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Practically , Every] Potato: 'Grow-
in‘g Sta‘te,»_Hit Hard by Late
Blight, Black Rot and Kil-

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' 0n the ﬁrst day of August the gov-
'" ernment issued a crop report forecast‘
ing a total yield of 451,716,000 bushels
of potatoes, as compared with a yield
of 286,437,000 bushels in 1916. In
spite of a late spring in. practically all
of the potato growing sections, delay-
ing the planting ‘ from two to four
weeks, the ideal weather of July en-
abled the crop to partly “catch up,”
and as a result on the above date the
largest crop in the history of the coun-
try was promised. ,
, But it was altogether too early to
prophesy with any degree of accur-
‘acy what the crop would be. To yield
460,000,000 bushels it was necessary
that the crop have good: growing
‘ weather, free frbm blight, droughts,
excessive rains, and an early frost.
Yet, the forecast of the government
was'suﬂicient to put a lot of growers
on the anxious Seat and furnish the
buyers with all sorts of f'bearish” ma-
terial to keep the market down. ,
But those who have Watched the
national crop conditions closely have

‘ _ not been frightened by either govern-\

ment reports or speculators’ “fore-
casts." There were certain salient
facts that had to be reckoned with,
of which the government made no
mention.

In the ﬁrst place, the huge acreage
of 3,550,000 acres was planted with
the poorest seed" ever used in growing
a potato crap in the United States.
Thousands of deluded farmers plant-
ed “seed-ends,” thousands more hick-
ory-size potatoes, while probably a
third of the growers planted seed of
questionable quality. Add to these
handicaps the backwardness of the
planting season and you have a situ-
ation which ought to “stump” the
nerviest prognosticator everborn.

But it apparently didn’t “stump”
the government, which for some reas-
on or other forecasted a production
based on a yield of 130 bushels to the
acre, a record that has never yet, been
attained by the United States. In fact,
up to 1912, the highest average yield
of potatoes in this country was 93
bushels, or a total yield from 3,550.000
acres of approximately 330,000,000.

Now, what has happened? Since
August let the potato sections have
been visited by all kinds of weather
calamities. The ﬁrst reports of a
damaged crop came from far-off Wash-
ington. As late as September 10th
\the news comes out of. Washington
‘and Northern Idaho that no rain has
fallen for 74 days. .. Do we wonder any
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WISCONSIN SPUDS LOST

MILWAUKEE—Potatoes, corn, to-
bacco, beasn and minor crops through-
out Wisconsin have been heavilyrdam—
aged by the frosts of Sunday and
Monday nights, it was reported to-
day. - Twenty—ﬁve per cent.~— of the
"Potato crop. alone, esthnated at 40,-
~-000.000 bushels, has ibeifm ,wiped. out.
ace ‘ g to estimates'o J. W; Hicks,
president or the Wisconsin Potato
Growers association.» At the, pres-
ent prices this would mean'ﬁ. loss of
01,0000. Potatoes and: corn were
" rly damaged in northern and

  
 
   

 

 

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g BEAN PRICES ARE STILL IN THE DARK E
i: That the bean jobbers are not altogether satisﬁed with the price of g
g $7.35 per bitchel which the Government has ﬁxed as the" price it will pay 3
E for beans for the. army and navy-is evidenced by the departure of Mr. E
E W. J. Orr, president of the Bean Jobbers’ Association, 'for YWashington g
g . last week to register a protest. When consulted by the government as g
g to the price which ought-to prevail, .Mr. Orr recommended $7.801: bushel, g
5 Below is the copy of a letter written by MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING to g
= Mr. Orr, together with his reply: ' ' ' g
E Our Letter to Mr, Orr; . Mr. Orr’s Reply i
E During our telephone conversation g
E of last week you mentioned that, any lggeplylnigd to 3:21;: I oafm iﬁgéeigzgf g
:3 producer of beans could sell to the ! W0“ say , g—
2 government providing they could com- ing for Washington, I am taking 5
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E tions, I am writing to ask if it is to let the Government answer some 2
E {113*- DOSSibig f? “S fto getblai cgpy 2: of the questions. On my return I E
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E this is a matter in which our readers W111 be glad to answer you in detail. 3
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E that the food control law gives the anybody who has the beans——grower, :E:
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g paid in the primary markets? the committee. E
E September‘13th, 1917. September 14th, 1917. E
g Following the exchange of these letters, we wired Mr. Orr to tele- g
E graph us the result of his conference, but up to the time of going to press, 3
E we have not heard further “from him. Next week, however, we hope to g
E be in a position to give our readers complete information upon the g
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crop of 11,000,000 bushels has dwind-
led down to 7_ or 8 million?

We come back across the continent
now to Maine, which was the banner
potato state of 1916.- On a little tour
of inspection thru his potato ﬁelds
one morning, an Aristook
farmer discovers the tips of some of
the leaves turning brown. A neigh~
bor makes the same discovery, and in
less than a fortnight the late blight
wreaks havoc with many ﬁne potato
ﬁelds. In addition to the blight, the
black rot gets in its work, and
government's, forecast of the Maine
crop for September lst is 8,000,000

~ The speculators are

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bushels less than the August forecast.
Exactly the same situation prevails
in New York state, and, blight has
likewise cut the yield in Minnesota
and North Dakota. ,

On September ﬁrst over three-
fourths of the late crop needed a full
four weeks of good weather to ma-
ture. But on the nights of September
9th, 10th and 11th, old Jack Frost,
obedient to the prophecy of Mr. Fos-
ter, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING’S
oﬂicial weather forecaster, swept down
thru the principal potato states of

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PREDICTS LOW
BEAN YIELD

 

Jas.‘ N. McBride, State Market‘

Director, Does Not Believe.
Michigan’s Bean Crop
Will Run Over Four
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The following letter has been re-
ceived from Mr. Jas. N. McBride,
in response to a letter address-
ed to him by MICHIGAN Busmnss Fm
me asking him for correct informa-
tion as to the, percentage of the na-
tional bean crop grown in Michigan.

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In our letter to Mr McBride, we cited '
a statement credited to him that Mich- -

igan grows 75 per cent of the national
crop and called his attention to more
recent statements that this state now
grows only 40 per cent. We asked
him which was correct. Mr. McBridei

remarks on the 1917 yield are partio- ‘

ularly interesting. Please remember
while reading, that his statement was
made before the recent frosts which
further damaged the crop.

“Advising as to your questions in re.
gard to beans, would say that the pro-
portion of Michigan white beans up
till 1914 was true as originally stated.
Since that time the proportion has
been much less, as our yields have
been decreasing. With the acreage
planted this year and the old time
yields we would still have maintained
that proportion. The great bulk of
the Western bean crop is of other v35
rietives, pintos, pinks. blackeyes and
other varieties. California raises a
variety called little whites that com-
pete with Michigan beans. The white
bean states are New York, Michigan,
Idaho, with some scattered all over.

Kentucky and West Virginia are in the ‘

game this year.

The Government August estimate, of .

a crop of 22 millions. and Michigan?
quota of 8 mill-ion is in my opinion
and that of the best judges manifestly
over large. Michigan cannot even
with favorable weather (0 secure the
crop have , over 4 million. Much
of the acreage in California is on hill
land and on land upon which the bar-
ley crop was grown this year and then
planted in beans.' The excessive dry
weather, has made the possibilities
of this acreage largely negligible. Dry
land bean growing in Colorado this
year 1s also very poor. The irrigated
crops are excellent. In my opinion
Michigan has reachedhighwater mark

in total production, and that, the crop

will be grown on smaller acreage with

better fertility and‘culture conditions, i
The price this year'

in the future.
according to government advices will
be based on cost with a fair proﬁt ad-
ded.
The U. S. will not at present advise
ﬁxmg the price as was done with
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THIS WAS BEFORE THE FROST

NEW ENGLAND—Indications are
the late blight ,yvill materially de-
.creas‘e the crop of late potatoes in
New England, and possibly in west-
ern New York. Them are so many
things that can happen to the crop be-
tween “now and, the time of harvest-
mg that. it is practically impossible
to forecast with any certainty the
ﬁnal production of potatoes. Late
blight continues to gain at Presque
Isle, Maine, and the late varieties will

 

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, One Hundred Crap Reporters Es-
timate Damage to Crops From
Recent Frosts in Leading
I Corn, Bean and’Po-
tato Counties

Thanks to the loyal response of
over 100 farmers. in the leading corn,
bean and potato counties of the state,
we are able to give to our readers
what is probably the ﬁrst authentic
report of the damage to the above
mentioned crops from the frost of
September 9th, 10th and 11th. Strik-
ing an average of the damage report-
ed, we ﬁnd th'e corn crop was injured
36 per cent, beans 34 per cent, pota-
toes 34 per cent. While We realize
that these ﬁgures are somewhat in
excess of the latest ﬁgures given out
by the state authorities, we believe
them to be conservative, having been
gleaned from a wide observation.

Many interesting facts were glean-
ed from the reports sent in. Nearly
all the reporters agreed that the
frost was ‘Tmakishﬂ in that it hit
many of the high spots and spared
crops on some of the low spots. There
seems to have been no well-deﬁned
path chosen by the frost. It was es-
pecially heavy thruout all of the
upper part of the lower peninsula
and the entire upper peninsula, only
sections in \the vicinity of the lakes
wholly escaping. An unusual feature
was the heavy damage reported in
counties bordering on Lake Michigan,
Berrien county reporting a very heavy
loss.

We are anxious to learn of the
authenticity of the reports we have
gathered, and are therefore request-
ing that our readers compare the
.damage we have estimated with
their own ﬁndings in their respec-
tive counties and advise us how far
we am off. For further purposes of
comparison we are reprinting the es-
timate of the damage as made by the
county agents. Will our readers
please tell us frankly Which report
comes nearest the truth?

Frost Damage on Estimated by County
Agents
Corn
........15
..........10
. 8

County
Kalkaska.
Tuscola
Calhoun .....m
Van Buren . . . ..
Kalamazoo . . . . . .
Crawford

Beans Potatoes
1 5 1 5

Oakland
Sanilac ..... .
Clare

St.

Saginaw
Berrien
Leelanau . . .

Presque Isle
Ontonagon
Ottawa
Wexford
Midland .
Gladwin . . 75
Eaton ‘ ............ 10 10
Oceana . ....30 30
Lapeer .......... Slight 50

Mecosta. . . . . . .. Slight 50
' .. . . . All very Slight
. .. 15 10

50 30
.......... All very slight
‘30 30

. . . . 3
10
Montcalm . . . .05 40
Chippewa—111111 yield for all;
slight
Jackson-"l" try slight
wort th mentioning
Grand Traverse—Damage very slight
Frost Damage as Estimated by Our
Reporters

Beans

damage

damage, not

Potatoes
Chippe 25

Charlevoix
Crawford

Alcona
.MOntmorency .' . .
Oscoda
, Presque Isle . . . .

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Newaygo‘

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Midland

Saginaw ...... .
Tuscolra ...“...
Genesee ........

Livingston. . . : :: ..
Washteriaw . . . . .
Van But-en

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Jackson

Monroe .
Hillsdale

Average for State

STATE BRIEFS

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DURANDmF‘armer-s of this neighbor—
hood are laying plans for the organiza—
tion of a oo—operative elevator company.

SAGINAWu—The Michigan Bean'Job—
bers association will meet in Saginaw
October 3-4, according to President W. J.
Orr. The pork and bean packing section

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meet in connection with the bean men.

GRAND RAPIDS—Milk dealers on
Monday notiﬁed their customers that the
price of milk had been advanced to 11
cents a quart and that 12 cents would
soon he demanded, and that an even
higher rate might be looked for soon.
The increased cost of feed is given as the
reason.

TAWAS CITY~——Geo. A. Prescott of

this city has been chosen by Herbert ‘

Hoover as state administrator for
Michigan. He will have charge of in-
vestigations of costs of production and
marketing which should be allowed in
ﬁxing prices of ﬂour, sugar and like
staples.

KALAMAZOO—That a nation - wide
shortage of celery will result from a
small crop in Kalamazoo city and coun-
ty, is the belief expressed here. Because
the weather has been unsatisfactory to
grow celery, farmers were unable to put
out a second crop. In addition to this
the ﬁrst crop is only 65 per cent normal
because unusual weather conditions have

caused much celery to go to seed. Early

cool weather started the plants to go to
seed. The same condition prevails thru—
out Southern Michigan. Many marshes
that were planted late are in good condi-
tion. But on the other hand the early
plantings are in the majority of cases,
total losses. Michigan is one of the main
celery producing states in the union.

' Vegates

IA CKSON——Appmximately 1 0
other

of that organization.

_ TRAVERSE CITY—~Northern Michi—
gan's apple crop is a. failure this year.
Buyers say the crop is only as per cent
normal. Heavy snow Storms last spring
are responsible it is said. Plums and
peaches were unit by the storms
and the crop will be normal. Early va-
rieties are being marketed now

EAST LANSING—Owing to the late-
ness of the corn crop in many sections of
the state, their. is every likelihood that
therewiilbeamve shortages!

says the departmen
of the Agricultural college.
grower should see he necessity of se-
in the ﬁeld

‘ corn.

year.

BIG RAPIDS—June spirit of co— opera-
tion which is grippin the farmers of
today will be exempl lied to a marked
extent in this city on Tuesday Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26-28,
when the Cleaners, Grangers- and Farm-
era Clubs will meet here for a joint ﬂair
and celebration There will be exhibi-
tions of the usual character and many

free celebrations, in addition to address— .

as by well-known men of the state. All
the farmers in the section are planning
to get together on this occasion
mutual enjoyment and education.

CAMP CUSTER (Battle Creek)—-The
demise of John Barleycorn awakens no
sympathy among the medical staff of
Uncle Sam’s new cantonment hem. “The
prohibition of whiskey-making has in-
creased ediciency in the army 100 per
cent." mid Capt. R. C Winslow, regi-
mental surgeon. “le men are not
hard to govern and the absence of liquor
has enabled us to move the men in the
camp and make all necessary adjust
ments with scarcely any friction because
the men are in a. normal condition ” Bat-
tle Creek is in “dry” territory

GRAND RAPIDS—Corn beans, late
potatoes, buckwheat and garden truck
have progressed during the week, says
the weather bureau report. Fall plow-
ing is general and winter wheat and rye
seeding is advancing rapidly in the south-
ern counties. Reports ind1cate that the
winter rye acreage will be considerably
increased. Pastures are becoming rath-
er dry and would be heneﬁtted by rain.
Sugar beets are making slow growth,
but are promising. Corn for silage will
be cut this week in the southern coun-
ties

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A SATISFIED ADVERTISER

We are having so many inquir-
ice from the ad. in the Sept, 8th
issue of Mulligan Business Farm-
ing that we think it advisable to
continue it this week and next.
Strachan & Son, Ionic, Moll.

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readers who Want to buy or sell
should turn to page 11 and note
our free trial advertising offer to
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sept. 22.—
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbances to cross Continent Sept. 25
to 29, warm wave 24 to 28, cool wave
27 to Oct. 1. This will be an exceed-
ingly important storm. Tempera-
tures will go unusually high, on mer-
idian 90, near Sept, 27, followed by a
cold wave and frosts that will dam-
age
Severe storms are
Oct

. Some of our readers who are very
much interested in weather matters
fail to study the subject. There is
no exchange without labor and no
understanding without study. The
readers must do their parts, A few
seem to think they are not interested
in a storm wave that does not come
their way. We have often tried to
explainéthat they are interested in
'every storm ane. The low, or storm
center and the high, or cool wave cen-
ter. are closely related and their com-
bined inﬂuences cause all the weather
events and weather changes. Without
the storm wave-.—the , low—you would
get no rain. snow. cold wave,.'warm
wave, cloudy ‘weather, exceedingly
clear weather. A storm wave pass-
ing thru Canada or a hurricane on

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THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

A3 Forecasted by E. C. Foster for Michigan Business Farming

late corn and threaten cotton.~

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and all other weather changes. You
are interested in every storm wave.
But you must study the subject.

Following Sept, 15 very radical
weather will occur; Among the ef—
fects of that storm wave will be
heavy rains, a warm wave, a. cold
wave, frosts, severe storms, accord-
ing to latitude. Of course there will
be frosts in Manitoba and at some
places between, The reader must
study, discriminate, understand. In
every vicinity will be found those who
fully do; some do understand these
forecasts and they will willingly ex-
plain.

We have expected 25 per cent of the
corn crop would be seriously injured
by frosts during the ﬁve-day periods
centering on Sept 11, 20 and Oct. 4
and have repeatedly given warnings
of these weather events. The last
date will course a cotton frost scare

Next warm wave will reach Van-
couver about Oct. Al and temperatures
will rise on all the Paciﬁc slope. It
will cross crest of Rockies by close of
Oct. 5, plains sections 6, meridian 90,
great lakes and Ohio valleys Oct. 7,
eastern sections 8, mulching vicinity
of Newfoundland about Oct, 9. Storm
wave will follow about one day be-
hind warm wave and cool wave about
one day behind storm wave.

This will affect the who)» contin~
ent in various ways '

Better conditions than usual are
expected up to Christmas for Winter
grain, but what the crops of 1918 will
be is another problem. We have been
advising farmers that they would
probably do better not to bargain
away their- new grain crops during
September and not to be in a hurry
about selling oats.-

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gab. State Grange will meet in Jackson .- '
December 11-14 tor the annual meeting

U S. Government to. Determine
With Aid- of Michigan Experts
Prices They Should Pav
on Food Supplies for
Army and Favy

The United Slams Government
will not ﬁx pricesr‘on other farm

crops than wheat, directly. However."

inpurehaxmgarmysuppliesthel'ed-

eral Authorities desire to know the
cost of crop production and allow_ ‘

a fair proﬁt them It is expected,"
that the purchase price by the United
States for Military purposes will also
be the price paid for Civilian uses. '
Speculation in handling is forbidden.
There is then no incentive to establish ’
price limits below cost with a. View to
increased proﬁts by dealers. To con-
sider these problems and to plact Ag-
riculture on the plane of other indus—
tries, a commission of the followingﬂ

persons has been asked to cOnslder.

crop costs of Bean and Potato growing
in Michigan. On the part of the Mich-
igan Agticultuml College, County A-
gents will be consulted.

Representing Bean and Potato grow-
ers:
Jason Woodman—Paw Paw Michigan ‘
A. B. Cook, Owosso, Mich.
Jno. Baal, Lakeview Michigan.
J otham Allen, Alma: Michigan.
Representing the Business Interest! of
Michigan:
R C Rothfuss, Adrian Michigan
Joseph H. Brewer, Grand Rapids, Sikh.
Judge Frank Williams, Allegan.’
ti Representing Agricultural Organiza-
. on:
Hon. Chas. B. Scully, Almont, Mich.
Nathan Simpson, Hartford, Mich
John C. Ketchum, Hastings, Mich.

This body will be asked to meet at

.the Agricultural College Sept. 25 to

consider such cost questions. Repre-
sentative bean growers and potato ,
growers will be asked to advise grow-"
ing costs. Copies of circular attached
will be sent to farmers for collaboi’ar
tion of cost accounts. The assistance
of advices from the Agricultural Col-
lege in the various departments will
be at the disposal of this Commission.
In determining cost of crop produc-
tion there are certain inherent errors

‘when the particular crop is some

gated from the general business of
farming. No provision is made for
the continued costs of farm operations
the season through, which is essential
for the production of the particular
acre under consideration. The farm-
er must live and maintain his team
power during the entire season. To
place all of railroad cost of mainten-
ance upon passenger or freight tramc
would unduly increase the cost of
one branch at the expense of the other.
To establish a more equitable acre cost
of farm production, it is proposed to
consider the farm as a unit and from
that calculate the acre cost of crops.
The unit cost of bushels or pounds is
then determined by the annual yield.

It would be a good plan for our
readers to submit to us statements
on the 1917 cost of producing their
beans and potatoes. Send these into
us and we will refer them to the
above men.

I certainly think your paper an inval-
uable aid to the farmer and hope you
have the success you deserve—James
I'l. Eik‘ins, Millbrook, Mich. .

You have hit the nail squarely on the
head. Keep it coming. Yours for suc-
cess—Clyde Wade. Ingham county...

A great paper. I am reading mine and
passing it on to win subscriptionsH—C H.
Archer, Cass county . ’

Got my ﬁrst edition yesterday and sat
up haift night reading it and it was
great. “ﬁll try and get'other subscrib-
ers—Florence Burton, Gratlot county.

Just what we want; a paper that gives-r -

the farmer the farmer’s side of the man? '
,kets. ——Da.vid Stiles. Barry eoun

Michigan Business
be of grtoeat beneﬁtto
will listento and. heed your market
vice. May best of success 13'

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ya 'u. and you arehungiorbeing a.
. compulsory military service - and [you
care hissed as a'cow‘erdl’and ostracized
. from your community; ten: of a proﬁt-
able price for your farm. products and

the ,mob calls" you a _“proﬁteer," on ;
enemyto your country and an abbot-

tor of. the enemy. - But. there’s one
place in these great United States
where youcan talk and talk till your
tongue gets tired and the floor swims
in your perspiration, and that place
is" the United States senate. Talk
there is as cheap and tree as the air
you breathe, and in, considerable
greater quantities, When a. Senator

‘» gets. tired of standing and talking he
sits down and talks, and when his
'ﬂow of oratbry overtaxes his subbing
machinery, he uses sign language with
hands and feet, until exhausted in
both tongue and body, he is carried
away to recuperate and get ready for
another gablest. ..

It is now believed by the best auth-
orities that Congres is not nearly so
stupid as has been that, that. the only
reason that it dodges many of the
very simple problems. is to make an
opportunity, tor debate. Take, for in-
stance. the wanproﬁts provision m
thé tax bill. This was a matter that
We should have settled in a sin-
gle day's time. There was plenty of
preeedcncé’. to follow; there was . a
principle of rights involved- which
was easily recognimhle, and had Con.
gress proceeded at once to a vote on
the merits of the proposition, the
taxes of the war would have been dis-
tributed equitably and iairly. But
Congress could not sacriﬁce this splen-
did opportunity to display its orator-
icul and argumentative ability, and
‘shortly became involved in an endless
debate. which effectually clouded the
m1 issues, and created false situa-
tions and aroused silly fears of; what
Big Business might do to the country
it its proﬁts were tampered with.

