
 

"lye Weeks 20,006“ H6rses D+ed
:K‘arisas Alone—stile P!_ague
‘VWas Spread by the Windy.

308ABLY not less than 30, 000
horses perished during the months
of August and “September in the

atlas] Wést. With a disease, now def-

. initely deﬁned as a form of cerebro-
spinal meningitis; and called Borna’s
disease The loss in horses alone
.111 estimated by conservatives as not
1938 than $3, 000, OOQ. Add to this the

1

enormous loss to farmers in not be-,

“ing able to do their fall seeding. This
great loss and calamity ‘all came
about within a space of ﬁve weeks,
20,000 dying in Kansas alone. Farm

work everywhere was abandoned and:

people roamed panic stricken from
place to place, discussing conditions,
or aimlessly wandering from house
to barn like men Whose homes had
been pillaged and wrecked.

Following ﬁrst reports of the
V scourge the agricultural college of
. Manhattan sent to the scene of trou-
.vale seVen experts;' the Department of

Agriculture at Washington sent seven-
teen, and Missouri, Illinois New York
Colorado ando Nebraska all had scien
tists on the ground and it seemed
more like a huge convention except
that over it hung a pull that neared
the realm of tragic. Men said little
but studied and worked hard. More
than a thousand horses were submit
V'ted either for treatment or dissect-
ing Pathologist and bacteriologist
vied with each other trying to locateo
the germ of destruction

Prominent among all these specia’-

ists was Dr. T P Haslam pathologist

for the Kansas Agricultural College
~Who, for several years has made a
H‘sp‘ecialty of a disease known as blind
staggers. ‘It was around Dr. Has-
lam that interest centered, as it was
he who made the discovery of the
deadly germ in the ﬁrst post—mortem
held by him. In the next seven cases,
by'the help of Dr. .I. G Jackley more
of the same deadly organisms were
found and its proper name and place
. given it; thus had the cause of the
' epidemic found.

The next step was to see whethzr
horses could not be vaccinated and
thus immunized against the foreign
germ. The scientists are not ready
to say positively that the vaccine Dr
Haslam has made is perfect. They
submit this report only to show the
chances for success:

Horses vaccinated the ﬁrst time
J 611.

Ljv'-,:Hors_,es xtaken sick after ﬁrst vac-

cination.) 1.6
, . Time between vaccination and sick—
_ness, from one to four days.

. Horses died after vaccination, 2.
Time after vaccination, before
udeath from- one to two days.
" orsjes vaccinated a second time, a?
" 4)! .them Well... 160':

“ The fact that sixteen of. the horse

eueioped the disease after vaccines. ,

7131011 andsthat all except two recovered
takeno

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‘ AUGUéT—F-Oh, woe is Me!

Just hear it rain, rain. rain!

The corn ls about

all drowned now, and If It doesn’t stop we shall have a ﬂood. Sure

thlngs are groWlng from worse to worse.

SHALL we do!

A

vAnother especially encouraging
thing is the fact that in several large
herds of horses, part of them vac-
cinated. the disease attacked all ev-
cept those that had been Vaccinated

It is claimed that this disease has
been known in Germany for over 2*
years but had not been recognize1
in this country up to this time. The
next step for the scientists was in
make a vaccine or serum to prever'
the spreading of the disease. and thi.c
they believe they have done. They

have been experimenting with this

vaccine for several weeks with exce‘
lent results. The making of a euro
is not being considered. Just now
prevention is the chief object sough'
As to curing the disease Dr. Has
lam says it'can be suggested only that
the Pasturella group of organisms to
which this German interloper belonis
is known to be capable of living 1“
damp places. This being the case the
horses should be removed to dry
places The most peculiar thing proved
is that the organism attacks only one
kind of animal in a single outbreak
so that it may safely be said that only
horses and mules will be attacked.
“The plague seems to‘beuspread by
the winds. German abthorities agree
that the disease is transmitted
through feed and water. The winds
scatter it and it is carried by streams
A high wind will blow a piece of

What shall we do! What

{3 (“The Drama of 1912”-—-Act 111 next week.)

manure a long distance, carrying the)

germs twenty or twenty-ﬁve miles.
and dust has taken them the same
way. The reason some horses in :1
herd take the disease while others
escape is. explained by the different
susceptibilities exactly as in an out-
break of cerebro—spinal meningitis in
man.

There is no doubt in the opinion
of many veterinarians of standing that
in numerous cases horses have been
killed by overd’oslng—drenching. as
it is called—with dope that would kil?
anything. Fake cures by the hundred
have been sold. Unauthorized veter-
inarians, or persons calling them-
selves veterinarians, have defrauded
farmers of their money and have
helped to kill their horses. Instances
substantiating this assertion have
been many.

“What‘s the matter with Kansas?"
is a phrase that was borne in merri»
ment, but is now a question of woe.

County School Commissioner B. S
Tefft of Saginaw, has appealed to the
state authorities to allow delinquent
boys from the juvenile court of Sagi-
naw county, who are now sent to the
industrial school at Lansing, to be
placed on the county farm. He would
have buildings erected for them. The
move has the support of juvenile of-
ﬂoors.

 

:to indicate that the vaccine:

ing “last minute” quotations:

“Eggs ......

......-

Poultry....-....

 

Last Minute Quotations

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

Wheat, No. 1, White (large mills paying) ................. m
Wheat, No. 2, Red (large mills paying) ............ , ...... i. .
Continued to decline on account of indeﬁnite war news.

Oats, Standard....' ................................. WEI/2

Play the waiting game. ‘

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

Go on easy.

.........................

Hang on tight— they’ ll come to you.
Hay (best market today. New York), at
Potatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at

This patient keeps improving.

Spirited demands in every direction.

' V , ‘ Make your hens get busy.

Ono-coo...-

Expect to see most kind of poultry—sell about quotations this week.

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50 WEEKS
OR MORE

11111 1111110111
THE PEOPLE

FER'RIS GIVES OUT FIRST INTER-
VIE’W SINCE HIS ELECTION.

Governor-elect In Message W!!! Rec-
ommend New Primary Law and a
Whole Lot of Other Things That He
Has Not Mentioned as Yet—Prom-
ises to Make a Lively Executive.

..OVERNOR—ELECT FERRIS has
G been giving his whole attention
to his work in connection with
the Ferris Institute at Big Rapids since
election, and has had but little to say
with reference to his future plans. He
visited Detroit the other day, and in
course of an interview said: “I shall
begin work on my inaugural message
at once and expect to lay especial
stress on a new primary law, the real
Australian ballot, the initiative, refer-
endum and recall, and will urge the
passage of considerable advance legis-
lation. While a new primary law, a
secret ballot and the initiative, reter~
endum and recall may not arouse as
much enthusiasm as certain other leg-
islation, I want to get at the machin-
ery of government as soon as possi-
ble."

Mr. Ferris has been visiting the va-'
rious state institutions and will 0
tinue to do so until he is entirely
miliar with them. However, he wilt.
m..1:e no visit to the prisons until after
he is inaugurated.

“Matters are in such a state at Jack-
son now that should I go there there
would be a demonstration,” was the
answer he gave to a question. “If I vis—
ited the other prisons and did not visit
Jackson, the same thing would occur.
While I am going to all the other in-
stitutions, I will leave the prisons until
the last. ”

Mr. Ferris has declared himself on
the prison question repeatedly. He ad-
vocates the teaching of the prisoners,
especially the short term men, some
occupation whereby they can make
their living after they are discharged.
He visited the Indiana state prison
in Michigan City, Friday, and was
much impressed with what he learned
there. _

“I was delighted beyond measure
with what I saw,” he said. "In that
prison there is no paddling and no
physical punishment whatever. When
a man goes in he immediately takes
the highest grade. If his behavior is
such that he merits a reduction in
rank, he goes to the second grade. If
he is reduced again, he is made to
wear the broad stripes, and for 30
days he has no privileges whatever.

"The parole system is becoming
very effective in that prison. Form-
erly only 30 per cent made good; now
more than 70 per cent do.

"The men in that prison make bags
chairs, twine and other articles in
common use. That means that when
they are through With prison they are
equipped to earn an honest living.”

Mr. Ferris reiterated his statement
that he has made no promises of po-
sitions.

“Statements that so-and- -so is going
to be offered such and such a job are
all mistakes ” he said. “I have promo
ised nobody any place. I am arrang-
ing things in my mind, however, and

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B— .53" JANUARY FIRST —— 2;:stressesharsher“ m“ 1°“‘,,"*i“‘?'

 


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sea is rolling very high. With

 

press, for colder weather, it is to be
hoped that conditions may be im-
proved, as a result. We are forced
to admit that the situation, generally.
has not made any material change
over ourlast week's issue. The tone
to the situation, from a large way.
has made no perceptible change what-
ever. Appreciating the condition of
most terminal markets and also ap-
preciating the car situation, weather
conditions etc., we are forced to ad-
mit that the situation is not any way
spirited, far from it. We were in
hopes that when the car supply tight-
. ened up, as it certainly has over most
‘ hay producing sections, that we, in
turn, would experience its effect in
the way of lighter receipts on the out
side market, and as a natural result,
an enhanced valuation or advanced

«Ia-quotations possible to obtain for pres~
{gent
. mworke

rrivals. The situation has not
outas above; every market
has received plenty of hay to take
care of the demand, regardless of the
tightening up of the car situation.
We appreciate, of course, that,“ the
car situation is not as tight as it
promises to be very soon, but, still.
at the same time, it is tightened up
enough SO that the outside market
situation should, under healthy con-
ditions, take care of the receipts we
have been putting forward to better
advantage andushow a better spirit
than has been in evidence. It seems
almost impossible to advance quotas
tions, the situation is really easy.
There is a world of common qual-
ity hay going forward. It is gvlutting
the outside markets With this char-
acter of hay. The receipts of hang-
up good stuff in any of the given
qualities is of a mighty low per—
centage. If you continue to force
this common quality stuff onto the
market, you will continue to hold
your market on all hay or on the hay
market in general down to a low
level. As producers you must change
your tactics. When the market drags
along like it has been, you must ap-
preciate the cause, the elect and then
administrate the right kind of depe
if you wish to improve your patients
We believe you appreciate that the
disposing of the present hay crop is
something of a study and that it be-
hooves you to use your very best ind":-
ment and cunning in order to put the
same on the market to the best pos—
sible advantage, to not only yourself
but to your fellow producer, in gen—
eral. Why not set some kind of a
standard from some source of an at-
tack that we will make on this ha)‘
situation, try to flunk the enemy in
some way so as to get some near
control of the situation? Why not
set your stakes on this nice bright
No. 1 timothy hay or nice bright hav
‘ in clover mixed, raise your standard
on it and hold it until you get ii"
There is never any danger in holdvins
good stuff—don’t be alarmed about
that. It is the boys that have tlm
common quality hay that have got
to manipulate the situation to its fr"-
est extent. Let’s get to studying—let’s
get to working and working together
and see the result. We are going to
leave the price in the different Zones
just as last week. There is really
‘ not one cent’s difference in the mar-
Wket situation.

