
 

”THE “PINK SHEET‘ GET IT S BIGGEST BOOST

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.. HIGAN HAY & GRAIN DEALERS ASSOCIATIWON
, Detroit, Mish, April 21, 1913.
‘ if ubWe are domg a lot of. work that is of great beneﬁt to our members, as
.. o w e . >
WEEKLY‘MARKET LETTER and information letter each week that gives
conditions at all Terrilinal Markets, Michigan Business Changes, etc. This letter
Wi11 The dependable, aS‘ the information is furnished by reliable dealers who are
members of ounAssocratIon
We era; novﬁyyorkmg for uniformity in grading and. baling and prices for
balmgand paying for hay and straw, based on actual grade. Fair treatment by
‘ Weeding out scoopers, tripksters and other kinds of unfair competition. Assist
1 yen in adjusting differences that may arise between buyer and seller. Give all

_ p infermation possible when desired as to the standing and reSponsibility of ﬁrms
1156113 in thinly
, [hunts in the
_, ultimate can.
' the last three
‘pcpuratron or the .
included at one tell

they, may wish to know abOnt
Cornmer'rts on the “Pink Sheet” Publication.

MR. SHIPPER—Have you seen the PINK SHEET, entitled MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMING edited by Mr Grant Slocum? It is published weekly
and its mission, seemingly, is to make the HONEST FARMER suspicious of the
FELLOWS who have their money invested in LAND, BUILDINGS AND
EQUIPMENT for handling their PRODUCTS (even HAY SO DARN POOR
' HIS! OWN LIVESTOCK REFUSES TO EAT IT, and expects the buyer to

‘ mm *01' fruit grower, take it), the FELLOW who buys anything the farmer raises from a Sheep Pelt
proper prise 101' his worth 40c to a load of beans worth $50 and PAYS SPOT CASH. In the TOP
somarondence with MARGIN of front page appear these words—YES, THIS IS THE LITTLE

“LO" shippers 3550' PINK SHEET THAT THE FARMERS SWEAR by and the MARKET

58!» 19:89 number of in‘ GAMaBLERS SWEAR AT. .

ill “Qt onlyshrlng. This PINK SHEET purports to tell the farmer what the buyer should pay

_e_ mind Gt anyone him for. his products, based on the prices at terminal markets. It has divided

. cut, but he W1iMit_:hi-gznr into FREIGHT ZONES and shows the RATE from the diffeient

impressed than ‘1‘; zones to the terminal wmarkets ‘

di’be pgﬁelble by the .. They also show the rate to Pittsburgh, Chicago and Cincinnati, and the

timer The vege' market price on hay, grain, beans, potatoes and live stock, at terminal markets.

Now I haven’t any ﬁght with the editor of the LITTLE PINK SHEET——
far from it. I was associated with him in the Clearing House work and know
himvto be one of the best fellows in the world always ready to help the under

”W dog, Edd knowiﬁg mm as I do, I am sure if he understood all the conditions that

WVofkagamst the buyers proﬁt, he would at least reduce his f. o. b. FARMER

PRICES, Which are certainly too high. He believes every man, himself included,

is entitled to a living proﬁt and if possible a little for old age, but which few

ever get, especially the LITTLE FOR OLD AGE.

I think in fairness to all concerned the PUBLICATION should withhold
telling farmers what prices the buyers should pay them until it has "taken into
consideration the fOllowing facts, as the BUYER as well as the FARMER is
entitled to a SQUARE DEAL.

FIRST—Fair interest onemoney invested in facilities for handling farm
products before any proﬁt is considered.

. SECOND—The SPOT CASH required to do business with farmers. Only

MONEY talks when they SELL, but when they BUY, they want LONG— TIME-

CREDIT.

THIRD—The CHANCES BUYERS HAVE TO TAKE in getting their
products to market, .due to car shortage. * * *

FOURTH—The farmer who has a carload can order a car same as the buyer,
and be there next day to load, BUT NO CAR, and I have known shippers to
WAIT MONTHS for cars and then wait some more. * * *

FIFTH—Another thing to consider is the LOSS 0n MIS—GRADES, LEAK-
AGE IN TRANSIT.

I can cite other PROFIT REDUCERS to the PUBLISHER, but I do not
want to make him FEEL SO BADLY, pleading the shippers" cause that he will
advocate FARMERS GIVING THEIR PRODUCTS AWAY to help the buyer
make a little proﬁt. * * *

TO NON- MEMBERS:

You will see from this that the publication is advising the farmers Of prices
the buyers should pay them, which are way above market value. The question is:
Do you want to pay farmers NO PROFIT PRICES, or join our Association and
help me get the farmers and buyers~ together on a proﬁtable basis to ALL. If you
want me to work for your cause, come across with ‘that Membership Fee Of $5. 00.
You can well afford it

hem. httuce.‘ perpetuate.

’ ; watermelons; cante-

Zand pears, and has

ettéi‘n asking him to send a

tip deipay the cost of trans

, , ' 2 he has received a check

. gpaltry sum that the cost

' M38 baskets Was not covered

' ' that once in a while,

each-every month

tips. He grabs up “Price

31 reads them; he watches

~ na3es of nOrthern and

ere; he" hearts of the high

. .ly‘ trutts and vegetables and

" the if} prices as shown in

pares—yet, his check his miser-
l and; nonproﬁt-bearing.

W‘njer or large tracts of land

6 excellent selling argument

e displays of crops produced on
land—they can prove its fertility
f“ productivity by government
,by. expert opinions, by lot-
In those who are producing.
all sure prdap'ective purchaser

_ ‘ t the price obtained for the
i ‘ ' " .or the promise of stability
~ . ,qqnstancy of market, the land sales
’ ” ‘ at a 1056. He must stretch
' h or he must lose a sale In

, 59,1: brought face to face
" ”the question, he will show an ac-

Very truly yours,
M. G. EVER, Secretary.

The above is part of an ofﬁcial circular sent out by the Secretary Of the
Michigan Hay & Grain Dealdrs’ Association. Comments are unnecessary. Read
913 8168 Of 0'36 01” tWO 01‘ three the circular again; you Will then better understand what‘ ‘we are up against”

happened to “8811 801‘085" Enlist right now in our ‘Bundle Brigade.’ Sign the coupon below, and do it now.

TEXdﬁt‘mEk-mg check for $118 Our battle cry: “Ever-y fourth farmer in Michigan must be a reader Of the Pink
“HOW the 111139181169 t0 Sheet before another harvest ” We send you a bundle of late “Pink Sheets;”
1118*; “11-13116 ﬁlﬂkﬂt 1'3 01113,? you hand them to your neighbors. You can certainly do that much for the cause.

- tor the products of -

' W “1’ but. it in a. ram '1 Michigan Business Farming,

~ Detroit, Michigan
Send along the “Bundle” and I Will see that the paper the “dealers
swear at and. the farmers swear by” has an introduction to my neighbors
. C -

my, non-pro- ,
stall ed; in 01113.;

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PLACEST'
0M : r ,

“What... is sauce for the gooserde'gss'
sauce for the gander," is an old pros:
verb, but one which despite its age,
does not seem to be recognized/by- _
the . leaders ,of either political party;
down at Washington. Under the Re- ;_
publican administration the Canadian:
reciprocity treaty was put through It.
practically removed the tariff on farm ,
products, while retaining it on manua- -
factured articles, in exchange for con-
cessions in trade, of beneﬁt to our,_‘_.
manufacturers alone. At the time we- _
asked, “Why discriminate? Why . put
the load on the American farmer and ~
give additional beneﬁts to the manu-
facturer?” g,

The reciprocity bill was passed and,
with it passed the popularity of our

 

 

 

 

 

 

, former president as far as our farmers

were concerned. Fortunately the Can-
adians, with a chivalry that is good to
remember, refused to take advantage
of our mistaken policy. They rejected
the treaty.

William H. Taft has gone and a new
president of the opposing political
party holds his ofﬁce. What do we
ﬁnd? In the main, that the same
policy is to be pursued, namely, that
of testing out tariff theories on'the_
farmers, while protecting the menu?
facturer to the fullest extent possiblﬁ-
And again we ask, “Why dlscrlm- ,
inate?”

President Wilson seems to have .a.
sincere desire to reduce the Cost of
living. It is a. praiseworthy desire.
He seems to think that the nearer we
can come to free trade the lower the
cost of living will be. It may be so,-
though the solution is open to ques-
tion. That is not our point. If we are
going to lower the tariff why remove
it almost completely on farm-produced
goods, and reduce it gingerly on manu-
factured goods. Is it because Presi-
dent Wilson has such an elementary
knowledge of agricultural conditions
as to imagine that more removal of
agricultural duties will result in cheap-
er food for all? Or is it because he
is being misled by the same old align-
ment of politicians, working in the in-
terests of the manufacturers. They
know that the tariff will and must be
cut by thepresident, according to his-
pre-election pledges. They realize
therefore that the best thing for them'
to do is to encourage him to work
out most of his tariff-cutting enthusi-
asm on the agricultural schedules.
This will at one and the same time"
satisfy his conscience, and the clamor-
ing of the people that something be
done to reduce the cost of living. It .
will also shield the protected manic.
facturers as far as is possible, which
is a consummation devoutly to. be .
wished for by these “representative”
politicians. ‘

The patient ox in the fable always . ,
found himself the most heavily laden, .,
and it would seem that the attitude .
of our senators and representatives .g,
is to regard the farmer as the patient _
ox under present circumstances. They

. realize that if any particular clasa is) "

to be experimented on it is safest to»
use farm folks for such tests- He 1e,
slow to unite with his neighbor to,
prevent or to demand a certain piece
of legislation, and therefore his good,
nature can be strained £11th to thev‘
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.951: peculiar angles to ther
9 season and the continued

.115." We can see by being in
. 11 With terminal markets in all
e‘ctiOns and in many cases in ac-
aim ' touch with receivers that there
. . many angles being considered by
- m and. Which is the basis on which
ey'are trying to determine the fu-
are possibilities of this season’ s crop.
.e understand quite thoroughly the
ituatiOn that exists from a producer’s
8.1111 local dealer’s standpoint, and
think we understand their attitude
~ (1 reasons they are maintaining for
e same. We continue to experience
a- very conservative situation. As
‘mo’nstrated in our last week’s issue,
Wehave just passed through a season
the year, combined with conditions
hich should have gone to make up
real assets to the general situation
as affsoting the possibilities of the
balance of our crop.

These assets were no other than
the ﬂooded situation, bad roads con-
dition in the country, and prepara-
r-tion's on the farm for spring seeding.
Every one of these is a prime factor
in'the development of a better market
'situation either of a temporary na-
ture “or of a continued and substan-
‘tial betterment. , Never before have
we had these 'three angles of an as-
set nature coming along in such a
close proximity as this season. From
a producer’s angle, we must consider
all of these things as they come up
=and determine as accurately as we‘
can. the outcome or the modiﬁcatiOn
{on the outcome that they should
ficreate.

'iﬂoing back into the situation a lit-
tle farther, practically to the incep-
tion of the season, we know that we
started out with about 3,000,000 tons
‘ of hay- in excess of last season’s crop

'- to be put on the market this year.

We understand that the quality of
this season’s crop was far below nor-
mal; that only 5 per cent of it, for in-
stance, was of No. 1 Timothy quality;
that we had a very large percen-
tage of hay ranging No. 3 and No
Grade; with quite a percentage not
of a commercial nature. Thin rea-

‘. eoning naturally developed an exam-

ple which as a natural result showed
“usthat not all of this hay could nat-
‘urally go on the market this year;

xthat in order to promote or help the

qualities of hay, it was necessary to
so regulate the disposition of the
higher qualities as to force receivers
to take on the lower grades. There
only being 5 per cent of the No.1
Quality for disposition, the working
out of the problem in this way was
the only logical solution of it.
, We believe that the situation has
“been regulated in a wonderfully pre-
cise and well regulated way so far
this year. We do not believe that
there was ever a time when the out-
‘look was so dismal; the impossibili-
ties looming up so great as this year.
We have gone through a time when
conditions looked very much de-
pressed; this depression appears to
us more hazardous than common by
'Virtue of the very high prices we were
able to obtain last season. Disap-
pointment started out with this sea-
. crop and has followed us
‘ throughout but at the same time we
have done wonderfully well to have
handled the situation and gotten the
.results that we have been able to
show so far. Had not the regulator
been put on this season’s crop as we
feel sure it has, very much different
would have been the results.
inging the possibilities for this

son’ s crop as we viewed them from

inception with the assets that we
V9 with us at the moment or have
' {tr-passed through, gives us the very
. gal , i t

.1311: reports .. .
take a chance he

the Weather man. ‘ But it we op jus
it will pay. Get on your “Suckers.-

market, at gzrontable prices. No._
predicted.

hour" proposition.
lower but we would take a chance.

