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"1t‘ir-P13Y9dy"in,.the winning of the Civil‘ war, has
Aileen prevented from entering active” service dur-

'\ has been told! that he could not enlist; has learned
that he "is outside the conscription. requirements,

his customary recognition from the. civilian ’pop-I
. .ulation. Andthe fellow who __is attempting, thru
'tederal aid, to— supplant the staid old navy bean,
is ‘a little heckled-face renegade from Mexico,—
“‘Pinto” _by name, formerly unknown; or uncertain
value as compared with the white bean; but now
. -.the little’food god of the bean divisiOn of the
. . Food. Administration. ' ' '

Hearken to the sad story of
7 ulations ot the

us‘upOn the trail at the Pinto manipulators, which
reaches from the hot sands of New Mexico across
the wind-sweptplains of Colorado; then on to
,Weshingtonwhere the “Pinto Politicians” sit in
. mighty estate, wielding the fortunes of the bean
, industry as the windsways the reed. Many are
the complications that enter” into the conspiracy
to dethrone the NavyBean from the seat otigrace,

brow of the lOwly Pinto. Only occasionally aces
the illuminating, light of. bulletins and correspond-
ence reveal cleverly concealed intentions; some of
the details can only be surmised until furtherin—

tormation has been gathered to dllsclose ‘tlratathe
white pea bean which has made Michigan and
NewYork famous, has had neither a square deal
'nor impartial consideration at the hands of the
bean division of the Federal food administration.
\ The bean division or the Food Administration,
in the name oflthe United States government,
has underwritten the purchase of the entire Pinto
bean crop and through the medium ' of
the postoffice {ranking privilege _and_ in the
columns of the press is urging wholesalers, job-
here, retailers, and/ consumers to push the sale of
and eat Pinto beans tn'preferenCe to the navy
variety.‘ ‘

We are going to ask the reader to carefully fol-

tioh of the above'statement; to note the line of
publicity cunningly prepared and faithfully car-
ried out, and then to sit in judgment on the case
presented in behalf ofithe little white bean, a
, food product of great value and representing (me
of Michigan’sgreateSt agricultural industries; ,In

- Diviswn Cutthils Defnqhd j T‘ 1

- . The, Navy Bean, which won its titleby the part

and liaseven been given a black eye whendie'asks '

the trials and trib;
_ “pea-beamifi; follow its ‘ziz-zag‘
course down the market highway;- step out with'

and place the crown of public approval upon the’

   

. in: the present’co’nflict. In tact, Mr. Navy Bean -' I

vestigations have been (made; but sufficient“ iii-2

low the evidence here presented in substantia— '

. ington,
* pei‘s.

the first bulletin sent out by the bean divisiofi‘h 7
the Food? Administration, you will notice that the

" JOINT MEETING BEAN ‘INTER-

, ! ‘OMETHING. must, be cones—and

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_ T E's-IT‘S, SAGINAW APR. 2-3, 1 P. M.

 

. _ ”quickly—4m save Michigan’s $50,-
f 000,000 bean industry from utter ruin. .
.It is. timefor UNITED action by the

COMBINED strength of EVERY en-
~ terprise afliliated'with the bean industry.
" ’Michigan Business Farming, realiz-’

ing the gravity of the situation, joins

in the issuance of this call to all grow— -

ers of beans to attend a joint meeting

of grewers, bankers, elevator and rail-
— road men, at Saginaw, Tuesday, April
23rd, to discuss the situation and take
immediate steps to remove the discrim-
l ination against the Michigan product.

We likewise respectfully petition
Governor Sleeper and State Food Ad-
ministrator Prescott to attend this meet-
ing, the importance of which should
most certainly warrant their presence
and advice. . '

Remember the date—plan NOW to
attend—drop the farm work for a sin-
gle day if necessary—bring along your
neighbors—lend your every eifort to
help in this great movement to SAVE,

 

 

 

 

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'Pinto is. given the title of a “very beany beam"

it is announced that it becomes the pride of the
navy and the army. andthe white bean is given

to. black eye by the statement that it has been

placed in the “luxury class;” and is less econom~
ice! for use anyway, because the Pinto contains
five per ceht less water than the old “navy beam”
while a,.boost is given the/trade through the
statement that the bean division would furnish
the names of’shippers.
BULLETIN SENT OUT To WHOLESALE
DEALERS EARLY IN FEBRUARY
Pinto Beans for Economy

Calling attention to beans as an excellent substi—
tute: for meat, the U. S. Food Adminitsration men—
tions the comparative cheapness and excellence of the

,variety known as the domestic pinto or speckled bean.

Pinto beans are’grown in Colorado, Kansas and New
Mexico and are now being used by our army and navy.
.The present retail price of these beans should be
from 10 to 12 cents per pound, which makes them an
economical food, considering that pinto beans contain

about ,5 per cent less water than the more familiar

navy beans, which are now in the luxury class.
Pinto .beans are therefore a very “beany” bean, fur-
nishing more food value for the purchase price than
the varieties with which the public is perhaps better
acquainted. In cases where retailers do not handle
pintos, persons desiring to try them are asked to write
the Bean Division, U."'S. Food Administration, Wash—
D. C.. which will furnish the names of ship-

The bean'divisiOn of the Food Administration

nextint’rodu‘ces Mr. Pinto to the wholesale groc-

for Pea Beans,,All Michigan

. Interests Unite ' to Save
’the Industry

ers. Surely this recommend should give Mr. Pin-
to the right to step right into the private office
of the wholesale, grocer, while Mr. Navy Bean
was being kicked down the back steps by the of—
fi‘ce boy.

BULLETIN SENT OUT TO WHOLESALE
GROCERS UNDER DATE 01" FEB. 15.

The pinto bean is about the size of the navy bean,
being rather flat in shape and speckled w1th
brown. Besides being new and therefore limited in
distribution, its color has been objectionable by con-
sumers who did not know that its food value and
flavor are in ch-ry way equal to the white bean.

At two pounds for 25c retail, these beans can be
introduced in the large Eastern industrial sections,
giving the distributors a satisfactory profit, while con-
sumers would get a food staple equal to the navy
bean at considerably lower cost, the latter now selling
at 20c a pound, as compared with 11 to 121/zc 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 Adminis—
tration 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 250 for a. similar can of white beans.

And herein
department pull off a patriotic stunt well worth
the effort from a Pinto standpoint. And you will
note that not only is action taken as a matter of
food conservation, but plans are well laid for
“next year.” The effort on the part of the Food
Administration to get the essential foods to the
consumer on an economical basis is commend-
able, but why limit this eifort to the Pinto bean?
For a period of more, than four months retail mer-
chants were selling navy beans at twelve dollars

 

an Threatened by Pinto Rival:~

Alarmed at Substitution of Pintos'

does the bean division publicity~

per bushel, while the growers were receiving less:

than seven dollars for the. same quantity.

COPY OF LETTER SENT BY FOOD ADMINISTRA—
TION TO AN EASTERN COMMISSION
FIRM LAST DECEMBER
“1 am enclosing herewith a copy of U. S.
Food Administration release for the papers
Monday, Dec. 24, 1917, giving some publicity
to the colored beans in economical comparison

with white ones. (The Italics are ours.)

“As you know, the Food Administration has
not only been working for the producers, in
order that a large acreage be contracted and
planted next year, but that they are also using
every effort possible to get the essential foods
to the final consumer on an economical basis.
It would seem distinctly a conservation and
patriotic effort if the wholesale grocers and the'
retailers in your territory Would bring before
the public the cmcellcnt food value of the var-
ous colored beans, and at the same time bring
to their attention the fact that they are selling
from 30 to 40 per cent cheaper than white beans.”

UNITED STATES F001) ADMINISTRATION-

(Contlnucd on page 13)

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A comprehensive survey
shows the supply of .~ home-
grown Michigan seed corn in
sound condition to be suffi-
cient to plant not more than
one-third of the acreage need-
. ed. With the possible excep-
tion of Lenawee county, no

county in Michigan is able to .

supply its own needs. Last
year’s corn crop, as reported
by Secretary of State Cole-
man C. Vaughan, occupied,
2,227,832 acres. To plant an
equally large crop this spring
will require 371,305 bushels
of seed corn, considering that
one bushel will "plant six
acres. It is therefore neces-
sary for Michigan to secure
from outside sources and by
ear testing crib corn not now
considered as seed, approxi-
mately 240,000 bushels.
prevent the loss which would
result to the great dairy and
live stock interests, and in the
production of corn for human
food,_ the Michigan War Pre-
paredness Board has consid-
ered the seed corn question
from the standpoint of a war
time problem and has voted
the use of a part of Michi-
gan’s war fund to the pur-
chase of seed corn from the
best sources available, the
seed so purchased to be sold
at cost to Michigan farmers.
It is, however, recognized that
no seed is as good for Mich-
igan as home-grown seed of
good germination, and it is
recommended that all effort
be made to insure the plant-
ing of all available home-
grown seed in the state.

Michigan Grown Varieties
Best.

Owing to its known adapta-
tion to Michigan conditions,
home-grown seed corn is of
greatest value. Wherever pos~
sible, it is recommended that
Michigan grown seed of good
germination be planted. A
study of results from numer—
ous germination tests show,
however, that Michigan seed
corn of the 1917 crop, is in
very poor seed condition.

Only those farmers who se-
lected their corn in the field
during the past season and
properly cured and stored
their supply have suflicient
seed corn in good condition
for their needs. It is a fact
though an uncomfortable one,
that if all Michigan farmers
had followed this approved
practice, Michigan would not
only have sufficient seed for
her own needs, but would be
able to supply her neighbors
in‘this time of need. It is
therefore strongly urged that,
ear tests of all supplies of
doubtful value be made. It
is possible by ear testing all

Direct Requests for Cal-lot
Distribution to

To.

local supplies t6 secure aileron-V
siderable amountfof good seed.

~ There are a number of effecv

tive rmethods, ‘saWdust r'box
method, earth box, method,
and the rag doll . test, being
the mest commonly employed.
All of these tests areeffec:
tive, but owing to enliven,
ience and safety the “rag
doll” and sawdust box'meth-.
0d are considered moSt effi-
cient. ‘
The War Board. Seed Corn.
On December 27th, at the

suggestion of President Ked-V

zie of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College, the facts obtain-
ed by ‘an extensive survey
made by the Farm Crops De-
partment, showing
vailing shortage of‘ seed born,
were placed before Governor
\Albert E. Sleeper. Governor
Sleeper deemed the matter of
gravest importance and, re-
quested that these facts be
laid before the War Board. On
the Governor’s suggestion it
was voted to begin immedi:
ately to purchase all adapted
corn that could be secured in
neighboring states for Michi-
gan and the Farm Crops De-

partment of the Michigan Ag—_

‘ ricultural College was author-
ized to purchase this corn for
the War Board. After a can-
vass of all states where suit-
able varieties might. possibly
be secured, it was found that
South Dakota offered the
only source of dent varieties
of value to Michigan, and
that New York state could
supply'early flint varieties in
considerable quantity. Mr. F.
F. Cornair, Assistant County
Agent at. Large, was author-
ized toarrange the purchase
of New York flint varieties in
quantity for distribution in
the Thumb and Northern
Michigan. To date seven cars
of about eight hundred bush-
els each have been secured.
The varieties purchased are
chiefly eight and ten row yel-
low flint corn.’ This corn is
considered fairly safe for
grain purposes in the sec-
tions where introduced. It
has not been possible to se-
cure enough to answer the
state demand.

Mr. R. W. Rice, Assistant
County Agent at Large, was
dispatched to South Dakota
and through his efforts about
25,000 bushels of dent varie-
ties from southeastern South
Dakota have been secured for
central and southern Michi-
gan. A large part of this corn
is of the Wimple’s variety.
This is a yellow dent corn,
corresponding to an early
Reid’s. Shipments also of Sil-
ver King (a white variety)
and ordinary yellow dents

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havebbeen made. . These ; tau
eties have-been tried to satire“ :1:
Extent. in Michigan, and will 1
prove valuable grain produc-
ing varieties, shduld an aver-
age growing‘ season occur.
They have been distributed in
Southern Michigan for the
most part and to some extent
in central Michigan. Meet of
this corn must be sorted on
_ arrival to place in‘rproper con-
ditidn for distribution and
cars should not be distributed
until sorted under direction

.- 01" field agent. Owing to labor

difficulties in the ‘West it was
necessary to. buy unsorted.

On February let a meeting
was held at the G0vernor’s
call at the Capitol Building,
to Consider the advisability of

urchasing a large quantity of
corn produced in Pennsylvan-
.-ia and Maryland, offered by '

a New York firm. Represen— T
tative farmers and grain deal—- .

ers of the majority of corn
growing counties attended this
meeting and acommittee con-
sisting of L. Whitney Wat-
kins, chairman, J. Frutchey,
C. 'H. Chatterton, John C.
Ketcham, R. H. Sherwood, N.
F. Simpson and J. F. COx was
appointed as -a purchasing
committee to-investigate the
corn exhibited by the New
York firm, and to arrange the
purchase of desirable corn.
After careful investigation of
the corn offered by this firm,
the International Consolidat-
ed Record Association of El-
mira, it was found that the
corn offered was not as rep-
resented and that the . seed
supplies controlled by this
company were held in *open
cribs in central and southern
Pennsylvania. This" corn of
the Sweepstakes variety had
been exposed to heavy freez-
ing while in moist condition
and it was ascertained by in-
spection on the part of the
committee and by duplicate
tests of Pennsylvania State
College, Department of Agri-
culture, and by further tests
of the Michigan Agricultural
College, that its germination
per cent was dangerously low
and that it could not be put
in fit‘seed condition in quan-
tity unless ear tested. The
committee decided against
the purchase of this corn and
recommended that its local
sale in Michigan, reported; to
be extensive, be prevented
since its introduction on a
large scale would result in
= great loss to Michigan’s corn
crop. .It- was also found that
the Sweepstakes corn was us-‘
.ed exclusively in New York
as a silage variety and that it
is not adapted. for grain pur-
poses in Michigan.

'* similar varieties

' ..i are a’boazcrmmmeeear- ' ;;

ranged-the p'us'chaséxfoi‘ Mischa '

i‘gah ‘of 513000 bushels. of New, ‘ '
Jersey“ varietieslof standard ; g
types of, good germination.) '

(Reid's yellow dent. Leamin-g ’9- 1

‘ Lyellow dent and white cap)...”

4.7,000'liushels from Delasrare‘ " i

have since been. purchased. ,
These strains. are. earlier than

‘ from the
corn belt. This! corn will
prove a valuable 'silage .corn
in. Michigan and shouid‘our. 4
season prove». a long one’,--I
much ‘of it will reach mat‘uév
rity in southern'sectious. All
of- this corn will be inspected

. at loading point and germina—- }.

tion. tests made previous to
acceptance * by an - assistant
from the Michigan Agricul‘
tural College, under personal
direction of Mr._J. W. Nicola
son, Extension Specialist.

Concerning Delaware corn,
Mr. Nicolson- states:

“The situation is as follows:
There is a strip of land about
ten by thirty miles to the
south of Camden that is near-
ly as light sand as Roscom-
mon County, Mich. By fertil-
izin‘g very heavily, they get
about 30 to 40 bushels per
acre of corn, which" when
planted May' 1st' to. 10th is
ready to out about August
20th. ‘On account of the land
being so light, to save their
fodder, they~have to' start cut-
ting the corn at this date, for
when the corn is ripe "the
leaves dry up and blow aWay.
Hence most of this corn was
cut and thoroughly dried out
by the middle of September.
They had cold damp- weather
in the state all the latter part
of the fall and the late grow-
ing corn is all badly injured.
It is\not safe to buy seed here
grown on clay or even good
sandy loam land, but this light
sand landcorn is as dry as a
bone. ‘Further, I found a.
small section y e s t e r,da y
around Milton where they
grow a flint corn somewhat
mixed with White Cap that
is about the size of corn com-
monly grown in Isabella
County, Mich. This corn gets
ripe so early here on such
poor land that I believe it
would.ha‘ve a good chance of-
getting ripe even in Central
Michigan on good land where
it can be pushed a little.”

The committee has: mang-
ed and will make further ar-
rangements with grain eleva-
tors, cooperative organiza-
tions, ‘county agents, seeds-
men . and farmers’ associa-
tions throughout the state to
aid in the distribution of corn
at cost to farmers of $5.00 per
bushel in their respective lo.-
calities.

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earnest efforts of Michigan potato- growers to pro- - , under the p r esc nb e (1 size, and in ad d1-

also are the rights of the sovereign people and
the wishes of the great majority of potato grow—

practically concedes the very thing for which of shipping facilities and Vigorous

they have been striving. We have pondered for f
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hours over the skilfully worded “concessions;’ campaign or i c ea ed c u P Ion Of

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‘ y ll James C McLaughlln

,of five) under the prescribed size. Hence the

. sized and off— quality stock.

‘finds favor with the “progressive" farmers and
~jthat it is only a few“ ‘small” farmers of. Michigan
who are opposed to these grades, Muslims Bust-i

" eliminates entire of senator
amendment relating to potatoes

: __ .\ . > "that some fradmg is necessary
‘ ,and proper and‘ a hermg to universal
, rule of Congress refusing itself to de-
ftermme grades and leaving grade-fixing
,to Department Of Agriculture. Mr. A.
M Smith, president Michigan association
_ after conferences with Bureau of Mar-
ones and senate conference committee, after Vkets and F°°d Administration, has 59'
en‘g’ths conference and hearing voted to strike. cured what he believes are important
monument from the bill Congnessman J.’ and helpful modifications of grading
cLaugh‘llns telegram“ appearing on this page», :rule by Bureau and practice of Food
explains the action in detail, and also mentions. _'Adm1nlstratlon The rule will read that

19?“ mm the 10"“ administmt‘m . ‘ , commercial grading and handling ten
Thus ends for the time being, at least the percentum by weight of any 101: may be

toot themselves from a measure which cost them

a million dollars or more on their 1917 crop. Thus tion three percentum by weight 0f any

such lot may be below the remaining
requirements of this grade. In addi-
rs subjugated to the whims of experts and the tion'to this modification rule Bureau of
interests of the middlemen. .. , Markets and Food Administration will

Read that telegram carefully ’Tis said that ‘ co- operate in forbidding use of screens
the compromise ofiered by the food administra— larger than one and seven- -eighths in-
tion is in the interests of the growers; that it _ ches and promise all possible increase

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and locate the intent to yield to the wishes of the
growers in this important matter, but we must
confess that we have utterly failed to find a Si?) lhe sentiment of the growers more carefully, and
gle word that removes or even qualifies the 0 no one has endeavored more earnestly to gather
jectionable features at the glading rules the facts upon which are based t-ne arguments of

As a matter 0: fact, the modifications prom- the growers against these rules; and no one
lsed by the proponents of the measure in effect, (Continued on page 9)
actually aggravate one of the principal objections
to the rule's, via: the allowance of a ten per cent
variation under the. prescribed size, and a three
per cent variation under the remaining require-
ments of the grade.

The original ruling reads as follows: “In or-
der to allow for variations incident to commer-
cial grading and handling, five per centum by
weight of any lot may be under the prescribed
size, and in addition, three per centum by weight
of any such lot may be below the remaining re-
quirements of this grade.”

This is a provision designed solely in the in-
terestsof the shipper. It gives him‘permission
to dump into a car of No.1 potatoes, an addi-
tional 8 percent of potatoes below the require- g
ments of grade No.1 To illustrate: A dealer
loads a car with 700 bushels of No.1 grade pota-
toes. Undoubtedly, some of these potatoes are
under-grade, but not enough to be readily detect-
ed. Acting under the authority of the grading
ruling, he is perfectly justified in mixing an ad-
ditional 56 bushels, representing under-size and
off-grade stock in with his carload of. potatoes.
such being the allowable 8 per cent of the 790
bushels.

Commenting upon this provision, Mr. L. A.
Siple. one of the most prominent growers of Mont-
calm county, and since elected secretary of the
Michigan Potato Growers’ Ass’n, voiced his opin—
ion ll-at it was one of the worst features of the
grading rules. r

And now what has happened? Mr. Miller of
the potato division, and the representative 0%
the bureau of markets have gone before the con-
ference committee in a most penitent mood, and
offered concessions which “they claimed were in
the interests of” the growers,” so the press dis-

patches read. -...

The evidence says that these “concessions” now
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I, Each step you take adown the field
Removes a nation just one step
From tyranny’s control—the yield
Of crops that follow in-your wake,
A nation's freedom helps to make-
Old faithful team,

Plod on.

Turn on
Old faithful plow-—
.Inanimatef—yct what import
Your work is to a nation’s life
And liberty! You build the fort
Of food defense, while urgently
‘ . The’furro'w Whispers—anxiously—
“Old faithful plow.

dealer may now in shipping his carload of pota- Tum on."

toes, add an additional THIRTEEN percent (in- I .
stead of EIGHT pel cent as heretofore) of under- To‘lv‘m
Son of the soil—-
With steady stride—with singing heart
From mom’s pale light till setting sun-
A privilege thus to do your part.
Grudge not the pcrspiration’s flow;
“ .'Tistart of freedom’s debt you owe—
SOn of the soil, )
Toll on.

We repeat that these concessions are WHOLLY
in the interests of the shipper; it is NOT intend-
ed that lhe buyer shall accept at No.1 stock and
pay No.1 prices for 13 percent of off- grade pota-
toes on every load that he buys from the farmers.

Despite the claims of E. Percy Miller that the
double grading of potatoes he is promulgating

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Lansmg Reports Nearly 20% of April Quota

Made up of Farmers Leading All
.. W Other VOCations '

“Farming was hardest hit in making up the
list of men for Lansing’s nevi draft quota," Says
the Lansing State Journal “Out of- the 109 men

drawn, 18 are listed as farmers. Machinists are.
second with 11 men and clerks third with 10 men. ”_

If such is to be the history of all the draft
quotas drawn on April 26th them can be no doubt
but what ag licultllle will be hit hard, indeed If

the same percents :e of all quotas are of falniers -

that Will mean that upwards of 1 000 of the 6 000
odd men drawn will be farmers.

As a result of many complaints from farmers.
and believing that. agricultural claims were not.

receiving a fai consideration a the hands of
certain local and district boards, MICHIGAN BUR-
INESR FARMING suggested to Governor Sleeper a
week ago that additional farmer membel s be added
to the district boards, such being the action
that Governor Lowden of Illinois found desirable.
Our letter was referred to the Adjutant Gener-
al’s office and the following reply has just been
received:

“Your letter to Governor Sleeper has been rc—
ferred to me. When the District Boards were
made up. eyery effort was made to obtaz' n a mem-
bership which voulrl be broad enough to under-
stand and appreciate the various problems 1 llicll
might come before it including that of defer-
ment of men engaged in agriculture. T l l of
the impression that there is at least one agri-
culturist on eacl1 niqfl‘m Boald These Boards
are composed of five members and up to the pres—

ent time there has been no intimation fmm the-

office of the Provost Malshnl General. at Wodfing-
ton, that it would be advisable to increase, that
membership.

“You state that it has come to your atlrmHnn
that certain Local Born-dc havl recommended
placing in Class I landed farmers and farm llb-
orers. and that the District Board: in snvnrnl
instances have acted upon these recommendations
without mature consideration. If YOU will fur-
nish this- office with the details in row such
cases. giving the name of the T‘P‘Tl7'l‘1lfil his res-
idence and his serial and order nllmnbrs, the
matter will be thoroughly inves'icotml to ascer-
tain whether the District Board in question is
performing its dutvng0hn H. [lo-Icon. Adjutant
General, by Albc-rf F}. Pctcl‘mmm, Major Judge A (1-
vocate. N. G. U. S'.

The spirit of the above letter is commendable
and we thank the Adjutant General for the as—
surances therein contained. We have found. since
laying the matter before Governor Sleeper. that
for the most part, local boards are placing farmers
in late call, and We are hoping that there may be
no further cause for complaint against the taking
of farm hands needed for the production of the
1918 crop. fl ally farmer conscientiously be-
lieves however. that he has not been given fair
treatment, we shall be glad to 'aslst him in se-
curing a hearing before the proper authorities.

NEARLY $14, 000, 000 LOANED TO
FARMERS DURING MARCH

During the month of March $13,471,474 were
loaned to the farmers of the United States by the
Federal Land Banks on long time first mortgages.
according to the monthly statement of the Farm
Loan Board. Banks closed loans in March as
follows: Omaha, $3,248,050, Spokane, $1,
923,830; Houston, $1,711,509; New Orleans, $1,074,-
015; St. Louis, $1,024,805; Wichita, $950,200; Lou—
isville, $905,400; Berkley, $673,200; St. Paul, $615,—
400; Columbia, $539,725; Springfield, $426,140;
and Baltimore $379,200.

On April lst the total amount of mortgage loans
placed since the establishment of the Federal
Land Banks was $77,927,167, covering 34,145 loans
closed, as against $64,532,343 on March lst, covel—
illg 28,495 loans closed, an average of about $2,500

each for increased agricultural production. During .

March 4,832 applications were received, asking
for $13, 528 601. Altogether 121759 have applied
for loans under this system, aggregating $286, 624,- -
126. 00. .

The grand total of loans closed is distributed
by Federal Land Bank districts“ as follows: Spo
kane, $12,651 905; St. Paul, $12, 554, 600; “’ichita.

947; Berkley, $5,237,000; New Orlean3, $l, 910 960;

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'ilFOUND! NUMBER TWO POTATOES ' '-
AND TUST LOOK AT THE PRICESI

The state food administrator of Illinois in a

ten pounds for No. 1 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mich-
igan or Dakota potatoes, nor more than 11 to 13

\ cents per ten pounds for No. 2 potatoesfrom these

states. “The designations 1 and '2,” ex’plaihS'the
Administrator, “relate only to size. the No.2 be
ing the smaller.” .

last of November that representatives of the
Food Administration and the Department of
Agriculture M A. C. professors, potato shippers
and diVers other advocates of the grading system,
assured the farmers that ere another few weeks
had passed the demand for No. 2 potatoes would

ically mount to within a very few cents of the
No. 1 price. The farmers waited. A few weeks
passed. Then they waited some more. \A few
more weeks passed. Still they waited. ‘Months
went their fleeting way—and the farmersA'gave
up hope and fed their No. 2 potatoes to the‘hogs.

But some dealers bought the No. 2 grade; pay-
ing at first 60 per cent of the No. 1 price. Others
would pay no mere than 40'per cent. Few No. 2
potatoes were sold in Wisconsin for more than
50 percent of the, N0. 1 price.

Five months have passed and for the first time
we find the No. 2 grade of potatoes on the market,
competing with the No.1 grade and at a much
higher price now, in proportion to the No. 1 price,
than that paid to the farmer. In sec-
tions of the state, dealers are offering
30 cents a bushel for No. 1 potatoes,
while down in Chicago consumers are
being urged to buy No. 2 potatoes at
70 cents a bushel.

The expected has happened. The

dealers bought sparingly of the No. 2
potatoes at a price mutually agreed up:
on by the organized Michigan buyers.
In communities where competition ex-
isted, farmers were able to dispose of
quantities of their No. 2 grade, but In
other sections the dedlers refused to
buy them, thus placing the farmers of
the latter section at great disadvantage
in comparison with those of t-he'first
sections. Had there been only a sin-
gle grade as in former years the farm-
ers of every locality would have been
able to sell as large a percentage of
their small potatoes as the farmers in
every other locality.

When the dealers bought the No. 2
potatoes from the farmers, the spread
between the. prices of the two grades

of potatoes was as 60 is to 100. When the

dealer disposed of these potatoes, or at least after

they- reached the hands of the retailers the spread
decreased and the price of the No. 2 grade became
80 per cent, instead of 60 per cent of the No. 1
price.

Hence, the predictions of the “experts” have
come to pass, —~but long after the spuds had left
the farmers' hands. Even so. -

FARMERS’ AUTOS NOT A LUXURY;
GENERAL UTILITY COMES FIRST

While there is a great increase in the number
of automobiles owned by farmers in the United
States few farmers are buying cars for pleas-
ure alone. Data gathered by the Automobile
Chambe1 of Commerce shows that the average
fa armer buys his car for utility, and with him it
can hardly be considered a luxury.