............ .86
. 1 Michigan 01: u

2 Michigan ......... l .
Hichigan ............ 14.15

Michigan ........ . . . . -
Michigan. . ......... .
Hichigan. ........... 14 7

»_;DETROIT—-There continues to be
, ry-little receipts on the Detroit mar-
.put we are pleased to, state that
basa;ao_.,c.onsest19n notice-

. ._ll . is 351793“.

a'little tendency, as we go to ,

T Ell Weather Man takes his observations.gouhis
stations and "guesses. tho ‘woathol‘d'

our reports from other I
take a chance at the markets;

market at 'roﬂta-ble prices. No.
garnet“. -

 

lower but we would take a chum,

as and with.,those*as a basis wears go
. We will not ,hit‘itrevory. time; neither does
weather man. But if we keep. lust s. tow furniture from getting "soaked
will pay. Get on your “Shelters” and watch thov‘signals: .

  D- Fit. If} E.

No. 1—~Good, substantial demand and present conditions favor steady
z—Market cl'oarin ' ‘ ' '
o. 3—Market very quiet; has every appearance of bsin

. o. 4—No proﬁt at ruling prices.
hour" proposition, No. 5-Bstter keep in port. Storm on.

wartime” e
We take our observationsi- dig

“i?

g up and better price-
'over-
It you can hold, this is an" "s ovonth
Price’s may ‘go _

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the City. While it has been impos-
sible to obtain outside quotations‘on
some of the lower characters of hay,
still, at thesame time, no severe cuts
have been made. On the other hand
some shipments of high quality timo-
thy hay and high quality in fancy light
mixed have brought more than nat-
ural quotations shown.

This is the situation that we are
experiencing here, and it is the ex-
perience that ,practically every outside
market is experiencing at the moment,
and will continue to experience
throughout the season.
good car of stuif will draw a premium.
The common qualities of hay will play
a catchy-can game throughout the sea-
son.

No. 1 Timothy, new ........ 1,0.00

No. 2 Timothy. now ........ 1 00
Light mixed 5.»
No. 1 mixed

Rye straw .
Wheat and Ont Straw ...... 8.00

PITTSBURG—‘There is really no
change to report in the actual con-
ditions existing on the Pittsburg mar-
ket. There continues to be a good
supply of practically all characters of
hay. "This last week the ‘Pittsburg
market has experienced. a heavy de-
mand or created an extreme outlet
for threshed timothy hay and clover
mixed. The receipts of these two char-
acters of hay have not been equal» to
the demand, while from a general
standpoint, the hay situation on this
market has made no change over last
week. The tone to the situation is
no better—the outlook for the imme-
diate future is no better. It is sim-
ply up to a supply and demand con-
dition which will be regulated by and
through the natural channels of effect
on a commodity of this nature. which
is generally understood to be weather
conditions, car supply and general
tone to a forage and coarse grained
products in general.

. 1 Timothy hay (new)..

. I Timorhy hay (new)..

. 1 Light mixed hay .....

. 1 Clover mixed hay. . ..

. 1 Oat straw, Pa. lino. ..

No. 1 Clover hay ...........
Fine prairie packing hay...
No. 1 Oat straw, Pa. line...

No. 1 Rye straw, Pa. line. . .11.50
No. 1 Wheat straw. Pa. iine.10.00

CINCINNATI—W'e are able to re-
port a little better feeling on the Cin-
cinnati market the past Week. Sales
were made at an advance over last
week’s quotations and, the tone to the
situation, from many angles was

much improved; nothing of a spirited»

nature-was in evidence, but a very
healthy tone to the situation. This
was created by virtue of light receipts.
which we understand were caused by
a shortage in equipment generally. We
do not believe, and, in fact, it is not
possible to believe, that the Cincin-
nati market has made any conserva—
tive advance. By this, we mean, that
there is no particular foundation for
it, simply happens to be lighter re~
ceipts on the market at the moment.
which, in turn, has adyanced quota-
tions and improved the situation at
least momentarily. While you will
notice that we are writing very con-
servatively on this commodity, still, at
the sometime, we wish you to under“

~ stand that right from the inception e"

is Mm

we have given...yon pm

A bang-up ,

« the actual oiferings on ’t

itiﬁﬂ 9M?!

and the situation that we expected '

would be the outcome; . . -
Timothy No. 1.. ...... ‘ ..... 17.75 8.
Timothy Standard ...... '..17.00 7.
Timothy No. 2... .......... 15.75@ 6.
Timothy No. 3...: ......... 13.00 14.00
Clover Mixed No. 1 ........ 17.00
Clover Mixed, No. 2 ........ 16.00
Clover Pure. No. 1 ...... '...17.60
Clover Pure, No. 2 ......... 16.50
Straw,

Straw, '

Straw.

CHICAGO—~Th-e receipts of hay for
the present week have been fairly
liberal, yet this market has enjoye‘
an excellent demand and prices in
common haVe been well maintained
Better qualities of timothy hay of a"
descriptions, as well as top- qualities
of prairie hay and» straw have met
with prompt sale at full quotations.

"There is a tendency to heavier re-

ceipts, with the feelingrthat the mar-
ket will [work a little lower as a re-
sult. It is the feeling of large buy-
ers on this market, that as soon as
receipts happen to be at all liberal on
this market that prices must go ma—
terially low as a result.

Choice Timothy
No. 1
No. 2 Timoth
L'ght Clover

No. 2 Mixed 11
No. 3.Timothy

1.00 .
Clover 9.00@13.00

Threlhed Timothy ......... 5.00®10.00 ‘

Choice Kan. & Okla. Prairie.16.00 16.50
No. 1 Kan. & Okla. Prairie. .14.50 .50
No. 2 Kan. & Okla. Prairie. .10.6

No. 3 Kan. & Okla. Prairie..

Marsh feeding hay ......... 1 .
Packing .

No. 1 Iowa & Minn. Prairie.13.00

No. 2 Iowa & Minn. Prairie.12.00
Packing...........‘ ........ 7.00
Choice Alfalfa ..

No. 1 Alfalfa .............. 17.50

No. 2 Alfalfa ............... 16.00

Rim 7. 0 _ .
Wheat ........ , ............. «330% $323
BOSTON—«The Boston market is
having its usual hard struggle to
any more than maintain its positim
on the market. It is having a ﬁgl‘!‘
to hold its market level up in line
with the pace and in keeping with in:
standard set by some of our other
terminals.
ence on this particular market arr‘
the New England trade in general has
been demonstrated in our‘ previous
issues, viz., that the Canadian situa-
tion is taking care of this particular
market, thereby making it practically
impossible for hay from the States
to come in. The competition Cana—
dian hay will create seems to have
practically no limit so that there is
really no use to start anything hinder
the present existing conditions.
Large Perpetual

bales.
Hay, choice ....... 22.00 23.00
Hay No. 1 ......... 21.00%2200
Hay. No. 2 ......... 20.00
Hay. No. 3 ......... 16,00
Hay. clover ....... .
Hay, clover mixed.18.00
Hay, stock ...... . .16.00
Long rye straw. . . .17.‘00
Tangled rye ‘straw.12.00
Oat straw . . . .1100

.NEW YORK—Receipts for

week: Hay, 10,112 tons; last week,
2,865; since September 1, 64,098; same
period last year, 72,379. This market
has been very, quiet'on- the average
run of hay'coming in. ‘ While the re.
ceipts in sight are much heavier, still,

little lees. There is no brisk move-

13‘00‘

The reason for the inﬂu- '

k are a .
' d on mediﬁmand-glow. [aw-Zone No.
0'1 Blair 'quﬁlitymis z

d '..'..l"..20.00@ . , . 0':
V er 3. ‘ - > ‘r ‘- _ 2' f“
. . . . .18.0001ii.00_..1~9.0.0630 0r. —
0V6!" 2? =2}; '
. .‘ .. .,. :13.00__ 16.00 izz'00@15;00‘
No. 1 Glover...:.18.0 -‘ V 1.1

New 2 eleven. .' .130 @1000
Stra ’ ‘ - 5-

w-‘- '
1 Rye ...... 17.00 '~ / ‘ ~
3 Rio. .. 16.00.“; V ’
No. 1 Oat ...... 11.00 11.5 ?10.00 1.141%
No. ,1 Wheat.... ' 3 , a ’ .

2"

~POTATOiS-lzi

We feel that we have a right
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modity again this week. Wei. 7'

think the situation shoWs to be com“. ,v
parati-vely healthy; ‘that the demand ‘, .
in every direction proves the above.’
out. It is conceded, however, by’a‘
great many of our largest handlersi’,
that the'situation right at the mo-
ment is far from being in a spirited?
condition; that although-we have a ‘
right to claim the situation is healthy,
that the tone to the situation is much
impwVed, still at the same time it is
very easy to overrun quotations pas

sible to obtain. ,_ By this, We mean.

that it is very easy for the feeling

existing in the State or among the .~3

buyers and ,producers, to get in ad—
vance of the feeling that exists among

the buyers on the outside. This Wou‘d ?; .1

go farther, will suggest, that it was} -,
tendency of the buyers on the out-
side to still maintain and hold a con- '
servative feeling with reference to .
the future possibilities of this given '
commodity. We believe that this-is
possibly true, in fact,»we have made:
investigation and ﬁnd that quotations .
have been going in different direc- .
tion-s, sales having been made at gir-
en points and at a given time; a few
days later, said quotations being in
line with conditions here, and in fart
not having been advanced Over
previous quotations were not snapped.
up by the outside trade. This would .
show still farther, that the outside
demand has had very much of a‘ten-
dency to handle the situation from a .
hand-to—mouth way. We do not know,
positively, that the above is the actual
situation that exists, but we are led
to believe from the way the market
has shaped itself. that it is never on
any more than a conservative basis
at any given time. We think that
this is based» more on the impossiv
bility of actually knowing what the
future is going to bring forth in the
way of the amount of stock to put ‘
forth, than anything else. When you
see the market going up on the out- -
side a few cents and then quickly
dropping back to cover a game of a
ﬂip-ﬂop nature you can begin to feel .
at once that the feature of stability
is lacking. We have experienced
this on this commodity this season.
but, still, at the same time, we feel .
that the situation does show a ﬁrmer
tone possibly, if not, at least a'tev-
dency towards an improvement al-

, most constantly.

The future to this cbmmodity is. ‘

going to depend very much on they.

keeping qualities and the result of
the same, of the stock still on hand.
If, you have potatoes that are keeping
and will continue to keep, we. can
not see why you have not a-right to
speculate. on the situation .and hold
your potatoes for an advance of, at _
least, 25 per cent over the present 1?:
market. Wereel that there willv‘be
some particular time between" new
and the "new crop when such an. ad»,
vance will be possible to obtainh"

Zone No. 2 Michiéani; ......... . .
Zone No. 4

Michigan ........... ’. :7.
y 5. Michigan. . . . .. ,
Zoneﬁo, [H.ioliigan. ‘ .

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CHICAGO-The

"be so ’"heavy in ‘
Il‘iWoul’d "invite them. At the momen:,

ect $5013ng in‘ the situaé

iimarket' here at“ the mo- .

