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VOLUME OLVI. NUMBER ONE





DETROIT, JANUARY 1, 1921





 





CURRENT COMMENT





FTER farmers

have formed their





Salesman- . . .

, organizations for the

ship on handling of the main

the Farm products of the farm





there still remains the

problem of selling the small products,

which in the aggregate amount to

many dollars each year. The location

of the farm, class of products produced

and the demands of the trade must be

constantly studied. The rapidly in-

creasing fastidiousness of the consum-

ers is making the marketing problem

as regards vegetables, fruits, eggs,

poultry and dairy products more com-

plex every year. So exacting have

many dealers and consumers become

in their demands for better goods that

the producers must study their fancies,

analyze them and translate them, so

that they can apply them to the mar-

keting of What they have to sell. To

further complicate the selling problem

there are many consumers who buy

food primarily upon the testimony of

the eye, which is pleased with form

and color, rather than odor and flavor.



One must produce such goods as the



market demands, and have them for

sale at such times as people want to

buy. The more favorable the combi-

nation of these circumstances, the

brighter are the chances of success.

Take to market only the choicest goods

and find a special market for the poor-

est stuff, thus making a name for your

products. One can not change people’s

tastes. When a certain product is pop-

ular in the market it Will sell quicker

and higher than even a better product

with which the consumers are not ac-

quainted. One must familiarize and

practicalize the teachings of art. and

psychology in the growing and prepar-

ing of these small products of the farm.



There should be a good salesman on



every farm if the best prices are to be

obtained for the products. If the own-

er is not a good salesman, the wife or

one of the children should be encour-

aged to look after the selling end of

the business. One scarcely realizes

how many small things there are about

the farm that can be turned into mon-

ey, :things which in themselves do not

amount to so much, but which amount

to a tidy sum in the aggregate. A

young lady who had succeeded in pay-

ing .off hundreds of dollars of debts left

by her dead father told the writer that

she had done it by having something

.to sell every week in the year, no mat-

ter how little it was. .



The question of marketing the many

small products of the farm is a serious

m Unless there is a good salesman

it” hardly be profitable, and it the

salesman is an able-bodied man, whose

being away from the farm means neg.





I" all open mention. {hit 8111: products





as fruit vegetables; poultry, eggs and

dairy products can be profitably mar,-

keted by women and children As they





gradually become accustomed to the'





business they will be able to find a

profitable market for many things

which could be profitably produced on

the farm. Farming as a business is

made up of little things, and those

who have achieved the greatest finan-

cial success on the farm have devoted

special attention to the selling end of

the business. We believe that the

farm would have greater attractions

for women and children if they were

encouraged to look after the market-

ing of the small products, and given

a reasonable share of the proceeds to

use as they see fit.





N a great many in





Pub” C dustrial controver-

, sies the public acts

Indwtm’ the role of the inno‘

Interests cent bystander, and





often suffers out of

all proportion to the importance of the

controversy or the justice of the prin-

ciple involved. In all cases where the

American public suffers only inconven-

ience public opinion is tolerant, with

the typical American spirit of fair

play. But when inconvenience is

merged into suffering, tolerance ceases

to be a virtue and there arises an in-

sistent demand for relief. Public opin-

ion then becomes a court of final ap-

peal and some means is found to rem-

edy the situation, as was the case in

Kansas during the period of coal short-

age of last winter, where as a measure

of public self-preservation patriotic cit-

izens volunteered to work in the coal

mines as the only available means of

relieving an intolerable condition of

not only inconvenience but of actual

suffering.



Since that time general public inter-

est has centered in the working of the

Kansas Industrial Court. established

through the efforts of Governor Allen





as a vehicle for the settlement of in-V





dustrial disputes and the avoidance of

strikes where possible. So far this

court seems to have functioned. satis.

factorily, having rendered such just

and impartial verdicts as to prevent

serious industrial troubles in that

state. So long as its findings are back-

ed up by public opinion its continued

success seems assured. Attention is

now being generally centered on its

workings by the people of other states,

not only as a means of settling .labor

disputes alone. but other industrial re-

lations. It has been suggested that

state bodies. such as our own public

utilities commission, might profitably

be broadened into general industrial

courts, for the settlement of all indus-

trial disputes by investigation andar-

bitration so far as possible within

proper judicial limits. As an example

of the possible‘scope of the work of

such a body it has been pointed out

that it might properly include the ad-

judication of such industrial diflicul-

ties as sugar beet contracts for exam-

ple, as well as all other industrial mat-

ters in which the public has a vital in-

terest, as well as merely public service

questions as at present.



But while such a possible future de-

velopment is interesting it is not the

primary subject of this comment. As

in most other difficulties encountered

by the body politic, government aid in

the settlement of industrial disputes,

is probably secondary to first aid by

the public itself." This was the case

in Kansas and has been the case in

some of the countries of central Eu-

rope, where these difficulties have nat-

urally been much more acute since the

close of the war than they have been

in this country.

merits of public coonerauon Denmark





has been a. leader in- oooperation for

the protection of the 'public from the»

threatened disastrous eflects of indus-





As in other departv





serious consequences to all its people

Were threatened dry a." strike of eallors





and dock» workers in Copenhagen its





people rose to the occasion by organiz-

ing what ‘isyknown as The Community

Aid. This organization of public spir-

ited citizens Quickly grew to large pro-

portions and placed itself at the dis-

posal -of government authorities to re-

‘lieve the situation which, threatened

serious hardships for all the people,

These volunteer workers were utilized

in unloading ships and in providing

crews for vessels to move the coun-

try’s products, with the result that pub-

lic h‘ardship was reduced to a. mini-

mum during the settlement of the con-

troversy.



In like manner the public spirited

element of the people of Germany

banded together for public protection

from similar industrial contests, with

the result that during the Bolshevist

demonstrations in 1919 public suffering

of the most serious nature was avoid-

ed. Here the organization is known as

The Technical Aid, and as in Den-

mark it takes no part in industrial dis-

putes between capital and labor, ex-

cept where the public interest is seri-

ously threatened.- In'all such cases its

activities are limited to the rendering

of indispensable public service, mainly

the maintenance of indispensable pub-

lic utilities. In Germany, as in Den-

mark, the result has been most satis-

factory, and the movement has not

met with selious opposition from labor

organizations, many members of which

have joined the aid.





This plan has many advantages not

the least of which is the acquaintance

of many citizens in other callings with

the conditions surrounding the employ-

ment of workers, thus making the find-

ings of the final court of public opin-

ion more uniformly just in such cases



The people of this 'country may well

profit from the experience of the peo-

ple of these war-ridden countries who

have been confronted with industrial

difficulties in comparison with which

our own are insignificant.





ORE

farmers than ev-





Michigan





. The or before should inter-

Lwe SFOCk est themselves in the

Meeting meeting of the Michi-





gan Improved Live

Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’ Associa-

tion, and the allied breed\meet_ings,

which will be held at the'Michigan

Agricultural College on January 12-13.

As usual the meetings of the several

breed associations will be held on Wed-

nesday, followed in the evening by a

banquet tendered to the members of

the general association by the State

Board of Agriculture. These breed

meetings ‘are a source of inspiration

to every breeder of pulw'ebied live

stock, and should be attended by every

man who is interested in becoming a.

breeder as well as by every breeder

in the state. The banquet is a feature

of the meeting which adds much to its

social enjoyment and unifies the inter~

est of all breeders and feeders of live

stock as nothing else could do. No

Michigan farmer who is interested in

improved live stock, as every Michi—

gan farmer should be, should miss this

even if he can possibly avoid it.



For the general meeting on Thurs-

day, Secretary George A. Brown; with

the aid and direction of the other offi-

cers and the executive committee, has

prepared a. most interesting program.

This program includes a discussion of

Live StockProblems, by Dean Shaw,

of M. A. C.;' an address by President

Herbert E. Powell, of the association;

3. discussion of The Eradication of

Tuberculosis,

Stock Commissioner of the meagre





Live Stock Enhance: an address on

The Breeder's Part in Furthering the

Use of Pure-bred Siroe,- by President





by H. R. Smith, Live ,





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Heredity on Production, by R. S,

Graves, specialist in Dairy Cattle

Breeding, United States Department of

Agriculture, and a. talk on Developing

a Better Market for Michigan. Live

SIOCK. by L. Whitney «Watkins, ex-

president of the association and mem-

ber of the State Board of Agriculture





This program, which will be pub:- ‘





lished in full in the next issue togeth-

fBI‘ With a schedule of the breed meet-

lugs, will be of interest to every breed-

er and feeder in the state. We hope

that every breeder and feeder of im-

proved live Stock in the state will be

interested in Ina-king this, the thir-

tieth annual meeting to be held by

this organization, the best attended

and most profitable meetingin its his-

tory. Michigan needs more and better

live stock today than ever before, ah?

the progressive breeders and feeder ’

of the state must take the lead in this

necessary movement for the perma-

nent betterment of our agriculture.





News of the Week





Wednesday, Quombor 22.

LOYD GEORGE, of Great Britain.

declares that the p1oblem of un~



employment can probably only be solv-

ed through emigration and an appeal

will be made to the dominions to ar-

range to find work for England’s pres-

ent surplus of men—Special tariff leg-

islation will be given right of way in

the house of representatives, and de-

bate will be limited.———Charges ar





made that government ofiicials joins i,





in coal ‘profiteering during the period

of shortage last summon—The Italian

forces will blockade Flume, following

the refusal of D’Annunzio to surrender.

Thursday, December 23.



Y a vote of one hundred and ninety-



six to eighty-six the tariff bill pass-

es the house of r-eplesentatives. ——-th‘

cago adopts a curfew law in order to

aid in putting down the wave of crime

that the city’s police is now confront-

ing. —The forme1 empress of Germany

is ieported very low. —The Inter— state

Commerce Commission Oideis an in-

crease in 1nt1a state passenger rates

in the states of Arkansas and Minne-

sota—The deficit of the War depart-

ment for present fiscal year amounts

to more than $75,000,000.



Friday, December 24.~



HE Franco-British pact regulating.



affairs in Syria and Palestine is

signed.—Lloyd~George orders a cut ill

the British defense budget—The Unit-

ed States Senate undertakes the con-

sideration of the emergency tariff bill.

-—'«Mine operators deny an increased

wage to anthracite coal miners—-

Courts grant a temporary injunction

restraining power companies from

charging increased rates in the city of





- Saginaw.——According to the premier of





China, that country is in need of a

new parliament and a foreign loan.

Saturday, December 25.



HE first steps looking toward the



withdrawal of American military

occupation of Santo Domingo are

made. ~19 ire caused half a million dol-

lar loss in Halifax. -Ove1 ten million

dollais has been subscribed in Amer-

ica for the Central EurOpean Relief

Fund. —-A teirific earthquake in Kan-

Su province of China results in casual-

ties estimated at two thousand lives. .—

The newly formed Harriman- German

steamer line begins operation. ——~Th,e

president of the American Farm Bu-

reau urges the opening of the markets

of Russia and Germany in his appeal

before the senate agriculture and bank-

ing 'committees. -





Sunday, December 26.

ADE with Spain has increased





240 per cent since 1914. .—Appam -





l-y the Spanish government has , ,

victorious in the recent elections. «To

promote the economic and political up.-

ion of the five 1epublics of central

Amerlca,Guatema1~a has taken the ini-

tiative by abolishing trade relations

between that country and the rem“

er .of the group -—A manifesto has an

prepared by the Austrian govern“

asking that Austria be attache;





   

   





 

 





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with Warnings that beef cattle

shortage was on the way. same

of these warnings we





sational terms such as “bankruptcy in southwest; 111 1919 drouth in the north— shortage.





HE past year has been replete which imme fately preceded it.





The eastern half of the United States.

In the receipts by years just given,

That





“marketward movement was enlarged

abnormally in 1917 and 1918 and to a 1914 shows the smallest total.





a couched in sen— lesser extent in 1916 by drouth in the year marked the culmination of a real





The cattle supply was small





- beef supply will soombe here,” “a lean west was reaponsible for closing out also in 1913 and 1915. The 1esult was





“no time to. waste in building up

herds.” ',W‘e have previously stated on

the market pages of the Michigan

Farmer that the present shortage of

beef cattle was of a mild sort. So long

as prices are unpiofitable to the pro-

ducer because of over-supplied mar-

kets, it is absurd to talk of a cattle

shortage. ‘



It is true that receipts at leading

markets during 1919 fell below those

bf 1918 and that 1920 is falling below

1919, but receipts during 1917, 1918

and 1919 were larger each year than

any previous year in a long while.



Suppose we look at the figures.

ceipts of cattle at the six leading mar-

‘ kets, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha,

East St. Louis, St. Joseph and Sioux

City by years were as follows.





1920 (eleven months) . . . . . . 8, 857 725

' 1919 O O CO I l O O O 0 I C C O I O O O D I O o .11, 034, 000

1918 . . .11, 950, 000

1917 .10.299,000

1916 8,598,000

(1915 7,254,000

1914 6,723,000

1913 7,489,000

1912 7,717,000

1911 8,242,000

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1909’ . 8,627,000

1908 8,328,000

1907 9,024,000

1906 8,803,000

1905 9,314,000

1904 ocean-0.000.000.0000... 8,628,000

1903 . . 9,057,000



The total for 1920 will be fully 9,-

500,000 head, which is larger than any

year shown above except the three





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Protecting Farm C raps





IT is reported that the state of Massachusetts is suspending

the license of every motorist convicted of stealing produce from

orchards and gardens. This seems a very practical way of dis-

couraging a form of thievery which has 'proven very obnoxious

to farmers \in many states where there are large industrial cities.



The automobile is the tool through which the produce thief

carries on his work. He can reach distant points in the coun-

try in a few minutes’ drive. After loading up with fruit or other

farm produce he is soon back in the city and fairly safe from

capture. If the dishonest owner of a car knew that a convic-

tion for stealing frOm a farmer might cause the removal 01" his

license, it would do much to discourage such methods.



Such a law might do more than-..a constabulary to protect

farm property. Even with the state police, such a law might be

very beneficial in helping them perform their work. Of course

it is physically impossible to protect every roadside orchard and

garden from thieves if the thieves make an industrious effort to

obtain the goods. But the law would have strength. to deter

many city people from preying on farm gardens. It is unfortu-

nate, but some city dwellers can see no relation between robbing

a grocery store and a farm field. One seems to them like high-

way' robbery. The other, a legitimate sport, like fishing or

hunting rabbits.





 





 





 





 





 





 





that region. However, drouth condi- by the general scale of. values at that

tions do not fully explain the big runs time, with the exception, of several

from 1917 to 1919. Cattle production months when foot-and-mouth quaran-

had actually increased so that the tines placed producers at the mercy of

number available for slaughter was the packers. Profitable prices led to

larger. This increased cattle popula- expansion of p10duction,pa1ricula11y

tion was found to be primarily in” the in the cornbelt and heavier maiketing





as a result of this expansion began in” Y '





1917.





The annual estimates of the D’e-v





partment of Agriculture upon the cat- - V





tle population corroborate the stool:

yards indications that pioduction had

ineleased. Cattle other than milch

cows on Januaiy 1, 1914, were estimate





ed at 35,855,000, the smallest figure. ,

of any year since 1900, but on January -’





1, 1919, the number had grown to 45,-

085,000, an increase of 22.3 per .cent.





During the first part of the period of





» increased marketing, consumptive de-





mand was sufficient to absorb it. Our

exports of beef increased from nearly

nothing to over 800,000,000 pounds an-

nually, an amount which would require

about 1,600,000 average market cattle

to produce. We had our own army

abroad to provide for

countries were unable to draw upon

Argentina and Australia because of the

long voyages and the shmtage of ship-

ping. They used ins tead the United

States supply.



However, the American people were

urged to eat less meat and we had

meatless meals which reduced our

home consumption to some extent. As

a result when the war stopped and

European. countries could again get

beef from the Antipbdes, our home

market had to absorb more bee-f titan

there was a demand for became of the

reduction in average consumption. The

post-war boom, therefore, advanced

the price of beef cattle less than the

majority of commodities and most of

the time in the last twenty-one months

prices of beef cattle have been unprof-

itable.



About a year ago, the Department of

Agriculture summarized the estimate



(Continued on page 17).





—By A. K. C/zzttendm,





Cutting Timber (in Farm Woodlots W. as...“ MWAC





ANY farm woodlots could be had little value in the past and when





put in better shape by judicious

, thinning or by planting up the

Openings with valuable species of trees

or by both. In many woodlots the

growth of timber is at a standstill,

growth of the younger trees being off-

set by decay of_the older ones. In

many woodlots faster growing and

more valuable species can be introduc-

ed to advantage. Whenever a woodlot

is. thinned or cut-over, unless the land

is to be cleared for farm crops and

unless a new growth of trees come up

within a couple of years from seed al-

ready ih-the ground or cast by other

trees, planting should be done in order

to keep the woodlot productive. A

- good thrifty woodlot will produce

’ about two standard cords of wood. per

acre per year, or nearly one thousand





I ’ flboard feet of lumber.





In 'thinnlng a woodlot, the trees





. . which should be out are those which '

‘ “are stunted, diseased,





sects, badly fire-scarred or dead; also

"trees of inferior species, as large

beech which are crowding more valu-

. able ones, such as sugar maple, white

"aslh, white oak, hickory, etc. Slow-





’ ._ growing trees which are crOdeing fast-





growing ones should also be out.



In some woodlots the beech are the

present. ‘ They form

":aneavy crowns beneath which other

. be can grow only very slowly, if at



The beech is a teler t tree. It

stand much shade an its proper





‘ the forest is as an under-'





when #2119 newsman.





injured by in-'





If a large amount 01. timber is to be

the other trees were cut the beech re- sold by contract, an esrimate 01‘ the

mained, thus becoming the largest amount should be made and its value

trees and shading or stunting others. determined before selling. Bids should





 





 





PRICES FOR WHEAT AND'lm GENERAL comuoomts COMPARED





95b. ‘mm: apt. may June July any. Sip). Orb flou Dec,





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Index of Wholesale fi‘ices ‘





We 9mg; or‘Wheat on Farms





HIS diagram compares the trend of prices for wheat and the wholesale



prices on general commodities. The wheat prices are average prices

paid to producers in the United States while Dun’s index is a weighted av-

erage of wholesale prices on a number of commodities. The ten-year period

covered was 1910-1919. Wholesale prices vary but little from month to

month in~a ten-year average, while the wheat price line showsa pronounced

hump in May and June. Wheat prices seem to have advanced'quite as much

as general commodity prices during the war, as shown by the relative posi-

tion ef‘th'e lines for each during the early part of 1920, but the price of

Kwheatt'hasgdeelined in the last few weeks much more rapidly than the whole-

sale price indeir-s The December, 1920; figure for wheat was not available





and their dotted Men of the line for wheat- prices to , '





be secured from

ies if possible.

sell logs rather

timber.



