
oil‘p'btatoes last fall during the nor- ~

h. before. the government took

.knows it‘ not, yet We are 1 show just causes for complaint on tho part or

_ _, {to prove that Michigan’s potato crop,
fat least ,failed to move to market last fall be-
Cause Mr; Hoover’s aids paralyzed the movement

,by the introduction of obnoXious and injurious

grading rules We h'afife already shown in these
cclumns how the farmers were obliged to get

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9‘“The federal road administration hawhoul- .
,dere‘d the responsibility for the system of
grading which has left unsalable in the

“farmers? cella‘rs more than half of last year ’s
.enormOus potato crop The defense is that
the'food administration wished to improve
the quality of the potatoes reaching market
and give the housewives a better bargain.

Can it notlbe brought _home to the men en-
trusted with the duty, of regulating all kinds '
of production, .in this wartime emergency
that the. crying necessiteright now is not
refinement but output? What we want of
the mine "and shipyards and farms and war ~
contract factories is to produce and pr‘oduce
and produce.

Every obstacle thrust into a stream re-
tards the,flow. Clean out the channels and
let the current run full, free and strong.

Dr. Garfield was put in control of the
fuel production and distribution of ‘ the
country soon after war was declared. It was
at the time when normally the mines would
have been working at the maximum and the
country's coal reserve should have been go:
”"ing forward in preparation for the coming
winter. But instead of forcing increased
production and taking every precaution to
build up a coal reserve. the administration
spent weeks dickering and considering price
fixing. :1: :1: >1: :1: :1:

All nnheeding the bittel lessons ue have
been taught in the matter of fuel. the food
administration is pursuing the same 'meth-
ods. The imposing of the potato grading reg-
ulation is but one example. This is no time
to prove the advantages of marketing only
uniform sizes of po*atoes. Undoubtedly af-
ter the war such a scheme could be worked
out to the advantage of producers. distribu-
tors and consumers, but fumbling with the
experiment at this time can have but one
effect—discouragement to the farmer with
consequent curtailment of production.

The food administration should bend ev-
..ery effort to encourage the greatest possible
output of food and should hamper the pro-
ducers as little as possible. The country is
willing to pay the price; get the food.

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fifty vper cent more for their crop because of the
grading measures than they would have needed
had they been permitted to market their crop
as in former years. Had there been no grades
las fall, the entire crop would have moved stead-
ily marketward before the severe Weather set.
in, city supplies would have been plentiful and
prices reasonable! all winter long. Mr. Hoover’s
plea for increased consumption would have been
heeded, and today there. would be no huge (luau-
tities of stocks frozen in pits and cellars, nor
embittered owners thereof

Last fall, the food administration attempted
to set a price on the governments purchases of
Michigan pea beans, without making a careful
investigation. to ascertain what the grower -real-
1y had to have for his crop to pay him a profit.
It was only after vigdrous opposition from this
publication and other agencies that the food ad?

-ministration delved a little deeper into the situa-

tion and discovered that the majority of Michi-
gan growers would have to- have a much higher
price than the one decided upon, and subsequent-
1y turned elsewheréx for the government’s needs.

But the fear that the government might comman-

' deer Michigan beans at the stipulated price, sent

MAE: this reéult that a much less acre 7"
shed on the coming year.

food admimssratlon showed itself . .
friendly to the farmers’ demands for a.
price and? a: proportionate share of the ,
turers.’ profits. In this. case, the rights
ands _of farmers Were involved as compare
privileges of a score of manufacturers. _
was only after a long and wori'isome 61113:;
the farmens finally succeeded in getting7'p
what they were entitled to, and then not the“
the agency of the national food administ
Numerous other instances might be»;

the farmers, and their disinglination to plant;
mere than a normal acreage, patrlcularlst o
beans and potatoes. . -

It would seem that the» farmers have- enough

problems to solve without being harassed— by ..
senseless regulations imposed by misunderstaud-‘ - 1

ng minds. If food is as necessary to the suCCes
. of the War as the Food Administration claims. it
Would seem that all possible freedom and enéoui“
agement should be given to those engaged in thei
business of producing it.

If this country is to win the war, it must have
food To secure food agriculture must be given
a free rein.
quires a hand and a mind that understand the
ways of agriculture. M1 Hoover’s administration

cannot‘ succeed until he. surrounds himself with,

men who know the needs of the farming bus-
ness, and who, when regulation is necessary will
be qualified to regulate intelligently and Without

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detriment to the business. '

If MI. Hoover would prevent a recurrence of:

certain disasters that beset the farming business
the past year, he should immediately reorganize
the physical make-up of those departments of his
administration which have jurisdiction over food
production. He should ridhimself of every indi-
vidual, no matter how patriotic and willing to
serve, whose previous training naturally handi-
caps him from securing the maximum of results.

Following such a course, Mr. Hoover’s first act
would be to request the resignations,of Messrs.
E. P. Miller and Lou D. Sweet of the potato com-
mittee. Mr. Miller is a potato dealer.
ence on the food administration and his attempts
at regulating potato production aritl‘marketing
have been a constant thorn in the side of the
potato growers of the country. Mr. Sweet calls
himself a farmer. but he is not the kind of a

farmer that dons overalls'and walks the fur—,5

row to help increase the nation‘s food supply. .He,
is a rich ‘man. and as such 'cau’t be expected to
sympathize with the average farmer.

Mr. Hoover should then turn to his bean amd
sugar beet committee and ask for the togas of
every individual who cannot show that his past
experience has <q11ipped him to handle bean and
sugar beet productior problems intelligently and
efficiently.

Every committee of the, food administration
which has authority over production should have
a majority membership of practical farmers. 'The
leading potato-growing slates, Michigan, Wis-
consin, Maine, Minnesofa. New York and Penn-
sylvania should each have a representative on
the potato committee; the states. of Michigan,
New York, Colorado, California. should each have
a representative on the bean" committee; the states

' of Michigan, Colorado, California, Utah. Wisconsin
should each have a representative on the sugar
beet committee, and so on.

If this were done every farmer engaged in the
production of the most important crops w0uld
feel that he had a direct voice in the government's

control of his business and he would proceed more ,

confidently to his task of feeding the nation.
If thisis not' done, food production will lag.

The farmers cannot survive many years like the
Natural difficulties have been

one just passed
multiplied by artificial obstacles placedgin their
way by unthinking, unwise theorists.

of Maine, New York and Michigan who lost hunt

dreds of dollars upon their 1917 potato 'ci‘op deg

clare they will cut their acreage from one- fourth. L .
to one-half; New York and Michigan bean grow-g .
ers say the same thing Another planting timbi.

draws near; if Mr. Hoover wants the farmers of
the above states to produce their nOrmal share
of the nation’s beans and potatoes, he will have to;

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act quickly and give them some concrete assur-

ance that no hindrances will be placed in the way"
of their finding a profitable market.

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flies in a fund to help Some of the poor cusses

winterest ‘ant- taxes. ‘

ment was going to umport several thousand work-
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As the M. B. F‘. .:
" .hasaWay of find-
ing out what it
wants to know
I‘would like to
ask a few ques-
tions that the
puzzling a good '
.mahy farmers.
-Why were the
people of Mich-
"igan advised last
fallby' the auth-

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orities not to
buy coal at the
high price it

was then, as it
:.would be cheap—
,,er,.so they let it
go into ,Cana‘da.
and it Went
steadily higher
,un'til now it is is?
impossible to
get it at’ all? 7.
Why are we
having meatless "
heatless, wheat—
less and almost
*eatless days to
.a xgreater ex-
tent than Can.
ada, who has
been in the war
over two years
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than here and we are
Why are

. we loaning mi‘i‘l" us of dollars to the Allies when

thefarmers of Canada [can hire money at the banks

. for 8 per cent. and before the war it was 2 and 3

per cent less and the farmers of this country have
to pay 12 per cent. Think your correspondent hit
'the nail on the head last week when he said he
thought bankin associations were at the bottom
of a lot of the farmers’ troubles, as all or nearly
all‘, .notes must be met 011 or before Dec. 28. and as
taxes must be paid before Jan. 10 or an extra per-
Every man who handles the
farmers’ stuff lays for him at this-time and prices
drop. And here is another thing,~»why should
the farmer or taxpayer be obliged to pay an extra
percentage when orders drawn on the town are
'due March 1st. For instance, A pays his taxes
Dec. 2 $100 0" December 3 the treasurer depos
its it in the bank. Dec. 4 B hires that same $100
to pay‘his taxes and pays $2. 00 for two months.
A dozen men may hire that same $100 to pay their
taxes and pay the bank $25 in interest before C
can get cash on his road order to pay a note at

this same bank drawing 12 per cent interest, and

nobody has made anything out of it but the bank.
One more, what are the farmers going to do who,
acting on the advise of the men higher up, bought
feed: mills and have been grinding their own corn

meal and feeds to save when the foOd administra-
tor compels you to buy one third corn meal or sub-

§ Suffers More From War Than Canada
Mye been receiving M‘. .B F-. fer some time and
phi gs‘Mite to say that I Consider it the be farm . fed
have ever-read, and 'I have taken fin freed and
average {arfler
s when he cah produce on his farm, and him

        

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‘ n the average agricultural agent Whicn they-
bound to plant in every nounty, and better
if they are made of the seams iinaterialms
institute workers sent out by the Michigan

they are going to

‘3 more than they

. yer-get their money out org—that is What the

4» Weather will permit to grow, ———and aeou-hty agent

:1: .not going to help that any. But I Suppose they 3
millmake a good spoke in the Wheel of the politi-

Might better

who raised potatoes and beans last year pay their 3

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cost the farmer's just .as much to' grow harvest

thresh and deliver» market as the good beans.

fiBeans that make excellent food for his {1035; 'poul-«
'The average pick this year being about
15 pounds this just gives the crevator men one--

try, etc.

fourth of the farmers crops.

When a farmer takes a load «61 beans to the'
131309 the money that Will be used to pay their sal". elevator in this vicinity they take a small sample

. which they roll and pick, pick and roll and then
pick turn them :over and pick again, antil there
is not a bean with a trace 0f blemish in the sample.

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vator for seed that if I were to take them back

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therefore those farmers we ..
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and no farmer should put them .011 #1; market
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bore :19? sized. feed thein‘to ourg stock, sand—d

cream 32 1e islet them
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to go any time, as he is in class .1.
oats on the balahcé of the .12 acres

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for Sale would be picke‘d foiir. or five pen-.nds This From 6 acres of beans I. threshed 30 bushels
alone makes a profit for the elvatorman. 7 “ -and after threshing the straw all over again got
‘35 more bushels.

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Where the farmer gives the elevator men one
quarter of his (rop and pms for him picking
these beans he loses more than $2 00 a bushel.

The government wants the farm- -1s to raise
more beans but 110w long (an the tanner stay
in buSiness at this rate.

Give the farme1 back the (ulls that rightfully
belong to him, and he can and will raise many
a fine, hog to help in this time of need No faim-
er can buy them back at $40 a ton to feed. How
long could the bean jobbers' stay in business at '
this rate. The farmer is patriotic but can not do
business on patriotism alone as the government
seems to expect them. Patriotism hasn’t a par
value to exchange for farm labor. horse feed tools
etc., with which to raise beans

If Mr. Kimball could spend a day or so\ in some
of the Michigan bean elevators lie-would be thor-
oughly convinced that the elevatoi men do not
nee(l.tl ese culls to come out even It matters not
whether it takes three weeks or three months to
pick a car. “Jones pays the freight.”

' I/was in W. J Orr’s elevator in Midland in
January 1917 and saw bags of beans piled to ceil—
ing for seed which were bought around $6. And
you all know W. J. Orr 361d them back to us at
COST, so he had' to keep the culls to swing even.
A good comfortable patriotism to say the least.

When the government rights some of these
wrong practices then the farmers CAN and WIL_L
raise more beans. —0. J. Midland Mich.

