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In Stubborii“ Fires
by Insists...

Jackson, Michigan -;Tli" ’iiré‘ which
Went through the blddér twine ware—
:hbuse at the prison on the evening oi!
{October twenty-fourth had a special
note i intEres‘t to the thousands 01'
famiers throughout Michigan who
have taken the entire output of the
yfactory sold through the Gleaners'. or-
, inﬂation since it was completed
‘1'01'1’1‘ years ago.

That the ﬁre was the result of a
well laid plan on the part of the in-

   
   

 

   
   
   
  
  
  
  

Iieve '

The loss to the state as the result
‘. of the ﬁre will total more than $8.0—
000. As the state carries no insur-
«once on its property, the loss is a
heavy One.

/ Ever since the recent outbreak at
‘....Jackson prison which necessitated
the calling out of the state militia,
- the stete prison ofﬁcials have feared
' that- an effort would be- made to burn
some of the buildings within the
walls and every effort has been made
‘ to frustrate any plans that 1the pris-
~v-6nersrmight have made To this end
- av-st‘rict guard has been. kept’on all
prison property. and it‘ is the
theory that» the " disastrous, ﬁre was
- brought about as the result of- a con-
trivance secreted in" the' «big‘ware-
house. The entire warehouse was
not destroyed. but the part in which
was storedsll of the binder twine
and the sisal is now a smoldering
mass of ruins.

The warehouse is a onestory brick
building 9011920 feet. The part de-
stroyed ’wasv90x120 feet: A brick lire
. 1 _ Wali- was the only obstacle that pre-
i' ’ ' ‘ vented the destruction of the entire

‘ hiii‘din'z.

The ﬂre‘was discovered about 5:30,
just after the convicts had' been
mai'c'hed'to their cells-1 for the night.
The lock-had not yct been‘made when

I. the*‘alar1n was' given. A number of
" convicts -1” charge of two guards had
been engaged in unloading sisal in
the‘ warehouse during~the day: The
‘guards were the last to leave the
building and a careful inspection of
the interior was made before the
building was locked.
. The deputy warden was near the
. building when the tire Was discovered
1 I by a_ guard on one of the posts. The
‘ blaze started in the northwest corner
“3‘ of the building. An alarm was- im-
mediately given‘ and within a few mo-
ments the prison iire apparatus,
. manned with prisoners, was on the
. "scene. In the meantime an alarm had
been turned into the city department
9 and two companies of fire ﬁghters
were soon at the "prison. When‘the
' ‘ nature or the blaze became evident-a
i"; " . general alarm was turned in and two
more companies were called to assist
EJi ixn battling the ﬂames, which had
games great headway.

The slash and Wine,- which was
mash-’3 it was impossible to check the
soaked with» oil, burned like powder,
and despite the fact that four streams

   
  
  
   
    
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
  
  
     
  

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One of Tom May' 1 famous cartoon!

‘ » THEY‘REFL’AYIN'G THKG‘A‘ME HARDER rnAstvsn THIS FALL

Bumper Crops Do Not Spell Prosperity

E H’M‘ alwayr contended"that
Wthersblunou"‘on the problem“ of
_ the ‘_‘high cost‘of» living”-'could
not» be solved, from the farmer‘s

’ standpoint, by increasing production;

Wl‘é‘onﬁ" . >

   

,J ”lees on agricultural prod-
until we’re “a thing of the past. This

argument was: mt! by those who wd- __
vocat'sd'the adoptiOn 6f. the reciprocity

treaty with Canada; We have con-
tended that these truths are self-
evident:

1. That the demand for farm prod-
ucts is deﬁnite and has a limit.

2. That the farmers are supplying
evary demand, at prices that bring but
fair returns to-the‘ runner. -

3.'That the-moment we'have an
over‘prddnctionw in" any given com-
modity, prices fall to an unproﬁtable
level.

Every time a Crop report is lasued,
secretary Wilson annOunCes the vast
wealth that is coming to the farmers.
This yléar the politicians have made
use“ of'his figures, and" have told’ how
wonderfully rich the farmers were

ing “last minute" quotations.

Poultry'.........‘.‘...... .’

 

5-me were being poured into the

Last Minute Quotations

At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the follow-

Wheat, No. 1, White (large mills paying) .1 ................ i: s ‘3
Wheat-Nb; 2, Red‘ (large mills paying) .................. 1 [iii

Situation healthy

-------------------------------------

Rye ..........................

See special report on market pages.
Hay (best market“ today, New York), at ................ '22 00
Potatoes (best market today, Detroit) at ...............

See special report on market pages.

Butter ................. . . . . ; . .
Del-and for Dairy Products continue good.

sue-o‘—

I Not where it W h.

"501113140:ng this season. The fact
13,. .that1 with the...over-production. in
many lines. thefarmer is going to. be
very lucky. if: begets as much out of

his» crops» as he did one year ago;

.Iohn R. Maud, writing. to the, New
York "Times? under-recent. date, pre-
sents the situatidn in its true light.
He says:

The farmers of our country do not
seem to be exempt from the tricks of
politics, as witnessed by the mislead-
ing ﬁgures given out by the depart-
ment of agriculture under datoofOct.
1, .1912, Much glamor surrounds the
picture drawn by the department, and
because it is fram'ed ofﬁcially it is
largely accepted-as infallible. Large
headlines. quote the secretary as say-
ing: "Looks like prosperity. Increase
over $500, 000, 000 on last year’s pro-
duction,” etc.

While the farmers are just. as will-
ing as~any other'class to have pros-
perity, they believe that the depart-
ment representing, them should not
deviate from facts so far- as their
products- are' concerned.

An analysis of this report shows

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DETROiT WBMEN
BOYGGTI' 9G MILK

 

Demand Present Price Be Lowered
to So by Next Tuesday.
N INTERESTING outcome of
A ' the recent raise in prices by
. the-milk barons‘of- Detroit was
brought out-this morning when it was
announced by the Housewives' League
that unless 8c milk was in evidence
by Tuesday. November 5, a. general
boycott would ensue.

This League has been growing in
every part of the city. and thousands
of women are enrolled under its ban-
ner to lower the present "high-cost-
of-living."

“Even if we have to go after the
milk ourselves and. go clear across the
town to get it, we will do so rather
than patronize the nine cents dealers,”
said one enthusiastic housewife last
night. "There are some independent
dealers in Detroit who are willing to
sell, their milk for eight cents. The
greater part of the supply is controlled
by the trust, however. We would far
rather use condensed or evaporated
milk than submit to the exorbitant
demands of the trust. Eventually we
are sure to win our fight, but it may
take a week or two to show the mo-
nopoly that we mean business.

"It will not be long before 75 per
cent of the housewives of Detroit will
be members of the league. Our power

4then will be unlimited. Our demands
,are not and will not be unreasonable.
:We want fair prices. nothing more."
‘ 01' course. all that we farmers of
the state can do is to look on and
smile! With the milk barons paying
the bounteous sum of 217420 to 3c per
quart for our best milk delivered to
the track, it would seem that they
should be able to squeeze out, at least,
a small. profit when the indignant
housewife was willing to pay the mod-
est sum of even eight cents per quart!

M. B. F. is anxious to print a few
letters from dairy farmers who can
give any ﬁgures as to what it costs
them to produce and deliver milk to
the track.

We will follow the milk situation
here in Detroit carefully; perhaps we
may yet have the opportunity of help-
ing in blazing the ultimate way be-
tween producer and consumer.

 

 

that the $500,000,000 comes almost en-
tirely from the corn crop.

The oats, although 500,000,000 bush-
els more, and the barley, 64,000,000
bushels more. show very little addi-
tional revenue to the farmers because
of the much lower prices. In wheat
there is an additional showing of
$57, 000, 000, but in these calculations
there is no consideration given to the
additional acreage and the additional
cost of seed and la or.

The entire ad itional prosperity
rests, therefore, with the corn crop,
the present production being 3,016-
000, 000 bushels, as against 2,531, 000,-
000 bushels last season. The error
made by the department in computing
the value of the corn crop is in tak-
ing the average farm price on Oct. 1,
1912, as a basis This is the price of
corn or. last season on the farms, and
the actual ﬁgures show that the crop

Conﬁrmed on Page Seven .

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same article, as covering gen-

4 eral conditions, each week for
‘thenext few weeks,.and not come very
far amiss of the true market situation.

3W]: could 1111 this space with the i

We are yet within the conﬁnes of the /
opening market circle, and until we"

can get our hearings on conditions
generally, there is no use of trying to
give you the actual situation. True,
we have our government crop reports,
but it is generally conceeded that they
are of the hit-and-miss variety, and
there is no use of trying to pin your
faith on them. as a basis for meas-
uring actual conditions. Unless there
is an actual shortage in a certain com-
modity. which can be ﬁgured in actual
bushels, with but little chance to take,
. you cannot expect anything but a.
gloomy outlook "for market conditions
at this season of the year. The con-
sumers, of course, are looking to buy
their products just as cheaply as pos-
sible, and if they can make certain
turns to save a few dollars, they are
going to do it. The middleman wants
his proﬁt, the local dealer wants his
proﬁt, so you see the whole prop-
osition leads right back to the farmer.
Everybody is after his products at as
low a price as they can possibly be se-
cured. ln going over the different
commodities from week to week, we
are trying to give you the conditions
as we see them. When we speak of
the market as being dull and the pros-
pects a little gloomy, you must remem-
ber that the clouds may pass and con-
ditions entirely change within a single
week. You are looking through this
“PINK PAPER” and viewing the ac-
tual market conditions; it is bringing
you mighty close to the inner manipu-
lations; certainly giving you a true
picture of conditions as they exist
from week to week, in order that you
may view the ebb and flow of the .tide
of prices. You are a business farmer.
This guide means just as much to you
as any information that your local
dealer can possibly secure. There-
fore, it is up to you to study the situ-
ation and act accordingly;

 

HAY

 

 

report in our previous issue, that
it was the weather condition
which was holding back the available
price on this commodity. We simply
cannot raise our market standard with
these mild weather conditions exist-

m The last week has confirmed the

ing. During the months when we
usually expect a good market for this
commodity, by virtue of favorable
weather conditions existing, we have
had practically the best weather from
all angles that we have experienced
the entire season. It is certainly not
conducive to good market conditions,
and we simply need not expect it, nor
will it exist.

From a general standpoint, the tone
to the situation is somewhat easier.
On most outside markets the tendency
is downward, the situation hanging in
the balance. One car of hay on a large
market, which would naturally not be
affected in the least, will show a little
decline with but little increase in re-
ceipts. It has been the writer’s con-
viction from the start of the season,
that we simply must have a compara-
tivelv satisfactory price for our good
qualities of hay this season. We feel
that there is little doubt about crop
conditions being as reported in this
paper, and this proves that we haven't
over 5 per cent in advance of No. 1
' hay this year for disposition; that we
have an increase of possibly 20 per
cent of very common qualities of hay.
The time is coming when there will be
a demand, and possibly a scramble, for
this strictly high-class hay, both in
" straight Timothy and . in high-grade
" mixed qualities. We do not feel. that

you who have high- class hay for dis-.
~' , position need have any alarms. Noth-

ring would show that it could go lower,
the gamble is in your favor; if you are
not in position to make disposition

 

M H T ~ .
stations and " guess.- the “
our reports from othger stations! and
take a chance at the markets. We wi
weather man. But i
will pay. Get on your "Suck“

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Nb.1--—Good.
market at proﬁtable pr ces. No.
fed.
hour" proposition.
lower but we would take a chance. _

 

from any cause or reason, we would

simply hold.

