
that D WIIIIam H.Pr1e_e,
cater for DetroIt—aBoaats of

we: of DetrOit’s future milk sup:

the farmer IaCks executive

m} lsuﬁ‘ieient for the move. Ru-
more» are aﬂoat throughout the city
that the farmers adjacent who are
supplying the milk are trying to form

f

‘to 1ship milk to Detroit after-7..
1';~_‘ banshee of the. health,
rigid miles of inspection ItI -;

see s at at the Conditions on Which
re has for a continuance of

" aresuanow manger we?

11, and that the beard has taken

rag meaSure'ments of the farmers’
abi ity to do things. Dr. William H
Price, chief of the inepectio'n board,
, lked, not WiSely but too well, last
. wank, as his sayings drifted into the
public .press‘, thence out into the

mountra and fell like frosted autumn

leaves among the lacteal producers On

the farms, and among Whom many'

, Were found Who could read; and the
V stigma cast against the farmer by

the allwise Dr Price promises to pro-‘

duce a rebOund. We give in part

,, ..sou1e of the inspector’s estimates of ,
. .-_- "the man with the hoe.”

Note what
he says in regard to the city of De-
t‘rbit having the advantage of the
farmer; also where he ﬁgures that
the farmer must be content with the
. manure from the stable as his pr‘dflt
from the milk business Further,
. notice his boast of what “the board
* of health” could do if they Wanted to
with the “small dairymam” then see
110W ready he- is to enter into a trust-

' ~ 1.; making arrangement with the city 0f

, Toledo so as to prevent the farmer
shipping his milk away from Detroit
,His haraugue through-out shows a
' smothered fear of the very farmer
. Whom he seeks to belittle, and the
~,- chances are that he has .simply
LI throvVn a ﬁrebrand into gasoline. The
,I doctor speaks of the great care that
“ ,,.:sItaken in choOsing city milk inspec-
. ors
' assertion? Will not the farmers pick
_~7 up the cue and proceed) at once to
choose a rural board of inspectors to

as set Dr. Price and his seemingly ‘-
I erhanded reach to fetter the farm

. Asking the farmer to be con-1
With the dung from his stables
I'uIt the limit, Iand it should cause

1gb 7 Read the following parefuIIIy: ,

I__oatti i-

Does his own caSe prOVe his-

er MIG/26?} 61.1%]? €V€f

Mimic/m] fizz i'I/ﬁ’f

IWZO matte aﬁwmeﬂ of 1/ ”37 [ZefozY olrﬁ’zaﬁy'w

IIRGIrr,'f;s¢-1Itpaa§, January 2511, I913

YOU-BOYS HAVE-
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Courtesy of Detroit Evenino r News.

_ HE MEMBERS of the House and Senate have been taking it pretty easy
So far, but as the above cartoon suggests, it is time the boys quit visiting

and got down to businesss

big, broad man in the Governor’s chair, and as a whole the

The “Pink Sheet’ believes that we have a g00d

best Senate and

Legislature that the state has had in the past ten yezusA—now if they will onl3
get down to business and accomplish something for the people.

 

 

proﬁt; the proﬁt does not come in

. that way. It comes through the refuse

of. the“. barns, which is spread over the
farmer’s ﬁelds as fertilizer and keeps
his land productive. A, farmer is

, forced to raise cattle or steers as his

cheapest means of keeping his land

. in shape; and as the milk which the

cattle produce is suﬁicient to pay for
their maintenance, the barn refuse
must be classed as proﬁt.

“I think that on this point the
board of health and the people of De-
troit have the advantage over the
farmer, and can enforCe the rules f01
pure milk Without danger to the Sup-
ply, in spite of the farmers’ threats.
The farmers have never been able to
maintain a ﬁrm organization. They
are jealous of one another and in the

long run are unable to agree 011 a pro-
gram.

“If the board of health wanted to
put the small dalryman out of busi-
ness, it could do it in a minute; but
it doesn’t. Only one thing would be
necessary to force the little dealer to
the wallwand that would be. to re—
quire the pasteurization of all milk
sold in Detroit. The small dealers
could not afford to install the neces-
sary machinery; the big creameries
would at once take over the entire
milk supply.”

It is not necessary to stick a fros—I
ty bit into the horse's mouth these
cold mornings. If you are going out
early hang the bridles by the kitchen
stOVe the night before.

 

l

., “The choice which the voters have to make is simply this:

, Shall they have a government free to serve them, free to serve

rALL Of them, or shall they continue to have a government

which dispenses Special favors, and which is always controlled
:III%,Iby those to Whom the Specwl favors are dispensed. 1’”

Woo'DRow WILSON

 

onE CENT PER (:on (

PARCELS POST DOING

_ket

 

so WEEKS
on MORE .-

A BIG BUSINESS

THREE CENTS Is THE COST of?"
DELIVERING A PACKAGE
IN DETROIT.

Figures Which Shoy That the New. ,
Service is Going to be Popular With
the People—Some Changes in the ,.
Methods of Operation to be Made,
but: the Service Wi|| Stay.

The postoﬁice department at Wash-
ington recently made its ﬁrst report
011 the parcel post venture. This re-
pelt ShOWS that the service started
off with a rush in most of the Michi-
gan cities. At the Detroit postoﬂice,
during the ﬁst week of the service,
44,651 packages were handled, a busi-1
ness ﬁve times as great as was cared
for ,by the Grand Rapids ofﬁce. The
entire postal receipts on the parcel
post business originating in the De-
troit oﬁicc, during the ﬁrst week, were
$2,230.79. There were 295 insured
packages sent from the Detroit post-
oﬂic'e and 295 received. Detroit de-
livered a total of 14.428 packages in
the ﬁrst seven days, and sent out
over 30,000. The number of pack-I.I
ages handled‘l‘n other cities were 'as
follows: .

Adrian, 1.704: Albion, 546; Allegan,
430; Alma, 347: Alpena, 382; Ann Ar-
bor, 1,805; Battle Creek, 8,435; Bay
City, I 7‘38; Balding, 344: Benton Har-
bor, 923; Big Rapids, 524; Boyne, 284;
Cadillac: 57],; Calumet, 282; Caro, 209;
Charlotte, 454: Cheboygan, 269; Cold-
Water. 706: Detroit, 44.651; Dowagiac,
569; Escanaba, 505; Flint, 1.814; Grand
Haven, 35]; Grand Rapids, 11,339;
Greenville, 452; Hancock, 270; Hast-
ings, 500; Hillsdale, 569; Holland, 920;
lonia, 696; Iron Mountain, 332; Iron—
wood, 326; Ishpeming, 332; Jackson,
5,627; Kalamazoo, 5,875; Lansing, 3,;
796; Lapeer, 226; Laurium, 242; Lud—
ington, 819; Manistee, 538; Mar-
quette, 5132; Marshall, 5,317; Menom- ’
inee, 306; Monroe, 495; Mt. Clemens,
28-1; Mt. Pleasant, 616; Muskegon,
1,145: Negaunec, 216; Niles, 372;
Owosso, 758; Petoskey, 457; Pontiac,
913; Port Huron, 2,801: Saginaw, 2,-
358; Saginaw, west side, 775; ISt.‘
Cl air, 606;I St. John, 439; St. Joseph,
823; Sault Ste. Marie, 564; South
Haven, 420; Sturgis, 466; Three Riv—
ers, 386; Traverse City, 787; Wyan-
dotte, 42]; Ypsilanti, 752.

Postmaster Warren, of the Detroit
office, has ﬁgured that the actual cost ~
of handling the parcels thus far de-
livered within the limits of the city
of Detroit, runs about three cents
each. The actual increase of the busi-
ness at the Detroit office since the'
ﬁrst week has been over 400 per cent. ,
From the reports, it is shown that the
farmers are not using parcel post to
any great extent, in disposing of their
products. This can be accounted for
from the fact that no satisfactory
packages for shipping farm products
have as yet been placed on the mar. .
Perhaps it is just as well that
the farmers are a little slow in taking».
advantage of the service. Perishable
products cannot be handled promptly
enough to. warrant any great number

(Continued on Page Five)

 

 


 

 

 

. "deveIOpm’ent from. week to ‘

certainly demonstrates that a

1.0.12: concerted action is needed, in-
13 r to eitect 'a betterment of con-'

1.11.3111. existing in thetuture.

‘It has been a number of years

since We have experienced just
. , such conditions as are facing
. us at the present time. Not in ten
Years have we noticed the buyers
showing their
relative to the purchasing of the pres-
ent Crop. They seem to have lo‘st all
their nerve entirely. They threw up
their hands about three weeks ago
. and since that timehave not lowered
them. The situation seems to have
gotten the better" of them. At sea
seems to be the general feeling pre-
dominant—serious and critical is the
situation when the dealers will ad-
vise that no market exists on a com-
modlity Regardless of all these con-
* ditions, there is a market at the pres-
, out time on to which all of these dif—
,ferent grades of hay can go and
bring a fair price. There is absolute-
. 1y no excuse whatever. for the dealers
over the state taking their present
position relative to the same. It is a
forcible demonstration of the position
. .the grower and buyer assumes with
reference to the raising and dispos-
’ ing of a crop. You can readily ap-
preciate that 'the buyer is going to
purge the situation at all hazards—is
not going to take any chance what-

‘ » ever—is going to play a safe game or

, not play at all. That is the true com-

mercial situation existing along all
lines today. The grower takes all the
uchances of raising a 010p; the buyer
3 alts, and if conditions are not satis—
ta, tory, will not buy. This should
» at us to thinking and start you to
action. If these feIIOWS are going to
Q lay down when the situation looks a
.,- little hazardous, simply buying your
stuff when they can be well assured
of a long proﬁt, then it is time for
you to take the whole situation in
, ‘ your own hands and make your own
» medium of: disposition~be your owu
sales agents—do the business end of
your business.