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next season. —-
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Discovered: A
Farmer Wh 0
Likes“ Grades.
I hope you
will do all you
can ‘to do—
tect those that
got 11p petitions
to have this po-
-.: tato grading
knocked out. I
have been a po—
tato .farmer for
25 years and I
say no farmer
:_ should sell
seconds. I’ll/tell
you some of the
farmers are an-
gry at. Hoover
because he is
trying to take
the rope away
from them that
they bought on
purpose to hang
themselves .011.
Another year
7_ the y m ight
" have to change
.7. the size of the
screen a little,
but at present
; have it as it is
'2 say I, and l
hope to be rais-
ing potatoes for
,. 25 years more.—
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Thinks Potato Screen ‘Too Large

In regard to potato grades I think the present
grading is unjust to the farmer, as it takes out
the best eating potatoes of the two and leaves them
on the farmer’s hands or cuts off on the price he
receives for the crop and also he suffers a
loss on his crop. We are not Opposed to grading
of potatoes in a fair way, but I think the grade
rule is to large as the No. 2 grade is the best eat—
ing potatoes of the two. If they are,'why should
they be taken out. We are not opposed. to two
grades and would be satisfied with one grade go~
ing over a screen 1 1-2 or 1 5-8 screen. It seems to
me that no buyer would be unwise enough to buy
potatoes that were worthless for the market as
the large ones are more apt to be nearer the top
of the ground than the smaller ones and are more
apt to be frozen which. .'would go over the large
screen and go in with thefirst grade if not taken
out by hand No farmer can kICK if they were

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, thrown out at the statiOn We are not arguing for

a field run of potatoes as seems to be the main
argument on the other side of the. house No
buyer would buy that wav as they are always
sorted at the car before loading. We want a
fair deal, that is all. Your paper is 0. K. The
best one for the farmer I ever read. I am giving
my paper away to 1111 neighbors as fast as I read
itM—R P. Altman , .

  

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11111111 come Tiih W not
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me
rea‘Son is the grading and the tether reason is one
of my boys has gone/to war and another is liable
I will sow »
This will
mean much less work and a mere sure bmp. lit
the Food Administrator will do nothing for the
farmer it will be best for every farmer to follow
the Golden Rufe, “God helps those who help them-

beans this year.

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Plain' Words From a Mason Breeder
~ Have been ré'ading the sample copies of Mien-
IGAN BUSINESS FARMING you have been sending
me. I have taken many different farm papers for
more than thirty years and can truly say I be-
lieve your paper is worth more to the farmer in
general than any publication I have read. The
trouble with the farm papers is that they have
been urging more production with the result that
farmers had to sell the Qruit of their labor at a
very 10w price which was to the detriment of the
farmer, while your paper is“ trying to help the
farmer dispose of his crops at a living profit. If
farmers would adopt the same rule the manufac-
turers do and only manufacture as many goods
as they could dispose of at a reasonable profit, the
whole difl‘iculty would be solved. I as a farmer
want to do my share to help the government win

'this great war, but when the government or any-

one else wants to (and does) run our products
over a screen and take out a lot of our best pro-
duce it is time to call a halt on the grounds of

unfair dealing. Brother farmers run your own’

business. Don’t let any one tell you what to do
as-the other fellow usually has his own interest
in view. Find check for $1.00 for which continue
to send me M. B. F. Yours in the interest of
a square deal for the farmer.—J. B. H.. Mason.
M.‘ chigan.

Asks Government Aid for Farmers

I am writing you a few lines and asking assis-
tance and the co-operation of our Comrade Farin-
ers who are in the western part‘of our state that
have in the past few years sustained such heavy
losses and crop failures, thrOugh frost.

Our condition is now serious.
Last season the U. S. Government
sent out a special request for every
farmer to do his best 'and plant
as large acreage as possible, and
the farmers, loyal to the man; went
in and did their best. Their ef-
fort was lreroic‘ and the task was
arduous, but the bad season came
and when fall and winter set in we
had almost nothing to face one of
the most severe winters that was
ever known in/this country.

‘Now Springis rapidly advancing
and with the advent of spring
comes the request to “Do your
best. raise all you can and help win
the war.” We realize the impera-
tive need of foodstuffs and are wil-
ling to have our meatless and our
wheatless days and make all the
sacrifices that has been asked of
us. But that will be of small avail
if we raise 110 crops, and our imper-
ative need is seed and men t0'go
on to assist us in this our time of
need. The Government has made
billions of dollars of appropriations
for *he army and navy. and hurt-
dreds of millions for the sufferers
of the Ohio flood, and that is all
right. Now why not make a small
application for us faithful farmers
and assist us in buying seed so
that we may plant the necessaryr
crops.‘

Mme than 60 per cent of the
farmers are in need of seed this
spring. Seed is scarce and very
dear-in price and ,lno money to buy
it with. The local banks have
been obliged to suspend all farm
loans and the private concerns can
carry us no longer. and the conse-
quences are there will be hundreds

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After a merchant vessel had been sunk by a torpedo the U-boat, adding heartless cruelty to its cowardly
frightfulness, hurri‘ed away and left three men of the crew swimming in the frigid seas.
these hardy seamen Were kept afloat by their ‘life preservers and the bits of wreckage to which they clung.
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of thousands of acres that cannot planted
without help.

My plan would be to have the U. S. Goveinment
make .an appropriation for us and we will go in
and do our best and next fall send its agents
around to buy our products, take out what the
amount we received and give us the balance
That way they will be able to get millions of dol-
lars worth of foodstuff that will neVer be raised
unless we can get the necessary assistance. for
there are hundreds of farmers who say that they
cannot farm only a little for home consumption.
There is no use of us depending on the Federal
loan business, for they will never get around
in time to be of any use to 11s this season. I
hope that you will consider this matter carefully
and get it before the readers of the M. B. F. and
I have already wrote to our representative in
Congress, Jas. McLaughlin to see what can be
done, for what is done now must be done quickly.
—D, W. R.. Elbcrm.

Will Plant Only for Own Use Next Year

I have just read your paper under date of Jan.
26, and certainly appreciate the interest. you are
taking in what must and does interest every farm—
er in Montcalm county. I anrone of the many
farmers who are being robbed by the potato grad-

ing, or will be when I let go of my crop. I am
grading my potatoes and feeding my stock one
third of my crop. Those 1. am saving are tine

stock.- and it' they grade any out of them as No. 2
I shall feed them; will not sell any of a No. 2
grade and will not plant the coming season only
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The writer has 60 bushels" TO
beans Which all carry mere or 16
dampness.
as M. B .F. described, in the kite

all “in good shape.

others were cared for.

within a radius of 20 miles, that
ripened. Some farmers had
many as 20 acres and they Will not
get paid for their seed. In my

market conditions in better shape

we farmers are up aganst it. I am
pinning my faith to it.
It seems to me that when we

work three months to produce a
bushel of spuds we should get at
least a dollar for them. The mar-
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1918 the farmer should not

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Growers’ Meeting

We notice a call for a meeting of
farmers to be held at Lansing on
the 7th day of May for the farmers or Congress
to lack of invitation for the farmers of farmers'-
clubs throughout the state to attend and partici-
pate in the convention, also that you were seek-
ing to obtain invitation for all farmers to par-
ticipate. We have issued a call for a mass con-
vention of farmers and potato growers of this
county for February 25th to pass resolutions
and send representatives to Lansing. if they will
be admitted. Ninety percent of the farmers in
this county are in hearty accord with the po-
sition you have taken with reference to the po-
tato and bean deal of this state and want to
support you in your efforts to secure a. square
deal for the producer. Kindl_.r let me know if
delegates or representatives will be admitted to
conventionlet me hear from you: E. Burns.

They Feed the Farmers “Baked Beans”

A word about “baked beans.” I took two bags
of beans to our elevator and they took out some
and “baked” them for us. They tested 22 per cent
water, and they offered me 11 cents with 6 pounds
out for water. I loaded my beans and took them
where I got llc straight. My beans were good
seed stock without frost, and they were in the
barn with little rain on them. With the great
shortage of food, I wonder why they can't, bake
those beans in the test. with lard or olive oil in-
stead of black oil, then they could serve baked
beans to the farmers when they have to wait so
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three to four pounds except about}
eight bushels that were too’ green:
and were left in the fielduntil the '
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? 'Ors. Last spring the farmers were induced
15? the promise of a living wage for their products,
0 plant a large acreage, which they did in good
faith. Now where are the farmers? Farther
Elnd than they ever were with paying high

  

double and treble in prite. damage from early
frosts, can scarcely pay for seed planted at pres-
Jent prices Corn crOp almost entiie failure
.Have to buy corn at $4. 00 per cwt., can get only
‘75e per bushel for potatoes that is the large
by the promise of a living wage for their products
-manufacturers are gua1an eed cost of production
with a 10 per cent profit while farmers are guar-
anteed nothing No use totalk to .the farmers
1.' about producing food unless they are guaranteed
1' a living wage.——W. A. 0.. Osceola county.

Where Does the Farmer Come In?

I have been a reader of MICHIGAN anmnss
"FARMING ever since the paper was published, in
fact, one of the first signers but have never writ-
‘ten to pass my opinion on any one of the many
subjects of interest that have been discussed by
our neighbors and friends. but do you know I have
been thinking a whole lot just» the same. Here
we farmers are; they are looking to us for food
and also for our boys to go to the front in France.
__’ But how are we going to make both ends meet

.here which we must if we continue cultivating
our land. Our potatoes are not wanted and we all
thought that. we would get some returns from
what few beans we have. at least. But what do
we come up against? We hand pick our beans
thinking to get, a better price on them. and lo
and behold. when we take them to elevators or
whatever place, of market our beans are not pick-
' ed over properly they tell us. We must let them
take out fifteen or twenty pounds from a bushel
yet. I suppose to help them to pay expenses. Now
what I would like to know is where can we sell
our beans after hand picking them? It seems
like there should be some way to remedy this
for the farmer at least.-(.‘. .11.. Ncsscn (”i/7L

  
  

  

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Smaller Acreage in 1918

Some beans are not all threshed yet. and some
are being threshed with a flail. and we find they
pick‘ away at least o11e~half. There are no dry
"beans to speak of, farmers are not getting enough

to pay them for their work to dry them; they are

r=elling them wet just as they come from the ma-
chine. One neighbor took down sewral bags last
week to see what he could do with them, and after
testing and picking, found he would owe the buyer

70 cents on the hundred. The report from the

thresher would go in as 100 bushels for this man.

The crop around here will be somewhat like this

man's crop. Then there is huckwheat.‘ They pay

us $2.75 per cwt. and we pay them $12 a barrel
for flour. If that is not robbing, what is? Why is
it a food administrator has to be a man who has
. full power over the buying and selling of grains;
he has full power to pay what he wants to and
then he tells us it is the government who author-
izes him to do so? We believe as yet the govern-
ment has had nothing to do with this. There is
no secd corn in this section that we know of and
the farmers will not be able to stand the price
now to put in any for the market. The acreage of
beans also will be small in this section.——L\’. 1%..
Chorlcnoim.

? . Good Words From a Montcalm Subscriber
‘ Am acknowledging receipt of a sample copy of
: your paper and wish to say that it suits me right
down to the. ground

Your aiti<le on the po.1to situation lits the
nail 011 the head squarch on the held as I see it.
Have disposed ot m1 poldii (101) but i info1med
. the dealers lllll th could work that guiding
. stunt on me, this your but they could never again
as I should ncvcr raise another potato for the
market again as long as the present grading
rules were in effect and l wont. And there are
hundreds of others. A111 also very much pleased
with Mr. Lord’s article on the food situation.
It is clear as noonday that unless the govern-
‘ment wakes up very soon and makes some prac-
tical move that there will be a very serious food
shortage another year. Enclosed find check for
$1.00 for a year’s subscription—~14]. L. “7., Mont-
calm county.

