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CURRENT COMMENT





HE fifth and last

popular war loan,

which will be known

as the Victory Liberty

Loan, will be offered

to the public on April

' 21. This issue, the terms of which

have just been announced, is consid-

erably smaller than was anticipated by

most financial observers. The amount

of the issue for which subscriptions

will be asked in the three weeks' drive

beginning next Monday, has been fixed

at four and one-half billion, as com‘

pared with six billion for the last Lib-

erty Loan. .The issue will be in the

form of short-term notes bearing four

and three-fourths per cent interest and

I maturing in four years, with the trees-

ury reserving the privilege of redeem.

ing the notes in three years. While

known as a partially tax-exempt issue

these notes will be practically tax ex-

empt for the small investor. They are

wholly exempt from state and local

. taxation, excepting estate and inherit-

ance taxes, and from normal rates of

federal income taxes.



Now that the war is over and our

boys are coming home, bearing the

banner of victory, the patriotic urge to

buy liberty bonds may not appeal as

strongly to the average man as was

the case when the conflict was on and





The Victory

Liberty

Loan





our boys were in the thick of the bat-~





tie. ‘But preparations for the continua-

tion of the struggle to a victorious end

were necessary to inSure that end, and

the cost of maintaining our boys at the

front, of bringing them back and de-

mobilizing them must be paid, and. in

addition to all that can be raised by

taxation the government needs our sav-

ings to help pay it. 'Nor will the ban

efit accrue to the nation alone, since

our savings wil‘Lbe investednin the best

security in the world, bearing an at-

. truths rate of interest, when the tax

“ emtion features are considered

f ,Whllo the victory bonds are offered at

V season when the average farmer's

new is at low point in this a»

NEW income may be ”Wad by

Hug paymen for the bonds on

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their lives to" the [achievem atoll»:

victory will give us the proper





of view The purchase of bonds to the In the matter or hcgt, wet

limit of our ability will be the restilt, barley we will help Europe with the!

and the Victory Liberty Loan will be necessary to plant thousands of acres

quickly overanhacrihod. this spring. Clover, alfalfa and "not





cloves seed growth; to being developed"





KONG ‘the new rapidly" in many Monitor“ regions,

Deudop- and perplexing and we “It“, “MEMIY. b0 ab“ t0»

, ' problems the gamers meet our home ”illuminant: and have

my Seed and market gardeners a surplus for export

Production of America have solv- The development of a great seed-

ed, since 1914, is that Producing industry 111' America. means,

of producing an adequate supply of not only a big saving of capital for our

good seed to meet our homo demands famers but it is encoumsins than“

and insure future harvests to feed the ing of crops and varieties better adap-

people of famished Eu} ope. Instead of ted to 0111‘ 8011’ and climatic conditions,

producing sufficient seed for home and creating a heavy demand for spe-

planting the American farmer hitherto cial machinery. This means the growth

depended upon foreign countries for and dovelonm'ent of a’ big business all

the bulk of his supply of radish cab- alons the line from the growing of the

bags, cauliflower, carrot, kale, parsley, seed to distributing it to the trade.

peppei, spinach, beet and turnip seed, Anothei phase of this great seed-

and a, large portion of his clover and producing business is the fact that it

alfalfa seed is opening up a new field for hfgh- class

Before the war we got most of our agricultural students who am seeking

radish seed from Germany, France and a business where they can match their

England Now the radish seed indus- brains and scientific training against

tryvplomises to becomeaprofitable one the land and capital of men. Who can

in California and several of the north- see future profits in a big, paying busi-

ern counties of Michigan. Turnip, cab- ness. The great need at‘the present

bage and kale seed production is be- time 18 for men capable, 0f directing

ginning to develop in several favored and training the class of labor quali-

sections. At the present time we can fled to develop this Specialized type of

gain control of the turnip seed busi- agriculture; plenty of capital is avail-

ness before Holland, Denmark and able as soon as it can be shown prac-

SWeden can recover fiom the effects tical results.

of the war; besides seed, purchased

from these countries is likely to be

that which accumulated during the pe-

riod since 1914.

Long Island, New. York, has develop-

ed a big business in producing cabbage

seed and several sections in the south





HE well known

advertising agen-

03' of N. W. Ayer 5:

Son, of Philadelphia,

Pa., celebrated the fit-

tieth anniversary 0’!





A Golden

Anniver-

sary





are finding it profitable to produce kale .their career on the. evening of April





seed. The spectacular rise in the price 4th inst. The plan was to entertain at

of spinach seed has added another a: formal dinner, with appropriate

profitable specialty to the list of crops speeches. rennniscencss and music. the

produced in California and several disc 111311889129 0f the leading publiCatio‘ns

tricts along the Atlantic Coast New and advertisers who have far many

Mexico and Arizona have demonstrat— years been their customers.

ed the fact that they can produce Ber- It was conceived and executed along

muda onion seed for the farmers of the broad gauge lines and carefully

southern Texas. Formerly the onion thought out systems that have always

growers of this district annually, im- marked the business\ management 0!

ported more than 75 000 pounds of this this largest concern in their line in the

valuable seed from the Canary Islands. world. Over one thousand. 81168“ sat

Toaay we me in a position to Supply at the tables and all Wore highly pleas-

our home demands for carrot, beet and ed and edified With the entire affair.

parsley seed. California with her pe- The execution 0f the program brought

culiar climate contributing these seeds 01“ 111 bold relief thQ wonderful 111-

to our supply. It formerly required crease, 110$ only in VOIIIIIIG and import-

two years to p1 oduce the seed, as these 31109 0f advertising, hilt 3130 the “in!"

plants do not flower the first season; ly increased moral standard M 6MP:

but American climate and ingenuity acter Of It ‘30 110“! 619111611“ 0! which

have shortened the time naturally re— the firm 0f N- W Ayer & 301 M76 1111‘

quired to produce seed by playing a dOUbtedIy contributed mgre during the

joke on “mother nature " The roots past fifty years than any other concern

are harvested and shipped to Cuba and in America They fully demo our

Porto Rico fer winter growing. We are wishes for continued WM?

also producing such seeds as celery,

okra. parsley and collards for our- HE “VIM Of UN

selves without any difficulty. V0163 at tho 1'6-

Those who pooh-pooh at scientific cent 861131111 election

agriculture should familiarize them-1 53' it We'll” t0 the 611*

selves with the development of seed tire electorat 0f the

production in America since 1914 ' A state and particularly

short time ago we were mighty ignor- t0 the Women Of Michigan W110 exer-

ant of our domestic seed producing re- cised the elective franchise for the

sources and possibilities. No exert had first time. The adoption of the good

been made to develop or to coordinate roads bonding amendment to the state

our assets in this direction, but the constitution by a large majority is to

stress of war-time necessity forced as evidence of progressive thought We





The Verdict

of the

Voters





into the development of this branch of all the people of the state. and the we





agriculture which is adding many mils- 500mm 0'1 the Proposed saloon amend»





lions of dollars to the incomes of our most by a very decisive vote is equally





farmers. . inflame as indicating progression



The United States Department of am a radically mavens line These

Agriculture has rendered high-class my?“ indicate that the petiole at

service in gathering information and Michigan are W617 for advancement

data and publishing it in the form of and 09M“ t0 Mansion, and that

a monthly seed reporter.





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doctrine of extremists. The canoes-n

live intelligence 63 our 966919 insures."

the perpetuity of our democracy





News of the Week





MIDENT WILSON“ call for his

“again which to return to the Unit-



has' had my interpretations



in this country and combat its in:

mediate effect has been to hurry 111!

the proceedings of the peace delegates.

—-Magdenburg., Germany, is being plans





dered and Nuremberg is in a state of .





siege. while Berlin is said to be facing,

a general strike of workers—A call is.

issued for the organizationof. the. m- ,





orican Legion, to be com of Am-





erican veterans of the woos War—_





The National Grange stalks treasury de-

pertinent to fix the interest rate on the

ictory Liberty Loan at four and one-

half per cent—Spotted typhus is rag-

ing in Ukraine, Poland, Serbia and sev- f

oral s of western Russia. ——A

call is issued by the President for an ‘

industrial congress to. consider plans

to Join the interests of capital, labor

and the government in an effort to pro-

vide an amicable program for the re-

adjustment of industry. »

Thursday, April #0.

E League of Nations commission

considers the question of an inter-

national staff, the Monroe Doctrine

clause and the Japanese race equality

amendment ——Victoria, Australia, has

expanded $5,200,000 in the purchase of





' land for repatriated soldiers—Sweden





is seeking a loan of $25,000,000'in this

oountry.———Six- battalions of Japanese

troops are sent to Korea to suppress

disturbances which are spreading.~——

Evacuation of Allied troops from Odes-

sa is ofllcially confirmed—Southern

farmers have started a movement: to

have the government remove the cot-

ton embargo ——New York senate pass

es the minimum wage scale by a vote

of 29 to Zip—Total United States ca3<

ualties in the war were 273,105.

Friday, April 11.



Hi: pom delegates adopt resolu-

. tion igraviding that the Monroe

doctrine not to be affected by the





- provisions of the covenant. —Washing-





ton officials are eneavoring to learn

the extent of the mutiny of American

soldiers in northern Russia—~The Bav-

arian Soviet regime at Munich rees~

tablisbes diplomatic relations with the

Bolshevlst 'vornment at Moscow..—— .

Neutral not :1 are seeking to float a

billion dollar loan in Germany. —A'.mer-

icon and Japanese financiers are or-

ganizing a new steamship corp01 ation

~0ffieia'is at Washington deny the re-





port that a Secret treaty exists be-





tWeen the United States and China.-~

Keariy tvw t and troops of the 85111

Division arrive in New York. ———Quebec

votes in favor of licensing the sale of

trim: and beer



1 Saturday, April 12._





'1' is predicted that the German del-

egates will be asked to sign the

o treaty between April 26 and

ay 1.~—Belgium and France protest

against the selection of Geneva as the

seat of government of the League of

Nations .——President Wilson offers a

solution to the Adriatic question ——'1"he

chancellor of Germany declaies that

wintry must mist the Soviets 9r face

doom.~—The Genera? Motors corpora.

tion approves a profitsharing plan for

its. employes.—'-A credit of $20, 000, 000

is started Great Britain by the United

States overnment. —-A so-called labor

led party in session at Spring”

«Illinois endorses the government

or tfie semis in Russia.

. Sunday, April 13.

N metal summary of the revised

covenant of the League of Nations

is famed. ———The council of four decides

that the Saar Valley is to be definitely ,

granted to France in perpetuity to;





'. Work the coal mines and other resourc‘ '-





es ~According to reports the S viet. "



g0vernment of Russia stands rea y to,



stop the world revblt campaign it She:



is recbgnized and the allies Will send, _,



goods to the nation. —~——B‘o shevist prop‘ '



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GREAT engineering project up

on which government engineers





have been planning for several





years, but which was shelved during

the world war, is about to be revived





' and will eventually bring into cultiva-





tion thouands of acres of worthless

land. .The“ big :‘problem is one of drain-





”age and embraces scaresfourteen thou-

" sand square miles, or the entire natur-





al district of the Saginaw Valley. This

district extends from the highlands of

Gladwin'county, which fOrm the north-

ern rim of the Saginaw drainage basin

to the southern rim down in Genesee

county and around through Clinton

county, as its western limits,'to Sagi-

naw Bay. The problem arises because

waters that ”are made, to drain from

farm lands in all this area must go

somewhere. The. Creator made the wa-

ters of this region in the beginning to.

flow down and out through the mouth

.of the Saginaw river, and they have

aflowed so ever since. The best that

engineers of this day can do is to as-

sist nature in doing her work in an

orderly manner.





Most of the prese'nt drainage trou:





Vbles have arisen over faulty methods

of helping nature. The common meth-

od consists of running Water of! one

man’s land on to some other man's

land, and leaving it to him to pass it

along to somebody, else. Unfortunate-

ly, it reaches the flood area‘of the low





er valley and .the bay at a time of high.





water, and takes toll as it goes. Float-

-ing-’houses, ‘barns and fragments of

bridgesgmingled with forest debris and

'fluid mud att‘est the heedlessness of

the method.“ The property damage

amounts to hundreds of thousands of

dollars «annually; and it is this waste

that the government engineers are’try—

ing to overcome. -

> When Michiga-n’ 3 biggest drainage

and reclamation problem is worked out

to its conclusion, just as much water

will flow down to Saginaw Bay as now.

but it will flow more Orderly and with

a minimum of destruction. '



The Big Prairie Farm.



The biggest and most successful rec-

ever attempted in

Michigan, or in any of the central

states. is the. Prairie Farm in Saginaw

county. This project points the way to





profitable farms.





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H Story of HowCDzlée's, Dar/2w, Dredges ana’ Drains

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Best Farm in t/ze Saginaw Valley.





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success in enterprises of this kind, and

at the same time it adds to the drain-

age problem of the district as a whole.

The “Prairie Farm, in fact, is a gigantic

example of the existing drainage meth-

od—to unload the water on the other

fellow.‘ It is not difficult to realize

that not many 'ten thousand-acre tracts

could be pumped dry in the settling

basin of the Saginaw Valley without

creating flood conditions of the propor-

tions of a deluge. But despite this de-

terrent fact is-the fact that the Prairie;

Farm owners have diked and drained

ten thousand acres of rich muck land,

and have made the operations pay. The

net annual returnon the large invest-

ment is said to exceed twelve per cent.



There are one hundred thousand

acres more of the same ricli alluvial

land‘continguou-s to the Saginaw river,

which may be reclaimed and made into

But the reclamation

must be made on a large scale and it





 





 





awaits the concerted aid of a compre-

hensive plan of government engineers.

This in the main will provide for at

least one double dike across the set-

tling basin of the rivers to encircle in

the river bed above Saginaw, a channel

to impound the waters which flow

down from the uplands and to receive

the pumpage from large sections in the

flood area, as they are diked and de-

veloped. The success of the Prairie

Farm enterprise makes the whole

broad scheme feasible, and the require-

ments of the entire drainage area seem

to demand it as one link in the chain

of outlet channel for increasing agri-

cultural land drainage above.

Conditions in the Early Days.

Although it was well known to Sagi-

naw settlers and farmers that the soil

of the prairie marshes was of exceed-

ing fertility, and would undoubtedly

produce wonderful crops. nothing was

done in those early days to reclaim





.them. The spring freshets which over-





flowed the marshes to a depth, of ten

to fifteen feet, leaving quantities of

mud and debris on the land, were the





great obstacle to improvements. There





was still a great acreage of wild gov-

ernment lands on higher ground sub-‘

ject to natural drainage, offered at a

low price, and there was no incentive

to'experiment with the muck lands

which lay only three or four feet above

the normal level of Lake Huron.

Northeasters from Georgian Bay often

piled the sluggish waters of the river

back upon the marsh, a dingy scum on

the trunks of trees revealing where

the floods had risen head high. It was

evidently not a proposition to be un-

dertaken by the individual farmer, as

only by extensive work on a large

scale was there hope that reclamation

of the marshes could be accomplished.

Time and development of the farming

lands were required to make a project

of this nature seem feasible to capital-

ists, and until that point was reached

little could be expected of any plans

for 1eclamation.

Beginning of Reclamation.



It was late in the eighteen-eighties

that the first efforts were made to re-

claim muck lands in Saginaw county.

Harlan P. Smith, a_ prominent dealer

in choice farming lands, had delved in-

to the subject quite thoroughly and ac-

quired title to considerable acreage

about seventeen miles south of the city

of Saginaw. Associated with him were

Chas. H. Camp and George B. Brooks,

yvho composed a well~known law firm,

and together added to the holdings al-

ready acquired until they owned about

ten thousand acres. This large area

in one parcelwas situated in Albee and

St. Charles townships, south and east

of the Flint and Shiawassee rivers.



These, progressive men then proceed-

ed to cut a large ditch from the north-

ern part of the prairie land to the Flint

river, a distance of about two miles,

enclosing three or four hundred acres,

and plowed and prepared the ground

for seeding. The results of their prac-

tical efforts at farming on a large

scale were fairly successful, but the

difllculties were many and the expense

great, and there was more or less trou-



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HE necessity for the entry of the

Federal Farm Loan Banks into the

fire insurance. business ‘has, been re-

. moved by the formation of a private

company to. perform the functions

which the board claimed were not be-

ing performed by existing insurance

companies. The details of the new or.

ganization have not been made public

but it is understood that the company.

will have the cooperation of a number

of the leading fire insurance companies

of the country in its efforts to provide

adequate protection for farm property.

The Federal Farm Loan Board in its

annual report submitted to congress

recently recommended that the Feder-

al Farm Loan Banks be empowered to

L"write fire insurance. The report de-

clared that owing to the remoteness of

some of the property and to other

handicaps under which farm property

labored it was impossible _to get insur-

ance to protect the property on which

the banks were asked to make loans

On this account it was said large num<

'bers of farmers were being deprived of

the benefits of the system, and it was

recommended that this be rectified by

permitting the banks to insure such

risk in a mutual insurance company.

Difficulty in guaranteeing the titles

of the properties on which loans were

made was also reported, and a plan to

remedy this defect was also suggested.

The General Agencies, Inc, of Balti-

more, which is the name of the com-

pany that has arranged with fire insur-

ance companies to cOver the risks com-

”planned of, hasnrranged with several





_ surety and title companies to provide





a guarantee that will be satisfactory to

the Federal Reserve Board.



Plans for carrying the new arrange-

ment into effect have been on foot for

several weeks, and it is reported that

‘ the proposal has the support of some

of the leading officials at Washington.



The details of the plan have not been

worked out. It is: recognized that the

proposal involves underwriting dim-

culties such as the insurance compa-

nies are not as a rule inclined to at-

tack, but in View of the public nature

of the demand, and because of the nat-

ural oppositfon in most quarters to gov-

ernment insurance in any form, it is

expected‘that the companies will make

an extra effort to make a success of

the plan



In the event it is put into operation

it is expected to entirely eliminate the

demand for self-insurance by the Farm

Loan Banks.





FEDERAL; CROP REPORT.





 





THE Crop Reporting Board of the

Bureau of Crop Estimates, United

States Department of Agriculture,

makes the following estimates from to

ports of its correspondents and agents:



The average condition of winter

wheel; on April 1 was 99.8 per cent of

a normal, 11381.net 78. 6 on April 1,1918,

63 .4 on April 1,1917, and 82. 3, the aver-

age condition for the past ten years

on April 1.11pm was an increase in





April 1,1919, of 1 2 points, as comparéd

with an average decline in the past

ten years of 5; 9 points helicen those





condition 39m 1 tempts is 3206304

compares with 55815491000 bachelor. 1

estimated '

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condition from December 1,1918, to!





dates. Updm the assumption or “aver-,3.

age abandonment of acreage and ate»- _ .. ' so '

age innuencesmn the crop-” harvest, . ‘





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Agrlcultural News





The average condition of rye an A94





‘ril i was 90:36 per“ cent of a normal;





against 85.8 on April 1,1918, 86.0 on

April .1917, and 88. 6, the average

condition for the past ten years on Ap-

ril 1.



The condition of we forecasts a pro-

duction of approximately 101, 000, 000

bushels; last year’s estimated produc-

tion was 89,103000 bushels; the 1917

(3101) 62, 933 000 and the average of the

preceding five years 44, 547, 000 bushels.





 





GROWING IMITATION SlLK- AND

WOOL IN MICHJGAN. ‘





 





IT seems now’that the much malign-

ed mllkv'veed plant is at last coming

into its own. Doctor Sidney Smith;

Boyce, Who is developing a fiber farm.

at Saginaw Michigan, makes report





that from a variety of the asclepias.





plants known asasclepias incarnata,

or swamp milkweed, he is producing a.

fiber of fineness and character hard to

be distinguished from silk. “711119 from

the varieties known as asclepias corn-

utus he is ploducing another style of

fine fibel not easily distinguished from

fine merino wool. '





The plant from which the imitation

silk fiber is obtained is a. variety of

the swamp milkweed style of plants,

is perennial and grows much the best

in soils too low and wet to grow ordi<

nary farm crops. "



When once planted this plant re-

quires but little further attention be

yond gathering the stalks in October.





It grows five to seven feet arid yields





two to three tons of stalks per acre.

The raw fiber is Obtained from the

bark by breaking and is now worth

twenty-five cents a pound. ‘





To grow this silkfiber plant a dylro'





may be run across any piece of over-

wet land and the lower part planted to

silkweed plants and the dryer part to

ordinary farm crops and these latter

kept dry by pumping of! the enema

moisture upon the milkweed plants.

