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F,.M,R. EARLIER-you should receive to-
morrow morning a bulletin, bearing :the
ﬁgstnreio‘f the good. old ‘U. S. government,
g flich‘read something like'this, “Farmers are
urgedto buy the BoliVer plow this year, in
preference to the Pierre, It is cheaperand
just as good. The Boliver manufacturers have
this year: doubled their production in response
to the "government’s request, and it is there-
fore your patrioticj duty to help move this
surplus, ” what would you do? The next time
you had to buy a plow/you’d get a Boliver.

* Last winter practically every produce deal-
er,-,’—,-jobber, wholesaler, retailer,——east of the
,Mississippi received a bulletin from the'bean
division of the food administration urging

them to buy pinto beans and advertise their.

merits, both as a patriotic duty, and because
the‘pintos were cheaper and just as good as
the navy beans. And being for the most part,
good citizens, these dealers proceeded to carry
out the Wishesof the bean division. -
All this is ancient history. We repeat it
here merely as introductory to our assertion
and our proofs-v that w-hatwe said about the
harmful effects of this propaganda upon the
future of the navy bean ,mar- * ‘

not Wanted; the Navy Bean Asks.
‘ for Restoration

By FORREST, LORD

Itis perfectly clear that unless the Ameri-
can public goes back to the old familiar navy
bean, Michigan’s great “ﬁfty million dollar
bean industry” stands in a fair way of being
absolutely ruined for all time to come. We
have the fact established that the Food Ad-
ministration carried on an extensive propa—
ganda to encourage the buying of pinto
beans. Every grower" knows well enough from
hisown experience that the price of beans,
navy beans, from that time on steadily de-
clined. We have market reports from all over
the country to show that the demand for
navy beans has been and continues very light,
and we know that another large crop is soon
to go onto the market. In the light of all
theSe facts we can draw no other e. *lusion
than that stated in the ﬁrst sentence of this
paragraph.

.What is the remedy? We do not know. We
had no hand in the deal that turned the navy
bean marketso’f the east over to the pinto

' the bean division of the Food Administration,

 

 

growers. “Having only a. slight knowledge 0f
the factors entering into this deed, we cannot
suggest an intelligent method of undding it.
The re-establishment of the navy bean in the
good graces of the public lies with the same
agency that unseated it. No one the can right
the wrong. If government pub; J r incl the
navy bean market, government publicity may
restore it. We do not know. But we see no
other way, except by government purchase
that the navy bean crop of 1918 can be taken
off the growers’ hands without entailing enor-
mous losses.

This week the Michigan Bean Growers’ As—
sociation meets air-Saginaw. The writer will
be present. 80 will Mr. K. P. Kimball, head of

the man whose signature was appended to
the bulletins that introduced the pinto bean '
into the east, and the man who can explain,
if he so desires, why the pinto deal was ever
put across. it is probable that Mr. Kimball
will touch upon the matter. Perhaps, even,
he may be able to suggest a means for undo—
ing the mischief.

W'e were amused to note in a Lansing dis—
patch which appeared in a re

 

ket has already come to pass.
The condition of the navy
bean market today is indisputj
able evidente that the efforts
of theffood administration to
supplant the navy bean with
the pinto have met with suc-
cess. ‘ i
For months market f‘spec-
ialiSts,”; dealers all , along the
, line; producers, farm papers;
—'——everybOdy interested in the
navy bean industry has been
guessing at the causes of the
spineless condition ”of the navy
bean market, and seeking a
. remedy, Without avail. It was
difﬁcult to believe, harder to

admit, but nevertheless bewild,” .

eringly~ conclusive that the
navy bean was no longer Want-
ed by; those who " were former-
ly ‘ its best friends. Elevators
, bought to their storage capac- 1'
lty and waited for orders: They
Camein ‘edriblets. The retail
(1er was lacking. The
public,” it" seemed, had quit
eatingf navy/beans. ' ‘

, Wejface another marketng
seaso ,'
[several million bushels" more
‘ wbeanstb "dispbée' of than},
is a a Year are. use one

. ' larger, but, the—ears;

and this ‘year , we" have ’

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ND now comes the pinto been.
one of the most ancient of our

edible beans, yct coming as an
innovation to several odd thou-
sands of our northern and eastern house
nivcs. Known,” it has been, since the
days of the early border Indians of Towns.
il has had no true recognition of ils mums
nnlil the present food crisis called upm the
n'cslcrn pmdurrrs for inrrcascd food sup-
plirs, innnsn'cr to u'birh demand; they
have offered lo us the speckled pinto.
Colorado's bean crop for-the 10:7 scam .
nnmlxrrcd Ioo.ooo,ooo,pounds, of which
nlncly‘ﬁvopcrrcnl arc pinto beans. Next
lo the polnlo this is Colorado‘s most im-
portant vegetable. There are altogether
between sixty and‘ scvcnly varieties of
Mexican beams, of whirh the pinlo'is-onr.
The name “pinto" is apparently from lllC
Spanish word " piubjo, " meaning " spou rd,
stained, mottled." Because of its droughx -
resisting qrulilits the pinto bean lends
usclf to a greater Colorado acreage than
any other bean-a total acreage for ":17
of r7 5,000 acres.
A

‘ t c Mexican sun,
the strong! h-aiving powers of the pinto,-
long before such lhings as food values or
cnlorim had ever been considered, were
attributed by the lndizns to their Sun
God under whose can we the grow-
ing cmp ﬂourished i’

The pinto bean ranks, well, with other
henna in food value, as the following com~
para! iv: chemiml analyses Show

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The high protein mntcnt «of ﬁns

naturally makes their thin

rm substitute. The United sum De~

' men! I' Aidcultum'comwe: beans
" 2:: meat 1in the following [.WiV' “Tm’

Tho'obove is olredimo'd

Housekeeping, one

crbert Hoover's message
to you. Kitchen Soldier'

thirds of a pint of dry beans is equal to one
pound of beef of average composition."
It should be kept in mind that one pint of
cooked beans has one—third the nutritive
value of the dry been because of its large
increase in volume in cooking. Again, a.
portion of the protein of beans is not or-
dinarily utilized by the body Even with
these losses, however, beans remain a
valuable'murcc of vegetable protein

"The true pinto is a bull-colored been
slightly larger thanlhe navy, nearly the
shape of the kidney, and mottled with
dark bronm splashes or spots, the spotted
appearance giving Way to a smooth. vclvcly
brown upon cooking. [1 is so distinctly
marked that. there is no reason why its
name should be given to any inferior bean,
as has been done in some sections to the
divided detriment ol the genuine pinto.

Prejudice against a colored bean, and

more especially against a mottled bean like
tbe'pinto, has prevented the liberal use of
this been by the northern and eastern
houscwijces. Amlomed ,to the while
been or navy, or to no more unattractive
bean than thcimd kidney, the pinto has not
held a very high posilion in her esteem

l.:u’k nl knnn'lulgt- ax to the proper
preparalion of NW pinlo may :ll~() be l’u‘l'l
:ch‘nunlnblc for ils seeming lmk of popu-
larity, for poorly cooked il hm no plzn r on
the lzlbll: of Ihc f.L<lidi0us. Properly prr-
pared, it is in all rus‘pcrls the equal of the
navy or linnl beans selling a! twenty cents
per pound. l'inlos can be purchased of
[be lmal grorcr at from twelve to ﬁfu-rn
mm»; for the same quantity.

Experimenting in the prcpnrnlion ol lhc
pinto for table we lizit'shmvn llml it pus-
scsscs in addition in high food value both
the quality and Julnplubllily 10 [he needs
of the housewife whit l1 are csscnlinl to its
t‘onlimu-(I,popularity 'l‘hl- results of mm-
parnlivc cooking ll-xls applied to a. year
old rropof pinto. navy, and lima beans are
of interest. in these preliminary Cooking
tests it was found lhal if the pinto beans 0
were cooked in [he \valer in which they
had been soaked overnight the ﬁnished
prmlurl was darker and of a stronger flavor.
To some persons this proved lo be a desir-
able (harnclerislic. it should be added
that the darker color resulting from lhc
cooking is no! in Ihc lo:le objcrlionablc.
Alter soaking for twelve hours it was
found that the time required for boiling
until lender enough to‘mash easily when
pressed between the ﬁnger-lips was as lol—
lows: pinto beans, two hours; navy beans,
three hours; lima beans, one and one-half
hours. The following recipes will suggest
to the housewife unaccustomed to the
pinto bean how it may be served

_ Pinto Bean Loaf /
' Mash slightly one int of cold boiled pinto
beans. Combine cm with one egg well
beaten, one labicspoonlul of ﬁnely minced
onion, one cupful of boiled rice, three table-
spoonfuls of tomato mtchup, nvo tenspoonfuls
'of salt, and oneei th lcaspoonlul of pepper
Shape into n loaf, p ace two thin slices of bacon ,

,or its equivalent in some other {at on lop.

bake about a half—hour in a modemlc oven, and
serve with or without tomato sauce

Pinto Bean Soufﬂé
Moll lwo tablespoonfuls of margarin, add
two lablcspoonfuls of‘ while 90:“ $003,:p13
' suchmax m (3‘_... ,
:ggm&?;: be omitted as a matter ‘
of wartime economy,
Mn. 1. IL Cguuh. Gradu- Cd-

’too’ smile of a. page in the October number of Good
d1 3th. .most widely circulated woman’s magazines in the United,

state‘s. ~ Note that ‘Oolorodo..p;oduoed 100 000,000 pounds of plntos in 1017. Note that

"the author-of thé*ortl_olo‘"lﬂos in; Golan: o. The pinto boon interests are headhunting

.ed chairman of a committee of

. ation was completely ignored.

’ing when the livelihood

cent. issue of the Detroit Free
Press that Governor Sleeper
had paid a personal Visit to Mr.
Hoover last spring and induc-
ed him to “lay off” on his
pinto bean publicity. For the
sake of ve'acity it. may be
well to remind our readers
that the governor was appoint—

‘bean jobbers and elevator men
who went to \Vashington and
held a conference with Mr.
Hoover. Whether the session
was of the star chamber va—
riety or whether the commit-
tee suffered stage fright when
ushered into the presence of
the Food Administrator, we
do not know. Anyway, nobody
knew anything more about the
pinto (leal after the committee i
returned than they did before i
the committee went; We re- l»
call that there was a hint of'
apology being made, and a
semblance of a promise that.
no further publicity matter
would be put out, but the sub-
ject of restitution and restor»

 

Apologies count for 110th-
of '
thousands is at stake and when
a great industry is threatened.
A grievous mistake was amides;
an unpardonable discrimina-
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union the endorsement of" Juan division to create a permanent demand for their
‘ ’ '6; hung; “on. simian? glint-think of what a tremendous elect such

01-9.! ‘ ' hundred thousand ,housﬁolevoshztho ranger. §°fgrinf°Tdb°i

" in it Helm-turn demand or t or co. n s s n - . -_

‘meﬂ‘lﬁmo’ caliber that have appeared in national mags,- States the western pinto beam

1! a. ‘Do you ink any longer, “What’s“ the matter with~ ‘ We havevsaid this before; It;
. . ,. . is worth repeating. The. l : *

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' the bean growers of Michigan ask.

' nonc'halant attitude

          

' shouting. The farmers “mobbed the

exhibited by that group at farmers
{ﬁghting for'free speech and in defense
of the law. .

f,’ ‘A representative of the power trust,
Q‘yKar’l Paine, the leader of the defense

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should. undertake the marksting of the 1918 crop:
,or my beans as it undertook the marketing of
the 1'91“! crop of plates, or else it should“ take over
' the crOp at proﬁtable prices to the were for
ﬁits own uses

Apologies avail nothing; restoration is what“

 

 

THE FARMERS MOB THE MOB-
BERS AT BOISE, IDAHO

 

Out in Boise, Idaho, which is in the center of a
very large irrigation tract, the farmers have been
close students of the psychology of mobs.

A. C. Townley, national president of the Non-
Partisan League; Governor Frazier, of North Da-
kota, and the League’s nominee for the governor-
ship of Idaho, H. F. Samuels. were all scheduled

to speak at a big League rally recently held in

the capital city; A. few self-styled patriots, poli-
ticians and representatives of the Idaho power
trust, clubbed together in a so-called “defense
league” and issued a mandate that while two of
the men on the program might speak, A. C.
Townley should never speak in Boise. A spine-
less mayor and the police department assumed a
in the face of threatened
mob law.

The Sheriff of the county, Emmet. Pinst, hap-
pened to be a farmer’s son, who was not actively
seeking re-election. Twenty-four hours alter the
edict had been proclaimed by the “pie-counter”
bunch that Townley should not speak. three hun-
dred farmers, husky sons of toil, slipped into
Boise very quietly and were sworn in as deputy
sheriffs.

That night the largest theatre in town was
packed. An overﬂow meeting in the nearby park
was shut down by the police. Meanwhile the
North Dakota governor and Mr. Samuels were
wildly cheered by an inside crowd of over two
thousand people.
dime and was given an ovation. ‘We want Town-
ley” was contagious. The theatre manager, how-
ever, refused to let him speak. The crowd unan-
imously voted to adjourn to the Capitol steps, one
block away (which was outside of the jurisdiction
of the city police) and give A. C. Townley the
right of free speech. If he made a seditious
speech they would stop him. If he were 100 per
cent American they wanted to“ hear him.

A hundred and ﬁfty would-be mobbers, the so-
called “defense league” of politicians, quickly
gathered on top of the Capitol steps. IZ/‘hen
Townley started to speak this mob forms a
wedge like the old “ﬂying V" of ancient r09
days, and started to clean up the Nonpartisan
League. The long-looked—for happened. Until
past midnight this group of 300 husky
farmer deputies had been patiently 7—.—
waiting for just such a move.

These sturdy farmers had read
about how their brothers in North
Dakota had been told to “go home
and slop the hogs.” They had heard
how a group of politicians had driven
the Farmers’ Equity Society out of.
Fargo, N. D. They knew of the Walla
Walla _ outrage, where the ‘ Farmers" ‘
Grange‘ State Convention had been
expelled by a bunch of plug-uglies, di-

 

rected by political henchmen. That
was enough.
These Boise Valley ‘farmers all

agreed that no outrage like that would
happen in their state capitol. In two
minutes it was all over, including the

mobbers." The deputies had Nonpar-
tisan League buttons on and knew
each other.“ Their muscles had been
resting all day. Their blood was ar-
oused. When the would-be mobbers
woke up the county jail and courtyard
and the heavenly stars, mingling with
a new kind of stars, and aching heads,
were all so confusing that they are
still asking how it happened. It look-
ed like a free-for-all, but there was a
system in it which justiﬁes organiza-
tion. I have seen many a foot-ball

'game and college scrimmage, ~but I , ..

never saw better team work than that

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an. The "big I. W. W'ﬂ’ a 1‘0me said Were
* resting in hit,
crowd The issuers and as thin"- uw _
mob washed in thin air. Five thusaﬁd farmers

Townley was seen in the audiv

the others slant aww in the

and Boise eitizm madly cheered the antennas and
then for over two hours listened to a midnight
patriotic speech by Townley, delivered on the
State Capitol steps. Hundreds of citizens who
came there skeptical, prejudiced by rumors and
the kept press. learned for the ﬁrst time‘what the
Nonpartisan League really was, The farmer ’dep—
miss had read Wilson’s. antlvmah mm
had read Secretary of War Baker’s anti-class hat-
red appeal. These farmers were determined that
Wilson and Baker should be obeyed. Free speech
is quite logical and convincing where mobs ﬂee
from fear. .

Mr. Townley is ‘u'n‘der no indictment; there is
no warrant out tor his arrest and all these facts
were well known before the meeting. But this
typical mob determined the’ farmers should not
have the right (of free speech. They- would over-
ride the law and every constitutional safeguard.
This brilliant ﬂanking success of “mobbing the
mobbers” has caused all Idaho to laugh at the
Boise bullies. ‘ .

The next Week in the election the Nonpartisan
League drafted the sheriﬁ for reelection. He was
victorious by a. three-to-one vote. The entire Non-
partisan state ticket. was nominated. Even the
county in which the state capitol is located went
for the League by an overwhelming majority.
‘iMobbmg the mobbers." from a Nonpartisan
League standpoint. is good vote-getting propa-
ganda. lt-is also destined to become ,1 very pop-
ular agricultural diversion among these many
Northwest farming states.

It might be Well to add that at the democratic
central committee meeting held the next week
after the primaries. the Nonpartisan League cap-
tured the county organization. Like hungry
wolves the state house politicians looked on un—
invited. These farmers then passed a resolution
with cheers, that because of the great problems
taking years to solve. Woodrow Wilson be Pres-

ident again for another four years. —Rm/ McKm‘g,

in The Public.
ROT, DUE TO FALL RAINS, DE-
CREASES MAINE SPUD YIELD

 

Frost has stopped the growth of Maine potatoes
but the yield will be about the same as last year.
One ﬁeld recently dug showed 12 per cent rotten.
This was due to late heavy rains.

 

consideration oi: the abusers
sec-lion and half of the Mary ta, who
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lib reducing the tax on passenger Mobile». _
and motoueyelu to 5 per, cent, the mmnmm: ‘
the same impost on such vehicles as on automobile. -

trucks and tractors. The ten per cent tax placed
by the house on automobile tires and accessorle~
also was reduced to 5 per cent.

House taxes of 10 per cent on sporting goods‘

cameras and photographic supplies were accept-

‘ed. mtumemmgm, white-lemme
per cent by the house, was reduced to 4 per cent~

but the house levy or 10 per cent on candy was
approved .

The house provisions levying taxes on ﬁrearms
and ammunition when sold other than to the
government. were acCepted as was the provision

levying a 10 .per cent tax on yachts and other:

pleasure boats selling for more than $15 ‘

The house section which would. levy imposts
on trunks costing more than $50 was amended
so as to ﬁx this amount at $25, while for vallses
and traveling bags, $15 was made the minimum
instead of $25., The committee also agreed to the
taxing of purses and handbags costing more than
$5 insteadof $7.50 as ﬁxed by the house.

All of the house provisions relative to men and
women’s wearing apparel Were accepted unchangv
ed. Under this schedule, men, women and boys
will be permitted topay $50 for suits or overcoats
without being subject to tax, while women’s dress-
es costing less than $40 will be exempted.

The house proposal to tax women’s “hats cost-v

ing more than $15 was accepted, but the provis-
ion placing the limitation of $5 for men’s and
boys’ hats and $2 for caps were revised ‘so as to
make $6 for the former and $4 for the latter.

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STORES TO RECEIVE WAR SHOES—Frog;

rose in establishing the new maximum and mini-
mum price schedule for shoes from $12 to $3, was
announced today by Chairman Baruch oi the war
industries board. By November 1, it was stated,
many stores will have on their shelves the new
classiﬁed shoes in addition to present stocks at
present prices.

“Orders now in the factory, ” the statement said.

“are for spring delivery, so it follows that there

will be a certain portion of the product offered
for sale to the spring trade at a. price in excess
of $12.

“To permit these articles to be cleaned out and
also to permit the disposal of the present stocks
priced above the top maximum, it has been agreed
that those retailers specializing in high priced
goods shall be given until June 1 to liquidate all

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war industries board on sale or pur-
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disposed of, the announcement said,
it will work a great hardship to the
trade.
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ﬁ10,000 MEN NEED OF WAR FAC-
TORIES.——Emphasis on a proper un-
derstanding by the people of necessit-

was laid today by Chairman Baruch
of the war industries board.

He pointed out that shipyards and
ordnance plants alone are short. 316,000

labor for work -

M'rrBarnch ,alludod to the number
of private «handouts and suggested

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operating in liquidating these stocks,
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Attend!r thorough inveStlgation, the Detroit, News
Michiganfs, it not. the world’s greatest newspaper.

present high price of milk. In a remarkable arti-
' esteem. W. A’. Raisins the ﬁrstfof what prom-

 

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E E ism tube a remarkable series, the News places
55 3 E betore'the people of Detroit for the ﬁrst time the
5‘ E E actual facts with regard to the .milk situation.
egg; lire-mean Resumes FARMING is particularly in»
n; g tereSted in the News' articles for the reason that.
,5 v, ’they-iollow identically the same line of thought,
E; f. present ebsentially‘ the same facts ,and the same
3 E arguments, and draw the some conclusions as
{iE ’ ,. E have. been repeatedly expressed in the e columns.
3.7%. ' We know that our readers will want to read
a E what the News has to say about this vital subject,
9" . so we .presé’nt portions of the ﬁrst of the series of
o: E: .-; ; articles herewith:

d. E 1 There has neVer been any doubt in the“ minds
. 2‘ = of‘MICHIoAN BUSINESS FARMING as t.) ' _:t is re-

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sponsible for the exorbitant prices that consum-
ers have'to pay for e necessities of life, partic-
ularly foodstuffs. We have discussed the subject
exhaustively in these columns and have establish‘
ed beyond doubt that the farmer is not to blame.
. ,When. the Detroit milk commission gi‘antedthe
. milk distributorsthe 1 oral right to charge from
‘ seven to eight CC‘ltS per quart for the mere service
, off-bottling and delivering milk, we protested, NOT
in behalf of the farmers whose interests were bet-
ter ,takendcare of by the commission than they
= ever had been before, but'we protested in- behalf
of thevpoor people of Detroit whose children need
ed milk and who could not afford to pay 15 cents
a Quart for even so valuable a food. Of course,
our protest fell on barren ground. Nobody could
understand why a FARM newspaper should cham-
pion the'interests of the peop‘ of the CITY. and
when we discoamred that the newspapers of De-
troit, two ‘of which were then controlled by men
interested inthe creamery business, took no ap-
parent interest in the situation, we gave up in
;. disgust. If the Detroit newspapers permitted their
: readers to suffer from the penalties of an absurd
system ‘of distribution when the great weapon of
publicity might have brought about a’ remedy,
Why should we be concerned. Yet it did gall us
‘3 to Stand helplessly by while the consumer cursed
the farmer age. proliteer as the price of milk went
.I soaring. We wanted to shout out that \the farmer
. was innocent; we wanted to show-Detroit that the
$3.00 per hundred paid the farmer, was in reality
only about six ot-‘the fourteen cents the consumer
paid per. quartf’but there was none to carry our
message to the consumer, so we quit.

.Today the dairymen are supplyingthe city of
Detroit with milk at a loss. The distributors are
making their customary proﬁts. This condition
of affairs is certain tocontin’ue as. long as the
producer and the consumer will stand for it. And
under the plan adopted for settling the differences
between the three parties concerned. the farmer
, is always made the goat. lf‘the cost of distribu-

tion rises, it comes out of the farmer; if consump-
; tion'falls off, the farmer is penalized; but if the ~
5 cost of production rises, the farmer has to put up
‘ a ﬁght to get a high enough price for his product
to meet those extra costs. vAnd so it goes. The.
distributors will not eng go in the milk business
at a loss. Noohe expects them to. The consumer
will not pay above a certain price for milk. They
cannot afford to.‘ ‘But the farmer does and will
Drodude milk ata loss; and nothing is thought of
it. It’g’an old story with him. .

Now that theNdPs is shedding light upon the
. production and distributing costs which, if the
1". muniéipa‘l’ governmentr’of Detroit has any con-'
: Scienceat all, should bring about an ofﬁcial in-
vestigation‘into the “system of distributing mil/k,-
‘th'e form {should be prepared for the inevitable
reﬁnitsxfirsonie» day. perhaps in the near future, ~
‘ . ' one a‘ volutlon inHDetroit’s milk
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:Taxeslinte‘rest, and depreciation on cattle, $110

, at-i! per cent tarsev‘en months .. .. ........ .17
Taxes,‘ interest and depreciation on buildings,

8117.38 at 10 ‘per cent for 7 months ........ .1
Interest and denunciation on equipment $12.09

P at‘ 18.61 per cent for 7 months ...... .03

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Credit for manure, 230 lbs., at $2 a ton .. w. .23

Net cost of production .............. $3 00

That the prices quoted for feeds is moderate will
be attested'by anyone conversant with the market.
The writer witnessed several sales of clover hay

,. at, a town northwest of Detroit recently, and the
price paid was $40 a ton. A fair average price
would be $30. The hay as well as the corn crop
in Michigan has been a disappointment this year
becapse of weather conditions. Labor. too, is high-
priced, very scarce, and often inferior. A study of;
wages paid on 50 farms near Howell, the center
or one of the chief districts from which Detroit
buys milk, showedthat the average paid was 36

Secretary Reed of Michigan Milk

Call to All Dairymen to Assist in Great Work of Co-Operationl,

“Can the Farmers Go It Alone?” is the Call
That Comes From the Ofﬁce of Our
Organization at Washington.

In Washington right now there is a continuous
hearing going on with the Food Administration
upon the price to be paid for butter and butterfat
for the next six. months or a year ahead. This
will be followed upon other milk products. The
manufacturers and dealers are interested. organ-
ized, and on the job to look after their interests.
They are protected by sure proﬁts ﬁxed by the
government. The government is interested in
getting these products at as low a price as is
possible for the army and navy and for allied
governments, thus leaving the grower of northern
food products to stand the brunt of the low
prices.

Our representatives at the seat of government,
who have been‘ struggling for a price that will
give the farmers at least the cost of milk and but-
terfat, feel the need of a general organization of
milk producers over the entire country.

Stop and think. Let up on your physical ac-
tivity and think, as other business men do. ‘

Think out. a reason and a program for your
work. .

Think why other industries have attained so
great success and such a recognition, while you
have come so far from a price for your product
that will equal the cost of production.

Stop and think why, in the last year, you have
come from 10 per cent to 40 per cent nearer a'
price that equals the cost of production than
ever before.

Think why the broadminded men of the nation
are asserting that, as a result of our organized
movement, you have received in the last year at
least ten dollars increased income from each row
you own. _ .

Think that men. from Hon. Milo D. Campbell,
president of the National Milk Producers’ Feder-
ation, down to the ofﬁcer of your local: have been
working to give you this proﬁt and your business
a respectable standing in the eyes of the world.

Then think again—~now- think hard. you up-
state milk producers. Just think how much you
have done in the last year for your own business
along the only lim that can work out a proﬁt;
namely. the organized movement. How much have
you put into this? I would be ashamed to lay
bare before the world the facts and ﬁgures of the
ﬁnancial.support that the 7,000 up-state members
have given the Michigan Milk Producers’ Organ-
ization' for the last year. Had it not been for the
support of the Detroit area, the state organiza-
tion could not have existed two months. and yet
the advanced price’on your milk has. been determ-
ined largely by the Detroit Milk Commission es-

tablishing the price of milk for Detroit.

For daysibefore the convening of this Coinmis-
sion the oiﬁce of your secretary was besieged by
up—state milk manniacturers to know what the

when this-.iinding,was made known the up-State
price of the: manufacturing plants was largely
cpjrtfolledjﬁby it.” So your price is fixed largely by
"plasma, Which was created by the
Prod'ncers' Associatibn; which
ﬁashadihémnction of the governor of the state

herristabuiahigrina this great industry.

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September 27th. ﬁxed the price of milk in “the
country at $3.40 per one hundred pounds for .1 . ‘
Month of October. ‘ «, at.

country will be' $3.55 per one hundred,
This applies to milk in
ing 3.5 per cent. .
‘ agent, , Howell, . Michigan.
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the Detroit distrioti'r,ot‘proi‘ltcer-ing; In fact, _
prove he is conducting his business at a loss...‘
"- “Why then does he continue in an unproﬁtable
First "of all, because he is pan-ion
and is content to make a barellving '11 notable
to reap some gain from other sourceSpwhich are. .
not many, as he is usually a one-crop man, from
the product of his herds. » . _ ‘ ~ -

“In the last analysis, however, two things con-
spire to help him to carry on. The ﬁrst is the'
devoted labor of his family, especially of the worn:
en and childgen, who tend the cattle, aid in the'
milking and work earlyyin the dam and long af-
ter sunset without payment in money. The sec-
ond is the fact that the farmer is tied to the soil.
He knows but one trade. Above all he loves his.
acres, often the heritage of generations.

“As 100 pounds of milk as a rule yield 47 quarts
of milk, at $3.40 a hundredweight, it is clear the
farmer is receiving less than half of_ the 15 cents
we are paying for each quart delivered in Detroit.
Surely theEdistrilbutor does not have to pay as
much or more to bring the milk from the country
station to the city table. If the creameries are
not proﬁteerlng, then certainly some grave defect

in the systenkof distribution is at fault.”

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The Detroit market is today the backbone of
the Michigan milk market, and you are getting
the beneﬁt. Think this out and see what you owe
to the organized movement.

I know of one place today, outside of Michigan.
where there is no milk producers’ association.
and where milk is under contract until January
1st, 1919. for $2 per hundred pounds.

