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_DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1918





Marketing 2 Grain





Without Gambling





On Prices





(Ignaz/id” Grain Growers Have Dom: Bl};

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HERE is more gamble in a bush-



el of wheat than anything I



know of,” said a farmer who

belongs to one of the cooperative

growers’ associations, “especially when

it goes through the natural channel of

trade, where a dozen men decide its

destiny and price; men who never did

a solitary thing to produce it, and to

whom no one, farmer or consumer,

owe a profit. ”



Many think because the government

has set a price on wheat that growers

are going to get more profit. They

are—provided they demand it. But

selling wheat at government prices,

and receiving all the profit possible,

are. two different things, as many

wheat growers know.



Canadian grain growers have been





doing big things through cooperation.‘





They have the world’s greatest farm-

ers’ cooperative enterprise; the grain

Growers’ Grain Company, of Manitoba,

and the Alberta Farmers’ Cooperative

Elevator Company joined hands after

it was foreseen that they could do

team work profitably, and formed the

most powerful grain exchange, entire-

ly in the hands of the farmers.



The company, now known. as the

United Grain Growers’ Ltd., has more

than thirty-five thousand shareholders.

assets of $6,000,000, and a turnover

last year of $100,000,000. It operates

nearly four hundred grain elevators,

two hundred and fifty flour warehous-

es, nearly two hundred coal sheds, two

terminal elevators, two implement

warehouses, and a large timber mill.

It also .owns a large timber tract

which supplies lumber to the com-

pany’s shareholders and other farmers

in Canada. More than one thousand

poople are employed by this great

tarmers’ concern.



ZTheso figures are more impressive

when we remember that the idea has

been working” only eleven years. And





of the fifteen millionacres of wheat

now in Western Canada, more than

two-thirds will come under cooperative

control, so that you can see these men

have been ironing the wrinkles out of

the grain growing business in Canada.

Winnipeg is the greatest primary

grain exchange in the world. More

than 275,000,000 bushels of wheat are

handled each year. Railroads from the

great wheat-growing sections

connect with the large

elevators. T h e

Grain Dealers’

Exchange w a s

the first organi-

zation, but in

due ti m e t h e

farmers discov-

ered that they

were neither re-

ceiving freight

service nor pric-

es they should.

Low prices were

paid at country

points and there

were many com-

plaints of under-

weighing and heavy dockage charges.

Abuses grow until the farmers realized

that salvation lay in organizing to han-

dle their own products. They success-

fully organized three associations, in

the three wheat-growing provinces.

Local associations were the initial

organizations, later .joining into large

associations, the object being a com-

bined plan of action. They learned

how to get together, work together,

and then how to stay together. The

organization aimed to influence legis-





lation to bring about improvement in.





marketing, grading, and transportation

of grain. Another work was the pro-

motion of advanced and improved

methods of grain culture, seed selec-

tion, purchase of supplies, and distri-

butionvof products.





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Up until the joining of hands, the

Grain Growers’ Company had the

greatest success. It was organized

with the idea of making a company

which should obtain a seat on the

Winnipeg Grain Exchange, and act as

a commission agent for consignments

of grain, either domestic or foreign.

It did its first work in 1905 with some

forty stockholders. It grew, and the

following year a seat in the Grain Ex-

change was purchased for $2,500, and

a line of credit established by the

joint signatures of grain growers. Few

things in connection with business

farming are more interesting than the

starting and growth of this association.



The organization started in debt

from the very first, began with leaders

without previous experience, but who





 





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had depended upon a middleman for

all their sales. Heavy competition,

ofttimes unfair, forced by organized

interests, was waged against these

grain growers, who had a big vision

of better things. If there was any

obstacle that the grain dealers failed

to put in the way of these men, it was

because they didn’t think of it. But

the old prophecy, “right rules might,”

came true in the case of the farmers.



The organization prospered, becom-

ing the largest single factor in hand-

ling grain in the Winnipeg Exchange.

The secret of its success lies in the

very fact that its members hung loy-

ally together in the face of discourage-

ment. They faced ruin and defeat, but

would not see it, and even advanced



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CURRENT COMMENT





 





S we go to press

the world is anx-





Germany 3 iously awaiting Pres-

Peace v-ident Wilson’s reply

N Ote to Germany’s first di-



rect and formal bid

for peace. But the people of our own





and allied countries appear to be units

ed in the opinion that Germany’s offer

to make the President’s announced

peace program the basis for negotia-

tions falls far short of the unqualified

acceptance of that program as a basis

for peace, to which Germany must un~

doubtedly come before peace may

follow.





The German note was" transmitted

to the President through the medium

of the Swiss government. It asks the

President to take in hand the restora-

tion of peace, to acquaint all of the

belligerent states with the request and

invite them to send plenipotentiaries

for the purpose of opening negotia-

tions. It accepts on the part of the

German government the program set

forth by President Wilson in his mes-

sage to Congress on January 8 and in

his later pronouncements, especially

his speech of September 27, as a basis

for peace negotiations, and asks for

the immediate conclusion of an armis-

tice.



In general discussion of the text of

the German note as given through the

press reports, two ideas have been

strongly voiced. One generally express-

ed thought is that by means of inaug-

urating peace talk Germany may be

sparring for time until winter brings

relief to her battered armies, and an-

other commonly expressed thought is

that the peace note, coming at this

time in the midst of our Fourth Lib-

erty Loan, may have been aimed at its

success by giving the people of Amer-

ica the idea that the war is practically

over. and that their continued financial

support is unnecessary. ‘



These very commonly expressed

opinions indicate that the people of

America hare fully absorwd the idea

.that'Germany is not to be trusted, and

“ that a lasting peace brought about by





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appeal may he} cannot, of course, be

forecast, but it is a safe conclusion

that there will be no thought of a

peace, theterms of which shall in any

way be’ dictated by the German gov-

ernment, or which does not insure the

lasting peace and the full measure of

justice and human liberty to every

people for which we are fighting.

Past events make it certain that the

official reply will be made as promptly

as diplomatic usage permits, and as

clearly as the English language can be

made to express our government’s po-

sition. In the meantime, the answer

of loyal Americans will have been

written on applications for Liberty

Bonds to an amount which will for-

ever convince official Germany that

“peace oflensives” directed against the

American people are wasted effort.





N official state-



ment was recent-

ly issued by the Food

Administration assur

ing farmers that there

is no need whatever

of selling wheat at less than the guar-

anteed price. The text of this state-

ment follows:





“Reports reach the Food Administra-

tion that some farmers are selling

their wheat at less than the guaran-

teed price because of the railway em<

bargoes placed in parts of the country

against wheat shipment. While the el-

evators are temporarily overstocked

because seaboard movement has not

kept pace with internal movement, this

condition should be improved during

the next thirty or sixty days. 0 farm-

er who will have patience until the

situation improves need sell below the

guaranteed price, for the government

will buy all wheat as fast as it can be

moved. "





Obviously, all of the country’s wheat

crop cannot be moved at once. Under

normal conditions a ‘heavy movement

such as taxed the elevator and trans-

portation facilities of the country

would have dcmoral-ized the wheat

market. While there is a natural in-

clination on the part of farmers to

cash in on the wheat crop because of

the fixed price, those who are in a po-

sition to hold their wheat for a. few

weeks will be. able to market it in a

less busy period, which will be some

compensation. Certainly ho farmer

should sell his wheat to any profiteer-

ing miller or elevator man below the

guaranteed price less a reasonable

handling charge and the cost of trans-

portation to the nearest oiiicial receiv-

ing point





Selling the

Wheat '





EPORTS from a





Anticipate number of manu-

E . t facturers of agricul-

qu’mne“ tural implements indi-

Needs cate that dealers are





not stocking up liber-

ally with equipment for the late fall

and early spring trade. The personal

experience of many farmers who have

undertaken to buy needed farm equip-

ment from local implement dealers

supports this theory.‘ This being the

case, it is more than ever necessary

for farmers to anticipate their equip-

ment needs and place orders for same

as far in advance oftheir actual needs

as possible.



Farm implement manufacturers, in

common with other manufacturers,

have been cut in their allotment of

materials, particularly steel, due to the

urgency of war needs. This means that

if the dealers of any section do not

buy heavily enough to satisfy the

needs of the -farmers of their commu-

nities, it will be impossible to secure

needed equipment on short notice. For

this reason, it is the part, of wisdom

for every farmer to make a surwy of

his next year's implement needs and

place his orders at the earliest possi-

bledafia, tothoendthat meymybe

covered by orders with manufactorers.

otherwise it may be impossible to se-

cure equipment tor next year's use





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‘manofacturers to know what the ilnd- 3 45%





 





. W2... and when this finding it





ment is not possib‘l‘e’ of attainment.

What the official answer to Germany’s ‘





conversation touching the Tanner a bum 11min; on cost plus

upon: th e {miner’s a profit, like various manufacturing in-

profits. One man do- dustries, but inbst people are inclined

ciareo that the farmers are making a- to be fair and they are willing that

big thing out of this war. "Why,"- he everybody should get proper remuner-

said, "Look at the price of wheat. A ation for their services and investment

few years ago wheat was selling at ,so usually these criticisms of the farm-

eighty to ninety cents per bushel and er come from a. misunderStanding on

even less, and now producers are get- the part of the consumer. The critics

ting $2. 00.” don’t understand conditions. And the

His companion was a. man who had farmer 13 largely to blame for it he's

thought more about this problem than cause he never. has endeavored to

he had. He femarked, “The p'resent place facts before the consumer ShOW'

price of wheat was fixed by a commit- ins what it COStS‘ to produce various

tee appointed by our government. That crops in different years

committee represented consumers and This conversation between these

producers and transportation men, in two consumers is an illustration of

fact, all classes of citizens, and as what could be done in a large way by

near as they could they based the a national chamber of agriculture. De~

present price of wheat upon cost of termining the cost of production for

production and a decent profit to the one individual farmer is better than

fa1 mer Now, it seems to me that no nothing. To get the average for one

fairer method cduld be devised for de- county is better still. To get an aver-

termining what the farmeis should get age for the whole state is fine. But in

for their wheat. I am convinced that order to get properly before the high

many of us criticize the farmer on court of public opinion, as Professor

justly because we do not know how Rood says, we must have average cost

much it costs to produce crops. We for the whole country, and when'this

must admit that the farmer is entitled is ascertained there will be but little





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.to what it costs him to produce the chance for consumers to criticize the





crop, and a fair profit.” price which the producer gets.





Milk Producers of ,Michigan

.4 M euage from Field Secretm 1! RI C. Reed





N Washington right now there is a known the up-state price of the manu-

continuous hearing going on with facturing plants was largely controlled

the Food Administration upon the by it. So your price is fixed largely by



price to be paid for butter and butter- the Detroit Commission, which was

fat for the next six months or year created by the Michigan Milk Produc-

ahead. This will be followed upon oth- ers' Association; which has had the

or milk products. The manufacturers sanction of the governor of the state

and dealers are interested, organized and the broad-minded men who are in-

and on the job to look after their in- terested in the stabilizing of this great

terests. They are protected by sure industry.

profits fixed by the government. The Detroit market is today the

Our representatives at the seat of backbone of the Michigan milk mar~

government, who have been struggling ket, and you are getting the benefit.

for a price that will. give the farmers Think this out and see what you owe

at least the cost of milk and butter- to the Organized movement.

fat, feel the need of a general organi- I know of one place today, outside

zation of milk producers over the en- of Michigan, where there is no Milk

tire country. Producers’ Association, and where

Stop and Think! milk is under contract until January





Stop and think why, in the last year, 1. 1919, for $2.00 per hundred pounds.





you have come from ten to forty per A. Call to Arms. ,

cent nearer a price that equals the Now is the time for all loyal mem-

cost of production than ever before. bers to come to the aid of their

Think why the broad-minded men of association.- If you will be counted

the nation are asserting that, as a re- with those who are striving for a legit-

sult of our organized movement, you imate basis for your business, then be

have received in the last year at least with us at the annual meeting at the

ten dollars increased income from State Capitol, Representative Hall,

each cow you own. Lansing, October 22, at 11:00 a. m.

Think that men, like Hon. Milo D. Every local is entitled to four dele-

Campbell, President of the National gates. Be sure to have a good repre-

Milk Producers’ Federation, down to sentation. We are proud to present

the officer of your local, have been the following program:

working to give you this profit and 11:00 a. m., call to order.

your business a respectable standing Address, “Past Present and “Future.

in the eyes of the world. . of the Milk Producers Assomation,





. . President N. P. Hull.

Then thmk again—now think hard, 11:30 a. m., Appointment of commit-

you up-state milk producers..Just think tee on nominations, resolutions.

how much you have done in the last 12200 UL. Dmner. ‘





- 1:00 p. m. sharp, report of auditors.

years for your own busmess along the report of treasurer, report of secretary.

only line that can work out a profit: 1. 30 p m “The Milk Producers’ As-





namely, the organized movement. How sociation: what it has done for you;



much have you put into this? I would X11311 you ShOUId do for it " PI'Of A- C-

n erson.



be ashamed to lay bare before the m., “Michigan’s Share and





D-

world the facts and figures 0f the Influence in the National Milk Produc-

financial support that the seven thou- ers’ Campaign” Hon. Milo D. Camp~

sand up—state members have given the bell, President National Milk Produc-





ers' Association.

Michigan Milk Producers’ Organiza- “The Relation of the





tion for the last year. Had it not been Govgfngentfn’ to the Organized Dairy





for the support of the Detroit area, the Industry, ” Ex-Gov. Fred M. Warner.

state organization could not have ex M121k5$rédllfiiér2ngnggllllgfi¥etOngsltiate

. , er-

1sted two months, and yet the advanc- stand their Benefit From and Obliga-

ed price 011 your rank has been deter- tion to, the Organized Movement?” ‘

mined largely by the Detroit Milk FivafmmHutKe tg‘l‘ks, FM. tL. Mtionb Jack-



mmi tli n th in fBOIl; e y, enon oertC

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For days before the convening Of Dairy Industry on aPermanent and

this Commission the omen of your sec- Profitable Basis?” Ben. D. D Althea,





Association. ort of



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one. macaque:
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_ lated to dust when it comes to produc-





HERE are in Michigan numer-

ous instances of large farming

operations carried on from differ-

ent motives; some to gratify the in-





" nate desire to subdue the earth and,

make it bring forth its products, oth-





ers to apply some ideas of live stock





growing, establish an American estate

, or be a country gentleman.





Near Alger, in Arenac county, there

is an unique undertaking by a corpor-

ation of shareholders of moderate





means to solve at least three problems;





first, to be assured of their own food

supply; second, a safe and profitable

investment, and third, to participate in

the world’s great patrioticservice.

The location of the farm was well

chosen for there was a sufficient area

under cultivation to allow the corpor-

ation to do a considerable job of farm-

ing at once, and still a large area to

bring under cultivation, which will in-

crease in value so that ‘the farm can





. pay modest dividends and have a“ sur-





plus in the increased valuation of the

farm. To have purchased a farm in

the older sections of the state this in-

creasing increment would not have

been an asset. Under the old agricul-





‘tural regime much of the gain of agri-





culture came in that way so that the

owner, when he retired, had an asset

which did not seem real to him when

operating his farm.



; Can a large farm, managed as a cor-

poration does other business, be made

to pay? This is a fair question to ask,

especially when many large farms have

failed non-resident owners. The an-

swer would seem to be that with mod-

ern machinery agriculture .has been

taken out of the hand—labor industries,

and can be made to conform to the

operation of similar industries in cap-

ital investment. By— hand- labor indus-

tries one means that the small farm,

inadequately equipped, where the la-

bor is personal, with the crude ma-

chinery it corresponds more nearly to

the shoe shining parlor or barber shop,

when these are compared to the in-

vestment and employment of a fully

equipped farm with modern power and





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It_ Producer Food 4724' 1% wide: Safe

Investment for Surplus Capital.

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A Field of Potatoes on Farm of Cleveland Community Company.





directly to the stockholders and con«





machinery. The present and prospec-

tive range of farm prices would also

seem to be an assurance of productive

production. Much of agriculture in the

years past has not been productive in

the sense of adequate pay and to

leave a margin for improvement and

continuance. It is the introduction of

the business type of farm corporation

which will aid the individual farmers

in price matters. The large farm will

raise the level to that of the higher

plane of production, and the ability of

the larger farm to determine price

grades and distribution will be most

healthy to all engaged in agriculture.



Carl Robinson is the manager of the

Cleveland Community Farm Company,

and was put into the service late in

the spring. Splendid crops of" oats

and barley have been. harvested, and

the photograph of the large potato

field speaks for its area and careful

cultivation. It is planned to send the

potatoes to Cleveland and distribute





sumers. The bean crop can be hand—

led in the same way. It is a healthy

economic sentiment that interests the

actual consumer with the problems of

food production. The future plans

that may be worked out would include

a midget mill in the elevator, where

the grains could be milled into flour

or breakfast food, a creamery where

dairy products could be made ready

for the city consumer, and the by-pro-

ducts converted into finished pork pro-

ducts. A canning plant is also under

consideration for, in addition to the

ordinary farm grown crops for canning

there is usually a large huckleberry

crop to the north of this place which

would be available at a good profit.

The meetings of the neighborhood

people at this farm are events of im-

portance. It is broader than most ag-

ricultural meetings for it is inclusive,

without membership or creed. What

will benefit the whole agricultural sec-





tion is the general scope of discussion.

There are light refreshments and the

yard is filled with farmers of the coun-

try adjoining. ‘





Heretofore the ability to get prompt





threshing of the grain crop in that sec-

tion has been a disheartening one.

The Community Farms Company have

brought in a small unit grain separ-

ator operated with tractor power. This

outfit is easily transported, gets into

action at once, and has a reasonable

capacity.

bushel of barley per minute. The grain





It was easy to thresh one





crop in this section of Arenac county





is a fair average with other p0rtions

of the state.

and spring wheat were being harvest-

ed that would yield very high. The





Fields of oats, barley,





Marquis variety of spring wheat seems

most promising. There is a difference

of opinion as to whether this has been

an ideal season for spring wheat.

There was little or no rust develop-

ment, but rather too little moisture

for best crop making.



In different sections the idea of a

farm under central management is an

engaging one. In the southern states

under the slave labor system, this was

well worked out. In Mexico, under

peonage, it is also a feature. Ameri-

can democracy can now apply the idea

clothed in separate form, where the

interest is to serve all, is getting a

good start at the Community Farm

Company.



There are so many opportunities that





it would seem that development will .





follow with success. The sheep indus-

try could be made a feature with sum-

mer range on the cheaper lands away

from the present holdings, and use the

roughage on the farm for winter feed-

ing. There is also under considera-

tion the development of a large apiary,

for bees do well in this section.



The work of building a farm is slow-

er than most persons realize, but ev-

ery day there is being added increased

values and betterments, which are a.

part of the work. . The Community

Farms Company deserves and will

achieve success.





Dust, Bacteria, Bad Odors and Flavors





Hand/272g the MM and Metfloo’s of Feed-





UST, bacteria, bad odors and fla-



vors are four wastes so big that



today the dairy interests are

dealing with them as live issues, tak-

ing steps for their elimination on ev-

ery farm; and already much preven-

tion Work has been accomplished on

the better class of dairy farms.





, In every business where food is

handled dust means direct lowering of

quality, if not actual spoiling. Dust-

lessness pays. Cleanliness is next to

profits. Dust inside a dairy barn or

milk house often indicates faulty con-

struction. When the trouble is stud-

ied, and when the cause is corrected

the problem of reducing the amount

of sediment and bacteria in milk will

be partially solved. The president of

one of .the big city milk companies re-

cently said to the writer: "We place

more stress upon the sediment test

than upon the bacteria count, because

if milk is comparatively free of sedi-

mentthenumber of bacteria, as a rule,

will not be excessive.” In a bread





h "way the ceiling of the side walls and





OVorhead of the dairy stable and milk

houso with lath and plaster or matched

material will lead to the production of

Bacteria aré dosoly re-





ins son! ‘ l1}. and the" we care

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or less trouble from such sources, but

careful stable management has reduc-

ed the amount of dust and number of

bacteria to such an extent that the

milk produced on many farms is a

pure and healthful food. As the dairy

farmer understands that this sort of

thing pays the incentive to abolish

dust and bacteria becomes very direct

and practical.



A few dairy farmers have become

interested in ‘the fact that dust and

bacteria are injurious to thehealth of





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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their cattle. Many preventative meas-

ures were introduced. In a little while

it was found that the cows produced

better milk, more of it and that the

men were better—tempered through the

day and less tired at night. Dust and

bacteria in the dairy barn often indi-

cate something out of balance. When

the trouble is s udied and the cause is

corrected the co s will produce better

milk, more of it, remain healthy and

need less food than is the case when

they are confined in a stable, and ex-





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posed to bacteria laden dust and dirt.

Even in the most carefully construct-

ed stables care must be exercised in

feeding, cleaning the stables, bedding

the cattle and preventing too free cir-

culation of the air in the stable and

milk house. Hay and roughage should

not be fed until after milking time and

it is better to change the bedding ma-

terial during the middle of the day so

that the dust will settle before milking

time. . If milking machines are used

care should be taken not to allow the

teat cups to hang close to the floor

where the suction will draw dust into

them and deposit it in the milk.

Healthy cows secrete healthy milk.

