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- HOW'Shall We Maintain

THE SUCCESS of t/ze State Farm Bureau





depends precisely upon lzow every county

males its own program to fit its own conditions.

lyit/zout t/ze loyal support of men on t/ze farms,

no amount of lzard woré on"’t/2e part of tfle

leaders can accomplis/z t/ze oest’ results.





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will apply wit/t equal force to conditions in all

counties. . Every county lzas its own peculiar

prod/ems. _ Tfierefore, let it find‘its own line

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oft/1e state as a w/zole, oy auilding strongly upon

t/ze foundation of local agricultural needs.



It is only natural, t/zat eaclz county s/zould

feel its own proolems are more important t/zan

t/zose 0f ot/zer localities; yet t/zey must oear in

mind t/zat sMic/zzgan farms produce a wide

variety of crops and products, and tnat it is

going to require a vast amount of detail (wore

and special mac/zinery to meet t/ze requirements

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DETROIT, AUGUST 21,





CURRENT COMMENT





HAT the farmers

of the upper pe-

insula are of the pro-

gresslve kind was

clearly shown at the

- Cloverland Farmers”

Roundup, held at the Chatham Experi-

ment Station last week. This was the

second event'of the kind held at the

station. Last year’s experience gave

Superintendent McMillan an optimistic

vision of the possibilities of this meet-

ing which unfavorable weather condi-

tions did not dampen, and the result

verified his, judgment regarding the

enthusiasm of upper peninsula farm-

ers. The sight of some five hundred

automobiles parked in the station

grounds, and nearly twenty—five him-

dred people inspecting the experiment

plats, following the stump blasting

demonstrations and watching the boys

and girls’ stock judging contests, and

later gathered in the grove to do jus-

tice to the roast ox, etc., and listen to

the program, was proof of an agricul-

tural enthusiasm on the part of Clover-

land farmers, which the farmers of

lower Michigan might emulate to their

own advantage. The fact that some of

these people had driven a hundred and

twenty-five miles to attend the round-

up is proof of their appreciation of the

Work which the experiment station is

doing for them, while the fact‘that they

came for the most part over the best

of permanent roads shows that the

upper peninsula counties are fully alive

to the possibilities and importance of

their rapidly developing ‘agriculture,

while the cooperation of Alger county,

in furnishing an excellently served bar-

becue with all the trimmings which

properly go with such an event, at a.

cost of sixteen hundred dollars shows

a unity of interest which insures the

rapid development of an already prgs-

perous upper peninsula agriculture.

The general program was well bal-

anced and calculated to still further

augment interest in and more closely

correlate the various departments of

organized activities with the station

and its work. Very properly the boys

and girls had a prominent part in its

success, as was the case with the en-

tire program. Mr. R. A. Turner, State

Boys’ and Girls’ Club Leader, discussed

“Club Work and its Relation to the

Farm Bureau,” following with a handi-

craft demonstration by the McMillan

Team of .Luce county. Members Wood-

man and Waterbury, of the State Board

of Agriculture, spoke briefly on the in-

terest and plans of the board as related

in the-:upper peninsula station, the

former making it clear that the func-

tin? of the state board in this regard

»' who saw out the plans made or





 





 





Cloverland

F armers’

Roundup





theirstatlon workers. Mrs. Dora Stock-V

man, member of the state beard, spoke



on“Tl1e Value or Home Demonstration

Agents to the Upper J’Peninsule, speak-

ing from a wealth of experience and

wide observation which made her coun-

sel of special value to the farm women

who heard her. Dean Shaw, 0! M. A.

0., spoke on “Experiment Station.

Work and its Relation to Agriculture

in the Upper Peninsula”; R. J. Bald-

win, Director of Extension Work, spoke

on “County Agent Work as a Factor

in Developing Agriculture,” and Dr.

Mumford, State Leader of County

Agents, on “Development of Farm Bu~

reau Organization Work.”



A report of the boys’ and girls and

women’s sections of the meet appears

in another column. Watch the next

issue for further details.





HE American peo-

ple are today be:

ing‘ haunted by the

spirit of that diSem-

bodied specter ~known

s “the car shortage.”

Every failure to deliver is charged to

an inability to secure cars. Our farm-

ers 'are without coal, machinery, ter-

tilizers, lumber and a hundred other

things because the railroads cannot, or

do not, furnish cars, and on the other

hand, their granaries are filled with old

grain that should have been marketed

weeks ago because of the same excuse.

Speculators have fattened through the

shifting of transportation accommoda-

tions from one district to another. Fac-

tories are idle, either because they can-

not get materials or on account of be-

ing unable to move their manufactured

products.’ For a year back the markets

for farm products have been “spot-

ted” just because there existed this

transportation obstacle in the road of

the free passage of goods to where

those goods were most needed. ~





American

Railroad

I nefficiency





The-Question. has arisen asshomieth»

er the ' situation teas bad as it has

been pictured, and if it is, are the rail-

roads distributing the available oars

so that every class will have an equit-

able share or are some classes favor-

ed at the expense of others? These

are questions frequently asked antibo-

cause of the general public intemst

facts just gathered by the Illinois Ag-

ricultural Association are. timely. A

freight car survey made by’representa-





'tives of that organization covering





four hundred and ninety-four stations

located in forty-six different counties

of Illinois, showed the actual number

of cars in the stations each day for

seven consecutive days. In one hundred

and forty-six stations, or 29.5 per cent,

some of the some cars remained on

the track throughout the time of the

counting. At “all the stations 9, 294 cars

were listed the 11 t day and of these

nine hundred and/A hirtyeight, or a lit-

tle over ten per cent, had not been

moved after seven days.



The Indiana. Farm Bureau has also

collected some information on the situ-

ationand it has computed that if the

average distance traveled per car could

be increased 'one mile per day them

would be,100,000 cars released; that

if the average load be raised from

seventy toseventy-five per cent of the

capacity of the cars that 120,000 cars

more would be available and that if the

average idle time ,of the cars be re-

duced from eight hours per day to sev-

en hours, an additional 140,000 cars

would be accessible. The total that

could be released through these three

sources would be far in excess of the

present needs as claimed by the rail-

roads themselves. May one not rea-

sonably ask in.the light of these facts

whether or not the remedy for our

present railroad crisis does not lie pre

cisely at the feet of the managers now

operating the railroads?





 





 





Farmers’ Day at Chatham





ID it rain in Chatham, August 11?



Somebody spoke about its sprink-



ling, and there were rumors of

thunder and allusions to lightning. But

the hundred or so children of the Clov-

erland Boys’ and Girls’ Club who danc-

ed about the fire in the camp on Slap-

neck River never felt a drop. How

could they, with “weenies” spluttering

on the end of long sticks held in the

blaze, heaps of' roasting ears on the

right hand and mountains of ice cream

cones on the left? 'Surely that would

have been enough to make any boy

insensible to an upper peninsula thun-

der storm. And when visions of a

Deagan barbecue on the morrow top-

ped it, with slabs of juicy beef be-

tween fat butt-cred rolls, and more

roasting ears and ice cream and’pop

stands and brass bands and a million

or so folks swarming through the

woods, who could expect a regular fel—

ler to know it was pouring and the old

folks were disgustedly scurrying for

shelter?



There had been all kinds 'of serious

doings through the day, but this was

the small boy’s innings. As one com-

ing agriculturist told the- world, “This

is the life. This beats farmin’ all hol-

ler.” But he had done his share ’of

the farming, or he wouldn’t have been

in on the feast. The seventy—five boys

and dozen or more girls had been faith-

fully performing the work mapped out

for their club. the boys under the di-

rection of A. G. Kettunen, in charge of

the boys’ work for the upper peninsula,

and the girls under the supervision of

Miss Barbara Van Heulen.



And they had been at attention dur-

ing the day’s program. If the college

experts who gave them instruction in

live stock judging could be as sure of

so close ottoman em they no

as those 0mm my; ‘36 than.





‘ pigs.





Millan and Brown, would feel that their

labor had not been in vain.



Following the judging came a tour

of the experimental plots and station

buildings, when the troop kept at the

heels of the instructors, absorbing ev-

ery scrap of information which might

help them in their gardening prob~

lems. Then came the “weenie” roast,

with R. A. Turner and Mr. Kittunen in

charge of the boys, and MiSS Van Heu—

len and Miss Flora Mcllhenny chaper~

oning the girls, There were songs and

stories and all sorts of club stunts,

speeches by State Leider R. A. Turner

and Dean R. S. Shaw, then taps, and

Silence in the camp under the elms,

until the get~up call in the morning.



On Thursday the boys were given a

chance to show how much they had

heard of the stock judging talks the

day before. From nine o’clock to elev-

en, teams from the thirteen counties

represented in the gathering tried

their skill at judging cati‘le, sheep and

Carl Johnson, of Gogebic coun-

ty, carried off first honors in the cat-

tle judging contest, and was given a

purebred Holstein dairy calf. Theo.

Jarvinen, of Baraga county, proved

that he knew more about pigs than

the rest of the boys and drew a pure-

bred Duroc pig, while Laurence Mc-

Namara, of Alger county, won the pure-

bred Hampshir'e ewe sheep in the

sheep judging contest. The prizes were

presented at the mass meeting in the





afternoon by D. L. McMillan, director.





of the experiment station. In addition

the Gogebic county team will. be sent

to the, State Fair, as its three, boys

had the highest score for any coxmty,

with Alger ranking second.



The youngsters were not alone in

their disdain of rain, though the weath-

“ soon mm up his “inc and con





1y be Said to dawn, for the sun went





not 9111119 and the clouds wouldn’ t show ‘





their silver lining. The wind blew

strong and cold, and the damp of rain

was increased by a heavy mist, but'in -

spite of‘it, two thousand four hundred



visitors swarmed over the experiment ’

station grounds. Early in the day they



begin to arrife in every sort of auto-



motive conveyance, from flivvers to,

town cars, but nary a vehicle so an-



cient as a 11on buggy or cart



hove in sight. .Long before noon the



parking space reserVedx in the orchard



was filled and the overflow Spread out



on either side of the drive, and eyen



back to the woods, where the 01:, do-



nated by Alger county, was being slow- *

ly roasted by Chet Deagan, of Moro



quette. If Director McMillan had any



fears that the round—up might be not



as well attended as the program prom;



ised deserved, they must have faded



away long before the big day was well



started. The morning for men was de-



voted to inspection of the station work



and live stock demonstration, and to



stump blasting demonstrations.



The woman’s conference was also

held in the morning, under the direc-

tion of Miss Mcllhenny, home dem’on-

stration agent for Houghton county,

who took over the work in the absence

of Miss Aurelia Potts,Assistant Home

trip. Much honor is due Miss McIl-

henny, who worked under heavy odds

in taking up another’s work at the last

moment, and to Miss Sylvia Richard-

son, agent for Gogebic county, who as

sisted Miss Ilhenny in preparing the

exhibits and putting, over a. program

for which every speaker but two failed

to appear.



Mrs. Dora Stockman, member of the

state board of agriculture, opened the

program, with a. talk on the plans of

M. A. C. for women. She said that the

great object of her work while on the

board is to bring the college close to '

the women in theshomes, through the

“golden link,” the home agent. She

emphasized the need that farm women

have for play as well as work, and

urged them to get outdoors every day;

if they hadn’t time to get out and play

with the children, at least to have some

ouside activity, if it could only be a.

garden or chickens. 'As a help to bet~

ter homes for. better boys and girls,

she urged consultation with the home

agent, the consultation to include a.

history of successes as well as a recital

of trials. I



Miss May Foley, assistant secretary

of the M. A. C. Alumni Association

read a paper on “How Home Demon~

stration Agents Can Help the Home

Maker," written by Mrs. Rice, of

Houghton county. She pointed out the

three—fold nature of the home-makers'

work—housing, home-keeping and

home-making, enumerated its various

ramifications from darhing the chil-

dren’s socks to nursing them when

they are sick, and pointed out that as

the home—maker can not go to institu-

tions to learn the latest and best ways

of doing her Work, she should look to

the home agent for new light.





Mrs. Smith, of Schoolcraft county,

read a papa; prepared by Mrs. Mat-

thew Brearley, on Food Study Clubs,

taking as the standard the club start-

ed in Gulliver last year. Stress was

laid on the fact that discussing and

analyzing the efiect of food made the

daily round a. pleasurable experience

instead of a drudgery, and that learn-

ing the why of steps taken in cooking

made that ancient art a sure thing in-

Stead of a hit-or-miss procedure. »



Mrs. Ella Swanson, of Foster City.

cOvered the topic, “Helps in Home

Sewing." She exhibited a natty suit

made from a serge skirt and velvet

coat, with the aid of the home agent.

and pointed out how many-sided we

Work of these workers is. , Follow

(Continued on page 208)





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hated by Cloverland farmers and that trio of men, Messrs. Weldron, Mo- Thursday morning
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.. HE other morning as Bill had

' Just turned out and was seated



on the edge of‘ the bed stretch-



ing himself for the fourth time, I says

to him, “Bill, did you ever attend Mich-





igan’s Million Pupil School ‘2"





Bill stared at me a full minute _be«

fore he spoke. Knowing his very in-





. teresting habit of going around to the





back door of one’s think tank, I was

not surprised when he answered, “How

long have you been in the nut busi—

ness ‘3" placing strong emphasis on the

word “you.” ._

Well, there was an old dictionary

Over on the stand and we immediately

went to look up definitions, as is our

usual custom when Bill and I get into

an ar ' nt. - We found that 'a school

was “an institution of learning; an ed-

ucational establishment; a place for

acquiring knowledge and mental train-

ing.” After reading this definition ov-

er the second time, says I to Bill, “I

am right; Michigan has a million pupil





 





By 4m Escaped Bach/or





vinced, an accomplishment in which

one can take some pride since he, af-

ter an argument, is almost always “of

the same opinion still.”





XPLAINED to him .that an, insti-

tution which supplied a great out-

door laboratory in which all the proc-

esses necessary to the growing of a

crop of wheat, harvesting it, grinding

the grain into flour, putting the flour

into a loaf, baking it and preparing for

final consumption, looked to me like a

most remarkable educational institu-

tion. Indeed, bringing together every

process connected with the wheat in-

dustry? is an accomplishment that goes

far beyond the ability of the majority

of our schools to handle. '

The common method of studying an

industry of this kind by which the stu-

dent goes to one expert for information





Mr. Dickinson at His Desk, He Says there Will be an Attendance of a

Milion this Fall.





school, or at least she has one educa-

tional institution which will in all

probability enroll a milion pupils this

fall.”



Bill’s face turned sad and pitiful and

I could tell at the first glance that he

thought I had already reached the sec-

ond stage of dementia. However, be-

fore we had finished the chores that

morning Bill was relieved of his con«

cern‘ over me, and further, was in full

accord with my opinion about the big

school. In our discussion he had come

to realize that here in the state of

Michigan could be found the inost gen-

erously patronized educational estab-

lishment in the country and for all we

knew in the whole world. It was in

this wise that my friend Bill was con-





o





on the soil, to another for data on fer-

tilizers, to a third for knowledge of the

best seeds, and so on through by var-

ious experts to one who knows the prin-

ciples of baking the loaf, does not

seem to offer every advantage that can

be had. This old method has come to

present something like the appearance

of the back yards of the older sections

of our cities where each yard is set

off from the. rest by a high, impene-

trable board fence. To the one em-

ployed on the inside of one of these

‘yards his vision is limited by his own

fence and here he usually desires to

be left in peace to cultivate his crops

as best may suit him. There are not

a few of these experts who have de-

voted themselves exclusively to a sin-





 





 





gle line of work until they seem to

have an amazing lack of appreciation

of what the fellow is doing in the next

yard.



Mr. G. W. Dickinson, the master sup-

erintendent of the miulion-pupil school

of which we have been speaking, got

a vision of this very fault and proceed-

ed to correct it by bringing the very

best_and latest information regarding

each line into this great laboratory

and then corrolating this information

to give the pupil ”full knowledge of each

process and yet not to allow the pupil

to lose sight of the whole. In the case

of wheat the student could better study

the question of the advisability of in-

troducing a variety of high or low glu-

ten content upon the average farms of

the state, if he knew better the milling

and cooking situation.





HILE Bill failedto Show signs



[of weakening in his position, I

saw clearly that he was interested and

so proceeded quickly to my second

argument on the creation of ideas and

ideals. He agreed that one of the great

functions of a modern school is to

build in the minds of the pupils ideals

toward which they can work. In fact,

Bill thought that this was the real es-

sence of education, to get a vision of

What life should be.





Now, Mr. Dickinson’s school can





. hardly be outdistanced in this respect,





I told him. If a man or boy sets out

to develop a herd of Brown Swiss cat—

tle the very first: thing that that man

or boy must. get in his mind is an

ideal type of Brown Swiss animal, and

the very finest way to build this type

animal is to see the best Specimens

of the breed where they can be stud—

ied together. In time the composite

impression made upon the mind gives

the man or the boy a type toward

which he may work in selecting his

animals for breeding. To this Bill

agreed perfectly.



“And,” said I, “The same thing is

true with crops. A man gets nowhere

in laboring to improve a strain of

wheat, or barley, or potatoes or cu—

cumbers unless he has within him an

ideal toward which to work.” And

then I proceeded to describe how that,

in this school Mr. Dickinson was bring-

ing together the very finest animals of

every breed of .stock common to the

state, every class of grains adapted to

our soils, every type of fruit, and all

the vegetables, and laying them before

the patrons of his school, giving the

scholars the privilege of studying the

lines in which they may be interested





sump... scam





and build up within their minds worth.

while breeding types.





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NOTHER matter which seems to

have taken a deep hold on the

modern educator, according to Bill’s

talk, is that a person to get the most

from his life, should have a variety of

interests. He should know something

of a good many things. This enables

him to bring a wider experience and

more related information to his spe-

cial business and at the same time

prepares him to stand on an equality

with other informed men and also

makes himself ready to live a full life

to the end.

The great school is peculiarly equip-

ped in this regard. There are twenty





 





 





 





The Average Person Knows Very Lit-

tle About Our Fur Bearing Animals.





different departments covering nearly

the whole range of human interests,

especially those interests in which the

farmer is concerned. Some of the

subjects not always found in the cur-

riculum of agricultural schools, are dec—

orative and industrial arts, a course

looking toward the growing of better

babies, needlework, merchandising,

demonstrations, pet stocks, etc. One

of the new lines might be especially

noticed. Mr. Dickinson has arranged

to have an exhibit of live fur-bearing

animals. In conjunction with the ex-

hibit arrangements have been made

to have the president of the National

Fox Breeders’ Association on hand to

assist those who may be interested in

the possibilities of this profitable line

of farming. The exhibit will contain

these animals: Ten pairs of black

and silver fox, tw0 pairs of red fox,

two pairs of cross fox, one pair of blue

fox, one pair of white fox, one colony

(Continued on page 221)





 





 





 





     





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3.: ,
.~ __[necting links between one of the most

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The Milk Condensary at Cass City.





HOEVER enj0ys motoring in the

VD country and finds keen enjoy-



ment in the summer views of

growing crops, orchards laden with

fruit, pastures dotted with thorough-

bred cattle and sheep, with here and

there deep green woodlands suggest-

ing quiet, cool nooks, inviting and rest-

ful, certainly would find his ideals real-

ized in a leisurely trip through Tuscola

county.



Blessed with all the endowments

that nature may bestow on our favor-

ed land, Tuscola is one of the garden

spots of Michigan, and its prosperity

is a measure of the industry and en-

terprise of its people. Its ideal loca-

tion, directly east of Saginaw and Bay

counties and north of Genesee and La—

peer, gives it a ready market to three

or four of the large cities in the state,

and the railroad facilities are all that

could be desired. As one of the trio

counties comprising the “Thumb” of

Michigan, which has a history all its

own. it deserves much more than a

passing notice in this series of articles

on the work of the Farm Bureaus.



It is the all important work of these

organizations, which mean so much to

the farming communities, that we are

chiefly concerned and through my cir-

cuit of Tuscola county I met every-

where the kindliest interest and coop—

eration in my quest for information as

to what the Farm Bureau and its ac-

tive members were doing. Nowhere

have I found a more cordial or agree-

able people, and I left the confines of

their county with regret that I could

not linger with them. I had a real

pressing duty—that of preparing the

“copy” for this article, in order that

the thousands of readers of the Mich-

igan Farmer might know what I had

learned about TuscOla, in as early an

issue as possible.





HE start of my itinerary through



this county was at Richville, in

Denmark township, a thriving little vil-

lage situated one mile east of the

county line of Saginaw, and fifteen

miles from the city of Saginaw.