The forestry department of the

Michigan Agricultural College at East

Lansing, maintains a file of companies

that occasionally buy standing timber

or sawlogs of farmers and landowners

in various parts of the state and it is

often able to place a prospective seller

in touch with a market 1‘01 his timber,

although it does not ass :ume any 1e-

sponsibility in the mattei.



After

to plant up the openings with trees.

Forest planting in itself is a good' in-

vestment on poor soil and on areas

not suited to other crops, as well as





several reliable part-

It may be better to

than the standing





for windbreaks and to hold shifting





sand. The species to plant, depends on

the soil, and the objects which the

owne1 has in mind. For forest plant-

ing in general a spacing of six by six

feet, Viequiring approximately twelve

hundred trees to the acre is best.

Small trees of many species can be

obtained from the forestry department





at the Michigan Agricultural College

The college seller;





at practically cost.

small trees for forest and windbrealc

planting only. It does not sell large

or ornamental trees n91 individual or

specimen trees. ‘ The college is glad





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cutting, it is often desirable I





and European -, ,





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to advise landowners 1egarding choice





of trees for various purposes and for

different soils. The department .

just completed a study of the rat

growth in\diameter, height and vol



of forest plantations which have,

established in the past in (11?

parts of the state. Data. waves:





‘1’]
821/: Looémg Toward Emmcm/ Relief to Farmers are Favored/y dried Upon





FTER having considered and dis- that when tariff revision is undertaken cents per pound, scoured forty-five promote cooperative marketing One

cussed a large number of propo- as a permanent policy, representatives cents per pound; manufactures of wool man, who is the head of a large Cali~

sitions designed to aid the farm- from the manufacturing centers will forty-five cents per pound in addition fornia cooperative marketing associa-

gels, congress has evidently decided up- oppose a tariff on farm products which to the rates of duty now prevailing. tion, says this missure‘ will put out of

pen a definite program which includes may have a tendency to increase the This tariff is to remain in force fora abusiness every market milk producers'

7 the revival of War Finance Corpora— cost of food. The demand will be for period of ten months. association, and {everal of the cooper-

" tion activities, an emergency tariff on cheap food for the wage earners, so It is predicted by'some of the farmer ative marketing organizations in (th1-

' certain farm products, and the conser- that wages may be reduced to a limit organization representatives here that ifornia.



vative expansion of credit to farmers which will enable American manufac- the tariff bill will pass the senate ear- The amendment to the bill which





 

 

   

 

 





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

 





   

   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





and stock raisers. turers to compete with European na- ly in January; but there is consider- says that “nothing herein contained

The joint resolution for the relief of tions in the world markets. This op- able doubt as to its fate when it reach- shall be deemed to authorize the cm,-

' agriculture, which was the develop- position will necessitate the presenta- es the White House. \ ation of, or attempt to create, a mon-





 





ment of a long series of hearings and tion of a carefully studied constructive In the house conferences a California opoly, or to exempt any association op-

‘conferences, having passed the senate, agricultural tariff program by the congressman, asking for a tariff on ganized hereunder from any proceed—

was referred to the house for concur- farmer organizations and leaders, when eggs and frozen meats, said the Cali- ings instituted under the act entitled, , ;:

rent action. It was passed by the house tariff revision is under way next fornia poultrymen were being driven ‘An. act to supplement existing laws ' t 1'1

after the second section which had month. out of business by importations of against unlawful restraints and monop- '

reference to farm loans, was eliminat- The present emergency tariff bill cheap eggs from China, and that meat olies, and for other purposes, approved , , .

ed. It directs the War Finance Corpor— prescribes the following rates of duty producers were being crowded out by October 15, 1914, on account of unfair' . _

ation to revive its activities “with a on farm products: Wheat thirty cents heavy importations of frozen and re- methods of competition in commerce," {

view of assisting in the financing of per bushel; wheat flour twenty per frigerator meats from Australia and is very objectionable, nulifying the oth- ,

the exportation 0f agricultural and 0th- cent ad valorem; corn fifteen cents per New Zealand. er provisions in the bill exempting l. ' -' . .

er products to foreign nations.” bushel-z beans two cents per pound; The Young-Tincher bill to use $100; farmers from the anti-trust law. The

It was predicted by members of con- peanuts three cents a pound; potatoes 000,000 of the profits of the Federal farm organization men would prefer

gross that it would not take more than twenty-five cents per bushel; onions Reserve Board system in loans to live to have the cooperative marketing as- J

thirty days for the board to begin op- forty cents per bushel; rice two cents stock. owners, is one of the leading sociations brought under the jurisdic- / K’

erat-ions after the resolution received per pound; lemons one and a quarter propositions by which farmer leaders tion of the Federal Department of. Ag

the President’s signature, but the psy- cents per pound; peanut oil twenty-six in congress are attempting to relieve riculture than under the Federal Trade ’ ll

chological effect will help the stock cents per gallon; cottonseed, cocoanut the farm credit situation in the west. Commission as provided in the senate ' .1 bv

raiser and farmer immediately. Rep- and soya bean oil twenty cents per , bill. some of them, however, are Will- {I r

resentative Strong, of Kansas, says gallon; cattle thirty per cent advalor- HE Washington representative of ing to let this clause remain, but will

that “during the war we inflated pric- em; sheep $2 per head; lambs $1 per the farmer organizations feel that make an attempt to have the confer- . 4

es in this country; we went up in a head; fresh mutton and lamb two and the Capper-Volstead bill designed to ees of the senate and house strike out .

balloon of price inflation, and the ques- a half cents per pound; cotton seven establish the legality of farmers’ co- the “monopoly” section. F, 4

tion now is how to get down. Some cents per pound; manufactures of cot- operative marketing associations, as The American Farm Bureau Fedora 5‘ '

gentlemen want to tear open the bal- ton seven cents per pound in addition passed by the senate, leaves muCh to tion Washington office is directing its 3"

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Icon and let us fall hard. That is what to the present rates; wool, unwashed be desired. The opinion is freely ex; attention to the three things neces-

has been done to the farmers of the fifteen cents per pound, washed thirty pressed that it will hinder instead of sary to relieve the situationma tariff





 





west, to the cotton growers of the to keep foreign-grown products out, ., ‘

SOUth and the W001 growers and cat- . extension of credit’to farmers until »

tlemen. The reorganization 0f the A l l N there is a readjustment of prices and ;

War Finance Corporation or the re- grlcu tu r3 CW8 - market conditions, and a buying cam- 3 , V, .

sumption of its functions is to permit paign. The country is now up against





us to reach the ground gradually and FARMERS FOR RURAL POLICE. months. Imports generally now show





safely to get back gradually to pre- a tendency to decline, due undoubtedly done to encourage more extensive buy- l

war prices, as the othergreat indus- HE movement for creation Of a to the rate 0f exchange. Whlle the ing will afford a degree of relief. In _

tries are doing." Other representa- state consta-bulary when the fifty— detahs are hf’t yet avéhahle’ the na‘ the case of wheat, millers and bakers ”‘ 31’

tives were insistent in asserting that second general assembly convenes on time of the imports . indicates that are down to the bottom of the bins. A



the farmers will not get much aid from January 5. is reported to be making those from the United States have “buy a barrel of flour" movement .

the measure. They say the loans 1111- headway rapidly in Illinois. been well 'maintamed, “1‘?” 0f non-N would soon create a. demand for wheat. V/ "

der the act are made to exporters; Farmers throughout the state are metallic mlnerals and the“. products, If the farmers throughout the country ‘ '

that when the corporation Was in op- aligning in support of the movement, Whlch includes coal, being $21,260,000





' . (1 b1 h f N would each buy a barrel of flour, it ~. l

eration, a few loans were made to taklhg the ground that good roads and or ove1 ou e t ose or ovember would greatly help the market situa- r‘





a buyers’ strike. Anything that can be





 





 





stock dealers, but most of the aid went fast automobiles make 1.110118 protection last. tion

to such concerns as the Baldwin Loco‘ essential In the rural dIStl‘lCtS-

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TRADE COMMISSION PROPOSES A asking forl$300,000 to control gypsy (





CURB ON TRADING IN GRAIN.





 

   

 





 





   





 





   





Company. firms that do not need to KANSAS TO SEND CORN TO FAM- moth infestations in New Jersey, Penn-

lean on the government. It was their ISH ED CHINA. _ sylvania and New York. Until recently

opinion that the farmers are deceived FUTURE trading on grain exchanges it was believed that this pest was be-

as to the benefits to be derived from HIPMENTS of Kansas corn in 15 critlcized 1“ a report from the ing held under control in a restricted

the board. large quantities to China Will begin Federal Trade Commission to Presi- area in New England. About six





 

 

 





Washington representatives of the soon according to Dr. Charles M. Shel- dent Wilson. The “3'90"? contains the months ago, hdwever, the department ,

American Farm Bureau Federation say don, editor of the Christian Herald, result 0f the 1nvest1gat10n asked by was notified that a colony of gypsy l





 

   

   

   

 





the revival of the War Finance Corpor— who has already raised more than the President following charges by moths had been found on.a large es- ,

ation will be of some help to farmers, $100,000 to aid the famine-stricken Governor {3119111 Of Kansas, and others tate near Somerville, N. J. '

but they, do not consider it of great Chinese. that manipulations 0“ the Chlcago This New Jersey information proved





 

 





value 'unless further legislation is Farmers are being asked to contrib- 13.03111 0f Trade and excessive importa- to be one of long standing. It was

enacted which will enable foreign coun- ute surplus corn, merchants are asked “0115 Of wheat from Canada had caus- brought in from Europe“ on an importa-





 

   

   

   

   

 





tries to purchase larger quantities of to buy what the farmers have to sell 9d tho decline. in wheat prices. . tion of conifers before the quarantine 1‘

American farm products. and volunteer workers are seeking Whlle refralning from a sweeping law: went into effect back in 1912. The 1

corn donations. condemnation Of all future trading on situation was found to be complicated \C





 

   





O Satisfy the demands of the wool By sending corn to the Chinese it is grain“ exchanges, the report declares by the fact that many shipments of



growers whose representatives pointed Ollt that Kansas not only Will that them 15 a lalge volume 0f future trees had been made from the moth- ‘

have been in Washington asking for be aiding the famine sufferers, but also t1ading that is more gambling find 111' infested nursery, going to fourteen dif-

an embargo on wool and live stock, will be diverting the surplus and thus V°1V95 a great economic waste It. is ferent states besides New Jersey; Al-

congress has decided upon an emer- making a better market at home. @8895th that the remedyufor th1s lies ready two infestations in New Jersey,

gency tariff. A tariff bill was introduc- ____.._.—_—_ 1h oongl‘essional action to prevent one in Pennsylvania and one in New

ed by Congressman William R. Green, EXPORTS EXCEED IMPORTS. trading Wthh IS essentially gamblin-g. York have been located, coming from

of Iowa. It included only six farm The report declares that the com- these Shipments.

products, wheat, corn’ beans, cattle, HAT Canada is rapidly cutting mlSSlOD. has nOt had the Opportunity Dr. L. 0. Howard, chief 0f the BU”

sheep and wool. The tariff bill finally down the adverse balance of trade to obtain d1rectly the figures Wthh reau of Entomology, says it is not

reported. out by the house ways and that has, until recent months, been pil' would determine conclusuvely whether strange that the infestation was not

means committee contains several ad- ing up against her, is evident from the large transactions in futures Of a reported befor,e as the infestation was ‘ ..

, among to the Green bill. A strong 91’. November trade returns which show manipulative nature have occurred. not discovered in- New England until j».



' ma e toinclude dairy rod- an excess 0f exports over imports W twenty years after the moths made "

l _ £212,2sz5 33d 3. number of manifac- amounting approximately to $50,000.“ TEXTILE WORKERS ACCEPT CUT- their appearance there. The pest has

tuned products in the measure. Rep— 000. This is due chiefly to movement cost the New England states millions

images from the manufacturing of the huge grain crops, the domestic F the ten unions of textile work— of dollars, and is held under control by

Wet; strongly opposed a tariff on exports of agricultural products chiefly ers at .New Bedford, Mass, only constant fighting. Dr. Howard says,

1nd, refrigerator meats on the foods being $78,316,187 or $37,500,000 one voted in favor of a strike rather the gypsy-math situation in Newfing-

J that it would tend to increase in excess of this class of exports dur- tha-n accept the twenty- two and a half land and 6139mm is extremely”

mu at a timeswhen labor is de- ins November, 1919. - , per cent wage cut. ions... Suficient funds are milestone.“

in; shower food, and they were The total imports for the month ‘4‘ The new scale is now enemies. A to entry on m



. , Joesph}, or.- arm Hashim! vote of the union ‘
of what he owes other people is

, at a. great disadvantage when

the time for settlement comes. And

anyone who ,pays an account and who

does not require a receipt, or does not

keep‘the cancelled check, is often re-

quired to pay the account. twice. In

several instances known to the writer

people who have been careful in tak-

ing receipts or in keeping their can-

celled checks, have saved themselves

from paying a second time amounts

of a hundred dollars or more.





Mr. Gun runs an account at a gro-

cery store which he expects to pay at

harvest time. He keeps no record of

what he buys and the storekeeper by

mistake charges someone's else bill to

Mr. Gun’s account. Or Mr. Gun steps

into the store and hands the proprie-

tor ten dollars to apply on the account.

,Before the proprietor gets to his books





' to record the payment some other cus-





tomer stops him to buy something and,

by the time the purchase is made, the

Storekeeper has forgotten to make the

entry on his book. In either case Mr.

Gun loses money. In the first instance

he would have saved by keeping an ac-

count of what he bought at the store,

and in the second instancehe would





éS-«afld‘ EXpense Record

. . f ” By H. M. E12):

’ ONE who does not keep a record





a farmer for all his trouble. And often

friendships will be preserved, and good

friends are more valuable than money

after all. Such record may be kept by

any one of several methods or by a

combination of several methods.



There are three ways of filing can-

celled checks and receipts. The first

is in the order of their dates, the sec-

ond is alphabetically or'by subjects,

and the third is a combination of the

first two. As most checks and receipts

will never be wanted again after being

filed they may be filed in the easiest





possible Way, which is in the order T





they are received. This will be rough-

ly according to their dates.

a particular one is wanted it can be

easily found by remembering its date.

On the other hand, checks that for any

reason one Wishes to keep together for

quick reference may be sorted out and

filed together.





A Record of Purchases.



A record of purchases may be kept

with almost no book-keeping by pay-

ing bills through a checking account

at a bank. It is a good practice to pay





by check all bills of one dollar or over, .





and to write in the lower left hand

corner of each check what bill or bills

it is drawn to pay. When the check





 





 





 





 





 





 





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4%) have saved money by taking a receipt comes back through the bank it should

.- or by paying by check. And whether be kept both as evidence that the ac-

;F q the storekeeper makes a mistake at count has been paid, and as a record

‘ ‘ 3 J all or not, Mr. Gun by folliwing careful of what the money was spent for.

l "x ~77 -.

I. i, {I Sales. Farm. Personal. I 21

. June 6 129 bu. wheat at $2.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $258.00 ..... ..

'1 June 7 203 b’u. cats at 600 121.80 I:

« June 7 960 lbs. potatoes ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.20 ...... ’

' June 7 140 bu. wheat at $2.00. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 280.00 . .....

-( 2 June 15 Interest on Liberty Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 5.25

i 2

l f Purchases. Farm Personal. f

i ,} June 6 Dry goods ....... $..... $5.00 |

,3 June 6 Labor threshing 7.25 3,"

2" June 6 Gas threshing ...... 6.70 .-

June 7 Laboronwheat.... 15.00 .

/ June 7 Repairs on binder................... 14.50 ;

' ' June 7 Oats for horses 12.50 . . ’3;

June 7 Medical fee, familyr cccccccccc o o I o o o o o 0 o c n o .. 9.00 ‘ 'f,

l. June 8 American Sheep Breeder, two years. . 2.00 .. . . . . '

l June 9 Blacksmithing for binder . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 . . . .. .

”I June 9 Life insurance ..: ............ 51.04 ,

June 9 Labor on oats, Frank Brown .......... 3.15 .. . . . . .

June 11 Dentist, Dr. A. B. Case ..................... 25.00

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" business methods, has the satisfaction - The checking method, moreover, . _ .

l of knowing that he is caring for his lends itself to the practices of the bus- Make up your mind right HOW to put better brake {

business in a business-like manner. iness world. Business men consider a lining on your brakes. Buy substantial brake lining

- . .. tsltb cl.l"'t'.‘. - - - “

By keeplng. careful 18001 <18 furthel 3. 61’ . 0 é, a ms 1 g“ e .11 1,, framed, that you know Will WEAR well during the entire 3

more, 111 feehngs Will often be saved w1t11n thuty days, and in Ldlllmg 011i STOP ’h h d 1 H h

. -..l between neighbor and friends. , The this policy they mail to each of their ' year' H “ en you press t e p6 a 01‘ pu t c

3 , matter of personal friendship is a mat- customers on the first of each month “emergency. STOP when you have to. STOP '2





 

 





' honesty comes up.





ter of great importance. A farmer has

at most only a few neighbors and a

great deal of his enjoyment in life

comes from friendly relations with

them. Very often neighbors fall out

over a small money affair. The amount

of money involved is of minor import-

ance to either one, but the question of

Undoubtedly the

reader knows of instances where farm-





. ers have. had misunderstandings over





money matters, and where these mis-

understandings have had an unhappy

ending. When, it either farmer had

kept systematic accounts, or better, if

both hadkept systematic accounts, the

misunderstanding would never have

occurred. -



‘ A farmer who‘has always kept ac-

coimts says: “When I pay money to

a man who does not keep accounts, I





' . always write along with the entry in





my account book the place where I

paid him and any characteristic re-





‘ mark or occurrence that might help to

' recall to his memory the time and the





place I‘pavid him. By this method I

re aved .a great many misunder-





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a statement of the balance due on his

account. Upon receiving such a state-

ment, one should check it with the

memorandum the merchant gave him

at the time of purchase, and if it is

correct, mail a check in settlement.



