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members being of ﬁne quality-and“ .‘ ‘

kept good in storage. better than in '
ordinary years. . ' ' ‘ ’ is ’ 7

It is reported that'Mame has 118’,-
000 acresvthis year (1920). however -
the stand” is generally poor with "
‘healthy vines. All indications is for
a decrease in production this fall.
even with a larger acreage. ‘

Early this spring it was thought
the acreage would be cut materially
due to the late shipment of- fertiliz-
er, but it resulted in later planting.
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small and unless very” favorable grow-

..ging: season prevails they will yield a

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county of Maine, is; reported as hav-
ing 90,000 acres, ax large increase
over 1919.. The stand in Aroostobk
is very uneven however, the vines
are looking healthy. ,

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weeks indicate a blight season and
at present many farmers are report-
ing blight. -

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have blight. The cobbler varieties
are looking better than the Mountain
varieties. It is pretty hard at pres- 7
cut to predict what the yield will be,
because Night or frost or something
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MONTCALM—The farmers are busy .
harvesting oats, threshing and plowing
for fall grains. Condition of weather is
warm with frequent heavy rains. Some
winds and hall. The condition of soil is
good and crops growing Well. The farm-
ers are not selling much of anything but
some live stock and a few early potatoes.
The farmers here are not building any-
thing at present. Frank Young, an old
pioneer resident was instantly killed, his
auto having turned turtle, falling upon
him. The following prices were offered
at Lakeview: Wheat, $2,155; corn, $4;
oats $1; rye, $1.55; No. 1 timothy 330°
No, 1 light mixed; $30: cucumbei's, 8d
per cwt.; hens, 220; springers, 40c; but-
ter, 550; butterfat, 540; eggs, 42c; hogs,
veal calves, 15c.—G. B. W.‘

SANILAC (C)-—The haying is about
done, winter wheat all. in barn or stack.
Farmers cutting oats which are a very-
good crop. Have had a. few local rain‘
storms. Havo not had much rain in
Custer but there seems to: have [been
rains {around Sandusky' and south.‘ of.
there this week. It would help the crops ‘
and make the ground in shape to plow
wheat. Where‘ there has not been much
rain the ground isgetting pretty hard,
Some farms are changing hands. There
has been two big faring changed hands
around Sandusky in the last few days,
one a. 160 farm. sold for $20,000. That
is not so bad for a. price; it is a. good
farm. The following prices were offered
._ . $2.20:~ oats. >660;
rye $1.71; barley, $3; beans, C. H. P.,
$6; peas, 32,25; clover seed, $13.50: tim-
othy seed, $3.40: alsike seed, $13.56:
butterfnt, 63c; eggs, 50c._—A. B.
GENESEE—-Farmers have been busy
threshing, harvesting oats ~and barley
cultivating potatoes and beans and plow-
ing. The weather has been cxteremely ,
dry until the last week, when we had V
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- farm boy leaving the farm.

The chances are that we are
going to hear even more of it before
we are through.

I live in the city, but personally,
\I'm in favor of the farm Boy staying
(in the farm— everyone is in favor o'
the farm boy staying on the farm-~-~
that is everyone except the farm boy
himself !

It’s hard to ﬁnd a magazine or a
newspaper that doesn’t bemoan the
lamentable condition of the farmer
and preach the necessly of the farm
boystaying home. ‘

Famous writers write about it.
, ,Editors comment on it. “ Politicians
rave over the subject and campaigns
are planned to keep the farm boy
farming. And while this goes on the

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grip or “telescope” and meander
' cityward-i—a la

,h F Horace Greeley

ws' with; and Abe Lincoln.
fy "40 Now,I dth

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about text book
psychology or the
art

ing and I know

but. I

farming,
think I know something about hu~

very little about

man nature—and I think I know
something about farmer boys—at
least I have this much in common

with them:

I was raised in a rural community.
I have lived on a farm. Most of my
friends and acquaintances are farm—
ers. Practically all of my schoolmates
weer farmer boys.

Lastly, I am not old enough to
have forgotten what it is like to be
a boy and unless things have changed
a’ lot during the past half generation,
farmer boys are very much the same
as other boys.

Boys don’t like to be kept any-
~where. Boys don’t want to he told
where they must stay put ! _

Personally, I wouldn’t give two
cents for a boy who doesn‘t like mo-
tion, who doesn’t liketpr'ogress and

oesn’t like activi y . ‘
WhTohg placid, peaceful, plodding Side
of farm life has been played up so
frequently in contrast With the city
that the word “farming” hasubecome
synonymous with the word stagna~
tioIn-may be wrong on lots of other
things, but I’ll risk my meagre rep.-
utation that I'm dead right on this.

The way to keep the boy on the
farm is not to try to keep him there
‘ at an; The thing to do, and the

only thing to do, is. to make him like A

‘ ' he
the f rm and the only way to ma
him ﬁke the farm is to makethe
{arm likable and then prove to him
that it is likable. After thats been

done you don’t need to worry about ,

‘keeping him there—you couldn't

pullihim army with ’“a. 40-30 tank '

type.‘

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. , HIS ARTICLE was written by one who might have been a farmer,
I but chose city life instead. While he is inclined to ignore the eco-

the drift of country people to the

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And if he can’t move on in the di-
rection of progress, he's going to
move on geographically—eand that
means to the city!

Let’s forgt all about this back—to—
the-farm stuﬂ. If the movement of
labor from the city to the farm is a
“backward” movement we had all
better quite right now.

Let’s abandon the expression “keep
the boy on the farm." Let’s put the
kibosh on it for all times. It sounds
too much like Sing Sing prison talk.
A boy who is worth having isn’t go-
ing to let you keep him anyWhere.
He will determine his own destiny.
He will move along just to be inde-

pendent—and the chap who isn't
built that way doesn’t count !
. My father was a farmer. He was

a good farmer. He was an up-to-
date farmer; He was aggressive. He
was a booster. He was an enthusi-
ast and a Peptomist—in other words
he was an exception !

It would have been the most nat-
ural thing in the world for me to
have followed farming. I’ll tell you
why I didn't—I'll tell you the truth
about it:

Primarily it was because city and
industrial life were more effectively
press—agented. The newspapers had
always been full of stories of com-
mercial and industrial achievement.
The popular magazines fairly reeked

with highly colored biographies of.
men who had achieved success in
the city—men who were powers in.

the big industrial world—men who
had had their start as hard working
farmer boys—men who went to the
city to seek greater opportunities.

And the city (according to the
stories) received them with open
arms. Most of them were elected to
the presidency of the United States
while not looking: others, of some-
what lesser abillty, became steel mag-
nates and oil kings. while the medi-
ocre, second-class. general run of the
mine, gravitated to the more lowly
stations of bank presidents and rail—
road directorswat least that's What
the stories taught.

That’s the kind of stuff the maga-
zines handed me when I was a kid.
That’s the kind of dope I read in the
Sunday papers. Or. if I didn't like
it in homepathic doses I could get
Horatio Alger’s complete works—-
from “Bill. the Bootblack” to “Mark
the Matchboy”~—expressed in predi»
gested monosyllables and sold on the
easy—payment planll

Even my own father couldn’t make
much headway in competition with
the metropolitan press. And again
——when i wasn't reading Alger books
or milking cows, I was down at the
village hostelry listening to suave
drummers with diamond scarf pins
and kinky noses lamenting the ne«
cessity that forced them to visit such

‘ll "-nv'r ' 'Flinv “inipld ‘vaV p'n-
quent in their descriptions of city
conveniences. city salaries,
metropolitan attractions, etc.

THAT’S FINE SON, \
BUT LET ME SEE

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not all——the farmers whom I knew ’
—the majority of farmers, the aver-
age farmers, the old—time dyed—in-the
.wool orthodox farmers——were not a
cheerful lot. They were not opti-
mistic. They were not boosters. They
didn’t have a press agent. They i
lacked an Horatio Alger. “'

These same farmers—these aver-
,age farmers—~would listen to the .city
man’s talk. They would listen with
open mouths and hands falling limp-
ly and helplessly at their sides. ' 

The younger generation also list- 3. -
ened———they listened—they thought-— ‘ 4
they went back home—they lost in-
terest in agriculture——they became
bored with farm life—the city beck—
oned them. Again they re-read the
most thrilling chapter of “Ned, the
Newsboy" and forthwith took up the
study of time tables. ’

The city is well press-agented. It
always has been and I guess it al-
ways will be. The farm is net. The
lives of great men carry a subtle ap-‘ ’
peal for the metropolismthe success-
ful farmer is the Uncrowned King.
I‘ve read a hundred—I guess a. thous-
and stories that have lured me city-'
ward. '

I’ve never been able to ﬁnd but
two stories that painted farm life as
holding possibilities for big achieve—
ment and real life i .

The farmer needs press agents—-
he needs lotS‘of ’em—he needs ’em
bad. I shudder to think what will
happen if this need isn’t filled—and
tilled pretty quick.

For the past six months I’ve stud-
ied everything I could get my hands
on that was supposed to relieve the
farm labor situation.

There have been many stories aim-
ed in this general direction, but few
have come within shouting distance
of the bull’s eye.

I’ll tell you about one story
particular:

Here is a synopsis of the ﬁrst epi-
sode:

The uneducated
son of an uned-
ucated Pol i s h
farmer goes If

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to the city “to work through the
winter.” In less than twelve months.
he writes his rather than he is malt
ing seventy—ﬁve dollars a week.

The father answered the letter. toe?»
wit:

“If you make seventy-ﬁve dollars _
week, you stay there ! We, altogetheh-u
the whole tamily——can’t make seventy.

ﬁve dollars a month out here on 
farm."

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attention to a serious condition, bu
I contend that it makes the com!
tion much. worse. I, ‘ .r U

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question its authenticity—it c ‘

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have it, did happen. 
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 and lawyer of Goldwater, went as

a delegate to a convention of the
National Milk Producers’sfederation
'in Chicago. He was virtually un-
known to those who had gathered
from far and near to attend and ad—
dress that gathering. He had no
place on the program. But as he sat
in the audience and listened to the
speakers; watched the issues that are
a part of every convention take
shape; saw the convention divide it—
self into two unequal parts upon
these issues, he was seized with the
conviction that those who seemed to
‘be in the majority were wrong. With-
out hesitation and in his character-
istic ﬁghting manner, he arose to the
floor and in a speech that rang with
eloquence and conviction hammered
down the defenses of the opposition,
carried his point; and before that
convention adjourned was elected
president of the National Milk Pro—
ducers’ federation. ’

Such was Milo Campbell’s dramatic
entrance into the arena where the
farmers battles are fought. From
that time on he devoted nearly every
waking moment to the farmers’
cause. He traveled all over the
United States driving home truths
about the farmer and the farming
business. His advice and counsel
was sought for by milk producers’
association from coast to coast. In
every important battle over the right
of farmers to organize and sell their
products collectively Campbell was
there with his coat off and his sleeves
rolled up. His legal training coupled
with his inate sense of justice, his
love and compassion for the farm—
er, made him a formidable protag-
onist.

After we entered the war Mr.
Campbell was appointed a member
of the Agricultural Advisory Com-
mittee and spent most of his time in
Washington where the Food Admin-
istration and the President often con-
sulted his views in conference over
matters affecting the farmers. In
this connection his. counsel was con-
spicuously frank and fair to all con—
cerned. More than once his watch-
fulness prevented the adoption of
policies that would have \been unfair
and injurious to the farmers, and
more than once he forced the adop—
tion of other policies which for his
sponsorship would not have been
considered.

THE BUSINESS FARMER did not be-
come acquainted with Mr. Camp-bell
during his boyhood days, nor yet
during the years when he rendered
splendid service to the state of Mich-
igan, as a legislator, secretary to Gov.
Luce, insurance commissioner, etc.
It was not until three or four years
ago that the exceptional worth of
this exceptional man came to our at—
tention and we found that all his life
he was nearly always on the job
when the farmer’s case was heard
and that he was nearly, always in the
right. It was not as a result of any
(personal consideration for Mr. Camp-
bell but of our admiration for his

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coura g e
and p r o-.
gressi v e-
ness that

e have
on many
occasion s

the hand
‘ o f a p-
pro v a 1.
Go 'back
thru th e
ﬁles of
THE BUS-
I N E s s
FARM E R
and you
'will ﬁnd
article af-
ter article
in which
Milo D.
Ca'mpbel I
ﬁgured as
the out—
standi n g
champion
o f t h e
farme r s“
rig h t s
a m o n g
the na-
t i o n a l
f a r m
leaders.
T h ese
are some of the reasons which led to
the endorsement of.Mr. Campbell by
the farm organizations and THE
BUSINESS FARMER. Some readers
have asked upon what grounds Mr.
Campbell claims the support of the
farmers, and it will not be amiss to
review his record.
A Farmer Boy

In the ﬁrst place Mr. Campbell
came from a family of farmers. His
father was.a farmer in rather mod—
erate circumstances in Branch coun-
ty. Milo worked on the farm until
he was fourteen years of age when
it became necessary for him to shift
for himself. Through his own ef—‘
forts he secured an education, be-
ing obliged to quit school and college
on several occasions in order to re—
plenish his pocket. For a time he
taught school and was for several
years county superintendent of
schools. Later he studied law. While
yet quite young he was elected to
the legislature, where he exhibited
such abilities that Gov. Luce chose
him for his private secretary. From
then on he has been more or less in
the public service, practicing law at
odd intervals, but giving a great deal
of attention to his two farms in-
Branch county where he has had at
times herds of over one hundred
head of pure—bred Holsteins. The
past few years he has devoted almost
his entire private attention to the
active management of his farms.

Among the public positions he has
held should be mentioned the United
States marshals-hip for the eastern
district of Michigan, Mr. Campbell
being appointed by Theodore Roose-
velt. He lost his job, however, when

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Mr. W11-
1 son w a s
‘ elected. ,

C ampbell
is a mem—‘
ber of the

t i o n a l
chur c h,
but is us-
' ually lib-
‘eral in his
religion 3
views. He
h a s a
p r e t t y
fair‘repu-
tation as
a breach-
er and
ﬁ 1 l e d
more than
one pul—
pit and in
church e s
of more
than one
den 0 m i—
naﬁon,

M r .
C ampbell
was in a
1 a r g o
measu r e
res ponsi~
bio for
the wheat price being set at $2.26 in-
stead of $2. In a conference with
Hoover at 3which Mr. Campbell was
one of the few actual farmers present
it was allgbut decided to recommend
$2 as the minimum price when Mr.
Campbell presented such telling ar-
guments against it that the price was
increased to $2.26. Later Mr.
Campbell discovered that in many
section-s of the country the dealers
were not paying the farmers what
they should under the guaranteed
price. He immediately went to
Washington, secured an audience
with Mr. Hoover to such good pur-
pose that the price to the farmer was
raised throughout the country.

Mr. Campbell’s greatest work per-
haps has been in connection with the
dairy industry. The efforts of the

'politicians of Chicago, ‘New York
and other great cities to prosecute
the farmers for charging what their
milk' was worth aroused Mr. Camp-
bell to such lengths that he under-
took a campaign of publicity and bit-

 

CAMPBELL

ter denunciation of the farmers’ per- _ .

secutors which gained the sympathy
of the public and in almost. every in-
stance secured an acquittal for the
accused farmers. He has contributed
in no small Way toward putting the
dairy industry on a business basis
and securing for the farmer a price
commensurate with the cost of pro-
duction.

Nearly two years ago when the
government took charge of the wool
clip of the country Mr. Campbell un-
covered and made public a gigantic
conspiracy on the part of the Boston
wool combination to‘ defraud the
farmers and the public of millions of

 
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dustries Board, to whose

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.douar‘s. through-their nisatﬁniaaon

at the, clip. Mr. .Campbel-l,;;pgesented§ii
El 
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vestigation and nipped ~ thegame -. of».

 

the conspirators in the bud. As-ure-“f
cently as, the spring of the present,

yearBernard Baruch of, the War In-

attention \ ..

the matter was brought, publicly ac- "

knowledged ,‘ Mr. Campbell’s services
in this connection. As-a result "or
these efforts nearly a million dollars
will .be distributed among the wool
growers of the eastern section of the
United States. . _-

Mr. Campbell on :State Issues

It has been asked Where Mr. Camp-
bell stands on such issues as ,the
state constabulary, taxes, the. ware-V
house amendment, state institutiOns,_
etc. Mr. Campbell is opposed to the
State Constabulary as it now exists.
He believes in a state police force,"
how-ever, to be recruited from the
wardens of the ﬁsh, game and forest
ﬁre departments and the inspectors
of the food and drug department. He
believes that we have too 'many war-
dens with police orsem-i—police pow?
ers. He wou d consolidate and give
each warden ower to act in behalf
of any state department. Butihe has
no use for state police patrolling the
state in‘uniformh He believes that
local ofﬁcials should be compelled
under penalty of removal from ofﬁce '
to enforce the law in co-operation
with the state wardens, and that the

latter should be depended upon in

times 'of violent strikes, riots and
other emergencies which are rare oc- ‘
currences in Michigan.

Mr. Campbell'was the ﬁrst candi~
dateyto declare for strict economy in,
the conduct of state affairs. And he
is the only one who has announced a '
deﬁnite plan of economy. He has
promised if elected to bring about a'
reduction in the innumerable boards
and commissions of the state, entire?
ly eliminating the functions of some
and co-ordinating the functions of
others. In this way he believes that
a large sum of money can be saved
to the taxpayers. '

On the warehouse amendment Mr.
Campbell has stated that he believes
in the principle of submitted consti-
tutional amendments to the vote of
the people. There is no doubt that
had he been governor during the past
two years he would have recommend-
ed the submission of this question.

Those who are actively supporting
Mr. Campbell’s candidacy, and they
the agricultural
leaders of the state and rural com-
munities, are thoroughly satisﬁed
that Mr. Campbell, if elected, will.
continue to give agriculture the same
sympathetic consideration as in the
past. As Governor of Michigan he
will have the influence and’powe'r to
render still greater service to Michi-
gan agriculture. The farmers and
their wives of this state can put Mr.
Campbell in that position. It is up
to them.

 

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“movement to organize the farmers.
‘ On the contrary the action' is pure—

"this ofﬁce two years.

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l‘tural districts .of thef's‘tate the
armors have either endorsed one
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state-wide

7‘17 local in its inception. The farm-

"?‘;___ era are, however, moved by a com-

,  vim-on desire. ' To purge the legislature
 of its spenders and to punish those
 -whocouldn’t trust the people to vote
~""‘_‘on the warehouse amendment.

V The sentiment for a change of rep-
resentatives that will more nearly
‘ reflect the views and interests of the
farmers is most pronounced in the
Thumb, in nearly every district of
which there is a hot contest be-
.tween machine candidates and farm-
er candidates. Among the farmers
there is little division of sentiment.
In several districts the local or coun-
ty farm bureaus have ofﬁcially en-

dorsed candidates, and members'of‘

all farm organizations are joining

hands to nominate them.
‘TJae Twentieth District

‘Th'e twentieth senatorial district
comprises the counties of Huron and

. Sanilac, represented last year by Geo.

B. Forester, a banker of Dackerville,
whose record for economy is notori-
ous for its absence. The situation
in this district is placed before us
by a Harbor Beach subscriber, who
Writes as follows:

“Mr. John Hunt of Huron county
became a candidate for state senator
only after long pursuasion by mem-
bers of the Farm Bureau, supposing
it would be a clean—cut race between
him and John Wallace. "Mr. Wallace

‘withdrew, and now ‘they’ have se-

lected State Senator Forrester of
Sanilac county again, who has ﬁlled
_‘ In this dis—
trict it has been an unwritten law
that one county should name the
candidate for a two term period and

'then the other county should have

this privilege. This custom has been
in effect for many years, but this
summer the farmers of the district

‘ selected a Huron county man as their
‘- candidate. BecauSe of the opposition
i. to the farmer candidate various ﬁn-

ancial interests in these counties
have circulated petitions .for the re-

"?‘nomination of Sen. Forrester.

,“In all fairness Huron county
should send the next senator to the
state legislature from this district
and John Hunt, progressive Huron
county farmer is the man who should
receive the support of every fair-
minded man in Sanilac and Huron
counties. Mr. Hunt is personally
known to those who have induced
him to run, and without question,'if
elected he would be one of the best
senators that the district as a whole
ever had.

“John Hunt is'a pioneer of Huron
county. He owns a large and at-
tractive farm in Verona township on
which he has labored, for over forty
years to turn a forest into fertile.
He has been intensely interested in
whatever activity would make for

vbetter and happier conditions in his

 

 

 

‘ Take Active Hand in Fall Campaigns

‘By THE EDITOR

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Amused over Extravagancies of Last Legislature and Warehouse Reba-ff F i 

 

 

trict and state politics.

bureau held on Tuesday.

port these candidates.

said—Huron County Tribune.

 

 

Farm Bureau to Enter Politics

HE HURON County Farm Bureau will take a hand in county, dis-
T This, at. least, is the report that comes from
the meeting of the executive committee and county oﬂlcers of the

At that meeting it is said that a resolution
was passed pledging the organization to do all it could in the coming

~ primary to promote and secure the nomination of John Hunt for sen-
ator; Milo Campbell, for governor; Godfrey Gettle for representative
and Chas. KB. Scully, of Almont, for lieutenant governor.
stood that circular letters will be sent out urging the members to sup-

The constitution of the organiza'tioniis silent on the Question of
politics. 'but speakers last Winter made statements to the effect that
theywould not try to control elections, but the members would be ex-
pected to support candidates who would tailor their interests.

County Agent Campbell says that he is barred from campaign acts
ivities because his salary is partly covered by Federal appropriations.
This would not necessarily inﬂuence the other ofﬁcers and directors, he .

It is under-

» was one of ﬁve who did not v'o'ta‘,f

 

 

 

 

community, as the‘ perusal of the
following will show: 3 '
“Born in Wisconsin. Parents
from New England, came with them
to Lapeer county, where he was left
an orphan at two years of age.
Brought up by strangers. Educated
in the district and high schools, of
Oakland county. Taught in district
and village schools 13 years. Came
’ t0 Huron county where he has since
resided since 1878. ‘Cut the road to
and cleared up a new farm. Twelve
years supervisor of Verona town-
ship. Twenty-two years president
HurOn County Mutual Fire Insurance
Co. President since its incorpora—
tion of the most, successqu co—opera-
tive elevator in Huron county. Help-
ed to organizea county farmers’ in-
stitute years before the state gave its
ﬁnancial assistance and was ﬁve
years its president. Is a member of
the County Road'Commission. He
was chairman of the Huron county
farm bureau membership drive. If
elected he promises to fairly repre—
sent every interest of the district.”

Clare District

A partial history of the farmers’

~ polit i c a l
moveme n t
i n t h e
counties of
Clare, Glad-
wi n a n d
R0 s c o m-
mon, con-
stit u t i n g
the Cla r e
represent a-
tive district
and a part
of the 38th
senator i a 1
district, has
a l r e a dy
been given
in t h e s e
columns. It was largely thru efforts
of John Fitzpatrick of Beaverton that
meetings were held in Clare county
to discuss endorsement of farmer
candidates and resulted in choosing
of himself and George Stehle to repre-
sent Clare county in making such en-
dorsements. County Agent‘ Atwater
of Gladwin county took an active
part in a poll of farm bureau mem—
bers which resulted in the appoint-
ment of Mr. Elmer Gedney and Levi
Pfenning to represent Gladwin coun-
ty. With Mr. Edward Coan‘of Ros—
common county these four gentlemen
endorsed 'Mr. Richard Emerson '01?
Grant Township, Clare county, as the
farmers’ candidate for the house of
representatives.

As campaign thunder this com-
mittee has secured the, signed ap—
proval of a large number of actual
farmers of the district who are per-
sonally acquainted with Mr. Emer-
son and can’vouch for his ability and
integrity. It is believed that the

 

 

 

    

RWHARD EMERSON

will place their conﬁdence ’in the
judgment of these and“ throw their.
support toMr. Emerson. '- . '

.lived on a farm all his life and at
present is farming 130 acres in
Grant township, Clare county. He
has represented his township on
board of supervisors for ten years,
and has been chairman of the board
for ﬁve years. At present he is
chairman of theClare County Road
Commission. He .has always taken
an active part in the agricultural af-
fairs of his county, and is well—equip-
ped to represent the farmers of the
Clare district in the legislature.

St. Clair. County, 2nd District

Upon the urging of his friends
Farmer John Volker of Marine City
has entered the race for state repre-
sentative from the second district of
St. Clair county, opposing Mr‘. Frank—
lin Moore, a well—to-do salt manu-
facturer of St. Clair, who has held
the ofﬁce two terms. Mr. Volker has
the endorsement of the Marine City
local of the St. Clair County farm bu—
'reau and of the Starville Farmers’
Club.

Mr. Moore’s stock argument as to
why the people of his district should
give him a third term is that by
virtue of his being speaker pro tem
of the 1919
session he
st a nds a
good show
0 f b e ing
selec t e (1
speaker of
the. n e x t
sess i o n,
t h er e b y
conferri‘n g
an honor
up 0 n S t.
Clair coun—
ty. In fact,
Mr. Moore
says he has
“alr e a d y
received a
large num-
ber of vol-
u n t ary
pledges of support for that important
office.” A strange statement, indeed,
when no man knows who will consti-
tute the next session of the legisla—
dure.

