
vi ‘
the 1511 presented to 1 W
days ago. 7

1 re some t’
' poration of
this state,
pe .

ei'rs get 7-bu‘sy, this bill
“11 comes law during the present
11 or the legislature It is not
‘lly knewn, but it is a 1fact nev-
,, that a. true cooperative
’ sonnet legally do business
the state of. Michigan. The state

1111.1
M Wisconsin, wine]: shy the way. 1!; "

,1i1:e most progressive

tat-es in
has a law whit: l

., ' ‘ 7 p
organized on a,- true Cooperative
An essential feature of "their
3113,. that any number of persons
(not; less than five) may establish,

the purpose of conducting ally
ltural,; dairy, mercantile, ﬁnin—
,,'imanutactur1ng or: mechanical

7 business on the 1cooperative plan
'.Tlié‘ main feature in this bill, and

”one which makes cooperation a suc-.
cess; is that particular section which .

p30 iQes tor the distribution of proﬁts
7‘» 158.813 of patronage A fair

,7 'lmerost to be determined by
thee. tdgkhmders, is ﬁfth to be paid
77011 the capital invested, and the proﬁts
above this are to be distributed 1n
V‘prbp’drtion to the amount 01. business
ff done" by each individual member of
"the association.
amount of Stock that may7 ha

y one person, and each stock—

,s,xlim7ited to one vote.
:- 8< manize'd elevator interests
line that therarmers can success-
lly operate": , elevator by adopt-

.‘s to as been visiting Lansl'n
l of late. and it 13‘s _

‘ .

The bill also limits "

‘ 1.

Kay. .g.“

of

grim»: ”1?"

increasmg production;

of the members of the class:”

1912—N0; Bushels. .

1911—-—Value . . l,
1912—Value .. . . . . .

question:
lie in increasing produCtion?

 

ONEICENT PER COPY (~10 .13“

WW

, ‘ = , consideratmn of the questions that

have been; discussed at the Farmers In—
stitutes held in every, county of the state
during. the winter. X011 know at these
Institutes we haVe been talking about
I want to sub-
7 mit this :question for the consideration

The ﬁgures used in this problem rep-
resent the number oi bushels of Wheat,
Corn, Oats, Rye, Barley, Flaxseed, Rice and
Potatoes, and the amount received for these
’ commodities for, the years 1911 and 1912

..6, 025, 861, 000
1911——N0. Bushels. .. ..... 4 621, $71, 000

1912—M0i‘e Bushels . . . .' . . 1,404,790,000

$2,989,782,000
$2,945, 691,000

~ .7 1- 1912—43essAValuo1...... . .fl'.$ «WOO

If the farmers had made two bushels of
Wheat, Corn, "Oats, 91:13., grow in 1912 where
Only one grew in.19II7, would the farmers have
been obliged to 1056 another $44, 091,000?
~. After you have‘ ﬁgured this out, answer the following
.Does the solution of the farmer’s problem

 

EIGHT- SENATORS FAVOR SUFFRAGE

PWe’ still hear some people say that
our representatives are as' good as
the 7, people they represent. This

doesn't seem to‘ hold good at pres-7

ent. Only 8 Senators favor woman
suffrage and yet 21 of them voted for
the bill because they feel that the
people want it.

 

Hots. ” _
the Bilbo-Fare.

” rULaﬁst Moment Market Flashes
HERE I AM AGAIN—Just as pink as ever—chock full of “Market

Some taste good;
I just got to V“eat ’em,’,’ as they dish them up—’ cause they’ re on

some leave a remembrance—but

 

",7 very latest. ouotatiens are:

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on the sevbral’ commodities from the principal market centers. A
detailed statement cOVcrfng conditions, our predictions and special
advice. will be round with each commodity on the following pages

THE LAST MINU'I‘E before going to press, we secure quotations

Wheat, No, 1 White (large mills paying).
Wheat No 2 Red (large mills paying)”
Oats, Standard

, (best market today New York) at:
' C1 " (best-market today, Pittsburgh) at.

The

1.091y2
' .34

.62

._ 2.00
. 20.00

‘ .54
.33,

.16 '

.101/2

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MARCH MARKETS

9ws HAVE HAD A HAND To. MOUTH

MARKET, ALL RIGHT ENOUGH.

This Is “Clean- -Up” Month, and Prices
Will Be as Unstable as the Weather
~Conditlo'ns Not So, Bad, After All

-—Don’t Get Excited' at This Stage h

of the Game. .7

The farmer has been up against a
hand-to-mouth market this (season, all 7
right enough, and we have reached“
March, on the journey toward a new
010p, with conditions just about as
satisfactory as ever From the mo-
ment the Department of Aglieu1ture
gave out their very encouraging re-
port—to the buyers-early last fall,
theie has been a determined eifort on ‘
the part of buyers to escape the ex?
pected ﬂood For just about sixty
days after the market opened there
was an active demand, and then buy-
818 began to dodge, and they are still
at it. Thanks to the good judgment
of a whole lot of farmers and the
inﬂuence of the “Pink Sheet,” the
expected ﬂood has not put in an ap-
pearance. While a low level on cer—
tain commodities has ruled, the ,
“slump” has been. avoided up to this -
time and thousands of dollars saved
to those who had beans, hay and po-
tatoes to dispose of.

Those far‘mels who. hurried their
hogs and other live stock off to mar-
ket during the last thirty days of the
old year will study the markets a
little closer and put a little more
dependence in the “Pink Sheet” an-
other year. Prices have been touch-
ing big piollt levels right along of
late, and thee is absolutely no dan-
ger of a continued lower level. Try
as they may, the packers have been
unable to get the run coming their
way, slime the “dumpers” closed out
theii supply, and the fellows who
waited are reaping the beneﬁt. Re.
membe1 brother farmers you can’t
glut the live stock market in a. single
year In order to prove our conten-

tion that the farmer can, after all

control the market, let us give a little
statement, made by one of the largest
hog buyers at the Chicago yards, on
Monday:

“Hog prices are going down a quar-
ter of a cent a pound, and products
going up about the same, put the
manufacturing end of the trade in. a
better position, but on account oi the
lack of volume of raw material it is
not a comfortable one yet. The hog ‘
movement continues to prove the pre-
dicted shortage, and the consumptive
demand veriﬁes the assertion that

hog products are hard to beat on a7" '

Con-
siderable skepticism is expressed in

comparative competitive basis.

many inﬂuential circles of the perma-‘l- 1"" 3 ‘

nency or the maintenanee of the pres- 7
ant price level, but the ability of the

hog growers to control the market

su ply effectively when price levels
do not suit is more of a factor than; 7
it has been in times past.” ‘ L
It has been very hard, indeed; to
determine the amount of farm prﬁd

,ucts yet in the larmers’ hands.

ports received up to March
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1 e handling of a crop has bor-
d on the character 6: disposition
played in this seasbn’s 011‘ 1:.
.goes to show that there is ab-
sold “eiy no definite basis of expec-
tithe-y for the future possibilities of
1137 given commodity. Nothing deﬂn.
its is there in the manner in which
these give'n
handled at any give ntime. This is
«hocause the handling feature of your
commodities is entirely up to your
, local agents for disposition to the out-
,‘ side, in other words, you have placed
" the" ”business end ,of your hay. business
in the hands of your local dealers as
your business agents, to do the busi-
’néss end of your business for you.
There is- no deﬁnite toll established
between you because the law of com-
mercial nature shows a variance in
the form and nature of this toll to
the extent of possibilities, based on
. conditions. Not entirely true is it to
‘say that this is based on conditions,
because We absolutely know that the
feature of manipulation, generally
through organization, is brought to
bear at”many times It is unquestiou-
ably true and easily possible for the
strong arm of organization, which ex-
ists, to sustain every commercial fea~
ture. Never, as ”long as commercial
conditions are handled in their pres-
. ent manner, where the business end
of any-business is turned over to
someone else, may we eXpect any-
, thing‘ different than depression, etc.,
to be the result. With our very ﬁrst
number of the “Pink Sheet” was
demonstrated very clearly every na-
. ture of this season’s crop, both as to
abundance, quality and the manner
in which the same should be handled
for best results. You are going to see
the value of the line of attack and
defense, as outlined in this “Pink
Sheet” before the season’s over with.
You will be truly aware, based on ac-
tual conditions for example, that the
“Pink Sheet” understood the situatiOn
and how to handle it, and in turn gave
it out to you. that itsgood advice
might be of beneﬁt. We are right
here today in defense of every article
that has been published in this “Pink
Sheet,” and in defense of the hay
proposition during this depressed sea-
son We will continue to maintain
that present conditions should not be
visiting us at this time. You must
remember, when reading these arti-
cles in the “Pink Sheet,”_ that the
Writer is talking through this me—
dium to 10,000 readers and demon—
strating the situation as a whole, and
how it could be regulated and made
better if handled in the proper man.
nor, by all concerned. There will be
times that some individual in follow-
‘ing these market notes might .go
astray, on his individual commodity,
at some individual time. This would
not demonstrate that if this individ-
ual. along with all others, had stood
by the “Pink Sheet,” working along
lines. suggested, would not have
brought out an advance to the whole
situation. The writer is working up
to this point, that from the very in-
ceptiOn of this season We have stolid-
1y maintained that this high class hay
in either bright light mixed, good
straight No. 2 Timothy and better,
could be so handled as to bring a
good round price even in face of the

