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SIPLIFI D FARMING





HAT I want is some clean cut,

W young fellow who knows enough

about farming to raise large

Crops of corn, small grains, clover and

grass andto feed them to stock on my





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farm so that the business will be some-

where near self-supporting. If you can

put me in touch with a capable man

who will cut out new-tangled frills and





farm so that things will be in propor—

tion I will give him the chance of a

life-time. I believe that it is time we

devoted more study to developing a

system of plain simplified farming

adapted to present conditions and

tendencies.”



This business man, who owns one of

the most valuable farms in Michigan,

sounded the keynote of the whole

problem when he made the above

statement. There seems to be a ten-

dency among farm experts to compli-

cate a simple problem and lead farm

owners to believe that there is some

mysterious, hocus~pocus force that

must be encompassed before they can

derive any profit from their farming.

In nearly every localityfarmers are

finding that greater profits follow a

safe "and sane system of crop growing

and live stock feeding than can pos-

sibly result from a complicated system

of farming where the overhead charges

eat up the profits.



How to organize a farm for profit

and keep in smooth operation the vari-

ous branches of a. diversified agricul-

ture, using labor, soil and power to





creasing the value and fertility of the

premises is a problem as intricate as

it is immense. There must be organ-

izing efficiency in order to accumulate

a'surplus of tangible assets through a

term of years, and it is certainly true

that the man who, by study and

thought and business ability, has been

able to develop and improve a large as well as college training to make a

farm is better able to secure from the farm show satisfactory profits through

land the maximum yield than an un- a series of years. Many a trained ex-

trained man of less actual experience. pert has been humiliated by a sense of

A man needs to have business ability incapacity, felt while trying to manage





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Buckwheat—the Crop of Last Resort—Generally Yields a Profit.





his own farm and, as he gradually dis-

covered the magnitude of his job and

the smallness of himself in relation to

it,_sold out rather than frankly admit

that he could not make it pay. Busi-





ness ability is as much a part of the

farmer’s equipment as are the farm

and the products that he produces. Unv

fortunatelybusiness ability is not al—

ways, perhaps not ordinarily, linked

with distinguished ability as a farmer.

Some of the greatest money-makers

connected with agriculture have not

gained distinction as farmers. Some

of the best farmers in the country have

never made a success in a financial

way. Men are comparatively scarce

who have achieved the difficult two-

fold success as business farmers.





It is diificult to measure the profits

in farming. There are so many fac-

tors, like the fertility of the soil and

the value of the various improve—

ments in stock and equipment that can

not be appraised. Many a farm ap—

pears to be paying when, in reality,

some one branch of its annual opera-

tion may be a source of expense that

greatly reduces the profits. Some sea.

sons a farm may pay good profits,

while actually it fails to show a sur-

plus through a series of years. The

real test of wisdom of farm organiza-

tion and its profits is found in the gain

in value of the property at the end of

a decade or more, when much of the

income has been invested in the bus-

iness.





The cost of keeping farm records is

small in comparison with the book-

keeping expense of the factory; how-

ever, it is profitable to keep a very ac-

curate record of the cost of produc-

tion. It is a vital thing for us to know

how much of the products we are pro-

ducing at a profit and which branches

are paying the best returns. If there

is any one question in all the realm of

finance upon which a man may be, and

is most likely to be honestly mistaken,

it is that of profit on the farm. If we

find that the cost of producing a pro-

duct is nearly as great as the selling

price, then we should determine where-

in we, as individuals, can lower the

cost of production by a more efficient

organization of our business. If we



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CURRENT COMMENT





 





“ DURING the past





The War week marked pro-

gress has been made

for a toward the forcing of





Just Peace a just peace by the

Allied armies on the

western front. With the German arm-

ies being continually forced back in

Belgium and northern France toward

the German border with heavy losses

in men and material, internal condi-

tions in Germany are becoming more

critical each day, if current news re-

ports are to be credited with accuracy.



The German reply to President Wil-

son’s last note, which plainly stated

that the government of the United

States could accept no terms from the

autocratic government of Germany

other than surrender, came. as a sur-

prise in most quarters, it having been

deemed unlikely that Germany was

yet in a” condition to submit to the only

terms on which they could expect

peace negotiations to be continued on

the basis of previous diplomatic ex-

changes. The German note contained

no statement of importance other than

that the German government was

awaiting the terms upon which an arm-

istice would be granted by the Allied

military council.



Whatever terms for an armistice

may be laid down by the military coun-

cil now in session at Versailles, it is

certain that they will provide for the

virtual surrender of Germany. Short

of a complete revolution in Germany,

which would deprive the military au-

tocrats of their power, there can be no

other road to a just peace, than the

final and crushing defeat of the Ger-

man armies or the unconditional sur~

render of the military forces. This

fact, which is so fully recognized by

the people of America, will not be ova

erlooked by the supreme war council

’of the Allies which is ;:ow formulating

the terms on which an armistice will

be offered. The outcome must depend

wholly upon the attitude of Germany.

Until she is ready finally and definitely

to quit upon such terms as the Allies

are prepared 5 to offer, the ‘ war will,





   

 

 





       





War is concern





the establishment of a. just and lasting

peace. The tide of victory has been

definitely and finally turned by the aid

of our boys, supported asthey have

been by a united American people. The

shortest and most direct road to the

just and lasting peace for which we

are fighting, lies in the continued vic-

torious progress of the Allied armies

toward and - into Germany, either

through the defeat or surrender of the

German forces.» In the meantime, Aus-

tria and Turkey are showing every

evidence of desiring an early and sep-

arate peace on such terms as are of-

fered them. .



While the issue is no longer in doubt

the present is no time for slackening

of effort, either-in material or moral

support, but rather a time for-redoub—

led effort to the end that the day of a

just peace may be hastened by contin-

ued and increasingly decisive victory

over the German armies and the so-

called Kultur which they represent.





HE growth of in«

Interest terest among the

. farmers in coop-

," . erative enterprises is

COOperation. not only most gratify-

ing but promises much

for the future prosperity of Michigan

agriculture. This interest finds expres-

sion wherever a few farmers are gath-

ered, either for neighborhood discus-

sion or for a general meeting.



Interest in cooperative undertakings

was most conspicuous at the recent

meeting of Michigan bean growers at

Saginaw. The farmers who were mem-

bers or patrons of a cooperative ele-

vator company .were unanimous in

their expression of satisfaction, and

were not. worrying about the trade

practices Which added to the profits of

the business, because they would ulti-

mately share in those profits.



But undoubtedly the great example

of interest in cooperative efforts in

this state lies in the successful organ-

ization of the Michigan Potato Ex-

change, with its many local units and

thousands of members who will mar-

ket their potato crop through this me-

dium. The success of this organiza-

tion will undoubtedly pave the Way for

still larger undertakings of a similar

character. .



But it is not alone in the larger ef-

forts along cooperative lines in which

our farmers are expressing interest.

Cooperative live stock shipping organ—

izations are numerous and uniformly

successful. and in many Communities

have formed the neucleus for coopera-

tion along broader lines. Cooperative

threshing is also becoming popular in

many Michigan communities, and it

would be a safe prophecy that the not

distant future will see the successful

operation of cooperative community

power and transportation plants or

units. "



This trend. of the times toward ‘coop-

erative effort is significant of the fu-

ture in more ways than one. Too long

has the spirit of individuality been

characteristic of farm folks. In unity

lies strength, and unity in business

aims will'bring closer unity in ideals

and a larger influence in the shaping

of public policies. Let the good work





go on.



.. I N many Michigan

County counties in which

A cut county agricultural



5? . . bureaus have been or-

ACt’U’tleS ganized and county





agricultural agents

employed, the beneficial results have

been so marked that the~ perptuity of

the work is insured beyond any ques-

tion of doubt. In some countiespub-

licsentiment is neutral on the propo-

sition and in a few counties it is ad-

verse to the continued employment of

‘a- county agent. ‘ ' > ' I ,

The reason far this situation is oh?





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county men in their severe

practically every {case where 1-‘the work

has not measured up to the expecta-

tions of those who were instrumental

in establishing it in any county, it is

due to the fiinadaptability Of the man

employed, rather than to the lack of

opportunity for effective work. '

The remedy is equally obvious. A

system which is so generally popular

cannot be seriously at fault. But the

job is a difficult one, in which experi-

ence is valuable. If the present incum-

bent is beginning to makes good show—

ing on thedob he will be more valuable

next year and should be given’ another

chance. If not, another man may be

found who will measure up to the job:





A T the general elec-

Vote on the tion to be held





Proposed on Tuesday, Novem«

Amend- be! 5, there will be

submitted'to the elec- ‘



ments . tors two proposed





amendments to. the constitution of the

state. ,One of these is an important

proposition which should not be over-

looked by any voter. It provides that

Section 1, of Article III of the consti-

tuition be amended to read as follows:





Section 1. - In all elections every in-

habitant of this state being a citizen

of the United States; every inhabitant

residing in this state on the twenty-

fourth day of June, 1835; every inhabi-

tant residing in this state on the first

(1 y of January, 1850; every male in-

habitant of foreignvbirthwho, having

resided in the state two years and six

months prior to the eighth day of No-

vember, 1894, and having declared his

intention to become a citizen of the

United States two years and Six

months prior to the eighth day of No-

vember, 1894, and having declared his

iniention to become a citizen of the

United States two years and Six

months prior to said last named day;

the wife of any inhabitant of foreign

birth who, having resided in the state

two years and six menths prior to the

eighth day of Noyember 1894, and hav-

ing declared his intention to beconie a

citizen of the United States two years

and six months-prior to said last nam-

ed day, and every civilized inhabitant

of Indian descent, a native of the Unit-

ed States and not a member of any

tribe, shall-be an elector and entitled

to vote; but no one shall be an elector

and entitled to vote at any election,

unless he (or she) shall be above the

age of twenty-one years and has resid-

ed in this state six months, and in the

township or ward in which he or she

offers to vote twenty days next preced-

ing such election: Provided, That no

qualified elector in the actual military

service of the United States orof this

state or in the army or navy thereof,

or any student while in attendance at

any institution of learning, or any reg-

ularlyenrolled member of any citizens’

military or naval training camp, held

under the authority of the government

of the United States or of the State of

Michigan, or any member of the legis-

lature while in attendance at any ses-

sion of the legislature, or commercial

traveler, or any qualified elector em-

ployed upon or in the operation of rail-

road trains in this state or any sailor

engaged and employed on the Great

Lakes or in coast wise trade shall be

deprived of a vote by reason of the

absence from the township, ward or

state in which elector resides, and the

legislature shall provide by law the

manner in which and the ‘time and

place at which such absent electors

may vote and for the canvass and re”.

turn of their votes: Provided, further,

That the legislature shall ha e power

to pass laws covering qualifie electors

who may be necessarily absent from

other causes than above specified; and

Provided further, That there shall be

no denial of the elective franchise at

any election on account of sex.





The effect of this proposed amend-

ment is to grant to women‘the right

to vote at any and all elections in this

state.

not new to the people of Michigan.

The principle has been repeatedly in-

dorsed by the leading farmers’ organi-

zations of this state. It is. a proposi-

tion upon ,‘whlch every voter in the

state should have a definite opinion,

which opinion should ‘be recorded by

a vote on this proposed amendment, to

the end that the‘returns may accurate-

ly represent the will of the ‘majority

on this im‘portantvnnestion.





 

 





 





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election shall be printed: together on

one. ballot instead “of on. separate

ballots as'now reduired.‘ But each and

every proposed amendment to the .fun-

damental-law of the state is of. suffi-

ciem importance to merit the careful

\attention of every voter on electiOn

day. . ' .





A- LARGE and» in-

Fertilizers creasing number

for of Michigan farmers



. . j have become’satisfied,

Spring Use through past experi-



ence, that the intelli-

gent use of chemical fertilizers is prof-

itable to them. For ”the most part,

these farmers have purchased these

goods just as needed, because that has

been a more Convenient method than

to anticipate their needs and get the

fertilizer in earlier.



The dealers usually worked on the

same plan, having the fertilizer ship-

ped when as much as possible could be

delivered from the car. Even the man-

ufacturers counted on making their

goods for the spring trade by rushing

production for about three‘months be-

fore they would be needed for use.



But the war haschanged this pro-

gram as well as many others. Labor

is becoming increasingly scarce and

difficult to obtain, and the usual flush

production will be impossible this win-

ter. In order to get out the usual ton-

nage of fertilizers for, spring use, fac-

tories will have to keep running from

now on with a limited labor supply.

Lack of storage facilities will make it

necessary to ship the goods as they

are made. Dealers are little better

equipped for storage, nd cannot carry

sufficient goods for ext spring’s re-

quirements.



Under these conditions the only way

for the average farmer to be sure of

his fertilizer for next spring’s use is to

order it now, take it when it comes

and store it in his own barn until





needed. The farmer who does not thus





anticipate his needs is in grave dan-

ger of being disappointed next spring.





UNITED MARKETING IS PROVING

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HE activities of the cooperative



. marketing associations and



Michigan ’Potato Growers’ Ex-

change are in full swing. The Ex-

change has sold'well over a hundred

carloads of potatoes to date at an av~

erageprice of about $1.70 per cwt. in

bulk, at shipping points. Considerable

produce besides potatoes has been sold

through the -_Exchange and a large

quantity of sacks havevbeen bought at

a very appreciable saving. The Ex-

change was selling at $1.80 per cwt. in

bulk on October 23 On the same day

dealers in Cadillac were paying $1.35

per cwt. The cost of handling will not

run over twenty centsnper cwt., show-

ing a net saving to the growers of at

least thirty cents per cwt.



I wish to take this opportunity to

call attention to the benefits of the or-

ganization' and urge farmers not al-

ready members to join and help their

own pocket-books and at the same time

help a good cause. The whole state is

watching the outcome of this coopera-

tive effort and numbers and a big vol-

ume of. business will assure its contin-

ued success. If it is a good thing for

your neighbor it is a. good thing for

you. A membership can be secured

from ‘any director or the local mana-

ger of any of the four associations in

Wexford county. The membership in

Wexford county at present is about

four hundred, and the membership in

northern Michigan is, about five thou-

sand, which means a business of at

least- four thousand carioads of, pota-

toes alone. Sellyon'r‘pm'duce through

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F there is any one long harbored

I and hankering desire in the mind





these days, it is to take an automobile

trip to some distant place or through

one or more states. The objective

point may be to visit some relatives

or friends, or to look after some busi-

ness matters. And, instead of travel-





ing on the raierad, the farmer who





owns an automobile ~wishes to drive

his car through and possibly camp out

along the way. .Hundreds of farmers

and their wives have tried this kind

of a stunt and hundreds of thousands

more will do it in the next few years

to come.



, The writer and his wife have driven

many thousands of miles through





many of the eastern and southern.





states and Canada and over one thou-

sand one hundred miles

through the Alleghany,

Catskill, Berkshires, Adi-

rondack and Green moun-

tains, and cooked, ate

and slept in and around

the car nearly every day

and night for two months

lat a. time. During the

past summer we have en-

joyed such trips and

camping out and never

thought of stopping at a

city hotel for lodging or

buying a meal at a res-

taurant.



Our board per week,

per person, for the last

three seasons, has been a

little less than four dol-

him. We know because

we have kept a memor-

andum book and entered

the date, place of pur-

chase and cost of meat,

vegetables, bread, butter,

fruit, matches, gasoline,

oil, ice, etc. Our lodging

has not cost us anything





 





HE profitable dairy cow helps to fed dairy cow may still be kept at a





feed our armed forces and will



help us win the war, but'the low-

producing, unprofitable scrub is little

better than a“slacker,” declares J. C.

McDowell. “The unprofitable Cow may

enjoy perfect health and have a large

appetite; she may belong .to one of the

best cow families; if she is not an

economical producer she should be

converted into meat. But this is not

the time to dispose of herds; rather it

is the time to enlarge and improve





them. The city, the country, and the





army need more dairy products, the

dairy cow also assists greatly in main-





taining permanent soil fertility; and

the: W616“! selected well-bred, well from various parts of the country, cov-





Here is the Author's





Mr. Br0w72 r Home-made Outfit 2’: Complete; 21‘ can

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Outfit Housing a Distinguished Party’on the new “Monolithic” Brick





Road Between Marshall and Albion.





Does Your Dairy Pay a Profit?





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except when we were in the moun-

tains or occasionally failed to find a,

good place around some farmer’s

home. Even our laundry work was

done by one or more of the women in

our party, and there was plenty of it.

Sheets, pillow slips, underwear, hand~

kerchiefs, towels, etc., were kept im-

maculately clean, and not a cent Was

paid out for washing and ironing dur-

ing one long overland trip of nearly

three thousand miles.



These trips were a combination of

business and pleasure two years ago;

the same last year, and mostly busi-

ness this season. While doing this

work we took our family along and

all had an enjoyable time of it and

saved expense as well. We made it a





rule not to travel Sundays on these'





trips. Late each afternoon we would

look out for a good place

to stop over night on

some farmer’s lawn, and

we generally had fine 10-

cations, even in the moun-

tains. We never have, so

far, camped out on the

highway. There is more

protection, convenience,

and better environments

around the farmer’s home

than on a public road.





