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the, Department of Agriculture, the American people are be:
__ ingtaught 'the) ,food value of milk and its products, for the
“j "purpose ofstMulzitingcdnsumption. As has previously been pointed

5 out; in these ~columns‘,‘~,e§rlierlfill-advised conservation propaganda
f:—;;,_oi:'- theUi S; Food Admiﬁistr'aﬁon had brought about‘ia very notice-

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or say products and placing the, great dairy industry in jeopardy.
mmgmryfthose interested in the ‘upbuilding- of the dairy in-

d 5,1fo;.¥;th§-i.FdOd-ﬁdhﬁnistration the need of,

manybuﬂ’etins‘ have been issued by this Department, and many
educational demonstrations given by the ﬁeld workers of the De-
partmentbf'Agriculture, in order to correct if possible the erroneous
impression existing in many people’s minds that dairy products
should- be religiously conserved. It is upon the request of the Food
Administration that we reproduce on this page a fac simile of some
of the bulletins that have been issued. We are very glad, indeed,
to lend our" columns to extend the publicity of any constructive ef-
forts that iare put forth ”by the Food Administration for and in be-
half of our farmers. (Continued on Page 5)

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in emcee or the. actual“ number. 3 Thereglstrylto‘
. _ , The war depart-
ment acknowledges that fully 200,000 youths had

Iflenllsted in various branches of service prior to the
passage of the new registration. acyand therefore

ﬁnds the total ﬁgures satisfactory. The 1918’re-
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Alabama . . . . .15,858 Nevada ........... 561
Arizona ..... . . . .' 1,8 5 New Hampshire 2.770

'Arkansas ..... . . . .13,208 New Jersey .’ . ..... 20,574
California . . . . . . .. .18,834 ‘New Mexrco ...... ,674
Colorado ......... 6,923 New York ....... 69.629
Connecticut ....... 10,380 N. Carolina ’
Delaware ......... .43 N. Dakota 5 08
Dist. Columbia. . . . 2,022 Ohio ............ :43,540
Florida ........... .380 Oklahoma
Georgia .......... 1 6,715 Oregon ........... ,7 0 1
Idaho . . . . ....... 2,78 Pennsylvania ..... 63.237
Illinois ........... 44,842 Rhode Island ...... 3,849
Indiana .......... 20.093 S. Carolina ...... 10,776 '
Iowa ...... . ...... 18,032 S. Dakota' ......... 5,19
Kansas .......... 13,122 Tennessee ........ 18,153
Kentucky ........ 18,626 Texas ........... 34,256
Louisiana ..... . 13,819 Utah .............. ,05
Maine ............. ,20 Vermont ... . . . . . . .2.354
Maryland ......... 10,428 Virginia .......... 15,788
Massachusetts 24,909 Washington . . ..... 7,70
Michigan, ......... 5,799 W. Virginia ...... 11,522
Minnesota ........ 21,029 Wisconsin ........ 20,599
Mississippi ....... 12,071 Wyoming ......... , 31
Missouri .... . . . 25,608 ......—
Montana. ......... 4,255 Total U. S. . . . .744,865
Nebraska ..... . 9,875 .

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Uncle Sam's war machine is consuming more
dollars right now than taxes and loans have been
able to supply. As a consequence, Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo ﬁnds himself short of sum!
cient cash to meet all obligations maturing during
the next four months. He has accordingly an-
nounced that another liberty loan will be launched
for the purpose of raising six billion dollars. The
issue will be spread over a period of four months,
beginning June 25th and ending October 25th.
Bonds will be offered in blocks of $750,000,000
every two weeks. The bulk of this issue will go to
the banks which are asked to subscribe 5 per cent
of their monthly resources. Additional tax cer-
tiﬁcates to the amount of 2 billion dollars will
probably be offered to the general public some time
during the summer.

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Sentiment for national prohibition for the period
of the war continues to expand in both houses of
congress, and it requires no especial foresight to
foretell the passage of some kind of legislation
tending toward that end before the present con?
gress adjourns. Dry leaders, typical among whom
are Senator Jones of Washington, and Rep. Ran-
dall of California are determined that the waste
of food stuffs in the manufacture of alcoholic
beverages shall cease and they will press any leg-
islation to bring about nation—wide prohibition.
Incidentally, the Randall amendment to the agri-
cultural appropriation bill denying the appropri-
ation of $6000,000 for food production purposes un-
til the President had used his poWer to prohibit
the further use of grains in the manufacture of
beer and wines, has been rejected by the senate
committee. The Jones amendment, however,
which provides for “bone dry” prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of all intoxicating liquors,
has met with a favorable reception from the com-
mittee and a lively scrap is looked for when the
matter comes up for ﬁnal determination. The
President docs not believe that congress should
hold up important bills by attaching
riders that bring about endless debate
and delay. He believes that if the na-
tion wants prohibition, the best way
to get at the matter is a straight out-
and-out bill provided for the purpose.
The dry advocates believe, however,
that the conservation of foodstuffs
now being used in the manufacture of
drink should properly be discussed,
along with measures providing for the
increased production of these foods.
Undaunted by the rejection of his
earlier amendment, Rep. Randall has
introduced a resolution calling on the
food administration to report to the
house the quantity of foodstuffs used
in the production of alcohol for the
manufacture of explosives and muni-
tions. “It is prOposedby this resolu-
tion,” Mr. Randall said, “to develop
the fact that vast quantities of food
material is uSed for this purpose, all
of which might be avoided by exercis-
ing the power granted in the food
control act of last year to commandeer

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For Week natal... June 11,, ' ,

 

New Englandé-Boston: General showers of much

beneﬁt and very favorable conditions continue. Grass -

good; excellent prospects for. hay crop. Planting gen-
erally completed. Corn and potatoes under cultiva-
tion in central and south portions. Tobacco setting
completed. Strawberry and/cherry picking begun in
south. ‘
Pennsylvania.—-—Philadelphia: An ideal week for
ﬁeld work; soil generally in ﬁne condition and vegeta-
tion of all kinds growing rapidly. Rye harvest Will
begin in southern counties last week in June; wheat
first week in July;'central counties one week later.
Wheat heads long and ﬁlling well. Oats promise net-
ter than average crop. ”l‘fruck crops ‘and gardens ex-

cellent. /

Iowa.———Des Moines: Excessive rains close of last
week in about 15 central counties caused‘erosion of
hillsides and overﬂow of lowlands, damaging crops
about 5 per cent and destroying bridges costing hun-
dreds of thousands. Latter part of week favorable;
much cleaning out of weedy com. All crop growth
excellent, much better than year’ago.

Indiana—Indianapolis: All crops made excellent
progress, and outlook continues very favorable; but
oats, truck, potatoes, 'and tobacco in the south need
rain. Insects numerous. Clover cutting in south;
alfalfa in north. Corn made excellent growth; color
good; ﬁelds generally clean;
ished.
threshing rings.

Ransom—Topeka: Warm, sunshiny, growing wea-
ther with sufﬁcient moisture, made material improve-
ment of all crops. Wheat ﬁlling well and maturing
under ideal Conditions; harvest begun southeast and
will begin by June 24 in Pratt, Ellsworth and Atchine
son counties. Oats headed short, but improving; har-
vest will be approximately one week later than wheat.
Corn made best growth of season, but still somewhat
backward; ﬁrst cultivation ﬁnished and ﬁelds clean.

New Yorke—Ithaca: Weather comparatively cool,
but favorable for work; grains and grasses. Timely
showers very beneﬁcial. :Wheat and rye developing
rapidly. Corn and potato planting nearing comple-
tion and condition ﬁne. Bean planting continues.
Peas podding heavily. Tomato acreage larger than
average. Strawberries excellent and picking becom-
ing general. Cultivationbof crops progressing rapidly.
Plowing for buckwheat egun.

0hio.——Colu.mbus: Weather ﬁne; all crops in ex-
cellent condition, well cultivated, and growing rapid-
ly. With 10 to'14 days in advance of normal season;
turning in northern counties; harvesting begins in
Pike county coming week, and in Seneca county be-
tween 15th and 20th, if laborers can be secured. Hay
crops and pasturage unusually ﬁne. Cutting alfalfa
progressing rapidly in western counties; Rye ready
to cut in Seneca county June 18. Apples generally
good; other fruits fair.

lilinois.4pringﬁeldz Temperature moderate; sun-
shine ample; although good showers fell in parts of
the state many localities need rain. Condition of
corn, grasses, and grains good to excellent. Corn is

mostly planted and cultivation well under way, but

ﬁelds weedy in sorne sections. Oats heading. Clover
and alfalfa being cut. Fruits satisfactory; cherries
being picked. June harvest dates, wheat, Shelby
county 21st, Adams, 24th; rye, Kankakee 28th: oats,
Saline, 25th.

\Vashingtom—Seattle: Crops have st6od dryness
and heat well, but begin showing effects. Some winter
wheat blossoming. Early sown spring wheat began
heading on short straw; late sown somewhat thin,
spotted, and weedy; needs rain badly. Barley head-
ing. Rye and oats doing well. Meadows rather short.
Ranges drying up. Unsprayed apples injured by
pests. Beneﬁcial rain Sunday night in western sec—
tion. Replanting some early potatoes, corn, and much
beans.

California—San Francisco: High temperatures in-
jurious to wheat, barley, and oats, which are ma—
turing too rapidly; harvesting general; crops uneven;
early sown good, late sown poor; much out green for
hay. Alfalfa cutting continues; crop good. Ranges
badly need rain; stock still in good condition. Pota—
toes, truck crops, beans, sugar beets,,corn_ rice, and
cotton doing well. Cherrries, apricots, peaches and
strawberries maturing rapidly. Grapes promising.
Oranges setting heavily.

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superbly as the crack veteran French, ”69,298

provided she may pocket the Congo State.

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the ﬁnest lighting

side them, dis is ing all
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ness,~vin-itiative and resource.
do even "greater things than were

them,” This account coming as it does from
British ofﬁcers of high rank, we stay-ahhomes

f should‘feel justly proud of “our own” despite the

fact that it'does not come as a surprise to. “S for

   

we ”have always 'known‘that they would meet the-

acid test.
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Here are the latest, Pan-German Peace Terms
as outlined by the KreunZeitung, ,one of the lead-
ing junkerist organs: (1) British navy» must be
reduced to maritime police service. (2) Gib-
raltar, Singapore. Aden and Malta must be ceded
to an' “international council,”' ' (3) Guarantees
against economic boycotts againstGermany.

many under/most favored nations terms. {5)
All German colonies must be restored. In return
for all this Germany would be prepared accord-
ing to the Kreuz Zeitung, to retire from Belgiqulni

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paper describesthis “on the whole a quite :nod-
est progress.”
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More than a million American men will be in
the service in France in the near future, declared
Secretary of War Bakerxin an address to 137 grad-
uates of the U. S. military academy. Supplement-

ing his recent announcement in Washington that

U. S. troops “exceeding 700,000 in number” have

disembarked on French soil. the secretary told '

the cadets, "it is not. unfair to speculate that we
will shortly pass the million mark." It is quite

evident, judging from preSent authentic reports,,

that Mr. Baker’s promise of a short time ago

that we would have a million across before the

end of this summer, was based-on substantial

facts. . . ”
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The streets of New York have been darkened
for a number of days as a. precautionary measure
against possible air raids. While this. move on
the part of New York is being ridiculed here and
there, it is well' to bring home the fact to some of
the so-called gentlemen of leisure, tea parlor
idols, lounge lizards and tin-horned sports who
habitually infest the Great White Way, that we
are engaged in a mortal combat, which .is daily
taking on more serious proportions, and that it
would be the part of wisdom for them to make
a decision darned quick to do some form of use—
ful work before the “work or ﬁght” measure be-
comes operative.

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Possibilities ’of an allied expedition to help Rus-
sia through Archangel. on the Arctic ocean were
discussed several days ago, in important allied
quarters. Representations of U. S. state and war
departments have apparently convinced the allied
leaders who believe the eastern front must be
reestablished that the Siberian project, involves
insuperable- difﬁculties. The consent of Russia
is a prerequisite to intervention from the U. S.
viewpoint. ' . .

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-It is the prediction of congressmen that class-
es 1 and 2 will be exhausted this year, whichfact
prompted Mr. Julius Kahn, ranking republican
of the house military affairs committee to discuss
the intention of the administration ~to introduce
at the short session beginning in Dec—
ember, a bill extending the draft age
limits to 18 to 45 years.

NEW ENGLAND FARMERS
FORM NEW WAR COUNCIL

More effectively to organize for war
service and to keep in, close touch with
national developments affecting agri-
culture farmers of New England states
have formed a war council. The Feder-
al Food Administrator in each ofthe
New England states was asked to name
three bona ﬁdc farmers and the neW~
ly formed organization is an outgrowth
of a conference of these delegates. It
is known as the New England Farmers
War Council and has chosen as its
president E. S. Brigham of Vermont,
who is also a member of the Agricul-
tural Advisory Commit-tee, a national
committee of farmers which meets at
Washington from time to time to con-
fer with oﬂlcials of the Department of
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England farmers. Other ofﬁcers of
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‘ﬁerial welfare of the men who will some day be
mustered out of military service. .

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good ﬁght and defended the country’s honor.

filled by others. wa quickly and completely
this has already been done during the present con-
ﬂict may best be appreciated. by, a visit thru some
of the nation’s tetories'
men are now engaged at skilled mechanical taper,

A» '; ﬁlling Satisfactbrily the position of the man" who

has gone to the front. While it is true that many

' ﬁrms are trying to reserwe the. places thus vaca't

",ed "against the return of our armies, it is also
true that by far the majority of positions will be
occupied and the returning soldier must‘look
about for something else to form the foundation
of a new career. .

As Secretary Lane pOints out in his communica- '

‘tion to the President, this prOblem is age- -old, and
' has occcu‘pied the minds of re‘constructionists in
every war period‘from the Gallic down to the pres-
ent time. In most instances governments have
[solved the problem by placing the men on farms
and helping them to make an honest even tho
meager living At the close cf the Civil war the
United States had many frontiers where timbered
lands lay for thousands of miles untouched by
either saw or ploughshar‘e. It was comparatively
easy to ﬁnd a place for every
and'the rapid development of the country is due
’in'no little measure to their heroic efforts.

ed. The billions of acres of rich agricultural land
once held..by the government have shrunk to a
few paltry millions, most of which are either
arid or swampy To bring these lands into a state
of proﬁtable cultivation huge sums of money
must be spent, and Secretary Lane believes that
’the present is the proper time for making plans
toWard that end. - He recommends that an ap-
propriation. be allowed his department for the
making of surveys of all lands that can be re-
claimed for agricultural purposes, to make esti-
mates of the cost of such reclamation, etc., to the
end that when the war is over, the government
willl be able to give its returning warriors intelli-
gent and practical assistance in' establishing
themselves in a new job.

FARMERS ARE URGED TO\ORDER
THEIR FERTILIZERS EARLY

Farmers are urged by the U S. Department of
Agriculture to, place orders at once for fertilizer
needed for fall Wheat. It is very important,'ac-
cording to W. W. Mein, ASsistant to the Secretary
of Agriculture. in charge of the licensing of fer-
tilizer concerns under the food-control act, that
'dedlers and manufacturers know farmers’ needs
as soon as possible, so that orders can be combined
and car space used to the best advantage. Trans-
portation difﬁculties require that freight cars
be loaded to their-rated capacity. Delay in order-
ing, it is said, may result in a repition of last
spring’s experience, when many farmers failed to
feceive their mixed fertilizer and acid phosphate
until after planting time.

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SWIFT & COMPANY: IN “BAD”
/ AGAIN WITH THE GOVERNMENT

Unfair competition methods, undertaken with

the purpose and effect of stiﬂing and suppressing.
competition are charged in a Federal Trade Com-l

mission complaint issued against the Consolidat-
ed Rendering Co., (St Boston, Mass, ' New Haven
Rendering 00., Atlantic Reﬁning Co., and the L.
T. Frisbie Co / The last three companies named
are 1111 Connecticut corporations and are subsidi-
‘ aries of the Consolidated Rendering Co., which is

>oWned by Swift and Co.
' he complaint sets forth that the companies
oond, cting their busipess generally

here thousands 0f wo— 'is certain to lubricate.

I. and odered to purchase raw materials at prices

unwarranted by trade conditions, and so high as

to be prohibitive to small competitors in these .I
areas.

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menus ARE URGED to PLANT

, MORE CASTOR BEANS THIS YEAR

V’In an agricultural bulletin recently issued by

”the American Steel and Wire Company a strong

appeal. is made to farmers to raise castor beans
which are the source of castor oil, the lubricant
used in aeroplanes. Aeroplanes are subjected to

rapidly changinmonditions of temperature which

demands a lubricant that is unaffected by the
cold air of the upper altitudes When noses are
freezing the aeroplane must have a lubricant that
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But now the circumstances are altogetherchang-.

. The» Food Value of Cottage Cheese
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ed the wonderful food values to be
found in a single pound of cottage
cheese, “like mother used to make.” Of
course, we folks 011 the farm eat “dutch”
cheese once in a while, and perhaps we have
a few town friends ‘who relish it, and whose
limited wants we occasionally supply, but
’tis certain there aren’t many farmers who
realize that a single pound of cottage cheese
contains more food value than a similar
agentity of almost any other substance.
ell, 'it‘does, anyway. whether you believe
it 01' not. Analysis and experiments have
repeatedly proven the fact, and now the gov—
ernment is trying to impress it. strongly up-
on the minds of thepeople of the city that
they will eat cottage cheese in place of other
more expensive and less nutritious foods.
no YOU KNO\\'

That in order for a consumer to get the
same food value for money spent in buying
cottage cheese at 12 cents a pound, he would
have to buy sirloin stake'at 17 cents a
pound; eggs at 10 cents per lozen; ﬁsh at
15 cents a pound; oysters at 12 cents per
quart. '

F001) PROPERTIES 01" commune unease:

The food values of things we eat are de-
termined by their content of the following
properties: energy—producing. body-building
health and growth promoting. Comparing
cottage cheese with other foods, with re-
spect to their energy- producing elements
we ﬁnd that

l pound of cottage cheese equals 2 pounds of
sirloin steak.
fOVlllpound of cottage cheese equals 21/ pounds

1 pound of cottage cheese equals 11A pounds

- of ham.

1 pound of cottaoe cheese equals 4 pounds of
ﬁsh.

Comparing body-building
ﬁnd that

1 pound of cottage clicese is
pounds of either oatmeal 01' l): ans

1 pound of cottage cheese is equal to
pounds of sirloin.

1 pound of cottage cheese equals 1.0'pounds
loin of pork.

1 pound of cottage. checsv
leg of lamb.

elements, we

equal to ‘1

1 1,4

equals Li: pounds

1.\' .11un’ron

Cottage cheese and other, dairy products.
contain in the most available form the mys-
terious something which gives tonic to the
tissues of the body and promotes health and
growth. This is not, fo'und in any of the
other foods above-named and recent expert
ments have absolutely proven that humans
as well as animals must, partake of this sub-
stance, as found generously in milk and its
products, and in lesser quantities in leaves
and in certain organs of the body—if they are
to enjoy good health.