; abundance of the crop as reported

6 outlined to you just what form of

attack and defense we would use in

ehalf of the better Qualities of hay .
protection of the poorer quali-

if:

_ out with only 5%. whi
,e'rally conceded as true, of

commodities may be ‘.

No.1"

markét. I

predicted.
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1 Timothy 20% will ‘ cover
grading from good light mixed up, the
falance or. 80% means Qualities be;
ow

grade hay. Let’s reason a little;
if that supposition is true, and we
can see no reason from our study and
results, of its being otherwise, than
why was net our line of operatiohs

well founded and well lined up to in- ‘

sure best possible outcOme for the
situation as a whole We all know

that it is the geod stuff that people»
. are after in any line.
will always be looked after and draw .

a premium. This being true and the
fact that we had 80% of low grade
hay to dispose of with no natural
assets whatever, in fact everything of
a liability nature, simply proves that
the only way you could help the low
grade, stuﬂ was by holding back your.
good stuff. You are aware that'there
are only a very few months during
which there. is any demand forxa cer-
tain portion of these common grades
of hay. Take, for instance, ’mixed
hay; which is used for cattle feeding
and general dairy purposes, the sea-
son usually c10ses about April lst,
while the very best markets we have

experienced .on',high class st has
been as late as June and July. This

season with all of these conditions
facing us, and with us, you are going

to see them looking and hunting for

some good No? 1 hay. The city trade
are using Timothy grades of hay for
driving horse purpOses, in fact are
almost forced touse old Timothy hay
even. into August because the new
stuff is dangerous. and, at best does
not give them results. Therefore,
you see that by Combining all the lit-

tle angles to the1situation and lining ‘

them up with a general defense given
for this season’s output, that it would
have been pessible to have experi-
enced a much different,» condition than
now confronts us. We have told you
to hold your No.1 Hay, we are going
to repeat it in this issue, with re-'
newed strength, deterinination and
ﬁght because we
that it is the ‘best bid going today;
that if you as producers, regardless
of local distributors, will hold back
on this good stuff, we can make them
come across with the price which will
show us a profit on our manufactured
product. Sell your poor. stuff, hold
your good stuff. I’ll bet you that we
can show in next week’s issue, by
actual outside market quotations,
that there is a tendency, at least, for
higher prices on this No. 1 ’and' high
quality No. 2_hay. We’ll see. .

 

HAY—M’IoHioAN ,zons emcee.

NOTE—The p1- rim e‘n are oI D
but. 01 No.1 1 Timothy» by In the
diner-(It )ﬂchi'ghh new» mm ‘
This then 79! ﬂu in ﬂﬁtm mﬁl- , .,

  

 

a basis of reasoning the sea-

 

 

 

hay'r

, 20% «11.11115 romaining 30% is-
really hay of so‘Iow 'a character that
it is really of rio- commercial value I;-

the other 60% is very common low “

The good stuff ‘

absolutely know ,

Zone No. 1. Michigan. . u. ..... 810.00 » . .
Zone No.210higan. Q. . . . . . . 111.00
Zone No. 3 111111011... . ....... 11.50 .
Zone No.4 , -MIc'hl¢an. . . . . . . " 11.30
Zone No. 5 Michigan. . . .-: . . .. 11.00
Zone No. 3' Michigan. . . .". . . .‘ . 11.30
Zone No.7 7 , Michigan. .. . ...... 12.20, ,

‘ week on the Boston market were 371

,tion in general shows;
on and the effects it is ‘ , '
stantly. Receipts continue to be 1

  

. eral ‘with a woefully smsu percent.

ff age of desirable qualities running
Sellers are constantly Workmg the

buying trade ahead of; their actual“
__ This results in an indif-‘
_ forence on the part Of the buyer and:

demands.

a reduction and sacriﬁcing on the
part of the seller. Even in face or

this there is a mighty good demand 1
right here today, and trade constants

ly hunting for, high class stuff, with
practically none in sight. ,

 

 

 

 

HAY—DETROIT MARKET. g
No. 1 Timothy ....... . . . .1. . . . 314.2%

' No. 2 'l‘lmothy.....>... ......... 12.
Light mixed....’...»...,..- ..... 12.00
No. 1 Mixed ........ 11.00
Rye Straw........:. 8.50
Wheat and Oat Straw. . . .- . . 1.. 7.50
PITTSBURGH—The remarks we

have made about the Detroit situa~

tion could be applied with but very .

little variance to the Pittsburgh
situation. Heavy receipts along all
lines excepting good qualities, an in-
different trade, sellers forcing through

the means of reduction and sa'crlﬁc-i '

ing, percentage cf desirable quality
arriving very small, trade constant-
13* making inquiry for the same
There is but little change in the situa-
tion over last week

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No. 1 Timothy Hay.. . . . ,, . . .315.”
No. 2 Timothy Hay. . . . .‘ ...... 13.00
No. 3 Timothy ............. ..7. 10.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay. . . . . . .1300
No. 1 Clover mixed hay. . . . ._ . 13.00
.No. 1 Clover hay” .......... 13 03.
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . 10.00

No.1 Oat straw. . . ....... .00
No. 1 Rye straw. . .’. ......... 10.00
No.1 Wheat straw. .......... 9.00

 

 

 

CHICAGO—Arrivals the past week
have fallen off noticeably. This has
had a natural tendency of improving
the situation along all lines. The re-
ceipts run faiily well to Timothy
qualities of good No. 2 and common,
-—v‘ery small was the percentage of
No. 1.. The market is dead quiet,
with very low quotations.

 

HA’Y—é—CHICAGO MARKET. ’

Chalce Timothy .......... ” ...sm so
No. 1 Timothy ................ 14.50_
No. 2 Timothy....'. ........ 12 '

L180“: Clover Mixed.
No, 2 Mixed hay..._....

 

 

 

 

ogre of. hay, 20

on Her: ' .LIr hell?
Timothy—é ‘ ’- "- 541:: gal 1),
1.. .. . - wreak -
Om ‘1 ‘ y -.-e.... .’ ..
No.a....”::..gg :ﬁg

, lugging ...:IIIXKI‘JW :11” .
_’ng t Clover it! 10300 If;
-'N Nxo- ‘i Gloves"! MIxedu 13.30-11’ ' ,

' word of encouragement to the .ralsers

‘ ster up the situation or lend a strong
, hand, ‘When the situation

6' ,tion up to the present time also the
determination to make the light; , al-

‘ '- .lieve there is another bias 0

No. 3 Timothy” ..............
Clover .... . .,
Thresher! Timothy ....... ’,_ . . ‘8.00
Marsh teeding- hay‘. . -. . . . . . . . 71.00,
Packing .. ........ " ............
Choice Alfalfa. . . ., ..... « ..... 18.00
‘No. 1 AltIlta....'.._...........‘ 13.30
Rye ........ 8.00
Oat. ............, ... ....... 7.00
“"WHOHI ........,....’:.i~...... ....
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No; 1010 OVér. a... End-h}. 1W“ M'ﬁil
No.“ 2 .ciover Mixed r111.1111 Ia.
No. 2 Clover ....... 1. .- . , .