Through perfectly level country you

motor over good stone .and gravel

roads, and enter Tuscola either at

Reese, a village situated on the county

line, or at a point three miles south,

as I did. But these are not the only

routes by improved highways that you

may reach the county seat from the

west. There are two others from Sag-

inaw county, one by the way of Frank-

enmuth, through Tuscola village, to

Vassar, and the other from Taymouth





and Birch Run to Millington and Fos-





toria. Four other main highways from

Bay county enter the northern town-

ships and accord direct comumnication





‘by smooth roads between Bay City and

‘ all villages in those townships.





Tuscola Ocunty's Road System. _

I have mentioned these highways in

some detail because they are the con-





 





part of the state and the two prosper-

ous and growing cities which afford

the best markets for the farmers of

Tuscola county. The road commission-

ers of this county have built a well

connected and systematic system of

highways convenient to the greatest

number of people, by linking up all the

principal villages and hamlets, so that

you may go from any one of them to

any other without often leaving a real-

ly fine and smooth road. Crossroads

in many places are also improved; and

all the roads are generally kept in ex~

cellent condition for heavy traffic. The

heaviest travel is between Saginaw and





 





 





 





 





How County Agent MacVittie Looks.





Care and Cass City, and between Sag-

inaw,‘Vassar, Millington and Mayville.

In the eastern townships joining on

Sanilac county the improved roads are

laid out on the same comprehensive

plan, and all lead directly to, or by

short connecting links, to~ the thriving

town of Care, the county seat.





,Wonderful Crop Conditions.





Touring northward through Richville

fort three miles and turning east to-

ward Watrousville, you will be at once

impressed, as every interested person

must be, with the richness of the coun-

try thereabout. On every side the

crops give every promise of huge

yields, and you quickly become en-

thusiastic and think in glowing terms

of the profits the fortunate farmers

will likely realize this fall. .You wish

many times you were the happy 8—

sessor of this forty of set-up bar ey,

that twenty of beans, this seven of sug-

ar beets, or yonder thirty of corn,

while the “College Wonder" oats at

your left cause exclamations of won-

derment. Over a long period of years

I have seldom seen such a thrifty

growth of beans, or so promising fields





of beets, But corn is not doing so well '





in places owing to cool nights during

the greater part of'July. In Fairgrove

and Gilford townships particularly the

crops appear well advanced for late





Juniata and VasSar‘townships theyare





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Our Farm Bureaus '-





A‘Agrz'cu/Ium/ Algal? M46731? 0]“ Tuscola





One of Our Garden Spot; and Alsop





less advanced only in an unmeasur-

able degree.



Many New Farm Buildings Seen.



An impression I quickly gained as I

kept on to Caro, where I was to meet

the county. agent, was, the large» num-

ber of new, and fairly new, farm hous-

es and barns, and the very good condi~

tion of farm fences and all other prop-

erty. These things speak in eloquent

terms of the prosperity and financial

well-being of the farming community;

and I was told that the value of farm

property in Tuscola had more than

doubled in the last three years. Most

farms are better stocked with modern

machinery than ever before, and it is

better cared for, while practically ev-

ery successful farmer has his motor

car, and it is not so often a. flivver

either.





The Farm Bureau Organizations.

HE Tuscola County Farm. Bureau

was organized last March with a



membership of twenty—five hundred.

The association is an enthusiastic body

of men determined upon correcting the

evils of individual marketing of farm

products and single-handed purchasing

of necessary supplies. There is too

great a difference, they know, between

the prices they receive for foodstuffs

and the prices the consumer is requir-

ed to pay; and the one big idea is to

bring the consumer Iand themselves

closer together by eliminating the mid—

dlemen in trade, who everywhere are

making huge profits. This may prove

a difficult thing to accomplish, but it

is a good fight and there is no want of

determination on the part of the lead-

ing farmers to secure the results de-

sired.



Upon completion of the bureau or-

ganization the following officers were

elected for the ensuing year: J. S.

Murday, Fairgrove, president; Claude

Cole, of Caro, vice-president; Miss Mat-

tie Graham, Caro, secretary—treasurer;

Alexander MacVittie, county agent.

The executive committee is comprised

of the following members: F. W. Al-

exander, Denmark township; H. J.

Marsh, Vassar township; M. D. Lynch,

Fremont township; Dorr Perry, Elling‘

ton township; Joseph Campbell, Fair-

grove township, and C. J. Stuffler, Elk«

land township.





The Bureau is Divided Into Cammunity

Locals. .



Since the organization of the parent

association several community locals

have been created, the boundaries of

which were determined by the mem-

bers themselves generally in regard to

convenient shipping points. These 10-





   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

   

   

 

   

 

 





 

 

   

   

 

 





 

 





cals are known by the names or the





_ central shipping stations and are: Ak-~





ron, Reese, Cass City, Ellington, Sil<

verwood, Deford, Vassar, Mayviile,

Millington,’ and Kingston, while the

units at Fairgrove and Caro will soon

swing into line with the cooperative

elevator associations at those places.



An enthusiastic meeting at Akron

elected officers of the community lo-

\cal, who are: B. B. Reavey, president,

Will Latimer, vice-president, and John

A. Dosser, Henry Uhan. George Prine,





John Parsell, John D. Horst and 'Wil- -





liam J. McAipine, as a'boafl of di-

rectors. . .



At Deford the community local ofli<

cers are: George S. Spencer, presi~

dent; Norman A. Gillies, vice-presi-

dent; N. W. Bridges, secretary-treas-

urer; and Lewis Rétherford, William

W. Kelley, Colin Ferguson, [William

D'Arcy, A. H. Henderson, M. 0. eat—

worth as members of the board of di-

rectors.





The Kingston local organized with

the following ofl‘icers: R. G. Winter-

stein, president; Ed. Fulford, vice-

president; Vernon Everett, secretary-

treasurer; Henry Downing, Stanley

Stokes, Charles M. Henderson, Cassius

E. Hill, Eugene R. Hurst and James E.

Green comprise the board of directors.





At Millington the leading farmers

met and elected Ed Ordway president;

0. M. York, vice-president; H. F. Don-

igan, secretary and treasurer, and Carl

Kenneth, Sidney J. Murray, George

Henry, Mike Daenzer, Marcus Jensen

and Burt Kester as a board of

directors.





The Fostoria local is represented by

L. C. Chapin, president; William Fow-

ler, vice—president; W. H. Atkinson,

secretary-treasurer, and Walter J. Bell,

Edward Coiling, Earl Ensign, Thomas

Valentine, Thomas H. Farrar and G.

R. McGuigan, compose the board of

directors.





At Dayton a community local was

organized with the following officers:

Floyd L. W'illsey, president; Edward

Witkovsky, Albert Hunter, Charles

Stewart, Joseph Stelzer, Tilden Tait,

Edgar A. Ross, Alfred Deverna and

Clinton Beardslee form the board of

directors.





The Unionville local met and elect—





ed William Halm, president; William. '

'H. Beatenhead, vicepresident; Marion-





Rumble, secretary-treasurer, and Geo.

L. Rumble, George J. Irion, Charles F.





Ewald, Murray McCollum, John H. Um-





and Theodore S. Baur as members of

a board of directors.



The community local at Caro has for

its officers, W. L. Eldridge, president;





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R. H.

Jehnson, William Emery, Lewis G. 03.





:den and John Browning for its board

of directors.





1‘ The Purchase of Supplies is a Big.





Problem.





N talking with many .of ’these pro—

gressive farmers I found the chief





concern of the farming communities





was in the purchase and distribution

of coal, not only for household needs

but also ’for that needed for threshing.

The cooperative" elevators through

which farmers have been accustomed

to buy necessary supplies, are unable

at present to buy in sufficient quanti-

ties to supply anywhere near the de-





l mand, and transportation has broken





down to a point where no one will





guarantee any delivery of coal at all.





--The Farm Bureaus, I was told, are





' able to contract with some degree of





certainty that they will get delivery,

at a price about two dollars below the

price asked by the elevators. In July

the price quoted was around nine dol-

lars‘ per ton delivered at railroad sid—

mg, but 1fo one would hazard' a pre—





' diction as to how long the price would





hold. Many farmers in Tuscola have

modern house-heating furnaces that re-

quire anywhere from ten to sixteen

tons of soft coal a year to heat com-

fortably, 'and a further supply for

cooking. ~

f The matter of securing sufficient





, supplies of fertilizer is another, but





lesstrdublesome, problem, but most

farmers feel assured that there will





> , be enough of .various kinds. to go





around when needed. ,The cottonseed





meal supplies have also been short at

.times, but by speeding up of railroad

' freights little trouble is anticipated





this fall.



In the matter of marketing wool,

the farmers are practically a unit in

pooling their stocks, and heavy ship—





ments have been made to Lansing, the

' State Wool Exchange giving receipts,

' upon which farmers may,





if they

choose, get an advance up to seventy-

five per cent of normal value, from the





~ _ country. banks.





Strong Cooperation of Farmers

Needed.

,With' all the well-laid plans of the

County Farm Bureau oflicers, there is





'needed an enthusiastic cooperation of





all farmers who are interested in se-

curing the best results from their labor

and invested capital. Each farmer





‘ Should assist his own community 10-





cal, as the success of the whole move;

ment is dependent upon the progress

made by the local units.



Institutions of this kind must be

properly financed, and the method of





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flows Me Saginaw Val/2y Field Mam,

~-E72tfimimtzc Farm Bureau Mister:





W. F. Witkovsky, vice-president, and

"D. W. Streeter, E R. Purdy,





 





issuing non-interest bearing note-s as

security is a good way to accomplish

this. However, if the association in-

tends to purchase a warehouse or

equipment of any kind, the association

may issue investment notes, the indi-

vidual members of the community 10-

cal loaning the moneyvto the associa-

tion for its note. These notes draw

interest at six per cent, and the man-

agement of the association sets aside

a sufficient amount each year to pay

these notes at the end of ten years.





The Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work.





N promoting club work among the



‘ boys and girls, Tuscola county has

not been backward. The movement

was started several years ago and in

1918 probably reached its peak, at least

so far as results are concerned. The

organizations of the various clubs have

been quite generally maintained and a

renewal of activities is expected this

year.



The Diligent Canning Club at Fos-

toria is the largest club of thekind in

the County, having twenty-four mem-

bers, and Mrs Ray Fox as club leader;

Ira Robison is president; Tillie Gieger,





 





 





White Wyandottes-on William Schultz’s Farm.





lon, vice-president; Leona Kennedy,

secretary, and Lena Lapratt, treasurer

of'this active club.



At Akron the canning club has thir-

teen members, from ten to fifteen

years of age, who made a canning ex—

hibit at the county fair at Caro, in

1919. Lulu Horst is president; Made-

line Rohlf,.vice—president, and Grace

Beach is secretary and treasurer of

this active club, with Mrs. E. A. Hess

as club leader. There is also a poultry

club at Akron with six members, of

which Margaret Kennedy is president,





 





 





Herman Rupprecht’s





vice-president; Alma Foster, secretary,

and Marion Boulton is treasurer of this

enterprising and active club.





In gardening there is an active club

at Gagetown with thirteen members;

and one at Deford, of which the local

leader is Vernon Everett. There are

twenty members, and Keith Rether—

ford is president; Ruth Kilgore, vice-

president; Beatrice Cooper, secretary,

and Hattie Brown, treasurer. The

Frenchtown Agricultural Club, at Cass

City, has a membership of seventeen,

with Miss Florence Smith as leader.

Irene Dolwith is president; Leroy Dil-





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





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and Maurice Sampson secretary and

treasurer.



Other poultry clubs are located at

Fostoria and Cass City. The former

has six members, and Pearl Pyles is

president; R. G. Bouford, vice-presi-

dent; ‘ Harold Manchester, secretary

and Jennie Bell, treasurer. The other

club is the BinghamPoultry Club, with

Mr. MacVittie as leader, and Margaret

Wold as president; Marie Lang, secre-

tary, and Nelson Anker, treasurer.



Of calf clubs the one at Caro is the

largest with twenty members. Eight

boys of this club gained valuable ex-

perience at the State Fair last year

judging live .stock, scoring second as a

team, and Harold Stewart scored sec-

ond in the contest. Other galf clubs

are located at Gagetown, with two

members; ‘Fairgrove, with three mem-

bers; Akron, with eight members, and

Gilford, with one member.





- There is' an active rabbit club of six

teen members at Akron, with Claude

Harrison, president; Richard Sampson

vice-president, and Phila Streeter, sec-

retary~treasurer. A club at Gagetown

has five members, with Harry Terbush

as leader. Charles Beckett is presi-





dent; George Halliday, secretary, and





Glenn Terbush is treasurer.



Of other clubs there are two corn

clubs, one at Akron with two active

members, and the other at Deford with





.four members; a pig club at Caro with.

"seven members, of which Mrs L. H.

— Parsons is leader. Edna Terry is pres-





ident; Cereal Herman, vice‘president;

Dorothy Coleman, secretary, and Lillie

Hile is treasurer of this club. There

is also a potato club with six members,

of which Ida Berry is president; Hamp-

ton Curry, Vice—president; Elizabeth.

Fraede, secretary, and Mary Fox is

treasurer.



The leading garment-making club is

at Caro with ten members, and the

others are at Watrousville with' ten

members, Gagetown with four mem-

bers, Berry, with ten members.





The Farm Leaders of Tuscola County.





Alexander MacVittie, the popular

county agent of Tuscola, whom every

farmer and citizen regards with pride

and speaks of in the highest terms, is

one of the big men of this prosperous

farming community. He was born at

Forester, Sanilac county, on January

2, 1883, and was reared on his father’s

farm in Macomb county. His early

education was obtained in the rural

schools, and he afterward took a full

course at the Michigan Agricultural

College, from which he was graduated

in 1911, with the degree of B. S. From

1.911 to 1913 he was a teacher in the

high school at St. Johns, and from

1913 to 1917 he held a like position in

the Bay City Eastern High School. In

1918 he came to Tuscola as its county

agent.



Into a somewhat disorganized situa-

tion Mr. MacVittie thrust all the force

of an intense energy and a strong and

pleasing personality. Ills ability as an

organizer was quickly recognized and

he soon rallied to his support the ear-

nest and progressive farmers and bus-

iness men throughout the county.

Steadfast in their interests his work

has proved most helpful and stimulat-

ing to the farmers, who have been

greatly aided by his counsel both as

to matters pertaining to farming and

to the business of marketing products

to the best advantage.





The organization of the various units

of the Farm Bureau in Tuscola requir-

ed high ability and a great amount of

work rightly directed. In this exacting

position Mr. aMcVittie, of good Scotch

temperament and enthusiasm, again

proved the wisdom of the county au-

thorities in selecting him for the posi-

tion of county agent, a fact which will

be readily vouched for by all persons

who have met this thoroughly honest

and capable county agent.





Miss Mattie Graham, of Caro, who

very capably fills the responsible posi-

tion of secretary and treasurer of the

Tuscola County Farm Bureau, is prob—

ably the most favorably known busi-

ness woman in the county. She com-

bines the clerical duties of an official

in this busy organization with the un—

defined work of assistant to Mr. Mac-

Vittie, with credit to herself and an

entire satisfaction of a large bureau

membership. As Miss Graham is a na-

tive" of the county, having been born

in Almer township, nine miles north .

of Caro; (on a date not divulged), and
having spent practically all her life in

this community, the people regard her

as their very own. Her helpful influ—





ence and counsel extends beyond the-





groups and farm units in which her

work takes her. In March of the pres-

ent year she was elected secretary and

treasurer of the Tuscola County Farm

Bureau, which office she holds with

ability quite in contrast to that exhibit-

ed by some officials with whom the

writer has come in contact.





One of the first farmers I calledon

in my circuit of Tuscola was J. S. Mur-

(lay, president of the Tuscola Farm

Bureau, whose fine farm of mm hundred

acres is situated three miles southwest

of Fairgrove village. He is one of the

more progressive farmers, and when

asked what, in his opinion, was the

most important work before the Farm

Bureau in his county, he said: “I be-

lieve the promotion of a campaign for

extended use of pedigreed seed is by

far the biggest plan that we can follow.

Much of the failure of crops can .be

traced directly to poor seed or to the

use of seed not adapted to our own

soils. Take sugar beet seed, for in-

stance: That was a problem that call-

ed for many months of rigid tests some

twcntycdd years ago, in Saginaw, be-

fore the right seed for Michigan soils

was determined, and then it had to be

imported from Germany. I believe the

whole success of beet growing in Mich~

igan is due to the careful and painstak<





 





 





Findlay Bros.’ Clydesdale.





ing tests made by the founder‘s of the: and he regards this as one of the most"





industry a year or more before the

first sugar factory was built in Bay

City. I mention this circumstance {0

show the neceSsity of more careful

tests and the adoption of the right seed

for the particular soils. Then, if the

work is followed on scientific lines we

may expect the maximum results, both

as to quality and quantity of our cr.ops

You may put me down as an earnest

booster for better seeds.



“Look at this field of “Wisconsin 6”

barley,” he continued, “seventeen acres

and the finest stand I ever grew. We

just finished setting it up yesterday:

Over there is a; field of twenty-nine

acres of “Worthy” oats, and I think

every farmer will say it is as good as

any hereabouts. On the back lot I

have another twenty-nine acres of ‘Ear—

1y Wonder’ beans, and when I say they

look as Well as any in the county, you

know they must be good. My corn

patch back of the barn contains twen—

ty acres, and it promises well, though

the cool nights the past week or ten

days have not advanced it as far as

in some seasons. All told, the fields

are above the average year and we

look for splendid crops and good re-

turns this fall.”



.Murday also diVulged the infor-

mation that he is a native of Michi-

gan, and has been ‘working this big

farm for twenty-one years.





Y interview with Claude Cole, 01'



Juniata, vice-president of the Tus-

cola Farm Bureau, was both interest-

ing and profitable, as it furnished me

with some information‘l had sought,

but not obtained, from another source.

I found him at the Fairgrove elevator,

a cooperative farmer association of

which he is a prominent member. He

was very willing to give me the facts

in regard to the proposed Fairgrove

and Care elevators joining the Farm

Bureau in the business of 'marketing

farm products and furnishing the bu-

reau members with needful supplies,





Buying Feeder" Steers.





HAT weight of feeder cattle shall

i choose?” This is a vital ques-

tion confronting the beef pro-

~ ducer when he enters the feeder alleys

to select his raw material. Should he

take light steers weighing under eight

hundred pounds, medium weights from

eight hundred to one thousand pounds,

or the heavy-weight feeders weighing

over one thOusand pounds? Upon

which will it be possible to obtain the

largest margin?



The price averages which we are

presenting graphically herewith are of

unusual significance to the cattle feed-

er in answering these questions. Each

line on the chart gives the average

value per month of fat steers, 1909-

1918. The weight of cattle represent-





ed is shown above each line and the.





scale of prices is given at the left.



It is notable, first, that there is a

correlation between weight and value

per hundred weight, each increase in

avoirdupois being associated with an

increase in price. This is not because

on the average with large numbers of

steers considered, the cattle of heav—





tween the December and the January

price averages on cattle of each

weight. It is strikingly shown that

the cattle weighing 1,350 pounds or

over continue to decrease in value in

January, the January price being con-

siderably below that for December, and

the heavier the weight the more mark—

ed the decline during the former

month. The weights under 1,350

pounds, on the other hand, increase in

value during January over the Decem-

ber price, and the lighter the weight

the more decided the rise.



In connection with a previous chart

the seasonal fluctuations in beef steer

prices and the reasons for the charac-

teristic seasonal behavior of these





Jan Feb.

3 .





Fat Steer Prices

13 30ft

VariousWeidhisl90‘H918





./





ier weight are fatter and they dress.





out higher percentages of beef than

the lighter weights of corresponding

grades.



It is evident from a study of the

chart that the premium for weight is

relatively small in the winter and

spring months beginning with January

and continuing until July. In August

there is a noticeable widening of the

spread due to the weight factor. This

spread becomes most conspicuous in

October and continues very wide till

the end of the year. _



' January is given at the right ot‘the

‘ a chart again to: show.» the relation. be-





impOrtant things to be- attained this

fall.





When the project was first proposed

at the time of the permanent organi-

zation of the Farm Bureau lastspring,

the difficulties of consolidation seemed

insurmountable. The method of doing

business, setting prices, etc., of the

elevator associations, which are con.

ducted as any private concern- does





. business, namely for profit and paying





of dividends, is So at variance with

the method of the Farm Bureau for

marketing farm products at the best

prices obtainable with actual expense

of operation, withtno thought of profit

to the Bureau, and to sell its members

needful supplies at the actual. cost of

the goods and handling, that for awhile





it was thought inadvisable to attempt .





to consolidate the associations. With-

in the last few weeks, however, some

of the leading shareholders in the as-

sociations, and few are not members

of both, have come to the conclusion

that an amalgamation of the interests

may be effected, and thus present to

the farming community a solid front in

the handling and solution of the prob-

lems that arise to vex them. What the

foundation and terms of the consoli-

dation will 'be no one yet knows, but

the whole matter will shortly be taken

up by the leading farmers, and I have

little doubt that an equitable arrange

ment will be made to the advantage

of all concerned.