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that has been found that will fulﬁll such demands.
The War Department has asked that 200.000
acres of castor beans be raised this year. Castor
beans-sell at from $3.00 to $3.50 per bushel and
northern states produce from ﬁfteen to twenty-
ﬁve bushel to the acre. It will! thus be» found to
be a proﬁtable crop.

Lt is reported that the pinto bean crop of the
Southwest-is being marketed rapidly. 50,000,000
pounds of the crop haying been moved to Néw
York alone up to this date. The Food Administra-
tion has so encouraged the production of this
crop by purchasing the beans at 8 cents per pound-

that it is expected the a *rcug‘c in Texas, New Mex-
; sin, local areas purchased ,

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Orders have been issued for the requisition of
all milk cheese in the United Kingdom

‘The Corn Trade News,
sides a large area under grain the United King
dam will also have a big acreage of potatoes, the
increase in farm plantings in Great Britain be-‘
ing about 25 per cent, which means 150,000 acres
additional, not to mention the larger production
in small allotments and private gardens. A total
of 900,000 acres is now mentioned as possible.

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In response to appeals by Premier Lloyd George
early. in the spring, asking British farmers to in—
crease their potato acreage, every county in Eng-
land, Scotland and Wales shows an increase in
potato planting over the 1917 area. Arrangements
are already made to turn a good part of the sur-
plus into potato ﬂour. The government factory

in Edinburg has already started work.
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In a recent address before farmers, the Portu-
gese Minister of Agriculture discussed plans for
development in the nation's agricultural metlmds
‘and activities. Better agricultural instruction
and the training of women for farm work were ad-
vised. Portugal depends ubsolutely on the products
of her farms, and at least for the duration of the

war most of the work 1.ust be done by women.
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More than a quarter of a million bushels of
wheat have been turned over to the Food Admin~
istration from the Mormon wheat store-houses in
Utah. which are now being swept clean for the
ﬁrst time in more than :30 years. This represents
the enormous reserve supply built up under the
tithing practice to protect the people against any
emergency. After each bane est the (11111111 mem-
bers who are farmers (outiibute one- tenth-oi their
production to provide seed for future crops and
as insurance against famine.

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Extreme scarcity of concentrated animal feed
in England has resulted in the establishment of
livestock rations which are now in effect on the
following basis: Horses for farm work and trans.
poriation may have ten pounds per head daily.
Milch cows not on grass may have a daily ration
of four pounds of feed per head, which is to be
reduced to two pounds after August 1. No concen-
trated feed may be used for feeding sheep, pigs
or cattle other than milch cows. This class of
stOck is expected 10 live on roots, grass, hay and
similar products.

MAINE POTATO ACREAGE NOW
PROMISES TO BE NORMAL

The potato outlook has chau «ll during the past
month. and what earlier in the season looked like
a small acreage has developed into one of average
proportions. Shortage was mainly due to two
reasons, the propaganda for raising wheat, the
high price of commercial fertilizer and the price
of seed. Seed. however, declined and the fertilizer
companies were able to supply their product, the
result being that much more land was put in po»
tatoes than was (:n'dinarily planned. It is estimated
that 80,000 acres have becu planted this Your

Ideal g1 oumg w eather has prevailed ever since
the seed was put in the ground, with the result
that the plants are already having such a start
as will give them a growth that will be very ad-
vantageous as the season progresses. The approx-
imale yield can not even be estimated as yet. as
so much depends upon the weather

BEAN CAKE SUGGESTED AS
’ A FOOD BY JAPANESE MAYOR

Consul A. A. Williamson, at Darieu. .\I:-1m-11uria.
reports: Bean cake. which is produced in large
quantities in South Manchuria. has been regarded
locally as good for little else than fertilizer. The
Manchuria Daily News now suggests its use as
food, stating that Viscount Tajiri. the new mayor
suited to:
the Japanese palate. The Ncu's states that bean
cake costs only one-third as much as rice and con—
tains more nutriment than wheat or barley. To
prepare it for the table the cake is mixed with an
equal quantity of rice—Commerce Reports.

Farmers’ Bulletin, No. 956, issued by the U. S.‘
Department of Agriculture, describes the method
of curing hay on trucks. Farmers living in hu-
mid regions are urged to investigate this method
of curing.

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plan simple and attractive enough to entirely take
the place of the old one.

In many instances, organ-
zations composed wholly of producers are estab-
lishing ware and commission houses in the larger
cities and come as near to providing a practiCal
solution to marketing difﬁculties as any that have
.yet been'evolved. ‘In other instances, state boards
of agriculture, city boards of trade and similar
public service organizations have attempted to
provide a simple medium of barter and exchange
between producer and consumer, With varying

success
One of the newer propositions for simplifying-

the complex marketing problems, is the “communi—
ty marketing" idea, which is being tried out at
the present time in the city of Adrian, Lenawee
county
This mar-
ket was op-
ened April
5, and the
results ob-
tained so
far seem to
have justi-
ﬁed the ex
pectations
of its pro-
meters.

The man-
ager of the
A d r i a 11
Communi-
ty Market
Mr. W. G.
B r a d e 11,
who acted
as mana-
ger for sev-
. eral years
W. G. Branden, Manager of the Adrian Of a Simi-

Community Market lar market
in the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. which has
prOven a most gratifying sucCess. We asked Mr.
Braden to furnish us with a story of the Adrian
venture, which he has kindly done in the follow-
words:

Relative to the Community Market, of. which
the writer is manager, located at Adrian, I beg
to say that it is patterned very much after the
original Community Market at Stillwater, Minne-
sota, where the present manager of the Adrain
Community Market-was the original manager of
the Community Market, and worked with the
same four years previous to accepting the posi-
tion here at Adrian.

Community marketing is a new idea in mar-
keting farm products. This method of marketing
was brought about perhaps more or less through
the many co—operative ideas existing in the state
of Minnesota, however, as it beneﬁts entirely the
three factors making up a community we think
that it is really better than the ordinary co-op—
erative organizations.

The Community Market of Adrian is incorpor-
ated under the laws of the state of Michigan. cap—
italized at $10,000, this stock being made up of
the greater
amount of the stock being taken up by the busi-
ness men.

The main feature Of the market is to have a
place where the producer can sell anything and
everything at any time he. the producer, sees ﬁt
to market the same, and at the same time pay a
reasonable market price for any and all products.
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also has a tendency to satisfy the farmer who

often,‘as perhaps you are aware, and especially
so in towns the size or smaller than Adrian, runs
a chance'of not disposing,of his products when
drawn to town and often has to resort to the

method of returning his products to his farm and .

in most cases where this happens the farmer be-
comes more or less disgruntled, ceases to produce
the product he failed to dispose of‘and at the same

time has more or, lease. grudge against. hisieliim-

The third teeter, the consumer of the common."

'ity, is beneﬂtted by the mere fact that the {under

mental principle laid (him by such a‘ market is - .
,. to sell the products directly, Or as near directly-{w

as practicable to the conshmer, thus eliminating,

as you must know, from one to as many as ﬁvef”
or six middlemen sometimes, and as a rule never.

less than two. At present, oWing to the lack of
experience by the present manager we are unable

to carry this principal out fully, but expect to i
, within a very short time.

At Stillwater, _Minneso~
ta, the manager, owing to his long experience in
the produce business was familiar with the buy-
ing public in general throughout that section of
the country, and could at all times place any and
all products to the dealers and large consumers.
Here we are about to establish a truck line sys-

tern to Detroit and Toledo, and possiblyTCleve- '

land, and when these lines begin to operatethe'n
we expect to carry out this policy of selling di-
rect to the 'dealer and consumer. It is evident
then that in eliminating the middleman and es-
pecially so eliminatingthe dishonest middleman,
that prices will be made cheaper to the consumer,
thus helping in turn the producer and busineSs
men of our cities.

There are so many good features and good ideas
connected with a Community Market that time
and space forbids us at this time to go into the full
details of the story, however, we would be very
pleased to extend to you an invitation to visit
our plant at your convenience and .it would per-
haps be well in line with your policy to come here

and spend a day or two making a direct study of-

our market, its principles,..and its beneﬁts, and

'the writer will take great pleasure in answerng

any and all questions youmay see ﬁt to ask him.
Since April 5th, date of opening the Market,
we have written 575 checks, amounting to up-
wards of $8, 000 00. This amount of farm products
and this the worst part of the season
bad you surely will admit. ~

DEMAOGOGUES OUR WORST ENE-
MIES—LOOK OUT ‘FOR 1:11am:

Farmeis produce food. Food is scarce and dear.
So let us denouce the farmers in a lump. Without
gathering and weighing the facts in the case,
without trying to study out detailed ways of im-
proving production and lessening cost of distribu-
tion—all of which “requiresintelligence, patience
and integrity—~let us go among city wage earners,
who are often not much informed about farming,
and tell them their food is dear because farmers
are rapacious pirates, with no thought but to rub
them of their last penny. Let us stir up hatred
of farmers, clamor for laws against them, set work-
men as a class against farmers as a class, and
thereby capitalize the dearness- of food into votes
fer ourselves.

Of course that would be no way to get more
abundant and cheaper food. Whatever effect it
had would be in the opposite direction. But it
would be exactly the way of the demagogue.

There are plenty of them among us. War, with
all the questionings. doubtings and gropings
toward a better social order which it naturally
provokes, gives them an unusual opportunity
They are the worst enemies the people of the
United States have to deal with inside their own
borders, not excluding German spies. '

Generally you can tell them by their violence,
theii appeals to hatred, their constant effort to
set one part of the people against another part
indiscriminately. Whoever makes a business of
blackguarding a particular section of the country
or a. particular category of citizens is a dema-
gogue.

Because the social mind is deeply stirred, be-
cause we are retrying old propositions, searching
for new values and relationships on a broad scale,
the demagogue is much worse poison than ordin-
arily. Look out for him.—~(Satmday Evening
Post.)

The U. S. Department of Agriculture, in bul-

‘letin No. 930, tells how to market butter; and

cheese by parcel post. The bulletin is illustiaterl
and shoWs the best way to prepare, wrap and
ship these products. Farmers’ Bulletin NO. 922,

entitled “Parcel-Post Business Methods" explains
how a farmer may build up a trade with city con- ~

sumers.

Not so

en entrees are ﬁlling the “ranks in many {it the

competitions that in previous nears have been

patronized exclusively by the men. G W. more
inso'n, secretary-manager of the Michigan State ‘

Fair. is anticipating the scarcity of unoccupier .
men Who in past years have acted as’ guides, judg— .
-es, pages attendants, ticket sellers, gate tenders, “

ushers and 'many other positions during the ten
days? fair, and at the 1918' exposition in Detroit
August 30-Séptember 8 hundreds of young wom—
en will be found acting in these capacities
During the ﬁve years that Mr.Dick1nson has

' been executiVe head of the fair, he has catered- to

he assistance and support of the women and has

effered them every inducement to participate in '

this great state institution. He declares that in
his opinion, no large establishment conducted for-
the education and entertainment of all the peo-
me can be an eminent sucCeSs without the pat—
ronage of the Women. Through the increased
activity of women in all lines of endeavor since
the declaration-of war by ,the United States, Mr. _'
Dickinson will bé able to advance his theory this’
year further than ever ,before.

Women have not been entire strangers to the
State Fair. In formers years they have been par-
ticularly active in the needlework department,
better babies contest, the handicraft and ﬁne arts,
dairy, domestic and poultry departments. The-
iuﬂuence of the Women is partially responsi:
ble for the new $30,000.00 poultry building which
is being erected on the grounds and will be thrown

open for_ the ﬁrst time when the Fair Opens on

August 30.
The better babies contest has grown to such.

\proportions that it has reCeived national 1ecog-

nition and the needlework department is consid-3
ered one of the best exhibits of its kind displayed
in the United States. The women have made
wonderful success of the phases of the Fair they
have taken an active interest in, but this year
their scepe will be widened and they will become
active in many'new features of the exposition.

It is thru his association with women in fair

work that Mr. Dickinson has formed his opinion

of their ability. He asserts that the 1918 Fair
will be the greatest success in the history of the
organization and a large amount of the credit will
be due the women’s increased inteiest
project.

CARSON CITY_BOYS’ AND ,GIRLS’ \.
CALF CLUB SELLS BLOODED STOCK

The Farmers' & Merchants’ State Bank of Cars
son City was one of the few banks of the state-to
lend its support to the boy and girl calf club move-
ment'which started in this state several years
ago. The Carson City Club has been very success-
ful, having a membership of seventeen, and the in-
terest manifested by the members at the instanceas
of organizing has been retained thru the numerous
trying experiences that beset the path of the
youthful calf club enthusiast.

Saturday, June 14th, the seventeen yearling
calves which had been raised by the members of
the club were placed on sale, and the sale was
made the occasion for a gala day in which every-
body took part. State agricultural college leaders.
were present and gave the audience instructive
addresses upon the boysand girls work. and ,urg- -
ed that other clubs be organized in that vicinity.

The bidding for the calves was very active,

'prices on registered stock going up as high as
$250 in several instances.

The calf club movement is doing a great deal:
to give boys and girls a vital interest in farming

and dalryin‘g, and make them mere content

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‘ husbandz’s.l.debtsi~‘at ”all,- as
not: depending 'upon .me

"can Iholdmy 'money, ”and 'how.‘ cah ,4

_ ork tag-get i‘tkbackf, I have gone in
“anal-have d'enended'upon the bay to pay "up
ogbuy c'oal'fbr’my mother for" next Winter, as
ujie'xpectitozbe,.~ca1-ied to war. and wanted to leave
life out of debt. and wanted also to know mother
" s" .;6vided with fuel'ifor next -winter.-—A Sub-

mbag 93mm (my, Michigan. ~ _
5}"From the statement made I believe the. young

anv'haalgbeen defrauded out of the money, as
ithef heinor his'mpthe'r is responsible for the
p-Iath’er,’s debts. . Not even though his mother
gnedi‘th’e note. His mother would not be liable
L r her‘husband’s, debts even though she Signed
“a note agreeing to pay it. Under such circum-

" stances the law presumes she is" acting under co-

gercion;r—-—W. E. “Brown, Legal Eaten. ,

Fisheries 1.48.81, COMPILED LAWS ,-
Ti" OF 1915 GIVES STALLION LAWS

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*1 law in regard to “scrubs.”

"collection of fees? My marewas bred June 15,
“1916,73“ I sold her with the understanding "that
' theimyer waste pay-for the colt. Can they come
In advertising the stallion
,there is nothing said about collection of fee in
oasei‘the ‘mare is disposed of. _ The. stallion was a

can the owner charge feeillegally?

Isn’t the colt holden for the fee, whileif I pay
:thofee. I have noyhold on the colt?-—W. W. De-
W, -Michigan. , ,

The. law is fOund in Compilbd Laws of 1915 at

t _ Section 14881 and following: The ,liengiven by‘
the law is found'in) Section'14889’ in full. If thh‘
.: «”0199? of the stallion could not collect his pay

“under“the/ lien, he may look to the’ ownér in the

ﬁrst instance for the bill. Section 14885 gives the
' If the law of that sec-
tion Was violated. theowner could not collect his
fee in my opinion. Ask the prosecuting attorney
to let you see a 'copy of this law.—W. E. Brown,
_ LegalgEditor. -

‘ manna WISHES TO HELP -
‘ "NEW TAX PROPOSAL ALONG

' 1 Will you‘ please let me know Where to get the
new site-value literature so If can help push it
along?—'—E. J. Ellsworth, Michigan. ’
" ‘ Mr. Judson Grenell of Waterford, Midhigan, is
“secretary of the Michigan Site Value Tax League
which “is Sponsoringthe proposed changes in our
tax laws. He will be glad to send complete lit-
eraturelto any

{geod werk‘ along.

so FEDERAL RULinG PROVIDING
' cONSIlME-Rs BU SUGAR BY CARD

,An Alma: subscriber recently went tO‘ his grocer

tobuyxsome sugar. The ,d‘eal'errequired him to“

£~p‘urchase 4 ‘a~~eardt- shOWing':the amount "of sugar“
bought, on the grounds that the’g'owe‘rnment had
passed such a law. Our-subscriber denied that
‘ Iron. a ruling had been madeL.’1tn argument on-

ed, Our subscriber appealed to: lie; wé~appealed~_
the state Food.~ Administrator.'who ‘advised as.“

H; "the“ United States or gas salsa a
latch i‘equl cart-he consumer-to haves sugar
in ‘ in? '

scrub and he had no license for him. In that case

-' farmer who desires to help the

a ct; cottage cheese, as : ‘3'

down ’onﬁpage three ‘of this"‘issue,ﬂj

. oped-that peeple can be educated

‘er-‘iusafNot only would an increased consumption

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,f‘"i-..;ys.mjakking‘before'the" National Milk and Dairy

_-Far§m;Exposition at New YOrk City, May 23rd;
Mr; Herbert 'C.~.~Hoover, discussed the international

. { milksituation exhaustively. “He did not, however,
I: acknowledge that any Of the blame for the lessen-

” 6d use of the dairy produce belonged to the Food

Administration. (On the_ contrary,“"he believes

"that the higher cost of milk resulting from the
organized dairyme’n’s demands was the immediate

, and'.most important cause of the falling Off in
"consumption. ,_;He says: “The poorer sections of.
the community spent the same s‘um on milk and
tack less: a quantity. There was thus the heart-
breaking reactiOn of diminished milk feeding of
our own children. That has been more or less
overcome. by propaganda in these sections as to
.the necessity of milk for children. This has led
to a larger consumption. I am informed that it
is now again about normal to all—foods for the
little ones.”

These efforts to popularize dairy products as
necessary articles of iced have had theco-opera—
tion in many instances of state dairymen’s asso-
ciation. The proposal advocated by some of the
leaders-inthe industry that those interested in
its ultimate success Should advertise the merits
of their commodity in the same manner as other
manufacturers has only recently met with any
serious consideration. Some farmers of the old
school, apparently unable to understand the chang-
ing conditions which would make such a move
advisable, have opposed the suggestion, but others
have given their enthusiastic support.

Conspicuous among the latter are the members
of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass'n, the sec-
retary of which. Mr. R. C. Reid, has long been
an adivocate of such a movement. Thru the efforts
of this association, and with the co—operation of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, an advertis-
ing campaign setting forth the food value of dairy
produce, has been in progress in the city of De-
troit for several weeks. Prof. D. L. James, of the
bureau of markets, has had charge of the cam-
paign and has been assisted by Prof. H. C. Troy,
professor of dairy husbandry of Cornell Univer-
sity. These two gentlemen have been devoting
their attention -to the marketing difﬁculties ob-
taining in the city, while a number of assistants
have been promoting the educational work among
the consumers.