Stravu— .
No. 1 Rye ..... 17.00 ,
No. 2 Rye.....,......_,...1_
No. I Ont“ ..... 11.30-‘3 11.00
No. 1 Wheat. ........ . 11 ‘

.50, .
NOTE—Liege 1.11s. welsh from
200 to 260 you.” lOdhl. baled
from 80 to 100 ml“. 1

 

 

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“I think the fame pink’ paper 1:: all
fight; it’s just what the farmer:
need I gave one to a neighbor and
.told him it was a splendid littie
paper.” -——John Puterbaugh Fountain, ~
M zchtgan

I . I ,

10111013

We see no reason why a change : ’1 -
M in ﬂags for this week’s issue, 1

be made. There is no particu-
lar 'change in the situation. as ' j
shown to us through natural corhmer-w
cial channels. We want to give :a

 

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of potatoes who are the only ones, at
the present time and in the past who '~
hays done One “selitary thing to bob ;

 

showed

signs (if wavering. It is 8. gr' '
pleasure to us to note the ‘skill!
hibited. in the handling of the sit

  
   

  
  
 
  

  
 
 
 
  
  

 
   

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‘market in “then
we will admit
this is quite possible and quite
bl'e Theo - e the Spring

~ it ,
tithes, will nome out of the

brew .11??th you have.

and given the

,, rein] revgiew it Mill show
rough careful marketing
Ithe balance of the crop, we can
1; maintain our present standard of
We 1. least. With the pose ility
aren’t forget t e 20

 

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‘ ‘ " 5”l¢m&n;.:...l..
GMIgﬁkau..........

z Mulligan. .........»

' ' NOTMFroni mount market con- '

. ' 1.9 I see -
L Miran .iiogg z)?” N0. Gui $13.35!“:

, 1mg: . t
gratings 01 ”Wear!“ «)1sz

i». <9 use the paper”—-.Tohn 'A Rocha-'1

 

 

 

fellow, Alma, Michigan \ .1 , «

 

 

 

 

mono, 1ml~dnl1erlyin the freight '
their muons, nag.“

I ,Do'un'll. --

" conning run of stock. This caused
e

the trial to; slow up just a little buy-
ing in the natural run of receipts be-

. 111g offered The tone to the situa- _

tier") Was about narmal as missed on

1‘; general conditi.ons -We do’ not feel

that any real change in the situation
Could be substantially made at this

'time. The situation is fast working

round to a point where Michigan stock

‘ will become a- more real contender for

laurels, not Only on this market, but

‘ on others.

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’POTATOESu—CHICAGO MARKET.
Bulk from our. per ha. . .- . .48 to .48
"Sacked from car, liber 1111.. .45 to50

‘Sncki must be on!) weight, 1150
Munich.

Price; quoted Iiolude. cost of rack. .
‘nbout 10%;! act. , .

LINCINNATI—The Cincinnati mar-
ket Continues to ﬂow along in abOut
the Same care free and indifferent

 

 

 

 

* manner as previously reported. Trad-

ing is going on constantly of quite a
liberal sort, but no real tone or snap
to the situation seems to develop. We
Cannot look for this to develop as long

as Wisconsin and Minnesota are keep-

ing their eyes on the situation and

‘, " going further than that, using this
market as an outlet, because juSt as
‘ long as this angle 01' supply continues _

‘to be in force just so long Will the

Cincinnati situation take advantage of
it.

 

POTATOES—CINCINNATI
‘ MARKET.

Built from car. per bu. . . . .50 to .55
ﬁSached from car. per- bu. .55 to .58 ‘

'Sackq him be even weight. 150

on there seems a tendency for
{its e angle to the Situation to pop up

 

,5nly oeuvery................e new
, I'Mhy delivery. ., ........ ._ 11

-8poculatlve Prince. ' 2

“the urine. given for Deco-her
in H: delivery represent the 1‘.-
tare dc Net-y yucca. Thu Infor-
mutton merely. giro. you the future
bin}. at will commodity .- lured
by than who anneal-to on future

 

 

 

quo «Winona-u cost of luck,
.55!“ gbbﬁctcacb ’

 

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proigecu. ‘ .

cy'vinstead of its» opposite. This last,

‘week has experienced a good milling
demand. at most all Western points.
Added to this we have the moisture
feature of the Western situation well
taken care of for the moment. The
market at the present time is being
maintained 'very near to an export
level. With this condition existing
bear. leaders are not going to be very
enthusiastic sellers.

 

, WHEAT—CHICAGO MARKET.

No. 2 Red ................... ill-1.0814J
Speculative Prices.

*July deIIVcry ............... s .9114
*May delivery ............... .924/4

*The price given for July
and May delivery represent the fu-
ture dellVery pricen. Till informa-
tion merely given you the future
basis 01 this commodity :- tgmd
by those who nmln’te on future
prospects.

 

 

 

“I would not be without the ‘pink
sheet’ for any price.’ ’——-Joseph Ego
Weidman, Michigan, R- 2.

BEANS

We think you will agree with

us that it is more than time that

we settle on some line of de-
fense for these beans. The market
is going down every day. The large
handlers of beans tell us that the
situation is dead" dull, practically life-
less. There isn’t anything more life-
less 'or near death’s door than the
market on your beans “Wllk be” un-
less Something drastic is indulged in
at once. If the bean situation is real-
1y weak We should do something to
give it relief. Some medical aid and
attention must be given. I’ll bet you
would ﬁnd. on examination. that the
present bean situation has every ap-

 

 

 

' pearance of a “big warty toad” all

of to on
distributor .to‘ the outside maket ' ~
is up to .you, as a distributor of the
mtm, to watch this market carefully. '

and when it shdw‘s its ﬁrSt sign oil." .,

danger, for you to ﬂy under cover. I

‘ euphose we are wrong,.w .5 will hope j".
so at least, but the “Pink Sheet” is n

looking for? an experience that we”

Went through in 1911,. as shown in":

our. last week’s inane. we just be-

lieve that these fellows, with your.

dumping aid and assistance, are go-
ing’ to mes along on this “depression
highway,” until beans are brought to
the lowest possible level, until the,

 

BEAN EXAMPLE.

A, little example which. looks
easy enough for Johnny, but one
which may need the assistance of
John. to work out. Think it over' 3‘
carefully before being sure you
have the answer, well in hand.

If ,“one hundred” bushels of."
beans will sell for $1.75 per bushel;
what will “two hundred” bushels
bring?

 

 

I

beans in the producer’s hands are re-
duced to a very low percentage;‘—-—-
then fellows is when we look for the-
bean situation to show some real tone
and possibilities You can’t make
the writer believe that the situation
warrants this market going down
every day, getting weaker and easier.
There is some infection somewhere.
No question about it—you must be '
your own doctors and try to discover
where this infection is, it’s cause and
the remedy for it. If you don’t want
this market to burst, causing a uni-
versal explosion, you better stop
feeding for a while, at least. There
are, undoubtedly, some damp beans
on hand for disposition, and regard-
less of the situation those beans
should be disposed of during the Win- "
[er months. Those having good hard
beans should hold them indeﬁnitely,
because there is no other way in
God’s world that you can change the
situation from its present position. '

 

BEANS——DETROIT MARKET.
White hund- picked basis ...... $2.00.,"
Red Kidney” 2.10

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.
Zone No. 2 Michigan ........... $1.85
Zone No. 3 Michigan ........... 1.90
Zones 4, 5. 6 and 7 Michigan. . . 1.95

NOTE—We give you abov. the
price. that Michigan dealers alonll
be able to pay you 101‘ beans. hand-
picked basin, In the illerent freight
zone- of Michigan. The Pink Sight
has net the.prlce for hen-I, hand.
picked basis. at the average Michi-
gan points, at $2.40 per bushel. ‘

 

 

Continued on Page Six

 

N ha p in touch with the
market bandit has you should know
tn rim-eight rate trom your shipping

11g" .. 119 height rate you
v'e Kay“ which Places You in a. pd-
ultion to: know whet or. your local dealer

3 giving you :11 marks

products: ,
is emf-ct

 

ely whit it
mom: to them duet-en
The rate
sit rigour};

t course.td1§€

the {leading market oeu- '~

CHIGAN FREIGHT ZONES

Zone 3—Bay City.

