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CISEMENS, SATURDAY,"DECEMBER 25, 1920.

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‘Grangers-Balk hat Public-Owned Industries

Annual Session at Grand Rapids Marked by\ High Attendance and Keen Interest

EATURE‘S 0F the annual meeting of the

Michigan State Grange, which was held last

week in Grand Rapids, were the election of
A. B. Cook, of Owosso as worthy master to suc-
ceed John Ketcham; qualiﬁed endorsement of
the State Constabulary; .temporary rejection of
a proposition for municipal or state-owned in-
dustries; recommendations for state income tax;
for complete reorganization of the state govern-
ment and elimination of unnecessary state co-m- ‘
missions; complete publicity on farmers’ proﬁts
as a means of gaining the consumers’ sympathy;
for temporary restrictions on immigration;
against any appropriation for expansion of Uni-
versity of Michigan until rural schools are plac-
ed on a higher plane. '
‘ Master’s Recommendations ,

John C. Ketcham, master of the state grange
in his annual message recommended: Reorgan-
ization of the stat-e administration upon a de-
partmental or cabinet plan; state income tax;
funds for road building ‘by direct taxation; cor-
rection of defects in primary law; immediate
plans for geographical rearrangement as basis
cf senatorial and representative district changes;
check“ on stock exchange gambling in farm pro-
ducts; protection from the dumping of foreign
products upon our' markéts; careful considera-
tion 0f action relative to state constabulary.

A fuller report of Mr. Ketcham’s address will
be found in this issue. . ‘

Cook Unopposed

Mr. A. B. Cook 'had no active opposition in
his candidacy for Worthy Master. The pre-
elvection primary had given him a substantial
-majority over all other contestants and there.
was no disposition to stage a contest at the
election. Mr. Cook is an actual farmer, owning,
living and doing a good share of the work upon
one of the ﬁnest farms in Shiawassee county,
four miles south of Owosso. The,Cook farm
has been handed down through «ﬁve generations,
but through intelligent crop rotation and the
liberal use of fertilizers, it is as productive today
as ever, producing annually bumper crops of
grain, beans, etc. Mr. Cook was graduated from
the M. A. C. in 1893, his father having also
graduated from the institution in 1863. A son
Albert, and a daughter 'Mary are both attend-
ing the college at the present time',’ the former
expecting to' graduate in ’23 and the latter’in
’24, whilst back home attending the Owosso
‘high school is still another son, John, who
some day expects to ﬁnish his education in this
' farmers’ college. And presiding over the home
of the new . . r
W o r t b y
Master is a
dime, graci-
ous .woman .
vwho lov e s ..
‘ the farm and
.believes it is
1th 9 i deal
. founda t i o n
for the Am-

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. Mr. 'Cook- ‘
.has always
been active
,in Gran g e
affairs of his

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- A. 3. 000K
~ New Worthy Master of State Grange

has been both president and secretary of the
State Farmers’ Clubs, and has served his district
two terms in the State Senate. In addition he
has held minor political ofﬁces and taken minor
parts in the agricultural affairs of the state.

'At present he is chairman of the Farmers’ Fed-

erated Legislative Committee.
_ New Ofﬁcers .

Mrs. Allen S. Bennett deserves special men-
tion because of the fact that she enjoys the
distinction of being the ﬁrst woman to ever sit
upon the executive committee of the Grange.
She is a thorough—going farm woman, living
with her family upon a ﬁne farm near Lowell.
She, too, has been a leader in both local and
state Grange affairs, having held nearly all the

. new worthy matter; Mrs. E. E. 53mm”.- Pomona; Jennle Buell. :00”;
mm. J. O. Woodmanrchaplaln; Mrs. Cora Anderson, Flora 9nd J. c.

'HOM W!"- P- Hull. executive committee: Frank Coward. treasurer: J. A. Thompson. executive oommlt- Further Rec'

positions in the Pomona Grange of Kent County.
The complete list of the new and re—elected
ofﬁcers follows:

I, Worthy Master, A. B. Cook; Overseer, C. H.
Bramble; lecturer, Dora H. Stockman; steward,
T. E. Niles; assistant steward, W. H. Lovejoy;
chaplain, Olivia J. C. Woodman; treasurer,
Frank Coward; secretary, Jennie I. Buell; gate-
keeper, Peter A. Klies; Ceres, Mrs. I. E. Corless;
Pomona, Mrs. E. E. Salsbury; Flora, Mrs. Maud
Spaulding; assistant lady steward, Mrs. W. H.
Lovejoy; executive committee, (each for term
of two years) Mrs. Allen Bennett, Geo. B. Hor-
ton, John C. Ketcham, W. F. Taylor.

State Constabulary

The state consta'bulary question precipitated
one of the liveliest debates in the history of the
order. A number of resolutions had been pre-
sented to the resolutions committee by subor-
dinate Granges, some for and others against the
Constabulary. Last year the Grange voted for
the abolishment of the Constabulary. The res-
olutions committee held public hearings on
Wednesday afternoon when both friends and
opponents were permitted to speak their views.
Principal among the supporters were Mr. A.
C. Graham, federal prohibition commissioner .
for Michigan, who succeeded in convincing the
resolutions committee that the co-operation of
the state police was necessary in the enforce—
ment of the national prohibition law. Although
it appeared that the majority of the committee
were at ﬁrst against the constabulary, the evi-
dence submitted 'by Mr. Graham and others,
caused the committee to draft the following res
olution:

“Whereas, the legislature of 1919 reorganiz—
ed the State Constabulary under Act No. 26 and
created the Michigan State Police, appropriating
$368,210 annually for their maintenance for the
period of two years, and «

“Whereas, the presence of this state body is
the most effective means of co-ordinance with
the United States ofﬁcials in the enforcement of
the 18th amendment of Federal Prohibition laws
and, Further, that the State Police has antici-
pated and prevented crimes and law violation
along all lines.

“Be It Resolved, That the Michigan State
Grange allies itself with those who would en—
force the law and thereby protect life and .prop—
erty, and believes that under existing conditions
there is a decided need of such an organization.

“Further, That it is the sense of the Grange

‘ that Act No.
’ " 26, P. A., of
191 9, ‘A 11
Act to Cre-
ate the Mich-
igan State
Police,” be
so amended
by the 1921
legislat u r e,
tha t t h is
body shall
serve every
S t a te De—
partment in
the enforce- -
m e n t ‘o f
quarantine s,
f0 '0 d a n d
drug, game,
ﬁre preven-
tion and oth-
er laws.

“Be It

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, debate shortly before the noon hour
Thursday, a dozen or more participat-
ing. Those who spoke in behalf of
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 tee, Jas. Nicol, J. N. McBride, W.

 A... Anderson, a federal prohibition
, qoﬁloer, N. L. Moore of Wayne coun-

ty, 2. gehtleman from Osceola coun-
- ty: Sen. 0. B. Scully,~member of the
legislature which passed the State
' Police act and created more boards
and commissions than any other leg-
islature of recent times; and several
others. The principal
‘ against the resolutions were Geo. B.
Horton, former worthy master, Jen-
nie I. Buell, secretary of the State
Grange, C. H. Bramble, overseer,
and Forrest Lord, editor of Tris
Bosmsss FARMEB, the latter being
present by invitation. A number of
delegates also spoke against the po-
lice.
. The principal arguments in favor
ing of retaining the police were that
they were necessary to enforce the
prohibition laws, that they afforded
to the rural communities, that they
were self—sustaining because of the
large number of ﬁnes collected and

that the rural communities bore only-

about 60 per cent of the cost of
maintenance.

It was charged against the police
that it usurped the duties of the civil
police and encouraged them to be
lax; that the existence of the state
police was an admission that the

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stead of remedy-ing that condition;

, that prohibition is a federal measure

andxshould‘be' enforced by federal

authorities; that the state has got.

slung for many years without a state
police and can continue )to" survive
without it; that the rural districts
receive little if any beneﬁt from the
police; that it is a needless, expens-
ive institution; that the state police
is a virtual duplication of theestate
militia, and that one or the other
should be done away" with. What
might have been added which wasn’t
was that a large number of arrests,
convictions and ﬁnes credited to the
police would have been secured' by
local ofﬁcers had the state police not
been in existence. Minor obiections
offered to the police by several farm-
ers were that they were inefﬁcient,
of doubtful character, inclined to be
insolent and overbearing, etc.

A halt was ﬁnally called to the de-
bate and a vote taken. It showed
115 for and 104 against the resolu-
tion. This was a total of 219 votes
out of 270 cast for the ofﬁce of
Worthy Master.

State Industries

-The Bay and Genesee county del-
egations, brought to the convention
a proposition which would authorize
municipalities, counties or even the
state to engage in industrial pur-
suits as a means of combattin-g proﬁt-
eerlng and securing to the farmer a
larger price for his products. The
resolution was presented by Mr. G.
C. Leibrand and was a copy of a res-
olution adopted by Genesee county
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parts were neglected.

the soil. -

can fertilizer formulas,

factory in the past.

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Restore ’ihe Potash

During the past few years farmers have been urged to bend
every effort to produce mammum crops Without givmg
much consideration to the effect on their soils. Estabhshed
rotations were broken up and the very best parts of the
farm put into the most needed crops, while the poorer

In a way it was a return to the pioneer’s method of mining

Today is the period of readjustment for the farmer as well
as for the merchant and the manufacturer. .

The farm labor situation and the uncertainty of future
prices are such that prudence demands that the cost of
producing a unit of crop be reduced as much as possible.
This requires more crop units per acre and _a return to the
rotations known to be best for a given locality.

The great factor in reducing the cost of crop production is
the right method of feeding the crops.

The composition of commercial (plant foods has been pro-
foundly changed during the perio . .
phoric Acid has‘replaced all or a part of the Potash 1n Ameri-
while just the oppomte has taken
place in Europe, where there was a shortage of phosphates.
Now is the tinie to get back to normal again and to return
to the fertilizer formulas that were so proﬁtable andsatis-
But this cannot be done Without
effort on the part of the farmer and without sufﬁcient
notice to the manufacturer to prepare for the change.
Therefore think the matter over carefully, and If your_
previous experience has shown yet that

Potash Pays ,

notify your dealer that you wish to use fertilizers with 5 to
tash and a little more to make up for the
drain on the soil during the Potash famine.

A dd '1: htawa ,forittakesﬁmeforthe manufacturertnimportit

mild it‘i; onﬂl‘y fair that he should know what your demands Will be.

The price of Passages fallan  faster than the pile?ng 
may asour u can again

m“? 'Thye.u-sin t is to insist tha?the right land‘s! fertiliser all be

needed. In order to

Takeupthe-smwithyourdesler sconce. If we can help yeuwrltetous.

son. AND crop SERVICE. rouse SYNDICATE
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insure this. prompt action on

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I opoly and p
municipal or governmental competi-
tion. For example :“As a remedy for
prohibition in coal, same govern:

mental subdivision 0"! the state on,

nation acquire one or more coal
mines, mine the coal, and sell the
same at cost of productiOn;.. a rem-
edy for proﬁteering in sugar, the
state or some subdivision of it, own

one or more sugar factories, paying '

the farmers sumcient for their best:
so they can go into the.labor market,
hire help to raise beets and still have
a reasonable proﬁt, pay good wages
to those who make the sugar and
sell the same to the public at cost in
100 pound sacks; a textile plant that
buys the wool from the farm, manu-
facturers it in ‘woolen clothing, same
to be sold to the public at cost; a
tannery and shoe factory to buy hides
from the farmer and sell the shoes
to the public at cost; as a.solution
to our transportation problem, the
government should own and control
one of the large trunk lines of the
nation with its subordinate branch?
es. We believe it unnecessary to
adopt the principle of universal gOv-
ernment ownership of .any one'given
industry in order to overcome exist-

ing abuses brought about by mon-'

opoly, extortion, and oppression made
possible and encouraged by combin-
ations of capital.”

Milo Campbell jumped on the
proposition with .both feet. “I am
against it," he said. 5‘It will lead to
disaster for the farmer. It would‘
lead to Socialism. The ﬁrst tenet
of Socialism is ownership of land and
the moment you open the door to
Socialism you endanger the title to
your property. When you begin that
movement, industry will joinin and

then you will have Socialism to full

extent. This proposition is the doct-
rine of the Soviet of Russia, and, I
fear we would make a great mistake
to go in for a. thing of this kind
now. Lay it by for a while and
think over it."

To this Mr. Leibrand retorted
that the opponents of any scheme
nowadays had a habit of frightening
people by the cry of “Socialism.” He
declared that there was nothing
alarming about the proposition, but
was simply a means of putting a
check on proﬁteering. He urged the
Grange to be progressive and take
this forward step.

Opposition to the proposal was
voiced by Jas. Nicol, N. P. Hull, Jas.
N. McBride and Sen. ,Scully, although
the latter ventured to remark that
he thought the plan might have
merit, and should be taken up at a
later date. The upshot of the mat-
ter was that the resolution was re-
ferred to the lecturer with instruc-
tions to lay it before the subordinate
Granges for discussion during the
ensuing year.

Ketcham Counsels Grangers

In his annual address retiring
Worthy Master John C. Ketcham,
who is also congressman—elect from
the fourth district, touched upon the
majority of problems confronting the
farmers today. Among other things
he urged:

For Lower Taxes

“Only two ways appear to~ lower
taxes. Appropriations must~be cut
down or additional property upon
which to assess taxes must be found.

“First, we must have a reorgan-
ization of our state administration
upon a cabinet or departmental plan
suchas is now working in". some of
the states with marked success.

“Second, we should adopt a state
constitutional amendment ..making‘
possible a state income tax for Mich-
igan." ’

Statements said to have been made
by legislators leads the master, he
said to believe the stateprimary law
is threatened with repeal. ’ ‘

"In face of this general sentiment,

he went on, “it is well for this body '
to express vigorous sentiment regardy

ing its views on either repeal arma-
terial change in this law which has

been championed by the grange. from

the start. .  p _,,   _. I
. ~ .With reference to state police, he '
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. 1y ,a working arrangement with the

was recommended... “Heavy 
legend-fleets of new autos in transit. ;,;_
have brought up problems of  
. maintenance that were unforeseenji' -
‘ModiﬁcatiOn of the  3‘

two. years ago. V
petition to secure covert roads is a
call for a' recommendation to raise
the necessary funds for our state

roadsbydirecttaxinstead ofissuing "1'  V

bonds. - .

“A one mill tax would raise near-
ly $5,000,000 9. year on the present
assessed valuation of the state. This
sum, 'together with that roceivod

from the federal government, would
vmake as large an amount as could

be expended to advantage by the state
highway department for construction
work,” he said.

Speaking of the rearrangement ct
senatorial and legislative districts.

Mr. Ketcham said, “'l‘he’state consti- ,

tution requires" the legislature do!
1923 to arrange the senatorial dis—

tricts of the state and apportion tho '

house of representatives to popula-
tion as shown by the census of 1920.

“It is none too "early to begin the.

campaign to arrange the geographi-
cal areas that we may avoid com-
plete domination of our legislature,”
he explained.

As to national legislation it was ‘

considered high time to strike a blow
at trading in futures in farm pro-
ducts. ”It is widely reported the
1920 wheat crop has been sold and
resold not less than six times with
only and insigniﬁcant amount act-
ually delivered. Laying aside the
moral aspects of the'case it is intol-
erable to permit men who have put
neither time, money nor brains into
the task of producing the crop to
have the power to dewn the price
to the producer and crowd it to a
high point for the consumer,” he
said.

It was also termed urgent that
legislation be enacted which would
stop the dumping of .forelgn_-products
on our" markets.

“If protection is to be" the law of
the land,
tend to agricultural products," he
said. .

“Farmers have been astounded at
the attitude of the federal reserve
board in refusing an extension of
credit to carry them over the price
slump in wheat.
the ruling, the federal reserve board
announces the federal reserve act
does not countenance the holding of
commodities for speculation. ~

“Prices of farm crops must be stab-
ilized and steadied, and credits bas-

ed upon such safe and ﬂuid secure

ity as farm crops would make tins
possible. If the federal reserve act
is not available to farmers in a crisis

like the impending one, it should be '

so amended. - And if this is impos-
sible, some other plan must be evolv-
ed to provide the assistance needed

in such situations as now confront r

the farmer.

Fight Federal Tax on Land
“Our opinions on federal taxation

should be vociferously stated. Obli- ‘

gations have been incurred and they
must be met.
the next few years will be that of
side-stepping in the payment of fed-
eral taxes. The American farmer

gave his sons, his money and his best

effort during the war. He does not

intend to sidestep in paying his share

.of the bills and does not expect any-_ I}

one else to done. He will ﬁght vig-

orously any attempt to put across

‘a federal tax on land as proposed by '- if
the Nolan bill, and will give any 

its application must exb,

In. justiﬁcation of . '

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called sales tax a careful scrutiny.

In addition to the action described '0

above the Grange discussed tentativa'

Farm Bureau. \ In this discussion’it
was declared that the Farm Bureau

cannot take the place. of the» Grangef
'as asocial and’educational organi, a ‘

tion. but‘ Would carry on’the’ ma
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V RELIMINARY to the discussion
P of the topic suggested by the

above headline it may' not. be
out of, place for the writer of this

--_series of articles test-ate in some dé—
tail his own. personal views concern-
.‘ing the proper methods to pursue in

legitimatising the Chicago Board of

i Trade. To fegitn with, it would be
0

idle for an ne, no matter how wise
he may be, to promulgate, off-hand. a
marketing system that will take the
place of an institution that has been
functioning for more than 70 years——

‘ an institution that has grown up sim-

ultaneously with the development of
the ‘ eat‘ agricultural areas of this,
the 112 st wonderful food-producing
nation in the world. It must be ac-

knowledged that the wonderful eﬂic- -

iency of many of the current Board
of Trade-methods has aided greatly
in the handling of the tremendous
cereal crops produced in the west dur-
ing the last quarter of a century. The
market problem is the most import-
ant and difficult question that the
American natidn has to deal with at
the present time and the individual
who claims that he can, without the
aid of past experience and careful ex-
perimentation, suggest a successful
solution is either a fool or a knave.
Some of the brightest men in this
nation are struggling with the prob-
lem‘ which the advantageous market-
ing of farm products involves and
they are tee honest and sincere to
suggest a cure-all for a disease, the
nature of which they 'do not thor-
oughly understand. Many there are,
especially among the taming classes,
who are in favor of abolishing the
Chicago Board of Trade, entirely, but
the writer does not care to be count-
ed among that number; like many
life-time

- HE FINAL grain
marketing plan of the
Farm’ers’ Marketing Committee

of seventeen will be built up around
the following principles according to

 a resolution adopted at last week’s
meeting of the Committee at Chicago,

Dec. 13th to 15th.
1. Farmer owned'elevator com-
panies and sales agencies to operate

_on. the local and terminal markets

of the United States.
' 2. Farmers export companies and
sales agencies to operate on foreign

“markets for the purpose of market-

ing the expel-table surplus.’ I
3. The sale of all grain on the

.. basis of ‘co-operative bargaining.

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  ‘» ObjectiOHahle Features of- Chicago Bd. of Trade

Cash Grain VMarkef‘ing F unction' Advantage to F armers, but Margin Trading Needs Reforming

While the committee did not ex-

plain just what it meant by “co-op-
erative bargaining” it is understood
to meanthe establishment of a large
farmers' co—operative sales company
through which‘the bulk of the grain

I . of the United States will, ultimately
. be handled.

The committee took a further ag-
gressive step in'its effort to open the
grain exchanges of the countryto
the membership of farmers co—op-
erative commission companies. At
the last meeting of the Committee,

v it will. be'_remembered, steps were

taken to ﬁle a plea with the Federal
Trade Commission to order the

the com belt to introduce a

mini; livestock»? or

_ . Grain Exchanges to admit the farm-_"
~ Mateo-operative companies toy-mam-
‘ At last week’s [meeting a.
ti :1 was adopted. urging .each 7

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By B. H. MACK

studying marketing methods, he is in
favor of rigid regulation but not of
annihilation. He is in favor of met-
ing out severe punishment to traders
who resort to illegitimate and dis-
honest practices. _
counted in favor of preserving all of
the legitimate and useful features of

- the present Board of Trade, and of a

forcible discontinuance of the ﬂag-
rant a‘buses which have made the
place notorious as a gambling den;
having arrived at the above conclus-
ion, the writer feels .po sense of guilt
because he is not able'to suggestan
adequate remedy, simply, because
there are many abler and more ex-
perienced men who occupy the same
position.

Prof. Eugene Davenport, dean of
the Universtiy of Illinois, and one of
the leading educators of this country,
speaking before the A. F. B. F. at
Indianapolis the other day, made in
substance, the following statement:
“The Board/of Trade is a great prob-
lem. The losses due to sharp ﬂuctu-
ations, brought about by the opera-
tions of the bulls and the bears on
the Board, are very disastrous to tho.
producers of farm products. It is not
the money loss, after all, that is the
main consideration but rather the
fact that many producers are actual-
ly put out of business.”

When asked if he had any sugges-
tions to make, Prof. Davenport said
that he had not. Here is one of the
brightest men in this nation-«Ia man
who hasspent nearly his life in close
proximity to Chicago, the great mar
ket whirlpool of the world, but who
is too modest to even suggest a. rem-
edy for existing Board of Trade evils.