If he has not the money in the bank

he should go to his banker and arrange

for a loan. By thus borrowing of a

banker instead of requiring the mer-

chant to carry the account, a farmer

will increase his total borrowing ca-

pacity, as well as his credit rating in

the communnity. He will save money

also by being able to buy at cash in-

stead of at credit prices.



There is still another reason for car-

rying' a checking account with a bank

and depositing all cash there. A bank-

er makes up and maintains a good part

of his cash reserve from the bank bal-

ance of his customers. He, therefore,

appreciates a farmer’s balance, and





. Branches:

thus becomes a financial friend. Detroit . - _ 979 Woodward Ave.

A Record of Sales. San Francisco - - 1403 Chronicle Building

While it is possible to keep a com- Chicago ‘ - 1402 5011“! MlChlga“ AVG-





plete and accurate record of all ex.-

pense by the simple device of paying

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Steel Cam Brakes $2.50. Royal External Emer— V

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guaranteed to WEAR” it“
would be careless.





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. state taxes, he said:

.gestions to solve this problem. The





our states with marked success.





Vthe attitude of the federal

board in refusing a credit extension to

[carry them over the price slump in

5; Wheat.

”and extending it to gram dealers pric-

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term is not-11131111-

,erious task. to record

- It. goes withOut question

a record should be kept of all

made on credit. To do otherwise

And if we add to

be necessity of keeping a record of

313$ made on credit, the desirability

f fa record of all sales for reference in





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making democratic; . :

to this add the value of " .

total sales compare with total ex-

penses, we have sufficient reason for.

a complete record of all sales, as well

as all purchases. Illustrations show-

ing a convenient method for keeping

a record of purchases and sales ac-

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J1me Firm expenses are. listed in. the

left hand column and personal ex-

penses in the right hand column. “

Farmers wanting a cenvenlent book

for keeping their accounts may get one





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wish to keep only an inventory will!"





find it convenient for their use. While





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their expenses. and receipts only. Will

also find it. adapted to their purpose.

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Hold an Urzuma/ly Large and [filereytmg Serum—~33; J. H. Brown





1n Grand Rapids December 14~17_.

There were about six hundred

The

sessions were held in the Pantlind

Hotel. Tuesday forenoon committees

were appointed.



Tuesday afternoon Master John C.

Ketcham read his final address before





THE Michigan State Grange met





.the body, this being the eighth address





in as many years. ,He recommends

the correction of the imperfections in

the state primary law, careful consid-

eration of the future possibilities of

the state constabulary; reorganizaton

ofthe state administration on a cabi-

net basis, a state income tax, revision

downward of taxes and making it il-

legal to trade in glain futures.



‘It is high time to strike a blow at

trading in farm futures. It is widely

reported that the 1920 wheat. crop has





I been sold and resold not less than six





times with but an insignificant amount

actually delivered.



“Laying aside entirely the moral as-

pects of the case, it is intolerable to

"1e1'1nit men who have put neither time,

money 1101' brains into the task of pro-

ducing the crop or to earn the money





‘to purchase the finished product, to





have the power to put down the price

to the producer, and then to immedi-

ately crowd it up again to the high

point to the consumer. ()ur position

in this matter should be sharply stated

and immediately (ornmunicated to our

delegation in congress.



“Scarcely less 1mp01tant is legisla-

tion to prevent. dumping foreign prod-

ucts on our markets; If the American

farmer is to feed the nation he must

be protected against the importation

of food products from other countries

where labor conditions are so much

below our own.”



The master urged the Grange to go

on record as in favor of the retention

of the primary election law which he

asserted is threatened by some legis-

lators. He touched only lightly on the

subject of the state constabulary, urg-

ing the delegates to give the» matter

serious consideration before voting.



In discussing the question of high

“I offer two sug-





first is the reorganization of the state

administration machinery on the cab-

inet or departmental plan, such as is

used and is now working in several of

The

second suggestion would be the adop-

tion 'of a state constitutional amend-





_ment making possible a Michigan state

.5; income tax.





“Farmers have been astounded at

reserve





In refusing credit to farmers





 





’ The master urged that the Grange





V xert itselg to stabilize prices of farm





111113.511?” must be steadied and

’ on such a safe and fluid

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must be met. Pure fabrics, immigra-

tion, the lakes— to-oCean highway, a na-

ional, budget, the appointment of a sym-

pathetic secretary of agriculture, and

our international relations, are like-

wise all present and vital problems in

which the farmer has great interest.”



Four fine Grange halls have been

built or rebuilt and dedicated during

the year, two of them being in Calhoun

county. One is Community Grange

near Athens, the other at Partello.

Johnstown,Bar"13 county,recently ded-

icated a remodeled building.





0f great interest was the Tuesday; .

keeper, Peter Klees, Crystal; Pomona,





evening session when the exemplifica-

tion for the first time in Grange his-

tory of all four degrees as a consecu‘

tive whole was given in one session.

It was in response to a wide and gen-

eral demand for a short form of the

ritual for conferring these first four

degrees that caused Mrs. Bernice M.

Curtis, of Charlotte, to work on the

problem. The result is an ideal short

form that gave general satisfaction to

those who witnessed the exemplifica-

tion. The work was put on by the

Charlotte team, nearly all young peo-

ple, and required forty-one men and

women to handle all details of the

combined form of initiating candidates

through the first, second, third and

fourth degrees.



The master of the New York Grange

was present to note the details of the

short form ritual, having been appoint-

ed by the National Grange at the re-

cent annual convention in Boston. He

was well pleased and will report back

to the National Grange at the next

meeting.



The "‘Patrons’ Mutual Fire Insurance

Company and the Patrons’ Mutual Cy-

clone Insurance Company met Tuesday

at the Pantlind Hotel to elect officers

and directors. Both organizations

meet with the State Grange each year.

Only Grange members may hold poli-

cies in the two companies. The fire

insurance organization is reported to

have $22,088,181 worth of policies in

Michigan.



Secretary Lee H. Bierce, of the

Grand Rapids Association of Com-

merce, gave the welcome address to

the Grange. The response was by the

state chaplain, Mrs. Olivia J. C. Wood-

man, of Paw Paw. She is over three-

quarters of the way along in this life

and one of the most active and effi-





cient officials of the state organization.

She is on hand every day and hour

and acts her part so well she has en?

deared herself to the thousands who

belong to the Order in Michigan.'

The officers elected for the next tWO

years are as follows: Master, A. B.

Cook, of Owosso; overseer, C. H. Bram-

ble, Lansing; lecturer, Mrs. Dora H.

Stockman, Lansing; steward, T. E.

Niles, Mancelona; assistant steward,

W. H. Lovejoy, Perry; chaplain, Mrs.

O. J. C. Woodman, Paw Paw; treasur-

er, Frank Coward, Bronson; secretary,

Miss Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor; gate-





Mrs. E. E. Salisbury, Mendon; Flora,

Mrs. Maud Spaulding; Ceres, Mrs. I.

E. Corles, Coldwater.



John C. Ketcham was elected chair-

man of the new executive committee.

The other new members are: Gorge

B. Horton, Fruit Ridge; Mrs. Allen S.





Bennett, Lowell, and W. F. Taylor,

Shelby.

Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Stock-





man, lecturer of the State Grange, had

charge of the program. She spoke 011

the activities of the Grange during the

past year, giving a resume of the dif-

ferent committee reports. Professor

Eliot, of M. A. C., addressed the ses-

sion on the cost of production of farm

crops and used charts to illustrate the

subject matter. The delegates paid

close attention to the explanation of.

the charts and the summarized book-

keeping accounts submitted by farm-

ers to the college. Professor McCool

gave an interesting lecture on main-

taining soil fertility. Miss Isabel Beck-

er, of the state department of public

instruction at Lansing, appealed for

saner recreation in the rural schools.

The big social evening and banquet

was held in the new Knights .of Col-

umbus auditorium on Wednesday even-

ing. About eight hundred sat down to

the tables. Master Ketcham was called

on by the lecturer,

ofliciate as toastmaster. Speakers

were Roland Morrill, of the State Farm

Bureau; state senator T. H. McNaugh—

ton, of Kent county; James N. Mc-

Bride; President Frank S. Kedzie, of

Michigan Agricultural College; Jason

Woodman; Miss Mary Sweeney, dean

of home economics at M. A. C. ; W. F.

Taylor, of New Era, and others. Mark

D. Cutler, of DeWitt, called the cham

pion vocalist of the State Grange





 





 





 





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dressed in costume and sang Scotch

songs so well that he was called back

repeatedly by the delighted banqueters.



The lecture program continued over

to Thursday morning, and was devoted

to lectures and demonstrations by Miss

Edna Smith, Mrs. Campbell, Miss Hav-

ens and Miss Blanche Carr, of the ex-

tension department of M. .A. C. Tire

demonstrations were of household de‘

vices, a milk exhibit and better feeding

for children. At the Friday morning

lecture Miss Harriet Leck, of the state

board of health, talked about infant

welfare.



Officers of the Patrons Mutual Fire

Insurance Company are as follows:

President, N. I. Moore, of Plymouth:

vice-president, Albert Christie, Sterl-

ing; secretary, E. A. Holden, Lansing;

directors, Charles G. Swanson, Steph-

enson; R. R. Reynolds, Mendon; E. W.

Remington, Bloomingdale; B. S. Alley.

Lake; J. A. Newville, Boyne City; J.

Henry Smart, Sault Ste. Marie; W. A.

Hall, Lachine; Marvin Young. Scott-

ville; W. S. Ewing, Marquette, and

Melvin E. Smith, Marne.



James N. McBride, chairman of the

National Farm Bureau Economic Com-

mission, among other pertinent points

made, stated that the farmer’s chief

salvation lies in his ability to aid him-

self. “I have no sympathy with the

plea of many farmers until they do

something for themselves. When agri—





culturists meet the problem of over- 1





supply by warehouses of their own

they can claim federal reserve or other

types of aid, but not until then. The

farmer will never go into a concerted

production strike, but the time is com!

ing when agriculturists will interpret

supply and demand from the stand-

point of production and ability to move

the crop. The farmers must be we





pared to take care of their own sur— -





plus.”



Mrs. Dora H. Stockman also summed

up the problem by stating that, “We

farmers insist that the time has'come

when food products must haVe the





same p1otection, whatever that may.





be, as any other industry, and if any

favoritism is shown it should be on the

side of agriculture. While the auto-

mobile manufacturer in Michigan en-

joyed a thirty per cent tarifl, the dairy-

man has been Competing in the mar-

ket with less than a three per cent

tariff. Mrs Stockman urged strong





opposition against the importation of .





foieign labor, particularly Japanese

and Chinese, into this country. She,

warned that the adoption of such a.

program would produce another race.

problem equal to that in the south. ’



“The American farmer can grow an

ample supply of food for the needs of

the country if he is assured prices for.

his products that will give him a liv-

ing commensurate with his brains

Cheaper distribution will lessen the

cost to the ultimate consumer ”



Mrs. Stockman urged support of the

proposed construction of a new labor.

atory 0f home economics at the Michi-

gan Agricultural College. “This year

the State Board of Agriculture Will





-a.sk the legislature for $409,009 £91“;





such a building. I am counting on, the





 





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roan, the Upper Peninsula

vetopment Bureau elicits the





’ peninsula shows a: decrease of 10, 313





farms during the past ten years, the

northern peninsula of the state has





‘ gained 3,234 farms in this same period.





This indicates that the large land-hold-





“ ings characteristic of the region are





beginning to break up into smaller

units. 0f the fifteen counties of the

peninsula, three—Luce, Mackinac and

Schoolcraft—disclose a. loss in the

number of their farms of one, eleven

and sixty respectively. ’Of the upper

Menominee has





the largest number of farms—2,106,





‘ while Houghton county ranks second





with 1,741, and Chippewa comes third

with 1,569. Of the other counties, Al-

ger has 386; Baraga 6‘53; Delta 1,395;

Dickinson 429;,Gogebic 528; Iron 621;

Keweenaw 72; Luce 194; Mackinac

479; Marquette 846; Ontonagon 917;

Schoolcraft 381. The total number of

farms in the upper peninsula is thus,

12,318. -« _



A well—known forest expert, who has

recently gone over the ground at the

Higgins Lake State Forest, writes us

enthusiastically regarding the achieve-

ment there manifest in relation to re—

forestation of our cut-over lands. The

improvement in the situation there

during the past fifteen years, as he

has personally seen it, is obvious, even





to the least observing. Poplars have





become large enough for pulpwood,

oaks for fenceposts, and white and

Norway pines are doing well on the

poorest sandy soils, he writes. Game

is abundant, with a covey of partridge

to every forty acres, and plenty of

deer. This is what keeping out the

fires, with such planting as the limited

resources permit, has done for asmall

section of our cut—overs. Very favor-

able mention is made of the work of

State Forester Marcus Schaaf. But

this is only a beginning—a drop in the

bucket of Michigan’s greatest conser-

vation problem.





The Ironwood Daily Globe of Decem-





ber 17, publishes the list of prize-win- 1





here in the garden and tidy premises

(contest put on by the Oliver Iron Min-

ing Company. There are seventy-five

names on the list, the prizes ranging

from $10 to $1.00. Three years ago

this company proposed to pay cash

prizes to lessees of company lands for

the best garden and tidiest premises

as an encouragement to better home

conditions among its working people".



Gogebic county had a very heavy

fall of snow on December 16, but as

illustrating how conditions vary in the

upper peninsula, Marquette was get-

ting about on wheels as late as, De

cember 18, and seemed likely to. con

tinue so for some time.



A Chicago company has taken over

the'extensive land holdings consisting

of some 18,000 acres, lying between

Marquette and Munising. This is a

limestone areaand the soil is of ex-

cellent quality. It is the purpose of

the purchasers, I learn, to sell the land

Their

success elsewhere indicates that the

rural population of western Alger

county shouldbe substantially increas-

ed in the next few years.



TheUpper Peninsula Development

Bureau was recently called upon to

furnish a statement regarding settle-





' ment possibilities in the upper penin-

"‘(81118. to the Netherlands Emigration

"League and is hopeful that numbers

of. these desirable immigrants will be

“ paced to locate here. We have very





 

 

 

 





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uthat no specific order against the cut-

ting of Christmas trees on the state

lands was issued by the commission,





although the state game, fish and for; p





est fire commissioner directed his den

uties and trespassagents to vigilantly

enforce trespass regulations. It is the

opinion of Mr. Lusk and the trespass

agent at Marquette that little cutting

of Christmas trees has taken place on

state lands in the past, as these lands

are commonly not very accessible. It

is, of course, impossible for the com-

mission to prevent cutting on private

lands under existing statutes.





In a recent newspaper interview, the

manager of the Triangle Ranch near

Amasa, Dickinson county, is quoted as

expressing very favorable views re-

garding the opportunities for cattle-

raising ii? this region, but he thinks

that brushing and clearing theland,

and artificial seeding are required for

the best results. He also stresses the

importance of shelter, but with ample

facilities for ventilation and outdoor

exercise for the stock. The Triangle

began with 1,050 head on an unfenced

tract, but its experiences this season

enforce the necessity of fencing as a

prime requisite, as it was found diffi-

cult to locate strays. in this land of

brush and l1olloWs. Real western cow-

boys were employed for this work.

The Triangle has 9,000 acres and an

other ranch of double this size is pro-

jected by its Appleton, Wisconsin, own—

ers. The breed to be adopth is the

Hereford.



The November reports of the various

home demonstration agents at work

in five upper pe 'nsula counties have

just been receive from the Marquette

central office; They indicate much lo-

cal activity in learning improved meth-

ods of dressmaking and home-made

millinery dietetics, especially in the

increased use of milk for growing chil-

dren, under expert guidance.





The ‘Escanaba Mining Press re-

joices in the standing of the Escanaba

High School in relation to the Smith-

Hughes law. It reports that the high

school has qualified for federal money

in all the seven departments of work

recognized by the law as entitled to

receive federal aid. The seven branch-

es are: Night printing classes, night

commercial classes, agriculture, day

industrial classes, night industrial

classes, day hOme economics, and

night home economics. It is conceded

that Calumet has also carried out the

complete vocational program. There

is stated to have been less than one

dozen such schools in the state. Es-

canaba received $822 on account of its

work in agriculture Escanaba high

school’s 1ating in agricultu1e is given

as one hundred per cent.





The annual report of County Agricul-

tural Agent C. E. Gunderson, of Goge-

bic county, is very optimistic on the

live stock situation in his county. Nu-

merous pure-bred sires have replaced

scrubs formerly in use there, and pure-

bred milch cows have been introduced

in considerable numbers. Ten mod-

ernly equipped dai1y ba1ns have been

erected duiing the year, and at least

six milking machines are in use.

Twelve silos have been built. Ninety

per cent of Gogebic’s farmers, the re-

port indicates, are Finnish, and this

readily explains the exceptional inter-

est manifested in dairy stock there.

Finland is a dairy country par excel-

lence, and habits learned, overseas per-





'sist here. Fifteen pure-bred registered





Duroc Jersey hogs have also been ship-

ped into the county during the year.

A similar good showing is made re-





 

 

 





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,, Will you please, answer the follow-

. his questions: A silo ten by thirty feet

was filled at three different times and

is now full to the top. How many tons

does it contain? Half of the corn was





. ripe, the other "half contained no com





not all. What will this be worth pe1

ton? In renting a farm for one-third

should the renter furnish one-third of

the feed? 0. A. .



The capacity of a silo :is determined

by getting the cubical contents incu-

bic feet and multiplying by forty. In

silo, of course, you would

.have to get the area of the circular

surface of the silo in square' feet and

multiply by the depth. Experiments

show that silage will average about

forty pounds per cubic foot and multi‘

plying the cubic feet by forty pounds

will give you the number of pounds of

silage in silo.



About the only way you can estimate

the value of silage is to compare it

with other foods that have a market

value, as silage is not bought and sold

to any considerable extent. If you

would take. the moisture out of silage

it compares very closely in food value

to timothy hay for feeding. Experi-

ments go to show that ordinarily silage

as it comes from the silo is about one-

third of; the value of timothy hay,

therefore if timothy hay is worth $21

per ton, then your silage would be

wbrth $7.00 per ton.



If a man rents his farm on shares,

getting one-third of the crops, it is the

usual practice that the live stock is

fed out of the undivided product of the

farm and the balance is divided one-

third and two-thirds. Sometimes a

special arrangement is made about. the

horses that do the work, but cattle

and sheep are almost invariably fed

out of the undivided product.



C. C. L.





.TRESPASSI NG STOCK.—-—LINE

FENCE.