Bacteria get into the milk after it is

drawn from the cow or in the process

of milking. The cow is not the guilty

party. Milk does not come from the

cow entirely free from bacteria, be-

cause it is impossible to keep the teats

of the cow sterile; however, we can

keep them clean and reduce contamina-

tion from this source. The ducts of

the teats and the body temperature of

the cow afford ideal conditions for the

bacteria to multiply and, the best' we

can do, the lower ducts of the teats





will contain considerable numbers of .





bacteria. By using‘the first few jets

of milk to wash out the ducts, the milk

that goes into the pail will be practi-

“cally free from bacteria.





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CURRENT COMMENT





S we go to press

the world is anx-





 





Germany 8 iously awaiting Pres-

P eace ident Wilson’s reply

N ote to Germany’s first di-



rect and formal bid

for peace. But the people of our own





and allied countries appear to be unit~

ed in the opinion that Germany’s offer

to make the President’s announced

peace program the basis for negotia-

tions falls far short of the unqualified

acceptance of that program as a basis

for peace, to which Germany must un‘

doubtedly come before peace may

follow.





The German note was- transmitted

to the President through the medium

of the Swiss government. It asks the

President to take in hand the restora-

tion of peace, to acquaint all of the

belligerent states with the request and

invite them to send plenipotentiaries

for the purpose of opening negotia-

tions. It accepts on the part of the

German government the program set

forth by President Wilson in his mes-

sage to Congress on January 8 and in

his later pronouncements, especially

his Speech of September 27, as a basis

for peace negotiations, and asks for

the immediate conclusion of an armis-

tice.



In general discussion of the text of

the German note as given through the

press reports, two ideas have been

strongly voiced. One generally express-

ed thought is that by means of inaug-

urating peace talk Germany may be

sparring for time until winter brings

relief to her battered armies, and an-

other commonly expressed thought is

that the peace note, coming at this

time in the midst of our Fourth Lib-

erty Loan, may have been aimed at its

success by giving the people of Amer-

ica the idea that the war is practically

over. and that their continued financial

support is onnewssary.



These very commonly expressed

opinions indicate that the peeple of





America ha've fully absorbed the idea





that~Germany is not to be trusted, and





 





 





ment is not possible' of; attainment.‘

What the official answer to Germany’s '





appeal may he cannot of course, be

forecast, but it is a safe conclusion

that there‘ will be no thought of a

peace, theterms of which shall in any

Way be‘ dictated by the German gov-

ernment, or which does not insure the

lasting peace and the full measure of

justice and human liberty to every

people for which we are fighting.



Past events make it certain that the

official reply will be made/ aspromptly

as diplomatic usage permits, and as

clearly as the English language can be

made to express our government’s po-

sition. In the meantime, the answer

of loyal Americans wlil have been

written on applications for Liberty

Bonds to an amount which will for-

ever convince official Germany that

“peace offensives” directed against the

American people are wasted effort.





N official state-



ment was recent-

ly issued by the Food

Administration assur-

ing farmers that there

is no need whatever

of selling wheat at less than the guar-

anteed price. The text of this state-

ment follows:





“Reports reach the Food Administra-

tion that some farmers are selling

their wheat at less than the guaran-

teed price because of the railway em-

bargoes placed in parts of the country

against wheat shipment. While the el-

evators are temporarily overstocked

because seaboard movement has not

kept pace with internal movement, this

condition should be improved during

the next thirty or sixty days. 0 farm-

er who will have patience until the

situation improves need sell below the

guaranteed price, for the government

will buy all wheat as fast as it can be

moved. ”





Obviously, all of the country’s wheat

crop cannot be moved at once. Under

normal conditions a ‘heavy movement

such as taxed the elevator and trans-

portation facilities of the country

would have demoralized the wheat

market. While there is a natural in-

clination on the part of farmers to

cash in on the wheat crop because of

the fixed price, those who are in a po-

sition to hold their wheat for a. few

weeks will be able to market it in a

less busy period, which will be some

compensation. Certainly do farmer

should sell his wheat to any profiteer-

ing miller or elevator man below the

guaranteed price less a reasonable

handling charge and the cost of trans-

portation to the nearest official receiv-

ing point.





Selling the

Wheat '





REPORTS from a





Anticipate number of manu‘

Equipment facturers of agricul—

tural implements indi-



Needs cate that dealers are





not stocking up liber~

ally with equipment for the late fall

and early spring trade. The personal

experience of many farmers who have

undertaken to buy needed farm equip-

ment from local implement dealers

supports this theory. ' This being the

case, it is more than ever necessary

for farmers to anticipate their equip-

ment needs and place orders for same

as far in advance oftheir actual needs

as possible.



Farm implement manufacturers, in

common with other manufacturers,

have been cut in their allotment of

materials, particularly steel, due. to the





urgency of war needs. This means that‘





if the dealers of any section do not

buy' heavily enough to satisfy the

needs of the farmers of their commu-

nities, it will be impossible to secure

needed equipment on short notice. Fer

this reason, it is the part. of wisdom

for every farmer to make a survey of

his next year's implement needs and

place his orders at the earliest possi-





bledafie,‘ tothe'endthat theymaybe





covered by orders with manufacturers.

otherwise it may be humble to se-

euro equipment for next year‘s use

when it is needed





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a train. overheard a

conversation touching

upon. the farmer’s

profits. One man de-

clareu that the farmers are making a

big thing out of this war. “"Why, he

said, “Look at the price of wheat. . A

few years ago wheat was selling at

eighty to ninety cents per bushel and

even less, and now producers are get-

ting 82. 00. ”





His companion was a man who had

thought more about this problem than

he had. He remarked, “The present

price of wheat was fixed by a commit-

tee appointed by our government. That

committee represented consumers ‘and

producers and transportation men, in

fact, all classes of citizens, and as

near as they could they based the

present price of wheat upon cost of

production and a decent'proiit to the

farmer. Now, it seems to me that no

fairer method cOuId be devised for de-

termining what the farmers should get

for their wheat. I am convinced that

many of us criticize the farmer un-

justly because we do not know how

much it costs to produce crops. We

must admit that the farmer is entitled





.to what it costs him to produce the





crop, and a fair profit."





it ,» fl . rre to . that

the arms: sfipold' figure on cost plus

a profit, like various manufacturing in-

dustries, but mhst people are inclined

to be fair and they are willing that

everybody should get proper remuner-

ation for their services and investment





 





,so usually these criticisms of the farm-





er come from a misunderstanding on

the part of the consumer The critics

don’t understand conditions. And the

farmer is largely to blame for it be-

cause he never. has endeavored to

place facts before the consumer-show-

ing what it costS‘to produce various

crops in different years.





This conversation between these

two consumers is an illustration of

what could be done in a large way by

a national chamber of agriculture. De~

termining the cost of production for

one individual farmer is better than

nothing. To get the average for one

county is better still. To‘get an aver-

age for the whole state is fine. But in

order to get properly before the high

court of public opinion, as Professor

Rood says, we must have average cost

for the whole country, and when'this

is ascertained there will be but little

Chance for consumers to criticize the

price which the producer gets.





Milk Producers of kMichigan





A M euage fi'om Field Secretm v R.‘ C. Reed





N Washington right now there is a

continuous hearing going on with

the Food Administration upon the



price to be paid for butter and butter-

fat for the next six months or year

ahead. This will be followed upon oth-

er milk products. The manufacturers

and dealers are interested, organized

and on the job to look after their in-

terests. They are protected by sure

profits fixed by the government.



Our representatives at the seat of

government, who have been struggling

for a price that will give the farmers

at least the cost of milk and butter-

fat, feel the need of a general organi-

zation of milk producers over the en-

tire country.





Stop and Think!





Stop and think why, in the last year,

you have come from ten to forty per

cent nearer a price that equals the

cost of production than ever before.



Think why the broad-minded men of

the nation are asserting that, as a. re-

sult of our organized movement, you

have received in the last year at least

ten dollars increased income from

each cow you own.



Think that men, like Hon. Milo D.

Campbell, President of the National

Milk Producers' Federation, down to

the officer of your local, have been

working to give you this profit and

your business a respectable standing

in the eyes of the world. ~



Then think again—now think hard,

you up-state milk producers-.Just think

how much you have done" in the last

years for your own business along the

only line that can work out a profit:

namely, the organized movement. How

much have you put into this? I would

be ashamed to lay bare before the

world the facts and figures of the

financial support that the seven thou-

sand up—state members have given the

Michigan Milk Producers? Organiza-

tion for the last year. Hadit not been

for the Support of the Detroit area, the

state organization could not have ex-

isted two months, and yet the advanc-

ed price on your milk has been deter-

mined largely by the Detroit Milk

Commission establishing the prme of

milk for Detroit.



For days before the, convening of

this Commission the cm of your sec-

rotary was besieged by W milk

manofaetorers to know What the find-

ings of the Detroit Compassion would

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knmwmthe up- state price of the manu-

facturing plants was largely controlled

by it\ So yofi price is fixed largely by

the Detroit Commission, which was

created by the Michigan. Milk Produc-

ers’ Association; which has had the

sanction of the governor of the state

and the broad-minded men who are in-

terested in the stabilizing of this great

industry.



The Detroit market is today the

backbone of ’the Michigan milk mar-

ket, and youare getting the benefit.

Think this out and See what you owe

to the organized movement.



I know of one place today, outside

of Michigan, where there is no Milk

Producers’ Association, and where

milk is under contract until January

1, 1919, for $2.00 per hundred pounds.





A. Call to Arms. ,



Now is the time for all loyal mem-

bers to come to the aid of their

association. If you will be counted

with those who are striving for a legit~

imate basis for your business, then be

with us at the annual meeting at the

State Capitol, Representative Hall,

Lansing, October 22, at 11:00 a. 111.

Every local is entitled to four dele-

gates. Be sure to have a good repre-

sentation. We are proud to prasent





' the following program:





11:00 a m., call to order.



Addiess, “Past, Present and Future

of the Milk Producers’ Association,"

President N. P. Hull.



11: 30 a. m., Appointment of commit-

tee on nominations, resolutions.



12:00 m., Dinner. .



1:00 p. m. sharp, report of auditors,

report of treasurer, report of secretary.



1:30 p. m., “The Milk Producers' As~

sociation: what it has done for you;

what you should do for it,” Prof. A. C.

Anderson.



2:00 p. m., “Michigan’s Share and

Influence in the National Milk Produc-

ers' Campaign,” Hon. Milo D. Camp-

bell, President National Milk Produc-

ers' Association.



2: 30 p. m., “The Relation of the

Government to the Organized Dairy

Industry,” Ex-Gov. Fred M. Warner



2: 50p m_., "How Can the Upstate

Milk Producers be Biought to Under-

stand their Beneflt From, and Obliga-

tion to, the Organized Movement?” "



Five—minute talks, M. L. Moon. Jack-

son; W. H. Keddy, Fenton; Robert C.

Blank, Maple Rapids.



8:15 p. 111., "How Can we Put the

Dairy Industry on 11 Permanent and

Profitable Basis!” Hon. D. D. Aitken,





President National Belatein Fliesian’ _





Association.

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THERE are in Michigan numer-v

‘ ous instances of large farming

' operations carried on from differ-





: ent motives; some to gratify the in— u

” nate desire to subdue the earth and;





make it bring forth its products, oth-





‘ ers to apply some ideas of live stock





growing, establish an American estate

or be a country gentleman.



Near Alger, in Arenac county, there

is an unique undertaking by a corpora

ation of shareholders of moderate

means to solve at least three problems;

first, to be assured of their own food





supply .





the world’s great patriotic serviCe.

The location of the farm was well





chosen for there was a sufficient area





under cultivation to allow the corpor-

ation to do a considerable job of farm-

ing at once, and still a large area to

bring under cultivation, which will in-

crease in value so that ‘the farm can





i pay modest dividends and have a sur-





plus in the increased valuation of the

farm. To have purchased a farm in

the older sections of the state this in-

creasing increment would not have

been an asset. Under the old agricul-





‘tural'regime much of the gain of agri-





culture came in that way so that the

owner, when he retired, had an asset

which did not seem real to him when

operating his farm.



: Can a large farm, managed as a cor-

poration does other business, be made

to pay? This is a fair question to ask,

especially when many large farms have

failed non—resident owners. The an-

swer would seem to be that with mod-

e1n machinery agriculture- has been

taken out of the hand- labor industries,

and can be made to conform to the

operation of similar industries in cap-

ital investment. By' hand- labor indus-

tries one means that the smalliarm.

inadequately equipped, where the la-

.bor is personal, with the crude ma-

chinery it corresponds more nearly to

the shoe shining parlor or barber shop,

when these are compared to the in-

vestment and employment of a fully

equipped farm with modern power and





Dust,





’ UST, bacteria, bad odors and fla-

D vors are four wastes so big that

today the dairy interests are

dealing with them as live issue's, tak-

ing steps for their ‘elimination on ev-

ery farm; and already much preven-

tion Work has been accomplished on

the better class of dairy farms.





In every business where food is

handled dust means direct lowering of

quality, if not actual spoiling. Dust-

lessness pays. Cleanliness is next to

profits. Dust inside a dairy barn or

milk house often indicates faulty con-

struction. When the trouble is stud-

ied, and when the cause is corrected

the problem of reducing the amount

of sediment and bacteria in milk will

be partially solved. The president of

one of .the big city milk companies re-

cently said to the writer: “We place

more stress ‘upon the sediment test





' than upon the bacteria count, because





if milk is comparatively free of sedi-

ment the number of bacteria, as a rule,

will not be excessive.” ,

way the ceiling of the side walls and





' overhead of the dairy stable and milk‘





house with lath and plaster or matched





"material will lead to the production of .

,cteaner milk; Bacteria are closely re-_

ted 11 ’ .





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By JAMES, N. MCBRIDE





A Field of Potatoes on Farm of





machinery. The present and prospec-

tive range of farm priCes would also

seem to be an assurance of productive

production. Much of agriculture in the

years past has not been productive in

the sense of adequate pay and to

leave a margin for improvement and

continuance. It is the introduction of

the business type of farm corporation

which will aid the individual farmers

in price matters. The large farm will

raise the level to that of the higher

plane of production, and the ability of

the larger farm to determine price

grades and distribution will be most

healthy to all engaged in agriculture.



Carl Robinson is the manager of the

Cleveland Community Farm Company,

and was put into the service late in

the spring. Splendid crops of’ oats

and barley have been harvested, and

the photograph of the large potato

field speaks for its area and careful

cultivation. It is planned to send the

potatoes to Cleveland and distribute





or less trouble from such sources, but

careful stable management has reduc-

ed the amount of dust and number of

bacteria to such an extent that the

milk produced on many farms is a

pure and healthful food. As the dairy

farmer understands that this sort of

thing pays the incentive to abolish

dust and bacteria becomes very direct

and practical.



A few dairy farmers have become

interested in’the fact that dust and

bacteria are injurious to the health of





 





Cleveland Community Company.





directly to the stockholders and con-

sumers. The bean crop can be hand-

led in the same way. It is a healthy

economic sentiment that interests the

actual consumer with the problems of

food production. The future plans

that may be worked out would include

a midget mill in the elevator, where

the grains could be milled into flour

or breakfast food, a creamery where

dairy products could be made ready

for the city consumer, and the by-pro-

ducts converted into finished pork pro-

ducts. A canning plant is also under

consideration for, in addition to the

ordinary farm- grown crops for canning

there is usually a large huckleberry

crop to the north of this place which



would be available at a good profit.



The meetings of the neighborhood

people at this farm are events of im-

portance. It is broader than most ag-

ricultural meetings ‘for it is inclusive,

without membership or creed. What

will benefit the whole agricultural sec-





their cattle. Many preventative meas-

ures were introduced. In a little while

it was found that the cows produced

better milk, more of it and that the

men were better- tempered through the

day and less tired at night. Dust and

bacteria in the dairy barn often indi

cate something out of balance. When

the trouble is studied and the cause is

corrected the cows will produce better

milk, more of it, remain healthy and

need less food than is the case when

they are confined in a stable, and ex-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





   





tion is the general scope of discussion.

There are light refreshments and the

yard is filled with farmers of the coun-

try adjoining. '



Heretofore the ability to get prompt

threshing of the grain crop in that sec-

tion has been a disheartening one.

The Community Farms Company have

brought in a small unit grain separ-

ator operated with tractor power. This

outfit is easily transported, gets into

action at once, and has a reasonable

capacity. It was easy to thresh one

bushel of barley per minute. The grain

crop in this section of Arenac county

is a fair average with other portions

of the state. Fields of cats, barley,

and spring wheat were being harvest-

ed that would yield very high. The

Marquis variety of spring wheat seems

most promising. There is a difference

of opinion as to whether this has been

an ideal season for spring wheat.

There was little or no rust develop-

ment, but rather too little moisture

for best crop making.



In different sections the idea of a

farm under central management is an

engaging one. In the southern states

under the slave labor system, this was

well worked out. In Mexico, under

peonage, it is also a feature. Ameri-

can democracy can now apply the idea

clothed in separate form, where the

interest is to serve all, is getting a

good start at the Community Farm

Company.



There are so many opportunities that

it would seem that development will -

follow with success. The sheep indus-

try could be made a feature with sum-

mer range on the cheaper lands away

from the present holdings, and use the

roughage on the farm for winter feed-

ing. There is also under considera-

tion the development of a large apiary,

for bees do well in this section.



The work of building a farm is slow-

er than most persons realize, but ev-

ery day there is being added increased

values and betterments, which are a

part of the work.- The Community

Farms Company deserves and will

achieve success.





actcria, Bad Odo rs. and Flavors

Handling Me -Mz'/,é and Meteor/5 of Feed-





irig Determine the Heel/Mines; and Flavor feeding. cleaning the stables bedding





posed to bacteria laden dust and dirt.

Even in the most carefully construct-

ed stables care must be exercised in





the cattle and preventing too free cir-

culation of the air in the stable and

milk house. Hay and roughage should

not be fed until after milking time and

it is better to change the bedding ma-





. terial during the middle of the day so





that the dust will settle before milking

time. ‘ If milking machines are used

care should be taken not to allow the

teat cups to hang close to the floor

where the suction will draw dust into

them and deposit it in the milk.

Healthy cows secrete healthy milk.

Bacteria get into the milk after it is

drawn from the cow or in the process

of milking. The cow is not the guilty

party. Milk does not come from the

cow entirely free from bacteria, be-

cause it is impossible to keep the teats

of the cow sterile; however, we can

keep them clean and reduce contamina-

tion ”from this source. The ducts of

the teats and the body temperature of

the cow afford ideal conditions for the ;

bacteria to multiply and, the best“ we '

can do, the lower ducts of the teats

will contain considerable numbers of

bacteria. By using the first few jets >

of milk to wash out the ducts, the milk .

that goes into the pail will be practi¥ ;

cally free from bacteria. If proper}

care is taken at this stage of prance-5

tion, the few bacteria which get into

the milk from this source are of W

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HE man who grows potatoes as



a complement to general farm-



ing must study the business

phases of the undertaking, keep pro-

duction chargeslow and find the best

markets for his crop. To make profits

he must produce cheaply and sell wise-

ly. The cost of production and meth-

ods of selling will depend upon vary-

ing conditions. There are, neverthe—

less, a few fundamental rules which

apply roughly to all farms where the

crop can ' be grown successfully.

Though the methods must be adapted

to the farm and local conditions one

cannot go far wrong in—adhering to

certain general principles.



First grow good potatoes; second,

grow an acreage sufficient to do all the

work with machinery; third, try and

interest other men in the business.



Quality is an important factor in

marketing the potato crop. If one can

grow ten acres each year it will justi-

fy the use of a good planter, sprayer

and digger. In order to compete suc-

cessfully with the commercial growers

all of the work must be done with ma-

chinery. When ten or twelve men are

interested in potato growing, econ-

omies can be introduced in the pur-

chase ‘of seed, fertilizer, machinery,

spraying materials and in making ship-

ments to distant markets.



Marketing economies are a big fac-

tor in determining the profits from po-

tato growing. The usual low price of

potatoes per bushel and the bulk of

the crop makes it necessary to make

up profitable shipments. Cheap trans-

portation by water has made it possi-





 





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‘ble for many distant localities to put

potatoes on the large eastern markets

at a very low price. During the aver-

age season one can buy potatoes much

cheaper in, New York, Philadelphia

and Baltimore than in Chicago and St.

Louis. Early potatoes from Bermuda,

'Florida and Virginia are shipped by

water to many eastern cities. The

growers of Colorado and other irrigat-

ed sections cannot put their potatoes

on eastern markets at a profit; they

must depend upon the markets within

profitable shipping distance from their

localities. Hence, the area which will

be grown in these localities must be

restricted for some years to come. The

cost of transportation and distribution

of the potato crop is sufficient reason

why farmers within easy shipping dis

tance to large cities should grow pota-

toes. In many instances the local grow-

ers have an advantage of more than

ten cents per bushel over the distant

growers.





 





be obtained for the early crop than for

the late crop. In the interior cities of

the northern, eastern and central

states early potatoes bring remunera-

tive prices. The crop gets to market

ahead of those from the irrigated dis-

tricts and northern states. The grow-

ers along the Atlantic coast. because

of the almost prohibitive freight rates,

cannot compete successfully with the

home-grown crop. This is a phase of





 





 





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potato growing that is‘ worthy of we

cial study among farmers in these

states. , ,

The early crop is" usually fit to har-

vest and market at a time when other

farm crops do not demand attention.