It is interesting to note that there are two to
three times as many motor cars in proportion to

tural states in the middle west as in New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts and other industrial states in the east.

Farmers are estimated to own nearly half the
automobiles in the United States and are the
largest buyers at the present time.
increase in registrations during the first half of
1917 was in agricultural states, being as follows:
Arkansas, 64 per cent; Louisiana, 51; Iowa, 41;
Oklahoma, 36; New Mexico, 36; Oregon, 35. In
the manufacturing states the increases were New
York, 24 per cent; Connecticut, 13, Rhode- Island

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recent bulletin advises the people of Chicago that‘
they should not pay more than 15 to 16 cents per ,

If. our memory serves us right it was about then

become so strong that the price would automat; ,

population in Iowa, Nebraska and other agricul--

The largest 2

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to keep in closfé tench with his neighbors and ’
with the outside World. He and his family can at- f 2'

tend- church; St cial gatherings, entertainments,

political meetings. lectures on improved: agricul-‘.
in the“
.evenings and on Sundays, and return- home at a. .
The younger children can be”

tural methods. good roads meetings, etc,

reasonable hour.

driven to and from graded schools that are re—gdy‘

placing the old one- room district schools, and
373.20 Lucerne (11115118)

.regularity of attendance is greatly increased.

FARMERS IN INDIA JOIN IN

THE co OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

The co-Opehative movement has grown rapidly"
in India since it was-first, introduced some twelve ,

years'ago, says the Organized Farmer... There are
now 15, 000 societies with 744, 000 members and a
working capital of $25,720,000.
etieS are 00- operative credit

unions, , although

_there are many co- operative stores and other 00—.
The village money- -lend~ ,

operative Orgamzations.
er often charges from 20 to 30 per cent interest on

all loans, consequently the great service that the'

co—operative movement is performing in freeing
the Indian peasant can easily be realized. As
well as the opposition of the. money lender, the

societies have overcome the inclemency of the

weather and local famines.
ernment favors them.

Fortunately, the gov-

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GERMANS DESTROY SCORES
OF FRENCH SUGAR MILLS

Sugar production in France has fallen to less
than 25% of the pre—war output. This picture of
a wrecked sugar mill shows one of the principal
reasons for the decline. When German troops
retreated from occupied portions of France they
'took pains to destroy virtually all of the sugar
mills that would otherwise have assisted the
French in maintaining their sugar stocks. That
first wave of Teuton invasion was stopped in
France after the Germans had established a' battle
line that cut off 203 of the 213'French sugar mills,
as well as much land that had produced sugar
beets. In some of the German retreats the mills
were left in such shape as to permit their opera-
tion. The official sugar production figures indi-
cate the extent of the destiuction; and empha-
size ‘the French sugar needs which must be
filled by American a1d. "The year of 1912-1913,
213 French mills turned out 967, 440 short tons of
sugar. For 1916- 1917, 65 mills ”produced only
204, 405 shert tons.

UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR COMPANY .
HAS $1 ,373,824 SURPLUS

A preliminary statement of the Utah- Idaho
Sugar Company for the year ended Feb. 28, 1918,
shows shrplus of 31, 373824 in the balance Sheet
after the payment of a stock dividend of 150 per
cent on $9, 499, 730 stock and the regular common
dividends. There is new outstanding $23, 626, 350
.in stock. Current assets shrank from $12, 513, 509

a year ago to 39, 831,950. Real estate, 9111111,. etc.,_ .

is marked up from $9, 488 066 to 316,562. 477.

Most of the SOCi- 2

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The first American is met rs which will “be

’ . Used chiefly in preparing land for grain' produ

tion are_ now be‘ing‘ operated in France, according '1

to reperts reaching the U.
tion.-

8 Food Administra» -

EngliSh market reports, received by the Food

Administration, show the amount of heme-greyed

meat of all kinds coming to the principal“ markets

[has averaged since January 1,1ess than a feurthr

as much as for the same perlod of 1916.
have shown the greatest decrease.

CANADIAN -GQV’T,ADVOCATES IN- _.
’CREASE or {FLAX PRODUCTION

Hogs

More than fiVe thousand bushels of flax seed now; -

in stOrage in Montreal will be planted in Canada
following instructions from the British govern-

ment to utilize the seed to the best advantage,

The seed is. part of a large shipment from“ Si-

beria. which was being transported to Ireland via.
Canada. The lateness of the season and
the~difficulties of transportation as well
no doubt as the' internal conditions in
Ireland have led the British government
to change its. plans. There is a great
deal of land in Canada suitable for
2-‘flax culture

Flax is also adaptable to many seer

ltions of Michigan and We believe 011r
, readers living in those sections should
, investigate at once the financial possi-
bilities of this crop. ' - ).
,SAYS AUSTRALIA" COULD‘
FEED U. S. FOR SIX MONTHS

Reports that Australia has lost vast
quantities of wheat through mice and
other plagues were branded as grossly

_exaggerated by A. E. V. Richardson,

tralian government.’ He stated that
there was 3. mice plague on the farms
but that most of the destructive work
was on stacks rather than on the grain.
and that they have millions of bushels
of wheat in bags stacked in immense piles’at the
seaboard. Mr. Richardson is here to study agri-
cultural edlucatlonal conditions in this country.

“Australia has a surplus of wheat amounting
to 260,000,000 bushels awaiting for vessel trans~
portation, enough to feed America for six months.
and it is all in perfectly good'condition,” said Mr.
Richardson. “The reports of mice plague have been

 

' exaggerated and we have conquered this menace

by shipping all the wheat to the seaboard. It is
a well known ‘fact that mice cann01 thrive in that
vicinit

“It 1i the hope of the Australian, government
that the United States will speed up their ship—
building so that most of this wheat can be trans-
ported to .San Francisco~"and other Pacific ports
and permit more American wheat to 'be/expOrted
to Europe. '

The Bundle Brigade

agricultural commissioner for the Aus- 2

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«Huron, Michigan.

Saginaw,h Michigan.

-D. Luce,

1- ton, Ontonagon,
. Dickinson, Menominee,W
" Mackinac and Chip

Kane senses.

mciency is the keynote or Dair, this “model 1.

5‘ 13W” whomakes it rain on his farm whenever

”produces. these crops by his overhead irrigation

611 whose services are needed
additional amen should be
on the} district hoards- Many of the cases"

11 of ’Governor Lowden of Illinois and appoint
ditional farmers to the draft boards heiore the

EASTERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT .
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE .,

Territory embraced—City of Detroit, Village
Highland Park.

of

2. Jam sV. Cunningham; (Labor) Sec' y, 49 Buhl
Blbck, Dmetroit, Michigan.

3. He enry Leonard, (Agriculture) Union Trust Bldg,
Detroit Michigan

Frank H. Croul, (Manufacture) 266 Wight St.,
Geo Agrarizisky, M. D. (Medical) 1526 Wood-
Ward Ave. Detroit Michigan.

Secretary District Board No.1, Eastern—J
ningham, headquarters, Municipal Court Bldg,
Floor. Detroit, Michigan.

DISTRICT NUMBER TWO .

Territory embraced—Counties of Lenawee. Monroe
Washtenaw, Wayne, (exclusive of Detroit and High-
land Park), Oakland Macomb, Lapeer and St Clair.

1. Albert E Stevenson, Chairman, (Agr.) Port

Wm. VanDyke, Sec’y (Law) 2130 Penobscot
Bldg., Detroit Michigan. »
3. Leander J. Hoover, (Mfgr.) Care Hoover- Ball
9.0., Ann Arbor, Michiga
Geo. A. Brown, (Lbr.) 138 North Saginaw St.
Pontiac Michiga, .
. 6-. Dr Clark, n(Med) Detroit, Michigan

Secretary of District Board No. 2, Eastern—Wm.
VanDyke, Headquarters, 310 Ford Bldg“

igan.
DISTRICT NUMBER THREE

Territory embraced—Co-untles of Branch, Hillsdale.
Calhoun, (including Battle Creek), JackSon, (includ~
ing the City of Jackson§,1ngham, (including Lansing),
Livingston, Clinton hiawassee, Gratiot. Saginaw.
I(.i‘ilr‘icltufing city of Saginaw), and Genesee, (including

nt .

1. Francis W. Redfern, Chairman, (Agn) St. Johns
Mifhi an. D L S

. omer uce, ec’y (Mt ) 711 Ca 1 01 Ave.
Lansing Michigan gr pt

3'. Orra A. Reeves (Labor) Industrial Accident
Board Lansing, MiChl gan

4. Earl J Davis, (Law) Care Otto & Davis, Atty's"

(Med. ) The Dry-

V. Cun-
3rd

Joshua G. Manwaring, M. D.,

den, Flint, Michigan. 1
Secretary of District Board No. 3, Eastern—Homer
Headquarters, Federal Building Lansing,

Michigan. . . ,
DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR ‘ ~

cola Bay, (including Bay City), Midland, Isabella,

Detroit, Mich-_

_. James -0. Mums. i(legal) Chairman, Dime Bank ‘
Building, Detroit_ Michi

' Territory, embraced—g-Counties of Saniiac Huron Tus- “

Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommdn,'

Crawford, Oscoda Alcona Alpena Montmoren’cy, Ot- . ’ , _ 1
c '_Dair netted about $4,000 off his truck products

sego, Cheboygan and Presque Isle.
1. W. H. 'Aitken, Chairman (Law) Croswell, Mich-
igan.

2. Dr. M. Swantek, Sec'y (Med.) 240 Washing—
ton Ave. Bay City, Michigan.

3. Robert H. Rayburn, (Mfgr.) Alpena-, Michigan.
_ . J Doherty, (Agra) Clare Michigan.

5. John S. Cardas, (Labor) 922 S. Madison, St.

- Secretary of District Board No. 4. Eastern—Dr.
it; Swantek, headquaiters, City Hall, Bay City Mich-
an.

. Bay City, Michigan.

WESTERN JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE

Territory embraced—Counties of Berrien, St. Joe-7
_ eph, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, (including city of Kala-

mazoo), Allegan, Cass, Barry, and Eat on.

1.1 Carmi Smith, (Agr) Niles, Michigan.

2.‘ M. H. Goady, (Labor)K lamazoo, Michigan.
3. Frank I.
igan. *1

4. Wm. W. Potter (Law) Hastings, Michigan .

5. Paul T Butler, M.D ,(Med.) Kalamazoo, Mich -
i g.an

Secretary 01' District Board No. 1, Western—W. H.
Stewart, Care of Court House, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

DISTRICT. NUMBER TWO

Territory embraced—Counties of, Emmet, Charle-
voix. Leelanau, Antrim, Be‘nzie, Grand Traverse, K3,].
kaska, Manistee Wexi’ord,Missa1_1kee, Mason Lake,
Osceola, Oceana Newaygo,MeCosta,Muskegor1, Mont-
(133111111, Ottawa, kent, (including Grand Rapids), and
on a.

1. George M. Petrie, Chairman (Mfgr) Cadillac.
Michigan

2. Clyde C. Siemens, M. D,, Sec’y (Med) 1324 Lo 0-
gan St, Grand Rapids, Michigan 7
- 3. Luther Hall. (Agr.) Ionia, Mich \

4. John Dykstra, (Labor) Muskegon, Michigan. .

5. Farm. C. Gilbert, (Law) Traverse City, Michigan

Secretary of District Board No. We stern—C. C.
1)., City Hall Grand Izéapids, Michigan
DISTRICT NUMBER THREE

T ito Embraced—Counties of Keweenaw' H
err I”)? Bars. 8., G'ogebic, ough

Slemons,M

J C. Kirkpatrick, a'C'Jhairlnan (Mfgn) Escanaba,

Mchi an.
. Mi can Robinsmx, Sec’ ymw) Houghton; Mie’hi-

i: Sidnaw-
11 13101? tderc 0k) (Labori

Cummings, (M gr.) C'enterville Mich;

Iron, Mair uette, I
lger, Delta, Schoolcrafthuce,

, tho clock-regulated. There is no hitch.

.matter how much you know,

.moisture became a vital one.

plants ”Mommy" is his Watohword. '2'
After 19.11.1111: question of whether we can feed.

ourselves and our ailies merely is one of emciency. .

Here 1s how it Works: The nation looks to the
farm‘er and the farmer looks to the ground, and

. the returns therefrom are in exact proportion to'
. the emcienCy inVested.

,‘beforexthese hoards require the exer- - ,
~ been watching the cause and effect for years ”In-
"tensive farming and intensive gardening go hand

"‘It’s a very simple bhwg," says Dain “,I have

in hand," remarks Dair.

This idea does not originate on the Dair farm.
located just outside of Cincinnati, but it does cen-
ter there. Henry Dair, owner and manager, has
proved the muney value of it.

“There is a time for everything,’ observes Dair.
"There is a time to plant and there is a time to
cultivate. There is a time to get up and go to
work and there is a time to quit.”

Thus the affairs of the Dair farm move on as
The 56

acres under over-head irrigation cultivation is
operated precisely as a business .and. an expertly},
conducted business.

“The great trouble with the farmers is that
they do not work by system," Dair reasons. “No
if you do not know
how to be systematic you cannot make a success.”

He is
few ex-

last year.
his own commission merchant.

Here is a point to remember.
.WiLh a

, CeDtions all the foodstuffs he raises is sold over
-his own stand in the market.

Five or six years ago the question of sufficient
it was a “dry seas-
up. Dair suffered

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011.. Crops literally burned
along with the other farmers. But he decided he
Would never be caught “bone-dry" again. So he
had installed an overhead irrigation system which

‘ now covers his whole farm and represents one of
:tihe reasOns his farm is called the “model farm

Water pumped from a pond fed by springs. is
forced bywai-r pressure thru pipes which run un-
derground until the fields are reached. There the
pipes are strung overhead the entire length of the

rows and thus the fields are watered.
.- “The investment has earned itself over

and
over,” said Dair. “I no longer fear a drouth. I
have but to start a gasoline engine and turn a
faucet and behold, it begins to rain on my crops

and my'fields are sprinkled as though it were

actually raining on them. "

Again, the question of farm labor hit Dair, even
as it is hitting countless farmers this big year in
the nation’s agricultural history.

~"“Why worry about hiring and keeping young

men when old men can do the work and are more
inclined ‘to stay on the farm?” figures Dair. And
he tound he Was right. The old) men are steady,
reliable, and satisfied» Of the farm hands he
now has, the oldest is 71. Dair himself is 72.
They are 1111 hard, efficient workers, these old men,
and while not So speedy as young men, the older.

£2111 ‘Moumam help; «1911: steady and accomplish just as much in

theiend'as i’younger men—J R Schmidt.

H6 gets craps when others fail, and . - ’

__ jority against.

local markets are not
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under date of April 10. samples of bread:

» Eaton county bakeries analyzed to that

found to contain substitutes in excessééi’,

'per cent required by law‘.

Charlevoiw—“Grow an acre of beets,” is the 131
gan in this county. An effort is being made trig
secure a large acreage and have it well distributa-
ed; over the county. The western part of the

county formerly produced large quantities of beets. .

. Yale—An elevator and hay shed at Yale, togeth-
er ,with 17;000 bushels of cats and barley, were

' destroyed by fire late Saturday. The loss is be-

tween $35,000 and $40,000. The fire started tram

a bonfire near the“ Wharton shed and there is no j
’ suspicionpt incendiarism. _ .

Dewitt-e—Clinton county board
have voted to adopt the county agent; plan.

of supervisors

with no little opposition, but it was evident that
a majority of the people of the county wished to
try out the county agent plan.

Boyne City—The Springvale Farm Loan asso-
ciation has been organized in the townships of
Chandler, Boyne Valley, Hudson, Melrose, Bay,
Evangeline and Wilson. Twenty farmers have
taken membership, and a number of others are
expected to go into the organization.

Grand Rapids—Scores of farm tractors, includ-
ing practically every type, in addition to other
farm implements will we seen in operation at
the West Michigan Better Power Farming show
at this place on April 23, 24 and 25. The slogan
will be “Raise More Food With Power.”

Milliken~McNaughton & Peabody, operators of
an elevator at Milliken, were cited to appear be-
fore the Federal Food Administrator at Lansing,
on Friday, April 12, to show cause why their li—
cense should not be revoked for alleged violation
of the Federal regulations regarding the sale of
wheat flour and substitutes.

Grand Haven—~0ttawa county voters by a ma,

jority of 210 have rejected the proposition to con—
tinue the county farm agent. As there was con-
siderable opposition to the project, it was put to
a popular vote. The city of Grand Haven gave a
208 majority for and the city of Holland 3. 39 ma-
A majority of the townships were
registered against the agent proposition.

Caro—Tuscola county has a number of lusty
farmers’ clubs whose members make the occasion
of their meetings not only times of social enjoy-
ment, but of practical discussions. The members
are not backward about bringing up and discuss—
ing problems of vital import to farmers. The
Wells—Dayton club and the Liberty Farmers’ club
each held meetings last week. The last named- is
a new club, recently organized.

Adrian~The work of the Lenawee county ag-
ricultural agent has had a great deal to do with
combatting the ravages of 110g cholera The ul-
timate plan is not the control, but complete el—
imination of the disease. Lenawee county is one
of the leading hog raising counties in the state, and
cholera formerly made serious inroads among the
herds. Now the disease is completely within
bounds, and recent losses have been small.

Eaton. Rap-ids~T. A. Farrand of this city who
was formerly county agriculturalist of Van Buren
county. an} who recently resigned after two years
of service, has accepted a position as temporary
agriculturalist of Eaton county. An organized ef-
fort is being made in Eaton county for the pro-
duction of more and better crops for meeting the
war needs and for domestic use, and Mr. Farrand
is giving the matter a healthy boost. Among his
efforts is the encouragement of treating oats for
smut, and the introduction of new and better
varieties of grain as a means of advancing crop
production.

Admin—Farm work is being delayed in parts of
Michigan by the failure of the Fordson tractors
to operate properly due to the work of enemy
agents at the factory, it is believed Mr. Ford
made a personal investigation in Lenawee county
this week and found two tractors in which oil
tubes had been plugged. He immediately called
the Dearborn factory on the pnone where it was
found that 12 out of 80 machines ready for ship—
ment had been similarly interfered with. Mr.
Ford announced that no expense would be spared
in running down and punishing the guilty parties,

who are evidently employees of the Fordson fac-

tory.

is advocated by State Food Administrawr Pres
cott. Southern potatoes which are already on the
only much more ex

food value of the mature potato. Scores of Mich
igan retailers have pledged themselves not to ban
dle southern potatoes until June 1, and if M
Prescott is successful in Obtaining similar piedg

.from a. majority of the dealers it will do much

wards moving the surplus of Michigan tubers

The”
matter has been agitated fdr some time and met ‘

Lansing—The use of Michigan potatoes'inpr‘ef-
erence to southern potatoes until the first of June :

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ithe idear‘future," there aije3n’i’any influential men at
Waishin'gtou. ’and not by any means all of 'them‘
“”9 “connected with the war " department; who
".‘vwould'beiglad to see action. 't'aken’towards' this
: end. Such a'move is net necessa-ryzat the present
5 time frdm a. military standpomt, it is admitted,
Jae Class 1'1 of the present registration will furnish
3 in like men: which can be trained within. the pext
year. .By June 5 next, nearly oneiuildidn- young
than will have attained the age of 21‘ andat least
T 60 percent of them will bephysically qualified
~and‘ otherwise eligible for military service.

‘However, the new draft measure is favored for

other than military reasons. In the first place,
~-accordin.g to its supporters, it wouldprovide a
census of the labor ranks of the nation.
registrant would be required. to .fill out a ques-
tionnaire and would be properly classified. This
would permit the drafting of single men not en-
gaged in farming or any business or industry not
essential to the welfare of the country. All idlers
or those engaged in non-productive work would
be required to get into useful occupations at once
or be drafted. It would give the government bet
ter supervision over labor conditions as strikers
who refused togcome to just terms could be
drafted. Labor unions will oppose the measure
as they claim it would be unfair to them.

It is hardly expected that the farmers of the
nation will show any enthusiasm for the measure,
in the face of the uncertainty which now exists
regarding the present status of farm labor sub-
ject to draft. The average farmer feels that an
extension of the draft ages would only add to
labor difficulties, and make the uncertainty still

greater.
* all at:

Despite the protests of Mr. Gompers, labor‘s
champion. the Senate has decided to retain in the
bill to prevent interference with the war prepar~
ations, a provision to prevent laborers from de-
claring peaceful strikes. The proposal is meet-

ing with vigorous opposition from the labor un- ‘

ions and is scheduled for a hot fight when the bill
reaches the house. Senators from agricultural'
states declare that they know of no reason why
the government should have the power to com-
mandeer the farmer’s crop or exercise other con-
trol over the farmer’s business, and not have an
equal right to exercise a similar control over
the laboring interests. Had the farmers gone on
a “strike" at the instance of the wheat price-fix-
ing episode as many of them threatened and
would no doubt hae been justified in doing or
taking other retaliatory measures, what a hulla-
baloo there would have been raised over
the whole length and breadth of the land.
Even now Food Administrators are threatening
summary measures in order to force the farmers
to dispose of their wheat holdings. .iiy should
labor be immune from a contro" ecually as dras-

tic and arbitrary?
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The action of the House of representatives in
sustaining the plan of the war department to base
quotas on the number of remaining registrants
in Class 1, instead of on population, is particular-
‘ly favorable to agricultural communities. many
of whom of whom have been meeting with great
difficulty in raising their quotas because of the
large number of farm boys who have enlisted.
Rep. Shallenberger of Nebraska. championed a
plan to base quotas on total registration and lia—
bility to inilitary service which would have the
effect of enforcing many draft boards to reclassify
industrial and agricultural registrants into Class
1 in order to meet their quotas. Another amend—
ment introduced by this same member directing
that credits be given all draft'districts for all vol-
unteers in the military or naval service since
April 1. 1917, was adapted. This amendment will
give agricultural sections a much better showing.
Another amendment was proposed by Rep. Har-
rison of Virginia, to specifically exempt farm
labor.

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For the first time since the beginning of the
war, the government is seriously contemplating
the fixing of prices on manufactured articles. No
one seems able to give a lucid explanation of
why the government has seen fit to'establish a
price on the farmer’s wheat and leave the prices
of other articles to go scot free. It appears to the
average man that such a move was the height of
injustice and clearly a piece of class legislation.
It is only natural that the prices of manufactured
goods have'stea-dily advanced, andpthe. time has

. come, it appears, when the prices of shoes, cloth-

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. under. his .control.

auctioniboard, fof “which" Howard Cdflin.f§:foriiaerly
pf the, Hudson..5MotOr Car company. ofFDetrolt. sis“ :.

the hea'gl.’ 'An‘ appropriation :of $26,000,000. Would“

be .: given the-aircraft administrator“: with which / ‘
to carry” out hispro’gram, and thesircrafti-SBC; ‘-

tions of both army and. navy would. be'co'flibinedw
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The renovation process at Hog Island, started
by the, investigations of the senate committee,
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sistant managers, assistant-assistant managers.
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of nearly $4,000 effected. With graft thusthrot-

. tied. and everyone on the job impressed with the

necessity of “speeding up,” it is anticipated that
ship-building operations at the Hog Island yards
will soon compare favorably with other govern-
ment yards. The country never wants another
Hog Island scandal. .»
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The war trade board has authorized the imme-
diate shipment of two,shiploads of Wheat to 'Hol-
land in order to relieve the desperate food 'short-
age of that country. A condition of the shipment
is that an equivalent: tonnage of products needed
in this country will leave Dutch ports simultan-
eously. Germany having agreed to refrain from
sinking such vessels in view of Holland’s extreme
need, which in the beginning was caused by the
U—boat depredations.

Canada has only two~inhabitants for each square
mile of territory. ’

According to Amsterdam correspondence, paper
trousers are now being worn by a large proportion of
German men. "’

Practically all .
Italian city of Milan is
plants in the Alps.

Holland, Michigan, is soon to have a new fertilizing
plant. to be modern in every respect.

Every church in Greece is obliged to pay a tax of
three per cent of its annual income and every monas—
try a tax of five per cent.

More than one—half of the Fordson tractors which
the state of Michigan purchased a few we‘ekks ago are
already reported as sold to farmers.

Machinery will be shipped from Seattle to the Prob—
iloff Islands by the United States bureau of Fisheries
with which to extract the Oil-from the seal, carcasses
which at present: are thrown away Will be used.

Genesee Chapter, RedCross, shipped 76 cases of sur-
gical dressings, hospital garments, knitted articles,
gical dressings, hospital garments are valued at
nearly $16,000.

For years every Detroit visitor planned on seein

of the electric power used in the
.obtained from hydro-electric

‘ the wonderful Ford factory, but now that the plan

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has been turned over to the Government work, this is
no longer possible. - . ,
Field and garden seeds will be neonditionally ex-
empted from all embargoes,’ accor rig to an announce-
nient from the United States Department of Agricul-
ture and instructions issued to all. railroads in the
United States by the Director.» of Traffic to do every-
thing possrlele to expedite the movement, of field and
garden seeds . ' ; -

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. al brush with Usboats to reward it.

. is pro. ,

t Viadivstok will _ .
tdlstdrbcneisafi mtpert .

lilies. will keep, ah-‘eye on the was

store pt military ,. . .

amenities at Vladivstokii'bowevier, as 7.

they do not wish toil-nave these stores vused;gfor‘the. ,,

advantage; of, the Germans. . -

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According. mime-a: dispatches the Germns are

preparingf'for ,‘a great naval offensive. Naval guns in
use on. the ,_.weste‘rn front have. been withdrawn and
sent to Kiel itis said, and theréar‘e further indications

that the Huns are colitis to‘risk a'naval battle in the

near future. That such/a contest womd ,b‘veelcomed

on the‘part of the Allies goesuwithout Saying. The '

American fleet has been cry-operating, With :the other '

allies for nearly a» year, and bashed only, an occasion-
. 'While .the Ger—
mans would hardly, be-expected ‘to advertise. a. naval
contest in advance, stiltthey made no efforts to sup
press rumors :of’ their great land. offensive. In fact
they relied on the .ystories'of their preparations to un-'
nerve the Allies. An Allied naval drive against Kiel
has been suggested, but this base is so strongly forti-

‘fied that it would probably‘result in failure.

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The German high command is taking special pre-
cautions to hide the true number of Teutonic casualties
from the. people back home, according to reports
leaking out. The German casualties were cstiir1ated
at nearly one-half million. before the secOnd phase of
the great offensive began» several days ago. Their
losses have been fully asgreat or greater since that
time. German wounded are for the most part being
transported to Belgium for treatment instead of being
sent back to Germany. Reports through neutral
countries indicate that soldiers’ correspondence with
their home’ folks has been discontinued, in order that

the truth may be kept from the German people. e ‘

general staff evidently is staking all on Winning
victory of sufficient magnitude to compensate for ‘the
vast toll of blood spilled since March 21.
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Allied prisoners have been subjected to untold
cruelties by the Germans, according to a report. just
made public by the British government. The Germans

' have constantly defied the Hague conventions cover-

ing the usage of prisoners; It. is charged that prison-
ers have been forced to work near the battle lines
where they were'constantly in dan'g'hr of death from
the shell fire of their own forces; It is further charg-
ed that prisoners ‘have been denied food and shelter.
Deaths from starvation are frequent, and many of
the prisoners have become physical wrecks who will
never be able to again take their places in trade and
industry, because of the deprivaltions to which they
have been subjected.
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The critical need of more troops in France to with-
stand the onslaughts of the Teutons, has caused a
radical change in the draft plans. Men are to be
called in much larger numbers than was at first plan—
ned. The fact that American troops will be placed
with French, and British will make it possible to cut
the training time and rush them to Europe after only
a few months in camp. Training will be completed in
France or England. It has \been found that the long
period of intensive training here which was at first
deemed1 necessary can be greatly shortened without
serious 1m airin 2' . v
they fiiibzrtlly Elect ghethreluregiciency 0f the men “ hen
t II t
The Huns are: evidently surprised at ‘the initiative
and bravery displayed" by individual American sol-
diers on the battle front. The Germans while they
are not cowards are frequently driven to the attack
by their officers. On the other hand the American

- officers have a hard time to restrain their men, and

there are many stories being told of. individual Amer-
icans going into ”No Man’s Land" and bringing back
prisoners, After the war when the veil of secrecy
can .‘bc lifted, and the censor is relegated to ' the
background, the many deeds of bravery on the part
of Americans will make interesting reading.

