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TANDING before abeautiful farm machine, it seems to

me I see something more in it than a'. silent, motionless

collection of wood, iron and steel. I see first of all, the

spirit of the man who thought it out, and made it, to be the

helper of humanity it is. And I thinki You are a part of that

man’s very being. Into your construction he put, not simply a

few pieces or wood and metal, but his very self, his inventive

genius, his God-given powers of mind and body. You are what

you are because he dreamw and thought and worked to bring

a great hopeto the realization. I love- you, splendid machine,

but I love the‘man who made you more! '

And then, in you Ilse’e-vank'mstrunient‘ for the“ betterment of

the men and women of‘theLfarm.’ You...ta-ke' man and lift him

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”A TRIBUTE TO A FARM MACHINE





ed back he used to toil from early dawn till late at night and

came in with many a task still undone. But you came, and

now the day is shortened, the burden lightened. You give men

time to think. You bring ampler reward for service done. You

help the tired horses and make their lives more tolerable. You

lengthen life. You make home more beautiful. You bring edu-

cation within the reach of the humblest. You make the world

to bud and blossom and bring'forth as it never did before. You

carry food and comfort to thousands who are hungry. You

stand between mankind and sorrow; want and unrequited toil.



And, best of all, you do this that the world may be a better

place in which to live, a place where human hearts may rise to.

a fuller realization of what it really means to live. Beautiful

machine, you are my friend, the friend of the world! God bless

you and the man who made you!





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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VOLUME CLIII. NUMBER FIFTEEN





DETROIT, OCTOBER 11, 1919





CURRENT COMMENT





HE industrial con-

ference, called by

President Wilson, is





 





 





 





 





Farmers at





Indusrtrial holding its early ses-

Conference sions as we go to

V press. There seems





to be every evidence that the delegates

are approaching their task with a full

realization of the ‘ responsibilities

which devolve upon them as members

of an extra-constitutional_b0dy which

is called together for the purpose of

attempting to find a solution for the

present condition 30f industrial unrest,

and a way to settle the points at issue

between labor and capital in an amica-

ble manner which is fair to the public

as well as to the principal interests

above mentioned.



At this writnig the method of pro-

cedure has not been determined, but

the opinion prevails that the confer-

ence will be organized for action, rath-

er than as a debating ring, in which

case the important work will be done

in committees, rather than in open

sessions, which, even in a small body

such as this conference, will tend to

make a definite result from its delib-

erations more possible. In any event

there will be sufficient open discussion

of the various plans which are certain

to be advanced for the solution of the

vexed industrial problem, to insure

that the public will become well in-

formed regarding them,‘ which should

make for,a crystallization.of public

sentiment regarding them, thus bring-

ing a practical solution of the indus-

trial problem nearer, even if nothing

definite is accomplished by the confer-

ence itself.



Early reports from the conference

seem to indicate that the labor dele-

gates have a more definite program



I than is the case with delegates repre-

senting other interests, while the dele-

gates representing the public may be

supposed to approach the problems in-

volved with an open mind, although it

is certain that any man of sufficient

caliber to be appointed to a seat in

this conference has t





 

 





0d of their solution. any event the

responsibilities for the future weal or

woe of the nation rest heavily on the

members of this confelence, since its

recommendations are certain to have

an important relation to the future in-

dustrial history of the nation, whether

they contribute to the present solution

if the industrial problem or not. ’



This responsibility has been definite-

,reCogniaed by certain of the repre-

t'atives of agriculture who have

‘ med ~ on the conference. Mr.





t much one





represents the new farm bureau mode— ‘





ment, has asked that farm bureau rep-

resentatives from other states be ap-

pointed to counsel with him during the

conference, and representatives have

been designated by the State Farm

Bureau organizations of Michigan, 111-

diana, Illinois and Missouri. President

Roland Morrill, of. the Michigan State

Farm Bureau, who will represent the

organization in this capacity, left for

Washington last Sunday, so as to be

on the ground at the opening of the

sessions. It is probable that delegates

representing other agricultural organ—

izations will fortify themselves with

similar counsel, to the end that the in-

terests of agriculture may be as ade-

quately safeguarded as possible with

the limited representation which the

industry has been given in the mem-

bership of the conference. In this con-

nection Michigan agriculture is to be

congratulated in having at its disposal

the services of a man of Mr. Morrill’s

caliber to act in this capacity.





HERE is a per-

sistent movement





Federa’ on foot to manufac

Farm Loan ture sentiment favor-

Banks ing the taxation of

federal farm loan



bonds. These bonds are the securi-





ties sold to the investing public as a

means of supplying funds for the loans

made to farmers by the federal farm

loan banks, through local farm loan

associations or through designated

agents of the federal banks as the case

may be. The arguments used are cal-

culated to appeal to farmers as a class

if they are not carefully analyzed.

Briefly, the main arguments employed

in this propaganda are that the non-

taxable feature of these bonds has

been a factor in lowering the market

for liberty bonds and has provided a

choice tax-free investment for the

wealthy class, to the general detriment

of the public. The claim is also made

that the main beneficiaries of the fed-

eral farm loan system are a compara-

tively few well—to-do farmers. Specific

cases are also cited in which appli-

cants for loans are charged with hav-

ing successfully conspired to evade

the legal limit of credit by irregular

means, thus intimating that the sys-

tem is inefficiently operated.



If changes are needed in the federal

farm loan law to make the system

more efficient or better adapted to the

purpose for which it was created they

should be easily made. But the system

has justified itself as a beneficial fac-

tor in the country’s prosperity, and

the arguments of its enemies will be

looked on with suspicion by the aver

age farmer who would prefer to see

the plan “doctored” by its friends,

whenever it needs “first aid.”





1TH the war re-

straint removed

the industrial machin-

ery of the country is

inclined to run wild.

Radicalism is the

trend of the times. lts outcroppings

are many and varied. It affects, to

some extent, all classes of citizens, the

wage-earning classes most of all, for

the apparent reason that a considera-

ble element of them believe they have,

little to lose and much to gain by any

sort of change .in industrial organiza-

tion and conditions. Capital, on the

other hand, is conservative, because it

has much to lose, and readjustment to

industrial changes is difficult and

fraught with peril to the industries in

which it has made investments. Hence

the industrial strife, which in some

measure affects every industry and all

classes of people, and which “from its

very nature is so difficult of pacific

solution.

In this situatIOn the country needs

an industrial balance wheel, wherein

lies the 611pr of the helm-owes





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business cannot afford to be radical

in their views or aflll1ations.Neither

can they afford tobe ultra conserva-

tive. What they require for business

success and prosperity is stable con-

ditions, which will permit them to earn

a fair wage for their work and a fair

return on their investment of capital.

They could not, as a class, afford to

be profiteers even from the standpoint





of selfish interest, since this would de»





stroy the very Stability of the industry

which 'is essential to their prosperity.



But the farmers of the country are

not profiteers, either in “fact or in spir-

it, notwithstanding the attempt of the

city press and other influences. to

charge the high cost of living directly

to them. And they will rise to their

opportunity to become an efficient bal-

ance wheel to the industrial machine

of the country in the present crisis.

The declarations submitted by repre-

sentatives of organized farmers from

five great agricultural states, Which ap-

years on another page of this. issue,

are in line with this opportunity and

this program. They are a sane ex-

pression of a sane purpose.





HE' settlement of





England's the British rail-

, way strike, which was

Railway effected early this

Strike week is a matter for





s in c e r e congratula-

tion“ not only to the British people,

but to the people of America as well,

since any disturbance in‘international

trade relations has an immediate ef-

fect on the business of great export-

ing countries, like the United States.

This fact is well illustrated by a re-

view of statistical reports relating to

our exports to the United Kingdom,

which at present aggregate nearly

$300,000,000 per month, of which far

the larger items consist of farm prod-

ucts, including products from the live

stock grown on American farms.



Without doubt the tie-up of British

railways resulting from this strike has

had a bearish effect on the market for

farm products in this country, as indi-

cated by the reaction 0‘? the corn mar-

ket on the receipt of news of its set-

tlement. But this may have served a

good purpose in stabilizing future mar-

ket values, since this reaction, in the

face of the critical industrial situation

in this country, is an indication of the

judgment of the trade that this staple

cereal, which is considered thebarom-

eter of the foodstuffs market when

wheat is selling at a controlled price,

has reached its probable low level.



The terms of this strike settlement

seem from published reports to- have

been of a fortunate character. While

both sides to the controversy claim a

victory, it would appear that the con-

cessions granted the strikers were not

gleater than they probably could have

secured without such drastic action as

a strike which threatened the very life

of the nation and which cost the work-

ers themselves millions of dollars in

lost income, as well as contributing

further to the already burdensome cost

of living, greater by far than prevails

in this country. .



To the detached observer, it would

appear that this was a case in which

the strikers were certain to lose, even

if they were succesSful in carrying out

their program. To some extent, at

least, this same principle would appear

to hold good in all similar controver-

sies under present industrial condi-

tions. Stocks of goods of all kinds are

abnormally Iow. Increased production

and more economic distribution is the





real remedy for present conditions. In-.





dustrial strikes, which are everywhere

so prevalent, defeat these necebisery

ends to a return to more normal con-

ditions.



A settlement of the yoked industrial





problem wQuid be me desirable at at“,





men, who Own and Operate their, own;





   

   





pair the waSte of Wa- would be the





next best thing Let us hope that the





Industrial Conference now in session





at Washington may contribute in a-





constructive way to some such result.





News of the Week





Wednesday, October 1.



THE supleme council of the allies



w‘ill place economic pressure on

Germany until all German troops are

removed from the Baltic region.—

State Farm Bureau representatives in

conference at Indianapolis demand a.

ten-hour work day' for all productive

industries—The .King \and Qheen 01'

Belgium arrive in New York. ——Both

Sides in the steel strike controversy

are endeavoring to hold their ground

until the industrial conference called

by President Wilson meets in Wash-

ington, Mondays—Union chiefs declare

that 375,000 men are out.



Thursday, October 2.



EN men, thlee whites and seven



negroes, are killed in a race riot

at Elaine, Arkansas—President Wil-

son’s improvement is slow. —Strikes

are again spreading in Germany—Sen-

ator Reed, of Missouri, is eggo‘d as he

attempts to speak against the peace

treaty and the league of nations, in

Andmore, Okla.——-A strike of printers

in New York will prevent many pub-

lishers putting out their regular issues

until‘ the strike is settled—The pork

packers of Canada form an organiza-

tion to place their cause before the

public—Senate and house conferee

committees reach an agreement on the





 





prohibition enforcement bill.——The vol—v





cano Mauna Loa is pouring forth a

stream of lava nearly a mile wide and

thirty miles long.



. Friday, October 3.





OCTORS announce President Wit

son’s condition as unsatisfactory.

—()ne section of the bankers’ associa-

tion in session at St. Louis disapproves

further extension of the federal farm

loan system under the tax exemption

provision—The United States Senate

votes to eliminate thirty—six of the

forty-five amendments written into the

peace treaty.—-—Protestant clergymen

from all arts of the world are in. ses~

sion at he Hague considering plans

for promoting international fellowship

through the agency of the church.

Saturday, October 4.

GRAVE situation develops in

Great Britain Where the govern.

ment’ unanimously votes to enter into

no further negotiations with ‘the na-

tional union of railway men until the

men return to work—Federal em loy-

ment offices are ordered closed cto«

ber 10 because of lack bf funds—Eco-

nomic relations between Luxemburg

and Belgium are broken off, due to the

recent referendum under which France

becomes the financial ally of Luxem-

burg—The Bolshevist government an-

nounces that it is ready to make peace

at any moment.





Sunday, OctOber 5.





HE entente inquiry. is favorable to



Belgium in the controversy with

Holland over the Scheldt river.——Mas-

sachusetts republicans urge the ratifi-

cation of the peace treaty without

amendment—Serious rioting occurs at

Gary, Ind., between strikers and a lo-

cal company of militia—An investi-

gation into the costs of producing con-

densed milk will be started Tuesday

at Lansing under Judge Wiest.



Monday, October 6.



HE British railway strike ends sud-



denly and the men resume work,

while labor leaders enter conference

with government officials to settle the

questions of dispute—The national in-

dustrial conference called by President

Wilson opens in Washington.‘——The

steel companies of the Pittsburgh dis-

trict prepare to make an attempt to

reopen—Colonel House. of the peace

delegation sails for the United States.



Tuesday, October 7.





T is reported from Rome that the



United States navy is withdrawing

from the-Adriatic whither it had gone

during the trouble over Fiume.-—One

thousand United States troops are

keeping order at Gary—The situation

in Turkey is considered grave since

the young Turks gained control of

Asia Minor.—-‘Tobolek is now in the

possession, of Kolchak’s Russian forc-

es, and the fall of Kurgan. another

Bolshevic'ki stron’ghbld, is imminent.—

w—Repr‘esentatives of both capital and

labor at the industrial conference, at

Washington hope to create a cap .

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T present there is an element



laboring night and day at Wash-



ington in a dishonest effort to

hamper the usefulness of the Federal

Farm Loan system. This element rep-

resents _certain selfish banker organi-

zations, in the past permitted to wax

fat from the usurious interest charges

made to farmers for their mortgage

money, and unless farmers generally

watch out, these interests are certain

to gain sufficient following in congress

and the senate to insure the success

of their campaign.



In the first place, these lobby work-

ers are crying against permitting Fed-

eral Farm Loan Bonds to remain tax

exempt, crying out that the treasury





' department is permittingthousandzs of.





dollars in tax money to pass its doors

because of this short-sightedness.





Let us consider a few facts of the

case, with open and unbiased minds.

In the first place, the Federal Farm

Loan system needs no defense. It has

been in operation more than two

years; it has passed under the observ-



Fing eye of experts of agricultural and

commercial bodies, as well as the com-

mittee of the American Bankers’ As-

sociation, and the system has demon-

strated the imperative need in Amer-

ica of this system of agricultural

finanCing. The farmer today, as dur-

ing the war, requires a longtime loan,

analogous in its terms of payment to

the long-time bond issues of public

utility and other commercial corpora-

tions, it the farmer Is successfully to

carry on the work or developing his

farm, or even holding his own.





The future of, agriculture is bright.

Farm values will increase in the near

future, which means an advance, in the

amount of operating capital required,

and a reduction of the interest rate,

even though slight, is of tremendous

importance in a country where farm-

ers have a mortgage indebtedness of

more than $3,000,000.000, and a short-

term note indebtedness of another

$1,000,000,000. If we save but onehalf

of one per cent to our farmers annu-

ally, in Iowa alone, where there is an

outstanding farm mortgage indebted-

ness of $500,000,000, we save the Iowa

farmers $2,500,000 in interest alone.

The saving is equal in proportion for

other states, in keeping with the total

amount of their mortgages, so that the

average saving for American farmers

cf the forty-eight states would aggre-

gate about $75, 000, 000 per year if we

saVe them but one-half of one per cent

in interest payments on the $3, 000 ,-000,

000 mortgage indebtedness.





Every system which is economically





and socially wrong has been profitable;





to someone. Strike at that profit and

you at 'once have an enemy. Selfish

banking interests, led by farm mort-

gage men, use this propaganda as their

typical battle-cry: “We love, the Farm

Loan Act, but ’an exemption of your

bonds is obnoxious. Repeal the tax

exemption feature."



They do not love the act in the first

place, for it has deprived them' of a

regular interest earning for Iowa alone

of more than $500,000 On the $15,000,:-

000 Federal Farm Loan mortgages

now in that state, and, of course, the





result is that the tax exemptibn clause

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is "obnoxious” to them.,

that Federal Farm Loan Bonds are





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much more interest, which, of course,

would be added onto the farmer’s in-

terest rate, thus making him paysix

per cent instead of the present five

and a half per cent.



To cloak their selfish interests, the

farm mortgage organization argue that

their one great motive is to protect

Liberty Bonds. They are alone in dis-

covering that Farm Loan Bonds are

causing the depreciation of Liberty

Bonds; the investors from Wall Street

down have failed to appreciate any

such fact. Stripped of all this camou-





flage, this _is a fight by certain farm“





mortgage bankeis against a system

they despise because It has already

been seized upon by practical bankers,

business men and farmers as the true

solution of the, economic needs of the

farmers of America. ’



But it is interesting to note that this

campaign has been carried on by in-

surance companies with enormous sur-

pls funds to invest in farm mortgages,

and by the above mentioned associa-

tion, only in those states where they

have the greatest amount of money

returned to them, and where they are

being deprived of the priviledge of

longer-continuing their usurious busi-

ness methods. If the tax exemption

matter is so serious in the states

where they lend money, why not like-

wise, as serious in those states where

they do not lend money, provided, of

course, they are seriously honest in

safeguarding the integrity of the sys-

tem they “love” so greatly.



But the real fact is that Federal

Farm Loan bonds represent to date

but one-fortieth of the aggregate se-

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others being as follows: Building and

loan associations, $1,700,000,000; mutu-

al savings banks, $2,000,000.000, and

municipal bonds, $4,000,000,000.





Authorities assert that only five per

cent of the monies and credits in this

country are ever reached for taxation.

These securities are easily hid. But

the farmer’s secuirty lies to the open

view of the world, he pays taxes upon

his land at its assessed value without

deduction for his mortgage indebted-

ness. He is, therefore, paying the 10-

cal tax on his mortgage indebtedness.

As an economic policy, is it sound to

require him to pay double tax on his

indebtedness, which he would have to

do in the form of increased interest

rate, but for the tax exemption 'clause

in the Federal Farm Loan Act, rela-

tive to bonds issued on these mort-

gages?



Stock in the Federal Reserve Banks

in the United States is exempt from

all form of taxation and the bankers

owning these stocks receive six per

cent dividends on them, yet none has

to date questioned the propriety of

this arrangement. These institutions

are for the commercial and industrial

men; the farm loan system is for the

farming interests. Therefore, I say,

what is sauce for the goose ought to

taste good to the gander.



Therefore, let every farmer interest-

ed in the welfare of American agricul-

ture write his representatives at Wash-

ington, requesting that they stand op-

posed to changing the tax exemption

clause in the Federal Farm Loan Act.

Do this today.



'The system has been the salvation

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can System.





the majority of the loans closed have

beento small farmers.“ But we have

thousands of larger farmers who have

been deprived of the benefits of this

system, not because they lacked in ad-

equate credits to meet the require-

ments of the act, but because the act

lacked in capacity to serve them. This

matter should be immediately changed.





As the act now reads, no individual

farmer can borrow to exceed $10,000.

Since each borrower is required to

subscribe to the capital stock of the

district land bank to the extent of five

per cent of his loan, if he applied for

$10,000, he would receive but $9,500 in

cash, $500 being credited as stock sub-

scription.



If a farmer owns two hundred acres

worth $100 per acre, he has a total

farm investment involved of $20,000;

if he owns one hundred acres worth

$200 per acre, he has $20,000 involved.

Aside from this he would require about

$15,000 for equipment and live stock





on the first farm and about $8,000 on‘





the second, or a total investment of

$35,000 and $28,000, respectively.



Take one county of Iowa, Lyon coun-

ty, as an illustration: There are 1,669

farms in this county, worth on an av-

erage of $33,000 each, which equipped

for operation involve an average in

vestment of $50,000. In Lyon county

there are sixteen banks, the average

capitalization of which is $42,000.

This is but another way of saying that

you can be a banker in this fertile ag-

ricultural county with $8,000 less mon-

ey than you can be a farmer.





But we do not need to go to a $200

or $300 per acre corn belt section to

find so striking an illustration. Take

your own county. It is probably about

like my own, Chautauqua county, New

York. We have any number of banks

in rural towns operating on $20,000 to

$30,000 capital, considered sound insti-

tutions. Surrounding these we find

farms with more capital involved in

land, buildings, live stock, equipment,

etc., etc.



All of which demonstrates that we

must care for the man who is operat~

ing the large farm as well as he who

tills a few acres. The Federal Farm

Loan Act should provide for the loan-

ing of $25,000 to an individual farmer.

Thousands of men have been unable

to borrow one-third of their farm in-

vestment, whereas, the present act ad-

vises that a farmer may borrow fifty





per cent land value and twenty per-





cent building value. Therfore, Lyon

county, Iowa, farmers ought to be able

to secure loans of about $18,000 each

without difficulty, whereas, as the act

now reads their limit in actual cash is

$9,500.



Write your representatives at Wash-

ington and endorse this, since it will

aid very materially in keeping our

large and profitable farms in opera-

tion, and give our middle-sized and

large farmers due financial aid.



Why should the farmer be handicap-

ped in his finances? The business man

is able to go to his banker and secure

loans advantageously without one-

fourth the evident resources of the

farmer. Take the grain elevator men.

They take warehouse receipts to the

Federal Reserve Banks and are able to

borrow up to ninety per cent of the

aggregate value. Yet, the same bank-





er would lose his breath if the average ' . ,

farmer sought a loan to exceed thirty I '



pencent of his crop value, turning his! a,

dawn with the familiar sentem 'l ’ .

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I BANKS ON FINEST BASIS IN HIS-





TORY, ASSERTS WILLIAMS.





N an address before the National

Bank section of the American Bank-



ers’,Association recently, John Skel-

ton Williams, Controller of the Cur-

rency, declared that the American

banking system was on the firmest ba-

sis in the country’s history and that

it was the lot of the bankers of the

United States “to lead in the huge

work of upholding, guiding and restor-

ing” the world.