The campaign in Detroit has not been conﬁned
to the boosting of milk sales alone, but of cheese
as well, and particularly cottage cheese. Speak-
ing to an M. B. F. representative, Prof. Troy said:
“We ﬁnd that most Of the cottage cheese on sale
in Detroit is of very poor grade, unpalatable,
sloppy and half sour. You could not expect con-
sumers to be moved by any plea to eat more of such
stuff as I have eaten at some of the restaurants.
And so the primary concern with us has been to
better the quality before trying to sell the product.
To do this we have had two expert cheese makers
working in the creamery plants for the past two
weeks instructing the local cheese makers how best
to utilize their skimmed and oﬁ-grade milk in
order to make good, tasty cheese. We have found
the creamery people very anxious to cooperate
in these educational efforts. and we hope thru
"them to materially better the quality of Detroit
cottage cheese.” . ,

Having thusesta-blished a standard quality pro—
duct, the next step is t0wgain the ear Of the house-
wives of the city to Show them how valuable a
food the product is. This has been accomplished
withbut diﬂiculty in Detroit, thru Miss Edna

Randall of the Department of'A'griculture, who.

has been conducting a series of cottage cheese de-
" monstratiens in which she shows how to make
twelve different ”foods from ' that ' commodity.
Miss Randall’ﬁrst established a class, among the
domestic science students of the city who. learned
how to conduct the demonstrations and these in

f,_turn"fhave Lheld,’ other demonstrations, before the
a wome‘ufs'. clubs. ."In‘tliis manner thousands of_De-
"troit SWum‘en Who "n'eVer before knewfof theyfood

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provides market for millions of gallOng of skim'7

milk that now go to waste.

As to the effects of this advertising campaign '-

into itsgreat-A ” "

instimulating the demand for dairy produce,’

no ﬁgures are yet available. The strike of the milk ‘
.drivers has interfered somewhat with the calcula-

tions. It is generally predicted, however, by those
who have watched the effects of similar campaigns
in other cities, that there will be a quickened de-
mand for these commodities, and that as people
learn from their own experiences how best to

utilize these products in their daily meal, the de—

mand will grow to large proportions.

The producer may not for the time being at
least realize the (results of these merchandizing'
efforts. There is a surplus of both whole and skim
milk for which a market must be found. When,
the consumption ﬁnally meets up with the supply,
as it is believed it eventually will, the farmer
Should quickly notice the difference, and an en-
lightened public will provide a stable and largely
augmented demand for milk and its products, re-
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THE PUBLISHERS DESK

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY—Some recent letters
and talks I have had with men and women in
widely separated walks of life leads me to wonder
who. after all, is right in this universal problem
Of whether or not to buy and spend during these
war times. A good Detroit friend of mine, E Le
Roy Pelleitier, who by the way, has one of the
most attractive farms in Oakland county, one of
the few city farmers’ farms that actually pays
its own expenses and more, asks pointedly in a
recent article, '

“Are you practicing false patriotism? By that we
mean, are you one of those misguided persons who,
in the ‘name patriotism, are trying to stop the wheels
of commerce?

How are we going to pay for this war—~for our part
in it? Why by loaning Uncle Sam all the money we
can from our earnings. By Income taxes and by Ex-
cess Proﬁts tax—the presumption being that some
will reap excess proﬁts during the war.

Very well then—is it no the truest form of patriot-
ism to keep the wheels of commerce revolving—~to
keep the ﬁres burning under the factory furnaces—40
buy and sell and loan and borrow and in every legit-
imate way keep money in circulation more than ever
before?

It doesn’t matter which citizen buys the Liberty
bond so long as someone advances the money to Uncle
Sam. Nor is that money locked up for “the duration
of the war." It will return almost immediately to cir-
culation in the form of wages. Uncle Sam doesn’t
want that money to keep, but to Spend.

Keep it moving !"

This question and friend Pelleitier’s reason-
ing came like a cold bath to some "very prominent
citizens who are preaching the doctrine of “wear
the old suit,” “stop Spending—saving will win the
war," etc., like Frank Vanderlip, who is at~the
head of the government’s war saving stamps move-
ment. So here is the test of your reasoning and
mine. Frankly I am inclined to agree with the
theory that it is not going to help sell more Lib-
erty Bonds and savings stamps, if we stop buying
of the jeweler, the milliner and the clothier. The
farmer who stops buying those things which in
normal times he would purchase for his family
and thus helps to close these stores in his nearby
mum is surely detracting from the value of his
farm and lessening the buying power of his near-
est market for perishables.

So there must be a happy medium between these
two extremes for the man who says “don’t spend a
cent for anything but bare necessities, so we
won’t lose the war,” and the man who says “spend
and keep America prosperous so'we can go over
top with ﬂying colors!” We must each decide
for ourselves. Everything we buy is high in
price, therefore everything we sell must be sold
at higher prices‘. Everyone of uS must (10 our level
best every day at the particular job where we have
found our life’s work. For this service during
war times we will receive a greater compensation
than during normal peace times—therefore if we
invest this surplus in government bonds, etc., not
only as the safest form of an investment for the
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time of war, and then Spend for necessities. lux-r ‘

uries and amusements just as we would in normal
times, we will be patriots in the fullest Sense of

~ the word!

Note— This Opens up a very interesting dis-
cussion in which I would indeed be glad to” have
you, kind reader,.join. The problem is a big one.
learned Ofies on both sides of the fence Shake their.
heads and then their ﬁsts, but old Father Time
smilles at their antics and with his great leveler
adjusts the weights to meet the changing condi-
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~ Yes it do cayed stumps or rol‘d lumber.

Theyoo- . V f

‘ 71* in aﬁ parts of the world from the dfry- and arm '

If‘ﬂedﬁrts to the damp trdpicol forests, and from the
; torrid zone to the artic crusts. " . -
We all know that suits are a nuisance where

,, their get into the house and many people have
1 ,wondered if they are truly destructive, or if they.

,_ have seine beneficial habits. An affirmative
- answer may be given to bother these questions.
There are many species of ants that we may class-
, ify as being of negative importance, that is,
neither benifiCial nor injurious.
beneﬁts that may be attributed to ants are their
habits of going deep intothe ground and bringing
up particles of‘soil and scatterrng them on the
surface They are constantly stirring and work-
ing the soil and so may be claséed with the earth-
worm in this respeCt Ants also aid in the de-
composition of organic substantes this is slow
but is constantly going on throughout the season.
They feed on the body-juices and tissues of dead
insects which they ﬁnd or kill for themselves. It
is reportedthat there are twelve species of ants
known to attack the immature stages of the
‘cotton boll-weevil. “In some cases more than half
of the immature stages in the ﬁelds have been
found to be destroyed by ants alone.” The writer
has seen a large carpenter-ant devouring the pupa
of the seventeen-year locust. One observer said
that he had seen several red ants attack a bed-bug
tear off its legs and carry it away. It “has been
said that a good way to rid a house of bed-bugs
is to turn in a colony of red ants as they will seek
out the bed-bugs and completely eradicate them.
' But the ants will remain in possession of the house
so that one gains nothing.

Ants may also be considered to be injurious,
not. only in the house but in the ﬁeld. They are
very fond of the sweet honey dew that is secreted
by the plant lice. Sometimes they carry these
insects to their nests and care for them in order
that they may use this sweet ﬂuid. An example

of how ants harbor these pests is shown in the '

case of the corn root-aphis. One species of ants
living in corn ﬁelds collects the eggs of the corn
root-aphis in the fall, carry them to their own
nests and care for them during the winter. In
the spring the newly hatched aphids are carried
out by the ants and placed on the roots of an early
food plant, later being transferred to the roots of
corn where they do much damage.

The housewife goes to the pantry some sum- ‘

mer’s day, to get some cake. and ﬁnds that the
frosting is covered with tiny red ants. Further
investigation reveals them in the butter, sugar and
running all over everything apparently. Some-
times it is the larger black species which carries
its love of sweet things to the sugar bowl. How am
I to get rid of them? It is, of course, useless to
11y and kill them one at a time like “swatting
the ﬂy. ”

The ﬁist step is to take everything out of the in-
tested plate. clean eveiything. burning papers
and throw away any infested foods. Any foods
that are liable to attract this insect, like cake,
bread, sugar, meat and similar substances, should
be placed in ant-proof metal containers or set
over a dish of water in which the ants will drown
in trying to get at the food. The source of the col-
ony should be located. If it is under the floor or
in the wall the liber-
al use of carbon bi-

some or the ’

(“in the gardens, where they are

they can be killed even more 'r‘spnm
the house.
or coal oil —-D¢m B. th‘hm.

DON’T WASTE FEED; THE SILO

WILL sum 11“ FOR You"

At least 37 per cent of the digestible material of

Drench the hosts with boiling water
, or pour into them a small quantity of kerosene ’

with bordemxIImirture about live times a year,
varying somewhat according to conditions. The
last two seasoan have not done so, for the roas-

on that spray materials have been very high ““3 .

I have had but few late potatoes, and since blight

only comes here about once every four years, i

decided to fwatch the weather and only spray it

the corn plant is left in the stovér when the ears “r favorable to blight. .
“The sessions of 1916 and 1917 were dry in this

only are used. When ’corn is ensiled this 37 .p‘er

cent goes into the silo With the 53 per cent in

the ear The importance of this saving Will be
more apparent when given a money value.” Wifh

a yield of 50 bushels an store, the value of: grain _

is $65, at $150 a bushel. Since the Stover con
tains Incie than one- -thi1d of the food nutrients it

is worth at least one- half as much. as the grain, or 7
How many farmers will willingly leave'

$32. 50.
in the ﬁeld $32. 50 an acre?

But suppose the dry stover is fed as roughage.
Even then it is not well saved as completely as in
silage When under ordinary farm canditions,
com is cured in the shock the loss of dry matter
is approximately 25 per cent andImay be as high
as 45 per cent. These losses are due to the break—
ing off of leaves by the wind and in handling,
and to destructive fermentations. The ,loss of
dry matter in the silo is very‘slight when, the
silo is tight and the silage well packed at the time
of ﬁlling- As silage the cornstalk is all consumed,
but as stover only the leaves are eaten unless it
is shredded, and even then a great part of the
stalk is discarded. Some feeding experiments
show. that even in shredded s‘.over the portion
discarded is as_ high as 31 per cent. This is in
addition to the loss of dry matter during the cur-
ing process. ‘

Too frequently an unfavorable season like that
of last year results in the loss of the whole corn
plant or in mature soft corn’that is of little value.
By far the best method to utilize corn which is
immature at harvesting time is to put it into the
silo. Even frosted corn will make satisfactory
silage if harvested at’once.- If it becomes dry. it
may be saved by adding water during the ﬁlling
process.

THE PLOWED GROUND PRO:
DUCED THE BEST YIELD

An average of six years’ experiment in eleven
tests were made at Manhattan, Kansas, on adjoin-
ing plots of land. The only difference in the treat—
ment of the plots was in the plowing. .

The table shows What this Was. The same
kind of seed was planted, in the same way, and
on the same date. September 29th.

Every precaution was taken to see that plowing
should be the only difference in the treatment
For this reason the variations in yield was due
entirely to the different method of preparing the
seed bed.

Some veiy interesting facts are brought to light
from this experiment.

We notice that the ground being plowed at the
right time without previous disking or any other
preparation produced the highest yield.

locality. so I did not/have to spray much steep;
for bugs, and no blight appeared. According to
my observations this disease only-appears

m’oist‘. moderate weathe1,65 to 77 degrees be 11g
the most favorable temperature. At temperatures

lower than 51) degrees and higher than 78 degrees 1.
I used bord’eau’x with.

it (ices not seem to develop
a ﬁll-gallon 4-row spray, which has a- single acting.

pump. One nozzle to the row is used for the ﬁrst ,

few sprayings, and when the tops get too large
tWo nozzles are used. If buying again I would

get a sprayer with a double acting pump, for 1 .'

cannot apply more than 50 gallons to the acre
with my single acting pump, which is not enough.
There is one made now which has three nozzles
to the row, two of them throwing the spray up-
wards and sidewise and the other downward from
above.
trouble has been in not being able to make thor-
ough enough applications. Blight of any cones-
quence has appeared three times since I have
been raising potatoes in quantities In 1910 I
stopped spraying too soon Blight Came just be—
fore the potatoes weie ripe, about October 1, and
while it did not cut the yield any.
about 300 bushels psi acre, it caused about one-
third of the crop to rot and entailed a lot; of labor
in picking them over. \
“The second time. in September,
able to protect the crop very well, but naturally
I lost a few bushels by rot on the wet portions of
the ﬁeld. Blight appeared in September, 1915, and
although I sprayed as thoroughly as I could with
my sprayer, the yield was cut to 75 bushels per
acre, whereas the early ones went from 150. to
300 bushels to the acre. I undoubtedly increased
the yield 20 bushels per acre by. the spraying, as
I prolonged the life of the plants about two weeks,
but the fact that the ﬁeld had very poor air drain-
age and. its mucky nature in spots, coupled with

. the fact that the weather remained very favorable ‘

to blight during a considerable period, made it
impossible to prevent it entirely with the sprayer
at my disposal. It is possible that with a better
one I could have made a better showing.

“111 using bordeaux I .made up a stock solution
of copper sulphate by hanging a ran sack in a
barrel partly ﬁlled with water. There should be’
more sulphate than the water will dissolve, and
this giVes a saturated solution coptain'ing three
pounds to the gallon of water. I mix a quantity of
hydrated lime with water, using enough water
so that the given quantity of lime when stirred
up will combine with a large quantity of the cop-
per sulphate solution. Thisis tested by stirring
together in a pail of water a small measure of the
lime and copper sulphate solutions and then ad-
ding a drop of potassium ferrocyanide solution.
If this turns brown it indicates, that there is not
enough lime, and by adding one of the other in-
gredients until it is neutralized, through this I
ﬁnd how much of the lime solution is necessary.

- In spraying there should be'at least a pound more

of lime than is re-
quired to! neutralize

 

sulphide will soon
exterminate all that

Methods of Preparation—

Cost an acre for
preparation

Yield an acre in
bushels

Value of crop at
80¢ a bu.

Value less cost of

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preparation p S pp

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An old wood box

Disked. not plowed . . .

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4.29 $1.95

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may be the seat of

Plowcd Sept. 5. three inches deep. .

14.46 3.05

11.57

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the trouble or its
nest may be in the

Plowed Sept. 15. seven inches deep;

3.55

12.63 9.0

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ground near the

back porch. In using Double disked July

1.5;
Sept. 15. seven inches deep. . ,

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18.85

tralize two

14.50 01' Six pounds of the

 

the carbon bisul-
phide care must be

Plowed Aug. 15, seven inches deep.
Not worked until Sept. 15 .........

3.55

18.89 ,

copper sulphate. If

15.34 lime is needed six

 

taken that no light
or ﬁre is near as it

Plowed Aug. 15. seven inches deep.

27.74 3.90‘

22.19

DOunds is enough to

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is very inﬂammable.
If ants like the

Double disked July 15. plowed Aug.
15. seven inches deep. .

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sw'eet things in the \ —
cupboards one of the 3,

Plowed July 15. three inches (leep.-.

38.46 L ' 4.45

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10 Listed July 15, five inches deep.

35.07 3.70

28.06

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the corn market. On account of ex

' ’aport buyers withdrawing gave the
market ’ a heavy. undertone. .Easter‘n

buyers supplies are getting low and
When they start to buy them is a pos-

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Fol-lowing the advance in the mar-
ket brought on active selling result-
ing in a moVement which brought
on a weakness in the market. The sell~
ing of corn by countrymen .was on a
large scale and they not only let loose
on their July and August. futures but
also sold considerable June. It is the
opinion of many traders that country-
men will again hold back selling after
moving a portion of their holdings
which will have a tendency to str-eng
then the market Then 01. the other
hand dealers claim the only thing that
Lean possibly hold lip the market is
The development

will he' very interesting to tollow.

Crop and weather conditions will have
inﬂuenc.

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01112101 the leading topics today
that have been cussed and discussed
is the hay market; Farmers have been

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*{cu‘ssing themselves that they did not
" .4 get their hay 'on the market cariler‘in

the 1 season. 3 Buyers that: contracted
are now saying “What a tool I was for
for not letting loose of he hay sooner’

While’others say “211 be darned if I

  

 

   

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quickly at quotations.

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market for lion.

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the Winteraud spring

ings. 11 during
months.

Hay is plentiful on all markets and ,

trade channels am so well ﬁlled that
Present crop
prospel ts are favorable for a large hay
1rop The quality of the new crop
will of course depend on weather con—

‘ ditions at the time of cutting.

The problem for the balance of the
season will be to get a supply of good
hay as the present Offelihgs run most—
ly to the poorer grades

The New York market is supplied

The oat market ‘5 .31n'pathetic 6With \with a considerable quantity ot hay
moming by river

from upstate and
Canada. This hay sells below the mar-
ket and attracts buyers where loading
is possible. Prices are very irregular
between the different 1larbor points.
Salts are being made at prices in fa-
vor of the buyer.

St Louis maiket dull and inactive
even the best giades have b en mov-
ing. very slowly. _

Pittsburg offerings continue ‘large
and much greater than can be absorb-
ed. Sales are hard to make even at re-
duced prices.

Chicago: Market reasonably steady
with light. arriVals The situation

lacks activity due to many of the 1111;:
est buyers not comin, to the market
for their supplies. Looks as though
they were waiting for market develop—
ments.
Cincinnati: This market is on'the
crippled list. All t‘ading is at a stand
still with hay grading better than a
No. 2 timothy selling very slowly.
I)ctroit:~. This market is ruling
steady. The trade is wanting the bet-
ter grades of hay. Poorer grades move

slow1y at any price. Distributors have
been able to keep the yards cleared

daily of the best grades and with few
exceptions on the few cars of the low-
er grades. This being the case Detroit
has been one of t‘1e best regulated mar.
kets on the list.

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C. “J. l 10. 00 3 11.50 12.50
Fri-e ; 9.15 11.25 11.25
Red Kid-‘0" 1 l3. 50 12.5. 13.00

Th ' market lacks activity and with

liberal supplies it has been hard to

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is torecasted by W. T. Foster

§_V_F:_du'u Waiter" Ch '1 for J— 19!.

    

Severe . - w
storm

\VA lX'll'l‘th. D. (Ir—June '11——
Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
: tmbum c to cross continent June 31;
3 to 1.? warm wave ’2 to 21% cool wave
2.“. to 2!). This will bling the most
severe storms of the month.‘ Storm
forces will be least on the Paciﬁc
vslope, gradually intieasing .ts they
move eastward. From great lakes till
they are far out on the Atlantic gleat—
or force and dangerous storms are
expected not far from June 261

.\ radical change occurred follow-
ing the storms that crossed continent
June 5 to 8 and new locations of rain—
fall were established. The storms
that cross continent near June 25 will
give some indications“ Rains are ex-
pected to be excessive in northwest
.Pacifle Slope, with mono t an usual
rain faither south on‘ the Paciﬁc slope

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RICHWOV‘D—dlnv market very unsatisfactory
in em itself of the! 6‘9!- supply but it set‘mn that the heavy supplies of lower
grades has omnletow blocked Qarly improvement.

