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T IS NOT a good spiritual policy for us who the goodness of old Governor Bradford shines out are now living to thank God only for the ma— through his irregular verse and distorted syntax, terial progress of our times; because these' thus the merit of our race often is mingled with material things will soon give place to something little defects, but still it may possess a beautiful and better, and ‘then our prayers and hymns will seem everlasting part. As the game and fruits on the 7 loSt, and We who lived for them will 'seem to perish a table in 1621 would be good for our table today, so with them. But if we bless God for the sun that their happiness would be all we could wish this A has held us in its arms, and for the autumns that week in our reunions at home, because man’s hap~‘ “have painted the fields and have set in mezzotint piness comes chiefly from the fact of a heart at the sky and sea and land, then we have a worship peace with the universe. Man must, for the most , : which the future cannot take away from our souls ‘ part, give thanks for his life rather than for the 0r. memories. Man’s world changes, but human field through which that life continues to flow. .glife 'may‘me‘a‘sily find an unchanging greatness, As , ' -D¢vid Swing Illllllllllllllllllllllllllll|IlllllllHmllllllllllll HHIHHM[lillllmlllillllllllllllili|llll|lllIllllllllllllllll ‘.u ._.5_mz.mmmrmmmmuims.“y ,,,,, ‘A The Michigan" Farmer Published Weekly Established 1843 copyright 1920 The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors 632 Lafayette Boulevard Thurman: Osman! 8384 NEW YORK OFFICE-95W Madison Ave CHICAGON OFFICE-ll Washing n.8t OLEVELA DOFFICE- IVVOI 1-1013 011?ng Ave" NE. PBILADELIPHIA OFFICE-261-263 South Third St. E C ................-.... .... President I! 21.1% IlilAAvlleElim. E -...- ...-.-. .... ...».-. Vice-President ’ PAUg LAWRENCE ..____. 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NUMBER TVVENTY-ONB DETROIT, NOVEMBER 20, 192.0 CURRENT COMMENT HAT a large num ber of immigrants Immigra- from the war stricken "on and countries of Europe Agriculture will seek entrance in- to the United States is already being demonstrated. The attitude which this country should take in the matter is certain to become a mooted question in the future. Quite naturally every class of citizens will look at the matter from their class standpoint, rather than from the broad- er American standpoint. Industry will welcome the arrival of potential labor- ers, as a possible means of increasing or cheapening production. Organized - labor will quite naturally charge that immigration is being promoted and used to cheapen wages and lower the standard of living of the American workman. Many thoughtful citizens will fear the growth of radicalism as the result of the admission of a horde of immigrants from southern Europe. Thus the class viewpoint will affect individual opinion on this many-sided question. From the agricultural viewpoint it would appear that this natural in- crease in immigration would be bene- ficial rather than detrimental. Euro- pean industry is badly shattered as a. result of the war. Most European man tries are unable to provide employ- ment for all their people at a. wage which will support them at all, let alone comfortably. Nor are these coun- tries able to buy foodstuffs in our mar- ket for their adequate relief, due to the depreciated state of their money. Almbst without exception, the coun- tries of the world which are now on a sound financial basis are the great ag- ricultural countries, and there are not- able exceptions in this class. This fact greatly restricts the foreign market for food products, and makes the foreign outlet for our surplus foodstuffs an un- certain proposition in immediately suc- ceeding years. On the other hand, our possible market for manufactures will be much broader, as it includes coun- tries which do not need our food prod- uCts. Thus an increase in our manna factures and commerce are essential Wtb an increased home consumption of food products to balance a lessened foreign demand for those products. The essential question is whether the American viewpoint on this ques- tion is in line with the agricultural Viewpoint as above set forth. From the standpoint of national prosperity this would appear to be the case. An increase of industrial exports sent to other prosperous agricultural countries 1* serve to maintain that favorable whim of trade. which is essential to ‘w prosperity, and which an hm Detroit. Mlchmn» poverished Europe can not now as vide for us. True, “the "melting pot” must be worked overtime to American- ize this fresh horde of foreign blood or the alarmists’ apprehensions may be, to some degree at least, realized. But American institutions and Ameri- can communities are equal to this task if they set themselves to it in earnest. And if it can be made to spell contin’? ued prosperity for our nation, at the sameltime aiding in the immediate re« lief of Europe it is a task well worth while, and one in which all classes can well join from the American view- point. for the future. Before our agriculture can make the maximum of progress we sire to carefully settle themselves to -a life work in some part1cu1ar .branch of farming and plan accordingly, not impatient for immediate prdfits, 'with a view for the future, and who are willing to stay on their farms until they have put them on a money~mak‘ ing basis. Next “in rank to the “Farm for Sale” sign, . is the absentee landlord who cares little for the permanency and value of his farm, even though his per- sonal profit would be conserved if he HAT do you con- treated his farm more in the nature of Farm sider the great— a permanent investment. In many in- est obstacle to agri< stances such farms have been inherit~ For cultural progress? Sci- ed by men who. have made a fortune in Sale ence has discovered a. other business or professional lines, great many leaks in farm management, and chemistry has followed up this good w'o'rk by telling us what our soils, plants and animals need to make them productive and fat. But, after all, the microscope of the scientist and the retort of the chemist seem to have leftithis vital problem still unsolved. The question—what do you consider the greatest obstacle to land as a liability rather than an asset. There are farms throughout the state that are not paying an income *su'fli. cient to keep up the taxes and main- tain the premises in good condition. It isn’t because they couldn’t'be made to support a family and pay some profit, but is due to a general lack of interest and enthusiasm in farming. Very few “The Voice of the Pack” Our New SerzZz/ 5y Edam Mars/mil, Start! Next ”feet HERE is a thrilling tale of how Dan Failing, a modern man, and Snowbird, a frontierswoman, arrayed themselves against the forces of age-old savagery. It is a' love story, adventure story and nature story combined. There are glowing descriptions of the Oregon woods, thrill- ing recitals of encounters between its wild denizens, an account of a mountain lion’s stalk that makes one personally thankful at the great beast's death, and a remarkable picture of a wolf packs’ hunt. No one, it is said, however safe and protected, can hear un- moved the cry of the wolf pack, whether it be the strong tri. umphant cry of early fall, the sad mournful bowl of midwinter, or the exultant chorus of the hunting cry, it stirs the deephid- den instincts and unconscious memories of primitive man which civilization has never entirely destroyed. It is the symbol of the wild, or. so it seemed to Dan Failing, come back to the homeland of his frontiersman grandfather to spend the last four months of life which the lung specialists had given him. Back in 'the Oregon forests, however, Dan experi- ences a curious throwback to his famous ancestor. Outside of his bodily weakness, he seems almost a, reincarnation. He is a woodsman by intuition, a dead shot at sight, andhis knowledge of the wild creatures springs u‘p practically full-fledged, a strange instinct. Then his joy and love of the life, and also his love for his mountaineer host’s daughter, Snowbird, awaken his ambition to live. Eventually he proves himself at all points a man, a wor- thy descendant of old Dan Falling, the finest trontiersman of his day. This wholesome serial will start in next week’s issue. farmers plan to make their farm a per- manent home, consequently they take little interest in keeping things up, the soil is losing its fertility, the build- ings are running down and there is nobody on the place who takes an in- terest in' keeping things up—perhaps some neighbor, who is a practical farm er, is renting the pasture or cutting what little grass grows on the farm and feeding it out on his own premis- agricultural progress?—-yet remains without a conclusive answer. , Recently the writer asked this ques- tion of one of the shrewdest and most successful county agents in Michigan ——and to get him to express his opin- ion added: “Is it the scarcity of farm laborers? Is it the lack of marketing and trans- portation facilities? Is it the land-own— er and tenant problem? Is it due to the oppressive middlemen? Or, as es. This would sound rather discour- many claim is it due to the lack of aging and sensational were it not for adequate capital to develop the busl-othe fact that right in the different ness? neighborhoods where these farms are “No,” he answered, after a thought- situated other farmers are going ahead ful pause; “it isn’t anything that can and making fair profits from their bus- be found with a microscope or by iness chemical analysis. The greatest ob- In a ride over the county with this stacle to agricultural progress in this county agent we visited two farms county today is the sign, “Farm for where families had moved to the city Sale. ” and left things in the hands ,of lazy, The widespread unrest and general dishonest tenants.-Right between these desire to sell the farm and go into two farms was ,one.owned.by a pros— some other line of business has been porous farmer. His sonhad completed the bane of Michigan agriculture for a a course at M. A. C. and returned to numberotyears. lithetamerdoesthelumandenteredlntoapeflner-«M Wm“. £0 WWW notconfidorhisma permanent-one shipwlthhis lather. Everything seem- , certainly will not plant with a d w? must have more men who have the do- and who look upon the ownership of flies" were happy and contented. The land was naturally no better than that of the other two farms described, but' the farm was well~stocked and well- equipped and kept up in first-class condition This farm was not for sale. but, Did not these three farms, all within ' a square mile, prove that there was something in" the county agent’s argu- , ment that the “Farm for Sale” sign was the greatest obstacle to agrichl-H tul a1 progress in his county? Young men who have an ambition to establish a home for their families should look upon tha“Farm for Sale" sign as a beacon light calling them back to the land. Nevei were condi- tions quite so favmable for judicious investments in farm land 1ight here in Michigan Those who have the capital necessary to» make a reasonable first payment need not hesitate about buy- ing a good farm in a community where they are well-known and have estab— lished a satisfactory line of credit. The time is coming when the ownership of land is going to mean far more than it does today. A balance in agricul tuie will soon be struck where not one but every possibility will be brought to its maximum effmt, and then the man who knows how to apply his labor and knowledge to a- good farm and good live stock—not to land exhausted during the g1 eat soil- -mining period and to mongrel live stock—will begin to ' take stock in his surroundings and thank God that he followed the beacon‘ light which showed the way to the farm, with its home, its work and its surroundings. 'News of the Week, Wednesday, November 10. T is announced that Italian dole gates at Santa Margherita have pre sented an ultimatum to the Jugo- Siav delegation concerning the frontier line and the independence of Flume .——-Bul-, garia makes application for admission to the League of Nations. -A move- ment is started in Michigan to secure legislation compelling attendance of children in schools until they reach the age of eighteen years. .- Thursday, November 11. FRANCE becomes alarmed over the entry of fifty thousand German troops into Lithuania from East Prus- sia. —-—The Jugo-Slav delegates have ac cepted all the Italian claims at the conferences over the Adriatic question. -—-Forty- -eight persons are believed to have perished when a small steamer was struck by a typhoon among the south Philippine , Islands. ~Kansas bankers decide to assist the wheat growers of that state in holding grain for better prices. —~Russian soviet troops have crossed into the 0111118811 peninsula. Friday, November 12. THE assembly of the League of Na- tions is sharply divided over the question of admitting to the league former enemy states .——~It is now ex- pected that judges of the new interna-« tional court will be elected this com- ing spring. ~Chicago banks announce that there will be plenty of money for building purposes as soon as prices for materials are reduced to a reasonable level .-The British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule bill on its third reading and the measure how _ goes to the house of lords. Saturday, November 13. Russian bolshevik armies enter Crimea and violently attack Gen- eral Wrangei’s last line of defense-— Diplomats of both Italy and Jugo Slav- la express their satisfaction over the agreement on the Adriatic question which has just been signed. ———The Phil- ippinos announce their intention to continue their drive for complete in- dependence. ——The Atlantic and Pacific fleets of the United States will make a joint cruise to the west coast of South America next February. Sunday, November 14. ', ’ ABRIEL D'ANNUNZIO, dissastis fled with the Italian Jugo- Slay agreement has occupied the islands in the gulf of Quarnero at the outcomes of the Flume harbor. _—Irish volunteers are warned by the military to. .mue - n, ,0 a . C ‘- l , l , . .3 C . Q ' . ,. :- \ ‘ , :3. L..' a , Q I ':"38"°n8‘9:§1?§.i§ . HE orthodox agricultural econ— process of manufacture and sale of flour, so he finds a safe insurance in “hedging" against his cash purchases by buying futures. There is in reality omist approaches this subject in a mathematical way and has an “Demand ,divid- equation that reads: I sea/1 Prieesfor Fa fir“ G a N (Fan M 'E'JR ' ‘ l 'Makc Agrlcultural Prices P rm PTOQIIICIT ée Mar/e M'Mifl tie Greer! Industry 0]“ 14 grim/tum or ”515011;? T h: i: Me Memento”; Querlimz Toward Ware fVe are Mot/7°12 By James N McBride ed, into supply equals price.” This, like ’a double buying with double commis- the law of the Medes and Persians, is unalterable and irrevocable and when applied to the farmer’s product, un- escapable. Supply and demand are, sions for execution of orders. The farmer only can sell his wheat once. The exchange sells twice at least, once on the actual 'wheat and again on a however, only two views of the same similar amount to replace the grain object, and in the end the obtaining of this object is a question of knowledge, skill, and largely the mechanism of power. . , The startling level of grain prices is an important point. The professional ~ buyer of actual grain, like any con- tractor, takes into co‘nsideration‘all the hazards and desires a low level. He pays for the best knowledge of demand and supply and shrewdly conceals the elements that would depreciate the margin which he would have for profit. It is this wide margin of profit hoped for that is in reality an element charg- ed out against grain handling that re- duces the price to the. grower. It is for this margin there is paid a high price for the seats in the grain ex— changes. All the claims of an open market—supply and demand—does not alter this fact. Whether the trader is a bull or a bear, this hoped for margin is a toll on the business that has its defense largely in the ability of millers to “hedge” and deliver flour from wheat on a safe profit based on wheat they have or may have. The very protec- tion the millers have is the one thing sought 'by the growers of wheat. COOPERATIVE elevators are de- nied seats on grain exchanges, be- cause it would be to their interests to decrease this cost or margin of profit. These elevators are denied seats be- cause they distribute earnings or prof- its back to the producers of grains, and technically, exchanges call them re- bates, which is against a rule estab- lished by the exchanges. In this circle of operations cooperative eleva'tors to be immune from prosecution under the anti—trust laws when participating in collective selling must restore profits on basis of commodities. This com- pulsory legal restoration prevents these elevators from selling or partici— pating in what the grain exchanges are pleased to term an “open” market. To be sure, the cooperatives can sell through houses having seats on the ex- changes, but this does not allow them to participate in price making, for they are-handlers of grain and— cannot Specs ulate as can the private elevator owner; To state it another way, the grain eXchanges cooperate in establishing a price level with opportunity for wide margins, and compete above this line. _ Their defense is that it is a competi- tive market where the best talent measures supply and demand and in this way true values are arrived at, and that anyone can buy ‘and sell through them. If there was a sem- blance of fact in this, the countryman or man of the street would be able to buy and sell just as well as if he had a. place on the exchanges, but if he at- ' tempts-this,-he is a lamb to be shorn. . THE established. grain trade rather ’ l I _: : welcomes, the cooperative ~ elevator . .. gke‘p'in it§,'Pé§99.»t9 {sell sell: an mean; it use???” ‘ sat sellingdirectly cm- i gram. a}?! Hitter-entrust stamina, .mqtzetiipto‘ Ethe :izsaine'éeiassi.-‘witiiether - ' ringjzh ‘ dealer and miliertaway‘ from he, price- sold to the miller. The federal trade ‘commission have denied manufacturers the right to guarantee prices until a resale is made, but the system of “hedging” accom- plishes this same purpose and end. There is no inherent objection to this guarantee if it were made or attempt- ed to be made to apply to the produc- er as well. The suggestion of this is described as fundamentally an error and an economic impossibility. TVheat below cost of production, and to stab ilize markets is the desire and demand of the grain grower. The professional grain trader says it can not be done, and rests his case on an opinion rather than evidence. The agricultural writer advises against flying from present evils to possibly greater ones. The ag- ricultural economist uSes phrases such as “economic fundamentals,” “supply and demand,” which neither aids nor suggests a remedy. Phrases that sound well, uttered with suflicient reitera- tion are often made to pass for wis- dom. The claim of cost of production as a basis for price making, is like that of supply and demand, in the long run a determining factor, but not always immediately active to give an equita- ble answer. As a general principle, the bulk cost of eighty per cent of a product is a fair basis. The Other twen- fl‘vemge P ”ices Pm}! Producers for Tflese Free/um Carefully observe the the prices of each of these wide fluctuations during the course of the year in seven important products of the farm and then study with even greater care the position taken in the accompanying article by Farmer McBride, of Shiawassee‘county, who incidentally, is a member of the economic committee of in process of production and in the hands of the grower is a world-wide commodity and its price is beyond con- trol. Supply and demand, relentless as the tides, must forever make the grower the victim of his own industry if a large crop is grown. In the hands of the exchanges, with the price level low enough f0 allow profits and the possibilities of numerous commissions on. many times the sale of the same grain, pro'fits must beas'suredand‘the greater - the“ volume traded in; ”the” more profits-'Z‘While the" _ grown .'ahd’-liandled byJi thé“‘-i'gxé*ow§er' tends to reduce .. his fprOii'ts ,below cost. the American Farm Bureau Federation. ty per cent is the extremes, of the most favored and least unfavorable, all of whose products once on the mar- ket have to be reckoned with. 'l HIS principle applies to manufac- tured go ds as well. The absolute cost of sug r in different mills is a varying one, minds directing the sale of these prod- ucts bulks the prices to afford a‘ fair profit to eighty percent: The least favored drop out and the more favored increased. volume 1 increase:theirt output so there is 'con- stant eliminat‘ionbf' the“ inefficient, and the standard needs are thus maintain- «ed: The“ ”records *4 of business failures are largely. these eliminations which lso of nails. The master occur automatically. The gentlemen’s agreements, submission of prices or the recognition of strong leadership as in the case of iron and steel, woolen goods, oils, etc., establishes these bulk prices, leaving a margin of profit. These established prices in the prod- ucts outside of agriculture are the in- terpretation of supply and demand by men whose interests are within the in- dustries. Agricultural prices are the interpretations of supply and demand‘ by men outside of the industry and who do not go into that industry be cause it is more profitable to remain outside, some human fingers must write down the prices of products. Sup~ ply and demand does nor. as an auto- matic oracle, write these decrees of agricultural prices. 0 the average person. "price fixing” does not impress favorably. The term carries with it an assumption of arbitrary power which may be used oppressively. This conception has had its legal survey by the United States Supreme Court and the popular mis— conception was nor upheld. Power, size or degree of control are not 'ille— gal; it is the use or intent 01' the pow— er; the rule of reason promulgated by the court is certainly most reasonable. Many agricultural writers assume a superior air and say that the lodge- ment of the power of interpretation of supply and demand with agriculture would be in disregard to the rights of the consumer. AIL normal persons are producers and priinariiy have their paramount interest in their products. The lack of logic is the Iransi‘erral of the equity among producers to a com— parison between producer and consum- . er. The socialist is guilty 01‘ this same loose thinking when he views the world from the consumer’s standpoint, and awakes to find that the stern duty of life is production. and unless this is done, there is no food supply. To paraphrase the famous observation of President Lincoln, “The industrial world cannot continue to survive where the prices of agricultural prod- ucts are determined without and apart from that industry, and the prices which this industry must pay for the products of other industries is deter- mined by those within.” IN the final analysis, it is not a ques- tion of price fixing, but a question of who does it. Agriculture is from time to time asserting this power, and the proposition must be met instead of evaded.’ Economic industrial liberty is quite as much a right as civil or relig- ious liberty. A pound of grain or meat has its nutritive ratio constant as is the tensile strength of a bar of iron. Their exchange relation is a varying one, and the self-determination of the relation of producers of each is eco— nomic liberty. The timidity of agricultural leader- ship in this regard has neither eco- nomic nor legal foundation. The nec— essity of the Volstead bill is not appar- ent. The Clayton amendment to the Sherman law is conclusive in connec— tion with the supreme court decisions in the tobacco cases as previbusly not- ed. The attempt to make agricultural- collectivity any different than manu- facturing collectivity is of doubtful legal possibility. The classification of corporations are for profit. through stock ownership and the other for prof- it in the ratio of commoditieshandkd - , (Continued on macaw). Grand Champion Female at Lenawee Fair. ILLSDALE is chiefly a rural coun- H ty. The tendency of the farmers is to diversify their crops and l'eed live stock, rather than take long chances on specialties. Her many acres of rolling lands and different soil types on the same farms are largely respon- sible for this; the tendency to play safe and return as much manure and organic matter as possible to the land is another contributing factor. There is a degree of samelfess about. the farms that makes it dillicult for one to describe the farming practices of cer— tain farmers 'way that. does not approximate t , hneral tendencies of others. And yet, individual examples of well-balanced farming operations are by no means hard to find. The county's greatest. need is better methods of soil management. and the growing of more proteinaceous forage crops. This fact is recognized by the management of the County Farm Bu- reau and soil improvement is one of the lines of work that is to be given due attention during the next three years. The farmers of the county have long desired such information as may be gathered from field experiments and are cooperating with County Agent Sims and the extension men from M. A. C. in conducting such experiments on their farms. Some of the field plots visited have been laid out in such a manner that results can be noticed by people driving by the fields and the work is so complete that the results can hardly fail to prove of great bene- fit. to the farmers of the county. Hillsdale county is Well organized for business. With a County Farm Bureau membership of two thousand one hundred, and a progressive execu- tive board the organization of coopera— tive associations has been rapidly pushed until practically every farmer in the county will soon find it easy to secure farm bureau service. within easy distance of his farm. County Agent Sims, who assumed charge of the work the first of last, July, has continued the work so well started by Dr. Nichols that it is only a question of a few months before the new associations throughout the county will be ready for business. The quick work of the State Farm Bureau in securing ship- ments of fertilizer and coal for the farmers in several communities has convinced some of the managers of the independent organizations that they cannot afford to go it alone. MONG the different cooperative or- ganizations in the county The Tri- State Cooperative Association at Mont- gomery is the leader. 0. K. Coolman 'is manager and Ray Throop assistant manager. The directors are: John . Pridgeon, Henry Haynes, Fred Wigent, John 'Moshier, David McEllaine, John L'Knitigh' and Henry Bradley. There are j’four departments: Creamery, elevator, live stock and general produce. This associationshas been in business six r and hasamadea success of hand: N Owned by Mr. Rhead. ling the various small products of the farms in that territory and putting them on the market in shape to com- mand fair prices. The elevatoi’uepart- ment has joined the Michigan State Farm Bureau Exchange and. will J10 business that way. The creamery and general produce departments have been big factors in developing the dairy, poultry and general produce bus- iness in that section. The association now has six hundred members and did a business of more than $900,000 the past year. They own a complete cream- er_v and cold storage plant and when the new buildings are completed will be in a position to handle the business to better advantage than ever before. At Reading the Cooperative Com- merce Company does a general busi- ness in grain and farm supplies and ships live stock. The officers and di- rectors are: George Card, president; 1. H0\ve,‘Charles Bower, W. T. Phelps, \V. K. Smith, A. J. Denton, Floyd Gal- loway, directors. A. E. Hakes is man- ager. Last year the volume of business amounted to more than $500,000. Here is a splendid example of an efficient cooperative organization handling more than two-thirds of the business of a prosperous farming community in- stead of the farmers supporting five or six dealers and middlemen. The or- ganization has been in business sever al years and each year’s business has shown a gain over that of the previous yeac The Hillsdale Cooperative Associa- tion at Hillsdale has been in ‘operation about. five years and.does a general business in shipping farm produce and handling farm supplies. Last year’s business amounted to more than $200,- 000. E. S. Lamb is president and Bert Payne. manager. Among the cooperative creameries in the county the Litchfield creamery has a reputation second to none in the country. Last year’s sales totaled near- ly $500,000. This creamery has been in operation nine years and has more than six hundred stockholders. The officers and directors are: L. R. Lind- sey, president; A. F. Anderson, J. D. Hawkes, H. W. Denham, Milan Wade, J. Herring and F. N. Sherk, directors. C. A. Bater is manager. . At Litchfield the Shippers’ Associa- tion did a business of $125,000 last year and plans are being protected to enlarge the business and take on new lines. Mr. LeFleur is manager. At Allen the Live Stock Shipping As- sociation did a businessot‘ $100,000 last year. Tom Wells is manager and Al- ton Pomeroy, president. The North Adams Cooperative Asso- ciation has recently been organized and will conduct a general elevator business and ship live stock. Herbert Wells is president; Lyman Stevens, manager; Harley Roberts, John ,Quar- tdn and James Post, ,directors. The Prattville Cooperative Aesocia- tion was organized last June and a warehouse, has been purchased. ._, The Our Farm . Bureaus 1 T fie Circuit Rider 1727sz“ Malt Hz'llm’a/e Hzgéer 23/106 of Agriculture Under Me members are a good live group of farmers who mean business. H. E. Tuttle is president. ’ The Jonesville Live Stock Shippers’ Association have made plans to handle coal, fertilizer and supplies. William Glascow is president and Claud Beau, secretary. It is reported that last year’s business amounted to more than $100,000, but the officers were not at home when the writer was at Jones— ville. The Osseo Cooperative Association was organized in June and has been handling fertilizer, seed and live stock. E. D. Cheney is manager and W. G. Mosher, president. The Somerset Cooperative Associa- tion was organized in June and con- duct a general elevator and farm sup- rpl} hy'séness., It has about one hun- dred members at present. Mr. VVeath- erwax is manager. The Mosherville Cooperative Asso- ciation is a brand new one and will do a general shipping and farm supply business. J. D. Angel] is president. and W. A. Gillispie, manager. The Pittsford Cooperative Associa tion was organized in June and has purchased a complete plant for hand- ling a shipping and farm supply busi- ness. It has a bunch of live members and is expected to do a big business William Harmon is manager and NJ. Likely, president. ' The Moscow Live Stock Shipping As- Hog House of H. M. Abbaduska. sociation has been in business some time. H. J. Gockhanour is secretary OHN W. SIMS, county agent of Hillsdale county, was born in Indi- ana and lived in Mason county, Michi- gan before attending M. A. C., from which he graduated in 1918. After graduating from East Lansing he taught agriculture at the Hillsdale High School. . In July, 1920, he took charge of the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau. During the time he was teach- ing at. Hillsdale he formed many ac quaintances over the country through his poultry culling work. In his col- lege work he specialized on soils and live stock husbandry, two branches of agriculture which need- spe..ialnatten- tion in Hillsdale county.- Sims is a good practical man whose knowledge of farming has been. gained in some measure from the good old school of experience and hard knocks. He has gotten his work well under way throughout the county and seems to. have the confidence and respect of the farmers. His main projects are mar- keting, soil improvement and commu- nity live stock improvement. . Dr. A. Z. Nichols, of Hillsdale, pres- ident of the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau, has been a practicing veteri< narian and farmer in the county for twenty-six years. ‘He owns and oper- ates a good one hundred and eightyv acre farm where "he breeds Holstein- cattle and Duroc Jersey swine. Dr. ,Nichols had charge of the membership drive in the county‘ and acted as farm' bureau manager until the first ofJuly.‘ He had the organization work Well un- der way and left things in good shape for Mr. Sims to take hold of when he. asSumed charge of the work. Mr. Nichols was thoroughly familiar with the peculiar conditions in the count}: and succeeded where many other; would have failed in putting over the; farm bureau program. Few men have a better and more sympathetic under- standing of the farmer and his pro- blems than Mr. Nichols, and to meet him faCe to face and discuss the work hefhas in mind cannot fail to impress one that he is the type of man that, will Work for the best welfare of his county from an agricultural point of vieW. ’ Andy Adams,-of Litchfield, vice-pres ident of the County Farm Bureau, owns and operates a splendid two hun- dred and ten acre farm where he breeds Shorthorn cattle, Percheron horses and Chester White swine. In addition to breeding pure-bred stock. Mr. Adams grows quite an acreage of potatoes. At the. head of his Short- horn herd is Denmark. Chief, a bull from Butterfly lines of blood and a really good individual. At present he has about thirty Scotch and Scotch topped females in the herd. The seven Percheron horses are headed by a good stallion purchased from the M. A. C. Mr. Adams has about seventy-five head of Chester White hogs, among which are winners at Columbus, Detroit and other big fairs. Mr. Adams 'has recent- ly completed one of the best stock barns in the county. It is 136x36 feet and modern in every respect. For sev- eral years Colonel Andy Adams has been a prominent figure at Shorthorn sales in all parts of Michigan. Always interested in agricultural improve: ment, better live stock and cooperative work he is sure to put life into the County Farm Bureau work. I. K. Maystead, of Osseo, member of the executive board, is one of the best farmers in Hillsdale county. Mr. May- stead graduated from M. A. C. in 1915. and is deeply interested in pure-bred live stock and crop improvement work. On his one hundred and sixty acre farm he grows pedigreed grain crops and breeds Poland China hogs. His new hog house is one of the best in Michigan and few men are so well equipped for breeding and handling a pure-bred herd. ‘ For a herd sire he has Orange Price Among the sows is Lady Giantess, a wonderfully good individual bred by W. B. Ramsdell. The young animals are well grown and show‘ up well for their ages. Maystead is keeping a flock of five hundred White Leghorn hens. With good crops of grain and alfalfa and good hogs and poultry he has a combination that is hard to beat from the standpoint of profit and pleasure. Glenn Gordon, of Addison, member of the executive board, owns and oper‘ ates a fine two hundred acre farm and practices general farming and cattle feeding. He is also a veterinarian and has a wide acquaintance among the farmers of the county. He is rec— I ognized as a hustler and a man thor- oughly fitted for the place. 3. W. Luma, of Hudson, member of the executive board, is a practical dairy farmer and breeder of Holstein cattle._ He has a splendid farm and outfit for conducting the dairy busi- ness. He stands well in his commu- nity and can be depended upon to sup- port measures that Will benefit the farmers of the county. ,William Glascow, of J onesville, mem- ber of the executive board, owns a fine three hundred and twenty-five acre farm and conducts a general farming and sheep feeding business. At pres- ent he is feeding about four hundred lambs and seventy hogs. ' Mr. Glaseow is a good farmer and experienced bus- iness man. He is generally recognized as a clear thinker and progressive citizen. A. E. Hakes, of Reading, member of the executive board, owns a good one hundred and twenty acre farm and practices general farming. For five years he has managed the Reading Cooperative Company, one of the livest organizations in the county. Mr. Hakes has always been a leader in all kinds of cooperative work and is sure to prove a strong man for the place. George Tanner, of Camden, member of the executive board, operates a. splendid farm devoted to general farm- ing and stock raising. Mr- Tanner was not at home when we visited his farm. He is a good citizen and a man the farmers can depend on at ’all times. E. G. Shaneour, member of the ex- eecutive board, owns and operates a fine one hundred and twenty acre farm near Pittsford.‘ Mr. Shaneour prac- tices dairying and general farming. His farm is one of the neatest and best equipped in the county. He has been an active worker in putting across the farm bureau in his part of the county and is generally recognized as a pro- gressive farmer who will keep the farm bureau work alive in his community. Fred Shepard, member of the execu- tive board, in partnership with his father, owns and operates two farms of three hundred acres near Allen. General farming with fruit growing for a leader is practiced. Mr. Shepard op- erates a tractor and motor truck and uses every possible labor-saving device to solve the help problem. He is a good farmer and business man. ,1 Ray Baker, member of the executive board. from Camden, has sold his farm and at present is not engaged in busi- ness. Mr. Baker is an active worker for better agriculture and a square deal for the man on the farm. He will quite likely be back' in the farming game before another year. _ A. D. Dimmers, member of the ex- ecutive board, of Osseo, has sold his farm and gone to New Mexico for the winter. He expects to return in the spring and purchase another farm. Mr. Dimmers is a live wire and the farm- ers of his community hope he will re- Cozmly 'z'r GHopefu/ly Mooz°fig.%ward a , Ladderyézp of C oumfiy Agent]. IV. Sim: ' ’ them with plenty’ot‘, nourishment; and turn and represent them on the board. NE of the'most interesting farms visited in Hillsdale county was Kneedmore. Farms near Pittsl‘ord. The farms consist of one hundred and sixty acres and are owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Kurt \V. Rhead, whose specialty is pure-bred lviolstein-Fries- ian cattle. Mrs. Rhead takes an active interest in the business 'and is one of the best judges of dairy cattle and ped- igrees in Michigan. At the head of the herd is Lothian Pietertje Korndyke Lad, whose sire, Lothian Maggie De Kol Son, is a son of that great produc- ing cow, Lothian Maggie De Kol, who made a record of 1238.5 pounds of but-~ ter and 27,967 pounds of milk in one year and ,258 pounds of butter and 52,058 oounds of milk in two years, the latter being a world: rcco..l .3. 3. time. The sire of Lothian Maggie De K0] is Pietertje Sir Korndyke. making him a full brother to Ipothian King De Kol Korndyke, better known as “Alex,” the bull that upset. the “dope." Pietcrtje Hengerveld Sir Korndyke has nine year record daughters, seven of which made their records .as two and three— year—olds, with'the nine averaging over 19,000 pounds of milk in a year. lie was the first sire to have five two year-old daughters with records above. 18,000 pounds 01‘ milk in a year. The dam of Lothian Pietcrtje Korndyke Lad is Lothian Ruth Pictcrtje Korn dyke, with a record as a senior year g; One of Mr. Nye’s Good Ram‘s. ling of 688.07 pounds of butter and 15,288 pounds of milk in a year. Her sire is a son 01" Pieterije Hengerveld Sir Korndyke. Lothian Pietertje Korn dyke Lad is an excellent individual and both his sire and grandsire were show animals of note, while his dam 'shows the real dairy conformation. Among the cows and heifers in the herd there are" about fourteen head bred along King Segis and Pontiac Korndyke lines. Several of these cows are being fitted and will soon be started on year- ly work. rFMr. and Mrs. Rhead have laid a splendid foundation and it? hard work and enthusiasm, coupled with a knowledge of type and pedgiree are the keys to success in breeding they are sure to be heard from as success- ful breders ol’ black-and-white cattle. At Alta Loma Farm, one mile east of Jonesville, we visited Donald C. Es- pie, Iall-around—good-farmer and breed— er of pure—bred Hampshire swine. Mr. Espie has for. a herd sire Advance Per- fection, a grandson of Essig’s Perfec- tion, one of the good sires of the breed. 'Messenger blood predominates in the brood sows. Mr. Espie is a young, en- ergetic man and is making good with Hampshires. He says, “They are good hogs, excellent rustlers-and grazers, .feed out well and make champion car- caflses; have big litters and furnish Prize-winners from the Herd of J. M. Southworth. the demand for breeding stock is strong. A Hampshire hog is heavier than he looks and one rarely finds them lacking in stamina and strong bone.” Mr. lepie’s herd numbers about thir- ty head and no effort has been spared to secure the best lines of blood and produce stron'g, vigorous pigs. llis big talking point is the records made by t"c breed in the championship car- loads at the Chicago International where the two carloads of Hampshires dressed an average of 81.65 per cent, which was nearly one per cent higher than the champion single carcass of the show. That is a mighty strong point. NOTHER interesting visit was at the farm of F. E. Haynes. near Os— sco. Mr. Haynes has some 01' the best Big Type Poland China hogs in Michi- gan and is doing more to build up the breed in his own county than any oth- er man. His herd sire, Senator R, is a. son of Art Senator, and grandson 01' Rachael, grand champion sow at, this year’s Michigan State Fair. The brood sows are descendants of Nemo Orange 3, one of the best foundation dams of the breed. In 1919 she won first in her class at, Detroit. Nemo Orange 3 and her daughters form as good lines of breeding as could be desired. These sows are being mated with Senator F. and Lord Clansman. The Spring gilts and boars are a fine lot. and show remarkable uniformity of type, fine heads, strong arched-backs and good bone. Two of the gilts look very much alike, have abundant bone, plenty of stretch, good backs and at— tractive heads; they will make a pair of great sows before the next year’s fairs. Mr. Haynes has about forty head on his farm at present. Besides P01- and China hogs he has Jersey cattle and Rhode Island Red chickens, He is always active in any movement to boost the cause of purebred live stock in his county, and is one of the men who can see beyond the narrow limits of his own breed. To meet Mr. Haynes and discuss better live stock is sure to result in becoming converted to the idea of keeping pure-bred‘s. The success of Charles Bowditch & Son, of Osseo, as breeders of Short- horn cattle, and feeders of beet" cattle and sheep, begins with a good father. Mr. Bowditch has about three hundred and twenty acres in his farms and has made his son a partner in the busi— ness. The 'day before we visited the farm young Bowditch had returned from Kansas City with thirtytwo head of as good feeder cattle as have come into Michigan this year. They were (a fine bunch of nine-hundred—pound feeders and showed excellent Short- horn breeding. They are also feeding three hundred and twenty lambs and about sixty hogs. 