My cows broke through my neigh-

bor’s fence at a place formerly an open

ditch, which is not tiled but not cov-

ered. The upper part of the fence is

of woven wire, but the ditch was filled

out with barbed wire not sufficiently

stretched. The cows did some damage

to the renter’s crops, and besides this

they were badly torn on the barbed

wire. Will I have to be responsible.

for damage to the renter’s crops? Also

how about injuries to my cows?



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If the fence never





‘ agreement or otherwise to make it a.





line fence under the law as to line

fences, each owner must keep all his

stock home at his peril and is liable

for any damage they did. If the fence

had been divided the come presents a

question of law and fact. The question

of fact is whether the fence was in

sound condition as a legal fence. If

not, the person whose fence it was, or

his tenant, would have to bear the

loss to his c10ps.Il‘ the fence was in

good, 01 sufficient 1epai1, and the stock

broke through, the ownel of the stock

would have to bear the loss. A barb

wire fence is made a lawful fence by

statute, anddf not constructed in an

unnecessarily dangerous way, there

would be no liability for the injury of

the stock. J. R. R.





 





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A. short time ago you advised me in

«regard to a. line fence. I had it sur-

veyed and found the fence at! the line.

New I h'anve built my end of the fence

'ou‘the surveyed line, andwunt to' know

howil‘ can snake mymeighbor move his





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fence and build a new one. His fence

is old rotten boards so that stock goes

through it. I notified him a month

ago that I wouldn’ 1; stand any damage

done by my stock. He is one of the

fence viewers. I would like to know

what todo, and whether I am liable

for damage under these circumstances.

Is he obliged to build a new line fence

on the surveyed line? My field at this

place is my pasture and will be £01

some time. .I have patched the old

fence for yeah-sand think I have been

patient for a long time—C. K. .



If the fence has been properly divid—

ed and C. K. has built his half he is

not liable for damage done by his stock

in going through the other half unless

it also was a legal fence. If the other

half is not built after proper demand

C. K. may also build that half and

have the cost of it asSessed and col-

lected as part of the taxes on the ad-

joining land. J. R. R.





HEN DIES SUDDENLY.





 





Do you think a hen can “lay herself

to death?” One of our pure-bred Wy-

andottes began to lay ‘when seven

months old and laid nearly every day

for seven months, then suddenly died.

She seemed to be in the best of condi-

tion, had no lice. The food consisted

of coarse thick feed, with pure water

and on free range. Can you tell me

what was the matter with her?



Calhoun Co. 6). A. T.





When hens are laying heavily a bird

may occasionally be lost because of a

rupture to the heart or liver, due to

excessive straining on the nest. We

do not believe that a hen can lay “her-

self to death,” as most hens are heal-

thy with a fair amount of vigor when

they are producing eggs. They will

usually cease laying as soon as any

illness is present, although they may

live for a long time. However, heavy

laying is a very serious drain on the

strength of the bird and some hens do

break down when they have been heav—

ily fed for egg production for a long

time. Cases of this kind do not occur

often in the farm flock but hens are

subject to 'a certain loss the same as

all animals, and there will be an oc—

casional death among hens that are

laying heavily and appear to be in the

best of condition. It occurs most often

among old hens that are overfat. A

post-mortem examination of the inter—

nal organs may locate the trouble in

such cases—K.





TURKEYS WITH WORMS.





I would like to know the cause and

1emedy f01 worms in the droppings of

my turkeys. We have lost some tur—

keys and have only recently noticed

the small white worms. The birds are

not sick very long, but get many and

then die. N. R.





For removing worms from fowls a

teaspoonful of oil of turpentine can be

given to each bird an hour before feed-

ing. About three hours later give a

teaspoonful of castor oil. The turpen-

tine causes the worms to lose their

hold and the castor oil later removes

them.



Tobacco stems can be finely chopped

and steeped in water for a couple of

hours. Place the mixture in the mash

eaten by the birds. About two doses

will often eradicate round worms from

a flock. Turkeys are often afflicted

with tape worms.

to become unthrifty and stupid and

thus more subject to all other diseas-

es. A few drops of two per cent solu‘

tion of zenoleum can be given to each

bird with a medicine dropper. Spray-

ing the roosting place with such {a





coal- tar disinfectant destroys. the eggs”:





of the parasites and helps to keep «the





 





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and three drivers from threshing work and is shortening the length of my harvesting

season three to four weeks, thus helping the thresher to finish the job while good

weather lasts. The pneumatics roll easily over plowed fields, through stubble, barn-

yard mud, snow and so on. At 12,000 miles, they look g00d for 12,000 more. ”—

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They have found that quick field hauling

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and removal of loads, and that ‘the pneu—

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A sturdy truck on GoOdyear Cord Tires,

therefore, is of vital aid to year ’round

motor—farming; to motorized pumping,

spraying, threshing, silo-filling, feed—grind—

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Pneumatic traction overcomes soggy, slip-

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severe shaking and loss of load; pneumatic

activity saves much time.





By the development of the rugged Good—

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made most intensely practical for farm

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RABBITS INJURE B‘RAMBLES.





B have found that it pays to

' watch the blackberry canes dur-

ing the winter and note if rabbits be-

gin visiting the patch and eating them





off during the night just about at the





snow line. Of' course, the fruit Is

borne on the wood produced during

thevprevious year and if canes are cut





' down the quantity of berries produced





is correspondingly reduced.



If the rabbit visits are noticed early

in the winter they can be trapped be-

fore much injury is done. It is difficult

to protect blackberries in the way

trees are protected because of the

large number of canes. A poultry fence

(around the patch is one of the best

By keeping down brush





rabbits have few places to hide near

the berry patch and there will be less

danger from the pests.



We have noticed that. the rabbits do

not eat red raspberry canes on our

farm, while they will attack black-

berry canes but a few feet. away. This

seems to- prove that the wild animals

have considerable sense of taste and

like to select their food from among

the best-liked plants.



Field mice do not seem to injure any





of our berry canes although they have '





injured young trees in the near vicin-

ity. If there is danger of the canes

being injured by pests it. pays to re-

move all of the old wood after the

berry harvest and leave the new wood

until the next spring. Then the canes

can be thinned out and enough left to

produce a profitable crop.——K.

WASHTENAW FARM BUREAU

BANQUET.





IN spite of unfavorable weather and

bad roads, the fourth annual ban—

quet ot‘ the Vi'ashtenaw County Farm

Bureau, held at the City Armory at

Ann Arbor, W'ednesday, December 22,





was attended by a large and enthusi-





astic crowd of representative farmers

and business men of the county.



From the time the crowd gathered

in the large dining-hall until the close

of the program there was not a dull

moment. President George W. Mc-

Calla, ot' the Vi'ashtenaw County Farm

Bureau, acted as toastmaster. After

the invocation by Rev. C. E. Edwards,

Ray K. lmmel, Professor of Oratory

at the University of Michigan, gave

“Twenty Minutes of Sunshine,” which

put the diners in good humor for the

address of the day by Howard Leon-

ard, president of the Illinois Agricul-

tural Association.



Mr. Leonard explained the relation-

ship of the farm bureau to other indus-

tries and pointed out the importance

of the individual member’s support to

the national organization which is

looking after their problems at Wash-

ington. Amongr the other points dis-

cussed by Mr. Leonard was the meth-

ods practiced by the Illinois County

and State Farm Bureaus in helping to

organize farmers' cooperative associa-

tions. The Illinois way is to help the

farmers put their different organiza-

tions on their feet, but not to conduct

any buying and selling business direct-

ly through the county and state organ-

izations. In this way farmers having

some particular commodity to market

are encouraged to form local and state

organizations which are in charge of

men selected especially for their abil-

ity to market such commodities suc-

cessfully. The business of handling

farm Supplies is conducted along the

same lines.



One of the. real treats of the program





7was the” recitation of an original poem

by Mrs. Maude Seamans.





Dr. W. W. Diehl. Professor of Rural

Sociology of Albion College, discussed

“Ethics of. Distribution” and brought

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There was no breath of wind. The

great pines, tall and dark past belief,

stood absolutely motionless, like

strange pillars of ebony. The whole

ridge was splotched with patches of

moonlight, and the trail, dimming as

the eyes followed it, wound away into

the utter. darkness. Bert Cranston

knelt in a brush covert, his rifle loaded

and ready in his lean, dark hands.



No wolf. that ran the ridges, no cou-

gar that waited on the deer trails

knew a wilder passion, amore terrible

blood~lust than he. It showed in his

eyes, narrow andnever resting from

their watch of the trail; it was in his

posture; and it revealed itself unmis-

takably in the curl of his lips. Some-

thing like hot steam was in his brain,

blurring his sight and heating his

blood.



The pine needles hung wholly mo-

tionless above his head, but yet the

dead leaves on which he knelt crinkled

and rustled under him. Only the keen-

est ear could have heard the sound;

and possibly in his madness, Cranston

himself was not aware of it. And one

would have wondered a long time as

to what caused it. It was simply that

he was shivering all over with hate

and fury.



A twig cracked, far on the ridge

above him. He leaned forward, peer-

ing, and the moonlight showed his face

in unsparing detail. It. revealed the

deep lines, the terrible, drawn lips, the

ugly hair long over the dark ears. His

strong hands tightened upon the

breech of the rifle. His wiry figure

grew tense.



Of course, it wouldn‘t do to let his

prey come too.close. Landy Hildreth

was a. good shot too. young as Crans-

ton, and of equal strength; and no

sporting chance could be taken in this

hunting. Cranston had no intention

of giving his enemy even the slight-

est chance to defend himself. If Hil-

dreth got down into the valley, his tes-

timony would make short work of the

arson ring. He had the goods; he had

been a member of the disreputable

"crovv'd himself.



The man’s steps were quite distinct

by now. Cranston heard him fighting

his way through the brush thickets,

and once a flock of grouse, frightened

from their perches by the approaching

figure, flew down the trail in front.

Cranston pressed back the hammer of

his rifle. The click sounded loud in

the silence. He had grown tense and

still, and the leaves no longer rustled.



His eyes were intent on a little

clearing, possibly one hundred yards

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straight through it. And in an instant

more,-'Hildreth pushed through the

buckbrush and stood revealed in the

moonlight.



If there is one quality that means

success in the mountains it is constant,

unceasing self-control. Cranston

thought that he had it. He had known

the hard schools of the hills; and he

thought no circumstance could break

the rigid discipline in wihch hismind

and nerves held his muscles. But per-

haps he had waited too long for Hil-

dreth to come; and the strain had told

on him. He had sworn to take no

false steps; that every motion he made

should be cool and sure. He didn’t

want to attract Hildreth’s attention by

any sudden movement. All must be

cautious and stealthy. But in spite of

all these good resolutions, Cranston’s

gun simply leaped to his shoulder in

one convulsive motion at the first

glimpse of his enemy as he emerged

into the moonlight.



The end of the barrel struck a branch

of the shrubbery as'it went up. It was

only a soft sound; but in the utter si-

lence it traveled far. But a noise in

the brush might not have been enough

in itself to alarm Hildreth. A deer

springing up in the trail, or even a les-

ser creature, might make as pronounc-

ed a sound. It was true that even un-

accompanied by any other suspicious

circumstances, the man wou1d have

become instantly alert and watchful;

but it was extremely doubtful that his

muscular reaction would have been the

same. But the gun barrel caught the

moonlight as it leaped, and Hildreth

saw its glint in the darkness.



It was only a flash. But yet there is

no other object in the material world

that glints exactly like a gun barrel in

the light. It has a look all its own.

It is even more distinctive in the sun-

light, and now and again men have

owed their lives to a momentary glit-

ter across a half-mile of forest. Of

course, the ordinary, peaceful, God-

fearing man, walking down a trail at

night, likely would not have given the

gleam more than an instant’s thought,

a momentary breathlessness in which

the throat closes and the muscles set;

and it is more than probable that the

sleeping senses would not have inter-

preted it at all. But Hildreth was look-

ing for trouble. He had dreaded this

long walk to the settlements more

than any experience of his life. He

didn’t know why the \letter he had

written, asking for an armed escort

down to the courts, had not brought

results. But it was wholly possible

that Cranston would have answered





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this question for him. This same let‘

ter had fallen into a certain soiled,

deadly pair of hands which was the

last place in the world that Hildreth

would have chosen, and it had been all

the evidence that was needed, at the

meeting of the \ring the night before,

to adjudge Hildreth a merciless and

immediate end-“Hildreth would have

preferred to wait in the hills and pos-

sibly to write another letter, but a

chill that kept growing at his finger

tips forbade it. And all these things

combined to stretch his nerves almost

to the breaking point as he stole along

the moonlit trail under the pines.



A moment before the rush and whir

of the grouse flock had dried the roof

of his mouth with terror. The tall

trees appalled him, the shadows fell

upon his spirit. And when he heard

this final sound, when he saw the glint

that might so easily have been a gun-

barrel, his nerves and musClesreact-

ed at once. Not even a fraction of a

second intervened. His gun flashed up,

just as a small-game shooter hurls his

weapon when a mallard glints above

the decoys, and a little, angry cylinder

of flame darted, as a snake’s head

darts, from the muzzle.



Hildreth didn’t take aim. There

wasn’t time. The report roared in the

darkness; the bullet sang harmlessly

and thudded into the earth; and both

of them were the last things in the

world that Cranston had expected. And

they were not a moment too soon. Even

at that instant, his finger was closing

down upon the trigger, Hildreth stand—

ing clear and revealed through the

sights. The nervous response that few

men in the world would be self-disci-

plined enough to prevent occurred at

the same instant that he pressed the

trigger. His own fire answered, so near

to the other that both of them sounded

as one'report.



Most hunters can usually tell, even

if they cannot see their game fall,

whether they have hit or missed. This

was one of the few times in his life

that Cranston could not have told. He

knew that as his finger pressed he had

held as accurate a. “bead” as at any

time in his life. He did not know till

another circumstance—that in the

moonlight he had overestimated the

distance to the clearing, and instead

of one hundred yards it was scarcely

fifty. He had held rather high. And

he looked up, unknowing whether‘he

had succeeded or whether he was face

to face with the prospect of a duel to

the death in the darkness. .



And all he saw was Hildreth, rock.

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a strange picture that he was never '





entirely. to forget. It was a motion

that no man could pretend. And he

knew he had not missed.‘ '



He waited till he saw the form of

his enemy rock down, face half-buried

in the pine needles. It never even oc«

curred to him to approach to see if he

had made a clean kill. He had held on

the breast and he had a world of con-

fidence in the great; shocking, big-





game rifle. Besides, the rifle fire might '





attract some hunter in the hills; and

there would be time in the morning to

return to the body and make certain

little investigations that ,he had in

mind. And running back down the

trail, he missed the sight of Hildreth

dragging his wounded body, like an in-

jured hare, into the shelter of the

thickets.





CHAPTER III.





HISPERFOOT, that great cow-



ard, came out of his brush-cov-



ert when the moon rose. It was

not his usual rising time. Ordinarily

he found his best hunting in the eerie

light of the twilight hour; but for cer-

tan reasons, his knowledge of which

would be extremely difficult to explain,

he let this time go by in slumber. The.

general verdict ofmankind has de-

creed that animals cannot reason.

Therefore it is somewhat awkward to

explain -how Whisperfoot knew that he

needn’t be in a hurryfithat the moon

would soon be up, and the deer would

be feeding in their light. But know all

these things he did, act upon them he

also did, and it all came to the same

end. thether or not he could reason

didn’t affect the fact that a certain

chipmunk, standing at the threshold

of his house to glimpse the moonlit

forest, saw him come slipping like a

cloud of brown smoke from his lair a

full hour after the little creature had

every right to think he had gone. to his

hunting—and straightway tumbled

back into his house with a near attack





~.of heart failure.

But the truth was that the chipmunk »





was presuming upon his own desirabil—

ity as food. His fear really wasn’t jus-

tified. It would not be altogether true

to say that Whisperfoot never ate chip-

munks. Sometimes in winter, and

sometimes in the dawns after an un-

successful hunt, he ate things a great

deal smaller and many times moredis-

agreeable than chipmunks. But the

great cat is always very proud when

he first leaves his lair. He won’t look

at anything smaller than a horned





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than that great electrical wizard whom

all men know and praise.





The great cat came out yawning, as

graceful a thing as treads upon the

earth. He was almost nine feet long

from the tip of his nose to the end of

his tail, and he weighed as much as

many a full—grown man. And he fairly

rippled when he walked, seemingly

without effort, almost without resting

his cushions on the ground. He stood

and yawned insolently, for all the for

est world to see. He rather hoped that

the chipmunk, staring with beady eyes

from his doorway, did see him. He

would just as soon that W'oof’s little

son, the bear cub, should see him too.

But he wasn’t so particular about Woof

himself, or the wolf pack whose song

had just wakened him. And above all

things, he wanted to keep out of the

sight of men.,



For when all things are said and

done, there were few bigger cowards

in the whole wilderness world than

VVhisperfoot. A good many people

think that Graycoat the coyote could

take lessons from him in this respect.

But others, knowing how a hunter is

brought in occasionally with almost all

human resemblance gone from him be-

cause a cougar charged in his death

agony, think this is unfair to the larg—

er animal. And it is true that a full—

grown cougar will sometimes attack

horned cattle, something that no Amer-

ican animal cares to do unless he

wants a good fight on his paws and of

which the very thought would throw

Graycoat into a spasm; and there have

been even stranger stories if one

could quite believe them. A certain

measure of respect must be extended

to any animal that will hunt the great

elk, for to miss the stroke and get

caught beneath the churning, lashing,

slashing, razor-edged front hoofs is

simply death, painful and without de-

lay. But the difficulty lies in the fact





that, these things are not done in the ’





ordinary, rational blood of hunting.

What an animal does in its death ag-

ony, or to protect its young, what

great game it follows in the starving





times of winter, can be put to neither ‘





its debit nor its credit. A coyote will

charge when cornered. A hen will peek

at the hand that robs her nest. When

hunting was fairly good, VVhisperfoot

avoided the elk and steer almost as

punctiliously as he avoided men,

which is saying Very much indeed;

and any kind of terrier could usually

drive him straight up a tree.



But he did like to pretend to be very

great and terrible among the smaller

creatures. And he was Fear itself to

the deer. A human hunter who would

kill two (leer a week for fifty-two

Weeks would be called a much uglier

name than poacher; but yet this had

been VVhisperfoot's record, on and off,

ever since his second year. Many a

great buck wore the scar of the full

stroke—after which \Vhisperfoot had

lost his hold. Many a fawn had crouch-

ed panting with terror in the thickets





. at just a. tawny light on the gnarled





limb of a pine. Many a doe would grow

greatseyed and terrified at just his





 





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HE Michigan Agricultural Col-



lege is asking for‘$400,000 for a.



new Home Economics building.