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Offers Land for Sheep Grazing Purposes

As I was reading in your paper Febluary the
L. 9th in regard to the rut o—ver lands of Miihigan
“will seen be supporting thousands of sheep to the
-mutual advantage of western sheepmen who con-
template bringing their flocks to the state. Now
‘it seems evident from the progress being made in
negotiations between large land owners and west-
ern wool growers.
' That being the case, I have got several tracts of
land for sale The run from 240 acres to 3-
290 acres, they are all fenced with woven wire
deuce, and they all have good buildings; on them.

  

  

  

  

  

  
 

 

 

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ership of Railroads

I wish to send you my heartiest apprecia-..

tion of your editorial on page 13, edition of
February 9, 1918 of "The Government Contracts
for Fighting Supplies; Why not forFobd Sup~
plies.” Please allow a suggestion.
with the American Farmer for the Nation’s Food
Supply" as subject for debate. Almost every con-
tract, I should say every contract that is signed
up, are done so through a large organization
of industrial plants or direct through Government

controled industries subject to such unions as

A. F. of L. and U. M. of A., the War Industries
Board
unions every day of the year and consequently
the thousand and one organizations that repre-

seni only a small amount of voters such as the

present farmers conference at Urbana, Illinois,
give them no thought. Now I consider that the

voice that these organizations have is so much

in majority over the farmers that this or any
other administration will never look upon the
farmers as having any thing tosay in politics
or contracts for foodstuffs until an organization
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‘THE FARMER IS A SLACKEB (‘2)

The {firmer is a slacker, so not a few have said.

You must so“ more wheat to give the World
mo1e bit‘dd,

And double the potato crop, you‘re raising not
enough

They are the staple food for all;
is the stuff

gj ”You must raise more hogs,

calves and sheep,

But do not eat. them much at home, because

1:; We need the 1111'tt ” “

’1 011 must get up early fiom 1our bed and whack .

the b1ush

: “Put every foot to garden truck, do business

' on the rush." .

Y‘ou re the main stay of mention now and the
big fish in the swim;

You stay at home and grow the “grub’ and we
will certainly win.”

..W’e‘ll hand you out a "big square deal" and
keep you safe from harm.

lf you'll only but work like h—l,
from the farm.

And the seasons peddled,down, as seasons late
years do.

And cut the poor old “slacker's"

Hy Heck! Plumb in two.

E': With bugs and slugs. frost and grubs, Wet

weather and a drought,
it turned his pockets inside out and made him

: down at mouth,

:—: Resides, indeed they helped him and made their

promise tiue,

1 placing :1 grade upon his “spuds”
‘em fell through. ~

\Vct weather in the fall, kept on, until it filled
the. screens.

or nearly every mill, with the
lit-ans, _

They took his boys off to the camp and marched 1;

: ‘em in a row.

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“slacker's” ruined

:; And left the “slacker” and his wife alone, to dig
7' and hoe.
It may be we are “slackers” but it fills us full
of pride.

T 'lo know we send both men and “grub" to stem
1;? the (leiman tide.‘

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grows large enough to elect men to congress.
if there Were three or four million voters in one
of these organizations we, would have no trouble

'in signing contracts with the food administration

As for the Government, taking
over the farn oron a cost plus profit basis, they
are very timit,‘ for first. competition is the life of.
trade. llo away, with it and you have an in-
dustry such as the Standard Oil 0.0., but put
the same under government ownership and watch
it die. Take for instance. our present R. R.
system where in the, world will you find an in-
dustry that has always been under government
control, thrive to give the public the advantages
of competition that our R. R. has. Take, the
German or any other government R. R. owner~
ship and you will not ride in the nice and 11p-to-
date cars of our private owned railroads.

There is no use saying“Well. I will quit farm-
ing and that will make it better for the rest,

at Washington.

but lo on comes another poor fool that is will-

ing to lose big savings and be sold out» by the
government crop reports, etc.”—G. L. B.. (*hcs-
(thing.

What of the Swine?

The high price of feed is having its effect. It
it impossible to procure feed that will allow the
swine raiser to get out even to say the least ‘01
a profit. The government regulations on bran
and middlings avail us nothing, as. quotations
of the jobbers remain about the same as before
the regulation went in eflect. Millers say they
dare not charge more than $27 50 for bran and

,$35 for middlings, but you can not buy it from

t.hem The jobbers quote $42 and $45 respec—
tively. The effect will be realized when it is too
late, as the number of brood sows has decreaSed
to about one~eighth in number, as in normal times.
If we must have regulations give us something
that will stimulate production—E. R. S. 1

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has to listen to some branch ofCthesev-

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no benefit or effect. But now it appears that

somebody wants to be credited with some kind

bf patriotism ,’ ' 1
Well. now as far as the farmers are concerned,
it doesn’t make much difference to them, Whether
Mr. Cook or Mr.. Prescott gets the glory. 'lhe
sugar companies, thru their very able managers
and thru their great and powerful twfanizations
surely have been doing their level best in the
past to keep the price of beets down no mat—
ter at whose expense. On theother hand the farm-
ers have been trying to get a reasonable compen-
The farm.
ers not being as well’ organized as the sugar com,-
panies did not have a goodbargain, but they did
not have as good a chance to drive a good bar-
gain, .but they did the best they could. Some un<

seen pressure besides patriotism must have been

the means by which an agreement Was reached.
Patriotism that takes so hard coaxing to bring
out as this agreement had is not worth calling
patriotism. That term should
connection with such a transaction where one
side are the sugar cOmpanies who have been
positively declaring that they would give no more
that they would, shut .down thein plants first, rate.
On the other hand the farmers declared themselves
that they would not ra’se any beets unless they
got a certain price per ton. It has apparently
been just a matter of business.) If the sugar c0111
panies were not sure of their profit, they would
not contract norta'ke any chances. The farmer
on the other hand is» never sure and hardly ever
makes any profits. He has the elements, weeds.
insects, climatic. conditions, yea, multitudes of

things to contend with, which at any time may_

take profits, labor, overhead expense, interest
on capital invested, and all, and he' had reached
the point, where he either must stop or have more
assurance of being‘able to make both ends meet.
And so, therefore. he demanded a reasonable price
for his production where under ordinary circum-

,stances, he might be able to figure out a reason-

able profit for his efforts.
not live from patriotism.

It takes something substantial to sustain life.

Now, in my judgment the contract is. 111: right
yet. It is not based upon supply and demand,
which is very apparent by its terms. The sugar
companies are talking about a sliding scale, etc.
That is just a one-sided sli‘de. A very good one to
get trified upon. If sugar went up one dollar per
hundred. the.sugar companies would get $250,

HE" knew that he could

.or thereabouts,‘ more out of the sugar produced

from a ton of beets, and then of course they would
be good enough to give the farmer $1.00 out or"
that. Thatwould seem- real good on their part
and of course would be‘very profitable, and sure-
ly it ought to satisfy the grOWer. Looking at it
from another angle, in case sugar should go down
below the present price (which there is no danger
of) then the companies would be‘ the loosers un-
der the present contract. It does seem as the

-a. better feeling could be brought about between

the companies and the growerss'by co-operating.
This sort of dealing is not productive of good
fellowship, neither the farmers onethe companies
can relish the idea of having been beaten to it.

Neither is it productive of good business prin-- ‘

ciples. The sugar beet. companies are’doing their
business in a business like manner, and know exi-
actly at the end of each season’s run what, it has
cost, them to manufacture the sugar. The. farmer

_ as an average on the other band, do not exactly

know neither can they make any accurate cal—
culations before hand. They simply have to take.
chances. From all information which has been
gathered it would seem that the farmers ought
to get a 50-50 divy out of the'actual and final
value of the manufactured product.
seem to be a better slide. than the .one sided prono-
sition referred to, and it -would be in line with
the old established rule of isupply and demand.
I am not writing this for the purpose of criti-
cizing anyone in particular, nor to pat anyone on
the back, for the part they have taken. It was
simply and purely a business proposition. I do
believe "that the people in the cities as well as the
farmers, should know more about how the busi-
ness is done, and then let them be the judges
I want to repeat that part of Mr. Wallace’s ar-
ticle where he states that Mr. Perscott, has prom-
ised himuthat he would lend his aid to see that
sugar is not manufactured at a loss. Based on
this assurance and taking intoconsideration, the
requirements of our people as well as our Allies,
the manufacturers take no chances (in a $10 per
ton contract.
Patriotism and Prescott did the job.
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the part of the Sugar Company in Which the tarni—
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UTILIZING «PASTURES, SOIL-
ING CROPS AND SILAGE
Farmers who have, geod pastures

should plan to make the best possible
use of them during the‘coming year.

At present prices for feeds, seeds and.

labor it is deubtful in one could find
more profit- in plowing up- pasture
land’ and depending more upon green
soiling and silage crops for feeding
the cows during the grazing season.
The fact that soiling and silage crops

yield more food mutriments to the acre;

is not sufficient reason for breaking
up a productive pasture.

While pasture, grasses may not yield
as much fecd tO'tihe acre as corn, clov-
er, alfalfa and small grains, yet a
fairly good pasture possesses many
-characteristics which may make it
of service, aside from the actual yield
of food. It is essential to the proper
growth and development of young
stock. , Heifers at pasture are under
the very best conditions to insure
good health and vitality. Tuberculo~
sis and contagious abortion are prac-
tically unheard of among heifers in
the open. Assisted with a little grain
feed, the best cows are produced on
grass. Pasture land solves the labor
problem so far as land used is con-
cerned, and the same may be said of
the whole farm where considerable
of the land is used for grazing. The
actual cost of production is very low
after a start has been made. It only
requires a little weeding, seeding and
fertilizing to keep up a good pasture.

In deciding how much land to use
for pasture one must be governed by
the size of the farm, value of the land
for crop growing, size of the dairy
herd and the general surroundings
It may be that some of the land is too
rough 01 sloping to be used for culti-
vated crops; or the fields are so situat-
ed or of such shape that theylcannot
he used economically for other farm
rrops If this is so then the land
(an be used to better advantage for
pasture than for anything else oil
such farms it will usually pay to de-
pend upon pastures to furnish a large
part of the summer feed for the cows.

In feeding soiling crops to dairy
cows it is necessary to feed consid—
erable grain feed to counteract the
laxative tendency of the immature
plants and enable the cows to obtain
the food nutrients therein. The cow
that has an abundance of good grass
requires no grain feed to give a profit-
able flow of milk. This is a decid-
ed advantage. and one that should
not be overlooked in figuring the net
profits from the two systems of feed-
ing. Then the cutting, haulinig and
feeding of soiling crops requires a lot
of extra time and labor that might
be utilized profitably at other work
on the farm There is also much loss
if feeding the soiling crops before
they are sufficiently matured and after
they are overripe.

Even though one has good pasture
the soiling problem should not be en-
tirély overlooked. Every argument
that can be advanced for putting up
feed for winter will apply with al-
most equal force to providing feed to
supplement pastures during periods
of dry weather Pastures will carry
more stock during the spring and au-
tumn months than during the sum<

mer, so that in order» to derive max-

imum benefit from the pasture lands’

it is imperative that some sort of feed
be grown for use during this period
of shortage _

Among the quick- growing soiling
crops especially adapted to feeding
cowsthat are producing a full flow
of milkoats and peas, mixed, stand at
the Aheaduof the list. . Sow two bushels
of cats and one of Canadian field peas
to the acre and plan the sowings so
that the season for feeding may be ex-
tended for a few weeks. All of the
crop not needed to supplement the pas-
tures may be cut for winter feeding.
. Properly managed oats and peas can
be fed successfully for several weeks
until the corn is fit for feeding. In
feeding green com to dairy cows ex-
cellent reshlts may be secured by
running it through a cutting machine
and feeding a little dry grain with
it. The .feed may be still further im-
proved if greenyalfalfa is cut and fed
with the corn. .80 efficient is this
mixture that many dairy farmers say
that if they could have it throughout
the grazing season they would plow
up their pasture lands. .