"Pittsburmgh for instance. show that Nt.
1 T1 tit hay is worth $16 00 per ton.
The f 18 t be a :4. 40, awo'uld show that
the dealer": in usc'ola county shOuld pay
ﬁll. 60 per ton, less handling charge. The
mini-mum weigh t of a car of ’hay is
20, 0001 pounds;- the minimum weight of a
cqr of potatoes is 80. 000 pounds: the
minimum Weight of a 1391‘ of- “beans i'a

' 40, 000‘ pounds; and you Will have to- pay
j for that number of ‘pu up“ in each car.
, so be sure and ship '8. "on gThé-

rates given cover-
cans only; all kind: on
crept rate. We will be3 mama
“you with full summation it
to the maxIInum and minimum.
3 1,0111%“ get thl‘ it! '
'.° . 5°“ .

30110 3—Vicksbnrg.

' 'Zone 4—-Greenville.

*Detrolt _
Zone 5—Sandusky.

Ono! natl .
thin . '. . .' .

New York City ................. .2795
Pittsburghf . . . .. ................. .17
Clnclnnath .16
Chicago

Detroit

New York City
Pittsburgh

Cl cinnatl

Ch cago

New York City..

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati . . . . . ......... . .
.Ghloago»........._. ........... .
Detroit, . . ,

-ew York Cl ty ........... ....'.
Pittsburgh.

 

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MIEHIEAN W’T“

APPROXIMATE
FREIEHT ‘ . RATES To

LEADING

ZONE-5 -' *3?» MARKETS

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"ll ,, _ unmet r orts are w
4!? sist them imreceivmg a their .
mitrI-IGAN BUSINESS - RMING in“
‘an experienced direction of men, VVw’h
pf this state to secure ‘f r' pricesﬁmd
: t meet these conditions to aid if ppssiblé,.
; ble market ‘ .

’ 1T In the unpretentious little “pink-sheet" which y’éu he

of Michigan,will ﬁnd a militant strong-arid, may ﬁnd angipus‘a
‘their rights and to right their wrongs wherever and wheneven-
pendent farmer or group of organized farmers in this state need j

publication, at any time, if it can be of assistance to them; ,. .

II MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING let ,it be clearly” understood, réprts;
" single organization, be it Gleaners, Grang'ers, _ Farmers’ Clubs Sqeiet'y of. .. 9
Whatever its creed 0‘: title It does, hOWever, stand f0; organized {iﬁni’dm bchAgAA ‘
this way only do we believe the farmers of Michigan can some intoA . own.

ONE—CENT PER-WEEK (when ordé‘rsd Vfot so wéekt as more) , ‘

2 SEND 50c FOR so WEEKS '
. A A p ‘ (In remitting it is to your advantage to write full name aad address éa‘rﬂully and.
,‘A- tell us whether you are an old or new subscriber.) . , ;. . if j .

     

  

   

  

 

  
 
   

 

RURAL PUBLISHING CO, INC, GEO. M. SLOCUM, SEC‘Y TRﬁAS
HOME OFFICES: 95 WEST FORT STREET, DETROIT MICHIGAN
OTHER OFFICES: New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Ports Hug-On. '

 

 

 

 

z-i . j ‘ Entered as 2nd Class Matter, Oct. 13, 1912, atA Detroit, Mich., under Act Of Mar: 3,1379.

EDITORIAL. ..

i’V u ’ ’lA

ES, “Working just like beavers.” The story is told of an-
Englishman, who visited this country Several years ago, and.

became very much interested in the wonderful little beaverS.

 

cided that he would take a full grown pair back with hi‘iri to
London.

The animals were purchased, conﬁned in a strong box, and de—‘V'

.ﬁ VV -livcred at the pier rom which their owner Was to sail the next day.

in order that the little fellows might be more easily cared for, the ‘

freight agent placed the box in the freight of—

WORKINC ﬁce 23for the night. j
LIKE During the night the beavers got busy, and
BEA VERS it did not take them very long to gnaw, a hole

«I. - through the box large enough to permit their,

_ escape. Once in the ofﬁce, they took a good survey of the premises,

‘3: .j T and made up their minds that the ﬁrst thing needed Was water; and

' to be sure of water, a dam was‘ necessary -_

i; . When the agent opened the freight ofﬁce door the next morning,

he found that his guests had made free use of table and chair legs
and ofﬁce furniture tgenerally, in constructing a very good foundatiOn
for a dam which they had decided to build acrossone particular cor—
ner of the ofﬁce

True, they had followed their natural instinct and ‘j‘wOrked like

beavers, "’ but to what end? A reader, speaking of market conditions

A in his particular locality, closed his letter by saying that‘ ‘the farm— j

ers work like beavers, and have little time to think of anything eISC
but work.”

Work like men; not like beavers.‘ Farming is a business, not a '

weary round of plowing, harrowing and harvesting. Brain work is
A necessary; and brain work on theb farm pays handsome dividends.
True, there is much work on the farm that calls for bra‘Wn and
muscle. J _
But the brain should plan and direct the work And While the
muscle is active creating, the brain must be- «weaving the receptacle
in which the result bf your toil is to be cared for. ‘ “Working like
beavers.” No! Working and planning and succeeding ‘like men

  

    
   
 
 
   

  

. ter of protection, only Altogether too many farmers are.~
. ‘Alike beavers”—-——0'roping In the dark and turning Over the
‘liant‘ element in succeszul farming to others .

  

 

  
 
   
   
  
  
 
    
 
     
 

 

 

 

He examined the dams built by the little animals, and dé— ,

. election there seemed to be an in-

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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT DETROITABY A‘A . .

    
  

   

Everythln Looks Bg-Ightifor the . g. -
Adminle, ration—~Buslngss liltereste
Have Conﬁdence in Wilson. - 3

No matter how loud the calamity
howlers chat their veices are drowned .
by {he busy hum of the machinery in -~
the factories throughout the land ., " ~ ‘
We have been hearing so much about; '

  

 
 

   
  
  
 
 
 
   
   
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
   
    
  
   
   
  
 
    
 
    

 

1‘ a depression When the new. adiriinls» A..I:. w

tration took hold 01 the snails Of;
government that somg people have ,. .
been' getting ready for the event and» -' '2 A
all kinds of predictions as to buSi-x..,3- ,
ness for the coining ‘ye‘ar are aﬂoat”. ~; j,“

Each month Since} election ha’Sj.-'/u ll
shown an improvement in general." l,..
business conditions and while—itmust“ ‘“
be admitted that for :5th days afterx

ﬂuence‘ against expanding busingss,.,j~
the demand for manufactured prod-
ucts was too great, and building op-
erations have continued without id
terruption. We now come to the
week of the inauguration of President .“drAy" States The eyenl~
Wilsim and ﬁnd that conditions are I .thé Senate Nhad pasSedvt
even brighter than thirty day's ago. j~the President’s a

The most important development becomes a. ‘law W
in steel during the week was the de- ,, dent's Signature ‘
maria from agncu‘ltural machinery ﬁlms“ has congress
manufacturers for steel bars and 0th; .. dent’s veto F‘lv’j . ‘
er preduets to caver reduirelnents ti; dent Roosevelt pinned to -
July,. 1914. Usually such manufac- Rainy river '5de bill, and congr “Vs
turers do not come into the market passed the hill without his slgiiatu
until April or. later. Anxiety to ‘oh-V‘ , 1
mm early shipments on contracts ac. .
counts for early inquiries » , ' . . . .2 . ,

New orders ior steel bars, plates aImmedlate passage of: the b .
and shapes continIIed heavy falling fact over} twenty years ag a .
only a little Short of full capacity of was presented asking that tab s to
ﬁnishing mills, but Shipments are .
even larger The United State. Steel
corporation' 3 out-put of- steel ingots
was at the rate of over 59, 000 .tons -
per day during February thin: is the
daily. average production was greater
than in October but the aggregate
tonnage, of course, was smaller be. .- t ,
cause of the fewer days in the moat , ' gustitutional in thAAA

The railroads during Athe ..~ ‘oek ‘ ﬁnally delegated to the

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i! r the month coh‘tr

allot the Balti'bre _. ‘
The beaver does most of his work at night, and while he has a ‘13? ‘Were

general plan for laying the: foundatiOn for a darn, he bill (is as Aa‘ mat-

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., I! resign dram
. . , H1133 rile pyo‘hahilltm ,.
”Win. _' *tenmeratm‘es. Dates

31%” '1‘ that iii-13,.