Besides, the proceeds from a few hun-

dred bushels of early potatoes are a

mighty welcome addition tothe work-

ing‘capitval of most farmers at this par-

ticular time of the year. Another ad

vantage of growing early potatoes ‘i;

the fact that the crop is not so apt to

blight as the late crop. Farmers who

have a few acres of sandy or gravelly

land can put it to no more profitable

use than getting it in condition to grow

large crops of early potatoes.

‘ The work of harvesting a large crop

of potatoes should not be undertaken

without a good mechanical digger. The

modern machine has a shovel point

that runs under the row of potatoes





and lifts up and places them on an e1e« “





vator, which separates the soil from

the tubers and sifts them onto the

ground, the tubers and vines falling be-

hind the machine on top of the loose

soil. These machines cost from $100

to $130, and it requires three or four

horses to keep them working at maxi-

mum eificiency. Some manufacturers

claim their machines have very light

draft, but the very nature of the work,

especially if the ground is heavy, de-

mands plenty of horsepower. Four or

five acres a day can be harvested with

a good machine and eight or ten pick-

ers. The use of the digger makes it

possible to preparea good seed-bed fbr

the wheat or rye crop without. plowing

the ground. In many cases where a

digger has been used spring grains

give better yields than is the case on

ground that is plowed in the spring

and hastily seeded.



In some potato growing localities

growers hirea gang of Italian or Pol-

ish women to pick up the potatoes af-

ter the digger. ese growers pay

about two cents per bushel to their

hands and find it an easy way to rush

the work and get their potatoes into

storage. As a rule all of the potatoes

are picked up at the same time. If the

crop goes direct togmarket the sorting

is done on tables placed at convenient

spots in the field. The bushel basket

is the handlest thing for handling the

crop from the field to the sorting ta-

bles or storage house, but the bushel

crate is better for hauling to the car

or market. It is easy to load and un-

load and the potatoes are not injured

by rubbing against each other.



It is always best to dig potatoes





In many localities better prices may,when the ground is dry; they come out





cleaner and will keep better in stor-

age. This is not always possible, for

when the season is crowding along it

is good policy to keep the work moving

and give the potatoes an opportunity

to dry off as much as possible before

picking them up. Never allow them to

lie exposed to the sun long enough to

become green, or the quality will be

ruined. Potatoes should be handled

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‘ HEN will the east come into its

‘ W oWn? .Never in the history of

American fruit production has



there been, such an opportunity 'for



the eastern fruit grower—the man who



can produce the “Apple with the Fla-



vor.” The people are tired of the high-



ly colored, but tasteless fruit from the



" Pacific Northwest. They have begun



to discover that the eastern apple is



g ‘ so far superior as to remove it from

i the ignominy of a comparison with the

coarse-grained, flavorless apple from



. ~ . Washington or. Oregon. The markets

‘ of the United States are turning to the

East for fruit grown more slowly and





' ' . naturally on heavier soils, without ir-

i . rigation—the fruit that has texture and

‘ , ‘ flavor.





, . But why in the past have people so





The Eastern Grower Must Pack Perfect Apples Uniformly and Honestly.





eagerly bought the western apple?

Standardization is the answer. The

western apple has been scrupulously

graded and honestly packed. The buy-

er knew what he‘ Was getting and was

willing to pay the price for it, although

he could get fruit of doubtful quality

for much less in the east. Hood River

apples were accepted on the markets

everywhere without inspection, be-

cause the buyer does not take the

gambler’s chance he must assume

whenever he buys an unlabeled bar-

. rel of Spys or Baldwins from Michigan

'} or-New York. ' »



The eastern grower has labored un-

der the hallucination that he could

“fool all the people all the time.” ‘ He‘

has grown his apples unscientifically,

harvested them carelessly, and pack-

ed Wormy and under-sized fruit in his

barrel, finishing off with the deceitful

choice layer beneath the barrel top.

He has chuckled at his cunning—and

accepted a price which has hardly

paid him the cost of production.



. The western grower, on the other

' ' . hand, realized at once the handicap of

isolation and distance from markets

that“ he must overcome. Under the

spur of necessity, then, he has develops

ed a standardized pack that has made

the eastern orchardist sit up and take



‘ “ notice, and has given a new aspect to

’ . the industry.



' But they of the West are playing a



. losing game. They have barely made



’ expenses during the past five years.



In the Wenatchee Valley, for instance,



eighty percent of the orchard property



A, , is mortgaged at interest rates of from

w ’ i eight to twelve. Their overhead ex-

" penses are too high.. Land waspur-

Chased at inflated “boom” prices, often

ineXcess of $1,000 per acre'for newly



" planted orchards. 'Rlaw" land was sold



' ' " for $250 ti), $30.0 aniacre, Irrigatien

.syStems had .t04be inatalled at a cost



. "of @125 to $200 :fiadditionaI, making a



7 fetal first east; 193315 toyszopper acre.

Th. '; est rshgw‘saflerlng the inevita-

~ titers , choir trauma: earlier, boom, and,





 

 

 





 





 





   





 

   





With the Flavor





_ By H. S. FISHER





 





east over the west lies in the differ-

ence in cost of transportation. The

Hood River or ,Yakima Valley grower

is two thousand—miles from the mar-

kets attempts to reach. It costs

him xty cents a box or $1.80 per bbl.

of three boxes to get his fruit to the

Chicago market. Icing charges of sev-

enty-centsyfor three boxes must. be ad-

ded to this. Stated in another way,

the western orchardist must receive

$660 a carload in order to break even.

These are the facts that confront the

west. _



Listen to the Opportunities of the



. East. ’



In Michigan, for instance, fine, grav-

elly, and rolling lands—ideal for or-

chard planting—may be purchased at

from $25 toy$100 per acre. Irrigation





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is unnecessary,





rainfall being thirty-two inches. Thus,





in the first cost of land the Michigan I





grower can beat the Wenatchee or-





chardist by $350 to $600 per acre, or





by 300 to 500 per cent.





Freight to Chicago costs the Michi- '

gan man twenty-six to thirty cents per '





barrel, and icing is unnecessary be-

cause of the nearness to market. Here

again, the difference of $1.50 per bar—

rel is in his favor. He can sell a car-

load of apples for $300 and break even.

This difference in transportation costs

of $360 a carload represents in itself

a substantial profit for the apple grow-

er of the east.



This is not a situation peculiar only

to Michigan, however. There are as

good or better opportunities through-

out Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsyl-

vania. New York, and New England.

Probably seventy per cent of the na—

tion’ population reside in these states.

The eastern grower’s' market lies right

at his door, and opportunity is knock-

ing at it. The advantages of the east

as a region in which to grow apples

are overwhelming. It is the natural





place to produce the “fruit with the '





flavor,” for which the public now is

clamoring.

How to Meet the Situation.



First, he must grow his apples more

scientifically. He must prune and

spray more thoroughly, and learn the

practice of thinning to secure fruit of

greater size! He' must get away from

the idea that he. can give his atten-

tion to other crops of the farm and

let the apples take care of themselves,

with perhaps a half-hearted attempt or

two at spraying. Apple growing of

the future must the a specialized busi-

ness given highly specialized and scien-

tiflc'attention. Nature has done her

best by'producing in the east an apple

of superior flavor and finer texture._ It

is up to the grower, then, to see that

they are sizeable-and freewfrom. blem-

ishes of controllable insects ‘and' dis;





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Andrlfnally,‘ the” eastern grower must





_pa_ck uniformly and honestly. His pack .

must be one . of“ perfect apples—alt. .~





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It must be labeled for

what it is. Having produced such a

pack, the grower will no longer hesi-

tate to stamp his name and orchard

trade-mark upon the package; and to

add to its attractiveness by wrapping

and using catchy labels that give the

consumer a “hankerin’ " that must be

satisfied witha box or barrel of “The

Apples with the Flavor." ,



That this can all be' done has been

most forcibly demonstrated by ener-

getic growers throughout the apple-

growing regions of the east. .. Two hun-

dred to three hundred dollars an acre

net profit has been of common occur-

rence, while there are hundreds of

progressive orchardlsts who are aver-





carefully to prevent breaking the skins

and bruising. Unless the days are 'cool

it will pay to let the potatoes stand

one or two days in a cool place before

putting them in the cellar or storage

house. If they are put in the Cellar

the windows should be left open until

the weather becomes quite cool.



If an early frost checks the growth

of the crop early in the fall it will be

best to sell the potatoes as quickly as

possible. The tubers will begin to

shrink in weight if put into storage

for any length of time. Taken one year

with another the grower will come out

dollars ahead if he can sell his crop

for eighty cents a bushel from the field

at digging time. It saves labor and

risk in holding the crop for higher

prices. Experienced potato growers

figure that eighty cents per bushel at

harvest time is as good as a dollar

and ten cents from the cellar or stor-

age house during January or February.



The potato grower should have plen-

ty of storage room. For the farmer

engaged in potato growing as a side

line, or money crop, the large house

cellar is, perhaps, the most economical

and efficient kind of storage. Many

will protest against using the house

cellar to store fruit and vegetables and

point out doleful stories of disease

epidemics caused by decaying fruit and

vegetables, but it is not to be expected

that the progressive potato grower is

going to allow his crop to rot in the

cellar and the fumes to come up

through the floors in the house. In

the northern states the storage house

should be a cellar of some kind. The

tubers should be placed in bins six

feet wide and as long as necessary,





feet deep in them. Care must be taken

to see that the tubers are dry when

they are put into storage, also to keep

them cool.



As a general proposition it pays to

get the crop out of the cellar during

January and February. From harvest-

ing time to about the middle of Feb-

ruary potatoes may be kept at a rela-

tively small shrinkage if they have

been stored in proper condition. After

this time they shrink rapidly and pric-

es must be advancing to make it pay

to take chanCes playing the market

game. As soon as the sprouts grow

the loss of weight increases rapidly,

so that the man who waits for the

usual advance in the spring market is

busy sprouting his last year’s crop

and hauling it to. market at the time

when the prudent grower is getting

ready for his next crop.



The farmer who has good storage

facilities and plenty of time to look

after the marketing end of the busi-

ness during the winter can frequently

make good profits supplying customers

in nearby cities and villages. By sell-

ing direct to the family trade and ‘put-

ting up goodpotatoeson‘e can frequent-

ly get from ten to tWenty cents per

bushel above th’e market prices. Many





7 ‘vcommercial growers who live nearby

' the..markets operate trucks and sell





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Growing and Marketing Potatoes





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aging .much better than this. One or-

chard, for example, belonging to Mr.

J. A. Stokes, ~near Sandusky, Ohio, and

reported in Ohio Circular No. 112, has

averaged an annual net profit, after de- '

ducting all growing and marketing

costs, of, $400 to $500 an acre. In west-

ern Michigan, Oregon methods have

been applied, and boxed apples have

beeh sold on the Detroit market’at ,

prices higher than those of apples from . 7 7.

the "Golden West."

The opportunity is in the East! Now!

And when once the eastern grower

sets out in earnest to grow “The Ap-

ple with the Flavor,” the west will be

hopelessly outstripped, and the east

will. come into its own in the apple ’; 7,

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and deliver them at any time— when



wanted. Hotel and restaurant owners



are becoming critical in their demands



for quality and uniformity of type in



potatoes for serving in their dining-



rooms. By grading the potatoes to



meet their demands many progressive



growers are finding it possible to sell



the potatoes at advanced prices. The



hotel and restaurant trade calls for



white potatoes, of medium size—from



six to ten ounces—and oblong, round.



of uniform appearance, shallow eyes,



dry and floury- when ready to serve,



and with a flavor that pleases an epi- ,

cure. Such potatoes look better on the

table; medium size prevents waste;

and oblong round bakes better, and

smooth, , shallow-eyed potatoes save

waste and labor.



A leading dealer recently said: “The

market is never so dull that good pota—

toes cannot be sold at fair prices. Last

week a Minnesota grower consigned

four cars of the choicest stock that we

have received this year. In just two

hours after inspecting the cars, by the

use of the telephone, we had disposed

of the four cars at six cents above the

market for choice potatoes. We could

have sold ten more cars of the same '

quality stock at equally as satisfactory

prices. And this was at a time when

the market was liberally stocked, and

the buyers holding back on account of

the crop rotting in storage. If you

could see some of the stufi that comes

into the market you would wonder why

intelligent men would persist in pay-

ing freight on some of the stuff they

ship. This cull stuff pulls down the

grade of the whole carload or ship-

ment, besides the cost of shipping the

waste is charged against the grower.

It is absurd to think that an other- ,

wise intelligent man Would mix varie~ ‘

ties, disregard color and perfection in

size and shape and ship such low grade ,

stuff to distant markets where the '

freight charges amount to almost one- '

half of the prices for the potatoes. Yet

this is the very thing that many grow-

ers are, doing and these are the ones y

who are doing the most writing and ‘

talking about dishonest commisl'sion

men and dealers. Fortunately, there

are growers who are showing the way

to better methods and higher prices. r

They plant just the type of potato the '

market prefers, and sort and ship the

better grades. Moreover these careful'

men are getting busy and trying to im.‘

prove conditions in general. It is a

pleasure to do business with such pro-

gressive growers, either individually ,

or through one of, their shipping asso- ' ‘

ciations.” _ 3



One must watch the market and . _ ,7

keep track of’the crop yield and move “

ment through the different trade >jour- ' '

nals. He mustalso make due allow- .

ance .for local conditions. If prices '

begin to reach a certain level in his

district it may be a good time to sell

before‘growers in other localities be

gin to' ship instock. The man who has

a farm in a section where potatoes are

"imperted can play the *mprket, game ‘

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more money to save an organization

that gave every evidence of not oper-

ating another- day. , ‘



And the Winnipeg Grain Exchange,

controlled by grain dealers, did not





' do much to make the grain growers





joyous. It was strictly opposed to

farmers’ organizations. A. mOnth after

the Grain Growers’ Exchange started,





.a circular was issued, declaring their





plan to. pay what they termed a "pat-

ronage dividend." What they meant

was that they would pay a fair rate

of dividend to shareholders, and dis-

tribute surplus profits to growers 'in

proportion to the amount of grain

shipped by the grower. The Exchange

objected, advising that it was against





 





The grOWers appreciate that the life

of the great grain industry depends en-

tirely upon cooperative effort and‘they





have never cashed their checks for-





their first dividend, but have them

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proudly point to them to all. visitors,

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other. '

‘A powerful reserve fund was built

up,_which gives the farmers’ coopera-

tive company added power throughout

the nation. The money taken from

the earnings has enabled the company

to enter into various activities, such as

providing coal, lumber, and other sup-





 





 





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their ruleskxand took the seat in the

house away from the farmers. This

would have left the company without

revenue, and would seem to bring

about early ruin, as theydepended up-

on their commission for their life.

The grain growers knew that they

were face‘to face with a crisis. The

Exchange xwas the only market for

grain, and while the cooperative man-

ager sought an eastern market, buyers

plainly advised him that he must be-

long to the Winnipeg Exchange before

he couldube recognized. Did any farm-

ers ever face more direct influence of

powerful influences against him enjoy-

ing just privileges? The grain grow-

ers’ manager returned, called his aides

together, and an appeal was made di-

rect to the Manitoba Provincial Gov-

ernment, asking it to compel the Grain

Exchange to reinstate the company’s

member. The‘ influence of thousands

of prosperous grain growers was sufl‘l:

cient. The legislature took the farm-

ers side and threatened to revoke the

charter of the Exchange if it refused

to [recognize the farmers.

to abandon the “patronage dividend





plan,” the growers again became mem-'





bers in April, 1907.



A blessing in disguise was the fail-

ure to pay dividends as intended. If

it had carried out its original plan,

the Grain Growers’ Company would no

doubt have paid out all of its profits

as dividends without building} up a

much needed reserve fund. ~ At first

the profits were generously divided.

The first year there was a seven per

cent dividend; the second year forty

per cent, and the third year thirty

per cent, and so " 011. While the orig-





inal subscribers ,to the company paid,





in‘ cash only $7350 ‘ for shares, these

are today valued at about $30 each. At





the end of the third season, dividends

. paid were equal to the original amount-

] paid for shares. Without cooperative

effort, all these dividends would have.





gone” with. an increased amount into





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plies; buying fruit for members as well

as operating grain elevators. In these

activities [the farmers were able to

succeed, whereas other interests fail—

ed. The members appreciated that the

success of their business depended up-

on holding together.



Before many months the Winnipeg

Grain Exchange became alarmed at its

lessened business and at the increased

surplus of the Grain Growers’ Ex-

change, every dollar of which repre-

sented the cash that the dealers had

pocketed at the expense of the grain

grower. In 1909 the Winnipeg dealers

suspended operations on the commis-

sion basis. The cooperative organiza-

tion transects its business as a regular

commission merchant for its members,

except that all profits are returned to

the farmers. It charges one cent per

bushel on consigned wheat. The plan

of the Grain Exchange was to put this

new company out of business. There-

fore, the Exchange offered to handle

wheat at one-half a cent a bushel, cal-

culating that the farmers would fall

over each other in chasing a half-cent

instead of sticking together. But these

men were the regular kind. They

were pioneer settlers, who had faced

rascals, and could see a little further

than a copper cent.



When approached with the offer to

sell out their organization, the farm-

ers promptly refused. They told the

agents if they could do business at

such a rate now, they must have been

robbing them deliberately in former

years, when they charged more. The

dealers became discouraged, and dis-

banded, leaving the growers to enjoy

prosperity unmolested.





The Grain Growers’ Company start-,





ed-in 1906 with $25,000 subscribed, and

$5,000 paid capital. In 1909 the capital

subscribed Was_$188,950, while in 1911





it was $615,000, and at the' opening of ,





the war this had grown to $1,060,925,





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totaled nearly a quarter 'of a _million





dollars for the same year, all ofwli'i'éh“ . :

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it is always better to get a few

good ewes and a pure-bred ram and

increase the flock as one gains experi-

ence in handling. sheep. First of all,





L‘seo that the ewes are of the right

stamp and quality, roOmy, low down,





with good bone, clean skins and good

fleeces. Select a ram that possesses

the true meat-making form, with short

legs, good fleece, large neck, peat,

trim- ear and a broad nose. Such a

type of ram will mate well with rath-





'er coarse ewes and produce medium





thick-set, blocky lambs, which are the

sort that make good feeders. The se-

lection of the breed is a. question of

less importance than the selection of

individuals that possess the desired

meat—making form.



In selecting breeding ewes to pro-

mote early maturity and quality in the

mutton flock, uniformity of type is of

first importance. Care must be taken

to weed out inferior ewes and retain

only those that are of one type. A1~

ways save a few yearling ewes of your

own breeding even if they are not as

good as you can buy elsewhere. It is

making the flock uniform and more of

one type than buying odd ones from

other flocks. If pure-bred sheep are

kept it is a. good deal easier to select

uniform breeding ewes than where

cross-breeding is practiced. In connec-

tion with selecting uniform ewes one

should aim to establish a type that

conforms to the purpose for which

which they are kept. If to produce

fine mutton, select the meat—making

type. Ewes of the blocky type mature

early and make the best mutton. Suc-

cessful breeding has as its object the

gradual fixation of type and character-

istics that add commercially to the val-

ue of the animals.



Every ewe that shows signs of a.

faulty constitution should be disposed

of, no matter how good she may be

otherwise. Ewes that have the abil-

ity to transmit physical force and en-

ergy to their young are the kind ev-

eryone wants. A faulty constitution is

generally indicated by a loose, thin

fleece, narrow chest and dull, lifeless

actions. Examine these points care-

fully and if the animal fails to meet

these requirements dispose of her.

Ewes that are in any way diseased,

no matter how good a fleece and lamb

they may produce, should be immedi-

ately disposed of. There is always

plenty of trouble with disease without

inviting more through careless selec-

tion.



Though many American flock own-

ers have achieved success in the pro-

duction of a. few specimens of nearly

a perfect type of mutton sheep, yet the

average farm flock reflects little credit

on our skill as shepherds. One does

not need to spend much time investi-

gating the history and development of

the leading'breeds of mutton sheep be-

fore he finds that England has been

the birthplace of the majority of our

best breeds of mutton 'sheep, audit

also leads the world in the work of de-

velopment.

flock owners' methods would essential-

ly aid us in developing our farm flocks

and add much to the value and welfare

of our animals. '





the English flock owner is the absolute

value of the pure-bred ram. The value

of high-Class rams has long ceased to

be questioned with him, and even the





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the use of the scrub‘ ram in that

country.



Inrthe selection of a suitable ram it

is important that he shall be carefully

chosen. 'He is more than half of the

flock that has the power of depreciatt

ing as well as improving the quality of

his lambs. He should possess marked

evidences of the qualities to be im-

proved in the flock. No matter what

particular line of. breeding one may

pursue, well developed shoulders indi-

cating strong constitution, should be a

strong characteristic in the ram. His

ability to transmit vigor and early ma-

turity is the most important quality to

be considered. Make a close scrutiny

of your ewes, noting their strong and

weak points, more. particularly the

weak ones, 'and resolve in your mind’s

eye the type of ram needed to bring

about the- desired improvements. Thus

equipped with an idea of what you

want, make a visit to some of the best

flocks of the breed you believe best

adapted to your needs, and keep a go-

ing until you find what you want.

