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The Middle-road With Middlemen '

As Middlemen Still Handle 95 Per Cent of Our Farm





Products Why Wait for Cooperation and Not Try

to Improve t/ze 01d - System?—-By R. G. Kirfiy





OME farmers feel that all middle-



men are sharks who do no work,



but gobble up profits from the

farming business Without a spark of

conscience. Others trust the middle-

man so extensively that they are will-

ing to turn over all their crops to him

without asking questions or studying

the markets. Some feel that the mid-

dleman is not giving the producer a

fair deal but make no efiort to balk

him by either cooperation with neigh-

bors or individual effort.

the present as if farmers must adopt

the middle-ground in dealing with the

agents who handle farm produce.

Some of these agents are good and

some are not and the business farmer

must thresh out a lot of problems for

himself. If all of the marketing prob-

lems are left to the colleges and the

Department of Agriculture, some of the

farmers will also get left. The field is

too broad for an immediate solving of

all marketing problems. The present

systems adopted for the handling of

farm products have been built up over

a period of many years and while many

of them may be unfair, they, cannot

all be tipped over without something

to take their place. _



The local grocer is a middleman with

whom we are all familiar. Every farm-

er should make an effort to form

friends with a few of the reliable gro-

cers in his market town. These men





It seems for '





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9,





 





 





Graded Products Bring the Highest Prices.





He first stops at the home of Mrs. X





fill an important place between the and finds she is willing to take the

producer and the consumer and until eggs at fifty cents per dozen. . But,

a substitute is found for them it will her pocketbook is empty and she re-

pay most farmers to deal with them to quests Mr. Farmer to call at her hus-

the'best advantage, especially in the band’s office for the change. Certainly





handling of much of the small truck

which is produced on the

average farm.



A poultry breeder or

general farmer may have

twenty dozen eggs for

sale on a certain Satur-

day. He figures that they

are worth fifty cents per

dozen sold locally to pri-

vate customers. One cus:

tomer will take five doz-

en, another three dozen,

and possibly the remaindr

er of the eggs will be

sold in two or three (102-

en lots.



Here is a short story of

an experience in selling

eggs to private custom- /

ers , which sometimes‘hap-

pens: Mr.,Fa'.rmer‘ leaves

his Work with twenty doz-. «

en’eggs and goes to town

to, make, delivery. Of

course, henhas several er

rands at the store but if





he will do it as he wishes to pay the





 

 

 

 





 





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telephone bill before the fifteenth of

the month and get the discount. Mr.

Farmer goes to friend husband’s office

and sits by the door feeling foolish and

looking the" same, until husband comes

out after finishing his dictation. Friend

husband tells the story about buying





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eggs when he was a boy for six cents

per dozen. Mr. Farmer feels like a

profiteer, although his account book

proves to the contrary. He accepts

pay for the eggs and walks out of the

office, registering joy at his freedom.



Mr. Farmer goes down to see anoth-

er private customer who appreciates

fresh eggs from the farm. She pays

cash and the deal is soon over and his

spirit improves. The next stop is a

couple of miles to the other side of the

town. Mrs. H. pulls out a twenty dol-

lar bill to pay for three dozen eggs

and Mr. Farmer looks cheap when he

realizes that he has only $6.30 on hand.

Mrs. H. is good pay and will give him

the money next month. Then he trav-

els on to the cozy flat of Mrs. M. who

used to be a good friend of his before

he became the egg man and charged

so much more for eggs than she used

to pay. She has gone shopping. He

must hunt up a new customer for

those eggs, leave them on the steps by

Mrs. M.’s flat, or take them home. He

takes the remainder of the eggs to the

grocer, who gives him only four cents

less per dozen than he has been get-

ting from private customers.



Where has the morning gone and

how much is time worth to a farmer?

For the sum of eighty cents, or four

cents on each of the twenty dozen

eggs, Mr. Farmer could have hired the

grocer to be his agent. Was the farm-

er’s time worth eighty cents? It was

worth more than that on any of a doz-

en jobs on the farm.



The next time Mr. Farmer has twen-

ty dozen eggs for sale he stops cut-

ting out the middleman. He sells all

of the eggs in one brief





 





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tojPey c913: and AiloyvV‘igor Depreciation.





transaction and obtains

his money. The grocer

has a young lady clerk

to manage the telephone

calls. He has a delivery

boy with an auto truck,

and a select line of cus-

tomers who need eggs.

Mr. Farmer values his

own time and he has hir-

ed an agent to sell eggs

for him at a very reason-

able figure.



It is not necessary for

that middleman to be dis-

honest. If he pays too

small a price for eggs

there are usually other

dealers who will do bet-

ter and the honest dealer

will soon appreciate the

opportunity to do busi-

ness with a farmer who

delivers the first-class

produce that is eagerly

bought by, the‘dealer’s

best customers. .- ~ ~

. A peach ‘farmer who_



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NUMBER NINETEEN ency, producers and consumers alike, dealers are obliged to‘ .compete with





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shortage which is hampering the move- the

ment of Michigan potatoes, the Rail- were not retained.

.3 _ ' road Administration will make many



- """"""’3'°° friends for government railroad oper- ad of getting results in every sucli case





men threatened with dismissal

This is undoubtedly the right meth-





and if there are cases in which the

initial eiIOrts did not get the desired





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ed a new .angle.





issue in Michigan. be likelyto secure them at the January

but an old issue which meetings of these same boards.





And while you are thinking of it,





Be- Mr. Reader, is not this very situation





cause of the benefits one of the best possible arguments in





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DETROIT, NOVEMBER 9, 1918 many of the county agricultural agents well managed cooperative marketing





 





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT





N succeeding pag-



es of this issue

will be found a com-

prehensive survey of

the potato situation in

this state. The re-

ports comprising this survey deal es-

pecially with car requirements for mov-





Action on,

Potato Car

Shortage





 





MICHIGAN FARMER,

Detroit, Mich.





BUREAU MARKETS,

Detroit, Mich.





structive action.

information on this point?





further.





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ing the crop. Reports from all sec-

tions indicate a shortage of cars in

which to move the cup. Supplemen-

tary reports from many points showed

this shortage to be so acute as to

threaten severe loss to growers who

have no storage for their crop and

whose potatoes must be held in ‘field

pits until they can be moved market-

ward. Immediate action seemed im-

perative, if losses such as were suifer-

ed by many potato growers last year

were to be avoided.



Telegrams were at once dispatched

to the heads of the Railroad Adminis-

tration, the Food Administration and

the Bureau of Markets, copies of which

will be found on page 432.



Mr. Bloom, of the local office of the

Bureau of Markets also wired his chief

regarding the situation. Chief Brand's

reply is published in‘ another column.-



The information desired by Ir.

Brand was promptly secured from re-

liable sources by a member of ~ the

Michigan Farmer staff, who has been

gathering data on the potato situation

for several weeks.



The Food Administration also re-

plied to our'appeal with assurances of

prompt action. as will be noted from

the copy of the reply published here-

with.



' With these powerful government

agencies aroused to the need of home

diate action in providing the facilities

for the early movement of a consider-

able portion of Michigan's potato crop,

and with the Michigan Potato Grow-

ers' Exchange and other shippers

working to the same and through, the



. Regional Director and the car service



3 department of the Railroad Adminis-

tration. early relief seems assured.



in this‘ case Hichigau potato grow-



ers will reap an undoubted advantage



from the penilngot railroads and equip





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Government Departments Will Help





Washington, D. 0., Nov. 2, 1918.





Yours of November 1st we already have up with refrigerator de-

partment of car service section Railroad Administration, Chicago, in

matter of car supply for Michigan potatoes, and. have today trans-

mitted advice contained in your wire requesting vigorous action.





‘Washington, D. 0., Nov. 2, 1918,





If Michigan farmers will give us an estimate of number of cars

needed on diflerent roads in Michigan for potatoes and other lading

segregated, as between box and refrigerator cars, will be glad to

take up with railroad administration. Railroad administration is al-

ready handling this matter with individual roads in that state and

with Regional Director Smith. Additional information transmitted to

administration must be sufficiently definite to afford basis for con-

If no cars in sight from connecting lines presume

individual roads, have wired their needs to Smith. Have you any

Put this wire before the Michigan Farm-

er personaiiy if possible as answer to their wire to me and advise





FOOD ADMINISTRATION.





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FAIR FOOD PRICES





’I‘HE following olilcial list of fair food prices is furnished by Federal





Food Administrator Prescott.





rThe articles listed are classed as es~





sentials and the retail prices quoted are the maximum prices that should

be charged by any grocery. Any store charging more than the price quoted

will be asked to show its reason for so doing, and unless able to justify

such action, punitive measures will follow, A similar official list will be pub-

lished each week for the benefit of Michigan Farmer readers.





Retailer Consumer



Commodity. Pays Should Pay



Low. High. Low. High.

Wheat flour, 1/8-1b. bag (24% lbs) ...... . ....... . $1.40 $1.50 $1.55 $1.65

Wheat flour, 1—16-bbl. bag 1 (12%, lbs) ....... . . .71 .75 .81 .85

Wheat flour, bulk, (per lb) ....... . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .0555 06 06% .07

Barley flour, 1-16-bbl. 1 bag (12%. lbs). . . . . . . . . . .72 .75 .82 .85

Barley flour, bulk, (per lb) ......... . ..... . . . . . . .04 .05 .05 .06

Rye flour, 1-16—bbl. bag 1 (12%, lbs) ....... . . . . . . .75 .75 .85 .85

Rye flour, bulk, (per lb) ............ . .......... .05 .06 106 .07

Corn flour, bulk, (per lb) ......... . . . .. . . . . ..... .06 '.07 .07 v .08

Rice flour, bulk, (per lb) ............ .. . . . . . . . . . .11 .12 .13 .15

Corn meal, bulk, (per lb) .................... . .05 .06 .06 ”.07

Corn meal, package, 5 lbs. or less, (per lb). . . .06 ‘ .07 .07 .08

Victory bread, price per loaf, (16 oz). ...... 081/2 08% 10 .10





Victory bread, price per loaf, (32 oz)...

Oatmeal or rolled oats, bulk, (5% lbs). . . .

Oatmeal ,or rolled oats, package, (per lb. . . . . .





216 316 I18 .19

5.35 .. .07 .08





Rice, unbroken, standard quality (per lb) . . . . . ._ . .11 .12 42% 15

Hominy or hominy grits (per lb) ..... . ....... . . 1‘06 .07 e . 8 3 09

Sugar, granulated, bulk, (per 1b) .............. £8175 9.76 .0935 .11

Beans, white, navy or pea, not lima (pe lb) ...... .10 .11 .13 .15

Beans, colored, pinto or any other colored variety ‘ .

(per lb . . . . . . . .................... . ......... .. .08 .10 .10 ' .13

Potatoes, white or Irish (per peck) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 .40 . .36 .45



0mm, (per 1b) a.’ ........... one noun-ruse... so,“ .08 ’004

.12 18% 14 .18





Raisins, seeded, (15-01.. pkg)

Canned





tomatoes, stahdard grade (zen-gs. No.1). 0 .13, .14 _ .12 V A .18





Baum .121:

H18hfmd§bacong (per 1§)0so‘e-olvsesosd’rlJlloVchen'“ so I‘ '





 

 





 

 

 

 





Canned corn, standard grade, (20-03. . .12: -.12',§ .1 r.115.

WWW . 200nm.8l....~.. , 9.14 .14. 3.15

Canned salmon, tall pink Alaska (16-oz. No. 1) .. .18 , .18 38’ .15.

Canned salmon, tall red Alaska (160:. No.1). .. 15‘ .25 13 ‘ all

Evaporated milk. unsweetened. (6-0:. an)....... .08 .07 .06 .8 ,

Evaporated milk ,unsweetened. (16-oz. can)...._.. .12 .14 .18 .13

‘1“.th (”r“) aaaaaaa toga-ao‘toaouvoivoqo‘o a. ‘ .13 '1‘ on

'Butter, creamer-y print, (per lb)........._'....... .5. £3 3.61 M

I 0, (Wm) rooted-UtcgujionfiiolcolV ” \ 3‘“ d“ ‘an

M, (WM) I.O‘COUIIIIIUOOO'OUOCO}’. d” L i: n n .

Wm". cm cu! (W “,00ooo-ocvn._ f“, . a“ ‘ . A“

m MM. 3. (m “go-oese‘aeoloooooooefi"~’ ‘ ‘ .“v I”

wsmgm & can...cocon'coomo-opkIv " m f“ a » ‘

Bacon. at. standards!» (”slur ... _ -' : .fl ~ : 3

0‘. m (w .2..u..uf..§auuni. ‘ . ,v‘. a - ‘3‘,





 





017W“? E the natural result.





In this aim-talc” construe aid of the





politicians and financiers in their little



But such “a combination will avail

nothing against a united standby the

farmers of any county. Its political

numbers will quickly hedge at the de-

mands of their constituents, hence the

above suggestion.





HE rapid march of

The Fruits world events dur-

of log the past week has

brought the final is-

sue of the world war

. well within human

vision. Turkey and Austria have capit-

ulated on terms which amount to un-

conditional surrender, depriving those

powers of any possibility of renewing

the conflict, providing for the occupa-

tion of strategic points and giving the

Allied armies rights of transportation

and‘maneouver in their territory, but

leaving all considerations of final set—

tlement for the peace table, which

terms will be dictated entirely by the

victors.



The terms of armistice which will

be offered to Germany will be no less

severe, and with her Allies gone the

last of the central powers will have





Victory





virtually no chance but their accept— '





ance. It is the con’census of military

opinion that the end of the great war

is definitely in sight, The final victory

is near, but its fruits remain to be

gathered.



In securing the legitimate fruits of

this victory for humanity our nation

can wield a great- influence, as it has

already done in assuring the victory.

To this end the American people

should act with the same high and un-

selfish motives which have inspired

them in the conflict,-in voicing a whole—

some public sentiment.





Pres. Buell Talks on

' Car Shortage





N a recent interview with a member

of the staff of the Michigan Farm-

er, Mr. Derr D. Bueli, president of



the Michigan Potato Growers’ Ex-

change, said:



“From a careful estimate based up

on the returns of letters to shippers

throughout the state requesting infor-

mation for the railroad administration

I would Say that from ten to twelve

thousand cars will be needed to move

this year’s potato crop to market. We

are having difficulty, at most of our

shipping points, in securing enough

cars to meet our immediate needs. An~

other matter that greatly complicates

the car situation is the fact that the

distribution of cars has been made

without reference to the volume of

business the shippers have to move.

In other words, the small shippers who

handle from ten to twenty can during

the season have been able to move as

many cars as someof our local asso-

ciations that have from fifty to two

hundred cars to ,m‘ove. This, of course,

is working asap injustice to shippers

at many stations. and is a matter-that

demands immediate attention of gov-

ernment officials. ‘



“Many growers who lack adequate

storage facilities are" sure to suffer se-

vere losses, and much valuable food

will to in waste unless the car situa-

fli'li is immediately relieved and ne-

traciblelses us with unusually favora-

It weather. during the cheat two or

three) weeks. We have; appealed to

every department for relief and have





you promised ears ludiclmt'to relieve 3





1th. Mien, but as'yet few ears are





, ghemfdistribute‘d anions our associa-





iien. However. "we as still hopeful





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N d1scussing the methods of doing '





business, Mr. H. D. LaFluer, man-



ager of the LitChfield Cooperative

Association, said:

operation but two years when I was

called in to the the management of

the business. I was a farmer, but I

had studied the problems of coopera-

tion. I knew mighty little about the

business of buying feeds and shipping

stock and produce. I found that the

business needed several changes. No

allowances had been made for little

deficiencies on shipments of feed or

live stock. After getting my bearings

I began to set aside a small percentage

of the sales returns from each carload

of supplies and shipments of stock to

cover overhead charges and deficien-

cies existing in some of the other ship-

ments. This saves time and annoy-

ance in making prompt settlements,

and is the safest method of conducting

transactions of this nature, as we have

found by experience.



“We sell feed on the basis of_,cost

prices, plus $2.00 pef’ ton for handling.

We could handle feed on a smaller

margin provided we could depend on

our patrons being on hand, to unload

the cars promptly, but we find that it

usually requires an extra half day be-

cause we cannot get them to make

good their promises to take all the

feed they have ordered. I have been

called from my home to weigh out a

few hundred pounds of feed for some

patron who had agreed to take a ton

or more from a previous shipment. On

the other hand, it is often possible to

unload and sell as much as $1, 500

worth of feed in half a day to dairy

farmers who are on hand to take care





“We had been in‘





of their purchases. So you see how

the prosperous farmer who buys his

feed 'in large quantities and is on hand

to get it helps out the little fellow by

making it easy to buy in small amounts

at the lower price. One of my great-

est problems is that of keeping the

smaller farmers in line and inducing

them to be on hand for their stufl

when it comes. Our practice of sell-

ing grains and seeds at cost, plus fixed

charges for handling, has proved a‘

safe one during the past few years be-

cause grain and seeds have been ad-

vancing in price all of the time, but

from my experience doing business





A Worth -While Policy





for Rural

This Article is Addressed





Societies





to Grangers éut t/ze Ideas





Here Considered are Universal





By JENNIE BUELL





HE deputy who sets up a Grange



and leaves it with no program of



action has brought a still-born

infant into the world.