We have nothing against Mr.
Moore. We understand that he was
a very accommodating gentleman in
the last session of the legislature,,
voting for most of the appropria-
tions, commissions and other meas-
ures involving expenditures of the
public money. His claim for future
political honors should rest upon his
record. THE BUSINESS FARMER repro-
duces it below that his constituents
may become informed thereon:

On page 1863 of the Journal. of
the House, session 1919, appears the
follovifing:

I “The; Committee on Revision and
Amendment of the Constitution, by

 

 

 

 

JOHN VOLKER

_ v . Mr. Ivory,‘ chairman, reported Senate
,rest of the farmers of, the. district, ,

Resolution No. 5 (proposing the

warehouse amendment,) without rec— '

ommendation. N ._ I _
“Mir: Franklin-- Moore .».moved that

the j‘ointvresolution be], laid on?“ the,   “

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table.

 
 

"Mr. B-ram'an demand
and nays. » _
“The motion made‘ by M
then prevailed, a majority ,
members voting therefore. ,'
And that was the end otth
house amendment. ' .2 ,
Mr. Moore was conveniently «
from the House when the~ "
commission bill came up. But 11
tered a few moments after and. ,_~
just in time to vote for the resoluti
to amend the constitution permit“ ,
an increase, in the salaries of cir'c i
judges. ' 
Although Mr. Moore was in; 
House at the time the’ vote was talc-s
en on the State Park Commission 



 

  

either way On the measure. ,
ever a few moments later he did vote
to permit spearving suckers in the

Chippewa river. .

Mr. Moore voted for the State Con-
stabulary and an appropriation of,
$370,000. -

John Volker . - _.

John Volker, who aspires ~to- sues; -
ceed Mr. Moore, is as we have said, I
a farmer. He needs no introduction 'j.
to the people of his district for near- »
1y everyone in St. Clair county knows. .
John Volker. He was born on a
farm in Michigan in 1863, and at
tended the public schools. As a
young man he took to sea and sailed
the Great Lakes from 1885 to'1903,
retiring as chief engineer. He then
actively took up farming which he
has followed for seventeen years. As
one of the leading men of his com-
munity he has held various positions
of public trust. He has served for a
number of years as township treas-
urer, treasurer of his school district,
and in 1914 was elected to a six year
term as county road commissioner, a
position which he resigned after two
years of service. During the war Mr.
Volker was active in all the patri-
otic drives in every one of which his .
district went “over the top” with fly-
ing colors. A son served several
years overseas, taking part in many
of the important battles in which .
he was several times wounded.  2

Mr. Volker is a member of the“
Grange and Cleaners ,and was secre- I
tary—treasurer of ,the Marine City
farm bureau which he resigned, how-
ever, in obedience to the constitution
of the Bureau when he became a
candidate for state representative.

Mr. Volker is a man of high char-
acter, honest as the day is long, and
his farming and business experience
has been such as to equip him well
for theposition he seeks. He believ—
es ﬁrmly that it costs too much to
run our state government, and that,
if elected he can help reduce expend-
itures. He believes in letting the
pople rule, and giving them an op.-
portunity to express their views on"
amendments to the Constitution.

If elected, Mr. Volker will prob? 
ably not be speaker of the next House 
but he will be something more im-,
portant than that, a true representa-
tive of the people of the second dis-A
trict of- 9"\ “"~-- county. .

Sanilac District

In the Sanilac representative dis-2'

trict a three—cornered ﬁght is 0
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, T WILL be recalled that in Greek
Mythology Argus, the son of Zeus
' ‘ and Niobe,_had a hundred eyes.
: peorge Livingston, Chief of the Bu-
reau of Markets, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, has but two
eyes-being just an every-day hu-
lman being—but his friends say that
this vision is‘better than Arg'us’ ever
was. It has to be good to see all
sides of the big farm marketing prob-
lems of to-day and then to look after
-100’ ﬁeld ofﬁces distributed through-
out the United States, as well as to
direct the activities of some 1,330
employees who are trying to solve
them.
But going back a little farther,
George Livingston ﬁrst saw the light

of day on September 14, 1886. There”

after, he spent 18_years on a farm.
During that time he saw’a great many
things. Other people saw them too.
But whereas others sat down and
grumbled at the hard lot of the farm-
er, George «Livingston determined to
‘ apply corrective measures if he ever
got the opportunity. At the same
time he perceived that Mr. Oppor—
tunity might fail to put in an ap-
pearance, so he donned his hunting
togs and went after him.

At twenty-nine G. L. was an au-
thority on grain and grain market-
ing. He had graduated from the
Ohio State University and thereafter
spent ﬁve years specializing in agri-
cultural and marketing methods in
the capacity of instructor and assist-
ant professor at various universities.
His post—graduate course at Oorness
University subsequently led him to
Europe to study agricultural practic-
es there. Then he joined the Bureau
of Markets. His executive ability and
genius for organization were soon
recognized and four years later he
was appointed chief of the bureau.

Q ick to recognize ability in oth-
ers eorge Livingston is never satis-
ﬁed until its full force is being ap-
plied. When he established the
gra‘in inspection service he assembl-
ed the best talent that could be
found—men who knew their business
from the ground up. It was not an
easy job. There were many persons
who knew that while the adoption of
standard grades would remove the
guesswork from grain marketing and
therefore be of huge beneﬁt to the
farmer, it would also reduce their
own incomes considerably. How-
ever, that did not deter G. L. for a
moment. But instead of holding a
bludgeon over their heads he sought
quietly to secure their co-operation.
And ‘he did. That is the way he
does everything——quietly, courteous-
ly, unerringly.

For more than half a century ag-
ricultural experts and agencies have
devoted almost their entire atten-
tion to production problems. But
these experts are now agreed that
the question of marketing is of
equal importance, and that the pres-
ent marketing system is wasteful
and inefﬁcient in many spots. They
say that with the present methods
farmers lose millions of dollars an-
nually. More important than that
is the economic waste caused by the
quantity of food actually lost.

It is only comparatively recently,
however, that any organized effort
has been made to develop the ma-
.ch'inery of marketing to meet the
nation’s requirements. And with the
United States leading the world in
the maintenance of a government
agency to study and devise new mar-
keting methods, economists and
students of food distribution prob-
lems everywhere are watching close-
ly the results secured by the Bureau
of Markets and the man who directs
its activities. '
 Thoroughgoing investigations of
i existing conditions are basically nec-
essary to improvement of marketing
conditions. The Bureau of Markets
studies current market conditions,
the demand for speciﬁc crops. sourc—
es of supply, methods .of grading,
standardizing. packing and shipping
farm products, transportation and
storage, the nature of the commer-
cial transactions by means of which

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‘ Workv'of the  of‘Mnrlaets , I. r' l 

UNITED States Department 01 Agriculture and the State agri-
Tculturaz‘l colleges and experiment stations for many years havegbeen
rendering deﬁnite assistance to farmers in the solution of problems
concerning agricultural production.
cessity for devoting attention to marketing problems became apparent
and an Ofﬁce of Markets in the Department of Agriculture was created
This omoc subsequently developed into the Bureau of Mar- .
kets. The function of this bureau is to assist the farmer in solving
problems of marketing and distribution, as the “Bureaus of Plant and
Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture have for a great
many years assisted him in solving problems of production.
, man of Markets deals deﬁnitely with the selling end of farming and
is. therefore, concerned With' questions of economics and business. It
has been in existence about seven years and during this relatively short
time has done pioneer work in an undeveloped ﬁeld. - w '~ ,
The work of the Bureau of Markets covers the entire United States
and it has branch ofﬁces ‘or representatives in about ﬁfty places.

A few years ago, however, the ne-

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keting, methods of accounting and
business practice used by agencies
engaged in the marketing cf farm
products, co-operative associations of
farmers for marketing farm products
the purchasing of farm supplies, etc.

The speciﬁc commodities to which
the most attention has been given
are cotton and cotton seed, live stock,
meats and animal by-products, dairy
products, grain, hay," feeds and seeds
and fruits and vegetables.

Already conspicuous achievements
have been secured by establishing
standard grades for farm, products,
reducing waste caused [by faulty
storage and shipping methods, and
lowering costs of distribution of some
agricultural products. One or two
examples will indicate what it is pos-
sible to accomplish by improving the
present marketing methods.

By developing an inexpensive
storage house for sweet potatoes and
widely advocating its use the loss by
decay of the sweet potato crop has
been reduced from 25 per cent to 2
per cent—a saving ofabout $2,000,-
000 a year.

The president of a national bank
in Marshall County, Texas, has stat—
ed that the service rendered ’by the
Bureau of Markets in connection
with the assistance given cotton
growers in grading and stapling cot—
ton before sale has been worth $150,—
000 to the county. Another promi-
nent man in Hall county, Texas,
states that similar service perform-
ed there has been worth $200,000.
Hundreds of letters containing state—
ments such‘as these regarding all ag-'

 

ricultural products are continually
received by the bureau.

G. L. considers that the standard-
ization of farm products and the con-
tainers in which they are packed is
fundamentally the most important
work being performed by the hu-
reau: a work that is basic to all im-
provement in marketing, for Without
established standards and grades
there is no recognized basis for buy-
ing and selling; no common language

by which the parties to a transaction.-

may understand each other; no uni—
form standard of quality upon which
values and prices may «be, based. '

Mandatory standards have been
ﬁxed for American Upland cotton,
including grade, coor and length of
staple; for shelled corn, wheat and
oats and for climax baskets and con-
tainers for small fruits, berries and

vegetables. Permissive standards
have been recommended for white
potatoes, sweet potatoes, Bermuda

onions, strawberries, Seo Island and—

American—Egyptian cottons, and ten—
tat-ive standards have been formu—
lated for some other commodities.
There is urgent need for the stand-
ardization of hay, wool, live stock,
dairy and poultry products. In the
matter of hay alone many farmers
have stated that 9-10, of the losses
sustained in the hay business are due
to a lack of standard grades and a
uniform impartial inspection service.

He also believes that the econom,
ic waste caused by shipping products
to glutted markets and away from
under-supplied markets, will be pre—
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»' Markets, ’ii‘e‘Wsu/service, which many
."fariiiers‘nud of‘inestimable value. iii
~market‘in-g- their produce. These 're-‘
ports "coverjlive stock
poultry and dairy products, fruits,
vegetables. peanuts, cotton, hay, feed,
and seed. ' The cantaloupe, grow-
:ers and shippers of California
state that this service togeth-
er with the assistance given by
personal representatives of the Bit—
reau of‘ Markets, have saved “them
$1,000,000 in a” single season. .

,The daily, weekly and monthly re-
ports and' summaries showing market
conditions, prices, movement, sup-
-.ply and demand in connection with
live stock, meats, wool, hides and
skins; the preliminary standardiza-
tion of classes and grades of these
products; investigations of waste ,and
.loss in marketing with suggestions
for improved methods .and stock
yard supervision calculated to detect
and prevent‘dishonest practices have
effected a stabilization of the live
stock markets and, a saving of mil-
. lions of dollars, directly and indirect-
ly, to the producers, shippers, and
handlers concerned.

Prior to the establishment ofIthese
market news services a few large or-
ganizations only were able to. obtain
reliable information on market con-
ditions. Such information is _now
available to producers and to all in-
terested parties. This protects the
small producer and dealer,’ brings
about more stable conditions and bet—
ter distribution, and'beneﬁts con-
sumers as well. ‘

To make its reports of the utmost
practical usefulness, the bureau .has
equipped itself with the fastest sys-
tem of communication available to-
day, and its branch offices in the
great consuming and distributing
markets are connected by leased tel-
egraph lines operated by bureau tel-
egraphers. These wires are busy
from eight to twelve hours a day in
the exclusive transmission of inform-
ation which is vital to intelligent and
successful food distribution. At one
time during the war the bureau op-
erated 17,000 miles of leased wires.
These wires now extend about 5,000
miles and the mileage must be fur—
ther decreased on account of reduced
appropriations.

Before the news services could be
successfully operated it was neces-
sary to get the co—operation of the
railroads, to obtain information re-
garding the earlot movement of cer-
tain commodities. At the present
time nearly 1,200 agents-on 474 rail-
roads, involving 2'48,000- miles bf
road, send in reports which are used
in connection with the daily tele—
graphic bulletins on fruits, vegetables

Another important factor in -mar-
keting is the Food Products Ins-pec-
tion Service established by the bu-
reau, by the use of which shippers
and others interested. can obtain cer-
tiﬁcates attesting the condition of
their perishable products received at
central markets; a service that facil-
itates the distribution of the products
covered, hastens the release of cars,
lessens deterioration and waste on
account of delays resulting from dis~
putes as to the condition of products,
and prevents unfair trade practices.

At the present time fruit and veg-
etable inspectors are stationed at
twenty—ﬁve markets, about 147». addi-
tional markets being served from
these stations. Butter inspectors are
stationed in New York,.Philadelphia,
Chicago and Boston. ‘

Then there is the organization of
farmers' co-operative associations—-
permanent, economic institutions that
have a far:reaching-effect. There

' are now more «than 14,000 ’farmers'

co-operative associations in the Unit-
ed States, in the organization of many
of which the bureauwas called upon
to lend assistance. A staff of experts
is maintained to study practical meth-‘
ads of. co-opera‘tive marketing and to '
place the results in the hands of the

 
  

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Farmers Market Their Own Milk in Ohio City

Story of How Milk Rroducers of Richland County, Ohio, Overcome Their Distributing Problems -

ducers of Richland County,
Ohio, were practically at the
mercy of the regular distributors,
this distributor
had absorbed every other dealer of
any consequence. Thus intrenched
the survivor began a systematic ef—
fort to' still further enrich himself
at the expense of the producers. Not
only was the price of milk and cream
materially reduced but the weights,
and tests were continually in ques—
tion. Whole milk dropped to an av—
erage for the year of $2.20 per hund-
‘red, or one hundred and ten‘ or
twenty, depending'on how the‘ scales
were set, for 3.5 per cent butter fat
test and 4 cents a point above and
that much less below.
~About a year before

UP TO AUGUST, 1918 the pro-

the above

,date a feeble effort had been made

to oppose these high-handed meth-
ods in the organization of a small
company with ten thousand capital
and named the Richland County
Farmers Dairy and Produce Com-
pany, but the most formidable part
of this undertaking was its name.
Nothing tangible was accomplished
‘ towards regulating or raising prices.
Bad'management, small capital, poor
equipment and'an inevitable deﬁcit
soon brought forth an S. O. S. from
the few who still clung to the wreck—
age. This call was answered by J.
F. Rudd, President of the Electro-

1‘ pure Company, of Chicago.

Mr. Rudd, who was an experienced
~organizer, met with the producers a

'number of times, and ﬁnally made,

.them a proposition to organize The
Mansﬁeld Electropu-re Dairy '00.,
with a capital stock of $95,000, us-

ing the Electropure process to treat -

their milk instead of pasteurization.

Some two hundred producers sub-
scribed the stock and the most mod—
‘ern dairy machinery and equipment
was installed, of sufﬁcient capacity
to handle one thousand gallons of
milk, ﬁve hundred gallons of ice
cream and two thousand pounds of
butter a day, which if properly handl-
ed. would make handsome returns on
the investment. In Mansﬁeld there
was a ready market for that amount
of dairy products-of a better quality

~  than was being furnished.

, ' ‘But right here is where the direct-
,‘ors made the mistake which ‘has so
often been made in organizations of

. I \ this kind. . They seemed to think that

almost anybody could manage a dairy

" -’~~‘~;.distr'ibuting plant, and the worst part

sot thestupidity was that they could
[not-she, convinced of this vital error
.untII’iﬁour men had 'tried and failed,
Leach leaving a number of excuses but
at afésmgle reason—at, least not the
.‘ié-‘htsxreason'ior their failure, until
 .314; Ruhl took charge as temporary
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within reason, who knew every phase
of a dairy plant and of marketing the
product.

Mr. Ruhl’s idea of a manager was
that he should be a man who had
thoroughly learned the dairy busi-
ness from the ground up. A man
who could, if necessary, make good
ice cream, churn butter scientiﬁcally,
know how to treat and care for milk,
utilize the by—products and above all,
one who knew what bacteria were
and how to keep them down to a min—
imum by employing proper sanitary
measures, proper treatment of milk
and cream, clean bottles, clean pipes,
clean cans and clean everything. He
must understand that while ordinar-
ily “cleanliness is next to godliness,”
in the dairy business is a very part
of godliness.

After considerable effort Mr. Ruhl i

succeeded in convincing the board of
directors that he was right, and he
Was author ized to look for a man
meeting his speciﬁcations. This was
no easy- task, because the men who
would measure up all seemed to have
better jobs, at better pay than his
company could afford.

' But ﬁnally a plan was worked out
whereby the manager would'become
a direct partner in the business. He
was to be given a small salary, ﬁfty
dollars a week, and ﬁfteen per cent
of the net proﬁts. Under this ar-
rangement J. L. Dickerson, a thor-
ough dairy and creamery man, was
attracted to the position. He at
once began to do things. Not that
his predecessors had 'not been active,
but evidently through
have been doing the wrong thing,
because Mr. Dickerson’s very
monthly balance sheet showed black
ﬁgures at the end instead of red; and
after three months of his manage—
ment the company was earning at the
rate of better than 16 per cent on the

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ﬁrst.

entire Capital, and these ﬁgures are
steadily increasing. I

So much for the direct beneﬁts.
The indirect beneﬁts to the produc-
ers of Richland County are far great—
er. As soon as The Mansﬁeld Elect-
ropure Dairy Company was ready to
do business t ey announced that they
would raise ‘t e price of whole milk
to $3 per hundred for 3.5 per cent
butter fat test and 5 cents a point
above and ‘below, this price to be a
minimum for the year. The other
companies, of course, had to follow,
which meant that every producer in
the county was at once receiving 80c
a hundred more for his milk, an es—
timated increase of $4,000 a day, or
$1,460,000 a year. At the present
time the producer is receiving $3.50
a hundred for his milk, which is the
Cleveland price, as compared with
$2.20 received before the producers’
company was organized. The aver—
age price paid in Cleveland in 1918
was $3.20, so the increase cannot be
Wholly attributed to the general up—
ward trend. There would have been
no upward trend in Richland County
if the producers had not taken the
matter in their own hands and dem-
onstrated that they could run their
own business.

The producers of Richland County
are anxious that the story of their
ﬁnal success should be known to the
producers of other parts of the coun-
try, but are also very solicitous that
other producers do not repeat their
mistakes, should they undertake to
solve their problem in a similar way.

Electrical Pasteurization of Milk

The method used by the Mansﬁeld
producers to pasteurize their milk is
described in the July 3rd issue of
the Literary Digest as follows:

“The efﬁciency of the electrical
method of sterilizing infected milk

has been conclusively proved, accord—

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conclusion now is that milk can be
rendered free from intestinal bacilli
and those of tuberculosis by the elect—
rical method described without rais-
ing the temperature higher than 63
degrees or 64 degrees C. Says the
writer: .

“ ‘The temperature effect is very
short in duration and in itself is not
the principal. fact-or in the des‘truc-"
tion of the bacteria. It is stated that.
though the milk is not sterilized in
the strict sense of the word, yet the
percentage reduction of the bacteria
taken over a period of a fortnight,
is 99.93.

“ ‘The keeping power of the milk
appears to be increased, the taste is
not altered, and, so far as careful
chemical examination can determine,
the properties not impaired, it is
deﬁnitely‘stated that the milk so
treated can be described accurately
as raw milk free from pathogenetic
bacteria. No very extensive work
has been done nor safe conclusions
deducted as to the biological value of
the milk so treated, but so far ’ba'bies
fed on this milk are reported to have
done ‘extremely’ well. The bacteri-
cidal effects are attributed not to-
the direct action of the current, as
such, upon the bacilli, but to the heat
generated in its passage.

“ ‘The opinion is expressed that in
the electrical method the current
raises the temperature of the milk
more quickly than occurs in simple
heat-sterilizing, and since this cur-

rent passes through every part of.
the milk the heat which it generates.-

reaches the whole of the fluid at the
same moment. We note that the
electrodes used are made of cop er,
and it is known that traces of this,
metal serve a bactericidal purpose,
but in the report it is stated that no

 
  
  
    
 
    
 
   
  
   
  
   
    
  
 
   
   
   
  
  
  
    
   
  
    
    
    
  
    
  
   
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
 
  
   
 
   
  

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“ ‘The Medical Research Commit-~'
tee concludes that this work has pre-
sented us with ‘an elegant and prac-
tical method of purifying milk for.
human consumption, of which the,
use upon a large scale becomes now
a problem for closer ﬁnancial and ad.-
ministrative examination.’ ”
Economic Value of ,Method
THE BUSINESS FARMER understands
that tests of this machine have def-
initely proven its economic adva
ages over the old method of pastel}.
rization. 'It is stated that the ma
chine can be operated frem’one-_
fourth to .one—third the cost 01,0' '
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, rate increase granted by the Inter-
’ state Commerce commission will
cease lower prices. And it is quite
likely. as oﬂlcials of railroads oper-
oﬂng- east from and St.

Louis report labor conditions better '

and increan emclency in the hand-
ling of, height. and the roads are
rapidly clearing away, the freight
’ congestion. Grain markets have de-
clined in the face of small receipts
 to the fact that even though
supplies were small they exceeded
the demand, and if larger receipts
are received at the markch
and there will be an increased move-
mentofgrainassoonastherail-
mods get the present congestion
cleared away—prices will decline
even faster than they have been re-
cently. Another factor that is
hearing the markets is the credit out-
look. Europe is curtailing her ex-
ports' from this country because oef
recent decrease in the exchange val-
ue of her money in the United States.
Credit she cannot get so her imports
must decrease. Companies have
been formed here in this country to
assist foreign countries by advanc-
ing credit to them, but these com-
panies have gone no further, as the
ofﬁcials have began to wonder when
they would get their money back,
and, even though they can get high
interest rates, it does not appeal to
them with markets and ﬁnances in
the present condition. These com-
panies were formed, however, before
the present slump in prices. Credit
for citizens of this country continues
rather tight, especially for the man
that Wishes to speculate’ on Wall
Street. Men that deal in \Vall Street
stocks has been in the habit of bor-
rowing around 80 per cent of their
money on their‘securities but there is
nothing doing at the banks on bus-
iness of this kind now. One banker
says that it is his opinion that mon-
ey will never be as plentiful again on
Wall Street as it has been up to the
last few months. ,.
Last Saturday the Interstate Com-
merce Commission decided how the

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DETROIT—Wheat easy. Corn quiet and  Oats scarce
and ﬁrm. Beans inactive and steady."0attle and hog markets slow.

CHICAGO—Grains are weak and demand Both cattle
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increased freight rates will be ap-
plied ln the state of Illinois. They
granted the roads the right to in-
crease the rates 40 per cent on inter-
state trafﬁc between Illinois and east—
ern territory and a 35 per cent in-
crease between Illinois and western
territory. The commission states
that this state is so situated that it
may be regarded as partly in the
eastern territory and partly in the
western. We have been unable to
learn whether this will also apply to
Michigan or not, but after reviewing
the conunission’s decision regarding
the “Sucker State” there is no ques-
tion but that we will be partly, if
not entirely, within the 40 per cent
limit.

The war news, which has been
pushing grain prices Skyward, has
worn itself out and prices are again
easy in all grains but corn. It is
believed that the only thing that
would cause grains, excepting corn,
to advance at present would be re-
ports of serious crop damage, but the
only crop that can be damaged seri-
ously is corn as other crops are har-
vested or too far along. There are re-
ports from the west of damage to the
corn crop by early frosts. These re-
ports have given the corn market
strength during the past few days
which we feel sure is only temporary.
Apparently there is only one chance
for higher prices and that is ship-
pers being unable to secure cars, but
this will have to happen between

 

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3. He advocates the

products.

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.MARTINDALE

1. He was born one. farm and.
has lived on one most of his
life.

2. He owns and operates under
his
large well—equipped
Oakland County and is a mem-
ber of the Michigan
Farm Bureau.

_ providing of certain facilities by the —
State for the better handling and marketing of farm

4. He favors lake to ocean route as an outlet to Mich-
igan products and agateway for Michigan necessi-

 
  

5. He believes in generous treatment of service—men and

He has had broad experiencin State slfairs as Repre—
sentative. Senator and Secretary of State and as such
took great interest in advancement of child welfare”,
pure food laws, health laws,
roads and the betterment of term conditions.

He has at heart the highest good
relation “at 
velopment of its business, social and religious life. '

MARTIND‘ALE. '
FOR GOVERNOR. ‘

Frederick C.

FOR GOVERNOR OF THE-
STATE OF MICHIGAN

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believe that there will be plenty of
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WHEAT WEAKEN S

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No. 2 “Id . . . . ‘2.47 2.54% 2.87
N6. 2 WM“ . . . 2.45 2.55 '/a 2.87
No. 2 Mlxed 2.45 2.80

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
Grads IDstrolt I Chicago I N. v.