Nobody will ever know just how-
much freedom of speech in the United
States Congress costs the nation, and
the worst oi, it all is that Congress is
just beginning to realize the )0)? of
this freedom and to get its vocal or-
gans in good working order. Such is
the price of democracy. If the same
problems of ﬁnance, huge as they are,
confronted a corporation, its board
at directors of ﬁve men would solve
them in a week’s time, and solve them
right.

not

Congressman Joe Fordney _of the
eighth Michigan district contmues to
hold his reputation as friend of the
“interests.” He has consistently op-
posed all efforts in the House to place
the bulk of the war burden on. the big
proﬁteers, and as a. result, has. been
the object of much bitter criticism
from his colleagues. Here’s what
some of them had to say about Mr.
Fordney’s stand:

“ ntleman from Michigan says
that“? 1336 part of the cost of the war
mm be placed on posterity because the
war has been declared by us. Postemty
was not present or consulted, and may or
‘m—ny not approve that dedaxaticm; said
Rep. Sloan of Nebraska. . t

“The gentleman from Michigan is- no
interested in posterity,“ said Rep. Keat-
ing of Colorado ;, “hasfpiotgig. 2:! 6:81:53?
W” the cing o a. _ - ,
When he 13ng for posterity what he

take from excess
income the money to
. mentin .

run the govern-

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Michigan sugar bwt. growers face a
serious problem in. the proposal of the
government to ﬁx a price of '2' 1-4
cents per pound on ”sugar. 90 per
.cent. of the Michigan manufacturers
have agreed to accept. the govern-
ment's plan providing they can be. re-
leased from their contracts with the
grower: which call for the payment
0th minimum price of $7.25 per ton
for beets, with an additional $1 per
ton tor ’ every dollar paid for sugar
Over $6.25 per hundred. With sugar
selling today at $8.50 per hundred in
,NﬁwY‘ork‘, it may readily be seen how
m the farmer stands to lose if the

  

munjﬁc‘ks .5

traitorfouk‘ of your objections ,4- to, _

sugar industry. Noless an'uthority
in the matter of beet sugar production
cost that Bop. Fordney has] stated
that. e . price of six-scents a pound

.ior reﬁned sugar would leave ample

room for proﬁt for all producers and
manufactnrers. Cuban cane sugar can
be produc‘ed‘at a price that will per-
nrit its ﬁle at. a proﬁt in the United
States at less than 5 cents a pound,

, Mr. Fordney declared.

The situation looks very had indeed
for Michigan beet producers. It seems
as tho all of their efforts last spring
to secure a proper price for their beets
will go tonanght. The farmers CAN-
NOT raise beets proﬁtably for less
than $7.25 per ton, and when the gov-
ernment talks at forcing them to ac-

' cept a lesser price they are threaten-
beet-

ing the tuture 'of the entire-
sugar industry.

The source of all this talk about 6
cent sugar is one oi the mysteries of
the day. It seems to have had its or-
igin in the paradoxical remarks of
Rep: Fordney before Mr- Hoover sev-
eral weeks ago, at which time Mr.
Fordne-y told Hoover that there was
no reason for the present high price
of sugar. This immediately started
the ball rolling, and seemingly . pin-
ning his faith entirely to Fordney’s
opinion, the Food Administrator has
set his mind on reducing sugar prices,
But what queers the entire situation
is Mr. Fordney’s attitude. As an ac-
knowledged “friend” of the sugar in-
terests of his district, it is reasonable
to suppose that Fordney is backed by
the manufacturers, but the next puz-
zle is, what irons have they got in the
ﬁre. One thing; at least, is apparent.
Regardless of the price paid to the
producer or the loss. he may sustain
thru a reduction of the sugar price,
the manufacturers will continue to
reap their proﬁts. The fact that so
large a number of them have. gladly
acceded to the government’s proposal
is. proof enough that they are not. the
ones who will suffer. There is a. pas
sibility that the 'manulacturers are
taking advantage of this opportunity
to destroy the morale of the producers
who have gained their present status
after many years of unremunerative
prices. No matter what the reasons
back of the. more, there is little doubt
as to the outcome. The producers of
Michigan may quite safely look for
low beet prices this fall.

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The meeting of. the grain growers
this week in St. Paul is generally con-
sidered as a reproach against the ac-
tion of the Senate in letting war prof—
iteers off so easily in the revenue bill.
Moreover, there is a feeling that the
farmers are Wholly justiﬁed in pro-

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the. following editorial from the D:-
‘F‘armers of the great wheat» produc-

55: states will meet in. St. Paul this week

incomplaln to the government that they
are discriminated against. A price has
been ﬁxed for their crop which gives them
what is conﬁdered by the government a.
“reasonable” proﬁt; but they claim that

,the revenue. bill which has passed the

senate and will soon be adopted by con-
gress, after a conference committee of
both has agreed on it, discriminates in
favor of the wealthy. .

“This bill is one of the most mm-
plex pieces. of legislation that congress
has ever considered. ’ ‘ ' -

“Let us suppose the case and make
it as simple as possible: .

“Here is a corporation with an invest-
ed capital of $50,000,000, Its average
proﬁts for 1911, 1312 and 1013, the three
pro—war years cited in the set, were
$5,000,000 a year. But it managed to
get some war ton-tweets, so that its . l9”
proﬁts are $10.000,000.. What tax will it
have to pity on its war proﬁts?

,‘ “In the ﬁrst place, the corporation can
ded he average profits of the three-
year period, provided they do not exceed
0 per cent of the invested capital. Hap-
pily. in this case the proﬁts were exactly
10: per cent. Deducting this $5.0090.000.
we ﬁnd a war proﬁt of $5,000,000.

“The next. step is to discover what per-
centage this profit bears to the amount
deducted. It happens to be 100 per cent.
On this 100 per cent the government ex-
acts a 30 per cent war proﬁts tax, or
$1,500,000. Thus the company which paid
its stockholders $5,000,000 3 year before
the war- can pay than, in 1917, the sum
of $8,500,000, an. increase of 70 per cent,

“Are the farmers jmtiﬁed in their com-
plaint? Does anyone imagine that they
are getting 70 per cent larger incomes
than before the war? Great Britain
would allow this corporation an excess
of 20 per cent_ no more,

“Now suppose that the corporation
made only $6,000,000. Its excess proﬁts
under the act would thus be $1,000,000.
or 20 per cent of the deduction allowed.
On that sum it would pay a. war tax of
. The Brit-
rsh government would take $800,000.

“Suppose, again, that the corporation’s
proﬁts amount to $15,000,000 this year.
The war proﬁts are thus $10,000,000, or
200 per cent in excess of the I0 per cent
deduction allowed. 011 that sum it would
pay only 40 per cent, or $4,000,000, to
the government, leaving $6,000,000 to be
distributed among the stockholders in ad-
dition to the liberal IO‘.per cent dividend.
Great Britain would take $8,000,000 in

taxes and leave stockholders $2,000,000.

O t t O t O 0
“Senator Weeks, defending the reven-
ue bill, visualized a possible fall of pric-
es if the war should end next year. But

r-does anybody really believe that the end

of the war will cause prices to fall?
Rather will not the demand for every-
thing needed to rebuild Europe
prices at a high level? Wise. heads in
Great Britain do not foresee calamity
as the result of 80 per cent excess proﬁts
tax; They are willing that industry be
liberally reimbursed for its ventures into
new realms of 'munitions and supplies
manufacture, but they do not believe that
the men behind these undertakings
should be made rich in a few months at
the expense of thr rest of the country,
especially when proﬁts in other lines are
speciﬁcally limited. Congress should
heed the St Paul conference. Its recom-
mendations are likely to be important,"

  
 

  
  

    

    

  

      
    

The farmers of the Middle ‘West voice their disapproval of the Revenue Bill by
- - protesting against the maximum price on their grain.

‘ aid-‘1 "m. the revenue run is

keep .

tua'll'y iii-the icrvio’eot’ the UnitedStates .
on September 6th. The total number of,"
men was 1,074,146 which was exclusive
.0! those called in the draft am y. __ -..

As an important, war measure the-
United States has ' the amount of
coal that can be e orted to Canada.

The shortage of this » el in ths country"". ‘

prompted the fuel administrator to'pheck
the exports except those granted license-
or: approved by the fuel administratlon.

Japan with her great merchant ﬂeet '
is now laying plans to greatly assist
her allies by moving a. large number of
her vessels into the Atlantic waters. She
has promised to divert as much tonnage
as she can spare to the Atlantic routes.
Her shipyards will also be used for
building British ships.

The war credits bill authorizing new
bonds and. certiﬁcates aggregating $11.-
538.000,000, and the largest measure of
its kind in the world’s history,_ has been
adopted by the Senate just as 1t was re—
ported to this body by the House. Not
a dissenting vote was registered against
it in the Senate.

Secretary of War Baker has announc-
ed that the United States expects to have
22,000 planes ready for use in France
by spring. The work of carrying out
the mammoth air program is being push-
ed with the greatest of speed- The air
fleet is expected to “put out, the eyes, of
Germany” and turn the tide of the war
for the Allies.

Fourteen thousand young .men from
every town and city in Michigan began
pouring into Camp Custer at Battle
Creek Wednesday to take their places
in the national army. Half holidays
were declared the previous day in prac-
tically every county in the state so that
people could. view one of the largest inﬂ—
itary pageants in the history of Michi-
gan.

Losses from German submarine at—
tacks. upon Allied commerce showed a
marked decrease last week while the
number of German submarines reported
sunk from gun fire increased. EIght. of
Germany’s best under-water ﬁghting
Vessels were reported sunk. These ves—
sels were sent to the bottom in battles
with British auxiliary cruisers, seaplanes
and a British submarine. ‘

A plan for co-operation in war legis-
lation by the United States. France,
Great Britain, Italy and Russia was pre-
sented to Congress last week by Henry
Franklin Bouillon, vice president of the
chamber of deputies. The plan urges the
appointment of a congressional commis—
sion of seven senators and eighteen rep—
resentatives as a United States inter-
parliamentary delegation to join with
similar bodies from other Allied govern—
ments in quarterly meetings. The con-
iterence would act in an advisory capac-
1 y.

The reply 01 the Central Powers to the
Peace note of Pope Benedict indicate
that they regard the Papal proposals as
a sultable basis for peace negotiations.
They expressed their sincere desire for
a pea-0:6 that will insure happiness to
all natlons. COnciIiatory declarations al-
so are made respecting the settlement of
the Balkan question, Poland and the res—
toration of Belgium, but emphasis is laid
on the condition that the Allied powers
must also give serious evidence of a de—
sire for peace by a joint and benevolent
drscussron of the questions which now
separate the nations.

The attention of the world for the past
week has again been rivetted upon Rus-
sxa where a great internal struggle ﬂared
up to cause a feeling of great anxiety
among her allies in the world war. The
tens‘lty of the situation has been partially
relieved by the arrest of General Korni—
loft, leader of the recent revolution
against the provisional government, and
General Lokomsky. who refused to take
command, of the Russian armies after
kormlotf was deposed. Korniloff’s arrest
brings the counter—revolution against
the provrsmnal government to a deﬁnite
end,_press despatches say, and Russia’s
political crisis has been solved. A new
cabinet has been set up with a republi-
can .form of government. In order to
deflmtely crush the internal disturbances
and mm] war, Premier Kerensky found it
necessary to put into execution the
blood and Iron” policy the government
had threatened to use to cope with the
Situation.

Copies of three brief mess

public by the state departmentaisgt :22]:
revealed another case of sinister German
diplomacy, this time directed against Al'-
gentina. and involving the Swedish tor-
eign office. The messages intercepted by
the U‘. S. government were to Berlin from
Count Luxbnrg, the German charge at
Buenos hires, and forwarded there by
the Swedish legaticn as its own commun-
icattons. The messages advised the im-
perial government to grant no concess—
tons to Argentina in the- snbmarine con—
troversy and suggested that her ships
be sunk without leaving any trace, and
Information as to the sailing and posi-
trons of certain vessels. The new revel-
ation of German intrigue and duplicity
furnished by the Argentine-Swedish ep-
rsode surprised the world and in this
country it is thought that a discovry has
been made as to the source thru which
much valuable information has been con-
stantly leaking to Germany since war
was declared. The Argentine govern—
ment is expected to break diplomatic re-
lations with Germany as its foreign 'of-
flce has sent a communication to the
German foreign minister demanding an
explanation of Count Luxburg’s action
in sending the secret code messages thru
the Swedish legation.

  

 
 
 
  
   

 

 
 
   


 
 
  

    
    
   

 
  
  
 

 
     
     

Than Submarine Says Food
\ Director Rhondda, and
“Threatens War
Rations

Evidence of the world— wide short-
. age of food supplies keep coming from
' Europe, and the situation in England
' has become so grave that a new food
economy campaign has been found
Ynecessary by Food Dictator Rhondda
in 01 d-er to still further conserve the
supply.

“If voluntary measuresfail,” said
Baron Rhondda, “I shall put the na-
tion on compulsory rations.”

He added that the danger of the sit-
uation did not lie in the submarine
peril but in the world’s shortage of
cereals, meats and fats. ,

Baron Rhodda made his statement
to the American correspondents'here
after telling them that the minimum
foodstuff requirements from the Unit-
ed States and Canada during the
forthcoming 12 months would be more
than 10,000,000 tons. representing an
expenditure of $1,250,000,000.

The food controller. announced
measures also for stabilizing the
sugar trade, with a committee in New
York to supervise Cuban purchases.

“The establishment of this commit-
tee and of a ‘meats and fats execu-
tive,’ ” said Baron Rhodda, “is typi-
cal of the way we are all working to-
gether to solve the Allied food prob-
lem with the least possible disloca-
tion of trade and in a united deter-
mination that the armies and civil
populations shall be provided at a fair
price with food enough to assuie vic-
tory."

FROST, BLIGHT AND ROT
CUT POTATO YIELD

 

(Continued from page 1)
the union and lopped off the big and
of the promised bumper yield. North
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mich-

igan, northern sections of Illinois and '

Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and
Maine, were all hit. In some sections
of all of these states potato tops Were

 

BEFORE THE FROSTS 01“ SEPT,
9th—11th.

MINNESOTA-.-~—(Polk Red Lake,
Vorman. Clay. Ottertail and Becker
counties). Weather ideal for farm
work. Early potatoes are turning out
well. but the later ones are lighter
than expec.ted Local frosts have
done a great deal of damage to all
crops Within the last few weeks
several new potato wa1ehouses are
being built,

 

 

frozen to the ground and the crop ut-
terly ruined and not worth digging.
In other sections the frost cut the
growth 50 per cent and down, while in
a few localities it was not felt by the
crop.

No one has attempted a forecast of
the potato yield since these frosts, as
the reports from afflicted sections
have been too conflicting. As shown
elsewhere in this issue, we estimate
the damage to late potatoes from the
frosts in Michigan at about 34 per
cent. This would mean a decrease of
from ten to twelve million bushels,
based on the government’s latest fore-

 

MlllLlONS OF MINNESOTA POTA-
TOES FROZEN TO THE GROUND

l)ULll'l‘H—Northern Minnesota suf-
fered heavily last night from frost.
Corn, potatoes and garden truck were
frozen to the ground. Small garden—
ers here lost everything. The oliicial
low temperature was 30 degrees.
Woodland and Arnold, East Duluth
suburbs, reported 22 degrees.

 

cast, We have made every possible
.effort to secure authentic reports of
._ the frostdamage in other leading po—
tato states, but at the best our in-
formation is meager. (All
’agree that the Cl‘Op was l‘ndly 6.3.11-

,.

000 bushels, or. abdut *5,
than the 1916 crop. ‘

No account has been taken in this 7‘ ‘

article of the export needs of the cure
rent year.
crop hundreds of millions of bushels-
short, there will be a vigorous demand,
by the warring nations for potatoes,

‘ and there is little doubt but what this,
"will be the greatest export year ever:

seen in the history of the potato grow-
ing industry. .

 

principal markets, and in
general denials of the extent of the

reports 4

WISCONSIN—The heavy frosts of‘
Sunday and Monday nights damaged
. the corn crop, more than half of which
was still in the soft state. Potatoes
especially late potatoes, badly dam-'
aged by the frost. The amount of
the damage cannot be eStimated at
this time.

 

 

 

The day after the ﬁrst frost» reports

were published, the price of potatoes

went up ten and'ﬁfteen‘ cents on the
spite of

damage as contained in some of the
earlier reports, the prices have con-
tinued ﬁrm. Receipts have fallen off
very materially on all the big mar-
kets, and it seems remarkable in face
of the big production that has been
prophesied that buyers on the big
markets are offering from $1.40 to
$1.60 for the choicest grades.
Another encouraging feature of the
entire situation is the manner in
which the producers are handling
their crops. Very little of Michigan’s
earlies have been moved to the mar-
ket, and other states report similar
experience. Local buyers seem to be
in a quandary as to how to handle the

 

POTATOES ARE SMALL

NEW JERSEY—Crops of all kinds
have been injured by the drouth. P0-
tatoes are small, but many in a hill,
and there would have been a. record
crop of high-grade roots under favor-
able conditions.

 

 

situation, and prices on local Michi-
gan .markets continue to vary greatly.
It is apparent that many buyers do
not want to take a chance on stocking
up with highrpriced- potatoes, and
hence in some sections are offering as
low as 55 cents per bushel. In other
localities, however, the dealers are
bolder and some counties report pric-
es of $1.25 and upward being paid the
growers. Reader after reader has
written in to us saying that they will
not sell their potatoes for 75 or 80
cents a bushel. The general feeling
is that the tubers this year are worth
$1 at least, and if a large enough num-
ber of the farmers stick for the high-
er price they will get it.

The only excuse that we can see of

any farmer’s disposing of his crop at
a less-than-dollanprice is actual need

HIHH

With the world’ 3 Wheat. _"

«posed of the crop.
sidered, the immediate potato future‘-
‘looks premisin'g and every farmer

aged- to increase their acreage ast
" spring, to help in the proﬁtable dis' 2"?
All thing's44 con- . .

would do well to become thoroly in-

formed on the situatiOn before sac-4
riﬁcing his crop at less than cost. ,4

prices.

 

NMcBRIDE PREDICTS ONLY

4 MILLION BEAN CROF.

(Continued from page 1)
wheat, but will have to assist in price
making as a‘ large purchaser, for army
and navy uses Approximately one
million bushels Will be the government
demand for these uses. The 'Navy
will get the white beans and the other
varieties including some whites go
to the army. /

The State as well as, the National
Department of Markets are working
on cost prices. The acre cost must
be ﬁrst determined and then the yield
will determine the bushel cost'. In
Monroe county, New York, the cost of

-' growing an acre ’of beans based on a

series of years. determination is $51.35
per acre. ‘ .
There are various objectors who say
that cost prices can not be used be-
cause they are so variable. Several
months ago the U. S. bought 4,500,000
pounds of copper at 15 cents. The
actual cost of production varied from
8 to 13 cents at the differehttmines.
To have struck an average mean price,
would have left no proﬁt to the high
cost producers. So the price was made
to allow a reasonable proﬁt to all. The
new view of Agricultural operations is
that, these must 'be placed on a busi-
ness basis, andthat there must be a
proﬁt above cost. In fact the U. S.
authorities told us distinctly that the
price of beans should include a proﬁt
just as is allowed the distributors,
for their work. Now can we in Mich-
igan take them at their word and as-
sist in putting farming on this basis?
It is the greatest opportunity that has
come to Agriculture in ages and we
ought to bend every nerve to accom-
plishment. No greater stabilizer could
come to farming than the assurance

that if we produced the crop it would

be paid for at a profit. There would

be such a stimulus ,to agriculture as ‘

to turn the tide of famine. It Would
usher in the golden era of our fond-
est dreams, of farm and country life.
On another sheet I am taking this
matter up speciﬁcally.—Jas. N. Mc-
Bridc.‘

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of common knowledge that the

 

branch of the bureau hits the nail on
4 the head "about once our of five. times,

altho it seldom attempts :a forecast of

_‘ the weather for a greater period than.

one Week.

However, we all recognize

ity in existence unless it be its twin
conspirator, Coal. But there is —one

weather forecaster to whom we have
to take off our hats for he makes a
surprisingly accurate ferecaSt a full .
month in advance. This 'is Mr. E. C. ..
4F0ster, who has been forecasting the.
weather for farm papers for years

”and has earned a very enviable repu-
tation for his success.

The m’ost recent
ment of Mr. Foster was his forecasts
111g of the killing frosts which swept
the northern states on.Sept..9th, 10th
and 11th, and which was published in
the Sept. 8th issue of MICHIGAN anrJ
NEss FARMING. Mr. Foster’s forecast
on this occasion read as follows:

“Last bulletin gave forecasts of distur-
bances to cross continent August 30 to
September 3 and September 5 to 8 warm
wave August 29 to Sept. 2 and opt. 4
to 8, cold wave Sept. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9,
Thesa will carry us past the warm Weath-
er, with a. great fall in temperatures Sept.
1 to 11 and killing frosts in the northern
states and‘ Canada near the latter date.

  
  

  
 
      

 
    
 

  
 
 
   
  

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there is no such a thing as 11119111111114
ity in forecasting the weather which”
is about the most uncertain commod-v

notable achieves L

Trend of temperatures will be upward. ‘

Light to killing frosts are expected in
some parts of middle west, Canada and
northern states near Sept. 11, and some
late corn will be damaged.

It is worthy of mention that no oth-

er weather prophet in this section

eVen hinted at these froats, and it was

not until they were nearly upon .us
that local weather ofllces recognized
their presence and too late to warn
farmers. Mr. Foster, being human,
does not always hit the nail on the
head, but he always comes close
enough to make his forecaslts of the

highest value to those who will fol-

low them.

WHAT DOES IT COST TO '
GROW ACRE OF WHEAT

The following ﬁgures on the cost of
wheat production submitted by 'Jas.
”N. McBride, state market director,
shows very clearly why the 'maxi-
mum price of $2.20 that the govern-
ment has ﬁxed is not sufﬁcientto pay
the farmer a fair‘
us what it costs you to grow a bushel
or an acre of wheat:

20 hrs. per man at 30 cts. per hr $6.00

 

proﬁt. Tell ’ ’

20 hrs. per team at 25 cts. per hr r..- 5.00
1% bus. seed wheat at $1 60 per bu 2 40
250 l s.t‘e1tilizer at $24 per ton. 3. 00
10 10 ds stable manure at 50 cts..... 5. 00
Labor, man and team applying same 1
day ............................ .550
$100 per acre land int. on same. 6.00 .
Taxes ...................... 1.00

' Assume on 160 acres of land estimate

of $2400 of teams and tools engaged in

general farming, 121/; per cent. depre-

ciation and maintenance on same annual—

ly divided ovei 160 acres equals per
1

acre .. ........................... ,90
Taxes .......................... 1_00
Interest on $2400 tools and teams at

6 per cent, equals per acre .90

Interest on items 1 to 6 inclusive be-
cause there are incurred nearly 12
months before sale of crops . . . . . . 1.58

Binder twine per 8,016 ..... . . . . .- .40

Hauling to barn or stack . , ... .. . 1:25-

Threshing per acre ........... .. 150.

