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CCORDING to. John Fitzpatrick
, of Beaverton. Clare county, th

farmers ot thb Clare legislative

district. comprising the counties of

Glare, Ghdwin and Roscommon. will ~

.go into politics this fall tenths ex—
tent of endorsing candidates tor
both branches of the legislature and
assisting the candidacy of lilo D.
Campbell.

‘Ilr. Fitzpatrick visited the editor-
ial ofﬁces of Tax Bum Fauna
and explained just how the farmers
of his district proposed to become a
factor in the coming primary and
general election.

“We farmers haven't been exactly

satisfied with the way- this state gov-
- eru-ment has been run, and with the
record of our representative, so we
made up our minds to take a hand
this fall and see if we couldn't elect
some good farmer to the legislature
and help Mr. Campbell in our dktrict.
The Clare districtlis mostly agricul—
tural and there isn't any reason why
the farmers shouldn’t name their
next representative and mebbe their
next senator. Heretofore the com—
mercial interests in our district have
encouraged one or more men from
the rural districts to run against the
farmer candidate, who usnally got
beaten because the farmers would
not hang together. But things are
diil‘erent now. We held a mass meet-
ing: in Clare the other day, and ap-
pointed a committee to take this mat-
ter up. The committee has named
two delegates to meet with two del-
egates of Gladwin county and one
of Roscommon county for the pur-
pose of endorsing a candidate.

FamBureauGivcsllcb

“The Gladwin county farm bureau
hasbeenabighelptousin that
county. County Agent Atwater sent
out. letters to all the locals asking
them'io‘ "express their choice for del-
egates to a county meeting to elect
the two'jrepresentatives to act with
the reﬁrmentativm of the other two
counties in endorsing candidates.
Now these delegates have been elect-
ed and we will have our meeting on
Wednesday night, June 2nd, when
we will endorse our man and make
our plans for putting his candidacy
across. We also intend to organize
the entire district for Milo Campbell
and believe that he will get a big
vote in our district. . ~

Democrats Will Help ‘

“We have about 800 democratic
farmers in our district," said Mr.
Fitzpatrick, “but most of them say
they will support Milo Campbell. I
am trying to show them that in order
to give Mr. Campbell much practical
help they will have to vote for him
in the primary and in order to do
that they will have. to enroll as Re-
publicans. I am a Democrat myself,
but I’m going to be a Republican
long enough this fall to vote for the
man I want to be the next Governor
of Michigan, and that is Milo Camp-
bell."

Mr. Fitzpatrick believes the plan
that has been adopted in” the.Clare
district will work in other legislative
districts of the state and he would
like to see it tried out. His sugges-
tions are as follows:

“Call a. meeting of the farmers by
giving notice in each county that is
a part of the legislative district (or
where the district is conﬁned to one
county, in each township thereof.)
each county or township to select one
or two men to represent their sec-
tion and meet at some convenient
point and endorse candidates for the
two branches of the legislature. We
learned from our own experience
that you cannot get a mass meeting

i “meetings to votefor them... so
We found there was a division and
we didn't get anywhere. I ﬁnally
made up my mind that if We were
to accomplish anything Isl-its we

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found that whereas the majority of
farmers could not agree among
themselves in a mass meeting they
were perfectly willing to abide by the
decisions of the men whom they-had
chosen to endorse the candidates.

“Our main object in my district
has been to use all honorable organ—
ised means to promote the candidacy
of the farmers’ candidate for Gov-
ernor. but at the same time not to
overlook the allth fact that
a real farmer Governor can only di-
rect the course of legislation in pro-
portion to the extent which the peo-
ple of the state back him up with
members in the legislature who are
open to conviction and will'be res-
ponsive to the wishes of the people.
Itisaspecialmistahetomtthat
the Governor can cause the enact-
m'ent of legislation benelcial to the
majority of the people if they elect
a majority in the legislature who for
selfish rwsons or lack of interest in
the people's weltare ,
ties of a fair. just and right nature.
It is of paramount importance that
the farmers in legislative districts
who are in the majority when unit-
ed to appoint a committee of farm-
ers to take an active part in the
candidacy of men who prefer to be
candidates when the elites goes out
after the man instead of themselves
forever seeking the oﬁce.

“Here in our district we propose to
give due consideration to all the
claims presented by the various cand—
idates, but to base our choice upon
two main qualiﬁcations: first, hon-
esty; second, statesmanship. In oth-
er words each will be considered on
his own merits, rather than his po—
litical strength, as a candidate cap-
able of performing a public trust as
it ought to be performed. The rec-
ord established by these candidates
in the past with reference to honesty,
ability and square dealing will be
carefully looked into. Neither we
nor any other farmer can afford to
endorse men concerning whose hon-
esty there is any question. We can—
not afford to chance the criticism
and opposition that would surely re-
sult from the naming of such a man.

“The farmer is the most skeptical
person we have to deal with today,
for the reason that he has been lied

to so many times in the past that he ‘

has just about lost faith in mm—
made schemes or arguments. If
anyone doubts the above just coun-

sel with the heads of the diluent
farmer movements or even with inv
dividuals. .Whlle the farmer will ad-
mit the necessity and feasibility of
this and similar plans, the question
willariseinhismind.‘Willitaccom—
plish more than the schemes that
have been tried out in the past.’ Yet
in the majority of cases he is willing
to take another chance.

“After the candidate ' has been
chosen let someone secure the signs-
tnresofahundredormorefarmers
who are puss-ally acquainted with
the mdidate and can vouch for his
ability, etc" approving the choice of,
the committee. Circulate this thru-
ont the district and it will. be all the
recommendation the candidate needs
for the average voter unacquainted
with the candidate for nice, feels
that he can rely upon the judgment
of a large number of his brother
farmers. .

“There is a good deal of complaint
about the management of our state
government, but just ﬁnding fault
will not alter the circumtanees one
bit. We must elect men who are
open to conviction and will be will-
ing to give and take in solving the
problems before us. Two men may
admitastothelogical thingtodoin
regard to a given evil but at the same
timeareatvarianceastothemeans
to pursue in arriving at a remedy.
The question of taxes is, I believe. at
the head of the class. Just now a
lot of diﬂerent theories are being
advanced on this question. It may
be that if it was looked into by
some competent body that possibly
there is a much better way than the
present system, but since we must
depend upon this system for some
time to come, the more sensible thing
to do seems to ﬁnd out whether the
people who pay the taxes are getting
160 per cent in the way of public
beneﬁts. In other words are the
people getting value received for
their taxes. If not why not renovate
the whole system? It looks like it
needed it particularly right now
when taxes are so high and we must
make every cent count in order to
carry on the legitimate business of
the state, without still further bur-
dening the taxpayers.

A Word to the Democrats

“Now, Mr. Democrat and Mr. 80-
cialist, if you do not like the way
the public pie counter is being run
why you can help to run it different-

Farm Bureau Favors Co-Op. Sugar Plants

MICHIGAN State Farm Bu-
reau has issued an announcement
that it favors the establishment

of eo—operativo beet sugar reﬁneries
in Hichigan, and declares that inas-
much as the growers have failed to
secure a jut price by rntnsing to

plantain Hiehigan‘totakecsreot
tbelulcropofbects._

representatives-“vot- the- State Farm

Bureau at a meeting at the directors .

of the Sugar Beet Association when
their records tor the year'were clos-
polnted e wmmﬁth-to assist. in the

“Reports presented at the meet-
ing and a survey made previously by ‘
the Farm Bureau showed approxi-
mately only half of the normal beet
acreage in lichigan has been plant-
ed this year. a condition that is sure
to curtail “twelver the operation of
the donu‘ factories reﬁning Hichigan
bests. Later conditim all through
the best district are so serious as to
indicate that even much of the crop
lathe ground is not apt to be placed
on the market. This labor shortage
was one of the main reasons for the
demand of growers. fora new con-‘
tract. which. would have providedﬁfor’
a slidingncsia m on the New

   

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13".“ Just enroll “in the primary End
vote for Milo D. Campbell- for Gov-,-
ernor, and send some honest-to-God
farmers from your district to the leg-
islature. Here are some locating

ﬁxture-Iron mv-own district which .
' wmvm'mhow necessaryltisto ‘

have the support of the Democrats
in the primary'election. These lg-
,ures represent the vote cast forfthe
Secretary of State in the last elec—
tion: Republican votes! .vGiadwia
county, 926; Roscommon, 289; Clare.
373'; total, 2.194. Democratic votes:
Gladwin, 248:, Rosconimon, 148:
Clare. 417; totai, 80:8. The ratio
between the votes cast by the two
leading parties is somewhat similar
in all the counties of" the state. ’

“Now what I“would like to point
outlsthatlfthenemocrats doaot
enroll to olset the parties of that
2,194 who have no interest in a. real
farmer candidate even though he has
the endorsement of the farmers'. com-
mittee, with two or more candidates
in the ﬁeld. the farmers' candidate
stands a chance of losing.

“The interests of the state and of
the farming business of the state
ought to be paramount to any partl-
san considerations. Farmer’s, I
think. should give their united sup-
port to farmer candidates, irrespect-
ive of party or creed. The formu-
ars not asking for any special favors,
but since they predominate in great
numbers in the majority of the dis-
tricts of the state they ought to have
greater representation in the legis-
lature and protect what are their
just and natural rights. It will not
do to send some follow to‘ the legis-
latureJust becam he happens to
comb his hair to suit you. That will
not help you one whit to get a square
deal. There are two many one-hob-
bled legislatures on the job now. Gen-
eral legislation doesn't worry them
as they just trade votes with other
single-hobbled members. Then there
is the slow, take-it—easy- happy—go-
lncky hooligan who does not even
claim the distinction, of having any
interest in any hobby let alone gen-
eral legislation. He just marks time
until pay day."

 

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HE BAY county court room was

not large enough to accommo-

date the hundreds of farmers.
members of the Bay County (lo-op-
erative Union, who gathered there
last Saturday to discuss the political
situation and endorse candidates tor
the state legislature.

The meeting was presided over by
John Pnrlell, president of the Union.
who explained the reasons why farm-
ers should take a greater interest in
the affairs of government and the

kind of men chosen to direct the gov- ,

ernment. Other farmers voiced their
opinions, it being the unanimous de-
cision that the farmers of Bay Coun-
ty should put a candidate into the
ﬁeld who would be big enough to
represent both farmers and the peo-
ple of the state as a. whole, and to
actively participate in the campaign,
of such candidate and in the cam-
paign of .Milo Campbell for Govern-
or.

In response to an urgent invita-
tion to. attend the meeting Mr. Camp-
bell canceled other engagements and
drove seventy miles in the early
morning in order to make train con-
nections for Bay City. ~In his usual
aggressive style he addressed the
,meeting- upon current issues and
congratulated the farmers for tak-
ing so keen and active an interest
in the government matters. ’

Forrest lard, editor of The Bosh“
wane Faun was also prment upon
invitation, and gave a brief talk- He
also-declared that the farmers of Bay
county were showing their good cit-
izenship by thus eeting, discussing
tire issues of the ay and end-orﬂng
good men for the state legislature»

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HE GRATIOT county Herald

‘ gives us the emissive information

~ that Congressman J. ~W. Ferdney

.hsssecm‘ed a report on thebean tar-

}! hill, upon his “fourth ausmpt.”

The Herald prints the following let-

ter received from Mr. Forduer, dat—
ed May 27th, 1920‘:

“Mr. J. N. McCall,
“Ithaca, Michigan.
“Dear Mr. McCall: -

“I am glad to advise you that upo
the fourth effort to get a report on
the bean bill, I was successful. The
Ways and Means Committee this
morning reported out a bill putting
a duty on. beans of 2 cents per pound
and on lentils, not specially provided
for, 25 cents per bushel.

“At the present time the differ?
enoe between the imported value of
Oriental beans and the price 'of
beans raised in this country is about
$1.36 per bushel." v

“Sincerely yours,
“J. W. FORDNEY.

The Herald, which has been defend-
ing Mr. 'Fordney‘in his failure to get
action on this bill, concludes that the
above letter “demonstrates the truth
of every statement made by the
Herald in reference to Mr. Fordney’s
attitude on bean tariff legislation,”
and in an accompanying editorial
further discusses the matter as fol-
lows: ' ‘

"The Herald has contended from
the first time the question was rais-
ed that not only is Hon. J. W. Ford-
ney in sympathy with increased tar-
iff on beans and a special bill for
this purpose, but that he was doing
all in his power to bring a bill to
this eﬂect out of the committee and
secure fave-able action.

"‘Some readers of the Herald have
been misled by the hostile and unfair
position taken by certain speakers
and writers who have left no stone
unturned to prejudice bean raisers,
even going so far as to insinuate that
Mr. Fordney did not want the bill re-
ported out of his committee.

“The letter received from Mr.
Fordney which appears on the ﬁrst
page of this issue of the Herald shows
that not only is he in sympathy with
seeing that bean raisers get fair play
but that he has persistently tried to
get this bill reported out and not
until the fourth effort was he suc-
ccssful.

"Not only will Mr. Fordney’s suc-
cess in this matter entitle him to the
thanks and conﬁdence of every bean
raiser, but it will tend largely to in-
crease the bean acreage and show
that Mr. Fordney as leader of the
tariff committee of congress will de—
niand, in any general tariif bill. a
tariff on beans at least five or six
times as great as, the present tariff
of '25c per bushel passed by the Wil-
son administration.”

-Proves Business Farmer Right

While these statements may all
serve very well to satisfy the conceit
of the Herald, the Clinton County Re‘
publican, the Howard City Record,
and other weekly newspapers 0f the
eighth district, which has impugned
the motives of THE BUSINESS FARMER
for insisting that Mr. Fordney had
the power and should use it to get

‘ this. bill reported out of the commit-

tee; tothe unbiased individual who
has 'followed' Mr. Fordney’s contra-
dictoryexplanations of‘his failure to
get action-ton this-“bill, the ﬁnal re-
.pOrting" out of the bill one week'be;
fore the adjournment of » Congress

' A has allthe earmarks of. antelev'enth

lit-s: back chorus-  I , ,
lied Congressman .Fordney

hour surrender to the pressure of the

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enacted

  _ " Fordney  Reports

Michigan Congressman: Gets Action on “Fourth Effort”; Too Late to Secure

Adoption of Legislation at Present Session

..-his committee, the bean growers [of
his district might eventually have
been convinced that this were true,
despite all the evidence to the con-
trary. But in securing a last minute
report on this, bill Mr. Ferdney
brings into question the truth of all
his previous state-eats in regard to
the matter.

Of course, we are told that this
was Mr. Fordney’s “fourth effort,"
and we naturally inquire “what cou-
stitutes a "fourth etort?” Is a
“fourth'effort” to get a bill out of a
legislative committee something like
a "fourth degree” in a fraternal or-

probably passed through Congress;
but fearing a veto by the President,
he considered such an act useless.

"In a conference at Washington
during April, Mr. Fordney stated that
the Democrats on the Committee. in
addition to three or four Republi—
cans- were opposing the bill.

“Mr. -———'—— thereupon spoke. to
several of the Republicans named
and found that one of the mem-
bers of the steering committee,
was opposing any action on the parts
of the Ways and Means Committee,
although he claimed to favor the bill
on its merits.

 

 

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is contained in the folio

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$24 per Ton “for California Beet Growers .

HE MICHIGAN sugar beet grower who has forsaken his Associa-
tion and signed the contracts dran up by the factories will get
small comfort out of the information that the California beet grow-
ersstaudtnreceiveﬂtoSlOmorepertonofbeetsthnﬂieMlehigan

dispatch from the dpril 26th issue of

"Two hundred million pounds of sugar, worth at least 336,-
000,006, will probably be produced in Southern California this
season. Last season’s production was about 128,000,000 pounds.

‘ beektongarheetshawnadethkiucmsepossible.

“Beets are «expected to average from nine to ten tons to the
acre. The greatest acreage is in Orange county, Los Angeles and

'The price the farmers get is r
the Southern California factories

“Theywillgetwdpertonfor lﬁpercentbeetsiftheava-age
price is 18 cents per pound for sugar and $1.00 per ton additional
forach l pereentofsugarinbeetsabove Iﬁpercent.”

