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Id Be enacted In
Every State. "

 
 
   
  

idea .ot- putting all‘commission mer-

 
    
   
 
  
  

   

'32] sdﬂﬁg, ﬂuids, associations or corpora-
'{tio'ns \sclllng any term produce on
._ commissimi. Everything produced on
the farm is included, with the excep-
2, ’tion of timber products. A provision _
is madea that before July 1 all com-
mission houses must take cut a

 
   
 

pli‘cations must be ﬁled with the com:

 

, .. . en. the qualiﬁcations of the applicant
.. , Im’additicmto 1&6 full statement as to
‘ ‘ the members of the ﬁrm its place of
business and ther produce it handles, p
the applicant is subject to the inves-
tigation of the commissioner. and must
fansgwér all questions put to him. If
the applicant fails to furnish. satis-
factory information, the cemmissio‘ner
Whas the power to refuse a license. In
ﬁling an application for license ‘a bond
for $10, 000 must also be furnished A

plicant if during the preceding yeai
investigation by the commissioner
shoWed that the commission merchant
did not make the proper returns. A
censignor may begin action in any
Court,- haying jurisdiction, to recover
under the bond where an account is
* overdue more than 30 days. -.
Almost unlimited power is given the
commissioner and his assistants to
inVeati-gate commissionehouses upon
conipla-int, charging examination into
the charges tor selling, carting and
ether service; for failure to make the
,. proper and true accountings at legu-
I .‘ lar intervals; for making false state-
ments as to market conditions, or the
3 .failurejte‘ make payments for goods
received or'a/lleged to be injured.
. , When a complaint‘has been ﬁled, the
I 15:] _: “ commissioner will a‘tteni‘pt to secure
‘ an adjustment, and falling within 10
days, a hearing shall be given, where,
under oath, examinations may be con-
ducted
f Among some of the reasons for re-
) , ' fusing. to grant or for revoking a li-‘ -’
. >cense are: Where a judgment re-
, 3 ~ mains unsatisﬁed against a commie,
sion' merchant; where false charges
have been imposed for set-Vice other
., t an those scheduled; where there _
h 15‘ been a failure to secount prompt-j
1y. and properly, or to make settle-

 

   
 
  
  
   
 

tio‘nv- quality or quantity; ’
been false and mis- ‘

  
  
   

:fohtants under a $10, 000 hen-d before, T

presented applies to all per-7

IicEnse, costing 510.011 June 1 ap- "

misskmer, who is empowered to 98.38 ’

_.. WILL you please publish the old.

licénse shall not be issued to an 1111-, ,

  

 

 

 
  
 

     
  
 

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THE HAY BUYER HE DID CLIMB A That:

See Editorial Page Four

 

 

ﬁGOYﬁERNMENTiRECIP‘E FOR CHOL-
' 1-: .

government hog cholera i'ecme. "

We give the formula asked

for, but It should be remembered that
no medicine will, cure hog cholera,
that the mixture in question is merely .
a Corrective and, alterative and that
treatment with preyentive serum is ~

.the only‘certaimway of protecting
hogs against the disease: Powdered

woo charcoal, sulphur, sodium su1-.

phate and black antimony, of each,
one pound; common salt, bicarbonate

' of soda-and hyposulphite of soda, of

,two pounds Pulverize and mix
thoroughly If hogs are scouring omit
sodium sulphate (glauber’s salts).

VT-he dose is one huge tablespoonful

treated, once a day.

for each 200 pounds weight to be

“I don’t‘care what color it is as
long as it keeps coming!"——Mr.
0has.- Cork. Charlevoim, Mich.

 

men: With intent to defraud; where-.. ‘
've been false statements as - ..

‘..),

‘1

being in effect

backward, stop.

“Laetmoment Market Flashes .

 

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, E MAX LOOK with interest to the effect of
\x/ shadow on the. future market situation.
depends on a continuance of good, snappy ueathex.
weather conditions seems most necessary to insuie leasonable mices
While some commodities are
- fro’m a market angle, the general situation is in fairly good shape.
Watch the market regulator—when it falteis,

the groundhog's
Unquestionably much'
“easonable
somewhat disappointing,
let up—when it goes

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HE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure’quotations
on the several commodities from the principal market centers.
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special

advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages The
very latest quotations are:
Wheat No 1 White (large mills paying) ......... $1. 11
Wheat No.2 Red (large mills paying). ........ 1.12
Oats, Standard . . . ....................... f. . 35%
Rye ..... ..... ........... .63
Beans ..... k. ........................... 2.10
V'Hay (best market today, New York) at .......... 19.00
;,..P0tatoes (best market today, Philadelphia) at. .58
_. utter ..... . .32
.Posltry..1.'.. .......... .. .15
' Dressed Hogs (Detroit Market) ............. .09%
Eggs ~ . ........ .. .24

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ONE CENT PER COPY (

IF WE can imprbve it tell Us

 

511w tasks
03 MORE.

GRAIN MARKET

 

ALL INDICATIONS 7 ,

STABLE PRICES POR THE
REMAINDER OF THE

SEASON.

spending Increase in Stock—Corn

Said to Be Worth More Than Pre‘s-‘

‘ ent Prices—Narrow Range
. in Cats.

during the past few days and quite
a sharp advance was registered,
probably caused by the growing ap-
prehension in regard to the wheat
crop and the continued heavy clear-
ances. Primarily receipts of wheat
since July lst in the Chicago market-

have been 205,400,000 bushels, or ap-.

proximately 112,000,000 bushels more
than a year ago, but in spite of this
tremendous movement there has been
no corresponding increase in stocks.
Wheat has been distributed at a rapid!
rate in this country to supply the

needs of mills and the exports have .

been and continue much larger than
a year ago. Minneapolis stocks, for,
all the tremendous receipts, are only

LOOKS GOOD

POINT, T0“

Wheat prices show a ﬁrmer, tone

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Wheat Receipts Heavy, But No Corre-L '

   
 
  
 
    
 
 

S

about 2,000,000 bushels more than‘a,

year ago, and stocks at St. Louis de-
creased nearly as much‘during Jan-
uary as a year ago, when receipts
were not one—quarter as large as this
year. Exports continue heavy via the
gulf, and prices are not far fiom
working basis.

Reports received from the north-
west on Saturday said country re-
ceipts had dropped off to practically
nothing and while country elevators
have liberal stocks, smaller
at terminals are to be expected: This
would seem natural in View of the
enormous marketings to date. -Cash
men look for zircontinued good de-
mand from the central and eastern
states throughout the remainder of
the crop year. Consequently the sup-
ply und‘ demand conditions appear
quite evenh bulanc,ed\ with crop de-
velopments piomisin0 to be the deter—
mining I.1( tol in making piices

In corn the chief inﬂuence has been
the Argentine news, the drought con—
tinuing in that country with prices at
liuenos Aires scoring sharp advances.
Local prices advanced sharply and
on all the dips the market was given
good support by the bulls. Clear-
ances a1e 110w showing up big indi—
eating the bigvolume of business that
was done a few weeks ago and not
Ieported. Piices at the piesentitime
are close to a working basis for corn

for export, but the domestic trade is
quiet.
There has been an enormous

amount of corn saved! from a feeding
standpoint by the mild winter condi-'
tions, which have enabled stock to
be kept on pasture in many sections.
Moreover, the npmber of hogs is

about 61/2 pel ’cent less than a year . p

ago, and the number of cattle and.
sheep are also less than a year ago

With all these factors working in
favor of the bears, however, there ap-

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facing us}; It is to be hopeth 't - his
will prove out to be an actual expert
ence because.there seems no 0

gray or hope for the betterme
market conditions than that which
may be developed through the wreath

" .er. It is maintained by trade in gens}

7 _ eral that mild weather conditmiis'
7';whioh We have been experiencing has"

had much to do with the depressed

modities at the” present time.

7 . can appreciate that mild weather-.