 

No. l—Good, substantial demand and present conditions favor. steady
2—Market clear-in up and better prices
0 34-4“ arket very quiet; has every :1
fed. No. 4—-No profit at ruling prices. If you can
No. s—Better keep in port. Storm on.

earanc‘e of hein oven-g5
old, this is m "e eventh

Prices may go I, "

 

 

basis on which to ﬁgure operations.
These are the real angles to the situ-

ation from its very inception and on

which its outcome must be figured.

The closing feature that affects us-

up to the moment and at the mo
ment is the condition and tone of the
hay situation at the present time,
which, of course, has been affected by

the assets and possibilities as given.

above. We know that the strictly
high qualities of hay .have been im-
prOVed around $1 per ton; that this
character of hay will constantly draw
a premium based on general condi-
tions. On the other hand we also
know that the grades of hay below
this are not drawing any. particular
premium or being looked on with any
particular favor, therefore, the gen-
eral summing up of the situation to-
day shows that the very high quali—
ties of hay ought to be maintained
on their present level with a possibil-
ity of still showing an advance, that
the common qualities of hay do not
look at all promising, that quite pos-
sible would the outcome be that not
all of the lower qualities will be
placed on the market. This being
the case, we must continue to keep
our regulator on the disposition of
this hay or we can destroy what is
seemingly a strong possibility for our
good stuff with its natural sympathy
on the common qualities, but if you
should start to dump your hay today

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZONE PRICIO.

Michigan .......... $10.60
Michigan .......... 12.20
Michigan ..........
Michigan ........

Michigan ..........
Zone No. Michigan .......... .
Zone No. Michigan .......... 13. 70

NOTE—The prices quoted are for
No. 1 Timothy in the different
freight zones. This gives you the
price dealers should be able to Day
for this commodity 1.0. b., their
station, under existing market con-
ditions. Bundling charge not in-
cluded.

Zone No.
Zone No.
Zone No.
Zone No.
Zone No.

 

 

you can be well assured of a ther-
oughly demoralized market at once

"and 'on every class. of hay. ,~

DETROIT—The Detroit
continues to be of a conservative na-
ture:_with better classes of hay sell:
ing» readily at quotations "and of a

, naturally considered premium nature. .j

while ’common qualities of hay in

-~ either mixed or low grade timothy

varieties are draggy with actual sales
hard
quotations-

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 Ti .thy ................ $15.00
No. 2 "othy......_..........12.50

3 Timethy..........

Light mixed . . . . . .

No. 1 mixed. . . .

-No 2 mixed. . .

Rye Straw ...... ........

eat and Out Straw ..... . .

 

 

PITTSBURGH—It is seemingly’im: .

possible for the Pittsburgh situation
to rally on anything excepting the
very top qualities of hay. There was
a little brighter tone to the situa-
tion, reﬂecting on clover bay of good
coolr. and quality, buton practically
everything else below No. 1 timothy
or a close counterfeit, the situation

- was very disappointing.

situation '

to make in advance of prior .

 

were 307 cars of hey“

I ‘-
with two cars of this
._ export; corresponding
" 326 cars of my, ‘ f.
.of hay billed for ex

a decrease of 19 e 1's 0 11
year compared w-ith las W
aware of the difference 1 <
value or hey this year sec...
with last.- This does not

ket at this point.
round is only fair, with th {.1190
grades of hay selling very slo .. ~,

 

large. 1.

Her, choice 421.56
Hay, No. 1.........

Hay. No. 2
th. No. 8
Kay. clover...........
Hay, clover mixed. . . .
Hay, stock.
Long rye straw. .....
Tangled rye straw...” 11.00
0.t “I." ...-ounonnoe 1

NOTb—Ler‘e holes in!“ no.”
200. to 250 pounds; medium Dal."
from 80 to 10. been“. . ‘ _

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HAY—PITT‘OBU RGH MAR KIT.

No.1 Timothy hay ............ $15. 50
No 2 Timothy hay.‘ .......... .. 13. 50-

No. 1 Light mixed hay. . ..... 13. 00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ....... 13. 00
No. 1 Clover hay ......... . . . . 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . 10.00
No. 1 Out straw...............

No.1 Rye Straw ........ . .....

No. 1 Wheat straw. . . . .

CHICAGO—On account of a consid-
erable increase in receipts, the Chi-
cago market has naturally become in
an overfed condition. Added to this
there does not seem to be the real
keen demand or as much of 'a demand
as we have heretofore experienced.
The combination of these two angles
has forced a lowering of prices in or-
der to effect sales.

 

 

 

 

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very latest quotations are:

Beans .......

Broilers

on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special
The

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THE LAST MINUTE before going to press. we secure quotations

advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages.

Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying). . . . . .$1. 07
Wheat, No. ZRed (large mills paying)........ 1.08
Oats, Standard
Rye
Hay (best market today, New York), at. . . ..
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at.
Butter ,.
Poultry

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64y2
2.08
20.00
.45
.32
.17
.25
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kets named.
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Y way of explanation the prices quoted:
refers to the prices paid t. o. b,, mills for the quality quoted. We
give you the “best marﬂxet’ today” merely to Show you

could be seemed for commodities Quoted it names were... '1:

These quotations, carefully can toured .

“Large Mills are paying”)
hat prices
at

 

No. 3 Timothy ................ 11.00 '

NEW YORK—The demand this
week on the New York mark, hi"?

around quite satisfactory .

reference more to the actiVity of the
market situation, its tone, etc, than
to real monetary consideration. There
has not been any decided change in
the selling strength; quotations are
not being changed to speak of, but if
it were possible to continue an im‘ '-
provement in the tone to the situation ,
quotations would be the next warrant- ‘
able change to make. . . . 4

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET. -

Lorie Gnu-ll Q ‘
bales. 3.1»,
per ten. per ton.

 

Light Clover Mixed. .. 17.00
No. 1 Clover Mixed. 10.50
No. 1 Clover.

No. 2 Clover Mined.

Straw-‘—

No.1370.........-...17..C
No.2n7....-......... 1....
No. 1 0.tl....‘...-I.D 11.“
NO! 1 mute-00.0....- lli‘. 1'

NOTE—Jars. bale. welth
:00 to 250 pounds. mediu-
trom 80 to 150 pounds.

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“Received the book and pink sheaf-V
and am pleased with both.”—— Clayton
Ewalt,1mlay City, Mich.

POTATOES

_ We open our dictation this week

 

 

 

 

dler of potatoes are making the ﬁght
of their lives to maintain and help ';thé
situation that confronts us at the m ,
ment. On the other hand we appri'e
oiate that the receiver of .1 h aces
from the large rename

consumer is haiku

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' 'ey have been handling it
the season. If they were
3 takeiadvantage of the situa-
" 3 would be a time when they
run in and buy up practically
3 33 ng in sight, thereby injecting

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goes to show that the potato sit-

Its Outcome is very indeﬁnite.

It not -Say that there are no par;-

.3 aﬂies “tor an advancement based on
J33 present, hecause there are always
msibillties but with the very in-
._ ' hilze situation that confronts us at
' ‘emement it is conservative to state
-3the possibilities are just about
. for an advance or fer a further
.1,- There are angles to the situ-
which would make possible a.
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33'] possibilities of this season’ s crop.
We have about an equal chance in
game today; we have just a little
for than an equal chance naturally,
. {use potatoes at 30 cents to. the
producer. is way below a normal level.
tom 3. high-cost-of—living standpoint
:16 taking food stuffs which go to
make it, into consideration, we abso-
111'.er know that potatoes at 30 cents
f're way. below a conservative level,
refore, that one feature in itself
»3 {ms a basis on which we have a
right to expect, or at least hope that
uture conditibns will show an im-
:p’roVem‘ent. {The angle to the situation
Which keeps our nose to the grind-
‘t‘one is ’Wisconsin and Minnesota. If
h§y7wouldiever get cleaned up to a
{poiiit -.iwhere .- they could take care of
the Western and southern markets, in-
stead of taking care of this and the
asters, we as Michigan, Maine and
.ew York ship (91‘s could take care of
the eastern .si tion and at an ad-
once of at least 25 cents per bushel

 
   
   
  
  
   
  
 
  
  
  
   
   
  
 
 
 

 

 

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1. pare with local dealer”: pi-‘ree and
shove : the manner in a

ten time and the manner 3

vfoutoday is of a ivery conservative 3, ,.

56. Would almost destroy the fu— .

  
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 

”rose—MICHIGAN zen:

  

Zone moi-ﬂan .34
21mg No.1“ Mlehlguu. . . . . ...... .34
~{l‘hbj iii-Ibo; chain: are what pote-
toes Will not slipper in the dlﬂereut
’ zones. This will enable you to com-

determine Wliht. action you Will take
us to' diopooltl on.

 

 

 

, DETROIT—The disposition con~
tinu'es to be of a forcing. nature on
this market—averted is the situation
Constantly. This not' only makes the

market indeﬁnite buthas a tendency '
, to make “it sluggish and of a reducing

instead of. advancing nature. We ap-
preciate that the general situation is
somewhat easy, but we do feel that
the Detroit market is not quite in

1line with. possibilities it could well

establish

 

PorArosFoz'rnol'r MARKET.

Bulk. from our. per bu. . . . .40 to .43

*Sucked from car, per'bu. . . .43 to .45 _
week. quIt be even weight. 150

pouudI

' Price quoted lucludeu can of Iuck.

ubout 10550":

 

 

 

CINCINNATI—The receipts of po-
tatoes on the Cincinnati market con-
tinue to be very liberal. Not only is
this true with old potatoes but with
new stoék as""well. The tone to the
situation is ' comparatively healthy,
with sales being made in sympathy
with conditions existing on the natural

. outside markets.

 

POTATOEFClNGlNNATI
MARKET. _
Bulk from car. per bu . . . . .40 to .45
*Sacked from car. per 1111.. .43 to .48

‘luekI nun! be even weight. It“
Don-do.

Price quoted Includes coat 0! Inch.
about 10%(1 ouch. .

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—~The ﬂooded situa-

tion brought about the result of a =

great many cars being dumped onto
this market all at one time. You can

- readily appreciate why this was the

case. Many of these cars were start-
ed for the Pittsburgh market before
the ﬂood was raging. The natural re-
sult was an accumulation between
shipping point and Pittsburgh. When
railroad conditiOns became passable
it allowed a very heavy movement to
this market at one time. The result

, looked from bar, ne‘r‘ 11s.. .

p;
‘ MARKET .

trout bar, so: 6131.. .40 to .45
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. “Y our pink sheet’ is a great little pa-
per and is always looked for.” ——Jesse‘

' Whitman Freeland, Mich. R- -I, Box II.

 

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WHEAT

The wheat market seems to be
one grand puzzle at the present
time, with the sentiment getting
into a badly mixed condition. I think
we are all aware that crop conditions
in this country are very favorable.
This has caused a bearish angle to
the situation; but in face of this and
in spite of large stocks of old wheat

 

 

‘ and the promise of a bumper crop to

follow, linked with the earnest en-
deavor of bear traders, prices have not
seemed to yield as the bearish inﬂu~
ences would suggest.

 

W'H EAT—DETROIT MARKET.
No. 1 White .................... $1.07
. No. 2 Red ...................... 1.08

3 Speculative Prices.
July delivery
*May delivery ................. 1.08
'The price. given for December
and May delivery repleIeut the II-
ture delivery prleeo. Thu Inter-
mutlou merely give- you the tut-re
buIlo of till commodity u lured
by time who Ipeeuluto on future
pro-poets.