Here in Michigan it doesn’t matter what the sugar- content of the

beetle. Thefmgetsﬂnesamepﬂeeforal4peroentbeetashe
yet that extra 4 per cent, with sugar

egulated by the average net price

wouldforanlsperccnt beet. And
“ISwntsapoundmeansatleast
goes to the manufacturer under the Michigan contract.

The report says that 18 cent sugar means $24 beets for the Cal-
'I'hat means that 15 centsugar upon which the Mich-
igan manufacturers have been basing their claims of $16 beets would
return $20 to the California grower.
or 17 per cent, as many of the California beets do, the California grow-
er would receive from $2 to $4 additional, or a possible 322 and $24
Yet the most the Michigan grower can receive for his 1920
beets, with sugar at 15 cents is $16, and if the government sets the
price on sugar, he is likely to receive far less than that.

the old contract. 'nie information

 

many bean farmers are turning 

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receive for sugar for the season.

arrests-a$7 perton,ALLofwhich

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ganization. Does each “effort” _to
get a bill out of a committee require
months of planning, wire—pulling and
other preparation? Or is an "eitort"
such as Mr. Fordney mentions a
more formal vote taken with perhaps
a little preliminary and informal dis-
cussion with other members of the
committee.

Tm: Business Fumes has contend-
ed from the start that Mr. Fordney
occupied a position of sufﬁcient in—
fluence to get action on this bill. Mr.
Fordney denied this, but when Mr.
Fordney got a report on that bill on
the 27th of May, one week before
Congress adjourned he proved that
THE BUSINESS FARMER was right. He
proved to the satisfaction of the
bean growers if not to the country
weeklies that he could at any time
he desired have had a report on the
bill. In this connection we desire
to quote from a letter received by the
editor of THE BUSINESS FARMEB from
a man whbse identity we are not at
liberty to disclose at this tim'e, but
[who is one of the best informed men
in‘ the United States up-on'this mat-
ter. 'The letter is dated May 1,8th.:

, “Mr. Fordney’s statements on the
bean tariff have been peculiarly in-
consistents._. \_ _ . . .

. ﬁ‘In a printed statement taken from
-,a,. Michigan paper he is 'qu'oted’asvsay—
that he opuldhavehthe -bil}.rc-_
‘ outaof committee " and

  
 

  

“This member’s reason was purely
political and he maintained this
stand, even though he was assured
by the other that a Democratic mem-
ber of the Ways and Means Commit—
tee, had openly stated he would sup-
port the bill. Such action, folloWed
by the votes of other Democrats
would remove the partisan fact-
or and' thus give the bill a show on
its merits, without political color.

“Nevertheless, nothing has been '

done by the Ways and Means Com—
mittee.

a f‘Among other things, Mr. Ford-
ney was somewhat reminiscent about
the time when he could sell beans at
65 cents a bushel and make a proﬁt
on the sale. This must be somewhat
related to the time when you could
buy a ﬁne pair of shoes for $3.50 and
a loaf of bread for 3 cents; and
could hire farm labor for $1 per day
with board; and could purchase all
other necessaries of life, including la—
bor, at approkimately one-ﬁfth to

’one—sixth of the present rates.

“It is my judgment that the tar-
iff bill is doomed for this session, un-
less the Michigan growers take the

.matter up directly with Mr. Fordney

and in! ' that he has the power and

. therefore the responsibility of pub

ting this bill through his Committee.
“‘It is my personal judgment that
Mr. Fordney can do it» if he really

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Out

Bean Bill 

“Fordney is a man of unusual abil-
ity as well as political sagacity. I
donotbeﬂevethatamanofhistype
would fallifhehadhiswillseeto
such an end. i

(The names of Congressmen men-
tioned in the above letter have been
omitted at the request of the writer.)

But if these facts are so, why
then, inquire our country newspa—
per friends, would he not do so? For,
they remind us, Mr. Fordney is an
ardent protectionist. He believes in
a high tariif. He would naturally
favor a measure of this kind. All
true, we grant, were there no other
considerations.

But there WERE other consider-
ations, far more important to Mr.
Fordney and his political backers,
than a tariff on beans. There was
one other consideration alone for the
sake of which Mr. Fordney was oblig—
ed to hood-wink the bean growers of
his district. Let us not forget that
last fall before there was any prom-
ise of trouble between the sugar beet
growers and the manufacturers, Mr.
Fordney was strongly in favor of the
tariff measure. He gave Michigan
people to understand that there was
no question but that the bill would
go through. Six weeks later there
were rumblings in the sugar beet
territory. The growers organized.
Contracts were returned. For
months it looked as if the manufact-
urers would not get enough acreage.
to run their plants. At this time the
bean market was in a deplorable con-
dition. The competition of Japanese
beans was keenly fel-t. To have pass-
ed a tariff on beans during this con-
troversy would have been the worst
blow which the manufacturers could
have suffered. For it would have put
the price of beans up where it would
have made this crop far more proﬁt-
able than sugar beets, and the sugar
beet growers would have turned to
beans in large numbers. The posi-
tion which Congressman Fordney
holds with respect to the sugar man-
ufacturers is too well known for us
to discuss it here, but because of this
position and his position on the
bean tariff bill we have a right to
assume that there was some direct
connection between the two. It
seems hardly necessary to emphasize
the fact that the reporting out of the
bean tariff bill came almost identical
with the admission from the beet
growers that they had lost their ﬁght
for this year.

Just Plain Facts

In the heat of contest or controv-
ersy the participants do not always
play the game square. In controver—
sies over the duty of public servants
the critic will invariably be accused
by friends of the ofﬁce—holder under
criticism of having hidden or ulterior
designs. This is the charge that has
been made by certain warm political
friends of Mr. Fordney against the
BUSINESS FARMER. The editor of the
Gratiot County Herald was one to
make these charges, but Mr. McCall
showed himself to be a big enough
man to publish the BUSINESS FARM-
ER’s denial of these charges, and to
admit that in certain particulars he
'was wrong. But Coleman 0. Vaughan,
Secretary of the State of Michigan,
who is also publisher of the Clinton
County Republican, flatly refuses the
BUSINESS FARMER the» common cour-
teSy of his columns to make amen-er
to the false statements that have bee.)
published therein ConcerninngiI: 13m.
INESS FARMER and its attitude toward
Mr. 'Fordney,.sa.ying that be “quite
understands the animus of the ob-
jection to Mr. Ford‘ney.”

These papers hav made the charge
that THE BUSINESS“ FmMsR"'has pe’r-
somad animosity against Mr: Huntley,”

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“ DECLARE," sputtered Uncle
Ezry, as he opened the cornc‘rib
door one morning and looked

upon
feed ivhich the rats had enjoyed the
night before, “it does seem hard
enough to grow this corn without
havin’ the rats and mice eat it up
after it's in the bin. I’d give a
hundred dollars if some feller would
tell me how to rid this farm of rats.
You can’t put anything away with»-
out having it chewed up by the dang
varmints.” And as if to add em-
phasis to his feelings, Uncle Ezry
shut the door with a bang and strode
back to the house, forgetting for the
moment to feed the pigs.

There isn’t a farmer living who
cannot sympathize with the Uncle
Ezrys who have lost hundreds of
dollars through the depredations of
rats and other rodents. Not all sec-
tions of the country are bothered
alike by the little scavengers. Some
sections are comparatively free of
them; others cursed with them. None
escape entirely from their mischief.

In days when corn was thirty cents
a bushel, wheat ﬁfty cents, and so on,
a few bushels of grain eaten up by
the rats or destroyed by mould caus—
ed the farmer no worry. But now—
adays when the prices of grain are
four and ﬁve times as high and the
yield per acre is not so good, the loss
of a single bushel is a matter of con-
cern.

The Department of Agriculture es—
timates that the annual loss to the
farmer by rats is $200,000,000. This
year and for some years to come the
loss will undoubtedly exceed that
amount as the rat population has
been on the increase right along and
the prices of food products will prob-
ably continue to be high. It there-
fore behooves every farmer to not
only wage a merciless campaign

v against the rats on the farm, but to
use every precaution to protect his
grain from those which he cannot
destroy. It is a discouraging propo-
sition trying to poison or trap the
rats. They are wise little creatures
and refuse to be caught. They prob-
ably breed very nearly as rapidly as
they are destroyed. It would, there-
fore, seem wisdom to protect the
grain so that they cannot get to it
rather than to depend wholly upon
wiping out the entire rat family from
the farm. ‘

In the corn belt corn has been our-
ed for years in crude cribs made
from fence rails. It is exposed to
both weather and rodents and heavy

losses occur as a result. The more
up-to—date farmer has replaced the
old-fashioned crib - with modern

structures, nearly all of which, how-

rotectmg t e x.  § a    I a u i    .
With Proper Precautions or Use ‘of Modern-Bins and CribsifsMillio
in the Conservationof Grains

the remnants of a bountiful

ever, are fashioned on the same prin-
ciples and therefore have the same
defects. None of the wiooden struct—
ures, will, it must be confessed, afford
rat-proof protection to the grain
stored in them. ‘

Several ways are suggested for
making cribs and granaries more rat
proof. Concrete floors should by all

means be built for any kind of Wood-
en granary and small wire netting
Several

can be placed in the walls.

 

el it would be money in the farmer's
pocket to cure his green corn if pos-
sible. It is claimed that millions'of
- bushels of the green corn crop ‘of
1917 was saved by storing and cur;
ing invsteel bins whereas tens of mil—
lions of bushels stored in wooden
cribs were lost entirely or fed in a
moist condition. \It-is also claimed
that the corn cured in steel bins re—
tained 90 to 95 per cent of its germ-

 

 

 

corn.
ﬁre-proof.

devices have been tried to raise the
granary or crib from off the ground
and the legs protected by pails, etc.,
but somehow or other the rats over~
come this seemingly impregnable
shield.

The most modern and unquestion-
ably the most eﬂective manner of
storing grain and protecting it not
only from rats and mould, but from
ﬁre as well is the steel bin or crib, of
which there are several makes on the
market. These cribs are scientiﬁcal-
ly constructed as to ventilation etc.,
and provide ideal storage for almost
any kind of grain. Perhaps the great-
est value of the ventilated steel bin
is the facility which is offers for cur-
ing corn. This means a lot to the
farmer of Michigan whose corn is
frequently caught by the frost just
a few days too early and in the ab-
sence of any effective method of cur-
ing it must needs put it in the silo.
W'ith corn at $1.50 or more per busil-

 

 

 

 

Sceno on a corn bolt farm showlng comparison between the old and new methods of curlna ‘
The ﬁrst I: exposed to rodents and weather. ‘

The second I: rat-proof. mould-proof end

ination, or a higher germinationthan
corn which was cured in a heated
room. 1
Speaking upon“ the'subject of cur-
ing corn, one authority says:
“Nature has made an inevitable
law that after anything comes to full
maturity it begins to deteriorate. De—
cay follows grthh. This is just as
true of corn as it is anything else.
Corn is a perfect feed as soon as it
reaches its full maturity. Then it
begins a process of drying out. If
this drying out is conducted under
right conditions, the corn is said to
be cured, and it may be kept a year
or two without loss of feeding value.
If, however, anything interferes with
this drying out so as to start a mould
or to soften the grain, corn begins to
lose its feeding value, and it has not
the elements to build up the flesh
on animals. The care that is taken
of the corn determines the length of
time of its full feeding value. If it

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is protected in adry.‘ airy summit“ a
it will harden without loss ‘of ‘a‘ﬁyg «

thing except the water contained in
the grains.
tact does not dry out so readily.
Sometimesis rots. It is“ essential.
therefore, that any storage of corn
either for the market or for feeding
shall have ample circulation of air."

In spite of the shortage of labor it
looks as if Michigan wOuld‘produce
more than, her share of corn this
year and nearly equal her average
production of the other grains. The
long season of 191,9‘matured corn in

nearly every section of the state. Corn "

ripened for the ﬁrst time in many of
the northern counties. Naturally
this encourages the farmers to plant
a goodly acreage this year. As has
already been pointed out the value of
Michigan’s corn, wheat, oats and
othergrain crops will be great, per-
haps greater than we have yet seen,
so it will be good business for the
farmers to use every care in securing
a full crop, and when that is done in
protecting the crop while they hold
it in storage for marketing or home
use.

Here is the experience of one In-
diana farmer with a metal corn
crib. Peter Nickle, in cribbing his
corn, hauled one load to his metal
crib, the one to a rail pen until he
had ﬁlled both In the spring he
had over 900 bushels of good corn
in the steel crib. The corn in the
rail pen was a rotten mess by spring
so that when the rails were torn
down ’it stood alone in a solid pile.
An interesting incident was noticed
by Mr. Nickle. 0n frosty mornings
the'”moisture from‘the corn in .Mr.
Nickle's steel crib could be seen ris-
ing from the ventilators as vapor.
As it struck the cold surface of the
ventilator it was condensed and the
drops of water could be seen running
down the roof of the crib. -

Mr. Clarence Snyder, Shelbyville.
Indiana, planated some Missouri
seed corn last year. It was a little
slow in maturing and was frost-kill-
ed when just past the roasting ear
stage. Mr. Snyder ﬁlled one of his
metal cribs with his corn and put the
balance in a wood crib
crib it moulded and rotted but in the
steel crib it cured out perfectly with
only an occasional m-ouldy cob. When
it was run through the shredder, Mr.
Snyder said milk could be pressed
from the grains. When cured many
of the grains were still smooth and
round showing that the corn was not
through growing when killed by the
frost.

Why Our Times are Better Than Old Times and the New Times Should

' _By PHILLIP FRANCIS, in “What's
e  t the Matter With Our America?"

OME folk 5
are always
talking of

the good old
times. Accord-
ing to them, the
world was bet-
ter to live in
years ago. The
men were more
hone s t - a n d ‘
manly. The women were more beau—
tiful and virtuous, the children were
better behaved, eggs were ten cents
a dozen, butter twenty cents a pound
and you could hire help for ten dol—
lars a month and board, and life
was just one long sweet song. Such
persons talk nonsense.

The world is a better place to live
in now than it was twenty years ago;
and‘ it was a better place to live in
twenty years ago than it was twenty
years before that, and so on, and so
, on, clear down the line of the cen-
turies that have passed.

About the only big thing that has
continued to be as "mean and brutal
and disgusting as it ever was is war.
And even wars are not nearly so
frequent as they once were.

our great-grandfathers were hap-.
py eﬁbugh with what they had, but
that was because‘they didn’tknow
, _ , . tthey were" missing, , The richest

m  as" in house t' he no.

 

  

v century, were dis'gusting.’ Vljhe streets

 

conveniences, no sanitary arrange-
ments, and none of those common ap-
pliances of today which give us light
and heat and quantities of fresh cold
and hot water and keep our build-
ings and our persons reasonably free
from the attacks of malignant and
infectious disease——to say nothing of
little bugs. w ,
The majority of them .lived in
dwellings which a day laborer in our
times would scorn. They had no tel-
ephones, no electric lights, no fur~
naces, no ranges, no stoves, no match-
es. They had nothing, in fact, ex-.
cept the bare fundamental necessi-
tiesof life. And the luxuries that
the very few did procure are now
either the common possessions or
the jokes of their descendants. I
The ordinary mechanic lives today
much better than did kings or queens
or‘nobles three hundred‘years ago.
The proud and rich Queen Elizabeth
was the Only person in England, in

_ her time who had a table knife and

fork and spoon. The manners and
habits, even of the‘richest and best
educated classes in ., the seventeenth
o‘fthe (greatest capitals of on.“
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Vdiary that he and the ladiesland gen-

roadside to delouse themselves.

body lived in the midst of dirt and
discomforts that would be intoler-
able to us today. i

years agohor even sixty years ago, in

our own country, while inﬁnitely bet-

ter than those 013/th0 hundred years 1
'. ago, were very miserable and un.-‘

comfortable compared “to the con-’3
'ditions in which we new live People“

dried. hard t ‘  “ ' ’ '
to, ‘ rs .,
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udices, their thinking and their con-
duct. _
came‘ to voting age. there wasn't 9.

Why, when my grandfather

railroad in the United States;‘ nor-

which inhabitants threw from their
windows the slope and the vilest
filth that accumulated in their homes.