Marketing assuming 5 miles avers ‘
age haul '
Proportion of farm supermtendence
of owner aside from- labor already
accounted for and alsm imp mam ,
during Wintei covering whole seal
son’s operations
Total ................. ‘45..
.12 1- 2 per cent insurance fund cover . »
. ing seasonal losses below a proﬁt—4

......

able minimum when losses’ are be-_ '-
17

yond grower 3 control 4 .4 . 4 .
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. prices varies little from those ro-
ported in our issue of Sept 8th. This
‘ is the most encouraging indicatiOn or

a good strong market we could have,

1’ as the past fortnight was the logical
period for muCh of the grain to be
moved to market yet prices on_ cer-
eals remain practically stationerv.

*' some buyers are still offering less

than $2 for wheat, and we intend to-

ﬁnd cut the reason for it We would
like to know- why a farmer at Cass
City can’t get'over $1.97 for his
wheat, when in the neighboring coun-
ty of Bay, dealers are paying $2.05
We know of no reason either why a
farmer ,at West 'Branch should, be
.asked. to sell his wheat for $1.95
when at Alger, 'justa few miles south
of West Branch, he can secure $2.00
per bushel. Or again, why wheat
should be quoted at $2.07 in Green-
.ville, Montcalm county, while a few
._ miles away. at Remus in Mecosta
.county, it is quoted at $1.90. Farm-
ers let us advise you again, don’t
sell your wheat for less than $2; you
ought not to accept less, than $2.05
for the best grade; hang onto it and
you’ll get that much before many
weeks have passed. The average
price being paid today ouMichigan
markets for Wheat is an even $2.

Cats ,are one cent lower than two
weeks ago on .1111 Michigan markets.
The average price is 56 cents.
is higher at $1.64, and hay at $11.28
a little lower

Altho much of the early crop of

potatoes has been dug and some mov-p '

ed onto the market, the price re-
mains steady, the average of $1. 04-
for the state' being only 4 centsless
than quoted 'two weeks ago. The
popular p1ices in the leading potato
sections range from 75‘ cents to $1.
On Sept. 14th, Greenville was offering
$1.10 for choice stock, and the prices
in the potato growing sections of the
northern part of the state range a
little higher than previously.

Eggs and butter are both quoted
several cents higher than in our last
report.

We wish to make this one request of
our readers, that they watch their 10-
cal markets carefully and‘ compare
the prices offered with those quoted
each week in MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMING. If your dealers are not of-
fering you what you think your stock

ought to command, do not hesitate to 7

write us, and if necessary in order to
ascertain the reason for the “bear-
ish” attitude of the buyers, we will
not hesitate to refer their case to
the food board. Keep in _mind always
that there is a vigorous demand for
everything you raise, and do not fear
to hang onto your products until the
prices offered make it proﬁtable for
you to sell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buyers report a shortage of cash

wheat on all markets. During tho
uncertain period before the govern-
ment established the wheat price,
millers held off buying with the re-

suit that their stocks of ﬂour are
now very low and the available” sup--

ply of wheat is limited.
There is a discount ranging around
15 ~ 'shel on smutty  wheat.

 

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[bornj closing- igh but oats weaker.

NEW YORK—é-ALI grain markets ﬂrm

_ FF-thtlc mil-ket streng, corn fed hooves selling at new high
‘- record ‘pﬂce of- 811.90; h'og prices higher at 818 75;

DETROIT SI’EGIALr—l’oultry market easy, heavy receipts;
continues strong; large receipts of medium cattle.
tlnue in stroni demand with light receipts:
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potato demand

  

hay unsettled; butter and eggs cou-
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to treat seed for smut. This is a very—
important matter, and means a heavy
lose unless promptly taken in hand.

The Government has ruled that no
wheat lit for human censumption can
be said for chicken feed, etc. Manu-
facturers of scratch feeds are willing
to pay a premium for the grain but
are having a .hard time securing 'a
supply sufﬁcient for their immediate
needs.

There ,is- no more staple product in
the world todaytha’n' wheat and the
production as we have already noted
in previOus issues, is far short of the
needs. Yet there is apparently little
wheat moving to market from the big
grain growing districts of the Middle

 

She is a. dandy. Keep it coming. In-
tended to send this long ago. —-—Roland
King, Otsego county

West. This is not true, however, of
the lesser important wheat
which are readily supplying the mar-
ket in limited quantities at the pres-
ent time. The farmers of the grain
growing stateshave “balked” at the
price set by the Government and mil-
lions upon millions of bushels are in

 

private storage awaiting the outcome.

of the conference held this week be-
tween the growers’ representatives
and the Government ofﬁcials, at St.
Paul

There seems to be little likelihood
that the wheat board will rescind its
decision on the maximum price it
has ﬁxed for wheat, altho great pres-
upon
them to .do so. It might be well,
however, for our readers to hold
their wheat a little longer. The price
will certainly not go lower and there
is a very faint possibility that it
may go higher.

Exports of Wheat since
commencement of European crop year,
compared for three- seasons:

 

1917- 18 1916- 17 1915-16
American 35,792,000 49, 229, 000 33,852,000
Indian . . 3,439, 000 5, 966 000 1,872,000
Argen'tn 11,170,000 4, 868, 000 2,168,000
Austral’n ,,152 000 5, 588, 000
Others 281,000 1,039,000 1,980,000
Total. . 59,834,000 70,012,000 40,482,000
Season ........ 539,934,000 602,867.000.

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
‘70. l White .‘3 .52 .73
to. 2 White .53 .62 .73
Io. 3 While‘ .52 .62 .72
Io. 2 Mixed .62 .ﬂ ~72

 

 

 

The oat market has advanced con-
siderably since our last meeting and
is ruling ﬁrm despite the exception-
ally large crop.

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Aug. 1,

SELLING WHAT YOU RAISE AT A PROFIT is equally as important as
raising the utmost your la'nd will produce.
the ﬂrpt leaders in America to advance this thoor‘y and no exponoo has been
"spared to make this department without question tho boat of its kind iI America.

The prices quoted an, received from dirort sources on all leading markets
-ﬂild form a basis by which any reader can ﬁnd out oxuctly what his product

- The price your local buyer should pay is the price quoted loci frolght from
Your shipping point to the best market,

The advice given is_writton by our own employed market editor and is
booed on his best judgment with the facts and ﬁgIroo from all part of the
This advice is given wholly from the turmoro’ oido of the
it is not infallible, still In oxporlonce covotL-g many
yours hgo provon that in the long run our Market Editor's advice hand on this.
lolly study of the markets, in the most reliable and the oIly unproJIdiood advice
which the farmers of Michigan are able to noelro thrI any M311 source.

Spool-l direct Market Advice or: boot price on any commodity xvi be given
any subscriber of rocord to this publication any day in

, tol rub, inqulror to pay sending and receiving coats.
' 9! Telephone Cherry 2081.

The export demand has greatly in-
creased. This has had a bracing efl’
Domestic de-
mand is also good as there is such a

spread between corn at oat prices as

to give the latter grain preference.

Generally speaking the cat situa-
tion is rather complex and a difﬁcult
one to ﬁgure out. A great deal de-
pends on the corn market and the at-
titude of/ the Government.

The volume of arrivals on the New
York market has increased moderate-
ly, but is still much below normal for
this time of year. Transportation
difﬁculties are partly responsible, as
but few shipment are coming through
in average time, while the larger pro-
portion, of them are greatly delayed.
These conditions will doubtless ob-
tain indeﬁnitely because of the in-
creased use of the rails for Gevern~
ment business. The delay in expect-
ed arrivals compelled dealers to pro-
vide for immediate necessities from
limited spot offerings, thereby main-
taining premiums to an unusual ex-

Mighty ﬂne paper. Wish you the best
of success and my support is yours.—
Carlton B. Lewis, Ypsilanti.

tent. It is not expected that present
premiums will hold, but the recess-
ion so far has been more gradual than
is customary at this season. Recent
advances at the West have not been
fully followed in this market because
of the existing high levels.
Exports of cats Aug. 1, 1917, to Sept.
, 1917, and comparisons for three

 

 

years:
1917- 18 1916- 17 1915-16
American 16 012, 000 19,482,000 7,794,000
Argen’ 11 767, 000 12,941,000
Others .. . . 0 000 1,550,000
Total 16,779,000 32, 723, 000 9, 34 4, 000
Season 162, 753, 000 165,800,000

 

 

 

GRADE Detroit Chicago New York
No. 2 Yellow 2.15 2.10 2.20
No. 3 Yellow 2.14 2.09 2.20
Common 2.13 2.08 2.16
No. 2 Mixed

 

 

 

 

 

Despite the fact that the distillers
are no longer buyers of corn for mak-
ing whiskey, they are still using it
for making alcohol, the market con-
tinues to advance. At the time of,
writing this article corn is quoted on
Chicago Change at $2.13 per bu., 13
cents above the Government’s basic
price on wheat.

Frost has undoubtedly caused more
damage than many traders are willing
to admit while on the other hand the
damage may perhaps not prove so
great generally‘ as certain growers
and county agents might be led to be-

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ho wook by mail, wire or
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lieve from a survey of local condi-
tions. ’
It will ,

ing of the present crop in good con-
dition,’ especially in the more north-
ern sections of the corn belt. _
.' The carry over this year will“ per—

haps be less than for manyiyears, It]: "

is generally believed that old stocks
are practically exhausted.

While there is every indication of
a record~breaking crop, still them
will also be‘ a record-breaking demand
and corresponding satisfactory prices.

According to our crop reports, such -

Michigan corn as escaped therfrost,

 

Here' 5 hoping you succeed in this grand
work. I passed the extra to a neighbor
who has signed. You must succeed for
our sake. It's our great ,hopo.-—-W, A.
Smith, Montcalm county.

 

will require two more weeks of good
weather to mature it.
ment forecast for September lst

higher than its August forecast.
Where they get the “dope" we do not

know, for we cannot see how Michi— ‘

gan can possibly produce anywhere
near 51,000,000 bushels of marketable
corn this year.

age as there is no hope of its ripening,
and lucky is the farmer who has his
silo bought and erected.

Exports of corn since Nov. 1, 1916,

compared with last year and year bo- ’

fore:

19 916-17 1915- 16 1914-15
Amer‘ 11 42, 582, 000 36, 752 000 39, 856, 000
Argn'n 56,126,000 88, 296, 000 138, 306, 000
Oth’rs 2,815,000 12,069,000

Tot. 101, 523, 000 137 118, 000 181, 852, 000
Se e’nas 21 1,6 746, 000 176, 367, 000

 

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There is a very strong demand for

rye and vetch mixed. Receipts on
all terminal markets are very light.
Orriginating points report very little
rye on hand so we see no sign of an
immediate relief for buyers looking
for rye.

The market has regained the slight

 

I am well pleased with the sample of :
your paper and hope you make 11 success.

-Lloyd W. Lyko, Leelanau county.

decline of a few days ago
Ieally was no reason for it
ﬁrst place.

Rye is worth somewhere around
$1. 90 per bu. at middle western ter-
minal points.

 

The Government has set a price on

its bean purchases of: $7.35 per bu.

Just what effect this may have on the I

general market remains to be seen.
The large crop of beans promised
earlier 1'11 the season has been mater-
ially lessened by the early frosts. It
is too early to get a deﬁnite idea of
just what the frost damage’will be.
No doubt much
year. especially in the northern part
of Michigan will pick heavily. There
will certainly be a lot of beans dis~
Anything to help the good work 310:1;
With full appreciation of the good you

hav done the farmers.—-—A_ S. Nelson, Mus-
kegon county.

 

colored by frost and while such stock
usually sells below the market, still
it is just as good for food.

The demand generally is just a lit-
tle quiet although the Government is
a free buyer. The advent of cold
weather always brings an increased
demand for beans.

Bean growers and jobbers are both
anxious to ascertain to what extent

,the price the government has ﬁxed

upon- its own purchases will effect the
general market, and it is expected

that more authentic information can - ~

be given upon this matter the coming
week

 

I am with you.
It right along --Allon .1.

Mains, Calhoun
county. . '

-I
_ require several weeks of
,favorable weather to inSure harvest-

The govern- .
of '
Michigan’s corn yield is just a triﬂe '

Thousands of acres '
.of corn are already being cut for all- j

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There :
in the ‘

of the stock this '

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Eastern markets report a great
shortage of all' grades of hay. Lack
otg cars for shipping is no doubt the
rather light. Farmers are busy with
; Fall work and very few of them are
(hauling hay. »

Reportswould indicate that there.
is considerable old hay still left. This

 

as transportation can be secured.
' What effect it will have on the price
3 of the new crop remains to be seen.
New York reports supplies light
and markets ﬁrm at somewhat higher
values than last week. The Baltimore

 

First copy sent worth $1 to me, and
.' more than that. Thanks.-——“’. E. Boyles,
_~ Van Buren county,

 

. market is steady under light receipts.
Boston reports buyers taking hold
more generally and a ﬁrm tone to
i the market.

, Pittsburgh reports a great short-
' age and corresponding advance in
» price. All southern markets report
light supplies.

Detroit and Chicago markets
under-supplied with prospects
heavier receipts soon.

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Medium Round

Markets white- sucked

 

Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Norfolk, Va.

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1.60
1.40
1.45
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The potato situation has been so
well covered elsewhere in this issue
that there is little to be said here.
The nemarkable feature of the situa-
tion is the ﬁrmness of the market and
the high prices still being paid in
spite of all the f‘bearish” talk. This
should lend encouragement to every
grower. It is the best evidence ob-
tainable that the country at large ex-
pects to pay high prices for tubers
this year and that the producers eX~
pect they will.

Let us give you a little quiet tip
in the matter of grading your potatoes
’ this year. As you doubtless know the
government will require several mil-
lion bushels of tubers for the uses of
the army and navy and naturally it
will want the best. No scrubs, scabs,
or bruised potatoes will satisfy them.
The government’s judgment is pretty
good, and if the crop is a little above
previous years, it Will certainly pay
every grower to grade his potatoes
carefully. The government suggests
the following grading rules:

'Round varieties of potatoes will be
run over an inch and seven-eights
screen and long varieties will be run
over an inch and three-quarters screen
The stock will be graded No. 1 and
No. 2. The speciﬁcations for N0. 1
stock are that an allowance be made
of not to exceed‘5 per cent for under-
sized potatoes and not more than 3
. per cent of sunburned, cut, scabby or
otherwise defective potatoes. On No.
2, an allowance of not. to exceed 5
per cent. will be made for defective
potatoes and the sizes shall not run
smaller than an inch and a half. The
percentage will be ascertained by
weight.

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—here’s your chance to help
a movement that’s bound‘ to put ewtra
dollars into the pockets of every form-
) er in Michigan. Add one new name
”to the M. B. F. list this week, some
., neighbor will thank you for showing
' him this copy.

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h i I the end of July"indication3’were-for an“
70 per cent crop both is now placed
at around so per eentiortheoiote In: .

onion crop the ' last. two Weeks." f

Massachusettsthe crop "is about The
same as last year, possibly a * little?
poorer. The size is small. Onions
are selling on the Detroit market at
$1.75 per bushel. New York contracts
are offered at $1, but most of the
farmers are refusing to sell at that
ﬁgure. The market in general is very
ﬁrm and growers 'may . expect good

. _ no. doubt will be moved as quickly

The movement of the cabbage crop
is now well under way, with prices
varying on the ‘principal markets
from 50 to 85 cents per hundred.
‘pounds. The crop for the most part
is of exceptionally good quality and
the supply seems to be plentiful for

_ all the present market demands.

Supplies continue light and demand
vigOrous for fancy barrel apples. Jon-
athans have been bringing on the Chi-
cago market $6 per barrel. Wealthies
$5 and Maiden Blush $5.50, with No.
2 stock selling at $3 to $3.50. Michi-
gan Duchess were quoted at $3.50 to
$4.00.

This year’s apple crop calls for in-
telligent handling. The latest Gov-
ernment reports indicate a crop of
about 190,000,000 bushels, a little be-
low normal. Good prices are assured
for all honestly packed ﬁrst quality
apples and also fer honestly packed
selected second grades, which Govern-
ment experts say can be put into
storage. When the crop is big it does
not pay to store second grades, but

 

I think the Michigan Business Farming.
is O. K. Just what farmers needed—Alex
\Valker, Buscommon county.

 

this year, despite the fact that Amer-

‘ica can not ship its usual $2,000,000

barrels of apples abroad, because ship-
ping space is precious, farmers should

be able to get fairprices for all good ,

apples at home.

Careless packing of poor quality
fruit has always been one of the chief
causes of market instability and un-
satisfactory prices. to the growers.
This year the whole apple industry is
co—operating to remove this market
handicap.

The Governm‘ent will encourage ap-
ple eating and apple storage and will
discourage apple speculation that
raises the prices abnormally.

To get the best of the crop to the V

market in prime condition it must be
picked carefully at the time of ma-
turity, promptly cooled in temporary
storage, and then skilfully graded and
packed. Second-grade fruit should not
be marketed in bulk in near-by con-
suming centers, then it should be
worked up into by-products along with
the culls. ‘

For the grower who desires instruc-
tions in apple packing the department
of agriculture at Washington has in-
formation in bulletin form. These bul-
letins can be secured free by writing
to the department.

PEACHES

New York reports a good demand
for peaches, in fact the movement is
better this year at this time than re-
ceivers ever remember. This is per!
haps due to the fact that housewives
are doing the bulk of their canning
just now. Elbertas have been selling.
on Detroit market from ,$2 to $2.75.

HONEY

Receipts of honey are generally
light and on the best markets the de-
mand is strong. Wisconsin, Minneso-
ta and Michigan comb honey No. 1
has been selling at 20-21 cents on'the.
Chicago market; fancy, 22 cents; ex-
tracted honey in tins, 14-14%cents.

eem-tob-leﬁg . ._ . . ..
a good! domestic demand in spite i-‘o-f

the "high prices _ilthdlugh; export def"

“W‘Mewemalso. .
Elm creamy but!” is. quoted

‘on' the Detroit marketat 42112 cents

Fresh creamery ﬁrsts 41 1-2, to , 42¢
porpound. ». . . ‘v

up well. {Tilers-iii?-

.: The latest Government report ' shows-
: decreladﬂ 5,165,000 hogs frdm last-
year. This mat shortage, together
with the increased: demand... would
seem to foretell much higher prices.
The publication of the report brought

" some spirited buying. N

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The egg market is- firm at about
the. former range of prices. ' Michigan
ﬁrsts are quoted at 37 to 39 cents .per
dozen Detroit with the consumer pay-
imv‘ considerably more.

' The scarcity of good fresh eggs is

. being felt and'in some localities stor-

age eggs are being offered "freely.
'.c.a leis report the demand

a. somewhat lighter owing to the. .

high prices. VA comparison of food
values however, together with prices

, of other commodities, show that eggs

are still about as reasonable in priCe
as any food. '

Now is the time to give special at—l

tention to moulting hens which are to
be carried over as layers. Proper
feeding and attention will hasten the

process and result in an earlier start"

on egg production.

 

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No. 2 Grade 2 to' 3 Celts Less

.lust at the time of going to press
the poultry market is somewhat con-
gested and we advise holding up on
shipments for a few days.

This condition no doubt has been
brought about by the heavy shipments
which arrived on all markets just
previous to the Jewish holidays. The
warmer weather, which arrived just
at hte commencement of the Jewish
New Year season, made it necessary
for commission men to push the sale
of dressed poultry, resulting in‘ a
large carry over of live stock.

Present indications are that much
immature and unﬁnished stock will
be placed on hte market this year,
owing to the high cost of feed. The
natural result will be fancy prices
for well ﬁnished poultry of all kinds.

Ordinarily much material is allowed
to go to waste, which, if properly pre-
pared and utilized, might be used to
good advantage as poultry food. By
using this material the poultryman
will not only be doing his bit in the
conservation of food, but will be mak-
ing the extra proﬁt on the ﬁnished
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Chicago
9 50-10 50 15 75-17 90 14 00-15 65
8 50- 9 00 14 50-15 75 10 25-12 50
7 00-13 00 8 50-1100
7 00-10 50 7 50-10-25
500- 640 450- 650
Bulls, average 7 25- 7 50 7 50- 9 50
Veal, lg; to good 15 00-16 00 14 75-16 25 16 00-15 25

Fall shipments of live stock are in
full swing, the receipts on- the Detroit

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Steers, good to prime
Steers, com. to fair
Heifers,good ioprime 8 00- 8 50
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market on Thursday being 4,296 head. ,

The quality is, however, far from

_good, and there has been plenty of

good picking this week for the farm-
er wanting some to take back home
and they had no difﬁculty in get-
ting what they wanted. The general
market for everything but canners
was 15 to 35 cents a hundred lower
than last week, but on Thursday
nearly everything was cleaned up be-
fore dark.

 

In response to our question to crop
reporters: “Has frost affected local
markets. and if so, to what extent?” one
reporter respondsr “Not yet, ' they are
going to put it over. as long as they can,”

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Shippers will ﬁnd a go‘od, ,market
for all grades with a premium on
medium Weight, well finished stock.

Gleaned from. Crop Reports .

"Thedamage is greater than' the buY-
ers will admit. It :is‘ nearly, complete.
Missaukee county." Right here, we want
to call every reader’s attention to ,the
fact that the _buyers at the. town the
above report came from are today pay—
ing _ FIFTY-FIVE] cents r’or potatoes.
And the average pricegthr‘uout the c..-
tn'e state today on potatoes is ONE DOL-
LAR AND FOUR CENTS. Further-
more, sholce potatoes are
DETitOIT market at
AND - cents.
say, to, our Missaukee, county
that we’d let-our potatoes-"inc in in
storage cellar before we’d sell a single
peck to these buyers under the present
circumstances. - .