'N addition to their general farming and-feeding business, Bowditch & Son have a fine, herd of Shorthorn cat- tle and a few Hampshire hogs. At the head of the Shorthorn herd is Village . Baron, a son of Silver Knight. This bull is an excellent individual and some of his calves are coming along nicely. Among the cows are several pure Scotch and some good Scotch-topped individuals. A few limrlness cows and young things are worthy of a place in almost any herd in the country. About three miles nor-f: of Waldron we visited the farm oi El M. Abba- duska and looked over some of his lluroc Jersey swine. Mr. Abbaduska has had some successful bred sow sales and is recognized as one of the best breeders in the state. For a herd sire he has King Burketta, a. large boar that; stands exceptionally well on his toes and has a good open eye. His pigs all show good color and conforma— tion. His pedigre. is one of the best and he has demonstrated his ability to produce good even litters of the right type to please the meet critical judges of the breed. The sow: are all bred along Joe Orion lines and show re- markably good development. The farm is well equipped for handling the herd and all of the young st‘ulf is well. grown. At present the herd numbers less than fifty head and no sale will be held this fall. And now we come to E. 12'. Nye. One cannot fail admiring Nye, tor his en- thusiasm for his Merinos and Delaines is so infectious. His farm of. one hun- dred and eighty acres near Jonesville is well adapted for sheep husbandry. He has only been in the business six years, but from his winnings at the re— cent state fair it is agreed that he is a comer. At this year's Michigan State Fair he won first and champion on yearling B type Merino ram, first and champion on yearling B type ewe and first and champion on Delaine aged ewe. His flock numbers about one hun— dred and sixty head and sufficient rams are held over to supply his constantly growing home trade: the bulk of the young rams being conditioned and sold to buyers from Texas and foreign coun— tries. According to Mr. Nye the fine wool sheep is rapidly coming into its own in popularity and prices are reach- ing a level that makes’ the business more attractive to men who under— stand the fine points or the breeding business. One of the problems confronting the breeders of Merinos and Detaine sheep is that ofencouraging other men in their communities to go into the busi- ness to the end that they can furnish carloads of rams for shipment to the range country. There are a lot of ranchmen in Texas who are-taking an interest in improved Merino and. De— laine blood. In fact, Texas is in a position to take all the good rams that that the Merino and Delaine breeders in all the United States can supply. Mr. Nye is breeding all three types in his flock, but is avoiding ‘the ex— ‘ tremes, simply depending upon rams_ from the more. heavily wrinkled types to maintain the density and weight of, their fleeces. Most of his breeding stock came from Staley’s and Cleaver’s (Continued on- page 646). Q . cws of the Agrlcultural WHAT THE STATE FARM BUREAU IS DOING. RGANIZATION of the elevator ex change department, of the State Farm Bureau proceeds rapidly. It is .now composed of thirty-one coopera- tive associations and elevators. The last three to join are the Port Hope Cooperative Association, the Farmers’ Cooperative Association of Harbor Beach, and the Elkton Farmers’ Ele- vator Company. In the three weeks that the elevator exchange has been organized it has handled twenty-nine cars of hay, four- cars of .bran, four— teen cars of wheat, six cars of rye, two cars of oats, seven cars of beans, one car of feed and five cars of corn. The seed department has also reach- ed the figure thirty-one in the number of County Farm Bureau seed depart- ments which have made an agreement with the state department to do all of their business through the one chan- nel. The department did a relatively large anmunt of business this last week in clover seed. C. D. Potter, well known for fifteen years for his successful work in pur- chasing in Michigan has become as- sistant. in the purchasing department. The traffic department is flooded with \. requests for refrigerator cars. ' It re- ports that there are very few available refrigerators in the country but that the State Farm Bureau is getting its share. It is going to be necessary that a number of shippers use box cars. ' Seed and purchasing departments did $100000 worth of business last week. Half of which was in a sale of clover seed by the seed department; the other half was made up of pur- chases of bran, middlings, coal, and flour by the purchasing department. Upper peninsula membership cam- paigns are concluding with 6,462 mem- bels to date and a possibility of 7,500 when completed entiiely. Ontonagon county has asked for a membership campaign next summer. The percent- age of farmers joining as compared with the number visited is higher in . the upper peninsula than in the lower part of the state. OWNERSHIP OF STOCK YARDS. HE presidents and secretaries of middle west State Farm Bureau Federations, meeting at Columbus, Ohio, November 9—10, asked the Wash- ington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation to convey the mes- sage to the department ofjustice not to accept any proposal of the present owners of the stock yards in regard to change of ownership of the yards until the farmers’ live stock committee of fifteen has had a chance to study the situation and state intelligently the po- sition of producers. Live stock pro- ducers have not been consulted by the department of justice. When present negotiations are effected, the owner ship will probably remain the same for many years. The middle west farm bureaus feel that it is a question in which producers are vitally concerned, and for this reason it appears to them that organized at {ricultuie should be given a chance to expiess itself. .The form of organization and how the State Farm Bureau Federations should work was a subject of discus- sion at the meeting of the presidents 'and secretaries of middle west State Farm Bureaus. It was brought out that the membership of the farm bu- , 'l‘eaus is made up of all classes of farm- ers, including members of most all oth- 'er'farm organizations. There was a trend toward the idea that the farm bureau 'should be a promotion and Ser- vice organization, ready to assist in the working out of problems of any particular group of farmers. Most state organizations are working along this line. Few organizations are in actual business for themselves. In discussing publicity problems, it was brought out that an important part of the work is to inform and educate the membership and public with regard to the work of the organization. _ Secretary Murray D. Lincoln, of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, discuss ed uniformity of organization among the State Farm Bureaus. He pointed out the smoothly working relations of the federation and the Grange in Ohio and presented a scheme by which all farmers’ organizations could function so as to maintain their individuality and special utility and at the same time enjoy the support of the pooled power of all farmers’ organizations. The paid men who are maintained in practically every county will be able to assist in the proper development of these other organizations and each will thus be benefited by the farm bureau. The scheme that he presented advocat- ed the State Farm Bureau fathering the business organizations of the grain, fruit, vegetable, dairy, live stock and wool interests. but’each special organ- ization would still operate in the inter- est of its special line. The State Farm Bureau Federation would maintain leg- al, statistical, publicity and legislative departments which would serve all in- dividual as well as organization mem- bers. Inasmuch as a great many farm or- ganizations in the past have been wrecked on the rocks of commercial operations he advised not to expect too much of the cooperative buying depart- ment. In fact, it developed that with the exception of Michigan none of the states are attempting to do extensive buying of many items through the state organization. The most effective way to handle the purchasing opera— tions is through the local units, al- though these may deal in turn through the state agency. It was agreed that all of the states could not operate on the same basis on account of varying conditions. There was an extended discussion of the advisability of publishing an offi- cial paper or magazine by the state and national organization. The dang- ers and objections to maintaining an organization publication were so nu- .merous and so logical that it Would not be wise to attempt it. In some of the states a small folder is sent out to the members each month but even that involves quite a heavy expense. Even the state publication that carries ad- vertising loses money to the farm bu‘ reau federation and the publicity that it carries is no more effective than if it cultivated the support of the regular farm press. It was generally agreed that it was far better to secure proper publicity through the regularly estab- lished farm papers, even though these papers might assume a critical atti- tude from time to time. The farm press is favorable to the farm bureau and whatever is said fo1 01 against its ac- tivities is usually said with good in. tent. Informal discussion of dairymen’s and milk producers’ problems took most of the second day’s program. J. \V. Coverdale, Chicago, secretary of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion, said a conference of. dairy and milk men shortly would be called by the federation to work out a suitable program. It was indicated that the question might be taken up by constit- uent states and by the milk conference. Mr. Coverdale also said President Howard would announce the personnel of the live stock marketing “Commit- tee of Fifteen” early next week. The conference voted to recommend to the states the organization of live stock shipping assoiations on the county basis. Delegates visited Ohio State University at the lunch hour. Dean‘ Alfred Vivian declared the uni- versity was giving the strongest possi~ ble endorsement to the Ohio and Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federations. u MICHIGAN PRODUCTS AT INTER- NATIONAL. CAN the farmers of Michigan sur- pass their feat of last year when exhibiting Red Rock wheat and Rosen rye they captured the lion’s share of prizes at the International Hay and Grain Show held in Chicago? At any rate they are going to try. Well over one hundred entries for this year’s show, to be held from Novem- ber 27 to December 4, already have been received by the farm crops de- partment at M. A. C., and more are arriving daily. The quality of the ex- hibits is unusually high, according to experts at the college, and therefore an even better showing is looked for this fall. The hay and grain show, inaugurated last year, is held in connection with the famous International Live Stock Exposition and attracts entries from the entire United States and Canada. To advertise Michigan crops to lead- ing farmers of other sections an exten- sive display exhibit is being prepared for the show by M. A. C., with the co- operation of the seed department of the Michigan Farm Bureau and the Michigan Crop Improvement Associa- tion. STATE FARM BUREAU EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS. HE executive committee of the State Farm Bureau, in session No- vember 8-9, began preparations for the annual meeting of county delegates in February by the appointment of A. M. Berridge, of Greenville, and Secretary Bingham, as a committee to prepare a program. 'The executive committee voted a formal invitation to Secretary Meredith, of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, to be present and speak at that meeting, and instructed the committee to send that formal in- vitation to Secretary Meredith. A committee of dairymen from Alle< gan county, who a month ago had ad— dressed a letter to the executive com- mittee asking that the State Farm Bu- reau officially help the dairymen in their problems, appeared before this last meeting upon invitation. Fred Hil~ bert, their leader, presented the posi- tion of the dairymen of Allegan county. The executive committee referred the tentative plan of the Allegan county dairymen to a committee consisting of R. G. Potts, vice-president of the State Farm Bureau and a dairyman himself, and Secretary Bingham, With the view of calling together farm bureau mem- bers interested in the production of dairy products, looking toward the es- tablishment of a dairy department. The Michigan State Farm Bureau will be represented at the annual con- vention of the American Farm Bureau Federation at Indianapolis, December 6-7-8, by the following members of the executive committee: Roland Morrill, president; R. G. Potts, vice— -president; James Nicol, A. M Berridge and A. J. Rogers, Jr During the Session a telegram was received from Columbus, Ohio, where delegates from > the middle western group of farm bureaus were holding a conference, stating the Michigan State Farm Bureaus’ apportionment in the expenses of the farmers’ national grain marketing “Committee of Seventeen.” The executive committee allowed the apportionment and wired back its an- swer within'fifteen minutes. Though Michigan is not one of the big grain producing states it stands solidly be~ hind the national program for better- ing grain marketing conditions. WHO SHALL CONTROL PRICES? (Continued from page 623). is fundamental. The latter form is now immune in the practice of collective action, and carries its own cure from oppressiveness by increased products. Agriculture asks no special favors to do what other industries cannot do, and should assert the same powers as others in the right. of interpretation and regulation of supply and demand. Agriculture should also resist being longer subjective and devise a method of being self-serviceable without 01% pression. This would allow the elin1i< nation of the unfavorable and inefii- cient and prevent the exploitation of the faimer’s family and his unpaid for ove1t1me in competition with this class which now exists and persists. This can be done at even a price advantage ’to other industries when measured ov- er a period of years. When farm prod- ucts are scarce the extreme high prices do not measure the cost for that year alone, but include the wastage and loss of the machinery of operations when prices were below the cost of produc- tion. When an economic and legal right exists as is the case now, the planning of the machinery for agriculture’s par— ticipation in interpretation of supply and demand and establishing its equal- ity of plane with other industries is not difficult. Economics is simply a matter of correct relations between in- dustries. These relations are not now economical as to agriculture, hence the general inadequacy of much of the instruction of agricultural courses in economics. FRUIT GROWIERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. ’ An unusually good program is being prepared for the fiftieth annual meet- ing of the Michigan State Horticultural Society to be held at the Pantlind Hos tel, Grand Rapids, November 30 to De‘ cember 2. Program and further details will be published later. CATTLE DECLINE 0N LIGHT RUNS. ' OTVVITHSTANDING the light receipts and a firm and higher dressed beef market, prices on beef steers were slumpy and shbw losses compared with a week ago. Supplies were very light at first, due probably to the election, and a sharp advance occurred, but with heavier runs later this bloom speedily faded. The top still hovers around the $18 mark. Bulls and calves advanced, both of them feeling less pressure from western competition. Chicago receipts of cattle duiing Oc- tobei show a sharp reduction compa1- ed with a year ago. The western run at Chicago for the season is under 200,000, compared with 350,000 head in 1919 and 325,000 in 1918. Other large markets show similar curtailment. Kansas City’s October ‘run being 50 the ,best'for the month in twenty-three years. ' These figures suggest that sup- plies outSide the corn belt have been fairly well cleaned up, ’ 'i \. ALIFORNIA farmers themselves largely determine the prices at which their products sell upon the markets of the world, instead of let- ting somebody else do that job for them. This is one of the most con- spicuous features of cooperation in California, and is the obvious result of the organization of cooperative asso- ciations large enough to dominate the industries whose products they handle. "1- " The reader will understand that in- 11g dividual farmers do not control the ’ prices of their. oWn products, but that _ the farmers in each farm industry join " ' 7 together and act as a unit in this mat- , ‘ ‘ ter. The individual grower, as a mat- ter of fact, has very little to say about the price for his- products; he does have a voice in selecting the board of directors of his cooperative marketing association, and this board of direct- ors acts for all the producers who are members of the organization. Two Plans of Determining Prices. Two general methods of arriving at prices are followed by the Pacific Coast cooperative organizations. The first is that used by the prune and ap- ricot, almond, raisin ‘and other associa- tions, and is nothing more or less than naming a schedule of prices for the products controlled by the association. This scale of prices usually prevails for an entire season or year, but may be changed at any time by the respon- sible heads of the organization. The other method of determining prices is that used by the citrus and egg associations. It depends primarily upon wide and efficient distribution of products, and upon their distribution as evenly ’as possible throughout the entire marketing season. These or- ganizations do not fix~a schedule of prices, but accept those prevailing when their products reach the market. Their control over prices is exercised ‘by even, efficient distribution and by withholding shipments in extreme cas- es, rather than by fixing prices. Two Roads to the Same Place. Cooperative leaders on the Pacific Coast are divided into two camps over the relative merits of these two meth- ods of determining primes. Advocates of the first plan assert that every pro~ ducer has the right to name the price which he will take for his product, and that the plan of price-fixing by the as: sociation is the most feasible and prac- tical method of achieving that result. Advocates of the second plan say with more or less firmness that they do not believe in price—fixing, and that prices on all products should be, “determined by supply and demand.” ‘It seems to me, however, that the difference between the two methods of determining prices is mostly on the ' surface, and that. the two methods achieve the same general result. It is a case of two roads of equal length that reach the same town. This opin— ion is shared by the members of the committee from the mid-\west farm bu- reau federations which visited the Cal- ifornia organization in August. The im- portant thing to remember is that Cal- ifornia farmers largely determine the prices of their products, regardless of which system of arriving at prices is followed. The producers’ association dominates the market in either case, while speculators are relegated to the background. When Farmers Fix Prices, . The officers of the prune and apricot almond and raisin association's make ' no? glistence of concealing the fact that. mg Prices on Farm Products T fie Part Taken éy Paczflc Coast Farmer: :72 T an Important Matter By H ermaa Stem (Copyright 1920. Standard Farm Papers. Inc) their organizations fix-a scale of prices for the products of their members. On the centrary, the board of directors, of each of these three organizations, have one meeting each year which it desig- nates as “price- fixing day,” and any member may attend the meeting. Wide publicity is given to the meeting, both before and after, and the associations publish the schedule of prices fixed by the directors. I mention these facts to point out that the California cooper- atives do not follow any dark lantern practices. “Certainly we fix prices,” said Wy- lie Gifl‘in, president of the California Associated Raisin Company, in reply to a direct question. “Why the deuce shouldn’t we? W‘e produce the crop and make it ready for market, and I’d like to know one good reason why we shouldn’t name the price we receive for it. But remember this—we don’t try to force anybody to buy our rais- ins. We simply say, ‘Here are our raisins, our price is such—and~such, take ’em or leave ’em.’ ” Obeylng the Law of.Supply and Demand. H. G. Coykendall, general manager of the California Prune and Apricot Growers, Inc., made substantially the same answer to the same question as did Gifiin, and added, “Now don’t ever get the idea that we fix an arbitrary scale of prices on prunes and apricots. We get all the information we can about the size of the crop, the proba- ble domestic demand, probable foreign demand, probable other nations, business conditions. “We then fix a scale of prices for in- the That price must not be too low, or the speculators t or consumers will refuse business men if our prices were made too low, and would hurt ourselves more than anybody else if we set our prices too The law of supply and demand operates freely in the prune and apri- It was usually man- ipulated beyond all recognition before our organization became the dominant prunes and apricots which is our terpretation of what we think world will pay for them. will grab up‘ the supply; it must ‘be too high, to buy. We would be poor high. cot market today. force in that market.” The method followed by raisin and almond associations. gather different kinds of that is deemed necessary. of the associations. tell, though with somewhat ed by nonmembers. By keeping ton associations, competition from probable competition from other fruits, and review general the prune and apricot growers in fixing prices is practically the same as that used by Var- ious departments of the organization information One depart- ment keeps in touch with the growers, and is able to estimate in advance within one or two per cent 01‘ the total volume of fruit produced by members It is also able to less ac curacy, how much fruit will be produc— in touch with the Oregon and Washing— the amount of. fruit to be marketed from those states can Commuity Market Grows HE Community Market at Adrian was established in April, 1918. It now has a paid-in capital stock of ten thousand dollars. During the last year it has purchased (the present occupied market building, and also the adjoin- ing cold storage building, which has been put into use, especially now for the storage of potatoes, apples and other perishable products. The accompanying cut market, with the.new manager, Remus, in the foreground. Mr. emus took charge of the market in‘éApril, 1920. The following report will give the reader an idea of the amount of business done at the market for a sin- gle month. ' The market has done as much as $23,000 worth of business in one month, eggs being the largest purchase, name- ly, 34,617 dozen, costing $14,791.48. The community market buys every- shows the L. H. thing and anything raised on the farm, and at any time it is brought into the marketaThe following table shows this and also the value of each of the var- ious lines purchased. Products Bought During October, 1920. Products. Value. Apples, 1,575 bushhels ....... $1,223.41 Beans, 63 pounds ..; ......... 5.00 Butter-fat. 906.1 pounds ...... 473.59 Eggs, 4,530 dozen ............ 2,778.82 Grapes, 974 pounds .......... 40.12 Hides ....................... 76.26 Honey, 840 pounds .......... 142.80 Onions, 6,030 pounds ......... 132.54 Packing stock, 81’ 2 pounds. . . . 2.38 Peaches, 60 bushels ......... 83.57 Poultry, 14,372" pounds ....... 3,267.91 Pop corn, 273 pounds ......... _ 5.50 Potatoes, 36,480 pounds ...... 510.62 Pears, 339 pounds .......... 233.62 Plums, half-bushel ...... . .65 Quinces, half-bushel . . . . . . . . . .75 Sorghum, 41/2 gallons . . . . . . . . 6.50 Tallow, 87 pounds . . . . . . . . . . . 1.74 Veal, two ...... 47.20 Vegetables 53.84 Vinegar, 50 gallons . . . . . . . . . . 11.70 Total ..... . . . . . . . ..... . . 