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0U ARE HEARING much about the
high cest of living. Various ofﬁcials, state,
national and county are holding “investiga-
tions.’ ’ They are going to ﬁnd all the proﬁt-
eers‘ and send them to jail, so they say.
But. I _am- here to predict that no proﬁteer

' will go to jail and that there is only one way

,to lower. the price the consumer pays for food-
stuﬂs,'and that is by- cutting out a large num-
ber of unnecessary middlemen, who now draw
a proﬁtfor unnecessary service, until the sum
total of these— parasitical exactions exceed the
price the farmer receives for growing his pro—
ducts. The marketing of farm products is
much different than that of manufactured pro-
ducts because they are not produced uniform-
ly throughout the year,,but they are consumed
uniformly throughout the year. In March the
old hen starts laying and in three months she
lays enough eggs to last the consumer a year;
in May the old cow starts off With' grass to
produce a needed surplus of butter. In Octo-
her and November the potato grower rushes
his surplus to market to esicape loss from our
cold winters by frost. Now the consumer
doesn’t want all his butter, eggs and potatoes
at one time; he has no place to store them.
The farmer has no facilities for storage so he
has to sell. Result, a. glutted market and low
prices. .Just here the food speculator steps in.
He owns storage facilities in terminal mar-
kets; he buys and stores at the low price on a
glutted market.

Afar the old hen has stopped laying an]
the old cow has had her milk ﬂow decreased by
bare pasture, _then the food speculator comes
into his own. Having a' monopoly of these

 

MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1919

By J. W.H115LME

stored commodities he proceeds to charge all“

the trafﬁc will bear and the consumer ﬁnds
himself paying 70c a pound gfor butter and the
same for a dozen eggs. Potatoes that net- the
farmer 750 a bushel in the fall are sold to the
consumer in the big cities for three times that
amount. I am not opposed (to cold storage; it
helps stabelizethe market and carry over the
surplus to times of want. It is an absolute
necessity for both producer and consumer, but
something has got to be dorie about the abuse
of cold storage by the food speculator and the
proﬁteer hog. Every one admits this now and
a great cry is going up for: government con—
trol but we have seen government control of
private railways and telephones, and we know
it doesn’t control. .

There is just one way for the government to
effectively control the dis ibution of food-
stuffs and that is to 0Wn t, e terminal ware-
houses.

The State Warehouse gProposition

The monopoly control of he packers lies in
their private ownership of warehouses and re—
l‘rigeratOr cars which are :merely traveling
warehouses. '

TheSe facts appear clear to most persons
116111?.;‘t:l1_ey~ appeared clear to the legislative
c6mmitt'ees, of the Gleaners, Grange and Farm-
ers’ Cljfbs last winter. To carry out this pro-
joet it Was necessary to amend the constitution
aﬁd these farmers’ organizations approved a

WH'ch was introduced by Senator Mc—
Naughton to bond the state to erect terminal
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.114 ‘ “_‘It .ws go greatest fair '70 9 I 1‘9"”
than

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. Scenes of the Million Dollar Liveg) a
Stock parade of pride winners st the
State Fair. Few States In the union "
produce the quality of live took thet r, '3‘
is represented In this plating. , .. .-;
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mam rs oN THE swarm £3.13 ‘
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ow Public Storage Can Help Solve Living Cest

tors of the Jstate The question before the last
legislature was not the merits of this project.
It was merely to let the people vote on it. The
farm organizations would still have to putvup

. an educational campaign and convince the vot-

ers of the merits of the proposition. A future
legislature would enact a bill providing for
the building and management of these termin-
al warehouses. What the farm organizations
had in mind for this bill was-this. .The state
should store all products offered by farmers
and farm co-Operative organizations, ’charging
the bare cost of operation of the storage ware-
house. It should sell these products. whenever
ordered by the storers at such price and such
time as the storers should designate. City con—
sumers and consumers’ leagues could get these
articles in wholesale quantities direct from the
warehouse at the farmer’s price. Thus all
middlemen and their proﬁts would be eliminat-
ed if these middlemen’s proﬁts were divided
between producer and consumer, the farmer
would get a good price for his products and 1'
the consumer would pay less. But it was
claimed that the farmer would thus become -.-a
monopolist proﬁteer. To prevent this the ecu-15
mission that managed the warehouse would be
given the right, whenever the price afforded
the farmer a reasonable proﬁt, to order out
the products stored and thus prevent exorbit-
ant prices, and on this commission both pro-
ducers and consumers would be represented. it
was a safe and sane proposition, economically
correct, that would insure fair treatment to
both producer and consumer.

But it would eliminate middlemen’s proﬁts.
The middlemen (Continued on page 15)

 

  

“Phew,” s'aid E. D. Ball, superintendent
of sheep and handy live stock man for the
fair management, wiping the sweat from his
forehead, “I've put in an awful week. Ex-
hibits? Say, there wasn’t a spare pen
left. And class? I don’t believe any state
lnthe union's got better live stock than Mich-
igan.” . _ ..
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V“Ma.ny farmers out this year?” we asked
Junior Owens, the live-wire publicity man- ’.
said Junior, “but I reckon by looking

agor. “Gosh, you know, I can't tell a.
(3‘1 farmer from a city guy any more,’
'I
3 through the cattle barns we had most
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distinctively an agnicultur-al
('1 live stock exhibition. In
‘ W'ords it has always kept the
-, _ its from farm and barn far
those from cabaret and theatre.
for and encouraged by the
~~ rs and fruit growers of the
.. more especially encouraged by
e of the western .portion, it has

   

 
 

 
 

  

  

f.”- No fair surpasses it in the
aim and merit of its vegetable,
"min and fruit exhibit, nor for that
Matter, save in numbers, is its live
ock exhibit beaten by many. Visit-
~«~from many states‘ carry every

   
 

    

fs’a'ge that at the West Michigan Fair

ey saw the very greatest apple

show they had ever seen.

No department of the fair is he

slanted for any other part. The pres-

» ideut, Dr. S. E. Dodson, and the sec‘
preterm L. A. Lilly, both believe in the

Better Fill Up a Silo

'1‘ IS a noticeable fact that with
the coming of a hot, dry “spell,"
ﬂowof milk from the dairy herd
ﬁdecreases very rapidly. Why should
iwizhat he? The main reasons are: (1),
extreme heat, which has a physiolog-
' in! effect on the cow; (2), dryness of
.ﬁye atmosphere which causes the cow
to become thirsty; (3), ﬂies, mos-
quitoes and other insects which make
lite miserable for the animal, and
.. (4). an insufficient quantity of succu-
; lence and nutriment in the dried-up
,i pasture. The extreme heat can be
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‘ guarded against by furnishing shade
. for the herd; the thirst of the cow
can be quenched if she be allowed ac-

D. AITKEN, president of the
National Association, was the
’ speaker at the annual basket
picnic of the W ashtenaw County Hol-
stein- Friesian Cattle Breeders Club
of Ypsilanti. A ﬁne crowd was out
3 as might be expected when Mr. Ait-
' ken was to be the speaker and they
were well repaid by listening to an
address ﬁlled with the thoughtful ad-
vice and suggestions from our presi-
vdent. Mr. Aitken pointed the folly
of our boys leaving the farm to be-
‘ come only a cog in the wheels of the
‘ large manufacturing plants of our
cities, when they should become in-
. dependent manufacturers themselv-
es, manufacturing dairy products, for
' the sale of which there is no need of
"-a force of traveling salesmen. the
' .ma‘rket being already established and
the demand bound to become greater
' each season.
' ‘Mr. Aitken also spoke of the scar-
city of Registered Holstein cows and
urged each breeder to send in the
census blanks properly ﬁlled out at
an early date in order that we might
determine the exact number in the
United States today.
2 He also emphasized the necessity
of playing the game on the square if
“we wish to make our business a per-
manent success and told us some-
thing about the work of a certain
. herdsman who failed to play on the
“level and of his punishment through

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one the “show window of Michia

war to the folks back home the mes- .

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well-balanced show and this year the
indications point to as ghod a show as

this fair ever had with the possibil?

lties not something even better. At
all events there will be no backslid-
ing.

The fair.‘ is in its eighteenth year

butis the successor of a line of
fairs extending back for a half cen.
tury. It has always been an agri-

cultural and live stock show and
nothing . else.

In addition to the excellent exhib-
its which have been entered there
will be a large number of free attrac-
tions. One of the most thrilling and

'will be witnessed this year at the
West Michigan Fair when Lieut. Or-
mer Locklear will pass
plane to' another in midair. If‘ you
want a thrill that will last you for
days, come to this fair at Grand Rap-
ids, Sept. 15 to 19.

for Use Next Summer

cess to the water tank; and flies, mos-
quitoes, etc., can be made practically
harmless by the use of proper sprays.
But how is the farmer to supply the
cow with suﬂicient food? The an-
swer is “By the use of the summer
silo." The summer silo is no differ-
ent than the one used in winter ex-
cept that it is sealed up when ﬁlled
and its contents are not used until
needed in the summer. By using en-
silage in summer, the farmer not
only keeps production up during the
time of drought, but be materially
lengthens the period of lactation of
the cow by preventing her from be‘
coming a stripper when the drought
strikes

‘I Holstein Cali Takes Aeroplane Ride-Almost

loss of records and loss of the right
to ever test more cattle.

At the completion of Mr. Aitken's
talk, a heifer calf Shady Knoll Ray
Apple Jane, belonging to the Shady
Knoll Farms Company of Ypsilanti
was led out to be sold at auction and
delivered by aeroplane to the high-
est bidder. The sire of the calf was
Rag Apple Segis Korndyke DeKol No.
217984, the herd sire at Shady Knoll
Farms and a son of Rag Apple Korn-
dyke and Orchard Grove Rose Segig,
a 38.65 lb. granddaughter of King
Segis. The dam of the calf was Rag
Apple Segis Calamity, sister to Topsy
Hartog Pet Ca ary who recently
made a record 0 32 11 lb. butter in
seven days. -

After some spirited bidding the
calf was struck off at $500 to John
Bazley, owner of the Bazley Stock
Farm at Ypsilanti.

The plane was in the’ aviation ﬁeld
adjoining the park as per schedule.
waiting to deliver the calf but when
Mr. Robinson, pilot of the machine
looked the little lady over it Was de~
cided to be too risky a‘proposition
and he flatly refused to take her up.

Fortunately for Shady Knoll Rag
Apple Jane a dummy was substituted
in her place and the plane started
on its way only to fail in making the
necessary climb for a get away and
crashed into some of the trees 0 the
park. As the pilot and his mechan-

   

 

 
 
 
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  

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Lieut. Locklear dropping from one plane to another in mid-air.
thriller will be seen at the West Michigan State Fair, September 15 to 10.

 

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ician were uninjured and the calf
was on the ground, the only loss was
on the plane which was badly dam-
aged.

The accompanying picture shows
the plane before' the accident and left
to right we ﬁnd Mr. D. D. Aitken
(president of the National Holstein

Preparing Hides and

Much may be done to improve the -

branch’ of the hide'and skin industry
by marketing the hides and pelts on-a
graded and selected basis, according
to relative merits, and by avoiding
many of the proﬁt-absorbing, interme-
diary agencies through more direct
marketing by the rural producers. In
this way, says the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, country pro-
ducers will not only derive more pro-
ﬁts, but the proﬁts will be commen-
surate with the quality of their pro-
ducts, a condition which will prove an
incentive to produce hides and skins
of the best possible quality.

The preparation of hides and skins
for market is of great importance, as
where they are not properly prepared
and shipped they are subject to great
deterioration. The farmer who has

thoroughly cured a number of hides .

and skins by the green salting meth-
od commonly followed should place
them over some elevated object, such
as a barrelgThey Should remain there
over night, to drain free of excess
moisture; after which the surplus
salt should be swept off or removed by
thoroughly shaking the hides. If the
hides are handled in this manner,
and thereughly cured beﬁore being
shipped, the shrinkage should be rel-
atively small when they are ﬁnally
\weighed at the hide house. If the
hides are not thoroughly cured, if they
have been in salt, only a day or two
before shipping, do not remove any of
the salt as the hides may spoil

Folding the Hides

As a rule hides are folded so that
the hair side is out.
to fold in the head and neck on the
body of the hide, ﬂesh surfaces to-
gether,‘ and to turn in the tail in a
similar manner. Then a narrow fold
on each side should be made by
throwingback the body edges and
legs upon the body of- the hide, ﬂesh
surfaces together, keeping the lines
of the folds parallel. The legs should
then be folded back and these lapped
with the hair surfaces together, bring-
ing the break of each fold near the
middle line of the back. The aids
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bringing together the two breaks ot.’

the folds, with the middle line of the
back as the main fold, in this W
making one long rec .
'Il'the bat and of the folded
1: en thrown. or
ﬁfths'o we I“

It is essential ‘

’ moisture-resisting

Association.) Mr. Keating (mechan-

ician,) Mr. Robinson (pilot.) Glen 1
Bird (superintendent at Shady l
Knoll,) Shady Knoll Rag Apple Jane I
held by her new owner Mr. Braziey. :
Next comes Billy Bazley and then I
Col. Chas. Thompson, auctioneer who .
sold the calf. ;

Skins for the Market '

whereupon the forward portion of the
bottom lap should be folded back. on
top of the ﬁrst fold, bringing the
break of the rear fold even with that
o: the fold just made.

Each hide should be bundled sep—
arately and tied securely, about seven
feet of strong cord being necessary to 1
tie one hide bundle. A soft rope or .
line at least one-fourth inch thick is 1‘
suitable for this purpose, although
regular hide rope is preferable. Wire .
should never be used, as it is likely i
to damage the hide by rusting. Calf
skins should be folded in the same
manner as cattle hides. However,
when more than one is to be shipped
two folded calf skins should be plac-
ed together and tied into one bundle
instead of tying each one separately.

Sheep Skins Bundled Differently

Sheep skins are bundled differently
from either cattle hides or calf skins.
The wool sides are laid down and the
skins are folded along the meridian
line of the back with the wed side
out As many as ﬁve skins folded in
this manner can be placed in a single
bundle for shipment. It is not ad-
visable to pack more than this num-
ber in one bundle, as the wool helps
to generate heat very rapidly. Two
pieces of stout rope should then be
wound around the pack from back to
belly, one passing around the back
portion just in front of the hind legs
and the other passing around the
front portion immediately back of the
fore legs. All bundles should be tied
securely, using the nautical bow-line
knot, as it does not slip easily. Bun-
dles often become untied or otherwise
lose their identiﬁcation marks, in
which cases the railroad employees
have no means of determining the
identity of either shipper or con-
signee, especially if there are ether
hide shipments in the car. All ship
ments of hides should be‘ tagged with
good,vstr [limp , tags with. a paper
ﬁnish and" as: eyelets, and all ad-
dressing should be 1done plainly with
Hides and
skins Malaise shipped as soon as
mp“ after bundling without need-
less “exposure to sun, draft, water or
m gm- corroded metals.

4 emplet-e internist!“ regarding the
pest ,_ thuds for skinning, curing, and
" hides for market is given

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Farm-ers’ National Councn, after a

.7. careful survey of the situation and

conditions in America today, believes
that a few major economic issues
should have the attention and con-
centrated efforts -of farmers until
they are solved, and solved in a dem-
ocratic way to protect the rights of
the tillers of the soil. We do not
underestimate the importance of 0th:
cruissues. which arise from time to
time, such as the minor methods of

h'l'E'business to coerce and exploit the.

farmers. 0“We recognize that mis-
takes, and sometimes worse, on the
part of administrative ofﬁcials at
Washington. harrass the farmers and
often injure .them ﬁnancially.‘ Such
however, with few
exceptions, be’remedied by applica-
tion either to cabinet members or to

those directly responsible for admin-‘

istration.

The big economic issues, which
must be solved, however,rfor the ben-
eﬁt of the farmers, also of all other
workers or decided against them are:

1.. Contr11 of the meat packing

, .induStry.

— 2.
war.
3. Disposition of the railroads.

4. Disposition of the ships con-
structed by the government at the
expense of the tax payers.

5. Our policy on our natural re-
sources.

6. The money and credit system.

It is almost of equal importance
that the Department of Agriculture
should be made an agency to improye
economic conditions of. the farmers
and not chiefly to increase produc-
tion, and that the farmers of Ameri-
ca should know the exact cost of pro-
duction of farm products so that ag—
riculture maybe put upon a business
basis; while a system of marketing
must also be re-organized and put
upon a really efﬁcient and business

Our policy on paying for the

basis to encourage co-operat-ive
business and to eliminate un-
necessary speculative middlemen.
In order that the far mere may
have the facts upon which ‘ to

proceed, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion should not only be maintained
but its activities should be increased
and its pawer to serve the people

' should be multiplied.

Control of Meat Packing Industry

~The Kenyon—Anderson Bill to deal
with the meat packing industry,
while drafted primarily to remedy
the situation under which the Big
Five packers have accumulated a
wealth of about $1,000,000,000, and
a capitalization of well over $500.—
000,000 and increased their annual
sales to around $4,000,000,000, nev-
ertheless applies a new principle to
the industrial life of America. This
principle is that the public interest
must be the test of the methods, size
and activities of a corporation Dur—
ing the last decade the packers have
marvelously increased their ﬁnancial
«resources, their proﬁts and their pow-
er.‘ A packer representative recent-
ly stated publicly in a middle West-
ern state: ”The packing business is
as large as the government iself.”
Such a challenge must not go unre~
buked

The investigations of the Federal
Trade Commission and the testimony
brought out, at the hearings last
winter on the meat packing industry
show that the packers have monop-
olized the meat packing industry.
They are reaching out for, and are
well on the way to, domination of

the whole food supply of America. ,

No‘ greater menace could exist for
the farmers of America, as well as
tor the consumers. The farmers
know from their own experience the
control which the packers have ex-
» as since the Civil War and thet
righteousness and dem-

  

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, 1- ‘ ‘ .101: legislation at Washington;
may e1orts’ are made to detract at— '
'tention from the major issues ‘ The

 

Farmers’ Nattonal Councrl and National Board of

F arm Organizations Protect Farmers Interests

 

 

'COngress and the Farmers

“ OWADAYS," sold Milo Campbell, addressing a large gathering of farmers
ot the Stoto Folr on nation‘ol lssnoés, “congress votes with its not to the
wgronnd to hear whnt tho folks back home hive to soy.

moklng themselves board for the ﬁrst time, ond Congress respects their demands

os voiced through their powerful notional organisations, such on the Gleoncrs,

Grange. Formers' Notional Council and National Board of Form Organizations.