The dairy farmer who~can make the
investment will find a small silo filled
with corn the most satisfactory means
of providing green feed to carry his
cows over periods of drouth. This

practice not only saves time and lab-

or in putting in small patches of soil-
ing crops, but it makes it possible to
utilize all of the cultivated land for
growing standard field crops and does

1 not interfere with the rotations and

general management of the farm.

It means a big saving in labor when
all other kinds of soiling crops may be
dispensed with and all the feed raised
from one planting preserved in the si-
lo. The whole crop may be cut at
just the right stage of maturity, when
the greatest amount of nutrient. can be
secured in the best conditions for feed-
ing. This plan also avoids the possi-
bility of the soiling crops failing at
the time drouth happens to effect, the
pasture grasses. During an especial-
ly dry season when pastures need to
be supplemented most, soiling crops
are usually making slow growth. Sil-
age, on the other hand, when once
made may be fed and will. remain in
the best condition just as long as
needed. When pasture again supplies
enough feed what is left in the silo
may be covered over so that there will
be very little waste. It is very im«
portant to have a silo of small diame~
ter for summer feeding. For a herd
of from 20 to 30 cows 21 silo 12 ft. 1n
diameter is ideal for summer feeding.

On farms in close proximity to
large cities and where the milk sells
at special prices it will pay to practice
a system of soiling and silage feed-
ing during the summer. Such a sys-
tem requires large, dry yardS, com-
fortable barns and a greater invest—

ment in equipment than is necessary_

on the farm Where the COWS are out in
the pastures during the summer
months. It can be made to pay only
when one has plenty of cheap labor,
a good market for the milk, and where
a large number of cows are kept for
strictly milk-producing purposes. Un—
der such 00nditions a soiling and sil—
agesystem without pastures may be
worked out to an advantage—W. Mil-
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I read this issue of M. B F. and
think every farmer should have it and
leal it all ——Herman Bosack, Wexford
county

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I enjoy your paper very much and get

more benefit from it than any other pap-
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Like the paper very much—Anderson
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We liked the copies you send Very much.
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Having received a. few sample copies
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, HAVE‘been reading tlhe'letters in the'M. B. F.
‘ with‘ much interest and‘ meanwhile within
-, ,me has been growing the desire ”to speak a
‘ words thru yourfiolumns too, and to rid my
system of this desire I must go back to the.orig-

‘ ‘ finial subject, of whether or not a contented heart

an be cultivated. . .

‘Away back in the days of yore I was called upon
to face the question of whether or not I could
settle myself down to what I called the “hum-
drum’f} life of the farm. 1 had lived in the city and
I had lived on the farm, and I feared if on the
farm I might look back over the bridge of yester-
day and long for the gay pleasures which only the
cities can afford, to the extent .that I would be
very unhappy. I must confess that the first few
weeks of my married life were woefully disap-
pointing to me, for I had not yet learned that I
must not expect everything and everybody to be
conformed to my ideas, and my husband must have
been as “woefully disappointed” as I for in my
unhappy frame of mind I must have been any-
thing but a pleasant companion. I blamed every-
one but myself and it never occurred to me that
I might be at fault. My husband possessed a
better understanding of life than I and only
showed me kindness and consideration. With
exceeding patience and kind thought on his part
and a litle effort on mine, he piloted me over the
rough way and now our home is a regular little
paradise where happiness reigns supreme.
must all tread the pathway of life and we all
have our trials and burdens to bear, but we need
not let them blind us to the real joy of living.
No one can Cross over to the sunny side of life
for us; that we must do ourselves. We can ac-
cept God’s many blessings as a matter of course
and grumble at the difficulties, or we can accept
the difiiculties as a matter of course, and render
deep and heartfelt thanks to God for his blessings.

It all depends upon our viewpoint. A kind act,
a kind word, a smile for the weary one, the touch
of a gentle hand helps to sooth away the sorrow
of a breaking heart. All these things bring their
own rich reward. We may all radiate love and
sunshine about us if we will, and the magnetism
of our love is sure to bring many within its circle
whose hearts in turn will glow and send rays of
sunshine and kindness across our pathway. and
there will be no room for the seeds of discontent
to spring up and grow. But if we will persist in
sitting in the shadow of dissatisfaction, keeping
company with the might-have-beens and their
clique we may rest assured that the atmosphere
about us will be so dense and chilly that but few
rays of real happiness will be able to penetrate,
and whose fault will it be? I believe with a few
very rare exceptions, our happiness depends large-
ly if not wholly upon ourselves.——-A Mother.

Unhappy Farm Wives an Exception

HAVE been reading, with much interest,

the letters of city girls who have married

farmers. Perhaps the interest is due to the
fact that I am also a city girl and married to a
farmer.

In this day and age of the world it is inconceiv-
able to me how one can call living in the country
as being next to living in prison. With telep-
hones, autos, mail delivery and one’s choice of
good magazines to read in my opinion it is noth-
in-g like the wilderness or prison.

I was born and lived in a large city for nine
years, after which I moved to the country with
my parents. Shortly after, both my parents died,
and having relatives in the city and country I
lived alternately in both places. Alt'ho I always
felt more at home in town. Event-
ually I married a farmer. We have
been happy ever since. (8 years.)
Have one little bOy whom we idol-
ize, and at no time have I ever re-
proached myself for marrying as
I did. In fact I feel very proud to
know that a good clean country
boy thot enough of me to propose
marriage. And please do not think
I like country life best, because I
most. certainly do not. One of my
greatest wishes has always been
to move back to the city some day,
but as I know this is impossible, I
try to make my home as pleasant
as I can. My husband would not
live in town if he were worth a

 

married, I do not intend to make
his life miserable by continually
telling him of the good times I
used to have in the city.

While I should not care to know
\the type of person that Mrs. L. ap-
pears to be, still I am sorry for
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pier had she married a city man. I’m quite sure
she wouldn't-have been, but am equally as sure
that Mr. L. would have been. And let’s all pity

'the poor old lady who listened to Mrs..L.’s views

for ten years. I dornot wish to be sarcastic, but
it doesn’t seem quite right to blame everyone‘else
but ourselves. , .

In closing I wishio say that I have an ideal
husband, not boasting, you know. 'And now, Dear
Mrs. Stark, I’m afraid you are tired of reading so
long a letter. And- don‘~’t you really believe that
the unhappy city wives of farmers are exceptions
rather than the rule?—Mrs.‘ B. - .

God’s Country SecondIOnly to Heaven

HAVE been so interested in the letters you'

have been printing, together with your own
talks on “contentment, depending upon our-
selves.” There are some who seem to be sure that
contentment can be cultivated; simply bcause
they have overcome some small,

Floodtide

HERE’S been a flood at home, and
Gee! ‘ .

It makes a heap of difference to nie.

’Oause the trains ain’t runnin’ and there
ain’t no mail,

And the wires are down on account of
the gale

And I can’t call up or telegraph,

And I’m so doggone blue I’ve forgotten
how to luff!

There’s been a flood at home. and say!
‘ I wish instead of March the first that it

was May. -

Why, the river’s just as high as you.

I can shut my eyes and see it too,

And the little brown house where my folks
live at

Is about washed under, I’ll bet my hat!

There’s been a flood at home, and say,

I wish the doggone water would dry
away!

’Oause the rural mail is all held in,

And my ma’s worryin’ just like sin.

An’ my lctter’s stuck, in the mud, I’ll bet,

An’ I’m waitin’ for a letter from my ma
yet!

There's been a flood at home, and Gee!

It makes a heap of difference to me!

The mailman comes and the mailman goes,

An’ I ain’t got no letter ’cause the river
rose,

And life isn’t worth a fine-tooth comb

then I don’t get a letter from the folks
at home!

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whim. Mrs. A., for instance, who overcame her
aversion to farm life thru perseverance. But
she admits she has an ideal husband, and one
need only to read her letter to know that her live
reigns in their home. But now I tell you as I did
once before, that perfect contentment cannot be
found without love, and even that must not be
one-sided. Mrs. Stark, *in your little poem, “The
Little House Where Love Lives," you explain per—
fectly the key to contentment. Anyone who can
read these verses with any small degree of un-
derstanding can easily see that it isn’t the place
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Two pairs of twins! Mr. and Mrs. Roy Decker of Augusta send us this
picture of their twin children, Lawrence an
“This is the second pair of twin colts,” writes Mr. Decker.

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surropndings, that count. It is thespirit of loves

Nothing else matters where love reign‘s.

, “Ah love, thou are like a, dizziness, that would

not let “a: poor body go on about his business.”
That is what happens when love “goes astray, 01‘,

where low is not; there is sure to. be meanness

‘and dismntent . Of‘ course I admit this discontent

can be strangled to a certain degree, but it surely
does take the perfect love of two hearts to‘ banis
all discontent and bring perfect peace. ’
.But for my part I can’t understand how anyone
could despise the farm .or country life in any
form. God’s country is second _only to heaven. In
the country, on the farms, God makes himself
manifest to us in so many ways.
so helpless without him, when we depend upon the
farm for our livelihood. We plant the tiny dor-
mant seeds, it is God who makes them sprout and
nourishes them from planting time to maturity.
Then we have so many natural beauties, and God
sent gifts to make us glad and happy. A field of
daisies for instance;~ or a living, growing carpet
of green spoted with yellow dandelions. Then
every growing thing is beautiful. And the birds
come by hundreds and sin-g at our very doors. On
our farm we have a flowing well that has been
on duty more than twenty—three years. It never

crests and never gets weary. The falling water. is

music to my ears. And the brooks and rivers and

‘ trees. I love to walk miles over the country roads.

Oh the city, with its noise and hustle and sin!
With its manimade most everything, except the
air, and even that is filled with the foul germs and
gasses of the hustling, maddening ,people and
works. There are thousands who (like it, but
never, never do I want a home in the city. Even
when I am laid away in my final rest I hope it will
be far from the noise of a city, under some trees,
near some running water.~—Mrs. G. 0.

Unhappiness an Exception
RS. B ASKS: “Don’t you really believe
that the unhappy city wives are eXceptions
rather than the rule?” ' '

From a perusal of the letters I receive on this
subject, I certainly do believe mat unhappiness
is an exception: Almost every one of the city girls
who have married faimers, and have written, us,
are happy wives.

“A Mother” strikes a great truth when she
says: “We can accept God’s many blessings as
a matter of course and grumble at the difficulties,
or we can accept the difficulties as a matter of
course and render deep and heartfelt thanks to
God for his blessings.”

Mrs. G. C. says, “Love is the key to content-
ment.” I think love in ts broadest sense is the
key to happiness. But that doesn’t necessarily
confine itself to the love of a man alone. There are
many kinds of love which are satisfying and hap-
piness-bringing; the love of the mother for her
child; the love of the child for the mother, and
the great divine love, which, if we understand it,
makes us love everything good and beautiful in
the world. “Love is a dizziness that would not
let a ppor body go on about his business,” quotes
Mrs. C. But love is more than that. Love is a
great, wonderfully understanding friendship,
which grows with companionship and service. We
love our babies so much because of their help-
lessness. We are obliged to do for them, to serve
them, to carry them about, to feed them. It is
these hundreds of little daily services which en-
dear them to us. And in our love for our hus—
bands, there is a great deal of the
material. We love to keep their
clothes in order, to cook the things
they like, to serve them, and it is
for their helpfulness in so many
things, and their dependence upon
us that we love them most.

I read once: “Marriage is the
most satisfactory form of unhappi-
ness there is.” It certainly is the
happiest life; and I often think the
women who complain about it, and
criticise tl-eir husbands, and whine
and knock and worry pretty little
heads, are finding expression for
their meanness which they would
not find in any other state, and
are happiest when they are unhap-
py, because they so thoroughly,en—
joy complaining and fussing and
worrying. They wouldn’t be con-
tented doing anything else.