         

   
  

  

1 last emerged from
. ‘1700111, and We have an opportunity of

are ~. ‘3.
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$36,.“ ifs-on? that Meri-

 

 

 

   
 
  
  
  
 

 
  
   
 

 

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""‘Ilnto 'n‘eW relations to

   

   

'llhis 1‘ 1t is claimed

   
  
 
   
   
 

11.1 3112130 nines cf the world
t the pregnant "time
‘ W3} have no 011131011 on this matter

summed people... ' We know that peo-

   
    

 

_. Ma}. 1 r33. . ,
a'h'fte 3 333.3313 12.1%; ‘ .. .e
‘res3 Pamﬁe 'sl‘b‘pe aboutMgrch
. . . . e .

“ -.ai),_d brighter, feel better under a high
barometer Or as a cool Wave comes
inrﬁvve also know that inure deaths
.ocpur under- the oppre3sive' atmos-
131139.61 the lo‘W than under the in-
vigorating inﬂuences £13119 high.

 
   
 
    
  
  
 
  

   
  
 

 

 

This Will. be. 3' v3ry . dangerous
storm parted apd you should remdnl'g

    
 

I35‘l3 claimed that at such a;
dark age3 3pread over- Eu;

itailgate}; 101i 3 thousand years ,

@111 1 '
hither systems electromagnetism be- _.

. ac.- '.
r331: activity of the,

" but note it .as a; belief or many Well.-

8"
9.: this; are dull. under a low barometer.-

   
 
  

ms; c
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' . rAd rise-alt
' atroit Mich-.3.

  

 

 
 
 
  
  
 

and 1133 11011311333 work; A

I‘ebple have knoWn’ little about it.
.Nb‘W, When the members are already

‘ list beg‘n‘nmg to seriously consider
measures
3339.33 of many bills from this time
Qﬂﬁ 3 .s‘ an as

.The Uniform Text- Book Bill has at
the committee-

.witnessing’ What a mess they have
made of it. The three main features
, of the biI1,Which is called the “Dunn-
Young BilI, " 3re:
vUnIform text-books
schools in the state.
2. Districts ;may furnish free text-

for all

.. books, but they must be the same as
,used all over the state.

3. These uniform text-books may
be supplemented by other books if

1, necessary.

The bill also provides for a Text-
B'oqk Commissio consisting of the
_Governor, Superintendent of Public
Instruction President of the Agricul-
tural College and two members to be
appointed, by the Governor.

If this bill goes into effect it will
mean that every school in the State.
regardless of equipment or of teach-
ers;i~,will have to use the same books.
It means also that those districts
thatpwish to provide free text-books
must purchase the uniform ones.
Andthen,here is the joker: if the

‘ uniform. textbook does not meet the

needs of the school it may be sup-
plemented by other books. The text-
book, trust couldn’t have Wished for
a better bill. That means that where
they have sold one book before, they
will now sell two. They can simply
make the uniform book so poor that
a supplementary book will be neces-
sary, and then we will have to pay
the bill.

 

    
   

ruthat We‘? are hitting the“ da
'3 dangerou3 terms Within a
2 cat-million «fella.

 
 
 

    

 

s FIELD NOTES

Dipped from the Stream

 

 

some; that. W11 .sxyeep over .thlS‘II-"f ‘ ' .
With‘i lantew days 0t..Ma’l’ch Friut Conditions Remain Good
' throughout the state so far as the
(aids; concerned; but disease
' f is everywhere prevalent,
' ' w'0 .sprays need look for
he gaason’s beauties. '1.
3 Startling Returns
3333’; taken to deter-
.ag 3‘33 91;; their farm
, 93'; :gthri sad fact that
.1331 11133121331113 age of her
This average Trig certainly

  

   

        
  
   
  
  
     

 

   
 
 

ﬁlocations oi lih 33 dread
‘ storms and to describ e‘m’: ‘1

11513153 every locahﬁy, b’iit, _'
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I'm \ ’5th Mli1 1’9 £119 51'9““ I" 1131 and 111311 e 41 so to. the
' '7 341.91%” 19.1 #939136, 1:, “1.3:" :hwglgands 'beIore
«9".39611‘39‘1' ﬂab-06 “ board 33d. reads
~‘IW9WWE‘MWFGII 33mm / “Sound

3&9 3311;312er 3‘ -. faith .291 W!”

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The Bacteriological Building at M.
A. C. was a point of much interest
the ,past week, the' annual exhibit
covering six subjects; bacteriology
in domestic science, dairy bacteriol-
ogy and sanitation. Dairymen, driven
Wild-by the health board of Detroit,
were constant and close students at
this exhibit.

Best Dairy Building in Country will
be the aim at M. A. C. and this to
be realized by August 1st if contracts
are fulﬁlled. It will be specially

. constructed as a store room and re—

tail department for the disposal of
butter, cheese and buttermilk, Which
products of demonstration as
given in the dairy courses by the
dairy department. The dimensions
'01, the building are 7811128 feet with
3‘; basement First ﬂoor 'will have
separator rooms, butter making de—

. wpartment refrigeration plant, cheese
. U~ ‘ 1“, wring room and salesroom, as well
‘ ._ 'atudy ;

as rooms for em'plOyes in making

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. - la. 37-563,
1 . ichig'an has been Qutremely 33133"
tel has presented stores 61“-
hence to vbte on; it in the Spring
t l the Work has been all behind-5'~ '3That poor bill is being kicked about

3331,
.‘tbe .bommittee-room doors and the"?

  

talking about adieurnment, they are <-

We may look for the-

I. only about 8 SenatOrs who really ,

-Pedigr'ee lee Stosk Association wil.

’65 of clothing and for shower '-
, The base walls Were laid last
. and Work will be resumed as

"arranged for that day.

  
  
       

I 6' Siff- e is {lot yet a" 631.“
faulty in. Michigan That is,
aren’t sure yet that We Will have 3‘.

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like ’a poor “113113303"... First the
HouSe passed the bill making it 1303- .
. sible to vote on this ‘qireStion in the
Spring, then the Senate wrangled
:-0Vé;‘ the; question of Whether or not_
pagsing the bill meant that they per-
,3on'ally favored woman suffrage. (It
_ is interesting to note that there are

    
 
 

    

   
   
   

      
 
 

  

favor equal suitrage) However, they
ﬁnally passed another bill. m’3king it .
impossible for foreign Women to. vote,
and now this bill 'must go back to
the House. It will be considered;
there on Tuesday, March 3d and the
Lord knows what they will see ﬁt
to do with it this time. .

 
 
     
 
 
     

   
    

On Friday afternoon February
28th,. there was a balance of $2, 385; .
670. 70 in the general fund of the -
State Treasury. Michigan need not
now be aShamed of her business
standing

   
     
   

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The House of ‘Representatives are .'
planning another junket trip to the .
trap-rock district of Michigan. Rep.
(Continued on Page Eight) ﬁlm 'If

    
 
 

WATCH CLOSELY THE
MARCH MARKETS

(Continued from Page One)

show that there is an abundance 70f
off-grade hay, and prices on this ‘qual-
ity must be determined by weather
conditions If cold weather holds on
as long as last spring, you will ﬁnd ‘
a good demand for feeding grades
before the new crop ﬁnds its Way to'
the market The best grades are
already looking up and prices will
be maintained. If all reports received , ~,.
can be relied upon, the quantity of .3;
potatoes in the farmers’ hands is not 4
as large as ﬁgured. However, in the ,
absence of actual ﬁgures from at
least a partial personal canvass, re-
poxts cannot be relied upon. Right
now is the time to watch the potato,
market with an eagle eye We are
after some inside information, and
shall endeavor to keep our readers
posted.