Now think again. Use your head instead of your ,.
hands for a few minutes. Let your conscience, V’
have full sway in this matter and answer to your-
self, to your family, to your best interests: Will
you cooperate in this great movemen‘ or will you}
wait for somebody to hand you something without.
your help"? ‘

If you will be counted with those who
ing for a legitimate basis for your business. then
be with us at the annual meeting at the state
capitol. Representative Hall. Lansing. October 22,
at 11:00 a, m. Every local is entitled to four
delegates. Be sure to have a good representation.
We are proud to present the following program: :

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11:30 a. m.—A1moinrmcnt of Committee on Nomina—
tions. Resolutions.

12:00 m.~Dinncl'.

1:00 p. m. (sharpl»~-—Report of Auditors. Rnport of
Treasurer. it‘pOl‘t of Secretary.

l:.‘l0—~“’l‘he Milk Producers’ Association: “'hat it
has done for you. What you should do for it."
lfrof.’ A. C. Anderson. Prof. Amlorson‘s inves-
tigations of milk production. manumvim‘e, and
distribution have brought ('l‘l‘dlt lo our college
and our state from ocean to oconn. You can-
not estimate the value his investigations
and will be, to humanity thru coming ages.
:00——“Michigan's share and inlhge-nce in the Na-
tional Milk Producers’ Campaign." Hon. Milo
D. Campbell, Pres. National Milk Producers'
Federation. President (‘zlmpbell has contrib-
uted more of means. limo and ability. to put your
business on a paying basis than any one thous-
and of the {LVQHILE'O milk producers 01' Mil'higan.

are. '

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Yonowe it to yum-wit" and 1:“)!in m not the
inspiration and stimulus from so u‘l‘z‘ul and pat-
riotic a citizen 11s is: .\lr. (‘znnplwlL in» not fail

to hear him.
kilo—“The Relation of tho Government

' . In the Or—
gamzed Dalry‘ Industry."

le—i lovornou Fred M.

VVarneI'. Fix-Governor \Vurnor has just re- '
turned from W’asliingwn and has the most
comprehensive understanding of tho entire dairy
industry, including the lir)-<.\'il>]<" action of the
government to hold the priro of our product
down to tho consumer. Mr. \Vurnm's place in. E
the hearts of the people of Michigan is well 3

understood, for his service to thom has indeed

been great. You will be glad to meet him
there.

2:50—w4‘llow can the lln—Statt- Milk Product-rs be
brought to understand their beneﬁt from. and
obligation to. the organizer] movement?” Five

minute talks by M. 1.. Moon _
Keddy, Fenian; Robert (‘. Blank, Maple Rapids.
These broadminded milk producers will give
their viewpoints from the ﬁeld.

:l:15~—“How can we put the dairy industry on a per~
manent and proﬁtable basis?” Hon. D. D. Aitken
Pres. National Holstein~Friesian Association.
in great business circles Mr. Aitken is consid-
ered one of the st constructive men of this
ago. His plan we ld result in multiplying the _
consumption of dairy products; in putting the
dairy industry on a proﬁtable basis; in keeping
our boys on the farm ; in making the country the
most desirable place in which to live. Don't
fail to hear Mr. Aitke-n.

3:45~Report of committee on Resolutions, nomina»
Hons. election of officers; ,

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{France is today actually so short
’of food that she has been obliged
to out down her consumption of
ijheat 25 per cent her censumption of sugar 49
«per cent and her consumption of fats 48 per cent.
«in spite of all we could do to help.
, brfn’gsrhome the part the food we alone can supply
has been playing and is to play ln.wlnning the
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1 Food is our greatest contribution to the war,
and our greatest domestic problem as well. From
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grains in the
United States
fwas reduced
to an amount
equal to one
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day for every
man, woman

' 1 America. The
difference be-
tween the a
a m o u n t of
grain in our
. country at
:vthe beginning
and at the
end of that
one year was
' greater than
any CI‘Op ev-
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lthe United
States with
three except-
ions. 'We are
not.on~1y faced with the duty which has been
laid upon us to supply food to our Allies and to
the neutral nations of the world, a duty which we
must perform or lose the war, but also with the
duty to restore our own reserve of grain to a point
where a single bad crop cannot mean famine in the
land. The food situation is serious, if any thing
‘can be.
. The amount of food available can be increased
by producing more or by using less. Nine- tenths
of our attention in the United States seems tohave
been given to saving what we had instead of to the
vastly more fundamental question of producing
more If we had concentrated on the question (if
larger production a reasonable fraction of the
attention, ingenuity, and effort that has been given
to the conservation, there would have been far
more food for our Allies and our own people and
much of the painful need for saving as well as the
anxiety over supply would have disappeared. it
would be hard to imagine a more grievous and
unnecessary rﬂistake. * * * *

Increase of crop-production is mainly a question
of dealing with men. To secure a larger crop is
a matter-of getting the farmers to produce more.
and in order to do that we must deal with them
as they are, and take measures such as 1.111111
their circumstances, meet with their approval, and
therefore produce results.

Ofﬁcials Do Not Understand Farmer
One of the main difﬁculties in our food situation
has" been that the ofﬁcials in control have not un-
‘ derstood the farmer. We have had the city man’s
point of view in control of the food question, and
not. the point of view of the man who produces the
‘ food. The farmer is the man who grows the crOp,
and to get him to increase his crop you must reach
his heart and his mind. But he can’t be reached
along the lines that apnea! to the banker, or the
merchant, or the bricklayer, or the hand in the
factory, but only along lines that ﬁt in with the
ways of thinking and living of the man who act-
ually walks in the furrow and milks the cow And
' that has not been done.

One of the Biggest Blunders of the War

, I am not going into the question of the mistakes
. that have been made. We are at war,
is valuable mainly as a warning. Th thing‘ to be
fume now is to provide for the next crop, leaving
: the story of what has already happened to be
written afterward. When the story is told, the
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..HE. WRITER of the accompanyif
ticle 1's Mr.-Gi17’ord Pinchot,
chief forester of the United ._Stgt.es.

In his strikingly" clear and forceful lang-
uage Mr. Pinchot discusses the essentials of~
\the food program for the coming year,p01'nt-
.ing- out the mietakes that have been made
by the government in its food program of
the past year, and suggesting many import-
ant reforms; Readers will note a very great
similarity between the points raised by Mr.

‘ Pinchot and those raised by MiChigan Bus-
iness Farming in its editorial comments 117)-
on the same subject. _It is‘the criticism, of
such men as Mr. Pinchot and of such farm
papers as M. B. F. that calls a halt ‘to 1171‘
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production look small in comparison. If our far-
mers, in' spite of the failure of the government in
organization and understanding, in spite of the
lack of labor, credit, and supplies. still increase or.
maintain the crop production of last year, it will
be an achievement far beyond all praise. and it
will have saved the nation from losing the war.
The farmer is a member ‘of a highly skilled pro-
fession. There is no other man 'who works for
as small wage who is as skilled ’a worker as the

“‘ farmer, and there is no other man who requires as

large a field of knowledge to be successful with
the work he does. In talking recently to a body
of farmers, I assumed that it takes about three
years to make a skilled farm hand, Immediately

'a gray haired man in the audience spoke up and

said “Ten." 7To make a farmer capable of direct-
ing the work-of a farm of course takes very much
longer. All this is not generally understood in
town. I had oceasion. the, other day, to tell an- en-
ergetic, robust and intelligent city 3man that he
could not earn his keep on a farm. He “was in-
clined to be hurt, and very much surprised.
‘-‘Why,” said he “I supposed anybody could work
on a farm. " Said I,
on his place " and it was true.

The Farmer’s Risk

A farmer is not only a member of a highly,

specialized profession.~—we must rememberthat he
is also a businessman iii a business which in-
volves taking largen risks than almost, any other
business. in addition to all the ordinary chances
of business. he is subject to the weather to a tie?
gree that is otherwise practically unknown“. More
than 111111.119 has his own way of thinking and
having 1eached a decission he is slower to change
than the city man. Our city people are inclined
to look down on _‘he farmer. They sometimes

think of him as being different from them and.

therefore inferior. But this is very far from true.

When all is said and-done the man who owns the
land from which he makes his livinglis the back-
bone of the country. Furthermore, with his family
he makes up one-third of the population. Even

from the point of View of organization he is not to '

be despised. for our organized farmers are. more in
number than the whole membership of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor -

The demands which will be made upon us for
food in 1919 and 1920 will be enormous, and (hey
will be made absolutely irrespective of whether
the war ends’ or not. When victory comes we
shall have more and’not less, people to feed than
before, for the demands of half— starved Germany
and Austria will be added. The ending of the war
will produce no more food and no more ships.

. It. will not bring the vast wheat stores of In-

dia or Argentina or Austrélia a mile heater
to London or Berlin.

will be colo jsal whether the war endsior not.

What then must be done to reach the farmer."
supply his indispensable needs, and make it poses , ,
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Vince his nae is

rVe-ry much to the tummy. everything that is

' production.

’ his rotation, by the success he has: had with the ‘

cannot turn a tap. and hold his milk for a later

~y keep his cow and raise more

"A farmer wouldn’t have you“ has been created between food production whiCh

-hard to hold.

from exposure to heat and cold; he has no‘”--heli-

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that nothing- that waaﬁone with the food after 1.

was grovm could increase or decrease the grow-
ing of food. That theory is wholly mistaken

done to conServe 1601,10 regulate price, to restrict
use, to promote saving, has its direct effect on
Food is a commodity," and the‘ law 01“-
supply and demand, when not repealed by men ,
opoly, applies to feed as it does to any other come ,
modity. Conse vation measures affect demand.

Therefore they must inﬂuence supply, or product- .
ion also. The farmer determines what he is go-
ing to g1 ow next year, subject to the demands of

   

things he grew last year. He is in business to ‘
make money. Therefore, he Will grow most of
what pays best and he cannot do otherwise.

Take the mater of milk, for example. WhateVer
reduces the consumption of milk tends to result
in less milk for those who need it instead of more.
The farmer must milk his cow daily. --I-E,~because
of any “Save the Milk” campaign the demand for
his milk is cut off, in self- defense he must cut off
the supply. He cannot produce milk ata loss. He

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market. So he reduces supply to the level of de ,
mand by selling the cow to the butcher. But if
the demand increases at a living price, he will
The more consump-'
tion of milk is stimulated, the greater will pro—
duction be. and the more consumption is reduced,
the less the supply of this best and cheapest of
animal foods for all of us. A"‘Save the _Milk”
campaign is a blunder into which only a city mind
could fall.

Chickens. p0 ',atoes veal ‘lamb and other pro-
duce might likewise be cited to show how the con-
servation of a farm product has an immediate and
direct inﬂuence on the production of it and how-
wise and skillful a hand is needed to deal suc~
cessfully with the amazingly sensitive and per-
vasive relation between agricultural production
and the conservation of. agricultural products.

The ﬁrst thing to be done in preparing for a
crop in 1919 la1ge enough to meet our foreknown
needs is then to wipe out the artiﬁcial wall which ,

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has been assigned to the Department of AgriCula
ture. the food conservation, which the Food Ad«
ministration supervises and controls. 11' actual
consolidation is impracticable, then at least such
co-operati‘on should be. enforced between-them as
will effectually prevent the taking of“ any conser-
vation measure until farm experts have consider-
ed and approved it in relation to vproduction. ‘

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Give Farmers Assurance of Labor and Profits.

The second thing is tosee that the farmer has 7
the means with which to produce.’ Of these. the
most important is labor. Manpower in agricul-

. ture has exactly the same value as man power in

war. Since neithei~ high school boys nor fail-
ures from the slums nor casuals from the streets,
nor women on vacation can supplv the year-long
need of the American farmer for skilled labor,
since even before the war began farm labor was
piobably 10 per cent short. since more‘ than a
quarter of our NationalKArmy is composed of
skilled farm workers. and since it is not easy to
grow more crew; with less men, the labor situa-
tion is critical." . -. - 0
Normally, there is about one farm laborer to
every two farms in the United States. We cannot
feed our people‘and our allies without the farm‘-
er’s hired man, but farm help is hard to ﬁnd and
As a rule, the farm laborer has
small pay, long heurs, complicated totals, and
therefore the necessity for very high skill; in
handling them. He does a great many different .
things, and he must do them with skill or not at;
all. Then he is often quite isolated; he suffers?

   

 

  


   
   

  
  
  

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

   

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the urging of the government. Many of them

1- lost by their patriotic effort because the market-

ing facilities were not properly organized. Men

Q' who even sent their wives and daughters into the

; ﬁelds found themselves at the end of the season '
"Every much out of pocket.
much that they lost money, but that they cannot _
' lose xxxoney and go on farming. The average farm- ‘-
‘ er in this country gets only about $400 in cash a

" year;-

The point is not so

He cannot keep on farming if he loses
many acres of’potatoes, as many and many a
farmer did in Pennsylvania. and other states,

enry Ford t

Waterpower Saves Coal and Beats It

HERE is enough water power running to»
waste to turn every wheel in the world and
provide all the light and heat the world
world needs. We are going to operate our Mex-

ican” tractor plant with water power, welshall-
[build water power plants in several places in the
(«United States.
lean be done'with water power right here at my

.I have been demonstrating what

own home. The River Rouge, which runs through
my farm, close to my house, is not a very large.‘

istrsanx and has but an eight foot tall, but I am
obtaining 200 horsepower the year around, which '
lights my house and operates "an sorts of electric-

al~ conveniences and Which is coupled. up with

Q the steam plant at the tractpr plant, so that we are '

really making tractors now partly by water power

We must develops water power because it is
not only more economical than steam power, but
We ought to save the rest of the world’s coal

supply for chemical use. There is nothing we
,now do with coal, aside fom its chemical products

that We Can not do with water power electrically
transmitted, most things we can dotbetter with
water power.

One of my ﬁrst demonstration plants will be on L

the upper Hudson between Albany and Troy,
where I have acquired several hundred acres
adjoining the government dam which developes
a large amount of power, and intend to begin con-

-struction of a, plant‘t‘o make tractor parts at once.
I As, it is a navigable stream there are some War
Department questions that must be settled before

the actual power development can begin. Another
1 be locatedat Hamilton, Ohio, where the

  

as for this are in course of preparaJ

, ’should have it.

- war.
:~—1_feprese1xtative of organized farmers in any posi-

’ he Miami River Will be -.utilized for g

, dem
jl'abanddned farms of/ New England and Northern
‘7', New York

' reﬁnite percentage of return to me
Brideriake the work He reads of he
ng in other war industries.
ix it! that the gOvernment is going to put bil-
‘ ions of dollars into such industries at huge ag-
grega‘te ‘proﬂts to their promoters. He does not

 

'Qwant huge proﬁts himself,———well he knows he

Will not get them—but he does want reasonable
.business security, and it is fair and right that he
At present it is denied to him,
and to him almost alone.

Farmers Must be Taken Into Partnership
Finally—hand this, I think, is the most essential
need in the Whole situation——the farmer must be
taken into. partnership in the handling of the
.39 far as IQ know there has not been a

tion of high responsibility in any organization in

,Washlngton charged with the conduct of the war.
' .«r-A third of the people of the United States who

Com .'

have been producing food, the admitted ﬁrst es-
sential for the successful conduct of the war,
.Qhaye been denied a voice in dealing with the great
questions, even the farm questions, which con-
cerns the war. It does not amount to representa-
tion for a third of the people of this country to
occasionally .call a few farmers to Washington
for a few days, there to tell them what has been
done and secure their approval.

The treatment of. the Organized farmers may
well be contrasted with the proper recognition
that has been given to organized labor. A special
branch of the Council of National Defence was
established to representJt, and organized labor
has from the beginning been properly recognized
and continuously called into consultation. All I
ask is that the'enOJmous body of organized farm-
ers representing the largest single element
among our people, supplying a more essential in-
gredient for the success of the war than any other

Third and Final Installment of Henry Ford’ 5 Story as
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HENRY FORD

This is the man
whom many have
called the indus—
trial genius of the
- world. Yet they
‘ 1 say that he is not
qualified to rep-
r‘esent' the people
\\ of Michigan in

- the United States

senate. A man is
known by his
deeds. H e n r y
Ford has more

big deeds to his
credit than any
‘ other man we can
think of. Some
of his latest ac—
complishrments
which he has
modestly refrain-
ed from mention-
ing in the World‘s
Work articles,
will be told in
word and picture
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ly work in the factory the year around; some may

Want to live on the farm‘s all winter and motor
back and forth to work, others will live in one of

the cities in the winter. Some whole families,
doubtless, will want to work in the plant; in some
caSes only one member of a family may desire to.

It is my intention to try to make this plant a
stration center for the rebuilding of the.

I- motored through that country re-
‘Oswego east,- and I was amazed at the
fa in land lying idle

 

He has ‘

as much a Government matter.
exal Farm Loan Board the Government is lending

making improvements;

[function
part of the Government’s concern

out.

vices; again and again he has asked for a working

partnership in the war; urgently and repeatedly-3,, I

he has called attention to his- lack 0f neceSsitiés’

without which it Would be impoSSible for him to
carry out as fully as he would like to do the duty... '
-which the war has imposed upon him. Grudginga ‘
and merely ostensible recognition, and omciaily'
inspired reproof have been substantially the 0121;;
Now is the time, well in advanceof‘athe ,
crop of 1919, to call the producers of this. country: .

results.

into consultatio’m- to see to it that the farmer’s
point of view is fairly represented in. dealing
with farm questions, that matters which are with-

in the knowledge and the competence of this;

highly trained ‘class of men should no longer be
dealt with as they have been dealt with hitherto
—>almost purely from the point of view of men
who were ignorant of the farmer’s mind, and ap-
parently altogether out of touch with the condi:
tions under which the farmer does his work.. '
This is my ﬁst word. Remember- that farmers
are just as differentwfrbm city men as city men
are different from seamen. and that in. dealing
with farmers, as in dealing with any other highly
trained and specialized body of men success de—
pends on the use of methods which they under-
stand. This fact the city mind seems wholly un-
able to grasp, and it is the city mind which is in
charge of this war. The'one thing mostneedful
in order, to secure for the world in 1919 a crop
equal to the need we know is coming, is to‘ make
the farmers of the United States cease to feel
that they are outsiders in the war, exhorted and
preached at by men who do not understand them,
and to take them into a really effective and equal
working partnership, and to see that they are rec-
ognized as partners on that basis in the Winning
of this war for human liberty.
——R;1/ Gifford Pinchof. LLD.. Milford. Pa.

Industrial Genius, Fighting Paciﬁst, Enemy of Arisiocracy at
Home and Abroad, and Friend to Pure Democracy

that they are opportunities. and taught how to
utilize them to the best advantage. For this edu-
cation I shall use"motion pictures.

Whole World Can be Taught by “Movies”

HE Ford Motor Company is now one of the
largest if not the largest distributors of
motion picture ﬁlms. We send outuevery
week, I believe, more prints of our weekly educa-
tional ﬁlms than are made by any‘otlxer motion
picture concern. Originally the motion picture
was used merely to advertise the Ford car. It
developed into something much bigger than an
advertising method, a long time ago. Through the
motion picture it is possible. I believe, to teach
the lesson of modern. efﬁcient agriculture, to every
body in the world. We can teach Mexico and Rus-
sia with moving pictures. '
After the war the government will have to do
a. great deal along industrial lines. I do not be-
lieve that the people are going to be willing to

lot the railroads go back into the hands of the '7

crowd that was running them fOr their own ben-
eﬁt, after the war. I think future railroad de-
velopment will be a matter for
to control. The development of inland water-
ways is certainly a Government concern, and the
Government should lake an important part in the
development of water power. Already a great

deal of water power is being developed on Govern-

ment irrigation projects through the Reclamation
Service;
water power for industrial purposes is not just
Through the Fed-

money to farmers for the puxchase of land and
I believe this function of
the Government could be wisely extended. The!
Department of Agriculture is doing a great deal V
to‘educate the farmer; I am trying to show 11 V i
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{The farmer feels deeply- that he has been left”?
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17a: LINT CORN As A ‘HUSKING
EROP FOR MICHIGAN FARMERs

What do you ‘think of white ﬂint corn for a

' : Chemical analyéis shows but little if any dif-

ference in the food Walue between white corn and ,.

yellow corn whether it be of the dent or the ﬂint
variety. ‘Practical feeding tests also substantiate
this analysis by the food chemist.

Some people prefe1 yellow corn to white corn
simply because they like the col-or better, and
again, another will prefer white corn to yellow
So far as careful ,obser-

Seems to be no'difference in the hardiness of white
corn and yellow corn. 'The difference is all in the

~"color. Of course, some yellow ﬂint corn is earlier
than other varieties of yellow ﬂint and the same

can be said of the white ﬂint.

There is less risk in growing ﬂint corn in Mich-
igan than there is in growing dent because ﬂint
corn, cit-her white or yellow, is earlier and in al—
most any year will properly mature, whereas dent
(rung-especially many varieties, will not mature
unless there is a very favorable season. I don't
think anyone would make a mistake in getting
white ﬂint or yellow ﬂint corn. It yields well and
is hardy. Flint corn when kept for any length
of time gets pretty hard and for feeding hogs it
ought‘to be ground or soaked because it is so
hard that it makes their teeth sore, ,especially
young growing pigs. The stalks or foliage of
ﬂint corn will make splendid fodder. They are
not as brittle as dent corn and all kinds Of live-
stock relish them better, I think, ihan they do
the fodder from the dent variety.

It is the consensus of opinion among farmers
that ordinarily you can get more corn to the acre
with the dent variety than you can with the ﬂint.
The argument is that an ear of dent corn con-
tains more food than an ear of ﬂint corn; the
kernels are much longer and you can grow just
as many stalks of dent corn and just as well eared

7 “as you can of ﬂint, therefore the actual yield in

food nutriments Of dent corn will be greater than
ﬂint corn. But it is always safe to grow the
'ﬂint variety because it always matures in Michi-
gan—(707011 (7. Lillie.

CORRECT PORTION OF OIL MEAL
AS A FEED FOR CALVES

Williyou please tell me thru your paper, how
oil meal is prepared for calves and the amount
fed, in each quart of milk per calf?~—Subscriber,
Fowleroillc.

If you wish to use oil meal entirely, it may be

.prepared by scalding the same in hot water, us-

ing a surplus of water. so that the entire mass,
when completed and cooled, will form a thick
jelly. Of this jelly, you will have to use your
judgment as to the amount to be used for each
individual calf fed. depending ﬁrst, upon the
amount of milk which is supplied to the calf, and
secOnd, upon the age and appetite of the calf to
be fed.

If you have from six to ten pounds Of milk per
day for each calf, you could get quite as good re-
sults by using the following mixture of grain and
,ifeeding the same dry after the milk has been con-
sumed Three pounds corn meal, 3 lbs. giound
oats, 3 lbs. wheat bran. 2 lbs. linseed meal. The

amount Of each fed to depend upon daily needs of .

the cam—A. ('.A1id(1s011. Professor
Husbyandrz/ M A. C.

of Dairy

ELEVATORS MUST PAY THE

1‘ GUARANTEED PRICE FOR WHEAT

Am writing to you in regard to prices elevators
are paying for wheat in St. ﬂ‘oseph‘ county. The
Mention elevator is only paying $2.05 for wheat
and has sold middlings at $50 per ton for six
months. The Leonidas elevator is also paying
$2. 05 fox wheat. John Creed is proprietor of the

Mention elevator and White Bros. are proprietors

of the Leonidas elevator. Can you please inform

me“. where to enter complaint against pro-Germans?

Trusting you will wake up these elevator men. I

" see by last M. B. F. that wheat should bring

10% at Mendon .——H. H. Mention. Mich.

'KEpI'rOn’s News: -—We are ad‘v/ sing the Grain.

Generation and Food Administrator Prescott of
the practices of the elevators in your section of
oseph county. You may expect an increase

Are there any rules, regulations, no .

tiOns to prevent cr- hinder a tarniér fro ordering

feed in car lots for himself and his hne’ighbo'rsiu-

G. S., Kalamazoo-
There are no ru-,les regulations, or restrictions

that would prevent a farmer from ordering feed in,
-Any

carloads for himself and his neighbbors.
mill ShOu'Id sell a carload to a farmer just the

same as to a dealer when they have the feed for»,
if we should get information of any

sale, and
mill that refused to sell to a farmer When they

_ had car-lead lots for sale, we will take" the proper

action. ——Gco. A Prescott, Federal Fo'od Admin-
istrator. »

EPSOM SALTS As ALAXATIvE ' j ;
COMPARED TO OASTORIOIL

What amount of Epsom salts is equivalent Ito
one ounce of castor cit-Subscriber, Fowleroille.
If the ,information you seek is in connection
with raising and caring for calves, I would sug-

gest that from two to four ounces of Epsom salts

givenfreely in warm water would serve as an
equivalent to one ounce Of castor oil. Epsom
salts has a greater degree of irritability than
castor Oil and is considered less suitable as a laxa
tive for young animals. —R. P. Lyman Dean, Vet-

erinary of Medicine M. A. 0.

WHO HAS A FARM TO RENT
TO THIS FARMER?

We have been a subscriber to your valuable
paper for 5 years and we think it is the best
farm paper we ever read. DO you know of a good
farm with tools and stock furnished that is for
rent on shares——one that has comfortable build-
ings? We have been here 5 years, but as it is a
very light land we can barely raise enough to
keep the family. We have two boys in the ser-
vice now and 5 more at home, the oldest is 16.
We want to get a farm where there is plenty of.
hay and where one can get something‘besides a.
living for our work—Subscriber, Shelby. Mich.

In the fall of 1915 I built a Natco tile silo, 14x
42, and it has proven satisfactory in every way, as
the loss from frozen silage is absolutely nothing,
and in saving of feed I ﬁnd that I can feed the
same amount of stock on a third of the amount
as I did before I led silage, besides it is much bet~
ter feed and gives the stock an appetite to clean
up roughage.
My silo has really paid for itself in the three
years which I have used it by the increase in the

milk and butterfat, in the quick fattening of cattle.

and in the great saving of feed. Besides this the
tile silo is a distinguished work of beauty and
adds a great deal to the appearance and value of
the farmr—Earl C'. Walters, LeRoy, Michigan.

I can say that M. B. F. is the best farm paper
we eve1 took and we receive ﬁve or six different
papers. If the farmers had had a paper like it
ﬁve years ago they would be better oil? today.
Please keep it coming.——E. M. F.. Ogemaw Go.

BACTERIA IS ESSENTIAL IN THE
GROWING OF LEGUMES

For the most successful growth of Alfalfa, Clov-

er, beans, peas, and other leguminous cropsthe ,

proper, kinds‘ of bacteria should be abundant in
the soil. When new legumes are grown for the
ﬁrst time in a locality the soil should be inocul-
ated with the' proper bacteria by artiﬁcial inocul-
ation. In some regions soils are already supplied
with the proper soil organisms; for example, in

, many southern localities artificial inoculation for

cowpeas is unnecessary ad in sections of the Mid-
dle West bactei‘ia which thrive on the roots of
clover and alfalfa are already present.

Artiﬁcial inoculation can be accomplished by
spreading soil from a well-established ﬁeld, where

. the particular legume which is to be grown has

been successful, upon the new land to be planted
with that legume, and also by the use of pure cul-
tures of the proper bacteria. The U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture is prepared to supply enough
of the pure culture to inoculate one bushel of wed,
and this culture can be obtained in betﬂes Which

contain complete directions for use. Application .

blanks for these cultures may. he obtained from

restric- ‘

From this size silo I feed 9 cows.

On' many good iti'zens o Micki anon '
guises Foxyg " Wallingford , a

r -q _ . , ;
fésting the highways and byimys selling"? 817011116 "

‘ ﬂoor stuck in all kinds of propositions from n:

log motor trucks to far. Canadian gold ﬁelds, tak
ing advantage of the extra money which' 1s unques»
tionably ﬂoating around during these war times
altho some of us seldom see any Of it

The strange thing about the stock-selling scheme
is that it usually comes in sheep’s clot ing, not
seldom under therguardianship of a tru ting fel-
low citizen who innocently introduces it toms
friends because he has been completely hood,
winked by the crafty stranger. "wen if it’s good
enough for you, John, I’ll take as much stock as
you d .” And so it gbjes, until the list itself of
inﬂuential and otherwise conservative and m-
eessfnk citizens is enough to sell the stock to any
one, without even going into the wOnderfui de-
tails. Like a snowballit rolls up and as seen as
the ﬁrst “inﬂuential local citizen" takes“ ask-inter-
eet the wise stock Salesman can pass on to greener
pastures, ceﬁainghat the lambs in the town he
leaves will follow their “bell-ewe. ” -

Stock- selling schemes in normal times are at
least within moral and legal rights and manya
good company has had to go outsideof its cor-
porate limits to sell its stock, but always it is for
the “buyer-beware. " But in actual war (times
when even so wealthy a country as the United
States is begging for every dollar her people can
loan her and promising high interest, sure re-
turn and absolute security as she is in the Liberty
bonds, these men who are trying to pass of worth-
less‘ or questionable stocks ought to be classed as
traitors. and put to pounding stone at Leavenworth.