To journey one hundred miles‘
from some interior point to one of
the larger cities was a task requir-
ing days ingood weather and simply
impossible in thevinclement seasons
of the year. Samuel Pepys, who was
head of the Admiralty, a very rich
man as riches then went, and who
prided himself upon his reﬁnement.
frequently records the fact in his

tlomen who accompanied him on his
tours to different parts of‘ the coun:
try, had stopped that day by the

Everybody was dirty and every-

So, too, the conditions a hundred

    
  
   
 
 
 
  
 

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corn, endpos’nbly some potatoes and
pumnkint “The! sutured" At» ' 
r1 butt  ‘   ,_ ‘

body had ever seen a locomotive nor,
a steamship.
a wild guess that men might some
' day travel faster than horses could
carry them were looked upon as a
little weak in the, upper story.

Persons who hazarded

Folks . w h o
ventured as far
from the ,‘A_t-
lantic seaboard
as the wilder-
nesses of Ohio
and Indiana, or
even weste r n
Pennsylv a n i a
b a d e t h e i r
friends at home

good bye for life and made their way .
over the two V or
roads that ran so far into the dis- 
ta'nt, Westpt’hey settled down to live 

three wretched

n a rude log cabin, and existed upon

the wild game of the woods until the 9
clearings they painfully made with
their axes could produce a crop ‘of

    

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‘ ' plantings of. peaChes were made

record's taken in Niagara county

showed that in 1913 one-third. of
' the peach orchards were not yet in ‘
Since the bearing age of.
peaches. in this territory is considers

bearing.

ed from ﬁve to ﬁfteen years, we
would expect the orchards that were
not yet. in bearing in 1913 to main-
tain production for several seasons,
thus keeping the yearly production
w of this territory fairly stable.‘ That
this has. not been the case is shown
by the shipping records of the New
York Central Railroad, which show
a phenomenal growth to 1917, and

then the beginning, of a decline.
These records show the following
carload shipments:

1910 . . . . . .  . . . . .  . . . . . ..1,341

1913 . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..4,340

1915 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,419

1916 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4,453

1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..6,468

1918 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 898

1919....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1,056

In our studies made on the 1915
crop of peaches, we found that West
Virginia,‘ Ohio, Michigan, Connecti-
cut, Colorado and New York were
producing a large quantity of peach-
es at the same time. 1915 was
a normal'season, when all states had
good crops and the fruit was placed
on the market mostly as it came
from the trees. But since then the
placing of peaches in cold storage
has developed so as to disarrange the
,natural flow of.peaches to market.

Today, although the natural ripening

period of New York peaches may be
a week or ten days later than Ohio,
West Virginia or Michigan, owing to
the cold storage of peaches, we may
ﬁnd- the bulk of the peach crop of
any one of these states competing
with New York grown peaches when
they reach the market. For this rea-
son, before we could advise the re-
newal of the peach plantings in New
York, Ohio or Michigan, it was im-
portant to anW' what the present
and..future status of peach produc-
tion is in competing territories. The
season of 1915 demonstrated the dis-
aster of competition; the season of
1917 for Western New York grow-
ers showed the advantage of large
production in any one territory with-
out outside competition. ‘
Another factor that must be con-
sidered in a study of this kind 'is the
possible supply of peaches coming
from a territory entirely outside of
the normal competing territory
where, because of favorable weather
conditions or possibly labor condi-
tioneﬁ the peach Can be produced and
shipped into the territory cheaper
than it can be produced locally. This
factor is especially important in a
highly perish a b l e
commodity, where the
bulk of the crop is
used in the household
for v ‘ cannin g. W e,
therefore, ﬁnd that
the: future - of the
peach industry. in

into account the de-
velopment .of, peach r
orcharding in Geor-
gia, for, if the-house- ,
wife 'of the North
uses Georgia peaches
for canning, certain-
ly she will not buy
New York grown ..
peaches in as large
quantities. '

New York State

The heavy: planting
period of '1906 ‘to

‘, C1912, which included

. ,, - manysivarieties. as Elberta, Niagara, .
£3. 2 ermenuCrawford'and Belle of Geor-“
 "ﬂay-WW“ followed by. a large crop

1912,;whenmany of the white

ﬁ (varieties “came into bearing. This

demonstrated that, while a few of
 aches would be marketed to.
' U , e locallygathey ‘were not, of
‘ :dueﬁt' ‘ ‘ therefore

inr.,W;ester,n New. York. ' Our Farm,

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ANDERSON

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South Haven, Mlch-
lgan, 1919. Apples
ﬁlled wlth peaches,
with rye as cover crop.

 

South Haven. Mich-
igan, 1919. The or-
chard of one of the
best peach growers of
thls - region. Voung
trees In foreground and
old orchard ﬁlled with,
apples in background.‘

1,.

vesting and the better shipping vari—
eties bringing but‘poor prices.

The season of 1916 was one which
broke well for New York State peach
growers. While New York, Ohio and
Michigan had fair crops, other com-
peting sections, owing to adverse
weather conditions, did not have
crops. During the growing season
Ohio did not get enough rain to prop-
erly mature her crop, with the re-
sults—that New York state peaches
commanded a fair price, $1 per bush—
el at loading stat-ion being about the
standard.

Then came the season of 1917,
which will be remembered by the
New York state peach growers of
today as the, “Great Peach Year.”
Here New York state peaches reach-
ed the pinnacle of production. Dur-
ing this season the heavy plantings
of Elbertas bore a good crop, with
the result that the output of. this
territory was increased .over that of
the year previous by nearly forty-ﬁve
per cent. In spite of this heavy pro-
duction, New York peaches were
alone in the markets, Ohio and Mich-
igan being almost a total failure
with not enough peaches coming

from outs‘ide‘to make much impres-

 

WInter Injury of 1917-18 In orchard at Benton Harbor, Mlch-
loan, 1919. Two-ﬁfths of tree already cut away and one-fifth sound.

sion. This season Elberta peaches
brought the grower about an aver-
age of $1 per bushel. A shortage of
refrigerator cars’caused a large por-
tion of the crop to be placed in cold
storage for from a few hours to, a few
Weeks. This ,seasonwill go down in

r theannals of the, New York Central

Railroad» as the unightmam ptm’acm
e‘se‘p'3p‘r'. . ~ .

  
  

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and resulted in the killing outright
of about twenty—ﬁve per cent of the
peach orchards of Western New York
and materially damaged the remain—
ing trees, with the result that the old-
er trees that bore the heavy crops of
1917 did not set fruit in 1918. So

poorly did many of the orchards
show up in the spring that many
plantings of Elbertas were removed.
The production this season did. not
amount to over ﬁfteen per cent of
the year previous, being conﬁned to
the plantings made about 1911 or
1912. Although the prices were very
good ($2.50 per bushel) the crop
was so small that only a few scat-
tered growers made any proﬁt.

The season of 1919 started off with
promise of fair returns for the peach
producers of New York. The buds
came through the heavy freezes of
April 25th in apparently good con—
dition only to be met at blossom time
with a period of wet weather which
caused a heavy attack of Brown Rot
on the blossoms. Little fruit set and
Brown Rot continued to be a serious
trouble until harvest time, with the
result that the fruit in many orchards
was entirely destroyed and the har-
vest was about sixteen per cent of

 

' South Hoven, Mlchlgan, 1919. Wlth apples this age, the re- -
movlng of peach ﬁllers ls only a matter of a year or two. Over
ﬁfty per cent of orcherds‘ In this ‘reglon are no ﬁlled.

1917. With these conditionsexist~
ing, the year 1919 has gone down in
history as one of the most disas-
trous to the peach industry of this
section. Because of the‘poor carry-
ing duality of the fruit, many ship-
ments arrived on the markets in
poor condition. _

.On the strength, of this study it is
safe to conclude thatthe production
of peaches in‘western. Nemyork will,
9°" its! “sensed the. swimmers.

ﬁzth .aewi-crcﬁame are blank“

 
   

how That it Will Pay to Replant Peaches

  

ed and come into bearing and if this
production is not met inside the next
two seasons, the crop under favor-
able conditions cannot exceed 2,500
carloads for several years to come.

Owing to several factors, we can-
not expect to see a heavy planting of
peach trees in this territory in the
next few season: ‘

lst. A scarcity of trees for planting
ing and consequent high price; the
present bearing orchards cost eight
to ten cents per tree and these can-
not be replaced today under forty
to sixty cents per tree.

v 2nd. High price of labor and un-
certainty of harvest help; the pres--
ent orchards were set under condi-
tions when farm labor could be se-
cured at $25 to $28 per month—now
it is from $50 to $75 per month and
hard to ﬁnd.

3rd. Many of the best orchard
sites have been planted once over
to peaches or are now occupied with.
apple orchards.

4th. The uncertainty of the bus—
iness as shown by the past few sea—
sons makes the risk so great as to

appeal only to the most venturesome. ‘

Michigan

For years, peach growing has been
an important industry in the western
part of Michigan, the industry center-
ing in the St. Joseph—Benton Harbor-
South Haven section. In this state
the peach industry reached its cli-
max of recent years in 1916. The
season of 1917 was almost a crop
failure. The winter of 1917-18 kill-
ed many of the orchards as it did
in New York state. About ﬁfty per
cent of, the trees were killed outright
and the remaining ﬁfty per cent were
greatly damaged. This means that'
the producing power of this territory
is not more than twenty—ﬁve per cent
to thirty per cent of what it was be-
fore the freeze

When we consider the future of
the Michigan peach industry, we
must remember that many of the best
orchard sites have already borne two
or three peach orchards and, like
Ohio and the older peach-growing
sections of Niagara County, New
York, the soil has been depleted of
much of its natural fertility. Peach
growing on these soils from now on
must take into account a careful
system of soil renewal. .

In 1906 the peach orchards of
Michigan were almost entirely frozen
out. This resulted in many new or-
chards being set with apples, using
peaches as fillers. The planting per-
iod extended up to 1912, with the re-
sult that in many of these orchards
the peach trees have already been
removed. In the remainder it is but

- a matter of a short time before this

will be done. It is rare in this sec-
tion to ﬁnd mature orchards of peach-
es that have not been interplanted,
and today one can.
ﬁnd only scattering
plantings of young
peach orchards.

The follo'wing fact-
ors will tend to hold
down the large plant-
ing of peach trees in
the Michigan terri-
tory:

1st. All the fact-
ors mentioned under
New York; namely,
scarcity of trees, high
price of labor, best
orchard sites occu-
pied with apples and
uncertainty of busi-.
ness.

2nd. Depleted soil]
fertility.-

3rd. Grapes are at
present being produc—
ed in, these same ter-
ritories and the fruit growers’ atten-i
tion is attracted to the grape because
of its compartive certainty of produc-
tion and the recent remunerative
prices. 'Gr’a'pe production _will prob-
ably increase in this area by at least
one-third in the next‘four seasons._

In this review is has been interest-
ing to note that a great planting wave
swept over New York and Michigan
during the period 1908-1912.
ing, this’p‘e,

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‘ peaeeofmndwillstm-eiearofuym-
troversy of a religious nature. So it. '- with the
ddmingcinnimﬂ, that"st ru‘inwhene
angels fear to tread,"   vellum forth
upon a  of the mulled paladin!
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the people of mchigan at me coming fall elm?
tiosu and provides that every-child in the state
within certain age limits shall attend ﬂee pub-
lic school. it is clearly understood that the
real lam-pose of the amendment is to do away
with the private schools of the various religo
ions denominations which now maintain them.

This proposed amendment deeply afoot: the
religious and civic liberties of the people of
Midhig'an as guaranteed to  under the
Constitution. Moreover,  adoption would
add  like threeto ﬁve millions to our
stem  Hence, we feel  to speak and
believe“th every good oi‘tizeh» dlould feel
equally free to speak his mind upon the sub-
ject.

We are against this amendment. First, be-
cause there is no need for it. Second, because
it smacks of religious intolerance. Third, be-
cause ‘it would add greatly to our already
grievous tax burdens.

For many years certain religious denomin—
ations, in particular, the Catholic and leather-
an churches, have maintained private or “par-
ochial” schools at their own expense. In these

' schools religious doctrines of the faith of the
children ’s parents are taught in conjunction
with the common elementary courses of the
public school. Indeed, the only great (litter-
euce between the parochial and public school,
except for the manner in which they are main-
tained, is that religious subjects are taught in
the ﬁrst and not in the  It is asserted
by the opponents of the parochial school that
the purpoSe of the school is to inculcate in the
minds of the children the particular religion
of their fathers and mothers and in so doing
is robbing them of the chance to become in.
formed in other faiths' Granted that this is
true, whatof it? Weassertﬂntinthemajor-
ity of cases the offspring of Catholic parents
will be Catholic Whether they attend the pa.—
rochiaul school or not, just as the oﬂ‘upring of
Methodin parents will be M and an
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The learn of the Hull:

HE home is coming back into his. own.

Neither the tractor, automobile nor truck
has emime displaced the four—me beset
whoforegeshes carried thelmrdmsof ‘
cultivated the soil, and made the  
We go. They have tried to displace him.
And  they made a mistake. Mechanical
traction and mechanical conveyance can in
mauycasespullorcarrytheloadsofagricul-
tnmamleommerce fareheaperendmeﬂ-
cintbly dun can the horse. But experience has
demonstrated that for certain manifold jobs
the horse is the speedier and more 
burden bearer, and will probably never be sup-
planted in these particular ﬁelds.

Horse breeders will rejoice over the happy
outcome of the contest between horse and me.
chanical contrivance. It means nothing to the
man who keeps and breeds scrub homes, for
they are not wanted. Home: that used to sell
at better than $100 to $150 have declined in
value to $50 and $75 even during a period
when the use of horses was on the increase.
That simply means that the day of the scrub
horse is past. He eats as much as the thorough-
bred, but he cannot perform so well, and his
get are a drug on the market. '

Farmers who have heard that the demand
was picking up for horses have found to their
disappoint that they could not  their horses
at attractive prices, simply because their ani-

‘mls did-not have the blood and consequent

ability to earn their oats.  men  have
to breed better homes. Then they can make
their own markets. '

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the man who has (fought a good ﬁght. and led:
it. There is solace in it for the sugar bet
grower who months ago took a pledge for the
sake of a plinoiple, and on m «then are

taunting all around him, and defeat m -

certain, refuses to break that pledge.

Defeat is we times sweeter ,

For victory was: by treachery andtrmpling
upon the riﬁts of other: man  neari-
some. But Winthenirhtofahtﬂoﬂat
was honestly fought for ﬁle defm 0f 
and justice leaves the vanquished strong and
determined to renew the battle.

Play the glue square.  there be no wic-
Imee,mtrelpasingnpnnthedghtso£otbms
inliaissugarboet  [tiswithinthe
law attic land andgoodmoralsforloyﬂheet
grams to collectively refuse to assist their

disloyal neighbors  their walk, except in;
cases of sickness. But to destroy their beet ,

stand or otherwise injure their property '3 not
goodspertsmamhipamdisdetrimentdtothe
cause of organised agriculture. Let these
short-sighted neighbor: grow their beets. Leave
themtothemerrcyo‘fthebugsandﬂreele-
mental. Keep  Do not envy then if they
get a good stand and a good  Everything
that m produce upon your farm will be need-
ed and will pray you fair returns. Just hide
your time. and get ready for the 

tall. By so doing you will maintain the re- 4

spect of your neighborhood and you will not be

bothered with that “small” feeling which viii -

haunt your neighbor for many a month to
come. "

The Money Situation
DNEY is tight. Old-timers say that’s the
forerunner of a panic, and if everybody
believes it, we’ll have the panic all right. But
iffolksjustkeeptheirheads andgorighton
sewing wood only a little harder and not spend
so much my for denphoolichness,_there will

hummer-anything like one.
There is likely he be a slight depression. In
fact, we’re already in it, but we~ought to be

honking has: In carry them through the sea-
nendugedﬂntnrevotvingfun be cre-
ated ﬁat that pill-pus. Indicationsrdo not

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new been contentedly sitting and

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and elevation in such  as his-

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eat and: and ‘ p-sound. I always
get. is) tired in the city at 72 o’clock,
while lure in the country I get up. at
5 o’clock feeling good.

We in." four children. and they ate
all keys. The am is nearly- eight
years old, but they do not care to go
back- to the city because they would
not have any place to my except in
the mu back yard: or the street,
but lose they are owl-ohms all. day
having a good! time and: learning
about nature.