 

 

 

There must be something to the for-
eign situation in the way of demand
that is keeping a good stiff backbone
to the wheat situation constantly. We
are advised that Argentine shipments
are falling off; that prices in South
American markets have been greatly
stiffened, that the burden of supplying
the European deﬁciency would fall on
this country. Everything seems to be
of a ﬂattering nature as to the future
possibilities of a large crop. Reports
from the winter-wheat sections con-
tinue of a most ﬂattering character.
Insects have been reported in some
sections, but only once; dry weather
has threatened certain states, but
these have now had showers and are
temporarily at least in ﬁne condition.
In face of all of these bearish inﬂu-
ences the market continues strong.

 

WH EAT—CH ICAGO MARKET.

No. 2 Red ..................... $1.01;
Speculatlvo PrlceI.

*July delivery ............... .92%
*May delivery .............. 32%
‘The price given for July

and May delivery repreIent the m.
ture delivery prices. 'l‘hlI Informa-
tion merely give. you the future
bush or thlI commodity uI tuned
by those who Ipeculute on future
proupeetn.

 

 

 

l .
“Have had the paper smcc the last of
March and like the style and gzt of the
little ’pink sheet.’ ”—13. T. Hanna, Grand

‘ Instead of telling iii iv
3 this paper every wé

    

 

   
  
 
 
   
 

think of the bean. .
wish I Could turn the tab!
and ask you what you; 3113-
If this were possible it '
out that the combination of
would be of real good more.
’ situation, but in face of this Ii

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bility, we will continue to go

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as the dictates of the comme‘
uation comes to us, hoping th'
may be of real service to you
best marketing of your this se‘
crop.
We wish to congratulate you
raisers of Michigan beans, .0311
nerve and general manner inlw
you have handled your crop. so
We believe you have responded if.
dictation in this market sheet,, .
a result, We believe you can 36""
a real good has been done the 813;. 3' ,
tion in general, and that the new
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commodity. We can see that
producers of beans, haVe been put at:
a real test; we can also reel , ‘_ 3
3 have stood up under that to 'S”:‘vo oil;
never stood up under it betas; and
the reason of your standing up und
it is the great pleasure that comes
to us as advisers through the littl "
sheet of the conditions as we see
them

We not only feel able to study the
situation from a large angle, but we}:
absolutely know the disposition, oi
the producer is to dispose of his com
moditieg on a declining instead of'an3
advancing market. When everything?
is going to pieces seemingly is when
you want to rush to market and go
with it Only a short time ago beans
showed to be in a very demoralizgid.
state-—Very much depressed—the martin
ket sagging to $1.80. At the 3f. ' '
market was $1. 80 you are well 3
of the advice we gave you .an
the reasons why we were giVing-y' 3 '
that advice, was thoroughly demo"
strated. We tried to prove to you the.
it was not by virtue of the anoint; 3,
of beans back, but by virtue of the. .
manner in which the beans alread '
going forward had been handled. In: 4
accordance therewith we told you to,‘
hold your beans, providing, of court;
they were in a thoroughly merchants.
ble condition.

The development of the market
to its standard today of $2.05 shew
that We doped the situation prope‘rl
Those of you who stood by us, dis-
playing not only nerve but a. stud i
of the situation, have been able'rt
reap the reward. We showed ye .
last week the percentage of beans.
back, with the concrete examplejo‘
what we ought to expect was so
sible to do with the remainder (51,,
this crop. No game is of value no 1..
a monetary or physical position, that‘s“...

does not give you something deﬁ"“

 

  
   
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
  
    
   
  
  
 

 

 

 

   
 

 

  
 

   

    
  
 
 
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

,Added to the Wisconsin and Minne-3. has been that the Pittsburgh market Blane Mich. saunas-r... Six
MICHIGAN F‘REIGH'I‘ ZONES - -3

v— M“ m» ‘

1N order to keep in touch with the Pittsburgh. for instance, draw that Nt. Zone s—Bay City. "‘ 1

mark 3 oondltlone‘ you should know 1 Timothy bay to worth 010.00 per ton. New York City _________________ 37%
méelrh ht rate from your shipping ' The freight being 84.40, would Ihow that meur‘h .................... _17 /
“station to the leading market oen- the dealers in Tuecola county should pay Cincinnati ................... .15 3
Ryan have the height rate you $11. 60 per ton, leII handling char-So. The Chicago .................. .13 MICHIEAN WITH .

’ ‘hnve the key which places you in I. po- minimum weight of our of ey in Detroit ..................... .10 APPROXIMATE
gammy to know whether your local dealer 20, 000 pounds; the minimum weight at a. """ FREIEHT 1.... RATES TOY ‘
31. giving you the market price for your car of potatoes iI 30.000 pound“; the zone 4—Groenville. Mr 1 ,;
producto or not. In connection with minimum Weight of a car of beans in New York City ................ .29 LEADlNG‘ '
this article we give you the Michigan 40.000 poundl: and you will have to pay Pittsburgh .................... .1735 zﬂﬂﬁs ,_ “1:“ M Km. .
audios. Farmer Zone Map You will for that number of pounds in each car. Cincinnati ........... . ........ .16 w M ,
11‘ ties that thlI map .1. divided into so be sure ”and Ihip a full cal-load. “The Chicago ...................... .13 . “h“ u ‘ (...... 3.
I van trelkht zones. Your firm 1- locat- . rate! Elven 00?" hem-routes- Ind Detroit ....................... .11 3 ~ SEE 3.
an in one of these zones, and by reter- beans only; all kinds of trains take a «a TABLE
7 to the table given below you will diaerent rate. We will be glad to tur- Zone 5—58ndu8k1« :7 ~- h“) BELOW)
an! proximately what it oontI tor oer- nieh you with 21111 information with rof- - New York City ---------------- - ‘6

o ipmentI to' the diaerent market erence to the maximum and minimum Pittiburzh -------------------- 31 '- ~n .. on... u...
at. 35’ “3. rite given 1' per 100 car-lots, or you can set thin infomation Cincinnati ............... . ..... .1. 0m ‘
m db. and: it Ihould be remembered - from your local stout. Chicago ......... . ............. .1: ..... u. m.- .. - 3 '
“gingerly are the approximate reteI . _ . Detroit ..... I ................. . . 3 .- m
,o'll willibtégourse. diner o- little from Zone 1—8!!!“ St... Marie, . 3 ‘ Zone 6—Vlckebur‘. u“ w W 3 3 3
. . I, 991111110 several Ion". ' New York City....'......‘ ...... . .3: New York City ......... .19 ..
"thaws-able the! You mm Pittsburgh .. .1855 masons ............. . ...... .17
. ligation 989m. tho 301‘“th Cincinnati . .89 Cincinnati ,. ,. .15
M» m ”h . Chino .21 one... .... .103.
> , «3’3 "1'1” the mlrogd' Dotrot_............'..3..‘...'.... .333"'~ ' tum-mt ..,.... ..... .11
' 3 ’ him“ ‘33 the: zone 9—minute. - 3 ion. o_ponu3¢, N... ,....
.- ‘29. Y {3”- ' my” York city’ovouodeo III... og" 11".A New York City” Irons-osuoou 9.7“
33111311 _‘ 3' -' " . " ,guupigch '..,....-. .-... .11;

 

 

 

 


 

 

1m. reports. trom'
take I chance i:

. the Weather man But
it will pay.

,_ ontinues to demonstrate.

. " , most peculiar angles to ther
as?“ hi viseason and the continued ,

' ass or possibilities for its.

We can see by being in

_ With terminal markets in all

’i sci 11s and in many cases in ac-

I each with receivers that there

eumany angles being considered by

“them and which is the basis on which

the are trying to determine the fu-

- No. 1——Good, substantial demand and present conditions favor teddy ' ‘
market, at pzroﬂtable prices. No. 2—Market clearing up and better prices. »
predicted. o 8—-—Market very quiet; has every n pearance of bein overs”
fed. No. 4—No proﬁt at ruling prices. I: you can old. this. is an ‘11 event); ,
hour" proposition. No. E—Better keep in port. Storm on. Fri col may to ‘-
lower but we would take I chance. , 7, .

 

flfznos'rON—wnsctipts ‘for

L

I « Grade;

égpossibilities of this season’ s crop
We understand quite thoroughly the
it ation that exists from a producer’ s
” local dealer’s standpoint, and
1 111: We understand their attitude
d- roastins they are maintaining fer
:the same. We continue to experience
' very coniservative situation. As
,emonstrated in our last week’s issue,
we have just passed through a season
of the year, combined with conditions
, hich should have gone to make up
real assets to the general situation
as affectihg the possibilities of the
”balance of our crop.

These assets were no other than
the ﬂooded situation, bad roads con-
dition in the country, and prepara-
Ltions on the farm for spring seeding.
Every one of these is a prime factor
.in the development of a better market
. situation either of a temporary na-
ture or of a continued and substan-
tial, betterment. Never before have
_ We had these three angles of an as-
‘set nature coming along in such a
close proximity as this season. From
a producer’s angle, we must consider
. all of these things as they come 'up
and determine as accurately as we‘
can the outcome or the modiﬁcation
3011 the outcome that they should
{create ' 1
' .1 J'Going back into the situation a. lit-
tle farther, practically to the incep-
etion of the season, we know that we
‘ started out with about 3,000,000 tons
.. of hay in excess of last season’s crop
to be put on the market this year.
We understand that the quality of
this season’s crop was far below nor-
mal; that only 5 per cent of it, for in-
stance, was of No. 1 Timothy quality;
that we had a very large percen-
,4 tags of hay ranging No. 3 and No
with quite a percentage not
,of a commercial nature. Thin rea-
soning naturally developed an exam-
ple which as a natural result showed
us that not all of this hay could nat-
urally go on the market this year;
that in order to promote Or help the
qualities of hay, it was necessary to
so regulate the disposition of the
.higher qualities as to force receivers
to take on the lower grades. There
only being 5 per cent of the No.1
quality for disposition, the working

out of the problem in this way was

‘the only logical solution of it.
= We believe that the situation has
" been regulated in a wonderfully pre-
cise and well regulated way so far
this year. We do not believe that
there was ever a time when the out-
look was so dismal; the impossibili-
ties looming up so great as this year.
We have gone through a time when
conditions looked very much de-
pressed; this depression appears to
us more hazardops than common by
‘virtue of the very high prices we were
able to obtain last season. Disap-
pointment started out with this sea-
son’s crop and has followed us
throughout, but at the same time we
have done wonderfully well to have
handled the situation and gotten the
.1results that we have been able to
show so far. Had not the regulator
been put on this season’s crop as we
eel~ sure it has, very much different
12qu have been the results.
*Hin'ging the possibilities for this
easo'n’ s crop as we viewed them from
{its neeption with the assets that we

 

 

 

basis on which to ﬁgure operations.
These are the real angles to the, situ-
ation from its very inception and on
which its outcome must be ﬁgured.
The closingfeature that affects us
up to the moment and at the mo-
ment is the condition and tone of the
hay situation at the present time,
which, of course, has been‘aftected by

the assets and possibilities as given-

above. We know that the strictly
high qualities of hay .have been im-
proved around $1 per ton; that this
character of hay will constantly draw
a premium based on general condi-
tions. On the other hand we also
know that the grades of hay below
this are not drawing any particular
premium or being looked on with any
particular favor, therefore, the gen-
eral summing up of the situation to-
day shows that the very high quail.
ties of hay ought to be maintained
on their present level with a possibil-
ity of still showing an advance, that
the common qualities of hay do not
look at all promising, that quite pos-
sible would the outcome be that not

all of the lower qualities will be.

placed on the market. This being
the case, we must continue to keep
our regulator on the diSposition of
this hay or we can destroy what is
seemingly a strong possibility for our
good stuff with its natural sympathy
on the common qualities, but if you
should start to dump your hay today

 

HAY—MICHIGAN, ZONE PRICIO.

Zone No. 1 Michigan .......... $10.60
Zone No. 2 Michigan .......... 12.20
Zone No. .1! Michigan .......... 13.00
Zone No. 4 Michigan ........ 12.80
Zone No. 5 Michigan .......... 12.40
Zone No. 6 Michigan .......... 12.80
Zone No. 7 Michigan .......... 13.70

NOTE—The prices quoted are for
No. 1 Timothy in the different
freight zones. This gives you the
price dealers should be able to pay
for this commodity f. o. 1)., their
station, under existing market con-
ditions. Handling charge not in-

 

cl ruled.