“The world is your field of opera-

tions,” he said. “The nations are your

clients. Your prospects of extension

are illimitable. Your opportunity for

widening the regions of your country’s

activities, for increasing its wealth and

power are boundless. No other com-





munity of bankers ever has had such . 3'





Work to do—-such opportunity to_use.”





FARM BUREAU .CONFERENCE AT

INDIANAPOLIS.





CONFERENCE of representatives



of the State Farm Bureau Federa-

tions of Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa,

Nebraska and Michigan was called at

Indianapolis, Ind., September 20. This

meeting was called by J. G. Brown,

president of the Indiana Federation.

Chester H. Gray, of Nevado, M0,, was

chosen to act as chairman of this con-

ference. C. A. Bingham, of Birming-

ham, Michigan, was asked to act as

secretary.



The purpose of this conference was

to elect a committee to confer with

President Wilson regarding proper rep-

resentation of farmers on the indus-

trial committee that was called by the

,President to meet in Washington, Oc-

tober 6. The following committee was

elected, consisting of Eugene Funk, of

Illinois; Chester H. Gray, of Nevada,

’Mo.; 0. E. Bradfute, of Ohio, and J.

G. Brown, of Indiana. This committee

drafted resolutions in the form of a

telegram which was forwarded to the

President, asking his to appoint a

time for receiving this committee.



The contention of the conference

was inasmuch as the rural population

represents fifty—three per cent of the

.population of the United.States, and

produces yearly more than $24,700,000,-

000 of farm products, and pays more

than fifty per cent of the taxes of the

states, that agriculture is entitled to

an equal representation on the indus-

trial committee with capital or labor.

Also that the farmers are daily suffer-

ing losses and laboring under burdens

that should be investigated.



If this request meets with the ap-

proval of the President, it is planned

to have representatives of the various

farm bureau organizations, meet in

Washington during the time the indus-

trial board is in session, to act as an

advisory body to the members of the

industrial committee who represent

agriculture.



The conference also adopted a set

of declarations and resolutions on the

conditions of the times, setting forth

the necessity of a league of all indus-

trial organizations for the purpose of

determining controversies that may

arise and for the purpose of enforcing

industrial peace. '



The following declarations and res.

olutions were respectfully submitted

to the farm bureau representatives in

executive session and unanimously en-

dorsed as voicing the sentiments of

that body: _



We,. the representatives of Farm

Bureau Associations of Indiana, Illi-

nois, Missouri and Michigan, hereby.

assembled in executive conference,

~ make the following declarations on the

-» conditions of the times: . ,



7‘ 1.; Capital has not reduced war‘time

profits to peace-time conditions. The





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strife between organized capital and

organized labor, is responsible in a

large measure fer the high cost of liv-

ing. We declare the spirit of profiteer-

ing is inconsistent with the spirit of

patriotism, and if persisted in must

lead to a national calamity.



2. Organized labor achieved great

good for laboring classes, and we want

.wage earners to have all that is justly

due them. But organized labor too of-

ten falls under the leadership of rad-

icalism and makes not only unreason-

able demands on capital, but demands

prejudicial to the public welfare.



Therefore be it resolved:



1. We condemn the strike methods

of righting wrongs, or duress methods

of securing legislation.



2. We condemn the demands for

shorter hours, which reduces produc-





.tion and increases the cost of living,

and recommend a basic ten-hour day





for all productive industries in order

that farm labor may be on a parity

with other forms of labor.



We condemn the unicnizing of





the city police force and regard a





strike of the police, which leaves the





city in the hands of plunder and lust,

to be a high crime against civil gov-

ernment.



4. We condemn Bolshevism, Soviet-

ism, I. W. W.’ism and denounce as

traitors to this country any persons

who in any way advocate anything

pointing toward revolution.



5. We declare it to be the sense of

this conference that we favor a league

of all industrial organizations for the

purpose of determining controversies

that may arise among them, and for

the purpose of enforcing industrial

peace.



Finally we call upon all law abiding





°citizens to join in meeting the Chang.





ing conditions of the times and in

bringing our country to an economic

standard of living.





MICHIGAN POTATO SHIPPERS

FAVOR GRADING.





HE meeting of the Michigan Pota-



to Shippers' Association, held at

Grand Rapids, was well attended, as

practically all the leading potato ship-

pers of the state were on hand.



The topic which received the most

time and attention was the question of

grading. Every member of the asso-

ciation expressed himself as heartily

in favor of continuing to grade. Sev-

eral of the individual shippers gave ex-

pression as to the feeling among the

growers in their respective vicinities

and it seems that a large majority of

the growers are also in favor “of a con—

tinuance of grading. The largest grow-

ers’ organization in the state sent

word that it intended to grade and an-

other growers’ ass‘ociation advised that

it was their desire to grade, but they

suggested a few minor changes over

the specifications stipulated in the reg—

ulations put out by the food adminis-

tration a year ago.



A letter was read from one of the

largest jobbers of.potatoes in the coun-

try, addressed to a .member, stating

that if that member desired any of his

business this year he would have to

grade.



The shippers are going to ask the

support of the potato buying trade in

that the trade shall insist on buying

graded stock from sections where

grading is practiced. Some of the"mem-

bers expressed the wish that other

states would not grade this year as

Michigan would thereby gain an added

advantage. I





PALMER INQUIRY INTO FARM OR-

GANIZATIONS. '





pose organizations that attempt to

maintain prices above those that are

“just and reasonable," it is announced.

Although cooperative societies of

farmers not itf‘fi'zed‘ for profit spe-

cifically are 1;: up“)... from prosecu-

tiOn under the Sherman anti-trust law,





Attorney-General «Palmer intends to on»





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mission against, organizations which

work to keep necessities beyond fair

price limits.





Mr. Palmer is investigating three so»





cieties of western farmers which claim

to be cooperative and not organized

for profit and, therefore, exempt \under

the anti-trust '1aws.





0n the request of Mr. Palmer, the

Federal Trade Commission is inquir-

ing into trade practices of the Califor-

nia Raisin Association of Fresno, which

the attorney-general accuses of using

trade methods not in keeping with the

principles set up by the anti-trust'acts.





The Justice Department is giving es- .





pecial attention to the sugar shortage

reported in many cities, in the face of

a "crop forecast indicating that not

only in the United 'States, but in Cuba

and Bohemiafthe sugar production will

be the greatest'in history.





The United States crop of beet sug-

ar is forecast at 188,000 short tons

more than that of 1918, while Cuba’s

sugar production for 1918-19 is report-

ed at nearly 9,000,000.000 pounds. In

Bohemia there will be a margin this

year of approximately 882,000,000

pounds, the agricultural department

has learned.





Nevertheless, Justice Department

field agents are reporting that Ameri~

can sugar refiners in many places

have notified wholesalers that prices

will be advanced from $9.50 a hundred

weight to $11.50. Refiners took this

action immediately after it became

known the sugar equalization board

would have no control over the 1919

crop, say officials.





FOOD HELD IN CARS- AT TERMI-





NALS.





SING refrigerator cars for storage

houses at freight terminals is

holding back perishable foodstufis

from city markets and causing losses

to grower and consumer, according to

investigators of the Bureau of Markets.





A recent report on cars held at ter-

minals made by one of the refrigerator

lines shows that sixty-seven cars were

held an average of 4.37 days at Chica.

go, while figures on thirty~six cars at

Denver show an average delay in un-

loading of 6.36 days. Assuming that

these figures hold at other markets

and that the average time for a refrig-

erator car to make a round trip is

about twenty days, it is pointed out

that such delays would decrease the

available supply of.refrigerator cars

by about twenty-five per cent. This,

in the face of a preSent inadequate

supply of refrigerator cars, is hamper-

ing the movement of perishable prod-

ucts from farms.



While the Railroad Administration

is using every effort to remedy the sit-

uation and much can be done to in-

crease the supply of refrigerator cars

through speedier unloading, it is point-

ed out that the supply will still be in-

adequate and that it is not being in-

creased by new cars at a' rate to give

much relief.





. BEAN GROWERS SUFFE‘R LACK

: OF COST FIGURES.





ICHIGAN bean growers who are

asking for a protective tariff on





- I Japanese beans in order that the home-

HE Department of Justice will on:





grown product may be protected from

the unfair competition of cheap for-

eign ‘labor, find themselves at a serious

disadvantage because of the fact that

accurate cost of production figures are





‘notavailable. , _ . .. ‘ . ‘

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"from other states-i‘wji‘ifio ii





If the Michigan.“





roped-federal committee this manta-tn.





In; dpfié’éii $35





had definite figures to show exactly

what it costs them to grow beans, their

chances of getting the legislatoln they;

want would be greatly increased.

“Michigan farmers are not likely to





be caught in such positions in the fu«





ture,” says Charles H. Graves, Farm

Management Specialist at the Michi-

gan Agricultural College. .“All over

the state growers are coming to real-

ize the need for definite cost figures,

and the use of farm account books will

provide them in the future with just

such facts as they want now in the

bean situation.”





FARMERS FIGHT TO LfiGALIZE

COLLECTIVE BARGAINI’NG.





_L.____.

UDGING by the vote taken in the‘

house of representatives on Sep-

tember 27, there is strong sentiment

in favor of the privilege of collective





bargaining being extended to farmers;





A proviso prohibiting the departmenfl

\af justice from prosecuting farm and

labor organizations with fundsallowed

for enforcement of the antitrust laws

was up for vote and the division of

the house stood 203 for and twenty-

eight against rewriting this provision

in the deficiency appropriation bill af-

ter the committee of the whole had

voted it out. . '



It is predicted, however, that opposi-

tion to collective bargaining by farm-

ers will develop considerable strength.





Some of the strong leaders of the'





house take sides with the opposition,

which is fair warning to farmers that

a show-down will result in the coming

congressional session, and that every

means of convincing members of both

houses of the wisdom of legalizing col-

lective bargaining to food producers,

should be taken advantage of at this

time. President Taft vetoed an appro-

priation bill in 1913 because it contain-

ed the same proviso as in the pending

deficiency bill and President Wilson

later in signing the same bill critized

the proviso in equally strong terms.



In urging the need of this legisla-

tion, Representative Hersman,

California, said:





“I think there is not a person in this €





congress that, knowing the situation:

does not realize that it is vital to the

farmers of this nation to organize into

cooperative associations, not only for





their own protection but for the pro~ ‘





tection of the consumer. .

“The farmer is helpless when

comes to bargaining alone. Individfial-

1y he can not protect himself against

his organized enemies. He has never

had a thing to say as to the price at

which he should sell hisgoods or the

price he should pay for his goods. The

speculators and the gamblers of this

country have taken charge of the farm

products of our nation, greatly to the.

detriment of the farmers and to the



detriment of the consumers.



“Those that produce the milk, not

the men that deliver the milk, are un-

der indictment in three states Vat the

present time. At the present time the

raisin growers of-California are direct-

ed to appear before the Federal Trade

Commission to show cause why they

should not be indicted. I believe the

congress of the United 'States wants

to give the farmer'a chance; not to

avoid the Sherman anti-trust law nor

to combine in restraint of trade, ,nor

to combine for unlawful purpose, but

the congress wants to‘say that when

the farmer engages in collective bare

gaining he is- not in violation of the

law, because he can not bargain

alone”.





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Do to‘Meet the H. C. of L.--I





By. Prof: Char/er H.





' IN attempting to lower the high cost’





of living the present tendency is to



place the entire blame on the high

prices of farm products. As a matter

of fact, the cost of foodstuffs is only

one-third of the cost of living and the

farm gets three times its share of the

credit for high prices. .



The fact that farmers are over-blam-

ed is no excuse. however, for their not

doing all they can to improve the sit-

uation. And this problem of reducing

the high cost of living is as important

as was that of feeding the allies dur-

ing the war period. The farmer in or-

der to do his part should be ready to

meet whatever emergency arises. It

has been found that he can best do

this when he has his farm business so

organized and so controlled that each

enterprise functions as a part of a

whole. This organization is called

farm management. The business ends

of each line of interest are gathered

under one head and. each is made to

take its respective place in a complete

plan for the entire business. The dairy

is not viewed as a unit by itself but a

part in which hogs, crdps, equipment,

labor, credits and farm records must

be considered at the same time. Each

part of a machine must have its prop-

er size and strength and relation to

the other parts to make the whole an

efficient product. This “is just- as true

of the farm business.



“Does not every farmer unconscious-

ly do this ?” is often asked when making

an explanation of the meaning of farm

management. Yes, but too many are

guided by tradition and instead of act

ing on their own initiative and making

plans that are suited to the particular

farm they occupy, they pattern after

,. the custom of the region. It would be

wrong to say that custom is not a val-

uable precedent, and that the experi-

ence of time has not given the farm-

ers of a community certain time-hon-

ored customs to act as mile posts. But,

where is there a farming community

in the state that does not have one or

two individual farms standing out from

the rest as money makers? Is it soil

condition, location, or What?



In talking with a successful farmer

of this class, I asked- him, “Why are

you able to show better profits from

your farm than the other men here in

your community?” His answer was,

“When I came here I had never run a

farm before and I had it all to learn.

I knew there were certain fundament-

a1 rules that must be followed. ‘So, I

began at once to study how I could





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make the best returns from time and

money spent and I hit on a scheme

that seems to weigh up pretty well in

the balance. We made beef stock our

specialty. For one thing none of us

c’ould milk and what ist‘more import-

ant we found the markets of this com-

munity are adapted to something that

can be marketed only a few times a

year instead of every day. We have

an abundance ,of good pasturage and

our beef stock demands so little atten-

tion during the crop season, that it en-

ables us to get along with less hired

help than is usually necessary."



He was quick to add that he was not

condemning the dairy business nor did

he feel that his neighbors should do

just as he did but he did see that the

dairy business was not suited to his

particular needs and, despite custom,

after careful consideration, followed

another line.



Mr. Wakeman went on to say that

from the first he had kept careful

records of his experience and had been

able to make those records a money

asset to the business as well as agreat

deal of satisfaction to himself. He

finds that it is much easier to plan

ahead his year’s work and to avoid

rush seasons by having a record of

the past years to work from. He did

not fail to mention that the financial

part of his farm accounts was well

worth while if for no other purpose

than. that of making income tax re-

turns and added with a. smile, that he

was unfortunate enough to be caught

by the income tax, even though he did

rave two children that were under

age.



By careful planning and studying his

records he has been able to cut the

cost of production several notches

which has given him a fair profit on

what he raises. He has endeavored to

eliminate all the enterprises as‘far as

possible that do not show a profit and

has increased in equal proportion

those with a wider margin without up-

setting his distribution of labor over

the year. ' /



What has all this to do with the

“High Cost of Living?” Just this:

Farm management is nothing more

than the application of good common

sense in farming. It is systematic

planning by which the farmer is able

to discover and to develop his special

enterprise and so to organize the rest

of his business thatit is an aid and

not a hindrance to greater production

and wider profit without increase of

labor and expense.





 





 





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FARMERS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER

STATE FARM BUREAU MOVE-

MENT.





. ECRETARY BINGHAM, of the

“ Michigan State Farm Bureau, is

~ beng reassured by every mail of the

~ general support of the bureau by the



farmers of the state." He says:



“From every section of the state as-

surances of support in the reorganiza-

“ tion of the Michigan State Farm Bum



reau into a powerful union of the ma-

jority of Michigan’s two hundred thou-

_ sand farmers are coming into the state

offices at Birmingham, Michigan.



“The membership drive which Will



~ ‘be statewide commences in Oakland

lcounty on October 15. It will cover

Barry county next, where the prelimi-

nary campaign organization work has

already been done. Allegan and Mont-

calm will follow Barry. A dozen other

counties have asked the state office for

help in organizing membership cam-

paigns.

' “Interest in‘ the movement, which is

intended solely to make the business

of farming more profitable and attrac-

tive to the farmer, is not confined to

the existing county farm bureau units,

however. Farmers from every county

in Michigan are flooding the. state ofli-

ces with hundreds of letters asking

full details of the aims of the reorgan-

ized bureau and offering assistance in

helping the movement to a successful

conclusion.” ’





WOULD HAVE BEAN INDUSTRY

PROTECTED.





HE feeling for adequate protection



to the bean industry is growing

space. The following letter received

"at this office gives the views of W. J.

Orr, for a number of years president

of the/Michigan Bean Jobbers’, Asso‘

ciation: . .



"In my opinion, the most important

aid that could be given to this indus-

try at this time would be a high pro~

Itective tariff. It is reported that there

weregeighteen carloads of Kotenashi

beans sold in one of our principal cit-



vies for $6.60 per hundred, delivered,

duty paid. I have before me, this

imorning, a quotation of $5.50 per hun-

Tfmlllions of pounds are entering our

portsand on. the way here. This is

a product of the lowest,paid labor in



"world Competing with theyhighest





dred, Seattle, am further advised that ‘





paid agricultural labor in the ‘world.





'The producers of American beans are





entitled to a reasonable profit above

the actual cost of production, but that

cannot be expected until our tariff

laws. are radically changed. It has

been clearly demonstrated during the

past year that an artificial price could

not be maintained for beans while im-

portations were “coming into this coun-

try. A dollar is going Where it will

yield the largest return, if a wholesale

grocer in Texas can purchase one hun-





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Farm Bureau Fact and Fiction





N a recent issue of a contemporary



journal, under a heading, “Farm Bu-



reau Prospers,” appears an editor-_

ial that we fear is misleading.



It has been the history of progres-

sive agriculture that any needed reform

meets with strong opposition on the

part of farmers themselves until they

come to recognize such values and en-

dorse them. The old rut is so easy to

follow that any change is condemned

ill vigorous fashion. ‘



Such has been the history of our

good roads movement, our experiment

station and farmers’ institute work, no

less than the farm bureau movement.



All of these lines have had the sup-

port of open-minded, progressive farm-

ers as well as all other forces trying

unselfishly to help, lift agriculture to

its true. standard.



A director of the National Division

of County Agent Work, said at a pub-

lic meeting in Kalamazoo six years

ago, in the hearing of the witness, that

the great job for the farm bureau was

to make agriculture profitable; that

the farmer then received but one-third

of the consumer’s dollar and to bring

a fair share to the producer was the

great service that the farm bureau

must render.



The editorial referred to above was

probably written in ignorance of the

aims and end of farm bureau work in

America, for surely the writer could

not have, preferred for reasons not giv—

en, to mis-state the case.



The history of farm bureau work in





our state has proved beyond doubt that, have been to the cause of agriculture. erously





the organization has paid its way

many times over and has been gradu-

ally laying the foundation that in this

crisis makes it the farmers’ organiza-

tion of the hour. _



This editorial suggests that county

agents were directed by “Superiors at

Lansing,” in turn “directed by superl-

ors in Washington—appointees of the

secretary of agriculture.” _



We happen to know from first-hand

authority that the initiators in the ex-

tension service at Washington have

won their places by years of efficient

service. We know frO'm personal ex—

perience since the work first started

in Michigan that the state and nation-

al government have been axnious'to,

and generally have, turned the work

Ofi the local farm bureau movement

over to a cd‘unty board of 'farmers to

work out the problems of their county

in a local way and if their program

has‘ not been built fer the good of the

county’s agriculture no one but local

farm bureau boards are to blame.



The state and natioial specialists

have not been able to ‘give us as much

direction , and help as : most counties

have needed for their own best good,





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.dred pounds of Kotenashi beans for er.’ ‘Labor ’is protected through the





$6.60, he won’t pay $6.75 for Michigan - tariff on manufactured articles and ran

hand-picked pea beans. stricted immigration.”

“Consequently, under the present ' ‘

tarifi laws, the Orient will dictate the

price that American beans will be sold

for in'this country. Therefore, it is' -

the duty of every citizen in every state HAT there is danger of serious

that produces beans for sale, to write losses in Michigan bee hives dur~

his representative in congress to have ing the coming winter because, of the

the tariff laws amended immediately. shortage of sugar'for food supplies is’

It_ is unreasonable to protect Ameri- the opinion expressed by B. F. Kindig,

can labor and not the American farm- apiary specialist at the Michigan Agri-

cultural College. Many honey producé

ers of the state have not laid in their

fisugar stores for Winter feeding, and

the chances of their-getting what- they

need now are said to be slim. .

One-third more sugar” has already

been consumed by the people of the

country than was used during the

whole year of 1918, 'and the‘ govern-‘

ment is sending Out warnings that

there is danger of a regular “ware

trine,” while it may have p11t the sec- time” shortage. Candy makers will

retary of agriculture in bad with some probably be restricted in their use of

American farmers, it has had little di- sugar, and it is feared that Michigan

'rhct bearing with the farm bureau apiary men who are not now ready for

movement as a whole. the winter will be hit hard by the

If the farm bureaus in our state shortage.

have I101: been doing the most 0011- “Better protection of the colony dur‘

structive work for their counties, the ing the cold months will be one way

leading farmers in the several coun~ in which to cut down the amount of

ties and local county agents have been food required,” says Mr. Kindig. “The

to blame and not Secretary Houston. colony temperature must be kept at

We are sorry to say that the farmers fifty-seven degrees or above, and un‘

generally in Michigan, no less than in less the ordinary processes of bee life

other states, have been so busy (look- will accomplish this the bees must

ing after the interests of their own lit: consume more food in order to gener-

tle farms and homes that they have ate the necessary heat. Limited sup-

not had time to look to the more sub- plies of sugar can be made to last long‘

stantial interests of the community, or by careful hive protection.” ‘

county and-state. A telegram from Dr. E. F. Phillips.