PITTSBUBG—Onljr choicest grades of hay -‘
1 than good-No. 2. is practically inﬂatable. We not look for immediate imprmement.
incl: of produce.
New potatoes selling at lower prices.
active altho stocks are greatly reduced, there being large supplies at ‘ . ,' -
loading points, and ears being available for loading we do not expect a higher

t .
DETROIT—droultry and dressed calves scarce and ilrm. Butter ﬁrm; ' _,
vale Just: meet demand. 0' d potatoes scarce and firm.
not 00mins- in fast enough to supply the trade. 1~ Egg receipts moderate.

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for

We fully expected market

moving- 1'11 all. (trades lower

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Straw berries and cherries

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lealize sales at the present quotations.
It is quite evident that there are large

'srocks‘of western beans that are ”be-

ing pushed into all markets. Until this
stock is reduced it looks as though the
white Michigan bean will have to
meet a keen competitor. However we
would advise farmers to hold on to
their beans for at least a few weeks
and Watch developments.

Feed
Mill feeds are not very plentiful
and the prices quoted are merely nom-
inal prices representing som‘e‘lines of
feed offered by different mills. Barley
feeds are more plentiful than any
other line. Barley feed is offered for

quick shipment and very often cars
can be purchased in transit.

Reground oat hulls are offered.
guranateeing 11". protein. 29}, fat. This
class of feed is used with othr 1'11c1ls
containing: a higher per l'olltltfé," of
protein. as a filler.

Prices quoted Detroit delivery basis:

Standard wheat. bran. cwt. $1219.75 :
standard wheat middlings. $42.00;
rye middlings, $54.25; barley feed,
$39.50; reground oat 1111114. 9520.00:
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M Int Choice round Hedi-n Round
.1 ' while-lacked white-lulled .
Detroit 1.45 all. ‘ 1.35 cwl.
Chit-to 35 ' l.l5
Cinch-ah 1.50 IJS
New York LSD 1.40
Pinlbuxh l 35 l.15
'nore. Md. 1 S‘- 1.50
With the old potato season practi-

cally even so far as Michigan shippers
are concerned, the trade will turn their
energies to the handling of southern
shipments. Of course there are a few
old potatoes yet to be marketed and
with the present ﬁrmness to the mar-
ket, shippers should realize fair re-
turns on late Shipments ('lcau 1111
your stock and it you find a few bush-
els over your own requirements should
advisc picking up a few sacks and
get, them to 1.1 market.

Strawberries
Receipts have been some-what
appointing and quality only t'aii.

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the llppci' gl'l'ut lztkcs. ["1111111 11111.1l1-11-
ate ruins to dry weather cum-ted in
other sections up to about middie of
July.

Next \vurm \vavw
couver about .luuc 1:0 and
lures will rise 1111 all tlic l’ncll'lc slope,
It will cross crest of Rockies by close
of July l. plains, sections 3. meridiim

rum-l1 \fun—
tcmpcl'a-

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in), great lakes zipd (llll()-'rt‘llllt1l<:\'t‘l‘
valleys 3, eastern sections 4. reaching

about July
about one

vicinit3 of Newfoundland
5. 81111111 wave will follow
day bchiurl warm wave and 1oo| \vuve ;
:1bo!1t one day behind stoim wan». .1;

’lhix storm will be of mmc than u:—
not force from .l'-:".11ilic to \tkintio and
will he a dangeiious «tm'm t'mm cent-
ral valleys till is w” out on the
Atlantic. Precipitation from it will
be as indicated for prcvious storm.
From June 24 to July '.l unusually
H‘i'm‘t‘ storms are expected well north—1

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igan beriies are hanging-from $5.“
to $7.100 per bushel. Judging by the
latest reports strawbevries are drying
up in some localiths and in other” c4
calities they are n01 yielding heavy
and running poor in grade. Even tho
the price is high the supply will not.~
take care of the demand.

Cherries
\0 Michigan cherries in but antici—
pate arrivals the latter part of this
month. Crop indi :ations are that.
them will hardly be an average yield
Anticipating the usual demand. the'
market should be ﬁrm thru the. season.

Black Raspberries 1 3 ~

’lhey say the bushes are loaded.
The demand i: always good for both
red and black, The} are good canners
and the housewives: will have to ﬁll
up the cans with .<omething. We be;
lieve they will grab on to the raspber—

- ries which will create a good demand.

sell the best. No

."et

Sixteen quart case:
market established as

. hurrah

Detroit: Market lla: boil :1 little
diavgx but look for a slight rea tion.
’t'eleipt lave not been 1111': :je tberetmc
the demand tiis ruining \v1ek should
7one up the market con»ivlerabl_v.
Extra selling 4113c and J.i.ll._.1
(lood dairy butter is sclliug 1111.11 390
I1) ilc. Other grades accordlllgly.
New York” June ls”) ltwoipts of
butter this week have l'ullen below
\liose of last week by approximately"
17.1100 tubs. There is a rumor about
the market that the Allies have re-
cently contracted for 1.000.0111) pounds
of butter The Food Administration
has ruled that 1111- newly 1::111 l/ed
Division of (‘o~or1liuatiou ol' l'11111l1ase
will purchase supplies: for the army
as well as for the Allies. which means
that such butler will bc b ‘ught on this
market, to a l‘UllrilllPI'illll” extent. All
the above factors tend to strengdien
the market at the lll‘c.~1'lll time. There
seems to be no i11dic.=.liou that prices
of butter will nuitcrizlly fall during
the summer. There will undoubtedly
be slight fluctuations because of in-
creased or lesscus-tl rcceipts lllll no
marked dccllnc in price need be ex—
pected.
The
buying

lll'4is

out with active
opened with a
strong nlarkcl with quotatiom on
extras ﬁrm at. 4313c. ()u ’l‘ucsday
there was a rise of one-fourth to one
half cent. while on ll‘ed1ies1lay the
market, became strong with 11" ll.-
quotation which held on 'l‘hurstlay and
Friday, Wliile'buyiug: ha" not been
so active during the last part or’ the
week as on Monday and 'l‘uesdny
there has been sufﬁcient to keep the.
market lirnl. There has been all e"-
peciully active market for llrsts. the
price of which has drawn nearer In
that, ol‘ extras, the close yesterday
firsts were quoted at 42@43l/_)C. Bui-
ter is improving and seconds are
w-arccr than at any previous season.
Seconds are quoted at 38613411511
Prices ranging from 441;. to 451' are
being paid for extremely fancy grades
of butter. The demand for sweet. or
unsalted. butter i< 1111:in at present
bet .1use of an mci supply Makers 01‘
such buttcr ale again advied '11 make,
salted butter.

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Practically no changes in the mar—
ket. Receipts continue light which are
inadequate to tal : care of the demand.
However, it is to be expected that the
receipts will run a. trifle heavier in
odd hens and staggy roosters. also in
broilers. There are a few shipments
of broilers now coming in the quality '.
avenging only fair. . ' .

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"The Farmer and the Flour Regulations

-HALL the farmer who grows the wheat
from which ﬂour is manufactured be gov-
erned by the same regulatons as other consum-
ers with respect to the quantity of ﬂour l: .2
may have on'hand or consume during a cer-
tain period? This is a question that has both-‘
cred the Food Administration not a little,
and a question upon which it is 110w seeking
light. Many farmers have expressed thru their
farm papers a wish that they might have a
more. liberal allowance of ﬂour, or at least be
permitted to keep a larger than 30—days'sup~
ply on hand. Others proudly declare that.
they wish to be governed by the same rules as
apply to all others.

Reeetitly Federal Food Administrator Pres-
cott asked the M. B. li‘. for an opinion on the
subject. Now, it so happened that a farmer
living at Beulah had complained to us only a
few weeks previously that he. was unable to
feed his hired men upon the scant ration of
1% pounds of ﬂour per man per Week. and
moreover, was put to great expense andincon-
venience because of having his supply re-
stricted to the 30 day needs of his household,
his farm being located thirty miles from the
nearest mill.

“The farmer has already been placed on a
diﬁerent basis than other consumers” we
told Mr. Prescott, “because the maximum
price that has been set upon his products has
. not been extended to other commodities. Be-
cause of this the farmers generally will not
consider that any special privileges have been
given them if they are, allowed a larger ﬂour
ration and supply than is permitted other
consume 3.”

We also pointed out to Mr. Prescott the in—
consistency of placing the food requirements
of farmers in the same class as those of peo-
ple living sedentary lives. The farmer’s labor
is hard and a constant strain on his muscles.
His work makes demands upon his physical
strength that can only be satisfactorily sup-
plied by a ration containing liberal portions
of wheat protein. To reduce. this portion to
the same amount that might satisfy-those un-
accustomed to physical exertions might easily
place the farmer’s health in jeopardy and
handicap his food-producing eti’orts. Inas-
much as it is the policy of the government to
bring every activity up to its highest plane of
efﬁciency, it would appear that a distinction
might very properly and justly be made be-
tween the ﬂour rations of the— farmer and the
city dweller. ‘

Since the above corresdondence took place
we have learned thru the Canadian Country—
man how Canada is dealing with an identi-
cal situation. We quote the agricultural pa-
per as follows: -

“Farmers may now feel reassured that there is

no intention on the part of "the authorities to in-
convenience them unduly in their busy season
with unnecessary restrictions and” regulations as
regards the hoarding of foodstuffs.

- 7- or- 90,- Whether. t’hé‘pﬁplé-‘lhjﬁiiro'

‘fIt is th'ecu‘istom airmanyxrarme "bowed“

take wheat to ”the mill and -.-gfet-,Jseveral ,Inionihs?‘
, supplyg‘round’ on" one oCca‘sie’i’i so-as tousavéﬂtreii
'Quent trips and waste of time.‘ To require that,
.such- a farmer return all surplus flour to. theiinlill
affd then comeback every~ couplefot- Wesks: erase.

for supplies of their ownevﬂoujr,‘ wouldfseriously
interfere with farm work, Occasioniug’ unneoessarg

travelling aud’the waste of days preciouspesiiecia - ‘
.ly at seEd-ing and harvest time, to £11,? ”cause or."
"production. . * ‘ '

“Bona ﬁd/eiarmer‘s are now permittedtohold .,

ﬂour in excess of the amounts provided .téruother
people.
makes this express provision:

“A bona fide farmer shall be ”trained to hold."
subject to the order of the Canada.» Food Board,-

the amount of flour, made wholly or in p‘art‘from

wheat. he may have in his possession in excess.
of the amount prescribed by Order No.31, if. on or

before the 15th day of June, 1918. he reports to the
miller or dealer. from whom it waspurchased ,or

by whom it was mamafacth‘red, the excessomount’

held by him.

“When these reports are received it is‘the duty . -

of the miller or dealer to pass them. on to the
Canada Food Board and thus it will be known by

the authorities what the supply of ﬂour in the-

eountry is and where it is. Further. this Order
provides that in cases where a farmer or any other
person has in his possession one’p’artly used barrel
or package he shall not be required to. return his
surplus requirements, nor 'shall he be required to
return amounts of less than 25 pounds. This Order
seems to be entirely reasonable and should not
work hardship or inconvenience un'necessariry.”

Is It 'a Wise Policy?

ERBERT C. HOOVER has said: “We.

are today in the season 'of the largest
dairy production and we have a minor sur—
plus. I do" not look upon'this with alarm
but with satisfaction. cv/Oneresult is the in—
crease of our butterv‘and’condensed milk in
storage. I wish it were larger. It is a factor
of safety in the war situation that cannot be
over-estimated. ’ ’ '

Having spoﬁn thus, it will undoubtedly
be MrﬂHoover’s policy, to increase this sur-
plus thru conservation.__ Is‘ it” a wise policy?
Does Mr. Hoover base his words on a there

knowledge of the situation or is be making,

the easy mistake of letting his zeal run away
with his judgment?

It was the lack of a surplus of farm pro—
ducts at the beginning of the'war which made
the food administration a necessity. Such
a surplus of food materials might have been
built up under government encouragement
as would have supplied the wants of our allies
and ourselves without resorting to stringent
conservation measures. The war has taught
every nation involved that a food reserve is
of as great importance in maintaining the
morale of its people as reserves of money and
men. Mr. Hoover is anxious to build up a
great reserve of foodstuffs. We do not blame
him. He shows that he is fully cognizant of
the magnitude of his job. He wants to be sure
that there is going to be ENOUGH; that no-

body will go ‘hungry. A stagnant surplus

is not to be worried over until it arrives.
It seems to be the judgment of a great many
interested in agriculture, including agricul~

.tural college and department of agriculture

men that Mr. Hoover’s policy could Very well
stand a modiﬁcation that Would strengthen
the- present rather unsettled market condi-
tions, without impairing "its effectiveness in
creating a surplus. ‘ _ x

Even while Mr. He'oven” has been ’v‘o‘icing
his regrets that the country’s surplus of cons
densed milk is not larger, scores of Condensa—
ries were closing their door because they

An Order-in-Council, passed on May 17th;

Eds i of ‘ the: Allies

. here:

.apdiiurge 1.12le .to 'f‘f'eﬁat ple'ntifnlly, gofjt din '

‘ lift: his blinfeﬁtiFEI-X: fromfall ' dairy; pro

W6 wot-lining; to‘hearlgim’say: ‘i’Eat mnkéat 5
"every meal; eatifcéuage‘gcheese at'every‘ meal, .

eat-,“lenty o‘f‘b _,tt’eié.' 7% 91238. . meal;..it *W‘thhd‘d »

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" relishvxite yanr1>Victery:breadiéanaisiveyoua
w 9113315 T'hzidgiyaluéible .. food besides. ~D‘o‘ - In
stint- in._;your. use. 913“ dairrnroduc‘ts, either 1.1!, ‘-

, ”‘rSiich‘: action» Wmﬂdgjlhmediately strengths

. the demand, help "clean up.thei surplus,

giro 'thewdairy‘industry a Vast encmfaggméi?

‘With the-Ease‘elerated production, .a ,.'slngl;§~’-"

month’s netice toboth producers and_c.on8um-.
ers that the shipping situation would permit,
sending across all the dairy- produce needed
by the Allies, would be sufﬁcient: to create the,
surplus whiCh Mr. Hoover would like'to see.
, Is not the important. thing right .now to-
Str-engthén the machine whichmakes the milk"
rather than to build up a surplus of its”’pro-
daicts which cannot for the time being he mov-
e l‘ . 3 7

The Ups and Downs of the County Fa’rni‘ ‘

. HAT DO you know. about yourcounty
farm? Is it making money or losing
money? Is the present supervisors farmer
or a land-robber? Are you'proud of this pub-
lic institution because of its success or are you
ashamed of it because of its failure? ‘ You
ought to be interested in your eminty farm.
not because you ever expect it to support you,
but because you are helping to support it _
(‘ounty farms have their ups and, downs'”
for the reason that they are used as the foot-
ball oi’ politicians. A good farmer wbuld have
no chance on many“ county farms because the.
soil is.run out. thestoek is run down and the
expense of farming it has, run up.-_ -How to
put the farm 011 a paying basis and make it..
of some value'to the community which it
serve, in addition "to its supplying a home
for the poor, is a ~problem,»but not an unsolv-
able one, by any means. ~
“Make the county farm the county demon-
stration farm, and put it in charge of your
county agent,” has been suggested. We
heartily applaud. Every agricultural com-
munity ought to haVe a demonstration farm
—an experimentstation, if you please—«to
which farmers could take their numerous soil
problems for a cheap and dependable solution.
In the hands of a competent agriculturist
we can see how every county farm could be
made to render a most valuable service to the ‘
taxpayers who support it. Think it over and
suggest the idea to your farm bureau'and
board of supervisors. I

,, Non-Partisan League Meets Defeat .

HE Non-Partisan League’s candidate

for governor of Minnesota was defeated
in Monday’s election. Opponents of the
League, taking advantage of certain indis~
creet utterances ofits leaders with respect
to the war, successfully injected the loyalty
issue into the campaign and this predominaté' '
ed all other issues. This farmers’ political"
movement which-crept out of the Ninth Da—
kota Wheat ﬁelds and spread like a prairie "
ﬁre into adjoining states has amused the
interest of, the' entire world- Its critics Say

. . that it will burn itself out in. a fewmonths or

aiyear- at the outside. 'Its friepds-elaim that:

the movement is, founded , .on ‘principlgg .of E
right _ and equality, and that it "shall ‘pro‘s‘p' r.
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astronauts.“ our READERS 'I

(This is an open forum Where our readers may ox—
press their views on topics of general, interest, State-
“ in this 'ooiurnp will 'not necessarily
indicate our-own editorial opinion. Farmers are invited
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_ When is a Farm Not a Farm?
. I am satisﬁed that M. B. F. is interested in
most things which affect the .public and especially
farmers, little as Well as big. I am a small farm-
er as“ to amount of land ow‘ned,‘but am trying to
{work 120. acres. I subscribe-to and receive six
farm papers, also one daily and three‘weeklies.
‘I try to keep posted. and I have a question I wish

‘ the agricultural press to discussthru its columns

as it affects many. .. .\ .

»Q1festion: How muchland is required to con-
stitute a farm‘t . '

Does__,t‘he law as enacted which established the
Federal Farm Loan branch of the‘U. S. treasury

~ department deﬁne how much'land shall consti-

tute a farm subject to a loan from any of the
several federal land banks? And‘does it grant to
the executive committee of any federal land bank
"the right to’ establish any number of‘acres as a
farm? Again, if this law does grant the execu-
tive committee such right, then this must be one
more law enacted. for the beneﬁt of the big fel—
low. Am I right?
-- . Here is the 'exact copy of a. letter:
. - Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, June 6, 1918
“Mr. . . ' '
“Paw Paw, Mich. '

“‘Dear Sirz—The executive committee of this
bank has found it necessary to refuse your ap-

’ plication for. a loan owing to the fact that there

is not enough land in this tract to be called a
farm." . .\ _

This application was made in due form and
evidently passed favorabl _upon by local apprais-
ing committee, also by t e Federal Land Bank’s
local appraiser, Mr. Coward-

This Mr. Blank has had.offered to him from

:three diﬁerent sources the amount, of the loan

requested, but preferred the Federal loan because
of its many advantages. ‘

Michigan Fruit 00., of Grand Rapids, The Glean-
ers, and a cashier in a local bank, there being no

question as to security or personal equation. Why ‘

then should the Federal Land Bank rightly or le-
loan.

I’have taken up my pen in the interest of the
.other little fellows who are sure to ask for aid.
The farm in question, is devoted to general agricul-

‘ ture; consists of '17 acres and has improvements

to the value of $1,000. Loan sought was $600.
I shall be glad to ‘see this question discussed

3 in M. B. F. as well as the others I ”intend to
‘write to including "Herbert Quick’s pet.—~V. C. S.

‘ Vcov.l}icAPrEn SAYS NOT, ONE MORE
. ~ eBUSHEL'oEGRAm EOR, BEER VATS

, .. Governor Caliber ofigans'as is a strong prohi-
bition. advocate, aspare» the. majority of farm news-
. paper publishers. “ The foliowmg' editdrial from ‘
"his-pen'fappeared mare recent} issue of his paper,
the 0161th r . ,7

g _ ..;. ,offinaximum service to
or ‘ Mioliﬁ’gan. "Literally hundreds *-
've‘?sent7 in- thei‘r neighbors? »
majestic; 'thti‘sviheiped to seem _

as growing listg_'.,,1f’you Want to doe,»~

~, , ”“Writing from

' Market ‘Director McBride.

