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_ It With Frice Tiestrictions _, Removed From
-,;-'-- wheat itiiifreeds- Dairymen May Ex— .

" gipc‘ct Prices to Advance Rapidly

"(on the face of it, the removal of all max-
imumpriCe and trading restrictions on wheat

to the farmer. ~ ,

“Probably 80 per cent of the 1918 wheat crop
is out of" the farmer’s hands, sold at the min-
imum price set by the government. ,This
Wheat was put into the channels of trade in
'. direct response to the Food Administration’s
4 appeal, and'its reiteration of the fact that the
' farmer. need not expect any higher prices on
the 1918 crop. Moreover, the President ex-
pressly told the farmers in his proclamation
ﬁxing the price on 1919 wheat that he would
appOint' a” commissiOn next spring to’investi-
gate Wheat growing costs, and if the price
named wasnot enough, it would‘be satisfac-
. g'torily increased, 'but that what ever higher

' .price might be ﬁxed, IT‘WOUL‘D ’NOT AP-
,PLY, TO 1918, WHEAT STILL IN THE
. FARMERS’~HANDS. ‘ 1
»_Now what happens? With the government
[buying less of Wheat and more of ﬂour;’with
*alarge part of the crop in the elevators’ and
jobbers’ hands and trading ‘restrictions re-
" . moved, a trade that has writhed under rigid
government control, now seeks every avenue
by which it can restore its prewar proﬁts.
Since the armistice was signed American
wheat has advanced from 5 to 10 cents a
bushel, despite the alleged fears, of alarmists
,thatthe, tapping of Australian supplies would
, knack the. bottom .0ut_o_f the American market.
,_.The actual facts are that there" is a demand
from the ﬂour mills for wheat that cannot be
whollysupplied. ' ' _ ‘

. A representative pf the State Food Admin-
istration told us over the telephone that \he
regretted the removal of these restrictions,
but said that it undoubtedly meant ,cheaper
ﬂour. This, we ﬁnd, is one of, the reasons
which prompted the removal ofrestrictio‘ns,
and the restoration’of trading to a. cgmpetitive
basis. ‘But a cemparison of the ﬂourpgimta-
tions before and after restrictions werere-

’_van('3e\d~20 to 50‘ cents a barrel, and. if the

~ dealer.

and by—products, looks like a rank injustice.

grievances, and «justly so.

supply Of available wheat does not soon in-
crease ﬂour prices are certain to go still higher.

In the event of Australian wheat coming
into competition with American wheat on ex—
port markets, and dealers are unable to sell
at government prices, .they do not have to
worry for the government is bound to buy
this wheat at a ﬁxed margin of proﬁt to the
But now there seems to be nothing
to prevent dealers, in case of local shortages
from boosting the price to where they please
so long as they can ﬁnd buyers. in other '
words, while the farmer has been denied the
acknowledged value of speculative trading
during the war period, this privilege has been
restored to the dealers, and they will lose no
time in taking! full. advantage of it.

But the most serious aspect of the entire
situationis the position in which mill. feeds
are now placed. Positively the only thing‘
that has prevented wheat mill feeds from
soaring has been government control. The
shipment of whole wheat, in preference to
ﬂour, in addition to millions of tons of dairy
feed, to our allies, created an unprecedented
shortage of wheat feeds that certainly would
have meant prohibitive prices had not the
maximum selling prices been ﬁxed. Now that
price restrictions have been removed there
appears to be nothing to preVent mill feeds
from advancing in natural response to the

great demand. .

Those who have any sympathy at all with
the farmer’s part in the price-ﬁxing program
ﬁnd neither reason nor justice in continuing
price-restrictions on grain so long as it re-

“inains in farmers’ hands, but which are auto-

matically'cancelled as soon as it goes into the
channels of trade. Of course, it has always
been the theory that the ﬁxing of a price on
wheat was for the farmers’ protection, and
on more than one occasion since the war ended
he has been reminded of the loss the govern-
ment may have to stand as a result of its

guarantee should the‘export demand fall oif.

But not once since the ﬁring of that price,
has there been a single indication that the
price of Wheat might go lower were it not for
the stabilizing power of the government. On
the contrary, there have been many evidences
that the price would have gone much higher.

Inasmuch as farmers were induced to sell

their 1918 crop at the ﬁxed guaranteed price,

every bushel of grain should be moved to mar-
ket, milled and its products distributed to the
ultimate consurher under rigid government

. . *supervision. If that is not done, the farmer
moved shows that; Winter wheat ﬂour has ad. V

will add another mark to his long list of

 

U. S. TO MAKE FINAL 1 .
WOOL SETTLEMENT

Grading of 1918 Wool Clip to be Completed
and Final Returns Made to Growers Ac-
cording to Grade of Wool Sold

A Pigeon subscriber sold his wool to a local "
elevator, which paid him 57 cents a pound,
and stated that if the government allowed
more for it after it was graded, our subscriber
would receive the additional amount. A
couple weeks ago, having heard nothing fur-
ther from his wool, our subscriber referred‘
the matter to us, and we asked the Chief of -
the Wool Section of the War Industries Board .
to give our readers an explanation of the .
manner in which wool is to be graded and ’
final settlement made With the growers. The
following letter gives this des1red explana-
tion and will doubtless be of interest and
value to our readers who are still waiting for
additional returns on their 1918 clip: .

“After wools are purchased by approved deal-
ers in country districts, such as the elevator com-

any referred to. it is necessary for such dealers
to ship all wool purchased by him to the approved
wool dealer in distributing center.

“After the wool arrives at distributing center,
it is graded. and then valued by a Government
Appraisal Committee and is then purchased by
the Government at the values determined at the
time of appraisal..

“Until these ﬁnal returns have been made, we
are unable to determine whether or not the dealer
who purchased the wool direct from the grower
has made proﬁt in excess of that allowed by
Government Regulations.

“Within a few days we expect to send statement
blanks to approved dealers in country districts
requesting them to forward us the sworn state-
ment showing the names and addresses of all
wool growers from whom they purchased wool.
giving the grades by weight and the price paid if!
each instance. This statement must also show
copy of all statement of account sales as rendered
them by the approved dealer at distributing cen-
ter who delivered the wool to the government.
When we have received and compiled these facts
we will then endeavor to have any excess proﬁts
returned to the individual growers interested.”—
Lewis Penwell, War Industries Board.

If any of our readers have any difﬁculty
in securing the additional amounts that may
be due them, under the above arrangement,
we shall be only too glad to have them refer _
the matter to us, with a complete explanation
of the transaction, and we Wlll do what we
can to bring about a satisfactory settlement.

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.1 the tune .. of ' the mid-night chimé‘sfoldgFather "Time will.
+3 ijcomplete another-cycle in his endless“ paganism; You-wwillvgo
, to bed as usual to the tick-tack of the kitchen-”cloth ,an’dravvak-
~ , gen 33¢ the morning reveille which, theold roosterlbl‘oWS ,.reli'g.
rain ; 0r .-shine, winter and

a . Very Happy” and Prospe

It is wise to contemplate the. opportunities of the
future, which we conﬁdently believe. will prove to be the
greatest ever opened to the farmers.
valuless things unless you use them. The year 1919 may
witness the greatest agricultural triumphs of all times’; or it

the past.

may see agricultu
is our one great

inanently enthroned among the other. great industries this com-
ing year, and to look upon an era of unparalleled prosperity for
‘ the farmers of’ America.
~tend the greetings, of the'season. May

happiness, and success.

was New Year

But opportunities are

re ignominiously beaten at every turn. It
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usrters at Washington, ‘

ed‘ States, advocated the building of a “Temple
Agriculture" at the national capitol. This was

{va be the central clearing house of agricultural ‘
' problem for the entire nation.

_ This, so far as
we know. was the ﬁrst suggestion for a national

‘ counsel place where all the interests of agricul-
'~ ture might be focused.

Then camethe suggestion of a “National Cham-
ber Of Agriculture,” a purely agricultural organ-

; ization to be effected and maintained by the farm-

ers and accountable to them thru the medium of

' state chambers of agriculture, and county farm

bureaus. We will let Jae. N. McBride, state mar-
ket. director, who has studied the chamber of
agriculture idea very thoroughlyand is perhaps
as Well posted as any man upon the beneﬁts of
the proposed organization, and the obstacles that

may have to be. overcome in order to put it into

substance, Mr. McBride says:

“The Chamber of Commerce of the United States
consists of approximately 1500 local chambers in
all the states of the Union, organized and em-
ploying paid secretaries, also contributing to the
maintenance of the national organization with
headquarters at Washington, D. C. Annual meet-
ings are held, and the attention of organized bus-—
iness is focused on the program that will best
aid commerce. The foremost talent of the coun-
try appears before these assemblies, from whence
opinions crystalize in public policy associated

-with the advancement of their interests. The
National headquarters is in touch with every
local body, and is contributing information direct.
0n questions of public policy, the respective view-
pionts are presented, and then a referendum is
taken of the local chambers of commerce in the
United States. The service of the national cham-
ber of commerce has been along correct ﬁnancial
legislation and credit laws. The special service
called in connection with the war, has been ren-
dered most effective by this body, and it would
be hard to ﬁnd a more potent force in nationaliz-
ing public opinion. It is non-political, and with
headquarters at the national capitol, it is the
industrial approach of democracy to government

maintaining the best traditions of public ser--

vice. The reports of conditions acquainting its
members with business needs and commercial
probity, has been one of the strong features.
When business speaks through the National
Chamber of Comerce, it is an authorized and well-
considered expression. The ﬁnancial support giv-
en by business men to the local and national
bodies is not looked upon as philanthropy, but
as a paying and essential part of the business
enterprise. The membership fees and annual
dues are paid, because a service is rendered. The
exploitation of one industry as against the gen-
eral good is not countenanced, and would be well
nigh impossible of accomplishment if attempted.
The Golden Rule is good economics, and also busi-
ness practice, and must be fundamental to any long
continued national organization. The outline
here of business mens’ methods is to- brieﬂy ex-
plain how organized commerce, which is largely
dependent upon agriculture, is conducted.

Would a National Chamber of Agriculture
Be Possible?

“One of the complaints made by the United
States Government is that there is no organized
body to speak for agriculture. A delegation from
this or that section, or representing this or that
special line of agriculture comes to Washington,
and makes a fragmentary presentation, in the
sense of conﬂicting with other. sections, or lines
of farm products. The impression left is conﬂict-
ing and incoherent. This condition often allows
agriculture’s case to be presented‘by the pro-
fessional pleader, who has glibness of tohgue
and stock phrases to express an inexact knowl-
edge of the subject in hand. Local minded men
in national affairs of agriculture could be sup-
planted by a National Chamber of Agriculture
with a national viewpoint. The National Cham-
ber of Commerce represents varied industries,
yet it is able to do justice by a broad general pol-
icy. The same could.be accomplished by an agri-
cultural body, national in. scope. Agriculture at
the present time is without the power-\or oppor~
tunity of expressing its economic relations, or to
interpret supply and demand in terms of price,
or to advise as to the cost of production. This
condition permits a minimum crop to be more, prof-
itable than a maximum one, and in the face of
increasing demand farm production is not being

relatively maintained.

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Part Two

'chional Chamber Of Agriculture”

.ture to makeup the stateorganization? This is

always a difﬁcult question, but in the main it is .

best to use existing, machinery, than to expend
time and energy in creating anew one. In prac-
tically every county in the U. S. of agricultural

importance, there is now a paid agent of agricul»

ture who is a Joint emplbyee of the national, state
and county government. The great majority ,of
these county agents are efﬁcient, but are handi-
capped by the common viewpoint- that they are not
to assist agriculture from the economic side, but
wholly on its productive side.
tion there may exist for this impression, it might
be answeredrthat there is no state or national
economic organization of agriculture for them
to work with or through. The complaint is rather
an indictment of the complainant than otherwise.
The County agent would be made the working
ofﬁcial of such an organization. He would have
the opportunity to perform economic service, and
is already on the job awaiting his duty. The farm
bureau president who is the directing head of
the county farm organization usually represents
the foremost type of farm leadership. A State
Chamber of Agriculture made up of the presi-
dents of the county farm bureaus, would allow
each county to have its representative. This body
would represent all types of production and of
all farmers. The presentfarm bureau presidents
would make a state body of probably seventy-ﬁve
men. Their meetings would be to consider farm
conditions and to express agriculture’s needs. The
position of farm bureau president would be one of

Aberdeen- Angus Breeder Tells of Some of Lessons
Learned from International Live Stock Exposition

(By Geo. B. Smith, Addison, Mich.)

(Enrron’s Nora: The au‘thor of the accompa/ny-
ing article is Mr. George B. Smith, of Addison,
Mich. We don't have to tell you that Mr. Smith
is partial to the Aberdeen-Angus brccd. You’ ll
know that after reading his article We are sure
our readers who have other breeds of cattle will
pardon Mr. Smith’s faith in the Aberdeen- Angus,
just as Mr. Smith graciously pardons their faxith
in their respective choice of breed Lao/ing the
matter of breed entirely aside Mr. Smith brings
out some good points in his article which should
receive the attention of all breeders. I f you diﬂ‘er
with him in any respects don’t be afraid to say
so. )

TRANGE as it may seem, for an Angus breed-
S erxwriting for the farmers of Michigan, I am

not particularly interested in the fact that
Angus steers wen both Grand Champion and Re-
serve Grand Champion honors at the great Chi-
cago show. What I am interested in are the les-
sons of the show from which our farmers can
take proﬁt. There are other breeds of cattle that
I should much prefer to advocate as the farmer’s
all-around kind of cattle, regardless of the fact
that the doddies usually bring. down the top prizes
at the big show. The farmer does not raise cat-

tle for show, unless he makes his living some .

other way, which ‘is not the rule.
The great lesson of the show, from which every

farmer in the state can take immense proﬁt is‘

found in an observation of the winnings in the
grade steer class. The bulk of the farmers in
Michigan keep grade milch cows. The ordinary
farmer will make more money with grade cows
than with pure-breds, even if he conﬁnes his
attention entirely to the production of milk. It
is much less/expensive to cull out a grade board-
er. Mind you,-I am writing this not so much
fromjwhat I see written in the papers largely by

theoretical writers, but from actual talks with -

farmers. Besides the grade cow of mixed breed-
ing yields to the improvement of an outstanding
herd sire more than spurs-bred, as everyone
knows who r is familiar with the principle of the

prepotency of the pure-bred. However, the time.

has come when the farmer in Michigan must real-

ize that his proﬁts must come not entirely from ,

the productiOn of milk, but from the production
of beef as well. Exportations of milk products
to Europe during the war have increased 3,000
per cent, while exportations of beef are less than
in 1900. D. D. Aitken, president of the Holstein-

_Fr‘,issian association of America, is quoted 'as

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. select a member of the national organization, a

Whatever Vfounda:

\Grand Championship‘honors, but that grade An-

  

digram. The weight, their canal
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‘piish just what is doiie by . ’ ”
of Commerce .
ports would be by the count __a'g ht-as the secre-

   
   
  

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tary of the farm bureau. .

.“The industrial scope of ahy state in the union
is not limited by its borders, The co—operation (it
states in agricultural formation is ﬁrst as essen-
tial as is that of other industries who ﬁnd their
organizations, to be effective, musit be of a na-'
tional character. Each htate organization would

   
    
      
      
     
    
   
   
     
        

position 0: added respm‘sibi-lity. The membership
of the national organization Would maintain head-
quarters, not necessarily, hoWever, in -Washing-
ton, for Chicago is probably. the agricultural me-
tr0polis of the United States. The program of ,
the national body would be to collaborate with
the state bodies, also to maintain a statistical";
~staff. * If present ,. conditions were to prevail, it
Would be the national body Which would advise".
the United States" as to prices for farm products.
And if these are ﬁxed for the farmers’ products,
they must also‘be maintained in proportion as»
against what he buys; ,The national representa-

tives of copper producers are consulted when cop-
per pricesare ﬂxediand also when steel prices -
are to be determined, it is their representative

who participate, so as to allow adequate prices.

The National Chamber of Agriculture would be
the price-consulted body in relation to farm pro-
ducts. The referendum to the respective farm'
bureaus would be to connect agriculture organ-
ically from the bottom to the top. A surplus por- .
tion of crops could be stored; of, for example,
potatoes could be dried, and- thus, prevent the sur-
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saying: “In two years, perhapsthree at the out-
side, Europe’s production of dairy products; will
again reach pre-war normality and then where
are the American people going to ﬁnd a market
for the surplus?" ‘

If the farmer desires to turn his attention to
the production of beef as a supplement to his
dairy, a grade herd is decidedly preferable. Let

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me explain. John Brown has been milking cows
for the last 25 years. ‘ John culls his cows out
every year. Those that get fat when they should

be giving milk he sells to thebutcher. He has
ﬁnally got a strain of cattle that give lots of
milk but do not fatten. If these cows were pure-
breds he would have little show of getting beef , ‘
steers and heifers from them even were he to “
use the most strongly bred beef bull. But John's‘ :
cows are grades. ‘John buys an Angus bull, not a ‘
dairy Angus, for the Angus were originally dairy
cattle, prominent in the dairy shows, and there ‘
are still dairystrains of Angus. He buys I113" ,
bull from a breeder who has sacriﬁced the monthly A
milk check, living on bread and water if necessary
in order to produce the‘ bee—fiest cow possible.
John buys a bull from this breeder, a ‘good bull .
from a good 00w and a good line of ancestors, E

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and presto ‘change, the calves come, every one,‘
a perfect image of the bull except one. That was
the calf of the pure-bred cow which he had bought,
thinking he might start a purebred herd. That
calf was neither a good dairy calf or a good beef
calf.

So I say, the lesson from of the stock show to
the farmer in Michigan is not the fact that Angus
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gus steers won 14 out of, 20 prizes in the Grade .
Steer contest, and 7 out of 10 prizes in the car- ‘
case“ Contest, one exception: being a Galloway
steer, and two werepure-bred Angus. This shows
Michigan farmers the owners of grade milch coWs . » .
may raise very creditable steers without going
into the perilous paths of the pure-bred breeder; ‘ l ‘ A

While the Grand Champion steer this year w
a pure-bred Angus the reserve Grand Champi .
was a grade Angus and for three successive years 3 '
the grade Angus steer took the high honors. , .

Challenger, the Grand Champion Steer of 1903,
was the calf o: a grade Eelstein cow of the can;
ner type. Challengerwunotafreakasthisshm‘
grade Holstein (:01! of the swarm
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. ‘ LA 'Ev’n'r BUREAU NAMED
chin A.- Doelle, secretary and business man-x
_ ager for. the region of the War Industries Beard,

K aim and keep plenty of livestock, as the United

States is expected to‘ feed the world .——IC'ontributed.