” , radically-taken care of'by
tops hauled in; 'frOm. farmers.» ad

“with tho'City.” It mg, "tintii'pos’1 .
. Hmodi‘ty, you are not working on an-

‘ rats are; state maids-nu: ,

memes ~ {tailCome~-1ié;r?epftinﬁ0n1‘-

ion. With the," price, "the producer,

tiling this mark'et,;sgenred satis
'm.-tirith.“‘

thereforekpmatoes from~ th:
1' ,mers’; agons hasfv‘been: the result-
;‘a t .-business. ‘ car/after car of, po-
[ta of Spice quality; sold on this
" ket,_:as 'low_,,as forty‘f cents; such
spies ~ showing a keen loss to who»
‘tger‘ ‘m'a'de‘the shipment, whether he

be a'buyer or producer., No demand '

, hateverg'lor» potatoes in bulk—cars

coming. inherein this manner were"

ingmost cases either rebllle'd or sacked
:M'l'put.,,,ih‘.. store; The only thing
Which will place the Detroit market
baclf‘bn the commercial map in lin

ith others. is very severe Weather
and, subsequent .bad road conditions.
sacked from store........-... 30% 60

Bulk from track. .-, .......... .
Bulk. .i'armers' wagons ....... .50 .60

Chicago marker

. ‘ wasrable‘to go along on ‘a good con-

,:;_<sermive basis; practically Jail re
{Celpts of cars; well to .the standard

in‘ 'quality,:were disposed of at either

:— ->last. week’s quotations "or-possibly in

,: , some cases a very small advance or
a-premium. The tone to the market

- 1,fwas .very good, quite satisfactory. T‘r _

if demand made a, little 0 ange in favor

f",

5:" .

.\,

l

.. _,»/satisfactory1

65
Friday 50 98

3: . cinnati market.

‘5 of- sacked stock, but st 11, no cars z.”

bulk of good quality suffered _as a
result: This market is not overly
'hlgh in its price possible to-obtain:
lying, as it does, so favorably to 'our
best potato sections and almost favor—
ably to Wisconsin and Minnesota
shipments, makes it a center of ﬁre
from both directions. It does well to
:‘i’maintain its equilibrium under a
‘cross ﬁre of this nature. We think
we can report the condition on this
market. at least, up to last week and
possibly 'with a shade of advance-

ment in evidence. ,

, This Last Last
week. week. year.
Monday .115 11 113
Tuesday 40 127
Wednesday ....... 46 64
Thursday 40

. . 290 447

CINCINNATI-eThere is no material
change in the situation on the Cin
The demand has been.
very‘ good; tone to the situation Quite.
nothing of a spiriteo
mature in evidence, but all receipts
of good high qualityhave met wiiri
ready sale at quotations, and in 83.
treme cases or in rare cases pos»
sibly a slight advance.
,is a little particular about the qua.-

ity of stock it will take to any ad»

‘ vantage;

quite ﬁrm in its demands;

fOr good round medium-sized and high

itcolored stock. Cars of oil color, size
.95701' shape will be cut on this market

, . :asimuch, or more than on most others,
but still, on the other extreme,, this
Q}? market is well up on what it wants;
Knui‘k‘or Iacks................ .000 .06
’ , PITTSBURG—We do not think the

. .Pittsburg' market has struck its stride

*since‘ about three weeks ago. There

hasnot been any particular time since,

.'.",eyen cf a momentary nature, at which .4
i thigmarket Was at all spirited or the"

he" to the situation so very keenly
m raved, ”as a resultof the general

oxide on” all terminals for this givw

e v,.cor‘nmodity.' .. They have been trai‘v
e Silnstead of "leaders. -We must‘yap-
p", .eclate that this‘ma'rket has handled
”at world of produce in the'last sixty

in“ 15:11: kinds. at.._.perishﬁm¢ ““es' '
. k" ,, . ‘ .ith. sings

.mr WYS‘glutwd

This marks ' --

hm” .. .
'in“'otder"toalmove it. '2‘.

,, ,isﬂﬁi‘nd existing on any

s mmodity‘idrawis its attentimi

’ from some others, 'notlvallow-
fg-xthem‘ toget up Where they really
belong" orl where the trade naturally

onions and cabbage are being forced,

g Workedon every attention given tire-.-

to get rid of‘them» at some price.
When you are working on one coin,-

other. Your attention cannot be a
:two places at one time and expect
the same results in both direction;
The'time. is going to come and w-
soon, we' think, when the clean-up
this .glutted condition will be in ef-
fect, and, accordingly, 3. better an.
more satisfactory condition existing,
in all lines.
Choice, bulk , ................. .53
Common

NORFOLK—The Norfolk market
continues to be aggressive in the-
iigiht for advancement and in the
ﬁght to obtain shipments.» They are
watching the situation very keenly
and keeping an eye .on the trade cor.
stantly. Inquiries continue to con ,
fiom this territory in every mail ":
those having shipments to offer. Jr.
is true, that the majority of our sh’ ~
ments from the State of Michigan do
not lie favorably to the Virginia trad.
The rate is very high in comparison
with other producing sections. Th
will come a time, we think, by virtue
of the condition of the stock at other

_-points, “so that we can get in to a.

vantage. There are certain sections,

of the State in which quite a num ‘

ber of potatoes are raised where thi-
freight rate is comparatively favor-
able, and from which shipments a:-
bein'g made at the present time, an."
we think, to advantage but from i.

Western side of the State or around
through Greenville, Manton, and, ii.

Elk Rapids territory, it is almost
prohibited. '

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' In order to change the monot-
' ony of the wheat situation, and
possibly change our luck, we
are going to raise Flag No. 4‘ this week.
We think this covers the situation but
No. 4 and 5 could be hoisted on i:
situation and cover it more fully. 'l‘
situation is being forced downwzlr.
by virtue of the unsettled conditions
existing on the outside and whil-
continue to exist and on which ‘
seems impossible to get any good con
servative line-up. Those who 31':
manipulating the situation or working.
on it, studying it, do not seem
get any good advice or form an:
good conservative basis as to, the in
ture expectancy or given any suggc:
tion as to what the future outcome
going to be. No one seems to Wit-‘2
to be put 0n record as making a pi‘e
diction. We appreciate that the
Balkan situation has unsettled thincs
*political situation in general—~grow-
ing crops confronting us—Western
elevators , comparatively full—flow
storages in the West are loaded down
all of these features are in favor at."
are supporting the bearish attitude
' now in evidence. We would suggest
forgetting you had wheat for the mo
ment and letting the other fellows
fight it out. '
Wheat——
No. 1 white.;. .
No.2red...'.. ....1. 06
December ..1.0'7 1.06% 1.07 .' 8
May 1.12 ,1.11 1.12 11
CINCINNATI—The disposition o“
. the speculators on this market was
'to hold back—a glance at the black-
bOard and they turned away. The mo-
ment the smaller buyers noticed this

High. Low. Close. close.
1.05 10554
07 1. 1A
10 $4
1. $4

attitude on the part of the manipul';

tors of the, game, they too, got 'ir.
line and gave no attention to offer-

‘Tller‘: because 'W‘interested a

5 ans

care or andjképt‘ tall; enough .con-
tinyllyr so that the trade, isgin shape
to take advantage {bf ,the""situation
at any given time,'because they have
stock on hand to Work“ on and: they
feel that there is more coming.

No. 2 red.............‘ ....... 1.0231.“

No. a rod .96 1.“
No.4red ............... .......u .u

“BEANSA

. We might change the'll‘lag on

this commodity a little this
_ week by viewing the situation
in a large way but we do not think
it best. We do not think we have
had a storm enough yet. We think
we had better keep‘ the thunder roll-
ing for at least another week. We
want you to stay in port and appre—
clate that, although, the sea looks a
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ﬁstill, it is just a little unsafe to ven-

ture out, especially in your small
craft. There is no use being in a
hurry; there is no use taking these
chances. because you are only writ:
ing against yourself when you do
so. You are inviting and if you con
tinue to act, actually bringing bat...
a congested condition which was i
evidence one and two weeks ago. Let's
not get into this predicament agam
———let's not rush our beans to marl...
like we have, again this season—lei a
market this commodity in a business
like way. You can continually get
advice. By watching the situatidn a.-
given in this article every. week, yo:
can get a very good line-up on i.
situation. You know that these beam
can not be put onto the market on 5
about so fast and have the tradetak
them as they should. You have g-I.
to keep up and help to create an ..
petite on the commercial market for
any given commodity, the same as
appetite of anything else. If yOu
overfeed the market, you kill its a,.
petite at once. When the appetite to
the market is gone, the tone to tla.
situation is gone wtih it; the pl‘lCt
commences to decline, you comment-w
to get nervous, afraid the bottom is
all going out of the situation; if yo..
do not get to market, you will no
be able to get any price at all for
your stuff, possibly will not be buying
at all in another week and the way
you go with your beans, accept a it:-
duction of from live to twenty cents
per bushelwfeel that you worked: your
self out of a pretty tight spot—go.
rid of your beans anyhow. You go
back home and in a week or so, tin-
sky is cleared up, your neighbor who
did not get scared who was watch-
ing the “Pink Sheet”——studying the
situation along with the market +2
tor, advises you that he is being
offered a premium over the old pr
on your local market. This simp')
goes to show the different angles
which go to make up the actual re-
sult of the local situation on any coz.
mod'lties at given times, and it al‘
comes from the disposition and the
manner of disposition made by you
as a producer. We have not too many
beans this year. The situation war
rants a good long price and you can
get it if you will handle the situa-
tion as you can. Even with the ele»
vators over the State full to the mm
which is the cause of your jamming
in wit your loads, the price possibl=.:~
to obtain on the outside was nor
changed, but the prices you were ship
to obtain on the inside were changed
and very noticeably. In other w’ords
the local dealer took‘, dyantage of
the situation and mening- a right to
It is possibly a little chilly’perhaps
for you but warm for him. It is the
result of human nature no matter how
you figure it. ”There is no reason
for you allowing your dealer to pu’l.‘
off any such stunt. You are able to
know just as much aboutth‘e situa-
tion ashe does. You-have thesanie
gray matter to study "the‘--"situs‘tl6n

. a, .A.- ..

.% .e’stomgo.

, . , 'I. lowering of ‘price “T was
.. , ; forced. = The'ni'arket has been taken .

‘ serious. and

sin: isms: -;.il.a....m as

" to study; there is not any excuse to
you, after you force' a situation oft}, _,

this kind on yourself, you have no

right to holler and if you are game ‘
you will not. You might better s}; .
the hired man a little premium and '
have him kick you around the yarn.
for having made such a foolish mi.»
take. The dealer is getting $2.40 1».

bushel of 60 lbs., for hand-picked
beans over the State of Michigan to-
day. In some favorable points a lit-
tle more; in some extreme Northern
points a little less, but it will average.
When they can get these prices and
are getting them every day, there is
no excuse for their telling you that
the situation is sluggish, critical, etc.,
and pulling the price back to you.
There is a way for you to be ,just
as independent and practically on the
same basis with this dealer. You had
better get to studying.