The hay situation remains quiet.
practically overfed constantly, with
the higher qualities of timothy and
mixed of high color going readily at
quotations. The lower grades con-
tinue to be subject to sacriﬁced prices.
It appears that there is no conserva-
tive expectancy for a much better
condition to exist on low grades of
hay, but we certainly can. if handled
properly, not only hold, but improve
the situation on good qualities. In
order to improve the situation, we
must hold: back this good stuff—make
them want it—make them come
across with an advance to get it~—play

. the game to win, and play it just as
long as you have to, to Win.

\

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No. 1 Michigan ......... $10 00
Zone No. 2 Michigan ......... 10.60
Zone N o. 3 Mich igun ......... .l 1 .60
Zone ~ No. 4 Michigan ......... 1 If."
Zone No. 5 Michigan ....... I . 10.60
Zone No. 6 Michigan ......... 1 1.60
Zone No. 7 Michigan ......... 12. 00

NOTE—The prices given are on a
basis of No. 1 Timothy hay in the
diﬂerent Michigan pfreight zones.
This give. you the price thst Michi-
gan dealers should be able to pay
for this commodity. f. o. b. their stu-
t:ons, under existing market condi-
t and.

present disposition ..

HE Weather Man takds his
T stations and "guess
our reports from other 11
take a chance at the mark.
the weather man. B111: 1
“soaked” it will pay. _

\‘r I » I 1.

market, at proﬁtable pricas.

hour" prOposition.
IoWer but we would take a. chance.

 

‘I dition'as we have been experiencing ' ’

here. A condition of this kinda always

puts the trade in a very bad way, an:

settling the situation from all angles,
and it takes some little time, patience
and perseverance to get back on to a
good clean-cut working basis. During
this glutted condition through which
we have just passed, there was no
market standard whatever. It was

_ simply a horse trade every time’ you

sold a car; but now there is a stand»-

ard of price, a market level estabg

lished; although the same is low,
there ShOWS a decided improvement
over the unsettled condition we have
been experiencing. This market is in
shape to line up with any improve-

ment that could be brought to bear,

on the general situation

HAY—~DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy ............... $15.00
No. 2 Timothy ............... 13.00
Light mixed
No. .
Rye Straw ....................
“’hent and Out Straw ........

 

9.00

 

 

 

 

 

DETROITwThe situation on this

I market has gradually worked around,
on to a natural basis, being about in‘

line with conditions in general The
maiket continues to be crowded, but
not of so serious and glutted a con-
, ditlon as we have been experiencing
the last couple of Weeks.
meant something to the situation to

have gone through so serious a mm H

/ ,Threshea Timothy

It has .

Get c your “S _‘ . "

No.1—~Good substantial dismaznd
0 ._._.
promoted. No.13—-Market very quiet;has1 every
fed. No. 4--No proﬁt at ruling prices. If you can
No. 5—Better keep in port

£1151 present conditiOns favor steady

- cause if

arket clearing. up and better prices
pearance of being over:-
91d this is an “eleventh

Storm (111. Prices may go '_

 

I/ . ‘ I

BOSTON—There is " but little
change to the New England market
since our last week’s report. We!
hardly feel safe in stating that there

is anygmaterial improvement, although »

there is a little better tone to the

situation by virtue of lighter receipts

of the more cemmon qualities. This
would not mean only so much. he»
the improvement should
make a change, 'the market would be
Sympathetic with it and at once take
on its former condition.‘ ‘

 

HAY—BOSTON MARKET.

Lnrs‘e Sin-ll

bales. bales.

choice ........... $22.00. $21.00

’I 200019.00

20.00 19.00

Buy. . . .. 10.00 , 15:00.

Huy, . 18.0018.00

Hay, clover mixed. .18.00 18.00

Hay, stock ............ 15.00 15.00
Long rye straw ...... . 17.00

Tangled rye straw. . . . 12.00 12.00

Out straw . . . 11.00 11.00

NOTEuLurge bales Weigh from
200 to 250 pounds; medlu‘xnI holes
from 80 to 100 pounds.

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—The receipts of
timothy hay continue to be quite lib-
eral, but notwithstanding the same.
the demand seems able to cope with
it and arrivals are beingdnisposed of
without difﬁculty at quotations. Clover
and threshed hay buyers are pretty
well stocked up, causing arrival of
these grades to be pretty well stocked
11p, causing arrivals of these grades
to be hard to place. There is a little
better feeling with reference to bright
qualities of mixed hay. Prairie hay
also shows ‘a little betterment «of
tone. Strictly No. 1 timothy con—
tinues to be very scarce and wanted.

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy Hay .......... $16.00
No. 2 Timothy hay .......... 15.00
No. 3 Timothy ............... 13.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay. . . .‘ . . . . 15.00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ........ 15.00
No. 1 Out straw .............. 10.2
No, 1 Clover hay...

Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . .

No. 1 Rye straw ............. ,

 

 

No. 1 wheat straw ............

 

CHICAGO—Receipts continue to be
comparatively light, with a good stiff
demand existing; offerings of practi-
cally all grades are meeting with
prompt sale. Better qualities are in
many cases selling at a'little premium
over general quotations; the lower
qualities doing well in most cases to
bring quotations. The tone to the
situation is fairly satisfactory. With

the conditions, generally, in any kind .

of shape this market would quickly
advance. The straw market is very
slow.

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.

Choice Timothy 1 . $17.00
No. 1 Timothy ..... ........\/ 15.50
No. 2 Timothy ................ 13. 00
Light CIOVer Mixed .......... 14.00
No. 2 Mixed hay ......... I ..... 11.00
No. 3 Timothy ........ p ........ 1 1.00
Clover

Marsh feeding hay ..... . ......
Packing . . . . .
Choice Altnlru. . . . . . .

No.1 Alfalfa ........ . .......
Rye .........\.....
Outs

sagas--.au..-...o-u‘u.-v-

NEW YORK———Receipts have con-
tinued» very liberal .at all delivering
points, with the resnlt that the gen-
eral situation is no more than normal
based on last week’s quotations. This
market is extensive enough so that
there are regular delivering points in
the same, not merely switching points
but regular market points. Through
the, medium of embargoes and diver-
sion, this market has been kept in a
fairly steady condition. The tone to.
the situation shows no improvement
on .common qualities of hay.
large baled timothy is looked after
and will bring a little premium; small
baled hay of No 1 quality is also in
demand, but not particularly at a
premium. Small baled hay in mixed
and clover _has been subject to dis-
count; some qualities in large bales
comparatively steady.

 

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET.

Large Small
bales, bnles,
per ton. per ton.
21.00
10.50
18.00
Shipping 15.00
Light Clover Mixed. .
No. 1 Clover Mixed. .
No. 2 Clover Mixed. . .
No. l Glover ...........
No. 2 Clover ..........
Straw—-
No. 1 Rye .............
No. 2 Rye ......... . . .
No. 1 0nt...: ....... .' 11.50
No. 1 Whent.....I ...... 11. 50
NOTE—Lnrs‘e bales weigh
200 to , 250 pounds; medium
from 80 to 100 pounds.

from
hnles

 

 

 

“SAVES MANY TIMES COST.”

“1; am with you wishing Michi-
gan Farming in every farm home,
as it has helped- me many times its
00 st already..”——0 0 Hall, Brown
City, Mich. ‘

 

{ POTATOES

 

 

 

 

 

‘Whent ....................,... y
. » , . ,.

 

Regardless of the cause, we are '
experiencing a little cleanup,~
, ,. a?

betterment of general, ..

foundation.
ought to be held on a healthybasis. I

40c.

power to (30111310
most any given ii

2110.11 which faces us—-a

through the channel of r ..
position W,e all can see, that
of supply and demand is the grep.
regulatOr that 0-111" great commérc "
Clock has. We contend ‘that the lady
of supply and demand ought to
egulated» through disposition by t
man who raised the crop, ”and it c’
be If the law. of Supply and (demand
regulates the price, regulates the tone.

:to the situation; then it is up to us

regulate the supply and demand re 1
11119. You have a chance make: "
This potato situatio

We advised setting your stakes at
We continue to feel that this
is a most conservative basis, just
about right Watch the tone to the
situation most carefully. If it begins
to sag, cut down on your sales, dent

Ifeed thismarket animal too fast; keep ,

it hungry, regulate your Jdispo‘sition.

I That is the keynote to the imprOVB- ,f

ment of the situation.

 

POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONE

PRICES.
Zone No. 2 Michigan. . . .‘ 1.3 .38’
Zone No.‘ 4
,Zone No. 5 Michigan .......... .41
Zone No. 7 Michigan .......... .43
Zone No. 6 Michigan.. ..... .41.

NOTE—From present market con- ‘
dltions, local dealers in the freight
zones should pay you the price
quoted aboVe for No. 1 stock de-
“‘13er at their stations. These
prices can be increased by taking.

 

 

advantage of special cnrlot oders.‘

 

Fancy ,

DETROIT—Detroit is a. little slow
in responding to the advance as set .
by the trade in general Being well
taken care of, there was no grand

rush or great alarm over the situate-«‘2 ‘

tion. Dealegs naturally hung back
reviewed situation carefully, ~ ,
traversed the entire commercial ﬁeld
and in many cases have succeeded in
ﬁlling their wants at the old price.
There is little question but what the
situation, in general, shows improve-
ment here; not much of an advance"
in price yet, but getting ready for it. .

 

POTATOES—DETROIT MARKET."

Bulk from car, per bu. . . .40 to .45
*Sacked from car, per bu. . .4510 .50
‘Sncks must be even weight. 150
pounds. .
, Price quoted includes cost 01 suck,-
about 10%c each .