The editors of the

Michigan Farmer have

asked us to write astory

about how we take such

trips, and to advise oth-

ers who are contemplat-

ing them. Many farmers

are even now planning on

taking these trips this

fall during the Indian

summer weather.



Any farmer and his

boys who have a small

or medium sized touring

car, and are fairly good

mechanics, can fix up an



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profit. Let our slogan, therefore, be:

‘Careful selection, intelligent breed-

ing, and skillful feeding.’ ”





Mr. McDowell has recently complet-

ed a survey of the dairy situation of

the United States, and being 'one of

Uncle Sam’s dairy experts, what he

has to say should be of great interest

to dairy, farmers everywhere. He‘ ad-

vises that, to be profitable, dairy cows

must be comparatively large produc-

ers, though he has discovered [that few

people'realize' the remarkable rate at





which income advances as production





increases. He has made tabulations

of 5, 587 COW-testing associatibn records





 





 





ering a period of four years, which

show that as the average butter-fat

production increased from one hundred

and fifty to two hundred pounds, the

income over cost of feed advanced

from $21 to $34; that is, a gain of fifty

pounds, or thirty-three and one-third

per cent, in production gave an in-

creased income of sixty- -two per cent

over feed cost. The next gain of fifty

pounds raised the income over cost of

feed to $50, the next to $63, the next

to $74, the next to $87, the next to

$100, and the last to $118.





This is graphically illustrated in the

following table, as found in the aver-





age results from the 5,587 yearly rec-





ords of forty cow-testing associations:





100 pounds per year ........... $ 5.00

150 pounds per year ........... 21.00

pounds per year ........... 34.00



250 pounds per year ........... 50.00

300 pounds per year ........... 63.00

350 pounds per year ........... 74.00

400 pounds per year ........... 87.00"

pounds per year ........... 100. 00



0 pounds er year ........... 118.00





Therefore,p as the butter fat produc-

tion increased from 150 to 300 pounds,

the income over cost of feed advanced

from $21 to $63; in other words, as

production doubled, income over cost

of feed advanced three times. When

the butter-fat production increased

from 150 to. 450 pounds—that is, treb-

led—the income over cost of feed ad-

vanced from $21 to $100, or almost five.



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THE most convenient andvdependable iron to iron

with is a self-heated Carbide gas iron. The farm-

er’s wife who lights her house and does her cooking

with Carbide gas can do the family ironing with the

same gas burned inside the iron.



The farmer was the first to profit by the discovery

that by putting a little Union Carbide (like crushed

lime) into a generator about once a month with some

plain water, he could have all the home-made gas he

could use for lighting, cooking, and ironing.



Of course he found out that Carbide gas was far

superior to city gas—more powerful light—richer,

whiter, softer—and he told his neighbors.



He told his neighbors so efl'ectually that Union

Carbide today supplies the light in over 250,000

country homes.



Some of his neighbors were miners. A miner’s Carbide

lam was invented to meet their demands. Today, Union

Car ide supplies the light in over 700,000 of these miners'





lam s.



about the same time metal workers and machinists

discovered they could weld and cut metals quicker and

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NE of the big problems confront-

ing the growers and shippers of

Michigan potatoes is that of se-

curing freight cars at 'the right time

and providing storage facilities. Mr.

C. E. Pierce, of the United States Rail-

road Administration, who xrecently

made a. trip through the leading pota-

to-grbwlng sections of" the state, has

delegated Mr. Dorr D. Buell, president

of the Michigan Potato GroWers’ Ex-

change of Cadillac, to make a. com-

plete survey of the 'Michigan potato

crop to ascertain the approximate

number of cars that will be shipped

out of each station, and about what

time they will be ready to move. When

this «survey is completed the informa-

tion will be used as a basis for fur-

nishing a sufficient number of cars at

the proper time to move the crop to

market without delay and loss.



Wartime conditions are making it

imperative that all shippers of Michi-





' gan potatoes cooperate to avoid any





waste of transportation. Mr. Pierce

has promised that the administration

will furnish a sufficient number of cars

at the right time to meet every re-

quirement of the shippers if they will

plan their business so that the cars

may be loaded promptly to maximum

capacity and all worthless specimens

kept at home. -



Better methods of selling are also

necessary in order that the tubers may

be sold at the shipping point, thus do

ing away with waste of transportation

in hauling tramp cars. Many shippers

of Michigan potatoes have been load-

ing cars too lightly for one thing, and

also shipping to market inferior stock

that should, under better methods 0

grading, have been kept on the far

or made into by-products.



To secure the best possible transpo -

tation and market service and to coop-

erate with the United States Railroad

Administration in moving the Michi-

gan potato crop, as well as to meet the

scarcity of experienced sales managers

in handling the crop, the Michigan Po-

tato Growers’ Exchange has taken ad-

vantage of the ingenious plan of Mr.

Arthur N. Rule, general manager of

the North American Fruit Exchange.

This exchange is a trade organization





perishable crops all through the year,





- taking fruit and crops from every grow—





ing section in the season and distrib-

uting them in all consuming centers.

It is especially well known for it edu-

cational work and its close relation-

ship with many of the big, successful

cooperative farmers’ and shippers or-

ganizations throughout the country.



Mr. Rule has in his employ a “flying

squadron” of experienced market men.

All over the country, among the grow-

ers' marketing organizations with

which the exchange does business, it

furnishes experienced sales managers

and salesmen whose seasons are brief,

but active. These men pack, ship and

sell the berry, tomato, cabbage, grape,

peach, apple or potato crop of the sec-

tion in which they are working per-

haps but a few weeks during harv‘est.

By» keeping these men moving from

one fruit or truokrgrowing section to

another their trade knowledge is turn—

ed to advantage to themselves and the

public. These'market and transporta-

tion experts have probably done more

constructive work to overcome the per-

plexities caused by wartime market

conditions than any other one agency

in the cOuntry, and at the same time

theyhave saved growers and shippers

of perishable products millions of dol-

lars through, the more efficient grading

and selling of their crops. .



In the, grape-growing section of





of hisifly‘lng aces who-disposed (of the

grape crop for a'groWers’ organization.»





 





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UnderPotato  '

Problems





and to sell grapes he must keep in

close touch with the, best ' produce

houses all over the country. ‘,These

trade connections are used hardly two

months in the year, and the salary—

the growers could pay, though suffi-

cient for a“ livelihood in a small town,

and even large when one considers the.

short period in which he is actually

selling the crop, is small compared

with what his knewledge' would be

worth if it could be applied to selling

the year round. ‘ .



This sales manager, Mr. G. E. Prater,

Jr., one of Mr." Rule’s flying aces, ‘is

handling the sales department of the

Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange at

Cadillac. Mr. Prater began the pres-

ent year in Mississippi handling cab-

bages, onions, tomatoes and potatoes;

from there he went to Texas during

the onion and spinach season; to Ten-

nessee to handle the strawberry ship-

ments; to the eastern shore of Virgin-

ia to handle early potatoes; to south‘

ern Michigan to handle grape, peach

and pear shipments. The second week

in October he‘arrived in Cadillac to

handle the sales department of the

Potato EXchange. ' ,_



One of the biggest advantages in

selling produce is to be able to deal

with the same set of brokers. For the

broker who buys from a sales mana~

ger like Mr. Prater soon learns to ac-

cept his statements about standard

packing, and will order carload lots f.”

o. b. purchase by wire, when the state-

ment of an unknown sales manager



ould be subject to doubt, and per-

‘haps accepted only on consignment.





A man with Mr. Prater’s experience

knows his business and when he came

to Cadillac to take charge of his new

work he applied his ability to securing ,

a high grade of potatoes, and he can

therefore sell stuff on the f. o. b. basxs

to the brokers with whom he has been

doing business elsewhere; In this way

he can double his salary andalso his

experience, while increasing his use-

fulness to the growers, trade and pub-

lic at least three times, and probably

four or five. For instead of selling the

potatoes or products from a single

district each year, during the season

of several weeks, he can sell for three‘

to five districts.



There is a certain magic about a

freight car inrthe minds of many grow-

ers and shippers. They seem to think

that anything once loaded in it and set

rolling has attained a market standing.

On this account thousands of cars of

Michigan potatoes have been sent

traveling round, hunting buyers, and

rolling stock has been tied up. By em-

ploying a sales manager of Mr. Prat-

er’s caliber to take charge of the sell-

ing end of its business the Michigan

Potato Growers’ Exchange is making

every effort poSsible to put the selling

end of the Michigan potato industry

on a f. o. b. basis and stop the blind

waste of potatoes, freight cars and

rolling stock. , ,



Under this plan of Mr. Rule’s, good

sales managers are furnished to var-

ious farmers’ associations where the

volume of business would hardly war-

rant the hiring of equally competent

men throughout the year. By becom-

ing affiliated with the North American , '

Fruit Exchange an expert is sent into V

the district where the local exchange

or farmers’ association is operating, to

help handle the crop-in the best man.

not possible. He not only acts as sales

manager, but. trains the local helpersf

actsas the gro‘wers’ . representative.

and is paid either a straight salary or

a lump _ sum for handling the entire

crop. Under this sort .of‘arrangemsnt

there is .a prospect that all. We

problemswill be met, and marinaded

economies in .marketing- ' Michigan’s

~ potato crop will bestectedtoloot or





 





 





 





it ,
ill have been living on the farm



shown in this illustration, for



about seven years. During the

first six out of those seven years we

lived just as most farm people do;

without~ a great many conveniences

that they have in the city. The only

thing we had on the place that light-

ened the burden of farm work was a

wind-mill pump that supplied water

for the stock.



About a year ago we put in a little

isolated electric light and power plant

and it made a greater change than

you can imagine in our old home. To





Had—sBy Mrs F C Small





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house but the barns as well. In ad—

dition, we have a little one-sixth horse-

power motor on a stand that can be





and attached to all kinds of appliances.

‘1 run the washing-machine with it "and

my husband runs 'the grindstone, the

fanning-mill and some more of his

farm machinery.



The other illustration here shows

this little motor in the milk house

where it runs the cream separator and

the churn. It certainly is a great help

in this way, particularly in running the

churn. Of course, with the cream sep





 





 





 





 





Curswas the Ordinarily Well-cared-‘for Farm.





begin with, we installed lights all over

the place; nineteen in the house, five

in the automobile shed, six in the

barn, two in the milk house and one

in theicorn crib.- ~. There is certainly

no Comparison between electric .light-

ing and the old-fashioned kind. ’

Of course, we are very glad to have

electric light and we are reminded ev-

ery day what a great convenience it is,

but I sometimes think that there is

another side to the question of'having

one of these little electric plants that

is even more important than that of

light;" It is a fact that one of these

plants will furnish plenty of current

forrunning' little electric motors. In

fact, they will even run motors as

high as one-half horsepower. This

means that one hundred and one little

things on the farm that used to take

a lotiof hand-work can now be done by

means of electricity and it is even pos-

sible to run some of the farm machin~

cry with it. We used to pump from a

deep well pumpvby means; of a wind-

mill but we 'now have a one-half horse—

power motor that keeps a large tank

full and supplies not only the whole





 

 

 

 

 





anything to city people.





arator it saves a little work, though I

stay right there all the time the sep-

arator is running but with the churn

all you have to do is connect the mot-

or up to the churn and turn it on;

you can then go on with your other

work without worrying as to whether

it is going to take half an hour or two

hours to do the churning. This little

motor attaches to any lamp socket so

that during this cold weather I have

been bringing the churn into the

kitchen and running it there instead

of-out in the milk house.



I have seen electric lights in the

city and during the last'year we have

had experience with it in our own

home in the country and I believe‘

electricity can be of much better ser-

vice to the farmer‘and his family than

it can to city people.

merely the best form of light and a

good convenience, but to those who

live in the country a good light is a

more important thing than it is in the

city, and in addition there are all the

power uses I have spoken of and many

others which, of course, don’t mean





 





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cupboard or an

board in your old home?

Either one will make your





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DEEP obligation rests upon—the





"communities where farmers are

enterprises;

The bankers unduestionably hold a big

Happily, many of them have





their work in the community as reiated

to the farmer is not merely coupon-

clipping (the making of loans at high

rates of interest) necessary as is that

part of their functions. Many times

the country banker is a better farmer

than a lot of men on the land. Very

frequently he has come from the farm,

to achieve yet greater success with the

talents he has manifested and devel-

oped in agriculture. ‘He is in the most

advantageous position to help build up

the community through the strength-

ening of its rural life and work. ‘



The farmers who are induced to be-

gin more business-like methods of sell-

ing their products, as a. rule, under-

stand its benefits. They need stimula-

tion sometimes; more Often perhaps,

they need financial aid, and always

they are helped by community effort.

Perhaps this one factor is the most

potent in starting these men in the‘

way they have long desired to travel.

Knowing that by raising funds ade-

quate to conduct a business of their

own, they will be able to obtain fair

prices for their products, understand-

ing that the bankers are behind the





’ movement because they are convinced





of the profits in it, and encouraged by

the powerful influence and interest of

their fellow farmers in the undertak-

ing, many men, who have hung back

from taking the step they believed

wise, are led easily to enter the ranks

of those who are out to obtain better

prices for their products. They feel

more secure when they enter such a

venture backed by their bank and the

best farmers of their community.

Many country bankers have proved

real patriots by their efforts to encour-





shoulders. of country bankers in;





realize that the‘more‘ prosperity, they





can aid in bringing to their 5 communi- a





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lties through cooperative increments

the. greater will, be ,the vomme of busi-

ness going through their'banks. Some





of these progressive'bankers are con- ‘

stantly pioneering new, fieldsi’or such.





effort. Others are doing everything

within their power to make it unpleas-

ant far cooperative undertakings to

succeed, We have invminda country

banker in one ’of the potato growing

communities or northern Michigan who

recently refused to accept notes signed





by more than .two hundredof the best:-

farmers of his community as collateral .





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finance'a local potato shipping associa-

tion. The reason for this refusal was





not because the notes, of these men >





were not perfectly good security; for

they had little difficulty in making sat-

isfactory banking arrangements in a.

neighboring community. As a plain

matter of fact, two of the directors of

the bank that refused the loan are ac-

tively interested in a potato buying

company whose methods of doing busi-

ness are not above suspicion. It is un-

fortunate that many country bankers

continue to favor private companies,

whose reputation is not always above

reproach, rather than to stand behind

community enterprises that seek to

keep a larger percentage of the selling

price of the products of the community

at home. _ _



In the case of this particular banker

who refused to loan four thousand dol-

lars to two hundred of the‘ best farm-

ers of his community, because they

were going to embark in a business

that ran opposition to two of his direc-





tors, we are greatly mistaken if he.





does not find it more or less difficult to

do business with these red-blooded

boys, who are ambitious to do some-





thing more and better than has been.





done for farmers of their community.





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





   





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





 





   





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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man labor which is based on the de-





for other products. Organized labor

demands that he who can produce only

a, minimum shall receive a sufficient

compensation to'live. Every employer

of labor thinks that he pays some men

more than they are worth, compared

with- others, but he does it because he

needs the labor of this— minimum

worker. . ,



A few years ago, while on a trip in

the Upper Peninsula, I was told that

there were iron mines that were not

being operated because the iron was

of such low grade that at the price of

iron Ore at that time these mines could

not be‘°profitably worked. These mines

are in operation today because the

price is sufficientlyhigh to give a prof-

it over operating costs; however, the

profit is‘not learly as great as it is in

Operating mines of higher grade ore,

yet the world needs the iron and is

willing to pay a price sufficient to al-

low a profit to be made from mining

the low-grade ore. ‘



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near sufiicient food to meet the de-

mand, hence we must have prices high

enough so that practically all available

agricultural land can be tilled. No

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more fortunately located on more pro-

ductiVe land. This is ”a thing that is

beyond human ability to rectify. If the

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fixed for the products of the soil which

willenable the farmer on this sort of

land to make a living. '



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will always be the average cost in

producing a necessary amount of food

just as it is with the production of

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bor. If the world needs maximum pro-

duction from all the land then we

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est land. It‘ the world only needs an

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OST of us know that Michigan

agriculture was confronted with

grave problems before the war.





. In a few. sections these. may be cloud





ed by the favorable season that has

just passed, but the fundamental ills

which are threatening the future of the

farming industry are still with us and

appear exceedingly serious in view of

recent national and international

events.





To prove that a representative. body

of farmers in this state must be form-

ed immediately in order to guide and

inform our leaders who are concerned

with shaping domestic and internation-

al policy of the facts of Michigan ag.

riculture is the purpose of this address.





Our war has taught us the power of

propaganda. You have heard this:

“The farmer is getting rich,” “the farm-

er has no help because he is too stingy

to pay the price,” “the farmer is being

petted and pampered, look at the au-

This vicious propaganda

is passing among the commercial men

of our state, not through purposeful

antagonism but because of the tragic

ignorance of the city man of the farm-

er’s problems. Our protests usually do

not leave our hearts,~ we have heard

the" hiss of the venomous snake who

cries, “Di‘sloyalty.”