Zone No. 2, Michigan ............. 8%.?

Zone No. 3, Michigan ............. . 0
Zones 4, 5‘, 6 and 7, Michigan ...... 2.36

 

OATS

We/ are going to change the
Flag a little on this commodity
in this issue, because we feel

that there is a gradual tendency for
the market to show an improvement
in sight. We understand and appre
ciate the situation that exists at the
moment, but We also understand who:
is going on, the nature and quality of
shipments that are being put on th:
market, for which reason, we beliei
that there is an expectancy for this
commodity of much brighter tone thm.
one week ago. We must bear in min
and take into consideration the Silllzi
tion in general with coarse grains am.
also forage products. The situation
on any and all of these commodi-
is somewhat sympathetic. The trade
can switch from one to the other at.
most times and quite a majority 0
them are disposed to do so whenever
the same will work out to their r~
vantage.
Standard .
No. 3 white ...................... .8!

. 4 white ...................... .81“

CINCINNATI—We are able to n-
port this market quite steady at qua:-
tations. One thing in favor of thr-
situation existing and which is heil-
ing to maintain its present standard,
is the disposition of the trade ii.
general, retailers especially to hold
up their price, especially so when
they have oats of good color aim
weight. This is a feature that varilt-
much on different market termin . .
It~is the disposition, for instance, 0
some markets and handlers to lo;
shipments roll along without any i:
ticular protection, or what is termed.
personal work or market support. V‘
will say in this connection, that ii "
he disposition of 98 per cent of ii-
terminal markets to make the given
commodities ﬁght their own battle.
They hardly have the (runners)
chance, they are not even favored 0::
a close decision.
No. 2 white 38%
Standard .36
No. 3 ’ .34 .35
No. . .34
N... . 232%
No. . .33

PITTSBURG~There continues to
be a heavy supply of cats on tlii.-.
market, with a comparatively light de~
mand, still, they are maintaining for-
mer quotations in spite of the conll
tions that receipts actually show. We
hardly understand why this is pos-
sible, but it seems to be. We appre-
ciate that a given market is forced
to'maintain a certain market_level,
which is in keeping or in lineig‘yvlth
other outside markets, or they" ar‘
aware that said other markets will
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shipments which should have gone

naturally to theirs. For this reason,
the supply and demand condition at . ‘
some times is not able or responsibl ‘
tor the , a ‘ notation. asthma

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EDIT,OR!AL

\ AVE YOU NOTICED ‘the ebb and ﬂowiof the market tide

H during the past two months? Have you watched the

supply and demand prices? Have you observed the regu-

larity with which Mr. Price tipped his hat to Mr. Supply, and then
quietly walked away when his immediate wants were satisﬁed?

The American people are 'less than six months

ahead of starvation all of the time. Yes, sir]; the

 

SIX MONTHS . .
AHEAD OF American people are not more than Six months
STA'RVATION ahead Of starvation right now. -

The farmers’ wagons must be kept rolling on
the highways, bringing in the products for ship-
ment; great train loads of farm products must be rushed day after
day to the great cities—the people must have food. '1 “

Suppose the farmers should turn the keys in their farm factories
right now, and start for Florida to spend the winter, leaving orders
that not a dollar’s worth of products should be sold during their
absence.

What do you think would occur? Why, before the farmers came
back from FlOrida in the spring, grim hunger would stalk. the
streets of the great cities; prices on farm products would increase
until thousands upon thousands of the poor would literally starve
for bread. .

The millions of consumers in the great cities are depending upon
you, Mr. Farmer; you must furnish food for them all. Therefore
if you go to Florida, sell your products before you go; for remember,

The city people are less than six months ahead of starvation.

Within sixty days after the products of your farms are harvested,
more than one—half of the total amount produced ﬁnds its way to
the middlemen. This means that you get a chance at the “supply
and demand” market for just about sixty days. .

After the sixty days have passed, the-middlemen Control the
situation during the remainder of the year. In other, Words, they
get a whack at the “supply and demand”.market for three' hundred
and ﬁve days———you get the sixty day limit. -

And, remember, your sixty days come right in after harvest time.
Right at the time when the supply is sure to exceed the demand.
It in reality the supply does. not exceed the demand, then the

' “visible supply” is arranged to suit the needs of the manipulators.

After the middlemen, packers, cold—storage, men and dealers 'gen—
erally get hold of thelsitu-ation’, they tighten or loosen the strings
to suit themselves. * ‘ ,

And the poor consumers wonder why the farmers charge such
exorbitant prices. ,

Well, what are you going to do about it? Not a thing sir, not
a single thing—not‘yet. But I want to? impress upon your mind
this one fact. - - - " -

The American people are but six months ahead of starvation.
And you’re the man who feeds the‘American peOple.

Now to get back to my ﬁrst question: “Have ,YOU noticed the
ebb and flow of the market tide during the“past- few months?”
,Now really, have you? . , ' I ' 5

“Yes,” you say. What, then, are your conclusions? . .
‘- TI , The price on agiven commodity increases. The supply follOws

, B nFo‘RE Leeann; as" ’

- aid the poor, {guarantimmen -u. i,

' ' he. "rice automatically“ falls; ditto _ the ' supply,*rl~‘lThen. con:

 
   
 

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now being planned by “the"whit‘eﬁhirté ;
e‘d gentry of collegesi'and‘ lustrjoﬁeeséﬁ
to advance a 'billmhoae aim‘fit Wilhbe ,j
to send agriCultural. missionaries -.~into,',;;~_‘
"every county in the Middle swarm: : , ,
order to lift the poor, ignorant-(armor ”r - HE {wenty’sntth'annual meeting;
out of his ignorance and tell him'how . l the ‘Sthftez'Associ-athm 50f? ' '
to raise "a lot more stuﬂthathoea‘nﬁ -. ' ers'v'Clubjs-will "be held in,_
sell. Extension work is all right‘ln a ,sentativej—hihiatLunsing,‘,onTuU
way, but it should come from among and WedneSd‘ay. D’sc. sand A. ._ Go
the farmers rather than-from a. hunt. gorpshornhaseprpmised tofd liner- ,
pale, bony-ﬁngered bobkwor‘ms who openingaddres's. “Ar-twoyldaysiésiseﬁs ”Iii,
couldn’t raise 'a hill of corn even by, will'be’heldﬁiorwhich arspliexidfd r69.
pulling on it. What the farmer at. gramthaét been arranged. ~;.
well as the consumer needs is-some " . - " , _ 7"? ,1
one to aid themin solving the ddﬂk ‘1 Poultry'vshows are to be hem d’u‘l‘fﬁg
OfFijkihiggfollowing we note that a late next. three 1920th at Pemksi’i
Georgia senator. has recently hiked out geg’gzybf’frmveme City, Holland ”“1 .
into the country, looked around a bit, ' - - ~ . ' "
and then hiked back to Washington, , ., ’ , , - , .«
and will spend his time and'the peo- B-Drar MI? Slocumt—i-Endou 255cm: fer. ,
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PROBLEM NO. 7.‘

IKE CLANCEY, who owns a
M little farm up in the jack

pine country,” said the pro—
fessor to his morning class, “has sent us”
the following communication-z .- .,

“I have 60 odd bushels of potatoes and can
sell them here at a quarter a bushel. I paid $5.00
for the use of the land, $12.00 for work and $3.00 .
for Paris Green. How much can I make, if
board is worth three dollars a week?”

. “Now, class, what is the matter with Mr.
Clancey’s case? Jim Winkins.”

Jim: “He loses a ﬁve spot.” ' . .'

“Correct, but we want an analysis oflthe case. Henry‘
Hopkins.” ‘ .

Henry; “He can’t do anything now; it’s too late too
ship from the upper counties. >Frost is liable to catch
him.” '

“Good as far as it goes. Bill Wilkins, what can you
say 5” . ‘
Bill: “The spuds cost too much“ He ought to' get

busy on the cost end \of his job, subscribe to Michigan
Business Farming and then sell direct on a high market,
for all there is in it.” ‘- ' ,
"Good. Anything more, Mr. Mudge?” . .
Mudge: “Can’t think of anything except that 1 Would
likeu‘to know what the price of board has to’ do with this
question.” . . .
“You’ve got‘me, Mudge, but we will write Clancey as
follows: , '" ' . - .- U

“Sorry, but youu.-lose $5.00. ~Your crop cost you too much,_’ Had you ‘
kept 'in touch with market conditions, you‘might‘have Lnetted at least .400» -
per bushel by Selling direct. ‘Better subscribe for~Michigan'BusinessFarn’ii ,~“
,ing and be ready for next year. What has board ‘go: todo With yearn,
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”R S‘: This morning'spmafil brought Mikefsneply. i It: reads- .as‘ folloWs :i
“Dear‘ProfeSSOX‘: _. 3 _ ,’ , - ‘ gets... .
’ Here’s. the half for .that— subscription and «youc'an countron my. 5 ud
£0” “a“ 3’6“ 0“ the, ‘11? Get selling 'rlan..-- Board’s got a lotto do wit it.
No local ,buyerﬁis goingto skin the. , I’ve "decided to. eat thesis» potatoes’ and
spayinysclf- $3100 a Week while I am-y‘dOingr,1it.”;g-a~ ‘» , 7

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£810. excite the situation, which,
11. turn; know would have a
ﬁne“: ohold’. back sced histead of.

Vince it, which they know will not
ye d'tendoncy to bring forth actual
* ceipts', because human nature does
.noh low you to sell stuff when the

. without question,

market is going up, but on the con-‘

' trary, to make movement When the
‘~_m’arke‘t is on the decline. The situa-
: tion is so keen, that the large han-
‘ dlers are hardly able to lower the
“' price That Would be so raw 8. deal

that they could hardly pull it off; -

therefore the situation is moving
along in abdut a normal way, with the
:. concurrent and atmosphere condition
' genome becoming mere tense.

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Gill 7 I, .‘
............... 10. 75@13. 00
2.1‘

.3 \ ke
‘ Timothy Seed. .......

CORR»

' We hardly know which Flag to

, hoist on this commOdiity this
week. It really develops that
there is a promise of a most abundant
gdorn crop in every direction this sea-
, son. We know that disposition seems
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- movement of new corn from every

source available. Raisers of corn and
handlers of corn, appreciate the situa-
tion that exists on this commodity,
on oats, hay and wheat. They ap-
. preclate that the situation on these
.-‘~ four given commodities is somewhat
" sympathetic, that none of these com
modiﬁes has anything to Offer the
other but sympathy. There is no im-
mediate relief in sight, that is sure.
If all reports as to the condition of
the crop are true, there is nothing
, Ivory promising in the future. This
409: not mean that corn will go back
-toits old level, which was very low,
abutthat it will be much lower than
its standard set last season. It should
. not strike a medium lower than it is
new setting. ,
,Noi‘a. mixed....... ....... .61 ,
; No. 2 yellow ....... _ ...... .63 g
T No: 4 yellow ............. ,
CINCINNATI—«There was no change
to the situation in‘ gen'eraly but still»
the undertone to the market Was in
grinned taward an easier feeling. It

A

1:2}3 the general supposition of large,

handlers on this market, that the bull;
. of shipments will not start until after

 

Dear.- Mr. Slocum. *Enciosed please ﬁnd
50 canis- for subscription to Michigan Bus-‘—
Frame for Joshua 5.. Phillips, and

‘middléaen, ’

when we can séll

to maimed Haw con

man Jogger: his Lgfmily
of“? UAS

and we. .