 

you can be well assured or; 9. than

,oughly demoralized market at once _
.and on every Class of hay. , »

DETROIT—The Detroit situation

continues to be of a conservative na-’

ture with better classes of hay,‘sell.-
ing: readily at quotations ’and of a

naturally considered premium nature, _

While common qualities of hay in

1 either mixed or. low grade .timothy

varieties are draggy with actual sales
hard to make in advance of prior
quotations.

HAY—DETROIT, MARKET.
No. 1 Timothy ................ $15.00
No. 2 Timothy. 12.50
No. 3 Timothy
Light mixed.
No. 1 mixed ...... . .....
No 2 mlxed.....
Rye Straw ...... " . .

eat and Out Straw ....... . .

 

 

PITTSBURGH—wit is seemingly’ime ,

possible for the Pittsburgh situation
to rally on anything excepting the
very top qualities of hay. There was
a little brighter tone to the situa-
tion, reﬂecting on clover hay ‘of good
coolr. and quality, buton practically
everything else below No. 1 timothy
or a close counterfeit, the situation

‘ was very disappointing.

round is only fair,

{were 307 cars of £1117.

, [export corresponding '

326 cars. of hay, :9
of hay billed- for ex
3. decrease of 19 go,

aware of the differens
value of 'hay this year ,._
with last This does not "

from the above example the.

and demand was regulating ‘
ket at this point. The domain ..
With th
grades of hayselli-ng Very-sic,

 

HAY—BOSTON MARK, T
um
choice ..........$21.50 as“
No. 1 19.50 _
Hay. N.I 2-.oooooeuonn 17-0. ‘
.HIy,No.8............14.00 " L
Hay. clover. 00 "
Hay, clover mixed. . . .

Hay, stock. J,
Long rye Iqu...... 18.00
T‘I‘lc‘ ”0 nt‘“.-.. 1’s”
0‘t “r.“ III-IIoI-IIO U.

NOTE—limit. hleI weigh Iron
.100 to 250 pound” medium bllﬂ
trom 80 to 100 pail“. , ~

Hay.
Hay.

 

 

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

No.1 Timothy hay ............ $15. 50'
No " Timothy hay ............ 13. 50,
No. 3 Timothy ................ 11.00
No. 1 Light mixed hay ....... 13.00
No. 1 Clover mixed hay ....... 13.00
No, 1 Clover hay. . . . . . . 12.00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay. . . . 10.00
No.10at ltl'ﬂW.............r 0.00
No. 1 Rye Straw .............. 11.00

9.00

 

 

No. 1 Wine—eat Iunw...........

CHICAGO—On account of a. consid-
erable increase in receipts, the. Chi-
cago market has naturally become in
an overfed condition. Added to this
there does not seem to be the real
keen demand or as much of a demand
as we have heretofore experienced.
The combination of these two angles
has forced a lowering of prices in or-
der to effect sales.

 

 

Last Moment Market Flashes“

 

 

very latest quotations are:

Rye

Beans

Broilers

on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A

THE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special

advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages.

Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying). . . . . .$1.07 .
Wheat, No. 2 Red (large mills paying). . . . . . . . 1.08
Oats, Standard

Ioo..eeooeuIce-OIOIIIIIIIIIoOIIIIII

ColIIIIUCQIIIIOIIIOQOOIOIIO'C.

Hay (best market today, New York), at. ., . . . .20.00
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at. .
Butter- ,,
Poultry 1

The

.38
64.I 2
2.08

.45
.32
.17
.25
.18

1M-

 

B

knots named.
the

 

Y way of explanation the prices quoted:
refers to the prices paid 1. o. b., mills for the quality quoted W
give you the “best market teday" merely to show em“ what

could be secured for commodities quoted if sang "

These quotations, carefully co ' '

"Large Mills are paying" "

 

week on the New York market
been ’very good—the situation, "at
around quite satisfactory; This -
reference more to the activity or
market situatiOn, its tone, etc, t

to real monetary consideration. There,
has not been any decided change in
the selling strength; quotations are ,-
not being changed .to speak of, but if".
it were possible to continue an, imé ,
provement in the tone to the situation "
quotations would be the next Warrant;
able change to make. . _ _

 

HAY—N EW YORK MARKET.

Lotto Small.
bIch. bIleI. .
’0! ten. ’0: ton. . .

................. $21.00 $21.00
. on

No. 3

Light Clover Mixed. .

No. 1 Clover Mixed. . . .

No. 1 Clover. . . .4. . . . . . .10.”

No. 2 Clover Mixed. . . . 18.50 18.50

Straw-—

N0.lny......u..-ua 11'”
‘N..’R’.uoco.goctnooo 1.0“
No. 1 o.toIoltd|.'lloob 110“
N00 1 Wk..tunovosu.a.a 113'.‘

NOTE—Imus" inoI welsh
an to 360, pounds: Indium

”I” ‘:.rv “’
from 80 to 150 poundI. '

 

 

 

“Received the book and ‘pink sheet"?
and am pleased with bot .”——Clayton.»
Ewalt, Imlay, City, Mich. ., f

POTATOES

 

 

 

 

appreciating that the producer-

of potatoes and the local ban»
dler of potatoes are making the fish
of their lives to maintain and help ,
situation that confronts us at the m‘ ‘

n We open our dictation this wee»,

ment; On the other hand we a-
ciate that the receiver " ‘

 

 


. gthe situatfh
me angd the manner 1.
“9'. A been handling it

he a_ time when they.

and buy up practically

‘ sight;_ thereby injecting
into the situation for the

* oing themselves a real

' s~ ,,
.1 Its'outcome is very indeﬁnite. .

” not say that there are no pos-

We for an advancement based on

5.136.111.8411
t .111 situation which if, de-
' ld‘almost destroy the fu-

ossi‘bilities of this season’ s crop. ~

» game today; We have just a little
Efﬁe tor than an equal chance naturally,

use potatoes at 30 cents to the
producer is way below a normal level.
From a high- -cost-of-living standpoint
11;! taking food stuffs which go to
make it, into consideration, we abso-
li 1y know that potatoes at 30 cents

..‘-way\ below a conservative level,
tefore. that one feature in itself
ring a basis- on which we have a
gift to expect, or at least hope that
utur conditions will show an im-
provement The angle to the situation
which keeps our nose to the grind-
it ”one is Wisconsin and Minnesota. If

point where they could take care of
the western and southern markets, in-

‘ of taking care of this and the

nu, we as Michigan, Maine and
. .York shippers could take care of
this eastern sifuation and at an ad-
italics of at least 25 cents per bushel.

., fled to thefWisconsin and Minna-,1

show a as a. pro-
justice 1111' the in-

 

' us to disposition.-

POTATOEI—MIOHIGAN ZONI
-~ omen. 1 1 . .
Michigan .1j.........$ .32
. ' momma........... .34
none o‘."-ii Michigan . . . . .11. . . .82,
zone Bmchfcsn........... $.34,
zonﬁ No. 7. Michigan........... .34
rlces shownure ‘ urewhut- pota-
toes 1 net ’s'hlmicr in the different
noises. This will enable you to com-
pare With local dealers price and
dc terrains wliut action you will take

 

,Hulktf; trout" car, per-lush.
, ockcd from our, per his. . . .48 to .49

 

“Y our pink sheet’ is a great little pa-
per and is always looked for.”— Jesse
, Whitman, Freeland, Mich. R- -I, Box 11.

WHEAT

The wheat market seems to be

 

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one grand puzzle at the present -

time, with the sentiment getting
into a badly mixed condition. I think
.,we are all aware that crop conditions
in this country are very favorable.
This has caused a bearish angle to
the situation; but in face of this and
in spite of large stocks of old wheat
and the promise of a bumper crop to

 

 

 

DETROITe—The I‘dispos'ition‘ icon-

tinues to be of a forcing natureon

this market—overfed is the situation
censtantly. This not only makes the
market indeﬁnite but has a tendency
to make it sluggish and of a reducing
instead of advancing nature. We ap-
preciate that the general situation is
somewhat easy; but we do feel that

,the Detroit market is not quite in
‘line with possibilities it could well

establish. . \

m

 

' POTATOEFDETRCIT MARKET.

Bulk from car. per bu. . . . .40 to .43

*Sacked from car. per bu. . . .43 to .45
when ”must he even wollht. Ill!

”n-‘ls .

‘ Price quoted includes cost of suck.

ubout 1036c ouch.

 

would make possible a

11. and there ”9 also- new stock a3"‘well.

follow,
deavor of bear traders, prices have not
seemed to yield as the bearish inﬂu-
ences would suggest.

 

WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET.
No, 1 White .................... $1.07
No. 2 Red ...................... 1.08

Speculatlvo Prlces.

July delivery
*May delivery ................. 1.08

‘The prices given for December
and May delivery represent the fu-
ture delivery prices. This Infor-
mation merely gives you the future
bulls of this commodity us ﬂared
by those who speculate on future
prospects.

 

 

 

There must be something to the for-
eign situation in the way of demand
that is keeping a good stiff backbone

 

 

CINCINNATI—The receipts of po-
tatoes on the Cincinnati market con-
tinue to be very liberal.
this true with old potatoes but with
The. tone to the
situation is comparatively healthy,
with sales being made in sympathy
with conditions existing on the natural
outside markets.

 

Po'TAToss—cmcmNA‘Tl
MARKET.

Bulk from car, per bu . . . . .40 to .45
*Sacked from car. per bu. . . .43 to .48

‘lucksv must he even welshf. 18'
pounds.

Price quoted includes cost of such.
about 10%e each. 1

Not only is -

to the wheat situation constantly. We
are advised that Argentine shipments
are falling oﬁ; that prices in South
American markets have been greatly
stiffened, that the burden of supplying
the European deﬁciency would fall on
this country. Everything seems to be
of a ﬂattering nature as to the future
possibilities ofpa large crop. Reports
from the winter-wheat sections con-
tinue of a most ﬂattering character.
Insects have been reported in some
sections, but only once; dry weather
has threatened certain states, but
these have now had showers and are
temporarily at least in ﬁne condition.
In face of all of these bearish inﬂu-
ences the market continues strong.

 

WHEAT—CH ICAGO MARKET.

 

 

 

PITTSBURGH—The ﬂooded situaP

tion brought about the result of a
great many cars being dumped onto
this market all at one time. You can

- readily appreciate why this was the

case. Many of these cars were start-
ed for the Pittsburgh market before
the ﬂood was raging. The natural re-
sult. was an accumulation between
shipping point and Pittsburgh. When
railroad conditions became passable
it allowed a very heavy movement to
this market at one time. p The result
has been that the Pittsburgh market

No. 2 new... ................. $1.06
Speculative Prlccs.

*July delivery ...............
*May delivery ........ . ..... 32%
' ‘The price given for July
and May delivery represent the fu—
ture delivery prices. This informa-
tion merely gives you the future
basis of this commodity us ﬁgured
by those who speculute on future
prospects.

.92 %

 

 

 

“Haw; had the [la/1e?” since the last of
March and like the style and git of the
little ‘pink sheet.’ ”—B. T. Hanna, Grand
Blanc, Mich.

linked with the earnest en-»

 

think of the can a
wish I could turn the table
and ask you what you
If this were possible it mtg
out that the combination of on,
would be of real good to the. '4

as the dictates of the comme l "
nation comes to us, hoping t. a;

crop.
We wish to Congratulate you,l
raisers of Michigan beans, on‘ _
nerve and general manner ingw
you have handled your crops

21 result, we believe you can. See»

a real good has been done the 8
tion in general, and that the re
of this good having been done ‘
through the natural accomplish!!!
coming through regulation ’of'
commodity. We can see that
producers of beans, have boon pll

never stood up under it before, an“
the reason of your standing up undo!i
it is the great pleasure that come. '
to us as advisers through the little
sheet of the conditions as we see
them.