There are indications that several stock sales-
menare loose in the "rural districts of Michigan.
If you know the lair Of one; if one has called on
you or your neighbor recently, let’s hunt him out.
Write me about him and if ,you say so, I’ll keep
your name absolutely conﬁdential .but let’s show
the fakir what the bright light of a little publicity
will do to this pe1ishable product

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AFTER THE WARf—I stood in front of a war
l-ulletin board on Fort street yesterday as the
words "Bulgaria begs for peace,” Were hastily
chalked across its face. Besides me’ stood a po-
liceman. “WP“, they’ve squealed,” he said. "I
never saw one crook spill the bean» yet that we
didn’t get the whole gang without any trouble,
our boys might as well, ring for the wagon, they’ll
get the Kaiser next.” On the other side stood a
dirty little newsboy; he was waiting for his
bundle Of papers which would come a minute
llater when the good news was flashed across the
ﬁrst page of an extra, that had already begun to
roll from the big grinding rotaries in the base-
ment. “Gee Whitickers," he said, ”what’ da ya
tink 0’ dat, dey’ve got d'em Bulgars down on der
knees a‘beggin’ for pet—leewan’» my big brudder
Sylvester just got over a couple of weeks ago!"
he added with a. knowing smile 011 the corner
from a fruit wagon I bought a big .juicy Jonathan
from a little weasoned-faced woman with a ”shawl
tied around her head, and a gaudy bar-pin with
a service ﬂag and one star holding it together in
front. “What it say?" she asked, pointing to the
sign. I tried to tell her and she understood me
only when I had made Bulgaria plain to her and
made all the signs Of‘; begging that I knew how.
When she understood a great light lit up her
face, “the end will soon be,” she said ‘and her
eyes welled up with those priceless mother’s tears
as only a. mother’s can. The new-st-y had gotten
his papers and was tearing by, “extry, extry, all
about de end Of~“de war!” and then I thought of
what it will mean to the people Of the World
when the real day‘comes, that Germany acknowl~
edges in no uncertain terms that she is a beaten
nation ready to overthrow her monarchy, disclaim
her kaiser and his mad rule, and enter a league
of nations, which will act as a caurt forever to pre-
vent another -.war

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HAVING AN Y TROUBLE !— Apparently not,

for you have not written the desk about your pro- ,
blem of getting G. Graftert Co; to tell you where
‘ M shut them

the Department at Washington, D. 0. (Pure cult- 4':
ure can alsd be“ obtained. either free or at small . =
cost, from the Michigan College oi Agriculture;

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56 er day and that there was no. excuse
in greased charge.

and‘iomdnlied a threshing association, the rIe-I
suits of 611's of which are shown reWith, proving

that farmers can just as well thresh grain as to
grow it. Threshing associations are numerous in
the grain sections of the west svhere the average
' ‘swzill harvest tr6m 4,900 to) 5,000 or more
, ' , 3,91 wheat a year. In Michigan 8. number

of associations have recently come into existence.
and hive operated with satisfaction and proﬁt to,
1 , " its members “ . 1“ 1

The, request from a reader for a pattern of the
by-laws iI'or .organillng a cooperative. threshing
association “treed” us temporarily. We wrote
to the Agricultural College, and Mr. Baldwin, head
of the extension department, advised that the far-
: _~ , . : mere could organize under the state 00- ~operative

, ‘ 1' ? law, but that he did not know where sample by-
laws could be obtained. _,Later Farm, Stock and
Heme of Des Moines published the following by-
laws in its columns and we are glad to present
them to our readers herewith hoping that they
will avail themselves of them to organize co-oper-
atively in the threshing of their grain.

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" A number of us farmers in this neighborhood
have bought out a threshing outﬁt. Would like
a set of rules and by—laWS which have been found
to cover the ground in other localities. —~—W K,
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Article 2— Whereas, it is the purpose 6:. the!
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‘9 their own threshing, for which .purpose mayhem -,
agreed on the following terms and articles 0P

agreement, to the faithful performance of which

7 to the other, his heirs, executors or assigns.
Article ‘3— The style or name of this partner-
" 2 ship shall be the ; its plaCe of business -———.

Article 4—The Threshing Company shall
be continued for a period of years, or such
time as may be determined by a three-fourths
vote of its members.

Article 5—~—Any members Of this Go. who shall
hereafter move away from the, territory herein-
after mapped out may sell to the person taking
.. . : his place, if agreeable to three-fourths of the com-

' -, " pany; .1r'not he shall sell his share to the —-—-

' - 1 Threshing Company. If for any reason they can-
not agree upon the price, the matter shall be set-

; tied by arbitration

3 Article 6—I.I—The regular annual meeting of this
company shall be held at —, on the -——— of.
each year .

Article 7—Speclal meetings of this company
may be realled ‘by the president at any time, or
upon a written request to the secretary by one»
,half of the members of the company.

Article 8'—'—For the adoption of any motion or
propositiml', an afﬁrmative vote of more than one-
half of the /members of the company is required.

Article 99A quorum for the transaction of bus-
iness shall consist of more tha_. one-half of the
members of this company.

Article 10—-,—The secretary. shall notify all mem- ‘
bers of this company five days before any meeting
and shall keep a true recdrd of all meetings. -
. article lie—No money shall be paid out except
on ordIervdrawn on treasurer and signed by the
presid and secretary. ,

Ar. 1.1—-_Tb_e officers of this company shall
concistaof. president secretary, treasurer and three .
as are to be chosen from its members at the

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“‘ plug it;

use and exDenditures,‘ ’

he: fbushels threshed for each man

panys correspondence, and preserve all necessary

’udoeum‘ents and papers, which, together with the
"bricks and accounts shall be open to the inspect-
ion of any member of the company at all reason- .

able times. He shall. at the expiration of his
term of office, deliver to his successor all books,
papers, records, and documents of the company in
his possession, and shall perform such other dut-
ies as comm‘only belong to his ofﬁce.

Article Iii—Duties of the Directors—~The mach<
they shall buy
all machinery and necessary repairs and supp-
lies, hire all necessarylabor for running the mach-
inery, and designate who shall be the foreman in
taking immediate charge of the ma‘chine and run-
have charge of the threshing outﬁt of
the company, and all other things prctaining to
the business or the machinery, including shed
for same. Provided, that in case of disagreement

. between the directors, the matter shall be left to

vote of the company.
Article Ill—All contracts and obligations, when
signed by the company’s president and secretary,

 

By-Laws of a Co-Operative Threshing Outﬁt _, _-
' Article l—Made, concluded and signed. thing—a ‘

 

‘6 ed $1,035.23, and saved the farmers $321 25.

they mutually bind and engage themselves each . I

 

 

Saved Threshing Costs for Farmers

I want to drop you these few lines to
assure you that I do not want to miss a
,single copy of M. B. F., for you are ﬁghting
a great battle for the farmers. Please ﬁnd
enclosed my check for $1 for renewal. I
have a statement of our threshing experi-
ence this [year which may help some others
if you care to publish it. Being dissatisﬁed
with the prices of 5, 6, 7 cents per bushel
the threshers set for I918, our community
organized a company of eighty members
and bought a complete outﬁt and threshed
‘ for 4, 5 and 6 cents per bu. We threshed
‘32,150 bushels of grain which to
$1,359.98 ,at a cost of $324.75, leaving clear-

I

came

Wishing you success! with your good Iwork.
i ——JI. W. Kelley, Lake City. Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shall be legal and binding on the members there-
of. '

Article 17—~Any person shall upon signing these
articles of agreement become a member of the—
Threshing Company

Article 18—All threshing shall be done at the
customary price.

Article 19—,—Each member shall pay the treasur-

I er of this company, on or before October 1st of

each year, the amount due as shown by the sec-
retary’s statement. All threshing outside of the
company shall be contracted to be paid for on or
before same date.
, Article 20——-Each member of the company shall
pay the company an equal share of the running
expenses of the machine

Article 21—~The company, may by vote, set apart
any surplus as a reserve fund, which shall be a-
vailable in buying repairs or paying the ordinary

expenses of the company. .
Article .22—Any surplus not set as“: as a re

serve fund thatswill have remained on. hand after

' 1the running expenses and cost of repairs, if any,

have been paid, shall be annually divided equally
among the members of the company

Article 23I——The threshing route of the ———
Threshing Company shall be indicated by the

. follthng map, and~any person living in the house

that is now or may be hereafter situated within
one-half mile of the threshinl route, shall be con-

sidered as living on said route, and his turn shall ‘

ceme at that place on the route.

Article 24—The machine will start at —~—— and
thresh members’ grain in the order in which it
comes to their places of residence on both sides

- of the road on the threshing route.

Article I25—The Imachine shall start each suc-

I éeeding year at the ——job ahead of the previous

starting point; counting by the previous year's
job‘s

‘ Article 26—Jl‘hese articles of agreement, being
somewhat in the nature of a, contract, can not be

. alteregmrjehanged after adoption except by the,
,aﬂ‘irmat e “Vote of three-fourths of the members

; e ompany after the season’s expenses have
a 161i paid and the net earning shall have been
applied He shall if required by any member. .'
maRe a report at each annual meeting, of the re- ,
.~' eel-pus and expenditures and the ﬁnancial condit-
ion of-Ithe Company He shall conduct the com-

, lately an’ so- jest want to express ourself in regard“;

Icountry an’ was askin' men to vote for him for

gin Detroit to tend to his business interests, an’

I jest to git one man nominated for ofﬁce, an' especy-

 

 
 
     

 

 
 
  
 

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to matters an’ things pertainin’ to the comma
election.

I understand Henry Ford of Detroit is runnin’ I;
on the democratic ticket for U. S. senator—an’
when I say runnin' I‘guess that jest about ex-
presses ‘it, for he sure ain’t standin’ still, not
by a cum sight. Henry Ford is a right good
man, accordin’ to my Way of ‘thinkin’, a man who
has done more for the laborin’ class of people than
any man I know of, an' be haint made no great
bigIholler about it either, jest went right on an’.
sawed wood an’ said nothin’. He is a successful
business man, a good citizen an’ darned if IIcan
see why he shouldn’t make a good senator.

A teller named Osborn—Chase Osborn, I think
his name is—says: “A vote for Ford is a vote_
for the Kaiser," an’ tries to sling a scare into
folks that way; but good land, Chase is jest up
to his old tricks shootin’ hot air, and a spell ago
was tryin’ to make us all believe that he was
about the only man livin’ that could save the

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senator, an' cause he didn’t git the nomination
why, of course, he jest natcherly feels a little sore
an’ is liable to say most anything. I

But people know Chase, an’ because they do
know him he is one of the most harmless things
tha’ is. His talk can’t hurt anybody nor do ’em
much good, an’ when a man like that throws slurs
at a man like Hank Ford, why, people only laugh
and feel a little mite sorry for poor Chase.

Now. Mr. Ford ain’t spendin’ much money in
this campaign an’ tha’ ain’t no one spendin’ mon-
ey for him either—he is jest goin’ in dn his rep-
utation an’ takin’ a chance, lettin’ folks think the
matter out for themselves, an’ darned if I don’t
believe that’s a purty good way to do too, jest
let the people use their own judgment.

If a man has ever done anything worth while for
his state, nation or people, b’gosh it don’t seem to
me as tho it would be ecessary to spend a hundred
an’ seventy-six thousand dollars to tell folks about
it; they ought to know it, it seems to me. An’ a
hundred an’ seventy-six thousand dollars would
buy a tidy lot of Liberty bonds, now wouldn’t it?

Then we hear some of the fellers that want to
keep Ford out of the senate say that he is needed

they can give a lot of bum reasons why Hank
shouldn’t be elected, all of which said reasons
amount to about as much as Chase Osborn' s twad-
(lle of pro-German an’ things like that. ..

Of course, it’s true that Henry Ford has large
interests in Detroit, an’ be has men to look after
‘em too his son bein’ one of them, which is per-
fectly right an’ proper; he can brobably do more
there than he could in the army, but takin’ the
argument as it stands, that Mr. Ford is more need
ed in Detroit than in Washington; then what
about the other candidate, Mr. Newberry? Now,
Truman is in the army or navy, or something,
an’ some of that hundred an’ seventy-six thousand .
bucks was spent toIlet folks know he was there—
an ofﬁcer, I believe. Well, that’s a mighty good
place to be; no one denies it, but if he is as
good a. soldier as we were told in the beautiful
little article (paid for) that we read in the papers
all summer, then by crismus, his place is in France
an’ he’s needed there as much as Ford is needed in
Detroit, an’ about the nicest way to settle -the
whole dum business would be to elect Chase Os-
born, who don’t seem to be needed anywhere, and
let Mr. Ford an’ Mr. Newberry stick to the jobs
they’re at.

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fence somewhere, when so much money is 'used ,

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ially at a time like this, when we are all being
urged to buy bonds, an’ help the Red Cross an I
everything an’ voters are goin’ to ask save
questions about that $176, 000, an’ will want
know what interests furnished the money

  
   
   
   
   
     
     
     
  


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Brody. Port Huron. Mich wAgrlcultural

* adviser to district board (Eastern). Division No.
2 with headquarteis at 2130 Penobscot Building.»
’ Detroit, Mich. *‘7
‘ A. B. Cook, Owosso, Mich—Agricultural adv

ﬂier to district board (Eastern). Division No.3,
with headquarters in the Federal Building, Laps.
leg, Mich.

T. F. Marston, Bay City. Mich—Agricultural
advisor to district board (Eastern). Division No.
4, with headquarters in Eastern. City HallpBay
City, Mich.

James J. Jckway, Benton Harbor. Mich—Agri-
cultural advisor to district board (Western) Di-
vision No.1. with headquhrters at 406 Peck Build-
ing, Kalamazoo, Mich. \

R. D. Graham, Grand Rapids, Mich.;——Agricult-
Divis-
ion No. 2, with headquarters in the City Hall,
Grand Rapids, Mich.

F. H. Vandeboom, Marquette, Mich—Agricult-
ura'l adviser lto district board (Western), Divis-
ion No 3, with headquarters at the Michigan Col-
lege of Mines, Houghton, Mich

The agricultural advisors are not to be mem-

. bers of the district boards, but are to furnish to

the boards facts relative to farm-labor require-
ments, not only of their own districts but of the
entire country. Such information will be suppli.
ed to the advisers by the Department of Agricult-
ure. The advisors also may concern themselves
with individual cases before the district board.
County agents of the Department of Agriculture
have been supplied with questionnaires to be sent
out for the purpose of securing facts about the
farm-labor needs in the counties.

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Americhh 13mm will 154.1 am iodides ;
conﬁdent Insertion in the face of the fact
asked to make a colossal contribution to
Liberty six’ billion dollars ’

American , farmers have demonstrated
their patriotic support of the nation'I' great
War loans. One of the most striking fea-
tures of the 3rd Liberty loan wasthe sup-
port giyen you by the farming and rural
populations“
ase liberally of the bonds. but the rural com-

munities as, a rule were more prompt .ih
completing their quotas than the larger cit-
1611. More than twenty thousand conimuntv,
ities in the United States subscribed: or‘
oversubscribed their quotas, man/y of them
on the ﬁrst day of the campaign

The majority of these were not cities. but
country districts. I we, a typical agricul-"
tural state, was the ﬁrst to subscribe its
quota. .

But we now have a greater effort to make.
Our largest. war loan has been launched.
It will tax our determination to defend our
liberty and our republic at. all costs. Our
armies in the ﬁeld are ﬁghting Victoriously.
The forces at home are now in an offensive
that must not fail. Let us buy liberally
that we may attain our objectives, a righ-
teous and lasting world peace

[EDITOR’S Norm: —As we read the above
appeal we could not help comparing the
ﬁne tribute Sec’ y Houston pays to the farm
ers, with the slurs of one Lamb in his "Play
Fair, Mr. Farmer,” which were spread about
the country like so much German poison
gas, during the third loan campaign]

 

 

 

 

that the American people are now being l.

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yield will not exceed 200 in; per acre. ;-f'l_‘o, ‘
matters still worse the” price paid is moch bole.
cost of production, and labor impossible to get,

any price. :7..- ” '

The been crop will be light as in many places
the June frost killed them' land where planted
again the September frost killed them 3M and?

' many outside the frost belt failed to ripen fully,

and the excessive rainy weather gives them little
chance to dry when pulled and stacked. Net
many potatoes are being sold at the present price
which is only $1. 25 per bu. Many farmers will
feed them to stack unless the price is higher. There
is much righteous indignation about the grading

law, in fact {1211: much grading is being done—j?»-

R. L. Herrick. West Paris, Maine.

NO FARMER NEED SELL BELOW \ ' 3,
THE GUARANTEED PRICE

Reports reach the Food Administration that
some farmers are selling their wheat at less than
the guaranteed price because of the railway em-
bargoes placed in parts of the country against
wheat shipment. While the elevators are tem-
porarily overstocked‘because seaboard movement
has not kept pace with internal movement. this
condition should be improved 'during the next
thirty or sixty days. No farmer who will have
patience until the situation improves need sell
below the guaranteed price, for the Government

(will buy all wheat as fast as it can be moved.

Table of Basic Prices of Wheat Mill Feeds at Principal Cities and. Villages in Michigan

 

NOTE:
$1.20 per barrel.
of these prices should be his selling price.

To determine, exact price which miners are entitled to charge you for wheat and mill feeds, add the following charges:
0n mill feeds add $2 per ton in car lots, $4 in less than car lots.
It he is shipping in mill feeds from the west,

If your miller is manufacturing these feeds himself the t’btal’
he may be entitled towd anywhere from 4 to ..o more.

On ﬂour add

 

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Dansville
Debreit
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Athens

Augusta.

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Baroda . . . .

Battle Cr’k.

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Bear Lake .

Bedford . . .

Belding

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Belleville

Bellevue .

Big Rapids .

Birmingham

Blanchard.

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Boyne Fallle. 42

Breedsville .10.31

Bridgewater 10.31

Brighton . .10.31

Bronson .10. 31

Brown City. 10. 37

Brutus . . .10. 47
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Durand

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Elkton . .

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Caledonia
Camden .10.31
Carleton . .10.31
Carson City. 10.37
Cassr City“ 1.0 44
Caesopol s . .10. 31
'Cedar Cr'k.. 10. 31
Charlevoix .10.42
Charlotte . .10.31
Cheboygan .10.47 . , . .
‘Chelsea ....10.31 . . . Hart, .. ..
Chesaning . ..10 37 . Hartford .
Clare .. .. ..10 36 Hartland
Cleveland T. 10. 42
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Clinton ..10 31
Goldwater . .10 31
Colon . .1.031.
. Columbiav'e 10. 07
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G’d Ledge
Gd. Rapids
Greenvllle
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Lake Odessa10.31
Lakeville . .10.87
Lansing. . .10.81
Lapeer .10.37
Lawrence
Lawton .
Leonidas
Liberty
Linden .
Litchﬂeld
Lakeland ..
Lk. Odessa. 10. 31
Lowell . . .
Lakeville
Lakeview
Lakeville . .
Ludington .10.36
. Manchester .10.31
Manlstee . .10.36
Maple Val. 110.39
Marcellus . .10.31
Mariette 0.3
Morley
Marshall
Mason ..
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Mayville .
Middleville
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Milan
Moline
Monroe . . .
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Montrose
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No. Branch .10.37

Orion-Rudds 10.37
Ortonville ..10.52
Omer .. 8
Osseo
Ovid .
Owosso
Oxford

Parilhville 30.41
Parshalv'iie 10.31
Paw Paw >-.10.31
Petoskey . .10.42
Pickford . 10.66
Place 11 . . . ,44 28.26 20.51
Plainville . .10.31 27.46 28.71
Plymouth . . 27.46 28.71
Pontiac. . 27.46 ' 28.71
Port Hope . . .
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Portland
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, Quincy .10. 31
Reading . . . 1
Reed City. .10. 86
Richmond .10. 37
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Toggles-farmers: of the United States to plan

these recent development info'reign agriculture:
,Rigid..jswics control Egg Tradc.+~Under reg-
ulations'publislied by the Be ne Cantonal Govern-
mentmegg merchants, must ' ave a special trade
permitfronu the Food Supply-0mm, Justice and
Bolicepepartments. - The maximum retail price
of- eggs has been ﬁxed-at. seven cents apiece and

,small- eggs ’must be sold atlower'rates. Infraction

of the regulations are punishable by lines varying

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from $4de $2,000 or by, 60 days’ imprisonment.

Russian,Sugar‘Prlccsr-The price of sugar in
Petrogmd during July 1918 ranged frdm $3.81
to $3.58 perpound, according to information late-
1y secured. by the Food AdministratiOn through
”sourceslconsideredl reliable: "Sugar prices were

approximatelyythree‘times as',_n.great as butter

prices;

Holland, 'Requ‘t‘sitt‘om Many . Farm Products.—
The government of Holland has‘requisitioned'the
following crops: Winter and Summer wheat,
rye, winter and summer barley, rape seed, linseed,
oats,,beans, peas, buckwheat and seeds.

Germany EstimatesDrying Regourccs.——Accord-
ing‘ to German estimates, the use of all drying
apparatus in that country would dehydrate about
184,000,000 bushels of potatoes. The German po-
tato harvest, which this. year is fairly satisfac-
tory, donistitutes ”one of theprincipal food. re-
courses. ‘ - \'

Cereal Exports. Pledged to Allies—Under the '

agreement of the U. S. Food Administration with
the, food controllers of the‘ Alliednations, our
breadStuffs export program for the coming year
will-aggregate 409,320,000 bushels, which is equiv-
alent to more than 60 bushels for every farm in
the United States.

The program calls principally for wheat, but
from 100,000,000 to 165,000,000 bushels may be
other cereals including rye, barley and corn.

 

ACRE POTATO YIELD INCREASES
THIRTY-SIX PER CENT’IN 20 YEARS

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The yield of potatoes per acre is gradually in-
creasing in this country, as shown by the records
of the Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United
States” Department of Agriculture. During 1866-
1874 the even tge annual yield per acre was 91
bushels but the average markedly declined to
71.3 bushels in 18854894. Perceptible recovery
was made in the following ten-year period and a
muchlarger recovery, rising to a new high-water
mark, waslreached'in 1905-1914, with its average

 

yield of 97 bushelsper acre.
_ In 20' years the productivity of the average po-
tato acre increased 36 per cent. This increase is '
due to various causes, among ,‘which are greater
specialization _of production, “more intensive
treatment, and higher fertility of the soil. The\
fen-year average yield of 97 bushels per acre in
1905-1914 Was followed by 96.3 bushels in 1915,
80.5 bushels. in the very low year 1916, and 100.8
bushels in 1917. _ . "
Compared with population, the yield of potato-
es per acre declined from 1866-1874 to 1905-1914.
The gain of‘production per capita in! recent years
has been more because of increased acreage than
because of increased production per acre.

NEW YORK POTATOES AND
BUCKWHEAT ARE LIGHT

 

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Digging of potatoes has just begun in New York
and the crop will be about half of last year’s.
The quality isnne. Buckwheat will be 40 per
cent of’last 'year. Apples will be 50 per cent of
normal and beans 70 per cent.

 

.CAIIFORNIA BEAN CROP SHORT;

HIGHER PRICE IS EXPECTED

 

ito G. A. Turner, [president of the
Bean T(SiroweI-‘s' Ass’n, the state’s bean
has been, cut Zﬁcper cent by the re—‘
but-tits: quality has: not been ser-
' After a. thorough- canvass of
d. by the- .wlation in its
' «5‘ nick-gave the bean
' ': per cent. of last
tha'.t,.-as,a re-
ill betat least

 

it its mercannsvm f

fOr“‘_inof‘eased production .to meet Allied _ require- ,
7 ments; the U. S..-» Food Administration announces

(feeding 40 per cent. The product of this district
is almost entirely small white beans.
6 .On the price outlook Turner said: “The indi-
, cations are that prices of beans will be higher
than they were last year, but no figures are yet
obtainable; Last year, the Government comman-
deeredxwhite beans on a basis of 111/30, and it is
not reasonable to imagine that this price was ar-
bitrarily ﬁxed."

NEW YORK FARMERS SELL _
CIjIP THRQUGH WOOL POOL

 

Through information furnished by the farm
bureaus, 23 counties in New York State marketed
456,766 pounds of wool cooperatively through
county wool associations at full government pric-

‘es. Farmers say they have saved from 5 to 7
cents a pound by pooling their wool, and it is thot
possible that next year the county associations
will federate into a state organization, with all
the wool being sold through a single committee.
Official government graders visited the counties
and ﬁxe in the minds of the farmers a standard
toward which to work,‘as well as demonstrating
the value-of keeping high-grade stock.

Farmers in Michigan who are having difﬁculty
in securing the full government price for their
1918 clip would do well to follow the example or'
jhese New York farmers. The government makcs
it easy for farmers to sell their wool direct.

 

ADVISES CLOSE WATCH AGAINST
THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

'Public officials, veterinarians and stock owners
should be on guard to report immediately any
cases of foot-and-mouth disease that may appear

How the United States Hopes to Make its Agriculture Independent
of German Potash, by Utilizing Portland Cement Waste

That enough. potash to make us forever inde-
pendent of Germany in this important particular
may be obtained as a by-product of our present
manufacture of Portland cement, and’that our
government should encourage the cement men to
put in plants for this purpose, or possibly take
up this branch 0f industry itself is some way. are
the theses of an open letter to President Wilson
written by Richard H. Edmonds and printed in
The Manufacturers’ Record
29), of which he is editor. Mr. Edmonds tells u;
that the cement industry is, in fact, the logged-
for source of potash for which government and
private experts have been seeking for years. It
has now been found, but not in a way that was
expected. He goes on:

“We have not found any great bed of potash
from which we can draw our supplies, but we have
found that potash can be produced as a by-product.
in the. manufacture of Portland cement, in the
making of pig iron, and in a number of other
industries . . . .

“A few years ago at Portland cement company
in California found that it was feasible to save a
considerable amountof potash as a. byproduct iu
the making of cement. A Maryland company sour.
experts to California, and their investigations were
so satisfactory that this company spent $100,00m
in putting up a byproduct potash plant. This has
now been in Operation for several years and has
"been so succcessful in making potash that a large
number of other cement companies are preparing
to establish by-product potash plants in connection
with cement making. It has also been proved
that potash can be recovered as a by-product in the
manufacture of pig iron.

“If every Portland cement plant and every pig
iron furnace in the country could establish, in con-
nection with their present plants, potash-recovery
systems, we would be able to make ourselves on-

vtirely independent forever of Germany’s potash.
In doing this we would give new impetus to all
the agricultural interests of the country and fun—
damentally stimulate the production of foodstuffs.

‘r‘In thus becoming absolutely independent of
Germany’s potash we would take from that coun-
try the power which it thinks it now holds to trade
and barter in the ﬁnal peace terms, with its potash

' as a dominant power. _
“We would be able to make ourselves wholly in-
dependent, as I have said, of'German . potash and-
. forever-establish an industry which would increase
inproportion as“ we increased our output of ce-
‘ment and iron. The establishment of this industry
on enlarge 9. scale would at the same time stim-
ulate the utilization of the waste materials in other
industries forcnotash production._

or

' country we may expect its return at any time al-

(Baltimore, August ‘

' America an abundant supply of potash and for;

 

in this country, according to a. statement by Dr.
J. R. Mahler, Chief of the Bureau of Animal In-
dustry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. >Dr.‘
Mohler said: . ‘

“Recent cable news announces an outbreak of
foot-and-mouth disease in England which-brings
to mind the serious outbreaks of that disease
which have been experienced in the United States.

“Foot-and-mouth disease has appeared in Eng-
land from time to time, as it has done in the
United AStates. Irr both countries the past out--
breaks have been promptly controlled and eradi-
cated and no cases have occurred in the United
States since 1916. Nevertheless the disease makes,
its appearance at irregular intervals. In this

  

 
 
   
    
       
     
  

 

 
     
     
     
        
    
 
  
    
 
 

  
   
 

 
 

though every precaution is being taken by the
Federal authorities to prevent the introduction
of the disease, especially from the present out-
break in England. SO long as communication is
maintained with other countries the danger of
the reintroduction of the disease must be ack-
nowledged. ’ \

“It is of tlic greatest importance that a Sllr‘“[)
watch 1m r"H'utained by all ofﬁcials. by practicing
veterinarians, and by stock owners in oroer that
the very ﬁrst cases may be discovered and the [:3
Spread of the disease prevented. It would be a
great misfortune to the United States if foot-and-
mouth disease should occur under present condi-
tions or become ﬁrmly established in the country,
as has been the case in many of the stock-raising
nations of Continental Europe. Early discovery
of the disease, followed by proth elimination of
infected centers, is the only way to prevent the
United States from becoming permanently in-
footed.”