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.ONE'; DOLLAR.

"Beans will nor. average over 7 bushels
per acre. Charlevoix county." Oh, this
must be a.» mistake. The bean jobbers
say Michigan will produce SEVEN MIL-
LION bushels! , . .

. “The potato prices in Greenville have ‘
Just doubled in one week, I don’t know
whether it was on account of frost or
not, but something happened." Montcalm
county. (Looks as tho there are SOME
buyers who are waking up ,to the real
potato situation. .
To the Milk Producers of Michigan:
Greeting: Whereas, it is now fully
demonstrated that the manufacturers
and distributors of milk in Michigan are
so thoroughly united and combined, and

' are so determined. for .the sake of their

own exhorbitant proﬁts, to hold the price
of milk to producers at such a point that
it will continue to entail a severe loss.
And inasmuch as this, like every other
legitimate industry is entitled to a price
for its product that equals the cost of
production and at least a small proﬁt.

And, Whereas, recent investigation
corroborates the evidence of all previous
investigations in Michigan that milk pro-
duction in Michigan is still being carried
on at a. loss of from 40c to 90¢ per hun-
dred pounds (according to the different
months); and except in a few localities
v. here the buyers are willing to meet the
demands of the Association for a. living
price, and recognizing that our patriotic
duty is ﬁrst to our country, then to our
families and not at all to those combin-
atiohs of capital that are today making
extortionate proﬁts, even to the destruc-
tion of this most vital food industry,

Therefore, we see at this time no way
of putting this industry of milk produc-
tion to that point where the distributor
and manufacturer (for the sake of ob-
taining the product) will be willing to
pay a price that equals the cost of pro-
duction plus a 10 'per cent. proﬁt.

With the present high cost of labor.
with the present price of dairy feeds, and
with the recent frosts having destroyed
at least one-third of the corn crop stand-
ing in Michigan September 1st, and with
the probability that a ’large number of
our farmer boys will be called to the
cvolors on the ﬁrst of January, making ‘
the farm labor problem more acute and
severe than ever; good business judg-
ment would suggest:

That.every good dairyman begin to
cull his herd at once, cut out every cow
that is not an outstanding producer and
myry poor dairyman who is throwing his
product on the market in an unwholesome,
unsanitary and unproﬁtable way, under-
stand that he is not only a menace to
public health and to public prosperity,
but understand also that he is standing
in the way of live men who could better
their condition if it were not for your
lack of business methods,

For the sake of our soil fertility, upon
which demands ‘our future food supply,
we would be glad to paint to you a.
glowing picture of the immediate future
of the dairy industry. but combinations
0 capital and power have decreed that
their pound of flesh must be exacted,
even at the expense of the consuming
public and a depleted vital industry

We have viewed the situation from
every angle in Michigan. in Washington
and over the country at large and he
have come to the conclusion that the
best. weapon of defense now is a de—
creased production. Consequently we
appeal to you to do as other business
men do under similar conditions: Re-
duce your output until the demand will war-
rant an increase again—R. C Reed. Field
Sec’y Michigan Milk Producers Ass’n.

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If our readers appreciate the
service we are trying to render,
them we will appreciate the service
they will render us in reading the
advertisements. in this issue and in
mentioning Michigan Business '
Farming ~when' answering them. ,

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CLARE (East Cantrell—A heavy frost‘
here ~1ast Sunday and Monday nights
killed about everything. Seed corn will
be’ hard to ﬁnd next year, as" there was
none J7me. There is an occasional field
of be hs that were pretty well along be-
fore the frost but the most of .them will
not be worth harvesting. There will be
more’ than the usual acreage of rye
sown this fall. Most farmers who. have
not already got silos for their card are
putting them up as fast as possible.‘ It
has been quite warm here since the frost
without any rain. and it is too dry- to
sow wheat—C. P. W. Harrison.

OS'CEOLA (Central)-—-F_ine weather.
Farmers are busy hullin-g clever. It is.
turning out about 4 bu. to the acre. No
red clover hulled. Some oats ‘ threshed,
35 to 40 bu. per acre; spring wheat 18 to
25 bu. per acre; not much threshed yet
No rain for three weeks—A. C M., Mio.

ANTBIM (Ween—Farmers are sowing

fall grain. Weather warm and dry with '

cool nights. Farmers are selling wheat,
rye and oats. Many farmers are build-
ing slides and ﬁlling them. A frost did
much damage in this locality last week.
Beans will be a short'crop. about 3-4 of
a crop—H. H., Central Lake.

EMM‘ET (East)—Everything hurt by
frosts on low land but no damage on the
high land. /Corn was damaged 10 per
cent, beans 30 per cent. cucumbers 50 per
cent: and potatoes 5 per cent—J. D. R
Peliston.’ -

‘MIDLAND (East Central)—The frost
of Sunday and Monday killed about half
of the corn and beans in this part of the
county. It is reported Mr. Myers has
harvested and threshed $1,400 worth of
beans from eight acres. There is talk of
several new silos to be built here the com-
ing season on account of the failure to
raise beans and the high price of cattle
and sheep. There is a lot of tiling going
on around here replacing open county
ditches with large tile as it gives the
farmer that much more land to work.—
Midland.

MIDLAND (Southeast)——The farmers
are getting their ground ready for wheat
and rye. There are quite a few silos be-
ing built this fall—J. H. M.. Hemlock.

SAGINAW (Northweutl—Poor crops
and early frost are causing many‘ of the
poorer farmers to contemplate moving
to town where work is plentiful and
wages good. We have had a good rain
and wheat will generally be sown as soon
as possible—M. S. G., Hemlock.

OAKLAND (SoutheasH—Farmers are
ﬁtting their ground for wheat. No wheat
sown yet will commence sowing next
week. Weather tine. Soil in good con:
dition. flats are being held for higher
prices. Threshing very late. this season.
ﬂats are not yielding according to straw.
Farmers are commencing to ﬁll silos with
the frosted corn, which Will make poor
emsilage because of its being so green.
Feed will be very high this winter.—H.
M. R., Birmingham.

NIONTCALM (Southwest) — Moist
weather with two days of drizwling rain.
Wheat sowing in all stages—R. E. P.,
Greenville. '

MONROE (Northeastern).—We are
busy preparing to sow wheat between
threshing jobs. Weather is nice since
the frost. ground has about the right
amount of moisture. Farmers are too
busy to sell much of anything. Small
amount of hay moving. There will be
a larger acreage of wheat sown than us-
uai.——F. 8., Newport.

PRESQUE ISLE (West Central)—
Farmers are threshing grain; some is
turning out good but about 75 per cent.
of a crop. Not much going to market:
there are a few potatoes going in for
local trade is all; no demand, as most
everyone has a few in their gardens. A
few lambs to market yet and a few cat-
tle.-—D. D. S., Millersburg.

   
  
  

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”work. ‘INothing doing in the line of mar-.
keting crops. 4

. Potatoes. and beans - are
late but are coming on. Potatoes Will
be a good crop and beans, if they get
two weeks of good weather, will be a
fair crop.—D. 0., Lincoln.

NEWAYGO
are cutting corn and ﬁlling silos since
the frosts on the 9th. 10th and 11th of
this month. Lots of wheat being put in;
on one fa. m 75 acres will be sown; One

 

. farmer w 0 has more than 50 acres of

potatoes on his farm saved his crop from
frost with manure and oil smudgesmc.
B., White Cloud.

OTTAWA (Northeast)—The frosts of
Sunday and Monday nights, Sept. 9th and
10th. certainly did ‘much damage. Some
late bean ﬁelds and most all of the gar-
den truck, such as tomatoes, cucumbers
and pumpkins were badly frosted. Po-
tatoes hurt the least. Only potatoes and
corn were hit hard on low lands. Farm-

ers are fattening hogs for market with,

the little grain at hand merely to get rid
of hogs. Corn, crop looks pretty blue
around here. Threshing and sowing
wheat is the order of the day—R; J. K.,
Conklin. ’ \ -

BAY (_East)———The frost hit this section
of thezcountry light although it damaged
some beans and corn. Farmers are be-
ginning to harvest beans though a little
green—G. G., Linwood;

TUSCOLA (Northéast)—Frost of Mon—'

day and Tuesday nights did some dam-
age to beans and corn but not as bad
as at ﬁrst thought. It will be about two
~weeks beofre beans will do for pulling.
J. A. McG._ Cass City.

MONTCA'LM (Southwest) — Farmers
are doing very many different kinds of
work at the present time as potatoes,
corn and beans were struck by the frost
and ' considerable damage_ done._ Po—
tatoes are not damaged seriously 1n the
neighborhood as in the country around,
especially in the northern part 'of the
county. Corn was hit very hard 1n most
'parts and will average about 80 per cent.
lost in Montcalm county except in cent-
ral and southwestern parts, corn being
very green and majority of farmers who
own silos are ﬁlling now. Beans were
struck very heavy. The heavy rams
in this vicinity most of this week have
prevented farmers from plowing for
wheat. R. A. Scott of Fairplams town—
ship or Greenville, is the owner of a new
Case tractor.——W. L., Greenville.

OGEMAVV (West Central)——Farmers
are.busy threshing and getting thezr‘corn
cut as it all froze. Difference of opinion
as to damage to beans by frost—W. N.,
West Branch.

GRAND TRAVERSE (South)—Farm-
ers are busy threshing and plowing for
wheat. Weather favorable, having had
plenty of rain. Corn and beans are very
poor; with two or three weeks good
weather they will hardly average 3—4 of
a crop. Potatoes are looking ﬁne. no
Sign of blight. Pastures poor. Grasshop—
pres did some damage to meadows and
spring seeding—R, E. 0., Buckley.

SAGINAW (Northeastern) —Farmers
are plowing for wheat. cutting corn and
harvesting beans. Filling silos will soon
begin as the frost struck the silo corn to
some extent. Help is very scarce as a
good many of the farm boys have been
drafted and some'have gone to the train—
ing camp. The soil is in good shape for
fall seeding as the recent rains moisten—
ed it just right. The weather has been
ﬁne since the frost and with dry weather
now the bean crop will soon be in the
horns. Farmers are building silos, gran-
‘arios and other small buildings.~—J.
McD, Hemlock.

HURON (Western)—Farmers are plow-
ing for wheat and threshing. A few
ﬁelds are sown to wheat. Oats and bar—
ley are turning out fairly well but wheat
is yielding poorly and is badly shrunken.
Beans need three weeks good weather to
mature and would be only half a crop
then. Weather has been cold and damp;
had a slight frost; Farmers are not mar-
keting anything to speak of. A few
farmers are holding old beans for high-
er prices—G. W., Elkton.

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1 Cook, one ’of' our retired farmers,
died this Week. ‘Weather is some warmer.
but neéd’rain for fall plowing. Beans
are beginning to ripen. .A big grain.ele-

vatorhas been built, at Williamsburg this '

summer. e farmers here‘ have bought
a threshing machine. Quite a call for
butter just, now; prices good—C. L. 3.,
Williamsburg. »

JACKSON (East Central)—-It is a.
slack time among the farmers. The corn
is not ripe, neither are beans or potatoes
but we are trying to prepare the soil for
wheat. The weather is ﬁne this week,
no rain and plenty of sunshine. just what
we need to ripen the corn and beans.
The 14th was the big day for the Jack—
son county fair, the attendance being
40,000.—B. T., Pal-ma.

TUSCOLA (West Central)——Threshing
about half done. Wheat and oats turn-
ing out good and of good quality. There
will be a big acreage of wheat and rye
sown this fall as we had a nice rain on
September 13 and 14, putting the ground
in good shape. Reese is to have a Farm-
ers’ co-operative elevator in the near fu-
ture, as the farmers held a .meeting Sept.
10, organized, electedlofﬁcers and capital-

‘ized at $30,000. and have begun selling

stock with good success—C. B., Reese.

MONTMORENC’Y (Central) ——- Frost
has hurt all crops, potatoesxcut in two;
beans 3-4 gone, corn all gone, buckwheat
75 per cent. gone. Wheat is being plant-
ed but weather condition is too dry for
fall seeding. No rain for three weeks
Considerable clover seed to hull in this
county this year. Beans may go to from
3 to 5 bushels per acre it We get a rain
and .warm weather—P. H., Atlanta.

GRAND TRAVERSE (North Central)
—Farmers are threshing, fall plowing and
sowing wheat and rye. The weather is
nice. just enough rain to keep the crops
growing good, Some cattle are being
sold. buyers are paying .06 and .06 1—2
per pound on foot. Some early potatoes
are being dug~ and sold but most farmers
are holding for more money. The buy-
ers are offering 75c to 80c. We grow a
lot of potatoes and the last year and this
year the bean acreage has increased to
about double. Will have a good crop if
we escape the frost about three or four
weeks longer.

ST. JOSEPH (North Central) — The
weather is most too cold to hurry the
crops to maturity. A few light rains
have froshened up the corn. potatoes and
the pastures some Not much grain being
marketed just at present; people seem
to be waiting to see what government
control is going to do. There is consid-
erable grain to be threshed yet. B. K.,
Mendon. Mich.

ANTRIM (East Central)—Threshing
season is on. Oats are averaging from
35 to 40 bushels per acre: wheat 15 to
20. Corn, beans and potatoes are still
prospering. All wheat is in now and
rye ground is being fitted. Early pota-
toes are ready for harvest but the yield
is smaller than usual because of drouth
at the time they were setting—C. W. 0.,
Kewadin.

VAN BUREN (West Ccntral)—'l‘he
condition of the weather is good for fall
seeding. Not much wheat sown yet, al-
though plowing is 'well under way. A
hard frost visited this section Sunday
and Monday nights. the 0th and 10th.
Potatoes. corn and beans on high ground
will be fair crops, but on low ground
these crops will be almost complete faiL
ure. Our county agricultural agent, Mr,
Tarrand. estimates the loss is this county
to be near $1,000,000.——IT. l1, Bangor.

OTTAWA (Northeast)—Farmers are
still preparing for wheat; the light rains
we have had lately have moistened the
ground so it works up better. Heavy
frost of Sept. 9—10 damages the crow
quite a bit. Farmers are selling some
wheat and quite a few are buying fer-
tilizer.—J. P., Coopersville.

BAY (Northmst)—Farmers are ﬁtting
up wheat ground; some are cutting their
frozen corn. Ground is quite hard for
plowing but the rain will help. Other
than selling hay farmers are not market-
ing their crops to speak of. They are
holding oats for higher prices. Several
of the farmers are building new silos and
some are putting in additions to their
harns.~——J. E. McK., Pinconning,

 

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‘from ten acres.

Livinosron (N‘orthcast)-—The “use
.of Monday night did thousands of dol-w

.lars worth of damage in Livingston coup: '

ty. Some of the tempera who have silos
are ﬁlling them to save the fodder. ' Late
beans and potatoes are in a good many
instances ruined Some of the farmers

‘are pkwing' their beans up. l‘he :zu'm~

ers are having an ideal time to get the
condition for wheat. The
ground is nice and can e kept in con-~
dition very easily—F. H., Linden. ‘

.OAKLAND (Southwest)—Some fat'ru- ».
ers are sowing wheat; lots of them are
sowing Red Rock wheat and Rosen rye.
Farmers are cutting corn and ﬁlling silos
as fast as possible on account of frost.
—Milf0rd.

ARENAC (Northwest)——Farmers are
threshing and some are plowing rye and
wheat ground on sandy soil, the clay
ground is impossible to plow on account
of the dry weather. Some farmers are
selling rye and wheat; some are holding
rye for higher “rice. About 100 farmers,
wives and children were in attendance at
the organization of a Community Bot-
terment club at M. E. church last week.
Ed. Redmond threshed 3.30 bushels of rye
A. D. F.. Alger.

MONROE (East Central)~——Most every-
one plowing and disking for wheat. Lots
of oats out yet. The rain of last week
Wednesday night stopped ﬁeld thresh-
ing until ,last Monday. Most all of the
corn needs two or three weeks yet. and
some ﬁve or six weeks. A. car of Mich—
icgzn Wonder wheat unloaded at Maybee
o ay.

MECOSTA (East Central)~—In my per—
sonal observation in driving across the
county from west to cast I am of the'
opinion the frost has done far more dam-
age than was at ﬁrst reported. In the
ﬁrst place if the frost had held off
there wouldn’t have been more than 75
per cent of an average crop for the
very reason that the bean wevel have
destroyed whole ﬁelds and they were be-
ing .worked up and put in shape for
seeding to wheat or rye before the frost
came; furthermore 10 per cent of the
beans were planted in July. some as late
as the 8th. Those are worthless for any
purpose. Late potatoes need min to ﬁn-
ish them up; nothing eLse is suffering.
The ground is in ﬁne shape for seeding.
but not much being done in that line.
The threshers are slow in getting around
and that IS going to make seeding very
late. so many farmers depending upon
their own seed to sow—W. H. S., Re-
mus.

CLINTON (Southwest)——Farmers are
very busy plowing and ﬁtting ground for
Wheat. I think Clinton county will have
fully 30 per cent more wheat sown than
a year ago. Not much produce being
marketed at present. Prices are about
the same except potatoes: would not be
surprised if they sold down to 50 cents.
Calvm Sexton‘s barn. Victor township,
was burned during the electrical storm
of last week, loss $2,000 above the in-

 

surance. We are getting a little com
weather at present—J. W. H., Grand
Ledge.

KENT (Northeast)——The weather is

very wet, making a bad time for bean
harvest which is here. Some beans are
pulled. Most early beans are ready to
harvest. The late crop is more or less
damaged, in some places entirely worth-
less by reason of frost. Lots of early
potatoes are being marketed; some are
even.d1gg1ng late potatoes with green
growmg tops and putting them on the
market, which if left might grow from
25 to 50 per cent.~—G. M. W., Greenville.

NEWAYGO (Northeast)—On the night
ofﬂthe 9th Jack Frost took a hand in
ﬁxmg the price of beans, potatoes and
buckwheat. The latter crop is a total
failure with us. Corn'badly damaged,
some localities entirely lost. Farmers
busy repairing and building new build-
mgs ofr the winter. Not much being done
on trunk lino highways this year, owing
to the shortage of laborers—J”. S., New-
aygo.

OSCODA (Southwest)——Conditlon of
weather is bad. Everything froze; beans
and corn almost a total loss. Mr. Deeter
had 200 bu. of oats off 8 acres—M. E. C.,
Luzerne.

MECOSTA (Northwest)—The fruit on
September 9, 10 and 11 has done much
damage in this section; corn is nearly all
gone. Potatoes are damage 50 per cent.
and all other crops are damaged—L. W.,

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The Problem and the-Key,

IFE IS A combination of problems. Difﬁcul-
ties are like the acid in which metals are
tested; they try the temper of a man. He
who possesses the virtues by which character and
manhood are measured'meets the trials of life
with a brave heart and ,battles courageously for
the things required to conserve his spiritual and
moral qualities and his economic welfare.
Despite the stumbling blocks that the All-Wise
has placed on man’s pathway, God has been good.
‘Not a day or a single hour passes by without con-
tributing some evidence of His goodness. It
shines forth with the morning sun; it gives the

‘rain its tuneful melodyﬁit rests in the soft lap

of the snow that comes to protect the earth
from the freezing blasts of winter; it lends a glow
to the ﬁre that crackles in the evening'hearth;
it is in the laughter of children, the fragrance of
the ﬂowers, the fruit of the trees.

Strong and true men recognize the goodness of
God as manifested in nature, and laugh at the
obstacles that stand in the way. Of such as these
is the farmer, who seems to have been espec' ly
favored with the Creator’s goodness/wan
lives who is in as constant and intimate co mun-
ion with the worth while things of life as he who
treads the furrow and ﬁnds the realization of
his rosiest, dreams in the cultivation of the soil
and kindred pursuits. But in much the same pro-
portion that the farmer enjoys the blessings of
life. he is harrassed by the problems of life. But
fortiﬁed with the knowledge that all this is in
keeping with the divine plan of the universe.
the farmer is doubly prepared to meet the tre-
mendous and well-nigh insurmountable difﬁcul-
ties that beset. his business.

The problems peculiar to the conservation, prep-
a ration and cultivation of the soil, and the breed-
ing and feeding of live stock are very many. In
fact, farming seems to be a continual round of
these porplexitie's. But agricultural colleges and
experiment stations have been the means of anal-
izing and solving many of the problems that have
to do with the productiOn end of farming. And
the farmer who has been wise enough to avail
himself of this knowledge and put it into\practi-
cal execution has probably overcome the 'major-
ity of such difﬁculties as lie within the power of
man to conquor.

The problems of production have been many,
but they are being solved; the problems of mar-
keting have been ten fold and We are just be-
ginning to study them.

it, is needless here to dwell upon the ineﬁiciency,
the waste. the injustice of the present scheme of
marketing farm products. Not a year goes by
that it does not take from the pockets of the farm-
ers of the nation billions of dollars and hands
them over to persons who have no legitimate
claim to them. it is a system that clutches the
farmer. body and soul, and from which there is
no escape thru individual effort.

How to make the best. of this system to the end

that he may wrest from the speculators the larg—
cst possible proceeds to which he is entitled for
the labor and money he has invested in _thepro-
ductipu of his crops, is the mighty problem that
I-onfronts the farmer of today All his other
moblcms sink into insigniﬁtance (ompared with
it and as an individual he is sadly unﬁtted to
cope with the situation.

To know at what prices he should secure for
his produce it is necessary that the farmer be
. in intimate touch at all times-with crop and mar-
ket. conditions not only in his own state but in
‘all the states of the union and'even in the re-
mote countries of the world. There are scores
of inﬂuences which cause the ﬂuctuation of mar-
ket prices. By the very, nature of his business
the farmer is far removed from the ordinary
sources of market information, and ignorant of

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the farmer-39th. deformation" which, the" buyers-

and speculators in farm products poisons, but
to which the farmer has had no means of access. , ..
' , By the aid of trained editor‘s and crap reporters '
it gathers the crop and market neWs of the World.
and bring them to the farmer’s doorstep. Know-'
' ing the anticipated production and visible sup
ply of farm commodities and the real and probable?
we are able to ascertain. '
with a surprising degree of accuracy the Scale"

of prices that will prevail, and to advise our

readers accordingly on the disposition of their

,

crops. ‘

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING is now a reality.
Thousands of farmers from Keweenaw to the
Ohio line have shown their faith in the integrity

of its publishers and in the value of the paper,.

by becoming subscribers. With this iSSue we
start on our long road; “our heads are high and
our hearts are. strong and. the smile of—optimism
is upon our face. The opportunity to serve. and

i be of tangible usefulneSs to the farmers of Mich-
- igan stretches out broadly before us.