We not only feel able to study the
situation fiom a large angle, but we
absolutely know the disposition of
the producer is to dispose of his com,
modities on a declining instead of an
advancing market. When everything
is going to pieces seemingly is when
you want to rush to market and go’
with it. Only a short time ago beans
showed to be in a very demoraliz
state—very much depressed—the ma-
ket sagging to $1.80. At the ti '
market was $1.80 you are well
of the advice we gave you.
the reasons why we were givingﬁyo 1
that advice, was thoroughly dem’ ‘
stiated We tried to prove to you that
it was not by virtue of the amollnt
of beans back, but by virtue of th
manner in which the beans already
going forward had been handled. In.
accordance theiewith we told you to
hold your beans, providing, of cours
they were in a thoroughly merchan
ble condition

The development of the market: is
to its standard today of $2.05 show
that we doped the situation preperly.
Those of you who stood by us, dis-.-
playing not only nerve but a. study
of the situation, have been able in
reap the reward. We showed y "
last week the percentage of bounds;
back, with the concrete example of
what we ought to expect was pos.
sible to do with the remainder ‘01;
this crop. No game is of value from
a monetary or physical position, th
does not give you something deﬁ’.‘

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markézm conditions you should know
rats trom your shipping
station to the leading maﬁet cen-

" 1'1"“. order to keep in touch with the

mica have the freight rate you
‘hiwe the ey which places you in s po-
sition- to know whether your local dealer
‘ 3le at you the market price for your

roud cti or not. In connection with

 

uslliess Farmer Zone Map. You will
ties that this map is divided into
$11.11 freight zones. Your farm is locat-

zodk in one of these zones, and by rech- '

to the table given below you will
:ﬁl’imximuuiy whet it costs for car-

thc different market,

The rhto given is per 100
it should be remembered
to

the approximate rates
differ a. little from:
oral souos.‘

“is“ article we give you the Michigan.

, rates given cover

‘MICHIGAN FREIGHT ZONES

Pittsburgh. for instance. show that Nt.
1Timothy hay is worth 818. 00 per ton.

‘ The freight being 84.40, would show that

the dealers in Tueoola. county should pay
$11. 60 per ton. less handling char e. The
minimum weight of s. our of ay is
20, 000 pounds: the minimum weight of a
car of potatoes is 80,000 pounds; the
minimum weight of a car of beans is
40.000 pounds: and you will have to pay
for that number of pounds in each car.
so be sure “and ship s. full cariosd. The
hay. ’Dotﬁtoel and
all kinds of grains take a

beans only:
We will be glad to fur-

different rate.

‘nish you with full information with ref-

erence to the maximum and minimum
car-lots, or you can get this information

- from your local aunt. ,

Zone 1—8s1ilt Ste. Marie. ,
New York Clty.................
Pittsburgh
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Zone S—Bay City.
New York City”
Pittsburgh . . . .. . . . ............ .
Cincinnati '
Chicago . . .
Detroit

Zone 4—Greonvllle.
New York City. . . ..... . ...... .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit

Zo‘ne 5—Sandusky.
New York City. . . .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati . . . . . . .
Chicago
Detroit

Zone 6—Vlcksburg.
New York City. . . . . . .
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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EDITORIAL

HE LAST BILL to be

passed by the 1913 Leg—

islature was placed in the
hopper last Saturday afternoon,
ground through the mill, anthhe
Vulgegislaturc adjourned. Of course,
the session closed in the regular
'form——books,rpapcrs and state
property of various kinds were
thrown at the heads of the dodg—
ing members, and after a ha1f~
hour’s horse—play, the wise solons
folded their tents and departed
for their homes.

Governor Ferris, taking his
cue from President Wilsou, who
has made a record in overstep—
ping the conventionalitics of the
past, personally visited both the
House and the Senate. He com—
plimented both bodies on the
work that had been accom-
plished, and said that it was the
best Legislature the State of
'Michigan had had for the past
‘Viquarter of a century.

We are not going to take
issue with the good Governor,
for we really believe that so far
as progressive legislation is con—
cerned, the recent Legislature
made a record to be proud of.
Something more than ﬁve hun—
. ‘dred bills were run through the
rhOpper, and until the grist is

k I, sorted it is going to be mighty

, , hard work to tell just what the
"harvest will be.

However, it can truthfully be
I said that the bulk of the legis~
Idiom, sensible of. the trend of
thégtnnes endeavored to carry

1111:1112 wishes of their const1tu-‘

were wholly obliterated, and‘in
which partisanship found no
place. The people spoke in
terms so clear that even the
partisan politician understood,
and weekly onusented to the will
of the majority, if not the will
of the people.

We are not going to attempt

to catalog the, new laws. More
have been enacted than will ever
be enforced, and it has well been
said] that what we most need is
not new laws, but the enforce-
ment of those we have on our
statute books. A few of the new
laws that pertain particularly to
farmers and farming interests
are as follows:

A bill to provide for the or-
ganization, regulation and con—
duct of co—operative corporations,
companies and associations. This
we consider one of the most im-
portant bills passed in the inter-
ests of the farmers.

Buyers of cream and butter
who own strings of stations can-
not pay more forIEhese products
at one point than they do at an-
other with the idea of crushing
competition.

Packages of fruits and vege—
tables will be so regulated as to

prevent the deception of cont

surners.

A bill gives the State dairy
and food department the power
to enforce laws regarding just
weights and measures.

It 15 provided that all farm and
orchard produce
merchants must secure a ,.

commission

ing‘ .it unlawtu“ 11,.
,Vor fowl the ﬂesh ”f a7 cairn

»_ that had died of old ego-[011 tuck:-
.-r1.es's,. or to iced dlseased offal;

A brll makes it wunlaaxwful to
sell or to expose for sale as but»

_ter any product that contamsf’ .1 1.
«less than 82/; per cent milk or

butter, also making it unlawful“
to sell or OEer for sale» as Cream
rthaﬁJ-f
18 per cent of. milk Vfat , _
A law has been paSSed which" ‘
requires that shipments of table,

' grapes must be packed securely.

in eight—pound baskets and that:
each basket must be marked with ‘

the name of the grows? and".

shipper so that deception in:
packing grapes can be traced
back

A bill regulates the sale of .
vinegar so the purchaser will .not'
be deceived by having dehverecl;_
to him therlow-eost malt negar'
When he thinks he is getting
cider vinegar. .V .

The serving of oleomargarine
or butterine will be permitted, in
state institutions, when genuine
butter cannot be obtained for 28 .
cents per pound

It is provided that -no calf
under four weeks oLage can be
killed for food consumption

Here we have-just aszbaker’s
dozen of new laws which affect

makers for anoth

' and second, letV 1t .

.thfat we are just emeig
the control oi Vthe,

one season . .
ago the 1mmortalr1nme n;
the Senate absolutely ‘w "
all leglslatuﬁn in this

of the Leg1slature .could_.
seen daylsght a half doze
ago. 7' .» . VV

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tail ha” ,_- ’ ‘

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‘thﬁgnmntbeants greatest
' ﬂ , x12,:aboht_the’ time,»or a
. .‘ by. itiureaehes ”meridian 79,
tinniﬁg: north . near Bittsbufgh,
Whiiefrthlsgstorm is not ex-
’ . rte: b93190. dangél‘bus -as some

L;*__.§al£pnte;2ngsectinnsj14. _

ﬁeloaklout There. may be no
{f ‘ '_ , cb‘ntdt is~bedt to been the
' ‘“ baf:"~Much greater Storms are
.1333? ﬁlm of May. ‘ ‘
. _ (ﬁrms disturbance will
, ’. gf‘: ,i-‘ifjarge'js’ecttons but will be
i’.‘,;ed‘-'and..'some heavy down-
”yjbe looked for." It is not
‘ 3 M f ' ‘é‘inowlto locate such ratnfalls.
‘: manor; the country will re-

 
   

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“ . 1e..up.£theheavyelocaltrains.
. _ aﬁeeohyvave preceding this dis-

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a M 7 347".“ *5. ’

= ‘ ~ j :, Tejitjidistnl‘bance will reach Pa-
; amtuarMay 13, cross. Paciﬁc

, Earmarked 14, great central val-

33:9 [ﬁa‘ejastern sections 18.

Ate-awﬂll-cross Paciﬁc slope
. . “Slidangreat‘ central valleys
7"," fend.'*~section_s 17_. ,Cool wave
V‘f‘xifglciﬁfc,slopej about May 16,

’ trivalleysv 18, eastern sec-

: reﬁt! bancel Vwill“ be at ‘its
713:;an '{Raciﬂc slope but is
I.” f I ted-r tat-be dangerous; Tem-
‘ w ' lifga‘ yeryr‘high and sec-

   
  

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‘ ammyih. temperature will. _
Q.V'Vim‘é’thé‘iibéfi wave and some ‘

 
   

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..f?sa£1‘r-»‘the~ ~‘
. at

Last;
will also‘ be, mailed free, on receipt of-
.a-,- 2-cent stamp,. to ,allhsubscsibers to
. periodicals that publish. these- bones _
. tins. The "pamphlets; contain many ..
weatherbut some. rains ' graphic illustrations, and have" been .
rjziriefgnlarl’y‘ gin-".7 vicarious
nemhwave comes..‘1n£*
signals will? ',hang~’out, for ‘-

t‘hi‘rriilz—Stesrcwv” _

' . ‘ still-inﬂame neared—QM)
“breathing Phinrtl—with'the leastposslbil-

Wheelitstorms, all“ should‘ be .

M. ;, Mei-illftcarry’ frosts further ‘

*dtqmth. prevailed previ- -
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._ mjktesamrafuru "and rain .

wens statement--

" Riptide; , good... cropgweather. as
s:Mcs:r.,rain .' in, great, '* central

' 1MB¥38£16 '3’1.__ .

, m . ‘16 may: precipitate" and “"99"
*5!!!“ 13M ,nzi.=‘p;¢babiutiea»xwi»ll increase
. . Warmest... Dates wards .for-ilﬂﬂld‘a" ‘ 9°-
W (fonfwm, hi {hat ”megawammusa: later for
m -n"“g:g_frém~.tbat meridian-whichxruns "°"“‘-

  

nines that publish. our. forecasts. They

prepared with great: care and at'gre'at
enema. No... 2' is now ready for dis-
tribution. ‘ " ~ -

r

. .‘*».The U, S. ‘Weather Bureau is pub:

lishingfforecasts about a~week in ad—
vance. 'Their forecasts are‘based on

= the Leasttvard "driftiof lithe disturbances
Yaftérythey appear on the north Paciﬁc
.Ocean ,1and.i~—they‘-seem to verify our
-« femaSts »-calcul'at’ed - months in ad-
“ Vance;-as*their later forecasts are
~ -} very. much” like'our' older forecasts.

grnACEs rim- LOAD. . .
. ' rosin-renames

. - ity‘ 01’" serious ' retaliation.

A common sense view of they-pro-
posed tariff as "affecting agriculture
was recently given by Representative
J.M.C'. Smith. ‘

V‘He declared that farming is, seeing
the'dawn of scientiﬁc treatment and

~ any law that Will suddenly reduce the

price of agricultural products, would
be, a serious blow to, progressive farm-
ing; Mr. Smith reviewed the history
ot‘ tariff: legislation, pointing nut , “that

. .nationalgprOsperlty. invariably-existed.
eunder. protective tariﬂ and. that free

trademr. tariff ,for' revenue only legis-
lation, always brought on disaster.”
,‘f-Is all the, effort to make farming
more proﬁtable and country .life more
desirable to, befarrested by the hands
of the, law, makers'of "our country?”

asked Mr; Smith. ~ =“Is the..hand of the

husbandmfanto be stayed and the great-
est of all indu’stries_retarded,.the value
of farm holdings diminish and the
proﬁt of his toil swept paWay
Declares Bill "Discriminatory.

« “The Underwood bill, is a. direct
blowat our agriculture. It puts near-
ly all of the farmerS’.«products upon

' the free, liSt, or reduces them below

a protective duty and compels him to
compete «with the agricultural prod-
ucts elf-foreign countries. This bill is
discriminatory. It permits other» coun-
tries to «levy dutymn, our products,
while they can import their like prod-
ucts without paying duty.’ '

~~ “It places aﬁutyr‘on‘ theraw ma-

V’terial’, while it"s,uows “the, "ﬁnished

product to come in free... ‘Iiiyo‘u’ wish
to help the, American ~wotkman , and
the «manufacturer, put a: duty on the
manufacturedarticleﬁ’ ' '

. Dr; Smith, illustrated. what‘ghe: said,

"wouldwhappen to thepgf‘armer, hy'fgiirin'g .

the history 101' ythe‘ Wool- tariff: milder
a former» .Demucrittim‘bill, " falls as d :‘i,

 

      
 

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‘ said 'Mr.‘ Cramton.

.. 'éaéﬁjtéhlf'posst and. ‘south- ‘

. . , . ' :40, bring about the ideal sale.
""‘Under~f‘tlls he?“ W entree J 1r; .-
. , screen time." ” trade; tariff-tomuenuee
”I?