Mr. Cole, who was born in Tuscola

county thirty—five years ago, is the own-

er of a fine farm of one hundred and

eighty acres, situated one mile north





rather disparaging tone.





When asked about the beet"





situation in Tuscola he spoke in 3* .





He believes .,





the movement to shut off. the produc4‘3'3

tion was a sharp political game, and in“;





evidence of the little support the Tao:

cola farmers gave the‘ effort to curtail





production, called my attention to the.





extensive acreage put in beets this

year in his vicinity. This is an’ admit-





ted fact, and in some places farmers; ' ‘





who had hitherto given little or no at-

tention to the growing of sugar beets.

have this year put in all the land they

could spare. Judging from the .won-

derful appearance of nearly every beet

field around Fairgrove and south to





Vassar, it is probable these fortunate-

farmers will make big profits from





their beets this fall.





A project in which Mr. Cole is much‘





interested, is the consolidation of

schools, to secure economy and old

ciency in education of rural children,

and several schools in Juniata town-

ship will this fall be united under one





or more teachers.



M Y drive to the farm of Dorr Perry

in Ellington township, eight miles



northeast of Caro, was one of the de-



lightful experiences of my trip through



Tuscola county. It was in the early



evening toward the latter part of July,



(Continued on page 222).





Dorr Perry, of Ellington.





of Watrousvill-e and eight miles west ,





of Care, the county seat of Tuscola.

He is a strong believer in the value of

pedigreed seeds, and this year has

twenty acres of “Red Rock” wheat,

eighteen acres of corn, eleven of cats,

thirteen of beansand thirteen of sugar

beets, all in fine condition promising

large crops. He also planted a small

plot of two acres to potatoes.





Belgian Stallion OWned by H. E.

Hobart.





For Greatest Margins





prices were discussed. The accompany-

ing chart shows that for all weights

September has averaged higher than

any other month, although for the

lighter weights June, July and August

are virtually as high as September.

The low month for the weights under

1,350 pounds is December, but for

those weighing over 1,350 pounds Jan-

uary is the lowest month of the year,

as a rule.



The bearing of these changes upon

the size of margins is obvious. Light

weight feeders sell cheaply in the fall

months in line with the low prices up-

on light-weight beef steers. Heavy-

weight feeders will sell at a premium

during those same months in sympathy





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with the high prices beingpaid for

heavy fat steers. When the fat cattle

produced [by the use of light-weight

feeders are put-upon the market dur-

ing the following winter or spring

months, they will sell to good advan~

tage, while ’the more costly heavy-

weight feeders purchased in the fall

produce heavy fat cattle which lose

after the first of the year the premium

associated with weight. In short, those

who purchase light-weight feeders in

the fall are working with the current

in this way, while those who purchase

the heavy weights must suffer this loss

of premium.



The reverse holds true .in purchas-

ing for feeding for the late summer-cor

fall markets. Weight then, is an as-

set, since its possession avoids. the

competition of the light-weight grass-

fat steers and the premium for it be.

comes large.



The test of any principle or theory

is how does it work? Can it be cashed

in upon at the pay window? One cat-

tle feeder .who acted in harmony with

the tendencies just described recently

sold on the Chicago market some light-





weight steers purchased last fall, and





upon which he obtained a margin of

six dollars per hundred weight. At the

same time the purchasers of heavy-

weight feeders last fall were, In some»

cases, getting little. more than first

cost of their cattle.

made a practice of buying light weights

in the fall during each of the last five

years and has found it a safe scheme.



Light-weight fat cattle coming on





the market in early spring will substi- , '3 ‘

fate for yearlings which are source at ‘





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[72 Your Pocéetr,.1t Won’t Be His fFau/t—By Frmzé George





T will be recalled that in Greek

'Mythology, Argus, the son of Zeus

and Niobe, had a hundred eyes.

George Livingston, Chief of the Bu-

reau of Markets, United States De-

partment of Agriculture, has but two

eyes—being just an every-day human





, being—but his friends say that his vis-





ion is better than Argus’ ever was. It

has to be good to see all sides of the

big farm marketing problems of today

and then to look after one hundred

field offices distributed throughout the

United States, as well as to direct the

activities of some thirteen hundred

and fifty employes who are trying to

solve them. .



But going back a little farther,

George Livingston first saw the light

of day on September 14, 1886. There—

after, he spent eighteen years on a

farm. During that time he saw a great

Other people saw them,

too. But whereas others sat down and

grumbled at the hard lot of the farm—

er, George Livingston determined to

apply corrective measures if he ever

got the opportunity. At the same time

he . perceived that Mr. Opportunity

might fail to put in an appearance, so

he donned his hunting togs and went

after him.



At twenty-nine G. L. was an author-

ity on grain and grain marketing. He

had graduated from the Ohio State





’University and thereafter spent five





years specializing in agricultural and

marketing methods in the capacity of

instructor and assistant professor at

various universities. His post-gradu-

ate course at Cornell University subse-

quently led him to Europe to study ag-

ricultural' practices there. Then‘ he

'joined the Bureau of Markets. His ex-

ecutive ability and genius for organiza-

tion were soon recognized and four

years later he was appointed chief of

the bureau.



Quick to recognize ability in others

George Livingston is never satisfied

until its full force is being applied.

When he established the grain inspec-

tion service he assembled the best tal-

ent that could be found—men who

knew that while the adoption of stand—

ard grades would remove the guess-

work from grain marketing and there-

fore be of huge benefit to the farmer,

it would also reduce their own incomes

considerably. How-ever, that did not

deter G. L. for a moment. But instead

of holding a bludgeon over their heads

.he sought quietly to secure their coop-

eration. And he did it. That is the

way he does everything—quietly, court—

eously, unerringly.



For more than half a century agri-

cultural experts and agencies have de-

voted almost their entire attention to

production problems. But these experts

are now agreed that the question of

marketing is of equal importance, and

that the present marketing system is

wasteful and inefficient in many spots.

They say that with the present meth-

ods farmers lose millions of dollars an-

nually. More important than that is

the economic waste caused by the

quantity of food actually lost.



It is only comparatively recently,

however, that any organized effort has

been made to develop the machinery

of‘marketing to meet the nation’s re-

quirements. And with the United

States leading the world in the main-

tenance of a government ~agency to

study and devise new marketing meth-

ods, economists and students of food

distribution problems everywhere are

watching closely the results secured by





‘ the Bureau of Markets and the man

Who directs its activities.

3“ Already. conspicuous achievements





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have been secured by establishing

standard grades for farm products, re-

ducing waste caused by faulty storage

and shipping methods, and lowering

costs of distribution of some agricul-

tural products.‘ One or two examples

will indicate what it is possible to ac-

complish by improving present mar-

keting methods. I



By developing an inexpensive stor-

age house for sweet potatoes and wide-

ly advocating its use the loss by decay

of the sweet potato crop has been re-

duced from twenty-five per cent to two

per cent—a saving of about ”two mil-

lion dollars a year.



The president. of a national bank in

Marshall county, Texas, has stated that

the Service rendered by the Bureau of

Markets in connection with the assist—

ance given cotton growers in grading

and stapling cotton before sale has

been worth $150,000 to the county. An—

other prominent man in Hall county,

Texas, states that similar service per-

formed there has been worth $200,000.





tian cottons, and tentative standards

have been formulated for some other

commodities. There is urgent need for

the standardization of hay, wool, live

stock, dairy and poultry products. In

the matter of hay alone many farmers

have stated that nine-tenths of the

losses sustained in the hay business

are due to a lack of standard grades

and a uniform impartial inspection

service.



He also believes that the economic

waste caused by shipping products to

glutted markets and away from under-

supplied markets, will be prevented by

the use of the Bureau of Markets news

service which many farmers find of

inestimable value in marketing their

produce. These reports cover live

stock and meats, poultry and dairy pro—

ducts, fruits, vegetables, peanuts, cot-

ton, hay, feeds and seeds. The data

are secured from most reliable sources

by special representatives at the mar—

kets, and by means of a reporting ar-

rangement with four hundred and sev—





 





 





 





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Hundreds of letters containing state-

ments such as these regarding all agri-

cultural products are continually re-

ceived by the bureau.



G. L. considers that the standardiza-

tion of farm products-and the contain—

ers in which they are packed is fund-

amentally the most important ‘work

being performed by the bUreau; a work

that is basic to all improvement in

marketing, for without established

standards and grades there is no rec-

ognized basis for buying and selling;

no common language by which the

parties toa transaction may under—

stand each other; no uniform standard

of quality upon which values and pric-

es may be based.



“ Mandatory standards have been fix-

ed for American Upland cotton, includ-

ing grade, color. and length of staple;

for shelled corn, wheat and oats; 'and

for climax baskets and containers for

small‘ fruits; berries, and vegetables.

Permissive standards have been rec~

ommended for white potatoes, sweet

potatoes, Bermuda onions, strawber-

ries, Sea Island and American-Egyp-





Agriculture.





enty-four railroads. The cantaloupe

growers and shippers of California,

state that this service, together with

the assistance given by personal rep-

resentatives of the Bureau of Markets,

have saved them one million dollars in

a single season.

' The daily, weekly, and monthly mar—

ket reports and summaries showing

market conditions, prices, movement,

supply and demand in connection with

live stock, meats, wool, hides, and

skins; the preliminary standardization

of class-es and grades of these prod—

ucts; investigation of waste and loss

in marketing 'with suggestions for im-

proved methods, and stock-yard super-

vision calculated to detect andprevent

dishonest practices have effected a

stabilization of the live stock markets

and a saving of millions of dollars, di-

rectly and indirectly, to the producers

shippers and handlers concerned.

Another important factor in market-

ing is the Food Products Inspection

Service established by the bureau, by

the use of Awhich shippers and others

interested can obtain certificates at—





.Markets the best





testing the condition of their perish-

able products received at central mar-

kets', a service that facilitates the dis—

tribution of the products covered, has:

tens the release of cars, lessens dete—

rioration and waste on account of de-

lays resulting from disputes as to the

condition of products, and prevents un—

fair trade practices.



Then there is the organization of

farmers’ cooperative associations—per-

manent, economic institutions that

have a far—reaching effect. There are

now more than fourteen thousand

farmer's’ cooperative associations in

the United States, in the organization

of many of which the bureau was call—

ed upon to lend assistance. A staff of

experts is maintained to study practi-

cal methods of cooperative marketing

.and to place the results in the hands

of the farmers.



The writer endeavored to draw out

from George Livingston something

about himself. But without. success.

Self has no place in his lexicon. But

he had a great deal to say about the

work of the Bureau of Markets, and in

doing so the force of his personality

and capability was plainly evident in

spite of his modesty.



“The Bureau of Markets is endeav-

oring to devise the quickest, most di~

rect, and least expensive methods of

getting products to market,” he said.

“Slip-shod methods must go, for the

new methods will be better.”



“Of course, it must be appreciated

that the job cannot be done overnight.

Present marketing methods are the

product of evolution, and better mar-

keting practices must come through

gradual improvement in methods and

procedure. It has taken decades and,

in fact, a century or so to develop the .

production side of agriculture to its

present degree of efficiency, and there

yet remains much to be done. I hope

that the development of ellicient mar-

keting machinery will not take that

long, but it is a vast undertaking, and

every step of the journey must be

sure-footed.



“To accomplish that result the bu-'

reau needs to have on its staff work-

ers of proved ability through practical

experience; workers who are keenly

sympathetic with the farmer’s needs.

In a word, we want in the Bureau of

marketing special—

ists found anywhere in the world.



But of equal importance is the

hearty cooperation of everyone. By the

character of service rendered we want

the farmer to know that the bureau is

his friend, and not to hesitate to call

upon it to help him solve his market-

ing problems. It. is his bureau, and we

are ready and anxious to serve him.”



In that last sentence is contained the

keynote to George Livingston’s code.

Service to others is his religion. He is ,

constantly devising means of helping

the farmers with their problems, and

the only reward he asks is that the

farmers come half way to meet him.





WILL PRODUCE SUGAR IN INDIA.





 





XTENSIVE developments are ex—



pected in the sugar industry of

British India, where sugar is scarce

and expensive. A sugar committee,

recently appointed by the Indian gov-

ernment to investigate, is expected to

recommend that manufacture be taken

up on a large scale with government

assistance. Chief difficulty seems'to

be in getting plant and machinery. The

interests in India have established a





large icorporation for the refining of ../‘





sugar.
M1ch1gan

State ‘ Fa1r





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September 3rd

September 12th





EDUBATIUNAL ENTERTAINING





Federal Government and

Michigan Agricultural

College will conduct a





GREAT TEN DAY EXHIBIT





of Farm Products and

Educatlonal Course in

Agriculture.





Big Program of

Free Exhibitions





will ofler relaxation and sinusement.





Fur Farming





Exhibit of all Michigan fur

anlmals and practical instruc-





tion in fur farming.





$100,000 in Premiums





Stock ShOW will be greatest

ever held in .Middle West





 





 





Seventy-first Annual Exposition





TEN DAYS TEN NIGHTS

SEPTEMBER 3





SEPTEMBER 12 -





.. A PPLE growers of New York,





Ohio, Michigan and other north-



ern states will soon find their

strongest competitor, not in the Pacific

Northwest, but in the Southern Appa-

lachian apple belt, extending down

through , the Cumberland Valley in

Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the

Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The

writer has reached this conclusion

while accompanying the advisory board

of the American plant pathologists on

their summer conference tour devoted

to a study of fruit diseases and meth-

ods of control. The visiting patholo-

gists from nearly every state in the

union and several from foreign coun-

tries, startedat Staunton, Va., on Au-

gust 2, and worked their way north-

ward into Pennsylvania, where a field

conference was held on August 6 at

Gettysburg.



Commercial orcharding is a compar-

tively new industry in the valley of

Virginia. Most of the trees are less

than twenty-five years old. Neverthe-

less there were 2,185,000 cemmercial

apple trees in Virginia in 1918, of

which sixty per cent were between the

ages of one and twelve years. Orchard

planting has been going on at a rapid

rate since that date, and it is probable

there are upwards of 2,500,000 apple

trees in the state. Many apple trees

are also being planted in West Virginia

and Maryland. These young apple or-

chards are being developed under the

most thorough culture following scien-

tific methods, and there is little doubt

that a large percentage of the trees

will live to maturity and produce large

yields of fruit.



Augusta county, of which Staunton

is the county seat, is young in commer-

cial apple production, but it is destined

to be the largest apple producing coun<

ty in the Shenandoah apple belt. In

Augusta county there are 5,500 farms,

and on every farm will be found an ap—

ple orchard which the owner is work-

ing to develop into a commercial prop-

osition. There are now 1,200 orchards

that produce or ship one or more car-

loads of apples each year. The largest





, commercial orchard in the county con-





tains 22,000 trees planted on 750 acres.

There are more orchard companies op-

erating successfully in Augusta county

than in any other-county in the United

States.-





CHARACTERISTIC of all this ap»



ple district is the spirit of practi-

cal cooperation and helpfulness among

the growers. They cooperate for or-

chard improvement and in marketing

their fruit. The proximity of red ced-

ars to orchards is the cause of rust in.

fections. It‘was found that removal

of the cedars resulted in eliminating

the rust. Last year the growers

around Winchester lost upwards of a

million dollars because of thisdisease,

and the losses from this cause were

heavy in all the valley counties. After

the apple harvest a cedar tree cutting

campaign was organized, with a man-

ager over each district. Thousands of

cedars were cut down. The work was

done so well that it is not easy to find

a cedar tree near an orchard in the

county, and there is little cedar rust

to be found in the orchards. A similar

campaign was waged in other apple-

producing counties, with equally favor-

able results.

, The growers are receiving/substan-

tial aid from their state governments.

At Inwood on the Cumberland Valley

Railroad in Berkley county, West Vir-

ginia, the extension division of the

state college or agriculture has erected





 





a large apple packing plant tube used .





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Mic/zigan Grooms will fie Interested m a Survey

of West Vimim'a Orr/lard:





as a demonstration packing plant;

While this plant will be utilized as 8.

commercial packing'house, fruit being

Supplied and packed for the nearby

growers, there will also be conducted

a series of extension schools in pick-

ing, packing and marketing apples and

other fruits, together with the general

problems of operating a packing house.

Students will go through all the actual

operations untfl they have acquired

sufficient skill and speed to satisfy the ._

requirements. This plant has a capaf,

city of one thousand barrels a day, and

willbe used for the first time this fall.

It was erected at a cost of $34,000. ‘



The larger growers have their own

packing and storage plants, and

“camps” for their employee. In the

John ,W. Stewart two hundred and ,

twenty-fl'Ve acre orchard near Martins-

burg, West Virginia, is a. “camp" with ‘

accommodations for one hundred and

fifteen men. It is equipped with large

airy sleeping quarters, dining-room,

sanitary plumbing, shower baths and

electric lights, giving the men as good

living conditions as they could find in

the cities.





PPLE orchards and orchard lands



are bringing big prices in the val-

ley fruit district. The Cohill seven-

hundred and fifty-acre orchard near

Hancock, Md., was sold some time ago

for $300,000. This orchard, the first

planting in which was done in 1903, exé

tends four miles along the mountain

side. In 1918 more than 45,000 barrels

of fruit were shipped from this or-

chard. Last year the yield Was 40,000

barrels, and this year the owners es—

timate a 65,000 barrel crop. A man

who owns a two hundred and forty-

acre farm near Staunton, with one hun~

dred and forty acres of young fruit

trees, told me he. had been offered

$70,000 for the place, and it is not in

the best of condition.



One of the big orchards on “Apple

Pie Ridge” in Berkley county, West’

Virginia, is owned by D. Gold Miller.

Mr. Miller started his orchard plant-

ing some twenty-five years ago. Then

the farm would not bring more than

$15,000 and he was compelled to bor-

row money to pay expenses. By the

advice of an expert from Washington

he increased his borrowings to get

money to plant an Orchard. Today the

place would readily bring $200,000. The

annual production is from 8,000 to 10,-

000 barrels of apples, with an 8,0004

barrel crop now on the trees. Large

quantities of early fruit have already

gone to market. 011 this place is an

apple storage of large capacity, and

near by on the highest point on the

place, Mr. Miller has erected a look-

out tower from which he is able to see

what is going on in all parts of his

orchard and farm. A farm of seventy-

five acres adjoining Mr. Miller’s place

was sold last year for $75,000, and this

is away up on a West Virginia ridge

several miles from a town.



Apple crop estimates and percent—

ages are somewhat uncertain. My ob—

servations, however, lead me to be—

lieve that throughout the district from

the Cumberland Valley south to Staun~

ton there will be a large crop of

choice, well developed fruit. Frederiék

county, Va. which includes the Win-

chester district, will have better than

sixty per cent of a normal yield, and

is counting on a 500,000 barrel crop.

Berkley county, W. Va., has a big ap~

ple crop. The yield is estimated at a

half million barrels, which is fifteen '

per cent above last year’s crop. Many‘

summer apples are grown in Berkley”

county. They began selling at {27?





(Continued on
, {ROM present prospects an excel-

,_ lent crop year for Michigan is in

sight. While it is too early to pre-

f dict a bumper yield for any crop, and

no crop shows better than a ninety-

five per cent condition, seldom has the

general level of "condition of all crops

been as high. Only two crops of the

twenty-five leading ones in the state

show a condition below the ten~year

average, and a number are from six to

ten per cent better. Most of the fruits

are from fifteen to thirty per cent bet-

ter. The two that are below normal

are wheat and hay. Sixteen of the

twenty-five crops show ‘ improvement

over last month. Notwithstanding the

decrease of about five per cent in the

acreage of crops in the state this year,

the present conditions and prices indi-

cate a crop production that will exceed

last year’s in value by $35,000,000 to

“$40,000,000, or approximately nine per

1, .. cent. These are some of the leading

,features of the August-1 crop report

i . for Michigan prepared by Verne H.

Church, Agricultural Statistician, U.

l -' ' ) ‘ ‘ ' S. Bureau of Crop EBtimates and Cole-

" man C. Vaughan, Secretary of State.





Corn—Corn varies greatly in condi-

tion, the average being eighty-six per

cent, eight per cent better than the

ten-year average and three per cent bet-

ter than one year ago. If sufficient

rainfall occurs during the next ten or

fifteen days, this condition should be

maintained throughout the season, and

is equivalent to a total production of

57,420,000 bushels. However, about

forty per cent of the crop usually goes

into silos.



