
[Wm/e] 112 £52”
I‘Zebzllérﬁvﬁ/

HIETROIT Saturday, May 24th, I 9/3

fags general statistics, for the entire coun-

try, but the actual price that the pro-
Z~‘.»:"-ducér may expect to get for his pOtatoei

or hay at the nearest practical mark

35' 4, ,__ center. :7 "

l5 S ‘
in J. Carey of Wis—
vv‘ referred to the

‘old‘ storage for more than the
0d Hereinafter designated.
eggs, poultry, game, ﬁsh and

Beef, veal, pork
or the products thereof, ‘four
or any article of food which,

of time, has been removed there-
, .. and returned again to cold storage
ha be deemed to be adulterated. _

did in cold storage, or the package con-
‘ining’it or from which it IS sold, which
s to bear a label plainly and cor—
'tly stating the date of production,
.rlIing, packing or manufacturing, and
. .per1od of time during which the
has been held in cold storage,

cording to the bill, will be deemed .

tn shranded
f 11 product having been once

cold storage and removed '

sold by items, then the seller, at"?

request of the purchaser, must state
the information above required to be
p ced uponthe original package upon a
'ag to be attached to such item before
delivering the same to the purchaser.
A person who places any food prod—
:uct in a package bearing a false or
raudulent statement as to the quantity,
italify or character of the contents, as
” the date of the products, or in regard
to the time of placing the same in cold
,L..t0rage, or its removal therefrom, or
I‘make’s any other false statements in
connection with the article, will be
deemed guilty of misbranding.
According to the bill the term “cold
' storage” is construed to mean the de~
p9sit of food products in warehouses,
« tiilding, or other receptacles where for
jﬂ‘longer period than 10 days the tem-
. erature is artiﬁcially kept at 40 degrees
Fahrenheit, or below, except when the
products are actually in transit and have
not,_previous to transit been 111 cold stor—
e.
aEA ﬁne of not less than $100 nor more
than $5,000 and to imprisOnment for a
period of not less than six months nor
_ more than 10 years is provided by the
$13111 for a person or corporation found
.guilty of misbranding or adulterating
‘ 'ny food product.

THE NEWLY CREATED
BUREAU OF MARKETS
of. T. N. Carver of Harvard Uni-
sity has deﬁnitely accepted the offer
the Department of Agriculture to
1: charge of the new division about to
rted Which Was intended originally
1%,, merely a division of markets, but
larger Scope,- to be known as
' ganization service;” This'

\

. start gctive operations June ,

ad several cone

This will involve the location .of the,
.best and nearest market for any given
'Community, and ultimately the organiz-

ation of co-Operative marketing, so that

V the farmers may get the best and quick-
, cst marketing service at the lowest price.

The ramiﬁcations of the scheme are
large, fOr it will involve highway and
railroad transportation problems. Coun—

, try communities will be urged‘to co-

operate in selling as largely as practi«
cable. But the service is designed ulti—
mately to go further than marketin , for
the-economic development of the farm-
ing community is»so bound up with the
sOcial development of the community
that it willL be hard to touch one with-
out the other. .

The department, so the ofﬁcials say,
does not Want to go too deeply into the

problems of the individual farm family,
but wants to encourage the communities,

so far as possible, to develop themselves
and not to do anything for them ofﬁ-
cially that they can do for themselves.

. At the same time One aim of the divi-

sion will be to discover and work out
effective methods of community develop-
ments.

One problem will be to discover the.
. natural boundaries which mark an indi—

vidual community and urge the members
in that circle to trade‘and exchange
products among themselves when that
is feasible, and to co—operate effectively
when buying and selling outside. It has
been found already by observation that
great economies can be effected in many
communities by co—operative buying as
well as selling.

One thing that has been found in sev-
eral of the most effective surveys that

.have been made is that the country

church frequently serves as a good cen—
ter about which to map out a commun-
ity and that much effective organization
work can be done by taking the country
church as a basis.

 

Last Moment Market Flashes

 

very latest quotations are:

”i Wheat: No. 2 Red (large mills paying). . . . . . . 1.07

Rye.
Beans:

utter
POultry
Broilers

on the several commodities from the principal market centers. A
detailed statement covering conditions, our predictions and special
advice, will be found with each commodity on the following pages.

THE LAST MINUTE before going to press, we secure quotations

Wheat, No. 1 White (large mills paying). .....$106

Oats,Standard.............................

Hay (best market today, New York), at ...... 22.00
Potatoes (best market today, Pittsburgh), at.

The

.40
.64

.65
.28
.18
.32
.18

sunset...

 

the Pink Sheet advised ﬁghting
under 40c since that time.

mation on request.

 

SPECIAL—On December let, when potatoes were draggy at 30c,
for 50.
Would not about 55 tod 11y with markct wild.
May 19th showed all dealers speculating to hold back

Our standard has not been

Special infor—

 

 

THANKF UL LETTERS FROM
FLOOD SUF F ERERS

The editor of Michigan Business
Farming has received a number of let—
ters from Ohio farrihsufferers from the
ﬂood asking him to thank the Michigan
farm folks for the contributions toward
their relief. We are sorry we have not
the space to print all of these, for they
all breathe the spirit of hopefulness
and thankfulness, while at the same
time displaying what a pitiful situation
the ﬂood left these farm folks. in . A
few extracts from letters follow:

C. F. Turnblier, R. D. l, Coshocton,
Ohio, writes: “I shall use the money

to buy clothing for my wife and three .

sons, ages ranging from three to twelve
years. 'We all thank you and the farm-
ers of the'state of Michigan for the
kindness and sympathy shown us.”

VPlhilip A Cummins, R. D., Dayton,'

Ohio, writes: ‘Thanks for the aid

from Michigan farmers.

.I lost two of my buildings
pose that remain are in bad need.

I had twelve,
feet of Water on my farm and it ruined '
JithE land.~

for the money. It is a God—send to me,
being the ﬁrst help I have received after
this terrible flood. I am saving it to-
ward getting my house back 011 its
foundations. The flood washed away
all my farming tools, my hay barn, etc.
I am so grateful for your help.”

John McCrcery, R. D. l, Hamiltou,
Ohio, writes: “Thanks to you and

farmers for your generous check. I

managed to save my horses and tools,
but lost all my cattle, hogs and poultry,
together with my home and all it con-
tained. Am now at a neighbors. Will
use the money tovvard getting furni-
ture and start afresh.”

F. L. Rodehover, VValhonding, Ohio,
Writes: “I thank you and the farmers
of Michigan from the depths of my
heart. The flood has left me in poor
circumstances at the age of 65 years,
for I loSt almost everything. Will use
the money to buy a corn cultivator,
etc.”

These letters are typical of those re-

'lll

stopping widespread frauds and
takes, which they agreed exists,‘
advocated by speakers before the; '
annual conference on weights and
ures of the United States, whi .
:1 three days’ session at the Burch
Standards at \Vashington. Weights
measures men from many states
that under the present systems't 6,.
suming public is only partially pr’o
from frauds and mistakes, and the
1'01 111 sy stems and standards for W
ing and measuring are needed through
out the country.

In connection with the conferert is,
many strange and ingenious methods’
used to cheat the public were laid ba
One man told how poult1y dealers in 1“!“é
city had been caught buying chick ‘.
stzuving them for two davs, then f
ing them salt to make them thirsty,
by allowing them to drink a large 11
tity of water, with the result that.
end of ﬁve days they increased
one—half pounds in weight.

The aim of the conference is t,
honest weights‘and measures, t
that commodities shall be ’
such a way as to show 6'): "t
much the purchaser is getting"-
moncy, and to insure that - '
pays for.

Another pin-pose of the c
seven] states in the matter of weigh I
to biing about unifonnity between;
commodities per bushel, etc., as,.for' in .
stance, in Massachusetts, a bushel (if
crzmbcrrics is required to weigh '3'
pounds, while a bushel of the same fruit
in Michigan must weight 40 pounds.

In Wisconsin :1 bushel of turnips mus
uciph only 42 pounds, while in Nort
and South Dakota a bushel of «faint’
must weigh 60 pounds Pennsylvani
bushel of potatoes must weigh only
pounds but in New York, New :[ér
Ohio, Maryland and West Virginia po
toes lune to weigh 60 pounds to the:
bushel.

'Io secmc un1formity between tl’l 5.611
01.11 states in mattms of this kin _
ucll as to obtain the enactment,’
enforcement of net weight laws‘
similar legislation the standardiza
bznrels and other containers the _si
which now depends largely upon
cap1ice of the individual manufactu‘
or the custom of the vicinity, e
among the matters to be taken up
discussed. .