Backed
by an army with sineWS of strength and
mination, we shall proceed carefully but fearless-
ly, never stopping, never Swerving from our
course, but straight on to the goal, ﬁnally to un-
lock for all times the gates of the great wall that
shuts the farmer out from the market place and
makes him a slave to speculators and a victim
of a world's injustice

Prices and Preﬁts

WENTY THOUSAND grain [growers of the
middle west have “struck” for higher wheat
prices. They are dissatisﬁed with the price
the government,has set upon the 1917 crop, and

this week are holding a giant mass meeting at

St. Paul to discuss their grievances and formu-
late a plan to enlist the sympathetic attention of
President Wilson and Food
Administrator Hoover have been invited to attend
the conference.

Coincident with the-ﬁxing of a maximum price
on 1917 wheat and automatically a maximum
proﬁt for the growers, was the action‘ of the
Senate in passing the revenue bill containing a
ridiculously small tax on the excess war proﬁts
of industrial institutions. Patriotic impulses
might have conquered any earlier tendency of
the producers to voice their disapproval of the
inclination of the government to interfere with
their legitimate proﬁts, had our "patriotic” Senate

shown a desire to put a proportionate check upon _

the prices of other commodities, thereby distrib-
uting the burden of war more equitably. But the
almost total disregard of the inequalities exist-
ing in the sundry price-ﬁxing propagals of the
administration and the tax levies as ﬁnally agreed
upon in the revenue bill, has given the growers
complete justiﬁcation for their present stand.

As if in reproof of the growers’ attitude, atten-
tion has been called to -the fact that the price
ﬁxed by the government is over twice as much as
that received by the growers before the outbreak
of the war. Nothing but ignorance of the many
factors entering into the‘scheme of production
could excuse the total disregard of the fact that
the farmer is compelled to pay two or three times
as much for the raw material and machinery to
produce his wheat as he paid before the war. The
peculiar irony and injustice of the whole situation
is clearly reVeal'ed in the light of the fact that the
farmer is helping to pay the huge war proﬁts of
the steel and machinery manufacturers for whose
welfare Congress has recently shown such a char-
itable and fatherly concern.

Yes it is quite true—the PRICES that farmers
are receiving today for some of their products are
from 20 to 100 per cent higher than before the
war. But their PROFITS have not increased
proportionately. vFar from it. As a matter of

_, fact, there is some question as to whether many

farmers will be able to realize a proﬁt this year
on $2 wheat. So far as the wheat growers are
concerned the law of supply and demand has
and regardless

of the heights to which their production costs

.may soar, they must sell their wheat at the stip-
,ulated price or not at all .

On the other hand—the PRICES of many man-
ufactured articles have increased from 100 to,500

_ loudly of mucus when it asks the war. supplies

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makers how moon they will contribute to,“ lighten

*' the burden of War, it hints softly of PROFITS

Gettmg ACquamted

E WISH every member of our editorial
staff could step right out from these print-
” . ed pages, shake hands all ’round with our
readers and sit doWn on the back door step for
a. little friendly chat. We just banker to stroll
the gateway of every reader’s home these ﬁne
fall evenings, grab his ”hand and say: “Hello, Bill
how’s everything? Wheres the fo-lks?” . And
then we’d like to follbw you all over the farm
and let you do the talking. Say, folks, if. we
could just visit you that way once every year and
learn of your hopes and disappointments and
trials and troubles and successes and failures
and griefs and mirths, we’d know just exactly the
kind of a farm paper to give you. But it can’t
be done in‘just that way. Nevertheless, we must
that
this issue of MICHIGAN BUSINESS FABMING was ed-
ited by over a hundred people, yet such is the
fact.- The names -that appear at the head of this
page represent only a handful of those who, each
week contribute to_ these columns, We want to
tell you particularly about the several hundred
men and women 111 every county of the state who
are giving their time Willingly and without com-
pensation to write ‘to us each week about the
crop conditions and market prices in their re-
spective localities. We cannot underestimate the
value of this service to us and to our readers, and
we feel that every one of "our crop reporters is
just as important a. member of the editorial staff
as tho he or she sat right here in the editorial of-
ﬁces. This loyal staff of crop reporters are nec-
essary to the success of Michigan Business Farm-
ing; without them our efforts would be very poor.
indeed; with them'and their continued support.
we conﬁdently believe that we can make a‘publi-
cation which will represent to~all farmers of
the state a valuethat can be measured in dollars
and cents.
each week just remember that much of it is writ-
ten by farmers and farmers’ wives who are trying
in this way. to do their “bit” for the cause of
business farming. This simple introduction to
the folks at this end who have consecrated them-
selves to a cause they low will sufﬁce for the
present Let us hope that with the passage of
time we shall become very much better acquaint-
ed.

Look Out for the “Bears”

HIS IS the season of the year when the

market. “bears” come forth from their sum-

mer hiding and stampede the marketplaces
The “bulls” which have held sway during a long
period of diminished supply and increased de~
mand scatter before the onslaughts of the “bears,”
and prices, which have been going steadily up-
ward, suddenly pauseand topple from their high
eminence.

The ”bears" are particularly active and fero-
cious right now. They are lurking everywhere.
Their inﬂuence may be seen in every crop report
issued by the government, in every “forecast” of
the “bumper” crops that-are sure to ﬂood the
market this fall. Grain dealers, potato buyers,
bean jobbers, and a score of other speculators in
farm (products are all lending a helping hand to
“bear” the markets and pave the way for hasty
selling and low prices to the producer.

Nothing short (if anNoah’s ﬂood could drown
the happy optimism of'the bean jobbers. Blight
and frost have visited the choicest bean ﬁelds of
the state,,causing total loss in some counties and
a ten to twenty per cent damage in others. Never-
theless, the bean men stick loyally to their orig-
inal forecast, and promise glibly that Michigan
will put 8, 000, 000 bushels of beans on the market
this year. .

7 -Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and vMich.
111g” potatoes suffered an average damage of over

' 25‘ per cent by the recent frosts, while Maine and
New York crops have been hit- hard by both frosts.«

and late blight, some reports estimating a. 50 per

Therefore, when you read this paper-

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changing'fal‘l air that hints of the approach-

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taken on a yellowish'huc and hang limp and

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_the harvest! . Potatoes to dig. beansto pull, corn

to cut, and fruit to pick. .Out in the fields while:
yet the treat glistens on vine and tree and house-
top in the faint rays of approaching dawn. the
farmer goes, the tang ot‘the morning air ﬁlling
his heart with an eager zest for his job. With
his crops, the farmer harvests the hopes and
tears that he planted with the seed in springtime.
If Mother Nature has been kind. his highest hopes

* s00 new. the early imps of -

wh casts hisbfread‘ uponﬂfthe‘

were”: a limitless sea, the storms and turmoil .

of which‘he cannot know. His crops run'the
gamut of drouth,’ ﬂood, blight and frost, all'oi'
which he fears but against whose coming he is'
powerless to prepare. 4
goes forth- at last to harvest crops that are bounn
tiful and gather them safely into .-bin and ham
and cellar. And doubly happy is‘h'e when in the
ﬁnal accounting of the twelfth-month labors, after
the harvest is over and the marketing is done, he
ﬁnds his'eﬂorts crowned with deserved success and
a ﬁtting recompense for the trials and worries of
the year.

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and social position.
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at the training camps.

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The Peace Terms.

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German lines in Flanders.

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the great parade of the New York National Guard preliminary to
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chant Secretary 'Vrooman' 01
united States Department of
_ ' recently ‘startled the
....f‘y with the Statement that “our
L‘nédollar manure waste is the
s greatest economic leak.”

his is not a more wild guess,”
ntinues, “but a very shrewd and
uservativecstimate based upon re-
ble statistics. It has been found
ieach horse or mule produces an-
_ 1y $27 worth of manure (based
on commercFal fertilizer values);
11 head of cattle $20 worth; 83-011
1102; $8 worth. Recent investigations
indicate that at least one-half of this
great wealth of fertilizing material
is lost.”

0n the dairy farm, the best and
7‘cheapest way is to draw the manure
. directly to the ﬁeld and spread it as
. fast as it is made. If plenty of good
absorbent bedding is used, the most
valuable or liquid portion of the man-
‘ ure can be saved. Rain, after the

‘ manure is spread upon the land, only
helps to carry the fertilizing mater-
‘ials where they can do the most good
——provided, of course, that the land
is reasonably level.

There are few farms, however,
where. all the manure can be handled
in this way. Very often, heaps of
manure accumulate beside the barns
from which the most valuable con-
stituents leach away. Of such man<
ure. Prof. Van Slyke of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station said:
“Taking into consideration both the
amount and the availability of the
r’ant food leached from stable man-
rre, it is not an exaggeration to say
that two-thirds of the plant-food val-
ue is leached away from much of
the stable manure used on American
farms."

The best method of storage is in a
manure pit. A pit 3 feet deep, 12
feet long and 6 feet wide will enable
the average farmer to properly pre-
serve the extra barnyard manure un-
til he can ﬁnd time to haul it to the
ﬁeld. Such a pit may readily be
constructed with farm labor of co.
ment, or of hollow tile with a thin
coat of cement to preserve seepage.
The cost will be triﬂing in proportion
to the saving effected.

The manure pit should be so locat-
ed that the liouid portion of the
manure can be drained from the sta-
ble to the pit. Since “about one—half
of the value of the nitrogen and two
thirds that of the potassium are in
the urine.” according to Van SIVke’s
“Fertilizers and Crone,” a big saving
can be effected in this wav.

Barnyard manure, considered as a
plant food is not a well-balanced ra—
tion. It is high in nitrogen (ammon-
ia) and low in phosphorus. If used
freely. it is ant to force a rank growth
of foilage Without a corresponding in-
crease in the grain yield. So it is a
good plan to sprinkle acid phosphate
over‘the manure pit at the rate of
40 to 50 pounds per ton of manure.
This will help keep the ﬁes from
breeding in the pit. The acid phos-
phate will absorb some of the liquid
manure. The free ammonia. instead
of escaping. will be changed into am-
monium phosphate and ammonium
sulfate—both valuable fertilizers.
Manure so treated is not apt to heat
and will make a much better balanced
fertilizer than will clear manure.

Farm manure adds organic matter
genie}; is needed by most of our up-
land soils. It also favorablv affects
the bacterial life of the soil. The
beneﬁts from even a light dressing of
, manure are noticeable for several
‘yearg. Indeed. a given amount of
manure will accomplish much more
when spread thinlv than when con-
ccmtrated on a smaller area.
.thhereshould not be enough man-
ure to cover the entire acreage to be
sewn to fall grains, use 200 to 400
unds of complete fertilizer to the
re. Or if that can not be had, use
fertilizer containing 2 to 3 per cent.
ﬁanhmonla and a high percentage of
“euphoric acid. Such fertilizer may
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My‘ experience with orchard cover
crops covers a period of better than

ten years, with most all kinds of

fruits, many of which are only plant-
ed in sufﬁcient quantity for family
use. I have about thirty acres of or-
chard on my farm at present, have

. just gradually brought it up from a

small family orchard, by planting a
little every year.

. Much of the land of my orchard is
entirely too rough for regular culti-
vation, consequently I have resorted
to cover crops and mulching with
manure and other materials.

My best trees are in a ﬁeld that has
never been plowed since .the trees
were set out. A blue grass ﬁeld, with
heavy mulches of, manure and other
litter about the trees, and the grass
is left for a cover crop, and pigs run
in there early in the season and also
late in the fall. When the grass is
very luxuriant I often turn some Sheep
in for a short time. but have found
that it is better usually to just let
pigs go in there. Other parts of my
orchard lay better, less rolling, and

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Reminders, of'fhe Things That Should be Done '
On the Farm This Week «-

1. If your bean ﬁelds are beginning to ripen this week, _locate the
DOrtions of the ﬁeld least affected by bean diseases. These Vines should
be Pulled separately, stored by themselves, threshed by ﬂail sometime this
winter and put away in some dry, cool place until planting time next spring.

2. It is not too late to sow rye. Unlike Wheat rye will winter well even
tho it doesn’t get a very large growth. Wheat requires suﬂiment grow”!
to partially cover the ground and protect its roots in hte wmter by pre-
venting snow from blowing off the ﬁeld. _

3. Inspect the ensilage cutter and get it ready for bumuesa. The weather
as forecasted by Mr. Foster for Michigan Busmess Farming promises an-
other visit from Jack Frost altho we hope he is wrongly informed. Anyway
get the ensilage cutter ready in case he again hits the nail on the haul.

4. Every tool on the frm that is out doors and will not be used again
this fall, should be placed 11 the shed at once. In fact there are many tools
~on the average farm that ought to have been put away weeks ago, but the
farmer has neglected to do so. Show your business management and have

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on this I plow more or less each year
and then seed to peas, rye, etc, and
plow them down and go with the
mulch as far as I can get. The rye
is best for Winter protection, and the
peas best for summer, while the peas
add nitrogen and other elements to
the soil, and also make a humus when
plowed down; the rye adds nothing,
but helps to hold whatthere is there
through the ﬂoods of rain and freez-
ing and thawing, and the mulch of
manure and other litter furnishes fer-
tilizers and stores and holds moisture
for the future use of the trees—R. B.
Rushing, Ill.

WHAT IS BFST TIME TO
CUT CORN FOR FODDER

Those who are fortunate enough
to have silos in which to store their
corn fodder need little advice from
any source as to the best time to
cut the fodder, because it is a well
known fact that com must reasonably
mature in order to make ﬁrst-class sl-
lage. However, it is a somewhat dif-
ferent proposition when it comes to the
matter of cutting and curing fodder
in the shock to make an ideal feed that
will be palatable for both horses and
cattle, and there is considerable differ-
ence of opinion ameng farmers and
st kmen as to the best time for cut-
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5. Sow a cover crop in the orchard. Rye is considered the best crop for
this purpose and isextensively used for that purpose, not only in the or-
chard but in many ﬁelds from which a. cultivative crop has been removed.

6. Bring up the sheep and lambs at night. ' _ .

. more or less at night during the fall months, especxally if there is a streak
of hound blood in the "our" and he runs a rabbit into pasture ﬁeld in which
It Will be time proﬁtably spent to bring the sheep up

7. If you have not. already become a regular subscriber to Michigan
Business Farming, then do so at once. If you are a subscriber, then help
the cause of business farming by handing your copy after reading to some
other farmer who ought to be equally as interested in the marketing end of

84" ,
is very thatch-and ruin‘all that isnot- '
auteur else if it: is earlier corn .iL'gets,
too. dry, and the stalks are too Woody; -
palatable. ' The”
weather is more apt to turn suddenly.

and. therefore not

hotjor a day or two during late' cut-
ting. and. take all the sap out of the
stalks before one gets the desired
amount of fodder cut, in which case
a poor and almost worthlesa grade
of roughage is secured. ~ _

My experience has shown that early

fodder cutting holds many advantages '
over the'late cutting: Its tenderness-

of stalk causes it to cut a great deal
easier, the blades are not so dry and
harsh that they scratch the face and
hands and wear out the clothing.

Thereis considerable difference of;

opinion‘about the tying of the shocks.
I see some farmers make large shocks

and 1111le the wind is blowing, or ‘

there are signs of showers, they allow
the shooks to stand without tying
for two or three days, which they
claim removes the danger of moulding
by heating caused by the blades being
pressed too closely together. Sure if
conditions of weather stay ideal, this
will insure the fodder, to cure-out per-
fectly and remain in that condition

till ready to be fed wnen its nearness .

t‘o summertime greenness makes it one
of the most palatable and proﬁtable
forms of roughage the farmer con pro-
cure for winter stock feeding.

Sheep dogs begin to run

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However, I am not exactly taken
with the idea of leaving the shocks for
a period of a day or two without try-
ing in order that they may cure out.
It has been my experience that there
is too much danger of having them
blown over‘ by sudden showars that

come occasionally and do damage be-

fore you hardly know it. I have found
it a much bi'ter plan to make the
shocks small say not more than 10
hills square and tie them rather loose-
ly at ﬁrst, then after a couple of days
they may be tied tighter, and they
willhot blow down if the wind does
blow hard.

I see some farmers cut and leave
the fodder lying on the ground a day
or two and then shock up. I have
tried this myself, and ﬁnd that the
sudden rains that come when we think
not, splashes considerable dirt on the
fodder, which is very objectionable
While I admit that a day or two dry-
ing reduces the water content very
greatly, therefore lessening the labor
of handling, and it is just like the
method of not tying, is ideal if the
weather stays ideal. But, usually do
not trust the weather. There is con-
siderable less waste to this early cut
fodder since the stalks are in ideal
condition for feed and they will be
almostentlrely devoured by both‘ hers.
esand cattle, and'sheep are fond of
good fodder also and consume lots of
it. in. cold weather. ,

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save the food rats Waste. 9 .

It is essential to feeds considerable
proportion of eef 'scratp' m the mash
if a wheatless ation is used for egg
production.

The sows that are to furrow thin
fall should be kept on pasture and
have plenty of water and shade.‘

Remember that the question is not
whether you personally may feel that
you can afford to waste food; the
point is that the nation can not af-
ford to have any food wasted by any-
body. - _ ‘ ' ’

There will probably be some difﬁ-
culty in harvesting the apple crop
with volunteer workers, many of"

whom have had no experience at the .

work. .Perishable fruit must be band-
led Carefully to preventinjury to the
skin. Bruises later cause decay when
the apple goes to storage.

Special care to place the soil 'in .

good condition in preparation to
planting wheat and rye will go a
long way toward assuring the produc-
tion of bumper crops of these grains
which the Department of Agriculture
hopes to see harvested next year.
Good breeding ewes are selling
high; lower prices are unlikely. With
probable high prices for both mutton
and wool in the future, the farmer
who understands sheep and will prop-

' erly care for them from the start has

good prospects for success.

Pigs which were fa‘rrowed early
and are about six months old at this
time, may proﬁtably be ﬁnished now
and rushed off to market. Theearly
fall market has been the highest for
a number of years because the num-
ber of well-ﬁnished hogs arriving at
this season is limited.

Prepare to store winter apples. They
may be kept in the storage room in
the basement of the house, in the out-
door cellars, ‘or in banks and pits.
Conditions suitable for the keeping
of potatoes answer fairly well for ap-
p es.

If wheat and rye follow a cultivat-
ed crop which has been kept free from
weeds, it is best not to plow the
land. The land may simply be dished
and harrowed just before seeding.

Pasturing of the brood sow and her
litter as late in the fall as possible,
keeps them in good health. The pigs
will make satisfactory gains and
there will be a r‘ecideu saying of
gram“

Plowing kills wireworms by do
straying their food supply and inter-
fering with their preparations for
winter.

A dry, well ventilated place, such
as an attic, furnishes a good storage
place for onions in winter as slight
freezing does not injure them, pro-
vided they are not handled when
frozen.

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POTA 1‘0 “DON "1‘8"

l-«pon't injure the selling and stor~
mg quality of your potatoes by
careless digging.

2—Don’t glut the fall market and
imure your winter market by
placing large unantitiw of un-
graded stock on the market at
harvesting time.

3—-Don't ship any frost—damaged
potatoes. It is disastrous.

4—Don't demoralize the already
overburdened transportation fa-
cilities by shipping cull potatoes
Unless potatoes are extremely
high in price, culls will not bring
transportation charges.

5—Don't overlook the advantages
of ‘fmachine sizers.” They are
provmg of great value in many
shipping sections.

6—Don’t expect machine Sizer-s to
grad]: for quzgity—only human
an can gra e out th -
ive tubers. e defect

7—Don't mix No. l and No. 2
grade potatoes. There are cus-
tomers who desire each separ-
ately, but do not wantlthem
mixed. ‘

‘8—Don't overlook the potato grades
recommended by the. United
States Food Administration.

 

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Haven’t you been perplexed because

 

-‘ the pigs you have tried to feed so well
' grew only in the. middle, while each
end seemed to become smaller?
Well, I have, and for the life of me, ,

for a long time I couldn't then tell

why, nor did anyone seem to be able.

to suggest a remedy. “They're just
simply ‘pot—beliie ' ” was the statement
of those older than the one who had
been given a few runts for, his “very
own.” Since then our folks have learn-
edi better, but still! there are people
who raise the pot-bellied kind.

Not a great while agoI lacked at a
bunch of shoats whose owner said
they hadn’t done well.
them carried a middle piece about
ﬁfty per cent greater in size than
either end. They were a sorry-looking
lot of runty, scurvy things and out of
condition generally. There were

thirty-one of them and upon investi-

gation I fou'nd they had been fed on
slop consisting almost wholly of
skim milk. and this diluted with wat-
er. They were compelled to drink
about ﬁfty gallons of this dilution to
get about twenty gallons of skim milk.
Of this they were fed once a day. Corn
was too high-priced to feed to grow-
ing pigs, he said.

When the skim milk was brought

' home from the creamery about 9 a. m,.

and the stuff diluted until there was
almost two gallons per pig and then
poured into the trough, it was a sight
to see the half-starved animals ﬁll up.
They would drink as long as they
could stand, then they would sit down
on their haunches with noses still in
the trough and gulp it down as pigs
would that had had nothing to eat
since the same hour of the day previ-
ous. They reminded one of small bal-
loons on four sticks.

They needed the water by itself and
the skim milk in about three feeds,
and a little corn or meal or middlings
or all three in proper amounts. They
were compelled to overload with a
lot of milk diluted with water that
spread out the middle and furnished
nothing with which to make compar-
ative growth.

In feeding young animals nature’s
way should be strictly observed.

Sweet milk, as it comes from the

' mother’s udder, is nature’s way to

feed the young. The milk goes direct
from the place of secretion to the
place of digestion without any chance
of contamination. By nature’s plan
there 'is no chance for it to become
sour or in any way tainted, and ‘is
then the most digestible and contains
different elements of growth nearest
to the right proportion; not only all
this but it is at the best temperature
to promote thorough assimilation, and
to convert all of its nourishing prop-
erties into the various elements of
growth that go to make a well- bal-
anced thrifty animal, but when We
attempt to substitute for nature’s food
we are too liable to drift entirely away
from nature’s way of feeding.