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The second phase of the great. German offensive
which for a time threatened to break the British line
and reach ~Amiens. now appears doomed to failure.
Although they have won minor successes and bent the
line backward in several plices,.the German onslaughts
have not resulted in their objectives being reached.
In the Picardy region the offensive has‘failed com-
pletely. American forces supporting the British and
French have succeeded in repulsing the, Germans in
many minor engagements. ’

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The giant American naval collier CyclopS, which
was on a voyage from South America to an American
port on theAtlantic coast has been overdue for more
than a month and all hope has been given up for its
safe arrival. The boat which was loaded with man-
ganese was 'laatureported from the West Indies. Two
hundred and ninetyethree officers, crew and passen—
gets, eight. being from .Michigan, have been given up
f6r lost. A German plot is‘suspected.

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. _ The _.giant43".rnpp gun- which has been bombarding

Paris from "within the German lines, still continues to
deal death 13nd: destruction to helpless women find
children, although-the Himaare well aware that the

bombardment has no directnitlitary value. Some!
Americans. Were W the, killed/when a shelhfuem

this gun stun-ck a. Pariaclmrch on Easter Sunday. Re-
cently a number of. children in a fondling asylum

were \ictims. .
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diets. The animals are. so we! trained:-that‘they‘lead
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as

center

its struggles lot: human liberty.

'atcentury has rounded its course

,since he. stirring days of the Civil War. The me-
o the Grand! Anny of the Republic who

. " bodies and peaceful vocations

wing Lees surrender, have. long since an-
”ed. he final summons. But there Yet sur-

cf ’61, of rigorous constitution, living lives that

.. were clean and whalesomwe they succeSSfully with-
stood the weakening influences of the war and

during the inter-j

sens i3 the Tndian Wars of the state He was
given a tract of government land of about 40

acres nearWDetroit which he secured by a short:

stay in 1,827 or' ’28. He went south during the
Civil; War as a member of the engineer corps
working tar the government in bridge building.

lived to the ripe old age of 96 years.
The eldest son. I D. Miller, enlisted in 1861 in

I. company "C” 30th Indiana volunteer infantry; was

taken prisoner at the battle of Chicama.;uga spent
seven months in Libby prison, and like many
others who endured that terrible 0 deal, has never
been robu‘st since. At the close of the war, this
brother settled on a farm in Branch county, but
in recent years has been a resident of ColdWater.
He is 80 years old. . ' , ,

J. J. Miner, the third son, was a member of the
8thlllinois cavalry and served in the army of the
East. He lost three fingers in the battle of An-
tietam and was forthwith discharged from ser-
vice. Being a printer by trade he located in Bre-

r
. which she may

in

be needed in
the 7p re s e nt
war. Among '

vthe ' honors
which her reek,

0rd of service
has b r o u g h t
her is that
of department
preside n t o f
t h e 4 A r m y
Nurse Ass’n of
Michigan an d »
Wisconsin, a
position she
h'. :'.cltt tor the
past ten years.
Thus ends,
for the present
at least. the
story of these six staunch ve‘ sums of the Civil
War. The chapter of the father’s life has been
brot to its etern-

m.

Mrs. P. l’, .‘vliner. who served in the
hospitals during the Civil “'ur, and
who has just registered for service in
the present. war preparations.

 

“vening years -i‘ - " '- i

have lived use-

rving «their

1,10ny
and faithfully in
civil life as dur-
ing the dark
days of the Civil,
And of
these there "are
yet 'many still

manhood ’ and .
womanhood,

score of" years,
and in a few
isolated cases, a'
quarter of a cen-

 

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such is the re-
markable family.
of Milo Miner, “ ‘
one of .Michis.
gan’s earliest pi— ‘

' oneers, who died

in 1909, at the ’
of 96 years,
m o n g the
thousan d s o 1
readers of MICH-
IGAN anmnss EmMINe, there is none whose
friendship the editors prize more than that of P.

W“...

P. P. Miner, 75 Years
The shave picture was taken at Goldwater,

J. J. Miner, 78 I. D.
yard, N. 0., after the war, where he founded the
"Sylvan Valley News," retiring but a couple years
ago. J. J. Miner is now 78 years of age.

E. W. Miller, the youngest of the four sons, en-
listed as a recruit in the same company with his
brother: P. P. Miner, in 1864 and served to the
close ’of the war After hostilities had ceased. he
wept to Kansas and secured a government claim.
A few years later, upon the death of his wife, he
returned .eaSt with his four children. For the
two youngest he secured admission to the State
Soldi-ers' Home at Knightstown, Indiana, where
they secured fine discipline and became proficient
in the printing trade, a knowledge ‘
abledthém with the assistance of their father to

'build up'a splendid linotype business at 542 South

Dearborn street, Chicago. E. W. Miner was born
in, 1846 and is consequently 72 years of age at
the present time. ,

,P. P. Miner, our subscriber and correspondent.
was born in -1843. 1' He enlisted in Company B,

.120h Indiana volunteer infantry on August 12th,

1862. He was wounded in the left knee at the
battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 23rd, 1863,'and
at the close of the war in 1865 was given an hon-
orable discharge.
was united in marriage with Miss Rena Little-

” field of Sturgis, Mich. At the present time they

father, who (nods Baron's aid at the
ex is Ralph
flaggint at the’ U.. of; M.

1111111111111. a granddaughter,

" who is also a, veteran of the Civil War.

Lobdol, grandson of;
The. .

residebn their farm near St. Charles, both in ex-
cellent health, still young at heart and planning
on many more‘years of service to their country

. ind humankind

No less of interest than the story of the four
Miner brothers is the history of Mrs. P. P. Miner,
This
patriotic woman served in various hospitals from
the spring of 1864 to the closing of the hospitals
in the {all of 1865 As faithful and loyal to her

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the home of I. D. Miner, three years ago

that later en--

On Sept. 30th, 1866, our subject“,

a1 close. His
work is ended.
Four sons h e
reared and free—
ly gave to the
service of his
country in its
hour of need.
And each of
them became a
volunteer to help
preserve the
union, serving
honorably a n (1
well thruout the
period 0 f t h e
war.

It is upon the
bulwark of the
sterling charac-
ter a n d t h e
matchless deeds
of the Miner’s
and the Little-
fields that the
honor and saf-
ety of the nation
will ever rest
secure. For they
are the patriots
who stand firm
when the storms
of a d v e r s i t y
th reaten the
ship of state.
and courageous-
ly take up the fight against the despoilers of hu—
man liberty. It was such as these who stood by
the side, of Washington in the War of the Revo-
lution; who offered their all to Lincoln when civil
war menaced the life of the union; and who now,
in what may prove the most critical period of the
nation’s entire history are coming to the front,
freely extending their services, their money, their
lives if need be, to help preserve the traditions of
our native land and the democracy of the world.
We give thanks that there are many of such today
as in the earlier crises of the nation, and our unit-
ed prayer is that their sacrifices may not be in
vain, but may be crowned with the laurels of
splendid victory.

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TELL US OF THE VETERANS
OF YOUR ACQUAINTANCE

We can think of no time inspiring influence to
awaken the generations of the present day to a
fuller realization of their duty to their country
and to' move them to a greater service and sac—
rifice in the conflict that is alreadrv thundering
at our very doors, than a repetition of the stories
of the eventful lives of the veterans and pio-
neers of the early days. Every community has
its “old soldiers,” its pioneers, whom they love to
honor on patriotic and other public occasions.

Each of them has a story to tell of their early V

struggles to hew a home out of the Michigan
wilderness; each of them can recall to min}. the
thrilling days of the Civil War. Give us these
stories, that we may do honor to these men and
women to whom we owe so much for the upbuild-
ing of our state and nation

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' I have read your article about Michigan'sShy-
locks. It sure hits thenail dn the head. so far
as my section is concerned. But .i would like to
know how much the ~~usury law,to which you
refer, catches the bank that writesia bonus in
on the face of the note. with the'maker’s knowl-
edge and permission. All ’ exorbitant interest
charges are made in the form of bonuses, as the
. notes never show more than 7 per cent interest—'-
0. B.. Alpena county.

From our interpretation of the usury law, we
are inclined to believe that the law is intended
to cover just such cases as you mention, and coin-
cides with the construction that the courts have
placed upon it, according to the history of cases
having been tried under that law as set forth in

. the Compiled Laws of 1915, from which we quote
as follOWS: “Usury: Every Written agreement
to pay interest in excess of the legal rate, hawever
well and unlawful interest may be disguised. is
in violation of law and usurious. * * , " ‘

,Usuary consists in the reservation of a greater
rate of interest, directly or indirectly, than is
provided by law as well as in the taking or. re—
ceiving.” While the law contemplates that any
illegal rate of interest shall not be collected, it
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missioner Merrick believes that the payment of
principal and the legal rate of interest on any
loan would relieve the makerfrom further obli-
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I enclose an ad. clipped from the which I
tried out last year. I’ll tell my experiences; pos-
sibly some readers may profit by it if not too late.
Last year in February, I think, I read A. A. Ber-
ry’s seed ad. in It read about like\ this.
“For sale——Alsike, clover and timothy seed, guar-
anteed 95 per cent pure.” I think they claimed
about 25 per cent alsike, at $4 per bushel. I or-
dered a bushel and intended to have it tested but
it did not get here until about six months or long—
er after 'I placed my order. It was so late when
,, it arrived that I did not wait to get it tested, but
%; sowed about half or more the next morning. I
noticed it did not look very clean and I sent a
sample to Lansing. Anyone having read the test
report would not place any orders there. I still
have the balance'of the seed, expect to sow it on
a wild 40 acres, burned over for pasture land. As
1 did not have’ the seed to return. I sent A. A.
Berry the report. They sent me the freight
charges, hoping I would be satisfied; I don’t want
any more._0. A. A., Clare.

Farmers are legion who get stung by unscrup-

ulous seed firms who “guarantee” their; product.
f Most of them swallow their medicine without any
complaint. and charge it up to experience. If
more farmers would resort to the law. which has
been provided to protect them, it would discourage
such firms from seeking business in the state.
Act 202 of the Public Acts of 1913, regulates com-
merce in agricultural seeds and provides a pen-
__ alty for violation thereof.

1 The act defines agricultural seeds as alfalfa,
- barley, Canadian blue grass, broom grass, buck-
: wheat, alsike clover, crimson clover, red clover,
white clover, field corn, kaffir corn, flax, millet,
oats. orchard grass, rape, red top, rye, sorghum,
timothy, wheat, which are to be used for sowing
or seeding purposes. The act requires that all
packages containing such seed offered for sale
shall bear (1) the name of the seed; (2) name
and address of person selling or offering for sale
such seed; (3) approximate percentage of weight
of purity or freedom of such seed from foreign
matter or from other seed indistinguishable by
their appearance; (4) approximate percentage by
weight of contamination, specifying by name, each
kind present in greater proportion than one per
cent by weight. of the whole. The Agricultural
college is instructed, upon application, to test all
seeds suspected of being contaminated, at a cost
to the applicant of 25 cents foreach package. For
the violationof any of the provisions of this act
a penalty of not to exceed $100 is provided. There-
fore, it is our opinion that our Clare subscriber, if
he still has in his possessinn the analysis report
could recover from A. A. Berry the entire amount
involved in his purchase. Subscribers of M. B. F.
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Honey is‘fa ‘n‘iCe thing. to" have these war/ti

and» 2- want to eaters-y beast—AT. J. 0., C'o’ro,?M , in“

My attention'hassbeeu called ~to‘,ino-"1§rbvis1

requiring patent hives.- ,Wekhavef enact far- the

suppression-«of contagious diseases among bees;

which will'be found in sections 7353 to 73650!“

the Compiled laws of 1915. This has‘ beén amend~
ed by Act‘No. 87 of the Public Acts of 19137.—-A .B.
Daugherty. Deputy Attorney General. [Emma’s
Nore:—~Reference to both the original‘and amend-

ed acts above referred to .di‘SCIOse'no reference ‘

whatever to the patent hiVes which you mention
in your'letter, therefore, it is safe to assume that
yon: can continue to use" your home-made hives
without interference. ' Our veterinary editor ex-

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‘ A Plea from the Northland

HAT SHYLOCK story in your last is-
I sue hit our case here right sQuare
on the head. My husband and I came
into this territory more than twenty-three
years .ago, ,_ when this whole country was a
wilderness, and worked hard and late,
against all odds. for we had no money when
we came here, and neither have we any
yet for that matter. We‘ bought and paid
for our placerwith the wood that was on it,
and I contented myself because I thought
it was a good place to raise our boy, and
we could send him to school until he got
through high school, then he could ‘help us;
but they drafted,him into the army and
now he is a soldier and at Camp Merritt,
New Jersey. He was our only child.
However, with 'all of our disappointments
we stuck to it. We had drouths and frosts,
and bugs to get our crops; and we had cat-
tle and horses and pigs die and barns blown
over, and other forms of vicissitude. We
borrowed money to tide us over occasionally
and always~ found the lenders Shylocks. A
good cow choked on an ear of corn; we
bought a team and owed one hundred and
fifty dollars on it, and after wintering it the
Shylocks swooped down upon us this spring
and took the team and thus left us up
against it, and we can not run .our farm_
this year now. I suppose it [will be another
boarding up of windows. and get cut and
hunt a job. It is hard, when we tried so
hard to get a start and make a home. We
could raise money on our farm if the Shy~
locks did not have a claim on it, so there we
are. plainly up against it———in the clutches
of the Shylocks. This is the gospel truth
and you can publish it if you want to. They
tell us to. raise big crops and be patriotic.
We borrowed $15 to buy a bushel of sweet
clover seed and they charged us 75 cent for
it for three months. They will'not make

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any longer loans to farmers here—Mrs.
G’. H., Benzom‘a, Michigan.
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plained the disease known as “foul brood," in last
week’s issue.” There are stringent laws provided
against the spread of this disease, and if you .sus—

‘pect that your hives have been invaded we would

suggest that you go at once to the prosecuting at-
torney’s office at Caro and ask to see a copy of
the law referred to above]

. COST OF “RUNNING” LIVE STOCK

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As I am a subscriber to your most valuable
paper I would like a little advice. First, I would
like to build a barn. Must build or sell off my

stock, and we all know what it means to build ‘

these times of high prices. One of my neighbors
advised me to set oak posts 'in the ground, filling
around with cement; he thought Icould build a
half cheaper and just as durable. A barn builder
told me it would cost just as much as a frame—of
course he wanted the job. Would like to hear
from any of the M. B. F. readers and their ex-
perience. Second, what per cent should stock
buyers have from Saginaw 2to Detroit. Please ads
vise me what I ought to buy, middlings," for the,
last I heught was rye, I paid $3.00 per hundred.~
Some price. I see the M. B. F. quotes standard

' $36; fine, $43.50.——F.’ B., Brant,‘Mz'chiyan.

Will some of our readers give our; subscriber
the barn-building information he requests?"

We are advised by a gentleman who has ship-
ped considerable stock from the vicinity of Sag-‘
inaw, and is pretty well acquainted with the alt:

nation that it costs in the _'neighbonhood of 79

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' us a copy of a circular distributed tb all agents

,Shipments of hogs, cattle ~and other live stock, ,
other than hordes.‘ On account of existing m~~’
.xb‘argo placing restrictiOns on shipments weigh:

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( our embargo referred to, provided, we are in po—

ishable "matter" and also excluded from embart

. some mistake and that they had taken the matter

~ of profit, making the retail price of bran some-

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The Adams Empress Company has placed an
embargo ,on shipments of. live" stock- weighing--
more than 300' pounds.-_‘_At ’a-time like-this when
it is. so necessary for 'the‘atmnsportation 'ofmeat-
animals, t-hisembargo seems. wrong. Can’t=some--‘_
thing be done tohave it removed. T-'G., Kent
County. _ ' , . - ‘ ' .

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ins .in excess of 300' pounds, numerous inquiries
are heingreceived requesting to be advised wheth- . .,
er shipments ot cattle and hogs, weighing in ex- 3.. -
cess of 300 pounds, may be accepted for move- ‘ .3 f
mentby express. Thisquestion has'been referred ' ‘ ; L

to our trafllc department and Vice-Pres. Williams '
has advised that liVe stock, other than horses, are
classified as food products, and same may be ac- z 5 »,
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sition to furnish satisfactory service" in connec-
tion'with the movement of such shipments. Nur-
sery stock in packagesyexceeding 300 pounds, and
all seeds, should be classed and hauled as “per—

goes along with government shipments, food“
products, etc—0. M. Orr, Superintendent Mich-
igan Division.”

LOWEST WHEAT PRICE IN
STATE PAID AT ELK RAPIDS

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Some time ago an Elk Rapids subscriber called '
our attention to the fact that all winter long
grain buyers at Elk Rapids had oflered only $1.95
per bushel for No. 2‘ Red Wheat. This price was
so far below the average wheat price for the - ’
state that the Grain Corporation Was asked to
make an investigation. They replied to this re-
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up immediately with the McBain Grain 00.. .Mc-
Bain, Mich., who operated at Elk Rapids, with a
view of correcting the price. . Less than 'a fort—
night‘later the Elk Rapids quotation advanced to
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ing established a maximum price for wheat has
ruled also as to the price'at which bran shall be
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where about $30.00 per ton. I am paying $45.00.
The local elevator advises that they purchased
their bran before the government ruling, sothey
mnnot sell at the government price. They also
my they are unable to purchase more at any price.
The millers know where to buy wheat at‘ govern-
ment prices. Are there any farmers who know
where to buy bran at government prices? “‘What
is medicine to one man is ‘pisen’ to another." But
the farmer has not succeeded in reaching the
medicine end of the government rzgnlation as
yet—H. 8., Birch Run, Michigan. -~/
The Food ~Administration is admittedly hav-'
ing difficulty in enforcing itsregulations insofar
as the prices of all mill feeds are concerned. State
Food Administrator Prescott has frankly stated
that he knows of no remedy for thesi-tuation
where'dealers are loaded up withfeeds purchased
at high prices before the rulingwent into effect.
Apparently there is none. However, we cannot
believe that dealers generally ,3th have pure
chased bran' andmidfilingrslAnQG¢hQ fifil‘bfimy
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ION FLOCKS

of weeks ago I read. of
font: to supply farmers
g. to know What age and
-:_,far1nerawished to pur‘xhase them
arouses have twenty good two-y ear-
lready bred and unsheared, but we could
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Hervever,1n Michigan at the earnest
_, .o ment Association. the. War PreparedneSS Board
,sz prevailed upon to appropriate $10, 000 00 as
Ta revolving fund to be used to purchase sheep on
' 5 the Chicago or. other markets, the sheep to be de—
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' and this money to be used again to purchase more
'- sheep. . 2

The War Preparedness Board, upon recommen—
dation of the Governor, appointed Mr H. H. Hal-
liday, State Live Stock Sanitary (‘on1n1issioner,to
make all purchases of sheep Unfortunately after
5 the machinery was all in motion and the secretary
E of the West Michigan, the Northeastern Michigan
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had canvassed the farmers and obtained orders it

siderably out of reason to buy, for feeding and
breeding purposes. Further, when- everything
was ready to make purchases it was a bit too late
.to take chances on buying Western bred ewes.
which was naturally a: disappointment to many,
and the price. together with the heavy weight of
». the coming yearly ewe lamb, being received on the
Chicago and other markets caused Mr Halliday
and others to conclude that it would be better to
abandon the plan for the time being

No sheep were purchased from state funds for

Western Michigan. However, I believe one car
was purchaSed and distributed through the North-
eastern Miohigan Development ~Bureau.' Under
conditions existing assistance was given many
farmers to finance them through local sources.
‘ Several individuals .plan to buy sheep on the
Western and Southwestern markets and bring
them in independently. Some of these sheep have
been received at Grand Rapids and a couple of:
weeks ago a’ farmer in Missaukee county went
with a man Who has ridden the range for six-
teen years, to Roswell, New Mexico, and bought
two carloads of sheep, shipping them to Cadillac
' A date was set for auction sale of the sheep which
was advertised rather prominently in the Cadillac
“paper, also newspapers of nearby towns. Less
_than twenty people attended the sale and I am in-
formed by Mr. Stevens that only two men bid.
The-sheep were re-shipped to Grand Rapids and
,sold at the fair grounds.

A Company is being organized at Detroit. cap--
italized at $100 000. 00 the Obrmt being to buy
sheep for distribution in Michigan among farm-
ers and also to purchase and stock a ranch in
the northern part of the lower peninsula. If
there are any further developments shall \be glad
to advise you. —-~W. H Hartman Agl & Land igt.
G. R. & I. R. R (70

   

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HOW CO- OPERATIVE SHIPPERS’
UNION WAS ORGANIZED

Several months ago. Mr. S. (i. (leib, Secretary-
treasurer of the Caledonia Shippers" Union, wrote
M B. F. a letter telling what (ooperation had
done for the faimers of the vicinity of Caledonia
The letter attiacted the attention of Mr. Chag_
Kerr, an Ashley farmer, who has spent a number
of years 1.1 Denmark. is intimately acquainted
with the'co-opei'alch movement in that country,
and who is an enthusiastic believer in (to-opera:
tion of every kind for the American farmer. Mr.
Kerr wrote Mr. Geib for additional information
[concerning his I'ompzmy.‘ cnl‘ yes so impressed
with the 111011111 '= 0"" ""1 11 super in which

Ieib answeied his inquiry, that Mr, Kerr
requestedus to mum-lime llie letter in these cola
11111118, and to commcm upon the apparent Will-
lngness of present day _'farineis to ex: hange ideas
11‘» mutual benefit The is for iollows: ,

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solicitation of the Michigan Agricultural Devel-V-

to pay for the Sheep at actual cost, upon delivery; ,

was found that the market price of sheep was con- '

-eraid to start.

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read . he editorials that are sent
, y“that fellow hit the nail on'
. that is as far as it goes. We-
on long enough to let it soak In good. I

I. I clients help we get started in livestock ship-

ping. A few or we farmers got together and called
a meeting “by order of committee” to all the

. farmers uremia, here for the purpose of organizing

a comparative Livestock Shipping. Association to
which a goodly number came. We had Mr. C. J
Miller of Athens, Michigan heie who gave us a
geod talk 0n livestock (ooperaiion We had our
circulation sheet alieady 1‘01 people to sign at this
meet ing With the purpose for which we wanted to
organize prin: ed on top. We organized under act
398 of the Public Acts of 191 ’ of the laws of Mich-
wigan at $10 per share with half paid in. Of course
it depends ‘on what you are up against as to how
much .you should incorporate for, some incorpor-
ate for $5.00 a share. with one—half paid in.
This seemed too small for us asvwe wanted to
broaden out ourlbusiness more.

We have seven directors. They are chosen one
from every corner you wish to draw custom from.
Our manager was chosen from off the board as he
is a retired farmer and makes a good kind of a
man for the job. He is supposed to list all the
stack that is to be-sent. Our hogs are sorted
at the yard and all over 160 lbs. go as porkers.
and all nude r 160 pounds go as pigs. Our cattle
are all marked on Iight side, the man having the
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H... . ”Human... Will" .
Popularity

Mrs. Roy E. Dillenback, Harrison, Mich.
Just now we Sammies are the stuff,
Because we never take a. bluff.

Weall “dig in” and do our “bit;"

The evening long we sit and knit.

biom daylight "till the fall of night

We hoe and rake with all our might.
Each one must raise an extra bean

For food will win the war, I ween

We've built more ships and aexoplanes

Than Johnny Bull has weather vanes
We bottle gas and measure shrapnel;
Make liquid fire and tanks as well.
Why, Caesar in his wildest dreams

Ne’ e1 prophesied such war machines.
Old Kaiser Bill must sure be canned,
And Hindenburg well also land;

Von. Hui-fling, too, and Ludendorff

Must both be toted to the wharf,

And set to sail on seas sublime

Where submarines and floating mine
Shall harrass every move they make.
Wise Berlin too we’ll have to take.

The kultured Boche must bow and kneel,
And like a. Texas porker squeal.

We ll wipe that kultur off the earth,

And liberty shall have new birth

Ere we shall spare a moment’s time

O’er trivial things to bark and whine.

A million Sammies, brave and true,
Has Uncle Sam and money too,

To help depmt the hyphenate

From New York to the Golden Gate.

For Uncle Sam ne’er gets cold feet,
Each task he finishes complete.

They’ve crippled Russia as they said;
Roumania is nearly dead,

Much Belgian soil they’ve taken o'er——
0f ruined France they talk galore.’
To humble England was their task;

In Holland, too, they sought to bask,
’Twould be accomplished "while you wait.”
Now, Uncle Sam won’t subjugate.

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110 mark. the next most markU). next (II), next
(III), next (IV) and so on lip. Also use alphabet
letters as (H), (E), (F). (N), (M), with a pair
of shears. Sheep are marked with paint 011 the
back. The. most number no mark. We mark with
green, red and black paint. Next one green on
shoulder, next, with green 011 back and next with
green on hip; next with green on hip and middle.
next green on shoulder and middle. next green 011
shoulder, hip and middle and the same rotation
with the rest of the colors. We do the most
of our shipping to Buffalo. Once in a while we
have to send to Detroit 011 account of e111ba1'gocs.

Iam sending you one of our by-laws. also
(1pc of our sheets We use at the yards, also one
0 Eur sheets we return with their check. 1 think
you will be able to understand them. if I could
bay}; 3. personal talk with you I could tell you
lots, more and explain it better to you but don't be
as its just as easy as falling oil :1
log when you once get started have a little
grit, and if there is anything tho; I nuvon’t answer—

ed here that you wish to know. don’t be afraid to
ask.

i will be only too glad to help you get start-
ed. Hoping to hear that you have started on the
right road when. I hear fr’om you again. I remain,
Yours very truly,—-—S. C'. (Icib. Scrrciary-trmsurm-
(‘alcdonia Shippers Unio‘n, (Iaicdonilz. Mich.
Marioanhe Marion Cooperative Creamery
company is doing an excellent business. according
recently made public. The
ccnrany’s 'ioi-al 'receipts’for the Year were $49.-
]03.48.--0f this $3143.60 represenled sales of but-

termilk to the local trade, an dthe remainder but-

ter sales. The total expenditures amOunted to
$.45 0"" "‘ leaving a; net profit of $3.193.77. The
company paid farmers $40, 668. 67 for butte1 fat

during the twelve months The amount of butter
made during the year was 121, 913 pounds or al-
most 61 tons The, average price paid for butter
fat: was 41 9c. - .

     

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has labored more patiently or persistently to sea.
cure recognition of the farmers'. rights and pleas.
' It has been thru a painstaking and unselfiSh'
investigation ~of the situation not only in Michi-l
‘ gan but other states as well that we are able to .
’ say with all confidence that the growers
be satisfied with

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these alleged
which we understand, secured the death penalty
for Senator Smith's amenfiment.

In conclusion, we ask E. Percy Mil‘cr, in the
name of fairness and a square deal. to lay before
an unbiased committee his belated proofs on the
desirability of the double grading rules so far as
the growers are concerned. We ask him to pro—
v 12 his evidence that this measure was designed
and operates in the interests of the grower; to
produce his facts that they meet with the approval
of the majority of representative potato growers.
In behalf of the grOWers of Michigan, we like-
wise would lay before such a committee the ar-
guments of the growers against the grades and
prove to the satisfaction of any fair-minded man
that the rules are being enforced against the
wishes of the majority. The growers of Michi-
gan will welcome such comparison of proofs.