The large variety of wild milkweeds

persistently clothing the roadsides and

bone—dry hillsides and pronounced nox-

ious weeds, is so familiar to almost





everyone that it needs but little de—'





scribing. This variety of plants is also

perennial and can be gathered ih

abundance and used to obtain the imi-

tation wool fiber, or for paper stock.

but until taken in charge and domes-

ticated the crop will be'quite irregular,

both in amount and character, but_un-

der cultivation and its instincts recog

nized and cared for the yield is quite

as great as that of the swamp variety.

This plant is gathered before the seed

pods open and decerticated while

green.





 





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ON’T forget to include the home

- garden as one or your main lines

of work the coming season. If you

have not already made your plans for

a garden do 'so at once. Select. for-

tllize, and prepare your ground as soon.

as possible. The need supply 1111011111





3150 be. lookedorfter and ordered at the.





earliest possible are, in order to" pre

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Plan for 86111119; Wool





How I/[z'mz'r Farmer: I727] Do It





OOL growers in Illinois will be





given a chance to market their.





spring clip of wool on the coop-





' erative plan. County agents from lead-





ing- sheep raising sections agreed to

follow a uniform plan in selling the

spring wool cropi'at a"meeting held. at

th'e'Stock. Yard Inn at Chicago. Defi-

nite plans for carrying out the work

will be drafted by D. 0. Thompson, sec-

retary of Illinois AgriCultural'AssoCia‘

tion, and Prof. W. C. Coffey, Sheep





Husbandryr Department, University of





Illinois. After the plans, have been

finished they will .be‘ submitted to a.

committee of five for approval:



Cepies of the final plan will be sent

to all of the farm bureaus in Illinois,

and through these organizations the

sheepmen will be allowed to concen~

trate the marketing of their wool. The

practice has always been for buyers





to go into the country and buy fromv





the sheep owner, but many sheepmen

claim this practice has been abused.

Few men have a thorough understand-

ing of the various commercial grades

of wool and they sell their season’s

clip without grading it and for less

than it is worth in many instances.

_ Through the cooperative plan there

will be two principal advantages of-

fered. The primary object will be

that of concentrating the marketing

of the wool to get“ more for it, and,

second, there Will be an educational

campaign Carried along with 'it. .

,Two and a Half Cents for Handling.

Plans are now being worked out to

pool the wool at some central point in

the county designated by the farm bu-

reau officials or a similar organiza?





tion. Here it will be labeled and,





shipped to" a central storehouse in





’ charge of men acting as agencies for





the wool growers, John D Holliway,

president of the National Wool Ware-

house and Storage Company, offered to





handle the wool for two and a half.





cents a pound. In this case the wOol

would be concentrated at a central





. point in each county and consigned to

'the' warehouse in'Chicago. The two





and a halt cents a pound covers all of

the expenses, including freight, stor-

age, grading of the fleeces, loading and

unloading and marketin. There will

be no other charges if the wool is sold





On the other hand, if the agencies

deem it wise to hold the wool over





, four months there will be an addi-‘





tional charge of fifteen cents a month

on every bag. Each bagwéighs three

hundred and fifty' pounds. Seventy-V





,. five per cent will be advanced to each





producer at the time he delivers the

wool and the balance paid when the





_' wool is sold. Seven per cent. interest





will be paid on the advanced sum to





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the agency which handles the wool.



The advantages offered in this meth-

od of marketing are that each wool

producer’s clip will be graded and he

will receive the same for his wool

as his'neighvbor with a similar grade.

In this way‘each man is paid a uni-

form price for the grade his wool

scores. When the wool is'sold a com-

plete statement will be returned to

each producer, showing the weights,

gradesand selling price of his wobl,

and all other details. If he does not





receive as much for his wool as his





neighbor'he will knew the reason, and





.‘this will stimulate the growth of a ,1 .





better grade of 'wool.





J. Howard Miner, county agent. of .1





Henderson county, 111., says: “Ninety-

five per cent of,the wool growers in

my county will market their wool crOp

through the farm bureaus again this

year. Forty-six consigned over 20,000

pounds of wool through our bureau last

year. I sent out letters offering to

handle their wool for members of the

bureauand 'otfered the ‘same chance to

others who Were not members. I went

there in April practically a stranger,

and those men brought their wool in

and didn’t even ask for a receipt when

it was loaded on the car. When the

wool was sold a draft for $12,001 came

back. to me for the whole consignment,

and then each man was paid his share.

We are going to do. the same thing this





year with] practically allof the men”





who have any wool to market in that

county. ”



V.isit Wool Storehouse.

~ About two o'clock all of the dele-





gates at the meeting were taken to-





the National .Wool Warehouse and

Storage ' Company’s plant in- automo-





biles. This plant has a capacity of _.

from‘10,000,000 to 15,000,000 pounds of





weel. While making a tour through

the plant Ezra Booth, who is in charge

of the warehouse, gave a practical dem-





onstration in wool grading. As he sort- ,





ed out the various grades, dropping





each grade into separate baskets, he.

explained to thefmen what constituted ,





quarter, one-half, three-eighths, half-

clothing‘ and fine staple. These‘are

the rough commercial grades.



“Do the woolen mills take these





rough commercial grades.as they are ,

, sorted here ?" was one of thequestions





asked. Mr. Holliway replied: “We send

a small sample taken from one of these





big sacks, and when the wool is sold .

we'rarely have one of our grades ques~ ,





tioned. ”





Mr. Holliway offers to furnish paper .





twine to the farm bureaus at whole-

sale Price, which 1.3 now twenty-six





.cents a pound. He sugegsted that





they all use the same kind of twine

/' (Continued on page 625).





Standard Oil Company

1910 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.





 





 





(Indiana)





EVEN men, who have demonr





strated unusual ability in their

particular branch of the business, have

been entrusted with the task and re-

sponsibilities of management.





Mr. Robert W. Stewart





Chairman of the Board





Mr. William M. Burton _





President





Mr. Henry S. Morton





Wee-President





‘ Mr. George W. Stahl





Secret ary- Treasurer





I’Mr. Seth C. Drake





General M anager—Sales





Mr. William E. Warwick





General Manager—Manufacturing





Mr. Beaumont Parks





General Superintendent





are now at the head of the Company’s affairs.

These. men, all residents of Chicago, and all

actively engaged in this business, and no other,

are the Board of Directors.



They are responsible to the 4623 stockholders,

and to” the public, for the policies governing

the Company’s activities.





Each Director is "a highly trained specialist,

who, in addition to being master of his own

particular specialty, has a profound knowledge





, of the 011 business generally.





This complete understanding of every phase-‘7

' - of the business, frbm the production of crude;





oil to the intricate problem of distribution,

is the reason for the superlative service given

by the Standard Oil Company.





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Mileage!





' URELYIyou‘ve'noticed the‘eversincreasing number,



of Ajax Tires in use on your own roads. . More and; .

more,‘ the farmer who checks up his mileage turns to

Ajax. He knows that the greater mileage we have built

into the Ajax Tires, enables him to get greater mileage

outgof them.j~ ‘





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More mileage is actuall built into the Ajax Road King by

Ajax Shoulders of Strengt -—those buttresses of rubber that

brace and re-inforce the tread. They are an exclusive A ‘ax feature

y—a scientific means of uttingmore rubber where it sliould lw—l

_more tread on the road? '





Added Yroof of Ajax superior service is shown in the fact

that 9 wor d's records and 49 track records were smashed in,

1918 by dirt track racers using A jax Tires.





Remember this—dirt tracks are merely country roads fenced in.

Ajax Tires will win for you. ‘. Use them.





(“Ajax TiresTAre’ Gdaranleed I]; Writing 5000 Illiles

E T I R E S





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Branches in Leading Citie-





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Rnot macerated. Efveryfparticletcogtalns its own juices.

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u. 8. MILK INQUIRY wm: BEG‘lN'rates,‘ then the nioney needed by the ‘

' V ' ‘ raili‘bads will have to be extracted





soon.





 





NOTHER impending government



iiiquiry has been generally over

looked in the trade, but will be heard

from soon, it is said. It appears that

on the final day of its session the Unit-

ed States Senate adopted Resolution

431, by Mr. Jones, of Washington, di-

recting the Federal Trade Commission’

to Investigate and report with refer-*

ence to the production, manufacture,





in the United States.



The inquiry is to run back to Janu-

ary 1,1914, with particular reference

to the condensed milk industry, its

methods, practices and profits.





PRESIDENT ASKS MR. BARNES 1:0

HANDLE WHEAT CROP.





 





~ GOVERNMENT dispatch from Par-





is says:

“President Wilson, acting upon rec-

ommendati’ons of Herbert Hoover,





Food Administrator, has requested J u-

lius Barnes to head the organization

for handling the 1919 wheat crop un-





Chicf of Division.



“Mr. Barnes ‘was a grain exporter

who gave up. his business connections

to join Mr. Hoover’s; team of volun-

teers at the beginning of the war, Mr.

Barnes being chief cf the cereal divi-

sion of the Food Administration and

president of the grain corporation

formed by the Food Administration un-

der the Lever act to handle the wheat

crops of 1917 and 1918, and also to act

as the Food Administration agency for

the purchase and distribution of great

volumes of food stuffss for the army

and navy, the Aliles and Belgian relief

and later for the America relief‘admin-

istration. The corportion capital of,

$150,000,000 belongs to the government

and is intact for the new purposes.



Liquidation of Food Crop.



“This comprises another‘stop in the

liquidation of the'food group. The oili-

cers of the Food Administrator expir-

ed with peace; Mr. Hoover will con-

tinue to act as chairman of the sugar

board until sugar contracts are com-

pleted and of the grain corporation un-

til July 1, after which Mr. Barnes be-

comes responsible directly to the Pres-

ident. Mr. Hoover, of course,“ contin-

ues a's director“ general of relief on be-

half of the Allies and American gov-

ernment until next summer’s harvest.

in Europe, when it is expected the

critical period of the world’s food sup”.

plies will be passed and the wholesale

feeding of the famine districts in Eu—l

rope no longer necessary.” ‘ ‘_ '





WAGES OF TRAIN MEN.





 





THIN a fewdays there will come

an announcement that new wage

increases for railroad tran men which

amounts to $65,000,000 annually have»





tration. These new increases Will bring

the total annualrpayroll ofqthe rail;

roads to the stupendous figure 0133.4

000,000,000. Wage increases granted~

by the government amount 1163910000}-

000. Adding the increase under‘private "

burner-ship, the total huge addition

amounts to‘ $1,m,m.aoo. Increased

revenues have yielded only 31.109,

000.090.. 4' , a .

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from the elastic “operating expenses”

fund, Which 'will obtain ’the' necessary

money from the revolving fund of

$500,000,000 provided by Congress a

year ago and the‘additional $750,000,-

000 which the Railroad Administration

hopes to obtain from the congress

when it meets in speCial sessions



The. newest wage increase is made

"in the face of gravedeflcits in railroad

earnings and vastly. augmented oper:





profits upon and sale of milk products ating expenses. . Therailroad ‘30?“ 5m .





now_'totals $470,000,000 annually, as

againSt $220,000,000 before 'the war.

The increase in the cost of steel pro-





ducts ls more than $200,000,000. The .





aggregate increases in the cost of ma-

terials total $500,000,000 a year. '

Wages to railroad employes have

more than doubled 1in the last nine

years. In 1917 the payroll was $1,750,—

000,000;,today it is $010,000,000 great-

er. The total wage increases during

the last three years “amount to about

$600 a man. The total war advance in

wages on English railways has been

$460,000,000, an average of $570 001'

700,000 employes. The advances grant-

ed to the 400,000 members of the folur





def 0011139351011“ guarantees. "brotherhoods amount to $295,000,000.





or $725 a man. The advance to em-

ployes outside the brotherhood, num—

bering 1,700,000, has been-$965,000,000,

or $570 a man. .



The annual earnings of all employes

have risen from $673 per man in 1910

to $1,460 this year. Train crews’ pay

advanced from $998 a man in 1910 to

$2,020 this year. Wages of other than

train service men advanced from $599

in 1910 to $1,325 this year. ' _ ~



Every thinking‘employer coincides

with the view that the better the pay

the better the service. The safety of





millions of human beings depends up- '





on railroad employes. They ‘should Ere-

ceive the maximum rate of wage. They

should receive the best treatment, that





their work may be of maximum quality. '





BUT-where and when is to be the

end of this wage increase? .What is to

be the limit?

government assess the ultimate con-

sumer with safety? -BUT—how are

the railroads to stand the financial

strain after government control ends?

And who will pay the'deficit? BUT—-

what iS'to prevent organized labor-in

other industries from following the ex-

ample of the railroad men? And what

is to be the end of it all? Sooner'or

later a. halt must be called somewhere,

and the sooner the’ halt comes the bet-

ter. for the country 'at large, for owners

of railroad seéurities, for labor itself,

which must realizethat it cannot eat

the pudding and still retain possession.





Many complaints are heard regard-

ing the inferior quality of many of the

lambs arriving on the Chicago market

from near-by feeding stations. Strange

to say, at atime when prime lambs

are selling at enormously high prices.

flocks of lambs are received showing

scarcely. any flesh on their bones, he-





been granted by the Railroad Adminis- “18 merely Door feeders ‘Of‘ course. .





they have to be sacrificed at very low;

gages, being really quilt for human

Ch’E‘hedemman kdtflg thle in the

case or s , . , constant

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along the lines of the Canadian National Railways. In this marvelously fertile

section, farming yields a big profit on the’investment. because the land can be

bought at low prices and wheat and cattle raisers cperate under ideal con-





“Selected” Farms





When you buy a "selected” farm in West-

ern Canada along the lines of the Canadian

National Railways, you get the benefit of spe-

cial knowledge of farming conditions '.ac—

quired through years of close study by ex-

perts‘representing over 14,000 miles of rail-

way, whose impartial advice and practical as-

sistance are of great value to settlers and

farm buyers and entirely free of cost to them.



You do not purchase merely “a, farm” but

in fact and reality a carefully Selected Farm,

chosen to meet your needs from the cream

of the richest wheat farming and cattle rais-

ing country on the North American Conti-

nent. '





You Will [Find a. Friendly Welcome





in Western Canada



The boundary line between the United

States and Western Canada is purely imag-

inary. When you settle on a “Selected” Farm

along the lines of the Canadian National Rail-

ways, you will find yourself surrounded by

the same living conditions that you are used

to—the same friendly neighbors, speaking

your language and thinking your thoughts—

helpful friends, eager to welcome and aid you

to‘ achieve the greater prosperity and hap—

piness that await you in Western Canada.



Your harvests will be greatly increased—

your animals will thrive better—the cost of





cattle raising will be less—your profits great-





er—on your Selected Farm in Western Can—

ada. You will enjoy every benefit that you





.formerly enjoyed and many advantages that





you could not get from higher priced land

elsewhere. _ ' .





_ ' Big Profits irr- Wheat

With the world-wide call for “more. wheat,”

and the big problem of feeding the natio ,

pressing fer Solution, it is safe to assu

that for years to come this great food staple

will continue a‘to..,command . high prices.

Western Canada is famous for its big wheat





.yields. “Selected” Farms along the lines of





the Canadian , National Railways average

more than 20 bushels of wheat to the new.

Under specially favorable conditions a yield

of 50 to60 bushels per acre is not uncommon.





Fortunes from Beef and Dairy Cattle



Stock- raising in Western Canada is ex—

tremely profitable, as conditions are ideal for

the purpose. Probably in all the world no

section can, match the great advantages of-

fered by this region for the highly. profitable

business of raising beef and dairy cattle.





3 Cattle, horses, hogs and sheep thrive wonder-

fully Well. on theprairie grasses, Wl'llCl'l cure





standing'and make fine hay in-many sections

along the lines'of the Canadian National Rail-

ways. ' . . .

Cattle and horses range the prairies during

most of the winter, requiring only natural

shelter, frequently bringing the 3

highest priCes without m, . "' .

expense for grain

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ditions with a big, sure demand for their products at a high level of prices.





Fine Schools Located in

All Farming Districts





The school system of Western Canada of—

fers splendid advantages to settlers along the

lines- of the Canadian National Railways.



It requires only four families with a mini-

mum of 12 children to secure a primary

school, and the government is active in build-

mg schools in farming districts and assisting

them by money grants.



In Saskatchewan, for example, during the

nine years from 1906 to 1915, 2,335 schools

were established——an average of one for each

school day! There are now nearly 4,000

school districts in the Province of Saskat-

chewan alone and this favorable condition is

also substantially true of Manitoba, Alberta

and British Columbia.



Settlers on these “Selected” Farms there-

fore will find every educational advantage for

their children that they could enjoy in the

most favored farming sections in any coun-

try. Western Canada believes in education

and backs its belief by every possible aid in

perfecting an ideal school system.





Taxes are Low‘





Western Canada encourages settlers in

every possible way, and shows its hospitable

spirit by adopting a taxation system that falls

very lightly on the farmer. A small tax is

lev1ed on the land. but buildings, improve-

ments, animals, farm machinery and personal

property are all tax exempt.





Easy Payment Terms

“Selected” Farms along the lines of the

Canadian National Railways may be purchas-

ed on remarkably easy terms. In many in-

stances, only 10 per cent of the purchase





/“price need be paid down, balance in small





payments extended over a period of years.

It IS no uncommon thing for a settler to pay

for lllS Selected Farm in full with.the profits





from a smgle crop!





Special Rates to Homeseekers



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431, by 'Mr. Jones, of Washington, di-





to investigate and report with refer-

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profits upon and sale of milk products

in the United States.



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to the condensed milk industry, its

methods, practices and profits.





PRESIDENT ASKS MR. BARNES TO

HANDLE WHEAT CROP.





 





GOVERNMENT dispatch from Par-





is says.

’ “President Wilson, acting upon rec

ommendations of Herbert Hoover,





Food Administrator, has requested Ju-

lius Barnes to head the organization

for handling the 1919 wheat crop un-'

der congressional guarantees.



Chief of Division.



“Mr. Barnes was a grain exporter

who gave up his business connections

to join Mr. Hoovers team of volun-

teeis at the beginning of the war, Mr.





W Barnes being chief cf the cereal divi-





sion of the Food Administration and

president of the grain corporation

formed by the Food Administration un-

der the Lever act to handle the wheat

crops of 1917 and 1918, and also to act

as the Food Administration agency for

the purchase and distribution of great

volumes of food stuffss for the army

and navy, the Aliles and Belgian Ielief

and later for the America relief admin

istration. The corportion capital of

$150, 000, 000 belongs to the government

and is intact for the new purposes.

Liquidation of Food Crop.



“This comprises another'stop in the

quuidation of the food group. The offi-

cers of the Food Administrator expir—

ed with peace. Mr. Hoover will con-

tinue to act as chairman of the sugar

board until sugar contracts are com»

pleted and of the grain corporation un-

til July 1, after which Mr. Barnes be-

comes responsible directly to the Pres-

ident. Mr. Hoover, of course, contin-

ues as director“ general of relief on be-

half of the Allies and American gov:

ernment Until next summer’s harvest

in Europe, when it is expected the

critical period of the world’s food sup-

plies will be passed and the wholesale





rope no longer necessary."





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ITHIN a few days there will come

an announcement that new wage

increases for railroad tran men which

amounts to $65, 000, 000 annually have

been granted by the Raierad Adminis-

tration These new increases will bring

the total annual payroll of the rail-

roads to the stupendous figure or $3, -

000 ,,000 000. Wage increases granted-

by the government amount 1563910000,-

000. Adding the increase under private

ownership, the total wage addition

amounts td $1, 260000.000 Increased

romnes have yielded only $1,100.-

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A u. 8. MILK INQUIRY WILI.‘ BEGIN





recting the Federal Trade Commission'





feeding of the famine districts in Eu—J





rates, then the money needed by the ‘

'roilroads will

‘ from the elastic “opeIating expenses”





hare to be extracted





fund, Which will obtain the necessary

money from the revolving fund of

$500, 000,000 provided by congIess a

yeaI ago and the additional $750, 000,:





000 which the Railroad Administration »





hopes to obtain from the congress

when it meets in. special session

Thenewest wage increase is made‘

in the face of grave deficits in railroad

earnings and vastly augmented oper—





ating expenses. The railroad coal bill .





now totals $470, 000, 000 annually, as

against $220, 000, 000 before the war.

