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&ASE ÉBElNG / FOUGHT IjN T *#. c a p i t o ** HEALTHY TRADE IN ALL LINES § |f UNITED àmTE^ DlStRÏCT AND PROSPECTS FLATTERING. W Ê Ê È m go y RT AT CWIQÀGO; Manufacturers Look Forward to a f THe Petition Charges That the Aetulh R eco rd- B reakl n g , Y ear-—Farme rs, / Dealers Have ¡Tjfntere.d ,frit6 'Jp#/ Need Have -Little Ée?ir/of ; Combination to - Prevent/.' * ture Prices if Market ;|§p|l P | .producer and j Con- - .. ■A’’ , » ife | Is Not Overfed. ■’ ri;;' § sumerr :■ Shfjfy * * I lug Together. 'X t A Special report' to Michigan Busi- .. ness Farming from New York City, ’ A case is being tried in.the United which'covers: the business outlook "in States District Court at Chicago vbe- general, is flattering indeed. The re­ . fore, Special Examiner It, . JSiller/ plenishing of the money,supply in the 'Ahielj is attracting nation-wide at ten- east went on last weelc even more V tion. The hearing has Brought out . rapidly than was expected,' and the the ’faict .that the. defendant lumber \S^SBBS^ssssss=ss=ss==ss==:S m ï i ST W fear of a continuance of tight money dealers employed a wideiy/organised ; has practically disappeared. Ttíe fall , system of espionage against ' the maib ( m OVERNGR FERRIS has been making the rounds of the state institutional in all kinds of interest rates was order houses i. bribed; eipp.lfiycs and is making a careful Investigation of conditions, and quietly getting on violent; bank and sub-treasury forces railroad then to reveal business to the rppes. So far Hfe has shown himself as big as the job, and if he can were overworked in caring for the in­ methods and destination flbf ship- only keep the politicians but of the Capitol, his administration will meet the flow , bf ' cash. Exports of gold to * ments, and warned local dealers in approval of Michigan people; The politicians are: already'buzzing about the France were made without fnterrupt- towns to. which mail order shipments dome of the Capitol, “keep them out, Governor Ferris, keep them o.ut.” h ing the fall in interest rates, and in ® wore^made. spite of the continued course of inter- - Several Witnesses testified of the barons are not Satisfied with the" in­ '. The special Committee : recently ap­ national trade toward the piling up of rivalry between the :< retailers, and: .^credits in favor of New York. It is . the direct-to-consumery.hOu0es, Which crease in the price of lumber which; pointed-to look into the advisability must|. cbm© naturally,, because pf. its of erpoting a workhouse here has not 'quite evident that the preparations amounted to a warfare?, and that' the for the expected January strain had methods employed by the retailers scarcity, but they exact a tribute only decided in its favor, but is now from . rich and poor -alike through taking fiteps to secure the care of all ^ open over-estimated, and preparations . Were a vicious and 'welf^fifgahlzed for i t overdone. '. persecution. Covering a term 6fi-seven their combination. , law vipiators in This part of the state. It is the plan :

has been no.-burdensome aòcumùlàtion. ' The gd^ernmehtis experiment; to of stocks; Large exports have; taken ihg to be' vwy expeheive at- the. best, n ih care òf i&tièh' of the surpins, and there •.and, efyery bounty having one of these ■ K l l A s Compared wilh^the State's Sttgar Industry has ,bfeen: ' heàyÿ. .domestic' 'ffiitribin agents must pay'one-half the.expense;' tion. I ^Rarniers have1 sold liberally and' sQ;;if we are to be forced into taking f 33 ANNUAL CROPS OF HEN FRUIT WOULD tmdoubtedly have plenty of oats ye| ' PVSir on^e of these agents lei; us get W Ê m ' ■ / WIlÊÊm- W lBÜI^Í> *THE PANAMA c a n a l - as much for ouf lponey as we can. Dur teacher shooUd be "a soil mixer '••; yTsshington, / Jan: ^ § Mich-; .terms April 10, 1910,- was 'l,545;000, EXPERT FARM ADVISERS; rather than a theorist. As, a fartoers’ a i Igan hens d}d in: 19693 and jvsrhai, it representing ,g decrease of 5/pep Cent Editor Michigan Business Farming: . institute worker we have- learned thatv . would mean if sffb «¿hottld IteeiiS up: as eoftipared with the number June 1, : ./Please let one of. yPut farmer readers nothing' kills a meeting