‘ SEED BEANS SHOWING PRESENCE

hick Comprises the upper peninsula, has been '

pointed seeretary and manager a: the Upper
ninsula Development Bureau. Until a. few
_ ﬁths ago Mr. Doelle. has been superintendent
of the Houghton and Portage township schools,
_ a position which he held for ﬁfteen years. During
.1113. career as an educator he beans noted for

his hard work, his aggresﬁv‘eness and his ability '

as an organizer- He has been a forceful exponent
of American citizemhip. and as such has been in
‘ demand for a number of years as one of the lead-
ing public speakers. . ,

Born on a St. Clair county farm too small
for a family With eight boys and girls, his edu-

OF BLIGHT; LITTLE ANTHRACNOSE

An amount of blight and-anthracnose sufﬁcient '

to, make these diseases very dangerous to the

crop’ in 1919 has been found in samples is‘seed‘

beans which within the past several weeks have

'been Submitted to the department of botany of

cation was mainly obtained in the school .of hard ,

knocks. Handicapped in his boyhood by the in-
r‘eﬁiciency of the little red school house, his great-
est ambition has been to secure a better system of
rural schools and obtain for the boys and girls
on the farm a practical training for country life
within their own neighborhood. Over .twelve
years ago be outlined. a plan for a consolidated.
rural school fully equipped for teaching agricul-
ture, manual training and home economics, pro-
‘ vided with transportation facilities for the pupils
from and to their homes and intended to serve
as a school center for the surrounding commun-
_, ity. After six years'of patient and persistent
work in shaping public opinion, he succeeded in.
' ’establishing the Otter Lake Agricultural School,

- the ﬁrst of its kind in Michigan, and its beneﬁc-
ient effect upon the surrounding'co‘mmunity has
been far greater than he anticipated.

IRaised on a Michigan farm and .in sympathy
with the'needs of rural communities, Mr. Doelle
‘ is thus well equipped for his work and his inﬂu-
ones should stimulate the Bureau’s work along

- _* broader' lines of agricultural development—00m

tributcd by L. M. G. .

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MACOMB FARM BUREAU PLANS
PROGRAM FOR FOLLOWING YEAR

Macom county farm bureau met on Saturday,
Dec. 14 and made plans for the year 1919 by
electing the follwing projects:

Organization—Farm Bureau co-operative buying
and selling absociations, R ..G Potts, president
Farm Bureau, Washington, Mich.

Farm Finances~Study of cost of producing
c1ops, Orvy Hulett, treasurer Farm Bureau, Ar-
mada, Michigan

Live Stock—~Better live stock, disease cont-,rol
,cow testing association, H. E. Beecher, N =w Bal-
timore, Mich. _

Soils—Drainage fertility, acidity, Alfred Hal-
stead, Washington. ,,

Crops—Standardization, disease control, A. N.
Biewer, Romeo f’“ '

Horticulture—~Standardization, marketing, Mr.
"E. Eckley, Ro-.meo , .

Homes Demonstration—Schools, club work, dem-
onstrations, Mrs. E. Eckley, Romeo.

The program was adopted as a whole and the
county agricultur r’al agent instructed to promote
the plan of work throughout the county '

This marks the ﬁrst big steps in ,the progress
of Macomb county and much credit is due" the
executive board and ofﬁcers for the splendid way
in which the work has been pushed forward.

ADDISON FEDERAL FARM LoAN

ASSOCIATION 'BEING ORGANIZED“; '

- ville,
' Jan

Geo. B. Smith of Addison, is organizing a.

Federal Faim Loan Association. He is being 113-,

~sisted by Mr. Frank Co'Ward, Federal apraiser for"

this district. N
Farinas in Hillsdale, JaCk'son and Lenawee

counties are requested to send in their ‘21)91103“

here at work.

Mr 13mm: and other «local members as dej swungﬁmnsm

M. A. (if or examination. Samples from Ingham,
Kent,‘th‘e “Thumb” and a number of other dis-

tricts showed blightpresent in as much as 10 per

centof the seed. Anthracnose, while not so wide;
spread,»was discovered in 1.4 per cent—of the seed.
Word is accordingly being sent out to growers
emphasizing the need for the careful selection
of beans, with suggestion that particular efforts
be made to see that seed is clean and free from
disease.

' In connection with its efforts to assist in stamp-
ing out of anthracnose and blight in the state, the
department of botany is offering to make free
tests for these diseases if samples are submitted.
These samples can be left with county agents for
forwarding to. the college, or can be mailed di—
rect to the Department of Botany, Michigan Ag-
ricultural college, East Lansing, Michigan. When
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Why Should Consumer Pay 45 Cents a
Peck for Potatoes?

..In a. bulletin of “fair food prices” issued
Nov. 30th by the U. S. Food Administration,
we are told that consumers in Michigan
should pay not more than 35 to 45 cents
per peck for potatoes. We rise to ask why
they should have to pay that much. On
November 30th, the average price paid to
farmers in Michigan for potatoes was $1
per hundred, or 60 cents a bushel, or FIF-
TEEN CENTS a peck. And the city con-
sumer is cautioned that he should not pay
more than THREE TIMES the price the
farmer got for his potatoes! _ If he does pay
more than that someone is proﬁteeringp
Ye Gods, if someone isn’t proﬁteering un-
de1 present prices, then we don’t know the
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is forwarded to farmers by the department, in-
forming them as to whether the seed is safe for
planting.

“There is plenty of good seed in Michigan”
declares Dr G. H. Coons of the college. “The
problem before the farmer is simply to ﬁnd this
seed and conserve it for planting purposes.”

IPLAN TWO-DAY FARM AND HOME

SCHOOLS FOR MANY COUNTIES

A series of tWO- day schools in which represen-
tatives of M. A. C. will meet with farmers and

-- housewives will be conducted in many counties

during January, February and‘ March, an an-

nouncement from the extension department of the *

college relates. In these schools, which will be

(open to men'andwomen alike in the communities

in which. they 'are conducted, helpful facts about
up-to-da’te "agriculture and «housekeeping will be
Communicated by specialists of the M. A C. ex-

» tension staff.

, Bid

'98. and Jan. 9

.p

tiens for loans “at once while the appraiser .is fa and 3541333935,

A partial list of the dates and places for these
extension schools has been given out as follows

St.Clai1' County—.Cottrelville, Jan. 7 and 8; China-
tOD. Jan. 9 and 10; Yale, Feb. 25 and 26 and 3111011-
Feb. 27 and 28 Van Buren county—~Bangor,
7 and 8; Paw Paw Jan. 9 and 10; Gobbleville,
Jan 14 and 15. Bay cOunty—Auburn, Jan. 7 and 8;

iddles, Jan. 9 and 10 houn county
and 10.
Jan. 14 and 15. Branch county~Gilead, Jan. 14 and

; AlgamSee, 13.11.16 and 17.
ergville, Jan. 14 and 15; and Holland, Jan. 16 and 17.
Jackson county—4Jan. 21 and 22 St. Joseph county——
Jan. 21 211111.22. Allegan county—~New Richmond, Jan.
Jan 21 and 22. Shiawassee coun-
and, .Jan. 23 nd 24. TuScola county‘Jan. 21
and Jan. 23 and 24. Saginaw county-Hem-
lock, Jan. 281mm 29; and Jan 30 and 31. Newaygo
Jan. 28 and 29; Ashland, Jan. 30 and
rl'i,eld AEeb.11 and 12; and Brookside, <Fcb. 13
. Kent county-i—Jan 28 and 29 Lapeer coun-

1‘ rich, Jan. '28 and 29; and Burnside,

, Monroe county—~As‘héenter, Feb. 4
forebur , Feb. 6 and 7.
. Feb. 6 and 7. GladWin county
and Beaverton. Feb. 4 and

‘ . 4 and 5'; Millhurg, Feb 11
Feb. 13 and 14. Barry county——

nd Woodland Feb 138.1111

' station.

Icompared with 46,521 in 1917.

Jan. 7 and
Eaton county—Potterville, '

* Ottawa county—Coop— ,

Macomb coun- ,

x a. ------r

Wexford county—Ashmeek, Feb

ade. 18 (119.
n e an b. 26 and 26; and Feb.

20 and 21. Osceola county—Fe
27 and 28. Montcalm county—Greenvﬂle, Feb. 27:
and 28. Alpena county-Mar. 4 and Meoostar
county—~Mar. 4 and 5. '1 Manis'tee comtywnekama,
Mar 4 and 5 , and Kalava, Mar. 6 and 7. Isabella
county—Mar 11 and 12; and 13 and 14. Kalkaska.
county—Rapid City, Mar. 11 and 12; and Kalkaska.

Mar. 13 and 14. Antrim county—Alba, Mar. 11 and 12.

CAN AMERICAN HEMP TAKE ‘ ' - ~
PLACE OF MEXICAN SISAL’I?2I

In the University of Wisconsin bulletin we read: ,
“The ﬁnal step in the elimination of hand labor
from hemp growing has been made in the gather-

.binder, which recent ﬁeld trials have proven sat-

isfactory, according to A. H. Wright, who.is in“:
charge of ﬁber crops at the Wisconsin Experiment

The gather-binder is the result of exper-

imental work done by the International Harvest-

er company: with a view of making the hemp in-

dustry machine instead of hand labor. '

“The new machine gathers and binds from ﬁve

to ten acres of hemp in a~ day, according to Mr-
Wright. It is operated by a four-horse team.“ Al-

though the machine is proving very satisfactory'

in picking up the hemp stalks, some experimental
work is still necessary to perfect it for stalks of
more than usual height.” »

This is another step in the development of the
production of American hemp to displace or at
least control the Mexican Fibre trust.
'have stated at different times, American hemp has
greater tensil strength than sisal and is in fact
superior to that ﬁbre in all its properties. The
only trouble so far has been that since its growth
depended almost entirely on hand labor it could
not compete with the cheap Mexican labor. If it
is possible, however, to introduce machine labor
as now seems likely, the American farmer will
soon be emancipated from the Mexican proﬁteers.
Additionally it will give our farmers another prof- '
itable crop to produce as hemp can be grown for
ﬁbre practically from Kentucky to North Dakota
but for seed only in the semi-Southern states as
it takes about 120 days to mature the seed.

WEST MICHIGAN POULTRY SHOW
TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 14-16

The Grand Rapids Poultry Ass’n and the Grand
Rapids Rabbit Ass’n, will'hold their annual shows
jointly this year at the Coliseum in Grand Rapids.
In conjunction with the event there will also be
shown exhibit by the poultry department of the
M. A. C., and the Kent county farm bureau. The
show will occupy four days, beginning Jan. 14th
and ending Jan. 17th. In addition to the exhibits.
the poultry department of the M. A. C. under
Professor Burgess and the countyfarm bureau
will provide a series of lectures daily on practical
topics, the purpose being to acquaint poultry and
rabbit breeders with the best information avail-

. able for proﬁtable production of these two activ-

ities. Demonstrations will be given both fore-
,noon and afternoon.

MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL BRIEFS
Under the leadership of J. M. Wendt, county

vicinity of
Three Rivers

agricultural agent, farmers in the
Three Rivers have organized the

Co-Operative Ass’n, with a total membership of

more than one hundred. ,
. e :1: t "1
The Grand Rapids City Market, (wholesale)
,has closed its 1917 season with a record of 31,363
loads of farm produce, compared with 25,408 a.
yearago. The attendance this year was 57,710 as
Speaking of the
record thus established, the Grand Rapids Herold
says:

displeased them. But that these farmers did their
absolute best, despite handicaps and discourage.
ments, is attested by the market record. And the
report of the wholesale market only half tells-
the story The municipal retail markets in the ,
last year have become popular with both farmers
and consumers. Hundreds of loads of produc
have been thus sold direct. to the consumer. ~11}:
summing up Michigan’ s splendid contributions
victory, the unﬂagging efforts of the agricu 11
wt should have an important place.”
it I t -

Breakwater farm, in Washtenaw county; .
DurOc Jersey grand championship sow for 8 25
at the International Live Stobk show at Ch;

The Breakwater harm is one of the.

As we- j

.“lh 1918 the farmers were short of labor;"' i
seed was expensive and the 1917 potato ﬁasco had

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in terms of U S. currency.
5 FRANCE '
Retail prices of straw in Paris late in Septem-
.ber ranged from $25 to $50 per ton. Lucerne (al-
.. , ,alfa) was quoted at $58,to‘ $76 per ton; Potato
. prices ranged from $2.22 to $3.00 per bushel; but-
?te'r from 83 cents to $1.02 a pound and poultry
atrom 4'0 cents to $1.82 per pound. Although the
.jiixed retail price of horseﬂesh was 17 cents per
pound late in September, it was sold through un-
wa'uthorized channels for from 41 to 50 cents per
1 pound.
, - ENGLAND V
. Wholesale milk prices in England have been
platted on a scale which stipulates a price of 50
‘cents per gallon between Nov. 21 and December
16. After that date and until May 1, 1919 the
. price is 50 cents to 51 cents per gallon.
V SWITZERLAND

j The ﬁxed wholesale price for potatoes-of the
1918 crop is $1.74 per bushel. PurchasesVVfrom
the producer can be made only by the cantonal
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GERMANY
In September, people were paying $174 per lb.
for saccharine which a‘ few months before sold for
_ about $35 per pound. About September 15, the
price of butter in Berlin was $1.04 per pound and
in Hamburg 98 cents per pound. The ﬁxed pro-
ducers’ maximum price for potatoes during Sep‘
tember was 58 cents per bushel in Brandenburg,
and 52 cents in Bavaria. . I
BOHEMIA
During September, meat in Bohemia cost from
$2.05 to $2.56 per pound and ﬂour was selling for
Slightly more than one dollar per pound. Plum
jam which formerly cost 5 cents per pound retail,
sold during September for $1.25 per pound.

ill!

Retail meat prices during September were:
beef, 31 to 32 cents per pound; and lamb, 33 to
34 cents per pound. The retail price of potatoes
varied from $1.14 to $2.22 per bushel in different
localities. By a recent price-ﬁxing regulation it
will be possible to sell “whitish” sugar for 18 to
19 cents a pound retail.

RUSSIA

Milk has been selling in Moscow under restrict-
ed consumption for about 191/; cents per pint bot-
tle and more lately at considerably advanced pric-
es following the removal of restrictions.

ARGENTINA ,

The Royal Commission in Argentina has purch-
ased cereals for the Allies at the following prices
per bushel: Wheat, $1.56; cats, 45 cents; corn,
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show by the wide variance in different countries
how the war has interfered with normal produc-

    

both. The European prices for the most part
clearly reﬂect the known shortage of foods, but
in cases of regulation, as for instance, the Eng~
lish milk schedule, an artiﬁcial factor is introduc«
ed which must be understood if accurate con-
clusions are to be drawn.

The Argentine grain quotations are especially

of geographical remoteness and lack of adequate
shipping. They have made material advance as
a result of peace.

 

MICHIGAN BREEDERS STRONG

 

movement for absolutely thorough testing of all
pure- -bred and grade stock in the state, and the
elimination of all which react to the tuberculin
test, is the strong‘sentiment voiced by such men
as-D. D. Aitken, and other well-known dairy lead-
‘ers upon this important subject. At every oppor-
tunity Mr. Aitken drives home the necessity of
eliminating contagioiis diseases froni all Michi-
gan herds, and easily proves to the average breed-

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money to the live stock industry-1n Michigan,
“ even tho it may work temporary hardship. ‘

, {At a recent Holstein meeting in Grand Rapids
‘ this-point was emphasized by Mr. W R. Harper,
resident of the was: Michigan Holstein Breed-
9' Ass’ 11, Who recommended that all cattle he

  

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Two Opinions of the Square 5110 . ..

‘ I see the question of 13. Square silo“ has VV _. large‘d

.V’been asked in the M. B F. regarding the ' ‘ ‘ ‘“» ‘- '
square silo. We built one Vin the bay in .

.our barn. It was 10 feet wide, 16 feet, ’pro'tective AMER

ion , b 20 eet de and three ebt in the ,: ﬂ . ‘
groﬁndyon afbrick $2.11. The silafge kept in The Council demanded with; ti;Ve utmost unmi-
ﬁne shape except in the Gamers where it V imity that there be an immediate aiid substantViaV.
did not get ”amped enough and in the -all round reduction ofthe tariff They further re-J-
spring when the ground wastull of water ‘ ,aﬂirmed all the tariff planks in- "the 9113”“ p‘l‘at-
it would seep in thru the brick. -1~think a 1 form. Demand was 3330 made for the publicity
square Silo is Tjust’as good as a round one, . of the earnings of all corporations beneﬂtting by
as I have used both. We v-used our square the tariff: This action was taken so that the pub-V
silo as leng‘ as we owned the ‘farm after it lic may know the". truth or otherwise of the many
was built, about twelve years,vbut the cor- statements that the protected interests are not
ners should be tramped more and I would ‘ making money out of the tariff If they are Sin‘
build it onasolid Wall, level with the ground ‘ care. they will not oppose this demand of the ~
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D D Smith. Presque Isle county V » ' loss accounts, which the public are fully entitled,
to see and examine. ‘

.1“ your ”St is?“ Mr' W' 0‘ H" walk-e“ , “It is also demanded by the Farmers" Platform _, _
“1.1?” a“? regarding the squaresilo. Hav- that henceforth tarimmaking at Ottawa be done .1- ‘
ing had Six different Silos oany farm, three in the open i'nStead‘ of by the secret and 8111)pr
?f thh were square, E, would mOSt emphat- ranean. methods which have been invariably £on4 fr
ically say dont do 71t' It Is very diﬂicult lowed in the past both by the governments and '-
to. get a square silo strong enough so it the protected interests. It is- the intention of the , 3V
W111 not bulge. Everything seems ,to be to farmers that when a manufacturer demands pro» ” V" ‘
the advantage Of the round-Vs1Vlo. If your tection he’shall come before a committee of par-V - i
subscriber is planning on building this Silo VV ‘liament Whei’e'the light of publicity can ,be turned ,
mSlde Of a barn he W111 ﬁnd that the cor- upon his industry and his demand. Publicity ~is_
ners of the square 3110, which will not be the greatest enemy of special privilege. In dew
occupied by a round 8110’ can be used for 'manding.full publicity the farmers are striking
the storage of grain, or something of that right at the heart of the tariff evils.”

kind. Even if such— corners wereVVallowed
to go entirely to waste I would stil recom—
r. F Mmm Sm NATIONAL ASSOCIATION or
FARM BUREAUS ORGANIZED

Northeastc'rn Michigan Development Bureau.

                   

 

 

 

 

 

,age as possible be fresh at the time of sale, or

Although the reports are fragmentary, they.

"tion or distribution of food and in some cases.

-worthy of study as showing the effect on prices.