In the opinion of the writer, the

a careful investigation into the ef-‘
\ facts of short selling on grain pric-

es unanimously adopted the follow-
ing resolution: "
"Resolved, that we deem it moral-
ly wrong and highly detrimental to
the interests of agriculture and the
consumers to permit the practice now
in vogue of selling grain, cotton and
other farm products which the seller
or his principal do not ‘own at time
of sale. 'This practice is commonly

' known as ‘short selling.’

“Resolved further, that we do
hereby petition Congress to enact
such legislation as will stop this prac-
tice at the earliest possible date.”

Dr. E. F. Ladd, United States Sen-
ator—elect from North Dakota, went
to Washington Tuesday night to con-
fer with members of Congress re—
garding pending legislation for the
relief of farmers. He took the short
selling resolution with him for pres-
entation to Congress:

Some very interesting information
from Board of Trade sources re-
garding short selling was presented
at last week’s meeting of the Com-
mittee. The following paragraph is
taken from .a letter from one of the
oldest and most experienced grain
traders in".the United States, a man
who at present holds membership in
three of the leading grain exchanges
of the. country. . ’

. “Short selling is a speculation pure

and simple and such” sales are made .

with the object ‘of getting, aha-out
fro‘mdeclines' in the market at/the

   

lea din most

      
  

He wishes to be ‘

expenseof others. They'laeﬁect of-
.IE‘  " _s‘is topcause _‘
‘ °   hen-b  it-

United States government should as-
sume control of the Chicago B ard'of
Trade, and also of the N York
Stock Exchange; a strong code of
rules, for the government of these in-
stitutions, should be formulated. A
board of governors, composed of men
of unquestioned honesty and high
moral tone, should be appointed and
placed in charge of each of these or-
ganizations;’ out of the 1700 members
of the Chicago Board of Trade a

working majority, that will stand for '
honest methods, can certainly be se-

cured.

Cash Market vs. Option Deal

The cash market on Chicago Board
of Trade and in the smaller organiza-
tions of other cities, consists in dis-
playing inspected samples of differ-
ent varieties of grain and offering
them for sale at private treaty. The
grain is brought to the Board in
small paper sacks and prospective
buyers are permitted to examine it
with a view to making a cash pur-
chase, either for milling purposes or
for shipment abroad. The functions
performed by the cash department
are very useful and important be-
cause they permit the display of a
large number of wheat samples, sim-
ultaneously, to interested purchasers,
thus saving _owners the trouble and
expense of f‘peddling." The cash mar-
ket of the Chicago Board of Trade is
absolutely legitimate and it should,
if possible, be preserved when the
final shake-up comes, which it is sure
to do sooner or later. More than 300
million bushels of wheat are sold in
this department, every year; the ser-
vice performed is not only useful but
it is well—nigh indispensable to a.
country that specializes in the rais-

Gommittec  17 Plans Farmers’ (Io-operative Grain

Would Trqnsfeerontrol of Grain Marketing from Hands of Speculators to Farmers

is strivinghard to hold up and ad-
vance, and which would often do so,
if it were not for short selling. Short
sales aggregate in a year on the
grain exchanges in the United States
many times more than the actual
grain, represented by the crop of
grain grown. Such sales do not con-
template any real delivery of the
grain so sold and in probably not
more than one per centof the cases
are deliveries ever made. The short
seller sells property, or what is sup-
posed to represent property that he
does not own, which has the effect
at least for the time being, of depress-
ing the value of the property of an-
.other who does own such preperty.
Now one has any moral right to sell
what he does not min or possess,
and if laws were passed and enforc-
ed prohibiting this, farmers and the
public would -be greatly beneﬁtted.
In taking this position against short
selling, I do not want to be under-
stood as being in favor of prohibit-
ing all sales of futures. Selling of
futures by those who actually are
owners of the grain as represented
by sales is legitimate, absolutely nec-
essary, is good, and should be per-
mitted.” " l

The committee decided Wednes-
day night to meet again Dec. 27th
for a full week’s session.
I Considerable attention was given
at last week’s meeting to the prob-
lem of ﬁnding a market for surplus
grain from this year's crop. While
the committee did not speciﬁcally
endorse the plans to revive the world
ﬁnanced corporation or to make. a

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ing of cereals. The terms “cash”
and. “spot” are synonymous in their

'meaning and refer to sales of wheat

for immediate delivery.

\The storm of protest against Board "

of Trade methods centers around the
option deal where contracts for wheat
are bought and sold for delivery, some
time in the future. Transactions for
future delivery are all done on “Mar-
gins” a term which is used to repre-
sent the amount of cash deposited
with the broker by the trader as an
earnest of his good intentions and
willingness to satisfactorily complete
the transaction which has been be-
gun. When a customer expresses a
desire to buy or sell on margins, the
broker exacts a deposit of cash that
is—insures the safety of the transac-
tion for the time being; in other
words, the trader is required to keep
the deal good by depositing cash
whenever his broker calls for it. If
the market goes up after the trader
has bought or if the market goes
down after he has sold, no more cash
will be needed to carry forward the
transaction; in fact, if the market
continues to vindicate the good judge-
ment of the trader by going in the
direction that he desires to have it
go, he will be permitted to withdraw
a part or all of his original cash de-
posit. It often happens that, a trader
is fortunate enough to be able to
draw on his broker for a much larger
amount than his original deposit, long
before the ultimate consumation 'of
the deal.

The commission salesmen, who op-
erate on the Board of Trade, simply
dbey the order given by the traders
who deal with them and they must
have money enough on deposit, at all

(Continued on page 7)

Sales Companies

measures became effective
it should be in position to
supply grain for export without de-'

lay or excessive overhead charges. A '

special subcommittee was creat-
ed “to negotiate with government of-

ﬁcials and ﬁnancial interests with a -

view to getting emergency action for

immediate establishing of machinery ‘
for handling our surplus grain or‘
grain products for shipment to Eurs

ope elminating all possible overhead
expenses, including terminal costs,
commissions, _etc.,
grain from point of origin to ulti-
mate destination in Europe at least
possible expense to both producer
and consumer.” W. C. Eckhardt of
Illinois is chairman of this commit-
tee.

This same committee will investi- A
gate the possibilities of increasing:
a the use of Com by the industries, par-
ticularly for the manufacture of in— :

dustrial alcohol. While in Wash-
ington it will also ask'Congress for
the immediate embargo on the im-
portation of Cuban molasses for al-
cohol manufacture. At the present

time enough molasses is being im- ,
ported for this purpose'to replace =

225,000 bushels of corn a day.

Before adjourning the committee I "

issued the following statement:

“We wish to assure the grain pro- ‘

ducers of the country that we keen-

ly appreciate the necessity of prompt ; ‘
action and that as quickly as the nec- .
essary data can be gathered by our '

experts, .we will perfect and present?
6 plan for marketing grain oo-oper-
atively with the cofoperaﬁon_of.itne

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» Local Survey3 and Tests Planned by M. A. ,C., Expected ,to Prove of Great Value to Business-Farmers»... 
HAT IS the program of the Soils ' - By M. M. McCOOL . ' ‘
Section Of the MiChigan Agrl: , Professor of'Soils, Michigan Agricultrral College
cultural College? Is it getting I -_ _ .

result commensurate with the funds '
that it receives, or is the State of
Michigan justiﬁed in supporting this
part of the Agricultural College to
greater or less extent than at pres-
ent? These questions have been
raised. They are legitimate and the Bert Gilbert
people of the State are entitled to paul Semen.
frank and full answers to them. I ' Ch“ Khmer
shall reply to these by reviewing the
history of the Department and some
of the things that have been accom-
plished. Farm _
The history of this section since 1 WWW“?

its reorganization in 1914 is enlight- Pm]
ening. The writer was placed in

charge of the Soils work in Michigan, W. C. KempatgfLCOI<lWater
‘September 1st, 1914, or about six Van Buren Co-I Hartford
years ago. At that time there were Fm“ I

. two members in. the Department,
namely, Professor C._ H. Spurway
and Dr. G. J. Bouyoucos. In the J“- Ric‘md'
autumn of. 1914 Professor G. M. on” County
Grantham, a graduate of the agri~ Farm
cultural college of the University of Iljxuilqﬁiiinilrt i (1173113015 :1“!
Illinois, having had considerable ex— CI,“ tinge,” I (305mm ,
perience in Soils work. was employ—  B. Falrchildsl Constantine nook phosphatsl Sand

ed. In the autumn of 1915 Profes- n 0 Gilbert Emmet and Acid prosphateI Sand

sis-e-Mwmyagmmwwiﬁlnr Shithd' than“ assesses“. m.

1101s UniverSIty and the Kansas Ang— ’ Acid phosphatu '

cultural College joined the outﬁt. The 18,221,121? mtr‘t‘l' Sand

following summer A. F. Head of 0,,

Ohio State University was appointed also]. pm“,ka Sand

and resigned at the end of the year; égdtIuEI‘OSEtheI Sand

at which time Professor L. C. Wheet- Lime I

ing, a graduate student of M. A. C., ggzﬁmfhﬁEEgI

began working with the other mem— . Potash—lime I Sand

bers. In the spring of 1918, C. W. Manisteo Co. Acid phosphate! Sand

Simpson, a 1915 graduate of M. A. Fm“ gggiunfhc’mgﬁ', Sand

C. after having been on a farm in Acid phosphntrl

Kalamazoo County, was employed as $3323] mmui Sand

a ﬁeld specialist. In the spring of Acid phosphath em

1920 Ezra Levin, muck specialist 2-12-2 Silt 30m

came into the depart‘ment. At pres- Add WWW“ 5m km"

ent there are eight experienced men;

in addition several students are em-

ployed part of their time while in ~

College. T Mendon
The courses offered to Michigan

men are as strong as any in the coun-

and tests on many farms in. Mic;
., _ .gan. These are selevctediitlri'con
. siderable care and foresight, the" db“;

' ject being to‘place them on. land the,
typiﬁes extensive areas :‘_in the come
munity or state. Naturally the ‘
7.99 knowledge that the men have 'of the .
state, based on the soil. s rvey's‘ is;
of. utmost importance and ya no] in‘w
this respect. Our plans call for so._
improvement projects in’ every coup-e v»
ty in the state. Several of these will;
be permanent projects while others'
are to be continued four ‘or more"
‘The results to date are grat--_

 

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Ml nistee County] Manlstee Lime Sand Rye —4-47
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tiring. ,_ . . _
> At the Cass County farm 17 acres
13.33 of land have been set aside for the
23.88 study of soil fertility problems. Here
6.6~’ such questions as the. value of-«g‘dl-
phur, different phosphorus carriers;”i
lime compounds, the cost and dura- . ..
tion'of green manures, top- dressing _‘
and others are being investigated! 

We have in progress" many ﬁeld
tests that are being conducted ,c’os' 
operatively by farmers, , ,Tcount‘yf.  ‘
agents and representatives ‘of the ' r
Corn—Rye .Soils Section, It is proposed to, .,,
Rye . continue these at least one round,““,

v of a four year rotation and longer 4 .v

if practicable. It is recognized that”
Rye . _ the value of such increases with the',“
Soybeunggy. . length of time they are continued.

Wheat ' ' Results Obtained

$2,693" 1L“ In calculating the returns from r .
the application of the materials‘a‘pé 
plied to the soil the following prices
were usedz~Wheat $2.00; corn $1.25:
oats 60c; rye' $1.50; clover hay. $22;'
straw $8; soybeans $5; lime $4;
acid phosphate $32; codium nitrate
$90; potash $176; rock phosphate
$20; sulphate Of'a‘mmonia $100. It
should not be overlooked that if. the _
prices of the produce were one-half
those used in the calculations and
the fertilizers Jvere as high or higher
the returns on the investment would-
be decidedly less. - A ‘

It may be readily seen «that this-""1

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Rock phosphatel Sandy loam
with nitrogen I

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Farm I I with' Imanure I ‘

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with limesoonel

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Soybeans-rye
Wheat ‘ 22.20

Rye 12.3]
Rye 12.3?

 

Rye ' 8.42

Gail—Wheat 2 5.70
Oats-Wheat 17.83 ,

Wheat 13.3’
Wheat 21.16

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14.98

28.42
28.39

Wheat
Wheat

Acid phosphath Silt loam Wheat 16 "
VVneat 7.98

Vicksburs

comm'l nitrogen (top dressingli light soils

Acid phosphate
Sodium nitratr Silt loam
Acid phosphatrl
Sodium nitrath
{Omsk I Silt loam
Acid phosphatd Silt loam
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try, and in fact excel the majority
of them and in some phases they are
in advance of any in the United
States. Some of the methods devis-
ed by members of the staff are em-
ployed in soils laboratories in vari-
ous institutions. The methods de-
vised to investigate the rate of SOI-
ubility of soils, temperature rela—
tionships and also the classiﬁcation
of the soil moisture are made use of
for educational purposes.
Research Work
The energy expended in research-
es or investigations has borne fruit.
In pure research work the chief ob-
ject is to discover new and funda—
mental principles regarding the soil.
It is through such that we are en—
abled to know and understand the
soil. The work of Dr. G. J. Bouy-
oucos on the temperature relation-
ships of soils are the most extensive
and elaborate and enlightening of
any in the world. The important,
practical contributions of his and
others of the section are as follows:
Sandy soils owe their earliness to the
fact that they become warm earlier
in the morning than the heavy soils
and, plants are thus enabled to make
use of sunlight for growth over a
greater number of hours. The chief
things that govern the temperature
of the soil are the water content and
its rate of evaporation from the sur—
face. The frostiness of muck and
peat lands are due to several things.
One_of them is the topographic po-
sition, in addition the nature of soils
themselves pay a minor part and
ﬁnally the nutrition of the crop.
Where fertilizers are added these
are slightly if any more frosty than
other lands of the same topographic
position. i
The investigations on the soil so-
lution of ﬁeld soils are the meet ex-
f“tenslve of any reported. The rate

,at'which different soil types liberate “

. ‘fff'material to the soil moisture at dif-
ferent seasons of the year,'_'different
V wiepths, and under different" sYstems
" f I‘manag‘ement and 1 treatments has
seen and is‘ sun being" investigated.
4  wants ‘3 rmwoounﬁns‘

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: Basin of~Saginaw Valley and eastern

for discrepencies in unproductive
soils. Moreover the residuary or the
lasting effects of fertilizers on differ-
ent soils have been considered. These
show that many such release other
substances to solution from the soil
minerals and have a pronounced res-
iduary effect which is usually favor-
able rather than detrimental as is
believed by many. The results of
such studies indicate ways to use
fertilizers to the best advantage.

Our studies have altered the views
of thinking people concerning soil
moisture. In fact a different system
of classiﬁcation has been worked
out. This system is superior to the
one in common use inasmuch as it is
based on the characteristic or prop-
erties of the soil. They throw new
light upon the movement of moisture
in soils and account for the negative
result-s that are obtained when cer-
tain kinds of soils are mulched.

The sulphur problem has been un-
der investigation. This element is
considered by many to have great
future possibilities as a soil improv-
er. We have found that its addition
to some soils results in greater pro-
duction of egumes while to others
it does not. Moreover even very
small quantities facilitates or in-
crease the rate of decay of some peat
and muck deposits. The extent at
which it is removed from soils by‘
leaching or washing has been con-
sidered and found to be quite great.

The principal soil types of’ ‘the
lower peninsula have been-careful-
ly sampled and anlyzed for their
lime, phosphorus, potassium, sul-
phur, nitrogen and humus content.
Three hundred samples/ have been
analyzed. These analyses afforded
us a background or basis of the ﬁeld
or fertility werk.) _

A soil survey has, been Inaugurat—i
ed. In 1915 the section was granted ._
$500 with which to take up, the class-
iﬂcation ofthe soils that lie in what
is generally known as the Old Lake

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plans were interferred with,by the
war. A reconnaissance or general
soil survey was completed in Au-
gust 1920. In brief the heavy soils
are remarkably high in nitrogen and
humus, do not respond to lime, are
only fairly well supplied with phos-'
phorus and are high in potassium.
The chief fertilizer constituent that
brings results is phosphorus. The,
deep sands on the other hand are
sour, low in phosphorus and are de-
ﬁcient in nitrogen and-humus. In
addition a similar survey was inaug-
urated last fall in Chippewa County
and approximately one—third of it
was covered. Soils maps have been
made of St. Joseph and Branch
counties. ’

In June, 1920 a co-operative agree-
ment was made with the U. S. De—
partment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Soils, whereby the soils of the state
are to be classiﬁed and mapped in
detail. The former organization
furnishes one man for each one sent
out by the state and pays his expens-
es and one—half of the livery bill that
they incur while in the performance
of their duties. Berrien county was
covered with the exception of some
dozen square miles. It is‘proposed
to pursue this work With vigor~—-—
provided the ﬁnancial support is
forthcoming. As soon as a county is
completed a report on it is publish-
ed and placed in the hands of the
Ihnd owners. The scope and value
of a modern soil survey is dealt with
in another report. These «projects
are basic to our fertility demonstra-
tions and experiments.

The soil improvement demonstra-
tions and experiments have not been
neglected. It should be noted,‘how-,

ever, that the available information“

on Michigan soils was very mea re
ﬁve years ago and that one of file

things essential to asuccessf'nl'demA
castration is to have "someifacts to 1

demonstrate. -

Another . matter ‘ of
considerable ‘

importance _ '

wherewith for

organization is performing

out knotty soil problems and to add
to our. present knowledge of this
complicated and fundamental agri:
cultural science. This is necessary
in 'order that other lines may be
pQged on ﬁrm foundations. (b) The
classiﬁcation and mapping of soil
of the state are under
is essential to a systematic, and con~ ,.
structive soil fertility program and
is of utmost importance to all lines"
of agriculture.

experimental projects are
laid out as rapidly as practicable on *
the chief soil areas of the state. id) I

Extension lectures are delivered‘andx,‘

demonstrations are made on the
basis of the knowledge derived, from,

the researches and fertility experiéfj

merits. Naturally it is not prudent
to carry the extension work much in
advance of the investigations! phase”

es. (e) “The courses ’ offered are 

maintained at a high standard, due,

largely to the efforts of the men «an:  ,

gaged in soil investigations both’in
the ﬁeld and in the laboratories.
Short course men come directly into
contact with those who are familiar
with ﬁeld conditions. The regular

studentsmeet these as well as men-"1‘

employed on research problems“. ,

The ﬁnancial situation should be
known.
Department in the United States 
accomplishedgas much in the same»;

length‘of time and so economicallypiﬂ"
as that of the ‘M. A. C.

marize .the expenditures for exten-

sion‘and fertility work in the'state.

since the writer. came to Michigam'
This does notinclude salaries. .. ' "

~ ' 19144919 91919 = ’
Extension . . . .2. .none none _';89180 .

reruns; ......sasoo 341000333000 s

uninformed that 1the Obie
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_ three 
major lines of work, namely, (a) the  I I ,.
researches, the object being to wor_k*~~ -~ '

way. * v This , .

'(c), On the basis of“. 
ourknowledge derived from the soil: 
.survey,

It is true that no other Soils: 

I‘shall stint-7""


     

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National Sugar Beet Conference

 

 

    

WEN, «counties fivere rcpresent- ' H

r 9‘1. St. the {State Farm Bureau

'4‘ Sugar beet conference at Lans—
w,lastiweels, as follows; /

  
  
  
 

' wayngehugu‘st Bunte;~JOhn Near,"
.MEtCV-Rmk.zr assume—4mm Moss-
‘i‘heldfer‘, Farwell;- W. J.‘ Hazelwood,
Pleasant. . .Gratiot—e—Bert Millen-
_-”l_ger,“ Ithaca; Arthur Humphrey, Ith-
.»aca;v,R‘j3. Memes—Fred Van Bur-
éu’, Carleton, .R '1; Robert Stearns,
.Tem'pe'rance, R 1. Tuscola—D.. B.
" Pinker-ton ,Vaséar, R 2; C.‘ P. Hoover,
 Akron, R 1. Barry—Wm. McGhan,
wig-lastings, Rb. Clinton—Albert Nich-
' 0113, St. Johns, R 1; Geo. Fiedewah,
 Str‘Joh-ns, R 3; Lenawee—Otto Wag»

  

been in at

 

-a- ner,_4Rig-a; H; ,F. Knoblauch, Bliss-a. ,'
I V ' piiﬁeld- Lapeer—John Phelps, Silver-
};f"; twood',“-R»2.~; W. B. Wilson, Clifford.
,f~*’“.'.Mlssaukee-—Ahe .Luedtke, Clare; J.
 ’ ,W. Schaefer, Clare, R 6; W. E. Bowl-
 ‘er,_Clare,- R 5. Eaton -— Clifford

O’Niel, Mulliken, R 1; Pearl Smith,
' .;Mulliken, R 1.1”" Sanilac -‘—- Philip
 V ,_ ‘ O’Connell, 'McGregor. Saginaw—
 ' Henry Miller, Saginaw, R 1; Deb'Ter-

 

A Word from Western Leader ‘

‘ 11E ACCOMPANYING letter has been received from Mr. Albert
Dakan, who is chairman of the Research Committee of the Moun-
tain Statics Beet Gmwers’ Ass’n,-of Longmont, Colorado, and prob-

ably one of the best versed men in the United States in the past hist-

ory of the sugar beet industry and the efforts of the sugar trust to
secure a throttle hold on the entire sugar industry of the United States.
Notice that Mr. Dakan lays great stress upon the need of a strong na-
tional federation representing all beet. growers’ organizations.