No. 2 Red . . . ; 2.2km
No. 2 Whlte . . . 2.21 V. 2.32
lo. 2 Mlxed . . . 2.21 ‘/2 2.32

 

The war news has been dissipated
and no longer gives strength or in-_
fluences the trend of prices in the
wheat market as it did a week ago.
The market is weak but prices are
higher than they were at the close
of last week. Wheat, for the pres-
ent, is not expected to ;decline as
fast as it did owing to the increase
’in shipping demand. Demand from

the mills is strong at all milling
point excepting Detroit. Export de-
mand is very large again. Most of

this export trading is done through
the gulf ports. Some of these ports
have their yards full of loaded cars
that cannot be handled because of
the failure of ships to arrive. Gov—
ernment crop reports of August lst,
for Michigan, show early threshing
returns of winter Wheat indicate poor
yields in the southwestern part of
the state owing to, Hessian fly dam-
age and winter-killing, but in other
sections the yield is about normal.‘
The reported average: for this state
is 15 bushels per acre. This puts
the entire crop for Michigan at 12,-
855,000 bushels. Last year 19,285,-
000 bushels were produced. The U.
S. Department of Agriculture in its
August lst report forecasts the
spring wheat yield for t "United
States to be 262,000,000 bushe‘ls'as
against 291,000,000 bushels for last
month. They place the amount of
winter Wheat at 533,000,000 bushels
while the July lst forecast was 518,-
000,000 bushels. This makes the
total for all Wheat 795,000,000 bush—
els, or 74,000,000 bushels less than
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CORN EASY

CORN PRICES PER 30.. AUG. 11, i820
. Grads (Detroit [ehleasol N. Y.»
No. a Yellow 7. . 1.10 I 1.859% 1.80%
No. 3 Yellow . . . I
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No. 8 Yellow . . . 2.00 2.01 '
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tained, but in Order to mature
, will have to have snﬂlclent mutiny..g:

duringthe next ten or newsman, ‘

The farmers living near Brighton'in
Livingston county suffered -.consider+ ,
table damage to their corn cropr "7 '

hall last week. Some report   

ﬁelds a complete loss. Thesauru-
ment reports we will have 8,002,000.:

000 bushels of corn from the
looks. This is a substantial
over - last month's prediction.
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way it
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Oat markets are experiencing a
very good demand but a serious
shortage of receipts and consumers

are beginning to worry about where A

they are going to get enough of this
grain to supply them until October.
They do not make much use of the
new crop for feeding until that time.
According to Verne H. Church, U. S.

Bui‘eau of Crop Estimates, the pres- ,.

ent condition of oats in Michigan
promises a yield of 52,490,000 bush-
els. The crops is 30 per cent better
than it was last year at this time,

and six per cent better than the ten .
The yield for the en- a

year average.
tire United States is estimated by
the Bureau of Crop Estimates to be

1,402,000,000 bushels,‘or 154,000,-' -

000 bushels more than was harvested
last year.‘

RYE IN ACTIVE DEMAND

Like wheat, the rye market ad-
vanced on foreign buying and then
declined later but there is‘so little
rye on'the ma‘rket that theprice has
not declined very fast. There is not
much local milling demand to hold
the price up where it is, but reports
are about that Germany is taking rye
rather freely under cover. The gov-
ernment report suggests a crop of
77,900,000 bushels for the country,
which is over 9,000,000 bushels less
than last year. Rye rules steady on

Detroit market at $2.05 for No. 2.

BEANS QUIET
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Grade lDotrolt Ichlcsgo] N. Y.
o. H. P. . . . . ..| 3.25 l l_
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We have another decline to report
in bean prices on the Detroit mar-
ket. They declined 15c during the
current week, but the market is fair-
ly steady and quiet. Regarding the
future trend of the bean market, J.
Ralph Pickell, the prominent grain .
market authority, says, “Look for
higher values. between now and 0c-
tober." The average condition ‘of
beans in this state, as reported by.
government agents, is 90 per cent, ,
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yield of last year. Clover .is averag-
ing 1.16-tons per acre. The govern—
ment places the yield for the United
States at 88,600,000 tons, which is
only 2,700,000 tons lees than last
'I-Iay prices -are
expected to advance owing to the in-
ability to secure cars to ship in.

. WOOL MARKETS
The wool market continues pract—

ically unchanged in its stagnant con-

dition, with almost no wool moving
at least not enough to base fair quo—
tations on, as most of what has
changed hands has been at what
amounts to forced sale, or else has

‘ been bought by those who had to

have the wool to keep going. Prices
are quoted “nominally” as high as
70c, still, but the practical top is 50c
for the very best'wools which have
been sold.

_ All interests are keeping a sharp
eye on the market, according to re—
ports, “however, and any indications
of activity will be closely followed
by all concerned, as the feeling is
becoming more and more general
that the present "dead" condition

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LIVE STOCK MARKETS
"DETROIT—Cattle: Market steady
at last week’s close, but trade very
slow; some goingover unsold; best
heavy steers, $12@13; best heavy
steers, $9.50@10.50; mixed steers
land heifers, $7.50@8.50; handy
light butchers, $6.50@7.25; light
butchers, $5.75@6.25; best cows, 38

8.25; butcher cows, $6@7; cut-
ters, $4.75@5; canners, $4@4.50;
best heavy bulls, $7.50@7.75; bo-
logna bulls, $6@7; stock bulls, $5.50
@5325; feeders, $8@9; stockers, $6
@8; milkers and springers, $70@
140. Veal calves—Market very slow
at last week’s close; quality very
common; 'heavy cull-s 50c to $1 lower
best $18@18.50; others, $76114.
Sheep and lumber—Market 50c to 75c
lower; common thin lambs very dull;
almost unsalable; best/lambs; $11@
12; fair lambs, $9.50@11; light to
common lambs, $6@8; fair to good
sheep, $6636.50; culls and common,
$2604. ~Hogs—Market slow; good

heavy, $15@
15.50; pigs, $15@15.25; roughs, $12
@1275; stags, $86010.

, CHICAGO-v—Cattle: Light and

‘ handy weight steers steady to strong,
top lightweight $17.50 best heavies
bulk choice,

others steady, slow,

tie, ,vef‘ry draggy, bulk good grades,
$§£61@l.5.75; ’grassers mostly $9.60
$34.50; good to. best’cows, .310.@

:' neatly . steady; ...medium cows,
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steady, to- 10c loser: top, 310; bull:
light and butchers, $15.26@*15.85;
bulk packing sows, $14.15@14.50;
pigs strong; bulk desirable, kinds,
$14.25@15; Sheep, killing classes,
steady to 250 lower; top western
lambs, $13; top native lambs, $12.75
bu-k $11@12.25; tat eWes, largely
$7@7.25; good Montana wethers,
bid, $7.75; feeding lambs steady, the
bulk good and choice, $12@12.40.

THE PALMER BROTBEBS’ CASE
According to reliable sources,
Alexander MacVittie, Tuscola county
agent, has made public charges
against the quality and method of
selling, which the Palmer Brothers,
Belding, have employed in disposing
of Shorthorn bulls, which he claims
they imported from Canada.
Several of our readers have writ-
ten to us within the current week,
asking if these charges were, true. We

' had previously begun investigations,

because we are determined to “play
fair" in a matter hi this kind. Un-
der date of August 13th, Palmer
Brothers, make the following state-
ment to us:

“In the matter of the slanderous
publicity recently given our busi-
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WASHINNGTON D. 0, Aug. 21,
1920—Late great improvements in my
forecasts will begin with the ﬁrst of

November next. Warm waves will
reach Vancouver, B. C., near Aug. 26
and temperatures will rise on all the
Paciﬁc slope and over the middle and
northern Rockies. Its center will move
southeastward, reaching St. Louis on
about 28. Its path will be by way of
Salt Lake. It will continue south-
east from St. Louis, reaching Atlanta
about 29, then northeastward, reach-
ing Ottawa. and eastern sectiOns about
Aug, 30 or 331. Very warm weather

I

to express our appreciation of your
withholding judgment until you have
given us an opportunity to show you
our side of the case.

“My brother and myself were in
Lansing yesterday to present our
case to the extension department, but
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central path   

The con part or. low-ion 
center will rollovth 
about one day behind and the noble;
wave center about two days behind. 
This disturbance will have 
than average force; will be larger 
than usual: more. rain is y _
from it than past averages of this
My forecasts have said that
§ulgust would bring more rain than -
u y. - ~—

I am expecting ,very destructive ‘,
frosts in our northern states and the
Canadian provinces east of Rockies’
crest during the week centering on<
Sept. 11. Much of the corn .crop is
late and, as I see it, will be' badly.
damaged. These frosts will also
damage some of the late crops in
Canada. I am expecting the most se-
vere storms of the year immediately
followed by a cold wave and killing
frosts during that w

eek.
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t'ention to takethe matter up with
them again Monday. _
“Immediately thereafter we will be
in a. better position to go into the
matter with you either by personal

’call on letter.

"We feel that when given a
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id’entity, so in Panama were at work ,

cross purposes which involved Leon-
cia and the Solanos, Torres and the
Jets, and, not least in importance,
one, Yi Poon, the rotund and moon-4
faceliv Chinese.

The little old judge who was the
Jefe’s creature, sat asleep in court in
San Antonio. He had slept placidly
for two ‘hours, occasionally nodding
his head and muttering profoundly,
although the case was a grave one, in-
volving twenty years in San Juan,
where the strongest could not sur-
vive ten years.

dence or argument.
was called, decision and sentence
were in his mind, having been put
there by the Jefe. "The .prisoner’s
lawyer ceased his perfunctory argu-
ment, ‘the clerk of the court sneezed
and the judge woke up. He looked
about him briskly and said:

“Guilty.” . '

No one was surprised, not even the
prisoner. ~

“Appear tomorrow. morning
sentence—Next case.”

Having so ordered the judge pre-
pared -to settle down into another
nap,‘when he saw Torres and the
Jefe enter the‘fcourtroom. A gleam
in the Jefe’s eye was his cue, and he
abruptly-dismissed court for the
day.

“I have been to Dodrig ez Fer-
nandez,” the Jets was explaining ﬁve
minutes later in the empty courtroom
“He says it was a natural gem, and
that much would be lost in the cut-
ting, but that nevertheless he would
still give ﬁve hundred gold for it.—
Show it to the judge, Senor Torres,
and the rest of the handful of big
ones." ’

And Torres began to lie. He had
to lie, because he could not confess
the shame of having had the gems
taken away from him by the Solan-
es and the Morgans when they threw
him out of the hacienda. 'And so
convincingly did he lie that even the
Jefe he convinced, While the judge,
except in the matter of brands of
strong liquor, accepted I everything
the Jefe wanted him to believe. In
brief, shorn of the multitude of de-
tails that Torres threw in, his tale
was that he was so certain of the
jeweler’s under-appraisal that he had
despatched the gems by special mes-
senger to his agent in Colon with in-
structions to forward to New York to
Tiffany’s for appraisement that might
lead to sale.

As they emerged from the court-
room and descended t}; several steps
that were flanked by single adobe
pillars marred by bullet scars from
previous revolutions, the Jets was
saying:

And so, needing the aegis of the
law for our adventure after these
gems, and, more than that, both of
us loving our good friend the judge,
we will let him in for a modest share
of whatever we shall gain. He shall
represent us in San Antonio while
we are gone, and, if needs be, fur-
nish us with the law’s protection.”

Now it happened that behind one
of the pillars, hat pulled over his
face Yi Poon half sat, half reclined
Nor was he there by mere incident.
Long ago he had learned that secrets
of value, which always connoted.the
troubles of humans, were markedly
prevalent around courtrooms, which
were the local points for the airing
of such troubles when they became
acute. One could never tell. At any
moment a secret might leapat one
or brim over to one. Therefbre it
was like a ﬁsherman casting his line
into the sea for Yi Poon 'to watch
the
witnesses for and against, and-even
the court‘hanger-on or casual seem-
ing, onlooker.

for

So, on this'morning, the one per-l

son ofpromise that" Yi Poonxﬁhad
picked «out was: a ragged“*bld peon

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the terror of it.

   

not get another drink verywnnmeal:
ately. Bleary-eyed he was, and‘red

lidded, with desperate resolve paint-P

ed on all his haggard withered line-
aments.
emptied, he had taken up his stand
outside on the steps close to a pillar.

And why? Yi .P.oon had asked
himself. Inside remained only the
three chief men of San Antonio—the
Jefe, Torres and the Judge. What
connection between them, or any of
them, and the drink—sodden creature
that shock as if freezing in the blaz-
ing rays of the direct sun-rays? Yi
Poon did not know, but he did know
that it was worth: while waiting'on
'achance, no matter how remote, of
ﬁnding out. So, behind the pillar,
where no atom of shade protected
him from the cooking sun which he
detested,- he lolled: on the steps with
all the impersonation of one placidly
infatuated with sunbaths. The old;
peon tottered a step, swayed as if
about to fall, yet managed to deflect
Torres from his companions, who
paused to="wait for‘ him on the pave-
ment a dozen paces on, restless and
hot footed ‘as if they stood on a grid,
though deep in earnest conversation.
And Yi Poon missed no word nor
gesture, nor glint of eye nor shifting
face line, of the dialogue that took
place betWeen the grand Torres and
the wreck of a peon. '

“What now?” Torres Demanded.

“Money, a little money, for thé
love of God, senor, a little money,”
the ancient peon whined.

“You have had your money,” Tor-
res snarled. “When I went away I
gave you double the amount to last
you twice as long. Not for two weeks
yet is there a centavo due you.”

“I am in debt,” was the old man’s
whimper, the while all the flesh of
him quivered and trembled from the
nerve-ravishment of the drink so
jalpably recently consumed.

“On the pulque slate at Peter and
Paul’s,” Torres, with a sneer, diag.
nsed unerrlngly. ' '

“On the pulque slate at Peter and
Paul’s,” was the frank acknowledge-
ment. “And the slate is full. No
more pulque can I get credit for. x I
am wretched and suffer a thousand
torments without my pulque.”

“You are avpig creature without
reason !”

A strange dignity, as of wisdom
beyond wisdom, seemed suddenly to
animate the old wreck as be straight-
ened up, for the nonce ceased from
trembling, and gravely said:

“I am Old. There is no vigor left
in the veins nor the heart of me. The
desires of my youth are gone. Not
eVen may I labor with this broken
body of mine, though well I know
that labor is an easement and a for-
getting. Not even may I labor and
forget. Food is a distaste in my
mouth and a pain in my belly. Wo-
men—they are a pest that it is a
vexation to remember even having
desired. Children—I buried my last
a. dozen years gone. Religion—«it
frightens me. Death—J sleep with
Pulque—ah, dear
God ! the one tickle and taste of liv-
ing left to me! ‘ -

“What if I drink over much? It
is because I have much to forget, and
'have but little space'yetto linger in
the sun, ere, the Darkness, for my
old eyes, blots out the sun forever.”

Impervious to the old man’s phil-
osophy, Torres made an impatient
threat of movement that he was go-
ing.

“A few pesos, just a handful cf‘
pesos," the old peon pleaded. ‘

“Not .a cen'tavo," Torres said with
ﬁnality. -

“Very well," said thebld man with
equal ﬁnality. ~ 4 ' ~ ‘  '

“What do you' ‘mean?”,

, R - Torres (
rasped with swift suspicion. ' '

“Have you‘forgotten?” was the re-' _

tort, With such emphasis of signifi-

canceas to—‘niake Yi Pooh wonder 
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res should have murdered one
them" was indeed a secret cf» price.

“Beast ! ,
imal of the dirt l”

‘ Torres’_
clenched in his rage.

send you‘ to San Juan. You know

what that means. . Not only willyou'
sleep with the terror of death, but
never fer a moment of Waking will _
you be free of the terrorof living as
you stare upon thebuzzards that will V
surely and shortly peck your bones;-

And there will' be no pulque in San
Juan. There isnever any pulque in

San Juan for the men I send‘therei'

So? Eh? I thought so.‘ You will
wait two weeks for the proper time
when I shall again give you money.

If you do not wait, then never,'this'

side cf'your interment in the bellies
of buzzards,
again.”
Torres whirled on his heel and was
gone. YiPoon watched him and his
two_cbmpanions go down the street,

roun'dedjthe pillar to ﬁnd the old'

peon'sunk dewn‘in collapse at his
disappointment of not getting any
pulque, groaning and. moaning and
making sharp [little yelping cries, his
body quivering as dying animals

quiver in the ﬁnal throes, his ﬁngers .

picking at his flesh and garments as
if picking off centipedes. Down be-

side him sat Yi Poon, Who began a,

remarkable performance of his own.“

Drawing gold coins and silver ones.

from his pockets he began to count
over his-money with chink and clink
that was mellow and liquid and that

to the distraught peon’s ear was as:

the sound of the rippling and riffling
of fountains of pulque. '

"We are wise," Yi Poon told him
in grandlloquent Spanish, still clink-
ing the money,‘while the peon whin-
ed and yammered for the few cents-
vos necessary for one drink of pul-
que. “We are wise, you and I, old
man, and we will sit here and tell
each other what, we know about men
and women, and life and love, and:
anger and sudden death, the rage
red in the heart and the, steel bitter
cold in the back; and if you tell me
what pleases me, then 'shall you
drink pulque till your ears run out
with it, and your eyes are drowned
in it. You like that pulque, eh? You
like one drink now, now, soon, very
quick?” “ , -

The night, while the Jets Politico
and Torres organized their expedi-
tion under cover of the dark, was
destined to be a momentous one in
the Solano hacienda. Things began
to happen early. Dinner over, drink-
ing their coffee and smoking their
cigarettes, the family, of which Hen—
ry was accounted one by virtue of
his brotherhood to Leoncia, sat on.
the wide front veranda. Through
the moonlight, up the steps, they saw
a strange ﬁgure approach. ,

“It is like a ghost,” said Alvarado
Solano. ‘

“A fat ghost,” said Martinez his
twine brother. '

“A Chink ghost you couldn’t poke 1

your ﬁnger through,” Ricardo laugh-
ed. . ,

“The very Chink who saved Leon-
cia and me from marrying,” _said
H’enry Morgan with recognition.

“The seller of secrets,” Lconcia
gurgled. “And if he hasn’t brought

a new secret, I Shall be disappoint- ‘

l‘Whai: do you want ~Chinhuman".
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[11 ‘ aid Yi‘ Poon hesitating to make up
as- his mind to .what kind of dollars he
my leould’dare to claims “One thousand
,5... ., ollars gold,” he concluded.
m  ngnrico forgot that he had deputed
[n  “the transaction to his eldest son.
he;  “Where is your witness?" he
“1' shouted. \ (it;
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yt ‘ k. the steps into the shrubbery, evoked
13'  the pulque-rataged peon, a real—
35  looking ghost who slowly advanced
,9— “  and tottered up the steps.
’  At the same time, on the edge of
m- } town, twenty mounted men, among
is _ whom were the gendarmes, Rafael,
m ,y Ignacio, Augustine and Vincente,
[d- ' * herded a pack train of more than
is ~ twenty mules and waited the com-
iy «A mand of the Jere to depart on they
[d I ,knew not what mysterious adventure
is r ‘. into the Cordilleras. What they did
It; know was that, herded carefully
rs \ depart from all other animals, was a
is ..  strapping big mule loaded with two
e_ hundred and ﬁfty pounds of dyna-
a I mite. Also, they knew that the de-
n, V , lay was due to Senor Torres, who had
3‘ ridden away along the beach with
it' the dreaded Caroo murderer, Jose
k . Mancheno, who, only by the grace of
it _ ‘ I God and of the Jets Politico, had been
_ “ kept for years from expiating on the
‘ls’ scaffold his various offenses against
3- I ‘ life and law.
7 And, while Torres waited on the
m _. ‘ . beach and held the Caroo’s horse and
K‘ 1 an extra horse, the Caroo ascended
1' , " on foot the winding road that led
34' to the hacienda of the Solanos. Lit-
1‘ , ' tle did Torres guess that twenty feet
‘1 . away, in the jungle that eucroached
u on the beach, lay a placid sleeping,
‘n ' pulque drunken, old peon, with,
‘11 ' crouching beside him, a very alert
:3 , _,a very sober Chinese with a recently
’1' ‘ acquired thousand dollars stowed
l9  ' under his belt. Yi Poon had had
‘1 ‘ barely time to drag the peon into
lt hiding when Torres rode along in the
d ’ sand and stopped‘almost beside him.
u ' Up at the hacienda all members of
'y . the household were going to bed.
' 4 Leoncia just starting to let down her
10 1 hair, stopped when she heard the
1- ' rattle of tiny pebbles against her
L8 Windows. Warning her in low whis-
n J “.pers to make no noise, Jose Man-
n cheno‘ handed her a crumpled note
t- whiCh Torres had written, saying
it » ‘ mysteriously:
[— ‘ “From a strange Chinaman who
it waits not a hundred feet away on
n. . the edge of the shrubbery.”
h A And Leoncia read in execrable
97 Spanish.
“First time I tell you secret about
0 “ ‘Henry Morgan. This time I have
' secret about Francis. You come
a 7 '0 along and talk with me now.”
 Leoncia’s heart leaped at mention
3 of Francis, and as she slipped on a
i- mantle and accompanied the Caroo
7 L “it never entered her head to doubt
1- that Yi Peon was waiting for her.
‘1 And Yi Poon, down on the beach
and spying upon ‘Torres, had _no
a  doubts when he saw the Caroo mur-
1  derer appear with the Solano senorita

ouhd and gagged, slung across his
“boulders like a sack .of meal. Nor
I'Yo Poon have any doubts about
action, when he saw Leoncia
~ the. saddle or the spare
~ ‘nd‘ take away down the beach
""galiop,“with Torres and the
"riding-on either side of her.
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We will award a money prize of
$1,000 to the county that ﬁrst
eliminates its inferior sires.

This prize will be awarded under
rules provided by the Bureau of
Animal Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture.

Detailed information on request.

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in the right way by men who have
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when, through mechanical and engineering ex.
cellence, it renders a dogma: of senior: in money-
and labor-saying never before attained.

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the world’s record for close separation—a record tint still
stands. '

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achievement in cream separator building. With this notable n19
ﬁnement, the laboresaying features of the United States challenge:
and welcome all comparisons.

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 SATURDAY. AUGUST 3 21, 1920

Published every Saturday by the
RURAL PUBLISHING GOMPANV. Inc.
Mt. Clemens, Mlchlgan . '
Members Agricultural Publishers Association
Represented in New York. Chicago. St. Louis and Minneapolisby
the Associated Farm Papers .Incorporsted

 

 

GEORGE M. SLOCUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PUBLISHER

BORREST LORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . EDITOR
ASSOCIATES 7 .

Frank R.“ Schulck . . . . . . . . . .v . . . . . .Assistant Business Manager

Milon Grinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Editoris1 Department

M. . Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . ..Auditor

Frank M .\Vcber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..P]s.nt Superintendent

Mabel Clare Lsdd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Women‘s and Children's Dept.

“’iilmm .E. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Leggal Department

W Austin Ewalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Veterinsry Department

 

ONE YEAR, 62 ISSUES. ONE DOLLAR

Three years, 156 Issues
Five years. 260 Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
The address label on each paper is the subscriber’s receipt and
shows to what date his subscription is paid. When renewals are

sent it usually requires 3 weeks time before the label is changed.
Advertising Rates: Forty-ﬁve' cents per agate line. 14 lines to
the column inch, 768 lines to page. '
Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We offer special low
{ateihto reputable breeders of live stock and poultry; write un
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OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS
“’e respectfully ilSk our roadch to favor our ad-
vertisers when Dossiblc. 'l‘hcir catalogs and prices
are cheerfully scnt free, and we guarantee you
against loss providing you say when writing or or-

    

 

 

 

 

dering from them. “I saw your ad. in my Michigan

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Entered us second-class matter, at post-oiilcc, hit. Clemens, Mich.
Unemployment '

‘NE OF the greatest possible afflictions
that can come to a nation is wide-spread
unemployment. Fortunately we have not had
this condition to contend with in this country
fer a number Of years, but there is no certain-
ty that we shall entirely escape it. Six weeks
ago the woolen mils closed down, and threw
ten thousand men out of work. Last week
it is reported, automobile tire factories in Ak-
ron, 0., reduced their working force, relieving
25,000 men of their jobs. Although the nation
as a whole is suffering from a shortage of labor,
it will be some time before these 35,000 men
can secure other labor to which they are ac-
customed. In the meantime, their income has
stopped. Probably a few have been saving and
have a bank account to fall back upon. A
large number, however, have probably lived
from hand to mouth as is quite customary
these days, and will be confronted for the ﬁrst
time in yearswith the problem of securing
enough money to feed and clothe themselves
and families.

Some have said that labor would be merely
getting its just dues if it were obliged to beg
for a job and a living. But we cannot take any
such harsh view as that. We have no desire to
see bread lines in this land of plenty and pros-
perity. The rank and ﬁle of the laboring peo-
ple are honest. They return a. dollar’s worth
of labor for each dollar received. With the
cost of living where it is they are receiving no
more than they must have to live com fortohiy.
’l'hcy are not to blame for the rash and uncom-
promising attitude that some of their leaders

'havc assumed toward industry. Moreover,
pcrhaps if we analyze that attitude it may not
sccm so unreasonable as many have supposed.

For years the laboring classes have earned
barely enough to keep the wolf from the door.
Yet when the cry has gone up from the de-
pressed labor ranks that they were the victims
of a capitalistic system, a good many employ-

‘crs of labor have answered it by saying that
opportunity awaits every man to rise above
the common herd and become a part and par-
cci of the very system condemned. That is
foolish argument. True, such an opportunity
exists, but if every man should suddenly ac-
quire the capacity to arise to the opportunity,
thcre would he no one left in the common herd
and none to do the common labor, which if the
wheels of the world continue to go around
must be performed.