The reason farm bureaus are com- Bureau of Entomology, Washington,

ing rapidly to the front is largely four~ D. 0., contains the following: Bee-

fold. NOW farmers generally acknowl- keepers unable to get granulated sug—

edge they are the “goat” and unorgan— ar to prevent starvation of bees should

ized. they always must be. Long years notify the United States Equalization

of hard work without compensation Board, 111 Wall Street, New York

has made them do some hard thinking. City.” Any bee-keeper who has no

WithOUt money to pay a competitive hope of getting sugar locally should

wage for a nine-hour day, their labor write to the board, giving reasons for

problem has become unbearable. They need of sugar, '

now realize the farm bureau organiza-

tion has the machinery to place agri-

culture on a basis with other indus-

tries if they but use it efficiently.

We are sorry to say a number of





BEE-KEEPERS FACE BAD SUGAR

SHORTAGE.





RURAL REPRESENTATION.





N response to communications re-

garding the agricultural representa-





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writers in our state have stood ready tion at the industrial organization con-V

1:0 mis-state the purposes of the farm ference to be held on October 6, Sec?

bureau whenever opportunity was pre- retary Houston sends the following:





sented.. No one can ever tell hOW “I am thoroughly in sympathy with

much harm such misrepresentations the notion that farmers should be gen—

represented in any conference

The motives that underlie this sortrof which is to consider matters affect-

camouflage are not quite clear. ing the agriculture of the nation. I



We say here without any fear of have very definitely made such a sug-

sucCessful contradiction that the farm gestion to the President and with the

bureau program from its inception has, view he has concurred. You are aware

embodied the clearest ‘cut, most con- that he has asked each of the three

structive outline for the country life outstanding national farmers’ organi~

movement that has ever been assem- zations to name a representative. In

bled. This is because broad-minded addition, he has placed on the commit-

men in every walk- of life have given tee representing the public two farm-

unsparingly of time and resources to ers, Mr. Sweet. of Colorado, and Mr.

save the day for the great basic indus- Bradfute, of Ohio, and an editor of a.

try. that has sorely lagged behind in farm paper, Mr. Meredith, of Iowa.

these high tension days of war and re- This makes six agricultural represent:

construction. atives at the meeting.



The party “to awake to the oppor- “The President would have had a.

tunity and responsibility.” of the hour larger representation of farmers if it

is the farmer himself. No longer can were not for the fact that the question

subterfuge and evasion avail anything. chiefly to be discussed is that cfindus-

The farmer himself has scented the trial organization. He expects that this

trail and from now on the farm bureau conference will widen into others

is destined to become the greatest or- where special attention will be given

ganization in history. It provides the to otheriaspects of our industrial life.

necessary harness to hold all agricul- including agriculture Specifically, and

tural organizations in a superstructure I ampeonfident that at such confer-

that must work and speak, not for‘ag- ences hegwlll - seek a, more generous

ricultural organizations, but ‘for hgri- representation of farmers. 21n- vlew of

culture, organized, solid,indispensable the, fact 1:th the, qgs‘tfcoxuéressis to

agriculture, \ J" “‘3' dfiéilss indli’sti‘f‘iluhr'ganizati‘onfhe be- A

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BUY FARM ON CONTRACT. ‘Cities having a. large JeWish popula~

. tion offer a good market for fat geese

i‘cieai‘il‘ivris farm iiii‘ cgntlrlact, and 3:: as they seem to use more fowls than

: ‘ 9 0989 0n the majority of other people. Before

{$‘$egll'ne‘i’ DO I have to 19b%{d&he starting the process of fattening geese

By the contract: the farm in effect it will pay to correspond With a com-

belongs to the buyer. the legal title mission dealer in your nearest market

only remaining in the seller as secur— town and find out when he will be in

ity for the price. The loss of the fire the greatest need of your “001" If

falls -on the buyer." The seller does some town in your vicinity has a city

not have to rebuild. JOHN R. Roon. market it may be profitable to try and

, market geese direct to the consumer





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A cement road is being built past , COLONY BROODER HOUSE.

my farm and two culverts must be put





in before I can get into the road, one

from my barnyard and one into a 20- in ““3 Michigan Farmer Of July 5 ‘5

acre field on the opposite side. Can I the picture of a brooder house. Can

‘ compel the county to put in these cul- you give “19 the 3‘29 and COM 01' this

vex-(S? W. M. house. ar‘i‘dthpwlmatnyh iii“? lit vgill

n . \ ., _‘ , , , .i- , . accommo as. s . u . o um ‘01-

1‘“ H "”8”“ caning “ml“ ”'3 along or cement? (“an you give me the size

the highway is entitled to access to of the windows?





the highway. But. he has no right to liillsdale ()0. L. 0.

have the level of the highway oven The size of this colony broader

with the ground of his land. The high- house is ten by twelve and it is a good

way commissioners may make the size for a coal-burning breeder stove,

grade of the road about or below the protecting about. two hundred chicks.

adjoining land. as may be necessary to or course, more chicks can be brood-

makc the road convenient for the pub- ed with such equipment and some

lic. Also they may build such ditches poultrymen have successfully handled

along the side of the road as is neces- five hundred chicks, with one stove. it

sary to carry off water. If in doing is best and safest to limit the (lock to

this it is rendered inconvenient. for the about two hundred chicks and then

owner of the adjoining land to reach there is plenty of room for them in the

the highway, he must himself build the house until roosting time. As they

necessary cuts. illls, culverts. and grow older the flock will be culled and

bridges to get to the highway, and he the house will still be large enough to

must not fill up or stop the ditches. hold the remaining birds until they are

The public authorities are under no ready to be transferred to their winter

duty to build such bridges or ap- quarters.

proa,chos.«-»J. R. It. The house is built of matched lum-

—- ~ ——————— her and covered with roofing paper on

RIGHT TO REMOVE ROUGHAGE. the sides to keep out the rain and

. __.,_,,~ draughts. Being covered with gray pa.

_ We have a farm on lease to expire per the house looks in the photograph

March 1, 1920. providing that all the as if it were built of cement or cov-

roughage shall be fed on the place. oped with stucco.





The owner writes that he has sold.

'Does that void our lease and enable The four upright windows are each





us to remove roughage? about two feet wide and two and a.

You can retain the farm till the end half feet high. The two upper win-

of your 1easo, but cannot remove the dows for ventilation can each be about





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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.Michigan Farmer ............... $1.00

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roughage. - J. R. R. two feet wide and four feet long. The

__..._____._..___._ cost of such a house will vary in dif-

FENCE VIEWERS REFUSE TO ACT. ferent localities, depending on the



' ._ . quality of the material used and the

The highway commissioner refuses COSt 0f labor. Carpenters- are earning





to act in his capacity of fence-viewer. good wages and the poultryman with





I wish to know how next will I proceed.

to get this line fence built? W. S enough skill to construct his own





The statutes provide: “Any fence- houses without interfering with his

viewer who shall when requested un- other work.is very “1°10" .

reasonably neglect to view any fence When a p0ultry house is covered ‘

or to perform any other duty required With a 800d quality of roofing paper it

of him in the statute shall forfeit the is P08811318 1:0 use a low-grade of un-

sum of five dollars, and shall also be matched lumber for the sides and roof

liable to the parties injured for all the and the paper Will keep out the Wind.

damages consequent upon such neg~ However, the house will be stronger

lect.” The fence-viewers may also be if matched lumber is used. This is a

compelled to act, by a writ of man- movable house and of course there is

damus issued from the circuit court. more or less strain on the building

For such proceedings you had better whenever it is moved. The items in





 





get a. lawyer. J. R. R, the cost are lumber, roofing paper and

__,_n______ labor, plus the small additional costs

FATTENING GEESE. for nails and glass. ._ The house illus‘





 





trated in the issue of July 5 is a very

I would like to have some informa. substantial building but it is rather

tion regarding the fattening of geese heavy to move. In a‘recent talk with





by the f‘stufiing method;" how it is Judge Wise of the C 11

done, when to do it and how to mar- ' 0 age Poultry

ket, also when and where I could man Department, be emphasized the value





ket them. . _ of having colony houses light and built

Indiana. ‘ S. P. S. on skids so that they can be easily

Geese that have been pastured until moved to any part of the- farm. We

about four months of age and only believe that the house described is a.

given a light grain feeding can be fat. little too heavy, although it would be

tened by giving- a mash containing very desirable as a’brooder house pets

nothing but corn meal for about four manently located near the other farm

or five weeks. Six-weeks-old goslings buildings. ‘ \ '

are sometimes fattened on'a ration oi: The cost. of materials is apt to

equal parts" of corn meal and bran. change and the" cost depends so much

Reed this mashthree times each day. on» the quality of the material used

The goose is the great "Christmasiand the. labor charges that the writer

bird” and brings best prices around does not feel able to quote‘ exact ag-

‘h‘o‘li'day time?” Reliable“"""coiii'rnissibn ures’on‘the‘e‘irp‘ense of buildings. ,poul-

dealers in the large cities can usually try house in a. section in which he 1!;



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Owner 0! Oak fleet Farm





TUCKER’S STonY 0F TWELVE YEARS’ SERVICE





For thirty years,Tucker has sold build-

ing material. For thirty years, he has

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Gentlemen:-





‘ now pensione after thirty years with the 2. Wiloe Oomneny

; end can give the matters on my Oak Reet Farm much more

i attention, end on here now trying to market my groin.





Today, looking over my two burns 40 x 00' end 24 x 56' which

_wore covered with MULE-HIDE Rotting in the Fall of 1907, en

pleased to report that they are both in good condition and

I huv ve nev or ha 4 to make any repairs on them. This roofing

has never crooked from the frost and they look to ~doy to be

good for fiv ve years more service at least. Further I never

M{'ent anything for paint on them undo can, that etor re endorse

LE RIDE highly as it has 100 per cent value Any rooting

Jobe on which MULE- HIDE hue been applied, no for ee 1 have

heard hev ve proved highly satisfactory





Will be glad to show my buildings to all who care to look It

them and their ins eotion of these roofs will enrol, oenee

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you should invest in it. Mule-Hide is not

built to meet a price but is produced as

cheaply as the best roofing can be made

and sold at a moderate profit. It gives





than if built to meet a cheap price. ‘

Locate a Mule-Hide dealer. Look for the yel-‘





that package you will find lasting satisfaction.





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breeder of fancy stock.

Twelve years ago, the

buildings on his farm needed“

roofing and,when the time came

to buy, he decided upon Mule-Hide.

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VER 250,000 farmers bought the “Z” engine. fll They

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once—Bosch high tension, oscillating magneto ignition. ‘1] So

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HE accompanying drawing shows

how a New York farmer has made

cern hauling from the field to ham or

silo an easier job. The special rack

consists of two four-by-six-inch bed

pieces, eighteen or twenty feet in

length, bolted together at one end to

form a V. On top of these timbers is

built a, rack six feet in Width. The bot-

tom of the rack is about eight feet

long. The end boards are four feet

high, built flaring so they do not quite

touch the wheels. The apex of the V

is suspended below the front axle of

any-ordinary farm wagon by means of

a. long kingbolt. The other ends are

attached below the hind axle by U-

shaped clevises. '



It takes but a few hours’ work to

make this rack in the farm work snap,

the follbwing material being required:

Eighty board feet of four-by—six-inch





‘ plank, ninety-six feet of boards one-by—





twelve inches, twenty-two feet of lum-

ber two-by—four inches, one long king—

bolt, two stirrup rods, and bolts and

nails. E. W. G.





 





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WANTS FAIR PRICES FOR FER-

TILIZER MATERIALS.



NNOUNCEMENT has been made

at the office of the secretary of ag-

riculture that the department, in order

to stabilize the prices of raw fertilizer

materials as well as the prices for mix-

ed fertilizers, has under consideration

not only the question of fair prices for

mixed fertilizers for the spring of

1920, but also of such raw materials

as sulphate of ammonia, tankage, dried

blood, fish scrap, rock phosphate, bulk

acid phosphate and cottonseed meal.

The manufacturers of cottonseed meal

have been invited to a. conference in

Washington on October 7 at 10:00 a.

In. to consider the cost of manufacture

and other facts which will enable the

department to arrive at a fair prices

for this commodity, and the producers

of the other raw materials have been

invited to present such' evidence as

they may desire on the cost of produc-

tion on the sixth day of October at

Washington. It is the belief of the de-

partment after investigation that there

should be a considerable reduction in

the prices of all these fertilizer mate-

rials. The manufacturers of mixed fer-

tilizers will send in their proposed

prices for the Spring of 1920 at a. later

time.





 





CATTLEMEN DISSATISFIED.





 





.SHORT time ago Kansas stock-



men, owners of 300,000 head of

cattle, assembled with the Chicago

packers and gave warning that the cat-

tle industry is doomed unless former

prices are restored. The delegation,

representing the Kansas Live Stock

Association, met Ogden Armour and

the other leading Chicago packers in

a parley, and to the cattlemen’s pleas

that a serious loss threatens every pro-

ducer, the packers presented counter

pleas that the government should call

for the establishment of credits for

tarnishing, foreign nations. This

they declared, would permit sales

to those populations and revive falter-

ing prices. To this the stockmen

agreed. They then started for Wash-

ington to urge such a plan.- The other





” . defense ofdeclining' prices wzas “agi-





tation-against the packers,” which Ar-





I'thur Meeker, of Armour & Company,





declared, had “.‘libeled the packing in:





protest gathering in Emporia, Kansas,





 





recently, explained W. R. Stubbs, forj





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Lterests.” Ounfooming ism resonates...





 

 





 





mer governor of Kansas, who present-





ed the stockmen’s case. He presented





figures to show the producers’ stand to





lose an average of $50 per head on

their cattle. “Why, thousands ’of cow-

men will be bankrupt unless prices are

sustained,” he declared. “We are pro-

ducing at war-time cost, and feed is

higher, yet of all markets ours alone

is being slashed.” To this the packers

replied that government action had

discouraged them from storing meats.

They produced statements to show

that their loss through declining pric-

es of stored meats had been $25,000-

000 during the last month. The retail

meat market men were then assailed

by both cattlemen and packers for tak-

ing advantage of both the public and

the packers. . W. W. F.





KEEPING SEED CORN FROM MICE.





 





ERE is a good way to fight away

the mice from the seed corn, we

have found. After seed corn has dried

out thoroughly it-can be placed in

mice—proof boxes having heavy wire

screen sides, if such boxes are stacked

in single file with adequate distance

between the stacks. Enough distance

must be between them to allow a good

and free circulation of air. These box-

es should be made of uniform size so

that each will act as a cover for the

under one, thus requiring an extra cov—

er for the t0p one of a. stack, only.

Corn should be dry enough by the first

of the year to store in this way. Some

seasons some artificial heat might be

needed however, to make storing safe.

Boxes should be of convenient size

for handling. Three feet long and

wide enough to admit the longest ears

makes a niCe size, and will admit of

easy handling. Solid board bottoms

and ends are used. If made strong

such boxes will last a lifetime, and

will come in handy every year.

W. E. FARVER.





D CAUSES H EAVY





IMPURE SEE

' LOSS.





 





HILE on a recent inspection trip



among the truck farms in a.

western New York locality, I saw a

large field of celery in which the vari—

eties were badly mixed, owing to un-

reliable, untested seed. The seed pur—

chased was supposed to be of the gol-

den Self—blanching variety, but from

twelve to fifteen per cent of the plants

were of a large coarse green variety

not of the self-blanching type. The

loss to the grower from this seed will

amount to several hundred dollars.





Professor H. C. Thompson, of the

Department of Farm Crops at Cornell

University, who was a member of the

inspection party said the growers were

suffering enormous losses each year

because of the use of impure seed.

Some growers, however, know just

what kind of seed they are going to

plant next year, because they have

tested it. Better throw away $20 worth

of seed than lose $250 worth of celery

because of poor seed.



It was suggested that the growers

buy sufficient seed to plant theif fields

from five or six seedsmen each year

under contract to be turned back if it

does not prove good. The lot that tests

out as near one hundred per cent as

possible will be used for planting the

following year. Growers who secure

the seed in this way or buy it outright

and bear all the loss of-the seed not

used, have feund the plan to be very

satisfactory. ;

...,.§Ehey,hmsunitorm crops? and; secure

large returns on the investment for

the several lots oilseed. E. E. R; .’





n
AR VES TS measure the health of your land. The farmer who





uses wasteful methods of manuring robs himself of from five

to fifteen bushels per acre. And more, he robs his soil of fertility

which even proper manuring cannot restore for years.





I ROPER manuring means light applications. It means applying manure while it





is fresh. It means thin,





Your farm paper editor,





but thorough, applications to every square foot of soil.





county agent, or experiment station men will tell you





that light applications the year around pay best. For government tests show that

six months storage means an actual loss of one-half the valuable nitrogen, potash

and phosphoric acid plant-food properties of manureua loss that any farmer can 111





afford to stand.





' So begin right no -- and through every week of the winter continue--to spread





manure direct from your stable onto your fields.

will stop this good work if you use a





 





 





 





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Straw Spreading

Attachment





NEXT to your manure pile, straw is

your biggest, most valuable by-pro-





duct. Burn it, and you burn fertilizer that '





is worth, at the very lowest, $8.00 per

ton. Burn it, and you burn the greatest

protection you can give your wheat against

winter killing. For adding humus to your

soil, preventing soil washing and blowing,

straw is almost invaluable!





The NEW IDEA Straw spreading

Attachment--for old machines or us --

shreds the straw and spreads it evenly

8 to 10 feet wide. Easy to put on or

take offua one-man ma-

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Just look at the illustration. See how the NEW IDEA spreads--a full seven

.feet wide--laying a thin, uniform blanket of finely shredded manure on every square (

foot of your ground covered.





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The NEW IDEA is built low down--it

is easy to load. Pile it a full 30 inches high,

and your team will handle it on any ground

--spreading 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15 loads to the

acre, as you wish. .





No. gears on the NEW IDEA to break

intold weather. Strong chains drive the

pulverizing cylinders and the big steel distributor

paddles that spread the manure in an even stream

well outside the wheel tracks.





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of your stable manure--used right--ask

your NEW IDEA dealer. Let him explain

how the farmers of this country are actually

losing :8 7 0 O , 0 0 0,0 0 0 each year through

failure to get the most from their manure. And

then let him show you just how the NEW IDEA

will change your share of this loss to profit.





We have prepared a mighty interesting and valu-

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facts and figures about the money your manure pile

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ARK that Mr. Dodge, the man

who feeds “Sophie 19th of Head

Farm,” world’s long-distance cham-

pion cow, says the feed a cow gets is

every bit as important as her breeding.





Mark, also, the high-protein feed he

feeds her is Buffalo Corn Gluten Feed.





Your cows will ring the cash reg-

ister if they get the right kind of ra-

tion, one with plenty of Buffalo Corn

Gluten Feed in it





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ITH the opening of the Interna-

I'tional Belgian Horse Show at

Waterloo, Iowa, on September 22, no

doubt one of the greatest collections

of draft horses that have been seen for

some time was on exhibition. Horse-

men who have beemactively engaged

in breeding and showing Belgian Draft

horses for years, were very enthusias-

tic over the quality, and also the large

number of animals. The entries were

chiefly from Iowa, followed-by Indiana,

who furnished five stables. Michigan,

Illinois and Saskatchewan, Canada,

each furnished one. The judging was

done by Samuel Bell, Wooster, Ohio;

Eli Springer, Saginaw, Mich., and A. P.

Coon, Lincoln, Neb.



The stallions exhibited at this show

were much better than the mares.

Some exhibitors did not show any

mares. The class of two-year—old stal-

lions that faced the judges was the

best that have faced a judge at any

show for years. There were twenty-

two in all. The decision finally went

to Marquis DeHemel, owned by Harry

Stamp, Putnam Co., Ind., a grand colt,

and if nothing happens to him he will

be heard from often. He also won

junior champion.



Senior and grand champion stallion

went to Paramount Flashwood 1610——

owned by George Rupp, of Lampman,

Saskatchawan. Reserve champion

went to W. Harvey Smith’s Magnet

8406. This stallion was champion at

both the Ohio and Indiana fairs this

year. It looked from the side lines

that he was a better horse than the

winner.



He has an abundance of class and



finish and a wonderful top line; he

lacks action, as did the winner, Para-

mount Flashwood.

Senior and grand champion mare

went to Salome 4871—owned by Chas.

Irvine, Polk 00., la. Junior champion

mare went to.Carva1 6556 owned by

W. Harvey Smith, of Indiana.



The two-horse team, weighing less

than 3,600, the two-horse team weigh-

ing over 3,600, and the four-horse team

weighing over 3,800, were all won by

the Owosso Sugar Company, of Alicia,

Michigan. '



Three stallions, property of Exhibit-

or was won by Chas. Irvine. Three

Stallions, get of the same sire, was

won by George Rupp. of Canada.





The horses 0n exhibits, as a whole,





' were a most wonderful lot, but in some





of the best there was a lack of move-

ment; some were poorly gaited; a few

horses lacked finish and others would

no doubt have made a more favorable

impression with the judges, had they

carried a little more flesh. Particu—

larly was this true of some of the

younger animals. ”As a whole, the hors-

es were possessed of excellent confor-

mation, good top lines, and sound feet

and legs. ,



The young animals were exceedingly

growthy and it seemed to the writer

that some of the breeders are getting

away. from the short-legged blocky

horse and are breeding them with

more daylight under them; breeding

them just a. wee bit more rangy. It

looks as though it would be a mistake

to get them too high off the ground.