It is hardly necessary to go into the

details of our problems. You have ex-

perienced them. Your boys and girls

have left the farm, your labor income

has been less than that of the unskill-

ed laborer, you have been fooled by

the unscrupulous buyers and commis-

sion men; the fertilizer, feed and seed

sharpers have exacted their toll. Our

problems are still with us, as wheat

farmers in Michigan, as farmers who

bought cattle last fall, fed them all

Winter and sold them for less than

they paid for them, as you bean grow-

ers who went through last fall’s and

this fall’s experience, and as the potato

growers in Michigan can well testify.

Beneath all our~problems, peering at

the foundation of agriculture, we can

see why the structure is in danger of

collapse, farming is not a profitable

business. Farming does not pay the

rewards for the same investment, the

same risks, same education as is paid

when applied to other lines of endeav-

or. It is safe to‘ say that the men

farming the farms of Michigan even

before the war were more than sixty

per cent past forty. The younger men

were gone, and they will never return,

nor will soldiers or sailorswhich we

contemplate placing on farms remain

on the farms unless farming is made

to pay. "



Rest rooms, comfort» stations and

hitching posts will never challenge

this fundamental statement: As a bus-

iness, as a profession, as a life’s‘work,

farming does not pay.



Fourteen thousand farmers in the

United States paid an income tax last

year. This includes farmers who .grow

special crops or sell pure bred cattle,





, and seed farmers who cannot be plac-





ed in ‘a group of the general farmers

of Michigan. Very few farmers in

Michigan paid an income tax.» How,





. then, has.he_,all these things, how does





be live and save? He pinches, and

starves, he denies himself and family

common conveniences and pleasures

for a calculated income of less than

$2.00 a day, twelve . to sixteen hours.





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reason than that farmingdoes not pay.

The farmer who works his own place

with a hired man today could allow

his implements and barns to rot away,

leave his land idle, work in the factory

in the city, pay his farm interest and

depreciation and save more money

and be where his children can have a

better education and can have the con-

veniences which his meager income

never allowed him to have on the

farm, I repeat, it is true today.



We do not have better schools, bet-

ter recreation, better churches because

we do not get enough money for our

stuff. Let us not dodge that fact. The

economic basis of the future of agricul-

ture in this state of Michigan is “more

money forvour product.” That was

true before the war, when civilization

was ambling along at slow freight

train speed. As a farmer looks around

him he is impressed with the fact that

the rest of the world is moving along

at express train speed while he is still

on the slow freight. A little more

looking will prove that everyone else

is riding in a Pullman while the farm-

er is pulling the freight.



We have all reached the realization

that the great war means more than

the mere adjustment of territory. A

tremendous rumble is being heard

throughout the world beneath the roar

of cannon, a rumble of a new civiliza-

tion which has in its wake a better

world to live in, a civilization which

can never come unless Germany is

defeated and the philosophy of the

Hun wiped off the earth.



What part, I ask, in this new civili-

zation does the farmer take? Glance

over the past year and note the im-

portance and power of labor industries.

Their power has been tremendous; or-

ganized, they have used it construc-

tively and patriotically for war to the

finish by obliterating this monstrous

enemy to civilization. They have been

assured that the world will be better

to them in the future than it has been

in the past. We see them taking their

places in all the allied countries of the

world in the politics of nations. Indus-

trial labor has come into its own, it

has been recognized not only as an in-

tegral part of war industries, but has

made its influence felt in international

politics in the new civilization. I call

your attention to the fact that today

Gompers, the leader of the American

Federation of Labor is on the conti-

nent discussing with allied representa-

tives the political aspect of the war,

the common basis upon which work-

men will fight this great war. I call

your attention to Arthur Henderson,

of the British Labor Party, who has

represented labor in the cabinet of

England. The upheaval is coming——





reconstruction and labor is to exact *





its rights.



I wish to point out the presence of

the War Labor Board and the War

Labor Policies Board, and the War In-

dustries Board in relation to industrial

labor. The laborer has been urged to

unionize, he has been asked by the ad-

ministration to bargain collectively.

His. time of work has been defined and

it is now being arranged so :that wage

shall be stabilized through the ecopera-

tion of these, boards. It has been ar-

ranged that those: employers engaged

in war industries shall be guaranteed

a substantial profit, above the interest

on the investment, above the cost of-

labor, without consideration to ,, the





price paid. Not only have the owners , 3,

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CORN, SUNFLOWERS AND sev,

BEANS.





Having had some experience last

year on a large dairy farm, feeding

corn, sunflowers, and soy bean ensi-

lage, I decided to try raising them on

my own farm last spring.



The field selected was a clover sod.

This was plowed early and worked

down, in good shape. The corn was

planted about May 20. This was plant-

ed with a hand planter and rewed one

way.



As soon as the corn was up nicely,

'the sunflowers and soy beans were

planted. One pound of the sunflower

seed and four quarts of the soy beans

were planted per acre. These were

mixed before planting and then planted

with a hand corn-planter, between the

hills of corn. They came up quickly,

and we soon had prospects for a fine

field of ensilage. The frost of June

21, however, blasted our hopes, as the

corn was killed to the ground, and

some of the soys damaged. The sun-

flowers alone stood untouched by the

frost. Then we had a week of dry,

hot weather, during which the corn

continued to look dead. The sunflow-

ers, however, made a fine growth.

Then, on June 28, came a. good shower

which started the corn, and soon the

field was a thing of beauty.



About the first of August I became

convinced that it would be impossible

to put up a silo this fall, so was at a

loss for a use for my sunflowers, as I

was afraid the cattle would refuse to

eat them with the cornstalks. How-

ever, as the pastures were very poor,

I decided to attempt feeding them

green. The cattle ate them eagerly,

and seemed to do well on them.



' The corn and soy beans also did

well, some of the corn reaching ma-

turity before frost. The soys made a

great growth, .many of them being

waist high, and loaded with beans. The

medium brown variety was used. Some

of these Were nearly ripe before the

frost of September 25 made it neces—

sary to harvest them. The corn and

soys were'killed by the frost but the

sunflowers still stand green and un-

touched. (October 1), although'it has

frozen every night since September 25.



I cut the corn and the smaller sun-

flowers, shocking it up like corn alone,

and pulled the soys, leaving them in

small piles to cure out. This should

make very valuable hay for the cattle.





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a profit, and labor a high wage and ad-

justment of conditions during the war,

but they have been given by their rec-

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, assurance as to their representation in





the future and a promise of solution of

their serious problems to come. These

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of the biggest risks—the farming busi-

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of Michigan by appealing to his loyalty

to raise wheat at less than production

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farm produce at the mercy of all the

tragic conditions which confronted us

before the war except with the added

most significant problem—farm labor

shortage. -



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not only for him but to‘work With

him. What would happen if the farm

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and demand their rights, demand a

place in conducting their business as

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urged and fostered by the War Labor

Board of the administration? Should

they not receive the price of skilled

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expenses, no matter what they pay

their men. Why has there not been an

arrangement with us on that basis?

The farmer will be glad to accept the

price of an impartial commission

which will fix the labor income of the

farmer equal to the Wage of a machin-

ist, take in consideration interest and

depreciation upon the capital invest-

ed; pay him percentage above his pro-

duction costs in the same manner that

munition makers receive. Moreover,

the farmer would assume the risk, a

risk which is even greater than the

making of. munitions. Why should we

be called upon to subsidize the rest of

the workers of the United States? The

fundamental reason for labor shortage

is that we cannot afford to pay the

price. If we are to pay ourselves and

our help the price they should receive,

we would have to quit. We have a la-

bor shortage because we producers are

not getting enough for our product.

We cannot pay our help enough. That

is the reason our boys have left the

form. We could not pay them enough.





What is the new civilization going

Have we rep-

resentatives, the fireper representa-

tives to present our case? We are also

interested, in recenstruction, vitally i -

terested. Soldiers and sailors are to

be placed on farms;.._that concerns us.

It changes are to take place in the la-

bor conditions ‘infthe world, what is to





happen to farm labor? Farm- laborers 3 .





must be guaranteed more than a; living.





 





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He must be assured an opportunity for





Our Farmers Must Save Themselves





advancement, namely ~ the accumula-

tion by saving enough to buy a farm.

To guarantee an education for his

children without starving himself or

denying himself the common pleasures

and desires. This is what industrial

labor will demand. The condition of

labor will be better than it has been in

the past. If we have not been able to

compete with industrial labor in the

past, how much less will we be able to

do so in the future? It points again

to the fundamental consideration, we

must get more money for our produce.

Yet we have nothing to compare to the

various boards and committees which

have been appointed for adjustment of

industrial labor difliculties and much

less have we a representation of the

farmers of this nation to resemble the

American Federation of Labor who are

dictating policy in the offices of the

administration, not only national but

international policy.



Secretary Lane recently said: “We

do not want a peasant class. We want

men of supreme self-respect. We do

not want a tenant class, now growing

rapidly in this country. ”We want men

who work for themselves, who pre-

serve the values in the soil, who make





improvements and who become a part





of the permanent community.





If we wish to maintain our farms

as independent units, if we must pay

ourselves and our help what they ought

to have, then we must get more money

for our produce. If not, the exodus of

the fine young men and women will

continue—4:0 better fields—better, not

spiritually or socially, but better eco-

nomically.



The problem of the reconstruction in

relation to agriculture is here today.

How are we to get more money for

our produce?



In view of the fact, there are those





who believe that it is to be accomplish- -





ed by a better agriculture, a better sys-

tem of farming and application of

Scientific facts; there are those who





believe that our distributing system of





farming is all wrong and that the mid-

dleman must be eliminated; there are

those who believe that the price of

food must be raised to the consumer.

The future of American agriculture

is at stake. There can be no question

but‘that the proper handling of soils,

prevention of diseases, and insect in-

jury, pedigreed grains and better

methods of distributing by regulating

or eliminating our unnecessary middle-

men and preempting his place by coop-

eration and organization will give the

farmer a greater income. There may

be some question as to making the

consumer pay more for his food. They

must all be considered but there can

be no question but that the farmer

must get more money for his produce,

in order to pay himself a decent living

wage, which will allow him to be a

vital, active force in his community,

and will beattractive to his boys and

girls, in comparison to the city oppor-

tunities which will be much more at-

tractive after the war than they have

been , before. ~





’ (The Second portion of Mr. Levin’s





article will appear in next week's is—V'





sue of the Michigan Farmer).





 





‘ The coming of peace will not add





one” pound of food to our supply.

There will be greater demand; for





.food over a considerable period am 1‘





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F the people of the state of Mich-

igan are to {realize maximum bene-

fits from the Well-directed labors





' '0: Prof -.c w. Wald and the agricul-





tural agents of several potato-growing

counties in improving the quality of

the potato crop, immediate plans

must be made to assist in financing

the seed potato business. In justice

to the progressive farmers, who have

gone to extra expense 'to produce a





-quality of seed adapted to Michigan

”conditions, plans must be made to in-





sure them against speculating buyers

from other states who are preparing to





”take advantage of the situation and

‘ gain control of next year’s supply.





As the potato industry in Michigan

develops, the growing of pure seed for

home-planting is sure toprove the very

life roots of the industry. Discourage

seed production and the future of the

industry in the state is ruined. Some

of the farmers in the northern coun-

ties depend upon potatoes for most of

the good things in life, and if we neg-

lect to encourage the production of

good seed at least one—third of these

good things must be sacrificed.





Growing improved seed potatoes cer-

tainly sounds like a feasible and at-

tractive business proposition, but like

all other new schemes it will have to

go through various processes of devel-

opment before it can be made a safe

and dependable business for the farm-

er who lacks the capital necessary to

hold his seed crop until planting time

the following spring. More than two-

thirds of the growers in several of the

northwestern counties, who have work-

ed for the betterment of their fellow

growers, through growing seed of su-

perior quality, must dispose of their

crop at little above table prices unless

they can secure substantial loans.





A conservative estimate of the in-

crease in annual yield that might rea-

sonably be expected from the use of

high-grade seed in Michigan is certain-

ly not less than twelve and one-half

per cent. Such an increase, based on

the past five years’ production would

amount to more than four million bush-

els, having an approximate value of

five‘million dollars per year. . Then,

we must bear in mind that planting

pure seed of a given variety not only

increases crop yields, but it makes it

possible for Michigan potato growers

to break into new markets with_a qual-

ity product for which a premium will

gladly be paid. It is the opinion of





.the leading potato growers and ship-





pers of Michigan that the potato indus-

try will never come to its own until it

reaches a vastly higher condition of

standardization than it has attained to-

day. To accomplish this the growers





_of pure seed must be encouraged in





every way possible until they are able

to develop an organization that will put

the business on a safe basis.





The stringency of the meney market

at the present time renders the prop-

osition of financing the pure seed bus-

iness far more perplexing than it

would be during normal times. Then,

too, the fact that so few country bank-

ers are able to assist in building up

the agriculture of the communities

through acquiring connections with

Federal Reserve Banks, which have

the authority to loan up to eighty per

cent of the value of the potatoes upon

warehouse receipts as collateral secur-

ity, is making it doubly dfliicult for

Michigan seed growers to finance their

business. In the face of these facts it





’ ‘ seems that it would prove sound busi-





ness policy on the part of the state,

through its War Preparedness Board,





' to set aside funds that could be loaned

to country banks so that the money

couid: be made available to loan the

griiwers of pure seed. In this way the:





 





 





 





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You will have plenty of time to become

familiar with its construction and

operation before the spring rush and

will be able to work your tractor in

on belt work and other light jobs.





It is the only tractor which does all farm

work including cultivating.





of service.





One man operates both tractor and 1m-

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SURVEY of the wool situation

shows that there is still an appre-

ciable amount of wool in the hands of

growers, particularly in the fleece wool





government make it desirable and nec-

essary that this wool be gotten to the

wool centers as soon as possible.

Farmers who have not marketed their

fleeces arelbeing asked and urged by

the Wool Section of the War Indus-

tries Board to send whatever supplies

they may have as quickly as possible,

and thereby confer a public benefit in

overcoming to some extent at least,

the shortage of wool for military pur—

poses.





FEEDING SILAGE OF CORN AND

SUNFLOWER.





MR. C. J. THOMAS & SONS, farm-

ers living south of Owosso, have

received a carload each of sheep and

cattle, the sheep coming from northern

Michigan and the cattle from Detroit

yards. To this stock the men will feed

ensilage containing a liberal percent-

age of sunflowers. Mr. Thomashwho

was the first in the country .to raise

sunflowers with his corn, declares that

these plants contain a large percent-

age of protein'and for this reason

make the ensilage much more valuable

for feeding. He raised sunflowers for

the first time in 1917 and asserts that

his milch cows produced more milk

with fifty per cent less grain when fed

on ensilage containing the sunflowers

than they did the year before on the

ensilage without the sunflowers. That

Mr. Thomas is right may be seen in

Henry’s comparisons of green sunflow-

er and corn silage as follows:





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WHEAT SAVING IN “BREAD AND

BUTTER STATE.” ,





DLLOWING the discovery that a

million bushels of wheat, valued at





more than two million dollars, had

been saved as a result of activities of

the Food Administration Grain Thresh-



‘ ing Division in the state of Minnesota

alone, plans are now under considera-

tion for making the work permanent.

L. D. Bassett, of the University of

Minnesota, proposes annual farm

courses in each county to last a week

between corn planting and the haying

season of 1919.



Mr. Bassett declares it will be possi-

ble to retrieve immense quantities of

wheat and other grains when the grain

producers are thoroughly alert to im-

proved threshing methods which not

only eliminate waste but frequently

reduce the amount of labor required.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





A BIG ARMY.





 





URING the past year a million and



_ a half boys and girls have enlist-



ed in the school garden army, twenty-

five thousand acres of unproductive

home and vacant lots have been con—

. verted into productive land, and hun-

dreds of thousands of parents have

been enlisted in the movement, accord-

ing to statistics furnished by the

school garden commission. Nor is

this all, for fifty thousand teachers

have received valuable instruction

through the booklets sent out, and

boards of education and other civic or-

ganizations have given financial and

moral support to the movement. All

this has given the country not only a

. great state of food. but a great moral





~amtlamlt.les of the school garden army.





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Man-powu'isatapremiumon our farm.



War has taken several million men into the service.



And in spite of these conditions. which are

steadily growing worse, there must be more crops

produced than ever before.





Machinery must replace muscle.





Thousands of Cleveland Tractors are successfully

meeting the labor shortage and the demand for





increased production.





The Cleveland Tractor, pulling two l4—inch

bottoms in medium soil, plows 3‘16 miles an hour—-

eight to ten acres a day. That is all you can expect

from three good men with three good 3—horse teams.





The Cleveland travels on its own tracks, laying

them down and picking them up again like the famous

battle "tanks." It turns around in a twelve foot

circle. It gives you ll horsepower at the drawbar

for pulling, and 20 horsepower at the pulley for

stationary work. It has 600 square inches of trac-

tion surface continually on the ground and will go





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small trees. .



It will go through ditches, gumbo. sand and gravel.

over unused roads. plowed fields and stubble. It i

will not pack the soil, will not mire or flounder.



Rollin H.White, the famous automotive engineer,

is the designer of the Cleveland Tractor. lt is

produced under his supervision. .



He has used only the best materials. Gears are

protected by dust—proof, dirt-proof cases.