   
          
       
    
   
 
 
  
  
    
   
   
     
    
   
     
  
     
  
 
  
 
    
   
  
 
 
 
   

 

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H.11min”!illiiriuiii'mm w ;1

“But there are difﬁculties in the way, A few
days ago Secretary Lane. in a letter to Congress “V
man Kitchin, pointed out that one cement plant
which had expected to spend $100,000 on the es-
tablishment of a potash by-product system had
been unable to do so because the proposed income-
mx bill would make the margin of safety too nar-
row to justify the investment of new capital. Mr.
Lane very strongly urged that in the creation of
new industries of this klpd they Should be free _,
from heavy taxation on proﬁts until their net prof— ‘-
its enabled them to amortize their capital thus in-
vested. The suggestion is certainly a wise one.

“It can hardly be expected that new capital will
go into enterprises of this kind, taking the chanc-
es of the uncertainties of after-war conditions,
unless there is some assurance that the capital
thus invested can be amortized before heavy tax-
ation is laid upon its earnings, or unless assurance
can be given that industries such, for instance
as that of potash will after the war be protected
against the inroads which Germany would seek
to make by breaking down the market for Ameri-
can. potash.

“it is possible to bring about the development of
a potash industry which would make us entirely -
independent of German potash, and thus take from
Germany the club which it now holds over the ag-
ricultural world in the possession of vast potash
resources. The matter is one of such tremendous
moment. involving our agricultural independence.
our freedom from any power of the German potash ;,
monopoly and bur ability to make peace terms '
without for a. moment having to consider German
potash. that I feel justiﬁed in bringing this matter'
directly to your attention in this way. '

“if assurance co id be given by you to all of. the
Portland cement makers and to the iron produc- ;.
ers of the country that the establishment of by~
product potash plants would have the heartiest en- '
couragement by the Administration and would be
regarded as vitally important to the United States
now and hereafter. I am sure you would be ren-
dcring a. service of inestimable value to all civil-
ization.

“It is quite‘possible that the government itself
should take hold of this potash development, and
on some satisfactory basis establish hv~nrndnm
plants at all the Portland cement plants and all
the iron furnaces, or at least at every furnace
where the test Of the raw materials Shows that ,
potash can be recovered as a by-product. In the;
aggregate, an immense amount of capital woul ”
be involved, but the Government could well afford
to/co-operate with individual concerns in .es’ta
lishing such plants‘on a. basis which wOuld be .
to the government, fair to the owners of lexISt‘l 7 ;
plants, and which would give to the farmers o-

 

 

       
      
   
     
   
  
   
   
  

 
   
 
 
     

 
  
 
 
 
   
 

  

    
 

ever protect them and this country from them»
of the German potash industry.._Mtem
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,_the following bulletin:

chance on the war’s ending

skyrocketing career.
. _the past week.

 

. : ers,

.11 AU 01‘ MARKETS Now

The Bureau of Markets has issued

“The Agricultural Appropriation

'riBil‘lwapproved October 1st, 1918, pro-
,|;.;.Vides that a fee shall be charged by
the Food'Products Inspection Service
.of the Bureau of Markets after the

date of the bill’s approval.
“Accordingly, beginning with Octo-

her 2nd the following rates will be

charged for making commercial in-

'spections of- fruits and vegetables:

Carlot. $2.50; less than 1,4. carlot, $1.50.

“This service is now open to ship-
pers and receivers alike. and requests
from either of these sources or their

‘ agents wi‘l be handled promptly.

“The fee for this service is to be
paid by the person requesting the in-
spection. and for the present you are
requested to forward your check, pay-
‘able to the Disbursing Clerk. U. S.
Department of Agriculture, with the
written application or pay same to the
inspect r at the time of the inspec-
tion."

 

 

 

 

 

 

. No: 2 Mind

 

No changes in the wheat situation.
Terminal markets are still clogged.
Embargoes are still on. If the situa-

tion gets much worse, farmers may
have to wait several ‘months before
getting their money out of their

wheat unless the government takes
some measure to protect them. The
peace feelers of Germany which have
affected other markets so unfavorably
does not, of course. have any effect
upon the wheat market. The price
for next year's crop has been ﬁxed,

war or no war, and patriotic farmers _

are planning another bumper acreage
of winter wheat. We cannot take a
aefore an-
other harvest. by failing to do our
duty in this respect. .

 

 

GRAD! Dohoil mono low York
No ZYollov 1.35 1.53 -« 1.75
No. 3 Yolow 1.35 1451.67
lo. ‘Yolow 1.3. 1 35 1."!

 

 

 

Tl- corn market has followed a
in reverse order.
Of all the grains to
be hit by the war news. corn suffered
the worst. Scarcely a day passed dur«
ing the week ending Oct. 5th. that the
corn market did not decline a few
cents. And as we go to press it is

.: ,quoted on the Detroit market at $1.30
; .3113 compared with $1.45 a week ago.
. - Dealers were sure that the bottom of

. the

market had been reached last
week, but their judgment was bad.
The market is decidedly weak at the
present time and nothing but the

bullish kind of war news can strength-
en it

 

resﬂwcrwweszx
Chicago New York
.72 .85
.70 1-2 .84
.59 31

 

 

 

 

.‘Oats have withstood the onslaught

iofthe bearish inﬂuences without much

111111.38. Government purchases and

export trade continue to take enor-
Tulane

. nounts off the market, leav-
only enough for the private buy-

 

151113 1113 price and the market is firm,
(1 d

CHARGE FOR INSPECT-ION

This has had the effect of stabil ‘

 

 

 

 

 

 

mag-ket. Prices hold ﬁrm.

initial market.

 

 

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The efforts of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture to educate dairymen
to the value and comparatively cheap-
ness of barley as a stock iood is going
to have a big effect in keeping the

DETROIT .—Hay market in good condition,. as farmers are not rushing f0 ‘

HICAGO, Oct. fir—Acute weakness which developed corn market today came
entirely from news of fresh military successes. .
CHICAGO .—Onts showed a. dehllne of 11150 on today' a market. ‘ '-
DETBOIT .———Boans on today's market were quoted at 89.25 per owt.
GRAND RAPIDS .——Bean market unsettled; both dealers and hunters wary of

. months before the government Would"~

o

market at a fairly high level when the

distillers are forced out of the mar-
ket. and growers of barley shbuld feel
no pprehension whatever that they
will have any difﬁculty in disposing
of the’ product at fairly good prices.
There is such a tremendous shortage
in feeding stuffs of all kinds that the
barley grower can be assured of a
market for his product for many years
to come.

Rye is about “so-so.” The demand
is none too good. but at no time this
fall have the receipts been plentiful.
and as a result of this balance the
Rye is new
market at

price has ruled steady.
quoted on
$1.62.

the Detroit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Detroit 50 N 28 $0 29 00 21 50 28 08
Chase 33 00 35 N 30 00 32 00 30 Oil 31 SO
' Cincinnati 32 50 33 00 32 00 32 50 31 00 31 5|
Howard. 30 so 31 co :0 on so so 29 oo 30 on
New York 41 no 41 50140 no 41 oo 39 oo 41 00
Richmond .1
No No. l
""k'“ 11.1311": canals-ml Clo...
Doirolt 28 50 29 .0 24 50 25 06l23 SJ 24 0.
Chimr 31 I. 32 50 31 00 32 00:3100 3151:
Cinch-oh" 31 W 1 50 30 00 31 50 25 It) 26 00
Pittsbonh 28 50 29 50:27 00 28 00127 00 28 00
Now York 36 0° 37 00. 335 90 37 00 3400 35 00
Richmond
Receipts of hay are showing a lit-

tle increase, but have not yet affect~
ed the values. Hay the past week
has sold as high as $41 per ten for
the best grades, an unheard-of price.
It is claimed that peace is now the
main factor in deterniining the future
of the hay market. Should-the war
cease. buyers believe hay prices wOuld
drop. as the crop is_1_'a_ther large for

the present prices to continue provid-‘

ing it must all be. consumed commer-
cially. This is the talk among the
buyers. but don’t let it scare you

     
  
  
  
   

J.

an . _ 'V

  

Even the peace should be declared to- ”

morrow. __it would be another ty
days before demobilization c0111 be
under way and it would be many

cease to be an important buyer. But
peace won't be declared (omorrow nor
next day'nor this year, So feel pretl,
ty well satisﬁed that prices Will not
go much lower. There is little chance
either, that they will go higher. and
the farmer who has hay for ' sale
should now get it onto the market at

‘his earliest opportunity.

   

‘::>>\.i;eé?:;;E-'<;~e tii-rzi’tmdntfaf 213::- gsgm

 

 

G E Detroit China now York
C. “I. 9.25 10.5: 2.50
Prim. 8.00 9.5 ”.50
Rod Kidoon 'LM 1“ 00 12.50

 

 

 

 

The same old story, and we've told
it so much that we’re getting tired.
Market is inactive. M demand. Some
dealers claim they anticipate better
demand later 'on. but it takes a lot of
faith to believe that the market will
recover its old- time “pep.” 'All. we
can say to our readers who have beans
to sell is to keep both eyes on the
market the next thirty days; Some-

thing ought to stir by that time.

 

 

 

 

' Ch“. '0‘“ ' Round Wlute
“m“ mumps - as...
Jon-ii ' > g g an. $20 an:
Ch' - . , . 5
cat‘s-"m 2.40 ' 2.30
New York 3.00 2.85
Pittsburgh 2.65 2 50

 

 

 

mand is considerable
than a year ago when people boughtr

 

It looks as if the downward trend of .

the potato market has stopped. Re-

ceipts have fallen off at the primary.

markets. and the demand is good. For
about a week shipments were the heav-
iest in several years running as high
as one thousand cars a day. Ship.
ments‘have now declined to between
800 and 900 cars which is not too
much for the market to absorb. De-
"better today

their winter supply in small amounts,
convinced as a result of the govern-

 

 

 

As forecasted by W. T. Foster

Futor'o . for

_1913

_. E 5 Storm

: l

'11 ‘1’

 

Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
tuxbances to cross continent Oct. 11 to
15 and 17 to 21 warm Waves 1()_ to 1.4
and 16 to 20, cool waves 13 to 17 and
19 to 23. This weather period'will
start with cooler than usual and tem-
peratures will
nca1 Oct. 19. Not much precipitation.

Next warm waves will reach Van-
couver about Oct. 20 and 25 and tem~
peratures wll rise on all the Paciﬁc
slope. They will cross crest of Rock-

. ice by close of _JOct 21 and 26 plains
sections 22 and 27, meridian 9 great

j

reaching vicinity of

follow about one day behind warm

  

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waves and cool waves about one day

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK

for MIt‘HmAN

'pends on the soil and, the ,lay Of it,

go to higher degrees

I

lakes and Ohio-Tennessee valleys 23ft~
*and 28 eastern sections 24 and 29.,
N ewtoundland’ '
near 0012.25 and 30. ,Storm wafer; will

re'ci itatmn the
3011113111. the Other j-half the radii

~ 3. (312611151. conditon

Business FARMEB '

These disturbances will 1:..clude a
period of severe storms and heavier
rains than have been usual this was-
on These storms will include a hur-
ricane on our scuthern seas and severe
storms on, the cOntlnent.
will put .11 in. good condition, in’
many places, for sowing Winter grain
but this does not determine whether
\Vinter grain should he sown

To a greater extent than usual the
sowing of Winter grain with an as:
suranCe of good crops in 1919, (16-?

whether rolling 01 flat. In some sec-
tions no Winter grain should be sewn
because of drouth conditions that will
prevail thru the Winter and*u to}
June -1 ; ’
l\iov}<3mberI willﬁh 6145:1318. -
storm monti w m
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that does fall will 500'
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. suffering from rat and
"j: fr‘Osts cut the yield in practically all
ﬁstates Outside of Michigan The gov. r.
' .ernment estimate for October is not
.out yet,- but We expect to. see a greatly
wdecreased estimate for potatoes. Thé
crest of the fail movement has about

These faint; — 1‘ than extras 601/; to 61C;

Why prices sh‘Ou-ld go Iowa .;
We note that Maine potatoes are
that early

been reached. Farmers are not quite
so eager to sell at the prices new or
fered by county dealers. "It is well,

.:_'1‘hé market should now have eminence

to readjust itself? an}. if the farmers
market their 'crop gradually, we have
every reason to believe that the price

, will go well above the dollar mark

before Spring Any farmer can at

least afford to Wait another sixty days

to see what developments take place.
A tendency toward higher levels

‘shOuld show in that time”

 

Butter is lower the stampede than
was made a couple of weeks ago by
-the st rage merchants which sent the ”
price Soaring. apparently having ceas-

ed to Some extent. Fresh creamery
ﬁrsts are quoted on the Detroit mar-
ket at 54 cents. and c1eamery extras
at 55 cents.

New York Butter Letter
(By Special Correspondent)
New Yoﬂc, Oct. 5-, 1918. “The pend-

- _ ulum is now swinging backWard some. "

what slowly but surely. During the
past Week values have. dropped two

cents and the market at present is.

very weak with indicatiOns that a sti .1
further decline may be expe :ed The
market has been inﬂuenced largely by

A ' the consuming public refusing to pay

such extremely high prices for batten.
It prefers to buy substitutes.
factor which has tended to weaken
the market is the use of storage but-
ter. Holders of such butter Consider
that now is the time to dispose'of. their
40% holdings, or a part of them, and
in consequence fresh holdings have
met severe compétition. Many deal-
ers, rather than allow an accumulation
of stocks of fresh butter, have sold all

that they could under existing condi—

tions for lower prices. Declines. .- 1n
other butter markets haVe also inﬂu-

enced this market to a considerable'

extent. ,

The week started out strong. and,
Monday showed extras qdoted at 620
with every indication-of an active
market. On \Tuesday signs of weak-
ness developed but the price remained

Another '

 

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the same although very little butter .«

moved. on Wednesday there was :-a
decline of one cent on all grades 'of
butter and Friday followed with a de-
cline of-another cent. The market is
very weak and, we may look forward
to a marked decline in prices in the
near, future. Unsalted butter,
has been in strong demand, has suf.
fered a reversal and very little is mov-
ing, atpresen-t. At the close onvFriday
quotations on salted butter were as
follows: Extras, 60c; higher scoring
ﬁrsts 571/;

to 591/.»c; and seconds, 5110 570.

Unsalted butter is quoted at the usual ,Q

differential above the corresponding

Which A

grades of salted, but as stated above, '

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’ ‘ ’ ck,- but much higher prices
, "d for very soon. All impor,

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on all g des.
-9161 $134

lay an egg every day during,
or, Sundays wineluded can

  

'1') ‘ -
want. to
' Feed . '

The feed 41491121th is not the least
bit
_ seem to be observing the government

regulations on wheat feeds, but they ,

are so' .limited as to be scarcely ob-
Detroit
prices are, bran, $35 to $35. 50; stand-
arc middlings, $37.“; 537. 50; coarse

cornmeal 560; cracked com, 561.

 

aEast Buffalo Live Stock Letter

East Buﬁalo, _N. Y.,-Oct. 8, 1918——~
ReCeipts of Cattle Monday, 200 cars,
including 60 cars of Canadians and 11
carols-3ft over, from last week’s trade.
Trade opened 15 to 25¢ higher on med-

ium reight and weighty steer cattle ,

which were in very light supply; but-
cherj steers and handy weight steers
sold asteady; fat cows and heifers
were in moderate supply, sold steady;

bulls of .all classes sold steady; can-

hers .and cutters were in heavy sup-
ply, sold steady; fresh cows and spring- .
ers were in very light supply, sold
from 55 to 510 per head higher; stock-

» ers and feeders were 1.1 very heavy sup

ply, sold _fhom 15 to 25c lower than
last week; yearlings were in .
light supply, sold 25c higher. , 9
~- With 20 cars 0f cattle. on sale Tl-es-
day, which included 10 cars held over

_, from Monday, the market was steady

on all grades.

Receipts of hogs ‘Monday tetaled
around 16 000 or 100 double decks.
The market opened 50c lower with
the bulk of the hogs that sold early
selling at 518. 75; pigs, 1825; roughs,
516;} Stags, $12 ,to 515. After the ﬁrst
round it wasimpos’sible tomove any
hogs Yet at the clbse there were a
few hogs sold at 518. 50. About 30
cars of hogs went over. unsold. '

With 50 cars of hogs on sale Tues-
day, including 30 ca'rs held over from
Monday, which were not yarded until
8:30 01: 9: ‘00 o’clock Monday morning,
our market opened generally 25c low-
er. .The‘obulk of ti: hogs sold at
518.50; a few lighter oneSv sold at
518.25 to 518.35; a. few choice heavy
decks sold up to 518.60; pig weights
sold at- 518; roughs, 516; packers,
516.25 to 516.50; stags, '513 to .515. At
the close there Were a number of-

decks unsold. The prospects are that .

the market will not go much lower, as
we understand the government has
ﬁxed the. price on an 518 per cwt.
basis in Chicago for this month.
Receipts of‘ sheep and lambs Mon-

day totaled 7500 head. Best lambs-
sold from 516.25 to 516. 50 which was
15 to 25c higher than Saturday’s
clOse culls; 513-!to 514. Yearlings

"~ and sheep werc'slow and sold lower.

Yearlingg sold from 511 to 513; weth-

ers 511 rto 511.1 5"; Wes, 5.9 to $1.0
Receipts of sheep and lambs Tues-

dﬁy were ten ears. Trade was slow

Best lambs sold from.

16 50; cull lambs, 513 to 51.4;

;;512;- weéhers, 5,10. 50
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is steady for the .

encouraging Deaiei's generally ‘

-' cools and heifers, 57.35 to 513.75;
very j ‘ '

"1.50;;- ,
. 9 “o, 59. 50;. good wt.
Ito 59-; light and
1057.50,, good to best

  

steers, .58. 50 to 59; common to fair
stock. and feeding steers, 57. 50 to 58;
* go'od to choice fresh cows and‘ spring-

e1s,590 to 5120; medium to good fresh
' cows and springers, 575 to 590

Detroit Live Stock Market
(By U. 8'. Bureau of Markers Wire)
Detroit, Oct. 8.———Cattle: Market is
strong; best heavy steers, 512- 514. 25;
best handy wt. butcher steers 511 to

 

' 1311.50 ;--mixed steers and heifers, $9.50

'to 510; handy light butchers. 58 to
58.75; light butchers, 57.50 to 58; best

cows, 58.50 to 59; butcher cows 57. 50 .

to $8. 25; cutters. n6. 75 to 57; canners,
56 to 56. 50; best heavy bulls, 58. 75 to
59; bologna bulls, 58 to 58. 50; stock
bulls, 57 to 57. 50; feeders, 58 to 510;
stockers, 58 to 58. 75; milkers and
springers, 560 'to 5135. Veal calves:
Market steady; best. 518 to $18.50;
others, 57 to 514. Sheep and lambs:
Market steady; best lambs 515.25 to
515.50; fair lambs, 514 to 514.75; light

to commo. lambs, 512.50 to 5-3; fair
to good sheep, $9.50_to 510; culls and
common, 55 to 57. Hogs: Market 20

to 25c lower; pigs $17. 65; mixed hogs
518 10 to 518. 20.
Chicago Live Stock Letter

Chi! 100. Oct. 8.—«Hogs: Receipts
25 000; market active at early decline

of 15 to 250; late top, 518 90; butrhers
518. 40 to 518. 85; light, 518 to $18 50
packing, 517. 60 to 518.25; roughs,_

517.25 to 517.50; pigs, good to choice,
516 to 517. Cattle: Receipts. 23,000;
best 11" ives and western steers steady;
medium and common kind mostly 1.5
to 25c lower; butcher ca‘tle weak;
canners are steady; calves are weak
to 25c lower; beef cattle good. choice
and prime 515.25 to 519.50, good and
medium 510 to 515.35; butcher stock,
can-

grades of stock and feeding C

  

513. Sheep and ”lambs Receipts,

U S WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW

OF FRUITS

Prices to Jobbers and Shipments
'for the U. S. for the Period
October lst to 7th
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- ' Celery

The condition of celery Sept. 15 in
New York, New JerseyAPennsylvania,
Ohio and-Michigan officially _eported
79 compared with 77 on Sept. 1, and
82 on Sept. 15 last year. The crop
movement seems to have passed the
high point.

Onions

The condition of onions on Sept. 15
and Sept. 1, 1918, and Sept. 1, 1917,
respectively in fourteen principal
states is reported to the Bureau of
Crop Estimates 81 per cent, 84 per
cent, 71 per cent. Indlicated yield 406
bushels per acre. The market con-
tinues dull and weak with gradual de~
clines in nearly all sections. Eastern
and middlewestern yellow stock fol-
lowed a Wider and weaker range at
$1. 55 to 52 25 per cwt Rochester, N.
Y., quoted 10 to 200 lower closing at
51.60 to $1.65 per cwt., stroked fob.

Potatoes

The potato crop of Canada ofﬁcially
reported apparently above that of last
year with heavy increases in New
Brunswick. Prince Edward Island and
Manitoba and fair to good yields else-
where. Supplies are still liberal as
the result of the. heavy movement of
the past few weeks, but shipments ap-
pear to have reached high point and
are declining with 5,726 cars this
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thousand cars a day, last week Prices‘

averaged lower than last Week, the
decline having extended to eéetern
markets. Prices at some points are
not far from those prevailing at the
corresponding time last year. Minna~
sota and Wisconsin sacked white

stock lost 5 to 100 in carlot markets,
closing at 51. 90 to 51 95 per cwt. sack- ,

ed in Chicago. Moorehead, Minnesota,
quoted Red River Ohios ﬁrm at 52 to
52. 05 per cwt. f. o b and Waupaca, Wis
quoted 51.80 to 51. 90 per cvt. sacked.

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principal states Sept. 30 is 541,005 tons ‘ '

compared with 475,220 last year; 252;-
310 in 1916, and 670,631 in 1915. Pric-

. es declined further in various eastern

markets. New York domestic cabbage;
ranged 513 to $15 per ton in bulk'f.o.b
Rochester. and ranged 515 to 530 per
ton in consuming markets. Colorado
shipping points quoted steady at 51

per cwt. trackside. Wisconsin stock
ran 540 to 546 in eastern and middle-
western markets. Colorado stock

ranged $2.75 to 53.75 per cwt. for sales
in small lots in southern markets. The-
total shipments were 1229 cars com-
pared with 1 023 last week.

Apples

Exports of apples since July 1 to__

Sept. 10 were 47,167 barrels, chieﬂy
to Canada. No. l Wealthy apples Oc-

tober 3 were quoted 55.50 to 56 per. .'
Price ,‘~

bbl. in Montreal and Toronto.
changes during the week were mostly
in the downward direction, but values'f
in general were fairly well maintained
Baldwins still ruled 54. 50 per bbl. f...ob
Rochester N. Y., and sold at 54. 90
f..ob. Benton Harbor, Mich Ben Days
is Ianged stead) at 53. 25 to 53. 50 per

bbl., cash fob Winchester, Va", and
tended upward at Rogers, Ark., clos-
ing at $4.65 to 54.75 per “‘. bulk.

Greenings and other standard variet-
ies A’s ranged generally 54 to 54.50 at
Rochester. In consuming markets
New York and “lichigan Wealthies
ranged about stear y at 55 to 56. 75 per
bbl., and Virginia. Yorks 54 50 to 55. 25'
F.an(y Illinois Jonathans exceeded 59.3"
in a few middleweste‘n markets. Ex
tra fancy northwestern boxed. Jonas ,
thans ranged 51.85 to 52.15 at nortlrr

western shipping points. and 53 UL.
53. 50 in consuming markets. Extra.

fancy Colorado boxed Jonathans rang-
ed 52 25 to 52 4O fob. shipping points
1nd sagged to 52. 75 at Denver. Ap-
ple shipments are increasing faster
than for the corresponding time lastt
year The week as movement was,
4858 cars compared with 3,682 last
week and 3 .968 for the corresponding ,
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Grapes

The grape crop in the Niagara sec-
“(11 of Ontario may not exceed six y
per cent of an average yield. Michigan
Concords advanced reaching 35 to 37¢
per 4-qt basket fob Benton Harbor. .-
They sold at 35 to 45c in leading (118,-.
tributing markets advancing fully 50
in various cities New York’Concords
reached 35 c f.o.b cash track Wes tfield,
closing at this ﬁgure Shipments
were 2,076 cars compared with 2,836
last week.

Peaches

The peach movement declin:d very.
shar11y with only 79 cars compared
with 264 last week At this time last_
year tle movement, 2,170 cars, was
very heavy from northern rroduci ’_
sections. The decline this year is do
ing partly to the comparative ran
of the northern crop and partiy
its earlier maturity ,

Tomatoes
Tomatoes declined to 441
pared with 615 last week.
' . Pears .
Pears declined to 591 cars compared

           
         
 
    

 
        
   
       
      
 

  
   
    

 
 
  
  
   
 
 
   
  
    

    
       
       
     
   
        
     
     
    
    
  

   
      
 

  
  
      
   
 

        
    
     
     
  

     
      
    
      
  
  

 
 
 
  
 
 
 

      
  
     
   
    
   
 
 

  
  


 

 

 

 

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What Would the 'Militarists Do?

'EADERS OF THE G o. P. forces in

Washington who are expected as a matter
of course and politics, to disagree with the
President on everything, profess to ﬁnd in
President Wilson’s reply to the late German
peace note a too eager desire to open peace
discussions which they assert are dangerous
at this time.

“The way has been opened,”
congressman, “for Germany to save herself
by Withdrawing her aimies within hei own
borders rather than by retreat under ﬁre as
she has been forced to do the past few weeks.”

The American people want to see Germany
whipped. Many of them didn’t when we
ﬁrst entered the war. Events that have trans-
pired since then, however. have shown us
all individually and collectively as a nation
that the peace and security of the future lies
only in the absolute defeat of Prussia.

. The question arises, ‘how badly do we want
to whip Gornu—uiyl” Do we want to give her
the same bath of blood that she prepared for
Belgium? Do we want to destroy her towns
and her treasures and murder her helpless
civilians as she destroyed and murdered in
France and Belgiiim?

Yes, yes, yes, a thous 111d t11i111(s,yes,if there
is no'other way that Germany can be brought
to her senses. Reprisal for reprisal’s sake has
been Germany ’s game, but it will never be
the game of America. Reprisal upon an en-
emy that knows no honor, that ruthlessly,
cruelly, wantonly destroys for the fun of de-
stroying, may be the only means of whipping
Germany into submission. If it is, then God
forbid that our hands should be stayed until
the bloody task is done.

To drive the Prussiaus back to their bor—
ders’will cost many American lives. To ﬁght
the Prussian upon his own soil will double up
the casualty list. But. if it unist be so, we
shall pay the price.

“We should not enter into peace discussion
at this time when boys are dying at the front
to crush militarism,” says Senator Lodge.

Nonsense—drivel 111aduess.

We might expect this kind of talk from a
munition manufacturer, but not from a Mass-
achusetts senator. A man is as much a trait-
or to his country who opposes peace measures
as he who opposes war measures. In both
[cases the honor of the country, the lives of its
~ citizens are at stake.

’ Germany wants peace. How greatly she
Wants it no’one knows. That is what the Pres-
ident wants to ﬁnd out. Her allies are drop-

:xpmg from her; the morale of her army and‘

vilian population is badly shaken; winter is

inning 011. Germany may be willing to meet

very cendition imposed by the Allies.
S '

Their catalogs and prices are

says an Ohio

If so, .,

their ﬁghteis
. peace proposal put forth ., y' . ,
this, there need be no cessation of hostilities,

no hint that the American people are 81111qu
for peace.
The effect of an exchaiig'e of peace vievvs at

this time will give us the opportunity to re- 1

peat and emphasize again in no unmistakable
terms, exactly what Germany MUST do to
end the war. And while our diplomats are

laying doWn their terms to the enemy, Allied »
soldiers will be dictating ‘terms’_’ to Hindeno.

burg on the western front. Let the peace pare
ley proceed.

Where Does the Country Weekly Stand?