In considering the labor problem the man
who has the capacity foradvancement should
be left entirely out of thereckoning. He is
the exception. It is to the great mass of labor,
r—tliat army of plodders, large " of body and
small of brain, muscled to do heavy jobs but
limited in mental equipment for ﬁner work,
content to leave the intricate jobs and their re-
wards to others more ﬁtted. to perform them,
‘——it into this type of labor towth the nation
11911.13 siveits

  

 

  

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to' enjoy'theirzsimple pursuits: of JpleeCSure. the

while ; give them sufﬁcient warranties against

non-employment and cut in wages, and‘the 1a-
bor problem will take care of itsel . ‘ ’

 

' As You Love Good Government -
AS YOU LOVE good government begin to-

day to examine the candidates who are
seeking your votes at the primary electiOn.
Voting, to a good many people, is nothing but
routine like eating and sleeping- Many peo-
ple eat everything that is set before them with-

out understanding or caring what eﬁect it'

may have upon their physical bodies. Great
bodies of voters go to the polls at each election
and cast their votes without considering the
cOnsequcnces of their acts.

Most of the men whom the Republicans of
Michigan nominate at the coming primary
election will be charged with the duty of mak-
ing and enforcing the laws for the next two
years. The amount of taxes we will pay, the
kind of laws under which we will live, the pol-
icics which will in some way affect our social
and economic well being,.—all will be determin-
ed by those whom you elect this fall. Let there
be no mistake. Let no personal prejudices
blind us to our duties as good citizens of Mich-
igan and cause us to vote for men who may
prove false to us after they are elected.

In many districts of Michigan the farmers
have endorsed candidates for ofﬁce. Such act-
ive participation in political contests is most
commendable. We talk much about the ideal
of the ofﬁce seeking the man. And when
groups of people arise to the full responsibili-
ties of their citizenship and boldly pledge
their combined strength to candidates whom
they have sounded)out, without 'any strings
attached to their fealty, the nearer we will ap-
proach to that ideal. At the same time even
these groups may make their mistakes. Men
may be endorsed whom the rank and ﬁle can-
not conscientiously vote for. It is, therefore,
incumbent upon every individual to personally
investigate the candidates and give their sup-
port to those most qualiﬁed to serve.

But do not misunderstand the meaning of
the’term “qualiﬁed.” A man may be emi-
nently qualiﬁed from the standpoint of edu-
cation and technical preparation and yet be
wholly unﬁt to represent the people by whom
elected.

The qualiﬁcations for the legislator are
not so exacting as some might think. Of ﬁrst
importance is the honesty of the candidate. It
is not necessary for a man to stoop to'such
low trafﬁc as horse-stealing, hootlegging, lar-

.ceny, etc., to be dishonest. The man who
would be moved by bribes of either money or
political influence is just as dishonest and un-
desirable as the horse-thief. Courage is an-
other essential in the selection of our legislat‘
ors. Spare us from the week-kneed, namby-
pamby fellow who follows the bell wether no
matter where he may lead. A good education
helps a great deal, but common sensev‘is worth
more. It is not necessary as many used to be-
lieve that a good lawmaker must be a good
lawyer. The legal aspects of bills are thresh-
ed out in committees all of which access to the
entire legal department of the state. A fair
mind, an honest heart, a back-bone well lined
with lime, and an understanding of the needs
of his constituents should be the primaryqual-
ifications of the man who Seeks public ofﬁce.
Think this over between now and the, primary.
Talk politics with your wife and with your
neighbor. Take a Ireal‘live interest in it, and
when you go vote, you will cast your ballot
with a new sense of pride and responsibility.

 

‘ ,Take a Week Off
SAY, FARMER friend, why don’t. you take
a day 01f? Pack up Some grub,'grab a few
blankets, pilemother and the kids into the old
fiiv‘ver and hit the highway. for, the tall timber.
Get for enough away so? you can’t  wthe 
bloat at the calves when the,  mg: forgets

    
   

  

 

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had kept‘ri‘ght on.:growin'g. ‘An’. nobody h“

7 carried "away the fencesnor cut down, their): 
ple orchard nor burned the barn nor tipped
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would be safe to leave ’em again just fona. 13w '0

days? I Don’t you ’spose it would pay- you and
the folks to get away from. the grind of farm
work for ashort spell and do nothing but loaf

.and ﬁsh. Take a week off. Drive up into the "

wdods or plains of Northern Michigan; where
lakes, rivers, bass, pickerel, trout, wild berries,
an ’—everything abounds.
take it easy; play with the children; make love
to the wife ;——for one solid week. ‘Then acme
home. ‘You’ll ﬁnd there ’3 nothing like a good-
oldiashioned outing to piit the farm folks in
trim for the fall work. . l ' ‘

 

What Is Preferred Stock?

‘ E HAVE learned a few interesting

things since we announced the offering

of a preferred interest in our own company
here, in an issue two weeks ago. V .

In the ﬁrst place it develops that there are

a lot of good farmers, mahy of whom have a

few hundred or perhaps a few thousand dol—

lars which they are, anxious to invest where '

it will bring them a little more than the sav-
ings bank’s 4 per cent. and yet they do not
understand the simple difference” between Pre-
ferred and Common stock. 1

Preferred stock derives its name from the
fact that" it is always a prior claim over com~
mon stock, both as to dividends or priority in
case of bankruptcy. It usually pays a. ﬁxed an-
nual interest, which must be paid in full be— _
fore the common stdck pays any dividend. ,
When it is “Cumulative,” all back dividends I
must be paid before the common can derive
any proﬁts. ’

Common stock is usually the voting or act-
ive stock of the corporation, shares in all prof—
its, but where a Preferred stock is issued,
shares only after the ﬁxed dividend on the
Preferred stock has been paid in full. In case
of bankruptcy, the Common stock shares in
the assets of the defunct company, only after
the Preferred stock claims have been settled
in full. 

Preferred is therefore considered a more ,
conservative investment than common stock,
because the rate of dividend is ﬁxed in -ad-
vance and its interest is prior to that of the
common.

The interest or dividend rate is usually the
barometer of any investment risk. One man
buries his treasure and sleeps over it with a
shot gun; he takes no risk, but he receives no
interest. His money is loafing. Probably the
safest investment in the world is a United
States government bond, but they accordingly
pay the lowest interest. An investor in oil
stock may get 100 per cent a month, as they
often have, but the chances are just about a
hundred per cent against it. You can meas-
ure the safety of an investment pretty fairly
by the returns promised.

 

Silos In Michigan

E KNOW of one spot in Saginavﬁ‘Coun-

ty where by following the line of vision
completely around the horizon of that fertile
prairie country one may count nineteen silos,
some in groups of two or three beside the big
red barns. Some day we want to take a pano-
rama picture from that spot and when we do
we shall publicly - challenge: these boosters
from Wisconsin or New York (the two leading
silo states) to duplicate or better it." “ "

 
 

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that the 1920 census will ,show that Michigan

leads in, the number Of these “silent sampling}-

of business farming” on her farms. 5 '
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THEIR “FOREIGN SCHOOLS"

.While engaged in a little escapade

‘ through several rural districts of our
state, a copy of your valued paper
was brought to my attention. . It
was the number dated August 7th.
1‘ it I ﬁnd 3 reply to ex—Governor
Ferris Signed by Jess. Hamilton, auth-
or of the proposed anti~parochial
[and private school. amendment. As
this article contains at least one mis-
representation, I feel justiﬁed in sub~
mittlng‘ a few facts fer the protec-
tion of your readers.

Mr. Hamilton writes: “The Ger-
man Lutherans have furnished more
ministers that have been convicted
for disloyal acts than all other dc-
nominations in the land, and they
are the only religious denomination
conducting foreign parochial schools
that have taken the question into
court to ﬁght a legislative act when
the legislature of Nebraska passed a
law compelling elementary instruc—
tion to be in English.”

It isl—this your valued paper will
not hesitate to concede—indeed a
sad state of affairs when it becomes
possible in our great state to present
such a blatant misrepresentation of

to intelligent people. Either
‘Mr. Hamilton is ignorant or he is a
malicious perverter of truth. To pdn
a hideous statement on paper is not
difﬁcult for individuals of Mr. Ham-
ilton’s calibre, but to follow up his
assertions with proof is quite a dif—
ferent matter.’ Note, kind reader, e.
3., that when he speaks of a Polish
Roman Catholic school in Detroit
“where not a word of English is
spoken,” he fails to substantiate his
claim. Fact is that no such condi-
tion exists. But isn't it unfair, dis-
honest and un-American in the high-
est degree to deliberately lead an un-
suspecting audience astray?

Then as to the “German Luther-
ans”. and the “Foreign Schools.” Why
does Mr. Hamilton continue to call
the Lutherans of this country the
German Lutherans? If Mr.‘ Hamil~
ton has any knowledge of actual con-
ditions, he will know that over 90
per cent of the religious work con—
ducted by Lutherans in this country
is conducted in the American lang-
uage. Is it fair to place a church
body which since the days of the Rev—
olution and particularly during the
recent world war has always and in
'every instance proven the loftiest
type of patriotism for our country,
under suspicion of being German, im-
periali'stically German, in spirit?
Does not history itself slap Hamilton
in the ,face? Nor are the schools of
the Lutherans “foreign” schools. The
Lutheran parish school, kind reader,
was born and bred on American soil.
It has never had any connection with
any foreign country. Does Mr. Ham-
ilton know that the American Luth-
eran parochial school was founded in
identically the same‘manner as oth~
er American church schools in the
country? Does Mr. Hamilton know
that from the founding of this nation
up to the days of Horace Mann, who
died in 1859, there was no such an
institution as the public school?
Episcopalians founded their own Dar-
ish school; Presbyterians, Methodists,
Baptists, Congregationalists and
many other denominations founded
their own parish schools. ' Even the
higher schools of learning such as
Harvard, Yale, the University of Chi-
cago, also our own University at Ann
Arbor were founded by such denom-
inations. It was not until thousands
of parents neglected to send their
children to either a Parocmal 01' _3 prl'
vate school that the state gra€1011§1y
and very wisely came to their asstst—
ance by providing a free state school,
L 9., the public school. They have
always paid taxes cheerfully for their
upkeep' and improvement. Luther—

"ans even now send their children to
:' the public schbol after they have in
'ftheir ,own church school received an

education and training in the nurture
and admonition of the Lord. And
though Mr. Hamilton may not know
the rest of the hundred million in—
habitants of this glorious country do.
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is absolutely beyond reproach. Luth- with the. speculator, middleman and

erans believe that Daniel Webster
was right when he said: “If we abide
by the principle taught by the Bible,
our country will go on prospéring;
but if we and our posterity neglect
its instructions and authority, no
man can tell how sudden a catas—
trophe may overwhelm us and bury
all our glory in profound obscurity."
Lutherans also believe that the fath-
ers of our country were right when
they established the complete separ~
ation of church and state and in the
very first amendment to the consti—
tution of“ our country declared not
only that Congress shall make no
law respecting the establishment of
religion, but also added “nor prohibit
the free exercise thereof.”

Finally the statement that the
“German Lutherans have furnished
more m'inis‘t‘ers that have been con-
.victed for disloyal acts than all other
denominations in the land”_ con-
victs Mr. Hamilton of prevaricatious
of the most hideous sort. If Mr.
Hamilton does not know it, all the
rest of the country does know that
whatever “German”~ ministers were
convicted for disloyal acts during the
recent war were not Lutherans, but
isolated members of the state church
of Germany, wandering immigrants,
with whom the Lutheran church
which in this unhappy and unwar—
ranted campaign’ is .defending its
magniﬁcent system of congregational
schools against a nefarious attack
never has had the slightest degree of
connection.

Place Mr. Hamilton with his ignor-
ance and malice aside of such illus-
trious leaders as ex-Governor Ferris,
Frank B. Leland, Congressman Dore-
mus, lax-Congressman Denby, Milo D.
Campbell, Supt. Cody, Dr. Hall, F.
C. Martindale, Loren Dickinson, Ho-
ratio S. Earle, Mr. Kenney of our
State Normal at Ypsilanti, State Sup-
erintendent of Public Instruction, H.
E. Johnson, etc., etc., and you 'will
have no difficulty in making the
choice of American intelligence - and
fair play.~Frederick Kolch, Highland
Park, Mich.

OSCODA DISTRICT

A. Mulholland is out for represent—
ative for the Oscoda district. He
seems to be after the scalp of Rep.
Irvin Chase now representing the
district who voted to table the pro-
posed warehouse bill and not submit
it to the people. Evidently Mr. Chase
could not trust the honesty of his
own people with the balance of the
voters of the state. It seems that
he would sooner take his chances

elevator man. What will the Oscoda
farmers say when they ask him for
their votes August 3lst.

Mr. Mulhmiand is now supervisor
of Richmond township, the largest
township in the county. He held the
ofﬁce of register of deeds two terms,
and is a. good all around business
man. He will be a credit to the in-
terests of the farmers as well as all
others—1. G., Reed City, Mac]...

Yes, Mr. Chase was one of those who
‘couldn’t trust the people, and we are
surprised that he has any further polit-
ical ambitions‘.———Editor.

MR. AT\VOOD’S RECORD

The farmers here are interested in
the record of Mr. Atwood in the leg-
islature. We want to know how he
voted on bills. Will you please tell
us through your valuable paper. It
has come to the point where we farm-
ers have got to have clean and hon—
est men to do our business at the
capitol, and if he has been loyal to
us we want him, but otherwise we

do not. There has been some talk
' about his voting against bills that
were favorable .to the farmer.——-
It. 8., Fremont, Mich.

It is true that Mr. Atwood voted

against submitting the warehouse amend-
ment, although he as well as other
'farmer" representatives, received many
letters and petitions from his own people
in favor of the proposal. It will be im-
possible to tell you how Mr. Atwood
stood on many other important meas-
ures for the reason that he Seems to
have been strangely absent from his post
when bills came up. Out of eighty odd
days the legislature was in session Mr.
Atwood was absent both with or with-
out leave a total of twenty—eight days,—
Editor.

REP. AARON MILES

In your good efforts to let the
farmers know where the members of
the last legislature stood don’t ne-
glect to tell them about the good
work of Rep. Aaron (Paddy) Miles
of Big Rapids. He was one of the
few members of the House who was
openly for the farmers’ warehouse
amendment and voted consistently
against useless expenditures, salary
increases, commissions, etc. The
farmers of Michigan had no better
friend in either branch of the leg—
islature than Mr. Miles as an exam-
ination of his record will prover—t
One Who Was There.

Since you mention it I recall that Sen.
Baker once upon a time spoke in like
terms of Mr. Miles. I am glad, indeed,
to have this opportunity to,present Mr.
Miles’ record and trust that the farmers
of his district will not forget him.—
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KEEP OUT OF POLITICS?

“Keep out of politics" is a warn-
ing given constantly to young men
who show an inclination to interest
themselves in public affairs. The
civic standard is MW in any commun-
ity where a reputable citizen who
Seeks ofﬁce encounters suspicion, re-
proach, or obloquy. The full powers
conﬁded to the people presupposes
the participation of all citizens in
the business of government.

Every citizen is “in” politics. The
Constitution of the United States
puts him there, and his conscience
grants no exemptions.

I have heard men boast that they
never per-form jury service or that
they have a “pull” that gains them
some other immunity. A corruptible
public ofﬁcial ﬁnds his job unproﬁt-
able unless he is able to enter into
partnership with another bad citi-
zen. r

If I am more concerned with my
privileges and immunities than with
my duties, I am skidding; I am on
the way to becoming a bad citizen. If
I neglect to vote because it is incon-
venient to meet that obligation, or
I assume that my neighbors will pro‘
tect me with theirballots, I am a
dodger and a slacker. . ._
. Blind conﬁdence in government by

   

  

good luck is bound to bring disaster.
The constant vigilance and intelli-
gent action of all the people is essen-
tial to enlightened, capable govern-
ment. '

Am I a good citizen? Is the first
question in the American catchism.
Government is a complex business,
but citizenship may be reduced to
three essentials; understanding, loy—
alty and service.

This morning I saw a boy scout
walk to the middle of the street, pick
up a piece of paper and deposit it in
the litter-box at the next corner. He
didn’t have to do that; it was my
business quite as 'much as his. That
lad exemplified the good citizenship
that is always on the job.

In the rebuilding of the wall of
Jerusalem, every man labored “over
against his house.” In like manner,
an American citizen’s duty to his
country is immediate and personal,
and lies at his. own door.

'When I say to myself, “I hold an.

inalienable partnership in this na-
tion; its prosperity and happiness
rest with me,” then I have, caught

the spirit of true Americanis'm. Then‘
«indeed I am a worthy citizen of. this

mighty republic and a contributor to
the forces that make for" its‘perpetu
“yr—Meredith Nicholson. V " I

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FARMER TEACHERS, 
AMENDMENQ’i .. , ..
Good for you JSSwH ﬂ ‘
hope every parochial so .
state for young children. ,
its doors. Are thoseischoo
tionaPl? Are they teaching '_
or their church creed? 
church teach that their rules
be obeyed before the laws
state? _
Ten years ago I taught 591100?
a German Lutheran community *-’
of my pupils thirteen years- ,
had been attending “church a”
and his education had been so
glected that he could only,
fourth grade ..work though her
bright and should' have been (1
seventh. -‘
I asked him what grade he
been taking and he said “Oh, Ge
man and church doctrine.” He is
they must go two years before th‘
would become a full church member
I can not see why the public schOOst
are not enough ’or can not be made;
good enough for children sixteen; or,
under where both schools exist gen,“
erally all the improvements in th
public schools must be fought for by
the teacher and superintendent. They.
do not want thcir taxes any higher
I can see no objection to reading?
the Bible (without comment) or re.-
peating the Lord’s Prayer in an
public school. But no private school
should receive any public state funds _
My husband is Catholic. ' We were
married by a Judge. This spring he .
was very ill in St. Johns hospital.
Springﬁeld, Ill. The priest there call-f
ed upon him and told him he could»
not receive him for confession or
give him the last rites (if he should-
not live) of the church unless he get:
a special dispensation from the Bishu
op. Then our children must be but»,
tised. and reared in the Catholic-
church. That the church consideredx
illegitimate where the parents weﬁé
married other than by the priest. II
also asked him if he would consider
leaving me. Of course no church.
priest or preaCher matters, if! we at
ﬁt for or ask God to receive 118. bit:
should any child under 16 years 
taught by a church that puts their“
authority before the State? Shou
not every state see that all institute
tions recognize the laws of that state
Are not the marriage laws to be re
ognized by all institutions? Should
any church he allowed to say mew
timate to any child born to lawful!
married parents? '
I enjoy the paper ﬁne. I expect to
be a Michigan Farm woman SOOD'.“

  
 
   
 

   
   
 
   
  
 
  
 
    
 
  
       
  
 
  
    
   
    
     
 
  
 
  
     
   
      
   
  
    
    
   
   
   
   
      
     
  
  
    
   
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
  
   
   
    
  
   
    
    
   
   
      
  
 
    
   
  
   
    
  
   
  
  
   
    
   
    
    
    
  
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
   
   
   
 
 
   
   
   

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DESTROYING WEEDS

Remarks noticed by Thompsonville’
subscriber in M. B. F. of Aug. 1th
and will give you a case of the weed ,
law as applied by the road commisr.
sioner of Deerﬁeld township, ‘
costa County. Mr. B. F.'Anspaug_
seventy-one years old living all alone; p
on one hundred acres of stump land
had a field of rye that was about 0
third milk weed. His binder broke,
and the commissioner didn’t wait to?
him to get repairs. Put a gang
men to cut the weeds and destro,
his rye. Mr. Anspaugh's house ‘
ed with contents and grain at th
ing time last year. His last yea
taxes are not paid. He“ will 
about sixty dollars cost of cuttin
weeds with this year’s tax.
can be used for pasture and r
land. If the weed law is put in or
it will go back to the state for If
and is worth more to cut the
than the land will earn—J. and
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_ _. Things Ready Day Before
In answer to your question
- i. ng-M. B. F., “How ‘ to Make .
Tﬁresh Day Work Lighter,” I
will tell you how I manage it.
\  get my table ready in the din-
«ing room the day before, extend it
arge enough for the number of per-
ons expected, if possible. If one
"testableis not large enough, I use two
. smaller ones to seat eight or nine per—
ons each. It is better to have
4, plenty of table room, for sometimes
4:, extra help happen along unexpected
"and if two or three extra places are
1:, planned for none of the men have
i to wait. I spread the table cloth on
the tables and ﬁll sugar bowls, salt
"and pepper shakers for each, and if
. I have plenty ‘of dishes to set the
tables in full I do it and if not set
' them as'far as the dishes will go
- and when the table is prepared a
I clean sheet may be thrown over it
t ‘ and the dust will not settle on the
f dishes.
, ‘Another way to save washing is to
v use a white oil cloth. If one has
i the two tables for the family use
! enough oil cloth can be bought for
l. both and it can be used to good ad—
: vantage around the kitchen after-
ward if not used on the dining room
table. If one large table is used the
. oil cloth can be kept from year to
I year, roll‘it on a broom handle, tie
. it in three places. It can then be
; stood in a' clothes closet any place
, and not injured. Thresh day is a
hard day on linen as many times it
( gets badly stained and at best is
hard to wash.
If one has not enough chairs to
' seat all the help select strong boards
‘ which may be used at the sides of
' the tables place a chair at each corn~
er of the table and lay the boards
_ on them, pillows may then be laid on
the boards and make comfortable
seats, the chairs may then be used
around the ends of the tables.
Another thing that causes a lot of
I confusion Thresh Day is dishes,for
g the men to wash in. I use one or two
:tubs which may be arranged on a
bench outside. About 20 minutes
before dinnerwr supper ﬁll them half
full of warm‘ water. I use about
three roller towels to each tub de-
pending on the crowd. A cake of
soap may be dissolved and pour in
enough of the soap in each tub to
make a good suds. It will eliminate
a lot of the waste of soap by forget-
ting the cake of soap in the dish of
water. .

If thresh day comes before the po-
tatoes are dug I get them the day
before carrots and beets may be pull—
ed and topped and put in a cool place
until needed. Beet pickles may be
made two or three days ahead for
thresh day and are much better.

I have made a batch of cookies and
doughnuts a day or two before, in
case the mill crew should happen
along for supper unexpected as is
sometimes the case, with the aid of
home canned vegetables and a little
baking done ahead a good meal may
be served on short notice.

I prepare enough pie crust the day
before and put it in the iCe box un-
-til needed in the morning. Pies bak-
ed the day before are not as good the
bottom crust soaks the juice.

For supper I bake a couple of

' cakes for a variety, but as a rule men
'do not care so much for cake, it is too
dry. I ﬁnd that chocolate eclairs
1 although quite a lot of work, are rel-
”ished by the men-morethan cake.
will send any one who writes me
“if-the directions and recipe for making
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umber pickles, bread and butter,
‘p’kin pie, cake, tea and coffee.
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Great Interest Shown in Thresh Day Question .

 WOMEN readers of The Business Farmer are showing that they are

Just as willing as the men to help make our paper bigger and better by
the ﬁne letters received in answer to my request and offer of prizes for
letters On “How I Made Threshing Day Work Lighter." Letters are coming

in every mail and from all parts of the state.

More letters and the names

of the priZe winners will be published next week. .
In “The Question Box" on our page you will ﬁnd our prize question
for this week. The reader who sent in this question will receive our check for

$1.

with these preparations before thresh
day I can serve 18 or 20 hungry
threshers dinner and supper and not
be overtired. In case the men with
the mill might be at the house over
night, I roll a winter blanket and
comfort together for each two men
for some of the women may be like
myself,_ short of room in the house
for extra people to sleep. The rolls
can be quickly handed to them and
they can make beds in the hay and
one does not have to stop to hunt
bedding. -——- Mrs. W. H., Oheboygan
County.

Serves Fish or Roast Beef

I saw you request letters on
“How I Made" Threshing Day Work
Lighter,” and I decided to take a
hand in that question as I find that
While I may not make it as easy as
some of my farmer sisters, I know
that I do not have such a hard day
of it as some of my neighbors who
seem to need 4 or 5 extra women to
help out at that time.

Now ﬁrst, usually you do not know

the exact time the machine will be at .

your place. But the machine is in
your midst and coming toward your
place, so I bake my bread at least a
day before they can arrive. I also
bake a double batch of cookies or
fried cakes or a dark cake '(for that
will keep moist) the day I bake the
bread. I see that my beets and cu-
cumber pickles are made soon enough
to be real good by that day. I plan
two kinds of vegetables besides po-
tatoes, these vegetables are what-
ever are in season, sweet corn and
cabbage, salad string beans, toma—
toes, cucumbers or whatever the
garden provides. For the breakfast
I like warmed potatoes, bacon and
eggs and buns, breakfast food, cof-
fee and fried cakes or cookies, its
easily prepared and the wife can
easily prepare and serve the meal
alone. I prefer fresh ﬁsh or fresh
roast beef for dinner and the roast,

be it oven or pot roast makes a nice

gravy for the potatoes.

By having the bread, dark cake
and cookies or fried cakes made a
day or so ahead, I make my pies the
day the machine comes. We usually
have the threshers one day so I plan
for 3 meals and make out my menu
for each meal and with the help of
one woman who can assist and who

knows how to do things, I get thru‘

the day without any fuss or worry.
I think. every farm wife should ﬁgure
on more men than just enough.
Have plenty of.what you cook. Its
hard work to thresh and the men
are kept busy every~minute and get
hungry, so serve them‘ all they_want
to eat and have plenty left for the
neighbor children

   
     

 

Other questions received‘and published in that box will be paid for at

' this rate. Send me questions regarding problems that are troubling you and _
let our big family thresh them out for you.
awarded for the best and second be
CLARE NORRIS. '

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Prizes of $2 and $1 will be

st letters on  week’s question.—

where the farmer's wife and the
good man of the house eat and can
have a little visit with this distant
neighbor 'or neighbors and thatlittle
visit will make threshing'day easier
work and make your distant neigh-
bor feel that you are not living just
for the almighty dollar.