Well, we’ve all had a good little
gossip this week around the kitch-
en flre. Let’s draw our rockers to-
gether next week again, and have
a real visity time! ‘

Write Anne Campbell Stark,
MICHIGAN BUSINEss FARMING, Mt.
Clemens, Michigan.

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may be finished with or Without the
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No. 8537—Children’s Dress— cut in
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find that there was an'error made in
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' absolutely twists my meaning, for the
benefit of those who are following up,

this series of letters about the city
girl marrying the farmer, I am going
to correct it. The article says, “I
have neverseen serene faced old ladies
whose lives have been filled with toil
and trouble, who have absolutely sac-
rificed themselves to their families

often needlessly, I admit, who seemed _

to have found the hidden springs of
contentment and peace.” ’ The word
“never” should be eliminated, as it
is plain that I mean “I have seen se—
rene faced old ladies, etc.” We have
all seen them, haven’t we, proving in
their beautiful, contented old faces
that service to others; and thinking of
others, brings the rewardof a happy
old age?——Anne Campbell Stark.

I will do everything I can to help your
I have per-
suaded a great many to take the M B F.
and now they are glad they did. It helps
every farmer in Michigan who reads 1.1——
George Harris Saginaw county. .

Like our paper very much. could not
get along without it. Will get more sub-
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esame. rat-ion; It is

the indlv‘idual appetites of his; birds

Even if” it’were possible the value of“

the individual lien and her product

would be so small that it would not.

be profitable The nearest that one
can come" in a practical way to ap-

prommatmg the feed requirements. of
the indiwdual hen is to breed the"

flock so unifdrm that there will be
'only a slight Variatioil in the food re-.
quirements among the individuals in

the flockf .
' -Chick’s hatched from eggs laid by‘
yearling hens will posseSs more vital. "

..ity than chicks hatched frolm eggs
laid by pullets. It is always desirable
to breed from those. birds that are the
best layers, or the offspring of good
layers, so as tolimprove the laying
qualities of the flock generally. With
the farm fleck where one usually has
insufficient time to trap-nest the hens
it is quite possible to tell which are
the better layers from their appear
ance alone} Hence she is active in her
movements. and bright in appearance.
She will be of good size for her breed,
possessing a rather long .body, a very
broad back, a large crop and legs set
well apart. ~ She will have an erect
carriag'e, bright eyes, a good-sized
comb that is bright red, and a clean-
cut, vigorous appearance. Such birds
will usually be found to be the best
layers in the flock, and when mated
with an active male' from'a line of
breeding possessing good laying qual-

ities. the offspring will not only main-

tain 11nifo1mitv and vigo1 so highly
essential in profitable and large egg
production, but will invariably in-

" crease an already good egg yield.

The easiest and cheapest means of
improving the farm flock is through
the use of standard bred males'from
any of the common breeds adapted to.
farm conditions. If this practice is
carried on from year to year, the same.
breed of males being used, the farm
flock will rapidly take 011 the uniform-
ity of the breed represented by the
males. Always select pure-bred males
from some flock that has been bred
along utility lines and be sure that
they come from hens that have made
good records as egg producers. Never
use any of the homebred male birds

\ for matingr with the breeding pens.’

To get a maximum percentage of
fertile eggs it is best to keep the male
birds away from the females until
about two weeks before the eggs are
to be saved for hatching. This Will
give the male bird more vitality and
he will be more attentive to the hens
when they. run together. This means
a greater number of strongly fertiliz-
ed eggs. As a rule good results will
be had by putting from 16¢ to 20 hens
in a breeding pen and using two
males, allowing them to run with the
hens on alternate days.

Good feeding is essential to success
in .‘securing fertile eggs and strong,
vigorous chicks. Though no forced

. feeding should be practiced, the breed—

ing birds need some meat food and a
limited quantity of ground bone. The
best way to feed these two materials
is to give the birds a liberal supply
of dried beef scraps. Plenty of green
bone should also be given the hens.

Sprouted oats, steamed alfalfa and.
vegetables are used with good 1esults. .,

Afe’w hours time. devoted to choose
ing'the birds for breeding pens, in
cleaning up the pens and looking af-
ter the special care of the birds “and
feeding them properly will give sur-
prising results {11 a maximum yield

' of fertile eggs that will hatch strong

chicks Of a- quality which will improve
the flock. —-Lester J. Meredith, Howell
Michigan r

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GRADING RULES NOT EN:
FORCED IN .MADISON CO.

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.this law. is utifair at any rate, as it

will only) tend to increase the cost of
production. It is instituted only by
thegovernment, (in the belief that 1this
potato surplus was extremely large.
audit was supposed that by fixing the
minimum size that the balance would
be fed up to stock, however, when

spring comes it will undoubtedly prove

that our suppOsed sulplus will prove
to be a shortage, and the grading rule
will be discarded unless indeed the
Gov rnment wants to work unneces-
sary hardships‘on the producer as Well
as on the ultimate consumer.

It will be at .least one month and
perhaps more bef01e potatoes can
start to move safely in this state, and
until then .very little can be said as

”to (the disposition that will be taken

regarding the grading rules. So far
jobbers and dealers seem to ignore
this and make no mention of grades
in quotations or otherwise.

In a later letter I will go over the bean
situation as well as planting prospects
for the present year—I”. Sandaggc").

AMONG THE BREEDERS '

By W. MILTON KELLY, Field Editor

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J. Carl Jewett, the well known U. .l. C.
breeder of Mason, Mich., writes that he
has some especially choice fall pigs and
young boars lit for service. These pigs
will be priced ri‘ght‘.‘

.lohn W. Snyder has some excellent
llampshire boars and bred gilts for sale.
This popular breed of swine are unex-
celled for their quality of carcass, good
brooding qualities and 1111 round utility.

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(1. Lemon of Dexter, Mich, the veteran
Shiopshne bieedcr, writes that M. B. F.
is pxoving a good tladc gettci fox him.
(lood sheep adveitised in a good farm
and live stock paper are sure to 111111 a
1eady 111a1ket in Michigan \11'. Lemen
has good sheep and 110m his lette1 he must
think that M B F is a pr'ett_V good
paper to advertise them in. We will haVe
more to say about Mr. Lemen‘s sheep in
a future issue. ' '

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{obert R. Pointer & Son, of Dearborn,
Michigan, always have something of in-
terest to offer those wishing Holstein cat-
tle. The Pointers have three 1111c farms
and judging from the quality of the an—
imals they have purchased at recent sales
they are going after the best. Visitors
are always welcome at the l’ointer farms:

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Mr. D. I). Aitken, of Flint, Michigan.
president of the Holstein—Friesian Asso-
ciation of America, is strong for yearly
production records. From a study of
the breeding of his herd sires he is prac-
ticing what he is advising others to do.
So long as dairy farmers depend upon
their Cows for their income if is. plain to
see that yearly production records should
measure the value of the cow.

it ill

McPherson Farm (30., of Howell, Mich,

‘has two young bulls fit for service that

will tic-priced right. ’This farm recently
receiyed word that the carload of cattle
sol‘d to representative of the Dallas, Tex—
as Chamber of Commerce arrived in fine
condition and were atracting a lot of at-

.tention among. the farmers and business
men 46f that localitye These gentlemen.

were very much pleased 'with the treat-
ment they received in Michigan and Will
1et11r_n for. more cattle in the near future.

SALE DATES CLAIMED—1

Howell Consignment Ce. Holstein-
Eriesian Cattle. Apr'1126._,~Howell Mich.

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/ . “ I had some of the milk skimmed by our New Galloway Sanitary Cream Separa-
‘ / tor tested by our State Farm Bureau man am he found only .01 of l per cent
7 , / butter-fat in the skim milk." —0. R. MCCOMBS. New Castle, Pa.
" I like your separator just fine. I think it is as cod as they
can be. If I were to buy another sexarator I won d not We .'
any but a Galloway. ”— OSCAR . VICK, Calmar, Iowa.

WM. GALLOWAY. Pres.

’ Wm. Galloway (o. 5-.

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4147 Galloway Station. WATERLOO‘, IOWA

y 19118 Catalog. Find

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[6 ll. P.
. Portable or
. '- , Stationary
0 use a I " I '

Galloway New llo. 8 low Down -
-- M..- S . Let the Galloway Engine take the
H DI cad“. :... manpower that is scarce and high priced. It
ere are some n tures that make m is the one real substitute and it Will save you

mone in the bargain. A Galloway engine is onerof the
n draft: most 3brofitable implements you can own. Every day of
; Spreads f
et these Gall rom' four to
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lace of

k,-rain or shine, sweltering or zero'weather, it's on

' I ' , tthydfii’rom morning until nightandit’s reliable. steady and

oway dependable for outside or inelde work. I can save you big

Will Day on. money on my engines because I sell them direct to you
V straight from my factory. Here are Galloway s

.. lalesl Engine ‘liiim'ovemcnls

First—av Galloway engine is a real farm engine,
designed 811ml“. for farm work. I make them slow speed
because that's the way to get the great power needed for
tough farm jobs. All parts are perfectly balanced, stand-

“ ardized and interchangeable. Runs at uniform speed.
Starts easy. No cranking. Has valvesrm-head like Auto-
mobile Engines. Make and break ignition. Special mag-
neto produces hot spark. Requires no batteries. Fool.-
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,. _, . . ‘ hg ea.
» breeding pure bred live stock de-
« pends in a large measure, upon the a-
bill”? of the breeder to sell his stock
at a renumerative price. Many of
the best animals sell for much less~
" than. their actual value simply be-
cause their breeders are ”not first--
,class salesmen. Some of the most
prominent money-makers in the trade
hays never become prominent as con-
structive breeders. Men are very
‘ scarce who have achieved the two fold
success as breeders and salesmen.
A good salesman does not allow his
commercial cleverness to dull his mo-
ral sense and sell inferior animals
"far above their real worth, tho-ugh
this may frequently result through
no studied effort of his own. “While
the experienced breeder often recog-
nizes at once an. inflated price for an
inferior animal or a low price for
an animal of outstanding eXcellence—
still the intrinsic value of breeding
stock is, always has been, and always
will be, more or less intangible. The
most prescient of the prophets are at
sea when they are asked the. value
of a young breeding animal. In fact,
there is no way of telling when a sell-
er is obtaining an inflated price for
the best class of breeding stock. How-
ever, on the other hand, there are,
many grades of inferiority and also
of superiority, and'when these are
multiuplied it is evident that unless
the animal is a real scrub'or an un-
mistakable winner there can be no
set standard which can be used in‘
making an estimate of its actual worth.
One thing is certain, more pure bred
live stock is sold below than above
its actual value. The fact that spec-
ulators can buy animals for low pric-
es from breeders is very strong evi-
dence that times what they paid the
breeders is Very strong evidence that
they possess better ability as salesmen
than the men who bred the animals.
Only a few breeders are natural
salesmen, but every man can gain .a
knowledge of selling stock that will
prove of incalculable value to his
business. Any man can sell good
stock for absurdly low prices, but it
requires an intelligent man who is a

 

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up rec'oIdH. Sill? reIeIIt 5
her owners, A. W. Morris & Home,
IIII test.
of butter out of 729.1 lbs.
the yearly test she is on.