ANUMBER of the country weekly papers
are accusmg M. B. F. of “covertly en-

dorsing the Non- Partisan League.” . They are
' wrong. We deny the allegation. But suppose

we admitted it, then what? Would we be con-
victed of disloyalty, rpro—'Germanism, ~ anti:
Americanism by our country contemporaries?

To believe one-half that is written in‘ the
daily press against the Non Partisan League
at the instigation of Wall Street would be an
injustice to the farmers comprising that or-
ganization. The League has been able to dis-
prove most of the charges-againSt it. It is not
disloyal; it is not unpatriotic; it has put no
stumbling blocks in the way of the govern-
ment. The states in which it is strongest. have
lead all other states in their loans and contri-
bu tions to the government. Should any better
evidence than this be required to show how
groundless and ulterior are the charges of its
enemies?

We ,may defend the farmers of the west
against the false imputations of commercial
autocracy that is trying to kill their organiza—
tion, without endorsing the aims and policies
of their League. And we DO defend them
because they ARE farmers and because they
HAVE aroused the opposition of the politi—
cians and Wall street. We defend them be-
cause we know that this opposition is NOT
directed, as it is made to appear, against their
leader, Townley, on the ﬂimsy ground of dis-
loyalty, but against the farmers themselves;
It is to kill all desire, all, opportunity for or-
ganization among farmers everywhere that
the selﬁsh interests are trying to crush the
Non-Partisan League.

Could we lend a hand to any. such nefarious
program as that? No! We believe it is the
privilegepwit is the duty,——of farmers to or-
ganize socially, industrially, yes, and politi-
cally if necessary. to secure the recognition
that is due them.

We shall have muchm‘ore to say in later
issues not only upon the Non-Partisan League
but upon the needs of the farmers of Michigan
to satisfy which it may be found necessary to
organize along the same lines as have the
farmers of the west. In the event of which we
wonder where our country newspaper friends
would stand'l- . , .

A Startling Comparison
ALKING WITH R. C. Reed, secretary
of the Michigan Milk Producers’ Ass’n,

011 the milk situation a few days ago we learn-
ed some surprising facts regarding the rela—
tive advances in the cost of milk to the con-
sumer and in the cbst of producing: that milk.

“In fourteen months’ time,” said Mr. Reed
“the cost of milk to the Deti‘oit consumer has
advanced” o cents per quart. In the same
length, of, time the cost of a pair 'of overalls
has advanced from 75 'cents to $3.”

We ’vc never had it put. quite so strongly
or clearly as that before. When it is-argued
that the farmer’s production casts has in-
creased, the’ average person vaguely Wonders,

what costs the farmer has The popular 11pm.
ion is that the farmer as. a producer does lit,

tle purchasing; that he performs mill at the
labor of the farm with hié own hands; that he

raises his beasts of burden and grows enough
' foodstuffs to feed his finally 3 II ‘1

.must buy if lumber y; 3
There is scarcely an 118813113131 article of» Wear

He must

or utility that the farmers of the nation do not

,buy It follows that an advance in the price
of the raw material from which these articles ~
are made, causes a corresponding increase in

the farmer’ s production costs.

It is amusing to read the oft-repeated State— \
‘ment that the farmers, having received war-

time prices for their produce, are making a

. great deal of money Nothing could be fur--

ther fiom the truth. The prices received by
farmers for their produce positively HAVE
NOT advanced in proportion to the increase
in the cost of his raw materials. 1 /

Sonic day when farmers are admitted into

the councils and treated like human beings, the

world may know something of their promising

and struggles, but for the time being there -

seems to be nothing to do but suffer.
.. Turning on the Light

“SEEMS KINDA quiet about the old state
this week, douche think so, pardner?
Politics sorta dead; noboddy cussing Mr. Ford,
and nobody white washing Mr. Newberry
Wonder what’s up 9”

‘Why, don’t you know, all the Newberry
politicians have gone to New York this week.
They’ re goin’ to explain to Uncle Sam why
Mr. Newberry, being Mr. Newberry, y ’under-
stand, Was perfectly within his rights when
he busted Michigan’s primary law all to smash
by 'spending about a hundred times as .much
as the law allowed him to to get himself nom-
inated for the senate. Yes, andLuren D.
Dickinson, the lieutenant governor of the old
state, who has got enough lime in" his back—
bone to lend a bit to some of the other prom-
inent feller citizens I might mention and
never miss it at all, and who is the'proud par-

ent of the primary law and naturally feels.

kinda peeved when Somebody shoWs they
haven’t got any respect for it, has gone doWn

‘to New York too, with his danderxup and

coat-tails ﬂying. Mr. Dickinson says there
ain’t no doubt, whatever, but what the NeW—
berry fellers trampled all over the primary
law, and they knew perfectly well they were
doin’ it at the time. Well, I hope that court
has got enough respect for law to Show the
Newberry politicians that they can’t get away
Withanything like that. If it hasn’t the Lord
help Michigan, It’s oﬁices will be bartered
oﬁ’ like steers at an auction sale.”

The Farmers Are Doing Their Share

HILE THE city of Detroit is lagging in

its Liberty loan campaign, and is yet

ten to twenty millions short of its quota, agri~
cultural districts are going ‘ over the top” way-
ahead of schedule. '
This is not at all surprising. The average
city business man puts his spare change into
Liberty bonds. The farmer sacriﬁces, saves

and borrows, and he usually goes his limit.

When he buys bonds. In the last two loans

he has made up the deﬁcit resulting from the 1

default of the city man with ready cash. . 3
It will be necessary in this fourth Liberty

loan for the farmers of the nation to subscribe
more than their quota if the entire issue is to.

be sold. The cities are not ‘coming across”
as expected. , They are slackers in the strictest

meaning of that term. iTheir men of wealth .
are not willing [to make the sacriﬁces that are j,
When the record '
of the fourth Liberty loan is made, the farm~1
er ’11 name shall load all the rest as one who”

a part of the farmér’ 8 life.

loved his country best and is willing to 339m-
ﬁce for her. ' ‘

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the downtown Nears- Courier this poet
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’31 action in supporting Mr. Newberry.
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Osborn to Mr. New berry, and it seems to
contradictory, of Mr. Osborn’ s straightforward
honest. reputatiOn that he would offer support to the
man he had" in the same e istle so sorely scored as a
1law-malter.Does he thin he is showin proper re-

to the people" of Michiga china m asst rig to place

. espousible a pesitlon as senator- a man who has

shows. no little regard for the law, and for right? that
1 he should buy his way into power? It "big business"

not 11.31111 5 large sum for Mr. Newborry he is the

.man of “big business," and the plain people of

have no representative Such deals as this

for egos are large] responsible for the
2.;‘1 . ' ' , rld upheaval—etruth or‘ever on the scaffold
- f. Wrong orever oh the throne is coming to an end;

,.' the so are demands honor and justice. "—~R.L .
We are so pleased with the M B. F. Its fear-
leaﬂess in standing for right and justice is an
mspiratlon and a hope to the farming class who
have always been relegated to the “under dog”
position in the economic systems of the world.
The ﬁrst page article for the past week is Worth
the price of the paper for a year, to arouse the
people who are subject to the rule of selﬁsh polit-
ical cheques, both little and big.

In regard toMr. Osborn:I s strictures of Mr. Ford,
it seems impossible that Mr. Osborn cannot see
that he is hitting himself harder than he is Mr.
Ford. His grounds are so ﬂimsy for charging M1.
Ferd with favoring the Kaiser
their minds as conditions change. No one in this
nation realized the full aims of Germany when
this awful war broke out, or that her tentacles
were already spread to grip every nation on ear.th
While it seemed possible that kindness could con-
ciliatte and peace .and good will could be made
the ruling principle to save the awful devasta-
tion
best e orts to that end, sparing no expense, for
which he did not ask to be reWarded. When
_ developments disclosed the true intent of Ger-
man-y, he changed his mind and sprang -to the

'- 1- rescue of Liberty, not only in this country, but
for all the world, putting the same generous efforts

forth for the prosecution of the war, “wax to the
knife, and from the knife to the h1lt ” thereby
emulating one of the greatest characters which
shines in the history of this republic—Benjamin
Franklin=¢—who in the incipiency of the Revolu-
tion declared his hatred of war and argued for
peace, but who when he realized that the grip of
King George was at the throat of liberty, for-
, , . seek his peace theories, and ﬂung himself into
X the combat heart and soul So calumny can never
' dim the lustre of Henry Ford’s great work .——R.
L. M. St. Charles, Michigan‘

Non-Partisan League is Correct in Principle

1 i JYo'u show wonderful courage in giving the Non-
= Partisan League a fair Show. We have heard that
the “ward politician” is a dangerous man. He
gets his orders from the same men as do the ig-
norant men in the country who hold inﬂuence
over the common farmer. The “ward politicians’
“1 know how to make money. but the country heele1

1 is well satisﬁed if he can get a dollar-and-a-half
job “ﬁxing a culvert.” \Many a meritorious re-

  
 

   

 
 
 
  

  

     
 
 
 
     
 
  

 

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of line of these ignorant crossroads “heelers.”
You and I know where the inﬂuence comes from.
The‘Non-Eartisan League“ is correct in principle.
'I am of good old American stock and revolution-
ary ancestry and it grieves me to see undoubted
pro—Germans handling patriotic funds and shout-
ing against such men as Townley. ——R H. Wood,
M. D.. Heathwood Farm Lewiston Michigan.

The Fight 011 Henry Ford ’ /

The effort to defeat Henry Ford for the United
States Senatorship in Michigan has reached a red.
1 hot point and gives every indication of getting
; warmer. Certain big interests throughout the

' country are very anxious that a radical such as

Fordd‘hall be kept from the United States Senate.

The voters are being told that Ford is really
pro-german because he wanted to end the war
more than two years ago, at a time when all de-
cent people were hoping it could be ended with
some appearance of justice. -He is described as
' a Sociﬁllst because he is. a believer in public own-

1 h ' ‘tural 11191191101125-1111 is a near An-
he supports the proposition that
lands still remaining in the own-
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suffering of war, Mr. Ford put forth his .

‘ it was at the same time.

form has been quested by the sneers or wise looks \_ one, have found the paper has lived up to

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paid dividends on this water.
Thick exactly what was done by corporation at-

of their goods went steadly up

They want no such Christian man as Henry
Ford with his disturbing ideas in the United States
senate. He could be bribed neither by wealth nor
inﬂuence. He would have the courage to see that

. all honest referms in the law were not blocked by

hidden inﬂuences.
This is the real reason that all the corporation

gave noted in your columns the letter of Hon. ‘ newspapers from New YOI‘k to the Paciﬁc Coast

ﬂnd Ford to be a dangerous man whose lack of
patriotism has
New.

Thinks M. B. F. is on the Right Track

I have been a subscriber to your paper for some
years, and am also a. stockholder in two of the
farmer elevatOrs in this county and a director in
one. I have intended a great many times to write
you and tell you of my appreciation of the man-

, ner in which you have worked for the interests
of the actual working farmer.

Your interests may possibly be as selﬁsh as your
best enemies say, though I do not believe it, but
anyway your paper is the only one that I know of,
alleged farm paper or any other, which has any-
thing to say about the price that the farmer
should receive for his labor and produce All
others try to induce the farmer to raise larger
crops without making any provision for the price
at which they shall be sold either not knowing
or trying to conceal the fact that a great many
of the biggest crops ever raised were an actual
loss to many farmers, and that many times two-
thirds of an average crop if it was fairly distrib-
uted gave the men who worked for it more proﬁt
than some of the bumper crops.

And I can see no reason why it is all right to
guarantee a manufacturer a sale for his goods
and a proﬁt thereon and deny the same to the
farmer. It seems to be very praiseworthy and
patriotic to give organized labor and capital any-
thing that they ask for, but; if the farmer asks
for a. little of the same treatment he is a slacker.

.And while you are about the price matter why

a German lining—Providence

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. should the northern farmer have a price ﬁxed on

his wheat and the southern farmer have no limit
on the price of his cotton? They have had this
advantage and have used it for nearly two years,

, and now when people are beginning'to wake up

and make inquiries they ask that the price be
ﬁxed at thirty-ﬁve cents a pound, which is about
four times what it was worth in 1914, before the
war, and wheat is a triﬂe over twice as much as
And as the Government
requires all the wool that is raised in the north
we are compelled to buy cotton goods at quadru-
ple prices with crops raised at double prices, and
tools at about the same ratio as cotton.

I do notvlive on a. farm just at present but have
Spent a good part of my life there, and my sym-
pathies are all there, as they seem to be about the
only important part ‘bf our’inhabitants who are
not organized, or who always had someone else
ﬁx the price upon what they produced. Wishing
you more success, I am——B.,L. (Mgr. (719711: of
Graflot County. Ithaca. Mich.

1"

“You Have Lived Up to ,Your Promise”

I consider I have received many times the sub-
scription price worth of good from the advice
given in your paper during the year, and I, for
its
promise, and more, and if my little one dollar can
do anhgood I am glad. I only wish it was more.
I say bravo! Grab some more of them' by the
neck and haul them up. Too long has the farmer
been the stepping stone. for the money makers.
A man in, Benton Harbor bought a ton of hay a
few days ago and paid $30 for it. Oh, my, didn’t
he bowl! “The farmers were getting to be mil-
liona’i'res; they were making too much; didnt see
what people were coming to, ” and a lot more on
those lines, and when asked why he didn’t get out
on a farm, he said “well, you see, I aint what,
you would call a farmer; I am in business and
can’t very well leave it.” eep right after them,
M. ‘B. F.-—-Mrs. L. E. ‘18., Go ma. Michigan.

Thanks, Veteran Friend

I am a staunch friend of the paper and its ed-
item. In my opinion they dare to do right in
spite of opposition.
according to old Gen. Sherman’s version of it, I
have some little idea of what hell is like. I often
wish the good old General might come back to
earth once more to tell us what would be a prop—
er name for what is going on overseas nowadays.
,I like to read yolir paper —H. B. 0., Dighton

Some of the farmers here hold their wheat at

, 1 $3. 00 a; bushel or seed and some are big enough
', ' fto sell for 111, ,
ml of 359 to every ,,.”I‘hose Who Want 33 00 per bushel from their neigh-
- 13 here draw it 15 miles to market and take 82. 08

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I EM help km the Hull. -‘-'

. are minimalism: ,
us to all shareholders and ‘

tor corporation in this ecuntry while the prices

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“Do you know the kind of wife my ideal is?” "1
a married man once said to me. -
“Of course I do, ” said 1. Your ideal wife is the ,.
kind that’s tickled to death over a birthday pre-
sent ot a bag of ﬁour."——Washington Star. ‘

  
     
  
 
    

   
  
   
 

 

 
     

BET‘RAYED 4
~The other night 1 '
I went to the theater
With a low-brow friend, 3
And the orchestra played '
“The Little Brown Jug "
And he thought
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()LEVER MOTHER

A visitor to a certain Brooklyn household was
duly amazed by the wonderful likeness between:
twins.

“Why,” she gasped,
look so much alike!
you apart?" ‘

“Well," explained Tommy, “she ﬁnds out by
spanking us. Clarenre hollers louder than I do.”
———0akl-and Enquirer.

       
     
     

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“Now, Freddy, mind what I say I
don’t want you to go oveI into the next garden
to play with that Binks boy; he’s very rude.”
Freddy (heard a few moments afterwards call-
ing over the wall)—~-“Say, Binks ma says I‘m not
to go in your garden because’ you're rude; but'
you come over here into my gardenF—I ain’t rude.”
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1111 1"” It 1111.111 111

The new girl in the (ounting room of a daily
neWspaper was from thé country An elderly
gentleman walked up to her and said:

“I would like to get copies of your paper fpr a
week back.” _

She replied: _“Aunt,ic has one. 100; you had
better try porous plasters, You cunget them just
across the street.”

11‘ “'Ol‘lJ) 11121.11 soul:
He was a professional conjurer.
“Now, ladies and gentlemen,” he said. with a
wave of the hand, “this is the magic cabinet. I
invite any lady in the audience to enter this cab-

inet. I will then close the door, and when it
shall be opened again the lady will have dis-
appeared, leaving uo trace.”

There was an impressive silence until a little,
under-sized man in the second row turned to an
enormous woman. who sat by him, and breathed
eagerly:-_ ‘

“Maria.

dear. won’t you oblige the gentleman?" :

“It’s no use talking,” said Jar-keen dejectedly,
“It’s impossible to make a woman understand the,
ﬁrst principles of ﬁnanc.”e

“’Wl1ats the mattei now?” enquired his friend.

“Matter!” ejaculated Jackson “Why, when I
was away yesterday, the baby swallowed a penny!
And what does my wife do but call in a doctor
and pay him two dollars for getting the penny
back.”

1 111 "-r1 FIFT) IRISHMLV

111 his book, “From Gallipoli to Bagdad,” “Pad-
re" William Ewing tells the story of a. burly Ir-
ishman brought into the ﬁeld hospital suffering
from many wounds.

“What are you?” asked the doctor.

“Sure, I’m half an Irishman.”

“And what’s the other half?”

“Holes and bandages.”

  
    
       
 
  

\VRONG END UP

The wife of a clergyman warned him as he»
went off to oﬁﬁiate at a funeral on a rainy day:
“Now, John, don’t stand with youi bare head on: ‘
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bad eyesight and could not read letter
high at twenty feet. He could not and
that should keep him out of service. _ _
“You’ ve got to have good eyesight t ‘- 4
those Hans,” he was told. . ' ' ‘
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Here’s a Fine Farm Home "

RS. 11’s letter which follows, is one of the
most helpfully suggestive that I have receiv-
. ed. It telb the story of the average farm,
"home under average (renditions. It is not a story of
wealth and ease; neither is it a story of poverty
and struggle It tells how she and her husband,
:gtho in only moderate circumstances installed in'
a house built forty years ago the conveniences“
7‘ that are today as much a part of the modern city
home as the doors and windows. It shows how
many farmers, who perhaps-COnsider themselves
_too poor to equip the farm home with these con-
- veniences, may by tl-e use of a. little ingenuity
and’at a nominal expense make the living condi-
' tions in their homes fully as desirable as in the
homes of the more afﬂuent.

In all cases the cos‘ of making farm home im-
1 movement; is iIn-considerable compared with the
' immense satisfaction derived from them. Not so
-- many farmers, I am glad to say, as there used to
be, but still a few, cling to the old idea that what
served the purpose in father’s and grandfather’s
time will serve the purpose today. But that is
only partly true. What served the purpose in
grandfather's time because there was no substi-
tute drives the children-from the farm home of
the twentieth century into more congenial and
comfortable surroundings, particularly if they
know their father can afford these conveniences
but refuses to buy them because of his good old-
fashioned ideas.

I think there is a growing tendency among
farmers to take more pride in their homes. Farm
folks visit more today than they used to. The
Settling up of the country, the community meet-
ings. the automobile have been large factors in
developing the farmer’s social nature. It is a mat-
ter of pride with nearly everyone to have their
homes looking neat and attractive and comfortable
when company comes. It is only natural that
When Farmer Jones suddenly decides to put run~
ning water and a bath in his house that Farmer
Smith immediately upon his ﬁrst visit to the Jones
home after the improvements have been made.
should vow that the Joneses should never have
anything better than the Smiths and go and do
likewise
: The average prosperous farmer of today boasts
of a home that is replete with the conveniences
we have discussed in these columns. True, thous:
ands of prosperous farm homes do not have them
and never will have them. Quite true also that
thousands of farmers.
free their farms of indebtedness and as a result
are quite unable to invest in these conveniences
at this time, will some day as the farm business
progresses, make them a part of their homes. Such
as these, who have ambition to do, courage to sac-
riﬁce. faith to keep going. will ﬁnd no hardship
in having to do without all but the most essential
of farm home appurtenances. For the dreams of
the future and the anticipation of the comforts
that success may buy. reconcile us all to present
conditions of living which for the time being we
cannot remedy.

I have received lette1s from several farm wom-
en telling how they eaxn their pin money, but I
wish I might have many more. Almost every
woman should be ,able to contribute something
along this line which will serve as a suggestion
to some other reader. Please do not hesitate to
tell us abdut your chickens, your last summer’s
garden. or whatever the source of your “pin mon-
ey” income. Then we’ll compare 1.0tes ad see
who has the best and most successful plan. Af-
fectionately, Prim-norm.

   
  
  

 
  

  
 
 
 
  
      
    
  
   
  
  

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EAR PEVELOPE:—-—As the subject of farm
Dhome conveniences has come 11p againsl will
5: say something. First, I want to ask, Pen-
?" elope, if the woman who carries swill, as a rule
3 is the kind who will set her-foot and keep it

Now, don’t think I never arry a pail of
far from it, but 1 don’t make .3 business

“sot ?”
swill;
of it.
Two years ago we installed a gravity water sys-
tem, a 1174. horsepower gas engine and power wash-
r We had acetylene gas, so we put in a_ plate of
svo burners
go, with two upwrights and a wing added ,some,
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. Pensions, Pufﬁn

struggling along now to .

Our house was built forty years '

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the woodshed and made ' bathroom. turned the

woodshed into a washroorn which also Contained .

separator, and engine, and built a new woodshed
and porch. :Words cannot expresS what a- differ
ence this made in my work. ' .

A moist air furnace. Was put in at the same
time, in the largest cellar that We thought

So the dirt and ashes are a thing of the past.
The engine pumps the soft water upto the attic
over the bat-.hroom (The pump is in the wash
room also) and turns the separator at the .same
time, we use the same pulley that runs the s'epai-

ator for the churn, so that I Usually do” my churn- -

ing when I Wash, or in the morning when '«I‘am
doing up the milk dishes; The' ﬂoor in" the wash-
room is CemenT'sloping toward a sink in the ﬂoor
which drains to the sewer, a septic tank made of
cement that all the water from the bathroom and
the kitchen sink also runs to. A hard water pump

is at the light of the kitchen sink, so we pump

hard water by hand ,as it is always fresh then.

Another very handy thing is a cupboard between ‘

the dining 100m and kitchen with doors on both
sides.

This all cost at the time it was installed about
$1,000, besides what we did ourselves. We hired
all plumbing and carpenter work but did most of
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What’s the Use?
HAT’S the use to worry.
You’ve not got long to stay—
Why not- take things easy
.43 you poss‘along Life’s way?
”Twill do no good to worry
If things are going wrong;
You may as well be pleasant—
Méct'rcverses with a smile and song

What‘s the use to criticise.
_What’s the use to knock..-
What’s the use to ridicule.
Or at some to throw a rock!
Don't appoint yourself a censor,
No matter what you (10—.
This great big-~100’rld was never made
For just (1 chosen few.

Thcrc's none of us that‘s perfect,
There’s a few of us that stay
4nd never strut] or wander
F1 om the straight and narrow way.
So when you start to hammer
Some poor fool who’s gone astray.
”Twill do no harm to pause and think
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chimney and do the plastering.
we ’put on plasterboard and pulp plaster.

Now, last but not leas‘
screened porch. \It is the greatest blessing I have.
Very few ﬂies, and .it is such a nice place to sit
and get vegetables ready. It is toward the gar-
den, and the water is just a step in the door, so
very little dirt is carried in.

The M. A C. sent. us a man to lav out the septic
tank and it is surely a success

With help so scarce and-So expensive, Imost
believe it would pay to do it now, even if it cost
$1,500, altho I hardly think it would cost that.

Well, it is growing colder. One boy will soon
be gone to college and army training, and we will

be left with the last boy, 17 years old, to do the

work of three a year ago. He has good cdurage
and thinks he and dad can handle 175 acres ,with
,a tractor and a few more double hitches-.14 only
we can keep him and his courage, it will mean
much. For the boys that are gone must be fed.

Well, that’s encugh of that, so I will tell you
about a few makeshifts I have.
for my pantry, so I used my incubatOr with an
oilcloth on top, it serves the purpose Before start-

ing the furnace ﬁre, we move the couch into the

kitchen, eat on the kitchen table, and in fact,- we
live there Unless company comes, which is quite

frequent, we are there most of the timer—4U s my

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apples. When I use snbstftnt‘

I‘M” J L J. St, John}: 2110111371191
'wé .
could hardly spare, but We have hardly missed it '

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EAR PENELOPE: -l; am one of yoiif
er‘s Who do not like to use a recipe th
am not sure has been tried and proven g _ .
I am always afraid my material may .be Wasted;
and among those government recip‘ s, in'partic
lax, so many call for such large .
make“ dishes far too large for my smith family, '
Mrs. 8. Kent County. ] -¢__,-.
I shall be only too willing to send you some-of
my recipesggwhich I know are economical and’
. good; and I am sure others will be glad to do. the
seam, er I believe the average farm Woman is
prOud of her cooking ability and is always amt»
ions to exchange her recipes. Here is a: recipe; )-
for peppersauce, which may be made up in a short "g _‘
time, is not expensive and makes:{ an excellent "
relish for cold meats. This may also be used as a
sandWich ﬁlling for the lunch box:
Chop 4 red peppers, 1 large cabbage, 2 cups of on-
ions a-_nd 2 cups of celery; add '3 cups of broWn sugar,

3 tablespoons salt, 1 quart of vinegar and Sets worth _,
of white mustard seed. Mix and can cold.‘
Another dish we are particularly fond of is es-
calloped squash:
Boil and mash the squash. let it cool, beat the yolks
of two eggs, and when squash is nearly Cold Whip
these into it with 3 tablespoons of milk, One of butter
iolled in ﬂour and melted in milk , pepper and salt. to
— taste pour into a greased baked disn, cover with bread
crumbs and bake to a light brown in a quick oven.
CREAMED SALMON O‘R TUNA FISH ' _
One can of salmon, one teaspoon of lemon juice, salt,
one bunch of celery chopped, one cup 'of bread crumbs.
one egg. Stir all up welr, place in baking dish and
pour over it one and a half cups of- hot milk. Bake
from 15 to 20 m‘mutes, or until a good brown :

Whenever I come across a new dish I Shall try
. and send it to you. —Mrs. M. C. L. Macomb'. ca '

< .A Few Helpful Suggestions on Fall Styles.

The skirts will be longer _but very; narrow this
year The peg top or full hip is not as 1101111111, 3.:
the many of the suit skirts are draped. * n: '

Suit peckets are getting longer. Some. of the
latest reach nearly to the knee, and' are strictly
tailored. __

Serge and jersey are the predominating mater-
ials for one- -piece frocks. They are trimmed with
buttons, colored embroidery motiffs chenile and
the newest idea is fringe. White linen, organdy,
silk or georgette collars are worn with these

' dresses. They are separate in order that they may
be easily laundered. .

The poke bonnet effect in millinery is seen a '

great deal,- especially for misses and yOung wom- -
' en

High draped crowns on the sailor style hot.
makes a most attractive model for street wear. .

The aviator Cap is worn by both little boys and -
girls and their older sisters. The small sizes in .-
wool are selling at $1.50; large size, $2 00 'In,
satin they are $1. 00. '

Alice blue and old rose is one of the most pop-

’ular combinations for both children and grown
ups’ clothes. A11 Alice blue coat with hat of old
iose is charming for little girls.