Above all, do not get stuck on some

finely conditioned ram lamb that is

not just what you want, and make a

compromise. Look further, persever-

ance will bring its reward. You will

not only be able to see the rams, but

the stock from which they are bred;

thus you will have some assurance

that your purchase will produce ani:

mals like those in the flock Where he





was bred. Do not be afraid to invest,





a few extra dollars when it is a ques-

tion of deciding between rams of in-

ferior and average quality and those

of superior individuality and breeding.

The best is always the cheapest. and

the pride and satisfaction of a fine

crop of uniform lambs at weaning time

remains long after the few dollars ex-

tra money paid in the cost of the ram

is entirely forgotten. ._



The successful flock owner acquaints

himself with the conditions surround—

ing his flock and steadily improves his

methods of handling hissheep and

lambs. The farmer who invests in

breeding stock is looking for the profit

he can secure from the industry, but

he should never be so “penny-wise and

pound-foolish”~as to overlook the im-

portance of keeping as good a breed-

ing flock as the best line of breeding

and kind of feeding can produce. Many

failures in sheep breeding are due to

the fact that good judgment is not ex-

ercised in retaining the best animals

for breeding purposes. The success of

every famous breeder of mutton sheep

has been due to his skill and well-

trained judgment in selecting sires and





dams that possess the proper qualifica- ,





tions. The demand in this country to-

day is for fancy mutton and breeders

and feeders who fail to take advantage

of this demand'fg'r quality mutton and

better breeding stock are well-on the

road to ultimate failure.



Complete success in developing a

flock of mutton sheep, either for breed:

ing stock or mutton for market, will

come only when the most painstaking

care is exercised in looking after the

welfare of the flock. Shiftiessness, ir-

regularity and neglect will ruin any

flock. While different breeds possess

slightly different qualifications the

same general methods of breeding,

feeding and flock handling must be

practiced to attain the desired results.

Rigid culling of inferior animals must

be practiced and ,a standard fined





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' FRIEND asked me how the ex-

A 'pense's' of this proposed organi-



zation would be met. or course,

nothing is settled definitely, but it

seems to be that the county farm bu-

reaus would be the logical body to

finance the organization. "The farm

bureaus represent the farmers of the

county.

ty that are to be represented and ben-

efited. The representative selected by

the farm bureau should have some

compensation if he leaves his business

and participates in the state and na-

tional chambers of agriculture, also his

actual expenses.” This would only be

a few days at most and the farm bu-

reau could easily finance this proposi-

tion. Then all the farm bureaus of the

state, or in other words, the state





‘ Chamber of Agriculture, would elect a





representative to the National Cham-

ber of Agriculture and the state cham-

ber would finance this member.





Later on it would be necessary to

maintain a regular office and office

force, both for each state and the na-

tion. This would have to be maintain-

ed by the organization but the expense

need not be heavy. These expenses

Would be small compared with the

good that would come if the organiza.

tion prevented any crop from being

sold below the cost of production. In

Michigan there are over two hundred

thousand farmers. If expenses could

be distributed among all the farmers,

the expenses for each would be only a

few cents. At first, of course, the

expenses wouldn’t be evenly distribut—

ed. The more enterprising farmers





who now belong to the farm bureaus _





would pay not only their share but

that of Somebody else as well. But

supposing they did, the money they

would expend, if it works out

would be nothing in comparison to the

benefits they would recieve. If the

bureau in any particular county hasn’t

many members, it would be the duty

of those present members to get oth

ers interested.





A farmer in the northern part of the





state said, “I believe that you have.





got a good idea there. The only ques-

tion is about working it out. Won’t it

fail, the same as all other farmers’ or-

ganizations fail, by having someone

squander the money, get it complicated

financially and wind up in failure ?” Of

course, we farmers are suspicious be-

cause we have ,seen many cooperative

associations end up in some such way

as this~—poor management of business

that represented large amounts of mon-

ey have failed many times. Nobody

proved dishonest, but simply poor man—

agement coming in contact with new

problems. .



This is a different proposition. We

are not going to handle money. There

will be nothing to sell. All the expense

necessary will be to pay the expenses

of the organization. This state and

national body simply, ascertains the

cost of production of the farm crops;

that is‘ all. The organization won’t

sell anything; it simply makes a pub-

lic statement that takes into considera-

It costs

so much to produce a certain crop; if

the farmer gets anything out of it farm-

ing must be put on a business basis;

in other words. to stabilize agriculture

this product must be/sold at a certain

amount. Now, it is believed that farm-





, ers will insist upon‘that price before





it is sold. If they do they are' directly

benefited by it. Let the selling be done





"j through the ordinary channels. We





haven't got to worry about that at all,—





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LARGER MILK DEMAND FOLLOWS

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NCREASED demand for milk fol-





lowing curtailment of brewing in

the United States is a probable devel-

opment in the nation’s food situation

during the coming year. In a recent

conference with Food Administration

officials at Washington, R C. Reed,

Secretary of the Michigan Milk Pro-

ducers’ Association, presented facts of

unusual interest to all dairymen. Since

last May When Detroit became dry,

consumption of milk, according to Mr.

Reed, increased twenty per cent and

of butter-milk about fifty per cent. To

satisfy this sudden demand, it became

necessary tobring in milk from great-

er distances and to a considerable ex-

tent utilize the supply fdrmerly made

into cheese.



Not only has consumption of milk

increased in private homes but many

saloons have been converted into

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These establishments have become

new outlets for milk and its numerous

products. The large increase in but-

termilk consumption is explained by

its mild acidity, which seems to allay

the alcoholic craving.



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SENATOR BORAH, of Idaho, who

has been selected to push pro-

posed legislation to take over parts of

the packing industry, and Herbert C.

Hoover, Food Administrator,- have

been holding conferences with a view

of bringing the Federal Trade Com-

mission, the Food Administration and

Congress into an agreement as to the

best method to pursue to control the

meat industry of the country.



Hoover is said to admit the advisa-

bility of the government’s taking over

the stockyards and the rolling stock

controlled by the five big packing con-

cerns, but he is hanging back on tak-

ing over the branch houses of the big

packers in various cities throughout

the country for fear such action might

interfere with the plan of food distri-

bution necessary to the conduct of

the war.



Senator Borah is strongly of the

opinion that the packers must be di-

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N the summer 'of 1902 the writer

was sent by the United States De-

partment of Agriculture, as an ag-



ricultural explorer, to Russian Central

Asia, or as it is generally known, Rus-

sian Turkestan. An agricultural ex-





plorer is a person sent to a foreign.





country to study the agricultural con-

ditions there and to bring or send back

seeds and plants that seem to have

promise of being of value somewhere

in the United States. My special mis-

sion was to obtain seed of alfalfa from

various parts of Turkestan, a previous

explorer having obtained indications

that some strains of Turkestan alfalfa

was of promise. In addition to alfalfa

I was to obtain cereals of merit, also

any promising fruits, such as grapes,

melons, etc.



I reached the Khanate of Bokhara

late in August on the Central Asiatic

Railway from Oskhabad. I planned to

stop at the city of Bokhara for several

days but found, as seems to be fre-

quently the case with Russian rail-

roads, that the main line did not go





nearer to the city than ten-miles, the

stop being at the new Russian city

called New Bokhara. One of the two

hotels there was full and at first I

could not obtain accommodations at

the other hotel for myself and Mr.

Nylo, my interpreter. At length, after

much persuasion on Mr. Nylo’s part,

they fixed up a cot in the billiard room

and put bedding on one of the billiard

tables. I occupied the latter. There

was no lock nor even efficient latch on

the door, so we barricaded it with fur-

niture. As it was August and very hot

we had to leave the windows wide op-

en and so were rudely disturbed long

after midnight by a drunken army ofi‘i-

cer who tried to climb through a win-

dow, thinking the room to be unoc-

cupied.



The next day we took the short

stub-line train ten miles (forty—five

minutes) to Old Bokhara. All the way

we passed between fields, chiefly of

alfalfa, gardens and orchards, for this

region is well watered by the Zeraf—

shan River which takes its rise in the

mountainous part of Bokhara. The

fields were not separated by rail or

barb Wire fences but by walls of mud

a foot or more thick and four to ten

feet high, often very ornamentally

marked on the surface and battlement~

ed at the top.



The railWay station at Old Bokhara

lies about a quarter of a mile outside

of the city walls. The broad road

leading to the city gate passes a large

cemetery which, as is too often the

case‘ in the Orient, was in a sad state

of neglect. Burial is not, as with us,

in a grave but on the surface of the

ground in a little brick vault just large

enough to receive the body. No grave

stones are erected nor are there any





hit to ‘an' Afghan





By DR. ERNST A. BESSEY





inscriptions to show who is buried

there. As the bricks of which these

vaults are made are only sun-dried or

where burned, only of very poor qual-

ity, and as ‘after the interment the rel-

atives have a superstitious fear of the

grave, it is not to be wondered at that

these burial vaults soon become dilapi-

dated, so that the cemetery contained

them ,in all stages from newly made

to those entirely collapsed. The only

exceptions were the much larger vaults

where were interred the remains of

reputed holy men. These are often

surrounded by mud walls and invari-

ably have long poles bearing rags at-

tached, to keep away evil spirits. They

are often shrines to which the ignor-

ant natives come. ’



.The city wall varies from twenty to

thirty feet or more in height and is

battlemented at the top. It seems to

be made, like most of the houses in

Turkestan, of sun-dried mud bricks, al-

though the facing is apparently a poor

quality of burned brick. The gateway

is broad and high and remains open

all day, the big wooden gates being

closed at sunset. The road leading up

to this gate was a very interesting

sight. Here was a short caravan of

eight or ten heavily laden camels

starting off for the southern part of

the Khanate or even for Afghanistan,

over the mountains to the south; there

came a donkey so piled with bundles

of freshly cut alfalfa that all that was

visible was his head and his feet, and,

on top of the load, a big man who had

to hold up his feet to keep them from

dragging on the ground. Most of the

people were walking, the better class

clad in silk and wearing turbans, the

poorer in ragged, padded cotton clothes

and with little peaked caps. Very few





 





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horses were to be seen, as only the

wealthiest people could afford them

for riding purposes and the streets are

so narrow that most of them are im-

passable for vehicles of any kind.

Aside from the two or three carriages

attendant upon the railway station the

only other vehicles were the native

arbas with their two enormous wheels

and rounded, decorated hood.



Within the walls the narrow streets

with the almost windowless houses

were strange to one used to the wide

streets and bewindowed houses of Am-

erica. The dreary monotony of the

narrow streets bounded by their mud

walls is broken at frequent intervals

by paved squares, usually adjacent to

mosques and often beside large pools

of filthy looking and evil smelling wa-

ter. Into this water the refuse from

the squares is swept and the drain-

age from the streets flows, and from

this the people drink. Is it any won~

der that when cholera reaches Bok-

hara it finds so many victims!



(Continued on page 334).





WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





Some of theGreat Number of Heavy German Guns

Captured by British During August.





 





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Arabs Who Have Come to the Assistance of the British in Driving Turks

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'° RS. ALGER tells me I look ten years ounger since W6

Colt Lighting and Cooking Plant, and



I feel lots younger. It gives me more



had before. I visit friends now as I haven’t done since





“Now that we have a Colt ' ht the Red Cross workers come to our

_ ey say it is a good deal easier to we

by this soft, strong, white light. and they certainly do more work than





“I can’t help smiling when I see the my boys have taken to calling

on my two girls of an evening, to sing and dance or play games.

_ the place seems more alive, more wide .

The lights seem actually life-giving, as plants grow in the sun.



“Out in the barns the Colt Light is a perfect Godsend when the

days begin to shorten. James has said to me dozens of times: ‘Mother,

ot the Colt Plant this place was like an automobile engine-

smoother at night than it does in the daytime.’





“All our old fear of the barns catchi fire from matches or lamps has

gone. We pull a tiny switch and thdlfi)

shut ofi the switch and out she goes.





“Nothing would ever persuade me to go back to the old days, cook-

ing with coal or wood or kerosene. Our Colt gas cooking range has

forever banished those dreary hours over a hot fire!

I think of them. In the bottom ofmy heartl ' thepoor

who are still chained down to such atiresome, 1% life. Cookingis

a real pleasure with a Colt Cooking and Lighting Plant.



“And the Colt is so wonderfully simple! We’ve had it over a year

and never know it is in the house. Not a sound. No chugging engines.

The Algers have had their Colt Plant

seven years and have not spent a penny for repairs.”





Carbide Lighting OLZ'ml Cooking Plant





The Colt ”wen: costs lesstbsn any other. It is so small it can

stand in s corner of the cellar or outbuilding. The operation of

plain water on crushed stone (carbide) produces the gas. “Ibese

it is so sale that 700.000 miners use it

for miners’ ls-ps. Writs us todavfor the names and mm

of enthusiastic neighbors. who can tell you all about a.





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and care for hides; how and when we

pay the freight both ways; about, our ‘

sole dyeing process on cow and horse ‘

lids. cal! and other skins; about the

fur goods and game trophies we sell,

taxidermy. etc. .



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Wednesday, October 2.





E foe’s entire line yields to the



heavy blows of General Foch. Bel»

gian cavalry is operating far on the

road toward Bruges and Ostend. The

French and British troops press be-.

yond St. Quentin both to the north

and south of that objeCtive. It is also

reported that some of the Allied troops

have already entered the city—Hard

fighting by the French carries them in

a long advance from the Aisne river,

which outflanks Lawn—Americans

capture and sweep beyond Cierges.—

In Palestine. General Allenby’s army

has completely encircled Damascus.—

Turkey demands cash and men of Ber-

lin, and if these are not forthcoming

that country will follow the lead of

Bulgaria‘in asking for peace with the.

Allies—Serious uprisings have occur~

red in Roumania.—-United States Sen-

ate" defeats the bill providing for wom-

an suffrage, by a vote of sixty-two to

thirty-four, or two votes short of the

necessary two-thirds majority:





Thursday, October 3.





ALLIES continue to gain along the

entire western front from the

North Sea to Verdun. The Belgians

are close to the U-boat bases on the

North Sea coast. They have captured

Roulers and cut the Mennin railway.

St. Quentin is in the hands of the Al-

lies and the Hindenburg line is opened

up a distance of eight miles at this

point. The French take new ground to

the northwest of Rheims, and Ameri-

cans and French cooperating clean out

the Argonne forest in the Champagne

sector and press farther to the north.

——In Palestine the British occupy Da-

mascus and take seven thousand pris-

oners—It is hinted that Austria is

about to make another peace offer. A

daily consignment of airplanes is being

shipped from America for overseas ser-

vice—The government announces

minimum and" maximum priCes for

shoes which are $3 to 812 respectively.





Friday, October 4.





ERMAN newspapers predict a Ger-



man retirement on the western

front to a line extending from Antwerp

through Metz, which would surrender

the western half of Belgium. Germans

evacuate Lens and Armentieres. The

Allies smash German fortifications be-

tween Cambrai and St. Quentin—Am-

erican, British and Italian warships

destroy the Austrian naval base at

Durazzo, and sink the war ships an-

chored there—Austrians are with-

drawing from Albania, being hard

pressed by italian forces, who have

captured Berat.-——General Allenby cap-

tures entire Turkish army in his oper-

ations in' northern Palestine—Austri-

an Chamber of Deputies takes up dis-

cussion of the question of peace with

the Entente Allies—A bill before the

United States Senate to authorize the

President to name a reconstruction

board is hotly opposed—The influenza

epidemic in army camps shows an in-

crease during the past twenty-four

hours, in which period 331 deaths are

reported, sixty more than for the pre-

vious day.





Saturday, October 5. ~





USTRIA requests Holland to in-



vite belligerents to take part in

peace negotiations. The Americans ad-

vance on a twenty—mile front for a dis—

tance of three miles in an offensive

near the Meuse valley. Fighting of

the most furious nature has occurred

along the~ British front in the region

east of Le Catelet. Germans launch

six powerful counter attacks in this

region. All were repulsed except one,

which obliged the British to withdraw

for a. time from Beaurevoir and Mont-

brehain. Enemy is hard pushed far to





‘ the east of Lens—Italians sweep foe





from Albanian positions.—-‘—Explosions

of munitions near Perth Amboy, N. 1.,

resulted in fifty or more deaths and

many scores of persons being injured.





Sunday, October 6.





EWS is received that Germany,



Austria-Hungary and. Turkey are

asking President “Noon to make rep;

resentation for a general armistice and

negotiations for a general peace.“ In

their appeal the Central Powers de-

clare that they are ready to negotiate

on the fourteen points in President





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German defense which extends from

Rhelms to the Mouse—During the

fighting of the past week the Allies

account for 194 aircraft of the enemy.

—-A new record is established in the

movement of forty-eight million bush-

els of will across Lake Micmgan

from the beginning of the crop ”season

to October L- ,

Monday, October 7.





HE united stand of allied nations



on the peace proposal of the on-

emy is for an unconditional surrender

of theparmles of the central powers,

this being the attitude of the civil pop-

ulations as reflected through the press

and from pulpits.——On the western

front Haig captures Fresnoy, and the

Americans take St. Etienne in the

Champaigne sector, thereby compell-

ing the Germans to withdraw on a

twenty-eight—mile front—Italians open

an offensive along the Aillete. In the





'southern theatre the Austrians are be-





ing forced to withdraw by the pincer

movement of allied forces in Mace-

donia and Albania.—Nearly 7,000 'cas-

es of Spanish influenza are reported at

Camp Custer.



Tuesday, October 8.





USTRIA claims she is ready to



cede to Italy such land as the Ital-

ians have won and to the new nation

of Poland parts. of Galicia as a guar-

antee that the latest peace offer is

sincere. The Allied nations, however.

look upon the appeal for an armistice

as a pleading for time to reorganize

the armies of the central powers—The

enemy line from La Fere to the Meuse

is tottering, the Americans having

crossed the Aire river while French

take Berry-au-Bac near the east end of

the Chemindes—Dames.—The armies

of Marshal Foch are forcing the invad:

or from the Belgian coast without

pause and the Serbs and Italians are

fast recovering territory occupied by

the enemy in Albania and Serbia.~—

The French capture Beirut on the Med-

iterranean Sea, a. new point from

which attacks can be made against

Turkey—Loyal Russia notifies Ameri~

ca that the new governmenhwill raise

an army to- fight the central powers.





 





 

 

 





 





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Nearly every square serves as a.

market place and on it are erected

rough tables with awnings above, the

vendors sitting on these tables among

their goods. The melon merchants

usually have their wares, muskmelons

and watermelons, on the ground. The

sellers of bread walk around, calling

their wares in not so unmusical voices,

carrying the round, fiat loaves in trays

on their heads. Facing one of the

largest squares is the palace of the

Emir of Bokhara, a large pile with a.

great arched entrance above which is

a. 'clock that was not running at the

time of my visit. The natives claimed

that the Emir had six hundred wives

at that time; quite a modern Solomon!

Not very far from the palace stands a

tall tower with a winding stairway in-

side, leading to a sort of balcony at

the top, from which until recent years

criminals were thrown for the purpose

of execution, a very sure means, as the

tower is a hundred or more feet in

height. I talked with a native who

had seen such an execution some years

before. Soon after the Russian occu-

pation of Bokhara a stop was put to

the practice but the tower still re-

mains.



We fell in with two tea merchants,

uncle and nephew, from Samarkand

and the uncle invited us to go with

him to see the drill and review of a

portion of the Emir’s army. We took a

carriage and drove out to the edge of

the city, to a field perhaps five acres

in extent. Soon the soldiers began to

arrive, some singly from all directions,

others marching upon the drill ground

by companies. The uniforms were in

imitation of the Russian army uniform

but the shades of. red in the trousers

varied greatly so that hardly any two

uniforms exactly matched. They were,

moreover, extensively patched, the

patches often being of entirely differ-

ent color. The guns were held at all

angles and were in very- poor condi-

tion. Some had bayonets and ram-

rods, some lacked them, and some had

rags stuffed in the muzzle. They were

muzzle—loading, percussion cap guns,

probably at least fifty years old. With

the army came a band of thirty or





 





 





A Street Scene in'Bokhara.





forty “musicians” with fifes and drums

and making a noise worse than the

“Streets of Cairo” at the. Worlds Fair.

After the companies were all lined up

the band played the national anthem

(whatever it was called) and all the

soldiers knelt while it was being play—

ed. They were then given the com-

mand “Rest,” and squatted on their

heels and ate bread and melons or

grapes, which they bought from hucks-

ters walking up and down the lines.

The general and his staff took refuge

from the hot sun' in the shadeof a

high mud wall, sitting on beautiful

rugs which were spread by servants

who presently brought refreshments.





‘Our Samarkand tea merchant, who~





knew the general, took us. over and in-

troduced us. At his invitation we sat

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the native bread, made 'of whole wheat

flour, and baked in flat, round loaves





about eight inches in diameter and an a camel caravan passed by, when he,





inch or so thick, and grapes and mel-

ons, and, of course, tea. The general





 





Criminals Were Thrown from Tower.





was curious to find out Where we came

from. He had heard of Ameriéa, it

seems, for he was a traveled man and

had been as far as Moscow, but he had

never seen an American before. See-

ing my camera he asked if I would

photograph his army, to which I gladly

assented. I explained that it must be

so drawn up that I need not have my

camera facing the sun. When the

luncheon was over the general called

his army to attention and put them

through various evolutions, the most

amusing being the forming of a hol-

low square to repel attack by cavalry.