quicker than . the same gait for a term p|; SS ljS 1908. : 'Th.e wool ^ crop in 1909 was have just a „word, v The. churches are to put a youn,& college professdr on •/ short ■ years: In hOarly; ,$|2,090^. worth $§,428,000 and the average spending their very best effort toward the boards. We welcome th,e mis- 000 worth of eggs ’^Ore produfeed, and value./per pound was , 29 cents, as finishing up their annual ràrmips of siona'ry who cbmegl/4n-,, hickory shirt against 20 /Ç,eht.s- ih 1 8 9 9 Oh t|iià so-called missiQharies to /send to for/ and'blood in nls eye. ■' 4 3^ times this amount would/ pay for basis high 'tariff experts may figure ' 'the| Bepar&pOm of jttie- .tVo -hoatiriepts l^eign lapds, in theif reach -to redeem it ’’more profitable to the fariner:, to' the heathen. These missionaries are PEDIGREED NURSERY BTOCK. | 9of North and South Aiherfca, /that suffer from dogs under a Republican largely made ttp of “honeymoonars” As a result of many experiments it ; antounl ’Bpiiig *Qie; host o f,the Panama ¡than undçr hr Democratic tariff and pale, sickly-looking youths who is about decided that little if anything s canal. M t&e why,'//¿the f^Orld’S §f There is' miiph" noise around the carry anything but vigor,/ hope, and can be expected' from pedigreed !»ur- | statisticians claim th at this JgigantlO •capitol, attd much of it resolves itself progress : tò those whom they beîievè , sery stock; Much attention has been ^•'AT-teryf is o£ly equalled hy- ohe’ ofhe&, info a . ôlamor/ for. sugar, beet protec­ //to be sufferers from ignorance, dissi given to the wdrk of late years, and tion. T he hep has no ..champions àt various nurseries have advertised i in # of the Trans-Siberian. -railway,' . -pat-ion and poverty.' They Heave s pur Wàshington no monied, roosters are shores by hundreds, annually. They their stòck for sale as_ strictly pedi­ and yhot-hy these costing each an- out/ there ■ crowing for ,her^yet,.s/to judge gb 'tp spread thé/ gospel and to póse greed, but variation in the plants b ^ the Capitol hhilii^.tKé sugar fhdus- * as - administering angels to a race who proved that they were not breih'CiieAsO' > fhe census figpres show that the : The federal breeding pen is at Wash- perior strains do .exist in trees arid in . price ttontinue until 1919 then the sugar’ Crops produced in Michigan . ington, D. G., and is under the man­ plants of like dature; but therie varia­ .í$ *of ' aiiehigan?: inrT:999': wef'e- Us- follôwsf agement of the Department òf Agri# tions are untenable and cannot be' .. wOni'd he flighting a ;90c p e t dozen egg s Maple siugar and syrupi $340,000 as ''¡cui ture. It has been decided * iff at, controlled. We would ¡never give rate instead of the 25c rate as npw.% .compàrefi with- $IO1>O00 1899, '‘fflw # 1 the American farmer is in a deplor­ more for a tree or plant because it • 'll // The bdVis ,of Michigan/ during the' !5 Sugar bee-ts, $i,014;000vf as Com­ able condition and that through their wore the word pedigree/ name y*eat of’ 1909 furnished - butter pared with - $87-7,Ó00 in’ 1899. ' Tlfis mismanagement, or no management, E.L.K. M Jto the amount of $ij.,806,ooo> ’ and' tiie against., $23,OOO^OOO worth of butter ' ; is. due the1 ever-increasing* cost .of liv­ hotel dairy products of th.e- state to- and eggs. ing, yet from the same federal de­ Pat ewes seldom raise latobs:^iK«ffi talefU $26,728,000^ therisj/: why speak The’ total T,»ine of Michigan crops ■ partment is sung, the great/song of Variety is the best appetizer;. / .* . disparagingly o| 'the hens and cows in 1909 was $162,00.5,Q00. This value the . American farmers’ boundless - who are doing so ittueh’ toward pafe ; V^as ' 74.9 per./|bént greater than that, How long since you cleaned out prosperity; that his lot is an envi­ your pig pens? ^ : : ing a showing for the state. Couple in .1899, this being accredited in the' able one and that hiS is the most in­ those tVrpMalthfut, jagents thej main to the higher; priçes, Jfoj .¿here dependent life known; that be forms Horses seldom have colic if they m-j sheei^ 'of, ,ifeAi.sta:te?.;:.jjThe Wobl o r o p r ' nhly a small increase in the toi the spinal column' of thè nation— haye access, to salt. v.;" "-/^: « -for.th a trypar '.