- gnarur‘ensmi _ ,_
merica 7381-ng ‘ tor" traitors
s proﬁtee'rs. ‘They’WOui‘d espouse

{million and a quarter young .

e- ab’itual drinkers. They would

' tho‘Nation" up to the enemy for the money ‘

is injure liquor traffic.

. p ergovernmentis, asking the good housewives
act this; country to save food, to economize in every

.in“-1a"day-than the/wanien can save in a year.
Enough grain is wasted to make more than four
million loaves of bread daily. ‘

‘ France to the home folks in
"Kansas, ' Lieut. Clayton Beach says the poor
Frenchvand English have seVen wheatless, seven
meatless, 'an‘d about-three eatless days a week.
And while our allies are suffering for food, while

"they are appealing to us for more foodstuffs that

they may keep more men on the ﬁring line—
while tosend them this food means the sacriﬁce

. of fewer American lives—~the breweries are wast-

ing' more than 60 million bushels of grain every
12 monthsﬁi .I speak for the patriotic farmers of
the country when I say. we have not one bushel of
grain to waste on. the traitorous liquor trafﬁc. To
give it grain" at .any time is wicked. To give it
grain now. is a'terrible crime, for it is nothing

. more than stabbing. our boys in the back.

“The time has come for this nation to say:
‘Not one more bushel of grain which might go

i into breadstuffs shall be converted into beer. and

not another pound of coal shall go into its manu-
facture while this war lasts.’ "

FEDERAL AND STATE AGENTS
LAUNCH NEW MARKETING SCHEME

Quite without the (to-operation of the agricul.
tural press of the state, a meeting of fede: al and
state marketing men, and presumably farmers.
was held in Traverse City on Monday of this week
to effect a marketing organization of state-wide
scope and providing for local co-operative asso-
ciations.

Details of the plan are very meagre. The idea
seems to have originated with Mr. Hale Tenuant.
the new federal ﬁeld agent in marketing, for
Michigan, and to have hal the approval of State
Thru no fault of our
own we did not learn of the meeting until it was
over, and none tt‘ its sponsors have requested the
use of the M. B. F. columns to lay the plan before
the farnLers of the state. Apparently i s propon-
ents do 110‘ have the utmost faith in the success
of their experiment. else, those closely represent-
ing the agricultural sentiment and interests of
the state would have been taken into their con-
dence, and full publicity given to the plan. How-
ever, we do not intend to cast any reﬂections upon
he merits .of the scheme until we learn more
about it, or until it has been given a satisfactory
trial.

It is thru the kindness of Mr. A. (X Batdorff.
editor of the Traverse City Eagle, that we are
able to present the following telegraphic report:

“There were in attendance at the meeting
delegates from all the important potato producing
counties of northern and western Michigan. Hale
Tennant, federal ﬁeld agent in marketing. pre-
sented a plan of organization based upon sound
business principles. This plan was adopted by
the conference and will be carried immediately
into effect. The scheme provides for local farm-
ers’ co-operative associations, and these local as-
sociations are to be federated into larger organi-
zations taking in groups of counties belonging
to deﬁnite geographical areas. These groups are.
in turn, to be federated into still larger groups
on the plan of theﬁwestern fruit exchanges, which
have been. able to market their produce so suc-
cessfully as to attract world-wide attention. The
group of which Grand Traverse county is the cen-
ter, “includes the counties of Emmet, Cheboygan,
Otsego, Antrim, Kalkaska, Wexford, Leleenau,
Benzie,, Manistee and Charlevoix.

“The central selling agency for this group will
be*"10cated at Traverse City. At the beginning of
each shipping season each local association will

a

report the number of cars. of potatoes it has to
.market. The centred selling agencies will be
in'touch with all the markets in the country and
willdistribute the cars ‘where they are most
needed "and at thevbest prices obtainable. It is
not expected that competition will be abolished,
but When the system is perfected it will do away
with much of the waste now characterising meth-

I‘ ods-ofdistribution, andlhave. a, powerful tendency

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He did not know the value of thoughtfulnessln .:

waffle "was 11.9 Riyal to them. ,- :
' ~H‘e‘was‘siispiciousof everybody. -,-, ..
He borrowed money‘from them: j .. V.
He measured-them by their ability'to advance
him. ' :. - - ‘

little things. - .-
He seemedto forget that he who'uses his friends
loses them. . ‘ i

. He was always saying mean things about them;

‘ in their absence. ’ ;

He was cold and reserved in his manner, cranky
gloomy and pessimistic.

He was always jealous of those who were more
prosperous than himself. ,

He never thoughteit worth while to spend time
in keeping up his friendships. -

He never learned that implicit generous trust
is the very foundation stone of friendship.

He never threw the doors of his heart wide open;

to people. or took them into his conﬁdence.

He regarded friendship as a luxury to he enjoys

ed, instead of an opportunity for service.

He was always, wounding their feelings, making.»

sarcastic or funny remarks af‘ their expense.

He did not realize that friendship will not thrive "i

on friendship alone; that there must be service
to nourish it. ; , '_ .

He was always ready to receive assistance from
them, but always too busy or too stingy to assist
them in their time of need.

He used his friends in all sorts of ways and for
his own ends. and never hesitated to sacriﬁce their
reputation for his own advantage.~—Dr. ()rison
Swett Marden in The New Success for May.

THE RI'RAL Pnon'rrmn
Mrs. Newlywed went to the grocery store to do
her morning marketing. She was determined that

the grocer should not take advantage of her youth

and inexperience.

“These eggs are dreadfully small.” file criticized.

“I know it" he answered. “But that's the kind
the farmer brings me. They are just fresh from
the country this morning.”

“Yes,” said the bride, ”that’s the trouble with
those farmers. They are so anxious to get their
eggs sold that they take them off the nest too'
soon."——Ohio Farmer

W'liA'r'S IN A NAME?

“i thought your wife’s name was Elizabeth."

“So it is.”

“Then why do yOu call her Peggy?"

“Short for Pegasus.”

“What has that got to do with it?"

“Why, Pegasus is an immortal steer."

“What of that?”

“Sh! Not so loud! She's in the next room.
You see, an immortal steed is an everlasting nag,
so there you are.

TOO MUCH ARGUMENT

On the western plains the shecpman goes out
with several thousand heal of sheep and one
human companion. The natural result is that the
pair, forced on one another when they least want
it, form the habit of fhating'each other.

An ex-sheepman while in a narrative mood
one evening was feeling a party of friends of a
fellow he once rode with. “Not a word had pass-
ed between us for more than week. and that night
when we rolled up in our blankets he suddenly
asked:

“ ‘Hear that cow beller’?’

“ ‘Sounds to me like a bull.’ I replied.

“No answer. but the following morning L notic-
ed him packing up.

“ ‘Going to leave?’ I questioned.

“ ‘Yes,’ he replied.

“ ‘What for?‘

“ ‘Too much argument.” '

PETER I-Low SAYS:
Life is much like the soil~what you get out of
it depends a lot on what you put into it.
t It 1.
Buying Liberty bonds is just like putting mon-
ey in the bank, only according to my p’int of view

it’s a long sight safer.
# t 3'

Ben Puttinitoff says some of these country bank-
ers are awful hard on the farmers. He says
Banker Thompson won’t lend him any more mon-
ey because he’s too slow about taking care of
his obligations. Ben swears he never lets his

notes run more than 30days past due.
It i t

I overheard old John Merritt talking to a crowd
of idlers at the store the other day. “Yes, sir,"
he says, shaking . his gnarled old ﬁst at the

‘crowd, “cf ,1 was young ag’in, ye wouldn't see:-

me hanging back here like some of these young
tellers that act scairt to death for fear they’re.
goin’ to get killed. I’d a been the ﬁrst man to
offer my sccalp for the Kaiser’s.” An it’s the
talk of the'neighborhood that the old skinﬂi

hasn't bought a single Liberty. Bond, a War, 783

ings stamp or given a single penny to the Red,
Cross. . , ’ “ '

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tee their hands up in horror when I_
$331. that I can sympathize with that 'po91
- whose latter w3s in last Week’s papers 7i
pathi‘he with her because I used to bie‘rin the.
tate ohmind', and I know. from my own 611-:
$‘e1‘i‘ence ho‘w easy it is to get dissatisﬁed with

91‘s I, the world and everybody in it, and how

is to get over it. I tell you no woman
everhad the fever of unrest more than I, but I
~curéd,‘ and now I’m getting something out of
life besides sighs and sorrows '
: My mother used to think that I was stupid be-
. cause I’ d sit for hours in the grass just over the
_ fence and wonder where the long, winding road
that went by our place came from and where it
‘ led, to. When We drove to tow-n on Saturdays, I’d
keep my eyes on that road for mile afte1 mile,
picturing in my mind the fairy city, with its
wanderful palaces that must lie just‘ around
every bend of the road. But I never reached the
, end of that road except in fancy. We always
7 stopped at the same place, the little general store
, where we did on. trading while the road branch-
" ed Off, and went on and on,. thru many fairy
cities.

When I grew 11p and began to think of marriage.
I determined that I could never be a farmei s
wife You see, I was still wondering what was at
the end of that. long, long load and while I had
been to the nearby cities and seen their wonders.
they weren‘t the fairy wonders that I had dream-
ed of when a little girl. I knew there must be
something still further beyond them, and while I
might. never expect to ﬁnd the things that I thot
would sooth the unrest within me. I made up my
mind that marrying a farmer and settling down
in the country would forever take all the colors
out of my rainbow. ’

But in spite of my resolve 1 did marry a form—
er, as do most country girls who solemnly vow
that they’ll “never, never. never be a farmer’s
wife.”‘ The ﬁrst couple of years I was happy,
and I began, to think that. in ﬁnding a home of my
very own I had at last captured my elusive rain-
bow. But when Howard's cousin and his wife
came to spend their summer’s vacation with us.
and I saw the soft. easy life they led. with ﬁne
clothes and perfumes. and a knowledge of the
world. the old feeling tugged at me again and for
a year I was most discontented.

My husband noted the change. and after miser-
ably failing in my efforts to make him understand.
I decided to go to Chicago and visit his relatives.
He let me go. I want and for a Week attended
theatres, drove out thru the beautiful parks in
the automobile. and saw all the wonderft‘ul sights
of the city. I even concluded that that was just
the life for me, and was foolish enough to look
thru the papers to see if there were any posi-
tions open which I could ﬁll. But, I soon discover-
ed that my country training did not ﬁt me for
any of the positions I saw advertised.

We wound 11p that week of pleasure-seeking by
going to church. The people came in their lim~
ousines, dressed in their Sunday best. Everybody
was so still and formal that I felt just like I did
when 1 went. to my aunt’s funeral. Back home
the folks always used to stand about the door and
pass the time of day and chat until it, was time
for the services to begin. But not heie Even-
one walked into the church as solemn as if time
were going into their tomb.

The preacher so Lillian told me. was one of
the best in Chit ago. and as I hadn't many chances
of hearing great mcn sp’uik. l paid close, attention
to his sermon. He preached on the topic. “ lc yc
at peace with the world." _I shall never forget
it. He had a powerful voice. and us he prcnched.
it seemed as if he must know my very thoughts
for he talked about “chasing the rainbow,” and
a lot of other 1.? ings that I knew I'd been guilty
of.‘ And he showed how there was no end to that
long, long road; that it led on in one’s thoughts
‘irom the cradle to the grave; that most men and
women at sometime in their lives had a craving
to travel upon it and reach its very end. I

  

  

  

 

  

 
 

 

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ple who lived in the country ever got lonesome
and restless for something just beyond their reach,
and-here was a preacher in one of the biggest
churches in Chicago telling city people to be “at
peace with the world.” I can’t begin to tell you
the many things he said, but I put them all down
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the familiar landscape Strangelynhd

the road 11:11:14.1 Into mIry lands somewhere lies»
yond the horizon. For a wonder the ﬂeecy Clouds,

that rested over the tree tops were not castles
Where people lived in content.
came before me a vision of that city church, with
~its wooden, stiff- necked people Whose faces- were
marred with wrinkles of worry, whose eyes told of
greed and care, and who ﬁdgeted in their seats.
Then I heard the preacher speak, “Be ye at peace
with the world. Cease your longings and your
strivings for the things material and for the
things ethereal. Do ye WelI, the things that thy

' mind and thy hands are trained to do, for in work -
in the arms of thine own '

there is happiness;
household rests the most perfect peace that is

given to earthly beings to enjoy, if ye but resolve ,

to embrace it and make the mast of it. Be ye.
therefore, content, and meet with favor in the
eyés of God. ” _

I am cured, dear Penelope. It was all'my fault
and nobody else’s The world was right and I
was wxong, and I pity the woman who cannot ﬁnd
within her own home the things that give peace of
mind and happiness of spirit.——Mrs. J. H., St. Jo~
scph county, Michigan.
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less gwen or taken. :‘g

And tho the whole great world break, the

heart of her 1's not shaken.

UVE is a wiol in the wind, a vial never
stilled,
And mine of all is the surest that ever God
has willed.
I shall speak to her tho she goes before me
into the grave.
And tho I drown in the sea, herself shall
laugh upon a wave; ’
And the things that love gives after shall
' be as they were before
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A Handy Dish Drainer

Dear Penelope: —A suggestion on saving time
and labor: There are days when the farmer’s
wife is so busy out of doors that I ﬁnd a dish
drainer a help. I haven’t any sink so use a dish-
pan that leaked and l punched moxe holes in it
I set it over another deep dish and pou1 scalding
watex over the dishes. I scald the glasses. silve1-
ware and tinware and wipe, but all earthen ware
I just put the boiling water over them and cover
with a towel and they are dried perfectly. It saves
washing so many dish towels and is more sanitary.

A sugar—saver: When stewing pieplant cut up
as usual and pour over it boiling water and let
stand a few minutes and drain off and put on a
little fresh water to cook ‘it in and it will not
like so much sugar to sweetm it.—M)..9 4,. V. 11,.
IloI/nr' ('ity Mulligan.

A Lard Conservationist _

Dear Penelopen .[ would like to add a few plans
Iliave found to help about my housework. In try-
ing out. lard at butchering time try putting leaf
lard in large dripping pan and put it in hot oven.
Requires no stirring or other attention until it
is ready to strain.
re-heat so as to get’all~lard fat, then use can of
condensed lye with scraps to make into soap.

Also hams sliced and packed in gallon crocks
and put in hot oven for one hour. then put weight
on top and soul with laTrd it' not enough fat tries
out to cover. IA 111 keep thiough the summer. —
M13. P (l. Baltic C'mck. 4»

“M. B. F. My Favorite”

hear Penelope:-~~M. B. F. is a welcome visitor
in our home every week. It is my favorite paper.
Have learned so many new methods of doing
things from the Farm Home page. Ifhave saved
all the lists of kitchen helps, etc., and pasted them
in a scrap book. It is'certainly getting to be
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ed it a strip at gingham or any; suitable material
as longP no the Quilt is wide, is hosted over the
top and, half on each Side, it is much easier to}.
wash the strip when neéessary, and you have a

clean Quilt.

When blocking stoves if one W'ould usea small

paint brush it can be done so much quicker and
easier, and one does not soil the hands so much.
Even tho we do live on the term we all like to
have as nice white hands as possible.

If another small paint brush is kept to grease '
the bread and cake tins and the loaves of bread .

as they come out of the oven, another saving of
quite a few minutes is made. —Mrs.
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AILY IN the experimental. kitchens of the
II. S. Department of Agriculture, many new
recipes are being made of combinations
of uncommonly used ,food materials. Articles of
food which are plentiful are substituted for those

whichr'need to be conserved. Test after test is.

made to show the nuti‘itiousnesa and palatability
of the new recipes after which they are recom-
mended-for use to the housewives of the nation.
Upon the request of the U.
tion, thru Mr. George A. Prescott, the Michigan
representative, Illiave promised to condu t a. reg-
ular department of these recipes, and 10pe my
I know you will all be sur-
prised ovenwhat .deliclous things can be made
from materials which you have thot little of in
the past. I have told Mr. Prescott that the farm
women of Michigan will do their part in conserv-
ing the foods needed for our allies, and I hope, you
will prove my statement by at. least trying out
the recipes that will appwr in this column from
week to week. ,

CORN FLOUR AND BUCKWHEAT BREAD
(50 per cent corn ﬂour; 50 per cent buckwheat)
One cup liquid, 2 to 4 tablespoons fat, 4 tablespoons

sirup, 2 eggs 6 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon
salt, 11/. cups (5 ounces) corn flour, 1 cup (5 ounces)
buckwheat. '
COMBINA

(50 per cent barley, 50 per cent oats) ‘

One cup liquid, 1 tablespoon fat, 2 tablespoons of
sirup, 1 or 2 eggs, 4 teaspoons baking powde1,1 tea—
spoon salt
cups ground rolled oats (4 ounces).

CORN (FLOUR) SPONGE CAKE
Seven- eighths cup corn ﬂour (31/5 ounces), 1 cup 01"

sugax (7 ounces), 4 eggs (7 ounces), 2 tablespoom
lemon juice, 1,4 teaspoon salt.

OAT SPONGE CAKE
Half cup oat ﬂour (2 2- 3 ounces), 14 cup corn flow
(1 ounce), 1 cup sugar (7 ounces), 4 eggs (7 ounceS)
1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/8 teaspoon salt.

Methods of Mixing Sponge ('ake

Separate whites and yolks Beat the yolks until
thick and light lemon color. Beat sugar into the stif~
fened yolks and add the lemon juice. Fold in alter~
nately the stiﬁly beaten whites and ﬂour. Bake. in
an ungieased pan fox 35 to 40 minutes. Start in a
moderate oven (365 degrees F. or 185 degrees C. ), and
when about half done raise the temperature to that
of a hot oven (loo degrees F. or 205 degrees C.).

Kermit» of Sponge Cake

These cakes 2119 all veiy nice and light. texture and
co or good. Barley has characteristic ﬂavor. Corn
ca. e is especially tender and all are good textured.
The extra lemon juice used with 1ice and (0111 seems
necessary to i111pr0ve_thc ﬂavoi. '

SI‘H‘ l" (‘AKE
(50 pet cont rice flow; -.10 per cent buckwheat)

Half (up fat. two— thiids cup sugar (494 ounces) l
cup sirup, (111/ ounces), 3 eggs, 5% cup milk (6 ounc~
es) 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt. 6 teaspoons
baking powder, 1,1: teaspoon ginger, 1 teaspoon cinna-
111011.17!) teaspoon cloves. 1 teaspoon allspicé, 1% cups
rho flour (5 ounces) 1 cup buckwheat (5 ounceS)

\lethud. —‘(‘ream the. fat, sugar and egg yolk
the sir-up and mix well. Add alternately the liquid
and the d1_\- ingredients sifted together. \dd the ﬂay-
oring and fold in the well beaten egg whites Bake
as a loaf fOI one how in .21 moderate men 250 de-
grees F. (176tdeg1ees C). After 20 minutes misc thc
tempeiature to 400 (1901995 F. (205 degrees t“).