If Mr. Miller is not disposed to accept this sug-
gestion. the growers who are forced to sell thru
the organized shippers, will abide by 1110 rules~
until the close of the war, not only bewause the
Food Administration so orders, but because they
are patriotic and will not harass their l‘f‘}?resi‘-lilzl~
tives with a matter which, detrimental 11:: it. may
be to their individual interests. is after all triv-
ial to the great national and international affairs
which occupy the minds and hearts of the state's
senators and representatives at the pl‘nswnt time

In the meantime. however, we commend to the
Potato GrOWers’ Ass’n, the consideration of a
"producer-to-consumer” plan whereby every com—
mercial grower of potatoes may become his own
shipper, and grade and market his potatoes as
best suits himself and his customer, without ar-
bitrary interference from the Michigan Potato
Shippers’ Ass’n, or its godfather, Mr. E. P. Mil-
ler. For. remember, that any and every farmer
shipper is exempt from the provisions of the U. S.
potato grading rules.

FURTHER PROOF THAT FARMER
IS GROSSLY MISREPRESENTED

At the opening of the Third Liberty Loan cam-

paign, we received a copy of :1 phumplct, headed,
“Play fair, Mr. Farmer" A letter accompanied
it. signed by Wilbur D. Ncsbii, director of pub—

licity for the seventh federal reserve district, of
which Michigan is a part. The letter requested
our opinion 011 the facts set forth in the bulletin.
and asked us to publish them if we thought it
would assist in the sale of bonds to the farmers.
We read the circular, and immediately wired Mr.
Ncsbilt that, if be valued the support ofthe farmers
to recall his publicity matter at once. This was
followed up by :1, lengthy letter of explanation.
of which we have bad no arknowledgment . It
was not our purpose to make any mention 01' that
ciiculm or its uujusi (Ullii'ilur‘ in these. columns,
but in view cl 111111111 111:1: 1111: 111141111112 was sent
to u nunibc1 ol lurincrs in this slate. several of
whom have written us very indignant letters about
the misinformation contained therein. we have dc»

clded to publish the circular complete in u later
issue, and make reply Io every charge set forth
against lhc farmers. inasmuch as we do not
desire in place 21 single straw in Ibo way of the
Third llibcrly Loan. \Vl.‘ shall \12111 until :lfler the
campaign is closed. ’l‘l1c 1111::‘ 1:15 come when
for the safety of the nation. ibei fzunlers‘ position

and his attitude MUST be llll(lt‘!.‘4l( od 2.111} accord-

cd intelligent consideration,

M. B. F. AGENT TURNS COMMISSION
OVER TO THE RED CROS SS SOCIETY

An M. B. 1”. agent. Martin Kennedy of Alamo is
doing.. his bit by turning over his t‘mmnissicns on
subscriptions to the Red Cross. Mr. Kennedy is
:1 publi' spirited man who wishes to spread the
gospel 01 better conditions for the farmers. But
he isn’t going to stop at that. and every farmei
of Kalamazoo county who subscribes through Mr.
Kenned; Will have the satisfaction of knowing
that he is not only getting the best farm paper
published but is helping the Red Cross.

 

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individuals organized fo1 the furtherance of. their
mutual interests. .

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wheat came as somewhat of a surprise
giving the condition below what was
expected. At the same time, there is a
forecast of 560,000,000 as compared
'with an estimate of 481,000,000 bu.
last year. This estimate is based on
the average abon-donment of acreage
and influence on the crop from April
1st to” harvest. No doubt .recent rains
have improved the general ‘condition
so that' the prospect at present is
better than when the report was com-
piled. Prospects for spring wheat
are very favorable, seeding being over
50 per cent completed and with the
spring rains generally distributed
it‘would not be surprising to see con-
ditions such as to make the final es-
timate of acreage as high as in 1915,
at which time the crop turned not to
be the largest on record.

Movement of wheat from country
loading stations is small and a final
drive is being made to have the resi-
due marketed. Canadian ports will
ship a fair amount with the opening
of navigation. The crying need of the
Allies at this time is wheat and more
wheat and the American people must
meet this demand by self denial.

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Lineage New You.
No. 2 White
Standard 93 .92 l 02
No.3 While ” 92 1-2 .91 1-2 1.01 1-2
No. 4 While 91 1‘2 .91 1.01

 

 

While the oats market may be de-
scribed as easy, still it is not weak by
any means. Oats have been moving
in somewhat larger quantities and
certain sections have experienced
rather free selling of residue stocks
’in the hands of growers. It must be
remembered, however, that the daily
needs of the Allied givernments and
our own are around 400,000 bu. and
we are still a considerable distance
away from a new crep. Considering
this, also the recent strength of corn
we are not inclined to anticipate

much of a drop in the price of oats.
Crop conditions are very good and

seeding has been done much earlier

increase in the ac-

at a substantial
reage.

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
No. 2 Yellow 1.80 1.70 1.30
No. 3 Yellow 1.75 1.65 1.75
No. 4 Yellow 1.60 1 45 1.60

 

 

 

Firmer conditions exist in the corn
market and prices have shown a
,slight advance. The crest of the
spring movement is past‘and receipts
are much lighter at country points.
Arrivals are showing a much better
quality and distillers are free buyers
of the lower grades. not being per-
mitted to use grain fit for human con—
sumption.

Exports from the seaboard and Gulf

ports are heavy and while stocks at
' primary markets continue to increase
the visible decreased, due to heavy
exports.

Trading in June and July corn is
" now on without restriction as to price
the only limitation being as'to the
quantity traded. This has proven a
stimulating factor in all markets.

The seed situation is serious and
no doubt there will be some reduction
in the acreage. . The far southern
sections of the corn belt, where plant-
ing is done early, report new crop
conditions as very favorable- Argen-
tine is now shipping new 'corn and
this movement will increase in the
near future, as ocean carriers are pro—-
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still over-supplied and Weak.
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Rye quotations have“ worked lower
under a lighter demand from millers.

They. are no longer permitted to use ..
rye as a Wheat substitute in flour and.

as alresult it is not soactive in the
market. Present quotations are mere-
ly nominal and no doubt‘
could get the grain at a lower figure.
However, it .is to be noted‘ that no
one seems to be in a hurry to sell
and supplies do not increase to any
extent. ‘We'are of the opinion that
the grain is not in the country. '
The government report places the
condition as slightly below 'that of
The forecast of pro-
duCtion is placed at 86,000,000 bu. as
compared wit-h 60,145,000 bu. in 1917.
This is a considerable increase and
especially so over the average of the
preceding 5 years, 41,399,000 bu.

, Barley ~

Chicago—The tendancy of the barley
market during the past week Was
heavy and buying was very limited,
the millers being practically out of the
market owing mainly to transporta-
tion conditions. Local elevator men,
owing to the necessity of getting per-
mits and scarcity of cars, are practic—
ally out of the shipping business; it
is almost imp0ssible to get cars for
making shipments. Stocks, there-
fore, are accumulating liberally while
millers areunable to get their pur-
chases. Malting demand has also
been of an irregular nature. There
was quite a-demand for low grade
barley removed from the market dur-
ing the week. Sales were over a range
of $1.70 to $1.95. There was good in-

quiry for feed barley at $1.80.

  
   

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Toledo—The clover seed season for

the time being has

Nothing is doing. Receipts are very

DETROIT SI’ECIAIr—The' potato market has sh
the last day or so and the price has advanced considerably. ,
. the shortage only temporary as free consignments; are reported 111' qtimnoit.‘

CHICAGO WIRE—Oats market is firmer at a slight ndvahco.‘ :
Hay in fair Iquontity and market condition 1111-. i *

NEW YORK WIRE—Beau market about at etanflstill. smoke on hand are ”V
firmly bold but buyers waiting developments.
action of government in pushing sale or plates. g . ' ..

'1 $14.10@$_14.40; ,
N. E. ‘.'G (mixed with clover, timothy,

buyers ..

  

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' doing. 1' ‘ '
,3, $18 25@18. 50; rejected $17. 75®18;
N E. G. ,33 .60@15..

No.3,
$13. 65@‘14;

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rejected.-

etc.) $3. 60@13. 50.

Timothy—nNo. 2,.$335@3. 45; No. 3,

$3. 10@3. 25; rejected, $2. 85@3. 05; N:
E. G. 45c@$2. 75. --
Detroit—Prime red clover, $19.50;

Alsikke. $15.25 ,

timothy, $3.80.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago New Yoork
C. H.P. 11.50 13.00 14.
Prime 11.35 12:90 13. 85
Red Kidneys 14.00 14.50 14. 75

 

 

The activity of the Food Adminis— "

tratiOn in pushing the sale ‘of pinto
beans has resulted in a very quiet
market for pea beans. The sale of
pintos is being urged on all of the
principal terminal‘markets and as
they are being sold for lessmon'ey
than it is p03sible to sell the pea beans
for, they are in many cases being giv-
en the preference for the time at least.
The fact that pintos are not sodesir—
able and that consumers easily tire

of them, will 'become. evident in the_

regular Course of events, but that dees
not help the situation at this time.
Some stock is being received from the
Orient from time to time but not in
such quantity as to make any great
difference to the market. Lack of

transportation facilities is a big fac-
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M“ ct: white-necked white-sacked
Detroit 1.15 cwt. A 1.00 cwt.
Chicago 1.05 .90
Cincinnati 1 3.! 1.00

New York 1.50 1.30
Pittsburgh 1 30 1.10
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rather disappointing for the week. and sales are reported at a shade
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WASHINGTON,
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Apr 11 24

      
  
 

26 to 30. Temperatures fiom April
20 to May 1 will make an unusual
move upward, causing very warm
weather which Will be followed by a
severe cold w me that will carry frosts
unusually far southward. Wherever
tender plants or crops can be protec ted
I advise to prepare for a dangerous
frost that. , moving eastward will
reach meridian 90 between May 3 and
6. Very dangerous storms are ”expect.-
ed to precede that cold wave. some
veryvaluable rains, over a large part
of the continent, are expected not
far from May 1. Watch dates ,of
storms described below. *

  

  
   
   
    

   
      
    
   
    
   
 

couver near April
‘atures wil rise on all of the Pacific
slope It will cross crest of Buckles

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
As forecasted by W. T. Foster for MrcchN l
'by close of 29,mer1dian 90,

 

D. C., April 207— ‘

to 28, warm wa\e 23 to 27, cool wave '

I expect tornadoes and hail with the

Next warm Wave will reach Van-,
28 and' temper-.

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BUSINEss FARMER
great
Lakes and Ohio~ Tennessee valleys 30,
eastern sections May 1, reaching vi-
cinity of Newfoundland about May 2.
Storm wave will follow about one day
behind warm wave an’M cool .wave
about one day behind storm wave.

Two dangerous storm periods are
expected in May during the week cen-
tering on May 10 and 27. They are
expected to cross meridian 90 on those
dates; . Tornadoes are expected with
the May 10 storms and hail storms
are probable, altho it is a little too
early for hail. Northern sections
should be prepared for frosts near
May 10. But May will average well
as a cropweather month. I have
known good crops of corn Where
the young corn was badly frost- -bitten
about the first of June.

June will also have two very danv
serous storm periods, near 11 and 24

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June 11 storms. These storms are so
important that I will mention them
again and will give account of them
in detail Life and property should.
not be lost by carelessness and I hope
to do good by giving these warnings.

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Detroit - 24592. 25 00 2150 it... 22 511 . 23 W,
Chicago ~ 25 'oo ‘ 26,00 2: on 24301120011 22%
Ciu' ii 2950 30 0028 50 29 502500 28 g
Pitt urxh ” 30 30 50 27 00 28 00 2300 25‘0 00'
New York ‘ 30 , 31 00 _25 00 29 00 20 00 24 400
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Chicago 23 $0 24 50 22-50 23 00 0 0
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Pittsburgh 27 5‘1 28 (0'28 00. 29 00 28 00
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The Detroit hay market has taken
on just a little firmer tone under
somewhat lighter receipts.
still a free Supply however. and the
straw market is slightly over-supplied.
Prices at this time remain the same
as those of last week. We anticipate
a fairly firm condition for the coming
Week, with perhaps a slightly declin-
ing scale of prices. -‘

The timothy market at St. Louis
continues to receive heavy
and is weak as a result. All other
and
working on a very slow market. There
are also heavy sonsignments on the
way to that market, and it looks to us
as though it might be a good plan to
withhold shipments there for a week
or so.
ket for the lower grades and clover,
at. times when other markets are not-
so anxious for it.

Cincinnati has been receiving much
heavier receipts but an increase in the
demand has steadied the market and
no doubt prevented a considerable de-
cline in prices. While the quotations
still range about the same, individual
sales are in the main lower than last

‘ week. .
Pittsburg still continues to receive ‘

liberal supplies of— hay and straw and
the market is slightly weaker. Boston
is working under more liberal supplies?
and a strong selling pressure. .
The New York market has contin-
ued to receive liberal supplies and the
demand is not so heavy. Indications

point to a lower range of prices dur-
ing the coming week.

 

The Detroit butter market is firm—
er and under a good demand the price
had advanced. Supplies are not heavy
at this time and there is every pros—
pect of a further advance in price.
Fresh creamery is q‘oted at 401/20 for
firsts and 411/20 for extras.

Our New York .,letter under date of
April 13,
ation as follows:

This week has witnessed a greatly
improved market condition That has

been due to a greater con‘sumption.

and to a failing oil? in receipts. The
decidedly stormy weather of the. week

is probably the cause of thedecline
in receipts, as freight traffic has been "
.held up to a considerable extent."-Tli,e,-
strong demand .of the week has cut »-
of butter .

into .what accumulations
there were. That together with max
fact'that the supply of fresh creamery
butter in stores today is fully 10 ,000
tubs less than a week ago makes it

be of some duration.

,. There is "

receipts ‘

Ordinarily this is a good mar— -

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. > ' “The demand 'at
' is far "a adof- arrivals“ from-
dda otherefli‘s‘ very. little
" to!" pig change in conditions '
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‘_ ' auditions: "inf-.Chicago-‘are the same

”Lineman Detroit, _ There is really

no 'Tfresh; poultry marketvthere. We
v‘a're' advised that' the entire offerings
for. uveaaock' for three .days were 210
scoops, and it will be understood just
'T‘about how far. this supply would go

in a‘ city ,llk'eChicago. ‘

’ The Detroit egg market is firm with
lighter, receipts and an advancing ten-
Fresh firsts are quoted at

Chicago reports a slow, draggy mar-
ket with a plentiful supply... Very lit-
tle trading there so far on the storage
The price remains about
the same as that of last week, fresh =
firsts being quoted at 32 to 33cper

The onion- market continues very

'_ slow. Demand is light and there is

,troit‘is, quoting $1.25 per cwt.

a plentiful supply on all markets. De—
Deal-

- erg; have been. constantly hoping for

I. .

Detroit

better conditions but so far they
.~ failed to-rmaterialize'. 7. . ,

have

Flour, per 196 lbs. in 1/8
paper sacks:- ~Straight winter,‘$11;
spring patent, $11.30; rye flour, $14
in ‘jobbing lots. ' ..

Feed—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots:
bran, $35; standard Vmiddlings, $33;
fine; midldlings, $45; ‘cracked corn, $70;

coarse cornmeal, $30; chop, $56 per

“bigpackers stopped at $17.60;

ton. ~ ‘

Duluth—Bran, :per ton, $33.16; gr’d
oats, per ton, $60.75; "ground feed, per
ton, $62.75; shorts per- ton, $35.16;

red dog, per ton, $48.16; flou‘r mid- ,

'dlings, per ton, $42.16; Boston mixed-
feed, per ton, $37.16.

Detroit Live‘ Stock Letter
Detroit, April 5—Cattle: Market is
active and 25c’higher; best heavy.
steers, $13@$14.50; best handy wt.
butcher steers. $1'1.50@$12‘.,50; mixed.
steers and heifers, $10.50@$11; ban-l

dy light butchers, $9.50@$10.50; light '

butchers, $8.75@$9.25;; best ‘wcows,
$9@$10: butcher cows, $8@$8,75; cut-
ters, $7@$7.75; milkers‘ and spring-
ers, $60@$115.

Veal calves—Market Cysteady, I best,

$15.50@$16; others. $8@$13.-

‘fSheep and lambs-Market strong;

Lalbest- lambs. $1650} fair. lambs. $!5@
$15.60;. light'to common lambs, $1143,
“$14; fair to. good sheep. $10@$12; cullw

he'd cOmmon. $7@$9.

Lungs;— Market very dull;
good;
.nigs. $17.50.
dam “ foretell-Bulletin, under the
..-~ . m 6. east-
’ Within] ‘

. demand while exponent, was not quite.

' weighing up

fleeces—fine unwashed. 63@64;
'three-eighths 'blood,
unwashed, 77c-" ,- , . « ,._' ’ -

. 7 > Horse, Market
) Therawas a good business transact—
ed in’horsesduring the week, but the

as. rushing as, a week ago and there
never; were fewer buyers on hand.
supplies also, while large, were not

'qui-te as: heavy as in the preceding

WeekpAmongst theheavy green draft-
ers there wereth many extra weight
horses, asin last‘tweek’s supply, but
what were offered were of good quality
to 1750 and 1800 pounds.
They were taken quickly, and other
horses of smaller weight sold well.

Good quality green Matters, 1650
to 1850 ‘lbs. sold from $350@$400;
medium weight “good quality green
drafters from $275@$350; chunks
from $250@$325; heavy wagon and
express horses from $175@$250; sec-
onds, from '$40@$175. .

Dressed Hogs and Calves

' The market for this class of offer-
ings is just a little stronger and fancy
dressed calves are worth 1 to .lléc
more per pound than last week. De-
troit is. quoting dressed calves at 220
to 230 for the fancy article; 200 to
210 for choice and 190 per lb. for the
common. Dressed hogs are selling at

_'21c ,to 22c per lb.

Hides and Furs

No. ~1 cured, 130; No. 1 green, 100;
No. 1 cured bulls, 10c; No. 1 green
bulls. 80; No. 1 cured veal kip, 180;
No. Irgreen veal kip, 170; No. 1 cured
murrain, 13c; No. 1 green murrain,
10c; No._1 cured calf, 250; No. 1 green
calf, 23c; No. 1 horsehides, $6; No. 2
horsehides, $5; No. 2 hides 10 and N0.
2 kip and calf 11/20 lower than the
above; sheepskins, as to amount
wool, 50c@$3.50 each.

. East Buffalo Prices

—-'-Receipts of cattle Monday, 125 cars.
Trade Opened 50c to 750 higher on
medium weight and weighty steer

‘ cattle which were in moderate supply"

1

few sold; .

butcher steers and ‘ handy weight
steers sold 25 to 500 higher than last

week; fast cows and-heifers sold 25 to,

400 higher; bulls of all classes sold
25‘t04500‘hig'her than last week; can-
ners and cutters "were in light sup-
ply, sold s'tea-dty; fresh cows and
springers were in very light supply,
sold steady; stockers and, feeders in
very light supply, sold 35 to_ 500 high-
er than last week; yearlings were in

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Receipts of , hogs Monday” totaled

_, about 12,000 head. The market was

about 150 lower. Best light hogs sold
up to‘$18.65, but- the bulk sold at
$18.60;; pigs were strong to 10c high-
er, selling at $18.60; heavy hogs sold
all the way from $18.25 to $18.50 as
to weight}. roughs, $16.25; stage, $13
to $13.75. ‘ r -

With 2400 hogs on sale Tuesday our
market opened steady to 10c lower on
everything but pigs whichwere 35c
lower. Yorkers and mixedhogs sold)
all the way from $18.50 to $18.60; med-
ium hogs, $18.30 to $18.50; heavy hogs

$18.10 to $18.30; pigs, $18.25; roughs

steady selling at $16.50; stags, $13 to
$14.00.

' The receipts of sheep\and lambs
Monday were called 30 Cars or six
The market opened
25c lower on wool stuff, best wool
lambs selling from $21.50 to $21.75;
'throwouts, $19.50 to $20. Clipped
stock, best clipped lambs, $18.25 to
$18.50;and we understand that there

was one load of clipped lambs sold.

up to $18.60; throwouts, $15.50 to
$16.00; yearlings, $15.00 to $15.50;
wethers, $14 to $15; ewes, $12 to $14;
as to weight and quality; heavy lambs
$15 to $16.

The receipts of sheep and lambs
Tuesday were about 1800 head. Best
wool lambs sold from $21.50 to $22;
throwouts, $19.75 to $20.25; best clip-
ped lambs, $18.50 t $18.75; throwouts
$15.75 to $16.25; yearlings, $15.00 to
$15.50; wethers, $14 to $15; ewes, $12
to $14; as to weight and quality;
heavy lambs, $15 to $16.

Following are the quotations:
‘Choice to prime weighty steers.
$15.25@$16; medium to good weighty
steers, $13.75@$14.50; Plain and
coarse weighty steers. $13.75@$14.50;
choice to prime handy weight and
medlium weight steers, $14@$14.50;
fair to good handy weight and med-
ium weight steers, $13@$13.50; fair
to good yearl-ings, $12.50@$l3.; med-
ium to good butcher steers, 12@12.50:
fair to medium butcher—steers, $11@
$11.50; good butcher heifers, $11@
$11.50; good to choice fat cows. $10.50
@$11; fair to good medium fat cows,
$8.50@$9; good to choice fat bulls.
$10.50@$11; good to best stock and
feeding ,steers, $10@$10.50; medium
grades of stock and feeding steers,
$9@$9.50; good to choice fresh cows
and springers, $90.00@$120.

SALE DATE§ CLAIMED

Co. Holstein —
Howell, Mich.

Consignment
April 25.

Howell
Friesian Cattle.

West Michigan Holstein Breeders’ An—
nual Guarantee Sale, May 15, Grand
Rapids, Michigan.

Livingston County l..ccclers’ Sales Co.
I'Iolstein-Friesian Cattle. May 16. How-
ell, Michigan.

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For many years European. '
have used herse ‘flesh, and -
years markets for-sellinthorser ”
have appeared in encumber ofthe‘lu‘t
er American cities. There are,’
markets in' St. Louis, where hor‘se’il-“esh
can be purchased. ‘ '>

A good healthy horse sixteen‘years‘
old was slaughtered a short time ago
at the University'of Missouri college
of Agriculture and the meat given to
persons in Columbia who wished to
compare the taste and palatabiiity
of horse flesh. Where persons partook

of the meat without being awarerthat- 3

it was horse meat. no objectionwaa
raised, and uniformly it was pronounc-
ed to be good meat, a1} hough a. little
tough and dry.
persons, when informed that it was“
horse meat could not bring "‘em-
selves to try another portion.

There has been a strong prejudice

against the use of horse flesh because
of man’s association with the horse.
At one time it was thought a sacrilege
to rob Old Dobbin of his hide before
burial. That prejudice has well nigh
passed away.

'It is doubtful whether it will pay to
produce horse flesh primarily for hu-
man consumption. There are many
horses in the.country too small for
efficient service as draft animals which
in these times of meat shortage. could
well be slaughtered for human food. In
every large city there are many cases
annually where young fat horses are
injured by falling on the slippery pave.
ment. Such animals should be slaught-
ered at once for food.

It is far more humanelto slaughter
the old family horse for food than to
sell him for five or ten dollars to a
huckster who will half starve and mis-~
treat him for a year or two and then
turn him out to die.

The horse has not been bred as has
the beef animal for the distribution of
fat thru the lean muscles and there-
fore horse meat will be dryer when
cooked than beef. In the old horse
the meat would be perhaps as tough
as the meat of the old cow, but probab-
ly not more so.

As a roast or pot roast, the horse
flesh is very palatable. The fillet
steaks of the sixteen year old horse
were as tender and juicy as the epi-
cure could desire.

CORN GERMINATION DE-
CEIVED EXPERT JUDGES

That the value of seed corn cannot
be judged by its outward appearance
has been demonstrated over and over
again this year. A sample of 118‘"
ears of Reid‘s Yellow dent sent to a
western university for testing, illus-
trates how the looks of corn may de- '
ceive even experienced seed corn judg—
es. This sample of corn was excel-
lent in appearance, and it was exam-
ined by several farmers who were good
judges of seed corn. All pronounced
it an excellent sample of Reid’sr.Yel-
low Dent and offered the opinion that
it would grow. When. the 118 ears
were tested only 23 good ones were
found, 11 tested 83 per cent, 22 tested
66 per cent, and; the rest," or 62 ears
failed to grow.

SILAGE WILL MAINTAIN .
ANIMALS IN...WINTER

Some of these same. '

A

Corn silage with cottonseed meal_

will maintain breeding cattle in win-
ter. Cows at the University of Miss-
ouri College of Agriculture, weighing
1180 pounds at the beginning of the
winter, gained 51 pounds during the.
feeding period on a daily ration of 58.8
pounds of silage and 1 pound of cotton-
seed meal. -Beef cattle have also’d'oné
well on the following ration:

clover hay, 3.5 pounds; and on shock

Corn, 8.7 pounds, oat straw, 10.8 poundS-‘f’:

and clover hay 3.5 pounds. Ewesand'
mares may also be successfully Win?
tered on rations similar to '
going.

The first ’real farmer’s
ty.

W. A. Bishop. H lsdalecou

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Silage. 1‘”
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The Test of ’Americanism

f ”1 am a new subscriber to the M. B. F., and you
a1e surely a friend of the farmer. Will you please
5e give me a little information about the sale of those
3- Liberty bonds? Just what is expected of a man who
is in debt and has no money to buy bonds u ith? I am
paying taxes on 120 acres and quite a lot of personal
..: IVTODE’HV But I am deeply in debt and paying 10 per
f: cent interest. Now must i go and borrow more money
» to buy bonds with. ‘P Is it. not better to let the fellow

who has the moncy buy the bonds and I

 

to lend to

can do my bit in some other wuy? I am a loyal
American Citizen of German parentage. So are the
men who own iarms adjoining mine. And it seems

as if the. committee is going aftei us piettv strong
1-1-11 inse- of 11111 (leiman blood. After flying in evexy
uny to pei s11 ult- and fiighien one man into buying a
bond the snpv nisor (amt to him and told him that if
in would boiro“ tin money that be (the supervisor)
would pay the interest 1‘01 him This man is in ex—
2-11th the same position that I am in and he still re—
iuses to borrow any mme money I had made up my
mind to borrow enough for at least one bond but
when he told me how they tried to bribe him, I began
to think them was some g1 aft about it and decided to
w1ite to you. My valuation is $5100 on real estate and
$550 on personal. Kindly let me know just what to
do as 1 do not want to be classed as a txaitor and am
willing to do my part. I have nothing more to sell
until after the coming harvest and must go in debt
for seed beans and fertilizer Please do not publish
111s letter "

Y FRIEND I am violating your confidence
M to the extent of publishing your letter. be—

cause the obligations of this publicatibn
to its country is infinitely greater than its obliga-
tions to its subscribers. But none shall ever know
, the 'name of the man whose German blood still
*‘ blinds him to his duty as an American citizen.
I am publishing your letter and making a public
\ - answer thereto because you have raised a question
' that, exists in the minds of thousands of others
who likewise have no conception of what is ex-
pected of them in this wan-we. question that must
be answered and settled once for all.

Nearly a century and a half ago, my forefathers
who had left the King and Kaiser-ridden coun-
tries of Europe in order that they might enjoy
religious and political liberty in America. arose in
rebellion against the foreign ruler who attempted
to enforce the doctrine of “taxation without rep—
resentation.” For five long, weary. bloody years
they fought for the principles of right and justice,
and all but their last drop of blood was shed and
the last cent of their resouices expended before
thev gained the victory V

Thus began the history of these United States
of America, and thus was ushered into the polit-
ical arena of the worlds new doctrine, “govern~
ment of. for and by the people.”

My farmer friend, time nor space will not per-
mit me to tell you the story of the trials thru
which this nation has passed on its unerring way
to the goal of democracy. But the next time you
; are in town, go to the public library. Get there
4:, Redpath’s History of the United States; take the
‘ 1 1 volumes home with you one by one, and read for
' yourself of the struggles of the American peeple
to perpetuate the principles of self-government
and preserve this precious democracy, intact and
undefiled for the generations to follow.