HIL-‘ .

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o. ,2 yellow.....‘._....t... .7
".vayelo ‘ _, .6-

. _ ‘25"miied.. ,6
._3 high mixed...‘..... .6

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. time.

No.-1 on this commodity, be-
cause the nature to the situa-
tion warrants it. We can see that
the foundation for the present mar~
k‘et and the tone to the situation for
the future warrants feeling very much
better over the general situation than
we hoped to feel some time ago. We
feel very much elated over the posi—
tion we took and the manner in which
we tried to conduct the ﬁght for a
betterment of conditions existing on
this commodity. We believe that,
if this commodity
had not been handled .iu the most

conservative andgbusinesslike way, .

almost unique, that we would have
experienced a. most unsatisfactory
condition, not only now, but any time
during the remainder of the season.
This result would have been forced
on us by virtue of the almost unsur-
mountable volume of receipts on every
outside market available.

It has been demonstrated that prac—
tically 50 per. cent of the apple crop
this year has practically been wasted
from a. commercial standpoint. We

note a gradual. tendency for an in.~

provement to the situation on these
top grades of winter varieties, proper-

ly put Tip" and ready for the trade.

We note that the quotations to the
trade on the outside markets and
the prices being asked by the com-
mission men on these" given outside
markets, is gradually advancing. This
proves a'most healthy condition exist—
ing, because these are the very men
who are actually manipulators of the:
situation. Not only is this naturally
true, but on this given commodity
they have taken care of the suppy
feature by virtue of storage, so tha
the situation is absolutely in their
hands and from now can be manipu-

' lated as their conscience modiﬁes but

conditions suggests. The tone to the-
situation is healthy and very mud!
so. It promises an advance, but rc-
member and understand, that the qual—
ity, must be way up and of a V61"_'.
high standard.
DETROIT. —Fancy ........... 2.00@3.00
~ Ordinary . . . 1.0002.“
CINCINNATI—The Cincinnati mar~
ket continues to experience very
heavy receipts. We know of no mar-
ket which is receiving shipments of
apples in any comparison with this
market at the present, time, on basis
of its size, especially is this true.
There are a great many markets, han-
dling naturally, about as many apples
as this, which are not receiving prac-
tically any shipments at the present
Storehouses are full, the trade
has anticipated its. requirements and
taken 'care of them. No invitations
are being sent out for shipments to
come in, relying on the amount al—
ready in store to take care of the
situation, but not 'so with the Cincin-
nati market—receipts are heavy and
the market somewhat easy. The situa-
tion is' even in the‘buyer's hands.-
Bulk my hand picked. per bbl. 1. oo
Bulk run or orchard. per bbl .60
Kings. per bbl .2
Ben Davis, as to quality, bbl. 1. so
Baldwins. per h
Maiden Blush ex. tancy. bbl. .2.?6.
Maiden Blush,-t anc’y. bbl. . 7.
Wail my fancy. per

2»

We shall continue to raise Flag .

bl 2.00 '
vas .......20001125

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We are raising Flag No 4 on
this cemmodity, because there
is absalutely no use trying to
force this stuff on the market longer
Thousands of cars of onions have

5 been actually dumped on the outside

market in about the same careless

‘ manner in which you would dump a

lot of rubbish. The producer has evi-
dently been under a strain so long
and of snob a critical nature, that he
seems to turn to the feature of mak
ing disposition, as a relief There
has been no incentive to make ship-
ments from a ﬁnancial standpoint it
has been some time since the market
ban» showed ﬁrm so that the inviting
of shipments was at all warranted
For” Weeks practically every market
on the outside has been glutted, es
pecially with bulk red stock. The
extreme Southern markets to which
we look for our movement of reds in
both bulk and sacks has been con—
gested for some time. This has forced
the trade to look to other markets
which are not naturally red onion
outlets and on which these shipments
have been placed, subject to the perils
of conditions that naturally exist and
which were enhanced by the ﬂood
of receipts We can appreciate why
so many of you are anxious to make
disposition. Why you are practically
forced to make disposition, which is
on account of the quality of the stoc ..
you have on hand. Not one car out
of ﬁfty bulk-stock, which has been
moved during the last thirty days
would get to storage in safety—nor
2 per cent of the onions which wr
have been in touch with would go
into storage and hold. Appreciating
this feature, as we do, and under-
standing it, as you do, it is easy to
understand why so many onions have
been forced onto the terminal mar-
kets already this season. Everyone 0:
you who have a bushel of onions of
keeping quality, that will stand stor-
age should put them in. Not Only
does the price at the present tim.
warrant this, but your loyalty to the
producer of this commodity also
should show itself, and from the fact
that the only way you can help your
fellow producer, who «has a commode
ity of a nature which he cannot hold,
is to hold yours. Every bushel you
hold back has its given tendency and
inﬂuence on the outside market, and.
in turn, helps your given neighbor
producer to get a decent price or as
near decent as possible, out of the
shipments he is forced to place, re-
gardless of the hazardous condition
The situation certainly cannot be any
Worse than it is right now; everything
is in favor of holding these onions
if they are of a quality so that they
can be held. You might as well make
a ﬁght, because you are whipped i;
you do not go into the ring.

There is practically no market at
the present time that will take any
amount of onions to speak of; they

‘ are practically all ﬁlled up and have
been for some time.
from now on is going to be for sack
shipments. It is hard to handle bulk
shipments after freezing weather. The
tightening up of the car situation is
the condition facing us—will both
have a tendeuCy to curtail movement.
We will have a chance in a very
short time to measure the situation
with more accuracy than at the mo
ment. While the outlook is not very
bright, there is only one way to play
the game and that is to hold your
stuff and make a ﬁght for better con-
ditions.

DETROIT—There is no change in

the situation from that of our last
week’s issue. The market here has
- been taken care of and ﬁlled up for

jmake ofoniond at the present
11 this market is of a very limit-
,atnrée—sack, or two at a time here ’
and there to the retailers over the
It , does not eat into the
enorinoua supply very fast-—does not
clean up the situation so that the
inviting’of more shipments would be
warranted. Everything happening for
one cause or another to come onto
this market at the present time an
forced to storage. It is practically
impossible to make sale of a car 01
onions at the present time. We fee'
that on this given market a. few cars
of nice dry, ﬁrm stock, in yellows,
sacked, would work out to advantage
before springtime.
Yellow Globe, cars ..........
Yellow Globe, store ..........
CINCINNATI—~The Cincinnati mar-
ket is simply demoralized all arounde— -
buyers are not taking hold at the
ridiculously low prices—offerings are
very liberal and sales are being made
within the range. Everything is in
the buyer's favor. Every little feature
of quality is brought into play—the
buyer getting the advantage.
White per bu ................
Yellow Globe. per bu ......... 20m
White, large per bbl ........ 1.50 1.7
Yellow Globe, per bbl ........ 1. 25@1. 50
Spanish, per crate ............ 1 serum 1,
pinning white per bu ...... 2 oo®2 50
Stewing, white. per bu ....... 1. 75622 on
Red. per bu ..................
PITTSBURG—The Pittsburg market
has certainly been struggling along
under an awful heavy load during the
last thirty days. The Southern mar~
kets were ﬁlled up fast with red stock,

.30 .40
.50 .60

’ then every other market Was looked

to. The Pltts‘oui‘g market seemed to
open a channel for as near relief as
any. This market has actually made
disposition of thousands of cars. The
movement has been exceptionally
heavy—never during the same perior:
of time has this market handled more
onions than this present season.
The prices, Of course, have been
ridiculously low. Everything has been
in the buyers‘ favor, the same as a-
other terminaIS; a condition that wi;
always exist whenevvr there is con-
gestion, cannot avoid it, but they havu
struggled along and done the best
they could, and really handled cars of
stuff that would have been an actual
loss if other markets would have been
looked to for disposition.

Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt .50 ‘
lied Globe, sacked, per cwt. .. .40

Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt.. 40%
Red Globe. bulk, per cwt ..... .30 .

 

The demand '

some little time. The movement 1’99“. _

CABBAGE

You will certainly have to stay
in port, because you will be
swamped and actually lost if

 

 

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you ever venture out at the present

time. The market is absolutely gone
and demoralized in every direction
practically no market. If we can have
a continuance of the weather that we
are experiencing, as this article goes,
to press, the situation should gradual
ly show an improvement. The warm
weather we have been experiencing
has had much to do with the situation
forced on us. Many shipments of Hol—
land seed cabbage of fancy quality
have gone to outside markets and noI
very much more than paid the freight.
The situation on some markets was
so critical that the Railroads embar-
goed shipments. There is no reason
why the situation should be as severe
as this or as critical. It seems that
too maany cabbage have been dumped
on the market at a given time. You
have got to spread out your distribu-
tion. You cannot distribute your whole
crop of cabbage during sixty days”

- time and expect that the markets can

maintain a healthy standard constant-
ly. You are inviting a smashup which '
we are experiencing at the present
time when you try it. We have not

cabbage enough back so but what we ,

ought to get a good price, and will get
it, without any question, if you can
only store your stock in good. shape.
With the situation as it exists at the
moment. that, is. the only thingposu

 


  

t actually demoralized—almost im-

obsible to sell a car of cabbage at

y price. It is a slaughter right and

t. ’WheneVer

est a commercial disgrace to have

_ ipments' arriving at the present.
time.

Danish, per ton, track .....
.l‘tomestic, ton, on track....

PITTSBURG—The Pittsburg Situa~
tion is in line with others; in fact,
this market has been so critical that
the Pennsylvania lines have had an
embargo 011 all shipments. The samv
has just been lifted, and, really, the
situation does not warrant the lifting
of the same. It is hoped, however,
that with present weather conditions
prevailing and with a promise of the
same in the future, that the situation
Will gradually show an improvement.
‘,Keep away from Pittsburg~-strike on

Domestic
Danish

   

   
  
  

    

 
 

   

.-01 CINNATI~The Cincinnati mar-7”
trades are made; al-,

6.00 @ 8.00 ..