The March market is usually as '
unstable as the weather. We have
come to that month when the average
farmer lays his plans for cleaning up ;
A little care exercised right now will ' i
mean at least ﬁtable prices and fair
returns, while a general cleaning up ,‘,-~ig,??5
and a rush for the market Will mean '11" ' ~'
3 total loss to many. Taking all in
all, conditions are far better ri ht
now than We could have pose bly
predicted thirty days ago for this .
period. Nothing is the gained by,
getting excited at this stage of the
game.

   
      
    
 

 
  
    
  
   
   
    
      
   
 

  

  
    
   
      
    
  

 

 
 
   

 

 

tended by the county and township
commissioners and supervisors. from
Charlevoix, Emmett, Wexford, ,Man- ~'
istee, Antrim, Kalkaska, Bennie
Leelanau and Grand TraverSe ceun
ties.

—‘—-The

   
       
     
       
    

  
   

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hold their annual meeting in Nilé
on March 7th, and a ﬁne program dd,
. M. 01311:“
Resd;,-a ‘prominent Holstein breew, ._ ‘

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mbst advers9 Circumstances.

  

.ipg to exist in the near future. With

  

.-b9 in evidence at ”some time later.

 

,9 OATS—DETROIT MARKET.
‘ Standard

  
  
  

............ .35-
No. 3 White ............. ..9... .34
99",9No. 4 White . ...... ‘ -
‘No. Mixed.......‘......’....
No. Mixed . ..9 ..... .

 

  
 
 

CINCINNATI—In keeping with the

list joined with the advance proces-
9‘s‘i0n and moved to an advanced posi-
tion. The demand for all top quali-
ties was keen with actual receipts be-
ing below the demand. The situation
' is very healthy, at quotations.

 
 
 
 

 
 

 

  

 
 

 

 

 

     
      
       
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
  

OATS-CINCINNATI MARKET.
Standard ................... .3615
No. 3 White....... .......... .341/2
No. 4 White ................. .33
No. 2 Mixed .................. .341/2 -
No. 3 Mixed .............. .' . . . .34
, PITTSBURGH —— T h 3 Pittsburgh

market did not brace up in line with
most others. Conditions were ad
vanced but the general tone to the
situation was not as good as would
be naturally expected, based on con
ditions in a general way.

 

OATS—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

 

Standard . ................... .36
No. 3 White. ................. .35
No. 4 White ................. 33%
No. 2 Mixed ........ , ........

No. 3 Mixed .................

 

“I have received a copy of Grant
Slocum’s new book and think it ﬁne.”
——Glen Strachly, Bronson, Michigan.

CLOVER SEED

’ , As advised in last Week’s issue,
D we cannot look for any material
-L 39,9 change to the seed situation for
9‘ a few weeks. As the season draWS
, ’nearer to seeding time the situation
may respond to the sympathy created
' . , by a demand at that time. There is
f" nothing whatever that warrants or
" even suggests other than a spirited
tone to the seed situation throughout

the ' remainder of 'the season. Of
"‘ ' course this is a feature which may
' be modiﬁed, regulated or manipulated
by large handlers. We don’t think

,that with storers in their present con-

dition and with the situation main-

 

 

 

the near future taken, care of there?
ShOuId be no hope for depression to.

bowed an advance in the face ,L'

This w M go to Show an expectancy“;
for a most healthy situation continu-

general situation the Cincinnati mar-.9

.e‘

taining its present outlook, that there

is any danger whatever of any other
than a Very strong market existing.

 

CLOVER SEED—DETROIT

   
      
      

M A R K ET.
June. prime. .................. $12. 30
Mammoth, prime ............. 12. 30
Aisike. prime ................. 13. 25
Timothy Seed. prime .......... 1.90

  
 

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“I am with you and will help you
9 'if I can.” ——Ligom'er, Ind.

 0011+

The writer had the pleasure,
during the last week to meet

    
 

 

 

   
  
 

 

one of the largest; wholesale

 

 

No. 4 white.
~ 9 No. 2 yellows.
'No. 3 yellow
_ No 4 yellow.
No. 2 mixed” . . '.
’No. 3 mixed.

  
  

 

 

No.4'mlx9ed ...... -.

 

"I am proud to know that! was” -

'one of the founders who helped to
start this paper and I would be lost
Iwithout it.”-—R. F. Nichols, Miller— '
9 ton, Michigan. -

..... _..J~’, :49,

No.94 mixed.... ...... .
cod’th-rrssuae unmet- ’1
'No.2wlﬁe. ...... .j...
No.3white ......
Nil-4WHITQ....'...'_.,.,.*...... «
No. 2 yellow. ......W. 53% .
No. 3 yellow ....... ‘.. . . .3 ..... 9. 9.521/ﬁ
No. 4 yellow. . . ~. . . ’. .1 ......
No. 2 mixed. ......_.;. ......
Nail-nixed .......

 

 

The apple situation continues
to show some real form

D as a result of the trade

gradually becoming more'
ally cleaned up. some

 

 

In par-

generw

YW
9. .mapkét which would Show

‘4

' crop is unusually large and the outlet»,

on these onions, {but With
tributors running the Situati
they now are it Is; simply cut ’
questigﬁ to expect11111131120~
from at We are

and indifferent working basi

situation :on red stock remains event“

more. critical than on yellow, The

a little/narrower, theretOre the above

- result is the one to be looked for.

ticular cases this is going to be the "

real asset to the general situation
from now on. ‘We don’t think it is
proving out that the storers of‘apples
are weakening on their general'posi-

'tion to hold for good clean cut and

proﬁtable prices. The amount of
stock in stores at most places,
high quality, is not suggestive of any-
thing demoralizing to the general
market situation. We .have enoUgh
of the regular season beforeus so
that there is plenty of time for the
placing of the entire amount onto the
market in 3. Well regulated manner.
If this is carried out there is no
question but what apples will ﬁnish,
at least, in good strong shape. We
are a little afraid, however; that some
p1oducers over the State of Michigan
have set their stakes a little higher
than conditions will warrant.

APPLESAGENERAL MARKET.
Fancy, per barrel ........ 2.00-to 3.50
Ordinary. per barrel. 1.. . 1.00 to 2.50

 

 

 

 

“I believe that the ‘pinla sheet’ has .
come to help the farmers in -a way
that no other paper ever has.”—.—Don
5. Morse, Cassopolis, Michigan.

ONIONS._

‘ The onion situation has made
no advanced steps or maintain
ed' any panticular position dun
111g the past week We think it is
safe to state that nothing is being
attempted along the lines of bolster-
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beblutelY ‘
no excuse Whatever the t 6 present

, situation being What it is

that we had an 9b

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- Red Globe. butin per cwt.. .1. . .

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Yellow Globe, sacked, per cwt. .65‘
Red Globe, nicked. per .cwt.. . . . . «
Yellow Globe, bulk, per cwt. .45
Red Globe, bulk. yer cwth “L." . .

9' Pittsburg .9 .9
Yellow Globe, sacked, pet ewt. . [.75
Red Globe, sacked. per cwt. 1. .00,

‘ Yellow Globe, bul , per pwt. 9.

Red Globe, hulk. per cwt. .. . ..30_ .

 

“If is wonderful how the ‘pinl‘egu;
“‘ tendency is going to be £01531 ower

sheet’ is scattered among the farm-
ers around here and they regard it as
law, The Editor certainly has .a
great responoibility.. We are going
”to hold this hay until every home in
Detroit starves if he rays' 50. ”—Clyde
Godfrey, Napoleon, Michigan.

 

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It begins to be a little ones,
tionable whether we Will ex-

. perienoe any particular market-
’on the cabbage situation for the re-

.mainder of the seasons—this, oi

course from a shipping standpoint.
The supply frbm the local truck ga'r-

dening angle ‘ seems inexhaustible.
They continue to take care of practis

Cally all of the outside terminals to 5
Which Michigan looks for disposition. 9' ‘* ’
determine just, .9 .
how many cabbage are still back 111: '_ ~ '

this channel, but we are very much '

It is impossible to

.9 afraid that enough are still back so

It is true19g-' "
dent crop of.
‘ is year, but

that the situation may “not warrant
shipping of. cabbage to advantage.