' _ not know what kind of stuff the read.

conditions must have a decided ef-
feet on both expectancy and poSSibﬂL
. ity of commodities along market lines.
7'7 We know that the consumption of hay

0n the farm during the winter period

up to the present has been curtailed
at least 25 per cent;‘ some places,
much heavier than this. _In‘ agreat-
,many cases we hear of horses having

been out to pasture practically every).

moment up the present. We know
.that at the 0 er end of the line mild
weather conditions also has a marked
effect. Good snappy weather is what
we must have, inA01deI to have a'
good, snappy market; they seem to
' go hand in hand and are inﬂuenhed
very much the same by the riSe and
fall of the thermometer. We appre—
ciate that the situation may be some-
~wl1at serious; If you appreciate or
think that the situation is alarming,
it is simply up to you- to exercise
every known means and employ every
energy we have along well directed
lines. Anyone can market a commo-
dity when the maxket is in a most
suitable condition At .times like this
is when we are called upon to show
our caliber. If the market is over- .-
fed, which it has eveiy appearance of
being, then we simply must curtail the
movement, or eISe expect and he sat
isﬁed with the market existing from
a glutted (onditio'n We want you
to appreciate our position; we do not
wish to bolster up the situation, un-
less you can app1eciate what is neces-
sary and will form, and on your OWn
accord, the bolstering material. We
have appreciated the situation facing,
us; have advised those having better
qualities of bay to show a disposition
to hold back, and advised you why
we took this position You have done
much up to the present time tOWards
making the market even what it is
today. You can appreciate that there
is no way in the world that ‘you can
keep any market level established
only by proper regulated disposition.)
If it were possible to purge this coun-
try of selﬁshness, inject the producer
with true loyalty, We could, in turn,
be able to regulate and possiblyma— '
nipulate market conditions. it is the
better qualities of hay which are
looked after at the present time. If
those having better qualities of hay
are not disposed to make a ﬁght for
better conditions than which face us
today, the whole situation is‘going to
assume a new level. which 'will .be
lower. , The only bolstering to the
situation possible isby holding back
this good stock. if you will hang-do
this plan, you will realize later the"
great good you have accomplished,
not only to yourself, but to your
neighbor, and the general situation.
The 'dealers are certainly showing
.their position and the stuff they me
made of. They are not disposed1 to 7
' t ke one solitary chance, and, are not '
doing so.
agent in all cases where they could»

L ‘ expect a good tell for their services.

and be well assured of it, but when
their situation looks hazardous they .
sidestep the situation’ entirely. I'dog

 

 

They have acted as your" ‘

condition in which we ﬁnd most Com- ...; .

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No. 3

N 0. Michigan. . ,,~
No. 4 Michigan." , .
No. 5 Michigan -
No. 6 Michigan.
No. 7 Mlchigan.‘..f __ . ‘
JNOT E—Immp rice- ve- are on» -
hall- at No; 1 ’Tlmot y~ hay in the

 

 

dih‘erelt Michigan's height .
Thu given you the price that Hi“-
gan (lo-glen ghoul the able at pay
1071- till. eonMIt'ht . :0. 5. their Uta-5'

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tie-l. under ext-tin. market. coldl- {if

DETROIT—Daron market contin-“Hi”

nes in a glutted obndition.
impossible to get any sunlight in on
the situation, because receipt-s con;

tinue to be liberal to the eXtent that

anything like a clean-up is net posi 7W.
sible. With the market constantly
overfed, there is\a disposition of son
tinually overWorking the natural de»

mand. This, of course, is what brings , 3f 7
on the situation We are experiencing. '

not onlSr here but elsewhere.ﬂflt'is
true that 90 per cent of our receipts
are of common quality; very rare is
an arrival of strictly No.1 hay. This
market extends no. invitations for
shipments at this writing

 

HAY—#DETROJ‘T MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy

No. 2 Timothy. .

night mixed _ ‘ 7- 7

No. 1 Mixed ..... 7 . . ,7 ..... 7 '
Rye Straw.......v.. .....h .
Wheat and Out Straw. . . . . .

 

 

 

PITTSBURGIL—There is but little
if any, change in the real situatiOn
existing on the Pittsburgh market.
There are days when the Situatioﬂ

seems to brighten up a little, but Wen ‘

notice that this only affects high class
stuff and correspondingly only re-
ﬂect-s to this grade. The situation
from a general angle remains praoa
tically the same; continues to be in

an overfedl condition on 10w qualities

All clover hay is moving a little
slower than last week. Concessions 7
were a little heavier than the week.
previous. - . .

1"

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKQT.

N0. 1 TimOthy 11517. ......;.:'$1000"
No. 2 Timothy Hay. .—. .7 ...... . $14.00
.No. 3 Timothy. . . . . 7...
No. 1 Light mixed hay-..

No. 1 Clever mixed hay.;'. -
No. 1 Out straw. ......
No. 1 Clover hay......... .
Fine Prairie Packing- Hay. . A
No. 1 Rye straw.
No. 1 wheat straw"

 

 

 

 

:.little weaker.
“der No 1 timothy we”

er. of this article may be made oi, bu£""ata discount Trading??? f '

it seems

12.07703

40.09:
CHIGAGO—Whﬂe it seemsL the dis?” Nd

mohﬁsahties cilia" 337The pert; '
of highclass‘timothylav 1: 5m

 

. Has! "

7“ ”ﬂy: No.13 .

. ﬂay No; 2...

' ills}!- ”No.3 7

Kay, «ﬂower . . . . .

Hay. clover mixed...

Hay, stock. . . . ... .13,

Long: rye straw. ...A ‘ 77 ‘
cl rye Its-bl!

‘mtrnw . . . .... .;

jﬁbTE—Jauxe bale; weigh ‘1"?!
We.”

 

 

 

 

 

250 ﬂoundly niequx
80.40 1.90 pound: 1.;-

 

NEW YORK—Practically everyaer-
minal but one is embargoed This
shows that receipts Would naturally

be extremely heavy:
will net :11le a glutted condition to
exist, which tends to keep the New

A York. Situation in‘ fairly” good shape;

The receipts are running heaVy to
the lower qualities of hay. Everyone
appremates the demand of the New
York market along quality linesi:
Based on ' this understanding,
Would appear that the percentage or.
No. 1 hay to go forward must be very
small. ' .7 -

 

The railroads '

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HAY—mew YORK MARKET. 7. .

comparatively Hr a

does not makers. change} at
drtions might Warrant it
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diator would“ do a great good. While
quotations were maintained, and the
sltuation not really suggestive, it was

'_ necessary to Werk the buyers instead' I

of having the buyers look for the

 

OATS-PI'FI'SBURGH MARKET.
'__ :smaura - ’

No.3 mama...”
No. 3 Mixed.....

 

~

4111011111 SEED

 

~ PITTSBURGH—Receipts . continue

to he liberal with receipts just a- little -
in éxCessi of the real demand. Just a 7
little tightening up of the market reg»

 

 

 

It is with pleasure that we can

report a continuance of the

most healthy situation already

existing. The market seems conse1v-
atively healthy and to have earned he
place which it holds today. It has
every appearance of being well estab-
lished and to have a bright futme
There is nothing at the moment indi-
cative of_ the opposite. '

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT
',gkr, MARKET.

June, prime ................... $l2. 50‘
Mammofh. prime . . ., .......... “ 1‘2. .50
Alsi‘ke, prime ].3 50
Timothy Seed, prime. . . . . . .' . . . 2.10

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CORN"

 

 

 

-‘The corn man continues to
: Wear a broad smile. We are
’ in hopes that it is the kind
“that won’t rub off.” We are in hopes
that the situation warrants it, and
that it has become a reality, because
Lot the general conditions warranting
it. "This must be the case, because
everyone was awa1e of the bumper
crop and the situation of othei food-
stuffs, and accordingly would not 1110-
etc or enteitain the advance we a111,
,n W expeiiencing unless it were of
' the most substantial unature and
’ ' backed .by support ithat could not be
avoided. The situation shoWs..much
* improvement and we think said im-
provement is well founded.