Very much like a baby, indeed, must

the young Grange depend upon activity

to gain size, vigor and influence. The

youngster kicks and throws his arms

and legs about because his Creator de-

signed that so babies should grow. The

paralytic Grange shrivels—dies. But

the athletic organization develops

bulging muscles and ruddy color—its

abounding health expressing itself in

action, and yet more action.



' "But how make a Grange able to





take its full place in a neighborhood. 9”

When you ask that question many

voices answer:



One says, “Teach us. Have farm

discussions; we need to learn the dan-

ger of soil exhaustion and how to avoid

it. I want the Grange to give me some

of the education the schools failed to

offer me regarding my farm and crops.

I want my boys to get what I missed.”



Another says, “Help the farmer

financially. If the Grange doesn’t do

this, it will be junked for some organ-

ization that will.”



Another voice:

'social evenings;





“Have good times;

lots to eat and loads





its jurisdiction. as well.





 





 





with members and patrons I am begin

ning to see the necessity of safeguard-

ing our interests by setting aside a sur-

plus by selling on the basis of present

market prices. Such a system is espe-

cially desirable in buying large quan-

tities of feed and paying high prices

for it. Then, too, the delay in getting

shipments at the right time makes it

very difficult to make prices so far in

the future.”



Have you had any trouble in buying

from concerns who are distributing

their products through retail dealers?

“Yes, sirl We have, but some of the

fellows who have given us raw deals





'LiLc‘hfiadi





have been mighty glad to do business

with us on the square when they have:

discovered that we did not have to

use their goods.

the best feed, seed and fertilizer con-

cerns in the country are looking into

the cooperative movement and endeav-

oring to give us better service than

the old line firms do their dealers.

When we first began shipping our live

stock some of the local buyers tried to

block our marketing business. We

know that certain firms helped finance

country buyers to work against our in-

terests. We have found one reliable

concern who conducts their business

on the square, and I want to tell the

readers of the Michigan Farmer that

this one concern is doing more of the"

cooperative shipping association’s bus-

iness in the markets or the country

than any other concern. They have

given us the best kind of treatment

and in return they are getting all of

the business we can give them.



“The cooperative way of handling

live stock is of great value to the small

farmer who has only a few animals to

market. It gives him opportunity to

secu1e maximum prices. The farmer

who is feeding a larger number of ani—

mals is more alive to the situation and

his animals help to make up better

shipments and increase the selling

prices of the smaller, ungraded lots.

One of the big problems confronting

the manager of a cooperative stock

shipping association is that of making

arrangements for loading the cars and

keeping in touch with shippers so that

he can get the animals assembled in

time to load them and get them on the

market when desired by the buyers.”





 





Juvenile Grange Float in Parade at Six-County Rally.





of fun, but no dry, tedious discussions.”



Another—a woman—says, “Let us

talk over what we read, exchange

choice ideas of our own, recite beauti-

ful poems and help one another to bear

the burdens of life more bravely.”



“Bring household helps, tell us how

and what to cook with conservation

recipes, and most of all teach us how

to train our children.”



“Pass resolutions to demand better

legislation, denounce hydra-headed

monopolies and defeat unscrupulous

schemes of a giant money octopus.”



And finally a quiet voice speaks,

"Save the children; teach them, make

them feel the Grange is a place where

they have happy times and belong. If





this had been started as a leader of





Grange work fifty years ago, we would

now have aniirresistible army of pa-

trons.”



Thus our friends set forth what they

would have the Grange stand for. Not

one of them is entirely._right, neither

is any wholly wrong. For the Grange

must meet the needs of everyone in

the rural community—old and young,

without distinction of race, color or

sex. The Apostle Paul said something

about becoming “all things to all men, ”

but the Grange must go farther than





Paul and be all things, not only to all;





men but to all women and children of

Its plan- of





campaign must be very inclusive; its

scheme of work must be exceedingly

intensive. Otherwise somebody will

lose heart and fall out. This tendency

to “fall out” is the perpetual problem

of Grange officers.

Early Aims of the Grange Still Hold.

One fact in the early history of the

Grange I think the casual member

fails to grasp. The founders of the

Order at first planned a farmers’ fra-

ternal organization for social and edu-

cational purposes only. It was not un-

til they attempted to put their scheme

into actual practice in farm districts

that they added financial and legisla-

tive features. When they tried to or-

ganize Granges out here in the middle

west, the common folks demanded an

organization to relieve them from ex-

tortionate treatment by the grain ele—

vators, railroads, middlemen and poli—

ticians who represented every interest

except that of the farm. The Grange

fathers 'were compelled to heed this

demand. Great results followed, both





through legislative activity and through . "





cooperative enterprises on the part of

these first “organized farmers.”

failures came, the Grange relaxed its





close study and ardent championship,





of economic reforms. In consequence,





torted use of natural resources still

(Continued on page 441).





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V‘ Farmer has sought to hasten relief by





What





I am the owner of a farm and ex-





pest to rent the same, furnishing ev-





erything. What share should the own

or receive in such case, of the crops.

also the stock, hogs, cattle, sheep and

In regard to feeding of the

stock that accumulates, who should

feed and furnish'the feed for the rent.

er’s share? Also in regard to thresh-

ing bill. What share should each pay?

Eaton Co. J. S. T

O strict rule can be followed in

renting a farm, because farms





diifer so in productiveness. One





T farm has been kept up by careful live

stock farming so it produces good crops





While'another farm has been neglected

and everything sold off until the soil

is depleted in vegetable matter, is in





' poor mechanical condition, and not in





good shape to produce crops. I have

stated the extremes in each instance

and you will find instances all the way

between and so, really, it is a matter

to be settled between the farmer and

the tenant. They should make a bar-

gain satisfactory to each.





Speaking in a general way, the rule

that has been handed down from gen-

eration to generation is that where the

renter furnishes everything, tools and

live stock and work horses, he gets

two-thirds of all the crops and the land

draws one-third, but here again much

would depend upon the condition of

that farm.



Again, if the farmer furnishes the

cows and hogs and sheep, everything

but the work horses, and also furnishes

the tools, pays for one-half of all pur-

chased food, etc., and pays the taxes,

he usually gets one-half and the renter

gets one-half.



In your case where you furnish ev-

erything you are hiring a man to run

your farm and pay him in a portion of

the crops. Now you can figure some-

where near what one-third of the crops

would amount to. ' If he is a good man





’ you could afford to pay him good wag-





Is the





T196 Doctors Disagree





 





es if he will go on and operate the





farm. You might employ him by the

month or the year. That is the way I

do, and you take all the chances. But

if you give him a portion of the crops

you must take into consideration that

he is liable to have some crop failures

and get practically nothing for his la-

bor, while other crops the same year

would bring him in unusual wages.

Under average conditions, I think you

could afford to give him one-third if he

pays all the bills. He ought to pay the

threshing bill himself. If there is any

purchased feed, he ought to purchase

it. The increase in stock should be di-

vided the same as the crops. Some

years this might be a very liberal com-

pensation for the tenant, and then





again with a bad year he might not re»





ceive as much‘ as if he worked for

cash. And I repeat that it is largely a

question that must be settled by your-

self and the tenant-C. C. L.‘





I am renting a farm at present but

being dissatisfied am about to make a

change. My neighbox has asked me to

rent his farm, which has good build-

ings, five or six houses, ten or twelve

milch cows, hogs, sheep, etc., with a





large portion of his farm seeded to

alfalfa. It is close to totvn and hehas

all necessary tools, says he will fur

nish everything. Can you tell me what

is a good all around square basis for

both of us?



Barry Co. W. E. B.





F the owner of the farm furnishes

I good buildings, stock and all the



necessary equipment, and the ten-

ant performs all of, the work in a

workmanlike manner, an equal divi-

sion of profits from the sale of the

dairy products and cash crops would

be just and equitable. This would also





apply to the hogs and sheep. The pro-y





ceeds from the poultry depends much

upon the matter of labor expended,

that it would seem advisable to limit

the number of hens kept on the farm,

and arrange for the owner to have half

of the increase of the flock each year,

and the tenantall of the eggs.



In case the owner of the farm fur-

nishes all'of the breeding stock and

work horses, the tenant should leave

thegproperty in as good condition as

he found it at the end of the year or

expiration of the lease. If the horses,

cows, brood sows and ewes depreciate

in value during the time of the lease





Car Shortage for Michigan





Facts Dew/oped 5y a Survey of Me [14166-

zgarz Potato Situation





HE pronounced shortage of cars



in which to move Michigan’s po-



tato crop, particularly that por-

tion of it which is still in pits in the

field, led to the making of a compre-

hensive survey of the car situation as

related to the potato crop. in this state,

under the direction of Dorr D. Buell,

the Michigan Potato

Growers’ Exchange.



On November 1 this survey had in-

cluded a good portion of the potato

section of the state, reports frOm

eighty-four shipping points indicating

that a total of 5,641 cars would be re-

quired to move the potato crop from

these points. The reports from these

points, a large number of which are re-

produced herewith, indicate that one-

third or more of these potatoes will be

shipped in the next month or six

weeks, provided cars are available to

move them. Well-posted shippers and

traffic men are of the opinion that the

total number of cars required to move

the entire Michigan crop will closely

approximate 10,000.



If the same conditions obtain in oth-

er sections of the state as are shown

to exist at the points from which these

reports have been received, something

like 3, 000 cars will be required to move

the potatoes which growers desire to

dispose of this fall which are still very

largely stored in pits in the field and

would be severely damaged by heavy

freezing.



The situation indicated by these re-





appealing in behalf of Michigan potato

growers to the several interested gov-

«turnout departments, as noted in the

am of telegrams published. The re-





 

 

 





ports from the various shipping sta-

tions included in the above estimate

follow:





Cadillac, Mich, Oct. 21.——In the sec-

tion bounded by McBain and Copemish





on the A.- A. R. R., and Tustin and

Manton on the G. R. & I R. R, the

crop last year was very light, perhaps

fifty per cent of normal, and I figure

the crop this season about the same as

last, due to early crop failure, dry





 





 





WM. G. McADOO,

Director General of Railroads,

Washington, D. C.





days.

to growers.





HERBERT HOOVER,

U. S. Food Administrator,

Washington, D. C.





CHARLES J. BRAND,



Chief Bureau of Marketer



U. S. Department of Agriculture,

Washington,D. .





relieve emergency.





 





 





’Wire Appeals to Government. Officials





A survey of the situation at eighty-four shipping points reveals

an acute shortage of cars ’in which to move Michigan potato crop,

much of which is in pits and in danger of heavy frost damage.

timated need approximates three thousand cars in the next thirty

We appeal for all possible'relief in behalf of Michigan pota-





Reports from” eighty- four shipping points indicate serious shorts

age of cars to move a large portion of Michigan potatocrop held in ‘ .

field pits and in danger of serious loss 'from freezing weather if

not moved soon. We appeal to you in behalf of Michigan potato

growers for aid in securing immediate relief at this situation.





Survey shows serious shortage in the Michigan potato districts.

Eighty-four shipping points report need of near y six thousand cars

to move crop, large part of which is in pits subject to serious dam

age from adverse weather conditions. lee‘ nae your launched to





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THE MICHIGAN EARLIER;-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





THE MICRIBAN FARMER.





 





 





 





 





 





estimate that, there wian





 





it is hardly fair that the owner should

stand all of the loss due to this do-

preciation.



At present prices of horses, cattle,

sheep and swine the annual deprecia-

tion of the mature animals would

amount to at least $20 per-head on the

work’horses, $15 per head on dairy

cows, $5.00 per head on fully grown

brood sows, and $4.00 on ewes. If this

depreciation is divided equally at ”the

end of the year it would work no hard-

ship. to the tenant for he would be only

sharing his part of unavoidable loss.



In a partnership form of lease the

usual practice is. for‘the two parties to

share equally the cost of purchased

feeds, threshing bills, machine hire for

Silo filling, blacksmith bills and gener~

a1 repair of the equipment.



In cases where the owner of the

farm has developed a system, of crop

rotation and stock feeding that is pay-

ing satisfactory returns, provision

should be made for the tenant to con-

tinue this system for the period of the

lease. It is only fair to the man who

leases a farm that is in good condition

that the tenant should return his farm

in as good condition as he” found it,

allowing, of‘course, for natural depre—

ciation due to the elements and un-

avoidable causes.



At its best estate, the partnership

lease should be regarded as a business

partnership and both parties should do

everything possible to make the farm

pay a profit. There are certain seasons

when only good judgment on the part

of the interested parties can avoid

misunderstandings and adjust matters

'that might work a hardship to one

party or the other. The big idea is to

make the farm pay a profit, and to

carry out this-idea there must be a

harmony of interests at all times be-

tween the owner of the farm and the

man who is operating it—W. M. K.





Potatoes





spell at setting time, and causing many

small No. 2 potatoes in the late crop.

I figure this section and in fact, Wex-

ford county will average not more than

eighty bushels per acre. Lastyear the

farmers would not sell in the fall and

the bulk of the crop did not move until

after January 1. This year it appears

to me that the farmers are free sellers,

and a lot of potatoes have already been

shipped out, but I am not wise enough

to make a statement as to what pro-

portion of the crop will be shipped be-

fore the first of the year. My opinion,

however, is that we will see thirty-five

per cent of the Michigan crop sold by





1 the farmers before the first of January.





The quality was never better. I figure

the total cars of 45, 000 pounds each

to be moved this year as fellows: Cad-

illac 130; Lucas 100; Hobart 75; Harri-

etta 25; Mesick 80; Glengarry 50;

Boon 50; Tustin 170; Gilbert 70; Man-





'ton 250; Beulah 30; Dewings 20; Digh-





ton 200; Evart 100; Ashton 25; McBain

100- Park Lake 40. Please remember

that this is an estimate based on busi-

ness done in other years and my judg-

ment of this year’s crop. I am told

that Hobart farmers have brought to

market and stored more potatoes than

were brought in last year up to the

first of January. ——W. H. B.



Trufant, Mich” Oct. 21 .——In reply to:

your letter of recent date, will say that

the potato crop is light around here‘

and I think that 225 cars will meet our

needs for the season. . ’



Falmouth, Mich" Oct. 22. ——In regard

to car survey will say that the reports

from our members show that they will

have about 90, 000 bushels of potatoes. ‘

A few-cars of these will be loaded at

Hacker and Wyoming sidings. We will

also have one car of beans, two of rye,

six of oats and 25 of hay. other buy-

era will probably handle about the





,.'same amount of potatoes altagether.‘

We have our storage housesfuil, ~





 





the alley! piled up with b .—H. 'J.

Petoskiey‘, Mich, 0&351—1 I:

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COWS are





Under Cover-By G. K. Riley





HE dairy cow has a nervous tem-

perament Which is easily dis-

turbed by unusual noises in the

barn such as barking dogs or unneces-

sary shouting among the men. It pays

to be quiet around the cattle, as every-

thing which disturbs them helps to re-

duce the milk flow” and cuts down the

dairy products.

Play the Part of a Neighbor.



The pure-bred bull in a community

is a fine asset and farmers owning

such animals should feel free to ask

their neighbors a service fee' for the

use of the animal that is in proportion

to its value as a breeder. Neighbors

that bring their cows for service

should be prompt in paying fees as

this is only right and it encourages

others to buy pure-bred bulls. When a

fine pure-bred bull is owned by a neigh-

bor it gives a farmer with an ordinary

herd of cows an opportunity to im-

prove his stock and finally own a herd

that is nearly pure-bred. It may not

be necessary for every farmer to have

pure-bred cows. Of Course, there are

not enough to go around. However, it

is important to keep as good cows as

possible and never neglect an oppor-

tunity to improve them by good breed-

ing methods. _



One Way to Get a Silo. _



The farmer without a silo should

visit the neighbor who owns one and

note the keen satisfaction that a dairy-

man receives from owning one of the

tall cans of feed which bring summer

conditions into the barn in the winter.

Silage is too well known almost to dis-

cuss its value but there are many

farms without a silo, even though the

owner possesses more than enough

cattle to make such an investment pay.

In some cases it will pay farmers to

sell a few head of cattle in order to

, buy a silo if they cannot obtain one‘in

any other way. The use of silage

will enable them to give much better

care to the remaining members of the

herd.



What the Tank Heater Would Do.



Ice water is not recommended as a

milk producer and yet many dairy cat-

tle obtain their water through a hole

chopped in the ice in the water tank.

The feed that the animals eat has to

help heatlup that. ice water. How much

better it is to use a tank-heater. Then

thegcows drink more water and it does

not have to be warmed by the heat of

- their body. Cows do not like warm





water and they do not like iceWater.

The tank heater can be regulated just

right for them on a. cold winter day





and it has a fine influence on the





amount of milk produced.

Cold Winds Not Wanted. .



When the winds are cold and the

snow is blowing, the dairy? cows should

not be left out in the field. Cows like





fresh air and they will enjoy a pro-





tected barnyard even in cold weather

An evergreen windbreak around the

barnyard is especially desirable on

cold windy days when the sun is shin-

ing. Then the cows can enjoy the sun

without the exposure of the Wind. Nev-

er leave the stable door open in such

a. way that the cold wind- can blow

through and expose the cow’s flanks

and - udders. A c'ow standing in a

draught is in more danger than as if

she were outside in a severe storm.



Why Some Favor Winter Dairying.



When the cows freshen in the win-

ter there is more time for milking and

caring for the calves. The milk brings

the best price and the income is often

néeded more during the winter than in

the summer when more money is con-

stantly coming in for the‘ varied crops

and produce that can be sold. On

some farms there is a steady income

from produée from the time the aspar-

agus and early truck are sold until the

last apple‘ is picked in the fall. From

November 1 until April the income

from a few dairy cows is much appre-

ciated and it has often brought a fam-

ily many pleasures which would have

been impossible if it were not for the

money received from the cows.