Thru loving, patriotic devotion to lite principles
for which their forefathers died, each successive
generation has kept the light of truth and liberty
burning brightly. Its rays have scattered bles-
sings o’er our land; its powerful beams have pen-
etrated thru the darkness of the old world, con-
'veying a message of hope and welcome to the be-
nighted peoples of both EurOpe and Asia.
the wise men who followed the star, your fore-
fathers and thousands of their German kin, gath—
ered up their,mea.ger belongings and followed the
., rays of light to America.
Why did they come?

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Why did‘they leave their'

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caste that mado‘their Fathe In
disc, and a peasants hell ' ‘ ‘ '

What did they bring to Auroricn‘l Nothingdmt . 311V.
the heritage 0f Q‘strong VWDIE,‘ a. winingan 1:”

work, to downing—yell, and to G‘xDIOIt-éfhe vast
resourCes of the Country What did they ”find in
Democrd’cy, —equality, ammo, +1111:
tice,———and they found happ’inesg and riches, far
beyond their rosiest expectations

All that you are youowe to America; all that

you hairs was her gift to yen.

What about your relatives that are left in Ger-
many? Don’t you think they would give all that
they possess to be free from the iron fist of the
Kaiser; is there a one who wouldn’t gladly ex-
change places with you today to revel in the
liberty which you enjoy and to.-buy a bond to help
preserve that liberty?

We do not approve of the tactics employed to
force people into the purchasie of Liberty bonds.
They are un-Americein and unworthy of a great
country that is fighting for human justice. The
Liberty bonds will be sold; the war work will
progress; victory shall come without the financial
help of the German-Americans, the pro-Germans
and the lukewarm patriots. Methods to coerce
people into buying bonds do not receive the sanc-
tion of 'the government; therefore, if an over-zeal-
ous salesman over-steps his duties, you should not
blame the government. Every man or. Woman
who is out today to sell Liberty bands are doing
so as a patriotic duty and it is a libel against
them and a. reproach upon your intelligence that
you should accuse them of graft. I do not doubt
but what the offer of your supervisor to‘ pay the
interest for your neighbor was prompted by the
most unselfish motives, possibly to protect your
neighbor from the finger of scorn or from indig-
nities at the hands of a vigilance committee.

It is shameful that you are obliged to pay ex-
orbitant rates of interest on borrowed money, but
this is not the fault of your government. This is
something that your government is trying to over.
come thru the Federal Farm Loan act, under which
several million dollars have already been loaned
to the farmers of Michigan at 5 per cent interest.
The advantages of this act are open to all. Why
not investigate it? You won’t have to pay ten
percent interest in order to buy a bond. Your bank
will underwrite the purchase of as many bonds as
you care to buy; you can pay down when you
sign the order five per cent of those bonds and
the balance in weekly payments extending ever
an entire year sEASY to buy Liberty bonds,
if the spirit is willing

My friend, I have sympathy with the great mass
of American citizens thru whose veins the blood
of German ancestors still flows. I know the
powerful influences of native ties that draw like
a magnet upon the affections; I appreciate the
terrible conflict that has been, waged in the minds
of these. between the old love for the memories
of the Fatherland, and duty to the land of their
adoption. But I thank God that the majority of
the German:American§ have been strong—willed
enough to decide that mental issue on the side of
America, and are now counted among the most
loyal subjects of the United States.

As I write, there comes the news that the Brit-
tish line in Flanders is yielding to the Prussian
onslaught. The Kaiser's military machine—the

« curse of Germany and the terror of little nations,“

moves swiftly and with; fearful results upon the
brave defenders of democracy. A great crisis in
the affairs of men and nations; is approaching.
Another week, perhaps a month at the outside, will
bring victory to either might or right.

When a hundred thousand men are giving up
their lives upon the fields of France; wheuthe
fate of the world’s democracy hangs in the bal-
anceand the precious liberty of our own coun-
try is trembling upon the foundations which we
thought secure, —-who are we to quibble over the

. paltry dollars that we are asked to loan our gov-

ernment in this, the greatest hour of its need!
As you love the blessed freedom you now on-
joy,—the heritage of a generous America ,¥—~decide
this hour your allegiance to the Prussian tyrants
or to these United States of America. There can
be only one choice, one decision. If your heart
is still with the country‘of your fathers, that is

the country to which youbelong, and to its mili-,

tary masters you should be. Willing to pay the
price in money and blood, which militarism ex-
acts’from its subjects. But ifiyou can say from
the depths of your heart, “I am an'American cit-
izen; to this Country I owe my allegiance, my

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trend of tho maxiket. as fixed by the law of- supp
and demand and Secure for the grower a recs 7 '

lotion so far as possible, to the end that the inter-
ests (’11 both producer and consumer might be

protected We appreciate the fact that finally all:

{bod products must be sold at a print; commensu-
rate with their food values; and it. is for this rea-'

son that We have steadfastly held to the statement

that npvy beans were worth eight dollars a bush-

‘ e1 to the groWer, when compared with the price .»

of all other food products.

However, we have repeatedly called the atten-‘

tion at the bean“ division of the food administra-
tion to the wide difference In the price paid farm-
or for his product and the retail price charged the
Consumer, believing that a charge of five dollars.‘
per bushel was excessive, and asking for some sort
of regulation. We have before stated, and here
reiterate the statement. that the bean growers
of Michigan would have welcomed an investiga-
tion as to the cost of producing Deans, and would
have cheerfully abided’by a decision as to price
when determined by the food administration.
No action has been taken. to relieve the situation;
but, on the other hand, it is evident that every
effort has been put forth to further complicate the
matter 01K moving this valuable crop.

The fellow who can’t intelligently answer the.

question: “What is thematter with the bean mar-
ket?” after reading the revelations made in this
issue is a bone-head indeed. Firmly believing in

,in the eternal justness of things in general, we

still believe that the “Navy Bean” will come into
its own. Back of those who have devised, sanction-
ed or permitted this unjust and unwarranted
discrimination against Michigan’s leading agricul—
tural industry, stands a man who is giving his
bemlto the Federal government in this hour of
need. '_Honest, conscientious and industrious;
face to face with one of the greatest problems that
ever confronted a man'is Herbert Hoover, United
States Food Administrator. When the facts are
presented to him; when be fully understand-s the
situation, we believe‘ that he will act and act quick-
ly. With one fell stroke he will sever the bonds
which have securely held this great industry;
tin will be released for canning the white bean;
foreign demands will be supplied without ques-
tion; unwarranted and unballed for publicity will
be stopped forthwith and the “navy bean” will
meet his rival pinto, from the west on an equal
footing in the market place, and then the Michigan
product will quickly come into its own. So don’t
get excited; just remember; that these wrongs will
be righted; hold what beans you have for a rea-
sonable profit,‘ and prepare to plant every avail—
able acre to Michigan white beans this Spring.
We are going to have a good season, and while
there is yet time to revise your planting-schedule
don’t refuse to plant beans because of past man-
ipulations; be loyal, be patriotic, the army and
navy will be buying and using navy beans before
another ‘year rolls ’round, and with average year
weather conditions it will be\ the most profitable
crop you can possibly raise. Just sit easy new
that the trouble has been located; the market
will soon adjust itself when the manipulators are
duthroned.

We~ heartily commend GoVernor Sleeper for his
proclamation warning the citizens of Michigan
against the spirit of mob rule which has mani-
fested itself in some sections, much to ,the dis-
grace of the state. The indignities that have
been heaped upon law-abiding peeple suspected

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violation of the law, but hinder the progress of
patriotic movements, and disgust the thinking
people of the state. 'Mob rule has cost the'lives
of many an innocent man; let us hOpe it may
never visit injury upon a citizen of Michigan

 

In next week’s issue we will cover the states ,

wheat situation in detail and we have some very .-

interesting data and opinions to present upon {be
subject. Farmers disclaim hoarding; some are
feeding wheat 10 hogs and chickens because it’s
the cheapest feed pr'ocurable. There are many ar-
guments as to why the maximum Wheat price"
should be increased or else all cereals placed
under a similar control.

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DAY, JANUARY 5,1918"
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' "Reports from the two largest white bean produc-_

in: states Michigan and New York, indicate that
this year’s crop in far- below normal. In Colorado.
the estimated production of colored beans exceeds
last year's crop by 400 per cent and in New Mexico
by from 50 to 100 per cent. This is a surplus of
over 3000 cars above the needs of the region west or
the Alleghanies

“Colored beans are at least equal to white in’ food.-

value. and many claim that they surpass them in

flavor. The housewife in the east may save consid~
erable money by purchasing colored beans for they
are from 35 to 40 per cent cheaper than the white
K P. Kimball, bean expert with the Food Adminis-
states that the supply of colorcd beans is
to meet our needs

eports {mm the quarteimasters of the Army and
Navy show that (olored beans are being used ex-
tensivgly by them and are meeting with great favor
Food Administration.”

In Sthis connection it is well to note that some
time prior to

istration to Colorado pinto growers and dealers
reminding them, possibly as a

means to keep the prices down.

that pintOS were not worth nearly

as much money as the navy beans

soldiers did not like

them nearly so well

COPY or LETTER SENT OU’l‘ BY
A BOSTON BROKERAGE FIRM
T0 WHOLESALE Gnocnns
.“(‘olorudo Pinto Beans"
Boston, Mass, April 1, 1918
‘Gentlemen:

“No doubt you ale fully ac-
quainted with the Food Admin-
istration’s action in taking over

the entire Colorado Pinto Bean
crop, approximating eight hun-
dred cars. and their allotment
to New England of fifty cars, all
of which are now enroute to vari-
ous points mentioned below:

“New Haven, (Em-111.; Hartford,
Conn; Springfield, Muse; Wor-
cester, Mass; Boston, Mass;
New Bedt’ord, Mass; Providence.
R. 1.; Manchester R 1.; Keene,
N. H..; Burlington Vt; Port-
land, Me; Bangor, Me. .

“The purpose of this letter is
to call your attention to the fact
that no ieilh other brokers
have these beans to sell for the account of the
U. S Food Adm‘nistration at a. price of $9 90
per hundred pounds, ex warehouse any of the
above points mentioned, and we are now solic—
iting your business on same.

“It is the purpose of the Food Administra-
tion, immediately upon the arrival of the first
cars to release thru the newspapers and by dis—
tribution of literature, a publicity campaign of
education, calling attention of the public to the
most excellent food values of these beans and
duly descvibing their merits compared with
'Michigan. New York and California pea bcans,
on which the shortage is becoming greater
every day owing eithei to the Government tak-
ing the crop, as in the instance of California,
or to the fact that crops are poor and im-
fit to carry thru the hot summer weather. as in
the cases of Michigan and New York states.
and we are quite sure that you will without a
doubt soon have considerable demand for them.

“Furthermore, the Food Auministration havc
signified their willingness, upon. request, to send
samples and literature to all jobbcrs’ sales-
men and representatives immediately upon re--
Leipt of their names and addresses. We will
be pleased to receive frOm you your order for
shipment for any quantity and from anv of the
above mentioned points as well as a liSt of
names of your representatives to be forward-
ed to the proper department at ~washingion for
samples and literature. .

“The beans are packed in 100 pound bags,
are sold ex warehouses above points, rewe‘ighed'
with allowance of 1/_ paund for tare, sight

a1 and examination. .
“Trusting that we may be favored ”with a par-
tn), 0 your business on these wheaus, we are
. Abbott Hall 09.”. 2

the consummation of the pinto.
'bean deal, a letter was sent by the Food Admis-

“Sorry, Ma'am we do not have- any white beans,
just as good and only 9c per pound."

draft, bill or lading attached payable on arriv-

’1

sections of the state.

. collect food value of the Pinto been, but
deco be their merits compared with the Michi-
an it! blew York pea beans, and third, to send
samples and literature upon requeist. We ask in
all canaklor,_iivas it necessary for the Food Ad-
ministration to adopt such methods as a matter
of vaation Why in unwillingness to
pé‘rn‘iit’ these two food commodities to meet~ upon

the market and be sold upon their marlin? It >

the navy beam was too high in price to be used

’in‘fi the army, then the government should be

commended. for purchasing Pinto beans, but was
it right. and. just. to buy up the Pinto bean crop

«at a price above what they were selling in the open
‘marlcet five weeks before the price was set by the
Food Administration. and the” open a campaign

01,-publlcjty to not only dispose of these beans,
but to drips the navy, or pea bean from the mar-
ket, through methods which were not even as
frank and open, as the professional substituters’

dope,rwliich has been condemned by honest bus»

iness men everywhere?

GOVERNMENT RELEASES TIN FOR CANNING
PINTOS

AS’if it were not enough to thus create an art-

ificial demand for pinto beans, the Food Admin-
isiration has followed its publicity compaign up

but llt‘l‘e are
by securing from the Steel Industries Board the
release of sufficient tin for canning the entire
pinto bean crop not immediately consumed. It
was only after numerous requests from Michigan
bean interests that the Food Administration fin~
ally (in December) secured the release of 25 per
cent of the amount of tin used the DICVlOllS year
for the canning of WET navy beans Latex r, per-
mission was given for a release of an additional
25 per cent for the canning or DRY navy beans
Hence, a canning concern that put up 250,000
cans of beans last year is enabled to put. up only
125,000 cans this year.

But don’t imagine that canning companies in
Michigan are lying idle for want of tin to can
navy beans. No, sir-ee; they’re canning Pinto
beans that have been shipped into the state from
Colorado, by the thousands of bushels, whilst
less than' ten miles away from some of the factor-
ies, an equal number of navy beans await for the
market that the Pintos, thru the medium of the
Food Administration have partially displaced.

MICHIGAN MUST ACT TO SAVE BEAN INDUSTRY

No one interested; in the culture and trading of
Michigan pea beans can be blind to the fact that
the tactics employed by the Food Administration

. in the abovc‘respects have causal an irreparable

harm to the state’s leading agricultural industry.
This is the unanimous opinion of growers, jobbers,
bankers, country merchants, in fact, everyone
having commercial interests in the bean growing
Millions of dollars are in-
vested in facilities for growing beans, in elevat-

"ions for handling them, and in allied enterprises

.Krldependent upon the bean industry for their sus-

some

regard or their commercial rights.

The growing of beans is one of the greatest 111-1

dustries in one of the greatest farming states of
the union. Six hundred thousand acres are nor-

mally planted to the crop, having a total gross
It is a stable indus3‘_

va‘lue'of nearly $40,000,000.-
try, built up thru years of patient endeavor and
hard, work;
state’s agriculture; it
entire state suffers. ,

The fears for the preservation of the Michigan
bean industry me not imagined, fox already the
effects of the Food Administration’s efforts to
supplant the pea bean with the pinto variety on
the eastern markets is being felt. Despite the
shortage of the navy bean crop, the market has
been sluggish all thru the early spring months;‘
eastern dealers are loaded up with Pinto beans;
the public is patriotically buying pinto beans, and
with plenty of tin available for canning Pintos,
the canning companies are patriotically putting‘

it suitors retardment the

up the western bean instead of the Navy as here-v

tofore.

Michigan bean jobbei's, who are closer in touch '

with the situation than the growers, View the de-
velopments of the past few months with alarm.
Some of the big companies. acting as jobbcrs for
smaller concerns, have been obliged to send out
warnings to country elevators all
over the state cautioning them to
go carefully in their purchase of
white beans. lindcr date of April
11, the Lewis E. Sands Co, of De—
troiii, advised Michigan elevators
as follows: “The expected advance
in prices the last. week in March
and the first of April did not ma—
terialize. instead the past three
weeks witnessed the most remark-
able decline in bean quotations. It
is difficult to explain just what the
cause of this decline was, unless
it was due to ‘a big drop in the tie
mand from the canners and the
general trade. Judging from reports
which we get, the farmers are not
selling readily, but there seems to
be a quantity of beans in the hands
or the elevators. if we could get a
first—class demand there would be
a good chance for n'risc in prices,
but up to dalp the i'nrmcrs‘ unwil-
lingness to soil has been more
than over-balanced by the unwil-
lingness of the trade to buy. * * *
We cannot make any concerted ef—
fort to buy beans on account of
poor demand but would certainly
be glad to be of assistance to you
if you l1a_ve stock which you wish
to move.”

It is the conviction of this com-
pany that popularizing the Pinto is to blame for
the curiailcd demand for the Navy. and the com-
pany ventures the opinion that, 25 cars of pinto
beans, at the prices quoted. put into a market like
Cincinnati at this time of the year will undoubt—
odly kill the sale of white beans entirely.

There is no need to go over again the events of
the past year. it is common knowledge now that
a sufficient acreage was planted to inshré, with a
normal season, a production of at lea-st (3,000,000
bushels of beans. ii is only as we contemplate
the tin-211 crop figures showing a total yield of only
3,514,000 bushels that we comprehend something
of the calamity that the unfavorable season visit-
ed upon the 1917 crop, and realize how essential
it is that the growers receive every last cent that
an unhampcred maiket can yield.

The -action of the bean division of the
United States Food Administration, as above
outlined, is a fitting climax to the bean fiasco, and
constitutes, in the judgment of every fair-minded
man, one of the greatest wrongs ever perpetrated
upon an inlustry. As we have repeatedly pointed
out in these columns. the Food Administration.
has every right, as a patriotic measure.“ to ac-
quaint- the public with the merits and the prices

Pinto beans,

of Pinto beans; it may even be excused for placing- .-
a huge sum of the public funds as a risk to under—4
write the purchase or the pinto crop, but when it 2- -
comes to a deliberate attempt to injure the tradi- .
tional value and standing of the Navy bean and»

jeopardize the great financial interests dependent
upon that industry, common jus ice will pardOn'
our efforts at this time to save the Michigan pea
bean industry from total destruction.

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' your elevator man have the culls.
-. them and mix them up with the rest.
house man has, spoiled the market for Michigan.

 

'. Why Bon’t Farmer Market 1113 Own Creps? 5

,I have been on the farm five years and never.

'- sold a bushel of potatoes to the warehouse What

I hays done 'others can do, and therefore I will
give you some of my experiences in the five years.
Perhaps it will help some one out who has good
potatoes and beans to sell. I say good potatoes,
that means nice round, well-sorted stack. Let
Hewill take
The ware-

potatoes, and it looks to me that after spoiling
the. market they have tried to find something at
the expense of the farmer, of course, to build the
market up, by grading them. This making of two
grades of potatoes is a humbug and is not going to
help any. As long as the dealer takes in every-
thing that comes along, unripe, long, 1‘1",qu white
and red, all dumped in the same cellar 8 or 10
feet high, and the farmer who has a Mac load
of ripe potatoes gets no more than the man who
had the unripe badly mixed. Nothing fair about
it. The warehouse man simply don't understand
his business, and just as long as they keep doing
business this way the Michigan potato
will not get its just due. Time and
again the people in Indiana and Ohio
asked me why it was that one sack of
potatoes out of the same car was good
and another was not. I have seen a
good many cars of potatoes sold that
came from ,Michigan and not one «f
them No. 1 potatoes. I saw some good
potatoes sold that came from Minne—
sota. It is almost impossible to sell
a car of potatoes that have been put up
in sacks as people have been fooled too
often with these bad potatoes from
Michigan. Therefore. I ship in bulk
in the car, and the buyer can see what
he is buying. 1 had some hard sled-
ding, but always came out on t0p as I
had No. 1 goods. I could fill this whole
paper if I told you all of my experience
in five years. One time I loaded a car
in an Ohio town and found six more
on the track to be sold. Five of them
were of the badly-sorted kind, and un—
ripe. One belonged to a farmer from
Burr Oak, Michigan, in the south part
of the state. They were ripe but were
not sorted good enough. My car was
placed next to his. I felt sorry for the
man, as he told me he had been (there
eight days and did not have half of
them sold. He advised me to reship.
I told him my car would be sold in
three days and he laughed at me. This
man had not advertised his goods.
Well, I made out, my own ad. and put
it in the daily paper. It cost me $5.30
for one issue. and besides this I spent
$3 for a thousand handbills. I made
the heading read, “Genuine Michigan
potatoes." I said they were ripe and
not the fake kind heretofore palmed
off on the public, and that I would give
up $50 in cash if anyone could bring a
better potato than I offered, and be
sure and look for the number and name
of the car. as there were six carloads
on the track. I sold some before dinner

potatoes. and she told me she was looking for the
car that was advertised in the paper. I told her
perhaps it, would be beter to try them first, and to
take a few home and I said I did not think the man
next to me- would have any objections to her tak-
ing a few of his home either. The lady decided to
do this and after dinner she came back and told
me before :1 large crowd that she had my potatoes
all moon on before the o’hcrs were done cooking.
I thanked her and she bought 15 bushels and she
tmd me that she would tell everybody she knew
over the phone that she bought genuine Michigan
potatoes of :1 Michigan man. Well, I think she
did, as the next day I was about sold out and the
man from Burr Oak sold what he had left at 23c
per bushel less to a storekeeper, and he told me
that was his first. and last car that ,he would sell
himself. He did not know how to do business.

I tell you this lo let you know that you haVe got
to tell people what, you have to sell by advertis-
ing. First, have the right goods and then let the
people know it. I will tell you of another exper-
ience I had in another town to prove to you that
you must have good potatoes if you want to sell
them to advantage.

I had started to sell and set my price and the
commission man was going to run me out, as they
will try to do to you if they can. He ordered two
cars of potatoes from Cincinnati, Ohio, and they
were on the track the next morning ' He put the
price 10 cents below me, but got left badly. I think

they were two cars refused by someone. as they
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or Columbus from 9.19 houses. _

I would like 1:91 .
farmer could sell his potatoes wherever be pleased.
They have struck 1110 for a41cense in some towns.
I advise you before mu star/13341111113 your good
produce to get you a- pocket map. Write to the

_ mayor and station agent regarding the license and

the agent can tell you whether or not you can sell
a car in his town Be sure’ and put a stamp on for;
reply. Take also your beans, apples, cabbage, etc.

along, if you have any. I do it. and have had suc-
‘ cess at it.

Take the best goods along and let the
dealer at your town have the culls.

The market calls for round white potatoes, so
if you have long potatoes don’t plant them. I was
going to plant % acres next Spring, but will plant
only two acres on account ofmy hired man having
gone to war. Now if any'of you readers want some

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that day. About 11 o’clock a lady came
along looking for the car advertised.
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No. 1 seed I have about 70 bushels to sell. I guar-
antee them pure Million Dollar potatoes. They
are very near like the Irish'Cobbler. The potatoes
are hill- selected. I had 1— -4 of an acre, got 133 bus.
in all and 96 bus. of them are hill— selected. Will
not sell less than two and one half bushels. I
never put my potatoes ove1 a. screen when I ship
"them; I sort them in the field and every, farmer
should do this Don‘t try to sell anything that
you would not buy yourself.\ Did not sell my po-
tatoes last fall and this don’ t worry me, as I shall
take them with my beans to Ohio a little later and
am sure ’I will realize over $1.00 for my potatoes
and $8.00 for my beans after paying all expenses.

Don’t worry about your potatoes and beans. It
is a long time before they will have newonves and
I think they will be glad to get your No 2 sorted
potatoes at a dollar a bushel before the new crop
is on the market. ——J. 1",. McBain.

We Are Not Autocrats

I am a reader of your paper and think it is the
best farm paper I have ever read, but Was sur-
prised that you aSk to hear from your readers
concerning a bill presented ifi: New York state to
prevent any foreign-born person from holding of-
fice. How can anyone th} 1: of 3111311 a law unless
he be an autocrat and an it perlalist Such a per-
son is not a loyal .U S citizen. We are fighting
for democracy, not antoéracy'and think such a law
not good for Michigan, and think that M. B. F
should not have Waited {to hear from its readers
but attacked such propaganda at once. —-J. Y., -
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.. toothy
didly tor‘ awhile When we: tilt a} soft spot andf'be-f -
fore it. could be stoppéd the tractor soak—- almost»:

to the hubs. After severa'fl hours work we set thfi

tractor out and by means of a long chain pulled " 7

the plow out. Undaunted we Shifted over a feiv
rods and went at it again. but the. first slightly

soft spot the tractor struck it again sunk in the -
ground and Would churn itself down to the hub

unless unhook‘ed from the ploW and posts or
planks put under the drive Wheels. After three

 

days of this We put it in the shed and went ahead . '

with the Work with teams. --

Time and again we WOuld try it ’at dis ing, drag-
ging, etc.. but unless we put on light tools it would .
We finally abandoned.

mire .in these soft spots.
it entirely and finished our Work with
teams.
very efficient during the summer when
the ground-was dry and hard in 'clear-
ing land as it Would pullout second-
growth’ timber 4 inchesto ,6 inches in

of a .block and cable did. the work of
two teams and several men.

In the fall it did fair Work at «plow-
ihg u til rains came, When we had to,
put 1 up and put the horses in_ the
" . field. At beltwork it is very handy,

as it is so easy to place in position.

There was one time in .._the fall when
the tractor stood in the field for two.

‘ weeks when the weather was good,
while we waited for a small part of the
steering apparatus.

Possibly we should have bought a cat-
e1pillar for our kind of’ ground I
would advise a farmer to be thoroughly
confident of a tractor’s ability before
buying ———A. J. B.. Charlevoiac.

Who is the ”Patriot?

I thoroughly, agree with the writer
who says: “Why not cut out
brewing of beer, and let us have the
grain for ourselves and animals to eat.”
I will go farther and say, why not com-
pel all millers to mix the substitutes
with the‘whe’at at the mills and then
the rich man would get the same kind
of bread as the poor man, who has to
work. What does a rich man care if he
don’t knowhow to handle a- cow. Pat-
riotism might keep them from doing

For instance. in our town some of the
townspeople have their names on two
or three 'grocerymen’s lists as custo-
mers, and as soon as the grocery'gets
sugar they buy all they can get. The
farmer, as a rule, hag. his name on one
of the lists as a custOmer, and when he
goes to town he is lucky if he gets any
sugar. That is not what‘I call patriot-
ism. We paid 10c a pound for'sugar in Gladwin
all Winter, which seems to me is more than it
should be. I was in V'Midland in January and
they sold it there for 9 Cents. I believe the gov-
ernment should buy all wheat and wheat sub-

stitutes and supervise their manufactures also to"

guarantee a fair price for all farm products if
they wish the farmer to do his share. Success to»
M. B. F. Would not be without it.~—J. S., Gladwin.

Lack of Distribution Farmer’s Problem

ufacturing centers. Now we are touching a moat
important subject.'_ One that needs careful con-
sideration and if properly 5 xrted, carefully plan-
ned and carreid out in a business like. way, will

be a success. and will solve one of the greatest-

problems before the American peeple today. If
the ma1ket end of the products reach the mar-
kets and if the city people the consumers will
co- operate with the producers, with the proper
patronage, the problem is an easy one to solve.
Then there will be a lot of obstacles to over-
The speculators with their agents and
friends who have been making millions by specs
ulating on the necessities of life, are not going
to give up without a struggle.
will spend money like drunken sailors to thwart
such plans They will have spies out with

    

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_v 11 they would unite and— do
. 0' such ar conditmn could hay;
on. or thought about. Thrfarmers an
_ abo er aria 111-1111} majority in this; -
,the’r no good reason Why they sh6uidj ls

tori. their productions. A .

can all this 1113211? I I
we:
tiens Do you Suppose that is just to have a»good
time, with banquets, etc? Not much. If you;
‘think so, you have another think coming No.
They get tog3ther to fix the pric3 on your stuff.‘

at the same time to fix the price the consun’i‘ers

‘mu

must pay. Now,- that is nothing new. Everyu.
.it' They have such a firm hold on the business
and the pedp‘le that they den't give a 11— who
_knoWs it. They, tell you what they will give you
and you Can take that, or keep your stuff. Sup-
ply and demand have but little to do with their
business; If the farmers should attempt to ship
their own goods to the markets, you run right
up against the commission men or dealers. and
they know that you are not a regular
101‘ dealer and they at once proceed to trim you
right. If he doesn’t the regular organized deal-

. are soon fix him. So it is plain to be seen that

singlehanded or in cases of just a few, it be-
comes impossible to receive justice. It is there-
to ore apparent the first step to be taken, is to
secure a market so as to know that we are not
at the mercy of the organized dealers We must
co-operate With the consumer. In union there is
strength. The farmers are not claiming that the
consumer does not pay enough for one product.
bu‘ We do claim there is too Wide a differenCe be-
tween the price we receive and the price the con-
sumers pay. The high price which the consumeis
are forced to pay by these speculators, thru- their
fiianipulation’s forces for their labOr in order 1'0

ve
must have labor in order to produce the neces-
sities of life. The middleman or the dealers in-
stead of being satisfied with a reasonable profit
at once begin to double up again on their profits,
and so the game goes on. The farmer simply has
nothing to say about it. He is the silent pard-
ner Without vote. ' 7
or representation.
Fegarding prices.
He] is- the' honest
,old ox upon whose
shoulders the bur;

e read about the potato dealers, bean dealersj:
“deaurs, hay dealers, etc,lhaving conven-I’

shipper

That again waits back to the farmer, Who '

”in-"One bungling way to .vote them out.

nears “and writ-

1' ‘ papers, advocating to. reduce

in my judgment 11 Wrong. Not ‘-
not Over preducing No Let;

Lean

y: 0111' lords and- speculators When they read
nkl as this, but they may find out the settle

on: too much territory. They haVe not been
tisfied with. reasonable profits, so let us proceed
. , We have
got the majority on our side, but we must work

{in unity; The people of Denmark labored for 30

years before they succeeded with. their organi~
.3113 meters bully them out of a: ill-at com» .-

'.siOn men’s commissions.