The increase in the cost of steel pro-'

ducts is more than $200, 000, 000. The

aggregate increases in the cost of ma-

terials total $500, 000, 000 a year.





Wages to railroad employes have

more than doubled in the last nine

years. In 1917 the payroll was $1, 750,

000,000; today it is $910,000,000 great-

er. The total wage increases during

the last three years amount to about

$600 a man. The total war advance in

wages on English railways has been

$460, 000, 000, an average of $570 for



7,00 000 employes. The advances grant-

ed to the 400, 000 members of the four

brotherhoods amount to $295, 000, 000.

or $725 a. man. The advance to em-

ployes outside the brotherhood, num-

boring 1, 700, 000, has been $965, 000, 000,

or $570 a man.



The annual earnings of all employes

have risen from $673 per man in 1910

to $1, 460 this year. Train crews’ pay

advanced from $993 a man in 1910 to

$2, 020 this year.

train service men advanced from $599

in 1910 to $1, 325 this year. ‘ ‘



Every thinking employer coincides

with the View that the better the pay

the better the service. The safety of

millions of human beings depends up-

on railroad employes. They should re-





ceive the maximum rate of wage. They,





should receive the best treatment, that





their work may be of maximum quality. '





BUT—where and when is to be the

end of this wage increase? What is to

be the limit?

government assess the ultimate con-

sumer with safety? -BUT-—how are

the railroads to stand the financial

strain after government control ends?

And who will pay the’defi'cit? BUT——

what iS‘to prevent'organized labor in

other industries from following the ex-

ample of the railroad men? And what

is to be the end of it all?

later a halt must be called some where,

and the sooner the halt comes the bet~

ter for the country at large, for owners

of railroad seéurities, for labor itself,

which must realize that it cannot eat

the pudding and still retain possession.





Many complaints are heard regard-

ing the inferior quality of many of the

lambs arriving on the Chicago market

from near-by feeding stations. Strange

to say, at a time when prime lambs

are selling at enormodsly high prices.

flocks of lambs are received showing





scarcely any flesh on their bones, be-.

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ing merely poor feeders.

they have to be sacrificed at very low,

Fifi” being really unfit for human



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Chicago market is in sing constant.

ly, and prices have undergone material

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When you buy a "selected” farm in VVest-

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National Railways, you get the benefit of spe-

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The boundary line between the United

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the same living conditions that you are used

to—the same friendly neighbors, speaking

your language and thinking your thoughts—-

helpful friends, eager to welcome and aid you

to achieve the greater prosperity and hap—

piness that await you in Western Canada.



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.your animals will thrive better—the cost of

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formerly enjoyed and many advantages that

you could not get from higher priced land

elsewhere. ‘ - -





. Big Profits in Wheat

With the world-wide call for “more. wheat,”

and the big problem of feeding the natio

pressing fer sblutic’m, it is safe, to assu

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. yields. “Selected” Farms along the lines of





the Canadian _ National Railways average

more than 20 bushels of wheat to the acre.

Under specially favorable conditions a yield

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Fortunes from Beef and'Dairy Cattle



Stock» raising in Western Canada is ex—

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business of raising beef and dairy cattle.





iCattle, horses, hogsrand sheep thrive wonder-





fully well. on thelprairie grasses, which cure

standing and make fine hay in ~'many sections

along the lines'of the Canadian National Rail-

ways.- . .

Cattle and horses range the prairies during

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The school system of Western Canada of-

fers splendid advantages to settlers along the

linesof the Canadian National Railways.



It requires only four families with a mini—

mum of 12 children to secure a primary

school, and the government is active in build-

mg schools in farming districts and assisting

them by money grants.



In Saskatchewan, for example, during the

nine years from 1906 to 1915, 2,335 schools

were established—an average of one for each

school day! There are now nearly 4,000

school districts in the Province of Saskat-

chewan alone and this favorable condition is

also substantially true of Manitoba, Alberta

and British Columbia.



Settlers on these “Selected” Farms there-

fore will find every educational advantage for

their children that they could enjoy in the

most favored farming sections in any coun-

try. Western Canada believes in education

and backs its belief by every possible aid in

perfecting an ideal school system.





Taxes are Low‘



Western. Canada encourages settlers in

every pOSSIble way, and shows its hospitable

spirit by adopting a taxation system that falls

very lightly on the farmer. A small tax is

lev1ed on the land. but buildings, improve-

ments, animals, farm machinery and personal

property are all tax exempt. -





Easy Payment Terms



“Selected” Farms along the lines of the

Canadian National Railways may be purchas-

ed on remarkably easy terms. In many in-

stances, only 10 per cent of the purchase

price need be paid down, balance in small

payments extended over a period of years.

It IS no uncommon thing for a settler to pay

for his Selected Farm in full with.the profits

from a single crop! .





Special Rates to Homeseekers



Canadian National Railways invite your

personal mSpection of the farm that they will

assist you in selecting along their lines. To

this end they offer special railway rates for

home seekers and their effects.



Send for full particulars of railway rates,

and complete information about this wonder-

ful Selected Farm offer, including “just the

things you want to know” about Western

Canada and its big-money-making oppor-

tumties.



All the facts will be furnished free on re-

quest and without obligation to you.





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DEWlT-T FOSTER, Superintendent of Resources

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS





Dept. 3664. Marquette Building. Chicago





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proposed as the head of an on

ganization havihg for its aim the

establishment of unity in industries. to

cooperate with finance, manufacturing

merchandising, labor and agriculture in

placing American business on a stable

and thorough-going basis. Mr. 'Schwab

was suggested for such leadership by

Roy G. Owens, of the Lakewood Engi-

neering Company, of Cleveland, who

said: “The time has come when all

phases of American life must be weld-





forward to accomplishment.”



"To make this possible,” continued

Mr. Owens, "finance, manufacturing,

merchandising, labor and agriculture

must join hands. Not one of them can

act individually and accomplish real

results. We must all learn toknow

that all of us are laborers, manual or

mental, also that each of us is a capi-

talist governing the exchange of the

product of individual 'efforts.





Cooperation and Progress.



“The only man who might evei have

been able to call himself absolutely in-

dependent of his fellow beings was per-

haps the Cave man, who depended on





, no one, but in modern life‘independ-

‘ ence means something much more con-





structive. A better definition of our

individual positions is that we are a

nation of inter dependents. Not one of

us can accomplish any result without

the cooperation of others.



“If the term so th01 oughly imbedded

in our minds, capital and labor, could

be eliminated ‘byathis unity of action

suggested and it could be definitely un-

derstood by each'of us that capital





her without capital is a cripple, but

that both of them working together

spelled progress f01 all, then we would

begin to have the unity of thought and

action so much to be desiied.



“The only way f01 business to have

people know what is good for business

is for business to take the public into

its confidence and get *them thinking

and acting on those things which are





, good for business on the theory and”

good sense that whatever is good for





business is good for the people as a

Whole, and that what is good for the

people as a whole is good for business



“Many articles have been written 011

this subject, but the story must be re-

peated over and over again if the

thought of unity for individual and

public progress is to be thoroughly im‘

bedded in each of our minds.



A Prosperity Campaign.

"The national prosperity campaign,





awhich is the conception of some far-





sighted business who have the support

of thinkers in other phases of Ameri-

can life, have undertaken to further

the thoughts expréssed in the many

articles on the subject over the slogan,

‘Let’s Go.’



“If all take up this slogan, ‘Let’s Go’

-—-let’s put it across—get everybody to

thinking, doing‘and 801118. everybody

acting without waiting for someone

else, and nothing can stop America. No

person, no business, no nation ever get

anywhere by waiting on someone else.

The successful one is the one who does

something. w. :



“This thinkinghas suggested the ne-

cessity of. a still broader organization,





in which would be associated together





 





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would at the same time be imbued

with the idea that labor must be pet‘-

mitted to take its place in business

affairs.



“One name stands out above all oth-

ers—that of Charles M. Schwab. If

Mr Schwab can be persuaded to accept

leadership in a movement of this kind

and could be surrounded With one lead-

er selected for finance, one for labor,

one for manufacturing, one for mer-

chandising and ' one for agriculture, and

these men could sit together for a con-

ference on the subjects; out of which

could come an invitation over their

names to American industry to attend

a_ centerence of-industry for the pur-

pose of a permanent organization, such

a meverhent would have almost unani-

mous support.



"The plans proposed should in no

way be dependent upon government

activities nor should it affect the pater-

nalistic attitude towaid any class 01

phase of people, but it might well seek

the cooperation of government depart—

ments who are devoting their efforts

to the good of American industry. .



“The European situation which

brought about the'great war; the sit-

uations there as they have developed

since the armistice was signed; the

lack of coordination in our own coun-

try, point clearly to the necessity for

a movement suggested which would do

constructive work.



“It is true after all that all political

situations, all governmental activities,

factional differences and all social re—

quirements are predicated on com-

merce,” continued Mr. Owens.



.“lf unity of opinion through pub-





without labor is a corpse, and that 111- Jicity emanating from an organization





such as is proposed could be brought

about in the course of time, such a re

sult would be without precedent in the

history of thelworld.



“The magnitude of such an under-

taking is recognized, nevertheless, the

object to be attained is one which need

not he thought of as impossible.‘





NEWAYORK'DAIRY SHOW ON THIS

MONTH.





HE Second National

.Dairy Exposition is to be held the

last week in April, in the Seventy- first

Regiment Armory, in New York City.

A big eff01t is being made to demon-





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educate the mothers of young children

in the necessity for its use even at the

present price. Data on milk produc-

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let the consumer know that the dairy-

man is. not luxuristing in ill-gotten

gains at present prices. ‘



Several eastern states ale sending

dairy exhibits. The main stress in the

exposition will, of course, be laid on

the milk supply of the city. New York

is now consuming about fifteen per

cent less than normal, and it is hoped

to restore consumption to ‘the usual

amount by this type of publicity. As

the city is paying sixteen cents a quart

for milk now, this appears to be a task

of considerable difficulty.



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What can I do to prevent my toma-

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rot begins on the blossom end and

gradually enlarges until the fruit is

rendered unfit for use or market. Will

spraying control this disease?



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HE disease affecting your toma-

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it then go over‘ it with the spike-tooth

drags and seed, and then go over it

Do you think

that wo'uld be all right? I would also

v be glad of advice on the following: I

have several patches of swamp land.

I am going to dig an open ditch to run

off the water-and I Want to seed them

for pasture. What would you seed

them with to make cow pasture?

Barry Co. " G. T. H.

If this land contains a good per cent

of‘clay I think it will be almost impos-

sible to fill up the cattle tracks by

rolling or with a harrow. My idea is

that a roller would be as effective as a

barrow, because the barrow makes lit

tle impression on clay land that. has

been packed during the winter. ’Then

you can roll. the land. earlier than you

can harrow it and still you must be

careful and not roll when it is so soft

thatlthe horses.will'make further de-

pressions in it. These tracks will grad-

ually fill up of themselves and I think

I would simply sow on the grass seed

early before the freezing is over so





seed, and then as ’soon as "I could I

would run over the ground with a roll-

er and let it go at that. g , _

Draining Swamps for‘Pasture. ,

It would have been much better had

you drained the [water all out of the

swamps last ten, then if you hidscvm

onga mixture of grass seed the action





, HubredflhSilaw‘ of the ”treats in heaving the soil would





have, covered the grass seed. If you

wait now until jthlsmspring and then





%% dra'in them}: will be difficult to cover

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, A mixture of timothy, red-top, or-

chard grass and alsike clover, would

make good pasture on this land.

' ' C. C. L.





VARIETIES OF SOY BEANS.





 





We have been planting and using soy

beans in the ensilagecom for two

years. The first year the variety Was

of a small vine growth kind and Well





padded and filled. But so low that the ‘





corn binder only got about half the

vine: and pods. Last yearwe planted

a Mammoth variety, the Yellow Mam-

moth, and while the

tall and stood up fair y well there Was

no _ . They , got to the blos-

pteue at ll, 3 time. What I

went to known the-relative value, for

ensilage purposes, of .

vine at blossoming time or what they

woul

(led and filled. We waited a little too

lens as it was, in filling, the corn was

too'rl e. Would the soy beans have

pod better if they had been inocu—

luted. I think you understand the sit-

uation. We like the Mammoth ons

best because they were so viney and

tel and the corn binder got them, but

if ey are not as valuable that way,

that settles it.’ Will look for another

variety that may fill the requirements.

We think my beans are at least a 25

per cent addition to the ensilage for,

feeding value. Has there been tests to

determine the feeding value, with or

without this addition of the beans or

sunflowers. ' A. F. C.

As a. rule farmers in this latitude

would Ind it more profitable to sow

the early maturing varieties of soy

beans. Experiments indicate that the

well-filled pods possess greater feeding

value than the rank-growing vines;

besides they make a much better sil-

age. The fact that the smaIler varie-

ties filled well on your farm indicates

that inoculation is not needed, al-

though on most types of soil it pays to

inoculate the seed. '

\ Some varietieslof soy beans are

adapted better than others to certain

uses and conditions. In northern lati—

tudes earlier varieties will mature

more certainly than will later ones.

Such varieties as the Ito San, Early

Brown and Parson’s Auburn do well in

Michigan. Ito San matures a few days-

earlier, but the Early Brown and Par.

son’s Auburn are heavier yielders of

both beans and forage. Early Brown

is probably the best all-round variety

for the north.





For best results soy beans should be '





inoculated. The most practical method

is to secure inoculated soil from men

who have grown soy beans, using two

quarts of inoculated soil to each bushel

of seed.‘ A good method is to spread

the seed on a rider and moisten them

with water to which has been added

two tablespoonfuls of liquid glue. To

the seed so treated add the soil, which

absorbs the moisture while the glue

water holds the dirt to the seed and in

sures even inoculation. .



Seed so treated should be stored in

a. dark place, assunlight is death to

the bactéria. ,Soy beans should be

planted about one inch deep. Nothing

is gained by planting deeper . A’ quick





‘ start and vigorous early growth is nec-





essary/to mature well-filled podsfin this

latitude. ' .





If your local dealer'isnot sure of his





_varie_tles or the source of his seed sup-

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your seed. ‘Your .county agent should

be able to advise you. where you can

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We bought our place by a contract,

/ ' paying part down, and agreeing to pay

' $500 and.the interest on the first day

I of ' every January following, until the

9 whole amount was paid, when we were

to have a deed; and later my husband

bought some machinery on written

contract agreeing to waiVe all exemp-

tions. Can the seller of the machinery





machinery, if he gets a judgment on it?





l One may‘have a homestead in land V





which is not owned in fee, but merely

on contract; and any agreement by the

husband to waive the exemption of the

homestead not signed by the wife is

void, not to say that it would be good

in this case even if she had signed it.

By the statutes of this state any sale

or mortgage or other incumbrance of

the homestead by the husband not in

Writing and signed'by the wife is void.

4 ‘ JOHN R. Roon.





‘DISCJNG VS. PLOWING.





I have twelve acres of a sandy and

clay loam which I put into beans last

year and was a failure. Which would

be the best to disc this ground thor-

oughly or plow it for part corn and

part barley this spring.



. . Livingston CO. J. J. G.





If this field was well cultivated last

season so that there are hardly any

weeds to bother, I would say that for

the barley it would'be better to pre-

pare the land by thoroughly discing it,

leaving a firm, solid sub'soil; but for

corn I would plow because corn- has a

different root system and the ground

ought to be looSened deeper.





 





\. . ' CRIMSON CLOVER.





I would like to hear from Mr. Lillie

in regard to growing crimson clover.

I have ten acres of fall wheat to seed

in the spring. The crimson is by far





how it would stand the winter. Is it





L, » ‘ make as gdod a stand under favorable,

‘ " 6 conditions? My neighbor sowed sOme

. last spring on wheat and it looked fine

when the snow came on. But it may



look different in the spring.

‘ Sanilac CO. R. L.‘





, .' Crimson clever cannot be depended

. ' upon in this climate. It is not nearly

1‘ . as hardy as our common red clover.

Several years ago I tried quite thor-

oughly to get a stand of crimson clo-

ver and the little I did get winter-kill-

ed. During a favorable season you

might get a stand of this plant and

get a good crop but it is quite risky

and belongs to a latitude much farther

south than Michigan. Down in Mary-

land crimson clover thrives, but it is

extremely liable to be winter-killed. in

this climate. - C. C. L.“





 





 





 





SEEDING' TO ALFALFA.





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if it would be safe to”. sow when I sow

my oats‘or would it be better to wait

a week after sowing the,oats.- I would

sow the oats about April '15.

Genesee‘ Co. 0. D. G'. ’

., Alfalfa is very, often 7, seeded with

1 - 4 oats. It is best not to sow over a bush-

. el and a half of oats to theacre so as

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Does not winter-kill. Succeeds on all kinds of soil. Better than red

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Equal to alfalfa in feed value. We do not handle Southern seed, but

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Mich. Yellow Dent; this.



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setting of 13.



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Old reliable Mich.





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essential for the normal development





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and his value is to a large extent de-

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that ran be mastered in a. short while.

Few men are fortunate enough to do

anything really worth while in three

years and the .majority of men are

not heard of even, in five years, while

at the end of ten years not more than

one out of every fifty has accomplished

anything worth while in the matter ol.‘

constructive breeding. This makes it





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and plowed under from year to year.

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the case, but actually it has never hap-

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the clovers will not withstand.



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sweet clover this spring it would make

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only injure the apple trees by sucking

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fall fresheners. not because the price

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because at the fact that the manufac-

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all the cockleburrs are taken out by

means of machinery. After the burrs

are removed theneeoe isscoured with

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"matter such as sticks and Weeds. After

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Gondola of the R-34, Britain’s Largest Airship, which will prObahly Attempt While the Air Man was Doing “Stunts” High in the Air, the Engine went

a’ flight Across the Atlantic at an Early Date. The Ship is 670 Feet Dead and the Plane Shot Out, of Control. Upon Landing it Collided with

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“The Yanks Are Coming.” Heroes from Ohio, W1sconsin, Oregon and Mich-

igan Arriving Home on the “Aquitania.” The Boat is seen Docking at ~ ~

One of the 125 Ford Eagle Boats to be New York while the relturlgnngi Heroes Swarm the Decks, Cheering and Captured German U-Boat to be Exhibit-

sent to aid the U. S. Forces at Arch- Slnging to the tune Of t e an ‘ ' ed in United States Waters 38 part

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Verdict $4,075

Automohlli Damage Suit





Kalamazoo, Mid... ‘ .-

April 2, 1919.





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In the circuit court today the

jury brought in a verdict of $4.-

075 against J. Allen Snyder to re-

cover for injuries sustained by

Frederick Uithoven as a result

of an automobile accident in

which it‘ is claimed that Freder-

ick Uithoven has suffered injur-

ies of a serious nature. J..Allcn

Snyder was insured in one of

small insurance companies whic

gave him protection for $800 for

liability and he will have to pay .

the amount or $3,276.



As the result of this verdict

automobile owners are much in-

terested in the g‘olicy of insur- .

ance they take. he Big Mutual.

Automobile Insurance Company,

of Howell, protects the oWner of

the car against damage claims

made against him above $25 up

to $5,000. During the five sss~

sons that the company has been

operating no member has had to

pay to exceed 825 upon a claim.

as the policy has been sufficient

to take care of large claims.



Automobile salesmen are tak-

ing more interest in insurance

and are recommending the Citi-

zens' Mutual Automobile Insur-

once Company, of Howell. as it

has a large reservsi'nnd of $66.-

000 and monthly income sunl-

elect to pay 815.000 oi claims

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a jump from the'twefpioeoer carriers

or 1898 who started out. each withhk





post ol'ilos over and through all sorts

oirosds. Arswdsysceowcdrow.

to the village to belts this lstest picture





or the some carriers and found they





were obliged to still use horseipullbd

vehicles during these open winter days

because the roads around Climax sen.

orally are so bad that automobiles cau-





, not navigate through the mud and ov-





er irosen hubs and ruts.