The breeders from Indiana, while

not having such a large number of an-

imals, entered, made up in quality what

they lacked in quantity. They carried

off“ more than their share of the prizes.

Harry Stamp, of Putnam Co., Ind., had

but the one stallion entered, and yet

he took home one of the most coveted

ppizes, junior champion stallion, while

W. Harvey “Smith carried off junior





champion mare with his Carval. The

Belgians from Indiana will be heard





from with credit wherever shown.





 





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horse show and it looks very much as

though this would be one of the b-,_





gest Belgian shows in the United

States if not the world.





Farceur 7332—the unbeaten Belgian

stallion owned by C. G. Good & Son, of.

Boone 00., 1a., was on exhibition at the '

show, and was always surrounded by;

a crowd of admirers. Several of hi!

get won prizes in the various classes.



A feature of the show was the horse

show that was held in the large amphi-

theater each evening. The wimm-s m.

the various classes participated. nae

amphitheater makes an excellent piece

to judge and show animals.



Accommodations were excellent and g

the show had the right spirit behind

it. Already plans are being made for

a still begger show next yeah—Coon.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





STOCK CATTLE IN DEMAND. i





 





ANY stacker and" feeder cattle

have been marketed in Chicago

and Missouri River points in recent

weeks, and among the desirable otter.

ings were many cattle from the west-

ern drouth-stricken states. Stockmen

have been picking up lots of bargains,

most of them sending in their orders

to commission firms, as this method

has been found on the whole better

than personal selections in a majority

of cases. Good 600 to 700-pound steers

costing from $9.50 to $10 per hundred

pounds look like desirable investments

and numerous Hereford cattle carry-

ing small brands and horned and de-

hbrned costing from $9.25 to $10 seem-

ed to be good selections. Some stock-

men find fattening cows and heifers

profitable, and they have been invest-

ing in good young cows weighing

around 800 pounds at from $7.50 «to $8.

The spread in prices for stockers and

feeders is extremely large, with most .

buyers prefering to buy a good (31an

costing not too much money. Limited

numbers of choice feeders have been

selling for $11.50 to $12, but not mucn

business is done above $11, with .the

cheaper class 'of light stock steers pur~

chased as low as $6.50 to $7.50. Of

course, the, business of fattening cat- e

tle is to a certain extent a speculation.

but there are many experienced stock-

men who succeed in making it pay

year after year by steeringwclear of

the dear offerings when buying, and at;

the same time letting scrubs alone, no

matter how low they can be purchas-

ed. In quite a number of instances

farmers find the cost of labor so high

that they "are buying light weight cat-

tle to rough through the winter, it cost-

ing too high a price to put up silage.

In southwestern Illinois farmers have

to pay $5 a day for farm helpers and

$8 a day for extra teams. There are

farmers who are in the habit of spe-

cializing by producing prime beeves,

and they are still buying high-priced ‘

feeders, includnig those requiring only Y

a short finish. Just now there is only

a limited call for prime beef cattle, but

later in the year fancy beeves are al-

ways wanted by killers for the Christ-

mas holiday trade. The drouth has

kept many buyers away from the

stocker market this summer.

W. W. F.





 





 





 





MARKETING INFERIOR H0 RSES.





 





 





Farmers are marketing too many in-

ferior to middling grades of horses in l ‘

Chicago, and they are selling unsatm- ,

factorily. There is a poor demand for

the inferior farm types and chunks

weighing around 1400 to 1500 pounds.

the call being for the better class. The

really good sellers are the heavy draft-

ers weighing around 1660 to 1700 lbs,

and more of theSe should be raised for

the market. Such horses are satanic

up. to $300 to $350 per: head. but they

are extremely ”seamen: max 7





~.
~Net, Enough Sugar Beet Seed

for 1921 Crop





A SHORTAGE of agar beet seed in

the United States for the 1921

plantings will be serious unless the

beet sugar companies and seed grow-

ers in this country arrange immedi-

ately for the production of a large part

of their sugar beet seed requirements

for that year. This statement by the

United States Department of Agricul-

ture is based upon unofficial but relia-

ble reports from representatives of the

beet sugar companies and seed deal-





ers-’who have recently visited the sug- ,





ar beet seed-producing countries of

Europe. .



The sugar beet seed situation for

1921 is serious because of the limited

production of sugar beet seed in Eu-

rope as compared with former years,

because of the increased activity in

beet sugar production in the European

countries, and because of the increas-





ed acreage planted to beets in this;





country in recent years. It is probable

that several years will elapse before

normal quantities of sugar beet seed

will be produced in European coun-

tries. American growers, therefore,

must depend to a considerable extent

upon home-grown sugar -beet seed.

There seems to be no good reason why

this country should not produce its

full requirement of sugar beet seed

annually. The domestic production of

sugar beet seed, now totaling millions

of pounds, has demonstrated that sug-

ar beet seed of the highest quality

may be produced in this country.

Li/ttle Seed for Import.

The present indications are that





H there is sufficient sugar beet seed,





either imported or domestic, now in





the hahds of nearly all of the beet‘





sugar companies in the United States

to take care of the entire acreage to

be planted to sugar beets in 1920, but

that there is very little foreign sugar

beet seed now available for importa-

tion, and that the foreign production

in the immediate future will be limit-

ed. Since sugar beet seed stored un-

der normal conditions will retain its

vitality for several years, it would be

advisable for sugar companies to se-





»« cure any sugar beet seed of good qual-





ity now available and not more than

two years old.



More United States Production.



The domestic beet seed production

is increasing rapidly. In 1918 about

six thousand acres of sugar beet seed

were grown, while in 1919 upwards of

ten thousand acres were planted to

beet roots for seed

States. Unfortunately, drought inter-

fered with a normal production of sug-

ar beet seed in some localities this

past season, but the resulting reduc-





tion in yield was local and temporary '





and should not prevent or retard the

efforts that are being made to produce

in this country an adequate supply of

sugar beet seed to meet the American

requirement for 1921 and the years fol-

lowing. .



.In order to produce a crap of seed

next year for the 1921 planting, it will

be necesary to select the beet, roots

this fall, pit them so they will not

freeze during the \winter, and plant

them as early as soil and weather con-

ditions will permit next spring.





The Department of Agriculture can .





furnish full details on the growing'of





sugar beet seed.





, The Illinois Agricultural Associa-

tion, which corresponds; to the Michi.





-_.,gan State Farm Bureau. is givingsups ‘





exit to. he recentleffgrt p; the co'oper-

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HAT Professor Wanninski’s dis-

covery of a new comet of suCh,

unusual brilliancy that it was

plainly visible in the eastern heavens

could interfere in any way with the

happiness of Silas Hanford, farmer in

Wisconsin; seems inconceivable. Par-

ticularly when it is known that the

professor", who is connected with a fa-

mous New England college, and Silas,

and twenty

acres not far from Madison, had never

heard of each other until Silas read

the announcement of the discovery in

his weekly newspaper. It is incon-

ceivable. However, if you had suggest-

ed to the professor that his'famous

discovery would bring unhappiness to

'at least a part of the human family he

would probably not have denied your

charge but after listening politely

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reluctant about denying anything un-

less they have absolute proof. But

with Silas’ neighbors it would have

been different. If you had said to

Ebenezer Johnson, who owned the

farm next to Silas', “Mr. Johnson, that

new comet is going to cause Silas some

trouble,” he would _have laughed at

you derisively and thought that you

had a queer sense of humor. Either

that, or else he would have gazed at

you suspiciously, wondering the while





By ‘ C/zar/es H. Emit/z





telescope. This comet grew more and

more brilliant nightly as its orbit ap-

proached the earth, until it could be

seen plainly with the naked eye. Even

then Silas would never have known

about it if Ebenezer Johnson had not

had a sick horse one night and in re-

turning to the house after caring for

the animal had happened to remember

the item he had read in the paper the

day before and casting his eyes to-

wards the east had seen the misty

comet quite plainly. In telling Silas

about the sick horse next day Eben-

ezer had “also told him about the com-

et, elaborating on it so much that Sil-

as had hunted up his newspaper, read

the account and decided to see it for

himself. It was to be seen most plain-

ly shortly after midnight, according to

the paper, and so that night Silas set

his alarm clock for twelve-thirty and

had gone to bed a trifle earlier than

was his usual custom in order to make

up the sleep he would 'lose in viewing

the comet.



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notified Silas of his intentions and

springing from his bed he opened the

door of the bedroom and prepared to

View the new cbmet.



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ready, is it?” asked his better half,

sleepily, for Silas had neglected to no-

tify her of his intention of seeing the

comet.



“No—it ain’t morning yet, Mandy.”

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that comet Eb was a-tellin’ me about."





 





 





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if he ought to call the sheriff to look

after “that crazy person.” How could

a heavenly body more than a half a

million miles away cause anyone trou-

ble? Impossible! Either .. you were

trying to be funny or else you were

plain looney.



But facts are incontrovertible and in

this case they are easily obtained

through Silas’ wife, Amanda Hanford.

Did we say obtained? Nay, they were

distributed with the utmost gratuity

by the lady. The fact that. Silas has

never confirmed them does not detract

from their value but rather strength-

ens our belief in their authenticity.

Such being the case let us begin at

the beginning. ’



On September 20 while searching

the heavens with his telescope in the

Yenton Observatory, Professor Wan-

ninski first caught sight of the new

heavenly body in the eastern skies.

The next night he made further obser-

vations and becoming convinced of the

genuineness of his discovery announc-

ed it to the world. New comets are





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near to be seen without the-aid of. a.





discovered now and then so they do'

not create any great amount of inter-:





His wife expressed her opinion of

such a foolish excursion by maintain-

ing silence.



Crossing the kitchen Silas unlocked

the door and stepped out on the porch

and then dowu the steps into the yard.

He presented a. ghostly appearance

had there been eye to see. Clad in a.

long voluminous white night-shirt

which flapped against his bare legs he

cautiously made his way towards the

front yard. It is certain that if any of

his neighbors had been passing at this

midnight hour that they would have

declared the place to be haunted had

they seen Silas treading carefully

across the chilly wet grass after the

manner of one “walking on eggs.”





Near the center of the front yard

Silas finally found a‘place beside his

wife’s big rosebush from which he

could obtain. an unobstructed view of

the heavens and was casting his eyes

to the east when he heard a rustle in

the grass. .



. Instantly his attention was diverted

from the skies to the slight noise near

his feet. For Silas, be it known, sus-

pected a snake wiggling through the

grass had caused the slight rustle and





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This is an enlarged reproduction of the membership

button given to each member. It is a badge of honor and

power that should be Worn by every Michigan Farmer





 





Within a short time you are going to be

called on by a representative of the State

Organization and asked to join the Greater

Michigan Farm Bureau.



The campaign starts in Oakland County on

October 15th.



What will you say?



We hope that your answer will be “Yes.”



But, before you make up your mind you have

a right to know what the organization will ac-

complish and what your mOney will be spent for.



We can show what the results of [this organiza-

tion will be, first, by what the plan is; second,

by what it is accomplishing elsewhere.



The work of the State Farm Bureau will be

divided into three great divisions—educational,

marketing and legislative.



The program in these three divisions is too

extensive to be gone into in great detail here.

It includes work to solve every problem which

now confronts you—crops, livestock, prices,

labor, buying—each subject handled by the

most experienced man we can find. We can

best cite examples of what actually has been

done along these lines in other states, notably

Illinois.



There, the educational work on crops, soils

and livestock has been carried far beyond any-

thing that has been before attempted, because

they have had sufficient funds to go at this work

as it should be gone at—conducting investiga-

tions and hiring real experts with practical

knowledge who can show how to put extra dol-

lars into the farmers’ own pockets.



Along the lines of marketing similar great

advances have been made. .



Illinois wool was this year sold through the

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offered for average grades by the brokers before

the farm bureau took it up. This is but a‘typical

example of 'what you can expect in actual cash

returns from the marketing division of your own

State Farm Bureau, not only on wool but other

farm products. _



In regard to legislation, a Legislative Com-

mittee was maintained at the State Capitol which

saw to it that the farmers got a square deal from

the legislature.



They succeeded in passing at the last session

every bill of which they approved and killing

every bill to which they objected.



That is what your own State Farm Bureau

will do, 'if you furnish them the organization

and the means with which to do it.



These are definite, tangible things which you

will get for an investment of a few dollars in

the farm bureau.



There is nothing mysterious or hidden about

the whole proposition. This is not a pet scheme

of any one man or any group of men. 6



You farmers are merely building the same

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keting and labor fields.



Think of the power of 200,000 Michigan Farmers work-

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fair, legitimate object which you attempt.



You cannot shoulder this reSponsibility onto your

neighbor. If you do not join this organization, you have

no right to ask the next fellow to do it.



Every farmer who refuses to join weakens the organ-

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sibility in this matter. You know that this great work

we have outlined is absolutely essential if farming as a

whole is to become what it ought to be—the most

pleasant, profitable occupation in the world.



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EAR me, shall I ever grow up!

Burr-r-r—r goes that alarm again.

Noon 0’ the night in southern Califor-

nia, and a gray-haired angler almost

turning a handspring out of bed! Hur-

rah! bright moonlight, and a vmocker

singing in my pepper tree! Up go my

hopes; down goes an enormous mid-

night meal!



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mountains. The mockers sang their

s‘Weetest as I passed by—the songs of

the mockers are one of the charms of

our moonlight nights. The stars wink-

ed at me as though they would say:

“You do not need us tonight for the

moon is on his job.” The palms along

the boulevard made beautiful etchings

against the sky, and my shadow lean-

ed enticingly ahead and seemed to

beckon, and to say: “Come on; get a

move on you, you should be fishing by

daylight!”



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TheiGray-Haired Angler’s Busy Day.





Up, up I went for hours through the

beautifully wooded canyon where the





- dashing little mountain stream sang





me its beautiful night song of wel-

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moon I carried a light, for in places

the shadows were heavy. Here there

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destination was still miles away. What

was distance if I could only get two

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ed! What electric thrills went through

me! Up he went, and down he came

——alas, he had dropped from the hook

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Time fled—the hours. always run a

marathon‘when I angle for trout. Pool

after pool gave up its toll of cunning

trout to the old angler, who knew so

well the "choice places where they lov-

ed tofeed, and who had learned by

many a slip ’twixt the trout and the

creel that the greatest secret of trout

angling is keeping self out of sight—a

mighty good lesson, boys, for success

in life as well as success in trout

angling.



Then came the supreme moment of

the day. A deep pool; patience, cun-

ning outmatched by cunning, and the

big fellow of the day lay in my creel.

The sun caressed him lovingly as I

took him train the hook—~the largest

trout of the season, thus far. I pitied,

while I admired him. They are cun-

ning, these old patriarchs, while the

year-old trout,.who are only in the

trout alphabet, are more easily caught.



But even trout angling days must

have an ending. At four o’clock in the

afternoon I stood on a vantage ground

of rocks high above the largest pool in

the stream and added two more trout

to my creel. I took a trout census and

found that twenty—one beauties rubbed

fins in my creel—one trout for every

mile of my day’s trip. I was then ten

miles from home and I was well con-

tent to start on the long hike home-

ward.



Even as I walked the Weary miles I

said to myself: “When can I get an-

other day off?” And this is the-clincher,

the absolute proof, that I am yet a

boy."





The Reason Why





Why Do I Turn White When Scared?





Simply because,,when you are scar-

ed or frightened, the blood almost

leaves your face entirely. Under nor-

‘mal conditions, the red blood which is

flowing through thhe arteries of your

face gives the face a reddish tinge, and

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leaves the face. It is quite singular,

but when you are really frightened,

whatever the cause may be, \the hu-



man system reeeives such a shock that

the heart just about stops beating al-

together. When Jyour heart stops beat-

ing of course the flow of the blood

from the heart stops, and then there is

no supply of fresh red blood coming

through the arteries under the skin of

your face. Therefore you look white

—the color your face would be if no

blood ever flowed through your arter-

ies and veins. Some people have faces

so white they look as though they

were scared all the time. This is not

because they have no blood flowing

through the veins and arteries in their

faces, but because their supply of

blood is less than other people’s, and

sometimes because the walls of their

arteries and veins are so much thicker

than the average that the color of the

blood does not show through. There

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time, and the walls of Whose arteries



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AT four paces from an arched door-



,way .of a Cohstantinople bazaar

one can still believe that within those

furtress walls there is nothing but

silence and solitude. But once inside





but a labyrinth of arcaded streets, 3.

real city with fountains, crossways,

and squares, dimly lighted and throng-

ed with people. Every street is a baz-

aar and each bazaar is always crowded

with buyers and sellers, which makes

it difficult at times to squeeze through

its various passages. The merchants

are interesting to look at, as each man

wears the costume of his ' particular

country.





The grave Turk, seated cross-legged





upon his carpet at the entrance to his





ship, invites only with his eyes. Here





' my companion and I loitered a few





moments when we were greeted with

a. morning salutation, “Sabahler hire

olsoon,” (good morning to you), and

then he proceeded to show some won-

derful curios, embroideries, materials





of Oriental manufacture, fezzes, sweet-

meats, old armor, swords, rifles, slip-

pers, boots, some yellow, others of red

morocco all Sizes, the most attractive

being the embroidered slippers for

woman’s use indoors. These are made

of velvet, silk, or cloth covered with

gold and silk embroider-y, pearls, etc.





Walking along a short distance we

came to another stall where we found

an Armenian merchant. Though rath-

er humble in manner he politely said

“inch goozek” (what would you like),

and“ pushing aside his long robe with

an air of great importance he tried to

hold our attention by placing a. lot of

his wares before us. There we found

beautiful jewelry, silver filigree, cop.

per cut holders, antique rugs, dress

goods, silver heads for narghiles; snuff

boxes, cutlery. We often heard the ex-

pression, “Ice shad ageg dessage,”

(this is a fine specimen), when he

seemed determined we should make a.

purchase. The Armenians are watch-





ey changers.



From the Armenian shop we strolled

along to see what the Greekc‘:Entasti-

ma.” (store) contained. Aerie stood

there we heard the cryof a. muezzin

from an outside minaret, calling the

faithful Turk to prayer, “Come to

prayer; come to the temple of salva-

tion. Great is God! There is no God

butGod.” ' - .



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“Kalime'ra, pos esthe, (good morning,

how are you), was easily answered as





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and were able to make a satisfactory

purchaSe without an ,interpreter. The

Greek is more cheerful and quiteggay

in manner and invites you to examine

the goods he has to sell. We found

dress materials, draperies, shoes, cloth-

ing, groceries.



There are many perfumes sold in

these bazaars—attar-of roses, jasmine.

musk, sandalwood,

odors. In the fruit bazaar we 'found

Smyrna ufigs, dates, plums,_and other

fruits. .





The Brousa silk bazaar was particu-





larly inviting. There we found all'





kinds of beautiful silk patterns. This

product is a mixture of cotton and silk

with gold and silver threads running

through it. Dresses and jackets are

made frOm it, and evening gowns

which are made in Stamboul that





would do credit to an American mo-





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At a. large show different varieties

of confectionery were sold. All are

luscious, especially the preserved rose





 





An Oriental Market Place.





leaves, and rahat locum (Turkish

paste). You may linger a Whole day

in these bazaars unconscious of the

flight of time. They are emporiums of

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RABBIT SKIN IN DEMAND.



ABBIT pelts are used to imitate



more furs than any other "animal

and as a substitute for almost every-

thing. Rabbit dyed black makes sea.-

line, an imitation of Hudson seal.

Dyed gray, it is mole; brown, it is kit

coney; white, ermine. Rabbit has ev-

en been made to represent leopard by

stenciling the spots on. The skin is

used in its natural state also for chil-

dren’s sets. Prices now average $2.00

a pound, an increase of forty cents in

the last six weeks and an increase of

$1.25 to $1.50 in the last two years.

It is used Iwo hundred per cent more

than it was formerly, when the'princh

pal use was for hats.



The best fur rabbits come from New

Zealand. Australia supplies the larg-

est amounb of skins, but the New Zea-

land quality is superior. The Ameri-

can rabbit is not fit for commercial

purposes because the skin is too ten—

der; Millions of rabbits are trapped

or shot annually in Australia, which is

almost overrun with them. At certain

times of the your great rabbit drives

are held. The drives take place at

night. A long net is put up and the

rabbits are driven into ii; with torches,

which frighten them, and make them

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the most horrible. They were bad

en-cugh in daylight when. one had one’s

.mes and trousers on. but they were

. -rmusandfold worse when one’s feet

9;: .ea were bare and the snake wig-

ang ml‘ough the grass near one in

the darkness of midnight. A slight

shiver passed over Silas as he thought

at this. rim a moment he stood frozen

in his tracks, not daring to move a

(Hell’s breadth. Vainly he tried to

”who the mninighl gloom and see

um» “- ”w 'r the grass under his

trad. h .. “Mung this Was impossi-

a... no caulmudly aimed away from

were he thought the snake was over

Mam.- the rosebush. False move:

we sooner had he taken a step to

wards it than something cold and

..a,mmy smote against his legs. With

a loud involuntary yell Silas jumped,

high and straight ahead. With a loud-

voluntary yell he landed in the rose-

oush armed with ten thousand sharp

snakes. and pausing not a second tran-

tinally rushed out of it pell mell, be-

lievulg fol the moment that the punc-

turns of the thorns in his legs and feet

were the fangs of the snake. Disre-

garding the pain of the rose-thorns he

ran towards, the front porch and, quick-

ly clambued up the steps to the se-

curity of its elevation. Here he pound-

ed on the door until a second white-

clad figure appeared and unlocked the

door.