.‘body knows that and they don t care who knows f-i-the quoted market prices of the London markets,

nations. Right here I want to say a few words

Lifebout some of the organizations which I had a
.. Chance and. pleasure to study while in Denmark

'a few years ago. The live st0ck meat animals
such as cattle, hogs, sheep, etc, when re ady for
market are taken to the slaughter houses, which
are located in different parts of the country, so
that the stock was taken there directly by the
farmers, thereby illiminating the shrinkage, ex-
pensesaud loss by railroad_ transportation, feed
bills'at stock yards, buyers’ profits and commis-
The farmers were paid

less freight. The animals were then killed. The
off-falls were taken care of and credited to the
farmer's account who brought the stock. The
meat was then prepared for market; shipped
either to Germany or England. and whatever
they brought over and above the expenses was
turned over to the farmers, at their regular quar-
terly settlements. I saw some statements that
were surprising, considering the way our bus-
iness of that kind is carried on here. These farm-
ers own the slaughter houses, packing houses.
numerous warehouses, etc. They call it in their
language “andel’f, meaning co-operative. The
farmers when I was there were buying corn, grain
feed and fertilizer by the shiploads from this coun-
try, making it‘into meat, butter and cheese, most
all Of which was shipped half way back again
to the markets in England. That. was just one
branch of their business most all of their other
business is carried on in the same co-operative
way, and they certainly were prospering and
making the soil more productive each year. That
shows what a people can do, when they set out
to do it, when they work in unison. When
anyone looks at the criminal miscarriage of busi-
ness and waste here on every hand, it looks a

. hundred times worse after one has seen and ob-

served the way that business is carried on in a

little back country like Denmark. There is no

' good excuse for the reckless way we are carrying

AN AMERICAN SHARPSHOOTER AT

On our business in this rich country, with almost
unlimited resources, and yet some of our people

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bilities must rest.
It is’a known fact
to the common peo-
pie“ and to all, that
we have a lot of‘
people in this coun-
do not
work with their
hands, but live in
beautiful homes on
the fat of. the 'land.
and who do not

 

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on their noses. It
is to: be 1 wondered .
at as welleducat—
ed and as well read .
as‘ the American
people are, that
'such a condition
“could exist here,
Nothing but Thero-
lo and Well-organ»
fined: measures can—
overc‘ome‘ the { ex- .
istin‘g conditions,
for everywhere you
may turn, go to the
stock. yards. hay or .
grain,markets, you
will find yourSelf
up against the or-_
:ganized and Well ,,
trained forces}. of._
the enemies of the
common people.
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imagine the sarcastic.

the sneering remarks which Will be .1 -be.

opposed to organized robbery, just as much

am to highWay robbery, and surely a c

country unless the majority of the people,

in are 111‘ comfortable circumstances. But .
While the weather is fine, and the game is on .,
some one with influence and ability is .Wr

._1ng to establish. a market in Detroit, let~us

do .What- we can.~ to keep. the ball rollingfiSaL
.sOmeth-ing. :.D0‘something.‘ Raise moneysi‘t need
I think the time is just. about right to play
the game, vso come on brother farmers don’t be

afraid to put a little confidence in yourself and

in your business.

We farmers are charged with the reSponsibil-v

ity of feeding the people and we have performed
that duty in spite of all the many obstacles we

have had-to contend with, besides making thoun‘,

sands cf fellows rich and those very same felloWs
are even now charging us with being slackers
and profiteering unjustly. Now,
go and get you?
injury. Now let we stand together like a solid
unit and roll away the clouds which obscure
the sun of freedom and equity, so that it may have
a chance to send its loving rays of justice to all
parts of our beloved country.-——C. K, Ashley.

Who Owns the Cull Beans?

Cull beans; who do they belong to? I say they
belong to the farmer. If all the cull beans were
picked out by hand that they pick out of your
sample, why then. I should say that the buyer
should have the culls. But they have machines
that pick out nearly all of the rough ones and it
doesn’t cost nearly five cents a pound to get them
picked out by the machine. I have often heard
the bean pickers say when they looked at some
beans that had just been screened, “my, we could
make a lot picking beans if we could pick them
just as they were screenet .” Remember, the beans
look a lot different when the girls get them.

I notice a piece in M. B. F. asking for informa—
tion on planting beans but I cannot give the
initials of the person as I gave the paper away.
I would say six or seven beans were plenty to put
in a hill 28x28 inches apart. As for yield, as for
the work it takes, you will get as many in the hill
as the drill, for it takes less work to keep them
clean. I have checked in over 100 acres of beans
with a check row planter, some for the neighbors.
and they wouldn’t drill now if they could get
them planted in hills, and neither would 1.
Twelve to fourteen quarts is all it requires and
that means quite a saving.

Then if you notice when he picked your
sample he takes all the green ones and the ones
with spots on out, but I have yet, to see hand-
picked beans that would pick less than one-half
to one pound if the farmer had them to sell. Cull
beans they say are worth only 2c 21 pound, but
my uncle got three dollars a bushel for his cull
beans last year, and they weie puked out after
the beans were screened at the elevator at Free-
land—CM] B. Birch
13flih“

Suggests Less .
Potato Acreage

1 read your val-
uable paper with
interest. I see a
great many are g0-
ing to cut their po-
tato acreage fifty
per cent this year.
Now wouldn't it be
a blessing if all of
us would do that
very thing? Last
year nearly all had
only half a crop
and thousands ‘of
bushels were froz-
en, and yet there is
more than enough
to go around wit-h
profit to none but
the buyer. There-
fore, 'we have wast-
ed valuable ground
in growing pota-
toes. Now. if we
plant only fifty per
cent of. our last
year's acreage and
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A Plea for the Little Belgians

R.S CANTON’ S spirits Were certainly in
attune with the wonderful springtime
morning, for she bummed a merry air as
she" went about her week' 3 bread- making. Out of
doors Mother Nature was bedecked in her spright—
Iiest garments of the season; the sun smiled
warmly overhead; ..nd the entire world seemed to
If troub-
.- and worries. misery or
smiling morning. they were far
afield and did not disturb the happy mood of the

bread-maker.
“Good morning,

les

Sara," greeted a voice from
“Say, isn’t it glorious; don’t
Felt like it my-
self till I got Henry's letter.”

“Well, land sakes, Em, what are you doing out
this early in the morning. Don’t you have any
work to do? One would think you were a lady
of. leisure. There‘s a chair; sit. dOWn and tell
me the news. Not any trouble, I hope.” And
Mrs. Canton wiped her hands on her apron and

'dreW forth a chair for her neighbor.

“No, Sara—no trouble. but I just had to get
out and talk to someone. I just received a letter
from Henry—the first he has written since he
reached France. He had such a grand trip and
we are so relieved that he arrived safely. Put
your bread in the oven, Sara. and then I’ll read
you Henry’s letter. that is. if you want to hear
it.”

“Of course I do. replied Mrs. Canton as she
hastily buttered the loaves of bread and placed
them in the oven, “it was only last night that
Tom and I were talking about Henry and won.-
dering if he got across all right. We’re just as
much interested as if he was our own boy. What
does he say anyway?”

”Well. you know. he don’t say when he got there
or just exactly where he is now because the army
rules are against. it. but it don’t matter. He’s in
FranCe or Belcium, or somewhere near there, not
a great ways from the fighting line. Here’s what
he says:"

“Well, dad and mother, I’m here in France at
last. and am rushing this off as I promised I
would, so you’d know that. I escaped Fritz’s sub-
marine. It was a great trip across, but, I got
horribly sea sick and for two days I didn’t care
whether I got hit with a submarine or just drown-
ed myself by jumping overboard. But now I’m
glad to be alive.

“You’d never guess who I’m hunking with. Re—
member Don Greene. the young fellow who ran his
machine over our dog a couple of years ago, and
to give him a licking. and his
dad made him fork ovex $25 for the dog? Well.
he was the first fellow l mu into on shipboard. and
he grabbed my hand as it‘ I was a long-lost broth—
er. We l1ave been pals ever since. Gosh. back
home he wouldn’t
have looked at any
of us country boys.
We were too green
for Don lreene.
It’s funny what a
change this camp
life makes in a fel—
low. Money and
position don’t seem
to count for any-
thing here. We’re
all on an equal
footing and we
must either chum
together or die of
lonesomeness” '

“Well, what do
youvthink of that."
broke in Mrs. Car-
ton. “Qf all the
fellows to clfum up
with Henry. I‘d
put Don Greene
down as the
What else did
say?”

“The est of his
letter is about them

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Communications. for this page 5mm he addressed to

“Penelope,”Fam Home Departments”? Clém'ens; Mich. . tact

‘ I’d never believe these things true, it Henry didn’t.

write them himself. Just listen to this: ” ..
“Say, Mother, it must certainly be tough to live

in Belgium. You ,knowthe Germ-ans have, taken '

away nearly everything the“*Belgiu1ns had, and
left them to freeze and starve. , Gosh, ma,
most makes me cry whenever Isee one of those
little chaps peeking around the corner of an old
barn or pig pen where his brothers and mother
make their home since their daddy Was killed
and their farmhbuse burned. Last'night one of
the officers told the men'abOut a case that just
came to his attention. He was out“ scouting one
day when he cameacrOss an old stable about half
way between here and the German lines. A little
boy and girl sat in a pile ofudirt out in front of
the stable. and when, they caughtsight of the
party they scurried into' the barn. The officer
noticed that the little boy dragged himself along
on one foot and set up a cry when his little sister
disappeared into the barn ahead of him. The of-
ficer followed' them. and he told the boys he’d
never forget the sight that met his eyes.

“The children,
the strangers. were cuddling ‘abOut something that
lie on a pile of old straw in one corner of the barn.
It was the mother.——dead. The officer thought
she had died of starvation. she was so thin and
pale. He brought the little boy and girl back to
camp, and the army surgeon discovered that the
little boy’s feet had been frozen. ’He may have
to cut ’em off. the officer said.” ‘

By now Mrs Canton was openly weeping into
her blue gingham apron, and a cloudphad dark-
ened the doorway and the windows. In the twink-
ling ot an eye, the sorrows and sufferings ot‘ a
little boy and girl, and the vision of a dead mother
on a pile of dirty straw in wretched Belgium, had
cast a shadow upon the brightness of the morning,
and taken poor Mrs. Canton’s thoughts far, far
away across the sea.

“Did you ever hear of anything like that be-
fore?" continued the letter, “and from what I
hear, there are hundreds of other cases just as
bad. Why, mot-her, scores have died of starvation;
the people go about in rags; fathers have been
killed at war; mothers don’t get enough to eat to
feed their babies; thousands of little chaps are
without parents or homes. What is to become of
them. I don‘t know, and the officer I was telling
you about said it. had become a problem too big
for the army authorities to handle. He said
France couldn’t take care of the homeless Bel~
gians. because so many French children exiled
from the land taken by the Germans were in
just as bad a fix. I tell you. ma, it’s fierce. Can't
some 01 you do something for these little kids?
You and pa could just as well take 01 e of these
children as not. They aren’t very clean. that’s a

YOUNG NURSES IN ARMY UNIFORMS ENJOY SENDOFF TO FRANCE $501.11.»...

it al-'

Belgians?

terror-stricken at the sight ot‘

'-couldn’t you, and some of them are m7 “ ' . ,. :1
.' Yet. 36 Ethey‘fd learn English easily and the flight“. .
You’d be surfirlSed to see howm“; ,
ifitemgefit arid bright the most or them look. Tam-i; ..
And there’s the Canton’ 8,”.
with big

American ways.

this over W011"? you.
and the Smith’s and the BurgesSes,
houses and plenty of room for children. Say, ma.
won’t you promise to go and see these people and
ask them to adopt one of these little starving
I know, you will, and wh.’ le you’re
there, ask them to dig up all the old Clethes they
can find, and then I want you to write to the Bel:-
gian Relief Committee and tell them you want
to help: I don’ t know what they’ re sending over

here now, and they may,r not, want any of the'

clothes right now. but anyway, ’twOnt do any harm

to let them know you are willing to help when ~
' called. upon.” . ~

“I’ll go right up stairs this minute,” broke in
Mrs. Canton, “Cynthia’s got a raft of clothes that
she’ll never wearagain, and they might just as
well‘bepovering the backs of those poor little
Belgian girls. And we'll both go down and see

Mrs. Burgess, as soon as my bread is out of the

oven. Jim Burgess is stingier than a miter but
when he, reads that letter he’ll loosen up.”
“Now, justcalm yourself, Sara. Let’s find out

first from the Belgian Relief Commission ,wheth-'

or they want any clothes or whether they are
placing any Belgium children in American homes.
I’ve been thinking this thing over, and have de—
cided that the leastwe can do is to adopt one of
the children provided there’s a way to do it. And
if there is, I want you to do the same thing and
we’ll call on every neighbor within twenty miles.
First thing you know, -we'll have a Belgian colony
founded here.”

A scorcby smell from the oven and an exclama~
tion of dismayi‘rom Mrs. Canton told of burning
bread, and Mrs Lee prudently arose to go. after
she had promised in response to Mrs. Canton’s
emphatic and choking demand from the fumes
that poured from the bread oven. “that she’d let
her know just the minute she heard from the Re-
lief Commission."

Wanted—Recipe for Canning Chicken

PENELOPE. FARM HOME DEP "r. M. B. F.-—-Have
tried the oat meal bread and like it ,very much.
Would like a recipe for canning chicken in jars.
Thanks to the M. B. F. for the good it is‘doins
farmerstrs. 11‘. J. 8.. Three Oaks. Mich.

We would be /vory grateful if any farm reader
possessing this "information wourl kindly offer it
for publication. Canned chicken would be an ex-
cellent addition to our emergency cupboards.

'1‘141) BY THE U. S. FOO!) .\D—
NIINIS'I‘RATION
Unusually Good
the sacred American pie.
now the bottom crust
known to our
has disap-
peared .and the lat-
est offering of “Yan—

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kce ingenuity" is rice
pie crust. Rice ha:
a natural atlinity for
the things that usu—
ally constitute pie.
tillings and this new
camoufleuer ~— wom—
:111——-is good for the
duration of the war.

Rice Pie (.‘rusl

Line a greased pic
van with cold boiled
rice. bringing
rice well over the
edge of the pan and
Shaping it with a
Epoch dipped in milk

ake the crust in a
moderate oven until
it is slightly brown.
Use the crust like
any pastry for a one-
crust pie.

Sour Pie Crust

one cup buttermilk
or thick clabbered
milk 2 tablespoons
of cornstarch miXed
\iith 4 tablespoons ot
cold watel 3/4 cup ot
maple syrup, 2 egg
yokes beaten, 1 lem-
on. juice and grated
rind 1 tablespoon of
melted butter. .I—Ieat
the milk in’a. doub-
le boiler. When it
_ is warm add” corn-
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to read so much
about in the paper.
and I declare Sam

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in the Union by Mrs. James Speyer. :it her home in New Ymk city.
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Weekly Fashions

at last The Wee little tots are
eager to be out on their sand

THE outdoor play season is here.

7 piles again; the older girls must take
their dolls out for an airing and there 4

is rope-skipping and hopscotch to
keep the. youngsters busy. ‘

_ Every mother of today realizes the I
value of out door life for children.
' It is so d-iilicult in this northern cli-

mate to 'get the real little ones out in
we must take ad-

vantage of every warm spring day.
Dress them comfortably and in the.

 

Price of patterns .ten cents each. Adv
dress: Farm Home Dept” Michigan
Clemens. Mich.

Add the cheese, the butter, the "
Juice and the rind of the lemon.

(Boyer it with meringue andr
brown it in a slow oven,

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'the‘ freedom. she, Would
' ghave in theme and you, moth-
“ .Vjer, have tWIce til abor No. 8144 is

“ the rompe’r stile. mitable for either

boys or girls, having 3 011 full bloom-
are one can scarcely tel them from a
skirt. The blé era are banded and
buttou through tie crotch, there is no
opening down the back. but the guit
buttons on the l'ett shoulder. I often
use this same idea in my little girls’
dresses. They wear the rompers or
overalls at times for play, but for
street I prefer skirts, so I simply
make a straight-planed skirt of same
material to button onto the high waist
line, . d theyare dressed. No skirts
or-paht es to bother with, the bloom-
ers take the “place of both' and too, the
gingham dresses look much better.
No’. 8144, Comes in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and
10 years.

No. 8162—Another suitable school
dress is here presented for the girls
of 10’, 12,14 years. Would use a soft
wool serge for this dress with the
kilted skirt which is always so’fluffy.
The shaped yoke, outlined with bands
of satin, and the satin sailor collar
and cuffs would make a most attrac-
tive little costume and very dressy,
If used with wash material one should
be careful to choose something firm.
such as a linen or piqua. This pat-
tern comes in sizes 6, 8, 10. 12 and
14 years. ,.

No. 8139—Isn’t this a simple, girl-
For a dotted mull or a
soft wool chalais. The voile or dim-
ity edged around the collar and back
turned cuffs with fine ruflle makes
a waist that is suitable for all occa-
sions. This pattern is so simple I am
sure even very inexperienced sewers
might use it and achieve good re-
sults. The pattern comes in sizes 32,
34, 36 and 38 bust measure. .,

No. 8183+Another conservative pat-
tern, the reversible house dress The
dress fastens either on left or right
side, with a large button at the belt.
The collar may be snapped or hooked
together if desired; the skirt falls
loose from the waist down, simply
hemmed with an inch hem dJown both

 

.edges. Either long or short sleeves

man be used. The stripped percales,
tho a little more expensive, I consid-
er to be the best material for house
wear. Percale keeps its color and
launders much better than most ging-
ham. This pattern comes in sizes 32
34, 36 and 38 bust measure.

. No. 8157—This presents one of the
most desirable tailored models of the
season. The yoke and front gores are
fitted smoothly onto a slightly raised
waist line with buttons forming the
only required trimming. The back
has the yoke effect inIthe belt and the
inset plaits add fullness where it is
so oftenneeded. This style is partic-
ularly adapted to the broad hipped
form. The skirt fastens in the front
under the plait. No. 8157 comes in
sizes 24, 26,28 and 30 waist measure.
' No 8141—Many an expectant moth-
er used to feel all she could wear was
a house dress or kimona, for she could
not find any clothes that were becom—
ing to her then. .But today, those
clothes are provided—a great many
patterns are made expressly for that

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der to hem; very full

“around the bottom, and .the spit cruSh '

sash Which’ may later be omitted or
tied in the back as some wear them.
The braiding On neck and cuffs is
very effective and not at all hard to
put in——and the open kimona Style of
sleeve is strictly up to date.

WHAT THE " WOMEN OF

THE WORLD .ARE DOING -

 

It has been estimated that nearly 40
per cent of the women workers in
Washington receive $8 per week.

The Camp Fire Girls of Chicago are
doing a most» commendable' work.
They have recentlyadopted three
families of Belgium refugees for a
pei‘iod of five years.

The women of. Kentucky are making
some worthy inventions. They can
make bread out of ground beans. One
Kentucky housewife fed her husband
this bread made of beans and he nev-
er suspected there was anything in it
but the choicest flour.

Thirty—five American nurses were
awarded military medals by the Eng-
lish King “for bravery, coolnessand
conspicuous devotion,” displayed in
the performance of their duties on

occasions when the casualty clearing .

station had been under hostile shell
fire.

The Oregon City Enterprise. one of
the oldest daily newspapers in Ore—
gon, was published for the first time
in its 54 years of existence entirely
by women. It was a special edition
gotten out by a staff composed of the
Home Guard girls. The receipts from
advertising and sales were to be used
to buy smokes. chocolates and gi1m
for Oregon City soldiers in France.

What the Neighbors Say!

Howard W.

 

I like yous paper fine.
White, Livingston county.

 

I think the paper is just fine for the
farmer.——-George McKay, Osceola county.

Think you are doing good work for
the farmer. Keep it up '———Ra1 L. Mills,
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I think Michigan Business Farming is
the best farm paper edited—Joseph O'—
Brien, Tuscoia county.

 

I have just been reading the M. B. F.
and think it is just what I need. Inclosed
find a check for a trial subscription of
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Encllosed find one dollar for the Michi-
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ever read. —-Fred Teske, Mecosta county.

We like your paper very much, it is
Just what the farmer wan t.ed L am so
glad there is a few men willing to stand
up for the farmers—Peter McVannel,
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of the best papers printed for farmers.
I am doing my best to get your paper
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I like your attitude on the bean, potato
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and then keep all the pickings. ——Ray E.
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Thirty—four years have made
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teachers, chemists, clerical work-
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civil service candidates is appal-.
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. , ' banker I mango site
. acreage andfam advisin
f0“ Stick to their knitting ~
toes not onlyyjtor busines ,
Order; early._,g.1_‘will_:sh ._ 4 .
its.- ‘ Remember .- the supp!
is limited “as I only‘sell What, I raise.
‘ The price 118? {1.0
' . free‘f. o.,.r‘b. Elm ra.
for less span .;2 “bushels. R .
your choice between; Grade vNo.-._,1;andg
’ . ‘The number 2 are just as
'oodior seed as the No., 1 and w‘lll ,go -

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out the same difterencebet’vvee rth m
different brancuej _
cent-aisedi under dd.
‘ .Some 5 are ambitious
d presperpus and, others ,are lazy and
’ -I have raised the variety for‘
- " ave hill selected, treated for ~
and eliminated disease and by other good,
methods have improved
stock so that I choose to call the ones
that I raise and offer. for seed BUELL'S
.RUS’SET RURALS. _
In the heart of Northern Michigan the *
soil and climate are ideal for the grow~ j.
ing of good seed potatoes.
- new and. not full of potato diseases, we
. are about 1,000 feet altitude, the nights
are cool and the days but moderately
. ~warm, the growing season is short which

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conditions sameas above. _,

Remember, poor seed is largely respon:

sible for the low yield per acre. in the .U. ,

S. Get the seed, It will pay you. ., Yours

  
    
  

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.ghayds.——G-.~ A‘s,- D., Cheri nix
‘TU‘S‘GOLA (Central) . 1
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quoted at Caro this week: , eat, $2
corn, $1.76; cats, 88; .ry’e $2.25 ;;-:tim‘othy
hay $24.; clover'seed, $ 1'; , sth,‘ 83

 
 

beans; $10.50 ;‘ potatoes, 60crcwt; but er, _~_»
35 :1 eggs, 30; sheep, $8 to $10; .L'ambafi.
$12.50; hogs, $13 to- $15.50; beef, steers. ..

$.10; veal calves, $12.50; wool,, 86.—R:,.iB.
’ C., Caro, April 13. ‘ -. ,

BRANCH (North) —-Farmers5’sowing ."

03.1%; drawing manure, etc- . Soil is in
goo condition to‘ work. Farmers are

selling some hay; not holding. anything '

but young cattle. Farmers buying Some

coal for'winter use. The followirgprices -
were quoted in ,Union City this week: '

Wheat, $2.10; oats, 85; hay, $18 to $20;
beans, $7.50; potatoes, 30 to 6‘0; hens,
18; butterfat, 42; eggs, 32; lambs, $15;

hogs, $16; beef steers, $8 to $9;‘ veal
calves, $14.50; wool, 65:72—14“; 8., Union?"

City, April 1 2.

BAY (East’ Central)-—-Earmers are .

busy sowing .oats; land is working fine.
Wheat 15 about all winter killed through
this part of the country and it will be
,plowed 11p andvput intooats. Not much
selling atpresent. Farmers aretholding

,th’eir dry. beans for $8 perwbu. Cows
,are'selling high at sales. The farmer ,

boys are still~being drafted. The,follow-
ing prices were quoted at Linwood this
week: Wheat, $2.12, corn, $2; oats, 90;
rye, $2.60; hay, $418 to $20; straw, $8;
beans, $11 per cwt.; potatoes, 80c cwt.;
butter, 40; butterfat, 45; eggs, 32; beef,
dressed, $13 ;; beef cows, $12; veal calves,
$18.—G. G., Linwood, April 11. ,

.BAY (Southeast)——Wheat is looking
worse than it did two weeks-ago. Spring
grain being sowed; ground in fine condi-
tion. Some are buying spring wheat to
sow; it? is seldom a success here. I
would like to see 'every farmer get M. B.
.F. It is up to date for the farmers. I
would like to know if the new fuel order
is a blow aimed at the co-operator. The
paper states that all must buy through
the dealers. The fuel-administrator evi-
dently is looking after the interests of
the dealers quite well.-——J..C. A., Munger,
April 12. ,

MISSAUKEE ' (west Centr'al)——Farm-
ers are drawing manure and a few have

commenced plowing for oats and barley.-

A few sheep are being purchased by the
farmers, the price is around $20 per head
and it is a g00d price for the quality.
The following prices were quoted at
Lake City this week: Wheat, $1.95;
oats, 90; rye, $1.85; hay, $20 to $22;
beans, cwt., $10.50; potatoes, 60c per
cwt.: butter, 40; eggs, 30.——H. E. N..
Cutcheon, April 11.

TUSCOLA (Northeast)—-—Weather cold
and dry Wheat badly damaged. Farm-
ers are selling stock, beans and potatoes;
market looks hopeless for the latter, and
many acres less will be planted this seas—
on. The following prices were aid at
Cass City this Week: Wheat, $ ; oats,
76; hay, 324; beans, $11; steers, $7 to
$7.50; cow-s, $5 to $8;.—8. 8., Cass City,
April 12.

BHIAWASSEE (Canaan—Weather is
cold and dry. Wheat condition is very
bad as it has gone back for three weeks;
some being plowed up. It looks now as
though there would be a very large acre-
age of oats, barley and sugar beets here
this year. The following prices were
quoted at Owosso this week: Corn,

2; oats, 900; rye, $2.50; milk, $2.25;
butter, 38; butterfat, 40; eggs, 34:—
J. E. W., Owosso, April 11.

CLINTON (Sonthwest)-——At least 40
per cent of all winter wheat in our
township will be abandoned. There is
plenty of hay and other rough feed on
hand. Farmers are sowing oats and
barley and plowing for beans and corn.
Farmers are not getting a square deal
at the mill; they receive 35 pounds of
flour for 60 pounds of wheat, and the
mill's profit from each bushel is from
85c to 950. Why can't this matter be
regulated. The following prices were
quoted at Fowler this week: Wheat,
$2.07; corn, $1.75; oats, 86; timothy
hay, No. 1, $19; No, 1 light mixed,
$18; beans, $6.40; buiteraft, 40; eggs,
31; sheep, $7; lambs, $14; hogs,-
$16.50; beet steers, 91/2; beef cows, 7;
veal calves, 13; wool, 60.————T. B., Fowler.
April 9

MA NIBI’EE (Kora: west) —The farm-
ers are bus making, maple syrup and
getting r y tor spring work. Snow is

about all gone here. The auto is about.