 

 

 

CHICAGO—There is a little better"; -
feeling existing on the Chicago mar-

k-et, but it really seems a task to
bring up quotations because of heavy
receipts constantly on hand Even.
with the better tone existing to the.
general situation—heavy. receipts»

added to quite [a percentage of com» . '

mon quality stock, and in some cases,
stock out of condition, has made an
advance come very‘slowly. The Wis-

consin shippers will watch the Chi- ._

cago situation and whenever there 15
any chance whatever. take advantage ,

 

, "‘I will say that the little page
paper is a paper that ought Ito b

 

 

 

Michigan ...... ". . . . .40 . I, : "

 

 


 

 

 

.111 price nhas not as ,j

" ery much ‘ evidence,

 

 

MARKET

' 1k rom cai' per bu . .50 “1.56
1311.1 ked 1mm iear. per mi 1 .5510 .58

"RI must be even weirht.'150

.Pr1cc quoted incluch coIt 0! Inch.
I, Ft 1056!! etc)» -

‘PI‘TTSBURGH—The receipts con-

tinue to be comparatively. heavy on ‘

this market. All arrivals however,
have been taken care of quickly,
which goes to show that a good de-
and exists. There is every evidence
otfan advance in sight and the trade
seems~disposed to meet it fairly,. when
Comes... The mar‘ et has actually
changed: a little but- holdings on track
*were hard to place at any material
advance. The general tone to the
situation is quite satiisfactory.

POTATOES—PITTSBURGH
L" *- . .' MARKET. ~
Bulk from car, per bu. 148111.52
*Sacked from car, For bu.

*SéckI must. be even weight. 150
pounds. .

Price quot ‘
about 10m

. «AL 3.7

'incluch coIt of lack '

 

, “I think War paper is just grand
and just ef the farmer needs.” -—-
Franlc Townsend, Freeland, Mich.

WHEAT

' You can re ..din appieciate that
With the wheat market touching
its present and recent past
that all kinds of rumors, all

_ . of reﬂectioh’s have been
rought to bear on the situation
ause, through these different

 

 

 

t ,genera’l situation are hoped to be
brought about. Modiﬁcati‘ons go to
3 make up the stock in trade, or the

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.
,“No. 1 White.. . . . .....31 14%
“ No. 2 Red.1,15%

Speculative Price's.
"‘December delivery . . . ‘. . . .3145
;_*May deliv‘ery . . . . . . . . .' ..... 1.19% ,
‘The priceI given for December
, if)“ May delivery repreIeut the h- ‘
titre delivery price», ThiI infor-
but!“ merely xiveI you the future
"-i’ih of thin commodity ll “urea

 

 

P‘ the
g '1 ﬁne paper and
e have long wanted ”

 

 

 

l appreciate. .lint is coming

.52 to .58’ '
the whole situation.

While there is every evidence
of a most healthy general situ-
ation existing and with a bright

..-'7':prom1se for the same in the future,
still there is a disposulon just at the
‘moment toWard disposing too fast by

you as a producer. You will have to

‘be a' little cautious, a; little careful.
about this feature, or you will see a.

little drop in the general market. If

ly011.<‘:an believe, along with us, that

the general situation is most healthy.
it would then develop that there was
no excuse for rushing your bean hold-
ing s on to the market. We have ad-
vised, that on basis of the outlook and
possibilities that the present stand-

ard of level Was below that which

was possible to make for this com-
modity. We think that beans could
be put to a $2. 40 basis to the pro-
ducer by proper disposition on your
part. We feel the possibility of this
by virtue of the outside conditious
and also of the feature of Michigan
alone- holding 'such an important.
place in production. Practically every
elevator is pretty well loaded up with
beans right now.
aboutwhere we could force a break,
should we be careless or disposed to
rush Our beans to market. We ask
you to review the situation carefully
and if the situation, as a result, looks
safe and sane to you, to hold off
marketing for a few days. A healthy,
steady market? is much preferred to

' anything of a spirited or up and down

A break in the market hurts
It takes quite a
little time. to bring conditions back
to a. healthy basis. If We can prevent
a. break, we should do so. It should
be our aim to study the situation, then
show our up-to-date methods of mar-
keting. .You are continuously experi-
encing results out of What we con-
sider up-to—date marketing, which is a
result of an educational campaign
along these lines. As an individual,
you have become aware of the possi-
bilities and of the part that you, as an
individual must play in this great
commercial game.

nature.

 

BEANS—DETROlT MARKET.
White. hand-picked basis. . . ...3218
Red Kidney. . ................ . 2.30

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No.2 Michtgan ............ $2.13
Zone No. 3 Michigan ........ ‘2..2 .218
Zones 4, 5. 6 and Michigan. 2.20

NOTE—We give you above the
price- that Michigan dealerI Ihould
be able to pay you for beam. hand-
picked balls, in the diaerent freight
zone: of Michigan. The Pink Sheet
haI Iet the price for bennl, hand-
picked hands. at the uveruxe Michi-

 

 

5,7 thine who Ipecnlate on [future

 

 

“.31 chance for trade.

We ‘
't hat theopmwn of even "

gun points, at 32.40 per bushel.

 

 

“We ﬁnd the paper all one could
desire and always loolo for ward to
the . day it comes.’ ’—,—- phralm
Hughes, R F. D. 3,1mlay 0ity,'

OATS

We appreciate that at some

 

 

 

 

a: genuin

ﬁnally comes almost at once.
not look for Gate to jump or spring,‘
1 but :We do look for a continuation on

x.M'lcﬂmgan 3035- 7

. . 61915 .
1; _ one- half can gh-
shes been able" tow

15"‘1aée otthi's, we netice a

about the present- basis for some little
time, that the tendency is gradually

fer a little betterment Of conditions to

exist.

 

CATS—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 3 Mixed? . .

 

CINCINNATI—There was only a
moderate business in evidence with
general values held intact all around.
Oﬁerings were small on all grades,

9with the trade. neither holding back

or showing any particular spirit. The

situation was held on about its for»

mer basis.

 

OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET.

Standard ........ . ...........

No. 3 White. . . . . ..‘ ..........

No, 4 White ................. .35':
No. 2‘ Mixed ................. .301/n
No. 3 Mixed ............... ,. . . .35

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH~—The main trouble
with this market is a lack of demands.
Just Why a condition of this kind is
in evidence is a question Very likely
it is only of a temporary nature. Many
times the condition of the hay mal-
ket, mill feeds in general, has much
to do with the situation existing on
this commodity at special intervals.
No cut in quotations has been experi-
enced, which goes to show that the
regular handlers do not feel alarmed

over the general Situation,

 

”The situation is.

OATS—PITTSBU BGH MARKET.

Standard . 36%
N0 3 White ................. 351/:
N0. 4 \Vhite .................. 34%
No. 2 Mixed .............. . . .
N o. 3 Mixed .................

 

 

market centers cats are having 7
t o'mttlilitain and y; ..

“Your paper. Jlllchigan Business
Farming. is all right and worth
many times the price of same."———
Albert L. Stein, R. F. D. 5, Imlay
Olly, Mich.

We do.

 

 

" There is little room for "sang
in our write-up lot the s it“
situation There continues, a

be a good demand on part of tits
heavy handlers for the same. This”

goes to show a continuation of the
past feeling maintained towards the

same. This demonstrates to us that
all large handlers who in turn, ‘should
know the Situation, feel very friendly; ,
indeed towards the future expect-jg”
ancy of this commodity We have 1
noticed in some particular instanCes, ’
that "a little premium would be cf-
fered in order. to effect getting hold
of offerings made This proves that
a most healthy situation is under-
stood to exist by the real Doctors of ‘
this patient. .

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
MARKET. . '

June, prime .................. $12.00
Mammoth, prime ........ . ..... 12.00
Alsike, prime 13.00
’I‘ilnothy Seed, prime .......... 2.107

 

 

 

“This little pink paper is a clan-
dy; it’s all right. Send me a few
sample copies."—Chas. H. Hunt,
Chesam‘ng, Mich.

 

CORN

 

 

D: We are pleased to note that
Just a little better tone to the
general situation exit ts at the
present time Just how well war-
ranted and well founded the same is,
is quite impossible to determine; but
“ith the steady manner in which this
impiovement has been blought about,
we would feel that the same must
be quite well warranted or it would
not exist. With the abundant crop,
we could not expect that large hand-
lers would enhance quotations unless
the situation was decidedly healthy,
and as a Iesult, some real and sub-
stantial reason for the same. We
mus t not expect that a spirited mar-
l:et would natuially be the outcome
this season VVe ought not to look
Continued on Page Six

 

BUSINESS

the leading market centers.

know whether your local dealer is
giving- you a square deal or not.
Below We give you the “Business
Farming Zone Map of Michigan."
You. will notice that in connection
with the map we give you the ap-
proximate rate per hundred pounds
for shipments by freight to the
markets named on most of the prod-
ucts of your farm. These rates
will vary a. Little at different points,
therefore We advise you to go to your
local railway agent and get the rates
from 111111.119 is obliged by law to
give you the rates, and with these
rates and the “Pink Sheet" you are
secure.

Zone 1—Sauit Ste. Marie.
New York C .32
Pittsburgh .
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone 2—Ka1kasn.
New York City ..... ..
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
. Chicago
Detroit

Zone tan—Bay Citg.
New York ity ..... . . . .
Pittsburgh . . . ..
- Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit . . .

zone 4—Greenviue.
New York City..........
_ Plttsburgs
Cincinnati
Chicago
, Detroit . . .

son. Smsmdul
., New York C ty
.. ’Eittiburlh

...-II
..... .- ......
......

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IOOIDlOOIQOODO

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Michigan F_reight Zones 1»

VERY FARE/{ER
E should know the freight rate

from his shipping station to
With

this key you are in a positiOn to

3:51 -—J._. W “’va
. _. .... 1...

an...

MIEH'EAN '” APPRSVS:ATE
FHEIEHT / ' .:.\RATES TO

...- LEADING
Z. "N E 5// 7.. MARKETS

(SEE
TABLE
BELOW)

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Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zone S—Vicksbnrf.
New York C ty..........
Pittsburgs
Cincinnati
Chicago . .
Detroit

lone 74011111110. .
New York City...... .....
,1 Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
, Chicao
/ . , iDetro t

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IFTY WEEKS OR,“ MORE ONE-y EN

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EDITOXRIAL.‘

ICHIGAN people in general and the. farmers in particular,
are getting mighty tired of the discussion that has been going
on for 10, these many years over the sugar tariff. The Senate

on HURON
Sherman Bldg.