 

 

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET .
No. 2Whﬂe....-;........_.....
No 3 white ...... . . . : ........ ‘
No. 4 white ....... '. . . 1 . .51); .
No. 2 yellow... 1...“
N6. 3 yellow......._.....,....
No. 4 yellow...........,..
No. 2 11111311..
.No. 3 mixed ..... .. . .. ...... '.. 1511/1 »
No. 4- mlxed....'..1 " -_ - .5014:
. coﬁN—a-PITNBURG MARKET.

F No. 2 while. . . .1 '-

No. 4 white.

No 2 yellow

No. 3 yenow. . .

No. 4 yellow. . . . .

No. 2 mixed”
No.3 mixed, .-.
No. 4 mixed: . . . . . .

11113

There seems to be a keen“ ten-

dency 011 the part of holders

to tighten up all market strings
The tenSion to the market borders on
acuteness. as icpiesen‘ted by the feel-
in}? these holdicis have. lt‘ is not only
from natuial causes, but enhanced;
by virtue of the California citrus sit
nation. The pure 100d law, which is
watching most carefully all citrus
shipments, is going to have much to
do with the future possibilities of
high-grade apples. This is cbnsidered.‘
a real stepping stone to an advanced
position by all holders of apples to.
day. The ordinary commission man
took care of his own requirements up
to the present time, some to ailittle
later date These people are going to
be i1_1_ the market veiy shortly, some
now. The fancy grocery trade is be—
ginning to look around ior fancy
stock, but; are Slow to take hold! at
the advance Called for by storers, On
basis of the situation, it seems» they
must weaken and come across with
an advanced price for this good stock.

APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
Fancy. per Inn-rel ....... $2.50 to 3.50
Ordinary. per barrel. . . . 1.00 to -50

01110113

The storers of onions do not
seem to have a ﬁghting spirit
at the present time. The dis-
positign seems to be to unload i11-
stead of making a further ﬁght. The
tendenCy seems to make movement
just as fast as possible. They are not
hanging to the (11stoma1y law of busi—
ness, which ieqphes sales being made
in advance of shipment in a great.
CondnnedoanSix

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New York City .................
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Chicago
Detroit

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eW‘ York 011er ...............
4 Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
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"mew York City ......... .
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' . TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION: " -
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(In remitting give full name, post- -oﬂic'er and rural route and adds:
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1 Entered as Sectmd Class Matter, October 13,1912 it pottoﬁce at Detroit, Michinn, under the
Act of March 8,1879 .

  

 

 

 

 

  
 

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY A'r DETROIT: BY
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY Inc.

Auo Punisnns or Tm: Gnunn, Mon-ran Fun MAoAzml. '
95 Fort Street West.

NEW You:

1 Madison Ave.

E- the frost Was on the pumpkin and the corn was in the shock?

. Mr. Coon, ﬁnding the weather mild and the silvery moon
shedding its soft light over ﬁeld and wOod lot, can’t resist the
tymptation to get into the com ﬁeld for a good square meal. And
so the coon and his friends wander at will over the ﬁelds until, their

' keen sense of healing detects the coming of dogs.

Their ﬁist thought, doubtless is of home,- but

Pou- Hum:
Sherman Bldg.

I

EDITORIAL

Cum S.
First Nat. Bank-Bldg 3 3rd. Nat. Bank Bldg.

      
   
 

THE HAY - the dogs ale ﬂee: 0f fOO’E SO they do the most
BUYER HE natmal thingr to dO—they climb a tree. They
DID CLlMB [41‘1“a escaped the dog; they are out of his reach,

but, “confound it,” remarks Uncle Bill Coon,
them aire dogs will keep up their yelpings
until their mastei comes with his gun—and then
he will make use of the bright moonliOht, and incidentally his gun.
llay dealeis bean jobbeis and produce dealeis generally adopt
Uncle bill Coons splan of getting sure proﬁts
tions ale serene; when the demand ﬂoats quietly over the supply,
makino a tempting offer here and there; these fellows are vefy ‘bold,
and many tilll(S Ventures even out into the country, away from
theii elevators, to get a supply of the farm products. It’s a sure‘ shot
for them; if they can get into the corn field they sure can ﬁll their
bellies. ,
llut occasionally the market weather is unsettled; conditions
outside are..not exactly serene; the contrary winds persist in blowing
and an occasional howl from the market (lows in the distant cities
are heard ,proﬁts me somewhat unceitain and this is the time when
the benevolent bean jobbei‘s, the bold hay dealers and the wande1—
i1130 elevator men stay right around ’the home market place.

If a farmer appears with sbmething to sell, these fellows point
their noses market ward, let out a dismal howl—and if théy take
the farm products at all iflis at mighty low prices, and with thﬁe
undeist-anding that the tiansaction was made ‘simply as a matter
of accom111oilation." And a second farmer follows the ﬁrst; then a
third and fourth, and I

THE HIAY BUYER, HE DID CLIMB A TREE.

TREE

 

A half hundred hay buvers riyht here in Machigan, are now
right up in the tree hanging tightly to the limb while hundreds of
faiiners ale beckoninfr them to come down as they have hay to sell.
lhe “Pink Sheet” has leceived hundreds of letteis dining the past
week, stating that the local dealeis‘ will not even makea a price «on
anything but No.1 hay, and they scarcely grunt when they make
the price on the best.’

lhe hay (lc1le1 is in the hay business to 111ake money, so we
c’ant blame him if he takes to his heels unless he sees sure proﬁt
in the transaction. ’1he hay situation this season has. been anything
but stable and encouraging; but that doesn t detract one Whit from
the point we want to make in connection with this coon story.
Remembei last year? Remember how the coon went out into the

eighteen dollars the moment‘the contract was signed? .
I, “The market moon was a—bean1in’ ” those days. Proﬁts Were
k. sure. No chances to take so the Coons wandered ’round at their
‘7 will and Michigan bUyeis made thousands upon thousands of dollars
V; handling the 1911 crOp of hay "Jolly lot of felloWs they. Anxious

  

and the moon hanging high _ . . ‘*

VER GO 'COON3 H'UNTINQ, on a moonlight night, When:

_ organized shell from the cupola oi a cmoperative elevator

When market condi— 4

_ » 1t. ’Wase—that prices

that the farmer has any capital in-

in}; the high cost of Whving

country and contracted for: hay at ten dollars aton which was Worth”?

 
 

  

 
 
    
   
     
   
 
   
   
     
        

  

to each leg and more 131 the barn
to do. ' 1 - »
Go in With your brother farmers Handle your own hay;
proﬁts are sure, ’twill be pleasant to divide them; if the
g‘oblins’.’ are’ ’roamin”. ’round, you can Scatter them best With a li
11e1p.. If you- can ’t have help when you need it; you don’t need help
when you don’ t Want it; T he farmer gets the coon With a gun and
many shot released from a Single shell. Yen can bag the f‘ethW in’:
the treeqf you Will haVe conﬁdence in. yen: brothers and ﬁre an

      

  
  
   
 

 

 

 
  

  
     
      
 
 

 

 

    

C ; ship 91? mere than 600 at the present
time, and that an effort is being made
to ldcrease the membership to 1, 000.,
At afmeetir3g of the National Associau

tlon recenty held in Chicago it was r
mmma a «idea a. mgmgher 13b

a. new member an roug ese;
tiontuaggincst agﬁesoﬁép 13013; e bliiinkl- 3means Organize those interests th‘org
stn tdésigno merely to see what ans- V oughly thrOughout the United States
ﬁrm they would give. They didn't i' In apealgig qf—tihe rigorolaihe 3:320?) ’
' 6

sign, and in discussion said the farm- cia on 9 na, 0113. y

, “We are trying to get a better 11.113
ers were getting t00 good a thing as ‘derstanding between the loci“ ship; 3
were too high: ..

pers and the commiS‘Slon meir, and
on farm produce; called my attention intend to have every, poultry dealer"- ~,
t0 the met that farmers werge riding in the United States a member of our- :i

in automobiles, While the laborers and asSociatiOn if such a thing is pos.
factory men were struggling for ex- sible.“ We print this little~item with
‘istence. . ‘ -a; hope that it may suggest to the 3 r1 1
They did not recognize the fact farmers Who have butter, eggs and 4 ‘ .
.poultry for sale,- that they go and do.