39,098.52 These products are all bought direct from the farmer, for which lie received spot cash when the products were de- livered at the market. be estimated in advance. Special rep- resentatives are maintained in the principal prune and apricot growing districts in the foreign countries which produce those fruits to report on the size of the crop there. When the board of directors of the organization meets to fix prices, it has before it accurate figures and information regarding pro- duction in every prune and apricot country in the world. Naming the Price. Manager Coykendall also brings in all of the contracts he has made in ad- vance for selling prunes. Last year he had contracts for 110,000,000 pounds or half of the crop, made before the price was fixed. These contracts were good at the opening price fixed by the board of directors. This helps to de- termine the probable demand for prunes. The sales manager also brings in a hundred and one bits of informa— tion gathered from the. wholesale and retail trade. A detailed report is also brought in to show how much increase in consumption of prunes can be brought about, by advertising. Other facts are brought before the board with regard to general business condi- tions, transportation conditions, and every other thing that affects the price of prunes. The board of directors considers all of these things and then decides upon a scale of prices which is their judg- ment of what the prune crop is worth. The price is not a guess, but a conclu— sion reached after careful, business- like study of the situation. Another Method of Stabilizing. The citrus growers. on the other hand, fix no scale of prices. They de— pend upon other means of stabilizing prices. First, they avoid any glut in the nialket by marketing theii oxanges and lemons evenly thioughout the year , ~as nearly as possible, one-fifty-sec- 0nd of the crop every week. An even flow of product is thus maintained, which varies only slightly from day to day. The individual growers are not under contract to distribute their mar- keting, but have learned to do so from force of habit and the habit has been urged by the association for twenty years. The pooling plan, described in , a recent issue, is of very direct aid in this matter, because it guarantees each grower the average price received for his c,r0p~—no less and no more~and there is no inducement for a man to try to hit the high market. The citrus organization has its own representatives in every large city in the United States, and every bit of in- formation they gather about markets for oranges and lemons is sent back to the central ofii‘ce in Los Angeles. Close touch is kept on the volume of oranges and lemons in every market, and shipments are diverted according- ly so that no city is glutted and no city is ever swept baie of citrus fruit. Some of the fiuit is sold at auction, ' and some in carload lots to buyers. The sum and substance of all this is that the orange growers thoroughly domi- hate the orange market. If prices fall too low, shipments are stopped, so the growers’ control over the market is practically as complete as is the prune and raisin growers’ control over their markets, through out- and- -out price fix- ing. The egg associations of San Francis- co and Los Angeles operate on a slight- . ly different basis. They sell eggs to wholesalers and retailers as long as the price remains high enough to suit ' g the growers; when prices are too low, the association packs the eggs for sale at a later time or ships them to New York for immediate sale at a probable higher price. Both Methods Are Effective. A careful analysis of the two meth- ods of determining prices shows that both are very effective in stabilizing prices. There is so little fluctuation in prices that it is hardly noticeable. In either case, the growers thorough ly dominate the market though the fact that they operate as a unit, and because a large majority of them are organized to act together. In either case the law of supply and demand op- erates freely and fully. In one case the price-fixing is direct, in the other it is indirect. I therefore venture to suggest that price-fixing after all, is in saying that it should stay there. simply a relative term, an adjustment Wylie Giflin’s philosophy on this of conditions of supply and demand. question represents the viewpoint of Cost Plus Idea Discarded. the cooperative leaders. “We. used to In connection with price fixing or talk about securing the cost of produc- price determination, or whatever you tion for raisins," he said. “We found Want to call it, it is highly interesting that one year our cost of production to note that no cooperative organiza— would be two cents per pound and the tion in California bases its prices on next year four cents per pound. It the cost of production. It is true that was quite possible tha,t when we could most of them figure out occasionally produce raisins for two cents, we the cost of production of the crop they could sell them for four cents, and the handle, but that is as faras they ever reverse would be true the next year. let it go. Ten years or so ago it was The fellow who buys raisins doesn’t the style in farmers' meetings on the care what it costs to produce them; Pacific Coast to argue for cost of pro- some years he will pay two or three duction plus a fair profit for farm prod- times the cost of production and holler ucts, but that idea has long since gone for more, and at another time won’t to the junk heap. Every leader of co- pay more than half the cost of produc- operative organizations there is agreed tion. We quickly discarded the cost plus idea and fell back to the law or supply and demand, which" we found. was not so bad when the speculators were prevented from manipulating it. We fix prices, but the prices we fix are determined by the law of supply and demand." Summing up the methods of deter- mining prices followed by California cooperatives it is well to remember that the law of supply and demand pre- vails, no matter whether prices are fix- ed directly or fixed indirectly. Price fixing, then, becomes a relative term. Someone has to fix a price, and farm- ers are entitled to a voice in deciding it. Remember also, that the cost of production as the basis of prices, has been discarded because it has proved impractical. .4 Congressional Committees Are Busy S everal Important Agricultural Measurer 5717/ de Given Early Comz'cleratz'oa LTHOUGH congress will not 0011- thus minimize the evils of farm ten- A vent for its winter session until entry, and to furnish long-time credits early in December, the various as farmers may need to finance ade- executive departments are busily at quately their larger and long-time Dro— work preparing estimates for appropri- duction operations," also stimulates ations for the next fiscal year, and the confidence that the farm loan system house appropriations committee will will be made more effective in aiding begin the hearings by the middle of the farmers. this month. Tariff revision legislation will be Formerly the agricultural committee taken lip early in the coming session. had charge of the appropriatios for The committee 011 ways and means, of agriculture, the military committee for which Representative Joseph W. Ford- the army appropriations. and so on; ney, of Michigan, is chairman, has but a change was made in the rules been doing considerable work on the last spring requiring that all appropri— tariff during the summer vacation. A ations measures be considered by the large volume 1138 been prepared and house appropriations committee. just received from the printer, giving Large increases will be demanded a comprehensive summary 0f tariff in- by several departments, but it is prob- formation, including the acts of 1909 able that only on account of absolute and 1913- necessity will increased appropriations _ . . be granted for any object. Treasury“ T is evrdent that an attempt W111. be reports show that government reve-- made when congress meets to 9101' .nues from customs are increasing, but er do away With the federal farm loan the latest figures indicate this year’s system 0" secure “1.9 enactment 0f government revenues are falling bev amendments which will make ltS oper- low last year’s receipts. In line with ation ineffective in meeting the 10118" the necessity for economy, it is inevit- term credit needs 0f the farmers. The . able that the house appropriations farm mortgage bankers, it is said, are committee will cut down estimates and backing this fight against the farm it will be the work of the farm organ- loan 3% Their representatives are al- ization representatives to prevent it ready in Washington Preparing for the possible, the crippling of any depart- campaign. The fil‘St move W111 be made ment activity that may be needed for against the 301m 5‘00}? land banks. If the protection of agriculture, 'and also successful in destroying this feature to protest against needless expendi- 0f the farm 10311 .system the federal tures for non-essentials. farm loan assomatlon Wlll be proceed The wheat and cotton growers, de- ed against. , _ spairing of getting financial relief from t' At a conference of ialmel organiza- . ' lon representatives. a few days ago, the secretary of the treasury or lode-l a1 Judge Charles E. Lobdell, a member of reserve board, Will turn their attention the federal farm loan board, was quot- ::.::222::::::'.:““:22. 22:: ed .. .. ..... feren “es for the purpose of developing act. D1" W‘ J' Spillman, formerly Chlefi a defi ite legislative program. They of the bureau of farm management, tion will soon appoint at the head of stated that “Commissioner Lobdell its department of cooperation a secre~ told me he was not in favor of nation— tary of marketing, who will make a al farm loan associations.” It was also study of all the various phases of co- charged that the board favored the operative marketing and give his as- Smoot bill to eliminate joint stock sistance to all marketing projects. The land banks. The farm loan board, it wool pools are now acting independ- was asserted, would continue the ently. There is no medium of cooper- twelve land banks, having them make ative unity between them. It will be loans direct through agents of their the purpose of the new department to own choosing. correlate these cooperative marketing The farmer representatives are not movements and see that they are prop- all agreed as to the best method of erly advised. It is probable that one helping the farm loan system, but all man will give his entire attention to are united in the belief that it will be wool, another to dairy products, and necessary for the farmers to put up a so on. strong fight if the federal farm loan act is to be retained and made effect- ive. Promoters of the movement to organize the four thousand farm loan associations into a national union re- ported some progress. Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, has written a let- ter in which he says: “I am in hearty sympathy with this movement. I be- lieve that it is time that the various farm loan associations should organize for self—protection." United States Sen« ator Robert L Owen, of Oklahoma, who was chairman of the senate committee on banking and commerce which fram- :(clcetgf tfleilgmchgiiilafiicsthiplagf aagri‘e:gvitso tion in marketing and research work. ory committee to assist in the organ- According ,to M1" Howard, North pa- izing of the National Union of Farm kota is pushing to the front as a farm Loan Associations. bureau state. Enough farm bureaus . have been organized to start a state pREsmENT ,, How... A... ::::““::;.:““.:.2“:::.“:: “““2::::: ican Farm Bureau Federation, while D k t ‘ l d dpu at the Washington headquarters, a few a O a nearel one “1? re per cent days ago, said the big thing in the farm bureau membership than any oth- middle west just now is the develop- :gaitfiaeéfi-fiebfiflfiafh: FFISZBU' ment of cooperative organizations. 10 a m rs ions . are makin drives for membershi , The American Farm Bureau Federa- . g . p working harmoniously 1n the same HE committee of seventeen is func- tioning finely, as representatives of different farm organizations with diverse ideas then have gotten togeth- er on common ground, with great con- fidence that something of real worth will be accomplished in the develop- ment of a satisfactory marketing plan. There is no thought of impossibilities in their task, no manifestation of sel- fishness on the part of any one. The committee has adjourned to meet on December 13. It has been voted to raise a fund of $50,000 for investiga- will a k for amendments to the federal I'eser c act, providing for extension of ore ts, and it is expected that long dra rn out hearings will be held before the gricultural and banking commit MUNICIPAL market has been tees the proposed amendments. started at Flint. Michigan, through It is confidently expected that the the cooperation of the city council, the party so coming into power will be chamber of commerce, and the Gene- very cons derate of the farmer’s needs see County Farm Bureau. This is the and dema (is. “The crux of the pres- first of many other city markets which ent agricultural condition lies in pric- are expected to follow, where the es, labor and credit," says the republi- farmer and the city resident can work can platform. This is interpreted as together to their mutual advantage. signifying that the party leaders in L. C. Carey, formerly of the Michi- congress will be favorable to measures gan Fruit Gl'owers’ Exchange at Ben- which will give farmers better credit ton Harbor, has been selected as mar- facilities. In its platform the domi- ket director. F lint’s Municipal Market counties, and their greatest gains are in sections where the non—partisan league is strongest. Reports indicate that ninety per cent of the farmers in Nebraska are joining the farm bureaus. gether as possible, but in addition to Professor Graves, of the Dairy Divi- some opposition there was a general sion of the United States Department 130k Of knowledge 0f jUSt 110W to bring of Agriculture, who is in charge of the about a successful market. breeding experiments at Beltsville. After the County Farm Bureau had Maryland, states that in the develop become thoroughly established it took ment of the breeding work at Beltsville an interest in the proposal to estab- they have a number of surplus bulls lish a produce market because market in addition to those taken by experi- prices were in an unstable condition ment stations, which will be loanedato and in many instances lower than they good reliable dairymen on condition were in surrounding cities. bureau took the attitude that a market He plans to render the without a supervisor was worse than the country were in attendance at the nant party says it “believes in the double service of offering a cheaper no market at all. authorization of associations for the produce market for the hundred thou- commerce has assisted materially in American Ornithologists' The farm that all their daughters be tested. Many bird lovers from all parts of The chamber of thirty-eighth annual convention of the. Union, in extension of personal credits,” is tak- sand inhabitants of Flint and at the publicity and preparation of, public Washington, November 9-11. An inter- en to mean that some kind of rural same time raise and stabilize the pric- opinion. -‘ - personal credit The market is expected to esting feature of the meeting was a legislation will he es which the farmers are receiving for bring about greater stability in'the 10- special exhibit in the library of con- enacted as soon as congress can get their produce in that vicinity. The cal markets, not only of vegetables, gress of-a large collection of zoological ‘ down to business. The platform state- city council of Flint voted “$40,000,,two. but of hay, straw and grain. The firs-twilllustrations, showing their develop- ment that “the federal farm loan act years ago to this project. “huge L ; That was day“. of the» market brought fofth onlyimentssasiapplied‘to'“birds,':and original “ hould be. so administered as to facili‘ during the war. . A great many per- a'fe'w rigs, but fifteen hundred citizens drawings and photographs of-birds “by “ me, e acquisition of farm land by sons were" in favor of bringing the pro- assembled and all prOdnce moved “read- American artists and pbOthraphers.« I %esiring torbecome owners, and ducer and the consumer as close to ily except apples and potatoes. ~‘ , ,~ . - 7". M ’ d pf handling your'apples. ' .53? would be to make a careful study of ,ance of scald during storage. i. «have s at into Storage until I can find hem from our station. Would you adv . se me to put them in celd storage at or local shipping station or send them 3th some storage house in one of the larger cities? Oakland Co. H. F. D. It is rather difficult to advise you which would prove the better method A good plan your‘local storage plant before decid- ing whether to use it or send the fruit to the city. One of. the points to con- . sider is the temperature of the storage, house and the condition of the fruit {when it gets there. A report of extensive apple storage ’ investigations made at the Iowa Agri- . cultural Experiment Station shows that temperature is a very important factor in the control of apple scale and other more common diseases of apples in storage. A constant storage tem- perature of not more than thirty-two degrees F. has given the best control of these diseases, according to a bul- letin issued by the agricultural college at Ames. It is concluded, however, says the author of the bulletin, that the losses in storage f1om apple IOtS may be practically eliminated by prop— er spraying, ha1vesting, handling, grading and packing of the fruit, keep- ing it at a constant low temperature and ,removing it from storage before the storage'season for the particular variety in question closes. No correla- tion was found between the size of the apples and the amount of‘scald devel- oping on them in storage, but the larg- est apples more quickly by rots in storage than smaller apples of the same variety, other things being equal. Apple scald makes fruit more susceptible to the entrance of rot fungi. Alternario rot, ‘ which is a black fungus growth, devel- ops readily on the badly scalded por- tions of the fruit and hastens decay. The author has had under observation an unidentified dry brown rot, which appeared on both Jonathan and North- w‘estern Greening apples, developing sunken areas in which the skin be- comes a clear brown color, varying from a medium to a rather light tone and remains unbroken. The flesh be- neath becomes dry and brown, or brownish, to a depth of 0.125 to 0.25 inch; All attempts to isolate a causal " parasitic or saprophytic organism from the affected tissues have thus far failed. ‘ Effect of Humidity. Humidity was found to bear some relation to,the development of apple scald, but was less important than temperature. Less scald developed in a relative humidity (if from sixty to seventyper cent than in one of fr eighty to ninety per cent. Wrap lng applesin paper delayed the appear- Paraffin paper retarded scald more than ordi- nary wrapping paper, but the differ- .ence was too slight to be of commer- cial importance. Immature fruit scald- ed readily, in, storage. Whatever the variety of apples under consideration it is in the best condition for cold stor- , age when it is well colored and hard ripe. It‘ the fruit must be picked- early to avoid freezes it may be held stor- dinary temperatures until it more . nearly reaches the best degree of ma- * turity for cold storing? Apples in prime maturity for cold stering will scald ‘ more Quickly in common than in cold ' storage. Advantage of Wrapping. a Observations'on temperature chang- es in cold Storage showed that it re- » quires thirty to sixty hours to reduce jhe temperature of fruit. in the center . .11 sixty gees ;, £5,633) . rail hundred bushels or choice winter apples that I would like ‘ «D e to haul them to the city or ship were generally attacked ,rSTANDARD PRACTICE ,‘l‘hc use of Timkcn Tapered Roller Bearings at pointsofhard service in the great majority of leading tractors-— and inpowcr-drivcn farm machinery—- I: proof of leadership established on the tapered principle of design, qual- ity of manufacture. performance. and letvice to the automotive industry. that You Kno were offered to the farm public? that tion of service? that formance of the bearings? that CANTON, OHIO Plants manufacturing complete bearings at Canton, 0-: Columbus. 0.: Birmingham, Eng; Paris, France most pf the tractors now on the market have been tested for seasons before they in the course of these tests the machine has been called upon to prove itself time and again under every conceivable condi-r one of the things that gets very careful attention during these tests is the per-r the result of tests of this kind is the rapidly increasing use of Timken Tapered Roller Bearings by the tractor-making industry? 