Winter Wheatk—Early threshing re—

turns indicate rather poor yields in the

scuthwestern counties, where the dam-

age by Hessian fly and winter-killing

was extensive. Elsewhere the yields

are about normal. The average as

‘ shown by the reports of our corres-

, pondents is fifteen bushels per acre, or

3 . 3 . a crop of 12,855,000 bushels as compar-

ed‘with 19,285,000 produced last year.



According to the reports‘of mills and

elevators, the amount of wheat market—

ed during July was 646,000 bushels.





Oats—The condition of cats is nine-

ty-two per “cent, an improvement of

eight per cent during the last month,

six per cent better than the ten-year

average, and thirty per cent better

» , than on the same date last year. This

' condition forecasts a crop of 52,490,000

bushels. The carry-over from last year

is relatively light, being only 4.0 per

per cent, or 1,475,000 bushels.



Barley—Barley has also improved

very materially, the condition of ninety

per cent being an increase of ‘seven

per cent over July 1, and twenty—five

per cent better than last year. The

crop indicated by this condition is 6,‘

734,000 bushels. The amount remain-

ing on farms from last year’s crop is

very small, being 2.1 per cent, or 117,-

000 bushels.



‘ ' . Rye—The prospective crop of rye

j ' amounts to 11,907,000 bushels, or 14.7



. bushels per acre. This yield is the



same as the ten-year average, and the



'5: . total crop is approximately 1,500,000



- bushels less than that of last year.



, = . Buckwheat—A decreased acreage of

buckwheat was sown according to the

reports of correspondents. The pre-

liminary estimate is 42,000 acres, a loss

of 6,000 acres compared with last year.

The condition of the crop is eighty-

eight per cent, and the estimated pro-

duction, 647,000 bushels. .



Potatoessr—The crop» is reported in

excellent condition throughout the

state, although one per " cent below



., last month’s figure. The outlook is for



ninety-two per cent of a normal crop,



or ten per cent better than the ten—

year, average. ; This forecasts a total



‘ ’croip t 32,864,000bushels as compared





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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ed States is 402,134,000 bushels com-

pared with 357,901,000 bushels grown

last year.



Beans—The average condition of

beans is ninety per cent. If normal

conditions prevail until harvest, the

crop will be approximately 3,194,000

bushels. The total production of the.

six leading states based on present con-

ditions, is estimated at 11,417,000 bush-

els, a decrease of only 71,000 bushels

from last, year’s final report.





Tame Hay—Late hay has made:





some improvement during July. The

total acreage of tame hay is placed at

2,624,000 and the total production, 3,-

359,000 tons. Last year’s crop was 3,-

180,000 tons. The condition of timothy

is eighty-four per cent. The yield of

clover is 1.15 tons per acre on the av-

erage, but varies considerably through—

out the state. The quality is up to the

average. The condition of alfalfa is

ninety-five per cent; millet eighty-five

per cent, and pastures eighty-three per

cent.



Sugar Beets—The outlook for sugar

beets is generally favorable, the con-

dition being eighty-nine per cent com—

pared with eighty-six last month,

eighty-seven the ten-year average,'and

seventy—two one year ago.



Truck Crows—Tomatoes," cabbage

and onions are unusually promising.

The percentages of condition are nine-

ty—three, ninety—two and ninety-two

respectively, the ten-year average of

each being eighty-four.





Fruit.—~The apple crop continues

very promising, eighty-six per cent of

a full crop being indicated for the en-

tire state as compared with thirty-nine

per cent last year. _ There is a. heavy

crop of early varieties, and most of

the winter varieties are showing up

well. In some orchards Baldwins are

reported to be lighter than other varie-

ties, but on the whole the crop will be

good.



The outlook for peaches is eighty

per cent as compared with twenty-five

last year. ’Nearly all western Michi-

gan orchards are carrying almost a

full crop. Grapes promise even better

than last year, ninety-one per cent be-

ing the estimated prOportion of a full

crop. Pears promise eighty per cent

of a crop compared with fifty per cent





 





last year. Blackberries and raspberries

yielded eighty-five per cent of a crop,

and the outlook for watermelons and

cantaloupes is eighty per cent.



Commrcial Fruits—The commercial

apple crop prospects are very flatter-

ing, and promise one of Michigan’s

old-time apple crops. Except in three

or four localities which had good crops

last year, nearly all growers agree that

there will be twice as many to ship as

last year and in some sections several

timesas many. Baldwins and Spies

will be a fair crop, and all other varie-

ties of winter apples promise well.

There is a large crop of summer varie—

ties, particularly Duchess. The esti-

mate of 2,112,000 barrels made one

month ago, based on a condition of

eighty per cent, seems to require no

revision at this date. The quality is

excellent except in some northwestern

counties where scab developed about

the middle of July. It is most preval-

ent on Duchess and other early varie-

ties, and least on the winter varieties.

The outbreak] extends from Oceana

county northward.



While the acreage of peaches is

much smaller than a decade ago, the

trees that are in bearing condition.

promise eighty-six per cent of a full

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to $3.00 but later dropped to sixty

cents a bushel.

land will produce 226,000 barrels of

apples this fall, according to estimates

of S. B. Shaw. secretary of the State

Horticultural Society. This is a ten

per cent better than the ten-year av.

erage, and much above last year’s crop,

the prospects being for 171,000 more

barrels of apples and 87,000 more bush-

els of peaches this fall than last year.

' Being near the source of supply of

raw materials the barrel problem is

not so serious a matter as in northern

fruit sections. Many of the growers

secured their barrel stock several

months ago. One dollar is the prevail-

ing price in Augusta county.

ley county barrels were contracted at





: $1.25 and are now costing $1.30.





Much of the success of the fruit

growers in the southern apple belt is

due to the work of the plant patholo-





‘ gists in searching out the various dis—

' ease infections and means of control.





The growers have to contend with a





' few very serious diseases that are not





prevalent in the northern orchards.





' Cedar rust is one, and in finding means





of controlling this one pest the patho-

logiSts have benefited the growers to

the extent of millions of dollars.

According to Dr. F. D. Fromme, of

the Virginia station, root rot is one of





1 the most serious problems in Virginia





orchards, and there is no preventive

remedy for it.



In Berkley county, W. Va., the path-

ologists visited the first orchard in the

east where collar blight was identified.

Many thousands of trees have been

lost in the district by this disease.





‘ Grimes Golden is especially susceptible





to infection. Dr. M. B. Waite, of the

Bureau of Plant Indutry, suggests a

new method of controlling this dis-

ease. He suggests cutting two-inch

strips of bark up near the limbs and





.extending below where the infection





occurs. He would then bridge-graft

the strip with scions from an immune

variety, Northwestern Greening, Par-

agon or Black Twig. He advises using

wax, and disinfecting with coal tar

creosote two or threeweeks before the

grafting is done. Leave enough strips

so as not to endanger the life of the

tree, and the next year out out these

remaining strips of bark, and graft as

before. >



In the D. Gold Miller orchard a strik-

ing demonstration of the benefits from

spraying for apple blotch was ob-

served. .



Peach yellows was found to be quite

prevalent in West Virginia and VVest-

ern Maryland. Many trees are dying

from this disease. Dr. Waite says he

is able to keep down the yellows in his

own orchard with a loss of about one

per cent of the trees a year, by in-

specting the orchard several times a.

year, and removing every tree which

shows signs of yellows infection. Prof.

Scott has a large orchard in Western

Maryland and has been equally suc-

cessful in controlling yellows by this

method.





USTING versus spraying was the

source of much discussion with

considerable difference of opinion





‘among the specialists as well as the





farmers on this trip. In ddsting and

spraying experiments of the Virginia

Experiment Station in an orchard near

Harrisonburg, dusting seemed to be

slightly more effective than spraying.

,In the Optimus orchards at Bunker

Hill, W. Va... the demonstration was

decidedly favorable to spraying.



, In conversation with the growers I

found the sentiment strongly infavor

of spraying applecrchards, while ‘some

favored dusting for peach orchards.





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the dust and was cheaper. In Mr.

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showed one hundred per cent scab.

while dusted trees alongside were:

clean. The county agent said apple

growers have tried dusting and return-'

ed to spraying. ' .

‘Peach growers around Smithburg.

Md, are dusting and getting good- con-

trol of'brown rot with dust. They give

a dormant liquid spray.‘ There is very

little dusting of apples done. In Berk-

ley county, W. Va., D. Gold Miller said

he tried out dusting some years ago,

but returned to spraying and was well

satisfied with ' the results. ‘ '

The American Phytopathological So-

ciety is a young organization with five

hundred members, including all the

plant pathologists of the country. The

first field conference of the society

was held last year‘at Riverhead, L. I.

Most of the trip this year was made

by automobiles furnished by the fruit

growers of the various sections. F. D.

Fromme had charge of the Virginia end

of the program. N. J. Giddings and-

Anthony Berg. of’ the West Virginia

University conducted the party through

that state. C. E. Temple, pathologist

of the University of Maryland, made

arrangements for the trip through his

state, and C. R. Orton. of the Bureau

of Plant Industry at Washington, plan-

ned the trip through Pennsylvania. M.

B. Waite, of the Department of Agri—

culture, is the other member of the

committee. Visiting pathologists from

England, France, Italy and Japan were

with the party. E. E. REYNOLDS.





BUYING FEEDER STEERS.





(Continued from page 202).

scarcity and plain light steers are used

to supply that deficit.



In selecting light-weight feeder cat-

tle, eitremely careful culling is neces-

sary in order to avoid those which

have been stunted and are unthrifty.

They must be capable of responding to

feed ‘or their hard feeding characteris-

tics will more than offset the gain due

to good judgment in the choice of

weight. They also must be well fed

so that they will go to market reason-

ably fat, even though light in weight,

which means that they must be given

a fairly heavy feed of conceritrates.



This change in market attitude prob-

ably applies to stocker cattle purchas—

ed for wintering, although definite fig

ures are not available to prove it. Thus

the increase in value per hundred

weight on cattle carried through the

winter in stocker condition would be

much. greater on those weighing four

hundred pounds in the fall than upon

those weighing seven hundred pounds,

while in the spring the advantage

would be with the purchase of heavy

stockers for carrying through the sum-

mer to sell in the fall.



There are other factors to consider

besides weight, of course. The mar-

gin must be heavier upon light cattle

to make up for their lightness. The

heavier weights can use a. larger

amount of roughage in their ration,

they may make larger daily gain and

finish more quickly than the lighter

weights which, on the other hand, if

thrifty, will make their gains with

fewer pounds of feed. But the changes

in the market attitude toward weight

in cattle may be the deciding factor in

determining Whether the cattle feeder

makes or loses.



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her, Edna N rdstrom and Lempie Al-

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Iron‘ county, gave a clever garments

making demonstration. . They started;

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apron, and *followed with a little his—

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garments they have made—sewing ap<

ron, bloomers, kimona apron, princess

slip, kimona dresses, which they were

wearing, darning, and patching. They

also told of the accounts they are ex‘

pected to keep, and their parties, hikes

and potato roasts. The first year this

club had no sewing machine, and met

from house to house, but this year

their board of education has given

them a machine.



Miss Van Heulen,’ state girls’ leader, '

followed the girls with a. little talk on

the plans of the leaders—the advisa-

bility of starting the girls .to sewing

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the work do more than teach the me-

chanical art of sewing, teaching busi-

ness methods through the keeping of

accounts, and cultivating the social

side through the business meetings,

when the girls get a drill in parlia—

mentary law, and their parties when

they learn how to receive and serve

simple refreshments.





During the afternoon program three

boys from Luce county, members of

the handicraft team, made a garden

cultivator. The names of the three

Gogebic county boys who are to go to _

the State Fair were announced—Leon-

ard Nyland, Luther Olsen and Carl

Johnson. The prize stock 'given the

winners was a. gift from the experi-

ment station.



The sewing and millinery exhibits

drew crowds of interested women.

There was an infant’s layette made by

the agents and used throughout the

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modeled garments; gafinents for chil~

dren, made from stockings and adults’

discarded garments; flowers, and oth-

er trimmings and frames for hats; dec-

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and remodeling done by the girls’ clubs.

Not the least important was the hot

lunch exhibit, Where the stove and

cooking utensils needed to serve a hot

lunch were shown with prices attach-

ed. The importance of milk as a food

was proclaimed by charts, and illus’

trated outside with free iced milk

drinks flavored with fruit syrups and

made “peppy” with charged water.



Alger’county did itself proud with

the dinner given the crowd on closing .

day. There was not only the huge

roast ox, but mashed potatoes and

gravy, buttered rolls, cornpn \the cob

and baked beans enough to feed the

two thousand four hundred there, and

then some. The Marquette band fur-

nished music.



The M. A. C. Alumni picnic supper

was a feature of Wednesday evening.

About. eighty “old boys" and their

wives, ate supper in the barn, driven

there by the ‘rain.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





(Continued from page 205).

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“Item two," he challenged, and tick-

ed it off on his middle finger. "‘The

Cardigan Redwood Lumber Company

owns two fine bodies of redwood tim-

ber widely separated—one to the south

of Sequoia in the San Hedrin water-

shed and at prese t practically value-

less because inacc sible, and the oth-

er to the north of Sequoia, immediately

adjoining our holdings in Township

Nine and valuable because of its ac-

cessibility." He paused a. moment and

looked at her smilingly. “The logging

railroad of our corporation, the La-

guna Grande Lumber Company, makes

it accessible. Now, while the build-

ing of the ~N. C. 0. would be a grand

thing fer the county in general, we

can get along without it because it

doesn’t help us out particularly. We

already have a railroad running from

our timber to tidewater, and we can

reach the markets of the world with

our ships.”



“I think I understand, Uncle Seth.

When Cardigan’s hauling contract with

our road expires, his timber in Town—

ship Nine will depreciate in value be-

cause it will no longer be accessible,

while our timber, being still accessible,

retains its value.”



“Exactly. And to be perfectly frank

with you, Shirley, I do not want Car-

digan’s timber in Township Nine given

back its value through accessibility

provided by the N. C. 0. If that road

is not built, Cardigan’s timber in Town-

ship Nine wll be valuable to us, but

not to another living soul. Moreover,

the Trinidad Redwood Timber Com-

pany has a raft of fine timber still

farther north and adjoining the hold-

ings of our company and Cardigan’s,

and if this infernal N. C. 0. isn't built,

we’ll be enabled to buy that Trinidad

timber pretty cheap one of these bright

days, too.”



“All of which appears to me to con-





stitute sound business logic, Uncle

Seth.”

He nodded: “Item three,” he con-





tinued, and ticked it ed on his third

finger: “I want to see the feeder for

a transcontinental line built into Se-

quoia from the south, for the reason

that it will tap the Cardigan holdings

in the San Hedi-in watershed and give

a tremendous value to timber which at

the present time is rather a negative

asset; consequently I would prefer to

have that value created after Cardi-

gan’s San Hedrin timber has been

merged with the assets of the Laguna

Grande Lumber Company.”



“And so—”



“I must investigate this N. C. 0. out-

fit and block it if possible—and it

should be possible.”



“How, for instance?”



"I haven’t considered the means, my





 





dear. Elmse come later." For the pres-

ent I am convinced that the N. C. O. is

a corporate joke, sprung on the dear

public by the Trinidad Redwood Tim-

ber Company to get the said dear pub—

lic excited, create a real-estate boom,

and boost timber-values. Before the





boom collapses—a condition which will _





follow the collapse of the N. C. O.—





the Trinidad people hope to' sell their





holdings and get from under.”



“Really,” said Shirley, demurely,

“the more I see of business, the more

fascinating I find it.”



“Shirley, it's the grandest game in

the world.”



“And yet,” she added musingly, “old

Mr. Cardigan isso blind and helpless.”



“They’ll be saying that about me

some day if I live to be as old as John

Cardigan."



“Nevertheless, I feel sorry for him,

Uncle Seth.”



“Well, if you continue to waste your

sympathy on him rather than on his

son, I’ll not object,” he retorted laugh-

ingly.



“Oh, Bryce Cardigan is able to take

care of himself.”



“Yes, and mean enough.”



“He saved our lives, Uncle Seth.”



“He had to——in order to save his

own. Don’t forget that, my dear.”

Carefully he dissected a sand-dab and

removed the backbone. “I’d give a ripe

peach to- learn the identity of the

scheming buttinsky who bought old

‘Cardigan’s Valley of the Giants,” he

said presently. “I’ll be hanged if that

doesn’t complicate matters a little."





“You should have bought it when

the opportunity offered,” she reminded

him. “You could have had it then for

fifty thousand dollars less than you

Would have paid for it a year ago——

and I’m sure that should have been

sufficient indication to you that the

game you and the Cardigans had been

playing so long had come to an end.

He was beaten and acknowledged it,





and I think you might have been a lit?





tle more generous to your fallen en-

emy, Uncle Seth."



“I dare say," he admitted lightly.

“However, I wasn't, and now I’m going

to be punished for it, my dear: so

don’t roast me,any more. By the way,

that speckled hot-air fellow Ogilvy,

who is promoting the Northern Cali-

fornia Oregon Railroad, is back in toWn

again. Somehow I haven’t much con-

fidence in that fellow. Ithink I’ll wire

the San Francisco office to look him

up in Dun’s and Bradstreet’s. Folks up

this way are taking too much for





granted on that fellow‘s mere say-so

but I for one intend to delve for facts

——particularly with regard to the N. C.

O. bank-roll and Ogilvy’s associates.

I’d sleep a lot more soundly tonight if

I knew the answer to two very im-

portant questions. "



“What are they, Uncle Seth ?”

“Well, I’d like to know whether the

N. C. O. is genuine or a. screen to hide

the operatmns of the Trinidad Red-

wood Timber Company.”



“It might," said Shirley, with one of

those sudden flashes of intuition pecu-

liar to women, “be a screen to hide the

operations of Bryce Cardigan. Now

that he knows you aren’t going to re-

new his hauling contract, he may have

decided to build his own logging rail-

road.”



After a pause the Colonel made an-

swer: “No, I have no fear of that. It

would cost five hundred thousand dol-

lars to build that twelve-mile line and

bridge Mad River, and the Cardigans

haven't got that amount of money.

What’s more, they can’t get it."



“But suppose,” she persisted, “that

the real builder of the road should

prove to be Bryce Cardigan, after all.

What would you do ?”



Colonel Pennington’s eyes twinkled.

“I greatly fear, my dear, I should make

a noise like something doing.”



“Suppose you lost the. battle."



“In that event the Laguna Grande

Lumber Company wouldn’t be any

wdrse 06 than it is at present. The

principal loser, as I view the situation

would be Miss Shirley Sumner, who

has the misfortune to be loaded up

with Cardigan bonds. And as for Mr.

Bryce Cardigan—well, that young man

would certainly know he had been

through a fight.”



“I wonder if he’ll fight to the last,

Uncle Seth." _



“Why, I believe he will," Pennington

replied .soberly.



“I’d love to see you beat him.” ,



. “Shirley! Why, my dear, you're

growing ferocious.” Her uncle’s tones

were laden with banter, but his coun-

tenance could not conceal the pleasure

her last remark had given him.



“Why not? I have something at

stake, have I not?” .



“Then you really want me to smash

him?” The Colonel’s voice proclaimed

his incredulity.



“You got me into this fight by buy-

ing Cardigan bonds for me,” she re-

plied meaningly, “and I look to you to

save the investment or as much of it

as possible; forrcertainly, if it should





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develop ,_ that the Cardigans are the .





real promoters of the N. C. 0., to per»

mit them to go another half-million dol-

lars into debt in a forlorn hope of sav-





ing a company already top-heavy with

of com— -





indebtedness wouldn’t savor

mon business sense. Would it?"

The Colonel rose hastily,





mlly.

word, you are.”





"I’m so glad you have explained the

situation to me, Uncle Seth."





“I would have explained it long ago -





had I not cherished a sneaking suspi-

cion that—er—well, that despite every~





thing, young Cardigan might—er—im :

fluence you against your better judg-y





ment and—er—mine."

“You silly man!”

He shrugged. “One

ery angle of a possible situation,

dear, and I should hesitate to s‘

something with the Cardigans, and





have you, because of foolish sentiment,.





call off my dogs."





Shirley thrust out her adorable chin:





aggreséively. “Sick ’em, Tige!” she

answered. “Shake ’em up, boy!”

“You bet I’ll shake ’em up,’ the Col-





onel declared joyously. He paused with .-

a morsel of food on his fork and way-





ed the fork at her aggressively. “You

stimulate me into activity, Shirley. My





mind has been singularly dull of later .





I have worried unnecessarily, but now

that I know you are with me, I am in-

spired. I’ll tell you how we’ll fix this

new railroad, if it exhibits signs of be

ing dangerous." Again he smote the

table.

a new buttonhole.”