Pay Your Dues and then Raise Cane if

Necessary.



It will pay every dairyman to join

his local association and help out in

the effort to educate the buying public

concerning the value of milk and but-

ter. The oleo interests are organized

and the middleman handling every

kind of dairy products have been more





or less organized. 'The producers have





been so busy tending the cows that

many of them have lost money on the

marketing end of their business. This

condition is being remedied ,by the

many fine organizations which are

now working to protect the dairymen’s

interests. Every farmer with dairy

cows should be willing to do his part

and attend the meetings held for the

purpose of protecting the dairy busi-

ness.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

   

 





   





 





‘ “Sorry ,Obut Dan’s got 'my

t lastrry pair of Lambertville

Four Buckle Arctics”





“I may be able to get you some of

the other Lambertville Footwear

but no more Four Buckle Arctics

or Short Boots can be had now.

The Govemment’s taking practi-

cally the entire output. If you run

into an odd pair in any store, buy

’em quick.



“I know it’s hard for you fellows

who are used to Lambertvilles to

wear anything else. But remember

it’s hard for me too. No others sell

so quickly or bring me the same 7;

good will. Well, we’ll all have to ' ‘

grin and bear it till the Govern- ,

ment’s demands grow less. Then,

believe me, I’ll have all the Lam-

bertvilles you want.”





If your dealer happens to have a pair of

Lambertville Four Buckle Arctics or Boots

of your size, buy them on sight. If he

hasn’t, don’t blame him. And don’t blame

us. War orders .must come first and for

the time being we are powerless to supply

our trade.





Your dealer wants to sell these goods just

as much as you want to buy them. He

knows they mean good business for him - g

and satisfaction for you. He’ll have a full '

line just as soon as we can give them to

him and that will be as soon as this big

Government demand lets up.





 

   

 

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

   





In the meantime make your ‘old Lam— - , 'f.7

bertvilles go as far as possible. If you are

forced to buy an inferior make, remember

that your sacrifice is only temporary, for

we promise to put your old reliable

Lambertvilles back on the market at the

earliest possible opportunity.





LAMBERTVILLE RUBBER COMPANY

Lambei'tville, New Jersey





 





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- .By EZRA LEI/IN





(Continued from last week).





HAT representation has the



farmer! Has there been any



organized effort to adjust these

problems during» the war and is there

anyone holding out any hope for the

future? The most significant recent

movement in relation to agriculture

which is worthy of note is the forma-

tion of the Non-Partisan League. The

activities and possibilities of the Non-

Partisan League are very important.

The farmers of every state in the Un-

ion are watching it. It would be worth

while making this movement subject

for discussion for an entire session.

But in passinglet us dig beneath the

maze of accusations and counter ac-

cusations.



The Non-Partisan League is the coat-

ed tongue of the sick stomach. Say

what you will, even the most hardened

conservatives and opponents of the

Non-Partisan League, the men who

have tried to fasten the ignominous

stain of disloyalty on this organiza-

tion, even they will admit that the

Non-Partisan League is a symptom of

“something wrong.” The Non-Partisan

League is a protest against a violation

and transgression of the rights of Am-

erican men and women and children;

a movement begun long before we en-

tered the war. Its strength is merely

an indication of how sick, how ill, eco-

. nomically the community is where it

' exists.



The effect of this organization has

been tremendous and there is no doubt

as to its bearing on the politics of the

states close to North Dakota. Still, I

cannot believe that there is cause for

a distinct farmers’ political party in

this state to represent the farmer. I

believe that.our pressure exerted upon

the men who go to our legislature

would be sufficient to protect our in-

terests. There are today in the states

the Grange, the Gleaners, the Farmers’

Clubs and the large group of farmers

who do not belong to any organization.





   

   

   





 

 





 





 





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These organizations have provided the





ally to discuss their problems but ev-

ery tamer will admit the problems of

representation must be a matter of all

the farmers in Michigan and not undi-

vided organizations. In fact, these

various units are defeating their own

ends and will continue to do so unless

they meet at a common conference as

farmers and exert a united pressure.

Let us look further: .

Who has been representing the

farmer nationally during this war? The

Food Administration and the Depart-

ment of Agriculture. The concensus





these divisions has not proved ade-

quate for the farmer. The trouble lies

in the fact that while they know our

problems they do not feel them. They

do not know what it means to lose

three crops of beans, they do not feel

the discouragement, the depression

which comes with the Black Death as

it spreads over the fields at night kill-

ing. a crop which needs just a week to

mature. They do not feel this losing





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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A MI KIGAN NORMAL COLLEGE I! ' , ’9

will sell or trade for small farm“ or stock general 9 a

merchandiie. Cooper. Gover dz Francis, Mt. Pleasant. Mich. . . . .

Sawing Outfit

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'Acres. 40 celery land. 20 clay loam two miles from Woo d





w market. finest, shipping facilities no better land

in the state. modern home. For sale by owner. '

H. E. GIBBS. - - Ithaca. Mich.





 





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' ‘ w nted to hear from. owner of farm for

. 8 sale. State cash price. “to down tion.

‘ D. F. BUSH. - - - - Minneapolis. inn,





 





 

 

 

 





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‘ $32}:ng roved land for sale.





 





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game we are playing, this gamble with

the elements and with those who ma-

nipulate our crops. .



A recent editorial in the Detroit Free

Press says: '



"Food is going to waste in tons all

over Michigan on the farms because of

the failure of food administration ofli.

cials "toyact within the powers confer»

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been left to rot on the ground, just as

they have rotted year after year, be-

cause the prices paid the farmer made

it unprofitable to gather them And

while these apples were rotting and

our food officials were shouting “Save

Food.” Detroiters were paying five

cents each for apples, thirty-five cents

a quart, $2.80 a peck, $11.20 a bushel

or more than $22 a barrel! Every dels

iar paid for these apples by Detroiters

over and above a legitimate price is a

dollar withheld from the necessary

uses of the war for liberty, and is a

mockery to thrift campaigns and the

faithful saving efforts of the people.

Indeed, this characterization is draw-

ing a mild statement of the facts.





Detroit pays seventy centsor better

per dozen for fresh eggs; within two

hours of the city strictly fresh eggs

have been selling at forty cents a doc.

en for shipment to New ,York. In this,

one of the great potato-growing states

Detroiters are paying prices for pota-

toes which would make the average

grower faint from surprise were to re-

ceive them for his product.”



They do not feel this.



David Lubin, the great student of

agriculture, recently said this about

the Department of Agriculture:

“There is an absence of the psychic

relationship between the Department

of Agriculture and the vast number of

units that go to make up the body of

the American farmer.” It is true, as

a member of the Extension Division of

the Michigan Agricultural College, I

have experienced it. The man who

.works, who tries, who gambles at a.

risk that no insurance company would

assume, is pounded on the back to

grow wheat when he cannot afford it,

when it is taking less chance and get-

ting more money to grow rye on the

same ground; to grow beans, he takes

the risk, to grow potatoes and sell

them for forty. cents a bushel, to pro-

duce food and have the help taken

away at harvesting time—this man

cannot understand your sympathy,

your kindness, your advice.





Does the Food Administration want

to know what the farmers think? Let

them ask the farmers in Lenawee

county who sold their beef for less in

the spring than they paid for steers in

the fall, after feeding them all winter.

Let them tell us why I am getting

ninety cents a hundred for my onions

and the consumer paying $3.50. Let

them deny that a man that puts good

corn in a silo today and selling milk at

present prices is not loaning money

to the government by buying Liberty

Bonds but giving his labor and money

away to the. city man who thinks that

.the farmer is getting rich. .





The Food Administration with its

power has tried to make adjustments.

But, let us not lose sight of the fact

that the administration is ,only con-

cerned with the farmer in so far as it

protects the consumer. At least, the

inadequacy of the administration in ad-

justing the farmer’s difficulties can

only point to the necessity 'of_a farmer

representative body to make the facts

known concerning ourselves.





Let usqiook into the Department of

Agriculture and see what possibilities





it holds 'out for the farmer. We look





back over the fundamental considera-

tions which must be realisedin order

that the future American agriculture





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HAVE always been obliged to econ-

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disobey many of the rules laid

down by expert hortculturists on the

proper method and time of pruning my

fruit trees. .



Undoubtedly March and April are

the best pruning months, but I am

obliged to do the work when opportu-

nity offers. Usually I find more time‘

in the early and middle winter months

than I’do just preceding the rush of

spring work. I therefore take advan-

tage of any fine days to trim and

prune my orchard.



In these northerly districts it is de-

sirable to keep the heads of the hear-

ing trees open to admit the sunlight

freely. This aim I purposely keep in

mind all the time I am at work upon

the trees. Wherever I find limbs that

cross and rub each other I first remove

one or both of such limbs. Dead wood

and branches that show signs of blight

are also taken out at the first cutting.

TWO other types of branches are unde-





. sirable; the first of these is the shoots





that stick up straight in the air, and

the other is parallel limbs. As many

of such branches are taken out as the

tree ought to have removed.



This brings up another matter

wherein my practice differs from that

of many of my neighbors. They usu-

ally permit their trees to go unpruned

for a number of seasons and then they

take out a very large quantity of wood

at a single pruning. My practice is

quite. the opposite; I do some pruning

in each tree .every year. I think this

practice is less likely to throw the

trees out of balance and discourage

fruit bearing until the trees can recov-

er. I have a few old trees, however,

that were in bad shape and with these

I did some heavy trimming with the

idea of getting them back into bearing

condition. This resulted in the growth

of a considerable number of. water

sprouts and these have been kept down

each season since we did heavy prun-

ing. My ownfexperience and what I

have heard other fruit growers say,

lead me to think that this is a good

program to follow with the old trees

as the heavy cutting starts anew vig-

orous‘ growth which is kept under con-

trol by subsequent annual pruning.



In common with most careful fruit

growers I make the cuts as nearly par-

allel with the trunk or main branch of

the tree as possible.





distance from the trunk, making an

under cut so as to prevent the strip-





Where a large,

, limb is removed I first saw it off some»





Fruit Trees





ping of the bark when the limb falls-

The remaining stub is afterwards sev-

ered by making a parallel cut as stat-

ed above.



There has been a greatdeal of argu-

ment among us farmers as to the ad-

vantage of painting the wounds. 1

took occasion to look this point up as

carefully as I could and found that the

practice was a questionable one to fol-

low. A bulletin from the New York

Experiment Station at Geneva gives

some interesting conclusions from ex-

periments conducted there. Many ma-

terials, including white lead, white

zinc, yellow ochre, coal tar, shellac and

carbolineum, were used in those ex-

periments, but not a single one was

found to be of any benefit. In every

case untreated wounds made as quick

recovery as did those that were treat-

ed. In most instances the supposedly

helpful covering injured the exposed

tissues and actually retarded healing.

Moreover, wounds kept from drying by

some of these protective materials

healed no more rapidly than those ex-

posed to the air. Of the difierent ma-

terials mentioned above, white lead,

white zinc and shellac caused little or

no injury. but they did no good. It was

decided that no gain whatever accrued

from the treating of small wounds and

that there was a possible advantage in

the case of larger wounds in keeping

out disease germs until the healing

had been completed.



As I have a great deal of faith in





the work of the Geneva station, I not '





urally accepted this advice and dis,

continued the painting of the wounds

when pruning. The saving in labor

was certainly worth while. I believe

that many of the bad spots in trees

caused from decays starting where

cuts have been made could have been

avoided if more care had been taken

in making smooth clean cuts. This is

the reason why I use sharp tools.



We occasionally have a winter when

the younger trees are damaged by the

mice' and rabbits girdling the trunks.

This damage occurs when these ani-

mals are cut off from their usual food

supplies by heavy snows and ice. 1

cover such wounds first with a coating

of grafting wax and then some clay

Kr which I wrap a piece of cloth to



ep the material in place. While





many fruit growers mention bridge

grafting Where trees have been com.

pletely girdled, I have not found the

practice at all Satisfactory, as it is

very seldom that a tree will survive a

wound of this character.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

   





 





 





 





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will place them in a position to grow

more good seed next year.

fair that the farmers who are doing

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Michigan potatoes should be compelled

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it will go a long ways toward putting

the production of high quality seed on

a healthy and profitable basis.



Many farmers who have attempted

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malototfhisseedtobuyers from

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Our Farmers Must Save Themselves





(Continued from page 434).





ment. Our problems are changing,

and we need leaders who can be trust-





the Department of Agriculture we find, ed and who can help us, represent us,

that it is giving just these matters the in the reconstruction as well as at

most intense and careful attention. present. Leaders who will have power

They have begun scientifically and sys- to act, leaders who will be listened to;

tematically and they are producing re— leaders who have hearts and souls to

suits, results which would astound you understand what lies in that magic

if I would bring them to your atten- word of happiness; leaders who can

tion. We have the Agricultural Col- sense national changes in relation to

lege of this state as one of the finest their communities and leaders who

units of the Department of Agriculture. will continually bring forward the

The Extension Division of the Agricul- facts of a better agriculture practically

tural College represents the farmers and spiritually; leaders who feel the

of Michigan. If it does not, it is not pulse of events and sense the great

functioning. The Extension Division changes which are going on in the rap-

of the Michigan Agricultural College id development of our civilization We

knows that the agricultural policy of must knew that it is not only agita-

this must be initiated by the farmers tion, it is education which will bring

themselves; they have sensed this gap about these changes, this will never

between the man who knows and the come from agitators, from 'opportun-

man who feels. It is because of this later; from demagogues and pedants,

that we have our county agents. The but it will come from the students of

county agent’s is a big job. He should agriculture and the leaders of men.

be the pivot point, the leader, the man The county agents themselves are not

who, surrounded by a farm bureau of enough. The representative farmers

representative farmers can understand of these counties must meet. The agri-

the agricultural condition of his county cultural policies of this nation must be

today. But he cannot be a. leader un- developed by the men who have felt

less the organizations in this state their boys and girls leave them, who

which do exist give this county have felt the discouragements and loss‘

,agent their undivided support. Every es of crop failure, the men who need

Gleaner, every Granger, every member help now and will have to leave food to

of 8. Farmers’ Club and every other rot in the ground this year—the farm-

farmer in the county must wake up to ers themselves. We farmers in Mich—

the realization that this representative igan could come together in a session

is no more a government man and a and formulate these protests and ini-

college man than he is a county man. tiate these policies and learn from

community, each other so that we can look into the

the bridge between the college and the crystal of the future and see’ it. Why

farmer. is this not possible? The county agent



I am willing to admit that some of shall arrange for a caucus to elect

our county agents are not leaders, but three representative farmers from

we can not, as intelligent men, invali— each county, not business men from

date the fundamen’ V

a representative o co which can only will come to the college with their

be made to function when this office county agents, either in Joint session

receives the undivided support of ev- or separate session twice a year as

eryone in thi- community. and the 1111- long as the war lasts and live years

qualified support of the Michigan Ag— thereafter. A farmer-8’ committee shall

ricultural College with an efficient also be arranged to make prevision for

corps of specialists unhampered and the expenses of these representatives.

unchecked except by one motive, the The Agricultural College circuit! be

ultimate happiness and prosperity of the mecca of the farmers of Michigan,

thetarmwan'lorsotthetoodgrowers and can be it the tumors and the

[of this state.



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such houses are too heavy to move

'easily 'with one horse. If a colony

house is to be used as a protection for

chicks which are beyond the brood

coop age, a small size colony house,

such as illustrated in the photograph,

will be satisfactory. A house of that

kind built on skids can be moved by

one horse to any part of the farm and

it will last longer with freQuent mov—

ing than a house which is large and

heavy. -



The value of the colony house lies

in the chance of giving the growing

birds a changed environment. Poultry

can be raised more successfully if they

are grown on land that has not been

contaminated by many flocks during

previous years. If the growing chicks

are allowed to roost on the floor of

small brood coops long after they are

weaned it will result in the overcrowd-

ing which produces colds and stunted

birds. The same chicks placed on the

roosts in a colony house will make a.

rapid even growth it other conditions

are equal. At first the colony house

may be placed at the edge of a clover

field or in .a corn field where the birds

can gather .bugs and hunt in the shade

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to an orchard or in a large garden

where the crops have been harvested.

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simplified. Finally as the pullets‘reach . .

maturity they can be culled and the:

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for winter. All through the season the





birds are receiving the occasional mov- ,





ing which gives them fresh ground and

a new place in which to busily gather

their food.





If colony houses are constructed too . .





large they will be apt to receive fewer

moves during the Season and one of

the greatest advantages of the colony

system is this opportunity of placing

'the young stock where they can do

their best. Growing young stock suc-

cessfully is one of the most difficult

factors that enter into profitable poul-

try production. The farmer who can

grow fine flocks of pullets is apt to be

successful as they are the foundation

of the poultry business. They are dif-

ficult to buy and they must be produc-

ed every year [to keep the flocks with





the‘right proportion of young stock to





insure a fair number of. winter eggs.