Steps have been taken by the farm-

ers and citisens to connect the village

with the state reward reeds that trav-

erse in every direction in that section,

except through this noted village and

prairie. The black prairie soil is deep





but one piece or moral roed- runnim

south'irom the village limits. The neg-

lect of the road’ builders will soon be

corrected by the new Covert road run-

ning east. Another road strip running

north, to be built by the county road

commissioners. has been promised for

next year. Then. for the first time

since the county road system was adop~

ted several years ago, Climax will be

connected with good roads running in

every direction. Then these pioneer

rural carriers, the 'isrmers on the rur-

al routes, end tourists driving through,

will have good roads to drive across

this beautiful and noted prairie for the

first time Since 1826. ' ,

This picture shows the carriers

with their mail loaded up all ready to





’ drive over their original routes about





as’they did twenty-two years ago last

December 3. Lewis Clark. is sealed in

the top buggy at the left and Willis

Lawrence in the open rig. Each wears

a heavy fur overcoat. We took this

picture for the Michigan Farmer, and

nearly all the two thousand rural car-

riers in the state will see it, along with

the others, in this and previous issues.

Probably there is not a single one of

these carriers who does ‘not deliVer

each week copies of this paper to the

farmers of On his route. ‘In fact. it is

because so many oithese carriers and

the farmers of Michigan have repeat-

edly .askcd for'the story and pictures

of the first R. If. D., and the new me-

morial monument. that we have writ-

ten this complete illustrated story for

the first time.



The first picture also showsthe old

[do Building back of the monument,

one of the oldest'inthe village. The





- exact center at the monument base

i (the right angle of the iron sewer pipe

' for the electric lightycuble) is over the





vitrified clay section oorner post set

down by Frank Hodgman many years

ago when he was county surVeyor. The

old parchment deed of the quarter-sec-





state of Michigan. .This is quite.





horse and road mum the Gum.





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settler 1111830, signed'by President An<

drew Jackson,- was given us to deposit

'icthccopperbosmtbeselldooucnte

under the up stone. This box was





we filled,- with valid“: till!!! oi his»-





toricsl importsucs. , .” . '



. The picture slso shows the monu-

mebtcoinpletsd. all but a much-needed

navy pips» rsilin: around the base.

This maybe provided in the cm in:

tun. The new road sites, recently so

cured, we erected on c midswintsr dsy

in Jsuusry when“ was mild and illus-

ant. We drilled the holes in the hesvy

galvanised pipe shalt above the cop

'stons bare-handed and with our heavy

coat discarded. Then we bolted on

the iron scroll brackets and suspended

the road signs. The sign pointing

north gives the distance to Bottle

Creek, ten and 8. half miles. To Camp '

Custer, seven miles. The reverse side

of each sign hes the following; "Cli?

msxn. F. D. Memorial. First in the

U. S. A.” '



It was the [biggest day in the, history

of Climax village when the manument

was dedicated. Several thousand peo-

ple were present, including invited

guests and speakers from the state

and Washlnxton. OVer seventy loaded

automobiles formed at the city hall

and Monument square in Battle Creek,

driven by the leading business men,

and carrying delegates of the Michigan

Rural Letter Corriers’ Association and

prominent state and national officials.



The writer, as general chairman, led

the parses in his car and omried Mrs.

W. H. Wsit, state regent cribs Daugh-

ters of the Revolution; Master John C.

Ketchsm, Michigan State Grange. and

President W. H. Johnson, of the Mich-

igan Letter Cerriers’ Association. With

a bend ahead in two trucks, this long

parade drove ten miles to Climax and

was met at the monument by the vil-

lage delegation. The band played

“The Star Spangled Banner" while lit-

tle Kathryn Brown unveiled the monu-

ment and raised the small flag to the





top of the stair above the light globes. ,





We introduced the shove-mentioned





speakers, who presented. the bronze .





tablets. During and after the core-

mony oi -.dedicstion moving pictures

were taken by the ‘Psthe corporation

operator. Messrs. Clark and Lawrence,

in their old horse and road cart rigs,

with mail pouches over their shoul-

ders. started out from the old pest office

and drove slowly past the monument,

just as they did twenty years before,

while the picture machine on a high

platform recorded the scene. (Later

oh this film was shown in the leading

theaters in every large city in the

United States). ' \ ~.



‘Then the parade was led by the bend

a few rods further to the large and fine

school grove. A (large platform and

hundreds of chairs and sestshad been





 





 





 





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301W, oil m; w Smith,

oi W; P. A. Beau, o! chale-

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My, m;~m with 1.. le-

Hiilen, (3mm. It. Butler has

been m m meal years. In.

McMillen m .the only woman dole

gate and had carried mail on her route

out of Greemille tor fourteen years. _



The 1919 convention of the mic-

tic! fill beheld in lento sometime in

July. We have one.“ a luster oi

the wheel W’ «ring the last

twenty yea“. unaliope to be pm:

at the next one and take pictnm of

the omen-e and delegate: for the Mich-

igan Farmer. The last meeting was

held in Springtime the home or mp



Ludlow, one of the pmmnient rural

carriers of the state. The rural car-

rier! of wound have carried millions

of cepies of the Michigan Former on

the more than two moaned routes of

both pollination. Bid history has re-

oorded the not that the very first 009—

loo 0: the Michigan Farmer ever

punched m a rural mail box were

handled by Levin Clark and Willis

laminae on the Climax original route

on December '7, 1886. '





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Eastern Mom; and Harold stood

His angry heel in the ground; 1

The comes-.50“ came tron: the.

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And the grass was green around;

But his brow was dark with Jealous

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of his own. 'But for the Iroquois we

would be quite happy.” ,





, “They have proven dangerous?”

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. white men were surprised without and

. killed, but, except for shortness of pro»





visions ’ and powder and ball,. we are

safe enough here. Tomorrow you will

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savage attack.”





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tonight. The cowardly Illini fled-down

the‘river; had they remained here we

would have driven the vermin out be-

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with white leaders." ' ’



I made no reply, and the man dis-

appeared into the darkness, closing the

heavy door behind him, and leaving‘lne

alone: I made it secure with an oaken

bar, and sank down before the’fire on

a great shaggy bear skin. I was alone

at last, safe from immediate danger,

able to think of the strange conditions

surrounding me, and plan for the fu-

ture. The seriousness of the situa-

tion I realized .clearly, and also the

fact that all depended on my action—-





"even the life of Rene de Artigny.





I sat staring into the fire, no longer

aware of fatigue; or feeling any sense

of sleepiness. The thick log walls of

the cabin shut out all noise; I was con-

scious of a sense of security, of pro-

tection, and yet comprehended clearly

what the new day would bring. I

should have to face Cassion,- and in

what spirit could I meet him best?

Thus far I had been fortuante in escap-

ing his denunciation, but I realized the

reason which had compelled his sil-

ence—pride, the fear of ridicule, had

sealed his lips. I was legallylhis wife,

given to him by Holy Church, yet for

weeks, months, during all our long wil-

derness journey, I had held aloof from

him, mocking his efforts, and making

light of his endeavors. It had been

maddening, no doubt, and ’ rendered

worse by his growing jealousy of De

Artigny. ‘.



Then I hadvanished, supposedly

drowned in the great lake. He had

sought me vainly along the shore, and

finally turned away, convinced of my

death, and that De Artigny had also

perished. ' .



Once at the fort, companioning with

De Baugis, and with no one to deny the

truthof his words, his very nature





riage to Adele la Chesnayne. No doubt

he had told'many a vivid tale of hap-

piness since we left Quebec. Ay, not

only had he thus boasted of conquests

over me, but he had openly‘ charged

De Artigny with murder, feeling safe

enough in the belief that we were both

dead. And now when we appeared be-

fore him. aliveland together, he had

been for the moment too dazed for ex-

pression. Before De Baugis he dare





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course the man would pursue. His one

thought, his‘one purpose, would be re-





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venture to use physical force With.me.~.

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gallantry of De Tonty,‘ and of .L De 'Bam

gis, for prete'ctiOn. No, he [ouldxtry ,_,

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‘tion' of innocence. - Even if I tuld what.

I knew it would .only strengthen the

chain of circumstances, and make his

guilt appear clearer. '





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ful to the end; and I poss‘essedfaith

in the justice of De Baugis, yet the

facts of the case could not be ignored

~—and'these, unexplained, tipped with

the venom of Cassion’s hatred, were

sufficient to condemnithe. prisoner. And

he was helpless to aid.himself; if he

was to be. saved, f must “save him.

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way—discovery of prOof that some oth-

er committed the crime. I faced" the

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cused; that I would willingly sacrifice

myself to save him. .



I felt no shame at this acknowledge-





' ment, and in my heart the‘rewas no

shadow of regret. Yet ‘I satflthere stun- .





ned, helpless, gazing with heavy eyes

into the fire, unable to determine upOn

a course of actiOn, or devise any meth-

0d of escape.



Unable longer to remain quiet, I got

to my feet, and my eyes surveyed the

room. So immersed in thought I had

not before really noted my. surround-

ings, but now I glanced about, actuat-





ed by a vague curiosity. The hut‘ con- .





tained two rooms, the walls of squared

logs, partially concealed by the skins

of wild animals, the roof so low I Could

almost touch it with my hand.



A table and two chairs, rudely made‘

With axe and knife, comprised the en-

tire furniture, but a small mirror, un-

framed, hung suspended against the

farther wall. I glanced at my reflec~

tion in the glass, surprised to .learn

how little change the weeks had made

in my appearance. It was still the face

of a girl which gazed back at me, with

clear, wide-open eyes, and checks

fiushéd in the firelight. Strange to say

the very sight of my youthfulness was

a disappointment and brought with it

doubt

How could I hope to win against their

schemes, and plans 'of vengeance?



I opened the single swindow and

leaned out, grateful for the fresh air

blowing against my face, but unable to

perceive the scene below shrouded in

darkness. Faraway, down the valley,

was the red glOw of a fire, .its flame

reflecting over the surface of the river.

I knew I stafed down into a, great void,





but could hear he sound except a. faint ‘

gurgle of water directly beneath. I '





cloSed the window shutter, and, urged

by some impulse, crossed over to the

door leading to the Other apartment.

It was a sleeping room, scarcely more

than a large closet, -with garments

hanging on pegs against the logs, and

two rude bunks opposite the: door. But

the thing which captured my eyes was

a bag of, brown leather lying on the





floor at the head of one of the bunks— ‘ a





a shapeless bag, having no distinctive

mark about it, and yet which I instant-

ly recognized4—since we left Quebec it-

'had been in our boat.



As I stood Staring-at it, I remember-

ed thetwords of De Baugis, “your husg

_band has been my guest.” Ay, that

was it—j-this had-been Cassion’s quar-

terssince his arrival, and this was his

bag, the. one he keptlhejside him in the





canoe; his private proper‘ty.- My heart ‘





beat wildly in the excitement of dis-

covary, yet there was no hesitation; in-

stantly I wasupon my .knees‘gtug’ging

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tents. (They were written in, detail,

largely concerned with matters of mu»





‘with the garrison of the fort, and Ces-

sion’s authority 'over , Baux'is, but

the closing paragraph had evidently,

been added later. and had personable

terest. It read: "Use your discretion

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Do not fail in this, nor fem-results.

3We have gonetoo far to hesitatesno 3"



1 took this package. and thruét it in»

to my breast. It was not much, and

yet it might prove the one needed link...





I ran through the packet of lettereg





but they apparently had no bearing on

the case. Several were from women;

others from Officers, more gossipy

epistles of camp and field. Only one

was from La Barre, and that contained

‘nothing of importance, except the writ

er urged Cassion to postpone marriage

until his return from the west, adding,

“there is no suspsicion, and I can eas-

ily keep things quiet until then."

Assured that I had overlooked noth-

ing, I thrust the various articles back,

restrapped the bag, and, returned to

the outer room. As I p’a‘used before

the fire, someone rapped at the door.

I stood erect, my flugersg’ripping the.

~pistol which I still retained. Again the

raps sounded, clearly enough defined

in the night, yet not violent. ., l

"Who is there?" tasked, '

“Your husband, July dear—Francois.

Cassion." . ' '

“But why do you come? It was the

pledge of De Bangle that I was to be

left here alone."





“A fair pledge enough, although I '1 1'

was not consulted. From the look of j ’





your eyes little difference if I had been.





You are‘aesweet in (imposition, as ev-j r





er, my dear; yet never mind that-—

we'll ‘soon settle our_ case-now, I war-

rant. Meanwhile I am content to wait

until my time comes. ’Tis met you I

seek tonight, but my dressing-case.”



“Y our dressing case ?”



“Ay, you know it ‘well, a brown leath-

er bag I bore with me during our

journey.” ‘



“And where is it, Monsieur?”



“Beneath the bunk in the sleeping



. room. I’m it out to me, and I will,

ask no more.” ~ - -



" ’Twin be enter it you keep your.

word,” I said quietly, “for I etlll‘cmy

Hugo Ghevet’s‘ pistol, and know how

to use it. Drew‘away from the door,



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“ ’Tis your game tonight--

he said spitefully, .“bu-t tome

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bag, as it contains my corhmiSsiofi. By





deal with murderers. I congratulate

you on your lover, Madame—V—and good

night ”



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personal fear, nor did I in my heart





service, but in fact 1-, Was not asham-





,. ed, but proud, to know this was true;~





The only thing of. which I was asham-

ed was my relationship with“ Cassién;





9. and my only thought now was how that

. " relationship could be ended, :and De.





Artigny’ s life, saved. The paper I had

found was indeed of value, yet 1 real-





the charges which Cassion would sup-

port by his own evidence and that'of

his men. This more suggestion i_n_La

Barre’s handwriting meant nothing un-





' less we couldVdiScov-eralso incassio‘n’s





possession! the documents taken from

Chevet: , And these, beyond doubt, had

been destroyed. Over and over again

in my mind I turned' these thoughts,

but only to grow more confused and

uncertain :All the powers of hate were





and alone.





I. must have slept finally from sheer

exhaustion, although I made Xno _at—

tempt to lie down. lt_ was broad day.

light, when I awoke, aroused by pOund-

ing on the door. To my inquiry a voice

announced feed, and I lowered the bar,

permitting .an orderly to enter bearing

a tray, which be deposited on the ta-

ble. Without speaking he turned to

leave the room, but I suddenly felt

courage to address him.



“You were not of our party,” I'said

gravely. “Are you a soldier of M. de

Baugis ?" '



“No, Madame,” and he turned facing

me,Vhis countenance a pleasant one.

“I 'am not a soldier at all, but I serve

M. de Tonty.”



“Ah, 1 am glad of that.

bear to your master a message. 9”



“Perhaps, Madame " his tone some

what doubtful. “You are the wife of

Monsieur Cassion. "” ~



“Do not hesitate because of that” I





.- hastened to stay, believing I under-*-

, stood his meaning.





“While it is true

I am legally the wife of FrancoisVCas;

sion, my sympathies now are "'altog’éthiV

er with the Sieur de Artigny. I would

have you ask M. de Tonty to! confer

with me. ”



“Yes, Madame.”



“You have served with De Artigny.

You know him well?”



“Three years, Madame; twice he

saved my life on the great river. M.V

de Tonty shall receive your message. ”



I could not eat, although I made the

endeavor, and finally crossed to the

opened the heavy wooden

shutters, :and gazed without. What a

marvelous scene that was:

fore had my eyes looked upon so fair

3. view, and I stood silent, fascinated.

My window opened to the westward,

.and I gazed down from the very edge

of the vaist rock into the wide valley.

Great tree tops Were below, and I had

to lean far out to see the silvery 'Wa-

ters lapping the base of the precipice,





but, a little beyond, the full Width of

'~ the noble stream became visible, decka





ed with islands, and winding here and





, there between green-clad banks, un-

_ til it disappeared in the far distance.





The sun touched all with gold; the

wide meadows opposite were a vivid





 





I thank ydu for the





virtue of it I shall assume command of?

_ this Fort St. Louis, and I know new to"





trembling in every limb. - It was not





resent the insult of his last words De

Artigny was my lover, not in mere Vlip '





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:ple tinge,— like a frame encircling the

picture It was all so soft in coloring

my mind could not grasp the fact that

we were. besieged by Warriors of the

Irbquois, and that this valley was even

now being swept and harried by those

wild raiders of the woods



Iihdd neglected to bar the door, and

as I stood".l there gazing in breathless

fascination, a sudden step on the floor

caused me inf-turn in alarm My eyes





l-encodntered ’those of De Tonty, who





'stood hat in hand- ”



“ ’Tis a fair view, Madame." he said

politely. “In all my travels I have

seen no nobler domain.”



"‘It hath afieac‘eful look, ” I answered.

still struggling with the memory. “Can

it be true the Savages hold the valley. "”



“All tea true—see yonder, where the

smoke still shOWs, dwelt the Kalkas-

kias.' Not a lodge is‘l’eft, and the bod-

-ies of their dead .strew the ground.

Along those meadows three weeks

since, there were the happy village‘s of





twelve tribes of peaceful Indians; to- ,





day those who yet live‘ are fleeing for

their lives. ”



' “And this fort, Monsieur?”



“safe enough,-5 think, although no

one of- us.can venture ten yards beyond

the gate. ,The Rock protects us, Ma-

dame, yet wear'e greatly outnumbered,

and with no {ammunition to Waste.

’Twas the surprise of the 11am which

left us“ thus helpless: Could we have

been givenjime to gather our friendly

Indians together the story would have

been different.” I



“They are not cowards then?”



“Not with proper leadership. We

have seen them fight often since‘ we

invaded this land. ’Tis my .thought

many of them are hiding now beyond

'those hills, and may find some way to

reach us: ' I suspected such an effort

last night, when I sent out the rescue

party which brought you in. Ah, that

reminds me, Madame; you eent for

me',’did you 'nbt?” ‘



' “Yes, M. de Tonty. -I can speak

to you frankly? You are the friend of

Sieur de A'rtigny?”



“Faith, I hope I am, Madame, but I

know not whathas got into the lad~—he

will tell me nothing,” , y



“I suspected as much, Monsieur. It

was for that reason I have sent for

you. He has not even told you the

story of our journey. 9"



“Ay, as brief as a military report——

not a fact i could not have guessed.

There is a. secret here, which I have

not discovered. Why is M. Cassion so

wild for the“ lad's blood, and how came

there to be trouble between Rene, and

the fur trader? Bab!

is no murderer, but no one will tell me

the facts. " -



“Then I will, Monsieur, " I said grave-

lyV. “It Was because of my belief that

Sieur de Artigny would iefuse explana-

tion that I sent for you. The truth

need not be concealed; not from you,

at least, the commander of Fort St.

Louis—”



“Pardon, Madame, but I am not that.

La-‘Salle left me in command with less

than a dozen men. De Baugis came





later, under commission from La Barre





but he also had but a handful of £01- '

lowers; T0 ‘save unarrel we agreed to -

divide authority, and so got along fair

ly well, until M Gassidn arrived with

his party. Then the odds were alto-

gather on the other side, and Do 3811-.

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‘ tare command‘Of an" French‘tro'Ops inal:

. _ . this valley. 1!, in his judgment, circums‘

4;. , stances rendered ‘it necessary; No

‘ doubt he deemed this- the ‘prbper “oc- _

cation.” 1 _ . .



' "To. assure the conviction, and'fdeath



. of De Artigny ?”> I asked, as he paused.

' ' . “That is your meaningrlillonsieur ?" '

“I cannot see it otherwise,” he an



swered slowly, “although I hesitate to

make so grave a charge in your pres- ’



ence, Madame. Our situation here is



scarcely grave enough to warrant his



action, for the fort is in no serious



danger from the Iroquois. De Baugis,



while no friend ot'mine, is still a fair _

» mindeii'man. and merciful. He cannot '



t . bé‘made a, tail for any purpose.“ re-

ryenge. This truth Major C_assion.has'-\

doubtless learned, hence assumes com-

‘ mand himself to carry out his plans.”

1} . I looked into the soldier’s dark clear-

‘ cut face,'teeling a confidence 'in him,

which impelled me to hold out my

hand. (Continued next week). .'





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accomplishing nothing.



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by-laws would vary for different groups. g,





It would be well for those desiring to

organize a club to write the Division

of Extension of Home Demonstration

Work, East Lansing, .for cepies of con-

stitution and by-laws. These can be

changed to meet local conditions.

Since the success of Women’s club

work will depend almost entirely upon

the programs presented. at the regular

meetings, it occurs to‘ me that the read-

er should have a clear idea of the es-

sentials of a good program. ’One club

realized that with -united effort and

through the assistance of 'the home

demonstration agent and the county

agricultural agent they could learn





much about poultry raising to increase "





production and earn more spending

money, so their year's program includ-

ed many talks and some demonstra-

tions to help in gaining their goal.

They are as a whole community, breed-

ing better poultry. A second club de-

cided to work for improvements in the

district Schools, and have been suc-

cessful in placing equipment for hot

lunches in two district schools, to the

great joy of the children.