- the only thing the farmer hall which does
not show the (meets or a hard winter.
There is nothing being sold here, in tact
nothing to sell but potatoes, and we can
not even‘ get an offer on them. There
have been a good many auction sales
here this spring; thl s sell high exoept
horses and some of t em go for all the
farmer can attord to pay. Some farms
have. chan ed hands here this spring.
Fall grain ooks dead. We need warmer
. weather to start things up so.) that ' our
halt-starved stock can at something to
eat, The tollowln pr oes were quoted
. here [this week: heat, $2.: corn, $1.75;
, on,” 31.15- rye, $2.35. timot

- light mixed. s23; potatoes, 25c; hens, 15,;

 

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soWing oats,',plowin , trimming trees;
ing fences. and toe ngseedficorn J , ’ .
weather. has: bee below-thefreezing point- " 4 '

. during the =last; ,ew ' '
ing a littletoday. "The
3 od shape for. workin‘
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amounts of .beans, po-
. . apples. :1 Most of the
large dealers are getting potatoes shipped
in from, other Counties for there are not» ,
many left in this county,xand most farm- .

ers who haveiany to sell are holding for.
better prices. There will
_ wheat sown in this
eral pieces of wheat are not coming yery
well, but the farmers will. wait untiitldte , ,
before working it upb - Several ‘i’armers .
are shearing sheep" , ‘ ,
good deal earlierithan'hsiial. Following
quieted, at Flint. this week:
at, $2.10; »corn,u,$1.,85; oats, 94; rye,
$2.60; timothy hay, $19 ‘.to
$.11 per cwt.;

weather has b
Lots of wheat
barley. Only t

lowing prices were

$1.40; oats. 90 ; r
' glaringers,-26 to 2

here this year.

25c; geese, 22c
butterfat, 50;
calves, $1‘1.—W. H

City this . week:

40; butterfat, 41; e
dusky, April ,13.

CHEBOXGAN (Sammy's—Nice ' spring
weather but very , dry. Lots of- brush
fires burning, no damage as et. Farm- -
'ers ' plowing and seeding. onsiderable '
spring wheat and rye ‘will be sown. Also.
amount of .oats will be sown,
but less beans and potatoes. No wheat
being held by fat-megs here—not enoug
for their‘own use. ;. eed c
enough will be-
. acreage. One fa
head 91 cattle— .
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$25 ; ’ beans,

red kidney beans, $12.50
per cwt.; potatoes, $1.25 per cwt; onions, -
cabbage. ‘2c 1b.; hens, 1’7c;-broil-‘

creamery butter. 41"; eg
sheep, $9 to $10; 1
$15.50;‘beef, $8 to $

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ambs, $14 to $15: hogs,

'10; beef cows; $4.50
$9 to $11; wool, 65.-

C. S., Fenton, April 11.

- . MONROE (Elmo—Since. Sunday the
sen cold, freezing nights.

fields sown to oats and
wo pieces of spring wheat,
part of the county. The fol-
quoted at Monroe this
$2.15 ;- corn an ear, $1 to
ye’, $2.50.; hens, 21 to 23;
8; butter, 35 tofio; eggs,
p, $9 to $10; lambs $13 to‘
, essed. :20, to $21; live, $16»
to $17.25; beef, live, $6 to $10.50; veal

$15 ; dressed, $18.00

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MONROE . (West
ther at present.
a lot of good.
works up in fin

Central) ——.Iiline wea-

-A warm rain would do
The ground is dry and
e shape. Farmers have
thirds of the cat crop in; There
good acreage of corn pla ,ted
The potato business I oks
y farmers say they will plant
h for their own use. The fol-
lowing prices were

paid at Petersburg
$2.10; corn, $1.75;

oats, 91c; rye, $2.50' hay. $22; tatoes,
. 800 cwt.; spring cliickens, 25cgoducks,
; turkeys, 25c; butter, 35.;

32; hogs, $17; veal,

. L., Dundee, Apr. 15.

. (Southeast) ——Farmers are
very busy this week putting in cats and
everything seems .to be goingvnlcely in
spite of the shortage of help. Farmers
y are responding bravely to
e Third Liberty Loan, and we hope to
go “over the top”rahead of our quota.
The weather is warm and it will be the
first of May before ' we turn our stock
Agents have been around trying to
contract beans at $10 per cwt. The fol-
lowing quotations were made at Imiay
, -Wheat, $205-$210;
corn, $1.65—$1.70; oats, .85—90; rye. $2.25-
$18-$20; straw, $6- 6.50;
beans, $10; potatoes, 50—60; onions, 1.35;
butter, 45; butterfat 47; eggs, 32; sheep.
$13-$15; hogs, $15—$16;
beef steers, $9-$10; beef cows, $7—$7.50;
veal calves, $13—C. A.

B., Imlay City,.

(Sonth)—-Farmers sowing
oats and drawing manure. Very cold
and backward weather the past week.
Soil in good condition for working. P0-
tatoes are commencing to move. Follow-
ing are the prices quoted at Otsego this
$2.10; cats, 90; rye, 2.25;
$22; straw, $6;.beans, $10.50; po-
tatoes, 30-35; butter. 40; eggs, 30; sheep,
$10; lambs, $13-$15; hogs, $14-$16; beef
steers, $14-$16; beef cows, $10-$13; veal
calves, $10-$12.—-W. F., Otsego, Apr. 13.

(Canaan—Farmers - still"
pressing hay; acme are plowing and get-
ting ground ready to sow. Ground works
up good.~ Following prices were quoted
at 'Sandusky this week: Wheat, $2.05;
oats, 87; light mixed hay, $12; butter,
ggs, 30.—A. B., San-

   

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car}; to the notionaldgfe‘fise have‘been

—all for lack of fuel in sufficient
quantity. . ~ ' .

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rection is an unlimited ' supply" of
waste wood in thelforest-s 'woodlots
and stumps without number. Partic—

we‘ a fuels-supply that is cheap, ready
at "hand and practically inexhaustible.

duce an astonishing amount of 16 inch
lengthSyof a diameter ranging up to
12 inches. Pine stump wood is unsuro
pas'sed for fuel. A stack of pine stump
cordwood measuring eight feet lon'g.
four feet high and 16 inches Wide, will
weigh about 840 pounds, cut green. On
this basis dealers have offered for
pine stump wood $2.10 to $2.25 per
short cord~about $9 per standard
cord. This most certainly makes the
breaking up of stumps which are, at
best, a source of endless trouble and
expense, well worth. the farmer’s
while. The removal of stumps, which
is usally done at some expense un-
der present conditions, will yield to
the landowner quite a- substantial pro-
fit. ‘ —

The most economical way of break-
ing up stumps is to use“ explosives
to reduce the stumps to sizes small
enough for convenient handling. A
well-placed charge will shatter the
stumps quickly and at comparative—
ly little cost.

Aside from the need for stump wood
as a supplement to our fuel supply,
economical and efficient cultivation
both demand the removal of these ob-
stacles. Stumps not only take up val-
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g .fir. in, a, tank, orin barrels ,- {11

increase the time required to work
the field and the cost of keeping farm
implements in repair. The use of the
most improved modern labor saving
farm machinery, which is indispenl
sable in the present unprecedented la-
bor shortage, is prohibited by field
dotted with numerous half—dried
stumps.

At the present time when every last
pound of foodstuffs mustbe obtained
from the soil if we are to maintain
our armies and those of our allies
at their maximum eniciency. 'the farm-
er who increases his production is
doing as much to win the war as any
soldier at the front. Now is the time
to rid the land forever of stumps——
parasites which not only are eating
up your profits, but which'are now ac-
tually a menace to the nation. Con-
vert the stumps into the needed fuel.
and the soil they occupy into food pro-
ducing fields—Du Pant Magazine.

PREPARATION OF SPRAY
. FOR SCALE INSECTS

 

Strong lime-sulphur to be used on
dormant trees or bushes for scale in-
sects, can be prepared in three ways:

By the old formula.

By reducing with water “the home-
made” concentrated wash. .

The “Old formula” has been used
for many years with good results and
is very satisfacmry. The formula is,
as fOIIOWS: -

Lump lime ..... - ......... 20 pounds
Sulphur (flour) .......... 15 pounds
Water (hot) to make ..... 50 gallons

The lime is slacked with a small

amount of Water (hot if lime i's slug-
gish) and the sulphur is added, 15 or

and the mixture boiled: (It should
take three-quarters of an hour, or an
hour of good boiling‘with frequent
stirring.) When done the liquid
should be amber colored and fairly
clear. Strain, dilute with water (hot '
is preferable) to make (up to) 50 gal-
lons, and applywarmgthroug‘h. a
coarse nozzle. ~ - r'

  

an iron kettle to boil it~in. ,
quantities? are to be used, live steam
is'preierable‘for boiling purposescith.

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‘In , our towns and Pei. 7asjgpedplezare
clotted dam)::..tlidu8#nds“‘foffi [cople’ “‘- Growers I‘Wh ha
’ have. been thrown-.odtrof ems merit
_ an economy of time} as l

’ ularly in the case of the” latter have,

,The average pine stump will '-pro-".

.. There are several grape‘insects that
‘ are-"found, only in" occasional vine-~
yards, and ' then not every year.
~.,,g‘rfowér should keep a E’hal‘mwatflh-Ofi
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ties can be mad’o‘earlyfilj fth’o.
andstored until needed.fl 7 '
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uniform_ strength. 1 y ’ .
son,- every batch that-‘is‘madls‘,must

     

'of uniform- strength, apparently. do.- ~

pends on the lime, which varies ;in.- I

compositionand strength. ‘Bfme-that
contains more than five per cent of »
magnesium oxide , and less than”

per cent of calcium“ oxide does not“

combine in the cooking With- the sul-

phur in a way to make a good mix-

ture. Special “spraying lime” is now
on the market.

. There are several ways of combining '
the .lime and sulphur. but always

there are two parts, by weight, of sul-

phur to one of stone lime. The follow-

ing three formulas are 7* common

use:

Stone lime 75 lbs; sulphur 150 lbs;
Water 50 gallons; or stone lime 60
lbs; sulphur 120 lbs. ; water .50 gallons.
or stone lime 40 lbs.; sulphur 80 lbs;
water 50 gallons. . « .' _

The lime is slaked to a thin paste
and: the sulphur is added. Boil for an
hour and stir frequently. Water 9-
nough should be added so that there
Will be fifty gallons at the end of
boiling. ,

After it is cooked if not to be used
at once, it should be strainedinto a
barrel which should be air tight, as
exposure to the air causes the sulphur
compounds to lose their value for spray
ing purposes. Each lot that is cooked
should be testedwith a hydrometer
When cooled and diluted.

 

GENERAL TREATMENT ‘. . .
FOR GRAPE INSECTS

Grape vines are not often subject to
attacks by scale so there is seldom
need for a spraying with strong lime-
sulphur before growth starts.

Do not use the dilute lime-sulphur at
any time for grape spraying. It
stunts or checks the growth of the ber-
ries. Use the bordeaux mixture.

Downy mildew, commonly called
“Red Grape" was very destructive last
season and caused large financial loss—
es to growers who did not spray.

Blackyrot has been a serious dis-
ease in recent seasons. Growers can—
not afford to risk "the loss it may cause
by neglecting to spray. '

These diseases and others will be
prevented very largely
as follows:

When the shoots are about 8 to 10
inches long, spray with bordeaux mix-

 

ture for black rot and downy mildew.

Just before blooming spray again
with bordeaux mixture for black rot

and downy mildew and to ,every 50
gallons of bordeaux, add 2 or 3 nonnds
of arsenate of lead to poison the grape
berry moth ‘ and the rosechafer. If
this latter is serious use stronger poi-
son, even up to 5 pounds to 50 gallons.
A pint of the cheapest molasses ad:
ded may help. " - .

Just as the blossoms are faliing, bet-

ter make another spraying like the a-
bove. '

About 10 days or two weekslater,

it may be necessary to make another
spraying like the two previous, but
tlbis will depend‘upon the weather con-
20 gallons of water are then added, ~.. ditions and the‘amou'nt of‘rot and mil-
dew: prevalent- If» later sprayings. are
thought to be necessary, ‘some' mater-
ial should begusedthatwillvnot stain
the. limit, such as weak copper sulphate

salution.’ - .

The

0t taint. Pillwlth Ithein_..iaspéarssce1- -
meridians to The Entombl sis .

summing. Mishisan is

5 .‘the ma. ass“ I' ”

of
Far stills ,rqar .:.§;te,llgler grth . £11989 0:9“; 1’91 up
" Juted accordingly, _ .

_r The diiflculty of getting asflhtion‘g,

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0111 fly; Mt 'n e l

= 'Pfihhisfiiand: bum after-f col w. ,

For climbing, caéworné, e- ”

  
 
  
  

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”bani near @9151?an PW?“ “w

  

PeaprTi-Navy Beanseach or tea ed“.
for Germination. “Nine .‘Dngars - r
busheit.t.o.b. Boyne City, “All nor
era-grown ‘but protected from {trust
by ourlakes. ’ ~ J -

. bands. or bands of’sticky' mint. as, » Ops

Farm Products ~co., Boyn'o animal,“ **

 

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' .Name Prolific, State tested, mg

yielders, yield 60% more than pea -
or navy. $10.00 per bu., bags 25c.

 

 

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A. A. Lambortson, Cedar Springs, Mich. ,

 

Yellow, 1916 corn, raised in Indiana.
‘ tested .by M. A.- C. College tested 80
per cent. Might be 0. K. for com ‘to
husk, ‘but rm ould recommend for email-
age or 5110., Price $5.30 56 lbs. EQB.
W. E. Rasmussen, Stanton, Michigan.

 

 

50 Bushelswf Shelled Seed Corn. ,

 

 

CHOICE PEA .SEED BEANS
Elegant sample. Write for sample
and price. - ’

 

 

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one insertion under this hesd-_

WORD ing. Two insertions, do per
word; five insertions, 10c per word. Count
asone word each initial and each group
of figures. Send stamps or money order.
Think, it would cost you $900 for postage

alone on a letter to each of our readers! .

NIICIIIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,
\VANT AD..I)EI’T., 110 FORT 8'12,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

 

snaps AND PLANTS

 

ITTLE NAVY SEED BEANS. ' They

are hand picked and free frmn any:

disease and yielded 20 bu. per acre;

were ripened before the frost and dried
before the rains, $9 per bu‘. fob Lake- ,

view. Geo. .W. Fountaine,

Lakeview,
Michigan, R. F. D. No. 2

 

Morley.

tatoes, will stand close planting.
stock $1.25 per bu. Jas. H. Billings,
Hart, Michigan.‘

‘Kidney 95% germination in soil.
$9.00 per bushel. Bags, 25c. , Ivan Olson. .
Holton, Michigan. . ,

. ' 191" - .. . .
Seed Beans for“ 2333“,, 3"“ 1° 0°!"-
Robert J. Bowman, R.

. si(]ile .by siide. filach l410 biasb
.cear’an we.orc ar, ar ‘ Vase.
ment and hen house. n With b

mill with tanks. .

cultivation on main road half' milepjoxf ‘3’

175 miles to market, . i ‘V

, Good soil. John'igEd-r ..
wards, Sears, Osceola Co... Michigan,<R. I. ».'»

school- and church.
Might sell‘separate.

   

 

snnn CORN—Golden Orange Flint. :5 _.

bu. Red cob, $4 bu. ", Grain _ Ensilaige,
$3.60. Order early. Sample for stamp.
Harry ‘Vail, Warwick, Orange 00., N. Y.

bY- Spraying ‘Seed Beans I have 40 bushels Of the

genuine One Thousand to
One hand-picked variety, which I am of-
fcring at $9.00 per bushel. Cash f. o. I).
John Buchanan, Morley, Mich

SEED BEANS—Choice mediumfpeb.

beans harvested before Wet weather of' .
fall of 1917.
Offer good to April 22nd,
Roy Lute, Crystal, Michigan.

Early SEED POTATOES—Irish Cobbler, '

Good quality $8.00 per bu.

great yielder of round white .130-
Fine

sun BEANS 15 bu. hand-picked Red
Price

.and price.
1. Pigeon, Mich.

' mums A'Np FARM LANDS
.ron SALE—~80 acres. It was two‘iio'.
a house with 'a

Land nearly all under

  
   
 

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Or Cheapest GaSoline, "
Carburetor ;‘ '3‘f mil 11
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,Y
has for the produc-

' oiii-"di-réty‘cattle Orin a .
In addition milk, must ._

led to. prevent; the may

.6 .
t'iongioffifiactei‘ia.

_jReducti-on of bacteria in milk does
not ‘ depend . on the .kind of. bar-n _ or ex--‘
.‘pensive equipment so much as on the j
pimple. inexpensive “ precautions. ‘Milk’
Twitch-"WW bacteria count canf be 'pro- .

duced‘, in Qbarn‘s, oil ordinary, type with
ess .1tlia'n 520;.worth ‘of extra equip-
. (merit. The dairy’specialistsj oi' the
W.S Department of Agriculture have

».prov,e‘a this in a-,«practi’cal experiment.’
For-the purpose of this experiment“

”tour cows were _’put in an ordinary
:trame" barn.
was employed to milk. and care for
the animals. No extra attention was
deVOted to cleaning the barn.- At, the
. end'of‘Six months the barn was no
Cleaner-than many commercial barns.
Withoutanychanges in barn man
. ‘agement the specialists had two cows
milkedint‘o‘small-top pails and the
two others wer’e‘milked into ordin-
ary open-top pails. The milk from the
{open-top pails averaged 497,653Hbac-
teria. The. milk from the small-top
'- - ,‘pfiils averaged 368,214; ., * j
The..use opthe-.‘small-top pail. with-
.»..o;ut,,any,.extra precaution -made a, dif-

j-lere'nce in the average count 01 129,:-

4,39, bacteria perfeubic ‘Centimeter.
[The pails and cans *Were- sterilized
with live steam, which can easily and
”cheaply be done with a simple, steam
. sterilizer, which can be made at home
, or can be, purchased complete for
about $10. Other cenditions remained
as before. The milk tram the steril-
ized small-top pails averaged only
~ 17,027 bacteria—a reduction 0! 351,187
".-in favor of this simple sterilization.
With the open pails, sterilization re-
, duced the bacteria. to .22,677——a de-
. crease 01474376 comparedwith milk
from the 'unsterilized open pails.

In the third step of the eXperiment
the manure was removed from the
barn twice unstead of only once a
week. The udders and teats of the
cows were washed befbrg each milk-

. ins. These reasonable measures \of
"cleanliness ‘reduced the count in milk
,drawn into the sterilized small-top
,pail to 2,886 bacteria, and in the ster—
ilized open-tOp pail" to 6,166 per cubic
centimeter. , Ordinary cleanliness, it
_‘ can be seen, caused a. reduction of over
. 10,000 bacteria per. cubic centimeter.

To make it easier to keep the cows
clean, in .the final stage of the experi-
ment the manure was rembved daily,
clean bedding Was supplied, and the
cows were cleaned with axcurrycomb

. and brush." Withthese final precau-

An untrained worker '

ace 9: fine sheep-
li B'recogniZed as

ulletin’ ~935,~~“The~
_ . _ y issued» by the
United (States Department pf Agricul-
ture; -Uniiorm3{.State dog’laws are
advocated;as-jprobably(the best meth-
Od, ah‘dga:,~dige‘st‘ otexisting state laws
anddthe‘aflcompieté' text of twosatisfac-

- tor-y laWs’iithoseof Pennsylvania and

West Virginia). are given in the bul-
-letin.. . The use of dog~proof icnces
is suggestedy’and the cooperation of
owners of~ dogs is said’t'o be impor-
tant. ' . .. U . ’

“The war needs of the United Stat-

- es and the Allies make it imperative

that the» number of live stock be sub-
stantially increased,” “’s’a'ys the bulle—
tin. “The whole of EurOpe is contend-
ing with a shortage of all classes of’
live stock and is facing a problem in
the supply of farm. animals that will

"not be solved for years after the war

is over. The entire world is in need of

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ODE. fro IrHE PORKER

The swine, the swine, the grunting swine
A noble beast is he;

He eats his corn and drinks his swill
With simple hog-like glee.

He jumps upbn his neighbor’s back
And rolls into the trough;

He plunges in with head and ham
To keep the others off.

He tramps upon the other pigs,
' He runs and grunts and, squeals;
He knocks down all the pig-pen doors,
And now and then he steals.

He tries to get the “whole blamed smear"
To fill his hungrypit,

To get it all, he uses all
His power and his 'Wit.

I bow before this noble bea’st
That leads the brutish van;
Because he is, my honored sir,
So very much like man. ,
- -—-Rochester Irwin.

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Wool and it Will take some time. after
peace is declared to restock the world
trade. The need of an increased meat
supply and the necessity of a greater
wool supply should make the sheep
one of the most profitable of farm an-
imals.

“Men who have entered into the
sheep business and have failed to find
the keeping of sheep profitable, agree
that one of the greatest causes for
their discouragement has been the
sheep—killing dog. Thou-sands of
sheep are ruthlessly killed each year
by dogs, causing a monetary loss to
sheep owners of over $1,000,000 annu-

' ally. The greatest setback of all that

the dog. causes to the farm industry
as a whole, consists in keeping out of
the business men who are otherwise
inclined togo into it.

 

.- -~ War Saving Stamps

for our

M. B, F. Boys and Girls

All over Michigan in every neighborhood,

the best-V farmers have_
waiting for someone to

they want to know what’s do
hich our bbys and girls can pass out

So we have a plan by .w

sample copies to the farm homes in y

heard of M. B. F. and are only
ask for their subscription, because
ing in the farming business.

our neighborhood and

offer to send in the subscriptions they receive.

FOR EVERY SUBSCRIPTION THEY RECEIVE \VE

GIVE A UNITED STATES GOVERNMEI

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We know of no better way in which we can
any easier way in which your boys

young friends, nor

can make a start towards the colic

reward our
and girls
go. business or whatever In

a few years they will need this money for.

Thrift stamps are the boy
Sam win the great war, thc
We allow a Thrift S

s' and girls’ way of helping Uncle
h means so much to their future.
tamp for every one dollar subscription

for one 01' more years, new 01‘ renewal.

Simply write
boy or girl is an

out to farm homes for three consecutiv 7‘
ask for the subscription because M. B. 14.
real business farmer in Michxga

us a letter or on a postal card, how old your
(1 how many sample copies he or

.she can pass
(3 issues then they can
sells itself to every

II who gets a chance to road‘it.

Don‘t put it off—write TODAY!

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING
Thrift Stamp Dept, Mt. Clemens

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but to the community, the State.

death from any cause.

Colon C. Lillie, Pros. and Supt. of Agts.

 

The Farmers of Michigan Lose Annually more
$2,500,000 worth of Live Stock, Horses, Cattle, Sheep

and Hogs from Accident and Disease.

The animals are destroyed and their cash value lost not only to the farmer

This amazing sum of money can be saved to the farmers and the State it
they (the farmers) will but avail themselves of

Michigan Live Stock Insurance Co.

organized expressly for the purpose of indemnifying owners of live stock against

We want agents to carry this great message to every farmer.

319 “'iddicomb Bldg.. Grand Rapids, Mich.

than

Harmon J. Wells, Sec. and Gen. Mgr.
(lraebner Bldg” Saginaw; W.S., Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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South St. Paul ‘
Fort Worth

El Paso

Chicago
East Buffalo

CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

CLAY, ROBINSON & co.
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION . '

South Omaha

Denver
East St. Louis ‘
South St. Joseph

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We have read the paper sent us and
like it very much and think it well worth
the dollar.—-—Lee S. Smith, Grand Trav-

erse county.

I saw'a copy of your paper and allow
me to state, it hit me Just right—Jacob
Hermes, Missaukee county. .

I received the sample copy and in look—
ing over its pages, it did not take me
long to come to the conclusion that it
was the best farm paper In circulation,
and feel that I am in a position to know
as .I have takenevery farm’ paper that
'is of, any consequence, but I find yours is
the only paper that'is fighting the farmers

_’ ~ battles at all, and-you are surely doing
I: he of '1

”this. right, and 1 thinkyyou are rightly
deserving 91.33., dollar from every farmer

" costa County.

. farthers’

in’ Michigan. I wish to thank you for the
sample copy, and I also wish you the
best of success—James McManus, Mar

A great paper; keep it going—451.. V."
F., Ionia. county. ‘ .

I think the M. B.. F. the very best -
friend—Milton A. Beckwith,‘ .-
Grand Traverse county. . ' ,:.f.
Thank you for the sample'copies.” We"
read them from A to
every one. The thing we farmers
——-Lyle Flewelling, Cass county“

"rem-f paper.'is_;dall~rvi;§ht._ - Hjust what‘s
every. armer he s.-—,‘ m‘.‘"»“ :8- ‘m‘ ..
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’.Ward

Ghetyou a 12 . . inc for less unna- coat.
"I 211:9. Ford guilds the best engine in the world?5
it will outlast the car-7 and you might as wall move
your money and use it: to do all your farm work.
no war on tlrca or transmission. Hooks up in 8
m. utea. Nopeqmmentu entto car. Cannot
1mm car or engine.

‘ frletlon clutch Pulley on end of shaft.Ward Gover-
nor. mn‘ h fan belt. gives perfect control. Money back
I! not sails lod. Ask for circular and special price.

WARD moron (:01. 206611 31., lincoln, no.

 

 

 

PRODUCE MORE» HONEY.
INCREASE YOUR PROFITS

With the prevailing sug-
ar shortage, honey is in
great demand and high
prices prevail. Make. your
bees produce more this
year. Send for our cat-
alog for prices on Bee
Hives, S \ction Boxes.
(tomb Foundation. Smok—

, crs, etc.» «avvrylhing for
the bees. ()ur beginner's complete out-
fits are furnished with or without
bees. B<"-eswux wanted.

B E R R Y BASKETS

We advise that you
place your orders enr-
ly for berry baskets
and til-qt. crates be—
cause the demand will
exceed the supply. Let
us know your exact needs and we will
quote you prices. We can make im-
mediate shipmvnts at present.

M. H. HUNT 8!. SON,

511 Coda;- St., Lansing, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

'I'IIIBIK, SWBtLEII runs
that make ahorse Whom. - '
Roar. have 'Thick Wind

or Choke-down. can be

reduced with

ABSORBINE

also other Bunches or Swellings. No blister.
no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Eco-
nomical—only afew drops required atan appli-
cation. $2. 50 per bottle delivered. “3.1!”.
ABSOBBINE, 18., the antiseptic linimcnt for man-
kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Swollen
Veins and Ulcers. $1. 25 a bottle at dealers or
delivered. Book“Evidcnce“ free.

WJJOUNG. P. D. F .. 15978111”: 51.. Snflnufiold. m

 

Don't Wear a Truss

1’3RU()K“‘ .~\ l’l’ l.| AN (“l5
1:”: inmlern >L‘: i: ivc
invention the wonder-
l’ul new (list-ow ry
that relieves rupture
will he sent on trial.
No oln'mxirms :-'pz'ings
or pads. Has auto—
matic Air Cushions.
Binds and draws the
broken parts togeth-
er as you would a broken
limb. No calves. No lies.
humble. cheap. Sent. on
Ir a,’ to prove it. Protected
by U. S. patents. Catalog
and measure blanks mailed
free. Send name and ad
dress today.

State St., Marshall, Mich.

 

2-1"0 FAX...

Buys the New Quflorfly

Junior No. 2. [fight ma-

nlng, easy cleaning, close

skimming durable. Guaran-

_ teed a lifetime in ainst de-

fects in material and wor munshlp.
llgade arise in five larger sizes up to No. 8 '
it own ere. . -
so unvs' FREE mm. mum: ”$1112
in cream. Postal brings Free catnlmpfolder and ‘ 'dlrect-from-
f ' ' he maimfnctnrer and save money.