‘ I; averaged $45 a week in the city
but euldn’t seem to save null. We
were not spudthrlﬂu, lived good but
we like Better on the farm. Some
m say, “Vim snob wages- you
should at stayed in the city." All I
can tell then: is “so and try it your-
self,” to; I; have had my experience
ion «or ﬁfteen: years; I too! m—
session or the ﬁrm; law “It, 1519
and everything is: going lovely.—
P. Kanaby, Huron ﬂmty.

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33 . r you. . . 1 tea! that
y will. Good luck to you and yours.

‘ By‘the way I unjust. new reminded of
a ,m mom who mm my 0% the
other day and is minus to get
back on the: min. .28 years old,
married. and: has two ehi' . , He- has
spent the met o1! his life on the farm
hut- aii Fem“ is working in Detroit.
He wants: to get back on the farm. So
does his wise and children He feels that

’he was out out for a- farmer; in To .
,the lm,~ and I am sure that heewozieg

makegood on almost any kind of a
farm lob. If any of our readers need a
tenant. a. manager for a large farm, or
someone, to handle their farm on a co-
operative basis they would do well to

 ".s‘et in‘tou'ch with this young man. I

shall be glad: to? supply his name and

 

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 be some like an who
don’t know a good thing when they
see it. To prove our need of the
best farm paper going. ﬁnd our re-
newed subscription for 3 years, as
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‘_‘Last season...  Culver, of Se-
hewa townhip, lotia county. raised

been for the owosso'smr Company, _; ,

He fulfilled his part“ of the'centract,
mu to lifting the beets in the fall,
but the company failed to provide
help for topping and he lost the en-
tire crop. Later the company de—
manded. payment. for the entire. cost
o1 seed and lube:  ﬁnally onesed
to cancel; the dealt. it Culver would
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SERVICE All” WAGES
,IT'H all the howlim’ that’s goin’
. ’ on: stout new pay an” less
‘ “"honn, with strikes an.” tie‘ups,

walk-ants. an} loch-outs, with a zen- .

oral assist e! meet W’ my-
where, when. the majority a: work—
ers. are: W to do. in as male for
their money as Wile lain
weakeil'tewdawnuthelws
when more hours is the (In: need
an” to a in! as little work at possi-
ble when more mi M be the
air 0] w aﬁ—w‘m them slim eon-
s-tanxtly man. More a, ain’t it
kink IM' to know then“ one
class we Mr right along, rain
or shine, day in an” day out, good
weather or led—they do their work
with no W of: strikes, no
thought of win! an."  no re—
cent increase of wages.

An’ by gosh», they're a mkin" for
you and; for me, without "en we’d be
evesiasias’ genus, ll those men should
so an strike an’ tie up the business
they're engaged in, the whole darn
We be in a ragin’ panic in
jest nae time. »

him you guessed who I’m a-talk—
inf about? Well, I’m yrdpin’ about
our mail carriers—the men who: in
all kinds of weather an’ over all
kinds 0: roads, brings your lettels
an” papers an" purceh the men you
watch for so feverishly when you’re
expectin’ an’ important letter or a

-delayed parcel or the daily papers,

when. something unusual happens on“
you wt to ml the moi—the: men
who» ﬂesh. your M. D. ll". to- you every
week an” which you couldn’t get
along without.

Do you know that these. men. are
It slain? his wages that a IT year
oil in we in almost any factory
in the eon-try? -. That their wages
hamlets-eased Mt mm... it “min
the last three. as the: years? That
they’re not mill” enough money to
live decently as mail carriers should
live?

It": a darn shame that men of
their character an" ability should so
on mlﬁm’ tor this government as'
for your beneﬁt an' mine, for less
wages than a girl- can‘ earn workin’
in an ofﬁce with the most pleasant
surroundings—it"s a  to the
country an) to the people when these
men serve to have such'conditions

exist as” they out not to emote-not

another month. -

I How do you think Mr. Burleson.
our wonderful’post master general’d
feel, if he found his 'wages lowered
to a. level with our mail carriers?
He’d kinda go up in the air wouldn’t
he? And yet in order to make a.
showin" for himself, in his manage-
ment of postal amairs,‘ he 'is Willin’

- do we all-kinds at burdens onto the

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my recollection: when mail: service
was so hampered as at the present
time, when. it takes three days to
git a letter ﬂrom only 12' miles away,
somethi’n’ is wrong somewhere an’
as in. any other great business, we’ve
got to rock to the head oi.“ the insti—
tution for the cause an” to: the rem-
edy.

m Flatmates: W himself,

drawin" & {M in! salary, keeps his‘

helpers mists." at starvation wages
so”: he can aid. kit loss, the Presi-
dent that. he”: a- mid” things come
out even on a little mite. bettern’
even- By keepin’ was: down» to» the
lowest new! he wisdom: the edi-
cieacy at the  ”eause ’taint
everybody that in Willis” to starve
jest for the sake of worms” at a
gove’bent. jolt an”  such a
boss as Mr. Wiesel: has proved him-
self to be. Consequently there’s a
shortage of help an’ that means
more ml: lax: the ones who are
wiml’ to. stick it mt hopin’ the
time will come when there’IT be a
change of managers an’ they’ll git
sometllm’ no” what’s a semi-143 to
’en.

In the meantime ther’s party nigh
a whole year yet in which 01’ Burle—
son’ll rule an’ the employee, unless
strong pressure is brought to bear,
will have to plot along an’ live on
faith: an.” Mr an’ so I think it’s
about time you an’ me did sometime"
to wake» the ol’ Russ up an" let. hm
know that the people of these United
We: don’t approve oi! the way he’s
caduciin’ this“ that we want the
m who are servin’ in so withtu
an" so well, to be paid a decent me
“when: near what a funny
worker or a truck driver, who» has
to take no examination; at has no
heavy elm connected? with his
m. h a geuil’.

I! an maﬁa" no plea. tor peasant:
ers—their’s is a political job—the
plums handed! down to the faithful,
an’ they're: well paid so we needn’t

' worry about, them—hut to the car-

riers who are the hardest worked of
the whole cabood'l'e, should come a
good handsome increase in. pay an’

by gosh it should come without any .

further monkey business or delay.

4 Now let’s take a. little time from
our rez’l-ar work an’ jest write a nice
letter—strong but polite ya know, to
friend Burleson an’ tell him it would
please us quite considerable an’ be
to his advantage it he’d kindly see
to it that our mail carriers, both city
an’ rural, got a nice little increase in
pay an’ got it darned quick, too.

Had’nt we ortto do this right
away now before we fergit it? Jest
let him know that we don’t care
a tinker’s darn whether he makes a
showin"to the President or not—we

want the men who serve us paid _

h to‘li‘ve ona’n’ weigwantm it
y, Ammm‘

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MAKE FARM HUBBANDRY PROF-
Hm an ATTRACTIVE

H Halefarm husbandry so inviting

{that it will be as easy to drift back "to

the farm- as away tron it.

society the world over, with its
innocent and thoughtless approval of
selﬁsh legislation, and customs, is
luck to Name for rephein-g farm
ownership with. soil roll-Ding tenants,
for abandoned: fame and the empty
some that must follow.

The greatest industry in the world
upon which life and" comfort depend,
and the least organized, is sacriﬁced
to selﬁshness and stigmatized by
expansive-cared male and Jenny ass?
09 in lounge Phard niment.

I am aware that in. this money

: any age, I an: whistling dawn- the

wind, advocating ussel‘fkk legisla-
tion, while gouging is the order of
the m. Everybody doing it.

No- protective legislation will yield
so great a: dividend to society, as a
Federal! and State privilege available
to the hmblest farmer, that or boy—
ing the use of the dollar on long
time, for ﬁnancing the purchase of
farms, equipment, live stock and
operation of farms, when necessary.
at a rate of interest no greater than
is paid by legitimate money lenders.
As an insurance against empty bellies
every encouragement, ﬁnancial and
otherwise should be accorded the
handthat guides the plow.

The only permanent solution of the
farm. problem as I see it.—John G.
117mm, Presque Isle County.

 

You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Against all]? the arguments of our p10-
iamm. owl scientists, our economists,
om- eity consuls and our lamp controll-
ed mmment that farming is a highly
proﬁle-blot business, stands the incontro-
vmmor has M 14: are “they to

wmﬂellh. whylsn’t the‘  the
other way. The by reason. why me
people do not back to the 1m or
my more is t e diﬂ'lculty of securing
capitaland- credit to finance their season-
to-season operations: This is the crying
need’ of agriculture ere—Editor.

BROTHERHOOD OF' MAN?

In reply to the article in your pa-
per signed Theo. Bengal, Fowler,
would. state that the majority of loyal
Americans are not pro’Enzllsh or is
English the predominating clienwnt
in our nationality. He also seems
to wish: to make out that Germany’s
warelare was a very mild aﬂair car-
ried: on in a very humane way. The
history of their treatment of the Bel-
gians, their ruthless wartare upon
women and children and non—com-
batants generally shows how, hu—
mauve! they were then their alliance
with. the unspeakable Turk is a dis-
grace that will last thrown: the ages.
This fellow with the ear marks of a
pee-German throws out a slur against
this. tree country oil ours. I suppose
iii we were allowed to carry on a
propaganda favoring lawlessness and
crime»  the destruction. of this gov-
esnment. he would consider this a
tree mushy. In talking with one
at those who lavosed. liquor, I made
the statement that the majority
ought to role. He answered me by
saying there would be a revolution
in this" country. This fellow was a
Norman-an. I believe in internation—
al unity and good will and the uni-
versal; Brotherhood of! man. May we
as citizens of this great country
stand up tor right and justice and
more] and. social betterment—0. ll}.
0., Tustin, Mich.

 

We have received so many letters in
answer to our war record critics that it
has been impossible to publish them an.
The above short and to the point, and
well illus tes the sentiments of those
who feel that America’s entrance into
the war was unavoidable and justiﬁable.
These sentiments show that there is
nothing lukewarm about the patriotism
of the American farmers. We do not like
the charge of pro-German which has been
used so freely against good/ Americans
who- held honest differences of opinion
We all see according to
our light, and now that the war is over,
let’s‘lay the topic to one side and Cu“-
tent ourselves with the immediate proh-

Ilems before us.-—Editor.

 

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HERE is the man who was
afraid that if women got the
5 ballot they would vote for pro—‘

hibition and if the country Went dry
a revolution among American work-
man would quickly follow?

And who said that prohibition
would bankrupt half the hotel pro—
prietors of America?

That the California vineyards
would be deserted and the owners
impoverished?

In spite of the return of the boys
from overseas, work was never more
plentiful in spite of prohibition you
have to speak weeks in advance for
a room in order to have a place to
lay your head when night ﬁnds you
in a strange city—and the owners of
vineyards have found quite as ready
a sale for their fruit for grape juice
and raisins as they formerly did.

The men who made these boasts
are the same ones who said that
when the men returned from over-
seas and again took up their. places
on farms and in the shops, women
would be working for a mere pittance
and the question of help for the busy
housewife would again be solved—
and yet it is an undisputed fact that
never was help for the busy woman
so scarce or so highly paid.

He’s the same type of man who is
now predicting dire ruin within a
short time—someone who is always
looking for trouble and it will sur-
prise him to learn, if reverses in our
prosperity do overtake us, how ready
will be found the women of the land
to meet them—4t won't be the wo-,
men whowill be going from door to
door to beg—«the Women always have
and always will ﬁnd a legitimate way
to earn their living, and the house-
Evige to keep her family clothed and
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SEEN IN CITY SHOPS
. HE STOCK markets- the other
morning announced a ‘_ decided
drop in) the price of raw silk and
immediately. the large department
stores began to advertise silk sales
‘ '——they are mighty anxious right now
to unload some of their stock. How—
ever, unless it is the summer silks——
sport silks or something of the kind.
the Personal Service Shopper advises
you to turn a deaf ear to their cry.
’ for tafetta cracks so in the summer
time, and the sale price now is still
' a good stiﬁ price—and we have a no—
tion that the peak has been reach-
ed and'next fall perhaps we will be
able to buy for what it is worth.
Dark blue accordian pleated skirts
are very fashionable, but require
such a lot of care that unless you are
near a tailor and are willing to spend
plenty of money to keep them look-
ing well, they are a poor investment
for their entire .style is attained
through being kept pl-aited.

Do not be tempted to buy the ﬁbre
silk slip-on waists—they area snare
and a delusion—one of the girls in
our ofﬁce spent all she had for one
and the ﬁrst time she wore it caught
her ﬁnger nail in the weave and it
began to unravel and “run” just like
a silk stocking. '

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EAR CHILDREN: We have just
I) celebrated Memorial Day—and

as I went‘through the country
and saw the beautiful flags display-
ed on‘homes. on the streets and the
automobiles decorated with them, I
felt a sort of choking feeling—I am
so proud of our country and what it
stands for. And then I began to
think just how 'many days we dis-
played ,our flag. .Of course we all
‘know that every school house must
display the" flag ,every day when
school is-in ‘s‘ession,'b'ut there are a
number of days when we are expect-
ed to show our patriotismlby display-

~ing the» flag from our homes. For
instance, this month occurs Flag
Day—June Nth—and from every-

public building ; Qld‘f;Glory, will float
out into the bteeieé—and every home
,which owns a flag will proudly dis-
play it on Flag Day.

In order that we may become bet-
ter acquainted with our public hol-
iday I wish you would write me just
howma-ny days our government has
asked us to display Old Glory,

' ‘ For the'best little letter telling the
days and the reason for celebrating
them by displaying the flag, there
will be a nice flag. It is so difﬁcult
to send a flag through the' mails
gwhen it is. mounted that this little
ﬂagwhich. I willasend as a prize will

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of your home without it being
mounted. Make your letters short as
possible because there will be so
many who will want to see their let-
ters and stories in print and every
week we are obliged to leave out
hundreds of letters———-all of which are,
interesting—but we, simply haven’t
the space. Aﬂectionately yours-
AUNT CLARE.

 

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LexingtoN, knOXville, HouGhton
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Dear, Aunt Clare—lam 11 years old
and have one sister; she is seven and her
name is Clara.- Our school lets out the
13th of May. We have had our ﬁnal
test in school. I am sendin a. picture
of a master and hoped wil get the
prize. 'Ruby French, ‘Elsie, Mich.

 

Dear Aunt Clare—We take the M. B.
and certainly enjoy it. I am fourteen
in the eight ads. I have
two brothers and three 5 asters. am
the oldest. I am sending some drawings
to you: Must close‘ Your respectfully,
Margaret ,Brade, Kinds.» Mich. '

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ter is getting long I will close, hoping
to see m letter in print.—Ada Poindex-
ter, Brec enridge, Mich.

Dear AuntVClare—This is the ﬁrst I
written to you. I am twelve years old
and in the 6th grade. My teacher's name
is Miss Whitney. I like her very much.

I am sending you the presidentfs. They .,

are Madison and Lincoln. I have one
brother Charlie.

Agnes jawoski, Pinconning‘, Mlch.. R 4,.

Dear Aunt Clare—I did not write my
letter in black ink as I did my picture.
I have ,never sent you a. picture of- my
drawings before and I thought I would
try and win a prize but I don't expect
I will. I would like to have some of the
girls and boys write to me. Esther Al-
brecht, Cedar Springs, Mich.

Dear Aunt Clare-I have never writ-

ten to you before but I will now as.

my sister is writing. I am a girl. 9 years
old and am in the 6th grade next year.
For ets I have a cat My father takes
the , B. F. and likes it very much. I
have four sisters and one brother.—
Siybil Detvsiler Mt. Plesant, Mich.

Dear .Aunt Clare-4My father takes the

M. B. F. and I-like it very well. We live 5

On an 80-acrefarm. I havel'eistere
and one brother... , We have '40 .nhickene
and 11 little hicks. -We have 80 more
acres. I hop some .0 e V will
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‘ Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 10 years
of_age and in the 4th and 5th grades at
school. My teacher’s name is Miss Lutz.
We live on a 60 acres farm. We have
'32 little chickens. Well it is nearly
time for the mail man, so I will close.
-hoping to. see my letter in print. Miss
Nellie Burtch, Benley, Mich. _

 

Dear Aunt Clare—«My father takesthe
M. B.‘ F. and likes it very well. I like

to read .~ the letters from the boys and
girls.— I have one brother, his name is
Harry. I live on a 160 acre farm. We
have ﬁve horses and. four colts.

i We
have 9 cows and we have 18 little lambs.
I am a. girl 9 years old and .in the third
grade. Well my letter is getting long.