Look what they did to the daylight saving low.

President's motives in vctoing the clause repealing that law.

any that the farmers were against it, and utter the president had vetoed it, the

farmers got busy, and a separate bill was introduced and passed.

. Agoln the organised farmers brought their pros-

suro to Door ond congress passed It :vor.th.e President's vote with votes to spare.

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President exercised his veto.

It is are to say that no congress has been kept more closely informed of
the formers’ wishes than the present one.
the preponderance of the populotion was rural that it; was unnecessary for the
formers to his the hltintlve In protecting their interests against unwise logis—
For than nearly every member of congress was elected by farmers and
the principal legislation adopted reﬂected the wishes and welfare of the rural
But no time went on and the city populotlon begun to over-top the rural,
congress poid loss and less ottentlon to the formers, so it become necessary for
the farmers to organise and have their roprooontotlves in Washington to watch
And that is what the Formers' Notional Council and the Notional

lotion.
folk.

ll legislation.

exert a. powerful influence.

system.”———GEO. P. HAMPTO N,

 

 

Bonrd of Farm Org-nisations have been doing.
to ﬁve million producing farmers and when acting in harmony with each other,
The accomponlng articles are descriptive of the
oﬂ‘orts of these two organizations to represent and protect the interests of ag-
ricultural America in the enactment of the notion’ s laws.
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“We conservatively estimate the gains to farmers will total well over $2 -
500, 000, 000 a. year, through the adoption of our program as follows: $80. 000, 000
to $100, 000, 000 through the adoption of the Kenyon-Anderson Bill to deal with
the meat packing industry; at least $1, 500, 000, 000 through the adoption of a
democratic method of paying for the war;
our program for government ownership and democratic operation of the roll-
roads; $100,000,000 through the adoption of our program for a. government own-
ed merchant marine; and $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 through our program on
natural resources; and at least $200,000,000 through a better money and credit
Managing Director, Farmers’

The for-ore are

I am not here to question the
I am only here to

Again the

There was n time, of course, when

They represent probably three

$400,000,000 through the adoption of

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test between the packers and the peo—
ple.
While modiﬁcations of the Ken-

yon—Anderson Bill may be necessary“

the demonstration that the packers
do not control the government has
been long overdue. This must be
made by the enactment of the Ken—
yon-Anderson bill, no matter how

many millions of dollars the packers,

may spend to prevent the enactment
of this measure. We estimate that
the enactment of this bill will give
farmers $80,000,000 to $100,000,000
a year additional for their livestock
and other farm products.

Our Policy on Paying for the War

Our total national debt is now
about $26,000,000,000 and from
pr'esent indications it will be by the
end of this year about $30,000,000,—
000, or nearly one—eight of the total
national wealth. Some $9,000,000,—
060 of this in loans to our allies
which may or may not be repaid as
all of Europe is in ﬁnancial chaos
and fundamental economic reform is
necessary to enable European coun—

Farmers Appeal to Congress to Protect Right

HE NATIONAL BOARD of
I Farm Organizations from its
headquarters in Washington
has issued an appeal’to farmers of
the country to- p‘rotZa‘St by peti-
tion. ballot, or other' lawful or
orderly means against the un-
fair and un—American methods be-
ing used against farm organizations
engaged in the collective sale of their
farm products. The immediate cause
for this appeal is the arrest on Aug-
ust 9 of seven prominent farmers in
Ohio who were acting as representa-
tives of the Ohio Farmers’ Co—opera-
tive Milk Company in the sale of the
farmers’ milk to the dealers of CleVe-
land. These men were arrested at
their term homes in the mght and
thrown into an overcrowded vermin-
infested room of the city jail. In the
appeal, Congress and Legislatures are
asked to take early action to clarify a
situation which the Farm Board as-
serts is widening the breach between
city and country and which is view-
edwith fear and alarm by the farm
leaders. The statement follows.
On the 9th day of‘August, 1919,
seven farmers who were acting as of-
ﬁcers of the Ohio Farmers’ Clo-opera-

.tive Milk Company, were indicted by

Grand Jury in the city of Cleveland,
Ohio, for having acted as representa-
tives of the narmers who were sell-
ing milk to the dealers of that city.
“The price charged was. below cost
of production by the farmer as found
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eganizations recalls that in almost ev-
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tries to produce while they must
greatly increase production to enable
them to pay their debts.

‘ A national debt of $30,000,000.-
000 means a per capita debt of $275
or $2,250 for a family of eight and
$1,650 fora family of six. At 4 1-2
per cent the interest charges on this
debt for a family of eight are almost
exactly $100 and for a family of six.
$75. This burden will be on them
for decade; if we may judge from our

experience “following the Civil War,

through refunding the debt unless
we tax very heavily incomes, war
proﬁts, estates and the value of land
held for speculation. By the end of
the fiscal year, our own national debt
exclusive of the loans to our allies,
which we must realize may notice
paid, will be around $22,000,000.—
000. Including interest on this at 4
1-2 per cent. the amount to be raised
by taxes to clear off our national debt
will amount to $40,000,000,000, and
will be much more than this, if the
plans of the big interests are adept—
ed. A very large proportion of this

sisted of “collective bargaining”
not because of inordinate proﬁts. The
men indicted were among the most
prominent and respected farmers of
the state. Several of them were town-
ship and county ofﬁcials.

“In order to make their humiliation

‘01‘ intimidatibn more pronounced and
public,

these men were arrested at
their farm homes in the night. taken
to the city of Cleveland and there
thrown into jail without opportunity
to secure bail un_til the next day. The
jail itself was full of vermin and the
treatment accorded these men, was
barbarous and extreme.

,“The National Board of Farm Or-
ganizations standing at all times for
law and asking no immunity for vio
lators of the same, nevertheless, re-
cords its vigorous protest against the
use of, our criminal laws for the per-
sonal advancement of ambitious city
politicians and for the beneﬁt of pro-
fiteering combinations operating be-
tween the farmer and the consumer.

“The National Board of Farm 0r-
ganizations calls. attention to the fact
that if farmers shall be denied the
right to do collective bargaining in
the sale ottheir products; if they are
to be branded as criminals'for doing

openly what all business is permitted-

to do unmolested, that such class dis-
tinction will not always be borne with
patience by the farmers of the coun-

try. .

“The National Board of Farm Or-

and ‘

 

debt is held by one per cent of our

population.

Mr. McAdoo, while secretary of
the Treasury, stated that the annual
federal budget for many years after

‘the war will be about $4,000,000.01“),
. that is, close to $40 per capita, or

$320 a year for a family of eight.
About 22 500 persons, less than one;
fiftieth of one per cent of the total
population, own approximately $70, -

000, 000, 000 or nearly one third or.

the total national wealth.

The ﬁnancial interests of the coun-
try are attempting to have a system
of taxation adopted which will exempt
these beneﬁciaries of monopoly and
special privilege from paying their
share of the cost of the war and put
it upon the workers of the country.
of whom the farmers constitute about
one~half. In 1917 the total net in—
come of “individuals making returns
under the income tax law was about
$9, 000, 000, 000 and the total corpor-
ate income was nearly $10, 500, 000, -
000. The Farmers’ National Coun~
oil, through its National Committee
on War Finance tried to get Congress
to levy taxes which would have rais—
ed nearly $12,000.000.‘0*00 instead of
the approximate $6.300.000,000 rais—
ed in the last revenue bill. I urge
that not only the highest rates of
taxes levied during the war should be
continued until the full cost of the
war has been paid but that the gov-
ernment should levy as high taxes as
have been levied in any country dur-
ing the war. Had we adopted the
British income tax rate up to $40,000
taken all incOmes of over $100000,
and levied rates similar to the Brit-
ish rates on incomes of $40 000 to
$100, 000, we would have raised in
the last revenue bill nearly $4 500, -
000, 000 more by the personal income
tax than the 1ates actually adopted
will raise.

The program of the Farmers’ Na-
tional Council for paying for the
war would save the farmers of Am—
erica at least:$1,500,000,000 a year
for many years to come by getting

this revenue from the war proﬁteers ‘2

and monopolists of America. This
the Farmers’ National Committee on
war ﬁnance is trying to have done.

(This interesting article dealing,
with great national issues, will be
completed in. the Sept. 20th issue. We
want every reader to digest this arti-
cle thoroughly that he may better
understand how the great problems of
the day aﬁect him and his interests
and how he may act to solve them to
the best advantage to all concerned.
Opinions of 0m- readcrs upon. this are
hmrtily invited.)

Collective Bargaining

from outside such cities have been
caught within their boundaries and
branded as felons for daring to conler
with their neighbors or for joining
with them in the sale of their milk or
other common products; that some of
these indictments are still pending;
others ‘are being threatened and all
without regard to the farmers‘ in-
creased cost of production.

“The National Board of Farm Or—
ganinations believes that organization
and collective bargaining in the mar—
keting of farm produceais essential if
proﬁteering and unnecessary expense
shall be eliminated between producer
and consumer. These indictments by
cities against milk producers whose
industry cannot survive without tats
right, are being justly construed as .n-
dictments against all farmers whether
they be named or not in the indict-
ments themselves.
ening breach between city and coun-
try with fear and alarm. .

“The National Board of Farm or—
ganizations conﬁdently asks:

“1. That every farmer through pe- '7

tition, by the ballot, or by other ‘31.“?!-
ful or orderly means makes his pro-
test known against the unfair and 11.11
American methods
against him ‘

“2. That Congress and. Leglsla Lies

by early action make. clear the
inal purpose of our anti-trust "
that are now being misinterpreted.
misdirected so that hy-u
terns farmers shall hav‘

 

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H COUNTY -0P.

3_ MAKES (1001') REPORT
._ .' ten per cent taken out by the
6 County Ass’ 11 covers all over-
Ipenses which include the fol-
3, salary of manager,
‘al help, labor, taxes, interest,
“ance, depreciation, oﬁice sup-
_ '3 « warehouse. equipment. tele-
‘ and telegraph costs, lights and
Wei; fuel ‘and sinking fund. A
'inary of the ﬁnancial statement
the year' 3 work follows:

Pptatoes were sold ‘
to the value of 483,839.09

   

  

  
 

    
  
 
 
  
   
     
   
 
 
 
    
 
  
  
   
  
   
     
 
  
   
   
 
  
  
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
   
  
   
  
 
    
   
  
 
  
   
    
   
    
   
   
 
  
     
  
    
 
  
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
  
   
  
   
  
 
   
 
   
    
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  

is 8,383.90
ain ' ’3
m ha . 12,698.47
.. :11 on y. ' .
mi?! and seed sales - 159.86
.......... ‘15395 537. 56 s 83,543.76
3 ,therwalhu; (3111; 7, 512 52 l
. D
above“ sacks . . . . - 23.93
Totally net- commis- -
331519113 ........... 8 8,540.82
Income from error '
Cadillac office re-
fuses to acknowl-
edge ............. 200.00

:Expenses of conduction business;
'Labor and admin-

istration expense . .3 4, 650. 72
Interest, taxes, in—
surance, water and
light, telephone, tel-
. egrap‘h, travelling .
advertising and all

other incidentals 1,516.14 '
Storage at Vander—
bilt ............ 312.85
Total expenses ..$ 6,379.71

Total receipts . . 8, 4 . 2
Deduction of ex 3 7 0 8
penses, or ........ 6,379.71

. net gain to the —————--

Association ..... $ 2,361.11

,. Due to close competition and the
prevailing high prices of hay and
grain no effort was made after the
ﬁrst two weeks to carry on this part
of the business at the 10 per cent
rate, merely enough being charged
to cover necessary expense and play
safe. Seven per cent was sufﬁcient
. iOr- this and was the rate charged af-
ter the business was under way.

Because of this decreased percent~
age .3 the farmers purchasing hay,
grain or seed thru the association

"have in their pockets an amount
equivalent to $1,015.88 which other-
wise belongs in the treasury of the
..association. In addition to this sum
» there ‘will be a rebate from the Cad-
illac 011109 to our ass’n of approxi-
‘ mately $375. 00. the 8 cents per cwt.
more than covering expense to that
extent. Thus there is approximately
$3,762.00 accrueing to the credit of
our ass’n ‘thru their business as it
was conducted last year. This is en-
tirely over and above the member-
ship fees paid in which amounted to
$1,820.00 at the time of the annual
meeting ,making a net earning on the
capital stock paid in of 150 per cent.,
using the $2,361.11 surplus and the
$376. 00 (applmoximate) rebate from.
Cadillac as a basis.

Some of the local associations
3 (charged 15c and some 17c per cwt.
instead of doing business at the 10
percent as did the Otsego County As-
sociation. W’hile this 10 per cent
1 was adequate with potatoes at last
»year's prices it would not cover ex-
;penses were the price to be much
lower. To avoid any trouble from
3 this source the rate was changed
_.1rom310 per cent to 15c per cwt. The
annual cost of handling locally was
11170 per cwt, which plus the 80 tak—
en out at Cadillac makes a total of
10. 7c per cwt. cost thru the Otsego
=County Ass’ 11, while some neighbors’
ecsts were near 50c per cwt. '
‘ ‘Had the same margin prevailed be«
tween. the price to the jobber and the
g139wer as last year’s government re-
port gives for Michigan, each farm-

  

    
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

3r? shipping thru the local assn’
Quid have received 29c ger cwt. less
11% his potatoes than he id get, oth—

ditions being equal.

3_ ion shipped 6-, 437-, 016 pounds,
‘ es and -at’_89c per cwt. these
' the members .3316 767. 334
is thopgh the same mar:

  
 

  
 
 

 

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Btségo- County Comparative

, ‘lé are

going to do in the nextvrcampaign. The active engagemen6 01 Canadian farm-

ers in the Dominion political stairs has estabiished a precedent which :11“:
. no

ads 111111 margins 119d ob:- ‘

  
  

ly hopeithis data will be of some use
to you. and- believin‘ .that you paper

" is (icing a very excel out work for the ’

farmers. ——H. G. Ward, Pres. and Gen.

. Mgr.

rMacomb _ Agent Makes ‘Fine Record
Farmers of Macomb County ex-3

press their regret over‘the resigna-
tion of' H.3V. Kittie, ‘who relinquish-
ed his duties as Agricultural Agent
of this county on Sept. 1st, to take
active chargeof his farm in Living-
ston county. Mr. Kittle's success as
a county agent has been pronounced.
He went to Macomb County under
rather trying circumstances, after
theTBoard of Supervisors had picked
out a local man for the job, a selec-

tion that did not suit the heads of ~

the extension department at Lens;
ing.
tablishing himself in the good graces
of the farmers -and by his energy,
sincerity and practicability,
demonstrated that he was the man
for the .job. During the comparative-
ly brief period he acted as County
Agent he made a record for service
.which stands ace high among the ac—
complishments of the county agents
of the state. Among his numerous
activities. may be cited the following:
Organized threshermen for standard
prices; organized county for study of cost
of milk production; organized bee keep-
ers association; started Farm Bureau; or-
ganized boys’ pig club at Armada; or-
ganized boys’ corn club at Warren; or—
ganized Macomb County Dairy Council,
organized New Haven Agricultural Asso-
ciation; organized Warren Agricultural
Association; organized Washington Agri-
cultural Association; assisted in 7 two
day schools in county at Warren, Milton,
New Haven, Richmond, Memphis, Romeo
and Davis; responsible for 681 bushels of
Red Rock Wheat in the county and 224
bu‘shels of Rosen Rye; assisted in en-
couragement of Acid Phosphate to the
extent of several car loads; recommended
lime in all localities. Result, 30 tons in
the county; carries on county corn show.
ﬁrst of its kind in county, result 1000
ears and 24 bushels of crates, also grain
samples; controlled hog cholera; arrang-
ed for poultry demonstration, farm and
cutting work in fall; organized Cow Test-
ing Association; attended 70 meeting, 2, ~
300 present; written 196 articles for the
press, written 3, 500 far mcircular letters;
written 1, 400 letters; spent 127 days in
the ﬁeld; spent 122 days in the ofﬁce;
placed 75 men on farms; made 314 farm
visits during the year; made bulletin li-
brary available for distribution. Future
plans: at least one more cow testing as-
sociation; complete organization of Farm
Bureau;- at least two or more buying and
selling associations; taking care of work
of existing orgax izations; continuation of
county corn show; assisting‘ in labor
problem, giving advice when requested
concerning farming operations

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Benton Prosecutor After Farmers

For several weeks the prosecuting
attorney of St. Joseph county has
been trying to unearth evidence of

illegal collusion among the milk pro~ -

ducers of that county to control the
price of milk. Inspired perhaps by
the outrageous proceedings of Cleve-
land authorities against Ohio produc-
ers, the Michigan prosecutor has been
conducting an investigation and the
ofﬁcials of the local producers’ asso-
ciation have been hailed into court

and publicly grilled. There was ev- 3

idence of collective bargaining. ' It
was shown that the farmers had or-
ganized to secure a proﬁtable price
for their product. Aside from that
horrible crime, however. the prose-

‘cutor could get no evidence that the

farmers were proﬁteering or had
even been responsible for forcing the
price beyond what it should be. The
prosecutor is trying to ascertain
ﬁrst, what it
costs to produce and deliver milk;
secondly, if the present retail price
of milk is exhorbitant; and third, if
the Milk P10ducers’ Ass'n is guilty
of attempting to stifle competition
and control distribution in the cities
of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph.