The day before the receipt of this letter the editor enjoyed a
visit from Mr. C. G. Patterson, a. militant ﬁgure in the ﬁght that has
been waged by the growers of Utah against the sugar combine of that

‘ state which is in the hands of the Mormon church. Mr. Patterson had
dance at the A. F. ’B. F. convention at Indianapolis, and
was largely responsible for the adoption of a resolution asking Pres.
Howard to name a national beet growers’ committee on which every
state farm bureau and every beet growers’ associatiOn would have rep-
resentation. ~ Mr. Patterson attended the Farm Bureau sugar beet con-
ference at Lansing last week and discussed the sugar beet situation
before the State Grange at Grand Rapids. He also beneves that the
time is near when the beet growers must accept dictation at the hands
of the manufacturérs or embrace a nation-wide program for confer-
ences With manufacturers and a standard contract—Editor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Chesaning. Midland—G. « F.
‘ ‘Histe, Coleman, R 3. Shiawassee—g

pr  , A.‘ Dennison, Owosso; C. E. Acker-'
,7: man, Durand. Bay—C. R. Oviatt,
-‘ ‘ ~ ‘Bay City.’

C. E. Ackerman, president .of the
Michigan Beet Gr-owers’ ,Ass'n, was
~ ,_elected as a representative toattend

 a J-the national federation meeting next
.mOnth in company with 'a. member-

? g of the executive committee of the M.

'l ‘ An advisory committee "or ﬁve was

~ also elected as follows: 1T. S. Reavy, 

 of Tuscola; L. H. Kirtland, of Mon- .

‘  I roe; T. C. Price", Saginaw; C. S. Her-
e,  ; riottyClinton; A. G. Smith, St. Clair.

' v» _ t Al‘he following report was submit-

 e: - ‘ v ‘

 s It has been found after careful anal-

. ,::.-~.‘ ysis that while a contract making‘the

  at farm “bureau or any organization the

  selling agent of the growers for the

, p I - ' ensuing year or series of years could
 - be. written that, unless it contaihed

-  no provision absolutely binding upon

 the grower, it hadno value as it

would not interfere in any way with

V afgrower, who had signed up, execut:
ing independently another agreement

_ with factories and fulﬁlling it. * t "
There is no question that each one

of the 12,000 odd growers in Michi-

~gan has the absolute and unqualiﬁed

, legal right to refuse to grow sugar

beets for any reason he may see ﬁt.
He likewise has the absolute and un-
qualiﬁed— legal right to delegate to

I another the sole and exclusive right

1 * '—»toz'represent him in making a con-

. I tract, with the. sugar company, and in

 . * case of their refusal to deal with his
 duly appointed agent, to refuse to

grow a single beet. . '

, But, can these individual rights be
exerted collectively and in pursuance
of a common understanding, to com-
pel the sugar companies not to pay

, them any particular or higher price
for their product, but merely to com~
pel them‘ to deal with their jointly
appointed agent or representative,
hand in .case of the companies' refusal
to‘ jointly and collectively agree not
toraise any sugar beets? ‘

. There are no statutes existing in

 f ‘Michignn or nationally, that“ clearly
' deﬁne collective bargaining. or the

"line of demarkation between it and
3,. combination in restraint of trade

production or the quantity of‘any ar-
ticle or commodity to be raised or
produced by mining, manufacture,
agriculture or any other branch 'of
business or labor, or to enhance, con-
trol or regulate the market price
thereof, or in any manner to prevent

    
 

DITOR BUSINESS FARMER —— The
1921 beet contract is receiving
attention at the different fact-

,,.

Monday, Dec. 6th, growers’ meetings
were held in most of the factory his-
tricts of Color-ado, local oﬂ‘icers were
elected and arrangements made. to
send delegates to the annual conven-
tion of the Mountain States Beet
Growers’ Association in Denver, Dec.
13th, 1920.

The contract terms, of course, are
“up in the air.” The Great Western
Sugar Co. ﬁeld men or other agents
have been sowing rumors of $8.00
beets next year. But the Beet Grow—
ers’ Association has made no. ofﬁcial
statement as yet. It’s committee has
been at work for some time on a con-
tract and will doubtless have a ten—
tative contract to submit within two
weeks.

While the matter of next year’s
price is 'problematical in northern
Coloradd‘, it is less so in: western
Colorado and at the Sugar City fact-
ory in southern Colorado. At Delta,
last spring the Holly Sugar Company
ofﬁcials sat down at a table with the
farmers. committee and worked out
a contract for 1920 beets. One par-

 

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the company ofﬁcials will again meet
the farmers’ committee .to work out
the 1921 con-tract. Such a course
was also won by the farmers at Sugar
City, Colorado. These are the most
notable victories in the history of
beet growers’ organizations, we be-
lieve.‘ The contracts provide a min-
imum~ payment at harvest and the
balance on a sliding scale agreed to
between ‘factdry representatives and
farmers' committees.

I' was much interested in’your art-
or in other words, a ~monOply or icle concerning small sugar factories
trust. . by Dr. Townsend. There is 'one

The Michigan anti—trust ~ statute thing that is passing strange. Cur

‘ a speciﬁes; that a trust is a, combina— great Federal Department of \Agri_
A 2. _-‘tion‘ of capital, skill or‘ arts by two culture seems unable to. give us def-
jor more'persons or associations? of’ mite “information upon that Very
persons for the purposes, among oth- vital subject, the small beet sugar

_ er things, “to limit or reduce the pro- factory. ,They are *old in Europe.
'."du_ction, or increase or —reduce the We. should have photos, and details
_+price of merchandise orany‘commodé of operation. Such things are not
my; to‘prevent competition in mm secretsexcept to the U. S. beet grow-
,ufacturing, -makin'g, -~ transportationk err soldiers bring back, reports,
 sale‘or purchase of merchandise, ro- which if true, are ‘of the very great-
' .wduce 01“ any commodity." = * * " ‘ est importanceto the best growers.
.- Surely. the interests of our groWers

runner; ﬁnal; at contracts. (gree-
' " V, guildertsnﬂngs and combine: are enough iimp‘ortanceto justifyna

     

by

15 said 7 between " beet‘sugar industry. Therep'orts we-
9;!!! '

 
  

 
  

 x have , appeal): such as misﬁt: be * an-
I _’ proved bribe emcersfof'..t.he ,Mi’cﬁi-

7 gain Sggar Go, the Great Western, 01-
‘ ' ny ofthe‘suga
d "  e s.

   

ory towns all over Colorado. on

.agraph of that contract provides that

made: angered Into. or know- scientiﬁc report upon the European"

  
 

or restrict free competition in the
production or sale of any such arti-
cle or commodity, shall be utterly il-
legal and void, and every such con-
tract, agreement, understanding and
combination shall constitute a crim-
inal conspiracy.”

Western Factories Talking $8 Beets

flection at our federal department’s
scientiﬁc men. They have given us
great assistance in their lines of aid
in production. The fault lies with
the farmers. They have not as yet
secured federal aid on the business
side of farming in the real business
sense. While the farmer produces
95 per cent of the nation’s wealth an-
nually he simply produces and lets
it go at that. Unorganized, he is
“easy meat” for the perfectly organ-
ized business forces of the nation.

Armour & Co. recently wrote thus
to one of that company’s agents:
“If that man Blake is making all
that fuss, put a muzzle on him. We
must keep prices down while we are
accumulating these big stocks.”

The Sugar TrustPresident wrote
to his company 'manager “Go up
there and knock out Boutelle and
Hoover.” The order was obeyed.
’lhen the gratiﬁed sugar magnate
wrote: “I thank you for knocking
them. out.” Again the sugar king
writefrom his ofﬁce, 117 Wall St...
N. Y., to C. S. Moorey of Denver: “I
congratulate you for having coralled
the town of Sterling, Colorado.” And
again: “Have the papers take anoth-
er crack at the Farmers’ organiza-
tiOn.”

Our beet growers’ association has
hundreds of the conﬁdential letters
of these men and these letters were
secured by federal ofﬁcers raiding
the sugar men’s ofﬁces in many cit-
ies, then admitted by the sugar men
under oath to have been written. We
have the record of the methods used
by these successful business men. In
the light of this information, farm-
ers are shown how they have been
Systemati-cally “muzzled,” “knocked
out,” “coralled,” and “cracked at”
in the Trust’s press and by the
Trust‘s agents.

The answer is that every farmer’s
organization should units or feder-
ate. The Federation should have the
backing of the ﬁelds. State lines are
little known to the great trusts.
Farmers must join hands across the
state lines and all get back of some
conservative; level-headed commit-
tee and thus deal collectively accord-
ing to the needs of each particular
staple crop, as well as for the gen~
eral welfare. Under some such plan
they might hope to escape 'wearing
the packer’s muzzle, or being knock-
ed out- or coralled, by some other
equally successful exploiter. -—~

One of our greatest needs is more

’farm’ Journals like the MICHIGAN

Busnrnss Fumes through which" the

facts may be, given upon which sound
' public cpinion can be formed—AL-
. . 3er new.

  

Then another section of this same
statute provides that “The provision

. of this act shall not apply to agricul-

tural: products or live stock while in
the hands of the producer or raiser
nor to the services of laborers or
artisans who are formed in societies
or organizations for the beneﬁt and
protection of their members.”

These last two quoted sections ob-
viously are in opposition to each oth-
er, making a. correct interpretation
of how this law might operate if bind-
ing contracts were issued, practically
impossible to gauge.

An exactly similar provision to the
last previous quotation, in the Illin-
ois statute, so far as agricultural
products are concerned, was held un-
constitutional by the U. S. Supreme
Court on the ground that it denied
the equal protection of the laws, con-
trary to the fourteenth amendment
to the U. S. Constituion.

In view of this set of facts, which
make it obviously seriously question-
able of the endurance and validity of
of any binding contracts which might
be issued by the farm bureau or any
organization to growers of sugar
beets in Michigan and because an at-
tempt is being m-ade to have congress
enact legislation absolutely deﬁning
agricultural collective bargaining,
your committee came to the decision
that it would be unwise, until a test
case might prove growers’ rights to
agree to sell and sell as a unit, to
recommend issuance of contracts
that would undoubtedly be contested
by the sugar companies legally if
they threatened to accomplish their
Speciﬁed purpose and probably be ad-
judged criminal. A7n unfortunate

-lega1 precedent thereby might not on-

ly be set for Michigan’s organized
agriculture but for the nation’s. Such
a precedent »would militate against

efforts to establish constitutional
legislation covering the subject of
collective bargaining. * * *

At this time little thought was
given the subject of cooperative fac~
tories as there is not. time enough be‘
tween now and the 1921 beet harvest
to ﬁnance and build such an estab~
lishment. It was agreed, however,
that this was a subject that should
be exhaustively and completely in-
vestigated.

While in the opinion of this com-
mittee, the problems of the sugar
beet growers of Michigan are too
many and are too complicated to per-
mit of solution within the next year
or possibly the next few years, it was
agreed that it is time that deﬁnite
efforts be commenced looking toward
the answers to the problems in the
beet industry. With this thought in
mind, it was the concensus of opin-
ion of your committee, after all con-
considerations had been carefully
weighed, that a big forward step in
betterment of sugar beet. producing
and marketing conditions may be
taken immediately and in harmony
with this judgement the following
recommendations are submitted for
action at the pleasure of this conven-
tion: ’* " "

3. That the sugar beet department
of the Michigan State Farm Bureau
put in circulation in the various
sugar beet producing counties of the
state, when the advisory board may
deem the time appropriate, contracts
in the form of power of attorney for
individual growers to sign authoriz-
ing the Michigan State Farm Bureau
to act as selling agent for beets grown
by the individual over a period of
years; that this solicitation of these
individual contracts be made locally
in each of tHese several counties un-
der the supervision of the sugar beet
department of the Michigan State
Bureau; that these contracts further
include a pledge ‘of the individual,
supported by a collateral note for an
appropriate sum, to pay to the sugar
beet department of the Michigan
State Farm Bureau a sum amount-
ing to ﬁve cents per ton of sugar
boots that he may grow for the ﬁn-

ancing of this department of the

Michigan State Farm Bureau and its
development, such moneys to be as-
sembled in the various counties for
the sugar beet department of‘ the
Michigan State Farm Bureau.
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The Grange Falls In Line

AFTER ONE of the liveliest debates ever

staged on the floor of the State Grange,
that body adopted a resolution endorsing the
State Police at  convention last week. The
vote was 115 for ‘and 104 against. In the face
of the fact that Master John Ketcham indicat-
ed his approval of the police in his annual mes-
asge; that the federal prohibition commission-
er for Michigan positively assured the Grang-
ers that the Police were necessary in the en-
forcement of the prohibition law; and that
several of the strongest Grangers spoke from
the floor in behalf of the police, it is not sur-
prising that the convention took the action
which it did. It is surprising that so many
remained unconvinced.

It is a tribute to the clever propagandists in
the pay of those who for purely selﬁsh reasons
desire the Police retained that they have been
able to so completely blind the eyes of so many
good people to the glaring inconsistency and
stupid inefﬁciency of creating a state body to
perform a work which some other public body
neglects ‘or refuses to perform. The question
of law enforcement dues not enter here. We
have sheriffs, deputies and constables for the
purpose of enforcing the law. They cost the
people of Michigan more than a million and a
half dollars per year. If they do not enforce
the law or will not enforce the law, it is up to
the Governor to remove them from office and

up to the people to elect someone in their ”

stead who will enforce the law. If that cannot
be done then it were better to abolish all civil
police ofﬁcers and put their duties into the
hands of an intinerant military police. But
common sense ought and increased taxes soon
will convince us that either the ofﬁce of sher-
iff or the State Police should be done away.
There is no excuse for both these institutions.

In recommending that the legislature amend
the act creating the police to make them re-
sponsible for the enforcement of the game,
ﬁsh, forest ﬁre, food and drug laws, the State
Grange has taken a forward step. It is high
time that the legislature took note’ of the in-
creasing army of wardens and inspectors in
these departments, and entrusted their duties
to a single force. This would be a material
step toward a complete reorganization of our

~‘c government which ‘many believe must be-
undertaken in the name of economy and edic-
icncy.

So far as the State Police are concerned it
is probable that they will be retained tempor-
ari y at least. Many*"who agree‘that the Po-
lice are merely doing work for which the civil
ofﬁcers are paid do not believe that we can 315—.

ford to do away with the Police and try the .

experiment of compelling civil oﬂ‘icers to do
‘ their duty while we are still in the early throes
of national prohibition. No one believes more
devoutly in rigid law, enforcement " than the,
.,~Business Em, and much as it abhors. the
“video. of a. State-Police, it. prefers even such an

       

   

   

'_ ,'_ -th‘a
shears,

sworn obligations. ,of’

all police authority within the state should see
to it that his subordinates /:are living up to
their oath of oﬂice.

 

Christgnss Without, 

CAN YOU imzigine areal happy, laughing

Christmas without children? Can you
imagine a successful Christmas tree just for
grown-ups? Think what Santa Claus would
say when after barking his shins in a crooked
chimney he should drop down in front of a.
row of No. 10 footings, with not a single child’s
stocking in sight! The ﬁrst Christmas was
for'a little babe in a manger, and all the
Christinasses of the past nineteen hundred and
nineteen years have been for the children. ' It
is the childish curiosity as to what Santa Claus
has brought and the pool of joyous laughter
when the discovery is made, that repays the
older folks for the trouble and expense to
which they go at Christmas time. There is
nothing like the pulsating happiness of a lit-
tle child to drive the blues away and ﬁll one
with a. delicious sense of contentment.

In homes where there have never been any
children Christmas is either wholly forgotten
or perfunctorin observed. None know better
than the childless the dull longing that tugs
away at childless hearts during the Christmas
season. But it is in the home where the voice.
of the child has been forever silenced by death
that grief and misery stalk unmolested at Yale,
tide. There are many such homes.
always will be such homes. That is the way
with God. Why, we do not lmow. But there
are two homes in Michigan which stand out
distinctly from among all other homes where
the family circle has been recently broken.
One of them is in the little city of Howell. A
bare two months ago a mother and father left
their little ones alone for a half hour. But
during those thirty minutes that mysterious
imp of Satan which preys upon defenseless
children entered the home and when the par-
ents returned it was a flaming mass and the
spirits of their children had departed. A few
weeks later a farmer and his wife left their
[ﬁve children alone while they journeyed twelve
miles to St. Ignace to do some Christmas shop-
ping. Again the unforseen happened, and
during the going and coming of that father
and mother, ﬁre enveloped the house and
four little lives returned to their Creator.
I cannot banish these grief-scarred pareihs
from my mind. What greater blow could
fall upon a home than this? What greater
sorrow could clutch the heart of any parent?
To have one ’s children playing happily about
the house today, and then before the dawn of
3 tomorrow to see them snatched. away into the
great Unknown, appeals to me as the greatest
affliction that could fall upon a human heart.
I know that my own happiness this Christmas
season as I watch my own children at play
will be clouded by the desolate picture of those
parents sitting alone in dumb agony nurtur-
ing a hope that from out of the void the voice
of their children will come back to, them once
more.

 

Starvation In A World Of Plenty

T IS LITERALLY true thht several million

people are starving to death upon this
great globe of wealth and plenty. In central
Europe where war laid the country low en-
tire nations are on bread rations which leave
the able-bodied hungry and torture the ill and
feeble to a lingering death. In some provinc-
es of China food is so scarce that only those
physically able to wrest it from others are fed.
According to the rule that the ﬁttest should
survive, the aged, the crippledL the.wea.k and
the young are the ﬁrst to be deprived of food.
They are forced to starve to death so that the,

..meagre portion which they; might censume may

be spared for sounder bodies. . This sounds"

A scarcely, plausible to a people like us who sel-

donr‘have to worry where our-Inert: dayvfsmeal

upon ’ the;  
thoeiril police to. Enforce,
the law, and that the Governor as the head of

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  more favored  of v _;
world to care for these suffering; g  ,. ._

“Money and shiploads'of food and“ clothing   ~
bei/ng rushed to the aﬁlicted sections as rapid.   _
131‘ as possible, but despite everyeﬂort that is;  “ n
being put forth, tens of thousands of’littloj  

children will die of starvation.

The world is seldomentirely free from hm: ' 1
Since' Joseph ﬁlled the,

'ger and ‘privation.
granaries of Egypt during the seven years of
plenty to provide against the sevenlgan‘ years,
we have had our seasons of feasting and our
seasons of famine. But it appears

warned of God of the approach of famine, so

that we must suffer the consequences: At the

a»

same time' it seems a terrible reproach upon
our civilization that with all our wealth, our

sources of “information, our rapid means of "

transit, etc., there should be a . single soul
among the millions who inhabit the earth that
should, have to know the pangs of hunger, let
alone to die like a dog from starvation.

' The governments of the earth and the well-
to-do in every nation need a few lessons in hu-g
manitarism t2) inipres upon them the fact that
they are their brothers’ keepers.

may be a good political policy but it is a poor
way to ease our pathway into the Kingdom

when it results in millions being crushed by ‘ 'o

war or starved to death.

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Three Measures of Relief

HE FARMER should take courage. Re- ,

lief is in sight from falling farm prio-
es. Both houses of. Congress have adopted a
resolution authorizing the revival of the War
Finance Corporation. If the president signs
it, the mobilized resources of the U. S. govern-
ment, backed by a billion dollarsof alien prep-
erty security, will once again be available for
the purchase of foodstuffs for central Europe.
The restoration of this corporation should
serve as an immediate stimulus to all grains,
particularlnye which is the favorite bread-
stuff of Austria and Germany.

The hundred million dollar export horpor-
ation recently formed in Chicago will also
prove of great help in ﬁnancing foreign pur-
chases of American food products. This cor-
poration should begin to function about the
middle of January.

,But what should prove the greatest boon to
American agriculture in its present crisis is

‘ the emergency tariff bill which has just been

introduced in the House by Congressman
Fordney. Although some opposition has de-
veloped to the measure, it is our ﬁrm convic-
tion that Mr. Fordney has the power .to get It
through if he does not weaken as he did last
year on the bean tariﬁ bill. The present meas-
ure is designed to increase import duties. on
nearly every land of foodstuffs, and incident-
ally ‘bring in a revenue of 130 million dollars.
The list of articles included in the bill and
the amount of duty recommended is as fol-
lows: ‘ ‘
Wheat, 30c bu.; ’wheat flour, 20 per cent;
com, 150 per bu.; beans, 2c per 1b.; peanuts, un-
shelled, 3c per 1b.; peanuts, shelled, 3c per 1b.;

‘ potatoes, 250 per bu.; onions, 40c per bu.; rice,

cleaned, 2c per 1b.; rice, uncleaned, 1 1-4c per 1b.;
flour, meal and broken rice, 1-2c 1b.; rice, un-
hulled, 3-4c per 1b.; lemons, 1 ,1—4c per 1b.; oils,
peanut, 26c per gal; oils, cottonseed, 20c per gal.;
oils, soy bean, 20¢ per gal: cattle, 30 per cent;
sheep, $2 a head; lambs, $1 a head; mutton and

lamb, 2 l-Zc per 1b.; wool, unwashed, 15¢ per 1b.;. 

wool, washed, 30c per 1b.; wool, manufacturesL 01,
45c 1b.; wool, scoured, 45¢ per 1b.

The proposed tariff on beans is too lowj
ought to be at least three‘cents‘per 1b. But it
will help. ' ' . ‘ _

The mere agitation for  emergency tar?

iﬂ should have a strengthening effect upon the 

market. The enactment of this bill  our?
tainly result in higher prices, and the fear.
higher. prices should.- stimulate buying
would automaticallymake for higher"'pricos.