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M. .B. F.and.likes it very well. I'have‘
a'shepherd dogand his name is Sh , ‘

Harold. ’~.We

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have been born in
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"Here ! Sto ' that . V. ‘
Leoncia ! e’ve

got enough troubles without having

a charming but. very poisoned young
woman on our hands.”

“They’re all right,” she said, calme-
“You can see where the-

ly eating.
birds have been pecking and eating
them.“

“In which case I apologize and
join you," Francis cried, ﬁlling his
mouth with the lucious fruit. “And
if I could catch the birds 'that did
the pecking. I’d eat them too."

By the time they had eased the
sharpest of their hunger-pangs, the
sun was so low that Torres removed
the helmet of Da Vasco.

“We might as well stop here for
the night," he said. “I left my shoes
in the cave with the mummies,'and
lost Da Vasco's old boots during the
swimming. My feet. are cut to rib-

bons. and there’s plenty of seasoned .
grass here out of which I~can ~p1ait :

a pair of sandals."

While occupied with this task,:
Francis built a ﬁre and gathered a

supply of wood for, despite the low
latitude, the high altitude made ﬁre
a necessity for a night’s lodging. Ere
he “had completed thesupply, Leoncia
curled up on her side, her head in
the hollow of her arm, was sound
asleep. Against the side of her
away from the ﬁre, Francis thought-
fully packed a mound of dry leaves
and dry forest mould.

CHAPTER XVII

' AYBREAK in the Valley of the

Lost Souls, and the Long House

in the village of the Tribe of the
Fully eighty feet in
length was the Long House, with
half as much in width, built of
adobe bricks. and rising thirty feet
to, a gable roof thatched with straw.
Out of the house feebly walked the
Priest of the Sun—an old man, tot-
tery on his legs, sandal-footed, clad
in a long robe of rude homespun
cloth, in- whose withered Indian face
were haunting reminiscencss of the
racial lineaments of the ancient con-
quistadores, On his head was a cur-
ious cap of gold, arched over by a
semi-circle of polished golden spikes.
The effect was obvious, namely, the
rising sun and the rays or the rising
sun. '

He tattered across the open space
to where a great hollow log swung
suspended eetween two posts carved
withtotemic and heraldic devices.
He glanced at the eastern horizon,
already red with the dawning, to re-
assure himself that he was on time,
lifted a stick, the end of which was
ﬁber-woven into a ball and struck the
hollow log. Feeble as he was, and
light as was the blow, the hollow log
boOme‘d and reverbrated like distant
thunder.

Almost immediately, while he con- '

tinned slowly to beat, from the grass~
thatched dwellings that formed the
square about the Long House, emerg-

_ed the Lost Souls. Men and women,

old and young, had children 'and
babes in arms, they'all came out ‘and
converged upon the Sun Priest.’ "No
more archaic spectacle could ‘ be
witnessed in ' the twentieth-century
world. Indians, indubitably they
were, yet 'in' many of their faces were
the racial reminiscences of the Span-
iard. Some faces, to all appearance
were all Spanish. Others, by the
same token, were. all Indian. But
betwixt and between, the majority of
them betrayed the inbred blend of
both races. ', But more bizzare was
their costume—unremarkable in the

women, who Were garbed in longf‘

discreet .robes of homespun cloth,
but. most remarkable in the men.
"whose home spun was grotesquely
fashioned after the style of Spanish '

"dreSs that obtained in” Spain at the
voyage. »

time of Columbus? ﬁrst
Homely and sad looking were. the
men and women—as of a breed too.
closely'interhred to retain joy» of life. _
This was truedfthe youths and maid-

 

.vly passes. to say he least.
the. _ 7” said Francis,

sodden' faces of the sodden and stupid
Lest Souls, her face stood out like
a flaming ﬂower. Only like here
was the face of the old Sun Priest,
cunning, crafty, intelligent.

While the priest continued to beat
the resounding log, the entire tribe
formed about him in a semi-circle,
facing the east. As the sun showed

the edge of its upper rim, the priest _

greeted it and hailed it"with a quaint
and mediaeval Spanish, himself mak-
ing low obesiance thrice repeated.
while the tribe prostrated itself.
And, when the full sun shone clear
of the horizon, all the tribe, under
the direction'of the priest, arose and
uttered a joyful chant. Just as he
had dismissed his people, a thin pil-
lar of smoke, rising in the quiet air
across the valley, caught the priest’s
eye. He pointed it out and com-
manded several 'of the young men.

“It 'rises‘ in the Forbidden Place
of Fear where no member of the
tribe may wander. It is some devil
of a pursuer sent out by our enemies
who have vainly sought our‘hiding-
place through the centuries. He
must not escape to make report, for
our enemies are powerful, and we
shall be destroyed. Go. Kill him
that we may not be killed."

About the ﬁre, which had been re-
plenished at intervals throughout the
night, Leoncia, .Francis. andTorres
lay asleep, the latter with his new-
made sandals on his feet and with
the helmet of Da Vasco pulled tight-
ly down on his head to keep off the
dew. Leoncia was the ﬁrst to awak-
en, and so curious was the scene
that confronted her, that she watch-
ed quietly through her down drop~
ped lashes. Three of the strange

Lost Tribe men, bOWS still stretched

and arrows drawn in what was evi-
dent to her as the interrupted act of
slaying her and her companions, were
staring with amazement at the face
of the unconscious Torres. They
looked at each other in doubt, let
their bows straighten and shook their
heads in patent advertisement that
they were not going to kill. Closer
they crept upon Torres, squatting on
their hams the better to scrutinize
his face and the helmet, which lat-
ter seemed to arouse their keenest
interest. 7

From where she lay, Leoncia was
able privily to nudge Francis’ should-
er with her foot. He awoke quietly
and quietly sat up, attracting the at‘
tention of the strangers. Immedi-
ately they made the universal peace
sign, laying down their bows and ex-
tending their palms outward in tok-
en of being weaponless.

“Good morning, merry strangers,"
Francis addressed them in English
which made them shake their heads
while it aroused Torres.

“They must be Lost Souls." Leon-
cia whispered to Francis.

“Or real est-ate agents,” he smiled
back. “At least the valley is inhab-
ited—Torres, who’re your friends?

From the way they regard you, one I

would think they were relatives of
ydurs." ..

Quite ignoring them, the three
Lost Souls drew apart a slight dis-
tance and debated in low sibilant
tones.‘

“Sounds like a‘ queer sort of Span-
ish," Francis observed.

“It's medi-aeval’to say the least,"
Leoncia conﬁrmed.

‘ “It’s the Spanish of the conquista-
dores pretty badly gone to seed,"
Torres contributed. “You see I was
right. The Lost Souls never get
away.“ '

(“At any rate they must give and
be given in marriage," Francis quip—.
ped, “else how explain these three
young huskies?” , . .

But'byths time the three huskies
having reached agreement, were

'beckoningzrthem With encouraging

gestures to.» follow across the valley.
"They’re good natured and friend-
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kind of faces one
would expect of
lost souls," Leoncia answered.

“And if we never get out of here,
I suppose we’ll get to looking a whole
lot sadder than they do,” he came
back. “Anyway, I hope they're lead-
ing us to breakfast. Those berries
were better than nothing, but that
is not saying much."

An hour or more afterward, still
obediently following their guides.
they emerged upon the clearings, the
dwelling places, and the Long House
of the tribe. ‘

“These are descendants of Da Vas-
co's party and the Caribs, Torres af-
ﬁrmed, as he glanced over the as-
sembled faces. “That is incontro-
vertible on the face of it."

“And they’ve relapsed from the .

- -. - V t m  Tablets of ‘
Chnsuan religlon 0t Da asco o o I proved safe by millions and prescribed by 

‘ physicians for over twenty years. Aer ‘

Francis.
It's a

heathen worship.” added
“Look at that altar—there.

, stone altar, and, from the smell of

it, that is no breakfast, but a sacri-
ﬁce that is cooking. in spite of the
fact that it smells like mutton."

“Thank heaven it's only a lamb,"
Leoncia breathed. “The old Sun
Worship included human sacriﬁce.
And this is Sun Worship. See the
old man there in the long gshroud
with the golden-rayed cap of gold.
He’s a sun priest. Uncle Alfaro has
told me all about the sun-worship-
ers."

Behind and above the altar, was
a great metal image of the sun.

“Gold, all gold," Francis whisper-
ed, “and without alloy. Look at
those spikes, the size of them, yet
so pure in the metal that I wager a
child could bend them any way it
wished and even tie knots in them."

“Merciful God l—look at that !"
Leoncia gasped, indicating with her
eyes a crude stone bust that stood
to one side of the altar and slightly
lower. “It is the face of Torres. It
is the face of the mummy in the
Maya cave."

“And there is an inscription—"
Francis stepped closer to see and
was peremptorily waved back by the
priest. “It says, ‘Da Vasco.’ Notice
that it has the same sort of helmet
that Torres is wearing—and._ say!
Glance at the priest ! If he doesn‘t
look like Torres' full brother, I've
never fancied a resemblance in my
life i"

The priest, with angry face and
imperative gesture. motioned Fran-
cis to silence, and made obesiance to
the cooking sacriﬁce. As if in re-
sponse, a flaw of wind put out the
flame of the cooking.

“The Sun God is angry," the priest
announced with great solemnity, his
queer‘Spanish nevertheless being in—
telligible to the newcomers. “Strang—
ers have come among us and remain
unslain. That is why the Sun God
is angry. Speak, you young men who
have brought the strangers alive to
our altar. Was not my bidding,
which is ever and always the bidding
of the Sun God, that you should slay
them?“

One of the three young men step-
ped tremblingly forth, and with
trembling foreﬁnger pointed at the
face of Torres and at the face of the
stone bust.

“We recognized him," he, quay:
ered, “and we could not slay him for
we remembered prophecy and that
our great ancestor would some day
return. Is this stranger be? We do
not know. We dare not know nor
judge. Yours, 0 priest, is the

knowledge. and yours be the judg-*‘

ment. Is this he?”
The priest looked closely at Tor-
res, and exclaimed 'incoherently.

Turning his back abruptly,‘ he re-
kindled the sacred cooking ﬁre from
a pot of ﬁre at the base of an altar.
But. the. ﬁre flamed up. flickered
down and died.

- “The Sun God is angry," the priest
reiterated; whereat the Lost Souls
beat their breasts and moaned and
lamented. .“The sacriﬁce is unaccept-
able for the ﬁre will not burn-
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One bottle makes 80 glasses '

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and berries. It makes rootboer as
pure as it is sparkling and delicious.

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The Best Breeders
advertise in The Michigan Bus ‘
«iness Farmer. It will be wort
your while to read the livesto
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to keep posted on what they,
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 ,' HEW
Gartoilment of non-essential loans
stills'ought .by the Federal Reserve
: In their recent declaration
per cent discount on all loans
ey' made I. move that, it is thought,
ll create a reserve fund in the
_ ks to assist in the movement of
ains,next autumn owing to the
son that in some states, as for
:au. New York, the legal rate-of
crest is 6 per cent. And when, a
.. 1. discounts at note for its ens-tem-
at 6 per cent and then rediscoun-ts
:  note with its reserve bank at 7
w‘loses 1 per cent so they must stop
one or continue losing, which
. s are not in the habit of doing.
11 .a more as this might 01 proved
' ous six months. ago but cou-
,  are nearly ideal at present.
w ions diler as to whether prices
v making a permanent doc-lino.
 that borrowers will- secure
loans tram other directions at higher
J ates and add the increased cost to
.thcir products, thus causing higher
7 rises. Others believe that the man-
tncturers and producers, who need
money, know prices are headed for
ower levels and are preparing tor
sch condition. But all agree it
rises haven’t already started that
be time is not for distant when do-
lation will set in in earnest.
, Ofﬁcials of the United States De-
“partment of Agriculture see little
respected prices declining in food-
:zstulr for at least a year. Meat prices

  
 
 
    
 
    
    
      
         
  
            
   
 
  
  
  
 
  
   
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
     
 
 
  
 
  
  
   
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
   
 
 
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
    
  
   
   

  
  

  

 
 
 

   

oodstnﬁs are expected to remain at
heir present level, and, instead of
at decreasing there is a probability of
he most essential foods going still
highs, for s time at least. .

’ Grain markets were inclined to be
other erratic the last few days. Car
sshortsge beeps supplies smaller than
demand. The West is receiving care
horn Eastern lines but only a fair
mount 0! these are expected to be
used: for grain. Corn andoat prices
have been acting like they had the
t. Vitus dance the past week on
one markets, while others report a
firm market all the week. The end—
ng oi the Federal control of wheat
and wheat products on May 3lst,
which meant the passing of the gov-
rnrnent guaranty of $2.20 leaves the
colors all at sea as what to pay the
producer but it is thought prices will
at decline much. Reports from the
ountry show grains are doing nicely
 and the weather ﬁne for the growing
crops.

      
  
    
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
   
   
  
  
  
   

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thought, for some time.
show the wheat crop to be doing Inc,
butwtththebestotwestbcrwewm
have a; shortage, which the govern-
ment estimates» from $56,000,.“
bushels to $00,000,000 bushels.

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DETROIT—Little trading in grain market. Wheat lower.
Oats, corn and rye easy. Hay scarce and ﬁrm. Beans inactive;
' CHICAGO—Corn and oats show weakness owing" to. increas-
ed oferings. Cattle higher. Hogs strong to steady. Potatoes ad.

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Shipments of corn are disappoint- ‘
ing and tends to give the
strength that check any declines of
importance. There is demand enough
to. take all the available supply but
the moment prices start to advance
buying is stopped. Farmers
anxious to sell at present prices and;
if cars could be. secured it is believed
that supplies would be; plentiiul.
However it the market starts a rath-
er steady declines farmers will stop
selling- I believe, for they have '
ceived the high prices tor atlne and.
will not be satisfied with lower ones
at least until things they must pur-
chase with the money they receive
from their crops has also declined'in
proportion.
ent states complain of the late plant-
ing.
is said there is 25 per cent of the
crop to be planted yet.

market

800!!!

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Reports from the diler-
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In. 4 White . . J 1.21

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the wheat market are
lower and the market is called easy
owing to a lack of demand. Export

 -d has been at a standstill for

oral days and shippers are
- ng. The expiration oi govern-
 control of wheat was expected
olcsuee a deﬂation of wheat prices
ft to date there has only been a
all decline and it is expected that
s will not go much lower be~
eexport buying is expected to be
 wed at any moment due to the
ft that Europe must purchase its
 e t' of North America or practical-
,-'..‘Wit_hout as the supplies in the
horn hemisphere are near ex--
stion; Australi-a having 'little‘ or



not

it within the next 60 days

’i' the last, few weeks, also.

   
   
 
  
  
  

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good price-sitwthey‘ ‘ wish ‘ to $
‘  ir2~vGrain--is“minsi

The East has received more liber-

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nl shipments oi oats Guru
week but not enough u. m.
demand and buyers are snapping

hausted her surplus. are in
hopes of lower prices soon but it late
reports are true they will hope in
vain. These reports-say there is no
surplus of oats; it has been sold.

 

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years: is ferocasted by its compilation

to be planted this year. Four factors
are assigned for this serious curtail-
ment of production: (1) scarcity oi .
farm labor, (2) the increased cost
of, such labor, ,(3) scarcity of seed
(4) costs! good seed potatoes. The
pending shortage is further compli-
cated by the tact that practically the
entire 1913 crop has been marketed.

 

 

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There is very little to report on the
bean market except at 20c drop alter
which the market is easy. I believe
this decline has been caused by spec-
ulators merely to try to get the farm-
er to market his crop.

RYE ADVANwS

Rye is inactive and unchanged at-
ter an advance of 10c during the past
week. It is quoted at $2.30 for No.
2 on the Detroit market. The lor-
eign. demand, continues fairly good,
but as in other grains, it is more a
matter 01‘ getting it to the seaboard
than or anything else. Various sec-
tions report the crop in good condi-
tion but rather thin.