 

 

 

 

 

We have given you some pretty,

s

it POULTRY
strong advice as to the actua.
situation existing and also a:

to what we thought was the pr0pe1
thing to do in the way of disposition
of your holdings. We did not mean 't .
hold up every chicken from goingr 11,:
market. This was not what we wisheti
to accomplish, but we did wish,
through the medium of this paper, to
hold back as many as it would be
naturally expected our iniiuence would
This we felt Would put a check on
the present situation. to the extent.
that the general Situation would be
helped.
show you in our next week’s issut.
that what we have done in the way o.
modifying the situation through thv
only medium we have, has had a great
effect 011 the actual situation, that
would have exist<d and» which does
actually exist. We have demonstrated
that there was no excuse; 1101' reason.
V“ .no virtue in poultry prices being
I where they haVc been, when othei
meat commodities were sordid, prac-
tically out of reach of the 00111111011
5 ' consumer. We have also advised yo._
13/; that there was reported an actual
shortage of turkeys all over the West-
r} em States where they are so exten
siveyly raised. In fact of all of this
1; buyers over the State of Michigan
have only been offtiing around 11
3 We expect that they have offered mm
3‘” than 140 at a great many places We
5‘3, expect that their offe1iug pricv ha:
been elastic We feel that they hav 1
made peddlcrs out of themselves—pa}
ing any price that they were ob igt
to to get the stuff Why? Simply
because they knew the actual situa
tion that existed and what is actually
5’. offered in the new future. Right
> the present time it is actually impos
‘1" 'sible to get enough turkeys for tie
trade to supply the demand Those 11'
you who have followed our advice
“through this papei and also peisonal
; adVice through thousands of letters,
2:7 are going to see a good to yoursc’:
' .of thousands and thousands of dolls" . -
thereby. We will show these larr't
handle1s, storag e houses and manipu-
'1 lators that we undeistand the game
from A to Z just as well as they do»-
understand every move they are m».
ing—why they are making it and wha
" ; the result is going to be 011 the pro-
‘l. ducer of this given commodity. We,
“in turn, are going to show you how
‘ ‘ you can avoid getting into their hands

 

Dear Companion. '——I am happy to give
my add and support for the foundation of
Business Farming. I believe it will be a
booming success. A great thing for the
farmer and a bad one for the middlemen.
'1 will do all I can to interest the farmers.
:Wishingﬁ you all kind: of success, IR am,

HCHASE ”COOPER Milford, MichJi', . F.

 
 
  

We think we will be able to'

_ advanCe of this.

 

gm]. Aug.18, 1912.

 

of this paper van stand by us'in the

ﬁght for a bettering of the conditions

which always have and still do exist.-

We know- yet] would be mighty glad '

to bear with us in the ﬁght to break
up this combination.

Trusting you have saved one nice
turkey for your Thanksgiving dinner
is the best wishes of the market
.editor.

Good hens ................. 14@
Common hens ............. 120 16
Springs .....1‘P .............. .130 14
Young Ducks ............. .150 .16
Old ducks ................. 120 .14
Geese ...................... 120 .14
Turkeys .................. 19@ .20

CINCINNATI.—~ ,
Old hens, heavy, 444 lbs. and

over .................... @ .1144
Old hens, light ............. ® .10
Roosters .................. @ .0815
Springers, 1% lbs. and over @ 312%
Springers, 1% lepand under 0 .1255
White ducks, 4 lbs. and over @ .13
White ducks, under 4 lbs... @ .12
Colored ducks, under 4 lbs .090 ll
Old tom turkeys ........... 17%
Young turkeys, 8 lbs. and

over .................... .18
Young turkeys, under 8 lbs. .10@ .12
C1111 turkeys .............. @ .08
Geese, per lb ............... .09@ .11
Guineas, young, 1% lbs. and

over ....................... 4.00@4.25

 

LIVE STOCK

Regardless of the ups and downs of
the Live Stock market, there is no
question but that there is a serious
shortage in prime beef. Prices on this
grade have gradually taken an upward
t1end,a11d it can safely be said that
the bettei giades will ﬁnd good prices
in any market The market of the
past week 011 feeders and medium
grades, at Chicago, suffered a decline
of about 100 a hundred from the prices
we quoted a week ago. At Buffalo the
decline during the same period aver-
aged about 130, while at Detroit prices
ruled about the same. For some un-
accountable reason, the market in De-
troit showed a fairly good demand for
stockers and feeders. At all of the
points milch cows ruled high, espe—
cially the good ones, selling at prices
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an'especially good demand for veai‘

calves, the better grades selling readi-
ly at 9@llc per pound, with the me—
dium grades at from 4c to Sc. It is
barely possible that the apparent
scarcity of cattle has caused a great
many farmers to raise their calves in—
stead of selling them for veal. It is
to be hoped that this is true, and that
the “slaughter of the innocents” will
not be continued.

HOGS.

The usual thing has occurred in the
hog market, with reference to the
Thanksgiving decline. We are satis—
ﬁed that this ebb and tide of the de-
mand for hogs can be traced directly
to the farmers themselves. A few
tweeks ago we had a glutted market;
then prices went so low that the farm—
ers held up their hogs, but the ﬁrst
increase brought in an over-supply,
and down the price went again. Funds
for Christmas and taxes is perhaps re-
sponsible in a great measure for pres-
ent conditions. At Chicago, the week
showed a decline of from .10c to 150
per hundred over last week’s prices,
the average price being about $7.77 per
hundred, against $7.78 of one week
ago. At Buffalo the local packers easi-
ly controlled the market, and placed
bids on the best mixed grades at about
$7.75. They succeeded in handling
about 75 per cent of all receipts. In
the Detroit market the bulk of good
hogs “traveled the plank at about
$7. 50, with a few at prices a little in
Poor grades showed
a decline of about IOQISB par hun-
dred

  

      
  
  
   

CHICAGO—At the. close 61* the week; ’ ’
packers and shippers competed for the ‘
few loads of fat beeves on sale, paying

up to $10. 55 for prime 1.40045651111-
ings. The plain and medium grades
of steers were neglected, and most of

the rangers sold at a further decline,
Calves Of a more desirable;
quality sold freely, topping at $10 for

of ICC. -

prime vealers The Chicago market
cleaned up well, with prices for the
immediate future ranging as follows.

Beef steers, gobd to prime 3

heavy...... ......... ...89.00@10.55
Beef steers, medium to ' .
good. . 775@ 9.00,
Beef steers, common to . 7
fair .......... , .......... 6. 006) 7. 50
Yearlings .......... . ..... ‘ . 6. 50@10. 50
Rangers ................. .. 6. 50@ 9. 75 '
‘Beef cows, common to se- '
lected .................. 4. 40@ 7.10
Fat heifers, good to choice. 5. 25@ 7. 25
Heifers, selected ......... 7.25@ 8.25
Stock steers ............. 4.15@ 6. 40
Feeders ............... . . . 5.50 7. 30 .
Canners and cutters......‘ 2.30 4.25
Good to prime veals. . . . . 9.00@10.00
Bulls .. . . . ....... . ...... ,. 4.50@ 7.00

BUFFALO—The wind-up of the cat-
tle trade wasn’t exactly satisfactory,
prices being from 150 to 250 per hun-

dred lower on butchering cattle than

on Monday. There was very little life
in the market except for the better
grades, in preparation for the Thanks
giving trade. One of the leading buy~
ers reports that because of the car
shortage that has existed during the
past ten days an extra supply is ex-
pected for this week. The receipts for
the week total 8,750 head, asagainst
7,875 head last week and 7,075 for the
corresponding week a year ago. The
range of prices for the coming week
will vary but‘little from the following:

Choice to prime heavy

steers ’ ................. - .88.50@9.00
Fair to good wgty strs ..... .8.50@8.75
Good ship’g & hvy btr strs. .8.50@8.75
Plain weighty steers ....... 7.50®7.75

Coarse thin Weighty strs. . . .7.00@7.25
Choice to fancy yearlings. . .8.25@9.00
Good yearlings ............ 7.75@8.00
Best handy wgt btr strs. . . .8.25@8.50
Fair to g’d hdy wght btr strs.7.25@7.75
Common to fair btr strs.. . .6.50@7.00

Inferior & rough lgt btr strs.5.75@6.25 _

Heavy fancy fat cows ...... 6.00@6.50
Choice to prime fat cows. . .5.50®6.00
Good to choice bthr cows. . .5.00@5.50

Fair to good bthr cows. . .4.50@5.00
Medium butcher cows ...... 4.00@4.50
Common to good cutters... .3.75@4.00

Common to good canners. . .3.35@3.75
Old rims .................. 2.75@3.10
Fancy yearling heifers ...... 7.50@8.00
Choice heavy heifers ....... 7.00@7.50
Prime fat heifers .......... 6.75@7.25

Medium to good heifers ..... 5.00@6.00
Common to fair heifers. . . .4.00@4.75

Selected feeders ........... 6.40@6.75
Best feeders .............. 600696.25
Fair to good feeders ........ 5.40@5.65
Good to best stockers ...... 5.00@5.40
Fair to good ..... ‘ .......... 4. 60@4. 85
Common stockers .......... 4. 00@4. 50
Light thin heifers .......... 4. 00@4. 25
Best export bulls ........... 6. 0066. 25'
Best butcher bulls ......... 5.50@6.00
Medium butcher bulls ...... 4.50®5.25
Bologna bulls .............. 4.50G5.25 ‘
Best stock bulls ........... 42504.50
Thin light bulls ............ 37504.00
Stags ...................... 6. 0007. 00
Oxen ................. 5.7506. 75
Extra milchers and ’

springers . .". ..... , ...... 65. 00.@75. 00
Belt ...... 50.00@60.00
Medium ..... '. . . . . . . . . . . .40.00@45.00

DETROIT maintained last week’s
prices and closed'with an actiVe mar-
ket on most grades, and with a fair
demand from the country for attackers
and feeders. , The week's business

,closed at the following prices: ,
Extra dry-ted steers‘.. 87. 50@ 8.00 .15
Friday at '12 000,- against

Steers and heifers. 1, 000 to
1 ,200 . =

Stock heifers L‘..‘. . . .. .. .

'Milke'rs, large, young, me”- " “

_ dium age ......... 45 0-'@
. Common milkers . . . . . . .30. 00©40.00

» business.

,' schedules;
'~ grades, but from the scrubber: that
‘ are pushing their way to market. R64

     
    
 

    
      

   
 

 

Choice feeding sfoers, 800 '
to 1.090 . 5.5930 600'-
Fair feeding steers, 8.00 to . , .
5.00Q 3

    
 
        
     
 
  

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Choice stockers, 500 to 700 4 7
Fair st’o‘cker's, 500 to 700. "

             
 
  

  
 
     
 
 
 
 
 

  
    

 
 
   

The veal calf trade was active item
start .to ﬁnish {at Wednesday’s price
and good ones brought $10 per hum
dred. The close was strong at th
opening, With buyers asking commis- ..
sion men to save them some for to- .’