The farmer has #1 H ' 
 All signs pain

       
  

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that in  .  ‘.
‘these modern timeswo have no Joseph to be ' v

This nation? l
alism, this keeping aloof from other nations ,

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  UNIVERSITY or minnow

_  CANNOT have too‘much ed-
ucation, provided it is of the

L. . right kind.
There are

'stndents there, from nearly. evay

' - state in ‘the union, and from nearly

, every .part of the world. What the
representatives of the people should
do, is to ﬁgure out the interest on
invested capital it? buildings -and
ground, along with the running ex-
penses, to ﬁnd out how much it costs
to educate each student a year, and
all foreign students
enough each year to cover the ex-
' The taxpayers of Michigan
--’cannot afford to pay for the educa-
tion of the whole world—0; I". 0.,
' 'chber‘nﬂle, Mich. '

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We are very proud of our

great university. We do not want to seeX

it crippled for lack of funds, At the
same time there is a limit to our ability
to care for its increasing demands. The
majority of foreign students who attend
the University are amply able to pay the
full cpst of their education, and it is
misplaced philanthropy for the people of
Michigan to give them their education
for less than it costs—Editor.

 

SUGAR FAGI‘OBY BREAKS WORD
SAW an article in a recent paper
entitled, “Sugar Beet Growers

- "Still Undecided on Course for

Coming Season,” so I thought I

would send in my experience.

I did not belong to any beet grow-
ers’ association and as quite a few
of my neighbors were putting in
boots I thought I would try some.

I contracted for four acres but it

measures up three acres and a half.

They came up pretty good and I had

every prospect of a ﬁne crop, but

the workmen didn’t come near them
to block and-thin them until I ﬁnal-

.ly went to the agent and threatened

to harrow them up. Then they sent

in some Mexicans and blocked them.

Then they came back and went through

I again or got about half of them done

when the agent came along and got

me to sign up for their pay for go-
ing through them twice and they
never ﬁnished them. Then the agent
came along and said if I took them
off myself, besides getting my pay

for taking them off I wOuld get a

ﬁve dollar an acre bonus from the

company. I
I took the beets off and they sub-

tracted the bonus from my beet

check. V

can get no answer.——F. P., Yale, Mich.

\

‘ 'I supposed the way the manufacturers

talked last spring, that a contract was a

contract. Possibly it all depends upon
the point of views—Editor,

FARMERS SHOULD OWN DISTRIB-
UTING PLANTS - ‘
AVE BEEN a reader of M. B. F.
for some time and am well
pleased with it. In the last is—
sue I real! that the Milk Commission
has cut farmers price to $3. Now
this price if continued will put many
of us out of the cow business and the
scale of the drop between the farm-
er and the distributor is so unfair
that I feel it is high time that the
farmer should own the distributing
plants and get the milk direct to the
consumer. Am writing to Farm Bu-
reau atthis time to see what can be
done to~get a move started in the
right direction to some of the dairy
farmers—If. W. Frey, Pres. of Brown
cm; 00-09. 00., Brown City, Mich.
R 5. ,

0 his stand. As
expllggiedo eggwhgle all: tlfis issue, the
«Milk Commission was not responsible for
the last out in prices. However, no mat-
ter who was to blame, the effect is the
same, In other dairy one of the
country fauners are purchasing or build—
ing condensaries and distributing plants,
so why‘not in Michiganf—Edltor.

" ssonmw seam muss m7
* , morn nonsense LUCKY
I SAW IN the Detroit Free' Press

 

 

 

 

an article in very large type stat-

 ; lag the very generous action or
“myaa

   

 remission in Detroit. No

    

  

Over there it is"

I wrote them about it-but»

' where Mr.

very liberal price for his milk. At
any rate the price paid the producer

». in Detroit looks good to me as the

Detroit Creamery Co. has been cut-
ting“ the price of milk in my territory
for the last two months.

For the month of December this
very generous Detroit Creamery Co.
is paying the producer the high price
of $1.90 for 100 lbs. delivered at
their condensary at Clio, Mich. If
the Milk Commission at Detroit
thinks the producer is losing on his
milk at $3.00 per 100 lbs. how about
the-producer here in Saginaw county
orin the Clio territory. Understand
the producer pays all transportation
from his barn to Clio. Can it be pos-
sible the Detroit Creamery Co. thinks
the producer in a radius of 75 or ‘80
miles of Detroit can feed his cows
on. cheaper feed than the producer
in the Detroit territory when the
headquarters for most all dairy feeds
is right at their doors in Detroit and
the producers in other territories
have high freight to pay and at least
one more commission to pay than
the Detroit producer. Neverthe-
less, we poor mossbacks in the
rural districts have this very condi-
tion to face. Of course our com-
pany tells us, "Well it is up to you.
If you do not want to sell the milk
at one price, you can dump it in the

‘ditch or do as you like with i ."

Well they know that the farmer
has always been used to selling his
every commodity at less than cost
and it looks to me as tho the De-
troit Creamery Co. as well as num-
erous other companies that are or-
ganized proposed to keep the farm-
er turning over his products at
less than the actual cost to produce
them. You never see where any
manufacturer is even asked to sell
his product without a very liberal
proﬁt. Is this giving the farmer a
fair deal? Brother farmers are you
going to stand for this rotten deal,
or are you going to get up and
do something for yourself? It is
better that all those distributors that
cannot afford to pay us the cost of
productlbn shut down. You can bet
they will never pay to the farmer his
share as long as they can make him
believe that there is an overproduc—
tion of milk and that the people of
the country are not drinking as much
as they did in past years. ‘

I also see in this same ‘ article
Kennedy says his com-
pany-has arranged to d tribute their
surplus milk to the po people of
Detroit at 2 centsper quart, but Mr.
Kennedy says it is skimmed milk at
2 cents per, quart, a trifle more per
quart than he pays the producers in
the territory where I live for whole
milk. Mr. Kennedy’s company takes

   

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the cream of course—very generous
act on the part‘ of Mr. wKennedy’s
company.—M. $4., ,Ghesan'ing, Mich.

 

You and I can complain all we want
to about dalrying conditions, and it will
not do us a. jet of good until the farm-
ers own the majority of cheese and but-
ter plants, 'condensaries and distributing
systems. Then when abnormal times
come you can partially control the sit-
uation.
European demand has resulted in a lot
of canned milk piling up which is being
placed‘on the market in competition with
fluid milk. How much this affects the
consumption of fluid milk we do not
know, but it serves a mighty handy ex-
cuse for the dealers in milk to drop
the1r prices to the farmers, Here is
one thing I want .you producers who are
selling to the Detroit Creamery Co. to
note. The prosperity and the proﬁts of
a. corporation are always reflected in the
standing of its stock on the Exchange.
The par value of the Detroit Creamery
Company’s stock is $10, This stock has
sold for as high as $38.75 per share last
year and $3525 per share this year.
This is an astounding premium to pay
for any stock and there are probably
not over half a dozen stocks in the en-
tire country which makes a better show-
ing than this. The Detroit Creamery
Co_ has paid to its stockholders this year,
14 per cent on its capitalization of $1,-
600,000. The demand for the stock and
the high prevailing premium shows with-
out a doubt that the company is in an
exceptionally strong position and that it
is making large proﬁts at the expense of
the farmers—Editor.

 

"WANTED: A BUCK LAW
SUPPOSE that you know that
Lake county had a ﬁght to
keep the deer 'season closed?

Well we sure did, but don't know
how it will work next time, so I thot
that I would write to you and see
what you folks thought about a buck
law? If the Gleaners, Grange, Farm
Bureauand Farmers' Clubs would
get petitions and the farm papers
make a big noise we might wake
them up at Lansing. Please let me
know what you thing about it. If
you think that we could do anything,
I would be pleased to get all the
names around here. We sure should
have a buck law. Something must
be done if we want to see deer in the
woods. I am a deer hunter, have
killed 130 deer in my time, and just
three docs in all that numberﬁ—A. P.,
Lake County.

 

There is,a pretty strong sentiment
among sportsmen and others for a buck
law, and I expect that the next session
of the legislature will be asked to amend
the game laws preventing or restricting
the future killing of female deer.—Edit-

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A GOOD TREAT ALL AROUND

I am sending you the names of six
farmers who do not read the M. B. F.
I think your paper is an educator,
especially in markets and politics,
and should be in every farm home.
As I never smoke and seldom buy
cigars, I use this method in treating
my friends—G. D. 8., Fremont, Mich.

 

 

TEE FARMERS ARE AWAKENING
HE ANNOUNCEMENT that the
Michigan Farm Bureau will
maintain representatives at

Lansing during the coming session

of the legislature is proof that the

farmers are beginning to recognise
the desirability of participating in
the state’s business beyond helping
to nominate party candidates and
depositing the party ticket in the
ballot box on election day. They are
also learning “that not in all cases do
members of their craft who receive
legislative honors remain steadfast
after having assbciated with the old-

.tlmes and the emissaries of the

System which has so long directed

general legislative enactments in

Michigan. ‘ '

No interest in
ing «even one-ﬁfth of the population

and wealth which is connected with

biennial session of the legislature to
agriculture thinks of permitting a

pass widmut giving attention to

every measure which my sheet such

1 detergents. even. remotely.  As :a rule
EWWﬁmmr

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the state represent;

concerned with what may be the to-
tal of the state tax levy, but they are
concerned with whatever may be
suggested in the way of law that may
curtail or otherwise interfere with
the existing manner in which their
business may be conducted.

The farmers, representing so large
a percentage of the tax-payers, not
only have a vital interest in legisla-
tion which may affect their line of
activity, but they are also, as citi-
zens, seriously affected by the total
of demands which are made upon
them through appropriations for the
varied activities of the state. To es-
tablish capable representatives at
the State‘Capital for the purpose of
keeping them informed as to how
they are being treated and how
strongly the politicians propose to
levy taxes against their earnings is
in line with sound business, and
the preserve of such representatives
should be. e the ei'l'ect to curb extra-
vagances as well as to insure respect-
ful bearing upon all propositions of
interest to immerse-Michigan om-
”ﬂ. ‘

 
 

It is true that the falling oi! of ’

' declining

SYDIPATIIY ~FOR MILK PRODUCER
- FTER READING the enclosed
A clipping I am sure you will not

waste 'all of your sympathy on
the Detroit Milk Producers. They, no
doubt, are entitled to some. but-not all
of it. Consumers are still paying 14
cents per quart here—0'. R., Cormma,
Mich.

The clipping enclosed is of an ad-
vertisement by the Detroit Creamery
Co., offering to pay Shiawassee pro-
ducers $1.90 per hundred for "milk
during the month of December, with
a differential of 3 cents per point -
above or below the 3.5 standard, and
a deduction of 30 cents per cwt. for
hauling.

The Business Farmer knows that the
producers inside the Detroit area have
been getting a much better deal than the
producers outside the area. At the same
time we must remember that it costs
more to produce milk in that area, and
daan is the sole business of many of
the farmers. They feel the effects of
low prices more than do the farmers who
grow grain as their principal cash crops.
The reason we have gi-ven so much at-
tention to the Detroit producers is be-
cause they were supposed to have an ar-
rangement by which they could virtually
control the price of their milk. It has
been the utter failure of the Comm ssion
plan to protect the producers in a crisis
like this that has been the basis of our
discussions. Moreover. the producers of
the Detroit area are in a position if they
will only act to distribute their own milk
in Detroit and the Business Farmer has
been in hopes that they would see the
light and make the move. A successful
distributing venture in the Detroit area
would pave the way for other co-opera-
tive distributing and manufacturing en-
terprises throughout the state—Editor,

 

OBJECTIONABLE FEATURES OF.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
(Continued from page 3)
times, to insure them against losses
resulting from violent ﬂuctuations of
the market. A list of margins, re-
quired for various market transac-
tions, is given below: On Corn, 10c
per bu. equal to $500 for each 5,000
bu. On Oats, 3c per bu. equal to $150
for each 5,000 bu. On Pork, $1.00 per
brl, equal to $250 for each '250 brls.‘
On Lard, 1c per lb, equal to $500 for
each 50,000 lbs. On Short Ribs or
Other Meats, 1-2c per lb, equal to

$250 for each 50,000 lbs.

During exeited times when 'prices
change rapidly and vary widely, com-
mission merchants may ﬁnd it neces-
sary for their protection to require
larger margins than above mentioned.

These funds or margins so called
must be in the hands of commission
merchants before orders are executed.
and may be sent by express, bank
drafts or certiﬁed checks, or may be

A deposited in any responsible bank in

the country, whose cashier will re—
celpt for it, and notify the merchant
that it has been deposited to his cred-
it. In case of an adverse market,
and additional margins are called for,
as above mentioned, then the mer-
chant has the privilege, if immediate
notice is not given that the money
or security has been deposited, to
close the trade.

A trader, having selected his com-
mission salesmen, simply gives an
order to buy or sell the commodity in
which he wishes to deal and the
month in which his deal is to mature.
If he mentions a price his broker
will sell at that price if the opportun-
ity offers. If no price is mentioned
the order will be ﬁlled at the market
price when the order was given. In
a widely ﬂuctuating market, the
trader will ﬁnd it to his interest to
watch the market closely and to ‘re-
Spond with the utmost promptness to
all calls for an increase in funds to
keep margins good. If a broker fails
to receive a prompt response from his
customer for additional margins, he
closes the deal at the market, when-

ever the margin is exhausted.

In Board of Trade parlance parties
who have sold for future delivery are.
called "shorts" and those who have
bought for future delivery are called
"longs." Hence the term frequently
used on an advancing market, ‘shorts‘ x
are covering or buying in, and on a

ing, selling out or realizing. .

Not less than 1,000 bu. of Grain,
2‘50 brie of Park, 50,000 lbs. of I“,
and 50,000 lbs. of Short Bib Sides BM
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I’ll"! Milli jg
HAE’VPINESS

HAPPY New Year to each
every one!

     

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girls and young.

Would that we might carry some of
the kindly spirit that possesses us at
the Holiday time all through the year.

What a happy old world it might be!

If your heart is glad it is easy to
smile, if it is sad why smile anyway,
it is a harmless deceit and does some
_one some good and yOurself a whole
It is a topsy—turvy world any-
way. The people who carry the heav-
The
busiest people have the most time and
when the hour arrives that we leave ‘
our earthly possessions we take with ‘
us only that which we have cheer-

lot.

iest loads are the most cheerful.

fully given away.

Verily, it is more blessed to give

than to receive. -

May we make that bit of Heaven on
earth, our home, a happier, more com-
fortable and more attractive place
than ever before. Daily purify the
atmosphere with fresh out of door air
and all the sunshine that manages to
get thro our winter sky. Give our
hearts to sympathetic companionship
and our minds to an understanding of
each other’s needs and desires.

The only scenery that city dwellers
have is that which hangs upon their
walls, the same night and morning,
alike at all seasons of the year, never
disguised by the beauty of the moon-
light on the freshly fallen snow nor
transformed by the radiant glow of
an autumn sunset, while to us—
“The river calls and the road calls
And oh—the call of the sky!"

‘ - May we open our eyes to the beauty
around us and our hearts to the joy

_ of giving love, appreciation and hap-
piness to those around us. Now is the
hour of opportunity.

 

A CREED OF THE OUT-OF-DOORS

I believe in the wonder of the out-
of—doors, in the inspiration of the
stars, and in the allurements of life in
the Op'en; amd

I believe in the strength of the hills,
in the silence of the night, and in the
music of the birds and trees.

I believe, also, that my body was
made for action, that my mind was
made for thinking, and that my heart
was made for loving in unison with
the life in nature. .

I believe that to laugh and sing, to
swim and walk, to stud-y and play, to
eat and be happy, to be kind and free,
to grow strong and good, is my right.

I believe. too, that to be happy I
must be good, that to be worthy I
must be kind, that to be loved I must
think love.

I believe that happiness and lasting
peace are mine, as I live in the atmos—
phere of kindness so near me in the
life of the open world—Rudolph Stall

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THE PEASANT KING
By R. K. Munkittr'ick
NE DAY a certain king grew
weary of the luxurious life he
' was leading, for one by one his
every pleasure became monotonous.
And at last he knew not what to do
to make his life endurable.
‘ So he concluded that a sure way
out of the trouble would be to ﬁnd
out how other kings had lived before
him, and to ascertain what they did
to gain happiness and peace of mind.
Accordingly, he ordered a courtier
,to‘ collect all the books concerning
kings, both in history and fiction,
— and to read them aloud to him that;
he might collect youthful informai
"tion on this subject. ' \
' The courtier gathered a great
number of these books and read
.v Lthem aloud to the king, who still
'i7i'sseemed to be at a loss for informa-
tion regarding the details of royal
happiness. When the king had about .
,giyen up in despair, a courtier came
its.” eastern story of a ruler who
had found happiness by changing
"laces-with a peasant. , -  ~ ;
That. will-do,“ said .the king: to
' ' urt‘ler-‘r . “I, have tried almost
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Big girls and little girls, Old

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without success. I shall now try to
ﬁnd some peasant in my realm, who
would like to be king. In all my
travels I have noticed how contented
the peasants are.

they are always singing, even at

their work, and I would give any»

thing to‘ be as happy as a peasant."
As the courtier attempted to go
on with the story, the king held his
hand up for him to stop.
' “Close the book," said he;‘ "I
shall follow the example of the king
in the story. There may be a peas-
ant in my realm who thinks true
happiness comes to those in power,
and who could be induced to ex-
change his position in life for mine.”
_The courtier trusted against such
an experience, until he thought the
safety of his
head was involv- '
ed—and then de-

sisted.
On the fol—
lowing day, the

king started out
behind four white

horses, in his best
purple and gold e 11
crown, to exchan g 8

places with the happiest
man that he could ﬁnd.

On an almost desert-
ed road, he espieda lit-
tle cabin under some
trees that almost screen-
ed it from view. As the
carriage drew nearer the
king saw the occupant
of the ealbin digging in
a patch. He seemed as
happy as the birds that
were singing on every
limb; and he himself
sung, while he pushed
the spade into the
ground and turned up
the soft earth. ’

When the car-g
riage stopped, the
man dropped his
spade, and came to
the fence to see .
what was wanted. The king step-
ped down and asked him someques-
tions regarding the ,prospects of
good crops in the coultry, and then
said: ' .

80 fresh

“I should be very well contented

. if I were as happy as you are.”

“And I," replied the peasant,
“should be very happy if I were a
king." '

“You are one,” replied the king,
as he threw his robe about the man's
shoulders, and placed the golden
crown upon his head. “That is you
carriage and these are your servants,
who will bear witness that we have
changed places, and that I am the
peasant."

The joy /of the new-made king
knew no bounds. He sat up in the
carriage,‘ with all the dignity of an
old king. In his heart he fancied
that he must be dreaming, and pinch-
ed his arm, and asked his attendant
to stick pins in him that he might be
sure he was awake. He thought of
his great power with‘absolute glee

and felt supremely happy ,in ‘ the
knowledge that he could make the
country go to war, and cut off

the heads of people. who in any way
displeased him. What puzzled him
most was the fact that he had never ’
been happy before and he was at a
loss to understand it.

“Whip up the horses," he said;
"I wish to reach the palace before
sundown." ‘ ‘

0 ﬁ O I I:

That night he made up his mind'
to have a grand banquet, such as a
king should have. So he ate , a
most inordinate quantity of the rich-
est dishes he could thinkpf, and he
did not stop until-almost midnight,
,when he retired; He was awakened
several times before morning-uwuh
nightmare, and passed»

   
   
  

a'ni'gh't, that he s... lred
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They seem to lack}
‘ no requirement of earthly happiness;

     

The young New Year,
I .0 m!

and worked hard year in and year
out, he had neVer. known any but
nights of refreshing sleep. ' ‘ "

But this did not trouble
much. He concluded that.he would
soon become accustomed to
banquets, and thatwouid be the end
of sleepless nights. Noﬁsooner had

he disposed of this trouble, than it-

occurred to him that he had heard
that it was a common thing' for
kings ‘to have their food poisoned.

Perhaps his food‘had been insuffi—,

ciently poisoned the night before.
In that case a servant would make
sure to put enough in his coffee to
kill him at breakfast.

This was a terrible reflection, and
it harrowed the king’s feelings in a
way that they had never been har-
rowed before. But he went to his

breakfast, deter-

mining that he

‘would not touch

the coffee. Then

he concl u d e d

that they ,might

deceive him by
putting the poison
where, he would least

ﬁnished his breakfast in
great alarm. His agita-
tion had been so great
that it gave him a wor-
ried, pale look.

“Is your maje s t y.
wvell?" asked one of
the courtiers.

.“Why?” said t h a
king. .

“Your majesty cer-

. tainly looks very ill,"

, replied the courtier.

Then the king, was
satisﬁed that he was poi-
soned, so he threw
himself upon a
lounge, cla‘sped his
hands to his fore-
head, declared he
had. been poisoned.
and ordered all his servants to be be-
headed if he should die.

Shortly after, the was satisﬁed that
nothing serious was the matter, and
he went out in the garden to take a
breath of fresh air. He hadn’t pro-
ceeded far/when he noticed some-
one following him. This follower
was between him“ and the palace,
and he could do nothing but depend
upon himself in case 0 an attack.
No matter where‘ he walked, this
man followed him, so he sat down
to see if the straggler wbuld venture
nearer. But the man did not ; he stood
still and Kwatched. '

The king thought'jhe could never
be attacked iffhe allowed his pros-
pective assailant to know that he
was watched. So he shouted for
help, and in an instant a dozen ser-
vants were at his side. '

“That man yonder is following me
to kill me!” he cried, pointing at
the man, who stood near.