 

MAM HIGHER

Dealers cannot supply the demand
in potatoes. Old ones are about ex-
hausted and new ones are not com-
ing from the south in quantities large
enough to atect the market. Both
old and new potatoes are selling at
higher prices. .

The Potato logos-inc says the most
acute shortage of potatoes in many

 

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p y ‘ “y p ‘ x 5 '. ward to near the uppergreat lakes -

- . leaving ’ .
same parts or the middle provint‘es "

     
    

THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
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June 1!,
arm waves will reach Van—
couver, B. C“ June 16, 21, 26 and on
July? and temperatures will the on

WA INGTON D. can

1 9 20:.—

ckios by
27 and July 3: plains sections, 18
23, 28 and July 4: meridian 90, up-
per great lakes. Ohio-Tenmssee and

.. owenMississinpi valleys 19, 24, 29

and‘July‘ 5'; lower‘ great lakes and
eastern sections 20, ‘25,. so and July
.6,” reaching. vicinity of _ Newfound-

" land about June 21, zes-and July 1, 7.
~‘Storm waves will inﬂow about one

-day behind warm waves, cool. waves
about .one day behind .storm waves.

These disturbances will control the
this continent, from
near June 16 to near July 7 \andlless
rainfall, as a' general average, isaex-
.pected during that, period.
=12 months most-t precxpitation --has
.been in the -_ lower Mississippi valleys
'and' in the cotton states east of the
"- Mississippi "river, extending .nozth-

   
      

 
   

.soa" than mathwestWarak

.Ganada and 41'» American -mi:dd‘ie

~ g  tiniest-with. a.  “counter-t 

For past .

cipitntion. These cropwoather condi-
tions prove. the correctness of my
cropweather form made more
than six months ago. 1 made those V
forecasts becomes I knew that the
moisture to water the continent must
come from the Caribbean Sen and the
Gulf of‘lexieo.

But a change has occurred as pre-
dicted several months ago and re-
peated several times since: Thins will
cause a great change in precipita-
tion and while the average, up to
July 4 will be less rainfall, the moist-
ure will be more evenly distributed
and places that have been dry will.
get some rain while places that have
been too wet will get less rain. I am *
counting on a moral improvement I‘
in cropweathcr for balance of June, a
general lowering of market values
and advise farmers and local dealers
that if they want to sell before the
new crop is made now is the time to “
sell.

There is a hope for the dry strip in
the middle provinces of Canada and
the southwest American drouth. fl‘he ,
people of these two sections; occasron-
ally suﬂer from drouth and are talk-
ing of leaving thOSe sections, Don’t i
do it. Cropweather for every part of ,
canada and America will average
about the same for the next thirty
years- as it did for the past thirty
years and I am all the: time gaining "
in knowledge as to future cropweath-
er that will assist you in anticipating
the bad crop years. _

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7 apple fandconsumers are not looking

in, 7.07%; 3-8 blood combing, CU

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Detroit ..Ier.scossrss.eoosc cages
in 'idilﬂﬂ‘ seasons. so
has... .3338“

.oeou
.00.

The boy crop or 1920, if it natures
fully from the lilsy 1 condition, will
exceed 111 million tone, the greatest
yield on record. The value of hay is
second only to that of them crop, .
and at the price as of December 1,
last on the forms the 1919 crop al-
eeeded in value either the wheat or
the cotton crop. At the value as of
Dec. 1, 1913, the crop of this year
may be worth more than the average
corn crops of 1913—17, estimated at
the price as of December 1. l

 

 

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“TON WOOL MARKET

The Commercial Bulletin says:
"The depression in the market a
week ago has continued during the
current one, sales being almost noth-
ing in this market and reports from
the west indicate that the market
there is very dull indeed. The pri-
mary markets are dull and hardly
changed.

“The goods markets are dull and
unsettled, with the mills going. on
short schedule generally of three to
four days a week.”

Quotations more or less nominal:

Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces.—
Delaine unwashed, 728?“; ﬁne In-
wssbed, kczocsc; 1—2 blood comb- 1

one.
lickigan and New York tleoces‘ .—

F‘ino unwashed, 30c; delnine, un-

washed. 70673c; 1-2 blood, unwash-

ed, 6807“; 3-8 blood, unwashed.

ESGﬁOc. ~
Wisconsin. Missouri and average

New England—L2 blood, 60@65c;

3—! blood, 536554;; 1-2 blood, 500

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DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET

The market for farm stuff. is not
well supplies and there is a general
was of ﬁrmness. Demand is‘a'ctive, i
but in many cases consumers are not
able to secure what they want. This
is ielt keenly in the potato deal. Ap-
ples are inactive and receipts of
strawberries are not enough to ﬂll’_ I
the needs of the trade. The price re-ﬂ‘, - ‘*
mains high; Poultry is dull and easy.".' ' »
Receipts ’of hens and chickens are

for thegoods. Dressed ,hogs are
steady and, there is ‘a scarcity of
dressed .calves,'.which are quoted as
higher'.,{13utte'¥is in lair demand and. ‘
11d“): meigtheﬁasq vitally A " -
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,    .'.now. i
. must   to inform myself- of
trim-people away. ceasing the core-
monial half completed, and directed
‘ that the three captives hetnken into
the Lens House. ‘ v

“I can’t follow the play,” Francis
whispered in Leoncia's ear, but just

:the same I hope here's where we
eat.”

“Look at that prettyslittle child.”
«said Leoncla. indicating with her
. eyes the child with the face of ﬁre

and spirit.

“Terran has already spotted her,"
Francis whispered back. "I caught
him winking at her. He doesn’t
know the play, nor which way thocat
will jump, but he isn’t minim a
chance. to makefriends. We’ll have

'to keep an. eye on him, for he's a
treacherous hound and capable of
throwing us over any time if it
would serve to save his skin.”

Inside the Long House. seated on
rough plaited mats of grass, they
found themselves quickly served
with food. Clear drinking water and
a thick stew of meat and vegetables
were served in generous quantity in
queer, unglazed pottery jars. Also,
they were given hot cakes of ground
Indian corn that were not altogether
unlike tortillas.

After the women who served had
departed. the little girl, who had led
them and commanded them, remain-
ed. Torres resumed. his overtures.
but she, graciously ignoring him, do-
voted herself to Leoncia who seem-
ed to fascinate her.

“She’s a sort of hostess, I take it."
Francis explained. “You know—like
the maids of the village in Samoa,
who entertain all travelers and all
visitors of no matter how high rank,
and who come pretty close to pre-
siding at all functions and ceremon-
lals. They are selected by theohigh
chiefs for their beauty, their Virtue,
and their intelligence.
reminds me very much of them, ex-
cept that she’s awfully young.

Closer she came to Leoncia, and,
fascinated though she patently was
by the beautiful strange woman, in
her hearing of approach there was no
hint of servility nor sense of infer-
iority.

“Tell me." she said» in the quaint
archaic Spanish of the valley. “is that
man really Capitan Da Vasco return-
ed from his home in the sun and the
sky?”

Torres smirked and bowed, and
proclaimed proudly: “I am a D3.
Vasco."

“Not a Da Vasco,
himself,” Leoncia coached him
English.

“It’s a good bet—play it !" Fran—
cis commanded, likewise in English.
“It may pull us all out of a hole.
I'm not particularly stuck on that
priest, and he seems the high—cocka-
lorum over these Lost Souls."

“I have at last come back from'the
sun,” Torres told the little maid, tak-
ing his cue.

She favored him with a long and
unwavering look, in which they
they could see her think, and judge,
and appraise. Then, with expression-
less face,.she bowed to him respect-
fully, and. with scarcely a glance at
Francis, turned to Leoncia and fav-
ored her with a friendly smile that
was an illumination. '

“I did not know that God made
women so-beautiful as you," the lit-
tle maid said softly. ere she turned
to go out. At the door she paused to
add, “The Lady Who Dreams is beau-
tiful, but she is strangely different
from you."

But hardly had she gone, when
the Sun Priest, followed. by a numb-
er of young men, entered, apparent-
ly for the purpose of removing the
dishes and the uneaten food. Even
as some of them were in the act of
bending over to pick up the dishes,
at a signal from the priest they
sprang upon the three guests, bound
their hands and. arms securely be-.

\Vhind them, and‘led them out tothe:
Bun God’s altar before the assembled
tribe. Here, where they observed a
crucible on n tripod over aﬁercedre.
were tied to fresh-sunken posts

but Da Vasco
in

And this one ‘

   

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 mouth-9f jag beg}? 
sen mm handfuln'of sols.
getawint‘o the heated crucible: of.
tripod. So near were they,- that '
could see much! melt inter! i
‘ and rise up in the: crucible like?" 
drink it wanintended-tobo; 
The little maid, dating on her"
traordinnry position in the _
Couls Tribe, came up to the '

an a? " r" “1'3?
.1'  WI
 at  in ’ English: "Be
haughty. dill you. be haughty.”
The priest ‘wnvered for the mo-
ment, and then addressed Torres.
“I am the faithful priest of the
sun. Not lightly can I relinquish my
trust. If you are the divine Da
Vance, then answer me one ques-

 

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here ": in  valley with
the _   of these mongreis.”

“You  mew-the sun ,Prdest
was new “dressing them, while the
last 'Benls . nodded f unanimously:
“For four hundred years. as we
count our sojourn in this valley, have,
we shall: all strangers. You were

  

  

not slraénéh'aigd  thougtznt “on,” v Priest and spoke that all might:
anger o e no ; our _ re _ I “That is Do. Vases, the cams
went ont." The Lost Souls moaned pummazﬁded "m manna“; Vasco, the divine Capitan .Dn' V_

who led our ancestors here the 1
long time ago.” '

The priest tried to silence her wit
a frown. But the maid-repeated" v
statement- pointing eloquently f
the bust to Torres and back, again
and the priest felt his grip on
situation- slipping. while inwardly;
cursed the sinful love of the In ~~
of the little girl which bod made it
his. daughter.

and howled and pounded their chests.
“Therefore, to. appease the Sun God
you shall: how did”.

“Beware l”. Torres proclaimed,

' prompted in whispers, sometimes by

Francis, sometimes by Deoncin. “I
on De Vance. I have just come from
the sun." He nodded with his head.
because of his tied hands. at the
stone bust. “I am that Do. Vance.
I led your ancestors here four hund-
red years ago. and I left you here,
commending you to remain until my
return."

The Sun Priest hesitated.

“Well, priest. speak up and answer
the divine Da Vasco,” Francis spoke
harshly.

“How do I know that he is di-
vine?" the priest countered quickly.

“Do you love gold?”

“Love gold?" Torres ieered. “I
am a great captain in the sun, and
the sun is made of gold. Gold? It
is like to me this dirt beneath my
feet and the rock of which your
mighty mountains are composed."

“Brave,” Leoncia whispered ap«
proval. .

“Then, Olivine Da Vance,” the
Sun Priest said humbly although he
could «not quite mimic the ring 'of
triumph in his voice, “are you fit to
pass the ancient and usual test.
When you have drunk the drink of
gold, and can still say that you are
Da Vasco, then will I, and all of
us bow down and worship you. We
have had occasional intruders in this
valley. Always did they come athlrst

If he he the Capltan
Vasco, being divlne, he will drin
the gold and be unharmed."

Into a rude pottery pitcher, whlo
had been heated in the pot of ﬁre a
the base of the altar, he poured th
molten gold. At a signal, several o
the young men laid aside their spears

)

“Do I not look much like him ,my- for gold. But when we had satis- and, with the evident intention 0
self Am I not therefore divine? Am ﬂed their thirst, inevitably they prying her teeth apart, advanced on
I Da Vasco? Is he Da Vasco? 0r thirsted no more, for they were Leoncla. ’

may not Da Vasco bet yet in the dead." “Hold, priest i” Francis shouted

sun?-—for truly I know that I am As he spoke, while the Lost Souls stentoriously. “She is not divine as

       
  
 
   
 
 
    
 
   
   
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

born of woman three score and looked on eagerly, and while the Da Vasco is divine. Try the golden
eighteen years ago and that I am three strangers looked on with no drink on Da Vasco.” '
not a Da. Vance." less keenn-ess of apprehension, the (Continued next week)

 

 

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"Howell, Mic-h..- May 27,
__19'20.-‘-—-Cars stolen in De-
...troit, motor numbers
changed, and the machin-
es taken into Shiawassee
. . and Gratiot counties.
  ._Clarence and Allen 'Som-
: ' ers, brothers living at
,_ ...Kerby, and three Italians
are under arrest. Three
used car dealers at Owos—
so stand to lose heavily
as the result of the un-
earthing by Sheriff
Sproule and deputies and
two detectives from the
Detroit police depart-
ment.

A federal law was pass-
ed known as the Dyer Act
which provides a heavy
ﬁne and penalty for trans-
porting stolen cars from /
one state to another. The
Detroit police officials
have been suspicions that
a large number of stolen
cars were being passed
out to the country dis-
tricts for sale. The good
work of the Sheriff and
deputies of Shiawassee
county willbring them a
large reward from the in-
surance companies and
“will encourage the ofﬁcers
of other counties to be

 
   
  

alert to recover stolen
cars.
The Citizens’ Mutual

Automobile Insurance Co.
of Howell, Mich, which
has over 45,000 automo—
biles insured are investi-
gating the cars and the
numbers as they recover
a large number of cars
every year through the
co-operation with the
sheriffs of the state. the

Detroit police officers,
.and various police de-
partments outside of
Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

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6 Ottawa Log Saw falls trees or cuts off stumps

- , vol with groun . Saws up logs cute u branches, ico
mun-one ump fuck and other eitmsch nery. Mounte

on wheels. may to move an here. 10 Year Guarantee.

SODIyIﬂ‘ritl. Write for Free 00k and Cub or EssyTerms.

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For best results on your Poul-
try, Veal, Hogs, etc., ship to

CULOTTA & JULL
DETROIT

Not connected with any other
house on this market.

 

 

 

HERCULES

BLOW STUMPS .

Buy Dynamite Direct
Shipped from mlll you state.

BRUNS POWDER 00.
Terre Haute, Ind.

 

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‘18 F601) sﬁOﬁirKéE CRY/A urn-x.
I would like to ask if it is not possible .

that all we see in the papers about the

shortage of food is intended to hurry up -

the farmers and that low prices will pre-
vail this fall?—-—-Reader, Rem/us, Mich.

Yes, it is possible, but not Drgb-
able. We have only to refer togovf
ernmental statistics to show us’ that
the acreageplanted or to be planted
to the main crops this year, such as
wheat, oats, beans, potatoes, etc.,
will be far less than normal and that
even discounting poor yield, the crops
will be barely sufﬁcient to meet the
growing needs of the nation and the
world.
mand will have some eﬁect.‘ If the
Europeans produce their \normal
crops this year, whichﬂhardly seems
possible, we will be able to consume
more of our products here at home,
and prices may be considerably low-
er. I think, in any event, .we must
expect temporarily lower prices dur-
ing the marketing season this com-
ing fall unless the crops fall far
short of the needs. But if the farm-
ers will use good judgment and mar—
ket their crops periodically through-
out the season, I believe they will
secure very nearly as good prices for
the majority of them as are now be-
ing paid, barring possibly potatoes,
which are extraordinarily high just
now—Editor.

IMPROVEMENT 0F HIGHWAY

We, the residents of the southeast
quarter of Gilmore county of Isabella
who pays 75 per cent of the township
tax wish to know if this money can be
taken into other quarters and used for
making roads and leave this quarter
without, against the wishes of thiis
quarter and if not how can this be pre-
vented—A Subscriber, Isabella County.

Your letter does not fully explain
just how you have divided the road
districts in your township. Unless
there is some limitation in the ar-
rangements of your township the
highway commissioner under the di:
rection of’the board may spend the
money anywhere in the township.
Section 4318 of the C. L. 1915, pro-
vide that the highways shall be laid
out and maintained by two highway
taxes. One shall be known as the
“road repair tax,” and the other as
the “improvement tax.” Section
4326 provides that the repair tax
shall be expended or worked in the
district where assessed.
4326 later provides that» upon com-
plaint in writing to the township
board by any ten or more resident
taxpayers that the road repair fund
is being unequally and unjustly ap-
plied, or work improperly perform-
ed then the township board may take
charge of the expenditures. The
highway improvement fund is also
expended by the highway commis-
sioner under the direction of the
town board. I would be of the opin-
ion that your town board would be
able to properly adjust—W. E.
Brown, legal editor. '

LAND EXELIPT FROM TAX ,,

I have bought a. piece of wild land and
some has told me that I could get ex~
empt on taxes for ﬁve years. How would
I go about it to get it done?——-A Sub<
scriber, Midland County.