. Another club discovered that they

'needed lessons in scoring, so this pro-

gram was prepared:



April 5.———Simple stitches, basting,

running, hemming, combination, over-

handing and blanket stitch.



11pm 19. —Buttonholes.



May 3. —-Patches, hemmed, overhand-

ed and flannel mending table linen,

darningdress materials and hosiery.‘



May 17.—Embroidery stitches: Out-

line, feather, coral chain, satin stitch,

and French knots.





and apron. .

J une 14.37Making or undergarments.





   





 





   





 





 





May 31. ——Cutting kimOna, nightgown
yet—— . _ uremia: ~ ~



August 95—89le at corsets and



underwear-nby expert saleswoman. ' __ _

August 2354:4114; principles of color, ., -



1‘1th!!! and harmony‘applied to. dress. : ~ »



Des gn dress or. select, tram" fashion h J '



a... . .. ~ I - e oyous



Sept. c.——ciotmng for boys and girls ‘ . , .



from babyhood to school age; dresses “ - ‘ _



for the girl from six to thirteen; -suit- - W l ‘ H



able. wardrobe for the high-school girl. \ 6 come ome



'lflie following, schedule of work for ' ' . ‘ .





 

   

 





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one lot th'e‘state's niost active and pro- ' _. . ‘ ‘r C . , .



gressive clubs will show more clearly The day htd‘been a tough one. Everything seemed to go wrong.



the essentials 9f a g°°d program than Under such conditions a' man does not lay aside his work with any degree of



any suggestions that might. be offered. . . _ satisfaction , ,



This schedule covers eleven, months’ . - ' . ‘ .



wo‘r‘k: ’ ' " ' - ~ ~ ’ ~ . - On his way home his mind is going over the, difficulties encountered and he

’ finds himself dissatisfied with pretty nearly everything and everybody.





I; T-ng‘ruary 1.;Poultry. .\





chicken disease»: teed * for youne i “He’s got the Blues.

chickens; poultry raising \versus egg .. . : ~ . ' ' . . ' .

‘ .' . Not so With the family. The youngsters, looking for father, spy him a block





productioni the essentials‘ of .11 good

poultrywhouse; roll nail; one-minute

talks" n‘fflll ,ex crience with oultry.” ‘ . . . . . . .

~ Q ‘ ynfriaey '15‘ n j , - .Hesees them commlng. The springtime of youth 1s in their faces, the sunshine .

, , V . _ .- _ s . _ o u a . o o a . c , . , ' ~ , 3

Evening—Valentinegparty, arranged _ _ . .of Joy-m their eyes, there is musnc in their voices. Daddy s home again. ‘

tor-by the ententainment committee. . . The good wife’s welcome is no less cordial and, better yet, the evening meal is

March 1—Household' Management. . ready, and what bread, such as only ‘

A simple system for keeping house- .

hold accounts; system in housework;





laborvsavlng methods: home-made con— . ~ ' ._ 4



venienees; roll call: “My best labor- . . . . . ~

saving devices." ‘ . , , .,

' March 15. ' - l y l e -I .





Pot-luck supper and social, in charge

of committee. _ . .

March ”29—iThe House.

How can the traditional houseclean- ,

lug. be eliminated? Eloors, walls and

ceilings with regard to suitability and





or more away and there’s a mighty footrace to see who can reach him first.





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durability; principles of art and design Will make!

I; “’9th t° house furmShmgS; mu'ca": It is tender. and deliciously flavored. The kind that fairly melts in the mouth.



“My experience with floor or wall cov- . . ,

eringsf’ _ . _ p - Everything else 18' proportionately good, and what a change”.

Aggllutlii—f'l'hgorlgrd an: (1:32:21 ‘ p The sunshine and Warmth of Home Ties have scattered the doubts and mis- f“ 4“

a ””3 e 0 egron; ' ‘ ivi sofev da if.

Dds of making and care of hot-beds; .g ng ery y]. e ' , , . . 7

some common diseases and insect pests The Blues have vanished! Father is now 1n the “flit mood to enjoy to the

fullest the usual after—dinner romp with his little “pa s,” and regrets that mother:





of garden and orchard; debate, “Re-





solved that it is cheaper to buy fruit ' tugked them away in their beds‘so early.





than to raise it.” Bollocall: “Varie— - . - . . ,

, ties of vegetables and flowers I have Of course It might have been dlfi'erent. ,

grown successfully.” Supposing the children had been unwell because of having eaten heavy biscuits “



e wife out of sorts on account of poor success .





or soggy pastry for lunch, and th

with Baking and a late dinner?



That coml'ination, with father having the blues, would have made a. fine setting

for a family “rumpus.” _ 1

[Don't take any chances. Always buy LILY WHITE, “_ The flour the best " . [3

cocks use,” and be assured of thorough baking success and complete harmony. 7 ,





May 10-——Poultry.



Marketing poultry; the community



egg circle; profits in poultry; methods ‘

of preserving eggs for winter use; roll

call: “My favorite breed of poultry

and why I like it."



June 14—Food Preservation.



Demonstration of canning of fruits



and vegetables by the cold-pack meth-

od; jelly making; discussion: “Diffi-

culties in canning or jelly making.”

July lira—Planning and' Servin'g Meals.-

. Demonstration in table setting and

’ serving; the well planned meal; suit-

able food for children; food for the .

389d. ‘ \

August 9. ' ‘

Annual picnic in charge of therein-

mittee. - . '

Sept. 13—11” School.



,Schooi lunches; sanitation of school

grounds and school house; how can; we

make our school grounds more attrac-

tive?_ Cooperation. between parents



I and-teacher, as the teacher sees it; co—

operation between parents and teacher

as the parent sees it; roll call: .“An

incident at my own‘school days.”





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THE question is often asked, why

the rabbit seems to be responsible

for the beautifully colored Easter eggs.





some light on this mystery.

Centuries before Christianity gave

,to Easter a spiritual meaning, the an-

cients made it their spring festival "in

celebration of the reawakening and re-

vivifying of earth after her cheerless

winter sleep.





April, the first spring month, was

s‘acred" to the goddess Ostara, who gol-

den-haired, flower-crowned, and robed

in shining white, attended by clouds of

butterflies, flights of swallows, flocks

of storks, and troops of hares, floated

to earth when the long winter was end-

ed, bringing the spring-time with her.





Now it apears from a very ancient,

but little known tradition, that the rab-

bit, or rather the hare, sacred to Os-

tara, was originally a bird, very‘ possi-

bly the swallow. Thegodde‘ss finding

her winged messenger was not fitted

to endure all the toils and all climates,

transformed _her into a'brisk, quick-

footed little quadruped with long ears,

a warm furry coat, and no tail to speak

of, ready "and able to summon belated

spring from wherever she might be

lingering, and to guide her safely even





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A thoroughly tested, guaranteed razor. The

frame is constructed at the forty-five degree an-

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originally acquired, which had cost

them from four to ten dollars an acre,

for several years, and proved the prac-

ticability of the scheme, the owners

sold all their holdings to the Saginaw

Realty Company, composed of Harry

T. and William J. Wicke's, Albert 'M.

Marshall, Samuel G. Higgins and oth~

ers.. This company, having ample

financial means backed by the enter-

prise of its members, proceeded to ex-

tend and develop the extensive acreage

and to'equip the farm with modern

appliances and tools, thus placing the





 

   





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’ 1 they can be prevented;the‘hoine‘ined-z splendid cooperation. We are" going

icine cabinet; "the care 'of .the‘,‘s§ck;vintflto , gain hearty ceeperation . between





. i Easter Eggs “andBunnles ’





. The following explanation may ease"





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“A health "siige-‘githes’e rural clubs an a county ,ieaeija- =

. . g ., ' tion' which Will workgor a more sill—~-



I haVe given these detailed, program .. ' ‘

because they f'tell the 'story”.and.may problem‘s: ‘





.cie’ntis'olutiqn of county community





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”among the.iceburgs of the much north. ' ~





Thenceforward the bare, the emblem"

of fertility/"was known as the friend.

and messenger of the spring goddess;

and in “memory'of her fewer existence

as a. bird, the hare once a year at

Easter, lays the gaily colored eggs that

’are the symbol of the awakening of

earth and‘the renewal of life. ‘



This is the mythological explanation

oft he connection of Easter eggs. and

bunnies, but there are many other stor—

ies telling why the sportive hare is re-

sponsible for the bright-hued eggs at

this spring festival.



.To the Christian the special signifi-





.cance of Easter lies in its triumphal





assertion of the fact of immortality.

Not the impersonal, unConscious merg-

ing of the individual in impassive im-

mensity which Buddhism teaches; ; not

the mere prolongation of physical and

sensual life which the Koran promises,

but the true immortality of the spirit,

that nobler part of man which distin-

guishes him infallibly from the rest of

creation.



A hope, a trust, a confidence, even in“

the future life is common to all races

of men. A It is no reproach, therefore,

that our Easter day has been identified

with the old pagan festival of- return-

ing spring and resurrected life.





operations on a more economic basis.

During the annual floods the land was

largely overflowed, which' often delay-

ed or prevented the spring work, enf

tailing heavy loss. It became apparent

that much diking was necessary to pre-

vent this handiéapio farm operations.



' Development of a Big Idea.



In 1903 the Owos‘so Sugar Company,__

attracted by "tales of the natural fer-

tility of the‘muck lands in Saginaw

country, investigated the soil and cli-

mate conditions and purchased from

the Saginaw Realty Company their en-

tire holdings of marsh lands, amount:

ing to more than ten thousand acres.

They at once laid their plans on a

large scale for the reclamation of the





 

 

   

   

   

   





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”-' ‘ ubniersible' basin :nearffivvhere Swan

Creek and Bad Rivergjoin’ the Shia— '

wassee. ' .v' - ‘1 .



This is the bottom or the vast Sag-

inaw drainage system, and is the best

and the worst land hereabouts.‘ It is

the worst because several square miles

of it lie only a little 'more than three

feet above the level of Lake Huron,

and the best is that rrom the begin-



,j ning of- time it has been the settling

basin ot’ricu alluvium brought down by

' ’ rivers, from heights of’four hundred to

eight hundred feet, which *flow for

nearly one hundred miles through fer-





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This pioneer effort in reclaiming the



Saginaw marshes was a costly one.



1‘ The land had to be won from the we.-



_ 'ters foot by foot,-but' each acre of land



made dry proved so productive that



the promoters were lured 'on, and



eventually arrived at the conclusion



that the value of the land thus improv-



ed far exceeded the ’cost of controlling



the flood waters. The diking was done



by big dredges starting at the rivers



and nosing their way into the land,



scooping up the muck to form canals



and “borrow ditches,” and depositing



it along the outside edge of the area



to be drained. As the dredges advanced



' the water flowed in, carrying them



along in the channels which afterward



were useful in draining’off the water



from the land. At the lowest point of



the area the dike was made twenty



feet high, and at other places the av-

erage height was seventeen to eight- " ' .



een feet, while the ditches were about CHILDREN love the music of



twelve feet deep, with a gradient of the Gulbransen. It will keep



three inches to the mile to carry off {gem quiet for hours, or give them



the waste waters. t s time of their sweet young lives.





 

 

 

 

 





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All this without any special effort

Your favorite music





When the entire tract was enclosed, ,

and lateral and {cross ditches dug and on your part.





NATIONAL” moan

Four Models. W'nr Tax Paid





White House Model - - soon

Countrv Sent Mod

Town gonna Model





Also Game Song Rolls such as these:





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The Gulbransen Entertains and Ed





the roll like the words of a song. A few:

Cavallrria Rusticans



Evening Star, from 'l‘annhauscr

Favorite Strains from Faust





Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Mary Had a Little Lamb

The Story Book Bull





London Bridge

Round the lVlulbcrry Bush

The Farmer in the Dell





you to try.

yourself at his store.

to Show how easy the pedals work.





effort at all. A creeping baby once played





   

 

 

 

 

 





IJ Narcilsus

Rustic of Sprimr

Merry \Vivcs of Vi'indsor



The Gulbrunsen dealer has these rolls for



Play them on the Gulbranscn





Let the children play

No





. parts of the big farm. , The main reads





dikes thrown up,'the total length of

dike was thirty-six miles. Along the

top of some of these dikes good roads

were laid out and gradually improved

to afford easy communication with all





are surfaced with stone and oiled to

render solid and enduring highways.

At the lowest point of the farm, near

its northwest corner, where the ditch





will appeal to them. Your taste

becomes their taste. They are edu—

cated -— painlessly ~—- to appreciate

good music.





To entertain little tots here are

some Mother Goose rhymes put to

music; the words on the roll:



Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son





Sing a Song of Six Pence

Little Bo Peep





The Monkey Man



For children learning to play by hand

there is a course of thirty—six Study Rolls.

The child learns faster because the roll is

always at hand to “play it like teacher

does.“ Duet Rolls play one part,the other to

be played by hand. The easy key touch of

the Gulbransen isa great help to little hands.





An understanding of finer music—by

'oung or old—can be gained throu l1

Historical Rolls and Story Rolls. A :—

scription of the composer's idea appears on





the Gullnansen, as shown in the picture at

the left, and gave us the idea for our trade mark.



The Gulbrzmscn is the ideal p'aycr for the

home with children. Easy to play. easy key-

board touch—and playing it won‘t hurt it.

It can even stand abuse.



Our dcalc‘r shows the Baby‘at the Prdalx‘

in his window and newspaper advertising.

If you do not know him, write us for his

address and our catalog. '

GULBRANSEN-DICKINSON CO.’



825 No. Sawyer Avenue, Chicago





assumes the “size of a canal navigable

to scows and motor boats, a pump

house was erected. Installed in the

.building are four centrifugal pumps,

which in time of high water lift the

excess water from the canal and dis-

charge} it into the river beyond, In

flood times these. pumps work night V.

. and day and, relieve the farm ditches

of one hundred and sixty thousand gal-

. lone of water an hour. The dikes hold

back the flood waters, the canal and

ditches drain 011' the surplus rainfall

on the enclosed lands, and the pumps





discharge the excess water into the1TnE BEST [INIIENT





swift current of the river, thus pre— _

serving and rendering the soil fit for1. " mm“"”"““”"” "M

Gombault's





cultivation during all the planting and . .. _

caustic Balsam





growing seasomv

There are two ways of'getting to the IT HAS NO 51““

Prairie Farm from Saginaw. Inthe‘ F0? ~1tilpenetrat— ’

dry seasons one can go direct from the snugglfl‘i’ximb'i:

city by wayof East street and turning "10 wfihlif‘i‘m ,

to the right about nine miles from the , new “$3”

city limits, orptwelve miles from Gen-z '

essee avenue ' and the river, ' driyel

straight into'the‘farm settlement, four 1





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miles, beyond. The. other reute is by" neuralgia

railroad to st. Char-res. and a drive or ‘ Spcaino .

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Indispensable to the farmer, valu-

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etc., and a farm record which contains

a simple method of keeping record of

receipts and expenses of all branches

of farm work. Convenient size, 31,5x

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'known as. Moline Loader No. 5. which is pre-





   





Hay Suckers

Grain Binders

Corn Binders

Pineal Scales

Spreaders

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By using Moline Side Delivery Rake you can

rake your hay into long flulfy wind- .

rows where it will cure quickly and

in best condition. It will also save



your time'in loading-ewe build two

; styles of side delivery rakes. No. I4

is a combined side delivery rake and

tedder-simply shift a lever and it is in-

stantly converted into a. tedder. No. l2 is

a side delivery rake only.





in addition we build a complete line of ‘

stackers. sweep rakes and mowers—all of

which uphold the Moline reputation for

quality. long life and convenience.

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to give you a complete description





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Trunk Railway, six. miles eastward.

A Big Labor Force Required.





ed on the farm, and in‘winter'about

seventy-five men (those with families

who live there the year aroundf are

kept busy attending the stock, repair-

ing wagons and harness, and getting

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all equipment in {readiness for the

spring and summer campaigns.

A Variety of Crops.

Driving along the central dike north-

ward to the center of the farm, thence





visitor to the lowest point of land, to

which all the water in the ditches flows

and where it is pumped out. Looking

back from the top of the dike one has

a clear View of the best and mint

fields. Beets and peppermint, with





 





 





 

 

 





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GHIGKS GHIGKS OHIGKS





350,000 FOR 1919





By Parcel Post Prepaid. Delivered To

Your Door. Guarantee Live Delivery.





Ring Necked Pheasants





Lay 40 to 50 eggs each per year. Why raise

chickens to eat. when these are much more

profitable and raised as easily? Weigh 3

pound at six months. and bring $1.00 a

pound in the market. Set the eggs under

chickens—feed and care for the young the

way you would chickens. Are economical as

they only require one-half as much food.

Are very hardy and not subject to disease.

Best eating bird in America. Eggs guaran-

teed from-vigor‘oushealthy unrelated stock.



8 6.00 for 15 eggs,



35.00 for 100 eggs :





Genuine Wild Mallard Ducks

Lay 50 to 60 eggs per year. We guarantee our

breeding stock to bathe best in the country

as they are entirely wild trapped Mallards

and not. the coarse semi-wild strain.



5.00 for 15 eggs

25.00 for 100 9388





Giant Bronze Turkeys





Have a wonderful flock. headed by prize-

winning 55 lb. tom.





 





Strong chicks from pure

bred arm stock that are

hatched right. Have chicks

of Utilitv and Exhibition

acidity. Bred to Lay. 8.0.



bite and Brown Leghorns

$12.00 and $14.00 a 100; Bar-

red Rocks, $15.00 and 317.0)

a 100;Rose and Single Comb

Reds and White Wyan-

dottes. 815.00 and 318.00 a

100; B. 0. Anconas, $14.“)

and $17.00 8100- S. C. Bufl‘

Orpington. $18.00 and $21.00

a 100; .C. Black Minorcas.

$18.00 a 100; Odds and Ends,





 





0812.00 at 1100. trEggs foiihflt- $1.50 per egg

hi , $7.00 to $8.01 a. 100. ombina on 0 or on c c s. .

c oilegrs and brooder stove. Give us your order and we Bloomfield 8- C: RhOde ls‘flnd

grind make hyou a. gttésfled caistouéerlthe lsgme asthgn; Red Chickens .

re s 0 0t ers. e ore or arm 6 sew 1 re. ge u . . . . .

tree illustrated catalog. Get your order in early, F1110 laglélgostfrgrlnlfglepglgge birds





25.00 for 100 eggs

Get. order in early and send

check withit. Semi for free

booklet and instructions.

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HUBER’S RELIABLE HATCHERY

EAST HIGH 512, FOSTORIA,OHIO.





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Our new Catalogoi‘ Pure Breed Practical Poultry is

now ready. Some breeds are sold out fora number

of weeks. Orders for chicks are still being booked for

Barred and White Rocks.

Rose and Single Comb Rhode Island Reds.

White Wyandottes.

Single Comb Black Minorcas





 





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Eggs for Hatching

Eggs from any of the foregoing broods for stfattin (15,111-

a BABY CHICK under the ban

is 22% cents. We will supply





uantltics for incubators. Specia price or

eggs during season:and on eggs for broilers.

Eggs from White Pekin Ducks, and from Gray Tou-

. louse Geese.

Hares Belgians and Flemish Giants. you With the breeds listed be.

low at 12% cents to 20 cents. .





Orders. should be sent now, in advance, so that our

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W‘BLOOMINGDALE FARMS ASSOCIATIONS, gamers]!

. Bloomingdale, Michigan ~ _, . _ --: t: 3:3:

’ liv‘igtL honiattes tiling hi gtons

100.0(1) This 8038611.. 0 M 0 e _ n ,_

1‘30 vuiggoegfibfigftgggg . $33235?” 2.33 0’ llfififi'i'aum

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id tjsnd guaranteed to reschyou in

f t condition. hatching eggs pre-

paid}; Pakin/duck eggs. llustrated





Two millions tor 1919 delivered as when .~

by Parcel Post. Catalog frea.- y - ‘





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corn and rye, are the‘ principal crops

grown in great quantities on extended

acreage. Cabbage is also a large crop

and. late insummer when the shipping





seen hauling huge Icads from the fields

to the loading track in Alicia. In 1918

there were seven thousand acres of

rich muck land under cultivation, and

the productive area is constantly be-

ing, increased. Eventually the. entire

farm of more than ten thousand acres

will be brought under the plow, this

work being aided by the government.

engineering scheme outlined above.