 
  

   
      
  

da 3 trade. , ,
huotanons: J '
Best.........: ......... .89.00.@810.00 .-

Others ......... 4.50@ 8.50l

H068. . . "”

CHICAGO witnessed a serious slump
in hogs at the close of the week’ .8- ~
Fairly 'steady prices had
prevailed for the past few days,' but
a 10@15c leakage was'the ﬂna’l, after
sellingsteady at the outset. Specula-
tors and eastern shippers bought hogs
at the start, when receipts were esti»
mated at 25,000 head, and paid up to;
. $8. Later the run Was raised to 30,000
head and packers filled’ their orders at
an average ‘of 87.77, against 87.84 ' y.
Wednesday. ,Trade was fairly active, 1' “1;. f4 '
with packers’ total purchases aggre— ‘
gating 28, 000 hogs, while shippers

       

       
    

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were credited with 3, 500 head. . ‘ ‘ ~ ,,
Bulk of sales ........ - ...... ”$7 65@7. 85' ‘. 17‘ '
Common to good mixed 7. 55@7. 75 " 2‘
Fair to medium weight“ 7. 75@7. 85 . .
Lightweights .............. 7.55@7.70 . ' :3" l ' ‘ ' :‘ .~ ~
Fair to choice butchers. 7.80@7.~95 ,, - l 1‘:

Selected 260-300-1b. packers '7.70@7.80 l
Bears, according to weight. 2.50@3.25

 

Fancy shippers ........... 7.90@8.00 , ,
Stags ..................... 7.85@8.25 ;-’. " £7
Pigs ...... l ............... 6.00@7 .35 "

Average price of hogs at Chicago, '
$7. 77, against 87. 84 Wednesday, 87. 88
a week ago, and $6. 35 a year ago.

BUFFALO realized heavy market» — , j '
ing at the closing days of the week, ' .4
which resulted in another substantial
b1 eak Prices on best grades declined
15@25 cents and pigs and lights show-
ed a. drop of a like amount. Run was
estimated at 75-cars or. 12,000 head, as
against 8,800 head last Friday and 11,-
200 head for the same day a year ago.

It was evident from the very start
that with the liberal supply local pack- ‘
ers would be in position to control the
market, but it was not until after nine
o’clock that sellers decided to accept
their,terms. At the start packers
placed bids on the best mixed grades
at $7.75 and they succeeded’in land-
ing over seventy—ﬁve per cent of the
offerings at this “ﬁgure. A few scat-
tering. sales,'however, on some good
weight kinds were made at 87.80@7.85
and one load reached 87.90.

Extreme top, $7.90; top a week ago,
$8.25; two weeks ago, $8.50; a year
ago, 861.40, and two years ago, 87.55. ‘

DETROIT hog market, with receipts:
hovering near 7,000 head, had a do:
pressing effect onprices at the week's'
close, resulting in a 10@15c decline
from last week’s ﬁgures. Receipts,
6, 667; market a shade lower than yes- ‘

_ terday; light to good butchers, 87. 50@
7, 70; pigs, 87. 20@7. 35; light yorkers
$6. 95@7. 45; stage, one-third off.

SHEEP.

CHICAGO shows a marked decline
of 50 cents per cwt. from last week
not so much from be

    
  
    
  
   
   
   
 
  
   
     
     
     
     
    

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ceipts at this point were estimated £01,;
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day, Nov 24 1911.-


. .e 0; thesessoﬂ so far as
3.9. ipt wet-sconcerned, but admits a
(190111165111. prices. The increase-7‘

hemrextious week was 8,000 head,

:-~ 9r . . ,
Which‘acedunts for the sharp decline, ‘

b01118 "f'abwt 250 less per hundred
pounds: The supply of yearlings was
light, but values on these fell in sym-
pathy'with the larger stocks in other
. The cloSing trade was not
good; ' The prices quoted at the. close
were: . »-
Lambs, good to choice. .$6._90@7.00
Do fair to good..I... 6.25@6.75
f, Do cull and common? . .‘. 4.50@6.25
er'arling lambs, choice ..... ' 5.00@5.25

, : gno-‘cun to fair”. . .1 ..... ,.,3.50@4.75

-' Wethers, choice ..... L. . . 4.25@4.5o

1 Mixed ahéep ~, . . . . . . . ; ..... 3.75@4-25

H EWeSychoice handy weight. '3.50@3.75
* - Do choice heavy ......... 3.25@3.50
‘ .Cpll sheep ;.‘ ........ . ...... 1.50@3.00
Bucks . . . . .I .............. 2.50@3.00

‘We quote:
Extra. dry~fed steers. . . . . ,3 some
- Steer’cand hfrn. LOW-1.200 Gan/[iv
Sisters and hfrs.,800 to 1.000
Grass steers and heifers
that are fat. 800 to 1 000
Gross steers and heifers
that are fat. 500 to 700..
Choice fat cows ..........
Good tat cows ..
Common cows ............
Canners ................ ,. .
Choice heavy 'bulls ........
Fair to good bolog's. bulls
Stock bulls ..............
Choice feeding steers. 800
.to 1000
Fair feeding steers. 800 to
1.000 ................... '~ ' ~.
Choir-e stockers. 500 to 700 . '. 0!
Fair stockers, 500 to 700.. . . 4 75
Milken. large. ‘young. med»
inm age. ................. 45 00079 00
Common milkers .......... 25.0004000
' Range of prices
. Light to good butchers 7mm? 7'
- Pig's ....................... R"S"\7"0
Light yorkers ............. 7 9'07 so
Stags ....................... 1-3 00'.
Rest lambs ........ _ ........ 80.75633 . . ..
Fair to good lambs ........ R More so
Light to common lambs
“WP tn Irma sheen ........ sonar-z 7:
‘ pulls: and common ........ 2.0007‘275

DETROTT showed receipts on Fri-
day, at the close of the week’s busi-
'ness. of 7.610 head of sheep, and the,
market shows a like decrease of prices
With other markets, the range. being
about the same among the various
grades. The market. however. was
peculiarly steady. considering the
large arrivals, Market steady: best
lambs. 565060575; fair to good lambs.
542563625; light to common lambs.
$4@5.25: yearlings, 34.506175: fair: to
good butcher sheep. 512563350; culls
and common, $1.50@2.50.

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COAL AND FLOUR.

We shall ' publish from week to
week the prices on coal i'. o. b.
mines, and the prices on ﬂour at the
mills. On the day this paper is pub
lished the prices here quoted hold
good. Those interested can write our
Bureau for information as to freight
rate to their respective shipping sta—
tions, as the prices ouoted do not in-
clude the cost of freight on either
commodity.

Soft Coal. F‘. 0. Ti.

Kind of Coal. Mines.
Hocking Lump ................. $2.20
Cambridge Lump ............... 2.20
Cambridge 3% Lump ............. 1.80
West. Vs. Splint Lump .......... 2.20
White Ash Block ................ 2.20
Kentucky 4" Lump .............. 2.50
Kentucky 4x2” Egg .............. 2.40
Harrisburg 6" Lump ............. 2.40
' Pocahontas lump or Egg... . . . .. 3.00
Pocahontas Mine, Run ........... 200
Michigan Domestic 4" Lump. . .. 2.95
Anthracite Egg. Stove or Nut. .. 5.50

Note—Quotation on Anthracite
Coal is based on gross tons.

FLOUR—-

'I“Blend"—A splendid ﬂour for all
purposes. per barrel containing
200 lbs. -

..................... $5.60
“Blend”—-ln towel sacks. holding

50 lbs. each. put up in barrel. . .3550 .

“Patent’l—An especially line fam-
kily ﬂour, in barrels containing
200 lbl. . . ....... ._ .......... $5.80

.entire year.

5 2mm can.

sonar. an _,

0 a 8 pr can ﬁre. for l

.4 than ca‘r omhipmentsgrfm. b.:.”D'etroit.
so Of the '

Eon-sachlcar lot shipment, about 15

cents less‘per barrel.

¢ m__-

. MARKET FLASHES.

The Whole trend of the trade in live
stock prOVes conclusively that we are
dealing with a market governed only
by the immediate supply and demand
conditions. There is not an over-sup-

. ply of either cattle, hogs or sheep, and

it can be said with a certainty that if
the supply could be marketed judicial—
ly prices wduldtrule high during the.

days, and probably not until after the.
farmers have supplied themselves with
funds for the holidays and to care“ for
their taxes. In view of the fact that
there is plentyqof corn, it would seem
to be wise to net rush the market. Dur-
ing December andJanuary the pack-
ers expect to get their supply for sto~
rage, and one—third of this supply will
come from farmers who dres and
ship their pork on to an over-supplied
market, and the packers will gather
them in at very low prices. No matter
how much stock you have._it would be
well to follow conditions as they ap-
pear from week to week in this paper.
and be sure you don’t sell on a falling
market.
«~ POULTRY.

As this paper goes to press. the
Thanksgiving supply of poultry is be—
ing received in the home market. From
present indications. the prices will be
proﬁtable. Times have been very good
in the cities and there will be a gen-
eral observance of Thanksgiving, with
a marked demand for the better class
of fowls. Next week will tell whether
we have had an over-supply or not.
Shipments should not be made with
out the assurance that the market has
been cleaned up. Christmas demand
for poultry of all kind will undoubtedly
exceed any previous year, and as most
farmers sell for the Thanksgiving
market, we shall have proﬁtable
Christmas prices. Those who have
poultry to sell should make prepara-
tions to reach the Christmas market.
which always brings demands for
even a better class of fowls than the
Thanksgiving market. There should
be no haste in selling poultry. There
is always. a big demand during the. our
ly part of the new year for poultry to
supply the several Jewish holidays,
and storage stock is not looked upon
with favor. Several
elapse before we have spring chickens,
and the supply therefore must come
from storage stock and fresh ship-
ments. You have plenty of corn and
feed; unless prices on your poultry
are entirely satisfactory, hold. You
stand mighty little show of a loss.

No. Turkeys .... ..18@20c
No. Turkeys ........ 1460160
No. Spring Chlckens.12@13c
No. Spring Chickens ...10c
No. Fowls .......... 10@11c
No. Fowls ............... 90
No. Geese ........ 13@14c
No. Ducks .......... 15@16c

EGGS.

We could print the same advice
week after week with reference to
fresh eggs. The supply will not equal
the demand, and prices are going to
rule ‘high. The warm weather has
had a tendency to bring in fresh re-
ceipts, but the market still rules high.

Strictly fresh eggs were selling in New,

York at 37c a dozen yesterday. A.
great many eggs are/ in storage, but
this supply will not interfere to any
great extent with the demand for fresh
stock. Should we have warm weather
in January. storage eggs will be placed
on the market, and this may inﬂuence.
for a limited time, the price on fresh
eggs; but we would advise the farmer
either to get present prices or let his
stock accumulate for a week. Fresh

stock is always snapped up very quick-'

ly in any market.
BUTTER.

The receipts of first-class butter‘

have been very light during the past
week, and as a consequence prices are

We do not expect a bet»
,ter price for pork for the next ten

months must .

,_ . gline.

_ rg'est buyers have been trying

~ to supply theirWaiits from the dealers
at about 30c. but they have had to go

awry unsatisﬁed. Yesterday in the
New York market it was no trouble to

obtain 35%c a pound for ﬁne stuff, and

receipts are cleaned up as fast as they

arrive). ' The market was steady all the

week, and the under-grades well

cleaned up. With this information.

you ought to know about what to do
with your supply of butter.

CAR SHORTAGE ABOUT OVER.
Reports Show That Trouble Has
About Reached the Limit.