,Do not forget to pay the lady who
assists you that day, liberally, un—
less you have or will assist her to
make threshing day lighter work- at
her home. — Mrs. H. F. B., Champ-
gan County.

Put Everything on Table Before Men
' Sit Down to Eat
A few days before‘ I expect threshers
I bake cookies, fruit cake and make
doughnuts, all of which are improved
by being made a few days before us-
ing. I also bake pie shells for lemon

pies, or any kind I want to make that -

require a crust baked separate. I also
boil beets for pickles and have them
in cans ready to use. Then the day
before they come I bake sufﬁcient
bread to last while they arehere and
as I usually have cabbage salad, I
also prepare the mayonnaise dressing
on that day. Have your dining room
table ready by putting in all the ex-
tra leaves, and set it all complete ex-
cept the eatables. The next morn-
ing as soon as my morning work is
done I get the potatoes cleaned and
ready for the kettle, slice the meat
which I fry in two large dripping
pans in the oven. I usually avoid
having sauce or anything that makes
extra dish washing. Put the cups
at each plate and pour tea or coffee
from a large pitcher. Pie and every—
thing is put on the table at once to
save extra steps. Cook enough po-
tatoes at noon that you can make po-
tato salad for supper, and as you
wash your dishes put them back on
the table and it is ready for the next
meal. Have plenty of hot water and
gold dust and dishes are soon out
of the way. The men ﬁll two tubs
with water, put on a bench in the
shade, saves much dirt in the house.

Follow my rules and “Threshing
Day” will no longer be a bugbear.——
Ms. 1., Armada, Mich.

Telephone Great Help

I think the rural telephone a great
help to the farm woman at threshing
time. In that way you know about
what time to expect the threshers
and get an idea about what meal or
meals you are to have them. Last
year I prepared the following dinner
alone: , stewed chicken,

potatoes, One vegetable, whatever is
in season, bread and butter, pickles,
mince and apple pie, a generous plate

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If I amto have. threshers-for . .

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a ‘»meat,\ one vegetable, pickles. -

and pie. '1 usually peel pota-

toes the evening before and cov-
- er them _' well

.with vwater and
then I cook the avegetablethe day
before and set on ice. -I have the‘
pie crusts made and usually use a
one crust‘ pie so that I canjust stir
up the ﬁlling and fill in the morn-
ing. The meat could beyroast pork
or stew. Cook the day before and
warm just before eating.

If! frying meat one has everything ; ‘

else along so, nicely that about
all there is left to do is to fry the V
meat. And for supper I serve fried .
potatoes, c‘old' meat, cold cabbage
salad or cold sliced cucumbers, cake,

sauce or substitute potato salad for

fried potatoes. Some of the thresh-
ers like one kind of cake and some
another. So I stir a white cake bat-
ter up and turn half in a cake tin to "
bake and thelother half I put in a
little spice or even a taste of molass-
es, for. icing I get the pulverized su-
gar and just stir up with milk and
p, t it on as it is on the cake or 1-2
of3 the mixture and in the other half
I add a little cecoa and put on'the
light cake. By this way I stir 2
cakes of one batter and 2 icings of ,
one mixture. This makes threshing .
time very much lighter on the house-
wife—Mrs. W. I. D., Freeland, Mich.

Bakes Pics and Cakes In Morning

You asked for ideas on making
threshing day as easy a day as pos-
sible for the farm wife. Will give
you my opinion on it by stating how
I manage it. To begin with, I bought
a ham which could be kept for some
days in case of delays. The day be-
fore the threshers were to be at our
place I boiled the ham while I cook-
ed my days meals. Then during the
day in my leisure I pared potatoes ’
and left them stand for next morn-
ing. Also prepared what vegetables
I intended to use. I managed to bake
bread one or two days ahead so as
not to have that on hand for that
day. Then early the next morning
while my range was heated from get-
ting breakfast I baked my pies and
cake. If one prefers cookies instead
of cake they can be baked several.
days ahead. While my pies were in
the oven I set my table and ~-éooked
the vegetables and kept them warm
on the range. '80 all I. had to pre-
pare at the last moment was potatoes
and gravy. Coffee or tea whichever
is to be made I ﬁnd it easier to have
everything on the table when the
men take their places then to wait
and then scramble to place things
on the table when they are seated.
So you see I had most of my work
done real early and had a rest of .
several hours on our nice shady
porch besides. If one has them for
several meals the work can be plan-
ned so as to be only half as hard by
a littlecareful thinking.——C’.~M., Belle-
vue,‘ Michigan.

Garden and“ Cows Supply Most Needs
As we are in moderate circumstanc-
es I cannot have as elaborate meals
for threshers as some folks do, but I
try to have everything as good as
possible, and have plenty of it.

My menu for dinnerrwas, mashed
potatoes, meat loaf, brown gravy, bak:
ed beans, cabbage salad, pickled beets,
pickled cucumbers, checolate cake,
coffee. bread, butter, brown bread
with raisins in it, applepie, cheese.

I madevthe meat loaf, bread, cake.
brown bread and baked the beans the "
day before. '  i V

.‘ The. evening betore I pared‘the  

piss for pies. ‘Early next. morning I» .
baked... the pies and pared, plenty of
potatoes and made-the salad. The rest

. of, the dinner was ﬁnished very  " 7

without any rushing."  .
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in: questions?
 ~‘ii’irst.

 ployes usually do? And what would
their salaries amount to?

’ ,_ Second. How much money would
be required to operate them, beside
paying salaries?

Third. -Would it increase our tax-
es, and how much?
Fourth. Are

enough now?
More than a year ago you sent out
. a call for money to defray the ex-
pense of preparing and circulating
petitions to submit the question to
the people. ~
If the people were as anxious as
you claim about this matter, they
must have sent in a lot of money.
How much money was collected?
Who has the money? ‘
' And Why was it not used for the
purpose it was collected for?
‘ Very .truly yours.~Joel C’. Merri-
. man, Deckerville, Mich. .
I am pleased to accommodate you,
Mr. Merriman. In the ﬁrst place you
are mistaken about THE Busmnss
, FABMER sending out a call for money
to defray the expense of circulating
petitions. We will pay to any San-
ilac county charitable organization
the sum of $50 upon receipt of proof
that THE BUSINESS FARMER did make
such a call. If you fail to produce
the proof you convict yourself of
~ slander against this publication for
insinuating that money collected
from our subscribers was diverted to
our own uses.

The Warehouse Amendment

‘Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Michi—
gan, That the following amendment to
article 10 of the constitution by adding
thereto a new section to be known and
designated as section tensa of said ar-
ticle ten, authorizing the state to borrow
money to be used for the construction

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our taxes high

i and operation of terminal warehouses
v, within the State, and to issue bonds
therefor, is hereby proposed. agreed to

and submitted to the people of this State:
"Sec, 10a. The state may borrow not
to exceed ﬁve million dollars for the
construction of terminal warehouses in
the cities of the State and may operate
the same for the reception, storage and
‘sale of foodstuffs grown in the state and
consigned thereto by the producers there-
of or by eri-operative associations of
such prducers and pledge its credit, and
issue bonds therefor on such terms as
shall be provided by law.
_ Your questions.about the werking
out of this amendment hardly do
justice to a seasoned legislator. It
is presumed that before you voted
against. submitting this amendment
to the people you make investigations
into the state—owned elevators and
warehouses of Louisiana, the state-
owned elevators of North Dakota,
the municipally owned elevator in
Seattle and many other publicly-own-
 ed terminal marketing fagilities that
are in successful operation in this
and foreign countries. What was the
result of your investigations? We
would like to tell our readers about
them. If you did not make any in—
vestigations why did you vote against
the amendment. Was it your habit
during the last session of the legis-
lature to vote for or against meas-
ures without knowing something
about them? Do you confess that
you were nothing more than a ﬁgure-
head during your tenure of ofﬁce?
The writer was not a member of
the last legislature. Therefore, he
is not supposed to know what steps
the legislature might havetaken to
carry out the provisions of this
amendment. But his gommon sense
tells him that it was the idea of the
proponents of this measure that they
terminal-warehouses should be self-
'. ‘supporting, People WhO put their
goods in private storage have to pay
for it. Why shouild we expect the
' I” to perfor t e same service
,4 .ﬁfout charge".in Thefathers of the
 amendment intended. that the state
.‘lshe‘uld supply its credit to build the
 warehouses“ and a central manage-
4 meat. The expense of operating the
.i warehougegwould be cared for by its
   '  In Louisiana the state-
" ' ! «facilities have not
Why‘should

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 I p r HOW-many men would be
_ enquired to operate $5,000,000 worth ‘
. got warehouses, working as state em—

  

e expenditure of, money that

makes state taxes necessary? The
legislature, does it not? The last
legislature was a notorious spend—
thrift. It created commissions, and
apprOpriated funds without rhyme or

reason. You were a member of that
legislature. I have your record be-
fore me.

You voted to submit the $50,000,—
000 read bonding proposition to the
people. Did yen find out how many
extra people the State Highway De-
partment would have to employ to
carry out this road building pro-
gram? What about their salaries?
How much of this $50,000,000 will
be spent in administration and how
much in actual road building? I’ll
wager that you cannot answer and
yet you voted for it.

You voted for the Michigan State

Constabulary and an annual appro-‘

priation of over $370,000. You even
voted against an amendment “that
would limit the life of the Constab-
ulary to two years. If you are such
a strict economist why did you vote
to perpetuate such a large tax bur-
den?

You voted to submit the resolution
authorizing an increase in the sal-
aries of circuit judges during the
period for which they were elected.

You voted for the bill to legalize
prize-ﬁghting and to create a boxing
commission. This bill carried an
appropriation of several thousand
dollars. I suppose that before you
voted for this you satisﬁed yourself
as to how the appropriation would be
Spent and how the people of your dis—
trict. would be beneﬁitted. If not,
feel free to use these columns for the
purpose. 7

 

 

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. an arts 53;. .
the two years "1919520. 01:31:50,000; ;: N

You “voted for‘ the -' Community
Council bill. also creating'a commie-
sion and appropriating money.

In carefully scrutinizing your rec-
ord I fail to ﬁnd a single instance
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ation bill or a. commission. The
farmers’ warehouse amendment was.
the sole exception. If there was one
tell us about it and we will pass the
information on to our readers, for
above all things we intend to be fair.

As a matter of fact, Mr. Merriman,
you are merely fidundering about like
a ﬁsh out of water looking for some
kind of an excuse for voting against
the farmers’ warehouse amendment.
And you cannot ﬁnd one that will sat-
isfy your constituents. You know
that the amendment was merely an
enabling act. The resolution plainly
says that the amendment would “au-
thorize” the state. There is nothing
said about “requiring,” “ordering”

or “instructing” the state to build
warehouses. The resolution says
the state “may borrow" and the

state “may operate," not “shall” or
“must.” The concluding words of
the resolution says that the 'bonds
shall be issued “as shall be provided
by law.” The amendment merely
proposed to remOve the limitations
against the state engaging in enter-
prise, and enable the legislature at
its own discretion to sell bonds, build
and operate warehouses, etc. But if
the legislature should ﬁnd after an
investigation and experimentation on
a small scale that public owned ware—
houses could not be operated with
advantage to both consumer and pro—
ducer, it would certainly never think
of spending the entire $5,000,000

   
 

system of Michigan aims
boys and girls for the 
duties of good citizens as
payer is properly required ‘ ,
the ﬁnancial means, and this
as good reasoning tells 118 *th
much wiser and also more econ
to educate for good citizenship
it is to correct and punish the 
ant citizen who violates the»le

When we speak of education
well to recognize that the “so
of life” provides for us ’the most
ua-ble lessons which come to :us.
wise instructor has offered the fol
ing as a proper deﬁnition of the w
“education”-‘—“a.n education con
in the high and full development.
all of the powers and faculties of on
being." And this should be the earn
est purpose of every one who reach
es the years of accountability. Whi‘l
it may be wise to separate “chur. _
and state” Some religious instructi n'
in our public school should a,
'would prove the “dynamic” for th
making of good and useful citizens,»
—J. T. Daniclls, Clinton County. “

 
  
  
 

  

 

  

  

  

  
     
  

    

  
 
  

 
 
   
 

  
 

 
 
   
 
   
 
    
 
    
 
   
 
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
  
 
   
  
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
   
   
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
  

 

EGG PRODUCTION INCREASES.

In a North Carolina experiment
breeding a flock of hens .to ahig
production male resulted in a 54’ pe
cent greater egg yield in the next_
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might. age of 136 eggs In a Year-
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Lily White . 

“The F lour the Best Cooks Use’;

ls Sure to Please You

It is milled to'meet all the requirements of quality, and yet it
sells for only a little more than ordinary flour.

The quality of the flour comes out in the baking. How it bakes,
the flavor, the color, the nutriment, all depend upon the selec-
tion of wheat and the processes of milling.

LILY WHITE is made from the choicest wheat grown in this
country—not too hard, nor too soft, but just right for perfect
Only the “goodies” of the kernel are milled. The
wheat is cleaned four times, scoured three times, and actually
washed once before going into the rolls for the ﬁrst break. The
result is a flour of superﬁne texture, of perfect uniformity of
granulation, of a most palatable flavor, of unsurpassed color.

Everything baked from LILY WHITE is light, tender, delic-
Countless thousands of women
are enjoying reputations won from baking wonderful bread,
rolls, biscuits and pastry from this high-grade flour.

, Try LILLY WHITE—Results will convince you. Satisfaction
A is guaranteed. Ask for LILY WHITE at your dealer’s.

VALLEY CITY MlLLING co.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
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"EAR CHILDREN: Well here it
a is nearly fair time. Most every
 day this coming month, some-
where in Michigan, farmer boys and
{girls will be getting up extra early,

V V and the boys will help» their fathers

do the chores while the girls help
theirmothers ﬁll a great .big basket
with lots of good things to eat.
Then they .will all get their best
clothes on, the boys and fathers will
' hitch the horses to the double buggy,
and they’ll all get into the buggy and
away they will go to spend the whole
day at the fair. The boys and girls
will ride on the merry-go—round, go
up on the ferris wheel, go around and
m the exhibits. go to some of the
mom, maybe. eat peanuts and candy
and drink lemonade, and at dinner-
time they will get their big basket
and spread a blanket down under
some shady tree, set all their good
things out on a tablecloth spread
over the blanket and then eat so
much it seems as if you couldn’t eat
any more. In theafternoon they
will have another good time and start
home so to get there just before
dark. The boys and girls will be so
tired and sleepy that they will think
they never want to go to the fair
again, but when they get up the next
morning, I’ll bet they will want to go
again that day. I always felt that
way when I was little and lived on a
farm.

Will you all write some day this
coming month and’ tell me about the
timevyou have at your fair. '

One‘ of our girls, who lives in
Brown City, wants to know how
many subscriptions it will take to

get a camera and a wrist watch, if
she gets old subscribers to_re~sign.
.We do not give premiums for get-
ting old subscribers to renew. Af-
fectionately yours—AUNT CLARE.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Aunt Clarez—I just ﬁnished read—
ing the letters from the boys and girls
and I thought I would write too. 1 am 12
ears old and in the seventh grade. ’ I
ave brown eyes and I weigh 77 pounds.
I live on an 80 acre farm. We have five
horscsand eight cows. For pets we have
a. dog and 10 rabbits—«Ellen Dean, Bad
Axe, Michigan. .—

Dear Aunt Clare—I have written to
you before but my letter was not in
rint. 1 am a girl 9 years old and will
(3 in the 4th grade at school. Today is
my father’s birthday, so I made him a
cake. I live on a 60 acre farm, I have
one sister. We have a new Ford car.
Helen Freeman, Owosso, Mich.

Dear Aunt Clare—We take the M. .B.
F. and like it very much. I live on a.
forty acre farm. We have two horses,
two cows, one calf, nine pigs 25 chick-
ens. For pets I have a large white cat.
I wish some of the girls would write to
me. I hope to see my letter in print.
Agnes Becckman, Hampton, Mich.

Dear Aunt Clare~As I have never
written to you I will try now, I am a.
girl 12 years old and am in the eighth
grade. I live on a. farm of eighty acres.
We have 4 horses 5 cows and 19 pigs.
Papa takes the M. B. F. and likes it
ﬁne. I have ﬁve sisters and four broth-
ers. We have a Buick car. Hoping to
see my letter in print I will close Beatrice
Putnam, Caro, Mich,

Dear Aunt Clare—This is the ﬁrst time
I have written you. I am a girl ten years
old and in the 4th grade I live on a
farm of 200 acres, I like to read the let-
ters of the children‘s hour. My father
takes the M.B.F. and likes it very much.
I have two pets, 3. pet lamb and a cat. I
have three sisters and ﬁve brothers. I
hope to see my letter in print. Mary
Thclen, Fowler Mich., R 3,

 

Dear Aunt (Harm—This
time I have written to you.
thirteen years old and will
seventh grade next ycnl‘.‘
ame will be

is the first
I am a girl
he in the
My teacher’s
Miss Olive Ennestp For

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{‘"pets I have a dog, .a cat and a rabbit, I
live on

a farm of one hundred ,and
'tweniy acres. We have two horses and
no new and two calves, ﬁve pigs, about
Vl’l‘lty-ﬂve old hens and ﬁfty young
elf’iipkens. .VVe have lots of little rab-
’  but they are pretty wild—Mildred
'Oswvalt, Tower, Michigan. .

ar Aunt Claret—I am a girl a 12
ms old and am in the. 5th grade at
so 001. I‘like“ to go to school. Teachers
name is Mary Coneton. I will tell you
about one day when I took a stroll into
QM'EWOOds; It was when the lilies and
l “ Were in bloom. We were invited
inner and we all went out, into
Wade'Weywegt over to .Lost‘ Lake

his? pine tree ‘ l
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How to Tell Birds by Their light

(By Francis

OOKS will tell you a lot about
the'markings of birds, the ex-

act differences between various ‘

kinds of hawks, for example. But
how often does one really get sufﬁ-
ciently close to a bird to be sure? A
fellow who knows the woods ought
to be able to tell most of the birds by
the way they ﬂy, for there is as much
difference between the burst of a part-
ridge and .1116 slow ﬂapping Of a crow,
as there is between the jump of a
scared jack rabbit and the go—as-you:
please amble of a skunk.

Some troops of birds are easy to
tell. Swans fly in the form of a V
with the sides equal. Ducks in a V
Grey Geese
in a series of small V's, Cranes in
the shape of a W, Black Brant in a
line side by side, shags in a curving
line like the letter S, and Flamin-
goes in a straight line, beak to tail.

Bolt-Wheeler)

The individual style of flight of a
bird depends not a little on the shape
of the wing, as well as its size and
the weight of the body which has to
be lifted. The Humming-bird's
flight is like that of an insect, in sud-
den darts and poises, while the huge
Albatross swings up and down like
the waves of the sea. The Grouse
speeds like a bullet, the Swallow
skims. At a distance, Swallow and
Martin might be mistaken for each
other but their flight is quite dis-
tinct. A flash of red in the trees
may betoken either 9. Cardinal or a

. Tanager, but the ﬁrst glimpse of the

flying bird tells the difference. The
bumpy flight of the Finch family is
quite characteristic, as is also the
snappy jerk of a Flycatcher going
after an insect contrasted with 'the
swoop of the Swallow. It‘is as im-
portant to know a. bird by the way
he files as by the color of his feathers.

Ill|lilllllllllillillllliililIlllllllilIl|illlIHillllHHIiIIlilllllliIilliiillillilllliIllllllllllilllllllllllllillilllllllllllllIllillllllll|illll"ll|illlllll|lllllllmill|llIllIllll”Illllll|i|Il|lH!llIliIl|lllllliIlllHHIIillllllllIlilillllmililillillllllllil

came to a little stream and we got a
drink. We had a dandy time. Papa
has his grain all cut. My father takes
the M. B. F. and he likes it very much.
I wish some of the boys and girl would
write to me.——Agnes Petersen, Itodney.
Michigan, R, 2. Q

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Dear Aunt Clarez—I am a little ,girl
12 years old and will be in the seventh
grade when school starts, I have been
helping my mother in the house this

s

summer. I have two pet lambs and a.
dog, also a tiger cat. I wish some of
the girls would write to me. I would
answer all their letters. 1 am sending a
drawing and hope to receive a prize,—
Marien Wiles, Adrian, R. 6

 

Dear Aunt Clare—This is the second
time I have wrote to you. I have two
brothers and one sister, Russel, Clarence
and Beulah. I am 10 years old. Have

 

 

 

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Mr. Brown is puzzled. He has walked
a sign post-“which
has relatives, but the sign does notiltell the
mWages?'afjeafenawrimmm

gives the namesgi .Iour-dglaces,

  
  

 

 

a long distance when he ﬁnds
, _ in each-of, which he
tones” cochplace.’ What V
    

    
   

    
 
 

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tor iii-mung
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brown hair, blue eyes.  weigh about
56 pounds. I will close orthis time hop-

ing to see my letter in print I will close.
Arvilla Davis, Clare Mich.

.Dear Aunt Clare—This is the first
time I have written to you. I am 18
‘ 13 years old and will be in the ninth“
grade When school begins.- I have one-
sister and one brother. For eta we
have tw0 kittens and a pup. 3 takes

the kittens by the neck and throw: them
around but they seem to like it. Well I
will close hoping to see my letter in
 Elsie Muscott, Breckenridge

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Dear Aunt Clare—This is the ﬁrst
time I have writtmte you. I am 18
years old and in ninth‘ grade next
year. I live on a farm of 80 acres. 1’
have two sisters. I would like to know
how many subscriptions it would take
for a camera and a wrist watch and have
old subscribers re-sign. I would lib
some of the girls to write to me. I will
close, hoping to see my letter in print.
Violet Wietshere. Brown City, Mich.

Dear Aunt Clare—This is the second
time I have written to you. I am 10
years of age. I weigh 82 pounds. I have ~
two brothers and ﬁve sisters. I live on
a 75 acre farm. I hope to see my letter

in print. Anna C. Schooi', Fairnouth.
Mich

 

 

Dear Aunt Clare :—-I thought I mould
write you a letter. ‘I am 10 years old
and in the ﬁfth grade. I‘have one broth-
er and three sisters. Do We get a prize
far drawing? My mother is dead, she
has been dead almost two years. She
died on Thanksgiving day. We have two
hor.4=.s..tbree cows, three pigs and about
50 chickens. We have a car. I will clone
with a. short poem,

The Smallest Girl
I never spoke before today
The smallest girl am I,
And as I have not much to say
I’ll only say good-bye, ' .
-—Margaret Michels, Buckley, Mich.‘

 

Dear Aunt Claret—I have just finish
reading the boys' and. girls’ stories a
thought I would write one, too. I am '11
years old and in the sixth grade. I have
one mil to go to school. I have one
brother and one sister. We enjoy the
M. B. F. Here is my story:

One day as my father and I were cock-
ing hay in our orchard I saw a birdn’
nest in a tree. I asked my father to Hit
me up so I could see what was in it. He
did so and I saw two white eggs in it. I
asked him what kind of eggs they were
and he said that he: did not know. The
next day We came past there and there,
was a yellow bird on the nest.—Claribel.
L. Withold, Munith Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Clare:-——I am a girl eleven
years old and I will be in the seventh
grade when school begins the 1st of Sep-
tember. We liva qn a 140-acre form,
We have two little calves about a month
old. We have sixhorses, and six head of
cattle. For pets I have one Angora ca.
it is yellow and white. We have an 01
hen and 20 chicks about,two weeks old.
I did have a dog but it was getting so old
that my Uncle had to kill it, We have
about a hundred sheep and lambs. W3
sold about 200 quarts of raspberries an
about 600 quarts of cherries and a lot
of other fruit. We sold six bushels of
harvest apples and we have a lot more
apples to sell. I am going to write a
true story. The title of the story is

A Rabbit Story

One day my father was cutting hay
dowu in the ﬁeld. It was in the forenoon
and I thought I would take him a. drink
of water, When I was about a foot from
him he told me in be quiet. I didn't make
any noise and he motioned for me to
come there. So I went where he was and
what do you suppose I saw lying there
in a little nest? saw six little rabbit:

’ and they were gray with white spots on

their heads. I don't know whether
were Belgian hares or what they were.
We were afraid papa would run over
them with the mower so he put them in
my apron and I carried them up to
house and made a nest for them. I f
them some milk and I kept them olive
until the next day. than my uncle and
my brother took them back to the ﬁeld
and put them in the nest, Then a few
days afterward they went down to the
ﬁeld to see if the nest was empty and it
was, and we concluded that the old
rabbit came and got the little rabbits
and took them away. .
-——Irene’Kahle, Adrian Michigan.

 

Dear Aunt Clare—I wrote to you once.
before but as I did not see my letter in
print I thought I would write again. ,I
was ten years old the 6th day of Aug.
My sisters gave me .a nice surprise
part . Papa and. one’ofjny brothers
are threshing with our machine away
from home this year. We expect .to
have threshers at our place soon. . lg 
oldest sister is going 2th the normalf
Muskegen and my other. urgent:
to the high school ,at ;Muskegon. ».-.
will be in the eleventh grade.  mylej—

long ‘I'wm e ’_'se. ; Min
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H  from last week)
 ' . ‘Knlkaska County

- Five. out of six Kalkaska corres-
pendants, while admitting that the

 3loss'has been great, disagree as to

‘ the extent and whether it is greater
or less'than last year. W. H. M. of
Kitth reports damage to buck-
wheat, millet, corn, rye and wheat.
The hoppers are not doing as much
damage as earlier. He concludes,

‘ “The weather is ﬁne with cold nights.