    

. . were
..r em, " . Macrame . history
ft ee‘amnebnewmduaoy * He. as;

if" "c ' ‘
i w l;-

‘ .rsseir'tetrithat, raven: With itscontinued '

: I

. protection. itzwizll. suffer because :tarm-

. -,=‘er8vmhen the'iprices of their products
' is; down,~-w1111notzbe able'to buy ma-
, c "has. ' ~ -~

“Thista‘riﬁ bill is-_a»deliberate blow
at the agricultural sections of the
country and a studded-pelitical appeal
tethe laboring" classes in the cities,"
. , “In the report of
the Democratic majority of the ways

and means committee, on this bill it ‘
. is said:

‘In the effort to relieve the
consumer and to mitigate the high and
rising cost of living ‘sohedule G,’
,Which deals with agricultural .prod-
ucts, has been thoroughly revised.’

'Dlsastrous to Farmers.
“That is a very uncertain founda-

» tion upon which to build the prosper~

ity of any country. The prosperity of
one class contributes and helps the
prosperity of every- other class. You
want to help the people in the cities
by reducing the cost of living. Let
messay that even if you succeeded in
reducing the cost of living, to the ex-
tent that you take it out of the farm-

ers of thecountry by reduction of the "

duty onvfarm products, you will not be

. helping the people in the cities to any

appreciable extent in their living cost,
but you will bring disaster upon the
people Whom» 'I represent.

«“You say you are not going to dis-
turb any legitimate industries. And
still you expressly deny protection to
industries which are producing things
we need and which “save us from mon-
Mopolistict-robbery.

“For example, you propose free
sugar. Free sugar means the end of
the Sugar beet industry in this coun-

‘try. And the beet sugar industry is
a} legitimate industry. The total pro-
duction of sugar beets in my district,
including ﬁve counties, as shown in
the census of 1900, was only 18,925
tons, but in 1-0 years under the Repub-
lican protection tariff policy we in-
creased that production to 157,000
tons. ‘Has this been for the general
advantage of consumers ?"

FARMERS ROBBED
BY CONSIGNEES
,(Gontlnued from Page One)

bone and be made to prosper, the
‘farmer must get a price for his prod-
ucts which is very close to the price
that is paid by the consumer.

There is nothing made by putting
people on the land, even though fabu-
lous crops can be raised, unless the
market is such that proﬁtable prices
are paid to the producer. “The law of
"supply and demand” becomes a phrase,
ﬁt for the lisping lips of fools if one
will only compare the tremendous dif-
ference which exists between the price
which the producer gets and the one
which the consumer pays. In saying
this, it is understood we are dealing
with green food crops, such as vege-
tables and fruits, which form a won-
derfully large part of the land’s prod-
uct each year.

In a study which was recently made
of the public markets of this country
and of Canada, the question was
«asked: “Is there any attempt in your
market to lower prices?” In more
,athan 25 per cent of the replys is found
the simple answer: “Yes, by compe-
tition.” That is an excellent reply,
one which carries with it a weight of
forceful meaning—ewere it not for the

, fact that the competition is between

middlemen. The fundamental idea of
the public market is to bring the pro-
..ducerandthe consumer into contact
But
the number‘of public markets in which

’f,tl'1e.prodhher sells to the consumer

dhnfbe counted on the ﬁngers of one

. . hand; ’3‘th actual. rendition which ex-
tent-err w

elpublicfmarket is that mid.-
drewdv = the .- farmer; the .pro-'
“teeter WI: entiregwar’

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Wﬁéﬁ" . r ..
$13.01* 8111919191792: . . W
made. money. bat instrument,
.are found. " to be ‘fspnil , ,3’“ , ,
transit too lang,”éor”_“.poor " " '
“or “the market. was slatted
demand , suddenly fell tom": :1 .
. There is a. standard of my;
of lumber. ‘_,.There are‘hoards 'o g.
spection which determine .. the: ., ’j,
ard. lYet, howfrequently‘bigfs may
of .such goods get messagesggthalﬁ‘ '" ~
,canis not up to standard endearplo
price is.._offered. A. few years: ; ;,1
quite a few large yellow: pinemillsgiresyg
fusedx'to ship to o‘nelarge citygirf‘fhe‘»
north because» of the prevalenceiilgg
this practice. And, when itisundem
stood that no standards exist £92"me
tables and fruit shipments, ‘whemthé
are no boards of inspection; when,
there are no arbitration cominiv’f f;
the producing shipper is intheméﬁid'ii‘
of fate. Farming is two thingsgiﬁgjhiiﬁ
day—production as a professiong‘fah ..
marketing as a business. The scone
the farmer realizes that he mustjﬁc'mn
closer to getting the ultimat'esalﬁ~
price for his goods, the sooner-wul’llbj.
be cranking his 60-horsepowet‘,~“wdar
when he starts for market.
How true is it that there isstrengtlzs
in united effort. And how true this;
that farmers are the last people who
realize that truth. ‘_ . .
In all "parts of the country, we ﬁnd
growers or‘shippers associations. .xBut
they merely ship—they do not sell...;
Selling is the essence of thisgamé~ ,
and one way of .selling is-by-3direct. ‘
representation at the point of *sales
contact. The farmers associations
should have actual, active, executive,"
brain—posesssing salesmen in the rmaré’
lost where the goods are oﬂered.
The time may come when all the , 7
growers and shippers associations will
form one great federation, with sally“)
ing agents in every large center, and;
with one central clearing house for... ‘
all sales and to watch all marge“ "V"
which central clearing house willvd
rect the movement of all shipments to
the markets Where the goodsarei in.
demand, and thus relieve the glut in
others; and when that time shall come
the consumer will pay a. less price and
the producer will make money from;
the business of farming. ' ._

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Michigan who will act as our. localim‘jn,
aler inphcins the ,"Pink-nheetii‘jn ,
basins“. fanner’s home. Man unthhoi

who cm cover county and appear; -,
agents can make double tidya‘nabmu:

want only clean mm, of 3°66 I . ‘ K _. '
but every man who “makeﬂm m "

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WOW,“ '»

    
   
 
     
  
   
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
     
   
  


' Q" possible.

"will situation this year, “that

my crop ought to touch $2. 40.

invite you to go right back to
3001‘ last week’s issue to see the ex-
9. pleas We put it before you as a
081ca1' contender for $2.40,.as being
We admit that this is a
long price; that we have set the
take far ahead; that it may be a
:goal hard to kick; We want you to
feel that way; we want you to feel

Conservative, but we want you and"

" invite you to study the situation and
then regulate your ﬁght to Suit the
ssibilities as you see them. You
i. cannot get around this—~15 per cent
of beans left with 331-3 per cent of
the season left on which to place
them—ﬁgure it out for yourself.
‘ ”Thetime has come when the man
that produces this stuff has got to
-Sit down and think, study and ﬁght
like wishes to maintain the same
percentage 0f position that the fellow
who sells your stuff is able to main
tain.
have the very same dope on which to
work that your dealer has; that
places it right up to you as an in-
dividual and shows which of you is
‘ the stronger.

BEANS—DETROIT MARKET.
White, hand-picked basis ...... $2. 08
Red Kidney ................... 2. 10

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICEQ.
Zone No. 2 Michigan ........... 1.80
Zone No. 3 Michigan ........... 1.99
Zones 4, 5, 6 and 7 Michigan. .. 2.02

The aboVe values represent what
dealers are obtaining for beans, 1.
o. b. your station in zones shown.
This is on basis of
beans.

 

 

 

OATS

58113 't seine particular time befOre‘

have every right, of being maintained.

As readers of this sheet you‘

hand-picked ‘
0

 

 

 

_ toy " '
The seed situation is going along very, ~ '
.satisfactorily——the tone to the same is. : -
one of real spirit, and also of a con- -‘

servative nature, which means that
the foundatiOn for the situation Which
we are now experiencing, is well
founded, on which present possibilities

 

'cvasn SEED—DETROIT
MARKET.

June, prime .1..........."
Mammoth. prime -.

Alsike, prime . . . . . - '
Timothy Seed. prime , . . ".' .' . .

 

 

APPLES

 

 

 

have just passed has meant but

very little to the general apple
situation. From now on the inﬂuence
of time is going to be comparatively
slight. The season’s crop is going to
close in very soon, as far as Michigan
apples are concerned. It is somewhat
questionable as to whether we will

[3 The week through Which we

experience very much of an advance,

over present prices. We would.nat-
urally hope and expect that a further
advancement along theolines of high-
class stuff was reasonable to look for-
ward to, although'we can in turn ap-
preciate that there comes a time when
any commodity is out of season, and

when that time ‘comes the consump?

tion, which means nothing other than
demand, is going to be cut off wonder-
fully.

We would not advise’any one .to

ﬁght too long, but to ﬁght hard when '

you are at it, put in .the ﬁnishing
wallop pretty soon.

 

channel; there continues to be
very little change in the situation or
the tone to the same, with no in-
jection of real spirit at any time.
There continues to be a good healthy
demand, trading being well assured
on a good, clean-cut and conserva-
tive basis. We believe that there is
still a possibility of an advance in
the oat market, but we also believe
that it is going to come slowly, but
be well established.

The oat market continues to
run along in about the same

 

OATS—DETROIT MARKET.

Standard ...................... $ .3!)
No. 3 white ....................... 38
No. 4 White .................
No. 2 Mixed ........... . .....
No. 8 Mixed ............

 

CINCINNATI —— The receipts of
oats were exceedingly light, with a
good ﬁrm tone to the situation in
evidence. This was directed to the
better qualities, with only a sympa-
thetic attitude shown to anything be-
low. Buyers were taking hold corn-
paratively free. .

 

OATS—CINCINNATI MARKET.

Standard

No. 3

.No. 4 White .................
No. 2 Mixed .................
‘No. 3 Mixed

PITTSBURGH—There continues to
be practically no real change to the
situation. Receipts are heavy enough,
which combined with the situation ef-
fecting coarse feed stuffs, continues. to
make an advance something of an up-
hill ﬁght, although it is evident that
the tone’fé‘ the situation is in keeping
with a possible advance.

 

 

 

 

OAmPITTnU RGH MARKET.

Standard _

No. 3 White .................

- 4 White ........ . ........
in HMODODOOOOOOIOOOIOI
.lnkeaeesvooeelnoute-sl

01-" sugar) ROCKS, big-ban

 

 

sy. eggs 15 for $1; 1

APPLES—GENERAL MARKET.
Fancy. per barrel ........ 2.50 to 4.50
Ordinary, per barrel. . . . 1.00 to 2.50

CORN

 

 

 

 

 

the Elgin regulation.
tie decline

curse, that the new . Wei milk at this

' time is beginning to Show some in: ‘

crease, but we also know that there
is no real reasOn why there should
be any decline in the butter situatiou

at the present time

We know or a great many cream.

cries today that are selling practically, -

all of their cream .to the makers of ice
cream, etc. ., in the cities. We believe

this angle to the situation more than
1makes up for any surplus in the milk;

ﬂow SOmething other than the real

"cause has been Working—~someone

wants the Standard of levels reduced

and has accomplished it' under unWar-

rantable conditions.
BUTT-ER —- GENERAL MARKET.

Creamery No. 1, per pound ..... .38
Fancy Dairy, per pound ........ .32»

EGGS '

 

 

 

 

 

 

that there has been very slight

variation in egg values during
the past week—there is really no real
change to the egg situation. It is to
be expected that there will be a slight
variance from week to week as to quo-.
tations. The egg game is a very large
one and is handled very much the

D From ,quotations .you will notice

same as the wheat situation is, on the:

blackboard, therefore, quite some room
is created for speculatiOn and trading.
This always invites more of a change
than the real supply and demand situ-w
ation would naturally suggest and reg-
ulate. '

 

' EGGS—HGENERAL MARKET.

Large fresh .......... . . . . . .$ .
Medium fresh . '

 

 

 

 

,There has been no material
change in the development of
the corn situation the past
week.
ern neighbors have done practically

nothing in the way of marketing dur-

ing this time. The situation as we
gave it to you last week still con-
tinues to be true as to the manner
in which the western elevators are
handling the situation. While we do
not think they are burdened with sup—
plies, still we do feel that they have
quite some corn on hand as a rule.
Appreciating bad roads, condition
and the trend of the situation, nat-
urally we believe they are going to be
conservative and of a well-regulated
nature as to the disposition of the bal-
ance of the crop. This is going to

 

CORN—DETROIT MARKET.
N0. 2 Whitey-ncnnolooooo-oeoo
No. 8 white..................
No. 4 white ......
No.27ellow.....
No.3 yellow ..................
No .4 yellow ..................
N0. 2 mixed ..................
No 3 mixed ...................
No.4mixed....... ..... .