 

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that of a law demoralized,uns1ettled ‘
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south.9 We Will ,ontinue. L t

tailing oﬂ'sin market «191109L
» ing the pill-ﬁt fortnight.

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ed’ by‘ some of the large handlers :11.
eggs will go to about 180 about the _
latter part of- this month: We wish.
to cautidn yen, who naturally ace the
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when this market is ﬁnaliY . 'L "'
ﬁshed on it? new Mshxshipp‘ing to.

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uiiig Week.” This table
0‘s ' rélihbl e and ﬁgurative

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rmiried to break
result ”was that

,asV sold at ”155 to

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Winos‘ .

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to
.38; 50 £0 $8.75

. 8.00to 850
amnion, V‘to
V 6. '75 to 7.10

”4-00.?”

.. ' 7.75
(:17: and cuttersL . . 50 4.45
:to 1121125 veal: . . 9.50.10 11. 00

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Cattle—Buffalo.-

-. gilt. Monday s pIy here of 2,250
head and modera- receipts of 16, 000
at. Chicago enabled sellers to advance

prides here from 15@25 cents and at.

the close. ot the --day’s session full
demand was not met. Six or eight

era-961s of. good Weight steers and with
Satin. United Dressed Beef, Stern and

a few. 'of the largen‘country killers in,

the competition,'trade was active and
good clearance had in due season,
‘top steers reaching -$8-. 65V@8. 75,“ few

1,059. 00,: as against .88. 45‘? top "a Week

,go. Conditions Were rather "bad for

ithe better. Weight steers last .week.

With Lent; on, consumers protesting

- ers We're poor support to the dressed.
- mediate Wants.

dieeping rather close to the shore on
killing, have been pretty well cleaned .

and’lndmna and most. ﬁeeders are put-VI

Vtreme ' 21:11-11:60 or

against high- priced beef, retail butch-

for their im-
Coolers, with killers

beef trade, buying on

V'u‘p and one” undertone to the trade for

the opening day of the week shows.

substantial unprovement. The talent
is Spredict'ing some" very high prices
for; May-and lune, Quite a. few good
steers. re on feed in Michigan, Ohio

Itingythe ”Corn to em pretty freely
and eXpect. to; get them to" market
during the summer time, as the gem.
eras opinion is- that "supply Will be
none too liberal. then- and that avia-

tion prions may be looked ﬁofr. ,_ At the 'V
was

that be female killing stuff is being'i‘

Shipper '

pres tr- time, there are” mdflcat

pretty well thinned. Oht‘
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s Ithe way of making concessions.

4.2519 71.35"

, 1109

-. the buying line until noon.
= for the balance of the week was of a

.W'eek’s cloSe, best $11. 50@12. 00
$12. 00% hulls $9 00,154.00Q6V00Vf01‘

 

- Calf Quotations..-
Catﬁsh, choice to extra.
ﬁns:- ‘1! to good 9V,SQ@11.00
-,-Cul-l and ‘common ...... 850@
Light'- {hm ............ ;. 5.5954 8.00 .

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H ego—Detroit.

There Seemed a disposition mani—
fest on the part of buyers to hang
back on making purchases.
'ditio'n Was. very much in evidence on
Thursday’s run. However, when the
trade considered the outside situation
and the situation. in geneial, came
across with the price. On Thursday
"which is one of the very best mar-
ket days, nothing whatever was sold
(up to noon. This goes to show that
the trade held bask hoping, at least,
that sellers would do something in
This
however, Was not forthcoming and
trade Was immediately resumed at the
old basis, and in a good snappy 1112111-
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Hoes—DETROIT VMARKET.

,Fnh“! to choice butchers $8.30
Lightweights

Bonn. according to

~ , weigh t ................ 3.00 to 3.25
Pigs ' 8.30

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« Hogs—Chicago.

A very important table to consider

When Wishing for actual run of stuff

V and range of sales made:

Mixed Heavy Light
Packing, Packing & Packing &
VMedlum and Selected Selected
Butchers, Shipping, Shipping,
195C255lbs.255@4001bs.13360195le.
-21 .......... $8 lf1@8.471,§$8.05@8.40 $8 25 @8. 50
22 .......... 82008.50 8.10@8.50 8. 30@8. 55
24 .......... 83011786231» 8.2560860 8. 40@8 65
25 ....... 8.35@8.70 830608.30 8. 45@8 70
. 26 .......... 8.l5@8.50 8.05@8.45 8. 26638. .10 .-
27 .......... 8.10€iI8.-10 800038.35 8.20@8.40
28 .......... S.25@8.00 8.1560855 8.40@8.60

............. $6 15@6 I'll/AG. l5@6 52%SG 20@6. 42%
............. 6.8069715 6. 00@7. 10 6.90027 20
............. 9 60699. 95 9 6. {(010 00 9. 50@9 871/2
............. 6. 15@6.' :15 6.25@6. 57% 6 10@6. 45

The general disposition was to force
down the high market standard set by
hogs in last week’sl‘un. The trade
started off on Monday very close to
the basis established last week,

 

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a disposition to make a determined
ﬁght fer lower values. The trade was
of a very uneven nature on Tuesday
with sales being made at a discount
of 50,10 100. Packers were very
bearish, bidding no better than steady
at any time. After the very ﬁrst
rounds, trade was very slow. packers
holding back, not doing anything in
Trading

most. irregular nature, every angle to

the situation being used. by both

aides. Therewere a number of sales
of good average fat butcher stock
Sellingtat $8.40. This was about the
top for the Week. In mixed packing
the average sales being made were on
-b'asis of $8.10 to $8. 25. Medium and
butcher stuff hanging very Close at
$8 25 to $8. 30 low grade heavy pack-
111g stock hanging around $8 to $8. 20

It might be safely stated that the-

situatnm received a slight wallop this

but at .the same time every-V.
thing in the future indicates not only
present strong and well establish- ,-

lend 6,416 head or libido-versi-
0 lghe‘n

.88. 5 to $860
$ 0'

Lonicagn 32, 000 Buffalo 11. 209.

“11.565 12. on, .
9 on '

This con- '

but .
- as the week advances every day shows

Light hogs sold;
'5 to $81,625,013: mixed butcher."

 

,. Hogkﬁuﬂ‘alo. -.

., ight supply of nogsI at all points -
for the opening.- day ‘of the onVekIVIV:
ra e

at Buffalo ”was 20V@25 cents higher

and in some instances as much as 35
cents above last week's
r-pachers' have considered prices here

close Local
too high, as compared to the. .We‘st
Chicago quoting their kinds around
$8. 60 Monday, and as a corise‘quence

bought sparingly but with a. good,

strong eastern order demand, a good

’I active trade was had- at the advance

Best weights $9.10@9.20,' with several
decks that sold with Only the rOughs
and a few extreme heavies Out going
to order buyers at $9 25, market being.

on the highest level Since last 00- ."

tober Yorkers, lights and pigs show-
ed the full advance, bulk selling at
$925. Roughs mostly at $8. 25 and
stage $7@7.25 generally. Immediate
outlook appears very favorable.
There will be days when setbacks will
be had». with liberal runs, but outlook

generally is favorable for the selling

side, some authorities expecting to
see the ten-cent hog before the month
is out.

 

HUGS—BUFFALO STOCK YA‘RDS
Extreme 119111105 280 up. . .9.00@0.15
l'lcanvs 240 to 280 ........ 9.00@9.15
Moqliunm 220 to 240. . . . .9.10@9.15
“9111111115 190 to 220. . . . .9.]0@0.2
‘llixwl 180 to 220 .......... 9.10@9.25
Yr-rlim-H “'10 to I70 ........ 9.20@9.25
I)" light 130 to 150 ...... 0. 206139.25
Pigs [20 down ............ 9 206139.25
M1114- hog‘s ‘) ..00@9 25
lie-111w curls .............. 0.00@9.10
ltolxglls ................... 8.1061) 8.25
Stairs ..................... 0.50@7.25

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

The market on sheep and lambs is
running along at the pace set last
week. There really is no changes to .
report in the general situatiOn exist-
ing on the Detroit market. Taking
every angle to the situation into con-
sideration we don‘t think there would
be a cent difference in the actual re-
sults as shown. There was a good
liberal run of sheep and lambs this
week. The trade appreciated the
good substantial condition of the mar-
ket and did not hang back in making
purchases at the range of prices pre-
viously established. Trading this
week was very easily made on the
part of the sellers.