The following is the basis on which

you could compute your No.1 hay in

your own zone during the last week.
Zone No. 1 Michigan” $12.60
Zone No. 2 Michigan... 13.80"
Zone No. 3 Michigan. . . 14.50'
Zone No. 4 Michigan. . . 14.30 5
Zone‘ No. 5 Michigan. . . 1420
Zone No. 6 Michigan... 14.30;
Zone No. 7 Michigan. . .‘ 15.20_

{DETROIT—The situation hereon
the Detroit market. bears out very
much the above along general lines.
If our receipts happen to be the least
bit heavy on anv given days, even in
the better qualities of hay. n inﬂu~
enCe is at once brought to bear on the
markeﬁsituation, buyers taking advan-
tage and reducing their offerings. The
situation on this market is about nor-
mal with most others.
hay running to this market has been

very satisfactory and of comparatively-

gOod grade so far. This has been very
favorable to‘ general conditions here
existing. No.1 qualities of hay are
snapped up readily,, at about the fol-
lowing range of price:
No.1 Timothy, new. . . . . .17.00@l7.50
No. 2 Timothy, new.‘ ....... 15000721600
Light mixed .............. 150001600
No. 1 mixed ................ 130001400
RVe Straw ............. .10.00fd)10.50
Wheat and Oat Straw.:.. 8.006; 9.00
PITTSBURG—The .table '7 on the
Pittsburg market has been’somewhat
reversed this last week, the receipts
of the better qualities of hay along
Timothy lines have been very heavy;

in fact, in excess of the demand. There ‘

is no question but that there is a lit-
tle easier feeling on this market as a
result of the heavy receipts above
mentioned. The demand at the mo—
ment is for light mixed and high qual-
ities in No. 1 mixed hay. The trade
always wants something that you
haven’t got—last ”week they wanted
Timothy hay, would not look at mixed:
this week, just the reverse exists. This
market. goes to prove that the gen-
eral tone to the whole situation is
somewhat easier.
No, 1 Timothy hay (new)..
No. 2 Timothy hay (new). .
No. 1 Light mixed hay.....
No. 1 Clover mixed hay...
No.1 Clover hay ...........
Fine prairie packing hay..
No l Oat straw, Pa line. 0006210 50
No l Rve straw. Pa‘. line .00@
No.1 Wheat straw. Pa. line. 10.00610 50
CINCINNATI—The Cincinnati mar-
ket had its ups and downs the last
week: the first three days of the week
found a very active demand- and real
live market existing. all offerings both
in straight qualities of Timothy and in
good qualities of mixed hay going
along without any hitch whatever; the
last three days in the week, it began
to show a reversed form. Receipts be-
gan to be heavy and the demand grad-
ually decreased, so that at the close of
the week the situation about conforms
to other markets we have already
mentioned. There is evidently a limit
to the demand—there is the whole
trouble at the moment, which goes to
prove that the weather conditions. ete'.,
are the features which are holding'up
and governing the situation in general;

Timothy No 1 ............. 18 006131900'

Timothy Standard ......... 17. K0012. 2!;
Timothy No. 2 ............. -,.18 754017. 25
Timothy No 3 ...... ~ ..... .14.0.0n15.00
Clover Mixed No.1 ...... . .1 :

Clover Mixed, No. .2......-..1.

Clover Pure,No'.'1.,~.~......1

._ E1.
was $3....
0
on:

t 0 does 11
we keep “Just a few farmers from getting “soaked” .1?
dgwate‘ir the signals:

MP-

ntiai demand and present conditions favor steady «:5

2—«Mark'et clearing up and better prices =1“.
e

predicted. No. 3-—--Market very quiet: has every a
No. 4--No proﬁt at ruling prices.
No. S—Better keep in port. iStoi‘m on.

' Straw, cats
. Straw rye

; CHICAGO— The Chicago market.
, seems to have been as Well favored .

The “quality 01"

‘- rno'; glﬂle

2w arenas of. being over-
If you can id. in? s is an “eleventh-

 

Prices may to , ~

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5‘ 3

diover Pure, No 2...’;¥.':-...1450@15s0 '2

Straw wheat ...... '..... 7.60@ 8.
........ 9.oo@10.oo

as any with light receipts during the
past week; that is, the redeipts were

not in excess of the demand, the gen»
eral situation going along very smooth--—..

-ly. It was very easy to maintain the
market standard which was set the
previous week. A geod active move-
ment of all grades of hay and straw
was in evidence.
that the eyes of the shippers have not
been directed toward the Chicago mar-
ket naturally. We feel sure this is the
true conditiOn existing. We have nat-
urally been going east and south,
therefore the Chicago market from

this cause, has been relieved of. bur-.

densome receipts and been able to

maintain a very healthy market, ..
healthier at many times than some of

our larger markets. ._ .1

Choice Timothy .' ...... '....1 .
No.1 T'mnthy ...... .fil ..
No.2 Timothy ..... .. ‘~."
Light Clover Mixed. .
No.2 Mixed hay ..... .
No.3 Timothy ;
Clover . .
Threshed Timothy . . . . .3. . .‘.
Choice Kan. &Okia Prairie. 1
No 1 Kan. & Gkia. Prairie” .Zg'1l
1

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No. 2 Kan. dz Okla Prairie.
No. 8 Kan. & Okla. Prairie“
Marsh feeding hay ..........
Packing
No. 1 Town. & Minn. Prairie.
No. 2 Iowa 5: Minn. Brairie
Choice Alfalfa ....... . .....
No. -1 Alfalfa. ....... ‘ .. 8. unit 0
NO. 2 Alfalf..uuovut-.z:;.. 8.9901400
BOSTON~There certainly is not
any advance whatever in the condi-
tions existing at the moment from our
last week’s issue. The receipts during
the past week have been about equal
to the demand, the trade running along
in about its natural channel. It has
been impossible to advance quotations,
still at the same time there has-been
no reason to decline them. The situ-
ation on this market is about normal.

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33093333333?
“03003380130

“1-1-4

Large Perpetual

bales.
choice ....... 220002.100
No. l ......... 21 006%2200

bales.
22.00
21.00
19.00
15.00
17.00
17.00
15.00

HaY.
Hay.
T—Tav.
Hay
Hay.
Flay, clover mixed. 12 NW»
Hay, stock 000
Long- rve straw. 17 00a
Tangled rye straw.12.00rrn 12.00
Oat straw .........ll.00@ 11.00
NEW YORK—The New York mar-
ket held quite steady on very top. qual-
ities of Timothy hay. There was a
large business going'on on this ,mar—
ket during the ,past week, but it was
principally on the better qualities. In
spite of the active business and a
large volume, tﬁe'market held up on
its former quotations. It was thought
at one time impossible to hold quota-
tions up to their present level. It is
true that there were some reductions
made on common qualities of hay;
that the activity and the demand were
all for teh better qualities:.
7 Large bales. Small bales.

New T-l’ay: per ton. per ton.

Timothy——

@
22. 000223. 00 22. 00@

No. 1
- No. .2 21. 00 20 00(0
‘ ...... ‘. .1100

ed ..°...e.1..16 000217 00 1‘100021700 .
18.00091100 12. 00018 00 ._ .

ix
No. 2 Clover...

.7500?) 800-.

We think it is true .

3
00903000050

1900 ivonmsoo ’;
@16 00 15.00@1s. oo;

= -.ositio_n.
‘-which has shoWn better res

 

 

 

the picture “2’43

; the situation one :

exists, we ' 3 ' ; ' ;
you the. conditions just as the are}
all such times, and under a '
tions. you innst look at the
broad<mindedly wtih us.

' The potato prOblem is certaliﬂ Oil
of the gravest and biggest that
have to.-. consider this year. We h

a reported heavy crop from all states
we have a rotted condition beingwm
ported from all States. New, in are ‘
for us to determine just what- is béRF
to do. we should get down in; the r
facts and know just what the 31%
ation really is. We should’ ask 01.11%
selves ﬁrst, .how many potatoes w
teally have as a- resu of a glitch

; ac-reage; next, What is their condit

with reference to rotting, are they."11
such condition as will warrant stoi'in
etc. If you will take your given si
atiou and analyze it in this mane -
and along with that have the analyst‘s
of yOur neighbors, not only in th"
state but in others, we should then be

; able to form some kind of a conclu-l‘”

asion as to the real outcome on
commodity.- As the situation fl
peared, we had the heaviest ere
potatoes that we ever had to "
disposition 'of. But it results th.

are going to have 50 per cent of:
then our result is cut down El)
cent, or only 50 per cent are real
geing to be put on the market. Theft
would have a tendency, of course, to
increase the available price for those.
actually sold We should be pleased
to hear from any one as to just what
the condition in their given locality is
with reference to rot, and whether
they feel their given potatoes will go ”'
in store safely or not. You should all
make a personal inspection of your p‘o,‘
tatoes; look them over; see how they
are going to keep. If it should result
that these potatoes are not 'goingto
keep, and must be forced upon the *
market this fall, we can readily. ap-
preciate the condition that is facing
us, which would mean a continuance ..
of the black picture we gave you last
week. Viewing the situation as we:
can see it, there ought to be a keel;
advance in potatoes of qualtiy that.
will go into a cellar and keen. We do-
not think there is any questionabout
it. Another thing, we have a right “
naturally to gamble on potatoes when ;
they are below 50 cents a bushel."
With the commercial swinging along
as it is todav; with the demand lead-
ing the supply constantly, we have 3":
right to take. this view of. the slim

. ation naturally. The season is rig

with us when potatoes are going to be{
bought heavily for storing purpoSes.‘,
Another thing, the producer is in a
position now where he can either
cellar his stock or make shipment of"
it, whereas the earlier runof. potatoes
were almost forced to shipmemt
The market of the last week would
have netted f. o. 1). cars, in the (liter-:1.
‘ent zones, as follows. .
Zone N01 2 Mlchlgan,... .33 ;
Zone No. 4 Michigan.... .35."
Zone No. .5. Michigan.... .33
_-Zgnc .No. 6 Mlclhgjan. . . .
Zone No. 7 Michigan....
DETROIT-The‘ Detroit market 1;-
continued to keep well up in
There is really no-

 


, (Titian therovery
swas actually true of

~ The receipts have not”

I‘ been' nearly so heavy this last week,

"~__ allowmg the market to‘gradually clean

. up. We must appreciate that the Cin-

1" gvoerned 11y- local shipments from

.1'8

. _s.._..-_.. :50@.,.60
'_ d’l‘ells {is you. cannot keep
We as shippers '01

r_ ainly don 1. Wish to keep

irieiids 111 a condition :.—

* or light ‘to make disposition of the ac-

' . and our Ubicaso mar-

{has the situation on this market ‘
- crafted up and show a very much
.. to? tone than was reported in our
’ sue._ . it is ‘01 Course true that
- ille't has not adVan'ced to speak
1. as leuaeis 01: this paper, or any
' you must apprethate
oils are two things that go to
p a market: the ii'rst thing is

any price. ’10 us‘ who are weiking" on
the amine: constantly, the tone 1.0 the
tuatloh is watched Just as cal eiully

as the pennies We can get 101 a 9.61"" week.

tam commodity. because we know it
‘ recedes'the jattei. l'heiei‘ore, the
go situation is better, the tone

- e Situation much 1mp10ved.’1'he
I .

price. 11 conditions will allow it, Will

- }' as 13. result mane their advance.

While the local potato maiket did

not owidence a gleat deal 01' improve-

nl-eht this week, outside trade assumed
a Widly alliel entl'y aspect 110111 a week
ago and incleaseu daily at vel y satis-
Iactory advances. opposite to the
trend. of the market. last week, the
situation Was pleasing and gave op-
oratois an 0pp01 many to make a lair
1111113111 01 1110111..

Outside buyers began locking for
supplies eaily in the week. Where
dullness-frelgned a week ago, actiVlty
was pronounced. inasmuch as there
“was a. disposition 011'. the palt 01 buy-

" 61‘s to purchase swck ior s101age.'llie
general sentiment heie is to tile enect
that the market has reached the. bot
\2 tom, and this accounted 101‘ the dis-
pOsition to put away poualo'es. Uper-
at'ors gladually raised their paws, but
" orders kept coming 11 eely
. Locally the heavy supply in railroad
..~yards held the market down, and was
reaponsibl’e 101' tell“ tact that the local
....s1tuat-iou'_did not improve as‘tast as
' the 1. o. b. market. The early part of
the week trade was unsatisfacto‘iy and
, “dealers found it. bend to maintain,
‘E'vahies. Receipts opened Monday at
. ."115 cars: Tuesday they totaled 75
~ Cars. The Northwestern railroa’d tailed
to lift their embalgo on Chicago, and
ere were no fresh receipts on that
line; Lthe stream of cars held in the
ard’s, nearly a. thousand a week ago,
was diminished daily.
Prices here were around 40 to 43c
. good stock, and some average stock
.~ brought only 3.5 to 320. on cars sold
by looal operators 1. 0. b. northern
points .to. ont-of-town buyers, however,
much better values Were realized. good
(tock' bgfhgipg 38 to 400 early in the

.ar’ shortage was a big factor
situation this week, and several
31 dhte selves with

' -» pmble or the ad-
, [$811613

points 1n the state... We all w'atc11 the
cincinnati markét fr0m the outside

when ochditions 10011 to warrant, .