"Silas Hantord, what in the world

15 it e matter with you? Yelling out

uke that, here in the middle of the

night! Sakes alive! What wifl the

neighoors think!” remonstrated the

ex cited and somewhat indignant Mrs.

tlanfurd.



"I guess anybody’d yell if a ten-foot





snake had wound itself around their





legsand hit them as l’ve been hit,” re-

iorted Silas angrily. “Besides being





hit I got into that consarned rose bush‘





and nearly every thorn on it is in me.

Im a-goin’ to tear that dratl ed bush

in first thing in the mornin', see if I

olln’t.”



“Silas Hanford, you ain’t goin’ to do

any such thing. That rosebush will

may right there where it is. It's got

1,; blowin‘ nice this summer and I

hill’l goin’ to have it touched. It you

ate tool enough to walk on it you

ought to get pricked."



"Say—are you goin' to stand there

all night talkin’? Can’t you get a lamp

and see how badly I’m bitten? I can

ice! the poison working through my

legs right now. I suppose you’d just





was soon it would go through so you

can get rid of me.”





"Now, Silas, if you want me to help

you, you keep still. Likely it’s only a

streaked snake that bit you anyway.

'lhey ain’t poison."





She disappeared in the darkness go- ' "





mg towards the kitchen. In a few

minutes she returned bearing a light-

eu lamp, several boxes of salves and

ointments and a battle of linament.

l‘lacing the lamp on the neat Silas be-

gan the painful process 0t extracting

the rose spikes from his feet and legs

isslStf—d by Mrs. Hanford. But in spite

of the unpleasantness of the operation

He did it as rapidly as possible and

urged his wife to greater speed. When

most if the thorns were out of his





‘teet he took the lamp and hunted up





a long club and then accompanied by

his wife went out into the yard in

search of the snake. He had been un-

able to distinguish the fang marks

,trom the rose-thorn punctures and he

wanted tr. identity the variety of the

snake in order to determine the dead-

:mess oi its bite. ‘

Appromhing the rosebush with ex-

treme caution Silas watched closely

tor the ,1 wptile. However. nothing was

to be see -, and in the absence of any-

thing fea‘i ume his courage partly re-

turned. B U! some reason Mrs. Han-





"tordé-did; not seem to fear the“ snake.





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Farms and Farm Lands For Sale





1603-Acre Midwest Farm,

Stock and Tools, $8800.





On state road, mile creamery. 2% miles ILR. town.

near large city. High cultivation tillage reporting

yields 400 bl. potatoes the new, 60 bu. wheat, &_c.,

creek-Watered, wire-fenced pasture, woodland, fruit.

Good 9-room housc,good_baru,mzlchlno, wngon houses.

Owner with two farms cannot run both, makes low

price mm, easy terms, and for quick sale throws in 6

cows, 3 heifers, 2 steers, 3cnlvos, )oultry, gas engine,

wagons. plows, long list tools. otnils )ugeMnow

Fall Catalog farm bargains Maine to Flori a. and west

Nebraska; copy frcc. TROUT FARM AGENCY,

814 B. 0.] Ford Bldg, Detroit. .





I Have One-Half Section

of Best Virgin Soil





Lumbered about six years.” Can .be fitted for plough

at $10 per acre. Timber to build all buildings and

fuel for life-time. Have cleared 21) acres in two years.

Forty acres almost ready for next year. Expect my

potato crop this yearto pay over one-half of it. High

altitude and free from frost. Two and half miles

from market on stone road. Will sell :11. orddivlde at.

$25 acre cash or $30 on terms. Should be looked over

this fall while potato crop is still in the ground.

Ernest C. Smith, Owner. Kalkaska, Michigan.





Dairy Farm At Lapeer, Mich.

First Class 200 Acre





Dark‘ clay loam soil, level. drained. well fenced. 160

cultivated. 20 hardwood timber, Nouttiver, all No. 1

land. Good 10 room house, new furnace. New circle

roofeduvcll finished barn 46x82 with 258mm stanchions,

160 ton steel silo, filled from 7 acres. New tool house

301150 new )oultry house 16x30. fine granary 24x30, 40

meadow, 6 a falfn. 20 wheat. ()n improved road. Old

age onlfi reason for sellingi We recommend this farm

as 0. . HOLMAN EAL ESTATE AGENCY.

Lapeer, Mich.





Aged Widow Sells 275 Acres

$4500, with 3 Horses and





2 colts. 8 cows, 2 calves, 4 wagons, harness, 2 mowing

machines, lonefillst lmilements. oats, hay, potatoes.

&0. on lmprov road, mile to town stores.easy drive

R.R. town, near city 30,0“). 100 acres productive loam

{1% excellent pasturees, estimated 300 cords hard.

w 81W feet timber; fruit. 8-mom house, lilo-foot

barn, modem hay conveyors. corn house. granary, lg.

ice poultg homage. gets all. easy to me. e-



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located 4 miles from Big Rapids. soil black clay loam

surface level, 4:) acres improved, balance beech an



ma lo timber. 8 rOoxn house. barn 36x46 fl., corned!)

16x H’t., tool house 16:30, hoghouso 10x30.chh,kcuhonse

12);?«4 all on stone walls, cement floors, eluted. wind-

mill, water in house, fruit. Price ‘ .300, 31% cash

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M lchlgan Country Home in “The College County"

for solo. Implcdiato possession: on long term cow

tract xl‘ desirod.tully equipped "Jill-acre dairy farm with

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hrst farm out. 10 ml. Watkins Glen and Seneca. Lake.

on state 'macadam road. Insurance on buildings

$4.21”. Will sell for $8,009 nrt cash. Do you won

land? Here it Is for ha f value. HALL‘S FARM

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with you and talk a few things over.

“If. you could “haveyour ‘druther,"

as some folks say, I know the one

thing you would choose.) above all else

would be that you might be loved by

everybody. Of course, there are a

great many other. things you would

like to do and to be, but the one

big wish of your heart would be that

you should have the friendship of all

who know you. You‘ may saysome—

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Betsy Ross Post No. 1, First Women’s Post of the American Legion, with

Mrs. Kato A. Claggett, President of Yeoman “F” Battalion, U. S. N. R. F.,

Presenting the Battalion Flag in Trust to Miss Annie Sharp Seitz, Vice-

Commander of Betsy Ross Post—Miss Seitz on the left.





something bright and cheery, some—

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help them to love the paper and all

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of me;” but you do. Deep down in

your heart you are all the time long-

ing for the love of all the world. And

it may be you sometimes shed a few

tears when you think that somebody is

not just as good a friend to you as you

wish he or she might be.





And the great question with you is,

“How can I make folks love me? What

can I do, that which will win for me

the good opinion of those I meet day

by day?” And you do try hard to

please folks and show them that’ you

are worthy to be loved and trusted.

Maybe you do bits of embroidery or

fancy sewing to be given to others on

birthdays or at Christmastlme; and

you are glad when those to whom you

give these things say, and say it as if

they meant it, “I thank. you. It is just





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you think, and it does. To make the

matter short, you work hard to do the

very finest and the biggest things you

can, hoping thereby to win love and

esteem of others. '



Now, lean down and let me whisper

in your ear. It is not what you do that

causes people to love you half as much

as it is what you are way down deep

in your heart. A girl may work many

an hour at night making something

nice for Christmas, and “kick it all

over” by being cross and snappish to

the very one for whom her gift is in-

tended. One single minute of grouchi-

ness will undo a year of planning and

stitching and making fancy work of

any kind. A bright, cheery ”smile is

the key to more hearts than a thou-

sand big things done just for the sake

of making friends love you. For we





cannot buy love with anything the





hands can do. Love is the only thing

that is ever accepted in exchange for

love.



So We do not need to work and plan

and tire ourselves all out doing great

things half as much as we do to be

good and bright and cheery all the

time, whether the day be sunshiny or

cloudy; to be so earnest and true and

courageous in our service for others

that our own hearts tell us give have

done the right thing; to keep simple

and kind and pure of heart under all

circumstances. ,



“Oh, well,” do you, say, “I can’t do

that!

did!” And yet, we do not know un-

less we have honestly tried it. Tried

it not for a day or two, but right along,

never feeling blue if we do not quite

come up to the standard we have set

for ourselves, but getting up bravely,

though we have stubbed our toes and

fallen, and going on‘ until we win; for

win we will, for that is the kind of life

that brings the victory over self, and

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VAN GALPIN, of Ypsilanti, winner

of the high score for dairy judging

among Boys’ Club members at the

State Fair last month, will uphold the





 





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honors of‘Michigan in a big sectional

judging contest at-the National Dairy

Show in Chicago, October 6. Galpin, a

member of-the Dixboro Pig Club,‘of‘

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Galpin was trained in his judging

Work by E. F. Lyon,» County Boys’

Club Leader of'Washtenaw county.





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e have a little colt named Jennie.

F0 8. long time I have wanted to take

her picture but she was so lively I was

unable to get her in the desired po-

sition. On August 28, about ten o’clock

in the morning, she was still out in the

pasture with her mother, so I thought

I would try to get a picture of her.

‘Mother went out with me. Jennie

would run off and come back to look

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under the Apple Tree.





wanted to take her picture, nor did

she see any use in standing still that

long. .



Finally with an ear of com I coaxed

her mother under an apple tree, where

I wanted them for the pictui‘e. The

colt seeing her mother going, trotted

along and stopped beside her mother.



After Gypsy, the mother horse, ate

the corn she saw something across the

field and they both looked up just as

I snapped the picture.



The colt is Percheron and Clydes-

dale and is about three months old.

She is so frisky it was hard to et a

picture of her, but still, when am

near her she wants me to pet her.—

Margaret Greenman, Penfield. Michi-

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Headed by the home demonstration

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county the girls visited their capital

city and roamed over the campus of

the college which sent leaders to train

them. They were tired and worn from

their journeys, yet everything at the

college was interesting to them. '



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club in their county did very good

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HE crying need of the world to-

day is for workers. Certainly

there was never a time when so

much work was waitingto be done,

nor when so few people were willing

to do it. The manufacturer in his plant,





in his store and the housekeeper in

her kitchen are all uttering the same

cry, “Send us help.”



At that there seems to be plenty of

people who might work. Our losses in

the war were not so great as to par-

alyze industry. And the expected rush

of foreigners back to their native

shores has not taken place. Only a.

comparatively small number of foreign

born have sailed for Europe since the

signing of the armistice. And still no

one seems to be standing about wait-

ing for the jobs that are open for them.

It begins almost to seem as if no one

really wanted to work.



It is rather foolish to place the

blame for present conditions on any

Class, though capital is trying to shift

it all on labor and labor is blaming

capital. Everybody is more or less to

blame. Such is the nice adjustment of

things in this world that no one can

claim to be all right, and everybody

else all wrong.



I’ve been wondering a great deal





HROUGHOUT the length and



breadth of this great country of



ours there has perhaps been no

more welcome visitor than the Red

_Cross home service worker, who dur-

ing those trying days when our boys

were fighting in the trenches, brought

material aid and spiritual comfort to

the folks at home. Problems too great

for the anxious mother or struggling

wife to solve could always be taken to

her, and any emergency could be met

when she stood by.





cial stringency, the Red Cross could be

counted on to lend a helping hand, and

if Tom had not been heard from, the

first person to consult was the home

service visitor. Later on, after the arm-

istice was signed and our troops be-

gan to return, many a stranded sol-

dier found a friend in need in the same

person who had been the mainstay of

his family, while he was away. The

home service department could help

him to find a job, and if he chanced to

be disabled he discovered through this

source that he was entitled to disabil-

ity compensation. He also might be

given vocational training with pay, and

financial aid could always be counted

on when it was most needed.





Not only in the cities, where char-

itable agencies abound is the banner

of the Red Cross flung forth, but also

in rural communities, where, advice

and aid are less lavishly supplied. in





home service sections operate there

are practically no other social agen-

cies and of the 3,800 home service sec-

tiOns in the United States 2,900 are

in places of less than 8,000 inhabitants.

It was found that rural communities

welcomed Red Cross workers with ev-





 





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Let’s Start a PrOpaganda

Favor of Work





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lately just how far we mothers have

been wrong? How much of the respon-

sibility for present conditions must We

assume? Just what has been our atti-

tude towards work, real work that is

productive, like farming or cooking or





the farmer in his fields, the merchant'sewing or washing or manufacturing?





Have we held these jobs up before

our children as the most desirable for

them? Or have we warned them to

steer clear of hard Work and look for

something easy and pleasant, like

school teaching or office work.



We have always worked hard our.

selves. Too hard by far, the most of

us. And we’ve hoped with all our

hearts that when our children grew up

they might have things easy. We’ve

talked it before them, what a dog’s

life was the farmer’s, and how house-

work was nothing but slavery. Uncon-

sciously our sons and our daughters

have absorbed the idea that the neces-

sary work of life was sort‘of beneath

them. They have gotten the impres-

sion that life for them should be a sort

of holiday, a place where they could

do a smattering of work in a haphaz-

ard way and demand a big salary for

it. They have not come up with the

good old-fashioned training we had our-

selves.



Don’t you remember when you were





ies. The mother, wife or swettheart

living on a farm was doubly glad to

see the friendly visitor because she

had less intercourse than others with

the outside world and in consequence

was in geater need of“ help in solving

her special problems.



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coming along that mother’s favorite

maxims were, “All play and no work

makes Jack a lazy boy,” and, “What-

soever thy hand finds to do, do it with

thy might?” When you were, being

brought up the schools hadn’t discov-

ered that children were to be taught

without their knowing it, that study





was to be made play for them. Your





mother never heard that children were

to be allowed self-expressionf'she had

an idea that children were to be given

certain tasks to perform at stated

times, and to be taught to mind, be re-

spectful to their elders and obey the

law.



You are the result of your mother’s

training, a law-abiding, hard-working,

sober citizen. The present generation

is the result of our training, a world

full of idlers, looking for short hours,

light work, high pay and considerable

license where law touches their per«

sonal. liberty.



We are reaping what we have sown.

It is rather late to correct our faults,

but when we’re brooding over present

conditions and laying the blame on oth-

ers, let’s try to turn the current of our

thoughts. Let’s try to repair as best

we can, and start a current of thought

in favor of real, honest work, work of

the kind the world needS.—-DEBORAH.





Red Cross Activities in Rural Communities





g1 am is to include a broadening out of

the war-time home service. It is found

that the needs of our own people are

1n01eas1ng since the war and new prob-

lems are arising. ' Returned soldiers

are in many cases finding difficulty in

securing work for which they are fit-

ted, many of them are in need of med-

ical assistance, and the-families still





 





Red Cross Rural Nurse Starting Out on her Day’s Rounds, from the Red_





Cross Home





the Red Cross for counsel.

the war what was at first an experi-

ment has become a habit. Home ser-

vice workers are doubling their work.

especially in the rural communities.

They are working harder than ever,

and are preparing to work harder still.



The Anierican Red Cross peace pro-





And since





Service Center.





have their difficulties, whether the

head of the household is on this side

of the water or the other. Then, too,

there are many instances where the

soldier did not come back, and here '

every possible word of encouragement

and bit of assistance is needed to help.

those left behind 12b -
cc unifies, a Bureau of Rural Organ-

, in‘ation has been formed that the

' problems may be handled most effi-

ciently. Community, gatherings are. to

be boosted and get-together meetings

for discussion of public problems will

be arranged for by the Red Cross. It

is not proposed to dictate policies, but

rather to serve as a guiding hand, that

the members’of each community may

be aware of their own special needs,

and may mutually benefit each other.

From local organization it is only a

step to county organization, and it is

hoped that representatives from all

over a county’ can meet to discuss

questions of education, health, agricul-

ture, home-making and the like. The

final step in the organization would be

a state rural council, comprising rep-

resentatives from the various county

councils, and this is the ultimate goal

which the Bureau of Rural Organiza-

tion hopes to attain.



During the past summer Red Cross

nurses have discussed the problems of

the public health on the Chatauqua

platform, thus reaching many in rural

communities that perhaps were not

previously aware of ‘the work of the

.Red Cross. It is the aim of the work-

ers in the country to get in touch with

every family, not only those who are

especially needy, but the more pros-

perous as well. The Red Cross is anx-

ious to help those who are well-to-do





I 'and'well educatedtoihelp the ices fav-





ored, and it is only through a commu4

nity— -wide acquaintance that this can

be accomplished.



Red Cross exhibits at county and

state fairs are counted on to do-much

in the way of publicity. All over the

country Red Cross home service rep—

resentatives are to be found at fairs

this fall, giving counsel and advice and

explaining their special functions in

the community. Canteens for soldiers

are also in evidence and first-aid sta-

tions are proving their usefulness to

those who receive minor injuries while

attending the fair.



Everywhere testimonials are recelv-

ed by home service workers, which

more than assure them that their ef-

forts are being appreciated. Some-

times it is only a clasp of the hand or

a tear in the eye, that repays the vis-

itor for her efforts. Again, it is a gift

which has been purchased with money

which would be better expended in

providing for the family, and yet again

it is the cherished possession of a life

time, which a grateful mother presses

upon her friendly counsellor. But it is

not pay that the Red Cross worker is

looking for. .The greatest reward

which she can ask for is the privilege

to be of further service, and that is to

be granted her, since the peace pro-

gram is to include a wider field than

ever for service in the homes of the

people and in public health work.





Contributed Recipes





Savory Beets.



Cook and cool a quart of beets,

then chop them up. Chop a quart of

raw white cabbage and mix with the

beets. Add a cupful of grated horse-

radish, acupful of sugar and a little

salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly and

pour over enough cold~vinegar to cov-

er. Put in a crock and set away for

several days. It will then be of a deep

red color. —Miss M. D.





Cucumber Catsup.



This is made without cooking, and it

retains perfectly the taste of the fresh

cucumbers. Pare the large cucumbers

very thin and chop fine. Add a small

teaspoon of salt and leave in-’a colan-

der to drain for about an hour. Add

one large onion chopped fine, one tea-

spoonful of white pepper and one pint

of vinegar. Stir all well together, put

in wide-mouthed jars, seal tightly and

let stand at least a month before us-

ing—Mrs. R. McM.





Grapes and Oranges.



Take four pounds of grapes and re-

move the skins. Ceok the pulp and

take out the seeds. Take three or-

anges and put them through the meat

grinder, all except the peel from one.

Add three pints of sugar and ,cook all

together slowly until it seems well

done. Can whilehot.-—Mrs. J. H. W.



'Tomato Surprise.



A salad of tomatoes filled with chop-

ped ofives and ‘celery is appetizing.

The tomatoes should be skinned by

placing them in a wire basket and

sinking them quickly in a pan of very

hot water. Do not let them remain in

the pan long enough to heat through,

and plunge into cold water. The skin

will then rub off easily. Scoop out

the pulpand seeds and fill the centers

with the choped olives and celery,

moistened with salad dressing. Serve

on lettuce with mayonnaise—Mrs.

J. J; O’C.



. Pear Honey.



Stew down the parings of a half-

bushel of pears after they have been

sorted and cleaned. Press through the

colander when'they are Well done. Add

three lemons- sliced; "and an equal

amount of- sugan This tastes. like lem-

on Ipreserves, and “is-Very nice. Pears

and plums are excellent canned“ to-

gather.- Pour boiling water on ‘ the

plums and peel off the skin. Remove



’ d. drOpl-x the plums into a. sy-

cook the pears in





clear water until done, then let come

to a boil in the syrup. When the plums

are done, put the two fruits together

and seal.——Mrs. W. S.



Corn Fritters.



Cut enough corn from the cob to

make one pint, or use the canned corn.

Stir in gradually two tablespoons of

flour, one—half teaspoon of’baking pow-

der, three eggs beaten light, salt and

pepper to taste, and mix well togeth-

er. Allow about a tablesoon for each

fritter. Fry in hot fat, and send hot

to the table—A. L. C.





SILAS SEES THE COMET.





 





(Continued from page 461).

Holding the lamp close to the bush

they bent forward trying to distin-

guish the reptile lying in the grass.





If Silas’ appearance alone had been )





ghostly, that of himself and his wife

was doubly so. Bending down toward

the ground with the flickering lamp

between them the two white figures

slowly traversing the yard in circles

around the rosebush at one o’clock in

the morning was enough to inspire

fear in any timid heart.



For some minutes they searched

without finding a trace of the snake.

Then Mrs._Hanford who was carrying

the lamp called to her husband, some

feet in the rear.



“Silas, you come here and look at

this.” The tone of her voice was 0m-

inousaalmost cendemning.



Silas came. 'On the grass in front

of his wife’s accusing index finger he

beheld a rather ‘pretty green, but per-

fectly harmless frog.



“There’s your snake, Silas Hanford.

I’d be ashamed to be scared of apoor

little harmless frog if I was you!”



If Mrs. Hanford’s speech sounds a

trifle sarcastic we beg of you to red





_member that it is no small matter to





be called out from'bed at midnight be-

cause of one small frog.

“Mandy—it was a snake.

1—,!

“In my opinion” Silas Hanford.” said

his wife in the manner of one speak-

ing of a third person but whose speech





I saw it.





has a direct significance for the person





spoken to, “In my opinion there’s no

feel like an old fool. ”’



And Silas, a humbler, if not a wiser

man, had naught to do bit to follow





her into the house in silence.-





 





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to the best advantage by mixing



it with hardwood ashes and work-

ing it into the garden soil in the fall.