All the plowing is done by gang plows

drawn by steam and motor tractors,

twelve plows to the gang; and much

other heavy work previously done by





 





 





 





MANY of the discouragements



with poultry come during the

winter, and especially during the early

winter when farmers try to make their

pullets lay, and fail. The feed bills

increase and the egg returns do not

arrive to help cancel 'the_ bills. A bal-





. anced ration may be used and the best





systems of poultry'management adopt-

ed and yet good results do not follow.

Where is the mistake? It is in the

spring at hatching time. The pullets

are not hatched early enough and in

the fall they have not reached the-ma-

turity necessary for egg production

and consequently they have good ap-

petites but do not lay.



On the’farm’ much of the profit with

poultry depends upon, the way the“





them through the grass and obtain the

animal food which’makes rapid growth

in young poultry. Early hatching» is





spring. This season which is so tutti.





lost. ’ A, » , V . ,

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, , ‘vated' fiél’ds ofrvast‘exteir first into

view. He turnsniomh ton-the hard





oiled road which},tr(fav:e’r§és‘{thefcblest at

a low dike bisecting theitprmfifkmfle

ahead'is Alicia village, the lai'igf‘est‘set-

.tlement for 'miles' around. rH'e're..are

four score' yellow, framed cottages,

1 housing workmen’s families, a large

clubhouse, a general store and an'as-

' sembly hall. ”Across the road are sev-

eral large barns. cattle sheds, wagon.

machinery and tool housesand a large

grain elevator. This structure and the

mint distillery a little farther on, are

situated close to the spur track which

connects the farm with the Grand





During the 'vrush of summer work

three hundred to three'hundred and

fifty farmers and laborers are employ-





westerly-about two miles‘brings the





season is on, scores of teams may be'





able in growing poultry should not be tendon infeoding





broilers which bring the best prices on, ins: In

‘and that-is true. Howeverrbe '1‘

the early pallets which. are. to bev‘iiaivggnfl‘d

ed arcja much more important consists: h





   





minds one very strongly of'a section

of Holland set'down here in Michigan.

Then the flood waters rise‘to a height

.of seventeen feet on the outs'idelof the

earth‘dikes, and there are watchful

days and nights for the male popula-.

tion. The dikes‘h'avc to be constantly

patrolled ‘and threatened leaks and

breaks immediately repaired. There

are native foesftoo, to the dike,,the

muskrat and the woodchuck. The lat-





ter is the one dreaded as he burrows "





deep enough to cause much damage,



and men are employed to tht them



out. ‘ '

Here and there in the dark brown





field gray patches are noticed.‘ These -





are the clay subsoil, touched by the

motor-driven plows‘and being worked

up into the lighter surface soil—much

to its betterment it is claimed. Only

a little under the muck soil. is a clay

bed as dry as bone 'dust. There are

driven wells, as also tiled‘wells, and

here and there excellent water is found

at a depth of about thirty feet.





An Isolated and Monotonous Life.



The inhabitants of the big farm lead

an isolated. and' monotonous life, espe-

cially in flood times when communica-

tion with the outside world is almost

entirely out off. Exit by boats in the

swirling currents of swollen streams

is difficult and dangerous. Still the

living conditions are steadily improv-

ing, and the farm dwellers have the

conveniences of electric light and run-

ning Water in their homes, supplied

free‘by the farm’s own generating and

water plant, and also the use of, tele-

phones. There is also a regular pos-

tal service to Alicia village, whose

summer population is seven or eight

hundred.





In all the varied work of planting,

cultivating and harvesting the exten—

sive crops, about three hundred. head

of heavy Belgian draft horses are re-'

quired; and in summer about seventy-

five teams, some of which are three.

horse teams, are in constanuuse.





Early” Hatching Profitable





eration. .For example, a farmer has

poultry houses for two hundred pullets.

in addition to the mature hens which

he keeps over for broilers. ' If those

pul‘lets are March and April hatched

birds he, cah mature them in the fall

and they will produce eggs, If they

are May, June and July birds, he will»

have to feed them very carefully to

keep ‘them from being stunted when

the cold days of fall arrive. Therevis,





one exception. May-hatched‘Leghorns





often do very well but many farmers





find that even April is better for Log

horn hatching than May. The heavier

breeds usually found on the'general

farm need eight months‘to mature and:

that means pearly hatching. 1 - ‘ ‘





The weather has an. important influ— 1





birds use their range to gather insects ence. on the growth of chicks. .‘T-hey

and weed seeds. In the spring whcndseem to do better in the early {spring

, the insect life is starting,- the young" when somerof the days arecool than in

pullets should be‘large enough tochase the. summer "when the weather may, be

uniformly hotanddry. .It often seems

that chicks should not be hatched ear-

ly when there is a danger or ,cold rains '

necessary to have birds ‘large‘i'enough.andfi‘possibly snott‘synnd yet we have

to range on the first line. days,hfi-ihijfieifidqncefthat11168534111113 chicks a“

thrived! they'are.fgiven' the pnpperafi” , ‘





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, A sugar Holland in Michigan: -f _

- , A times when anus; séction ot‘thc‘

county ismnder‘water, when'the Praia

rie_ Farm "repo'sss' within its earthen.

walls like a beleagured 'cOuntry. it, 're- .





 

   

 





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





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‘ most desirable if they are early hatch-





_- require skill and thoughtfulness at all

seasons.





vfifty-fifty pallets and older hens and





light islet-is take» the hen at her





: tollit must have obtained a- fair size in

ordertoeppealtothchuym'. Cock»!





els ‘that are sold for breeders are the





ed birds. They reach maturity and

make better birds to mate with the

breeding hens in the spring. Early

hatching requires Some care and early

brooding is not the work for careless

workmen but. hatching and brooding





It follows that there are

many important reasons in favor of





early hatching and nothing against it. ,





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urine-1's dining until nine o'clock

every night. even in the smallest

towns and on farms, and outlaying the

most seasoned hens, electric or other

lights in every coop, summer prices for

em in winter, and better health for

chickens were predictions for the. im-

mediate future in the poultry world

made by Professor James E. Bloc, of

the Department of Poultry Husbandry.

Cornell University, ' at the sectional

meeting of the New York State Federa-

tion of Poultry Associations. ‘

Professor Rico declared that tests





carried on at Cornell during a period .





of forty-eight weeks, of which the most

accurate records of the laying capacity

of more than two hundred hens and

pallets and the effect of lights on the

egg production were kept, has proved

beyond doubt that lights in the chicken

coops have a. direct effect on the pro-

duction of eggs. The coops were kept

lighted until nine o’clock every night

throughout the test, and the egg totals





showed that. one hundred hens and [1111- . .

lets in the lighted chicken house pro? '





duced 1.35 2-10 dozen more eggs than

the chickens in the unnghted coops





that went to bed when the sun went 3





down. “Early to bed doesn’t get a reg-

ular chicken anything,” was the chief

fact demonstrated.



The reason for the increased pro-

duction of eggs in lighted coops was





given by Professor Rice as being that -





the hens had more time in which to

eat. There was no long wait between

supper and breakfast. The same

amount of feed was required by the

busy layers as by the hens that were

not laying, however, he said, but the

hens who had the artificially long

day “Fletcherized” their chicken feed

and did not get up in the morning

“played out‘” and ravenous. ‘



In money, wholesale prices, the in-

creased doz’ens'of eggs in the lighted

coop amounted to $71.88. In each

chicken house the hundred layers were





the pallets heat the seasoned layers in

number of eggs produced. The light

had no other effect on the poultry ex-

cept that they maintained somewhat

better health.



The average increase in production

of eggs for hens in' lighted coops was

placed at “one dozen or more” per

year by Professor Rice. The poultry-

man has absolute control over the egg

production, as was discovered at Cor-

nell, by turning the light switch. Lay-u

ing pullets quit laying .when the lights

were turned off for a period and began

again when the lightswent on. The





strike for late suppers was actually.





made by twenty-five pullets.



Professor _'Rice explained that the

reasonror so much profit was made on

the eggawu mouse the hem confine

tied lam through the late autumn

and early winter when‘ the price 0!

eggs is highest. -He said that all the





feeding. Observing that the chicken





 





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THE country over, there





Kerosene Tractor.





continuous applause rendered the Case 10-20





In all the written and spoken recommendations,

there always stands out prominently the comment

that its performance and economy are unbeatable.



Mensaythatitieunneuallypowcrfulforrts

sin; Thcygivednccrcdittoitsfonrcylindct

Case motor, min-head type. cast en. bloc and

mounted cross wise on the frame.



Under ordinary conditions this Case 1040 pulls

threeplowl. Itdcvclops 14.7 horsepowerattlre

drawbar, which is 47 per cent in excess of its

rating. Thieisthcmoetlibcralreservcpowctwc





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machines requiring similar power.

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draw-bar work is matched by that





of its belt work. It will drive a Case 20x36





feeder and windstackcr, and other

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If you are interested in a two or threeplow

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description of this Case 10-20.





We can ofi’cr you quick service in delivery, be—





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Every farmer takes ride in having

a rich, productive soi and big crops.

The right fertilizer used proper] *

will transform a cor soil into a tie

one. This is W at the





. . O]. -

A'A'C Fertl lzers

have been doing for others. Let

them do the same for you! The

larger the crop, the greater the

amount of roots and other crop

residues remaining to further en-

rich the soil. Write for prices and





also for





Corn and Its Culture

ia 62 page book by Dr. H. J. Wheeler, formerly Director

of the Rhode Island Experiment Station. It contains infor-

mation concerning all phases of corn culture, including varI-

eties, seed testing and selection, soils adapted to Its growth,

methods of planting and cultivating, fertilization, crop rota-

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P in the pasture on my farm quite

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are grewing. Squirrels must have car

ried nuts from into or three trees down

in the'valley and dropped them along





.in various places,_and here they have





sprouted, so that if nothing happens to

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sibly think of. Other trees that grow

deeper in the woods are turned up by;

the wind and spoiled; but I never yet

saw a. hickory which grew out in the

open that was hurt anyway by storms

that now and then sweep over the

country. There they stand, rooted

firmly, hardy to withstand every blast,

and growing more and more so every

dayQ I am sure I shall always find my

little hickories in their places, no mat-

ter how hard the wind may blow.



Why are these trees, so strong to

bear up against tempests? Just be-

cause they have grown up in the very

midst of the stOrins. Every time rain





' orsnow or hurricane comes, the hick-





ories catch a terrible threshing. They

get the sunshine, yes; but also the

storm. And that is why they are so

stout. The trees that, gro tip in the

woods are in a great meas 9 protect-





, ed from wind and storm by those that





are around them. They grow tallerbe-

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get "up to the light, you see—but they

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they are getting pretty hard knocks on

the farm. Makes them squirm Iknow

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speak of the things which come to try

young folks I know what I am talking

about. But my own boys thought the

same way. Lsuppose their boys will

think their lives have hard places, too.



But when we are tempted this way,

it is a goOd thing to remember the lit-

tle hickories up in the pastures. Strong

because of the hard blows!

not a good deal of comfort in that?_For

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the boy 'or the girl that would be eat.

isfied .to have folks say, “They haven’t

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suit us. The. thing to do is to be brave,

true, earnest and to love the very

things that now seem to us the hard-

est, for they are making us fit for to-

morrow and its big battles. Are we

all good soldiers of the farm? I hope

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HOW I MADE MY CROP OF POTA-

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BY WALLACE KREIGEB;

Michigan State Potato Club Champion.





ENROLLED as a member of the

Potato Club for the purpose of

learning the cheapest way of raising

potatoes and also earning some money

of my own. The purpose of the club is.

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It also teaches us to be business-like,

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The kind of soil on my potato ‘crop





 





 





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Duke 0! AVondale born Jan. 1 1918 Sire Lord Sunrise

Dam Luella's Maid. ices 8100 F0 B. Avondales

Hero born Jan.10.1918. Sine Halcyon uel Dam

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Making Pork at Less Cost





By W F. Taylor





SOME time ago I wrote an article his story with the air of one who has





upon economical pork production, been, and seen and conquered. At the



which appeared in this paper.- In end of his narrative he told us that he

that-communication I discussed the re- had figured the cost of those hogs, and

sults of bad rations upon the growth of that he made thirty-seven cents a bush-

certain lots'iof pigs, giving a few per- e1 on, his corn.

sonal experiences along with others. I had not the’heart to bother him

Since that time I have received. some then, beforethat crowd, but afterwards

letters and have had a number of com ,I said to him, “But, Brother, that com

versations bearing upon the article in was worth eighty cents a bushel at the

question. In nearly every case, the market and instead of making yOu any





writer of the letter, or the person who money, those bad hogs cost you all .





referred to the article in conversation your labor, all your risk, and forty-

has written or Spoken of his success in three cents a bushel for the corn they

growing pigs. I am anxious to ac- ate ”



knowledge now that in the article I Of course, there were other ecst

have failed sadly in the thing I was items to be reckoned. The value of

desirous of doing. It was my hope and pigs at time of weaning, interest and

my purpose'to prove beyond reason- depreciation on value of equipment,

able doubt that pigs must have either etc. But we were not thinking about

milk or tankage in the ration in order. those things at that time, so really

to make profitable growth. Incidents things were worse than I told him.

cited in myown experience were those But We must figure all items of cost,

which I considered failures. Of coursg, find out exactly where we are at in

I might have told some good stories this business of pork production, and

along with the others, and had I been then face the facts with a determina-





trying to prove myself a. hog man I tion to cut down production costs by





Should doubtless have done so; but it better methods.

was my purpose to demonstrate by my First,_We must realize the value of

own mistakes that to endeavor to grow skim-milk. I was in a cemmunity the

a bunch of pigs without careful atten- other day, where a part of the people

tion to a few important facts in nutri- patronize the condensary, and others

tion, is to fail of the best results. still send their cream to the creamery.

A prominent breeder of hogs was I think the majority were convinced

talking with me the other day about that the condensary offers the better

this matter, .and he said, “Taylor, you market for the product of their dairies.

Will have to write another article in or- , As a. matter of fact, in the long run

der to get your gospel of skim-milk and I doubt it. Of course, it will depend

tankage across.” ' So, he1e goes. on some things which are not just now

The thing for which we should strive knowable. but it may quite safely be

is economical production. Two prac— said that the man who still markets

tical questions are suggested. to me his cream at the creamery has an aver-

whenever I sell a bunch of pigs—how age chance: providing he makes good

much are they going to weigh? What use Of his skim- milk

have they cost me? Of course, in a If he feeds it to his hogs in too large

general way, it may be said that the quantities, he loses out.

hog‘ that makes a large growth in a. feed enough he gets less for what he

short time has done so economically, does feed, but if he balances the milk





If he does not ’ V





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but many exceptions may be found to in the ration with the right amount of _.~





this rule. To have bought corn last grain, properly chosen and fed in right

year at two dollars a bushel and to quantities, he is bound to get a good

have used it for hog feeding might round price for the skim milk, the

have grown la1 ge hogs in a short time, grain. and to have something left to

if the ration were properly balanced reward him for his labor and take care

with tankage or skim-milk, but the of the overhead. .

economy of the operation might be ser- Thousands of farmers in Michigan

iously questioned. Again, whileabunch are not situated where they can sell

of hogs might grow very much less market milk, either to the condensary

rapidly in the yard behind a lot of or for the city milk supply. Their

steers, the growth would be obtained skim-milk must be marketed at home,

at very little cost since the hogs would either as feed for the calves, or the

live largely on what might otherwise hogs or poultry. If one. has a pure-

have been wasted. bred herd, he can afford to feed much

The consuming public demands large of the milk to the calves. Some, how-

quantities of pork.

produce it and receive “cost of produc- their share. .

tion, plus a. reasonable profit,” he must Very often the amount is not large

solve two problems—the problem of enough to go around among all the

cheaper production, and that of more hogs and hens, and so we simply give

efficient marketing.

which should be placed first; we have to Wish there were more of it.

them both on our hands to solve, and One thing we must remember, if we

perhaps we may work them out togeth- are to Secure the largest returns from





. er. In the judgment of the writer,thi_s that milk amt from the grain fed in





is the proper way. connection. Milk and grain must be.





As we have said, it is not enough to ted in relative amounts.«0_r some things .





have produced a bunch of large hogs must be supplied to supplement the

in a few short months. I recall the lack 0f milk If young pigs are to

Story of a friend who had been asked grow normally they, must have some-

to give his experiences in pork produc thing from which to make bone. Small





tion at a Pomona Grange meeting a pig‘s will grow vcry fat on a r tion ' V





few years ago. It was a good story 111 of corn. but their bodies will not





contribute to it. The pigs ‘had. cords bodies regatta bone growt





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bluegrass, or even rye, will tend to

cheapen the production of pork, but at

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of hogs into a good field of alfalfa.



In the judgment of the writer, if the

hog of today is to be produced at a

profit, he must be compelled to live

principally upon by—products. Given

skim-milk or tankage with the rightr

amounts of grain to balance, passing

his time with the fattening steer pick-

ing the born out of the droppings, pas-

turing on rough ground, and consum-

ing feeds wlhch are the by- -products of

.bean elevators, or breakfast food fac-

tories, the hog has a right to live until

he is fit to die, but if the only thought

on our part is to make him grow, and

then after'a while to fatten him/with-





out regard'to. the cost of what he, is .





eating, then he will not furnish a satis-

factory market for the'grains grown on

the farm, nor pay the mortgage, nor

send the boy to college, nor do any of

the things so necessary to successful

living in the open country.





We are not at all discouraged—the 1





world is learning something new about





hog feeding each year. Last year some .





friends of mine did good work with

corn and soy beans in pork produc-

tion. It is often possible in the south-

ern counties to grow large crops of

corn and soy beans and feed them to

hogs at a. liberal profit. The h0g8 have

time to harvest them, and they leave

the droppings and a considerable

amount of vegetable m‘atter to be turn-

ed into the soil. Indeed, I am sure that

one might follow this system for a





crop yields. ,



The time has come when we must

consider every system of farming with

reference’to its effect upon the soil.



A good soy bean crop hogged down,

insures the increase of'nitrogen in the

sci], providing the inoculation is good.



' The great importance of growing our

own nitrogen rather than to dream of

buying‘it at present prices in commer-

cial fertilizers must appear to anyone

Who will stop for a minute and think.

‘If we can use the hog with profit as a

consumer of by-products from the farm

and elsewhere, if by better breeding

and wiser and more intelligent feeding

we can grow larger quantities of meat

from less feed, and finally if the hog

may become our agent in the reclamaw

tion of soils depleted in nitrogen, and

that, too, with a liberal profit, then the

importance of this humble animal in-

creases in our estimation.



So let- us welcome the hog breeder,

let he give our, support to the pig club.

and tolevery‘ means that will giVe the

world its supply of pork with lessof

toil and more of profit to the grower.





 





LIVE STOCK News.





 





According to late reliable informa-

tion; the spring lamb crop of Tennes-

see and Kentucky shows. an increase of

from fifteen to twenty-five per cent

over that of last year, and Tennessee

lambs may be expected to be marketed

freely by the latter part of May, the

supply becoming liberal by June. The





'marketed very liberally before the



silage-fed cattle are being marketed

extensively in Chicago and other west—

Je mpacking centers, and silage is now

firmly established in all parts of the

country as a stock feed.





Illinois st‘ockmen are discoveringm





 





comprising ground corn and cob

hay and molasoes feed.

and is game to me





 





 

 

 

 

 





   

 

 

 

 

 

 





Ordinary Veedol

Oil afier use

afler use





Showing sediment

formed offer 500

mile: of tunnin‘





 





‘ 1 000° F.—causes or-





Out of oil again





Few motorist: realize that half of ordinary

oil is wasted by excessive evaporation





UT OF OIL!



Yet you started



with a full supply

—-more than enough;

you felt sure, to bring

you safely hOme again.

If you. take the cap

ofi’ the oil filler you

will see the oil. evap-

orating in a thin

cloud of smoke. The

intense heat of the

engine—200° F. to





dinary oil to evap-

orate rapidly.





How to prevent waste





Only an oil that resists heat will prevent

rapid evaporation and waste. In labor-

atory tests, as well as in road tests, some

oils make a very poor showing, their losses

by evaporation running twice as high as

Veedol, the lubricant that resists heat. The

average loos in ordinary oils is 40% more

than in Veedol. When measured by the

number of miles per gallon, Vcedol is more

economical than ordinary oil, because of

this reduction of evaporation.