The light, well-built colony house is

a great protection against all kinds of

thieves. They can be locked each.

night and if the floors are well built

and the windows are covered with one-

fourth-inch mesh wire netting there

will be little chance for rats and weas-





els to enter the house. Colony houses“ ,

are quite, necessary if stove brooders ‘

are used, but even on the farm where ’

a few hundred chicks are brooded with .

hens agfew colony houses of the type >

illuétrated inAt-he. photograph will ena- :

ble' thefarmer to produce much better '

- poultrysithannformerly and do it much-,; '

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nuisance. If they are compelled “to

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from the roasts and compelled to

crowd in, the corners of the laying

house. A few colony houses that are

light, well ventilated and easily moved

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of raising young‘poultry and make the

work much more satisfactory and prof-

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give this great institution and its rep-

resentatives not passive but active sup-

port. The college wants to know what

the farmer in the state wants and

needs. It must know it in order that

the college may play its part as the

great big \representative of the farmers

of Michigan. The college can point

the way, the college can make sugges-

tions, but the farmers themselves must

take action. Opinions and resolutions

can only carry weight when supported

by the will of the men in the state who

are concerned, the farmers themselves.



Gentlemen: As a farmer of Michi—

gan I have stated my case. It can be

summed up as follows. We farmers

must have representation for the pres-

ent and the future. This representa-

tion must be made up of farmers. In

order to constructively criticize and

learn how they may be more effective,

how they may organize for efficiency,

in production and distribution, they

should support the Michigan Agricul-

tural College and its representatives

actively. The farmers should aim to

come to meetings under the auspices

of the college to get acquainted and

give their representatives, the county

agents, their unqualified support. In

order to make the opinions of the in-

dividual farmer of Michigan dynamic,

it is proposed that farmers’ represen-

tatives from. each county should meet

and the farmers of Michigan discuss

and formulate agricultural policy. At

these semi-annual meetings the EXten-

sion Division of the Agricultural Col-

lege the county agents, should meet

and a joint session with the farmers

should be held. This farmer federation

should be a permanent organization

with a paid secretary. The resolutions

adopted at each session shall be prop-

agandized and made known to every

farmer in the state, through the press

and otherwise.



This address is not, and obviously

cannot be. a panacea for the farmer’s

ills. It has been given with the motive

of bringing definitely to the attention

of the farmer the need for a represen—

tative body of farmers to cooperate

with the representatives which we

now have, to‘urge legislation and to

adopt that policy which will insure the

success and the future of Michigan ag-

riculture. I am submitting this with

the prayer and hope that we take





measures to avert this pending cams.

ftrOphe which the agriculture of the





state is to experience. to organize our

protests and our suggestions in a form





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visitors who will come. _



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soldiery any quicker-than badly worn,

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nothing conduces to such appearance

faster than to find the grass of such

places badly tracked.





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see while here; and these bring call-

ers, and their doings bring spectators,

and the exquisite view would bring all

other strangers as well, those in charge

have had a problem indeed.



Fences, placards, sentries nearby,

proving unavailing, an actual grass-

guard is posted there.



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seas service, but who have been gass-

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eyes.



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they have done him and so he is bound

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the force of the government in war

times behind the request, to step back

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the crop will be moved this fall, the

rDestc‘tlarou‘gh the winter and spring—-

Park Lake, Mich” Oct. 25. —-We will

need about 30 cars at this station to

move this year’s crop The quality of

our potatoes is fine and the yield ex-

cellent.



Kslkaska, Mich, Oct. 25. -—We will

need more than 100 cars to move the

association potatoes at this station.—





K.c B





File Lake, Mich. Oct. 24—111 regard

to cars wanted we can use three cars





/ a week for the next thirty days if the





market warrants us a fair price There





, are four other buyers that will take





their share or the cars, so that alto

gather, Fife Lake will want twelve to

fifteen cars a week for the next thirty

dam—'9. F. P. Co.





be no carious of potatoes to go out

of our station this season. Crop very

poor and potatoes will be shipped into

our town to supply the needs. We have

thirty earloadsA of onions to ship this

seasonH—J P.



Holly, Mich. AOct. 23 .——I would say.

that there will be about twenty cars

of potatoes shipped out of Holly, 15 at

Davisburg and 15 at Rose Center. This

is from the best information obtainable

at the present time. —-—W. H. M.





Dorr, Mich., Oct; 22.~As far as I

know there will not be more than three

or four cars of potatoes shipped from

this station this season The crop is

poor and the bulk of it is being truck-

ed to Grand Rapids. A few ofP the

cars may be moved soon ———G. A.



Three Oaks, Mich, Oct. 24. —In re-

ply to your inquiry, would say that I

do not think there are enough pota-

toes in this section for home consump-

tion this year. Potatoes are being

shipped in here at the present time, so

gore will be none shipped out—C.





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Lupton, Mich. Oct. 23. —We will

need the following number of cars at

different loading points: Lupton 7;

Rose City 2; South Branch 1, and

Long Lake 1. We will load at these

stations and perhaps may extend our

points later. ———L. H. & Son.



Fostoria, Mich., Oct 23. —We esti-

mate 100 cars to be shipped from our

station. About 30 until December 30,

and the balance during the winter and

spring. The above is figured on a

basis of securing cars as we need

them—E. C. B. & Son.



Leslie, Mich” Oct 24. -—-We have

about fifty per cent of a crop of fair

quality potatoes. Local demands will

absorb about all we have to often—-





E. W P.



Gobleville, Mich. Oct. 23 ——I would

say there would be 150 cars of pota-

toes shipped from this station this

year, about one-third this fall and the

balance next spring ..-——J L. -



Mayville, Mich" Oct 24. —We expect

to ship about 10 cars from here this

season. We have a dryer here that

will take a large part of our crop this

year. —-F. G.& &R Co.



Wolverine, Mich. Oct. 24. —-—Would

say it will take about 25 cars to move

the potato crop from this station. The





Twining, Mich” Oct. 24. ——We will

need 20 cars at Lachine,15 at Alpena.

five at Millersburg and 20 at Posen.

——G. M. A.



Lapeer, Mich, Oct. 24 .—-We will

need approximately 20 cars to move

this year’s crop at Lapeer. ——V. & T



Pellston, Mich" Oct. 23 .——Only a. few

cars will be shipped from this station.

~—-P. Mere. Co.



Cedar City, Mich., Oct. 25.——There‘

will be about 200 cars shipped out of

Cedar this season. I think about 30

from Solon and Ruthardts. We have

250 members and expect 300 and we

think the members’ crop will average

500 bushels. If we can get cars so as

to move all of our potatoes we will

ship at least 175 cars about one-third

this fall and the balance during winter

and spring. 0! come, this is only a

rough estimate, but it will give you

an idea of the car situation at these

points. Our potatoes are of fine qual-

ity and coming out of the ground very

clean ..——C P. Ex.



Gowen, Mich, Oct. 25 ———In answer

to your letter regarding the cars need-

ed by our station. this season for ship-

ping potatoes ! should, say that we

shall nwd between 75 and 85 cars. Po-

tatoes will move from now until the

latter part of December.

until the latter part or January there

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Chelsea, Mich, Oct. 23. ——There will M





quality is fine and digging is finished.

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crop is not so large as usual but the

quality is good—E. A. T.



Tustin, Mich" Oct. 24—111 reply to

yours in regard to movement of potato

crop this season, will say that all we

can do is to make a guess. It is our

opinion that 150 cars will cover ship-

ments yet to be made from here. We

do not operate at other stencils—'—a

T. W. Co.





Felch, Mich. Oct. 25 .——We will have «





about 10 cars of potatoes to be ship.

ped out of here this year. We are un-

able to say just when they will move.

but according to the market at this

time we think that a large share of

the crop will be held until spring.—

F. S. Co. . ~



Dighton, Mich, Oct. 25.-There will

be about 250 cars shipped out of Diet:-

ton Cthis year. Quality is excellent.—





Alba, Mich, Oct. 25.—We will need

about 60 cars to handle our crop of

potatoes this year. Weather has been

fine and the quality of our potatoes is ‘

good. —A. M. Ass'.n



Gaylord Mich. Oct. 25. —As near as

we can dope out the estimate of cars

needed for this association, oil/n safely

say. 80 cars needed to move our ship»

ments. If the price advances or even

stays where it is now, we should be

able to move a car a day for the next

30 days. The movement of cars de-

pends so much upon the price that it

is difficult to’ dope out the situation

correctly—O. Co. Coop. Ass’n.





Greenville, Mich, Oct. 24.———It is im-

possible for us to tell how many cars

will be shipped out of the stations

where we operate. In a general way

we handle from 500 to 600 cars per

season. We operate at 10 or 15 sta-

tions in this territory on the Grand

Trunk and Pere Marquette roads with-

in a. radius of 30 miles of Greenville.

This will give you an idea of about

how many cars required and which

roads we will want them on. The car

gnéine is acute in this section—M.



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Bailey, Mich. Oct. 24.——About 30 cars

strung along during the entire season

will meet our demands here. Most of

the growers are starting to haul some

to the station—H. B.



Hart, Mich, Oct. 25.—We have inves-

tigated conditions in territory adjacent

to this shipping point and find that

there will be a total of 400 cars ship

ped from this station. We would like

to start using refrigerator cars by the

tenth of November and think that it

would prove more satisfactory and ef-

fect a big saving ‘to the association.

We have a particularly fine quality of

potatoes this year.—H. C. M. Ass'n.



Dighton, Mic11., Oct. 24.—We will

want about 120 cars this season. Oth-

er buyers will probably use an equal

number, but some of them do not like

to commit themselves. If possible we

would like to have our 120 cars strung

along at the rate of about seven or

eight 9. week. That is for potatoes

alone. We have‘some hay and quite a

lot of beans to move—D. C. M. Ass'n.



Diebert, Mich, Oct. 24.——-In reply to

your letter. will say that it will take

about 50 cars to handle the potato

crop this season. Our quality is ex-





‘ cellenL—A. B. D.





Oxford, Mich" Oct. 24. —The potato

crop has not yet begun to move with

us. Our potatoes were planted late,

and the stock is not yet in shape to

handle and it will be another week or

ten days before anything is done to

speak of in that line. Our conditions

are rather peculiar as we are near De-

troit, and probably half of our crop ‘

will be handled by the trucks which

come out from Detroit and buy direct

from the farmers. Under ordinary con-

ditions from 100 to 150 cars are ship- ‘

ped out of this station during the sea.-

son, but with competition of trucks, it

is likely that not more than 75 cars

will be shipped from Oxford and vicinv

ity this season. ——F. M. S.



Boyne Falls, Mich” Oct. 24. ——From

what I can learn we will have about

50 cars of potatoes around Boyne Falls.

Judging from former years about 20

cars will be needed this fall and four

in January, six in March, 10 in April





and 10 in May. —H. C. M.





Central Lake, Mich, Oct. 24. —-—We

will want 100 cars anyway. Growers

are getting anxious to move the crop

and we cannot get cars. Potatoes are

going into storage fast and we hope

cars will be available soon. Potatoes

are of line quality this season—O.





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persist. More than that, in the pres-

ent war times the swollen profits of

food packers, food distributors and

their big business allies challenge the

outraged sense of organized farmers

everywhere. There never was a time

when rural America has so violently

hurled down the economic gauntlet at

the feet of the Grange and so openly

dared it to =meet the issue as now!



By this token the need of the Grange

to study, to discuss and to act along

these lines in behalf of all farmers is

imperative. Any constructive meas~

ures that will put a Grange into its

place of possible power must include

the legislative and cooperative. These

must be .made the foundation for its

social and educational work.



The gist of necessary Grange work

may be expressed by the accompany-

ing diagram:





 





 





The cooperative, or what we 'are

prone to think of as the purely finan-

cial feature, serves as a foundation for

the other features—legislative, educa-

tional and social. View this as an in-

verted collapse cup and you will see

that the social, when pushed down to

a level with the other features, is in

the center of all. This is where it be-

longs——the radiating crown, or animat-

ing center of every Grange meeting,

permeating every activity of the other

departments.



The Grange Vision.



No officer can do his most effective

work untilihe gets this four-fold vision

of the Grange plan—his working pat-

tern. Undertake to build. upon any

one feature alone and it fails as a

Grange proposition. Grange principles

and organization ofier the machinery

for matchless constructive possibili-

ties in community building.



Once the fundamentals of Grange

principles and history are fixed in

mind the next steps consist of detail

work, keeping the pattern ever in view.





Organizing within Organization.



No set of officers can do their best

unless they have confidence in one‘an-

other. Confidence comes from friendly

acquaintance. When people come to

know one another, they are apt to

find that most faults of personality are

over-shadowed by likeable qualities;

therefore, get-together meetings among

leaders to discuss ways and means of

progress is one of the surest methods

of building up a strong Grange. Again,

people are variously gifted. Close ac-

quaintance leads to sifting out those

who have executive ability and organ-

izing power and to putting them in





places of leadership. The Sign of a

capable Master and Lecturer is the

amount of good work they get others

to (lo—often a harder task than doing

it themselves.





It is well to “test out” young people

in minor positions before pushing them

far ahead. This is always a safe rule

to practice, provided there is a senti-

ment in the Grange body that urges

every member to do his best wherever

placed. Where the grange atmosphere

is surcharged with this sense of re-

sponsiveness. the Lecturer does not

lose sleep lest her program fail, ard





the Master knows that when he as— 1





signs work it will be done; in short,

there is no limit to possible achieve-

ments of such a Grange. But even this

sense of responsibility can be culti-

vated.



The real Grange seeks to promote

a practical spirit of democracy—to

lead people to do things for themselves

—to buy and sell, to store and Ship,

and to officer and run their own farm

and home improvement undertakings.

The spur for doing these things is by

no means entirely a financial one;,'but

because it develops character and is

the way that is coming to be recog-

nized as the only sensible, democratic

way for folks to live.



This Grange, further, in its lect'tire

hour strives to make its members as

familiar with their businesses of farm

and home management as the banker

and miller are with theirs. The Grange

is an open forum. No matter that

arises in the experience of one of its

members, upon which he desires light

and help is debarred. Especially pub-

lic questions, looking forward to legis-

lation affecting the economic or moral

conditions among rural people, should

be threshed over and the chaff win-

nowed from the grain by the breath of

many.



Above all, the Grange should be a

social magnet for hard workinghoft-

times discouraged country people.

These have the right to look forward

to its meetings with eagerness, confi-

dent it will release their tension and

offer a bracer of fresh courage. Hearty

greetings, cordial handshakes, kindly

inquiry after one another's difficulties,

rejoicing over successes, jolly and in-

spiring songs, light, warmth, and the

uplift that comes from knowledge that

they are living in their best selves——

these form the intangible, all-powerful

leverage that pries a community out

of mire of thecommonplace and lifts

it into that real democracy of which

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S Beth Kilburn entered the hall

of her cottage home, which was

known as the “parsonage” in the

village, she heard the sound of a deep

voice in her father’s study.



“Dear old Samaritan, another wound-

ed traveler to be rescued,” she thought

to herself as she hastened into the

kitchen. Her father was always wel-

coming some outcast who happened to

drift into the village—giving him food

and lodging without thought of pay-

ment; and although the old minister

had been imposed upon several times,

he never seemed to learn.’



As she prepared the supper she

heard the voices run on in an interest-

ed way. “Esther has found someone

after his own heart,” she thought.



A little later she touched the softly

clanging gong, and the two men came

in. Her white—haired father led, and

after him followed a tall, brown-haired

man of about thirty years of age. As

Beth saw him, a sudden and sharp

feeling went over her that she had

seen him before and not under favor-

able circumstances. She managed to

collect her wits, and proceeded to car-

ry out the duties of a hostess.



As the dinner Went on, she gathered

that he claimed to be an associate of

a great city publishing firm. His stor-

ies of his work were certainly interest-

ing as far as Beth found she could list-

en. Her mind was busy, searching here

and there through her memory to place

the face before her.



At last, in an overwhelming fashion,

the knowledge came, almost driving

her ,to speech. That evening as she

had been waiting for, the six o’clock

mail to be distributed in the village

post office, a man had been reading a

newspaper in front of her;

idly, she had glanced over the page,

and on that page had been the face of

the man before her—the picture of a

criminal, charged with the forgery of

notes and the wrecking of some con-

cern.



Her nerves aquiver, she went over

and over her memory of that face in

the newspaper and compared it with

the face before" her. They were, she

concluded, beyond any question, the

same.



As the dinner went on, her mind

was dizzily busy. It was the same old

story. She could remember other

times when her trusting father had

harbored men who knew that the best

kind of a refuge was in the minister’s

home. She had been mortified by after

events in other cases. Sometimes, it

seemed to her that her home had been

marked by tramps and other gentry

who live by their wits, as an “easy

place.”



Her strong and vigorous mind soon

reached a conclusion. She would se-

cure a copy of the paper, make sure be-

yond doubt of her suspicion, and then

see Sheriff Stevens.



The dinner drew to its close. Mr.

Adams fixed his grave eyes upon her.

“I’m afraid we have not selected topics

totinterest you, Miss Kilburn, but your

father and I seem to have ideas in

common upon some phases of his

work. But just to show you I am hu-

man and an especially gifted male, I

shall help you to do the dishes and

then invite you to go down town with

me to the post office.”



She was surprised at the boyish light

in his eyes and the bantering tone of

his voice. She demurred, however, to

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“I did the dishes for years during my

mother’s long illness, and just for

memories’ sake, I want to again. YOu

will let me. 'P” he begged.



She gave him permission. During

the hour that followed, she found her-

self strangely drawn to the tall boyish

man beside her with his shy good-hu-

mor and grave merry eyes that could

say so much. It was not until that

hour was over and he suggested again

the stroll down the street that memory

came: with a rush—a rush that carried

conflicting emotions.