THE ONE BIG PROBLEM
To the Editor. .
I have just been reading some of
the editorials and would like to add

       
           
 
   
 
   
  
  
  
  
   
    
 
   
  
   
   
    
   
       
  
  
  
   
  

  

 

vested, but placed them equable with likewise. , 3
the day laborer. _ f” ,.
At another time I was attending lWHO GETS FROZEN ORANGESZ .. - (1

 

the oﬁI’éers’. meeting of the Allegati-

County. Schools,3‘and the propb’Sltion ' Chicago Health Department Forc'ea

of a farm expert was brought up. the Dealer§ to Ship Frozen , ' ;3:, «
Everything seemed to be running ‘ Fruit *0 Other Cities. , . , .31"
very smoothly until ‘I arosé‘ and asked The Chicago city authorities on i 3 » '
if the farm expert was for the pur~' Monday seized four cars Qf frozen ’ - 5

oranges shipped to that city from-3‘“
California, but they have all been “re-

leased to those who Were receiving

them on condition that -they be! I 'r'
shipped out of the city. T118 Health '

~Department says it does not care so

long as the oranges are not put on _
the market in thisheity. One car went ' . J '
to Indianapolis, another to Detroit,-

' .and several have been shipped ..
straight through to the east- by. -’re— ‘

pose of educating the farmer for his
beneﬁt or for the pﬁrpose of lower-
There
was a little hesitation and a few
smoothing remarks and the Question ,
was dropped.

Now I don’t know as I have any-,
thing against the preposition of a
farm expert. I believe they could
do some good among the f rmers, but

In wm-u'AH

in presenting this propo ition they w r1 nall nned'w'ﬁ 3 ﬂ]
afe leaving out the most important fgiiﬁzad‘ ﬁgegaiege'gi y D]? 2",; f 1.1
problem that is confronting the farm- Agra result of this action there c . ,c
or today—ethat of marketing his pro- .. 1. ‘3 r]

: have not been a great many trozen

ducts. I believe these matters should‘ oranges Sold on the street here the '- T...
be handled by the farming organiza- past Week, and dealers are stlllreJ "v7" '3
tions co- operatively. ‘luctant to mix in the deal for fear ‘, ' 7, _- ~51

‘ Fred Durand they will get into trouble. No deﬁ I (t ' .1‘

:Route 2 Allegan M1011 - fnite steps have been taken by the ‘ ' ' 7,}
W federal authorities up to this timegr. I

1000 MEMBERS THE GOAL- , .. but it is known that they~are invésti- ‘ 3 :

_, Few readers of the Pink Sheet gating the ‘frbzeii orange deal and. it ._ 3 _ T
. realize that the National Poultry, But- is possible that they will make sews” _ - S
ter & Egg AsSoeia'tion has a member- 3 ures at any time . ‘ _ ' i

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There 1s no surer waytoday for a: tanner or dairyman to:

   
 

 
  
 

  

  
    
   
 

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"11,-. he” required. 10

enactment that
my smelt Weight Guns at
neCeSEiarY. :e’Vils, and no man

his one; yet, in the necesSary
111g of animals the gun very often
prov-e amedium of humanity, in that
it onto ly ends suiferin'g, or forest’alls
it entirely, say, for instance, at butch-
ering time. It is our ca'ndid opinion
that the proposed bill aims only at
the hunter, and only so far do we
sanction its passage. It would be a
decided means of abating the hunter
nuisance, and’ at the same time add-

  

 
 

‘Trogress of the
*Sewell Qkuartette .'

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‘ ﬁned Against Each ing nothing to his rights as a hunter,

Would Give the nor making him no less a trespasse‘r,

Ifor Game ' when on the farm without permis-
o‘ctén. .

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TO BOND COMMISSION MEN
' (Continued from Page One)
ditions; where there have been com-
binations to; ﬁx-prices; where there
have been a number of dealings which
satisﬁed the1 commissioner of the
inability of the commission me1cl1ant
to properly conduct his business;
where there is intent to defraud ship-
11ers; Where commission merchants
directly or indirectly purchase goods

11111113 opioid ﬁﬁame Warden W.
R. Oates expressed in an interview,
. a there are excellent Prospects for the
, . ' enactment of an amendmént by the
‘ ' state legislature-1,-requiring all hunt-

in QVBI'Y de— ’ers to take- out' a license each year.
’ poultry 3011991“ He ways; “My inquiries have- Edisclos-
.div ual W110 can “Nye? ed little opposition to his proposal,
1%, the \study The either; among the legislators-elect or

Egg: :lgifetgg tggilzé: ._ among the sportsmen’s organization,"
n’d 3.3 staff of In structog's " said Mr.. Oates “For the greater
“present and give treely all number of the sportSmen of the state -

appear to favor the plan”

  
 
 

 
 

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h O‘Iv y for. his own account without prior
~meﬂﬁm£§p fir fhgoiéiigfdfgl Mr Oates regards the prdposed li- authority and without notifying c011—
‘ . cense bill as perhaps the most im1 signers; where there have been 11.

  

_.p‘ortant meaSure for game protec— continued and persistent failure to

. t A
F3111; rinual Paultry‘ Show tion ever drafted fer presentation to ‘keep records 1equi1ed by the (0111-'

    
 

v ‘11 th done e will b . .
the 3,1,31,11,35 during the gaggewejé’ the. legislature. “The department 7 missioner.
. '59 W115 have poultry to ex'?’ éStfmates,” he says, “that even the Every commission me1cl1ant would

nominal fee of $1 for each gun will “ be. required to make a recoul‘ of a
return $109, 000 to be used for game commission sales upon forms ap—
prppagatrmi“: and protection In 1the proved by the commissioner, the re—
.matter of propagation, Michigan is .turns specifying the name of the pur-
far. behind other states 1’11; has not chaser, the nature grade and amount
yet made a beginning with this im- of goods sold, the amount received in
pox-tang work excepting of course payment, and all other essential facts.
the ﬁsh hatcheries ” It is argued by- Returns must bemade w1th1n 48 hours
the warden that the income from the after 5319-

proposed license would permit the '
systematic breeding of birds of all

‘ ﬁnr'géd. to hiring or send- the";
order to make this. depart—
ubcé'Ss- Benjamin Porter, of

‘ s, will superintend th
mth~plenty of good assist—'1 ’
- see that the birds have the
‘gre While the-re. No entrance
be charged and. the digging.
he by comparison. The pro-
iarranged is as follows: ‘

  
  

  
   

 
   

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111'er 110‘ 0119}

ex". 111111119 more“ manly through

13.1 feet
hear.

Primary

than a year ago

In cats

narrow and there has been little in

the way

eals

WELL, THIS ,
— State Senator Anderson has intro-w‘

duced a“

ﬁne forall, electric railway companies» ; ,
l‘which fail to make connections at
junction points'according to schedule. .
It is'said that the bill is demanded
by the “traveling, men, and the dis- _
patch further states that‘a law has "
already been passed Which provides.
a. penalty
make connections.
on the statute -books of \this state
the people~are certainly not aware
of its provisions.
(ompanies seem to vie with each

othei to

can make it for

in making
could be

that connections be made on certain-
trains each day it would be a great,

thing for

,_;Bull traders regard a1
gators mentioned} as
been discountedvby the big sh
age in values compared to a year 9’.

outside of the strength in other oer-

      

   
   
   

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the range of prices has been

   
  
 

  

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bill which provides a $500,

     
    
 

  
      
   
      
 
   
 

 

if steam railroads "do not
If such. a law is

  
     
     
  

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see how inconvenient theyi ~
the traveling public , ‘
connections and if a law. .