“Do tell me how,”

eagerly.



“I’ll block them on their franchise

to run over the city streets of Se

quoia.”



“How?"



-“By making the mayor and the, city

council see things my way,” he answer»

ed dryly. "Furthermore, in order to

enter Sequoia, the N. C. 0. will have

to cross the tracks of the Laguna

Grande Lumber Company’s line on Wa-

ter Street—make a jump-crossing“

and I’ll enjoin them and hold them up

in the" courts till the cows come home."



“Uncle Seth, you’re a wizard.”



"Well, at least I’m no slouch at look-

ing after my own interests and yours,

Shirley. In the midst of peace we

should be prepared for war. You’ve

met Major Poundstone and his lady,

haven’t _ you ?”



“I had tea at ‘L‘er house last week."



“Good news. Suppose you invite her

and Poundstone here for dinner some

night this week. Justla quiet little



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" tempting, to unite its three

churches and organize one strong

church. To do this, they are thinking

of dropping the present denominational

organizations, and forming a church

of some other denomination so that no

misunderstandings or. jealousies will

arise. It is not easy, to do this, as

these good people are finding out. The

denominations to which , the local

churches belong do not always want

to give them up, or there are members

who cannot hear to think of dropping

the name of the church where they

have worshiped so long. And yet in

this particular instance, I think it Will

be dene. Two churches have voted to

do so, and the third may come in at a

later time. 'It is delightful to contetn~

plate what might be 'done with such a

church in such a town. The whole

village could be organized around the





each direction could be madeto feel

that here was a church worth invest-

ing a. dollar or two in. A splendid piece

of constructive Christian work could

be wrought out, with the right church

leadership. As things are now, noth-

ing is being done. There are three

churches, but none of them has a pas-

tor. There are three good buildings,

but in none is there regular worship.

There are children aplenty but no Sun-

day School. And this is the condition

in dozens of small towns. By having

too many churches, they kill them all.

A dose of medicine may be beneficial,

but if one swallows the whole bottle

at once, the result may be disastrous.





HE reason why the church in the



country or the village is so fre-

quently in a languishing state is for

want of pastoral leadership. The right

kind of man simply cannot be found.

Or if he is found, he soon wipes the

village dust off his feet and is off for

the city. The small church cannot

command the services of the man

needed. And do you blame the young

man? Here are three 01 four or five

churches in a village when everybody

knows that one would be ample. Each

of these churches pays a pittance of

a salary that is less than any day lab-

Orer receives. Moreover, the salary

is usually behind, and once in a while

an ice cream social is given to make

money to “pay the elder’s back sal-





(Continued from page 212).

family dinner, Shirley, and after din-

ner you can take Mrs. Poundstone up-

stairs, on some pretext or other, While

I sound Poundstone out on his attitude

toward the N. C. 0. They haven’t ask-

ed for a franchise yet; at least, the

Sentinel hasn’t printed a word about

it; but when they do, of course, the

franchise will be advertised for sale to

the highest bidder. Naturally, I don’t

want to bid against them; they might

run the price up on me and leave me

with a franchise on-my hands—some-

thing I do not want, because'l have

no use for the blamed thing myself. I

feel certain, however, I can find some

less expensive means of keeping them

out of it—say by convincing Pound—

stone and a majority of the city coun-

cil that the N. C. 'O. is not such a pub-

lic asset as its promoters claim for it.





‘ Hence -I think it wise to sound the sit-





uation out in advance, don’t you, my

dear?”



She nodded. “I shall attend to‘the

matter, Uncle Seth”



Five minutes after dinner was over,

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it or do something else, so they will not

be outdone in the denominational raoe’.





The young minister is reminded that 1





he-must not allow others to get ahead

of his church. Is it any marvel that

young men pull up stakes and move

on? A man has but one life to live,

and it is short’ enough at best. If this

is all the Christian ministry means, we

cannot expect strong men to enter it.

.But on the other hand, that same vil-

lage with one church. could pay a liv-

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keep a strong man, who would love

his work. A young man said the other

day: “It is my intention to devote my

life to the rural. pastorate. None of

the city for me.” He is a fine type of

American manhood, a college graduate,

and trained for his work. Denomina-

tional rivalry has done immense harm

to the church in the country. Denom-





to success and strength.





ND the fine thing about all this is,



that there is lay leadership in most

of such towns. Each church has one

or more strong men who. are capable

of doing big things, and who are will—

ing to do them. The trouble now is,

that such men are worked to death.

They have to do too much. But if the

churches in a village could by 21 mir-

acle or otherwise be brought together,

these leaders would come together,

each would be given some wonderful

task to perform, on which he could

bestow his energy. He would no longer

have to be Sunday School siiperintend-

ent, trustee, elder, leader of the Bay

Scouts, and head janitor. Only by such





an ideal can the best men of the com-'





munity be interested. Where churches

overlap and rub elbows. they lose the

respect of the men, and there is no

help for it. These hardheaded fellows

know that there is no such institution

as the “best church,” which one must

enter or be lost. That might do to

preach fifty years ago, but it is a dead

issue now. The “best church” is the

church that does the best work. And

the best work cannot be done now, as

things are, in many of the smaller

towns. But a better day is coming.

The neW'type of church is not a dream,

it is a reality. It has arrived and is

at .work.





The Valley of the Giants





Mayor, and Mrs. Poundstone, would be

delighted to dine with them on the

following Thursday night.



CHAPTER XXIV.





0 return to Bryce Cardigan:

Having completed his prelimi-

nary plans to build the N. C. O.

Bryce had returned to Sequoia, prepar-

ed to sit quietly on the side-lines and

watch his peppery henchman Buck

Ogilvy go into action. The more Bryce

considered that young man’s fitness for

the position he occupied, the more sat-

isfied did he become with his decision.

While he had not been in touch with

Ogilvy for several years, he had known

him intimately at Princeton.



In his last year at college Ogilvy’s

father, a well known railroad magnate,

had come a disastrous cropper in the

stock market, thus throWing Buck up

on his own resources and cutting short

his college cageer—which was prob-

ably the very 'bes.t thing‘ that could

happen to his father’s son. For a brief

period—perhaps

had staggered under the blow; then

his tremendous optimism had asserted

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quoted. In a word, Mr. Ogilvy had

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‘ of way for the N. C. O. was heralded





Ly a visit from himito Bryce Cardigan

at the latter’s office. As he breasted

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McTavish left her desk and came over

to see what the visitor desired.



“1 should like to see Mr. Bryce Cars

digan,” Buck began in Cl‘iSp business

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about to hand his card to Moira—When

his mouth flew half open, the while he

.r.t:.‘.'od at her with consummate frank-

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mentarily, then was lower-ed modestly;

so took the card and carried it to

Bryce.



"I—Ium-m-m!” Bryce gruntéd. “That

noisy i'e.low Ogilvy, eh '2”



“His clothes are simply wonderful—e

and so is his voice. He’s very refined.

lint he’s carroty red and has freckled

hands, Mr. Bryce.”



Bryce rose and sauntered into the

general office.



“Mr. Bryce Cardigan?” Buck quer-

ied politely, with an interrogative lift

of his blond eyebrows.



“At your service, Mr. Ogilvy. Please

come in.”



“Thank you so much, sir.” He fol-

lowed Bryce to the latter's private of—

fice. closed the door carefully behind





‘him, and stood with his broad back





against it.



”huclc, are you losing your mind?”

Bryce demanded.



“Losing it? I should say not. I’ve

inst lost it.” ~



“I believe you. If you were quite

sane, you wouldn’t run the risk of be-

ing seen entering my office.”



“Tut—tut, 01d dear!_ None of that!

Am 1 not the main-spring of the North—‘

ern California Oregon Railroad and

privileged to run the destinies of that

soulless corporation as I see fit ?” He

sat down, crossed his long legs, and

jerked a Speckled thumb toward the

outer office. “I was sane when I came

in here, but the eyes of the girl out-

side—oh, yow, them eyes! I must be

introduced to her. And you’re scolding

me for coming around here in broad

daylight. Why, you duffer, if I come

at night, dy’e suppose I’d have met

her? Be sensible.”



(Continued next week).





Sunshine Hollow Items

Ry Rube Rubicon

*Last fall ngert Throckmorton, who





lives in the village, kicked on the "

price of eggs so he bought six pullets;





to show his egg lady that he could





produce them at a low cost per dozen. '





But he didn’t get any eggs all winter





and the pullets died this spring. Now ‘





he is ashamed to buy any more eggs

from his egg lady in the country and

the Throckmorton’s buy them at the

grocery store.



Hiram Whizzle made a speech at the

community picnic and said that all

that he was he‘owed to his wife.' Mrs.

Whizzle jump-ed right up and said that

Hiram had been blaming things on her

all his life and she wouldn’t stand it

any more. ‘ .



.Martha Muggins has found a way to

cut down living expenses. She serves

pie for dinner first and it takes the

edge off the hired man’s appetite so

he don’t eat so much of the other

stuff. She says the hired man used to

eat enough before the pie course and





then eat the pie anyway so now‘ she.





serves pie first and finds it pays.





   





 





 





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





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with help shortage, it is

up to him to find out how

the greatest amount of

work may be done for the

least amount of money.

The Litscher Lite plant

will do this and supply

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With the increasing short-

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“Rosen Rye





HE following unique dialogue was



suggested by' Miss Mignon Quaw,



Assistant Home Demo tration

Agent for the state of Mont a. It

has recently been revised and rewrit-

ten for Rosen Ry,e by G. 0. Stewart,

County Club Leader of Wayne county,

and was presented at a public meeting

with the very finest effect. The direc—

tions and text are here given to help

club members in arranging a program





for a picnic” or other meeting. The





parts taken ,.by either boys or girls are :'





Seed. »



Blade of Rye.



Bundle or sheaf of rye.



Sack of grain.



Speeches and Suggestions for Cos-



. tumes.



The “Seed” is represented by a very



small child Wearing a little bag of tan-





colored silicia stuffed to look as fat as,





possible. Arms do not show. Out of





‘ this bag stick only the head and little





legs. The child comes onto the plat-

form alone and makes a bow.

SEED:

“I am but a tiny seed

My name is Rosen Rye

They’ re going to take good care of

\ me

And plant me by and bye. _

But I don’t mind it, not one bit

For I will soon come out,

You cannot keep a good thing down

And I am going to sprout.”





(Here the child suddenly thrusts up

a stick covered to look like a sprout,

through the neck of the bag, then

moves over to make room for the next

child).





The “Blade of Rye” comes onto the

platform. This child is dressed all in,

green and should look tall and slen-

der. The face peeps out from a tall

sheaf of green which may be made of

tissue paper. Arms do not show.





BLADE:

“I am a blade of Winter Rye

’Tis easy to be seen

Altho I’m young and tender, too,

I’m not so very green.

That seedy thing’s my (sister or

brother) dear

We’ re Rosen Rye, you know -—

Discovered at the M. A. C.

' And fostered by the Farm Bureau;

My (sister or brother) sprouted, so

(he or she) said,

But I’ll come to a head.”





(Here blade shoves up a stick cov-

ered with paper or cloth and made to

represent a head of rye He shoves

over, pushing little seed, who glares at

him angrily).



“Sheaf of Rye” is made ready by

using a large sheaf of Rosen Rye and

arranging around body of child to rep:

resent a sheaf.





SHEAF:



“I’m a sheaf of Rosen Rye

All ripe, as you can see,



I’ve had an operation, too, (proudly)

They cut my feet off me.



My (brother or sister) Seed and



- (brother or sister) Blade



Have very loudly talked ,

Of sprouts and heads, but as‘ for





me ,

I’m going to be shocked.





 





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‘ C1225 M ember: )





(Pushes others over. Both glare at

him).



This child is representing the “Sack

of Rye,” is dressed in an ordinary gun-

ny sack sewed exactly as rye sacks

are: Two holes are cut for feet and





two for arms. His head sticks out of-





sack. .He comes onto the stage cry-

ing, his knuckles in his eyes.





SACK OF RYE:'

“BOO—hoo—hoo ! "



OTHERS (in unison, looking at him):

“Why, Brother, what’s the matter

now? .



The Rosen Ryes don’t cry,

Come, smile a bit (pause).- You

- won't? All right.





Then tell the reason why,

You’re crying so. It sure must be

A finger that you’ve smashed.”





SACK:





“You’d cry too, if you were me

"For I have just been threshed!"

(Goes on crying, others gathering

about him, patting him on shoulder).

OTHERS (in unison):

“Come on, don’t mind, cheer up my

dear, _

You never need to cry

Altho they thresh you; for you are

Pedigreed ROSEN RYE!”

(Sack wipes his eyes and smiles).

(Exeunt).





 





HOGS NEED SHADE AND CLEAN

I WATER.





 





NE who has had experience makes



these suggestions to pig club mem-

bers: , Shade and clean water during

the summer months are essential to

successful pork production. All kinds

of hogs must have shade. Too much

direct sunlight and heat is a. frequent

cause of hogs failing to thrive and is

often the cause of hogs dying. During

August small pigs often blister on the

backs and about the ears which naus~

es, in some cases, severe infections

and bad sores.





Expensive shelter is not necessary.

Shade trees provide ample protection.

Where no trees exist temporary shade

may be provided by the cavering of a

frame with canvas, under which the

hogs may go for protection. Some pro-

ducers build individual hog houses

with sides that may be lifted to pro-

vide an increased amount of shade dur-

ing the summer months.- This plan

furnishes shade for hogs where only

a few are kept.



Clean fresh water for drinking and

wallow is equally as important as, or

more important than, shade. The old-

time wallow hole covered with scum,

which was once also the drinking foun-





tain, is no longer in high favor. Hogs ’





must.have water to drink, and if they

cannot have fresh clean water in the

trough or fountain, they will drink

where they can find it, regardless of





its condition. This fact has caused.





some to believe that hogs prefer noth-

ing better, but they do and will dem-





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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Poultry Club of Wayne

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castrate the fact when they are able

to get fresh water from theewall.





' with concrete and filled with water,





blockade of Russian ports, give support





,from ten to fifteen million Germans





The clean wallow hole is also im-

portant. Hogs may use the muddy

wallow if no other is available; but,

again, it clean water is provided in a‘

concrete wallow they will prefer it to

the mud hole. An excavation six by,

eight feet, or larger, and about four-

teen inches deep, walled and floored





will prove a profitable attraction to

the hogs on hot summer days.





News of the Week





Tuesday, August 10.' '

HE premiers of Great Britain and

France agree to reimpose the





to Poland by technical advice, and sup-

ply her with needed munitions—The

United States will announce a definite

stand regarding the Polish situation at

a very early date—The governor of





 





Tennessee urges the legislation of that:





state to ratify the amendment to the

federal constitution giving to women

the right of franchise.

Wednesday, August 11.



N a note to Italy the United States



reaffirms its opposition to the soviet

government of Russia.——British mission

leaves London for Moscow to urge ac-

ceptance by soviet Russia of the Brit-

ish terms with regard to Poland.—~Cot-

ton growers in Oklahoma form selling

association.--—Reports from Purdue Uni-

versity show that the boys and girls

of Indiana earned a quarter of 3. mil-

lion dollars in their club work enter-

prises last year.——The Missouri State

Fair has arranged for a Farm Bureau

Day.





 





Thursday, August 12.

HE California Prune and Apricot

Growers, incorporated, names tnc

opening prices on the 1920 crop of Cali-

fornia prunes; despite high production





costs the prices named are lower than' '-





those secured last year.——Tennessee





legislature defeats vote on motion byi

anti—suffrage leaders to lay ratification :

of suffrage amendment on tamer—Sow“ ‘ ‘





iet Russia asks Rumania for a renewal

of peace negotiations—Should the al-

lies act the United States will join in

the blockade of Russia.~—lncreased

production and an extension of the coal

car priority order promises to relieve

the soft coal situation to some extent.





Friday, August 13.





HE recognition of the Wrangel;



regime by France is looked uponi ,

by some diplomats as the beginning of, .1.

the end of the league of nations.——Thel





Winnipeg wheat exchange will resume





trading in wheat futures on August 16.. 3'





-—Premier Hughes, of Australia, comes

to England to discuss the terms of the

Anglo-Japanese treaty-It is predicted!

that normal sugar prices will return in-

less than a month when retail prices

will be from eighteen to twenty cents.

——Conn~ecticut will not call a special

session of her legislature to act upon

the woman suffrage amendment.

Saturday, August 14.

THE Russian reds are speeding up

their drive on the Polish capitol,

which is only twenty miles beyond

their advanced lines. The inter state

commerce commision grants permis-

sion to express companies to advance,

rates 12.5 per cent—A noted Germanl

hygienist declares that famine will kill





because of the present inability of the

nation to properly feed her population.

—New York longshoremen have voted

to resume work—Canadian and United

States engineers are looking over the

grounds for the location of the propos-

ed Long Saulte power plant, a part of

the plans of the Great Lakes and St.





 

 





 





Lawrence deep-waterways scheme.—



’_lT'he break in the price of raw sugar



18 reported to be worrying refiners.

Sunday, August 15.





IVING costs in London, England,



have advanced 152-per cent in six

years.—~—United States vessels carried

sixty per cent of the total cargoes that

moved between this and other coun-

tries during the past six months—Re-

ports from the federal reserve hanks





show that the excessive demand for,





credit has shifted during the past fort-

night from the west to the east.

Monday, August 16.



HE battle for Warsaw increases in



intensity, w‘ith Poles putting up .a

good fight although the Russians are

now within ten miles of the city walls.

L—Pemission has been granted to the

Mexican government to allow her gun-

boats 'to pass through .the Panama





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We have aeupply of Pullets that will interest you and

. that Will give Winter eggs to add to your profits.

8 weeks old Leghorn:

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old Anconas.

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1. He was born .on_ a term and has lived on {Write for Price List.

one most of his 11fe_ INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Mich.

2. He owns and operates under his personal Barred Rocks 3%§h°°ftesfid“mtne§gbeggg {mm 5“?“

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Michigan Farm Bureau. C H I C K S

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and marketing of farm products. SUNNY BROOK POULTRY FARM, Hillsdale. Mich,

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5. He believes in generous treatment of ser- cmkem“ “n" B" B‘FOWLEB' H"“°'d'M‘°h'

vice-men and their families. LOOK' BABY $14 A 100 "I"

6. He has had broad experience in State affairs .d CHI‘CKS . '

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Odors a two years course of s cial training in in-

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0 teen earso age.

owancgfirst year 81.50.00 second year 32%.00 Board, .

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woman in the farm enterprise? How

much work should be expected to

do? Should she have union hours and

a vacation? Could she be replaced en-

tirely in the scheme of farming and

yet the farmer and his family 'subsist

comfortably and show a profit at the

end of the year? Is the woman of the

farm living a life of hardship compared

with her city sister, or has she suffi-

cient conveniences and labor-saving

devices to make her work pleasant and

to shorten the hours of menial labor?

Has she facilities, does she take ad-

vantage of community organizations,

and does she live up to her social ob—

ligations?



These are some of the questions to

which Miss Florence E. Ward, of the

States Relations Service of the United

States Department of Agriculture,

tried to find the answers in the testi-





n’ 3 Work Ever Done?

By R. E. Borradai/e





JUST how big a factor is the farm





most of Michigan’s farms they would

not have believed their eyes. Farming





in parts of Michigan is still so young .in a survey of this kind the percentage .'





that some of the oldest inhabitants can

remember distinctly their early experi-‘

ences in frontier life and the extremely

practical sort of conditions with which

they were Surrounded.



“Marked progress has been made

during the. last few years in raising

rural home standards of living,” says

Miss Ward. “Every community boasts

some homes which exemplify the fact"

that the country today with a reason-

able amount of prosperity and good

management offers all of the freedom

and independence of rural living with

most of the hardships of former days

eliminated. The telephone and the au-

tomobile free the farm family from iso-

lation. Modern machinery for farm

and home takes the drudgery from

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mony taken from more than ten thou-

sand farm women located in typical

farming counties in the thirty-three

northern and western states. More

than a dozen of these counties are lo-

cated in Michigan, both in the northern

and southern peninsulas. The results

are particularly interesting to farmers

in this state because of the labor sit-

uation and the fact that the farm wom-

an frequently is the partner who really

decides whether the family will con-

tinue to farm or move to the town or

city. We have experienced within the

past few months an exodus of farmers

from many farming districts. These

include not only the localities where

farming has been very profitable, but

also those where the struggle has been

intense. '



Miss Ward’s survey taken as a Whole

shows surprising progress in the house—

hold conditions on farms when we re-

member that it was not many years

ago that the log cabin with its primi-

tive outfit could be found on .many

Michigan farms. In fact, that time is

not so far removed but what it is still

possible to find these serviceable and

picturesque buildings on many farms,

although they are now frequently rel-

egated to the use of tenants or have

been transformd into sheds or barns.