Young animals that are permitted to
run with their mothers until they
wean themselves seldom become pot-
bellied, as the change from milk to
solid food is so gradual that the di-
gestive maChinery becomes much more
accustomed. Then when they are
weaned they are capable of taking
foods of the right kind and making
rapid and cheap gains

Heavy feeding, however, at long in-
tervals and indigestion, (if the feed is
right) are the two principal causes of
the abnormally large stomachs in
young animals. When it is fed in a
quantity or quality that it cannot di-
gest, decomposition soon follows, pro-
ducing gas on the stomach, which dis».
tends the stomach. The food is wast-
ed as it is not digested, and the animal
grows but little even though he is

consuming a large amount of good

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—-—will YOU do this much?

get some farmer to sign the coupon

on the back cover. No need to ask'

him for his dollar, he’ll send that

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6.11. CONN, D. V., Editor

PLEASE GIVE me a balanced ration
for Holsteins weighing about .1. 000
pounds. Have alfalfa hay and silage
and can buy cotton seed mehl at $40,
distiller’s dried grains at $38, bran at
3-30 and middlings at $32 per ton.——C.
“7., Hastings. .

You can feed to each cow daily from
30 to 40 pounds of silage and what al-
falfa she will clean up handily and
when cows are producing under. \15
pounds of milk the}! need very little else
in the way of feed. The following
would make a good ration, distiller's
dried grains 100 pounds; bran 200 pounds
middlings 150 pounds. Where the cows
are in good shape and producing ordinar-

ily they should receive one pound of this.

mixture to every four pounds of. milk
they are producing; where they are pro-
ducing quite heavily and they are not in
elxtra good condition they should receive
one pound of this rriixture to every three
pounds of milk.

WHAT DOES it mean to pasteurize
milk? How long will it then keep
in b( tiles? Will it make good ice cream?
Would like to‘ keep milk until ready to
make ice cream.—-A. J. P., Port Huron.

Pasteurization is a process of making
houids free“ from harmful germ life. Dr.
Pasteur perfected the process by which
milk ls now made germ—free without in-
juring its physical properties.

There are two systems by which milk
is pas -teurized, the holding system which
is preferable in which milk is heated to
145 degrees F. and held at this temper-
ature for 20 minutes and then cooled.

By the ﬂash system it is heated to.

1165 to 175 degrees and cooled immediate-
Y

Pastcur‘zed milk will keep much long-
er than whole raw milk since the lactic
and putrefactive germs are killed. It
should not be kept longer than 14 hours.

it will not improve the ﬂavor or the
body of the ice cream and will not en-
able yru to keep the milk much longer
than you would be able to do if you
would produce the milk under sanitary
conditions and then keep it cool.

VVE HAVE 8. horse that is not doing

well. He is eight years old and
seems to eat good but his appetite seems
to be irregular. What is wrong with

_.him and what can We do for him?——F.

0., Newberry.

This horse is no doubt afflicted with
chronic indigestion, or commonly called
dyspepsia. The ﬁrst thing that should
be done with him is to have his teeth
looked at by 2a qualiﬁed veterinarian and
if they need any attention they should be
attended to at once. Then get the fol-
lowing: Fluid extract of nux vomica 2
ounces and dilute hydrochloric acid 4
ounces and put them in a one-pint bottle
and ﬁll the bottle with watelr. Of this
give one tablespoonful on the tongue
with a dose syringe three times each day.

AVE A young driving mare that has
some speed and in working her we
hurt her left front leg. She is quite lame
and around the tendon about half way be-
tween the ankle and knee it is very full
and while she walks almost sound when
she trots for a short distance she gets so
lame that she can hardly go. Can you
tell us what ails her and what to do for
her?——-—F. H. Birch Run.

This is a. condition that is termed
bowed tendons. It is an inﬂamation of
the tendon and of the sheath that ‘it
works through. Very few horses ever
fully recover from this condition so that
they can be used for speed with any
safety. Get antiphogistine and put her
leg up in this each night and cover it
well with cotton and bandage it so as to
retain all the heat. This should be ap-
plied as hot as possible without blister-
ing the leg and then after it is removed
in the morning use the following lini-
ment, equal parts of tincture of iodine,
oil of white cedar, glycerine and alcohol.
Use this again about an hour before do-
ing the leg up at night.

E HAVE some shoats that we are
feeding and there has been several of
them that have belen vomiting the past
several days but none of them have died
and they all eat all right. What could
this be and what can be done for it?——-
E. T., Vermontville
It may be possible that this is simply
acute indigestion, and is no doubt brought
about by some error in feeding. If we
knew just how you were feeding we
might be able to tell you what it was.
It may be that you are feeding them
some spoiled feed of some kind. Clean
up the feed lot and all the troughs and
examine everything carefully to see if
you cannot ﬁnd something that is spoiled
that is causing this trouble. Occasion-

’ally spoiled middlings and shorts are

thecause of such conditions.

CORN SUBSTITUTES NOW”
VALUABLE'FOR HOG FEED

Farmers can reduce the amount
of corn ‘fed to hogs by substituting
other feeds for corn. This is especial-
ly desirable with high-priced corn and
its increased need for human consump-
tion. Pastures and forage crops prop-
erly used can reduce the corn and
other concentrated feeds fed to hogs
from one~half to onetourth. There
are, moreover, many feedstuffs which
can be substituted for the other por-‘
tion of corn. Their use will be deter-
mined largely by their availability,
relative feeding value, and cost per
pound as compared with corn. Hog
feeders, by getting in touch with the
feed-manufacturing industries in their
section, may discover proﬁtable sub-
stitutes, for. corn. Feeds unavailable
for human consumption should be
used as far as possible.

A number of substitutes for corn
with suggestions for their use are
given below. The feeding value, meth-
ods of feeding, and the highest rela-
tive cost of a pound of each feed to a
pound of corn at which proﬁtable
substitution can occur are given for
each feed. For example: A pound
of feed with a feeding value four-
ﬁfths that of corn muSt cost at least
one-ﬁfth less before substitution is

proﬁtable purely from a monetary
standpoint.
Oats after crushing have three-

ﬁfths the feeding value of corn. They
can be substituted proﬁtably for
corn, therefore, when a pound of
crushed oats costs two—ﬁfths less than
a pound of corn. In a fattening ra—
tion, oats should not compose more
than two-thirds of the ration during
the early part of the feeding period
and should gradually be reduced until
during the last 4 Mb weeks. they are
entirely omitted from the ration} Oats
are excellent for adding bulk to a
ration. and are especially good for
brood sows.

Barley when crushed is an ex-
cellent feed for swine and can be
substituted entirely for corn, even
when it costs the same per pound.

RYE when costing nine-tenths as
much as corn per pound can be sub-
stituted for corn in the ration. It
should be fed ground or crushed, and
is best fed as a slop. .

Wheat shorts or middlings are
a by-product of the milling of wheat.
While a feed high in protein, it can
be substituted for corn when one and
one-tenth the cost of corn. It is best
as a nitrogenous supplemental feed
and when forming but a part of the
ration. Owing to its heavy. pasty
nature, if fed alone for a long while
digestive troubles are liable to occur.
No protein supplement is necessary for
a ration of shorts, hough lime, in
which shorts are low, should be sup-
plied.

Millet (~11 be substituted for corn
when one-fourth cheaper per pound.
Millet should be ground and fed al-
ways With a rich protein supplement.
For fattening hogs in cold weather ii
is not so good and produces a soft
pork.

Cull beans can be substituted for
corn if below the cost of corn. Beans
make soft pork and always should be
cooked and salted before feeding. It
is better to substitute the beans for
but one-half the corn and so prevent
soft pork and increase the gains.

There are many wastes and by-
products from industries, such as can-
ning factories, which are of feeding
value to swine. It should be remem-
bered that, with bulky by-product
feeds such as distillery grains, brew-
ers’ grains, and’pea cannery refuse.
the hog, owing to his digestive sys-
tem, cannot utilize these as well as
cattle and sheep.

When the prices of corn and intro-
genous by-product feeds such as bran.
peanut meal, soy-bean meal, velvet
bean meal, linseed oil meal, tankage,
ﬁsh meal, etc, are relatively close, a
larger amount of these concentrates
high in feeding value can be fed and'
partially substituted for corn. This
will naturally increase the percentage
of protein in the ration.

  
   

 

 
  
  
  
  
  
 
   

$384 Per Acre Net
on His Potato Crop

Was realized by Mr. W. 8. Coach} ‘
of Yelvington. Fla" for the spring
season of 1917. .Corn was M
planted and net 385 an acre; 1! _
Mr. Cone wanted to.,,he could m6
a fall crop of potatoes, but he pre-
fers to harvest a too or more per
acre of ﬁne crab-grass hay. which
he can sell for $15. with no ex-
pense except mowing.

You can now buy as good land
' or $30 an acrenworth

You can't buy improved potato farms in the
Hastings potato belt of Florida ion-s11 than $150
an acre ~-many sell as high as $.50. Raw land
in the immediate vic1nlty lvnngs item 350‘. $75
an acre. The present owners also . 600m.
long withheld hem settlement by estate owner-
ship. oﬂer farms oi ll! Dues Ind up at w 9'
sure to quick buyers

   
   
  
 
     

 

Let us send you pictures of Mr. Cone'l
1Zrops and of others. and give you the lam
about'this three-crops-a~year country.

Jacksonville Realty and
Mortgage Co. Sales Agt's.
Desk 13 Jacksonville. Fla.

’ my "Alter Harvest"
. Low Prices that 1 am
‘ oil's-ring those who BUY

'1 NOW. Others have
" ~ raised prices—l have cut
them. Just drop me a f
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Galloway can save for you. Learn all about my
low prices and ﬁne quality. I sell you direct
from my factories at the lowest manufacturer's
price, and ii i cannot save you big money on
the best implements built 1 dou' t want your or“

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buying guide for anything you need on your farm. It will

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ROSEN RYE: —The new selected'and
improved rye, for immediate shipment
We obtained our seed from The Michi-
gan Agricultural College and have. Gen-
uine Rosen Rye for sale. Write for
prices. Strachan & Son Ionia, Mich.

Price-s have hit bottom

BUY Book for fall shipment
Cotton Seed Meal

Ask for car-lo: pricm. Mill J.
J. E. Bartlett Co., Jackson. Mich, NOW '
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.exm‘eS-‘iion of good-humored power, charac—

; Journalist.

Linder. would deny it ﬂatly, and there would

. Clear of the window—sill.

'_.Then an awning intercepted the poli

. liar stretch of canvas shading the next wind

: .[REE men Lat in the‘ Cosimlc’ Club dlﬁ- .
'CuSSlhg the question: - "Whites the matf :
f. tor with JoneS?” rWaldemar; the Olde“

of, the conferees,- was the owner, and 3‘

 

decent neWspaper.: His heavy face wore the

teristtc o , i ced and successful

' f gssitfg‘llieilne’sat Robert Bertram. ,
the CIUb‘ldler. slender and- languidly elegant.
The third member of the conference was
Jones himself.

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“Excuse my interrupting." said‘l‘the new-

comer. “Just one question. Waldemar.
Who's going to be the nominee?”

“Linder."

“Linder? Surely not! Why his name.

hasn’t been heard."
“It will be."
“His Federal job?”
"He resigns in two weeks."
“His record will kill him."

"What record? You and I know he's a
grafter. But can we prove anything? His
clerk has always handled all the money."

{Wasn’t there an old scandal—4i. woman
case. asked the questioner vaguely.

"That Washington man’s wife? Too old]

be no witnesses. The woman is deadekiiled
by his brutal treatment of her. they say.
But The whole thing was hushed up at the
time by Linder's pull. and whcn the husband
threatened to kill him Linder ouietly set a
commissioner of insanity on the case and
had the man put away. He's never appear—

ed since. No. that wouldn’t ‘b _
effective.” . e politically

The gray man nodded and walked awav
musing. .

“Egbert the traction boss" '

‘ . u , . explained
Waldemar. . Wc re generally on opposite
sides, but this time we’re both agai st Lin-
der. Egbert wants a. cheaper man for mav—
or.t hI' wan: a straighter one. And I could
ge im is year if Linder 1. ,. ’ '
fortiﬁed, isnt so vlell

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What time the Honorable William I' -
matured his designs on the ma.vorality:m/(\i::
erage-Jones sat in a suite of ofﬁces in. Astor
Court, a location which Waldemar had ad-
vised .as being central. expensive, and in—
spirational of conﬁdence. and considered
with a. whirling brain, the minor woes of"
humanity. Other people’s troubles had
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Hmckoned the charge of eXDlOSIVe- 9,,
~ “They let the mu-sicia‘n 3'0, dldl’lt they. ,
7 him, except that he was in the street Slinky:
Besides, he seemed ’quite" lacking men
“Mightn’t that have. been ‘21 Shirl: him
t‘Alienists of good standingﬁxamme
They'reported' him just a Shade.bett§r 33:1"
half-witted. He was like a one-idea?it C and
his whole being comprised in his abil ”y .
' ambition to play his B-ﬁat trombone-

. u - . ‘d
, “Well, if I? needed an accomplice. Sal,
Average Jones thoughtfully. 1'; Wgugggnt
want any better one than a half-WWW. '
Did he play well?" . '

“Atrociously. And if you knOW’ “aka—that:
soul—shattering blare exudes from .a ss-
trombone—" Mr. Waldemar lifted expre
ive hands. ' ‘

Within Average Jones’ overstocked mltlll‘t‘:
something stirred at the repetition of th v
Words “B-ﬂat trombone.” Somewhere e,
had attracted his notice in‘print: and some-
how they were connected with Waldemar.
Then from amidst the hundreds of adver»
tisements with, which. in the past weeks,
he had crowded his brain, one stood out
It voiced the. desire of an unknown
gentleman on the near border of Harlan?
for the: services of a. performer upon t a_
semi-exotic instrument. One among several],
it had been cut from the columns. of t e
Universal. on the evening which had launch:
ed him upon his new enterprise. Averag:
Jones made two steps to a bookcase, too
down a huge scrap-book from an alphabet-
icized row. and turned the leaves rapidly.

“Three Hundred East One Hundredth

 

' k shut
Street," said he. slamming the boo
again. “Three Hundred East. One Ilium:-
redth. You won’t mind, Will you. — o

Waldemar—“if I leave you unceremonious-
ly?" _"
“Recalled ‘a forgotten engagement? asked
the ohter, rising. . t H 1 m
“Yes. No. I mean I'm gomg o H are,
to hear some music. Thirty-fourths the
nearest station, isn't it? Thanks. So long.
Waldemar rubbed his head thoughtfully

 

advertised offer of help, as sparrows ﬂock-
to scattered bread crumbs. Mostly these
were of the lesser order of diﬁ‘iculties: but for what
he gave in advise and help the Ad-Visor took DaY-
ment in experience and knowledge of human nature.
Still it‘was me hard, honest study, and the helpful
toll which held him to his task, rather than the ro-

mance and adventure which he had hoped for and

IEValdemax had foretold—until. in a quiet street in
rookly'n. of which he had never so much as heard
there befelkthat which. ﬁrst of many events. justiﬁed
the prophetic Waldemar and gave Average Jones a
part in the greatcr drama of the metropolis. The
gaggirof the second part was the Honorable William
Mr. Linder sat at ﬁve p. m.. of an early s
day,_behind lock and bolt. The third ﬂoor fronltjrgcrig:
of his ornate mansion on Brooklyn’s Park Slope was
dedicated to peaceful thought. Sprawled in a‘huge
and softly upholstered chair at the window, he took
his ease in his house. The chair had been the recent
gift from an anonymous admirer whose political neces—
SIties, the Honorable Mr. Linder idly surmised had not
yegdlrlvcn him to reveal his identity. '

e ow, iii lv'ennard Street, a SOlltII‘ll‘Vl isi T. -
ded. His pretzel—shaped brass rested nalgaglnlsntnpllgs
shoulder. He appeared to be the “scout" of one of
those prevalent and melancliolious German bands
which. under Brooklyn's easy ordinances, are privil:
aged to draw echoes of the past writhing from their
forgotten recesses. The man looked slowly about him
as if apprising potential rcturiis. His gravid glance
encountered the prominent feel in the third storv win:
dow of the Linder mansion. and rested. He raised the
mouthpiccc to his lips and cmbarkcd on a periloiis
sea of notcs from “'llll’ll llin tutored car might have

inferred that once popular ditty, Egypt.
.Love-of music was not one of the Honorable \Vil-
11am Linder's attribuics. An irascible temper was,

Of all instruments the P—Flat trombone possesses the
most nerve—jarring tone. The master of the mansion
leaped from his restful chair. Where his feet had
ornamented the coping his face now appeared. Far
out he leaned. and roared at tho musician belov."

“ rettahcll outotlicrcl'” ‘

The performer upturned a mild and vacant face

“‘Vhat you say?" he inquired in a softly Teutonic
accent. ‘
'The Honorable William Linder made
tures. like a brakcman.

"go away! Move on F"

The musician smiled reassuringly.

“I got already paid for this." he explained,

Up went the brass to his lips again. The tonal
stairway which leads up to the chorus of Egypt rose
in rasping \vailfulness. It culminated in an excessive
unendurable, brazen shriek—and the Honorable Will
liam Linder experienced upon the undefended rear of
his person the most violent kick of a lifetime not al;
ways devoted to the arts of peace. It projected him

_ His last sensible vision was
the face of the musmian, the mouth absurdly 110110le
and pursed above the suddenly removed mouthpiece.
tician's ﬂight.
cond and sim-

. . ow below,
and lay plaCid on his own front steps with three ribs

caved in and a variegated fracture of the collarebone,

urgent ges-

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He passed through this, penetrated a se

" By the time the descent was ended the German musi-

  
 

cian had tucked his brass under his arm and was hur-
I‘Ying, in panic, down the street, his .ears still ringing
with the concussion which had blown the angry house-
holder from his own front window. He was intercept-
ed by a running policeman.

”Where was the explosion?” demanded the ofﬁcer.

”Explosion? I hear a noise in the larch house on
the corner," replied the musician dully.

The policeman grabbed his arm. “Come along back.
You fer a witness! Come on: you an’ yer horn.“

”It iss not a horn,” explained the German patiently,-

”it iss a B-ﬁat trombone."

Along with several million other readers, Av-
erage Jones followed the Linder “bomb outrage”
through the scandalized head—lines of the .local press.

The perpetrator, declared the excited journals, had-

been skilful. No clew was left. The explosion had
taken care of that. The police (with the character—
istic stupidity of a corps of former truck—drivers and
bartenders. decorated with brass buttons and shields
and without further qualiﬁcation dubbed "detectives")
vacillated from theory to theory. ’l‘heir putty-and—
pasteboard fantasies did not long survive the Honor—
able William Linder’s return to consciousness and
coherence. An “inside job,” they had said. The door
was locked and bolted, Mr. Linder declared, and
there was no possible place for an intruder to conceal
himself. Clock-work, then.

"Now would any human being guess what time to
set it for,” demanded the politician in disgust, "when
1 never know, myself, where I’m going to be at any
given hour of any given day?”

"Theirthat Dutch horn-player threw the bomb," pro-
pounded the head of the “Detective Bureau" ponder-
ously.

‘Of course; tossed it right up, three stories, and
kept playing his infernal trombone with the other hand
all the time. You ought to be carrying a hod!"

Nevertheless, the police hung tenaciously to the
theory that the musician was involved, chieﬂy because
they had nothing else to hang to. The explosion had
been very localized. the room not generally wrecked;
but the chair which seemed to be the center of dis-
turbance, and from which the Honorable William
Linder had risen just in time to save his life, was
blown to pieces, and a portion of the ﬂoor beneath it
was much shattered. Thc force of the explosion had
been from above the ﬂoor dow'iward; not up through
~the ﬂooring. As to inurrlerously inclined foes, Mr.
Linder disclaimed knowledge of any. The notion that
the trombonist had given a signal he derided as an
“Old Sleuth pipe—dream?

As time went on and “clues” came to nothing, the
police had no greater conc‘ern than quietly to forget,
according to custom, a problem beyond their limited
powers With the release of the German musician,
who was found to be simple-minded to the verge of
half-wittedness, public interest waned, and the case
faded out of current print.‘

Average Jones, who was much occupied with 95er
of blackmailers operating through faked photographs
about that time, had almost forgotten the Linder case,
when. one day, month after the explosxon, Walde
mar dropped in at the Astor Court ofﬁces.

”I haven’t thought or dreamed Of anything for a

month but this internal bomb explosion," he said,
“Oh, the Linder case. You're personally interested 7,.

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as the door slammed behind the speeding
Ad—Visor. . ~

‘fNow. what kind of a. tune is he on the track of, I
wonder?” he mused. “I wish it hadn't struclohim
until I’d had time to go over the Linder busmess
with him.” _ _ _ _

But while Waldemar rubbed his head in cogitation
and the Honorable William, Linder, in his Brooklyn
headquarters, breathed charily, out of'respect to his
creaking rib, Average Jones was followmg fate north-
ward. _

Three Hundred East One Hundredth Street 18' a
house decrepit with a disease of the aged. Its wm-
dowed eyes are rheumy. It sags backward on gnarled
joints. All its poor old bonescrealcwhen the Winds
shake it. To Average Jones’ inquiring gaze on this

summer day it opp05ed the ,secrecy of a senile‘lndif-

-. . He hesitated to pull at its bell-knob, lest 'by
Ehhetncifct he should exert a disruptive force which
might bring all' thevfrall structure rattling doWn m
ruin. When. at length, he forced himself to the sum-
mons, the mei‘cst ghost of a tinkle complalrpd petu-
lantly from within against his violence,

An old lady came to the door. blie'was sleek and
placid, round and comfortable. She did not seem to
belong in that house‘at all. Average Jones felt as if
he had cracked open one of the grizly locust shells
which cling lifelessly to treetrginléis, and had fOUnd

‘ ‘ lum) and prosperous ee e.

WIEIWZ: al.3n advertisement for a trombone player in-
serted from this house, ma’am?” he inquired.

“Long ago,” she said.

“Am I too late, then?” _ .

“Much. It was answered nearly two_ months ‘Sll‘lce.
I have never,” said the old lady With conVictlon,
“seen such a frazzled lot of folks at B—ﬁat trombone
may??? person who inserted the advertisement—“

“Has left. A month since.“

"Could you tell me where he went?"

“ address.

“ﬁg? :gme was Telford, wasn't it?” said Average

ically. .
Joule/Isigitgattgg. said the old lady, who had evidently
formed no favorable "
“But he called himself Ransom.