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‘FOR SALE ’l‘hm‘uughhred S. (’3. \V. lmg~

horn (‘1)(‘lu'1'cls, $1.50 in $2.0”

(z'irll. Satisfaction guaranteed. (‘. H; TRIPP,

Shophrrll l\li(h 1

WANIEli FOR SEED

1(1811 quantity

ol'll;1rl(_\'.l:. 1‘. LAWRENC E Rosebusli.
.“illl . _
-Jlﬁ' -

ll V01] like [he

“Illllll

Ask on a postal card for

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fee of $1 per gun is not exorbitant, .

T I-
holiday , . yet it will be the means of lessening

"'j‘. Evading—v7 3?:012112tmg‘of M A. 6 kinds as the income - 0;“?8 state- LOOKS GOOD
54 " Poultry Association, Agricultural would be at least $104)” meaning (Continued from Page one)
. , buikﬁng Hearty welcome extended that much toWard bird protection, as . '~, -. . , 1 .
j“ " to visitors Good program alon 1 Well as prolonging the period of good P9“ to be Strong. “9‘9er W10 m'
. try lines ~¥ . g-pou -. hunting in Michigan _ The nomina gard corn as worth more than present '

Morning—Welcome Pres. J. L. Sny-
‘ , den 8: 55, “Poultry Work at Michigan
' Agrwultural College,’-’ J. O. Lint6n.
' ---9',‘50 ‘fPoultr'y. Feeding," Prof. W R.
Graham Ontario Agricultural College,
.r Guelph; Ont. 10: 45 ,“My Owri Experi- ,
['1’- once in‘Poultry Raising ” I. A. Free—
' $1111.: 13:9. A Lecture Bureau, Fenton,

that. horde of hunters whose sole am-
bit-ion it is to kill something. In the
opinion of Mr. Oates the economic
value to the state of the proposed li-
cense ‘law and the things that Would
follow in its Wake are not properly
appreciated by the genelaL public.

Geod hunting, he points out, is an
asset of un easurable importance, if
conditions are made attractive to out-.
side- sportsmen Numerous letters
have come to the ofﬁce of Michigan
Business Farming regarding the pro-V
posed enactment, and all express the
fear that such a license would give
to hunters the right to hunt in any
and all places, at any and all times

  
 

igan;
anew-«1:31; f‘Importance of
Constitutional Vigor 1n Building Up

and Improving the Flock,” Mr. Charles
VJ“ 1,1121ng01111, Hastings, Mich. 2: 30,
“ 1 “Feeding 1111' Egg PI‘odimti'on "

Evening—.4: 00', Entertainment, se~
lected 'Z: 30, --“Some Cold Facts and
Other FactOrs Regarding the Improve- ’
:b‘me-nt of1 the Farm Egg,” J E. Wag-

     
       
 

 

 

; -.1_ goner, Maser; Miﬂch. Sec. Michigan This is far from the intent or mean-
.1 POultry, Butter' and Egg Shippers AS- ing of ‘the proposed bill, as it adds
, sociation. - nothing whatev’er to the hunter’s
.: . Wednesday. ‘ rights nor in any way detracts from
11-1: V. :1 ,1: bgorlﬁlIiEB 559- ﬁof’ougryltI'Iouésirgg£1 the right of farmeﬁrs but would have “
.: ‘ ' , n ﬂu r r e
T, ,-ing,” Brof. Graham 10: 45 JCommer— a tendency toward lessening the

amount of hunters s- 1 . . -
- ~cial Poultry Raising as We Find it ‘ ' ’ a not one hunter money In Michigan.

. H in a dozen Could naise the/ dollar, .
1. . Y: '12:;me Ionilgﬁexgg‘ﬁ - conseguently lessening that horde of independent market and crop reporter
'. -' 1%: 00 “I-¥ow to‘ Readluttfi’ie 113$?er trespassers \who annually , prowl
_, 'gigPress” Q E Walter, Kalamazoa , around over our farms in their mur-

derous search fbr our friends, the Michigan.
.a'blrds In .the writer’s opimon the li-
cense prprsed should be» raised to
,$5 pengun; not meaning by thi that ,
the farmer Who owns a gun an uses 11

it on his owu premises shOuld-m pay

- .Mich. 3: Of) “Poultry Pleas1'1res of the ‘

.._,'\Farmer"s Wife” Mrs. E J. Creyts,l
Lansing, Mich. ,1

"Evening—7 00, “The Relation of I

. _Weat21er to Poultry Interests,” D A ‘
Seeley, ..U S. Weather Bureau, East»

.

5 'Lans' “ n it, "hit rather that that fellow who
' _ Prof ﬁahfﬁfh 18:00,Ma¢ketk1ng, ﬁnds time to squander in the name ' '5
' —' Thursday. - and 0811118 of sportsman alone,

should pay the penalty..:; one farmer
writes that he is alreagy mastered by
undesirable gunmen who trample
down his crops Scare his. stock and , 1 ,
damage his fences and fears that 7 - ,1M . f ,
the passage or such a 1:111- wouid Only»

   

55‘ “Poultry Parasites”
9: 50, “General Care of
j 10 45, -“The
cc of Better gigamzation of
Bowman r Only Hope:
nation .11 cg'state for;

 

7'dUT of EVERY 10;

REAL ”BUSINESS, FARMERS WHO" RECEIVE};
A SAMPLE COPY OF THE “PINK-SHEET _1

Coupon, with 50c for a full 53 ‘

weeks subscription to

Michigan Business Farming

grows better every issue
will want the ‘ pink~sheet” if you are ,a farmer making your
Never before have the farmers had an

or faction, werking in no one ’3 interest but the farmers of ,7 ‘ ,

Subscrlbe Today as I 0,000 Business Farmers
Have Already!

M’IGHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,“ DETROIT, MICH I

Dear Sire—For the 50C cncloécd send me th_c‘ “pink-sheet” for 50 Weeks; °

 
   
   
   
    
  
 
 
   
   
   
   
   
    
   
      
 
 
 

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add to his sorrows This came farm-
or tears tht. the propésed law would
tax every tame} whd owns a- gun
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onionsi “held pat” ' Just at tim
wiin the trade was making its sec:
bud call, the storers Showed theﬁh

' ’ I weakness and allowed this gap to, be

ﬁlled 11p in any manner Suiting the’
buyer. We believe ,ther‘e is room tar

 

every bushel of high- class onions still ’ ‘

back, and: that it is a. shame for the

situation not to have shoWn. the rim-n?

provement that Conditions Warranted

From now on, it is entirely 1125 to the :j '-

holders of Onions as to the market
situation We experience.

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0~N iONS
Detroit. '

Red Globe, lacked, per cwt. .....
Yellow Globe. lullk' [ier cwt. .45
Red Globe, bulk, pe’r cwt..-. . . . ‘ “

Cincinnati.

Yellolelobe. sacked, per ewt
Bed Globe, sacked. per cwt.. . . ,_ .
Yellow Globe, bulk, yer cwt.
Red Globe, bulk, per cwt. . .

" Pittsburg. .a
Yellow Globe sacked, per «wt.
Red (Hobo. sucked. nor ew.t
Yellow Globe, hulk, per owt.
Red Globe bulk. per cwt. . . ... .

.80
.60
.50
'30

 

lent)“ Globe, smoked, per (midi .0572

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CABBAGE

 

 

There continues to be a “catch-

as—catch—can" lll'dl‘llet existing at

different points. Spasmodic,
unsettled and indeﬁnite is the situa—
tion. Practically all terminals con—
tinue to be supplied 110111 the re-
sourres adjacent thereto.
ceptional cases are shipments being
’ medle— i'rom aylistanqe. We can repert
some iinproxement to this situation
but not enough to warrant your con-
sidciation.

Only in ex?