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It comes quite easy to the Finns and other recent European stocks—more easily than to the native Americans. An investiga- tion recently carried on by J. W. Wes ton, assistant’ state leader of county agents in the upper peninsula, brings out the fact that there are thirty-eight cooperative stores in the northern pe- ninsula, of which twenty-six were visit- ed for the purpose of this investiga- tion. These stores were found to be operating under various state laws ap- plicable in such cases. The average number of members of. these stores was found to be two hundred and forty- five. The total capitalization of $559,500 ——an average of $20,000 per store. The total paid~in- capital was ascertained to be $212,418—~an average of $8,850 per store. Tetal sales amounted to $3,821,- 158 for twenty-four stores. The average yearly business amounted to $125,881. The turnover of sales was 14.2 per cent of the paid in capital per year. The average sales per store on the basis of the total number of these stores in the upper peninsula was com- puted to be $4,782,478. The overhead expenses average 10.01 per cent, vary- ing from five per cent to fifteen per cent. Only one cooperative store was found to have failed—that at Iron Riv- er, which had been burned and appear- ed not to have been sufficiently cover— ed by insurance, it is stated. Four stores were listed as cooperative stock company stores where the shares Were not limited to members and the vote was based on .the number of shares held and not on membership. The re mainder allowed one vote per member regardless of the number of shares owned. There was a nominal rate of interest on stock, usually five or six per cent. Profits are divided on the basis of purchases by members. Some stores are reported as giving one-half as great dividends to non-members as to members. Some stores give em- ployes the same dividend on salary as patrons obtain on pui‘chases. This is said to make employes more careful and conscientious. Farm Bureau Membership rows. A recent compilation of the number of members of the State Farm Bureau in upper peninsula counties shows the By L. A. C/zase’ following results: Chippewa, 1250; Menominee, 1,150; .Delta, 1,002; Mar- quette, 505; Luce, 288; Schoolcraft, 264; but this list is incomplete as sev- eral other upper: peninsula counties have finished their membership cam- paigns. In Gogebic county one solicitor reported three hundred and ten signed up out of three hundred and forty-nine solicited, reports the State Farm Bu- reau, while Iron county’s membership will exceed four hundred. In two town- ships, it is reported, every farmer solicited joined the bureau. Alger county is now being canvassed. County Agent Irving Kirshman, of Menominee county, announces a ship- ment of a carload of twenty—nine head of cattle to Chicago, the estimated sav- ing being $220 over local prices. This shipment is also said to have stimu- lated local prices, thus benefiting oth- er farmers not directly concerned with this transaction. Several other town- ship locals have ordered feed in car- load lots, which will be sidetracked at Stephenson on the C. & N. W. R. R. Two townships are buying a car of rock phosphate. Menominee county farmers are said to be greatly dissat- isfied with the potato market, with sales made locally at sixty to seventy cents. Farmers, of course, should not expect the farm bureau to perform miracles. It is a business proposition and people who go into business must be prepared to take losses as well as gains. Menominee county was one of the counties represented at the recent conference of sugar beet growers held at Lansing. Menominee and Delta counties are the only ones raising sug- ar beets in the upper peninsula. Menominee county, with a total area of 670,279 acres. has approximately 220,000 acres of farm land, according to the county agricultural agent. The number of improved acres is put at 84,000, and the number of farmers at eighteen hundred. .The estimated val- ue of farms is $10,000,000. Mr. Kirsh- man reports that ninety—five per cent of the fai‘mers.in Menominee county own their own farms and that tenantry is not increasing. Mike Gardner, of Stephenson, expects this season to net $2,500 from an eighth of an acre of golden seal which he planted: It is grown from seed and takes four years to mature. It is a medicinal plant. Although the upper peninsula has plenty of snow in the winter season, the road commissioners know how to handle it. The Keweenaw county road commission is reported already to have got its equipment ready for the work that is ahead. All trunk-lines and mail routes in the county are to .be kept open by using a plow.and roller drawn by a caterpillar tractor, which proved very successful last season. The work of widening the Copper Harbor road J—one of the most scenic highways in the state, is now under way. Will Introduce Mixed Farming. There has been a tendency for Chip- pewa county to be a one-crop (hay) county. The Sault Ste. Marie Civic and Commercial Association has been taking stock of the situation‘and is strongly advocating that intensive farming, in the form of truck-garden- ing, be more generally adopted in the ' county. It points out that figures fur- nished by the South Shore Railroad show that there were received during the year August 1, 1919, to August 1, 1920,, forty-two carloads of fresh veg- etables, one hundred and fifty-three cars of fresh milk, twelv'e cars of eggs, and one hundred and sixty‘seven cars of fresh meat, and reminds the county lovcrland that much of this could well be grown at home. The Commercial Association proposes the establishment of a farm- ers’ market at the 800. That the upper peninsula is well sup- plied with game is indicated by the re port of the county clerk of Marquette ' county in relation to bounties paid by his office during the past year. These amounted to $6, 825 for the year ending September 30. These were paid on woodchucks, wease‘ls, rats, crows, owls and hawks, and $3,] 56 on big game- wolves, Wildcats, lynxes, and foxes. Seven thousand eight hundred and fif- ty-flve rats were brought in, with wood- - chucks second on the list (7,516); 2,829 weasels suffered the same fate; eighty~ four wolves cost the county $2, 940 in bounties. , Fifty marketable potatoes and fif- teen smaller ones were produced in one hill from one seed potato on. the farm of Robert Blemhuber, near Mar- qunette this season. The total weight of these potatoes was thirty-two pounds and the top weighed six pounds. The potato was a “volunteer,” having been overlooked in the fall digging a year ago. These statements have been ver ified by County Agricultural Agent, L. R. Walker. Mr. Blemhuber is upper peninsula director of the Michigan State Farm Bureau. His henomenal hill of potatoes will be sent to the Michigan Agricultural College. Who can beat it? A portion of Mr. Blem< huber’scrop is running at over six hun- dred bushels per acre. The Calumet News announces the launching of a new industry in that place, which will manufacture an all~ service motor truck body. Its feature is said to be the Crandall hinge which makes it possible for either side of the truck to be placed at an angle. The truck is deSigned especially for farm use. It is said that eighty- five per cent of the material necessary to make the truck, and labor, are at hand in the copper country. The four-mile stretch of federal aid ed road on the state trunk-line between L’Anse and Baraga has been complet ed by the contractors, announces the L’Anse Sentinel. This is a very im- portant road for it gives access to the copper country from outside points. The remaining sections of this high- way are already opened. Should Get More Service From Wire F cncing Advice: 7714: W e Standardize t/ze Galvamzz'flg of All Woven lVire Fencing Sold 171 Mcfizzg'an HE days of wood fences are now recorded as history. Hedges as yet are not practical, and an era of woven wire fencing is now inaugur- ated. To show the great importance in farm economics of fencing we have but to note the geographical position of our state in the midst of what we may term the mixed farming section of our country. Mixed farming with live stock calls for comparatively small fields with lanes and considerable small inclos- uros. In fact, fencing now constitutes one of the largest items of expense in farm up-keep. It is therefore of much concern to the farmer as to minimum cost and maintenance. As it is, wov- en wire fencing falls far short of rea- ‘sonable expectancy in endurance. Its average life is but about ten to twelve years or about one-half the endurance of a good wooden post. When the farmer invests in labor and fencing (not including the posts) a dollar per rod and must repeat the process every ten years, it makes him begin to investigate as to cause and a possible remedy. Regarding the cause the bottom of it all, and regarding the remedy, insistence upon adequate gal- vanizing is our plea. Scientific investigation and practical observation shows that adequate gal- vanizing is both possible and practical. One of the simplest and plainest of proofs may be seen in many lines of fencing where one or two bright smooth wires maybe traced for a long distance along in the mesh of the wire, while the main body of the fence is rusted out and in a badly broken up condition. The bright smooth wires carry a sufficient coating of galvaniz- ing to protect‘them, and if all of the wires had been equally well protected, the whole of the fence would be in good condition and in form to save both labor and meney cost for many years to comeu. The conclusionis that the galvaniz- ing of woven wire fencing should be standardized and the sale of it regulat- ed by law the same as fertilisers, food- stuffs and some other artioios of use. Experience shows that this is the only way to relieve farmers of the great and extortionate cost‘ of poor galvan- izing Vand,,§1gortliv_od_fencing. ‘Is it worth while, you ask? Here are some figures:. , One section of land dne mile square contains eight parcels of eighty acres each. , On each eighty acres "there is an average of 800 rods of fencing, plus the extra on account of highways, mak- ing 7,400 rods of fencing for each sec tion of land. ’ In the township there are thirty-six sections and 263,440 rods of fencing. There are 672 townships in the south- ern peninsula below a line across even with southern Midland county, and ap- proximately I70,311.680 rods of fenc- ing. Then add the territory above Midland up to the south side of Antrim at one- -half the above basis. and We have 37. 550. 400 rods of fencing to add, and which equals in all 207,862, 080 rods. This computation is fair, but to al- low for cities, lakes and open lands we will throw in for good measure all the territory above Antrim and all of. the upper peninsula. Thus we will say there is a total of 201862080 rods of fencing in Michigan. This at a; nomi-L net cost or one dons:- per rod excite sive of cost of posts equals $207,- 862, 080. If by proper galvanizing the life of a fence can be twenty years instead of ten, it would be as money at ten per cent doubling every ten years. Obser- vation, however, and expert testimony proves that thirty to fifty years for the life of a well galvanized wire fence is easily within the range of reason- able expectancy. From this an im- mense saving in farm up—keep becomes apparent. ‘ I want to submit to the farmers of the state this proposition: Is'it not worth while to demand of the next leg- islature a law standardizing the gal- vanizing of wire fencing sold within the state? In the enactment of such a law we must expect strong opposi- tion from the combined fence manu- facturers of the country. but being backed by reason and justice, the com- bined farmers of the state can afford. to go into the contest. A formal can. ‘ is in process for a meeting a: repre» ‘ cranial-l sentatives for the tions of the state to give‘fom and im- petus/to the campaign—G B. . . ”I C H3109 AN" ' F AR M‘E'R. o @ OAKLAND OWNERS REPORT RETURNS OF FROM 18 TO 25 MILES PER GALLON OF GASOLINE AND FROM 8.000 TO 12,000 MILES ON TIRES (I ET your new car be an Oakland Sensible Six Sedan. For the farmer, as ‘for every other class of citi- Zen, this is the thoroughly practical automobile. It is the most useful car, provid— ‘ ing homelike comfort and security in any weather. It is the most sensible car, link— ‘ ing its many advantages to the minimum . of operating THIS NE\V OAKLAND SENSIBLE SIX FOUR DOOR \EDAN IS l’()\VERED \K'ITH THE FAMtHW: M-HURFEI‘O“ lilé‘ ("VLRHLAD—VALVE OAKLAND cost. The present Oakland Sensible Six Sedan retains the proved high-power and light—weight principle of construction In an even stronger chassis of longer wheelbase. However you judge it,wheth er by perform- ance, reliability or econ- omy,it affords a value not to be duplicated in any other type of automobile. OPEN CAR, $1395; ROADs'I'IaIz, $1395; FOL‘R l)00R SEDAN, $2005; Com-r. $2005 F. O. B. PONTIAC, AIICHIGAN. ADDITIONAL FOR WIRE \VHEEL EQL‘IPMth‘, $85 OAKLAN D M OTOR CA R ’ COM PANY, P07117216, Mzz/zzgan , OAKLAN D ‘S‘ENSIBLE SIX .1 GRAND 12mg . MICHIGAN Our Service Department This Trademark is Your Protection Are You Protected?» your growing crops. GRAND RAPIDS, COLON c. LILLIE, President Scarcely a day goes by that we do not hear of some disastrous farm fire. through lack of foresight. Strange to say the lack of foresight is always due to lack of pro- per insurance protection. when one of the very first thought: of every farm owner should be about his insurance. 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A dress 1615 Ford Bldg, Detroit. Mich. FARM HELP . " . ’ as manager .of modern form. mar- II ”NIH tied. lifetime experience in farm~ . _k mini . timigtf‘otvlvil: . soilggproveinglei-té, ' signs a... - ..... amenDetron. Name “Bayer" identifies genuine Aspirin introduced to physicians in I900. Insist on unbroken packages of SSSS‘SSSlSFS eidSSlSéié . AM!!!" ..‘ them 058: Mullins-tilled, Igloo ' ofgilricyfiucld C . elections: / /////////// ,STARTING WITH ST‘RAWBERRIES. I intend putting out an acre of straw- berries. How many will it take for the acre? What are the best varieties, and when is the best time to set them out, spring or fall? Where can I get the plants, the nearest home, and about what will they cost per hundred? VVexford Co. I. S. You can Set strawberry plants either in the fall or spring. Ordinarily spring setting is preferable. However, if you are anxious to get the bed started you can set them this fall, preferably as early as the soil conditions are fav— orable. Strawberry plants will not do well unless the soil is moist at the time of setting. Fall-set plants'will bear a. light crop the season following. Spring~ set plants will give a good crop the next year. One of the precautions to take in connection with the setting of strawberries in the spring is to have them in early. _ During the last year or two it has been difficult to get strawberry plants from different nurserymen at the prop- er time for setting. This has been ow- ing to a lack of labor in the nurseries and to the poor transportation. Would advise you, therefore, to try and get your plants of someone as near your place as possible. Perhaps your county agent can locate a grower in your coun- 1y who could furnish you with these plants. If not, send to the nearest nursery which can furnish them. Strawberries set three feet eight inches by one and a half feet, which .is a common distance of spacing will require 7,920 plants per acre. The price of strawberries varies somewhat with different varieties, running from $6.00 to $9.00 per thousand. One of the most commonly planted commercial sorts is Senator Dunlap. This variety needs no other varieties planted with it as it is what is known as a perfect flowering variety. Anoth- er newer variety which is very similar to the Senator Dunlap in that the fruit is dark in color and the plants prolific, is Dr. Burrill. A good late sort is an old variety called Gandy. Another va- riety which is taking its place in some cases is Steven’s Lake. All of the va- rieties named are perfect flowering va- rieties, thus need no other variety planted with them. C. W. WAID. BEANS FOR HOGS. Is it safe to feed ground beans to hogs? If so,» state amount which may be fed daily. Also, is it better to give the beans mixedwith ground oats or rye? S. G. Ground beans are a splendid food for hogs, but they should be cooked. You can get along without grinding the beans by cooking them Whole. The hogs will eat the beans better and make better growth if you cook them. It is always better to mix beans with some grain. Corn meal or ground bar- ley are splendid to mix with beans. Cook the beans thoroughly. You can mix it half-and—half with ground barley ' or corn meal and feed all the hogs will eat up clean and you will get splendid results. C. C. L. RIGHTS OF RENTER. I rented a farm on halves for four years. This farm was sold last fall. I put in about fourteen acres of wheat last fall. I wish to know whether or not I am entitled to half the straw from this field, if the owner of the land does not reserve it. I wouldwant‘ to draw my share-of the straw away, if I am entitled to it.—R. M: against the buyer of the farm are no .‘ greater nor less than against the prior owner. An agreement that the tenant should have half of the» crops would give him right to half of the straw if no special provision were made forbid- ding removal of it.——J'. R. R. FARM BUREAU PAINT. Has the Michigan State Farm Bu- reau put men in the field to sell paint? We have been solicited by a party who declares he is acting as agent for the state organization. ' J. This person is a faker” The State Farm Bureau has no men out solicit- ing orders for paint. The organization warns farmers not to be imposed upon by parties who announce that they are farm bureau representatives. Report such men to your county agent. SUGAR BEET PROGRAM. Could you give me an idea as to the nature of the sugar beet program be- ing worked out? , Gratiot C0. F. W. The following general statement will indicate the line along which the committee of five is working: Plans for the formation of a sugar beet department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau which will represent the interests of the twelve thousand sugar beet growers of the state, most of whom are members of the farm bu- reau, are being perfected by a commit- tee of five appointed by representa- tives of twenty—four counties. At a. re- cent meeting of this committee, De- cember 15 was set as the time for sub mitting of its report to the representa- tives of the sugar beet counties, when a plan of organizing the interests of the growers is expected to‘be adopted. SOWING FERTILIZER BROADCAST. This year I sowed my fertilizer broadcast and worked it in with a disc about a week before sowing wheat. Now I have been told that I would not get much benefit from the fertilizer sown this way; and that it should be sowed with the wheat. J. B. S. You probably used the best method possible in sowing your fertilizer and harrowing it in before you sowed the wheat. One of the prime requisites in getting good results with fertilizer is proper distribution. It ought to be mix- ed thoroughly and evenly in the soil. The argument in favor of sowing fer-l tilizer with combination fertilizer drill at time of sowing wheat is the cost of distribution. Of course, you do it at the same time you sow wheat, with very little expense, but that is the only argument that can be given in favor of it. It is not the best method to put this fertilizer right in the drill with wheat and having it come in. actual contact with the kernels undEr certain conditions. It will often injure the germinating power of the seed, but usually it is used in such small quan- tities that no harm results. But when you sow the fertilizer while you are preparing the land and then work it into the soil you ought to 'get the best results. Possibly one thing, however, against this method is that it is more difficult to check up results since the fertilizer is evenly distributed all over. When you apply it with a drill you can shut the 'drill off, using. no fertilizer for a short space, and then usually there is marked results shown between the. fertilized and unfertilized land. That is the only reasOn why some peo- ple think you do not get good results by your method of [aDI‘flYing‘ ' threshing test, however~ "tells on . Vi: RM 'BIfFiEAU AcTIVIi'i’as. HE seed departmentof the Mich- " iga’r‘i’ State Farm Bureau is noti- fying the County Farm Bureaus that alfalfa did not set a good crop of l-‘vis'eged in Montana and the Dakotas this ,, , v: year on account of excessive rains. 7": ., V, . This is the territory that grows what is called northwestern grown common. The State Farm Bureau has received orders from county seed departments for, many bushels of this, but it may find it necessary to cut down some if .the personal representative is not able to fill all the orders. The seed depart- :1 ment will also handle some native Kan- ; ,' sas seed, purchased under the personal supervision of the representative of , _ that department who will see that only the best type of Kansas seed is secur- ed. Pride of all such seed is only ap- proximately known. Clover seed is ar- riving at the Lansing warehouse in carload lots assigned by members for sale. So far it is mostly alsike, mam- moth and sweet clover. Two more cooperative associations have joined the elevator exchange. One is the Farmers’ Elevator & Pro- duce Company of Bad Axe, and the other is the Atwater Grain Company of Atwater. It seems probable that '- within the next few weeks the number almost doubled. Some of the elevators l _ are waiting for the perfection of the . purchasing department of the State '“ ’1' Farm Bureau, the full services of which each elevator in the exchange will receive. The purchasing depart- ment is already organized and is col- lecting orders for coal, tile, flour and feed. Due to light receipts and the " presidential election the business of the exchange, like the business of most other grain companies, has been com- paratively light for the last two weeks. The exchange is keeping 'its member associations informed daily as to mar- ket conditions by mailing a report which is prepared at the Lansing office immediately after the close of the board of control. MICHIGAN SOIL sonvsvs. IN recognition of the distinctive sur- vey methods developed by the M. A. C. Department of Soils, Prof. M. M. McCool has been invited to address the next meeting of the recently on ,ganized National Association of Soil Workers, to be held in Chicago Nov- ember 19-20. Michigan soils experts have led the entire country in certain fields of research in recent years, with investigations of soil temperature and moisture and the effect of different fertilizers on different types of soil in particular. The newly formed body‘is , intended to promote an exchange of _. views by men of different sections and experts from every part of the United States will be present at the Chicago meeting. " ’ STORING APPLES. ' (Continued from page 629). five degrees, the temperature of apples . -, in boxes being reduced sooner than that Of apples in barrels. Unwrapped , apples packed in boxes were more quickly affected by changes in storage temperatures than similar wrapped-ap- pies. tures do not materially change the . temperature of fruit in the package, particularly of wrapped fruit. The au- thor, points out the importance of not * exposing picked apples to the sun eith- er ‘in the orchard or in the packing- shed, as they absorb considerable heat, and when first placed‘in celd storage, apples which have absorbed he'at dur: 1984119 day do not cool off readily at night, even though the nights are com: .peranveiy cool; When the fruit is ' ' ’ orage__it should be cooled 1193139953“ as quicklyas pos- F IR” , ‘ of elevators in the exchange will be . 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Mrs. Theodore Roose- velt aids in dedication of Roosevelt Highway on birthday 01? great American. ( team-U».- mug. «a ot" a, x 0" \ Richard Washburn Child, lawyer and writer. who may be named secretary to President-elect Harding. ...n.r-.4-.: .._ ‘w'..- .____ -—‘~— Ac... _.__'_.__¥ cybg -.._n . A . x A _1}?!ng 81-385 % IA“ roe rom con egious a 0 on. res - _ guarantee and milking detail to 8 Five dfia‘fivfiolllfi lbs. butgeligggd 24771 lbs. milk in with price. gfiflalfl FARMS 1 yr- B d- State an a] s . Grass Lake. Mich. A FLEMIN‘E. ‘l’Yd'ke. Mich. For Sale. A few choice cows: . . and . . W - I . A e on 3 St J k t red Guern ey b ll . M Rose F0! 5‘19 5:363ng cheap ”Sta en‘iscfim alone or write. John Ibo R. 2 Holland. Michigan. I BU J V j . ' GUERN SEY sirlé‘ls (QLVhSwhose O . t. John. in E ~ 7 (Continued from page 625)., line’s or‘breedlng, both of. which are recognized as among the best in the breed. Few regions are better adapted for producing Merino and Delaine sheep than Michigan and there would be no trouble in finding a good outlet for all the good ram lambs that farm- ers could produce, provided they have enough to sell on the carlot basis. ’ . FEW miles from Osseo we visited the three hundred acre farm and stock feeding plant of Andrew Rey- nolds & Son. Here we found one of the most complete sets of farm build- ings and equipment for feeding cattle, sheep and hogs in Michigan. The Rey- nolds’ feed about sixty cattle, one thou- sand sheep and one hundred and fifty hogs each year.» This year they have been practicing hogging and lambing down corn. The pigs and lambs make good. gains and clean up the fields with practically no waste of grain "or forage. The three big silos furnish a. lot of good feed for the winter. One of the leading Shorthorn breed- ers in Hillsdale county is J.