Some crops are injured by spreading

poultry manure near them. in. the

spring, but if it is added to the soil in

the fall much of the caustic properties

will be gone when the plants start to

grow next spring. It pays to store the

poultry manure gathered from the

houses in dry barrels until enough has

accumulated to make spreading profit-

able. At the present value of all fer-

tilizers the manure from the poultry

houses is well worth careful attention.



Keep Hens Vigorous.



Never keep any hens lacking in vig-

or after they are discovered as strong

stamina is necessary in hens that lay

Winter eggs or in breeding stock that

is to produce quality chicks in the

spring. Birds that are inactive and

dull are in the most danger from colds,

roup and tuberculosis. They seldom

lay any eggs and they may carry dis—

ease to other hens in the flock. The

foundation of a live stock business

must rest on healthy, vigorous stock,

for when that is lacking, the best of

pedigrees and equipment will not bring

success.



Watch this: Mite.



When the hens lose feathers around

the neck and head it may be due to

the work of the depluming mite. Such

birds are not seriously injured except

in appearance, but the pest should be

controlled. A one per cent solution of

a reliable commercial stock dip is of-

ten recommended for such cases. Im-

merse the. birds on a warm still day

and place them in a colony house until

dry to avoid colds. If it can be avoid-

ed we do not like to dip fowls and

most all cases infested with depluming

mites can be controlled by rubbing a





spots where feathers are missing.

Saving Time.

We have about decided that the ker-

osene oil treatment for red mites takes

too much time as the application must.

be repeated so often to insure protec-

tion. If other duties take up the time

the poultryman 'on the farm is in dan-

ger of neglecting the roosts and then

a. few days’ start gives the mites a

chance to infest the cracks and crev-

ices of the roosts and dropping boards

and it is difficult to eradicate all of

them. The best method is to paint the

roosts with_-lice paint or some of the

commercial stock solutions which keep

the lice away much longer than the ap-

plication of kerosene oil.

Do Not Sell Layers. .



A study 'of-the hens in the poultry

crates at the railway stations may

prove that some laying hens have

been sent to to market that might

have been retained more profitably.





high enough to pay a hen'vs board for

quite atew weeks and after doingall

the work of raising a. flock of hens,

none or them should be discarded until

they have had the best possible chance

to makes. good record- Never ship a

late moulting hen to market if she still

has some value as a layer or a' breeder.

Keep the laying 'h‘ens‘fithat . shew the

signs of constant egg production." They

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The Farm Flock in October





By R. G. Kirby





tain vigorous chicks is to hatch the

egg from year-old and two-year-old

hens rather than from pullets.



Sour Milk a Good Poultry Food.



Sour milk is often a by—product of

farming that can be used profitably by

the hens. According to H. L. Kemp-

ster a flock of one hundred hens should

have about‘three gallons of sour milk.

per day for the best results. That

seems to tally with the experience of

many other poultrymen who reduce

their cost of egg production by the lib-

eral use of sour milk. If only a small-

er quantity of sour milk per hen is

available they should be given some

beef scrap as hens cannot do their

best without animal food in the ration.

Nature seems to have planned that

hens should lay eggs abundantly in the

spring when worms and bugs were

plentiful, both to help in producing the

eggs and in feeding the chicks that

hatch. ‘ It is evident that this animal

food must be supplied at all seasons

of the year because it does stimulate

egg production and hens that only lay

in the spring cannot be profitable.

Sllmple Construction is Best for Poul-



try House. ,



When building a poultry house mon

ey is saved by simple construCtion.

First, select a. well-drained site, if pos-

sible where there is protection from a

windbreak or other farm buildings.

Then‘ build a' house that is about twen-

ty feet deep so that the wind will not

strike-the birds on the roosts, even

when the front of the house is open

during storms. Have plenty of win-

dows for fresh air and sunshine as that

is an important factor in keeping the

farm flock in health.



Egg producers often keep flocks of

five hundred Leghorns in one poultry

house but we seldom see more than

one hundred birds of the heavier





breeds to a. flock. 'Of course, the Leg— .





horns are active and seem to thrive

better than heavier birds when large

numbers are together. However, it

seems as if some‘large farms have a.

capacity of more of the heavier birds

than they are carrying and some flocks

of Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes

might be managed in large numbers if

the birds were given a. large range and

the best sanitary measures were used

in the house. It is largely a. matter of

skill in management and the less a

farmer is interested in poultry the

smaller the flock he can manage with

safety. It takes much work to handle

large flocks of farm poultry in the





right manner and few general farmers ‘





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THE birds in the farm flock should



have at least four square feet'or

floor space per bird in their house.

This does not mean abOut four square

feet. It means that more room might

be advantageous, but less would be

dangerous. It is very difficult to keep

an overcrowded house in sanitary cen-

dition. vathe poultry house holds one

hundred birds and one hundred and





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- ' . togethpi‘i’oflhool fallnightsxand do‘hot =

" seem to need so much- room. How-





ever,- if a’night. becOmes‘warm they

,will spread out on the roosts and they,

need the room fer health. and comfort.

Calculate the roosting'space in \the

poultry house on the basis of a hot

summer night. Then at all seasons the

hens ‘will have plenty of room.



About four hens per 'nest is a satis-

factory number in the poultry house.

,If the nests are scarce the birds will

crowd together or hide their nests in

the litter on the floor or on the range.





Build nests so that there will be room '





enough on a nest for one hen, but not

room enough for two. Two hens are

.apt to crowd together on an over-size

nest and the quarrelling may result in

broken eggs.



-0vercrowding causes the birds to be-

come heated and then they catch cold

when coming from the roost on a

cold morning. When young stock are

housed in colony houses or brood coops

they will be injured by overcrowding}

Brood coops should not be used for

chicks that have been weaned. They

do much better when roosting in col-

ony houses where they cannot crowd

together. R. G. K.





 





CEMENT BLOCK POULTRY

HOUSE.





 





I intend to build a chicken house,

and was going to make it out of hol-

low cement blocks, but happened to

think that they may be apt to draw

dampness. Please let me know your

experience and what kind of material

to use. Would also like to know on

what plan is the best way to build it.



Midland Co. J. B. M. i





In general, poultry houses may be

built of cement block or brick or any

material with which the builder is

skilled in using, but the largest nunr

ber of poultry houses of all types are

built of lumber because it. saves ex;

pense and gives universal satisfaction.

A farm poultry house can be built of

rather poor grade lumber and yet be

made weather proof by covering it

with a. good grade of roofing paper on

all sides. We have seen ‘cement block

poultry houses that were substantial

and attractive and did not seem to

draw dampness. Of course, they must

be of the open front type with plenty

of light and ventilation. However, we

would not recommend a cement block

poultry house in preference to a wood-

en house.





If the inquirer ever visits the Mich-

igan Agricultural College he should in-

spect the twenty-by-twenty farm poul‘

try house with the even span roof. It

has a cement floor and cement founda«

tion but the remainder of the construe

tion is of wood. The outside is cover-

ed with red roofing paper held on with

strips of wood which are painted

white. The front is covered with quar-

ter-inch mesh wire and there are large

windows in both sides which can be

thrown open in the summer when ad-

ditional ventilation is needed. Of

course, the back of the house is tight.

This house is more attractive and

practical than any cement block poul-

try house we have ever seen. It is a

very good type for the average farm

flock of about one hundred birds.





The shed-roof type of poultry houses

are easy to build and about as inex«

pensive as any type which the farmer

can use. They permit plenty of sun-

light to strike clear to the back of the





 





 

   

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





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long spell of sickness. To force out the old quills and grow

new feathers saps a hen’s Vitality.





If you expect your hens to be fall producers and winter layers,

then feed them Poultry Pan-a-ce—a during andafter the moult.





 





 





 





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It contains Tonics that put your moulted hens in fine condition -—-Tonics

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hen rich, red blood and a red comb. It contains internal antiseptics that

destroy disease germs that may be lurking in the system. N0 disease

where Pan-a—ce-a is fed. . 1





It brings back the singing—it brings back the scratching—it brings

back the cackle. That’s when you get eggs; and it’s eggs you

want—fall eggs, winter eggs—when eggs are eggs.





- Feed Pan-a—ce-a to all your poultry to make and

keep them healthy. The dealer refunds your ‘

money if it does not do as claimed. Tell the dealer .

how many fowls you have and he will tell ou

what sized package to buy; Always uy

Pan-a-ce-a accordin to t e size of your

flock. 300, 75c an $1.50 packages. 25-1b.

pail, $3.00; 100-lb. drum, 810.00. Except

in the far West and Canada.





DR. HESS & CLARK

Ashland, Ohio





   

   

 

   

 

 

 





 

 

 





 

 

   





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STOCK TONIC





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’ ilver Golden and “'hite VVyandottos young breeding

stock after Oct. lot. Choice cockerals $5 to $15. Write





 





or sale “Buy the Beat" eggs for hatching from 2])

egg strain Barred Plymouth Book. $2.00 per 15 $6.00

for 40 eggs. H. B. PR OTOR. Grand Haven. Mich. v





March Hatched R. 1. Red Cockerels





Both Combs. Write for prices and order early.

Interlakes Farm. Box 39. Lawrence. Michigan.





LEGHORNS. 1V1. Pekin Ducks. W. .

R.C. Brown nese Geese. Place orders earlyofhoir

Mrs. Claudia Betta. Hillsdale. Mich.





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your wantsnow. O.W.Browning, R2 Portland. Mich.



' White Leghorn Cockerels. Ferris 230-

Smgle comb 264 egg strain April and May hatch.

$2.00 and up. Alvah Stegenga. Portland, Mich.





 





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NEW BUJTERFLV





' and White Le horns.

BUff Leghorns! 100 early hatched ocker-

818 from great laying strains $1.50 to $3.00.



Dr. WILLIAM SMITH. Petersburg, Mich.

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:gpns choice ‘In gator-bl. 4nd '2: _._ FOWler s B R0 3 9:1? hilt-213i: $300 for $526888

1;). Made-lacin’toulmernmenll ‘ .. , R B FOWLER ilartford Mich



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and on a plan whereby they cut



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moulacturer and eggs mongol-7.. u, t a





”haunt-Dover co. macaw-Lem.“





young stock.





 





iant Bronze Turkeys. Young thorobreds.grand col.

or,_ type and bone. Early niaturin birds now at;

full prices. Order soon. N.Evalyn ltamsde l,Icnia,Mich





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house and if they are twenty feet deep

the storms will not reach the birds on

the roosts even when the windows are





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your ree ng stock now and save money. .atalog

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All the best paying varieties. Order

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open. The "only cement block poultry

houses we have Seen have been of the





 

 





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shed-roof type and the birds housed in

them seemed to be contented and of

good vigor. Possibly the use of such





i ‘ Exclusively. Baby chicks all sold.

Barred ROC {3 Thanks to all our customers. Order

early for next season. H.





   





 





   

 





Made by the famous Valley Forge Cutlery Company. Two blades





ILRierce. Jerome. Mich.





 





 





 





farm to the producer cf the blocks or





Baded Plymwtgmk Cookerels from Amer-





made of best razor steel. Ebony handle. Brass lined and well finished

throughout. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. High-grade every way.



These knives were bought a. pre-war prices, otherwise we could

not make the attractive offers below. They are extra good value.





   





ica's greatestfllefiing strain; big boned.

' ' Ypsilanti. Mich.





 

   

 





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the' materials from which they are

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I e. Mich.
11111119 1112mm"





of Con or Cancellations much reach us

Chang'leen Day’sv before .date of publication





bull call, Sired by our imported





“EDGAR oi DALMENY”





recently sold in Scotland at the Perth

Bull Sale for the record price of 2,100

guineas, or $10, 584. 00 in our money.





This goes to show the quality of the





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that Mr Scripps is breeding He enjoys see-

ing good stock on “Wildwood" and believes that



TIIE BEST 18 NONE 1‘00 GOOD.

“Edgar of Dalmeny” won the Michigan Grand

Championship last Septemeber at the Michigan

State Fair and was a winner in his class at the

Chicago International last December.



We have a few females with calves at foot and

re bred to‘ 'Edgar of Dalmen " that Mr. Scripps

has consented to sell toT re uce the fast grow-

ing herd. Write





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION, MICHIGAN

W. E. SCRIPI‘S. Prop.. Sidney Smith.Supt.





WOODCOTE ANGUS





Established in l 900.

TYPE-—QUALITY--BREEDING





The herd (tested annually) is absolutely

free from tuberculosis.





A few bulls (no females) for sale

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM, Ionia. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





loverly!Angus.5100ws uith ( alves. rebred; 2 bred cows‘

1 two yearold 2yearling heifers. Price $2 800 6year-

ling bulls $225 each. Geo. Hathaway &S(111 Ovid. Mich.





GuernseyBullthoap





Have Four Young Bulls

at Attractive Prices





One 3weeks old Dam A. R. stock

and May Rose blood, $75.00.



One 3 weeks old Lord Mar and Gol-

den Secret (May Rose) $75.00.



One 2 months old Maple Crest and



Gov. of the Chene, $100.



One 4« months old Ledyard Bay and



Gov. of the Chene, $125.



Above prices are cratcd and deliver-

ed to Express Office, all nicely marked

straight and guaranteed right in every

way.



Hicks’ Guernsey Farm



0 Saginaw; W. S.. Michigan





GSUERNSEY‘





196 368 These figures repre- ‘

"" sent the average but-

ter fat production of agrade herd





in Minnesota before and after

the use of a pure bred Guernsey





 





 





bull. The improved herd brought

the owner pros-

perity,---theoriginal, only

drudgery. Write to breed-

ers for descriptions and





send for our

“The Grade





rices and

ree booklet.

Guernsey.‘

’lhe American Guernsey

Cattle Club, 13011-35. Peter-

boro. N H.





 





 





REGISTERED





GUERNSEYS





Young bulls of quality for sale,

backed by generations of large produc-

ers. All tuberculin tested. Come and

look them over.





AVONDALE STOCK FARM,





WAYNE, MICH.





GUERNSEY FOR SALE





OurA R. Mav RoseHerd Sire Carries" "1% same blood

as Florham Leader that sold for 825000. One six

months old bull calf. Herd Federal '1‘ B. tested.

Gilmore Brothers. Camden. Mich.





Registered Guernseys





Two choignie two ILI. ar old Guernsexs s.bred~—3500

IAMS. North dams, Mich.





 





 





 





Burly of Strawber Hill No.

Guernsey Bull 52161 born April 24thri917. Price

8300.00. Sire King Bell of B i





r arbankN m; Dam

Dale Deep Dale No. 56429. Walter Phipps Farm,

so A [red St, Detroit.





“REGISTERED GUERNSEYS

2 bulls.» 2 bull calves. Pricedlto sell.



. . 0 B S O N

Room 307 M. C. R. R Depot. Detroit. Mich





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records. This herd is composed of





 





THE DISPERSION OF





50 Head-HolsteaneSIan

Cattle-5O Head





DiInondale, Mich.





001. 17, 1919, at 10:30 O’clock





_ This is one of the best bred and. best individual herds of Central

Michigan. About half will freshen this fall and early winter. There are

some A. R. O. cows, the balance are all capable of making good A. R. O.





the blood from four of the leading





families of the breed, such as: Pontiac Korndyke. Pontiac Butter Boy,

King of the Pontiacs and King Segisj This herd is headed by a 28-lb.

grandson of King Segis, who’s dam has three A. R. 0. records all testing

above four per cent fat. This herd is on the accredited list for tubercu-

losis; there never has been a reactor in the herd—a strictly clean herd.





Every animal of breeding age is guaranteed to be a breeder. Every-





Col. J. E. Mack,





Auctioneer.





Chas. Daniels,

Sale Manager.





G. F. Balduf & Son, Prop’s,





thing will be sold without reserve. All New York Central Trains will be

met at Dimondale, Michigan, and all local Grand Trunk trains at Millets,

Mich. The farm is located three miles north of Diamondale, or six miles

southwest of Lansing, Michigan, on the Lansing-Battle Creek road.



The T erms‘ of Sale are Cash, or Six Chlonths’ Time on bankable notes

bearing six per cent interest from date of sale. Nothing shall be removed

until proper settlement has been made.





This Sale will be Held, Rain or Shine---Don’t Miss It.





S. T. Wood, B. S. Harris

Pedigree Expert. Clerk.





Dimondale, Mich:





 





GUERNSEYS mutst reduce herd, so offer

a few choice females of

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

in , herd tuberculin tested.



T.R.H Battle Creek. Mich.





$75 gets 1% mo. old gdson Maplecrest Korn. Ileng. and

27lb. dau hter of Johan Heng. Lad. and 18. 48 lb.

daughter of an1 Jane Paul A. Dam is my best milk.

er. Terms ..L McLAULIN Redford Michigan.





acce ted in payment of finely bred reg.

A Bond "Ole istergd Holstein bull calves. Quality

of the best and at prices within reach of all. Write.

GEO. DOLA - - Vassar. Mi____c_h.





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES the

large fine growthy type. guaranteed right in

every way. They are from high producing A. R.

O. ancestors. Dam’srecords up to 30 lbs. Write

for pedigrees and quotations. stating about age

desired.



TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL



Traverse City, Mich.





“Top-Notch”

HOLSTEINS





The young bulls we have for sale are

backed up by many generations of

large producers. Buy one of these

bulls, and give your herda “push”.

Full descriptions, prices,etc. on request.





McPherson Farms Co., Howell, Mich.

“Winwood Herd”





REGISTERED

Holstein - Friesian Cattle





Site in Service

FLINT MAPLECREST BOY





His sire is Magleorest Korndyse Hengerveld. His

three nearest ams each over 30 lbs. of butter in 7

days His dam and granIddam both made over 1232 lbs.

of butter in one year-.1 is the yearly cow we are

lookin for to (lol iver the goods Flint Maplecrest

Boy' 8 am is Gluck Vassar BeII3 30. 57 lbs. of butter

in 7 days and 121 lbs. in 30 days. He; butter fat test

is 5.27 We have a few choice bull calves about ready

for service and one or two read. member we are

breeders and not dealers in catt e. Our price is right.

breeding considered. Write us your wants. or come

and look this herd over before you bu, and see for

ourself. You will be glad you came. erd tuberculin





ested. .

JOHN H. WINN, Inc.

Lock Box 249, .. Roacommon, Mich.

Re! erence Roeoommon State Bank.





ill Bell

To avoid in!) " eRidfie No 041637three

icon-s old. Dan Trirey of thet Ridg 5375388116888





 





 





Granddam ’ Ab bbie of Riv ersldc

Mich. wanttoseli intoa

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Champion Guernsey cowA of

registered herd





 





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REGISTERED HOLSTEIN





bulls from A. R. O. Dams.





SINDLINGER BROTHERS

LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN





THE HOLSTEIN S





At Maple Avenue Stock Farm are under Goverment

supervision. The entire herd have just been tuberculin

tested and not one reactor. A‘fooda place to buy that

bull you are looking for, an Ih ave two very line.

richly bred and splendid individuals ready for any

amount of service. I want to answer any question

you may ask about htem.



L. E. CONNELL. Fayette, Ohio





Wah-Be-Me-Me Farms





Pure Bred Registered





Holstein-Friesian Cattle

Herd Headed by

Segis Pontiac De Nijlander





A 32 1b. grandson of Michigan’s great 35 lb. champion

cow, Pontiac De Nijlander. His dam, Oak Valley

Korndyke Beets Segis Fan. 32.06. also a Michi

prize winner last ear and a prize winner in the at-

ional Ass‘ 11, all e asses. as a 4 year last year. Her

dam is a granddaughter of King Segis and as a 5 r. old

has 731 5 be milk 29 47lbs_. butter in 7 days an



lbs. milk 116.9 lbs. butter in 30 days. Segis Pontiac De

Nijlander' s dam as a four year old (she is 5 ydrs. now)

made 122.1 lbs. butter and 2721 «lbs. milk' 1n 30d ays.

Write for list of bull calves from 18 lb 2 ear olds to

over 30 lb. dams Have a five year old son 0E 000R“ Ap le

Korndyke 8th. a half brother to the .000 bull or

sale. Also Big’Iype Poland Chi na hogs:l sired by a litter

mate to the Illinois Grand Champion AlbertG .Wade.

Prop. White Pigeon. Michigan.





 





 





 





F 8 ' Seven grade Holstein cows due to freshen

or a g in October and November: also twoheifers.

HERBERT SIEFERT Bonnie Brae Farm, Byron

Center, Michigan, B. .





egistered Holstein heifers bred to a double grand

R son of the great May EchoS lvia 4.1 lbs. butter and

0061bs. milk in Mays. CLH .Gldd ngs,Gobleville. Mich.





CLUNY STOCK "FARM





loop-REGISTERED HOLSTEINS--100

When you need a herd sire remember that we

have one of the best herds in Michigan kept un-

,der strict sanitary conditions. Every individual

over 6 mos. old regularly tuberculin tested. We

have size. quality. and production records back.

ed by th a best strains of breeding.





our wants. .

R. BRUCE McPH%ON Howell, Mich.





HOLST‘EI-n... of QUALITY





A dog elarge cows for sale from three to six years

old. b.Pontiac XXII-ad ke. gadglrnthgeil‘oubrgd to n-

no reed . ur rs 11 118 one



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. spring markets will be monev makers.

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oi Registered Jonas

At my farm, Three Miles Southwest 01'

Grand Blanc, on Cook Road,-





Wednesday, Oct 15, 1919, 211.111.





Bull, Fontaine Japs Leonatus 156703.

Five cows 2. to 8 years old, 3 due in

October. Two yearling heifers. 'One

heifer 021.113 4 months old.