01d Dresses Need Not Shine ._
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reluctantly laid aside by its wearén"be~ause

the skirt had acquired a shine that stube '
bornly refused to come,offr In" these days, when "
every discarded woolen garment is being calledV -
back to service, the houseW‘ife will welcome the
following suggestions from the home economics
workers at Iowa State College for removing shine
from Woolens: ,

Press wool material through a wet woiolen cloth
The nap of the pressing cloth will pull .up the '
nap of the garment. . . ~

Press wool material with a piece of wet crino;
line over it (White ‘for white materials, black 101‘ _
dark materials). The crinbli'ne will Stick to. the ' '
wOol and will pull up the nap. -

Press wool material thru heavy wet coaton cl,
'IrOn until. cotton cloth i}; (11‘), Just the clothea in
place it. over the material rub the

              

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ifdie is held‘together With gnar-

. , » feelsku'they di‘iridezher‘ height.
t§BQ3h§sdown 5'
g 'the‘ e so :01“

" .. ~.lue use. a
of WOOL V '
fourégored gathered
”.9226, 28, 30 and 32
sure; ; ~-This style will
ea! to the short 'waisted
es the separate skirt, but
. . 9 This idea
‘sh’i‘IWn'ihf‘cujt. has a yoke across the front

Mane-wean

"*ctily. onto-which the front gore is gath—

ered,-y1'ith therem ning gores gathered
’10 .the‘SI’ightl'y raised waistline, and ﬂu-

W. (Sinks Whiskers-lacedthru"eyelets»:lined.Nth a7 narrow belt.

in .‘gfrdio and tied; A cotton
Mesa «ﬁnished material wouldlmake
irah_\ in such-3a {style and could
q-With a. stripped. 0r. ﬁgured

'A delf bide; trimmed

in cream or black

. 118,: 1:08 or ..combinations' " for,

. _ 6.4Boys'ﬁSuitzy (jut in siZes
years.;‘ A style for both play
suithforz the-:little boyw~ The

Kid at lower , edge, knee
so ,is‘rfin eoat‘style, donb-s

with .
. patriarchal is held in
- _ , . it . .3 belt. ot,the material
- -. ,9 leg . . belt: .,-N.arrow ,turnuba’ck
Joli? $13131 hellongor‘short ﬁtted sleeves.
- $5 life he? slighﬂgood locking repp,

. ' . nan ,

be gr; _ one can easily ﬁnd something
so flint), but‘ the other materials 'make
. smartdittlejsuitsr and for the child in-
doms the cottOn suits are usually warm
enopgh. .If a dress suit is desired and one
that-Will be- warm and suitable for all

‘ winter Wear. try‘ a piece, of cotton cordus .

roy. or velveteen“ It will wear many seas-
ﬁns and may be steamed and cleaned eas‘:
No. 8980.——Ladies’ ,Blouse. A soft,
graceful style for the suit blouse is here
shown. The yoke effect is given by the
«back extending over. the shoulders and
the.square-cut shawl collar has. deep
‘ frills; gathered .underneath :nd joining
the'shirred inset vest. Long, full sleeves

‘ aresoftly bandedin at the wrist, with
narrow corresponding frills falling over
Aheh‘and. The “suit blouse of: today is
genbra’llymade to match the color of the

. “suit and-toned withwhite or a harmon-
' "ﬁling, color. A new blue suit with a
»navy;._:,blue. Georgette blouse, make, a most
"attractive costume. The blouse may be
headedﬁwith a few bright beads or em-
, idered. to givephit, a little color, but if
madoof folk blue a simple White Georg~
ette collar "may be’ used to, relieve the
sameness. This pattern is 'cut in sizes
36,738, 40.12 and 44 inches bust meas-
.-ure." ' .<\’ - ‘ g ' ‘
.No‘. .8997.——.-Misses' and Small Women’s

’ uLongy-Waist'ed”DreSS;' Cut in sizes 14; 16,

all-and. 20pyﬁears. This style is always."
becoming to..small...people and now that

- it is» so. popular ,girls of ,all "sizes are
' . _ This: particular style is ad—
pted ‘tofconservgtion-meas’ures. An old
suit. or coat might easily be converted
'tntothis dress. .The waist» - straight-

-iine;.shirtwai’st style tow-the h liner and
the skirt ‘Section' is ,twofpiece. .wnth
straight. lower edge and. gathered all
around, to 'the waist. e‘. The sash laces
thru bound slits 'made in .rhp waist and

poplin ' J -

I measure.

shapedé‘lettwside front,’ 9

heavy percales for-

,_ ,{ipercalesare no doubteth '
. practical, on account of laundering“

No. 89'68.—-—Ladies‘ one-piece ”us. Cut
.in sizes 36, 38. 40, 42 and 44 inches bust
The waist is simply a shirt-
jwaist with a panel both front and'back.
made together with the waist. Fro the
waistline the panel may hang segrate,
giving thejpopular apron effect. The ki-
mona sleeves are also shown on many of
the new~.fail frocks. They are ﬁnished
. with bands of the material ed for pan-
els ahd narrow roll collar.

" . Top Shelf} Reserves
. FRUIT LEATHER
. Nowis the time to revive such old-
tashioned delights as fruit “leather"
and fruit paste. “Leather” may be
made from berries ,cherries, ﬁgs. apri-
cots, peaches, and blue plums. OVBI"
ripe peaches and apricots are best for
leather and all fruits should be thoroly
ripe. ‘ Mash to a pulp, spread on light-
ly oiled platters and dry in the sun
or'the’dryer. When dry, sprinkle with
'sugar.. roll up like a jelly roll. cut in
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ed as substitutes.

1' liced. ,only'aw sprinklingloﬂ ug ., -.
‘ ‘Serve'this leather inwi‘nter instead

of candy or with cream CheeSe and

'nuts' for dessert. Fruit leather may

be soaked in Water and psed for pics,
Shortcake, puddings and sauces. When
intended for this purpose omit the
sugar.

. FRUIT PASTE ‘

Fruit paster are' made by boiling
down fruit pulp, adding sugar and
drying out slightly. Practically all
fruits can be used in making this
paste. Mixing the fruits improves
the ﬂavor.

CHERRY PASTE

Select ripe. sweet cherries, place
in kettle with two tablespoons of wat~
er. cover tightly and steam slowly un-
til enough water forms to allow them
To cook slowly without burning. Boil
until soft. rub pulp through sieve, re-
turn to. ﬁre and cook slowly until very
thick. Weigh pulp, add half its weight
in sugar. let it dissolve, return to the
ﬁre and boil until the paste is so
thick that when a spoon is passed
thru it the mags does not run together
immediately. ~

Pour fruit iii-haltinch layer in liar.
dishes rubbed lightly with salad oil
and dry in a draft for two days. Cut
in squares or fancy shapes. place in
‘wax paper, springle with granulated
sugar. leave in draft two days, dip in
sugar and pack in tin or Wooden box—
es lined with paper and with paper be-
tween the layers of pastes.

‘ " The List
of Substitutes

is a long one so that every housewife will be able to select the ones best wired
to the tastes of herself and family.

\ State Demoérats' and Republicans-
, . Endorse. Woman Suffrage; 9.; 9
’- ~“In“. accordance“ \ff' 1: the. "p,.ledjgo3:;o;
the 4 National Democratic platt',

adopted at St. Lbuis in Ju‘nesvﬁf‘lbg
we commend to the voters *‘of light},
gap the granting of suffrage to women
on the same, terms. as men by:;.thi"s-

’” state at theﬂapproachin‘g,Novsmber

election. _

“Conﬁdent of the rectitudefjofour' If

purposes and the patriotismp’fj-gohr‘ .
program of political actionyweg call
upon all right thinking men ”Midi- .
igan to rally to a support of theiDem-I
ocratic ticket» at this electiodfﬂésba '
lution passed unanimously by Demo-
cratic State Convention at Detroitr.
September 25th, 1918. ., _.

"We believe the time has comewhe-n --
Michigan should extend theright of?

suffrage to women on equal terms with ,' . '
men. and we endorse the Constitution-c. '
looking toward that.
end, to be voted upon at the Novem‘-;;_.

a1 Amendment

ber election. and call upon ‘the voters
of the state to adopt it by emphatic
majority. . ' '
“We further favor the immediate

submission to the several states of the
proposed amendment to‘ tie Federal
Constitution . granting suffrage. to
women, and we call upon the legisla-
ture of Michigan to ratify such at -end- .
men-t when so submitted."——The' Re;
publican State Convention September
26th. 1918. embodied in their-plat-
form.

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Flour; Rice Flour. Potato Flour, Sweet Potato Flour, Peanut Flour, Bean
Flour, Kaﬂir Flour, Milo Flour and Feterira Flour and Meals may be purchas-

All of the above, except Rye Flour, must be used on the basis of at leascl

pound of substitute to every 4 pounds of pure wheat ﬂour.
be used on the basis of at least 2

, "Lily White

“The Flour the best Cooks Use"

ﬂour.

above basis.

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' ' ‘Oulr Domestic Science Department
" 'nlngcharts upon request and will aid you to solve any other
"I '. hitched problems you may have from time to time. Public demon:

strations also arranged. Address your letters to our Domestic

sci9n99. Department.

\

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Rye Flour must

pounds to every 3 pounds of pure wheat

is a-IOO% pure wheat ﬂour, so is necessary to buysubstitu‘m with it on the

However, Lily White is so well milled and of such splendid quality y0u wnﬂ
.. not experience difﬁculties in using substitutes with it on the baSIs given by the

“ 'Food Administration.

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l‘ A; f. In fact, You will be delighted with the splendid baking results you will be able
’-to__0btain from the Use of LILY WHITE FLOUR and the substitutes.

7 Your dealer is instructed to sell you LILY WHITE FLOUR on the Guar—
" antee of. perfect baking satisfaction or the return of your money.

furnishes recipes and can-

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‘l . Grand Rapids, Mich. . . '

 


’ ‘ Addie“ all MllersloAunt antelope, are Mayan W iii

 

.,R boys and girls: ~October
‘ rely here and old Jack Frost
lipping around nights when
all fast asleep and nipping

11d and blossom; but even so ~

"'ﬁhas its pleasures, fo1 you all
, er I am sure, what a holiday
11- and pranks. comes in this

,3plans all made for a Halloween
ration. Perhaps some are going
~ve parties in your homes, others
‘V,meet on the corner for a corn
t"and then out for a lark—but
w ateyer youhave planned to do don't
think itvwould be a splendid idea
‘ tell some of the other children in
I’d verent parts of the state and ex-
,hunge your ideas. The same old
games may be new to someone 'else,
and theirs new‘ to you
,How I wish you would, this week
and next, sit down and write me any
suggestions you may have on a suc-
aesful Hallowe' en party. If you
know any real good games to play,
explain how to play theiii—or you
may have a little contest that would
4: be apprODriate Tell us what you
‘Will serve for refreshments. Ut‘
,, course, my suggestions would i)‘.‘ old-
‘ fashioned, for it was so long ago that
I was a. little girl, but I will try to
”think of some too. He sure to mail
"fyo’uvr letter before the 19th or it will
'be‘too late to be used. Loviuglye—
‘AI’NT PENELOPE.
. ‘ THE NEW GARDEN sum;
‘Johmm'e get your hoe. get your 1100,
" get your hoc;

Mary dig your raw, dig your row dig
your raw;

Down to business, girls and. boys,

Learn/to know the gardner's joys!

Uncle Sam in need pull the weed,
plant the seed;

While the sunbeam; lurk do not Shirk
Get to work.

All the lads must spade the “ground.

All the girls must hustle round.

Chorus
Over thcrc,.eoer (here!

Send the werd, send the word ever,-

there-

That the lads are hoelng, the lads are

Maine,
The girls are shooqlng eo’rywhere.
Fach a garden to prepare.

Do your bit so that we can all share
With the boys, with the boys, the
brave boys, '
Who will not come back till it’s over

£67“ there!
(Writ en to the tune. of “Over There ")

Save the Peach Stones and Serve your Country

girls if they love their country or
if they would like to do something
to help win the war. Every letter I
get from you breathes patriotism and
a desire to do something that is worth
while. I have tried to show you ways

IDO NOT have\to ask my boys ’and

in which money could be earned to

buy Thrift stamps or how you could
help your parents with the light work
about the farm so that they may turn
their attention to the larger and more
important duties. Some of you have

found it easy to earn and save to buy'

stamps but others have found it dif-
iirult.

But please don’t feel badly about
that. Here's a way that every child
from baby up to big grownup broth-
er can deal most valuable service to
their country. Save peach stones. Now
that may seem a strange suggestion,
but it isn‘t, I’ll tell you why.

Not long after Germany starte this
terrible war, her men of science dis-

" covered a gas that; con (1 be spread in '
huge quantities and for a great dIS-~

tam-e out ﬁpon the battleﬁelds. This

,gas was poisonous and for soldiers to,

breathe it intertheir lungs meant death
or at least a long illness. To protect

the soldiers from the gas. the other '
nations made a “mask” which covered

thenose and the mouth‘ of the soldier
and when the Germans let the gas
loose, the soldier puts on his mesa
and breathes the air~from an air tank
which he carries, instead of the pois-
oned outside air.

But what has that got to do with
peach stones? you ask. Everything.
in the making of gas masks large
quantities of charcoal is \made from
various kinds of material, but the
only charcoal that can be used for
making gas masks is secured from

the pits afscertain fruits and h sheila.
at certain 111115..
The Red Cmss is making a cellec;

ition oil these pits and shells for the " ”

American army and a call has been-
issued to an boys and girls in Amer-
ica to lend a hand in gathering them.
The only pits that can be used are
of peach, plum, prune, apricot olive, I .
cherry and date; and the shells of
Brazil nuts, walnuts, hater-nuts and
hickorynuts. Now do you See the
connection between gas masks and,-
peach stenes?

1 I want every boy and girl who reads
this page to Join in this great cam'

, paign for saving the lives .0! Soldiers.

in France. Gather all the peach
stones that you can ﬁnd. Save all the
shells from the hate you crack. Have
a show and
from 25 to 5 f1 nit pits for admis-
sion. Do anything you can think of-
fo gather these stones Get your play
mates to help; Organize a club'a-ud
adopt a "Peach Pit Pledge,” and: I
would like to see'you marching/proud-
ly up to the rooms of your local Ret
Cross, with pockets and baskets bulg-
ing with the result of your pledge.

I want to make this a great cam-
paign in which all 01’ my nieces and
nephews will take part. In order to
encourage you. I have decided to
give FOUR Thrift stamps to the boy'
or girl who writes me the best letter
on their plan of gathering these/pits
and shells. And to the one who re-
ports the -largest number of peach V

 

 

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adventure of their lives. Never
ore, has .there been so much ex-
enient'in the Wonderland of D00.
1 no wonder. Do you see that
- locking pair of eyes glaring
no dark cave? They belong

little fellow; are bound

.wﬂl capture it.

me 111 affair they have rigged
‘ wigs lucky tor them that the
‘ b alkin’g stick

see what ’

. offered to hold the halt.

The Bee Dads Try to Capture the Gazooka

Doo.
ground above a. cave.

First they fastened it onto the
Then they pull-

ed it over with a rope and fastened

that big stone to it. Next they at-

» tached the rope with a noose ”at the

end to it. But the biggest joke of
all is to get the Gazooka to came out.
They were at a loss to know what
to do till Percy Haw Haw, the nge,
Here he is.

suffocating from the

clothes 9,111 on his nose to keep from
odor of the
cheese Sandy, the Piper, is helping

to entice the GazOok’a out with sweet:

music of his bag pipes. Roiy is 1101,,
in; the lease out and as soon '

Ga'zooka gets its head throu

noose Poly will cut the;
big shears and the cane” _

up. Then the terribl
, 9d (I Will

' come out?

That is what is pmling
the D00 Dads. Flannelfeet the cop ‘
is watching If h‘e don"t look out that"

.30ung rascal will push him. 0V8? in“) ‘.

the QaZookafs den. Smiles, the clown

 

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Threat“! nqmefs are Rose.
'NB‘W Topsy, Cherry, Star.

 

 
 
    
  

 
 

'j ' f ;.- are ~ -. ‘ Topny'gJMwntain, Eli,
Colonel and Queen. There is no woods
on], our farm, only a; few‘trees. We
have .a small orchardme have 10 yellow
transparent trees all of which have
apples on, flare loaded" We also have
a few,. flowers which are Tiger Lillies.
, Easter limes and roses." We sowed
some Aster-s, Sweet Peas a , Sweet
Wiidnmm this year. I why” theyqu in
bloom no'w as there is 110in I love
better than flowers. The fields on our
farm vary 'greatly in size, some being
5 acre fields. some 8 and 10 acres, one
which is 2‘8 and another 16 and till an—
other --12 acres. We have 9 es of
,oats, 293; acres 0f corn, 2% acres other-
16!. 32..acres of beans, some potatoes and
pasture land. We also‘had 18 acres of
hay. There isn’t any brook on our farm
but there is ariver about a half mile from

here which—is called “The Salt River."-

It seems to be quite a. resort for the

young" .folks near by. The lake nearest

our place is 'Stevenson Lake, about 10
mileis distant. Will slose for this, time.—
Cora Mitchell. Clare, Mich. R. 7.

 

. Dear Aunt Penelope: I saw in the M.
B. Fwthat you wanted the, children to
write on the subject “My Home.” Well
my‘home is a large old style frame house.
From the time we get up ‘in tic morn-
ing till night we can hear the birds sing-
ing which ma it very pleasant. Our
home has a se ’ flag in the window
for a dear brother who is soon going over
sea. Our hopes are that he will return
when victoryis wan, he is now at Wash-
inxton D. C. 00.. B. 08 Engineers. We
have over 100 fruit trees, a row of maple
trees along the road and a. big willow
tree in the yard.» We have a. row of our-
rant bushes and two rows of grapes.
There are roses, lilacs, gladiolas and
house plants and the dear old Sun-Flow-
ers. We have 13 head of cattle, 6 head
of horses, one little colt and 5 pigs._ I
live on an 80 acre farm. I have $1.76
in thrift stamps now, but I am afraid
that I‘ will not win one from you, so I
guess that I will have to get around and
earn them some other way.—-Sylvia Mc-
Carron, ‘Gagetown..

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez—My father takes
the m. B. F. We, like it very much. ,We
like to read the little letters in it. We
go to school every day. I am 12. and in
the 8th grade. .1137 sister Helen is 10
and in the 6th grade. Here are some
‘ verses» she andl .made up. I hope you
will like ,them.—‘Ruth and Helen Dun-
ham, Beaver-ton, Michigan. .

Bring the good old Yankee boys.

We’ll sing another song.

Sing it with a spirit \

That will help the war along;

it as we used to sing ‘ '
With. ﬁfty thousand strong,
While we go marching to Berlin.

- , ‘ (Chorus)

Hurrah! Hurrah! say the Yanks un-
to the Hun.

Hurrah! Hurrah! You will hear our
great big sun.

And when we “can”. the Kaiser,

We will certainly havesome fun,

While we go marching to Berlin.

“Pershing’s dashing Yankee . boys \ like to write also.

. ' We have two cows and two calves.
have 9 ducks and chicken
which we call George.
and 8 sisters, one is dead.
old and am in the 6th grade.
brother has 2 ﬂ
Dick, the other is Free-and-hqual.
have two tame pigs. I have lots of fun on
farm.——Very truly Yours,

Will never reach Berlin."-

So the saucy German said,

And never thought of it again.
Had they not forgot, alas,

Their ranks were getting thin,
While we go marching to Berlin.”

‘So, we’ll make a. thoroughfare ;
For democracy and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude,

Three hundred -.to the main.
Prussians ﬂed before us ‘

For resistance was in vain.

While we go marching to Berlin.

Dear Aunt Penelope:-—-I have never
written to you before. I am a. boy 12
years old. I am living on 3. 12041011
‘ farm for the winter. and think next sum-
mer; my real home is in ‘Kalamazoo.
The people I am staying with take the'
M. B. F. and enjoy reading the boys’ and
girls' letters and poems. We have, of
course, cows. horses. 1108s and chickens.
I have thought of two names that might
be used for our page they are “Build-
ers of Democracy” and “Sons and
daughters of Uncle Sam. School,-will
start tomorrow morning and so I will
close now." You see I don’t want to be
a lasyrbones the ﬁrst day.—-.-Geo'rge Mac-

Donald, Sand .'Lake, Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez-a—I have never
~written .to you before,~ but I like to read
thedetters. from other children. I have
one War. Savings Stamp. I think they
are a good thing to help Uncle Sam, in
this war. 1.,haye no real close relation
tartan-war, but there are two or three
boysirom this; neighborhood. who have
tone. ‘We have a span of mules, a mare.
and. <twd‘colt8‘1""€heir names are Prince.
.MHM‘GEIQ’Dollr-Snip and Trixie. My
' J” :W «M B

§s aye tWQ:,brothers .
' . ‘ ‘,‘,1£.years_ 01d and will:
”lie '

'tyther Kaiser
Win giver get.

 

    
 
 

‘ 4 5' On I July 18th I was . a

.i‘ m .‘ :“I a
mm 1:"
“havthe 7th grad

. . ers, who are . the contractors having
hcw rum tryl

sums li‘out”m'

: ﬂuid W to-help'win the
have .5,_‘oow_s, Aficalves and "

outlets of. on stitutes. I don’t
8 M. B. F. and

eat much. bread, and;
cookies. My papa takes
likes. it very much. I h ve been read-
. ‘ing the/ letters ever since you started
our page‘and like the D00 Dads very
much. ,The letters are real nice, too.
am ‘a great hand to read. . We have two
oxen, their names are Tom and Dick, but
we are going to sell them this week. We
.(have two cows and a calf.
names are Flora and Daisy. The calf’s
We are expecting Daisy
I milk ‘Flora. just
I live on an 80-
I have two brothers, Albert
Well, I have written quite a
letter.-—-—Eﬁie M. Barton, Kalkaska, Mich-

me rd. ‘Wihlon. The horse's.

name is Lady.
to come fresh soon.
about all the time.

 

Dear Aunt Pe
reading the M. \B. F
I- would write one.

nelope;—— I have been
. letters so I thought
I am a little girl 12
I live on a. 120 acre farm. ‘ ,
’ have two brothers, their names are Harry
and Grant,'Harry is 22 years old and is
a soldier in France, Grant is 15 years old.
We have ofur cows‘an‘d one heifer; their
names are.Becky, Cheery, Dutch, Molly
We have two horses and two
'colts; their names are Sam, Molly, June
We have one pig.
,.the chickens and pig and wash dishes. I
had a. garden of my own this summer.
My school starts to-morrow.
My teacher’s name is Miss
I have to go one mi.e and 40
rods to my school. My pets are three
their names are Tippie,
We have three dogs, their
‘hames are Rip, Buster and Jack.
close for this time,
again—Iva F. Hunt.Rcd Oak, Mich.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope:
girl eight years old. My papa. has a 100
My brother and I go after
the cows every night and morning.
sister and I have a kitten.
cows and ﬁve calves,
,Daisy, Cherry, Polly—Ann, Molly, Mary.
We have six horses and one colt. Their
names are Dan, Clyde,Prince, Bob, Bar—
Star and Nelly.
sheep and twenty—nine lambs.
brother has a. dog.
stamps ,my sister andbrothers each have
three, and each of us have one war sav-
My papa takes M. B. F. and
thinks it is the best paper we get—Your

their names are

We h vs forty
I have two thrift

 

Dear Aunt Penelopez-I will write and
tell you what things are like around my
My school did not let out until
the last day of May, and when I got home
I helped mamma to do things
We live on a farm which is one
mile from a village. There is an orchard
around our house.
other trees and ﬂowers too. ~Mamma has
lots of chickens and I' like to help her
has three cows;
milks them in the morning and evening. I
am eleven years old and am in the ﬁfth
I am buying Thrift
I have bought eighteen.
going to save all of my money and keep
I am going to help
mamma in lots of things this summer.
——-Inez Smith,. Freeland, Michigan.

grade at school;

on buying them.

 

Dear Aunt Penelope: . 1 ‘
ing in the Michigan Busmess harming
the letters to you and I thought I would
We live on a farm.

I have 3 brothers
I am 10 years

Dear Aunt Pcnelope:——This is the ﬁrst
time I have Written ‘to you.
I live on a 124 acre farm.
go to school every day and aw
We have two pets, a coil
. . The colt’s name is Pl‘lni'e
and 'the dog’s name is Rowdy.
otters the girls write
I \have three brothers and two
boys names' are Dale, Delbert
and Royal, my sisters names are Frances
and May. Our oldest brother had to 20

 

Dear ‘Aunt Penelope: I. am a. girl 11
are old. I live. on a farm of 120 acres.
ehave 7 cows that we milk.
two of them and two of my other sis-
ters milk the other ones.
than I inn and three bro-
I have a. twin sister and
brother, their names are Lois and Louis.
The rest of them are
and Beatrice.

there younger.

,Edith, ‘Hilda, ‘Fred
The twins were
5 months old “a week a go Sunday. Well
I will have to close now, good by from
Jessie Blough, Saunas,- Mich.

Aunt Penelope; [I am a girl four-
‘teen years 01." an!» may have one ‘war
'I am going. to tell you
todo my bit.
ok,'.our'.hlred man and

 

’ last draft they to _
now I. have to workilnithe .ﬂe‘ld.
shock wheat, mtsﬁndm. ”

help use to

 
   
  
  

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blasting of '75 rods anticipates ma. '
’ two miles outside of dawn, Mich.
The work was done by’Huggar Broth-

the work in charge. The shooting"
'of' a ditch being a new method in this
section, it was advertised as a demon-
stration and about 150 people were
present. ‘

The survey for this ditch at this
place called for a. width at top of
abo t 14 feet with about a 6-foot bot-
tom and a depth of from four to ﬁve
feet. The ditch both below and above
this 75 rods had been dug with teams
and scrapers sometime ago but this
section which was sort muck about
ﬁve feet deep under which was a la’y-
er! of marl, could not be dug on ac-
count of its softness and the impossi-
bility of' getting teams onto it. This
section had prevented the completion
of the ditch and one of the Huggar
boys stated that had they been able
to dig this ditch last fall it would have
been worth $1,500 to them. After see-
ing a small demonstration 'of ditch
blasting, they bought a ton of 50 per
cent straight dynamite and arranged
to shoot this 75 rods in one afternoon.

One cartridge of the above grade
dynamite (1-2 pound) was loaded in
each hole. The holes were made with
a pointed iron bar and were 18 inches
apart in a straight line on the center
line of the ditch and 18 inches deep.
The cartridges were not tamped be-
cause there was enough water in the
hole to cover them. The last two
shots which were the best were about
20 rods in length and each was ﬁred
from the center hole which was the
only one that contained cap and fuse.
A few extra cartridges were placed
in these long charges that contained a
cap but no fuse. These were not re-
garded as necessary but used as an ad-
ditional precaution to insure perfect
detonation.

A perfect 75 rods of ditch was blown
with 325 pounds of dynamite and the
whole cost of this length ditch was
just $110.00. The cost of digging by
hand was estimated at $375.00. Where
the contractors expected to lose money
on this stretch of the ditch, they made
a nice proﬁt. They had spent about
$2.00 per rod ~0n clearing the wide
right-of—way shown in the pictures.
They would not have had this expen-
se at all had they known that they
would ﬁnd dynamite so efﬁcient since
it does not require the right-of—way to
be cleared.

 

 

The ﬁrst picture shows the team-
dug ditch above the muck and the head
of water that had backed up in it.
Straight down the center the small
white specks is a number of specta-
tors ‘and the men at work loading the
dynamite. The second picture was
taken from the same place and shows
the completed ditch the next morning
after the ﬁnal shot. That the demon-
stration and the ditch were a success
may be understood when it is stated
that 1000 pounds of this grade (1’ dy-
namite was sold in Gladwin the next
day for use by farmers who were pre«
sent at the demonstration.

We are informed by representatives
of the explosive manufacturers that
they themselves were suprised at the
remarkably small amount of dynamite
required for this size ditch and \they
are concentrating their energies on
the demonstration of this muck ditch-
ing because of the great need of it in
some parts of the state and because in
this particular line they can give the.
customer more for his money than in
any other and at the same time render
a. service to the country in speeding
up the digging of needed ditches and
making it possible for the small far-
mer to dig his own ditch without the
purchase of expensive , equipment
which he no longer needs after the,
ditch is dug. ~ ’ ;

 

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GBRMOZONB. AI
will) 5 book poultry library free.
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immnuumn“,

CENTS And that three words in ﬁlm '
type for Just 30 per word _‘
one insertion under this ‘

word; ﬁve insertions, 100 per word. mm
as one word each initial and each group j
Send stamps or money 01m.
Think, it would cost you $900 for m.
alone on a letter to each of our ,
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING];
WANT AD. DEPT.,
DETROIT, LIICIIIGAN.

FORDS START EASY in' cold WW7,
with our new 1919 carburetors. 34 mﬂea‘.
per gallon. . Use cheapest gasoline
Increased power. In
Veiw slow on high. At-

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BUILD YOUR PERRY 3m
NOW.—Get ready for the
season next year. ..
building my Broader and licenso turf
dollar bill. Don’t wait and wish’you.;

. Perry, 37 Henry St., Detroit,

   
   

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Please submi '
an average sample of any quantities
want to sell and we will tell you wh
in the dirt or cl
We believe we can make you a price t
will look attractive.

Millington, Michigan.

FOR SALE 5000 lbs. sand vetch, imp...
about 98 and 100%. .
16c per lb. Sacks free. _
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your bags for what you want to
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'uron‘ (Ween—Three frosts this
in I; caught the Government corn.
Sildfi-l'ling started in full. A great
my started to harvest sugar beets.
eans 'are'about all bunched. Some
ave been hauled in the heme. Ear-
usown wheat looks ﬁne. Farmers
are buying bonds. Prices quoted at
'Ejlkton are: Wheat, white.$2.07, red,
.08; oats, 64; rye, $1.40; hay, 15-18;
sans, $8.50; Barley, $1.85 cwt; Peas,
:25; bu; Butterfat, 58c; Eggs, 42c;
Hogs, $18.00; Beef, $8.00-$9.00.—G. W.
.E'lkton, Oct., 4th.,

Livingston (N. E.)——The weather
“’the past. week has been very good.
Farmers are improving their oppor-
. , tunlty and are getting in their beans.
‘ Late beans are frosted and farmers
are letting them stand to cure. It
has been an excellent time for filling
silos and most of them will be ﬁlled
by the last of next week. The en-
silage this year is of excellent quality
and farmers are going to have a feed
, for their stock that will be hard to
. beat—F. H.. Linden. Oct 4th.