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of milk yielding 118903 lbs. 01
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four years 1031,0903 lbs.
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dropped her sixth
gave such promise. of another 511((l‘rifil'lll lactation period 1111112111 of her that
\\ oodlund.
him come through with u ne“
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\‘i'ith this record she is the twentv- fifth “-10- lb. "
\lI-urtrn has to her credit the production of 30, 451. 4 lbs.
butter in 505
78 lbs. of milk; in three \I'urs she produced 86, 678 lbs.
of I ilk and in live. years she has». produced 133,351
of butter.
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a used in compil‘é
ing catalogs and writing his advertis-
ing matter, in correspondence, and in
talking the business face to face with
'buyers You should make a Study of
the art of selling your stock. Make
a close. study of each. letter you re-

ceive and of each visitor to your-

farm. You will find that fully as much
of your success will depend upon your
ability to obtain a good price for
your animals as it.will upon your
ability to produce them.

Human nature is largely the same
wherever we find it and in no matter
What line of business We are engaged.

If. something is bought and good
money paid for it and it fails to turn
out as'the buyer had figured it would,
then he is dissatisfied. This dissatis-
faction takes various forms with var-
ious men. Some lose their reason en-
tirely and demand damages beyond all
‘reason. Otlhers get dissatisfied and
leave everything to the, breeder to ad-
just. Then again, there are many
who merely want what is coming to
them and are willing to adjust their
troubles in a quiet way and on an
equitable basis. Some buyers seem

“ to be looking for trouble and are al-

ways claiming large damages if they
do not get something for nothing. To
protect himself from such buyers the
breeder should fortify himself in case
buyers attempt to impose upon him
conditions which were not contem-
plated when the original deal was
made. It is one thing to be seeking
a good bargain, but quite another to
be seeking one with the aid of ques-
tionable methods.

The mail order method is probably
the best way of disposing of young
breeding animals. It requires . per-
sistent advertising and careful re-
plies to all inquiries. A careful study
of the different farm and live stock
papers circulating in the territory
in which you desire to make your sales

(Continued on page 221

SALE DATES CLAIMED

Co. Holstein-
llowcll, Mich.

Consignment
April 2 6,.

Howell
Friesian Cattle.

Sales (TI),
10. How-

(Jounty Breeders'
(‘a it lc. Ma y

Livingston
Holstein-Fricsian
(-11 ~ Michigan.

...l.‘l.£{¢,l. iI'!.'il'_'

old tricks
heifer and

is again at her
I-',IIlt II

Alcartru,

California, decided to put li’l‘

mark for seven days \\ 1th 40 56 lbs

(1115's.. III two years she pro-

of milk- in

She is the champion long distance
three months and

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ROBT. R POINTER & SON

Breeders of

Registered Holstein-Friesian Cattle

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

,Stock for sale at all times.
for some :01 the best, see us.

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diatom—Up to 14 lines or one inch
for .less than 13 insertions’ under this
heading, fifteen cents per line. Title die—
Dlayod .to best advantage. Send in copy
and we will quote rates. For larger ads
or, for ads term: 13 issues or more we
make specialrates which will cheerfully

' be sent on“ application to the Advertising

Dept, 110 Fort 612.. Detroit.

CATTLE

“TOP-NOTCH” HOLSTElNS

“Milk production in an inherited ability. Good cows
must be bred to good pure- -bred balls 1! progress in dairy-
ing is to be made.'

 

 

Extract U. 8. Dept. of Agric. Bulletin.

Buythil young buyll and give your milk and butter pro-

duction a us.’h

King Colantha DeOakdnle, 1915

His Sire’ a 3 nearest Butter 30.87
Dams average Milk

Butter
{hulk

No 182837, Born Nov. 4
7 days
7 days
7 days

His Dam's Dani’s 7 days

Record Butter :10 Iinys

Milk 30 duyl
(She heads one of the ten only combinations of three
direct generations of thirty pound cows.) ..
His dnm'a record at 3 your {gutter 7 ‘1‘”
Milk 7 day!
Hi: the neuron dams average Butter 7 day:
Milk 7 days

(Including 2---3 and l---4 1-2 yr. old.)
Idenlly'mnrked, about half and half. Price $250.

McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.

E. L. SALISBURY

SHEPHERD. MlCH.
Breeder of purebred
Holstein-Friesian Cattle
Younlg bulls for sale from A. R.
O. COWS with creditable records.

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FOR SALE A Reg. Jersey Bull 10' mo. .
old. Dam is an imported?»

Daughter of Noble of Oakland Price. '

$90 0.0 Tosch Bros, Capac, Michigan.

OLSTEIN r‘nlrisgaN bA'r

Howbet‘t Maplecrest Jetske,

dam 30 lbs. full sister with
butter, semi-ofi’icial, dam of
lbs. butter from 452.6 lbs. milk in
seven days. Well marked; born Jan.
12. ’17. Price $75.00 F. O. B. Bull calf
born Jan. 9, ’18 from untested dam
lrice $50 00. Howhert Stock Farm, Eau
Claire, Michigan.

' S e 's
1200 lbs.’
calf 20

 

THE WILDWOOD JERSEY FARM
Breeder: of Jersey cattle strong in the blood of Royal
Majesty. We have stock for sale from R. of M. dams
and sire. Herd regularly tested fer tuberculosis.
Herd nvo. profit per year $100 over cost. of feed. The
kind that pays. We invite inspection. Satisfaction
guaranteed. ALVIN BALDlIlN. (‘ apac, Mich. phone
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HORSES

ER(:IIEIH).\' S'l‘ALLIONS, one 3 years

old, (ll‘l\':‘ll 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.

SHETLAND PONlE For Sale Write

for description &
prices.

 

Mark B. Curdy, Howell, Mich.

0R SALE—Percheron Stallion, black,
No. 121705, foaled June 23, 1915; No.
131951, fouled June 20, 1916. J. F. Glady,
R. 7, Vassar. Mich. .

()ne 2—year-old Black Per-
cheron Stallion, weighing
1800 lbs. also our aged
Stallion lngomar 3,0047 that has been at
the be: 111 of our stud for 10 years. M. A.
3'1ayldst.,Chas.Biay,\1gr..].ansing,Mich

 

“"OLVERINE STOCK FARM

FOR SALE, a. beautifully mark—
ed bull calf, born Aug. 3, 1917. Sire
Judge Walker Pieterje whose first
five dams are 30 pound cows, his
dam a, 24 pound 3 year—old grand—
daughter of King of the Pontiacs.
and second (lam a 26 pound cow
This calf will please you.

Price, $200.

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Route 2, Battle Creek,

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READ WHAT MR. HOOVER SAYS
"\Ve have a very good lot of you or: bulls coming on
that will be. fit for service in n few weeks. These bulls
are sons of hIIiIv' II w Colontha ling Apple 141,297," so“
of the great ling \pplc KoIndykc 8t1.l ”

We always ban a number of choice females from
which to make your Selt‘L Lions. 1 ho) ore ull IlnuglIII-rs
anlO pound bulls. the only kind we use (It Rosco/owl
Form." ROSEWOOD STOCK 1“.»\ RM. Howell, Mlt‘lI.

 

 

 

 

250 STEERS FOR SALE
()nes. twos, threes, Herefords, Angus
and Shorthorns. 600 to 1200 lbs. (‘boiI-e
quality sorted to size. :1gc and breed, In
car lots. Write your wants. C. F. Hall.
lI‘aiI'field, lowu.

HATCH HERD HOLSTEINS

\‘I'SILANTI We have been “breeding
Up" for the past eleven
years. l’ontiac l{l)l‘li(l}'l(l‘
and King lx'm'ndyke SnIlIII
service. Select your next

.\lI(‘lll(i.\N

Yale bulls in
sire now.

For Sale, Registered Holstein Bull

10 months old whose sister is champion _
\I.-old of the state {Ix-,ord 20 month __
313 lbs. butter in 7 Ii: 1. $110 :1 Son I.I‘
l’ontiau l')e NijlandI-r. {ccord 35.13 butv
ter in 7 (la. Dani’s record as 1’.—y1'.—olIi Bl
lbs. butter in 7 (1:1. l’I‘icc, $10000. 1.. I'
lx’etzler, (‘loyer Dairy Farm. li‘lint. Mich”.
OLS’I‘EIN (‘OW 8 yrs. old, due to fresh—

en in April. is right in many way.
.-\.R,I). 18.113, (lam 211.28, 12ml dam 217R.
A. l“. Loomis, ()wosr-‘o, Michigan. '

HAT DO YOU “'AN’I‘? 1 represent 41

Shortliorn breeders. (‘1111 put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. lullrz
all ages. Some females. (“2 W. (‘I‘Illll,
Secretary (‘cntral Michigan SlIoI'tlIIII-n
ASsociation, McHI'iIlcs. Michigan.

 

 

tegIstI-I'cd Holstein»-

Fer saleBulls ready for F(‘l‘\'lCI‘,

and bull calves from .10

lbs, bull and A. R. O. dams; also t‘cmzilcs
of all ages.

VVIII. I'lI'ilfin,

FOR SAL

dam as a 3 yr.

Howell, Mich, R. No. 5.
One 11 mos. old g'l‘uIIIlsIIn
of Royal Majesty \\'lIIISe
old produch 4100.21 lbs. of
buttcr in 1 yr. Solid color. 14‘i1~:t (‘lll'I'i(
of $00 takes him. Registered. trans-
ferred and delivered to any point in
Michigan. Fred A. Brennan, (‘npmg MIMI.

 

CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK

Percherons--Colonel 104833, a grand—
son of Morse and Olbert: a great
grandson of Besigue and Calypso. at
head of stud. Holsteins-—Seniot‘ Sire.
son of Pontiac Aaggic Korndyke and :1
28.22 pound (lam. Aberdeen—Angus—
Senior‘Sire. Black l‘lill‘l of VVoodlnwn
152209. A Blackbird. Hhropshires—A.
small but choice flock. large. and wool—
ed from nose to toes. IIIIrous—AJl‘he
large, prolillc money—making kind.‘ It
in need of a first-class Siren write me.
DORR D. BUELL. Elmira, Mich. R. l.

 

 

 

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, Superior Farm

” HOGS

POLAND CHINAS Bred
sows fall pigs, either sex,
at reasonable price 15‘. R. Leonard, St.
Louis, Mich, it. No. 3 __

BRED GILTS
\Vm. B. No. 470-10.
I \I) 18575 Sire of 1st

111-111 :11 Iowa State Fair

Longfellow
prize young
Fall I Igs and

To

('.\l{l. .H’HVET'l‘, Allison, li‘IiclI.

ISOAICH
John, W.

ll .\ ."Ii i‘h'll lltl‘l
for sale.
Johns. Mich

19(11.‘ '1‘ ERIC!)
and bred gilts
S‘Iu'IlIII'. it 1.. St.

"(DAMS und $0115 of fine
quality. l'I'ices reasonable.
lircgi tIrcIl fut. :1nIl will ship C. (1.1). Floyd

Bani. tcr Springpmt Mich. ‘
for service; also {all pIgs

0 I. C. either sex; sired by lst

pIize ycmling boar Mich. State Fair 1017
(‘lovcr l11'21f Stock Farm, Monroe, Mich.
ll. NI) 1.

Choice. young boars ready

SHEEP

A limited number of
bred ewes : bred
right! Prices right! A son of Tanner's
Royal in service. ll. lI‘. Mouser. Ithaca,
Michigan.

DELIVERY 50 legister-
cIl Sluop lI'IIc YcuI'liIIg~ owes and 30
itcu‘iSiI‘I‘I‘ll YI-zn'ling‘ Hams of I-xtra qual—
ity and brooding. lv‘lIII-k established 1890.
llcxlel‘. Michigan.

1‘, l.I-Iucn,
POULTRY
WE HAVE THEM

W Leghorns; 'l‘rupncstcd stock.
l’ullcts, (Tockerels and Fucks. Will
lukc orders for hatching eggs now. We
also have good :tccrl beans. \VI‘ite us.
llill Crest Poultry lI‘aI‘III. Ypsilanti, Mich.

OR. \lGl'h 'l‘

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S. I‘

\Ybite Leghorns —

Ferris
Poultry, .1." a
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FOR SALE—S. (‘.
Year (IlIl liens, Pullers, (‘oI'keI'e-ls,
Strain. $1.50 Each. Russell
Ranch, l‘etcrsburg‘, Michigon.