Many of these problems have a “
bcaiing 011 interstate commerce. Att
plcscnt time the only Federal law re
garding barrels is one passed by Co
giess last August, which established "
standaid barrel and standard grades.
apples packed in barrels That this
should be greatly broadened and‘
s1 ope made general is the contentio’ y
the 1* ederal and state weights and m .. "
ures ofﬁcials. ‘

UNION . .
OBJECTS TO TARI,‘

And now the F rmers’ Union! 5T
benevolent organization of the sauth
states has injected itself into the
situation. The result of its a‘éti
awaited with interest, and no 0, e,
more interest than President Wil " -

The Farmers’ Union has,‘ (.3?
against a binding caucus of De so
It has advised Denibcras frdm th

[TARA/[HRS’

bear witness to the real _

 


interests of Michigan farmers. who are

rons of, marketing as well as raising their
othe" best advantage.

 

 

111s; ”pink-sheet” has no creed, nor party,
ys no favorites and bows its head to neither
11,1101 enemy, if they would swerve it

the single path wh1ch it has laid for__
nfs to; SOIVe the greatest problem that con-

farmer today, THAT OF DIS-
051%? OF HIS CROP FOR A GREATER

«The market reports are written directly to
we the farmers of Michigan, and to assist
e111 in receiving at their own local market
'1‘: prices which should be theirs.

;

Subscription price, 50 cents a year.

 

 

 

WATCH FOR THE SCOFFER.

 

A modern phrasing of an old
proverb would read: “TIIE MAN
WHO HAS NO ENEMIES IS
NOT WORTH THE GROUND
HE'STANDS ON!” The move—

, ments that have brought down,
through the ages these changes in
the onditions bof men which make
the World as we ﬁnd it to day,
have been met not only with oppo—
sitiOn, F O R T H E Y A R E
GREATER THAN OPPOSI—
TION, not only with enemies, for
enemies have not learned the les—
son that God stands 011 the side of
:Right, but by SCOFEERS, those
. yellow—backed folks, who stand like
ostriches, with heads buried in the
seinds, to avoid the noise of the bat-
',tle until it is over and then lift
“their silly heads to squeak, “I told
you so!”

They do not realize that the bat-
tle is only a stepping—stone to the
goal reached; that disorder or
treachery in the ranks only wipes
out ,,the cameleon skinned soldier
and leaves those who may be de—

' pended on in the thick of battle.

So they scoff!

For the enemy who does not
toop to ﬁght with diIty weapons,
who does not rob the bodies of the
Weaker who have fallen 111 his ﬁre,

WE HAVE R E s P E C T —— HE

'TTIFIGHTS FOR A WRONG
“CAUSE BECAUSE HE HAS
‘._NOT ~AVVAKENED TO THE
INEVITABI E TRUTH THAT
RIGHT WILL ALWAYS WIN
IN THE END!

I But for the Scoffer and his ilk—
whether he talks to his neighbor,
~3peaks from a pulpit, or in the
pages of his weak kneed sheet

0111 the press—W E H A V E ,

. when they Can _

branch. !

for the moment, to end 111' a? 011 Of

BUT

'white srnoke that gradually but "
, effectually disperses. ,
N OW WATCH FOR.

THE SCOFFER WHEN YoU 7i
MEET HIM, “WHEREVER

You MEET HIM JOT DOWN?

HIS NAME, MARK THE .

WORDS HE UTTERS, LAY
ASIDE THE COPY OF HIS
PRINTED S H E E T—-—you will
have use for them later!

At a stroke of the feather, the
scofter falls!
‘ fires

savage, he from‘ ambush,

while the back. is turned and gloats
over his dishonest spoils in the}

safety of a hidden retreat.‘

AS FOR THE ENEMY—

Th‘eir shoes have fallen like, put-
ty on armour plate, by their own
methods they have shown their
yellow streak—- ' . \,

BUT WATCH, FRIENDS,
FOR THE “SCOFFER,” HIS
BATTLE MUST BE YOURS! -

BIG PROFIT FOR POTATO
' GROWERS.

 

 

The . present ‘ potato situation
shows again the value of an honest
market review to the producers.
Potato growers who have followed
the market reports of the “Pink
Sheet” for the past few- months,
and acted on the advice they con—
tained, will now be letting go of
their holdings‘at a price which
means money in their pockets.

As far back as December 21,
1912, when potatoes were sluggish
at thirty cents, with an indifferent
market, we saw the way the wind
was blowing. Our ﬂag went up,
and we told potato growers to hold
for ﬁfty Centsi—that this price was
sure to come. "

A week or so ago, iwe again cau-
tioned those who. were shrewd
enough to have followed our ad-
vice up to that period, notto let go
their holdings. By that time the
dealers all over the state had
awakened to the real situation, and
were buying 11p all possible tubers
at a price around thirty cents. A11
atmosphere of speculation sur—
rounded the market, and many
producers let go in the ﬂurry of
the moment. Still our ﬂag was

up and our slogan was, “Hold for

ﬁfty.”
What is the situation now? Just
what we predicted. Potatoes are

at 50- 55 cents, and the situation is »,

But his sneaking“
kind we must watch, for like the 3

back of the big farm house.

 

LARGE CHERRY ORCHARD

EOR NORTH MICHIGAN' ‘

What is to be the largest cherry or."-

chard in the world is now being start-4 '
It 13 to;

ed to the north of Nerth‘pmt.
be a Montmoreney orchard and when
completed will c0ver 200 acres.

tainable being used

In order to secure a suitablewsite for
this orchard it was necessary to buy.
several tracts of farm land and com~

bine them into one big ranch Which,

covels 558 acres.
bought last fall

The land was

also a goodly pOrtion of the ground
was plowed

Ihis spring the remainder of the
place, was put into condition and the
trees set. The trees are 24 feet apart
each way. The rows the longest way
of the ﬁeld, have a length of nearly a
mile and are as straight as the p th
of a riﬂe bullet.

chard will be utilized for the growing
of alfalfa and for general farming. As
soon as preparation can be made 104
acres will be given over to alfalfa.
Although the cherry trees will not
come into bearing for four years, the
problem of picking and marketing the

fruit is now being worked out.‘ Twenty

dormitories and a dining hall capable
of seating 600 people, willbe erected
._ There
will be a water works system'f‘o'rthe
group of‘buildings, a sewerage sys-

' tem and an electric lighting plant.

A registered- brand is to be adopted
and the products of the orchard mar—

This,
spring berter than 150 acres have been
set, the very best fruit tree stOck 91)?-

and cross fences, '.
stone piles and brush heaps removed, ,

That part of the land;
~ which is not to be used for cherry or-

 

 

ahle withgan-
your. oyerc'oa .

,A male to greet

A kind word as a
To xopen the door . —
Whate’ er it brings to t,-

“A patient trust in Provider! :1.

All these combined with thong!

Will make a happy day,

That man is worthy "£111

.great who sees the divine

of this order and disciplin
his tasks in their ti

11 the least matt’
. hardest, enduring ‘11

ing that the suprem
the diligence and patience
time. " " '

Not what we say, tells, not.
we do always speak truly;
we‘aie is as inevitable 3.5.11

“He dwells":in all, '

From life’s minute beginnings

last '
To mam—the consummation

scheme
or being. ,. And in 11111th ‘91
August anticipations, symbo ,
Of a dim splendor evEr- On 1)" re .
In that eternal» circle lite‘piirsuesf’

 

 

Brigade?

friends.

What Is the Bundle

T’S a band of boosters, of wide~awake farmers, who are
content to take any old price for the crops they haYe raﬂ
They recdgnize the actual money-value service Micki"
Business Farming is giving them through its honest M
REPORTS FOR PRODUCERS, and are helping the
HONEST PRICES FOR HONEST LABOR, by dlstrrbutmg ,.
of this ypaper among their neighbors. . ~ '

M; RKETIN G ﬁll 1n the conpon and we’ll send you, «Wiﬂm 1111'.
undle of copies of Michigan Business Farming t“ .. _

 

Detroit, Mich.

 

 

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING

Send along the “bundle” 1.1 I was? that 11

 


a... '1

- 6" S in theorem;

, 111 the state; $1. 75 in ‘

éohnti

erage wages by. the
‘Vut 0 rd ' as $1. 59.

ago the average .

ate by the month was
Verage Wages by“ the day

 

 

"Lawton grape belt 1n the-
spar, of Van Buren county will

FaPﬁ acreage increased by sev-
red acres this y.ear The big

ﬁsh) use double the acreage.
this year as compared with
At Malta—V

tion to its fatter)? 113

9cinity of Hartford ‘

o have been put-u
ngthis spring ‘

 

SAYS FARMERS '
- ARE BIASED?‘

 

fr

,V. 1; recently decided the cause Of a
‘” “13 against an autOmobiliSt in favor
01;: Wednesday. Gideon Whit-

, the‘latter’s automobile.
--a- loud noise that it

 

 

11¢: a‘ brief summary of they
' ' ’ to fruit in various sections

‘ 152—50 per cent on peaches, 75
. pit smaller fruit. ‘ ,

’ Strawberries,
l" Badly damaged. . _
M Lodge 100 per cent on straw}

(21‘. cent on all fruit._.
bent on all fruit. , _
r 999‘». on vegetables”

4“

1n '

s at Marshall, were live stock will” gas

‘~ be unloaded, fed and. watered in transit

to Deﬁcit; and Buffalo The law re-

quires this to be done every '36 hours-
.‘ when live stock is being transported

 

VALUABLE HORSES

. STOLEN AT NORTHVILLE
L _ M. J. Moore, of Northville, has re—0

ported. to Sheriff Oakm‘an the theft of

two horses valued at $500 each from his
‘ fin-111..