While in this formation the men were

ordered to aim (without the prelimi-

nary order to load or to cock their

guns) and then to fire. At the com-





tdéin Alfghan Bek





rising. The customer stood in the

,street at the front of the shop unless





would have to scramble into. the shop

as a camel has a very unpleasant hab-

it of biting a piece out of any unwary

person within reach. All,the shows

devoted to the same things were to-

gether, so that on one street were

nothing but hardware booths, on an-

other the shops for silks, the spiceries

being all together and scenting up the

street long before one reached them.

‘Here and there a money-changer sat

behind his table ready to change a Rus-

sian fifteen copek piece (about eight

cents) for four or fiVe ill-shaped cop-

per coins minted, by hand and belong-

ing to Bokhara. or one of the several

khanates formerly existent in Turkes-'

tan. These coins in turn were ex-

changeable for sixteen irregularly

round unminted copper disks, looking

like short segments of copper trolley

wire hammered thin. Although they

were worth only about an eighth of a.

cent apiece they sufficed to buy Quite

a handful of roasted pistachio nuts. We

saw one money changer’s table where

the owner had gone away leaving his

money on the table. People in need

of change came up, made the change

and departed, apparently never think-

ing about the fine chance for dis-

honesty. ‘



We eventually found the Russian

'with whom I had some business to

perform. He lived in the outskirts of

the city and had a large garden, as did

his neighbors. He suggested that we

go, while dinner was in preparation, to

visit the garden of a neighbor as it

was typical of .the‘ better sorts of na-

tive gardens. We went afoot, as it was

but a short distance, four of us, our





 





 





 





The Army of the





mand “Fire” every man shouted at the

top of his voice, making a rather re-





spectable noise, even if it did not

sound exactly like a volley of mus-

ketry.



Finally the general lined up his army

facing the sun, and then sent an aide

to learn if the position suited me. I

was mean enough to take two pictures,

the first before the general had gotten

the men’s guns and the ofiicers" wood-

en rods all at the proper angle (he

alone carried a sword), the second pic-

ture after all was in order. Then part

of the army was dismissed on the spot

and the rest marched away to their

barracks. As we drove back into the

city we passed several of the soldiers

removing their uniforms and putting

on their native costumes which they

had hidden in holes in the walls, under

stones, etc., in the fields that we

passed.





In the city again we traversed afoot





the bazaars, i. e., the streets devoted.





to shops. These were mostly shaded

temporarily by poles across from the

roof of one building to that on the op-

posite side of the ‘. narrow street,

branches of trees or coarse sacking be-

ing spread over ,these poles so as to

produce a sort of dim twilight below:

The shops were small, from four to six

feet-square, about sixteen inches above





the level of the street. ; The proprietor ,





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Emir of Bokhara.





Russian host, whom I shall call Mr..





Lipsky, Mr. Nylo, my interpreter, a

servant of Mr. Lipsky’s and myself.

Arrived at the house Mr. Lipsky’s ser-

vant pounded at the door and called

out a warning for any women to get

out of sight, for it was very probable

that some member of the household

might be out in the courtyard unveil-

ed. When we‘ were informed that the

way was clear we entered and found

ourselves in a courtyard bounded on

three sides by the house and on the

fourth by the stable. A servant told

Mr. Lipsky that his" master was in the

garden, so we passed through an arch-

way into the large garden at the rear

and found him sitting cross-legged on

a. little. pavilion resembling. a band-~

stand such as one would find in a.

small country town in America. He

was smoking his “chillim” or water

pipe. We asked his permission to view





his garden and it was granted. His -





little son and two servants accompa-

nied us as we went along. We inspect-

ed.the fig trees, testing their fruit, as

well as other fruit trees Whose season

was-past. The grape vines showed

great _ promise . of ‘ fruit ' but the grapes“

werefinot yet ripen", .‘ . ‘ »

~When we returned to the pavilion

we found our host seated on ’a chair,

in full‘uniform—fur esp, geld-bidder:

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_. ersiand'b‘are feet; Heinvite‘d‘us'to.

‘ take refreshments consisting of tea,





cakes, candies, nuts and raisins. After





that he began to talk. In the Afghan _‘





language he asked me where I came





this into the Sart language '(the lan-

guage of Bokhara), and Mr. Lipsky in





turn, translated the question into Rus— ,





sian, Mr. Nylo making the final ren-

dering into English. I answered that

I came from America, and back

through the different languages the an-





the Afghan language again. He looked





interest. “Americoon, .Americoon,”he

said, and then began a most guttural

jabbering that reminded me of a cou-

ple of dogs having an argument. This

when duly translated into Sart, Rus-

sian and English was an expression of

surprise at seeing an American and an

inquiry as to. whether Cplumbus was

still a Bek (Prince) in America. I

was somewhat taken aback at this, for

I hardly expected an Afghan to know

about Columbus, but to be asked if he





were still alive and a prince in Amer- ,





ica was still more surprising. I an-

swered that Columbus was dead, news

that appeared to interest him very

much.



After asking what I was doing in

Bokhara he began talking about him-

self. He was, he said, a Bek in Afghan-

istan, i. e., a Prince or Chief of one of

the districts of which that nation is

comprised, all such Beks being sub

ject to the Emir of Afghanistan much

as the several kingdoms of Germany

with their kings are subordinate to

the German Empire with its Emperor.

Our Be‘k had a feud with a neighboring

Bek and made a raid with his army

and killed seventy or more of his

neighbor’s subjects. This incensed the

Emir who started after him with his

army, determined to get his head. He

fled to .Bokhara where he threw him-

self at the feet of the Emir of Bok-

hara and putting his hand on his head

said, “My head is yours.” The Emir

raised him to his feet, made him a

general in his army, confiscated some-

bOdy’s house and garden and gave

them to him. So there he was living,

with two of his wives, his favorite son,

his Arab horses and his slaves, proud

of his past deeds and of his high favor

with the Emir of Bbkhara.



I asked him if I might take his pic-‘

ture and he eagerly assented, asking

me to send him a print. The accom-

panying picture shows him with his

son and two servants. I asked him

his name and he gave it as Noibhook-

omi Afghanisti, General of Bokhara,

and that of his son as Hoolom Haidar

Khan. These were pronounced with a

guttural roughness that makes the

harshest German or Russian sound

smooth and musical in comparison. I

attempted to repeat the boy’s name

but unfortunately neglected “Khan,”

which means something like Prince.

The father was indignant and repeated

the name again several times, empha-

sizing the word Khan until I got it

right. ,



Bek Nolbhookomi wanted us to take

dinner with him, even offering to send

for Mr. Lipsky’s cook so that the din-

ner might be satisfactory to us, but we





were unable to accept, much as It





would have enjoyed beinghis guest.

As we were leaving he insisted that

we see his Arab horses. The last we





saw of the grim old man he was get-’





ting down, out of his unaccustomed

chair and settling down again in com-

fort, cross-legged on the floor of his

pavilion. ‘





 





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G. L. Hahn Pontiac ‘ ” ” 300136

Paul Marienthl Saginaw ” ” 299974

W. N. Wheeler Kalamzoo ” ” 247522

J. L. Cohn Romeo ” ” 297474

S. R. Anderson Muskegon , ” '” 156446

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OME weeks ago the trials of a

S young mother of four was referred



to in this column. The grandmoth-

er and aunt were driving taxis and do-

ing “farmerette” stunts, while the

wornout little woman witha six-weeks’

old baby, struggled along alone. The

article has aroused the ire of a maid-

en aunt, who quite evidently stayed

home to do her bit and got no thanks

for it. She writes calling attention to

the number of grandmothers and aunts

who are slaves to their relatives and

makes some very pertinent remarks.



Chief of her contentions is the idea

that. parents should be left to work

out their own salvation, while grand-

mothers and maiden aunts spend their

lives as.they see fit. To this I say a

hearty “Amen.” Any other arrange-

ment is bad for all parties concerned,

for the parents, fdr the relatives, but

most of all for the kiddies, who are

either pampered and spoiled, or nag-

ged and spoiled according to the tem-

perament of the grownups.



By all means let. grandmother and

“Aunt Mary” live by themselves. I

have in mind several grandmothers,

old women now, who, had they done

as they wished and gone as a house-

keeper at a: good wage when they were

widowed, would have had several

years of independence, work at a good

salary, and a snug little bank account.

Instead, to save the pride of a daugh-





Sweet Apple Cobbler.



Pare, core and quarter six sweet and

two or three tart apples, and boil in

three cupfuls of water for fifteen min-

utes. Add one-fourth cup of molasses

and one-fourth cup of raisins. Place

this in a baking dish, and cover with

one’s favorite biscuit dough. The

dough may be made of any of the wheat

substitutes in a fifty-fifty combination

with the wheat flour—Wheat and bar-

ley flour, wheat and corn flour or

wheat and oat flour are good combina-

tions, following the general directions

for making baking-powder biscuit. Cov-

er tightly and steam for forty-five min-

utes. Remove cover, brush crust over

with melted butter or a little molasses,

and set in a hot oven for fifteen min-

utes to brown.



Cereal Fruit Pudding.



cup cooked left-over cereal

cup fruit, raisins, dates or figs

teaspoon salt



cups milk



teaspoons butter



cup fruit juice.



Put the cereal into two cupfuls of

water and boil until thick; add the

milk and boil slowly for one hour; add

the chopped fruit. Brush 3. baking-





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Ind. dish with butter, pour in the‘ cereal,





place in 'a moderate oven and bake for

forty minutes. Serve warm in the dish

in which it has been baked, with a

sauce made of the fruit juice.

Date Pudding.



2 cups milk



1,3fi cup corn or maple syrup



12 seeded dates cut up small

, 33 table'spoOns cornstarch

1,5 teaspoon salt



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“DcarAu‘nt Mary” Rises to Protest





ter or a son, they have‘ gone to make

their home with the young folks. Here,

as the writer of the letter suggests,

they have not received the ordinary

good treatment a maid would get. In-

stead of being paid wages for work

which no hired girl would do, they are

told they should be thankful for hav-

ing such a good home, and all the tire-

some tasks which no one else wants to

do are told off to them. Peeling vege-

tables, when their bread and pies

could be taking prizes at the fair,

washing dishes, mending clothes which

are so ragged daughter would never

bother with them, staying 'in evenings,

and days as well, with the children, so

the young mother can “have a rest,”

probably sleeping in the same room

with two or three youngsters, because

they bother the mother, and she must

have her sleep, taking the shabbiest

room and the pickings of everything,

these are the things many a grand-

mother has had to take, because she

hadn’t the wisdom or the courage to

insist on living her own life.



' Most heartily am I in favor of ev-

erybody, man or woman, old or young,

insisting on maintaining their inde-

pendence. If you go to live with son

or daughter, brother or sister, on any-

thing but a business basis you are

doomed. Insist on being paid wages

and having your own room and your

days out, if you do their work. If they





War-Time Desserts





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starch, syrup, dates and salt and stir

until thick; cover and cook for twenty

minutes. Add the vanilla and pour.

into individual molds to cool. This

serves five people. Prunes are good

instead of dates.



Peach Shortcake.



Biscuit Dough—One cup of barley

flour, one-half cup rice flour, one tea-

spoon of salt, four teaspoons of baking

powder, two tablespoons of fat, three‘

quarters cup of milk.



Sift the flour, baking powder and

salt, work in the fat, add gradually

the milk and mix to a soft dough. Turn

the dough out on a floured board and

roll it to one-half V

inch in thickness.

Cut as for bis-

cuit, and brush 3

each with a lit- ‘

tle_ shortening.

Place two of

the rounds to-

gether with the greased-

and bake as individual

shortcakes. When baked, separate the

layers, and place between them a gen-,

e‘rous amount of sliced canned peach-

es. Put the top half on again, and

serve while still warm, with cream.



' Gingerbread.

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup wheat‘flour

P‘23teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons ginger 5’

1,5 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

.1 teaspoon Soda

1 cup molasses »

1' cup sour milk or buttermilk

2 immobile m3. . ‘

Sift the dry ingredients and add the





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will not agree to this arrangement,

then go out and work for someone

else. There are plenty of women who

would pay you almost anything you

ask these war days if you would help

in their homes.



The gase referred to in The Farmer,

however, was different. The mother

in question 'absolutely could not get

domestic help. Her mother and sister

were well-to-do and had their own

home. They both proclaimed them-

selves anxious to help in any way to

win the war, yet failed to see that

their best way to help was to give a

lift at home. The idea was that in-

stead of spending all their time on out-

side work they might both give the

daughter and sister an hour or two

each day. She would gladly have paid

her mother for doing the mending, or

the sister for stopping on her way

down town every morning and making

beds or dusting or washing dishes.



It is simply a case of two extremes.

In both cases selfishness is at the root

of the trouble. Occasionally grand

mother and aunt just naturally can’t

see anything they might do to help

out at home. More often the mother

of a growing family'thinks she is the

hardest used person on earth and ac—

cepts all one does as only her right.

Sometimes both sides are just and





thoughtful, and then we have harmony. '





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recipe requires no sugar, and uses

cornmeal for half the Wheat flour or-

dinarily used.





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One of the most helpful pamphlets

that have come out since food substi-

tutes and war breads came into vogue

is a bulletin on “Breads for War Time”

that has been compiled for the house'-

wives of Michigan by Miss May Pear-





son, of the Department of Home Ecoé '





nomics of the Michigan Agricultural

College- Miss Pearson’ s pamphiet

tells how war breads can he made and





includes 3a number of. reclpés~tor such '1

breads as standard bread, standard 3.

substitute bread with mashed potato, ' ’

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' Cucumber catsup.



1 dozen large cucumbers



1 quart vinegar



1 tablespoon salt



. 1,4 teaspoon cayenne pepper:



Gather cucumbers before the sun

strikes them and keep in a cool place

until used. Peel and grate the cucum-

bers and drain off the water. Heat the

vinegar and Spices to boiling point;

pour at. once over the grated cucum-

ber, bottle and seal. Cucumbers bot-

tled in this way retain their freshness,

and make a particularly good sauce

for steak. ' *



- Curry Pickles. ‘



Boil together for five or ten minutes,



two quarts of vinegar, one tablespoon

of salt, one teaspoon of black pepper;

take one tablespoon of curry powder,

one and one-half tablespoons of corn





starch, four tablespoons of ground muss ‘





tard, one tablespoon of sugar, or

more if desired. Mix these thoroughly

with a little cold vinegar, then put into

hot vinegar mixture and stir all until it

thickens. Take abOut three hundred

small cucumbers and wash thoroughly.

If medium-sized ones are used, cut in

small pieces. Pour the boiling sauce

over the cold cucumbers, bottle and

seal.

Picalilli. 4



Chop fine a peck of green tomatoes

and a quart of white onions. Sprinkle

with two cups of salt between the lay-

ers and let them standover night. In

the morning drain well, add a head of

cauliflower separated into small flower-

ets, one quart of chopped green pep-

pers, two ounces each of cloves, all-

spice, cinnamon and mace, and four

ounces of mustard seed. Stir thor-

oughly, cover with good vinegar, scald

and pack in jars. Cover when cold.



' Apple Catsup.

1 quart apple sauce

1 teaspoon vinegar

1 téaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon mustard-

1 teaspoon onion juice

2 teaspoons salt

1 pint vinegar. _



Simmer slowly until thick, bottle and

seal. A similar catsup can be made

from plums or grapes, and spiced to

taste. Sorghum or molasses may be

added if a sweet sauce is liked.



‘ Apple India Relish.



To utilize windfalls and cull apples,

the following recipe will be found an

economical one. ‘



2 dozen medium-size ripe toma-

toes



6 medium-size onions



3 green peppers



1 dozen tart apples



1 pound seedless raisins



1 cup finely chopped celery



2 quarts vinegar



1% cups corn syrup



3 level teaspoons salt.



Place tomatoes in boiling water for

five minutes, remove to cold water, and

peel. Take out seeds of peppers, us-

ing pulp only. Peel and core the ap—





. pies. Chop all the vegetables together.





Add raisins, vinegar, corn syrup and

salt. Cook in open kettle until vege-

tables are soft—about twenty min~

utes." When mixture is thick, place it

in sterilized jars. Screw covers tight,

or bottle and seal with corks and

paraffin. ' ‘ ,





 





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It does not seem possible“ that any Loyal Red-blooded: American would

deliberatly Violate the Food Administration regulations by using the





wheatJ flour and not the substitutes.





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However by using LILY WHITE FLOUR with the substitutes you will be able to

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HE slogan “Preparedness,” when

applied to the home garden,

means being at least one jump

ahead of the garden game at all times.

In normal times, it means assurance

that gardens are to be fertilized eith-

er by green manure crops or other

fertilizer.

insects and diseases should be anticis

pated and disposed Of before they get

started. These are not normal times,

however, and preparedness means con-





before‘. In normal times large quan-

tities of vegetable seeds were annually

imported from Europe by American

seedsmen. These seedsmen were wont





It means that the common‘





siderably more now than it ever did.





bulbs may sometimes be planted injthe

fall, three to four inches deep. The

bulbs should be set at distances of

about six inches in rows that are three

feet apart. Use soil well enriched

with decayed manure and slightly cov-

er the bulbs. Seed stalks are soon

sent up,and will-be in blossom early in





.July. Pht, humid weather with the





temperature running over ninety-five

degrees when the flowers are in blos-

som or the seed in the milk, is very

detrimental to seed production. The

latter part of August, when the seed

turns black, the seed heads should be

cut and placed on trays or chicken

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to have on hand a reserve supply in

case of emergency needs. This reserve

supply has been drawn on until it is

now at the lowest point it has ever

reached. This is due, of course, to the

curtailed importation, to exportation

of some seed stock to war-stricken Eu-

ropean countries and to the abnormal-

ly large use of garden seeds in this

country for war gardens. Then, too,

weather conditions have been such as

to cause a reduction in seed stocks of

radish, spinach, onion, beets, carrots,

turnips, cabbage, and other vegetables

in some parts of the country.



Preparedness at this time, then,

means the making certain of next

year’s supply of garden seeds. Unless

an extra effort is made this year, and

unless home gardeners come to the

rescue, a serious seed shortage may

result. The old-time plan of saving

one’s seeds may be followed with some

modification and next year’s supply in-

sured.



The following instructions may help

some amateur gardeners to insure

against a possible shortage. The sim-

ple directions included herein can be

followed in any home garden. The

seeds of annual garden plants are rip-

ened in one season. In the case of

biennials, two seasons of growth are

required.



Save the Best Plants for Seeds.



This is a fundamental principle of

successful seed saving. The best plants

are the most productive, of the ideal

form, type or quality of the product,

freest from disease and earliest in

maturity.



Beans and Peas.



Take a few of the best bean and pea

plants in the garden and let them ma-

ture their seed. Select plants that are

productive and that produce the larg-

est and best filled pods. - Do not save

seed from diseased plants or from spot-

ted pods. Pull the plants and hang

them in some airy place to dry, or if

mature, shell them and store in a dry

place.



Onion. ‘



The onion seed stalk is produced

from a full-grown bulb which must be

wintered over and planted ‘out the fol-

lowing spring. It is a biennial plant.

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Seed Garden.





flailed or rubbed out and the light

seed is separated from the heavy seed

by settling in water. Store, when it is

thoroughly dried, in a cool dry place.



spinach and Lettuce.



Spinach, although a biennial, will of-

ten produce seed the first season if

the weather conditions are favorable.

Plants that are started in the fall pro-

duce the best seed crops. It is then

handled like lettuce so the directions

for the two may be combined. Simply

allow two or three of the best plants

or plants producing the best heads or

tops, to throw up a seed stalk in the

early summer. It is well to remember

that spinach produces male and fe-

male plants, only the latter bearing

seed.



Radish.



Radish seed of the very best quality

is very successfully grown in Michi-

gan. White Tip, Scarlet Turnip, Scar-

let Globe, French Breakfast and White

Pearl are the varieties in greatest de—

mand. When the radishes are being

'pulled in the spring forethe table or

market, select a few of the best roots

for seed production. The tap or lower

root Should be slim and unbranched

and the crown small, with but few

leaves, while the radish proper should

be firm, of good color and of ideal

form. Transplant the selected plants

and cultivate as with other crops. The

matured plants should be pulled about

the latter part of September and dried

a few days in the sun. The seed may

easily be removed from the pods by

flailing or heating by hand.



Tomatoes, Eggplant and Peppers.



Many gardeners have always made

a practice of selecting and saving

their own tomato, eggplant and pepper

seed. Selectionshould be based on

the plant characters as a whole rather

than on the characters of an'individual

specimen. A good plant is one of vig-

or, free from disease, having the abil-

ity to mature uniformly a large num

ber of uncracked, well-formed and per-

fectly colored fruits. The thoroughly

ripened fruits are mashed in a pail and

the pail filled with water. -After fer-

menting for a few days, the pulp is

washed out, leaving the seeds which

h‘ave settled to the bottom. These

should be thoroughly dried in the sun

buffers Stering. ,, _

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sweet cOrn iseed has been very'difficult .





to obtain, even at high prices.

ern grown sweet cOrn is superior to

that grown in the west or south. Home-

grown seed, if carefully selected, gives

excellent results. Some crossing may

OOcur, however, if different varieties‘

are grown together.