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tacts and mediums of self—expression.

With all these modern resources which

are taken advantage of and enjoyed by

many progressive and prosperous farm

families, there is still a large percent-

age of the total of farm homes in this

country which has not yet, according

to the figures of the survey, felt to any

marked degree the influence of these

life-giving factors. It is the realization

of this need that stimulates the de-

partment of Agriculture and the state

colleges of agriculture to offer the ser-

vice of extension work with women, a

work which would not be needed if all

homes had reached the high state of

comfort and efficiency attained by the

few.” ‘



In discussing the number of hours

which farm women work, Miss Ward

points out that in the central'states the

average in summer is about 13.2, com-

pared with 10.5 during the winter, and

rest hours are 1.5 and 2.5 respectively.

This, of course, indicates a very long“

working: day with comparatively little

time for recreation. The surprising

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is likely to be inaccurate. In the cen-

tral‘ states we find that on the average

there are 7.7 rooms in the farm house,

and 1.3 stoves; that seventy—nine per

cent of the families use kerosene lamps

and that sixty-eight per cent carry wa-

ter for use in the home. The average

distance the housewife lugs this water

is forty-one feet, and .if the farmer

wishes to find out how many tons of'

water his wife is carrying during the

year it is a simple matter of arithmetic,

with an answer which is astounding.

Ninety-seven per cent of the women on

these farms do their own washing;

ninety—four per cent their own sewing;

and seventy-eight per cent make their

own bread. It is interesting to note

that the percentage of women baking

bread in the central states is much

less than in the eastern states where

it is eighty-nine per cent, and in the

western states, where it runs as high

as ninety-seven per cent;





The caring for kerosene lamps is

one of the items in the housewife’s

work which is not usually found in the

cities or even in the small towns. That

the half hour or so spent in washing,

trimming and polishing lamps daily is

considered an arduous task which

should be eliminated as soon as possi-

ble is reflected in the fact that in twen-

ty-one per cent of the households sur-

veyed a modern. system of some kind

has been installed.





Woman’s work on the farm, accord-

ing for the stoves to some other mem-

lightened by a change in the heating

system, or delegating the work of ca'r-

ing for the stoves to some other mem—_

ber of the family. Nine thousand of the

seven-room houses mentioned in the

survey are supplied with from' one to‘

two stoves, not including the-kitchen

range. “This adds to the daily work

of fifty-four per cent of the rural wom~

en who, when heat is needed, not only

carry into the‘ house the coal or wood

to feed thesestoves,‘ but, according to‘

their statements, kindle the fires in

the morning and keep the home fires

burning throughout the day.”





Some of the Comforts enjoyed by

most town and city dwellers is a‘house

which is warm throughout the winter

season, and the ease with which warm

water is supplied for all purposes. The

city family abhors such discomforts

as going to bed in chilled rooms, break-

ing of ice in the water pitcher on rising

in the morning, and the lack of warm

quarters for bathing and dressing, but

altogether too many farm families are

accustomed to just these Sort of in.

conveniences and many of them have

accepted these conditions needlessly.



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to lighten the! household tasks, such:

as churning, washing machinery, etc. -

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, Miss. Ward. found that in the central

states on. the farms surveyed, sixty—

seven per cent had washing machin-

ery; ninety-five per cent sewing ma—A

chines; ninety-eight per cent screened

Windows and doors; ninety-three per

cent out-of-door toilets; eighty-three

per cent bath tubs; and fifty-two per

cent sink and drain. She also found

that twenty-six per cent of the women

help with the live stock; twenty-two

per cent in the field; fifty-seven per

cent in caring for gardens; thirty-four

per cent in‘ keeping farm accounts, and

thirty-three per cent in keeping home

accounts. ,



Where dairying is an important fea-

ture of farm work, and where cows

are kept only for the family milk and

butter, it is frequently part of the

women’s task to help with the dairy

work in some way. About thirty-three

per cent of the farm women in the

survey in the central part of this coun-

try make butter to sell; nine per cent

retain part or all of the money from

this source; forty-five per cent of the

women help milk; ninety-three per

cent wash the pails; seventy-six per

cent wash the separator; and sixty—six

per cent make the butter. In the same

way the care of the poultry largely

falls to the lot of the housewife. In

the central states eighty-nine per cent

of the women do this work, caring for

an average flock of one hundred and

two fowls. The agreement between

husband and wife as to who is to keep

the money from the eggs, however,

.seems to show more leniency on the

part of the farmer since sixteen per

cent of the women have the egg mon-

ey, whereas only nine per cent are suc-

cessful in cornering the returns from

their activities with the dairy.



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cent in the east and sixty-two per cent

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has worked wonders in the improve-

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hilating distance and giving country

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social and religious activities, and has

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Here again the central states outstrip

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can be determined by the scales on

the shanks of a hen. From these indi-

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given nothing but her feet and shanks

to work with. The heavier ._ laying

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I recently heard of one poultryman

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MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL





(Continued from page 199)

of twelve muskrats, one colony of

mink, two pairs of weazels, one pair

of martin, one pair of ermine, onelpair

of sable, one pair of wolves, one pair

of badgers, two pair of woodchucks,

two pair of gray squirrels, one pair of

black squirrels, two pairs of fox squir-

rels, one pair of cub bears and two

pair of deer.





ND proceeding, we discussed. to

some extent that other great func-

tion of the school, the dissemination

of knowledge. No other agency has

aided more in bringing to the individ~

us] the large amount of classified





knowledge that the public schools of,





the land have. But in this the school

of which Mr. Dickinson is the head, is

no less efficient because it emphasises

ideals and presents a diversity of sub

jects. If a farmer wishes to meet breed-

ers to get information, he can do this

with the least expenditure of energy

by attending this big school, the Mich-

igan State Fair, for that is the school

of which we have been speaking. If

he would care to be informed on farm

machinery here is without question the

best place. Should his hobby be rab-

bits, poultry, skunks, peonies, bees,

bugs or what not, there will be oppor—

tunity to jump on and ride that hobby

to his heart’s content.





0 important has the big fair become



as a place for giving out informa-

tion that the federal department of ag-

riculture and the Michigan Agricul-

tural College have taken over the en-

tire 13,000 square feet of floor space in

the Agricultural .Building and in it

they will set up exhibits that will

teach the fair visitor the hundreds and

thousands of things which these de-

partments of the state and federal gov-

ernments have been endeavoring to

bring to the farmers through bulletins,

on the lecture platform and in other

ways. Here alone will be found ex«

hibits which will warrant the expense

of attending this big school, and in ad-

dition to the exhibit men qualified to

give information will be there to aid

those in search of knowledge along

any particular line, to get full details

of what is wanted. Here one will learn

how the weather bureau forecasts

storms, frosts, and floods for the pro-

tection of agriculture, commerce and

navigation; how the bureau of animal

industry proposes to increase the coun-

try’s supply of meat; how to save the

millions of dollars lost to the farmers

of the country each year by controlling

destructive diseases and insects; how





 





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1 good roads are built; how an up-to-date

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(Continued from page 202).

when the country looked its best, and

the roads were in excellent condition.

The series of summer showers which

had blessed the crops had also served

to keep the gravel and stone roads,

which connect the principal towns

throughout the county hard and

smooth, and the air that evening was

just cool enough to make motoring a

pleasant pastime.



I foundng. Perry about to bring in

his last load of hay for the day, but

he generously gave me a half-hour of

histimee—precious time to a busy

farmer at this time of the year. His

beautiful farm along the town line of

Elmwood is probably the highest point

in the county. . Mr. Perry was born on_

this farm forty—eight years ago, his

father having settled there in 1868

in what was then a dense Wilderness.

His mother, a daughter of Elder Mc-

Kinney, came to these parts in 1854

and her father built the first barn east





 





Some of Mr. Ordway's Polanus.





of Watrousville in this county. They

may thus be classed as real pioneers.

Mr. Perry takes particular pride in im-

proving his propel ty each year. A year

ago he added a large wing to his home,

to accommodate his growing family,

and this fall will install a modern wa-

ter pressure system in his house and

barns. He contemplates adding next

year a. complete electric lighting sys-

tem to make. life still more comfort-

able on the farm.





In speaking of the farm and the

prospects of good crops, Mr. Perry

said he had given much study and ex-

periment in the culture of pedigreed

seeds, and firmly believed in the use

of the best seeds of pure strain that

can be obtained. He has grown sev-

eral varieties of pure seeds for market,





4 and was the firstgfarmer in this part





of the county to grow Rosen Rye and

to make tests with alfalfa. . He has in

his farm of one hundred and sixty

acres of cleared land underthe plow,

a large field of alfalfa the second cut-

ting of which will be made about Au-

gust 10, and the third cuttingabout

October 1. All his pure seed raised is

sold tofarmers in the vicinity or near

Caro.



In stock raising his principal inter-

est lies in theroughbred Oxford Down

sheep, of which he has made a careful

breeding since 1891, or twenty-nine

years, and he owns a fine flOCli: of this





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‘ J MARSH, of Vassar, one of the





' big progressive farmers of Tusc-





cola, 113 the owner of two hundred and

forty-four acres of rich rolling land

just north of the village. He is also

a strong believer in the value of using

pedigreed seeds, and, indeed, in the ad-

vantage of growing pure strains of se-

lected seeds for the market. This year

he has fifteen acres of “Purple Stem"

wheat and twenty-four acres ‘of





,“Crown” oats for seed, the oats being

as fine a stand as I have seen of this





New York state variety. There are

also thirty acres of rye, twelve acres

of beans and fifteen of corn, all of which

were in splendid condition the latter

part of July.



A considerable acreage of the farm

is good bottom land along the Cass

river, suitable for pasturage, and this

year Mr. Marsh has increased his herd

of Holsteins. A creamery at Vassar,

less than a mile from the farm, han-

dles all the milk produced, a part go-

ing to Detroit. Mr. Marsh is also in-

terested in raising Chester White pigs,

with. which he has been successful. '



In speaking of the important work

before the Tuscola Farm Bureau, Mr.

Marsh said he believed the~very neces-

sary thing to do is to concentrate the

efforts of the more progressive farm-

ers in the businessof securing sup—

plies, particularly of coal and fertiliz-

er. He has tried to secure centracts

to supply coal direct from the mines

to farmers in Tuscola, but thus far the

operators have refused to deal direct

with the consumers claiming previous

contracts prevented their doing so and

that the lack of adequate transporta—

tion hindered them in their normal out-

put. A concerted effort by a large num-

ber of farmers, he hopes, may result

in getting deliveries of a part, at least,

of the requirements for the coming fall

and winter;



The value to the farmer of a greater

use of pedigreed seed is a matter of

great interest to Mr. Marsh, and at a





meeting of the‘ executive committee on ‘ .

August 3, attended by John W. Nichol-_





son, of the State Farm Bureau, the





 





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‘ twonship, one of the leading farm--

ers of Tus'cola, was born on the farm

which his father preempted in 1862.:

The farm now comprises one hundred

and sixty acres, of which one hundred

and four are this year under the plow,

the remainder being in wood and pas-

ture. Mr. Alexander, a stockholder in

farmers’ elevator associations, believes

these associations should come into the

Tuscola Farm Bureau, and his argu~

ments, as an interested party in both,

are based on sound business principles.





the greater use of pedigreed seeds, and

this year has eleven acres of “Wiscon-

sin 6” barley, and eighteen acres of

“College Success” oats, and has two

test plats of soy beans in corn. Of

wheat he has fifteen acres, and of

beans and com the same acreage of

each, and he cut hay from thirty acres.



It is in stock raising, however, that

Mr. Alexander has gained considerable

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Mr. Bigelow’s Hereford Sire.





specialty, if such it may be termed,

is raising of thoroughbred Chester

White hogs, and his pens are among

the best in the county. There are ten

brood sows of this breed, two of which

took first and second ribbons at the

Saginaw County Fair, in 1919, while

his Chester White boar was sired by

Petroleum King, by Petroleum Giant,

eight times champion in Indiana and

Ohio. There are, besides these thirty





market.





OSEPH 9AMPBELL, of Fairgrove,



is another farmer who may be class-

ed with the enterprising leaders in his

township. The day I called at his

farm he was busy threshing. I learned

that the farm of one hundred and forty

acres is quite evenly divided between

the usual grains grown and beans,

and judging from the appearance of

the fields within reach of the eye, I

should say that the rosiest expecta-

tions of these thrifty farmers are more

than likely to be realized. They are

quite interested in raising thorough-

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(Wildwood Farms





. AnguJ'





.Ei’fies Lass 238203 sold on May 6th for





$7100. She was sired by Black Mon-

arch 3rd. We are offering for sale Ed-

itor of Wildwood 295059 a full brother

in blood lines to Effies Lass also four

more choice bulls which are old enough

for service and sired also by the cham-

pion show and breeding bull Black

Monarch 3rd. -





Our herd is under State and Federal

Supervision.





WILDWOOD FARMS

ORION. MICHIGAN

w. E. scmrrs. Prop.. Sidney-SmithSupt.





 





WO0DCOTE ANGUS





Imported Herd Bull

ELCHO OF‘ HARVIESTOUN (45547)





by Jason of Ballindalloch (3&4





EDGA RDO 0F DALMENY (455801)

by Escort of Harviestoun (3





VVoodcote Stock Farm. Icnia. Mich.





A Two Yr. Old





heifer produced 30 lbs more B. F. and less cost in

1 yr.than her dam through use of a pure bred Guem-

soy sire. For sale: A 251? yr. old son of Imp. Gold-

en Noble V 14834. Dam, Aldata an A. .





DeLEON SMITH,





Jonesville,





 





 





Mich.





Three registered Guernsey bull calves May Rose

breeding.closely related to Spottswood Daisy Pearl.

Dolly Dimpl es Langwater Nancy. Langwater Hope.

Langwater Daisy and imported Itchen Daisy 3rd cows

that have the higher milk and buttel fat production

of the breed. Calves sired by Albany' 6 King of Anna

Dean Farm; his grand dam Spottswood Daisy Pearl.

Alec Harper. Mid ward Lowe. Robinson Rd.Grond Rapids. Mich.





SPRING DELL FARM GUERNSEYS





For sale: Choice of two bulls two and three years old;

also bull calves three to twelve months. Registered.



lendid individuals and breeding. Prices right.

“PHI Hl’i E BROTHERS. R. 2. Box 20. La Porte.

Indiana.





 





Two nearly ready for light





allal‘llsey Bulls- service. An opportunity to





get the high producing “Golden Secret" strain Ifor





a.p Excellent individuals, growthy, and per-

fecsilly marked. Will sell anywhe in Michigan for

875 each. P. S. Myers .1 Son, G nd Blane. Mich.





 





P bred Guernsey bulls from one to four weeks old.

are Registered 530. not registered $25. Orders ship-

ed 1n rotation receive ed No excuse for scrub hulls.

EVAL’I‘ER PBIPPS FARM. & Alfred St. Detroit,

.Currie, Mgr.





Guernse bulls from 3 months

For sale: to 6 mohths old. Their sire is

DOTTIE‘S PRINCEN his dam has an 011101111





0.44696.

1 d 161711.60 'butter on.

”a" y mm 0 L.J. rm Goldwater, M1011.





Re istered Guernsey bulls. May Rose

For sale bregedin cheap if taken soon Come or

write.





John Ebe s It. 2 Holland. Michigan.

6

Registered Guernseys 3.31?" $21331;

calf is out of a cow mil g 40 lbs. a day. the price will





e 0 .better et is edi r

curpns yJuM .WIL IAMS) Worth Adams. Mich





G U E R N s E Y BULL CALVLS .1...



sire s dam made

[9, 460$}15 Elke 9091.93,le fat. _;'néeir mother' s sire' s dam

made in T. H.10KS Battle Creek. Mich.





 





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G U E R N 5 EV S BIIILEI%TAFLVES

Containin blood of world champions.

HICKS' CIUERN EY FARM,





Saginaw. W.S. Mich





 





Stock the Farm with

Purebred Holstein Cattle





In spite of the in creasing cost of feed,

dairyin offers you a better opening

today t an it ever has in the past.



The scales and the Babcock test have

systematized the industry until it is

no more uncertain than any other bus-

iness. Even city business men are

awakening to its opportunities. Every

year it becomes clearer that with large-

yield cows, the cost of milk and butter



production can be brought down to a



pcint that makes dairying profitable.

gave you ever figured out what your

farm would be worth to you, if stocked

with purebred Holsteins.



Send for free Illustrated Booklets.





THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

164 Hudson Street

Brnttloboro Vermont.





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ment. Choice individuals of BI

express and register in bu er ’5 name.





. J. CARL JEWE 9





 





'For Sale





9 ‘ L 9‘. sows .1;qu *8





Young sows due to iarrow in Se tember.

TYPE breeding.





 





   





Spring ,oars ready for ship-





Iship C. _O D pay

R.- 5, Mason, Michigan.





 





Ma Echo Sylvia Bull calf. 2 crosseg to May Echo

ylvia. an 3 crosses to King of th ontiacs. Dam



a 2 yr. old daughter of a 29 lb b. cow 60 is

tested dams average 34. 49 lb of butterf and 759 0milk.

0. B GIDDIN GS Gobleville. Mich.





LONG DISTANCE 53$??? E 0161





rince Ona) 236555 Five dams av 1136 lbs. butter and

2 771 lbs mllk' 1n 1 yr. Only] good bull calf left born

Nov. 18th '19. dam untested. $1110M State and Federal

supv. —a clean herd. A. FELMING. Lake. Mich.





Model King Segis Glista



a30lb. son okaeldeKi B Alb D Kl.

His dam Glista F‘enaelles 32. 37l.l11§ Hag? da maalist o agr-

nestine 35. 96 lbs. His three nearest dams average over

38 lbs and his forty-six nearest tested relatives aver-

age over 30 lbs. of butter in seven days. Write for pri-

ces on his sons.

Grand River Stock Farms

Cory J. Spencer, Owner Eaton Rapids. Mich.





-WinnWood Herd-s





Flint Maplecrest Boy No. 166974

Has Made Good

one of his SONS will raise your herd to a higher





standard and better production we have them

for sale at moderate prices.





A Few Females For Sale





—oun JUNIOR HERDI 511211-





Sir Ormoby Skylark Burke No. 264966

1? bgother to the world champion cow over all

ree s.

DUCHESS SKYLARK ORMSBY

Michigan’ 6 best bred Ormsby bull.

Better get on the list for one of his sons out of a

daughter of Flint Maplecrest Boy. -





JOHN H. WINN, (Inc.)





 





HERD





 





 





Roscommon, Michigan

“TOP NOTCH”

HOLSTEINS





McPHERSON FARMS _COMPANY

has raised man great milk cows.

84—2 lbs. milk in 7 days





I Ofllciaily Pro need

3394 lbs. milk in 30 days

I " " 120 lbs milk in 1 day

811 lbs. milk in 7 days

over 10000151‘111. milk in 100 days





b.s milk in 1 day



lbs. milk 111 1 year



100 lbs. milk in 1 day



659 lbs. milk in 7 days



18675 lbs. milk' 1n 1 year

Others under test are making large milk records



A fine lot of young bulls from 3 lmont he to 2 years



old for sale. Get a “milk" bull, and increase milk



produ tioonr in your herd

erds are under U. S supervision.





McPI—IERrSON FARMS CO.. Howell. Mich.





7.1.46 lb. ilk in 7 da s. is



31’ 06 lb bUtter dyerage olfn9 nearest tdsted

dams of 2 mo. old bull. Price 3150 Terms. fl-



Rodford. Mich.





ML McLAULIN.

accepted in payment of finely bred reg-

‘ 600d "Ole istered Holstein bull calves. Quality

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

GEO ..D CLARKE. - - ~ - Vassar. Mich





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hei‘fitemd Holstein cows and heifers due to freshen

1s fail Some bred to a 42 lb. bull. Price 8200 to

400each B EAVEY. Akron, Mich.





HOLSTEIN





BULL CALVES FOR SALE





From dams with good records.

BULL CALVES SIRED BY 4511:. BULL.

BULL CALVES SIRED BY 34 lb. BULL.

BULL CALVES SIRED BY 33 lb. BULL.



PRICES VERY REASONABLE.





Privelege of return if not satisfied.





A. W. COPLAND,





Birmingham, Michigan.

Herd under State and Federal Supervision.





GLUNY STOCK

FARM





A icmi-Offiical Bred Bull to Read



Your Head

Mapiecrest Application Pontiac No.132652. heads



Our Herd

His dam's record is 1344.3 lbs. butter 23,4212

lbs. milk in 365 da s. and 35.103 lbs. butter and

515 6 lbs. milk in days.