. /
VVymA
(lotts, ti o 0 (1
winter layers,
\hlb“ IIIoIII. Eggs after
.100 and $500 per 15.
Send for muting list

I'lymoulh Michigan.

“'11 ite

llll’l lit foI
.\l:1IIh l-II. $200
$800 lH‘l' 100.

1‘, \V. Honeywell.

CHICKS

testimonials. stamp
llaII'lII-I'y, Box

any

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We ship thousands
I-III-h wnsou. different
\':II'iclios_ booklct and
:1 IIIII'I-cizltefl. F Ieeport
lk‘I-o port. Michigan.

 

A RR [1.1) [{(H‘ K ( 0(‘ K I“ Ii!) 1. H for breed-
ing purposes ”101}; good 1:1ycr:<. $3.00 .
each. Write P. R l..o\vm:m Pigeon. Mich.

ARRED ROCK COUKEKELS for sale,

$2.00 to $500 each for strain with
records to 290 eggs a year. Circular Free.
Find Astling "onstantine. Mich

BARRED ROCK

 

(‘ OCKII EELS from
Prize \‘V' Inning Stock
Thompson strain. $3 and $4. Yearling"
breeding hens, $2. Well Barred Sam
Stadel. Chelsea. Michigan

 

OHN’S BIG BEAUTIFI'L BARRED

Rocks are hen hatched and sold on 8.9- .
proval $3 to $10 (each. 1 male and 4 fol;
males: $12. 00 (‘ndd Iavers. . Circulars
Photos John Northon. Clare, Michigam'gx“:

 


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[ISCull‘ Beans

.. $20.00 per acre;

' "mbh and honest.
w 3385.!) letter.

‘zlieVea rupture will be
sent on 619.]. No ob-
* noxious springs or pads.
Has automatic Air
CushiOns. Binds and
. draws the broken parts
together as you would a
broken limb. o salves.
No lies. Durable. cheap.
Sent on trial to prove it.
Protected by U. 5. pets
ents. Catalogue and meas-

ure blanks mailed free. Send
name and address today.

A‘fiébnbomum State Street,MmlmIl. Mich.

 

 

, Elegant quality—absolutely dry
and free from stone-.5. Cull beans
are a wonderful feed for hogs, cat-
.,,_,tleland sheep. ‘ .
.;; You can produce a pound of,
pork cheaper on cull beans than
. Many oth ‘ feed.
' 'Protein 22 to 26%.

‘Price $57.00 ton, sacks included,
uv-v'delivered any Michigan points.

' ’ GOODELLS ELEVATOR (‘0.,
Goodeiis, ltIlch.

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“rows s'rnk'r Van'sv ‘ l.\' (‘01.!)

" WEATHER if you use our 1918 carbur-

*etor. 34 miles per gallon guaranlccd.
One-third more power. Use cheapest gas-
oline or one-half kerosene Quickly starts
cold motor even at zero and moves right
off with full power. No spitting or pop-

. ping. Slow speed on high. Fits exactly.
Attach it yourself. 30 off list where no
agent. Big profits selling our goods. We
fit all motors. Write for 30 day trial of-

fer and money back guarantee. The Air-
"Frlction Carburetor Company. Mad—
ison St.. Dayton. Ohio.

‘WOODLAND FARM

offers 1500 bushels of choice wor-
thy oats for spring seeding. Bright,
clean and heavy, treated for smut
last year.

Our price $1.25 per bu., reclean-
:ed, F ().B. Howell.

Bags extra. Write
.Frnnk E. Meyer, K. ’7, Howell, Mich.

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' Cmoperative Buying Feed. cm...
Saves Money. De‘m'ed Mm quot-mom

iurn'slied.

g-G‘RAIN cnowens GRAIN c0. Minneapolis, Minn
FARMER NOW IS THE TIME to buy

.. . your Seed Corn and Beans
.vghile it can be gotten. No. 1 Seed Tested
to "grow. Send 3 cent stamp for prices.
"ionia, Mich, R. No. 5. Box No. 127.

.JSENATOR DUNLAP STRAWBERRY

v-PLANTS, money makers. Propogating
rows trimmed; 1.000 for $2.25.: 500 for
$1.25. J. E. Hampton, Bangor. Michigan.
FOR SALE FRANCIS Fall - bearing
’ Strawberry plants $1.50 In 1'
100: $10.00 per 1,000. \V. F. 'l‘indall.
Boyne City, Mich.

‘ SEED, 100 per
'i: . and

purity. Sample
price on request.
:Mayer's Plant Mich.
“‘ 0RD used tires, special sale $3, $4, $5;
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Nursery. Merrill.
we do vulcanizing. West 2380. .1
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Rates:—-.\d\'crtisemcnts classified un—
‘dcr this heading, with the first three
«words displayed in ho'd fare type at thfl‘e
'cents per word. (‘ount initials and tig—
Wires as words and remit with copy want—
“'edI to the Advertising Dept, “0 Fort St,
'"Detroit, Mich.

‘SMALL STOCK FARM for sale, 80
. acres; between 60 and 65 acres improv-
"-.d; all fenced with wow-n wire with liarl)
g m top: No. 1 barn with green pine
""frame >10x00 ft., 18 ft. post basement un-
"der the whole barn; 3 cement lloors and
stables, corn crib and pig pen with ('e-
ment floors, tool house, sheep shed; good
fair house; small orchard; good water;
-mail route by the house; school house
'on the opposite corner. Anyone inter—

":ested write to owncr, Geo. H. Swaflicld, _

1" Sterling. Mich.

-vFOR SALE—160 acres of very fertile
virgin land on a good road near a thriv-
ing Village; good markets. school and
churches; one mile to railroad siding;
80 acres could very easily be. cleared for
spring crops; this ml with a very little
improvement will ( uble in value; price,
will take a small pay~
.Iment down; good reasons for selling.

F. W MACKRINDER, Mikado, Alcona
County, Michigan.

WANTED—Single man by the. month
or year, not in the draft; must be relia-
State wages, etc.. in
A good home and surround-

ings. ~‘J. Lee Strachan, Ionia. Michigan

SEED CORN—Golden Orange Flint. $5

Ited'cob. $4 bu. Grain Ensilage,
..:$3.60;. Order early. ‘ Sample for stamp.
IEHarry Vail, Warwick. Orange Co.,.N Y.
H ' "vTED.:.—-Bos“toréw0rk. on farm at

Orla "Eager, ".Howell, ‘ Mich. ,

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‘." . ‘ Nut]? ‘”\. If I;
MONROE (west; (intrans—aWe sure

having warmer .weather and ‘we-l’siire ap-_
precxate it. The snow is almost gonejand '

the high water has vanished w.th‘very
little damage. The farmers are” curing

H. L., Dundee, Feb. 25,.

ARENAC (East)—~—Monday was awarm
day, Tuesday it rained. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday were snorting 0016
days close to the 30 below mark. Re—
ports are that hay, straw and fodder
are scarce causing considerable loSs in
live stock. Prices are very dull and
this county has witnessed, the coldest
and closest year in many years. $10
beets for 1918. We need it. Few barns
are beingsplanned for thé summer.—M.
B. B., Twining, February 23.

M‘ONTCALM (Souhwest)—Farmers are
busy cutting and hauling wood as no coal
can be bought. Many are drawing corn
out of the field to feed to stock. The
corn is frozen very hard but it relieves
the shortage of other feeds. _A large
amount of potatoes are being drawn and
stored at the warehouses at Millers, but
no potatoes are being bought on account
of the shortage of cars. Not many are
buying ‘or selling farms in this part of
the county except Mr. G. Miller of
lreefiiville to Mr. .Leach of Shiloh. also
Mr. J. Miller of Greenville to Mr. C. Fag-
erlin of Sheridan,‘ who recently lived on
a rented farm.—W. L., Greenville, Feb—
ruary 22. '

GRAND TRAY ERSE (North)—Not
much to do. Some are putting ‘up ice. cut-
ting Wood and odd jobs. The weather
is better. What potatoes are out in pits
are badly frozen some will be a total
loss. Price is $1.00 per hundred lbs.
it seems as though they should be worth
more when they are $2.15 in Detroit.
They will take. them here run over a 1
3-4 inch screen—A. H., Acme, Feb. 23.

VAN BUREN (East Central)v—-Grape
trimming is the order of the day in this
section. The weather is bright but cold.
Ground is generally bare with ice in low
places. The roads are very bad so noth—
ing is being marketed to any extent,
causing hay and grain to be very' scarce.
Some farms changing hau(ls.~—V. '1‘. G.,
Mattawan, Feb. 22.

GLADWIN (Soutlnvest)——'[‘he rain Of
last week took away most of the snow
and left the road and fields a sheet of
ice. Some farmers are selling their beans
as the price is a little better, $7.35. Many
farmers are signing up for sugar beets
and with/a good season we expect a
bumper crop as a large .acreage will be
sown. (.‘ome on, Brother Farmer, do your
bit. We have some encouragement With
the price, let‘s Show Uncle Sam we can
do our part now. About 50 per cent of
the potatoes are in the hands of the
farmers, but many are in bad shape from
the frost. as most cellars froze this win-
ter—V. V. K., Beaverton. Feb. 25.

ARENAC (Northeast)-——Farmers anx—
iously waiting for Spring weather. Was
much warmer with rain the 12th. Farm—
ers much opposed to 'potato grading.

wood and getting ready for spring work._ ,February. 23‘

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not doing much around here. at. piesent,
cutting wood and "discuSSln the war‘and
how they are going' to grase more food
stuffs with less help than they have had.

The weather has warmed up some again"

and we hope‘ the ice will g6 01'! the wheat
before it kills; it all. The farmers are
not selling much of anythingaround here

now for everything is pretty well sold off

except feed and some" farmers are 'short
,of feed. I don’t think the farmer's will

do much building this spring. They .teel

they had better wait and see how the
war comes out—F. H., Kalamazoo, E‘eb-
ruary 25.

CLARE (North)-—_—Farmers are making
plans
——D B.,-Lake, Feb.'23. . .

HURON '(West (Johann—Some poto-
toes have been frozen in cellars. Farmers
are buying young stock to put on pas-
ture in the spring. They are going to
cut— out bean farmlngand raise hay and
corn for stocks—G- 'W Elkton, Feb. 22.

CASS (South)-——We are still having cold
weather, but the snow. isabout all gone
excepting a few large drifts which look
like they might last until June. Not
much farm produce moving, in fact there
is not much in farmers’ hands to sell but
pot es . t more than 25 per cent of
tin ' op - but on the market last fall,
owing to the late date farmers were able
to get them dug and also to the dissatis-
faction brought about by the grading.
This is the largest potato producing town-
ship in Cass county. Attended an auc-
tion sale on’the 21st where oats brought
$1 pg- by. and mammoth clover hay $36.50
per ton. Many are having a. hard time
to find good seed corn for the coming
spring—M. R. P., Dowagiac. Feb. 22.-

.IACKSON (South)—Warm weather'is
melting the snow which has made the
roads impassable for weeks. and mail
carriers are now going over their routes
again daily. Good 'hay is selling from
$20 to $22. Beans that were wet are in
bad condition—G. 8., Hanover, Feb. 255.

OCEANA (North)—Some few farmers
are moving beans, those who have been
lucky enough to get their beans dry. Not
many potatoes are being moved yet on
account of the cold weather. Some ”of
our farmers are talking of raising sor-
ghUm this coming summer. While some
others are talking spring wheat for the
coming summer.'——W. W. A., Crystal Val—
ley, Feb. 22. .. ~

BENZIE (Southwest) — Farmers are
getting up wood and ice. Beans moving
quite freely at $11.20 per cwt. Some
farmers have lost all their potatoes 'by
the cold weather. A meeting was held
at Beulah on Feb. 25 to protest against
the present grading system of potatoes.
The call was signed by the sheriff. the
probate judge, lawyers and business men

for spring work and getting Wood.