‘ M. South- worth, who owns and operates a. fine farm a few miles from Allen. The herd numbers about thirty-five head of Scotch and Scotch-topped animals. The herd sire, Valiant’s Lad, is a. remark- ably good individual and was bred by Rosenberger ,of Ohio. Mr. Southworth also breeds Percheron horses. active in promoting the breeding of he has been one of the leaders in con- ducting the sales of the Southern Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa- tion at Hillsdale. ‘ ANOTHER pleasant and interesting visit was at the farm of A. J. Mc- Cutcheon & Sons. Here we found a. herd of fiftyipure-bred Jersey cattle of St. Lambert, Raleigh and Flying Fox lines of breeding. The farm consists of three hundred and thirty~five acres and the cows are kept as strictly a dairy proposition and no effort has been lmade to sell the stock for pure- bred prices; the main product is but« ter, which is made on the farm and shipped to New York. About one hun- dred hogs are fed out each year, but during the past two years the firm has been working into pure-bred Duroc Jerseys and expect to go ahead and develop one of the..good herds of the county. Another department of the farming that pays substantial profits is the flock of several hundred White Leghorn hens. Butter, eggs and. pork’ make up a. line of products that has made it possible for the McCutcheons to maintain and increase the fertility of their farm and at the same time add a respectable sum to their bank ac- count eech year. Cattle. hens and hogs have turned the trick. ,Just outsideggiot-Litchfleld we. isitod Our Farm ureaus Always ' W. s. Adams and looked over hi. of Tamworth Swine. At present 1. herd numbers about ’ fifty head. ‘_ many years Mr. Adams hasi'been prominent exhibitor at the state“ ; g ' and live stock exhibitions. Duringnic' fourteen years he has been breedlhgi Tamworth swine he has produced: many of the prize winners of the breed and pulled down hundreds of dollar-sic prize money. Mr. Adams knows the” breeding and showing game from A; to Z and while the members of his “redid? troup” may lack some of the refine ments of form commonly found among. other “show troups,” he always man» ages to take in, sufficient gate receipts (prize-money) to make the next week-4 stand. And that is more than some of. our other showmen always succeed in doing. As producers of choice bacon; and for use in crossing on the'inore refined types of lard hogs the Tam; ‘. worth has a. definite place among the,” popular breeds of swine. ' A few miles south of Hillsdale we made a short stop at the farm of John French. Mr. French’s father was one of the early settlers in the county. The present barn was erected in 1850 and is still in good shape. Mr. French is one of the pioneer sheep feeders of the State. In discussing the business he said: “I have always managed to make a profit from feeding lambs for market. Some years prices have been disap- pointing, but the man who feeds a' bunch of good lambs each year is sure better live stock in Hillsdale county, Andy Adams at Home. -Holi3tein cattle. can to come out a winner during a series of years. It is a business that one ‘ must follow each year. On our farm “1 we keep a flock of sheep and buy some lambs- to feed out during the winter. 7 We ship our lambs to the Buffalo mar» :3; ‘ ket. We are farming and grazing about L three hundred and fifty acres and pre- fer sheep to other kinds of live stock.” Over at North Adams, J. M. Wliliams . owns and operates two good farms and ”fa? breeds Guernsey and Holstein cattle. ,' .At the head of the Guernsey herd of eighteen females is Fillmore’s Royal Regent, a son of Prince Regent of, Meadowbrook and out of Topsy of Edgewater, who produced 11,715 pounds of milk and 560.58 pounds of I butter at two years of age. She is a: granddaughter of Imported Golden Secret, sire of eighteen A. R. daughr ters. Most of the females in the herd~ are of the May Rose line of breeding. Mr. Williams also has a herd of excel-r lent Holstein cattle. The day we visit-3' ed the farms he, was out of town, can'- ‘ sequently it would be useless todyb cuss further the breeding of sthelani mals. Both herds are good indivi “ ally and kept in good condition. A few miles from Pittsford we finish:. ed the three hundred and fifty “ ' farm of Elisha Bailey & .8011 an ed over their herdof: forty / -,. ling their stock. The females in the _ herd are bred along Hengerveld De 1 K01 and Pontiac Korndyke lines. Dur~ his the past two years the firm have made some very good records in their ofl‘lcial test work, and animals from the herd have been sold to buyers ' from eastern states at long prices. fAnother Duroc Jersey swine breeder near. Waldron who is making good in the game is Harry Cramton. Mr. Cram- ton was not at home when we visited his farm, but we looked over the hogs and found them of good quality. The herd sire is of Oakland Orion breeding ' and an excellent individual. The sows are large typy animals with strong backs and built on foundations that will support great weight. The spring pigs showed plenty of quality and were ' agood growthy lot. A real good herd that is sure to be heard from within the next few years. Over near Hudson we visited the farm of John Hoffman, popular breeder of Poland China swine, and auctioneer. Mr. Hoffman has about sixty animals in. his herd at the present time. One particularly good individual is the young herd sire, a son of Lord Clans- ‘ man and out of F. E. Haynes’ crack . sow, Nemo Lady. This young boar has a wonderful arched back and stands up well on his toes. The other boar is a grandson of Big Des Moines. Among the brood sows are a number of good ones from popular lines of breeding. Mr. Hoffman has a good farm and is in a position to produce high-class hogs. , M.;G. Mosher & Sons own and oper- ate a splendid one hundred and ninety acre farm in Adams township and breed Berkshire hogs, Holstein cattle and Hampshire sheep. An excellent foundation has been laid with all three breeds and the firm is sure to be heard from in the near future. Among the men who were active in putting over the farm bureau drive in Hillsdale county there was no more faithful worker than J. C. Gear, of Amboy township. Mr. Gear owns and operates a good farm and breeds Short- horn cattle. He is one of the real farm leaders of the county and has been of great assistance in getting the work under way. Mr. Gear was the choice of many farmers for a. place on the executive board of the County Farm Bureau, but could not serve because of holding another public office. The Circuit Rider wishes to thank . F. E. Haynes and John Bowditch for .pilofing him among the stockmen. Af- ter the smash-up in County Agent Sim’s universal car these two gent1e~ men came to the rescue next morning. The day proved one of the most inter- esting and instructive spent in any county in the past season. TO ENCOURAGE CONSUMPTION OF MEAT. A meeting of producers of all kinds of live stock will be held during the International at the Assembly Room, Saddle and Sirloin Club, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, on Thursday. Decem- ber 2, at 1:30 p. m., to inaugurate a . campaign to counteract the widespread propaganda that is now being circulat- ed, and which is calculated to decrease meat consumption. CROPS IN HIGHWAY. Do berries and nuts growing in the roadway belong to the owner of the ‘land? If not why is it that other crops such as potatoes are grown in the roadway and belong to the farmer? L. Any person using the highway for . any purpose other than travel is a tjrespasser. The adjoining owner owns to the center of the highway "subject uto the easement of public travels; and A therefore the owner of the trees, «grass, -etc., growing in the highway, ‘nduhas a rig-ht of action against any- i ‘ ' living it more than’is naturally nubile tarot—J. ‘ R. R.‘ ctcrinary. a... w) ... ‘f‘l‘lluuu ll 1 .H I ". -"‘i “’1‘” ‘I'JI'M' ’ COND CTED BY DR. W. C. FAIR. Advice through this column is given free to our subscrib- ers. Letters should. state fully the history and symptoms of each case and give. name and address of the writer. initials only are published. Vthu a reply by mail is requested the service becomes private practice and 31 must be enclosed. Eczema—Our four-year—old mare has skin diseases which causes great itch- iness, especially when she perspires. J. B. D., Onsted, Mich—Occasionally wash her with soap and water. Apply one part coal tar disinfectant and twenty parts water twice a day. 'In cool weather dust on flowers of sul- phur and cut out other treatment. Some Blood in Milk—Some eight weeks ago my cow came fresh, second calf, remained well until three weeks ago when she began to give bloody milk and kept doing so ever since. J. D. B., Leslie, Micli.—~Rough milking is one cause, or the udder becoming bruised from coming in contact with any hard substance, a kick from colt, or hooked by another cow are all com- mon causes of cows giving bloody milk. Apply fluid extract of witchazel twice a day. LumpjawreMy two-year-old heifer has a hard bunch 0n jaw which is in- creasing in size. I am inclined to be- lieve it is liiinpjaw. Is there any cure for it, and is my other stock likely to become infected? J. L. 0., Clarksville, Mich—When the bone is affected and bunch cannot be removed the case should be considered as incurable. No the ailment is neither infectious or contagious. Market her for beef, but of course, the head should not be used. Barrenness.——My three-year-old cow t‘reshened last year, bred her again, she aborted during the summer. She comes in heat every week or ten days, but fails to get with calf. Had she better be sold for beef? .A. E. J., Kal- amazoo, Mich.—Doubtless she will prove unprofitable for dairy purposes, perhaps never get with calf; therefore you had better fatten and dispose of her to the butcher. Mouth Ailnient.~—Have a cow that freshened May 1; two weeks later she commenced to drop saliva and slime from her mouth, occasionally corrup- tion runs from nostrils and when she drinks part. of water drips from mouth. Food packs in one side of mouth every time she chews. L. Y., Lachine, Mich. —If you will make a careful examina. tion of the month, you will perhaps find a diseased tooth, or foreign body which, when dislodged, the cow will recover. Giving her drugs will not help her. Cows Fail to Come in Heat.——I have three cows that fail to come in heat, but they are seemingly healthy. H. E. R., Maple City, Mich—Give each cow half a dram of ground nux vomica and two drams of ground capsicum at, a dose in feed twice a day until they come in heat Indigestion—“’orms—Have an eight- year—old mare, weight 1,400 pounds, that eats plenty of food, but fails to lay on flesh. She is thin and weak, passes a few worms. A. M. H.. Grawn, Mich-«Her molar teeth may require floating. Give her one dram of ground nux vomica, one dram of powdered sulphate of iron and a tablespoonful of powdered gentian at a lose in feed two or three times a day. Increase her grain ration. Sprained Fetlock Joint.—~About eight weeks ago my mare sprained ankle joint; have applied blister, but she is no better. A. 8., Linden, Mich.-Give her rest and apply equal parts tincture of cantharides, two parts turpentine, and five parts raw linseed oil to fet- lock joint twice a week. Pinworms.—~VVill you please tell me what to do for a horse that is troubled with pinworms. A. D. W., Holland, Midi—Purchase one pound of quassia chips, make a strong tea, then wash out rectum daily for a few days. One part coal-tar disinfectant and fifty parts water is also a useful remedy. Lumpy Jaw—«W'hat is the cause of lumpjaw? If the flesh of such an ani- mal is unfit for food, can it be safely fed to fowls? C. G., Jeddo, Mich.— The cause of lumpjaw is a thread~like fungus, its common name being the ray fungus. It is found on various kinds of grasses, but particularly on the awns and glumes of barley and related grasses, especially whien these have grown on bottomlands subject to overflow. The infection is taken up through the mucus membrane, usually of the mouth, or through wounds in the skin. The disease is” not contagi- ous. In most cases the meat is passed by meat. inspectors as fit for food, ,I Read Hanes Guarantee: “We guarantee Hanes Underwear absolutely—every thread, stitch and button. We guarantee to re- turn your money or give you a new garment if any seam breaks.” r“HANIEIS”——tlie national nameplate on underwear is an unlailing guide! P. H. Hanes Knitting Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. Next Summer—You’ll want to wear Hones Nainsook Union Suits! ANfil M. ' ELASTIC KNIT NDERWEAR UY “Hanes” winter un- derwear for men on the strict business basis of the most unusual qual- ity, comfort and service ever sold at the price! Every garment bearing the “Hanes” national nameplate re- turns in wear and in absolute satis- faction far more than you pay for it. Our guarantee is your safe- guard. I t proves our faith in “Hanes”! “ ANES” underwear is made in heavy weight and me— dium weight Union Suits and heavy weight Shirts and Draw- ers. The new medium weight Union Suit carrying the yellow label, meets the demand of men who prefer a medium weight union suit. It is made of full combed yarn and silk trimmed. “Hones” for Boys This extra-value underwear duplicates the men’s Union Suits in all important features with added fleeciness. Made in sizes 20 to 34, covering ages 2 to 16 years. Two to {our year old sizes have drop seat. Four desirable colors. See "Hanes" Underwear at your dealer's. I! he cannot sup- ply you, write us immediately. New York Oficc 366 Broadway ‘— NOTICE The Winwood Herd on Nov. lst will move their Herd of Pure Blood Holsteins to their new home, 1% miles south of Rochester,l\lich. and for the next 30 days we will sell what bull calves we have cheap as we will be unable to get our buildings com- plete before winter. So get busy if you want a son of Flint Maplecrcst Boy at your own price. JOHN H. WINN, (lnc.) Roscommon, Michigan OUR HERD SIRE Model King Segis Glista By a 30 lb. son of Lakeside King Segis Alban Do Kul. His darn Glista F6116l1032.37ll)9. Her dam Glista [Gin ncstlue 3596 lbs. His three nearest dmns average (her 33 lbs and his forty-six nearest tested relatives aver- age over 30 lbs. of butter in seven den s. Write for pri- ces on his sons. Grand River Stock Farms Cory J. Spencer, Owner Eaton Rapids. Mich. The Traverse Herd We have what you want in BULL CALVFS. the large, fine growthy type, guaranteed right in every way They are from high producing A. R. O. ancestors: Dam's records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and quotations, stating about. age desired. TRAVERSE CITY STATE HOSPITAL Traverse City, Mich. O I Superior Holsteins Bulls all sold but are now booking orders for our expected fall crop of Bull Calves sired by my new herd bull. a grandson of May Echo Sylvia My site’s two nearest dams average over 35 Ibs‘ butter and 800 pounds milk in seven days. A. W. COPLAND Birmingham, Mich. Herd under state and federal supervision - Friesian heifer and bull calves. urebred "fllfilfllfl resists an high-2r e. Pricepm up. Splendid lndlvndna a and breeding. Write us your re quiremontl. Browncrott-Farms, MoGrnw. N. Y’ Segis Pietertje Gilt Edge Ormsby Born Aug. 9, 1919. Every dam in the first 4 generations has a good 7 day re~ cord and each of these, excepting two in the fourth generation'has a good yearly record. Three WORLD re- cords. If you want individuality, and breeding, backed by both long and short time records, don’t look further. And he is some bull too. Herd under Government Supervision. L. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio Holsteins of Quality for sale. Heifers from 8 to 24 moms old. All with lured and sultl subject to tuberculin rost. E. A. HARDY, Rochester, Mirli “Top Notch” HOLSTEINS Buy a "milk" Bull of Quality from the Breeders of the world's only cow to produce 800 lbs. milk in 7 days, having an 800 lb. (laughter. Bull advertised last week was bought quickly by an Allcgnu (‘ounly lluirymau. Here‘s another "Top Notchnr“ :— King (lolnntha Genicve Pietertic, N0. 272l77, Burn li‘eb. 3, 1919. Sire's dam a 30 lb. cow with a 31 lb. daughter.‘ who has a 31 lb. .1 yr. old (laughter. Dani's record :—Butter 7 days 23.26 lbs.at 4 yrs. Dani’s sire‘s three nearest dams average 30.87 lbs. butter in 7 days. Color: about half and half. Price 950.0” f 0. b. Howell. McPherson Farms Co. Howell, Mich. A" herds under U. S. Supervision. Hatch Herd Ypsilanli, Mich. (in Government Accredited list) offers young reg. istered sons from~134 lb. King Korndyke Sadie Vale bull for $150 to $250. . accepted in a mom: ffl b . A Bond IIOlB istered Bargain bull) «will: ”dill?! ’ of the best and at prices within reach of all. ‘Rrite one. D. omens. - - . - rum. Mich: IV 1.. .., ..> ,. DOUBLE ', DISPERSION SALE at the -’ H. CHRIS. HANSEN FARM at noon THURSDAY, NOV. 24,1920 41 Registered Holstein Cows and Heifers 41 ’ u The Hansen herd of 17 head, 9 of which are in calf to Model Glista King Segis, will be sold without reserve. There will be 2 heifer calves from this great sire and a yearling bull from a good record darn. Two daughters of King Segis Model from grand- daughters of King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne. Sev- eral A. R. O. cows and heifers from A. R. O. dams. The A. E. Chase herd of 24 females, headed by a good grandson of Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke,out of a 19 lb. 2 yr. old daughter of a 33 lb. cow. His dam and granddam have records averaging 968 lbs. but- ter; and 22097 lbs. milk in 365 days. This herd in- cludes 12 heifers sired by ason of Johanna Korn- dyke DeKol, sire of 48 A. R. 0. daughters and a grandson of Belle Korndyke. Both Herds under State and Federal Super- vision and guaranteed free from tuberculosis. Sold with 60-90 day retest privilege. Sale Managed By ' Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association, H. W. Norton Jr., Field Sec’y. Old State Block, Lansing, Mich. l—fi—W f EATON COUNTY HOLSTEIN BREEDERS’ FIRST ANNUAL SALE. NOVEMBER 23,1920 AT FAIR GROUNDS, CHARLOTTE, MIC”. 00 head of choice registered cows and heifers mostly due to freshen this fall and winter and bred to thirty pound bulls, also 3 good A: R. O. bulls ready for service. Sale starts at 11 o’clock. Auctioneer Meals served at Fair Grounds. R. Austin Backus Col. D. L. PERRY In The Box For Information and Catalog. Write A. N. Loucks, Secy, Charlotte, Mich. AUCTION SALE OF STOCK AND TOOLS The Westview Duroc Farm 2 miles south 1-2 mile east of Northville or 1 mile north 1-2 mile east of Plymouth. will sell at Auction Stock, Tools and so HEAD OF 'DUROC JERSEY SWINE so Consisting ~of two herd boars, seven spring boars, 3 bred sows, open sows, gilts and fall pigs, Herd Home Farm Tippy Orion 3rd No 152141. by Brookwater Tippy Orion by Tippy Col., Gibson Taxpayer 2d No 156677, by Breakwater Taxpayer, by Taxpayer, a fine bunch of sows and gilts. a good time for the boys to start in the best of blood lines Come to the sale and bring the boys along. Tuesday, November 23, 1 920 Albert Ebersole, Prop., Plymouth, Mich. The Frankenmuth Spotted Poland China Breeders Association of Frankenmuth Twp., Saginaw County, Mich., will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION. ON DEC. 3rd, 1920 on Alfred Grueber’s Farm, two miles east and two miles north of Frankcnmuth Junction at 12 o’clock noon. 40 head of Registered Spotted Poland China Hogs, tried and bred, open and bred gilts and a few boars. The tops of 3 herds will be sold at this sale. Cat- alog will be sent free upon request. ' ' ' ALFRED GRUEBER, Secretary. ,. . :R. 2, “'x 2i Miles Northwest of ~ . A A LANSING, MlCH. V “l and breed true to t 8. profitable dairy he want. and also for "Jersey Facts" and ' The THE PROFIT BREED produce the best mill: earlier. longer and most econom- ERSEYS , ' ' ' ' , arealways willingoo work J really. They thrive undflle‘zl'lslecyzngdgg $50.1 many years in building Ii Ask the Jersey Information ‘Bureau for anfizgvzoinfcmg’tiggtysog THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB ‘ 324-R West 23rd St. New York . An Iawtitution for the Benefit of Every Jersey Owner An Introduction Mr. Dairy Farmer, Mr. Holstein Broader Mail lllllli Flllll ALL THREE are Working to a common purpose-to in- crease the production of Michigan Dairy herds. . We believe all three should work to ether. We feel sure that no Michigan bui has ever been better equipped for the work. We have it on high authority that there are none better individually. - His three nearest dams each aVerazed to produce 100 lbs. butter and 2100 lbs. milk per month for a full lactation per- iod with an average of 18$l fat. His dam is one of Michigan's greatest family—three iuil sisters that have produced over 301b8. butter in seven days. two of them producing over 700 lbs. milk, and two of them producing more than 10001ba. butter and 21000 lbs. milk in ten months. _ His sire is the direct descendant. of three enera» tions of 30 lb. cows and two generations of €200 lb. yearly record cows. His first. three sisters to enter yearly test. will each pmfiluge more than 800 lbs. butter and17000 ibsrmiik as or are. Lei King Fllnl Help You Improve Your Hero Through One 01‘ His Sons - A son of this great young sire suited to head any hard in Michigan. grade or purebred. can be secured in Genesee County and we want them all to stay in Mirbigan. Write us about. your hard. tell us what. you need and what you feel youcan nfl'ord'to pay and let us help you find just. what you want in Genesee County, the center of Michigan's long distance dairy cattle. Genrida Farm Elmcml Stock Farm Waller T. Hill 6. I.. Splllana &.§on 0o. llavlson, Mich. cu Ml ll. Gluny Slack Offers the best selection of young bulls from 8 to 12 months we ever raised; out of dams up to 29.76 for aged cows and over 26 lbs. for 2 iyr. oids. Yearly records up to 24000 lbs. milk and 000 lbs. butter. Sired by our Senior Herd Sire. Maple- crest Application Pontiac. whose dam made 35 lbs. butter in 7 days and 1344 lbs. butter and 2342! lbs. milk in a year. or by Dutchland Kon- igen Sir Rag Apple. our Junior Herd sire. whose dam is n 30 lb. 10 yr. old maternal sister of Dutchland Colantha Denver who made 36 lbs. in 7 days and 1315 lbs. butter and 25431 lbs. milk in 1 year. Several carry the blood of—both these sires. They are extra well grewn. straight and right. One of these at the head of your herd is bound to increase production. Send for pedigrees and prices. ll. Bruce McPherson, Howell. Mich. $100 , Registered Holstein Bulls Best blood in America. Read for ser- vice, grandson of Kin of the ontiacs. Herd sire King of the ontiac Segis. Herd under State and Federal Supervlolon. JAMES B. JONES FARMS . ROMEO. MIOH. Federal Accredited Herd BUII For sale Old enough forservlce. Dams records]? dn. milk 461%. butte 20.85. 305 (in. milk 16.1153. butter 648. She has 2 AJR. . daughters. His sire a 24 lb. grandson of 001- antha. Johanna Lad. Price 3200. Write for panic. ulars. Vernon Clough. ‘ Purma, Mich. HOLSTEINS 2 purebred. bull calves. ex- trn individuals. Sire‘sdam ave over 14000 lbs. last. year milked but. twice a. day. runs very large and heav milkers. bred right. 40 and55dollars, Guarantee to please. . B. E. KILS. Hillsdale, Mich. ' ' Born Dec. 19, . ' Registered Holstein Bull ., .0. o.- Kingliiiia. 