' 11111.ch use of the same. it has to be'
ﬁuSed very conservatively, however, be

' 08.118641: will not take care of liberal

receipts. The market at present is
uodtable at: ~
Bulk or‘saeka................ .150 .55

, PITTSBURGH—J d0n’t think there
’was ever a time during wnich the
Pittsburgh market was making a. hard-

tua'l receipts and at. the same time
trying to hold up the price as has
been in evidence during the past seven
days. The receipts have been very
”heavy, the weather has been hot so
that a good many shipments have ar-

rived out of condition 110m rot, etc., -

mostly caused by a. heated condition.
With all 01: these conditions lacing
‘ this mal',l1et they have had a serious
time. 'l't has absomlely been impos—
81010 to advance quotations; they have
d0ne mighty well to 11010 their own. it
has been expected that the Situation
would be somewhat better there this
We have expected right up to
ten moment that this condition would“
actually exrst, but 1 am really in a.
little doubt as to whether it will be
possible to advance quotations over
'last week in this market or not. It
wni 'very much depend on weather
conditions. fine market closed on
hi'lday in' the "best shape 01 any time
during the week; everything was
cleaned up in nice shape and at quo-
1111.10115, 3. veiy active trade going on,
'but saturday, or course, is n01 a trad-
ing day, and we have no further ad-
Vlce li'oin the situation there.
Choice, bulk .. .50
Common . ..........§5
'NORFOLK—The Norfolk buyers
have had one eye on the situation and
the Other 011 the'gun during the last
week. They have been watching. the
pOLato shippers ii'om all angles very
keenly. it has been a great study
With them. .We can appreciate, as to
what the real outcome [.0 the situation
was 501115 to be. The shippers irom
all sections have been trying to ad-
vance quotations into this territory;
the only ones who didn’t come in line
Were our New iork and Ohio friends.
They have continuously altered in this
teli'lLoI'y under our Michigan shippers,
then more the Virginia trade in general
has been supplied from these market
sources. ’1‘he condition there varies
but very little over that reported in
our last week‘s issue. The demand is
better; that would naturally improve
' the tone to the situation.
Norfolk, sacks .5!

IMBLER', ORE. -—The potato crop in
this locality is larger than last year
and it is expected that about 150 cars
will be marketed. Peerless and Pearl
are the principal varieties grown. The
quality and size is good. '. "

MEMP HISe-The Irish potato situa-
tion here has improved somewhat
since the- disposal of so much rejected
stuff. Teh latter was due to the poor

0.....-

condition of arrivals, which dealers as— .

sert Was because of the warm weather.
When the cars came in and were
tiﬁ'ned down by the consignees 'the
' roads oi; brokers sold them to who-
ever Would t athem with result that
for several aye prices of potatoes
. were someWhatI' upset. First-class

310011- all the time held steady around
0 " ’

of the (other having been
an _ trail in ‘

. 0'31 141 per .z—bus‘hel bag at Charles-

= .5 to‘wn. Ilieceipts were heavy and trade .
dragged. Not much activity is locked

for until a change occurs in the
weather. 1

SOUTH BEND, IND .—-P0tatoes are ,

selling for We a. bushel here. Dealers
say if the cold weather holds 011 un-
til November 1, potatoes may go as
~ low’ as 36c.
PlilLADELPHIA—Recelpts of po-

tatoes have been liberal this week.-

The bulk of arrivals were unattractive.

' Most. of the receipts from New York
state continue to show up in bad
shape, and owing to their poor quahty
the trade is taking more freely to
Pennsylvania BLOCK. Prices on these
are snghtly higher than last week.
Sales 01 best cheater county potatoes
have been made at 650mm.

Most sales ontork states were made
around the 000 mark, While cars show-
ing disease and rot are movmg in a.
small way at 400. As long as the New
‘x‘orkstock continues to arrive in their
.pi'esent condition the demand Will be
strong on Pennsylvania, With the tend-

ency lor higher prices.
Q

.. WHEAT.

' The wheat game simply hinges
on the condition 01' the western
crop. 'l'here is absolutely no way
111 the world that the Michigan crop
can have any enect or even bearing
on the available price possible to ob-
tain. We haven't wheat enough in
the state of Michigan this year to sup-
ply local mills; by this 1 mean mills
' 1n the interior of the state. We shall
be torced to look to the northwest tor
our supply almost entirely. Not over
2.11 per cent 01' the Wheat crop 01' the
state 01 Michigan is available 101' hour
purpOses at the best, the remainder
being shrunken and unlit i'or commer—
01al use. 'lne balkan Situation has
held the eye of every market center
interested in this commodity, and it
Will continue to do so until the situ-
ation is cleaned up one way or the
other. As the Situation now appears,
we have a right to expect that wheat
Will hang alound the dollar mark 10r
some time, at least.
Detroit Range of Prices.

saturday' 15
Wheat— High. Low. Close. close.
No. 1 white. .

1.09 1.09
lNo. Zi'ed ..... ....1.10 1.10
December ”1.12%, 1.12 1.12 112
May 1.16

 

l 15% 1.10% 1.15%

CINCINNATI—There was no ac-
cumulation 01' stocks on the Cincinnati
market. Anything of any quality pos-
sible to use for milling purposes was
snapped up Very quickly. The tone to
the Situation was certainly very satis-
factory. There was apparently no
limits to the trading on anything 01
commercial use.

No. 2 red ............. .. ..... 1.09@1.12
No. 3 red.... ................ 1.01w1.08
No. 4 red .................... .9u@l.00

Sales today on wheat were:
1 car No. 3 red 56% lbs. tlt........1.06

*BEANS Q

The writer had the pleasure of

a short trip in the “Thumb” of

Michigan this past week. The
same developed that beans were being
taken care of and that the harvesting
of the same was almost over in this
locality. It would certainly appear
that the weather conditions have been
favorable, so that the crop over the
state should be practically taken care
of at this writing. We certainly hope
-so; we cannot expect that this pleas-
int weather will continue much longer.
We believe it will result that the con-
dition of our crop will be very good
this year. The average pick ought
not to be over four pounds. We ought

 

 

as hen n steam M1118”! Y9?"

' lasts. from one to two pounds. ' " ' ‘ "
' The tone to the situation on 11er is

' certainly more; than satisfactory. r‘old

- your arms with reierence to this com-

.11 011 Monday With

modity, and be at ease; there is abso-
lutely no question as the' situation

5' shows today 01 this. commodity not

coming well up' to your expectations
as to price. The demand Will cer-
tainly be good; the situation warrants
nothing else but a long price eklstlng.
With the situation as it conironts us
from a general standpomt, 'We ought
to take advantage 01 every situation
that is oiI'ei'ed to make the best pos-
51ble results out 01' our given com-
modities. We have a chance to take
advantage or the situation on beans,
and we think we should take it. '1 new
is absolutely no reason wny we should
throw away an dpportunlty any more
than any one else. There is every
reason wny we should take advantage
of an opportunity, as we know 1.116
other fellow does. ’lhe other [show
has already manipulated the contract
game With a. Certain percentage of
prouucers in the slate, and thereby
simply swindled them out 01 so cents
per bushel on every bushel that was
contracted. barnum says that the Am-
erican people like to be ilulnbugged,
and perhaps he is right; but ll. does
seem a shame and a commercial 111‘s-
grace to let these ieiiows come along
year alter year and coutiact this stull‘
at about so cents under What it is
actually worth on the ma1ket.'l‘hei'e
has been 110 maleil'al change 011 the
market on beans this last week. iou
Will please appreciate mat the season
has 1101. advanced to a. pullll When:
there IS an actual demand 101‘ 1.1115
commodity. . There is a certain de-
mand existing, 01 course, but ll. is of
a limited nature. They are tailing hold
01 these beans Just as ll'eely as we
(3.011111 expect 1.11.6111 1.0 1'11. 1.1.115 season 015
the year. We set our stakes last week
in the respective zones snowing L116
price we should hold our beans 101'.
The respective zoues would show the
10110w1ng prices possible at the mo-

ment:
Zone No. 2 Michigan...
Zone No. 3 lvncmgan. . ..
Zones 4, 5, o and 1 Mich-
igan ............ .240@2.50

.$2.25
and

You will please understand that this
is based on 00 pounds 01 hand-picked
beans.

liaild Picked ............. . ...... $2.55

OATS ;

 

 

A friend 01' the writer’s has just
returned from lndlana, mom a
section which is ruinous 101' its
lie reports that the

nudvy 0211, Ul'OpS.

condition in the said lOCLLllLy is becom-
ing better, as based on the lcllowlng:

“Those who Were unlol'LunuLe in
haVing very poor and discolored oats
had already made disposition at what-
ever price they could get. This 1'0-
sults that the odei'lngs at the mo—
ment are sho vving much better quality.
i personally inspected two or three
samples representing cai'load ship
ments of what were graded No. 2
white oats. This is remarkable for
this season; most 01' the samples which
have been coming in were graded 3
and 4; a great many had 1101 even
come within the grading rules, and
were selling simply by sample. 11' this
condition actually exists, and l have
every reason to believe that it does,
we can naturally expect that the situ-
ation. will gradually improve, as the
poor quality 01' oats are cleaned up
and out of the way. A great many
heavy receivers have advised that the
trade simply laid down on {the quality
of the oats that was constantly being
offered; the feeders could not use
them to advantage, and worked some-
thing in as a substitute. 1 would not
wish you to look for any material
change in the market situation for an- _
other week, and possibly for another.
month, but if you have good quality,:f '
sound and sweet oats, don’ t be alarmed‘

about the situation making an im—«;.-ﬁ-':‘.

provenient before the season is over,
Continued on Page Five

 


 

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‘E‘D'l ~T0"“R2I A .L.

"T HAS BEEN SAID that the fruitgrowerspas- a..elass, have a. betten..gen-
l eral’ idea of business affairs than the average everyday farm-.‘er ‘ You hear
the statement frequently made that, through their horticulturaLsncleties they

have been enabled to solve their problems, andv that
they are in a class by themselves. ~

Let’s size up the situation and see just how fnr
the fruit growers have progressed. Let us ﬁnd out

“whether they have really solved their problems; if
after all they are in a class by themselves.

In the ﬂrst‘piace we must acknowledge that because of the small number
of fruit growers, as compared with themumber of general farmers, it ought
to be an easy matter to effect a 'workable‘organization amongtbem.

But have they accomplished this? Let us see.

For 10, these many years, the fruit growers have been talking of worms
Ind bugs; OI sprays and sprayers:71‘insectﬁnd:insecticidesi" OI :‘soale " and
fungi—until one could not get a quiet sleep fora week-after a horticultuﬁl
meeting, because of his dreams of the multitude oi‘pests. '

Along this line splendidmrogress has been. made. . Yes, indeed. old orch-
ards have been made new; new orchards have beenbrought into hearing. The
cry of a fruit famine is no longer heard in. the land—so far, so good."

The fruit growers have reallyrlbeen so busy with sprays and sprayers that
they have forgotten all about the “straddlobugs” whichlhave been multiplying
by the hundreds ready to scoop in the proﬁts—when a good crop could be

, secured. : '

. We have been blessed with aisplendid apple crop .this season. Not a
bumper crop, but a splendid yield. People like fruit—but they can’t afford
the luxury.

zFor nine months out of the year you can buy oranges Just as cheaply in
the large Cities as you can buy ﬁrst-class-apples. Not one Jamily in one
hundred, living in the city 01 1-Detroit, Chicago or any other large city, have
what fruit they want. ’

Right over in. the fruit belt of Michigan, good winter apples have been
selling at $1.25 per barrel, in some cases at a dollar a‘barrelwthe purchaser
paying for the barrel; and [mind-you, this price boughtqﬂrst-class fruit—No. 1
stock.

Listen. But kry iew apples were raised in Indiana, Illinoisflowa and
Ohio this year. The iarmers of these states want good apples and hang the
money to pay torvthem. No chances to take—just from the Michigan apple
grower to the Illinois farmer.

_ 1 C31 . Br I'. . climax
First Nat. Bank Bldg. 8rd. NIt. ~ Ink Bldg. Sherman Bldg.