 

 

Committee had another hearing last week, and every mother’s sorlj~

who is getting a rake- off out of the $1. 67 per hundred pound tariﬁ’,

was right on the job, with tears in his eyes, praying that the lead:

pipe tariff cinch be not tampered with.

Sugar Beet Joe Fordney, who was re—
named ‘Sugarssack Joe” during the last
campaign, and who came so near the
buzz- saw that he is shivering yet, acted
as spokesman for the sugar interests.
A dispatch fiom Washington puts it this way: “Mr. Fordney was
coached in the questions bhe propounded by F. R. Hathaway, Sec-
reta’ry of the Michigan Sugar Companyuthe sugar beet trust.”

Uncle Joe Fordney played the‘ sugar beet game” and played
it well for a time but the farmers got onto his cu1ves, and he made
a home run by the skin of his teeth. His district was against him
by thousands of v,otes but the fact that two candidates were in the
ﬁeld let him within the enclosure again.
growers needed was a good friend in Congress to present their side
of the case and they will have such a friend two years hence.

Sugar beet giowers realize that they are in no way beneﬁted
by the present tariff on sugar. Every family pays to the Sugar
Beet Manufacturers of Michigan a tax of $1. 67 on every one hun—
dred pounds of sugar they consume. If this tax were necessary; if
the beet sugar manufacturers would give the farmers a square deal;
if they would pay a decent wage to the men they employ—it would
be different. But it is a factb that they have screwed the farmer
right doWn to a bare existence and they pay their employes less
wages than any other manufacturers

" PUT UP, SHOW UP
' OR SHUT UP.

We are not throwing bricks at the industry; we want to see it
succeed; but so long as these manufacturers, like great big sponges
take everything in, and never give- anything back, there’s going to
‘be a demand on the part of the people that the beet sugar manufac—
turers either “put up, show up or shut up.” When thefarmers

asked for a raise in the price of beets, they simply ignored the re- ‘

quest. President Warren, of the Michigan Sugar Company, was the
only one to reply, and he said: “If the farmers aren’t satisﬁed with
the price, why in h-l don’t they raise potatoes?”

Warren has made his millions ,out of the sugar business, and

_ still he cries for an opportunity to continue to suck the government’s .

.-“Sugar teat. ” If the farmers could answer his appeals for help, they
-_would calmly ask him, “Why in 11—1 he didn t maniifacture brooms
if it doesn’t pay to manufacture sugar.” ,
‘ Wle hope that the Wilson administration will do away with this
.Tom~fool committee business, and get rig-ht down to braSS tacks.
_f the people are to be taxed to support the sugar beet induStry,
et’Vs know why, when and how. If the “infant” needs further hour-

1 ,ing; if it hasn’t got beyond its days of Vbellyaaches; all VVright; _'

.4 [has a right to inquire
‘ ”He wants, to kno '. hv

What the sugar beet" on sugar.

e CI“ 11611 every four coin _
infant‘ «ndustry dealhas been.

 

 

IS CERT AINLY

“HUMMER”

BEHOLDI:
1 HONEST SUGAR MANUu-w
FACTURER.

While Representatives of thei’Michi:

gan Sugar Trust 'Are, Using Every:
Means to Retain the Present Tar-j

iff, George P. Hummer, of Grand
Rapids, Turns on the Light. ,

It is indeed refreshing to know

there is at least one man interested.

in the manufacture of sugar who is.
During the
past week the beet. sugar manufac-s

willing to tell the truth.

turers of Michigan have had their
innings with the Senate committee and

they have been crying their eyes out‘

in an effort to‘ retain the present tariff

on sugar was made a campaign issue
lastfall, and Mr Warren of the Mich-
igan Sugar Company, tried to sweeten
up the professional politicians in an

. effort to get the right kind of repre- '
sentatives at Washington. For his eig

forts he‘ received a goodspanking, and
he has not been heard of since elec—
tion. However; the companies who

have waxed fat at the expense of the ‘
,farmer and the consumer as well, are ,

not without their'friends, bought and
paid for, Of course, and they have
tried to make a shoWing before the
senatecommittee. Headed by Con-
gressmanFordney, of the Saginaw
- district, they haVe tried to prove that
if the tariff was reduced the sugar
companies would have to go out of
‘business. Their representative, how-

ever, has dealt mainly in generalities, '

' and no ﬁgures have been presented to
the committee that would show_ how
much proﬁt they are making.

The Michigan Sugar Company have
made up a rag baby and labeled it

“The Michigan Sugar Reﬁning COm-
pany,” and with this they are trying .
to scare the beet sugar growers. It.
developed in a. hearing before the .,
committee that the awful American .
“trust of.

Reﬁning COmpany, the
trusts,” owned about 40 per cent of
. the stock of the Michigan Sugar Com-
patty; therefore, the two concerns
are certainly well enough acquainted
to be companio‘nable bedfellows. ,

Despite that. he is appearing in

Washington as the oﬁlcial represen-ﬁV
7 tative of One of the Michigan beet,”
sugar Voompanles, George P. Hummer,

Rapids, has taken the posi-

lthlrd of; the present high,

may be lapped of! with
ets ‘ busine

,WE HAVE FOUND AN ,'

Thefquestion of the tariff '

,thé‘ attitude of others .

was not given a chance to ope

tore the members of the ways, ,
means committee by Henry T: , XE,

‘n‘ard, who contrdlled the time of tli

beet sugar men, but today be

seated his views to members ‘of. the

committee individually He told them
that the Holland-St. Louis Company,
Which he represents, has paid ill-yi-
dends averaging 15 per cent and that;
one dividend or 60 per cent was phi

The latter dividend cdvered severe.

years' business, however;. .
Mr. Hummer as a strong Democrat

was able to“ approach the ni.310ﬁt ,
members of the committee and ha.

them heed his arguments as it pany
man

out duty is reduced more than one

third it will undermine the industry. wit;

Mr. Hummer, because he was un-.
able to voice his views before the en‘-
tire committee, has ﬁled a brief and

will return to Michigan today.

The Grangers of tha , t,
the time is ripe for a?
ment toward lease. ' ' .-.
increasing proﬁts an

federate their interests, ‘- - oted hi

‘the following: While there hiss been no

demonstration of an insurgent nature
among the farmers attending the
Kansas Agricultural and' Industrial.

vcongress here there was an evident
.desire. to take independent action of
some kind. \ . _

 

, SPECIAL yes-11¢:
To the Founders of

FARMING

It you were one or the 111
farmers who helped found ‘
weekly Market and Crop Re
111 the face of the combined
sition of the Market (ﬂush or! an

‘the Parasite Produ‘caw-‘Bu
pending Ten or Tm
o app y 011: s'tull
SUBSCRIPTl/ON

 

Remember our issue a
. "pink-moat

 

He claimed that it the pres:

MICHIGAN BUSINESS "5

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t31al conditions
i" . at, but- When“
3 dispatches re:

' and lemon
is ewe “found its way

' ‘ made to a central committee.
,.*i‘he’ truth must be told and it is a
~' that the. Galifornia vegetable and

tory of that state, and no record of
a disaster equal to the present can

The temperature on the fatal Sun-
any evening, over the entire southern
portion of California, dropped slowly

3. to from 103 to312 degrees below frees» .1
= mg. The government weather bureau, .
iW‘ﬁ'gf'te‘mpsratui‘es 119111 the tons. of 3,
possessionsangeles,’ San "Diego ’
and other places, recorded as low as 2

19 to 20? below, and private reports,
. "item on, the‘ ground and in groves, re-

3 freezing. on the day
he temperature over the
southern part of the state remained

train 26 to 303 degrees, and on the 101- 1
33,33 lowing evening the temperature grad-3
"‘1 ually‘ dropped to points equal

3 net lower than the night before. On
:fTuosday morning, when the fruit
‘igrowers, who were nearly worn out
by their 48 hours’ ﬁght with King

F‘host, visited their groves, they

*3: {a cued- that frOm 75 to 930 per cent of
he fruit and vegetation of all kinds

7 ‘ had been absolutely destroyed. In
places citrous fruits hung on'

man-
133 trees frozen solid.
hater reports shOw that not an

angel or lemon grove or a Whole ‘

ﬁeld. of vegetables in the state ‘esoap-
.ed‘. Older trees as WelL as young
3‘3. ones are badly damaged. Many, no
3’; doubt, Will not survive while it will
ake others many years -to grow new
£ruﬁ...,w00d and reach their former

tion; The total loss to crop and;

estimated at $50, 000, 000.
- . battle of the growers to save
th 1111199311 is one lon to be remem-

bored. All thrOugh t e citrous dis— -

.t‘ri'cts, every. man IWOman and child
his to handle a. smudge pot fought
sperately for two ni‘ his, but each
1311‘ in passing took ith3 it $1, 000,-

0030' worth 'of fruits and” vegetables. ,

1111.29191ch on the fatal night many
ﬁrowersahandoned all hope, but mil-
7 ,3 f. of smudge note were kept going

.3, s ..

c'OnSpired to depress the market.
11,3 lithe genera: markets have stood up exceptionally

' ' 3 ng price

.3,

Beans

IOI,O-II‘I -

“Butter ;. . . .*..

Eggs.
Poultry

 

«cold. Weather. of the: middle west and

an 'o‘nrush of the so—called Sill plus
ﬁbett’er shape.
he 'prin 111a] markets for all products are being

_3 ' t61;ily supplied through the stocks held by country buyers,
Te arm. '8 Will- uso discretion in disposing of the stocks they

LAS MINUTE before going to press,
‘ ' .‘ 3934 commodities from the principal- market centers. '3A
torment covering conditions, our prediCtions and special

3 " q 1 White (large mills paying) ..... ”$1 14%
Wh tNo. 2 Red (large mills paying)”
3032113 .,3 Standard . . . . . . 3
”Rye .....

not...