HILE there was a further in-
‘X/ crease in the demand for

freight cars beyond the rail-
roads’ ability to supply them in the
two weeks ended with Nov. 7. lhcrc
are indications in the latest statement
of the American Railway ASSOCl:-‘.il(lll
that the maximx.m shortage of equip-

“ inent has about been reached.

011 Nov. 7 there was a gross shori-
age of cars amounting to 71.120.
against which there was a. total sur»
plus on all the lines in this countr;~
and Canada of only 198.97. The nci
shortage. on that date was nccordingix
51.259 cars. This is an increase, of
only 1.278 cars over the total for lip.»
previous report.

in the past years the maximrn:
shortage has usually 0.”(tlll'l‘ed in She
last week of October. The crop more
mcnt period set in a little later tlrm
usual this year, and the tide of nznr»
chundise business has been steadily
risingr until recently. so that it would
not surprising if the next fortnightly
statement, to be made up as of Nov.
31, showed a still further increase in
the scarcity of equipment. The, small
change in the latest bulletin indicates.
however, that the punk has been 211—
most reached.

The following table shows the sur-
plus and shortages of cars on 182
roads on Nov. 7: Net

Surplus. Short. Surplus.
2.632 46.463 *4Ti.8‘il

. 1.551 5.164 *2L61‘:

(foal. gondola &

hopper... . .. . 14.811

71.156
"‘Shortage.

1.

‘~ : {haiiloads operatin‘gi‘n the n'<75?‘iITllV‘ilit

and the far southwest felt the effect of .
heavier demands upon relling- stock.»
and their supplies of box cars suffered.
correspondingly. In the middle At— ,_
lantic and middle western sections the

movement of box cars was also more .,

active and shortages increased. There _
was an increase in the. surplus of coal“
cars in the middle Atlantic states.
New England states. the middle west; -
the western plains states, and the Pa;
ciﬁc coast territory.

A year ago there was a net surplus '
of idle cars of 26.514. an increase of
5.982 compared with the two weeks
previous. On this date last year the
surpluses began to increase after dev
(dining since July. The difference this ,_
"car may readily be secn. the latest
llgz‘res showing a continuance of the’
acute nerd for cars. Since Sept. 12
this year the shortage of cars has ex»
cc' (led the gross surplus.

THROW OUT BOTH TELEPHONES.

lN(‘E the passagc of tho Giles law
5 there has bccn something (loin;r

every weck amour; tho telephone
Ovcr at Breckenridge.
(‘rfztiot (‘Oi-illlV, the war heiwcen ihe
Hell and Union to‘ephom» compmics
has caused he farmers in that vicinity
q'zd file business. mm: to throw o1".
both tc‘euhoncsf This is to be, done
this week. and tho villa-1c. and rural
districts will be phoncless. The farm—
ers declare that they had a ﬁve years'
contract for l‘rc'c sorvicc, but with the.
Files law in operation the quesstion of
a: contract cuts but :1 mighty small
ﬁgure.

(.‘Ufillli'illl’Ti

Piil'AlL MERCHANTS AFTER PAR-
CELS POST.

'l‘ll“ Nullowtll Fulcrufion of lieiail
Slit-w'hrlnts. .11 Mini? annual meeting.
acccn‘ly held in St. Louis. adopted res—
olrtiozls :Hlvocafing .‘l inm'c rigid unti—
tritst lav-r. honest advertising laws. the
repca' ol' the. purcx-ls post i-vw. and ill-0
d-‘ll'cxll of the. ()ldl‘lcld bill. M. .1. Mil--
lone). of Detroit, was roclcctcd presi—
dent, and the mcmllcrsliip of the asso-
ciation is grow ing by leaps and bounds.
The dealers nuts! llc afraid of the de-
vclopmculs of parcels post. becausc
under the prcseui lZlW neither the ex»
gross companies nor the. local mer—
chants need feel any alarm.

 


   
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
  
   
 
 

 
 

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POSTAGE ON FRANKED MATTER
WOULD NET $20,000,000.

 

A Postal Deﬁcit of $1,781,000 is Re-
ported for the Fiscal Year—Too Bad
it Can’t be Charged Up to Parcels
Pest

N account of franked matter for-
O warded for congress, the execu-

tive departments and other gov-
ernment establishments shows that
postage at the ordinary rate on this
mailer would have netted the govern-
me: . nearly $20, 000, 000. About $3.-
250 00 of this would have been paid
on :olitical documents.

The postal service handled during
the year 310,240,000 pieces of franked
maii. weighing 61,377,000 pounds. This
was 3.8 per cent of the total weight
of all domestic mail carried.

During the presidential and congres—
sional primary campaign in the last
quarter of the ﬁscal year an extra-
, ordinary amount of franked matter
was sent through the mails at public
expense. This matter consisted of po—
litical speeches, reports and docu—
ments of all kinds. One complete po—
litical campaign book was frankable
by insertion in the congressional rec-
0rd.

Commenting upon these ﬁgures.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, who
has long urged restriction of the

franking privilege, said:

“The unusual expense of transmis—
sion by mail of the great amount of
political matter during the primary
campaign created a temporary deﬁcit
for the ﬁrst time in two years.

. 1- “The total expenditure for the ﬁscal
year was $248,525,000, and the total
revenue, $246,744,000. Had it not
been for the cost of carrying {ranked
political mail, the postal account
would have shown a surplus of more
than $1,000,000. instead of a deﬁcit
of $1,781,000. And this surplus I have
indicated would have been developed
notwithstanding the fact that the com—
pensation of postal employes was in-
creased $6, 000, 000 during the year."

It is to be regretted that the parcels

n 3-.

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TWENTY MILLION ‘ ’ " "

subscription book;
sheep— skin couch in the corner.
ﬂy and brought Towser to all fours

“Say, Touse,” said Capt. Jinks,

the pink sheet,”

oﬁice devil:
book today,”

JQS. Herogg, Lakeview ...... ﬁsubs.
John Banwell, Alanson ...... 5 g“
W. J Thompson. Metamora,

N0. 3 ..................... 5 “
\I‘Vill Andrews, Columbiaville. 4 “
Wm. Wehr, Minden City.... 4 “
John Gatz, Tyre, No. 2 ..... 4 “-
(ico. (joister, Alger ......... 4 “
R. L. Johnson, Lawrence... 4 “
lohn l". Prochnow. Midland

No 6 .................... 3 “
\rthuI H. Stephen, Prescott. 3 "
”\uoust Boxer Iapeer ....... 3 “

“boys," said the Captain,
“Tell em your conundrum,"
deal brighter after the boys left.

 

N EVENTFUL DAY was dramng Qio :ﬁ dbse.f1* _
dodged behind the barn without bidding the “Cap’n. "
A friendly ﬂy, the laSt of the vintage of 1912, Walked slowly across the
land faithful old Towser was snoring away, (In his
A sudden “ha—ha, he—ha-ha,”,

‘_‘I’vc got a. good one.
To make a bull tight, you would wave a red ﬂag inhis face.
would you do to make an elevator man had?” queried the “cap’n.
said wise old Towser, as he wiggled his stump tail.
Three knocks at the door, and the laughter ceased. Enter Barney, the V
"Let’s have something besides fly-marks on that subscription

said herand in came these loyal Brothers , .. '

“you know that your. help is appreciated.”
piped in Towser—and things looked a good

   
  

startled the ,

Here, ’tis:
Now what
‘ “Wave

S. I. Fickle, Copemish- ........ ssubs ’.
Jas. Wager, Gladwin ........ Z 5

W 1. Curry, Midland ....... '5' "
Julius July, Standish..r.'.... '5 ‘

Peter Hoffman, No. Branch. 5 “ .
Alice Kilbreath, Imlay City. . 3
Mrs. Nellie Harper, Caledonia 3 ‘ “

Anthony Becker, Evert ...... 3

Mrs. Anna Everett, Holt ..... 3 “
R. W Helmholdt, Park Lake. 3‘ “
G. C. Smith Augres ......... 3 "
Wm. Herrald, Middleton ..... 3 “
L. A. Bowen Mt. Pleasant” 3 “

 

 

PROPOSE TO BUILD. STORAGE.

 

Battle Creek Growers Want to Store
and Sell F. O. B.

HE activities of the Central Fruit
T Growers’ Association, which is

composed of about 50 or 60 apple
growers in this section, have resulted
in plans for a good- sized cold storage
for this point, and it is likely that be-
fore another season is at hand there
will be a storage here in shape to take
care of fruit grown in this vicinity.

It is estimated that the building will
cost between $20,000 and $25,000. A
similar plant is about to be built at
Augusta, which is ten miles from Bat-
tle Creek. .

The contention is that thousands of
bushels of apples are passing through
:: - season t Chicago

   

   

Hides are selling today for the high—
est prices on record. This is in spite
of the fact that hides were put on the
free list three years ago and are now
imported free from all countries of
the world. The falling off in the do
mestic supply is evidenced in as strik»
ing manner byp'the fact that the num—
ber of cattle'slaughtered at ﬁve of
the leading Western markets from
January 1 to- October 12 showed a
decrease of over 31 per cent, Compared
with the corresponding period last
year, being 2,884,733 head, against
4,235,860 the year previous, or 1,351.-
127 less, according to National Pro-
visioner, a meat trade Journal. This
alone means a shortage of 2,702,253
sides of leather.

Radical changes must take place
before the time will arrive when farm-
ers may expect to be relieved of the
oppression of the present iniquitous
market system, and before the con-
sumers of farm products can hope for
relief from the exhorbitant high prices
they are usually required to pay. The
world has out-grown the ancient sys-
tem now in vogue. We want a sys-
tem by which the producers and the
consumers can get closer together to
their mutual advantage. The old say-
ing that too many cooks spoil the
broth is very ancient but very true,
and when too many handle an article
that is for sale it becomes very ex—
pensive to the ﬁnal purchaser.

 

 

With its 75,000 offered in prizes and
its entries closed, the International
Live Stock Exposition which will be
held on the dates of November 30 to
December 7, inclusive, at the Union
Stock Yards, Chicago, has broken all
records in every department in regard
to the number of exhibits. Every
breed of live stock will be represented
on a much larger scale and there is
absolutely no reason to doubt that the
1912 show will go down into history
as the greatest exhibition ever held in
the world.

 

The government corn report, issued
November 8, made the total corn crop
3,169,137,000 bushels, against 3,016,000,-
000 bushels estimated in October,
2,531,000,000 bushels last year, and
the previous record of 2,886,000,000
bushels.

 

A canning factory is bbing establish-
ed at Hesperia by the Commercial
Orchards Company. During the past
month the plant has been at work put-
ting up apples. and beans.

‘ "Sheet” 0. K. by

A to receive il.

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Business

, Farming

is“ ambitious, it aims».
to be the most "helpful
paper ever published
for the farmers of .a
state. '

-We have lots of big
- plans in mind to make
the “pink sheet"
, doubly valuable to
YOU, but you must
help In the building.

Show This Copy

to your neighbors and ask
us for a package of 25 or
'50 sample copies which
we will gladly mail.

See How Easy

it is to get them to sub-
scribe for

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