The theft, following a number of
similar character during the past week,

' has led the sheriff to believe that an

organized gang of horse thieves, which
has been quiet for the past year has
renewed its activities.‘

About a year ago horses were stolen
with great frequency in Wayne and
neighboring counties, and hustled across
the border into Canada. Two of the

 

 

 

tion and higher temperatures.

 

In above .chart tte treble line represents normal precipitation and temperatures.
temperatures and precipitation lines rise probabilities will increase for more precipita-
Dates are for Meridian 90.
earlier far west of that line and as much later for east of it,
from, that meridian which runs north through St. Louis.

May temperature will average about normal.
-' . average of many years for the month and place, and normal tempera-
tures and rain constitutes the best crop weather
drout—h to large sections of this continent
states, east Gulf coast and southern plains states, immediately east of
Rockies. Not as good crop weather as in April.
May 21 to June. 3. Most rain in great central valleys week centering
on May 9 and in eastern sections 18 to 31.

As

Count one to three days
in proportion .to distance:

Normal means the

May will bring a
Most rain in northeastern

Dangerous storms

 

 

M’ashington, D. C., May 24-‘-—-La~st
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to: cross continent May 25 to 29, warm
wave 2.4 to 28, cool wave 27 to 31.
Preceding this disturbance a frost
wave was predicted to cross conti-
nent, carrying frosts farther south
than usual, after which the tempera-
ture trend will be upward. For May
9 to 13 we predicted severe weather
in vicinity of Great Lakes May 11
several people were killed in Okla—
homa and. the U S. Weather Bureau
put out its storm warnings for the

. Great Lakes.

Next disturbance will reach Paciﬁc
coast about May 28, cross Paciﬁc
slope by close of 29, great central
valleys. 30 to June 1, eastern sections
June 2. Warm wave will cross Paci—
ﬁc slope about May 28, great central
valleys 30, eastern sections June 1.
Cool wave will cross Paciﬁc slope
about May 31, great central valleys
June 2, eastern sections June 4.

Temperatt s of the ﬁve days cen-
tering on the clay this disturbance

ireaches your ‘vicinity, Will average

lower than usual and will bring crop

peaches and Weather {wt of the best Quality. Some

local ShOWers are expected May 24
to 31 and a few localities will get
good rains but, as a general average,
the" moisture will be less than usual,
c'ro'p weather rather unfavorable and
on theéSid of higher prices for cot—

st01 ms and the 11 i911 inc1ease the cold
and danger of frosts in northern parts
of great central valleys. We would
hang out stonn wamings on both
coasts and the lower lakes for May
23 to 25.

From May 27 to 31 severe storms
are expected in the great central val-
leys, particularly in the middle Mis—
sissippi valleys. They are not ex-
pected to be so destructive as the
storms of the past few months, but
no risks should be taken.

East of the Rockies June will be
cooler than usual in the southwest,
about normal in northwest and
warnlei than usual cast of meridian
90. Probably waimcr than usual on
Paciﬁc coast.

June rainfall will be greater last
part of month than ﬁrst part; less
than usual in Ohio valleys and in
Southern States; elsewhere about nor-
mal rain. Up to June 15 drouth in
large sections will injure crops; fol-
lowing June 15 fair rains may be ex-
pected in most places. Severe storms
are expected near June. 5 and 9. In
later bulletins we will endeavor to
locate these severe storms.

Recent deveIOpments indicate that
we will have access to all the U. S.
Weather Bureau records and we do
not now anticipate anything but fair
treatment from that institution. Indi-
cations are that thenew Secretary of
Agriculture, the Hon. David F. Hou-
ston, would not permit any such in—

,‘Just1ce/as was permitted by his pre-
The making of weather~

decessorw
«reelords by the U S Weather Bureau
a .

 

.. SAY RECENT FROSTS

WERE A ”31.2

Calhoun county apple growers new
that the frosts last week instVeVadj‘b '
ing damage were a blessing in GB
While there will not be 50 man. bl

'soms and consequently less

trees will not be so heavily-3

year.

 

M A C MAKES USE

 

Laundry, pies, cakes and other arti;
coming under the parcel post
4,916 pounds to the incoming an,V V
going mail at M. A. C. during the _
two months as compared with the.
months before the parcel post was i
gurated.

The new scheme has proven- parti' u}.-
larl y welcome to the students, who now
have mother do the mending and lame.
dry work back on the farm. Pastry
and goodies concealed in the returning
parcels do much to bring the old home
closer and make college life worth living.

 

IVILL BUILD ITS OIVN
ROADS THIS YEAR.

With only one bid in, that being f0
:1 mile of road on the Grand Haven,
highway, the board of county- road:
commissioners has found that it muS't
do its own road building this year. No
contractors in this vicinity appeared
be willing to take up the scores of: jo
offered and the one bid, on a mile? of
roadway, ran $300 above the
at which the commissioners ,
to build a similar length a short t"
ago

 

IVILL REBUILD BURNED . L
CREAMERY AT HOWELL; '

A new plant will be built by the Mich-é _ .
igan Condensed Milk company "to take ,1
the place of the one burned at Howell":
a little Over a week ago. This plant;
was the largest institution of its kinda
in Michigan, employing 100 men and.
paying $300,000 annually to dairymen. .
It had a capacity of 70000 pounds
daily. The Pere Marquette is now run- ‘
ning a special train of three carloads
of milk every day from Howell t9;-
Lansing in order to take care of the
daiiymen’s output. The new factory
will cost $75,000.

 

.1 GOOD ROADS “BEE” '
IN SIIORE COUNTIES.

The greatest “bee” Michigan has,
C\Cl known will occur June 9 when.
hundreds of residents of the shore
counties from Bay City to Mackinaw
City will turn out and do road work
for a day, their object being to com- ~
plcte a continuous good road from one-5,; .
end of the district to the other. ‘

Over 4,000 days work of man and:
team have already been pledged by the-.7
immers living along the route of the"
road. The township of Posen, in,
Presque Isle county, has taken the lead
111 this work, over 1,500 days having
been pledged by its residents. "

 

 

Keep the land in the orchard well bro/a;
en up This is not diﬂicult if the job ,
begun early, before the ground hard -
Tum under yomover am; if yo '

one. If not plant to saw one 11 .

or August. . ,

 

ﬁns,
IY'P

:..§.§
é‘.

 


 

AREA IS DIMINISHING

 

eat seeding 1n nearly a1 portions of
’ . three prairie provinces has been
'ted and reports show that the
In wheat will not be as large as
Dear Last fall, owing to wet con-
' farmers were not able to do
lowing, and this spring conditions
11st as bad. The big plow trac-

‘ 'a'st seaSon’s wheat crop totaled 180,-
000 bushels. It will not equal these
5 this year. Oats, barley and ﬂax
e- seeded up to May 24, and a splen—
, arvest reaped with average good

‘ ther during the summer.
_Tridications are the oats crop will run
" to a quarter million bushels, barley
000,000 bushels and ﬂax 30,000,000
'ushels.11armers will devote greater at—
ion to these classes of grain as being
Ift‘t favorable for successful harvest—
i' .‘this year. Outside of excessive
' ure, due to autumn rains and the
~ ,, snowfalls of the winter, the
ther has been the ﬁnest for seeding

grains in many years.

 

RECEIVE CHICKENS
FILLED WITH SAND

 

._ Hundreds of chickens part of a c011—
.si'gnment of 20 carloads, each car c011-
taming 4,000 chickens, died 111 New York
city because commission merchants re-
fused to accept them. The commission
_ chants said that the sl1ippe1s fed
each fowl more than a pound of sand
, fo‘re crating, and that they cannot af—
‘Lford to: pay for the gravel in the crops
,iThe attention of the Society for the
Prevention of C1uelty to Animals has
been called to the mattei.
«‘1The situation is blamed by the whole-
53 ers on the jobbers and by the jobbers
on the western shippers of live poultry.
,. "‘The shippers are the guilty parties,”
said one of the leading receivers. ‘They
-- send caretakers along with their stock
with instructions to keep the birds hun-
'1' gry all the way to Jersey City Most
of the poultry comes from as far west
asMissouri. The day the chickens are
to be sent across the river to our mar—
ket the caretakers feed them great quan-
. ties of bread and meal mixed with sand
and gravel. Each chicken gets about a
quarter of a pound of additional weight
' stuck in its crop, and when you ﬁgure
“_ there are 4,000 birds to a car, you can
easily see what a big proposition this
feeding up process is.”