 

Sugar Beet Yield Claimed Good

Sugar manufacturers claim that
the [yield of sugar beets this year
will be larger than the average, and
total production will beat all records.
It is optimistically stated that the
yield per acre will average around
eleven or twelve tons as compared
with six to nine tons the last two
years. UsuallU the estimates of the
manufacturers are higher than the
prospects warrant, but our crop re-
pdl‘ters tell us that ﬁelds which have
been giVen proper care will yield
somewhat better than last lyear. In
some sections, poor seed was planted
and did not germinate. In other sec-
tions it was impossible to secure help
for thinning the beets and the ﬁelds
had to be plolwed up. Except for
these scattering instances where the
crop was a complete loss, the situa-
tion is quite favorable. The manu-
tacfurers are of course in exceeding-
ly good humor over the prospects and
are able to see how their surrender
to the farmers’ demands for a proﬁt-

able price was a good piece of busi-

ness for eveiljone concerned

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Lprdspereus year

11111 0017111111! mamas ..
rnarnc'r onesmsrroﬂ‘

        

Representatives 5: the 91% town...

ship unidns organized in Bay Coun-
ty since last spring,
in a convention and perfected a
county organization, with the fol
lowing Ofﬁcers: president, John Per- 3
tell; vice president, David Colbert;
secretary-treaSurer; Charles Kitchen,
executive committee, George Forster,‘3
George Adams, Mr. Armour. - '
Speaking of the development of the
farmer uni-on idea. one of the oﬂcers
said: “We hope to have all of say.
county 3orgsni-zed within anothgr
month or two. The movement has.
attracted the attention of our beﬁt:
farmers and already a number. of the
unions have demonstrated their val-4“
ue in the way or marketing the W97.
ducts and buying supplies for their,
members. The president of the Bjy
County Farm Bureau is an ofﬁcer ‘of
one of our township uniOns, and very .

enthusiastic over our plans. As soon

as possible. we shall organize unions
in the townships of adjoining coun-
ties and hope within the very near
future to incorporate and apply for _3
a charter. There is no reason wha -
everxwhy we should not soon cover
the entire state and‘have a strong
organization which can wield an’i‘nf-
fluence in politics and in the more
efﬁcient methods of marketing."

The ﬁrst township in Bay to be or-
ganized was Auburn, and other town-
ships quickly followed suit. The
work of organizing has been consid-
erably handicapped by the summer
work and the shortage of farm help.
But despite these handicaps the meet-
ings have been well attended and the
farmers have shown a great interest.
Membership in the union is open to '
any person, male or female, who is
an American citizen and who derives
his or her principal support from
the business of farming. No person
whose primary interests are in any
other trade or vocation may become
a member.

The objects of the farmers’ un-
ions of Bay County are declared to
be as follows:

(a)’ Topromote the happiness and
prosperity of those engaged in the
business of farming.‘

(b) To establish social justice and
secure equity.

(0) To protect and fortify our in-
stitutions of government, raise the
standard of citizenship; disseminate
knowledge of the rights, powers and
duties of citizens in.relation' to gov-
ernment and to the selection of men
to administer the affairs of govern— '
ment.

((1) To secure laws providing a
more equitable system of taxation,
adequate protection from the practice
.of usury and better credit facilities.

(e) To study and to promote sys-
tematized, Emethods of distribution;
to eliminate speculators, and. so far
as possible and practicable, all oth-
ers engaged in the distribution of
farm products that producer and
consumer may be brought closer to-
gether; to secure and maintain proﬁt—
able and uniform prices for the pro-
ducts we raise.

(f) To strive for harmony and
good will among all mankind, and
brotherly love among ourselves.

\Vestern Grapes Bring Good Prices

The western grape harvest has
been in full swing the past two
weeks. Daily shipments of grapes and
melons have run from twenty to ﬁt-
117 cars, and within'ices better than
11181113. the growers will have a most
Grapes are being
eadiiy at 20 to 24c per basket.33
3,6131% melons averaged from $1 “
to 31.60,.3,whlle early sales of peaches

   
  

swore around $3. 75 per bushel. Grapes
its not quite so large as usual 3pm,?”

in; to the extremely 11117 nether;
but the quality and 114191» are
ent.’ The peach crap is”. L
banal, but such

    
  
     

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poultry; write us for them. . .

., OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS

. .We respectfully ask our readers to favor our adver-
, tlsers when possible. Their catalogs and prices are
‘ l cheerfully sent free, and we guarantee you against loss
3 providing you say when writing or' ordering from them,
,“I saw your ad. in my Michigan Busness Farming."

 

 

 

Entered as second-class matter, at Mt. Clemens. Mch.

i It Is a Time for Calm Judgment—and Action

: THESE ARE DAYS of snap judgment
and frenzied actions. It is hard to think

clearly and act wisely. Class is arraigned

: against class in a bloodless war for economic
. supremacy. Capital and labor, both selﬁsh and
arbitrary, have yet to ﬁnd a common ground.

: Both are well organized and exerting large in-
' ; ﬁuence upon national legislation and policies.
5 The farmer, unorganized and slow to take up
weapons in his own defense, is pushed to the
; back-ground. But he cannot long remain
‘ there. Self-preservation will force him to take
I a‘ stand and protect his own welfare against
‘ the injustices that government, backed by the
rabble and a press without conscience would
visit against him. The farmer is in danger.
' The production of food is in danger. It is
3 time for calm judgment—and action. Unity
among farmers can no longer be considered as
a mere advantage. It is a necessity, vital and
, pressing. The farmers MUST make their
5 voice heard today before all the councils of
1’ the nation. There is no choice. Michigan Bus-
! incss Farming is impreSSed with the magni-
I tude and the gravity of the problems that are

 

before the farmers today. We have seen them
_ shaping for many months. We have done what

we could to ward them off. There must'be no
. question as to what stand we shall take in the
’ future. We must think calmly, .judge impar-
tially and act quickly, but fairly. A united
i agriculture, speaking thru farm organizations,
f farm press and farm college, can perform a
great service for itself and the nation by in-
sistin upon equal representation and equal
righ in the solution of these mighty problems
and a square deal for all.

it ’8 it t is *

Food and its Distribution

HE DISTRIBUTION and sale of food is
not solely the business of a few people:
i It is or should be the business of all the people.
j Food is life. To place the handling and the
; storage of human food at the dispOsal of pri-
; vate capital is in a sense to place human life
9 in the same position. This applies, of course,
i only to those who do not produce the things
3 they eat. The welfare of the non-producer is
. . vastly more wrapped up in the intricacies of
' modern food distribution methods than. is the
,. welfare of the. producer. All the channelsof
" ,7 distribution might be clogged in a single day, ,
but the farmer would go on living. But not
,5,so with the man who produces'no food. ’ .
The government’s investigation into‘the‘high,
', cost of‘living should have'at least one beneﬁc-
ial eﬂfect. Itcshould convince the consumer
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that he,has'_been very careless ingthe past .,

aylbe fed'p ii in ec al
But food is billy. handledv'vby pri
1118“ for the purpose of private gain. Food is
_ stored or boarded for = the. same purpose. Food
. is seldom passed whom one point. to another
except as ”proﬁts accrue as a result of the. op‘
oration. This is perfectly in accord with the.
natureof man which cannot be changed. But a
more even and cheaper distribution of food
may be had by taking away from private cap-
ital the right to engage in the handling of food
and conﬁning that privilege to state and na-
tional government which would have no other
purpose than to, distribute food economically
and uniformly. ,
Opposition to such a plan would be found on

 

the ground, that it is akin to socialism, but»

theoretical» objectiOns count for little when the
physiCal Well-being of the people is at stake. It
might also be argued that it would be useless
for the state to control the distribution of food
if it could not'at, the same time control the
production of food. The ﬁrst is possible and
practical: The second is impossible. Progress
along any line has never stopped to argue
about the impossible and unsolvable. It has
surmounted'what difﬁculties it could, leaving
the insurmountable to another day and gener-
ation. It should' so conduct itself with the
present tremendous problem of cheap food dis-
tribution. By reason of the great numbers en-
gaged in food production, the highly competi-
tive nature of their business, their widely dif-
fering points of view, farmers could not vpos-
sibly control to an extent harmful to the con-
sumers’ interests, the prices of their products.
There may come’a time, true enough, when the
farmers may so exercise their right of collect-
ivc bargaining as to determine a basic produc-
tion cost and sell upon that ﬁgure, but the ﬁ-
nancial condition of millions of those engaged
in farming will always be such that when a
proﬁtable selling price is secured they will be
forced to exchange the food they have produc-
ed for the commodities of the industrial places.
We know that'the power of competitiOn and
of the laws of supply and demand has not been
great enough to prevent the great packing and
storage interests of the country from hoarding
necessaries of life and controlling their price.
Unless curbed and controlled there is nothing
to prevent these same interests from continu-
ing the same tactics. But it is absurd to claim
that any group.of farmers could become power-
ful enough to control food products against the
natural laws which great combinations of cap-
ital have circumvented.
# 4* i t t it

The Soldier and Prohibition

IMOTHY SULLIVAN, who is secretary

of something or other opposed to nation-
al prohibition, announces that ninety-eight p_er
cent of the soldiers arevopposed to prohibition
as an abridgment of their constitutional liber-
ties. Timothy would like to have the American
people who voted the nation dry believe that
their sons f ght to make the world safe not
only for democracy but for booze as well.
we refuse to believe. The intelligence of the
American people is of a high enough order we
hope, to detect the ﬂaws in Timothy’s state-
ments and be.not stirred by any compassion
because of the alleged injustice they are charg~
ed with havin'gwisited upon their absent sol-
dier boys.

“Te are inclined to idealize the men who or‘-
fered their lives for democracy. We know them
to be men of courage. vWe know them to‘ be
men of ideals. ‘But we are apt to forget that
despite the heroic part they have just played
in the worldls affair they are yet men. They
have their faultsnan their weaknesses as 0th
or men do. They are not all clean in mind-and
body as we wguldolike to picture them. They ,

jare' not all fnee, from debasing habits. There

are those among them just as-there are those
among the civilians- to Whom' nothing is more

therefore, exp‘eCt that all our returned soldiers
are pleased with prohibition. We rather think
the percentage of themhwho are opposed to 'it

    
  
 
 

 
 

 

  
 
 

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But '

» . ‘. ducts. Less mono . td'th
sacred than.personal liberty, We do 1101;, ~ . TY,

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country WIl-lmtake' up the. ,

over ‘again.

But that argument will not-wash." The rank

and ﬁle of the American pe0ple’ had no imme-
diate voice in the adoption of the prohibition
amendment by the various states. ,Congress
considered it a war necessity, and tho cVery
man who wore an American uniform "had re-
mained upon American soil, we may reasonab-
ly expect that the prohibition legislation WUiL'iJ
have been adopted just the same. ' ‘ .
' e in ii a. at is

Red Cross Society Loses Fifty" Dollars

i
V

l T WOULD NOT be fair toourSelves or our ,

,_ erygiibai the soldier ‘
has not been, givenaj square d631,- and..~.;-in3i£ﬂ3 ‘
that we must ﬁght this prohibitioniq-Iiestiw all -

readers to pass by without comment the fail- '

ure of a certain farm paper to produce “certain ,

proof of the authenticity of a, letter which it
published containing several very uncompli~
mentary references to Business Farming and
its readers. The letter referred to was pur-

ported to have been written by a farmer and ,
was upon the subject of the Sheep-Wool socie- ‘
ty which has been discussed to some extent in
Not only did the writer of the _
letter take us to task for publishing the facts ;

our columns.

about the Sheep-Wool society, but the editor of
the paper intimated that those of our readers

who had shown an interest in the plan were .

not intelligent farmers and that we were work--
ing hand in glove with a “slick city promoter”
to graft upon the farmers.

Satisﬁed that no farmer would have written -

such a letter, we offered. to give $50 to the
Red Cross society upon the submission of proof

that the letter was genuine and not “faked”~’

by someone interested in the publication re-
ferred to. We have waited nearly tWo months
for this evidence. It has not been forthcom-
ing. The Michigan Red Cross society is out

$50, and the publication referred to stands com. 5

victed of tactics that are not only unethical and
unmoral, but positively detrimental to the in-
terests of Michigan agriculture. Any publica-
tion that will fake a letter for the purpose of
attacking a contemporary surely cannot retain
the conﬁdence of its readers in the reliability
or sincerity of its editorial columns.
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, “Prices Coming Down” '
“PRICES are coming down,” announced
the packers as the price of hogs dropped
a few dollars a hundred. “We did it with our
little monopoly. We simply quit buying, and
lo, the market tumbled.” ’ 3

But bacon still brings 60 cents a pound at
the corner store.

“Prices are coming dewn,” say the bean
jobbers, .as the market slumped a peg or
two; “we did it with our little bear story. We.
can keep the farmers from proﬁteering be—
Cause we control the markets. They have to
take what we offer and we will not offer much
this year.”

But' strange as it may seem beans bought
from the farmer at 8 cents a pound are still
selling for 16 cents at the city grocery.

“Prices are coming down,” say the storage
hogs with a sly . smile, “yesterday’s report
showed we dropped the price a few cents .on
butter and eggs. You, can depend upon us to
keep the farmers from getting. exorbitant
prices.” , _ _. ‘ "

But Mr. Consumer wondered next, day why
he paid the same old price. for butter and
eggs. , , _ , .

“Prices. are coming. down."
slowely, surely.
food boarders mmpohdhg t0 the public do:
mend and paying, '. the farmer less. ,They con.-
trol the buyin" " on farm products. They
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The packers, middlemen and.

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.NIQ'A 'O-er ,
vane 1mm : the. packing

. {retail " dealers

. during the last "few years. .The air is

' sufﬁcient to warrant grave apprehen-

eoal miners and railroad men have it

-‘-~ iori'thcold, hunger and suffering which

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' 1 “Neither‘poverty nor want of milk(

   
  

 
  

who are as a class
are charged with‘ having, kept them:
selves busy marking up large _mar-
gins of. proﬁt. ,
It is indisputable that business has

, never before reaped such dividends as

héuses" 'sdown‘

full of statements, of the dishonesty,
mismanagement and greed of corpor-
ations, partnerships and individuals -

sion on the part" of the average citi-

“m N. n. MICHIGAN _ .

Anarchy and socialism are making
the old world red with the bloold of
thousands while in this country the

in their power to .visit the nation

suggests a situation unsettled and,
threatening. \ ~ - '
_ The great masses of laborers are
9 unable to organize, combine or co-op-
erate and as a result. are being
_ ground and are yet to be ground by
1 their more - fortunate and powerful
, neighbors. Trusts and combinations,
- both great and small, are withholding
' untold millions of the necessaries of
life from the channels of trade. The
‘ domestic hog used tcl sell on foot at"
four dollars per hundred and now at
- the other extreme ham and bacon re-
' .tail at 50 to 600 per pound and mant'}
other products nearly in proportion,
thereby' oppressing all classes of lab-

or.

Over all and through all the bale-
ful hand of politics has been swing—
ing billions into the pockets of pro-
ﬁteers and high public ofﬁcials, cow-
ardlike, have bolwed their heads sub-
missive to the party boss.

.Now that the probe has started,
will it be the real thing or only an-
other form 0f political advertising
'ending largely in nothing except a
wink and a forward nod~to the swag

farmer is not to be charged with mor-
al or criminal wrong, because he does
not care for the» city's unfortunate.
He is willing to bear his share of
public burdens, and his property is
generally found for assessment.

I thank You for the opportunity to
nﬂl this lie.

newspaper.
correct
Campbell, Goldwater, Mich.

The settlers in Presene Isle Coun-
ty are realizing $20.00 a bushel for
uncleaned‘ alsike. clover seed and e15
a ton for alsike chaff—the by-prod-
act for stock feed.

at seed forming time, the seed yields,
as with grains. has been very much ,
reduCed, but at that, the returns in
dollars and cents,
from $75.00 to $125.00.
er in the vicinity of Mlllersburg who
has not twenty-five to ﬁfty bushels
of clover seed to market is an ex-
ception. ' ‘

the upper peninsula has copyrighted
the magic word “Cloverland,” and
Minnesota not to be out—done goes
one better, in their claim to “Great—
er Cloverland"—-whi1e with becoming
’ modesty Northeast Michigan lays just
claim to the “Clover Seed Belt”——
there is glory enough for all of us
~in
Presque Isle County.

LET PEOPLE OWN RAILROADS

running the railroads or the govern-
ment that is the only soilution, then

ills-0999111158 entereed
that ‘
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ning railroads.

eiit or the people;
my own beneﬁt.”
It has been found to be

I have asked them to

their statement—ditto D. lic.

 

~ ‘ “CLOVER SEED BELT" ford County.

Owing to the hot and dry spell,-

show for
per acre, vary
The farm-

As you have no doubt observed, farmers’ union

Congress,” that

the cloverleaf.——John G. K.,

 

Now {you begin to talk good logic.
In regard to the people owning or ' sue
reads thus:

matter

What do they care?
money that] are after and blood mon-
ey they get, good and plenty and the
public paid the bill.——-S. H. 8., Wen

proﬁtable

Swift
afraid by reading Mr.
cles that the people might become
socialists or communi
can put it down in
A that that is what
give it time, and a
“Would Business

in charge,

the people'will get service. They will
never get service by corporations run-
As Vanderbilt made
the remark a few [years ago, “I am
not running this railroad for the hen-
I am running it for
There are not many
1 that care much for the people’s bene«
some job to sue and prosecute a big tit; it’s for theirown individual pro-
ﬁteering the people be (1— or the pub-
It is blood

 

MAINE FARMEB LIKES
WAREHOUSE

I like very much the stand M. B.
‘F. has taken in regard to goivernment
own-ed warehouses and other matters
for the betterment 0f agriculture.

The farmers must have a better system for the fellow on top. The
only thing he has to look out for is
that he does not fall to the ground,
for in that case he would get it hand-

marketing or
there will be a food shortage which
will be more severely
When the producer gets only 25 or 30
cents of the consumer’s dollars there
is something unjust sotmewhere. I
hope to live to see a nation-wide
which will
and receive justice for all its mem-
bers—R. L. Herrick, West Pam's, Me.

 

ANENT THE PACKERS
I see in an article of your August
23rd issue, “Kenyon Bill Now Before
& Co. are
Marsh's arti-

MOVE ing-

felt than ever.

demand last

sts. Well!
their notebooks

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4‘ I say so.

 

with the $29,000,000 ﬁne.

people to their sober senses

er Than Words."

' tions.

family in want.

fellow on - the

body lower down keeps it.

ed td him.———J. F.. Prescott. Mich.

issue of your

peelings of cucumbers
runs.
ladiy from India.

ones.——F. T., White Pigeon.