‘Hay (best market today,N ew‘ York). at . I
‘3 Potatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at

Dressed Hogs (Detroit ‘Market). .3. . . . . . . . . . . . .

The California freeze, the north?
All things
moment signify if anything, that

The money market holds

A ._..... - .A -

we secure quotations

The

..... .1151/,

preperty far 1911 and 1912
" 91'1. -
State tax. . . .9 6 5123,0110. 22 $ 5, 451, 852.

\ High’y tax"

 

 

during the next 12 hours The wind
was strong, and this effort proved of
little avail in; heating all of outdoors.

A' correspondent istates that the
morning .afterthe freeze the groves
looked as if they. ‘had been damaged
by ﬁre The stories from the differ-
ent districts .vary but little. The dam-
age is Widespread and the loss almost
complete. A report from the Red-
lands district, which is, considered
one of the safest,- says. "‘This vicin-
ity has had the worst freeze in its
history. .011 the lowlands the thermo-
meter registered 14 degrees, and on
the high land as 10w as 18 degrees.
Not 10 per cent of the oranges in the
district can possibly be saved. Groves
heretofore immune {have been hit
NurSery stock and trees are all bad-
ly damaged” A11 eastern buyer
states. that Tuesday morning after the

3 freeze he foundice ,two inches thick. '

His report says that not 10 per cent
of the- crop can be saved. A Writer
to an eastern publication says that the
calamity is so great that in other
countries the same thing would be
regarded as an occasion for a gen-

. eral subscription to relieve the suf—

ferers, but Californians are not eas-

ily defeated, and just as slowly and

surely as San Francisco arose to a
beautiful and modern city from its
bed of ashes, California vegetable and
fruit growers will Phoenix-like, arise
to more scientiﬁc methods and great-
or production as well as greater Suc-
cess 'One hundred and ﬁfty thousand
people are more or less affected by
this sudden freeze and the work of
many years has been destroyed in a.
single night ,

PARCELS POST DOING
.' A BIG BUSINESS
(Continued from Page One)

of shipments at presont Some

changes must be made,: not only in 3
. .31 I the rates charged, but in the manner;

Of delivering. However these changes
will come about naturally enough, as

HEAVEN 'FORBID.

James D. Jerome, a representative
from the Detroit district, has present—
ed a bill in the state legislature which
will, if passed. give Detroit ﬁve more
legislators. There are at present 100
members in the lower house, and
there 1can be legally no more, as the
legal number is anywhere from 62 to
100, and the limit is already reached.
Therefore, if Detroit is to have ﬁve

' more representatives, some other sec-

tion must lose.

The Detroit Journal, in speaking in
favor of the bill, says: “Between
them Wayne and Kent counties will
have 25 members, exactly one-quar-
ter of the entire house, and this mem-
bership, it is thought, will tend to
somewhat lessen the inﬂuence of
farmers’ clubs among the representa—
tives.”

In the past the voters of Detroit
have given mighty little attention to
the selection of timber for the sen-
ate and house, and as a consequence.
Wayne county has been represented
by a job lot of professional politicians.
No one would object to Detroit’s hav-
ing additional representatives, pro-

‘yog'ue during" the past V as

will be best far all. canoe no, i ‘ ﬁlm]
one legislates for her. “ 2 ”

The state tax commission has git; '
on out the following table showing
the comparison of taxes on g-en‘er ,

1912.

4 717, 880 .81
1,191,002.69
8,532,423.35
3,471,432.39
815,227.24
216,059.66

County tax.
Towns’p tax.
School tax.

County road.
Drain tax.. ;
City tax ..... 12,344,155.80

Village tax. . 1,490,847.76 ‘
Rejected tax, 13,656.24 10.1325. 0

Total .'....3$39,315,699.16 “3,242,968.04"I

[PUSH rr- ALONG. ; .3

A half-dozen bills have. already been
presented in the senate. and house, 3
providing ways and means of caring .

for short-term prisoners and furnislr‘ , :

ing employment for the long-termei‘s.

Representative McBride, of Shiawa5s_". I

see county, suggests that lumber

be given an opportunity to engage in
the muscle-building, blood»enriching
work of swinging the ax and pulling
the saw. Representative Tufts, of
Ludington. also has an idea of his
own: he says:

“We’ve got to do something to save
the young men who go wrong,” he do—
clares. “My four years as sheriff
gave me sufﬁcient insight into the ter-
rible conditions that prevail among
habitual criminals, and also the
almost impossible work of preventing
the habituals from contaminating the
young men. Personally, I believe We
should build two institutions for‘ ﬁrst
termers; one in the central part of
the lower peninsula, say here at Lan-
sing; another at Cheboygan or some
point near there, readily accessible to
the upper peninsula, to serve the
northern part of the state. Send the
young men there and: give them suit?
able work under control of men who
have sufﬁcient knowledge of psychol-
ogy to reach the mind of the man
who goes wrong.”

That prison legislation of some sort
vill be passed is practically certain,
as fiom almost every section of the
state has come the demand that the».-
present system of contaminating
young men by herding them _with hat-3

, bitual criminals. perverts and degen-,

 

erates be abolished.
33 standard va-

STAWBERRY PLANTS 3...“... Sent...

Dunlap at $165 per 1,.000 Lowest price: on
vigorous nursery stock in the state.
trated catalog tree.

SERY, Merrill Mich.

 

 

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tween you and the DOLLAR-MAKING in-

formation contained in every single issue of

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can afford to be without this weekly that 18 already gaining fame ’
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camps be established in the north
woods, where the short-termers would?

1913 lllus-
MAmR's PLANT NUR- __ 1. ‘3 .1


. ing
11: doing very well Much de-
of course, on the diSposiItion
umption Whether this is go-

 

1.‘ CORNf—DETROIT MARKET.
.‘No. 2 white. . ................
. ,_ No. 3 white. . ........ _. .......
"1'No. 4 white..............1.-.I..
I;fNo. 2 yellow ........ 1 .........
.‘No. 3 yellow. . -. ............ .. .
~' No. 4 yellow . . .

No. 4 mixed ..................

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET.
No. 2 white ..................
‘ 3 “White ........... ‘ ......
4 white .................
.2 yellow. .‘ ...............
3 yellow ......... . ........
.. 4 yellow ................. .

» No. 2-.mixed ..................
-No. 3 mixed .................
1INo. 4 mixed .................. ..51

coR'N—PITTssune MARKET.
No. 2 white ..................
No. 3 white......... .........
4 white ..................

2 yellow .................

3 yellow .................

4 yellow ..... . ............

2 mixed ..................

. 3 mixed ..................

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Did onu ever stop to think that a
cold anlmal is shivering off pounds

APPLES

 

 

 

The situation from Week to
week continues to demonstrate
that the apple situation is en

. tirely up to those having the same in
_ store—that it depends entirely on the

manner of disposition of the same—
that they have the situation entirely

in their hands—how well organized
. they may be with reference to a cer-
' tain standard of price set, all goes to
determine the real result. We can
see no reason in the world why it is
not most conservative to expect a
most healthy condition to exist from
now on, which would mean a giadual
advance, because from now on we
are facing much (months on which
fruit of this nature is looked to as a
real lux111y, and, in turn. are ex-
pected to bringr an advanced price.
'We Cannot learn that storage houses
are holding an amount in excess of
normal at the present time. Added
to this, we have the report of the
orange situation in California. We
do not believe the damage to the
orange crop. is going to be as severe
as was at first reported. We will not
ﬁgure on this to reﬂect on the future
of apples so very much, but we do
believe that it will have some effect—
that it can be considered as an asset
to the general situation. We are
pleased to report that apples are
keeping very well this year. Prac-
tically every barrel going into stor-
age in proper condition, is coming
1: out likewise. Of course, it may be
Ithe disposition of holders, to hold a
little too long, or in other words, not
to regulate the disposition to the best
advantage. Upon this feature hangs
,the real- possibilities of the future
Tsituation.

[APPLES—GENERAL MARK ET.
Fancy, per barrel ........ 2.00 to 3.00
' lovrdinnry, per barrel ...... 1.00 to 2.00

 

 

 

 

A good sensible horse in the hands
a fool boy causes most any kind
ld man to shudder A whip behind
a cruel bit in front put the p001
Irse in a most unenvimble posh
If the whip is far enough be

6', the boy might be taught to bet
aderstand what the animal surv

 

II . is coating 11 a
butgjust how, extensIVe (it; i
be, still remains a questio

time when regular receivers . would V

have their holdings cleaned up and in
turn be ready to take on a new sup:
plv. This is the class of trade Which

.is making the little change in de-

mand at the present time. We notice
that dealers do not feel ov e/rly strong

and secure on the 1111111er evidenc?
'ed by Quotations they are continu-

ously putting out to the regular trade
We are a little surprised that they do
not take more adVantage of a pos-
sible situation. With the amount
held. back by the dealers in their
storehouses, it may be quite impos-
sible on the part of the producer to
sto regulate disposition as to improve

This is one feature that looms up
as a real barrier to the future situa-
This is a feature which gives
us more alarm than anything else.
We would rather have all of these

onions in the producers’ hands than ,

in the dealers’ hands, because we feel
that we could regulate the disposition
to fully better advantage. The dealer
owns these onions at a low ﬁgure and
they are nice stock. As soon as a
reasonable proﬁt shows, we expect
they will dump March and April
are the heavy months for disposition.
The real demand comes at this time.
We do not expect a recurrence of the
critical 'situation through which we
have passed, but from above reasons,
it is really quite impossible to deter-
mine‘just what the future is going
to develop to.

 

ON IONS.
Detroit.

Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt.$ .70
Red Globe, lacked, per cwt ......
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt..

Red Globe, bulk, per cwt .......