There was nothing to do but go,

however. The walk gave her anvodd

sensation; something about him, his

ease of manner perhaps, or the quiet

friendliness in his voice, made her feel

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“Do You Believe That of Me?” He

Asked.





and she found herself again convers-

ing with him without hesitation.



As they reached the office, her er-

rand came to her mind, and she left

him with the excuse that she had one

or two purchases to make. At the sta-

tionery store where the papers were

sold, she bought the city newspaper

from which his face looked at her

calmly. She glanced at the caption,

and something shook within her: he

was the thief—4there was no doubt.





For some reason she did not under-

stand, she felt hurt and grieved. She

folded the paper, and went back to

the office where she joined him. She

said little on the way back to the cot-

tage; the paper pressed against her

heart seemed to be aflame. He chatted

on in his grave and entertaining way,

but she hardly listened.



At the gate he paused. “I want‘to

let you into a secret. My firm has de-

cided to publish your father’s“Story

of a. Country Parish.’ The letter I just

received gives me definite orders.” ‘



Her heart jumped with joy, for her

father’s dream for years had been the

publishing of the book which he had

written so carefully and so painstak-

ingly. Then revulsion came—the hypo-

crite! Hehad found her father’s inter-

est, and probably on the strength of

that would stay in hiding for weeks.



Her stern Puritan soul rose in re-

volt. Her dear, trusting old Daddy!

He must be spared the humiliation.



They went from the hall to the liv-

ing-room, and she laid the paper on

the table as she stepped to the library

door to call her father. She turned

and stopped short, staring, her hands

tensely locked.



Adams stood gazing at _‘the newspa-





per, starting as he did so. He looked

up a bit wildly, unseeing, then back at

the paper. ‘

_ She " watched, hardly

What would he say—or do?



She did not understand his expres-

sion when he did speak.



“Have you a telephone?” he asked

shortly.



“Yes, but what are you going to do?”

she demanded.





breathing.





He turned slowly, then caught her“;





hands, and something in his eyes and

voice held her rigid. “Do you believe

that of me?” he asked.





Something seemed to swell and burst

within her, and she found herself say-

ing over’ and over, “No—no—I don't

want to—I don’t want to!”



His keen eyes searched her inmost

thoughts; then he turned to the tele-

phone she had indicated.



She heard him ask for the toll oper-

ator, then give the name of the city

paper.



They waited in silence while across

the far-off wires the search was on.

Her father stood in worried silence,

conscious that something was very

much wrong. At last the bell rang,

and he took the receiver.





“This is Richard Adams, speaking

from Fairton. How does it happen

that you have a cut of myself?” No

more was said by Adams, but Beth

could hear an earnest voice talking

rapidly to him. Then Adams spoke.

“I understand and can sympathize

with you. I shall trust you to make

full explanation. Now, Stafford, I want

you to repeat that explanation to——”





Beth understood. She calight his

arm. “No—no—I trust you— Please—

I do!”



He turned to her, his friendly eyes

no longer stern but almost tender.

“Thank you. But I must explain. It

is amusing, too. In their book depart-

ment they ran a cut of me with a re-

view of my book; on another page

they ran a cut of this thug. The forms

were pied-you know, the type fell out

and had to be reset; and in the rush——

they are working overtime and short-

handed—they stuck my face in over

the caption that went with the thief.

That make-up man who did that evi-

dently is not a follower of mine. I'll

forgive Stafford—he’s managing editor

——but it will cost him something: It

might have been a tragedy, though,

under some circumstances.” He look-

ed at her smilingly, then turned to her

father.



“Mr. Kilburn, I am to give you the

benefit of my publishing knowledge for

a week in going over your book, and

then we will publish it.”



She saw her father’s face whiten

with the shock of the unbelievably

good news; then she found the grave

eyes of their‘guest upon her.



“Do you suppose you care to keep

me for a week?” he asked in his mel-

low friendly voice.



She started impulsively to say things

—lots of things—and after all, merely

nodded. The lots of things might be

said, perhaps later. '





Superintendent:——“Children, this is

theRer. Dr. MacSnorter, from Gowan-

us, who will address you with a few

brief remarks. Children, he has come

all the way to try and save your souls

from Hell. You are not paying atten-

tion. ,Now, can any little boy or, girl

tell me where this gentleman is from?"



Cherus of Children: -——“From Hell.”





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1n—
Wednesday, October 30.

ITALIANS aided by British advance

ten miles east of the Piave river

and drive a deep w go into Austrian

lines northeast of Treviso.—American

guns shell Conflans west of Metz, the

principal junction point of communica-

tion between Metz and other fortified

positions—American aviators success.

fully bomb two points where German

troops are concentrated—Members of

Allied war council assemble for con-

femnce at Versailles. Colonel House

is acting as special representative for

President Wilson. ,





Thursday, Ogtober 31.





\ON the Italian front the Allies cap-





ure 33,000 prisoners, also a large

quantity of guns and supplies, and free

one hundred villages on a sixty-mile

front—French engage in an attack on

the front between St. Quentin and

Remy—Americans better their posio

tions around Grand Pre north of Ar-

gonne forest. American aviators suc-

ceed in bringing down twenty-one en-

emy planes—The Czech national com-

mittee take over the functions of the

local government in Prague, the Bohe-

mian capital.



Friday, November 1.



ALLIES gain more territory east of



Courtrai.—-—French continue heavy

artillery fire on Oise front.—-Austrian

armies have been cut in two by British

forces on Italian front, and are falling

back everywhere and surrendering by

thousands. The eastern wing of the

Austrian army in Serbia withdraw

from occupied territory and retreat

across the Danube—A general revolu-

tion breaks out in Austria-Hungary,

with riots in the principal cities. Sol-

diers are deserting, and join workmen

in street battles, in attacking trains

and plundering arsenals—Hard fights

ing on the Tigris river results in the

capture of the entire Turkish force of





- seven thousand.





Saturday, November 2.





PERSHING’S army makes drive .on

a front of sixteen miles extending

west of the Meuse river, capturing

3,000 prisoners and a dozen heav1ly

fortified villages. British make a light-

ning blow on both sides of Valen-

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na is reported, and rail commum-

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Undergron Transit Railway resulted

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O the northwest of Verdun, Gen-

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quantities of war material, and force

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whole German line of resistance—The

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Serbian Kingdom.—-The Austrian Adri-

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Slavs and the flotilla of monitors on

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miles beyond the Rhine and to surren-

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zerland—Twenty thousand Russian

marines revolt against the Bolsheviki

in Petrograd.-—On the western front

American troops continue their ad-

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Aisne front—Production of soft coal

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000 government voluntary insurance.





Tuesday, November 5.





TERMS upon which Germany may

obtain immediate armistice and

end the war are completed by the con-

ferees at Versailles, and signed. While

these terms are not yet given out for

publication, it is understood that Ger-

many must surrender, with all field de-

tails to be left to the discretion of

Field-Marshal Foch—Airstria yields to

every demand of the Allies, including

the use of her railroads and equipment

to enable an attack to be made on Ger-

many from the Austrian frontiers—0n.

the western front Ghent has been tak-

en and Ha' ‘s armies have delivered a,

staggering low to the Germans, cap-

turing important strategic points and

taking more than 10,000 prisoners.—

Washington appears hopeful of the

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Combination of Serge and Satin.





our dresses out of three and one-half

yards of wool. Can you see why skirts

are scanter and waists tighter and

sleeves cling closer to the arm?



The shortage of wool, however, has

not discouraged the designers. When

they could not find sufficient new ways

to make dresses that are “different”

out of the three and a half yards of

wool, they have taken the old serge or





HE housewife is confronted with

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broadcloth suit you discarded, or. the

wool coat of suitable .material, and

combined it with some other material

to make a smart new garment.





Making over is the rule of‘the day;

dressmakers will tell you that is all

they are doing. Discarded silk and

satin dresses are being converted into

under dresses and covered with panels

of Georgette or perhaps with a harmon-

izing silk. With bead trimming or a





braided design and the band of fringe .





which is so popular, the old garment

is made into a fashionable gown at

less than half what the stores are ask-

ing for new ones. .



The dress shown on this page illus-

trates the idea. This particular dress

has as its foundation a navy serge

suit of two seasons ago. Today the‘

serge, if it could be bought, would

bring $4.50 a yard, but its quality can?

not be found. The coat made the plain

waist, and the" skirt, a two-piece one,

was easily fitted into the new lines. At

.the hem is a five-inch band of dark

'blue satin. A panel of the blue satin

slips over the head; a running stitch

of dark blue embroidery silk in lines

'three-eighths of an inch apart outlines

the panel and collar and belt, with

steel beads giving the touch of lighter

color between the rows of silk. At the

bottom of the panel is heavy black

silk fringe.





A black broadcloth suit might be as

easily changed into a handsome dress.

Panels of black satin braided and fring-

ed would go well with the broadcloth.

Sometimes the materials of two gar-

ments are combined, as a suit of plain

cloth with a dress of plaid to make a

suit with the coat of plain goods,‘and

skirt, collar, cufis and-pocket of the

plaid. -



A warm, serviceable and smart

school suit for a sixteen-year-old girl

was made out of her old brown dress

and a discarded plaid skirt of her

mother’s. The skirt was unusually

full, so enough could be taken out for

a collar, cuffs and pockets for the coat.

The dress furnished the material for





the family with the fruits, sauces and

relishes that add variety to the diet,

and at the same time she is adhering

to the “less sugar” programs While

not every housewife can turn to a

home supply of honey, there are those





 





 





the coat, and a skillful dressmaker did

the rest.



Don’t buy anything new until you

have gone through your'closets and at-





tic. Materials bought even two years





ago are vastly superior in quality to





anything you can- buy today. A thor-.





Girl’s School Suit.





ough cleaning and pressing will put

them in shape for use again and your

wardrobe may be restocked with but

little expense. Serge and some other

materials may be turned inside out and

an old garment made to look like new.

Study your fashion sheets and consult

your dressmaker for designs suited to

yourself, and in clothes as in food.

“utilize the left-overs."





Apple Relishes with “Less Sugar”





who can supplement the meagre supply

of sugar with this delicious sweet.

These clear autumn days suggest apple

harvesting time, and the following

recipes approved by the "Food.Admin-





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Older Apple sauce.



Reduce four quarts of new ciderto

two by boiling; add enough pared,

cored and quartered apples to fill the

kettle. Let cook slowly for four hours.

This is very nice when served with

roast pork.



Apple-Grape Butter.



4 quarts of cored and sliced

apples '



1 pint of grape juice



17$ pound sugar



11,4 cups of syrup



.54 teaspoon of salt



1 teaspoon of cinnamon.



Cook apples in double boiler without

adding water, until soft. Then put in

preserving kettle, add grape juice,

sugar, syrup and salt. Cook slole un-

til thick, being careful not to scorch.

Stir in cinnamon. '



Crab Apple Jelly.





Boil the crab apples with as little





 





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OurNew Food Line





URING the past year in spite



of weather and submarine

we put the. food across. There

were great emergencies to be

met and we met them. For 1918-

1919 we have a clear-cut, busi-

ness-like program that calls for

steady marching and hard cam-

paigning.



We have pooled food resources

with the Allies and planned to



, distribute the food to meet the

needs of the hour. That means

to keep in full health and

strength the Allies, the armies,

and our people at home; and at

the same time to build up safe

food reserves in this country.



We know now how much food

there is, where it is needed and

just how much can be shipped.

The program agreed to calls for

sixty—seven per cent more meat

and fat, fifty-two per cent more

bread—stuff, and twenty-one per

cent more sugar than was ship—

ped last year.



This is a sun! program and it

means a steady saving along all

lines and no let-up. There will

be no sudden dashes and deeds

of valor, only the hard drive of

disciplined troops. The army of

women, trained by a year of food

saving in the United States must

forge ahead relentlessly, and

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one-half cup of sugar to each cup of

juice, then boil. about twenty minutes,

or until it begins to jell. Pour into

glasses. Do not cover until cold.

Honey-Apple Marmalade.

Honey mm a particularly deli-

cate flavor to apples. Cook tart ap-

ples until smooth. Add one pound of

strained honey to two pounds of fruit.

Cook mm the consistency of cake bet-

ter, then put into jars without sealing.

Sweet Pickled Apples.

4 '8 pounds sweet apples

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You know it makes .a man’s mouth water to think about it Pity the

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VERY Girl Pulling for Victory.”



This is the slogan of the Victory



Girls. To be a Victory Girl, 3. girl

must pledge herself to earn and give

to her utmost for war work. Many

communities are making five dollars

the goal. In multitudes of other places,

the mark is much lower.



How can a school girl earn money?

All over the land the girls are asking

it; some of them are already involved

in enterprises that are bringing in

much more than five dollars. But the

spirit is the thing and the self-denia

involved. ‘



When President Wilson requested

seven national organizations to com-

bine in one campaign for the funds

which they would need for their war

work during the coming year, every-

body throughout the country was auto-

matically lined up, girls and boys with

the rest.



Six of the societies uniting, are

working directly with soldiers, sailors

and aviators who are in training camps

here and abroad and also in actual

warfare. They are the Y. M. C. A.,

the National Catholic War Council and

Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare

Board, American Library Association,

War Camp Community Service and

Salvation Army. The remaining one,

the Y. W. C. A., cencerns itself with

women friends of the men in the ser-

vice and with girls who are employed

in government work in offices and fac-

tories. The organizations together

make a gigantic concerted movement

to keep the spirits of the fighters and

workers at their best in order that the

Hun may the sooner be defeated.



The Victory Girls and Victory Boys

are the Earn and Give Division of the

United. War Work Fund Campaign for

$170,500,000. Miss Gertrude Gogin,

Girls’ Work Secretary of the National

Y. W. C. A., is secretary of the Girls’

Division. ~



Every farm has some product that

the girls can utilize in some money-

making scheme. Just now thousands

of bushels of good apples in many

parts of the country are going to waste

because the farmers have not time to

gather them. Here is a chance for the

girls to do double service—earn money

for the big campaign and also help the

Food Administrator by saving the ap-





" ples. It would not take .an extraordi-





nary amount of time to shake the ap-

ple's from the trees, pick them from

the ground and market them in the

nearest town. There are other apples

too, the ones that are usually left for

the hogs because they are not worth

the time it takes to pick them up. Tak-

len to the community cider press or

made into jelly or apple butter, they

would be sure to bring in enough to

pay for the effort. ’

Every girl who lives in a bean sec-

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May Help ~

beans from the gravel and the broken

and discolored ones. Here is a chance

for girls, for help is so difficult that

many a neighbor, if not home itself,

would be glad of an hour or two a day

on this work.



The poultry yard is a never-failing

source of revenue under normal con-

ditions. 'Many farmers cannot take

the time to get the retail price for eggs

by selling them in small quantities. A

daughter might work up a special list

of customers through the telephone





and see that the eggs were delivered.»





After paying her father the wholesale

price which he is accustomed to re-

ceive she would have a balance for

her war fund.



Every poultry yard, too has fat

cockerels which would bring extra

prices if they were picked, dressed and

cleaned. Special customers can again

be found over the telephone. The re-

ward for the Work involved would be

the difference between the usual and

the dressed price;



One girl is making up weekly hamp-

ers for special customers. She began

by sorting the potatoes, grading and

washing them and selling them at an

advance over the price that the regular

grades brought. Then she did the

same thing .with some of the vegeta-

bles. Now she fills six baskets a week

for as many small families, putting

into them a. little celery, a head of cab-

bage possibly, some turnips, potatoes





for baking, a few extra fine apples;





and sometimes a small pumpkin. Af-

ter paying her father his regular price

she has a very satisfactory balance.



Nearly all farms have more or less

junk lying around which, in these

times of help shortage, no one has time

to dispose of. The old iron, automo—

bile tires and all of the rest of the un-

sightly rubbish can be assembled, sort-

ed over and sold to second-hand shops,

and junk men.



Old broken furniture not infrequent-

ly yields fine timber for which cabinet

makers and lumber yards would gladly

pay well if they knew of it.



Whatever enterprise a girl adopts

to earn her part of the big fund, a few

good old rules should be remembered.

First of all, use all the‘ resources at

hand, and make free use of the tele-

phone and automobile or _wagon in

whipping up trade or delivering or-

ders. Girls who have felt the most

delicate about selling farm products in

their home communities are doing it

now for the war fund’s sake. “You

buy at the store, why not buy of me,

it’s all for war work,” is getting to be

a familiar plea. over the wires. 'Above

all things, keep your word to the let-

ter, whatever the enterprise, in quan-

tity, quality and time of delivery. To

do your part in the great struggle for

world liberty, earn and give to the ex-

tent of your ability.
fll‘lApple Rehshes With Less Sugar





(Continued from page 445).





the apples into the boiling syrup and

simmer until tender. Pack in hot jars

and cover with boiling syrup. Partially

seal and sterilize for ten minutes, then

seal tightly.

Apple Ginger.



Wipe, pare, quarter, core and chop

two and one-half pounds of sour ap-

ples. Put into a stew pan, add one and





one-half cups of corn syrup, the juice





and rind of one and one-half lemons,





one-half ounce ginger, and just enough





water to prevent the apples from burn~

ing. Cover and cook slowly for four

hours, adding water if necessary. Stor-

ed in jars or crooks apple ginger may

be kept for several weeks. It is an ap-

petizing sauce with roast goose.





Apple Oatsup.



Quarter, pare and core twelve sour

apples. Put in a saucepan. cover with

water and let simmer until soft. Nearly

all of the water should be evaporated.