The track is designed for long service. The sec-

tions are joined with hardened steel pins which have

their bearings in hardened steel bushings.‘



You must replace muscle with machinery on

your farm.



The Cleveland Tractoreofiers the means of meet— -

ing the emergency.





‘Write us for detailed information and name of





 





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Wednesday, Dec. 4th, 10:00 A. M. Wednesday, Dec. 4th 1:00 P. M.

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' countries.





HE newmap in your school geo-

-_ ' graphy of Alaska and northwest-



ern Canada; the recent maps of

the‘ European battle fronts, and of re-

mote parts of the world—these were

made‘with a panoramic camera. 'The

first map made by men was probably

drawn upon the sands as he showed

his brother man how a certain country

lay, and the distances between princi-

pal centers of interest. Various unique

and complicated instruments

from time to time been devised by the

mind'of man in supplying our need for

new and accurate maps of the world’s





But the greatest advance in map mak-

ing was. made when it was discovered

some time ago that the plate or film

camera could be used to make maps

far more accurate; make them quicker

and more economically, than any other

instrument.



The value of perspectives to engi-

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By Earle

years before the advent of the photo-

graphic camera, and when in 1839 the

facts of the discoveries that had been

made by Niepce and Daguerre were

presented to the French Chamber of

Deputies the aid which photography

promised to bring to the construction

or topographic maps was forecast.

Though France led in this particular

field of thought it was not long before

scientists of other European countries

began to experiment with the camera.





6“ In Germany, Meydenbaur was the lead-





ing spirit in adapting photographic

methods to engineering needs. His

work consisted of devising original

methods of his oWn as, well as intro-

ducing those that had been developed

earlier in France. The interest which

he and others aroused led to the em-

ployment of photography for a great

variety of scientific purposes. One of





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the significant developments was the

adoption by the Prussian general staff

of photography for military surveys.

Before 1870 a corps had been organiz-

ed and trained in photographic meth-

ods, and it assisted in the military op-

erations of the Franco-Prussian cam—

paigns.



But it is of the panoramic camera

that we are more interested, since

map-making was crude until modern

engineers discovered the wonderful

utility of this instrument in making ac-

curate maps.



The first period of activity in apply-

ing photography to engineering prac—

tices is characterized by the develop-

ment of the plate camera in connec-

tion with the theodolite. Instruments

of considerable precision resulted, and

these were mainly phototheodolites of

various forms and arrangements. This





period extends to about 19.00. About

that time E. Deville, surveyor general

of Dominion lands, Canada, took up

the idea of using stereoscopic (double)

photographs instead of single photo-

graphy. More than thirty thousand

square miles of territory has been map-

ped by the Canadian government bu-

reaus, including the International

Boundary Commission and the Geo-

logical Survey of Canada, with the

camera since this discovery was made.



It .was F. E. Wright, and C. W.

Wright, brothers, in the employ of the

United States Geological Survey, who

in making their survey of Alaskan ter-

ritory, evolved the panoramic camera.

for making maps of mountainous reg-

ions. The latest maps of these regions

were made with this camera.



With the rapid development of the

airplane and dirigible balloon in Euro-

pean countries came a corresponding

development of aerial photography for



(Continued on page 420).





WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





Belgian Leader" in Recent Successes (Center)’Entertains Ge

American General and Staff.





 





neral Bullard, Commander of Amer-

Ican Forces in Argonne District.





 





 





 





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President iwnsan Marching in Liberty





Fire.
Michigan ' for *Decislon' in

the Next Few Days.





Are the laws made only to control the poor and

to be Cast out by the rich? 4/





Will the people approve the auction sale' of a

seat in the United Senate-~e“SOLD’4’-vto the high-

est bidder?





The Newberry millions have been known in exclusive circles for

forty years, yet Mr. Newberry’s campaign. managers claim it was

necessary to spend $176,000 to introduce him to the people.





Within fifteen years, Henry Ford by his own. ability is known to

the entire world—Why? Because he believes that the welfare and

happiness of all mankind is the most essential thing in the pro-‘

gress of a nation. ,

Newberry’s managers paid: $176,000 for his :nominationhHenry

Ford paid not one cent. 4





Fair wages~—The right to live and be respected, is the Ford idea of life.





Think—which of the two types of men would you have to repre-

sent you in the U. S. Senate?





John W. Bailey, candidate for Governor, rises from the ranks by

his work. Is introduced by his home folks as absolutely fearless,

because he has lived his life an honest, honorable man.





He knows no middle ground—and as Governor he would be Gover-

nor—~not a neutral politician.





President Wilson needs helpers in Congress. If you send the dem-

ocratic candidates to him you are helping.





PUBLISHED BY DEMOCRATIC. STATE (SENTRAL COMMITTEE. (ADVERTISEMENT).





 





' LLIED ftro‘ops reported near Val-

.enciennes, despite desperate. enem



my resistance. British troops take.po-_



= sitio'ns on the Scheldt river south of





' ‘-—Belgian troops reach the‘ Lys jcanal.





-—¢Enemy brings forward freshtroops

to oppose the American lines north-f

west of Verdun—Serbians and French

operating in Macedonia Amalie: satisfac-.

tory progress—The military war coun~

nil in France will probably dictate

President’s reply to“ German’s latest

note—Counter revolutions are gaining

force'in nearly all sections of Russia,

although, Bolsheviki officials harshly

oppose the movements.



4 , Thursday, October 24. ‘ ,

RESIDENTFWILSON informs Ger-

many that there can be no, armis-

lQl'ce except on terms that would make

it impossible for Germany to renew

hostilities; this virtually means the

surrender of the Teutonic armies.—





51





miles of the Danube river. They cap:

ture 3,000 prisoners“ at Ipek.———Rouman-

ian government declares allRouman-

ian ports on the Black Sea and the

Danube river closed—Germans are

quitting Ghent—The west bank of the

Lys canal is in the hands of the Allies.

—American troops resist strong Ger-

man attacks and make additional ad-

vances northwest of Verdun—Secre-

tary Baker reports 2,008,931 American

soldiers have left this country to par-

ticipate in the war.





Friday. October 25.





ERMANS stubbornly resist the AI-



lies between Valenciennes and Le

Cateau, north of Laon between the

Oise and Serre rivers and on the front

from Grand Pre to the river Meuse;

but in each of theSe sectors the enemy

is retreating. Valenciennes is being

gradually enVeloped. American and

British forces repulse heavy attacks

by Bolsheviki infantry against Allied

positions on the Dvina river which

4 flows into the White Sea at Archan e1.

Independence party of Hungary e-

mands immediate independence, 3. sep-

arate peace, the resignation of the

present Hungarian cabinet, the disso-

lution of the alliance with Germany

and an independent Siavonian state

under a Hungarian king. These de-

mands were made under threat of a.

revolution if not allowed.





Saturday, October 26.





HE advance of British, French and



American troops south of Valen-

ciennes threatens the whole German

line and is forcing the enemy to bring

raw troops from the east to bolster up

his weakening lines. In this battle

12,000 Germans are reported captured.

—In a furious battle near the Mouse,

Americans capture advanced positions

which firmly fix their position in Bel-

leau woods—French patrols cross the

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start major ,oil'ensive on a sixty-mile

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5,000 prisoners are taken—Fuel Ad-

ministrator Garfield refuses bituminous

coal miners an increase in wages—Ac—

. credited representatives of Slavonic

countries opposed to the central pow-

ers meet in Independence Hall, Phila-

delphia, to renounce Imperialism and

declare themselves in favor of govern-

ment by and for the people.

Sunday, October 27.



RITISH make gains south of Val-

enciennes, force enemy across the

Rhonelle river, take 1,000 prisoners

and advance two miles' in a northwest-

erly direction.—-—French forces support

ed by tanks carry out a vigorous thrust

between the Disc and Serre rivers,

driving‘ the enemy from several vil-

lages—Americans maintain their posi-

tions along the Meuse river,~ despite

violent opposition.——Italian cavalry

reaches Bulgarian border fifty miles

south of Sofia. A successful assault

on Austrians along the Piave river is

Carried out and 2,000 prisoners taken-

——Canadian steamship Princess sephia.

with 268 passengers is lost off Alaskan

coast in heavy storm—Eastern cities

put clocks back one hour after nearly.

seven months under the “daylight sav-

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educationalist, for six years superin.

tendent of schools in Chicago. and

4 chairman of National WOman's Liberty

Loan committee, died of~ pneumonia

following an attack, of influenza. 4 '



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the farmer what its use was. He told

me that for quite a few years he had

more or less bother with the silage

not keeping well around the edges of

the inside of the silo, notwithstanding

he had given particular instructions

that -it was to be thoroughly tramped

down by the men inside the silo, while

filling. So be devised this tool as:

shown, which each man uses, and as

he walks around, although he tramps

it with his feet as usually done, he

also presses the silage down with this

tool, thereby making sure that it all

gets forced down. The curved block“.

reaches every part of the wall, where

the feet might not get. Since using,

this means to press the silage down

he told me that he has had better

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- Put a shovel

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ONE FARMER’S IDEA ON ‘

PRICE FIXING.





 





farmers as to the extent of acreage

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agriculture on a profitable basis.





That such an economic organization '





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ture would have complicated problems

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judgment it can solve every one of

them satisfactorily. What we want is

the organization, the machinery to

work with, and there are plenty of

brains in agriculture today to solve all

theSe problems if these brains can only

be [organized and concentrated on the

subject. But one man or a few men

who have the right idea about some

subject speaking occasionally to an as-

sembly of farmers, or one man speak-

ing through an agricultural paper oc-

casionally amounts to but little. His

ideas are lost. His influence is much

lessened because there is no machin-

ery to take these ideas into considera-

tion, to analyze and fix them so that

they can be used for the benefit of all

agriculture.





In the past, having no organization





to work through, the individual farm-

ers have struggled like a balky team.

First one would pull, then the other,

and in this way they accomplished

practically nothing. The result iathat

the American farmer has sold much of





the available fertility of his land and .





his long hours of hard labor at a very

poor price and besides he has thrown

in the labor of his wife and children.

There is nothing particularly new





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Commander Truman H. Newberry, New York City.

My dear Commander: ‘





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I congratulate you On your nomination, but far more do I congratulate Michigan and all our people.





It was my good fortune to have you serve under me as Secretary of the Navy, and I can testify personally .

to your efficiency and your disinterested and single—minded zeal for the public service. To a very peculiar ’





degree you have stood for that kind of government which puts the interest of the people as a whole first

and foremost, and treats all other considerations as negligible, when the public weal 13 involved. The

record made by you and your two sons in this'war is typical of your whole attitude as a public servant.

Both your boys at once entered the Navy, and‘ are now on the high seas; You sought employment

abroad ,when that was refused you, you accepted any position that was offered 1n which you could render

public service. ‘1





The nomination of Mr. Ford makes the issue sharp and clean. It 13 not primarily an issue between

the Republican party and the Democratic party, for Mr. Ford does not seem to have any firm political

convictions, and was content to take the nomination on any ticket without regard to what the general

principles of the men supporting that ticket were; and his memory about past politics 13 so hazy that





although he has mentioned a Republican candidate for president fOr whom he thinks he once voted, it.





does not appear that this is possible, unless he is in error as to his own age. p :





The‘issue is infinitely more important than any merely political issue. It IS the lssue of straight

Americanism, of straight patriotism, and of preparedness for the tasks of peace and war, as against a

particularly foolish and obnoxious type of pacifism, preached in peace and practiced in war. This 13 the

fiist time in the history of our country in which a candidate for high office has been nominated who has

spent enormous sums of money in demoralizing the people of the United States on a matter of vital

interest to their honor and welfare. The expenditures on behalf of pacifism by Mr. Ford in connection

with the Peace Ship, and in Connection With his great advertising campaign in favor of the McLemore

resolution and of the pacifist and pro—German attitude against our participation in the war, was'as

thoroughly demoralizing to the conscience of the American people as anything that has ever taken place.

The failure of Mr. Ford’s son to go into the army at this time, and the approval by the father of the son’s

refusal, represent exactly what might be expected from the moral disintegration inevitably produced ‘by

such pacifist propaganda. Mr. Ford’s son is the son of a man of enormous wealth. If he went to war he

would leave his wife and child immeasurably distant from all chance of even the slightest financial strain

or trouble, and his absence would not in the smallest degree affect the efficiency of the business with

which he IS connected. But the son stays at home, protesting and appealing when he 13 drafted, and

now escaping service. Your two sons have eagerly gone to the front. They stand ready to pay with their

lives for the honor and the interest of the American people, and while they thus serve America with fine





indifference to all personal cost, the son of wealthy Mr. Ford sits at home in ignoble safety, and his‘





father defends and advises such conduct. It would be a grave misfortune to the country to have Mr.

Ford in the Senate when any question of continuing the war or discuSsing terms of peace may arise, and

it would be an eqUally grave misfortune to have him 1n any way deal with the problems of reconstruction

in this country.





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Michigan 15 facing the test, clear-cut and without shadow of a chance for misunderstanding, between

patriotism and Americanism on one side, and on the other pacmsm, and that foolish sham—cosmopoli-

tanism which thinks it clever to deride the American flag, and to proclaim that it would as soon be a

Hindoo or Chainamn as an American. If there should be at any time in the future a Hindoo Senate, and

it should choose, in a spirit of cosmopolitanism, to admit outsiders, there 13 no reason Why Mr. Ford

should not aspire to membership therein; but he would be signally out of place in the American Senate

so long as that body 18 dominated by men who zealously believe 1n the American ideal and faithfully

endeavor to serve the American people. - .



Wishing you all success, I am





Very‘ faithfully yours,





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I remember, I remember. _

The house where I was born;

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn:

You’d hardly know the old place now,

For Dad is up-to-date,

And the farm is scientific

' From the back lot to the gate. .





The house and barn are lighted

With bright acetylene, '

The engine in the laundry

Is run by gasoline. ,

We have silos, we have autos,

We have dynamos and things;

A telephone for gossip,

Ant: phonograph that sings.





The h ed man has left us,

We miss his homely face ;

A lot of college graduates

Are working in' his place.

There’s an engineer and fireman,

A chauffeur and a vet.,

’Lectrician and mechanic——

Oh, the farm’s run right, you bet.





The little window where the sun

Came peeping in at morn



Now brightens up a bathroom

That cost a car of corn.



Our milkmaid is pneumatic,



, And she’s sanitary, too; .



But Dad gets fifteen cents a quart

For milk that once brought two.





Aunt—“My gracious, child! You

certainly do eat an awful lot for such

a small boy.”



Bobby—"Well, Aunt Grace, maybe I

am not so little as I look from the

outside."





GLAD TIDINGS.





 





In a burst of eloquence in denuncia-

tion of the world's wickedness, the

worthy parson declared:



“Hell is full of cocktails, high balls

and peek-a-boo waists.”



Voice from the gallery:



“Oh! Death, where is thy sting?”





HE HAD HEARD.



Said the evangelist: "Who is the

most perfect man? Is there such a

being? «If anybody has ever seen the

perfect man let him say so now.”



A small, nervous man rose quietly

in the rear of the hall. The evangelist

gazed at him in astonishment.



“Do you mean to say, sir, that you

know who is the perfect man ?”



“I do.” '



“Who may he be?”



There was a breathless silence .as

the man replied effectively:



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Cousin Bill saysz—I wonder if the

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necessary to have such a varied and

expensive equipment as ours; And we

would never have secured ours if we

had been obliged to purchase it out-

right. The writer himself built a goodly

portion of the car and invented and

made the touring tent, luncheon kit,

refrigerator; folding dining-table, twin

folding bed for use inside the car ton-

neau, the baggage and wardrobe





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trunks, etc. We have a work-room in

the basement and have spent many

hours during the middle of many

nights working on various things that

we had thought out in our mind as

something worth while. Some were

worth it, and some abandoned before

completion.

The accompanying pictures show the

car and equipment on the road and in

use at various places. When on the

road very few people would notice we

had so many conveniences *for cock-

ing, eating and sleeping any number

up to six adults. Everything is cov-

ered or packed -in water tight and

dust proof cases and duffle bags, and

do not show much. The entire tent,

poles,'beds and accessories are shown

on the right running board. This stuff

is covered with heavy pantasotecov-

ers in three sections to keep out dust,

mud and water. The end covers are

off in the picture to show what is

inside. .

The tent floor space is seven by

eight feet. Ridge is seven feet high.

Bed section is seven feet long and four

feet four inches wide. Beds are spring

construction and have frequently been

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a single. Wing nut-is remOVedi.fr0m ,the

bolts, yet the 'tent, and beds can, be

set up in tWenty minutes and taken

down in ten minutes. The pictures

illustrate the car beds inside the ton-

neau. A single long khaki curtain but-

tons on around the bed which extends

from the rear curtaih of the car to top

of the front seat back. Car is one-





hundred and thirty-four-in'c'h‘ whe‘él

base, and body is built for eight pas-

sengers, so that bed does not extend

over front seat. For a Ford car such

a bed should be made to run forward

to the steering wheel. We made op~

enings in the bed side curtain, one

each side" and in front, oval shape,

and fitted with celluloid windows and

wire screens, with khaki draw-shades

inside. .