Why a Home Economics building?

Well, you see Michigan girls like M.

A. C. so well that they’ve already filled

that building and Howard Terrace and

Abbott Hall, and the old president’s

house on faculty row, and overflowed

the campus. The board is renting—at

a cost of from seven thousand to eight

thousand dollars yearly-three houses

off the campus to take care of the girls

who are attracted by the splendid four-

year course in home economics. And

by-the-way, M. A. C. is the only institu-

tion in the state which offers a. four-

year course in home economics.





The present woman’s building would

be large enough to room the girls if

all the rooms could be used as dormi-

tories. But so much space must be

given up to class rooms, administra-

tive oflices and laboratories that it is

impossible to house the students there.

The home economics building is need-

ed to give space for laboratories for

research work; rooms for the exten-

sion workers in home economics, who

are now given small quarters in the

agricultural building, and for offices

and class rooms.



\Ve need the building for two rea-

sons,” says Mrs. Dora Stockman, wom-

an member of the state board of 'agri-

culture who brought the need for the

building before the board, “first for re-

search work, and second, for nutrition-

al work for babies.



“The science of correct feeding is

only in its infancy, and the one place

in Michigan where it should be carried

on is in our home economics depart-

ment at the agricultural college. We

have the oldest agricultural college in

the country; it is a leader in the

science of agriculture, and should be

'ihe leader in home economics. Hamp-

ered as that department is at present

by want of space and i‘acilities,to do

research work, it is impossible to do

the work our experts want to do, and

could do if they had the opportunity.



“Then there are the babies. If one-

hulf of the cows of Michigan were not

feeding their offspring, and il‘ farmers

Were losing one calf out of every ten,

do you llllnk anyone would stop at a

tax of one-eleventh of a mill to secure

the money to Stop this waste of animal

life? Can’t you just see federal and

state treasuries open up and pour out

the money to study cause and cure?



“Yet fully one-half of all mothers

can not nurse their babies; probably

seventy-two per cent is nearer right

than fifty per cent. One baby out of

every ten dies in infancy. And what

are we doing to‘find out why this fear-

ful waste of human life, andmh'ow it

can be stopped?



“That’s what we want to find out in

our heme economics building. We

want to find out the best possible

standard formula for feeding babies,

and then give it out through our home

extension'work. At present, pure, raw,

modified cow’s milk is the best thing

known, but mothers who have gone

through Weeks of nervous strain try-

ing to get just the right formula, know

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babies. And we want Michigan to be

the state to do this thing for the world.



“In connection with the nutritional

research work in the laboratory we

plan tohave acottage filled withbab-

ies where the girls can learn by actual»

experience how to take proper care of

infants. Similar work is being carried

on in other states. A trained nurse

will be in charge, but the girls will be

required to spend a certaifi number of

hours per week in the actual care of

babies, just as they do other labora-

tory work.



“America loses 250,000 babies every

year; a greater loss of life yearly than

our entire losses in the world war. We

must have greater nutritional knowl-

edge ..to stop it. The home economics

building will help us do this.



“Incidentally, the building will save

us money. Eight thousand dollars a.

year now in outside rentals, 3. figure





which must increase as the attendance.





increaSes, will quickly mount up into



more than the cost of a'new building.”



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onstration agents this winter. One of

the first project's Vto'befundertaken in

Wayne county was" the demonstra»

tion of making dress forms. Miss Rog-

ers was. assisted in this by“ Miss

Helen Arms, Clothing Specialist for

the Michigan Agricultural College, who

presided at the meetings which were

held at three different centers from the

fifteenth to the seventeenth of Decem-

ber. It was planned to have two women

represent the various localities at one

of these three centers who were in-

structed in' the making of these forms.

Then‘later, with the- assistance of

Miss Rogers, these women will in-

struct other women in their respective

communities. In this way every woman

can receive individual attention which

is impossible for Miss Arms and Miss

Rogers to give in two days.



“These dress forms can be made at

a. very small cost and will be found to

be just as practical as any they might

purchase for many times the cost of a.

home-made one,” says Miss Rogers.



Other work will consist of the food

study classes, the milk campaign to

see that more milk is consumed by the

producer, lessons in the feeding of

children, care of the home and other

economic phases of life in the home.



* T. W. G.





The“ Unknown Road





Our Weekly Sermon—By N. A. M chme





HERE is a very suggestive inci-

l dent in the third chapter of Josh-

ua. It is the crossing of the

Jordan by the Israelites, as they enter

the land of Canaan. Their commander,

Joshua, is particular to carry out to

the letter allthe directions he had re-

ceived, as to the manner of crossing

the river. First, the ark of the cov-

enant was to be carried over, by pick-

ed men. This was to be done slowly

and reverently, and when the priests

bearing the ark waded into the water,

they were to stand still for a few min-

utes, while the river bed began to dry

up. It was an unknown road before

them. They were determined to be

certain that God was with them.

Looking out on another year, we will

have to admit, if we are honest, that

it is an unknown road. It may be very

like the roads we have traveled before.

But it may not. ' There are people

reading this issue of the Michigan

Farmer, who, a year hence, will be in

their graves. That will be an unknown

road. There are people in health and

strength who during the coming year

will suffer ill health, accident, or be

visited with fatal disease. There are

others on whose door unexpected suc-

cess will knock with feverish vigor.

And sometimes success is more fatal

to the soul than failure. There are

some who will shoulder heavy respon-

sibility,‘and will carry it man‘fully.

There are' those who will take advan-

tage of fat opportunity for the glory

of self. All'these are unknown roads.





Wise the soul, happy the pilgrim, who ~ . ..

area, of ,France. 4;; {31, can





has God with him. One day I. was

wandering through the British Muse-

um, in London, and" I noticed an eager





crowd gaithered' about some objeCt,*.,-in.





ins. int a





who perished at the South Pole. The

page at Which the diary Was open, had

been hastily scrawled with a) pencil,

by“a man whose fingers were appar-

ently stiff with the Cold of the polar

night. “For God’s sake,” it ran, “Take

care of our people.” That surely was

an unknown road for the explorer. And

it was another traveler in the antarc-V

tic regions, more successful than Scott,

who said, as he lived one season

through the driving cold, the raging

wind and the groaning ice, “There are

justrtwo things that matter, in life:

God and Bread}? Bread:—the necessar-

ies for comfortable existence. God—

to guide, .to make the road safe.





BEFORE the people crossed the Jor-



dan, they also cleansed themselves.

The Promised Land was to be entered

by a purified people. Cleanliness is one

of the needful factors, if We are to

make progress over next year’s road.

Entering the operating room in a hos-

pital, the visitor finds it as free from

dirt or stain as science can make it.

Walking through any of the modern

food factories, the stranger sees'well-

lighted and airy rooms, where the op-

eratives work, in cleanly garb and

amid cleanly surroundings. And the ,.

soul is infinitely mOre sensitive than

the palate or the open wound. There

is an instrument that Will-A detect the

heat of a candle a mile distant. ,But

the soul is more responsive: to good or ‘

evil, than that. .

says tells two incidents, that illustrate '

this. . They are taken flom;'the battle

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to.” ‘But the little fellowbegan to cry.

“If you were my father,” said he, “You

would not say that.” After all, it is

the Sir Galahad type of man that we

all prefer, unless we have been de-

praved with evil habit.

“My good blade carves the casques of

men,



My tough lance thrusteth sure.

My strength is as the strength of ten,



Because my heart is pure.”



There were twelve good men and

true, chosen by the Israelites, to repre-

sent them in making the cairn, which

marked the place of crossing. The

twelve men did as they were hidden,

and undoubtedly that pile of stones re-

mained there for many a year. The

inen who were thus distinguished are

not named, however. Whoever they

were, they remain to us unknown. The

idea that these men would be remem-

bered down the years was thus pre-

vented. They were to do their work

for the good of the whole group to

which they belonged, not for personal

advantage. Ambition was thus exclud-

ed. And as one travels along the un—

known road, he sees many a wreck,

wrought by some ill-guided soul, who

was determined to get ahead, no mat-

ter whom he walked over, in order to

get there.





ND these hardy folk who crossed



the Jordan long ago, were remind-

ed that they must have courage. It

was an unknown land to which they

were going. There dwelt the giants,

the sons of Anak. and who could tell

what might befall any invaders? But

that is one of the romances of life.

\Ve are continually asked to go for-

ward into the unknown. That is where

we get an occasional thrill. Life is an

adventure. Christian faith is the big-

gest adventure of all. We are banking

on the faithfulness ot‘ a God we never

saw, and our guide is a book written

by men we never saw. As Donald Han-

key author of the much read “Student

in Arms,” said, “Faith is just betting

your life that there is a god.” We must

fear not. We must go ahead, at any

cost. God has traveled the way be-

fore. He knows all crooks and turns.

In Hawthorne’s story, “The Gray

(hampion,” he represents a military

procession down the streets 01' Boston.

It was a procession of the governor,

his staff and soldiers. There had been

oppression, and the people were al-

most ready l'or violence. The governor

determined to cow the people with a

show of force. Suddenly out of the

muttering crowd there appeared the

figure of an ancient man. His beard

was long, his dress was antique. He

went straight up to the advancing col-

umn and called upon it to halt. The

drum ceased, the advancing line stood

still. “How dare you stay the march

of King James’ Governor?” “I have

stayed the march of the king himself

ere now,” replied the ancient figure.

“The cry of an oppressed people has

disturbed me in my secret place.





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The Country Boy’s Creed

By Edwin ‘OJgood Graver .





I BELIEVE that the Country which God made is more beauti-

ful than the City which man made; that life out of doors and

in touch with the earth is the natural life of man.

that work is work wherever I find it, but that work with Nature -,

is more inspiring than work with the most intricate machinery.

I believe that the dignity of labor depends not “on what you do,

but on how you do it; that opportunity comes to a boy on the

farm as often as to, a boy in the city;

freer and happier on the farm than in town; —that my success





dreams, but upon what I actually downot upon luck, but upon

I believe in working when you work, and in playing

when you play, and in giving and demanding a square deal in





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wait for the soil to dry out enough for

the horses to plow it, so picked out

patches where it dried out a little. I

spaded the whole garden myself. I

had no fertilizer for it, so when this

dry spell did come on it burned up

badly and was hard to work. I had to

carry water in pails one hundred and

forty feet so as to water my garden.



I raised many of my young plants,

such as tomatoes, cabbage, peppers,





coxcombs and kept my garden free

from weeds, because I weeded them

out when they first appeared and gave

them no chance to grow, as weeds take

squash hill. He kept the bugs away.

I was always very careful not to bother

him when I was working around it.

Then we have so many nice song birds

too; they help to keep the worms off

trees and bushes.

HAROLD ARTHUR.





Junior Club Activities





HAT the high places taken by



Michigan lads in the judging



contest at the International Live

Stock Show at Chicago recently were

not merely incidental, but the result of

the system of training developed by

Michigan Agricultural College exten-

sion leaders throughout the state has

been borne out since by a number of

other honors won by Michigan boys

along similar lines.



Forrest Bedell, of Davison, Genesee

county, the only club member from

this state to exhibit at inter-state corn

show at Baton Rouge, La., won first

place. In the recent contests carried

on by the Breeders’ Gazette oflfering





prizes for the best descriptions of

blooded animals, Don Shepard of Char-





Alotte, took fourth place with an ac-





count of the good points of a Hereford

bull which placed high at the Interna-

tional show.



Members of the beef calf club and

the pig club in Lenawee county recentj

ly shipped animals to Buffalo for the

annual contests held at the yards

there. They have just received word

that Miles Beamer, of Blissfield, took

first and second places and grand

championship on two steers, while

Lenawee county took first place with a.

pen of five pigs.





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‘ and crop club work as a member of,





the state staff. He will leave the de-

partment January 1 to go on his farm

in Berrien county. A great deal of

the credit for the good work done by

Michigan boys is attributed to Mr. An-

derson and the recent honors have

come as a fitting climax to his efforts.



In this connection also, it is of in

terest to note the attitude taken by

breeding associations toward live stock

club work. The Lenawee Holstein-

Friesian association is awarding mem-

berships to all dairy calf club mem-

bers in the county who successfully

complete the club work, while the

Michigan Duroc-Jersey Breeders’ As—

sociation has offered a gilt of that





breed to the winner of the pig club .





championship in each county.



In their own line the girl club mem-

bers are rivaling the progress of the

boys. Last winter Michigan was ac-

knowledged as foremost in the entire

United States in handicraft and gar-

ment making club work and indica-

tions are that the record set a year

ago will be surpassed this season.



The first of a series of club leaders’

conferences will be held at the college-

during farmers’ week, when three days

will be spent in discussing problems.



Two recent additions to the staff of

county club agents in the state are

Harold Canfield, M. A. C. graduate in

1917. who took up his duties in Ma-

comb county December 1, and C. E.

Ackley, who will begin work On Janu-

ary 1, in Calhoun county.——ans1mw.

WHEN WILL A CATTLE SHORTAGE



ARRIVE?





 





(Continued from page 3).

on the cattle population in various

countries with the following result:



The cattle population of the United

Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerland,

Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Swe-

den and Germany showed a reduction

of 10.8 per cent. These are importing

countries. In the United States. Can

ada, Argentina, Australia and New Zea

land, the cattle population had increas

ed 15.7 per cent. Combining all these

countries, there was an actual increase

of 5.4 per cent in cattle.



In brief, cattle shortage is on the

way but it is not yet here, although the

liquidation of the present year, due to

financial conditions, will hasten it to

some extent. In the past, the periods

of very profitable prices for beef cattle

were 18844886, 1898-1900 and 1914-

1916. When will the next one be?

Cattle production cannot be expanded

or contracted as rapidly from year to

year as can the production of crops,

such as cotton or wheat, so that the

swings of relatively high or low prices

cover a longer period of time. About

fifteen years from high point to high

point has been the past history of the

market. The farmers who will get

the most benefit from high cattle

prices when the next shortage arrives

will be those who begin breeding an

increased number of cattle from two

to four years before the shortage is ex-

pected to culminate. In a year or two

may be the proper time to begin. Just

at present, it does not appear advis-

able to make big attempts at expand-

ing cattle production although that

may be a very good thing for some in-

dividual farmers or some whole com-

munities which need cattle to. balance

up their agriculture.



Periods of profit for cattle feeders

are slightly different. They move in

Shorter swings and are controlledtvery

largely by the numbers of thin cattle

taken out during a given period and

the;price of corn. The coming winter

oust-s a fair prospect for those feeders

who layegmown their .own::,cam and.





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Such profitable producers

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make a conspicuous production

record, but not one of them

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ening of the digestive or genital

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Imported Herd Bulls

ELCHO OF HARVIESTOUN (45547)

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EDG%RDO 0F DALMENY (45501)

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and your herd with a son of May Rose Noble of

Jean Luth 38183 and get type and pruductlon

combined. We offer a. few sons out of superior R.

dams. Some old enough for service. Write or come

and see. together with several near relatives of each.

0 also ofler at this times. few high class A. R. cows.

PAUL LOVE. St. Austell Farm. Jackson, MIC-h.





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arch 3rd. We are offering for sale Ed-

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in blood lines to Effies Lass also four

more choice bulls which are old enough

for service and sired also by the cham-

pion show and breeding bull Black

Monarch 3rd.





Our herd is under State and Federal

Supervision. .





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ORION , MICHIGAN





W. E. SCRIPPS. Prop. Sidney Smithfiupt.





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For Sale of pure bred Aberdeen A, 33. up.

conststingiqol‘ males and females of difi‘erenf‘a‘aea.



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Yearling Hens—A few W hite Wy andottes. Anconas.

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Cockerels— Barred and White Rocks: Brown Leghorns.





STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION,

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We are not running a hatchery but hava the largest

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breeds and undoubtedly the pick of the

flocks from which they came. They‘

produced an average of 151.8 eggs per

hen.





The profit side of the ledgeris inter-

esting. These Storrs birds produced

eggs worth $4,019.57 at a feed cost of

$1.77 9.20. Of course, this does not in-

clude labor, etc;, and the birds were

not kept under farm conditions, which

usually means all ‘in one large free

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N a village of two or three hundred .

people it is naturally expected that eggs each per year."

someone will occasionally be sick. '

The same is true in a, flock of two or





The value of one hen is not often

highenough to hire a. veterinarian to

drive several miles and give the bird

expert attention. And usually not more

than one hen will be ailing at any one





The poultryman should not forget

that success with poultry does not con-

sist in skill in curing diseases but in

Many sick

birds can be treated most effectively

with the hatchet which at one blow

permanently cures the patient and re-

the disease

spreading to healthy members of the





It is none too early to study litera-

ture concerning hatching and brooding

equipment if new incubators or brood-

ers are needed for “the coming spring.

Much of the success with the spring

poultry work depends on having ev-

Some of the

of the year

often comes in the early spring when





means that proper brooding equipment

must be ready and its operation under-

stood. Otherwise discouraging things





flock of chicks does not often mean a





means a season filled with discourage-





 





Introducing Cookerels.





fighting. This can be avoided by pur-





same flock and disposing of the old

birds Or hatching eggs can be pur-

chased and the 'cockerels 1 of the new

blood raised with the home stock. The

toe punch or leg bands will enable the

owner to distinguish them. On free





be seriously injured by being driven





hoppers.





Nest eggs are not necessary to make

hens lay, but sometimes they are of





Information concerning poultry dis- value in teaching the pullets to lay in

eases can be obtained from farm jour-

VVhen you

read of a poultry disease and. a treat-

ment it pays to clip out' the article

and retain it in an envelope for future

Then if such a. case should occur

in the home flock it will often be pos-

sible to give the sick bird prompt nests.

treatment and make a cure. Sick hens,

as is the case with all animals, are

more easily cured before the condition





the proper place. This is especially

is important to have nearly all the

eggs laid in the nests and very few on

the floor. Pullets are encouraged to

lay in the nests and not on the floor

if they always see a china egg in the

Eggs laid in the litter are often

covered with straw and lost. They

may be broken and eaten and help-

start the egg-eating habit.





A Word of- Encouragement.