Breeding, Interested Prince, Hood

Farm and Imported Jap.





Spencer Sutph 1n, Prop.





. Jersey b II,

For Sale 167066 droplpe'd £10 '3 ”Majesty No.

or, black tongue and switch. His slim M 1913a S'gllgf‘tfiii

For No.13421 His dam. Noble s Glory No .1015g) Imp

331‘: Rvid'llhihilpeCOOtl 3f I(:vefr 40011111} butter with first

0 em

Newman' 5 Stock Fatima 1: {81133331123 t 5:1:me





LILLIE Farmstead Jerseys. A few heifers bred to

freshen this fall also earli h if

threeR. ofM. cows. “belong Lillilbgcgosgsvillgfldasgr





BUTTER BRED JERSEY, BULLS





YS TAL SPRING STOCK FARBMA.L





CR

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigann





LaneR. of M. Jersey herd. B II 11d if

Maple calves sired by a neflh0 ew theuneRv WISE-1110':

es. so





Champion Sophie' s A 11 Red 0

. g and

ch ix. IRVI VIN FOX, oAllegan, flick.





bulls ready

calves.

Howell. Mich.





The Wildwood Jersey Farm





Bulls for saleb Majesty’ s 011’ d F .

inent Ladys ltEajesti150934 a(i1rd oughislttfldfa 1M1 1M“;-

jesty dams. VIN BALDEN. Oapac. Mich.





Jersey Bulls For Sale stock (1......





Lad--Ra]eigh~-St. Lambert breed M

Farm, Waterman & Waterman, AridgArbor,eli/(Ili)cwh‘.and





Registered J erse

all





For Sale

for se 1

SMITH a Padkofi’aanhP 4.





From R. ofM.





'HAHWUUD HEREFUBDS





.. Young stock both sexes for sale.

Keep On 508019" heads‘ the herd. Write us

Your wants. Visitors welcome.





JAY HARWOOD, Ionia, Mich.





Farm six miles south of Ionia.





Polled and H

Herefords embrace Fungi: ed P13331031 $22:





tection and Prime Lad 9th Ebreedin P

COLE& HGARD Bfind£10112shrieixzsonable.





Herefords Bob Fairfax 494027 at head of herd.





St ck or sale. th

horned any we? Priced right ei er Lseprolled or

Sec'y H. B. Ass' 11, Bad A110. Mi ich .





 





Shorthorn Callie 01 both Sex Ior Sale

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michi chlgan.

For Sale Bhorthorns of Quality Scotch and

S t h '1‘

Ho 0. Avondue.°°1i’axw° 52’.“ consistencies





Sut ton. Model Type. the Oscol C B

Breeders Ass. John Schmidt Sec. aRedd Cli‘ygrli'ilizlhl:





BIDWELL 311011110113





For Beef and Milk





Registered bulls. cows and heifers. G 0d 8

Scotch- Topped for sale. In rime condftion 0052;331:1512

sanitary equi ment. Her under state and federal





supervision. arm 10 minutes from opo

our from Toledo, Ohio. A 0'

trains. Write utomobile meets ail





BIDWELL STOCK FARM-





Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Richland Stock Farm





SHORTHORNS

HOME on THE MICH. CHAMPIONS

We offer for sale a few good dual pur-

pose cows with calves at foot. Also

two three year old bulls suitable for

range purposes, We invite inspection.

C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS





Office at Tawas City, Mich. Herds at Prescott. Mich.





Scotch and Scotch To ed -

Shorillomws T3“. priced right. Cogipe ancdo 3933;923:111-

write B.McQUILLAN R. 7. Howell. Mich.





Scotch Topped (laws For Sale. Bred by film. Mich





A 1.0

.V. Butler. WilliamstonFlMich “I 829





New Bloist. 27 bulls; 28 females. F b

Shorthomsal Central Mich Shag-1.1.1315:

Breeders’ Assn!"l .. lOscar Skinner. secyq Gowen. Mich.





The Kent Co Shorthorn Breeders have both-males

and females for sale. Ask about them.

[1.3. LEONARD Sec. - . Caledonia. Mich.





SHORTHORNS A YOURS Mary cow and





all' 1

ale. Louis Bubbitt. Williamstonahs/ii 3130“” bu" t"





Meadow Hills Shorthorns—Forau sale females ,





ages, in-



one a ed cow at bargain; also one roan bull

or serv1ce. Geo.D D-Doster. Doster. Mich.



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MILKING SHORT!~ ORNS b”





bull calves. Davidson and Hall. Tecumseh. Mich.





Special Oiier Shorthoms— 0°" 325°“

Wm. J. Bell, Rose City. did”. 8200108250.





SHOQTHORN BULL CALVES





FOR SALE. Dhnl. Motto! & Sons, Ithaca. Mich.





Milking Shorthoms 0' best Bates breedln





I) ll 7

3and 71“g months old for sale. El H.Kni10rt:l‘llvil:s%rzi,h§lioh,°n





cl ml in

ready





OR Sale. Thirty head high grade Sh rth

FHereford dsteers. weigh about 7111poundso Rotating:





Pri MW)

GA AMBLE, Hart. Mich.





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OGGING‘down: corn is more popu-





greater part of the corn belt than ever

before, largely because of the high

price of labor, corn huskers asking ten

~cents a bushel and board in north-

western Iowa. The corn in that reg-

ion, as well as in most of South Da-

kota and Minnesota, is reported the

best seen for 3. Score of years. Up to

this time labor has been scarce, but

now plenty of workers are ofiering

their services. Hogs and sheep are

doing much of the corn husking this

year, and more sheep are engaged in

this line of saving work than for years.

The idea of hogging down corn is re-

ported as spreading, and it is expected

that in northern Iowa more than ten

per cent of the crop will be gathered

in this manner.‘ Of course, the silos

will be'utilized for corn feed also, and

they are numerous everywhere these

times, especially where cattle feeding

is carried on extensively. Interesting

evidence of the growth of hogging

down corn is furnished by the report

of the ecunty agent of Franklin coun-

ty, Iowa, which states that last year

2,933,000 bushels of corn were raised

in that county, and of this amount only

2,000,000 bushels were estimated to

have been picked. W. W. F.





 





HOG PRICES FLUCTUATE.





XTRAORDINARILY wide fluctua-



tions continue to take place, in

prices for hogs offered on the Chicago

market, and stockmen having hogs for

sale cannot understand why a car of

swine should change in value to the

extent of $500 in thirty-six hours, as

happens frequently. Hogs are selling

at far .lower prices than at the year’s

highest period, although still far high-

er than in normal times, if much be-

low the prices paid one and two years

ago. A year ago top hogs were selling

in the Chicago market at $20.10, two

years ago at $19.60, three years ago at

$10.50 and four years ago at $8.50.

With the packers evidently strongly

averse to paying higher prices for





'hogs, stockmen owning maturing hogs





are letting them go to market as fast

as they mature. Pigs are arriving in

steadily increasing volume, and there

is a good demand for feeder pigs to

ship to farming districts. Late sales

of hogs were at the .lowest prices re-

corded since October last year, the

best prices being paid for prime light

butchers, followed by light bacon hogs

and heavy butchers, with rough heavy

packers the lowest priced of all, as us-

ual. Very few piggy sows are market-

ed these times of light prices, when

every brood sow is valuable. The oth-

er day the Chicago receipts of hogs

were the second largest in seven

months, While the shipping demand

from the east was the smallest for the

year. W. W.‘ F.



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OPENS



WITH BIG ATTENDANCE.





\





HE Michigan Agricultural College



opened for the year last week,

with one of the heaviest enrollments

in its history. Nearly 1,400 students

registered the first three days, and

late arrivals were expected to boost

the attendance above the college rec-

ord “of 1,600 four-year students. The

agricultural division continues to lead

in total enrollment, more than five

hundred men being entered in this sec-

tion. ,





ENTRIES To INTERNATIONAL.





 





We wish to call the attention of our

readers to therannouncement of the

out of the International Live

. ition to be held at Chi-

k Yards, November 29 to

’1‘» that entries will close on





 

 





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The Tracks Save





 





 





HE. Cletrac Tank-Type Tractor runs on metal



tracks like a locomotive. Six wheels, three

on each side, carry the entire weight of the

machine and run on the endless tracks which

are laid down and picked up as the Cletrac

goes along.





This distinctive and efficient type of construc-

tion enables the Cletrac'to go practically any-

where. No matter

what the soil condi-

tions. it runs on its

tracks—nothing stops

it.





1902l Euclid Avenue





it doesn't have to

expend extra energy

to push itself along.

This saves power,.

saves fuel, saves time.





Oct 23, 1919 Oct. 23, 1919





Howell Sales Co., of Livingston County





SIXTH ANNUAL SALE





At Sale Pavilion on Fair Grounds, Howell, Mich.

85 Head of RegisteredHolsteins 85





Sale will Begin at 10:30





A large per cent of these cattle are fresh cows and heifers, or cows

and heifers soon to freshen. Among the female offerings is a 29-lb. cow,

two 24slb. cows, several from 22 lbs to 24 lbs, a daughter of a 32-lb. cow; a

daughter of a 29slb. cow, a daughter of a 25-lb. cow, and a daughter of a

21-lb. two-year-old. We will sell six young bulls from dams up to 27 lbs. and

sired by better than 30-lb bulls.



Our reference sires are the very best bulls

dams with records of 28 lbs. up to 45 lbs.



All cattle over six months of age tuberculin tested.





COL. J. E. MACK, Auctioneer. S. T. WOOD, Pedigree Expert.





Catalogs Ready Oct. 10“» JAY B. TOOLEY, Sec’y, HOWELL, MICH.





O. I. C. BOARS FOR SALE





. One of the Best Herds in Michigan

Big type, growthy boars of all ages. I ship C. O. D., pay express and reg-

ister In buyer's name. If you want a real choice boar, guaranteed right





in every way, write me.

J. CARL JEWETT, R. 5, Mason, Michigan.





MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK





INSURANCE COMPANY

INDEMNIFIES Owners of ' Live Stock — Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs

Against Death by Accident or Disease

308 Davidson Building," 7 Bay City, Michigan





in Michigan, being from





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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June furrow. Also



We hav for {sale Z», head well bred He 1' nd .

berth Cattle. Good condition. On {:rgidmilea spring pigs CHAS STOCK ABM' Mariette, Mlih‘

roan Vanderbilt. ii sell one car I0 0:: all. 0 Berkshire boar for 875.00. Late





 





 





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on user wire for price. subject to review said ' s the at sch.

Oteego cattle company. . Van erbilt, Mich. ’ ”ma. sfiiavmi? flfi?rfll§;





wawcland Tractor Co.





Cleveland,

Largest manufacturers of tank- type tractors in the world





Cletrac





TANK - TYPE TRACTOR





(Formerly known as the "Cleveland Tractor”)





   

   

 

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





The power isn't wasted propelling the tractor.

It goes into the "pull" on the implement.





And the tracks being broad, distribute the weight

of the Cletrac as snow shoes distribute a man's

weight. Think what that means in the prepara-

tion of your seed bed. Think what a tremendous

advantage it gives you on hilly ground. Think

of the extra power and the lower upkeep under





hard conditions.

Think of the greater

speed and the easier





Ohio handling.





See your Cletrac

dealer today. Early

ordering is important.

Write for. the illustrated

booklet “Selecting Your





Tractor ' ’.

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Big Growthy Berkshire Pigs





Registered. W. H. Every, Manchester, Mich,





Durocl opportunity





What would the earning capacity of a Brook»

water Boar be in your herd? A mid—west breeder

states that the Brookwater boar he used added

from $75 to $100 to every gilt bred to him.



It payed this man to use one of our boars it will

pay you.



We have several that we are offering at priceswhich

appeal to the small breeder who must of necessity

be a conservative buyer. We have a few that are

good enough to be used in high class herds at

prices in keeping with their in individuality and

breeding. Money invested in a good herd boar

very speedily increases the 'value not only of

what you sell but what you keep. Send for price

list or better. visit the farm.



BROOKWATER FARM, Ann Arbor, Mich.

HERBERT W. MUMFORD owner, '



J. BRUCE HENDERSON. Manager.





»F REE DUROCS





To introduce the merits of our pure bred Durocs,

we Will give the following away.





 





 





No. l. sow pig 8 weeks or over for heaviest pic

(‘lthel‘ sex purchased from us. weight reported at

9 mos. of age.





No. 2. Bear 8 weeks or over for largest order of

of 8 weeks weanling pigs taken by one customer

before Jan. 1, 1920.





No. 3. Gilt bred to farrow for largest order of 6

mos. or over pigs, ,not less than $200 before

March I, 1920,





We ship C. O. D. and guarantee satisfaction.





EAGER BROS., HOWELL, MICH.





_ August pigs either sex, read to shl

nun"? JETSB’S Oct. 15th, from large Iittersyandibes‘i:

breedmg, crated f. o. b. Bankers, 15 to 18 dollars.

Two ads. last spring brou t. orders for over 100 more

than I had. . Boys and Gir 8 Clubs Ann Arbor have 25.

one boy refused 6’) dollars forlpig. .Satisfactidn or

money back. Pedigrees furnishe .



B. E. KIES. Hillsdale, Mich.





DUR-OC BOARS





ready for servicewxcollent breeding and individual": .

The large growthy kind, also Aug. & 8(3tkl6wgr pig.





 





 





 





prices very reasonable . R U S H

In Oakwood Farm, Romeo, Mich.

DUROCuJbRSEVS





E; D. HEYDENBERK Wayland. Mich.





DUROC SOWS «





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Additional Stock Ads. on Pigs 471‘
Latest 2 Market Reorts





SECOND TDITION.





The“markets in this edition were re-





‘ . vised and corrected. on Thursday af-





ternoon, October 9.





WHEAT.





A firm tone prevails in the wheat

.market with prices ruling one cent

higher than a week ago. Local receipts

are running considerably below those

of last year. One year ago they were

paying $2.22 for No. 2 red wheat on

the local market. Present Detroit

prices are:



. 1 red .............. $2.27

. 1 mixed





 





No. 2 red

No. 3red .......... ..... 2.20





CORN.





Ending England’s railway strike did

not have the big influence on corn

prices that may have been expected.

Further bullish news was unsettled

weather, which suggests smaller re-

ceipts and higher hog prices. On the

other hand, Argentine is offering corn

at low prices. One year ago No.

corn was quoted at $1.33 on the local

market. At Chicago No. 2 mixed corn

is quoted at $1. 431/2(a,l.45; No. 2 yel-

low $1. 44((11 46%; December at $1.22;

May $1. 20%. P1esent Detroit quota-

tions are:



No. 3 corn ............. $1.47

No. 3 yellow ............ 1.50

No. 4 yellow ............ 1.48

No.5 yellow...........‘. 1.47





OATS.





The absence of export demand has

weakened the oat deal. Receipts are

more liberal and current trade is thor-

oughly satisfied with supplies. A year

ago Standard cats were quoted locally

at 721/2c. Present Detroit prices are:



No. 3 white 74

No. 3 white ......... 727261273

No. 4 white .........711/2@72





RYE.



This grain is in fair demand which

gives the trade a firm tone. Local

prices are unchanged from last week,

with cash No. 2 quoted at $1.421/3.





BARLEY.





This grain is firm and 10c higher at

$2.50@2.60 per cwt for cash No. 3 on

the local market.





BEANS.





The various bean markets report

conditions somewhat at variance with

each other. At Detroit the trade is

firm with immediate and prompt ship-

ment quoted at $7.50 per cwt. In Chi-

cago the market is reported weak,

with offerings large; pea beans are

sold there at $8@18.25 for choice to

fancy hand-picked, and red kidneys at

$11.50@12. In New York a quiet mar-

ket is reported for pea beans with

choice at $8.25 and common to fair do

$7@8. The quality of the Michigan and

New York crops is excellent.





FEEDS.





A slight decline is noted in some

lines as follows: Bran $43; standard

middlings $56@57; fine middlings $63

@65; coarse corn meal $64; cracked

corn $65; corn and oat chop $55 a ton.





SEEDS





Active buying forces an advance in

seed prices. At Detroit prime red clo-

ver is quoted at $30.25; December at



$30.25; alsike $27; timothy $5.50.





HAY.





Increased receipts bring a slightly

easier feeling to this market. Detroit

quotations are: No. 1 timothy $29.50

@30; standard and light mixed $28.50

@29; No. 2 timothy $27.5071128; No. 1

mixed and No. 1 clover $240125.



PittsburghreClover and clover mix-

ed hay are in urgent demand and sell

'above the best timothy. Quotations:

No.1 timothy $306231; No.1 light mix-

ed $29. 5071730; No. 1 clover mixed and

No.1 clover $31. 50@32





WOOL





‘Improvement in the demand for

wool of better grades is noted. British

markets are unusually strong and com-

petition keen. At Boston fine unwash-

ed delaine fleeces are firm at 83@84c;

half-blood combing 80717810; fine un-

washed clothing 70@720. The weak

'pomt in the trade is in the medium

and lower grades of wool, the use of

which wools is being encouraged along

broader lines.





POTATOES





General conditions are little chang-

adfffl’he movement is large, an incom-





’ Best lambs





plete report for Saturday showing 1166

cars moving from producing sections.

Detroit’s market is unsettled with sup-

plies liberal. Michigan round whites

are bringing $3.50@3.75 a .150-lb sack.

In Pittsburgh the market is weak with

Michigan No. 1 stock bringing $3.90

per 150-1b. sack. In Cleveland the

same stock is quoted at $4.25 on

a steady market. The New York mar-

ket is dull and the Philadelphia trade

slightly weaker, while Chicago is easy





to steady.

BUTTER.





Higher prices noticeably. restrict

consumption. Current make is falling





’ off and stores are being reduced. The





fancy goods are especially scarce. In

Detroit fresh creamery jobs at 57@

571/20; in Chicago 49@621/2c; in New

York 54@651/zc;ext1a creamery 67@

690 in Philadelphia.





EGGS.





Trading in eggs is marked by a gen-

erous advance in prices. More storage

stock is moving, while fresh receipts

'are falling off rapidly. F1 esh eggs are

quoted at 51@56c by the Detroit but-

ter and Egg Board, while local firms





3 are offering up to 62c for good stock.





In Chicago firsts bring 53@54c;

ordinary firsts 45 @460; storage pack-

ed firsts 551/2@56c. The range for





.nearby western stock in New York is





65@86c. A firm market obtains in Phil-

adelphia, with western stock bringing

$18@19.20 per case.





APPLES.





Growers are optimistic on the apple

outlook. Notwithstanding the high

prices for both box and barrel fruit,

the average price is below that. of the

competitive fruits and vegetables with

the single exception of cranberries.





what skep’





g‘a . _

vertising campaign being cond ‘

by northwestern groy‘v'ers’ associations

At Detroit various varieties of A214,.





inch are. bringing $7@7. 75 and unclass- if ,





ified grades $5. 50@7. FanCy stoCk is





bringing $7@8. 25 in Chicago, and ex- ,





tra. fancy Jonathans $8. 25@9. 25.





GRAND RAPIDS





Cider apples are in greater demand

this year than ever before, due to the

state being “dry.” The price last week

was $1. 25@1. 40 per cwt. Last week

55 cars were shipped out. Late potato

crop is yielding better than expected.

Price on the city market last week

was $1.30@1.35 per cwt.

issued by. the branch of the United

States bureau quotes local prices as

follows: No. 1 sacked $2.25@2.35 per

cwt; wagonload $1.70@1.90 per cwt.

Orchardists want more for their apples

this year than last and are asking $4

@5 per cwt, according to variety. The

quince cr0p is light and growers are

paid $4 per bushel. Butter is the high-

est known. Creamery makers quote

prints at 64c a pound. Beginning Oc-

tober 1 milling companies are paying

wheat growers two cents per bushel

advance The price of red is $2.12

per cwt and white $2.10. November 1

they will raise it another two cents.

Seeding of winter wheat and rye is

about over in all counties in this sec-

tion of the state. Early seeding is

making good growth. Sugar beet crop

is being harvested and is reported a

fine one in this section. Egg produc-

ers are paid 55c a dozen, the highest

ever known at this season of the year.





DETROIT CITY MARKET





Potatoes are'in good supply and are

moving a little slowly at $1.40@1.50 a

bu; fancy apples $3603.25; No. 1 $2.25

@275; cabbage 750@$1; onions $2.50;

parsnips at $1.25@1.50;' live hens and

springers 26@30c; eggs 55@56c.





 





 





Live Stock Market SchiCcJ





 





Reports for Thursday, October 9th





BUFFALO.



On this market pigs brought $15.50



@16 today; othe1 hogs $16.10; lambs



we1e extiemely dull at $15 50 while

calves brought $22. 50.





DETROIT





Cattle.

Receipts 1, 959. Ma1ket stiong.

Best heavy steers ....... $12. 00@13. 00

Best handy wt bu steeis. 9. 50@10. 50

Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9.00

Handy light butchers . 7.50017 8.25

Light butchers 6.50@ 7.00

Best cows 9.00

Butcher cows 7.00@ 8.25

Cutters 5.50@ 5.75-

Canners 5.00@ 5.25

Best heavy bulls ...... 8.00

Bologna bulls 7.00@ 7.50

Stock bulls 6.50@ 7.00

Feeders 8.00@ 9.50

Stockers‘ 7.00@ 8.50

Milkers and springers....$ 65@ 125

Veal Calves.

Receipts 1,232. Market dull.