 

Sharpening Himself

ed curiously of a native.

They
“Razorback hawg, sub.”

is coming. Just
s in the same is- set against that'tree?"
Suffer?” it “He’s stropping hissulf, suh, just
“Attorney having the stropping hisself.”-—[Ladies' Home
tells me that by Journal.

made to pay the penalty.”
Just like
the Standard Oil (30.
Some more
action will do ’more to bring the,
than'
all the writers on earth. ‘ Remember
the otld sat/ing, “Actions Speak Loud-

Many a manabhors large combina-
I say they are blessings to
mankind as they have a sobering ef-
fect on humanity. So let them go to
it. Nothing appeals to man’s mind as
a hungry stomach and to see his
A great E‘lirstem is
this. If wages in a certain incality
are $2 a' day it means just a living
in it; if it is $7 a day just a living
too. They have you coming and gel-
The top fellow hands it to the
ladder round below
him and he to the next one down and
so on dovVn until it comes to the {el-
low on the grotund and be having no
A line

REMEDY FOR ANTS IN HIVE

In answer to a request by lady in
magazine for a
remedy for ants in bee hives would
say that We had successfully used the
around ant
This remedy was given by a
Our ants were red

“What do you call that?” he ask-n

“What is he doing rubbing bism—

 

' gatherers.

With all these things on hand or
imminent it seems as if both the na-
tion and state are calling men iron
blood men, to take hold and manage
our affairs. In the past Michigan has
had several farmer governors; nota-
bly Cyrus G. Luce and John T. Rich,
who did not hark back to the county
and take orders from any political
ring or clique; men were removed
from oﬂlce without fear and tremb—
ling on part of the chief executive;
evil doers Were punished; resigna-
tions demanded; stern and steady
hands guided the Ship of State.

We have another. farmer just like
them; who should be honored with

,.the gubernatorial nomination; a man
broad enough to weigh both sides at a
question; the man who brought the
sugar manufacturers to time when
they refused the just demands of the

., beet growers; the man who has more

I than once rendered valuable assist-

: ance to the farmers in their battles

. for a living price; a man who can

" strike a reasonable ration between the

, producer and consumer and or a mor-

‘ al caliber that’would prefer to serve
honestly and faithfully for one term

5 rather than co-mnromiSe the people’s

l rights with proﬁteers and potliticians.
He is a product of Shiawassee coun-

l tiff. Mr. A. B. Cook, of Owosso, and he

I has the size. courage and energy to

l cope with the‘problems of the hour

1 and settle them with a due considera-

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tion for the interests of all—U. M. K,
Stanton. Mich.

 

lAMPBELL DENIES TELEGRAM

‘I have just read your comment up-'

-' “on the fake telegram which has been

‘ circulated from the Hearst papers

9 of New York in which'I am pictured

as sending to the Dairymen's League

’of New York a message reading as
follows:——~

.tﬁm New York should compel farm—r
i are to sell mule.” ,
'. The'telegram-was apare take and
1‘ without the slightest "basis. I never
.' ‘sent’ ' such a telegram to anyone“ at
any time.’ But you are right init70ur
«analysis: ' g ‘ '
. It is. high time-there should be a
better understanding between , city'
country. : 1 '

 
 

  

   

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96 inches long, 52 inchcshigl'i and 50“

inches wide.

But in spite of its small size it'm'll do the work
ofsix horses or mules-and has a s '
forty to ﬁfty per cent greater than the average

traCtor. . _

lt is the embodiment of compact poWer.

It ‘produces food but consumes none of it.

It never gets tired. It works. all day—Land
all night too it newssary. ’ _

‘ , it does. better, quicker, cheaper work—'-

and does it twelve months in tbs-year. ,_

Plowing is only the beginning of its work.

It ' we, plants and reaps, bindﬁthreshes

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More kinds of work
More days in the year

Because of its distinctive tracklaying con-
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seedbedworlt. Eight hundred square inches

of traction surface enable it to go over soft

plowed

ground or moist or sandy surfaces

withoulsinking inandivithout packing down the soil.

The Cletrac operates on a surprisingly small
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for information and our interesting booklet
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FLOWERS IN THE HOME ‘
-. .TAYE YOU never entered‘ a
home, after all the pilowers-P
r). _ outsidehad been frost killed.
.,;and_ had your. spirits lightened by the
cheery ”bloom ’of the fragrant hya-
,_§jnth_.or the delicate beauty of the
Zi'ffnaéciﬂﬁus..%nd. then resolved that an-
1, other. fall you too, would secure some
“ bulbs and. have fsogne flowers ,for
___.Th§.nksgiving2. Lest youtorget that
,—,. rggoiive 'we, desire ,to remind you ’ that;
YQAEY. 8.00117 119W» {you 81191114 secure
' pyogilrgbulbs if. you would have flow—
“ers,for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
; refriobably ~- the most -satisi:actary
bulb;tor:the.1 ﬁrst planting is the Ro-
-;:'“man»Hyacinthﬁgwhich comes in eith—
" or La “delicatemp'inkjror white, ‘ and are
’ not'as ﬁrm-and solid a bloom as the

their south-
ern homes,
1 or .t h. e
winter. but
y .0 11, as. n
have a very .
good railw-

.. bulbs for later planting. These duntion 0f
. bulbs should’ be kept in a dark, cool the” slug ‘
room"'until the growth is about an ing bY. 88-.
'1th or two aboye the ground, and, curing the.
then they should "be transferred to a record ' 0 I
light- warm room, Where they will Chas. “Kel—
, develor rapidly; These bulbs 'Will 1083 HOW

Birds Sing”

blossom in about 12 weeks after
and on the

planting. .The larger bulbs which
produce a sturdy stem full of bloom,
should be planted as early as possi—
ble after October ﬁrst. One of the
best authorities in the State gives the
: toll-owing directions for the indoor

side is the

‘Bird Chor-

us.”
“When I

A Department? for th

Almost every family now 'owns some
makeof a music box and will want
some new records this fall.
the makers of records have had such
heavy demand during the past few.
months, they have not issued any.
list: of newrecords the"past month,
but from lists issued during the sum-
mer-have made a selection of the
choicest which-they 'oﬂ’er. '

Soon 'the‘b'irds Will ‘be‘going fo

opposite.

    

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Edited by MABEL CLARE LADD
' WORK on ALMS?

“Give work .rather than aims to the
poor. The former drives out indolence.
the latter industry.’?—Tyron Edwards.

“A bank-pass book showing a credit

Because

3,9 ”jack knives,~ten-w-atches, nine raz-'
are, three month Organs, a box‘ of
cigars 'and‘rto‘bacco pouch were found
in the pockets of James Smith, xiii";
gatg‘ned here Tuesday‘as a vagraht.’
5. y .. _ . . H'é- heeled
" the. pa ce‘.
for “his
breakfast.”
The clip-
ping a-boye
. appearedde
one of our
mo r n i ng
papers re-
cently. and
the moral
is plain: If
you give to
the profes-
sional beg—
ga r w h 0
come s t 0
,your door,
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Mather
BY C. SHIRLEY‘ DitLENBACK

There’s just ahint of silver,
A'gleam in your silky hair——

And your cheeks once flushed with roses
Are furrowed with lines of care;

Time has not dimmed in your faded eyes
The love-light shining there.

men a.

' a good‘sizedjba‘nle‘aécoiiﬁt." '
of; $‘1,956..cash' amounting to $177, ' " ' ‘ "' ‘

. 34513§Kﬁ8.,‘”40. A2544 and?46‘ihehé$“5hé£’5 ‘. , V‘ ‘
’measure-ff“'_ ' / ~
.. Of. (Liaison starlet Width-e of 'eklnti‘i-x'

culture of the hyacinth:

lar.and keep the earth moist. Some
prefer to cover the pots with light
binders or coarse mulching and keep
in a cool spot. In any case eight
weeks or more, according to the va—
riety, should be allowed for root for-
‘ mation. The growth may be from
.1 1 1-2 to 3 inches high before bring-
‘ ing to light and heat. To hold them
does no harm and they will stand a
low temperature. They should next
be" brought ‘to a shaded and rather
cool room for another week or two.
Bring to full light and heat when the
flower spike is seen to be free from
' the bulb. Never allow gas fumes to
reach the plants."

Narcissus is just about as popular
3 glorvind‘oor forcing as the hyacinth.
1‘ The ”Paper White or. Narcissus
‘t-‘Grandi Flora will be ready for
1 Thanksgiving if planted in Septem-
ber. Forcutting, of course, they are
preferable to the hyacinth. They
are planted and treated exactly as
are the hyacinths, except that no
treatment in a dark room is required.
' [Then there are the variety of nar-
cissus commonly known as “daffo-
dils," which bulbs are usually plant—
ed a little later to give to the home
the ﬁrst touch of spring. months be-
fore the frost is out of the ground.
. Another bulb which has recently
' . been grown indoors much is the
Freesia. These bulbs are covered
with not more than one half inch of
soil and put in a light but cool room.
These bulbs differ from the hyacinth
in that they are kept in the light in-
stead of the dark. The spare bed—
room, which is not kept heated but
is light would be an ideal place in
which to start these bulbs. They
need plenty of water. When they
have attained a height of eight to
ten inches, they Can belbrOught into
the warm living room .and should
bloom quickly. , _ ﬂ .
Remember if you are interested
in securing some bulbs and haven’t
a'florist or seed store near you where
y0u can obtain these bulbs, our Per-
. Sonal Shopper will be glad to send
.rylgou prices, and-it you desire. will
i§rchase the bulbs for you. , We are

 
     

 

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“Pot in’ light loam soil, allowing
the tops of the bulbs to come just
to the surface. Place the pots in a
dark, ’cool room in basement or cel—

‘music a1

   

’ls nothing-Which ‘ ,

was twenty
one I never
had lots of
money. but
I always

A friend at all—a

Methinks that when

For nigh on forty years you’ve stood——

Though dark and stormy was the way;
You’ve proved a hero in the strife.

ing laziness

trusted wife, shif t 1 es s—

ness a n d
these tw o
the Master calls breed' dis-

had lots of Thy crown shall lie—eternal life. content and
Fun” sings . - disconte n t
H a I‘ I‘ y I’ll it I 866 eleven Stars, ‘ often re-
Lauder in Symbols of sturdy girls and .boys sults in I.
his inimi t _ Though three are with the Savior now—- W . W.’ s.
able way. Yet eight remain, your pride and joy, anarchists
The record And in your mother heart you know— et 0. F011
is entitled, The’love they bear is not alloy. ;hose whose
waZth‘IweJ With books and dinner pail to school, 1,11%?“ b are
ty- 0 n e ,, You’ve watched each baby trudge away have trig

and is just
as funny as
the ones he
sang before
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You prayed we’d Jersey the golden rule——
Nor from the path of honor stray,

And that our shoulders might be straight
You toiled for us the livelong day.

And as each baby journeyed on

to sit and

talk about
t h e “u n—
equal di s-

tribution of

 

came into You tried its every cross to bear wealth, the
his life. It And taught us all as best you could— other fel-
will chase . The wondrous power of‘love‘fand-prayer; lows good
the blues- . Though meager. was ”theymecampense luck." etc,”
awa y t 0 You. gave to each a generous share. when more
hea hi . -
inhanc- And as each baby trudges on, 21%: n «:33:
C ormick a - To man and womanhood’s estate— l in ck” is
my 0 ri’t 8 Your heart istorn by everypain just anoth-
'th 11 You’d gladly carry all the~ weight; er Word 1.
“'1 ,f" ' How soon we learn in life’s hard school h d or
15333:: R22: No other’s love is half. so great. ' pilrs 82:081.:
of Sum- By 0. SHIRLEY DILLENBECK ance, etc.
T h e r 6
may have

song of a
comedy. It
is a love ,
song full of gaiety and gallantry.

The war has brought back to pop-
ularity some of our old songs and no
one sings them better than Madame
Louise Homer, who has recently
made “Hard Times. Come Back No
More” a most wanted record.

If you love Gluck, you’ll want. to
own the record entitled “Little Old
Cabin in the Lane.”

Then if you want something both
catchy and funny, get the record
“Take Your Girlie to the Movie” and
“Baby.” sung by Billy Murrayvand
Arthur Fields: They are both tunes,
you will like to Whistle.

The most beautiful waltz. written
for a long time and onewhich isplay-A-
ed slowly enoughr‘so that you can
really dance to it, is ',“Beautiful Ohio” »-
while “Till We Meet .Again” has a
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. been a time

when work
was scarce,

' . and only
the skilled laborer could secure and

keep a position, but those days are
past. The. nation right now is cry—
ing for more labor; wondering ”what
we shall do when the foreigners re«
turn to their home countries; True.
. there are some who, because of sick-
ness, are reduced in circumstances
and unable to do a good, hard day’s
work, but there isn’t a city or vil-
lage that won’t, out of the city funds;
help such a one to regain his feet;
You pay a tax to help care for the
helpless ones of your county, then
let the 'o'ne'Who desires help, go to
the city ‘oﬁicials for such help and
they will investigate and if there is"?-
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«*EdR-EH-ILDREN—Oh, I'm so
z,‘_'e,xcited_ endlet me whisper in

years ear and tell you why.
many of our little
folks have joined the Christmas Club
and are going to. have“ such Wonder-
tat- gifts. both for themselves and all
their family. If you haven't already
Mined,- white the for particulars be-
fore. it is. too late. Just imagine it;

about three .hundred members a1»
- 119111!sz it is still learly'u enough so -

that as many: more can join and still
have tilde to can almost anything
m may desire for. Christmas.

-.' All 6111' little fdlks are so interest-

.. ed“ 'vi-n seeing the r letters printed and.

 

' wezmave as. litt‘

. Peach, Brighton, Mich., R. F. D.

. w’ritt‘en quite a few times.

' very disappointed

space. that I will
not Write you Filing letter this Week
but :wtif 'g‘ive‘ all the space up to iot-
ters " 'Aifectionately yom‘s—Laddie. '
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Laddie—I have never written to
you before so I thought I would now I

' am a girl; eleven years old and will be in

the seyenth grade when school starts.
our. school starts the second of Septem-
her; I like to read about the D00 Dads
very well We live on an eighty acre
about two miles from Brighton. We have
three horses and six cows. We have
nine calves I have ﬁve brothers and
two sisters. ’We have one dog named
Teddy and a cat named Tommy. We have
nearly a hundred little chickens that my
sister Frances got in May. Well as my
letter is getting long I will close, NQnegta.
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Dear Laddie—I am a girl eleven years
of age and I will be in the 6th grade. this
coming year. Where I live now used to
be an Indian reservation of the Potto-
wattamie Indians. We have large trees
and many birds build their homes in
them. I hope to see my letter in print
Affectionately yours Helen Griswold,
Scottville, Mich, R. F. D. No. 2.

—-———

Dear'.Laddie—-—Thi3 is the first time I
have written to,‘ you. but my friend has
Our school
starts» next week Monday. I like to go
to school and would like to go through
the twelfth grade and become a teacher.
I 'am a girl eleven years old. and in the
7th grade. My teacher's name is Miss
Jensen and I like her very much. I hope
she stays and teaches my school until I‘
pass the eighth grade. My father takes
the M. B F. and I like to read the «letters
from the boys and girls and read about
the D00 Dads. I help my friend guess
the ﬂames of the great men. . I live on a
forty acre farm and we have two horses

and two cows. I have ﬁve pets they are
kittens. I have a brother that is in the
10th grade, his name is Don.
see my letter in print. Jean VanAllen,
Greenville, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie—I have never written to
you before but thought I would try and
see if I could get a letter in print. I am
nine years old and in the fourth grade. I
have three brothers and two sisters. We
have eight little pigs, one old hog, one
calf and four horses. I live on an eighty
acre farm and we have eighty acres of
freod lot. I helped my sister husk and
cut off corn today. My father was going
up near Beaverton and buy some land. A
man told him he could buy land for 50
cents an acre and he was crazy to go but
«I guess he has got over being crazy about
going. I think there must be something
wrong with the land. I don't want to
move away from here because I like it
here. I _help my sister gather the eggs
and drive the chickens in the coop. Well
I guess I will close and let some one else
have the room for their letter. I wili be
if you don't put my
letter in ‘print and I would like to have
some of the boys and girls write to me.
Harland Schermerhorn, R. 3, Stanton,
Mich. .

 

’ ~‘ Dear‘Laddie—I am a girl. 9- years old
and in the third grade We live on a
farm 013.20 acres. We have two horses,
one cow and a calf and one pig. I go
after the (Iowa at night.
ter ,the chickens. For pets I have two
cats. I have two little kittens. I like
the Doc Dads very much, they are funny
little fellows indeed. My papa has a Ford

We go all over with it. Hoping to
see my letter in print, I am, , Margaret
Kuk‘ib;Inl(ste1-. Mich. 3;; '1" '-

—'——p—-—

Dear Laddie—This is the ﬁrst time I ”

 
 

«have Written to] ybu. I arm-a girl, 15
.years- old in the 8th gradeﬁ: I baits one
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; 21 am on a visit to mly

W333“, ‘ggvmsburg m;
M as

much.

grade at school.

’ have the oak and pine.

I hope to -

I feed and wa--

area’s Hour and I 1‘
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years old and will be in the sixth grade
his coming year. My father has eight
cows and four horses. I have a dog
named Brownie a chicken for pets. His
name is Bill. Every morning he co

Up to the porch for us to feed him. I ike
the D00 Dads very much. Our teacher’s
name last year was Ina Shannon and
the one this year is Florence Finch. Well
I will close, hoping to see my letter in
print. Thelma- Taylor, Brighton, Mich.

 

Dear Laddie: ——I am going to write and
have my letter printed in the M
like some of the boys and girls are doing.
I WrOte once before but didn’ t see my let-
ter in print. I am a farmer girl and live
on a homestead of 40 acres. We have.
three milch cow.s and four head of young

cattle, three horses, eight pigs and about

30 chickens.
two sisters.
and I go to school-

I have four brothers and
Two of my brothers sisters
I am in the seventh

all hills and valleys and for trees we
There are lots of”
pretty flowers that. grow here We call
the place where we live Flynn Val'eqy

because of all the valleys I like our home ’

and farm “fine. We haven’ t a very large
farm but expect to buy more land some
day. Well I must close for my letter is
getting quite long, hoping to see my let—
ter in print sometime, with lots of love
to the boys and girls. Evelyn Bugg, Pon-
ca, Michigan.