“He had a furnished room?_’

“The whole third ﬂoor. furnished."

“Is .it let now?”

“Part of it. The rear.”

“I’ll .take the front room." .

“Without even looking at it?"

(CYOS-Dl ‘

“You’re a queer young man.

“Whatever you choose.”

“You’re a very? queer young man.

er.”
trell‘bgorlleecltlathem,” said Average Jones,

“References?” said the old lady abruptly andwith
suﬁiﬁioxllarieties." 'replied her prospective lodger cheer-
fully. “1 will bring 'em to-morrow With my grip,"

For five successwe evenings theyeafte‘. Average
Jones sat in. the senile house,_awaitmg personal re—
sponse to the followms advertisement: which he had
inserted in the Universal: .. ._ 7“

As .to price ?"

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perience as street, player. .
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, Waldemar 'vlaughed. . Theres 12:8 unﬁt?

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The visitor ’put his trombone down and

      

 

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.“No. Afterfhe'ﬁa’d eenj- here a While

he had a mampdine‘iﬁ and box it up.

He must have sent it away, but I never'
’. saw it 50;", '
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The "musician; ushered in, looked about
him, yanfex‘pression of bewildered~and
childish surprise on his rabbit-like face,
"I am Schilchtin‘g,”, hevmurmured; “I
come to play... the B-ﬁat trombone.”
. f‘Gladto See you. Mr. Schlicting”,
said Average Jones, leadingthe way up:
“Sit down.”
shook his head with conviction. 1., ‘
"It iss the same room, ,yes.” he observ-

“ ed. “But it iss not the same gent. no.”

"You expected to ﬁnd Mr. Ransom

' ,' , the, gentleman who employed you to play

in the street in Brooklyn, where the fat
gentleman Told you to stop, and fell out
of the window." , ' .

A look of fear overspread the 'worn and
innocent face. ’

“I don’t go there no more. The po-
lice, they take me." .\.

"‘But you had gone there before?"

“Not to play, no.’ ‘

"Not to play? Are you sure?”

The German considered painfully.
“There vas no feet in ‘the window,” he
explained, brightening. '

Upon that surprising phrase Average
Jones pondered. “You were not to play
unless .there Were feet in the window,”
he said at length. “.Was that it?” .

The German reached down and lifted
his instrument to his'lips.

“No, not that," forbade Average Jones.
“Put it down.”- ' —

“Not to play my ,B-ﬂat trombone?"
asked the other, innocently hurt. “The
other gent he make me play here always."

“Did he?" drawled Average Jones. “And
he—er—listened ?"

“He listened: from out there.” The
musician pointed to the other room.

”How long?”

“Different times,” was the placid reply.

“But he was always in the other room ?"

“.AIWays. And I play Egypt. Like
this." '

“No !" said Average Jones, as the other
stretched out a hopeful hand.

"He liked it—Eg’ypt," said the German
wistfully. “He said: ‘Bravo! Encore!
Bis! Sometimes nine, sometimes ten times
over I 'play it, the chorus.” . ’

“And then he‘ sent you home ?"

“Then sometimes something goes
‘sping-g-g-g-g-!' like ' that in the back
room. Then he comes out and I may go
home.” _

"Um—um." muttered Average Jones
discontenetedly. “When did you begin

to play in the street?”

“After a long time. He take me away
to Brooklyn and tell me, ‘When_you see
the feet iss in the window you play hard.”

There was. a long pause. Then Aver-
age Jones asked Casually:

“Did you ever notice a big easy chair
here?"

I do not notice nothing.
B—ﬂat trombone.” .

And there his limitations were estab-
lished. But the old lady had some-
thing to add. .

“It’s all, true that he said,” she con-
ﬁrmed. “I could hear his racket in the
front room and Mr. Ransom Working in
the back and then, after the old man was

I play my

gone, Mr. Ransom sweeping up some-
thing himself.”

“Sweeping? What—er—was he—er———
sweeping?"

“Glass, I think. The girl used to ﬁnd
little slivers of it ﬁrst in one part of the
room, then in another.”

“The next thing,” said Average Jones,
“is to ﬁnd out where that big easy chair
went from here. Can you help me
there?" "

The old lay shook her head.
can do is to tell you the near—by truck—
men.”

Canvas ot‘ the local trucking industry
brought to light the conveyor of that ele—
gant article of furniture. It had gone
Average Jones learned, not to the man~
sion of the Honorable William Linder,
as he had fondly hoped, but to an ob-
scure address. not far from the Navy
Yard in Brooklyn. To this address, hav-
ing looked up and gathered in the B-ﬂat
trombonist. Average Jones led the way.
The pair lurked in the neighborhood of
the ramshackle house 'watching the en-
trance, until toward evening, as the door
opened to let out a tremulous wreck of
a man, paisied with debauch, Schlicting
observed: .

“That, iss him. He has been drinking
again once.”

Average Jones hurried the musician
around the corner into concealment. "You
have been here before to meet Mr. Ran-

som '?" .

‘ (1N0.'l. > c
‘jWhere did he meet you to pay your

wages?"

“On some corner," said the other vague-

“Then he, took you to the big house

? and left you there," urged Jones. .

 

: Waldemar asides. '7 *

“All I ’

‘William Linder contemptuously.

(I only on speeial'“occa\£lions ,and' in

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Wonderful, delicate » losses—didv-Average

 

Jones get an opportunity to, speak to

“I've been looking into that Linder
matter a little.” . ‘ . '
“Indeed. aI'veabout given up hope."

“What was the husbarfd's name?”
“Arbuthnot, I believe.”
“Do you knew what sort of looking
man he was?"
t “No. -I could ﬁnd out from Washing—
on." - '
“What was his business?”
“Government employment, I think."
“In thHr—scientiﬁc line, perhaps?"
drawled Jones.
“Why, yes, I3believe it was.” ,
"Um—m. Suppose,- now, Linder should
drop out of the combination. Who would
be the ‘most likely nominee?” .
“Marsden—the man I’ve been groom—
ing for the place. A ﬁrst—class, honor-
able, fearless man.”

“Well, it’s only a chance; but if I can-

.get one dark point cleared up—” .

He paused as a curious, tingling note
came from the platform where the musi-
cians were tuning up.

“One of Bellerding’s sWeet dulcets,”
observed Bertram. . ‘

The performer nearest them was run-
ning a slow bass scale on a‘sort of two—
stringed horse ﬁddle of' a strange shape.
Average Jones’ still untouched glass, al—
most full of the precious port, trembled
and sang a little tentative response. Up

—-up—up mounted the thrilling notes, in

crescendo force. _

“What a racking sort of tone, for all
its sweetness!” said Average Jones. ,His
delicate and fragile port glass evidently
shared the opinion, for without further
warning, it split and shivered. -

“They used to show that experiment in
the laboratory,” said Bertram. “You
must have had just the accurate amount
of liquid in the glass, Average. Move
back, you lunatic, it’s dripping all over
you.’

But Average Jones sat unheeding. The
liquor dribbled down into his lap. He
kept his fascinated gaze ﬁxed on the shat-
tered glass. Bertram dabbed at him with
a napkin.

“Tha—4a-anks, Bertram,” drawled
the beneﬁciary of this attention. “Doesn’t
matter. Excuse me. Good night."

Leaving his surprised companions, he
took hat and cane' and caught a Third
Avenue car. By the time he had reached
Brooklyn Bridge he had his campaign
mapped out. -

At the house near the Navy Yard he
learned that his man was out. So he
sat upon the front steps while one of the
highest—priced wines in New York dried
into his knees. Shortly before eleven 3.
shuﬂling ﬁgure paused at the steps, feel-
ing for a key.

“Mr. Arbuthnot. otherwise Ransom?”
said Average Jones blandly.

The man’s chin jerked back. His jaw
dropped.

“Would you like to hire another B-ﬂat
trombonist?" pursued me young man.

“Who are you?” gasped the other.
“What do you want?”

“I want to know," drawled Average
Jones, “how-—er——-you planted the glass
bulb—er—the surphuric acid bulb. you
know—in the chair that you sent—erm—
to the Honorable William Linder, so that
——er-—it wouldn’t be shattered by any-
thing but the middle C note of the B-fiat
trombone?”

The man sat down weakly and bowed
his face in his hands. Presently he
looked up.

“I don’t care," he said.
side.”

At the end of an hour’s talk Arbuth-
not, alias Ransom. agreed to everything
that Average Jones proposed.

“Mind you,” he said, “I don’t promise
I won’t kill him later. .But meantime
it’ll be some satisfaction to put him down
and out politically. You can ﬁnd me here
any time you want me. You say you’ll
see Linder to-morrow?"

”To-morrow," said Average Jones.
“Look in the next day's paper for the
result.”

Setting his telephone receiver down
the Honorable William Linder lost him-
self in conjecture. He had just given
an appointment to his tried and true, but
quite impersonal enemy, Mr. Horace
Waldemar. .

“What can Waldemar want of me ?" ran
his thoughts. “And who is this friend,
Jones. that he's. bringing? Jones? Jones!
Jones?!" He tried it in three different
accents, without extracting any partic-
ular meaning therefrom. “Nothing much
in the political game," he decided.

It was with a mingling oi gruffness
and dignity that he greeted Mr. Walde-
mar an hour later. The introduction to
Average Jones he acknowledged with a
curt nod.

”Want a job for this young man, VVal—
domar?” he grunted.

“Not at present, thank you,” returned
the newspaper owner. "Mr. Jones has
a few arguments to present to you—"

“Arguments,”

“Come in-

"What
kind of arguments ?" .
“Political " arguments.

“Mines—4“ ‘
of" one'

- very ingenious affair.
'reading somewhat extensively on the sub-

. levers project outside the mine.

repeated the Honorable‘

Mayorality, to

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"Submarine mines," explained the other.
’ +the—hsoa, if you. Wish, words
, _ xiable.” ‘
. , halide of: the Honorable Linder con-
tracted. ‘ ' »
“You’re in the wrong joint,” he said,
“this, ain’t the Naval College."
l“'l‘ha.nk you. A, submarine mine is a
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ject. The main charge, is some high ex-
plosive, usually the dynamite type. Above
it is a small jar of sulphuric acid. Teeth,
working ,on levers, surround this jar. The
When a
ship strikes the mine, one or more of the
levers are pressed in. The teeth crush
the jar. The sulphuric acid drops upon
the main charge and explodes it.
follow me?" ‘

“I’ll follow you as far as the front
door,” said the politician balefully. He
rose.

“If they charge were in a chair, in the
cusion of an easy chair, we’ll say, on the
third ﬂoor of a house -in Brooklyn——

The Honorable William Linder sat down
again. .He sat heavily.

“-¥—t11e problem would be smnewhat
different. Of course, it would be easy
to arrange that the ﬁrst person to sit
down in the chair would,_by his own
weight, blow himself up. But the ﬁrst
person might not be the right person, you
know. Do you still follow me?”

The Honorable William Linder made a
remark like a ﬁsh.

“Now, we have, if you will forgive my
professional tinethod,” continued Average
Jones, ”a chair sent to a gentleman of
prominence from an anonymous source.
In this chair is a charge of high explos-
ive and above it a glass bulb containing
sulphuric acid. The bulb, We will assume
is so safeguarded as to, resist any ordin-
ary shock of moving. But when this
gentleman. sitting at ease in his chair,
is noticed by a trombonist, placed for that
purpose in the street below ”

“The Dutch horn—player!” cried the
politician. “Then it was him; and I’ll——”

“Only an innocent tool,” interrupted
Average Jones, in his turn. “He had no
comprehension of what he was doing. He
didn’t understand that the vibration
from his trombone on one particular note
of the slide up the scale—as in the chorus

 

' of Egypt—would shiver that glass and set

off the charge. All that he knew was to
play the B-ﬁat trombone and take his
pay."

“His pay?" The
the politician's lips.

question leaped to
“Who paid him?”

“A—man—named—er —~ Arbuthnot,”

drawled Average Jones.

Linder’s eyes did not drop. but a ﬁlm
seemed to be drawn over them.

“You once knew—er—a Mrs.- Arbuth-
not?”

The thick shoulders shivered a little.

“Her husband—her widower——is in
Brooklyn. Shall I push the argument any
further to convince you that you'd better
drop out of the mayoralty race?”

Linder recovered himself a little. “What
kind of a game are you ringing on me?"
he demanded.

“Don’t you think,” suggested Average
Jones sweetly, “that considered as news,
this———"

Linder caught the word out of his
mouth. "News!” he roared. ”A fake
story ten years bid, news? ,That ain’t
news! It’s spite work. Even your dirty
paper, Waldemar, wouldn’t rake that
kind of muck up after ten years. lt’
be a boomerang. You’ll have to put up
a stronger line of blackmail and bluff
than that."

“Blackmail is perhaps the correct word
technically,” admitted the newspaper
owner, "but bluff——there you go wrong.
You’ve forgotten one thing; that Arbuth—
not’s arrest and confession would make
the whole story news. \Ve stand ready
to arrest Arbutlmoi, and he stands ready
to confess.”

There was a long, tense minute of sil-
ence. Then——

“What do you want?"
to—the-point question was
of defeat.

“Your announcement of withdrawal.
I’d rather print that than the Arbulh~
not story."

There was a long silencc. Finally the
Honorable \Villizim Linder dropped his
hand on tho table. palm up.

“You win.“ he doclurcd curtly. “But
you‘ll give me- tln- benclit, in the an—
nounccmcnt. of bad llcnlth cuuscd by the
shock of tho explosion. to cxplain my
quitting. \andcmur‘.’”

"it will ccriuinly make it morc plaus—
ible." :lsscntcd tho ncwspupcr owner will;
a smilc.

Lindcr lurncd on Average Jones.

“Did you (lopc this out, young follow?"
he, dcn'mndcd.

“Yes“

The straight -
an admission

“VV'oll. you've put me in the Down—owl!
Out—Hub. all right. And l'm just curious
enough to want to know how you did it."

"By abstaining.” returned Average
Jones cryptically, “from the best wine
that. ever came out of the Cosmic Club
cellar.”

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-——get one neighbor

tosign the coupon. on page seven
of this issue—tell him his dollar can
come ,anytime before Dec. lst, and
he’ll have the new market weekly
every Saturday.

  

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you—eerwknow 'hnyt'zhing of'sub4 =
”in”. MES-Linder?“ drawled the.

,_ "Huh?" returned the Honorable .Wii-
liam Linder.) startled. '

Do you .

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era, are very busy ,at' this .writing. ..:
are filling their, silos, others Manama
ing beans, plowing for-wheat and'va‘r '

other work that is always donel’atféthis,.
We have not had any"
rain the last few days, but we have had
enough for some time yet. . The soil is in:
Same farmers. .

time of the year.

line shape for fall work.
are selling their grain at threshing time,
but the most are not, for they expect
better prices later. Several
been bought this fall.
pretty hard frosts, the ﬁrst on the night

of Sept. 9th and the second and harden};-

on Sept. 10th. Considerable damage h‘LS
been done but it is not as serious as ha:
been reported by some. Corn has not been

hit very hard. except in the low soils. ’

Beans have been hit quite a bit .harder.
and several ﬁelds that were extra late
have been made nearly a complete loss,
but the majority of ﬁelds have not been
damaged to any extra large extent. .Po-
tatoes have not been damaged. except in
'the low spots. The damage cannot be
estimated. as some ﬁelds have been pargy

.destroyed while others only about half-

a mile away have not been hit at all.
The loss will amount to

time—HG. W. 3., li‘enton. .

VAN RUBEN (East (Wuhan—Chum-
pion grapes-arc being harvested ..this
vweek with Moore's lilzu‘ly i'ollowmg \.y
closely. Cool night;-: causing them'to
ripen very slow.. \VClll'liJiililjf night the
safe in Mattewan postotlice was blown
vopen and about $501.) taken. li‘rost Sun-
day and Monday nights hit. hard on low
places, making cucumbers a short crop.
The markct on
up at 20c for 4—(1L. basket by car lots—~V.
'l‘. (L, Mattawan.

OAKLAND (North (unwrap—We are
having line weather for ﬁtting ground
for wheat. Everybody at it. _'l‘here will
be a good acreage sown. Cannot get
threshing done as thcrc are not enough
machines in the county. A big crop of
oats, a ﬁne crop of corn where frost did
not get it. Not any fruit but apples and
pears, and a light crop oi apples. A good
many silos. have bccn binlt. William
Edgar is just finishing a large “barn in
place of one burned by lightning last

year, George Hams, war Davisburg,
lost a ﬁne barn last \\'cck by lightning,
all of his crops wentﬂld. l<‘.. Clarkston.

OUIGMA\\' (East (ﬁentrai)-—The farmers
are harvesting and threshing. The weath-
er is cold; the soil has plenty of mois-
ture, but backward for being so cold. The
farmers are selling wheat, rye and some

early potatoes. A. number are selling
their stock—ll. A. 8., Sf’lkli‘k.

O’l‘s‘EGO ((Jentrai)—»So1nevfall plow-
ing being done this fall for rye and

wheat. Not much threshing being done
yet. No rain for the last two weeks but
been having frosts for the last three or
four nights; froze the potatoes and corn
and buckwheat in many places. Pas-
tures are poor, many ‘ifarmers are feed-
ing their stock.~——C. A., Gaylord.

CLARE .
the order of the day. The killing frosts
of Sunday night did great harm to beans
and corn, and continued frosts are de-
stroying all the maturity of them, but
few were matured and large acreages
were planted. Mr. Clark is erecting a.
house and burn on his farm. Mr. Ash-
erd is erecting u ccnlc-nt house on his
ranch—4). 8.. Luke.

VAN BURNS (.\'orilu‘asi)———We have
had two frosts and they hurt corn and
late potatoes. Buckwheat and Winter ap-
ples are shy. The land is sand, clay and

gravel. The people are mostly in the -

fruit business around here—J. N. A;,
Breedsvillo.

MON’I‘CALNI (Southwvstern) -—— Glory
be! it is ruining for the ﬁrst time in
nearly cight wcoks. it will be a great
beneﬁt to lliic. potatoes. corn and seed-
ing. Too low it) help beans very much
in this vicinity. We have been waiting
for rain so that we can plow for wheat.
In the meantime we have been getting
some road work done. Nearly everyone
l‘opnl‘ts good crop of oats. Wheat ranges
from very poor to good. Our fair is on
this week. Will try to gct a. better line
on county conditions. \‘Vill be glad to
mukc :1 weekly l‘t‘llill‘t."rl. it}. P._ (‘xrcen-
villc.

S’l‘. (‘LAIR (Mam Central) —- "Farmers
are hastening ilu- cutting of corn and
ﬁlling silos show the frost of Monday
night and Tuesday night. (iruin is not
turning out as good as anticipated. ow-
ins,r in tho dnmngo from hull storms——
H. .l.. Hi. (‘luiit

ISABELLA (Si)llill\\’l‘§tl*liHVlllg FP-
ccn‘..'y mudc 2! trip to S'vuthcrn Michigan
and Northern Indiana. I will say that
the farmers have done their best to "do
their bit“ in fccdi’ilg the nation, but the
crops arc all into on account of the
weuilwr. Nccd a fcw moro weeks of
good wcnlhcr to mature. ’l‘hreshing and
pulling in full crops is tho order of the
day. l4‘urn'u‘rs are in 21 study whether
to fowl the high—priced grain to hogs or
to soil thcm half—finished us the. corn
crop is poor.——VV. D. .l.. Blanchard.

LAPEER (Southwestern)fir—Oats well
taken care of. with wheat threshing near-
ly over and the yield much better than
was expected. Local showers of the last
week improving the pastures wonderfully
and plowing of a largo acreage going on.
Frost did some damage to corn and beans
but not serious. (1. A. S.. Almont.‘

INGRAM (South (Hannah-«Silo ﬁlling
has commenced.
Most beans need ten days or two weeks
to mature. Corn on low
damaged so it. will not mature.
on high ground needs three weeks.

 

Corn

Leslie. . ,

ground was,

  

  
  

 
      
    
   

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hundreds Of '_
thousands of dollars. but not e'ven ap—m
proximate ﬁgures can be given at this

(‘lnunpion grapes opened ..

(Southwest)———Threshing is

Some beans are pulled.) 7

Late. ."
potato vines-were hurt about a quartet.
Some wheat and rye are drilled—B. W.,,

   
    
        
  
  

   
   
  

 


    

 

 

 
  
  

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‘ GRANDMA’S nononnu'rs.
One cup’ milk (Sour if you have it. If sour 1—2‘
teaspoon soda, and 1 heaping teaspoon baking
._ powder. If sweet, 2 heaping teaspoons baklng
powder.) Scant cup sugar. 2 eg s. '1 tea-

spoon nutmeg. 1-2 teaspoon salt. F our enough
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Be Cheerful for John’s Sake

_ HE MOST 'important job a woman has is to

I be cheerful! It’s a great deal more impor-
,. tant than food conservation, regardless of
what Mr. Hoover says! 0f coursefthe best about
.c is that there are few women who can go lIILu
calming and pickling up to‘their ears and be
cheerful too. Their husbands are truly blessed!
It’s a great gift, being cheerful, and one difﬁcult
to acquire. Especially hard is it for the young
mother, new to the Ways of housekeeping and
motherhood, to attend to her multitudinous dut-
ies without occasionally being discouraged and‘
'losing her cheery outlook. It’s mighty hard, and
I speak from experience, to keep one eye on the
baby, one on the present task, and plan the meals
all the same, time. If a person could just go
ahead, one job at a time, the way a man does!
But a woman always has half a dozen things to
do at the same time, and take care of the baby,
too.

After a nerve—racking day, when John comes
home from the ﬁelds, how many of us take our
nervousness and fatigue out on him in a few
well-directed scolding remarks! Consider poor
John. He’s been working all day, perhaps under
adverse conditions too. Of course, he is seldom
bothered with what seems to us extremely petty
things, but he’s a hard worker, is John. He toils
all day long, and back in his brain is the thought
of his home, his wife and his baby. They are
like the shadow of a rock in a weary land to
John. To them he comes home at night as a
child goes to his mother’s lap for rest. Home,
where a cheerful wife awaits him, with a smile
and kiss, where his baby toddles with a joyful
squeal to daddy, and where all the lesser joys of
favorite pipe and book ﬁll him with asense of
comfort and well-being.