EVER RAISE “RAINLESS
- W'HEAT” ON lOUR FARM?

 

 

A-griculturists are greatly interested in

e statement of Dr McDonald of the
outh African department of ainculture,
to the effect that it is. possible to grow
a ‘rainless wheat”——t11at is to say,a crop
upon which no single drop of rain has
fallen between seed time and ha1vest
It does not maintain its existence with—
out moisture, but all that is necessary
1. obtained from the deposit of a pre—
“yidus Season in “moisture saving fal—
lows.” ,

:»This would mean a great boon for
05 areas where the rainfall is uncer—
tain'and irrigation for various reasons

 

SKINNER ISSUES DAIRY
SHOW PREMIUM LIST

' illiam E. Skinner, general manager
he National Dairy Show, has issued
premium list of the eight national

 

which will be held in the Inter:

Live Stock Amphitheater, Chi-.
23 1 "

tine “Breed trophy,i a:
as an award for the hes ,in.‘ milk of
any of the dairy breeds; the‘La

tinger trophy for the best Guernes‘ey
cow with advanced reco',rd and the How -
ard Gould trophy for the best herd of
Dexter cattle.

 

DISCOVERS BUG THAT

EA TS ALFALFA WEEVIL'

 

Parasites Which will destroy the weevil ii
which preys 011 the alfalfa crops of the '
west have been discovered in Italy by y

W. R. Thompson, representative ofthe
United States bureau 'of entomology in
that country. He has notiﬁed Dr. L. 0.
Howard, chief of the bureau, that a
shipment of these parasites is on its way
from Europe.

The alfalfa weevil has not spread to
any such extent as the cotton boll wee-
vil, but as many farmers throughout the
west 1nclude alfalfa as one of their prin-
cipal crops, the timely introduction into
their ﬁelds of an enemyto the pest will
save many fa‘rmers from loss.

 

SUGGESTIONS NEEDED
FOR NEW LAW

 

The committee appointed by the sec—
retaries of the department of commerce,
the department of the treasury and the
depa1tment of agriculture to draw up
regulations for the enforcement of the
new net weight law announces that it
is now ready to receive recommendations
and suggestions in writing. The ﬁrst
hearings for manufacturers, dealers and.
others interested will be held in New

York during the week of June 9, and.

other hearings will be held whenever
and wherever there is sufficient demand.

Communications for this committee
should be addressed to the net weight

law committee, department of agricul—-

ture bureau of chemistry, Washington,
D. C

SILAGE AND ALFALFA A
ROAD TO CATTLE PROFIT

 

 

Feeders who have used silage and alf—
alfa in the production of beef bullocks
have done well in money making. This
is the consensus of, opinion among trad-
ers on the Chicago live stock market.
High priced land must pay its just re-
turn in proﬁt and the advance of feed—
ing methods toward a more economical
production of beef commends the use
of these cheap weight makers.

M. I . Horine, statistician of the Union
Stock Y ard and Transit company of that
city, “ho has made a close study of the
economic condtiions governing beef pro-
duction said today:

“Experience is rapidly demonstrating
th It the live stock industry is especially
pioﬁtable with corn silage and alfalfa
to cheapen the cost of production, and
these together are solving the problem
of how to make the most 111 1ey raising
live stock 011 high price corn—belt
lands.”

FIItST SHIPMENT
OF IMPORTED MEAT

 

 

The ﬁrst shipment of Australian‘ ‘un—
stamped” dressed meat arrived at Los
Angeles a few days ago on the big
steamer Tahiti and consisted of 100,000
pounds

It was consigned to a big local ﬁrm
which at once distributed the meat
among the downtown stores

Compared with the" ‘trust” or Ame1i-
can packers, the selling price to people
averaged from 3 to 15 cents a pound
cheaper and the meat was declared as
good or better than that packed in Chi—
cage and shipped hére. -

Australian steaks br

 

 

auger piece,‘ "

waterc
trophy for champion Guernsey, t e 'Et-

The ,pet1tion' of 1th

merc‘e‘ of- Bay City a p

testing against the propose

congress for immediately 1'

tariff on sugar and putting .t at-artr
on the free list three years hence, is re-
ceiving hundreds of signatures, Cepies

but w e, '"like

directfy dependen

of the petition have been placed t”in banks . . '

and other business places. abbu the city.‘
The petitions, inStead of being" di-_;-
rected to Congress are directed to PreSi-'

dent Wilson, as it is generally recog-
nized that he is the “real thing’ in re-.

gard to the present tariff measure and

that if any change is made in thegbill"

as it passed the house of representatives.

it will be only with his approval and'

co‘.nsent ‘
The petition reads as fololws:

“Bay City, Mich., May 3, 1913

The President of the United.
States:

“The Board of Commerce, Bay City,
Michigan, composed of eight hundred
business men, and other signers of this
petition, respectfully ask your sincere
and careful attention to the following:

“First: Can the ways and means com—
mittee of the house of representatives,
or anyone connected therewith tell what
the effect will be on the growers of
sugar beets and the manufacturers of
sugar in the United States, if the duty
is reduced or removed entirely from raw
sugar? If so we would like to know
what the effect will be from their stand-
point.‘

“Second: “they cannot tell us the
effect of this legislation, why not listen
to the men and heed their appeal, who
have their entire fortunes invested in

“To

- this industry and also listen to the farm-

ers, general merchants and other lines
of manufacture who are vitally inter-
ested 1n the maintaining of the sugar in-
dustry. Bay City is in the very heart
of the sugar industry in Michigan and
our, factories which furnish machinery

and supplies for the sugar factories of

our state are already feeling the effect
of this threatened legislation.

“Sugar beets have become a staple crop
with the farmers of this section of Mich—
igan and quite generally throughout the
state, and, in fact, have becOme the most
important agricultural product of this
state.

“The farmers of this state rely» upon
this crop for proper rotation, receiving
incalculable beneﬁt therefrom in the 111-
creased production of their crops grown
in rotation therewith, owing to the i11—
tensive farming necessary to produce a

1 age and of the number of articles

destroy the bee .
Would result 111 ‘ lmost,

. age ”to \thé agricultur

state and to the busin- 38;

believe that the destruction of
sugar industry wOuld cause

. nearly 50 per cent in the value of

lands of the state and would,
way, be disastrous to 011
We, therefore, respectfull
your inﬂuence, as president,
prevent the destruction of this 1nd

‘ .4

LABELS FOR NEW
_ , NET WEIGHT-j LA .
The new labels for package g

der the new net weight law, will be

by September, 1914, and thereafter
houSekeeper who buys a package will b ‘
able to tell the net weight of the .‘p
lathe
package. ,

New labels will have to be de
covering all sorts of package goods
canned vegetables to‘hottled meat
manufacturers and canner‘s .u
a year’s supply of labels on
they will be given a chance to Wt’n.‘ , .
off, which is the reasOn for the Tong d
_lay in enforcing the law.

 

CHANGE METHODS ,
0R CHANGE [Q -~’

 

With all due consideration of
necessary economies in dairying the '1
is no excuse for the dirty conditions.
which prevail around some of the dai 1-
barns we have seen. Men who know»
no better than to keep them are. not the ,
kind of people to make a life- work
dairying. They will never make in ex
from the business,- and will a1 my
prove a drag on those who otherwis ..
might. If they cannot change their
methods, let them change their ocCu
pation. Better produce corn or beets“
or potatoes or anything else fathe

 

 

SCREWDRIVER

MONKEY WRENCH

dile wrenches.

per ed and guaranteed ,agamst
We are got to t
visor: sec lng‘ t‘w

 

right" ‘ 18 ce'nts,- ‘
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RE-TH READING

BEFORE

nanny farm 10011

We want to send each one of our readers one of these practical one
It is really six tools in one—«a. pipe wrench, nut
sc1ew driver and three dies for cleaning and re treadmgcbattered
or cutting new threads on blank bdlts. d1 bolt
standard farm machinery. The dies alone on t:
The wrench ls drap- -forg‘ed frcgm .tlhex-ﬂn 1

than unclean milk.
innmiue
BLANK 80L 1' ,
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PIPE waeucn
AFTER . .,

 

wreéu'ch,
These

 


esultr-Was going to

urse, that proper -- a market which will take it for a No.

‘1 or 1:: -sp Sition Were made.
' »..n along through the sea-
, es‘en‘t 'ti1'ne-‘arid/every“~

As the season has ‘

We» have constantly kept

uch with .the lithe. variances

5, rents at work and show-

the result they were having

We have

6 cause a proper regu-

, been placed on this sea-

. utput, so that the conditions

he that we. have been able to
co. Were made possible.