One of his sons from our good record dams will

carry these great blood lines into Your Herd.

For Podlgroos and Prices write to



R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich.





Holsteins of Quality





for sale. Heifers from 8 to 24 monts old. All regis-

tered and sold sub act to tuberculin test

HA DY, Rochester. Mich‘





The Traverse Herd





We have what you want in BULL CALVES, the large.

tine growthy type, guaranteed right in every way.

They are from high producing A. R. 0. ancestorl.

Dam’ 3 records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigree: and

quotations. stating about age desired.





TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL

Traverse City, Mich.

1 Reg. 11111111119151“ bull calf. born 1100.. 1919.





ri tion an

p ”Lem U18 martian " Tower. 1361011.





IIOISIIIII Friesia'nedhe‘lg‘oir and bull owing; piirmebrod





 





 





 





 





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11.1mm. Efficiency





of your





DAIRY llEllll





by using a





Registered Holstein Sire





We have bulls of all ages listed at rea-

sonable rices.





so grade and pure bred

cows and heifers.





Michigan Holstein- Friesian Assn.

Old Stale Black,

lansing. Mich.





sputum P1110557 0...... .1...





H o l l t o i n

hei era and you bulls ready for service

JOSEPH H. BREWE Grand Rapids. Michigan





HEREFORDS





20 Cows and Heifers of popular breed-





‘ ing for sale also bulls not related.





ALLEN BROS.

PAW PAW. - MICHIGAN





HEREF OR DS





D. S. Polled Herefords





Herd headed by Renner Bullion. 315993. (18242) son "of

grand champion Bullion 4th.





For Sale—A few good polled and horned cows bred to

this great bull. Also three fine bull calves not

related to him. Correspondence solicited.





Cole & Gardner, Hudson, Mich.





Just purchased 3 new herds, now have

Herefords'fio I50;head we offer you an thin desired

either sex. horned or Efiolled any age. rice reason-



irr vs Bad Axe. Mich.





 





 





 





, 4 Reg. bulls 5 t08 mo. old. Pri e

HerefordS: reasonable for quick sale visitgr:

welcome. Reed Schultz. R. 3. Homer. Mich.





 





The Wildwood Farm

Jerse Cattle Majesty strain. Herd on State accred-

itedl Roi M. testin constant] done. Bulls for





6616. ALVINB BALDE





BUTTER BRED usages“ 30m...





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.L

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





Phone 1 -5. Capac. Mich.





 





Jersey bull calves of Majesty breeding from

For SIIG good produci stock Herd on Govern-

ment “Accredited List. " rite for {rice and pedi rec

to C A. A.GGETT R.2, ‘airgrove. Mic.





LILLIE Farmstead Jerseys—A few heifers bred to

freshen soon. heifers bred to freshen next fall. 3

cows,R. of M. bull calves. C. O. Lillie,Cocpersville.Mich





M It

Jerseys For Sale, 32%}??? 135.1. 2:... .





mith and Parker. Howell, Michigan.

r Sale. Jersey bull ready for service sired by Fly-





ing Foxe' a Gay Lad. Dam record 4725 lbs. butter

“75 lbs. milk. Notten Farm. Grass Lake. Mich.





BIDWELL 51101111101113





You Can Buy

abull that will put weights on ourdal -

the (“gearenced will soon pay for theybull. Nrdwoselvllhg





good etch and Scotch- -topRed yearlings. reasonably





roan. senior yeari 11g, Min 1 VIII

breeding. a herd bull prospect, ederal 161;.ng “or





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,

Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan





We Now“ Have ‘





a number of choicely bred scotch females of any

#0 for sale also three bull is from 6 to 18 months old.

uit our heideefomo& buying Sold 5 calves for 854(1).





R B ‘00. .. Bad Axe. Mich.





Richland Stock Farms





Heme of the Michigan Ch .

Shorthorn Sires 1n Ser17i:;?ion.





IMP. Lorne. IMP. Newton Champion. Sterlin

Bupseme Why not buy a young bull tohea

gour herd that carries the blood that is making

horthorn History. Only a few real headers

left. Write your wants.





C. H. PRESCOTT & SONS. Town City. Mich.





Newllt39b 11.49! 1 Ce-

5h°rth°rn8 “1.1.81.2...1mrs: .11.





OSCAR- SKINNER, Sec. .. Gowen. Mich.





Scotch and Scotch 1I‘op

Shorthoms bulls and heifers riced rrght.

classmates “a“: :1 with .1...

“m e.“ an

11.1. FLOWER “153113i '





 





 





 





Milo. Mich.





~Shorthorn Asg‘n has



St. Joseph galls}, d1101- sale males and to-

be roe



”1311i” oiifillo 0. been bee-mu.“ Three RIVOMMIOII





SHORTHORNS Ol b d bull

Milking Horde under Federargupleewi sion w".

Davidson & Hall,Be1and & Beland. Tecumseh. Mich





Shorthorns 3.31:3?329. ”"5 “‘1" °""" “d

, W. B. McQUILLAN, R. 'A Howell, Mich.





MEADOWf Hills Shorthorns. Herd headed by Si].

ver King. fullb brother of Lavender Sultan



due Unive ty' 6 great cl re. For sol e {011111101101 All?

ages, a few young bulls. Geo. D. Doctor.





 





 





1‘ Milking bulls 610 M 8:13;"1; a,





' 36010300



Topped~ brooding Lawrence P Ohm. Charlotte. Mich

. , RIM d‘oattle choice yigung bulls 11111116 to 18

1'3 N3. MIME. - 31.





r. M 1011.1





 





-Ehh to ten months old"





 





 





and





duo. oidf

Grand Ledge. Mich.





Several bunches of stock-



SIGCI" F” WSIIem dfeeders weifh‘IOdngm from



65060 601950 lbs. Each bunch even in also an color write

at once stating your We.



DYER,





I-IOGS





Berksnim‘t size with equality $2320 special-

our w

_ Memesiiihnwri also 6. “3.003.111.1111.





Registered Berkshires. Gilts, and “Bows bred for April

May and J une furrow. A yellirF 11g Boar and a few

oc





younger.Spring pigs. Chase 8t arm. Marlette.lich.





 





 





pigs by Walt’a "‘

first Sr. Yearling





I i ’ ' Siprin

on,

Detroit, Jackson,C-d. Rapids and Saginaw 1919





Phillips BroaRiga,Mich.





Duroc cows and gilts bred to “alts King 29499,



who has sired more 1st and 2nd {rise pigs



at the State Fair in last 2 years than any 01; or Dnroo



boar.- Everyone “ill be a money maker for tho



bier Ca 1:. and rice list.

N W'I‘ON BARNH RT ..





Thos. Underhill & Son,





Salem. Mich. Breeders of Re. Puree Jersey swine.

W—at ch for our sole adv. in ich Farmer, July 24

issue. of bred sows, bred gilts. open giits and boars.





OAKWOOD FARM DUROCS





We can furnish you with anything from a weanling





St. Johns. Mich.





 





pWI to a boar of hiead ng caliber at reasonable

Your ins ection and correspondence

solicited US BROS. ., Romeo. Mich.





 





12 ch' Duroo' gilt: bred to furrow Jul and Ang-

.IGI ust Dau hters of Michigan 0 erry Co

bred to J 3&3 Cherry riob King Number 169259. Son

of the $10. 000. 00 champion Jacks Orion King 2nd. All

large tfiie. heav bone ilts. 250 to 300 lbs.

E JENNINGS TAB. MS, it. 1. Bailey. Mich





MIBHIGANA FIRM DUHUGS





Breeding Stock For Sale

0. F. FOSTER. Mgr.. Pavilon. Mich.





Afe 0 choice Feb. pigs. either sex -males

ouroc: larggtevngzgh for service. very long ahd bi

bone. 325'; 0.830 Am 113 orders for June an

July pigs tfoor 810 to "5B WBatisfaction or money ha ck.



B..E ,KIES. Hillsdale. Mich.





of the rl ht t 6. good blood

Duroc Jerseys lines and8 in 733011 condition





at a price you can afford top Guaranteed to suit

you. W. E. Bartley. Alma}, h ich.





DURDG JERSEYS





E. D. EEYDENBERK, Wayland, Mich.





 





Arn Selling Durocs $283531: Bend

W. 0. TAYLOR. Mi an. Mich





 





The World’s champion





big type. 0.I.C’s.- Stock of all ages for sale. Herd

headed by Callowa Edd, the World's Champion

0. I. C. boar assiste by C. C. Schoolmaster. Grand

Champion boar of Michigan. New York and Ten-

nessee state fairs. Also. C. C. Giant Buster. unde-

feated Senior boar pig wherever shown and Grand

Champion of Oklahoma state fair. Get our cat-

alogue of Crandell’s prize hogs. Cass City. Mich.





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Prince Jr. broedl for So t. i! no , rln

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Central Mich. 0. I. C._





Swine Breeders Ass’ 11.





Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines Every

sale guaranteed by association.





DR. H. W. NOBLES,





 





 





 





 





 





 





Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich.

0.1. c s. 2::5;:1-1°.12.“:¥°Wm~

0..J THOM SON, Rockford. Mich.

O I (:98 A few choice late fall and winter .

o o malaoafine two ear ol boar.

wanna 131108.. ".iz No. 2. aoyud . MIC .





 





00’ 19 Co gflgflbfid far-331% and A118. furrow.

HR lfilEW ed %1uisville, Mich





 





 





0’. I . C .1 Sgt: “ii-I12: 10:61.01. furrow

r. OJd’BURGES 165‘" Mason, 161011.

c. 1.116.111.1211 19:- “a ...... .1.





R LEAF STOCK, ARnM‘. Monroe. Mich.





0. I. “fifth Booking orders fora





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the fegdingtgroun‘ds, pm

healthful. so the sprinkling

can. Add four tab! .. ls

of Dr. Hess Dip and feet—

nnt to each n of water.

m‘inlfle g1: :lnimal body to kill

M' ”Ping W

audieedingg-oundsto destroy

thedineuegerms. 0r rovndo

a wallow, to which about

one gallon D and D to arm 10

aligns of water. Disinfect the

s, the poultry house.





Also use it about the home. In the

sick room. sink and ce 3. tour

tabnsh better health coo





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gut _ our art

in better breeding stock. Forthe bestin Shrop-

shire and Hampshire Rams write or visit KOPE-

ION FARMS. 8. L. Wing. Propr. Goldmelich.

Sesam- uhibltottho Ohio and Michfitntol'ajrs.

“hmwpm from dugowhflmm

Wing-“findin- curly. Mligmmr,

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fee and the method of determining the

. .komomt otthe Slime an unjust, unrea-





TH E19521





M. D.’ Lynch, an enterprising farmer

and also a member of the executive

committee of the Tuscola Farm Bu—

real, owns and operates a fine farm of

one hundred and twenty‘acres west

and north of Silverwood. The farm is

improved, excepting fifteen acres of

beech and maple timber, and this year

there are twenty acres to white wheat.

nine acres of "Wisconsin 6".barley, flf-

teen acres of “College. Success" pedi«

greed oats,twenty—three acres of corn,

twenty to clover and seven of potatoes.

There is also a good orchard which

promises very well this season. Mr.

Lynch does not pasture any stock but





out 'during the winter.





THINK RATE TOO HIGH.





 





ECLARING unfair certain rates



charged by Chicago commission

men on cooperative shipments of live

stock, Secretary of Agriculture Mere

dith has evoked the powers of the Food

Control Act to fix other rates to be-

come effective August 16, it was an-

nounced at the Department of Agricul-

ture. Action was taken as a result of

a hearing held in Chicago on April 12-

13, at which seven commission firms

operating under federal licenses ap

peared in answer to a complaint filed

with the department by the American

Society of Equity.



In its complaint the society charged

that as a result of action by the Chi-

cago Live Stock Exchange members

were required to charge a different and

higher rate on live stock in carlots

having more than one owner. The dif-

ference between the rates for single

and plural ownership, it was complain-

ed, was unreasonable and discrimina—

tory in that it was laid for the purpose

of discouraging cooperative marketing

of live stock by farm organizations.



Secretary Meredith’s action was in

the form of a notice to the commission

men that the present rates must be

discontinued and that the following

schedule of rates would be allowed for

carlots having more than one owner

in addition to the rate for a car-lot hav—

ing a single owner:



For more than one and not more

than ten owners, $2.00.



For more than ten but not more than

twenty owners, $3.00. ‘



For more than twenty owners, $3.50;

provided that in no case shall any one

owner of such carlot pay a higher rate

than the maximum charge for a car

having a single owner.



The order, it was pointed out, is not

directed at the Chicago Live Stock Ex-

change, but at the commission firms

themselves, because being under fed-

eral license they are subject to regula-

tion under the Food Control Act which '

is still in force. President Wilson, by

proclamation, June 18, 1918, required

commission men to take out federal

licenses and later prescribed regula-





These licenses and regulations are still

in force, it was said. '

“I find,” Secretary Meredith said in

his order, “that the difference in the

commission rates charged for selling a

single ownership car and a plural own-

ership car should be the actual cost of

the aditional weighing and accounting

required ‘in the case of a plural owner-

ship car. I find that you have been

following a schedule of commission

rates which permits, and that you have

been exacting, a maximum charge of

$7.00 in the case of cattle and calves,

$5.00 in theme of hogs, and $6.00 in

the case of sheep and goats, more for

a. car lot of live stock having more

than one owner than for a like car lot

of live stock having a single owner,

and that the amount of ~the charg'e is

determinedby the number at live stock

in the car rather than by the number

ofownérs. I find that'both these charg-





 





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The ECLIPSE WOOD





/ MANUFACTURERS





 





CLIPSE WINDMILLS erected

38 years ago are still pumping

water, with no repair bills. A

reliable water supply year after

year at a cost of $1.65 a year

figured on a 38-year service basis.





for 50 years, always giving wonderful service. It is

sensitive to light breezes —-practically storm—proof.

Requires only occasional oiling—has direct stroke-

no gears -- but little friction—noiseless. See your

dealer and have him prove these claims to you. _





airbank-s.M0I;§§A§?'@





WINDMILL has been sold





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Breakwater Duroc Jerseys





FOR SAL;





Brod Gills of Choice Breeding

A“ few good ones left. This is your opportunity to





buy at

ROCK BOTTOM PRICES

. —-aloo-—

READY FOR SERVICE BOAR -

Brookwater Dumc: are the real pelt producers and

the best bred hogs in Michigan.





COME TO FARM OR WRITE-MAIL ORDERS

A SPECIALTY





IIOOKWATEB FARM





ANN ARBOR, HIGH.

H. W. Mumford, Ownerr l. B. Andrews, Mgr.





 





 





 





 





 





I. 0'8. 513% {all boars and 15 lastfall gilta bred for

0- fall far-row. Weight 230 to 325 lbs. extra good stock.

Also this ring’s pigs not akin, x mile west or depot.

Oitiwns {Tl-lone I‘M. Otto B. Sohulzo. Nashville, Mich.





ILLER Meadow's L. T. P. C. boars all sold. Gllts

Melted by General Jones and bred to Our youn boar

Alaska. address CLYDE WEAVER. Oeresoo. lch.

FOR SA Registered Big type Poland



China gilts bro for Se t. fa:-





, eigh' 2251i»; for Wkapring )lflfi all so] . guar-

all): ' mclot-ion. DORUS HOV ‘ R, Akron, Mich.





L. S. P. C.





One 400 lb. sow and 7 pigs by side, price $100.00.

One 275 lb. gilt and 6 pigs by side. price $85.00.





Two choice boars.

H. 0. SWABTZ. Schoolerait. Mich.





Big Type Poland Chinas





Our herd is representative of the best

in Big T s. Choice boars for sale

now. esley Hile, R. 6, Ionia, Mich.





Bred Sow Sale at Fairgrounds





 





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am offering Large Type Poland China Sows, bred

to F's Orange. at. reasonable rices; also fall pigs.

Write or Call Clyde Fisher. 8t. uis, Mich. lt.li.3.





 





Lindhurst Poland Chinas





Stock for sale at all times. Public Halo Oct. 2%.

WM. H. LIND, Alto. Mich.





POLAND CHINAS

W. J. KAGELLSHAW. Augusta, Mich.

. . W NE. 0n boo ,

MRGE TYPE Eng all foaming 13):??lgllgplgs,r3

flow more bra} sows. B.W. Mills. Saline, Mich.





 





Poland China Brood Sows 3'5???) igirgl‘yfifig





Maplewood Stock Farm, Allegan, Mich.





 





eonards B. '1‘. 'P. 0. See exhibit at Mich. State Fair,

{get your name on mailing list for public saleOot.

28. Douhloimmune. Ell.Leonnrd, St.Louls,Mich.R.3.





 





B T Poland China pigs ready for shipment aired.

’ f b Oran Buster. White Points Chub.

Joseph L. ickey, es mgr“ 1L3, Vermontvillmflich.

I ar a Type Poland Chinas nothing for sale at

g resent. 8 ring pigs doing line.

A. A. ELDKA P, R. 2, Manchester, Mich.





HAMPSHIRES





1914-------1920

Choice Spring boars. popular breeding. Booking

orders for fall pigs. All stock Cholera Immuned

:ndj guaranteed Breeeders. Satisfaction guaran-



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3{i'l'EllBEM’S MMPSHIIIEAFMIH





 





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Edgewood Hampshnres

All bred gllts sold. Now booking orders for gilt: bred

for {all furrow, and pigs for gig olnb work only.

Dopow Bead. Edgowood ‘arm. Marion. Ohio.





 





 





left new blood llnesof unlitv.

N W. SYNDEB. R. 4. (2. Johns. Mich.





LYORKSHIRES BRED GILTS





WATEBMAN & WATERMAN

Packard Rd. - Ann Arbor, Mich.





umpflll‘“ get your boar pigs. now a few bred gilt.

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August 5th. Corey U. Edmonds, Hastings, Mich.

. . he, I l i win.-

B‘fimh 9.03:3? :3. stuff... .22.“... For Sale or Trade





Ion‘omuut herds. KJ.Mathewoon.Burr0ak.Mioh.





Bl. Bob Mastodon plan takes the cube.



order now. Poll boars and gilts sired by a grandson

«We: (Honcho? or bred to Big Bob fox-Be t. a

yearling sons. . .GLRNANT, Eaton Rapids, ich





Big Type Poland China; with audio. a g.





of d d “sizable prices. Ph-

bvred me an . , ,

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u. meg-ids m “it cult “Weiss:





 





our registered Percheron, and





We are cloning out

offer for sale or trade for anything I can use one rog-

idorod stud colt three year 0 d also a! yearling from





tondronndmn). dun: .

J. C. BUTLER, Portland. Mich.





BAY MARE





for Sol sound and right. in every way. weight about

£0 Ibo. chad” id at once come and see her or





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ma 1.. J. Hung. M Karim Ave" Detroit. Mich. ’.





 





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Latest





GRAIN QUOTATIONS





August 17,1920.





Wheat.



Detroit.—Cash No. 1 red $2.54; De-

cember $2.40; March $2.42; No. 1 white

and No.1 mixed $2.52.



Chicago. —No. 2 red $2. 54@2. 55; No.

2 hard $2. 52%@2. 55%; December

$23814; March $24014.



, Corn.



Detroit .—-Cash No. 2 mixed $1.65;



No.2 yellow $1. 70,





Chicago—No. 2 mixed $1. 58%; No.





2 yellow $161116.

Oats.



Detroit Cash No. 2 white old 990;

No. 3 white old 98c; No. 4 white old

97c; No. 2 white new 81c.



Chicago—NO. 2 white 72%@733/4C;

No. 3 white .69%@721/zc,





Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 $2.05.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 $2.01@2.02.

Beans. '

Detroit—Immediate and prompt at

$6.25 per cwt.

Cliicago.-—Hand-picked

fancy $6.50@7.

New York—Choice pea $7.75.

Seetis.

Detroit—Prime red clover, spot, Oc-

tober and December $19.25; alsike at

$19.50; timothy $4.70.

Toledo—Prime cash and October at

$18.90; December $18.75; alsike $19;

timothy $4.50.





WHEAT





Recent estimates of the import

wheat needs of the world run about

600,000,000 bushels. Export surpluses

are suggested as follows, in millions

of bushels: United States 210; Canada

160; Argentine 100; Australia and In-

dia 130; East Europe 50, making a.

total of 650,000,000 bushels. The Can-

adian crop estimate issued during the

week was far above expectations. Kan-

sas, Nebraska and Oklahoma have a

wheat crop of about 215,000,000 bush-

els which is pressing upon the market,

and the spring wheat states will be

ready to ship soon. The movement

since July 1, however, is only about

two—thirds as large as last year, For—

eigners are buying, boats not ,being

available to move the supply fast





choice to





— BUTTER -



A considerable immovement bothas

to prices and general tone was evident

last week on the various butter mar-

kets. Buyers began to take on large

lots late last week as soon as the mar-





ket looked right for an advance, and.





trade was fairly satisfactory. The Dan-

ish in storage at NeW'York of course,

was offered at the first advance, show-

ing a profit and this acted as a check.