 

CABBAGE —— PITTSBURGH

Danish, per ton on truck. . . . . ”$9.00
Domenﬂc, per ton, track. .No market

 

 

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BUTTER

 

 

 

handlers of butter
l t seem to have settled down 011

' the new market lex cl estab-
lished ’irnde is running along (om—
. paint” 011 smooth at the preSent time
rillO movcmmir of butter and its sub—
stitutr s is 1m .1 heavy. A . good, clean-
cut tone to the situation exists, with
m‘ory promise of a. most bright future
i‘ncingjt.

AH large

 

BUTTER—«GENERAL MARKET.
Creamery No.1. per 1.011110. .33
Fancy Dull-3 per pound . .32

EGGS K

 

 

 

 

 

is but' little change. to
As pro-
we must expect that
from now on the tendency will
be. for a. decline .in market val—
ues caused «by a heavy ﬂow of
fresh stocks,_ both from Michigan
and from the south. Extreme cold
weather will“ be
upholding of the situation.
have . ‘a ,tendency, of course,
,tin'ued, to "create an advance. '
tone to the Situation is satisfactory
The large storers of eggs are makingr
disposition as test as possible, and-
'are looking tony} ard to the possibility
of Cold weat to help 1113111213111,
. with the winter period to its present
point their

the true egg situation.

—R_,\_

'ljsm There

ducers.

'f .0011-

.a real asset to the 2
It would

”The .1

(imposition will be to ‘

 

MAR K E33,

.18 to :19 '_ i.
.14 to 5.6%1; .' ‘
.14 to y - - '

’ .' POUL‘TRYw-DETBQIT

; No. 1 TurkeyI...'.'.....

‘No. 2 Tnfkeys
No. 1 Spring Chﬁkens.
-No.~2 Spring Chicken. . ,-
N0. 1 Fowls YI' ........ Oli'toit :15 1a, '.
No. 2 Fowls. . ......... "5.10m. .12 1' . '
No.1 Geese“ . . . . 312 to .14
No. l Bn‘ckI... .-.l'6?to “.19..

POULTRY ,— CHICAGO MARKET.

'No. 1. Turkeys. . .122. . . . . r. . 4 .17; ‘ 1'
“no. 2 Turkeys...‘.'..........‘. ,. :
. No. 1 Spring Chickens. ..~,...~13‘. ’ ’ ’
' No. 2 Springr Chickens ........
"No. 1 FowlI ' .13
No. 2 Fowlg .
No. 1 Geese. .
.No. 1 Dn ks; >
Note.—-—A wire trons any 0 -
readerI will bring last minute «so..-
fatlons. Ud‘e ,enre' in making IhlpL, ‘

 

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men“ and be sure the conlenee 1i
ﬁnancially reIponIlble. .7 . . ~

 

 

. _ easier feeling éoursmgwthrou
‘: f‘Bnﬂalo market
Monday 1117

 

 

 

11111-11001 ,

Cattle—Chicago. ' ,1“; ":4” there Wﬁﬁ_ a: mm 1,1111 450’“ th
Ji‘he general market opened up for tioni. fThe middle offline
the week with all interested wearmg
_a well assured expression The; Eli-1'13 (in the s‘tuation With
_. oi: brightening up ‘

'per seemed inclined . Won 0 . ~ ’
last week’s closes W5 is. '1‘ j2"buye1' 7 oral. The week cleared With an im‘
seemed to be looking"around.~for con— pressibn of easine‘SS on the part 1%
cessions. The suppiiésswereon th‘e packers:

side of the shipper. and everything to demonstrate the position the pack
promised a little better :_feeling‘» ‘to ers were taking- on this good run of
exist. The "run 'oti good tep“'Stock was stuff namely, to put the market ate:
very lightwa oontinued disposition to \ loWer level. Lent being near at hand!
market Cattfe, only partially ﬁt. * there is a feeling of timidi‘tys ass to
seemed in evidence With rough feed the immediate future ,180me ﬁre can:
and corn where it has been this sea-

son there seems to be’ far peculiarity

of disposition at this; time , Quite

likely it has been figured; that these

partly ﬁnished cattle“ would show a

~proﬁt it turned off at this time, and

"a new lot of feeders could be put in’
their. place to advantage: The ge1i-_
eral maIket could be reported steady

to streng on practically all grades

Lent, With its curtailing effect, will

“have a momentary bearing on the lati-‘ng disposition. 7

situation, but-with the general healthy g ’ ' 7'
tone to the situation, there seems lit: ‘ '-
tjg possibility of, a cut at present. \

feed than was naturaily' expected A t
angles are being worke to unnerve-_
the feeders so that ,they will ““let
loose;” which, if they do,- Ill be at
{a lovVer market level. Keep right on-
slipping the silage and molasses to
the steers If this market is loWered
it Will be because 0ft? y0u‘r not prop
erly protecting your end .201’ the deal

whens

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nee! nee": 1.5.5.11
heavy: . \ ' .

item medium to

rcATTtE—cchao srgc‘K- '

YARos.2, ' p
' 'B'eegfsteei-s, good 1.. 7-5" to :77“
~ 2 prime hemy .. . . .$8.75 to [$0.20 Bite! meg”. complain to"- .,

beetatee'ra. medium ,10 e *1"?
" good 750m 8..”

Beef Iteers, coinmon to 7'
ram. as.“ 750

.1....‘.'§;.‘ .
715,“

$37.75 to $8 215

.—

'Bee! corn. 00mm to-
X selected~ .. ........ ‘.‘...; 4‘14!)
helium; ‘60:! to ”-3:
'eholce ~ 5.2510
Gunner: an’d cutters. . . that
Good to prime “5111...- 9.50“}

 

""1 _ . , j ,4 There seems ~sin unrifercurrentwot.
' ‘ ‘ “ the
Trade Starts will 611.,

the, medinm'Weigltts. 1 ,];!)i) The quite”

This wouid haveh tendency ‘\

tending that more good steers are on 2

by bolstering up the s1tua.t10n—*regu- .

CATTLE—BUFFALO 519cm

 

 

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:91 a l1keiam0unt'brmgﬁim . , ‘ '
nosmal~ This. would tend”: to .p‘i'zove
that the former love
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_ _ Cattle—aDetrmt . ‘

The new live 1111 do 5 ‘sohedule com
tinues to work out t ”the nomeiet
satisfaction of the tra ‘ '
practically everything
central poih
1111103619 ,
for the raids

" Michigan :5 2'
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M. Wiener, Ft. Wayne, Ind,

thee to' escape liability

. s-
themsdves in the position of
mt, - plaintiffs were noncalled upon lb
‘, . ﬂee thé eggs .by’seiling them on
“1.

. W ether the eggs were to be sold
‘29” ~ trade for- immediate use or to
1111511111 ed- inEEcold storage, it seems in

6r event upon the condition 1115':

from an examination-of the 21)
@3995 that the plaintiffs in repacking
/the;.' entire shipment did what reason-
«ably pfudeiﬁi men- Wnuld haVe done
undei= like circumr'stances and they

are, therefore, Eentltled to 1';ecow>1

‘Hf‘hexe thejeasunable cost of 1epat 11m
the shipment” '
Shippers of all kinds of farm pro-

duets? Will be interested in this do
'- cis-ion as the carrying companies hm o.
in this ui-
.regti’on wherevex posSible. It is
_W,grth just about 2111 that can be re-

covered to get damages from a 12111-

add company and such test cases
should be encouraged so that Shippels,
-Will“have some plotection.