'tions get therr supply of available nitrogen from

FOR TUBERCULIN TEST _

What may eventually develop into an organized - V .
' supplied this plant. On clay loam little need be

so that it would Vnot‘be necessary to supply much

er that in the long run such elimination will mean '

usigned to the Spring sale not later than Jan; V4
"lid inspected by a member of the sale com. a

 

A number of Michigan county agents attended
tion be tuberculin tested on the West Michigan 3. national convention V°f county agents held in
State fair grounds by government veterinarians conjunction with the International Live Stock

two 01 three days before the_ sale. That 100 cattle Show and were partially instrumental in the
be offered f0, one day sale, 0,. 150 “for a two day organizing of the “National Association of Farm

sale, that the standard of requirements for cattle Bureaus." - "
accepted for the sale be raised, that breeders now The Purpose Of this aSsocration is to get a bet-
select and begin feeding their cattle for the May ter deal for the farmers as W33 admirably ex-
sale and that as many of the cattle of breeding pressed by the President, 13. H.- Heaton, who said:
’ “The farmers were promised $18. 50 for their hogs,
so they fed them thousands of dol"lars worth of
corn that could haVe been used to make corn
- ' _' bread; and they got $15 for their stack. If pres-'
ent high wages of- organized labor, which repre-
sents only 8 per cent of the Natwions population,
China, Canada, and the United States have the . are to bemaintained,‘ then present high prices
greatest coal wealth in the world and the United of agricultural products- must also be maintained”
States has more than China and Canada together —for the owners of about 6,750, 000 farms.

Colin C. Lillie Explains Use of Commercrol §, V _
Fertilizer with Beans to Secure Best Results

I am writing in regards to Sowing fertilizer mend that 300 pOunds of it beapplied before the
with beans and what kind of brand and how. much crop is planted and narrowed into the soil, get. =
per acre My land is clay loam, “Qt very heaVSVV ting it thoroughly mixed with the soil The more E
Where can I get it” I would llkiafsepfllnzgegigf ’ thoroughly fertilizer is mixed With the soil the E
{335235 ﬁggepﬁélﬁiuagﬁoniannre to go around. better results you get. Distribution of the fer-V E
——S. M. F.. Kawkawlin tilizer is very important to get results. .,Now

Theoretically, beans do not require a brand of 100 pounds 9f thls could be applied when the

seed is planted and could be deposited right in the ,
fertilizer containing a largerper cent or nitrogen , d .11 uh m d 1th t
because beans, like clover and peas and alfalfa, I.li‘orwcorn eigegotgzoesmilt :gzldnlildrzdvisable t
_ o
are a leguminous plant and under proper condi ‘ use a- fertilizer containing mere nitrogen than-
thé‘ beans because these crops do not have the:
power of taking nitrogen from the atmosphere. '

On this clay loam‘ soil undoubtedly there is suf-
. ﬁcient potash and I would use a fertilizer 0011‘.
, taming about 2 per cent ammonia and 10 to 12
.' per cent phOSphoric acid You could use fertilizer.”

liberally on these two crops and be practically as» “

sari-ed 0154a paying investment because both plant
are gross feeders :and need plenty ciiood in order-V
to make a maximum growth. _If your soil is fairly

.well supplied with vegetable matter either by di\= 5';
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well along in calf, as such cart ttle usually sell for
better prices.

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the atmosphere, consequently, if. you furnish the
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supplied except phosphorous (acid phosphate) be‘
cause clay soil is comparatiVely rich in potash
and if it has been well tilled, if clover has been
grown in the rotation of recent crops, there is,
undoubtedly a sufﬁcient amount of available potash

   
    
  

   
       
    

  
   
 

   
   

if any in a fertilizer. I an) quite positive that‘V
the most practical fertilizer to use on a bean crop’
under the stated conditions would be acid ph‘osai'
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i h itate to use buckwheat straw for bedding for

' 'v'jest-ible nutiiems

to “force animils togdbnsume it.

owever. feed this buckvvheat straw to cattle, .

it 13 in the barnyardyr in the. stable.- If you

than of bedding

* doing. If you have. plenty of bedding With-
{buckwheat straw, I would feed the buck-
traw out in the birnyard as it is rather
to make a real good bedding. /I would not

‘7 WE CANNOT RECOMMEND HARROUN

STOCK AS A GOOD INVESTMENT

Do you consider Harrounumotor stock a good

inyestment?——Subscribcr, Arenas county.-
No, We do not. Harroun motor stock was sold
on the popularity of Harro'un, the auto racer, and

not on the quality of the car the company pro-*

posed to manufacture. Moreover, considerable
of the Harroun stOck Was sold in' a manner con-
trary to the laws of the state and put the honesty
of the promoters under scrutiny. We don’t know
anything about the Harroun car, except that it is

‘ almost entirely an assembled “job." Few, if any

of the parts are manufactured by the Harroun
people. The car has not proved to be a popular
seller. or caurse, it has not been on the market
very long The company had scarcely got its
plant built arid a few machines turned out when
tithe War started and the plant at Wayne was
;;turned over to government work. The Harroun
company will have to giVe a better account of
itself and its car before we could conscientiously

fretbommend investment in either to our subscrib-

L-fbonds if you’ ve got money to invest?
541/4, per cent interest and long before they are
f redeemable will be selling above par. .

"CHRISTMAS EMBARGO DID NOT

ers.,’ Great guns, man, why don’t you buy Liberty
They pay

APPLY TO BREEDING STOCK

.T e express agents at both Vassar and Reese

; 1 . 11;
' refuse to resolve breeding hogs and poultry for

shipment. They claim they have received no

, notice of ban being lifted on such shipments. I

do not know whether other breeders thrOughout

the state are having the same trouble or not.

.According to. an order issued under date of .

Dec. 12th to all express agents, by the superin-
‘ tendents of the various divisions of the American
“Railway Express 00., an exception was made to

.1. g
E

Gould you furnish me information concerning.»

' the "Christmas embargo’.’ order, to the extent of

accepting shipments of live stock and fancy poni-

try for breeding purposes only. We have requelsti
ed the superintendent of the division in Which i.
f Tuscola county is located to advise the agents at
{Vassar and Reese of this exception.

'5'- NAMES 0F FERTILIZER AND ----- - .
"'- AUTO TRAILER MANUFACTURERS,"

j some ponvienient place in his township, village or city
_ on every 551683 in the month of December thereafter,

gms handling potash for fertiliser. Also what
apartment in Lodging 0':- Washington can I get
etins on 111116,
would like names or. ﬁrmg- manufacturing
railers, Your paper is a great help
.. farmer. —-—F. D JG, H9ward City.

outinental Trailer Cd ,

._..Stone Co,

Q'Co., New Albany, Ind.;
Iﬁdianapolis,1nd.;

11‘s" great Adlﬁi-

. for your cattle, I would plan ‘
on giving them; one feed of mid buckwheat straw
_-y in the barn and utilize what is left over .

potash and much farming. "Q sums

' the
.. GEMS. tor lIIection feesE and uL oLn
- , offers 3’ p

13741 Grat-gi'l.‘ _- '

-Eggert Chemical 00., Canton,‘ Ohio;

’ Clearing HOuse, Detroit, Mich.; Ihterna-

grl. Corp” Cincinnati, Ohio; Jarackl Chem-

al Co” Sandusky, Ohio; Muncey Carthage Co.,

.0 Grand River Ave” Detroit, Mich.; Campbell

Indian River, Mich; Read Phosphate

D. & K. Fertilizer '00.,

Dr Wm. S. Meyers, 25' Mad-

ison Ave, New York City, N. Y.; National Fer-
tilizer Ass’,n Chicago, Illinois.

F‘m‘ bulletins write Division of Publications,

U. S. Departmentof~Agriculture, Washington, D.

C, (or) Michigan Agricultural College, East Lan-

sing. Ezra Levin, of the M. A. C., is one of the
; best authorities in the country on muck farming,

and he will be glad to give you whatever infor-
mation you desire along this line, upon request.

.OATMEAL 5c A POUND IN DETROIT;

8 CENTS A POUND IN CASS CITY

“I have just returned home from Detroit, ” writes
a Gagetown subscriber, “and when I was there I
could buy 5 pounds of oatmeal for 25 cents, and
at home in Cass City it was 8 cents a pound Are
they not pr_oﬂteering?”

This letter was referred to State Food Admin-

istrator. whose ofﬁce advised as follows:

Fair prices for Tuscola county show the max-
imum retail price for rolled oats to be 7c to 80.

.The wholesale price is 51/20 to Sc per 111., to which

is added lyéc retail proﬁt. However, very few
cases would be found where the maximum of 80
would be allowed and these would be caused by
freight and cartage charges at some distance from
wholesale houses. ——Ge0. A. Prescott, Federal Food
A dminfstrator.

 

 

 

OUR LEGAL EDITOR ADVISES

SUPERVISORS HAVE NO AUTHORITY
TO GIVE MONEY TO RED CROSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am writing you for a little information re-'

garding the taxes. Now, the Board of Supervis-
ors has given the Red Cross $14,000.00, which is
supposed to be paid by the tax payers of Emmet
county. Have‘ they a legal right to do that, with-
out putting it to a vote of the peOple. IfeI un-
derstand it right the board of supervisas after
they are elected no man has any jurisdiction over
them, and if so, it's the only state in the union
that the supervisors have it all their own way and

‘ we have one tax collector in each town and they

get three per cent for collecting our taxes. Now,
are they supposed to sit in a bank and receive
the taxes and collect their fees for doing so, or
are they supposed to go out through the country
and,collect them? If so; why not pay our taxes
at the court house, the same as other states do,
and have one man at the court house to collect
the taxes and do away with the other tax col-
lectors at the banks? I am a subscriber to the
MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING and am very much
interested in its work. Please give an answer on
this subject for the beneﬁt of the taxpayers in
Michigan—A Subscriber, Petoskey, Michigan. '

The Board of Supervisors would not have auth-
ority to give $14,000 to the Red Cross. I suspect
in cases like theone cited the Board of Supervis-
ors would have some color of a contract or sim-

ilar arrangement, that upon the face would be

for a valid consideration. In such cases legal in-
vestigation would be required to determine the
validity of the appropriation.

In regard to the tax collector’s fee I can do no

5 better than quote section 4039 of the c. L. 1915,
as follows:

" “On receiving such tax roll, the township treasurer
or 0 or collector shall proceed to collect such taxes.

The township treasurer shall remain in his office at

from 9 0’
Provid
an}; W.

k a m. to 5 o’clock p. m. to receive taxes:
however, That he shall receive taxes upon
day when they ymay be offered, and on all
YO. untarily paid begfor the 10th of January of

gHA ADD ONE PER
all taxes paid on
tenth day of January HE SHALL ADD

'of collecting the taxes remaining
1:}: of urinary the said treasurer

ring
“gable- to no. such tax‘es, if a reel-
, mils usual place of J{res
than d demand payment oft

that month, call personally.

’1E.'Brown Legal Attorney.

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pronounced hopelessly unsound by one of- t

leading veterinary surgeons. Is there a law by_
which the state protects A? Can A be. made to
pay the note? What is the best courSe to take“
in forcing C to take the horse back?—-L. H. A...

'Ionia Michigan. .
If the horse sold is warranted sound and per-

fect, and he is not sound and perfect there is a

breach of warranty and the seller is liable for the *-

damage under two rules. If the horse is return-
ed the purchaser is entitled to the return of his;
note or money paid.

the seller is liable to the buyer for the difference
between the value as he is (in_,the damaged con-
dition)uand the value he would have had had the
horse been as represented. The purchase price
may be considered but the horse perfectly sound
and all right might have .been actually worth more
or less than the purchase price. The condition of
the horse at the time of the sale is a question of
fact and the testimony of the veterinary who has

knowledge of the facts is vadmissable and so would

the testimony of other persons and veterinaries
to contradict. The jury would then determine
what are the faCts and render a verdict accord-
ingly. If the horse is worthless the purchaser
would not be liable to the, seller on his note but
if the horse is not returned as is worth something
he would be liable for the value of the horse as
determined by the jury.

Section 15546, C. L. 1915, provides:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for
sale or sell or trade any horse or mule which by reas—
reason of disability, lameness, injury, or for any other
cause is permanently unﬁt for work except to a per-
son or a. corporation operating a. horse hospital, ani—
mal retreat farm, or other institution or'place de-

signed or maintained for the humane keeping, treat-
ment or killing of horses, mules or other livestock."

Section 15547 provides:

"It shall be unlawful for any person to lead drive
or ride any such animal on any public way for any
purpose, except that of conveying any such animal to
a. proper place for its humane keeping ,or killing or
for medical or surgical treatment; any horse or mule
which, by reason of disability, disease or lameness or
injury, or for other cause is permanently unﬁt for
work "

Section 15548 makes it a misdemeanor to vio-
late and provides for a ﬁne of not less than $10
nor more than $100 or imprisonment not more
than 3 months.

The Way to punish the seller for selling a horse
that is permanently unﬁt for work is to make
complaint for a warrant, have him arrested, con-
victed and ﬁned.

The only way to compel a. return is to take
back the horse and leave it with the seller but if
there is no way to do this an offer to return will
be a defense. '

If horse has not been returned he may defend
against the note in the hands of seller; but if
note is in the hands of an innocent purchaser
for value, he will be obliged to pay the note and

,sue the seller for damages.~—~W. E. Brown, Legal

Editor.

HOW TO DETERMINE POSSESSION
OF LAND IN DISPUTE

I bought forty acres of land from a company
and ﬁnd that there is a family on this land, and
they have no claim to it. I ordered them off
and they refused to go Then I notiﬁed the com-
pany and the company notiﬁed them to move, but
they still refuse to move. How can they be put
from this land, and have I got to put them off or
has the company got to do it?——H. F. 11., Mar-
quette county.

If the purchaser accepted a quit claim deed of
the premises he must regain possession of the
property by his own efforts and at his own ex-
pense. If he received a warranty deed his gran-
tor should put him into possession of the prop-
erty and at his own expense, and if the grantor
fails to do so the purchaser may take steps to
gain possession at the expense of his grantor. If
the perenn in possession came'lawfully into pos-
session he is entitled to notice unless his right

has expired at a speciﬁc date and he remains over

without authority or if he is a mere trespasser
and in possession without a. color of right then
steps may be taken against him without notice.

Complaint should be made before a circuit court

commissioner and" if none resides in the township
where the land is proceedings may’be taken be-
fore a justice of the peace. A circuit court chm-'-

.missioner has jurisdiction anywhere in the coun-

ty. —W. E Brown, Legal Editor.
To get enough satisfactory material for 911

' " . 5 ordina aeroplane aobut 1500 feet of good lumber
ifound to work splendidly ry

must be worked over, the the actual constructipn,
requires only about 200 board feet. ' ..

If the horse is not returned __ "
or if the seller refuses to take back the horse the-n "

 

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, \1918 '

 

 

 

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The New Year

N THE JOURNEY called Life we are

1 soon to pass another mile-stone: We
are on the last lap of a year that, for its ter-
rible tragedies, we would like to blot from
mind forever; but for‘its glorious culmination
it shall forever be enshrined in the memory
of man. ' .

There is no need, and certainly no joy, to
go back over the early events of the year that
is now rapidly passing into history. But in
the windows of many thousands of American
homes are little blue, silver and gold stars
that constantly remind us of the great sacri-
,ﬁces paid to war during 1918. Theefact that

these sacriﬁces were willingly made, and that
because of them peace has come at last to a
I war-torn world, does not lessen the nation’s
grief that 60,000 of her brightest young men
1 died in battle and 200,000 more are coming
home maimed and scarred for life.
\ On the other hand, there is compensation
' for this grevious loss. But for the sacriﬁce
America has made, all of Europe might even
now be suffering in bondage to a Prussian
lord. But for the sacriﬁce, the military ma»
chine of Germany might even now be prepar—
ing for a conquest of America, to repel which
might cost the nation ten times the lives that
have been given.

So'then, in a sense, 1918 gave to the present
generation both its greatest tragedy and its
greatest blessing. -

The year 1918 ended a period of the great-
est destruction modcrn history has recorded.
1919 will usher in a period of unparalleled

be built up again, more solid and enduring
than ever. The causes that make for des-
truction, thru the agency of war, must be per—
manently removed. And so we are about in
witness the formation of a League of Nations
Whose business it will be to police the world
and keep order.

to have lived thru such an epoch-making per-
iod as the year of 1918. We will be doubly
fOrtunatc if we are permitted tosurvive the
coming year and Ibok upon the‘humane and
constructive work that must be carried out.
And just as we who used to read in our his-
tory books about the stirring days when both
European and American history were in the
making and perhaps regretted that we did not
have a part in those itsrring events, so Will
our posterity look back upon‘the years of 1918
and 1919 and envy the rare privilege that
is ours.

 

 

Personal Glimpses

-. E STOOD shivering by the piping hot
radiator in the Detroit interurban wait

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”of a man I had eVer laineyes upon. .38 was
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a. little of all. Nobody wanted to get near
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. tleman. ’ ’

construction. What has been torn down must-

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léﬂt
came.

emerged from What appeared to Lbs-periodic

mental ,stupors aroused my sympathies and

I shortly began to feel sorry for him. As1I

stood. and looked at- him, his draWn, thin face“

seemed to strengthen and take 'on youthful
lines; the slouch went out of his ﬁgure»; the
old ragged clothes were replaced by whole and
clean garments, and in my mind’s eye I saw
him as I ﬁrmly believe he once was, a clean,
digniﬁed young man, perhaps ‘the pride of a

dear old mother Who still waited for him-

back home. He stirred about, and the vision
vanished. He attempted to speak to a/ well-
d-ressed animal who had ventured near to im-

- spect the outcast. But the critter snorted,

refused to be interviewed, and beat a hasty
retreat. Certainly it was no place for a “gen-
The outcast seemed to realize for
the ﬁrst time that he was out of place, and 'I
won’t soon forget that pitiful lock that came
into his eyes as he slowly searched in vain
fora friendly face. I wanted to go up to
him, to talk to him, but what could I say?
He did not look my way, and in a memént or
two he shufﬂed his way out intothe storm.

As I eat my Christmas dinner I know I shall

think .of that human derelict and wonder
what Christmas meant to him.

Will the Farmers be on the Job at Lansing?

HEN THE Michigan ”legislature con:

venes in January will the farmers be. on
the job to look after their interests? Or can
they safely trust the men whom they have
elected to represent them? The Detroit
Board of Commerce, please remember, has
hired a professional lobbyist who is to spy on
the men elected by the people1of Detroit and
report any pending legislatibn considered
hostile to the business interests of the metrop-
olis, regardless of Whether such legislation
meets a. real state need. ‘ ‘

It is bad for the dignity of the state and
for the decency of Detroit that the city’s busi-
ness association should take this long-since
discredited method to inﬂuence legislation
in behalf of the city. Detroit, it would ap-
pear, is getting a little “cocky” over its rapid
growth and prosperity, and now .as it ap-
proaches the million population mark, wants
to run the alfairs‘of the state. Detroit can—
not trust thc people of Michigan to give it a
square deal. Perhaps Detroit does not de-
serve a square ideal, and she knows it. Any
way, if inﬂuence is to be used to discourage
legislation 0, no beneﬁt to industrialism, it
is surely fair and necessary that the agricul-
tural interests of the state employ counter-
acting inﬂuences.