 

f‘STRADDLE BUG”
WORST ENEMY I

~' An‘order came invtromiillinois th5other day from the farmers of a cer-

tain community for four hundred barrels. Getthem? Yes, of course. Plenty of

“apples iii-"Michigan. .
" This message-was ﬂashed over the wire: ~“Quote uswlowest cashwprico

winter Iruit, assorted varieties, I. o. b., four hundred barrels.” I

.. Novrlet us see what returns were reCeived from ‘the'bug ﬁghting, sprayer

7 .1;st fruit growers:

“I have hundred and ﬁfty barrels.

‘1"

Association has no selling. agency."

" 9 LTritium’-‘I!;risvvers'received: all'the same "'story' And yet 'the boys" claim that V

Mugh their organized societies they have. solved their problems.
"'” We will give them credit fer having Y‘killed the worms aria sprayed in

m insectsu-v—s-nd that‘s» worth a -wholeslet~—-but they-beverage“ tattle 1am; -

....‘..'.'.’. .. ale

and Icheme and experiment, With the one end in; view—«more trait ‘ ,
.1SJuIKE EYING A KNOT .INZA PIG’S TAIL TOMEBW,

ING THROUGH ‘THE FENCE.

 

STATE. TWINE RANT. BURNS
.Conauuemsmoné -

blaze. Thorattention of «thegﬂremen

was turned to the other headings-
, when it became evident that it. Would »,

be impossible to, save any at the .con-
tents stethe bu11ding._
the wind xvas mowing mom the. past
probably saved the instltution from
a. much more 891101111088. _.

Warden, Simmwu tated- tonight that
the loss would. .91". ably total in the
neighborhood of $191190. All of the

binder taupe madesisca last July Was '
desuQTemsabgut 999.900 ppupds of‘

tmne. 1361113 consumed- The loss of
the twine signs will total pearly §75,-
000.11; addition to this 500 ba1es 0!
81831,. about 175,000 pounds, Were de-
strayed resulting in a. loss 01: $10 5.00

.The building was valued at about
$5, 000.. A..motor. that was to have
been used in the new brick plant was
burned. The, building, IVE-B construct-
ed in 1907 (1111103.,the. reign of War-
den Armstrong

That a..la;ger amountpoi, sisal was
notnestroxedda thetﬂre. 15.11.1111 to..the
high price 01. the product at thapres-
wentnime Becauseot 01019 high price
wine board 01 .coetrol has been. 111117.111!
Tornnnaringly. ..

It will ,be modem to. close down
the b1nder twine plant for, a time be-
Tcsuse oi. thoxtact that all of. the stock
on hand was. burned. It- is believed
that nothing wilLJw s'aved train the
ruins.

RumOrs that. the convicts intended
burning the prison buildings haveheen
current in. the prison Ior...sev.era1
weeks Pinhead etarT .Dre9au..t.19a.-bas

The tact 3.1m?

been taken .11T thewﬂiclals swank
gigglnst any such attempt. Ever since
necent outbreak a mmﬁ
Linmate ﬁremen whavgwﬁgee’b
regularly and have been,
qualiﬁed with the location oi:
hydrant on, the prison pro or
the trouble has. ”been an 91

warden ‘19”... highly praiséd the w
of both ”the“ prison ﬂifémen 9nd
ﬁreﬂien grip the City. "7- "
While it i§ possible that the ﬁre
may have i)lieg‘n ﬂieéesult of mania,
neous comb us iOn _th s theOry; 'is 10011-- -
ed upon as impossible A few years
ago a binder twine storehouse at
.Miamisburg, ‘_0., burned
cause was never discovered -
5 It is to be hoped that the ﬁre Will
not inﬂuence a higher prlce .bn prison
tv'vine “next season, and it as been

hinted that. it will bring about the

bu1lding' of a mucli l» ger, ill-apnea:
warehouse in which the twine will be _

stored until it is ready f0r shipment?
to the 11 mers' ﬁelds; ' "

. The pr s'on twine has, during the

past few years, met with favor all,_
over the 5tate and has become in a: '
way, Lil-1119911110118, the pigeon-pron ._

z duced argcles of this country. g

In ..place. .. 01.- the». usual u..campaign
.,spellebin.der as smote getter..tlie..£arm-
er. munhad.-his 4101111031 .tnﬂy, .handed
.to him onuthe .printer’s..sticlt. ,Queer ‘
.isn’t.it;..that.ths farmer .Jcomes.,in. as
.being..:o_i so .mnch..importance.at Just
.this time. of. .yearZ. But, he. 1ald..rizht
back and loudly laughed..,aa hmsanz.
.ﬁNowsWJll- -son. Ted alait?" . ,

 

a.“ .

'dWU/f'ﬁcr [If]?

plants Tbeans
is worth $1, 000. 00.

-number.. of days. ﬁtting. the soil.

$2. 50 per bushel.

to the barn.

certain number of bushels of beans.

on that ten-acre lot.

.. to- the «nearest: elevator.

' the elevator man this questiim:

POBLEMi, “yWh
man

..any{mm Menomha 'm~<'in inning

 

PROBLEM No.3 3.
‘ FARMER “A” owns eighty acres of

land on ten of the “eighty acres. he
The ten acres of land

I

This farmer, worked with his team a certain

He planted a. certain. number of bushels oi
seed, which. .waa worth at the time 011 planting

It required. a certain number of days for’him-
self and team in cultivating and caring for this crop.

It required the services of this farmer and his team I
certain number of days to lift the beans and draw them:

He secured the services» of a thresher» and secured a".

This farmer, by ﬁgurinpthé interest on his investment,“ 0
knew just what it cost him to- raise every bushel oibeans w

He placed rthcse beans in bags and drew them ﬁve miles '

~ When he arrived at the elevator on the load of beans ‘
; and allowing himself- and team a certain wage -per day, *
which had cost him a certain sum peg bushel, be asked

u“it‘llihsfl’ Am 534‘? BEANS WORTHWOBDAY?”

e Ink t question? .
ve I ﬁnancial“); mteregt in t y‘mncﬁon‘ “D# ..
prieef’ 173:5 .,

 

 

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' guppy the trade.
- in small quantities and being used for
‘ ., :399ding_ purpose with satisfaction.

’l‘SBURGH—The Pittsburgh mar-
heft: has been overfed this last week.
The result is that the market is very
dilll. lteceipts have been heavy,
brokers, etc. have been constantly
hammering the trade” to take on ship-
ments on track, so that the real' con-
dition On this market is out of line.
Forced shipments never result in a
good,» steady market existing; it has
11’. al-
lows the buyer to take advantage of
the situation and you' need not be
alarmed about his so doing.

No. 2 white. ......... .37 0 .3712,
mandala oat! ......... .. .36 0 .3695
Standard No.41 Oats... . . . . .35 . 0 .309,
Standard N'0__. 4 Oats. .. . .32550 .34

   

 

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_ We have expected all the time
I . that the demand and real situ-
aCio'n' With feferencé to 'this" c'om-

..‘Louity Would improve on accodnt of '

the cat situation; its quality, eta... but
it does lief. develop that it is possible
to advance quotations on the same.
There‘ seems to b6 pl6nty '01 com 01-
fermg all the t1nie',' the tendency be-
ing to _V,111'st a little l’OWer" price in evi-

once: A great many are b‘bying' corn

is last Week at o'1'1'e to t'Wo cents 'un-
'der quotations made one w6ek prev-
ious."1‘hé situation 'is fairly healthy,
but at the: _same tim6' no b6t'te'r than
one W'é'ek' ago. ‘

..DETBOLT. —-No. 3 mixed. .6455
No. 3 yellow ...... . .67
N.o 4 yellow ....... .63

CINCINNATI—The trading on the
Cincinnati market was; very irregular.
:Sples 01: the week previous were

cleaned' up at the latter part 6,1..the
week so" that anything that was on
track Monday and even Tuesday were
taken readily, and in some cases at a
small premium. But it t'd'ok' the re-
ceipts 0!. only two or three days he-

' fore the trade was ﬁlled up, and for
.» the remainder of the Week the demand

was very limited and trade very Quiet;
the tone to the Situation unsatismc-

4391’)"
“No. 2 white........ ..... . .68%@ .69
No. 3 white ............. . .67590 .6812;
"no. White.........'.....‘.32' 0';86
9N0. 2’yellow ............. '-.66v* 0 .6655
No. 3 yellow ............. .65. .6555
_No. 4 yellow ....... ......V .62, .65
. ~N"). 2' mixed .......... .60" 041655
No.3 mixed... ........... .65: ‘V’.555§
', No. 4- mixed. ...... w .62 .65

.IEAR~CORN. -—-Moderate demand for
ds'tock with utterings easily am to
New being rec ved

 

 
  
  

;._Wh-ite.. ear . .. .............. ... .050 @di

yelrow ear 1 .650 .67

uuuuuuuuuu

 
 

   
 

kins-

qn'iry of any one having 15371111310:
disposition. As we have already men-
tioned in previous issues. a certain per
cent of seed already shipped from the
country to resolving centers will be
sold, back. _to .the dealers and merely
worked rizht back to. the farms. We
know; this cendition :will exist in a

" great .many instances here in the

state. . The. situation is Very keen. and
the tone to the same very satisfactory.

‘~ Any _one having seed for disposition

has a Iavorable outlook. We believe
' we are going to have .very much bet-
.tei samples to‘ contend with this year
than last. we hope. that the percent-
age or foul. stuff will also be 1651. the
samples already inspected- show. this
to be the real result.

The market at _DetroitzV

1

June ....... . .......... 9..00®1100
Mammoth ........... ,. .* ..... 9.00011. 00
Alslke ............. . ..... . V0. 00012. 00
Timothy Seed ............. i ........ 2

§1PPLES ‘

We believe we have handled the

apple proposition about“ as well

is could be expected this fall.
.1.; 0011' ’t know who is reaponsible for
it, nor do We particularly care, as long
as We get results,' but We ballet/6 it
is proved that our supposition or the
manner necessary to handle this com-
modlty was right. We have certainly
destroyed about 50 per cent 01‘ the
apple crop this year. ln other words,

 

. let everytnli'i2 20‘ to some other source

" excepting oﬁr“ “sti'ict'ly No. 1 fruit.
’1 here wasno other way in the world

”in Wh1ch We could held 'up the situ-

ation eve‘n' o'n'hifg'ner qualities, but by
reducing the amount put on the mar—
ket; there was no other way to reduce
it but to keep it sway. regardless 01
What We had to do. The growers have
revi'eWed the situation and are re-
eponsible for the action and the re-
sult. We are pleased to report that
the situation generally locks very
much Better. ’We ‘do not belieVe we
are going to have any go'od 'cause for
dissatistaction over the actual results
011 Htl‘ié’ap’ples We hays left for dis-
position. it is certainly true that we
have the quality;' our No. 1 stock this
year‘ls certainly handsome; it’s'shape
'and' celor are the'mo‘st' perfect 1 have
seen in years. Therein certainly a
good demand for this good fruit; they
are looking for it today in every direc-
tion. 01 course. there is a certain
percentage 01: common stun coming on
to the market. in both barrels and ir-
regular packages. We can expect this;
could ,not expect to stop all 01 this
kind 31 shipments; it was not neces-
sary; but the percentage of anything
but No. 1 stuff comingon to the mar-
ket is so small that it hardly has any
effect at all. Even peddler stock. of!
Detroittracks Friday was about $1.00.
This tor hulk stun ranging from 1’s
and 2’s in mixed varieties is not so
disappointing. The situation may de-
velop dinerently than it now shows.
but it looks like a good bet that we
have a' very satisfactory condition ex-
isting before the season is over. 1 ex-
pect it is true that the. actual consump-
tion has been increased 50 per cent
by virtue of the moderate prices. This
has gone a lens way toward helping

- o'ut the balance of our crop along to

disposal. When you get any given
commodity ab'dve a Certain point, the
common people Cannot use it. then is
when you will see the demand grad-
ually weaken.

DETROIT SFancy . . . .. . .
110ml .

  

.2.00 2.60
"1’000 @ 2.00

 

 

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wed

 

 

 

 
  
  

Vt West: "The

point Where the demand could“ niettake

d.'

in

the receipts increased :00

care, 10: mean-.1: was an untimely
situation; that's about 'the best way
to put it. -‘i‘h’e Cincinnati market 'trom
a general standpo'musrin good shape;
- in harmony with others. With the re-
ceipts: cut down to where they should
be, this market Would take care of
them in' nice shape and at liberal
prices.