' The crops are looking pretty good."
0. B. of Kalkaska writes, “In re-
gards to the crops in my neighbor-
hood there is very little lefﬂof any-
thing but grasshoppers." Mrs. R. E.
19., reports that the damage in Ex-
celsior township has not been as
grantee in surrounding townships

owing to the fact that poison has
been plentifully used in previous

years. The principal damage in that
township has been to seeding. She

says; regretfully, “This was an ideal
year for seeding and in fact all kinds
of crops if it had not been for the
grasshoppers.” '

G. A. B., of Kalkaska bands us this
jolt, “Having read your article in
the M. B. F. ,and also from the trend
of your letter regarding the, grass—
hopper plague in Northern Michigan
I consider it would be useless to tell
you anything about it as you don’t
seem to want to be convinced.”

But this letter from S. S. P. of
Kalkaska makes us feel better:

“The township here has used over
a ton of arsenate poison so far, and
iwhile the hoppers have been bad and
are still, we do not consider them
serious. In fact, crops are in better.
condition in most instances because
of plentiful rainfall than they were
last year. We drive about the coun-
try a great deal and from what we
see they have done some damage to
crops south of us where they worked
earlier in the year but our crops
were further advanced and with the
help of wet weather they have so far
kept ahead of the pest Some ﬁelds
of corn and buckwheat are quite
bidly eaten and we are afraid of
some damage to seeding, but other-
wise have nothing to fear because of '
the extensive use of poison. As to
estimating any loss to crops as far
as our own are concerned we consid—
er it very slight and what we know
of the 'surrounding Ineighborhood,
could not be considered serious. In
fact, we feel that our crops are go-
ing to make as good or even a better
showing than for the past two
years.” /

\Vexford County

One out of ﬁve correspondents in
this county believe the damage done
by hoppers is as great as last year.
Threesay that it is much less while
the ﬁfth believes the damage is very
slight. B. H. M. of Manton tells of
the damage to cats and seeding and
says that the use of poison has done
a lot to kill off the hoppers and pre-
vent loss. His conclusion is that
“there will not be as much damage
this year as in the past two years."
J. E. N., of Mesicksays, “They are
not so bad this year as they were
last.” W. E. H. of Cadillac believes

' that we have not been full informed

on the hopper subject. yet from

close reading of his letter it is clear
that he does not think the hoppers
as bad as a year ago which was
practically the same conclusions we
have previously stated. Mr. H.
writes entertaineg of speciﬁc in-
stances! loss,- why the hoppers are I
worse in some plum than o}hers,
why farmers are handicapped in
their ﬁght, results obtained from the
use of poison, . 'Un-

-‘ dew outsideezaid  harms state a

' .or better still the owners at the out-

‘ _ '  lands who have made millions
"  the timber are e

somth way as they are new core-

in

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 to poison the ‘chominﬂ *3
m  before the Steuben”! it
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' and they cannot sell out at any price.
I think the grasshopper plague must
be combatted in a sane, intelligent

way and not made a subject for ex- -

travagant stories, but every means
possible should be employed to give
aid to the farmers in the northern
section of Michigan in, eliminating
this. deadly foe to every growing
crop. My request in closing is,‘ if“
you really desire to aid farmers in
this section that you use your paper
as a means of educating people as to
our need of controlling hoppers by
compelling owners of vacant cut-over
land to ﬁght them the same as local
residents. Wishing your valued pa-
per every success, etc."

G. B... of Manton, says there has
been “very little damage in his
neighborhood. In my opinion," he
writes, “there was a thousand times
more damage done by hoppers a
year age than this'year. We never
have any damage from them only
in times of severe drought. I don’t
know what damage has been done
in other localities but in my opinion
there has been ‘no damage anywhere
in Michigan to speak of.”

Little Loss in Emmet

Only one out of four correspond—
ents in Emmet county seems blue
over the hopper damage. J. C. J. is
certain the pest is worse this year
than a year ago, but cannot say as
to the preceding year because he was
not farming in Emmet.

R. W. A., of Petoskey, says: “The
hoppers are here but not as bad as
you have been informed by newspa-
per men. Crops are looking the best
they have in years in this immediate
neighborhood.” Mr. A. understands
that to the north of his place the dam-
age has been greater, due to adjoin-
ing slashings where the hoppers
breed.

E. H. C., of Brutus, does not ﬁnd ‘
the hoppers as bad this year as last.
One neighbor lost a ﬁeld of oats, an~
other a ﬁeld of cucumbers and at
present the hoppers are bothering
the rye but does not think the dam-
age wiil be great. The use of poison
has helped to stem the pest. “The
press reports,” concludes Mr. 0., “do
exaggerate the hopper damage, for
although we are troubled with them
they are no worse than last and the
damage will not be so high due to
the plentiful rain."

A. 0., of Harbor Springs says the
total loss will not exceed one fourth
of one per cent.

Missaukee Escapes Serious Damage

Three correspondents in Missauke‘e
county agree that the damage is less
than last year and not nearly so great
as pictured. J. C. P., of Falmouth
credits this to the plentiful rainfalls
and cool weather, but he fears that a
dry, hot, August might mean great-
er damage. He says that a number
of farmers have left the neighbor-
hood because 0 the ravages of hop-
pers and their inability to get help.
VJ. D.,.also of Falmouth says, “There
are some grasshoppers here but they
have not done any damage so far as
crops were never. better in years.
There are always some cranks look-
ing for frosts and grasshoppers or
something else to holler about but
believe me I have always lived in
good old Michigan and farm crops
never looked better."

A. R., of Lake City, writes, “The
pest is not so serious this year as in
1919. The grasshoppers appeared
earlier than usual and in great num-
bers so that it seemed as though the
plague would be greater than ever
before thereby causing the rumors
that have been circulated. Precau-
tions were taken in many cgmmuni-
ties to ﬁght the pest and mud: grace
hopper ‘depe‘ was used. Perhaps on

and heavy showers the post has not
thrived. I know o; no «nowhere
farmers have lost entire ﬁelds on m
the one. last year. The damage, in

gain new.» “It

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this department.

The latter I
~Would not do. About a year ago my
wife died. Since then and before none
of; them seem to be interested in the old
gentleman's welfare. Then tried to
i make an agreement f0r the sons to pay
,.C"the burial expenses and doctor bill and
’ ,I would care for him all his life, That
.' they refused, Then I engaged the ser-
‘vice of a lawyer to collect board after
a certain date or make them take care
of him themselves. They would not pay.
So the sheriff took the old gent to the
son's home. Being they were so stub-
' born and was so opposed to having the
old gent around, could I charge board
for the three years? He is- an invalid.
I was not able to have him at the time
he was brought and did not ask me
whether we were in a position to care
for him nor let us know he/was coming.
How much should I charge per week?—
T. H.. Lake City, Mich, -

There having been no agreement
on the part of the sons to pay. for
the care of their father there would
be no contract liability therefor. An
express contract is necessary. The
supreme court of this state has'said:
“Care of an aged and inﬁrm father
by a daughter is usually dictated by
the better instincts of a common hu-
manity and is so rarely bestowed
upon contract that no implied con-
tract can be predicated upon its be—
stowal or receipt. The law will not
associate with the discharge of a
purely filial duty an implied obli-
gation to pay for the same. To sup-
port a recovery therefor an express
contract must be clearly shown.”

The sons were liable in a proper
proceedings in court to pay for the
care of their father if they were of
sufﬁcient ability to do so. The sta-
tute says: “The father, mother, and
children, being of sufﬁcient ability,
of any person who is blind, lame,
old, impotent or decrept, so as to be
unable to maintain himself, shall, at
their own charge, relieve and main-
tain such poor person, in such a man-
ner as shall be approved by the di-
rectors of the poor of the township.
where she poor person may be.” The
statute provides what steps shall be
J, taken if the child neglect to care for

the parent. /

The supreme court in another case
has said: “There is no common law
liability resting upon a son to pro-
vide for his father. There is a moral
obligation resting upon a son to care
for his father so far as is consistent
with his own means and station in
life, but this does not become a legal
duty except by statutory enactment.
This liability does not attach until
the proceedings set forth in this
statute has been had.” I am of the
opinion that you could collect noth-
ing from the sons for the care of
their father without an express
agreement on their part to do so.——-
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

  

SHALL WE DO A‘VAY WITH THE
STATE FISH COMMISSION?

Would do away with State Game Com-
mission because it screens ﬁsh from free
passage up the Manistee River, Until‘
the erection of the Commonwealth Power
Co.’s dams in the Pine, theStronach and
junction in the Manistee river we were
able to have a steelhead trout or a suck-
er in the spring. But since the comple-
tion of the dams the ﬁsh commission
has had men here taking spawn and
have had the ﬁsh ladders screened at the
upper end which preﬂents us catching
any fish.

We have to drive 24 miles to get a
ﬁsh and then pay 10 cents a pound for
trout and 5 cents a pound for suckers.
The ﬁsh ladders are properly installed.
We absolutely know neither a steelhead
or a sucker ever got over the Stronach

, and none has gotten over the ladder at
the Junction in the two years it has been
in, We think hereabouts that such

‘things ought to be looked into. We do

not believe the ﬁsh commission has a

right to prevent us catching the ﬁsh we,

as taxpayers, help pay them to raise. ,I

. am sure every voter in Wexford, Lake,
,l Benzie and Man stee counties would vote

to do away with the State Fish Com-
mission and we think we have more than
aneven chance with the other“ counties

    
   
 
 

all .the state. We want to get this mat-l

»tgP5‘before the pea 1e. Now Mr, Editor
please publish ths letter and ivo us
,‘llr idea on the same through t e Mich-
” n Busines Farmer.—J. 0. Jr., Har-
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Ms ‘tion at the above dam for a few
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tho” lit the ’same .
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troubled. from

mild! . . . .,
e are here to serve you. All Insult-lea must be accompanied

river aftervbeing'.- handled, for ﬁsh

gcultural purposes. jWe took upwards ;
'of six million eggs from which-nearly 1
ﬁve million young ﬁsh were hatched

and distributed, including very liberal
planting in the rainbow streams of
the four counties mentioned in your
letter. 7

This large output of young rain-

bow trout would have been nearly a ,‘

total loss if our work had not been
carried on. Comparativer few of

the large trout go over the dam thru ,1

the ﬁsh chute as constructed, and
those, that get over are damaged or
' injured to an extent that most of
them would not get very far up-
stream. Conceding, however, that
every trout would have gone over
the dam, if they had not been inter-
cepted, not one per cent of the eggs
deposited would hatch under nat-
ural conditions. In other words,
there is an enormous waste, under
natural conditions, which is saved
through ﬁsh cultural treatment.
Rainbow trout were entirely un-
known in this state until after they
were introduced from the hatcheries,
and the spawn was obtained from the
far West, through ﬁshing operations
that were identical with our ﬁeld
work at Junction Dam Brook trout
were also unknown in all of the
counties above mentioned until the
streams were stocked from hatcher—
ies. If hatchery operations are dis-
continued, it is~absolutely certain that
trout of all kinds will be practically
extinct within a few years. This
fact probably is not generally ‘known
nor understood.

   

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SAFES NOT FIREPROOF

“In 1915 I bought a safe from the
Meilink Co. of Toledo, sold to me by the
Lewis Sales 00., their agents, and in
1920, February 5th, my house and con-
tents burned, also safe and contents
burned to a, crisp, the size of safe is 3
1-2. I DaYed $42 for same also $42 cash
and $15 war savings stamps and $100
worth of jewelry burned with it com-
pletely spoiled. I wrote to the Lewis
Sales Co. and they referred me to the
Meilink Safe Co. of Toledo Ohio, I
wrote them about the matter and they
told me that that size safe was not
guaranteed but the safe was guaranteed
to me also their circulars guaranteed
them. I am a subscriber of your paper
and I see by the Farmer where you have
helped others. Can you do anything for
me?”-—-—-A Subscriber Gladwin County.

We wrote the Meilink pompany,
uand they answered as follows: ‘

“We build a large line of safes for
all kinds of purposes. There is no
Safe Company in business that we
know of, that can make a claim to
an ‘absolutely’ ﬁreproof safe, nor
does any company guarantee a safe
as such. This depends entirely upon
the condition of the fire.

“The Lewis Sales Co. are not ’our
appointed agents. We sell small
safes to anyone that wishes to buy
them.

“As far as his reference'to a guar-
antee is concerned we know nothing
of such guarantee. We do not guar—
antee safes in this manner. If we
know the conditions under which the
safe is to be used, we can advise the
purchaser what he ought to buy and
we are very careful in giving this
kind of advice.

“The No. 3 1—2 has not a very
heavy wall and consequently has not
enough ﬁre protection to be .used as
a good risk in a country dwelling,
nor would we recommend it for such.
The ante can be used in cities where
the .ﬁre risk is not so great, and in
departments and places of this kind.
The Meilink Steel Safe 00., Formerly
the Underwriters Safe 00. .

CHICAGp FIRM PAYS

“April 14 we sent a money order of
317,96 to Philipsborn'a of (Calaicago for 1
summer suit for a.‘ boy, ri $4.98, also
for 1 kimona, priced $ .98, total, $7.96.
I received from our mail carrier his re-
ceipt for the $7.96 and handed him a $20
bill because we could not mane change, _
but when he came next day he put a re-
ceipt in the mail box of $17.96,  the:
change .that wouldi' have con. my due
1: d I sent  ﬁnch  VI

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a. tall?  K

spoke-to hlmka
~‘two’ receipts. 3H 9 cl .

    

  
 

 

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The suckers initials taken? in—

olden-tally ' along _with the} rainbows

do not and will not go. over raunchy-

way, like the ene'inStalled at, Junc-
tion Dam. .We sold them for ‘ﬁve

1" ‘cents apiece, a merely nominal sum,
in view at the times.

Our object in

selling them was to obviate the

' charges as to discrimination and fav-

oritism that were made when we
gave them away in ferm'eryears. All

‘ receipts from sale of suckers and the

limited number of rainbow trout,
were turned into the State Treasury.

We believe that our work is fully
justiﬁed by the "wonderful success
that has resulted from the planting
of trout throughout the state and
that there would be no~ complaint
whatever: if it wei'e generally known
or understood that there would soon
be no trout ﬁshing in any season of
the year, but for ﬁsh cultural oper-
etions.

Any further information that we
can give you along these lines will be
cheerfully furnish«ed.———Seymonr Bow-
er, Supt, Michigan Fish Commission.

LICE ON PEAS

I haVe about nine acres of contract
' eas, which, until a. short time ago were
ooking ﬂne, Then all at once the‘ vines

Were coveredlup with small lice, and
within a few days the pods seemed to

 

, curl up and the vines wilted right down.

Can you tell me what causes this? I
would be glad to hear through M. B'. F.
and thank you in advance—C. L, T..
Deckerville, Mich.

 

Treat your peas in the same way
as M. S. of Monroe county has been
advised to treat his cucumbers.—
Associate Editor. '

   
 

   

I have explained to Philipsborn's and
ﬁlled'out blanks they sent me, but the
questions are all the same. I thought
perhaps you would try and see what you
could do, I received a boyssuit, age 11
but nothing whatever like they agreed
to send for the price, in fact there was
a tag attached telling me there had been
a. substitution of inferior grade made,
I never received letter explaining things.
except a card telling me my merchan-
dise had been sent. but no kimono. has
ever arrived nor any settlement for same
saying nothingof the ertra $10 that was
sent."—~Mrs. A. K. 0., Bancroft, Mich.

We referred this complain to Phil-
ipsborn’s and,received a prompt re-
ply stating they were making a set-
tlement, but through an error our
subscriber did not receive the full
amount of money due 'her. We
again got in touch with the company
and they replied they would adjust
the matter to the entire satisfaction
of Mrs. A. K. 0. A few days later
we received the following letter. from
Mr. 0.: - ""

“Yours at hand in our mail yesterday.
Also a letter from Philipsborn's making
a. complete settlement and we are very
grateful. To how you We appreciate
your double kl dness, please, find enclos-
ed a $1. While‘we feel your services have
been worth more, we can hardly spare
more at present. Thanking you once
again we remain,”—.A, K. O. M. and
Wife Bancroft, Mich, July 28th.

As there-is no charges connected
with this service to our. paid-up sub-
scribers we have credited the dollar
on your subscription by advancing
the expiration date on your paper
one year.—Editor. ' -

 

WATCH TRANSACTION

“I answered an adv. for watches sell-
ing at $2.95 or 2 for, 8 .90 and one free
ow I sent the
money and ‘did not hear from them for
a long time. I wrote and asked them to .
give a reason for the delay, They,thcn
delayed two weeks and sent me the three
watches but not the kind they advertis-
ed. One of the three was in bad'shape.
the main spring was twisted and the
back cover could not be placedback, and.
3 wrote the company about it, but they
0 not give, an answetil-i Now_ the ad-

a
. M. B.,

dress, of this ﬁrm is
Co. Chicago, Ill."——C
Mich, July 11th.

Upon receipt of the above letter
we wrote the company, and a few
days later received the following
from Mr. B.: l r- - ,— »

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Merrill,

   

     
    

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. Several, insects, inter f. ., »
,welfareaf’cucumber an'dmnu’ _.,. .43 
The Cucumber Beetle (striped), reads. 1
on theyleav'es; and the young tunnel ,, 
as grubs in the roots. PlantTmOreW g' -. 
seeds than are neededgto“ produce ‘ ‘ -’  i.
vines and thin ou-t'the injured plants  
and dust with hydrated lime and ‘ ~ 
flour of sulphur (one of sulphur "to

ﬁve or six of lime), through coarse
cloth. Some prefer ‘ar'senate of lead
powder mixed with‘ nine parts of hy-
drated lime. About the bases of the . .
vines“ on the. ground throw some ; w v? :1
tobacco dust to prevent beetles from -' A -
layin geggs on stems. Paris green is
not reliable onthese tender vines. "

, The Cucumber Louse usually starts
in anfew hills and then spreads over
the. ﬁeld, cold, wet'weather being no.
orable to the louse. Some prefer
to bury the ﬁrst few vines attacked .
to retard spreading. A good spray 'r
is Persian insect powder, 1-2 ounce , ~
to a gallon of water; also nicotine
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water, if 40 per cent sulphate is
used, spraying upward from be- 
neath. The difﬁculty lies in getting

the spray on the lice. Each louse
must be fairly hit to be killed.

The large Black Squash Bug, on
stink bug, not only feeds on vines,
but probably also carries the wilt. It
may be trapped on cold nights un-
der pieces of board and dropped into
a can of water, having a little kero- ’
sene on top—Special Bulletin No. 93,
Experiment Station, M. A. 0’.

 

HAIRY SAND VETCH

Will you explain through your paper‘
the following: The value of hairy sand
vetch as hay, The time for cutting.
Will soy beans do well on fertilized
sandy soil? The value of the hay and
the sale for same. Will alfalfa grow at- .
ter soy beans? Whichis the most pay- ‘ .-
ing crop on sandy soil, wheat or rye?’ “
What are the beneﬁcial returns from one
application of two tons of lime and 250
pounds of phosphoric acid per acre on a
crop rotation of corn, wheat, and hay? '
Are cow peas considered as of as much,
value as fertilizer and hay? Which of '
the above is the best to plow under for
green fertilizer?—-F, C., Newaygo Cq.

Hairy Vetch is frequently used for
hay, good results being secured by
sowing the mixture of two bushels
of cats and twenty pounds of Hairy
Vetch seed as early in the spring as ‘ ’
a suitable seed bed can be prepared.
This mixture_should be cut for hay .
and when the oats are in the early"
dough stage and the vetch is form-
ing pods. .
, Soy beans ﬁsually produce a fair
growth on fertilized sandy soil. Well
cured soy bean hay has about the
same feeding value as clover or al-
falfa hay. The seed have nearly the
same feeding‘value as oil meal. It
should be easier to secure a catch of
alfalfa after raising a crop of soy
beans provided the soil is not acid,
and the seed is. inocillated.

On a light, sandy loam a larger

 

‘ yield of rye is usually secured than. ‘

wheat. The price per bushel how- .
ever, will have to be taken into con- '
slderatiOn in determining which is " ‘
the most proﬁtable crop. ‘ -,
Cow .peasdo not produce as much
growth in this state as soy beans. If
it is desirable to,plowsunder a sum—
mer grown crop, soy beans may be
used. Rye and vetch: however, make
considerable growth between regular ‘
crops, and'consequently are more
desirable for this purpose—0. R.
£89088, Ass’t Prof; of :Farm Crops, M,

 

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COMPANIES CAN RAISE~ RATES  «i
, I am interested in some ,good life inc ~ . “ K
surance, Kindly advise ‘me if the rates ‘ "
.can ever ‘be' raised in the Bankers" Life I _ ‘
Association, Monmouth, Illinois, 6r Nat-  ~  '

ional Life Assoc atien, Des Moines, 1m
-—F. A. g N.,V Galien, Mich. ' " '

The Illinois Bankers, Life Associa- i] , 
tion of MonmouthigflllinOis,‘ and. the 
National Life. Association of“. Des 
Moines, Jews are authorized .to trans- '
not business in this sftate as'ioov‘op.
ative or assessment life 
Companies'of this class have 
right, to levy additional  ‘ * ‘
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in ep’gods that
should stake/a shot

were?

  
       

r r  hchouid explain th
‘ / pet'his demand. a
“giganto‘hell,” Alesandra said,
Realise had opened the door and
lashed a light on the face of the im-

i‘f;ﬁo:1‘§nnaté- caller.

' "*1 have, big secret,” Yi Poon pant-

  ‘ed,’ , _"Yery big brand new secret."

-“Gome around tomorrow in busi-
ness hours,” Alesandro growled as he

-~ prepared to kick the Chinaman off

present.

the. premises.

“I don't sell secret,” Yi Poon stam-
mered and gasped. “I make you
I give secret now. The
Senorita, your sister, she is stolen.
She is tied upon a horse that runs
fast down the'beach."

But, Alesandro who had said good
night to Leoncia, not half an hour

,before, laughed loudly his unbelief,

and prepared again to boot off the
traﬂicker in secrets. Yi Poon was
desperate. He drew forth the thous-
and dollars and placed it in Alesan-
dro’s hands, saying:

“You go look quick. If the Sen-
orita stop in this house now, you
keep all that money. If the Senorita
no stop, then you give money back."

And Alesandro was convinced. A
minute later he was rousing the
house. Five minutes later the house

' peons, their eyes hardly open from

sound sleep, were roping and sad-
dling horses and pack—mules in - the
corrals, while the Solano trible was
pulling on riding gear and equipping
itself with weapons.

Up and down the coast and on the
various paths that lead back to the
Cordilleras, the Science scattered
questing blindly in the blind dark for
the trail of the abductors. As chance
would have it, thirty hours afterward
Henry, alone caught the scent
followed it, so that, camped in the
very Footstep of God where ﬁrst the
old Maya priest had sighted the eyes
of Chia, he found the entire party of

'twenty men and Leoncia cooking and

eating breakfast. Twenty to one,
never fair and always impossible, did
not appeal to Henry Morgan's Anglo-
Saxon mind. What did appeal to him
was the dynamite-loaded mule, teth-
ered apart from the oft-saddled forty
odd animals and left to stand by the
careless peons with its lead still on
its back. ' Instead of attempting the
patently impossible rescue of Leoncia
and recognizing that in numbers her
woman’s safety lay, he stole the dy-
namite mule. ,

Not far did he take it. In the
shelter :0! the low woods, he opened
the pack and ﬁlled all his pockets
with sticks of dynamite, a be); of de-
tonators, and a short coil of fuse.
With a regretful look at the rest of
the dynamite which he would have
liked to explode but dared not, he
busied himself along the line of re-
treat he would have to take if he suc-
ceeded in stealing Leoncia from her
captors. As Francis on a previous
occasion at Juchitan had sow'n the
retreat with silVer dollars, so, this
time, did Henry sow the retreat with
dynamite—the sticks in small bund-
les and the fuses, no longer than the
length or a detonator, and with de‘
tonators fast to each end.

Three hours Henry devoted to
lurking around the camp in the Foot-
step of God, ere he got his opportun-
ity to signal his presence to Leoneia;
and another precious two hours were
wasted ere she found her opportunity
to steal away to him. Which would
not have been so bad, had not her
escape almost immediately been dis-
covered, and had not the gendarmes
and the rest of Torres’ party mount-
ed, been able swiftly to overtake them

on foot. .

When Henry drew Leoncia down

to hide beside him in the shelter of.
a rock and at the same time brought

' his rifle into action ready ‘for play,

- she protested.

‘said. “They are too‘many.
wﬁght youwiil be killed.

“We haven't a chance, Henry," she
If you
And _ then

what ‘will become of me? Better that

".,ycu:make your own escape, and» to
bring 11!, meringue to be retaken, ,
  ’  diet—and Tet me be

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and .

   

and watch. Here they came now.
You just Watch-u

Various mounted on horses and
pack mules, whichever had come
handiest in their haste, Torres, the
Jets, and their men clattered into
sight. Henry drew a sight, not on
them, but on the point somewhat
nearer where he had made his ﬁrst
plant of dynamite. When he pulled
the trigger, the intervening distance
rose up in a cloud of smake and
earth and dust that obscured them.
As the cloud slowly dissipated, they
could be seen, half of them, animals
and men, overthrown, and all of them
dazed and shocked by the explosion.

Henry seized Leoncia’s hand, jerk-
ed her to her feet, and ran on side by,
side with her. Conventiently beyond
his second planting, he draw her
down beside him to rest and’catch
breath.