Cincinnati. ,
Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt. .
Red Globe, lacked. per cwt. .....
Yellow Globe, bulk, per ewt. .
Red Globe. bulk, per cwt. ......

Pittsburg.

ltllow Globe, sucked, per ewt.
Red Globe, sucked, per cwt.
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cht.
Red Globe bulk. per cwt ......

'dition of large storers of eggs.

 

 

 

A thermometer in the stable'and a
ﬁxed habit of looking at it will go a
long ways toward establishing propex
temperatures. Don’ t allow Jack Frost
to associate with your cows.‘

CABBAGE

 

 

It does seem peculiar thathe
cannot experience any trme
when there is at least a litttle

Not

tone to the cabbage situation.

since the market broke and Went to .

smash in the fall have we experienc—
ed a solitary time when shipments
of cabbage could be made to any ad-
vantage whatever True it is that oc-
casional cars come in from nearby

points and are sold at comparatively -

satisfactory prices. Trade of this
nature can always be protected be-
cause of being able to take advan~
tage of a momentary situation, also,
able to guarantee delivery at a speci—
ﬁed time Quick shipment and short
haul both tend to make possible the
above result; but frdm a general
standpoint, there is absolutely no en-
couragement «whatever to give out.

~ year of very

 

CABBAGE — GENERAL
MARKET.
Danish. per ton on truck1.No market

 

 

Dome-tic, per ton. track .No market

 

The period (if. gestation in Sheep is

"145 days, or in r‘cund numbers IIﬁIve,I

us
undercurren‘
this comIno‘di It is certainly}

exists. There is no real reason-L—no

,goo‘d substantial excuse for; a cut in
”the price- or butter at the present.
We" appreciate that it is a“

time.
comparatively high market level. PO-

high. It is very possible. that sub

. I e .
that is working on .I ..
. evi- -‘

dent that sum thing of this nature

K

S.

:sibly, the standard was. set a little.“

stitutes have began. to make the same .'

 

BUTTER GENERAL MARKET.
Creamegy No. 1, per pound. . .35
Fancy airy. per pOund. 1.32 '

 

 

rIshoW to be in a top- heavy condition ‘

Your best cows are invariably your

greatest water consumers; yet their

milk is not watered When supplied

through the lips.

EGGS

 

 

 

 

A continuation of mild weather

has increased Wonderfully the

ﬂow of fresh stock. This,.has
had much to do with the excited con-
The
result has been that a gradual dump-
ing is in evidence and accordingly
quite a keen and severe cut has been
made all along the line. We cannot
see any particular hope for advanc-
ing the standard, because with the
heavy amount of storage stock,
which we feel sure exists and also or
the seasoni '1being almost with 11s
when Southern fresh stock will com,-
men‘ce to arrive. The only asset we
have to the situation, as producers of
fresh eggs, is the. feature of two of

‘ the expected coldest months of the

season facing us. 1We do not feel
disposed to advise holding, it don’t
appear to be safe.
advise taking 9‘; chance on a gradual

We would rather »

ﬂow of your holding from day tor

. day

 

EGGS—GENERAL MARKET.

Large fresh ................... 3 .26
Medium fresh- .23

 

 

 

Get "up a community interest in a
certain breed of horses. After a
while buyers will ﬂock to the place
where they know they can buy a
carload of the kind they want,

 

POULTRY

 

 

 

The poultry situation has -de-
D veloped to a purely chicken

business By that we mean that
receipts of poultry do not constitute
turkey,s geese and ducks at the pres-
ent time, simply chickens. The tone
of the situation is very promising at
the present time. This has been a
heavy consumption,

 

POULTRY—DETROIT MARKET.

No. 1 Turkeys .......... .10 to. .18
No. 2 Turkeys .......... .l4to. ..10
No. 1 Spring Chickens. -. .12 to. .14
No.2 Spring Chickens. . .10 to .11
Fowls ........ . . . . .11 to 14
Fowl: ......... _. . . 4 to .09
No. Gee-e. . . . .‘ ..... .12 to .14
No. Ducke.‘ ...... ‘ ..... .15 to .16

POULTRY—CHICAGO MARKET.
No. 1 Turkey. ......... . .......

No. 1 Spring Chick no. . .
No. 2 Spring Chick n- ......

No. 1
., No. 2
l
1

 

 

 

 

 

. , Chlcago—Cattle . _
,Live stock arrivals the

were the largest in the 111g '-

1 the past two months; and t " ._
cattle underWent a slight down"
1 cut. '

At the week’s close a‘ Tm

: . showed a rooting bf 28 ,000 head,

1 beef; cattle sales were made. at

clin‘e of largely 10@I15c from 1 , ,
week. Heavy beeves showed little- I
favor, being very hard toym'ove eyed

at the greatest decline, although a

few tops induced a. $9. 50 rate ﬁght

1weights and low priced steers on
» the other hand were in better ides

niand, due to the presence of 11115111:-
erous country buyers who furnished

“a slight Outlet through country ship ,

ments, and at a steady basis. The
veal trade remains good, though not
at high prices of two weeks ago. Best

carcasses the past week brought $11,. A"

while the average was near $9.604
Cattle schedules for the week, as be-

.low: 1/

 

CATTLE—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Beet steers,

I prime heavy

Beet steers, medium to
good

Bee! steers. common to
fair ..

Beet cows,
selected . 4.4010

Fat heifers. good to .
choice ..... ... ....... 5.25to

Gunners and cutters. . 2.50 to I

Good to prime veuls. . 9.50 to 11.00

.~ ........ . ........ 4.75 to 7.00

' 9.3557
and

5.50 to
common to

 

 

 

‘ Detroit—Cattle.

’A depressing condition existed at,

the Michigan Central stock yard

ket closed at a 25c decnne on all de-

sirable grades, While bulls and caulk?-

ners slid along at about even" levels.
Judging. from prevailing conditions at
the yards a further decline is in
promise The warm wet weather
always productive of marked irregu-
larities, has greatly interfered With .
getting around, as well as holding
back timid buyers. The veal mar-
ket has also suffered a stiff decline.

selling from 50@7Erc lower than a

Week ago, while milc'h cows were ex-
ceedingly slumpy in common grades, .
but with best in good demand from
milk dealers and farmers at $75 for
tops, down to $30 for common barn
yard trotters. The -trade was very
discouraging to sellers. Most deal-
e1s report that their trade has been
very poor during the past week and,
that most of their abbatoirs are full»
to capacity. There was a little de-'
mand from the country for feeders:
and stocker‘s, yet quite a large num. 3

her went over unsold,1due to late IIar-IVIIIKI» V

 

CATTLE—DETROIT sTocK'
.. ' YAR.D$¢ ‘ ' '
Beetnteeru, good to [wine
heavy $7.50 to
BeetI steerl.‘ medium to
good
Beet nicer-I.
fair

Yearungs
Beet .eow

selected L ‘
eiierp, sm‘ected

common ti)

 

 

 

throughout the past week. The mar- “H


 

 
  

  
  
 

 

 

   
 
 
 
 
  
  
   
  
   

 

 
  
  
 
 
  
 
    
  
  
 
 
  

  
 
 

 

   

 

 

 

ia‘jho‘g department on all grades

 

  

   
    

   
   

"’ sued very amiss
coldest butchering

  
  
  
  

' is" leQ aWay

  

  
  
  

  

good are slow at $9. 50 and
, n‘ to $4 and slow. We quote
rket as follows:

 

 

 

 

‘ CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
7’ ' YARDS. ‘
(heel ‘ steers, Igood to " . .
' heavy '. 4' q o '- .......... 8050 I't‘o 9-00 '
,,3eelf steers, medium to , “
yood ,, ...... , ......... 8.00to 8.50
ne'er steers. common to'
ital rI ........ .- ......... 6.50to 700
cal-lingo . . 8.25 to 8.75-
. e‘et cowl, common to - . -
, Ieleeted .............. 6.00 to 6.50
Fit heifers; good to
choice” ........ 7.25 to 7.85
, Ilene“, selected ....... 6.75 to 7.00
' Stock Iteel'l ..... ‘ ..... 6.00 to. 6.25
..-"F‘eeders, . ............ 6.00 to 6.25
Camden and cutters. . . . 3. 00m 3.85
Gouﬁd to Iprime venls. .11.50 to 12.00
_ .............. 0.25 to 0.75 ~

 

,~ ..q.., .i; a

 

Chicago——-Hogs
, Hog prices for the week showed an
aVerage 3c uplift,- small packers and
,I'shippers Were aggressive and compe-
tition Was more or less spirited Top-

 

ligI-pers brought a Sc raise and $7 50 was

)3". the ruling. price for really best grades
,T 9 larger packers iwere reluctant

.~-about paying the increase and their

delay ﬁnally caused a Weakness to

exist but their ruse failed and the
"market closed strong at the advance

' “The average of sales at clOse show-
gedj a $7. 38 rate, against $7. 47 a week
5 ago, 86. 26 one year ago, and $8 04 two
"years ago Market prices appended:

 

’ Hoes—CHICAGO STOCK YARDS.

. 7.5.1.11. '01 sales ......... 87.35to $7.48
' 1 Common to good mixed 7.30to 7.40

Fair to medium weight. 7.35 to 7.45
LightWeights ........... 7.35 to 7 .45
Selected 260-300-111.

packers ' ............. 7.25 to 7.35
Stags. 80 lbs., doekag‘e. 7.50 to 8.00
Pigs ................ .. . 6.75 to 7.40

 

Detroit—Hogs.

A 5@10c decline from last week’s
prices was witnessed throughout the
Bad‘
‘ weather and erratic arrivals, due to'
pOOr railroad service, were the main
agencies that put crimps into the
"Smooth running and rapid movemen‘ts'
of sales and- the market closed on'a

. lagging demand." One price'seemed to ,'

prevail on all grades the only di-
vergence being in quality such as 13
I. usual with stags old boars and other
,dérelicts, these going for what they
7”Would bring in order to make a
.clearance. I The prevailing price for1

the better-grades was around' the

; $7 140 mark, the only variance being"
:Wlth the light Yorkers, which re-

. (mired ’0. 50 reduction from tops to\

 

Hoes—91273017 MARKET

7.45 to 7.50
.45 to 73.50

/- - , 0:0.“13225
' 7&610‘17480

e butchers.