(‘ HOCOLATE CARE

(75% .corn flour; 25% ground
lIalf cup fat. 2— 3 cup sugar (4%. ounces). 1 (:up
shop (11% ounces), 3 eggs, ~31 cup milk, 1 teaspoon
salt, 6 teaspoons baking powde1, 1 teaspoon cinna-
mun squares chocolate. ‘1 teaspoon \anilla. 2 cups
corn fl)our (8 ounces) half cup ground rolled oats (2
ounces

Method. —-—Cream the fat, sugar and egg yolk. Add
the sirup and mix well. Add alternately the liquid
and the dry ingredients sifted together. Add ﬂavoring
and melted chocolates Fold in well beaten egg whites
Bake as a loaf about one hour starting. in a. moderate
oven 350 degrees F. (177 degrees C) Aft ter 20 min-
utes raise to 400 degrees F. (205 degree SC.) .

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, c'oat. . ' Simply 'a

" Linea for my little girl 'of three.
. .the/ skirt onto a lining, out like the
jacket/and made the outer jacket sop-

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No 84895—e—Childs’“ more dress gr
straigld

skirt, gathered onto’ the Empire waist-

line ‘ for-ms this attractive ‘model. I

should prefer a. rather heavy material
or a colored gingham, if used as a
dress. As acoat I used the same
I set

arate. ‘In 'the back I used the’same'
escallop as is given in front and made
fancy shirred pockets, Ii’also set in

‘ a couple of cord .shirrings tWO inches

apart, about. three. inches from the
bottom of the hem. A cr'ished straw-

"berry. taffetta was used and by care-

ful cleaning it. has served two seas.
one." Georgette crepe collar and cuffs
edges in a narrow‘Vt .etian lace gave
such a dainty appearance. For the
buttons'I bought acorn-shaped moulds
and "covered them myself with pieces
of the taffetta. This pattern comes in
sizes 4, 6, 8 and 10 years.

No. 8855;—Ladies’ shirt waist. Cut
in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch
bust 'measure. A strictly tailored
shirt waist. which is particularly pop-
ular with the new military suits and
skirts. The collar is convertible, and
may be worn either low or high. The
military pockets with box plaits and
buttoned ﬂaps tare stitrhed at each
side of the front. No trimming is.
required for these waists except the
buttons. A person looks neat and well
dressed for so many occasions in tail-
ored clothes. The wash silks are the
most practical for su 1 blouses, al-
though most any of the fancy waist
materials make up well.

No. 8833.——~Ladies’ one-piece apron.
Cut in sizes 36, 40 and 44 inch bust
measure. This apron is' cut in one-
piece, three-quarter length, and held
in place by two narrow straps. Such
aprons are so easily slipped on over
any dress and when made of a light
percale or a pretty cretonne they hard-
ly look, like an apron. Where there
are young children it is very hard

patterns. ten cents each.- Ad-

.- - 7 Farm -.-_Home .Dept., Michigan
<3 as Firming»:

     

 
    
   
  

' make » greenest ' galleria-s. for —=“
an thétordinnry gingham-3, they j
better and as a rule ~

one-piece. .

Mt. Clemens. Mich. .

, , ,uss contentious“: in
operate .l skirts, [They require? mere

"curate-keep wellpressed, but it"made

or a” sink 'Or. moraine .plaits. will stay

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in" plpce without".much- trouble. ' This

style‘is especialisii-‘becbming to slen-

‘der forms as'of' course the box plaits
, add to the size. ofthe waist and hip
Wide stripes. or “plaids. are most '
’attractive in these plaits. The pat.-

line.

tern is‘cut in sizes .24, 26, 28, 30, 32,

‘and 34 waist measure.

N0. 8860:+Ladies’ one—piece dress.
out in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inch
bunt measure. Isn't this a clever
model for a daintily—ﬁgured organ-
d-y or white?» The simple two-gored
skirt is shirred to a slightly raised
waistline. 'The sleeves and vest are
on a guimpe fastened to the skirt. The
overblouse is separate, slips on over
the head and ties in a sash at each
side under the arms. A soft taffeta
Would be most serviceable in'such a
dress. Use Georgette for the sleeves
and a whiteorgandy or white vest,

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EAR Boys and Girls: I really
Ddidn’t intend to start this page

for you until next week, but'l
got so many nice letters and I thought
I’d better print some of them and show
you the kind of letters I like to re
ceive. / I almost wish I hadn’t offered
a prize for the best letter because they
all seem to be “best”, and it was very
hard for me to decide. I think you
will be glad, though, that I have de—
cided to give the girl’s prize to Ruah
Wise of Chesaning, who is doing so
much to help her mother in their mis-
ft rt1.ne. The boy’s prize goes to Ray-
mond Salgat of Caro. The prize in
e..ch case is a thrift stamp. Next
week, I’m going to have a [1111 page
of children's stories, pictures. puzzles,
and funny illustrations. Won’t that

be ﬁne? .
Did you ever hear of the “Doc
Dads?" Well the D00 Dads are a

funny little people who live in the
woods and have all sorts fun playing
tricks on other folks. Next week
I’m going to make you acquainted
.with Roly Poly, Doc Sawbones and
other members of the Doc Dads tribe.
I just know you will enjoy reading
about the funny antics of these little
people.

My goodness me, we haven't got
a name. for our page yet. What will
we call it? I~hardly know myself;
I think I’ll let my boys. and girls give
it. a name, and for the best name re-
ceived I'll give another thrift stamp.
So get your little heads busy and pick
out. a good name for this page.

If there are any boys and girls who
haven‘t written me any letters yet.
please write at once so that I can pub-
lish them in next week’s paper.~~
Your Aunt Penelope.

GIRL’S PRIZE STORY
By Ruah Wise, 12 years old.

Dear Aunt Penelope:——I read in {he
Michigan Business Farming that you
were going to give a prize to the boy or
girl who writes you the best letter giving
suggestions for the kind of pages to
print. So I thought I would try. I like
stories, poems, pictures, puzzles, exper-
ience letters. But I fancy stories. You
ask what we was going to do to help
papa and mamma. I will have to help
more this summer than any other one.
because our house burned May 22, 1918.
“’9 live in the granary now. .It is not
large enough to sleep in and live in too.
So we sleep in the barn, in the upstairs.
We have a carpet on the floor and we
have old carpet tacked over the cracks
to keep the cold out on a cold night.
When it is warm we will open the door.
I am helping mamma in the house. be-
cause she works in the ﬁeld, so papa can
work on the new house. I sweep the
granary every day. I wipe the dishes in
the morning; at noon I do them alone.
Sometimes I do them alone at night and
sometimes mamma helps me.

Saturday mamma was, helping papa
so I baked a cake for dinner. I do not
help papa so very much, only to do little
things like giving the horses their oats.

and get things that he wants in a hurry.‘

Papa said this summer when we get
the house further along that he could ﬁnd
plenty of work for me. between times
when I was not helping mamma.

. I am a Igirl 12 years old. I pasged at
school so am in the seventh grade. My
school is out. My name is Ruah Wise.

'My brother’s name is Raymond. He is

5 years old. He. has a little kitten. He
named it Snotvball. We: have a little colt
and papa“ said ‘my brother could name it.

i - If ' .

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. ; m ., _ , saggy“:
_ p . " skirt. » The hex-plotted - skirts

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’So she” does not do” so well.

  

, and 'ne recurs
are here orgies as; Theordatcm
~~ ise Tats She; isgeight years old andNis
a Every heavy ‘milker. She has never

had any. heifer calves.
present. , . ( . '
'Poll' ‘ is the next oldest. She is also a
very ,eavy mlker. She~ has had four
calves since we «owned her and they are
all heifers. Rose. is‘Polly’s calf. . She is

She “is dry at,

   
 

  

two years old. she has. a very pretty little.

calf. Beauty is Polly’s calf. She is a
' year old and is very nice. Star is also
Polly’s calf and is three months old; .

Star is my brother's and mine. We
bought it of papa for $1.0.' Snow is
three years ‘old and is small for her age.
She has had
two calves, onewas a heifer named Daisy
but she got her leg broken. She was the
nicest calf we harl.--—Rnah Wise. Chesan-
ing. Mich. ‘

BOY’S PRIZE STORY

Raymond Salgat, age 10 years.

Aunt Penélopez—I am a little bov it)
years old and in the 5th grade at sciool.
Papa‘takkes the M. B. F. and we think
it is a ﬁne paper. ml am glad you are go-
ing to have a department for children.
I like short stories, pictures and cut-out
puzzles the best. I am sending the cow
that I cut. out and pasted together. I
found it very easy.

I am the oldest of six children. Baby
Sylvia is six months old. There are three
girls and three boys in our family. We
have four cows. We call one Buttercup
and one B-lackeye. We just call the other
two Boss.

We have three yearling steers and
three spring calves. We have a little
heifer calf we named Cherry. We chil-

dren gather eggs, carry in the wood. gut.
the cows from pasture every night, hoc
weeds out of the crops and help mamma
lots in the house. We quit eating bread
and mtlk and eat rolled oats so as to saw.
wheat for the soldiers. Mamma uses all
kinds of substitutes.

Two ofc our cows are Jersey and two
are Durham. I will name the cow that.
I pasted together Black-eye. We milk
our cows by hand. Well I can‘t think
of any more to write about. so will draw
my letter to a close—Raymond Salgat.
Caro. Mich.

 

 

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smiling girls “farmercttes,’ but we ima-
gine they do u. lot more farm work than
the majority of the young ladies whose
pictures appear in the Sunday papcrs,
all togged out in bloomers of the latest
fashion. They are sisters of Mrs. Ed. Is-
rael of Sodus, Mich., and make their bonu-
on the Sodus form, “They do not hesitate
to don overalls and go into the ﬁeld"
writes Mrs. Israel. Here are two girls
at least who are helping Uncle Sam to
win the war.

Dear Penelopez—J thought I would
write and give a few suggestions for the
kind of page to print for the little folks.
I am a girl 12 years old, have lived on a
farm all my lifetime. My parents bo-
gan taking M. B. F. but a short time ago
and we all enjoy reading it, so much that
I think We will continue our subscription
for a while.

As I saw in the M. B. F. a cut-out «‘u\\'
I thought 1 would cut it out and paste
it together, as you see on the enclosed
sheet of paper. I have suggested a name
for the cow, which is American Beauty.
I live on an SO—acre farm; we have ﬁve
cows-and four young salves. I help my
mother with the household work and
help my father on the farm. I milk two
and sometimes three cows, morning :1an
evening. I also feed the calves. I keep
a few pets which are mainly rabbits. -l
have only seventeen rabbits at the pres-
ent time: they are mostly Flemish Hi-
ants; a few are Belgian hares. >

This summer I intend to help my moth-
er work in the. garden. Am taking care
of a small ﬁeld of sugar beets now. I en—
joy living on a farm, because it gives one
plenty of exercise and fresh air.

I have no sisters but I have two broth-
ers. My .one brother is married and is
living on an adjoining farm. We raise a
number of chickens and we have a few
sheep on the farm. We are all busy work-
ers and we have the Food Administra-
tion card in our home. We purchased 3
Liberty bond and will soon invest in the
”W. S. S. ,

Well, I will now tell you of something I
believe would be of'great interest to us
children. I think good stories for one
thing would be very interesting because

ost children love to read stories; puz—

es also would interest the little folks.
for they would have bushels of fun solv—

      

  

.. ,wen,w sterner told in
thing whlc I know would in

13. B. 14“., .
; itchell. R. No. 7, Clare, Michigan,

 

Dear Aunt Penelope :'—-—I am a girl,' 155..“
I suppose I should not write ’
but I have a

years old.
for the children’s page,

 
 
  
  
   

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tore-st mo“

of the little folks that read :the goodnold
so will closer—Cora. Elizabeth

song which was made up some. timeago ‘ ..:

by myself. It is as follows;
“Marching Through Georgia.)
Fighting the Kaiser
Bring that good old bugle. boys,
We‘ll have another song;
Sing it with a voice
That will move the world
Sing it as we always sing it
Righting the wrong.
‘Vhilc we go ﬁghting the Kaiser.
Chorus ’

0h, Hill! Oh, Billi We bring a jubilee,

()h. Sill! Oh, Bill! The ﬂag that e‘er

ﬂoats free!

So we’ll all sing tln- the

land across the sea.

\Vhilc we. are ﬁghting
' “l'ncle Sammy's (lashing boys

"Will never reach a trench,"
So the haughty Kaiser told
The saucy French.
Hm. when they hear us "over there"
"l‘will be ~an awful wrench
For that same blessed Kaiser.
\thn at last the war is o’er
"l‘will be our handsome boa t,
That even tho he had his "subs”
Stretched along our coast.‘
VH- were not at all afraid
To reckon with the hosts

Of that same blessed Kaiser.

I suppose you all know “Canning the
Kaiser." If not write to me and 1 will
be glad to give it to anybody. I am in
the 8th grade—Hi. (‘., l'ort Huron. Mich.

along ;

chorus in

the Kaiser.

7

Dear Aunt Penelopeze-Your paper with
picture of cow in at hand yesterday. .
have put it together and am mailing it
to you.

\Ve have eight cows on our farm; they
are Jerseys; “'8 have one registered cow,
her name is Flora Riverdale; the other
ones" names are Ginger. Mary. Favorite.
Bessie, Jane, Venelta and wame, the
last so named because. she was a twm.
June was her mother; we had to sell the
other one because they sucked each other.
We hated to awfully because they were
so alike. They were two years old Feb—
ruary 22nd. Washington’s birthday. They
both had little heifer calves this sprmg.
We sold their grandmother recently, so
we had four generations. We have two
yearling heifcrs named Rosy and Ethel.
and one master called Mack. and ﬁve
ln-il‘cr calves and onc muster calf. who is

rcg‘istcrcd. The heifers names are I’osy,
Piney. l'ink. Mandy and Gertie. The
master calf's nnmtx has not come back
yet. .. .

I am cight _\'<-:ll'.\' old. With best WlSh-
cs for tho 3?. H. l“.-»4llcs:<ic llcid, Vassar,
Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt I‘enelope:—7VVe are so glad
you are going to have a l1ttle boy and girl
department in the M. B. F. We hope it
will start next week. I am 10 years old
and my brother is 8. Our papa and mam-
ma live on a farm of 160 acres. Our
school has been closed just a week. I
help mamma do a lot of the house work.
Can get a meal when she is too busy and
help her plant the garden. My brother
and I have flowcr beds made. I would
like for you to print stories about boys
and girls on our page and my brother
likes stories about ponies and horses the
best. But we'll enjoy reading anything
on a page of our own. I put the cow
together and it was so casy for me to do.
I think Bonnie Bcllc. Would be a nice name

for her. .My pupa has four Holstein cows
and one .lcrsoy and four calves. Ho and
mamma milk the. cows. My brother
and l go aim bring ihcm home most
every evening. We have a separator
and sell cream when the crcamery 15

running and sell buttcr when it don’t. All
our cows are so gentle and iilcc.:~~l~lllner
:md [disic Ellis. Roscolmnon. Mich.

 

lH-ar Aunt l’enelopc:~—l am going to
tell you just what kind of a department
I like I’d like to have one with one
nicc story each wcck and a few letters
from the children. Some puzzles and
pictures and poems. I‘d like to have a
column for essays or stories on a sub-
ject suggested by some one. I think
good one would be "The ﬁrst Amer an
flag.” A small prizc for the best one
would induce the children to write. Po-
ems on the wan our soldiers and sailors.
our army commanders. would be inter-

esting. Letters from the children on
what they are doing to help ”Can the
Kaiser," pictures: of friends, pets ﬂow-
ers, vegetables.

Don’t you think that some jokes, a few
new, funny once. might help to make us
cheerful. i hope to win that prize—J.
A. H.

Dear Aunt Penelopezwl have enjoyed
cutting and pasting the puzzle of the cow.
I think that Nell wouldbc :1 pretty name
for her.

We have seven cows we milk and eight
young cattle. and that makes ﬁfteen head
of cattle. Some of them are Jerseys.

I am eleven years of age and my sister
is thirteen years of age.
quarts of cream every night and morning.»
The name of our separator is the Melotte,
and it is a dandy separator. We like it

(Tune.

We get nine '

very well—Jessie Blough, Saranac, Mich,“

 

Dear Aunt Penelope:-———My name is
Hazel Belle Courser.
We have on our farm 4 cows. We have

two calves also. The ﬁrst three cows are

four years old;.the last one is eight years. 1
They are Durham cows, and very ,_
, have. A,
We sell milki‘

old.
gentle. They are all red;
horns and two have none.

two ’

I am 11 years old.-

and we send in a. can of milk every. ’L

morning.
Hazel, R.

No, 2., Mt. Pleasant. Michigan.

I named the cow Beauty-Le

    
     

   
 
 
 
   

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in the Third Naval District,
which includes the port of New

yard, mark him as a FIGHTER

ageous.

Michigan born, November
5, 1864, Michigan reared and
devoted to . all of Dalichigan'e
interests, with his record of
service, and his active, positive
loyalty to state and countrydt
ieeepecially ﬁttingthat'l‘ruman
Newberry be chosen to repre-
sent Michigan in the Senateof
the United States.

When twelve years old, he
was color-bearer in aMichigan
Cadet tion which won
fame at Philadelphia. He
helped organize the Nlichigan
Naval Brigade' 11: 1895, enlist-
ing as a private and serving as
an able seamen on the train-
ing ahip “Yantic.” He was
an ensign in the Spanish-
American War on the "Yose-
mite." As a comrnandeninthe
This-d Naval District he will

Published by

The Newberry SenatorialCommltree
A. A. Templeton, General Chairman
Paul H. King, Executive Chairman

 

 

'h'uman H. Newborly

York and the Brooklyn navy ‘
and DOER, capable and cone- 3

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thewarand .

hshismmpiisn.
for Senator en.-

tirelyv in the. .
hands. of hit

army, the other as an ensign
in the navy.

Truman Newberry is a
worker. After he left college,
he took hard lmodrs working
with a construction gang on
the old Detroit, Bay City &
Alpena Railroad. He also
sailed the Lakes and earned
for himself a license as ﬁrst-
class pilot. HE IS A MAN’S
MAN

As Secretary of the Navy
under President Roosevelt,
he is credited with putting the
navy in a state of preparedness,
which has had much to do with
its present efﬁciency.

“Fighting Bob” Evans said
of him—“Truman H. New-
berry is the gmteetSeeroC-ry
of the Navy the nation has
ever had. "

His ability and experience
make him an ideal candidate
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and with the—local shipments tifé in!

is fairly well supplied. - The .sale prices
average 111153119111 one cent low—er In“.

Detroit.