- "They won’t come on so fast this
time,” he hissed exultantly. “And
the longer they pursue us the slow—
er they’ll come on.”

True to his forecast, when the pur-
suit appeared it moved very cau-
tiously and very slowly.

“They ought to be killed," Henry
said.
I haven’t the heart to do it.
surely shake them up some.”

Again he ﬁred into his planted dy-
namite, and again turning his back
on the confusion, he fled to his third
planting.

After he had ﬁred off the third ex-
plosion, he raced Leoncia to his teth-
ered horse, put her in the saddle,
and ran on beside her, hanging on
to her stirrup. .

(Continued next week)

But I’ll

 

UNCLE SAM’S HIRED MEN WHO
SERVE THE FARMERS
(Continued frOm page 6)

he had a great deal to say about the

work of the Bureau of Markets, and

in doing so the force of his person—
ality and capability was plainly evi-
dent in spite of hi smodesty.

“The Bureau of Markets is en-
deavoring to devise the quickest,
most direct and least expensive meth-
ods of getting products to market,”
he said. “Slip—shod methods must
go, for the new methods will be bet-
ter.

“Of course, it must be appreciat-
ed that the job can not be done over-
night. Present marketing methods
are the product of evolution, and bet-
ter marketing practices must come
through gradual impre-lc-ent in
methods and procedure. It has tak—
en decades and in fact a century or
so to develop the production side of
agriculture to its present degree of
efﬁciency, and there yet remains
much to be done. I hope that the
development of efﬁcient marketing
machinery will not take that long,
but it is a vast undertaking, ' and
every step of the journey must be
sure-footed.

“To accomplish that result the bu-
reau needs to have on its staff work—
ers of proved ability through practi-
cal experience; workers who are
keenly sympathetic with the farmers’
needs. In a word, we want in the
Bureau of Markets the best market-
ing specialists found anywhere in the
world. ,

“But of equal importance is the
hearty co—operation of everyoge. By
the character of service rendered we
want the farmer to know that the
bureau is his friend, and not to hPsi-
tate to call upon it to help him solve
hismarketing problems. It is his bu-
reau and we are ready and anxious
to serve him."

In that last sentence is contained
the keynote_to George I'iivingston’s
code. Service to others is his reli-
gion. He is constantly devising some
means of, helping the farmers with
their problems, and the only reward
he asks is that the farmers come halt

way to meet him.
p—————-:—-———-
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“It il a mistaken idea that scrubs
are more hardy, than “pursue a.
Pure-brads are hardy if only these
are, kept which are of good cent itu-

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M Amaéytltmtc. a:

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re trust in  .

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Million Dollar Educational Institution i’

  

    
 
   

Greatest stock show ever held in Middle West. M .A. C. and
U. S. Joint Agricultural Show. Model Fur Farm and fur animal;
exhibit. Model Power Farm operated by Henry Ford: Big farm
machinery show. Horticultural exhibit. Art Institute. > Boys'

          
         

and Girls’ Clubs’ demonstration.

  
       
 
    

Amusements

Horse racing, auto racing, auto polo, horse jumping contests,

    
    
 
  
   
    
  
 
  
 
  
   

bands, concerts, free vaudeville acts, daring airplane aerobats in V

startling acts, the midway circus, ﬁreworks and many other

features.

Seventy-first Annual Exposition

10 Days, I 10 Nights

. DETROIT
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Emory Townsend

Candidate

for
Nomination for

Congress .

8th Congressionial
District

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To the Voters of the 8th Congressional District:

Honorable Emory Townsend of Saginaw, a successful farmer, an-
active member of the Michigan Farm Bureau, a good lawyer and bus-
iness man, who two years ago came near being nominated for Cong-
ress, is a candidate for nomination for Congress at the primaries,

August 31, 1920.

Remember that the primaries are more important than the gen-
eral election. Is it not your imperative duty to go to the primaries,
August 31, take a Republican ticket and vote for Emory Townsend?
He will make a good Congressman and not be absent ninety per cent. 
of the time as some others have done. 

       
    
       
      
  

 

  
  

 

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the veterans, their relatives or common people as has been prepose '
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' lowing week. The'lueineu Fm. Adv.
Dept. Mt. Clemens. Mich.  ' .

.ssssms&1eumss
$2.200 OAS" SEOURES 878-AOHE FARM
with Valuable growing crops, 29 cows, 2 horses.
calf. bull. machinery. tools, implements, dairy
utensils; in- heart leading dairy section: 100
. acres ﬁelds, spring-watered pasture, woodlot. fruit
. trees, sugar maples, 9-room house. running sprint!
water: bis 3-story barn, new sense; affairs must
be settled; everything for 87,200,, only $2.200
.cash, balance easy terms. Details page 24
Strout's Biz Illustrated Catalog Farm Barzalns 83
States. any? free. STROUT FARM AGENCY.
814 B E, 0rd Bldg., Detroit, Mich.

FOR SALE—IMPROVED 40 ACRE 'FARM
including small two story house,_ large hip NOf
barn, corn crib. well, four acres timber, half mile
{mm navel road. near one of the best small
towns in the state. Now is the tune to see the
crops it will produce. Price $4,800. The build-
ings alone are Worth $8,000. CARL H. WHIT-
NEY Merrill, Mich.

FOR SALE—2,000 ACRES IN TRAOTS 'ro
suit: Presque Isle County. Heavy clay loam
.soil in lime stone belt. Nothing better. Bur-
rounded by prosperous settlers. First class msr—

ets. Price $15 an acre on easy terms. JOHN
G. KRAUTH, Millersburg, Mich.

FOR SALE—102 ACRE FARM, PARTLY IM-
' proved. For description and price write to B.
A. DOUGLAS, Twining, Mich.

 

FOR SALE—459 ACRES SAND LOAM CLAY
subsoil, house, barn, other improvements. timber.
CLARE ERNST Prescott, Route 2. Mich.

 

 

BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM FOR-
est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address “M.
M." care Michigan Business Farming, Mt. Clem-
ens, Mich.

FOR SALE—TWO GOOD D. S. P LLED
Durham Bulls. 8 and 0 months old. EDW. GUN-
DEN, Pigeon, Mich.

WANTED TO BUY A SECOND HAND CIDER
mill. eitllcr hydraulic or other power. PETER
SI‘IFERNICK, R 1, Gladwin, Mich.

 

'E'ELI. THE
MAELING EPARTMEN'I

1-—-if your name or initials are not
t.

correct on our lie

2—" your rural route or box num-
ber is not correct on our list.

8—” the expiration ’date is not cor-
rect, following your name.

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regularly every Saturday or earl-
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each Issue, your name is dupli-
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recent issue you have received,
torn from the cover of the most
recent issue you have received,
it will assure you of immediate
attention to your complaint.

MAILING DEPARTMENT,
The Michigan Business Farmer,

M t. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

'RESULTS!

April 6, 1920
Michigan Business Farmer,
Mt. Clomens, Mich,

Gentlemen: Enclosed please
ﬁnd check for $14.00, the sum due
for 13 weeks' chicken ad and one
week strawberry ad. If we need
any more ads we will let you
know later. .

Your ads surely bring business.
We’re all sold out: for April and -
May. Yours is the best paper for
Michigan farmers that there is in
the state. Continue in the same
 good way and you will have the

- . support of every bona ﬁde farmer.

 

I 7' .‘ Cordially yours,
M ' I C. W. HEIMBACH,

Gnome 5, Big Rapids, Mich.

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y' a candidate for, the, state legislature. '_

We say "exclusive? because we know‘
or no other candidate who'has .so

’ clearly and forcefully expressed himg-

self on state issues. We are not 're-.
producing this platform for the pur-
pose of furthering Mr. 'Burnham's
candidacy though, we are mindful of
the fact that it may have that effect.
Inasmuch as there is another very
good farmer running for the state
legislature in the same district, (al-

‘ though he has not .upto the present

time declareda platform) we refrain
from suggesting to our readers in
Sanilac county which of the two they
should vote for. We are taking up
valuable space for the printing of
Mr. B'urnham’s platform because it is
such a clear and concise deﬁnition of
issues pertaining to the welfare of
the farmers. It is a. platform which
commends itself to us very strongly,

with the policies of this publication.
Read and call it to the attention of
the candida-tee in your county: . -

“The liquor question is settled for
all time so far as the states are con-..
earned, the 18th amendment having
become a law, and the action of the
Supreme Court of the United States
in upholding its validity places the
control and enforcement of the law
in the hands of the Federal govern-
ment. Any change or repeal of the
18th amendment must come through
the congress at »Washington, D. C.
Our government is one of represent-
ative authority, but I believe it is
the duty of every citizen to lend his
moral and spiritual aidin upholding
the law. Any attempt to evade a
rule of action as deﬁned by a major-
ity of the electors cannot but have
one result—the end of constituted
authority. Those who would pre-
serve our institutions and observe
the law.

“We are drifting away from eco-
omy in public affairs. The per cap-
ita expense of running the state gov—
ernment according to the report of
the auditor general which is the of-
ﬁcial public record for the year 1919,
was $6.81 while in 1916 it was but
$2.17, or about one-third the present
cost. The taxpayers of Michigan will
be called upon to pay immense sums
of money on account of the very lib-
eral appropriations of the 1919 leg-
islature $5,000,000 for good roads,
$2,000,000 for Jackson prison, $1,—
500,000 for the University of Michi-
gan, $2,000,000 for the erection of
the state’s new ofﬁce building, and
also the increase in the running ex-
penses of the various departments of
the state government caused by the
general rise in prices. It may not be
much harder for us to pay what we
shall be called upon to pay in 1920
than what we were asked to pay in
1916, but we shall demand and ex-
pect that every dollar shall be spent
economically and that the state shall
receive a just and adequate return
for the money expended. The peo—
ple are in no temper to tolerate ex-
travaganc or graft.

“I believe that in all ﬁnancial
transactions the state should be gov-
erned by the same rules as the indi-
vidual citizen, for the state is but a
collection of individuals associated

 

 

together for the purpose of govern-
ment. The tendency of the times to
foster public improvementsby bond-
ed indebtedness and according elect—
ors who are not tax payers a voice
in these matters is wrongboth in
principle and policy, ‘and a pay as we
go program wherever expedient is a
far safer course than a. long drawn
account with its added rate of in-
terest.

“We should demand a. ten hour
day pay to be measured by results.
Those who labor on \the farms have
never been able to qualify in .the
eight hour class and. the returns on
their farm investments preclude‘the
possibility of ever. getting a rating
from -R. .G. .Dunn, and yet we are
asked to compete With those who)
would idle while the nation [and
state suffer for the lack of production.
We lire not asking sympathy.‘ we
are appealing to the American con.-
science for
one enduall. _ 7 _ . 1 , _
‘ "One of the greatest rabid s on

tox=tne+ramny1ojttn t   ,

"mile (humanity to educsiegihelr
children ,as‘ ~tho'se more .. rotten-fetus
sltuateed. This~is‘ one of the glaring

being concistent in its every detail .

a- square deal; alike I for; 

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sens“

defects of the, rural educational" sys~
tem. If we are to retainxou‘r social
caste ﬁnd emaintein the ideals” upon
which-our government ire-founded it
must be apparent to all
thinking citizens that every child
should have the legacy of his birth-
right, a trained mind and a healthy
vigorous body. I am in favor of any
and all legislation that will give. to
our rural schools the means to this
end. ' - .

“.I am also in favor of legislation
that will give to our teachers in the
public schools an adequate return
for their labor and a competence, for
old age. .The training of our child-
ren, who will be the citizens of the
future, is one of the, noblest of all
ceilings and merits its reward from
a grateful? public. v

“I am opposed to and will vote for
the repeal of the act creating the
state police. I do not believe it is
in keeping with our free institutions
to maintain a standing army of one
hundred and ﬁfty-four men in times
of peace and drawing a combined sal-
ary of $211,360 and no one so far as
I am able to determine can give an
intelligent reason for their creation
and appointment unless it was for
gallant and meritorious actionlin the
ﬁeld of politics. Now we have in
every county in the state a sheriff
and numerous deputies and marshals
and a very large number of police of-
ﬁcials whose duties are to execute
and enforce the laws and maintain
peace. If their force is not sufﬁcient
to accomplish this,the statute pro—
vides that any and all citizens may
be drafted-and sworn and compelled
to assist in the performance of this
duty. We also have a national guard
of trained soldiers that can and may
be called out in case of riot or other
emergencies. It would seem, there-
fore, that every ordinary precaution
had been taken to protect the lives
and property of our citizens prior to
the birth of this august body.

“I am opposed to and Will vote for
the repeal of the dog law as passed
by the last legislature. It denies
the right of local self government to
the people in the various townships
of this state; it places an excessive
and uncalled for tax upon all dog
owners, compelling claimants for
losses to adjust these claims with the
county ofﬁcials, thereby increasing
fees, delaying adjustments. and di—
verting all balances that may accrue
to the contingent fund of the county
which hertofore was apportioned to
the public schools. .

“I am opposed to all useless com—
missions as I believe they are added
burdens to the public. They receive
their ofﬁcial appointment from the
governor. of the state, and very often
are. chosen because of the political
activities. They are responsible to
no one, being a law within themselv-
es, and are merely duplicating the
powers and duties of the executive
“ofﬁce.

“I believe that all general legisla—
tion affecting the Whole state should
be referred to the people. Had this
been a law the Warehouse Amend-
ment would not have been defeated
by the enemies of agriculture in the
session of the last legislature.

“I have been asked how I stand
upon the beet question. I have al-
‘Ways been lead to believe and revere
the doctrine that ‘the laborer is wor-
thy of his hire.’ That the farme’ris'
entitled to the fruits of his labor goes

without question; and. the “right of"
organisation for, the purpose ofcol-g-
lective bargaining isgconsidered by,

all fair—minded persons to be, smut-,7,

_ ter of right; and sound , in" principles; 2

andfhas .recelved.,‘tl_,1"s sanction, ‘ of

congress and. .the-,courts".-"In'conclm ~

sion, «1 would-shygtthat I-‘a'mnot .a‘n-

tagoniSti-c to any business 1 but I shall ,
(w h a ' *

endeavor, as far},  _
to secure a bet’t‘e’ and

forward .

Say “Bayer” when 

proved safe by millions and '
physicians for over twen
ce t only an unbroken “Buyer
w ich contains roper directions to relieve
Headache, .Toot ache, Ear-ache, N '
Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Hand ~thl
boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. 5mg-
’sts also sell larger “Bayer peck-gee.”
spirin is trade mark of Bayer Manufac-
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rents and
 other 113nm.
581'! overhead.

,Genuine chrome

,uppers, resists barn~ ,

yard acids. Heavy .

soles of oak tanned lesther—-wesr like item’splce.
icoinfort-well—wear them all the ﬁrst day end
you won’t notice them. Brown only. You take
no. risk: simply send the coupon. Shoes are
shipped, pay the postman $4.85 on arrival.
you like them keep them, if not return them and
we wdi refund money, including postage. Your
word is enough. Don’t delay. Mail coupon today.
send for cataloeue. Sales last year over

$1,000,000. r
Rambler Shoe 00.. Dem. use. New York on:
Send my part of Rambler worth-while work shoes
‘I will my postman $4.35 on arrival. If

are not entirely satisfactory I can return them
and you will refund money, including postage.
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. [pin young turkeys isone
r y‘jmptoms of Bl‘ackhead which
1 pk tectious and very fatal disease
. ortality often reaChing as high
Nit-oer cent in _' young turkeys.
ever, from the one symptom you
jd'it would be impossible to tell
gm 1y ,whether the turkeysare af-
 with'Blackhead or not.
Jain 'theuc of Blackhead the
youngsters ex ibit a drOWSy attitude
“ tit. constantly increasing lack of
w ’r, the appetite diminishes, the
1' than ruffled, Wings pending and
"there is a general debility manifest—
 Diarrohea is nearly always pres-
and quite characteristic. The
dmppings are soft and yellowish in
color and during the latter stages
the head may present a darkened
or purplish appearance due to an
impaired circulation ,of the blood.
Thesymptom “has lead to the disease
being termed Blackhead. ’
"There is no known method of
treatment fer Blackhead that has
proved entirely satisfactory. - ‘The or-
fg‘ariisms causing the disease are very
deep seated in the liver-causing very
characteristic spots on the surface,
awhich may be noted upon making a
 post ‘morte'm examination. .This

Smak'es the parasites practically im-
 mune to any curative agents. ‘

As soon as any symptoms of the
disease are noted the affected birds
should be immediately isolated from

. ‘the'flook. Thouroughly cleaning and

disinfecting the wards will tend to
{keep the outbreak in check. Five
per cent solution of carbolic acid is
a good disinfectant. Where the di—

' ,sease has become prevalent on prem-
'~iSes' to such an extent as to make the

raising of turkeys unproﬁtable it is
advisable to dispose of the entire lot

‘ and allow a period of approximate—

‘ 1y two' years to elapse before restock-
- ing. Liming or plowing the runs of
feeding yards is indicated.
' Naturally, affected birds should be
destroyed, their carcasses burned or
.deeply‘buried. "Often the conﬁne—
- ment of turkeys in close yards has

been tried with favarable results.

g The above suggestions are offered
‘on the strength of a guess. That
mayor may not be the trouble with
the turkeys. The only way that we
could tell deﬁnitely whether or not
the turkeys are affected with the dis-
ease called Blackhead would be to

 I cautious of the affected birds to our

. Dr. E. T'.‘ Hallman of the Veterinary
"Clinic, East Lansing, Mich., who will
make a complete diagnosis of the

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case. and report‘the same to the own-
;er. This type of work‘is done by the
College free of charge for residents
of the State of Michigan. We are
always glad to be of service in this
manner Whenever possible and trust
that the above information may be
0f service—W. E. Newton, Ass’t in
Poultry Husbandry, M. A. 0. '

TONGUE LOLLING "

Please advise me how to stop a horse
from holding their tongue out.
a horse that holds its tongue out when
bridled and would like it stopped as it is
a good horse, Thanking you in advance.
—Frank Hegler, Deford, Mich.

Tongue lolling is the name applied
to this condition, or the habit of ex-
tending the end of the tongue from
the side of the mouth while driving.
The habit may be ﬁrst acquired in
an attempt to protect a sore mouth
from further injury, but its continu-
ation is due to the relief to the res-
pirations. This condition is not due
to paralysis of the tongue but is
wholly a habit. Treatment: First
have a qualiﬁed veterinarian exam-
ine the teeth carefully. The head
while driving must be elevated with
the‘overdraw check to bring the air
passages toward a'straight line. The
mouth may be closed with a noss
band attached to the bridle. Attach—
ing the'check bit to the main bit by
means of a flexible rubber hose, will
frequently prevent the habit. When
these measures fail, amputation of
a small portion of the tongue is the
only recourse—W. A. Ewalt, veter-
inary editor.

ABSCESS 0N COW’S JAW

Would appreciate it if you: could tell
me What is the matter with my cow. She
has abscesses on the side of her face_
They started in January and lasted un-
.til she was turned out on pasture in the
spring and then healed up, She is in
good condition and has been fresh for
8 weeks and gives a good flow of milk.
We have had two veterinarians and they
both pronounced it tuberculosis of the
bone. Would the milk be good for use?
—T. E. R., Arenac County.

It is impossible to give a positive
diagnosis of this case without seeing
the animal. She might have Actin—
omycosis, commonly known as Lump
Jaw. ‘She may have received an in—
jury sometime which has affected the
bone thus causing the abscesses to
which you refer. Should there be a
loose particle of bone fro‘m some.
cause or other, you would get the ab-
scess formation, at which time you
would get a fetid discharge. From
the symptoms you have given I can
see no indication of tuberculosis. I
would suggest you have a graduate
veterinarian to examine your cow.—
W. A. Ewalt, veterinary editor.

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MR. F. L. GARRISON

It is a fact that the success of any business enterprise de-
pends upon its efﬁciency and economical management, combined
with ample capital for operatibr‘of its business. The Detroit
Packing Company will have two millions or more of working cap-
ital. The practical management of the plant and cold storage de-
partments of The Detroit hacking Company will be under the di-
rectionbf the General Superintendent Mr. F. L. Garrison, who
has spent the past twenty-three years acquiring a full knowledge
of every department of the packing ho'use business, from the pur-
chase of raw material in the form of live stock through plant op-
erations including dressing of carcasses, processing of meats and
by—produ‘cts, marketing of all tonnage produced. His initial
training and experience came through twelve years of association
with the largest and best equipped plant east of Chicago. Later
Mr. Garrison was connected in an executive capacity with three
other packing houses in the East. We believe that the experi-
ence of Mr. Garrison puts him in a strong position to handle the
business of The Detroit Packing Company, as our present opera-
tions will be conducted mainly in Michigan and in territory East,
including all exports, with all of which he is full conversant. Mr.
Garrison will be ably assisted by efﬁcient managing heads of every
department.

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Edward 1’. Bold
Pm. and Con. Mgr,

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March 16th,

Detroit Packing Company,
Detroit. Mich.

Gentlemen:-

Your letter of recent date asking about Mr. 2.1..
as a practical packing house man, noted.

Mr. Garrison was with this Company from 1897 to 1909,
during which time he fulfilled varied duties acceptably and doubt-
less benefitted himself materially in acquiring definite'knowledge
and experience in p king house practice. In 1909 he left us to
take charge of a pee ing house in Ohio which he operated success-
fully for five years.

We believe Mr. F. L. Garrison to be both practical and
capable and should you place him in your organization are satisfied
he will credits.ny handle the business entrusted to him.

Garrison

Yours ve ry truly,

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Michigan. If you are considering a sale IO-
VIse us at one end we will claim the due
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Ionle. Mich.

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Blanchard, Mich. " _

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R. Leonard. St. Louis. Mich. ~

Oct. 29, Poland Chlnns. Chas. Wetzel &
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Oct. 30. Poland Chinas.
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Feb. 1 Poland Chlnns.

Brewbeher &

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Sunder thirva is honest broaden of live stock {no
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LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS
Porter Galestook, Eaton Rapids. Mich.
J. E. Iluppert, Perry. Mich.

Harry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich.

 

 

 

 

CATTLE

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INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY

of your
DAIRY HERD
by using a.
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN SIRE

We ha e bulls of all ages listed at
reasonable prices.

Also grade and purebred cows
and heifers

MICHIGAN
HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN

ASSOCIATION
Old State Building Lansing, Mich.

 

 

 

 

A VERY HANDSOME AND STRAIGHT SON
of a' 21.60 Ru 2 yr. old daughter if John“
Hengerveld Lad, whose daughters .are noted for
Individuality and performance. l‘mrn Mai-cu Li),
1920. Sired by a grandson of Ill-rtjusr-u Pauline
8d. 34.80 lbs. butter and 585.80 lbs. milk in
7 days. Price $175 delivered to your station.
For extended pedigree address,
L. KETZLER
Flint. Mich.

 

OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD

sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire "King pan-
tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis” who is a son of
"King of the l’onlillcs" from a daughter of Pon-
tiac ()lothildc Ilc Kol 2nd. A few bull calves for
gale. 'l‘. \V. Sprugue, ll 2, lattle Creek, Mich.

 

 

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEIN)

We are now booking orders for
young bulls from King l'mxm Svu‘c
Lyons‘ 170506. All from A. R. O, dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
es and further informarion.

MusoifT Bros., South Lyons,

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BABY BULLS

Grow your own next herd sire. We have
three benutifnl youngsters—straight as a line.
himboned rugged fellows. They ere ell by
"in 39 lb. senior sire. KING KORNDYKE
()lilSKAXY PONTIAC from splendid indi-
vidual dams. of A. ll. backing and the best
of blood lines.

Write for our sale list.

BOARDMAR FARMS
JACKSON. MICH.
Holstein Breeders Since

Michigan

 

 

1906

 

 

 

. .ACKE KRAST LINDENWOOD CHAMPION
lull born March 13. 19]”. Sire is a 27.33
lb. son of a 30.61 lh. bull. whose sire is Johanna
(‘cncordia Champion (30 A. ll. 0. daughters. 2
above 30 lbs.) Dam is an 183V lb. 2 year old
daughter of Johanna Concordia Champion (see
above) whose sire. Coluutha Johanna Champion,
has 61 A. ll. 0. {daughters}. 6 above 30 lbs. He
is a big grovrlhy fell-ow, ready for heavy service
between 2-3 and 3—4 white and nicely marked.
Guaranteed .1 sure breeder and especially priced
at $200 if taken ut Ullm‘. Write for pedigree.
EDWARD B. BENSON & SONS
Hill Crest Farms, Munson. Mich.

’36 pound son of KING OF THE
V PONTIAC’S Heads our Herd

" Several 30 pound cows all under Federal Sup-

 

_I'Q’_rvlsion, good bull calves and a few bred heifers
~3er ale. I

HILL CREST KARI.
' or write.

Ortonvmo. Itch.

V V-ngnu P. mm, gee Griswold-83.. Damn. Mich.

 

TWO . BULL OALVES

* «ulster-ed iloisteln-Frieaial. lived by $9.87 I;
fend [rum hggvy pruduclnw young cows. The"
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canons! DIRECTORY, THE, Ml°ﬂ'9£t!.'e'3l“°3y "KNEE. W- cm“ “WP”:

mnmul PRODUOER '

Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER,
more PROFIT, per cow. . ‘
A eon ot mpleorest Application Pontiac—-
182852—from , our heavtyiyeurly-milklnz-good-but—

tor-record dun will solve '
Mu)th Application .Pontlec's dam made
35,103 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1344.3 lbs. butter
end 23421.2 lbs. milk In 385 days. _
.He rs one of the greatest long distance sires.
I doubters and none will prove it.
\Write in for pedigree and prices on his sons.
Prim ﬁlm and not too high for the average
dell: turner.
end price. on application.