Y er. H roan
AlanueR-norrnwco. 2260 Marshémand. cmcneo

 

 

MATCHING EGGS! ,

A'I‘CHING 19609 and Day-Old Chicks

for immediute dvln‘cry from (Lil‘

Barron English 240-egg strain white
Leghorns. l-lvzivy winter layers, large
'l‘lirds, easy ‘hutchems and raises, quit-k
growers. Hatching eggs. $6.00 per 100
and Chicks $l::.00 per 100 chicks. Sat—
isfaction guaranteed. Devries Leghorn
Farms & Hatchery, Zeeland, Michigan,
Box B232.

Barred Rock Eggs

.per. year. $2.00 per 15 Prepaid by par-
fc'el posts C.r-ular free. Fred Astling.
gonstantme, M'chigan.

 

From strain wth
records .to 290 eggs

 

Amman Black 'and Butt OTDinS-,

tons. Stock and hatching eggs for
sale. ,JamesA. Dale Mohawk,.Micli.

 

sperm .rn‘j HElFER

FOR THE stroke.

p, " [The dairy heifer that is .well~born:
well-fed and intelligently treated dur-~

WOrk-a- Ford ’

ing her calfhood has an advantage

. over the heifer that has had less-fav-

orable opportunity. ' One can .breed
into any herd of dairy cattle ther'ten-
dency to convert feed into milk. This
being the case it is easy to understand
that the man who does not support

good breeding by generous feeding is .

making a very serious mistake.» Very
few breed-ere will "'investvin breeding
stock from a herd of cattle that have
been starved for several generations;
they prefer .animals from a herd that
has been fed liberal rations of suitable
feedstuffs. 7 . ‘
Do not understand me to say that
because a cow is thin or her calves
fed light rations they will not respond
readily to better feed and intelligent
carer but understand me to say, and I
want to make it plain, that if you se-
lect animals from. any breed of dairy

cattle and half—feed them for several,

generations, they and their offspring
do not respond as readily to generous
feeding as if they had been traeted in
a more liberal and intelligent manner.
In other Words, the man who has fed,
his cattle scant rations fromyear to
year and from generation to genera-
tion has deteriorated, not only the flow
of milk that they themselves will pro-
duce, but he has deteriorated the pos—

ysibility of their producing calves that

..

will respond liberally to good care
and generous rations. Every success—
ful breeder of dairy cattle will admit
that this is a. sound position, and if it
is a sound position it is a mistaken
notion that one should keep his cattle
in a half-starved condition.

One frequently hears dairy farmers
say that cows are injured. by overfeed—
ing. and in some instances, perhaps,
that is true; but where one heifer calf
or cow is injured by overfeeding, a
properly balanced ration ten have
been ruined by lack of nutritious food.
I know from experience and observa—
tion that sometimes cows have been
ruined by feeding an excess of rich
protein feeds-ruined as breeders. But
these circumstances are rare, and if
the men who had fed those cattle had
fed them a proper amount of rough-
age and succulent feed in connection
with the rich concentrates and,given
them proper treatment, the asses
would have been very small. Dairy
farmers who are decrying generous
feeding ought “themselves to be encour-
aged to give more feed to their cattle.
I recognize the fact that there are
two extremes to this question, but it
is, nevertheless, a fact that there is
greater danger in miserly feeding
them in generous feeding.

One of the mistakes dairy farmers
sometimes make in the care of the
he l is over-stocking the pastures.
This is the cause of the thin condi-
tion of many dairy herds, and the
cause of the unthrift of the young
stock. A good many dairy farmers
wfll feed pretty well in the winter, and
then in the spring turn out twice as
many cattle on a pasture as it ought
to maintain. with the result that when
the summer is half gone and when
the dry season comes, grass is very
short, and before fall the cattle are
thin in flesh and run down in vitality.

During the summer and autumn
months is the time when provision
should be made to build up the cattle
and send them into the stables in a
strong, vigorous condition, and one
cannot do this if they have been left
on scant pastures, without supple
mental forage and grain feeds. -Many
dairy farmers fail to secure profitable
milk yields in the winter because they
half feed their cows during the sum-

. mer when they should'have an abund-

ant supply of luxuriant-grass.

One may take a spring calf and give
it a good start and then turn
it, out on a‘barren pasture and. it will
become Stunted. A liberal system of

feeding may start growth again and .

the calf may‘eventually develop into
a creditable dairy cow. ‘But you take

the calf and" feed it under more favor

able conditions, and itzwill make a.’

better "cow. _If‘thisfrs true, it 59th

~ the development of the-coursrrwu

a 1'. p to f'efircdlrrageda
" their causes; ‘:.
: growthy' cendquon; fr.

_ maturity. _ .
' try, to save feed! at ' the

It. is mistake

to user‘npur herds or’sell to; breeding
purposes. Good feeding. 113823 'madc
success, possible for many .br, eders, ,

and poor feeding has wrécke‘d many“

herds. One should emplate the sue"-
‘cess of those who are going tome-bop
and feed generously and intelligently;

In no branch of stock breeding and

feedinghas the idea that feed could. i

be made to produce function reached

.. so ,great pOpularity as in dairy ram»- ,

ing. The farmer is new learning for
himself that the instinct: of his dairy>
bred cow has created a function which
enables~yes, requires—her to make
milk of. the food that the beef bred
animal puts into beef or growth. Un~
der the old teaching his fields became
short of suitable feeds because he
bought so much ofthe feed for his
cattle; under the new teaching, his
fields are beginning to show the'ef-
fects of better tillage methods and
shorter crop rotations. He is begim
lung to depend upon them as the
source of his feed supply and as he,
begins to feed these home grown feeds
and makes a closer study Of his ani-
mals' instincts and functions he finds
that they are safer and cheaper than.
the rich «protein feeds.

Let no man think that the art of
feeding has no placein the improve.
ment of dairy cattle'. The improved
cattle impose greater tasks upon the
feeder than he has ever dreamed of in
the past. The food is the raw mater-
ial; the animal the machine. The se-
cret of success'lies in so feeding that
the raw material will produce a maxi-
mum of milk or growth and maintain
the animal in perfect health and vigor.
The skill is more than mechanical;
it includes a knowledge of physiology;
and it reaches its best estate only
when supplemented with sympathy
and a quick conception of c0nditions
favorable to production and growth,
To be successful g'ood breeding must
he supported by liberal feeding, but
the former is the fundamental- upon
which the profits of good feeding de-
pend.——W. .

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LIVE STO(‘K—-—GROWING AS SE!"

\Vhen a. man looks about for
some means of developing the lat~ ‘
est resources of his farm he ought

’ to find live stock one of the most
promising assets. Good stock is
full of possibilities, both from the
financial and from the human side.
it. furnishes ready money, and
helps to build fertility. It pro-
Vidus steady employment during
the whole year ,and helps to create
a spirit of unity for every member
of the. family. from grandfather
down to the little tots who follow
him to the barns to see the newly
born (:alVes, pigs and lambs.

(if course even the small farm—
er needs live stock». and is ambi-
tious to have better stock and
more of it, but very often this am-
bition runs in the direction of pure—
bred stock and expensive stables
and equipment. The frugal little
farmer visits some grand farm
with big barns and costly equip~
ment. and wishes that he might
have equally fancy stock to at—
lrnct the people.

Such a farmer. who has not got
into the real merits of the live.
stock question, might conclude that
the best solution is to raise money
to invest in high-priced breeding
stock. but all the good counsel and
practical experience in farming is
on the side of the grade animal
until a man has gained the neces-
sary experience to handle pure-bred
stock successfully.

No matter how meager the ma-
terial on the farm may seem to be.
‘there is always enough for a be—
ginning. particularly if a. good sire
can be had. and there is good judg~
merit and management in handl-
ing the females. Behind the pres-
ent animals that are worth keep-
ing at all. there is more coming
up through the young stock, and a _
few ayerage females. properly
used. will bring better stock to
the farm. ‘

Then the experience gained in
developing really choice animals
from grades in itself altogether be-
yond qnything that can come from

. beginning with the finest pure-bred

a h “before one is in a position .
“to derive the most benefit there-

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POULTRY” ~

 

Lin-go, great layers, pure; Whitm.
,Proved «egg type from like ancestry.‘
erot the "Best in the "World," but none

otter-for beauty andlaying ability——
Layhllt ’Leg‘horhs mean either better
:quahty for" the same, price, or .the '

,Hntehlng‘_Eggs, $1.50 per 15;' parcel
Dost prepaid. ' .3000 per. 100. 90,_p'er. ,

Old cmmgsraoo per 109 after- Maw ’
52,111. Guaranteed delivery alive and.
lively.
Box» M1.

 

 

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winter layers.

 

March lst, $2.00. $3.00 and $5.00 r 15.
$8.00 per 100. Semi-for matlii; list‘
C. W. Honeywell, Plymouth. Michigan.

ISHLANDKS WHITE ROCKS4-The di-
. , rectnblood of a well—knowu 201%ng

strain. Eggs. for hatching $1.50 for
13; $5.00 for 50: $9.00 per 100.

.L. Seamans & Sion, rBelleville. Michigan. 1,
thousands

. ‘We ship
HI K each season, different

. .- _ varieties, booklet and
testimonials, stamp appreciated. Freeport‘
_Ha.tchery, Box 10, Freeport. Michigan.

BARRED ROCKS 'szg-hl";:;r:.;°.:“:.‘l-.-
ful breeding, large, heavy-laying mwls.

Joggers for 50: $10 for 120. Chas. l.
Cook, Fowlerville.“Michigan. '

____..- .. -._ ..__-..._.-._..__
BARR. .. .

Pure Br ED Rfif‘K Cockrels

eggs $3 per 15.

for sale. 33 each. Hatching
R. R. Bowman, Pigeon.
Mlghigan.

HITE WYANDOT'I‘ES of quality, one

large cockerels, $3.00 each. Eggs,
$2.50 per 15. Clarence Browning; Route
N039 Portland. Michigan.

-20 0 Standard brad White Leghorn
, (Young strain) and Ancona
chicks for April delivery at $13 per "100.
Satisfaction and safe arrival guaranteed.
Order at once and get catalog. HOLLAND
HATCHERY. R _\'n. 7 Holland. Michigan.

 

WE HAVE THEM _
1f you want Leghorns that will pay
for their feed a. d men tim s over, write
us. We have eggs for Hatching and
Breeding Stock, hens and pullets only. »
HILL CREST POI'LTKY FARDI.
Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

 

 

CHICKS Young's Hmu’y Laying Strain.
S. (1. White Leglioms. Z5 chicks.
$350; 50, $6.75; 100. $13.00. Safe déHin
cry guaranteed. Order from this ad; Full
count. Wolverine Chickery, 711 Delaware
St, S E. Grand Rapids. Michigan.
ROFITABLE RUFF Ll-lGllORNS—We
have twenty pens of especially. mated
Single Comb Buffs t int are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof-
itable egg production. 1623:) at very teas—-
unable price. Our list will interest you
—please ask for it. Village Farms,
Grass Lake, Michigan. .
INGLE CO‘MB “'HI'I‘E LEG-HORNE
Eggs, Young's strain, $1.00 per 15. Fer-
tility guaranteed. Harry Schliep, ’l‘umer,
Michigan.

HATCHING EGGS

ONE ("0MB l‘l'lll'rE LEUHOKN eggs
from good layers $1.25 ]H,‘l' 13, pastmml.
Mrs. l... J. l’ellcy. Honor, Mich, RFD. l.

“(iris fink HA’N‘lllNh‘. from Pure bred
llinght Strain l‘lnrred Rocks 15 for fit.
50 for $2.50; 1011 for $5.00. )ll's‘. l}. M.

Weaver, Fife Lake, Michigan.

WATCHING E—é— Lay Strains. Bun

red Plymouth Rocks $1.50 per setting.
3,50 fol“ Ill) eggs, $8 pm" 100. S. C. \Vhite
lmghm‘ns $1 per swttiug, $1.75 for two
settings, $5 per l0“. (ll'STOM HATCH-
ING done at 3r per egg. Russell Poultry
Ranch, Petersburg. Michigan. ‘

ANCONAS M
hitiml
hatching. Siugl»
lose (‘mnb $2.00
Vl'hite ('n‘pingtons.
“TEST ilk SUN. ll.
' Michigan.

 

from our Bred—to-

Egg Producing Exhi-

Struin. Eggs for
(Minn, $1.50 per 15:
per 15 ; Extra. Select
$2.00 per 15. W. E.

No. 1, East Lansing,

 

ATCHING HUGS From Prize—Win-
ning Barred Rocks, Thompson strain. -
. $6.1m Hundred; $3.25 Fifty; $2.00

Thirty. Special muting $1.50 per 15.

. Sam Studs], Chelsea. Michigan.
Ol’NG 0. l. *0. sows of fine quality.
Bears and bred sows all sold. Floyd H. _

Banister, Springport, Michigan. ‘

' ' Big Type Poland China bred
Recordeaenws 'and gl-lts, for sale.
Leading blood lineslof the breed. at our

herd's head. Boone; Blanchard.
Michigan. . > '

Larinur s. c. w. Harmonica I"

a

same. quality! at a less price. Solemn-11.":

EVERFBESH' EGG mum, H

Good ' '
.and fit for any show room. Eggs after

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(38”: leity guaranteed. Strongliay-t

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m TYPE :PQLANB clung. amend-:3.

, sows all sold. Have 'a few, fall.
Price's; rights: L.- ’
, Byron. Michigan t,

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’1 Ideal/ll: worked a 0111’ half and 1.1111111. 3260.

I’m Ce.',- Howell, Mich. ‘

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am ,

I'lerefordis,"~ f a...

Mike displayed taboos Advantage.

one under this
Send; in copy and

, go: do or for ado to run 13 issues or more we will make
”filly be sent on application to' the Advertising Dept"

 

thrill calves- Prince 7
Id {and Farmer
Breeding. ALLEN BROS.) Piw Paw, Mich.

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E. I. SALISBURY
. SHEPHERD. MICH.
Breeder of purebred
Holstein-Puccini: Cattle
Young bulls for sale from A. I1.

0 Cows with cred1table records.

 

 

HOLSTElN-FR CATTLE
Account present iobor ns and ‘sicimess in
tho family 'we billet for 1' lots sole our entire
herd of about 2‘0 choice 00115. This new is om.
..peoodot.lorge-v1¢orouocows, of the most pop lot
line: of‘bre e.ding e11: diflduois altered are in
excellent health, good flesh condition and are caps.—
‘ melanin; ononddolna aproiitoble year's work.
'1‘ heontire lot will be priced right.

'. , DEDoSs EDDY 11mm, Mich

 

 

 

 

250 STEERS FOR SALE

Ones, thos, threes, ,Herefords, Angus
and Shorthorns. 600 to 1200. lbs. Choice
quality sorted to size, age and breed.' In
, Write your wants. C. F. Ball.
‘Fairfield. Iowa.

./ HATCH 1111111) 110131111115

rYPSILANTI We have been ‘fbreeding

Up" for the past eleven

‘MICHIGAN years. Pontiac Kq‘ndy yke

and King Korndyke Sadie

vale bulls in aservice. Select your next
sire now. ' V .

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHORTHOBN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. ‘0. W. rum,
Secretary. Central Michigan Shorthorn
.Association, McB‘rides, Michigan.

 

Registered H'blsteins—

or a eBulls ready for. service,
and bull calves from 30

lbs. bull and A. . dams; also females

of all ages. 1“" )
Wm. Griflin. oiwell. Mich, R. No. 5.

FOR SALE A Reg. Jersey Bull 19 mo.
old. Dam is an imported
Daughter of Noble of Oakland. Price,
$90. 00. Tosch Bros, Capac, Michigan.
S t o c k

Dispersion Sal F .. , ..

This saple will be held at my farm 1 mile
west of Howell on May 4th,1918. Every-
thin will be A. R. 0. tested, including
14 resh cows, and many others coming
in soon, and a No. of yearlings and calves
that are bred in the Purple. I only have
2 bulls left ready for service that I will
sell privately. Watch for larger ad. next
week. D. H. Hoover, Prop, Howell, Mich.

Rosewood

WASBJI‘ENAW Ennis! HOLSTEINS

30 lb. bull iii? service. No stock for
sale at present. Carl F. and BenN
Braun, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

 

 

DUBOO JERSEYS. of the Heavy

boned type, Service boars and Spring

Pigs 1610:1111, also Reg. Shorthorn Bull

Calves Milking Strain 4 mos. old,

the price is $100 each

‘M A;- Bray Estate, Chas. Bray Mgr,
Okemos Michigan

 

 

 

 

GUERNSEYS 'He‘i‘frg‘s HaAnYiE Cd‘ws‘FIi’dl:

Sale, also a number of Well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms,

‘ Grass Lake, Michigan.

 

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN bull calves
for sale—Breeding very high, but
prices very ‘low for a short time.
Model Stock- Farms. E. P. Kinney, Prop,

East Lansing, Michigan.

11111111sow 110m 1...... cm
heifers, heif-
er calves. 3. daughters and g.g.d. of Hen-
gerveld DeKol (best bull in the world.
Large herd. Perfect Aug bull calf for
$150, marked half &
yearling daughter of 26 1b. b. 600 lb. m.
cow Will ship subject to approyai Cows
$150 to $175. heiferq $75 to $125.
ROBIN CARR FOWLERVILLE, MICH.

HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN CATTLE

FOR SALE—Young Holstein bulls from
good A R. O. dams and sired by 30 lb.
bull: few females whose dams have good

. R. 0. records. bred to a 30 lb bull.
Howbert Stock Farm Eau Claire Mich

One Car-load Registered Holstein:

Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and,

from heavy- producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts.

J. Hubert Brown, Byron Michigan.

 

 

HICKORY GROVE STOCK FARM
Offers for immediate sale"12 daughters of
King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne bred to
Mutual Pontiac Lad. All 'of the cows in
this herd are strong in the blood of Maple-
crest and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke We
can always fu1 msh carlgads of pure bred
and grade cows
D Owen Taft, Route 1. Oak Grove, Mich.

 

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100 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 100 '

families

. Oualiin
.y‘ Production}
Health

Fair 1917.

A herd of high p1oducin
Herd headed by
114067 Senior and Grand Champion Bull at Michigan State
Junior sire
132652 a 3516 son of Friend Hengerveld De K01 Butter Boy
and whose dam and <14, sister hold 6th and 7th highest
-yearly butter records.
months old for sale.
R. BRUCE McPHERSON, HOWELL,

females from the breeds
utchland Colantha Winana Lad
Pontiac

Maplecx est Application

Sons of these great sires up to
Prices and pedigrees on application.
MICE.

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Catalogs Apr. 15th.
COL. PERRY, Auctioneer.

The 8th annual sale of the Howell Consignment Sale Co. of Howell,
Michigan, will sell

80 Head of Registered Holsteins
. ' AprilZ5tl1, 1918

Rain or Shine in the large sale Pavilion.
good condition, tuberculin tested and are bred in the lines of great pro-
ducers backed by the best sires of the breed.
bulls, heifers from A. R. O. dams and a few bulls from record dams.
If interested write

HOWELL CONSIGNMENT SALE COMPANY

These cattle are young and in

Many are bred to 30 lb.

MARK<B. CURDY. Secretary,

 

 

 

 

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL 11

months old. Grandson of Hengerveld

De Kol. Sired by Johan Hengerveld Lad
who has 61 A.R.O. daughters and out of
a granddaughter of Pontiac DeNijlander
35. 43 lbs. butter and 750. 26 lbs. milk in 7
days. 3090 60 lbs milk in 30 days. Price
3125. FOR Flint. Write for Photo and
pedigree. L. C. Ketzler

HOLSTEIN BULL CALF born Jan. 28,
1918. A fine individual, nicely marked
from a 29. 42 lb. Sire and 23 80 lbs 4 yrs
old dam. A. F. Loomis, Owosso, Mich.

HEREFORDS FOR SALE two

big strong yearling
bulls ready for service, younger ones
coming on. For early maturity and econ-
omical production unsurpassed. E. J
Taylor, Fremont, Michigan. 1

 

OR SALE—Three choice Registered
FHolstein Cows. High record ances-
tors. Pedigrees on request. Address
E. P. Kinney, East Lansing, Michigan.

THE RINKLAND HERD
Registered
HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE.
John A. Rinke, Warren. Michigan.

 

 

THE WILDWOOD JERSEY FARM
Breeders of Jersey cattle strong in the ‘
blood of Royal Majesty. We have, stock
for sale from R.ofM.dams- sire.
Herd regularly tested for to
Herd fave. medpmfl't per year 3
cost of ekind
invitaAL
teed.

phone 143-5.

 

 

 

CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK

PERCHERONS, ,
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51111051111125,
ANGUS. «
DUROCS.

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half from 15 lb. ,

- FOR SAL

 

-‘ free. as Ky e .
ma Alcartr'a Pontiac, ‘ so of Kid 11?
Segis. Pontiac Alcartra, the $50 000 hill 1

Family of four, Tatty Topsy Dawn.
four year old Dam and three Dangli-
ters from this herd, is for sale. Also * ‘
other Cows and Heifers .

Several young Bulls sired by King:
Zerma Alcartra Pontiac are for sale.
‘ These Holsteins are one of the vei‘
1best herds in Michigan. Dams have big?
milk and butter records. _

We ask the readers 01331.18;
Farming to write us. stating
what is wanted, and 'Wn will send
scriptions and photographs ., .

Homestead Farms is a co-operaw‘ "
tive work, founded on a federation of
interests.

‘. HOMESTEA’I)
Bloomingdale,

FARMS,
Michigan

 

 

 

 

OR SALE—8 Reg. Shun-thorn Bullu'

from 9 to 17 M0. By Maxwalton

Monarch a son of the noted Avou~
dale who has 3 sons & 2 daughters that
have won the Grand Championship at
the International and American Royal, as
well as Won lst Prize on get of Sire 4 .
times at the above named shows. Herd
just tubercaline tested without a single re-
actor John Schmidt & Sons Reed City.
Michigan.

Holstein-linen“ Cattle
Under the present labor conditions
I feel the necessity of reducing my
herd. Would sell a few bred females
or a few to freshen this spring. These
cows are all with calf to a filo—pound
bull. J. Fred Smith, Byron, blichigan

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE

I always have a few good individuals
for sale. Some young bulls from A. R.
O. cows. Not the cheapest. but worth
what I am asking for them. Arwin
Killinger, Fowlerville. Michigan.

WOLVERIN E STOCK FARM

Breeders of Holstein—F‘riesian Cattle.
rBattle Creek, l\"li(“ll'1g:1n. Snnior Herd
Sire, Judge W'alkm- l‘ioierje whose
first five dams are 30 lb. cows, Young
bulls for sale. from daughters of King
Korndykc licngcx‘veld Oronsby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL calf

for sale. Four months old, well mark—

ed, of excellent breeding and a fine in-
dividual. Eugene VVIIK‘OX, R. No. 2..
Bangor, Michigan.

CATTLE FOR SALE

ZLoads feeders and two loads yearling
steers. Also can show you any number
1, 2 and 3 years old from 500 to 900 lbs.
Isaac Shanstum, Fairfield, Iowa. R-R.

OR SALE' Registered Holsteins—Two

heifer calves and one bull calf out of

A. R. 0. dams that have A. R. 0.
daughters. Sired by a 20—1b. 2.-year-old
bull. Price $225 for the three. Riverside
Farm, 0. F. Turner. Vulcan. Michigan.

One 11 mos. old grandson
of Royal Majesty whose
dam as a 3 yr. old produced 406.24 lbs. of
butter in 1 yr. Solid color. First check
of $90 takes him. Registered, trans-
ferred and delivered to any point in
Michigan. Fred A. Brennan. Capac. Mich

HORSES

 

 

 

 

 

/

ROBT. R. POINTER & SON

Breeders of

Registered Holstein-Friesian Cattle

DEARBORN, MICHIGAN

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

'If you are looking

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERCHF RON STALLION prices re-
duced. One coming four, steel g1ay,
will weigh a ton, broken single driien
double, Price $350. (1111- coming eleven,
black, will weigh 1900, broken single and f
double, Price $250 (“nits in show. Fred
N. Randall. Manchester, hri'ichigan.
OR SALE, Percheron Stallion 121705.
Black, Heavy bone follow—fended
June 23rd, 1915. J. F. (llady. Vassar,

,7

Michigan, Route No. 1. .
For Sale. Write

SHETLAND PONIES for description &.

prices. Mark B. Curdy_ Howell. Mich.

BELGIAN S'I‘ALLION

3 year 0 for sale. Can be reg-

‘ istered in purchaser's

name. Price $300.00. Geo. M. Williams.
Route No. 1, Big Rapids, Michigan.

HOGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Annual Sale of

Michigan Ayrshires

27 head of Registered Ayrshires,
White Marmaduke 18882, Grand Champion at
Michigan State Fair, 1916

at Flint, Michigan, Wednesday, May 8,1918

at 12:30 o’clock p‘.m.

All animals tuberculin tested and guaranteed.
Write for catalogue. 1

M1chlgan School for the Deaf

t WLHOF F MAN, Steward, Flint, Mich.

including

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newton Barnhart, St. Johns,

 

0 Bred dlGills

C Serviceable Bears
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half Torr—O. I. Gil—Half Ton
Spring pigs sired by the Five great—
est boars in use in one herd in Amer-
ica and from the sows that were unde-
feated at 111., Mo., Ohio and Mich. state
fairs. Write for our catalogue, it’s
free, we want you to see it before you
buy. We guarantee satisfaction.
Crandell’s Prize Hogs, Cass City, Mich.
0.1. C. for service; also fall pigs '
either sex; sired by leer";

prize yearling boar Mich. State Fair 19 7
Clover Leaf Stock Farm, Monroe, Mic

 

 

 

 

Choice young boars ready

'11. No.1 1. , ..
REGISTERED HAMPSHIRE BOEgE .1 .

for sale. John W.
Johns, Michigan.

'0 00 SOWS and GILTS bred for.
one fan-owing, to Orion Fancy King. '
83857, the biggest pig for. his age, ’1
ever shown at International Live Stock
811017. Also Fall llboars registered crated"
and deliverd'd anywhere in state. .
Michigan. 1 ,

Snyder, R 4,

 


 

ing under severe handicaps—shortage of
' _ aM shortage of- farm implements ‘

man and the growing/boy a chance to do

sacred cause of liberty. To do this, you ' h _

good work 1n the hands of a youngster; toolsét'h'at have comfortable
seats on which the elderly man can ride; tools that Will make horse
power and man power go farther. Use the _ ' , 1‘

“Ac 1 E”

- ’ PULVERIZING HARRO

It is so simple that any lad old enough to guide a team can and leave a protective mulch at the top. They cut through
manage it and do as much work as a man. The driver rides on a weeds and trash and mix them thoroughly Wlth the SOIL 011 0133’

~ - hi. Th d ft . soil, sandy soil or heavy loam—everywhere——the “Adme” makes a
comfortable seat and comes home fresh at mg t e ra ‘ 1s deep firm seed bed—~lays the right foundation for a bumper crep.

light; you can cover a large acreage Without lugging the. team. You’ll find the “Acme” a dependable all- around ..t001 Use it in
Use one, two, three or four horses. We have styles and'Slzesto the orchard to keep down weeds and conserve moisture.

meet your horse power. With the “Acme” Four—horse Harrows, “
Get your Acme” now. It will help you to put in your Spring

you can readily cover from 30 to 40 acres a day.
- crops at less expense. You can invest the money thus saved in
You’ll be delighted at the way the soil flows in little furrows the Third Liberty Loan and back up the boys “over there n For-
from the curved coulters of the fast-working “Acme.” These , tunately, we have a stock of “Acme” Barrows in your vicinity
coulters level the ground; fill open spaces;,compact the soil below ready for immediate shipment. 4, . ,

 

Write at once for Price List and free book,
“The Acme Way to Crops that Pay.”

DUANE H. NASH INC., 152 Elm St., ' ‘Millington, N. J.

No. 23 Standard Two-Horse “Acme” Harrow I ' .. . l l p, a

Flexible, cuts 6 1—2 feet Wide . We ,make "Acme" Harrows in one, two,‘ three and
" ' ' ‘four horse sizes. Widths 3 ft. to 17 1-2 ft. Exten-
sion models for the orchard. . ,/ '

The "Acme” makes a perfect
seed bed—insures maximum yields.