Market continues ﬁrm and active.

with light receipts. With no chance

--of an oversupply the market will con- .

tinue ﬁrm with a possibility of the

price advancing slightly each Week

on choice fresh gathered country eggs,
Dressed Veal Calves

With continued light receipts the

market is ﬁrm and the trade cannot.»

be supplied. Shippers should be very
particular in dressing and get out all
the heat before shipment is made.
The meat inspectors inspect all arrivals
and ’when veal does not arrive in pro-

. per condition it is immediately con-
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Live Slack Letters

Detroit—Livestock: Receipts quite
liberal for this season of the year.
The settling of the strike among hand-
lers of livestock has evened .up the
movement so that all shipments are
being moved in the regular way. Re-
ceipts are running heavier to light
weigth stock.and showing signs of
grass feed. The eastern demand for
cattle has been large, especially‘so of
the better grade stock. On hogs the
shippers’ demand is not prominent
bringing on a weakness to th hog mar-
ket.

Cows and heifers are in good de-
mand. Prime heifers selling in small
lots $16. 00@16. 25; yearling steers and
heifers mixed as high as $17. 25. Prime
heavy weight cows, $15. 00@15. 50 and
bulk of offerings average $11. 00@13. 00.
Choice to prime feeders $13. 50@13. 75
Bulk of stock was a grade that brot
on an average of $12. 00.

H , market irregular with sales
ranging from 40 to 50cents lower than
a week ago. Packing grades $16.10@
16.35; fair to light weights $16.35@
16.65. Country feeders are looking for
go.‘. feeding pigs‘ and offers range as
high as $17.50.

Sheep and lambs: Receipts running
lighter with a slight reaction in the
market. There is a strong demand for
lambs with prices ruling strong.

Shorn lambs selling as high as. $18
and spring lambs averaging about the
same. The quality of the sheep run-
ning poor and not many sales made
above $14.50. Better grades ought to
sell for $15.00 or better.

Veal: Market active and buyers
were active in picking up everything
as it came in. Best bringing $16.00@
16.50, others $10.00@15.00.

llght supply, sol

11-11311 sold 50c to $1.00 lower

15.531039 of our market about 25 cars or
' cattle went m; unsold —. » '

The receipts of cattle Tuesday were"
42:11am, including 30 cars left from

Monday 11 trade; market generally 25c ; ‘ -

lower. j‘,”

The receipt of hogs on Monday ’50— T:

tailed 7200 head. The/ market was '
steady to 10oéhlg'her, With the bulk of.

the hogs selling 1mm $17. 50 to $17 66; ;
pigs and lights were 25c to 50c higher; ’
and sold from $17 75 to $184M); 101131111.

$15 25; stage, $10. 00 to $1.2 0.0.
The receipts of hogs. Tuesday were

about 2400 head. The market was 19.3 .

to 15c higher, with medium and heavy
hogs selling from $17. 60 to $17. 70; mix--
ed, $17. 70; yorkers, $17. 75; pigs and ‘
lights, $17. 75 to- $18. 00; reughs, $15. 00

to $15. 50; stage, $10. 00 to 12.00. V

The receipts of sheep and lambs 9n

Monday were called ten cars or 2,000
head. There were two or three loads

of dry—led lambs on the market and“

they were sold all the way from $18.00“
to $19.00 per cwt.
grassy stuff, and the best. grassy
lambs sold from $15.50 to- $17.50;
throw—outs $13 to $14; There wereno
dry-ted yearlings or sheep on the mar.
ket. Grassy yearlings sold from $14
to $15.50; wethers, $14.00 to $14.50;

'ewes, $12 to $13-as to weight and qual-

ity.

There were about 50 head of sheep .
and lambs On sale Tuesday, and from -
the inquiry, we would quote every-

thing about steady with Monday.

Coal

The situation does not show much
improvement. There is considerable
run of mine being shipped and being
used in place of the prepared lump-
Very little prepared lump 130111 on the
market. The Fuel Administrator is
ordering run of mine coal be used,
for threshing purpbses and reserve all
lump that is possible to get for do-

, mestlc purposes.

Hard coal is scarce and hard to get.

Consumers are only allotted a certain

percentage of their yearly require-
ments for delivery at this season of the- .
year. We would advise every consum~
er to get coal even though it is run
mine as it will burn the same as lump
and just as economical to use as the
prepared lump and it will keep you
warm next winter. ,

We were much pleased with the paper.
——-Char1ey Stevens, Clare county.

Please keep F. coming right
along. It is aJlM right. ———Geo. W. a. w-
kins, Calhoun county.

I received a sample copy or your paper-
and think it well worth the money—John
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KING CHAMPION RAG APPLE—THE $20,000 BULL

M. B. F. wishes to acknowledge an error that appeared in the advertise-
ment of A. W. Green’s quality sale in last week’s issue.
$20 000 hull was printed with the title “a twin son of the $20, 000 bull to

The picture of

be sold—some in-
dividuality here"
We are informed
that the picture is
the likeness of the
great sire him-
self and not that ,
of his oﬂ’spﬁng.
Twenty-ﬁve sons
and daughters of
this famous bull
will be offered‘at
. the Green Sale,
aﬂording an un-
usual opportunity
.for lovers of ani-
,mals‘ of. ”rare‘
breeding to secure
.. a foundation for
‘ their own herds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"at of the clover is
_ ' ‘ at t's‘Allegan,_ on 1June 14:
, 11,98232; cats; 80; rye, 180; hey,
12.00 to 1'4. 00; beans,_8 .00, potatoes, 60;
' , 3816838128.
hogs. 1'4 {61.

5'9 . beef steers
W, F.‘,‘ Otsego. June 15.

" U COLA Crops looking ﬁne except
corn but with warm weather corn will
make good growth. Farmers busy hoeing
and cultivating; Help scarce and
“ . The Farmers Co-OperatiVe El-
'evator. started to do business June 10th.
‘ . ught the Webber property and intend
' building an elevator this fall. HaVe hired
- E. K. Roobbel, a local man, as manager
-—Cf’B. Reese, June‘1 15.

I; HUBON-—'We had rain, hail and a
cyclone all the same day. A number of
‘ silos and barns were blown down, apple

' trees torn out by the roots and stock-

._ killed. Weather is ﬁne since the storm
_' A few beans to sow yet.

are looking goodz.‘ Prices offered at Elk-
ton: ~Whea at, 82 .;05 com, 2 25; beans.
7. 00; potatoes, 50; butterfat, 39: eggs,
28; hogs, 15.-—G. W. Elkton, June 14.

. CALHOUN (_Went)——~\'.eath_er is warm
and dry; no heavy fall of rain for some
time. The farmers are busy planting
potatoes and cultivating corn Corn is
growing fine, the stand being beyond ex—
pectations. Oats are looking good and
it looks as though hay would be a fair
crop, not a large one. Not many beans
being planted in this viCinity, only for
home use. The wheat at the present time
looks as though it would be about half
a crop. Prices at Battle Creek, June 14:
Wheat, 82. 07 to 2.;09 oats 80; hay. 16
'to 18; beans, ‘,'c-_wt 875; potatoes, 60.—
V. H. J. Battle Creek, Juneﬂ4

anBochN (South)——Weathe1 has
been cold and high winds doing lots of
damage to small grain. Old meadows
_ poor but newer seeding very good. Many
farmers complain of poor seed corn.
which 'will reduce the stand considerable.
A less acreageof potatoes and beans are
being planted than last season The most
of our farmer. boys are being called to
the service leaving very few for farm
work. Prospects good for a large crop
0L apples and berries but few cherries.
Some farmers are giving away potatoes
to get rid of them. —Wolverine, June 15.

LAPEER (S. C.)—Weather for the
week has been somewhat cooler, not very
good for. our com. Hay and oats are
growing very good Some of the old
meadows are not very good, new clover
seeding is ﬁne. Spring wheat seems to
be doing very well, it is a new thing in
this neighborhood Prices at Imlay City
June 15: Wheat, 81. 95 to 2 05; com, 1. 70;
oats, '65; hay, 12.50 to 13; beans, 7.00
to 9.;00 potatoes. 500; hens, 20 to 22;
springers, 22 to 24; butter, 41; butterfat
40; eggs 31; sheep,10; lambs, 13 to 14;
hogs, 18 to 16. 50' beef steers, 10. 50 to 13;
beef cows. ‘7 to 9; ve‘ai calves, 10 to
12; wOol. 65,—C . A. 3..
June 15

‘GENESEE (S. E.)——Farmers are plant-
ing beans and potatoes and cultivating
corn. Some are cutting alfalfa hay. We
havenot had any rain lately and a good
rain would do lots of good, especially on
sandy soils. Farmers are selling wool,
livestock and a small amount of grain.
Beans are not moving and the market is
dead, Early potatoes are looking good.
The majOrity of farmers have their beans
planted. There is a large decrease in
the acreage of beans planted this year
as- compared with last year. Corn is
looking good and if we have a good sea-
' ' son we surely will have a. large yield this
year. Several farmers are sowing alfalfa
this season.

Prices offered at Flint on June 12:
Wheat, 82. 10; corn, 81. 60; oats, 80c;
rye, 81. 60; hay, $16 to 820; beans, 89 per
cwt; red kidney beans, $11; potatoes,
$1. 00 per cwt.' , cabbage, 20 lb.; hens,-17;
springers, 20; dairy butter, 35' 1eggs, 34;
sheep, 9 to 10; lambs,5 014 to 15; hogs
816.50; beef cows 84.5 to 88; steers,
$10; veal calves, to 11; wool 65; ap—
pies. 83. 50 to $5 a bbl..—C .S., Fenton,
June 13.

BRANCH—Farmers are working their

corn and putting in potatoes ‘and beans. ,

'rFine weather days. rather cool nights,
soil in good condition. Farmers 8 this
some stock and Wool, not hoidin laugh
thin. Some rebuilding, not much dying.

Mar ets at Union City on June 18 offer- “

.ed to pay for wheat, 82. 08; cats, 05:115.-s
815 to 516:11 ht mixed hay. $10 to 31b~
“but tter, 334 bu erfat, 40; eggs 30;
Bio! to 16; bags 116%;1951314 001
cows, 7; vea ca. ves , w
. to_ 67,—13‘. S'.;- Union City, June 14'. .

—-—:Farmers are planting: I.

sowmg buckwneat
001! .th '

drylns‘ "013:"

beep, 10; lainbss 13]
. 0 1
7to 9; veal calves, 10 to

high ‘

Spring crops *

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"to 13.—R. B.

' crops in. Wheat and rye poor;
Everybody trying their '

down a few weeks ago:

beef stders, , ms? ‘ ’

pits and one or two have beans on hand
and there is no sale for either. Prices at
Caro on June 14. Wheat, $2. 00; corn.
1.;75 cats, 70; rye, 1.;50 hay, $15 to 16;
beans, cwt., 8.;00 hens, 22; old roostels,
15 to 18; butter, 33; eggs, 30; sheep, 6 to
8; lambs, 9 to 11; hogs, 13 to 15 beef
steers. 8; beef cows, 4; veal calves, 10
,,Caro June 14. ,4,

ARENAAD (East)——-Ear1y potatoes and
corn were struck with frost last Friday
night. Week has been cool and very high
winds with one serious storm laying many
barns, houses, etc., ﬂat. Oats, barley
spring wheat looking good. Not much to
igport; everybody busy; ——M. B. R, ”June

OGEMAW (N.- C.)—-Farmers have their
oats are
looking good.
best to make this a. banner crop year. A
number of farmers are hustling timhei to
build their barns up: that were blown

GOOD OIL IS THE LIFE

OF THE MACHINE ‘

t a dollar for re-

“be three years’ use

, _ a Central Missouri

told the ast summer “And, "
g e done a. let more

stretch of good road you drove over
was graded by the tractor; it pulled
the ensilage cutter and it did other
jobs. Our tractor engine is the real
‘handy man’ on this farm.”

“But surely that record of no repair
bill in three years is a remarkable
one,” I observed, “do you consider it
entirely the make of the machine you
use?” “Hardly,” was my friend’s re-
ply,"“you see Billy Smith over in the
next township has the same machine
and his repair bill has been more than
$100 in three years. My machine is a
good one of course or I wouldn’t have
it on the farm.”

“But how do you hold the repair
bill down?” I queried. “Care.” was
the quick reply. “Not only do we use
care in operating t"e tractor and every
other machine on our farm but.we see
that the machine gets oil and grease
when it {feeds it. There’s more ma-
chinery ruined because the operator
allows the machine to run until a
warning'squeak betrays the fact that
oil is needed than is worn out with
use. .- Not only‘do we keep a sufficient
supply of, oil and grease appﬁed but
We ,see that ' oil's receptacles and” pipes

and the grease cups are kept cleaned
up. Take a look at the oil holes in ’
many farm machines. You’ll ﬁnd 'em
caked with dirt and scarcely a drop
of oil ﬁnds its way to the needed place.
Downright cruelty to machines, I call
it, but there’s one satisfaction; you
can’t abuse :1 machine and not have it
pay you back.”

"Any ifference in oil cfi‘ered for
sale?" I wanted to know. “Well I'd
say so,” he came back. “Get oil and
grease that’s been tested and tried.
l'm sure that half of Bill’s trouble
with his machine has come from using
just any old oil that could be bought
for a few cents less. Find the grade
that suits your machine then stick to
that brand thruout the year. You'll,

'. save dollars in the end.”

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Sam's gave me something to think
about.
buy car but

of oil for my motc'

since then I’ve concentrated on one. "

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for my machine. And the old boat -
seems to have more pep this year‘thang',
ever before—«J. F. Case in Missouri: ,‘
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“‘ONDERFUL FEED BEANS
The beans we are offering are, worth
50 '0 more than the average run of Mich-
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dry and free from clay and stones.
Grind two parts beans and one part
oats or bran and you will have 21 won-
derful ration for horses_ cattle, hogs or
sheep.
Price $46.00 ton. delivered Michigan
points, sacks include .
'l‘ he cheapest and best feed you can buy.
Order today before stocks are exhausted
Port Huron Storage ‘& Bean Co
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FOR SALE—A laig‘e tract of good land
for farming, when cleared Sufiu 19111 for
a small colony Can be purchascd in
tracts to suit the purchaser. Price and
terms favorable. Also improve-d land
with good buildings thereon. All situ—
ated on main leading line of road. ,0 thc
city of Cheboygan. No tOi‘nzldm-s, loads
or grasshoppers hero to harm lil'c 11l‘
property. For further description. 11' in«
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Air-Friction Carburetor (“011111211133 359
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$500.00. Excellent

hillo (Wink,

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shupc. Used two
selling. Price
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HOl'SEKlCi-II'ICR “'AN’I‘I‘ID —— “'idow
lady good lmusclwcpcr for family of two,
man and rum liflccn, country woman
about forty-tit» prcl‘crred. Would not
object to 0111- child. \‘Vritc box 47, Mich-
igan Busincss l‘VELl‘llllllg. Mt. Clemens,
Niichigan. ‘

 

(xUlVEA PIGS
pay one dollar each for female
Not over ﬁfty wanted Ad-
'Engineers Bldg. Cleveland.

Will
guinea pigs.
dress, West,

 

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anlced ﬁxe years. Eighteen Colors.
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SjS’N
H0111 ANNUAL cos-v 11:1

“‘June 5,1918 ” In’ Inany a Holstein.
‘book that .‘entry
will be underscdred,
Dairyma'n.
will be “pro-ed” and
weeks tocome. _’ 011 that date the
~third annual session of- the
Hols ein—Freisian' Association of Am-
erica was held in Milwaukee The
attendance vas frém _eighteen differ-

“conn- ed” for

out states and was probably larger '
than at any previous gathering Glad-'7‘

herants to a single breed—«and rightly
so, for the interests of close to 12,000
members ofzthé Association Were rep-
resented. More than half of the 700
who crowded'thc meeting held ofﬁcial
memberships. This annual session
was of special signiﬁcance. It was the

.ﬁrst the association has held in Wis-

consin and the third in the west. .It
marked the endof the' best twelVe-
month period in a series of splendid
years. It records the fact’that the
Holsteina’Friesian breed-
numbers and stronger than ever be-
fore. Yet these things are not those
for which the date. “June 5,
will be iliemorable. It is" not so,n1uch
for what was done or what was left
undone, but rather the manner of its
doing. '

ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT

Hon. D. D. Aitken made his fourth
“president’s address" before the asso-
ciation. In the four years during
which he‘has been president one-half
of the present membership has been
added and nearly as many animals
have been registered as in the associa—
tion’s entire pr ‘vious hislory. Yet
Mr. Ailkcn says: "Still. we havc but
just, commenced.” He takes the broad—
minded View in his remarks regarding
the future of the Holstein-Fricsian,
and concerns himself with the inter.
esls of the dairy indus‘ry in general.
believing that if dairying is- prosper-
ous the Holstein will fare well. He
has vision without being visionary.
The advertising of the food value of
dairy products he asserts is the most
important question of the day. He
gave hearty praise to the Food Ad-
ministration for its present campaign
in educating the consumer to_ use
more of the output of the dairy cow.
His rcumrks carried weight for he is
in close touch wilh the Administration
and is giving much of his own cliort
to the work of enlightening the public
on the high virtues of milk and its
products.

Mr. Aitken recommends that, a. cen-
sus should be conducted to secure full
information concerning Holstein-Frie-
sians now alive; that rctnrns should
be required for animals which die;
that a careful study of the importance
of the large use of milk should be
made by each member; that type as
well as production should be consid~
crcd by breeders; and that herds

‘ f“w1t'h the coming 61 _
' we will have the satistaction of- know-

5111 that ever dair 1am on e in
says Hoard’s g y YT] gag d

The events of that day'

is larger in»

1918.” '

with: 111.12 fellowmg‘ stat".

'the work has done a little more than
his share in whipping the Hun.- ' They
have produced more food than any
like numbei of men anyWhere. Each
one of their machines has furnished
from six to ten times its own weight
in the most nourishing tood‘ 111 the
world and while from age or other
conditions they have not been able to
ﬁght in the trenches, they have been

steadfast warriors in the second, line-

of defense that made the ﬁrst line pos-
sible, and in the enrollment ofxthe
census to- ascertain where all men

stand they will have no occasion to

feel ashamed for the part they have

played in the great world crisis”

TWO IMPORTANT SALES
DATES NEAR AT HAND

FLAVDERS FARMS
The Flanders Farms Dispersion sale
to be held next week. Wednesday,
June 26th. at Orchard Lake, will be one
of the truly big sales events of the
entire year. Sixty-ﬁve head of some
of the choicest Holsteins in the state

will be sold 011 that day to the highest ,

bidder. The magnitude of the sale,
the breeding reputation of the Flanders
Farms, the excellence of the animals
offered combine to make this sale a
great. drawing card for breeders in all
sections of the state, and we’predict
one of the most succssful sales of the

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WALNUT CREST FARMS

Many Michigan breeders are plan-
ning to attend the Green sale! at Mid-
dlelield. Ohio; on June ’27th and 281h.
It is too bad‘that the dates of this sale
and the Flanders sale come so near to-
gether as there are no dOubt breeders
who would like to he in attendance at
both sales and will ﬁnd it impossible
to do so. Mr. Green claims that he is
offering more 40-111. grandsons and
granddaughters of Rag Applc Korn-
dyke 8111 than were ever offered be-
fore at any sale. It is impossible in
our limited space to mention oven
brieﬂy the individuals which are in-
cluded among the 125 head of Holslcins
to be'sold. bul sufﬁce to say that they
are of such excellence as to attract
the attention of discriminating buy-
ers in all sections of the counlry

HOLSTEIN ARGUMENTS IN
FAVOR OF PURE BREDS

More than 42‘. lbs. of butter in seven
dayswover six pounds of butter 21 day
——as much butter in one week as the
average cow yields in fourteen weeks.
That's the record of this stately Hol-
stein matron of the dairy world who
goes by-lhe name of Tictje Quccn De
K01 2nd 228990.