  

good”

. so than a week. Top veals ‘
cominanding a $12 mark, but .

  
   
  

@100, advance The heavies seem-
neglected and were not noticed

until after the more trim grade had

passed the block. The week’s close
showed the market for tops, which
means fancies, $7. 90, an(L extra heav-
’ 'ies at $7 60 and other grades bal-
'ancing ardund'.‘ $7. 752‘

The price
range at close showed Ia 150 decline.

' from prices a week ago

 

'HOGS—BU FFALG STOCK YARDS

Common to good mixed.87 .70 to 87. 80
.Fair to medium weight" 7.70 to 7.7

 

 

[.l'ghtwelghts 1. . . . . . . . 7. 65to 7.7
‘Fancy shippers ........ 7.70 to 7.90
Stags ...................-.5.50t06.25_
Pig‘s ............ . ...... 7.60(Ito ;7.65

 

'. ' Chicago—Sheep.

.Sheep and lambs remain at about
recent declines of 35@5OC of a week
ago.. Tops in the prime lamb class
touched the 89 mark frequently and
good fat wethers were in fair demand
at from $6@6. 20. Packers were slow
to take hold, feeling that added de-
clines were on the way, and it was
not until receipts had been pretty
well reduced that any activity devel-
oped. Greatest demand existed among
western lambs, these holding Prefer-
ence, native lambs forming a close
second and at nearly same prices,
with good feeding lambs taking third
place, with fairly liberal demand exist—
ing at prices as below:

 

ISH EEP —- CHiCAGO STOCK
YARDS

Lambs, good to choice. $8. 00 to $9. 00
' do, fair to good. . . . .1 7.00 to 7.90

do, cull to common. .6.75 to 7.00
1' curling Lambs, choice. 7. 00 to 8.10

do, coil to fair. . . ...... 4. 25 to 5. 00
Wethers, choice ....... 5. 00 to 6.15
Mixed sheep ........... 3.25 to 3.50
Ewes, choice handy

weight ' .............. 4 60 to 5.60

do, choice heavy ....... 5.20 to 5.50
Cull sheep ............. 3.25 to 4.75
Bucks ‘. . . , ...... , ....... 3.25 to 4.00

 

 

 

Detroit—Sheep.

A marked decrease in the arrivals
of. sheep and lambs was noted last

week, yet lambs suffered a 20c decline

from price of the middle of the week,
but about steady with’ the close of the
week previous. ‘ Best lambs were in
fair demand at $8.40, and some claSSy
ones gambolled off at a $9 pace, yet
these were few; the prevailing price

' being $8.25 for fair to good, and culls

and common down $2.50. Many ar-

rived in a wet condition and this,

coupled with the muddy, sloppy con-

dition of the yards, gave everything

and eveiybody a. discouraging appear-

ance Following were about the rul-
gprices:

 

SHEEP —— DETROIT STOCK '
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. 8825103850

do, fair to good ...... (.50 to 8.00
Yearling lambs, choice. 5.50 to 7.00
Mixed sheep 4.50 to 5 00

 

 

Cull sheep 2.00to 3.50

 

Buffalo—Sheep.~

With receipts of 4,010 for the clos—
ing day of the week’s business against
2,000 head one week ago" and 13,000
head one'year ago, the market start-
ed dull. Atthe outset $9.50 was asked
for choice lambs, but bidders were not
anxious but stoNod back and begged for
a $9. 30 rate. Nothing doing. A com-.
promise placed the price at $9. 40, and
this tempered the winds for the sham

lambs and they Came forWard and,

purchased quick and often. The tie--

.man-d for yearlings Was gdod at un-

changed prices. Some choice ones,
brought $8. 25 in the wethers. and

gs 'alf'other grades were wearing a ’

 

s; ,
he’se brought around $6.10. Straight

.- ewes, suitable for breeding, sold from
‘ ~85. 50@5. 75.
tops at- $9. 40,‘ against $10 one week- .

The lamb trade showed

ago, and $7. 45 one year ago Below

.' price range is shoWn:

 

SHEEP—BUFFALOWSTOCK'

 

 

 

YARDS.

Lambs, good to ch0ice. .88 90 to $9.10
do, fair to good ..... 8.35 Sto 8.75
do, culls to common. 7.50 to 8.25

Yearling lambs. choice 7.75 to 8.25
do. cull. to fair- . . . . . . 5.00 to 7. 50

Wethers. choice ....... 600to 6.15

Ewel, choice handy .
weight ............. . 5.7.0 to 5.75

Cull sheep ............. 6.00 to 5.00

IBuck sI .................. 3.00 to 4.00

{
COAL.

The present market on coal be-
comes a weather proposition. “What
15 it going to' do tomorrow?” Due to
the prolonged season of warm

Weather, the domestic trade has fallen
off until it is far below the average.

The factory owners are consuming
more coal for power purposes now
than. they have at any time for ﬁve
years. Also, the railroads having an
immense business, are now consum—

‘ ing their maximum tonnage on coal.

The coal not being taken by the re—
tail dealers is being offered to steam

consumers, this keeping the price up

on domestic lump.

The car situation is easing up a lit- '

tle, although ﬂoods on the Ohio river
have temporarily shut off shipments
of coal. The embargoes at present are
all removed, and shipments are mov-
ing in the regular way.

Soft Coal. 1:10.13,

Kind of Coal. Mines.
Hocking lump .................. $1.90
Cambridge lump ' ................ 1.90
Cambridge %lump ............... 1.50
West Virginia Splint lump ........ 1.90
White Ash block ................. 2.00
Kentucky 4- inch lump ........... 2.50
Kentucky 4x2- inch egg ........... 2.30
Hariisbui; 6 iIlCh lump .......... 2.20
Pocahontas lump and egg. . . . . . .. 2.90
Pocahontas mine run. ....... 180
Michigan Domestic 4— inch lump.. 3.20
Antlnacite egg stove or nut ..... 5.00
Note: Quotations on anthracite coal

is based on gross tons.
FLOUR AND
Generally speaking, the market is
the same as last week. There seems
to be a temporary shortage 011 winter
Wheat ﬂour and prices have made a
slight advance. The demand for feed
has been about equal to the supply

FEED.

Price

Kind. per bbl

“Blend” ﬂour 1/8 paper sacks. ..58 .3
Spring patent ................. 4. 65’
Per ton.

Coarse corn meal .............. 23.30
Cracked corn .......... ' ........ 24.50
Chop feed ..................... 20.50
Coarse middlings ............... 23.50
Fine middlings ................ 26.50
Bran (standard) 23.50

The above prices are f, o. b. De-
troit, Mich:

Cotton seed meal delivered to anv
point taking a Detroit rate at $30.50
per ton in car lots not less than 20
tons. ‘

Those interested can write our Bu-
reau for information.

MIDDLINGS.

Short feeding develops long snouis.

A squealing pig denotes three
things. Hunger, cold, or unsatisfac-
tory home surroundings

You can’t make a success of chink-
ing up cracks in the cow stable with
40-cent butter. There is a cheaper
way, and you know it.

To put a frosty bit in the mouth of
a defenseless horse is cowardly as
Well as brutal, and the fellow who
makes excuses for so doing lacks but

» little of being criminal. .

A loose, clattering shOe on the foot
of a horse doesn’t prove that the own-

. er is in “rattling” good company, and.
Ivrit ,is only excusable when, a man is
, ' zon’iiisway to the blacksmith shop.

' “Ad. ahce‘, Bureau of Domestic in

Foreign Cominerce Declaration”

According to reports sent 011th
the department we ﬁnd that the} top
has not ‘yet been reached in the pri
of breadstuffs, but that a marked
cline in the value of meats and food
animals were the features of the e’x-"
pert trade during the year 1912. Total;
values, however, broke all records, as
will be gleaned from the following 3
federal report: '1

'The value of hi eadstuffs, in round
ﬁgures was $150,000,0001,.against 8123,}.
000,000 in 1911; of cotton, $623,000,-'
000, against 517,000,000;
oils, 812.2 000,000, against $104,000,000;' ’I
of meat and dairy products, $123,000,~’ _I
000, against $137,000,000, and of, cat-3:”
tie, $3,500,000, against $14,500,000;

The increase in breadstuffs occurred . -;

chieﬂy in wheat, of which the 1912“
exports were '60 000,000 bushels, val-I
ued at $29,000,000. Corn, however,
shows an equally striking decrease,
the quantity in 1912 having been 30,-
000,000 bushels valued at $22,000,000,
gainst 60,000,000 bushels valued at
$35,000,000.

The number of cattle exported was
32,620 against 148, 61] in 1911; of
fresh beef, less than 9, 000, 000 pounds
against 28, 500, 000 pounds.

Othey classes of meats also showed
a decline though less strongly marked
than that in fresh beef.

Cotton shOWed exports of 5,571,000,»

000 pounds against 4,457,000,000 in
Hill, and mineral oils l,845.000 000
gallons against 1,736,000,000.

IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER.

Farmers living in the Vicinity of
llartwick have sent us several com-
plaints with reference to dealings
they have had with a ﬁrm operating

under the name of Grant, Beall &
Company, 326 River street, Chicago,
111.

This company made contracts for
cucumbers to be grown in the vicinity
of liartwick for the season of 1912.
We ﬁnd upon investigation that they
did a very large business through
the northwestern part of the state.
The ﬁrm agreed to pay 20 cents for
crooks and culls; 40 cents for large,
and $1.40 per 100 for No. 1 cucumbers.
In the contracts, the company obligat-
ed itsclf to pay as cucumbers were
delivered, with ﬁnal settlement on
Novembei 15

AfteI two 01 three payments which
weie due on cucumbeis delivered were
not made, the shippers refused to let
a car leave the station until the eu-
cumbers Were paid for, and in this
way they secured an advance of 8200,.
it developed later in the season. that
the company had sold the tanks and
pickles to Libby, McNeil & Libby, of
Chicago. This ﬁrm came on, took all
the cucumbers, tanks and everything
of value out of the building.