Ordinary oil not only evaporates rapidly,

but also breaks down under the heat of

the engine, forming a large part of its bulk

in black sediment which has no lubricat-





 

 

 

 

 

 





Sediment crowds out the

good oil on the metal to-

metal surfaces and pre-

vents it from efficiently

lubricating the fast mov-

ing parts. Loose bearings

are almost always the re-

sult of using poor oil.

Engine knocks, broken

connecting rods, scored

cylinders, slapping pistons

are an inevitable result.



After years of experimentation, Vecdol

engineers evolved a new method of refin-

ing by which a lubricant is produced which

resists heat. This—the famous Faulkner

process—is used exclusively for the pro-

duction of Vecdol, the scientific lubricant.



How Veedol, the scientific lubricant, re-

duces the formation of sediment by 86% is

shown by the two bottles illustrated above.





Buy Veedol today





Your dealer has Vee'dol or can get it for you. If

he cannot supply you, write us for the name of the

nearest Vcedol dealer. Enclbsc 10c for copy of the

TOO-page Veedol book. which describes internal

combustion engines and theirlubrication.1t will

love you many dollars and help you to keep your

car running at minimum cost.





TIDE WATER ‘0". COMPANY

Voodol Department

642 Bowling Green Building. New York





Branchesordis tributorc in all principal





 





 





ing value.





- cities in the United States and Canada





 





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CATTLE





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 





784 lbs of fat from 25, m981 lbs. of





which 54.800 lb

permanently dev.eioped





If interested in





Sand for our rbooklotl—

valuablo information.





Be: 164,





 





     





AMERICA,





. After an interval of two months,she began an-

other yearly test which closed Wlth a record of

3615 lbs. of buttertat from 28 826 lbs. of milk



’1 hose two successive yearly tests during

3. of milk were made are more

evidence that. great records are not meaning-

less, spasmodic efforts but represent capacity





HOLSTEIN CATTLE





they contain much





HOLSTl-Ilfl FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION OF

hattlolmo, V1.





‘ 14,800 LBS. MILK il





Ill TWO YEARS





A California Holstein cow

made a yearly record of





milk





 





 





 





“Winwood





REGISTERED





Herd”





Holstein- Frieoian Cattle

FLINT MAPLECREST BOY





is sire is Mapleorest Korndyxe Henna-void. His

three 1113:1931; dams each over $301113. of butter in ‘7





granxddambo

bomb: on.





we

lookin forte 131151111“; Flint. Map locust

can!) “glue ”0%.???" $51 lbs. a? butter 1





figycfid‘zoo 121 lbs. 111M112?“





o creams . 0

cl. tom





“19





Flilit Maniac"





more 00wa

Let us know your want...

11po not on.





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JOHN H. WINN, Inc.





Locklox





2”. Wm

Reterence Booeon‘mon State Bank.





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61.11111 stock 111111





lOOm-RIGMERED Hummus-.100

chard silo remember that we





”also! sumo-1n

dor strictsanita





213‘ 3133."





ed byxha hot at;





conditions, Every individual

mutfirlyo: tuberculin tested We

eductlon records back—





"LANGHURST FARM SALE





45 Registered Holsleln Frleslan Ballle45

Al Sabewaing, April, 24, ,rain or shine





Young females, mostly fresh, bred

to 33.34 lb. sire. Tuberculin tested.

Mostly out of A. R. O. dams. Free

trans. from depot. '





Auct. Meckeldowny & Luther. Wood

in Box. Write for catalog.





'0 ll.





S125 B11y~z two high grade unre glen r1- d 111 more near-

11 six months old. Band «1110 reg. hull '1 mos. old.

Pontiac breeding. lEAVY. Akmn, Nit hignn.





W A N T E D a lleg. Holstein Bull





, dam better 11111113011:

PARHAM'S PEDIGREE STOCK K.FARM

Bronson, Mich.





BUTTER BRED was 31?.le

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





JERRSEY BULLS





dy for service FOR SALE

WATERMAgla & WATERMAN Ann Arbor Mich.





M I Lune R. of M. Jersey herd. Bull and hufer



3]) e cakes sired b1 21 neglhevi‘c the new W'orldn

Champion Sophie s Affiesm lsoR Red egfi and

h N.I"OX cAllegan. lch.





The Wildwood Jersey Farm.





 





 





 





le Avenue Stock Fa under Government.

“per-villain The entire aerdh v0 been tuberculin

tested and11 not one reao‘ or. Agood place to buy that

1111'" you are look“ ing 1?”.3 av“ Indira two very fine.

richly bred. and opium lain hid steady for any

amen tot non-vice I want to answer any question





 





 





” "k m“ Lafif‘oouunnn Fayette, 011111

BULL CALVE 1.151.233.2113





 





No.112849. The site's dun at 2% years. (rand-

dam at years. and erect 82'me (idem have

semi-oflicia reoOrds averaging butter in



y.ear Dams of calves have A.R records up

to 19 23 1b. butter in 7 days. Write for breeding

and prices.



PEACELAND STOCK FARM

Three Riv-I Mich. Chas. Peters, Herdsman

c. 1.. 11110311, 0wnor pm Huron, Mich.





Registered Holstein Bull calves fromA





bun l?”"“ "b" 3“§°Ei‘rixif1ib§’“‘a§h€51ii‘e‘3 W133.





 





 





 





oracle A anew cost HMWlfialfm from 1113‘?

5- 0|". tn

$33333: “as “r rem.“ smiled; as

m 11 1 11.111=1 1

(wrmgfiouézuézi immigrating

"loo delivered" it‘ll. J’o M1011.

A M ”’99“ mag“; Ml «213%: “baffigy

W‘ Mnflwor'i . “Vt-ecu. men.





‘ . '- sun-tor 5111.1. Mules - 09€301.11) Fox 41nd Em.



T. J. LANCE, Sebewalng, M1ch. 533%?!” Risesgim maingfif 03.93511 Pl:

THE HOLSTEINS mar 11:.“ W W1

aervlcof Rot .cowsE [19an



cows. QQWNQLILLIEM%_1£ersviHeoMloh.





 





For sole assess-13st. #1112. M

isMITfléPARKF R- owe" ALMTOIL





Jersevs rog.’ cows and bill’s",l choke breedln Tarp '-





producers” .110 but lcnhee 81011





scarcity of labor. Ten





Strong in th

Lakewood Hereford: 11mm 4,1,. 3“," “at:

that breeds true to type d predominates the leading

show and sale rings of t e country A few

young bulls for sale. Come see, and compare. Flinn

adjoins to“ 11. in 011929



~ E. J. TAYLOR. Fremont Mich.





HEREFORDS’ 3





Both sexes and all ages for sale also horned and

pollod bulls in ser1 Ice Governor by Prince .

Donald by Prime Lad'.91h Militant Farmer by

imported Farmer. Fairfax Farmer by Militant

Farmer. Dun by Perfection Fairfax





ALLEN BROS.,Paw Paw,Mich.

tonnage“ 30:11.11. Wren- 1111-- ’ I





 





Hereford:

Pats"





”id r‘ém‘oesglrb.





at head am





mpg}. M'fi‘ia EJLWWM .

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313.”.





F» 5.16 1115 11 reford you" steers. , MI

' 1.31 abg‘wgfiim {idem-fl





 





have two Beg Oxford ewes at 850. 00





M“ fill J%D&“'3 d3 s.” manna. urea.





 





 





 





Shorthomm “1‘9. ”0%.”.‘3’ "“3





M





1eFarm u. 2. Hanan}: Mich. ‘





{inn
on tlu market.





fairly steady.





on the farm





The farmer who plants potatoes cannot tell you within . . . ,

30 per cent what he will get for the pctatoes neitt' fall. ‘ ~ ,,





They may be worth $6 to $8 a barrel.

able to sell them for $2.50 _a barrel».





But a farmer can tell within 10 or 15- per cent what he

will get for his cattle. -





Founded 186 8





13,; I "I“;IB

: ’es’t'ed perty provided fie with $8.0 "





118639.113; experience in business of 11113,. '





._ hogs and furnish all the feed. The -

hogs are to be fed With the expeCtatlbn »

.2 or marketing them all except what we“



want to keep for breeding purposes. If





Cattle have been one of the steadicst products a farmer sells V

Compare them will: widely soaring potatoes





Cattle—the safest “crop





'5





4,, .





He may not be





. Why? It is because the cattle business has been made

In spite of the uncontrollable flurries from

week to week, you can be surer of what you’ll get for your

“cattle crOp" than you Can for most of your other crops.





Swift cs, Company has helped to steady the market for

you by providing a wide outlet.

every town and village in the far corners of the nation.

We distribute meat where it brings the most money; we



- ship abroad when prices are better there; and we will pay

you in cash all that your animals are worth in the form of

meat and by- products. Swift cs. Company’ 3 profit last year

(including by-products) was less than 2%; cents on each

dollar of sales.





Refrigerator cars supply





Isn’t that a low enough commission for a service that - ,,

guarantees the highest possible-price for livestock?





F. . . Swift (a. Company, U. S. A





A nation-wide organization owned by more than 25,000 shareholder.





 





 





‘ CATTLE





BIBWELL 31081110113





for Beef and Milk.





" Registered bulls0 IIcowa and heifers-Good Scotch and

Scotch Top sale. In prime condition. Modern

. sou pmoent. Farm lihnlnutes tmmN. Y 0.

hour from Toledo, Ohio. Automobile meets



trains. W rite





BIDWELL STOCK FAR M,





g" 30:13. Tecumseh. Mich.





. Shorihorn Callie oi boil: Sex lorSale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





11.111113? S°°‘°" and “900,331: 32...”:‘3 cows and heif-





see them or

cQUILL N R.7, Howell Mich.





1“ g Richland Farms





Shorthorna

«Heine of the Mi‘ch..

based the entire





 





 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





hgmnions Web “can“ Just





mildew A. D. Flt .

t.‘b let “we 1111133331.





. .‘ . PESCQTT & SONS,

{We Towns City. Mich. Earns at Prescott, Mich.





 





F 1-: l

.om ‘i’iiv’gigagn ,fim





 





For Sales“,





110m:l Avondale. Maxw





Milking Shani-.01... girl. $221.?le





HALL. Tecumseh Mich.





DAVIDSON





Sher-thorns of Quality Scotch



Tapped geocendonta of Archie.“

0sola Congest: “£00111 W” Asa.



JOHN “956113219 T‘fseo1 .' Bechity. 111.112“





' bulls





 





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ready orse





Farms, Williamston. M.ich yo

service, Shot-thorns bred for milk

Herd estab. by Prof. C. H. 31113058, Mich. Agrl. 1‘06wa age )





 





CentralMic

oflcr 87 b 111





. sale. Write Oecerkinner. we ..





.ShcrthcrnBreede





17m furnish” if”





 





ShorthornIBreeder £0 pMkt. for sale





CHAS. WARNEB,J1'.





Imlay City. Mich.





 





Shorthorna 10° he“ to select from'. bl

me your BwHL“ 5,109 am“ 0





ertb‘





 





Th9 Kent {90' Shorthorn Breeder's have both males





1 f .

L.'H QLEONAEEHW or sale. 3‘.”





Milking 35????“





Fear old.

Hoot, all" 116111.711.“ ”





 





 





’3‘!!on _.°,w:' “‘1 II D.





u‘t

alsdcnlaJMich.





 





bulls





> for the year.





and make you money write ‘





 





 





‘ “T‘s Sire





 





Here is a very straight 6 months old

calf out of a show cow that lies an A

R. 0. record of QZ. 09 lbspbutterfiO’i

lbs. milk iii 7 daysz 91de a big mince

His sire is a 32 lb. son

of the famous $50,000 bull





If you want- a real sire that





 





A...





 





 





 





 





 





mil





ring this trouble.I





in

:which to buy this sow. I

6. ' However, neither he iicr {have





kind. I am to have the care of the





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





you can furnISh some suggestions

which is about an inch less in diam.

parties I will greatly appreciate same.

Muskegon Co. , 7 .._.~ G. C.” "

The man that furnishes all the feed

and takes care of the hogs ought to





» have about all the profit that can be





made these days and- I w6uldn’t' want

to pay much more than, good interest

on the money invested You could un-

doubtedly go to the bank and borrow

the money to pay for this sow, then all

it would cost you would be the- inter-

est. The uncertainty of the price '0:

pork in the next six months or year. is

such that personally I would not care -

to take any great risks. 01' course,

the man who purchased this sow ”in- 7

vested his money and if he owns the

sow he takes the risk of the sow liv-

ing. Tliat relieves you 013 that obliga-

tion and so you might pay him what

it .Vvould cost to insure this "sow against

death, but I can hardly see why he

could expect very much more.



if the man furnished half the feed

and furnished the hog, then he would»

be entitled to say half-the profit but

where he furnishes nothing onlycthe'

brood sow, my judgment is that he is





entitled to no more than good interest





'on the money plus pérh’apsLthe cost of

insuring the hogs to make his invest-

ment safe. ’ ‘ C. C. L. '





.vv





GRAIN BAG HOLDER.





 





 





THE farmer who seeks much grain

alone will welcome this. Take an





Turn it upside down, slip on a hoop

which is about an inch less inIdlam-





 





eter than the largest end of the buck-

et, Iand fasten the bucket to the cell-

ing by two wires. Slip the mouth of

the bag over the bucket and push the

hoop down over it. This will hold the

bag securely and the_1nore grain you

pour in the tighter it will hold it. When

full raise the suck to loosen it. ——E.

E. WI. , ff;





 





THE NEVER-OPEN GATE. .- :-

'L—t—ur, .. . .



W E have ortéh 11011111! thet certain

gatesaare liable. to be left stand-



mg open: by‘ persons passing through

Heine is a very good way of even ‘





Fasten your large

f .





 





 





 





old bucket and remove the bottomg .,
_ .,IoW6r pri‘ces for meat

’ .‘ ”'efliéctod until the war-

smenj‘ ”pillar-openness

tion.

‘ The statement reads in part:



“The situation today in the meat in-

dustry is Just about what Herbert

Hoover and other food administratmn

officials said it would be as far back as

the first of the year.



’ 1 “That high prices are caused largelys

. . by heavy demands rather than any cons

., ‘ . ' trot aimed to stimulate production has

recently been illustrated very clearly

’ in the case of hogs. When the mini-

‘ . 11min pricefixed for hogs was removed

, ' ‘ the food administration predicted that

. 1 the prices might so still higher. The

‘ ‘ prediction is now being verified.

) ~ _ , "Hig’h prices Will’continue for a long

time. Each day that brings final peace

nearer means a greater call on this

country for meat. The supply of meet

«‘ . g is dependent first of all on the supply

:of live stock. European herds have

been reduced by the war. To that ex-

! ~ tent world production of live stock

is crippled. -

‘ “Live on farms in the United

-, Statesat the beginning of this year

‘ .- eaceeded the number at the beginning

. . ‘ oi: 1918 by 1,036,000. cattle, 4,213,000



' ’ hogs and 963,000 sheep.‘

-' “Butthe armistice, instead of hav-

! , ling reduced the demand for meat, has

‘1 given us more than 200,000,000 addi-

‘ jtional mouths to feed, either wholly or

in part. As shipping becomes avail-

able an incl easing number of hungry

nations will be accessible for provis-



ioning.

‘e “Great numbers of meat animals

5 have been dressed since the first of the

year. Hogs. are now coming into Am.

I , erlcan markets in dwindling quantities

‘ and in lesser numbers than a year ago.

Yet pork products must form a large

part of our exports; The price of hogs

- remains high. .



'Statistics now. available as to the

Bifect of war on foreign herds indicate

that the swine in Italy have decreased

E . from 2,508, 000 in 1908 to 1,6 0.000 in

r . . . 1918, in France, from 7 H037 000 in 1913

to 4,168,000 in 1917; in Germany, from

25,592,000 in 1913 to 12,000,000 in ~318:

in the United Kingdom, from 3,940,000

in 1914 to 2,448,000 in 1918: in Den-





   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





‘





mark, from 2,497,000 in 1914 to 513,000





"111 1.918, and in the Netherlands, from

1,350,000 in 1913 to 1,185,000 in 1917.



“Germany'sucked meat animals out



of the countries she occupied, accord-



, log to Mr. Hoover. Belgium lost a

.“ third of her hogs and ore than

three-fourths of her cattle. Cattle de-

creased severely in many other coun-

tries.‘



“The numbers of liberated peoples

.Who were inaccessible before hostili-

ties ceased, but who the United States

nowwill help to feed, include, accord-

ing to a very recent statement by Mr.

Hoover, nearly 7, 500, 000 in Belgium;

20,,000000 in Poland; 13, 000, 000 in

Creche-Slovakia; 13, 000, 000 ,000 in Ru-

mania: 12.000000 or 13,000,000 in



. , Greater Siberia, and 20,000, 000 in Fin-



land, Armenia and other countries.

“This takes no account of the food

, . 3 being sent into the central empires in

< 1 ' , .- order to avert anarchy and govern-



- mental insolvency.



" “Mr. Hoover estimates German ship-

ping around 20 .000, 000 tons. This will





, cargoes. As it does, a. larger and larg-

. . 1 or part or the demand for food can be

> » reached. "





 





CROP CONDITIONs IN (MICHIGAN.





; WITH the lamest acreage since

3. 1911. and a condition equal to





 





 





”Agriculture.





-m' ‘ their ta or {notice ‘

pied to * “no the normal time last fall and obtained





gradually become available for food





1’3

also inflected, the acreage. being the

largest on record and the condition as

high as in any previous year Since ree-

ords‘began. .

Winter wheat was mostly planted at





a. good growth, both top and root, be-

fore the winter set in. ‘While the

ground was bare for considerable peri-

ods during the winter, the weather was

comparatively dry and mild and pracs

tically no heaving occurred. In the

southern half of the state there was no

winter-killing of consequence, and a

marked/ absence of bare spots in the

fields is noted. ' A plentiful supply of

moisture in March, followed by unsea-

sonably mild weather has promoted an

early spring growth. Reports from

northern districts are less favorable.





. Alternate freezing and thawing in that





part of the state during the closing

days of the month was causing some

apprehension, and the season was not

sufiiciently advanced to accurately de-

termine the condition.



Rye is also in excellent condition.

The acreage planted last fall was esti-

mated to be twenty-one per cent great-





.er than that of the previous year, an





increase of over 100,000 acres; while

the area harvested in 1918 exceeded all

previous records by 50,000 acres.



Aninqniry relative to the number of

breeding sows shows, that for the state

as a. whole, there is an increase of four

per cent over last year.





 





LIVE STOCK OUTLOOK.





 





(Continued from page 622).

supplies of hogs and sheep this year

than a year ago, their cattle receipts

have fallen oil? considerably, and re-

cent marketings have been on a very

moderate scale. It is evident from‘the

cattle marketing now in progress in

Chicago, that choice beeves, particular

1y those of heavy weight, are extreme-

ly scarce in feeding districts nearly

everywhere, and a liberal premium is

paid for the few prime heavy steers

showing up. The best sale for the year

was that of ten head of Hereford

steers averaging 1,255 pounds at $20.40,

the sale taking place recently. No

large nunlbers of steers are selling

above $18, and a load of steers averag-

ing in weight as much as 1400 pounds

is now a. novelty. Many of the high-

est. priced cattle sold in recent weeks

averaged around 1,225 to 1,325 pounds,

whereas ,a year age it required a. load

of at least 1,400 to 1,600 pounds to top

the market. Fat butcher cattle usually

sell- at high prices, and up to a short

time ago canning cows sold high, but





they sold off sharply recently because





lack of government contracts kept the

packers out of the market. Stockers

and feeders have been selling at the

highest prices ever known, and so have

fat beef steers, the top at $20.40 com-

paring with $15.50 one year ago, $13.15

two years ag , and $10 three years

ago. Usually, the widest fluctuations

in cattle prices take place in the mid—

dling grades.

Fat Lambs Sell High.



If a sheepman has a shipment of

strictly prime fiat lambs, not too heavy

in 'Weiglit and Well assorted, on' the

Chicago market, he is sure of receiving

a. high price, éVen if the market should

chance to be considerably below the

highest‘ time of the month; At.the

best time this spring the best Colorado

wooled lambs brought $21. per 100

Deunds, but since thenvprices have had

quite. a. break. Recently the best wool-





,ycd lambs have sold at $19.65, and shorn





lambs have comprised a large (part of





the offerings. Three years ago the“





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buyer’ S name. J. CARL 135%“, Mason, Mich.