Early Crosby, a white variety, and

Golden Bantam, a. yellow variety, are

good varieties, for both tableand can-

ning use. The seed will mature in

most parts of Michigan before the fall

fr0sts.





Select the best, well filled and ear»,





lie‘st ears for seed. Sweet corn iseven

more apt to mold and'is more sensi-

tive to cold and wet than field corn.





: ' If the ear has not fully ripened on the

' stalk, it should be husked before the





first frost occurs and dried inan airy

place‘, preferably freehfrom frost.

Root Crops.



Beets, carrots, parsnips, salsify, turv

nips and rutabagas are 'all biennials

which go to seed very readily the sec-

ond year, under Michigan conditions.

A few of the roots of ideal form, size

and color, that have been stored over

winter successfully may be planted in

the garden early in the spring. Pars-

nips and salsify, however, may be left

standing in the field over winter. The

roots should be planted two feet apart

in rows that are three feet apart. The

crown should be lightly covered with

soil. During July or August the seed

matures and after the plants have

been cut and dried in the sun for a.

few days, the seed may easily be

threshed out by hand. '



Do Not Forget.

To correctly label all seeds and .to





' keep the different varieties in separate





containers.

To store seeds in mouse-proof con—

tainers, such as tin or heavy wooden





 





 





boxes. A second-story room is the

ideal place for storing. Cellars are apt

to be too moist and attics too hot.



Such seeds as . celery, onions and

parsnips that quickly lose their vital-

ity, will retain their vigor for a longer

periOd if stored in Mason jars or other

containers that are air-tight and moist-

proof. -





 





CLUB LEADER GOES TO RUSSIA.





 





R. E. C. LINDEMANN. State

Leader of Boys’ and Girls’

Clubs, will depart on October 1

for Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio,

where for two or three months he will

serve in the camprecreation'al branch





of the army. At the end of that time





he will be detailed to Russia to assist

in introducing more modern agricul-

tural methods into the new Russian

republic.



For the last six years Mr. Linde~

menu has been connected with the ex-

tensionstafl of the M. A. C. as state

Leader of ,Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs. ,More

than forty thousand boys and girls

were enrolled by Mr.‘ Lindemann in

these junior clubs and instructed by

him and other club leaders in such

subjects as gardening, poultry hus-

bandry, handicraft work, calf clubs,

pig clubs, corn clubs. etc. .



Upon his return from Russia Mr.





- . , Lindemann expects to; resume his con-f

During ’91“? ”at? £91? Jam. seed ,





nection with the college.





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Will Droppings

' Boards Pay?





For years poultrymen generally

have been strong advocates of drop-

pings boards. This arrangement coup—

led with daily cleaning. has been con-

sidered necessary to modern manage-

ment. Recently the cost of labor has

brought about a. change. 'By boarding

up a pit under the roosts the drop-

pings collect where they do not be—

come mixed with the straw litter of

the house; it is not so necessary to

clean frequently as is the case with

the boards which are but a few inches

belowthe roosts. It is also easier to





protect the roosts from mites if there »





is no wooden platform directly under

the roosts to act as a breeding. place

for mites.



The advantage of the boards has

largely been in the increased floor

space covered with deep litter. Under

the droppings boards the hens have

had a clean place to scratch. With

the boarded alley under the roosts the

space available for scratching is reduc-

ed. However, many poultrymen con-_

sider that the saving in time is worth

more than the loss in floor space.





A poultry house without droppings

boards will not need daily cleaning to

keep it clean. At intervals when it is

convenient the manure can be remov—

ed to the garden. In the small poul-

try plant, not enough manure accum<

ulates in one day to make it pay to

haul it to the fields and garden. A

house that has droppings boards which

are cleaned daily looks fine, but many

poultrymen find the droppings board

an expensive method of sanitation.





, Capital for Poultry





Every farmer who engages in the

poultry business- soon finds that it is

a business proposition the same as

any other line of farming. The amount

of capital to be expended determines

the scope of». the business. A careless

expenditure of the capital may make

dividends impossible. The investment

must be balanced properly in order to

make the business profitable.



The beginner with poultry frequent-

ly makes errors that take years to ov-

ercome. .Buildings that are too ex-

pensive may be a serious error be-

cause no money is left for incubators,

quality foundation stock, feed bills and

miscellaneous equipment. The pur-

chase of too much breeding stock can

also be an .error. if too little money is

left for the construction of suitable

buildings. When there 'is not enough

capital to properly house the flock it

often results in overcrowded birds and





this lowers egg production, brings dis- 1





ease into the flock and discourages

the owner.



The beginner with poultry must be

an optimist but must be sensible at

the same time. They must not over-

estimate the probable returns and un-

derestimate the expenses. In planning

the development of a poultry business

the farmer should remember every

item of expense that enters into the

cost of producing poultry and eggs.

Then he‘ can divide up his available

funds and use so much for buildings,

a certain amount for stock and run-

ning expenses and the remainder for

other items that enter into poultry

management on the farm. If too much





Bo! the capital is expended for one fea—

ture of the business the other opera- ‘





tions are handicapped and serious

losses may result.





When‘farmers recognize the possi-

bility of exclusive pork production as

a specialized branch of animal. indus-

try. and evolve systems of farm man-

agement adapted to the business, it

will become attractiVe as a business

mnosition and herds of. well-bred



. ill become common in many



few .03 hogs are





cue. 11. LE: co. pun. 1|





 





Feed a tonic.





organs.





IMPOR TA NT:





for all sizes of flocks.





'r H s M {CH} GA N r A11 Mr: 9.





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MOUL‘I‘ED HENS

TO LAYING





HE world is calling for more poultry and more eggs.

Everybody must speed up— it's a patriotic duty.

Now’s the time to get ready for regular fall and winter laying.

The average hen lays less than 100 eggs a year. But thousands

of hens are laying 200 eggs every year.

Dr. Hess Poultry Parka-ce-a will start your

pallets and mounted hens to laying promptly.

Remember, going through the moult is like going through a





long spell of sickness. The egg organs become dormant, but

why let nature bide its own time to revive the egg organs?





You have no chances to take.

Pan-a-ce-a will refund your money if it does not do what we claim.

30c, 75c and $1.50 packages; 25-lb. pail, $3.00; 100-lb. drum, $10.00.

Except in the far West and Canada.





Dr. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio





D1: Hess lnsl'anl' Louse Killer Kills Lice





 





Why not yours ?





Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a—ce-a contains Nux Vomica and Quassia

-—tonics that promote digestion, that tone up the dormant egg

It has Iron for the blood, and internal antiseptics.

combination will keep your whole flock healthy and start your

pullets and moulted hens to laying.





This





If your hens are not yet over the moult,

supply them with Pan- a-- ce- a daily to give them strength and

vitality to force out the old quills and grow new feathers.

Always buy Pan- --a—ce a according to the size of your flock—a

penny’ 8 worth for each hen to start with. There 18 a package





The dealer in your town who sells





 

 

 





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Dr. Hess





STOCK ' TONIC





Keeps hogs Healthy

Drives Out the Worms





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





MOLINE, T MOTOR

FOR SALE





Model “”.c

'COME AND SEE IT.

GEO.VS. BIGELOW,

BREEDSVILLE, MlCl-l.





 





We Want More Fresh





Hennory





EGGS.





Write Us For Prim





’ F. J. Schaffer & Co.





Eastern Market. Detroit,Mlch.





 





 





S.orehcad chest remedy is

OZONE Atnmstgeflerscrm) t

paid with 6 book poultry 23:11." free M





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Used Very Little.





“Lem: $19111 2221.22222122 g





POULTRY





BARRON ENGLISH 240 E66 STRAIN





White Leghorn: most rofitable poultry known. La

oiled 5 lb.f females wi&l long deep bodies and lei-1:2

red combs in every way typical egg- -bred 111-1111.

Make b1: profits with our Barron beam laying train.

Order breeding stock Pens mated for you for

best results. 12 tyearlin hens and one old. form. 14

hens two ckls at . eclal mice on quantity 01100

or more birds. 8100 or over orders Liberty Bonds taken

for cash face "1119.501 choice selected b ing ckls

at 315011111111. Write us your wants or order direct from

Adv. Denies Leghorn Farms. Box 222 Zeeland. Mich.





 





 





- —EGGS FROM STRAIN 1th



gagrleidnldolicks refords to 290 sags sins}: Sgwper

0 V0 1 30°



FRED ASTLING. ” l ' ""‘li‘é.......’i’.§'."ui§i.





 





Nowisthetimeto lace or

II!“ lesm order for next ears st‘dck y u





BREEDING COCKERELS





Bred- to-lay 8. 0. White Le 0111 and Barred Rocks.

Would advice ordering early rice reasonable. Wri to us

your wants. Sunnybrook Poultry Farms. Hillsdnle. Mich.





F owlers Buff Rocks ”3°25;





“(M30 Sgt 50;

R..OBF v35. Ror 3300101100.





 





orders

'for 16;





Bernard. Mich.





 





' White Orpington greatest e to-

Plne crest ducers—heus and young 9mg: 'lm

now for next winter. WILL IBH HOUG



Pine Crest. Royal Oak Mich





Rhode Island Reds





Bothco bs. No stock f r 1 ll

INTERLAKESI FARM £0an 6 3.3319132208171113.





 





horn cockerels $1.“) each.

st lines in America.





Hillsdale. Mich.





Rose Comb 32;“





White Pekin Ducks S2. 00 each.

Mrs. CLAUDIA BETTE,





 





   





   

 

 





   





Dr. WILL fietersbnrg. Mich.

‘Ferris White Leghornse.



lryi strain. lnpnute- l



years, rccor from 00 102640. . Ge





our special summer prices on year 111: hens.



breed males. eggs for hatching}.



old pullets and d: chicks. We sth. O. D .and



nuisance mulls. alalog gives prices; describes stock, to. .



’ all about our farm and methods; results you cm get by breed-

in: this strain for your copy now—1t 19 free.





mosamnrs gnu-1911M.





 

   

   

   





   

 





 





 





m SALE from Zita-I'sejlggntlt’mn aocxfigm





SILVER. Golden and White Wyandottes, good breed-

ing swckoaerct. lat. fine lot to! cockerels S3 toss





Browning. 11.2. Portland. Mich.





 





I)“711110 ‘wnndome fOl‘ hatchln also bob 11m:

cent of choice stoci‘iaen for a 1958a 11’ 0

11m 1011 Nor‘m 31. 11111111111111. main-u.





IANT Bronze Turkeys. Big boned young thoro- 2

1 brads. BooklngNordei-s at early fall Buy

early. save money Emlyn Ramadan. onia. Mich.





 





 





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Valley Creamery Co.





for eighteen years. For





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II! Mikes Beffer Bu {fer

”Sells forafligfierpfice





Mm [{Pays More or Cream





Why Some Farmers

Make More Money!





Scientiiic methods of treating the soil and good

management answer the question why the cr0p

7 yields (and profits)of one farm will surpass the other.





But the farmer who makes the most mone out

of his cows and pasturage, everything else ing

equal, is the farmer who sells his cream to the Blue





Why? Because WE PAY MORE FOR CREAM.





We are the highest bidders in the country today-have been

this reason our business has grown

from one small cre amery and a few shippers to twelve large

creameries and 150,000 customers.



. Each of these 150,000 farmers places a Blue Valley tag on

his'canspf cream and ships direct to our nearest creamery.

This action eliminates the salaries of middlemen and cream

wagon haulers. It eliminates the large overhead so necessary

to conduct. local cream stations-rent of buildings, cost of

testing equ1pment, horses, wagons, etc. And every cent of this

savmg 15 returned to the farmer in extra profits for his cream.



We invite you to join these 150,000 customers of ours and

and extra profits. It is to your interest





Besides getting more money for your cream, there is the

additional satisfaction of haying your empty cans returned

immediately and receivmg your check by return mail.





INVESTIGATE !





Self-interest should prompt every farmer to look into this

. guarantee—then write us for full informa-

tion. Ask for Bulletin No. 1 2V Address our nearest creamery.





BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY CO.





(Originators of the Truly Co-opentivc Creamery Sntem— Bat. 18 Years)





Springfield, Ill. Grand fiapids. Mich. Cedar Rapids. la. St. Joseph, Mo.





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WE GUARANTEE

That our check in payment for each and every

can of cream you send us will satisfy you.

- A . ., _ We uarantee the safe return of your empty cans.

”luv" " ‘ y]; ,3 f , If or any reason whatever, you are not satis-

, . fled, we expect to hear from you.

We guarantee to satisfy you perfectly. '- ‘ . ‘

BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY C0. 3 ,1 ; ‘





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BREEDERS’ lllllliCTORY. .





 





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days before date of publication.





CATTLE.





Wildwood Farms





Breeders of Best Strains of





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Durcc Jersey [logs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable age, out of Black Monarch III,

three times Grand Champion, Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRlPPS, Proprietor.





WOOD COTE ANGUS





TROJAN-ERIOAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS)

only. The most fashionable strains of the breed.

Great care given to matings sing pedigrees. Ever an-

imal BRED IN THE PU PL . Breeders and ced-

INTERNATIONAL WINNERS.

STOCK FARM Ionia, Mich.





 





 





 





ere of man

WOODCOT





 





Good liality bulls of serviceable

Clo'uly Angus age and youn er. Inspectioninvit-

0d. Geo. Hathaway and n. Ovid, Mich.





GET GUERNSEYS





If you want to increase your dairy profits you

need to know about the cows whose average Dl'0<

duction. under tests supervised by State Agricul-

tural Colleges, is three times as great as the aver-

age of all dairy cows in the United States. Ask

for ”The Story of the Guernsey.”





THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB.

Box I. - - - - Peter-bore. N. H





GUERNSEYS mummies, .00...

a few choice females of

Glenwood breeding also bulls, all stock of A. R. breed-

iwherd tuberculin tested.



T. . HICKS, - - Battle Creek, Mich.





 





 





 





a 45 Re istered head. all tb. tested. Nora’s

""1501: Ma ing, son of Imp. May Rose Kl

heads our hard. of his half sisters sold averaging 8

each. His bull calves are booked she at reasonable

Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. » ich.





 





G U E R N S EYSEdffrfilil‘r’ilB

Ocutainln blood of world champions.

HICKS’GUERN BY FARM, Saginaw. W.S. Mich





 





° Guernse s—‘th t last half

Registered sold in flyrst aisle. went touod'l:

Another Just as will freshen this fall—4300

fii‘ll buy her—s e is worth more. 4 years old.





t in eve way.

a. airmail“. - - - No. Adams, Mich.

~ ~ Guernse : 16 hi h ‘

F 01' Sale and hot rs. . “Manges m

lino d re . cows. tube n tested.

B .. ~ - - Camden. Mich.





sires its? ‘





 





 





0“ W. “as... assarmsrw

.‘ $13." a 9 five row ‘ ‘

figge‘fifi“ “EEM





'4' #3:."





Four Weeks Old

Tasted Milk Twice

Grew to be a "WONDER” on





Blatchford's





ll Your milk. Rulse bl health l l '

all Men] at l-d cost of glllk. Mekong 2:352: 51:323.},de?





Send for Pamphlet afisratififid‘i’ai‘dxfi

Blatcliford Call Meal Co.—-—Dept 4817 i—Wsukegnii, Ill.





 





accepted in payment offinely bred reg-

‘ 600d "all! istered Holstein bull calves. unlity

of the best and at prices within reach of all. rite,

GEO. D. c'LARKE. - . - - Vassar. Mich.





 





I Always Have Holsteins

' To Sell





If wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere.





L.,E'. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





HOMESTEAD , FARMS





A Federation of Interests

Holstelns: From a herd of 50 Holsteins headed by the

Bull King Zerma Alcartra Pontiac. son of King Seg-

is Pontiac Alcarta, the 850.000 Bull, we offer a num-

ber of bred cows and heifers, younger heifers and cal-

ves, and young bulls.



One particularly high class youn'g bull now ready

for service. '



If you want Holsteins of any class, will {12“ please

write to us for descriptioris and photograp ? .

Every animal uaranteed. '





BLOOMING ALE FARMS,





 





Ibomlngdllo. Mich.





CLUNY STOCK FARM





100--REGISTERED HOLSTEINs-‘doo

When younced a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan. kept on.

dar strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. ‘quality. and rodnction records back-

edbythe beatwisigains 0 bread. _ 13¢.

' u or was . ,



a. sauce Mover-Edge , Howell, Mich.





 





   





 





113 RT ’_ fast. Interline.





 

 





. in» temperature to marriage”, F and





, cfcr‘ peer Will keep gto’r‘

may. Wheaten WIN .





 





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] and Flavors





(Continued from page 323).





little consequence to the“ consumer.



On the other hand, cows that have

local diseases of the udder may give

milk which at times is contaminated

with the bacteria which cause this

disease. There is many a proof that

such germs can live and pass into the

body of the user and cause the same

disease as the cow was afficted with.

This, shows us-that tuberculosis of the

udder 'may readily be transmitted to

other animals. Milk from unhealthy

cows should never be used by human

beings, or to feed young stock on the

farm. No matter how well all other

requirements are met, if the cows pro-

ducing the milk are not in good health

we fail. '



The milkers and handlers of the

milk in the dairy rooms are, a prolific

source of contamination. Unclean

methods of milking and the handling

of the products afford opportunities

for the pollution of the milk by dis-

ease organisms, as Well as dust and

dirt that adheres to the hands and

clothes of the milker. Here is Where





such diseases as typhoid, diphtheria

and scarlet fever get into milk. .Milk

as it comes from the healthy cow does

not contain these bacteria. They come

from the outside after the milk is

drawn from the cow. Any person who

has been in attendance on a. sick per-

son cannot work among the cows 'or

in the dairy room without being a

source of danger to all who use the

milk from such a dairy. Typhoid, diph-

theria and scarlet fever outbreaks

without number prove this point with

their deadly results.



In the care of dairy utensils there is

still further chance of contamination.

This trouble is not from bacteria that

commonly adhere to these utensils, but

from those introduced in handling and

washing. The washing and care of

dairy utensils is one of the most ex-

acting from the standpoint of cleanli-

ness and the quality. of Water used. A

supply of bacteria-laden water which

will leave some of the bacteria on the

utensils is an insidious source of dan-

ger to those who use the milk. When

the milk goes into the utensils there

is a fresh supply of food for these bac~

teria and they begin to grow and mul-

tiply with disastrous results. If ty-

phoid germs are in well-water they

will have a chance to .contaminate any

milk that goes into utensils after they

have been Washed‘in such water. Nu-

merous other kinds of bacteria, such





‘ as those that cause rapy, colored and





slimy milk are frequently in well-water

that is used in Washing dairy utensils.

Cooling the milk immediately after

it is drawn from the cow will retard

the development of‘ bacteria and the

more ithe temperature? is? lowered the

niore the bacterial growth will be re-

tarded. Milk that is premptly reduced





held at .that- temperature“ emu





gaudy





 





Michigan Boys‘ Judging Cattle at the State 'Fair.





 

 

 





the trouble is invariably with the

morning’s milk, which goes into the

cans without being properly cooled. In

the fresh milk the bacterial growth

soon exceeds that invthe older milk

that has been properly cooled. Cool-

ing the milk does not kill any of the

disease-producing bacteria or the lac-

tice acid bacteria, so that it cannot

take the place of cleanliness in the pro-

duction of milk. All of the bacteria

present in cold milk become active» as

soon as the temperature conditions

become favorable. Cleanliness is of

first importance, cooling is next. _-



Dairymen frequently experience con-

siderable difficulty in the work of trac-

ing the source of an unnatural odor or

flavor in milk. In such cases it is

first necessary to determine whether

or not such an odor or flavor is pres-

ent when the milk leaves the cow or

develops later. If any particular cow

is giving milk which is tainted it is

not due to bacteria, but to other

causes.



If the milk from any number of





 

 

 

   





 





cows shows the taint the feed or some-

thing else which‘the cattle have found

in the pasture is the cause. Carrots,

turnips, wild onions, ragweeds, cab-

bages, off-quality grains and other

strongly flavored substances will cause

tainted milk. Certain food stuffs for





cows not ordinarily considered likely





to produce bad-tasting milk will , at

times do so. Where ‘the flavor is

thought to have been caused by some-

thing in the ration a change will fre-

quently remove the trouble.



Cows that are kept in the pasture

will keep reasonably clean, however, if

the pasture is so situated that the cows

have access to muddy pools or stag-

nant ponds they will often stand in the

water up to their knees, fighting flies

and plastering themselves withmud.

This mud dries quickly and readily

falls into the m'lk pail. It is one of

the most objecti nable‘ forms of dirt

because it quickly finds its way through

the‘ bottom of the strainer and settles

in the pails, cans and bottles. It is

also loaded with dangerous bacterial

life which have a deleterious effect up—

on the,mi1k and its products. Cows

that are plastered with this kind of

mud should bethoroughly cleaned be-

fore they are milked. ' / .



One of the most prolific causes of

trouble during the summer months is

that of old, sour strainer cloths which

are rinsed in lukewarm water and

hung up to dry. These cloths should





.be put inlbofling water [and thoroughly , ..

cleansed before‘being used for another '





milking. Ordinary wire strainers are

worse“ than none at (all; Theyare very





difficult to keep, clean and are almost ’ IV

worthless for removing line dirt and;





dust: W. lei-[IL





 





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Howell Sales Co. of





 





Livingston County





5th ANNUAL SALE *





At Sale Pavilion, Howell, Mich.