By forgetting to be cheerful, youcan mar this
picture for John. If- you meet him with a frown,
and a complaining monolog about the hardness
of your lot, John begins to squirm mentally and
be mighty uncomfortable. Undoubtedly he feels
that you threw yourself away when you married
him, that he is a poor stick, anyway, and he
wishes mightily for riches and plenty to shower
upon you. Anything to smooth out that frown
on your pretty forehead and to make you cheer-
ful! Even the warm kiss of his baby doesn’t

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
  

comfort John. You’ve spoiled his world for him
temporarily.
. Maybe when you’ve realized what you’ve
done, you’ll smile and be cheerful, for John’s
sake!

The Dry Shampoo
(C HAT IS the matter with my hair?”

asked the High School Girl of the Hair-
dresser.

“How often have you been washing it?” asked
the Hairdresser.

“Oh, every week or ten days.
dirty!”

“That’s your trouble,” said the Hairdresser.
“You’ve been washing it too often. Why don’t
you give it a dry shampoo occasionally?”

“I don’t know how,” answered the High School
Girl, “but I’m willing to be shown.”

“Watch me!” the Hairdresser said shortly.

“I’ll use a hair brush with long bristles, as it
”is absolutely important in preparing the hair for
uni-dry shampoo, that all particles or loose dust be
removed before any‘further cleansing process is
attempted. You see, the bristles are stiff enough
to penetrate to your scalp, but they don’t scratch,
do they? They’re not stiff enough for that. Now,
I’ll separate the hair into small strands and

It does get so

 

dust. The brushing also stimulates the circula-
tion of the blood through the scalp. Now, the hair
is ready for the application of the dry shampoo.
“Because you’re such a dear little friend of
mine, I'll give you a recipe for dry shampoo. One
, of the best preparations for this purpose is made
got two parts of powdered orris root and one of
talcum powder. Put this in a box with a perfor-

   
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
 

 
 

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every single hair, then-use the bruish thoroughly;
“Many hair specialists use this ,mixture;

, 3 gills of bay rum; 1 ounce glycerine; 1—4ounce '
carbonate of potash'

1-4 ounce, borax and 1-4‘ ounce
carbonate of ammon . .,

“The horn, potash and ammonia should be
put into the bay rum, and when they are dis-
solved, add the glycerine. Shake well 'so the in-
gredients will mix. Always shake this before
using. The way to use this liquid dry shampoo
is to rub it well over the scalp with a linen cloth
or a. sponge and let it dry in." ‘

“My sister Jane has awfully oily hair,” said
the High School Girl.. » . - '

“Eau de cologne is the best thing for tha ,”
stated the Hairdresser. “Tell her to wet her hair
thoroughly with this liquid, and then to wipe it
off as quickly as possible with a soft' towel before
the cologne has had time to evaporate.” '

“What sort of a dry shampoo are you using
on my hair?” asked the High School Girl.

“I’ll give you the recipe,” said the Hairdresser.

“I prefer this recipe to the one I have given
you:

- 2 ounces lavender water; 1-2 ounce borax; 1 1-2
ounces orange ﬂower water and 1-4 ounce tincture of
cochineal.. .

“It has such a nice clean odor,” said the High
School Girl, as she watched the Hairdresser do
her hair up in soft coils over her well-shaped
head. “MY.,but_my head feels good!”

“You just try the dry shampoo occasionally,”
and the Hairdresser gave the blond locks a dex-
terous twist. “Washing the hair too often dries

" the oils, deprives the hair of nourishment, and

makes it look dry and lustreless. After ‘a while
it falls out. Once in three weeks is often
enough to wash the hair,” said the Hairdresser,
“and then it is often a beneﬁt to let it go another
week or two and use the dry shampoo.”

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Lodgings

I’M kinda lonesome these ﬁne days,
I’ll just have to confess.

Since Pa and I have left the farm,
Things ain’t the same, I guess.

We thought that movin’ into town
Would be just something grand,

But now we’d each give a right arm
To move back to the land.

‘6 AOK to the land!” I’ve seen that
phrase

In newspapers and sich.

I never thought so much of it,

But now, say every ditch

In that old farm we’ve left behind

18 precious ground to me!

Since Pa and I moved into town

Taint as it used to be!

0U see my son got married and

We thought ’twould be just ﬁne
To start him out in better style
Than started me and mine.
So we leased the farm to him last June,
We’re gettin’ old, you know,
We knew right well that our ﬁne boy
Would make the old place go.

E’S doin’ ﬁne, I’m glad to say.
Much better than his dad.

His modern ways sure make the cash,
And I’m awful glad.
I wouldn’t tell him for the world
How homesick we two be.
Wisht we were startin’ out afresh
On timber—Pa and me!

—ANNE CAMPBELL STARK.

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Kitchen Curtains

HE appearance of the kitchen is greatly en-

hanced by pretty white sash curtains but

many women object to them because they
are constantly blowing against the stove, the sink,
the table, or the object nearest them. I learned
of a splendid idea the other day and hasten to pass
it on. Slip heavy dress weights into the heme,
and fasten them to keep them from sliding. The
weights only cost ten cents a dozen, and you can
sew three or ﬁve evenly in the hem of each cur-
tain, depending upon the width of the window,
or the amount of breeze which homes through it.
You will ﬁnd that they will hang down the way
they should after that.

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.say that seventy-ﬁve per cent. of the farmers;

" improvement will cost—Dale R. VanHorn.

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_ Uncle Sam 5 Thrift Thought
l yarn-nan run» MEAT uneven." _ "
Spread the meat ‘ﬂavor- and so economize) on '

the-amount of. meat consumed, says the United
States Department of Agriculture. Here is a
suggest, ion for making a delicious dish from

an inexpensive steak. , “ . _ ‘ - .

. . Mock Duck .

On a round steak cut thin place a stufﬁng of
bread crumbs well seasoned with chopped on-r
ions, butter or other fat, salt, pepper, and ﬂav-
orings such as sage, celery seed, etc.,. if de-
sired. Roll the steak around ’the stufﬁng and.
tie' in, several places with a string. If the steak

.is tough steam or stew the roll until tender. :

before roasting in the Oven. E
If desired the roll may be cooked in a cas- g

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‘serole, in which case a cupful or more of water
should be added.

   

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Draining the Kitchen Sink

AR T00 many of the farm kitchens today
still adhere to the old-fashioned and messjl
practice of tolerating the slop-pail. I dare

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in parts of the country at least, who, altho giving
but a second thought to the purchase of a hun-
dred dollars worth of machinery or a whole herd
of stock would stop in utter surprise if asked .to
spend a few dollars on sanitation about the house.

Few farm houses are thoroughly equipped with
all the modern conveniences, and it is not to be
wondered at, to ﬁnd among those missing, the
bath room. Really, tho, the bath room is as much ‘
of a necessity as is the furnace, or perhaps the
family car. ' - .

But this is getting into another story. What
can be easily accomplished, however, if the slop-
pail does still exist in the kitchen, is to spend
a few dollars for Some pipe and an enameled sink,
and run oh the water as shown by the sketch.
And after the job is done, you will only wonder
why you didn’t do it before. The never-ending
task of emptying slop buckets will be at an end.

If the subsoil of the surrounding
yard is of sand, or of decidedly light
and porous 'nature, the task will conv
sist merely 0f piping the drain to an
old barrel, minus bottom, a few feet
under the surface and let it go at that
But if the '
subsoil is
of a stick)
or non-por-
ous consis—
tency, such "
as clay or'
muck“ oth- "
er measur- '
es will have
to be taken.
A simple
and eﬂ’e'ct-
ive Way is
to sink, say
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three feet
upside-down as shown, and then with a post-hole
digger with an elongated handle, of small gaspipe,
continue the hole for ten or ﬁfteen feet.

The entire hole is then ﬁlled with coarse sand
or gravel, and then connected up as in the former

under the surface,

case. Simple pipe connections from the sink to
the Outlet are best for they do the work and that
is all that is necessary. Moreover, anyone can do
the work in spare time, thus saving the cost of
an experienced plumber. Slope the pipe a triﬂe
from the sink. The pipe will easuy bend enough
to accomplish this.

Particular conditions alter any case, and given
the idea, anyone should be able to install such a
system on any farm, no matter how difﬁcult.

After some years the can will have rusted away,
and the barrel will have become honey-COmbed
with worm-holes, if not crumpled and decayal,
but even then it would be but a small matter to
replace them, for the pipe will still be there.

The next time you are in town just drop into
your local hardware store and get prices on the
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less than ‘a decade
agorefused to pay
its owner the‘°'tax-
es levied upon it.
Today it is one of
the most produc-
tive farms in Liv-
ingston county.

The original farm comprised a
tract of 160 acres of “blow sand." It
’was so light and unproductive ten
ye‘ars ago that it seemedto" blow away
with each Windstorm. The crops
were poor and the buildings were in
perfect harmony‘with their environ-
ment. For three years the farm had
failed‘to pay the taxes levied against
it. The farm had been “cropped to
death” and ﬁnally despairing of \fu-
ture livelihood from the place, the
owner offered it for sale.

Here is Where Mr. R.. C. Reed 0f
Howell became interested in the farm.
He had been farming in Michigan for
more than 30 years but was not en-
joying the best of health at that
time. He had retired in the village

   
  

‘ to take" a long-needed rest, but vil-

lage life for a man who had been ac-
tive all his life upon a farm failed
to content him. As Mrs. Reed puts
it, “he refused to rust out in idleness,”
so he bought the old worn-out farm
for $2,600, a song compared with its
present valuation, in the heart of this
great Holstein cattle district of Am-
erica. Predictions were freely made
that Mr. Reed would soon ﬁnd he had
a “Jonah” on his hands. To the pub-
lic eye itslbarren ﬁelds held no prom-
ise; to Mr. Reed they forecasted a
golden opportunity. Today they are
not only paying the taxes levied upon
them and the interest upon the in-
vestment, but they are also giving up
a neat proﬁt to their owner.

There is no secret connected with
the reclamation work on Fairlawn
Farm, as it is known today. Mr.. Reed
frankly admits that any farmer in
Michigan can “dOctor” up the soil and
make it almost as rich as the virgin
sod which our forefathers turned
with the plowshare centuries ago. '

Vetch sown With rye, and these
crops followed by com and alfalfa,
formed amombination that partly
restored the fertility to the depleted
ﬁelds on Fairlawn Farm. The recla-
mation work was slow. The Vetch
acted as the soil builder. It supplied
the soil with the elements of which
it had been robbed during the years
when crops were raised and every-
thing sold from the farm. When
sown with rye it made an excellent
crop to turn under as green manure;
when out it made an excellent hay
for live stock. As a forage crop on
sandy soil it could not be excelled.
Vetch and rye did much to build up
the depleted soil so that good crops
of corn and alfalfa followed. But all
this was not accomplished by those
two crops alone. Tons upon tons of
barnyard manure were hauled from
the stables in Howell upon the land
in addition to the large quantities
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to consume the crops: The ﬁrst few
years were “lean years.” The only

and pure bred animals. but once after
the land began to regain its fertility,
the earnings began to increase. Only
a few acres at the rear of the farm
remain today to be improved.

Mr. Reed knows beyond a doubt
that the fertility of this soil could
not have been restored without the
aid of the dairy herd or some other
branch of live stock farming. In-
stead of selling the hay and crops oi
the farm, they Were retained, fed to
the farm animals and later returned
to the soil from which they had been
taken. The crops were marketed
through the animals without much
extra work and the soil fertility was
maintained and improved thru the
rich applications of barnyard man-
ure.

Although the rebuilding of this old
farm and the management of anoth-
er‘big farm a few miles away have
kept Mr. Reed pretty busy, it should
not be inferred that his activities
have been conﬁned to the advance-
ment of his own interests alone. Far
from it. Mr. Reed is of the rare type
who ﬁnds the greatest pleasure of
life in making themselves useful to
their fellow-men. As ﬁeld secretary
of the »Michlgan Milk Producers’,
Ass’n, Mr. Reed has rendered a ser-
vice to the dairy farmers of Michi-
gan which they cannot repay in do]-
lars and cents. His greatest ambl-
tion, it seems, is the solution of the
economic problems confronting the
dairy industry of the state, and the
progress that has been made by the
organized producers in securing high-
er prices for their product and better
understanding of their rights by the
consumers has been not a little due
to the efforts of Mr. Reed.

Much more might be said about
Mr. Reed and the motherly woman
who presides over his household, but
we are obliged to respect the quiet

  

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Pipeleos;
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throughout;
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Well Made;
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Easy to
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A fuel.
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Maker.

Part of Casing cut Away to Show Circulation
You cannot go wrong if you submit to us a pencil sketch of the rooms
We will tell you honestly and frankly if we do or do
not think a one register furnace will do the work. We-do not claim that
a one register furnace will heat anything and everythingzbut we do claim,
because we know, that it will heat satisfactorily the great majority of
houses, and if your house is one that can be heated by our one register
furnace you can save money in the ﬁrst cost. You can save money in its
You can save money in its operation.
agent in your vicinity we have an interesting proposition to submit.

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modesty that characterizes the man,
and leave further ecomiums for the
future. Suﬁice to say that Mr. Reed
and his co-workers of the Michigan
Milk Producers’ Ass’n are doing a
work today which will live in the an-
nals of the state’s agricultural his-
tory. For this, if nothing more, they
deserve the highest thanks and praise
of every farmer in the state.

Pompous Lady—“Must I put this stamp
on myself?

Postofﬂce Clerk—”Well, you can if
you like, but it’s usual to put it on the
letter.” .

“Aren't you the same man I gave the
mince pie to?” said the Kansas housewife
sharply.

“No, ma’am, I’m not, and wot’s more,
the doctor says I never will be," answer—
ed the weary one.

Kid-“How did you get the red marks
on your nose, Uncle?"

Thole—“Glasses, my boy.”

Kid-—“Glasses of What?"

Mrs. Alfred :Boulee, of Fountain, has
kept a complete record of receipts and
expenditures for her ﬂock of 98 hens for
a year and ﬁnds that her net proﬁts
amount to 598. Two dozen of the hens
were kept for the purpose of raising
chickens and she raised 130 chickens in
addition to the original flock.

 

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Xavier Barnhart of Riley raised 16
lambs for R. C. Parson of Grand Ledge
this season, the latter paying him $15 per
hundred weight for his trouble. Seven
of the number averaged 121 pounds each.
I ’1‘

Robert Draper of Almont has 11 [—2
acres of cabbage be contracted with the
Almont canning factory. Many of the
heads are 12 inches in diameter now
with a month yet to grow. He cut one
that weighed 7 lbs. He has 70.500 heads
and contracted them for $5 per ton.

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The ﬁrst shipment of cattle by the
North Branch 'Co-operative Company
which was recently organized, was made
last weelo. Satisfactory returns were
made to the shippers. Shipments of cat-
tle. sheep and hogs will be made every
week or two now.

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Supervisor Charles A. Jones of La—
Grange township. near Niles. rim-nil"
sold a bunch of 82 hogs, averaging around
““0 pounds each. He sold them in Chl-
(-ago and received for them 18 1-2 cents
a pound, or a total of $2,900. This will
be one of the record sales for any one
farmer to make this year in Cass Coun—
ty. Mr. Jones has over 4,000 bushels of

Wheat on hand to sell, when Hm price
suits him and will have a big corn crop
if the “rather proves invm'ablt- from

now until October 1.
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Fred Smith. a Burnside township farm-

er says: “Prices for everything are all
out of reason, but. 1 remember when all
commodities were just as unreasonably
low. T once sold a man twenty bushels

of potatoes and charged him seven cents
per bushel and he kicked like a steer—
said he could get them for ﬁve cents any
place.”

o e e

W. K. Miller of Almena, recently un-

loaded a car of 20,000 cans to be used in
canning the crop of tomatoes which he
is growing. Mr. Miller has been doing
home canning for several years. Mr.
Miller contracted his tomatoes early in
the spring. He says he has no trouble
in selling farm products this season.

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As a result of a petition signed by 500
workingmen and presented to Prosecut-
ing Attorney Green the “Milk Trust" of
Sault Ste. Marie, is to be investigated
by a grand jury. The Milkmen’s asso-
ciation here advertised that its members
have agreed to advance the price of milk
from 10 cents a quart to 12 1—2 cents or
from 5 to 7 cents a pint, giving the high
cost of feed as the reason.

    

The Co-operative Creamery. which has

been in existence at Coopersville for
about a quarter of a century, ceases its
existence, It will be operated hereafter
by the Coopersville Condensed Milk Com-
pany, a $400,000 corporation which is
making extensive improvements.

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W. D. Jones, county agricultural agent
for Cass county, has brought into that
county 225 bushels of Red Rock Wheat
for fall seeding.

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The farmers in the vicinity of Tekon-
sha not only do (nu—operative shipping
of farm products of all kinds, but also
conduct a co—opcrative retail store for
the sale of merchandise.

as a a:

E. Kunzman & Son of 'Barryton sold
a span of nice two—ycar—old colts last
week to Floyd Johnson. The price, too,
was just as good as the colts as Mr.
Johnson handed over $325 in exchange
for them. The colts had been thoroly
broken.

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An extensive addition has
to the Farmers" Co—opcrative
at Alto. The growth of its business
since its organization mod». it impera-
tive that its grain capacity be enlarged
to care for bumper grain crops now
being threshed about Alto.

been built
Elevator

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Secretary C. H. Kiplinger of the Square
Deal (Jo—operative Association at Char—
lotte. made the following statement thru
a. local newspaper last week that is ap-
plicable to any community where farmers
are not marketing their live stock co-
operatively: “A farmer living near Bat—
tle Creek sold ﬁve fat hogs weighing
about 280 pounds each to a buyer on
August 28th for $13.25 per hundred-
weight. This is $3.08 a hundredweight
less than hogs shipped with the Square
Deal Company the same week netted. A
co-operative associatir'n in this man’s lo-
cality would have saved him $43.12 on
ﬁve hogs. Deals of this kind are what
cause the farmers to organize."

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The Sixty—ﬁfth Congress recently pass-
ed a harbor and river bill in which an
appropriation of $100,000 was made for
improvements to Harbor Beach harbor;
The proposed improvements will greatly
augment the farmers' shipping facilities
in this district. The appropriation will
be spent in closing the north entrance ‘
and dredging two hundred acres of the
harbor to the depth of 23 feet. The area
in the harbor at present having a depth
of 19 feet is a. little over 72 acres.

  

 
  
  
 
 
 
 
   
    
  

 

 
 
 
     
   
     
  
 

 
  
    
 
 

    
    
     
    
   
        
        
     
    
    
     
        
 
     

 

     
         
   
 
 


     

 
    

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Michigan !

Can you afford a risk like that?
of your savings and mortgage your farm.

livery day one reads of automobile ﬁres, on the
road, in transittor in a public or private garage or barn.
Is your machine protected or if it were burned to-day
would you have to give up the proﬁt and pleasure you
will get from it the coming summer and fall?
Every day-one reads of automobile thieves and
u . . ,, . . . .
Joy-riders. Not only are the CItIes infested With these

parasites, but the small towns and even the farmers are
being molested.

completely wrecked.

WHY RUN THESE RISKS WHEN OUR MUTUAL INSURANCE PROTECTS?‘

At a small cost, we have provided for Michigan automobile owners living outside the cities of
DetrOIt and Grand Rapids a complete policy which protects against Fire, Theft and Liability.
_ 28400 owners, like yourself, have banded together for their mutual protection—our assets have
Increased to $65000 and Io—day over 400 agents in Michigan alone are. ready to answer your call.

YOU KNOW THE MEN BEHIND THIS COMPANY

All are substantial business men and business farmers, who
are responsible for the successful conduct of this company
during the three years of operation. All claims are met
promptly, we have already paid over two hundred and ninety.

You can figure HOW Low the Cost would be on Your 'Car

Think of this protection, ﬁre, theft and liability for 25 cents
per horse power plus One Dollar for the policy. No farmer
in Michigan is rich enough to drive an automobile and assume
the risks which we are willing to take for him at this small cost-

The Important Thing Is—DON’T PUT IT OFF!

Everyday our agents write of men who have “put off gettin’
insurance" just a day too long, we can’t help you after the
accident happens, unless you are protected by our policy.

Somewhere near you is a man who represents our company,

he is anxious to get your car protected—if you know who our
agent is. get in touch with him right away 1» Don’t put It
Off and be sorry for years .to come. ;.

TELL USTHE NAME AND NUMBER OF YOUR CAR
ON A POSTAL CARD TODAY—:LET US TELL YOU HOW
LITTLE CITIZEN' MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE COSTS!

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NO FARMERO CAN AFFORD » '
TO DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE  
my; LIABILITY INSURANCE!

VERY day one reads in the papers of automobile accidents. Some day it will happen
A child runs out from behind a wagon—F—too quick for'you to, dodge or put on

your brakes—you push back to pick up the little body, perhaps only a leg is broken—per—
haps worse, of course you must pay for the doctor and hospital bills and your liability is still more, $5000 has
been awarded the widow of a man killed byan automobile, right here in

A risk that might take every dollar

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ASSESSMENTS

The success of a mutual company
depends upon the promptness with
which its members pay their assess-
ments. g Each member who joins signs
an application that he will be govern-
ed by the by-laws and Charter and
pay all just assessments. ,

'The ﬁrst assessment levied by this
Company was in January, 1917, with-
in sixty days of time notices were sent
out about $60,000 was collected thru
the mail. This response indicated the
willingness of each member to per-
form his obligations, and an apprecia—
tion of the low cost of insurance.

This assessment has also provided a
reasonable reserve of $65,000 and with
new business coming In of ﬁve hun—
dred new members per week, the Com-
pany is enabled to pay many claims
each month and has sufﬁcient funds in
sight to anticipate the needs of the

”a“ CANCELLATION

Members may withdraw at any time
by sending in their policy to the Sec-
retary, properly signed on the back and
paying the amount due at the time.

If the policy is sent before the as-
sessment is levied. no charge is made;
after the assessment is levied, it is the
duty of each member to pay his as—
sessment before cancellation.

The Company also reserves the right
to cancel a member, but after a loss
has been presented, it is their duty to
ﬁrst adjust the loss before cancellation.
The above rule protects the member
as well as the Company, and is fair

‘0 3‘" POLICY covnns
Fire. Theft, and Liability in excess

or $25 up to $1,000, and liability insur-

ance in excess ,of $25 up to 85,000.
By liability is meant damage claims
presented against the owner of the
car either for personal injury or pro-
perty damage; it does not mean dam-
age to your own car or to the people
riding in the car.

 

 

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