It is certainly to be hoped that the 1919
legislature will. not need any hints or punch-
es from either city or rural folk to delve into
the real needs of the state and pass such legis-
lation as is required to remedy them. There
are several matters of vital interest to farm-
ers that ought to be sifted and settled, but of
these we will speak later in detail. No doubt
the Governor, who has been spending the
greater part of the present month on his mes-
sage, will make some emphatic recommenda-
tions for the solution of certain well—known
agricultural problems. .

Agriculture in other states is receiving most
favorable attention, and the Michigan legis-
lature should be impressed with the necessity
for making such provisions :asscem necessary

to insure greater agricultural development.

and prosperity in this state.

 

Someone ought to tell one‘ Prof. 1Iobbs
1' tractor-in something or other. at the U. of

_ ing room,—~positively the most pathetic ﬁgure . .M., who is still talking about Pres. Wilson 2is

'pro-(Germalnism‘, that the‘_jw.avr is 'over.

 

After next Tuesday, you write it 1919, or

rather youldon’t, at least for 1a few days. “ ,

But a~‘wistfu1, ahn‘bst. entreatingwlock ~

that occasionally. came into his We? as be {141 ct

' Were amass ,. Ithefaceiﬁlthémt
,or. any. owl-5,1119%“ to: men on

”Plus German gentleman who has the proverb-'

.troit. But German bullheadedness has laid

,ltheaamemdment. to no federal newsman

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, g , , thc'faee‘of
earth tulle" confinement-h: the some did:
:cul‘ties and," set-backs. that‘Vhave been visited

uponthe farming ”business and the men en- _..: .-

  
  

gaged in, that business, it WOul'd'soon , pass out
of existence as an ineSséntial and ‘unproﬁt-r 1_
able industry, and the men who support it ‘
would turn to other occupations. .
Talk about farming-being an unproﬁtable“
business, and the "city chap who prides 'him- '
self upon a ﬁrst-hand knowledge of all "things,
says; ‘AHuh'l How do"you expect us to be-
lieve that? Hasn’t the farmer lived and
grown prosperous. alllthcse ..years:? If he’d
been losing .«money, he wouldn’t be in exis-
tence now.” , >- ‘ , . '
Yes, the farmer has survived, but how“! By
working longer hours than any other class of
people In the world, not only every week day,
but every holiday and frequently on Sunday
as well. By requiring/the manual help'o’f 'his. '
wife and children. ‘ By absolutely denying
himself and family the luxuries and pleas-
ures of life. In short, only by excrting<hi1ne
self every moment of the day and by practic-
ing the most‘ rigid economy has the average
farmer been able to survive. -
If every farmer Who found at the end of the
year that "his returns, had not been sufﬁcient
to pay him a fair wage in addition to a proﬁt
on his investment, would close up shop and
get into some other business, it would bring
the world to its senses in short order. But it
is because the farmer puts up with these con-
ditions and survives "despite them that the
world chuckles to itself and says, "‘ Farming
unproﬁtable? .Tell it to the marines.” .

0 Mr. August Marxhausen of’Detroit, like Mr.
Hohenzollern, late of Germany, is in “Dutch. ’ ’

 

 

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ial German love for the wine that sparkles
red, stored about 5,000 quarts of ﬂicker” in
his summer home on Calf Island, “some-
where” in the Detroit river, where it was dis-
covered and conﬁscated by the dairy ~and
food department. Mr. Marxhausen refused
to be reconciled to his loss, and sought the
courts for redress. In his contention he was
ably supported by Judge Dingeman of De-

some mere snares for August’s unwary feet.
August, it would seem, cannot be convinced ‘
that the prohibition law is not a joke. At
least he treats it like one, for on a recent oc-
casion when he entertained Police Commis-
sioner Marquardt and others bf the Detroit
police department, at his country estate, he
playfully hid some of his private stock~in the
Commissioner’s automobile, where it was
found by deputies- of the dairy and food dc-
partment. And now Mr. Marxhausen is
once more in the toils for giving away al-
coholic drinks. The joke seems to be on
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Alfred Bentall, county agent of Allegan
county, says in a recent issue of his Farm
Bureau bulletin, “In times past there has
been too much stress laid on increased produc-
tion and not enough on economical and prof.
itable. distribution.” Shake, Mr. Bentall.
May your tribe increase. V

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room for the boys now in camp, or who will
..‘back from “over there?” Wéll,’ now to a
' up a tree it kinda looks as the there would

‘1' _, ﬁgve to be some changes made all along the line.
,These boys surely are entitleds to. their former
tabs if they want ’em; Farmors can furnish jobs

nor hundreds of thOusands of the boys if they want
to work on farms. Lets of girls Will be glad to

give their jobs to the boys, providln’ said. boys
1 ,‘ake’ said girls along thh the job, scrt 0’ form a ,
partnership, so .to speak, where the boy‘_ can do’

the work and the girl handle the pay for the mut-
ital beneﬁt of both. There will be a great demand
at manufactured products of all kinds and good
prices will. prevail, probably not much reduction
shrug those lines—~the government will look out
for that, for manufacturers Who went into the
war supply business will not stand to lose now
that there is no longer and call for munitions
and such. But what of the farmers who listened
to the call and went in heavy along food produc-
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Let it be understood there is an enormous acre-
age of wheat this fall, other crops and stock are
being, raised in large quantities—in the farmer’s
hands and must stay there until ready for mar-
ket, and what will the market be when this stuff
is ready to go? In years gone by the farmer has
been the ﬁrst to feel the drop in the price of
products. The merchants will receive full value
for all merchandise on hand and prices for him
Will hold until he disposes of what he has on
hand at least. In fact the prices have a tendency
to go up instead of down,- but ,,——well if the farm-
or comes through\whole it will be a miracle, for
it is a matter to study over—the one who is most
ready to answer to the call in an emergency an’
has always been ready, because he has been there
with the goods an’ is still there with ’em—-—by
gosh, he's kinda looked on as are houseﬂies-a
sort of a necessary evil an hard to git rid of un-
lies ess he’s poisened or starved out

Now, the poisonen’ process is slow an’ expen-
sive, but the starvin’ game is quick an’ easy; jest

. cut down on prices until the ‘speculators git the

stuff into their hands, then puff! Up she goes,
an' prices go out of reach an’ folks go hungry
and damm the farmer cause eggs are high an’ but-
ter is scarce, an’ milk costs 12 an’ 14 cents a
quart an' the baby must have it an’ oh, dear, the
the farmer is 'such a pig, don’t you, know. And
that’s the way the thing goes; the farmer 'is
blamed for what he does an’ a darn sight more
for what he don’t, an’. so it's rather hard jest at
this time to tell? what’s goin" to happen.

However, the best thing to do is jest to keep
our shirt, or shirts on, if We have more’n one;
buckle down: to business; keep tab on what’s bein’
done by readin'; M B. F. an’ trust in God and
Uncle Sam to pull us thru. Fair prices to the
farmers means fair prices ”to all With this in
view and with good hope, let’s wait an’ see.~—~
_ Uncle Rube. I ‘ '

EDITORIALS” 1111. OUR READERS .-

(This is an open forum .where our readers may ex-
press their 'viewn on topics of general interest. Stato-
mcnts appearing in this column will not’ necessarily.
indicate our own editorial opinion Farmers are invited.
to use this column.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(,How West Michigan Spud Growers Met the“

. . Grading Rule

1.:
In your last issue you. say, We wish we knew

exactly hdw our readers view the grading propo-
sition" Well say, I live in the center 'of the
northwest quarter of the Greenville potato belt,

6 miles from Grand Rapids. In this section we

» are of the same mind as a year ago about potato
\g’radin'g, only a little

are so; but we are not
lrry‘i’n any more. ehaye nd a way to get
‘ e potato grading proposition and get

1 es than] ever before and sell thom' field

. ur potatoes are now. trugl’sed into:

said direct to the. consumersg7.;‘
1:, prides than; we 113111111131r ‘.

re than 011%qu

. . cent.

“ pi m.
" barrels of money was able to put it over, but it

Wﬁrfal.

1 Gem Tmfaﬁt, Coral, Howard City, 219mm,:
Samd Lake, Cedar Springs, Sheffield, Evans- and

Harvard are get-ting but very few potatoes, for

which they can: blame the man who fathered the '

Mate grading abortion, for such it will prove to

be. Grading hits the consumer just as hard as. .

it does the-grower, for the reason it shortens the
crop fully one- third any and all years, and raises
the price in proportion. .Here is the main reason
grading is all wrong: Dry Weather early frosts,
or a dozen other things will happen to the crop
in large sections of the country every year to
make them grade below No. 1.—A. A. L. Cedar
Springs.

A Country Contemporary Likes M. B F. Idea
In spite of 'the fact that we most reluctantly

suspended publication more than a year ago a

number of exchanges have been regularly coming
to our desk. _None has been more welcome than
MrcmoAN BUSINESS FARMING. There is a reason
why we, are not farming. but we know consider-
able of the farmer and his problems. Whilst it
would be stretChing the thing to say that you have
a. panacea for all ills to which. thefarming busi~
ness- is heir to we lean to. the idea that he must

be a pretty bigoted farmer who cannot get some ‘

good out of the medicine you offer him so cheap-
1y We have given many of our copies away to
farmers but have no means of knowing whether
such missionary work has put any names on
your subscription list Yes, even politically we
agree with you on most issues. It is truly sur-
prising how many there are who have an idea
that they could run the war so very much better
than President Wilson, but we also note that very
few of the ilk did anything worthy of record to
help win, Only a small percentage of criticism
is constructive. In fact our sympathy with your
general policy, aim and objects, and our unshaken
faith in and love/for the newspaper job makes
us almost wish we were one of your production
family-~Jame9 W. Betts Middleton Record, Mid-
dleton, Michigan.

Saginaw ngunty Farmer Appreciates Work'

of M. B. F. and Milk Association

Dear M. B. F. :—Thank you for the kind words
for the three subscriptions I am after two more
to fill out the ﬁve blanks. You are very welcome
for my work in this uplift. We farmers down
here are very thankful to the M. B. F. for the
grand work it is doing for We, Us & Co. also the
great efforts of Sec Reed and the milk organiza-
tion. As a whole they have beneﬁted the farmers
this yea-r millions of dollars. Thanks thanks!
Never before did the farmers get a lift, so much
needed and in a time when it was such a beneﬁt
to the' whole country and busineSS as well. The
farmers are the mud sills of the whole business
effort and every business enterprise should do all
in its power to help get farmers good prices for
their crops, and in that way get the cash into
the hands of their customers, as farmers want
\money f01 no other purpose than to spend for
necessities of life We can step into the stores of
any town and see the farmers paying cash for
what they wa;nt a strict busineSS beneﬁt—Chas.
P. Douglas Saginaw county.

DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE EESCRIBES
HOW TO PROTECT WINTER WHEAT

Straw. spread thin and evenly over winter wheat
before severe cold weather and at the rate of one
to one and a half tons to the acre may prevent
winter-killing. In severe winters the straw may
help to carry the crop through safely and prevent
complete failure, say specialists of the United
States ‘ Department of Agriculture, but if the
season is favorable the straw has no effect on the
crop 'except‘through the addition of mineral and
organic matter it contains. The unusual impor-
tance ‘of wheat, and the disastrous winte1 of 1916-

.. 1917, when about one- -third of the winte1 wheat
have

acreage of the country was winter killed,
all stimulated interest in this subject.

. There is always some winter- killing of wheat
the average for the last ten years being about 11 9
per cent of the crop Some years the losses
amounted to less than 3 per cent of the acreage
sown, hut in other years it is very high, as in the
winter of 1916-1917, When it amounted to 31 per
As it is impossible to foretell‘a severe win"-
tor, it is best to apply straw, if‘it is net needed for
feeding or bedding, and thus be prepared. Wheth—

1er’3neoded or not to protect: the wheat, the straw-

Wi . be of” value by adding fertilizing material, as

812th of straw is about equal to one ton of barn—

rd. manure for the pun; food contained. To

be of greater value to the wheat crop the straw

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Don’t be too contented!

one—don’t let them put you to sleep! Wake up,
Brother! Contentment far too often is just intelé'
lectual stagnation. Don’t be a slave! to authority,

a blind follower of precedent clinging, through a113~~

these pregnant, progressive years, to the outlived
methods and ideas of a long- denad past. Such con-
tentment will bring you poverty instead of riches
contempt instead of honor, oblivion instead of
success. Perhaps the germ of great achievement

plumbers on in your heart, because you are——con-

tented!

Be unsatisﬁed—but cheerfully and hopefully so!

Let dissatisfaction be a spur to greater effort—
and may itdrive you till you are weary—till you.
have accomplished something worth living for.
See m.,ore study more, learn more, determine "more,
achieve more!
the truth! Let no opportunity escape that can
help you onward and upward; but.
“Grasp the skirt of happy Chance
And breast the blows of C111 umstance
——Dr. W. 0. Abbott
NO“ DE PLUME
“What is the name of that handsome prisoner?"
asked the impressionable young woman.
“No. 2206, miss.” replied the guard.
“How funny! That can’t be hisreal name."
“Oh, no, miss, that’s his pen name!”

Whenever a young man works simply for the
pay he receives. he does both himself and. his
employer an injury.

.1 STRING TO IT

On the examination paper of an engineering col-
lege one of the questions ran: “What steps would
you take in determining the height of a building
using an aneroid barometer?” Answering. this.
one youthful aspirant wrote: “I would lower the
barometer by a string and then measure the,
string.”

RECIPE FOR HEALTH
Full many a man both young and old,
Has gone to his sarcophagus
By pouring water, icy cold,
Adown his hot esophagus.

JUST LIKE HOME

A French soldier who came proudly up to an
American in a certain headquarters town the
other day asked:

“You spik French?”

”Nope,” answered the American, “not yet."

The Frenchman smiled complacently.

“Aye spik Eengleesh,” he said. The American
grinned and the Frenchman looked about for some
means to show his prowess in the foreign tongue.
At that moment a French girl, very neat and trim
in her peaked hat ,long coat ,and high laced boots,
came along. The Frenchman jerked his head to-
ward her, looked knowingly at the American. and
said triumphantly: “Chicken."

The American roared

“Shake,” he said. extending his hand.
don't speak English; you speak American!

“You

Carry yourself with a self—confident air, an air
of self-assurance, and you will not only inspire
others with a belief in your strength, but you
will come to believe in it yourself.

(‘IIANGEABLE
A sergeant was trying to drill a lot of raw re-
cruits. and after working hard for three hours
he thought they seemed to be getting into some

,. sort of shape, so decided to‘test them. .

“Right turn!" he cried. Then before they had
ceased to move, came another order, “Left turn!"

One hoodlum left the ranks and started off to-
ward the barracks room.

‘Here, you!” yelled the angry'sergeant.
are you going?”

“I’ve had enough” replied the lecruit in a dis
gusted tone. “You don’t know your own mind

1'!)

for two minutes runnin .

“Where

SOME .1011

An old Scottish farmer was being drilled by a
government ofﬁcial as to what he was to do in the
event of a raid by the Germans on the east coast
of. Scotland. ,

”All live stock of every description must be
branded and driven inland.” 7

The old fellow looked the picture of despair.

“Dearie me!” he said;

.awful job wi’ ma bees.”

SAFE , ‘

Passing the “Blue Lion,” the priest caught Pa.
coming- out with a jug 33"».
“Pat, what is it you have in that jug?” as

- the reverend gentleman, looking very solemn ,7

f‘VV-hdskey, sorr,” answered Pat.
’ “To whom does it belong?” asked the good
. “To me and my brother John, sorr” -

"Well, Pat, pour yours out and be a sober

“I can’t sorr," answered Pat, “mi 02s”

1

. However pleasant your
surrdundi‘ngs, however placid. your relations wiﬁag
. our fellows, however self-satisfying your spin.

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e Argentine authorities by no
,means agree with the American Food
Administration actuaries that there
is a present or immediately prospective
wheat crop in the world. On the con-
tra'ry, the Times of Argentine, Oct. 28,
grind: “There is not the slightest
{doubt in our mind that there has
been an over-production of wheat in
_ the world this year; and if the war
" ~‘jsf‘,nds,’or even it the war does not end,
'1 Argentina will feel the effects or that
over-production.”

7‘ “This belie: is based on the usual
demand of importing countries of
about 12 to 13 million tons per annum,
bought trom Russia, United States,
Canada, Roumania, India, Australia
and Argentine. Eliminating Russia
and Roumania entirely it is known

    

  

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    
 
  
 
 
   
  
 
   
  
   
   
 
   
   
   
  
  
  
    
    
   
    
  
   
   
     
    
   
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
    
    
   
  
  
   
 
 
    
   
 
  
  
  
  
  
   

began the problem of enough wheat
had been solved. "North America has
more than taken the place of Russia
and Australia and promises to oust
Argentine” from the European mar-
kets. Before the war began the var—
ious exporters sent 13 million tons to
Europe. Excluding Russia and Ron-
manja. entirely The Times ﬁnds prob-
able over-pluses on July 31, 1919, of no
less than 13,750,000 tons for that crop
year alone, not to. mention 2.5 million
tons of old wheat in Australia. Says
The Times: ”it may be said that we
_ are indulging in wild guesses regard-
ing the Argentine and Australian sur-
pluses for the year (4,000,000 and
1,750,000 tons respectively), but we
I, may say that the surplus could be al-
' 1.. most double the ﬁgure we have cited,
it full crops are vouchsafed. We are
estimating the Argentine exportable
surplus for the crop now nearing frui-
tion at only 2 500, 000 tons, for we cal-
culate that we have 1,500,000 tons of
the old crop to carry over. ”

 

 

 

 

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, The wheat situation is covered so
completely in our leading article on
page one that there is little further
to add here Fear is expressed in the
daily press that the removal of ﬂour
restrictions means higher prices. They
base this view upon the advance of
, wheat since the restrictions were tak-
. on off. The fall crap is still in ﬁne
-~ condition, and the growth is far above
normal as a result of the, mild weath-.
or. To safeguard the plants, how-
ever, many sections are in need of
snow, as any considerable spell of
- freezing weather coming when the
ground is bare would work great dam-
age to the crop.