5 help conditions of that
. an simply Work.-and advise
" as. to the best dispOsition of

en COmfnodities, in face of

5 , which exist; changing
e" onditions is an impossibility
the same as with you. Our

"1 e to you is in being able to
(the same advice that the regular
lb, s. Over the State have and
lacing you in the very same

131a- they are, in the market—

' u ». commodities: If you

cordingly in just the same posi-
"s'they are, commercially speak—

White that the market is gradually
. _,.b'et'ter tone on the better
The outside trade

, apparently, the true situation
4J0 ting us with reference to this
elaSs- stuff, and, in sympathy
(ith, are coming into the mar-
epared to pay a longer price—in
premium if they can‘ only get
ods of a premium nature. As
ea 11 advances, the very small
_5 ge of good h that we have
ore and more

5, / We have ﬁgured all
' " . ‘ weshould have around
pgwt f: hay that would grade
.. bill as the season advances, and
-. gjpes onto the market, we

5 and more aware. that this

‘ high endugh. We

.e State of- Michi-

rally termed hay

1.31»:

'_; the real article.
,.the markets in every direction, slip—

' giantable prices. No.

. slti9n.
112911111 take I chance

 

_ 4 . Most market reports give you
glad to. pay you. '

IPE}

od, substantial demand and present conditions favor steady
2'——Market clearing up and better prices

3—Market- very quiet1has every appearance of being over-
No proﬁt at ruling prices,
No. tin-Better keep in port. Storm on.

 

We give you the prices

If you can hold. this is an “eleventh
Prices may go.

 

31'" trade; understands it as “line hay” —a
. close counterfeit for No. l. The trade

:is trying to sell this counterfeit for
They’ are going into

ping oE into the mines, where they

3 think it is dark; off into the South,

where they think anything d every-
thing is hay, doing every ing pos~
Sible to get this character of hay on

1 and pay a No 1 price. But the
trouble is that we have such an enor-
mous cr0p5 this year, and accordingly
the disposition with us constantly, to
be shoving these lower grades of hay
forward, keeps these markets in every
nook and corner of the States con-
/stantly ﬁlled with these other Charac—
ters of hay. The natural result is that
a depressed condition has existed in
every direction at most times up to

the recent past.

The ﬁrst break in the game came
When we were visited with the com—
bination of bad- road conditions in the
country and the flooded situation on
the outside. This combination did
much toWard holding back shipments
and allowing the outside markets to
temporarily clean up. When cleaned
up, the feeders of hay began to appre—
ciate the very small receipts of high
class stuff and apparently began to
stu y the situation from all angles.
Th result has been that since this
time high— class hay has been grow-
ing in favor constantly. As pre-
viously demonstrated, we will have a
better class of trade to cater to from
now on. We will not have only a
Small percentage of trade to cater to
who naturally take the low grades

~ and common grades of mixed hay,

therefore there are no natural assets
to the situation, only as it directly
effects our high— class stuE. Thls
grade of hay is going to continue to
grow in favor and advance in price.
Remember, this is a natural supposi—
tion. You, as diSposers of hay, can
dump this hay on the market in such
a manner as to break up the results
as before demonstrated. It is entiiely
up to you, as disposers, whether you
experience this advance or not.

 

HAY—MICHIGAN ZQNE
' PRICES. V E

Michigan .............. $11.10
Michigan. . ............. 12.70
Michigan .............. 13.50
Michigan .............. » 13.30
Michigan .............. 12.90
Zone Michigan .............. 13.30
Zone Michigan ........ , ..... 14.95

, 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. b.,
‘their station, under existing market con-
ditions. Handling charge not included.

Zone
Zone
Zone
Zone
Zone

 

 

 

DETROIT—In sympathy with the 5

general outside situation, the Detroit
market is showing quite a little bet-
ter tone when faced with high—class
shipments.
mium nature on these top or pre-
mium Class of goods. We do not feel

like quotigg iil:1 particularly i:lfm‘tter on ,-

gh- cla‘s There

The market is of a'pre-5

-v0at straw .7.

 

HAY—DETROIT MARKET.
No.1 Timothy” ................. $15. 00
No.2 Timothy .................. .. 12.50
No. 3 Timothy .................... 9.00
Light mixed ...................... 12.50

0. 1 mixed ...................... 11.50
No. 2 mixed ......................

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

 

What and Oat Straw ..............

PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh
market shows an advance of almost
$1.00 per ton on strictly No.1 tim-
othy hay. There is a sympathetic ad—
vance on good No.2 or nice light
mixed hay, but when you get into the
lower qualities, such as common No
2, No. 3 or common qualities of
mixed, disposition can be made only
at the very lowest ﬁgures.

 

 

 

HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET.

............... $16.25
N . 2 Timothy hay 14.00
. 3 Timothy 11.00
. 1 Light mixed hay ........ 13.00
. 1 Clover mixed hay ........... 13. 00
l Clover hay 12. 00
Fine Prairie Packing Hay .......... 10. 00
No 1 Oat straw .................. 9.00
No.1 Rye straw
No.1 Wheat.straw

No. 1 Timothy hay

 

 

CHICAGO-Receipts of hay on the
Chicago market continue right with
the demand and tone to the situation
of the very best. Everything, even to
common qualities of hay, moved off
readily. Of course, the real tone and

. snap to the situation was on the bet-

ter qualities. We are able to change
quotations about 50c.

 

HAY—CHICAGO MARKET.

Choice Timothy ................... $17.00
No. 1 Timothy 16.00
No. 2 Timothy 14.00
Light Clover Mixed ................ 13.00
No. 2 Mixed hay 10.00
No. 3 Timothy

Clover

Threshed Timothy

Marsh feeding hay ................

 

 

 

BOSTON—Receipts for the past
week were 283 cars of hay, six cars
of straw, with 15 cars of hay billed
for export The corresponding week
last year shows 276, four cars of
straw, with 39 cars of hay billed for
export This will show you that we
only have seven cans of hay in excess
this year over the arrivals on this
market last year. In face of this,
there is a difference in conditions of
about 70 per cent. Boston is experi-
encing a good market with a fair
demand for the best giades of hay,
but the poor grades are selling ve1y
low and at indeﬁnite prices. The

\ trade who naturally buy cheap hay

are well ﬁlled up, with price on this
kind of hay very weak.

'HAY—BOSTON MARKET.

Large Small

1 bales. bales.
Hay, choice ............... $21.50 $20.50
Hay. N , .. . 20.00
Hay, . . . 17.00
Hay,. . .. . 14.00
Hay, 15.00 5
Hay, clover mixed ..... .. .. . 15.00
Hay,~st0ck ...... 13.00 13.00
Long rye straw............. 22.00
.Tangled rye straw . . ..... 12.00 ‘ 12.00

 

 

' there is no question

uted the present situation to the
movement from the farm We be

this is very near the true cause. H15
class timothy has been very scarce
the week. Some big baled No.1 tim
othy hay reached $23.,00 but most
trading in average to good quahties
has bEen within the range of $19.00 to
$22.,00 with the latter ﬁgure rare .
exceeded. Lower grades of timoth
have something of an inﬁnite value.

HAY—NEW YORK MARKET."

New Hay: Large Small
Timothy— bales, - bales...
Choice. per ton. per ton‘ "

$22 00'
19.00‘
155.50
17.00!

, 16.001;
15.0
13.55,:

 

No.3

Light Clover mixed ........ 18. 00
No. l Clover mixed ........ 17. 00
No. l Clover ‘

No. 2 Clover mixed

11.00

NOTE—Large bales weigh from 200 to_
250 pounds; medium bales from 80 to 150:

POTATOES

Two weeks ago we tried to get
right down to brass tacks With-
you and determine as accurately ’

 

 

 

 

 

. as possible what assets and liabilities

the potato situation showed. In this .
article we demonstrated to you the
three possibilities for the. future of this
crop from a marketing angle. In our
last week 5 issue we showed you very
plainly the reason why we should

work for a little advance at the pres—
ent time. We demonstrated this
th10ugh the angle of a reported. short-
age of early potatoes in certain sec-
tions. Along with this asset of a
shortage in caily potatoes, we linked
the low piice of old potatoes at the
present time, a price which was way
below normal from a general food—
stuffs angle point. We consider that,
in itself, is a real asset to the general
possibilities of this commodity; then ,
being able later to link this with a
shortage of new potatoes, gives us a ,
double asset to the situation confront—
ing us at the moment and also dem- .
onstratcs a possibility for an advance
being in effect for the balance of our
old potatoes. The result of this dou?
blc—hcaded asset has been to create a
demand in every direction for these
old potatoes. Markets which Were
almost lifeless, d01mant and in a very
much sluggish and depressed condi-
tion are coming to life and making

a call on us as disposers of old pota-

toes trading in every city of any size
is beginning to be of an acute nature.
Spirited, to a certain extent, has the
situation become. We would not 0011— ~
sidcr it CSpecially spirited only at a
time like this, when old potatoes have
been at such a low level almost from
the inception of the season Now,

any life at all to the situation appears ‘ .

almost of a spirited nature. It almost
looks to us now as if we were going
to get that 40c stake price which we
set a long, long time ago.