Act 208 of the Public 'Acts of 1913
provides that cut over or wild land
which shall be actually purchased by
any person for the purpose of mak-
ing a home shall be exempt from the
payment of all taxes for five years
thereafter. ‘ Cut over and wild lands
shall be construed to
swamp land or land. from which
timber has been removed, and no
part of which description claimed to
beexempted has everxbeen cultivated. .
The purchaser must reside (in the
land‘and the exemption shallinot ex-
tend.to more than 80:“:acres. The ex-

 

emption shall be_madeio the‘super-z'i

visor at the time theassesme‘nt of
the toWnship is made and he'shali;
make proper entries and refer it to
the board of review—W:  Brown,
legal editor. , . > ' V '

 

GRANGE.  
I wish to have your opinion regaining
an  v I

 

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Section ‘

mean any -

   
 

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.If thieveompanysis in~ , ~
‘ pieces let me ,. w and expla
can how theyare able to pay one: .more
'» money at the maturityotchis policy that

ich. ‘

 

_ While I am not entirely familiar

- with-the kind of policy which the
~ Grange Life Insurance, Company
- writes, I am of .the' opinion that the
company is reliable as itis ‘ba‘cke‘d
. by responsible men. Policies which
return to the insured 'a greater, sum
than't'hat he pays in. arequite. com-
mon and popular and are written by
all .old. line‘companies. ‘Insurance
comp'anies'ac't merely as savings de-
. positories and return to. the insured

at a stipulated tir’n’e‘all the money -

. he has paid in inaddition to a nom-
inal interest for the use of the mone
ey. This interest is not so great as
might be securedby investing in.
. stocks or bonds, but it is liberal con—
. sidering the fact that the insured is
protected against death for the full
amount of his policy less whatever
sums «he may have withdrawn. You
‘understan'd that the insurance com-
panies “Ire-invest your money at a
_greater rate of interest than they
pay*their ,members, giving them a
sufficient margin on which to do
business and pay death claims—-
Editor;

 

CHANGING LOCATION

Our Republican nominee for Supervis-
or tells some of the voters if he gets
elected he will change the road which is
already surveyed, and put the road past
his house and of those who. he wants to
vote for him. It was understood that
the road was to go past our home, and
it would connect with the trunk line at
Pierson, and work has alreadybeen let
for grading and work has been started.
The road was mapped out on the map
which we got from Stanton our county
seat, Has the supervisor a right to
change it? The road was not surveyed
and staked past our place—W. A
Montcalm County.’ '

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The supervisor ofatownship alone,
does not have authority to rhange the
location of a road nor the place.of,
the improvements. He probably
means that‘he will use his influence
to have the change made and you
should be on the guard to use your
influence to see that he does not, if
you think the change is wrong and
that your views are right. The right
of the matter should prevail although
the supervisor should have coﬁsid:
erable influence with those in con-
troI.——W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

THE COLLECTION BOX

CHICAGO COMPANY RETURNS
$183.06 T0 FARMER

We received a letter from one of
our subscribers, Mr. W. A. L., of
Huron county, in 'which he stated
that last December he placed an or-
der amounting to $133.06 with the
. Company of Chicago. They
acknowledged receipt of the order.
He wrote them three different times
after that but received no reply.

We wrote the company, which has
a reputation for honesty and fairness,
regarding the matter. No reply. We
wrote them again and received a
reply stating that they had returned»
the money to our subscriber. .A few
days, later we received the following
letter from Mr. L.:‘ . :

“Gentlemen: I received-my money
from the Company by today’s
mail and I am writing you immedi-
ately to thank you,for the service
you have rendeﬁe’d me in getting this
company to refund ' this money.—

 

 

 

A. L., Huron County. ‘ ‘

 

HIS HEARING RESTORED
The invisible antiseptic. ear‘ drum in-
vented by ,Mr. A. Q. Leonard, which is in
reality a. minature megaphone, ﬁtting in-
side the ear and ‘entirelyput of night. is
restoring the: hearing of, literally mind;
'reds‘ot people in"New York City. Mr.

jLeonard inventedthis » remarkable drum‘

to rolieve himself of deafness and, head
noises, and it doe. this so, succebstully
that no one could tell, that he is, a dent:
This ear .drum..,iseﬂective_ when

   
 
 
 

   
 

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lﬁa has paid 'in..—-E.  H.- Mt. Pleasant,

 
   
   

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182 ACRE MIDWEST FARM, 812.250 FUL-
ly equipped,.exceptional location nearlmmmins R
R towm 175 acres tillage, bumper crops: big wire
fenced pasture, home use wood,’ hrge ochsrdli 1‘?
80m! limpet bringing. around {320 per acre:
splendid 11 room house, new baseth burn. 00‘
ment floor, water house andbsrn; s ed owner
retiring throws in '3 horses“? cam? on.  '
plate list forming implements, $12, 59 gets 1 .
any terms. Details page 74 Strouts_.Catslog
Farm -Bargeine' 33 states, .write for free. copy.
STROUT FARM AGENCY. '814 B E. Ford
Bldg” Detroit. . . 

 

STRIPPED HARDWOOD, .rulﬂo. 'chﬂ
clay loam—ﬂeasy terms, $12.50‘Lto $15.00 In
acre. Neighbors, roads, schools. Four to ﬁve
miles from Millersburg. Never failing clover
need will make' your payments. JO .
KRAUTH, Millersburg, Mich. “

 

no Acne FARM FOR'BIL'E-—90 scans

timber. Equipped with all fai'mlng tools and
good stock. For full information write ALBERT
DIETZ, Hawks. Mich, R. F.  N0. 1.

FOR SALE—1.000 ACRES OF LAND IN
IMissaukee 00. Good pasture or mixed farming.
100 acres cleared. Will subdivide to suit pur-
chaser. THOMAS WHITE, Marion, Mich.

FOR SALE—ONE 0F MIGHIGAN’B BEST 15
acre farms. HARRY McHENNE}, Clinton, Mich.

FOR 'SALE—220 AGRES VERY BEST OR-
. 4 miles from Bonﬁre.
or particulars address BOX 215.
Bellaire, Mich. ‘

FOR SALE—SO'AORE FARM. EXCELLENT
soil, all under cultivation. good .
plenty water. Will sell entire equipment in-
cluding 8 high grade Holstein females. 4 miles
fronli ‘ town. Inquire LYLE SHARP, Cllﬂ'ord,
Mic 1.

FOR SALE—EAST HALF OF SEC. 5’.
Center Twp, 0. of Emmet. Correspond with
..owner. JESSE E. WEBSTER, Pellston, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOBACCO—KENTUOKV’S ."BEST "OLD
Homespun” chewing and smoking. Direct from
farmers. Trial offer, ‘2 .. pomiis. postpaid 81.
KENTECKY TOBACCO ASS’ , Dept. 5. wee-
“ 9. Y- .

' BUY FENCE POSTS DIREOT FROM FOR-
eet. All kinds. Delivered prices._
M." care Michigan Business Forming. Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich. ' - '

BUILDERS’ PRODUCTs 00.. 14.PA8ADENA
Ave.. Detroit. \Vholeeale to consumers—Paints
Varnish. Spraying Materials, Sprayers. Manuel
mailed free. M. B. TEEPLE. Mgr.

FOR SALEé—SEED' POTATOES. ADDRESS
JOHN SKINNER, It 3. Greenville, Mich. ' ‘

FOR SALE—APPARATUS PERTAINING T0
making cheese. Write for particulars. FRANK
L. CUSTE‘R, Evart. Mich.

 

 

 

7 WANTED

Several men with auto‘ or horse and rig
to act as subscription agents for M. B. 1".
Good proposition to serious 'men who can
give their entire time to" the. Twork.
, Write for details and tell us briefly
shout yourself. addressing
circulation Manager
memos" Business FARMER
Mt. Clemens- Michigan

 

 

A: GUARANTEED REMEDY so?
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Contagious Abortion ,
Enlin administered 'By hypodermic '
syringe. .Kille’sb'ortieu «ﬁne 
without injurinﬁ cow. Write for {no
. booklet wit letter-Irons users and

full  of moneybsck guarantee.
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Write out 5 plain degqglpuoe no 3...
are '50 for enchhworq, initial origins}:
“ﬁgures. Send it in {or one, ﬁre or the.
“lite-- This?“ 930  .0! chattel-a "r
of “mu e  meme-m ﬁll you-
' deelrdlreet with ’th‘e‘lmrér} sou-am a.
commissions. It your-mt. te eon or trad.
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‘ show (you . Laotfﬂaon:  “has It will cumin-.18, 20 III-.52 times. You can change size of ad. or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changes must be received one week beforepdate oi issue.
Breedera' Auction Sales advertised ‘here oi. swiol Iowrom: ask for them. Write today I) v =
w . ' ', g - ,IRIIDIRBV DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

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.To avoid conflictlnc dam we will‘wlthotﬂ- years, b st bl d ii i i r lick dis~
“baggy: "I'D, at: g; Iagﬂlézg'nﬁozk 3°“ (State and Federal Tested) persal, gasy pgz'menltgs'toovzialialblc: paging; Would GUERNSEYS . - x
- . do for heifers. #—"
Vise us at once and we will claim the a 'm I
. for you. Address, Live Stock Editor, M.  YPSILANTI, MICH‘     
F" ""- °"""-"" L P ORDER voun BULL OALF now
Aug. 6. Duroc-Jerseys, O. F. F09“!    a ORTE' "‘0' for later shipment. Let me send you a real ped‘
Paglion, Mich. ‘ W 1 ﬁne I ’ - igree of better breeding. h “d ms Mlch’
remit. Poland Chums. es 8y ‘ - ‘ Yeagings and younger, out SHORTHORN . J. M. WILLIAMS. Nort a r -
moo/if] atufihilland Chinas. [Boone-H111 bow of chorce advanced regiStrY I UERNSEVS FOR SALE. 1 BULL.  A09;
one at , ' cx. . ‘ . _ , ' v ~ Prince arman
Oct. 28, Poland Chinae. E. R. Leonard. d..de and King Korndyke A? SHOBTHORNS (1t88%114?u14m21Eriladﬁﬁziitglﬁlb.fat at 2 1—2
St. Louis, Mich. . US Vale. Own dam 34.16 lbs. 5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos. old, all mans, pail fed. years old. Dam, Dag,“I of (“mun-5t, (35969) A.
091:, 29, Poland Chums. Clyde Fisher. butter 1 7 d . e 2 Dams good milkers. the farmers' kmd,‘ at farm- IL 548 1b. {at at 2 13; yrs. 01¢ 1 mm calf, 6
5‘" Lo‘lis- MICh- , , , n ays' averag e”. pﬂcea- ‘ mos. old of similar breeding. Also a few “I10
s genial!”- POLlI‘l‘mfi Chlms- (3135- “M731 5‘ nearest dams, 37.61, 6 near- F. M- P'GGOTT ‘ sou- Fow'”: mm“- heifers of the above bull. It will payl. W31 W
o s, ace... oi. ,. ~ must, 1" _v . d diT J n appica on.
Oct. 31, lfnlglyl Chinas. Brewbaker 5. eat 33.93, 20 nearest, 27.83. THE "a" cow" SHORTHORN BREED, miesﬁogmgwgngg” gearing,” Mich,
Sons: Elm3- Mmh- on Association announce their fall catalog ready
for distribution. Scotch, Scotch 1‘01) and Milking JERSEYS

 

Shorthorns listed. Address _ !__7,__.__

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_‘ HILL CREST FARMS. munsou. MicHioAN YOUNG BULLS  - A. v.2” .g., .r R. 0. M.
HOLbTEIN‘FR‘ESIAN RISINGHURST JOHANNA ORMSBY DIMPLE   «FOR SALE Birgm'ilnsii 1311115501 \‘Vslrtfl‘lnlal-‘ile liioiliiittiun records.
 "—m—mT—w' ——-—~-————--—-——— . 195063 0- M- VORKI M‘mngmnv M'Ch- Also in,“ Calfsl ’write {yrs printed list of uric”
' born Rev. 25, 1915, is offered for sale. His sire — and downing,”
MB    i! by Johanna Concordia Champion 60575 (21! HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED- HIGHLAND FARMv Shelby. Mich" R 2'
. Ail 3-10 daughters, two 30 lbs., 9 above 20 $15.: ere" Association have stock for sole, both milk
Your problem is more MILK. more BUTTER. W 0 s by Gallium Jommnﬂ .Champion 4"”7. and bPef bree 1"" or Sale—Jersey bull calves. Oxford and Ma-
non p3 FIT . 60 A. . 0. daughters) 9. son of Coisntha 4ths Write the secretary. . . . r I r I w I ,, duh“).
A “moo, “31:03:; Application Pontiac- Johanna, 35.22. the only cow to ever hold at one FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich. Jej‘yLbreégl;%ERDd£ZI 4,1;kge‘ggeslgﬁ‘,’ Luna“
e1.8126l52r-d—i'jroni our liesvy-yearly-milking-zood-but- gﬁedaélt World's 1%)de 1“ $19121" (“"530111).f‘°)’1“ 8 LE POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND . ' I
f-feco Mn Wm 5 1' it. . o a year. 15 am, .in enwoo iml e on A _ u
ialilgglefgestb tADDIICZtign Poniiaizasdlnbm hmaria Eyeiaégi’gi’él. 27.3? ’Ibi;%i)1tte.r. 36580k1bfb millk. Oxford Dixvn DRigiAshMO M l Ml h MERnguXJggy JESSEV HERD WITH 0 E
I s. “tel-in (1‘s; - _ 5_ utter . er cent; at . , is y' ue rniSIw J. . e . ur. c . ‘ " ' ' _
“$334212 m. mﬂk'im gas gm. Sietgrtle  $08442“ (10f Am If}. 0. (Euﬁhterfl FRANK P. NORMINGTON. Ionia. Mich
e is one of the reatest lon distance sires. & 0V6 s. an out o n enwoo inipe . , .
Hi. dumhtem and fans Wm mg", it. 104601. She has 75 per cent the same bi'eeiL Shorthorns at Farmers, Prlces AlﬁsHIRES
Write In for pedigree and prices on his song, ing as Lindenwood Hope, 30.61. Write for price ‘ E 
price. mm. wd not too high for the “em. and other information. FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL CALVEs '  
dslry farmer. EDWARD B. BENSON I: SONS. Munson. Mich- under one year old. These are all mans and .
' c Orson' owe ' we ' A NICE STRAIGHT LIGHT COLORED BULL F E Boyd FA Alma. Michigan  
cellsj blorr‘ii Feikilruaryt let. Sired by Flint Hen. ' ' Beginning June 12th., gulf 30 ilayilwe Iwill sci;
g ve A. w ose wo nearest dams average . b ll.' tit fr s-rvii‘e for , 00. u on Yes an
    3 .66 lbs. butter and 735.45 lbs. milk in 7 days. SHOBTHOBN 85,3,“ pﬁﬁgﬁ 1‘” bgﬁksorg h‘elifin caiv‘és {or $30.
257572 herd aim son of King on His sire Dam. a 24 lb. daughter of a son of Pontiac De a 1d 180 a few cows “Id heifer cuiy f  
[3 mm} 30 1b -cow that made 13-45 lbs in Nijlander 35.43 lbs. butter and 750 lbs. milk in “‘0” ‘5 0d 1“ w. 8’ ° F
one year and darn, Butter Boy Rosina 2nd éOO, any" write for prices and "tended 9641"“ wad ggéAlI‘ingTIIIISDN. Brown City. Mich. V3535“ R 5' Mich‘
it‘iiréi‘é‘ie 21:31:8' 33ndaniilm§2c 13021.3; “Hg: L' .3; {Eliza-E" ONLV A FEW LEFT 
some ﬁne young bulls and heifers and some heif- n ' c '  AT OLD PRICE
e are hiredf to gin),t agofil'gm   cows with Wm J BELL no” cny mich P LAND CHINA
recor s mm L o s. r e or prices. - ' ' ' ' '
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and gilts. Booking orders for spring pigs. R.'mm-.d floutein-Fl-iesiln “red b FOR SALE
. . . 1 39.87 lb. . ORTHORN
poggéllzgdngn 55:31:18ng (13911110113 Ind “1"”- Im- bull and from heavy producing young can Those ready Efﬁeﬁiﬁ sA’Iso one RegFULSthorthorn   