“No your majestY. he is no ,’3 re-‘
plied the spokesman of the servants.
“He is the man who follows you as
a guard, to prevent others from kill-
ing or molesting you."

t, e e .

When he returned to the palace,
there were hundredsof people waiting
to see him, on.-all kinds of business,
—-—people to have petitions signed,
ministers with schemes of every
description, so that the king’s head

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What thorn: may bruu his tlny not.
What Joys may come to "am his on

No one can tell, nor you, nor I.

spun, and he didn't have time to
think. ' ',
After he had been aking two

', weeks, he_was secompletelyundone, .

physically and mentally, that he, re-
gretted the day he. had given up his
hovel for 'a palace. I ,
V, a e \s e e
‘ ‘Ass‘won as the old king had
ed his crownonw'the head of
" ‘ ft, and‘had seen him-
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him '

royal

suspect it.

When he Was a pea-
sant, he never knew ‘
such fear as this. He

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Worked,_.half an noun-ail the. the
math} pains, of which hefcon'ldn’t ri

. himself as a king: departed and, ,_
sang as merrily as theblrds in 

' trees, and felt- happier every min?
.ute. -At dinner he" had such ? 
appetite that he enjoyed every morsel
in a way that he had never done
during his entire reign. _ '  
That night he slept as he. had
never been able to sleep while bur-_

dened wi-th,.t‘he affairs of his 001111--

Jtry. He didn’t toss-about at all, and
he did not wake up until the sunwas
high. Then he hurried down and;

    

 

 

    
  
 
  
 
   
  
  
    
  
   
   
  
 

    
 

    
  
  

had his breakfast while the birds! 1‘? 

flocked about the door or sung in the
rosebush by the window. '
I am as happy as a king is sup-
posed to be," he cried, “and I
should be happy to know that the
present king, poor fellow, would ever
be as contented as I am now." i
And the old king worked on “in
perfect contentment for days, feel-
ing safe from the conspiracies of en-
emies, and on the best of terms with

his own conscience, so that he,w~as_

indeed a happy man.

The garden was progressing ﬁne-
ly; and the new occupant grew hap—
pier every day, and saw nothing but
sunshine. This continual flow of
happiness was never disturbed un-
til one night when the kinngeas-ant
had a terrible nightmare. He awolﬁa
fearfully agitated and in a cold per-
spiration. - -

He had dreamed that he was a
king again! »

He hastily arose and lighted, a
candle to take a look at the euro,

roundings to make sure that he was

 

not in a .palace and was not a king.  9'

He was afraid to go to sleep
fear the dream might be repeated.
That very day, when he was work-
ing and singing in the garden,
saw a great'dust down the road; and

in a few moments, a carriage of the ., "

king stopped at the gate.

“How is the garden getting 0n?" '

said the new king.
“Splendidiy.”

for  :5“,

he

“Would you not like to give‘me ' ‘

my hovel back in exchange for your
palace and crown?" .
“I could not think of it!" said the
old ‘king. - .
“You must go to someone _who‘

has never been a' king, if you want 

to make such an exchange. ‘If you
go on a little farther' down the
road, you mayrﬂndv some 'man who ‘
would be glad to wear a crown.

So the new king drove down the
road and asked the‘ first laborer he
met, if he would like to bee king.
‘ “No,” replied the laborer; “I was‘
a king for a few days, and thatwas
enough for me; I traded of! my
crown for this shovel and pick-axe,
because the king who had given it
to me for a small but requed to
trade back."  ”

The king rode on; and muchto
his surprise, every man he met re‘l
fused the unhappy monarch’s offer
to make him a king, each one stat-
ing as his reason that he had already
lieden a king fbr a greater or less per-
0 . * '

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kingdom had worn the crown at one
time or another, and that the king.
who was trying to exchange places

with the humblest being in the realm, , -'
was simply the last man in the land 

to get it. v '
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filled with people who found the 
greatest happiness fin the humbiest,,h~
spheres of life, and. learned ten-be "

   
  

contented without nursing an am
much to be great or powerful.
.. -Th'9.7n6asantélr’ing had" to ru_ ,
his life for no one "would e'x'hange- "
'wirth him..~li‘ And wheelie ' ’N '
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{EAR CHILDREN: ' 'Happy New

‘ ,1Year‘ boys and girls. Are you
, _ going to make anyresolutions
this year. or can't you think of any-
thing to resolve to do or not to do?
Let’s see! We could decidedto like
our- school work better - and study
harder and have our lessons better
than we have had them during the
past year. Or we could make up-our
minds to help our mothers and'fathr
are more and 'not complain when
they ask us to do anything. I’ll not
suggest, any more because I am sure
youwlll be able to think of many.

- things you do or habits you have

which are unpleasant to other'peo—
ple and- which you need not do if.
you only make up your mind not to
do them.
I received a letter recently from a
little boy which read as follows:-
“I am a faimer boy nine years old.
I have no sisters or brothers, dear
‘Uncle Ned.‘ Don’t you know of some
little boy who has no home and
would like to come and live with
me? I have lots of pets. I have
three cats, one dog and about twelve
rabbits. We have axnew Pathe talk-
ing machine.” 1
The boy who wrote this letter lives
at Evart, Mich., R. 3, and his name
,is Levi P. Gugel. I am not printing
his letter to ﬁnd him a brother be—
cause all of my neices and nephews
have good homes which they do not .
care to leave, but I am printing this
in hopes that some of you will write
him a letter. This boy is lonesome.
‘There are many others, both girls
and boys, who write ,to me who
would like to receive letters and make
friends. Why not resolve this New
Year’s Day that at least once a month
during 1921, you will choose a name
and address from our page and write
the boy or girl whose name you have
chosen? It would be. lots of. fun
wouldn’t it? And think ‘of the
friends yOu would make. Again,
happy New Yearl—UNCLE NED.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
‘ Dear Uncle Ned:-—I have ﬁve brothers
and one sister. I go to school every day
and am in the 4th grade. I am a girl 9
years old, We have ﬁve cows and four
horses and four calves. I have a pet cat

and his name is Bright Eyes—Dorothy
Postma, Rudyard, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:—--My father takes the
M. B. F, and likes is real well. I likevthe
Children's Hour the best of all. I have
three brothers and three sisters. Their
names .are Anna, Paul, Josephine, Julia,
John and Frank, I wish some of the girls
would write to me. For pets I have a
little puppy dog and 2 cats—Mary Plis—
ka, Pinconning, Mich., R. 3.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a little. boy 7'
years .old. My father has 3 horses, 13
cows. 99 chickens, 4 big pigs and 6 little
pigs. I am in the second grade at school.
‘We live on an 80 acre farm. I have two
sisters and no brothers, For pets wehave
a dog, 6 big rabbits and some little rab-
britsri—tErwin Ruff, Bay City, Mich,, R. R.
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Dear‘Uncle Ned:—~I am very glad that
you printed my letter in the M. B. F.,
and I think that paper is the best paper
1 ever saw, We‘ have 59 scholars in our
school. I have three sisters. Their
names are Rose, Emma and Stayze. I
Wish some boys and girls would write
a) 2me.~——Mary ,Charowski, Ruth, Mich.,

Dear Uncle Ned:—-—I am a boy eight
years old and in the third grade in school
There are twenty-three boys and seven
girls in my school, I walk one mile to
school. _We have] a cat that sits on one
of our cow's back While the cowis stand—
ing up. We also have a small my kit'-
ten that does many, funny stunts and so
we call it Clown.—Jerhardt Radtke,
South Haven, Mich.

I Dear Uncle Ned_:———I am 8 years old, I
go to school. We have 31 pupils in our
'. school. I am, in the 3rd grade, I“ have
two brothers. We live on a farm of as
acres. our teacher's name is Mr. Fuller.
"He' is from the state,of Washington. We‘.
.have four pets, We have a pony. a dog,

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father takes the M, B. F. and likes it yer; '
much. ‘ I like *to read the Childrehs Hour,
“ *IMQMP. Coble, Baruogd, R. 2. Mich.

 

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Prather. _ This is her third term as our
teacher. For pets I have two big black
cats, fine ones too. I help mamma feed
the chickens, wash dishes and help in

several ways. Wish some of the girls

would write me, Will close wishing you a
merry Christmas, —-— Ruth . Poindexter,
Breckenridge, Mich. ‘

 

I Dear Uncle Ned:—Well I have writ-
ten' so much you will soon be getting

tired of me won't you? I wrote to Car—

mel Shedell and I wonder if she will
answer me. I hope she does. I wish
some of the boys and girls would write
tome, I hav no brothers or sisters,
but quite a fe friends“ Well I will
close for this time wishing good luck to
you all from,——Caglline Collins, Apple-
gate, Mich., R. F. . 2. _

Dear Uncle Ned:—~—We did not have
any party for Hallowe’en but we went
out. We did not do any mean tricks as
you told about. We just soaped win-
dows, and scared people. I am a farm-
er girl. I live 15 miles east of Grand
Rapids. My father takes the M, B, F.
and likes it very much, I am 7 years
of age and in the 4th grade in school.
My, teacher’s name is Miss Porritt. I
like her very much—Jennie Richards,
Ada, Mich,

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have just ﬁnished
reading the Children’s Hour as it is call-
ed and I thought I would like to write, 1
am a girl 13 years old and am in the
7th grade at school. We take the M. B.
F. and all of us enjoy reading it. I have
two brothers and one sister. We have
two miles to go to school and we don’t
mind walking for it seems to us only a
little ways, We also have 7 head of
cattle, 4 horses and 3 colts and 8 pigs,—
Eleanor Murray, Decker, Mich., R,

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—Thought I’d write
a little letter as I have read many other
letters boys and girls- have written. My

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father takes the M. B, F. and likes it
very much. I am a girl ten years old
and in the ﬁfth grade, We have only
half a mile to go to school. We all en-
joy school, We have a wonderful teach-
er, We have two farms, both forty ac-
res each. We have three horses. nine
'_ cattle, two big pigs and sixty chickens.
For pets I have three cats, I have three
brothers and two sisters, I think I had
better calorie as my letter seems to be
getting long. 'We always love to read

T
R, F. D. 3, Box 13, LeRoy, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a girl 9 years
old. I live on a farm of 120 acres, I
was just reading the children’s page and
I got so interested when I was reading
'the letters that I thought I would write
too. I will tell you what I have for
pets. I have a dog and two pigs, and
some chickens. It is raining today. I
have two sisters and one brother, Their
names are Dorothy and Madeline, and
my brother is called Max.—Irma Ham-
mond, Lake, Mich,, Box 43, R. 2.,

Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a girl 11
years old and go to school every day.
My teacher’s name is Miss Violet Lang.
My father takes the M. B, F. and likes
it ﬁne, My father owns a 240 acre farm
I have one brother, He is going deer
hunting today. I have a few pets, One
is Shep, my little dog. I have lots‘ of
fun playing with him. There is a half
a foot of snow on the ground here now.
I wish some of the boys and girls would
write to me.——Winifred Roberts, New-
berry, Mich., Box 46‘,

Dear Uncle Ned:——<I love to read the
letters in The Children's Hour. I am
eight years old and in the second and
third grades at school. My teacher’s
name is Mrs. Rose Herald. , She is a
good teacher and I like her very much.
My mother went. to school to her when
she was a girl, I go to the same school
that my father went to. I have three

 
 
  

he Children's Hour,——Alice Alstermark,

,1 . ' ' ‘ l' 4-; .tr..$ln I
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sisters. We have three pigs, a dog nam-
ed Ginger, and three kittens, One is
really a pet, Its name is Sandy Snow-
ball because it has one sandy ear andia.

sandy tail. We have six cows, ten calves. 

and four horses, and we raised a-nico

lot of chickens—IS}. 1Evelyn Clark, Ra.-

venna, Mich., R.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——I am a girl 11 years

old, I am in the eighth grade at school; 
- There are about forty—ﬁve pupils in our 

school. I have one sister. Her name is
Blanche. She is 14 and is in the_9th'
grade. I live in Juniata with my father
and grandparents. My mother died Ap-

ril 7, 1919, My sister boards with Mr. '

and Mrs, Arlo Earls at Vassar, I had
one hundred and seventy—ﬁve rabbits
last summer. I sold my rast rabbit
yesterday. When I pass the eighth
grade I am going to high school.—Bertha
Boyce, Juniata, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Nedt—I am a girl 9 years
old and in the 4th grade, My father
takes the M, B, F. and likes it very
much. This is the ﬁrst time I have
written to the M. B, F. I live on a 24
acre farm. We have one horse and two
cows and eighty chickens. My teacher’s
name is Miss McKinnon and I like her
very much. I have two brothers and
the older one's name is Ladislaw and he
is 11 years old. The younger one’s name
is Eddy, He is 8 years old, I will end

my letter with riddles. What has an V "

eye but cannot see?——A needle, When
is a hen a rooster?——When it goes to
roost—Emily Bcdnarik, St. Louis, Mich.

—- 6

Dear Uncle Necl:——I am a girl 11 'years
old and am in the 5th grade at school.
My teacher’s name is Miss McGarry. I
like her very well. We live on a 40 acre
farm, We have 2 horses, 3 cows and 2
calves,. One of the horses is mine, For
pets ,I have a cat named Nig and a dog
named Nero,—Doris Hayes, Traverse
City, R. F. D, 7. Box 78.

 

 

 

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Healthy Children
Make Christmas Merry o

Christmas is always merry where there are happy children,
bubbling over with joy and anticipation. Growing children
are always happy when they are receiving proper nourish-
ment from the right foods.

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ROWEN A
trade-mark
on the sack K

tizing and wholly digestible. . _ .
derest pastry, also, is made With Llly White.

Lily White ls Clean

The wheat of which Lily White is made is thoroughly
cleaned. The six-break system insures a granulation of uni-
form perfection. The ﬁnest imported silk bolting cloths are
used. No human hand touches Lily White in its various
White is guaranteed to suit your
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For volume, color, texture and cleanliness,

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and a Happy New Year with a sack of Lily White.

   

  

 

 

      
     
    
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
 


 AND MARKET REVIEW

  

 ‘inent in the general business
001:; both Bradstreet and R. G.
,.  00., agree that the general
, ess situation is more encourag-
-. than at any preceding date since
uidatiou began. There are un-
mistakable evidences that users of
staple. commodities like iron, steel,
lumber, leather and wool are pre-
paring to begin the accumulation of
a supply of 'raw material with which
to resume manufacturing operations
again on a limited scale. These de-
velopments would be considered of
 little importance in normal times for
they are widely scattered and the
business done is comparatively small
in volume. Purchases of wool,are
reported at very low prices but the
, bare fact- that buyers are in the mar-
' ket has .a note of encouragement in
it to the growers of this commodity

  
 
 

   
  
  
  
   
  
  
    
    
   
   
    
    
    
 
  
  
     
   
   
    
     
    
   
   
  
    
  
   
 
   
  
  
   
 
 
  
   
       
  
   
  
   
 
 
  
   
   
  
   
     
   
  
   
  
    
   
  
  
   
   
    
  
  
   
  
   
   
   
   
  
   
 

day 'to dawn when they could see the
color of their money.

Tanners and leather manufactur-
. ers have had several preliminary con-
ferences for theypurpose of arriving
at some sort of a mutually satisfact-
ory working basis. Several western
'1 hosiery mills have resumed opera-
tions with‘ orders ahead for several
months. In eastern districts where
_ the manufacture of woolen and col.-
, ton ., fabrics is the principal occupa-
f tion'and where several thousand peo-
--fple are usually employed, drastic cuts
'in wages have been announced which
. is taken to mean that manufacturiﬁg
win this particular line is soon to be
resumed. In connection with the
'gwage’ reductions, mentioned above,
_‘._the Industrial Commission of the
. state of New York, requested the
Clothing _Manufacturers’ Association
to meet them during the current
 for a conference on the wage
gq'uestion; the reply to this request
.. was in the negative and the language
I used indicated that the Association
.  through with the labor unions,
 once for all. .
. The attitude of the textile inter-
; ests toward the closed shop and the
recent announcement made by the
Bethlehem Steel Co. that they were
through with unionism, are generally
considered by the public at large to
be the ﬁrst gun ﬁred in a pitched
battle against the closed shop, in
connection with which, nearly every
I r manufacturing concern in the coun-
try will line up in direct opposition
,to the edicts and mandates of labor
{leaders and walking delegates. Ar-
,bitration of disputes, coming up in
 connection with written centracts
ith workers themselves, will be
anted but the manufacturers of the
country are determined to no longer
bmit to arbitrary domination from
walking delegates and labor bosses.
 The major business crime of the
~- year, the arbitrary cancellation of
iron clad agreements to purchase
and pay for staple commodities and
,manufactured products, has been
(,i’requently commented upon in this
column; it is one of the encourag-
ing signs of the times that we live
,in, that a mighty wave of indigna-
tion against this underhanded and
dishonest practice has developed
throughout the country. It often
,ppens that abuses of privilege,
along business lines, are so greatly
yer'done, in times of business stress
d price liquidation, as to produce
revulsion of feeling in favor of
nest and upright methods that
entually leads to a complete re-
_ '; it is to be .hoped that some
 result may be brought to pass
this particular case. The future
iness prosperity of this' great
. ry demands that contracts made
' faith, between individuals,
or corporations shall be faith-
and cotton have touched a
“doctor the‘season. in the
V ‘ latter, .a tremedous in-

  

  

  

  
 
 
 
 
 

 are some signs of a slight .

V raw and reﬁned product.

who have long been waiting for the '

~ Edited by u. H. MACK

 

 

GENERAL MARKET SUMMARY '4

 

 

Sheep lower. Hogs higher.

CHICAGO—Grains higher.
Hogs higher.

DETROIT—Wheat [and oats dull. Corn ﬁrm.

Cattle- and Sheep dull and weak.

cattle; slow.

 

 

to! page Is at In typo.
Iolng to press—Editor.

 

 

(Note: The above summarlzed Information was melvod AFTER the balance of the mar-
It contains lost mln uto Information up to wlthln one-half hour at

 

 

 

lers report large quantities in faint-
ers hands ready for immediate ship-
ment when conditions show any
signs of improvement; 

\ POTATOES

sPuos ran own, 1320‘; 22,1920
A I aaokodl Bulk

 

 

 

 

Dotrolt ............-'...

 

 

 

 

 

1.00
Chicago .....~... . . . . .. 1.85
New ort ............. 1.05
“Mum . . . ._ . . . . . . . . .|, [1.80
rmoss .ONE YEAR A00
Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-| 2.34 | 2.34

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quotations have been made for both
It is re-
ported that a New York ﬁrm of
candy manufacturers have just clos-
ed a contract for a large quantity of
granulated sugar at 6 cents per
pound.

An analysis of the nation’s for-
eign trade for the month of Novem-
ber shows a marked falling ofl’ in our
export trade, causing a shrinkage in
America’s balance of trade from the
showing made during the preceding
month of $63,000,000.

The stock market has continued
its downward course thru another
Week the opening days of which saw
the broadest market of the season,
so far. The names of many stock
issues appeared upon the board that
had not been heard from for a long
time. New low records were made
by 108 issues, 102 being industrials
and six old line rails.

Call money, both kinds has been

even and steady of late at 7 per cent.

Borrowers are bidding 7 1-2 per
cent for time money with a (30-day
limit and commercial paper is com-
manding 8 per cent.

 

 

 

 

WHEAT
WHEAT PRICES PER 30., DEC. 22, 1920
Grade IDetrolt IOhIoagoI N. V.
No. 2 Rod . . . . 1.99 2.00 1.91
No. 2 Whlto 1.98
No. 2 Mixed 1.08

 

sharp decrease in the' visible supply
which showed a decrease of 1,035,-
000 bushels. The Detroit market
weakened on a lack of «local milling
demand. The “talent” in the grain
division consider wheat to be in a
stronger position than at any pre-
ceding date sincethe big decline in
prices started.

 

 

 

 

CORN
NEW CORN PER 30.. DEc. 22, 1920
Grade matron Ichlcago N. Y.
No. 2 Yellow . . . .84 .11 .88
No. 8 Yellow . . . .82
No. 4 Yellow . . . .11

 

 

 

 

amass on: vua A'oo
[No.2 mu No.8 VolI.I No.4 Yell.
Dotmlt. ..| 1.52 I 1.50 1 1.43 .