As editors of this Pink Sheet, we
felt sure that, with proper disposition
and with anything whatever happen—
ing of an asset nature, that these
potatoes surely would go to a 401:
level some time before the leSe of
the season. It looks to us now to be
nearer at hand than 'at any time sin,’ -‘
we started last fall. Of coursewﬂ
know this, that the shipper is g ting

'40c, f. o. b. shipping point, no

stock that will grade. About ho
We Should; a
very much to set a stake and‘ ha ,_
based 0n wh

 


, ‘ have of T
’ se of this game might to _ e
The? quality of ‘
s' for this season of the year .
. pecially good. The cars that the
'haS inspected have been of an-

_ gOOd quality, exceptionaly ﬁrm-7“
, Vo'od in color. I may possibly have

favored with shipments, but I

r1ng’:s potatées is well up to the
anda'rd of this time of the year.

"Tor "Sorne time in the past. With any
'11" of disposition from now on, you '
1e in’a aposition to very much beneﬁt

 

Michigan .............. $ .50
Michigan .............. .52
Michigan .............. .50
Michigan .............. .52
Michigan .............. .52

The prices shown are what potatoes Gill '
.net shipper in the different zones. This
will enable you to compare with local
dealer’s price and determine what action
you will take as to disposition.

D

» DETROIT—For the ﬁrst time in
' .many weeks, Detroit has begun to
show a little life and has sent out its
ﬁrst call for potatoes. Many of our
‘dealers over the city have expressed
themselves along the line of light re-
ceipts, with a good demand and the
trade generally looking for old stock.
The market here is just a little indeﬁ-
.nite. They are trying to buy as
cheaply as they can, but they know
the possibilities are with us. The
common market price is about $1.25
per sack, 50c per bushel. This price
. _'will have to be advanced in order to
draw the stuff. ,

Zone 2
. Zane 4
- Zene 5
. 6

7

, ne
' 'Zone

 

 

 

POTATOES+DETROIT MAR-
K

. Bulk from car, per bu ......... .50@ .43
{"Sacked from car, per bu ...... .43@ .45
‘ *Sacks must be even weight 150 lbs.

Price quoted includes cost of sack, about
10%c each.

 

CINCINNA'TI~—Receipts of both
old and new stock on the Cincinnati
market for the past week have been
very light. The trade has been of
the- very best as to tone, with a con-
stantly better feeling manifest all
around.

 

POTATOES—CINCINNATI
MARKET.

Bulk from car, per bu .......... .55@ .58
*Sacked from car, per bu ....... .58@ .65
*Sacks must be even weight, 150 lbs.
Price quoted includes cost of sack, about

10%c each.

 

 

 

PITTSBURGIi—Pittsburgh has put
011 real bullish airs during the past
..Week, traders looking in every direc-
';tion for receipts to ﬁll requirements
for the local and interior Pennsylva-'
nia trade. The result has been that
‘potatoes have shown a little advance,
' in most cases around 5c per bushel.

POTATOES—PITTSBURGH
MARKET.

' Bulk from car, per bu ..........
Sacked from car, per bu ........

WHEAT-T

For the most part, trading in
Wheat for the week was based
on'what might naturally be
tried bearish news. Practically

 

.SS@ .60
.60@ .65

 

 

 

 

 

Was of a discouraging nature.

I p reports from Russia were more
table than for a long time. South
‘ 'ded'

 

and northwest of a Visit by g T ‘
This would appear to ‘s-ch'eck_g-
any eleventh hour hepe that the bulls

rains.

had been maintaining, beé'a-use harvest

time is now too near at hand, with a
condition of the growing crop too

high to permit any very important“ . ,

action happening.

To you. as readers of this sheet, and ' " ~

to ourselves as editors of 'it, the situa~.
, tion shows that,

regardless of the

beariSh dope possible to put out that

the wheat market seems to Show a»
tendency to hang at about a certain "
level.
establish is this, that a commoditywv

The point the writer wants to

can, by virtue of time and conditions,
established what is naturally termed
a popular price. To me it looks as if

the wheat situation has established;

just this: a popular price, which

means right around $1.00, with its
With the agi— .
lsituation from a high~'

tendency to be above.
tatiori and r

cost of— liviii‘gzstandpoint and on other
commercial angles as they appear to—
day, it should be very possible to

even under very bearish conditions

maintain our present price on wheat,
from a crop standpomt.

 

WHEAT—CHICAGO‘ MARKET.
No. Red ......... ‘ ............ ,. . . 31.07%
Speculative Prices.

*July delivery 39%
Sept. delivery ................. .8896

*The price given for July and May de- ,1
livery represent the future delivery prices.
This information merely gives you the
future basis of this commodity as ﬁgured
by those who speculate on future pros-

 

 

BEANS,

 

 

 

The question which confronts
D us today is not what a com-

modity will sell for, but what
that commodity should bring. This
has been ost deﬁnitely brought to
our attention by virtue of the situa-
tion on beans through which we have
just passed. Just think of a commod—
ity dropping 35c per bushel right of?

the reel and after it had dropped that

respective 35c, to be in a sluggish,
depressed and lifeless condition That
is just exactly the experience which
we have just encountered, a condi-
tion through which we have just
passed, and it ought to demonstrate
to you, as an individual reader of this
Pink Sheet, as an individual producer,
that it is up to you, as an individual,
to know conditions better than you
know the price you can get for your
stuff from day to day if you are to
hope that you will ever better the
conditions which effect you from a
commercial standpoint. If you do not
know the conditions, if you do not
know The ”whys” and “wherefores”
of a given situation, you will likely
bump up against an excited, nervous

and indeﬁnite proposition where life

to you is a real “on the griddle’ prop—
osition constantly. We can appreci-
ate that it isalmost impossible for
the individual to get the “ins" and
“outs” of these big market games If
we had not appreciated these things,
we would not in turn be putting this
Pink Sheet before you, because the

mission and meat of the Pink Sheet

is to give to you those Conditions that

the other fellow has, so that you can,
cope with him in this great commer- no

.cial game. , ,
We know witho‘

have done it (so
seems thab- an: , _ ,
duped into ing at all nervous over

the sttua’uon «when the market drop-

ped to the depressed pos1t10n of $180.
The game today IS one organization ,
against another, one machine against
another, therefore, it is simply a feat: "
ture of perfecting the given organiza-
tiOn and the given machines so that

-we can hope to compete év'vith cur

competitor, because through this angle
is’ the only Way in the world in which
competition shows itself one whit.
From a natural standpoint competi—
tion has been crowded out, never to
return into the commercial game
again. Beans have weakened about
4c from their high point the latter
part of the week. This is not at all
alarming. We would expect this for
the following reason: When a mare. --
ket advances 35c per bushel, it stimu-‘
lates trading from every azigle, trad—

 

 

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ing results in movement,_ movement 1

results in receipts at ,t.he.;'other end of' i
the hue; therefOre,Tit is natural to
expect, with a 35c advance, that the

. receipts on terminal markets were of

such a magnitude as to temporarily
ﬁll those markets, therefore they are
either out of the market fer the pres
ent or the market shows a little back—
ing up. This backing up is repre-
sented by about 4c per bushel, but let
11s tell you right here, these beans of
a merchantable quality are mighty-
good property, with very great pos—
sibilities, and you play them at $2_. 40.

 

BEANS—DETROIT MARKET.-
White, hand- picked basis. . . . .' ....... $2.14
Red Kidney .

MICHIGAN ZONE PRICES.

Zone No. 2 Michigan .............. 2.11
Zone No. 3 Michigan .............. 2.12
Zone No. 4 Michigan .............. 2.14

The above values represent what deal-
ers are obtaining for beans, f. o. b. your
station. in zones shown. This is on basis
of hand—picked beans. ‘

OATSL

There is practically no real
change to report to you in this

week’s issue. Quotations show
oats in about the same channel as last
week The tone to the situation is
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tion they are holding on the market
We do not play oats to make any
spirited advance, but we do play them
to maintain themselves and constantly
show a tendency for a little improve-

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OATS-v—DETRQIT MARKET.
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etc., is yet movmg

good, strong shape on '
stuff, but on inferior ship
offerings the trade i8“ no at Risa
factory. 1 ‘\-.

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opments whatever. , ,
stiuation is just about What W £0
expect at thisseason of th
in sympathy with quotation ,
May and June are looked.
’ h

ﬂow of milk on the part. c.1111 qf1
ducer andjor a lower price in at?
for the dealer, but in face of th A
cannot appreciate that the .
this year warrants the old I1:11; out.
ing brought into effect It?! in
when we will see a great ‘d, ' T
28c creamery extra b. tt 1189
cold storage andsbe'in 5:151 ,_
when butter is worth .
May and June run oi bu 7, ..
wanted for this purpose '

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shat minute quotations. Use

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good At9 'p‘:'m
.-- ..... $7. 7.5.@$8. oo
yer medium .111 good” 7.40@ 7. 75
Beef steering: common to fair” 6.00@ 7. 00
Beef cows," co'inmon to selected g§50@ (7:1510
0
Static steers

Good to prime veals ............ 5.00
Bulls ............... ..‘..‘.....4.50 6.50
Dressed veal ...._-.". . ..' 8 .00@13. 00

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attle—Clucago.