All these things are home-made. The

writer’s wife'helped him. make the

luncheon kit feur‘ years ago‘ It has

traveled over twelve thousand miles

and never met a single accident. It

cost only for the three-ply, oak, pants-

sote leather for cover, strips of brass,

trimmings, plus fifty cents to get them

ni'ckle-plated. Much of the work was

done cold winter evenings in the warm

basement. The kit contains dishes and

silverware for six persons, including

one pint and two one—quart thermos

bottles.



The refrigerator is carried in the"

tonneau back’ of the front seat on the

right side of the car. It is built just

like the patented ones and melted ice

drains through a trap and waterseal

through the car floor. It cost less than





 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 

 

 





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hours in .the hottest weather. Our ice

bill 0n the road has been usually live;

and Occasionally, Vtencents per day.

We buy meat, butter, etc., at) Some

grocery store as‘ we pass through any

0 ' town in the afternoon. also bread and

vegetables, and everything is kept in

as fine condition as at home. '

‘When we stop at some farm home,

after securing the hearty permission

of the owner or his wife, we locate

where it is dry, fairly level and shady.

The gas stove is unpacked, set up and

lighted and water bOiling in less than

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over twelve thousand miles and is

‘ good for' ten years yet. It cost $16



and paid for, itself the first season.



Has three burners, (oven, ”uses gaso-



line and is generated the same as any



house stove. It works on the same

principle as a plumber’s torch, air

pressure, and gives an intense heat.



We can make coffee, boil potatoes and



fry steak at the same time and have



all ready to eat in twenty-five minutes.



We had previously tried alcohol‘and



oil stoves, and on one trip tested a



wire frame grid, with open fire of



charcoal underneath. These were all

abandoned ultimately for the gas stove

shown in the pictures. When folded

it is about the size of a suit case. We

wrap it in a duffle bag and carry any-

where most convenient. This acces-

sory is about the only thing of all our

camping equipment that we purchased.



The rest we made ourselves during



odd spells.



The folding dining—table is made of

thin oak, in threemieces twelve by

forty inches, hinged together, finished

with a paste wood filler and waxed,

and cost about one dollar for the lum-

ber and hinges. It is rigidly bolted

together, when used, by two iron cross

bars, three—eighths by three-quarter

inches and long enough to cross the

leaves and project to. attach to the

running-board'irons, as shown in the

picture. A single center rod leg holds

up the outside edge. “



We made the table and did the



« blacksmith work so that we were very

little money out. Table is a mighty

handy one and handsome in appear-

ance. Iron work is painted black ena-

mel. Table folds up the size of a sin-

gle leaf and is enclosed in khaki duf-

fle bag. It slips down in a socket be-

low front edge of tonneau seat out of

the way. This accessory would cost

$5.00 to $7.00 to buy complete these

days. Any farmer or his boy could

make such a table in one evening, al-

most. We attach the table to the car

running-board in pleasant weather.

When it rains, or during cool morn-

ings, we roll up the beds in the tent

and set up the table in that section,

using the same projecting table irons

to rigidly attach to the tent frame.

Two folding chairs and two board

seats furnish room. for six at one

time. The gas stove is set up in the

other half of the tent space and we

can cook and eat in solid comfort, no

matter if it is cold, or rains.



The car is fitted with hot and cold

water supply, faucets, and the cold wa-

ter tank holds ten gallons of pure wa-

ter used for cooking, washing hands

and dishes, filling the radiator, and





 





loaning to other tourists on the moun- ‘





tains or wherever we meet one strand-

.ed with no water in sight and radiator

dry and: steaming. We installed all

these features at home at odd times,





also a complete wiring system for ton- .

neau light, center headlight, pitched ’

down to solve glaring nuisance. exten- .





 

 

 

 

 





, sion light for tent, rear headlight, elec-

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feet and legs during, hot weather driw

<-’1nx. ‘eto. :‘ T113130“? was only for insu-

latest {1113' :fafieullshths h'nlhfl.~‘ etc, ~ We

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built and as durable as the tractor

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In farm power machinery, like-

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boarded it at five o’clock. But



one seat was empty, and that

one of the four rear seats reserved for

smokers. I craned my neck in- vain to

see a vacant spot further front, so

there was nothing to do but sit down

with the smokers or cling to a strap.

I was tired and cross. Shopping at

best is not easy work, but'when— you

can find nothing that has not trebled

in price while it has deteriorated in

value, it sends you home with a feeling

that the times are decidedly out of

joint. My brows knit as I tried to fig-

ure out how I could make over Dad’s

last year’s suit for Johnny, and cut

down Johnny’s overcoat for Bobby.

The cold air of the car—no fire for

conservation reasons—did not lessen

my glooms.



Two blocks further up the street the

car stopped to let'on a ponderous com-

mercial traveler. He swung on his two

heavy grips, threw them in a cdrner of

the rear platform, and still gripping a

huge cigar between his teeth, lurched

through the door and landed in the

vacant half of my seat.



“Don’t mind if I smoke do you,

lady?” he grinned affably. _





As I was 111 a smoker’s seat and

couldn’t object, and he knew I couldn’t,

of course I couldn’t “mind.” My .as-

sent, however, was extremely acid.

Not that I objected to the cigar really,

but that I’d just gotten to the part

where you try to cut the front out of

the side which has both button holes

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out how to avoid Scylla without hit-

, ting Charybdis. The traveling man

' didn’t know that, however. He could

only see my dark brown mood.



He was cheer itself, though, this

man.



“Speaking of one' thing and another,"

he began affably, “we’ ve had a mighty

cold September.”



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sides, the impertinent person at my

side needed to be squelched.



“I said, speaking of one thing and.

another, it’s mighty cold,” he persisted,

puffing away at his vile cigar. ,.



“0h, pardon me,” icily. “I didn’t

know anyone had been speaking. ” And

I turned to the window to add up once

more the must have’s and deduct the

cost from the capital to seeif I could





,manage a school'suit and thusevade





those pockets.



"Yes,” mused the man right out loud

to himself. “It’s darn cold, both the

I notice it every-

where I go. Everybody irritable, no-

body sociable. Times are hard and

nothing is normal and we’re all up

against it more or less. But, darn it

all, why can’t folks grin about it? It

wouldn’t make things any harder than

they are now for the grinners and it

would help the other folks a lot. I

ain’t made my traveling expenses on

this trip, but I’m goin’ to meet my wife

and the kids with a grin, you bet. It’ll

cheer the old girl up, and it won’t

make my commissions any smaller.

Here’s my corner. Good-bye, every-

body. You all look like you’re going

to your own funerals, but you might

as well smile over it.” And with this

parting shot, which hit one hearer

right between the eyes, he swung off.



It’s a mighty good philosophy, isn’t

it? We’re all under a terrific strain

just now, and the ones who will weath-

er it best will be the ones who can

take the traveling man’s attitude.

Scowls and groans and lamentations,

really only make things worse, for

they add to the geneial discomfort.

Smiles and Jokes won’t alter conditions

but they will change our mental atti-

tude, which, after all is the thing that

makes our life. Probably there never

was a time when it was harder for

most of us to be cheerful, but we’ve

got to do it. We owe it not only to

our families but to ourselves.



Let’s all line up with this “Knight

of the Grip,” and pretend we like

things, anyway. DEBORAH.





 





vice you can render to some definite





human being who is as important as

any person in all the world—excepting

perhaps, the man at the front.



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I am sending you a good recipe for

bread. Everyone who has tried it says

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' Warp Bread.



4 cups mashed potatoes

' 4 cups boiled rice ’

4 cups rolled cats

2 cups corn mealoreornilour

- 2 tablespoons 01 m or one

’ cup of corn syrup

2 tablespoons salt.



Put in a large pan and pour boiling

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the right temperature add two and a

halt dry yeast cakes or one compress-

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afternoon. mix in stiff loaf with wheat

flour and let raise over night. Mix

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and bake in a slow oven until done.

In mixing at first make quite stiff, it

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‘ can use about one-third barley flour in

place of wheat flour. Can use more

rolled oats in place of potatoes or

corn meal. The sponge, when thinned,

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BY use. L. H. THORNTON.



“This has been a dreadful autumn,”

Aunt Elizabeth sighed- disconsolately,

“NO I don’t mean the war nor the high

cost of living nor the fact that Helen

Louise is to be married and leave the

bosom of her family,” glancing mer-

rily at the latter’s blushing face.

“When I came here to help yen with

the making at the last of your wed-

ding finery I had not washed my pil-

lows yet and I don't see how I’m go-

ing to get it done. Washing does

lighten feathers though, and they won't

seem like my pillows if I can’t get it

done. Every year since I can remem-

ber I’ve given them a good scrubbing

in the wash‘ tub and then hung them

on the line in the bright sunshine for

three or four days, or until they were

thoroughly dry.”



“Why don’t you steam them?” ven-

tured Helen Louise, half afraid that

her suggestion would. be ridiculed by

the elder woman. “I read in a maga~

zine that you make an extra pair Of

pillow cases. Leave a tiny hole in

one end and cut one of the same size

in the\case that holds your feathers.

Sew around these so that you can slip

the feathers from one case to the oth-

er and then when all are in the clean

case sew it up- Fill the boiler half

full of hot water, set it over the stove

and hang the pillows over the edge

just so they are well above the water.

Put the cover partially on and steam

the pillows until they are smoking hot.

Then‘bang them out on the line and

they will dry in a few hours, or on a

line over the kitchen range if‘neces-v

sary. Beat them until they are light

and flatly and the magazine says they

will be just as nice as it washed.”





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take much stool: in,” saidAunt Eliza-

beth, “but that looks reasonable and

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AR work is taking chief place



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rightly so, for there is nothing-

else in the world of so much import-

ance. But there is another form of

social service which ‘should not be for-

gotten, the anti-tuberculosis work,- and

thanks tothe devotion of a few men

and women it is still being carried on.

According to statistics tuberculosis is

carrying off more lives than the great

world war. But it is so quiet, so ever-

present, that we lose sight of it in the

face of the more horrible and spec-

tacular calamity.



One of the most important of the

anti-tuberculosis society’s forms of

help is the care it gives to children

with tubercular tendencies. There

are many such children in every neigh-

borhood, boys and girlsvwho, while not

actually afflicted with tuberculosis and

incapable of giving it to others, yet

are inclined towards the disease and

liable to suffer from it if not properly

cared for. These children are not ad-

mitted to the fresh air camps provid-

ed for other more vigorous youngsters,

and the anti—tuberculosis society in

Grand Rapids has for several sum-

mers given them a camp of their own

at some one of the lakes surrounding

the city.



Even the past summer, with all the

money that was spent for war work,

the society managed to take care of

twelve girls and boys. The children

are accompanied by a trained nurse

and a housekeeper and their health is

strictly watched while they are there.



A schedule is laid out, which in.

cludes regular rising, breakfast, super-

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Motorboat Ride.





ten o’clock, and a carefully prepared

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the simple supper. Then thereis gen-

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again. ' . ‘



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eggs forming the basis of the diet,

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and chicken, fruit, fresh, stewed and

in jam, and the easily digested vegeta-

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given so plentifully as formerly owing

to their high price and the necessity

of making every dollar count, but there

was always plenty of milk. The chil-

dren were weighed when camp opened

and when it closed and an average

gain of around five pounds was shown.

All the children gained except one‘,

who lost eleven pounds, and thus

brought down the average gain of the

others.



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food, with plenty of milk, outdoor air

as many hours as possible, and con-

genial surroundings-these are the

things which help to make robust boys

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Can any reader of the Michigan





linoleum? It blisters and peels off in

one place. The floor at this place is

oily. Would that have anything to do

with it? I have had this linoleum only

since February. —L. B.





Can anyone give help?



Miss Mary A., Gaines:—~Write to the

Red Cross or War Relief in your near-

est city and ask them if they can for-

ward your pillows.



A Farmer‘s Wifez—L—I don’t just know

what you mean by‘ a fruit cocktail

made largely of grape juice. “Cock-

tail” means so many different things

in different localities. If you simply

want a drink use half grape juice and

half ginger ale. If you want a. fruit

cup to start a dinner use any fruit you

can get, diced, chilled and sweetened.

This is served in sherbet cups.





AUTO TRAVELING MADE COM-

FORTABLE.





(Continued from page 415).

We showed them the principle of igni-

tion, batttery and magneto wiring, and

boys generally who drive cars should

become more or less familiar with

such installation.



One picture shows our camp on the

State Fair ground at Detroit last fall.

We were located in the boys’ state

fair school section and there were

eight of us. We gave the trip to De-

troit and a week’s camping on the

fair grounds free ,of all expense to two

boys and two girls who were the

champions in the junior agricultural

clubs of Calhoun county last season.



If we had a small car, and wished

to fix up for a trip we would plan to

camp out, cook and eat and sleep and

have a good time along the way.

Hard pine sticks of the proper length

and one and one-half inches square

can be used to make folding cots for

use on the ground or inside the car.

Use heavy ducking or khaki and sew

the sides into loops for the sticks to

slip through. There are several ways

of giving proper tension to the beds.

A good tent can be cut out and sewed

up at home. Make it of eight or ten-

ounce material. A small packing box

makes a good ice box for hot weather

and can be carried on the running-

board. Ice costs but little for such a

purpose and is mighty handy to have

along.



In planning to carry passengers and

equipment on a small car be sure to

balance up the entire load so as to

carry it as nearly equal on all four

wheels as possible. As the wheels on

the right side of the car in this coun-

try are given greater strain when

driving on that side of the road and

turning out when meeting other ve-

hicles, it is better to carry the greater

weight on the left side of the car. A

light rear trunk helps dispose of lots

of light weight baggage and bedding.



The picture of the tent on the job

holding four full-grown persons was

taken late at night by flashlight to

show the double pullman beds in ac-

tual use. State Highway Commissioner





. Frank F. Rogers, and chairman E. H.





Puffer, of the Calhoun county road

commission, occupy the lower berth.

The location was on the new “mono-

lithic” brick road being built between

Marshall and Albion. We -were on an

inspection trip and stopped right be-

hind the big concrete mixer in the

center of the road-bed to camp out for

the night. After the writer had cook-

ed supper for the party of six, and

time came to turn in, four retired to

the tent beds. It was very dark all

around but the flashlight revealed ex~

isting conditions very clearly. .





than ours, for the Allied peoples are

denying themselires more in order to





_’transport soldiers.





After the war Europe will continue





.. to look to America for help; there' will





 





be no crops raised over-night.





Farmer tell me what I can do with my .





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3 The U. S. Government must

have metal for ships, muni-

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by helping to



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don ’ t buy a new range





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range in good repair. and get along

With it snot r year. if you can 't.

then buy a Majestic—the range that

saves fuel because it is beat-tight,

saves food because it bakes right,

eaves repairs because it is built of

unbreakable malleable iron and rm:-

reulrting tbarcoal iron.



Sold 5 [11¢th dealers in



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Cannon. if your Maiestic needs

new parts, get them from a Majestic

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military r'econnaisances and. an awak.

ening to the value of aerial photo- ‘-

ground, provided the camera can be

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endorse the aerial methods of photo-

graphic surveying as being both rapid

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It is not commonly realized that a.

photograph of a plane surface taken



with a plate camera directed perpen- ‘

dicularly toward that plane is a-map

of the area which the photograph em-





to use the camera to produce charts,

in the form of, negatives, of level

ground ,provided the camera can be

placed in a position directly above.



Only recently a typographic survey

of the island of Tutuila, Samoa, was

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surveys a plate camera was employed

to obtain double views, and the nega-

tives forwarded to Washington, where

experts worked them into accurate

maps. An instrument known as the

stereocomparator is used to reproduce

the map from the picture shown.



The plate camera can be used in

taking a.limited number of pictures,

since each picture is of limited size,

and plates weigh too heavily to war-

rant carrying a sufficient number to

photograph from lofty mountain sides

of the surrounding country. On the

other hand, cartridges for four expos-

ures may be packed in a case weigh—

ing five ounces, when the panoramic

film camera is used. Three exposures

complete the horizon, so that the cart-

ridge has a scope of four hundred and

eighty degrees with necessary overlap.

In the prevailing type of camera used

in surveying, nine plates would be re-

quired to embrace the same four hun-

dred and eighty degrees. These would

weigh twenty ounces packed, or four

times the weight of the film. Two hun

dred rolls of film, weighing less than

seventy pounds, have been used during

a season of about three months. The

equivalent weight in glass plates would

be about three hundred pounds. And

the chance of a plate being broken and

the work of days lost is many times as

great as that a film will be damaged.

The camera was probably first used

from aboard a traveling boat, in mak-

ing maps, at Prince William Sound, by

government engineers. Here the moun-

tains rise abruptly from the water’s

edge, and their tops reach elevations

ranging from two thousand to ten thou-

sand feet. Two plate cameras were

used in the work mounted on a stand

with gimbal rings to retard the steady

chug of the engine, and any movement

of the boat.



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miles of stadia. The motor boat was

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It makes trapping worth while.





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world. We can use immense quan-

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bearing animals inyour region? Trap

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lugs—By G. W. Tuttle

" umosr'rY was frank and an.

ahashed in the country. Ayoung

man was about to be married;

and was building a new house, sheet





for the bride. She lived in another ’





‘town and few of the neighbors knew

as yet whom he was to marry, and

they were saying one to another:

“Whom is John H— going to marry?”