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0.1. C. Bred Gilts All Sold.





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o l C. 219311131 16488 months old. Largo fall 01’

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film Front Stock Farm, Dr; den, Mich.





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SHORTHORNS—POLAND CHINAS

choice heifers and a few young cows to offer.

511 to bad for late sprl ngfarrow. Prices





1’. P. POPE. Mt. Plesant, 3110!).





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proved blood ines. Our new herd boar

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“Giant Buster” ,dam' M'ouw s 1541 Queen

breeding! We are all sold out except a few fall pigsm at

$23. 00 each. J.BO. TLER, Portlind, Mich.





Big Type Poland Chinas 1





Am ofler‘mg a. choice gilt, registered and cholera' un-

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b. sow in flesh. Sire

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Puma, Mich.





darn Nemo L. 16940 an

sold 289693for Slsmvprlced reasonable.

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LSWARTZ, R. 1, Schoolcraft, Mich.





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dv Luken' 11 lg Bo M777 Buster}! 293m

teat Big Half Ton 261243. Out of sows, whose

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ONE, Blanchard, Mich.





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counts. W..J HAGI‘ LSHAW, Augusta, Mich





boot and bred gilts. Choice

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Big Type Poland's all sold out, nothingfor saleat

present kiniorders for spring igs. Than

my customers. Chamberlain, arcellus, Mich.

Poland Chlnas all sold. Gene

MammOth Jones 0. 317249, son of Gambia

Jones heads out herd. 01:,- e Weaver, Cerewo, Mich.

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31st 1.





secono somon.





The markets in this edition were re-

vised and corrected on Thursday af-





 





 





,. ternoon, April 17.





WHEAT.





Notwithstanding renewed, assurances

of the splendid condition of the wheat

crop of North America, consumption,

both domestic and foreign, is expand-

ing so rapidly that prices have advanc-

ed and are holding strong at the high

figures. The government is now assur-

ed that there will be no loss resulting

from guaranteeing the fixed price on

wheat to the American farmer. Flour

is in strong demand and the call for

feed is urgent. Receipts at country

and primary elevators are small. The

United States visible supply decreased

8,066,000 bushels during the week. One





year ago the price for No. 2 red wheat'





was $2.17 per bushel. Present Detroit





prices are:

. No.2 red ..............$2.55

.' No. 2 mixed . ..... . ..... 2.53

No. 2 white ........ . . . . . 2.53

CORN.





 





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$67; corn and cat chop $54 per ton in

100-lb. sacks to’jobbers. ' .





HAY.





Prices continue to advance with the

situation acute, consumers failing to

find enough to satisfy their needs. Quo-

tations are. No. 1 timothy $34.50@

35; standard timothy, light mixed at

$33.50@34; ‘ No. 2 timothy and No. 1

ggxoed $32.50@33; No. 1 clover at $29



Pittsburgh—Market is Somewhat

easier ,with quotations aboutsteady.

No. 1 timothy $34@34.50; No. 1 light

mixed $31@32; No. 1 clover, mixed,

$32@33; No. 1 clover $31.50@32.





POTATOES.





Feeling is easier on most of the.

markets, with prices slightly below the

recent high level. Up-state prices to

farmers are a little better than last

week. At Michigan points prices to

growers at warehouses new range from

$1.50@1.70, with the bulk at $1.45@

1.60. Wisconsin growers are receiving

from $1.60@1.70. At Detroit U. S. No.

1 are bringing mostly $3 per 150-lb.

sack; in Pittsburgh $3@3.10; in Cin-

cinnati $2.20 per cwt; in Buffalo $2.25





 





 

 





. ‘ .’,. 5;",\ " _ -”""“

market at 4199c and fresh -firsts‘ at





401;“, while storage packed firsts ring





new cases now bring 43@44c per

dozen. In Chicago prices "are about,

steady, with firsts at 38%@401,éc; o‘rdi-





nary'firsts 38%@38%c; storage pack-j

do extra at!





ed firsts 41%.@42c and

42%4@42%c. New York trade is paying

41@46c and the Philadelphia trade is

jobbing western extra firsts at'.$13.20

and firsts at $12.90 per case. '





POULTRY. >





Poultry trading is dull and steady,

,with quotations for live as follows: No.

1 springs 35@360; stags 300‘; fat hens

40c; small hens and Leghorns 37 @380;

roosters 25@26c; geese 27669280; ducks

38@40c; turkeys 38@40c. . .





WOOL





orders for woolen goods are coming





fast now‘and the mills see busy days.





ahead. Not only are American manna

facturers looking forward to supplying

their usual trade, but they are finding

many promising outlets in new fields

for liberal quantities of goods. For in-

Stance, France has lost a third of her

textile machinery, and now with high-

er wages and natural unwillingness of





Strength in the PI‘OViSion market, Der th; in Indianapolis $2.15; in Chi" the Frenchmen to use the latest type





bad weather and a good demand has

improved the corn market and pushed

prices above those of last week. Of.

ferings at country elevators have been

fairly liberal but the present storms

over the corn belt will hold up delivery.

Primary markets are not well supplied,

there being difficulty in getting sup-

plies from the country on account of

car shortage. One year ago the local

price for N0. 3 corn was $1.75 per

bushel. Present Detroit quotations are:





No. 3 corn ............. .62

N0. 3 yellow ............ 1.65

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.62

No. 5 yellow: ........... 1.59

No. 6 yellow ............ 1.56

No. 3 white ............ 1.65





New high levels are reached in the

corn markets at Chicago, with N0.

yellow at $1.59@1.601/2; No. 4 yellow

$1.571/z@1.581/2; May $15814.





OATS.





Following the general reports that

cat seeding has been restricted by wet

ground, prices advance and hold firm.

The visible supply decreased 492,000

bushels this past week. A year ago the

local market quoted standard oats at

93c per bushel. Present Detroit prices





are;

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

No. 3 white ............ 701/2

No. 4 white ............... 69%





RYE.





On the local market rye is not ac-

tive but. from other points there come

reports that exporters are looking for

the grain. Here the price is up to

$1.72 per bushel for No. 2 grade.





BEANS.





cako $1.75@1.80.





BUTTER.





Prices have undergone a decline in

the majority of the markets, although

in Detroit quotations are higher. Lo-

cal receipts are small and buying ac-

tive. At Detroit fresh creamery stock

is jobbingat 60@61c per pound. Chi-

cago trade is on a lower basis, with

creamery at 55@61c. The spread of

prices on the New York market is

from 621/3@65c and western extra

creamery brings 640 in Philadelphia.





EGGS.





The general conditions remain about

the same in, this market, with con-

sumption sufficiently large to care for

the liberal receipts. Extra firsts in

new cases are quoted on the Detroit





of machinery, there is-much confidence

that the mills‘of the United States-will





have generous orders from that (30111},





try. In England, too, higher wages,

shorter hours for labor and more sex-

"pensive fuel and other supplies are

most certain to cut down production to

the advantage of this country. Shear-

ing in the western‘states has been de-

layed by cold storms and labor difl‘icuL

ties.

cents as compared with the offer of

sheep owners of 121/20 and board. The

recent high prices paid in Boston and

LondOn'has encouraged the shearers

to hold out in their demands, thus de-

laying the removal of the clip. Mich-

igan sales have been too few to estab-

lish quotations. In some sections pro-

ducers are censidering the plan of ship-





 





Livc Stock Market Service





 





 





 





Reports for'Thursday, April— 17th





BUFFALO.



()n today’s market pigs sold at $20

and other grades at $21@21.15. Clip-

ped lambs $17; wool lambs $20; calves

brought $17. Cattle trading is slow.





CHICAGO.





Hogs.



Estimated receipts today are 32,000;

holdover 8,282. Market opened 10c

lower but weakening and mostly 15@

200 lower from high time of Wednes-

day. Bulk of sales $20.35@20.70; tops

$20.80; heavy, 250 lbs up, medium,





down, medium, good, choice and prime

$18@19.75; do 85 lbs up, medium, good,

choice and prime $17.75@19.60; do

culls and common‘$14@17.75; spring

lambs, medium, good, choice and prime

$15.75@18; yearling wethers, medium,





. good and choice $12@15.50; ewes, me-





dium, good and choice $6@.12; feeder

lambs medium, good, choice $15.25 @17.





BUFFALO.





Wednesday, April ,16,





Cattle.

Receipts 20 cars. Market 25@40c





lower; prime heavy steers $17@17.75;





The bean trade is holding steady to good and choice $20.60@20-80; medium best shipping steers $15@16; medium





pea beans have

While there were





firmer. Prices for

changed but little.



quite a few imports

of last week, these were far exceeded

by exports to European points and

elsewhere—rthe imports

2,028 tons of which 1,828 tons were K0-

ashis, and the exports aggregated 3,333





200 tQ 250 lbs, medium, good and choice

$20.40@20.75; light, 150 to 200 lbs, com-





since Wednesday mon, medium, good and choice $19.90 light yearlings, good quality _

14.50; best handy steers $13.50@14.50; '





@2060; light lights, 130 to 135 lbs,

common, medium, good and choice at





amounted to $18.75@20.35; heavy packing sows, '250 heifers, mixed





smooth $19.50@20.10; packing





lbs up,

rough $18.50@19.50;





sows, 200 lbs up,





shipping steers $13.50@14; best native

yearlings, 950 to 1,000 lbs. $15 1%;

. 1





fair to good $12@13; handy steers and

$12@13; western heif-

ers $12.50@13; best fat cows. $12@

12.50; butcher cows $9@10; cutters $7





tons. White beans in Michigan produc- pigs, 130 lbs down, medium, good and @8; canners $5@6; fancy bulls $10@





ing sections are bringing from $6@7.





,New York jobbers are taking Michigan





white stock at $7.50@7.75 and best

marrows at $11.75@12 and ordinary at

$10.50@11.50. There is nothing doing

in Boston or on the local market. In

Philadelphia the trade is steady at

$7.50@8 for Michigan pea beans and

Chicago jobbers are paying $7.75@8 for

choice stock of the same variety from

this state. ,



Lima bean pool recently formed in

southern California and controlling 75





' per cent of the remaining stock has





received orders for 215 carloads for

April shipment at $6.75 f. o. b. and is

refusing to accept further orders at

New prices will be named





sold to any one dealer. All purchasers

guaranteed against declinenntil Aug"





gs of Limas may be cleaned up satis-





ictorily and all other 'v‘a'rieties' have





strengthened acCordingly.





' FEEDS.





good .ideinan'd keeps values, firm as

': .Bran 34561346: standard mid-

46: . ne middlings $48@502





   





choice $17.50@18.75.

Cattle. »



Estimated receipts today are 8,000.

Beef steers and butcher stock 15@250

higher. Calyes slow; early sales are

steady. Beef steers, medium and heavy

weight, 1100 lbs up, choice and prime

$17.75@20; do medium a (1 good $14.25

@18; do.common $7.55 14.40; light

weight, 1100 lbs down, good and choice

$15@18.70; do common and medium

$10.25@15.40; butcher cattle, heifers,

common, medium, good and choice $8

@1565; cows, common, medium, good

and choice $5.75@15.50; bulls, bologna

and beef $8.50@13; - canners andmcut-

ters, coWs and heifers $6.15_@7.75; do,

canner steers $7@10.25; veal calves,





 





and choice $14@15.75; feeder steers,

common, medium. good and choice at





medium. good and. .choice'$B-$0@.13_-75-:

stacker cows and heifersgcommd’

(1111111,; good and shame 3382.6{52

stacker calves, common. medium; . '

and choice $7-.75@.1_3. , , ‘ "j :"

suspend-48mm.»



Estimated maintrtddai .



Opening glam-good» and chaise“





seal ”it cracked cars 1119"? am w hiss. .. us





save 0°





11; butcher bulls $9@10; best feeding

steers, 900 to 1000 lbs‘$11@12.50; me-

dium feeders $10@11; stockers $10@

10.50; light stockers $8@9; milkers

and springers $754 @150.





. ogs. - _ *

Receipts ten cars. Market higher.





Heavy $21@2I.7‘5; Yorkers 8216122115;





pigs and lights $20@20.’25. . .

_ ’Sheep and Lambs. ; ~ 5 _





Receipts five’ ears; market is strongf





Wool lambs $19.75;

16.85; 'yearlings ~$13.50@1‘,4;

$13@13.50; ewes $116312.



M k‘t h Cg‘lives. Mid ' g

, are ,. ere . vance, W'Tops .

$17.50; grass calves $7. _ _ _ ‘





clipped $16.75@

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tics. departments or .- 6.311!

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' of cars but. of the state ‘ to "date tater .-





The shearers are asking for 17 1,4".





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ping their wool through their farnfgb'lié ‘7' I

fre‘aug‘ror. ; other organizations in order; "

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latter part of range, “a 1ng the .

citrimarketvat :31- . @ saint. bushel.

At some points!!!“ »- firn. mania? +1 .

they advanced to 31:6?14752‘srjcw; '. ~* f

at Others $1.25@1.50. 5 .. econ ; _

government ‘ agent’s-4 report ‘ s





 





 





 

 





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laments ~





7,217, which is 958 .more than to event . , _



date a-year ago. _ The markj isstrong .y ‘



and receipts light at man shipping



points. The last shipment of onions in



carlots was made Saturday from ,west-‘ j



ern Michigan. ' During the season or-



ders were filled for Cuba and to, points ,



south. ,Jobbers in {beans pay. growers -; ,. .g

in Grand Rapids market—area $6 per '

cw . for; Whiteand $7rfor red ;_kidneys.

At some shipping paints in; western -

Michigan dealers are paying $5.50 to .



farmers. 1 Several pits of rutab’agas.“'



turnips were opened laSt. week at the

growers and sold at $1 per bushel; At »

all points "in western Michigan hay is ,,



held at0330@31'-f0r loose timdthy. ,





 





 





 





 





THE NEW YORK Paoouce' Mira-'1'

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Butter.——Indications of the near ar- “ .

rival of spring have caused receivers ,

to be more than anxious to keep their ' ~

stocks cleaned up. As a result the

market has been keenly sensitive 'dur- .—

ing the week and the slightest varia-

tion in general conditions has caused .



a fluctuation. Asa whole, sup 1y has



just about equaled demand an while-



there have been changes’in price the‘ _



market closed with practically‘ the



same established quotations as at the. -

end of, last week. Export demand can . .



tinues strong but as there is a scar-g /

city of shipping space purchases for} , —

shipment abroad are necessarily small. ‘

Receipts are increasing and” Wunless .



more shipping space can be secured to‘ ‘L



Care for a greatly in‘crease’d export‘de—.



mand a marked decline in values can



not be averted. At the close on Friday

established quotations were as fol- ’ J

lows: Extras 6525c; higher scoring . .

than extras 66@661/2c;~ firsts 631A;@. ‘

65c; seconds 61@63c. .



Cheese—There has been a steadier'

tone to the market during the week

and western markets also indicate a. '

firmer condition. Reports indicate a

material increase in production in .

western cheese producing areas but as

yet the production in New York shows

no change cf any consequence. Ex-

porters, areactive... in the market but ‘

have taken no large-quantities as yet..



However; it is expected that the de- ,



mand of exporters will become strongy



er later in the spring and will continue



ue active throughout the season. Cur.



rent make, average run cheese is quot- ' v. .. .



ed at 311,4@33c. Cheese of higher qual- ’



ity is quoted half a cent higher. Held - . '

cheese which is in scant supply, is 3911- «- '1

ing at 35@38c. ‘ , - ‘



Eggs—While the market has been

irregular during. the week the tendenw '

cy has been for the market’to strength- .

enfu Receivers have been unwilling to

“purchase eggs outright because of the

high prices‘asked and as ‘a result great

quantities have beenplaced in storage

Naturally, such withdrawals have had

a sustaining effectonrthe market. The , :

market closes strong ‘With firsts quoted ' 2.. .

at 41%@43%c and extra firsts at 44@ " > ,’ '

44sec. Nearby hennery whites are

selling at prices varying from 46@510.



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.fifty€eight persgns we‘rels’lja‘in' f7 (I one i” i .,

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"‘no,” in the central counties 29 answer





- and in the upper peninsula three an-





souternen





susla. The average depth or snow in

the state on March 15 was 0.86 and in

the southern counties 0.40 of an inch,

in the central counties 1.18, in the

northern comties 1.34 and in the upper

peninsula 4.17, inches. On March 29

the average depth or snow in the state

Was 024,111 the southern counties 0.18,

in the central counties 0.83 'of an inch,

in the northern counties “none" and in

the upper peninsula 1.27 inches. The

‘number of days portection to wheat

by snow, was six in the state, tour in

the southern counties, seven in the

centrpl counties, 10 in the northern

counties and 15 in the upper eninsula.

In answer to the question, " as wheat

during Karel: suffered injury from any

cause,” 67 correspondents in the south-

ern counties anSWer “yes(’ and 115





“yes” and 48 “no,” in the northern,

counties 20 answer “yes” and 23 ‘no





swer “yes" and 10 .“no.” The total

number of bushels of wheat marketed

by farmers in March at 96 flooring

mills is 66,680 and at 54 elevators and

to grain dealers 15,712 or a’total of

82,892 bushels. Of this amount 57,928

bushels were marketed in the southern

four tiers of counties, 18,130 in the

central counties and 6,384 in the north-

ern counties and upper peninsula. The

estimated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the eightmonths,

August-March is 4,650,000. One hun-

dred and tWenty mills, elevators and

grain dealers report no wheat market-

ed in March. . .

Rye—The average condition of rye

in the state is 95, in the southern Coun-

ties 97, in the central counties 91, in

the northern counties 93 and in the

upper peninsula 92. One year ago the

condition in the state was 77, in the

southern counties 73, in the central

counties 78, in the 'nOrthern counties

83 and in the upper peninsula 96. ‘

Meadows.——The average condition of

meadows in the state is 82, in the

southern counties 80, in the central

counties 83, in the northern. counties

86 and in the upper peninsula 88. The

condition in the state one year ago

was 85, in the sauthern counties 82, in

the central counties 86, in the northern

counties 88 and in the upper penin-

sula 96. .

Live Stock.~—The average condition

of horses and swine in the state is 95,

cattle 94 and sheep 97. ,

Fruit.—-’The following table shows

the prospect for an average crop of the

various kinds of fruit in the state and

the-different sections as reported by

fruit correspondents:





Sou.“ Cen. Nor. Up.

, State. Co’s Co’s Co’s Penin.

Apples ..79 81 71 78 97





Pears .. .80 80 79 84 79

Peaches .68 67 58 80 . .

Plums ..84 84 85 - 86

Cherries 85 , 85 77 89

Small frt 88 85 86 89 98



’ In regard to the question, “what per

cent of orchards" are being sprayed,”

correspondents report 40 in the state.

41 in the southern counties, 35 in the

central counties,

counties and 29 in the upper peninsula.



Grain seed threshed in Michigan for

the season of 1918-19 up to and includ-

ing April 1, 1919, per returns of thresh—

ermen is as follows:





Yield

. , .per acre,i

* Acres. ~ Bushels. Bush.‘n

Wntr Wilt. . 653,001 9,169,230 14.04

Spg wht... 43,208. 777,773 18.00

Rye . . . . 475,400 6,810,834 14.33

Oats ...... 1,580,936 62,246,234 39.37

Speltz .. 9,412 257,801 27.39

Barley . . . . 279,698 8,359,669 29.89

Buckwht .. 41,687 376,535 9.03

Pears . . . . . 20,897 301,278 14.42

Seed: , , \- ‘ /

Timothy . 766 1,806 2.36

Clover .. . 75,371 _ 73,980 0.98

Beans 363,883 3,291,343 9.05





This report closes the 1918 and 1919

threshing season: ‘ '





 





.With hogs advanced to about the

highest prices ever'paid' in the history

of the swine industry, farmers who had





   





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Inspected Milk





From Pure Bred Holstein

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Chapin & Co., 'Chicago, Ill. ‘

Gentleman—The car of U i

‘ which we ordered arrived todgfig

_ which I am duly thankiul as we

have been out for about two weeks.





We recently ran a 7 day A. R. 0.

test on 6 of our three and four year

old cows with the following results:

Butter, 21.892 lbs., 20.8921bs., 17.882

lbs., 16.883 lbs., 15.7 lbs., 14.2 lbs.

These cows were not especially pre-

pared for the test and were not even

placed in box-stalls as we did not

F have the room.





Very truly yours,

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Donn/men's Manual, which tells

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