‘ .—

Johnny's Mistake
"Run, Johnny, get some soda, quick 1"
Cried mother in a flurry;
For she was making biscuits and
Was in an awful hurry.
So Johnny clasped his money tight
And scrambled off with all his might
When back again, all out of breath
He cried “I sure was quick.
I drank that soda down so fast
It almost made me sick !”

C
——

Dear Laddie—I have enjoyed the let—
ters to the boys and girls. I am nine
years old and in the ﬁfth gr.ade I live
on a 200 acre farm. We have 9 cows and
a. calf, 40 horses and 3 pigs, 12 rabbits.
I have two brothers and one sister. Hop—
ing my letter 'u not too long to be in
mint. Margaret Miller, R. F. D No.2
Caro. Mich. '

Where we live is mostly!-

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I ' I Little Boy Pigeon

some time after, I <am hatched I

some time after Isam hatched -I
do not have any more feathers than
a catﬁsh, and my only clothes are a
few scattering patches of yellow
down. My skin is tender and pink,
.and the little pile olf sticks that my
mother calls a nest hurts. awfully

ISUPPOSE they call me Squab be-

sometimes. My mother does netﬁseem,

to think it is Worth the trouble to

.make. much of a nest, as we grow

very fast and don't stay in it very
long anyway. We live in a regular
pigeon hotel, with lots of little rooms,
and everyone of them an outside
room, Opening on a cute little porch
There are two of us in our nest, sis<
ter and myself. And at night moth-
er comes in and’ covers us with her
feathers, and you don’t know how
warm and nice it is. Father sleeps
over in the corner, where he won't
be in the way. Mother's feathers are
so soft and warm when she snuggles
down that we forget all about the
hard bed, and the sharp sticks it is
made of. Bright and early in the
morning, long before the sun is up,
our parents, ﬂy away to see about get-
ting something for our breakfast.
While we are very young, and before
have gotten used to
grinding up food, they feed us on a
kind of watery broth called “pigeon’s
milk”—it is really food that they
have partly digested. When we are a
bit older, they bring up grains of
corn and wheat, and big brown cow
peas, that are the very best things
you ever puL'in your mouth. It's
funny, but mother always attends to
feeding me, the boy of the family,
while father brings food to' sister.

" out 11'1- sp0ts, mostly

While all this feeding has been going
on, our feathers have been ocoining
those ' the
wings and tail. At ﬁrst, they0 are not
regular feathers like the ones mother
wears, but look more like little blue
broomstraws than anything else. It
is not long before our pink bodies are

“pretty well covered, and we begln to
_feél like sure- enough pigeons.
' the little -yellow tufts of yellow down
' that we. wore at first can still be seen '
' clinging to the ends of the feathers,

But

and they do not come off until we
learn to ﬂy, when the wind blowS
them away. In about three weeks af-
ter we come into the world we are
about as big as we ever will bep'but
our bills are still soft and unreliable
and we haVe to be awfully careful not
to bite anything too hard or we might
bend them out of shape. Pigeons are

among the best ﬂyers of all the birds,

and can stay on the wing all day, and
think nothing of it. Mother and fath-
er and sister and myself are what are
called just “common pigeons” but
there are other branches of the fam—
ily that are very uncommon. Some
love their homelofts with such a
great love, that no matter how far
away they may be taken, the minute
they are turned loose, they strike a
bee-line for home. So when people
want to send a message back, they
take one of these pigeons, write the
letter on a sheet of the thinnest pa-
per, roll it up and fasten it to one
of the wing feathers, and then turn
the bird loose, and it comes straight
back to the place where it was born,
bringing the letter with it. Many of
these birds were used during the
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The ﬂaVOr is perfectly delicious.

You could not ask more than that.

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

   

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Thirty-ﬁve years of. successful milling and an investment of
more than a million dollars have brought LILY WHITE to its . .

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. - , ' WHEAT '
‘ er the new grading regulations
{armors of some states are sut-
mg tremendous losSes, as much of
their. wheat grades-as lowas No. 3
mvlemegeven lower. The conges-
\_ apt, shipping channels which was
Minted some months ago is already
being felt, and the offer of a Michi-
gan buyer of whhat to pay farmers 19.
.mminm for holding is a result of
the inability of the concern to handle
'. the abnormally large receipts to good
.jadvantage. Exports are very large
fiend would be still larger it the ocean
: {tonnage were available. A summary
.. «the wheat yields shows a most lur-
prising reduction in the estimates.
4- “fl‘he spring wheat yield continues
to diminish," says a corrbspondent,
{fund the total for wheat is after all

 

,' total, 80 the increased acreage of
' “Winter wheatrwas a happy circum-

stance.”
' CORN

orgasm“

No. sveuow ..| 1.75 I 1.66 I 1.73
No. a Yellow ..I 1.75 I 1.65 I
Eu.” 4 ‘Yellow . .I 2.00 I 1.66 I

Corn prices have reached a new
low level for the season. With “har-
vesting of the new crop soon to be-
gin the outlook is not encouraging to
sellers of the grain. We. concur in
’ the opinion of the grain dealers, how-
._ ever, that prices cannot go a great
,deal lower and that the actual de—
mands for this grain will make them-

' selves felt. The sentiment and many
of the conditions surrounding the
corn market are extremely bearish
and not at all conductive to higher

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I ' OATS

I . (iii—aiaI’FI'bci'JtI'ohi'gol’Nf’i’zT

3 Standard ........ I .75 l Jill/A .83

I No. 3 White ..... I .74 I .70A I .81
No. 4 White ..... I .73 I I ﬁlo“

 

Of all grains, oats has maintain—
ed the most stability, and altho the
.export demand has taken a slump
. there have been no material changes
‘rin prices offered. Prices being of—
fered at country points vary greatly.
from 60 to 70 and even higher prices
being paid in sections where the crop
is sold and consumed locally. Sixty—
five to Sixty—eight cents we consider
a fair average price to the farmers
considering the present jobb'ing
prices and condition of the market.

‘ i~ ‘ RYE AND BARLEY
Not much activity in these grains
.at the present time. Export demand
thas slowed up and domestic needs
seem to be fairly well supplied. We
‘do not anticipate any material
. :changes. one way or the other, in the
; prices of these grains. Country
__ points are offering around $1.30 for
; " 'rye.
- .week at $1.36.
,$2.30@2.40 per
.- ‘markets.

j BEANS

The bean market is again struck
with stage~fright or something or
.other. It’s practically at a standstill.
3 fund no good reason for it either.
. ‘ iSome jobbers, we hear, are contract-
. ,Iing to sellgbeans at $8.50 for Octob—

:‘ ler. delivery, and rumor says that the
:Worganized jobbers or at least a
, '=branch of them are conspiring to bear

the market at the outset and open
' the season on a low basis. The two
”statements work well together. We
. want to warn our readers against be—
' coming a party to these tactics of the
bean speculators. Small fortunes
,~-L~',prc frequently made by bearing the

_‘,_market and then after having accu-
mulaicd some supplies. sending the
_.p‘rice_s'higher. Whatever money the
aspeculatorsunake by such methods
aponies out- of theiarmer naturally.
’ .1jush~of:.the new..crdp to market
"iiirldgivelth'esév‘iellows the chance

Barley is bringing
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pat nothing to gain their ends.
“admit, that'the condition of the
, ' market has not been such for
me me as to inspire conﬁdence in
but we don’t “want to ,see
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“Iowa-{rem mica:

The jobbing price is quoted this '

eggsth are looking for. and they-will]

Weekly Renew Crop and Market Conditions
A LL GRAINS have suffered marked declines the last week. This

was partly due to natural causes and partly to artiﬁcial causes.
The government is acting like a’scared rabbit chased by the dogs and is
doing all sorts of foolish things to meet the demands of organized labor
that the cost of living must come down. With courts of investigations
hot-foot upon the trails of dealers in foods and with the newspapers,
teeming with editorials generally favoring a downward revision of food
prices, it is perfectly natural that there should be temporary paralysis
of most of the important markets. How far this artiﬁcial depression
may go, no one knows, but it has already cost the farmers of the nation
millions of dollars and unless checked will work an irreparable damage
to agriculture. It is clear that the government is largely responsible for
the subnormal conditions now prevailing, and the farmers are taking ac-
tion now thru their various organizations to protest against the injustice
and bring it to an end. .. ‘

As if the unnatural inﬂuences at work were not enough to discourage
the producer and the dealers in food products, the foreign demand for
grains, excepting wheat, has suddenly slumped. For a number of
months sentiment has been shaping in foreign countries in favor of shut-
ting out American products as far as possible, and everything is now
being done to stimulate production in those countries. Not a dollar’s
worth of business is being placed with the United States by foreign na-
tions that can be supplied by their own people. It is true that the for-
eign countries must buy large food. supplies here, but in the face of
such a policy of home-trade, the demand will be slow and the buying
from hand to mouth. These two factors just mentioned are working in
conjunction to deter the dealer in foods from buying more than nccded
to ﬁll immediate requirements. .

The present‘situation offers concrete examples of how the big mid-
dlemenmthe storage fellows, the packers, the jobbing associations—dic—
tate the prices on farm products. Receipts of grain and live stock on
the big markets have been no larger the past two months than usual;
excepting as above noted there has been no fundamental reason why the
demand should have been any less or the dealers less anxious to buy. The
middlemen, harkening to a public demand have been engaged "in a con-
certed and more or less organized eifort to reduce the prices on farm
products. How well they have succeeded, the consumer may not know,
but every farmer Who’has sold any products the past month is well
aware of the powerful control held by these interests over his selling
prices.

A leading grain paper indulging in a discussion of the govern-
ment’s campaign against the high cost of living, says: “How the farmer
will View this proceeding remains to be seen, but it is hardlv likely to be
with favor. It is very likely that there will be something-said in Con-
gress on the efforts made to depress prices, especially as all the agitation
will not add a bushel of grain to the total supply, that sooner or later
the markets will reﬂect the actual condition of the supply. Extrmnclv
low prices for all grains seem impossible, in View of the guaranteed fig-
ure for wheat, as there is a relationship between the value of wheat and
other grains, no matter how remote.”

Weather and crop conditions are not the most encouraging just
now. The entire state has suffered the past week from torrid weather
and high, hot winds that have made the soil unusually dry and in poor
condition for fall plowing. Practically every M. B. F. correspondent rc—
ports this condition, and it is feared that it may seriously affect the
planting of fall crops. Corn is ripening all over the state and much of
it has been cut. It is by far the best corn crop we have had for a decade
Beans are average and sugar beets a little better than a vear ago. An:
other week of dry weather will cut the potato yield considerably.) At the
best, the yield will hardly come up to normal. Reports from other sec—
tions of the country indicate a condition of soil and crops very similar
to this, and leads us to the conclusion thatthe 1919 harvest will be noth—
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. THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
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~ Fonts-’- Wanker Chm l-r Sarto-hats" cool waves about one day behind

,1 91: nIsIoI'I a oiduhdxaiidis‘u; ‘ ' ' I :ﬂ‘ 'r , storm waves.
.“mme... .f.,..e-;“nu......... ....'.‘:.~ W: These disturbances will dominate
. .. .,. I”... ‘ T " " the weather Sept. 10 to Oct. 1. Tem—
' wi‘ ' _:I',.ZI'K’ILIrm1ii. \f‘fI“ r ~ I: \ peratures will reach the lowest near
, I . i I . f f i . 16 and frosts will threaten middle
, ; , I . ; II III \ . t/l , Provinces and our middle northern
a ’II VIIVI' ll I _ I states. No great storms are expect-
' .5 , ; I ‘ , I I I: l» I... . l I , ed; most severe storms and most rain
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WASHINGTOA' 13' 0’ Sept 13 19 9 .mldity. .or damp atmosphere will con-

T‘LaSt Bulletin, gave I forecasts 0f tinue to‘come with the winds from the
warm wave to cross continent Sept southward.
16 to 20, reaching meridian 90 about Most rain will fall in southeast,

18; storm wave following about-sprig '
day' behind warm wave and 00013115. a
about one, day behind storm .waye.r
Next, warm waves will ‘~re'ach Yan-
couver about Sept. _20 and 26 and‘,:'t;em-
peratures will rise on all the. aclﬁc '
slope.“ They» will. cross crest o k— . t0 be small :east or Canada. and ﬂ“.
les b.y,close, of 21 9.114327, plains sec- , states. Fisher en should. 80 south
» 'tloris 22 and 28. meridian 90, great“ for Atlantic helix.I ' , ' _ ‘ .
, lakes, middle Gulf ,States ‘and, Ohio. . . . . , “3.1,, l
, . Tenneésee valleys 23 and 29, reaching _ _ .. - - _« , 4, - ,
I vicinity of Newfoundland about Sept. ..

andgjlp. Storm, Wave will {allow

' quarters of the highs and lows. Fog.
will ‘-be dense on the Atlantic coast:
ﬂoss dense on the Pacificrcoast. rem,
peratures will, average below normal.
Atlantic ﬁsh, will continue to" move
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One of the best reviews otﬂie .
bean situation and from a Well-in-
formed source. lathe tollbwing sub-
mitted to Michigan, Business Farm— I a .
lug exclusively by the editor. of the a".
Bean-Bag: * . . ‘-
“We do not believe legislative fiat, ‘1
or seizures of foodstuffs in stores
will bring down prices. In fact w:
do not expect any reduction to the _,
consumer. However, a very serious ’,
state of affairs will arise among the
trade it the newspapers continue to
carry large accounts of wonderful
seizures of ten to titty bags of beans
at a time. 'l‘he'supply of beans in
store is large. but it is in many hands
and all of it is for sale. Merit of the
California crop is in the hands of the
growers. and they will sell, at a de— '
cent price. It is to beregrettedthat
the Michigan growers are not so well
organized. , '
“The market today is almost "a
hand to mouth affair again. Whole-
salers are averse to buying above
their needs for the immediate pres-
ent. A carload of beans in a whole-
sale house looks mighty big to an
amateur investigating committee and
many wholesalers are afraid to buy
the quantity they will need to run
them even six weeks ahead. The fear
of being caught “hoarding” is not
working the market, but rather the
fear of- being suspected of. hoarding. ‘
“Hand to mouth buying is bad and }
with strong prospects for a national
rail strike, many communities are
going to ﬁnd themselves caught short ' I
on foodstuffs, altho, of course, we all g . I
hope the strike will be avoided. ‘ '
“The trade can but hope for bet-
ter times, conditions are bettering
slowly, and with such an evidence of
hand to mouth buying we are not
sending out any “buy”. reports. In
value, by comparison with other
foods, we do not see what can pos—
sibly keep beans at their present
price, but knowing conditions as we
do. and realizing the possibilities of .
the many things that may happen, we ,V
are not readyio predict a rising mar— 1'
ket, much as we would like to see it,
and as much as it seems certain to
come. __ . I
“Tausend & Maloney, of Grand
Rapids have issued a very interest— I
ing bulletin under date of August
18th. To quote: ‘ I
“Michigan arreage, 350,000. Will .
average yield 9 bushels per acre. with
a total of 3,150,000 bushels as the
probable yield for the state. Quality
equal to that of 1918. Good bright

don’t mm gargantuan.

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color and moisture normal. - I
'l‘otai U. Carry-over , Total I
Year S. (lrop Stocks stocks
1017 14,967,000 3.000.000 17.961000
1918 10 506.000 4.824.000 24,330,000 I
1910 10,080,000 6 000.000 16 980,000
“Note: The beans ‘marketed last 3

year are in excess of total stocks
available this year.

- “Market comparison: August 18, I
1917. $12.75 cwt. 1918, $10.25 cwt. ‘
1919, $18.30 cwt. -

“To make a true study of market
conditions we must consider Orient-
al conditions, and accurate reports
from the Orient are very rare. How-
ever it is our personal opinion that
the Orient will not break-the market
this year in the United States, we be—
lieve export to other countries will
take care of a large part of the crop,
and in fact we expect imports into'
the United States to drop off a little.
Of course this is more a- guess than
anything else, in fact it is as much a
guess as to say ‘We are going to have
rain on the 16th of December because
we expect to go duck hunting on that
date. ' ‘ .

“The Japs are good business men
and can be expected to follow the do— , .
mastic market rather “closely. 501m '
large order some weeks ago sent the
Orientalmarket kiting, with (lamest-5

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his 1101: Yet been established mm was established.

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"quirements at several eastern cities.

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‘to $5.65 per 150 pounds.

'yiald wasn't larger.

» i‘ty butter has been clearing immedi.

._:the price will again start going up+

high quality butter has advanced 1e
ndu-ring the week and established quo-

,lollows: Extras, 58c; higher scoring

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$§9. 5A0; 0:11 the week
is seen on met week a $20.10 mark
was set for top hogs wli‘ile Tuesday
of this week a scratch sale of $21. 00
, Wednesday of this
.week" thetop receded to $20.10. A

     

he East where a new basis of values

'barg‘oes have played a prominent part

before the embargoes were placed and

this is keeping the supply above re- the runs have been of seini- -fa1nine

proportion would indicate that buy-
ers have the clamps on the market
and do not" intend to let it get away
from them again. All buyers seem to
be of bearish nature with Armour a
leading factor. According to an in-
terview of J .Ogdcn Armour at St.
Paul he was of the opinion that all
commodities would .work to a still
lower basis. While he did not make
any particular reference to hogs ll. 1:;
taken .that he also included this end
_ . of the trade in his interview. Re—
POTATOES ceipts the ﬁrst half of this week
' ' numbering 36.000 are less than half

Th9 early potato season is pro- the number that arrived the corres—
gressing in a very encouraging fash- pending period last week. An effort
1011‘ Daily shipments are now aver to get buyers to loosen their purse
aging better than 600 cars but the strings on the short run argument
demand is sufﬁcient to take care of N ”

Complaint is made from all pants that
arrivals are mostly low and undesir-
able’ grades and these sell at irregular
prices. Consumers are hoping for
further declines and are keeping out
'01 the market as much as possible,

have a tendency to recover this week
would indicate that the new crop has
found an approximate level.—'—-Hay

”an. " rill f _
rive this week. end at. :whiohrﬂg

big drop in prices late Tuesday and ,

ers could ﬁll their needs Dress meat
trade has not shewn much improve-

ment of late as the public has not as

yet beneﬂtted much by the recent
break in prices at the Stock'Yards,
and is bulking at the excessive retail
cost.”