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.6,an persist, in lane ring . _ '1” M '
canidfi; .nothtnqibnt .110 flown“ , ‘
and govto,” -, '

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working attheir Wood these day-.1. M ‘tbe . .
most of the anew in Bone tromthe woods /”.

and fields. are bare only tor an ice um U,“

isrtrozen and is bad for wheatand .
There is some wheat to be --

gut: nethlvend in“: ’33 (So-09’ ‘
eng ppe n y . . s. .,
corn vests ordered early in the winter.

--Most‘ of the hogs are going to market very

light. Farmers are g their need
corn wherever they can, and it is .‘Very
high 4n price, some paying $9.00 per bu.
for same. Seed barley is high romg'at
$2.55, at sales. Sheep selling as high as
$26 and $27 a head—E; B. 11., Athens.
Feb. '23. . - * , r“-

LAPEEB (Cancun—Not far. from, a.
hundred new cars pass here every day,‘

being driven to eastern points. ,Farmers
are getting ready for sugar and

,making preparations for the coming “’

spring work. Wheat and-rye W to
be very small as the snow goes on: The
outlook is good for a large acreage of cats
but acreage of potatoes and beans Will
be small. 'Clover seed scarce—E. R. 8..
Lapeer, Feb. 2 . - —

LAPEEB (South)——Our snow is nearly
gone and water is very high. Farmers are
hauling manure and all seem to have the
spring fever. Not .very much produce
moving. No stock or hogs being fed in
this section because of the— lack of feed.
Dealers have been getting some feed, such~
as m-lddlings, bran, corn and dairy ra- ~
Hons. They are asking $50 for middlings
$2.00 for corn and $40 to $44 for bran.
Some cottonseed meal can be bought now
at from $55 to $60 per ton. Corn being
so high in price and so hard to get: bar-
ley being worth $3.00 per cwt. and mid-
dlings $50 to $52, it puts the farmers in
this section outtof business as far as
the feeding of hogs is concerned—0 E
P., Lapeer Feb. 23.

TUSt‘OLA f(Central)“——-Farmers are
buzzing wood for summer. There is not
much moving as the farmers can not get
onto the roads. Some are buying hay
and straw to feed. Lots of horses are
dying around here. Farmers are not
going to put in as large an acreage of
potatoes here this spring as they cannot
grow they at a profit under the present
grading system.——R. B. C., Caro. Feb._22.

SAGINAW (Northwest)—Man.v farm-
ers are working in the woods. Wheat is
looking green where snow has disappear-

ed but much of the ground is now cov-

ered with ice. Farm help promises to be
very scarce here this year. Potatoes tak-
en out of the pits have been found to be
damaged by the frost.——M. G., Hem-
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,d‘o‘in‘g ‘ pheroma'cutting ~ wood; 'looking at
~' iseedjcatalo'is and-malgmg-thelr plans for
‘ ' rm. ghl « ations point- to a
;. largegacreage offs " . beets at $1.0:a ton.
. .01"coursewhenaum‘» cotnpames gave/in;
' to'fhe farmersiitustto be patriotic. but it
is probable that" their loss: will not _»be as
green as' that of many beet raisers 1n the
p st.'two 'years.f-..Qr'ganization. is abso-
’ ‘iu eiy necessary now if the farmers want
a square deal...because nearly all the man- .
ufacturers and dealers are“ organized.
.‘The farmers are fortunate to have such
leaders as Mr. Ketcham and Mr. Slocum
and should stand. by them.—M. Sp G.,
Hemlock, Feb. Mi. .

MANISTEE (Northwest)——Farmers are.
taking things easy, doing shores and get-
ting out wood. Some are' hand picking
their b'eans; Others are \feeding them. to
.stock. We don’t hear much about pota-

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ALLEGEN. (Southeast)~—Veryv cold at
present with no snow on the ground ex-
cept on the roads which‘a‘re‘ now. covered
with ice’, but no sleighing. ery hard

, on wheat. lots of it'being cOvered- with

lea.- There? are perhaps 2,000 bushels of
otatoes- ins. this ‘ vicinity and the Writer
eels safe in saying that 4010 50 per cent
bf them are frozen in ‘pits. Very few
were» marketed last fall.

CALHOUN (“men—Weather is \very
Changeable. The farmers are getting up
wood and breaking out the roads since the
last snow storm. The snow is so hard that
they drive over the snow banks with a
team and wagon. The spring auction
sales are just commencing, one in this
part of the county next week.-——V. H. J.,
Battle Creek, Feb. 22.

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MIDLANB‘ (Econ—Farmers are busy
doing: chores and getting up wood. Oats
and beans are, moving to market quite
freely. A. few auction sales are being
held. ‘All stock except horses are selling
very high. Horses seem! to be a drug on
the market. All feed is selling high and
hard to get at any pride. A number of
farmers arecomplaining about their beans
commencing to spoil during the past few
(lirafis (1)1; soft weather.—-—F. A. L.. Coleman,

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GRATIOT (East)——Lots of auctions
are being held around here; some are
occasioned by the shortage of help. All
kinds of stuff is selling high. — .l. W.,
North Star, Feb. 18.

HURON' (“’ecst)—We are having mild
weather this week. Some grain has been
going to market and some of our farmer
boys are going to wan—G. W.. Elkton.
Feb.

ich they receii‘Ve

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‘ fl ' o “of bea‘ns' . . ev
and.» the following: day took, another ‘

to: another elevator. «rHea receivedmm

than- two dollars more at one elevatorjfof
the same“ beans than he did at the othe .

inquire if this is patriotism.‘_
A few potatoes are moving now. and .a. ;
few beans are going to mark‘et..—-—G. ATP-n ._ .

Charlevoix, Feb. 15. *

HURON (“'est)—The warm spe'lll Hist?

exposing the wheat fields again. ,
are a good many auction sales With . the<
prices good. Ten dollar beets means a.

good many more acres in this locality-.;.~‘i—'_—

A. F. C.. Pigeon, Feb. 16. . ~.

MONROE (W'csl; Central)——The~cold hit.
gone for the present. Wheat is looking
fair at present... The corn .is not much
better than it was last fall. Some of the
farmers are thinking of buying tractors
to help out with the spring work. Help
is almost impossible in Fict- W. H. L..
Dundee, Feb. 19

“’EXFORD (Central)HThe weather is
favorable for the movement of potatoes
but there is nothing doing in the market—
ing lino—A., A. ll., Boon. Feb. lS.

 

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nothing doing here. The farmers are
'commen'ing to feed .them. There are
lots of fagrmers hunting seed corn but 'I
do not hear‘of any hunting seed beans or
otatocs. 1 think there will be more
ucumbers and‘less beans raised in this
section this year. As for potatoes there
will be less acreage if for no other reason
than scarcity of help and the high price
of labor. Some are talking of leaving the
farm. saying that this last fear has
swamped them.——-—C. H. 8., Bear Lake,
Feb. 17. .

GENESEE(S)——Farmers are working
up wood. hand-picking their beans and
doing ~the ordinary work that is supposed
to be done on the farms at this time.
Sorting potatoes and testing seed corn;
also planning out the year’s crops. The
_weather has been very chan’gei’ul, some 4
days it was 'warm and rainy and the snow

. went away quite fast; then other days " ' ,

it would freeze solid again. This alter- . Don t Pa A
nate freezing and thawing saved some ‘ " g y
quite serious floods in this section. The “ “:7
ground is now bare and fall sown crops . '
are in poor shape. Farmers are beginning
to sell spuds and they are moving more
lively—47. S., Fenton, Feb. '21.

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IONIA (Northeastern)—~The weather
is moderating somewhat. The snow is
about all gone from the fields but con-

siderable ice still remains which is bad N
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BAY (Southeast)—Snow reduced to
ire. roads very bad. Farmers are not
doing much. All kinds of feed is high
and will be scarce it this cold weather
keeps on. This is about the best paper
for the farmers because it is truly a farm
paper. 1 wish some of' our good com-
posers would get some of their letters
published in other papers too. The farmers
have been contracting quite freely for
sugar beets since they got the offer of
$10.00 a ton—J. C. A., Munger. Feb. 21. I .
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cutting wod and drawing stalks. Weath-
.cr is fairly good but cold- winds. They
are not selling much, and are holding
nothing for higher prices. Farmers are
buying seed corn and clover seed. Most
every farmer has tested his seed corn and
not much is good, it won’t test over 40
per cent. One farmer had one thousand
bushels of old corn and he sold it for $2
for :35 lbs. It did not last over a week.—
11. ll. Carleton, Feb. 23.

CLINTON (Northeast)—Farmers are
not doing much on account of bad roads.
Just milking their cows and holding their
beans for a better price. A good many
beans are of not very good quality—the
farmers turned them so often and fast
owing to such a bad fall that they have
not yet got out of the sweat. There are
not enough potatoes in this vicinity for
market and I feel safe in_saying that
nearly every cellar has frozen a good
many of those—J. S. M.,

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OAKLAND (North)——Not much doing
here but chores and cutting wood. Roads
arc in bad condition on account of ice.
.\ good many potatoes have been sold,
most of them for a dollar a bushel. ' A
lot of potatoes to go to market yet. A
big crop here and very good quality. The
year before we had a very small crop
and not good quality. A good many pota-
toes are frozen. We have sold most of
them I should think, one-half.-——-E. F.,
Plarkston, Feb. 22. .

MECOSTA (Southeast)—Very much
warmer here today and raining. A few
potatoes are being sold at $1 cwt. Potato
acreage will surely be cut considerably
‘in this vicinity; also beans. For my own
part I shall not raiise a bean as they are
too risky. I will plant ten acres of pota-
toes if they change the grading rules, if
not I think about two will be my limit.
The farmers who listened to the county \
agent and plowed up their meadows for
beans and potatoes are now paying $30
a ton for hay. Why should the govern-
ment be storing so much hay with the
new crop only three months away?—~F.
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BAY (East)——Farmers are contracting
beet acreage on the $10 per to ‘basis,
and in all probability the acreage will
.be large.“ More grain is being sold than
in the past. The farmers are feeding the
corn in the stalks as when warm weather
comes it: will spoil as it was so wet—G.

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Ask for Our Book No. 1033.

Yours for better home heating,

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Manufacturers

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, furnaces.

Chief Heating Engineer.

Kalamazoo, Michigan

 

Let me prove it.

My job here is 'to see that you get the right kind
of heating plant and the right kind of installa-
tion to fit your home. If you can use a pipeless
(one register) furnace, I’ll show you how.

If your home needs a pipe furnace (with warm
air registers in different parts of the house) I’ll
draw the plan and show you where every pipe and regis-
ter is to go to get the biggest possible amount of heat
from fuel you burn. Our heating plans are always free.

And by the way, you can burn any kind of fuel in our
Either style gives you a warm air furnace
that I honestly believe has no equal anywhere. They
are the results of all my own experience and all the
research and experiments made by the Kalamazoo Stove
Company. Theyare now in thousands of homes,schools,
churches, stores and similar buildings— they are simply
unbeatable if you wouldljudgefrom the letters of owners.

Yes, I am in a position where I positively can do more
for you than anyone else in the home heating business.

I can plan your heating system to save fuel—heat your
home better—and I can get you the manufacturers’
wholesale price—get for you the very limit of quality
and satisfactory service at the lowest price. Over 300,000
customers will tell you that.
You always get more for
your money when you
get “A Kalamazoo

Direct to You.,”

   
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  

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We manufacture stoves, ranges and furnaces. for burning any kind of
fuel. gas ranges and white enameled metal kitchen kahinets Ind
tables, and the highest quality oil ranges that have ever been mode.

 
 
   
 

“A Kelomozee

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