 

 

 

 

Potatoes show weakness in all
markets, but because of excessive ar-
rivals from Canada. Detroit is av-
eraging lower than any other point
in the country; nothing will save lo-
cal pota‘to prices from going very
much lower except congressional ac-
tion in the near future. '

 

,IIAY

I No. 1 Tlm.l sun. Tlm. No. 2 Tim.
Detroit . . [20.00 0 21I25.00 9 20.25.00 0 20

 

 

 

 

Chicago . . 80.00 @ 82|28.00 G29 26.00 28

New York 81.00 @ 38I36.00 @ 81181 .00 88

Pitubnrﬂ . 20.00 @ 80I21.50 G 28 20.00 027
I No.1 I No.1 I No.1
[Light Mlx. [Glover Mix. I Clover

 

Detroit . . [25.00 0 26l28.00 @ 24422.00 Q 28
Chicago . . 28.00 @ 20I26.00 @ 28I25.00 Q 28
New York 31.00@ 88I84.00 G “$0.00 82
Plttaburg . 21.00 @ 28l21.00 O 23I28.00 25

 

 

nova: ou’ corn u selllno 1o oonu higher.
Corn has been showing strength,

'independent of wheat, of late, on

persistent buying by certain elevat-
or interests and reports from sea;
board points of export inquiry. The

 

 

 

 

visible supply of corn decreased
312,000 bushels.
OATS
on Pmcss PER au., DEC. 22, 1920
Grade lDetroli l0hIoaool N. V.
No 2 White .53 437/. .92
No 3 mm. 51%
No. 4 White sat/2 .48'/4

 

 

 

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
[No.2 Whltel No.3 Whltol No.4 Whth
Detroltl .89 l .88 I J87

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
INo.2 Red] No.2VWhltol No.2 Mlxod
Detrolt I 2.48 I 2.48 I 2.48

 

 

 

The speculative wheat market pre-
sents a mixed situation with an
abundance of data on display 161-
both the bulls and the bears. On
Monday, Dec. 20, both_the Chicago
and the Detroit market started off
with a bad break, resulting from dis-
couraging ﬁnancial news from
abroad; after this little short-selling
flurry, the trade turned dull and
lifeless and continued thus until
near the close, when the
market made a sharp recovery and
the Detroit market scored a decline.
Chicago wheat prices closed from
one—half cent to 2 1-2 cents [above
the close of the preceding day, the
rally, apparently, being caused by a

Chicago .

 

The oat market is ﬁrm for the mo-
ment, apparently in sympathy with
corn. Local receipts are‘ample and
very 'little cash business is being
done. Oats gained 1-2 cent in the
Detroit market on Monday but the
close was decidedly weak at the
advance. The visible supply showed
a decrease of 510,000 bushel.

 

 

 

 

 

BEANS
BEANS PER CWT" DEG. 22. 1920
Grade [Detrolt IGhloaaoI N. V.
c. H. P. . . . . .. 3.90 4.15 5.50
Red Kldneys  9.00 [10.00

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR A00
[0. H. P.| Prime [Rod Kldneys »
Dara". . . . .I I 7.10 I 11.50

The bean market is weak and
featureless, except that receipts are

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foot-’- Woolhor Chart for January 1021

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‘5'" _'Il!"*
WASHINGTON, D. 0., December
25, 1920.—-—During the ﬁrst part of the
week centering. on January 4 a. warm
wave will come south from Alaska,
will cover all the northern ROCkleS
and the Paciﬁc slope: it will move
southeastward at about the usual
speed, and during the next two days
all the country west of the Mississip-
pi River will warm up. About third
day after its appearance in the ex-
treme northwest it will tu its course

to northeastward, leave the cotton
4 states. pay a. visit to New England,

Quebec and the countries in' that di-
rection, Near the Atlantic coast the

warm wave will change itscourse to

nearly east, or toward Great Britain,
- and in a. few dayswill'warm up. the

British Isles. . r ‘ .

.A storm wave will follow, a day or
two behind. and near the path of the

tinned shave and. a.
cold wove,  dol-

 

 

    
 
  

  

    

THE WEATHER FOR.THE WEEK-
As Forecasted .by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

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am or o inion passenger amps, one
day outpfrom Montreal and Boston,
will strike dangerous storms which will
continue severe to Great Britain and
the continent. These storms will
greatly icrease the precipitation in
most sections of North America; rain
or new will be above normal east of
Rockies' crest. Too much preciplta-
tion invsouthern states and too cool
for truck gardening. Moisture for
January will be evaporated from the
Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mex-
ico and Carribbean Sea to Iceland.
Where that moisture, moving west-
ward, meets the' eastward-bound
'storms, where the lands slope down-
ward toward the east or southeast,
most precipitation is expected for Jan-
uary; the reverse is expected where
the iand slope is westward.

First half of January is expected
to be much warmer than last half.
Very cold during week centering on
January 20. Very severe storms and
excessive proclpitation are expected
during the week centering on January
27. Australia will get more than the
usual amount of rain during January.
That will be during some of their
grain harvests and the rain may do
damage-9 The West Indiesywill get
too mdch rain in"January, and the
East Indies will get more than they‘

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I ~ ment was short—lived, the

"AV PRICES A YEAR AM
I No. 1 TIm.I Bun. 11111.] No. 2 Tim.
Detroli. . . [80.00 @ 81l20.00 @ 80l28.00 G 29
'[ No.1 I No.1 I No.1
Llaht Illx. IOIovor MIX. I Clover
Damon . . [28.00 0 29I21.00 @28I28.00 Q 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The local hay market is well sup-
plied and extremely quiet and bids
fair to remain so until after the hol-
iday. Prices, here and elsewhere,
are practically unchanged from the
quotations of [last week.

 

LIVE " STOCK MARKETS

Excessive daily receipts of live
stock and the depressed business con-
ditions are raising havoc with the
American live stock growers' hopes;
a. new low record is made daily in
nearly every department of the
trade and thousands of breeders and
feeders, the country over, are pro-

paring to close out their establish-A

ments and quit the business, once
for all. It is variously estimated that

' the animals that are now being mart

keted, have cost growers from 40 to
50 per cent more .than they are ro-
ceiving for them.

Seven leading western markets,
for the ﬁrst three days of last week,
received 159,000 cattle against 125,-
000 for the week before and 192,000
for the same period, last year. On
Monday and Tuesday of last week,
fat, long-fed steers were a drug on
the Chicago market and values sag»-
ged from 50 cents to $1 per cm
from' the previous week’s closing
trade. Butchers cattle, all kinds or.
cow stuff, including milkers and
springers, were du-ll and lower. Can-
ners were 25 cents lower than the
close of the week before and only
a few buyers at the decline.
calves were dull and lower; coarse
calves are almOst unsalable. The
only thing on the list that has held

up of late is bologna bulls, the sup- “'

ply in this department being for be-
low the current demand. Reports
from the fresh beef trade in all of
our leading cities, indicate a. fairly
active demand at steady prices.

" Not enough western range cattle

. are coming to be worth mentioning;

the supply of desirable feeding cat-
tle is said to be larger than ever be-
fore but dealers are looking for a
much smaller supply next year. 0w?
ing to the falling off in arrivals of
western cattle, stockers and feeders
showed signs of doing better, late
week before last but the improve-
sharp
broak in ﬁnished cattle, early ' last
week took the snap out or the feed-
or trade: and Wednesday’s report of.
the Chicago trade, made it appear
that stockers and  in that

market, had  from 15
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bad year. , .. -
With 10,000 fewer sheep and
lambs on sale than at the beginning
of the week before, the Chicago
trade in the killing kinds started out
on Monday of last week, a good 50

but as the week grew older and pric-
es for all other kinds of live stock
slumped, sheep and lambs eased off
and at the time of going to press are
in the old rut again with nothing to
relieve the monotony of a market
that is almost featureless. Yearling
wethers were in active demand all
last week, a band of extra lamb-
welght yearlings sold for $10.50 per
cwt. on Monday and another band of
'handy aged wethers brought $6.50
on Tuesday.

Last week opened with light re-
ceipts and an active demand for
lambs but buyers seemed to lose in-
terest as time went on and the trade
in ﬁnished stock settled at $11.50 to
$11.75 for good to prime fat lambs.
Feeding- lambs were in moderate
supply in all western markets, early
last week and the average quality
of those that did come [to hand was
decidedly common. Prime feeding
lambs are now worth from $10.60 to
$10.75 per cwt. f. o. b. Chicago.

Record-breaking receipts in Chi-
cago and throughout the west, early
last week was the signal for another
old-fashioned packer squeeze and
local hog‘ buyers did their worst.
Chicago packers remained invisible
to the naked eye, until late in the
afternoon of every day last week and
when they did appear on the scene
they pounded the market with all
of the power that they could sum-
mon. The only activity shown by
the market was caused by competi-

tween yard traders and shippers.’
Near the close of the day’s business,
the big packing house outﬂts came
into the market bidding from 25 to
50 cents below the day’s preceding
sales and virtually saying to sellers
“take it or leave it and see if we
care.”' The speculative trade in
provisions has followed the down-
ward trend of live hogs and all of
the lead specialities show heavy loss-
es. Reports from all of the leading
cities of the country show that fresh
pork is leading all other kinds of
meat in demand but, at that, trade
is said to be comparatively small in
volume, the reason assigned being
the widespread lack of employment.
Pork is e’mminent-ly the laboring
man’s choice of the fresh meat list
but when he is idle, he cuts his meat
requirements 50 per cent or more
according to the size of his surplus.

Hardly ever before in the history
of Detroit as a live stock market have
cattle been so hard to sell as on the
close of last week's trade; the
yards were cluttered up with little
common “no—acoount” cattle upon
which sellers could hardly get a bid
of any kind and many went over on
Thursday night, unsold. The trade
on Monday of this week was dull
and slow at last week’s closing pric-
es. Veal calves are dull with a 14-
cent top and it took a good lamb to
bring 10 cents per pound on Mon-
day. The Detroit packers wanted a
few hogs Monday. Prices full strong
with outside points, were the result.

STATE FARM BUREAU TAKES UP
SUGAR BEE'I' FIGHT
(Continued from page 5)

4. That the immediate work of this
sugar beet department of the Michi‘
gan State Farm Bureau include ef-
forts to have enacted appropriate leg-
islation to facilitate the solution of
sugar bee marketing and production
problems; complete investigation pre-
liminary to building ‘and equipping
sugar beet marketing and production
such investigation to include all costs.
available and.» approprite sites, ma-
chinery, etc, annual labor survey in
cooperation with. the various sugar
beet reﬁneries in the state intended
to make possible the securing of'the
best type of labor in adequate num-
bers; improvement-of. ‘seed' culture

    

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, vitithat western brokers, who special:
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'them and be worth more.
i Our nun-mus catalog tells how to
,take off and care for hides; how and
[when we pay the freight both ways:
about our sole dyeln process on cow
and horse hide, cal and other skins;
about the fur goods and game trop
we sell. taxidermy. etc.
Then we have recently got out an~
other we call our Faahlon Book wholly
devoted to fashion plates of muffs,
neckwea: and other ﬁne fur garments.
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:1676 equipped farm. 10 cows, 3 horses, bull.
.‘ﬂock poultry, 2 brood sows, 10 pigs, ~full im-‘
plements and eduipment included; big .city mar?“
kets. close ﬂne tom; 80 acres machine~worked
v‘ 7 cow spring-watered pasture, wire-fenced, 10
“ acres wood and timber, variety fruit; S ugar
. maples; l2-room house valued $4,000 basement
barn ties 25 head; stable. poultry house, other

buildings; ownur indﬂiacltated, $7,150 takes

  

everything 32,500 down, easy terms. Details
Page 37 Strout’r Illustrated Catalog argains 33
States. FREE. STROUT FAR AGENCY,

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WONDERFUL BARGAIN IF TAKEN AT
once. 126 acres, good buildings, 100 acres
cleared, good orchard, near good market, school
and church. Price $2500.00, half cash. bal
H ,ance reasonable terms. A. NEIGER, P. 0. Box

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chase some good land.
.at present that the Federal Land Bank of St.
Paul has loaned money on. Call and see me.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE—1,800 ACRES
$10 per acre; elegant elevator, lumber, hay, coal
-—no opposition; teed barn: 50 farms; sales and
exchanges made everywhere. REED REALTY
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soil, good buildings, excellent milk market. Deal

direct with owner. BLANDING BROS, Lock
Box 93, Greenville. Mich.

 

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All plow land. Very productive; good buildings,
on good road, 40 rods to school. 3 miles from
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MAP E SYRUP WANTED—WANT FIVE
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gallon cans. In writing,st quantity and price,
Box F, The Business Farther. Mt. Clemens.

 

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age cheap. Terms. REED REALTY 00..
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good. hickory nuts, write quantity and price, Box
J‘G,~ The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens.

 

CERTIFIED PETOSKEY SEED POTATOES
grown in Presque Isle County. For list of grow-
ers write E. S. BREWER, County Agricultural
Agent, Onaway, Mich.

 

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yrs. old. Chewing and smoking. Postpaid: 2
lbs. $1.00, 7 lbs. $3.00, 10 lbs. $4.00. KY.
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entitled the World’s“ k‘et'r Who pub-
lishes the   - report, the
Snow; Bartlett report and: osenbaum- Ro-
view?—C. C. D,, Wheeler, Mich.

Dunn la. Bradstreet-or New York
City, publish the 'World's Markets-
Subscri-ption price, $2 per year. The
Goodman report is issued by P. S.
Goodman, care Clement, Curtis & 00.,
Rockery bldg., Chicago, and the Snow
report by W. B. Snow, care Bartlett
Frazier Co., Western Union bldg-.
Chicago. Rosenbaum Review is pub-
lished by J. .Ralph Pickell, Chicago.
Subscription price is $5 per year.—
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CAN SELL SHARE 0F STRAW

I worked 40 acres of land on shares
and each party to furnish one-half of the
seed, twine and threshing. There was no
written lease, Can I sell my share of
the straw without being liable for dam-
ages?—-C. P., McGregor, Mich,

You would have the right to sell
any portion of your share without be-
ing liable for damages unless you
have some agreement to the contrary.
You may likewise pledge it or mort-
gage it as security. Feeding of
straw on the premises means that it
is not to be disposed of but if not
possible to feed on the place it may
be fed elsewhere and the manure
returned. Otherwise I am of the
opinion that it could not be sold or
moved—W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE

We would like to know a few things
through your paper, How old does a.
person have to be before he can attend
the Michigan Agricultural College? How
much does it cost to take a tractor
course?
one have? Mus-t a person be a high
school graduate? Can girls attend the
M. A. C. too?—L, S. and A. W., Shelby,
Michigan,

One wishing to attend regular cour-
ses at the M. A. C. must be at least
ﬁfteen years of age arid of good moral
character, and a. graduate of an ap-
proved high school. There are a ﬁrst
and second farm tractor and truck
course. Each one requires four
weeks study. Entrance tee far this
course to residents of the state is $10.
Board and room will cost from $6.50
to $7.50 a week. The student Should
bring" work clothes, preferably a one-
piece garage suit, an adjustable auto-
mobile wrench, a. screw driver and a
pair or combination pliers. These
courses are among the Winter Courses
and the registration days are two,
Monday, _ Januaary 31, and Monday,
February 28. The tractor courses,
being part of the short Winter Cours-
es have no educational requirements
nor examinations for admission.
However, to make the best use of the
instructions received a good common
school education is necessary. You
must be at least sixteen years old to
attend Winter Courses. All courses
listed are open to both girls and boys.
—-Associate Editor.

ATTENDING SCHOOL ‘OUT OF
OWN DISTRICT
We live over two miles from our dis-
trict school and have been sending our
children to a school in another county
which is a. quarterl—ot- a. mile nearer and

on a. good dry road while the road to our ‘

school is poor and at some times of the
year impassible. We have sent our child-
ren to this other school for nine years
but now the ofﬁcers of our school are
trying to compel us to send our children
to our own school, Can they force us to
do this?—A. McG., Spruce, Michigan.

I am of the opinion that you com-
ply with the law in sending your
children to'such public school as you
describe and for the reasons stated;
and that no complaint will be law-
fully entertained against you under
the stzytement of facts—W. E. Brown,
legal editor. * ' .

 

WILDMAN. RUBBER COMRANY

What do you think regarding the
Wildman 'Rubber Co., of Bay City, as
an investment or speculation? Would
it be a safe place to invest money?—— .
H. HJ Jackson, Mich. ‘

In, my opinion the purchase of the
stock of this concern would be rightly
called a "speculation" ’and not-'ran’é-"in-
vestment.” -I know nothing concern-
ing the men who are backgotthis pron
ject. They may be. honest. upright
and entirely satisﬁed that they, can

ma“ 8 8° of their preposition. Per- 

sonally, we doubt it, , particularly at

‘m-‘ior' pa’mphJet;

How much of an education must '

‘ to this other school?

   

  
   

      

     

this one. {insist
made inrthe fjtir‘e, .

ago
before the slump; . Tir’es are eating

on‘ the market. 1.80me off the  ’

factories have closed down or “out
their production. » They have ample
facilities for supplying ‘ the demand
_for a number of years to come.“ The
Wildman Rubber (Co. ‘may.
but chances are against it.
not invest in their
—Editor. '

TERMS OF CONTRACT GOVERNS

, A takes a contract for tomatoes at $16
per ton. A takes in a load and B says
they are only good for seed but accepted
t em. When A received his check from
he reCeived only $8 a. ton for the load
B said was only good for seed. can
A collect the rest of it or not?—-‘-R.’A.. J'

I would

 

Milan, Mich. " ,

If your contract does not provide
for the rejectiozrof the tomatoes for
the regular price and allow the pur—
chaser to take them for seed then
he is liable for the $16 per ton if
they were tendered and accepted in
fulfilment of the contract. The
terms of the contract will govern.—
W. E. Brown, legal editor.

 

MUST PAY NOTE

I have signed a note for $50, got stock
inn company which later I saw wasn’t
gomg to amount to much, They wrote
me they would send an attorney to col-
lect. Am I obliged to pay the note?—
Subscriber, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Unless you could prove that the
note was, obtained from you under
false pretenses, it would be collectible
I assume that you have received stock
in exchange for the note. If so, this
would undoubtedly be construed as
“value received” in exehange for your
note, and you would have to pay it.—
Edz’tor. '

 

 

COMPELLING CHILDREN TO AT-

TEND DIFFERENT SCHOOL

We have a. good school and have 31
scholars enrolled but we have no teach-
er_ The school board wants us to send
our children to another school which
has already 40 scholars. We want a
teacher at our own school. Can we par-
ents be compelled to send our children
A man is hired to
take the children back and forth to this
school.‘ How can we go about it to get
a teacher at our own school, I can get
40 signers as nobody thinks of sending
their children to this other school—Mrs,
F. H., Alpena County, Mich.

You do not tell me what kind of
a school you have. If you are under
the consolidated township unit sys—
tem provided by Act 117 of the Pub-
lic Acts of 1909 as amended and the
township district board or the Town-
ship, Board of Education ordered
your school discontinued you may ap-

peal within 90 days to the Supt. 01'

Public Instruction— .
legal editor.

E. Brown,

 

MICHIGAN GUARANTY CORP.
Will you please give me all the infor-

mation you can in regard to the Mich

Guaranty Corporation of which Wm, 

den-Smith is at the head. This is a

ﬁlialfid Rapids company.—-H. J, C., Ionia,
c _

This is one of several inquiries we
have recived about this concern. The
Michigan“ Guaranty Corporation was
approved by the Michigan Securities
Commission May 28th, 1920, and per-
mission given for the sale of $400,000
worth of common stock. The company
increased its capital and was again
approved "July 22nd for an additional
$800,000 worth of common stock.
August 12, 1920, an increase of $1,600,-
000 was approved. Sept. 21, 1920, 31,-
800,000 was approved by the commis-
sion, covering a total capitalization of
$5,000,000. — It appears like the com-
pany had growing pains. No stock
has been issued fer promotion which
is something decidedly in its favor.
The presence of Wm. Alden Smith
naturally increases thechances or this
concern for success and, one’s’ econﬂ-
deuce in the company, although it does
not necessarily prove that the com-
pany will succeed or ever pay a. penny
in dividends. All who contemplate
purchasing stock in this_or any other
corporation should remember that all
.industry ’is passing through a critical
stage, that many will fail, and many
others will only be able to struggle

through by", omitting their dividends. 5
It seemsfto us that now is a poor '

time to purchase stock in a speculj‘aﬁ
tive proposition unless the stock 
be purchased at; a . substantial digs-
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offer. Don’t send any money. Mr. Reefer

the price of just one package, the other
age being .free.

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quest. No-risk to you.
special free offer.

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send you two $1.00 packages of "More Eggs."
You pay the postman upon delivery only $1.00

. $1 Package FREE

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returned at any time Within 80 days—on re-
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“To avoid conflicting date; we will without
cost, list the date of any live stock sale Ill
Michigan“ If you are considering a sale Id-
' Horus-oi. once and we will claim the date
‘ -‘ I '0' You; Address. Live/Stock Editor, M.
FE. Mt; Clemens.-

Jan. .5, Poland Chinss.
Man‘chester, Mich. . ,
Jan. 6. Poland Chinss. Hillcrest Farm.
p ' l“. B. Lay. Mgr., Allegan, Mich.
 1. Jan. 10,.Holsteins; Harry '1‘. Tubbs. El-
 .» ' well. Mich. -

 ’ Jan. 14. Aberdeen-Angus. Michigan Aber-
deen-Angus“ sum. East Lansing, Mich.
‘Feb. .1, PolandChinas. _Witt Bron, Jae;
oer. Mich. .

 

   
   
  

 

 
 
 
 

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‘ , r . , LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS
 . Andy Adams, Litchﬂeld, Mich.
. , Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, 'Ind .
7‘ ‘ Porter ,Colestock, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
‘ John Hoﬂman, Hudson, Mich.
 ' D. L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.
- 4~ V, \ J. J. Post, Hillsdale, Mich.
’ "I. v; a . J. E. Ruppert, Perry, Mich.
, ' - ; , . Harry Robinson, Plpmouth, Mich.
». . Wm. Waffle, Goldwater, Mich.

 

 

 

7 CATTLE

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    ‘ MR. DAIRYMAN'!»

' - ' , , Are you using a ﬁrst class herd

 

.t sire? I
" ‘ You can’t afford to use a poor
‘ ‘ one. ' .

N _ , We' have good ones of all ages

  p listed at reasonable prices.

' Let us know your needs. '
MICHIGAN HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN

, ASSOCIATION '
H. w. Norton, Jr., Field Secretary
Old State Block, Lansing. Mich.