All correspondence, contracts and .
information was referred to us, and
after two months spent in trying to
locate the ﬁrm, We received a letter
from the Central Trust Company of'
Illinois announcing that they had been
appointed receiver in bankruptcy for
J. N. Grant, trading as Grant, Beall
& Company, and the whole case'is
now in the jurisdiction of the United
States district court. I

It is a question whether the farm-
ers will receive one cent on the dol-
lar for the amount this company
owes them. Some day the farmers

will see the necessity of organizing,
and through theii organization will "
secure infmmation as to the ﬁnancial
responsibility of all ﬁims with whom ,
they. have dealings. A little investi-
gation on the part of the farmers
would have prevented this loss.

   

Ifyou want a large number, of
healthy pigs next spring, don’t feed
the brood sows with the fattening-i
hogs. The bone and muscle feed
that the hogs are getting would suit
their needs well.

      

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
   
  

   
 
 

  
      
 
  
   
  
 

  
    
       
     
 

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fect condition

I greatei

,n ’crete lacks little of being and i V
frail and decaymgzmankind’

s it becomes better understood
the farmer sees how easily it can

molded am" the manifold uses on
farm, makes it now unnecessary ,_

_, "the apple supply to fall along about
‘39 uary, when the farmer needs them
(1st. One year ago the Kansas Ag-
ricultural College constructed for ex-

,_ perimental purposes a concrete cave,

or pit, de'sligned primarily for the
storage of fruit and from the start
it was pronounced a success, as the

' - fruit kept through the winter in per-
it not being even nec- ‘

eS'Sary to open the packages to re—
pack prior to spring shipment. Lit-
tle or no damage was suffered from
‘rottingma fault that so often attends
basement'or cellar storage, much of
ﬁwh’ich is due to lack of proper ven-
tilation, which is impossible to give
in a house whose living rooms are
, directly over the cellar. With these
‘outside cement cellars the tempera—
_, tures are easily controlled; in fact,

'the average variation will he up
than it is when ice is used.
In this. experimental cellar not over
two degrees of change per week was
noticed. Such a' cave as the one
mentioned, being large enough to hold
1,000 boxes 01 350 ba1‘1‘els,.can be
built for from $275 to $300, not in-
cluding the excaxatiug, which need
not be very expensive when done with
the farm team and the regular t’arm
help. Inside this cave measures 24
feet long, 12% feet wide and 7 feet
'high. An S-inC'h tile furnished ex-
cellent ventilati’on, this being laid
under ground so as to enter the cel-
lar at the bottom, with its outer open-
ing coming to thesurface some three
or four rods away. The air which
passes through this ventilator nat-
urally becomes warm in winter and
cool in summer: thus the cellar tem-
perature remains at. a point of slight
variation, which means much in the
keeping qualities of fruits and veg-
etables.

This ventilator was partly closed
after the fruit had been stored about
a month, as after that the fruit need-
ed less rapid air ourrents, due to the
colder weather of oncoming winter.
A temperature of 40 to 510 degrees is
low enough at the start, and this is
not 'hard to secure if one will but
open the cave door during evenings

and mornings of the fall monthshandv

lower temperatures are not bar to
get later.
‘ As near 33 degrees as possible is

about right during winter and spring,
and this can easily be secured by giv—
ing a little attention to the ventilator.
Nearly all of the fall and early win-
ter apples can be kept in good condi-
tion until after Christmas, and the
winter sorts will keep ﬁrm and crisp
until May and June if stored in such
a storage, provided they are in good
condition when picked and put away.
Every farm that has to deal with
stored’ products should have a similar
outside cellar.

Apples keep much better when
packed in barrels or boxes than when
stored in bulk, and when rot starts

it is much easier to get at it than.
Under no condition

when in bulk.
should apples or vegetables be stored
for long in cellars under living rooms,
' as it is very unsanitary, also is likely

 

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A case which he's be 11

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théecourts for several years-past, was 1

ﬁnally decided in the Chi

late ‘court the other day

1913 $5.10 Was entered a

W.‘ Lynn &' Son, of that city in favor
of a shipper who resides at Hollow
Rock, Tenn. The suit arose from a

refusal on the 11311: of the" Chicago
'__ﬁrm to accept a. Car 'of eggs Shipped, .'
4 them from TenneSSee.
.later sold by another concern at a»,—
good price, but the shipper demanded ’
_ damages from the original purchaser.
The shipper won in every court after

six or seven years’ ﬁght.
Commission houses and produce

buyers have been in the habit of turn- ‘

ing down shipments on the ﬂimsiest
kind of excuses If there happened
to be a drop in price after the ship-
ment was made, the purchaser would
claim that she shipment was not up to
speciﬁcations, and would therefore
turn the proposition down Without so,
much as an explanation The deci-‘
sion in this case as certainly in the
inteiest of shippers, and will place
them in a position where they can get
a square deal from the fellows who
are opeiating at the other end of the
line

WILL HELP THE APPLE MARKET.

It "is Believed That -the'Ca|ifornia
Freeze Will Help Apple Prices.

Apple holders consider that the but-
look for a successful close to the
year’s apple deal is far more promis-
ing now, due to the'disastrous freeze
this week in the California citrus
fruit belt. lApple Operators to a. man
express sympathy for the orange
growers on the coast, but they see in
this calamity a reason why apple
prices should show a strong advance
Apples and oranges are stiong com-
petitors, and it is ﬁgured that a ma-
terial decrease in the citrus fruit
supply will cause a corresponding in-
crease in the demand for apples.

Fruit growers are going to get very
little beneﬁt from the increased
piices, however as more than 80 per
cent of the crop is now in the hands
of the buyers. Chicago reports state
that there are now 6, 500, 000 barrels of
apples in storage throughout the coun-
try.

We would advise growers who have
apples for sale to watch the market
very carefully, and be ready to take
advantage of the increased price
which, in our opinion, is sure to come.

H'OLDUP OF PARCELS POST.

Skunk Skins Are Responsible For the
Deed. '

Somebody threw rocks into the
smoothly running machinery in the
parcels post division of the Decatur
postoﬁice and the clerks were forced
to beat hasty retreats for the great
out-of-dsoors,‘ where breathing was
easier. Some Illinois .trapper,.wishin~g
to get his season’s collection of hides
to market With as few cents as pos-
sible, thought it good sense to use

the parcels post in their transports,
little realizing that‘a multitude

tion,
of scents would be born of his opera-
tion. When his package of skins

was handedover to the rural carrier,

they 'Were undoubtedly cool,.a’nd con-
tented; but- when they‘were rudely
thrown into the close, heated quarters
of the postoﬂice their conﬁnement be-
came ’ tOO great, and they instantly

.. proceeded to prove to that ofﬁce force
The, .

that the dead shall live again.

The eggs were

'1909.
, products in 1909 (excluding t‘hervalue ,
of milk and cream consumed on the ;'

e fiu'In'l

”as 11596 41311110 This regimen

sum of receipt fromth

Q .i,
1:191:19 use? (amounting tor-I

000)

The Value of dairy products $6111.11:

,, 1909 was $473., 769, 000, Qt‘ which the

value or ’milk, cream and butter fat

sold represented nearly fourQﬁfths and ‘ '

that of butter most of the remainder

The farm production of butter and

_'Of cheese is given as 994 651, 000 (lbs

and 9,4.06,’1000*.lbs. respectively,
Of the fetal vane of daiii'y

farm where produced), the East North
Cential division repOrted $159 674, 000,-

the Mlddle Atlantic diViBiQn $313,011,.

773,000 and the West North Central
division $108, 825 000, these three di-
visions together reporting over twO-
thirds of the total.

The quantity of butter made on

farms was less in 1909 than in 1899

in the four geographic divisions of the
north, and also in the Paciﬁc division,
but in all of these divisions, except
the Middle Atlantic and the New Eng-
land, the factory production was de-
cidedly greater in the later year than
in the earlier.

The leading dairy states in 1909, as
judged by the total value of the farm
production (eXcluding milk and cream

used at home), were New York, Wis,

cousin. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa .
Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and Cali-
fornia, in each of which the xvalue re
ported exceeded $20,000,000. In pro-
duction of butter on farms and in fac-
tories combined, Wisconsin was the
leading state. New York ranged. next

’to Wisconsin in the prOduction of

cheese.

The average value of butter sold by
farmers in the United. States as a
whole was 24. 2c per pound in 1909.
The average value of cheese sold was
12.10 in 19.09

COST OF Paobucme MILK.»

The people of cities who complain
about the high price of milk may be in-
terested in, knowing what it costs to
produce and distribute good market-
able milk. An investigation made lastx
year by the Dairy Pepartment of the
College of ' Agriculture, Ohio State
University, shows that the average

cost of producing a gallon of milk in ~_

Ohio is abOut 25 cents, or 6.25 cents
per quart, allowing 3,200 pounds per
cow per year as the average milk pro-
duction. This takes into considera-
tion the cost of feeds,'labor, interest
on investment, maintenance, insur-
ance, taxes, etc. When the average
milk production ‘per cow is increased
the cost is decreased.
cost of distribution is 31/2 cents per
quart, making a total of 9. 75 cents per-
quart as the cost of producing milk
and delivering it to the customer. This
means that When milk retails at 10.
cents a quart, the aVerage producer

and distributb‘r is making little or no,

proﬁt in the transaction. Where high;-

producing cows are kept and economic * -

methods of handling and distributing
on a. large scale are employed, the;

above ﬁgures are greatly reduced and
there is a fair prod},5 in the dairy 1,111le "

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of a pole and hung on a tree" and as...”

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