Bulk fancy hand picked, bbl.. 1. 5001. 75
Bulk run of orchard, per bbl.. 1. 0001. 25

Kings per bbl. ........... 003. 00
Ben Davis as to quality bbl.: .1. 5002. 00
Baldwins, per bbl ............ 2. 0002. 50
rMa-iden Blush, ex. fey” bbl. .3. 0003. 25
Maiden Blusn', fancy ......... 2 0002.50
Wealthy fancy, per bblV ...... 20002.50
Gravensteln. per 551 ......... 22502.50
Blush~ Plppms, per bbl ...... ..2. 2502. 50
Rib Pipplns, per bbl .......... 2. 0002. 50
Fall Pippin's, per bbl ......... 2. 0002. 50
Twenty Unze, per bbl ......... 2. 7503. 25
Grimes Golden, fancy bbl. . .2. 5003. 00
Grimes Golden. choice. bbl...2.0002.25
Roman Beauty_ per 551 ....... 1.500250
crab Apples, per bu. ......... 1.4001.60

CHICAGO—The Chicago market has
been very ‘ unsatisiactory this last
Week. We don't know Just how to ac-
count for it, but the‘ demand from
pra'Ctically every angle has been very
light. Even the barrel stock trade
has been cut doWn at least 50 per
cent: ”the ‘peddler trade taking bulk
stock on track also Was very limited.
Possibly the peddlers, etc. putting
their time in On‘the same instead 01
on the former. Chicago has certainly
experienced a slow market in apples

4 the last Week.

CHlUAGU—The market here on ap-
ples this Week was very quiet and as
tar as demand for barreled stock was
concerned the musket was practically
at a standstill. ltetaile'rs bought but
little as the peddlers made we keen
competition and the former did not
Wish to risk buying With the reeling
that they woold be unable to clean
up. Peddlers coniined their buying
entirely to bulk stocx purcnases when
so 'dOing and as dealers had heretofore
locked to the peddlers tor the dis—
posal of all No. 2 stock it was prac-
tically impossible to move that Class
of goods this week even.at abnormally
low prices. The liberal orferings of
grapes and the weather were also in-
ﬂuential in bringing about the inactive
demand for apples as the former were
of good quality and were taken in pref-
erence to apples for eating purposes
while the weather has been rather
mild for the season of the year and
apples are a Cold weather commodity.
Many of the buyers among the retail-
ers also took western box apples in-
stead of fancy barreled goods and this
served also to create a slow market
even on the best grades of barreled
apples.

" Receipts of early fall apples were
fairly liberal and much in excess of
the demand. though dealers do not ex-
pect them "to be heavy from now on.

The market was also liberally sup-
plied with late fall and Winter stock
but practically all of the receipts went
to the coolers and dealers did not

'ofier them for sale as demand for

them was almost nil. Dealers attrib-
uted it to the weather, but they voiced
their opinion that two or three days
of snappy cold weather would bring
about a- big change in the market and
'that hard apples would experience an
‘active demand.

"Trade ‘in western box apples opened
up a'little ‘and this stock went to the
best‘buyers. it is thought by dealers
that a fairly strgng tone will prevail
in the box apple arket from now on.
onathans this week brought when
fancy from 3. 50 to $4 a barrel. Grimes
Golden $2. 50 to $3. Greenings $2. 25 to
$2. 50 and Sno‘Ws $2. 50 to $3. 25. Ben
Davis bulk apples brought up to $200
per car.

estern box apples sold as follows.
Jo afhans $1.10 to $1.50, delicious, $2
to $3; Grimes Golden $1 to $1.50, and

Spitzenbergs $1. 25 to $1. 50.

’ ”1 GREEN FRUITS.

CRAB APPLES—90.111? a few remain
_and none are really 71 cc. Some are Very
common. sales are slow.

‘Ba’rr‘els. 1137910115.- cem. to fair. 2. 000350
:BaskeptstEl 8:11:11 Hyslops. ;. . £501.25

APP There has lately been ex-

1:1: ~.

   

    

Vp'eri‘e‘nced', $5...
‘1 . ,y ..t >h!r.iV4

' mated earlier in the season.

as, curse; tor

~ecpﬂsm Yfrwsswm“:
Vs‘hipper 1% doing ..‘111'
easy l'vc pr ter'ence' tt'o“’b111k . .
were? so «summarising a geod "

w'es era peaches. or. which some .0er s"
have been going for about freight
charges .
Western be: fruit quiet, still there-

   

   

is some demand when njsplay fruit is _.

wanted.

Bulk apples are selling very well.

Seme are taking to ship, with some re-

ported. going to southern points. Qual-

ity varies, and that affects prices.
Barrels, regulation 13126—

Baldwins ~No. \1‘ ............. 1. 7502. 00
Wealthy,. No.1. large, high

color .................... 2. 00 2. 25

Lacking color ............. 1. 25 1. 50

Alexander. nice. uniform. clear 2.500
Scaly, ’blk spotted, down to. 1. 2561.50
Wolf River No.1 to fancy,

large .................... 2 5002. 75
Showing specks ........... 1. 2501. 75
Pipplns. No. 1,. large .......... 20002.25
Small same as No. 2.
Kings, 0.1 ................. 2.500
Orchard run ................. 2. 00
Twenty- -ouncr Wine ......... ‘2. 7503. 00
Cabahshaw or Twenty- ounce
Pippins ................. 2. 2502. 50
Grimes' Golden No.1 clear. ..2 5003.00
Cloudy ...................... 5001.75
Pound Sweets, No. 1, large. ...22502.75
Small ..................... 1.750200
Greenings, No. 1 ............. 21502.50
Small or good size, but not -
£0. ................. . .2000
Jon than, No. 1 to fancy ...... 37504.00
Average run, No. ........ 30003.25
Orchard run ............... 25002.75
Snows, No. 1, clean .......... 22502.50
Spotted .................... 5001.25
, Taiiman Sweets ............. 20002.25
Ben DaVlB .................. l.500l.75
Gano, choice ................. 20002.25
Looking apples, different
kinds .................... 15001.75
No. 2 stock, all kinds ........ 5001.00
Small barrels do not bring as
much as large barrels.
Bulk apples, per 100 lbs.—
Orchard run, dil‘i'erent kinds
» or mixed, :depending on
quality, lllinom ......... .500 .75
Baldwins. Michigan ......... .7501.00
New Yorks ................ 1. 000 ’
Ben Dayle, Kane. and Missouri .7001. 00
Michigan, mixed kinds ....... .07 01.00
Western box apples——
Delicious ..................... 2.000300
Wealthy depending on quality .750l.00
Jonathan .................... 1.100150
Wolf River ................. 7501. 50
Grimes Golden, outside fancyl. 0001. 50
Jel’fries ..................... .7501. 00
King David Bismarck, Mcln-
tosh lied, Maiden Blusli.. . .1.25@1.50
Wine Saps .................. 1.2501510
Spitzenberg ................. 1.250150
N. W. Greenings ............. .9001.25
Rome Beauties ................ .7501.50
Shackleford ................. 1.000

ROCHESTER—The harvesting of
Baldwin apples in western New York
is now on in earnest and the crop is
turning out enormous. Many orchards
are reported to be yielding a great
many more barrels than were esti-
It is con-
servatively ﬁgured that there are fully
40 per cent more apples than there
were a year ago. In other words, it is

j predicted that the fstate will have
‘ more than 6,500,000'b'arrels, compared

with 4,700,000 barrels last year. Or-
chard after orchard of Baldwins can
be seen with many trees having their
limbs propped up to sustain the heaw
load.

The quality of the fruit also shows
a gain over the condition reported in
August and September, when it was
feared that it would not color up sut-
ﬂciently. Since the ﬁrst of September
apples have made a remarkable growth
and the deﬁciency in color has been
made up. Many of the best orchards
have almost perfect specimens of Bald-
wins. This is especially true in all
orchards where the fruit was allowed
to hang on the trees until it properly
matured. Although there have been
some'lrosts in the past fortnight, they
have not done any damage to apples.
Weather conditions during the day
have been favorable, and as many or-
chards w'll not be picked until Novem-
ber 1 or ater, owing to scarcity of,
labor, it is expected that late apples,
unless nipped by an early freeze, Will
be of ﬁne quality. The crop as a. whole
is unusually clean and free of worms.

(

BOSTON—The market has been
glutted with apples for a week and the
past week especially has seen a’thm- .
'plete demoralization of the fruit, just
the reverse cf'what conditions were.
two weeks ago. All varieties are sell- - ,
ing 31-503 to $1 lower than last week
and there is no hope for an immediate '
'improvement, dealers say. The tanc- .—

lest box apples have been selling . j
'from $150 to? $115, with under. sized ..
51.531111211511132 Vs; to $1. 50.; With View

 
 

   
 
 


" 11 ,t any price. ,

" S9 ' .LQUlS—Apple receipts, both by.

11 boats, wele very heavy last:
= ck, aggregating 51, 211:) barrels and
20,885 boxes, the bulk coming from
Calhoun county The market Saturday
Was 01! 25 toch, a barrel under the
vlheavy v‘Oiume of offerings and the poor
'and undesirable quality or a good
v9many or the apples. Good sound high-
11y colored fruit, suitable for storing,
was mostly in demand and was kept
‘tairly well cleaned up at the decline.
"NyThe majority of the boat olierings
.were lien Davis and the poorer class
of this stock sold at a discount to
peddlers and preservers.

, S’l‘AN’l‘UN, MlCri.—Buyers are pay-
ing $1.75 bbl. at this pomt for good
,truit Irom Well-sprayed orchards. The
main varieties moving are Newtowns,
bai'dWins, Spies and ur eenlngs.
growers oner several cars of good
_ hand- picked bulk fruit b‘ruit is mov-
- mg 101' we cwt.

. hurtl‘ Wot-twl‘H TEX.—The apple
situation here shows little impiove-
ment over last week. 'l‘he local rail-
road yards are full or loaded cars

awaiting to be sold. Much oi the stud '

is in bulk, mostly t'rom arkansas and

’_New Mexico, and until this is out or

the way handlers oi: iancy apples see
little hope tor reliel. Some twenty or
more cars of lancy and chOice box
stuff are on the tracks, but dealers are
only buying tor their immediate needs,
belieVihg that heavy purchases at this
time would mean losses latei‘.

'1'here is no question but the sale or
bulk apples is hurting the demand lor
.box goods. bulk stun is being Uilcl‘ed

, at anywhere irom oil to the per bushel

delivered and this is being doled out
to the peddiers in any quantities de-
sired.' ‘1 here are also onerings or box
apples as low as the delivered and the
Iruit stands which liel‘etOlUl‘e have
leaded up With iancy apples seem sat-
‘isned With the cheaper grades. Even
the Jobbing trade is showing a pi'eler-
enCe tor the cheap apples and this is
deterring the wholesale houses irom
buying as liberally as usual. ‘1‘aking
it Legether not more than ten cars 01'
apples have been placed in storage
" here this season to be held for later
consumption. Dealers say it may be
another month belore i'eiiel' is in sight.

FRUITS
There is little in the fruit line
.11 interest to you troin now on.
ihat is, we think oi no commod-
ity that will interest you to speak of.
Peaches are practically cleaned up
and almost eVel'ythiiig 111 small ship-
ments that you could ship to this or
any other Outside market are prac-
tically over with. We will simply
mention in a general way the condi-
tion that exists on commodities which
we think may interest you in common.
0n the betwit market, Keefer pears
are Selling at about 50 cents per
bushel, liartietts at 751': to $1.
0n the Chicago market, shipments
of Keeler peais have been very liberal,
the market is very slow, and sales are

 

 

' being made on a basis of $1 to $1. 25

per barrel The situation is not so
serious on Duchess, although the ar-
rivals have been very liberal; sales
are being made at $2.50 to $2.75.