   

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. Cats are in about the same position
[as last week Supplies at country ‘ele-
atom is small,_ owing to the difﬁculty
'” farmers have had to get their crop to
market because oi the abnormally
.ad condition or the roads. Both do-.
:11;qu and foreign demand has slack—
send is not, considered much or a
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DETROIT Parlour declined 65 cents a barrel;-
‘ to $47 and middlin'gs from $37.50 to $50. Poultry unlit; eggs lower; vegetables

,9 . g TIME FOR ACTION

, The removal of restrictions on prices of bran and "‘middlings',
I should call forth the honest pretest of everysfarimr Who had to

buy these feeds. What a travesty of justice that the price of the

farmer’s wheat should be ﬁxed, and the by- products of that wheat
which he has to buy back to feed his cattle should be permittcd to

go to whatever levels the proﬁteers desire.
rage against the farmers of the nation. The situation calls for ~
plain words, and instant, organized, uncompromising action. We

are wiring our congressmen and the Food Administration today

calling their attention to this impOsition. It may do no good but

if not, we want to know the reason why.

81-311 9dvnn'oos from $35. 50

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are expected to remain about where
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GRADE Detroit . Chicago New York
No. 2 Ydlow
No. 3 Yellow 1.55 1.48 1.7.
No. 4 Yellow 1.50 1.40 1.65
The government report and the

shortage of supplies on terminal mar-
kets have been bullish factors in the
corn deal for more than a week, and
more confidence is shown in the fu-
ture of themarket than for some
time. Speaking of the situation, a
grain trade journal says: “The mar-
kets were somewhat surprised at the
shrinkage in the corn acreage report-
ed by the Bureau of Crop Estimates
Yet there was really no distinct cause
for surprise; for, as Mr. Goodman
has pointed out, downward revision of
the crop has been repeatedly made in
the December report and may always
be expected in the ﬁnal estimate.
when for the ﬁrst time during the
season, after the ﬁrst deﬁnite esti-
mate of the plantings is given in July.
is any note taken of the abandoned
acreage of corn. If regard for this
fact had been borne in mind, it would
have occurred to the trade that the
acreage shrinkage should have been
large this year in view of the calamity
to the crop which struck the SouthWest
and of the increase of the spring
wheat acreage in some of the corn

, states.

“Two factors at least may always
be counted upon as characterizing the
ﬁnal, or December, Report (1)
that the estimate of abandoned will
shrink the corn acreage and total
yield but not the average yield; and
that all the “ﬁnals” for the year’s
crops given in the previous December
report will be revised in the current
report. These changes are not vital

of course,".b’ut they do' to some extent"
modify the sums total for the various
carry-overs as estimated from the evi-
dence of this ’report,.and thus affect \
future commitments.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 1 Standard No. 2

”"hl' Timothy no Timothy
Detroit 27 5. 28 0° 26 5. 27 00 25 50 16 0.

ago 30 00 32 0. 29 00 3' 0° 28 .0 29 O.

til-uh 28 75 29 0. 23 25 23 75 27 5. 2. .0
Pitt'hll’xh 29 $0 30 00 28 00 29 W 27 .0 .28 .0
NowYork 35 00 37 00 34 00 3. 00 33 0° 35 N
Rich-old

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Detroit .26 50 27 0° 22 50 23 00 21 50 22 00
Chicago 28 0° 30 00 28 00 29 00 1‘ 00. 25 00
Cincinnati 26 00 27 0° 25 0° 25 00 2‘ 00 25 00
Pitllburth 27 00 28 on 27 00 28 00 26 .0 27 .0
New York 33- 00 35 00 23 00 31 09 23 00 31 00
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Hay is rapidly accumulating on all
markets and somewhat lower prices
may be expected.

hay has been very large the

past

mOnth and the mild weather has’been'

a bearish factor in more ways than
one. -« So much hay has accumulated

. at the Boston terminal that an embar-.

go has been xilaceLby one railroad
The Hay dec Journal gives the fol.
lowing excellent review of the hay
situation for the week ending Dec. 20:
“The markets we Inactive generally,
due to the holiday dullness of whole-
sale trade and supplies are very ample
for present needs , There are a few
exceptions due largely to local inﬂu-
ences, but as a whole there is more

hay in sight than can be absorbed in'

the next few weeks: Country loading
is being hindered by bad roads, and
farmers are slow sellers ~due to the
lower range of values. This may have
some inﬂuence on future conditions
There is a large amount of hay at
cantonments which is being offered
for resale by the Government as it is
no longer needed and this with the
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THE WEATHER

As torecasted by W. T. Foster

FoINr’o Woolhor for ' 19

Cold~

‘Warm

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 28,1918.
w~Last bulletin gave forecasts of dis-
turbance to cross continent Dec. 30
to Jan. 2, warm wave Dec. 29 to Jan.-
1, 'cool wave Dec. 31 to Jan. 4. Gen-

downward to Jan. 7. Precipitation
not excessive. Storms a. little more
forceful than the average. Fairly good

favorable to winter grain.

Next warm wave will reach Yan-
couver about Jan. 7 and temperatures
will rise on all the Paciﬁc slope.

    

 

 

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oral trend of temperatures will be.

cropweather but some indications not. '
est storms of the month are expected,

.3 It ,
‘ llcg'oss crest at Rookies 11 coldse or. ‘
Jan:

platnom sections ﬁﬂawal‘l -- ~

EOR THE WEEK l

lVllCHlGAN Business FARMEB
,foundland about Jan. 12. Storm wave
will follow about one day behind warm
wave and cool Wave about one day
behind storm wave.

Cold weather is expected near Jan. _
‘7. Some of my readers forget and
this makes it necessary for me to re—

peat that for Jan. 7 means for mer-
idian 90, and you must make the us-
ual allowance as to time, all these dis-
turbances move eastward. This dis-
turbance and others to follow will
cause a great rise of temperatures.
particularly east of the Rockies, from.
near Jan 7 to near Jan. 22, And pre-
cipitation during that time will be less
than usual. Precipitation means snow,
sleet or rain. The storms that grow .
out of this disturbance will be of less »
intensity than usual.

January will average colder than
usual; less precipitatio than usual; .
generally not goo croweather.
month for Winter grain. The sever—

 

 

 

during ﬁrst week. As an ayera‘go the
month will be quiet and dry.

The movement of ,

Choice round Round White
Market: white-locked Ilk
Detroit. I I.” M. 1180 out.
. icon, 1.7. \ 1.60
Cindi-Ill 1.90 - I.“
New Yorh 2.50 2.40
Pittsburgh ' l.” 1.80

hot on the Whole has been steady.’ hi
‘ week.- This is the ﬁrst weekn tor ‘

        
      
       
   
 
    

 

 

 

 

 

GRADE
._ ." a 9.90 .
Red Kid-on 13,50

 

Beans arp steady and inactive. Deal»

.’ers supplies that were largely taken'jgf'lyf

up by government orders Several
weeks ago have been replenlshed and

waiting for the trade to pick up. Mich-Q

igan bean jobbers expect to receive an— ’
other large order from the Food Ad- _
ministration which will take up the >
slack in the market and possibly mean
'slightly higher prices. However, so
long as the jobbers depend upon the'
government to absorb the bulk of
Michigan's crop, there need be little

hope that the market will advance to , i

any appreciable extent, as the govern-

~ ment positively will not go above its ‘

present ﬁgures, and the bean- men will’

not pay the farmers any more for. :.

beans than they can get out of them. '
Should the private demand pick up
so that the bulk of the trading may
again be on a speculative basis, there
might be hopes for higher prices. A

subscriber complains, that his local el-

evator buys beans for a time and then

’ “lays off” from buying, and he wants

to know what can be done about it.
Nothing The elevator is simply try-
ing to live up to its agreement not to
pay less than $8 for beans. When it
has enough to ﬁll all orders, actual
and anticipated

in. Don’t worry about the bean sit-
uation. Every farmer will get his $8
a hundred. if not more But don’t
hold too many beans It has been the
steady feeding of the market that has
kept it in good shape Keep the beans

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The anticipated slump in potatoes
during Christmas week has not ma—
terialized, supplies being only suﬂi-
cient to care for a surprisingly ac—"
tive demand. Elsewhere in this issue
is printed the U. S. Bureau of Mar-
kets review of the potato Situation.
It looks mighty encouraging to the -
farmer who still has potatoes to sell. '
Read it over carefully. The ﬁrst of the
year should see a decided strengthen-
ing of the market, particularly it cold
weather comes, and it now looks as .
tho winter had actually arrived. High-
er potato prices may be expected with«
in the next two weeks. ‘

    
        
 
   
     
   
       
      

    
      
        
   
  

 

 

 

 

 

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”—1; Hm:'._'0 Q.ﬁQ~Q‘,D‘ to; '

V: r w Vjv’31

,- Lper, - pound-

marked as to have any

lithe price. Firsts are very: -

as compared to the quantity

“and higher scoring butter.

.. vail'iible‘ Seconds have mov- -
‘hptltle more treely during the week

. _ se or' a near depletion of storage -
poke which alloWs the lower grades 7

to , o've more freely. Unsalted butter
.. scarce and hardly enough is
and $1,118 to supply the demand. The

wing are the quotations that have "

prbvailed throughout the week Ex—
917536} higher scoring than ex-
0. to 70%,c; ﬁrsts, 64 to 6835c;

', 59 to 6395c The differential ~

Demand for poultry continued light

right ,up to Christmas. The warm,

weather forced holders of dressed
stock to put it Qn to the market, with

" the result that the demand for live

oultry fell off. Prices ranged as fol~

j ,0ws: ‘No. 1 springs, 27 to 28c; small ‘

_, "springs,‘25 to 260;, hens, 26 to 27c;
small hens and Leghorns, 22 to 23c;

: ‘ roosters, 19‘ to 20c; geese, 26 to 270;

‘ dueling-32' to 350; turkeys, 34 to 35c

. . » LIVE stock

"',East Bufalo Live Stock Letter
:~, East Buﬁalo, Dec. 23 s—Dunning' &'

Stevens report: CattlevReceipts, 150
cars; good grades steady, others slow;
_-{ prime heavy steers, 317 to 318; best
shipping steers, $15 to $16 50; medium
1 shipping steers, 312 50 to 314; coarse,
313 to 314. 50; best native yearlings,

. :950 to 1,000 lbs, $15 to -;$16 light na:

tiye 1536914111188, good quality. 312. 50 to
314;“ best handy steers, $12 to 313;
Mr. to good kinds; $10 to $11; handy
Steers and heifers, mixed, $9. 50 to

1.310 50; western. heifers, 310. 50 to $11;

Héetmt cows; $9 to 310; butchering
We, 37 to '383 cdtters, 36 to 37; can-
hers,- 35 50 to 35. 75; fancy “bulls, 310. 50
1:03:11; butchering bulls, 38 to 39;

- common bulls, $6 to 38" best feeders,
:900 to 1000 1‘an $.10. 50 to $11; med-
tum feedens, 38 50 to 39; stockers, 36
to 37; light common. 35 to $6; bés‘t
milkers and springers $100 to 3150;

pmedium milkers and springérs3 75 "
to’ 39:0 common, $50 to 370. Hogs, «
receipts, 140 cars, steady; heavy and ,_

Y0rkers, $17. 70; pigs, 317 to 317. 25;

:g-Sheep Receipts, 30 ,cars; 3 steady;
top lambs. $115. 50;

yearlings, 311' to
31.2; 'wethers, 3'9 to 310; ewes, 38. 25

' to 38.. 50. Calves, $7 to $20. 25

Detroit Live Stock Market
(BﬁU Bureau of arkets')
Detroit; Lee. 23 .-—-Cattle:
eady,. best heavy steers, 312. 50 to

3163 best handy weight, butcher steers», '

310 to 31,1. 50; ,mixed steers and heif-

:, 61's. 38 to 3103713511633 light butchers,

,u

3. . . , , .
cows, 36'. 75 to 38; cutters, ,36 50: can--

11, s, 35. 75 to 3625;111:311 heavy bulls,

' bologna hulls, 37.5,0 38. 50;

feeders,

.310; gtockers, 36. 50 to 38; milk?
(I springers, 360 to 312:5 Veal

'SWcr-binls, 36 50 to $7 25$"o

Market steady; best
hers,»37 to 316 Sh
t 61.1 b

. 'business, and
n time», before
; conditipns agorighted The G0verns

:Wayne county farm bureau.

Market

ill be some little
5 Very uniortu'nate

intent has been active in stimulating
productfon of live stock and creatmg

' ', a market for the meat but has done
._ nothing to increase the slaughtering,

storing and distributing facilities of
the country. It all goes to show that

‘any interference with the natural laws

of supply ‘and demand is dangerous
and leads to much trouble. —0maha
Joumal-Stockman.

CONSUMPTION OF WOOL
IS MUCH INCREASED

‘ An increase in consumption of ap-
proximately "‘1,700,000 pounds of wool,
grease equivalent, ‘is shown for the
month of October, 1918. over consump-
tion during September; the October
utilization being 60,000,000 pOunds.
grease equivalent, as against 58,300,000
pounds » used during September. This
report is made by the Bureau of Mar-
kets United States Department of Ag-
riculture.

Stocks of wool consumed during
October, in pounds, by classes, as given
by, the bureau were: Grease, 36.165,-
727; secured, 10,817,372;
709. 410.

The report shOWs Massachusetts as
being the largest consumer, followed
in, order by Pennsylvania, New J ersey,
-Rhode Island, New York, New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut, Ohio and Maine.

co OPERATIVE MARKET-
ING SAVES MONEY

Approximately 32,154, or an average
of 11.3 cents a pound on acarload of
wool, Was saved by, the farmers of
Waynmcounty, N. Y., through a co-op-
erative arrangement started by the
When
the cooperative enterprise was under-
taken last spring the farmers were
paid 67% cents a pound. An addition

‘ dividend of $1,528.01 has just been’re—

ceived from the buyers, which, brings
the average price of the wool a pound
up to 73.8 cents. When the interest
is received the farmers will have been
paid 75.3 cents ~a pound. The farmers
of the county seem to think the farm
bureau is responsible for a very suc-
cessful undertaking.

,WINTER MILK PRICE WILL
' ‘PROBABLY REMAIN AT' $3380

The price of $4 for 3.5 per cent milk
delivered Detroit which the‘Milk Com-
_mission ﬁnally decided upon after one
'01. its ~most strenuous sessions, will
probably remain with perhaps'slight

, wariations thruout the balance of the

winter months. The majority of the
‘ farmers are satisﬁed with this price;
' others are not, but it is not believed

that there will be any serious friction

, as a result of ﬁxing this price.

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County Crop, Reports
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has. 'a good t'op,
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shape :

ted: at Petersbur’g

" : Dec. 21

pulled, 1,- '

-- , Washington

15 to 20 "apples. 31' ——G G Linwood,

Ingham (CenWEZ)—Dark cloudy
weather. Quite a bit of light rain
Nonfrost in ground. Winter crops look
ﬁne;-grass is still green. Stock get-

,tin'g part, of living out yet, will help

out feed some, Which is quite short;
all stock looking good. The follow-
ing prices were quoted at Mason this
week: Wheat 32. 07 to $2.10; oats,

Crop Moving Rapidly and Remain-
‘ ing Stock Much Less

Than Last

.- Year

The potato movement is now at a
point which permits comparison with
the preceding season. The bulk' of
shipments after November are from
the thirteen states. California, Idaho,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada,
New York, North'Dakota, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Washington and Wis-
consin. The'remaining states at this
time of year have practically com-
pleted their shipping season or are
small shippers, none of these small
shippers exceeding totals of ﬁve hun-
dred cars. Thus it may be assumed
that the remaining stock of the seas-
on is mostly in these thirteen states.

For the season to Dec. 2, inclusive,
this group of winter and spring ship-
ping states has moved 60,371 cars,
compared with 46,046 cars for the
corresponding time last year, a gain
of 14,325 cars this year, notwithstand-
ing this year’s much lighter crop.

The average Volume of a large num-
ber of oﬂicially recorded carlot ship-
ments from three prominent shipping
sections, east and west, this year is a
little over seven hundred bushels per
car. Applying that ﬁgure: to the crop
yield for the two last seasons gives
319,772 cars for 1918, based on the
oﬂicial October estimate which was
stated as 223,840,000 bushels, compared
with 354,085 cars, or 247,859,000 bush-
els, the ﬁnal 1917 estimate for these
thirteemstates" -

Last season’s shipments of the thir-
teen states to this time were 467,046
can: out of a season’s total for the
same states of 102,218. The ship-
ments were about 29 per cent of the
total estimated crop of these states.
Some states. like Colorado, shipped
about 9:10 of the total estimated crop.
Other states. like New York, having
many nearby markets shipped in Parlots
less than 1-5 of the‘state's estimated

plowing yet; some corn out. ,

all threshed, 60 per cent of them

on the market ,.

were quoted at St. Charles this week

Wheat, $2.10; corn, 65; oats, 6,7 rye,

$1. 50; beans $8; potatoes, 31; he! “

20; .

fat, 65; eggs _;57 beef steers ,6) 0;.

beef c,ows 5 to 7; veal calves“, 10'
L. St Charles Dec. 20.

total crop. The average shipments were

nearly 29 per cent of the crop. With-g ;
out doubt the larger proportion of the 3 '3

crop is shipped in years when the
crop is short, but as the crop this year
is a large one it may be assumed, to'
reach a basis of comparison, that-'
about the same proportion of the crop
will be shipped this year as last year.'.»

On that basis this year’s total 81119:}.

ments for these states will be 29 per
cent of the yield of 319,772 cars or
93,644 cars, compared with 102,218,
last year's totals for the same states.

Deducting the 60,371 cars already
shipped leaves 33,273 cars yet to come,
compared with 76,172 cars which were
still to be shipped after December 2 .
of last year. Reckoned on this basis.
the remaining commercial cnrlot stock
of potatoes is less than one-lmlf that
which was on hand at the correspond-
ing time last year

However, the actual shipments will,
no doubt, respond decidedly to (hang-
ing market conditions. Thus, in 1916
the proportion of carlot shjpmcnts to
the total crop was very high. because
nearly all reserves were brought out
by the rapid advance of prices toward
the end of the season, Last year it
was reported that considerable avail-
able stock was not shipped because of
low prices. Unfavomble conditions
of transportation also. reduced _the
shipments at times and perhaps af-
fected last year’s total
shipments. >

On the other hand it appears that,

the volume per carlond is larger this

year Recent average carlots from
Presque Isle. Mainc. were reported,

averaging 160 bushels heavier than?»

for the cmresponding time last year.
Very heavy loadings were reported
from eastern points. If it be assumed:
that the loadings average only'410 per,-
cent heavier than last year the stock
shipped this year would be increased
to that extent. as compared with last
.year. The following table shows these
ﬁgures, arranged in detail for the thir-
teen states mentioned:

 

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October fore-
cast, 1918

 

California __ 17.006
Colorado .__ 11,629
Idaho 6,547
Maine ,_ __ __ __-____ 34,637
Michigan ____________ 43,267
Minnesota -__ 45,759
Nevada 2,504
New York-L. Island ..——--
Other New York ______ 46,637
North Dakota __ __ ____ 14,117
Oregon -__ ,_ __ ______ 8.036
Pennsylvania __ 32,906
‘ 11,900

- Wisconsin __ 44,827

Production in Car TLnadS

CROPS 1917 AND I918
l Car Loads oShlecd
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this

‘ season to
date, Dec. 2.