 

SHEEP -— DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs. good to choice. $8.2 5t: $8. 50

D0 fair to good. . .. 8:00 to 8.‘ -51
Yearling lambs, 7.50 to 8.00
Mixed sheep 4.50 to 5.50
01111 sheep 4.00

choice.

 

 

Sheep and Lambs——Chicago.
Table shows rangs of prices in ef-
fect for years 1908 to the present. A
good table to cut and paste in your
reference book

Sheep. Lambs.
To Top Bulk.
This week ‘ .. ﬂog $V5. eI’BI@6.5o $880 $8 15@860
s.35@8 8.85

\Vcek ago ..... . . 0@6.40
F our weeks ago. 67 ’ 9 00
2

4 75@6 00 7. 10
There is a remarkable demand for
both sheep and lambs on the Chicago
market this Week. Getting good long

prices for sheep and lambs is begin-
,ning to be a 'habit with sellers these
, V situation» is so healthy
that buyers do not hesitate to cemply a;

(19.375. . The '

with demands made. While there is»-

-, ,, some unevenness in sales made still
receipts, 32, 000 fresh ark,-

the situationﬁ on practically .211
grades is very strong“. The 11 en- do

.mand activity of the mango.

advance in the same is 81111
1144111101.. on. good- qualit¥
age.V I. .0141. sheep are real y?- bringing

 

 


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61011 at $6810L some ﬁnish '
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ing ' , ,
hé 10p for native eWes 1was $6. 50.'

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' SHEEP—«CHleGO STOCK
YARDS. 1

' _1 'Llsn'lbs, good to choke. $8. 00 to $8. 40
'60, fair 'to good” .. 7.00 to 8.00.
do. cull to comm'on . 5.00 to‘ 8.00

Yearling Lambs, choice 0.75 to '

, , Do, can to run- ....... .1010

‘ " ,1,Wether'n, choice . '. . , . 0.25 to

1 ,_ Ewes, choice handy
weight
do, choice heavy. . . .5. 50 to

gullksheep ......... . . . . 4. 00 to

‘ P135
“.50 ,

6.85
6.00
5.50

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Sheep and Lambs—Buffalo.
' Seventy-ﬁve Cars or 15,000 head on
offer for Monday; Supply of lambs
ample to meet all requirements and
buyers took full time to meet their
needs. Opening prices were the same

as last week’s close, best lambs bring-,

ing from $9.00 @ $9.10 generally, culls

 

SHEEP —— BU FFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choir o ..... 9,006.39. It)
Do fair to good ..... ‘. . . . 8.35@S. 90
Do cull and comnmn. . . . 7.50@8.' -.: .
[)0 skins .. ............. 6.006907. 25

learling‘ “rt-tho s. chol (1‘. 7.7563521
Do cull to fair .......... 5.00@7.50
Do ewes, «holoc- ......... 6.50@7.(m-

VVethL-rs'. choice 6.50@7.00

Mixed sheen 6.25@6.50

Ewes, choice handy “'eighl‘ 6.25@6,40
Do choice heavy ......... 6.00@(i.3?5

Gull sheep ............... 3.00@5.2‘5

 

 

Bucks ....................3.00@4.7"-

16" 611,11

' certain extent. ., ., ,
‘ under consideration are be'hn

on basis 01 April prices The 9.1161113
cite operators have not ﬁxed their
opening prices but expect to decide,
by Apri1 let“. The anthracite ”market

is even quieter than the bituminous '

trade at the present time

' ' _ Soft Goal. FOB
Kind of coal. Min'e’s
Hocking reSCreened 111111111 ....... $170
Cambridge 11/4 lump‘. . . .. . _. . .. 1.50
Cambridge, 3/1. lump ....... 130
West Virginia splint' lump. . . .1; . .. 1 50
White Ash block ..... 11. . . . .1.1.' .. 1. 50
Kentucky, 4-’inch'-'.1ump. ..-'.,.. 1.65
Kentucky 4x2 inch egg ..... ‘. 1... 1.45
H211 risburg 6 inch lump. . . .' ..... '1. 60
Pocahontas lump and egg- . 1.80
Pocahontas mine run. ...... 1.45-
Michig an domestic 4-inch lump2 2.75
Anthracite egg stove or nut . @450
Note: Quotations on anthracite coal
are based on gross tons '

FLOUR AND FEED.

_ The ﬂour and feed trade is dull.
Were it not for large orders booked
ahead before the holidays 3. great'
many mills would be running only on
half time. There is little demand for

 

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nation and sales are mad
er basis 111111111131 Weak;

.1 are just about the Same as dust weeig ,

With the exceptidn off} some chop

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1‘. ,3" .
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mm""””‘”mm§1

1/8411jabér socksa .- .
Spring patent '1«.;_1..;. . .,,. ,-':4 50;;
Tow-cling sacks 01', Wood barrels

$‘ 5'25

‘ “"1. 1. _. Pertcm

Coarse corn meal ...... . ..... .i. 23. 00.:

Cracked corn .......... _Z',‘4 50

Chen feed ‘

Coarse middlings

Fine middlingsf.

Bran (standardi‘ _
The above prices are t o. 1) De-

tioigt Mich. on car lot shipments '
'i'ankage, averaging 60 per cent

protein}; .per ton-11.0“ b,, Chicago,
"‘W e are very glad 'to see the pink
sheét’ tome and are glad that some-
one had the courage to take.- up the
farmer’s problem and help to salt/e
it ”-'—C L. Carver Clare; Michigan

‘13wa AT LiNSIhl'é.
(Continued from Page Five)
Follet of Iosco secured the pabsage

of a resol'ution to this effect after urg- '

ing that there was a great demand
in this State for limestone to... be deed
in enriching the soil.
will investigate the .feasibility of
using convict labor in getting this
rook out for this purpose and also
for use in build‘ing' good road-s. '
' 1 ' . t

The Odell 'Bill
sterilization of' mentally defective
persons will come up before the Sena
ate on Marchxllth

it

A bill embodying the 1n1t1at1ve

referendum and recall Will be con-'1

sidered by the House on Tuesday,,

March '4t'l1,

1 t'*

President Snyder of the Agricul-jC‘
tural goneg'e States that the college ,1

Ilee‘ds large funds to carry owtit'
work. He claims {but th9 college"

1 oculd use 50 ﬁeld men to db. enter!

Sign, W'qtk' if they had the funds
QM Rammmb

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any ' i y health
ZTh'e committee 1 ‘

relative to 1116’

aket
. "fellure to, yhtw'e'

squa‘r'é in ev ‘i‘y' 11118.6
-,Will place the

no longer

' "1 «boost! hard.

Se tlon 1

111(1on

ms
- utensils, also.- t e c ﬁle '0

, Uri ‘
or; persons, ﬁrm or (3011111811111 1311115191 g5
milk or cream for city consur‘n Mon

9130 all milk depowts sh1 pi g
anél appliances connectedpthgeregrxl

90.12. 111117 proddeeir 0r shiiip
fusing" to allow such Inspectors to
rémises', barns; fbﬁttl'ewa
utensils sh 11 be debarr'eﬁd from shj
ping milk to said City, also any: '09,:
of milk depot or creamery refusing?

' allow inspection shall be de 2

shipping milk to 911121191137.
All agents or 111

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and utensils pf producers ah
had at least two ybars'eiepe en
1119an 8 or w'o‘rkln 0119.11
1 , airingweache ,
bowl! whp
inspectors doi‘hg «311611 111315 :1 '
this bill goes into effe'ct'xshon reﬁl ~-
such inspedtors' by inspecting of th 1
Above quellﬂbatlons as fo'lldws: One in
specter Inside of ninety days after tin
act goes into cheffect 91nd one, addition
0101-, each six. 'Ixtx'ohth‘s thereof or
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_ Sec 11.11.111.615 score a.
ulations region ul'at‘l'ng prold‘u‘ce
city health cards 151181111119

- by 11 6011111113111 on t

loWing ~members':

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