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-' snow BULL

Sired by a. Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke-Henger-
veld DeKoI bull from a nearly 19 1b. show
cow. First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair,

1 92 0. Light in color and good individual
Seven months 0d. Price, $125 to make
room. llurry!

Herd under Federal Supervision.

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i , _ _- BOABDMAH FARMS
‘. JACKSON, MIOH.

*-  , Holstein Breeders Since 1906

 

 

 

 

‘I-IOLSTEIII FIIIESIAIIS FOR SALE

A b'ull calf ready for service. Combines Show
type and production.
llerd sire, Model. Kig Segis Glista, whose
.granddnm 'is Glista Ernestine, the only cow of
-» r. the breed that has six times made better than
' 30 lbs. butter. .
GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS
v r 7 Corey J. Spencer, Owner.
111 E. Main St. Jackson,

HATOH HERD
‘ Ypsilanti. Mich.

(In Government Accredited List.)

I

Mich.

 

from our 34 lb. (average 2 nearest
dams 37 pounds) King Korndyke
Artﬁ Vale bull for $150 to $250

FOR SALE 30 lb. BULL

 ' ‘ MY HERD SIRE FLANDERB Kmo r
« , W i i.JOI'IANNO:"12010.7238054 O‘NT'AO
are on son ng of the Po '
from a‘33 lb. daughter of King seglsjunam End
His dam a show cow, Phyllis IleKol John“
to lb. daughter of Sir Johanna Nig. H. 'ia é
,ﬂne individual, kind and right in every way, box-n
Novelgnber 7, 111917.b n - ’
A o a year'ng u from a 28 lb.
a 31 1b., bull. 0°“ ""1
bull. Price and pedigree for the asking.
.._. GUY WAKEFIELD, Fowler-ville, Mich.

’ on use. REGISTERED HOLSTEIN' BULLS
nearlyvresdyfor service from good A.
Alums also bull calves. ~'Wih. Grimn. Howell, Mlch.

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. type and price, I will refund your fare.

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offers choice yearling registered cows '

Get busy if in need of a good '
. Pound bull. Dam a ,well bred Ormsby cow. Herd

 

R. 0LT

 

Vilhat We are Doing in
the A. R. 0. Testing

We have just ﬁnished testing 5 cows one
Senior Yearling has made over 16 lbs. of
butter in 7 days. One Jr. 2 year old has
made over 16 pounds.v_.0ne Senior 3 year
old has made over 26 lbs. of butter in 7
days and a Jr. 3 yr. old has made over 20
lbs. last bull advertised sold to Mr. John
Gsult. All our cows are in the advanced
registry and free from T. B. '

JOHN BAZLEY .
81'9 Atkinson Ave.

DETROIT MICH.

 

 

 

FOR SALE

Small Herd of Registered Holsteins .

consisting of 8 cows and 4 heifers under 1 year
old. Cows nearly all under 4 years of age and
bred to freshen eyery month from now on to
July.

Price for the 12 head immediate sale $2,000.

For details write

DeFOREST THOMPSON
Salem, Mich.

BBAIIDOIIHIL'L FARM

(FORMERLY HILLCREST)
Ortonvliie, Michigan

We have just passed our third clean tubercu-
lar test. Just think what that means when buy-
ing a sire for your herd.

Choi‘ce bull calf by 35 lb. son of King of the
l’ontiacs. out of 15 lb. m $100

Nine .months old, light colored, same sire, out
of 16 lb. dam $200

Nine months old, same sire.

Five months old, same sire, 31 lb. dam $650

Come to Brandonhill—oee these calves—if
they don’t beat anything you have ever seen for

 

21 1b dam $350

Your note will do, if you haven’t the cash.
~ JOHN P. HEHL
1205 Griswold Street, Detroit. Michigan

MR MILK PRODUCER 

Your problem is more MILK, more BUTTER,
more PROFIT, per cow.

A son of Maplrcrest Application Pontiac—-
132852—from our hesvy-yeariy-milking-good-but-
tor-record dsmrwill solve it.

Maplecresi: Application Pontinc’s dam made
€5,103 lbs. butter in 7 days: 1344.3 lbs. butter
and 23421.2 lbs. milk in 365 days.

He is one of the greatest long distance sires.

His daughters and sons will prove it.

Write us for pedigree~ and prices on his sons.

Prices right and not too high for the average
dairy farmer.

.Pedigrees and prices ,.on application.

R. Bruce McPherson. Howell. Mich.-

 

 

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Yearling Bull For Sale

Bull born Sept. 28, 1919, evenly
marked and a ﬁne individual. Sir~
ed by my 30 lb. bull and from a
20 lb. daughter of Johan Heng.

Lad, full sister to a 32 lb. cow.
Dam will start on yearly test
Nov. 15. '

ROY F. FICKIES

I Chesaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

PIIIGED TO SELL

SIX HEAD REGISTERED HOLSTEINS
Two yearling heifers, bred to grandson
Traverse Princess Weg. Price $150 each.
Three heifer calves, ages 5, 4 and 2 months

of

old._ Price $125 each.

One bull 8 months old. dam has 7 day A. R. O.
18.77 butter 427.8 milk. Next dam 15.11
butter, 387.7 milk. Sire’s dam 22.43 butter,
503.2 milk. Price $125.

Pedigrees sent promptly on request.
This~stock is all nicely grown.
H. E. BROWN. Breedsvllle,

' SOLD AGAIII

Bull calf lsst advertised sold but have 2 more
that are mostly white They are nice straight fel-
lows, sired by a son 01 King on. One is from
a 17 lb. 2'yr. old dam and the other Is from a
20. lb. Jr. 3 yr. old darn, she is by a son of
Friend Hengerveld De Koi Butter Boy. one of
the great bulls.

JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. Mlch.. R 2.

Mich.

 

 

Howbert Minita Ormsby

REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFER. BORN
APRIL 18. 1919
well , marked, good condition. Sired by a 27

Tubercan tested under State and Federal Sup-
ervision. . '
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eeu clam. Mlch. \ ' 

 

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vBlIY SHOBTHOBNS

' 'of' registered Hampshire Hogs. Gilts. Saws
‘ and Boats. ”

  

 

 

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OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOlr~
sales from their herd. We are well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon-
tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis" who is a son of
“King of the Pontiacs" from a daughter of Pon-
tisc Clothilde De Kol 2nd. A few bull calves for
sale. T. W Sprague, R 2. Battle Creek Mich.

BULL and 3 HEIFERS

(Federal accredited herd.)
'Bull old enough for service. His dam’s 7 day record

20.85 lbs. butter, 467.80 lbs. milk_ 305 days
16,281.1 lbs. milk, 654 lbs. butter. Two
R. 0. daughters. His sire s 24 lb. grandson

of Colanths Johnna Lad. -

Also 3 heifers .7 months old not related to bulL
ALL FOR $500.00

VERNON CLOUGH. Perms. Mich.

TWO, BULL OALVES

~ Registered Holstein-Frieslau, sired by 39.87 lb.
bull and from heavy producing young cows. These
calves are Very nice and will be priced cheap if
sold soon.

HARRY T. TUBES. Elweil. Mich.

  BORN MARCH 21, 1920, vény

nice, straight and well grown,
sired by a son of Flint Hengerveld Lad whose two
nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butter and
735 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is a 20.61 lb.
Jr. 2 year old daughter of Johan llengerceld Lad

 

'68 A. R. 0. daughters. Price $150. F. O. B
Flint. Pedigree on ap lication.
L. C. KETZL R, Flint, Mlch.
OR' SALE—TWO BULL GALVES, A HOL-

tcin and Durham about 3 months old. Both
ave heavy milking dams. Not registered. $00
sch if taken at once.

CHASE STOCK FARM, Mariette. Mich

 

FOR SALE

LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COW
ﬁve year old, well marked and .a good milker, also
her bull calf born Octl 27,; sired by a son of
Johan Hengcrvcld Lad, one a 22 11). two year
old dam Price $250 for the pair.

R. H. BARNHART, R 1, St. Charies, Mlch.

 

OR SALE—REGISTERER HOLSTEIN COW.
Three heifer calves. 1 bull calf.
R. J. BANFIELD. Wlxom,

T0 SETTLE AN ESTATE

7 registered Holstein cows, 5 yet to freshen,
bred to a 30 lb. bulL $1,200 takes them.
BERT SLOCUM, Byron, Mlch.

Mich

 

 

 

SHORTHORN

SDOTOH SHOHTHOIIIIS

Priced right, also my herd bull.
THEODORE NICKLAS, Metamora,

RIOHLAND SHORTHORNS

Why buy Bulls that come from Herds you know
nothing about? _

For the next thirty days we are going to Oﬁ'cl‘
the best lot of Bulls ever sold in Mich. Prices
ranging from $200 to $500.

0. H. PRESCOTT & SONS

Herd at Prescott, Mich. Tawas City,

 

5 GOOD BULLS
12 to 15 mos. old

Mlch.

Mich.

MILKING SHORTHORNS. BULLS FROM COINS
making records. Priced reasonable.
0. M. YORK. Mililngton, Mich.

FROM AN ACCRED-

 

itcd hard, that are
right, at readjustment prices, '
JOHN SCHMIDT r! SON, Reed City, Mich.
HAT DO YOU VVAN'I‘? I represent 4}
‘HORTHORN breeders. Can_ put you in
touch wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all
ages. Some females. . W. ()rum, 'Presldent
Central Michigan Shorthorn Association, Mc-

Brides, Michigan.

 

W. S HUBER, Glsdwin. Mlch., offers for sale
a choice bull caif,, sire, Robert Clay by Washing—
ton Clay. Dam, Charlotte’s Gem by Maplelano
Dan Oxford out of Charlotte 13 2nd.

SHODTHOBIIS

old, all roans, pail fed.

5 bulls, 4 to 8 mos.

Dams good milkers, the farmers’ kind, at farm-
’ rices.

e“ lg. M. PIGGOTT & SON. Fowler. Mlch.

 

HE VAN .BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association have stock for sale, both milk
and beef breeding.
Write the secretary. '
FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mlch.

 COWS, HEIFERS, BULLS

offered at attractive prices
before January ﬁrst. Will trade for good land.
Wm. J. BELL. Rose City, Mich.

ENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS' »
KAss’n are offering bulls and heifers for sale. all
Sell the scrub and buy a purebred.

AAB, Sec'y, Qsiedonla, Mich.

aple Ridge Herd of Bates Shorthorm 0!-
fers for sale a roan bull calf 9 mos. old. Also 2
younger ones. . E. TANSWELL. Mason, Mich.

0R SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND

d D wn Rams.
one: J. 0A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mlch.

ages.
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HEREFORDS
1 RE
iiEiisroim emu  mm...

We can furnish registered bulls from 12
months and older, best of breeding and at a
very low price, have also some extra good
Herd headers We have also a large line

 

fighting= us,  us what you want and got

 

HEBEFOIIDS FOII SALE

Fairfax and Disturber blood, 150 Reg. head in

herd. 335.00 reduction on all sires. Choice fe-
males for sale.‘ Write me your needs.
EARL C. MCCARTY, Bad Axe, Mich.

 

REGISTERED HEREFORD OATTLE

King Repeater No. 713941 heads our herd.
a grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion
epeater 7th No. 386905. We have some ﬁne,
bulls for sale and also some heifers bred to Re.
ater. 'l‘ony B. Fox, Proprietor. '
HE MARION STOCK FARM. Marion, Mlch.

 

150 HEREFORD HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW
of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality Shortshorns and
Angus steers 5 to 1,000 lbs_. Owners anxious
to sell. , Will help buy 500 commission.

0 F. BALL, Fair-ﬁeld. Iowa

 

GOOD TYPE,

LAKEWOOD HEBEFOBDS 8...... boned

young bulls, 12 months old for sale. Also high
class females any age. Inspection invited. '
E J. TAYLOR, Fremont, Mich.

JERSEYS

SCALES IN FEED
ROOM TOO! ‘

 

We are frequently advised to'
“weigh your milk," “know how
much your cows are giving.” Yes!

This is important but it is equally im-
portant to know how much feed she
is consuming. So, weigh her food.
Many cows in Michigan are not pay—
ing for their feed. Others pay only
a small proﬁt. How many of this
kind have you. Weigh milk. Weigh
feed. Find out. Beef them. Put
proﬁt. cows in their place.

Jerseys are know as proﬁt breed,
because they produce economically.

Write—-
SEC’Y HENDRICKSON

of Shelby, Michigan
FOR

JERSEY FAOTS

 

EADOWV'EW JERSEV FARM. REG; JERSEY
tulle fur g3“).

J. E. MORRIS & SON, Farmington, Mich.

 

Get Your Start in H
Registered Jerseys for $500

5 heifers from 5 mos. to 1 yr. will be sold
at this price if taken at once. Write for breed-
ing and description to

FRED HAYWARD, Scotts, Mich

 

MPROVE YOUR JERSEY HER WITH [ONE

of our Majesty hulls.
r: K lonla, Mlch.

 

RAN P. NORMINGTON.
0R \SALE—THREE PUREBRED JERSEY
bulls ready for service. Tuberculin tested.
J. L. CARTER. R 4, Lake Odessa. Mich.

 

ed.

Mud.
of Mariette.
cow and calf together.

tered,
Mariette.
istered.

 

ANGUS

 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS STOCK FOR SALE
Cow—Bonnie of Mariette, 8 yrs. old, register-
Sire, King of Duchess 2d. Dam, Bonnie of

llcifer calf 3 weeks old. -Dam, Bonnie
Sire, King of Romeo. Will sell
Bull—King 2d of Romeo, 1 yr. old. Regis-
sire, Eric Edwin . Dam, Bonnie of

Heifer—2 yrs. old with calf not regs
These will be priced cheap if sold 80011.
Address—

R3, Mich.

FRED BOENING, Romeo,

 

of farming. a
from LENAW
ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS hull of the
most extreme best type for combination beef and
dairy farming.

STOCK FEEDING.

 

The Most Profitable Kim! I

car load of grade dairy heifers
EE COUNTY'S heaviest milk Dro-

 

‘Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD

FARM for prom t shipment. '

Methods expla nod in sm'rn's PROFII‘ABLB
400 pages illustrated.
Addison. Mich.

GEO. B. SMITH.

 

BARTLETTS’ih’EEs $153.:‘£§3”&E2?

Swine are ‘ ht and are pnce right. "0‘
epondenco sorli‘citad and inspection invited.
OAR]. BARTLETT. Lawton. Mlch.

 

 

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GUERNSEYS

 «REGISTERED curnnsm

Fine heifer calves 6 months old—$200.

Fine bull calves 6 to 8 months old—3100.
All papers transferred.
J.' M. WILLIAMS. North Adams. Mich.

GUERNSEY BULL CALVES

From tested and untested dams.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Write torprices and breeding to
MORGAN BROS., Allegan, Mich" R1

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AYRSHIRES

FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHI RE

I hulk and  calves. heifers and investor calves.

some 60 COWS.
FINDLAY BROS. R 6. Vassar, Mich.

SWINE

POLAND CHINA

 

 

   

 

THE'BEST IRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIR-
ed by Big Bob Masmdon at the lowest price.
DOWITT C. PIER. Evert. Mich.

BIG BOB MASTODON

Sire was champion of the world.
His dam's sire was grand champion
 at Iowa State Fair. 8 choice spring

~ gilts bred that are pictures, sired by
him. Also some sows bred to him
for March and April. Priced low
end guaranteed in every way. Get
my prices.

C. E. Garnant, Eaton Rapids, Mich.

HERE'S SOMETHIHG GOOD

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0. IN MIOH.
Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my
herd, at a reasonable price. Come and use them.
Expenses. paid if not as represented. These hour.
In seruce: L‘s Big Orange. Lord Clansman,
Orange Price and L’s Long Prospect.
-W. . LIVINGSTON. Perms. Mich.

 

 

 

' I THE THUMB HERD

312 Type Poland Chinas. Largest herd in North-
eastern Mich. Bears and gilts for sale.
E M. GROWAY. Mllllnctcu, Mich.

FARYIELL use me

L. T. P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boars and
some tilts left. Will sell with breeding privilege.
Bears in service: Chmsman's image 2nd, W. B.'s
Outpost and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome.
. I. RAMSDELL
' Hanover, Mich.

My, Oh My, What an Opportumtyl
We are now onering a few choice big type
Poland China Boers. from Big Smooth on
of the breed's best sires. from Dams by such noted,
sires as Grand W. Bﬂlcrcst Wonder. Masto-
don Wonder and Hillcrest Bob.
You can't get better breedim. Individual]
they will please you. Price $50.
HILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Midl-

 

 

IGc TYPE POLANDS. HERD HEADED BY
W's Sailor Bob. Spring pigs. both sex for sale.
W_ CALDWELL A SON, Springpon, Mich.

. i
ARGE TYPE P. 0. SPRING BOARS, MARCH
and April farrow. Also one Sept. yearling.
The big bone and big litter kind. For prices and
reeding write ' ,
E. W. LANDENBERGEB. Perms. Mich_

L. T. P. C.

I have a line lot of spring gigs sired by Hart’s
Black Price, a good son of lack Price. mud
champion of the world in 1918. Also have I
pigs, 5 sows and 2 boars, sired by
salt, a son of the $40,000 Yankee.
that are sure Humdingers.
F. T. HART. St. Louis. Mich.

 

 

I

rues HILL ms-

Spﬂns boar pigs h Peach Hill Orion Kill!-
3:439. Bot:iltaci‘.'lony guaranteed. Priced at
up.

IRWOOD BR08.. Romeo. Mich.

MEADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY HOGS,
choice boar pigs for sale. » '
J. E. MORRIS g SON ,Fsrmlniltcn. Mich.

 

 

 BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING

, boars. bred sows and the best lit-

ter of "fall pigs in the state. Come and see or write
E. R. LEONARD, R 8. 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. Schoolcme Mich.

 

ARGAINS IN BIG TYPE POLAND OHINA
bred gilts and older sows. Also (all pigs and
young Shorthorn bulls. Robert Neve, Pierson, Mich

 

IG TYPE POLAND CHINAS. WE ARE OF-

fcring at private sale. some choice gilts bred to ’
Clams

grandson of the n for April furrow. Also
fall pigs registered and delivered to your town
for $20. DOBUS HQVER. Akron, Mich.

 

IG TYPE P. C. SOWS OF CHOICE BREED-

ing, bred to Big Bone Bone Boulder No. 728,-

872 for Sept. furrow. Spring pigs either sex.

Healthy and growthy. Prices reasons .

L. w. BARNES A SON. Bvron. Mich.
  POLAND CHINAS
WITH QUALITY

Nine fall gilts out of litters of eleven and

thirteen. for sale.
J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich.

 

 

  POLAND CHINAS. SPRING PIGS
of both sex for sale at reasonable

prices. Registered in buyer’s name.
Sired by Big Long Bob.
MOSE BROS.. St.

Charles. Mich

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS
A few choico spring boars and gilts sired by
“Half Ton lad," a good son of “Smooth Half
Ton” Champion of Michigan in 1918. Gllts 
be bred to Jumbo's‘ Mastodon 2nd, son of Big
Bob Mastodon for March and April'ferrow.
HOWLEY BROS., Merrill, Mich.

 

 

Sale—BRED

SOWS—Sal‘e

 

 

40
Large
Type

Poland
China
Gilts

 

Wed.
Jan. 5th,
1920
at farm
near

Man-
chester,
Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hill] m l

F's (Anneman Grand Champion boar
at Mich. State Fair, 1920.

Smooth Buster ﬁrst Jr. yearling boar
at the Michigan State Fair, 1920.

 

sale day.

Col. Ed. Bowers, '
Auctioneer.

 

Sale takes place under cover. All trains will be met a. m. of
Get a sow bred to one of these boars.
Send for Catalog—Everything immuned.

A. D. Gregory. Fieldmsn for M. B. F.

A. A. FELDKAMP,
Proprietor.

 

 

 

 

I BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

 

 

 

HILLCREST FARM

 

 

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’, Michigan.

Will sell THURSDAY, JANUARY 6th

40 HEAD Bred Gllts, Fall Yearlin-gs, Tried Sows, Choice Boers
and some Extra Choice 35.nound Young Holstein bulls at ‘the

FAIR GROUNDS, ALLEGAN, HIGH.

There will be SOME GREAT ATTRACTIONS. Don’t miss this
ale. There will be many bargains.

Write Office for Catalogue -

OFFICE, WOO, MICE.
FARM, ALLEGAN,‘ MICHIGAN.

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GLOSIIIG'OUT SALE

01 Big Type Poland China hogs, which represents
the work of years of constructive breeding.
Everything goes including our three great herd
boars, Mich. Buster by Grant Buster. A. Grant,
Butler’s Big Bob. 0 of the best yearling
prospects in Mich. Modern type. high arched
backs, great length. big bone. Come and pick
ut what you want. Our prices are right.
JNO. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.
C. Bears now

WALNUT ALLE w...  

homes. Get your order in on tel] pigs for' I am
going to price them right.
A; D. GREGORY -
Ionia, Mich.

 

RIG TYPE P.

 

L  c FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL
boars left. A few extra nice slits
left bred for April (arrow.
H. O. SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Mich.

 

TH ANNUAL P. C. BRED 80W SALE.
March 13. 1920. For particulars writs
VJ. J. HAGELBHAW. Aucusts. Mich.