ONIONS

 

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It certainly develops that we
have a very heavy crop of onions
, to make disposition of this sea.-
, s'on. One of our representatives has

' » Just returned from a trip into Indiana,
' 111g visited the onion producing sec-
ot at state. He reports one of

viest crops this state has ever

ced, that the quality is well up
-o_rma1, and that. the same ave
vested in good condition. hat

houses are being ﬁlled and,‘__

' crop in the best posmblem

' you all attempted to, put you drop " on.
the market early thlatall, for instance, .
you can readily appreciate tnat you .9 '

would create a slatted condition in
every direction. You might very much
better held back your crop, store it,

even it 'you lose 50 per cent of the

crop from some cause or other, be—
cause you simply must put this crop
on the market in such a manner as to
keep up the demand, or else you will
certainly reduce the price possible to
obtain. There is a fairly good demand
for onions in~every direction, but the
price has been hammered down to a
comparatively low level. it is true
that ‘a certain percehtage‘oi the buy~

ere 01' this commodity like to '1111 their

requirements in the fall before frost
cemes, so that they will be assured
or good stock to put out to their trade
duiing the balance 01 the, season.
’1'here are others who are constantly
watching for something in the price
line to come up to beneﬁt them. it
would appear to me that the trade was

being handled about as. well as we;

could expect, being very well balanced
up. With so heavy a crop to make
disposnion of, and with so limited ad-
v1ce 110111 the real producmg seCtlons,
we hate to. go on record as predict-
ing the future possibility of the same,
but as we look at it casually and trom
the only connection we have had With

‘it, we believe that onions ought to be

held at Close to’eo cents shipping
points. ’l'nel'e are gomg to be times

wnen they ought to advance to no '

cents and pessloiy 50 cents, but. 01
comes, weather conditions and sub-
sequent dangers have to be counted in
order to obtain the same. b‘orty cents
beiore trest is usually ligured equiv-
alent to no cents to no cents after.

hh’i‘koi'l'—'i‘ne condition on the
Detioit market is very much the Same

as Was given you in our last issue.'

We are not navmg heavy arrivals, and
i presume the trade are pleased that
we are not; they are Just about equal
to the demand. With any ways heavy
receipts, the price possible to obtain
would be reduced, because we have
only a limited market here for this
commodity. Until receivers are ready
to buy 101' storage, the demand Will
be only limited.
)i'ellow Globe, cars ........... .45@ .50
leiiow UlUUU. s‘tul‘e .......... .bUtw .oo
Cil\lClNNA’l‘l—'l"here was a fair de-
mand on this market during the past
week, the trade Cleaning up all ar-
rivals at market ductatlons. We are
pleased to report the situation in as
good condition as could natuially be
expected, no fault to lind whatever
With the Situation based on general
conditions. ,
White, per bu ...........
Yellow Ulobe per bu ........ .45(u) .55
W,hlte lai',ge per bbi.. 2101112291)
Yellow Globe per Dbl ......... 1.11le.151

Spanish pei ciate ............ 1 0U@1 to
k’lllliHllg_ wl‘iite, per bu ...... Z.UU@Z.50

.75@ .85

Stewillg, wnlte, per bu ....... Lieu/EMU ‘

PITTSBURGH—There has been a
good lively demand on the Pittsburgh
market this past week, all offerings
being taken very freely. The tone to
the situation was good, trading was
brisk. it was in keeping with the gen-
eral situation. The market was not
advanced over the supply and demand
situation existing £1sewhere. ’1rade
was based on a systematic situation
with outside market centeis, but we
have on this market both the tone and
the demand which should be very sat-
isfactory.

Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt .90@
lied Globe, sacked. per cwt. ‘ .ng
5@

Yellow Globe. bulk, per cwt...

Red Globe, bulk, per cwt.... .76 .70

The way to get into trouble is to

__ standard.

the-' condition back again to its” old-
The demand and tone to

_, the situatioh‘ and trading, from? every

_ 1.8.1.1011.

, present time. »

angle is: satisfactory The trade.“ will
take care or very heavy receipts if
the present time at the advanced Q1192,

commodity io‘r storage purposes at" 6'

buying to be cut out into crop. Allie!

Receivers are taking on’this .

A'3rea't many ar‘e'aeo ~

i being actually reversed. Now We have 9..

with a. hook
pears to. the '

their or}; bone

these things go to help” the disposition .‘9 3’11118 11011

of the same ‘ The market is stronger
tonal at the advance than it was One-
week ago at the decline. , " ‘

elNoiNNA'i‘l—'1iie Cincinnati mar-V
ket is in keeping With the general sitn- '

ation, all otterl'ngs being taken freely
at the advanced quotations. This mar-
ket is slow, in sympathy with all

4 others.”

Domestic ............. ' ..... 8. 00@ 9 00
Danish .............. . ...... 10. 9009111 00

P1’1‘TSBURGH———The Pittsburgh mar-
ket instead'ol being in a glutte'd c0
dition such as we reported one weg
ago, has almost cleaned up; in fact,
the demand is way ahead of the sup2
ply at the present time, with a con-

7stant eiamorlhg tor every car of cab-

bage that comes on to the market.

Shipments coming fast and strong at _

qumatiohs. , ,
Domestic . . i .......... ' ..... 8. 00@10. 00
Ualllsli .................... 10.110 u) 12.110

 

BUTTER 9}

We expect we shall be able to
show up the butter market in a
good s1r0ng tone from now on
the winter months. From

 

1:}

but U us“

the condition that exists from all -
angles, it is impossible to predict any »

Other situation to exist. The demand
for good, high—class butter, 'either in
dairy or creamery, is almost in excess
or the supply continually. it really
is in excess of the supply at all times.
If it were hot tor the tact that 90 per
cent of the common consuming people
were usmg substitutes, it would be
impossible to take care of the trade.
We need to look for nothing else but
a good strong tone to the situation
existing on this commodity right on
through the season. '
Creamery,

bil‘sts

racking stuck

bailey dairy

 

 

brisk, constant demand for fresh
eggs, but the outside storage

houses in cities like New York, 1303-
ton, Chicago, etc., are already begin-
ning to unload, or at.least to make
preparations to unload at quotations '

they are continually putting out to the

We have seen quotations from
on No.1

trade.
Chicago storage houses

Aprils, Which means eggs which went .

into storage during the month of April,
at 22 cents. We have seen quotattdns
from New York on the same basis.
This has only a limited effect. regard-
less of its volume with strictly fancy

,and fresh stock, the latter will bring

its own price at any? time and almost

regardless of the' price being offered

- on storage stock. It will depend very

let the small road Calverts fill with .
leaves and weeds, Don’t attempt to ,

clean these out, but wai€a month for

the road overseer to come and do the
work, this then Will shew your big-
nes’sf-or smallness'. which

much, of course,_ on the Condition of.
the weather that we have during the.
winter; a' you mild Winterw
the prime possible to obtain-

Not only has there been a good,,

age for us at Thanksgrvin
day time. You are less;

1 If you Sell your poultry smile

1

1'1 reduco
coause of

time, at the" decline, you will ha
same poultry to face 'when ,1
fl‘hahksg'iving" season. when
ready to'fmttke' dispositien‘of'

, shoe or yotﬁ" stock. The dre

have it in storage all ready

and sell to the same trade 9

will sell your stud to, so‘ that you:
will be in competition with your 031m
goOds. While it is barely possible that
you would not gain ﬁnancially. it
would certainly be some consolationjo:
beat these fellows at their own game:
and I don’t believe from a ﬁnancial?
standpoint,
whole, but that you Would win.
Good hens .......... -.;...'.
Common" hens ' . " ' .

Springs
loun'

. void
Geese

Turkey;

NEW YORK. —-—The;’i live, poultry
market Was in fair shape this week.
it is little short of phenomenal that
the market has stood the strain Which
has been put upon it ever since the
Liebiew hondays a month or six wee 9.,
ago. Practically every week ain't;
that time receipts have piled ina
upwards of 100 cars per week, sut-
nc1ent for the heaviest holidays. '2 The
market each week has cleaned d'p'diy'
it not cleaned up, only a few cars have,
been carried over. That these colldi2 ,
tions'have not' caused a glut shows-gs
the healthy condition of the: market. '

Up to Wednesday'nigbt last week .'

90 ears Were unloaded and practically
cleaned up at 14c fer the best fowl;
with some poor Stock underseili-ng the
quotation,.in some cases as lowasldc. ' “ .
Chickens brought 1455c and in a few
instances as high as lbc tor. --fancy'
stock. "Cocks brought loc, geese 14c,
ducns 14c, and tuikeys 160. During
the balance or the week 30 more cars
came in. Under this exceSsive supply
the latter part of the week, trading-
lightened somewhat and some care
were carried over.

The dressed poultry market was
generally quiet. Large dry picked
towl are scarce and are bringing top.
prices. Themajority of iowls are rum
hing to small and :poor lots. ‘There-*--
has been considerabl- scalded stock
received, and the mar t' shows little.
if any change. Fancy} chickens and ,
broilers ale scarce and bring ”good
prices. There is a large aupply or
poorer grade chickens. A few turkeys
are arriving which are mostly poem-9.
The market, though under heavy r627?
ceipts, is cleaning up. Fresh killed
box packed chickens. broilers. milk;
fed brought 25c" to 270; corn ted, 200 t0"
23c, roasters Rd to 1911-, barrele'd"
packed 15c to 160, turkeys best dry'
picked 20c to 21¢, seamed 150 to. 18¢,
frozen 21c. to 240,3f6w1 dry 1161'?
packed" «1591591 to 18c and loop ck
195c to 170.99 . ' ... "

its increasing the available eggs; but ' km

with normal conditions existing, -
can rest “shred that a 1011‘; price

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. 1 ' 'w '61: th9 pucé
$310791 {16003111110 sire. So
321 that“ itulligzomss, es arr to 111-;

stimated a...
.: per cent 01!

_ e market also opened up this
W",' eels: on geese and a firm feeling was
felt at satisfactory prices. The strong

demand for geese is expected to con-
Admin; for some time to come and it
:is believed a ge al healthy market
'will prevail, at *1 st' until Thanks-

Because of the scrubb'y character of
hens and the general run of light

' rv'reights they drOpped a. bent in price

-,du‘ring the-early part of the week.

' ’ The market opened Monday with 10
cars by freight and approximately 400
caps by, express. The trade experi-

31c‘ed; a good demand for geese which
vanced 34c; making them quotable
. 3374c; all other poultry remained

unchanged.

Seven cars Were received by freight
Tuesday and the express runs totaled
1,600 coOps. Hens dropped 14c and
others- Showed no ﬂuctuation.

..On Wednesday five cars arrived by

‘ freight and nearly 1, 500 moon by ex-
press Dealers, however, managed to
clean tip on everything but hens,

which were again quoted 84c lower, ,

making the quotation 11c. All others

- were unchanged. Quotations were as
‘ Springs 13c, hens 11c, tur- '

‘ follows:
keys 1711, old roosters 91,40, ducks 13c,
geese 1334c, and young guinea hens

-_ 65 ..a dazen.

. Thursday'receipts totaled ﬁve cars.
Prices were unchanged and the mar-
ketdwas steady.. .
11Fﬂday light weight hens were, a
Half cent lower. Receipts were five
cars.

Oldv hens, heavy, 4% lbs. and

Oldv hens; light”
Roosters
Springers \
over_ . . .. . .
White ducks; 4 lbs. and over
White ducks under 4 lbs. . .
Colored ducks. under 4 lbs.
Turkeys hens
.Old tom turkeys
Young turkeys
over
Young turkeys, under 6 lbs.
Cull turkeys
Geese. per lb ............... 12.@
'Gnoineas, young, M134 1bs. ‘and
er . .. . ....... 4. 00605. 00
Pigeons. old .1 ..... . ..... 1.25
CINCINNATI——
Turkeys old good weights.
Thin and poor ...........
Spring turkeys
Fowls general run ......... . .
Old Roosters .............. . 1,9
ring Chickens. per 111.. .1 , , .
Ypung Guinea Hens per doz.
Dogma.“ old and young ‘good
s as
Duel“, ,Indianr runners. . . .
Geese. yold young,
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.91; words, in earload shipments.
Of course, when you are subject to
selling your live stOck on your local
market one individual at. a time, you
may not be able to take advantage
oI the real situation that exists. You
may be handicapped; 'you may be
taken advantage of; but the Outside
situation would be very satisfactory,
I feel stirs», if you were only organ-
ized so that you could take advantage

“’5? it. If yon will attend to organiza-

tioii, so that yOu can make carload
shipments, the writer will attend to
the balance.