813i? dam is a 21 lb. daughter. of a21ib. cow. Price $90 delivered your station. Write for pedigree. . EARL PETERS, N. radley, Mich. boars used in herd. Cherry Premier 2nd No 102819. by Pal’s Cherry Orion No. 82089, by P3] Qrion. ‘875 getas Bfiveeks old gdscn of h apie Crest. Korufiexillgi an at Heng. Salina .09 butter 561.2 m alf’s dam is m b t. untested cow. Terms. in 7 days? M. L. Me AULIN. Redford, Mich. Holstein-Friesinn Bulls read for service and priced to sell. B. B. RE Li ht in co or and richly A BY. Akron, Llich. Reg. bred. Your Choice of 20 high grade young Holstein cows due this fall and winter. , HARRY E. COVERT. Leslie. Mich. Double Dist-urber bull at head the d. Herefords Ofler 52-yr olds. bred. 9 yearlilfg and 5 heifer calves. airfax breeding. Bulls any age. RL 0. McCARTY, Bad Axe, Mich The Wildwood Farm efficafitlfi ligajtgssttl straingtfietrid 3n Btatg chred- . ~ . n ocon an one. 1 f ALVIN BALDE , Phone 14in. Corpse.“ riiciil B U TTE R B R E D JE‘figfi?“ CRYSTAL sPRING STOCK FARM. Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan. JERSEY BULLS edema» 533*ch Lad-Ma'esty brooding: Me d} l .d ’ W ‘9'- man. I: dVate‘rman, Packard fidow fin A3553. Maltcelil. J are lted sale. Farm. “unwell-"oil stop breeding those Scrubs. Jersey Bull: :3: ”.112? prepotency." Jersey Bows e... m... urity, long life, economlcal production. Write Secretary Henrickson ol‘ Shelby, Mich., for free Jersey literature. Do it now. _ " Jersey Bulls ggofialc‘h“ M- dame :75 to NOTTEN FARM. Grass Lake. men. bulls for sale: Fro M . Jersey in randson of Po "Robina"??? Premier. MITH & PAR Claradale Milking Shorthorns ' College. The two year old ncy Dnchesa 8,709 lbs. milk 425 lbs. fat. .75 percent are: run 77-) lbs. milk 267 lbs. t t s ‘ mussels? 3 mos‘ lbs. rnllk 292 lbs. records are made under every da farm pasture con- ditions twice a. day milking on y, Weoanp the Great. Bulls Lord Burrington 5th and an Ice us. or write your wants BlDWELL m... 3...... that willmput weigh} option; tliIai oronco w soon or or e u . ) Scotch and Scotc -t.opped yearlingdmgcgglwlyw r cod. a guarantee every animal to be a b r. Federal Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. . O. 8.13. . BIDWELL STOCK FARM, ~- 30: D, Kirklevington Lad, b Im . Hartford Welfare. In service blills, l’or sale. - J. v. wrss. Gobloville. Mich. A Milling BHORTHORNS. Olav b ed 1) ‘ Herd: under Federal Bupzrvi sioiill calves Sterling Supreme in Service. of breedin . Three whites at $1000 each One roan at. S 0. one red at 3400. No females for sale. Public sale Chica oOct. 28th. - . L.‘ ‘ C. . PRESC TT & SONS. Tawas. City, Mich. , BRANCH COUNTY FARM . Breeders of . . , C :- Amencan Polled Shorthorn Cattle; F S 19 two splendid bulls now re 10):. . ‘- argd. tw'i) younger ones that will be readfldior 11:17:23 vice Jan. 15th. We also are offering at. is than bred cows and boilers. Herd headed by Victor Sultan: and Sultan’s Gift. Prices very reasonable, write an: wants. Geo. E. Burdick. Mgr,. Goldwater. “my. P H Mapleifuogd lghorthorns 7 11 o c goo mi 11 do sh- . Eu? Egrdcialins Maplewood Jewsene'r'faboeuhdm “‘1 b splendid individuals. Hatter & Eaton, Jeni-onifiiw - e. bred l ‘ . Shorthorns gfi‘iiirsscgrllc’ed 24 iii,1 Emmet. W. B. McQVUIL'LAN. R. , Howelhfem EADOW Hills Shot-thorns. Hen ver Ki’lnsg. fui brother of Layout due Unlve ty’s g For 8". Jersey bull calves of Majestybreedingfrom . produci stock. Herd on Govern. Milking Shocker” 6t. ‘ mont “Ace ditod List/Pin: . pad ballad!» no . to c. Afhccn'rcr. ' Ashram: m‘, ”f”, . . ‘ n. x l . re sire. For-“so " ages. a fewronnsbnlfit. Geo-EM _ , _ "p..‘;..‘l/oav'el.r W! Fens-l": ’WARMARAM Get a pure bred sire. , "4 : .LT.»_' For. their > an .o M. do > ‘ ER. 11.4, Howell. M1321? x Are omclally Supervised if; MichiganA rlculturbl. a zMilli! ‘ lbs. milk, 378 lbs. tat, 4.55 percent average. Rose l? Fancy , rat percent: 21 2’3 c381? ’ We have other good cows under state supervision. on; .' 3;: on . bulls from 2 months to two year olds, Sire b {he teen -. L031 Master mp. Your success is our success. .Oomo ‘- r. w. JOHNSON, Box 23. Custer. Mason amnion. - " snornlonns .. calves -the am. 9 ’ Tecumseh, Michigan" L The Maple’s Shorthorns f“ Davidson 4: Hall, Bound & Beland, Tecumseh. Mich“ . Richland Shorthornsl 1;} Imp. Lorne, Imp. Newton charn ion and: , , e offer for quick sale: Flve Scotch Bulls, best?“ fitfifimmfidinuafium K-m'n - Us . h—I A in AA 5.; Mb“ Q 99 cuieAN STATE-HOLgTEINsALE. "“‘f'l‘ the second state Holstein-Frie- sian sale held at Jackson, October 39. the following animals sold for the yollOwing prices: . . Hospital, Traverse City, Mich.: Traverse Segis Johanna Hartog, to E. G. Stevenson, Ontario, $4,000. fiaTraveme Ninetta, to Edward Wag- ner, Wheeling, W. Va., $300. , Traverse Walker Duchess, to Edw. Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va., $430. Traverse Korndyke Girl, to E. G. a. Stevenson, Ontario, $1,000. ~ Traverse Inka Korndyke, to E. G. to E. G. Stevenson, Ontario, $825. ' Traverse Ninnetta$782e5gis, tevenson, Ontario, . . S Traverse Ciothilde 2nd, to Milan L. Cook, Ithaca, Mich., $440. Traverse Duchess Hengerveld 2nd, to Edward Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va., $320. Consigned by Robin Carr, Fowler- ' ville, Mich.: Rainbow Hengerveld De K01 Mere- dith, to Michigan School for the Deaf, Flint, Mich., $600. Female born January 1, 1920, to Wm. Gibson, Fowlerville, Mich., $230. . Consigned by R. J. Bird, Ypsilanti, ‘.» 1'17 Mich.: ' " Elzevere Rag Apple ButtenGirl, to ' 1 Bazley. Stock Farm, YpSilanti, Mich, {290. . ' Consigned by F. S. Jenkins & Son, » a le, Mich.: E ‘7 E geach Segis Pontiac Queen, to E. G. Stevenson, Ontario, $800. Consigned by Sinlinger Bros., Lake ‘. dessa, Mich.: - 7 . 0 Female, born April 7, 1920, to Board- to, man Farms, Jackson, Mich.: $330. Alcartra Pontiac Elzevere Vale, to Michigan School ‘for Deaf, Flint, Mich., $500. Consigned by Lake Side Dairy, Lake Odessa, Mich.: Weedie Canary De Kol, to Boardman Farms, Jackson, Mich., $410. Consigned by Wm. B. McDonougli, ""175 Howell, Mich.: . . China Pontiac Champion Mobile, to Colver Farms, Colver, Penn, $270. Consigned by F. S. Taylor, Adrian, Mich.: _ Ophelia Segis, to C. E. Winne, Adri- an, Mich., $410. Consigned by Musolff Bros., South Lyons, Mich.: Urmagelsche De K01 Hartog, to Ed- ward Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va., $280. ' Segis Glenburnie Pieter, to Edward ‘Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va. $250. Artis Ona, to G. L. Spillane & Son 00., Flint, Mich., $400. Sir Pieter Korndyke Lyons, to W. L. Rundell, Saline, Mich., $700. Belle Bernardo Segis Pieter, to W. H. Wernett & Son, Plymouth, Mich., 500. $ Segis Pieter Butter Girl, to E. M. Starkweather, Northville, Mich., $500. ,, -. Butter Maid Segis Pieter, to W. H. s! .. Wernett & Son, Plymouth, Mich., $700. ~ Alfalfadale Pontiac Sue 2nd, to John d] . P. Hehl, Detroit, Mich., $200. “i ' Stoneacre Lunde Pontiac Canary, to E. M. Starkweather, Northville, Mich., 500. $ Aaggie Texal Segis Pieter, to Michi- . Consigned by Traverse City State ‘ Exdiange Pennies for Dollars It pays to invest in cow health. The cost of a package of Row-Kare, the great cow medicine, is measured in cents; the increased milk income from a healthy cow is reckoned Etdollars. Kow-Kare enjoys a quarter-century record of leadership in the prevention and successful treatment of all cow ailments due to weakened digestive or genital organs, such as Barrenness. Retained Alterbirth, Lost Appetite, Scouting, Bunches and Abortion. The Kow-Kare treatment is inexpensive but produces prompt and visable results. One trial will convince you. Buy Kow-Kare from teed dealers, general stores or druggists. DAIRY ASSOCIATION CO. LYNDONVILLE, VT. NOTE: The Trade-mark name has been changed from ROW-KURE to KOW-KARE—a name more expressive of BOTH the PREVENTIVE and CURATIVE quail- tlos of the remedy. There Is not the slightest chance in formula or manufacture. INDEMNIFIES MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY Owners of Live Stock—Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs Against Death by Accident or Disease 308 Davidson Building, Bay City, MichigTS-Pi Alma and iEdmorc Michigan, the man that Buys. Jake Hilman, Auctioneer,‘ REG. BELGIAN HORSES fAT AUCTION On my Farm at Vestaburg East. 80 rods N., 1-2 mile from the P. M. Depot on the R. R. between WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1920 It includes my Imported Stallion Mouton deNil No. 2937 American. 497 Foreign. Bay with black paints 90 per cent of his Colts are Bay. La Veta Bay 4 years old No. 5763.‘ Bred by Mouton deNil. _ Bred by Mouton deNil 7 months Filiic Boy from La Vote and Mouton chil. DeaCcal Roan 4 years old No. 5764 I will pay RR. {are to Roy Marsh, Prop. L “0.1.0 BOARS Choice individuals; ship ed to you c. 0. d. express paid and guaranteed right or your money re unded. All stock registered in buyer’s name. J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, ‘Mich. CATTLE: cows and gilts bred to “alts King 29499 Duroc who has sired more let. and 2nd rize pigfl Red 0 Polled cattle for sale bulls from 4 to mammal-o cows with calves by side and heifer's. G. A. ALHOON, attho State Fairin last‘: years than any ot er Duroc boar. Everyone will be a money maker for the buyer. Cat audit-ice list. 31‘. St. Johns. Mich. Bronson. Mich. NEWTON BARNH FRANK KEBLER, R. 1, ll 1 18 flag-lied Mlledfiéf‘siiizftait‘KB‘m “ "mm Grand Ledge, Mich. spring boom. A few giits bred for Serit. furrow at. bargain prices, W. C. ‘AYLOR. Milan, Mich DUROCS pion. Bull calves for sale, from 3 mos. to Bag. “3d Pull“, 1 year old. sired by Famous Charmer grand son of Charmer1919 International Grand Ch am- Wl‘JSTBBOOK BROS, service. Sired read for Duroc Boars b. 3...... Cherry 0...... King number 169239 son 0 the $10,000.00 Champion Jacks Orion King 2ndlaii large typo and heavy bone Ionia, Mich. out of good sows. T Bailey, Mich. HOGS May and June far-row. ogiatered Berkshires. Gilts. and Sam; bred for April A yearling Boar and a few younger.Spring pigs. Chase Stock Farm.Marlette.lich. HE J ENNINGSiFAliMS. V Boers of the large heavy DUYOC Jerseys BORIS boned type at reasonable prices. Write or better come and see I“. J. BRODT, Monroe, Mich. 29~649 D - . Big Type Chester Whites syrl'iiumadege. 2nd. Hill's Bi Bone Col. Wykoff. Smith's Gian, anfii yhflmpi‘m g '63:“ ti)“ 0’ 8°0dt bl dams. Cholera mmune an an 8 80 on gunran 86 ’. either sex. not related. Also fall [7188. N. L. HILL, Jr., Mackinaw. Ill, Tazewell, 00. for fall pigs. We register free d h' . A. .1 sniiiiiiuason, Beigiozifxiifiug.‘ 9 bo 0' I' C s forJune sh n are and spring pigs lent. CLOVER LEA F STUCK ‘PARM. Monroe, Mich- Central Mich. O. I. C. Swine Breeders Ass’n. Hogs of all ages of popular blood lines. sule guaranteed by association. DR. H. W. NOBLES, 0 Lara choice spring pigs either sex. Booking orders. D. Eight youn Every Sales Mgr. Coral, Mich. For Sale 0. I. C. Swine, $2123.? “5,33%? “€33 good boars and giits left of same type and blood lines. that won for us at Ohio and Michigan State Fairs. Priced very cheap. Write us before you buy. R l NEIVMAN'S STUCK FARM MAiiLE’rTE. MICH. I. C's. One last fall boar wgt. 4‘25, two last fall ' gilts, bred lots of spring pigs and this fall pigs either sex. good growtliy stock )5 mile west of Depot. Citz‘s. Phone 124. Otto B. Schulze, Nashville, Mich, O 1. 0'5 June zmd July boars and open glits. Record- -ed and express paid for next 30 days each one a guaranteed feeder. F. O. Burgess. R3. Mason, Mich. o. I. C. Serviceable boar-'6‘. A few extra good boars at farmers” prices, 11. W. MANN Dansviiio. Mich. ig Type F. C. Brad gilte. Fall yearlin 5. prize win- ners. out 1100 lb. sire and mummot sows from Iowa's greatest. herds. E.J.Mathewson,Burr Oak,Mich. 9 2 March boars $10 each. Fail i 0- I. C 5 by c. 0, Bi Cullowny. p a O. J. THOMPS )N, Rockford, Mich Closing out. sale of big type Poland China hogs, which represents the work of 25 cars of constructive breeding. Everything goes; inc udlng our three great. herd boars, “Mich. Muster" by "(limit Buster", “ Giant" “Butler's Big Bob," Two of the best yearling swepects in Michigan great length. big bone, ome get your pick. Jno. 0. Butler, Portland, Mich. Lar etgpe Poland China's spring boars ready to 8 8. ip. Everything immune from Cholera. A. A. FELDKAMP. R. No. 2, Mich. Poland Chinas Spring boars and giits from the Sr. Champion beer at the State Fair at Detroit this year also Grand Champion at West Mich. Fair at Grand Rapids weighing 1025 lbs. If you want something that. will give you sat- isfaotion let us sell E'ou I boar or g . ALLEN BR ., Paw 193w, Mich. L. S. P. C. Everything sold previously ad. 25 spring pigs placed on the bargain counter for mo. of Sept. pairs or trios not akin. H. O. SWARTZ. Shoolcraft, Mich. lBig Type Poland Chinas Ourherd is representative of the best in Big Types. Choice boars for sale now. Wesley Hile, R. 6, Ionia, Mich. ' Special pig sired byaner's Poland China Giant 1292.75 and from our best sows are‘the best. we ever offered. Write for particulars. DORUS ROVER, Akron, Mich. boar pigs best I have raised in my 15 years ofbreed- 6 ing sired by Big Bob Mastodon a son of the world's champion. Manchester, rice $50 and 50 fall pigs send orders now. 0. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. h-lioh I am offering Large Type Poland China. Sows, bred to F‘ u Orange. at reasonable rices; also fall pigs. Write or Call Clyde Fisher, St. ouis, Mich. .R.3. My!0h My! What An Opportunity “’8 are now oifering a few ('hoivo big type Poland China Bours,frorn Big Smooth Jones,onc of the b reeds best. sires, from dams by such noted sires as Grand Master. Ilillcrost Wonder. Mastadon Wonder and Hillcrect Bob. ‘ You can't get better breeding. Individually they will pleased'ou. Price IL Kalamazoo, Mich. L. T. P. C. 70 head of Poland Chlnaa at private sale. Am offering espring boars from 840 to $50 and gilts the same price. ummer and fall pigs 5% each. The first check will brin ion the first choice. HART, FULCHER O CLI , Address I“. ’1‘. Hart, St. Louis, Mich. with quality, Blg Type POIflnd Chlnas eonable prices. Pigs of both sex, and bred cows and gilts. G. A. BAUMGARDNER, it. ‘2, Middlevilie. Mich. at re- ; ‘ ' ' ‘ k.h' i f l , ' ' Farm .Durocs. Service boars and I... gan SChOOl for Deaf. $1.100. . Fine Registe ed égdligiyctrfargglittgisfia e gelsft‘rzigg? qopeqii‘tgiilgcfgié‘faggagnstflfnd 350. h, CODSigned by John P- Hehl, Detmlt’ 0' H' “H ””3" M‘m‘H'Mm" 0. F. liOSTEii,lVigi-.. Pavilion, Mich " ~4 Mich.: . ‘ ‘ _ , . ” Vie-K“ “We“ DiMKiJ Breakwater Dumc Jerseys w... “2e. is?ioiehizasisamis d l, ' golf M' Williams, North ams, 1c ' " Bey OMS- “iri. hoiiififirlfisi' L. B. 505 Durand, Mich. rill. A King Thyrsa De K01.K' K' S" to M' BOARS-Read for Service Duroc Jerseys ‘ff ”39 "if‘i‘té'pef‘iwé’l‘wd {1"J,ROChe, Pianney' M1011" $325 y I at a. price you can afl'm‘d afghan Gfdlagafiteecd‘llolguoix: e' - Consigned by A. W. Copeland, Bir— Big type,largc bonckimd ruggbeg miltihhpifntyordcliuig- you. w. E. Hartley. Alma, Mich. ' 3: ity. This is your c once to y g c ass 1!: Vi - i ' mgt'igivliiérlgchreameue Korndyke, to “81m “awnab‘c 9““3- , . DU ROG JERSEYS . Michigan School for Deaf, Flint, Mich., _ . Opera Cults . Carey U. Edmonds, Hastings. Mich. ~ ‘ . of chorcc breeding and right type. Panama Specml. B d .1 $3OQ' II 1: Mi h. n The Principal 4th, Orion Cherry King, and Great DUROC JERSEYS beufiigfi. Pgit‘tlgf Pleterje Creame 9’ 0 0 18a Orion farnilies. Now is the time to buy before the finder. E. D. HEYDENBERK. W'ayland, Mich. ‘School for Deaf, Flint, Mich., $440. Zilla Winona 2nd, to James Nye & . 7 Son, Pontiac, Mich., $360 / Consigned by J. A. Campbell & Son, .' Parma, Mich.: " , ' Ann .De Kol ‘Segis Polkadot, to W. H. Wernett & Son, Plymouth, Mich., 300. ~ » , Consigned by Myers Brothers, Adri- an, Mich.: gan School for Deaf, Flint, Mich., $810. » -Grandview Ormsby Segis, to Michi- p, demand takes all of the good ones. Write us for Prices and Pedigrees Mail order: a Specialty. Satisfaction. guaranteed. BROOKWATER FARM ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN H. W. Mumford, 'Owner DUROC JERSEY SWINE for sale 2 yr. old herd boars. a; , also bred sows and ilts. pr 88- Come and see t em J. B. Andrews, Mgr. arling boars and boar rite for pedigrees and THUS. UNDERHILL .0 SUN. Salem. Mich. LEASANT View Durocs. Choice spring boars and gilts. Come and see or at our §rice before buying. W. C. BURLINGAM & 80 . Marshall, Mich. DUROC money back. Jerseys. July and Sept.farrow. either sex, 15 to ‘25 dollars, satisfactionor B. E. KIES, Hilisdale. Mich. Raise Chester 'Whites Consigned_~ by Vernon Clough, Par- ma, Mich.: . ~ _ , 'Netherland Helen Marshall, to E. G. Stevenson, Ontario, $460 ,- jConsigned 'by E. - E. Sturgis, St. Johns, Mich.: . "Lady Houwtje‘ Hengerveld K01-n. ' to M..J.Roche, Pinekney, Mich., ‘ taxis AnzaBurke, to Mark H. Pip- t. Mich.,. $205. ~ on, . . Sprln pigs by Walt’o int Sr. Yearling Detroit, Jackson,Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919 Phillips Bros,Ri-ga,M_ich. 25' Like This , a. VI! startedthousandaotbreedera on theroad: no success. I can help you. I want to place one ho from ”3;; ""yearlyl d nfii?y.'n——”°'§oa§§“ii3t Won danguwplm'loralowhun I. I. mum, 3,}, p, 19, grand. mm mwa n8. t9 Wk H For sax EBAY. nu . Jar-or- ot‘ths his so... sflC'gg-miz‘sraamum R an a. a°son'i‘o.is.uioii Bl I B P. C. a. few first class. 200 lb. boars left also 8 "1 some fall boar pigs good enough to head any herd. Come and see or write, E. R. LEONARD, 11.3, St. Louis, Mich. BARGAINS on Big ty 9 spring and summer Poland p China Pigs also your ing Shorthorn bulls, bull and Pierson, Mich. heifer calves. Robert Neve, Spring boars and gilts now re d L. To Po Co “mm . Something 00d atariaghi price. W. JJHAG ‘LSHAW. meta, Mich. Edgewood Hampshires All bred gilts sold. Now booking orders f 11 for fpil furrow. and pigs for gig club worllniniiliyl'8 bred Depew Head. Edgewood arm. Marion, Ohio. spring boars and fall ' ‘ "‘MPsHlBES book our order noii’vlsfgoEi-t $23,571? JOHN W. SN DER. R. 4. St. Johns, Mich, SHEEP. Rams B. dz 0. type. having size.quality,best of breeding firiced to sell write. 8. n. A Dims. n. a. Ashtabula, o. WHi'l'l'UM FARM SHROPSHIRES A fine lot of imported and house bred yearling ewes and rains for sale. A fine chance to start a new flock or improve the old one call at the farm or write for just what in want. 0. Eaton Rapids. Mich. Delaine . WHITTUM. Hillcrest Shropshires A aloe lot of Ewes and Ram of all as our flock In by lggxerrow 3164 a son of nator Bibi; n. J. so. A. WILLIAMS, Middlevuie,'Mioii. .uiim'mu Stock up. on roe-car * firs ». . ’r>zu. h, :‘7’9. \ o ’\ ae‘ 1 Hull " ' Ill 0" L‘ “ " .....__'...___....._.:. .._.. ,\. GRAIN QUOTATIONS November 17, 1920. Wheat. Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $2.10; De- cember $2.04; March $2; No. 2 white and No. 2 mixed $2.08. Chicago—No. 1 hard $1.951/2; Decem- ber $1.87 1,52; March $1.771/2. Corn. Detroit—Cash No. 2 mixed 910; No. 2 yellow 960. Chicago—No. 2 mixed 84613850: No. 2 yellow 86%0. Oats. Detroit—Cash No. 2 white 571/20; No. 3 white 560; No. 4 white 54c. Chicago—7N0. 2 white 521509530; No. 3 white 501/2@520. ~ Beans. Detroit—Immediate and prompt are steady at 34.50.494.60 per cwt. Chicago—Market easy. Hand-pick- ed beans choice to fancy $435085; red kidney beans $9@950 per cwt. New York —~Market continues dull. Choice pea. $5.90; do medium $6@6.25; red kidney $11 per cwt. Rye. Detroit—Cash No. 2 rye $1.64. Seeds. Detroit—#Prime red clover $12.25; December $12.40; alsike $10.25; timo- thy $3.40. Toledo—Prime cash at $12.25; De- cember $12.35; alsike $16.50; timothy $3.45. ' WHEAT Factors which ordinarily influence prices upward are no longer effective. The wheat situation statistically jus- tifies a stronger market but with bak~ ers failing to buy flour in normal vol- ume while their liigherfriced holdings are being absorbed millers have no or- ders upon which to base purchases of wheat and the market is at the mercy of -t'oreign demand which is intermit- tent and only prominent upon pro- nounced declines. England, which is our chief buyer, purchased no wheat from July 29 to November 10, and at."- ter making fairly large purchases on that day, the Royal Commission an- nounced that it would not buy more except, on a basis about 25 cents lower. (lther European countries are buying in spite of weak exchange which be- trays their necessities. Germany’s wheat. crop is officially estimated at 88,000.000 bushels and rye 193,000,000 bushels against a five—year ayerage of 152,000,000 bushels of wheat and 400,- 000,000 bushels of rye. However, ex- port sales and such news as that con- cerning Germany is not sufficient to give the market firmness in the ab- sence of domestic buying. CORN Total supplies of corn for the 1920- 21 season including crop, carryover and visible supply, aggregates 3,351,- 000,000 bushels, or 361,000,000 bushels more than last year. In 1912-13 the aggregate supply was 3,193,000,000 bushels which were consumed during the season. The quality of the corn crop this season is the highest known, being 7.7 per cent above the average. Average weight of oats per measured bushel is 33.1 lbs; wheat 57.4 lbs; last year oats a‘veraged 31.1 lbs, and wheat 56.3 lbs. This factor adds several mil- lion bushels to the feeding value of these grains. When it is considered that the total live stock population is ten or fifteen million greater than in 1912 the outlook for feed grains is not‘F so bearish as it may appear to be. Corn has yet to discount the effect of the new crop movement although it is getting under way, Chicago receiving 15 cars at the close of the week. Car shortage supported the price last fall but this year this factor will not be operative so that fresh declines may take place although all the evidence ‘indicates that these will not carry downward much further. OATS . Oahprices are dragging because of the. big stocks in terminal markets which continue to mount. - .There is little likelihood of marked improve- ment in corn and oats prices for three months. BUCKWHEAT cl -m .‘s . ~ ' ‘ b \ N > a.“& ‘I .u. 0373M.- .nmnnniniajn if!“ the usual habit of stocking up for win- ter requirements is not noticeable. The market is mostly slow, though Chicago quotes it higher at,$2.