 

Am Oﬂcrlnn Large Type Poland Chins Sows.
bred to F's Orange at reasonable prices. Also
[all pigs. Write or I.
CLYDE FISHER. S. St. Louis. Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

Early fall pigs for sale, either sex. These as
real ones. Write for breeding and price.
‘ HIMM BROS.. Chesanlng. Mich.

 

 

DURoos'

 

Breakwater lDEllJrlégicrs

Boar's—Ready for Service
Big type, large bone and rugged. with plenty

i quality. This is your chance to buy high class
ndividuals at reasonable prices.
OPEN GILTS
of choice breeding and the «right type.
Panama Special, the Principal 4th, Orion

Cherry King and Great Orion families.
Now is the time to, buy before the demand
takes all of the good ones.

Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees

Mall orders a specialty.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
BROOKWATER FARM

Ann Arbor. Michigan
H W. Murniord. Owner J. B. Andrews, Mar.

 

    

Spring pigs by Wan’s
Orlon. First Sr. Yearling
Detroit, Jackson, Gd. Rapids and Saginaw- 1919

Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich

0R SALE—DUROO JERSEYS. BOTH SEX.
Spring and fall pigs. Have several extra. good
spring boars ready for service. Write us your

wants.
HARLEY‘FOOR A SON. R ‘I. Glsdwln, Mich.

REGISTERED DUBOG JERSEY

boars. giltf, and {all pigs for sale. Herd headed
by Brookwater Demonstrator 27th, No. 155217.
H. E. LIVERMORE A SON, Romeo. Mich.

 

 

 

  5:“prgg-E AT FARM-

The big growthy kind.
0. E. DAVIS A SON. Ashley. Mich.

~spring boars. also gilts of

 

For Sale—Ree. Duroe Jersey chnunc Pigs of
good quality and breeding Either sex. Am
oﬂerlng spring tilts also;
VERN. N. TOWNS, R S. Eaton Rapids, Mich.
 5 Fall Boers of Last Sept. Fm.
200, lb. big stretchy bind, .4 good
some litters, BITSG‘ by
Liberty Defender 3rd. 00]. bred dams, if you
want good boars order at once. Prices $76 to 886.
/ H. G. KEESLER. Canopolls. Mich.

DUROCS. ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A
spring gilt to a herd boar. st prices.you can
afford to pay. Cholera immune Satisfaction guar-
anteed. C. L. POWER. Jerome, Mich.

DUROC JERSEY BOARS. Boers of )th. llI'IOu
heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. Write.
or better, come and see.

F. J. DRODT, R 1, Monroe, Mich.”

AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUIIOG BOAIIS

at reasonable prices . A few gilts bred for Sep-
tember tsrrow at bargain prices.
W. e. TAYLOR
Milan. Mich.

REGISTERED nunoc JERSEY

September pigs for sale. Prices reasonable.
E. E. CALKINS, R8. Ann Arbor. Ilich.

annulus PREMIER cum

Herd Bosh—Reference only—No. 129219

1919 Chicago International

 

. I
4th Prize Jr. Yearling
BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT ‘35
BLANK & POTTER ‘

Petal-ville. Mich.

FOR SALE—Ree Duroe Yearling Boar weigh-
ing 600 lbs. A bargain at $75. Spring boars
weighing 200 to 250 at $40 snd_,850.
real boars. We still have spring sows at $40
and 850. Stock double immunized for cholera

I-'. HEIMS A SON, Davlson, Mich.
urocs. Hill crest Farm. Irdﬂ and open sows
and gilts. Boats and 100 head.

sodas piss. _
Farm 4 miles straight S. of Middleton. Mich"
Gratiot Co. Mich.

Newton A: Blank, Perri‘nton.
FROM P B I Z I
  WINNING STOCK
ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi-
son. Mich.

0R .SALE: ONE DUROO BOAR FRO"
Brookwater breeding stock. Choice spring rin-
JOHN GRONENWETT. GIPIGSOII. Illch.

Dunno-JERSEY SERVICE BOARS. $50.00
Fine early fall pigs. 1,000 lb. herd

 

 

 

boar. Jos. SCHUELLER. Weidman. Mich-
 s DUROC SPRING BOARS, SOWO

and gilts of all ages. Write us
Your wants. herd double immune

Entire .
JESSE BLISS G SON. Henderson, Mich.

E OFFER A FEW WELL-IRE!) SELECT”
ed spring Dnroe Boers; also bred sows and
Gilts in season. Call or write
McNAUGHTOR A FORDYOE. Ot- Lculs. Mich.

Immun nunocs. we can FILL voun .

wants. Several lines of broodinl
represented including The Great Senmﬂon. Batis-
tactlon guaranteed. 0. L. Mr. Pavilion. Mich.

 

O. I. 0.

 

O. I. C. and CHESTER WHITE SWINE
Some choice spring gilts which wrll be sold
open or bred for March Farrow,, to one of my
good herd boars. Also fall pigs.
CLARE V. DORMAN, Snorer. Mich

PURE BRET) 0. I. 0. 5068

30  for sale. Service boars and bred

gilts. 18 head of fall pigs. Papers furnished free.
J. R VAN ETTEN, Cllﬂord, Mich.

o. 1. as.

June and July boars and open gilts each' one
a guaranteed breeder. Recorded and express paid
in full for the next thirty days.
F. O. BURGESS, 'Msscn.

 

Mich. .

 

o I.‘ O. BRED GILTO FOR MARC." AND.
April furrow. Also a few choice semoe’boars.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe, Mich.

(o. I. o. swme—uv HERD oou‘nms THE

blood tgent“ ttlfutnhl most grin" m0.- furnish
Y.

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name.

 

a.  JEWE’IT,

Choice individu/sls; shipped to you c. 0.7a;me paid and guaran-
teed rlght or your money refunded. All stock registered in buyer's,

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GREGORY FARM ERKSKIBES FOB
proﬁt.» Choice stock or sale. Write your
wants- W. S. Corsa. White Hall, Ill.

ARE QUALIT! H008.

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hedgblood lines of tho breed is our specialty. We
guarantee ‘to please .or nothing stirlng. r
ARZ A. WEAVER, Chennlng. Mich..

 

 

 

CHESTER mm

HESTER WHﬂ'Es FOR SALE AT BARGAIN
prices Will ship C. 0. D. and rec. in buyers
name. RALPH COSENS. R 1. Levering, Mich.

“BISTERE cuzsran wmrs swms,

either sex. Boars ready for ser-
vice. Pricesright. .
LYLE II. JONES, Film. Mich" R. F.’ D. No. 5

HALIPSHIRES

ampsumrs “l;‘.".i:§f"§:.l“$.§i“.ll€i it;
for bred gil .
JOHN . SNYDER. R 4. St. Johns. Mich.

BOAR PIGS $15.00

At 8 Weeks Old -
W. A. EASTWOOD. ,Chesanlng,

An Opportunity To Buy ’t
Hampshires Right.

We are oﬂ'ering some good sows and zilts, bred

for March .and April fari‘owing. 130 a few

choice fall pigs, either sex, Write or call
GUS THOMAS, New Lothrop. Mich.

SHEEP 

350 BRED EWES
16 OXFORD RAMS

LISTEN! WISDOM. .
With sky—high prices, UNWISDOM
rushes the buying.
WISDOM buys intelligently on, a
low market. '

No farm product turns so quick as
SHEEP.

Sheep will never again
CHEAP in America.

THESE YOUNG EWES, mostly 25 and 3s,
Waters 3. Canadian Rams turned with them Nov.
10th. No guesswork when lambs will come. Does
that mean anything to you? Delaine combing
fleeces averaged over 8 lbs. GOOD SHEARING
[W138 with their double 'crops of lambs and
wool are the only absolutely farm money-mak-
‘In; proposition in sight. Put that in your pipe
and come over and smoke it with me.

PRICED TO SELL as I have contracted the
use of my barn-room and pastures. WILL ALSO
BELL 22 of the only sensible and economical
sheep racks made, for hay and min. FARM
IN NORTH CITY LIMITS concrete roads to the
vest and north.

T. F. B. 5013mm
Saint Clair. Michigan:

 

 

 

 

 

Mich.

 

 

    

be as

 

latered Hampshire Down Ram Lamb. Register-

ed Shorthorn bull calf.
caring and fall farrow. .
PRIMEVAL FARM. Osseo, Mich.

 

Put your faith in

BETTEII- BIIEEIIIIIG STOGK

For the best in Shro hir "
"it. or “sit ps e and Hampshire rams
KOPE~KON FARMS. s. L. Wing. Prop.
Coidwuer. Mich. /
See our exhibit at the Ohio and Michigan
tats Fairs.

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A few good yearling rams and some rain
lambs left to. offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale
for fall dehvery. Everything guaranteed as
represented. '

CLARKE u. HAIRE, “West Branch, Mich.

 

 

 

Far Sale--Bred Hampshire Ewes

sue-rump PONIES 1 YEARLING 1 con
HARRY w. oan’msn. Mention: Mich.

ANT‘A SHEEP? Let Amer-lean Hm I
Sheep Association send you a dandy bag:
with list of breeders. Write COMFORT A
TYLE/RhSec'y. 10 Woodland Av... Detroit. sues:

R SHROPSHIHE ms IRED
Foln March, write oi- mll on, ‘ To LAMB
ARMSTRONG 3308., R 8. FOWIOI'YIIIO, Mich.

ERINO RAMS FOR SALE. GOOD one.
boned, heavy shearers.
HOMEMAN BROS. R 4. Albion. Mich,

FOR SALE—REGISTERED OXFORD DOWN
Rams and Ewes. Prices to sell.
JOE MURRAY~£ SON. Brown City. Mich” R 2

  

Berkshire pigs of.

FREE
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beans and hauling hay, It Is colder and
the-ground is frozen. The'Farmers’ El-
evator‘i-B‘not buying cream nor eggs now,
A .mload of tractors came into Giadwin
last week. 1 wish all the readers of the
M- B. F. a Merry Christmas—F. A. F,,
.Gladwin. Dec, 18,

CALHOUN—Farmers are doing chores,
(ﬂitting wood and husking corn, The
weather has been very stormy the most
of this month. It is snowing_now. The
soil is in good shape for gram as it is
not frozen. There is not much selling
now as prices are so low, There are a
few hogs moving. No building only
where it is necessary.—C_ E, 3,, Battle
Creek, Dec. 18.

JACKSON (SJ—Ground covered with
snow; ﬁnding many unprepared for Win-
ter, with much unﬁnished fall work. Not
much grain being marketed._ Farmers
with plenty of. corn picking up small
pigs for spring market. Taxes very high
and farmers are doing ,consnderable
grumbling, Many are having difﬁculty
to secure money to pay them, On ac-
count oi! the high price of coal, farmers
are burning wood this winter.——G, C. 8.,
Hanover, Dec. 17.

WEXFORD—Another winter Tuesday;
commenced to snow and wound up with
a young blizzard. Some places it drift-
ed 3 and 4 feet, Plenty of sleighmg, al-
though some places it is bare. The Indi-
cations are tonight for a day or.so of
nice weather. Not uch stuff movmg on
account of snow dri ts. The prices of
produce are down until the farmer has
sold everything, and it is in the hands of
the speculator, then things Wlll come up,
except wages, they never go into the
hands of the speculator,-—-—S. H. S., Har-
rietta, Dec, 16. ‘ .

MIDLAND—-—Thd' farmers are huskmg
corn and hauling same and cutting wood,

The weather is a little colder with" a lit—
Rye looks

tle snow. Ground is frozen. .
very good, Not much produce gomg to
market; a. little hay is all. The prices

are very low. No building is being done.
No market for chickens; the prices have
been low since fall, Auction sales are
plentiful with prices way down.’ Every-
thing the farmers have to sell seems to
be on the downward slope, except taxes
which are climbing the other way—J. H.
M., Hemlock, Dec, 16.
TUSCOLA—Farmers are all set for
winter. There is some corn out yet but
we are husking it in the barn. Not much
fall plowing done here. Can’t say why
as this has been a ﬁne fall to plow, The
most of the farmers don’t seem to care
Whether they farm much next year or
not as they have had a bad deal this
tall planting high priced seed and get—
ting nothing for their crops, and taxes
as high as ever and other things they
have to buy. Some say. “what’s the use
of working to grow more than we want?
Let the other fellow do‘some of the work
next year." Farmers are holding some
oats to see if they can't get a little more
money for them, but letting beans and
potatoes go as they don’t look good and

taxes must be paid—R. B. C., Caro,
Dec, 19
MONTCALM—The farmers are doing

chores mostIY, getting wood and doing

repair work. Some are doing a little
building, such as garages, sheds, etc.
Condition is stormy but not very cold,

some snow but no sleighing. Roads are
bad, almost impassible in places. after
nearly a week of rain -and heavy .wind.
One large barn blew down and another
had the roof blown off. Windows broken,
trees and telephone poles blown down
and much other damage done. The
farmers are not selling much of anything
only a. few potatoes, some live stock and
poultry, prices being too low. There was
an— auction sale Monday: nearly every—
thing went low. Mrs E, F_ Bushley, an
old pioneer died at her home Thursday

night after a long illness—G. WK,
Lakeview, Dec. 18,
MONTCALM—é—Somc of the farmers

are ﬁlling their silos with cornstalks.
The weather has been cold and real
blustery this week; the ground is cov-
ered with, snow. Farmers are holding
their potatoes till after the holidays,—
M. . P., Trufant, Dec. 7.

ST, CLAIR—Farmers not doing
much just now. The weather has been
quite wet and stormy for some time.
The soil is slightly frozen at this writ-
ing. ‘Farmers not selling much at pres—
ent, most farmers holding wheat, and
other‘ grain. Not much demand for hay.
Very little budiness being done. Ev-
erything at a stand—still.-.-—I. .T,, Smiths
Creek, Dec, 20.

ongsssuan

W Value
Meal. Price-
_ 3 Quality
6 .
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Itoinv teth
&‘ “ii? esebargams.

 

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Timothy $8.85 bu‘ Sudan Gross Il-Zc lb.
some guano! limited entities. Clover and
other Grass ck Fuel Seeds at bur-gas. All sold subject
“)8 to or Government Test 9 or on absolute money-
mm. We specialize in grass and ﬁeld seeds.
Locatedto save on money and give and: service. We
ex higher ces~ now egos ' money Send
View our money-es narSeed Guide. explainsaIl-Iroo.

Amerlcall  Seed Co. Dene. car Chicago, Ill.

 

 

REGISTERED RAM "
“Amps'ﬂﬁscwes all ages. Bred .riglft. 
so right W. W. CASLER, Ovid. Mich.

PET STOCK

sen-e. name]: sun-r mum. no:
 use; 86. Three months. old pair, 3:?
ma will)” 8.1233011. Btoc k pedigreed. Qual-
,-_.s. ‘eluessuoe. Ooldwsur. Mich. ~

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advertise in The Michigan Bus~

iness Farmer. It will be worth
your while to read the livestock

to keep posted. on what they
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POULTRY

 

MUD-WAY-ADSH-KA FARM _
oﬂers young stock and a few mature breeders In
White Chinese Geese, White Runner Ducks and
White Wyandottes. Also 0. I. 0. spring (“‘8-
Write today for prices on what you need.
DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mich.

 

“RITE CHINESE DEERE, WHITE PEKIN
ducks. R. 0. Br. Leghorns. Place orders early.
m. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillcdcio. Mich.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two Brest breeds for proﬁt Write today (or
free cats of hatching ens. baby chicks and

breeding stock.
CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY. 149 Phllo Bldg.
Elmira. . Y.

 

Houdsm.
Michigan.

cook-run a Hens. Leghorna. Minorcas.
Reds, Rocks. Orpingtons, Wyandoixes.
TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton.

BOURBON IIEII TIIIIKEYS

stock not skin if desired. Order early.

Also . C. R. I. Red cockercls and pullets, the
dark red kind and bred to lay.

Our stock will put your poultry on a DEVI!!!

basis.
F. HEIMS a SON
Devlson, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

, LEGHORNS
FOR SALE—Thirty thoroughbred Rose Comb
Brown Leghorn Roosters. T. L. BACON,
RED. N0. 3. Box 109, Davison, Michigan

 

SINGLE COMB BUFF COCKERELS. FARM
raised from excellent laying stock. Also Rufus
Belgian Hares.
J.

Red
W. WEBSTER, Beth, Mich.

A

GRABOWSKE S. 0. WHITE LEdHORN COCK-
erels for sale, only $2.50 each and up.

LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill, Mlch., R. 4

 

FOR SALE—R. C. B. L. COCKERELS. SIRED

by Madison Sq. winner. Bred for size and
layers, weighing 5 lbs, $2.50 each. Flemish
Giant rabbits.
E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mich.

 

s c B. LEGHORN COCKERELS FROM EX-
. cellent laying strain. Prize winners at Sag-
inaw Fair, $1.50. A. McKesze, R4, Hemlock, Mich

 

C. BUFF COCKERELS. EXCELLENT LAY-
ing stock, $3.00 each.
WILLARD LINDSEY, Otsego, Mloh.

 

 

WYANDOTTE

 

liver Laced Golden and White Wyandottes.
Choice breeding stock our specialty. Let us

furnish your good cockerels.
O. W.

BROWNING, R 2, Portland. Mich.

 

HITE, WVANDOTTES.
200 egg hens or better.
$5 to 38. Eggs $2 per 15.
FRANK DELONG. R 3.

COCKERELS FROM
May and June hatch.

Three Rivers. Mich.

 

WYANDOTTES, PURE WHITE, LARGE FINE
cockerels. Keeier's strain. $3.00 to $4 each.

NICK FLECK, Plymouth, Ind.

 

HITE WYANDOTTE COCK ERELS

‘ FISHEL
strain, April hatched. Will offer for short
time at $4.00

JESSE MOYER, n 4, Williamston, Mich.

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

 

SURPLUS COCKERELS

BAHHED BOOK an

 

sold. Hatching eggs
next spring from stock rich in blood of Parks
best pedigreed pens.
R G. KIRBY, R 1, East Lansing, Mien

«we mo BEAUTIFUL BARRED Joch
are hen hatched, grow quick, good layers. Sold.
on approval, 84 to 88 each. Circulars. Photo‘s.

JOHN NORTHON. Clare, Mloh.

 

 

BARRED ROCK COCKERELB FROM MIDI -
producing strain. These will make strut
breeders next year. $3.00 each.

MRS PERRY STEBBINS, Saranao. Mich.

 

BARRED ROCK COCKERELS and a few Pul-
lets $3. 00 apiece.
Mrs. w. A. Eastwood. Chasanlng. Mich.. R. 2

 

BARRED ROCK COCKERELS, IRED FRO.
great layers. Bargain prices now.
w. C. COFFMAN. R 3, Benton, Harbor. Mloll.

BARBER aocx cocxrnus 5'33:

nested proven breeding‘stock, book your chick
and egg orders now. Large illustrated catalogue
250. Stamps for circular.
NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Chatsworth. III.

 

 

ARRED ROCK LAYING
strain. $3.00 each.
ARTHUR TEETER, R 2. Soottvllle. Mich.

COCKERELS

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS

 

WHITTAKER'S R. I. REDS
COCKERELS. We are offering some big bar-

gains in both Rose and Single Combs. Write for
price list. ‘

DAY OLD CHICKS. Hells only. Breeding
shtick carefully ﬁelected for egg production and
co or.

EGGS FOR HATCHING by the sitting or
hundred.

Our stock is bred in 79 Mil-higan counties and
in nearly 450 Michigan towns. It I the melt
popular strain of Reds in the state. Write for,
free catalog. .

iNTERLAKES FARM, Box 4. Lawrence, Mich.

 

LANGSHAN

DR. SIMPSON'S LANGSHANS OF QUALITY
Bred for type and color since 1912. Winter
laying strain of both Blan and White. Have
some cockerels for sale. Eggs in season.
CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webberville. Mich.

 

 

T URKE YS

 

ICHIGAN’S BEST GIANT BRONZE TURK-
eys Bred from 18 to 22 lb. hens and 40 lb.
toms. Large bone splendid color. Both utility
and fancy,
N. EVALYN RAMSDELL, lonla. Mich.

 

IANT BRONZE TURKEYS. STRONG, VIGOR-
ous birds. Write at once for full prices
MRS. PERRY STEBBINS. Sarenac. Mich.

 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY.
prices. I“t»l‘(‘5t View Farm.
H. D. HORTON. Fillon, Mich.

0R SALE_
\Vrite for
MRS.

 

OURBON RED TURKEYS, CHOICE LARGE
early hatched toms and hens.
ARC

 

HIE D. IVES, Rockford. Mich.
0R SALE—a-THOROUGHBRED BOURBON
l‘ed Turkeys, wry large. Write for prices.

‘ M. E. CONDON. Cassopolis, Mich. -

 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS
WHITE AFRICAN CUINEAS .
80 acres of them. Reference C. H. Burgess,
Professor Poultry, Mich. Agricultural College.
Form for sale.
Whitoomb Turkey Farm. Byron Center. Mich.

 

OR SALE—BOURBON RED TURKEYS.

Write for prices.

MRS. GEO. HULLIBERGER, Saranac, Mich.

 

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Big Bargains are constantly offered

 

 

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$250 IN

ed to January 3lst, 1921.
to Win one of the 7 prizes.
contest.

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Third Gold Contest Manager,

THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, 

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Entermy name in the Third Gold Contest for $250, which closes 
at midnight, January 31, 1921,. It is not to cost me a penny and I '1
am to have as good a chance as anyone to win the prize money.

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to win a share in that

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This still gives everyone an equal chance
Fill in the coupon and get right in the

still time

GOLD

 

 

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