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season
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season

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to

4,884
3,346
8,840
780
3,204
1,945
201
445
2,038
999
' 49,997 9,493 6,431

 

 

 

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554,085 60,371 46,046

 

 

 

 

 

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Carlo a

Date- ' : ' ,Crop’Cars Shipments Total cars ab!

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319, 772 60, 371 .

102,218; .
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having time most beautiful weather.
Farmers are putting up Wood; ‘SOme

are cutting logs. Bean prices are

unsettled. Not much bei’ngsold. The‘

llowing quotations at Traverse City
his weekz- Wheat, $2.07; corn, $1.40;
cats, 75;
tatoes, $1. 20 cwt.' , onions, $1. 50; but-

ter, 50; butterfat, 73; eggs, 61. ——C'. L.-

B. Williamsburg. Dec. 19.-
Lapeer (East)——Weather is bad at

1 present; quite a little rain; roads are

wary muddy Looks as though we
are going to have a mild winter. Not
much produce moving on account of
the bad roads. The following prices

were quoted at Imlay City this week:‘

Wheat, $1.95 to $2.10; cats, 68; rye,
$1.40 to $1.50; hay, $18 ‘to $29.; We
straw, $5;'beans, $7 to $7.75; red kid-
ney, $8; potatoes, 60;.onions, $1.50
hens. 22 to 25; ducks, 25; geese, 27;
butter. 55; butterfat, 68; eggs, 60;
sheep, $5 to $8; lambs, $12; hogs. $14
to $16; beef steers. $7 to $8; beef cows,
$4 to $5; veal calves. $14 to $16.—C’. A.
1%.. [Inlay City. Dec. 21.

Branch (N0rth)—Farmers doing
chores and cutting wood. Weather is
warm and wet. Farmers are selling
stock and grain. Following quota-
tions at Union City this week: Wheat,
$2.08 to $2.13; corn, $1.25; oats. 60;
rye,'$1.45; hay, $20; beans, $6; pota-
toes, 80; hens, 22; springers, 22;
ducks, dressed, 28; geese.'20:; butter,
60; butterfat, 67; eggs, 62; lambs, 13;
hogs, 15 to 16; beef steers, 7 to 8; beef
cows, 6; veal calves, 17.~—F'. 8., Union
City. Dec. 21. ,

’I’nscola. (C'entral)—Far'mers are
plowing yet. Bean threshing is done
here now; beans are of good quality,
but not a very big yield, going about
5 bushels per acre. Fall grain crops
look good. Farmers are selling some
oats and they are selling beans as last
as they can get them to market; the
fact is we are holding nothing that
will bring the money as our Liberty
bonds are due, and so are taxes, and
we have to get the coin. The following
quotations at Caro this week: Wheat,
$2.10; oats, 66; rye, $1. 50; hay, $17
to $18; rye straw, $7; oat- wheat straw,
$8; beans $8; potatoes, 60; hens, 20;
springers 20;_ducks, $25; geese, 23;
turkeys, dressed, 32; butter, 50; eggs,

rye; $1.40: beans, 87.75; 110- '

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15; beef steers, 9; beef cows, '4; veal

'c’alves,15..—R B. 0., Cam, Dec. 19.

Ottawa (N01'th)——Farmers are cut-
ting wood. Weather is warm and the
ground is not frozen. Roads in very
Some of the farmers are
selling their cattle and turkeys. There
are many cases of inﬂuenza here The
following prices were paid at Coopers-
ville last week: Wheat, $2.10; corn,
$1. 45 bu; oats, 70; r,ye $145; hay,
$29; wheat-oat straw, $14; beans,
$7 50; potatoes, $1 bu; onions, 60;
cabbage, 60; hens, 21; springers, 21,
ducks, 24; geese, 16; turkeys, 23; but-
ter dairy, 50;. butterfat, 68; eggs, 65;

sed; beef steers, dressed, $14 to $16;
beef cows, dressed, $11; calves, dress-
ed, $19; apples, $1H50—ﬁJ. P Coopers-
ville, Dec. 20..

10800 (East)——Weather mild, freez-
ing nights and thawing days; hard on
wheat and rye, and new meadows.
Some hay and grain going to market
at a pretty good price, but potatoes
are slow and low price. Beans are
bringing around $7 50 and 88, but the
market is acting queer; they buy for
a few days and then close for a few
days and then start again.” Some
farmers have hauled their beans to
market and had to haul them back
again because they were not buying.
Some encouragement to grow beans,
I’ll say. The following quotations at
Tawas this week: Oats, 65; hay, $18

 

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1:16 Creek- this Week: Wheat,

oats, 68; ryef $1.50; bay, 930'

28'; swingers, 25' ducks, 25; geese:
25; turké'y’s’j; 28; butter, 00 age, 54-,
. lambs..14; hogs-16;beefvsteersi 8;}.
beef cows, 6; veal calves 14.-——0'. EH

3., Battle C'ree‘k, Dec 20.
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Quite a lot of hay being sold, the price
not as good as it was. Potatoes are
also being sold freely.
one-half of the bean crop has been

sold The following prices were paid 7

at West Branch this week: Wheat

$2.08; oats, 68; rye, $1.46;

to $22; rye straw, $8; beans, $7.56;
potatoes $1. 10 Icwt.; butter, 55; 8811‘.
terfat, 68; 'eggs, -58 —+W. N., " West?

8711.150th 20.
Tuscola (N..E)—Mild weather. bad

roads, farmers still fail plowing Not «

much grain beingmoved now. The

following prices were quoted at (‘ ss-

City this week: “Wheat. $210;
66; rye, $148; beans $8; hens, 18 to

20; springers, 18 to 20; ducks. 3010.

32; geese; 2310 25; turkeys, 31; but-
ter, 55; butterfat, 66; eggs, 55; sheep.
4‘00 7; lambs. 12 to 13; hogs, 13 to 15;
beef steers, 6 to 8; beef cows, 5 to 6;
veal calVes, 10 to 15; apples $1 to
$1.25.—S. 8.. Cass City Dec. 20.
Monroe (East)——Weather is very
mild for this time of year. Crops all
secured and of good quality. Farmers
marketing. some oat-s, hay. etc.. but
seem to be holding corn for better, or
steadier prices Much fall plowing
being done, which Will expedite the
spring work. Some steers being fed
and quite a stir in the hog trade. The
following quotations were made at
Toledo this ‘week: Wheat, $2.12;
corn, $1.50 per cwt.,; oats, 70; hay, $30

to $32; wheat-oat straw, $8, hogs 17

to 21; apples, $1. 50—~E. W H. Erie
Dec. 20.

Ingham (N.E.)—Weather ﬁne; the
" roads are very bad. Wheat and rye
still growing. Quite a good deal of
stock went to. market this week. The
following quotations made at William-
ston this week: Wheat, $2.03 to $2.05;

cats, 67; rye, $1.50; corn, $3.50; beans.'~

$8; potatoes, 75; butter, 58; butterfat,
60; eggs,-53; veal calves, 16 ; apples,
75.—A. N... Williamston, Dec. 20. ~
Calhoun (S.‘W.)—Fine weather. the
ground not frozen; some plow-ing be-
ing done. Not as‘much stock being
marketed now. Some drawing oats.
Everyone butchering around here. A
ﬁne time to cut wood‘but no one to
cut by the cord, although the price is

~ high paying from $1.25 to $1.50 a cord
Wheat and rye looking

for cutting.
ﬁne. The following prices were paid
at Athens this week: Oats, 65; rye,
$1.50;
65.——E. B. 11”.. Athens. Dec. 20. .
Huron (Gontral)—Fine weather and
lots of mud. Some farmers are plow-
ing. Auction sales are on about every
day of the week. There is something
wrong. about farming, for everybody

is headed for the city to work. If this ‘
keeps up we will have to grow less or; ‘,

account of the young men leavingthe
farms. The following prices were of-
fered at Elkton this week; Wheat.
white, $2.07; red,,$'2:09; cats; 66; rye
$1. 40; beans $8; butterfat‘, 66; eggs.
60; hogs, $16 .—-G Wu Elkton Dec. 18.

Pvcsquc Isle (West)~—We have had
a warm spell and melted. most of the

snow sothe slei-ghing is“very poor and:

not much doing but chores." Those
who‘hawl mine props and ties are
,wishing for it to freeze up and snow

'so they-can get to work as that is

about all there is to do now. Nothing
much to sellin farm crops now. Some
have got some potatoes'but are holding
for higher. prices and there is a little

grain and hay scattered around but

won’t be sold until farmers see how
they will come out in the spring.
About half of the farmers will bags
to buy feed as they don’t seem to raisie

enough to carry them thru the winter. '
Prices offered at Millersburg on Dec. 7
16: Wheat, $2.;00 oats, 65c;rye,135.,.

hay, timothy, 82300; 111: 13015.4, 3
straw,”$10.00; beans, .: :50 Wt. m
toes; 81.010 thv'h 11611
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not doing much or anything; Weath- “
or wet and roads in bad conclusion ,

1 think fully *2

hay. $20

springers. 20; butter, 55; eggs,

      
 
 

 

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, .BE-IREMEMBERED that the greater ) weight carried ‘by the
7S, the greater will‘be the starting emortthercanoxert on slippery

m, . ,

For this‘reason, an unloaded car is especially likely to become

ad from lack of traction.‘ Sometimes, even the-transfer or one passenger

  

 

 

 
 
   

 
  

on itself off a slippery spot. Some car’scarry, 'rolled‘up. two rather long
' Oi Old carpeting, one at which can be placed with lone end under the front
, ach‘drive wheel, to giye them better traction} . hen a car is stopped in
deep snow, it can~often be started more certainly by backing it for some dis-
tanceexactly in its own tracks and then applying forward power, was to give
. ‘itf'so'm'e'momentum before the unbroken snow is'encountered. Que fact that
\ should always be remembered, but'is too mquently ignored, is that insofar as
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can neutralize. ,Under nobonditionis it more essential that the two brakes of
each pair should a¢t with equal force, than when a car is driven over icy roads.

if they do not, skidding" dangers are greatly increased. Occasionally it happens

" ,— thata car is left with its wheels in deep slush, which turns to ice before the-
? (carts to be moved, with the result that it is actually frozen in. An attempt to
.‘ , r start-it wi-hout ﬁrst breaking the grip of the ice upon the tires is likely to be
- » 'iutile ‘or may result in serious damage to the clutch or other transmission parts

- , ., The ice should be broken away from around the" wheels sufﬁciently to loosen its

s. > p 'hold, by means of an ice cutting tool or by pushing the car back and forth by
' ' » v hand.‘ '

‘ ENGINE PUMPS on. HOME-MADE enowom PATCHES
There is a long grade near my home.
In descending it I generally shut off
the spark: close down the gas and let
the car coast, with the engine on high
gear. Several times when I have put
~ .on the spark at the foot of the grade
» v. 3 the engine‘ has failed to'start for
' quite a distance and then has missed

tor sometime. Once or twice it failed
to‘ start at all by the headway of the
car and it was only after quite a de, patbhes from parts of discarded cas-
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'3‘ . We imagine that what occurs is We have seen ver‘ serviceable in-
/ this: As the engine is turned over, Side bIOWOUt patches made by cutting

very closely throttled, there is a off the beads from a suitable length

strong suction in the cylinders, dur- of a casing, removing the tread and

ing their suction strokes, which draws cushion so that only the fabric re-

, oil up past the piston rings in consid- mains and bevellng or skiving off all

1' ‘ _ ,_ crable amounts. This is thrown onto the edges SO that the thickness of the
.» ~ the spark-plugs and, as the engine is patch tapers down gently toward all

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. Answer to E. J. B.:—If your battery
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themselves but because so heavily oil- ' trolyte, you can keep its exposed met-
coated that they are short circuited. ‘ a1 parts and the cable clips, thorough-
When ignition is switched on, the 1y coated with vaseline and apply as-
plugs remain partially short-circuit- phaltum paint to its surroundings. It

- ed until asuccesste combustions have should not spill liquid in this manner,
vaporized the [oil and cleaned the however, and we wonder if it is se-
plugs, when missing "ceases and nor- curely fastened down, Whether " you
mal operation is resumed. Your pis~ avoid over-ﬁlling and whether there is
too rings may need improvement. anything wrong with the ﬁlling plugs.

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. Questions of general interest to motorists will be answered in this column,
space permitting; Address Albert L. Glough, care of this oﬂz’ce.

BREEDER SELLS FANCY' . last summer and Canadian farmers
\\ CHRISTMAS CATTLE say-fewer Angus cattle die from cold
than any other breed. Angus cattle
have‘won more prizes in the grade clas-
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steers combined. It is interesting to
note that at the recent International
every prize in the carcass contest ex
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1 . ., and Addison will have an- opportun-
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of Angus-Holstein beef. George B.
Smith, the Angus breeder, of Addison,
has sold the steers exhibited at the
county fairs to markets at Jackson,

*the'front to the re’ar‘seat may make adecided difference in a car’s ability »

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have observed all the food regulations
’ of the war and yet are considered
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tered will ﬁnd them complacently
chewing ends of wheat straw and corn
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free from stomach worms and.
ticks. A $5.00 box makes $60.00.
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A Happy How Year

ITH ALL my heart I [wish the farm women
mt Michigan a happy new year.
know that mere wishes cannot bring happi-
Devoutly as we may hope for a .year that is
of sadness and sorrow, we know that it is
not God’ 8 will that the sun will alWays shine. For
n. the year to come as in the years that have
passed; there will be misfortune and unhappiness;
there will be trials and troubles; there will be
sickness, sorrowing and death.
accordance with the Divine law that such should
".be' the case. I speak not of these things here to
cast any shadow of gloom, for each and every one
;of us know that these things must come to pass,
(and that they are really a trivial price that mor-
tals pay for the p1ivilege of living. I speak
of‘these things here because I think it needs a
little reﬂection upon the sorrows of life in order
that we may better appreciate the blessings and

sees.

_ {happiness that come to all.

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. and sorrOWS upon ovther’s shoulders, when

'ing the year that is closing, perhaps this

' may easily do so.

' than 1918.

for that is the case with me. -. I didn’ t get

Twlitltle school near the farm where I was.

I ‘ us if I could write and spell like most

In every mistake and every misfortune there is
a lesson. So many people, the majority, I be-
lieve, complain of their lot. They make themselv-
:es believe that their burdens are a little heavier
and their sorrows a little more poignant than
those of their neighbors. They are apt to envy
their neighbors in the possession of material
things and to feel sorry for themselves that they
are not so fortunately situated. But it has been
my observation, and I have purposely looked
“behind the scenes” on many an occasion, that
those who to all appearances are so much favored
of the graces of God, are in reality suffering the
lack of something else and envying those who

- envy them

A neighbming housewife may have a ﬁne home,
wear good clothes, go often to the city, and enjoy
many pleasures that are denied to you. As a
result you often ﬁnd yourself wishing you were in
her place, but honestly now, would you put up
with that husband of hers for all the money in
So many, many times, the woman
who puts 011 an appearance of happiness, is in
reality the most wretched mortals. Fre-

Andyetlu'

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New Year,s Greeting ,
ERES good luck, good fortune, 9‘0de

day of the New Year May every siph of"
yours be for others and every smite be: one ‘
. that is shared by all. your friends. And. at'
the end of the year may you Idols back upon '
it as gladly as you will look forward to the.
next year. ,

 

 

 

 

to tell yourﬁthoughts in such 1a clear way.» It

[isn’t a very pleasant feeling to think things and .
not be able to write or tell what'yon think.-.

We
live on also-acre farm, and "With four ’children’, I
am pretty busy. But I always ﬁnd a little time
to read my magazines and book-s. ~I do not want

my children to ’grow up with sopoor an education _

as ,I have got, and so I keep‘them in school all’
the time and encourage them to read at night be-
fore going to bed. on, what avmist’ake people

make in takingatheir children out of school almost ‘

before theyhave learned to read and spell. If I
have to go without lots of things my children are
going thru the high school in the town near here
an-d’if all goes well with the farm, husband and
I hope to send those who want to go, through col-
lege. Well, Penelope, if you can read this letter
and ﬁnd anything in it that interests you, I may
write .again some day and tell you more about
my idea of things. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year to you and all M B. F. readers —Mrs
J W. ery county

I cannot tell you, dear Mrs. W., new delighted
I was to receive your letter, and I thank you for
taking your valuable time to write the M. B. F.
folks. -I shall, indeed, be interested in hearing
further from you, and I should very much like to
know your viewpoint of life. . .

Timely Tips _
Veal that is underdone is unwholesome.
A moist, light brown sugar is the best for cakes.
Brown sugar is best for sweetening stewed
fruit. '

heaith‘ and 960.12 friends to you for 69m" 7 - I

. circle is a very deep blue, and

the border is in brown. The _, »
used and should be spaced according to the ineshe
of the cloth not followingjhe lines of the design

which are given merely as a suggestion for the;

spacing.
Not only is this suggestion appropriate for

embroidery on a scarf and pillow but for banding"

across a panel or hem of a dress,. or a leese wide
belt, and still the motiff may be embroidered on

the croWn of a hat, either a large hat or small

toque to add a tOuch of color on a velvet surface:

. In fact, wool embroidery may be correctly and

most advantageously shown in almost every ,ar
ticle of outer clothing as ‘well as in home fur-
nishings. ' .

The oilcloth luncheon sets area new and clever
idea for useful gifts and one is amazed at
what' beautiful creations can be made from the
plain black oilcloth. Cut, the oilcloth the size
and shape desired as an 18-inch circular center
piece with six 10- in. plate doilies and six 5m. side
doilies. With colored wool or cotton ﬁnish the
edge with a plain button-hole stitch and if pos-
sible decorate with a simple fruitvor ﬂower de-
sign in water colors,~ or even embroider an in:
itial or design. These are equally as pretty on
the white‘or black oilcloth and if morepeople
wduld use these simple, but very dainty effects,
particularly in summer time, they would save
many hours of laundering linens.

 

quently good clothes hide a body that is
racked with disease and pain. A' ﬁne house
often has many skeletons in its’closets that
are a Constant worry to the occupants of
the place. True happiness is found in
abundance among the poor where it is a
total stranger to those who have wealth
and position.

’Tis far better dear folks, to spend our
leisure thoughts in planning for the bet-
terment of our own conditions than in
wasting them in vain envy and regrets.
The secret of happiness usually, tho not
always, lies right Within our own hands.
We unfairly place the blame for our woes

as a matter of fact the responsibility is
entirely ours.