 

moc£L°liluo SEGIS cusn

BI! site a 80 lb son of lakeside King Segll
Alban De K0}.

His dam, Glists Fenella’.'32.37 lb.

Her dam, Gliata Ernestine, 35.96 lb.

His three nearest dome creme over 38 lbs.
end his forty nix nearest tested relatives avenue
over 30 lbs. butter In seven due. We oler one
of his sons ready for service.

GRAND RIVER “STOCK FARM!
Corey J. Spencer. Owner. Eaton Rapids, Mich.

BIO BOOK IIOLSTEIIIS

Herd Headed by Johan Pauline De
K01 Lad 236554

a. son of Flint Hengerveld Lad

and Johan Pauline DeKol twice

30‘ lb. cow and dam of Pauline

DeNijlander (Mich. Champion

two years old.) V
Bull calves from dams up to

28 pounds.

Roy E. Fickies, Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

A GRAIIBSOII OF
KING OF THE PONTIAOS

that will be ready for service in September
whose own Sister has just made over 22lbs.
Hf butter as 3 Jr. 3 year old and whose Dam
has made over 20 lbs. and we own both of
them and they are due to freshen again in
lanunry and will be tested. This young bull
:8 well grown and 9. top line that could not
he beat. his Dani's 1-2 sister has just made
wver 30 lbs.

Ilis price is only $150.00.

From a fully mredited Herd.

BAZLEY STOCK FARM. Ypsilanti, Mich.

Address all correspondence to

JOHN BAZLEY
319 Atkinson Ave.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

 

 

 

R. Bruce McPherson. Howell. 

to the farmers of Michigan that we
ere now ready to supply them with
Canadian bred Shortho‘rn females
either straight
topped milkers at “reasonable-prices.

If your community needs the‘sgrv-
ices, of a high-class. Shorthorn bull,
write us for our Community Club
Breeding plan. ' .

, P Ell BROTHERS
898

Established. in 1 .

WHAT DO ' YOU WANT? .
SHORTHORN bra . Cu
touch Wilkins-t mllherheei strain. lethal}

 

1 represent 41‘

uses. Some females. 0. W. 0mm, President
Central Miehim - Annotation. Mo-
Brides. Michigan.

 

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Shorthorns at Farmers Prices
FOUR SCOTCH TOPPED BULL-CALVES
under one year old. These are ell runs
choice indiviiualo.
FAIRV‘IEW FARM
rd Alma, Michigan

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lwe Wish to; Announce ’

Scotch or Scotch-

. Balding, Inch.

am am.- maul“; you  “in... let us 'o'rig’fmi‘me. 1. 
GOP]! or chsneermust he seemed one M’bef’eropmef Blue. '

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of farming, a car load of grade dairytbeifen
heaviest mm: pro«

from,LENAWEE COUNTY'S
most extreme beet type for combination beef
dairy . farn’ﬁnz. v ‘
Car lot ehlpn examined at GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt. n'lenL‘ .
ethods e lainedin SMITHS PROHIABLB
STOCK FE INC. 400 pages illustrated.
CEO. 8. SMITH. Addison. m;  «_

BAR'1' LE" "’“ﬁs tﬁ'ﬁ:‘£§§°§f€*

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upmi'ci-g" ‘ . MW]: lam
CARI. BARTLETT. Lynn. Hob.

 

GUERNSEYB

iGUERNSEYS FOR SALE- 1 IUL‘L. 8T. nus-
tell Suit-.11; sire Lonzvuter Prince. Chem-
: (18714) 4 A. R. daughters, $.18 m m at 2 1-2
. years old. DumDuxm o: Elnhurst (35969 A.
.R. 548 lb. fat at 2 1-2 yrs. old. 1 ball on .
.105. old of sir-ﬂu > Also a low. In
heifersuil the chem bull. I: will Pay You W
investigate. Prices and pedigree on application.
nonu- IIIOS- N 1. Aﬂenn. Mich.

 

 

SH ORTRORIIS-

5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos. old, on room. poll fed.
Dams good milkers, the farmer-3' ﬁnely“ farm-
ers‘ prices. \

F. M. PICGOTT A SON. Fowler. M

 

THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers‘ Association have stock for sale. both mill
and. beef breeding.
Write the secretary. .,
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich.

 

ONLY A FEW

SHORTIIORIIS AT 0L0 PnIcE.

Wm. J. BELL, Rose City, Mich.

  Clay Bred Shorthom bull on"
from a heavy producing dam.
W s. HUBER. Gladwin. Mich.

LEFT

 

 

I I
apie Ridge Hard of Bates Shorthorns OI-
fers for sale a roan bull call” 9 mos. old. Also 2

younger ones. .7. E. TANSWE’L‘L. Mason. Mich.

(y

or Sale. Milking Shorthorn Bulls from two to
16 mo. old. Dams zivimr 40 and, 50 lbs. per

day. Yearly records kept. Herd tuberculin tested.
JAS. H. EWER. R 10, Battle Creek, Mich.

 

ENT COUNTY SNOHTHORN BREEDERS’
Ass’n are oﬂ'erinz bulls and heifers for sale. all
ages. Sell the scrub and buy a purebred.

A. E. RAAB, Sec’y, Caledonia. Mich.

 

FOR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND
Oxford Down Rams.

J. A. DQGARHO. Malt. Mich.

 

 

SOLO AGAIN

Bull calf inst advertised sold but have 2 more
that are mostly While. They are nice straight fel—
lows. sired by u son. 0;; King One. One is from
I 17 lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from a
20 lb. Jr. 3 yr. old (lam, she is by n son of
Friend Ilengcrreld De Kol Butter Boy, one of
the great hulls.

JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. Itch" R 2.

FOR SALE TWO BULL OALVES

One 10 mos. old ltirizo size, more light than
dark. Dom’s record 20.2 lbs. butter. 13 near-
est dams nvcl‘nge over 24 1—13 lbs. butter 7 days.
()ne 2) mos. old from an 18 lb. 3 yr. old. Six
nearest dams on sires’ side average 27.63 lbs.

in 1 days.
OSCAR R. RUMSEV, Hudson. Mich.

FOR SALE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULLS
nearly rendy for serxiee from good A. R. 0.
dams, also bull calves. Wm. lrii’ﬁn, Howell, Mich.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

Yearling Bill by a brother of the \Vorld’s

Champion Junior 4-year old. and full. brother-in-

hlood to the Ex—Chamnion Cow. Dam of can

own sister to MAPLECREST PONTIAC DE KOL

BANOSTINE, yearly record 1253.45 lbs,
NILLCREST FARM

' Kahlua... Mich.

A SON OF CARNATION CHAMPION, WHO HAS
a 40 lb. site. a 42 lb. dam end two 42 1h.
sisters. Born May 8. 1920 Iron a daughter of
a 2Slb. cow. Her six nearest clams average 27.5
lbs. Nanny. white. Federal tested herd.

VOEPEL. Sebewaing, Mich.

SHORTHORN

snonrnonns FROM All—ACCREDITED HERD
grandsons and gi'nnddlulghters of Avondnle
Mnxwalton Jupiter 754193 heads our herd.

 

 

HEREFORDS'
MEADOW BROOK HEBEFORDS

Bob Fairfax 495021 at head 0: herd Retin-
tered stock. either sex. polled or horned, mostly
any age. Come and look them over.

..EA.RL C. MeCARTY. Bad An. Indian...

Hardy Northern Bred Hereford:

BERNARD FAIRFAX 62‘819 HERD-0F HERO
20 this year's calves for sale. 10 ball: end 10

heifers.
JOHN ﬂacGREOOR. Hmluiiic. Mich.

 

 

REGISTERED GUERNSEYS

"DEN VOUI'I IULI‘I' OALF IOW_
for. beam shipment. Let me send you I. zeal ped-
Icree of better breeding. A
J. M. WELLER”. none Ah“. M. .

 

 

' JERSEYS .

, Senior Herd Sire Junior Herd Sire '
Noble Sensational Lad You'll Do’s Duchess
1 5 Oxford 158393

18 ﬁlms BRED JERSEYS

of capacity, type and-beauty.
Let us know your wants. '~ .
HIGHLAND FARM, Shelby, Mich.
Samuel Odell. Owner. v Adolph Bees. Mgr.

FOR 8ALE—REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE.
both sex. . Register of merit testing (10119.
-J. L. CARTER. R ‘4. Lake Odessa, Mich.

 

 

 

MPROVE YOUR JERSEY HERD WITH ONE
of our Majesty bulls.
FRANK P. NORMINGTON, lonia, Mich.

AYRSHIRES

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYROHIRE
bulls and bull. calves, heifers and heifer calves.
A18 3 m choice cows. ,

o FOIIFDLAY nnos., R 6. Vessar, Ilich.

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

BIG. BOB MASTODON'

Sire was champion of the world, his ng’s‘
lire m champion u Ion Sta Foil“. Get
a grand champion while the getting is good. Book.-
inz orders now, Bred gifts are all told, but have
10 choice fall pegs sired by l. Gnnldson of Dish-
er‘s Giant.,3 boars and 7 sows. Will sell open
or bred for Sept. furrow, to BIG BOB.
C. E. GARNANT. Eaten Ream. Mich.
PE POLAND CHINAS
  WITH QUALITY
Nine fall gins out of litters of eleven and

1- t . f)! sale. I
tnr eels.  “VGRANTS' 3L “hm, Mich. .

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

HEREFORDS

Cows with calves at side, open
or bred heifers of pepular breed—
ing for sale. ‘ -

Also bulls notxrelated.

ALLEI BROTHERS

PAW PAW. HIGH.

 

 

 

 

120 HEREFORD 8131!“. Am
know of 10 or 15 load: fancy I”
Shorthom and Angus steers 5 to I Ibo ;
Owners an: to sell. Will he boy He
commission. C. F Ball. Poi Iowa.

_ REGISTERED llEIIEFOR BATTLE /

King Repeater No. 713941 heads our herd.
A grandson of the Umlefeated Grand Champion
Repeater 7th No. 38690{i. We have some ﬁne
bulls for axle and also some heifers bred to Re-
Denier. Tony B. Fox; Proprietor

 

 

JOHN SCHMIDT J: SON. Reed City, Mich.

 
  

  

with a View to Writing them' up

 

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FIELDMAN SERVICE

Any breeder who expects to hold a sale this season of any variety
.of pure-bred live stock, may secure the services of .a 
Business Farmer" ﬁeldman who iii-prepared to' visit their herdsf

ﬁeldman can to make the sale a success“

IF A YOU ARE PLANNING  A. SALE 

a letter. addressed to Felix Witt, ﬂéﬁeldmen, carelef Michigan
Business Farmer, I I ’Clemeng.

rm: MARION STOCK FARM." Marion, also.

  
   
   
   
  
  
  

and rendering any I help that at I

Will.  ran etieetm. . ‘

IG TYPE POLAND CHIIAS. NOTHING TO'
Boil’e at present.

MOSE BROS., St. Charles, Mich.

WONDERLAND HERD

use: we: P. o.
A few choice bred Kilt! fgr #:mumd mil “mull:
' . . m exec
"‘6 “3' Eli” my rum-s SUPERIOR

masons:

 

heading to bred to SR
‘ so” BIG OW’S EQUAL

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amour; CHOICE in omen sun. by 3rd
ORANGE A.
Free livery to Mm

“RI. CLARKE.

m- m Heb

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slum ALLEY m cm
' . Giles ell told.
My 1920 am will he aired Giant Che-mus

No. 324731. lira! b! M" n and
No. 371041.

A. n. GREGORY, ‘Ionia, Mich,

 

 

 

 

   

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. . V Mild to 1 Belle Bone Boulder No. 726.-
.—- : ‘ A72< or Sept. w. Spring pigs either sex.
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r '- in: m: 7 POLAND CHINA snap mus.
~ 7 V on. M beer. spring pics both sex, and tried
* wows while they last. _
. ' " N  ' Hm? Um” Merrill, Mich.

 

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Hams sonnmus noon

THE LARGEST BIB TVP—E P. O. IN MIOH.

. ~ Oct c bigger and better bred boar pi: from my

hard, at a. reasonable price. Come and see them.

‘ In 1 not us represented. These boar:

in. Janice: L's Bin Onnge. Lord Clansman.
orange Price and L's Long Prospect.

‘ , 'W E. LIVINGSTON. Pat-mu. Mich.

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OARS- ALSO SOWS AND PIGS.

, you wont. Poland Claim of the b t
We have bred them bl: for more ﬂitting? out:
over 100 bend on hand. Also registered arch-
crons, Holstelns and Oxfords. Everything sold at

y I reasonable price. and a square deal. ‘
I -. . JOHN C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.

~ - FAHWELL LAKE FARM

. T. P. C. boars and gilts by Clansmsm's Image
2nd, the Outpost Orphan ‘Superior and King Giant.
Also 3 fall boars by Clansmnn's Image. A few
triad sows all with breeding privilege. Boers in
service: Clansmnn‘s Imago 2nd. Smooth Wonder,
King Giant and W. B.‘s Outpost. Visitors wel-
come.

nuvruma
typo.

 

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W. B. RAMSDELL, Hanover, Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAHDS

~‘ ‘ In introducing our herd we offer choice pigs
by W's Sailor Bob and out of dams by Buster
Bﬂoy. Long Superlm, Smooth Wonder 3rd, an
Orange DesMolnos. Priced to sell.

W. CALDWELL a. SON. Springoort, Mlch.
L s P FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
. boars left. A few extra nice gilt!
. ‘ left bred foor April furrow.

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SWARTZ. Schoolcraft, Mlch.

 

BRED SOW SALE.
For particulars write
Auousta. Mich.

TH ANNUAL P. C.
March 13. 1920.
J. HAGELSHAW.

VJ.

 

Chlna éows,

Am Offer-Inn Large Type Poland
Also

F bred to F's Orgnge at reasonable prices.
’ fall pigs. \Vrite ‘or call.
CLYDE FISHER. R3, St. Louis. Mich.
. T. P. 0. SPRING BOARS, SIRED BY WIL-
ey's King Bob. out of Grand Daughters of
Disher.’s Giant. All immuned with double treat-
ment. John D. Wiley. Schoolcraft, Mich.

oonard’s B. T. P. C. See my Exhibit at Mich.

' State Fair. ’ All stock double immune. Pub.

lie sale Oct. 28. Get your name on mailing list.
E. R. LEONARD. R 8. St. Louis. Mich.

 

 
    

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teed. _
- F. Hams A SON. Damon. Mich.

 

DUROC BOARS

ready for service.
son, Mich.

F803!

PRIZE

WIN NING STOCK

G“. B. Smith. Addi-

 

0- H. FOSTER. Mgr.

MIOHIGAIIA FAIIIA WHOGS '

Choice breeding stock for. sole.

Pavlllon. Mich.

 

olxunns pram elm
-Herd Boar—Reference only—No. 7129219
1919 Chicago Internﬁnli
~' 4th Prize Jr. Yuri:

BOOKING ORDERS mm. mos AT 326"
' BLANK a. POTTER

Pottervmn. ‘Ilﬂl-

 

on sale:

m

ONE Bum ’0" FIND-
Broolmnter breeding stock also!!! will! via.
JOHN ORONENWETT. m

 

803065

0.

QUALITY.
L.

OFVBREEDINO SIZE IND"
POWER. Jerome. Mich.

 

Sept. furrow.

uroc Jcmy Sow: and am: bred for Aug. cud
1.000 lb. herd boar.
J08. SOHUELLER. Woldman. Mich.

 

 row. ' Spring

JESSE BLISS 3: 80

N.

GILTS BRED FOR AUGUST FAR-
Diﬂs either sex.
Henderson.

Mich.

 

Gilts in season. Call or
McNAUGHTON

E OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED SELECT-
ed spring' Duroc Boam,‘ also bred Iowa om!

write

& ' FORDYCE.

Bunnsninns

St. Louis. Mlch.

 

LARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIRES.
Bred eilts nnd sprint: pins for sale.
PRIMEVAL FARM. Ossco.

Mich.

 

 ONE SOW TWO YEARS OLD
duo .luly Tlh, one boar Jan-

uary furrow no.1 four sows March furrow for sale.
Best hloml lines of tho hrrod.
ARZA A. WEAVER. Chesanlng, Mich].

 

GREG-0R? FARM BERKSIIIRES FOR
profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your
wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall.

111.

 

 

CHESTER YVIIITES

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csrsrsn wmfas

for May farrow F‘. \V.

stock at reasonable prices.
Alexander.

Spring

lrios from
Also a few

Pigs In Pairs or
A»! mature
bred (lilts
Vassar, Mill.

 

ome Fine Chester

Whites

farrowod July 14.
1920. Will ship C. 0. I). when 2 mos. old for
$13.50 reg. Try one. l‘luiph Coscns, Levering, Mir-h

 

HEEISTEBE

vice. Prices right

CHESTER WHITE
either sex. Bosrs ready for ser-

SWINE,

LYLE V. JONES; Flint. Mich.. R. F. D. No. 6

 

HE BEST BRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIR-
ed by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price.
DerTT 0. PIER, Evart, Mich.

 

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Spring pigs by Walt's
Orion. First Sr. Yearling

Detroit. Jocks-on. Gd. Rapids and Saginaw..1919
Phillips Bros, Riga, Mlch

BOARS. WEIGHT
800 1b. boar.

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FALL
Sircd by s

UROC JERSEYS,
" 200 lbs. each.

Priced rensmmhlc.
C. E. DAVIS & SON. Ashley, Mich.

 

5 King 82949
pigs at the
r Duv
Mich.

'Duroc sows and gllts bred to Walt'
who has sired more prize wmmnz
Istate fairs in the last 2 years than any other
roc board. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns,

EADOWVIEW FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY
M hogs. .pring pigs for sale
. MOR

RIS. Farmindton. Mich.

J.E

PEACH HILL FARM

‘l s spring boars sired by Fench‘ Hill ()rion
mute”: splendid grandson of Orion (.herry King.
wmé, or better still. come ad select your own.
Priced reasonable. Inn-cod Bros, Romeo. Mich.

\
APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROC .IERSEV
swine. Son's bre to Model Cherry King 10th
for Au. and Sept. furrow. Write me your mots.
VERN N. TOWNS. R 8. Eaton Rapids. Mich.

 . nurse BOABPIGS

u one on approval.
.yOE. E. CALKINS. J! 6.

A FEW GOOD ONES
left. Let me send

Ann Arbor, Mlch.

alLTs AND BROOO sows
. Saws bred or open. Nou-

DIIHDG '3“:th

 

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ll. 1111! Great Forms. Multan. Itch.
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B.
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line
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write or cal am" a it.“ “PM.

maroon V 
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ET STOCK: .-
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Registered doe' 312 each. Stock pedigreed.“ an:
“1 mnnmnakuon. Goldwater. Mich. ‘ '

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wnto or visit

KOPE-KON FARMS. 3. L the. MD-

Bec '
gum Fiﬁ; exhibit It the own All Ml!

    
  

UINEA PIGS ‘AND NEW ZEALAND R
rabbits at modernity .priccs. Write -
BRUCE W Mddlcvillc, :

 
   

 
 

 

 

 

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no. my. ' an- .n‘ m“ .a n." °mpsom I‘m. not.
Ol‘lrzkasﬁl'onrﬁnckofm mh32.orio.uu' ' o
.,n r eve oping «min.
HAWTHORN mu. mu. liddlﬂilh. m. BABY CHICKS
' . _ lots, Locum-m. Mimosa, Spanish Hem
0' BROWN LEW Want" ‘1 (lumping, Reds, Rocks, Orpingtons: Brahman.

cor-h. “'hlte Peki'n Ducks, $2 each.
MR8. CLAUDIA BETTE, “Hid-lo. Mich.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

V'l‘wn crest breeds for profit. Write today Tor
free catalogue of hatching eggs, baby chicks and
breeding; stock.

CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY. 149 Philo Bldﬂ.
Elmlra. N. Y."

Mich.

 

 

\Vyandottes. Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton.
From morn laying purebred

  stock. White Leghorns,

Brown Leghorns, $18 per 100. Anconas,‘ $18
Postpaid. Live arrival guaranteed. Catalog free.
SUPERIOR HATOHERY. Clinton. Mo.

 

CHICKS—CHICKS
5,000 chicks every Tuesday in ﬂuly. Gum!
laying strain S. C. White Leghorns at $13 per

 

 

 

LEGHORNS 100; for 50. full count, lively chicks ﬁt

your door. Also Anconns at $15 per 100: O8

INGLE 00MB BUFF LEGHORNS. -EARLY for 50. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eleventh m-
ium-lwd (.‘ockerels. l-‘arm range from cxcel- son. Order direct. Catalog

free.
1. Holland. Mich.

1

lent laying stock. HOLLAND HATCHERV. R
J. W.

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EBSTER. Bath. Mich.

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HATCHING EGGS

FOR SALE "Arcana «ms

FROM A HEAVY LAW-
nig strain of S. C. R. 1. Red! at $2.00 per Iota
ting of 15 eggs. $10.00 per 100.

RABOWSKE'S S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS.
Young iillll old stock for sale.
LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill.

RHODE ISLAND BEDS

 

Mich.. R ‘4.

 

 

 

SINGLE coma RHODE [SLRND’KEEE ~Stock of excellent type and qunlity at all
lligrlyI h)ntcllerl, free rnlnge cockerols from stand- 563% f t, mnt'é’d
arl- re: ieliV' winte ' r.. lib. lis t ‘a mac ion 8118. e .
3 r M“ 1m,“ “m” HEIMS a. son. Dovlson. Mich.

on orders booked now for fall delivery,
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM
Mt. Mich" R G

 

Pleasant.

WHITTAKEH'S HEB GOGKEBELS

Both combs. Special disoount on early orders.

Write for price list.
INTERLAKEs FARM
. Lawrence.

BOSE COMB BROWN LEOHORN EGGS PM
sale. One ﬁfty per ﬁfteen eggs
Flemish Ginnt rabbits tbnt are giants. Quality

mranteod.
E. HIMEBAUOH. Mloh.

 

Goldwater,

RITE WVANOOTTES; EGGS FOR BATON-
lng from selected layers, 82 per 15. prep-id.

Box 4 Mich.

 

  
   

 

 

 

BOAHS READY FOR SERVIOE

Also 1 Bred Sow
W. A. EASTWOOD. Chesaning. Mich.

 

HAMPSHIHES

blood lines.

and fall

A FEW BRED GILTS LEFT
boar pigs from new

JOHN W. SNYDER. St. Johns. Mich” R 4

 

Am
for June and July
priced right.
weeks old.

ferrowing
Spring boar pigs at $15 ea.

Satisfaction guaranteed.
GUS THOMAS. New Lothrop. Mich.

HAMPSHIRES

. all sold out on sows and gills bred
BDl‘ll’lQ farrowinz. llnve a few sows and grills bred
that are good and

for

at 8
Call or write

 

 

 

of
C. Schoolmnster.
A RE V.

C.

choice spring plus, either

Mason, Ml

the Grand Champions Prince
\Vrite your wants to
DORMAN. Snover.

0 I 0 GILTS

BRED FOR SEPTEMBER FARROW
Everyone guaranteed safe

in
sex.

ch.. R

0. I. C.
l. C. AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE
Choice saw pigs of March farrow. Bloodlines

Big Bone and
Mich.

dam nlsu a few

F I) BURGESS

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offers 0. I. C.
prices on breeding stock

Runner Ducks.

MUD-WA Z—AUSH-KA FARM

spring pigs. also specinl summer

in White Wynndottes,

DIKE G. ILLER. Dryden.

Barred Rocks. White Chinese Geese am? White
'0 more eggs this season.

Mich.

 

‘ . I.
“April pigs at weaning

c.'s—8 choice young boars,

time.

CLOVER LEAF 8700K FARM. Monm.

Mmh and
Mich.

 

you stack at “live

on

O. I. 0. SWINE—JV HERD CONTAINU THE
blood lines of the most maﬁa herd.

Con tarnish
pr

1nd let u Inn.
A. J. GORDEN. DOﬂ'. Mich" n .8.

 

 

  

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mar-k. We have purchased a son of Scissors. the. National Grand Champion boar of the \Vorld.
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growing bmlS‘ 013mm” Browm’m' R2' Portland- parcel post. R. G. Kirby. R1. Enst Loosing. Mich.

 

 

 

THE AUSTIN STDGK FAB”

. BREEDERS or THE
\Vorld‘s Greatest Strain of Registered Duroc Hogs.
Clyde R. Austin, Proprietor. Bloomingdale.

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Offers for sale 6 choice 3 months old boar pigs, picked from 3 litters of ll and 12; two
siredeby 900 1b. Ypsnand 0. C. Kim; by C. 0. C. King by 0. Orion Cherry King bred by Ira
llll‘kSUll. He has i. 0 Cherry Chief Dam Pig’s Dam 400 lb. yearling by Superb; boar, $40.00
’nch. 4 sired by 700 lb. Mumford hour by l‘rincipul 6th, by l'rincipul 41h. This Mumford
mm is u halﬂbrothcr to llrooluvnter Demonstrator the Grand (v‘hampion hour at Detroit State
Fair. iler dmn Cherry Jewell King by Brookwater Cherry King. 2 have 400 lb. yearling
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