 

 

 

calves are very nice and will be priced cheap it 1 " H d t b ii te t d W ‘t
SAGINAW VALLEY 8700K FARM wld goon ‘euer' 9“ u "C" " ‘S e ‘ n d g“ . . - - -
» ' , _ , | . _ . ire was champion of the world, his Dame
Ell sprunoor G 80". Props” Saginaw W. 8.. Mich HARRY 1', Tun-s. Elwgﬂ. Mich. M B HALLSTED or 0" Mien sire was grand champion {it imva State Fall'- Get
1   may and Shorthom bu" ca" a grand champion while the getting is good. Book-

ing orilers imw. Bred gills ure all sold, but have

FOR SALE 1 36 pound son of KING or THE w s.‘Wiiréri‘.“iii.iiii’.i’.“"li'iihf’“m'      iv a  or 

5 HEIFER GALVES er's Giant, 3 hours and I sows. \Vill sell open

 

 

 

.. f 2 ' y or bred for Sept. farrow, to BIG BOB.
“a r313“ ‘3ABL6“£§‘“’  Heads our Herd Q'I‘lliA’i‘ DO YOU WANT? . I represent 41 c. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Mich.
one read for heav service -HORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
~ y, cows y Several 30 pound cows all under Federal Sui» . ii‘ll willi best milk or beef strains. Bulls all   
two with 18 and 20 1b, seven my records. Five ervision. zood bull calves and a few bred heifers ages. Some females. ('. W. i‘ruin. (President
with good proﬁtable cow testing records. Write for sale. (‘enrml iiioiiiqan Shorthoru Assocmtion. Mc- THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. c. IN men.
for pedigrees and prices. HILL cRES-r FARM Ononvme Mich Briileri. Michigan. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my
Herd free from disease. .te ' ' ' herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them.
. BROWN. Breedsvllle, Mich. or w“ aple Ridge Herd of Bates Shannon“ of_ Expenses paid if not as represented. These boom

. . in servic : .’ iii r n 8. Lord luusm
:ei‘s for sale a man hull riili 7 mos. old. Also 2 Orange Price 5,13 L: 20%;: Prospect. C an"

younger ones. J. E. TANS‘VELL, Mason, BIiCil. w. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma‘ Mlch_

" Breeder of Reg. stock only John P. Hehi. 181 Griswold St.. DetroitJ Mich.

 

 

 

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big-boned rugged fellows. They are all by H2“.- (IAnIII, G‘isista  ib. BErauAhTD FAIRFAX 624819 HEAD OF HER“ andegodrsfusime eve-TE; good) org-gnome 0(i eaxceﬁént
6UI§IS§£3A§1§ SFBIQIYHSXSE. fﬁlgGspﬁggngﬁﬁ ding. thfreot neiarest dams average over 33 lbs. hei‘fent 3 year” 0’11"“ for 5310. 10 bulls and 10 Freegingl.“GGi(gtlsPllifid\t§ 935:1?ng 
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ndual danis of A. n. backing and the best over 30 lbs. butter in seven days.“iv2“o&‘evrer3§§ “°"" M3°°RE°°R- """"“""°- ""ch- ORPHAN by‘ the inn onrnsx. Dani:
0f b10941 111183- of his sons ready for service. BEAUTY'S CHOICE by ORAAGLI BLD, by BIG

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. JACKSON, MIGH, KING REPEATER HEADS OUR HERD . Eaton Raoids. Mich-
, Hoisteen Breeders Since 1906 ‘ LAST ADVERTISE.) so”, To we “i” 11“” eight gm“ “1‘3 and 3”“ hem roux CHOICE SPRING ANO FALL
>  Mr‘ F. w. Janna”. Vassar, era for sale. tome and see them. L s P boars left. A few extra me, “um
Mum. Now of“, . bu" ‘" MARION STOCK FARM left bred for April furrow.
woLvEmNE sTocK FARM nEpon-rg coon mm old about 1-2 white and straight I: a Tony B. Fox, Prop. H- 0- SWARTI- “homers”. Mich-
ulee from their herd. We are well pleased with u". “'“d by MAPLE CREST KORNDVKE Marion Mich
“I, cum “on, om-Jumo, Herd 31,, «mm P“. HENGERVELD and from FLINT ULTRA _ ' ' T" P. 0. sows ALL SOLD. ORDERS
. “a Luzdzhxtgndgge .se " '31,:  1%nP of  d Ethazuzomd 195“??? of‘ FLINT booked for boar pigs at weaning time from
J " II. o O on 0" tom 1 ug :- 0 on. - _ 0 con some .\I' h. cmnipion ierl. \'i:itor. ili-ys w ic‘m .
i the 0mm“. 9. K012“. A g" bun “m. to, blood 6 KING ’FLINT. If you want a di- 12" HEREFORD "Enns- “3° 16 E. R. LEONARo, R 3:3. sold-fun. wiicii. e'
m. r. w. Sprague. n. 2. mm. amt, men, not descendant of eUTTEn eov nosiNA know 0‘ 1° °" 1‘ 10““ “n” “‘m’
'7 new |. your ongnu. Shorthorn and Angus steers 5 I20 10 0 “DA. '0 TYPE I; c GIL-rs ALL SOLD HAVE
 Owners anxious to sell. Will hel buy 500 . - ' ' . , v'
‘ pr“. 320°. C F 1 ﬂ one yearling hour and .ils) some tail bour-
r, , l commms‘on- - B“ - Fair ed. to“ that we will close out at a bargain.
.   3 nor r. ricKIEs. Ohmnlng, man. I L. VILBBARNES a. son.
yron. Mich. .
We are now booking orders for ' ‘   
oung" bulls from King Pieter aegis ' B b F 'f 405027 t h d f h d R '   POLAND 0"."‘8
{yous 170606. All from'A. R O dams  l tered’ stagir aexitli r s x a 1i 51a 0 h Gr: {1 “if- 1 “"7" o”‘“"“’
wlth credible records. We that. ‘nn‘...    i am an. ,Comeeande {001:3 t«kalemormergr e . mos Y ch.Ntine f?“ gills out of litters of eleven and
' - . l h . 11‘ cell, 01' 3A 9. .
:gl};nfgrf‘sgggfiigﬁlghamrgte for' prlo. ! L ..EARL c. McCARTV. lad Axe. Michigan. . J. E_ MVGRANTSI 3" Jam", Mioh‘
' ' ' VPSILANTI MIOH. '
i Mueloﬂ‘ Bros. ~Bouth Lyons Mich] an ' . . - - BIO TV Po-
. ’ ' ‘ Increase Your Production at tn! 5 ANGUS   land 'gmm
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1'. m"de "muff: $12§°ﬁ§emﬂmﬂ§§ ﬁh‘m’gmg‘ John ,Hengerveld Laa'o1 A. R. 0. Dough  M P ﬁ ‘ d $35.51;. No.’ gii'ouy. m" "3m" “‘1 “ha, .
lime ‘mw'thy oellow’wlth the'makm‘ of ‘ hnfr ters. Dam is 2 year old granddaughter of e    e [I u . ’
bu“ . would d'o someone ‘ lot of good. Dun lg: n 21 1b. cow that will be tested at next A. D.  lonla MlCh.’
I 2.7 lb. record. s"‘large cow and a great milk freﬂheﬂlnli We have just ﬁnished testing of farming, s car load of guide dgiry heifers . ’ ’ A .
producer. Sire a son of Friend Hencerveld Delhi 2 com- ne made over 30 lbs.. the other from LENAWEE COUNTY'S heaviest milk pros . »
Butter Boy. one of the "at bum. ,r J made 27.65 from 779 lbs. of milk in 7 duoers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the L
' ‘ JAMES 'I'IZOPSON. JR. d‘ys-  xii-211111): best type for combination beef and   
. owcm’ - - ‘ . "MM."   F‘gaﬁ lfot shipmegitsmsssemtbled at GLENWOOD i'
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BUROO JERSEYS, FALL BOARS, WEIGIIT
200 lbs. each. Bind by a 8-00 lb. boar.
Priced reasonable. .

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w BOAR Has Fm CROOKWATEH
bled sires and 13mm. $20.00 a 8

'5. E. cauuus, Ann Arbor. Mich.

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a! nil 1m. 8m hm! or open luv-
“. ‘ “n1. Hill Cm Faun, Parkman, Itch.
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“'INNING STD“
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-
son, Mich.

 

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a: E. MORRIS. Famlngbn, man.

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1919  
ﬂ Prize Jr. Yearling

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and trim not mkln.
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355 mm Jesse "m" “3

EITHER SEX

Can furnish stock not akin. ‘Also yearl-

ing sows. Will brood for early iall litters. Eat-
l’dactwn guaranteed.

F. HEIMS a. SON. Davlson, Mich.

 Spring bred sows'all sold. Have

. good ﬁem. pigs, both sex, sired‘by

Liberty Defender 3rd. from Col. bred dams. Gills

will be bred to an. ()rinn boar for Sept. furrow.
H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Mich.

 

r E, OFFER A FEW WELL-BREE) SELECT.
.gd spring Duroo Bonn, also bred sown 1nd

(mm in mason. Call or write .
_ *UIGNIUGHTON G FORDVOE. St. Louis. Mich.
GILTS SHED FOR AUGUST FAR-

 rnw. Spring pigs either sex.

mquESSE BLISS a. .80”. Henderson, Mich.

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wants W. 8. Conn. “in. III“. In.

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spring Ewing. Have a few ‘BOWI And an: bred
hm and July knowing that are and and
prized right. Spring boar pig: it $15 ea. at 8
Inch old ﬁnﬂl‘acﬁ-n Ca

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CLOVER LEAF 8700! FA“. m Mich.
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dran- Emma]. ammm
in; can from “‘ Boa-cu." White W111!-
douu and "Pork" rmd M It 82 per 15.
Whit: Run-u dun-h 32 pa 1) and White Chin-
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I am breeding 50 m to "Btroman 209" III
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I'th 1356 Hu. October 1.
for 1920 runs.

CLARK U. HAIIE, We“ IPAth .bh.

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Sheep Association send you a dandy booklet
with list of breeders. Write OOHFORT A.
TYLER, Ssc'y. 10 wooqland Av... Detroit. Mich.

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obs-15.331... 1.101186%” 1*- '

 . whey—Belt. 28986::
no. 2 1&02231u' it).

We; 1 trek. 40 1—2: lid. 41
asked; mlpacked m (I.
42 1-5 ope: doc.

' Live poultry—Broilers. 60079::

our. m. 37638:: No. 2 has, :10 _

38¢: roosters, 22@2:3¢; nee-o, 303
35c; ducks. 40945c; turkeys. “O
.454: per lb. , I V

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WGWIe: Compared with
week‘s-go, beet steer: neatly “1‘

 

to,$1.50' higher: moon and hit—I.

ere, beef bulls, stacker: slim
25c to 50c higher; some she took
gaining more; » canners- 26c higher:
'bolognasr 25¢ lower; c-alves’steady.
Hogs: Steady to strong; top, $14.45;
bulk, all weights. $13.60@¢14.30;
fpigs. 25c lower; bulk, $1-0@11‘.2'5.
Sloop: Bulk direct to packers, tow
"sales choice ewes, $7.50:
bucks, $6.25; three loads feeding
lambs, $11.50; compared with week
ago, shorn lambs,.$1 io’Ier; in-bo-
tween kinds ox lime; best spring
lambs 5e lower. other of more; cheap
52' to $2.50 lower.

EAST BUFFAID—Cattie: ino-
ceipts light, steady. Calves: $1 lov-
er, $.6@1T. Hon: pigs 251: higher;
others- 25 @460 lower; heavy. $14.50
01435; mixed. 315615.10: york-
ers. $15@15.25; light do. $13.50:@
14.50;;-pigs-$13@13.25; roughs, $.12
stage, '$'Z@9. Sheep and lambs:
Slow, 56(1631' lower: lambs, $80
17.50; yearlings, $10@15.50: reth-
ers. $16.599I1; ewes, $8506830;
nixed sheep, 39.50.610.- ,

mm}! W REPORTS
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:— (cautioned from pm 3) ,
'That is a. lie. They have charged that
'I'I'ns BUSINESS Frame is controlled
sby Democratic influences. That, too. '
‘is a lie., THE BUSINESS FABMER is
NOT a partisan newspaper. It..de-
ispises partisan politics. In its inde—
9pendent criticismot the acts of polit-
ical parties and politicians it has
struck right and left and let the chips
tall where they may. It stood by the
President during the war where
:every loyal American should have
stood, but today its criticism of the
incompetence of the Democratic ad-
ministration and its criminal negli-
gence to provide some measure oi re-
lief for present conditions is as se-
vere as its criticism of the bitter Re-
publican partisans in Congress who
would block every such measure of
relief if they had the chance.

The criticism of Mr. Fordney was
the result of his own political horse-
playing. He had no one to blame
but himself. Had he performed his
duty as a man and a congressman
there would have been no criticism.
THE BUSINESS FARMER pledged Mr.
Fordney its support last fall. Tun
BUSINESS FARMER spoke high words
of commendation for his promise to
assist the bean growers. And THE
Busmuss Farm would have needed
no urging from Mr. Fordney's news-
paper friends 0‘: the eighth district,
to have applauded any eitarts as he
may have put. forth in this direction.
But he did nothing. His presence on
the committee was a hindrance
rather than a help. Therefore,
Tue Romeo Emu was obliged to
criticize and bring an the pressure
possible to bear against 111;. Fordney

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choice .

~has

ishing supply of peaches. ‘
no scarcity of peach trees
high- prices. is a discouraging teatnre
my. But when we consider
that one: bushel of peaches at pres.-

ptioos will be well maintained until
after another heavy gp-lanting of
peaches comes into hearing. the

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ﬂ _ Crop Reports _ 

 

SHIAWASRBE—Tlnro has been quite
a.- marked decrease in farm products dun-
inxthopstmweebacept in wheat.
but than b not much change in things
the W has pom. Consumers
are allowed two and no me at
sugar and from twenty-tho to thirty-ﬁve
casts a pound. Farmers. as. a rule. have
their oats sown and com planter! and
are now preparing for the bean crop. the
sugar beet problem remains the same
and is no nearer solved than it was two
months ago, therefore the acreage is
greatly decreased in nearly all parts of
this m and if the growers and beet
mics should agree on a. settlement
it 8 too late. as the growers. are putting
landthatvasplovedlasttalltorbeem
into beans—D. H. II.

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mar ARENAC~Weather the
few days has been re.) growing weather
and you bet that the farmers made
might! use of it too. Could use a.
nice shower now to start the corn grow-
ing. Beans being planted and the pros—
pects are for normal acreage owing to
the heel; dispute. Produce is very dull
and going down in price and we wond-
er where Fordney will ﬁnd himsel: it he
comes up again for ofﬁce ‘ Oats are look-
ing ﬁne. also peas. Meadows are com-
ing “on wonderftu but need rain badly.
Prospects are £01 a nice rain soon and
I guess- everybody will be happy when
it arrives—M. B. R. _

 

OAKLAND (N)—We are having a.
dry time here and plowing not all done_
Most of the corn is planted but some to
plant yet. I have not heard of any
trouble about. seed com. A. good many
looking for seed potatoes. This dry
weather will interfere with planting.
There la a good show for fruit. Wheat
is doing well. Some pieces are looking
bare. Everything needs rain. Feed. of
all kind is cleaned up as. close as I have
seen in a. long time. Stock has just got
on full pasture.-——E. F.

 

MISSAUKEE—Fanners are winding
up com planting with a larger acreage
than covrmm. The ground is in tine con-
dition and if the weather continues warm
it will. soon be up, to potato planting

just and w” be about 60 per
cent of a. crop painted on account of seed
shortage. Very to." beans will be plant-
ed this season but. a large acreage
millet will be can for a substitute for
léayHos there an my meadows—41.

 

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compare these price- wtth that you received tor cream:

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