Last‘year eggs were lower than now

and feed was higher. Some poultry-

men say. that egg prices will surely be

profitable for the next three or four

years as it will take that long for egg

production to catch up because of the

great reduction in flocks during the

war. This doeS'not mean that they

could not be built quicker but that it

will not be done because the old breed-

ers will not come back at once but re-

turn slowly as the business picks up.

Owners of good flocks now seem to

have as good a chance to make them

pay as they will ever have—K.





coop SPEAKERS AT FARMERS'

WEEK.





HILE plans are not yet complete



the program for farmers’ week.

to be held at M. A. C. from January 31

to February 4, gives promise of afford-

ing many a treat to those among the

agriculturists of Michigan who attend.

Ammig the speakers already arranged

for are Marion L. Burton, president of

the University of Michigan, who has

attracted much attentionlby his activ-

ities in the short time since he came

to ,the state from the University of

Minnesota; Gov.‘ W. L. Harding, of

Iowa, known as’ an excutive well vers-

ed in farm problems; A. F. Lever, mem-

ber of the farm loan board and father

of several widely known agricultural

acts passed. by congress in recent

yearsLand S. S. McClure, famous jour-

nalist and publisher.





As was the case last winter most of"

the agricultural associations of the

state will hold their annual meetings

in connection with farmers’ week.

Among those so far assured are the

Michigan‘Farm Bureau, the Michigan

Crop Improvement Association, the

Michigan Potato Producers’ Associa-

tidn, the Michigan Horticultural Soci-

ety and others.



The exhibit of Michigan crops which

attracted universal admiration at the

hay and,grain show at Chicago will be-

a feature. Ashley M. Berridge, director

of short courses, is chairman of the

farmers’ week committee and informa-





tion may be secured by addressing him. -





at M. A. C.——Hr.xsrmw.





 





Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation

reports that ninety per cent. of~the





if all his ens "do not lay. twohundred’ 9’ i I I.





When new cockerels are brought ~





‘ . A certain 99? into a flock there is often conciderable:

cent of mortality must be expected





and that loss must be controlled by





. . chasing all of the cockerels from the-

sanitary precautlon. to the lowest pos-





range the poorest fighters have .8. good .

time, unless some specific disease be- chance to escape from the victors. But

gins to make inroads on the flock. It in a small laying-house the lesers may

means that the poultryman. must be

his own doctor and make a study of about and frightened from the feed

the business so that he can handle the,

cases and rapidly eliminate disease





true when trapnesting is done and it '
“on mr-ngiry cows. « Will you please

{2n me, 1: amount of each of the fol-~





lowing feds to feed in ‘Order to get a





1' , balanced rgfiopz” Ground corn and:





, oats. cottonseed meal, mangels, timo-r

thy hay and shredded cOrnstalks With,

ears removed. '



Genesee Co. W. E. R.





I would recommend that you feed

two pounds of cottonseed meal to each

cow per day. This is all the cotton-

seed meal that one can feed for any

length of time with real safety, then

add a sufficient amount of corn and

oats ground together with the two’

pounds of cottonseed meal to make a

pound of grain per day for every four

pounds of milk which the cows pro-

duce.

liberally, but without waste. With

proper care, which includes a warm

stable, I believe you'will get good re-

sults with this ration. C. C. L.





CORNCOB MEAL.





 





I would like to know, when the cob

is ground with the corn and fed to

horses and cattle, it it would have any

bad effect on them?



Ionia Co. B. M. H.



Corn-and-cob meal is a pretty bulky

food for horses. I prefer to have the

corn alone, but if you do not feed too

much of it and feed some other grain

in connection with it, I don't think it

will be a detriment to horses. For

cows corn-and-cob meal is all right,

but of course you ought to have ground

oats or bran and then some cottonseed

or linseed meal to furnish the cows

more protein. I would not feed over

one-half of the corn-and-cob meal by

weight in the ration for cows, and the

other one-half of the ration ought to

be ground oats or bran and oil meal.



C. C. L.





COW NOT DOING WELL.





 





My young cow freshened the second

week in July and gave eleven quarts

when first freshened, and about six or

eight weeks ago the flow decreased to

about four quarts and it continues to

decline. She eats and drinks well and

appears to be well. I am feeding clo-

ver hay, cornstalks chopped fine, sugar

beets cut up fine and mixed with com-

mercial dairy feed. She also urinates

every time I milk. I give her bran

mash every week.



Wayne Co. H. O. S.



Not knowing more about the condi-

tions of the cow I would suspect that

you were not giving her a sufficient

amount of grain, and as it is cold and

she gets nothing from the pasture, this

often happens. Cows will do well on

the ration you mention, which is a

good one, providing you add enough

grain, but you have got to be pretty

liberal with the, grain in order to keep

the flow of milk where a cow freshens

in July. If. you are feeding her ‘liber—

ally and she does not respond, I think

it would be best to consult your local

veterinarian. She may need a tonic

of some sort. 0. C. L.





QUART WEIGHTS OF FEEDS.





 





We find it inconvenient to weigh

feeds for stock while feeding. Would

you ~kindly give us the weight of a

quart measure of the various feeds?



Hillsdale Co. D. G.



The quart weights of various feeds

are as follows: Cottonseed meal. 1.5

lbs.; linseed meal, old process, 1.1 lbs.;

gluten meal, 1.7 lbs.; gluten feed, 1.2

«lbs.; coarse wheat bran, 0.5 lbs.;{

coarse wheat middlings, 0.8 lbs.; fine

wheat middlings, 1.1 lbs.; corn meal,

15 lbs.; oats, 1.2 lbs.; rye bran, 0.6

lbs. per quart—W.





it is not expensive barns that make

5 milk and healthy cows. but well

stealthy cows, though their sta-





 





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UERNSEY87B‘ederal Inspected. Headed

son of Carrie of Hillhurst. excham ion 0

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class D has given over 50le. mil]! No zombies to spare.

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Fred H. Lee, Plymouth, Mich-

igan, Writes:





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my two original cows. I have



,ecome owner of a lar e farm,

near Detrort. which ogierwise

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Are you using a first class herd sire?

You can’t afford to use a poor one.

We have good ones of all ages list-

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Let us know your needs.





The Michigan Holstein-Friesian

Association





ll. W. HOMO", in. Field Secretary,

Old Slate Block. Lansing, Michigan





Two Grandsons. of

King Of The Pontiaes





Ready for Service

From 31.18 and 28.39 lb. dams





Sim;-—King cf the Pontiacs Se is No. 169131, whois

by King of the Pontiacs and mm Hillsdale Begin

(a 33 lb. daughter of_K1ng Segls) “Nuf God."



Dams;—Topsy Clothilde Fobes No.172806 .

lsbs. butiger alziltizfi‘BJSSlb.i mlélkgizgzdays. made 3! 18



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28.391bs. butter and 587.8 lbs. milk {gags :35 “:33

105.94 lbs. butter and 2319.6 lbs. milk in 30 days.





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Herd under federal supervision. Come and see them.





, For pedigree and information write Mr. Fred Alt, Mgr.





James B. Jones Farms,

Romeo, Mich.





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





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NOTICE





The Winwood Herd





on Nov. lst will move their Herd of

Pure Blood Holsteins to their new

home, 1.}. miles south of Rochester, Mich.

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 Maplecrest Boy

at your own price.





JOHN H. WlNN, (lnc.)





Roscommon, Michigan





The Traverse Herd





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

fine growthy type, guaranteed right in every way.

They are fnom high producing A. R. 0. ancestors,

Dam’s records up to 30 lbs. Write for pedigrees and

quotations, stating about age desired.





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“Top Notch” Holsteins





Bu 8. “milk” Bull of Quality from the Bree rs

of tile world's only cow to produce 800le. milkdi: '7~

do a, havmg an 800 b



or advertised bulls are selling fast.

Here are two good ones:





No. 1. King Vale Colnntha De Kol, No. 307701!

A “TOP noroii‘m'1 (iit'il’ igli)‘ k d b m '

" ll] vi ua. no e y teen

dams who avers e 30."3 lbs. 1 tt ‘ '7 , ‘

Price $175.00 {.80. b. 'Howelll.‘ or in days





 





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No.2. Cornucopia Wayne Ss'egis King. Noaalm.

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BO 11 Dec. 1919,

His 4 nearest dams average 25.39 lbs butter in 7 d .

7132186. 3.22 lb. cow with a aughter who produced. ‘.

lbs. milk and 1543 lbs. butter in two consecutive





years. Price $125.00 t. o. b. Howell.





f lBull about. one quuarter white.

g. 2 Bull abouthalthndhalf. .





 





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‘ Holsleins





NEW YORK—recognized as the'cradle

of the Holstein industry, has fumish-

ed the foundation animals for many

herds whose fame is known through-

out the Holstein world. She has di-

versified popular blood lines, that are

noted for short and long time produc-

tion. Type that wins in the show ring.





Recognizing the importance of the

public sale as an advertising medium,

the New York Holstein Friesian Asso-

ciation has selected through a nation-

ally known judge, a consignment of

the state’s best Holsteins from over

sixty herds for their





Firsl Stale Sale





Rochester, N. Y.





January l2- l 3, ’2 I





In this sale will be no less than TEN

30—lb. COWS and more than a QUAR-

TER OF A HUNDRED FROM 30 lb.

DAMS: Several from long distance

dams: three cows above 35-lb., two over

700 lb. milk and a very select bunch

of .young service bulls all from 30 lb.

dams. It is doubtful if any sale ever

before held has contained so many

high record show ring individuals.

Follow the men who have made a suc-

cess of the Holstein business and buy

NEW YORK HOLSTEIN S. The men

selling in this salevghave subjected the

animals going into it to the intradernal

and subcutaneous test and will guar—

antee them without reserve for sixty

days to any purchaser. .This work has

been done with the co-operation of

the state and Federal departments..

Send to E. R. Zimmer, Wieting Block,

for a catalog and plan to attend this

event.





New York Holstein Association

Syracuse. New York





   





 





 





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‘ ‘ Purebred





Aberdeen-Angus Cattle ‘

By the ' N

Michigan Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ . Association W



At ’





MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, .EAST LANSING, NICII.

January 14th, 1921





45 head exceptionally

good cattle from the

leading herds in the

state. Cows that will

make wonderful founda-

tional material, and bulls .

of herd heading quality,

sired by some 'of the

most noted bulls of the

breed.





     





In the sale are Blackcaps, Blackbirds, Ericas, Prides, Heather Blooms





and Georginas.





The animals in the sale are sired by_and bred to such noted bulls as:





Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny Black Watch of Woodcote

imp. Elcho of Harvestown Ames Plantation Beaumont

Idler of Rosemere Proud Monarch 5th

Duke of Woodcote Afton Jam

Black Rosegay Enos of Woodcote

Blackbird Brandon 2nd Bright Monarch



’ Bunker Bean Blackcap Modeler





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Michigan Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Meeting and ban net at the Went-



worth Hotel on the evening of the 13th. All are invited. ,

h



For catalogs and further information write Ward Hathaway, Sec. Mich.





Aberdeen-Angus Association, Ovid, Mich. or Dr. K. J. Seulke, Eastern

Representative, American Aberdeen-Angus Association, Ithaca, N. Y.





 





 





 





‘ b ll calf born Nov. 1920 extra

Reg' HOISte‘n clloice breeding and individ-

uality, $60 reg.'and del.





J.R. Hicks, St.Johns.Mich.





HERE FORDS





Jersey bull'calves of Majesty breedi from

For sale good producin stock. Herd on ggvern-

merit “Accredited List." rite for cc and pedigree

to c. A. TAGGETT, R. 2. Ba. grove. Mich.





 





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys fif’flg‘fivfifiw‘f‘“

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





 





 





 





507 5 lb milk 22.8lb. butter aver. 035nearest

' ' dams of granddau hter of De K0] 2nd



Due in hint. to 2’7 b. bull. Price 5300.

M. L. McLAULIN. Redford. Mich.





For Sale Holstein-Friesians





A bull calf ready for service. Combines show

type and production.

Herdsire. Model King Segis Glista. whose grand-

dam is Gliste Ernestine. the only cow of the breed

that has six times made better than 30 lbs. butter.





. Grand River Stock Farms

Corey J. Spencer, Owner

315 N. East Ave. Jackson, Mich.





Butter Boy 3rd

Terms.





 





- heifers of popular breeding for sale. Also





Jersey Buns gfiluhagh.0f M. dams $75, to

NOTTEN FARM, Grass Lake, Mich.





bulls not related. bulls for sale: From Mar uerite' P i

Jersey 3 randson of FrigiisgmhRagd R. ofsMr‘dm er





Allen Bros. Paw Paw,Mich. MITNPAR 4' Emil-'Mfiii





Address Until June lst. 1921. Meridale Interested Owl No. 111311 heads my herd





. II I r i . .

907 Osborne St., Kalamazoo, Mich. b“ c“ veg ”133.3%? $3.33,“? SPdA‘ii'etgfiPfiicM





Hereiords For Sale {alriggaggggiegurggdgiwg BIDWELL SHORTHORNS

reduction on all sires. choice females for sale. Write ‘





BUY.A BULL

me our needs. Earl C. McCart Bad Axe Mich. .



y y’ ’ that Will. put weight on your dair calves -the dia-

erence Will soon gay for the bull. 'ow selling good

Scotch and Scotc -toppedyearlings,reasonably riced.



e guarantee every animal to be a. breeder. fideral

Test. One hour from Toledo. Ohio, N. Y.'C. R. R.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM,





Box D, Tecumseh, Michigan





Bloomdale Shortliorns





Cows with calves at side, open or bred





dams for sale.





 





 





 





The Sun Always Shines on





GREATJERSEYS





 





cluny Stock Farm





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 yr. olds.

Yearly records up to 24000 lbs. milk and 1000 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

23421 lbs. milk in a year. or by Dutchland Kon-

igen Sir Rag Apple. our Junior Herd sire. whose

dam is a 30 lb. 10 yr. old maternal sister of Dntchland

Colnntha Denver who made 36 lbs. in 7 days and 1315

lbs. butter and 3-3431 lbs. milk in 1 year. Several carry

the blood of both these sires.



They are extra well grown. 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.

Here Is A Good One.





A yearling son of Maplecrest De Kol Hengerveld.





 





 





 

 





See our cattle get our rices and b ' -

lng. Both bulls and feiiiales for 8:111:8de before buy

Bad Axe. Mich.





Great yearly records everywhere. CARR BROS' & 00"





 





 





In Canada 960 lb. 857 butter ’



in M... 1223.5 ,. ,, ° The Maple s Shorthorns

InCalifomia 1105.8 ” ” ” Kirklevington Lad b Im . Hartford

iii fifisii/Iexicoltlgglg .. n ,, Welfare. In serviée, ulls per sale.



In Ohio 1010:5 1’ H I! JI VI WISE, GOBIOViue, Mich.

In Oregon 1212.8 ” ” ” . . g



1.: fifigeglmfigg I,’ :, :: Richland Shortliorns

In Washington1102.3 " " " Imp- .Lome. Imp- Newton pham ion and

In Iowa 10192 n n n Sterlin Supreme .111 SerVIce. , e offer

In Mich. 1124.6 ,. n ‘ . n for quic sale: Five Scotch Bulls, best





of breeding. Three whites at $1000 each One





No! not 80%. but 35%, good honest roan at $500. one red at $400. No temales~for





 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





The sire having three sisters. each with records of





 





 





 





over 1220 pounds of butter in a. ear. two of them





butter. Sec'y. Henrickson of Shelby. 5"“ ‘é‘tb‘icfs‘i‘lfi’sbSHQ-i-‘issons.

knows of a [lot more. T‘awas. City. Mich.

BRANCH COUNTY FARM





 





former world champions. Calf’s am sister to three

e h with records 0 .cver1200 pounds by Pontiac Aeg-

gf: This combination of breeding has

produced more 1000 to 1200 pound cows than any other

of the breed. If 1afggotency counts. where can you



an] it? Prices . forgguick sale. .



lcrest Farm. Mgr. F. . Lay. Kalamazoo. Mich.





 





 





m Majmy strain. Herd

More a





ited 1 . M. testi constant}; one. Bulls for and two you gei- ones at w ll be ready or light ser-

1 _ ALVIN BALDE‘Iif Phone 1 ,.' Capac. Mich. vice Jan. 115i: __ e also are ofierln ttl is tim fe

8“ e - ‘ bred cowsandth e fiend heads?! ‘by llictor filing;





American Pollliodedlghii—rihorn ‘Caltle





'For Sale twb splendid bulli now read for service.





The.Wildwood Farm





11 State accred-





 





 





Good individuals. Choice b ing. Some





_ R Holstein-Friesian cows and heifers priced to

2] fly se 1 reed .

' freshen soon. B. B R Akron. Mich.





 





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For Sa'e anbenmlin tested Jemfird mist-





heifers tignbitlite m ltion on these '

r8: V .

a my h. A. 1.1ny s





and Sultan“ . rloes ye reasonab.e. ri on '.

wants. ace. ll. drawback Coldwailrverfa lob:





1F o are AL E message“: 1





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a envoy,

Herd Bull For Sale $3.913?th

2086.%05ds.





ABOd ..

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rds. 7 db. milk'id'lfl). butter

“11.3.3 agreement?“ 2» g. .





 

 





 





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Belandand Beland. Tecnm





 

 





8.. Grand Ledge. Mich.





'nu' “Cd Pall“ Bull calves for Belg. from 3 mos. to





 

 

 

 

 





1 year old. sired b am nsCh tine:

grand son 01 Charmerliilsl to at? (f and -

ion. wnsTBBodx 3130‘s?“ mafia





 





3~Hoes





Registered Berkshires. ants. andglows bred to: A \ Til

May and June far-row. A year g at and agew



younger.Spring pigs. Chase Stcck arm. emmlch.

' - Berkshires for sale. Two ' be



"Cgl‘lend ready for service, two young 1?: I 521::





an yo or ones of e'ther sex Lotta I our

wants. “BJORN YOUNG: R. 2, Breekengldlg‘ggw lch.





Bred Berkshi gilts for April furrow :50. one short.

horn bull 81%. One Ii pshire ram 113me .Berk-

shirepigs no a :15. M. Gi‘iosher & Sons. magma.





Breakwater lllllllll- Jerseys





 





Big type,large bonihnd rugged with plentyof -

ity. This is your chance to buy high dais indciVid-

uals at reasonable prices.

f 11 br d Open Gilts ‘

o c oice ee ing and right type. Panama Special,

The Principal 4th. Orion Cherry King. and» Great

Orion families. Now is the time to buy before the

demand takes all of the good ones.