The'trade'opens up this wegk with‘

‘a very mediocre claSS 6f stuff on
:offer. Packers started in of a very
indifferent nature for all grades below
‘right gOOd quality. Qne load of very

.fancy stuff, weighing 1,370 lbs, sold

~ on Tuesday at $8.70, a few other right

good kinds bringing. $8.25 to ..$8 45, but
very few, however, got above $8.15,

with a. numerous 1i ht plain to good
s‘hort- fed steers se cling at $7265 to
'$8.,00 with a common light killing
kind down to $7. 25.

The'failure to. ell'fect matenal .boost

in prices over last week’s low spot

merely "goes to emphasize the grip
Whic killers now have on the trade
, situation; Tuesday saw about a dozen
loads of Texas "steers coming in direct
for Slaughter, some right decent kind
having been bought at St. Louis on

Monday“ at $6.25, and others doW‘n to _

$6.10.

The trade opens up on Wednesday
with both packers and shippers taking
hold with ﬁrm aesurance that the sup-
ply at hand would prove all they
needed. A slow market for all grades
was had from start to ﬁnish. After
the mean urgent demands had been
filled, the tone of the deal eased up.
Some of the real little transactions

.were even IOWer than the ﬁrst bids.
One lot of plain l,’550.-lab. Illinois

‘ steers went at $9.00 this price against .

$890: on Monday..

"The market 911 Thursday. eased off
“about 10 to 15c from the high point,

lished on Wednesday The mar—

, assuming about a steady basis »'

t of Monday, barr—ing the right
class of heavy steers as well
" The bulk of

.thetic cut with steers

,bring $6.,50- with

'. = Good to prime veals ..... ' ...... 5.
' Bull

57/39, 800 cattle, againSt 47,636 a week ago

and '31 ,087 a year ago, and yet this

.“cr'op has been more than needed. It'
has been estimated that cattle are
.'..;-averaging' about 100 l.bs to the head
"5'heavier this year than last.

Everything in the cow and heifer
department was forced to a sympa-
Trading in
this department, as well as in high-
class steer stuff, was of a very mean
and indifferent nature all through the
week. It is Quite‘true that the de-
mand was ever more narrow for sows

g-and heifers than in other departments.

It took the real fancy fat cow kind to
some good fat.
weighty sort going at $6.15, with good
killers down to $5.50 to $6. 00. Hardly
anything in heifers touched over $7.00,
a class which would have commanded
75 to 85c more at the high point this
season. Some good killing heifers
sold at $6 35 to $6. 60, with a medium
sort going at $6.00 to $6.25.

The bull market seems to show
about the strongest of anything
There has been a tendency in some

“cases for a little strength to be in evi—

dence. 1The bulk of sales on Thurs-
day of the week was 25c higher than
on Monday, with some of the good
weighty bologna kind quoted 35 to 40c
higher than the low time last week.
A few selected beefy bulls for East-
ern bologna trade went at $6.60. This

"Was the sort that was bringing $7.10

top' for the season; Most bologna
kind was going at $6.40. with the com—
mon light grade at $6.25, with light
thin, sort down to $5.75, the canner
about $5.50.

The canner and cutter department
assumed something of a peddling na—
ture. The outside demand was prac-
tically cut oq. Packers having the
trade well in hand, wanted price con-
cessions. The trade showed about 21
10c cut over last week, a good weighty
cutter class still going at about $4.75;
but this sort had to show some degree
of beef quality. Natural cutters going
at about $4.50. with plain class hover—
ing around $4.25.

The bulk of veal sales were down

‘ to a basis largely, 50c lower a week

ago. A skimmer class had to go at
about $6.00, w'th a light good strong
Weighty kind going at $7.00; heavies
and roughs at $5.00 to $5.25. The bad
Eastern veal trade was out to punish
the Western situation. in sympathy
with cuts all along the line, stockers
and feeders have been reduced around
25 to‘ 40¢. This price ought to begin
to look attractive to those using cat—
tle of this sort for summer grazing.
Some light good stock steers were
Selling around $7.45. These were con—
sidered as high in cost as any time in
recent weeks. There was only a few
light choice springcrs and fresh cows
on offer. These were going around
75 to 80c, with fair to good cows going
at 60 to 70c."with the plain light com—
mon kind down to 55c. Most of the
demand is coming from nearby terri—
tory. A few requisitions were re—
ceived for some good heavy kind for
Eastern shipment.

 

CATTL'E—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Beef steers good to prime
heavy ..................... $7. 7
Beef steers, medium to good” 7. 5
Beef steers, common to fair. 7. 2
jBéef cows. common to selected 4.8
Fat heifers, good to choice. 6.5
Canners an'd cutters ..........
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Cattle—Buffalo.
had the largest assortment
Monday fig) the year. Of
1

cars ’on 0%?1

. ‘ " “-
maller'kill is, as well as some of the
are looking for females new
cheap meat. some retailers are

'c mplarnmg that. under high-priced

prime finished cattle show too- much
ﬁlof the fat tallow or waste, and that
the cheaper beef meets a demand for
all lean. Little heifer stuff is selling
so well that prices on these grades
are up around handy weight steer
prices, butchering heifers, for instance,»
going right along with and selling
really handy Weight steers at $7. 45 to
$8.00 Fat cows sell up to 17.00 to “

$7 25,115 against $7. 80 to $800 for geod
killing weighty steers, and these m'ake
cows look high. The Monday market
on weightier steers generally was 10
to 15¢ lower, Chicago having a liberal

supply and enabling Eastern killers,

who are large users of the h1gher—
priced steers, to go West, if: they de- .
sired. Butchering cattle generally, in- ' '
cluding the lighter steers and fat COWS
and heifers, was steady. Stockers and“ f
feeders, under a light supply, rule‘d'.
strong, light fccdc15 selling up to“ _

$7. 70, with little stocker stuff bring- .. ~*

ing $6 25. Bulls sold full strong and .
showed a high level, tops bringing

$7 50 to $7 75.111esh cows and spring-
ers showed an unchanged trade, there
being quite a few of the Brooklyn
dealers on the day's market, and they
bought freely of both fresh cowsfan‘d'

spring-ers. At the close a good clear-
ance was had. Some authorities are
of the opinion that butchering cattle“ '
will continue to outsell heavier steers,
'some weeks to come. Grass cattle
as compared to the real values, for .y
will come freely now shor fly and some
cheaper common cattle may be looked. '

for.
grunge now and native
the glass will soon come in competi—
tion with these. (No change in quo-
tations. ) -..—/.~

CATTLE—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.
Good to choice heavy steers $8.40 to $8.50
Medium to fair heavy steers 8.15 to . 5
Handy weight butchering
steers
Yearlings
Fat heifers, inferior to choice
Fat cows, medium to choice
Canners and cutters ........
Bulls .
Stockers and feeders ....... 5.00 to 7.75
Milchers and springers.... 35.00 to 100.00

Calves—Buffalo. - .

Sixteen hundred head of calves on .‘
offer at J) uqalo Monday. Strong de-
mand, 1esulting in a good trade at
piices about steady with last Satur—
day A few lots of light calves sold,-
with only a few out, at $9.50, while the
closer sortcd offerings brought $9.75
to $10.00, few odd head bringing a lit- _
tle more, general price for 'cohice,
kinds being $10.00. Real good culls
were quoted 11p to $9.00, but majority
of the offerings in this end went from
$8.50 down l1eds showed a spread
of fiom $5.00 to $6.00..

 

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Calf Quotations.

Valves choice to extra ...... $9. 75@$10. 25 '
Fair to good 9.013
Culls and common ........... 8. 00@ 8.50
Light thin ................. 8. 00@ 8. 00
Fed Calves ................. 5. 00@ 6. 00

 

Hogs—Detroit. _

The run of hogs this week, in both
quality and number, was very uniform
to that of last week, there being 74,872
this week, against 7,855 last- , The
trade opened up in a decided variance
with that of last, everyone being an);—
ious; trading being at most times Spit-1
ited; tone to the situation showing a
decided improvement. The result of,
this was that hogs advanced a};

20 to 250 per hundred. Sa’

. week on good quality and t

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lcxas is sending cattle off the'j"ﬁ"
cattle from Off - ”


'ednesday ﬁnds the market about 10c
higher. Occasional sales‘more and
some less. Extremely heavy stuff did
:"not show the full strength of the ad—
vance, with good butchers and light
“weights changing hands at top notch.
iThe receipts of Eastern markets being
‘1r'at‘he.r light, caused better shipping

,‘demand from here, shippers paying up

' to $8.62 top for light weights. After
the trade was going nicely $8.60 was
"Common price for good hogs. Pack—
ers held off on the early market and
acted as though they would not pay
the advance, but later were forced to
buy at the price. The closing rounds
'of mid- week found offerings well
cleaned up. _
Thursday finds the trade running
along in about VVednesday’s route.
'Some sales were about 5c weak, while
others moved fully as strong. The
trade starts out a little slow, with
speculators the chief buyers. The
shipping demand picked up wonder—
fully. Packers held off until late, try-
ing to buy at a decline. When pack—
ers finally started, t1ade was very act-
ive. The tiading for the day 11111111
right around $8.50 to $8.60.