Calhoun (Northeast)——Farmers are
about done with seeding. Weather is
ﬁne. Soil is in ﬁne condition. Far?
mers are not moving muc‘. now.
(Prices offered at Battle Creek are:
Wheat, $2.15; Oats, 700; Rye, $1.50;
wPotatoes, $2.00; Onions, $1.50; But-
‘ter, 50c; Eggs. 500; Lambs, 14c; Hogs,
‘18c; Beef Steers, 7c; Beef cows, 6c;
Veal calves, lie—O. E. B.. Battle
Creek. Oct. 4.

Tuscola (N. E.)~—Farmers are har-
' vestingbeans and corn. Those who
have Si‘IOS are ﬁlling them. Late corn
has been damaged by frost. Apples
.are plentiful and a good sample but
no market for them. Some are sell-
invg"oa.ts and barley.- Many farmers
are building silos this fall. to save late
corn. Potatoes are a good crop but
a'small acreage. The weather is ﬁne
'for farm work. Prices at CaSS City
are: Wheat, $2.08; Oats, 65c; Rye,
$1.50; Barley, $2.00; Beans, $8.50;
Potames, $1.25; Onions,$1:50; Hens,
230; Ducks, 200—220; Geese, 100; Tur-
keys, 206—220; Butter, 45c; Butterfat,
58c; Eggs, 42c; Sheep. 7c—8c; Lambs,
11c-120; Hogs, 17c-18c; Beef steers, 9c;
Beef cows, 6c-7c; Veal calves, 12c-14c;
'—S.“S., Cass Citi, Oct, 4th.

Tuscola (Central)—Every thing is
ﬁt to havest now. After the big frost
of last Monday night farmers are pull-
ing beans and cutting Buckwheat and
some are fall plowing. A little rye to
put in yet. Oats are going 40 to 60
bushels per acre; rye, 25 to 30 bu.;
barley, 30 to 35. tWealhcr is better
than last week but cool. soil getting
quite hard again. Farmers are sell-

. .ing apples and pears, still taking them
I to outside cities, for there is no mar-
ket here, farmers are holding rye
for higher prices. Prices offered at
Caro, October 4, Wheat, 2.10; Corn,
1.90; cats, 65; rye, 1.50; barley,1.85;
? " hay, No. 1 Timothy, 25.00; no. 1 light
‘ imixed, 24.00; buckwheat, 3.00; straw,
15.00; beans, 8.25; potatoes, 1.25; on-
; 'ions, 75 to 1.00;apples, 25 to.75c; pea-
ches, 3.50 to 4.00; pears, 1.75. to 2.00;
grapes, 75 to 1.00; hens, 22; roosters,
'15; springers, 25-28; ducks 18-22;
L‘geese, 18c; turkeys, 23; butter, 50c;
butterfat, 59;eggs, 44c; sheep, 6 to 10;
lambs, 121/2; hogs 15 to 17; beef steers,
1 5%; beef cows, 4 b0 5; veal 13 to 15.
;-—R. 3.0. Caro, October 4.

' Ingham—(NE) Quite a good many
.:,“-,.farmers attended the Fowlerville fair
this week. Silo filling is about done.
"igg-ing potatoes, husking corn and
eshing clover seed is the order, of
6 «day: Prices offered at Williams-
‘ on’Oot. 4,: wheat, 2.05; cats, 64';
1.48; hay, 23.00; beans, 8.00 po-
tat , s,"1.75; onions, 5c; apples, 75c;
liens, 280; (butter, 500; butterfat, 60c;

     
 

     
   
  

   
   
   
  
  
  

 
  
   

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1.50; (Oats, 68c; Rye,$1.50,

  

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Clare (NorthleFaii-mers‘ are. ~

ﬁllingC silos and threshing.
Pleasant weather“ .Auctions
are the order of the day. The
following quotations made at
Clare this week: Wheat, $2.07;
oats, 64; rye,‘$1.46; hens,"22;
ducks, 16; geese, 15; turkeys,
15; butter, 50; butterfat, 58;
eggs, 41.-—D. 3., Lake, Oct. 4.

 

 

 

 

 

,. Genesee (S.E.)——Farmers are
busy harvesting beans, cutting ,
corn, sowing rye and picking 1,,
apples. We have had quite ,a‘
bit of rainy weather, making
it very hard to harvest-beans.
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The soil "is in ﬁne shape for
ﬁtting. Farmers are selling all kinds
of grain and are also selling some
livestock. There seems to be an in-
crease in the acreage of wheat SOWed
this fall, compared to last yér. Bean
and potato yields will be poor this
year. Grain threshing is nearly all
done. Some beans have been thresh-
ed, but it will be a few weeks before
bean threshing begins in general. The
majority of the beans are still stand-
ing in the ﬁelds, they are very uneven
in ripening this year, some vines be-
ing over-ripe while others are still
green. Most of the corn crop has al-
ready been put in the silos in good
shape. The following prices were paid
at Flint this week: Wheat, white,
$2.11; red, $2.13; corn, $1.70; oats,
67; rye, $1.50; hay, $20 to $25; beans.
$8; red kidney beans, $9; potatoes,
$1.50 to $2; onions, $1.25 to $1.40;
cabbage, 1c 1b.; cucumbers, 30c doz.;
hens, 25c; springers, 320 to 40c; ducks,
28 to 30c; geese, 19; turkeys, 24 to 25;
creamery butter, 58; dairy butter, 53
to 55; eggs, 45; sheep, $9 to $10;
lambs, $14 to $15; hogs, $18; beef
steers, $10 to $12; beef cows, $8; veal
calves, $11; wool, 67; apples, 50 to $1;
pears, $3 to $3.75.——0. W. 8.. Eenton.
Oct. 3.

Monroe (West Central)——-We are
havlng ﬁne weather here. Wheat is
looking good, some of the later is not
up yet: Corn is about all cut, most of
it was frosted. Potatoes are a very
poor crop here, some not worth the
time to dig them. _ Several new silos
were put up this fall and the farmers

ﬁlled them with the late corn, thus

making a good feed for winter. Prices
offered at Petersburg are: Wheat, red,
$2.12, white, $2.10; Corn, $1.75; Oats,

. 67c; Rye, $1.50; Hay, $15.00; Barley,
CWt‘r.

$2.00 cwt; Buckwheat, $3.00
Hens, 25c; Springers, 35c; Ducks, 25c;
Geese, 22c; Turkeys, 200' Butter, 45c;
Eggs, 43c; ogs; dressed, $20.00, live,

$16.00;’Vea1 calves, $15.00.——W. H. L. .

Dundee, Oct., 5th.

-. Ionic, (N. E.) The fall work is up
in very good shape» in this locality,

the corn is all cut, beans gathered
and all the rye and wheat sown, and

«up making a good growth at present.
We have had two weeks pf ﬁne weath—
er which helped in speeding up our
work." There is quite a large cutting
of June cloverseed which seems to be
very well ﬁlled. The buckwheat crop
is good and about all‘of it is cut. The
late potatoes which madea good grow-

 

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' .ousy tag-have muchlplowing' done Weft, ; ‘

Help scarce and. farmers werking

hard. , only light ‘frostNO .far.‘ Corn ,

mostly rippened, only .the very late
kind. .The following prices were
quoted ‘at‘ Bay City: Wheat, $2.10;
Corii,ﬂ$1.40; Oats, 68c; Rye,i$1.50;
Hay, (timothy) $20.00, ('light‘mixed)
$17-$18; Straw, $6.00; Beans, $8.50;
Potatoes, $1.75; Onions, $2.75; Cab-
bage, 2c-3c; Hens, 22c; Springers, 24c;
Butter, 65c-700; Butterfat, -600; Eggs,
48c; Sheep, ‘14c—15c;~Lambs, 19c-200;
Hogs, 23c-24c; Beef steers, lilo-20c;
Beef coWs, 15c-16c; Veal calves, 22c;
Apples $100-$125; Peaches, $3.75-
$4.00; Plums '$3.00-$4:00;_ Pears, $2.50.

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—J. 0. A. Manger, Oct., 4th. ., ~ «g:
‘ Ionic (West)——A whinging/visit.

ed this section Sept. 30th. 4, armors
are getting along nicely with their
work. Silo ﬁlling about over. ("Sever-
al hauling cloverseed which :‘sgood.
- Native corn. is fair, average probably
60 0:70 bushels per' acre- The Jersey
and Western corn which many farmers
planted last spring is too late ’or_

1. "maturity. At . the auction sales’_ all ,
“stock, except'horses, are selling high“ -
Potatoes were killed by frost anuwill
be a light crop—A. W. G. Sammie,
Oét. 3rd. .

' Emmet (Northern)——Potato digging»
is the order of the day and! nearly
every body. is at work. VMany com- 5
plain that theﬂcrop is not sogood as
expected. Many patches being damag»
ed by blight and the potato. louse.

Most crops are much better in this, ; ,
locality than they were glast‘ yeah. 3' ‘

’ Prices offered at Harbor Springs arer‘
Oats, 700; Hay, (light mi ted) $-o;
" Potatoés, $2.00 cw-t; Onions, $1.50;

Butterfat, 67c; Eggs, 45c; £912.31), 20o; ..

Beef steers. .05c; Apples, '$1.00-_ewt;
.‘Peaches, $5.00.——0. L. G. Cross Voltage, c
Oct., ~3’rd. : .

Branch—Farmers are busy sowing ~
rye: ﬁlling silos, cutting. corn and dig-

; ging potatoes. Weather -ﬁne. Soil
getting dry and in‘ need of rain. _Far-,
mers selling gengral run of produce,
holding till the work is caugh. up to
haul to market. Several good' sales
this and next week. Following prices .
are offered at 11111011 . City:- Wheat,
$2.10; Oats, 60c; Rye. ,51.50§>Hay,1$16o .
.$20;. Potatoes, $1.25; Onions, $2.00
~,cw't; Hens, 23c; Swingers, 23c; But-
ter, 5/50; ,Butterfat, 59c; Eggs,- 45c;
,Sheep,~—6c-9c; Lambs,"-150;.‘Hogs, 17’-

12c; [Beef steers, ’ tic-9c; — Beef cows,

3 tic-"7c; .Vea‘l calves, 15c-160.‘——¥Fg 8.:
‘UniQnOity, Oct. 5th. ' ,

St. Joseph (North 0entrcl)—~Wheat ,

, seeding about ﬁnished but a lot of rye.
to be sown, yet. Potatoes rw‘ere ,Wdli'...
hit by frost,.hut it was-'lptohab’ly a

}goo’d thing: as ithey Will“ ripenup. ,

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. ,‘potawes, $1.95;
cumbers, . . hens, 20;
42:43; sheep, 616;. lambs, $15; hogs
$18; 3594 steers, $7 to $9; veal calves,
$9 to $11; apples 65; grapes, 30 per
11;, ——E. W., ﬂoral 90111.

Sonllac . (Gentm’l) *Farmers
busy b‘aling hay and threshing Oats

 
  
   
  
  
    
 
    
   
  

 

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30; butter, 50-52; butterfat 62; eggs;

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and barley are turning out well, tram.

30 to 60 1511. to the acre. Some acres
at wheat soWn. What wheat was sown
early is up and doing Well. Quite a
lot of rain the ﬁrst of the month,
which put the ground in good shape
to work, but the last of the mom):
has not seen much. rainendit has

been manor good growth. 7 Fall teed "

is rather shed, some tumors have to
feed hay or corn fodder.
their silos ﬁlled. There seems to be
a good: crop of ensilage corn. The tol-
lowinc prices were paid at Sandmky
this; week; Wheat” 32.07;, oats. .64;
hay, $21; butter, 45; butterfat‘, 60;
eggs, M.—~—A. B., Sandmky, Sept. 30.

Kent (Northeast)'——-—F~armers very
busy yet ﬁnishing up their corn ﬁelds

and some ﬁelds have been put into .

silos. Corn is fair to good. Not all
1ye is sown yet, but wheat seeding
was ﬁnished last week. Cloverseed
being harvested. Beans pretty well
taken care of, some even thrashed.
Quality ﬁne. Yield for best ﬁelds» 10
to 12 bu. Weather damp and frosty
alternatelyq Soil dry. Potatoes are
hardening up. and making very little
growth past two weeks. They run
small and _a large number in hill The
yield will be just fair for the best
of them, counting medium and small.
Lots of potatoes have been trucked to
Grand Rapids the past three weeks,
where they have been sold for from
$2 to $2. 25 per bu. —_--G. M .W. Green-
ville, Sept. 24,

Calhoun (North Cornwall—Silo ﬁll-
ing and soWing rye the order of. the
past week.
cut. Weather has been cloudy, very
little rain; wheat needs rain. Follow-
ing prices were paid at Olivet this
week; Wheat, $2.08; oats, 65; rye,
$1.50 beans, $8; potatoes-$1.75; hens,
25; springers, 26; butter, 50; butter-
l'at, 60; eggs,‘42; hogs, $17.50; beef
steers, 310—0; 3., Olivet,.Sept. 29.

.Allegan (South)—-—Farmers 1.1 this
section have ﬁnished sewing wheat
and rye and most of them have their
corn \cnt and silos ﬁlled. Weather
ﬁne with cool nights and occasional
frosts. Standing corn badly frozen,
but potatoes just touched a little, will

make fair crop with a week or ten'

days.’ more of good weather: The fol-
lowing prices were paid at Allegan
this week: Wheat, $2.10; rye, $1. 45;
hay $30; beans, new, $6; potatoes, $2;
eggs, 36; apples, $1. 25. —W. F. Otsego,
September 30

10300 tEast)—-The weather has been
ﬁne for a few days and the farmers
have been very busy getting out po«
tattoos and beans, but there are 'a lot
to take out yet.
are about 60 per cent of a crop. Silo
ﬁlling the order. 0. he day and all
farmers are getting 11 silos as there
is lots of 'ensilage corn. Nothing
much going to market except a few
Dotatoes and some apples. The fol-
lowing prices were paid at Tawas City
this week: Wheat, 62. 05-; oats, 6.5;
We, $1.43; hay, $20; potatoes, $1.00;
per bu..;‘buttertat, 62; eggs, 40; sheep.
14; tombs, 14; hogs, 12.; beet steers, 8;
apples, 61—5. L., Tamas City, Oct 4.

Presence Isle (6’sntml)——The weath-
eJihaisemenﬁneioraweek but: driz-
Z11! rain has set in. Everybody who
had been he’s got them in; there
Wm m of late ones that got {rested

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Ccrn that is ripe is all'

Beans and potatoes .

potato ground after digging potatoes.
Late potang are badly hurt by the
rebentirost. Several farm auctions in
this vicinity. Everything bringing a
good price; oats 71c bu.;_ corn, 90c to
$1 perished; in ﬁeld; good farm hors-
w,2$175 to» 5250‘; cows. from $90 to
$100. Many farmers here raised sug-
ar cane but it is very poor quality,
lacking, in sap owing to the summer
drouth, but farmers are not discourag-
ed and are planning to plant larger
acreage next year. Most farmers are
getting winter supply or fuel. Apple
growers harvesting their appies; N50.
1 grade bringing $2 per bu in the or-
chard; most of No 2 grade going to
canning tactory. Following quota-
tions were made at St. Joseph this
Week: Wheat, $210; cats, 70; rye,
$1. 40; hay, $25 to $30; rye straw, $6;
Whea-t- oat straw, $7; potatoes, $2;
hens, 26c; swingers, 20c; butter, 42;
batterfat, 60; eggs, 41; 5ressed beet,
$12 to $16; veal calves, dressed. $22;
apples, $2; peaches $3; pears, $1.00;
)grapes, 35c 51/.) lbs .-0 0 Y Baroda,
October 4. «

Arenac (East-)WWell. Jack Frost
has gone and done it again. and has
ﬁxed things up for the balance of
this year. Oats yielding good; spring
wheat good also but fall wheat and
rye about half crop. Beans being
harvested: but just a faii' yield is pre-
dicted. Sugar beets a bumper crop.
Seeding going on. Following prices
quoted at Twining this week: cats.
64; beans, $8; butter. 50; butterfat.
62; eggs, 42; lambs, 12; hogs, 15 to
16%; apples, 50.~~M. B. R. Tlr'inim}.

. October 4.

Jackson (West)~—Farmers
ing beans and sowing rye. Beans will
go from nothingto ﬁve bu. per acre;
many acres will not be harvested at
all. Following prices quoted at Jack-
son this week: Wheat, $2.05; mrn.
$1.55; oats, 66; rye. $1.45; hay. $23
to $26; rye straw, $9 to $10; wheat
straw, $8 to $9; beans. $8; potatoes,
$3 cwt.; onions, $1.50 bu.; cabbage,
$1.25 bu; cucumbers, 25c:doz.; hens,
22c; springers, 26; butter, 63; butter-
fat, 60; eggs, 45; sheep, 10; lambs,
151/2; hogs, 17; beef steers 12; beet
cows, 8; veal calves, 17; apples $1. 50
per bu.——B. T. Parmo Oct. 5.

harvest

Ingham (C'entml)—~Quite cold and
not much rain; frost several nights
this week; late potatoes beans and
all late crops killed. Winds have
shaken off apples not picked; farmers
hustling fall work. Pastures coming
good. Stock looking‘good. Threshing
completed except some late beans and
buckwheat. Not much change in the
prices since last report—4‘. I. 54..
Mason, Oct. 5. '

Saginaw (West)——We have had two
hard frosts that killed all late crops
The farmers are hustling to cut their
corn and ﬁll silos. There are a. lot of
beans to harvest. Late potatoes will
tie a. fair crop. There has been a large
acreage sown to wheat this fall. Lots
of apples here. The following quota-
tions at. this place this week: Wheat.
$2.10; oats, 65; beans, $8; potatoes.
$1.50; butter, 50; bu'tterfat. 60; eggs.
42; lambs, $15; hogs, $18; beef steers,
$7 to $9; beet cows. $6 to $7; veal
calves, $15.—G. L. St. Charles Oct .4.

Monroe (17.5}. )—Farmers
com and lifting beets.

basking
Fair weather;

,the soil is moist and most all wheat

up higher now than last year when it
froze up. Are not selling much. Ap-
pies plentiful and many are making
cider. The knowing prions were of-
tered at Carleton this week: Wheat,
$3.;12 oats, 67; rye, $1.50; potatoes,
:2; hens, 22; ”ringers, 22”.; better,
5;o eggs, 48; has! $17 to $18;
calves, $16; applets, $1. ——-R. H.,

Branch

Oct.

mg no. Weather has been the tier
past tyre» weeks; getting dry, wheat
needs 19111.82th grain and some
Quite a tow tum adieu. Fol-

_ Berrien (Ween—«Weatheh is ﬁne.‘
Wheat about all in some rite sown.
Some farmers will sow rye on their

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expe- mnce and guarantee behind
it. it combincsall good qualities
that possibly can be put in a
stanchion.

Porter Points
See Then in the Picture

A—Chains at Top and Bottom
B~Locked by Cow-Proof" 1.11555: maximum Flexibility

  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 

C— Stanchlon holder regularly furnished with each stanchion

D—Perfect F it and Smootlmess make joints Sanitary.

E—Round tubing prevents injury to animal.

F—Extfa large bearing surface at hmge insures long life.
Clevis and bolt bold hinge ﬁrmly in place.

Porter‘ 9 Stanchion makes to “C f ”
more valuable herd». r em ortable Cattle and that means

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Ottawa, Illinois

Here is the ideal cow-stanchiOn, ‘, i
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load rate of freight from

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CIDER PLES‘
Car Lots Only

We are in the market for several
car-loads sound Fall or Winter Ap-
ples for the manufacture of Cider

0‘

he State

Quote per hundred pounds F. O.
B. loading pOint—also advise Car-

loading

point to VViard’ 5 Siding, Ypsilanti,

Wm. W. Vaughan Company

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will have In WM:
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today without hiL

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CLAY, ROBINSON

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A PLGKIDA HO'l'll. .18 71-1: 1109.18

.5911 t- in {My island

Reached in A few
hour-by b at. tram
8r lnterurbsn from

loveland, Detroi ,
Toledo or Sandusky.
Motorists check cars
at Catawba Point, take

teamer Victory.

600 Rooms
81. 50: day and up.

Special rates by
the week.

Cool lak breezes, bathing, dancing,
music, tennis, boating, ﬁshing, out
door sports— ’

The Victory Hotel is one of the
largest and best equipped summer
hotels in the United States, situated
on the highest point of one of Lake
Erie’s most beautiful islands—Put-in‘ ’
Bay. ”

Send for free map
and folder also Ray
McNamara s route
book for automo-
billets

Plan to spend your summer
vacation or welsh ends at this

“Florida, Hotel in the North."

The .
Victory Hotel
Put-In Bay Island

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They
who want this. weekly!

They have heard of what we are ﬁghting for and What.
we 11:. re accomplished this past year and they want to lend
their s 1])1')Ol‘t.

0111' problem is to reach them with sample copies and
some one who will offer to take their subscrlptions.

\‘Ve do not. want to employ professional agents. ‘

We want real farm folks, who know their county, to do
this work for our paper and we are willing to pay them
what. we would have to pay a traveling canvasser.

The worl; is pleasant because farmers like our weekly.

OUR PAPER MOST; crops are mostly harvested, soon
thev will be going to market, and no real business farmer
in Michigan will market his crops Without consulting the
market pages of Michigan Business Farming.

We can use all of, your time and make. you a cash
proposition which will not you good wages. -

01' if you prefer only to (lo a little spare time work in
your own neighborhood, we will help you earn anything
you want in the line of a premium; a watch, ring, phono—
graph. kodak, dishes, silverware, 0r furniture—tell us what
you want. we will get lowest wholesale prices and make
you an easy otter to earn it, quickly.

By all means, if you can help M. B. 1“,, use this coupon
and see that it. gets into the next mail!

’ You'll find me ready and anxious to help you, sincerely,

 

 

 

THE CIRCULATION MANAGER.

Michigan Business Farming, Mt Clemens, Michigan.
Dear Sir :—.I can devote my (whole) (spare) time, beginning

are thousands of business farmers in Michigan

7

'RlGHT NOXV 1S THE TIME WHEN THEY NEED"

about ............................... .., 1918, to canvassing:

in ................... -. . . ., County,'Michigan, for subscriptions.
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I want to work for (cash) (premiums).
Send me your best offers. Sincerely,

Ital-obcullohtolosl

P o.

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Remarks

 

 

money, but. this: Was due to the meaty,

eating: restrictions, none of which are
in force new? and so; far as we know
will net be put, into effect again With
every prospect, therefore, 0 a. contin-
uance of high prices, We ﬁrmly believe
young cattle at their present cost to
be an excellent investment. A cessas

tion of the war does not mean a low-r

or price by any means, because the
troops will still have to be .‘od and
this country will be called upon to
supply the cattle deﬁciency which Eu-
rope is, experiencing. It is a pretty
safeassortmn that when We have 11111-
restricted Sea. travel exports of meats

‘ and of livestock Will increase and in-

stead of What we new term an «extra-
ordinary demand decreasing it is like
1y to be of even more insistent nature
—-01ay, Robinson & Co.

UNCLE SAM AN EXTENSIVE
“BOARDER;” BIG EATER

Although it takes over 4,000,000 lbs.
of food to supply the Ameiican army
each day overseas, comprising 1,000,-
000 lbs. bread, 875,000 lbs.’freshp beef,
875,000: lbs. of‘.potatoes,_-_200,000 lbs.
sugar and 125,000 lbs. of tomatoes as
well as other additions to these stap-
les, the statement has. been made by
ofﬁcers of the Army Quartermaster

Department in France thatthere are.

supplies on hand sufﬁcient for j'ihree
months. Nevertheless this huge re-
serve Will be supplemented "regularly
during the coming winter. In addi-
tion to the task of getting these stores

under cover of suitable warehousesot

which we are told there are miles upon

‘ miles, their transport totho'troops in

ﬁeld and trenches is an undertaking
involving an immense amount of work
and careful‘ planning. Each man

must be supplied with his ration no

matter where he is and'supplylng 4,-
000, 000 lbs. of food to the interior of
France daily so that each man is pro-
vided for,

tion.

BARLEY MARKET LOOKING
UP, SAYS TRADE PAPER
The barley market has been exhib-

iting more activity within the past
few days and it is evident that gov-

ernment buying for export is respon»
This bﬁying 1n allprobability.
is to apply on the shipment ofﬁcially ~

sible. .

announced between 100 000 000 and
165 ,000;000 bushels of grain other tha-
wheat which America has pledged her-

 

Icorn: $1. 50; cats, 56;.
,$25; beans, $7. 50; potatoes, 70; lion's, ,
‘ 25; butter, 50 butterfat, 53; eggs, 40.

in addition to keeping the 7
emergency ration of each man re- -~
v‘ed, rather staggers the imagine; ,

replanting after 511116 13149111.

f ﬁrst planting. Husklhg 3 55111111161011? “'
. of corn. '
Big Rapids this Week:

[dry shelled corn, '81. 6,553 nowﬁoats

The folloWlng

rye, $145; has, $30 beans, ,
toes, $1. 40 own; 119113.20; butter

abutterfat, 60; eggs, 40‘; hogs, 22;”
live, $7 to $12

.8., Big Rapids
tober 4 : ~ - '
M owtcalm (8. W. )wFarmers contln-

no working at their fall work Which.
,iconslsts mostly of huskin‘g corn,
’nialioﬁty being rather poor“ :
tatoos were heavily damaged by froétg“
‘ last week-1n all parts of the caunty,"

the

and on account of this many have be— "
gun to dig. The grain which was
sewn this fall is in ﬁne conditio ,

"there Was a large acreage sown. Buck-

wheat all cut and the late son is

' ﬁlled good although a small yield

expected on account of the dry weath-
er. Graln is moving slower than us- ,
hal, as the quotations are loWer. The:
follbwing prices were paid at Green-
ville this week: Wheat, $2. 08; mm,
$1. 75; oats, 65; rye, $1. 48; butter, 53
to 55, eggs, 43, sheep, 10; lambs, 15;

hogs, 17 to -;18 beef coWs, 6‘to 8;" veal

calves, 9 to 11. ~—W. L. Gree'nville, Oc-_,

tober. 5» ,_

Osceola (Northl—The Osceola Po-
tato Ass" 11 was organized this Week
with 80 or 85 charter members. Dig—
ging potatoes the order of the day
Potato buyers seem to be gettihg' un-
easy over the stand the farmers are .
taking in their own behalf. rat-imam

about all done striving fall grain here.
"The following quotatiOns at Marlon _

Wheat, $1.90 to 32.05;"

this week: :
rye, $1. 45; hay,

——W.. A. 8., Malian, Oct. 5. M

Allegdn (8. E )—Corn is all cut and
some farmers have commenced husk-.
ing; potatoes are all killed by heavy
frost. Quite a large acreage of Boson '
rye sown around here this fall; the-.1,
‘wheat aoreage is not diminished} The

‘ most of the Wheat is up 3111 looking:
'._good Soil is quite dry.

ing paid at the Allegan condensam’ fo‘i- ,
October milk The following prices ,
were paid at Allegan this week: Oats.
65; wheat, $2.10; rye, $1.40; hay, $30

'to $32; beans, $6; potatoes, “$1.50 to

$1.75; onions, $1 to $1125; cabbage, 1
21/-_»c; hens, 20 to 22; springers, 20 to
22; butter, 52; butterfat, 55; eggs, 40;
sheep, 10; lambs, 13 to 15, hogs, 16 to
19; beef steers, 6 to 10; beef com, 5
to 6; veal calves, 13 to 15; apples, $1 75
per cwt; pears, $1. 25 to $2. 00.—~«W.

,Otscgo, Opt 5. ,

 

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, 'IN- FR

THE most interesting thing in the wOrld today "for eyerv
man, woman or child with a drop of American blood. is ,

the battle lines where our boys are pushing the Hun back to

Germany! . ~-

\

m The greatest game that man ever witnessed is drawing near the ﬁnish lu‘
the American ﬂag again Victorious in a righteous cause— .

———th1nk what it means for you and I to be alive in these history- making
days? .
Yesterday a representative of one of New York 's largest map publish-
ers came into my office almost out of breath—“Mr. Slocum.” he. said. “I
know you do not give away maps as premiums with your paper. and
1’ know you have never liked any of the big. cumbersome, hard-to-read War-maps,
but look at these proofs they have sent me special delivery from New York!"