The carpenter who was building the

house was commonly called by his first

name—“Solomon.”



Well, one Sabbath evening John H—

brought his prospective bride to the

little church in the old town, and peo-

ple stared to their heart’s content.

Hardly had they settled in their seats

before her eyes fell upon the black-

board, and she nudged John, and said:

“For goodness sake, see what they

have written on that blackboard!” On

the board had beenwritten in huge let-

ters, “For whom did Solomon build?”



A neighboring farmer had an experi-

ence one day in whieh the humorous

side failed to appeal to him, but which

his small son never forgot. This farm-

er kept a few sheep. 'It was winter

and he had let the old ram out that he

might have a little exercise. This

farmer stepped out to draw a pail of

water from the old well. The incline

leading up to the well was slippery

with ice. The farmer discovered that

his young son and a playmate had

dressed in old clothes and were trying

to induce the ram—whose disposition

was very uncertain—to pursue them.



"Now, boys,” said the farmer, “this

will not do. You will get hurt if you

fool around that ram.” As he spoke

he started down the incline with his

pail of water. The ram came up be—

hind him and—unnoticed by him——

shook his head threateningly. This

was very interesting for the boys and

they awaited developments. Suddenly

the cunning old fellow charged, the

farmer's legs flew out from under him,

and he went sliding doWn the slippery

incline. The humor of the incident

appealed strongly to the boys, but not

to the farmer. '

. We had many Irish neighbors and

humorous happenings and Irish neigh-

bors are inseparable. I remember one

‘ Irishman who purchased an adjoining

farm. Many things were new to him

but he learned rapidly in the school of

experience. How the eyes of his wife

twinkled as she told us of Phil’s en-

counter with the skunks.



Now, Phil had never read Josh Bil-

lings on the polecat. He said: “I

don’t know why they call it a polecat

unless it is because a pole is better to

kill it with than a club."



Well, Phil saw two skunks in his

field and he undertook to kill them

with a club; then, as his wife told us,

“Thinkin’ it could be no worse, Phil

jumped on them and stomped them to

death.” Phil’s memories of the en-

counter were lasting and fragrant.



'Another Irish neighbor owned a

small farm but worked most of the

time in a small fertilizer factory. He

was a slow~motioned man, who smok-

ed incessantly. The foreman of the

factory was a wide-awake, bustling

Irishman. My father was at the fac-

tory one day and was in the room

where Pat was sacking ground bone in

his deliberate fashion. Just then» the

foreman came in. “Come, come, Pat,”

said he, ten tons of bone to sack be-

fore night,” and out he hurried.



Pat’s calm, unhurried manner was

unchanged. For a moment or two he

worked on leisurely, then he stopped,

took his beloved pipe from his mouth,

watched the smoke wreaths until they

had entirely vanished, then turned and

looked at father with a twinkle in his

._ eye, as he said: “Mr. ‘T—e, it I work

‘fhex‘ejga bltl longer I shall 'get to “be ’a

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and sixty acres under plow. Forty acres wood‘and asm

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and hogs. Good house and barns. An ambitious.

capable, bones. man will find this an exce tional

opportunity. Write stating age. number in amily,

send copies 0! recommends to Box L 112 care of

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$800 Down Gets 105 Acres,

Building Alone Worth





More than whole price asked. On improved road,mile

to R. R. town, stores. school, factories, etc. 70 acres

smoom, level loam fields, river—watered, wire—fenced

ture, abundant wood, tlm'ber, fruit. Good 8-room

use. verandas, 50-“. barn, painted, good condition.

other buildings. Immediate sale demanded to settle.

1900 gets all, 3800 down.easy terms. Details pm 25

trout's Fall Farm Catalogue of this and other ar—

alns, many with stock, tool, crops, titted wood; copy

. . A. STROUT FARM AGENCY,

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Situste on seven mile road, one block from Elm.

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rooms. bath, gas. electric lights. Excellent (or





chickens or dairy. Enquire

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Telephone Main 51





Detroit, Mich.,





CHOICE Florida Lots and farm locations at

Oldsmar. Florida, by Mr. R. E. Olde-

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A l farm 320 acres Clare 00.,' Hill

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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 Duroc 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 Al Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





 





 





For Sale Registered





W. D. KLHLER, - - Jones, Mich.





Entire herd of Re istered Guernse

For sale cattle 30 head Ma: ose readings:

JOHN EBELB, n.2, Holland. Mich.





Jack Bill





Winn--Wood Herd





Registered Holsteins

Sire in Service





Flint Maplecrest Boy





Who is bred for real (production his sire Maplecrest

Korndyke Hen ervel is one of the best bred long dis-

tance bulls in t 6 world. He or his dam are brother

or sister to six cows with records above 1.200 lbs. of

butter in one year and ten more abov91.000 lbs. in a

gar. Flint Maplecrest Boys‘ Dam is Gluck Vassar Bell



.57 lbs, of butter in '1 day, 121 lbs. in 30 da n. Butter

fat test 5.27. Islthere a reason why Flint aplecrest

Boy is not one of Michigan: greatest young sires.

None of his females are for sale until after we test

them.But we have 10 of his bull calves from ato 9 months

old, with A. R. O. dams which we now oiler for sale

at prices any dairy farmer can aflord to pay. Just tell

us the kind of a bull you want.





JOHN H. WINN, lnc.

Lock Box 249. Roscommon, Mich.





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TROJAN-ERIOAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPS)

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Great care given to matings and pedigrees. Ever aria

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IN'l‘ERNA’l‘ICiNAL WINNERS





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WOODCOTE STOCK FARE





A“ Good finality bulls of serviceable

gus age an youn er. Inspectioninvit-

Geo. Hathaway and n, Ovid, Mich.





GET GUERNS‘EVS





Tabulations made by the U. S. Department of Agrl

culture show that the average income over cost of feed

from one cow that produces 450 lbs. fat is equal to

the aver 0 income over cost of feed from‘lO cowsthat

reduce 00 lbs. each. The average 0 all official

anernfiey records is 450le. fat. Learn more about

these profitable Cows. Ask for our free booklet

“The Story of the Guernsey."





THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB.

Box I, - - - - Peterboro. N. H.





GUERNSEY BULLS.





Eighteen Fonths old and younger, Grandmas of Gold-



on Noble I; free from disease. Guaranteed in every

articular and at farmers’ prices. _



3.L. SNYDER, - - - East Lansing, Mich.





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B llard Farm Guernseys. 40 head, May Bose and

8 other popular lines of breedin . State

tuberlin tested, free from disease. Herd bu son of

Don Diavolo of Linda Vista greatest bull'of breed.A.R.

Cows, bred heifers, heifer calves and bulls from A.R.

dams. Aorice on each individual, take our choice.

BALLARD BROS, R. 4, lies. Mich.

GIJERNSEYS must reduce herd. so offer

a few choice females of

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

ingéherd tuberculin tested.

1‘. . HICKS. - - - - Battle Creek, Mich.

45 Re istered head all tb. tested. N ’

“Nina’s Ma ing, son of fmp. May‘ Rose 1&1: s

headacur hard, 90! his half sisters sold averaging 8

each. His bull calves are booked ahead at reasonable

prices. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne, Mich.





GU E R N S EYSdeff’SifflB

' .Oontaining blood of world champions.

HICKS' GUERNSEY FARM.





 





 





 





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Saginaw. W. S. Mich i

Guernseys— that last,,ltieifor was.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herds “pus ”.

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms Ca, Howell, Mich.





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A Member?



The Holstein-Friesian

Association of mer ca—

the organized .breeders of cattle of that name,

was 0 anized in 1886.then having 275 lite mem-

bers. oday it has near] 000 members. and





is recording 80,000 Holstein- riesian cattle

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a reserve fun ,0 nearlya uarter of anllllion

dollars. "Its ndsnearly 000. per 1 at for.





ublicityjsn extension orh. ram is the

interests of its membership. The Holsgeins.

«are prosperous and popular.





HOLSTEIN CATTLE

Semi for our booklets-they contain much

valuable information.



HOLSTEIN' Hill-ISIAH ASSOCIATION OF-



AMERICA, Box 16.4,. Brattlalporo,-Vt.





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production was 100 pOunds.





 





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times as much as cost of production.

The Real Gain Still Greater than

. Shown Above.



If no expenses save the cost of feed

had been considered, one cow that pro-

duCed 450 pounds of butter-fat a year

would have shown as much income

over cost of feed as twenty cows be-

longing to the group where 'average

Had all

expenses been considered, the results

would have been even' more striking.

As applied to any particular herd of

cows, the figures are only approximate,

and doubtless they are true only with-

in a limited range of production when

applied to any group of cows, yet with-

in reasonable limits of production they

would appear to hold true of all classes

of dairy cows regardless of breed, age,

weight, date of freshening, or geo-



graphical location.



A further study was made of the rec-

ords of these forty cow—testing asso~

ciations, by Mr. McDowell, to ascer-

tain the cost of roughage to produc-

tion. He found that the records show-

ed that this cost was about the same

for all groups, regardless of produc-

tion. The cost of grain was consider-

ably higher for the more productive

cows than for the low producers, but

it was much lower per pound of but-

ter-fat. The increased income, there-

fore, though it should be credited to

better feeding, was evidently more

largely due to better cows.



Some Examples.

A herd of ninety-one cows in one as-





income of $58 over cost of feed, or six-





' ty-four Cents for each cow. When the





owner sends that herd to the block he

is to be congratulated, for he is an

excellent example of the” haphazard

farmers who demonstrate to the World

that agriculture and live stock 'breed-

ing are unprofitable, because of his

own failure to apply common sense

business principles to his business.

America nor Europe are not so short

of ‘ dairy products that there is any

need for anyone to keep such stock.

Mr. McDowell found in a herd of

cows in another association, the poor-

est produced only income enough over

cost of feed to buy a two-cent postage

stamp, and a little further lack of bus-

iness would have meant a cancelled

stamp. For labor and miscellaneous

expenses of all kinds the owner had

only the manure, skim-milk, and calf.

It seldom pays to sell a good cow; it

never pays to kee oor cow. ' '

Why Testing As ociations Stick.

Estimates show that the average pro-

duction of all the dairy cows in the

United States is’160 pounds of butter—

fat per year. Mr.’ McDowell found

that the average for the cows of the

forty COW-testing associations was 247

pounds per head per year. This ‘gives

a practical demonstration of the profit-

ableness of- knowing what your cows

and yourself are doing. Thessame rec-

ords show that a production of‘but 160

pounds of butter-fat a year gave the





', farmer an; income of, $23. overl‘cos'st of.





feed, ' while i the average income ,’ over

cost of "feed" for all'-the',cews.i_n these





, associations was $47, one little .more





than twice asainuch. - - , -- _, ‘

.“Tbe dairy“ ‘én'whojoin the cow-test2





‘ ing- asepclation‘ rare-fmore progressive

' than “’the~average,-”-~ says xMrgMcDowell, .





“and own. :ééws, - “and items; 7 that. . are

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cow-testing association return many

dollars more than they cost. ‘It is en-

couraging also to know that the cow-

testing association records _ indicate

that the large-producing; dairy cows

are the least affected by the increased

cost of feeds. Therefore, every dairy-

man should aim to keep all his good

cows, Or to place them‘ where they

will continue the economical produc-

tion of human food, Economical pro-*

duction can be obtained not only

through careful selection of dairy cat-

tle‘ but through intelligent breeding





and skillful feeding.





And there is no information equal to

the cow-testing records to aid the

breeder in intelligent advancement

from generation to generation. Of the

seventeen daughters of carefully se-

lected bulls in one association,"'sixteen

excelled their dams. The bulls were

owned by a local bull association,

whose members also belOnged to the

cow-testing association. On an aver-

age the daughters of association bulls

produced 1,145 pounds more milk than

their dams, and sixty-three pounds

more butter—fat. The average produc-

tion of the daughters for the year was

6,919 pounds of milk and 301 pounds

of butter-fat. The record of the high-~

est-producing daughter was 410 pounds

of , butter-fat, which was 208 pounds

above the normal of her dam. Intelli-

gent breeding was wholly responsible

for the better generation. The coun-

try may need more cows, but the great

need is more better cows.



Mr. McDowell made a. careful study

of the relation of feeding to the milk-

pail profit end. “Tabulations of as-

sociation records show that production

depends largely upon the feed as well

as upon breeding,” he says. “Legume

hay and corn silage formed a large part

of the rations of the cows where in-

come over cost of feed was high.

Therefore, while grain is high-priced

and needed for other purposes, the

dairy cow should get a large part of

her protein and carbohydrates from

legumes and silage. In this way large

production can be combined with eco-

nomical production, and the income

over the cost of feed can be increased.

Economical production benefits both

the producer and the consumer.”



But how is the dairy farmer .to know

what his production is, and what 'pro—

portion of grain to feed in comparison

to this? It is conceded among all

practical dairymen that the feeding of

concentrates to dairy Cows should be

based on known production. The farm-

er must secure‘ this knewledge through

a well managed cow-testing association.

Farmers who are tbo busy to test their

own cows may,” by joining an associa-

tion, secure Competent 'aid, in this

work. ’As ordinarily conducted, a cow-

testing association is an organization

of about twenty-six dairy farmers who

cooperatively employ "a' mum ’test

their cows foreconomical preduction.

The tester not only weighs" the milk

and the‘feed buthe tests, the milk fOr

butter-fat and aesists the farmers "in

feeding. their cowsi'ac’coridin'g "to-pro;

duction. _ Often lie ‘ aidstli‘emfto cigars,





.‘ze for the e'eonbniicleil~ purchasing of"





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crentfmarigeting‘j or their. fdsiryi: rc— 'f .





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and Thursday. It atarm‘er- ships ..





his broilers Wedne’iday morning to a

dealer that can be reached by after-

noon this dealer wlll have a chance to

feed and water the stock to make it

more presentable for sale the next

morning. The retailer can then dress

the birds on Thursday or Friday- and

they will be ready for the Saturday

market and the Sunday dining-table.



Most shippers figure about ten per

cent shrinkage on broilers during tran-

sit and, of course, this will depend

much on the weather and the general

condition of the birds. also the length

of time that they are on the road.



Many breeders lose money on broil-

ers by selling all of them to dealers

near home who are not able to pay

high prices for such stock because

they do not have the demand. It is not

much more trouble to ship a crate of

broilers at the express oflice than to

carry it to the local dealers. The

check soon arrives from the city com-

mission dealer. The crate comes back

in due time although that is sometimes

after it ought to be due. Some breed-

ers are using one-way crates, which are

cheaper than the old style crates and

they do not have to be returned. This

seems a move in the right direction.

Picking up the returned poultry crates

has always been a nuisance to the

farmer and probably neither the com-

mission men or the express agents like

to bother about returning them.



The best crates of broilers are all of

one breed and of uniform size. For ex-





ample, compare a crate of Barred Rock ,





broilers ranging from two and a half

to three pounds in weight, with a crate

of mixed breeds ranging from one and

a half to four pounds. There is abso-

lutely, no doubt as to which crate a

hotel keeper would be apt to buy for

his patrons. The uniform crate would

bring the best price and the mixed

crate would probably remain until all

of the properly graded consignments

had been sold.



To realize that two kinds of poultry

are received in the average city it is

only, necessary to walk down a street

and note the prices quoted on chicken

dinners at some of the reasonable res-

taurants. They get the thin mixed

stock that does' not bring a profit to

the shipper. Then visit any one of the

best hotels and note the price asked

for a chicken dinner. They deal with

commission men who sell them the

cream of the poultry that‘comes from

the farms. There is no doubt concern-

ing which kind of trade is the most

profitable to the producer.





 





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during the past year in the qual-

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ling on the way to market, but ac-

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the United States Food Administration

there is still room for betterment, par-

ticularly in the packing of eggs, by

some shippers.

. When a man ships eggs, say from

'Michigan to New York, and uses insuf-

ficient packing or second-hand mate-

rials he is inviting a heavy loss, the

Food Administration points out, and

is at the same time violating its regu-





lations. Freight inspectors report that





in some cases shippers use second

hand fillers and flats, and occasionally

newspapers are used for keeping the

em separated. Often too little or no

excelstor is used on top. New mate‘-





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trol as individuals, then we should

plan to combine and attack the prob-

lem cooperatively. The time has come

when we must organize not only for

social improvement, not only to dis-





‘ cuss better methods of farming; but

. vitally, we‘ must organize so that we





shall have more to say about what we

hall get for our products and what

we shall have to pay‘ for what we buy.



If the farm is to be improved and

made attractive while at the same time

yielding reasonablydgood profits to the

owner, there must be a proper balance

between land and equipment. Money

must be put in the business before it

can be organized and placed on a mon-

ey-making basis. The hunger for a

broad expanse of acres has induced

many men to tie up so much of their

capital in land that they have not

working capital enough to handle their

farms properly. The idea that land is

the all-important foundation for suc-

cessful farming has been unduly mag-

nified in this country. Careful investi-

gations of various systems of success-

ful farm management show that when

the land is extensively farmed it re-

quires about as much capital in build-

ings, tools and live stock as in land.