CHICAGO ”Close — cattle Receipts,
market steady to 100 10Wer:

4.50; western steers 85. 506119 25 stock-
ers and feeders $4.52 @740 cows and
heifers, '62.7,5@7.25; calves. $6.75@10.
Hogs—Receipts, 40, 000; market weak
and 30» 35c low-er; light, 8745617810;
mixed 7.6.569 8.:20 heavy, $7. 6008 20
rough, $7. 60@7 80 pigs, 34. 75@7 25
bulk of sales, $7. 90@8. 10. Sheep—Re-
ceipts. 46.:000 market opened strong
and closed Weak; natives. $3. 3062) 4:50
Western, 53 65@4.50; yearlings 84.5065
5.;65 lambs, native. $5@7; western,
$5 25 @7. ‘

Receipts,

DETROIT.——Cattle: 2,655,

1 against 3.710 last week: market steady.

Veal calves—Receipts this week. 711,
against 811 last week; market dull.
Milch cows and springers steady. Sheep
and lambs—Receipts this week. 9.133,
against 9,942 last week. Hogs—Re-
ceipts this week, 6,444, against 8,925
last week.

BUFFALO. ——Beeves'
Choice to prime heavy steers. 9
Fair to good wgty steers. . . .8.
Good. ship’ 1; and hvy btr strs. 8
Plain weighty steers .........
Coarse thin weighty steers.

Choice to fancy yearlings. .
Good yearlings ..............
Bes handy wgt btr steers.
Far to g’d 'hdy wgt btr strs.
Common to fair btr steers
Inferior. & rough lgt btr strs
Heavy fancy fat cows ........
Choice to prime fat cows
Good to choice bthr cows.
Fair to good bthr cows ......
Medium butcher cows ........
Common to good cutters .....
Common to good ca'nners
Old rims ..
Fancy yearling heifers .......
Choice heavy heifers ...... :..
Prime fat heifers .
Medium to good hei .5 00
Common to fair heifers ...... 4 00
Selected feeders ......... ,. . . .6. 40
Best feeders .......... - ...... 6 00
Fair to good feeders ......... 5.40
Good to best stockers ........ .5 00
Fair to good ................. 4. 60
Common stockers ........... 4 00
Light thin heifers. ......... 4 00
Best export bulls ....... .600
Best butcher bulls ........... 5 500
Medium butcher bulls ........ 4 50605 25
Bologna bulls ............... 4 506175.25
Rest stock bulls ............. 4.25694 .50
Thin light bulls .............. 3.7569400
Staegs .. ....... .1 ........... 6. 00697. 00
0x ............. 5. 75@6. 75
Extra milchers and spring—

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Best .... ..... ........... 50. 00606000
Medium ................... 40. 006945 00

Calves—
Calves choice to extra ..... 10506171100
Fair to good 9.
Cull and common ...........
Light. thin
Fed calves

Hogs— 1
Extreme heavies, 280 up ..... 86
Heavies, 240 to 28 0 .......... 8.60
Mediums, 220 to 240 .......... 8. 5008. 60
Mediums 190 to 220 .......... 8. 406718 50
Mixed, 180 to 220 ..... . ........ 18.35698 50
Yorkers.,150 to 170 ........... 8.0069840

“do light. 130 to 150 ........ 7506111100
Pigs, 20 down ........... _. . . .7.00@7.35
Skip pigs. ................. —. .5 00606.00
Grassers common to good. ..7 75698.25
State hogs 8 00698.25
Roughs ...................... 7.5065790
Stags .................. . ...... 5. 50@7. 00

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Lambs, good to choice ....... 6856717. 00

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Top hogs today. $8.90.
Top lambs today, $7.15.
Top calves today $10.00.
Top on sheep today, 84. 65
Top on hogs a year ago, $6. 70.
Top on sheep at year ago, $3 50.
Top on lambs a year ago, $5 75
Top calves a year ago, $9.25.

BUMPER CROPS’ DO NOT

SPELL PROSPERITY

Continued from Page One

of last season averaged 67 cents per
bushel in the Chicago market over a
period of time ranging from the ﬁrst
movement of the crop to Oct. 1 fol-
lowing.

The value of the present large crop
should be calculated on its value in
the Chicago market for the delivery of
this new corn, and the December
price is 53 cents, which price is also
1 cent per bushel more than its value
for delivery next May.

A calculation based accordingly will
show a shrinkage to the farmers of
$100,000,000 instead of an increase of
8500, 000, 000, and this destroys en-
tirely this big argument for pros-
perity.

 

County by, County Crop Report

Complete Reports from Counties in Zones 1,2 and 3
Appeared in Last Weeks Issue —— File Copies of this
Issue Will Be Supplied While They Last at 5c Each

APPROXIMATE
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ZONE FOUR
MUSKEGON COUNTY.

HAY—Normal acreage. 1174 tons per
acre. 45% clover mixed, 25% timothy,
30% ﬁne grass. Secured in good con-
dition. OATS———Norma1 acreage. Nor—
mal yield, 20 bushels per acre. 10%
discolored. WHITE BEANS»—Normal
acreage. 10% damaged by rain. Crop
ready for harm-sting. Pcrfcct weather
necessary. CLOVER SEED—Only
enough raised for home consumption.
RED KIDNEY BEANS—Normal acre—
age. 10% damaged, prospects only fair,
Promises about 80% of a crop. POTA-
TOE._ advance in late potatoes.
Weather conditions satisfactory so far.
150 bushel yield. Stock running large
and coarse.

KENT COUNTY.

HAY—15% advance in hay acreage.
Normal yield. 90% clover. Secured in
good condition. OATS—40% advance in
oat acreage; about the same in yield.
40 bushels per acre. 90% discolored.
WHITE BEAN. increase in acre-
age. About the same damage on ac-
count of weather. Some harvesting al—
ready done. Farmers fccl rather dis-
couraged. CLOVER SEED—50% in-
crease in acreage. Practically no
threshing has been done. RED KID-
NEY BEANS—10% decrease in acreage.
Wet weather has had bad effect. Out-
look discouraging. POTATOES—40%
increase in late potato acreage. A
great many drowned out. Stock run—
ning coarse and green.

IONIA COUNTY.

HAY—10% increase in hay acreage.
1% tons yield.’ Equal grades of clover
and timothy Cropasecured in fairly
goodécondltion. OATS-50% increaSe
in acreage. Normal ield, 40 bushels.
90% discolored. WH TE BEANS—10%
increase in acreage. Damaged some—q
what by wet weather. Outlook only
fair. CLOVER SEED—10% increaSe in
acreage. 2 bushels per acre average

‘xylield. Mammouth samples are excep-

tionally good. RED KIDNEY BEANS
—~10% decrcuSc in acreage. 10% dam-
age on account. of wct wcathcr. Out—
look only fairly good, POTATOES-——A
dccrcasc in late potato acreage Some
blight 125 bushels average yield.
(GRA'I‘TO'I‘ COUNTY. .
l-IA Y “15% incrcnSc in acreage: 1%
tons yicld. About equal gradcs of clo-
vcr and timothy: 30% will run ﬁne.
About 400;. of crop was discolored.
OA'I‘.q 20% lucrcusc in acreage: 10%
whence in yield: 3.» bushels pct‘ acre.
qccurcd in poor condition. 75% dis-
colorcd. lVIll'l‘E DEANS—15% increase
in (acrcngc. lmmnc‘cd on account of
wct wcnthcr. With porfcct wcather,
the crop will be secured in compara-
tivcly good condition. CLOVER SEED
_-mo;, «lovl‘filSP in acreage. Average
ylcld. ubout 2 hushcls pcr acre.
(‘1 INTth COUNTY,
ITAYAmNm-mnl ncrcagc, averaging 1%
tons, Two-thirds clover, mixcd quality.
(Tron scclll‘cﬂ in good condition, OATS
mﬂlight incrcnso in acrcugc. Yield, 40
bushcls. Focurcd in fairly good condi-
tion. WIll’I‘E BEANS—«20% dccrcase in
ncrcnc'c. 80% dnmngcd bv wct wcath—
cr. Exceptionally good weather necd-
cd for rcsults. Enrmcrs fooling pretty
b‘uc. CLOVER SEED—«20% increase in
ncrcugo ,:1.vcrn£rin£: about 2 bushels.
Vcrv liiilc d‘scolorcd: nlcc samples.
I‘O’I‘A'l'OER~Normnl ncrcngc lute pota-
l‘ocs, fairly promising as to vicld.
MONTDALNI COUNTY.
HAY—Normal ncrcngo. ll-G, tons per
ucrc. 50% clovcr mixed, 23% timothy,
25% ﬁnc gross, Sccurcd in poor condi-
tion. OATS —~Normal acrcagc. 30
bushc‘s pcr acre. 00% discolored.
VVHT’I‘E RE. -\NS~—25% increase in acre—
ngc l00’ .. dumugcd by wcnthcr Outlook
about 75” of a (rop RFD KIDNEY
DEAN.q 25% incrcusc in acreage. 20%
dnmusrod l1v Wcﬂihcr‘, 75% of a. crop.
POTATOES-“2077,. dccrcase in late pota—
tocs. 207,. dnmnc'cd on account of
Wcuthcr. 100 busbcls pcr acrc. Stock
running mchum in size, green and
blightcd
O’I‘TA‘VA COUNTY;
HAY—Normal ucr'cugc. l34 tons per
acre. Runs licuvv to mixcd. 50% dia-
colorcd, O.»\’l‘.Q»—a\'ormnl acreage. 45
lmshcls pcr llf‘l’i‘. 50% discolored.
‘Vlll'l‘E REANS»«50% increasc ln acre—
age. In???) dumusrcd by wcuihcr. Har-
vesting in progress. Good weather
nccdcd. Should have ovcr :1 normal
crop. CLOVER SEED 50% increase In
arr-(131:0, Ono bushcl per acre. Sample
good. POTATOES «Normal acreage of
late, potniocs. 10”,) to 15% damaged.
About 20% blight.

ZONE FIVE

LAPEE“ COUNTY. ,

HAY—Normal hay acreage. One ton
per acre. 75% clovcr mixed. 10% timo-
thy. 15% fine. 50% discolored. OATS-—
100% increase In oat acreage. 25% de-
crease in yield. 25 bushel. 90% discol-
ored. WHITE BEANS—Normal acre-
age. 10% damaged by rain. Situation
anything but promising, CLOVER
SEED Second growth clover being cut
for hay instead of seed. POTATOES-—
50% decrease in late potatoes. 50%
damage on account of wet weather.
50% of yield. Badly blighted.

HURON COUNTY.
HAY—Normal acreage. 11,4 tons per
acre 90% clover mixed 10% timothy. ,

Secured in good condition. OATS—40%

 


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10% increase in acreage. Per-
t weather needed to secure crop.
ook not very promising. CLOVER
D—Decrease in acreage. One bush-
per acre yield. sample shrunken.
I; D KIDNEY BEANS-Outlook very
discourgging, about 50%.of a *orop
ES—About normal acreage of
Badly damaged on ac-

aunt of wet weather

100 bushels
’y'leld. Large, some blight.
GENESEE COUNTY.

50% timothy.
Secured in fair
ondition. OATS—~Nonmal acreage. nor-
about 40 bushels per acre.
0 discolored
ANS—50% decrease in acreage.
amaged on account of .Wet weather.
Estimated not over one quarter crop
CLUVER SEED~'—40% decrease in acre-
ge. About 2 bushels per acre. Sam-
is nice. 35% will go on the market.
.his county will ship about 800 bush-
POTATOES—Normal acreage of
100 bushels per acr
Medium size. Crop sti
Some good weather badly

1111315 potatoes.

SANILAC COUNTY.

tons per acre yield. 60% .clover and
mixed 40% timothy. 40% somewhat
‘ discolored. OATS—40% increase in acre—
"age.- 50 bushels per acre. 90% discol-
{ored. WHITE BEANS—10% increase in
" acreage. About the same percentage
damaged by weather. The crop is en-
tirely dependent on weather conditons
. for harvesting. Piesent prospects are
for about 75% of. a crop. CLOVER
SEED—10% inc1ease in acreage. About
2 b‘ushels average yield. Good sample.
POTATOES—~01in enough raised for
‘. local consumption
SAGINA\V COUNTY.
. HAY~—About iioimal acreage. 1%
tons per acre yield. About equal grades
. clover, clover mixed and timothy. Se-
. cured in rather poor condition. OATS
—Large demease in acreage owing to
Wet spring. Averige yield 35 bushels.
50% discolored. ‘WHITF BEANS~100%
increase in acrenrg About 50% dam—
'aged on amount of weathei. Looks
like about half a ciop. POTATOES
Only enough raised for local consump-
tion. CLOVER SFED—Samples are
..badly discolored and shrunken.
ST. CLAIR. COUNTY.
.HAY—Normal acreage. Yield one
ton. 15% clover, 40% mixed 25% timo-
thy, 20% ﬁne grass. Very poor condi—
tion. OATS 10% increase in acreage.
28. bushels yield. Practically all dis-
colored. WHITE BEANS 25% increase
in acreage. About 10% damaged on
. account of weather. Crop late. Very
questionable. CLOVER SEED—80%
decrease in acreage. Sample very poor.
" POTATOES Ciop amounts to but very

little.