Then rub through a sieve and add the

following to each Quart of pulp:





1 cup ’brown sugar



1 teaspoon cloves



1 teaspoon mustard



2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 tablespoon» salt



2 cups vinegar



2 grated onions. -





Bring the catsup to a boil and let

simmer gently for one hour. Bottle,

cork and seal.





Soldiers, Though Not In Khaki





By EDGAR L. VINCENT





E have done enough for this



W time, father. Let’s quit now.”



“Oh, come on; let’s cut one



more row of shocks. We have time

to do that before chores.”



“No; you are tired enough. I am





*not going to kill my father."





So the young farmer led the way out

of the cornfield, not to end his day’s

work, because there was still much to

do before his night could come, but so

that he might save the strength of his

father. Both those men were putting

the very best there was in them into

their job of cutting that big field of

corn. The face of the old man was

fairly white, he was so tired. He had

already gone beyond his strength. His





' boy. knew it, and that was why he was





determined that no more corn should

be cut that day. And the young farm-

er was tired. too. Every day is a hard

one for him, since we have been in the

war.

staggers under the weight that has

come upon him. It is so almost im-

possible to get help. The call for ser-

vice is so great; and these two, like

thousands on the back of thousands,

are working on—true soldiers, though

not wearing the uniform of the

country.



But the thing that most impressed

me about this was the care that young

man was taking of his father. He lov-

ed to have his father with him. Every

hill of corn the old man cut saved just

so much work on the part of the son;

and yet, something kept the boy from

permitting his father to go to the limit

his ambition might have led him to do.

What was it?



One day up past our farm home a

wagon went. It was drawn by a fine

team of horses. I had seen the man

who owned those horses drive by

many a time, sitting up like a king.

But now he was not sitting that way.

He was not driving at all. He was

now sitting on the back seat, while his

son was holding the reins on the front

seat. It seems to me that was one of

the saddest sights I ever saw—that

old man taking his last long ride to

the County Home, with his own boy

on the front seat driving. The old man

had simply broken himself down on

the farm. He was not at all dangerous

now; the kindly look was still on his

face. He was pale and the face wore

a blank, ashen appearance, showing





that his mind was no longer supreme.





Hard work and care had done its

worst; and there they were, on the

way to the Home.



In my heart of hearts I pity that

younger man most. I am sorry for

the father; he has lost his place

through the vicissitudes of life; but

any man that will let his own father.

especially if he be only a poor dement-

ed old man. go to a public institutiOn





is at for nothing but the contempt ohm





his fellows. . What should he have

‘ WWW may “Keep father





. as, he ’lives.’





There are days when he fairly.





Make him comfortable here where he

has been so happy and in the commu-

nity for which he has done so much in

his better days. Don’t let him end his

days in the County Home!"



Now, I, know that boy who put his

hand on his father’s arm and checked

him from over-doing in the cornfield

has something in his heart that will

keep him always from letting the old

‘man take a trip like that. away from

the'old farm home to the home for the

worn out. And is there anything finer

in all the world than that? Can you

not think what sort of a home it was





 





 





NOVEMBER.





 





BY L. W. SNELL.





Out of the sunset the gray clouds

come creeping,

Stealindgwa o' elr woodland and pasture

an '

Chilling the air and the golden leaves

sweeping,

Frosting and bronzing the ground

where they fall.





Out of the sunrise the chill winds

come blowing,

Out of the noontide the sun glistens





c;lear

Night time and day time the hearth

fires are glowing,

Balrln of the winter, November, is

ere.





 





 





in which that father and son lived?

Surely, it was a home where love sat

on the throne; where each does his

best to make the rest happy; where

kind words and sunshine take the

rough edge off every hard task and

heaven lights up the way from field

to homestead.



Soldiers, though not in khaki! There

is a call for them everywhere. For

there are sharp battles to fight right

on the farm in these days.

that call for the very best there is in

us. Calls for all that the farm can

turn out come every day; but the call

to kindly service is loudest of all. We

do get tired, young and old; but let’s

keep good and kind and brave and

true to one another. It is the way life’s

greatest victories are gained. Young

folks, take care of Father and Mother!

Keep them as long as you can!





CLUB NOTE.





 





The following extract from Mr. Turn-

er’s letter under date of October 30,

1918, will explain why we are unable

at present to publish news pertaining

to our Boys' and Girls’ Club work. The

project story mentioned will appear in

our next issue .-—Eds. .



“The present epidemic of influenza

is causing a wholesale cancellatipn and

postponement of club meetings and

hence I am somewhat at a loss in the

way of sending you material for your

current issue I trust this project

story may be of some value to you

until the epidemic has passed and we



again in touch 'with matters

throughout the state

“With continued good wishes, I am,

Sincerely, R. A. Truman, -

State Club Leader. ,





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CATTLE.





Wildwood Farms





Breeders of Best Strains of





Aberdeen Angus Cattle

and Dame Jersey llogs





Several young bull calves on hand. three of which

are of serviceable age. out of Black Monarch III.

three times Grand Champion. Michigan State

Fair. Also several AI Brood sows. Will be glad

to correspond with you by letter regarding

stock. Write





SIDNEY SMITH, Supt.

Wildwood Farms, Orion, Michigan

W. E. SCRIPPS, Proprietor.





WOOD COTE ANGUS





TROJAN- ERICAS & BLACKBIRDS (BLACKCAPB)

only. The most fashionable strains of the breed.

Great care given to matPin s and pedigrees. Ever an-

imal BDRE IN THE PLE. readers and cod-

are m INTEREATIONAL WINNERS.



wooncorizI STOCK FARM Ionic, Mich.





Good uallt bulls of serviceable

gloverly Angus ago an youny or. Inspection invit-

Geo. Hathaway and n, Ovid . Mich.





GET GUERNSEYS





If you want to increase your dairy profits you

need to know about the cows Whose average pro-

duction, under tests supervised by State Agricul-

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

age Iof all dairy cows in the United States. Ask

for“ “The Story of the Guernsey.”





THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB.

Box I. - - - Pctersboro. N."





GUERNSEY BULLS





El hteen months old and younger. Grandsons of Gold-



on oble first; ffrom diseasci. Guaranteed in every

ers’ r cos.



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7





rm Guernse c. 40head. May Rose and



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P



tubsrlin tested, free from disease. Herd buI, son of

Don Dlavolo of Linda Vista greatest bullCof breed. A. R,

Cows. bred hei fers. heifer calves and bulls from A. R.

dams. A price on each individual, take 1your choice.

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lwhel‘d lingered] in tests





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45110 Intered head all tb tested. Nors' s

tinf.h snno mp MayR Rose KI

Mom-herd.an hhs alfalfsters sold averaging

.131..- file bull calves are book ah end at reasonable

Avondale Stock 112. Wayne M ch.





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OnI one 6 month 01 May Bose bull left.



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Re Guernsey bull calf 8 wks. old, well marked.

g0 Dfm' s milk tests 6. 8. Price $50 If taken soon.





 





 





J. A. GOK - - - - 0w wosso, Mich.

For Sale Registered Guernsey Bull Calf

W. D. KAHLER - Jones. Mich.





 





Entire herd of Registered guemsey

For sale cattle 30 head May Rose Breeding.

JOHN EBELS. B. 3, Holland. Mich.





' Jack 13111





Winn--Wood Herd





O . 0

Registered Holsteins

Sire 1n Servroe



0

Flint Maplecrest Boy



Who is bred for real (production his sire Msplscrest

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

tance bulls In t 9 world. He or his dam are brot or

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

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

year. Flint Muplecrest Boys' Dam is Gluok Vassar Bell

30.67 lbs. of butter in 7 day. 121 lbs. In 30 do. a. Butter

Int test 5. 27. Islt there a reason why Flint aplecrest

Boyl s not one of Michigans greatest young sires.

None of his females are for sale until after we test

them. But we have 10 of his bull calves from 2 to 9 months

old. with h.A R 0. dams wh hioh we now ofler for sale

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

us the kind of a bull you want.





JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 249. Roccommon, Mich.





“Top _ lllllBll”

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 herda‘ ‘.push”

Full descriptions, pr1ces, etc. on request.





McPherson Farms 01., Howell, Mich.





AK Loaf Farm. Herd sire Lenawco Fontiao Onl-

onmity King ofler Registered Holstein bull calves

m.A R. 0. cows and the above sire whose dam holds



the 111milk and butter record state of Ind. ’1

days 1111 796.3, butter 82. 51—315ndays emilk 23182.3. but-





Er .GEABHABT & 8011.3. 4. Marcellus. Mich.

‘1 Always Have Holsteins

' " To Sell





It wanting mam write me your wants

before placing your order elsewhere





L.E CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





had lost money'by sending his fruit to





commission men in large cities soon

cherved that these commission men

shipped mOstiof their fruit to grocers.





This farmer decided to" eliminate one





commission man, the agent in the big

city, but he decided to cooperate With

the grocer who was passing the fruit

directly to the consumer. He sold

peaches by the carload to reliable gro~

cers and they handled them at a profit

to the grower. The grocers were equip:

ped with wagons, telephones‘and lots

of help to aid in the distribution of the

fruit. Before a. car arrived they ad-

vertised }'n their local paper and the

girl in their office accepted telephone





‘ orders for peaches from all over the





city. The distribution was usually fin-

ished in a short time and all were sat-

isfied from the producer to the con-

sumer. Imagine a peach grower dur-

ing the height of the harvest trying to

sell peaches in one, two and three

bushel’lots to private customers. Even

the cooperative associations of grow-

ers frequently use reliable grocers to

handle carlots of fruit.



The grocer is a type of middleman

who is necessary because of the mode

of living of most city people. They do

not have the storage space to keep

quantities of potatoes and truck and

consequently most of their orders are

for small quantities. When city buy-

ers can order potatoes, apples, onions,

cabbages and other truck in five and





ten bushel lots, the farmer can afford.





to pay more attention to trading with

a private, customer. Many buyers who

have a. cellar good enough to store ten

or fifteen bushels of- potatOes, will or-

der them as needed from'the grocer

and buy a peck or less at a time.



It seems as if we need regulation of

middlemen and not elimination unless

we have some worthy substitute to put

in their place. This has been worked

out in a wonderfully large measure

during the war. The reduction in spec-

ulation has given both the producer

and the consumer a better chance to

live properly. Most city people seem

to think that the guaranteed price of

wheat is simply to insure wheat being

produced on the farms. Most farmers

know that the wheat price has been

regulated to protect the buyers of

flour from paying a much higher price.





The regulation has worked to the ad-‘





vantage of the consumer and while

there is much objection to the price

by some producers, most of them will

admit that they have not suffered.

The middleman has been controlled for

the good of the country and a certain

amount of control might be of value,

even during times of peace. The value

of price regulation is a disputed point.

‘It will take a. lot of experimenting be-

fore the market preblems of the farms

ers are solved. , '



This article is not written as a. de-

fense of middlemen as a whole, but

just as a suggestion to use the, honest

middleman to the best advantage. The

farmers who appreciate the work of

the honest middlemen are better equip-





ped to engage in cooperative endeav:





are for themselves. Many farmers’





(Continued from first page)





cooperative enterprises have 1111111111111;

edly failed because they started with.

than who thought that the distributors.





‘be stung more than once.





with whom they had been dealing did

not use brains or energy because they

had none to use. These farmers soon

found out that the business of the mid-

dleman is not a picnic. They found

that the middleman undOubtedly has a

place in our business world because

the people need his services. »

The middlemen who have the best

opportunity to be crooked are those

dealers ' who advertise for consign—

ments and then treat the farmer dis-

honestly or as shabbily as the law al-

lows. The continued censoring of ad-

vertising of gOOd farm journals is help-

ing to protect the farmers and a little

more censoring on the part of some

newspapers will also be‘ of. great value.

In addition, a. farmer does not have to

. There are

honest dealers in all of our large cities

who get up early and work late, and

make a conscientious effort to dispose

of all the consignments that they re-

ceive at the fairest possible price. In

the noise and confusion of a busy mar-

ket street it is a wonder that they can





handle the vast heaps of truck and





produce as well as they do.



Farmers who try to do their own

marketing must use the same skill

manifested by the commission men or

they must organize and hire a mana-

ger with that skill and they must pay

that manager in prOportion to his abil-

ity. The problems of transportation,

supply and demand and buying and

selling on a busy market street are

not taught 'by any correspondence

school. The men that go through the

mill learn the game and their hours of

work and energy expended per hour

compare very favorably with the

schedule of the busiest farmer. Again,

this is not to hold up middlemen as

models but it is to emphasize the fact

that handling the marketing end of the

farm business is no joke. .As farmers

we must realize that cooperation is

fine and profitable and should be prac-

ticed but we must also realize that the

skill required in marketing is even

greater than required in production

and when farmers cooperate to handle

the marketing end of their business

they must give it the same study that

a South Water street commission man

would give to production if he bought

and farmed the eighty across the road.



There is certainly a middle-ground

with middlemen. They are not all

good and not all bad. Cooperation is

increasing but we cannot at once tip





'over all the system of marketing that





has grown up in this country. _Regu-

lation is 'going to help in the sale of

farm products. A more general appre-

ciation of the value of honesty is al-

ready influencing most middlemen.

The farmer who cobperates with his

grocer and studies the problems of all

middlemen will be ready to assist in

the development of cooperative organ-

izations in his own community because

he will not be ignorant of the vast

number of problems which are going

to confront his organization.





 

 





 

   

 





 

   





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   





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,Wed.‘1Nov. 20-1 P. M.





COMBINATION SALE

4o.-Pure- Bred Holstein Females-40





3O Fresher to Freshen Soon





This herd contains daughters of Pontiac Ceres Korndy ke, Sherlock Lilith

DeKol Hengerveld, Prince mea Spofi'ord the 4th, King Model Johanna





Fayne.





given the T. B. test. 50 % Liberty bonds

Sale held at the farm of Edwardmcep Stoll, 2/ miles from city limits





R.F.D..1





All of the cattle have been raised by present owners and will be





accep.ted Send for Catalogue





on St. Joseph St. West. 'fi'ansportation provided. call Citizen phone 5-4.





Bell 7139F5.

EDWARDWSTOLL, W.





K. PARKER Owners.





A MURRY, Auctioneer.

~F.,.I. FISHBECK, Catalogue Reader.





 





 





no Hobteln- F'riosian Dow is large. strong

toll of energy shod abounding





and vigorous



vitalllty. It is able to turn to estadvantage



the roughage or tthe farm. congertlng it into



laslequantlties of excellent milk for pur-

She perpetuates herself through strong.



why calves and when useless in the dal ry



lattens readily and makes excellent beet.





HOLSTEI N CATTLE





Bend for our booklets—they contain much

valuable information.





HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN ASSOClA'l'IOI 0F

MINA, Box 164. Brailleboro, Vt.





 





HlOLSTEINS‘





FOR “SALE





bulls sired b King Ona,w whwe dam made



E5. lm butter in a ydar. and her dam over 1100 lbs.

he 12yrsol.d1nak'l turnovers:



K H onnfibclls were 1311-1112“l by Maple-

cm 0 rndyke engerve

of butter in a year. and her dam 1346 1113.01 butterm in



”In! ourYner-ations in these m

01 over meld“ "€1.11: bu gel- in a year Cabrera ifhréodbe:

or on letan rodn on m

tor mg lsmsdg creditable records as 2 yr.





both had e kilos prospects These 0 tom

om“in-acticaIlarcy :1th type. one about he! bl'fi'and





the other la 1 white. about

months old. Prices reasonabl in? D. AlthenJlmhhlioh.





HOMESTEAD FARMS





A Federation of Interests -

Holstein: From a herd of 50 Holsteins headed by the

Ball Ring Zea-ma Aloar‘tra Pontiac. son of King Sag

isPontlac Alcarta. the 060.8000 11 ll. we odor enum-



othred cows and heifers, younger heifers and cal-

vest. and venue bul ls.l

“(revise partial misrly high class young bull now ready

res

If on want Holcteins of any class. will pg“ please

tetons tor decori ptions and photoxrs Y .





3380mm“ slim FARMS, semi-gum. mot





HOLSTEINS





”all boils from LR. 0.d11 mot Johan



‘ Lad. eon otEen ervel DeKcl. Ready

service this tall . rice “to



O- Fanns. W. '1‘. 1! RA. Flint. Mich.





IG. Holstein: Bullm1 calf born Dec. 20,1911 asplend-

individual. 1:. deep bodied 5‘ white. 7

nearest tdams lilo records. that even butter

1 days nmlmmilkm lbs. WB. Bender. How LMieh.





The Pontiac Herdm





 





 





 

   

   

   





~ Ready for Service

Sired bibutter brodd bulls and

out of igh testing dams.

ThePr-oducing Kind

with Jersey t1 and capacity.

Prices reasona le. Alec a few

bred slits (Duroos) and boars.

Breakwater Farm.

Herbert W. Mumford,m

.I Bruce Henderson. Mgr.

Ann Arbor, Mich.





   

   

   

 





 





51.41" , _ _ .1. 1‘.» ' ‘11 '. ,

' ' o I y .

Richland F arm

‘~ Shorthorns

Sires inServ'lce Fair AcresGoodsandan.

lame-Michigan Grand Champion Bull. The

largestHerdoESeotchcattleintheStste- Every

animal'l‘uberenlin Tested by the Bani Gom-

miuion. Special ofler on two extra white

bulls. The kind that produce roan calves.