In other words, Mr. Armour, con-
vinced that the cost of living has gone
high enough will proceed to lower it
thru the monopoly he and his brother
packers have over the live stock in-
dustry. It Armour says the cost of

meats must come down, Armour is_

in a position'to bring them down.
EAST BUFFALO LETTER

East Buffalo, New York, Sept. 5.—
Receipts oi calves are estimated at
$700 head. Choice calves, $23 to $23.50
which is $1 higher than. yesterday;
throwouts, 120 to 140 lbs., $16.50 to
$18; heaVy throv‘vouts, 160 to 190 lbs.,
$10 to $11; heavy fat veal calves,
$12.50 to $15, as to weight and quali-
ty.

The receipts of sheep and lambs
are-called 10 cars. Best lambs sold
25c higher than yesterday, selling

  

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$12; wethers,._ $9. 50 to $10; ma, its

,deaéuuga, $11 to $11.50 ,a.‘
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Receipts oi hogs today totaled 23%, ' '

and with the packers buying very.‘

sparingly, our market opened steady
to 100 lower, and in some cases 250
lower.- The heavy hogs were dull
selling at $19. 50; light mixed and
yorkers, $20. 25 to $20.50, pigs, $18. 25
roughs, $16.

The hog market broke $1 per cwt.
on all grades yesterday (Thursday)

POULTRY

Receipts of poultry are on the in-
crease and the supply has been some—
what in excess of the demand. Gov-
ernment raids on cold storage places
and the throwing of large quantities
of the cold stored stock upon the
market have had a bad effect upon
the market. Prices quoted this week
are: Live Poultry; spring chickens,
large. 33@34c; leghorns. 28@300;
hens, 34@35c; small hens, 32@330;
roosters, 21@22c geese, 28@30c;
ducks, 30@32c; spring ducks, 32@
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them all at prices ranging from 34.75
Growers
'of the early varieties are getting
from $1.20 to $1.35 per bushel and
there is reason tobelieve that these
prices will prevail at least until the
later varieties reach market. The
prospects for high yields are not very
encouraging and with a somewhat
similar condition obtaining in other
potato states. we may reasonably look
forward to a season of fair demand
and fair prices. If current reports
of the condition of potatoes may be
relied upon. we can confidently ex~
pect that the price will not go below
$1 to the grower. It is a little early
yet to count our chickens, however.
October 15th will be a better time to
survey the national situation and lay
our marketing plans.

TOMATOES

Tomatoes have yielded exception-
ally heavy this year and supplies on
all markets have been liberal, with
a good demand. Jobbing sales are
mostly made upon the basis of $1.25
@135 per bushel. .

FRUITS

It is noteworthy that Michigan
peaches usually bring the top of the
markets nowadays against such com-
petitors as California, Maryland,
Washington and other well known
peach states. It’s too bad that our
Michigan El-
bortas have been selling as high asl
“@125 on the Detroit. market.the
last week.

Demand for apples homin‘ues good .
and the. movement moderate. Mich-
igan Alexanders, No. 1, fetch $2.2.
quite readily, and -No. 1 Wealthys
bring the same price. The season is
yet early for Michigan, and the move-
ment will not be well under way un-
til October lst or later.

Michigan grapes are in good de-
mand and jobbing prices average
around eight cents a pound. The har-
vest in Michigan is in full swing and
growers are realizing close to 40
cents a basket. ‘

NEW» YORK BUTTER LETTER

The butter market has been ﬁrm
and mirly regular, except for an up-
ward price tendency during the week.
The main feature_of the situation at
present is the scarcity of high quali-’
ty butter and the preponderance of.
undergrad“. Always When such con-
ditions as those at the present time
exist there is no demand for under-
grades; in consequence the price re-
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the setback was temporary and that

ward at .once. The price of ,

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THIS CHANCE WON’T LAST LONG
Page Farm, Clare 00—1120 acres, 500
under cultivation. 10 miles Page Wire
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Two hous’es, several barns, new 14 x 30,

silo. '~Machinery included. Pastures have
wells and springs, will handle 150 cattle.

Six miles to county seat, half gravel road.-

' Timber acreage will produce 10,000 cords
of wood. Big chance for hustler to handle
stock on large scale. $10,000 cash will
get possession; balance, easy terms. Pre-
fer to sell whole but will divide. Owner
desires to retire this fall. For informa-
tion write Geo. C. Shefﬁeld, Harrison, Mich.

FOR SALE—60 ACRES N0. 1 GAR-
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2 of Michigan’s, greatest college cities.
1 1-2 miles from the Gutter Belt Route,
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new house with basement and other out-
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shape to divide into little farms. A bar—
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IDEAL SHEEP LAND IN HEART OF
Lower Michigan’s Clover Seed Belt—
where settlers are paying for land with
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wheat, corn, oats, barley, peas, clover,
alfalfa, vetch, fruits and vegetables.
Where total crop failures are unknown.
Price $10 to $15 per acre. One dollar an
acre down—long time for balance at 6
per cent. John G. Krauth, Millersburg,
Presque Isle County, Michigan.

FARM FOR SALE 290 ACRES SAND
loam soil, in good potato and corn grow—
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200 acres cleared. 3 big barns and 2 good
houses and out buildings. Excellent op-
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all or part of farm as desired. For full
particulars write, George Cooper, R. 3,
Tustin, Mich.

FOR SALE—100 ACRES IN GRATIOT
County, 51/2 miles from Merrill on intend-
ed tr-unk line, 1/2 mile to school. Good
land, 1/9, tiled and fenced, with new 8 room
house. Good barn, 36 x 50. New silo;
granary; tool shed; garage; corn‘cribs.
Out-door cellar. Telephone, 140 fruit
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mile from Ann Arbor. Good buildings;
best/of land; cattle; tools and machinery.
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Iosco Co., township of Reno, Mich. Num-
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fenced and watered. For price write Pat—
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silos. Having purchased a tractor I
have no use for the engine. Will demon-
strate on my farm on See. 29, Chippewa
Twp. W, T. Bandeen. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

 

FOR YOUR SUNDAY READING—-
write Silver Publishing Co., Dept. 11, Bes-
semer Building, Pittsburg, Pa., for “Give
God a Chance.” McConkey’s vital little de-
votional booklet. Sent absolutely free.
Pestpaid.

 

FOR SAIlE—MOLINE .TRACTOR IN
perfect condition; our farm is too‘ rough

for it. Will demonstrate what it will do
on level ground. Fred K. Dibble, Frank-
fort, Mich.

 

IOR SALE—12 H. P. INTERNATION-
al Harvester C0,,portable gasoline en-
gine on steel truck. All in, ﬁrst .class
condition. Price $350.“ C. 'W. Brown;
Pinckney, Mich. . '

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT Elton
forest. All kinds.
dress _“M. M.” care of Michigan Business
Farming, Mt. Clemens, Mich.

 

FOR SALE_—- RED ROCK SEED
Wheat at $3.25 and $3.50 per bushel. M.

_C. I. A. inspection. Class 1, registration
No. 9012. Recleaned at “Fertiland
Far ready to sow, S'acks at cost. W.

T. andeen. R 4, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.

Seeds Wanted

Michigan Grown
Winter Vetch, «Rye and Veteh.’ June
and -Mammoth‘ Clover, Alfalfa, Sweet
Clovar, Alsike and Field Peas. Known
Varieties of Garden Peas, Beans and
other Garden Seeds, of High Germination
and 1919 crop. Send samples for test.

The c. E. nePuy‘Co. Pontiac, Mich.

 

 

HARVESTE one man, one horn-

one row, solf-gathec

lug: equal to I corn binder: sold direct

to farmers for 23 years. Only 025, with

frd'ier binder. shippodbyexpreas to every min. :Freo
CLto'ogue showing plcturel of Harvester.

CORN HARVESTER 'CO.; Selina, Kas.

NEW
FUR COATS

cost money these days.
Your old fur. coat can be
relined, New Fasteners
and Rips sewed and wear
a good many seasons yet..
Our Catalogue, samples
of linings are free.

We make a specialty
of of repairing and mak-
ing over old fur garments
for men and women.

The Blissﬁeld'Tannery
w. G. WHITE (70.,
Blissfleld, Mich.

 

  
 
 
  
         
    
 

 

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FOR SALE—140 ACRE FARM. RICH,

Delivered prices. Ad- ,

"looked 'for.‘ Weather cool and dry.

era“ Mutual otters liberal Zblanket " ,

.i'rey,. s: so bu.; Names. 2, 1.901»:
“03‘0th $2.25 .@ - 5 @3 __ 1;,
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,-7-.~‘IOSCO——The.weather is hot 1 ad .
“Most too dry to p ow for full,. grad , :
some are trying hard to get‘some: m
grain in, Others are cutting corn,
ing and pulling beans. Grain-wig

out very poor, running about. 15 1.6.20?

Corn '1

bushels“ ‘er'acre. .
p Will be plenty of seed

and most all ripe.
this year.

A.BL

. LIVINGSTON,
plowing for wheat and rye and

ing being taken to market from this vicin-
ity just at present. The ground is very
hard and dry. During a little shower on
the night of August 29, lightning struck-
and killed seven head of registered Hol-.
stein heifers tor Guy Wakefield, valued
at $2,000.00.—G. A. W.

NEWAYGO (C)——Threshing, corn cut-i.

tings, apple picking is the busy dayin this
locality. Wheat only a fair crop, some
fields goods, others not so good. Oats,
light. Corn good. Early potatoes a. light
crop. Late. potatoes look fine but only
about half the acreage. Beans ripening
fast, small acreage. Ground very dry
Very little rain during summer. Ground
too dry for good plowing for wheat.-—R. F.

JACKSON (N. E.)———The weather the
past week has been ideal, though dry for
plowing and preparing the soil for wint-
er grain. Corn cutting has started and
the later painted crop will be good. The
early planted fields show the effect of
the several weeks of drouth. What beans
Were planted are being harvester and the.
early potatoes are about all. dug with a
very poor yield. Threshing is still in
vogue an dsilo filling will be on next
week. Very little being sold. Prices too
low for a pront.-—A. F. W.

SAGINAW (S. W.)—The farmers are
cutting corn, pulling beans and filling
silos. It is so dry they have had to stop
plowing for wheat unless it rains soon
there won’t be much wheat sowed in this
section this fall. Not very much grain
or stock going to market at present. The
following prices were offered at St.
Charles: wheat, $2.05; oats, 65c, No. 1
Timothy, $20.00; No. 1 light mixed, $18;
beans (C. H. P. Pea) $7 ;' hens, 24c;
springers, 300; butter, 55c; butterfat, 60c
eggs, 40c; hogs, $18.50; veal calves, $18@
22.-—-—G. L.

GRAND TRAVERSE (C)—Are having
nice weather only are badly in need of
rain. Late potatoes will not amount to
much unless we, get rain. Some corn is
about ripe and many farmers are cutting,
silo ﬁlling will begin soon. Radishes are
being cared for and contracts and sweet
corn is being gathered. Not much fall
plowing being done on account of" dry
Weather. The following prices were of-
fered at Traverse City: Wheat, $2.87,
corn, $1.50, oats, 85c, rye, $1.25, beans,
(C. H. P. Pea) $4.00; Poultry, hens, .22;

springers, .24; butterfat, .58; _eggs,".40
Fruits, apples, $1.00.-—C. L. B.
MISSAUKEE (C)—Farmers are busy

with rye and wheat ground. none sown
yet. Ground is getting very dry for plow-
ing. Corn is ripening fast but potatoes
are bottoming slow. A live stock im—
provement meeting was held in Lake City
on;August 29th ,to do away with scrub
sires and get more pure breds. The Short-
horn breeders or anized by electing Elias
Gray of Laké C y, president and Ralph
Hoover of Merritt, sercetary an dtreasur-
er. The Holstein breeders organized by
electing Jacob Smithers of Lucas, presi-
dent and ley0 Hunsberger of Enter-
prise, secretary—treasurer.

MONTCALM (N)—Farmers are cutting
corn, filling silos, digging potatoes. The
weather is good. Soil is dry. Farmers
are selling grain and potatoes. Silos are
being built.
offered at Lake View on September 4:
wheat, $2.10; corn, 60c; oats, 46c, rye,
$1.3? hay, $20.00 ton; No. 1 light mixed,
$22 on; straw rye $8 ton wheat-oat $10
beans (C. H. P. Pea) $8 cwt.; red kid-
ney $12 cwt.; potatoes $1.35bu.; hens, 180
springers, 22c, ducks, 18c, geese 30c; tur—
keys, 45c; butter, 41c; butterfat, 42c;
eggs, 40c ‘; hogs, 22c 1b.; apples; 85c bu.;
peaches, $4.00 bu.; plums, $2 bu.; pears,
$2.50 bu.; grapes, $4 bu.—G. B. W.

GENESEE (S)——Farmers are threshing,
ﬁlling silos, plowing, pulling beans and
doing road work. We have not had much
rain and the ground is too dry- for work-
ing, especially the heavier soils. Corn
has ripened very fast during the last week
and everybody is either filling their silos‘
or else getting ready to do so as soon as:
possible. Beans are ripening more even-
ly this. year than last, but the average
yield will not,bevvery high. Late pota-
toes are looking‘good but we must have
more rain to get a large yield. A few
farmers have purchased tractors during
the last week or two. Several farmers
are attending the State Fain—C. W. S.

TUSCOLA (C)—-Farmers are plowing
for wheat and rye, cutting corn, threshé
'ing "a‘nd‘a few pulling beans. Oats, rye
andwheat not turning out as good as we
Soil
‘too 'hard and dry to work good." Farm—
«ersare selling cattle, hogs, potatoes and
pears;- holding . nothing et.
around here are sick wit hay 'fever.~ It

, :18» called summer flu by, some. . Some are’ "

very. bad with it The follow’ing’prices
were offered at Caro on Sept. 4: ‘Wheat,
$2.05; oats, new, .65 gold, .70; rye, $1.27
beans, (0. H. P. Pea) $7.00 cwt.; redjkid

 
 
  
  
 

  
 
  

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The following prices were'

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} Red-Rock

Winter Wheat

Has yielded 37 bushels average per
acre at the Mich . Experimental
Station. Record yield'of nearly ‘
bushels per acre. Other varieties to
suit every type of sod. _ j

Boson Rye
Outyields common Rye 10 to 20 bushels per
acre. Nice long heads well ﬁlled-with kit a
kernels. Ordinary yield 30 to 40-bushe s.
Clovor. 'l'lmothy. Vot’ch, etc. for fall seed-
ing.WRITI FOR FREE SAMPLES AND
FALL PRICE LI 5". -

Fa" Bulbs

Beautiful new Darwin Tulips, Hyacinth, Narcissus,
Lillies, Crocus, etc. Plant these bulbs this full for
winter and spring blooming.

wan-r: FOR IsaELL's FALL cardiac
S. M. ISBELL 8: co.
Box. F20 Jackson. Mich.

25 Cords aDay

Easily Sawed By One Man.
Easy to move from cut to cut. Make
big proﬁts cutting wood.» Cheap
and easy to operate. - ~

OILAWAIQE 35!!

Does 10 men’s work 'at one-tenth the cost.
Makes work easy. Engine can alsobe used for
running pumps and other machinery. Sow
bladeeasily removed. Write for our lowprice.

. lo-Year Guarantee.

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THIGK,_SW0LI.EI9GUI-BS
that make shone 'Wheeze. L A V
Roar. have Thick Wind
or Choke-down. can be
reduced with " ~ ~

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also otherBunches or Swellings. Ndblllter.
no hair gone. and horse kept at work. Eco-
nomical—only afew drops required at an appli-
cation. $2. 50 per bottle delivered. M 3 ll ml.
AQSOBBINE, JR. the antiseptic ‘liniment for man-_
had, reduces Cysts;-Wem, Painful, Swollen
Veins and Ulcers. $1.25 a bottle at‘dealc'n or
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' mined by .your contract.

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A (1., ‘.;rr'::";gv.;f" 1.... ' "L: .
. . : “reﬁnem- : _. .
1.11hveqpurcliased a farm on land

'. centi‘act same abeingy,mortgaged._ Will

i011;_‘_klndli sta‘teﬂmy rights in. case

V ' the owner'sheuld :diefhaving failed to

pays~the mortgage. COuld another
mortgage. be put upon the property,

before. I have paid 'up my contract?—-— ,

,X. .17., Cedar, Mich.

V' 7. Ann’s—Your contract should call. for

a: warranty ‘deed,,,or, should provide
that you .(should: receive same upon.
paying down to the, amount of y the.
mortgages You .would be..entitled to.
enforce “your racetract against. the e_s- ;
state not. the _ deceased and... the heirs _

' wouldt‘ialse fine .. property subject . to

thermertgage and your, rights. The ,
outlier.» .of the property caa‘jplace .as

many: mortgages uponthe mess he
«steamer-.11.,» has- cghlﬂlﬁct .to- sire

$1M“. free and-clear he would be li- .

able in "damages for failure to carry ;
out same—Visitor H. Hampton, asso-

 

' . Mortgage Rights

I have purchased a farm-not sub-
ject, toa mortgage the same becoming
due‘jbefore' my last payment. My con-
tract» calls for a warranty deed. What
are j my rights?—~A Reader. ' _ ,

rinse-Your rights are to be deter-
You would
be entitled to set or: the amount of
the mortgage against the amount due _
on your contract if same'was not paid

. and you were forced to pay same to

protect your interests. I do not think

- you have any reason to fear that you

will be damaged. _.I presume the mort-
gagor is depending upon your pay-
ments to pay off» the mortgage—Vict-
or H. Hampton, associate legal editor.