Friday finds the market slowed up
just a little. The result was about :1
5c decline. The market rallied, how—

1 ever, later in the day, coming back to
. best form of the week. Speculators
' ,w'er'e the main buyers early and pack—
«ers were very slow to start but good
1, ﬁnishers. The price range was some-
what'harrow, Conﬁned between $8.50
1,-a11,d.$8.60. 'lfive. days of the week
show 119.100 hogs marketed at Chi-
cago. This shows an increase of 5600
over a week ago, a decrease of 12,300
from a year ago and 40,800 from the
same period two years ago.

 

HOGS—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS.

Mixed packing .............. $8.20@$8.35
Medium and butchers ......... ‘8.35@ 8.40
Poor to good heavy packing...8.05@ 8.22
Lightweights ................ 8.30@ 8.45
Selected 260—300 lb. packers... 8.25@ 8.52
Pigs and throw-outs .......... 2.50@ 8.75

 

 

Hogs Buffalo.

Good Monday hog supply at Buf—
fab—~14, 400 head Good all iound de-
mand arid trade closed strong. Prices
for the day ruled generally steady
with Saturday’s close, it being gener-
ally a one—priced deal of $8.90 for
packers grades and good weight york-
ers. During the early session most
sellers held their light yorkers and
pigs at $9.00, but before the day’s busi—
ness closed, it was generally an $8.90
deal. Roughs sold mostly at $7.75
and stags $6.50 to $7.00.

HOGS—BUFFALO STOCK
YARDS.
Extreme heavies, 280 up ...... $8.80@$8.90
Heavies, 240 to 280 .......... 8.80@ 8.90
Mediums, 220 to 240 .......... 8.85@ 8.90
Mediums, 190 to 220 ......... 8.85@ 8.90
Mixed, 180 to 220 ............ 8.85@ 8.90
Yoners, 150 to 170 ........... 8.85@ 8.90
Yorkers light, 130 to 150 ..... 8.90@ 8.95
Pigs, 120 down .............. 8.90@ 9.00
State Hogs ................. 8.60@ 8.90
Heavy ends ................ 8.60@ 8.85
Roughs ..................... 7.60@ 7.75
S'tags ....................... 6.50@ 7.00

 

 

 

 

Sheep and Lambs—Detroit.
There is a little inc1ease in receipts
this week over last, figures showing
2858, against 2,586. The market rules
very good in tone and general spirit.
There is a disposition manifest on the

pert of all concerned to step into the-

market prepared to come across with
the price in harmony with that sug—
,ngted by conditions. There is but

I cry little change 111 markethquota-11

going at $600 to $6.50 wit
common stuff $3, 50:- .

. average heep

around

 

, SHEER—DETROIT srociél
1‘ YARDS

Lambs, ood to choice...,....$7.35 $7. so
Lambs, air to good... . . . . . 6.50 ‘7. 00
Mixed sheep ' ......... . . . ‘. . . . 4.50 5. 25

 

 

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Sheep and Lambs—Chicago.

The sheep and lamb department
opened up with comparatively liberal

receipts and a liberal feeling on~ the '-

part of the trade in general. Packers
being cleared up in good season.
seem to be good buyers, with bins
Mondays supply fell down to 14,843.
This wduld naturally have something
to do with the better actions of the
buyers The general quality was fairly
good, with prime offerings in various
divisions hard to ﬁnd. Practically
nothing in the feeder department ar—
rived. There was nothing in the way
of outside competition.
Sholll native ewes opened the week’s
trading a1ound $6. 25, with a very good
class going at $6 00, some medium to
lair killers at $550, some real plain
smt $5.00, some good mulks went at
$5. 50, with a large class of fair sort
<.1,o1'nr1 at $50.0

'Ihe lamb department opens up with
quite a few shippers in the market,

with city butchers showing good, fair'

sized orders. Local packers secured
the bulk of the crop. They were very
free traders. Sellers were well satis-
fied with prevailing conditions and
lost no time in getting ready holdings.
The bulk of native clippers were sell-
ing at about $7. 50 top. These were
fancy. A strictly good sort going at
$700 to $7.25; plain to natural offer—
ings, $6.50 to $6.75. The week closes
with a demand somewhat indifferent
as affecting the sheep department,
price showing around a 10 to 15c cut.
Buyers insisted 011 a sharper decline
and the healthy tone of the trade no—
ticed previously was not to be found.
Some fairly good Indiana fed shorn

,wethers cleared at $6.00, a string of

96-111. yearlings going at $6.40. Some
yearling eyes were held at‘$6.50, a
kind which, a few weeks ago, landed
at $6.90. Most buyers insisted on buy~
ing prime shorn native eyes at $6.00,
which price evidently secured the bulk
of the desirable lots. Lamb prices
suffered a sharp setback, with sellers
unable to check the downward trend
of values. Prevailing prices were at
least 10 to 15c lower than the close
of last week and as much as 25c off at
the best time of this week.

 

SHEEP—CHICAGO STOCK
YARDS

Lambs, good to choice ...... '. .$8.00@$8.40
Lambs, fair to good .......... 7.35@ 8.00
Lambs, cull to common ...... 4.00@ 5.00
Yearling lambs, choice ........ 6.50@ 7.50
Yearling lambs, cull to fair. . . 4.00@' 5.00
Wethers, choice .............. 5.00@ 6.50
Common to prime ............ 4.25@ 6.25
Cull sheep . . . .. . . .' ......... 3.50@ 4.50
Bucks ...................... 4.25@ 5.00

 

 

Sheep and LambsL—‘Buﬁalo.

Monday’s sheep and lamb receipts
70 double decks, which included eight
held over from last Saturday, supply
ﬁguring 14,000 head. Very slow lamb
trade, unless offerings were on the
fancy order, but prices showed no
change from last week’s close. A few
fancy lambs Yeached the $800 mark,
but general run of sales on choice

'lambs were made at around $7. 75 and

kinds that were a little leggy or coarse

Was very hard to move above the--

Cull sheep ...... ..... 200 3.001

Some good ’

M'
Ewes,

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The mines report busmess very
good especially in domes-tic 6051,1131
1ch Orders a‘i‘etco'ming in freely for

"June and July delivery. The demand
1-for Pocahontas and smokeless coal is

exceedingly strong and many of. the
large operators are pretty well sold
up on this grade Of Coal. The demand
is now getting to be more than the
supply, which will develop that late
deliveries will have to. be made on
basis of high—priced coal. ,_

The car shortage is beginning to
affect the markets to some extent,
which will be getting worse 5151- the
season advances.

The-retail dealers ate doing the wise
thing by using every available space
for storage room and "guarding against
the coal shortage coming With a pe-
riod of car shortage. , 1

The Business Farmer today must
realize that it is just as essential to
have coal storage room for the pur-

pose of storing coal early in the sea»

son as it is for the large dealers to
have storage for' large quantities of

goal. If it is proﬁtable for them to

store coal, 'why would it 1not be just
as proﬁtable for you? Your money
would have the same earning powers
investment involved in the storing ‘of
as the dealers 1n the proportion to the
coal. ‘ An individual cannot, und'er'or~
dinary._ conditions, 'use a carload'vof
coal, but take fouror five farmers and
a car can be handled to advantage.

The anthracite situation is respond-
ing with some degree of activity.
There is a lively demand for all sizes
and the mines are having no trouble

Average. freight

3‘1pomts, 70 cents perm

Pocahdntas Steve 1
Freight rate, 45

. ing rate 1

Anthracite C
Chestnut hard coal, gr.
Equivalent toner; to
, ‘E’gg and'a'st‘ove si

There is practi'll
prices on flour for the -’

"conditions 111 general poiht'i‘a ; ,

that we will see loWet, p -

in the near future. Pricehf‘
practically the me,w

tion of corn mil and crack;
which is a little higher on
having to use kiln dried
costs more than the other , _

Kind--' - i '
“Blend” ﬂour, %- -paper' sacks
Spring patent ,.

Toweling Sacks or wdod ba

20s higher. ,

COarse corn meal. . . .
Cracked corn . . . . . .‘

Chop feed .. . . . . 1 . . .,
CoarSe‘middIings .. ' _

Fine middlings I. . . . . . . .. .
Bran (standard) .... . . . . ..

The above prices are f. o. _

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