-50@3 per 100 lbs, while Milwaukee runs $2.25@2.50. The November 1 returns indicate a crop of 14,321,000 bushels, compared with 16,- 301,000 last year and an average of 15,305,000 during the preceding five years. - BEANS Bean prices declined a trifle during the past week, influenced by general bearishness. Colder weather is help- ing the demand, although it remains far below seasonable volume. Grow— ers refuse to sell on declines so that the outlook favors an advance. Mich— igan beans are quoted in earlots f. o. b. common shipping points at $4.75 per 100 lbs. The latest returns put the crop at 9,36 .000 bushels in six states compared With 11,488,000 bushels last year and 13,213,000 bushels as the av- ~ erage of the preceding six years. The strong statistical position eventually should assert itself. SEEDS instead of a reduction in the clover seed crop which was anticipated be- cause of abandonment of acreage the last government estimate was 1,593,000 bushels. compared with 1,099,000 bush- els last year, 1,197,000 two years ago, and 1,488,000 three years ago. France and England have good crops, but ltaly, another source of imports, is short. Prices declined during the week along with nearly everything else, but are still above pre-war levels. FEEDS Only minor changes took place in feed prices in spite of the fresh de- clines in feed grains. Some distribut— ing points show slight advances while others receded. Linseed meal which has been out of line with cottonseed meal lost more of its premium. Light production of mill feeds continue as strongest supporting influence. Feed- ing demand is expanding slightly but is still below the usual volume. Chicago—Brans $37; standard mid— dlings $42; flour middlings $46; cotton- seed meal, 41 per cent $50; cottonseed meals, 36 per cent) $42; gluten feed $45; hominy feed $42; old process oil meal $63; tankage $80@90. Detroit.———Bran $43; standard mid- dlings $45; flour middlings $54; coarse corn meal $44; cracked corn $47; chop . $38. HAY - ' Cold weather stimulated the demand for hay at western markets, while re- ceipts are light. The south is buying much les’s than usual. The. outlook does not suggest much higher prices, and lower prices for timothy and clo- ver would not be surprising although holding by producers would offset this tendency for the time being. Detroitho. 1 timothy at $290,030; standard $286129; light mixed. $28tti129; N0. 2 timothy $27@28; N0. 1 mixed $27@28; No. 1 clover $27@28; rye straw $N.5t1@15; Wheatand oat straw‘ $13.50@14. POTATOES The government’s report for Novem- ber showed a slight increase in the potato crop to 421,000,000 bushels as against 358,000.000 bushels last year and 362,000,000 as the average of the preceding five years. The potato mar- kets continue nearly steady to firm with price changes slight in most con- suming markets. Shipments hold up to about 1,000 cars daily. Some Cana- dian potatoes are reported on the way. Numerous box cars of potatoes Were frozen in the cold wave. Northern round white stock is quoted mostly at $1.85@2 per 100 lbs sacked, f. o. 1). Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan shipping points. At Chicago,»Whites bring $1.75@2.60 per cwt; at Cleveland Michigan round whites, 150-lb sacks $3.50@3.60; Cincinnati, Michigan 3.75 @4 per 150 lbs; Detroit, Michigan at $3.35@3.50 per 150-lb sack. BUTTER Fre‘sh butter has held at practically unchanged prices all week. The only advance outside of that on centralized at Chicago was an advance of one cent- at New York on Friday. The storage market has not done so well. W'hile storage stocks on the four markets have moved fairly well the buying is largely of.privately owned stocks rath- er than on the open market. Prices Live Stock Market Service DETROIT Cattle. Market is dull, common thin grades practically unsaleable. Best heavy steers ....... $ 10.00 Best handy wt bu steers 7.50@ 8.50 Mixed steers and heifers..7.00@ 7.25 Handy light butchers . . .. 6.00@ 6.50 Light butchers .......... 4.00@ 5.50 Best cows ............... 6.25@ 7.00 Butcher cows ........... 5.00@ 6.00 Common cows .......... 4.00 Canners ............... . . 3.00@ 3.50 Choice bulls ......... 6.50@ 7.00 Bologna bulls ..... 5.75@ 6.25 Stock bulls ............ . 4.00@ 5.75 Feeders ........... » 7.00@ 9.00 Stockers ............ . . . . 5.00@ 7.00 Milkers and springers. . . .$ 65@ 100 Veal Calves. Market dull and 500 lower. Best aonaenoooo-oooooooo-$15.00@15.5O Others . 6.00@12.50 ' Hogs. . Market steady to 25c higher: pigs and yorkers $13; mixed hogs $12.75. Sheep and Lambs. Market 25@50c lower. Best lambs ..... . . . . . . . . .$ 11.00 Fair lambs ...... o e o I 0 I O o 9n00@10~50 Light to common . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 7.75 Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 5.00@ 5.50 Culls and common. . . . . . . 2.00@ 3.00 CHICAGO Hogs.‘ Estimated receipts. today are 28,000; holdover 7,287. Market fairly active; mostly 10@‘150 higher. Bulk .of‘sales $12.40@12.85; tops $13; heavy 250 lbs up medium, good and choice .at $12.50 @1290; ‘medium 200~to 250.1133 medi- um, good and choice at‘ ‘ $12.65@- 12.90; light 150 to 200 pounds com- mon. medium, good ”and" choice at Weather has been more seasonablo $12.50@12.-85;, light..'lights 180’ to 150 t r buckwheat consumption, ‘although lbs common, medium, good and choice ‘@ $12.40@12.90; heavy packing sows 250 lbs up smooth $11.90@12.35: packing sows 200 lbs up rough $11.65@11.90; pigs 130 lbs down medium, good and choice $12.25@l3.25. . ' . Cattle. ‘ . . , Estimated receipts today are 18,000. Best grades are steady; others lower. Beef steers medium and heavy weight 1100 lbs up choice and prime $15.25@ 17; do medium and good $9.25@15.25; do common $7.75@9.25; light weight 1100 lbs down good and choice $12.25 @1075; do common and medium $7@ 12.25; butcher cattle heifers, common, medium, good and choice $4.506j‘)12.50; cows, common, medium, good and choice $4.25@10.25; bulls, bologna and beef $4.50@9.25; canners and cutters, cows and heifers $3@4.25;‘do canner steers $3.50@5.50; veal calves light and handy weight medium, good and choice $15@15.25; feeder steers, com- mon, medium, good and choice $7@ 10.50; stocker steers common, medium, good and choice $4.25@8.50; stocker cows and heifers, common, medium, good and-choice $4@6.75;; western range cattle beef steers, medium, good and choice" $8@12.25; do cows and heifers medium, good and choice $5.25 @950. . Sheep and Lambs. Estimated receipts today are 27,000. Market 25@50c loWer. Lambs 84 lbs dowln ‘medium, good, choice and prime $10.50@12; do culls and common $8@ 10;.spring lambs, medium, good and chorce $8.25@10.25; ewes, medium. good and choice -$4.50‘@6.25:_ ewes cull and common $2.50@4; breeding ems, full mouths to yearlings $5@7; year.- .. it as. e nos ay 3 ‘ . 1 7 am 8 _ 13,; mums unto—113;. tn. ling. wethers medium. good and'cholce _. 311506111250. " - i ' show a wide range and buyers been very critical, The chief" with thi market~is a. lack of ‘ 5: dence. ‘ne butter continuesis- o ._. present consumptive trade. ~M€di§fil . , grades have been clearing fairly-Ewell ' 1' but some very low prices have‘bcé 1 - ‘ reported on real undergrades. Closing tone of the market is steady to am with 92 score quoted at 621/éc; Chico; 650 New York; 600 at. Boston, 646 7 Philadelphia. ' recs. AND POULTRY, _ Egg prices continue to favor the pr ducer, the farm price for a dozen pro ably exceeding the value of a bushel: of corn in most cases. There. is a,pros,- ‘ . pect. of still higher prices because’ of the scarcity of the best grades. Texas. f; has a big turkey crOp but many. other? sections are below the average. Prices «1; - were as follows: , ’ ’ ' f‘f’ Chicago—Eggs, fresh firsts 67@68c; ~ miscellaneous 57@64c. Poultry, spring chickens 2535c; hens, general run, at '. 18@25c: roosters 22c; ducks,25@28c;g,; geese 26c; turkeys 380. . “ Detroit.—Eggs, fresh candied 6863);; 720. Live poultry, spring chickens 25 @260; Leghorns 20¢?D.22e; hens 25@_;, 260; small hens 18c;'roos~ters 180;. geese 25c; ducks 30@32c; turkeys at _85@36c. CHEESE Cheese markets at distributing cent— ., ers opened firm. When country mar- kets advance asking prices were gen-TL _. erally raised on all markets. The ad- vance contracted demand and trading”:- developed into exchanges of small lots for immediate needs. The market's-s; held firm. Confidence is expreSSed in ‘ the situation as the demand is sum-f. i, well. Eastern markets havehadlcon- siderable dealings in held goods, prices being firm. Dealers generally are not. using any more of their storage goods , than they have to as they are now timely-Q: to move fresh at a profit. , APPLES ‘Apple shipments decreased slightly: but are still nearly up to 1,000 ears, a" day. Baldwins A-21/2 continued steady' “‘9 at), $4.25 f. o. b. New York shipping" points and $4.50@5 in eastern consum-' ing markets. Chicago was weak with. fl, Kings and Wageners quoted at $4.50 @525; Baldwins and Greenings $4.25 , @5 and Jonathans $8@8.50; ‘Bald'wins in Minneapolis reached $6. _ ’ .f NEWS OF THE WEEK. (Continued from page 622). ' , ;~- gallon by large oil companies—The; .3 first hearing before the Kansas court: . of industrial relations at which ,, em~ .-_ " ployers are charged with curtailment of production in an essential industry is set for tomorrow.~ ' Monday, November 15. 1 . , OLSHEVIK forces are reparted to: ' have taken Sebastopol and British , destroyers are now patrolling, the fig.“- Black Sea. to prevent the Ru‘Ssians gf from communicating with Turkey—.14- .. The French naval budget for 1921 . amounts to over one billionfranc'ss— Six children are killed and twelve per— sons seriously hurt when afalse 'alarm_ of'fire is given in a New York theater; g Tuesday, November 16. , , N the Greek elections early reports... indicate that the government h lost in practically every province. Refugees are fleeing from .Crimea'h General Wrangel’s forces make their *1 last stand before the Russian hotsho- viks.——The entire crew of the'illrfdt‘ed steamer Widlar has been safely» , .‘-< ed at the Soo.———'Turkish nationalist; forces and the Armenian government ‘v' have taken steps to bring about peace: the main issue being the fixing =0 boundaries. ' ,, ‘1' . 5 COMING Lil/E erocK VSALEé; Duroc Hersey—November '1 28. ‘ L EberBOIe. Plymouth, 151101118: Hashim—Novemberfl, {Ch i ‘3‘" . 'Earm, Lansing, Michigan. BUFFALO" Eéloiah‘. "Hotness-7N“ " artist? ' ' c an , ‘ can M c '1 1 l WOOL : . ‘ More actual business Was reported ”b: the wool market circles the past Week. but the prices are not flattering. About a quarter of a million pounds of choice Ohio delaine was sold outside cl: Boston at a clean basis of about $1123 fer wools of 66’ s—’—70's grade, ~ While Boston reports these wools at 5011 in the grease. Montana fine and fine medium in the ciiginal bags at 30 @33c or about 900 clean basis, and Texas twelve months at 85c clean has is. Australian auctions report a firmer market on the 'fine staple wools, super 64’s figurin‘g about $1.15 clean, landed at Boston. American buyers are fairly active, presumably trying to anticipate tariff legislation. Retailers are quot- ing lower prices in the eff01t to clear stocks. It will not be surprising to see the market become steady at around the present basis. Quotations, mostly nominal as issued from Boston are as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces. ——De- laine unwashed 50@52c fine unwash- ed 38@40c; half-bloodC co’mbing 42@ 45c; three— eightl1~blood combing 37@ 380 per pound. Michigan and New York fleeces.— F‘ine unwashed 38((2390; washed 48@500; half-blood unwashed 42@44c; three-eighth-blood unwashed 36@38c. . Wisconsin, Missouri and average New England—«Half—blood 400; three- eighth-blood 32611340; quarter-blood 28 , @300. FARM BUREAU MARKET REPORT. Elevator exchange business is very geod. Dealers are filling postponed re» quirements. No export demand for wheat, although Europe purchased heavy the early part of the week, ad- vancing market 100. Local mills re- port no demand for flour but have a heavy demand for bran and middlings at present prices. Exchange added six additional associations, totaling 32. Re- ports disclose very little grain moving although grain marketed through ex- change shows sales to exceed other bids‘ to associations five to seven cents. Seed department has made extensive purchases of Grimm in west for mem« bers of the farm bureau. Demand for Qrimm increased materially through- out northern states. Supply available is not large, due to partial crop failure in Dakotas and Montana. All the seed markets are weaker but seed depart- ment able to make a number of sales outside of the state at price consider- ably above current market. Much im- ported and southern seed on market, but some sections willing to pay pre« ~mium for Michigan grown. STATE HOLSTEIN 'SALE. (Continued from page 649) Consigned by R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Mich. Burtondale Lady P-ieterje 2nd, to E 'G.- Stevenson, Ontario, $560. Moonlight Colantha Genieve, to Ed. ward Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va., $400. Cluny Maplecrest Pontiac Hartog, to C$B3a0z&ey Stock" Farm, Ypsilanti, Mich, Consigned by Carl Hitchcock, Char- lotte, Mich: Traverse Colantha Minita, to E. G. Stevenson, Ontario, $300. Mggns'igned by B. J. Bird, Ypsilanti, Ypsiland Leona 'De Nijilander, to glovgard Wagner, Wheeling, W. Va., Valley Jewel Banostine, to Bazley Stock Farm, Ypsilanti, Mich, $380. Consigned by Russell H. Blake, Jack- son, Mich: Belle Perfection De Vries to Michi- gan School for Deaf, Flint, Mich, $500. Blackberry Belle Burton, to Culver Farms, Colver, Pa... $250. Blackberry Belle Pontiac, to E. K. Maison, dAthesisprich” 215. roe mes ontiac Kin‘g Della, to ROW 1Chiv‘eiers ,bJaclgon, Mich, $200. one gne 0a (1 a Jackson, Mich: y r m n Farms, Oriskany Korndyke Bessie, to E. G. Stlegfinsonfi Ontario, $350. ea eta Kornd ke, to 103.1. iMariions Mich" $2 220. H 0‘ one fine 3’ N. S. C 1' Adrian, Mich: u tis & Son Mary Elizabeth Colantha 02nd, to GOP ‘ ver Farms, Colver, Pa... $310 Notwithstanding the cheaper corn and roughage, the country-ward move- ment of cattle continues of only mod- , 'erate volume. The October movement from Kansas éity was only about two- thirds that of a year ago when, how- ‘ shipments fto delaine un- , so easy to clean Milking done; the separator run finished—what then? Either a mussy, fussy period of washing up and re-assembling—or a quick, sani- tary wash-up that’s a matter of mo- ments. -—-—Depends entirely on how wisely you’ve selected your separator. The Perfected Disc Bowl of the United States takes the drudgery out of the c1ean—u'p.No chance to get the discs mixed; they’ re inte1 changeable. Just slip them on the handy disc transfer-— at one stroke—-wash in warm water, rinse in boiling water, and the job’s done. The United States is a Separator you can live with in peace. Write for catalog Vermont Farm Machine Corporation Chicago, Ill. Jackson Blvd. 3W. Bellows Falls, Vt. Salt Lake City Portland, Ore. ex ’4‘. Burrs“ on Io ' Bun; - ' 138' Crushers hmnnd Dr! Feed-all at whic means less who- .end large: and Mr. POULTRY FARMER. - We make a specialty of White Hennery Eggs and have created a profitable market for your eggs the year around. We pay the hithest premium for your Hennery Whites—We remit some day shipments arrive. Ship Ghana-Ship by Express GEO. R. ELDRIDGE CO. 494-18“: Street. Detroit, Mich. Remember! We gull-ante. you notification with every shipment HA Dani 1 Mc Caff ey’s Sons, -_ 623-62 Wabash Bldl.. Pinaburt. Pfi- Horida Fancy Select Fruit.‘ Freshlfrom our-groves to you t!”- boxess, contain about. 200 Oran es and Grape mxed, Half boxes. ”.00 e have all kinds. tFimfty Havana Cigars. 83. ’l he People' 3 Fruit 00. ., 934 Twiggs St., Ship to The Old Reliable Hou so 00. Tampa, Fla. WE USE THE DE [AVA]. Cream Separator There are more than 2, 500, 000 De Laval Cream Separators in me. andtlu351gnna umverulmarkof separator satisfaction the world over. T!!! D! “VAL SEPARATOI C0. New York Chicago Sun Fro-Ghee SHIP YOUR Pfllllllll, Will. and H088 LTO l. W. Keys commission (lo. 470 Riopelle 51., Detroit, Mich. "‘ Eastern Market . , you Will Get a Shu‘sreDeal 1;“ and mans; Dalian ' SHEEP 35 Registered Shro shire FOR SALE yearling rams and ram ambs. Also some choice Duroc Jerse beam and gilts. IL!" FORD MIDDLE WON Clay ton, Mich. SH ROPSHIRES Y2""“‘i§§.‘l sired by Imp. Berry No.)61-l for sale. Also a few ewes. ARTHUR DODDS, Lapeer, Michigan imported Mlnton Ram sire ShropshiresLa be w). some ewes, 2 yearling rams. DAN HOOKER, R. 4, Euro. Mich. Shropshire Rams right. CARL TOPLIFF, lambs,. year-Hugs and one 2 yrs. old, riced Eaton Rapids, ich. Shrop.hires Keg-1:11:11; sad“ ramosc with quality. oHowell, Mich ,.B McQ UILLA B. 'l. ShrOPShires {egglinlgdlégfium Etwes of all ELL,Y Ypsilanti, Mich. yearlineg or lambs tors Fowler-ville, Mich. Shmpshire Rams ARMSTRONG BROS. B. 3. G d t - Wool-lull" Shropshire Ram. mt’aiufiflifiafi‘, bred, priced right. A. B. FOSTER. Allegan, Mich. I.” 'hr.‘ Bhropshire Rams and ewes all ages for sole. Well woolcd with size and quality. Need to «11.11. 8. Ithaca. bliob. lab has Farm nosetotoes. Registered Shropshire Ewes and rams. Jno. Grieve, It. 3, Fowlerville.Mlch. SHROPSHIRE W. E. MORRISH, .5 For 5.1.0113“ registered Hampshire yearling rams F.Mouser, Shropshires, rams and ram lambs Eof choice breeding. W ooled from .Bacon & Son, Sheridan, Mich, Yearling rams. right. in price and quell“ ity‘. , F lint. Mich. m. L dram 1111:011th Ezarlgigs weigh 175 b ca . m’ "m o'g'ro 0.351513? 131.11 3 pMonroe, Mich. I‘figlsterednm Hznipshiévre lions 31723333.... 11111 a a so a w _ Welclllci.» Son-.11 Webb. Manager, Ionia. Mich. pshire Dow tomb-lam . one registered , rlngsnd fallfnrro wed bulking? ”a?" ”a .180”. 0.00. Mb. his 40 year. A. M Rgiorthdrn Berkshire Dil- Oxford tam lambs registered Ind Sale .1... For 3130“ W“ 11.1.... inch. .ABBO‘i’T. OXFORDS Rams, all ages £211.00?) owes chtesperbreedinth 933 .ALUGUE a” Milllngton. Mich. "“3145. " Want a Sheep? “status ensuring? booklet with list of breeders. Write CO A YLER, V2V' oodland Ave... Detroit, Mich. Houses BAY MARE For Sale sound and right in every way, weight about Maustb be sold at once come an as her or write5 L.J .Hamlin, 496 Hurlbut Av.e. Detsroit, Mich. P Stallions and mares at reasonable . heron pfires;inspect1011 iuiited. . ‘ G .tSON. . Chartlotte. Mich Firms and Farm Lands ForSale . LThe Future Live Stock and General Farm Section of America Is “but a professor' 111 a Northern Agricultural College said about the soul..l1 e r( 115011 is that. live stock 11111 crops \ield linger m t returns than in any other part of the Uni“ (l States because of fertile soils short winters. long pleasant summers and convenient markets. Two or more < rops a )car can be grown on the some land. Long grazing st mesons and w 1ntertm or crops re time for d (0515'. Lands cost. from one-third to one-half as much as similar lands in Northern and V'V'ostorn States Good roads, schools, churches and good people make the South a delightful 112100 to live. Lo( am now uliile land pl ice :1 are still low, make money and build 11p 11 good property. For full inform— .1tion w rite to J. (‘ “'1 iams.M1mager, Southern Railway D1 volopment Service, 1312 Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington. D. Attention Farmers! If you want to sell or exchange, your farm for Detroit city property, write to us for quick results. J. F. llinlz Real Estate 00., 786 Milwaukee Axe . F Detroit, Michigan. l’houe Mclrose 281. Members of the "Detroit Board of Commerce" and ”Detroit Real Estate Brokers Association." Record «Crop Farm With Horses, Cattle, Tools, Produce 158 acres near good KR. town; well cultivated fields, wire-fenced pasture, valuable wood, Will! ty fruit; new 5—room house. new basement ban making big mom y. but, owner called away, must. sell, ucludes pair mules. 14 cattle. colt. pigs, machinery, potatoes, grain, hay, etc. ' $8, 000 takes all, part. cash. balance easy terms. Details page 8;. Strout' 5 Big New Illustrated Catalog Farm Bargains Wisconsin. hilnnesota, Michigan, Illi- nois and 29 other states. 0 v.free 5'1 linUl‘ FARM AGENCY, 814 BC, Foxd Bldg, Detroit MR 11. 200- A( re Farm. 2:1 miles east of Philadelphia, near Lincoln Highway 6 miles from Trenton 2 to main line station. Fine stone house, eler tricity, water pressure system. heater fireplares, tiled bath, 6 room bungalow, both. good farm house, large barns, new silo, large hog house, lightning rods, 40 at res of moadou. 10 in valuable timber, 2 in fruit. Land nemly level and worked with tractor. l‘1X(0llOllb loamy soil for alfalfa, torn, potatoes, grain, hay and fruit. Most of it limed and manm'od. Buildings (' on- not be r( placed under $40 000. Price $1.30 an arm or attual v-alut of land without bui dings. Will sell stock and(omplcteequipmcnt of implements and mu- chinory very reasonable. (loud reason forselling. Bunk raferences and photugrubs of Maple (‘1‘th Farm. J.M.VV A'lKlNS,()u 111 r, Oxford Valley, Bucks (‘11.,al’ Ionia County Farm 140 acres of almost level L 1m loam land, ni( ely liH atod on state reward road,1loso to town, ('l1ur1l1 and school, 19 acres of wheat, good orchard, fax n1 is all well fenced and there is an one Hunt 1401. of buildings consisting of a 10 room house and one of the best 70 ft full basement burns 111 the (ounty, good silo, large hog house sheep house, htn house, tool 11011.3 and an excellent supply of" water. Prirei 13 $100 per 111 r1, on liberal tax-(mg: 121KB?) FUR Obit NEW FALL CA1- 1 ‘4 R111) A. (101)}? liE,Y near city of 5000 p0 ul.1tion For sale 120 acres good 51- bool, good mfrkots Oil trunk line road. twu barns, good house, windmill. water piped to house and barn. good shade, fruit of all kind, clay and sand soil. 6 acres timber, no waste land. If sold at once price $8,000. Buy from owner. K. C, CONKLIN, Vickeryville, Mich. Owner Obliged To Go To Another State ofiers fully equipped 200 acre dairy farm. convenient to best. schools rolleges and non er~11y di1i~aible into two good homes at big sacrifice, if taken now, with or without cattle and 1- quipped. WILLIAM B. HATCH. Lowell, Michigan. i psilanti, Michigan n pi e n d id '80 ‘GI'BS waukaflsill‘ma TWO. beer 'l1 and maple soil. lei'Le L l'1blc. ‘20 :1 good timb 1 r: splendid h0use;1 new ”burn t3lx7.’ 1 unotlu r36140,1 emont stave 8110 12x40, good fenhes, windmill and gas engine; 50 a. clover seeding. Great bargain .11; $13.3. 00 per acre. OscanE. Burnham, 507 Bank Bldg” Kalamazoo, Mich. Buy farms in New York State through the Farm Bru‘ hors' Association, Ino., on old established organiza- tion which will give you thorou hly reliable informs- tion and service, Offices throng out the State. Write The Farm Brokers Assmiation Int. ., Central Office, Oneida, N.Y. for brief list. and state your requirements. FARM BARGAIN macros in Midland County. Good soil large house and born, silo stone mud to Bay City and Sagina Requires Si, 511!) 00 cash. W rite E DVV' ARD HESSE 5!] Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. buys one of the best farms in $75 per acre the vi( inity of A1111 Arbor 2‘25 acres. 35 acres henv timber if sold will net. half the rice of farm. no tn es considered Detroit. Mich r. McADAMS. 1256 W Euclid ’ Grain, Dairy and Fruit farms at. bar- For sale gain prices. Market. at. your floor one hour from Detroit the heart of the country Write J. W. SALIAliD Romeo, Mich. dark loamy soil some muck good 176 acres ho o.use barn. farm tools, valuable timber. rice only 3‘2, 1100 details on retrace maeorge '1‘. Smith, R. 3, “'11 iamstown, N. Y For sale or rent an acres 5 miles from 01.11.11; if 1 red withb ildin and fences. Address 1111 can MENNOUGROBRZ, Gladwianlch. Good Reading OFFER No. 103. The Michigan Farmer, one year. 41.00 American Boy, one year. . . . . . . . . 2.50 —..——. Total value .. 8.50 Both forbimo. 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