Best ............ . ....... $21.00@22.00

Others 8.00@17.00





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Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 14,025. Market steady on

good quality lambs; common and culls

$1 lower; sheep steady.

........... ;.$14.50@15.10

............ ~. 13006111425

9.00@11.00

6.50@ 7.00

3.00@ 4.50





Fair lambs

Light to common .......

Fair to good sheep ......





Hogs.

Receipts 6,707. Market 25@50c low.

.5; all grades $15@15.25.

Pigs '

Liixed hogs OOIIIOOCIOIOIOOOI.





CHICAGO.





Hogs.

Estimated receipts today are 28,000;

holdover 6,668. Market fairly active,

steady to 50c lower. Bulk of sales at

$13.75@15.25; tops $15.50; heavy ‘250

lbs up medium, good and choice $14.50

@15. 25, medium 200 to 250 lbs, medi-

um, good and choice $14. 50@15; light

150 to 200 lbs common, medium, good

and choice $14. 75@15. 50; light lights

130 to 150 lbs, common, medium, good

and choice $14. 25@15; heavy packing

sows 250 lbs up, smooth $13. 25@14;

packing sows 200 lbs up, rough $13@

13. 50; pigs 130 lbs down, medium, good

and choice $13. 75@14. 50.

Cattle.

Estimated receipts today are 16, 000.

Beef steers and feeders steady; others7

weak: calves 500 lower.





.............. coon-coon...





. 16300





dium and good $11. 35@16. 75; do: our.





Beef steers, ‘

- medium and heavy weights 1100 lbs up

choice and prime $16 756511118. 75; do me- "





mon $8. 75mm 25; light weight 1100 lbs

down, good and choice $14. 75@18. 40;

do common and medium $8. 25@14. 75;

butcher cattle, heifers, common, medi-

um good and choice $6.5‘0@14.25; cows

common medium good and choice at

$6.25@12.75; Bulls bologna and beef at

$6@11; canners and cutters, cows and

heifers $5.25@6.25; do canner steers

at $5.75@8.25; veal calves, light and

handyweight medium, good and choice

$17@18.25 feeder steers, common, me-

dium’, good and choice‘ at $7.50@13;

stocker steers, common, medium, good

and choice $6. 50(a 10. 25; do cows and

heifers, common, medium, good and!

choice $6(uj8; stocker calves, common,

medium, good and choice at $8@10:

western range cattle, beef steers, me-

dium, good and choice $11@15.60; do

cows and heifers, medium, good and

choice $7. 75@13.

Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 49,000.

Lambs 250 lower; sheep are steady to

lower. Lambs 84 lbs down, medium,

good, choice and prime $13@16; do

culls and common $8. 50@12. 75, spring

lambs, medium, good, choice and p1 1me

$9. 25@11. 50; ewes, medium, good and

choice $6. 50@7. 50; eWes, cull and com-

mon $3@6; breeding ewes, full mouths

to yearlings $7@13; yearling wethers,

medium, good and choice $11.25@13.





- BUFFALO.

October 8,1919.

Cattle. '

Receipts ten cars. Best grades 50c

higher; butcher stuff 250 higher;

prime heavy steers $16@17; best ship-

ping steers $13@14; medium shipping

steers $12@13; best yearlings 950 to

1000 lbs $14. 50((1‘115. 50; light yearlings,

good quality $11. 506512. 50; best handy

steers $12@13; fair to good kinds at

«$11@11.50; handy steers and heifers,

mixed $10@11; western heifers $10@

11; best fat cows $9.50@11;_butcher—

ing cows $7@8; cutters $6.50@7; can-

ners at $4@5; fancy bulls at $10@11;

butchering bulls $6.50@750; common

$5.50@7.50; best feeding steers $9@

10; medium feeders $86119; best stock-

ers $77138; light to common $6@7;

best milkers and‘spr’ingers $75@150.





Ho os-o



Rficeipts five cars. Market higher;

heavy and yorkers $17@17.10; pigs

and light $16@16.75.1

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts ten cars.

505010.50; wethers $8. 50@9: ewes $7@



Calv ves. ,‘





Receipts 1 “500 Market is s tede:





11011 $23 fair to good $20.@21. 50; grass .1





calves $7@_1;





The bulletin -





Itislustoseosytodoagoodjobj-‘w

1 .of grinding as it is to do a; poni- job;

«but you must have the right mill."





1105‘s 1...... 111191.511





Superior





Grinding Mill.





Grind obsolntely' uniform. They

nets}- choke. They grind large 01“

grains-dict just cracking or. -

breaking the grain'bm grinding

every single korn'el. The adiustable self-

aligning duplex burrs never get out of line.

And they do mine the work-with less efiort

the; single bur]: mills.

rite for in particulars-o . bet til

0 to our dealer and find out Ilust with:

055 plexM illls a better mill for you.

Valuable booklet is yours for the asking.





The E. W. Ross C0.

SPRINGFIELD,





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470 RiopeIIe St., Detroit, Mich.

Eastern Market





' You Will Get 3 Square Deal

and Returns Daily. '





Mr. POULTRY FARMER.





We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and

have created a. profitable market for your eggs the

year around. We pay the highest premium for yous

Hennery Whiter-We remit some do shipment:

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Market is lower; 5

top lambs $15. 50@15. 75; yearlings $10 .





 





 





We w lpayflZc

on dol lvered

strlotly fancy.

figs, cases





to

dllqgct use“

5‘1! hp

hours: 2100 elm week.

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October 18th WI

American Butter
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. BE N - Bil! 1:31: N

, £70., REQUIREDBY THE ACT OF

‘ ‘IAUGUST 24,- 1912, . *

-of The >Michigan Farmer, published

Weekly at Detroit, Michigan for Octo-

ber 1, 1919.



State of Michigan,

County‘of Wayne.



Before me a Notary

for the state and count

sonally appeared I., R. aterbury, who,

having been duly swarn according

to law, deposes and says that he 18. the

Business Manager of. the Michigan

Farmer, and that the following 18' to

the best of his knowledge and belief,

a true statement of the ownership,

management (and if a daily paper, the

circulation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-

lication for the date shown in the

above caption, required by the Act. of

August 24, 1912, embodied in section

443, Postal ,Laws and Regulations,

printed on the reverse of this form,

to wit:



1. That the names and addresses of

the publisher, editor, managing editor,

and business manager are:



Publisher, The Lawrence Publishing

Co, Detroit, Michigan. .



Editor, I. R. Waterbury, Detrort,

Mich.



Managing Editor, M. J. Lawrence,

Washington, D. C. -



Business Manager, I. R. Waterbury,

Detroit, Mich. '



2. That the owners are: (Give

names and addresses of individual

owners, or, if a corporation, give its

name and the names and addresses of

stockholders owning or holding one

per cent or more of the total amount

of stock).



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



Carrie J. Lawrence, Washington,





 





Public in and

aforesaid per-





P. T. Lawrence, New York City.



Olive M. Lawrence, Cleveland, Ohio.



Estate of M. L. Lawrence, Cleve-

land, Ohio.



F. H. Nance, Lakewood, Ohio.



Neff Laing, Philadelphia, Pa.



E. D. Pope, Cleveland, Ohio.



Nellie B. Christopher, Cleveland,



Citizens’ Sav. & T. 00., Cleveland,

Ohio, Trustee under the will of M. W.

Lawrence, (Beneficiaries, Nellie J.

Lawrence, Mary Lawrence and Morti—

mer Lawrence). '



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



Lillian Cotton, Cleveland, Ohio.



R. M. McConville, Cleveland, Ohio.



Kate E. Munsell, Detroit, Mich.



J. F. Cunningham, Lakewood, Ohio.



I. R. Waterbury, Detroit, Mich.





3. That the known bondholders,

mortgagees, and other security holders

owning or holding bonds, mortgages,

(If there are

none, so state).



None.



4. That the two paragraphs next

above, giving the names of the owners,

stockholders, and security holders, if

any, contain not only the list of stock-

holders and security holders as they'

appear upon the books of the company

but also, in cases where the stock-

holder or security holder appears upon

the books of the company as trustee

or in any other fiduciary relation, the

name of the person or corporation for

whom such trustee is acting, is given;

also that the said two paragraphs con-

tain statements embracing affiant's full

knowledge and belief as the circum~

stances and conditions under which

stockholders and security holders who

do not appear upon the books of the

company as trustees, hold stock and

securities in a capacity other than that

of a bona fide owner; and this affiant

has no reason to believe that any oth-

er person, association, or corporation

has any interest direct or indirect in

the said stock, bonds, or other securi-

ties than as so stated by'him.





5. That the average number of cop-

ies of this publication sold or distrib-

uted, through the mails or otherwise,

to paid subscribers during the six

months preceding the date shown

above is. (This information is requir-

ed from daily publications only).



(Signed)

. I. R. WATERBURY,

, Business Manager.

Sworn to and subscribed before me

this First Day of October, 1919.

CLARENCE E. HAMLIN.



. ' Notary Public. .



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We bayonch ice lot fa ring boars, sired by Michig n

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. 8734 Hampshires recorded from Jan. 1 to Apr. 1. '19.

Did you $91; one? Boar pigs only for sale now.

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prize hogs. Cass City, Michigan.





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state fair.





One very





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spring pigs sired by Prandell's Big Bone,

(68928). Gldnwood Stock Farm, Zeeland. Mich.





O. l. C. and Chester White Swine





Strictly Big Type with .

and April fan-ow. A 0 nice lot of boars. Will only

spare a few more gilts at present. Will ship 0- 0- D.

and record them free.

ewman's Stock Farm.





0. l. C. 20 Choice Young





Clover Leaf Stock Farm, R. 1,





B. 4.. 8t. JOHNS. MICE.





Herd

rand Cham-





0. So oolmaater.





iant Buster. undefeated Senior





. Bia type Poland China hours for sale. sued by Big





lant No. 267’





0'5 Orange No. 330123 and Reich‘s

00LJack No.3‘





.L.Ohamberlain,Marcellus. Mich

arse Type Poland Chinas for sale; something

in spring boars: write or see them; free livery rom

Manchester. A. A. Feldkamp, It. 2. Mancliester,Mich.





L A R G E T Y P E Poland Chino





springs pi .

E. H. EISELE, Manchester, Mich





 





 





I choice 9 months old boar and





utility. Spring pigs of March





Mariette. Mich. R. No. 1.





Boars and a few

fine gl ts. '

Monroe. Mich-





Big typxc P.(‘. Choice spring boars from Iowa's great.

. est erds out of 11m lbs. sire and mammoth sows:

big bonedfiellows. E. J. Mathewson, Burr Oak, Mich.





Fairview StOC farms Tamworths. Registered





 





massive ancestors. W ..Viarner, Concord, Mich.





REGISTERED YORKSHIRES





from Imported strains. Hatch Herd, Ypsilanti,Mich





 





 





HORSES





Perchsrons, Holslems. Angus, Shropshires, lluross

DORR D. BUELL. Elmira. Michigan.





 





O. I.





O. l. C’s.





Wilk. R. 2 Alma, Mich,





C’s.





and





sold in Oct. and Nov. F. C. Burgess, 1t. 3, Mason,Mich.





6 fine spring boars, 4 gilts and two sows,

Orders booked for fall pigs.





I will shlg C. O. D., pay the express





John 0





recor free of charge every boar





 





0. l. B’s.





A few last springboars and 15 very choice

last spring giltsmlso fall pigs from



growthy stock, registered free. Citizens ’

mile west. of Depot. Otto B. Schulze, Nas iVille. Mich.





food

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success. I can help you. Iwnnt to Place one be

my great herd in every community where

one fine early developers—ready for market, at six

' or my plan— ‘





a. s. BENJAMIN, 3,35 D. 10. Portlnnd, Michigsu





Chester Whites»





from

am not nlrea y rep-





ore Money irom Hogs."





 





' Boers of quality ready for

Chester White servcie. Priced right and

shipped on approval. Floyd ,Banister,Springport,l\lich.





 





Big Type Poland Chinas‘





Siretl by Smooth Mastodon a son of A’s Masto-

don and litter mate to the Illinois Grand Champ-

ion. Boar pigs and gilts, bred sows from above

sire and Big Bob dams, the big boned. deep. long

bodied kind at farmer’s prices.





Wah-be-me-me Farms

White Pigeon, Michigan.





 





These

have eve





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POLAND CHINAS





Spring boars and gilts for sale sired by our900 lb.

boar at 24 months old and their dams weigh 7001b.

are the best lot of young boars and gilts we





r raised.





We can furnish pairs and trios not related, inspec-

tion invited.





ALLEN BROS.





PAW PAW, _,

For 25 Years





of the most 3 proved blood lines.

an uster" is a mighty good son of the great

“Giant Buster" (lam “M

breeding! Litter of 14.

for fall furrow. J





MICH.





We have been breedingBig

Type Poland China hogs

Our new herd boar





ouw's Miss Queen 2." Some

We are offering some sows bred

. C. BUTLER, Portland, Mich.





 





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’1‘. P. C. boar just. come and see or

W. J. HAGELSHAW,





of something right good in A. L.

Augusta, Mich.





Stallions and 1118108731} r b

PerCheron prices; inpecr tlouinvitedéaso1m I.

I". L. KING dz SON. - - - Chartlotte, Mich.





SHEEP





HAMPSHIRES





One of the host bred flocks in America. Home of the

International Champion ewe of 1918. Rams of all ages

for sale. W rite me your wants or come and see them.

Harley B. Emmons, Elsie, Mich.





 





 





 





 





' ‘ Am offering 16 yearlin ra

ShropShles yearling ews of Senatorgliibblysbarggde

mg. C. J. THOMPSON, Rockford, Mich.





BUY A SHEEP





Wait a minute.buyHampshiros. The Amori .

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giveéiooglgfiuwgfi 1118A 91f) lfireedem. Some near you



me. " ."ER,Se- z ‘2 1

land Ave. Detroit, Mich. cret ”y. 2 WOOd





300 Breeding Ewes





Choice Michigan N-itiws Bl'ick faces and delain



. . .. . . . . es 1

to 4 years old. Mostly 2 year olds in good condition

in lots of 10 to a ('arlofld. Almond li. Chapman

South Rockwood, hiich. Telegraph Address liockwood:





r. Shropshire Breeder Do you nved a real sire?



I have a low rains that are in a ('lass by them-

selves. lypo quality, carcass and flmu‘u. With Cooper

and liutiar Breeding. No Cold bloodied Mull here.

First/it'll $100.00“) $400.00 Balance including some

cracking Hampshiros $50.00 up. No Fairs this year

but believe mg we have the sheep, Good roads to the

farms. hope Ixon. Goldwater, Lin-11., S. L. Wing. Prop.





lngleside F arm Offers





80 recorded Shropshires—A‘S flock headers, 12.] Hauling

rams for r‘aiigeorgradv use. Aiii‘oweshmosily \(‘iu‘llngu

Herbert la. Powell. Ioniu, Mich. K '





Idle Wi'd SiOCk Farms Shropshire yearling ramp





from prizo winning stock

Make your selection earh. (‘liii Mid ll ' ’

Clayton. Mich. It. 3' ( eton.proprietor.





l

‘ Rams Brod from lllCK '

ShrOPShlres~Holker 275(014‘150R)3773ggilhvgg

lish strain. Dan Booher, R. 4, Evan, Mich.





fl





write or

i on

Mich.





For Shropshire Yearling Rams

ARNISTRONG BROS, “.3. Fowlerville,





80 Reg. Shropshire Ewes {55:51:15,333 ”m

Jno. Grieve, Fowlcrville. Mich. 1i. 1". 1). No. 3. '





able Lawn Farm Shropshires. Rams

lambs". High bred, well woolod and i'eégistéell'gdram

A. in. lim-ou dz Son. Ii. 4. Sheridan, Mich. ‘

40 Registered one and two yearold Shropshire ewes

mostly two s, also largo, vigorous ram lambs

ready forservme. pricodto Nell. Flor-k established1890.

. Lennon. Dexter, Mich.





Registered Shrc pshire $391,;- 23;?”

HARRY POTTER a soN, Davison, Mich.





Reg. Shropshire Ram Lambs With ““11 5‘"-





C. K. Toplill', Eaton Rapids, Mich. and 01mm"





 





LARGE Type 1’. C. thelargest in Mich. Spring boars

now ready to ship.

boars for the farmers. Come and see the real large

type with quality. Free livery from Patina furnished

visitors. Look up my exhibit at the Great Jackson Co.

Fair, Sept. 8th. to 12th, expenses paid if not as adver.

tized. W. E. Livingston,





Bears for the breeders and





Parma, Mich.





 





's on





- ' with unlity.Pi for

Big Type Palmd Chums saleby obertflam

out of Upsome Matron 240346, and by Upsome La

90565 out of Eureka Glantess 241028. New herd header

B Joe 100992

77441. G. A. BAUMGARDNER, H. :. Middleville. Mich.





Sale of Big Type Poland Chinas Nov. 5th





Choice ofleringof individuals sired by Mammoth Ben.

Oomtdale Jones-1.. The

from dams carrying blood of Big Bob, C

King of Wondersyotc. Wesley Hile,R. 6, Ionia,Mich.





aan





by Bower's Mammoth Joe





 





Reg. Shropshire Rams and li' l' .

For sa!e quality. Also 6 ewes 2 to 4 yrs.d(xill(i.dnl]’lt’):ilz)g

R. J. ago. A. WILLIAMS, Middlevillo, Mich.





Sheep. Shorpshires Lincol ‘ ~ -

Far sale ’1‘unis:rams---ewcs allages. Allui'ehgrtdi‘glgdz

pers Willi £‘ill‘ll. L. li. K L'NEY, Adrian, MiCh





 





Yearling Shropshire ‘ ferns for

w. EMORRISH, n.5, rifi‘fi' Mich.

Hag. Shropshires 3““

.K





Rams and ram lambs.

more. B- D





 





i‘ouiul prico on lots of t '

iliLY «it SUN, Ypsilanti, £10101):





For Sale. giggistered Oxford rams. 2 ram lambs 1,





(l .3 years old,





 





 





L. S.





P C A

' ' tember and October farrow.

H. O. SWARTZ,





Big Bob Mastodon Sire is Caldwell Big Bob Champion

of the world,his dam's sire was the Grand Champion

at Iowa State Fair. Boar-8' ready to Ship. U. E. Garnant



laton Rapids. Mich.





few good gllts left for Sep-





Schoolcraft, hlichigan





. . beauties. Geo. T.

Clansman.’Gerstdale Kin and Abbott, Phoiio DeckerVille. 78-3 R. 2, Palms, Mich.

i. t ' ‘

'1!) en, For Sale iiegisterd oxford Down yearling rams





and lambs also a few choice owes.





D. P. Boasore, R. I". D. No. 1 Eaton Rapids, Mich.





Four Reg. :gfoargdlifigl Lambs. extra (‘liolce Price





each Reg. and Del. Sire





an imp. Bum. J. Robert Hicks. St. Johns, Mich.





 





 





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P. C.





I". T. Hart, St. Louis, Mich.





For Sale Medium T. P. C. Hogs





All sizes. J. E. Mygrants, St. Johns, Mich.





SALE— 72 MEDIUM P. C.





All ages. Nov. 12, 1919. Tony B. Fox. Pewsmo, Mich





Big Type P. C. Spring Pigs





Either sex. A. A. WOOD t SON,





Wards, il'iili‘l 33:39 Poland China boars, all ages

Call or write,





wo tutor-sale. redb O.A. J .

Tnfi Grout Blgfiflnl! T by Biz (3: Tdiiufnid

:- a Giant Bow. ( roeding.) Brod to M





lob Mini





E. It. Leonard,





, ken's B B b '

Grand Champion of the 0 (some breedin

A very valuable litter





Ten husky s ring boars. W'ell

bred and wel fed ready to ship.





Saline, Mioh.





pigs at a bargain none better.

t. Eonis, Mich.





rll pigs weight 100lbs.





Ready to sh’ l .

ich. Write or come fidfigi'iig





8. H. Sanders R





and heavily shearers.





Oxford Yearling Rams For Sale





H. B. PETERS, Garland, Mich.





HOICE dclaine rams, also ‘2"B"

of high quality. large, oily fleeces,

. No. 2, Ashtabula, 0.





type stock rams

shearers, write,





. I

For Sale Lincoln Rams 6 extra good





_ yearlin

and 1 two year old. R J. knight, Cass City. icllfim'





A nice lot of Registered Lincoln rams alsoa





few goodvewes for sale.

1). ’1. KNIGHT, Mariette, Mich.





For Sale Six two-veai-.old and seven yearlingflleg.





istorcd li'zimbouillot Good once

PTH‘CH right.





W. GRAHAM, Davisburg, Mich.





Rams.





FOR SALE. Maggy“ 300d Rainbow





B T. P 0. Some of the best; males I ever raised. Two '—~‘

. ber Boers extra. good. A

Price resonablo. JOHN D. WIL Y. Schoolcmit, Mich.





Miller Meadows. L. T. P: 0.

None better in

mileswest of Marshall. Clyde Weaver. Coresco, Mich.





J. M. EAGER, 1t. 6, Howell, Mich,





Leicester Sheep,Re . yearling rams and ram lambe.‘

hogs.





sired by mported ram; a] B k

Eimhurst Stock Farm, Alihonl? 15m





Re istered Stock Ram in '



For Sale at l d

lambs wt. 88t0100 1w”. woo e no 840.8180 Arfi

or see them at





rice 3%))“





W. :0. ENDEE SON





 





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Pinokney, Mich.





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