The end of the year is a good time‘ for
mental house-cleaning. Uncharitable thots
often ﬁnd lodging in the corners of the
brain and remain there forever unless per-
Bistent efforts are made to remove them.
‘No one can have the right perspective of
life as long as they harbor unworthy
thoughts. If you haven’t been happy dur‘

is the trouble. Anyway, it’s a good time
right now to make some resolutions about
our habits of thought and action the com-
ing year. Those who are fair with them-
selves and sincere in their desire to. meas-
ure up to the full standard of womanhood
if they but make the
1919 can be made a happier year“
And it is largely up to us as
it so. With love,

effort.

individuals to make
PENELOPE.

Regrets Lack of Education

EAR PENELOPE: What you had to
say about women with little educa-
tion writing to you caught my eye,
any farther than the ﬁfth grade in the
was born, so you can see'I haven’t much
real education. I will not tell you who
Was to blame for this but you may know
"that I have felt the lack of an education
« ore than once ,and would do moSt any-

‘r, people. I read the letters in your.
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'niglrls’ dress. Cut in
_3 years, Size 10 re-
27 inch material-m

tie dress is slightly empire ,
irt. ’

With a full gathered
’e- lower edge and ash, in;
tailored, patch pockets.
-ht o effect of 9. bolero jacks 3’65
stitched over the 311mm 84%! ed

'. and cut with the {renter

,ti'e ends, Which are ti tend
,. - eV-sha. d y‘oke. The sleeves
,. 11 without ulln9sis and the see is.
with, nan-o ail still; bl

09w” e
frock maze of "We erse , pop-
be. ed-with gumhz braid
aifinarro‘w pile: and cums
sl'iade 0

each pat-
been more
used with

hows the

with a fur band,_

panoi, used as a

th w'ool embroidery.

M0133 and fitted, being set

so seam, and the sleeve it—

mithe cuff . The fur band-

he belt finishes the bottom
.'.skirt and pocket edges.

Cut in sizes 3,

4—will require 3

There. is so

items in the styles of boy 3'-

,this’ age, one pattern will suffice
-gro_wn.. Th style is the basis
all the different ideas carried
out suits. The jacket is plain
tailored, with ﬁtted shoulders and well
out trousers, . anote to be carefully at-
gen'déd to in boys' suits. They should

as carefully ﬁtted as any part of a‘

child‘s suit . but so often are left baggy

in the seat, or longer over the knees than

-at e sides. Such a; suit can easily be
cut rom a partly w‘orn suit of father’s

No. 2704. é—‘Girls’ coat and cap. Cut
in sizes 4,6 ,8, 10 and 12 ears. Size 8
will require 2 :ya'rds of 4-inch mater—
19.1 for the coa. and $4 lyiard s of 27-inch
material for the cap. is is an excel-
lent model for a storm coat of rubber-
11 d material, box or raglan in style,

wth inset pockets and just the thing for
stormy weather The tailored collar and
cuffs are made of same material, as are

dress. Out in
and 46 inches
“training 6 yards

b 2 kirtAmeasfures
a out 95 yards a. ' um orm
style of house dresswus :segmb thousands
of women, who do not care or the new—
fangled ideas, is shown. with alst made
in plain shirtwaist style, gath%ed three-
quarter length sleeves and a meek fin-
‘ished with small roll Milan-6 _ The skirt
is gored, ﬂaring towards hem and
gathered onto a narrow belt at the nor-

No 2684 —Ladies’ combination. Cut
in sizes 32, 34 small: medium, 36. 38;
large 40, 42 and extra.‘ large, 44, 46
inches bust measure. Medium size re-
qulres 2% yards of 36-inch material.
Made with st1aight, se‘ml- ﬁtted, came-
sole top, these combinations serve the
purpose of both came'sole and corset cov-
er. The suit is ﬁtted at the waist by
shirrings which also make a dainty trim-
ming. The drawer section may be left
loose as well as banded in at the knee,
but the new tight skirts are demanding
bloomer skirts for comfort in walking.
The full skirt Will be found hard to wear
under a tapering shirt. Dainty, inex.
pensive suits may be made of a pink silk
muslin lingerie cloth embroidered or
Shirred in blue.

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Everybody Gets 3 Prize

school friends and explain to them -
how you earned it; so that they. too,
may become interested in the Chi! .
ren’s page of M. B. F.
I hope you enjoyed a Merry Christ-~
mas, and that Santa Claus remember-
ed you all You might write and tell»;
your Aunt Penelope what you received
for Christmas ..
Next week you Will see the {111111
Doo Dads again, engaging in their.
Winter sports. After you have watch:
ed their funny antics, write and tell»;
me What you do to amuse yourself in
Winter time. Unless snow comes '
soon in the southern part of the state,
I am afraid many of my boys and ,‘
girls won’t enjoy the winter very
much, _
SDOJV?--AUNT PENELOPE.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I enjoy re%‘ding

the children’s letters in the M. B. .

much that I thought I would write. .I
am a. girl 13 years old and in the seventh
grade at school I live on a. farm of
243 acres, of whichl 16t0 acres Iare planted
to each and appe rees

Doop Dads are splendid and “The Giants
01' Lilliputania” is a dandy story. I
hope General Dissatisfaction gets his
wish, don’t you? Could you tell me
where to write for Girl Scout informatibn?
I haveht much to write this time but I

for What is Winter Without

think the -

 

EAR boys and girlsz—I just
D couldn’t decide which was the

‘ h more the next time. —-Ceeilia.
best Christmas story, —-they hope to ave

also the buttons and belt, requiring no
Vallie. Romeo, Michigan.

elin' front; b out 111 one withth trimming material. The cap is the avia-

and sash. The only fullness being
by the sde sectiOns of the fronts . , .
re gat ered onto the belt“ A

Bread is
the Staff Of Life

That is an old sayng with more or less truth in it.
Much depends upon the quality of the bread.

We cannot imagine sour, heavy, soggy bread being very nutritious or
palatable, or conducive to long life.

On the other hand there is certainly nothing better or more substantial
than good home- made bread. We eat it day in and day out without paus-
ing to appreciate its full worth.

Truly good bread is the staff of life, so when you bake bread use

Lily White

“The Flour the best Cooks Use”

:and you will be delighted with the results.

There is nothing the men folks appreciate more than good home—made
bread, and there is nothing you can feed a hungry man that goes so
quickly to the spot. ‘

The bread-winner’ s earning capacity‘is very materially ingreased by the

right kind of food properly cooked, hence the importance f servmg that

which builds up his energy instead of tearing it down.

" Good home-made bread meets the requirements. In other words, “i
delivers the goods,”

H .. action is positively guaranteed.

' Domestic Science Department furnishes recipes and
11111113 charts upon request and will aid you to solve any
r kitchen problems you may have from time to time...
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ivlw‘atering tank.

their mangers.
They

will eat, ground oats twice, hay
co and bean pods once. They have
little 'salt on their silage and at the
Is there anything
they mew—Subscriber.

When cows seem to have abnormal

.1, cravings for wood, bones, sods, etc., it
lie believed that their food is lacking
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are said to lack a sufﬁcient amount of.

"phosphate of lime, consequently, the

‘_._ matter with them.

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1' price they are now.
'are of 'good breeding.

r-for

_broodineds,’

"animals seem to have a craving for
, it.

Cows that are conﬁned for IOng
intervals in stables sometimes get in-
to the habit of chewing wood, etc.,
when there is apparently nothing the
It probably, in
this case, would indicate "nothing
wrong with their foo-d, but wouldsim-
ply be a habit they had gotten into
owing to the fact that they have noth-
ing else to do. The same cause prob-
ably' produces cribbing in horses.
Where cows are turned out for’a short
time every day when the weather is
not too cold, they hardly ever form
any such habit: Many times while
out at pasture they actually eat some
of the turf or sod which seemingly
corrects seme faulty digestion. Cows
odght to have about ,two ounces of
salt each day, and if they continue
eating wood, sometimes a piece of sod
or turf thrown into the manger will
satisfy them, or a little ﬁnely ground
bone meal or even pure acid phosphate
containing phosphate of lime. or

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ground phosphate rock will satisfy

this craving. If.it is caused simply
by their conﬁnement because they,
have nothing else to do this can be
overcome by allowing them to exer-
cise in the open or in the pasture
every day when the weather is not too
cold. Finely ground bone meal or

_acid phosphate or ground phosphate

rock is an excellent thing to feed once
in aWhile, ‘just a little put in the man-
ger; they can eat it or not, as they
like—Colon C'. Lillie.

YOU SHOULD HATCH
THE PULLETS EARLY

 

The successful poultry raiser will
keep in the farm flock and will breed
from only those pullets that are full
grown and fully developed in every
way by the time winter sets in. In
order to have pullets like this it is
necessary to hatch the chicks early.
Even though the hens may become
broody early it is not. proﬁtable to
use them for setters with eggs at the
But if'your hens
it is not likely
that many of them will become broody
at least not. before warm weather.
With so many poultrymen breeding
increased egg production and
with so many farmers using cockerels
from egg-bred stock, the tendency to
even among the larger
breeds, is far less than it used to be.

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chicks.

the barn for about three~

  
  

This means, of course, that if you are

{to have the right quality of pullets
next year, you must depend on the in-
cubator for early hatching. And this
is right. You cannot loso money by
raising chicks that are hatched early.
Put your incubator to work in Janu-
ary, and then follow up with several
more hatches. If you do not have/ an
incubator, buy one, by all means. The
up- -to- date farmer would not be. with-

,out a cream separator, and the up-to'a'

date farmer should not be without an
incubator
sive.
place them every two or three years,
_which it is‘not, it would _still be prof-
itable to own and operate them. The

big idea is that as a'general proposi- .‘

tion the best breeding stock and best

winter egg producers come from the'

early hatched broods.

PLAN NOW TO SAVE
NEXT YEAR’ S CHICKS

~What good does 'it do to hatch a
large number of chicks if suitable
provisions are not made for raising
them? If the chicks are not raised,
everything that was done in order to
get them hatched, and all the eggs
used, represents a dead loss, a useless
waste. That’s why, during the winter
months, preparations should be made
to save all of next year’s chicks. Fig-
uring that you have a ﬁne ﬂock of
standard-bred poultry—a Hock that
has been carefully culled so that only
the vigorous, producing birds remain
é—and that you have your hatching
equipment all ready for business, you
still lack the all important thing that
spells success in poultry raising, viz.:
proper brooding equipment.

Whether chicks are raised with
hens or‘by artiﬁcial methods brood
coops and brooder houses, in'which
chicks can be sheltered from storms,
rain and wind. and in which they will
be safe at night from rats and other
night prowlers that are outlookng for
food, must be provided or the invest-
ment in the breeding ﬂock and the
hatching equipment will not net you
anything. Before the ﬁrst hatch of
the season is brought off, the brood

coops and the brooder houses, the
brooders and the brooder stoves
should all be ready to receive. the

If these things are not'ready
you can begin to ﬁgure your“ losses
from the day the chicks are hatch-ed.
You have more time during the winter
to make the necessary provisions for
raising the chicks, so don’t put .it off.

The writer recalls an account print-
ed in an agricultural'paper last seas-
on, and at the time was both amused
and disgusted, because it was written
by a well-known writer for the agri-
cultural press in the western_ ﬁeld,
who, judging from his writings, is
one farmer who has everything just
right on his farm and where one would
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Incubators are not expen-.'
Even if it was necessary to ,re--

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apnea that it' would be necessary "
for him to carry over about 50 0‘: his.» f
painted in large letters over the front. -

gate. Evidently, however, this farm-

.. er-editor does not put into practice.
all of the good things about which he

writes for the farm papers, because
last season, according to his own ac-
count, he did not provide for the saf-

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hogs before put-ting them on}, the

xmarket otherwise a number of them
. from now on will. be marketed light:

-to escapeH a probable slump in prmes
H., in Uanadian Coqntryman

   

 

 

his pigs ”to the limit of good‘baco'"

   
    
   

     
     
  

Shorthorn bull calf sold by Martin B. Halsted of Orion, Mich., "to Wm. MacCauley,

of Clarkston, Michigan.

ety of his young chickens and lost 75
per cent of them. He very cheerfully
old hens that he had intended to sell
because he had lost most of his early
hatched pullets. How did he lose
them, you ask? Simply by not having
the young chickens safely housed at
night and the rats carried them off.
One would naturally suppose that on
this “efﬁciency farm” ways. and means
would have been devised for eradicat-
ing the pesky rats, but that not hav-
ing been done, we would most surely
expect to ﬁnd brood coops for chicks
so constructed that the screen could
be booked and the front door closed
for the night, making it necessary for
Mr. Rat to look elsewhere for his
daily sustenance, which might well
be a piece of poisoned meat. 'It is
such an easy matter to house chickens
safely that we cannot understand why
any farmer or any other poultry rais-
er

the incubator lamp, operate the incu-

bator for three weeks, feed the chicks L

until they'have a good start in life,
and then let the rats kill them. It
brings us right back Where we start-

ed, why hatch ’em if you are not go- '

ing to raise ’em?

 

WHY UNFINISHED HOGS
ARE MARKETED

We have reached the season when
the largest'output of hogs ﬁnd their
way to market, and the season when
a lot of unﬁnished hogs are marketed,
for which there must be some other
cause than a scarcity of. foOdstuffs,‘

because the country is better supplied "
with foodstuffs at this season than at

any other.

The reason is, founded upon past
eXperiences, and [as a burnt child
dreads the ﬁre, the farmer feeding a
bunch of hogs knows full well that it

four weeks lenger to make them 11p
to maximum weights, say 230 lbs. each,
be will have to take considerably less
per hundred lbs. for them (based.
'up'on facts from past years), be pre_
fers to sell them now rather than
take that Chance, this is- not as it
Should be, for the good of the Allied

“cause every pig should be fed up to

not less than 200 lbs. If the powers
that be Would ﬁx a minimum price

  

1m- hogs weighing zoo to 235 lbs. mar» ~ H
» '-~J

. good

will use eggs worth 50 cents ,9. ~
dozen on the market, .buy coal oil for .

c last seaSOn. —C.
he carries his hogs along for three or ‘ Michigan:

' sold my roan Shorthorn her?!

CAREFUL POULTRY 'CULL.
ING PAYS DIVIDENDS

If, by culling the poultry ﬂock the
drones can be removed and production
be made to average more eggs from
each be thruout the winter, a lot of
cod will be saved. Alsohthe
winter layers are the birds which
should furnish the eggs for setting
early in the spring. Farmers in var-
ious Missouri counties began culling
their ﬂecks early in the fall and are
pleased with the returns now. They
are getting as many eggs from a less’
number of hens and are saving feed.
One Clinton county farmer kept a
record of his ﬂock of 166 hens four
days before culling and faund that
they produced an average of 331/;

eggs a day. He culled 77 hens from,

the ﬂock and the part of the ﬂock
retained produced an average of 32
eggs a day for the nine days after
culling. The farmer said he could not
afford to feed 77 hens for an egg and
a half a day.

 

 

 

BREEDE'R'S ' NOTES ' -

Our plans for another year are in
course of development. We will sell eggs
from six different matin In' all the
33 years I have been breeding erana.
dottes I haven’t had a. better class of
stock in my coops.

Pen 1, matii‘ig consists of 15 silverJac—
ed‘ hens of clear, ﬁne open lacing, four of
them are our first prize pen at Lansing,
two years ago. Wit th the is a fine large
nicely laced cockerel brgg from a prize
cock I bought from Keller.

Pen 2 contains 12 pullets well matured,
nicely laced, strong,
-ed to the old Keller cock.

Pen 3 consists of 15 Golden hens of
equal quality, mated to a. grand cockerel
just pure ased from the veteran breeder
Keller. recently.

Pen 4 are pullets mated to a cook or
true Wyandotte shape and ﬁne showy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lacing Our Whites are of equally ﬁne
quality, mated in much the same manner
Males are- -Martin or Regal strain and

Keller females. Egg prices the same as

 

I wish to announce that have just

 

tan' 5 Dale 539292. A massive, thick- ﬂesh;
ed bull weighing about 2200 pounds, at
three and one- man: years old, to Gerald
T. Green, O’xford Mich. to assist his
pre'sept herd bull, {Butternut ,an Avondale
bred bu 11. I am also enclosing a, ﬁlm
and photo of a ShorthOrn bull calf I he;
just soldfto William oMacC aule ,Cl-a.
ton, Mich" to‘R.l§‘.~D.- , Yo
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"31400 lbs.. hogs/y milker, tests 4313' price

How-mu: "CATTLE

" ,m-STI'IINJRIESIAN ASSOCIATION

‘ .MUSOLFF BROS.’

Knox. and transferred, $25. ,
1 Hf. i B. E. Kies, ~Hillsdale, Michigan '

_ (is , exported
Which .1 . is

send "for. our booklets—«they contain
as
Bratileboro, Vt.

 

“WA, Box 295 .

 

 

 

. for Sale, Ready for service
'One from a 25 lb. cow and one from a
2211:. four year. old. Write {cl-pedigrees

"ind ‘ . E. L. SALISBURY ..
prices Shepherd. Michigan

 

 

 

.We are now ‘rbooking orders for

aioung bulls from King‘ Pieter gis
one 170506. ‘ Allf’rom A. R. O. dams

w t—h credible records. We test annu-

ally for. tuberculosis. Write for pric—

es and further information.

~M‘lwlﬂ.’ Bros. Smith Lyons. Michigan.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN nosmnss FARMING
has said two different lots of cattle I
have offered. I now oﬂer heifer calves
from heavy ,milk‘lng dams for $100
'gachésaénd the same kind of bull calves
01.‘ .' .

‘ 7- ROBIN CARR

FOWLERVILLE, MICHIGAN
Offers a 10 months

Clover Duty Farm old grandson of
Hengerveld De Kol sired by Johan Hen-
gerveld Lad 61 A.R.'O. daughters eleven
zrom 25 to 31 lbs. 19 others from 20 to_25
lbs. ..Dam is a granddaughter of King
86815 who ,has a 32 lb. 4 r. old Sister.
This calf is a splendid in ividual, well
marked and well grown, price $100 f.o.b.
Flint. Write for extended pedigree and
description. L. C. Ketzler, Flint, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Wolverine Stock Farm
Offers two sons about 1 yr. old, sired
by Judge Walker Pietertje. _These
calves are nicely marked and light ‘in
color and .are ﬁne individuals. Write
_ for prices and pedigrees. Pattie Creek.

MiCh., R. 2.

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand,
prices that has eyer known.

future
Start

now ith the Holstein and convince
yourse f. Good stock .always ‘ for
sale. . Howbert Stock Farm, Eau

 

Claire, Michigan.

 

 

. sired by a son of
Bull calves Friend , Hengerveld
» De Kol Butter

Boy and by a son of Kin Segis De Kol
R. O. ams with rec-
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year- old to 28.25
at full. age. Prices reasonable breeding
considered. /
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckoff, ' Napoleon, Mich.