 

Share Bentor

I have rented a farm for one year
upon shares. Can I leave before. the
lease expires by giving him his share
of the crop?—-B. T.. Hamilton, Mich..-“

Ans—It would be necessary to ex-
amine the leaSe to fully answer" the
above as the rights of the parties‘are
to determined thereby. If the crops
are the only rent provided there

~ would beno reason why you cannot

relieve yourself from the liability to
pay rent for the term and would be
liable therefor. If the lease does not
state anytime for payment it would
not be .payable until the end of the
term and prices. month would be more
than could’be legally asked for—Vic-

. tor H. Harnpt-On, associate legal edit-

or. \

 

Lessee. Wants Release
I leased a farm from-March 1, 1915
to March 1. 1920. I wish to make a“
sale. If ‘I paya full year’s rent can.
I be made to‘istay until the lease ex-
pires?-—R.' H. R., Hesperia, Mich. '
Ans—You .cannot be compelled ,to
remain upon the farm, but you are
bound by the lease for the rent for the

full term unless it is rented «gain in I

which case Iohavould be liable for the,
difference it» any. You might assign
the lease or sub-let.it if you wish to
sell. If the landlord consented to an
assignment you would be released.-—,
Victor H. Hampton, associate legal ed-
itor. '

 

Duties of School Director
Can the Director of a district school

' board buy anthing he seesﬁt? Can he

buy, paint and paint the school house’
zhimself?—-J. R., Leroy. Mich. ;

Ans.-—'—The duties of the Director
and the-.District Board are outlined

, by statute which is, m long to err;

able us to print. ., See seetlons 5671.
”0.1-4. 1915 and those following. :The'

director doesﬂ'no; have the authority; .

to purchase anything he , desires and,

  

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Mail 142100
detains

  

meantime
the "(nitric

,. 5. - ,.' '" ‘, f5 .' . ‘ ._ ..
over day troubles; prompt,» careful 'at- .
for “damnation addressed to this departs

' negligent and thereby a ﬁre started‘

all *ord‘ers must be countersig'ned.by,._g
’: the moderator at; the board. It is;

e. yr... sweetheaiat; the;
h g_,,_se%‘~and~'kieep the. me in":
(lemmas. ‘ erepair-end‘thisi 11.; ,

hi 5 ' "a; .‘ "sale; all; ‘
us. $10311. . n Er

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question ' the" Director’s authority to
buy paint for the school house unless

a'majority of the board approve. The _

statute further provides that it' shall
be illegal for any member of, the
board to perform any labor except as
provided in the statute, or to furnish
any» material or supplies for the dis-
trict and. that. he shall not be inter-
ested in- contract with district ’in
Which he holds oﬂice. Hence, in my
opinion the director could not do the
work himself and would be guilty of
a misdemeanor ii he,.¢i'.d.—'—.Victor 17'.
Hampton. associate ,nlegal editor.

 

,- Mill Company Liable

I delivered lumber to a mill tonbe
planed and matched. "At the request-
of'the mill /people I left same as they»?

Were unable to-do the werk at once.
The: mill was burned. Are-they Eli}.
ab18.t.0...1.1.1§ for myﬁlumerﬁ—u—R. H. Bi:
St. Charles, Mich. ‘

Ans.~—It wasthe. duty of the mill'to
use ordinary care .not to cause dam-
age to yOur‘ lumber. If they were

which burned your lumber they are
liable. A more cemplete statement
of the facts Would be required to de-
termine the question of their negli-
gence—Victor H. Hampton, associate
legal editor.’ _

 

Milk House

Can I be compelled to build a milk
house .when I send my milk to a
cheese factory. 2. Can they stop me
from sending my milk to a creamery?

Ans.—-The law does not directly re-
quire you to build a milk house, but
it might be that the Section (6117)
deﬁning insanitary milk is broad
enough to make you guilty of selling
insanitary milk or cream if you did
not have a. milk house. This law is
too long to permit or printing in
this column. 2. No, if you comply
with the law as to unsanitary milk.—
Victor H. Hampton. associate legal ed!

 

 

 

 

itor.

WeCan Now Make ‘_
Prompt Shipments of .

 

 

. The Solvay Process Co.
Jefferson Ave. Detroit

._ of Louis sands’ Famous Herd of

 

egistered Scotch-Shorthorns

 

Manistec County Fair, Onekama. Mich-

Thursday. S

By Public Auction

ept. 1 *th at 1:00 pm.

 

.I‘HIS HERD CONSISTS OF‘18 FEMALES, INCLUDING CALVES, HEIFERS AND Cows

   
 

   

.. ' ‘These animals are exceptionally well bred and” run very s
.Whitehall Sultan, Sectch Gumbel-land, and Villager strains.

OF ALL AGES AND 9 MALES; ALL AGES.

trong in the rich blood lines of the
The foundation herd was purchased

fromMcMIIan & McMillan,"L;odi, f Wisconsin. . For illustrated catalog address the Bank of One‘kmnaI

 

  
    
   

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-' 311,-QPPFQY9‘1 endorsed-notes bearing interest at 6% ' No stock to she. removed until settled for.

. q Buckner 8c waggqn‘er, "Auctioneers I

 

  
 
   
 
  
   
 
  
   
  
  
   
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
   

 


        

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- at rtull age.

To avoid conﬂicting dates we will.
without cost, list the date of any Ive
stock sale in Michigan. I! you one
considering a sale advise us at one.
and we will claim the date for you.
Address Live Stock Editor. M, B- F»
Mt. Clemens.

Oct. 6-8 Holstelns.
Chicago, Ill.

 

 

Quality Holstein.

 

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_ . .(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this

. still. write out what yo“ have mom,
can change size of ml. or cogy “often
bales advertiised here at spools] low rates;

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“III“ ADVERTISE” ‘1) F338,“-
cn In is cold. I now have the
halter to freshen in January and the 4 the.
old bull. Also 8 heifer calves. Herd In-
der State and Federal impaction. Pedi-
gmegua request. Vernon couch. Para-
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,Musom allow HOISTEINS

1 We the my booking laden tor
young bulls from King Pieter Sean's
170506. All new A. R. 0. demo

Ne records

lily M tuberculosis: Write. cor pric-
es and further inner-untied.

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‘Bull Last Advertised is Sold

now offer a yearling bull. sired by YP-
SILAND KING KORNDYKE CAN-
ARY, a. 28.20 lb. grandson of KING
OF THE PONTIACS. and from
RHODA CLIFDENS CROWNING j
SHIELD 3RD. a 24.97 lb. daughter of 1
BUTTER‘ BOY TRYNTJE DE KOL,
and one of the most beautiful cows .
you ever saw. '

 

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Price $200 ‘
ROY F. FICKIES, (‘hrsuning, Mich!

 

 

BULL CALF a“ MONTHS oLl), AND

,BEAU'I‘Y. 85 per-
cent white, straight as a line. Sired by
31'—lb. bull and his dam is just one of the
best cows 1 ever milked, a granddaughter
of Colantha Johanna Lad. Price $150.00
for immediate sale. Harry '1‘, ’l‘ubbs,
Elwell, Michlgan.

30 HEAD:
‘ Registered Holsteins

Will se'l singly or'whole lot of
fine large cows that will suit you.
All Federal tdberculosis tested.
Don’t bother to write about this
lot, come and see for yourself-
what I otter.

E. A. HARDY,
Rochester, Mich.
(Telephone)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T‘VIN BULL (‘A LVES
Born October 29. 1918: sired by Sir
Calantha Segis Korlldyke 104008 dam's
record. 24.35 lbs. butter and 621 lbs, of
milk in 7 days; ﬁne straight calves. Send
for particulars—C. & A. Ruttman, Fowl-
ervillc. Michigan.

 

 

PREPARE

For the greatest demand and future
prices that have ever been known. Start
now wi'h the Holstein and convince

yourself. Good stock always for
sale. Howbert Stock Farm, Eau
Claire. Michigan

 

 

WOLVERINE STOCK FARR! REPORTS
geod sales from their herd. We are well
pleased with the calves from our Junior
Herd Sire. “King Pontiac Lunde Korndyke
segis” who is a son of “King of the Pon—
tiacs” from a daughter of Pontiac Cloth-
ilde De K01 2nd. A few bull calves for
sale. T. W. Sprague, R. 2, Battle Creek.
Mich.

 

, slred by a son or
Bull Galve Friend Hengerveld
De Kol Butler
Boy and by a son of King Segls De Kol
Korndyke, from A. R. O. dams with rec—
ords of 18.25 as Jr. two year old to 28.25
_ Prices reasonable breeding
corral . _
WALNUT GROVE STOCK FARM
W. W. Wyckol't, Napoleon, Mich

$150 BULL CALF -

Born June 3 . Well marked, very large
and ﬁrst 0 ss individual. Sire, Flint
Hengerveld ad. Whose two nearest dams
have records that average 32.66 lbs. but-
ter and 736.45 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam
of calf is a granddaughter of King Se-
gls and a perfect individual with 2. rec-
ord of 20.66 lbs. butter in 7 days. For
description write to -

L. C. KETZLER, Flint, Mich.

 

 

 

 

   
 

Choice Registered Stock

PERCHERONS
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HOLSTEIN FEMALES

On and after September 25th, our herd
of 16 females will be on sale at our farm.

Rich in Frien'l Hengerveld De Kol But—
ter Boy and Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke
breeding. Ten cows, ages, 2 two-year—
olds, 3 three—year-olds, 4 ﬁve—year-olds,
one six year-old, 3 yearling calves and 3
calves under one year. Few bull calves
for sale now. No abortion, no damaged
udders and every cow is a breeder. ‘No
females has been offered for sale from
this herd before and none will be sold be-
for Sept. 25th, 1919. Send for descriptive
list of animals. -

Ontongon Valley Holstein Farm,

Bruce’s Crossing, Mic-ll.

 

 

 

TE N—MONTHS-OL‘D-BULL

Bull last advertised is sold, This
one born June 7, 1918. Sired by best
son of famous 330,000 bull heading
Arden Farms herd, King Korndyke
Pontiac Lass. Two nearest dam: to
sire of this calf average 37.76 lbs, but-
ter 7 days and wer 145 lbs. in 30
days Dam, a granddaughter of King
of the Pontiac_s, Sir Gelsche Walker
Segis and' Dekol Burke. A bargain.
Herd tuberculin tested annually.

BOARDMAN FARAIS, Jackson, Mich.

mtg-n...”

 

16¢,“ Put it in, tn”. Show you spine: and tell mrm'itwill coat for "18. 20. or 58: m. ‘-. IQ? .

”you wish. Copy or cmmmmmmMmmmde-em‘ Auction

ask‘tor'them. \Vr’lbc lac-dug: ... _ , .. . . . .
sensuous muscular, moment shamans same, It. clone-s. Hidﬁcan- ’ . "

"3...”. 49.14;. 6M

’Thousand Dollar Angus bull.

I

name ‘
> ' BOB FAIRFAX 191021
11 heifers for sale; also bul

. Is on! age;
either polled or horned; . Earl C. McCarty

 

Secy n s. Association. Bad Axe. Ml‘chf
‘1:- unnnmno “nuns. Am-
know ”of louderA 15 logs]: Igng nag}:
Short to & I‘m 8 m ' .
Owners anxious to sell. Will he! buy 50c
mmmhlon. C. F. Ball. Fairlie Iowa.

 

LAKEWOOD HERE FORDS

isrm‘mr h“ “”3 ’11.? '53?
we ve , young 11 ‘
sale, blood lines and individuality No. 1.
It you want a prepotent sin, that will
W (rulers, rustlers. early maturers
and market toppers, buy a. !‘
Hereford and realise a. big proﬁt on your
investment. A lifethne devoted to the
breed. (lame and see me.——-E. I. TAY-
LOR. Fremont. Michigan.

ANGUS

RAISE A $100 BABY BEE]:

’ ' cow b use 0 a
from your grade dairy y than
$2.00 service fee. Write for our co-op-
erative community plan .;. also our method
of marketing beef and milk, by use of a
Cheap home made calf meal. , There is
money in it for the owners of grade cows
€Vel‘l’where. OOWs of Angus blood not
necessary. If of mixed blood, calves Will
come black, thick meated and without
horns, like sire. Geo. B. Smith, Addison,
Allcll.

 

 

HOG S

VII-INA

 

POLA .\ I)

IVONDEIILAN la'o tllEBD--LABGE TYPE
Poland Chinas. Some cracking 'good
spring boars and a few June sow pigs at
private treaty. Holding a few boars and

all my early cows for my sale Nov. 11th,

and’ Col. Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind,
and of Col. Porter Calstock Eaton Rapids,
Come and see the two greatest boars liv-
ing. Free livery any ti‘me.

'II’m. J. OLARKE

R No. l Eaton Rapids. Mich.

BIG TY? P. (“Elgﬁgzinﬁgnxpwk

 

 

 

 

JEBﬂ'E'T '

The Wildwood Jersey Farm

Breeders ol' Majesty strain Jersey Cat-
tle. Herd Bulls. Majesty‘s Oxford Fox
134214: Eminent Lady‘s Majesty 150934.
Herd tuberculin-tested. Bull calves for
sale out of R. of M. Majesty dams. .

Alvin Balden. Capac, Michigan.

A. A. WOOD & SON, Saline, Michigan
POLAND (EHINAS

Bl G TYP wrru emu“

Pigs, from L’s Big Orange 2918”. both
sex, for sale. Prospective buyers met at
St. Johns. J. E. Mygrants, St. Johns, Mich.

 

FOR SALE-F—PURE BRED POLAND
China boars, four months old. Prices
reasonable. Jas. H. Collins, St. Charles,
Mich.

 

FOR SALE—REGISTERED JERSEY
hulls ready for service, and bull calves.
Smith & Parker, R 4, Howell, Mich.

 

SHORTHORN
N0 STOCK FOR simiﬁéﬁzéﬁ’i
S'horthorn Breeder. W, S. Huber. Glad-
win, Mich.

SHORTHORNS FOR SALE AT REAw
‘ sonablc prices. The
prize—winning Scotch Bull, Master Model
576147, in many states at head of herd of
51) good type Shorthorns.

E. M. Parkhurst. Reed City,

 

Michigan.

 

THE VAN BUREN CO Shortllorn
Breeders’ Association have young stock
for sale, mostly Clay breeding Write
your wants to the secretary, Frank Bal-

ley, Hartford, Mich,

 

 

SHORTHORNS
HOLSTEINS
' JERSEYS

If your community needs a pure
bred bull, write us for our co-oper—
alive breeding service plan and we
will see what can be done to place
one there. '

“'19 Specialize in Milking Shorthornl

PALMER altos, alkali... Mich.

 

 

 

I!!! B A B B Y C 0. ﬂﬂoﬂfHOEN
Breeders’ Association wish to announce
their new sales list. for about cache:- 1,
of the best beef or null: strains. Write
your wants to W. L. Thorpe, Sec'y., Milo,

DIAL OFFER SHORTIIOBNS_'
0°25? $850.00 to $300.00.‘ Bulls, $209.90
to $250.00. Wm. J. Bell, Rose City, Mich,

HAT no YOU WANT? 1 represent 41
'8!!!) THOBN breeders. (.‘un p-ll you in
at milk or beef strains. Bulb

' ' ' females C
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an . Binomial-u

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA PIGS,
sired by Bob-O-Link, by the 2nd Big Bob,
Michigan Buster by Giant Buster, and
Big Des Molnes 5th, by Big Des Molnw.
Also sows bred to these boar. O. L.
Wright, Jonesvllle, Mich. Jonesville is lo.
cated 25 miles north of the Ohio and In-

diana line.

WALNUT ALLEY BIG TYPE, Gilts
all sold. Keep

watch of 1919 crop sired by Arts Sena-

tor and Orange Price. I thank my cus-

formers for their patronage. '

A. D. GREGORY. ‘ - lonla. Mich.

L. S. P. C. BOARS ALL SOLD. HAVE
a. few nice fall Gills. bred for 'fall far-
row.—H. O. Swartz, Schoolcraft, Mich,

I HAVE A NICE FALL GILT

will farrow in September, priced at $109.
Also a yearling sow, ‘had 9 pigs this
spring, price $150.00, that will farrow in
September.

C. E. GABNANT, Eaton Rapids, llIich.

 

 

 

FOR SALE—LARGE TYPE POLANB
China boars. April and May farrow. The
farmer’s kind at farmer's prices. F..)[.
,Piggott‘ & Son, Fowler, Mich.

 

BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS, EITH-
er sex. From choice bred cows and sired
by a. grandson of Grant Buster and other
prise-winning boars. Price reasonable.
L. W. Barnes and Son, Byron, Mich.

LEONARD’S Big Type Poland China

Boats, all ages. ' The
kind that makes good. Call or write, E.
B. Leonard, St. Louis. Mich. »

 

DUBOC

DUBOC JERSEY swmn. nnxn
Sows and Gilt: all sold. Nice bunch or
all pigs, both sex. sired b Breakwater
Tippy Orion No. 55421, by y (301., out
of dam by the I’m-anal 4th and Brooke
water Cherry King. Also herd boat 3 7!".
old. Write {or pedigree and prices. Sat-
isfaction guaranteed. Thos. Underhlll &
Son, Salem. M1011- ‘ '

 

 

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“about” ‘wmﬁe sensual-cg

:.col‘d blooded stuff here.

  
  

 

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\ ,
ulnowvmw FARM REGIQ'I’EREI;

Duroc Jersey H085 and Jersey Bulls.
E. Morris, Remington, Michigan.

 

ounce stuns READY Iron sun-
vice, also high class. sows bred for sum.
mer tax-rowing to Orion’a Fancy? King, the
12) est pig of his age ever at nternatlon—
aligEht Stock Show. Newton Bel-abort.
St. Johns, M1011-

Big Type Poland China Boats
of April hit tarmw at farmer’s prices,
slmd by Foxy Commander, ﬁrst prile Jun.
10! Yearling at West mchigan Fair 1918,
from litters .of 7, 11 and 12. , .

“W. 1. W001). Middlcvlllc, Mich.

DUROC sons "0" ""7-

WINNING
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith, Addi—
son, Mich. .