CORN—CINCINNATI MARKET.

No. 2 white .................. .02
No, 3 white ..................
No. 4 white ..................
No. 2 yellow .................
No. 3 yellow .................
No. 4 yellow ................
No. 2 mixed .................
N0. 3 mixed ..................
No. 4 mixed .................

cod’N-nwssuno MARKET.

No. 3 ".1tQa-eoounun-uaoosoeo’
3 white.........
‘Wh‘t.........

531/2

glen-Ions

one.

POULTRY

 

 

 

It is very true that our west-Q

The market continues. to show
just a little easier feeling on,

poultry. As demonstrated last
week, this has been brought about by
the importation of carlot shipments
from western states, mostly Iowa. As
far as we are concerned locally, there
could be no real limit put on the pos-
sibilities of poultry, but when the mar-
ket reached 19 cents for, live poultry,
you can appreciate that it was pretty
strong by the time it reached the con-
sumer. The result was that there was
a natural breaking up of demand. This
resulted in the large dressers of poul-
try going to outside points for poultry
at lower prices. It was not their in-
tention to bring this poultry in here
and reduce the market price; they
hoped to take advantage of the market
instead of" reducing it, but when you
start carlot shipments onto a market
of this size, you are almost sure to de-
preciate it from a selling strength

 

POU LTRY—DETROIT

No. 1 Turkeys”
No. 2 Turkey:
No. 1 Spring Chickens. . .
No. 2 Spring Chickens.
No 1 fowl- ..............
No. 2 Fowls ............
No. 1 Geese ...... .lﬁto .151/9
No.1Ducks ...... .19 to .20

POULTRY— CHICAGO MARKET “

no. 1 Turkeys. ......._...... .17
No. 2 Turkeys.............*;.

No. 1 Spring Chickens ........
No.2 Spring Chickens ....... '

No. 1 Fowls. ....... ‘

No. 2- Eowls “

MARKET.

.19 to .20
.14 to 10
.17 to .18
.14 to .10 ‘
.17 to .18
.13to 15

 

 

 

 

We appreciate, or '

. around $6. 50 to 37. 0'0;

, sult fac

There seems

buyers andftthe '
reduce tile stall at: ,5: fl ,,
viou'sly set: I is ’
state that the mar
license We do 11011;;01
Qtrue situation. Q“ The ‘
enough—41133

enough, but there 13411.net
feeling not only on ,v

levels. To that end
eﬁected.

About the top for.

1, 000 to 1,200 pounds gain at
$8. 000; 800- to 1, 000 pm; .
$7. 25 to $7. 50; light ~- “

500 to 700 pounds,“
i-There was a fairly dee

choice fat cows which met _

com

(of cows going at $5. 50 and 3 ,
While the Canner Departm

not very liberal in the Way

ceipts, the run was going at 1.165..

$3. 50 to $4.25. Choice heavy

were bringing froih $7. 00 to

.with fair to good bologna bul
' ing ready sale at $6. 50 to 36 5

with 800 to 1, 000 pound stuff

$6.75 to $7.50; fair feeding steel;

same weight 36. 25 to 37.00
choice stockers 500 to 70
bringing $6. 50 to $7 00.

nice run of stock heifers
picked up at $4. 00 to 35 00,
large young milker-s were bri
$65 to $80; the common kind so
at $25 to $50. ~ Q

 

ARDB.-.

Beer steers, food to prime
heavy .
lee! mince", medium to
80
Bee! steers, common to
Ice! cows, hexane: to
select ed

Heifers. 8

Stock steers
Feeders

Bull. ........... . ...... . 450t08.

 

 

Dressed veal ............ 8.00 “113.00;

Cattle——-Chlcago. ”

Extreme prices and bulk of native
cattle sold here this week quotationé‘f
carload lots, with comparisons:

Number Extreme Bulko

received. .gran s. 311135
Monday, April 21. .18 376 $7 35@9.25 $810. 8
Tuesday, April 22.. 2,487 7. 35@8.75
Wednes" April 23. .,22 441 7. 25@9- 20 8.
Thursday, April 24. 4, 075 7. 25@900 7.
Friday, April 25.. .,1 000 7. 35@8. 40 7 60

Last week .............. $7 25@9.25
Previous week ..........

Four weeks ago.-

1912 ........................ .6

The week’s trading on the Chi
market met with situations and
ditions at times which bordered
the demoralized. Very keen was
sympathy for lower priced
very aggressive was the ﬁg
make the same possible and
Just at this time and .under “
conditions with which we ‘11,,

rounded; Would tend ‘to' . '

118' “8

 


pertinent was affected

Good bologna bulls ,

' pally ga ning as the Week
About a conservative es-

on good to choice
tog-89. 25, Width some

, '0 Ilg ~ -.
r, ﬁepartment was somewhat;
‘ ’ country being. disposed to
moderately in spite of short-

, The present
“0‘ of the beef trade has had
to do with the demand in

‘72 The chief call seems to be
ois, Indiana and Ohio with

e betel supplies.

around 87. 60 to 87. 90, with a

,_ ice grades in 900 to 1,000
:69 l and higher going. around $8 .00
a :little better. Good feeding
were quoted around 86. 50;

BiTVe~ heavier steers.
shade“ Weaker but the medium and

common kinds. ShoWed practically no
--_..'change
steady,
prices; While fresh cows and spring-

Stockérs and feeders were
bulls brought last week’s

ers were little, if any changed from
last week Best/ Steers (in offer

_ u ranged from 88. 4067088. 50 with xbest'
' handy steers 87. 75@88 00. 'A load of

heifers made 88. 05 Bulls sold up to

M 87. 75

 

CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
‘ YARDS. ‘
Good to choice. heavy
steers .3 8.25 to 3.8.50
Medium to fair hueavy -
, steers .‘ 8.25 to . .8.15.
. Handy weight butch-
. ering‘ steers . 7.50 to 8.00
Pat heifers, interior
to choice . . . 5.00 to
Fat cows, medium to
4.50 to
Cannerg and cutters. 3.75to
Bulls ' 5.00 to
‘Stockers and feeders. 5.00 to
'Mi-lcherg and spring-

 

choice ..............
. 35.00 to 100.00

 

'33 1-3 per cent."

 

, YARDS.
IteeI-I. so“ to
- rune. heavsr .......... $8.00 to 8.50
"M steer» medium to
' . . . 7.90 to 8.25

. 7.50 to 7.80

‘ 5.75 to 8.75
and! cutters. 8.40 to 4.75

 

soda 0 proﬁle vealI ..... 5.90 to 9.50
" 7 . .- 0. so to 7. 50

 

'93 w 'nessed at Buffalo on the open-
,d f the week. During the lat-

hat they actually cost, in the
_Monday, Chicago came in

excess of general ex-

the supply were many

over nipping steers last

I d ‘ Calves—Buffalo.

Largest run ofﬁcalves at Buffalo for
many months-e25“) head. Trade ac-
tive, prices ruling 50- cents lower than

'for the close of last week. Bulk of
.t@ops 810. 00 fair to good grades 88. 50 -

@89. 50, strictly culls mostly,
down and feds 85. 00@6. 00. /

Calf Quotations.

‘ Calves choice to extra. .39.75@10.00
Fair to good ............ 8.50@ ’9.50
01111 and common ....... 7.50@ 8.50
Light thin ............. .. 0.50@ 7.50
Fed calves .............. 5.00@ 6.00

88 00

 

 

Hogs—Detroit.

The receipts for the week were
6,102, last week 8,148. This shows a
decrease in receipts of practically
In face of this the
market closed about 5 cents under
last week. There seems to be a
little feeling of 'indeﬁniteness exist-
ing on the part of the traders in both
shippers and buyers. The supply
seems to be in such a position as to
make possible receivers manipulat-
ing the situation to a certain extent.
They haVe just a little the best of
the going argument.

 

Hoes—DETROIT MAR‘KET.

Fair to choice butchers. $8.90 to 8.95
Lightweights 8.90 to 8.95
Bears, according to

8.00 to 8.25

weight
8. 90 to 8.95

Pigs
Stltl .........~..-...One-thlrd o.

cocoon-o.-

 

 

Hogs—Chicago.

Chicago daily‘ range of hog values. top
ﬁgures for carload lots: ‘
Mixed Heavy Light
Packing, Packing Packing
Medium & Selected & Selected
and. Butchers, Shipping Shipping,
‘195@255 lbs. 255@400 lbs. 135@195 lbs
,_ April 18. .88 85629 25 $8. 80@9. . .
April 9.. 8 90@9. .85
.. 8. 80@9. 221,5
.. 8. 65@9. 10
_ .. 8.50@8.85
April 8.55@8.95
April . 8..65@9 05 8 60@8. 90

1912.. ..... s7. sacs 02% :7 oo@s. os
. 62.308365 9.30719. Wag
1909 ....... 6 35@7- 35 6. mm 40

There seemed to be a fairly liberal
run of hogs on the, Chicago market
during the week, with receivers shoW

‘a. mean disposition, or in other

April
April
April

 

6.30
9. 25@9. 57%

.around 40 cents per 100;

Better. and,

. .on medium and butchers,
r need coWs and heifers were-

:ﬁrs time that receipts this year have
, own a decrease compared With the.
corresponding period of two years
_ ago.

The tone to the situation is Well
and good enough, but the dispOsition
is ‘certainly for a lower’ level of
values. Every one is hammering
along this line. The effect of their
hammering shows in quotations,
which to be conservative is right
on good
mixed packing stock 40 to 45 cents;
in fact,
around the same cut, right along the

, line.

 

Hoes—CHICAGO crook YARDS.

‘Mixed packing .......... $8.65 to 8.80
Medium and butchers. . . 8.80 to 8.85
Poor to good heavy
packing ............... 8.55 to 8.70
'Lipg‘htweig‘hts 8.75 to 8.95
Selected 260-300-111
packers , 8.72 to 9.05
Pigs and throw-outs ..... 2.00 to 9.25

 

 

 

Hogs—Buffalo.
Bad break in the hog market at

'Buffalo for the opening day this

week the heavy decline being due to
the trade here being on too high a
basis, as compared with other ma1-
kets the latter part of last week and
the heavy marketing Monday at all
points put the buying end in posi-
tion to dictate almost their own
terms. Chicago with 50,000 head,
showed prices 15@25 cents lower and
at Buffalo, with 16,000, market stood
25@40 cents under last week‘s close.
Chicago’s top for light hogs Monday
was $8.70 and at Buffalo, packers
bought the great bulk 'of the good
desirable mixed grades at $9.15, some
very extreme heavies selling at $9.00,
with few of the 190 and 200-lb. grades
bringing $9.20@$9.25. Best yorkers
89.15@$9.25 and pigs $9.25@89.80.
Roughs $8.00@88.15, stags $7.00@
$7.50.

HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK YARDS

Extreme heavies, 280 up. .9. 00 to 9.1
Heavies, 240 to 280 ...... 9. 00 to 9.1.
Mediums, 220 to 240 ...... 9.10 to 9.1
Mediums. 190 to 220 ...... 9.1?) to 9.1
Mixed, 180 to 22 9.15 to 9. 25
Yorkers, 150 to 170 ...... 9.15 to 9. 25
Do light, 130 to 150. . . . 9.20 to 9.30
Pigs, 120 down .......... . 9.20 to 9.30
State hogs .............. 8.75 to 9. 25
Heavy ends ............. 8. 75 to 9 0.0
8. 00 to 8.15
7. 00 to 7.50

 

division was cleaned:

grades were considered '1‘
cents higher than the close

ing gradually.
offerings showed up from day

to make actual comparisons,

few on sale were considered 111 .
Buying classes were not to be _

'and quotations were barely st

prime shorn western wethers selling
at $6. 85, natives in the var .

classes were scarce and some 111'

ium shorn ewes sold at 85. 50. There;
were some good ones secured at
$6. 00, and choice to prime ones at
86 25; odd wethers sold at 86. 50 and
Upward; bucks going at 85 50 and
under; wooled ewes were taken "ﬁt
86.00 and higher, with some 0110108
bucks going at $6.00. It‘Was’. .
dent from the start that there was
quite a quota of lambs with buyers
not very urgent bidders for offerings
at the outset Sales held ﬁrm .3
hard demand for steady to higher

prices, with the result that a. cum...
promised market was the result. ,Fatvi
grades were higher than a week. ago,‘

with the bulk of wooled lots off 5.
cents, with the most of the shorn of~ ‘
ferings showing 25 cents advance.