 

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

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

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drone inch and fo
: ‘ , . Title displayed to out advantage.

enlarger ad: or for ads to run 18 iuues or mono we will make
em (“mentally be sent on application to the Advertising Deni...

   

 

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era that gave soul -0 —
33112113” ‘over17.30011303xi of mill winning

e money-a: a“ year c s.
C. L. ‘Hule‘tt & Sons, Okemos, Michigan.

   

 
  

 

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HAMPSHIRE srnINo BOABS now

ready at a bargain. Place
your order fox-"bred gilts now. ~

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John W. Snyder, St. Johns. Mich..~R. N04»
AMPsHInE spams BOABS now at , .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR . ' Eleven head of Holstein

‘ , cows and heifers. Three

,Yearlinss‘ not’ bred, the rest to freshen

this fall and winter. A good start reas-

onable for some one. Write,

- W. C. Hendee ,& Son. Pinckney. Michigan.
JERSEY ' .

.’ BULLS ready for ser-

‘ vice for sale. Sired by

Majesty’s Oxford Fox,

and out of R. of M. Dams by Majesty’s

Wonder. Herd tuberculin tested and
free from abortion. Our aim is size/with
good type, and production. Wildwood

Jersey Farm, Alvin Balden, Capac, Mich.

. 1': Jersey is famous for the

little money it costs to keep
her eompured with the big yield
she gives in return. Ownin u
is like having money -
with Ian interest. It

Jet-:3
, ve-
hal required 200 yam to develop her perfection

—to-duy she i_l supreme. Write breeders for
gloat:- and pedigree- and let us give you valuable

The American Jersey Cattle Club
367 West 23rd Street New York City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUGS / a big bargain, bred iltsnOW readyto
. ship. John w. Snydgr,‘ REF,- N0- 4.’
O. I. 0. St. Johns, Michigan.
. . ., SHEEP
O
O Bred Gdts snnorsn‘ums
and . HIGH CLASS REGISTERED. yell!”

Serviceable Boar's

 

 

 

 

 

J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

istered Duroc Jersey Boar from

Inwood Bros.,

DUBOC

. Peach Hill. Farm

Start the New Year right. Buy a reg-

PEACH HILL FARM
Romeo, Mich.

 

DUROC JERSEYSWINE. Bears, Sows,
Gilts and Fall pigs
for sale.
, Brookwater Tippy Orion No. 55421.
is an unusually good bunch to
from. Come and see them or I will ship
on approval.
sex.
Props, Salem, Michigan.

sired by
This
select

Choice spring boar,

Fall pigs $18 each, either
Home Farm, Thos. Underhill, & Son,

 

 

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ling Shropshire ewes bred to,

ram of extra quality. Also healthy, v ~ - ‘2
Ram lambs rea . _

orous, Well wooled.
for service. Flock established 1890.
C. Lemen, Dexter,

D ELAINE

MPBOVED Black Top Delaine. "Sixty
Reg. Rams to choose from. Newton &
Blank. Hill

 

Crest Farm, Perrinton,

Mich. Farm situated four miles south of.

 

Middleton. ~

FOR SAL REGISTERED IMPROVED
Black Top Delaine Merino

Rams. V. A. Backus & Son, Potterville,

 

Michigan. Citizens' Phone.
FOR SALE PURE BRED and regis-
tered American Delaine
Young. Both sexes.

sheep.
F. H. Conley. Maple Rapids, Michigan.
ELAINES, bred on same farm for 50‘

years. Size, quality prepotent; rams
for sale delivered: Write
S. H. Sanders, R. No. 2. Ashtabula, Ohio.

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I ’1 00 sample box by parcelpostwill med- \
DUROC BOARS 33d ”“1" ‘ii"."°‘{ii undidhl'ils‘iidid.i’d‘ddi’d‘ddr.i; ‘\
. y ma es a w _ ., d ’ . _ . ,
. GUERNSEY add size and growth to your herd. Big- _—_ i Y“ ladle \. ,
gest March farrowed pigs in the coun- — _j
FDR SA GUERNSEY BULL, year: try, 200 lbs. and not flit. POULTRY \
ling, the one you are look. Newton Barnhart, St. Johns. Michigan. _\
ing for; only $75. Loren Dygert, Alto, . “WYANDOTTE ‘
Mmhlgan- PLEASANT VIEW DUROCS Ilver Laced, Golden and White Wyan-
Spring boars an}? gilts of exceptiotngl O tdottiest of (inality. Btreediiig stocclt after
quality, prices rig t, inspection invi e . c . s. "ngage i ear y. arence
SHORTHOBN W. C Burlingame, Marshall, Michigan. Browning. R. 2, Portland, Mich. -.
HAT no you WANT? I represent 41 . '
. diddiiididdtd newsreader “mm“
ouc w es in or ee 8 ans. u s BOFII‘ABLE BUFF LEGHORNS~W0 ~-
all ages. Some females. 0- . Crum, DUROC BOARS, GILTS have twenty pens of especially mated
Secretary Central Micni‘a‘n Shorthorn We are offering some fine Biz type {all and Single Comb Buffs that are “Qt only mat‘
Association. McBrides. Michigan. . - ' . ' ed for exhibition but above all for prof-
spmig Bears and Gills. At Farmers Prices. - '. ‘ ’
itable egg production. Eggs at very reas-
* 0R SALE, pure bred Shorthorns and F. E. EAGER and Son . enable price. Our list will interest you
O. I. ‘0. pigs. Five young bulls 7 HOWELL, - . _ MICHIGAN —p1ease ask for it. Village Farms,
to 9 months. $125 to $150 each. Ray Grass Lake, Michigan.
Warner, R. No. 3. Almont, Michigan. 01% SALE-:Slingle gomanhiteﬁ Leg-
TWO‘ roan double _ horn Cooke es an pu ets; arron
. , Spring Bears and gilts. Ten 300 — Egg strain. Also one cat sprout-
For sale $333231 Sarggtﬁglfg DHI'OCS experience. few blawyezzgg er 300—hen size. Cockerels, $1.50 each in .:

Bull Calves, calved May 2nd and June 4th.
Paul Quack, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan,
R. No. 2. Box 70

HOBTHOBNS and POLAND CHINAS.
Bulls, heifers and spring pigs, either
sex, for sale, at farmers' prices. F. M.
Piggott & Son. Fowler. Michigan.
SHORTHORNS have been kept upon
. Maple Ridge Farm
since 1867 and are Bates bred. Two red
heifers for sale; 1 bull, 10 mos. old.
J. E. TansWell. Mason, Michigan.

 

THE VAN BUREN CO. Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding. Write
your wants to the Secretary. Frank
Bailey, Hartford, Michigan.

FOR SA REG. snonrnoan BULL,
18 mos. old, of best Bates
breeding. W. S. Huber, Gladwin, Mich.

RED POLLED

0R SALE—Dual purpose Red Polled
bulls and Oxforddown rams.
L. H. Walker, Reed City, Michigan.

HORSES

 

 

 

 

 

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olstein-Frieiuan Cattle

Under the present labor conditions
I feel the necessity of reducing my
herd. ould sell a few bred females
or a few to freshen this spring. These
corvs are all 'with calf to a 30-pound
bull. J. Fred, Smith, Byron, ,Michigan

"SUNNY PLAINS HOLSTEINS

Quality. A [few bull cal
R. O. dams for‘ sale. ves from
ARWIN' KILLINGER,
'E‘leerville, Michigan.
m
RINGLAND FARM HOLSTEIN
Average 13,000 Lbs. milk and bull 13515:;

 

 

 

 

 

- at former prices.

John A. Rinke, -Warren, Michigan.

‘— Very large, stock It
FOR SALEbull calf 85% willie. “331::
y Jan. 8th, $45. g. and
Durocjtlts,

$40 if sold
transferred Also a few July

 

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I-SHETLAND PONIES

  

 

SHETLAND PONIES

For Sale. Write
for description &
Mark B. Curdy. Howell. Mich.

~~ '8 LARGE TYPE 0. I. C.

Spring boars. Also ,2nd prize Jr. yr. boar
Mich. State Fair, 1918.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM
.1 ‘Monroe, Mich.

 

prices.

 

 

 

Rams left. Newton & Blank, Hill C
Farm, 4 miles south of Middleton, MES?

 

POLAND CHINA

 

 

 

Large Type Poland China Hogs

All sold out now, none to offer at pres-
ent, 68 head sold Nov. 29 at auction
for $4,440.50. Thanks for your pat—
ronage and you’ll always be welcome.

Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason, Mich.

 

 

lots of two if taken at once.
‘ R.

S. Woodi'uff, Melvin, Michigan.

 

 

WHITE ROCK
(IOCKI‘IRELS.

WHITE ROCK ous Fischel strain.

Priced to sell. Mrs. F. J. Lange, Sebe‘
waing, Michigan. .

RHODE ISLAND RED
R R. I. RED (YOCKERELS for sale

. oat $2.00 each if taken before Jan.
1, 1919. Harry McCabe, Blanchard, Mich,

 

()RI’I NG’I‘ON

 

 

W

ator for April farrow.
ing for the best of breeding and the kind
that gets big and has quality here is the
place to ﬁnd it.
to tell

Gregory,

 

ALLNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE Poland
China Gilts. Sired by Arts Big Bob
Will be bred to a. son of Giant Sen;
If you are iook~

Please give me a chance
you more about them. A. D.
Ionia, Michigan. .

 

BIG TYP

boars; the proliﬁc kind; litters averaged
bettﬁr than 10 the past 3 years.

P. C..

The best lot of big,
long

bodied. heavy-boned

O. Swartz, Sclioolcraft, Michigan.

 

BIG TYPE

ewes for
A.

BIG

gilts. Inspection invited.

L.

P. C. BOARS, Rambouillet
and Hampshire rains and
sale.

A. Wood & Son, Saline, Michigan.

Type Poland Chinas.
for sale.

_ Spring boars
Booking orders for bred

L. CHAMBERLAIN, Marcellus, Mich.

 

 

 

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CONSIGN YOUR LIVE STOCK TO

CLAY,ROBINSON & co.

LIVE STOCK COMMISSION

Chicago South St. Paul *South Omaha Beaver Kansas City
East Buffalo ‘ Fort Worth Eu: St. Louis Sioux City
South St. Joseph

 

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@{b-W with salt theyear around keeps

" ” ' .~ ﬂockhealthyand free from stemachworms

and ticks. A $5.90 hex nah! $50.” VIII of

holistic}! alts-“same :

32.00 size that um.
post will mediate a barre of salt.

museum, , u-mmmem~

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S] “'III’I‘IC ORPINGTON COCK-

For aeer-els $3qand h$5 each‘ Whlto
'aii guineas 8.. eac , .

Afrlc Odell Arnold, Coleman, Michigan.

BA REED ROCK

Barred

in one yell?-

ROCK' (‘OCKERELS from
my grout laying strain.
Four pullets layed 950 eggs
Prices reasonable. W. 'C.
3, Benton Harbor, Michigan.‘

CHICKS

Coffman. R-
We ship thousands
CHICK each season, different
varieties, booklet and

':ioni;iis, stamp appremated. Freeport
gilldhery. Box 10. Freeport. Michigan.

{ TURKEYS
e
BRON ZE TURKEYS _..

A MMO T H
Gob-

» 'ctl thoroughbred, for sale.
wegdddweiygh 15-33 lbs., Hens 9-16 lbs.
Price. $7.00 to $25.00, according to
weight and beauty. Eggs, $4.00 per
setting of ten. John Morris, R. 7, Vassar,

Michigan-
’i H, runners FOR SALE.
W“ Hens $5. Toms 37. till Xmas.
Harry Colling, Mayville. Michigan.

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys

1 wei h 16~30 lbs; Hens, 9-20
leObﬁgzs, $4500 per settiiig of ten.

Strictly thoroughbred stock for sale by .

John Morris, R. 7. Vassar, Michigan.

     

 

PLYMOUTH ROCK
From strain '

Rock Eggs d t 2' '-
Baned $2.00 per lgwgrs 0 90" ~*
Circular free.

gnstantine, Michigan.

RABBITS

 

BABES for, .o » ,
g‘ﬂ‘dm 'Glaud ”é" hum
Johns )Michigan, '3"

Michigan. l‘

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8 Ass’ 11, Says Elevators Who Pay
Less Than $8. Per CWt Will be '
Vigorously ProSecuted,

 
 

Mr

“I see by your paper," writes a Harrisvillesub-
'scriber,- "that the bean association se'ts $8 min-
imum, or $4.80 a bushel to growers. 'Now whyis
it that the elevators in Alcona county only pay
$7. 25?”

This letter was promptly referred to Christian
Breisch, president of the Bean Jobbers’ Ass’ 11, at
Lansing, with the request that the matter be in-
-vestigated, and the oﬁending elevators be brought
into tune with those who were paying the $8
minimum. Mr Breisch had no sooner received
our letter that he got us on the long distance
telephone.

“I want to know the name of that elevator,” he
said, “and if the owner actually paid less than
$8 for beans,‘the Bean Jobbers’ Ass’n will see that
he is prosecuted for proﬁteering. .

“We bean men told Mr. Hoover,” continued Mr.
Breisch, “that if the Food Administration would
buy Michigan beans we would promise to pay the
farmers not lessthan $8, and it was upon that"-
promise that the ﬁrst orders were secured. We“
told the Food Administration that any elevator;
in the state that did not comply with that condi-
tion would be reported to them, and we would
help prosecue.

“We are negotiating now for further orders
from the government, and they are going to come

thru all right, so that the $8 minimum can be
n131n€ainol and trading be continued,

“We bean men realize,” said Mr. Breisch," that
we’ve got to see that the farmer gets a fair proﬁt

on his beans or else he isn’t going to raise beans,
and if the farmers of Michigan don’t raise beans,
our plan-ts aren’t worth the powder to blow them
up. We want the farmers of Michigan to feel
that the bean jobbers are interested in their wel-
fare and are willing to go to all reasonable lengths
to assist them in getting fair prices. We want to
encourage the bean industry, and we are going
after every elevator that attempts to proﬁteer.
Just a couple weeks ago, the members of our as-
sociation willingly sacriﬁced a~partfof the proﬁts
to which they were entitled under present rul-
ings, for the purpose of paying farmers the min-
imum price and still move the beans in competi-
tion with the beans of other states.”

We thanked Mr. Breis-ch for this evidence of
the new spirit of co-operation among the mem-
bers of the association, with the farmers, and
promised to advise him of any proﬁteering that
came to our attention.

HOW. SHALL . AMERICAN AGRICUL-v
TURE SECURE ITS JUST REWARDS?

(Continued from page 2) Whole crOp unproﬁtable.
The national body being selective from the re-
spective county units would be a deterrent to
the ascendancy of exploiting organizations which
come and go in cycles-With great promise and no
fulﬁllment.

How the Respective State and National
Chambers 'Would be. Financed

“State, county. and national funds could not,
nor would it be desired, to use these for the nec-
essary expenses of the proposed organization.
There should be a special fund made up from
contributing memberships. This percapita would
be very nominal for the total expense would be
small. The state meetings should call for some
The weakness of many

sion. Agricultural bodies have largely ceased to'

be deliverative, and for lack of time the sugges-
tions and plans proposed fail because there is no ‘

time for adequate deliberation.

“‘Special committees of the respective lines of
agriculture would be able to serve those producers -
better than a special organization of their own.

1 The reason being that all of agriculture would be
r-united on the program, and cooperate to make ‘ .
As it is now, each line has; .
its own organization. and the farmer who is a

the plans effective.

dairyman must be a member of a dairy associas.

'ftion, and if a potato grower, er a train or been
_ grower, he still has multiple duties as to Join? ,
@1158 each respective organization and no co-ordin- 1

  

- commandeered .by the Food Administration"

' unpatriotlc as procteering” say .
~Ourrent Grain Reporter.

far an arbitrary ﬁxing of a dealer' 5 margin-
can be made to stick. While desbisingx
ohamperty on general. and specific particus
lars, we
authority over private buSiness Would ﬁnd
judir lal endorsement in this state ”'

This reminds us of the two Michigan.

farmers, Wells and Gady, whose wheat was,

when they refused to sell it at the guar-
anteed price. At that time we raised pre-j
cisely the same question as discussed above,

of war, constitutionally ﬂu: a maximu-m‘
selling price on a'commodity and force ~
every producer of that commodity to sell
at the ﬁxed price. .We, too, are-interested
in the outcome of that suit down in Illi-
nois. If the court says the grain- dealer
‘ was entitled to a higher proﬁt on the trant
section, we want to see‘that farmer sue for —
the amount of money that it costghim to
-gr_ow the wheat, plus a ten per cent’ proﬁt.
A few civil actions along this linerwould be
an enlightening thing just now While the
wheat situation is in the limelight. ‘

 

 

 

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‘-‘It would be ill-2.7
teresting to watch the outcome of such an it. ‘ .
action in an Illinois court and see just how ‘ 'r—
; ance
would like to know if such an;

namely: can the government, even in stress , _

F ‘2‘ .. - .. .
The Chicago milk producers who got togteher '
‘ a year ago and decided .upon a price at which ._

  

'~ was held Dec. 2:1 ~ ' ,
Exhibitors from Grit ,

one hundred and two

' scan or the M- A. 0., assisted by Gifford Patch,

“ ~thetbusiness men of the town The remaining

I

contributed one bushel of- seed corn, eat:h,whfél1-
was sold at auction and the proceeds given to- the
Red Cross society. «

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CHICAGO MILK PRODUCERS ON

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they could afford to sell milk in" Chicago, were
placed on trial last week before Judge Grows on
charges of criminal conspiracy in restraint of
trade. , .
Co 1nc1dent with the trial efforts are being

 

 

 

in question to report ,and the whole force of the
allied interests would be available to support their
recommendations. Proxy powers undOubtedly
would be provided so that a county member of the
state board could be represented, if for any reason
the regular member was unable to attend. ‘It is
unnecessary to go into details Which must always
be worked out by those who do the work. The

'made by produce distributors and federal agen-
cies in co-operationsto determine upon‘a satisfac~
tory price .for, milk during the winter months.
A move has been launched among producers to
eventually market their own milk thru the Chi-
cago Marketing" company, which they have or-
ganized and capitalized at $500, 000. Details of

this plan will be described in later issues of ,

MICHIGAN BUSINEss FARMING.

 

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The corn judging was in charge of J. R. Du_n- :

_ farm agent for Montcalm county. v Thirty-three. g;
‘ prizes were awarded which Were contributed. by]

exhibitdrs Were each awarded 3. Thrift Stamp bY‘V ‘_
the bank, which also awarded as ﬁrst prize a .. . .
beautiful silver trophy cup. several corn grewers.

   

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