90 head of Registered Holsteins 90





Mostl

We will sell:





lb.-daughter of Yale E evere De 01





f sh cows or cows soon to freshen, a few good heifers and calves, 3

re A 27. 64 lb. Jr. four yr. old; A 26. 78 lb. three year old





A 24 78

2nd; A 24..901b Grand daughter of





Johanna Kornd ke De Kol. Others with good records.



Reference Sireh; A son of a 45 lb. cow and sired by a 32 lb. son of Rag Apple

Korndy ke 8th, a son of King of the Blacks and Whites and a 28 lb. cow. A son

of King of the Pontiacs and a 31 lb. cow; A son of King Segis Champion Mabel;



A son of a 32 lb. cow; A son of 29 lb. Granddaughter of Pontiac Korndyke:





All cattle are consi

ed either by fede





ed by Livingston county breeders and are tuberculin test-

veterinary or state approved vet.





Auctioneers: Mack, Perry.





Send For Catalog

JAY B. TOOLEY, Secy.





“THE OCTOBER





QUALITY SALE”





1 00--Choice Registered - Holsteins-- 1 00





SALES PAVILION

HOWELL, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 301I1 1918





A quality sale, including 97 females and 3 bulls, carefully selected individuals:





free from blemishes.





very animal backed by strictest guarantees.





TUBERCULlN-TESTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITY AND





SOLD SUBJECT TO

A rare opportunity to select healthy





SIXTY-DAY RETEST.





animals for foundation purposes.





Michigan Breeders’ Consignrnent Sale C0.





IIIH W. NORTON Jr. Mgr., East Lansing, Mich.

SEND FOR CATALOG





 





 





15,0001o3o,ooo ‘

Pounds of Milk





‘ Seventy- seven cows

have been admitted to the Holstein Friesian

Advanced Register that have produced 7 000

to 15$!» quarts of fmilk in periods of ten



months to a The capacity of the

Holstein cow or milk is a matter of extra-

ordinary interest.





If interested in





HOLSTEI N CATTLE





Sand for our booklets-they contain much

valuable inlormatien ,





HOLS'I'EIN - FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF

AMERICA, Box 164. Bratilebere, V1.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Bill





VVJinnuWood Herd

Registered Holsteins

Sire in Service

Flint Maplecrest Boy





Wh is bred for real reduction his sire ”Hearse

Koresdyke Hen 111st one of the best brads long dls«

tense bulls in is world. He or his arehrother

six cows with records above szlbe. of

butter in one \ear and ten more aboveLflles. in a





i tMap ecrost isGlnekYaclar Bell

30°31'15" 31' better in '1 day. mm In. in 30 ntd‘mplec Butter

fattest. 27.1111theroareiasonwregt





Boy is not one of Mlchi cans greatest y onng sires.

None of this emalee refor sale until after we test

them. But we have loafhis mbull calves from 210 Dmonths

old.w Hill A. B. O. dams lo we now one: for sale

at. prices ydairy farmer on silent to pay. Justte II

as the Hull of a bull you want.





, JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

hock Box 249. summon, Mich.





The Pontiac Herd





“Where the Champions come from”





Ole!- sof lonflae Korndyb

Hence-wad DeKol. Ponta cDutchland. or Manual

Walker I“ letertje.





Do you want a Ponthclnyeur herd?

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac. Mich.





“Top- Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls wehave for sale are

backed up by many generations of

let producers. Buy one of these





bus ,and give your herds “push”.

Full descriptions, prices, etc Ion request.





Bull Calves sired by





 





McPherson rm. c... 11.11.11, Mich. .





ThsTraverse Herd





0 filBin





; Parham’s Pedigree StockFarm on... Beg Hol-





stein cattle. Chester White Swine,



extra bartlns in calves and fall mffligs. Bulls half rice.

R. B. PAR . Bronson. i



Sm Libs Bond gets 1 mo. old dean of Map, ecrcst



Kern. ens. dams are grand aughters of ontlac



Maid 30. 21 lb. Heifers same Metaaf $1 10 term 9



Herd free tuber. Me anlin. Re ford. Mich.





Want Yearly Records?





Our new sire has four sisters whose semi—odicial

records are 677, 742. 933 and 946 pounds of butter in

one year respectively at 2 to 3 years 0: age. Hie dam

is a daughter of Friend Henaerveld De K01 Butter

Boy. four at whme daughters have records over 1000

pounds and she is also a grandda rot Pontiac

Assets Korndyke. with six dau tors above 1000

pounds of butter in one year.





Peaceland Stock Farm, Ttm mars. Mich.

C. L. Broth. Owner Port Huron.Mlch.

harlesPeters. Herdsman





DO YOU WANT





'A Holstein Bull calf ready for ser-

vice with exceptional breeding? Write

HILLCREST FARM,

Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Registered Holstein Cow 6 years old

For sale good size 45! color easy milker. gentle dc

kind. Fresh Sept 24. with heifer callslred by grandson

of King Payne Se 3. 1Slre of 50 lb cow) Price or both

8250.11 above bull soon be2

years old,good size and color. 0301b bull. Dams

evood A..B cows. write for prices.



ALN UT STOCK FARMSfi. Clio. Mich.

R. 1. clamln a Son. Prop.





OLSTEINS of all.ty Bull calves from dame with

1ecordshlu§1lboin7dm Aleocoll low ilea.

A. HARD - Rochester.





F Sal Ohsafi 2 Holstein bull calves born Jan. 28

or e an 111222. both from29.42lb. sire. One

from $.80 lb. 4 years old dam. also a few females.

A. F. LOOMISt - - - - Owosw. Mich.





Racy. Holstein: Bull calf born Dec. 26.1917. asplend—



individual. streicht. deep bodied M White. 7

nearest damsh eve A. B. o.records that e butter

'1' #102121“); milkfl'flbc. W. 3. Reader. owe LMioh.





Holsteine. To make me to

Registered winter. I an altering a fewmrreei:

sows or bred heifers to freshen

CLARK W. WW 3. 4. OM. Mich.





 





 





 





 





capaci.

Aleoafgr





rises reasons le.

bred. slits (Demos) and been.





Breakwater Farm.





Herb rt WMumf Gill.

J 31:10. Handel-31th.





 





 





. LQ<WJV~>»HN-fi» THE MiCHIGAN

Get 24 1918 Thursday_ Oct 24 1913





FARMER





Choice Jerse bull registered. 22

For sale months. Strdi in St. Lambert and

gty. Ma’rhiiizs sol'lgdt 381:5, glwgr’tonm-d e and switch.

0 e wn

811%)th hasnfim n.7, Pontiac, M1011. 11111710111





JERSEY BULELS





a 1 rvice r011 SAL

wsmmsNaswarsrhmsN Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





eple Lane 11.0! M. Jersey Herd. Bulls. bull calves

M and heifer calves sired by one of the best grand-

sons of P081899 hot Boo d Farm and out of B. of M

dame. BYIN FOX. Allegan. Mich.





For Sale Ileqlslered .lerse 811i, Callle





of both sex. Smit a Parker, R. 4. well. IMich





 





THE Wildwood Jersey Farm ottersf for sale choice

bull calves for fall service from R. of M.dn lighters

of Majesty’ s Wonder by Majesty’ 5 Oxford Fox. Herd

tuberr uline tested. when looking for a ll re to head our

herd. get a Majesty. Alvin Baldwin. Capao. lch.





 





bv tested dams. and sired b a doub andson of

Royal Majesty. first prize 1t Jun or champion at Mich.

State Falr.good lndividnals.0 so. Deakeflpcilentl. lick





Bridale Interested Owl NoI.111311 heads 1111i}: herd.

bulloalvss from Hits Iareot sire and out of of M.

dame for sale. Allegan. Mich.





HEREFORDS





3 Extra nice yearling heifers. 3 extra nice heifer onl-

ves old enough to wean.4 extra nice bulls Hotho 12mm

old not related to heifers. Prince Donald. Farmer

and Perfection Fairfax breeding. If interested





come and see them.

Paw Paw, Mich.





Hillside Farm J erseys. ofler 3 yearllnfibull s. backed

gr





 





 





ALLEN BROS.,





PoIIed and Horned blood lines



Herefords embrace Fairfax. Polled Per-



faction :1n1lmPrime Lad 9th breedin . Prices reas ‘nable.

«GARDNER udson. Mich.





BIDWELL 31101111101113





For Beef and Milk.





ls cows and heifers-Good Scotch and

Bcotch- Toppe for sale. In prime condition. Modern

sanitary equipment. Farm 10 minutes from N. Y.

depot. 1 hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

all trains. Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Farm





Shorthorns





Sires in' Service: Fair Acres Goods and IMP.

Lorne-Michigans Grand Champion Bull. Attend

the Shorthorn Sale at Lansing Oct. 9th. We in.

v its on to inspect the cows and heifers we have





its in this sale.

C. PRESCO l I & SON,

Horde at Preeeott.Mieh.Ol‘1ce at Tawae City. Mich





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

We alntain one of Hichi an goodh srds f

andnScotch Topped cattle.“ Tli‘e are well bis’ed.B $2210:

erly handledm and price reasonable. Come and see; we





like to showth mm

P. P. POPE Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





 





 





The Kent Ila. Shulhorn Imdm lsmialion





are oflering some choice animals at reasonable





rioes. Write our wants.

..H LEONAR .Sec.. Caledonia. Mich.





SHORTHORNS





Oownheliersd. bulls for sale at farmers lees:

hsrdeeulog 111mm. Horrieton Farms. Karin-lien.





 





Shorlhorn Callie 0! both Sex tor Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Bowen. Elem; lchigan.

Shnrlhnm Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped bulls





for sale. Price reasonable.

W. B. McQUTLL AN. R. 7. Howell. Mich.





 





Bulls ready for mice of the not -

Shorthorn est breeding. Write me you gents. c

A. A. PATTULLO. R. 4. Deckervule. Mich.





 





F or Sale 3233mm”, 0' Quality Bomb and





doses 11

Hope, Avon d ale. Max xwgrmpgd r1 entsofArohel's





8 It w

Sultongéthe Oscola Co. 11 on and bite Hall





Shorthorn Br d r A

JonN nmmr, Sec. Reed dis? i113.





 





Six Registered 3211;?“h0rn bulls for





Prices r1 ht.

E R. HAWLEresons. n.3, Stockbridge. Mich





“GUERNSEY BULLS





term months old and younger. Grandsons of Gold-‘

b R . free from disease. Guaranteed in every

grtie r and at farmers' prices.



. L 8 VYDER. - East Lansing. Mich.





FDR. 5“];ond 3E2;re loads of dehorned 2yr.





1.

BANGLEB a Mo GINN “ta“?(lsifynrilch.





l Scotch holler comln 3 are old.

FMSIIen 1.11 a best at Scotch Mg} “$5313





veryIM nice D111 11% bred Shorthorns of bothee

R.





 





Ionla. Adi-chd





 





HOGS





nrooe. Choice spring- scent of selected

Daired by our best. herd hears. The are ofsehebl “and

stroll boned,smooth and P0: excellent qualitych and

include some of then end lines such as

Orion Cherry King. Top COLDefender.Brookwater e

Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Bailey. ll





DU ROC BOARS





 

   

   





 





21—341

‘ . ” d 1 boars'

Duroc Jerseys Slfii‘gx‘i‘svicbé’i‘fte 5355‘ cunt!





F . ‘ or early.

xiii? Dh‘diir, d" 11. 1. Monroe. Mich.





 





F uroc-Jersey pigs, either sex. long.

or bi bone Politic kind. ready for shipment about

Oct. 15: $16. each. crazed 1. o. 1). Ba



E.ESKI - Hillsdale. eMich.





 





Crandell’s Big Type 0. I. C’s





Champion herd everywhere shown in 1917. Herd

headed by live champion boars. Our sows won

Senior. Junior and Grand Champion prizes at

Illinois. Missouri. Ohio and Michigan 1917.

Get our cats.-





Special prices on all spring pigs.

log it is free.

Crandell’s Price Hogs,





Cass City, Mich.





 

   

 





Raise Chester Whites ._

Like This





the original big produced





 





 





HAVE Wthousands ofhreeders on theroadto

"anemia. 8i can “help you. I want to ace one In from

"Humanity where

resents so due ”only deveLoppn—ready or marka at?

magi-3° Writsfor myplan Ice! from an.

~ 11.“; magnum 11.. r. n. 10. forth-nu. man





be Set gs inpalrs or

CheSters gills nogrsakin ptrod:i mature stock

of the best blood lines obtainable.



F..W ALEXANDER. Vassar. Mich.





Ch 1 White Boers and sows spring furrowd Polled

es er DurhamT calves. hropehiree

FRANK BARTLE - - Dryden. dMlch.





AST fall gilts all sold. have a good lot of last spring



Lpigs from 3 sires good growthy stock. Farm 51:- mile



nfde t. Citinens Phonel

OTTO B. CHULZE.





BRED GILTS and

SERVICEABLE BOARS

c. .1. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.

0' I' C ' ,8 :quleev; ”(£113,394 reAgle-Ioalxslgaiyhlgi fgirgss.

CLOVER LEASF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.





0. I. C. & Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type with QUALITY. Have a few spring

pigs either sex for sale. 'l‘hevI are of the rightstamp.

end one h to he shiped C.

EWMANK'S STOCK FARM. B. 1. Marlette. Mich.





Nashville. Mich.





 





 

 





 





 





 





I ship





sproing pigs for sale.

0' I. C‘ O. and guarantee to please.

F. C. BURGESS DR. 3. Mason. Mich,





 





all sold out. except the largest

L- S. P0 C' gilt. raised last year. bred for June

furrow. H. 0. SWARTZ. Shoolcraft. Mich.





 





Big type P. 0. Big boned fellows fron Iowas greatest

herds.speciaIl prices on msw-isnglyoars and choice bred

gi Its. Burr Oak. Mich.





 





S ring pigs for sole.

F rom arge litters. Prices

Byron, Mich.





Type Poland Chinas.

Bldealthy Lmd growth;

right. .W. Baines and 8011.





LARGE Type P. 0. Just’ a choice summer gilts bred

for July andH Au ust furrow. Come and see them





J.HAGELSH . - Augusta. Mich.





' S

Blg Tm P_ C. sgggfiggfarslgon sale.aleoHamp.





A. A. WOOD & ION, - -I Saline. Mich.





 





 





Large Type P. C.





Bred gilts and boarsall sold nothing to offer at present.

.LIVINGBTON. Penna. Mich.





 





arse type P. 0. fall gilts up to 366 lbs. ready to shi

broil fcor LAniE. and Sept furrow. Fall sale Nov.

Wm. B. 7. Mason. Mich





FOR 25 YEARS





This establishment has been head quarters for Big Type

Poland Cblnas We have a nice lot. or boars and sows

of strictly big type breeding at very low price. let

me know what you want. Bell phone.



JNO. C. BUTLER, - ~ Portland. Mich.





OLD FASHIONED alliedmgfé’fii‘gé

Gllts and Fall Gllte bred or unbred. reasonable.

J. M. WILLIAMS. - - No. Adams. Mich





 





 





eedb Big type Poland- China pigs.





Pedlgl' boob sexes. Aug. iarrow tree’





Certificates of Re eilstery. reasonable prices

LONE CEDAR F 2. Pontiac, Mich.





fitypeP.O.Boaroneyea1-Iing. L8? sand fineevery

fall yearling 10 Apr. boars. rite for prices.

Satislaction guaranteed. KW. Mills. Saline. Mich.



0. Bears aliases the kind that make





Cling!) Ode‘ meet me at the fairs

E St. Louis. Mich.





Yorkshire Gilts





(Pigs that are Pl e)

For full or Winter Breeding. A dress

OAKOBOFT. 1?» 7. Pontiac. Mich.





 





R' ' ' Hampshire eprl boars now d

eglstered... m B... m 5'

JonN w.SNY1)Eii. budge 15"" in Dec





 





 





 





 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





~ m m 3:111: bone sired by Orion. Cherry

0 l.A Writ f and

’ IwnIzC “T e Iorpficgm tdos





M on.

DU Roc- s as 3.231.? 915.1332;





mwl. For 11%?" t°.Allendele chh.





m qtms





111-. . warns-4.1111111





«sham m 11:12:33 $111.11





erlptlon.-





   





 





 





BI 10 t.all growth boars. The kl dth Johns. Mich.

512‘ cannifuowth to you’r herd 1.3.1.311 “wall-3:?

i in count Wei mills. notfa

N N BA All ss. Johns. M1011. SHEEP

UBOOJ s bears! his. Good b

P ’ bone.§1§lloes anddgcrlptionson reedésng

.1). ORA - Plalnwell. ieh.





Ham psh ' 1"

Shropshire ”fad. Odordap either sex. send for cir.

find KON FARMS. Kinderhook, Mich.





Hampshires ”n mz‘i‘ifi‘onfm ‘°'?2‘.3.}°’°“’““

F.A. SNMONS. - - - Rockford. Mich.





“STRAIGHT BROOK STOCK FARM”





ngheveMmmnae 11111120111111 1 1

to! J.B..Weloh RH] IIonlaomhbislcl’ir





M M I'Imdh‘ Em and registered. BAMSII I





Mil-Inch Racine.” E11111.
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, :m" .Jfiikii‘





‘ secom: EDITION.





 





_The markets in this" edition were re-

vnsed and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, October 10.





WHEAT.





The demand for wheat is well sus-

tained. The grain is now being freely

taken by millers and exporters, Flour

is also in good demand. The visible

supply shows an increase of 7,285,000

bushels for the United States. A year

ago No. 2 red wheat sold on the local

market at $2.17 per bushel. Present

prices here are unchanged from last

week as follows:





 





No. 2 red wheat ....... $2.22

No. 2 mixed ............ 2.20

,No. 2 white ........... . . 2.20





CORN. '





Further declines in corn have follow-

ed the appeal of the Central Powers

for peace. The bearish attitude has

also been supported by good weather

and heavy receipts from farmers. The

movement to primary markets shows

some increase. Consumption, however

is healthy, there being a decrease in

the visible supply of 8,000 bushels.

One year ago No. 2 corn sold in De-

troit at $1.99 per bushel. The present

prices here are:





No. 3 corn ............. $1.25

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.35

No. 4 yellow ......... 1.25

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.15

No. 3 white ....... 1.35





Chicago prices Show a wider decline

than in Detroit, with No. 2 yellow now

quoted at $1.50; No. 3 yellow at $1.35

@138; November corn $1.147A3.





OATS.





Oat prices have been pulled down'by

the decline in corn. The average yield

of this grain in Michigan as shown by

returns of threshermen is 40.38 bushels

per acre. This grain is in good de-

mand from cereal interests, millers

and for eastern shipment. A year ago

the local price for standard oats was

620. Present prices here are:





Standard .................. 71%



N0. 3 white ............... 71



No. 4 white ............... .70

RYE.





Rye has come in for a little more

attention the past week, with the local

price advance 10, or $1.62 per bushel

for Cash No. 2 at Detroit. The visible

supply has increased 894,000 bushels

during the week.





BARLEY.





Very little of this grain is reaching

the market, especially that grown in

Michigan, as practically all of it is

wanted for consumption in the dis-

tricts Where grown. Yields have ben—

erally been good in northern states.

At Detroit the latest sales were by

sample at $1.98@2.10 per cwt.





BEANS.





The yield of beans in this state is

not going to be as large as was earlier

estimated. According to the thresher-

men’s returns to the Secretary of State

the average of the acreage so far

threshed is 9.38 bushels. As a result,

Detroit prices have advanced to a

basis of $9.25 per cwt. According to

reports from various sections of the

state, farmers are receiving all the way

from $7@8.50 per cwt. Reports from

the east show that the trade is im-

proving a little, although quotations

remain unchanged. At New York the

best pea beans bring $11@11.25, and

common to fair $10@10.75 per cwt.

The Chicago market is rather quiet,

with the trade confined to navy beans,

which are quoted at $10.50@11 for the

choice hand-picked Michigan stock.





SEEDS.





There is an active demand for’seeds,

and prices are holding steady as fol-

lows: Prime red clover $22.50; alsike

$18.25; timothy i's-leed $5.





The shortage of the hay crop is

naking it difficult for buyers to have

things their way in the market here





or elsewhere. Prices remain firm and





those wanting the feed are taking it





despite the high quotations. The local





prices are:

No. 1 timothy. . .$29.50@30.00'

Standard timothy '28.50@29.00

No. 1 mixed 24.50@25.00

No. 1 clover. ., . .. 23.50'@24.00





 





 





 





 





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.middlingsl$37 @3750; coarse corn meal

$60; cracked corn $61; chop feed $45@

48 per ton in 100-lb. sacks. '





' , POTATOES.





The peak movement of potatoes has

passed and daily shipments now run

between 800 and 900 cars. However,





the movement in Michigan is gradual- .





ly increasing, although the total num-

ber of cars started in seven other

states exceeded those rolling in this

state on Tuesday. In the majority of

the northern markets liberal Supplies

are reported. While prices are tend-

ing to lower levels, the change the past

week has been small.‘ U. S. Grade No.