 

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.

Receipts for the week show around
4,830 against 4307 one Week ago,
practically 500 head less than the
corresponding week previous. 111
face of this there is a noticeable .re-
duction of levels in all cases. The
sales for the week show best lambs
going at 87.50 to $7.75; with fair to
good lambs $6.50 to $7.25; with light
to common lambs $5.25 to $6.25; good
yearlings $6.75 to $7.00; good fair
run of sheep $5.75 to $6.25; culls
$3.00 to $4.25; few spring lambs
brought $10'to $11.

 

SHEEP -- DETROIT STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. 87.50 to 7.75

Do fair to good ....... 6.50 to 7.25
Yearling lambs, choice. . 7.50 to 8.00
Mixed sheep ............ 5.25 to 6.50
Cull sheep .............. 3.50 to 4.50

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.

Top prices and the range for bulk of sales
of sheep and lambs: —
SHEEP LAMBS.
Top. Bulk. Top Bulk
This week ..... $7.10 $6. l5@6_ 50 $8. 90 $7 50@8. 85
Previous week 7.50 65 40@8.90
Four weeks ago 6. '75
19 2 6

9°50
88’.

9:81”???
«16:00 03.4
aviogom

The'situation affecting sheep for
the Week closed comparatively satis-

'. factory; all around, buyers making no«

particular effort to force a reaction.

IHEEP —— CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Lambs, good to choice. ”$8.00 to 8.80, ~
Do fair to good ........ 7.50 to 8.00 .' u "
Do cull to common. 4.00 to 5.00

Yearling lam,s choice. . . 7.50 to 8.00
Do cull to fair ......... 4.00 to 5.00

Wethers, choice ......... 6.75 to 7.00

Ewes, choice handy
weight ................ 6. 00 to 7.00
no choice to heavy. . 6.00 to7.00

(‘ull sheep .............. 3.50 to 4.00 .
cks 4.25 to 5.00 - .

 

 

Sheep and Lambs-LBuffalo.
Lamb trade at Buffalo, under a 70:

car supply for the ﬁrst day of the-W

week, was stronger than last’week‘ses
close by from 10@15 cents, butrthe'

market was very slow. Sheep formed.“ _,
a large proportion of the receipts and -,
prices “eie steady. Best clipped]
lambs sold from $8. 00@$8. 15, market

as the day advanced being weak, mostf

of the late transactions 011 the choice
handy lambs being made at 88.00.
Throw out lambs, $700 down, skips
selling down to $5.00. Two loads of
wool lambs sold early, one bringing
$9.00, the other $9.10, but generally

speaking, these kinds were very hard,

to place, eastern orders, in most cases 1;.
calling for clipped stock. Best sher‘n
yearling wethers $7.00@7.25. A load
of very fancy shorn wether sheep
reached $6.65, but it took a choice
handy kind to bring $6.50. Top for
ewes was $6.15, with the majority sell-
ing from 86.00 down and cull sheep
went from $5.00 down.

 

SHEEP —- BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.

Quotations—Wool Stock.
Lambs, good to choice. . .3885 to 9.10 ‘ ‘.
Do cull to fair ........ 4.00 to 6.50

Clipped Stock.

Lambs, choice to extra. .$7.95 to 8.15
Do fair to good 7.25 to 7.85 _
Do culls and common. 4.50 to 7.00

Yearling, choice 6.75 to 7.25
D0 cull to fair ........ 4.00 to 6.50:

Wethers 6.25 to 0.05

Mixed seed 6.00 to 6.25

Ewes, choice ............ 5.75 to 6.15

Cull sheep .............. 3.00@ 5.00

Bucks .................. 3.00@ 4.75

 

 

 

Wool.

About all we can do in the matter
of furnishing report on the wool sit-
uation is to ﬁll space, because the
situation from a general angle is
just as indeﬁnite at the moment as.
it was one week ago. "

We have interviewed some of the
very largest handlers of wool, With a.»
result that reports received fr ‘
them are of the same indeﬁnite char
acter as the results we are forced.
give to you. We think you as a 11,116
ducer of wool, understand Why. l1.
indeﬁniten‘ess exists and Wh’ ' W

" practically impossible,
1116612969 in t

 


" , lieve wool is going to 250 soon.

.-_.'-.-:..basis of last week’s quotations.

919319159 that {119. ”reducing- 1777
dard of wool values, below-.2

a or as 9 normal level, it would not

dvisabie to do so, because Mich- "

igah .091 is absOlutely necessary to

a certain texture of Woolen goods .

nufacture'd

'9 amount of wool produced has 2

n a gradual reduction, since
eyeland’s time. If we are to be
again faced with conditions anywhere
bordering on those existing at that
time,
'will have received the second and
ﬁnal Wallop, Which will mean the
knock-out blow, to the raising of wool
In this state. We cannot raise sheep
.gtor Wool alone, neither can we raise
them from a meat standpoint. The
combination of the two is absolutely
neCessary to make the sheep indus-
" try at all proﬁtable and even on basis
1 of the combination, conservative

handling and great care is necessary,

“in order to bring results about.

At a few points over the state, 22c
and 230 is being paid for wool; the
. range: goes from this down to 16c.
""“Almost 50 per cent variation between
the two-that demonstrates the de-
gree of indeﬁniteness that exists. Re-
gardless of the tariff ’wallop, we be-
We
would not be at all surprised to see
it touch 35c before the consummation
of the season.

, FLOUR AND FEED.

Sales. on ﬂour and feed continue on
The
,1 change in the grain markets is not

snﬂicient to warrant any change in
prices on ﬂour and feed for this
.-Week-’s Pink Sheet.

Price
' Kind. perbbl.
“Blend” ﬂour, 1A;-paper sacks..$ 5.25
Spring patent ................. 4.50
Toweling sacks or wood barrels

20c higher.

Per ton.
Coarse corn meal .............. 24.60

' Somewhat active
high grade co'alﬁ

the wool business of Michigan '

The 99911111 9991- rods ‘19 not 1111
proving, white the western We
:on 911-9191139990;
The mines report.
a satistactory contract business, and
shipments are beginning
from West Virginia, although the
Norfolk & Western and the Chesa-
peaks & Ohio’ Railroads bays 8'. large-
amount‘ of repairs to be made .

to move

Considerable coal is now being de—

livered to Canadian and Lake Michi-
gan ports. Lake shipments have been
handicapped. Account railroads not
being able to haul coal to the docks
on account of difﬁculties the railroads-
have encountered in the ﬂooded sec-
tions.

what stagnant, and sales are slow. It
is our opinion the situation is only a.
temporary condition and the demand
will somewhat stimulate in the near
futumre
ApriI Soft Coal, Prices. F. O. B
Kind of. Coal. Mines.
Hocking 3- inch rescreoned lump $1. 75
Hocking 11 £71th Screened lump. 1. 60
Ohio 4- inch special lump ....... . 1.75
Ohio Ext-inch special lump. . 1. 60
Pomeroy 21/2oinch i-ump .......... 1 65
Cambridge 1%- inch lump ....... 160
The above grades of coal take a
Hocking freight rate.
Virginia special 10inch block. .$1. 50
Peerless White Ash 4inch bLock.1.75
Virginia Logan 4-inch block ..... 1.65
Yukon 3- inch splint ............. 1. 55
Yukon egg .................... . . 1. 50
The above coal takes a Virginia or
Kentucky rate, or 25 cents over Hock-
in"
Michigan 4 inch lump. . -, ........ $2. 75
Michigan 3- inch lump .......... 2. 65
Average freight rate to Michigan
points, 70 cents per ton. _

Pocahontas lump or egg ........ 1.85 -

PoCahontas stove ....... . ....... 1.65
Freight rate, 45 cents over Hock-
ing rate.
Anthrac’ite»CoaI.
Chestnut hard coal, gr. tons.
Equivalent to net tons. . ........
Egg and stove size, 25 cents less.2
The above prices are t. o. b. Buf-
falo.

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The Anthracite situation is 991119;...

ity

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any degree of is curacy

not for the very-heav

potatOes they; hauo. truths

we would see petatocs go up; 251scents

per bushel in the next thirty 118.3781

and it anything'vshould occur so that"
Wisconsin and
south and west with their: potatoes ill-.-
stead of east, we would see a good

‘ sharp advance, as we :do not believe “

New Yerk; Maine 93111: Michigan “have
got enough potatoes to supply. the
east for the balance of the season.

THE “PINK- SHEET" BRINGS
PRAGTICAL RESULTS. ‘

Dear Editor—I enclose 191191 re-
ceived this a. m., from the Michigan
Hay and Grain Dealers’ Association
I note what the Secretary 0: that
Association says about doing a. lot
of work that is of great beneﬁt to
the members of the Association, and
I want .to ask if what they are doing
is much beneﬁt to the farmer. I
have read their comments on the
“Pink Sheet,” and will .say right here
that I am a “Pink Sheet Booster; ” for...
it has told me when, how andiwhere
to sell my produce. To prove It I
wilI- name one Commodity (beetle). I
have shipped my beans and over six
hundred bushels for my neighbors, to
points suggested and have secured an
advance above local markets of ”from-
ﬁfty to seventy- ﬁve cents per bushel.
April 1st, Standish, Twining and Bay
City buyers were paying $1. 60 per
bushel, hand picked basis. I shipped
to best market named,» received $2. 35

per bushel and the freight Was ten '

and one [alt cents; a proﬁt of sixty-
four and one-half cents per bushel.
Every farmer in Michigan would
take the “Pink Sheet” if they knew
about it. I am a “Booster and want
to “Boost” harder.

‘ . G. H. HOLLISTER,

HERE‘IS THE LATEST.

A very smooth stranger has been
interesting the farmers in the vicin—
of Pin‘conning,
Worth in a seed proposition which
savors. very much of the old Bohem-

.1 ian oat deal.

A full carload of seed oats has been
shipped\to Pinconning and is to be
distributed among those who have

already signed a contract to grow a

certain number of acres of the so-
called “Mammouth” cats. The .con-

tract requires the farmer to deliver'

to the order oi: the party of the ﬁrst
part one-half of the entire crop raised
from the seed furnished. A clause
makes it’ necessary for the .‘farmer
to bring a certiﬂeate from the party
who threshes the; oats which shall
show how many 111191919 he thrashed;
and to certify that they were from the
Seed furnished. By the way of fur-
ther inducement,- the stranger has
promised the farmer who gets the
largest yield 02 eats a. new binder.
Information " h
osition comes to $18 justﬁbeioro Eoi

Minnesota. could go ‘

Saganing and ,

(war the 111111
mills have a
ahead, and mSorev 111734» '
day While r‘ewliziin HIM: .1359: ;
issue is 9 1113th " '
ness has sounds”
of underlying . 9

so lay yonr'p‘lahs Mr. ,
good big crop: T ‘
fed—+and there are 9
feed. 11191:. little
mixed with 10
make ‘a splendid spec ‘
The "country is not go' ‘
nation bow-wows," Just _

,wAI-ms 9 " ‘oANca'

. EST- FIRES IN” .AT ‘_
warning ta he on 3 ' ,
ﬁres has been given by St . _
Warden William. RaOaILES, W
the week has been advtsedr
conﬂagraxions in both 1111 e
and northern 119111111111 3 I;
The. state sums, 11 ~

chief sees dangondo h

; the state in the 119.1
, sunshine; ‘ '

“Dried leaves and underbru
been turned to so much tinder

summer weather,” he declared.

a little’ thoughtlessness in bu
campﬁres, or throwing away
may at this time of the y
the loss of thousands (if dolls.
state. ” .

 

A Pastal If
gum 11 I

About ~thirty days a: ;. .
order for “SW Limoges. I '
Piece-Dinner Mtd”& _
the fricndi of the “pink ,.

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