And I watched him. with only passing interest. unfold a large book, but in’
.ﬁve mlnutes I had to admit that it was just the kind of a map we have all been
looking for, and he could not get out of my ofﬁce for an hour. while we traced
town by town the advance which the victorious allies and our own American
boys were making on the great western front.

Then and there. I decided that it‘ there
"as any way that we could get these maps
out to the friends of our paper. I wanted to
ﬁnd that way and I have—so if you want
one. read this page and then use your cou-
pon below quickly so that I can get one into
your hands right away. Nothing you own
will give you more pleasure and satisfac-
tion during the next few weeks or months
than this wonderful set of maps.

Sincerely. your publisher,

 

 

 

 

 

\h ., .ELGIUM .
\ ‘ ‘0 \,I ~- ', LUXEMBURG: Red

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,5”) c" 1"?- ~ .' MO TMEDY 2—” Line

WACH‘WO ' - . . ' ' Battle
. 1 ~ I Front
\ VERDUN .
l'o" \ - . ‘ - In ‘
" .cONFLAN France
TfMENEHOUL o" 1‘“ ' . to-dayl ‘
\ ' (Oct. 8th.
i 1918) ‘ '

‘ .
__ __ “MW... .51. mm: , .. {Masses
1‘ This shows just a. two mile section from/the four Five-Mile Scale Maps every one printed in type as large as shown above! In add- ‘

itiqn there are sixteen maps including map of Western, Front, Complete World Map, Russia in Europe, Siberia, Asia and Japan,
Complete European'qu, "Map Of Italian Front, Map of Submarine Barred Zones, Asia, Palestine, etc.,——the most complete, compact

 

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_ and practical set of war maps ever published.
E MAPS are printed in colors on sixteenlpages of enameled paper, size 28 x 39 inches, securely bound together and folded so you
can lay them .011 the ordinary reading table. You do not have to cover up half the wall of a room or stand on your head to read the type

With amagnifying glass—the towns, forts, rivers etc., are printed in type as large as shown in the small section of one of these maps

of the battle line today ,reproduced above. ‘ ,
. _This applies to the maps of the western front. The, maps of all other war-areas are reproduced in colors, plenty large enough to meet
ailjof your needs and form‘a ready reference 'to the daily progress of our boys Wherever they may be called.
These maps cannot be purchased through the stores today and it may be months before the publishers can catch up with the orders

' .frOm every part-of the country. i _ _ , .
We will notkgive more than one set of . maps to one paid-up subscriber to M. B. F., but the new subscriber you add, may in turn secure

i a copy of the maps by securing one more new name” for our list as you are asked t0 d0-

; i' , Howto GetYour Copy of These Maps! — -=-

». 5; Send 315 $3., for which we will ‘ﬁénew your own subscription to

Michigan Business Farming, Mt. (‘lenn-ns. Michigan. - -
Dear Sirsz~I enclose $23 (check or money orderl to renew
my own subscription for one year and to add the name of

‘ _ MlchlganBusinessnFarnﬁng for one year from. date of expiration l p

i ‘ now shown “a . ‘onr'label andiask some friend or nei hbori'n . farm- ‘ 7 _ i, » ,.

- ,Y ' - ‘ ' ' ' g g P. 0. ............................. R.l,*_‘.D. No.. . .. Michigan

for one year. You are to send me the 16 Page 5-Mile War. Map! ' i

l as described, free by return mail to ~ , i
l P. o. .. .................... ...... Min. No..... Midi

._ If you have already» renewed’give name of the otherfn

l subscriber below. -

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lellmawg 12 h. e 1116 for Jens than thecostaf
' bull-d signing best engine' 111 the world——
, will” outlast the car—and you might as well save
£01111 moneyand use it to «inventor-muck.-
9 weer on tires or transmission. Hooks up in a
‘ No permanent attachment to car. Cannot
. Injuroea or or engine.
' Friction Clutch Policy on end of shaft. Ward Gover-
mm mom Min. 1.... cum
_ll not oslloﬂel. Ask for circular and special price.

I!” 1mm 00.. 2066K 8L. linooln. I011. '

  
 

 
 

 

  

    
   
     
   
 

 
 

   
 
 
  
 
 
  
   
  
 
 
  
   
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
  
  

 

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BROOKS APPLIANCE

e modern scientific
tion the wonder-
, new discovery
“ that relieves rupture
will be sent on trial
No obnoxious springs
or pads. Has auto-
matic Air Cushions.
Binds and draws the
broken parts togeth-
er as you would a broken
limb. No calves.
Durable cheap. Sent an
n- ial to prove it. Protected
by U S. patents. Catalog
and measure blanks mailed
free. Semi name and al

   
  

No lies.

 

HOGGING DOWN CORN ,
PRACTICE NOW COMMON '
Marketing the corn crop, by hogg-
ing it down appeals to the_ average
farmer as gating especially advant.
age'ous, now that he must continue
farm operations without sufﬁcient
help. And it is. Afterythe silos are
I filled and enough corn to feed the cat-
! tle, sheep, and work animals has been
g set aside, the hogs may harvest the
E rest. They will eat practically every-
j thing but the stalks and 111111 market .
the crop with very little waste'and

Q at a minimum labor cost.

‘ The hogs should have access to only
a small part of the ﬁeld at a time,
the part having been fenced off with '

" a. temporary fence. When it is clean-
ed up the fence is moved to take in
another small part of the ﬁeld. In 2
this way the hogs clean up everything
as they go. A very good temporary
fence may be made by weaving ordi-
nary hog wire in between the stalks
along a row of corn, with posts driven
at the corners and the wire lied every
rod or so to the corn stalks.

 

 

  

     
   
 
    
   
    
   
     
  
  

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Mich.

C. E. BROOKS, 463- B State St., Marshall,

 

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WANTED

any quantity,
any Rik

Honey I SPOT CASH

SYME EAGLED and CCOMPANY

 

A» young shoats in the ﬁeld for the ﬁrst

; should be fed when corn is bogged
. down
,1 by cowpeasplanted with the corn or

Before turning the hogs into the
i corn ﬁeld they should be fed green
1 corn in gradually increasing amounts.

3 It is sometimes necessary in turning

available at all tibia: , For (i
gains,

in the absence of running water.

formation on this subject

HOGS DO NOT LIKE THE

With the

regulations
being supplanted by feeding

from it such products as grease, alco-
hol, glycerine and fertilizer.

posal methods hastened by war-time
economies is the tendency to with

 

JOHN H. ’WINN,

Breeders of
REGISTERED HOLS’I‘EIN CATTLE.

Roscommon, Mich., Sept. 18, 1918

inc;

 

I
l time to break down a few stalks for ,5
’ them until they learn to do it for
themselves 01 to turn a few heavier .
hogs in with them for awhile to teach I
5 them how. Some farmers follow the ,
j shoals with the sows and pigs. This l
i reduces waste to the lowest possible I
1‘ degree.

A protein supplement of some kind

This may be partly supplied

by having an adjoining lied of alfalfa,
clover, 01' rape for the hogs to run on.
Shorts and tankagc or linseed oil-
meal in a selfrfeeder where they can
have access to it at all times is pro-
bably the best way of supplying the
protein ﬁeed to the hogs. Be sure
there is plenty of good fresh water

 

 
 
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
 

33‘ W. Madison t. Dept.C Chicago, Illinois ,

l
YOU CAN SEI 1 YOUR F ARI“ Di—
met to the buyer without paying com-

mission through my 00- operative plan.

and be free to sell to anyone, through i

anyone, anywhere any time) for any

price or terms. Write for circular.
‘ JAMES SLOCUM, Holly, Michigan.

1 one next spring I gi1c you cxclushe
ﬁghts 1":1(9.W1ite me tod:.1y E. t).
Pcrry. 37 Henry St, Detroit, Mich.

FORD PAYS $5 I’l‘ It l)A1’.~~Yon can
make 1401(1 wages building l’crry Brood-
ers for your ncig‘hbozs 'I‘l1eyll all want

 

 

 

 

   
    
     
      
    

THE LITTLE WONDER

 

TILE DITCHER,

Will Save 80% of Your Work

”Will ship to any responsible p'arty sub:
Ject to approval, without a cent in ad—
vance, absolute satisfaction guaran-
tecd. \Vrite-for terms and circular.

EDW. JESCHKE

414 Lynne 51., Benevu'e,

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Ohio.

 

  

 

 

 

 
    
  
   
   
   
     

H OWELL SALES COMPANY

at Sales Pavilion,

Mostly fresh cows or cows soon to
can es ;-also three good bulls.
WE WILL
A 27. 64 lb. J12. four yea1 old ’
A 26. 78 lb three year old and her

Six others with good recoa ds

 

’ 8' A son of a 45.18 lb. cow & sired bya
. th.

A son of King of Pontiacs and a 31

   

A son of a 29 lb. granddaughter of

 
  
  
  

 

MACK and PERRY, Auctioneers

  

5th ANNUAL SALE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918
90 HEAD REGISTERED HOLSTEINS '

two year old daughter sired by Beauty
1 - Walker Pietertje Prince 2nd. Two 24 lb . 4

REFERENCE SIRES

A son of King of the Black and Whites and a 28 lb. cow.
.A. son of King Seg’is Champion Mobel and a. son of a 32 lb. cow

Allr cattle are consigned by Livingston County breeders and are tuber-
calm tested by federal watermarks or state ”proved voternams.

JAY B TOOLEY, Secretary, Howell, Michigan

of LIVINGSTON COUN’I‘Y
Howell, Mich.

freshen and a few good heifers and

SELL

. COWS

32 lb. son of Rag Apple Korndyke

1b. cow
Pontiac Korndyke.

Send fol- Catalogue

 

 

 

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«any. gﬂxgrﬂs 11.111

   

our weekly will you mention the that 3%
”Mini”? '1)!” m 8.1 m

 

chu-

' flit 54.1 lbs

 

Michigan Business Farming,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

Enclosed please ﬁnd check for
$100 for which send your pape1
and we will look it over for a while
and decide as to what we will do
as to taking some space. Of course
if we start with you we will want
to run our ad. yearly, and as ouri
herd increases we will use more
space. We have had you in mind,
but were not ready. We like the»
l punch you put in your paper and

will help you grow all we can. »

John H. Winn (Incl 4
By John H. Winn, Gen. Mgr.

 

water is an impel-taut factor '

"A good barrel waterer does Very well

The University of Missouri College
of Agriculture Extension Service Cir-
cular 37 is free and gives detailed in-

CRUDE “MARMALADE”

increased understanding
of garbage utilization and the means
of getting more out of the garbage
pail although less is put in, many
cities have lately modiﬁed pre- war
Disposal of garbage by
dumping, burning or other means is
it to
hogs or by processes which recover

Among the changes in garbage dis-

 

 

dra’w local regaining requiring city
garbage to be cooked before being fed
to swine. Cooking ordinary garbage
causes the acids in fruit peblings. ri-nds
and similar kitchen waste to form .a
crude “marmalade.” .Altho hogs may
at ﬁrst eat the mixture eagerly, .ap-
parently attracted by the new taste,
the appetite for this unnatural feed
frequently fails in a shért time. Un-
.i.hriftiness and intestinal disorder
may follow. The, injurious effects are
aggravated by the frequent presence
of soap which spread 1' throughout the
cooked mixture.

011 the other hand fresh raw gar-
bage enables hogs to select the noun
ishing and palatable portions and
leave the remainder. Sterilization by
cooking does not appear to be object-
tionabie when the quality of garbage
can be controlled, but in ordinary
methods of collection, its classiﬁcation
is difﬁcult Most of the garbage now
being fed in the United States is un
cooked and there is no evidence‘that
garbage fed hogs are more likelv to
be diseased than hogs fed grain ,or
other feeds.

AUGUST REPORT OF COW
' TESTING ASSOCIATION

 

Report for month of August. 1918.'

Oceans. Cooperative Cow Testing As-
sociation of Michigan. Sent Sept. 23,
1918, by Clement 'McLouth, Hart,
Michigan. Number of cows tested
during month, 241; number of cows
producing over 40 lbs fat, 10; name

and addrésés of owner of cow producing .
.most fat,Hendricksm1 Bros, Shelby,
name of cow, Dollie May of "

Mich;
Eimhurst; breed, Reg. Jersey; age, .9~
years; number of maths since fresh,
9. Month’s record. . Milk, 949 lbs ,
Owner of 11cm haying
highest tater “ e m

 

 

   

tion,‘ milk, 5230,
cl ’R ‘

,fenes With

plump oats“ lean form a is.

j the ration.

_ production Hen-

j drickson Bros gh.Shelby, Mich. ‘
of cows in herd, 8

  

able cows, increasing production, m

‘been accomplished? All the bulls 110121,

is; of purely-red bulls, better feeding,»
and it is likely to be neglected when cooperative buying of food. etc, have
the begs are running in the cornﬁeld.

      
   
 
      
 

owned by persons in the mention

are purebred. The farmers in Clays
banks township are doing the best
work in the Cooperative buying of
feed. Cottonseed, cornnakes. etc, are
ordered throngs W
Era, in car-load lots.

BARLEY, A CHEAP AND .
VALUABLE STOCK FOOD

With the closing,“ breweries inathe
United States after December L any»

 

temporary Macedon in the Macy‘-

market should came producers little
concern. Barley is. an excellent live:
stock and poultry feed, and also it
will be used to a larger extent than
heretofore in making ﬂour. New

. methods of milling‘this grain yield

an excellent ﬂour for which there is
active demand.

The country will easily absorb the
entice barley crop, according to Food
Administration calculations, and the.
barley formerly used for brewing will
it
cunts of milk, meats, flour, poultry
products and other important foods.

When barley is to be fed livestock,
the grain should be crushed. Owing to
the hard exterior of barley kernels,
farm animals do not otherwrise secure
the greatest nourishment from
The single exception is in feeding har-
ley to poultry. When provided, with
ample grit, ,fvowls derive full nourish-
ment frm the whole grain. This
year’s crop should assist materially
in relieving the feed situation and the
high level of prices for animal products"
makes the feeding of barley in excess
of market demands both proﬁtable
and patriotic-

PERCHE‘RON SOCIETY To. .
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING.

The next annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Percheron Society
of America will be held in the Flor-
entine Room Congress Hotel Chicago,
111., at 8 p. 111. Monday, Dec 2,1918. V
' The future of draft horse interests
is especially bright. Shortage of men
is compelling greater utilization of
horse power. Six and eight horse

 

teams 'will’ be as common within the

next two years as four horse teams
have been in the past. The use of
more heavy horses will increase the

dailytwork done by each man on our ,1

farms by 50 to,“ 100 per cent Eight
and ten hmse teams have been com-
mon for years on the Paciﬁc Coast.
Fifty acres plowing per week is the
average per man. As horsemen and
farmers. we must learn to/ use these
larger units of horse power effectively,
thereby iii-creasing the demand for
good Percheron horses.

YOU SHOULD FATTEN
" FOWLS IN‘PENS

Fattening poultry should be conﬁned
in a small pen or crate. Exercise pro-'
duces hard muscles. which means
tough meat while non exercise leads
to a softness of the muscles which are '
tender when cooked Soft feed should
be fed as a lack of exercise inter-7
the proper digestion of
whole grain. The feed should be ﬁne-
ly ground and mixed with water, milk
or buttermilk. The following propor-

 

.-tions have been found very satisfac—

tory: . Half ﬁnely groud corn one-

fourth shortsand one fourth grounds. '

oats. Use the foods that are reason

able in price, Corn is rich in fat

Scraping elements but barley and good
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much Valuable information. -
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on BALE—Registered Holstein Show
Bull, service age; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding.,'.Price right. John A. Rinke,
Warren, . Michigan. . ‘

egistered Holstein Bull one year old
for sale, Goad t um giving

 

yrs.
now from 06 to 05 lbs. of 3.7 milk

 

 

TWO Young Bulls
fer Sale, Ready for Service
gzne from, a 25 Ill). co; antioone grom 3.
lb. four year 0 d.» rite ' pe igrees
and. prices. m... smssu‘av .
‘ t/ . ' audacitmhicn

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MUSOLFF BROS. HOISTEINS
We are now’booking . orders for
young bulls from King Pieter Segis
Lyons 170506. All from A. R. O. dams
with credible records. We test annu- l
allyfor tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further information.
Mnsom 31-95., South Lyon... Michigan. l

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Holstein Heifers-
~ The cows and bulls advertised have
been sold. I have C» or 8’ registered
Holstein heifers from heavy produc-
ing dams, 3 mos. to 2 years old at
$125 apiece.

ROBIN CARR

F0 WLERVILLE, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. daily. Price $30 crtated. Also young

' calves cheap. C. L Bullett & Son.
* « s, Mich.

One Car-load Registered Holstein:
Yearlings sired by 30 pound bull and
from heavy-producing cows. Also some
choice Duroc open gilts.
J. Hubert Brown. Byron. Michigan.

 

~ Dollars in proﬁt
Jerseys. The

money." They f

value. J

with
actu y " milk

less. 'l‘heylook real

one" are n gilt-edge investment

and proofc of Superiority.
Write to Breeders for prices

and pedigrees. t us send
you “Jersey acts". free.
The American Jersey Callie
Club.367 West 23rd Si.

New York (In,

 

 

SEORTHORN

 

 

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41
SHORTHOBN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls

 

 

months old, grandson of Hengerveld

De K01, sired by Johan Hengetveld
Lad Who has 61 A. iR.,,0. daughters.
Dam is an 18 lb. 3 yr. old granddanghter
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.
Well grown and a splendid individual
Price 8100. Write for photo and pedigree.
L. C. Retailer. Flint, Michigan.

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL 6

WOlverine Stock Farm

Offers two sonsabout 1 yr. old, sired
by Judge Walke Pietertje. These
calves are nicely arked and light in
“color and are fine individuals. Write

 

 

 

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

OB SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and
0. . C. gigs. Five young bulls, 7
to 9 mont s. 8125 to $150 each. Ray
Warner. R. No. 3, Almont Michigan.
HORTHOR‘NS and 'POLAND' CHINAS.
Bulls, heifers. and spring pigs, either
' sex, for sale, at farmers’ prices. F. M.
Piggott & Son. Fowler, Michigan.

. SHORTHORNS 1m. Wears

e Farm
since 1867 and are Bates Bred. Two red
heifers for sale. J. E. Tanswell, Mason,
Mich. .

 

 

 

cows bred to a 27-lb. bull for 1917.
Dodge Roadster .or Ford touring, must
be in A] condition. Address Box HS,

’ Care Michigan Business Farming. ’

 

sired by a son of

u" a v Friend Hengerveld

. g2. ’ De. Kol -- Butter

Boy and by a sow ofKing Segis‘ De Koi

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. Wyckoﬂ.’ Napoleon, Mich.

 

 

 

, EOLSTEIN ..BULL CALVES
_ Sires dams average 37.75 mg but-
ter .7 das. 145.93 lbs..30 das. testing
' 5.52% tat. ‘ Dams gooc A- R, backing.
Calves nice straight fellows % white.
Price $65.00 each while they last.
Herd tuberculin tested annually,
Baum-n rel-ms. Jackson., Michigan.

 

 

 

Holstein-Frieda Cattle-N,
Under the present labor conditions

I feel the necessity of 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. .1. Fred Smith, Byron, Michigan

' SUNNY PLAINS -H0[STEINS
“A few young bulls left. Also a young
pair heavy ﬁrs. Phone 58F15.

 

 

 

 

ft horses.

4.3mm IdLLINGER,
' Fowlervillg, ‘Mieh‘igan.
FQRSAI Elleven

head at Roldan:
. , . ws ' and lighten. . '
yeﬁrlings m bred, the rest h , fro-hen
the fall and winter. A good m reas-
onable ﬂan-"some one. Write. '

W. C. Honda‘s 8: Son. Pinchey. mn-

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Cameroons apnoea-‘1

 

 

  

 

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13'in
For Sale ﬁgure REGISTERED GU lines,
also young bull Golden Noble II breeding.

cow, popular blood

(1 for ides than 13 insertions under an“
. he. Title displayed lie-Mat advantage.
In: larger ad- or for ads to run idioms or more we will!

Send in copy ndv'
' misc.
3 0" Mention to the Advertising Dept..-

 

 
   

    

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"Large Typefolanci China We
ARGE TYPE P. c. M ails. .,

, and ready to ship.» ,m weigh}! '-
to 365 pounds. Will farm' ht, Aug.
Wm 31303.11 8. few m

Fall sale Nov. 29. ' g»
Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason. Mlcl‘l-

 
  

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Loren~A. Dygert, Alto, Michigan. W
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.IEEBEFORD “5mm!“ . 2. _ ,
REGIME» min-sums race. now .‘
- . Wregrdy. Agargin‘mszoaf pig. hillr,‘ ..
8 bull calves Prince , 1 - Miler. . . _ ,
Herefo m m

Donald and Farmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breeding. ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich. SHEEP .
I ‘ 'snnorsnmns . ,
OR SALE—Hereford registered bull. 3 REGISTERED gnu“)-.. g
Fyrs. old. Samuel 1», Hortzter, Glennie. SHROPSHIRES an” Rams, i Some
. Michigan, , :wes. Write for prices or come to the
arm.

      

 

 

 

HORSES

 
 

Dan Booher, R. 4, Evarﬂ Mich;
FOB. AUGUST DELIVER! 50 Register:

 

 

SHETLAND PONIES

SHETLAND PONIES

prices. Mark B. Curdy, Howell. Mich.

For Sale. Write C~ Lemen. Dexter.
for description &

ed.v Shropshire Yearling ewes and 30‘
Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual‘
- 11y and breeding. Flock established 1890.
Michigan.

snnopsnmn RAMS .7

REGISTERE of quality. One . im-

 

 

 

 

HOGS

BretGilts

Serviceable Boarsx
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

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LARGE TYPE 0. l. C.

Spring pigs pairs and trios. Gilts bred

I, for fall farrow, at prices that will please.

(‘LOVER LEAF STOCK FARM
Monroe, Mich.

 

DUROC

Registered Duroc Jersey Swine.
For sale Yearling and spring boars of
quality, also bred sow, Aug. and Sept.‘far—
row. Spring gilts- Write for pedigree
and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. L
J. Underhill. Salem. Mich.

DUROC BOARS 3““

long, tail, grow-

 

sale, also a number of well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake, Michigan. .

L‘ BBED snon'rnonNs. A thy males that will
for prices and pedigrees. Pattie Creek. Bates few cows for sale. ' J. B. add size and growth to your herd. Big-
iCh" R' 2‘ Hummel. Mason, Michigan. gest March farrowed pigs in the coun-
‘ ‘ , try. zoo lbs. and not fat. .

- " connivsm ' Newton Barnhart. St. Johns, Michigan.
EXCHANGE ' GUERNSEYS WE HAVE A. m For savour DUROC JERSEY Digs
‘ either sex; long, big bone; pm-

Two -well bred Registered Holstein Heifers and cows for

liﬂc kind; ready for shipment about Oct.
15th. $10.00 each.
Hillsdale,

E. Kies, Michigan.

 

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,‘For Sale .-

at a Bargain
Five Registered

"GUERNSEY
'_BULLS"

, One aged three years; one twenty
‘mQﬂfhxi'two seven months; one five
All May Rose, and Lang-
Wtﬁr strain. Phone Main 2655.

7 , f" G. W. Dickinson

   
        
   
    
    
   
     
   
 
    
   
 
 
  
  
 
 
    

ported three-year-old Ram. Priced rightJ
Harry Potter & Son, Davison, Michigan.

DELAINE

MI’ROVED Black Top Delains.

Reg. Rams to choose from. Newton &

Blank, HZill Crest Farm, Perrinton.
Mich. Farm situated four miles south‘ of .
Middleton. '

Sixty

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A. M. and DELAINE MERINOS, large
size. long, staple, well covered, heavy“
shearers, Rams that please. Write

s. H. Sanders, Ashtabula, Ohio. ‘

OR. SALE—Registered yearling Rams. '
Improved Black Top Delaine Merino.
Frank Rohrabacher, Laingsburg, Mich.

REGISTERED IMP 0 '.
FOR SALE Black Top Delaine RMe‘i-ligilg
Rams. V. A.

. . Backus & Son, Potterville.f I
Michigan. Citizens' Phone. , :.

‘ FOR SALE

PURE BRED and regis-

tered American Delaine "
sheep. Young. Both sexes.
F .H. Conley, Maple Rapids, Michigan'

 

PURE BREI) Black To Delain
one Ram. WiIIBliam1 Iél. Melee, Byron?
0x 1 . ,

. Michigan, P. O.

30

RAhIBOUILLET

 

PURE-BRED Rambonillet Ewes..
Priced for quick sale. Eugene W.
Melrer, Byron, Mich, P. O. Box 123

 

 

‘TIX—TON MIX' with “It the ear
amend flock bait!» and hue Iron;
worn- and I. m his money -
’1.” sample box by parcel polt I!!! no

cute n burcl'of nit. Write for club oﬂ’u'
—book on ‘Nature and Car. of Shoe . "

let ‘
masons TlX-TON co.. Grand in... iiieil
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POULTRY
WYANDO’PTE ”7
liver Laced, Golden and White” 4
g tdottes of uality. Breeding “mfg;
c . '

ISL. gage it earl. Chm
Browning, R. 2, Portland, Dﬂch. 7
LEGHORN

PROFITABLE DUFF “maximise—W
have twenty pens of especially mate
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat~
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof- _
itable eggproduction. Eggs at very reas~
onable price. Our list will interest you

 

 

-——-please ask for it. Village Farina.
Grass Lake, Michigan.
CHICKS
We Ship thouSanda‘,
each season, different

 

 

 

 

. Detroit, Michigan I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

' Barred Rodi Eggs Fm“

i mailed mo. .H. A.

. and squ'a‘re.

varieties booklet
testimonials. stamp appreciated. F .,
Hatchery. Box 10, Freeport. Michigami

TURKEY'S

[ANT BRONZE TURKEY'S. Big boned

Gyoung thoroug’hbreds. Booking orders
now at early fall prices. Buy early
and save money. "

N- Evalyn Ramsdell, Ionia, Michigan,
HATCHING EGGS

PLYMOUTH ROCK

and:
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my.
records to 2% egg:
per year- 32.00 per 15 Prepaid bur , ,

Astilng..

     

   

cel post. Circular free. Fred
Constantine. Michigan.

 

 
   
  

FERRETS

2000 smears. Their hustle rats
moons Pri

  

nil»? wheé’l‘éma?
ONLY RELIABLE BREED”
ERS ARE rennin ‘

Write them as you wouldto
we know everyone to be not;
No amount
would talent as to insert the
ad of a map we did not
MICHIGAN Bil muss: ‘

  
    
 

 

  
 
 
 
 
 

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The following Buick Cars have been Stolen and ' " A": I
for this Fall:

A. L. Arnold, Owosso Buick Roadster Factory No. 243528
G. L. Hahn, Pontiac “ . ' 1‘1300136 .
Paul Marienthal, Saginaw “ , . . _ F I‘ 299974.
N. B. Wheeler, Kalamazoo ‘f. - » .1 ‘ i . ’ "247522
J. L. Cohn, Romeo “ i ‘ . . ~ 297474 ,
S. R. Anderson, Muskegon “ q _ , A ~. ‘ 156446 1'

Fire, 102 Amount Paid $25,423,191 ' . . .
Claims paid in 1918 Theft, 132 , Amount-Paid $19,297,41 Total $69,620,187

Liability, 217 'Amount Paidi$24,899,58

\

Fire Losses occur many times in the public garage, and as cars grow old there “
is greater danger of a back fire or a short circuit.

A few days ago one of our members driving his car away from home left it
standing; another driver accidently bumped into the gas tank, setting the car on fire A '
and burning it. ~ ~ - '

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No man can afford to go Without msurance at thls tlme.
a

The government expects everyone to keep well protected. They encourage insurance of all kinds?
especially for those who are poor pr in moder- 1 I . .1 . - A
ate circumstances. A small amount paid " ' ~~ . ' ‘ ' ,7
makes you safe. When the committee for 35 000 1 $700“, ‘

Liberty Bonds comes, it isa poor excuse to say

Surplus

that‘your automobile burned or was stolen or Members $9 “\YTUAL A”,
E.

that you have a big lawsuit to defend, and can . ﬁEFT— L’AB Bill ”J

nOt buy. You 'can keep yourself Safe byrcarry— . '
ing automobile insurance, as the cost —1s only
' 1 about 2c per day. . ..

Keep Insured In The BIG MUTUAL
17",Abl‘e To Stand The Shock of Serious Losses.

W. E. Robb, Secretary.

, CITIZENS MUTUAL _
«AUTO INSURANCE CO; ‘

" , Howell, Michigan '

 