 

 

 

 

 

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of Butter inﬂayvegkg!

This Purebred
Holstein Cow
Yielded,

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is condition. " ~ -5‘ - .
_of 4 years, 10 months, 2.671163}:

6th 66229;

is the thirty- second pure- ibred H‘ ,
cow to enter the charmed circle of".

‘66w6 that have produced more than 403.5:

lbs. of butter in one week. ..

Her sire is Sir- Pentiac Komdykc j
her dam is Tietje Queen: De -.
K01195772. This is the Second daugh-
ter ‘of’Tietje Queen De Kai to make .
better than 42 lbs. of butter in‘a week,
and the dam herself has a 42 1b. record _
which makes. this trio hn exceptional

, family.

Tletje Queen De KOl 2nd was bred.

.by W. L. Keyes, Deerﬁeld New York, "

and is now owned by A. C. Howe, New
Hartford, New York

SOPHIE’S AGNES TOPS THE

HOOD FARM‘ JERSEY SALE,

The Hood Farm sale at Lowell.
Mass, on June 1, established. new re-
cords for the sale of American-bred
Jersey cattle. This notedfarm has
bred and developed more champion
producing cows than any other farm.
Most of \the animals are direct des—
cendants of. some 01" the highest-pro

.ducing cows that composed the herds

at the Columbian and
positions. when the Jersey breed es
tablished its _hold' on the reputation»
of being able to produce more pounds
of butterfat for each 100 lbs. of feed
consumed than any othcr breed.

The Sophie’s 'Tormentor strain ~'
which wasd-eveloped at Hood Farm
attracted many buyers who were eager
to get. some of the best blood of this
family. Some 01' the most. prominent.
individuals in the herd were placed
on sale to‘intensit‘y the interest in
the auction. 'l‘he'leading cow was
with good. lines and exceptional milk
machinery. She already has two Regis-
of'Meril Records as’follows:

Lbs. 'Milk Lbs. Far"

10171.4 619.89 3 yrs. 3 mos.

14149.7 834.88 4 yrs. 9 mos.

Sophie's Agnes is 110w on test and
promises to exceed" the record of her
holder of the Jersey breed and of all
breeds when long-distance production
is considered. “Agnes" was quickly
bid to $9,000. and was knocked down
to Ayredale Stock Farm. Bangor. Me,
for $10099. It was evident that the
buyer wanted to beat‘the record price
paid for a Jersey which was establish-
ed-oniy a few weeks ago. The ringside
considered her a barbain a't'tlris ﬁgure.

The next highest price was obtain-
ed when three sons of Sophie 19th.
one by Sophie's Torono, one by Cham—
pion ’l‘orono's Son, and the other by
Sophie's Bmlha’s Son, “11; led into
the 11111;. [t was thought that a 119.11
iecord pxi<e 1'01 Jeisey bullls would be
set uhen the pick of these animals
was offered. Bidding was rather
sluggish, and Mr. E. C. Lasater of
Texas paid $7,500 for a choice. He
selected Sophie l9th's Torono by
Champion Torono’s Son.

But the word “bargain” hardly de-
scribes the ﬁgure at which Mr. La-
sater got this bull. and the following
object lesson can be

St” Louis Ex-

Age

had from the

Hood Farm sale as to why a good bull

is worth 11 large sum of money (t‘Wen~

ly-ﬁvc animals sired by Pogis 99th

of Hood Farm were sold the same day

for a tolal of $31795). Sophie’s

Adora. the champion four-year—old

cow of the breed. was bought by Ayre-

dale Farm at $3.599. Sophie's‘din-

prover, a 1wo-year-old bull, by Pogis

99th and out of Lass 64th. was sold

to H. W. Knight, Littleton. Mass... for .
$4.000. Lass 89111 of Hood Farm. a.
gxeat show (ow with thiee Register

of Me1it iecords to her credit, sold to

Ayiedale Stock Farm for $1525

The piincipal- buyers at the Hood
Farm auction were E. C. Lasater,
Falfurrias, Texas; Ayredale Stock
Farm. Bangm, Me; Willis Whinnery,
Salem, Ohio; Inderkill Farms, Staats-
burg, New York.

Mr. C. 1. Hood was well pleased with
the results of the sale, which netted
$60,198 for sixty~six head. Fifty-31x4
animals bred at. the farm ‘

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,._ _ Holstein Heifers , .-
'..;‘='I“he‘f,cows. and bulls advertised have
ibeen sold: I have 6 or 8 registered
Holstein rheiters from heavy produc-
ing dams, 3 mos. to 2 years old at
$1125 apiece. , '

 

FOR SALE
Two Registered Guernsey Bulls,
7 months old.

R. B. JACKSON}

 

 

, Cherry King dam, also spring pigs.

 

. . 8 W8 A (I . ,
. , f~ﬁall :lit’tsr‘t bred to , . m
. -.-- King 857,‘_the*biggest'pit~°f‘im
age, eVer- s own at the Internationals '*
1. mile northeast of t'own. Visitor-s“

welcome 7 ‘days in week. ' ' ’
Newton vBarnhart, .St. Johns,

PEACH HILL FARM—Registered Duty

oc Jersey Swine. .
ders for Weanling boar pigs $20 eac' ‘ t __
weaning time.
viduals.

   

 

Michigan. T" -

 

Inwood Bros. ‘Lomeo, Michigan.

 

UBOC JERSEYS Bred Sows all sold.
,1_yearling boar sired to BrookWater
Tippy Orion and out of a Brookwater
Best
individuals.

or blood ‘lines and splendid
. Michigan.

J. UNDEIIHIIJIJ. sale“),
POLA N 1)

IO TYPE 1’. c. FALL son's bred for‘.
July and August farrow. Weigh 250

 

CHINA

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The'young- bulls We have for sale
are. backed ;_~up‘ by many: generations
of large producers. Buy Ode of these

bulls, and give your herd a “push."
Fulldescriptions, prices, etc. on re—

.uest. ’_ _
q McPherson-Farms Co.

. .I _ l'flowell, Mich.

 

 

 

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MUSOLFF 4 BROS.’ HOISI'EINS

We are now fioking orders for
young bulls from King Pieter Seg‘is
Lyons 170506. All from A. R. 0. dams
With credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write. for pric-
es and further information.

 

'Fo-n SALE AT A BARGAIN
A Holstein bull calf, born June 3rd,

 

1918:_ nicely marked, with great
bregimg. Dam freshened Sept. 15,

1916, gave a gdod ﬂow of milk until
March 15, 1918. Sire a son 01' Maple-
crest Korndyke Hengerveld, D. D.
A1tkens’_herd sire. Write for photo
and particulars. $55 gets him.

W C. Hendee & Son, Pinckney, Mich.

 

 

 

 

EAT DO YOU WANT? I represent jil
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls

,all ages. Some females, C. W. Crum.
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn
Association. McBrides. Michigan.

 

Pure Bred Shorthorns and
Young bulls $100 to
weaning time.
Almont.

 

FOR SALE
0. I. C. pigs.
$125 each; pigs $12 at
Ray Warner, R. No. 3. Box 53,
Michigan.

HEREFORD

250 STEERS FOR SALE

Ones. twos, threes, Herefords, Angus
And Shorthorns. 600 to 1200 lbs. Chorce
quality sorted to lee, age and breed. in
car lots. Write your wants. C. F. Ball,

 

 

E. L. SALISBURY
SHEPHERD, MICH. '
Breeder 0t purebred
Holstein-Friction Cattle
Young bulls. for sale from A. Ii.
, 0. COWS with creditable records.‘

 

 

 

 

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires dams average 37.76 lbs. hut—
ter 7 due. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
5.52% fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows =34 white.
Price $65.00. each while they last.

Herd tuberculin tested annually.
Boardrnan Farms, Jackson, Michigan.

 

 

 

. sired by a son of
B l Calves Friend Hengerve”
De K01 Butter

Boy and by a son of King Segis _De K01
Korndyke, from A: R. O. dams With rec-
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
at. full ‘age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered. '

WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM.
W. W. Wyckoff, , Napoleon, Mich.

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL 6

months old, grandson of Hengerveld

De'Kol, sired by Johan Hengerveld
Lad who has 61 A. R. 0. daughters.
Dam is an 18 lb. 3 yr. old' granddaughter
of King Segis who has a sister that re-
cently made 33 lbs. butter in 7 days as a
4 yr. old. This calf is light in color,
w'ell grown and a splendid individual.
Price $100. Write for photo and pedigree.
L. C. Ketzler, Flint, Michigan.

 

 

We want these Registered Holstein
Bulls to head Grade Herd:

Korndyke Clothllde of Serridalo,
Born June 24, 1917. Price $100
Korndyke‘ Ormsby— oi' Sorridella
Born Sept. 19,, 1917. Price $85
Prices f. o. b. Oscoda, Mich.
SERRIDELLA" FARMS
Decode, - - - Michigan

 

 

 

WASHTENAW FARM HOLSTEINS
‘30 lb. bull in service. No stock for
sale at present. Carl F. and Ben N.
Braun, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

One Car-load Registered‘I-Iolsteins

Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and

from heavy—producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts.
J. Hubert Brown, Byron, Michigan.

 

HOLSTEIN F RIESIAN CATTLE

FOR SALE Young Holstein bulls from
good A. R. O. dams and sired by 30 lb.
bull, few females whose dams have good
A. R. 0. records, bred to a 30 lb. bull.
Howbert Stock Farm. Eau Claire, Mich.

 

 

HICKORY GROVE STOCK FARM
Otters for immediate sale 12 daughters of
King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne bred to
Mutual Pontiac Lad. All of the cows in
this herd are strong in the blood 01’ Maple-
crest and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. We
can always furnish carloads of pure bred
and grade cows. ‘ .

D. .Owen Taft, Route 1. Oak Grove, Mich.

Holstein—Frieda]: Cattle .

Under the present labor conditions
I feel the necessity ot‘ reducing my
herd. Would sell a few bred females
or a few to freshen this spring. These
cows are all with calf to a 30-pound
bull. J. Fred- Smith, Byron. ’Mlchlgnn

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘ CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK“

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.. resent-moss. . ‘ . ‘ ’
- nourishes, . _ ,
- suitorsmnzs, - - l
' ANGUS.
. ounces.

 

  

 

 

Fairﬁeld. Iowa.
8 bull calves Prince

Herefords Donald and Farmer
Breeding. ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich.

 

 

 

HAR‘VOOD HEREFORDS .
Yearling bulls and a few he1fers

from choice bred cows. ' .
Jay Hat-wood, R. No. 3, Ionia, Mich.

 

 

 

WOLVERIN E STOCK FARM ‘

Breeders of Holstein-Friesian Cattle,
Battle Creek, Michigan. Senior Herd
Sire, Judge Walker‘ Pieterje whose
ﬁrst five dams are 80 lb. cows. Young
bulls for sale, from daughters of King
Korndyke Hengerveld Oronsby.

 

 

 

 

FOR SALET-Registered Holstein Show

Bull. servxce age; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding. Price right. John A. ‘Rinke,
Warren, Michigan.

*SUNNY PLAINS HGISTEINSW

Purebred Holstein hulls, 7 months old
and younger. Korndyke and Canary
breeding. From A. R. O. dams with
good records. Choice individuals._, Also
‘Arvsiew Ktitaniales foIr sale. Right prices.

n 1 mger, Fowlervil '. '
Phone. 58F15. le, Michigan,

 

EGISTEBED HOLSTEIN BULL, eight
months old for sale. M. A. Cpbred
sire. Dam has June 3rd record of
407 lbs. of milk; butter 16.64 lbs. Per-
fect udder. Fine individual. Better than
1,200 lb. cow. Price $85, at once.
0. L. HULETT & SONS. Okemos. Mich.

GUERNSEY

 

 

JERSEY

0R SALE or Exchange. 'lnc thorough-

bred, unregistered ‘Jersey Bull calf.
Solid color. Black pomts.
David F). Burns, Beulah. Michigan.

 

HORSES

SH I‘I’I‘LA N I) I’ON “CS

 

 

 

. ll 9,
‘ROBIN CARR RUDGATE PAW lbs. Spring pigs. Call or write E. n.
" ~’ :FOWLEBVILLE, MICHIGAN BIRMINGHAM. - MICHIGAN Leonard, St. Louis. Michigan.
. » . HAMPSHIRE
SHOBTHOBN

 

I‘IGISTICRED HAMPSHIRE PIGS now
rrendy. A bargain in, boar pigs. John
W. Snyder. R. No. 4, St. Johns.

SHEEP

SHROPS “IRES

 

 

 

Il'ROI‘SHlRES.—Smne ﬁne yearling

Rams and Ram Lambs, one 3 yr. old.
Farmers’ price, Dan Booher, R. No. 4,
Evart. Michigan.

 

0R AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register-

ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and 80
Registered Yearling ltams of extra qual—
ity and breeding. Flock established 1890.
C, Lemen, Dexter, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

POULTRY
“’YANDOTTE
ILVER, GOLDEN and “'III’I‘IC \Vyan-
dottes of quality, tine large cot-lmrels,
$3.00 each. Eggs. $2.50 per 15. (‘lnrcnco
Browning. R ..\'o_ 3. Portland. Michigan.
WE “G 3933:

30 000 Fine, strong, vigorous chicks for

2 June and July delivery. White
Leghorns now at $10 a 100; $5 for 50.
Finest stock in the country. Prompt ship—
ment by mail. We guarantee safe arrival

 

 

and satisfaction. (lrdcr direct. Catalog.
Holland Hatchery, Holland. Mich, It. 7.
WE HAVE THEM "

If you want Leghorns that will pay
for their feed a dozen timcs over, write
us. ‘We have eggs for Hatching and
Breeding Stock. hcns and pullers only,

"ILL CREST POULTRY I“.\R‘.l,

Ypsilanti, .‘lirllig‘all.

 

 

SHETLAND PONIE For 5316- Write

for description &
Mark B. Curdy, Howell, Mich.

 

 

 

R0 li‘I’I‘A Ii L E “U Fl“
have twenty pens

L EU HORN S" ~\Ve
of especially mated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUERNSEYS H W mm A‘ m

eifers and cows for
galls, also'ta fnungber of well bred young
u s——wr1 e or reedin . Village F
Grass, Lake, ‘Michigans 5 arms,

GUERNISEYS for sols—One registered

Yearling, Guernsey Bull, also one Bull
calf for sale. H. F. Nelson R. No. l
McBrides. Michigan. ' ,

 

 

 

 

 

prices Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prot-
HOGS liable cgg production. Eggs at very reas-
onable price. Our list will interest you
—plea:<e ask for it. Village Farms,
0. I. (‘. Grass Lake. 1\’[ichigan.
CHICKS
0 B d G'lt
“d H
I S ° bl B r
Young's I'iltleiavy Laying Strain Sin-
. gle Comb W to chliorns. Delivered
J- Carl Jewett! Mason, MICh' direct to your door by mail prcpuid.
Immediate shipments.
25 chicks, $3.50.
LARGE IYPE O. l. C. 50 chicks. $5.50.
Spring pigs pairs and trios. (iill: bred __ 30:) ‘21:“??? “0“”
for fall farrow, at prices that will please. 1-.\ m.u “pupa”.
(‘LOVER LEAF STOCK FARM Chit-ks lrom l-iighwsl quality and
Monroe, Mich. Specially matvd stock. ()rdcr direct
from this ml. Snl'c rlclivcry guaran—
Olthi 0. l. (t. sows of ﬁne quality lt'l‘il.

Boam and bred sows all sold. Floyd ll
Banister. Springport. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

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families.

Fair 1917.

months

100 REGISTERED IIOLS'I‘EINS 100 __
A herd of high producing t‘qmales from the breeds best
Herd headed by Dutchland Colantha Winana Lad
114067. Senior and Grand Chr/mpion Bull at Michigan State
Junior sire
132652 a 35.16 son of Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy
and whose dam and 1%
yearly butter records.
old for sale. _
_ B. BRUCE McPIIERSON, HOWELL, ,MICH.

Maplecrest Application Pontiac
sister hold 6th and 7th highest
Sons of these great sires up to 15
Prices and pedigrees on application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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cel post. Circular tree. Fred Astling.
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tons. Stock and hatching eggs for
sale. James A. Daley. Mohawk, Mich,

SALE DATES CLAIMED

Flanders Farms Dispersion Sale of
Holsteins at Orchard Lake, Michigan,
June 26th. ‘

A. W. Green’s. Walnut Crest Farms
sale of,Holstein-Friesians at East Orwell,
OhiogJune 27 and 28.. . ' ,

CHAMPION Black and Buff Orping-

   
 
   
 
       
  

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King of the Pontiacs Segis 169124

“The Best Individual Son of
King of the Pontiacs.”

 

 

 

- Four Thirty-Pound Cows

 

 

A Lot of Sons and Daughterswof . . . :;  a ..
Thirty-Pound Covgg/ . i“! ‘ , . p . , * » . , = ,.

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mn’f‘iath‘IFI-fiiiﬁ‘ifiﬁ. 8.3335 3.1“”3312 “£33 ”:23 'TJ'TSLST‘ :1 E L i i ;
brooding ago hove boon bred to him. E A . ’
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A Twenty-pound Junior two-year-Old » . ‘ ‘ " ' _ , ' ’ E
Daughter of Rag Apple Korndyke .1 , ijQSale-vwill start promptly ' at 100’de E v‘
8th from a thirty-pound Dam. a ‘ g
i ‘N 7 E extend to you hearty in- g
A Twenty-pound two-year-old Daughter Vitatlon to attend the .. dis- ’5 f
of a thirty-five-pound Cow. ~ ' persion sale of our entire herd -. E ‘
- of Holstein-Friesian Cattle, num-
. , bering sixty-five head of the very ;
All animals 0f breedmg age are finest to be held at the farm at
bred to King of the Pontiacs Segis _ ’ ‘
Remember the Date Orchard Lake, Michigan i a ’
June 26. 1918 Wednesday, June 26,1918 '
All ‘interurban cars From Detroit and Pon- i
tiac will be met by automObiles. A, ~

For Catalog Address

F LANDERS FARMS

THOMAS CLEMENT, Superintendent

7 Orchard Lake: Michigan- A

 

 

 

   

 
 

 

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