VIEWS ON THE ONION MARKET.
~ The following letter written by (‘.
to the
_Chicago Packer gives a little enco‘ur

agement to these farmexs who are
still holding their onions:

" than 20

The impression has prevailed for
some time that winter onions were in
over supply. While trade has been
,very dragg‘y, it has been largely due
to the fact that unfavorable weather

- cgnditions Were 1esponsible. It is of
cour'Se true that not so many onions
are censumed during the warm

.. Weather as when cold, snappy weath-
er prevails throughout the country

"T The mild winter undoubtedly hurt the

.- ,E x by New- York
rt WEil‘ch' Mejan's‘ Much

112111112 11518 dust been. decided

‘al Gourt of New York

.';the deciswn is. Ell-E"

the highereourts 61111111111111

7 the "111111111

ease Was brought up by a com-

{111 111' that city to »rec0ve1'

$11}. the cost of repaoking' 250 cases
1 ‘ “part of which- were found
It seems

is as a sample, ewere

upon arriyal, and

_ 'ten cents per

. _ ”The railréad re-

‘ - 1m; hence. the
suit Was bTOugEt The judge, in ren~

(keying his decismn said 111111111: .

‘ _,;.‘This questiOn, sedan; as our exam-
iscloses, has not been-sQuare-

-,;-1-y passed np9n\b.-y any-court in this
' n vteW of the ddinages Which

, , hadhndoubtedly snifered

_. they: megs required-t p 116 what reason-
1““abiy. prudent .-.men::W.ould haye 1101111
E- under the circumstances and condi—
a the: estion arises whether

'1 ‘ epvdefendant' 110111113111 contend
:shﬁEd.

E!

l: pElraintiff 11191111111111.1111;- been
. n 1

irr- onions and curtailed their
uSe tolm large extent. .lI-owever.
E'tuere is plenty of Lillie yet for .21
(hange in the onion market
The poor quality of stocki
oi the older sections has heen' the
cause of a great deal of anxiety.
The heaVy shrinlx'ages reported are
-not conﬁned to any one sectiou but
seem to be widespread The deter-
ioration of stock and the heavy move—
.ment from storage will change con-
ditions quite materially '
_ Refrigerator
the prediction is made that one of
these ‘days within the near future.
the produce trade will wake up to
the fact that they have guessed
Wrong and the oni0n situation will
look altogether different to them.
The Writer is willing to go on rec-
‘ord with the assertion that there 1" ill
be less strictly No ,1 onions in the
country 011 Febxuary 1 191:},
there Were a year ag With any-
?thing like. normal Weather conditions,

trade

a‘:big-;advance,is likely to take places;

and 'a much more. healthy-demand
for onions spring up than has been
, ; hm“:

hm ._,

1911
.48

"’.;.State. - .
1 New',- England .
..'New York_'..' ..............
"Pennsylvania ---'~~----. 23
‘Newaersey ...... ‘ '. 6
O o ’ '

25.»
22»

gas

41-.
.E 3?. ..1 ‘

1- what :6?” a, speculation

In many '”

cars ale scarce and 1

than.

By Growers.

35’

3‘0.-

‘feeﬂmg business will'always be 1111 up':
111111,; sown-11109115111011.11 is some-

1101.130 true of the groWing of beef
cattie

season he is making, money, and the
prospectsarfe brighftor the future.

'b. ' E ,. 4 ... -. _"E E
ltv-is'4a 'lucky'thing' that in the” win: ,.

ter when the chores need the meet . ‘

E time we have the most time to give:

. to them The fellow Who 311st hustles

through his chores with .all the haste
possible and spends no time with his
«stock was nevei intended for a live-
stool; farmer. The man is really
31111111111111 who enjoys spending some
time “at clung ‘ his animals.

AMOUNT OF POTATOEE-S ON HAND.

Government Report Gives Some Inter- . ‘

esting if Not Reliable, InfOr-
mation on This Subject.

The fourth annual inquiry made by
the Bureau 01’ Statistics of the stock
of marketable 1,1otntot-1s 11111112. hands
of the growers 111111 dealers in the
principal potato growing sections of
the United States resultedl iu the fol-
lowin' estimates which have just
J1een made public:

The quantity 1':e111 1111111." in 11111111111115
ot‘ gl'OWers on January I. 1913,was.;
2111111113..)98 per cent 01 the total qual-
Fity raised for market in 1912, which
Compares With 33.1 per cent of the
1911 crop similarly held on January
l l91‘3‘; 40 " per (out at” the 1910 crop
on January 1,191] and 41.2-11er cent
of the 1909 (rop on .lz't'nuury l. 1910.,

The quantity remaining" in the hands
of dealeis on January 1 19M, .was
about 9.9 11111 cent of ihe total quan-
tiff? r:_1'1so(l tor market in 1912, “hich
Compaws with 8 l1 11111-111111 of the 1911 ,
‘(‘.l‘()|l similarly held on January 1,
1912; 10.9 pcl' cent of the 1910 crop
on January 11 1911, and 9.9 per cent.
of the “1119 crop 011*J2111u111y 1,1910

The quantl‘t} remaTiiine;
of both gloums and dealcls on fan-
uary l. .1912} . mm 49.6 pei 5.0111 of. the
total quantity raised [or market 111
1913. which compares with 11.7 per'
cent of the 1911 crop similarly held
on January I, 1912: 711.1 per cent of
the 1919 crop on Iunualy 1,1911 7111111
.11] pct cent of he. 1999 crop on lan-
ualy 1.1910

The cmnpdrisons by states are
shown in the following tabulation,
which shows the percentage of the

marketable potato ’(‘rop of each war
held on the hrst of Jauuaiy for tho.
past four years.

()1 (curse there is no way to tell
the proportion of the crop actually
marketed each. year, therefore the per-
centages cannot be interpreted read-
ily into bushels. We believe the gov-
ernment reports to be about correct.
and if such .is’ the case the present
condition is certainly not at an alarm-
111g. _.

;, By Dealers.
1910 '1909 . 1 1911, 1.930

52‘ 50' - “ . (’1' 12
48‘ 43 _'v 6'

33 '. 30, ' . " 10
3 .20." -: 5
3'6' .132; 9 V ' l4

.34‘__535" 16
28 1.30 7 11
51 .12

~. 11’ _

'v15~‘*

33”‘.
14 _2o,1,
‘ 50 ~

 

But this 13» ..

rLast year the man who grew,
glues-Cattle made money; this present. "

a .51.

in the hands


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While one discussed the » bean from a farmer's

standpoint.
Aw“..- .c A...) ..... 1

I hotel ( adillat, Detroit last chk.

business more ctlt ( tiVe l,V'.

 

,i

9

l‘

.1 ,
1 .

and 11p to till/2c.
to show samples of butter of ﬁne qual-
‘ity. That is what the trade wants

BUTTER IN CHICAGO
AND NEW YORK

NEW'YORK QUOTES A LITTLE'

HIGHER PRICE—MARKET
IN GOOD SHAPE.

Chicago, Last Week's Basis‘H-olds—
- Tone of the Market Healthy.

' A dispatch from New York says
that the 1c1 eipts of butter Since May-
1 up to Satmday of last week were
1.887629 packages against 1880 71111
the same period last year. Receipts

‘l’yor the week ending last Saturday

were, 37,529, compared With 43,631
packages the same week a year ago.
Receipts Monday were 5,438, Tuesday
7.709, Wednesday 4,157, Thursday
7 SW}, Friday 3,4911. ‘

Butter seems to be holding its own
in pretty good shape. Monday 'the
111arI1et opened: very ﬁrm and before
noon showed an advance in'price all
along the line,
held later in the Week. Blisiness
was generally done at 34%0 to 35(-
t'or creamery extras and at times
dealers could not get enough stock at
those, prices to ﬁll their orders. Oc-
casionally a slight premium was paid
for something very,1'ancy. The bulk
(11' the butter comi g grades as ﬁrsts
and 1111111y. ol' the b iyers who take ex—
I111s as 11 rule am taking ﬁ1sts,l1ut
the :r111ge is \11de and the ﬁne butter
huye1s ale paying as high as 340 tor
the best ﬁrsts offeredl while some
of the receipts of this grade will not
sell for more than 31c.

Filllt‘y storage, creamery is ﬁrmly
held. In fact, the storage butter sit—
uation is in the pink or condition.
Dealers will not part with their ﬁne
held extra for IeSS than “324/20 to 330,
while firsts sell down as low as 29c
The main thing is

and what they .will pay for. All fresh

 

' .:.—and he pays for itbecause 3

ES, we know, that,this
market-paper is “dirt-
cheap: ata penny a copy——

it PAYS FOR it!
he likes 'it!