_ Write us for Prices and Pedigrees

Mail orders a Specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed.





BROOKWATER FARM





IANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

H. W. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews, Mgr.





 





 





Spring pigs b3 Walt's

ion, First. Sr. Yearling

Detroit, Jackson.Gd. Rapids and Saginaw 1919





Phillips Bros,Riga,M’ich.





 





DUROC JERSEY SWINE





for sale 2 yr.-old herd boars. yearling boarsand‘ boar

Write '





pigs. also bred sows and gilts. for pedigrees and

p cos. ome and see





0 them.

T1108. UNDERniLL & son, Salem, Mich.





' For December we will take orders for

Special all" 1920 a ring gilts bred_f 1‘ Mar. and Apr.

farrow 1921 at $50 eac excellent b g. Gilts to be

shipped when safe in pig. Write or come and make

your own selection at once. —



RUSH BROS. Romeo. Mich.





For sale gig-gait gear-says of the big heavyt

onos‘. BRAY. Okemoa'Mich.





sows and ilts

D uroc who has Slged more 181; and 2nd





at the State Fair in last 2 years than any 0 ’r Duroo

ar. Everyone will be a money maker for the





Cat. and xrlce list.

RT, St. Johns. Mich.





rise pigs





 





Duroc Boars geadgmfor service.





prices. Write or better come and see

F. J. D





Write Me





sey boars read for service.

w.i1.M





good condition and at fair flees.

anteed. W.





finder. _





 

   





buyer.

NEWTON BARNB

spring boars. A few, guts bred





DUROCS f

vii %?%?A%$finbhlilw.pflfglii





Sir-ed

Orion





ks Cher

Kin number 1692.59 son 0 the 510.000.00 Champion

Jae 3 Orion King 2nd all large type and heavy-bone

out of good 8 '





ows. ,

THE J JENNINGS FARMS, Bailey. MiOh.





Duroe Jerseys Boars Boers of the large heavy





boned type at reasonable





RQDT, Monroe. Mich





heavy bone roe er-

AYES. L. B. 506, Durand, Mich.





at once I have just. whatyou wont

resistered Du J





roJerse boa fro 6mo.tol .o‘ld. Y

I)‘10 y m m yrnoel-ii all in.





sows old enough to breed for sprin

e eliverv er.

Alina, ich.





DIEJROG JERSEYS’





prey U.’ Ed monds, Hastings. Mich.





E. ARTLEY,





DUROC JERSEYS 2“,? “d





see-

mphiorpnsernx. .w’ay ' .Miciif ' -

Michigana





breeding represente cluding the

faction guaranteed. dun '





Dorcas. W

-mt-'..aii§'.'i.i”ie~’.°.§

o. r; Foster, svi ionlmios.





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."Mil‘kin“ Shorthorns of bestBatee steam...

H , , . ighnllsoggfibfingorsalm





I “.3. M Pflllfld cattle choice young bulls trend to R i

M KEBLE mo. cleats:- sale.





BOARS—fReady for Service -





bred to Walt. Kins 29499 ‘
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qd builds a'rigid, .

air~tight. perma-

nent silo that

. . perfect ‘si-

lage. Just buy your

materials and fol-

.low our simple work-

mg plan. Backed by

a fiveyear guarantee.



A 5-Year Success

7000 in Wisconsin a-

lone. Thousands more

. 4 givmg perfect satisfac-

~ - tion in the United

States Canada and foreign countries.

Door looks at four corners, automatic ad-

]:usting hoop fasteners and super cable and

uses stave anchorage system. Don't buy

any Silo until you investigate the Teck-

~ tomus.



FREE To farm owner Our illustrate

. ed booklet “ errect Bil e."

- ~ Gives the realiacts about silos. Send for t at





once, also . and ye r 1 mb r. l ' .

E. c. incml‘orduse FG‘ir it'd.”

1207 Racine Avenue. Racine, Wisconsin





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 





 





   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

 





   

 

 

 





 

   





     





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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cheapest fuel, 36 hours one filling:

handy valve controls heat for small tanks or'

mild weather; flame can't blow out; no ashes,l

smoke, sparks: heavy-rust proof boiler iron in-l'

sures ”birding?” no rifvets underkwnter; (fl



pen a e; years; risen tan ; a s o



imlf quickly: “W'TT \XT.T" ‘L‘P L‘J

Farmers who owhiidbrdina—rywfink heatexrsire'

themen who buy and stick by the “MOLlNE.7' -





Costs no more than the inefficient kind“





MDLlNE HOG WATERERTS‘





{Guaranteed hedvy galvanized Iteel?non-‘l

firming: sanitary: cool in summer; long,

burning/ 03111. “(was styles. Write for witch,





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‘ sl: for spare hour;

. \ money making plan.

50! literature, price to):

0! Immediate ship}

men: direct Irom ’¢¢-/

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FOR SALE: A few choice re istergd





BROWN SWISS





yearlings and calves.





SAMUEL WILLIS, Owosso, Mich.





 





 





HOGS

Rig Type Chester Whites trimesters:





2nd. Hill‘s Bi Bone, Ool. Wykoff, Smith’s Giant and

thumpion X r. and out of good big dams. Cholera

immune and satisfaction guaranteed. Also fell pigs.

91th,? sex. not related.



. L. HILL. J'r.. Mackinaw, Ill, Tnzewell, 00.





Central Mich. 0. l. C.

Swine Breeders Ass’n.





Hogsof all ages of popular blood lines.

sale guaranteed by association.





Sales Mgr. , Coral, Mich.

; . Down Willi Prices [get full and this spring's

- 1 WEBER '





. I 0. Boers.

.ROS., Royal Oak, Mloh.





 





 





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- - a choi a ring pigs an. F T. s kl '

.. “.0 3 for (a. 1 gigs. We regié’ t(‘aiT-efxree grid 3151331656

.: '1). A. J. “KER it 0 Belm'ont. Mich:





 





0:50:19 lint {fan boar mix; 1: ' i" r l

W’- “naturism in?“ .11.: iii?“ 3

1 y” 1 ' , - ewes .

$9.12: 'Qitqfifhshs. .. Nuhvll‘lmfllé.





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BUY MlcfllTGANéBTRED BU LLS.‘





, HE Central Michigan Shorthorn

Breeders' Association, organized

and working for the best interests of

the Shorthorn breed of cattle, and

aiding in every way possible the new

bgeeder who takes up the breeding of

S orthorn cattle in this vicinity. We

are proud of the factthat While there

were but few breeders of these cattle

here eight years ago, and only nine

members in our association, today we

have over seventy-five members and

more Shorthorn cattle than. in any oth-

er section of the state. We laid up

the hammer at the outset and do not

knock any other breed. We are strong

supporters of the farm bureau and

claim credit. for our initiative in form-

ing the farm bureau of Montcalm coun-

ty. We approve the methods of our

county agent in forming Boys’ and

Girls' Calf Clubs and neighborhood

bull associations.





But, Whereas, certain speculators or

dealers have taken advantage of the

interest that has thus been created in

good stock and bull associations and

have and are organizing such bull as-

sociations on the old “stud horse

plan,” often selling inferior animals,

and animals of doubtful breeding and

breeding ability to groups of farmers

at several times their true value—the

cost of organizing the association be-

ing added to the price of the animal,

and,



Whereas, we believe such methods

to be a detriment to the best interests

of the farmers and breeders of this

vicinity and at large in the state, and

only beneficial to the few such specu-

lators or dealers.



Therefore, be it resolved by the Cen-

tral Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ As-

sociation in annual meeting assembled,

that we do not approve of and do not

and will not lend our support to the

formation of any bull association by

such Speculators or dealers on such

“‘stud horse p1an;” nor where any con-

tract is entered into to buy a certain

animal or an animal of any certain





tion is organized.



And be it further resolved, that a

copy of these resolutions be spread

upon the minutes of this meeting and

a copy furnished to the leading farm

and live stock journals.



Above resolutions adopted by unani-

mous vote at the annual meeting De—

cember 14, 1920.



C. W. Crum, president; Oscar Skin-

ner, secretary; M. E. Miller, Roy Pot-

ter, directors.





 





VETERINARY.





Incipient Heaves.—Reoently I pur-

chased a mare that shows symptoms

of heaves. Will you tell me what to

do for her. F. T. K., Kent county.—

Feed no clover or dusty, badly-cured

fodder, very little bulky food; grain

and roots is the best winter feed for

a broken-winded horse. Give three

drams of Fowler’s solution at a, dose

in feed two or three times a day for

ten days, discontinue treatment for a

week, then repeat treatment. His sta-

ble should be well supplied with fresh

air.



Lice—I have a hog that is troubled

With lice. The remedies I have applied

fail to kill the lice and destroy the

Also tell me what will kill cattle

G. W. M., Eau Claire, Mich.—

One part creolin and fifty parts water

Will kill lice. A favorite remedy is

kerosene emulsion, made by dissolv-

ing soft soap, two pints, in the same





quantity of boiling water, adding one





pint of kerosene. This mixture should





be churned or stirred violently and

three quarts of water added before it





is used. Stavesacre seeds, two ounces,

boiled in two pints of water, is an effi-

cient agent to destroy all kinds of lice.

Abscess—Have a calf four months

old with soft bunch on flank. I open-

ed it, blood and yellow fluid ran out.

Bunch is not painful and is movable.

.1. A. E... Fire Lake. Mich—Split bunch

b“ out. each, with ‘t '



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Sale BRED SOW Sale





Large Type ‘





China Gilts





Sale takes place under cover.

of sale day. Get a sow bred to one of these boars.

for catalogue. Everything immuned.





Col. Ed. Bowers





 





   





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Wednesday

Jan. 5, 1 92 1

at farm near





Manchester

Mich.





40 Head





Poland





 





BRED TO i F’s. Clansman Grand Championat Michigan State Fair 1920





Smooth Buster first Jr. yearling boar Michigan State Fair 1920





All trains will be met A. M.

Send





A. A. Feldkam‘p





Auctioneer





 





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Hillcrest Farm Will Sell





Big Type Poland Chinas

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1921





AT THE

Fair Grounds, Allegan, Michigan





The offering consists of bred. gilts. tried sows fallyearlings, choice boars, a

few fall gilts. and subject to prior sale. some young EXTRA CHOICE HOL-

STEIN 35 LB. BULLS.





As special attractions, we are listing FASHION NELL. a great sow by

GRAND MASTER, the first boat shown actually weighing over 1100 pounds,

and the grandsire of the $50,000.00 boar and the $17,000.00 sow.





Some great sows by HILLCREST WONDER the 1915 grand champion,

and by the MASTADON WONEER, the sire of the 1917 Grand Champion-

and by HILLCREST BOB, by IG BOB, the greatest progenitor of the big:

type breed. All sows bred to either BIG SMOOTH JQNES of BOB‘S RIVAL .





.PUT DOWN THE DATE AND BE SURE TO BE AT THE SALE.

Write Hillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for catalog.





Den Blyker Bros., Allegan, Mich.

F. B. Lay, Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





person or persons before the associa-





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01. c. B o A R 5





Choice individuals; shipped to you c. o. d. express paid and guaranteed

right or your money refunded. All stock registered in buyer's name.





J. CARL JEWETT, Mason, Mich.





 





 





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"O. I. c. H’ocs





all ages sired by Callaway Edd 1918 world's grand cbam ‘. boar . d ‘ '

Schoolmaster1~919 world’s grand champion also Wonder Bilg Type 23d giaiit

Buster. Write your wants, all stock shipped on approval.





CRANDELL’S PRIZE HOGS, Cass City, Mich.





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0. I. C’s Fall pigs by 0.0. Big Gallnway have size





' Poland Chinas spring gilts bred to

Big lYlll son of the Clansmnn for April furrovgrz‘illyd





and quality and are priced right

. fall pigs registered and delivered to your town for 820





C.J lHOMPSON. Rockford; Mich.





 





0. I. C. Bred Gilts for Mar. and Apr [arrow





DORUS HOVl‘Ili. Akron, i\‘lich'





also a few choice service boars.





CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, ‘ Monroe, Mich Blg Type Poland China. boars Long.lieu\»y boned





spring boars. Sired by Bren-bake;- 8





 





Closing out sale of big typekolnnd China hogs. which





breeding. Everything goeshincludlng our three great





prospects '

Come get your pick. Jno. 0. Butler, Portland. Mich,





Son‘s great hoard boar Gert l; —

double immuned. H. Ciluli’flfllillmmoviiltfigi‘id‘lil





represents the work of lo years of constructive ‘ ‘~ - ' '

Brink;peculz.l(13005(lilrjriesi\r'gry' cllmice boars double in:-

, . ant mam





herd boars, Mich. Buster’ by "Giant Buster", ‘V‘A > ' . . moth some from

Giant" “Butler's Big Bob." Two of the best yearling Iowa 8 greatest herds'L'J'Mathewsun-Bu" Unkd‘lich.

in Michigan great length. big bone,





 





 





oiand China Bred sows and gilts at bargain prices.





 





La tips Poland Chi a's spring boars rendy to

rge. l .

A. A. FEL KAMP.





also spring boars and fall pig: eitl .. .. .

CLYDE FISHER. Ii. 3. hi. “1530i... Mich.

Everythixlig mmune from Cholera.





t, No.12, Manchester. Mich. Both





 





L. S. P. C.





gnu: hbrefdnto Black Giant one of the best pigs out of

. t is a .

Harrison Big Bob. H.0.SWARTZ, Schoolcrnft.Mich.





Big Type il’nlaml China: at lowest mic...





sows andfiltfl. sex, all ages. and bred

(x.A.BA MGARDNER, 11.2. Middloville. Mich





i be . ‘ ’

HMPSHIRES $3.5.3.0.1'73335‘fitfiimi’0‘i-‘7Erit'fiiil'g‘i‘





afew choice boars

at farmers prices.





Also a grandson of The Clansman and





 





Spring ilts 1 red for March and

gig Bob "I'M“ April an some sows bred to Big

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was Grand Champion of Iowa State F ir.

O. E. GARNA ‘





’ Strictly Bi Typo with

PM we 0' l' C’ SWING, quality. ~ Ffiwe u . few

good boots and gilts left of same type and blood lines.

thntrwon for us at Ohio and Michigan Stute Fairs.

Priced very ggifiwMerte us before you buy.





R. 1.





JOHN “V. SNYDER. R. 4. St. Johns, Mich}





YGRKSHIQES Boers ready





. f v

lorkshlres cross makes an excellent mark‘ialt hie” [08'





.Wn'terman & Waterman, Packard Rd.Ann Arborfillich.





his sire wee champion of the world, his dnm‘s sire

8

Nil , Eaton Rapids, Mich.





SHEEP.

Vidal-Mullen Shropshire Rams.





bred. priced right.





Good stron ‘i ‘-

dividuuls, regal y





AN‘B STOCK FARM A. n. FOSTER, ’Allegnn, we .





MARLE'TTE. MIOH.





 





'70 head of Poland Ohinns at private sale. Am offering

spring hours from 8

Summer and fall pigs





32% .





P. . a s first class. 200 lb. hoax-Si it also . t

MI,” 801.330 fall tiger pllfis good enough to hgad any 1' YLER’ 221%“ and Ave.

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“is, .33.? theistifimm





n ' Shropshire Rams and w ll ' T

“MW“ sale. 'w 11. id ' eves a "as!”

Bricedto sell. He "00 e Wiitlififlzfti‘ifiga‘iufilildli;

Registered Shropshire Ewes





and r‘ams. Jno. Grieve, 12.3, Fowlerville, Mich.





L t A ' hi ’n: »;



Want 3 Sheep? Audit?" giip‘ioi“ ~

let withl of breeders. Write 00M];

Detroit. Mich.. /





F. Mouser.





L. T. P. C.





550 and gllts the same price.

a h inch“ uri'iirflmddfiecrinhig



o t e rst c oce. .



“Ad rose 1“. T. Hart. St. Louis. MKS].





 





 

 





 

 





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mini-Litmus: 3.3. St. Louismch. .





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December _- 28, 1920.





‘- Wheat.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 red $1.95;

March $1.90; No. 2 White and N0. 2

mixed $1.93.

Chicago. No. 2 hard $1.72; No. 1

mixed $1.75@il.821/3.

Corn.





 





 





 





farm outlay. Latest quotations per

ton (100-lb bags) in carlOts are: Chi-

cago.——Bran $31; standard middlings

$30; flour middlings $37; cottonseed

meal, 41 per cent $38; cottonseed meal

36 per cent $34; gluten feed $45; hom-

iny feed $33; old process oil meal $45;

tankage $65@75. Detroit—Bran $36;

standard middlings $36; flour mid-

dlings $44; coarse corn meal $34;

cracked corn $41; chop $34.





Detroit.—Cash No. 3 yellow, 110197





790; No. 4 yellow, new 74c.

Chicago.—-No. 2 mixed 73c; N0. 2

yellow 76%0.





Oats.



Detroit—Cash No. 2 White 50c; No.

3 white 481/20; No. 4 white 451/20.



Chicago—No. 2 white 471/20; No. 3

white 46@47140.



Beans.



Detroit—Immediate and prompt are

steady at $4 per cwt.



Chicago.——White beans steady. Hands

picked beans choice to fancy $4.25@

4.50; red kidney beans $9@9.50 per

cwt.



New York.—-Market is dull. Choice

pea, new $5; do medium $5.50@5.75;

red kidney $9.75.





. Rye.

Detroit—Cash No. 2 rye $1.62.

Seeds.





Detroit.-——Prime red clover $12.50;

February $12.65; alsike $17; timothy

$3 55





Toledo—Prime red clover, cash and

December $12.55; alsike $17.50; timo-

thy $3.55.





Hay.



No. 1 timothy $26@27; standard $25

@26; light mixed $25@26; No. 2 tim-

othy $24@25; No. 1 clover mixed $23@

24; No. 1 clover $22@23; rye straw

$14.50((?16; wheat and cat straw $13.50

@14 per ton in carlots at Detroit.





WHEAT





Purchases of wheat by European

countries are as persistent as ever.

'Greece, North Africa, France. Belgium,





'and England were buyers during the





past Week. This is contrary to trade

expectancy as it was thought that with

the close of lake navigation and the

harvest of the crop in the southern

hemisphere this buying power would

be shifted to Argentina and Australia.