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY.
HAY—~Normal acieage. Yield one
, ton. Secured in very good condition.

Runs heavy to mixed hay OATS—~20%
in acreage. 40 bushels per
50% diSCOIOi'ed. WHITE BEANS
decrease in acreage. 10% dam—
r1ccount of weather. Appears
like a 75% crop. CLOVER SEED—50%
decrease in acreage. Samples plump
POTATOES About normal acreage of
late potatoes. No particular damage
on account of weather. 75 bushels av-
erage. Good condition.

TUSCOLA COUNTY.

HAY—— Quite, a decrease in ac1eage.
Yield, about one ton per acre. About
20% discolmed OATS—Normal acre-
age. 35 bushels yield. 50% discolored.
WHITE BEANS——50% decrease in acre-
age of white beans 10% damage on
account of weather. Promises about
70% of a crop CLOVER SEED—~Sam—
ples are qdiscolored and shrunkenunsP’R-
TATC ES ——Late no a o crop very -
isfactory. RED KIDNEY BEANS——
Much damage is being reported to the
red kidney beans. Not more than 50%
of a. crop is at piesent promised.

ZONE SIX

KALAIVIAZOO COUNTY. a.
HAY—25% advance in hay acreage.
One tOn per acre. 75% clover mixed.
Secured in very good condition. OATS
——25% decreaSe in oat acreage. Normal
yield 20 bushels per acre. 90% discol—
ored. WHITE BEANS—10% increase
in acreage. 10% damage on account of
rain. General outlook fairly satisfac-
tory. CLOVER SEED—50% increase in
acreage. 11/2 gusheljs per gore 1 Soge
threshing has een one. ampe -
ceptionally good. RED KIDNEY
BEANS—Crop promises to be normal.
POTATOES—10% increase in acreage
of late potatoes. Season has been sat-
isﬁactory. i1001bushels (per acre yield.
mm 11 arge an green.
StOCK r ACgKSON COUNTY.
‘ J—IAY—NJormal acreage of hay. One
' er acre. 75% clover mixed Se-
«1‘ in good condition. OATS—20%
in oat acreage. 25% increase
40 bushels per acre. 80%d dis-
WHITE BEANS—Normal acre-
«No particular damage on account
wet weather; situation fairly prom-
;M‘LOVE SEED—«75% increase in
-. ago. One bushel per acre POTA-
Es—-—25% increase in late potato
eagle. Weather conditions satisfac-
100 bushels per acre yield Stock
medium aim and good quality.
HILLSDALE COUNTY.

1 1,5

acre.
——10%
aged on

HAY—20% increase in acreage. Acro-

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bushels per acre. Secured in pgo
dlt510n. 90% discolored CLQVE

50% decrease in acreage; Al‘s

bushels; medium 1 per re.
Nice sample. POTATOESge—Norma acui-
age of late potatoes. Season very
isfactory. 175 bushels per acre yi'e L
Stock runs coarse and green and
shows 10% sc‘a‘b‘.

INGHAM COUNTY..
HAY—10% decrease in acreage“
ton per acre 9 0%Sr clover mixed. .
discolored. OAT decrease
acreage. 10% ingreazse in. yield. 40
bushels per acre. Secured in -faisr-ly
good condition. WHITE BEAN
Harvesting of beans in progress. With
two weeks of good weather crop will
be secured in good shape. About 20%
damage on account of wet weather.
CLOVER SEED—~About 20% decrease in
acreage 17$ bushel per acre. Just a.
fair sample A half crop of timothy
seed .is -reported BED .KIDNEY
RFANS—50% decrease in acrbeafew
special damage has shown look i:
fairly good POTATOES—20% increase
in late potato acreage. . Season has
been favorable. 100 buﬁiels yield.
Stock runs coarse. *'

EATON COUNTY.

HAY—10% increase in acreage: 1%
tons yield. Equal clover andx timothy.
mixed grades. Secured in first-class
condition. OATS—5% decrease in acre-
age. 15% advance in yield: 40 bushels
averagei 10% discolored by rain.
\VHITE BEANS decrease in acre-
age. \Vet weather had no bad effect;
outlook promising. CLOVER SEED——
10% decrease in acreage. Two bushels
yield. Exceptional duality. POTATOES
“10% increase in late potatoe acreage.
\Vct weather has had good effect. 150
bushels per acre. Large size and
smooth.

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oAss COUNTY.

lT‘1Y-—Averagc acreage: 1% tons
\icld 50% straight timothy. Secured
in good condition OATS—-—10% increase
in mrcnee: about 30 bushels per acre
yinid, Secured in poor condition. 95%
disoolored. VVYTTTE BEANS—Decrease
ip acreage.
promising.
in acreage

CLOVER SFED— Increase
Yield about one bushel
per acre. Nice samples 50% of crop
will be shipped POTATOESﬁNOrmal
acreage of’ late potatoes. Show some
blight. 150 bushels yield. Stock runs
coarse
GAIHOUN COUNTY.
HAY—Normal acreage:1% tons yield.
75% clover mixed Secured in good
condition. OATS—«Normal acreage of
oats: 25% increase in yield; average. 45
bushels. 50% disoolored. CLOVER
SEEDmNormal acreage; 175 bushel av;-
ernge vield Nice samples. 500 bushels
will be shipped out. POTATOES—40%
increase in acreage of late potatoes.
No bad results from wet weather.
Yield 150 bushels General situation
promising.
nERRIEN COUNTY
HAY—100% increase in hay acreage.
average yield one ton. Eo a1 clover
and timothy grades. Secure in good
condition. OATS—100% increase in
acreage: 50% in yield: 50 bushels per
acre. Secured in poor condition. 75%
discolored by rain. CLOVER SEED—
Yield, about 2 bushelsynice quality.
- , damage to late pota-
Yield will be about 150 bushels.
BARRY COUNTY.
HAY—Normal acreage. .Yleld.1l;§
tons. About one- half clover and timo-
thy. Crop secured in good condition.

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.HAY.——v101%

less?- acreage Average
yield“ 9116
time

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good 11511-31“ icon-1‘9 0 ml) 11% rg;g p.
acreage“ 10% increase jyield; about

40« b nine-ls pe‘ some”; épeured in fair
Waflﬁw 1%isld raln.
E BEA —'-1 here

age: 1 No part c'ular'o' aﬂiaé'e b'v ml 'or
hail outlook is good.- CLOVER SEED.
—10% increase, averaging Ant. Etp
bushels. Nicersamplps (”EA

10% decrease n acrea‘ 3.:

average yield about ‘3175 bushels. w th

good prospects.
. ABLEGAN COUNTY. ‘
HAY—Normal acreage of hay;y‘l§1idi
about one to 11,4 tons per acre.
average 50%’ timothy and 50% mixed.
Crop secured in good condition. OATS
—A.bout normal acreage of oats. aver-
aging 4-0 bushels per ..acre Crop se-
cured in bad. condition; .80%:discolored
by rain. WHITE BEANS~Ge_neral out-
look discouragingywet weather the
cause«, With very favorable- weather
conditions about 60% of. a ‘orop should
result. CLOVERSEED-r—Yield. about 2
shels per acre. Seed in nice condi-
ion. This county will'turn out around
300. bushels of seed. RED KIDNEY
BEANS~An increase of 20% is report-
ed. Rain and hail haVe had. an effect
on the crop. Perfect weather condi-
tions will be necessary for good re-
sults. General outlook somewhat dis-
POTATOES—Normal‘ crop

of late potatoes. The .wet season has

had' a bad effect; average yield around '

100 bushels. Stock will run medium in
size and smooth.
JOSEPH. COUNTY.

HAY—550% increase in acreage 1%
tons per acre.
Secured in ﬁne condition.
increase n acreage. 40 bushels per acre;
25% discolored. <WHITE BEANS—Nor—
mal acreage. ProspevggareSEE for about
a normal crop CLO ED—50%
increaée in acreage. Nice, bright sam-
ples. About 2 bushels per acre yield.
POTATOES~—-25% increase in late pota-
toes. No particular damage on account
of the weather. About 80 bushels
yield Medium sized and smooth.

VAN BUREN COUNTY. .

HAY—710% increase in acreage. Yield,
11/, tons per acre. Crop secured in
fairly good condition. OATS—Normal
acreage. 25 bushels yield. 75% dis-
colored. WHITE BEANS—Normal
acreage. 10% damaged. on accohnt of
wet weather. Looks like about 80% of
a crop. CLOVER SEED—10% increase
in acreage Sample fairly good. RED
KIDNEY BEANS—40% decrease in red
kidney beans. 10% damaged by the
weather. About 80%. of a crop the out-
look. POTATOES—10% decrease in
late potato acreage. 10% damaged.
Stock runs medium in size and fairly
good.

ZONE SEVEN"

‘ MACOMB COUNTY. '
HAY—Normal acreage. 1% tons per

8.51: in’ ’

Practically all mixed..
OATS-45%

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age One” 113E -~ _

pleft' PﬂTATGES-EO% d reuse? in it ’~

potato, acres Mat 3.} “
eis yie

, isfactOry.‘ 50

running 1511,15?“ somg‘b‘l‘i
1165111151511 W
H'A‘Y ‘ngal 9,111" age} One"t'b'n p‘ﬁri;
acre; 75% 'clove'r mixed; balance mo.-
thy. .Secured In good conditi 011..., 1:2
ormal acreage 10% increasein
vied. els. 50% 11155810111111.
17VHI‘1'B;30 Nsl-—No'r'mal acreage.
Weatheri hasE been Ss‘atgfggtory. r Igﬁrg
vesngLOnvnrh .uokpo :-
ing’. 3 SEED—25% decrease in
acreageIlJi 011,513 bushels: Goad sample.
POTATOES—Nomal acreage late pot-
toes. Weather satisfactory. 175 bus
els yield. Stdck running large and

smooth.
MOWOE‘COUNTY’.

HAY—Normal acreage. One .ton per
acre 75%. clover mixed, 25%6 113112156
Secured in good condition. OAT
increaSe in acreage. 40 bushels' per
acre. Secured in very good condition.
POTATOES—40% increase in late pota.
toes \Weather has been fairly satis-
factory. 200 bushels per acre. Stock
in nice condition

(1.1131411 555N111:
HAY—5% decrease in acreage One
ton per acre Runs .heavv to mixed.
50%.- discolored. , OATS—Normal oat
acreage. 10 increase in yield. 40
buShels per' acre w“Prai'ﬁ‘ically” 80% dis-
colored. WHITE BEANS—5% increase
in acreage. 10% damaged on accoum
of the weather. Promises very light
yield and heavy pickers. CLOVER
SEED—30% decrease in acreage. Not
turning.out at all satisfactory. P0-
TAT ES—Normal acreage of late potar '
toes o-Bad‘iy blighted.
acre. Stock running large»

WASH'I‘ENAW oovm .

HAY—About 10% increase in acre'a‘ge. ..
One ton yield Runs heavy to clear
timothy. Secuned 1:1 good condition
OATS—Normal acreage. Yield show:
40 bushels. 90% discol‘ored. WHIT
BEANS—20% decrease in acreage. 10%
damaged by the weather. Present
prospects about 75% _of a crop. CLO—
VER SEED ——-One- third less acreage. 1A
bushel yield. Sample shrunken and-
discolored. POTATOES—Late potato
crop about normal.

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HAY—Normal acreage of hay Yield.
one ton. Large ercentage of timothy
and ﬁne grass. ATS-r—10.% increase in
acreage Normal vield 30 bushels 90%
distolored. CLOVER SEED—AVerage
acreage, but practically 'none cut.
Practically all June clover. POTA-

TOES—Normal acreage of late pota-
toes. Around 20% damaged on account
of the weather. Yield about 100 bush-
els. Blighted badly

 

 

 

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