 

 

 

which advance was-

But every Farmer Who gets ,:

Many, very many, Cussed the "Pink Sheet”
\

HE Benevolent Bean Jobbcrs hold theirannual meeting,r in the‘ Green
01‘ course they are working 1n the
the bean grow 1s and have decided to incorporate. so that they can handle his

1

,livered pickles were paid f0r~the -

 

from a J obbers standpoint. ' '

n

room at the .
interest of

'5 wary 3 says " “

car Black Cloming and New Castle,

 

6

I

made buttei coming in is selling rap!

idly at quotations

Packing stock is steady and 20c to
201/2c for best curient make is 01:-
tained, while held stock. at times
makes as high as 211/20

There was a noticeable shortage of

fancy table' butter on' the ,street
Wedlnesday and creamery extras ad-
vanced to 351/2040 36c.
best, buyers who have been working
on storage cannot use that now and
declare they .must have 'ﬁno ifresll
creamery, which causes more of 21
scarcity. On ’change'50 tubs sold at
351/20, but later in the day it was easy
to get 360 'for the butter. The ﬁrm-
ness was held on Thursday.

Friday the market was 10 higher.

The tone of the Chicago market
this week was quite healthy, as a
gooddemand existed for all grades
and the movement waspsatisi’actory.
The market, was kept well cleaned up,
and practically all butter offered
could be moved at fairly good prices

Prices cOntinued on the same basis
as last Week and most dealers ex-
pected a ﬁrm market from now on
Receipts were of' much, the same
character as for some weeks past
both as to volume and quality. Most
shipments were of poor flavor and

‘really ﬁne butter was still in light

supply. A freer movement of stor-
age goods was reported, especially of
ﬁne goods. June extras were quoted!
t 311/20 to 326, extra ﬁrsts 300, ﬁrsts
27c to 29c, and seconds 250 to 260.
Cieameiy extras sold at 331/2c, ex-
tra ﬁrsts 311: to 321/2c, ﬁrsts 28c to
We and seconds 251/2c to 270 No .1
packing stock was quoted at 201/20
and met with little call. Ladles were
a. so inclined to drag and sold at 211
to 21%0.
a A ﬁrmer feeling developed the lat-
ter part of'the week on all grades.
extras bringing 340 to 341/20

LOOK OUT EOR"THE CROOKS.
Last year a number of farmers, liv-
ing in the northern part of the state
signed contracts to grow- cucumbers
for the Grant-Beau Company of Chi-
cago. Thisﬁrm spent a few hundred
dollars building their weighing sta-

 

‘ tions and installing pickle v_,_a.ts gain-

ed the conﬁdence of the farmers who

signed contracts without hesitation‘

and delivered the. season’s crops to
these crooks About one- half the de-

rest shipped to Chicago and the grow-

ers defrauded out of their pay for, »
The matter Was refer-1'
Farming

This '{

the pickles.
red to Michigan Business
and. an investigation made.-

 

Soine ’ot‘ the.

_. dead in their pens,
cently found ten dead in the morn-

The fourth successwe ad yanc‘i

South Penn Oil Qompany announced
its. priCes at the Opening of budiness
yegterday morning. As, on eve yla *“
day this week the price w’as‘;

  

seven cents.. a barrel bringing Penn“

sylvanla crudle to $2. 33 and othe
grades to the following prrce§~ Meir;

$1 86; Gabell $1. 98';- Samaria {1‘31 32.
Theié was no changain Ragland from
70 cents. ' ' " "‘
when the Standardron dompany ot’
New Jersey was dissolved by order at
the federal. supreme court- last. Year a

, number of smaller‘hompahies Were or:

ganized in this territory, and comps»: ’-'—»
tition for crude oil for the new re-;
‘ﬁneries has become pt‘onouhcod ‘

For eighteen months pretedi'ng the

(dissolution of the’ Standard which
"took place on December 15 1911,
Pennsylvania crude, on whi the

price of all oil is based by the pur- n
chasing agencies,11a,d been quoted at
,'$i.30 a barrel.
- i ward the'
cents, and within a month producers

"3 Eleven. days. after
price was advanced 'ﬁve

were resolving $1. 50 a. barrel 1301 oil.
The poliby of tacking on ﬁve cents

_ was continued and it became appaxent
that the purchasing agencies of the ,

various Standard Oil subsidiaries had
determined to. force prices to a. much
higher level.
dxeam 01‘ the oil producer. was realized
in the announcement that $2 011411.111
arrived Soon after the beginning of

'the new year anothel advance of ﬁve

cents was recorded, and on January
27th seven cents was tacked! on From
that time until yesterday morning
there have been daily advances or
seven Cents . .

 

 

I company is now in'xthe hands of_a

receiver, and the farmers won’t get
11 Cent." (.9. ' " I .
1 Better look, these fellows 'up be; -:’

tore signing contracts. If you have
no meansol‘ ﬁnding their :~-ﬂ.nancial
standing, write 318. '
information for the asking;

HOGS DYING OF A STRANGE
DISEASE.

 

A strange disease among the hogs ,
has already caused to the farmers in

the vicinity of Byron a, loss estimated
at over $25, 000. Three thousand hogs
have died from the strange disease
in the past two months snne farmers
having lost their entire ‘ erds,\.v,ithin
a few days. The animals’show no
symptoms of any disease but drop
One farmer re-

ing. The remaining thirty died within
two days. An expert from the-Agri-
cultural College pre
but so far it has ot been effective

in stopping the ravages of this dis— /

information given
to that

case. From the
out, the disease is Similar
which

the fall and winter. No effective 1cm-

. edy was found and the disease ﬁnally
ran its course ‘

./ \_‘ }

If you cannot croSs the Ocean and
the heathen lands explore ‘ ‘

7 You can take this little pink sheet to

your nearest neighbors door.
And you thus can Spread the tidings
.of the gospel which we preach;

"Tis the‘ markets’ true: bondition Diag-

ed; within the-- pedpleks reach‘

crude 9113 was recorded. When “the 4

011 December 14th the;

You .can ‘ ave the «

,ared t1 iemedy,. ,‘ -

destroyed thousands of ‘dol--
lars’ worth of hogs in Iowa during ~,

 
 

, (Priqo $1 00) ..
lasts on Our shelves

'-(_{.’1—‘

 

Here 5 the offer}; '

Send us a postal money-order

ONE DOLLAR

to pay for

.\

1.0 [trial subscribers at 10C
4 trial subscribers at 250

_. ‘ Of

2 i - subscribers at 50c

'vand- We will ship you a.
copy of this new back 3
FREE with our com-.—
plimcnts for ybur trouble

REMEMBER T H I S

OFFER IS ONLY
GOOD 'U N T I L THE;
FIRST. ,"EDITION IS 1
EXHAUSTED --— We?
want you. to help boost.:

MICHIGAN rusnuss FARMING

95 West 119:1 Street. Damon

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ARIZONA HAS ITS TROUBLES.
A ' correspondent
Phoenix, Arizona, salts: '

our beautiful valley does not look
like the same country I left a. few-
weeks ‘ago

grOves 100111 as though. Some scorching
Wind has swept through: «The orange
trees will drop every 19111:

mate the damage.» Some of the: sick
13» trees may die, but I don’t 115,311 to

any permanent damage to the graves“
The bark has not split; and th’

 

ceptin‘g the tender slicker growth
”The trees, are as dry as, bring an?!
in t he ' '
fife

writing ‘ from . i .

Palm trees, pepperstrees
and alfalfa ﬁelds- as well‘ as the».

tirely impossible at present to pews,-

"310.0 (In
doesendt‘ 100111 glassy or half dead BX“.

  
 
 

 
  
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

 
  
   
   
 
 

  
    
    
  
  
 

  