No new orders of foreign butter were

reported placed, however, as the price

of Offerings is not attractive in view of

our lower market and higher prices

ruling at Copenhagen and other for-

eign butter markets. A further shrink-

age in make is looked'for this week,

but a considerable quantity of cream

which formerly went to cheese 'factor-

ies is now finding an outlet in butter-

making, due to low returns possible at

present cheese prices. The close was

steady. Closing prices On 92 score but-

ter on the four markets Monday were

as follows. Chicago 54340; New York

551/30; Boston 561/50; Philadelphia

5834c per pound.





HEFSE





The lack of buying interest in a real

wholesale way again characterized the

cheese markets at the four principal

distributing points the past week.

Speculative demand seemed to be en-

tirely lacking and buyers were content

to purchase small lots for consumptive

demand only. However, receipts were

light and the small demand seemed to

be sufficient to keep dealers’ floors

fairly wll Qeaned with cheese showing

good quality going into storage. The

market in Chicago ruled quite firm and

considerable confidence was shown in

all qua1 ters while eastern markets re-

mained about steady throughout the

week. The U. S. Bureau of Markets

quotes the market on August 14 for

No. 1 American cheese:





 





 





Chicago—JFlats 246.3250; twins '24





241,50; single daisies 24@24%o! Young .1

lohghorns 25@260; ‘





Americas 26@27c;

square prints 25@251;§c.





Philadelphia—Flats 27@28c; single'

daisies 26%@27%c; longhorns 261,4@w





WOOL





Wool supplies are piled high in the

warehouses at big receiving points, and

enormous quantities are in transit.‘

Buyers are lying low awaiting develop-

ments, but a slight increase in interest

was manifested the peat week. The

woolen goods trade is inactive, sales

for fall delivery are not large and' the‘

mills are still closed or on reduced

schedules. Practically three months

have passed since the market col-

lapsed. The reduction in- stocks of

goods during that interval will count-

eract some of the bearish sentiment.

Quotations are nominal and seem out

of line with the occasional published

reports of sales.





 





DETROIT AREA MILK PRICES.





 





 





At an adjourned meeting of the De:

troit Milk Commision the following

prices were agreed upon: For all Au—

gust milk the price will be $3.70 for

3. 50 per cent milk 1’. o. b. Detroit, and

a price differential of four cents for

each point above or below, except that





where the test is four per cent Or above -





the differential will be six cents perl

point. During August milk will retail!

in Detroit at sixteen cents per quart

and nine cents per pint and in bulk!

will sell at fifty-two cents per gallon.



The price to producers for all Septem-

ber milk will be $4.10 with the same,

differentials as above and the city'

price will be sixteen cents per quart,





ten cents per pint and fifty-six cents





per gallon in bulk.





Live Stocanarkct Service





 





' DETROIT





Cattle.

Market slow but steady.





enough from Galveston. Flour buyers Best heavy steers ...... $12.00@13.00

were disposed to.purchase upon the re- Best handy wt bu steers 9.50@10.50

cent break, but withdrew when the Mixed steers and heifers 7.50@ 8.50

market rallied. Handy light butchers . 6.50@ 7.25

Light butchers . . . . . . . . . . 5.75@ 6.25

CORN II3lesthcows . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.83% 8.33

Diversion of cars to haul the south- “t0 91‘ COWS -- mum - ' -

western wlleat crop has |contributed to cutters c o c o o . . o 050' a o o a c o o 4.75@ 5.00

the reduction of corn receipts and will Canners . - - - - - - - - - 4-00@ 4-50

give strellgth to the cash market dur- ChOICe bulls o n c o o o a o u c o c 7.00@ 7.50

ing the next few months. The com Bologna b11118 c c o o a o u o o I O o 600@ 6075

crop of Missouri, Kansas, Texas and St00k bulls ..... . ...... 5.50@ 5.75

Oklahoma is near a record, which Feeders ........... ..-... 8.00@ 9.00

means that the southern demand can StPCkeI'S ---------------- 600@ 8-0

be satisfied nearer home than usual. Mllkers and springers .. $ 70@ 140

The Argentine surplus is unusually Veal Calves.

large, and estimated at 237,000,000 Receipts 376. Market steady.

bushels. The method of disposing of Bes .................. ...$17 00@18. 00

it is .of great interest to. American Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. 00@14. 00

growers. Hogs_ '

OATS Market dull.





The cat crop estimate is practically

equal to the normal consumption, in-

cluding export during recent years.

During the last few years the fall ex-

port demand has been very large but

that factor in the trade is said to be

absent this year. Thus far the new

crop is not arriving at terminals very

rapidly, but it is not probable that

prices have yet found bottom.





SEEDS





Big declines in prices of clover seed

have taken place during the summer.

The crop outlook is excellent both in

this country and in France from which

we usually import. The high prices of

the last year or two, togethei with the

abundance of forage is expected to re-

sult in all promising acreage being left

for seed. Timothy is an export prod-

uct and foreign needs are large, but

foreign exchanges punishes the buyer.

Toledo quotes cash prime red clover

36650 $19. 50 per cwt and timothy at $4. 50





FEEDS





Millfeeds are following the course of

the wheat market for the most part.

Slight gains were made last week.

Prices may not yet have seen bottom

for the season but there is no reason





for thinking they will go much below





recent quotations. Chicago prices per

ton on carlots in 100-Ib. bags are: Bran

$43@43. 50; standard middlings $53. 50

@54‘. 50; flour .middlings $61@62; red





' dog $.71: old process Oil meal $65; cot:

* tonsoed meal SW .-





 





 





Mixed o.coo-on'oo'0o00000515o75@1600

IIeavy oooooo".cooco'ccoa



Pigs Ono—coco.""oooonooo15:50

Rough COQOOOOOOCOOCOQOUCD 12'oo@13-00





Stags ................... 10.00

Sheep and Lambs.

Market dull.

Best 15111le o o o o a o "’ "n 0 “$11 50@12- 00

Fair lambs ........ . . . . . 9. 50@ 11. 00

Light to common . . ..... . 7. 00@ 8. 00

Fair to good sheep ..... '. 7. 00@ 8. 50

culls coco-o ooooooo ‘anollo 2000@ 4000

CHICAGO





Hogs.



Estimated receipts today are 15, 000:

holdover 11,408. Market 10@200 low-

er than yesterday’s average. Bulk of

sales $14. 25@15. 85; tops $16; heavy

250 lbs up medium, good and choice

$14. 50@15. 65; medium 200 to 250 lbs,

medium, good and choice $15@15. 90;

light 150 to 200 lbs common, medium,

good and choice $15. 25@15. 90; light

lights 130 to 150 lbs common, medium,

good andchoice at $15@,15.75; heavy

packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $14. 20

@14. 50; packing sows 200 lbs up rough

$13. 75@14. 20; pigs 130 lbs down, me;

dium, good and ghgti'ce $13. 75@115. 35.



a c.





Estimated receipts today are 7,000.

Market very slow on beef and butcher

cattle; «smokers firm; calves weak.

Beef steers medium and heavy weight

1100 lbs up choice and prime 16. 25@m

17.50; do medium and good. .25@”'

16 251,“.de giggle; at $10, 12-. :li:h-t

we own

who





 





 





 





17.25: 55 mm mam;





$9@14.25; butcher cattle heifers, com-

mon, medium, good and choice $6@15;

cows, common, medium, good and

choice $5@12. 50; bulls, bologna and

beef $5. 50@11. 75; canners and cutters

cows and heifers $4((D6. 25; do canner

steers $4 50@7; veal calves, light

and handyweight medium, good and

choice $14@15; feeder steers common,

medium, good and choice $7. 50@12. 25;





stocker steers common, medium, good .





and choice $5 50@10. 75, stacker cows

and heifers, common, medium, good

and choice $5@9. ,

Sheep and Lambs.



Estimated receipts today are 34, 000. ,

Market mostly 25c lower. Lambs 84

lbs down medium, good, choice and

prime $10. 50@13; do culls and common

$7@10; spring lambs, medium, good,

choice and prime $7. 55@9. 25; ewes,

medium, good and choice $5. 50@7. 35;

ewes, cull and common $2. 50@5; breed-

ing ewes, full mouths to yearlings at

$5. 75@10. 75; yearling wethers, medi-

um, good and choice $10. 75@12. 25.





BUFFALO





 





Pigs sold here today at $16. 25, me- .1.





dium and heavy at $15. 75@17; lambs

$13; calves $17. 50; cattle are slow.





 





 





 





For Best NEE Results

Ship to





CULOTTA & JULL





Detroit, Mich.





 





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“Enough Said!”

We have a good demand

for fancy fresh eggs and

will pay you 570 per dozen,

delivered Detml it. cased

included for express shipy-



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Eggs merits amstricdtly t“newb la





0883

farmhers. Old, stale or broken eigga amwilld he settled for

at w but they are worth. This EIROIA Nfor week end-





BU

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Holmes,Sluwe 60., 445 Riopelle St; 1 Jam 1:313:55:





(Jammie-iI on Mei-om med 3 , Raga-root!

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Treat All Seeds 4

Take no chunces. Smut Is a

common disease which usually

decreaSes the yield of grain as p . .

much ”20%. Fonnaldehyde . f p. u"

is cndOrsed by the U. S. De- ' .

partment of Agriculture as the

standard treatment of seed grain;



“ to prevent smuts, fungus gro





potato scab and black-leg.





amaze ,





lnsurca a full yield because It destroys

all forms of smuts and checks all plant





disease: known to affect grain crops.

Can be used also on th One





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c soil.

pint bottle of Fonnaldchydc—from

the Laboratories of the Perth Amboy

Chemical Works—treats 40 bushels of

seed. New hand-book )ust issued free.





Perth Amboy Chemical Works ' 4...,





709-717 SIXTH AVENUE NEW YORK 3





1'





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'Yllll GAN’T cl". 0|" lllOllOllGllPlll .





but you can clean them oil promptly with .

AB TRADE MARK REG. u. s. PAT on

and you work the horse same time.

Does not blister or remove the

hair. $2.50 per bottle, delivered.

Will tell you more if you write.

Book 4 R free. ABSORBINE. JR...

' the antiseptic liniment for mankind

reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured





Muscles 6r “laments. Enlarged Ghndl. Went.

Gym. Allan pain quickly. Price 81.25 a bottle





 





       

 





mucous; 110.. 2681ma.8orlnnaa|¢.ilug.,





PMC





CONCRETE MIXER





u dmnlm or delivered. Node in the U. l. A. by l'





 





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es-onorsuows BLOCK ~ .

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA ‘ 3'





W minus



_ alumna, Illilfll’lll.

: 2 Cute: Heaven by correcting the _

e—Indl 3th on. Prevent.

Dalmatia”: ewBestO on-

dltloner and Worm Ex-

pellet. Th



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are Hooves or money refunded. .

8. 85 and $1.30 per can (includes War TI! . At dellerl’ or. . -

mail. Largest packages. Done in small. «peat. to use. ,

'0 Tut NIW‘I'ON REMEDY com-MY. Toledo. ONO “





 





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Selections of pure seed of Fultz and PoOle var- .

ieties for starting high- grade seed crops. We

have a limited quantity of very fine seed.

Booklet. Samples. 2.9%





O. C. Shepard Co. Box 62 Medina,0-





 





   





 





J not what YOU need. ThreeBURE-SHOT double-

Spark Intensifler. (Com armors for 4 0";



indegn No glass! tobreak or a to w or out.

teedlifor to ofoa takes 0 Id crank-





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min omnds





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MIXER!





,l .OU can’t afford .to



, - mix by the old fash-

‘ ioned, expenSive, "back-

breaking shovel method.





 

 

 





 





 





,You can't afiord to pay

three men’s wages to do

the mixing that one man

will do with this Jim

Dandy. ‘

You can’t afford to be

without the quick, cheap

and perfectly mixed con—

crete that the Jim Dandy

will give you.

WRITE Now





Drop us a_ post card this very minute

and. we will eend you our latest illus-





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J- trated cirwlar completely describing the

' ’ four models in

which Jim Dandy

Mixer is built

and give you com-

plete particulars

about our special

$20 05:!“-

‘- MFG. co.

/ 926 Generate Ave.

Waterloo, low.

T

$2200 Cash Secures

V _ 375-Acre/ Farm With

, -, . , Valuebleogrowing crops Roowsflhozsemcalhbull.

., . madnneg. tools. implements. dairy utensils: n

.‘ heart is ing dairy section; 100 acres fields. spring-





. watored pasture. woodlot, fmlt trees. sugar maples;

_. , 9-remn once, running spring water; big 3-story barn.

> . are”: ' mun be settled: anything for

W. ym oash.bala.noeeaey terms. Dot 24

Stlvut's Big Illustretad 0m 31TH“ 33 totes.

00 1 tree. STROUT FARM A ENG . 814 BC Ford

3153., Detroit, Mich.





 





V' ' ' ' F



, ‘ r _ You can become happy and independent farming

.- ' in Virginie. You can grow profitabl allelic. and

all grasses. corn. fruits. grains. bee and dairy

cattle. Virginie boasts the finest apple growing

section in the world. Prices very reasonable, but

odvuncing. We welcome you. Write now for



1:; illutreted hmd booke‘nd me -



G. W. KO! ER ’



State Commissioner of Agriculture. Richmond, Va.





205 ACRES,





f— i, ‘ 25 head of stock. all crops and tools. $2800 down.



I 150 acres tractor worked fields. balance pasture

and woods. three miles from railroad town. one

half mile to macadem road and stores, good

eight room house. large basement barn. also

horse barn and other out buildings. good fru1t

and water. everything goes for $6809. Write for

free catalogue of Mints Southern New York Farms.



Members Farm Broker’s Association.



216 Phelps Bldg.. Binghamton. N. Y.





A Farm For The Family

, g“ 5, Who Know and Care





136 horas reductive clay loam. 99 highly improved. 32

timber. be once good posture, plenty meadow. ,Flne

ton room oik ished 'honoe worth in the price of

1am, elegant barns. mic. outbuildi Water in

house. to barns. Fine orchard. 00m also form in

fine country, near standard school an elegant Lake

Resort. Price 315.00!) terms. Get full particulars:



Holman Real m Agency, Lspeer, Mich





‘ Two good small farms in the Village of Evert

Michigan described as follows: 18



\~ ,. good house and felt firm within city limits

. % house eeven rooms and buemeht. firms. one And one-



>- . , half 8 within one half mtleot h h-echool. 20



, “ 1 some. n cleared, brick house a memo fair



’ ' ” . smell ham. good 90' fine for fruit or chicken farm.

Praise of ten' acres £1239 with $700 down. Price of

twenty acres SE00 with 81200 down. Plenty ofwonk

hero for laborers. Write W. l". Umphrey. Evert. Mich.





 





 





 





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wModem Home Farm,





100 eons aidolning Lepeer. elegant 16 room strictly

weeks as a. and”? ’ he“ ”a;

I) w at n groan

sbundmoe fruit. Good barn and ouflauaifdjngs. First

clan. oh: loam. level lend. Elegant muntry



fan the house would cost price of farm to rep ace.

Price $150 the acre. Fine lace for pure bred stock tn rm,

or lolly. Holman Bee! inst. Aim. Moor. 9 his.





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mm“, equip with modern machinery gully



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in Central or





 

   





if PRIME steers scored at $17.50 at





; orally gained 25@50c during the inter-





1.13.11.“le See A: apt help growers greatly this year as





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Chicago last week, which is high

smark for the year. Good steers gen-





val. but the undesirables are about

where they were a week ago. The

price spread has not yet stopped .rwid-

ening. Chicago received its first taste

of Montana cattle on the week’s op-

ening session. Despite feed abundance

in the pastoral region they were mar-

keted prematurely.





gained 25@400 but medium and lower

grades of cows lost about 250 last week.

Bulls of beef and bologna varieties ad‘

vanced 25@5OC, the better kinds ad-

vancing most. Enlarged receipts at

eastern markets, big runs of Texas

calves and low prices for calf skins,

all figured in the break of 50@750 in

the veal division during the closing

days of the week. Wholesale prices

on veal carcasses are off $4@6.





FEEDER DEMAND BROADENS.





 





EEDER outlet has broaden .recent—



ly. Iowa inquires but does little,

Illinois is buying and Pennsylvania is

purchasing earlier than usual. The be

havior of this market hinges greatly

upon the corn crop. Frosts in North-

ern Nebraska; are reported already.

Should the corn crop, now from one to

three weeks late, be caught by frost, it

would mean a furore in stocker and

feeder buying circles. Values are now

about the lowest in three years and

much further depreciation seems im-

probable. The- supply of well-bred stufi'

in the market runs is meager. ’





WHAT A PACKER THINKS ABOUT.





‘ ERIODICAL breaks and rallies

within a range of about $1.00 fea-

ture the ho trade. The recent slump

which reac ed low point the middle of

last week was due in part to reduced

demand at Chicago for shipment to the

eastern markets. Receipts were. cur-

tailed slightly by the break and pack-

ers started to buy more freely on the

lbwer price scale, turning the tide in





of packer-3' action toward values ren-

ders. interpretation of their motives

uncertain, but the belief prevails that

they are bent on supporting the mar-

ket to avoid depreciating values of

their storage stocks. During the pe

riod when eastern shipper buyers were

out of western markets the spread be—

tween bacon and packing grades nar-

rowed. A slight advance in lard also

helped the lower end of the hog price

list. The southwest is selling breeding

stock, but its offerings show more fin-

ish than in the recent drouth years.





GOOD DRAFT HORSES WANTED

MOST.





OGGERS, wagon horses and south-

ern chunks are reasonably popular

kinds of horse flesh at present, but

good big drafters are wanted most. Be-

tween good ones and blemished, uncon-





Good she stock as well as canners, ‘





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 





 





 





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the other direction. The inconsistency .





THE THINKING FARMER





The thinking farmer—realize that his entire holdings are the result of hard la<

b0!"- long 110““. and careful expenditures and that he cannot afford to risk his

money on anything that is not safe and sound.



fit the same time, many of these thinking farmers have overlooked the greatly

increased cost of materials and labor and are riekm' g half of what they own be-

cause they have not doubled their fire insurance. Figure what it would cost

to replace What You now have. How much of this does your present insurance

cover? How much would you lose if your buildings burned today?





. A Sound Investment





When you look the facts in the face—you have to admit that the best invest~

ment you COUld Meibly'make is to spend a little more money so that you will

be fully protected against fire. This last statement is something the thinking

faxmer‘vwll be quick to take advantage of. '





Where to Insure





The Pe‘ninsular Fire Insurance Company—The Big Michigan Company~

through ite.large farm department, offers just what thinking farmers want.

F_ull protection with buildings rated according to their location. and all protec-

_t1ve improvements carefully considered. That is why the Peninsular Policy

is such a sound investment and should be added to your present policy.





Your growing crops can also be insured against WIND and HAIL. It will pay

you to obtain full details which will be sent without obligation on your part.

Write today. You W1.“ at least want to know what other farmers are doing.





PENINSULAR FIRE INSURANCE Co..





OF AMERICA

Capital $1,000,000.00

GRAND RAPIDS; MICHIGAN





COLON C. LILLIE, J. FLOYD IRISH,

President ‘ Sec’y and Managing Underwriter





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ditioned sorts a great gulf is fixed.

Quotations at'Chicago are: Good heavy;

drafters $235@275; common and mediri

um drafters $125@175; good wagon;

horses $2.00@215; farm. mares $125}

@240.





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PROVISION PRICES INDICATE I

CHEAP HOGS. I

PRICES of mess pork are approxi-!

mately on the basis of $10 hogs;

short ribs on the basis of $12 hogs,

and lard prices would indicate $14

hogs. If these products were the sole

outlet for hog meat the price would

be low indeed. Fresh pork demand

raises the level materially. Recently

cured products have advanced slightly.

as we are entering the usual season of

big lard sales. Foreign purchases for

future shipment.are claimed but the

amounts are not specified and those

who scrutinize the provision market

for possible indications of the behavior

of the live hog market get little satis‘

faction. The movement across the Al-

lantic is only fair, but the sale of crops

in Europe is said to be helping foreign-A

ers make purchases and their fat

stores are depleted; The cotton-pick-

ing season, and canoequent provision.‘

buying. will begin soon in- the south:

Strength in the provision market will





 





the spring-born crop of pigs will begin

to press upon the market before long.





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ASELECTION from the old Gold Coin or

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A Number Six Junior wheat grower is a Satisfied





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