No fixed rule can be laid down as to

what shall be the balance between

land and equipment. Much will de-

pend upon the location, the character

of the farm, the markets and other

factors surrounding the business. Suité

able and comfortable buildings-so ar-

ranged and located as to facilitate the

handling of the crops and live stock

are needed on every farm, but all un-

necessary expense becomes a constant

charge upon the business. It is a mis-

take for a farmer to. invest too much

of his capital in buildings. '



Farm machinery and equipment

bears a close relation to the labor

problem. By the use'bf improved ma-





” chinery much of the work of the farm





may be greatly, lessened. Where the

conditions are favorable it means a re-

duced cost of production, although that

does not always follow. If the” use of

a. machine proves but a convenience

and not a positive reduction 'of, ex-

pense, it must be classed as a luxury.

The invention of improved machinery

has been a God-send to the farmer, but

it cannot be denied that its injudicious

purchase and the needless exposure, as

well as the failure to-figure up the cost

has been a tremendous drain upon the

resources of the farmer. Clearing up

the fieldsby removing stones, stumps,

useless fences and trees, and tile

draining the low, wet places that delay

plowing and planting in the spring

should precede the introduction of

costly machinery, that the risk of

breakage and the delay of planting and

cultivating be reduced to a minimum.

Breaks are expensive, for to the cost

of. repairs must‘ be added theloss of

valuable time. _A little forethought

and the use of a few days' time will

often enable a man to enlarge his

fields, remove obstructions and gradu-

ally get his farm in shape for‘better,

cultivation by improved implements.

Connected with this problem of im-

proved} machinery comes ,one of the

most perplexing of farm problems. :In-

telligen-t farm labor is becoming ex-

ceedingly hard, to secure. Brains : are

neédedi to cooperate, the varied equip-





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head work to handlefarm teams and‘~

equipment and waste no time during“

the day, and the man without some 1

ingenuity is like an engine without a

balance wheel. .It is the man who has

the faculty of keeping his team and»

implements in working order and 3

steadily on the move each day that-

does the bigseason’s work. The few=

odd minutes saved now and again tell

greatl'}r at the end of the season.



In organizing a system of farming,

carrying the largest possibilities and:

insuring the greatest returns, crop ro-

tation is inevitable. .It distributes the:

labor of the men and teams .more reg-‘

ularly over the year and greatly econ-

omizes the acreage cost of tillage ope.-

erations and is a great aid in settling

the labor problem. By growing a ra-

tional rotation of crops and feeding,

them to stock on the farm" it is possi—.

ble to furnish employment to the same

number of men the year round and

place them in cottage homes with their

families.



Crop rotation aids in securing and,

conserving soil fertility. No two planted

root at the same depth. Many farmers

do not appreciate crop ”rotation as an

aid in supplying plant food and con-

serving the time of men and teams. A

rational rotation of crops is the basis»

of successful farming. All of the great

agricultural regions are fairly screamv’

ing for intelligent diversification, for a

change in treatment, for crop rotation;



In organizing the farm some kind of

animal production should be a promi-

nent feature of the farm management.

In the absence of some kind of live

stock the excuse for growing a wide

varietyrof grass and forage crops is

wanting. Feeding the soil through live

stock-makes it possible to secure two

profits from farmihg, besides it inv

creases the fertility of the’soil for fu?

ture crops. It is the only way of cat

ing the cake and having it left. Crop'

rotation is not a sufficient means of

building up the 'soil. , It. is merely a

.part of a complex system which in-.

volves stock feeding as its comple-

ment. As a business, farming is on a

safer basis when the bulk of the

field crops grown on the farm are fed

to live stock and more than two-thirds

of their fertilizing value returned to

the soil in the form of manure. ‘.



' Only animals that have the ability

to profitablyutilize what is raised on

the farm should be kept. The feeding

of live stock'with no profit other than

the resulting manure is_a loSing busi-

ness. The animal can add nothing to

the fertilizing ingredients of the food

it consumes, and the increased value

of the animal or its product must alone

determine the profits ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘

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we mustjaim to

produce on our farms those' products

which are best adapted to our location

‘and. soil. Productswhich“ for our giv—»

en conditions w‘illgive the large’stkprof-

its. If‘a man makes a specialty _of two

or three crops andvstudi'es the kinds of

soil best adapted to their growth he is

more certain of success than the man

who blindly follows the customs of

others. There is such arsciencevgrow-

ing up around the growth and ‘perfecp

tion ‘of ‘ every’ «farm crop that it re- ’

quires continual study? and shortcéto

keepabreast of thetimes. ‘Havfhig'adei -

terniinied the products .we can produce

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Ii wanting Registered cattle write me your wants

before placing your order elsewh here.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





Li Bond tslmc.cld gdso otM 1 rest

359 ufinfidgém are granddb its 11 33111111

rsessm 3150 terms



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heotuber ford. Mich. -

Pedigrecfitoc Farm 080133 .1! l-

Padllm 3 stein 0111111.] heater was. wife.





mm incalvesandfal ltEtH‘. Bronson hairy-ice.





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om.~m51im rice- withinresch of Mrite.





The Traverse Herd





Tush tlss silence ouhsvebcen lookin for. We’

winselizlfw! recall 0.0a ccws. Onewl

days. Three others above 24 lbs. Come



seduce then or wrl descriptions and prices but

Alcoa lbw bull eel-





éfiw qwlll be proud to 0 “P335-

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Want Yearly Records?





Our new sire has four sisters whose seml- omcisl

records are 617. 742. 913 and 946 pounds of butter in

one year respectively at 2 to 3 yearsc of age: His dam

is-a daughter of Friend Bengerveld De Kol Butter





y. four of whose daughters have records over 1000





pounds and she is also a granddau hter of Pontiac

Aazgie Korndyke, with six dsuz tiers above £11000

pounds of butter in one year.





Peaceland Stock Farm, Three Ilium. lllcll.





C. L. Brody. Own Port Huron. Mich.

Charles Peters. Herdsman





 





Registered Holstein cow coming

For Sde old M white, gocdh and tests casymifier.





 





kind and 5”fonds. siroi'lred by granlv son King is no Begin:

sire 015011.11”.th b.b

alsoZ bull calves ”.1355 whitem Ii toil monthes old. sired

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marsh. ALNU’i‘ goon 33AM y

JBenismin & Son. R. l. Clio. Mich.





 





We Pay Spot Cash





for ten or less Ho! 11 Boiler cults between three and

eight month old. slut! musthe registered and Tu-

b30311! Writeglvin‘ full‘G 110st Box

on . ss ,

in care ”not no{lichlnsn “$.r. Detroit? Mich.





FOR SALE





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Ready for Service ’9





Sired b butter bred bulls and

out of all testing dams.

The Producing Kind

with Jersey ty and capacity._

Prices reasons is. so a ow

bred gilts (D urocs) and bean.





Brockwater Farm.





   





   

   

   

 





 





JERSEY BULLS





‘i ady for service FOR

WATERMAN it WATERMAN. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





Choice .‘l‘erse bull registered.



F0? sa‘em 011111.: seniors hImmbsrt and



.Martinu solid color. blackt. ton lfiends!“

of {sale owner’s



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more“I cl fol-3011?: 3%.:le 32$. oldJfiO. It's a

11.11111” W ”mm °° "1" m Letsisesdmssxemwae

"ll “Jaime: in; m. Breeders of 11mg.” vesolchoicebrsedins. 0.10110. Lillie. Ooopomme. Inch.

Wt entire {hilly bald 1335351933? Maple Legal. HJogEu-d lullabul caiss-

. Vice gtofi {miles-dodge ll rd use from u: ‘sonsagfdgloflcls méégg'iou b’rgigdtdh'lzbat!

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l Youngm bull. n11nd xtaggers! lga‘i‘iembylired to





ed

son of We ”fissile arm-and tom good pro-

ducing cows. Write for mlcesm or what’ is better Fcome

sndsee then. Hill Haven Jerseg Stock F.srm

F. mason Props. andaiis. Mich.





llside Farm Jerseys. oiler 3 yearling bulls. backed

11 tested dams. and sired by a double grandson of

Boy Majesty. first maze & junior champion at' Midi.





ltateFair.good indivi unis. 0. t0. Desks. Ypfilsufilich





 





 





Matildale Interested Owl 210111311 heads my head

“Mutton at si.resndoutofR of“.

dams hot sale. 0. B. WERNER.A1le¢an. Mich.





For Sale Registered .Ierse cg Cattle





of both sex. 11- Parker. R. 4. well Mich





Herefords





 





 





aid, Farmer and Perfection Fairfax





breeding.

ALLEN MOS, Paw Paw, Mich.





embrace Fairfax. Polied Per-

loctlonnndl’ri riroedchadSthb i%.l’ riceszeas noble.

COLE t GARDNER. udson. Mich





BlDWELl. 81101111101113.





For Bed and Milk.





Registered bulls. cows and heifers- Good Scotch and

Scotch-T coped for-sale. In prime condition Modern

sanitary equipment Farmwmlnutes from N. Y 0.

depot. 1 hour from Toledo. Ohio. Automobile meets

all trains. Write





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box 8. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





 





 





Shorthorns





Sires in Service: Fair Acres Goods and IMP.

Lorne-Michigan: Grand Champion Bull. Attend

the Shot-thorn Sale at Lansing Oct. 9th. We in-

vimou to inspect the cows and heifers we have

lie in this sale.



PRESCOTT I: SON.

Horde at Prescott. Mich. Oillco at Tswss City. Mich.





 





Franc1sco Farm Shorthorns

We maintain one of Michigan’ s goodh ords of Scotch

and Scotch Topped cattle. The! are well bred. prop-

erly handled and price rsasonab 0.001.. and see.- we

like tosho‘w them.



P. P. PO - Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





The lent to. Sharihorn Breeders Association





are ofl'ering some choice animals at reasonable

irices.L Writhficurc" wants.

Caledonia. Mich.





Sherman Cattle oi both Sex iorSaie





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





Shorthorns of Quality Scotch and

For sale Scotch Togped descendentsoi’Archers

Hope. Avondale. Mann on Bolton and White Hall

Salton bv the Oscola Co.

JOHN SCHMIDT Sec.





 





 





Shorthorn Breeders Asa.

Reed City. Mich.





 





Shorthom Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped bllll'

for sale. Price reasonable

W. B. McQUILLAN. R. 7. Howell. Mich.





Bulls ready for service of the choic-

Shorthom est breeding. Write me you wants.

A. A. PATTULLO. 11.4. Deckerviiie. Mich.

Mold Purpose Shorthorns all ages. a ton Roan 3 yr.





oldherd bull. also Duroc Ho all a

CHAS. EBAY. - 5'11 emosFBh’Illch.





 





 





 





Ihorthorn Bulls at the h

F 01' sale breeding and ready for servicgiceu

LUD EASTING Napoleon. Mic-h





Shorthorns 11,103 5,1331%: £18.11... from wme'





rice reason ile

Wm. J. BELL. - - — ose City. L'Ei‘ibh.





Reg. Red Poll calves of bot

F or Sale also two Re¢.Duroc Jersey 11111111593;





 





 





 





Cher rry King-t

WILL OOTTLE.“ “'11. 1. West Branch, M1011.“

HOGS

Berkshire :fiiinn“ pfifidfglsgl both sex. Pairs not

all stoek gun ant d

3.11. BRAVE -xro1i.M?311.





 





urocs. Choice spring piss out of selected sows and

Dotted by our best herd boars. The are of the '

type strong boned. smooth and of exec lent qualityn an

include some of the most popular blood lines such as

Orion Cherry King.Top Col. Defender.Brook water etc.

Prices reasonable. The Jennings Farms. Ballev. Mich.





DUROC BOA RS





Big ion 11:. tall. growthy boars. The kind that will add

also an xrowthttow your whergb [$880812 glare): [arrow-

in 001111 not at



N TON 131111th 11193“ St Johns. Mich.





DUROCS 1.... ...1 1... we «both

sexes sired stander

bredb car. For prices etc.. write



WELLS PARISH & SONS Alleudale. Mich.





Durots Spring boars and

Plfrgogdanthtyifimctiid‘: gviggseptional qual‘

3A. BUR GAME - Marshall. Mich.





s ringo boars sired by Orl Ch

011ml"!!! £1113 C0.111 Write for priodiunand 3:?

cripticn. TYA Y.LOR Milan. Mich.





1111» Bum Diem} Bill: For Sale.

0L EMU. EDM Hastings. Mich.





Duroc Jerseys Big heavy boned spri

wl



. Place order early nners at State and



F. J. DROD‘I‘. B. 1,





 





ounty

Monroe. Mich





Duroc guts] and fall l£128 sired by E. D' s Defen-





d s

EnnnxpENmi'aK. °w1yaif1ld Mioh_

. spring Duroc pigs. excellent bleed-

RegIStfl'ed ing and individuals Prices l.ow

F. R. BAYLIS. R. 2, Dexter, Mich.





Ms boars 80 t i s i i r

mCheStugrs trio); not akin grog smatnugg “not

of the HWnes obtainable.



I'. W. ALEXAND - - - Vassar. Mich.





ASTI‘allciltsall sold. hsmvessoodlct oflsst ri

Lpigs from 8 siresgood 21 stock. Fem guild:





west of desist. HCitlsfins Phone 1 N h Mich

as vile. .





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5 Bulls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don;





Richland Farm.





 





 

 





 





 





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SECOND EDITION.





 





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday after-

noon, October 31. »





WHEAT.





The wheat movement is large, the

increase in the United States visible

supply amounting to 5,996,000 bushels

for the past week. Exporters are buy-

ing this grain freely, with the result

that prices this week remain unchang-

ed in the face of heavy selling by the

farmers. One year ago No. 2 red wheat

sold on the local market at $2.17 per





 





bushel. Present quotations here are:

No. 2 red ............... $22315

No.2 mixed 2.21%

No. 2 white . . . . . . . ..... 2.211/2





CORN.





Notwithstanding the fact that in the

event of peace the central powers of

Europe will be making heavy demands

for American grain, corn prices sub-

sided rapidly at the opening this week

when new peace notes were sent out

by Austria and Germany. This decline

took place in face of the fixing of hog

prices at 171/20, which would warrant

corn prices to go above the present

level. The movement of corn has also

been interrupted by wet weather and

lack of cars. The visible supply de-

creased 448,000 bushels last week. One

year ago No. 3 corn was selling on the

local market at $2.19 per bushel. Pres-

ent Detroit prices are:





No. 3 corn ...... . . . ..... $1.30

No. 3 yellow ..... . . . . . . . 1.40

No. 4 yellow ...... . . . . . . 1.30

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.25

No. 3 white ............ 1.40





At Chicago values declined with the

present prices as follows: No. 2 yel-

low $l.45; No. 3 yellow $1.40; No. 4

yellow $1.26@1.30; November $1.175/g;

December $1.147/g.





OATS.





Oats borrowed weakness from corn

and values declined somewhat al-

though the margin of change was less

than for the major grain. Eastern buy-

ers are not taking hold of the trade at

present. The visible supply shows

practically no change from last week.

One year ago standard oats sold local-

ly at 6215c per bushel. Present Detr01t

prices are:



Standard ..................70

NO. 3 WhiteoIOOIIIOIOOUIIDO691/2

N0. 4 white-eooooccuo-osnoo68l/2





RYE.





Farmers are marketing this grain yearlings $13_25@13_75;

more freely, and the trade 15 buylng 'good yearlings $11.50@13.25; wethers, Pi





moderately. The price shows a frac-

tional advance, cash No. 2 now being

quoted on the local market at $1.64





per bushel.

BARLEY.





There is improvement in the demand

for barley from feeding quarters, and

the market is gaining in activity. No.

3 barley is now quoted on the local

exchange at $2.05; No. 4, $2; feeding

grades $1.90@1.95 per cwt.





BEANS.





Domestic trading in this product is

expanding much more slowly than the

dealers had anticipated with the result

that prices are showing a downward

tendency, now that the legumes are

moving from producing sections. New

York prices show a general decline

with the best pea beans now quoted at





excess of demand. Prices show decline

from last week. They are: '

No. 1 timothy....$34.00@34.50

No. 1 light mixed 31.50@32.50

No. 1 clover mxd 31.50@32.50

No. 1 clover 30.00@31.00





~ SEE

Market is firm with red clover high-

er. Quotations are: Prime red clover,

cash and March $23.25; alsike $18;



timothy $5. ‘





POTATOES.





In general the potato markets are

a little easier. Recent rains have

had a tendency to decrease shipments.

Total number of cars started in the

various shipping states amounted to

662 for Wednesday. Cars moving from

Michigan points on that day were 90

in number. In the Greenville section

farmers are receiving $1.50 and at the

northern country loading points $1.25





land ‘market is‘ steady to slow‘with

Michigan round whites sacked, U. ‘8.

Grade No. 1 selling to jobbers at $2.20;

at Buffalo at $2.20@2.30; at Pittsburgh

$2.20@2.35; at Cincinnati $2.20 for the

bulk. The Detroit market was un-

changed on Thursday, with the above

grade bringing $3 @325 in 150-1b. sacks

and $1.90@2 in bulk per cwt.