Domes: 1‘00]. AUGUST BOABS
ready for heavy service. Pedigrees sent
on applies Newton & Blank. Hill
Crest Farms, Perrinton, Mich. Farm 4
miles south of Middleton.

 

 

 

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savolinaw VALLEY HERD on 0.1.0:.
Boar pigs. grandsons of Schoolmaster and
Perfectmn 5th. Sows all sold. John
Gibson. Bridgeport. Michigan. .

o. I. C. SWINE Ex... Luce 3......
One hour nearly 2
years old. Also ﬁne lot of spring pigs,
shipped C. O. D.” Elm Front Stock Farm.
W1” Thorman, Prop, Dryden. Mich.

1 ‘Shadowland armV]

_o. l. c... ]___.__
Bred Gilt: $0.353 5’33... “:5:-
Spring Pigs. Everything shipped 0.0.0

and registered in buyer’s name. lf.
you want the best, write

.1. CARL, anwn'rr. Macon, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

HAMPSHIIES

 

8734 HAHPSIIIRES RECORDED IN
the association from Jan. 1 to Apr. 1, '19.
Did you get one? Boar pigs only for sale
now, John W. Snyder_ St. Johns. Mich...
R. No. 4

HAMPSHIRE BOARS

The kind that please. of superior breed-
ing and good quality. Sired by Mose’s boy
and Col. White. The latter has never
been defeated in the show ring. For
price and description address, Gus Thom—
as. New Lothrop, Mich.

 

 

‘BERKSHIRES

GREGORY FARM BERKSHIRES FOB.
profit. Choice stock fer sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Coma. White Hall, Ill.

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CHESTER WHITES
NOTHING TO OFFER AT PRESENT.
Orders booked for Sept. pigs. I Wish lo
thank my customers. Ralph Cosens. Lev-
ering, Mich.

 

CHESTER WHITE MALES.
Big type Chester White spring male pig-s.
Registered. Write for reasonable terms.
J. T. Yaukie Breckenridge, Mich.’

 

CHESTER WHITES—A FEWV MAY
boars, fall pigs in pairs or tries from
most prominent bloodlines at reasonable
prices. Registered free. F. W. Alexand-
er, VassarJdich. -

SHEEP

MR. SHROPSHIRE BREEDER.

Do you need a real sire? If so, I have
a few rams that are in a class by‘ them-
selves. Type quality, carcass and fleece
with Cooper and Buttar Breeding. No

, .F'irst ten-’7 100:00
to 3430.94). Balance of the rams Includw
lag some (racking Hampshlres $50.00 up.
No fairs this year but believe mewe have
Elle sheep. All good roads lead .to the

arms.

KQPE RON FARMS, Goldwater; men.

Hampshire Rams . .

Registered yearling rams weighing
up to 280 lbs. for sale. Also ram lambs. ‘

 

 

 

 

A well built growth! lot. Satisfaction
guaranteed. ‘ ' '

j c. ‘U. Hams. _ g, ,
Welt trench. . - - Mlchlgin

 

 

 

3.7.73”. Limited mpply. D

Peach Hill Fa...

. snowman: RAIS
Sire “arrows-301m 275 (01425912)

 

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“Mylo was, inch ,
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‘ Neale, ﬁle and" female. ,

Wag-“£33300. 11 a ‘

_ ‘ me up m‘uuns- _
* Best breedmg. Arkell ﬂail“: in. at.
' lambs. O. 1L.onrk.r_mlington.'m .

y : semen.
largs vigorous ram dubs, ready
. vice. Flock ambushed it’d. C.’
Dexten'fm,

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Let-en.

Ramsandramlamba 'mmamn
wooled and registered. Ann. Bacon &
Son. B 5, Sheridan. Mich .

DOGS

WRITE DD. W. A. UWALT; Mt. Clem-

. ens. Mich. for those :beautiful Sable and

White Shepherd Puppies: natural heels

or- from farm.trazmed stock; also a few

purebred Scotch Collie Puppies; sired by

“Ewut's Sir Hector." Michigan Champion
cattle dog.

 

, RABBITS

RUFUS BSD BELGIAN HARES. PED—
igreed and registered stock. Prices right
ant'satisttction guaranteed or money re-
funded upon return of stock. Write the
Vernon Hill Rabbitry. Lock Box 546.
Clare. Mich. -

FOB SALE—A YEW REGISTERED
Rufus Red Belgian Does, at reasonable
prices. All stock shipped on approval.
C. H. Gould. Clare, Mich. ,

POULTRY

- Yearlmg Pallets and Cockerels

We offer 200 S. C. White Leghorn Year-
Hugs—stock guaranteed to please you.
Cookerels—Barred and White Rocks;
,White Orpingtons; S. C. Black Minorcas;
S. C. and R. C. White and Brown Leg-
horns; Anconas. Ducks, Geese. Turkeys.
Rabbits. four breeds Please send for

' price lit.
STATE PARISHSOCIATION
Bloomingdale, lick.

LEGHORB

SACBIZII'CING 2,900 PURE BBB!) EN-

lsh Strdn S. C- White om year-

ling pullets with long deep bodies large

- combs alt 31.76 each. Weight 5 lbs. each.

' ' Most prmtable layers. Records from 200

g to 272 eggs pr year. Large valuable cat-
alogue free. Write us your Wants. Fruit-
vale Leghorn Farm, Zeeland, Mich.

‘HODE ISLAND BEDS

MARC. HATCHED B. 1. BED COCK-_
' 3 erels. Both Combs. Write for prices and
' " order early. Intel-lakes Farm. Box 4.

 

 

 

Lawrence Michigan.
WYAN DOT'IES

SILVER. GOLDEN AND WHITE
Wya‘ndottesi eggs from especial mat-
mg :3 per 16; $5.per 30: $8 per 50; by
parcel post prepaid. Clarence Browning.
Portland, Mich; R 2

HATCHING EGGS

FOR SALE—EGGS FOR BATCHING
’ from Barron Single Comb White Leg-
horns; 300 eggs strain 7-lb. “cock, $1.65
per 15 by mail; $4 per 50; chicks. 20 for
5. R.

 

S. Woodruff. Melvin. Mich.

 

‘ 5,0(00 Mile Guarantee Tires
, AT 1/. THE USUAL TIRE COST

EVEBWEAB DOUBLE TBEAD TIRES

’ f are made‘ doubly durable by our secret re-
’ constructed process used in th emarmfact—
uring and have double the amount of fab-
ric of ordinary tires, which make them
practically puncture proof., and rarely
any blowouts. ,

Many owners of EVER-
“ WEAR TIRES get 5,000 to
10,000 miles of service.

Look these prices over
and order while stock is
complete.
SATISFACTION GUAR-

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heirloom: -

 

 
 

 

to ﬁgﬂ; the .su ’
proposition to a vote of tb people.
‘ Thegbill passed m:semte bye. trade.
Our Supreme Wt Judges: wanted
“their salaries incubasel from $7500

them.
Mother Hubbard in Me is worth
$10,000, a. year. The friends of both
measures mood to put them thru at
once and they were passed and sent
to. the house the same day. The
house. at once, passed the Supreme
Court measure in time to have it sub-
mitted at the April election, when it

_ ty. The warehouse bill was buried in
a committee presided over by Farmer
Ivory of Lapeer County. Further Iv-
ory refused to call a meeting of this
committee to consider the warehouse
bill. There the ,bill remained until
the last day of the session at mid
night when it was ﬁnally brought out
and placed on its passage. Recollect
it only provided for its submission to
the people, but the house by a vote of
48 to 38 refused to let the people
vote on it. _

The following members voted to
submit the proposition to the people.
Braman, Byrum, Chapin, Chew, Cole-
man, Dehn, Drummoud, Evans, Ew—
ing, Farrier, Galloway, Haan, Hall,
Holland, Jensen, Johnson, Kappler,
Ladd, Leland, Lennon, Lewis, McKe-

on, Miles, Miller, Mol, Nagel, Sink,
Frank A. Smith. Newman Smith,
Town, Wallace, Weidenfeller, Weis-

sert, Wiley, Young, Speaker.

The following members were afraid
to trust the people and voted against
letting the people vote on it, Dafoe,
Deprato, Dunn, Fitzgerald, Glaspie,
Gowdy, Blinn, Brewer, Brown, Chase,
Copley, Croll, Curtis, Griggs, Harris,

Hartway, Hopkins, Ivory, Jackson,
James, Jerome, Kooyers, Leighton,
Martin, Merri-man, Franklin Moore,

McGillivray, O’Brien, Olmstead, Reut-
ter, Robinson, Ross, John W. Smith,
Toepel. Welsh, White, Woodruff, War-
ner, Ward, Wells and Edw. G. Read.

The following members were ab-
sent:

Case, Crawford, Howe, Hunter, Lid-
dy. Macdonald. J. M. Moore. Mosier,
Pasco, Rose, Sawyer, Stearns, Vine
and Watson.

We have fought a great war to
make the rule of the people supreme
and in the face of this, members of
the Michigan Legislature refused to
let the people vote on the only prop-
osition that proposed to give the
farmer a fair profit and at the same
time reduce the cost of living. Now
why did they do this? Ask your
member why he was afraid to trust
the people. He may tell you it was
“Socialistic” and a new tangled idea.
It was not. Several thousand years
ago Pharoah built government ware-
houses in Egypt and stored corn for
seven years to reduce the high cost
of living for the seven lean years and
no one ever claimed that Pharoah was
Socialist. And in modern times Can-
ada has built government elevators
for the wheat farmers and Louisiana
has built cotton warehouses forecot-
ton farmers, where they could store
their cotton to avoid the glut on the
market and they could borrow mon-
ey on their warehouse receipts to
tide over their necessities. The thing
is as old as the pyramids and has
never failed to work when given a
fair trial. Perhaps your member will
tell you the idea was “Bolshevik”
and savored of the I. W. W.‘and non-
Partisan League. You can perhaps
understand this

But I will give you the real rea—
son. Every distributor and elevator
man in the state was'ﬁghting it. Now
these distributors are pow rful fin-y
ancially and politically. .hey can
make or break any local candidate

' for office because they vote as they

talk. Hundreds of petitions were
.bill. The farmer has ten votes to.th;e
distributor’s one. but they don’t use
them. . ,

' * They are too’ busy sometimes‘jm go
to the primaries or if they do vote
they vote as they are told. they pass
resolution but they don’tvoteas they"
jresolute, that’s'ivhy they don’t get
anywhere. We don’t. blame the mem-

 

  

who voted against this measure.
m Hit or Mummer-

heyraise‘ mom? ‘
bmissien «a; such a ‘

g to 3140;000 3. your. We-doh’t ﬂames.
To compel a man to wear a x,

was defeated by over 100,000. majori- 4

Four is unequalled.

 

Weightliﬂwpounds;
the". :4" bet- _
reduce weigh

ex ; ,
Boiler Bearings;
bumguefine,
madam listened-
terdnfi;twoepeeds.
2% and 4 miles

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11 H. P. on Drown three
W“ uaznbm

25 H. P. on Turns an acre

Bolt Pulley, an hour

RACTOR economy and tractor poWer depend largely on theproportion
of the power developed by the motor that is delivered to the draw-bar.
In simplicity and economy the direct spur gear drive of the Huber Light
There are no bevel gears-simply a. friction clutch and
spur gear reduction to the driving wheels.
Other reasons why the Huber develops such large power in (proportion to its
weight are: the high wheels roll easier an a
area of “traction grip”; center draft conserves powenby
avoiding “side pull"; high-grade extra strong materials
t.

These features are the result of 20 years’ development.
. They are behind the Huber reliability that has created
leﬂdﬂrm' P0; thousands of satisﬁed Huber owners.

Write for ‘ ‘The Tractor in the Making". It tells
the interesting Notary of tractor developmnt.

THE. HUBER MFG. co. 225 Center St.
Canadian Branch. Brandon. Manitoba

Makers also 0‘ the lame Huber Junior Threeher.
Sozne good territory is still available for live dgabrl.

ord a‘larger

Marion, Ollie

 

Economize with

Model 12

  

STAR WINDMILL

 

 

  
  

dealer in your community.

FLINT & WALLING MFG. CO.
STAR WINDMILLS — HOOSIER PUMPS
KENDALLVILLE. 'INDIANA

Dept. D,

An abundant sup-
ply of water is as
sured the user of
the Model 12 Star
Windmill. Pumps
in light breezes and

is. unexcelled Wherever water. IS
needed for farming, stock raisﬁ‘ig
or dairymg. .

" NO-OIL-EM BEARINGS save many trips up the tower, as
one oiling each year insures perfect lubrication.

Write today for catalog No. 95 or see the STAR

 

Provide an independent so i!
of water for farm homes. Wee
any kind of power, pump from
well of an depth. Easily in-
stalled an economically main‘
tained. Write for Bulletin i".

 

 

 

sent in by farmers in favor of the .
earl/g, issue. _

 

distributor and they knew they could
get the farmer vote no matter if they
voted against every measure he
wanted. .

All those who desire will be re-
nominated and re—elected next year
by the farmer vote. Why should
they cater to it? The State Grange
has voted to join the Cleaners to sub-
mit the warehouse bill to the people
by initiative. Here the farmers will
get a chance to vote ideas into action
instead of partisans into ofﬁce. Will
they do it it costs time and money
to get 30.0.00 names on a petition.
W'il’l farmers give their time to se-
cure a vote on a measure .that will
go a long way toward solving the
marketing question, or wil they pass

a few resolutions and let it go at

that?

 

Tues-kahuna is the second of a series

of articles written , extensively» for

BUSINESS FARMING, by Mr. J. W.
Helme. The third will appear in an

 

EGG-O-LATUM mm

It costs, only one cent per dozen eggs
,to ,use Egg-o-latum. There is no other ex-
pense, Eggs are kept in carton or box in
cellar. Eggs may be boiled, poached or
used in any other way, Just like fresh
eggs; ly rubbed on the eggs—a dozen
per‘min e. A 50019; issuii‘lcient for 50
dozen' eggs. At ‘Drus‘. Seed and Poultry
Supply. Stores or postwaidr . . . l,

,. , . ., .

    

We will pay 530 per
dozen delivered here,
cases included. for
strictly fancy newlaid
eggs, Shipments via

express direct from
farmers. This price good until week end~
ing September 20th. Watch our price each
week.
AMERICAN BUTTER & CHEESE CO.
Detroit, Mich.

 

 

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BOOK 0N

DOG DISEASES
And How toFeed

Hailed free to an! address hr
Author
H. CLAY CLOVER C0., Inc.,
118 Wee! 31st Street, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is Your Farm for Sale?

Write- .out a plain. description ad ﬁg-

" an. 5e for each word, initial .or group of

ﬁgures. Send it in for one, two on three
times. There's no cheaper or better we:
'of selling a farm in Michigan and you

deal direct with the buyer. mute or

your farm, send iii your ed: 1: day. Don't -

commissions. If you want to sell or trade
Just talk about it. Our Business Farming

Farmer? Exchange gets nesults. Address.
Dept. "

Michigan Business Farming, Adv.
,Mt. Clemens. ,

 

    

 

 

 

 
 

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need to send any money—simply ﬁll out , . ‘ . . .‘
and mail the coupon below, and I will send 1 \““°“ - » ° . '
you the two full-s1zed dollar packages. When “ll. ' “w -" ’ ,
the goods arrive, pay your postman only $1.00. ‘ Q 1°“ ill-E $
I am sending Laymore out Without, money 1n ad- ‘ “0W \
jI vance because hundreds of folks have put off ordering ‘ ’ k ‘ ' ,
Laymore because 1t was too much trouble to get a money . Mia” . -
order or make out a check. I want everybody Who- P The Lay :
raises poultry to use “ . ,
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The reason is Laymore. This scientiﬁc discovery tones up your hens /
and acts on the laying organs With such remarkable success that I; sell
Laymore under the absolute guarantee that 1t W111 double your egg ‘ _
g: production or your money back. Mail the coupon now and get double
“ value. Remember you don’t need to send any money With the coupon » .
’ . unless you want to.
EGGS COST 12 CENTS A DOZEN From 20- Hens
\ p . Get your hens to lay eggs at a cost of only 12 cents a dozen by feeding in One Month
Mayer’s Laymore, the scientiﬁc egg producer. A half cent’s worth of _ my 9. 1919.
If; this remarkable laying, tonic IS sufﬁc1ent for 12 hens. The two dollar- Mgsﬂaﬁmhem
3r . . . 1 90115, Minnesota.
I. Size boxes that I am oﬁerlng here for $1.00 W111 last 100 hens for three . Shillong}? ﬁnd vsggotgndmgutpfli for
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"1 months. Use the coupon. Better mail it right away. 513w of Laymoreia goneand mi. .32?
f“ - to send more as soon as possible for: 1
g do not want to be Without it. It sure
READ THESE LETTERS did give results. In January when I
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r; VERY MUCH PLEASED EnCIZEd ﬁnd $11300 bill for which send me two my supply and here is.the result:
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3;?" an thought it best to order right away: don’t delay, we need it. It sure is a. help. 1 Jan 32
.2. Mrs. Henry J. Naefke, IIarnhamVIlle, Ia. Pearl Ernst, Councxl Grove, Kas. ' -
I“_ . beSend me .35..00 wgrth of Laymore. I used it PleageLgnd enclose? «éheck. for four more pack- 50 feb‘ 32
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if? Laymore - I use your Laymore Tonic and. like it ﬁne. i 448 ’ .7 April ' 20
Keeps Hens ,9“ Mrs. Will F. Busch. Litchville, N. D. 528 eggs l‘gor ﬂuff ﬁg}: 9
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- . ' / . MAIL THE. COUPON NOW . warm ~
. Mayer 8 hate ery ,
' 5 '; " '34 N. Second St., Minneapolis,‘ Minn.
Q .25 , . . . ‘ J ,. . " Dealers and Agents’ Price I
“1.1.13 ? - ' . ' 12 Dollar Packages
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I1. , ' . . - , MAYER’S HATCHERY, ~ . : ' -
. _ .- - _ ' . ‘ 25 N. Second St., Minneapolis, Minn. _
\\ Gentlemen: Send me at once ...................... packages of- Mayer’s ..
' Laymore Tonic for which I agree to pay $ .................. l when the
- packages arrive. ~ ,
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