1, round whites are selling in Detroit

in bulk at, $2. At Cleveland the same

grade brings $2.50; atBuffalo $2.35@

2.50; at Pittsburgh $2.35@2.40 (sack-





 





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ed); at Cincinnati $2.50; at Indianap-

olis $1.85. The federal crop report for

October shows a gain from 384,529,000

bushels to 391,279,000 bushels since

September 1. Michigan’s crop has in-

creased .from 28,856,000 bushels to 30,-

287,000 bushels according to the same





authority. . _

APPLES.



The present movement of apples is

liberal with prices showing a tendency

downward. In the producing, sections

growers are getting from, $3.25@

5.50 per bbl, according to varieties and

grades. At BentonHarbor, Mich., the

leading winter varieties are bringing

up to $5.50 per bbl. Much of the

marketing this year is being (lens in

bushel lots. At Detroit, Wealthy, Alex-

anders and Kings are bringing $1.25





 





 





Live Stock ~Marl<et Service





 





 





Reports for Thursday, October 10th





BUFFALO. '





Our market here today was taking

pigs at $18.50; other grades $10; lambs

$17; calves up to $19.25. No cattle

were offered on today’s market.





CHICAGO.





Cattle.



Receipts 23,000. Market opening is

very slow; lower on all except the best

corn-fed steers. -



Good to prime choice steers $15@

19.60; common and medium butchers

$9.75@15; heifers $7.35@13.75; cows

$7.60@13.25; bologna bulls $7.25@

13.50; canners and cutters $6.60@7.50;

stockers and feeders, good $10.50@_

13.75; do, medium $7.50@10.50..



Hogs.





Receipts 27,000. Market is 15@25c

lower. .

Tops $18.60; heavy $18.25@18.50;

mixed and light $18.10@18.60; packers’

hogs $17.25@17.50; medium and heavy

$17.35@18; light bacon hogs $17.7-5@

18.25; pigs, good to choice $16.25@

17.25; roughs $16.75@17.20.

Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 32,000. Market slow and

steady. '



Choice to prime lambs $16@16.50;

medium and good lambs $13.75@16;

culls $8@12.50; medium,, good and

choice feeders $13@14.50; choice ‘year—

lings $12.25@12.75; medium and good

yearlings $11.25@12.25; wethers, me-

dium and good $10.25@11.50.





DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 3,099. Market closed steady.





- All grades 50c higher than last week’s





close.



Best heavy steers ...... $12.00@14.25

Best handy wt bu strs... 10.00@11.00

Mixed steers and heifers 9.50@10.00





Handy light butchers ..... 8.50@ 9.00

Light butchers .......... 7.50@ 8.00

Best cows .............. 900@ 9.50

Butcher cows ...... . . . . . 7 50@ 8 25

Cutters ...... 650@ 700

Canners ........... 600@ 650





Best heavy bulls 900@ 9 50

Bologna bulls 800@ 850

Stock bulls ..... . . . . . . . ., 7.50@



Feeders .......... . . . . . . . 9.00@10.00

Stackers . . : .......... . . . 8.00@ 8.50“

Milkers and springers. . . . $60@ 125





‘Veal Calves. ,



Receipts 1,043. Market steady.

Best .................... $18.00@18.50

Others ....... 7.00@14.00



Sheep and Lambs. -



Receipts 4,797. Market 25c higher



than Wednesday for' lambs; sheep are





steady.

Best lambs .............. $15.75@16.00

Fair lambs ............. 14.50@15.25





Light to common lambs. . 10.00@13.75

Fair to good sheep . .- . . . . 9.50@10.00

Culls and common ...... . 5.00@ 7.00





Hogs.

Receipts 8,003. Market 15@25c low-

er than yesterday. Hogs $17.50@





.1765; mixed hogs $17.75@17.85.





Reports for Wednesday, October 9th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.





Receipts five cars; market is 25c

higher; prime heavy steers $15@16;

best shipping steers $13@14; medium

shipping steers $11@12; best native

yearlings $9.50@10; light native year-

lings, good quality $13 @14; best handy

steers $11.50@12.50; fair to good kinds

$10.50@11; handy steers and 'heifers,

mixed $9.50@10.50; western heifers at

$9.50@10.75; state heifers $7.50@8.50;

best fat cows $10@11; butcher cows

$7.50@9; cutters $6@6.50; canners at

$4.50@5.75; fancy bulls $9@10.50;

butcher bulls $8@9; common bulls $6

@7; best feeders $9@11; medium do.

$8.50@10; stockers $7.50@8.50;‘ light

common $6.50@7; best .milkers and

springers $100@150; mediums $7,5@90;

common $50@70.



Hogs.



Receipts 10 cars; strong; heavy and



yorkers $18.75@18.85; pigs $18.25. '

Sheep and Lambs, . ’ .,



Receitps two cars. Market is steady;

lambs at $16.50@16.75; yearlings $11

@1250; wethers $10.50@11; ewes $9'@





10 ;calves at $7@19. f .





. CHICAGO.

. . . Cattle. ~ .

Receipts todeayn , _

000 head, vinclu, ing the usual fair per;

centage of westerns. and easy nae.

tives, withnoprime corn-re steers of-

fered. .- Prices 101‘- 1the ' better class of





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- beef cattle j are-‘fimfixbut othémw 'l

‘1"‘6"“ th ‘ attast‘tv‘k "we”!

on wet an. $9 5.6, , ..,-





stee- are weak and .391Y~=





reand‘cutters. _





iblltto a





are estimated, at 14,1...





 

 





:42; .. ,hea'd today. themarket





off 15@25c for the week. The stocker

and feeder trade is smaller than last

week, and the poorer lots are irregu-

larly lower, most stockers and feeders

selling at $9@12, with thin undesira-

ble stockers going to killers at large

declines. About 65,500 cattle have ar-

rived on the market during three days,

comparing with 53,147 for the same

time last week, and supplies are again

excessive. Common to prime native

steers are quotable at $10@19.60, with

butcher cows and heifers at $7.30@15,

canners and cutters at .$6.25@7.25,

range steers at $10.50@17.50' and stock-

ers and feeders at $7.25@12.90. The

best veal calves bring $18.





Hogs.

Receipts for half of the week amount

to 74,000 hogs, comparing with 66,270





for the same time'last week. With»





estimated receipts of only 15,000 hogs

today, themarket is steady to about a

dime lower, sales ranging at $17.15@

18.80, whilemost of the pigs are sell-

ing at $15@17.25. Prime heavy bar-

rows topthe market, with the“ best

light hogs '. selling at a discount-of 10

cents or more. ‘ , , '

. Sheep 'andLambs.



Rebeipts for the first half of the

weekamount to 140;100 head, comparo

Ins. with 126.949 .for ‘ the same- time

last week. .21With estimated arrivals of,





 

 





aenye xat lanterglily unethiangted: ixgriaces.

‘ ge e g},‘_a e . 0

'i .25,- nggire hmbsat $10.5. ‘1' ' @'





@ * Meade

t; gt 3‘75 Wethe!





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@2 per bushel, orchard run with (311118

removed.,, -' - ’

BUTTER: -





A steadier feeling prevails in the

butter trade, although the market is on

a lower basis than a week ago. At De-

troit fresh creamery extras are now

bringing 5515c; .do firsts .55c. AtChi-

cago the ran e is from 51@56c, and at

New York 5 %@59%c. The Philadel-

phia market ‘quotes extra creameries

at 59c and fancy prints at 64@66c.





CHEESE.





The trend of prices in‘ the cheese

market is upward withproductiOn be-





low nOrmal and the buying element“





showing no signs of slowing up on the

demand. Daisies now bring 34c at

Detroit, 36%@37c at Chicago. Jobbers

pay 33@33l/zc for fresh specials, 3235c

for average run in New York City. The

Philadelphia market is firm at 31@33c.





EGGS.





Although consumption is being re-

stricted somewhat by high prices, the

receipts are not adequate to prevent

further advances. Current offerings

from Michigan sell to jobbers in De-

troit at 47c, with firsts in new cases

at 481/20; storage packed firsts at 42

@431/20. At Chicago the trade is pay-

ing 47@48c for firsts, 45@46%C for

ordinary firsts. The New York trade

rules steady, with nearby western

goods quoted at 50@75c. - Philadelphia

market is firm at $15.90@16.20 per

case for western extra firsts and $15.30

@1560 for do. firsts.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Farmers continue to do a big busi-

ness on the municipal markets. Pota-

toes bring $1.50@1.65; onions $1.15@

1.50; tomatoes $5OC@$1.50; cabbage

600; parsnips 900@$1; pears $1.75@2;

apples $1.25@2; eggs 68c.





DRAFT ADVISERS NAMED FOR.

MICHIGAN.





 





They Are to Work with the'District

. Boards and Present Needs for

Skilled Farm Workers.



The Department of Agriculture to-

day announced the appointment of the

folloWing men to act with the district

draft boards of Michigan as advisers

regarding agricultural needs:



L. Brody, Port Huron, Mich.—

Agricultural adviser to district board

(eastern) Division No. 2, with head-

quarters at 2130 Penobscot Building,

Detroit, Mich. '



A. B. Cook, Owosso, Mich—Agricul-

tural adviser to district board (east-

ern), Division No. 3, with headquarters

in the Federal Building, Lansing, Mich.



T. F. Marston, Bay City, Mich—Ag-

ricultural adviser to district board

(eastern), Division No. 4, with head-

quarters in Eastern City Hall, Bay

City, Mich.



James J. Jakway, Benton Harbor,

Mich—Agricultural adviser to district

board (western), Division No. 1, with

headquarters at 406 Peck Building,

Kalamazoo, Mich. '



R. D. Graham, Grand Rapids, Mich.

—Agr1cultural adviser to district board

(we'sttern)i, Hivisgm No. 2,-with head-

quar ers n 6 it Hall, Grand

ids, Mich. ' y Rap-



F. H. Vandeboem, Marquette, Mich.

—Agr1cultural adviser to district board

(westtem)’tDiizhisi(1IIli No. 3, with head-

quar ers a' e chi an Colle e of

Mines, Houghton,’Michg. g





The agricultural advisers are not to ,





be members of the district boards, but

are to furnish to the boards facts rela-

tive to farm-labor requirements, not

only of their arm districts but of the

entire country. such information will





be supplied to the advisers by the De- .





partment of Agriculture. The advisers

also may concern themselves. with in-

dividual cases before the district board.

County agents of. the Department of

Agriculture have been Supplied with

questionair‘res to be' sent out for the

purpose of securing. facts about the

farm-labor needs in-the counties.»





 





emcee FIXED by 'THE person-r

- .MILK GOMMISSION. : '





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price 101-, milk‘in‘ them

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crop so as Ito realize top market prices

‘ before shipments from a diptance can

come in and lower the prices. In such.





a locality one can frequently sell his

crop at from seventy to eighty cents

per bushel when growers in other 10-

calities are selling their crop for fifty

cents per- bushel.



During the Zpast few years many

growers in localities where the crop

makes a good yield, but. is not quite

good enough for market are finding it

profitable to grow seed potatoes for

growers in other localities. Arrange-

ments are made with a number of re-





liable growers in a locality to grow so .





many bushels or some at a fixed price

or a price a few cents above the gen

eral market. These potatoes must be

grown from selected seed and the

crop given good care from start to

finish. Growers in several southern

localities and also in some of the irri-

gated sections have their seed grown

in this manner. It is an arrangement

that works to the advantage of both

grower and buyer and eliminates the

selling problem for farmers who live

outside of the more favored potato-

growing regions.





 





STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP AND

MANAGEMENT OF THE MICHI-

GAN FARMER, PUBLISHED

WEEKLY AT DETROIT MICHI-

GAN, REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF

AUGUST 24, 1912.



Editor, I. R. ‘Waterbury, Detroit,



Mich.



Managing Editor, M. J. Lawrence,



Washington, D. C

Business Manager, I. R. Waterbury,



Detroit, Mich.



' Publisher, The Lawrence Publishing



Co, Detroit, Michigan.



Owners holding one per cent or

more of total amount of stock:



M. J. Lawrence, Washington, D. C.



Carrie J. Lawrence, Washington,



C





‘P. T. Lawrence, New’York City.

Estate of M. L. Lawrence, Cleve-

land, Ohio.

Citizens’ Savings & Trust Co., Trus-

tee, Cleveland, Ohio.

Nellie B. Lawrence, Guardian, Cleve-

land, Ohio.

Mrs. G. B. Rogers, Cleveland, Ohio.

Lillian Cotton, Cleveland, Ohio.

E. D. Pope, Cleveland, Ohio.

R. M. McConville, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kate E. Munsell, Detroit, Mich.

F. H. Nance, Lakewood, Ohio.

Neff Laing, Philadelphia, Pa.

J. F. Cunningham, Lakewood, Ohio.

I. R. Waterbury, Detroit, Mich.

Known Bondholders, Mortgagees and.

Other Security Holders—None.

(Signed)

LR. WATERBURY,

Business Manager.





Sworn to and subscribed before me

this Thirtieth Day of September, 1918.

CLARENCE E. HAMLIN.



Notary Public.





TRACTOR





Specifications for ~173 tractors, operated ma

chines,plowiniormation, etc., in ISO-page Tractor





FIELD BOOK





Sent postpaid 101' 25 cents. stamps or coin. Get

posted on ALL makes beiore you buy.



FARM IMPLEMENT NEWS

295 Masonic Temple, CHICAGO





Mr. POULTRY FARMER:





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

have created a profitable market for your eggs the

year around. We no the heat premium for your

Hennery Whites— e remit same bydaéy shipments

arrive Ship OftennShIpb xpreu ‘

GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO.

494-18th Street. Detroit. Mich.

Remember! We guarantee you satisfaction with every shipment.





CULLOTTA & JUELL

Eastern Market, Detroit, Mich.





We handle only on commission. No merchandise

competition with your goods. Highest prices pos-

sible obtained on arrival. and you don’ t have to

wait for your money.-





Reference Peninsular State Bank.





' 3111, To 'rlw‘o'la Reliable fleece

HA ' Daniel McCall: I Sons.

~ 623.525 w. but 31.1... he.» :1: Po.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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g ’ttgactmduceflri in yr§l6werril§ory bring



lve ricee re-

Bgfer to Dun or Br dst t.





 





GROWING AND MARKETiNG P‘orA.





You should





 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





UNICORN DAIRY RATION





Because—it will make more milk and cut down your

milk costs.





Because—you can save from 10 to 20% of

your feed costs through the use of fewer pounds of

grain per cow and the increase in milk or fat per cow.





 

 

 

 

 

 





Because—there is 1 0 ‘70 more available food

material in Unicorn than in any ration on the market.





Because—it saves labor and the mistakes of





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





' - mixing and feeding. It is always uniform and reliable.





Because—Unicorn Dairy Ration is suitable

for feeding alone, or can be fed with home- -grown

corn, oats or barley. Unicorn contains ample pro-

tein and may therefore be used either as a protein





feed or as a complete ration.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Ask your dealer or write





CHAPIN & CO.,

Dept. M, Chicago





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





the demand for our Compan





should be the watchword.





Michigan and to society.





Colon C. Lillie, Pres.

319 Widdicomb 3136., Grand Rapids, Mich.





 





AUCTION SALE

of Reg. Shropshire, Wed. Oct. 16





7 miles southwest of Lapeer. On account of my

husbands death am obliged to sell my entire flock of

120 Sheep. 66 head of ewes mostly young. 10

head yearling rams. 2! head ofewe lambs ”be ad

of Ram lambs sired by my importedz r. old Berry

I wh hich also is included in sale.



in meet all A. M. Trains at Input





Mrs. CARRIE GIBSON , Lapeer. Mich.





- Shro hire :11 h d 1

Registered wept... Si‘brfigd?“ Tit 1%“.

Price- tom ehcafewn bred ewes at

H. I. 0/0833, R. 8. Ithaca. Mich.



rams Inow. Also 12





Shromhin Am on’ering 8 yearii





pulling, ones for Decem inside "vein”





I!!! rum 1. Mom lop.

3 Ron 2 yr. old ram. All wool-mutton type.





 





 





An Organization for Michigan Farmers





More than 81, 000, 000.00 of business written the first year.





This proves





Y-

More than $120, 000. 00 of first real estate mortgages on deposit with the

state treasurer which proves our responsibility.





Your liability can be protected by our. reliability

This' is no time to' take long chances.





In these critical times “safety first”





Cooperate with us and insure your livestock against death from accident

and disease and thus save more than $3, 000, 000. 00 annually to the farmers of





Consult our local agent in your vicinity.

MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY





Harmon J. Wells, Sea-Trees.

Graebner Bldg., Saginaw, W. S., Mich.





16 yearling 11.111330 ram lambs25

ShrOPShire‘e wee 30 ewe lambs. Priced right

B. D. KELLY Jr SON, - - Ypsilanti, Mich_





FOR SALE Shorpshdirleo l£111nhunlmnbs 10 bead

ARMSTRONG BROS, it. 3 wEowlerville. mall.





,,





For Sale Oxfords





1-2 year old ram beauty. 3 good yearling rams at farm-

ers prices, also i‘ew goodm ewes.W Can breed to our Cana-





G‘Ebrr. 3339(1)“, - W: Palms. Mich.

OXFORD RAMS





earli and e Inme Ax1111

EABECfi McOABTY y n." 111%





 





 





 





hReg. Oxford ram lambs, come by auto end take the

oiceoetSSOuul S3oilnoetoeh28 3W StJolIns.

. - . Bt- Johns, Mich.





H. 19'9“ Drier! loath; [sum For Salem





 





OXFORDS LAMBS





and yearling rams. O. M. York, Millingtom Mich.





 





Black Top Delaines. Sixty Rec.

Improved Items to choose from.

NEWTONa BLANK, Hill Crest Farm, Perrinton.

Mich. Farm situated four miles south of Middleton.





LINCOLNS





Good Lincoln rams and ram lambs also stew owes

b1ed if desired for sale. E. Knight, Gagetown. Mich.





 





 





11 few good earlin and ram lamb

H a v e Also a limited yamountgof young ewes. s

HARRY POTTER; SON, Davison, bilch.





 





' and Delaines having size, covering, oily

Merino fleeces, quality, rams worth the price,





write wants. 8. H. Sander, R. 2, Astabula, O.





For sale 48 breeding ewes one to four years old Hum.

shires and Dorsets all fine grade One- 9 years old

Wistersd. Box 15. Irons. Mich.



Lincolne,Le:~.ters, ’l‘ unis,Hun shire.

COtSWOId! andShrn shins, allrooord ere

With each. LeROY UNEY.





Adrien. ch.

HORSES





Horses Will Be





Horses Soon





We have on hand at all times a choice selection

of young Percheron Stallions. Also have a few

good work horses that we are offering to ex-

change for young stallions.





PALMER BROS,

R. R. Orleans, Belding, Mich.





memrelusmfi





 





 





 





 





e. r. ANDREWS Dumlllp Mich, Percheron Ifimmsmsmawm”

fine-bin Minew- W 1 Im 1.1L ' G t 80 ' Mich.

ren- . xronnnon Emanuel-o a ew ewe real Stallion three rancid.

tivee of lanes: eve encati action in st ”Hill “15013196 H f f 0' '

since . Prioedto :‘ll 0 Lemon, 99:33,? £381? ASE swoon will“ ° 1%. .°'diErl%it§n $13" n.J.ALllii1fG¥r “ “3° rim 3.10% 3.33:. a)?!“





 





Flu-111‘l More Shropshire: of quality. 10

Evert, Mich.





 





11 It more 3

"£5 a mafia. Nchork..N.





' DA‘N soonnilum





FOR SALE.and Oxford maheebg. Ieaflins





 





K. W. MANN. . m’Denevfllo. Itch.





 





write





AUCIIOIID Sale of Reg. Perch, Reffiherthoms d

uroc 29th. ‘

ule 1m. ammon- a son. o"£5.“ wu diamanigf
UBERTVIL





BEFIiIKZIIVIL





“Anybody want to sell his Lambertvilles?”





“There’s not another pair, in the store.





John says he .sold





out and he’s got word from the faCtory that there’s not

enough Lambertville goods to go around because most of them





It will be diffiCult' to buy Lani-

The Government





drawn incident.

;; bertville Footwear this season.

'. 3? is getting nearly all we can make.





in stock is fortunate.





If, through these unusual cir-

cumstances, you are forced to

buy some brand

of footwear that





 





If your dealer





have been wearing,

perhaps he has one

of, the other num-





 





bertville in e

goodpureheee. _





 





are going to fill Government orders.

: we must make sacrifices; but I’ve got a lot of wet work to do

and I can’t get along without Lambertville boots.

' on Joe—or you Bill—What’ll you take for your Lambertvilles?”





The above is by no means an unusual or over- . . .v





The man who.

finds a dealer with an odd pair or so of his size .





hasn’t the style you -





beta. Any Lem- ‘ i '





LAMBERTViLLE RUBBER co





I know war’s war and





Come





you do net know and that is perhaps of lower





quality than Lambertville, take them only as a

temporary substitute. Your dealer will have the

old familiar and reliable Lambertville goods just as

soon as conditions are normal.





If you are disappointed, don’t blame the dealer.

It is his loss, and our loss as well, if your needs

cannot be met, and we ask that you take the dis-

appointment patriotically as a temporary substitute.





We make our promise both to you and to' the

trade that a full line of Lambertville Footwear will

be available as soon as the Government demands

are lessened. In the meantime, make your old

boots and shoes last as long as you can, and if. you

are lucky enough to find a dealer With Lambert-





villes, buy them on Sight. ,





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