Explanations suggested are that Euro-

pean requirements are larger than es-

timated or that the southern wheat

crops are less abundant than has been

generally reported. The flour trade

continues dull as usual at this season,

yet prices were advanced slightly at

northwestern milling points during the

past week. Since purchases made by

impoverished foreign countries have

been sufficient to maintain the present

level of prices it is hard to see why

domestic demand, presently compelled

by shortage of stocks of flour, should

not support prices upon an even higher

level during the late winter and spring

months. '





CORN





The corn movement is gradually ex-

panding but is not yet up to maximum

volume. The big factor in setting the

midwinter price is the demand which

usually widens out when heavy mar-

keting begins. Industrial demand is

slow at present. Hedging sales will

tend to depress the market when the

movement is heavy. EXport demand

for corn is in evidence but amounts

taken, are small. .





OATS





Oat prices have become relatively

stable, the slight fluctuations occur-

ring being ostly in sympathy with

corn. Stocks t terminals are gradual-

ly reducing but s plies are liberal in

all sections and t ere is. no anxiety

over filling future requirements.





SEEDS





Seed markets have been compara-

tively stable during the past week.

Demand is slight and producers are

not selling freely. Liquidation has

probably run its course. Occasional

sharp declines may be recorded but

the spring demand seems quite certain





.to carry prices above the present level.





FEEDS ’





' ti Weakness in the feed markets con:





nueB. due to the same lack" of de-





1m‘nd prevailing recently, and due to

jar-go supplies of cheap .feed on ' farms





n .Woatherp- reduced feeding ope' ‘





agility I . oniy





 





Local demand around distributing

markets for immediate use continues

to be the chief support of the hay mar-

ket and only light receipts prevent the

market from shipping further. The

reduction in freight rate on hay from

the northwest has affected alfalfa es-





specially.

POTATOES ‘





Northern rounds white potatoes are

quoted practically steady at shipping





points, the price being $1.20@1.25 per‘





100 lbs. Carlo‘ts sacked at Chicago are

quoted at $1.35@1.45. Jobbing prices

in other middle western markets range

from $1.50@1.85. Western New York

shipping points are quoted at $1.50

sacked. Shipments during the past

week have declined about 20 per cent.

Chicago—Northern whites, sacked at

$1.35@1.45. Cleveland—New York and

Michigan round whites $2.50@2.75 per

150 lbs. Detroit—Michigan at $225617

2.50 per 150-lb. sack.





BUTTER





Fresh butter appears to be in an un-

certain position with the coming of

January when a drop in prices usually

occurs. General business conditions

may have seen their worst. Money

promises to be a little easier and there

is not likely to be forced selling. It

is reported on good authority that

Great Britain will contract to take the

entire output from Denmark after the

first of the year, and this may serve

to strengthen the market. All New

Zealand butter that is expected to ar-

rive has already been marketed. On

the other hand, about a thousand casks





 





 





and considerable more will be deliver-

ed after January 1. The Pacific Coast'

is also approaching their flush'season.

The closing prices on 92 score butter

December 24, according to the United

States Bureau of Markets, Were as fol-

lows: Chicago 54c; New York 56c;

Boston 54c; Philadelphia 561/21.





EGGS AND POULTRY





After several slumpy days .egg prices

have again advanced slightly. The sup-





ply situation is strong but the price





remains high and is likely to be un-

steady. Poultry prices have been some-

what irregular, the holiday demand not

bringing strength uniformly in all mar-

kets as supplies were rather liberal.





Receipts of dressed poultry at the four





leading cities were 11,429,241 pounds,

compared with 5,861,137 pounds during

the preceding week. Latest quotations

were as follows: Chicago—Eggs,

fre‘sh firsts 65@66c; ordinary firsts 56

@61c. Poultry. spring chickens 231/20;

hens 23@231/20; roosters 17c; ducks

28c; geese 260; turkeys 40c._



Detroit—Eggs, fresh candled 64@

670. Live poultry, spring chickens 26

@27c; leghorns 20c; heavy hens 2569

26c; small hens 18@20c; roosters 18c;

geese 2509270; ducks 34@35c; turkeys

450 per pound.





WOOL





Boston reports moderate activity. in

the wool market with low combing

wools advanced slightly while medium

and fine wools sags lower. Chicago

also reports the movement of medium

and low-grade wools upon which pric-

es are supposed to be scratching bot-

tom. Australian growers are resisting

further declines by refusing to sell.

The leading interest in the wool manu-

facturing industry has announced that

a cut in wages is inevitable. Should

this cut become effective it will mean

that proportionately less of the burden

of the dscline in prices for Woolen

goods need be assessed against ,the

wool which goes into its manufacture,

although the clash with labor may





- Live Stock Market Service I





 





Markets for December 29.





DETROIT

Cattle.





Receipts for week 640.

strong.





Market is





Best heavy steers . . . . . . . .$ 10.00

Mixed steers and heifers 8.50@ 9.75

Best cows ...... . . . . . . . . 7.00@ 7.50

Handy light butchers . . .. 6.25@ 6.75

Light butchers O O I I O I I O O O 5000@ 6'00

Best cows .............. (5.50@ 8.00

Butcher cows ............ 5.0061), 6.50

Common cows 3.00@ 3.50

Canners ..... 2.50@ 3.00

Choice bulls O O O I C U C l I O O O 7.00

Bologna bulls . . . . . . . . . . . 5.50@ 6.25

Stock bulls .DOIIOOIOODUI 4-50@ 5550

Feeders 7.50617, 8.00

Stockers ................ 5.50@ 7.00

Milkers and springers. . . .$ 45(0) 70





,Veal Calves.





Receipts for week 666. Market is

stron .

Best 8.- I.OIOOOOIOIOOODQOO$17000@18'00

Others UOOIOOOOOOO‘OOIOOO 6000@15000





Hogs.



Receipts for week 2,505. Pigs are

steady; mixed hogs 10@25c lower.

Mixedhogs I000...OOIOODIODOOOO$10l25

Pigs e aII;elonoaloo-UIOCItOOIOQOoo 11.00

Roughs 00.000.000.00...IOOOOOIOI 9.25

Sta/gs I...IOIIOOIDODQOOQIIOIOOOVD 7.00



Sheep and Lambs. - ‘



Receipts for week 3,240. Good lambs

strong; sheep and common lambs dull.

Best lambs . . . . . . . . . . .$11.50@12.00





Fair lambs 9.00@10.00

Light to common . . . . . . . . 5.00@ 8.00

Fair to good sheep . . . . . . 4.00@ 4.50

Culls andjcommon . . . . . . . 1.75@ 2.75

Yearlingfi cocoon-00000.00- 8-00@ 850





CHICAGO

. . Hess? ' .

Estimated receipts today are 26,000;

holdover 10, 97. Market 15@2Sc low-





-er. ",‘Buikf'i‘? ' sales $9.80@10.10:: "taps,

£310.40‘7heayy 250 lbs unmédiumogood

and. ‘ 160333 , "$0.



50,“! 80





j: sarqeio; medium?





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medium, good and choice $9.90@10.20;

light lights 130 to 150 lbs common,

medium, good and choice at $101062)

10.35; heavy packing: sows 250 lbs up

smo’oth $9.35@9.65; packing sows 200

lbs up rough $9.15@9.35; pigs 130 lbs

down medium, good and choice at $10

@1050.

Cattle. '





Estimated receipts today are 9,000.

Market steady. Beef steers, medium

and heavy weight 1100 lbs up choice

and prime $11.75@13; do medium and

good $8.50@11.75; do common at $7@





8.50; light weight 1100 lbs down, good-





and ‘choice $10@12.25; do common and

medium $6.75@10; butcher cattle, heif-

ers, common, medium, good and choice

$5.25@10.50; cows, common, medium,

good and choice $4.75@9.25; bulls, bo-

logna and beef $4.75@8; canners and

cutters cows and heifers $3.25@4.75;

do canner steers $4@5.50; veal calves.

light and handyweight medium, good

.and‘choice $10@12.50; feeder steers,

common, medium, good and choice at

$6.25@9; stocker steers, common, me-

dium, good and choice $4.25@8; stock-

er cows and heifers, common, medium,

good and choice $4.25@6.25; western

range cattle beef steers, medium, good

and choice $6.‘50@9; do cows and heif-

ers medium, good and choice $4.75@





0 0





Sheep and Lambs.

Estimated receipts today are 13,000.





Lambs steady to 25c lower; sheep are h





firm. Lambs 84 lbs down medium,

good, choice and prime [at $11®12.60;

do culls and common at $8‘.75@10.50;

spring lambs, medium, ' good, choice

and prime $8.25@10.5o; ewes, medium,

good and choice, $4.26@5150; ewes, cull

and common ‘$2@&.50;2 breeding ewes,

full mouths-.togye‘arlings at “@550:

yearling washers, medium, good and





 

 

 





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of Danish butter arrived the past week kee





 





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Manufacturing interests opposevi'the‘





tariff on raw wlool and it is noteertain





that the measure will pass.





APPLES





Cold storage holdings of apples on

DeCember 1 were 4,540,906 barrels and





26,622,368 boxes compared with 3,325,-'





568 barrels last year and 7.792.532 box-

es on the samedateglast year. ‘These

totals clearly reflect the abundance of

the barreled apple crop ”and the'com-

parative shortage in the boxed, apple

states. Prices during the past week

have been on the easy side most of the

time, but recovered toward the close.

Shipments of both barreled and boxed

apples declined sharply. ' -





HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN BANQUET.





The annual banquet of the Michigan

Holstein-Friesian Association will be

held at the Plymouth Congregational

Church at Lansing at 6:30 p. m., Tues-

day, January 11, 1921. A special- fea-

ture program is being arranged and

all Holstein breeders are invited to

come and bring their families.





 





 





NEWS OF THE WEEK.





 





(Continued from page 2).

cording to Secretary Houston’s esti-

mate—Italian troops reach the factory

districts of Fiume and are gradually

closing on the positions held by Gen-

eral D’Annunzio’s forces—United

States senators argue the issues grow-

ing out of the present proposed emer-

gency tariff bill.—The German army

has been reduced to 100,000 men.



Tuesday, December 28.





THE Soviet government of Russia

has ordered its representative in

this country to cancel all orders ”made

in America and return to Russia at

once. ,- This decision is stated to be the

result of' the American government

toward Soviet Russia.—-Certain dis-

tricts in China are short on food and

much suffering is already reported.





 





FEDERAL TRADE ON WHEAT

PRICES.





 





THE report of the investigation into

the cause for the fall in wheat

prices made by the Federal Trade

Commission at the direction of Presi-

dent Wilson has been made public.

The commission states thatthe recent

decline in price of wheat appears to

have been due “in part to country-wide

and world-wide conditions.” Seven

specific causes are listed:



1. The outlook for an increased

world supply; .



Concentrated buying by foreign

governments last spring and slack pur-

chases later; _



3. “Unprecedented” importations

from Canada, following "an unprece-

dented yield and a discount in rate of

exchange.”



' 4. The record-breaking yield of corn

and large yield of oats in this country;



5. The slackening of dbmestic de-

mand for flour; -



6. The general tendency towards

commodity declines;



7. The change in credit conditions

“with resulting disposition of distribut-

ors to refrain from accumulating usual





stocks.” _ .





The report also states that specula-

tion in grain‘ ‘for future delivery is not

an unmixed good and that *a large

share of these transactions are of a

gambling character, although a com»

plete treatment of this feature "of the ..

grain business is reserved for a later





"report to be made .public after» submits





ting it to congress.

The report states that the President ,

as no power to embargo Canadian"





wheat. - . _

co‘Mme ,LwE creamer-ins. 1;.

«A. Esra-i3- ‘





 





 

 





Bred Saws—J. anum'y'.





5.94

kam-p. Manchester. Mickie"

Me n' ' ,





. January 6, ; Hills? L





P the Vader unsettled magma.
. not satisfactory to sellers.





 





 





m , “BF Harris. of B11?





» f6.» ‘ nbisg~repoves from a sphere of ac-

‘ ”vim, in" which'he had acquired use-





fulness and prominence, amen who

had been identified with the agricul-

tural, political and financial affairs of

the country for many years. He was

actively identified with educational

progress, taking a prominent part in





the work of the Illinois Agricultural'





College and experiment station, being

himself a farmer and live stock pro-





ducer on a large scale.





Mr. Harris founded and edited the

Banker—Farmer and was known as the

“father” of the county agent move-

ment, which brought agricultural ad—

visers to every county. I



He inaugurated the good roads cam-

paign in Illinois and gave this move-

ment his active support until his death.



He was also largely instrumental in

the passage of the Smith-Lever act.

But it was his work to improve coun-

try conditions that won him national

renown. In 1913 Mr. Harris was made

chairman of the agricultural commis-

sion of the American Bankers’ Associa‘

tion and served three years.





 





GETTING PRODUCTION COSTS.





 





HE Wisconsin Farm Bureau has



projected a plan for carrying on a

state-wide survey of the cost of pro-

duction. Wisconsin Agricultural Col-

lege will act as umpire and referee

and will help in assembling and analyz-

ing the data provided by the members

of the bureau. The general pltln is for

each man to keep a financial record,

including inventories. These financial

accounts will be classified into ten or

a dozen main accounts for balancing

purposes and from this number one or

two accounts will be agreed upon for

intensive study by a group of farmers

who will be held responsible to the

other members of the bureau for the

essential accuracy and good faith of

the records. The amount of work re-

quired of any farmer is estimated to

not exceed five or ten minutes a day

scoring up his day’s work and finan-

cial transactions, an hour or so a

month to make out his monthly state-

ment, and probably a day at the end

of the year summarizing his inventor-

ies. The plan is expected to get re-

sults with no additional expense to

the farm bureau members. The ulti—

mate purpose of all this cost work is

to obtain a basis, of facts upon which

to study the state’s financial problems,

rather than to rely ‘upon the present

lack of system which consists ‘of mem-

ory and guesswork. Valuable cost of

produCtion records are being kept by

Michigan Agricultural College through

the cooperation of farmers which will

serve much the same purpose in Michi-

gan as the proposed plan is expected

to do in Wisconsin.





 





THE COND.ENSED.MILK MARKET-





 





THERE has been no marked revival

- of interest in condensed and evap-

orated milk during the past month. In

fact, at the present time, there is a

minimum amount of buying as demand

is. entirely domestic and for small lots.

There is some inquiry for three to

four hundred-case lots of evaporated

milk but the buyers wish to purchase

the milk at a price of $4.50, which is

One sale

of five thousand cases of evaporated

milk at $4.75@5 is reported.



Prices of condensed and evaporated

milk have changed very little of late.





although the trend at present seems





to be downward. There would be a

marked. tendency in that direction if

the law of supply and demand were

skewed to operate unimpeded. Manu-





~ . Morena. wishing to avoid heavier

. Mes than they must meet on present





. m, m





Wig; to. sell at. flowme’r

. mascot as... r

Wanna: a marked deep-no in



‘ stumps , of we‘ll-ads





_ held 'at Exposition

0011‘ eased dentistry 12.14., 1921.





 





 





 





ass-4 teases... is , . "tattoos

the high ieyel of 3130””





at,

tised brands as low as 3.6.09.



-There is a great accumulation of,-

powdered skim-milk and prices have

reached rock bottom. Large quanti-E

ties. have been offered as low as teni

and three-quarters of a cent a pennd,

but there have been no sales. The,‘

condition of the market for that prod,-

uct is, indeed, very unsatisfactory.





 





STATE FARM- BUREAU NOTES.





FORESTRY department was es-



tablished by the executive com-

mittee of the Michigan State Farm

Bureau on December 22, 1920. Pro-

fessor Sanford, of the Forestry De-

partment cf M. A. C., was placed in

charge to begin Work January 1. Only

after exhaustive study of the forestry

situation in Michigan was the depart-

ment decided upon. Professor Sanford

gave two months of his time last sum-

mer to a tour of the state in which he

made a broad survey of the possibili-

ties of forestry work through the State

Farm Bureau. \



The seed department announces that

farmers who bought Grimm and com-

mon alfalfa this year are getting the

cream of the crop. In Idaho the seed

is now selling for more than Michigan

farmers paid for it and the best of

seed has already left that .country.

One-third of the total Grimm produc-

tion of the world was purchased by

Michigan farmers through the Michi—

gan State Farm Bureau. The depart-

ment advises members to be careful

in buying common alfalfa this year

since the crop was nearly a failure in}

Dakota and Montana. The large crop

in Kansas is a poor quality.





T





 





Two hundred and fifty cars of

various commodities were handled

through the purchasing department





November 24 to December 18. This

does not include orders for one hun-

dred and fifty cars held for future de-

livery. Carload orders are being re-

ceived by the department every day,

from all parts of the state.



The executive committee has gone

on record as favoring the establish-

ment of a State Farm Bureau branch

office in the upper peninsula. A com-

mittee composed of Secretary Bing-

ham, A. J. Hankins, director of mar-

keting, and Robert Blemhuber of the

executive committee, is studying the

matter.



A member of the traffic department

staff will hereafter be located perma-

nently at the Lansing office to furnish

the marketing department with imme-

diate information on rates and traffic

problems generally. Service to indi-

vidual members, cooperative associa-





tions and farm bureaus will still be of— .





fered through the Grand Rapids office,

where the presence of numerous rail-

road divisional offices have served to

make the department most efficient.

Two hundred and thirty-seven cars

of hay and grain were handled by the,

Elevator Exchange during November,

and December. The business of the

Elevator Exchange to date has been

an amount sufficient to pay back to the

State Farm Bureau the money received

during its organization period.

Organization of a dairy department

has been authorized by the executive

committee. A committee consisting of

Ray Potts, of the executive commit;

tee; H. D. Wendi, of the Dairy Divi-

sion of the Food and Drug Department

of the state; Mr. Waldron, of the-Ex-

tension Department of M. A. C., and a

representative of the secretary's office,

was instructed to call a meeting Jan-

uary 10, of one representative from

every dairy county to formulate plans,

and elect an advisory board for the‘

new department. This board will take

over the duties of the above commit-

tee. N. P. Hull, president of the Mich-

igan Milk Producers’ Association, and

Mr. Wendt, addressed the executive

committee. The new department is

being formed after a careful investiga-

tion into the many phases of the dairy

problem. Cooperation with all exist-

ing organizations and agencies famil-

iar with dairy work will be the policy.

The executive committee provided that'

the farm bureau apply for membership

in the Michigan Allied Dairy Associa-

tion and specifically stated that the

Farm bureau would continue a policy

of cooperation with the United States

Department of Agriculture, the Dairy

Division of the Food and Drug Depart-

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Gleanings in Bee Culture.. 1.00



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Every week it will serve as a pleasant reminder of your thoughtfulness. A letter will be sent to each

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