BUTTER.



Butter prices in the middle west are

slightly advanced since last week.

There appears to be' some improve-

ment in the consumption of this pro-

duct. At Detroit fresh creamery firsts

are now quoted at 550; do extras at

551,é@56c. Chicago market is, higher,

with creamery ranging at 52%@571/éc

per pound. At New York the range

for creameries is 56@59c. ‘In Philadel-

phia western creamery extra brings

58%c per pound.





 





 





Live Stock Market service





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Reports for Thursday, October 3lst ' -





BUFFALO.





In selling here today pigs brought





$16.50 and other grades $18.75. Lambs ‘





ranged from $17.25@17.50 and calves

went to $18.50. The trading in cattle

was very slow.





CHICAGO.

Cattle.



Receipts 25,000. Opening very slow.



Good to prime choice steers steady;

at $15.75@19.75; others 20@25c lower;

common and medium butchers $9.75@

15.75; heifers $7.25@14; cows $6.85@

12.75; bologna bulls $7.25@12.50; can-

ners and cutters $5.90@6.85; stockers

and feeders, good $10.25@12.75; do,

medium $7.50@10.25.



Hogs.



Receipts 41,000. Market active and

mostly 1562250 lower than yesterday.



Tops $18.30@18.45; heavy $18.15@

18.45; mixed and light $17.90@18.30;

packers’ hogs $16.75@17.50; medium

and heavy $17.40@17.85; light bacon

hogs $17.50@18; pigs, good to choice

$14.75@16.50; roughs $16@16.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 31,000. Lambs and year-

lings steady to strong; sheep steady.



Choice to prime lambs $16.65@16.85;

medium and good lambs $15@16.65;

culls $10@13.25; medium, good and

choice feeders $13.25@14.75; choice

medium and





medium and good $10.75@11.75.





DETROIT

Cattle.





Market strong; 750 higher than last

week.

Best heavy steers ....... $13.00@15.00

Best handy wt bu steers. 10.00@11.00

Mixed steers and heifers 8.25@ 9.75

7.75





Handy light butchers . . . @ 8.25

Light butchers .......... 7.00@ 7.75

Best cows ....... . ...... 9.00@ 9.50

Butcher cows . . . . . . . . . . . '7.00@ 8.75

Cutters ............. . . . . 5.75@ 6.00

Canners ........ . . . . . . 5.25@ 5.65

Be stheavy bulls ........ 8.75@ 9.25

Bologna bulls ...... . . . . . 6.50@ 8.50

Stock bulls ...... ‘. . . . . . . 6.50@ 7.25

Feeders ............ . . . . . 8.50@10.50

Stockers ....... . . 7.00@ 8.50





Milkers and springers::.: $60@ 130





Veal Calves:

Market steady.





Best OOOOOOOOOO .‘OOOOCOIO$ 17.00

Others . 7.50@16.00





Sheep and Lambs.

Market strong.



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

Fair lambs . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50@15.50

Light to common lambs . . 12.50@13.25

Fair to good sheep . . . . 2 . 8.50@ 9.00.

Guile and common . . . . 5.00@ , 7.00

_. Hogs.



Market dull.

'gs ....... OOIOOOOOIOOOI$15c50@15-75

Mixed hogs . . . . . . . . . . . 17.25@17.60





Reports for Wednesday, October 30th





BUFFALO.

Cattle.



Receipts 20 cars. Best grades 15@

250 higher; common steady. Prime

heavy steers $15@16; best shipping

steers $13@14; medium shipping strs

$11@12; best native yearlings, 950 to

1000 lbs, $15@16; light native year-

lings, good quality $12@13; best handy

steers $10.50@11.50; fair to good kinds

$9@10; handy steers'and heifers, mix-

ed $9@10; western heifers $9.50@

10.50; state heifers $7@8; best fat

cows $9@10.50; butcher cows $7@8.50;

cutters '$6@6.50; canners $4@5.50;

fancy bulls $9@10.50; butcher bulls $8

@9; common bulls $6@7; best feeders





$11 per cwt.. and the common to fair 900 to 1000 lbs, $9.50@10.50; medium





grades at $9.50@10.75. The Detroit

market rules steady, but very little

business is being done.

prompt shipment are quoted here at

$8.75 per cwt. .



ment shows more freedom and prices

are being held on a steady basis; the





feeders $8.50@9; stockers $7.50@

8.50; light common $6@6.60; best





Immediate and milkers and springers $100@150; medi;





ums $75@90; common $50@70. »

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In Chicago the move- H 93,





Receipts 20 cars;. 25@50c higher.

Heavy and yorkers $18.40@18.50; pigs





Michigan hand-picked beans are sell- $16.50@16.75.





ing to jobbers at $9.50@10.25 for choice

to fancy, and $7 for off stock; red





kidneys $11@11.50.

tions from Michigan country elevators





show that farmers are being paid on calves steady at $7@19, ‘





an $8@8.50 basis. '





HAY.





2 Prices remain unchanged and the

market shows an easy feeling owing to

larger receipts. Detroit quotations are





No. 1 timothy. . .$29.50@30.00

Standard timothy 28.50@29.00, ' "

No. 1 mixed 2450612500 ‘

No. 1 clever 23.50a24no

Pittsburgh.~s-The tone of the trade

. easier. with receipts now. in





     





Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts five cars; market higher.





Reported quota- Top lambs $17.25; yearlings $12@13;





wethers $11@11.50; ewes $9.50@10.50;





CHICAGO. .

“ Cattle. . ‘





Receipts today are estimated at 15,-





000 head, making 64,600 for three days.





comparing with 61,097 for. the same

time last ,‘week. The market is an ae~





tive and strong one; with many cattle





 

 





 





none. here'today are; {my em; '7‘ 0.

all more $19.50 new tan “3*





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ling steers are selling on the basis of

$15@19.60. Very few choice beeves

are showing up, and plain and com~

mon ‘light steers are moving rather

slowly. Butchering cows and heifers

are quotable at $6.65@14.75, canning

cows and cutters at $5.50@6‘.60 and

calves at $7.50@16.50. Stockers and

feeders are active at $7.25@12.75, but

not many go over $11.75. Western

range steers are salable at $9.50@17,

desirable lots being as much as 250

higher‘this week. Native steers sell-

ing at $10.25@12.50 and are very com-

mon.



. Hogs.



Wednesday receipts are about 20,000

hogs, making a total of 82,500 for-the

first half of the week, comparing with

89,307 for the same time last week.

Following the recent boom which land-

ed prime hogs yesterday at $18.85, the

market had a bad break today, with

common to- prime hogs selling at an

extreme range of $17 @1850, while pigs

sold at $12@16.50, but not many sold

anywherenear the bottom price. The

light butcher hogs .are market toppers,





with rough. heavy packing sows the





lowest. ~ .

, , Sheep and Lambs.

’TOdAY'B receipts are estimated at





 

 

 





4

16,000, head, making aetot’ala of 70,200





for the same time last week ,

st adiiy decreasing. r-recei'nts m



ass of a few‘Wks’ i150. the ms at

isractiVe at recentl -, advanced

prices, either .«the top or, ten;





for three days, comparing with 77,466

. ‘ With





 

 

 





 

 





selling from 15'@25_c higher than. at the Javier ;~ths1r, for finesse. ism»

“close last week. Prime heavy. steers ‘ '" ,1@ . . ‘ A1

' are “bringing $19.15@1<9.70;"~:’Ei ‘ , $-





@1.40 from the wagons. The Cleve- .





 





 





but":





Recent advances in cheese prices

have checked consumption and result-

ed in a reaction in the market. This

is particularly true of the central west

ern markets where prices were recent-

.lyon a higher basis than at-Atlantic





points. At Detroit flats are noted at

360 to jobbers; brick 40c; da pies 36c.





EGGS.





Except for high-grade new-laid eggs.

the demand is somewhat modified by

high prices; The limited production,

however, is largely responsible for the

advanced quotations ruling this week

At Detroit candied current receipts are

jobbing at 520; do firsts in new cases

54c; storage packed 42@440. In New

York the trade is firm with fresh gath-

ered extras at 61 @620, The Chicago

market is higher as follows: Firsts

'53@54c; ordinary firsts 52@521,§c; at





amark, cases included 52@53c.





POULTRY.





Heavyreceipts have eased off poul-

try prices and probably will encourage

consumption. At Detroit springers are

quoted at 29@300; hens 29 @300; small

hens 27@280; roosters 19@20c; geese

24@250; ducks. 29@300; turkeys‘34@

350. The New York market is weak,

with chickens 28c; fowls 28@300; old

roosters 22c; turkeys 32@33c.





APPLES. .





Apple markets continue about steady

with supplies fairly liberal and the de-

mand and movement generally slow.

On the! Detroit tracks Michigan stock,

orchard run and of ordinary quality

brings about $2.50 per bbl; No. 1 Jon-

athans in crates are selling up to $1.50

per bushel. At Chicago the Michigan

Greenings are quoted‘ at $4.50@5;

Northern Spy $5.50@6; Baldwins $4.50

@5; Jonathans $6@9.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Farmers continue. to‘sell considera-

ble produce on the city markets. Po-

tatoes bring around $1.30 per bushel;

cabbage 50c for white and 75c for pur-

ple; carrots 50c; parsnips 90c; beets

500; apples $1.10@1.75; onions $1@

1.25; eggs 700; butter 650.





GRAND RAPIDS



The quantity of farm products that

were brought to the city market last

week was less than the week previous,

owing to the storm which prevented

harvesting. Onions dropped to 40c a.

bushel by the load, and 500 a single

bushel; the crop is being moved fairly

well by jobbers in carlots. Last year

onions sold on the city market at $1.25

@150 per bushel. Potatoes in this sec-

tion are sixty per cent out of the

ground, and sell at $1@1.25 per bush-

el; the larger per cent is still too

green for cellar stock. Apple crop

harvested except Ben Davis, and prac-

tically marketed. A larger quantity of

cider is being made. this- year than

ever before. Many of the mills sell at

8@100 per gallon by the barrel. Job~

here in beans quote white at $8 per

cwt. to growers and $8.50 red kidneys.





NEWS ITEMS FOR THE WEEK.





 





(Continued from page 410)..

government now awaits proposals for

an armistice—General Ludendorff ten-

ders his resignation which is accepted

by Emperor -William.—French gain

east‘of St. Quentin, and make a con-





centric drive on Richecourt, ten miles .





north of Laon.—Sixty American bomb-

ing aeroplanes succeed in bombing en-

emy troop concentrations in region of

Grand Pre.-—-——British occupy -Aleppo,

Syria, cutting off Turks from their sup-

plies, and- eriling the entire Turkish

forces in esopotamia. .

Tuesday, October 29.



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front. Field Marshal Haig ad-

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.of Verdun the Ame cans usebigguns

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districts farmers have ~too much stock

for the feed on hand.



My business has taken"_ me into_a

number of districts of this state which

1"have traveled over very thoroughly.

1 have observed this fact: Farmers

living in the central portion of the

state, including Ionia and Gratiot coun-

ties, western Saginaw and the north

half of Clinton county, have a fine lot

of hay but are short on cattle. I un-

derstand that it is impossible to secure

wire for baling the hay, therefore mak-

ing it difficult {for these farmers to

move this surplus to points where it

is needed. ‘



Now, I find that in Oceans and sec-

tions of adjoining counties, quite the

opposite condition prevails. The dry

weather has resulted in a shortage of

hay and fodder, and farmers are oblig-

ed to dispose of considerable live stock





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which they have not the feed to carry '





through the winter or to prepare for

market.



Now it has occurred to me that if

the farmers of these two sections

could get together so that those living

in the first mentioned district could

purchase the cattle from the second





district, there would be mutual advan- ‘





tage resulting. Unless this is done,

the following procedure will likely take

place: ' The farmers with the surplus

of stock will sell to the local drover,

who in turn will send the stock prob-

ably to Detroit, and the farmers having

the surplus of feed will go to Detroit

“and pay the commission houses a con-





siderable advance over what the orig- '





inal_owners of the cattle received to

get this same stock for feeding this

coming winter. And the extra price

paid willvrepresent a dead loss, for no

service whatsoever will have been ren-

dered in this case by those handling

the animals, excepting, of course, that

given by the transportation companies

and the greater part of this would be

wasted.



Therefore I say, if the county agents

or other representative persons in

these two sections could get together,

there would be a distinct saving to the

farmers of both communities. Why

can’t it be done?——LEW STERLING.





Sort Out the Culls





EMEMBER that more than half

R the potatoes moved this fall will

go into storage. Putting your tu—



bers into condition to keep well after

they are put into storage qualifies

them to sell at prices on the open

market that will ‘take care of your tre—

mendously increased expenses for

commercial fertilizers, seed and labor.

That is why the "problem of grading

and sorting at harvest time becomes

so important. Culls must be kept from

the sound, marketable spuds; they

must go into storage or else the good

marketable stuff will all turn to culls

and prices will take a high dive.

As prices advance in the fall cull po-

tatoes become of more importance

than firsts. The grower who detects a

' cull in his crop and who puts thatcull

where it belongs is helping his associa-





tion to build up a reputation for Mich-





igan potatoes. The grower who. slights

this precaution is not only jeopardiz-

ing his own interests, but he is making

it difficult for his association to put

Michigan on the potato-growing map.





Always"\bear in mind, that efforts 01'





your association to sellNMichigan po-’





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We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

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Additional Stock Ad. on Page: no and 427





,1
HAT accounts for the increasing popularity of

‘;‘/ the 20 gauge shotgun,when only a few years ago the

12 gauge was considered the lightest gun that





could be used effectively?





Aside from the fact that shooting with the 20 gauge gun

provides keener sport for the hunter, three distinct advan-

tages mark the 20 gauge shotgun as an ideal weapon for

veteran or novice.





1. Economy—Ammunition for the 20 gauge gun is less

expensive. With results just as effective, this is an impor-

tant item to many hunters. Ammunition is also lighter to

carry. Recoil is slighter.





2. Light in weight—The 20 gauge gun is not burden-

some to carry. Having superb balance,it is easy to point and

quick to handle. You can get onto your game quickly,

which offsets any handicap that a quick opening shot pat-

tern may impose.





3. Does not mutilate—At the range at which most

small birds are bagged, the quick opening pattern of the 20

gauge gun does not mutilate the game. Its pattern is suffi-

ciently even to insure a “kill,” but you do not find your

bird filled with shot, or portions torn away by dense shot





15 to 25 yard:





distinct advantages





of the 20 gauge gun





clusters.





These three advantages make the Winchester Model 12

in both 20 and 16 gauges a big seller to"farmers and other

sportsmen. l\/Ien who have used this gun, with its smooth,

reliable action‘ and its perfect barrel, find it difficult to go

back to the heavier 12 gauge gun. _





How the barrel is bored





Men who know guns realize that the accuracy and dura-

bility of a gun depend primarily upon the barrel. The

barrel of the Winchester Model 12 is bored to micrometer

measurements for the pattern it is meant to make. The

degree of choke exactly offsets the tendency of the shot to

spread. Until its pattern proves_up7 to the Winchester

standard, no gun can leave the factory. The nickel steel

construction preserves the original accuracy forever.



The Bennett Process, used exclusively 7by Winchester,

gives the Winchester barrel a distinctive blue finish that,

with proper care, will last a lifetime.





What ® means





Look for this mark on the barrel of a Winchester-gun.

It means that the gun has been subjected to‘the W incherter '





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Model 97. Take-dowry Repeating Shotgun. , . ,

Made in 12 gauge, weight about 7% than” -

16 gauge, weight about 7% 'lbs.‘ The‘fil'nofito 5

with shooters who pr; or a’sluieforaam '

repeating shotgun uni a hammer. ‘ '





 

 





 





30 to 40 yard:





   

   

   

   

 

   





Heavier gauge guns do not make their boat pattern:

short of 30 to .40 yards. The 12 gawo‘throm more that,

but at the range most upland birds are killed, a throw:

the shot in a more compact cluster... If a In! :8 made, a!

a lesser distance, therefore, the chances are that the game

will be mutilated '





'Dept. M-4l





Definitive Proof test. It stamps the gun with Winchester’s

guarantee of quality, which has 50 years of the best gun

making reputation behind it.



, Every gun that bears the name Winchester, and that is





marked With the Definitive Proof stamp,has been fired many

times for smooth action and accuracy. It has also been





fired with excess loads as a test of strength. At every stage.





of Winchester manufacture, machine production is sup-

plemented by human craftsmanship. Every Winchester gun

i: perfected by the text and adjustment procerr.





It is this care in manufacturing that has produced the

Winchester Model 12, 20 and 16 gauge, and the Model 97,

16 gauge, for those who prefer hammer action. Both shot-

guns have won the admiration of Sportsmen everywhere.





Write for details of Winchester

shotguns and shells ‘





Detailed Specifications of the Model 12 and Model 97, ‘





and also our new booklet on shells will be sent on request.





. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY

New Haven, Conn.. U. _S. A.





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M or! nail, mi and promo chwlcem are killed

at 16 to 3% yards. fit these distances the Winchester

Model 12, 20 gauyelahot an open: up amtmakec as

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