C. l-LPRESCOTT & SON.

Hard at Prescott. Mich. Olllce at Tower City. Mich.





Francisco Farm Shorthorns

We maintain one of Michigan' e good herds of Scotch





Scotch Top pedca They are well bred. prop-



.erly handled and price reasonab 0. Come and see; we

like to show them.



.L’ POPE. - - - - Mt. Pleasant. Mich.





 





The Konl Co. Shorlhom Breeder: issocialion





are oflerlng some choice animals at reasonable





Writey our wants.

rill. LEONARD!“1 Sec. .. Caledonia. Mich.





 





Three reg. Shorthorn bulls 12 mosnld.

For sale red little white Bates breeding will





crate and shl .satisfaction guaranteed or money ro-

funded. cosh bert y Bond in part payment.

Wm. D. McMUL LEN. R. l. Adrain, Mich.





 





Shorlhorn Callie oi both Sex lorSalc





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





Shorthom of 01121111: Scotch and

For Sale Scotch To pod descendzntsol'A where

K Avondale. Max wallonSul Salton and White tonal]

Sn ton bv the Oscola Co. Shorthorn Breeders ABS-

JOHN SCHMIDT. soc. Reed City. Mich.





Seven Scotch and Scotch Topped hulls



for sale. Price nable.



W. B. McQUILLAN. B.‘ . Howell. Mich.

Bulls read ta service of the choic-



Shorthorn estbreedlng y rite me on wants





A. A. PA‘TIULLO, R. 4, Deckerv lh. Mich.

e Sher-thorns all a ton Roan 3 yr.



Dual?“ old erd bull. also Doggfho allag



CHAS. BRAY - Shem kemos. 8“Mich





 





 





 





For Sale Sher-thorn Bulls of the choicest

breeding and ready for service.

LUD HASTINGS. - - Napoleon. Mich





100 h d to select 2 W its

Shorthorns me yoouzl: wants. ri’cenrlgd‘eonahle.

Wm. J. BELL. - TlomOity. Mich.





 





 





Registered Guernsey Bull





toll- sale 2 choice 2 year old. H, Byron Scott 'Grosse





 





 





 





 





._ 1111151) aims and

1- SERVICEABLE BOARS

C- J. c.1111. JEWE’I'T, Maeon,Mi





0. LC. &CkesierWhteSwinem





Strictly 318 Type "11:12.” QUALITY. Have afew





 





piss either sex! are of the right p.

once to bee MW!

EWM 'S STOCK ABM. RD. 1. Mariette. Mich.





 





sme Type spngrl boars also 2 price Jr~

myor. Iboar Mich. State Fiar1918.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM Monroe. Mich.





O. I. C. Serviceable Boars





H. W. MANN. - - Dans1ille, Mich.





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





Spring boar and gilts. Also fall pigs.

H llcrest Farm,’ Kalamazoo, Mich.





FOR 25,YEARS





This establishment hasbeenbead quarts-s lot 13me

Poland Chlnas. We have a nice lot or boars andsows

of strictly big type breed] at very low price. let

me know what you want. phone.



1N0. C. BUTLER. . Pmtland. Mich.





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS





mlb. April boars of choice breeding and choice in-

dividuals. readyto ship. cholera immune. Prices rea-

able. Inspection nvitRed or write me.

ESLEY HI E R6, Ionia. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





Mar. and April boars read

Large typep to ship. the big bone. big litterf~

biggest kind. that go out and make good. inspec-

tion invital. Free liver from Parm Mi h

c .





E. LI IVIN s-ron Perms.





 





P

The Old Fashion mm...°;gg.fim

Sex for sale :25 each. line ones.

J. M. IWILLIAMS. N0. Adams. Mich.





Type Poland Chi nae Mich 1mm Buster b Giant





 





. 0

Big Busterheadshe Litter by Missouri hum:





of Gertsdale Prize sows. boars readx for seriioe.

0.."3 WRIGHT - - Jonesville, Mich.





ig type P. C. Big boned fellows fron Iowasgreatofl

herds.special prices on HEWSO ‘Nng boars and choice bled

slits. E.J Burr Oak. Mich.





 





 





BIT Type Poland Chinas. 8 ring pigs for solo.

ealthylfnalrgrgnthy. From argeli.tters Prices





right. arnes and Son. Byron. hiich.





 





LARGE Type P 0. Spring beers and gilts now ready

to ship. 1:13:13 better in Mi< h1gan Come and so.





 





 





 





breeder a bargain. WOODBROOK th HAGELSHAW. A t M .



unis omheaddrees 19 Larned St. E Detroit. Mich. em“ "3“ 3‘ ”’h



‘ type Poland China s ri and fall lgs either



HOGS Big sex. Shorthom B111 and bull c.1113... Price



to sell. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.



Fyouinetwantto"kee’ 5 ring “d f.“ in both sex Pairs not Sprin Bears for solemlsoHamp-

I m‘”"" I” ”V "n d°' Berkshire in. priced to sgll. all stock guaranteed. Big Type PC. shire m lam . .



til you want thriuy B B BEAVEY A. A. W000 A 808 - - Saline. M1ch.





1 f cow‘s that will conserve

feed; that will show real

everydsvdmvur.





prolt

”unorthaveulerses. They

cg advertise other

th 'I compare Hae- Unless-ye:

Let us give you the facts, free.

-m-Idm.

New Vorhau





 





 





JERSEY BULLS





Ready for service 'FOR SAL LE

WATEBMAN s yWATEthAli.





accepted in payment of finely bred reg.

A Good loll 13(49er 30131... 111 bull calves. ovum,





 





of thebeet at prices within reach of all. rite.

e110. 1). CLARKE - - - Vassar. Mich.

11.11.





’ Pedigree Stock Farm alien

Parham 8 stein cattle.10hester White wine,

extra barglns in calves and fall ims. Bulls half firice,



B. B P Bronson.





Choice Jeree bull re ietered. a e

For Sa‘e... or}... 3.1.2.1.. ad‘s:

‘esty .Marklngsm solid 115color, black ton e and switch.

ol‘ sale toowner's e.rd

”an 11.7. ”Pontiac. moi... 1.111024.





Ann Arbor. Mich.





Akron. Mic.h





 





Reg Berkshiresb for sale. Service boars and





FAIgF-MAN FARMS. - - - Plymouth. Mich.





 





Durocs. Choice spring pigs out of selected sows and

sired by our best herd boars. The are of the his

type.strong boned smooth and of axes lent quality an



include some of the most popular blood lines such as

Orion Cherry King/rep Col. Defender. Brookwateretc.

Prices reasonable. The Jennings F'arms. Bail-y. lich.





DUROC BOARS





Big Ion. tall. growthy boars. The kind that will add

size an growt wth to youri herd. B1ggest March far'row-





Ngvf'oh”%1“1¥§cl'””'“'“s..a‘ahn.. Mich.

A

D U R O C S 59:25] figdni?’ ”$55332:





bredb prices etc" write

WELLS aPARISH .1 SONS. Allendale. Mich.





 





Bigtype P. 0. Boaroneyearling. Ln‘geand fine every

say. fall yearl 1!: 10 Apr. boars. ite for

Satisfaction guaranteed. R.W .Mills. l.Saline.&/Iich.





Bigl’rossfiflgz 1’“? one. “1'. ‘1 ”a”.

11 ' see a ea lug 10 an ire

“LEONARD 313.0x53 St Louis. Mich.





 





 





P C boars for sale siredb 8001b. yearling son

0 0! Smooth Wonder 3r. ilts to be bred for





April tarrow. A.A.Feldkan1p. 11.2. anchester. Mich.





Bl Type 1'. C. A boars. Ses-

Hill Haven 1:151:11». armteed‘lrl’rlces ream

F. CHAPMAN & Vandalia.Mid1..





 





 





Registered at . “PM? ”15.33 3°‘1n'13'..'°"’

JOHN w. SNYDER 11 it St “501133, Mich.





A FEW choice, large type P. C. Spring boats

and gilts also sumnsnter pigs.





CLYDE FISHER... 3. Louis, Mich.





 





 





Durocs 8 ring boars and

Pleasant View gilts of epxceptional quali -

t riced right. Inspection

(l. I mmLmGsm-n - arshall. Mich.





 





s ring boars sired by Orion Cherr

lllll'oc .lfl’soy ivvng Oal.A Writ/e forprices and desy;

crlption. W. C. AYIJOR. Milan. Mich.





 





Lillie Farmstead J e Cattle. Several heifers bred

to freshen next f.all Inc a few heifer and bull cal-

mot choice breeding. Colon 0.1.lllle. Mancunian.





Maple Lane lot MJersey Herd. Bulls. bull calves



and hell or calves siredy by one of thebect



Farm and out (1 Rm 0! £-

Mich.





90th of cod

IBVINFOL Allegnn.





Choirs lime lam} Gills For his.





CAREY U. EDMONDS. - astlngs. Mich.





Duroc Jerseys... 3“ m2.”§.“°"...“.§‘“5.."°‘".m

Al.“ PIMB order 68.117-





 





! Y and some] heifers bred to



00118111311“ next spring. Sir-ed by grand-

am of Sophie 19th 0! Hood Farm and (ram cod pro-

ducng cows WrLclor-pricesorwhat 'sbe come





 





 





WCTheChmns COMOTTOM” 11ndC see them. Hill Haven Jersey Stock Farm,

' ' F.C HAPMAN d: SON Props. andalia. Mich.

ler Calves sired b sons of Iontlac Korodyke



0 null“ «contra-3am Bumble-d.“ Admiral f...“ Sale. Choice bulls from 3.01.11.11.11... by Mai-

Wfl Pieterflc. est“ an Oxford Fox. average profit per head on on-

Do you want a Pontiac in your herd? $111 111;“ blens herd fled (“loll-roostf of feed amt“



, . e rcn 111 test an roe from a 0

Pontiac State Hospital, Pontiac, M1ch. sci/1N BALDEN, ~ - - Capac. Milan.

Hb inside Farm Jerseys. ofler Syearl l bulls. backed

a do grandson of





loo--REGlSTERED HOLSTEINS-doo

Whenyo on needs herdsire remember th we

have one of the best herdsin Michigan. kept un-

der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. oldr egularly tuberculin tested. We

have sire. quality. and production records back-

.d bythe thebest strains 0



Write us our" wants.



R. BRUCBMcP Howell. Mich





The Traverse Herd





the chance M10110 have been ”“2? for.

'Efilloa tewwgood cows. Oncag th 2113





1 th d‘rl‘tleT tr hree dothera above 31le. 00:32:

orw or one an cos

my“ rammed llgo qnlc y? Alsoaf flcal-egbul





Wale. the kind you will be proud toown. PodL

n 1-





mm less on ch‘mmKn State was dfiuiAL

Want Yearly Records?





Travel?“ City. Michigan.



Our si has tour sisters hose semi- metal

“In Iiiirz. 1a.! ”I“ as ligands or out?" 11.

au- reepeo'tivgsr at to! years or age His



2’. . mito'hter or land nan se'rveld De 1m Butter



Boy. “our 3:333er 1111511 .3311 (have records ”91:1“



omdyke. with six ndangHter‘s above ill!)

of buttorn in cross.





andStockFurn‘, 11mm. list.





 





 





 





7 11""- "m 213...... WWW





 





 





 

 

   

 





 





bftested dams. and slredb

Royall new first prl :8 dz! or champion at Mich.

State Fair.good individuals. 0.&0.Deaka.Ypeil-ntl.llch





 





erldale Interested Owl Nolulll heads my herd.

bull calves from this reat sire 11nd out of R. ofM

dams for sale. 0. B. WERNER. Alleges. Mich.





For Sale ill ‘gllsicrcd Jersey Callie





or both sex. a Parker. R. t. owell. Mich





Herefords





5 Bulls 9 to 14 months old Prince Don-





 





 





3.1 1.1) ORDT. R. 1. Monroe. Mich.

Gilts (I fall d b E. D' Deteri-



Duroc der OolEgkr-omi mu: sire Col damsa



a. n. HEYDEN Wayland. inch.





 





0R Sale refiistered and unregistered sprl ngDu

pigs. Exoe ent breedi 11g and individals. (10815

I. RAY Hm Dexter.“ loll.





Spiilng gilt?“ prices and

u 1ty

q “Elena. Mich.





boars. Sept pigs in pairs or

CheStersM tries not akin from mamre stock

of the best blood lines obtainable.

F'. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar. Mich.





above pork prices.





Duroc Jersey





L. A SEYMOUR -





L s P. 0 Get a boar p18 sired by Smooth Jumbo the

- largest boned boar 1n the state, also by Big

Defender. 11. 0. Swartz. Schoolcraft. Mich.





Yorkshire Gilts





Pigs that are a)

inter Breeding. dress

R. 1. Pontiac. Mich.





 





For fall or

OAIO BO.FT





HORSES





Horses Will Be





Horses Soon





We have on hand at all times a choice selection

of young Percheron Stallions. Also have a how

good work horses that we are oflering to ex-

change for young stallions.





PALMER BROS,

R. R. Orleans, Belding, Mich.





 





 





AST fell gllts all sold have a good lot of last spring

Lplgs from 3 sires good are wtz‘y stock. Farm is mile





west f d Cit ZEM Phone 1

° effing Nashville. Mich.





Raise Chester Whites 3 .





startedthomaodsci'hreedu-son theroadco

lcanbelpyou. lwanttc





 





place one hog from

an greatth in every“ community where am not alre y Jag





wHWm-“d tu- m magnifier-Whom





 





aid, armor and Perfection Fairfax

breeding.



ALLEN BROS” Paw Paw, Mich. I HAVE

meme... {gem .



“when o’c'imnsmm mm —





 





tantrum. 33.9,“; Willem“





 





SBBBTHBBIIS





FerBedandMIk.





heifers-

prime coudlttlm on.





BIDWELI.





WM III

Scotch-Topped“. for saleil





:dle'p'ot. thrimmfimififfio minhmobilefi





BIDWELL m FARM.





THE WORLD’S CHAMPION





blgtyéie OU'ICB. Stcokols eeforsale. Herd



head by Gallowayo Edd. tire‘ml Wor e Champion 0. I.



0. boar assistedb yO .0 aster. Grand am-



andgionu boarso of Michl an. Newh York and Tennessee state



0. lant Buster.“ ndefoated ior



boorplgw wherever shown and dGrand Chem

lahoma stab flair our cat



Michigan.





prise hogs, Carer City.

.' 31:11.11! ‘11 C. 0.1)..thch





m....ms





 





 





 





 





CLOSING OUT- SALE





If all stock. Plain Veiw Stock Fa arm, Camde

Eueeday.Noven1bsr 12. 1918. Big black Spanish “Jag:

et ules. None reserved none rotecsed.

ill must sell. Lorain-too stock sale ever he] in Ohio.

mtransportation to the sale and return from Carl—

Ion. Ohio. locatedonthe Penna Rail Iroad. 50 mil”

north of Cincinnati. 19 miles north of amiltu.

Ohio, 35 miles west of Do 11. Ohio, 20 miles south-

Mot Richmond. Ind. smiles east of Libs berty.In1I.

and 75miles south-east of Indianapolis. Five Ano-

tloneers. Eats served by ladies of the Red 0





mm.

Percheron Stallion



Fooled Apr. 12th, L915 Recorded b th P

ciety of America No .112896. Coloyr ngeécggrggasrg.

edfirst prize at the Michigan State Fair as d 2 year

old.in 19 'l and again as a 3 year‘old in 1918D a very 8c-

rlorl Stallion well broken and of good!) Ispnaltlon.

an be purchased reasonsbl 0. Address WOODBROOI

[Alt M Gilles III-omed St” East. Detroit Mich.





811 rtho

Percherona, 9.3 30;,” “‘ Du“ J‘“

.1. umcssrsors. v.2. Williameton, 11101..





Porch-ms, Holdalls. lags; 3mm Bums





DORR D. BUELL lchlflln. '





A HL (#33

0

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Stallions and mares of reasonable



Bram . .- we“ “use. u...

foregomfidlnggkghme {ears old. He.



11:. J ALnsIc-n 'rekonsha. Iss1;

.HOI‘SO For in first molumoonfltlon.m Welg‘ln,

W. J. YOU“. 9 Detroit. 11ch1;
SECOND EDITION.





 





The, markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday 'after-

noon, November 7.





WHEAT.





The Wheat market is holding firm be-

cause the grain is urgently wanted for

export, both neutral and enemy coun-

tries being in great need of the cereal.

Primary receipts in this country show-

ed another big week by increasing the

visible supply 9,060,000 bushels. One

year ago wheat sold on the Detroit

market at $2.17 for No. 2 red. Present

prices here are: '





 





No. 2 red ............... $2,231é



No. 2 mixed ....... I . . . . 2.21%



No. 2 white ...... 2.21%

CORN.





Corn values are fluctuating. Dealers

appear to be at sea regarding the prob-

able influence of peace conditions. At

times the markets go down and then

recover under the influence of the

same news. There appears, however,

to be a general impression that our

big corn crop can- be used and still

leave the world none too well fed. Our

visible supply decreased 375,000 bush~

els during the week. One year ago

No. 2 corn sold on the local market at

$2.23 per bushel. Wednesday’s prices

here were:





No. 3 corn .............. $1.35

No. 3 yellow ........ 1.45

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.35

No. 5 yellow ............ 1.30

No. 3 white ............ 1.45





Chicago corn prices showed the re-

sult of the attack by the bears Wed-

nesday, the close for No. 2 yellow be-

ing $1.25@1.30; No. 3 yellow $1.33; No.

4 yellow $1.20@1.25; December $12114

per bushel; January $122344.





OATS.





Government buying gave independ-

ent strength to the oat market, and

prices are steady with last week. The

visible supply shows a slight decrease.

One year ago standard oats brought

63c on the local market. Wednesday’s

prices here are:





Standard .................. 71



No.3 White ........... '....701/;,



No. 4 White ............ . . 69%

RYE.





Exporters are out for supplies of this

grain. Home demands are very moder-

ate. Prices, however, are being well

maintained, despite the fairly liberal

marketing by producers. Cash No. 2

is quoted at $1.63 at Detroit on Wed-





nesday.

BARLEY.





This market is dull with the price

range slightly below that of last week.

Cash No. 3 is quoted at Detroit at $2;

No. 4 $1.95; feeding barley $1.85@1.90





per cwt.

BEANS.





The middle western markets show

a firmer tone in the bean trade. Can-

ners are now bidding for stock and

prices show an upward tendency in

the large markets near growing sec-

tions. At Detroit there was an ad-

iance of 250 this week to $9 per cwt.

The Chicago market reports improve-

ment in the trade with a fairly active

business being done with new beans,

old stock being slow of sale. Michigan

pea beans, new, choice to fancy, are

now quoted there at $9.50@10.25 for

hand-picked, and the best red kidneys

at $11@11.50. In New York prices ap-

pear tO'be weakening with the best

pea beans quoted at $10.50@10.75, and

medium grades at $9@10.25 per cwt.





HAY.





Notwithstanding large receipts of p





hay, prices are holding firm because of

the active demand. Detroit quotations

are:

No. 1 timothy...$29.50@30.00

Standard timothy 28.50@29.00

No. 1 mixed 24.50@25.00

No. 1 clover 23.50@24.00





SEEDS.





Seed values are firm and higher as

follows: Prime red clover, spot and

March $23.50; alsike $18.25; timothy

$6 per bushel.



R.





" “Withd geduced rsuppilihes clad! a good

W i "ll .9 cos . "owe , mprovee

: ment gt. > At Detroit the fresh





atw'y





 





creamery extras advanced to 57%@

58c; firsts 56@56%c. The

market is a little unsettled, with the

creamery offerings quoted at 53@

59%0. New York jobbers are paying

from 57 @61c for creameries and in

Philadelphia 60c for western offerings.





POTATOES.





More potatoes would be moving if

the car supply was larger at shipping

points. As will be noted from other

columns, efforts are being made to aid

growers and shippers of the state to

move the crop. On Tuesday there were

eighty-three carloads started by Michi-

gan shippers. Very little change has

occurred in the various potato mar-

kets during the week and prices are

substantially unchanged. At Grand

Rapids round whites sacked U. S.

Grade No. 1 were quoted Wednesday

at $1.80@1.90 per cwt. f. o. b. In the

Cadillac section the same grade is

bringing around $1.75, and in bulk

$1.50. At country loading points in

Michigan the prices from wagons rang-

es from $1.25@1.50, with the majority

of the sales around $1.35. The Detroit

market is fair with moderate supplies.

Michigan stock U. S. Grade N0. 1, in

150-1b. sacks is bringing $3@3.10; in

bulk $1.80@1.90. In Chicago there is

a moderate demand and movement.

Round whites sacked U. S. Grade No.

1 are quoted there at $1.75@1.85. Pitts-

burgh has an easy market with sup-

plies moderate and Michigan stock of

the above grade, sacked, $2.15@2.25;

at Cleveland $2.25@2.35; at Buffalo





$2.20@2.25.

CHEESE.





This trade is quieting from the un-

usual activity of the past several

months, high prices appear to be re-

ducing consumption. At Detroit flats

are quoted to jobbers at 331/2c; brick

35c; daisies 341/2c.





EGGS.





Further advances are made in egg

prices, with both supply and demand

forcing this change. Candied current





receipts are‘quoted to jobbers at De-





Chicago “troit at 58c; do firsts in new cases at





60c; storage 42@46c per do. Nearby

western stock is sold by receivers in

New York all the way from 55@68c

per dozen. The Philadelphia market is

paying $18.30 per case for western ex-

tra firsts.





POULTRY.





Market is quiet and steady with the

demand good and a fair amount of

stock on hand. No. 1 springs are quot-

ed in Detroit at 28@29c; small springs

26@27c; hens 28@29c; small hens and

Leghorns 26@27c; roosters 19@20c;





geese 24@25c; ducks 29@30c; turkeys





34@35c. The New York poultry mar-

ket is somewhat irregular.





APPLES.





The market for apples continues firm

with no important changes in prices.

Michigan A Zlé-inch Baldwins quoted

in Chicago at $5@5.50; do Greenings

$5@5.50; do Northern Spies $6.25@7;

do Wageners.$4.75@5.25; best Jona—

thans $9@9.50. Very few sales of Mich-

igan stock have occurred on the" De-

troit jobbing market, where the de-

mand and movement is slow.





GRAND RAPIDS

Onions higher at.60@75c per bushel;

jobbing houses are putting in winter

stock. Car shipments are greater than

last week. Fully 85 per cent of pota-

toes out of the grOund and with a week

of good weather the crop will be prac-





tically all dug. Car shipments are still.





light. Prices paid are $1@1.20 per

bushel. Apples are higher, growers be-

ing paid $2@2.50 per cwt. for choice

hand-picked. Car shipments have been

heavy the past week; crop all harvest-

ed. The cabbage market is firm, job-

bers quoting $3 per cwt; the crop is

just fair. Bean prices are a shade low

er at $7.65@8 per cwt. , '





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Election day saw a heavy falling off

in both sellers and buyers at the city

markets. Beets were held at 60c per

bu; potatoes»$1.25@1.35; hay $28@30.





 





 





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-Reports for Thursday, November 7th





DETROIT





Cattle.





Market very dull, 50@75c lower

than ‘last week.

Best heavy steers ....... $13.00@14.00

Best handy wt bu steers 10.00@10.50

Mixed steers and heifers 8.5061) 9.25





Handy light butchers . . . . 50@ 8.00

Light butchers .......... 7.00@ 7.25

Best cows .............. 8.50@ 9.00

Butcher cows ........... 7.00@ 8.00

Cutters ........ . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.00

Canners ................. 5.00@ 5.25

Best heavy bulls ........ 8.50@ 8.75

Bologna bulls ............ 7.50@ 8.00

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

Feeders ............ . . . . . 8.50@10.00

Stockers ................ 7.00@ 8.25

Milkers and springers. . . . $60@ 130





Veal Calves.



Market 500 lower than last week.

Best .............. ~. ..... $16.00@16.50

Others ........ . ......... 7.00@15.00



' Sheep and Lambs.

Market dull and 500 lower.





Best lambs .............. $ 15.00

Fair lambs .............. 13.50@14.00_

Light to common lambs. . 10.00@13.00

Fair to goodesheep ..... . 8.50@ 9.00

Culls and common . . . . . . . 4.00@. 6.00

Hogs.

Market steady.





igs .............. .....'.$ 16.50

Mixed hogs 17.75@18.15





BUFFALO. .





Pigs sold on the local market today

at $17.25; mixed hogs $18.60@18.7,5;'

lambs $16.25@16.40; calves $19@19.50.

The cattle market rules“ steady with

yesterday.‘ ‘ ‘





‘ CHICAGO.

Cattle. ' _

Receipts 19,000. .Native . western

steers strong to higher; ot ers and“

butcherpattle slow.to:lower.. : v

Good , to .«prime :choiee- steers -.$15.~25@

19-75:,comm9n and; an .b 12%

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$6.25@12.50; bologna bulls $7@12;

canners and cutters $5.25@6.25; stock-

ers and feeders, good $10@12.50; do

medium $7.2‘5@9.75.

,. .Hogs. -



Receipts 47,000. Market slow and

mostly 15@25c lower than yesterday.

Tops $18.40; heavy $18@18.35; mixed

and light $17.90@18.40; packers’ hogs

$16.75@17.25; medium and heavy at

$17.50@17.65; light bacon hogs $17.25

@1835; pigs, good to choice $14.75@

15.50; roughs $15.50@16.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 37,000. Killing classes slow

to 250 lower. Feeding lambs steady.



Choice to prime lambs $15.75@16;

medium and good lambs $14.25@15.75;

culls $9.50@13; medium, good and

choice feeders $13@14.75; choice year-

lings $12.50@13; medium and good

yearlings $11 @1250 ; wethers, medium

and good $9.75@11.





BUFFALO.





WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6. '





' Cattle.‘

Receipts ten cars.



heavy steers $15@16;

steers $14@15; medium shipping strs

$11.50@13; best native yearlings, 950

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

lings, good quality $12@13; best handy

steers $11@12; fair to good $9.50@

10.50; handy steers and‘heifers mixed

$9@10; western heifers $9.50@10.50;

best fat cows $9@10.50; butcher co'ws

$7@8.-50; cutters $6@6.50; canners $4

@575; fancy bulls $9@10.50; butcher

bulls $8@9; common bulls $6@7; best

feeders $9.50@10.50; medium feeders

$8.50@9.50; stockers $7.50@8.50; light

common ~$6@6.50; best 'milkers' and

springer-s $10.0@150; mediums $79@

90;. common '~$50@70. , .





Strong; prime





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. Receipts 15 cars; stead

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~a~ Sheep and Lambs: _





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CAR sHonrAeE FOR MICHIGAN

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(Continued from page 440).

ways have to sell on the low market.

If we could get cars and guarantee de-

livery at a certain time it would make

a difference of from five to 25 cents a

bushel on the prices paid to thefarm-

ers. Anything that can be done to

help out the car Situation will be a big

help to the growers.-=-—H. E. H.



Belding, Mich., Oct. 28.——Our present

crop of potatoes is below normal. I

think that there will be from 60; to 80

cars to be shippedout from this sta-

tion. The quality is not up to other

years’ standards—W. & W. Co.



Edgetts, Mich., .Oct. 28.———There will





 





\be about three 'cars a néonth shipped





from this station—F. A. . -

Bark River, Mich., Oct.~--28.——Expe'ct

to have about ‘90 cars along at the dif—

ferent stations in this vicinity. There

has been only six or eight cars moved,

farmers holding back on account of

the price, also putting many in storage

and nothing less than a dollar a bushel

gili move them out before spring.—





Empire, Mich., Oct. 28.——-We expect

to move about 20 to 30 cars during the

coming month.——T. J. M. .



Empire, Mich., Oct. 28.-—-—We have

gone over the potato situation and for

your information will say, based on

close estimates, there will be about

40,000 bushels of potatoes marketed at

this station between now and spring.





extremely dry weather during growing

time the potato crop in this section is

the lightest that I have everseen. I

do not think that more than 25 cars

will be loaded at this station, and none

have been shipped so far. These few

cars will be moving from now until

the end of the season.—-—H. C. ,

Vicksburg, Mich., Oct. 28.—It is my

judgment that it will require about 10

cars this next‘ four or five weeks to

move our crop at this point.—H. W.

. Adrian, Mich. Oct. 26.——-The potato

crop in Lenawee ecunty is very slim,

and according to best estimates there

will not be to exceed 50,000 bushels.

This amount will hardly feed one-

fourth of our home people. —W. G. B.

Hart, Mich., Oct. 28.——My personal

idea is that there will be about 400

cars move from this station this sea,-

son. One hundred and fifty cars be-

fore the first of January, 100 cars be-





tween that and April 1, and 150 cars ,





from April 1 until June 15.——J. C. W.



Angell, Mich., Oct. 26.4-In regard to

potato crop tributary to this station,

would estimate it at 35,000 bushels,

which at the rate of 750 bushels per

car, would mean 45 to .50 cars. We

would like to move considerable of our

gout:I now if we could get the cars.—





Bates, Mich., Oct. 26.—We need at

least eight cars a week for the next

six weeks and the total needed to move

the 1918 crop from this station will be

approxunately 200 cars—J. W. H.



Levering, Mich., Oct. 26.——In regard

to the number of 'cars of potatoes to

be shipped from this station I would

say around 125 cars from Levering, 10

from Van and 25 from Carp Lake.

This includes cars used by all ship-

pers.——L. C. M. Ass'n.



Hobart, Mich., Oct. 26.——We expect

to ship 100 cars from Hobart during

the fall, winter and spring. The qual-

ity is fine—N. '



Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 26.—Wo

estimate that there will be, about 10,-

000 cars needed in the state, to be dis-

tributed, we would,say, about 40 per

cent for the next 60 days and the bal-

ance at the rate of 10 per cent per

month. This would wind up the sea-

son the first of June when. our season

is usually completed. I would think

that the G. R. & I. would'want about

30 per cent, A. A. 10 per cent, M. C. 15

per cent, Grand Trunk five per cent,

M. & N. E. five percent, and the other

roads the balance—L. & H. Co.



Lawton, Mich., Oct.“ 26.—-—In former

years there have been something like

100 cars shipped from .Lawtoh and ~

Paw Paw. I would saythat this num-

ber of cars. , .ouldl, be needed this; sea-





son.——:A. D- B ~ ~ . ,

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season" Novem er 5; December 4, Jan-_

yf4, March, 4, April 5,

May,4.—L. C. T. &‘ Co.



Fremont, Mich., Oct. 28.—Indications

are that there will be about 150 cars

of 1 potatoes shipped from here this“

year.—F. C. P. Co. ‘ , .

‘Elk Rapids, Mich, Oct. 28.—-—An esti-

mate of all potatoes to be .loaded at

Elk Rapids (both tarmers’ associa-

tions and others), would be from 40 to

45 thousand bushels. That would mean

approximately 60 cars needed to move

the crop—C. & W.



Farwell, Mich, Oct. 24.—-We - will

need about six or eight cars in the next

60 days, and two or three in the spring.





East Jordan, Mich., Oct. 25.——There

will be about 100 cars shipped from

this"station during the fall, winter and

spring seasons. The quality of this

year’s crop is excellent—E. J. Coop.

Association.



Petoskey, Mich., Oct. 24.-——We expect

to have for shipment out of Petoskey

and nearby loading stations, about 50

cars. We expect to load 20 cars be-

tWeen now and December 15. We will

have for immediate shipment our first

car of U. S. Grade No. 1 graded Petos-

key sacked. This will be fine stock

and you need not hesitate about put-

ting it to your best trades.—Petoskey

Cooperative Market Ass’n. .

'Trout Lake, Mich, Oct. 24.—-—There

is barely potatoes enough in this local.

ity for home consumption—A. A. C.



Allenville, Mich, Oct. 24.—About ten

cars will be sufficient to meet our re-

quirements for shipping potatoes.—





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McBain, Mich., Oct. 26.——We believe

that there will be more than 100 cars

of potatoes shipped out of here this

season. As the potatoes are nicely

matured and as the price is not too

low to the grower, it looks to me like

a good demand “and that farmers will

be free sellers and that the local stock

should move out of Michigan in good

shape this fall and early winter, leav-

ing the market in good condition af-

ter the holidays. Last year farmers

would not sell in this section and out-

side markets had to get their supply

from other states and this had a bad

effect on the spring trade. The qual-





   





best.——W. B. H.



Baraga, Mich., Oct. 22.—We have no

regular potato buyers at this station.

In past years we have sold mostly to

the Copper country. At present we

have about 20 cars held by farmers,

which will be moved as soon as an o t-

let can be found for them, as the p-

per country people have raised their

own potatoes this year. I could not

say just when we will need cars—G.





. M.



Posen, Mich, Oct. 23.——We will need

about 30 cars at this station. Probably

20 will move this fall if the market

continues as it is at present. Quality

of potatoes is A. No. 1.—-J. R. B.



Kingsley, Mich., Oct. 26.—We will

need more than 100 cars to move pota-

toes batore the first of January. The

growers-have finished the work of dig-

ging and are proud of the quality of

this year’s crop, which is superior to

any crop we have ever harvested. Af-

ter last season’s experience the major-

ity of our growers are ready to sell so

long as prices are as favorable as at

present—F. Coop. Ass’n.



Saline, Mich, 'Oct. 24.—The potato

crop was not more than one-third of a

normal crop, ii' that, in this section,

and according to my best judgment

there will be no potatoes to ship from

here or stations in this section this

year. There will not be more than

giough for home consumption—C.





Elmira, Mich, Oct. 25.—There will



be about 75 cars of potatoes to ship

from this station. The quality of the

crop is excellent and the present price

will move the crop rapidly it the cars

are available. The car situation is

serious—W. H. T.

. Lakeview, Mich., Oct. 24.—I consider

we have about a normal yield of pota-

toes in this section. It may be over 80

per cent of last year’s crop, but they

are yielding all the way from 60 to 200

bushels to the acre. I think that

there has been about the usual amount

sold-from Montcalm county. We start-

ed shipping before the other districts.

The number of cars will not vary

much from last year. One of our big-

gest shippers is using rental cars to

take» care of his operations. We are

severely handicapped for cars and the

farmers have stored «all that they usu-

ally store', that is, about 50 per cent,

apd speculate on the other 50’per cent

9 their crop.--J. J. B.



~Greenville, Mich, Nov. 1.—From a

careful survey of this seaspn’s crop of

potatoes in this vicinity and talks with

several of the‘ big operators in this sec-

tion I would estimate that about 1,200



will be needed to move this year’s

crop. or course, this is only an esti-

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Rams. Good Wool.

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