{.1909 was worth $3,- f tal -àcrèage of crops, ,5.9 per 'cent. yet the department proposes to send \ A neglected bruise or cut may mean • .* 429;00Q' .And? the - average vhltte ,/pAw Strawberries lead .among-the small to every county in the United States trouble later on. pound Was 39 cents, as against 20 fruits; but Michigan palates are evi­ an expert advisor in order that- we Dori't try to make your cows be­ dents f in ’1999; arid: |regardiess . of the dently growing -weary of .„the : red may become self-supporting, more re- lieve that dirt is grain. tariff agitation and the re 1 atfy$i yaluel berries, for there ‘was a falling off speçtàble and better educated. This vpf high protection and many other Hogs will never do well if they are / in'-the production, 27,215,009 quarts jn • sduffds mighty good, and no one constantly covered with filth. things, dogs are blamed -more than 1909 as. against 40,168,000 quarts in would run farther or faster than any other one thing for, the^greaf would I,tp meet such a samaritan if Don’t forget an occasional bran decrease in'-the prpdubtion of wool The census bûrèau makes, nn . at- he -should prove to be one of many mash for your horses .this wiriter., . during 1909. Tariff ’ laws may - com 6 c^Pt to meet- the alhimpoftant ques­ years and full of bard1earned practi­ A good feeder never gives his // and gp yet 1 tb.e fariner finds inore tion -regarding priçes.. Whether âny I cal- wisdom ;. but when the powers at sheep more than they will eat up direct interest in the cussedftess of hope ' caU ; he deduced from the re* the.federal pivot arrange to sift their clean; his nelghhors Zdog. -It is beastly to pective/ gains in b’nttef a,nd eggs and boi-house weaklings among the Ameri­ When the horses stand idle all day m contemplate .tthe. dgipagh done in a the falling off In,j/stfàwhéffÿ'-/shcrt;! can, farmers as missionaries*, we draw keep the stalls clean, also their feet.' / single 'year’ by -the dogS ypf this of any cake is /the line, /^e as farmers want years;/ *ether .state. -Th& total /pumhet/ /$; shòu|aers of the Cedstts bureau to sheep of shearing i! age - oh Michigan Whiskers .and experience, V and not STAWBERRY PLANTS rletl«8, Senator th e /PujQ: Money Trust ihquisitors.::W Ì cigarette-bleached youths whose - only Dunlap at $1.66 per 1,000. Lowest price« on ■'credentials are a college sheepskin vigorous nursery stock In the'stats. 1913 Ulus- ; and a suitcase full of self-cónceit. trated catalog free. MATBR'S PLANT NUR- ■% B t r a d e c o n d it io n s . likely, to hodtihue. to ,bc .attractive at SERT, Merrill; Mich.-' ■ ' •m S m ftM •• M. f VERY ENCOURAQiriG * anythlfig ..like ; preseht ,prices .regard- hàvé reached, the' ^Conclusion that a vast amount of Jvheat Id the aggre-. prices ard low enough to discount the As to let ONE-CENT-A-WEEK stand be- i gate... big er&); heavy receipts, and the mod- ' tween you and the EXDLLAR-MAKING in- - Another feature jthai cannot The , erate ;preSeht shipping .démand.« The overlooked 'is the fact- that a' large mhrket apparently fcftd, reached a formation contained in every single issue of v percentage; of the. crop te Europs and point where the big crop had ceased 'f including Russia, was of exfremety' | \ to be 'a, bearish .'facter, while ! an nurf I poor, quality./ B ie supply of good . ttsual pfèmlum was."placed on• b®ttvy milling wheat evidently has beep sd farm consumption, through the’ rela- MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING ij/, small '/tpat", the i supply ^ bh/ hhoice* tiyely ' h i ^ ^prices forp all kinds . of American and -Canadian Viheat q,t ab/v sfOck, .Rilces have hardened steid-»/ There is not a farmer in Michigan so rich or so poor that he normally.low ‘export p^ces’ has proven" • ily, - and there has been, enormous, can afford to be without this weekly|that is already gaining fame attractiv»-: to foreign buyers# and is shert. Covering, op the aflV^POes, bjjils/ ■■ apparently' tighféding théfr' grip ' on as the “salesman” of every Michigan farm factory, i v-the market instead of realizing heav/i .^although there has- .been mneh SEND THIS COUPON, OR COPY IN A u YOl like ihe profit taking at-times.'\'t/ •.*;.r:l;m '■ ■ ' v '9^ts have surpii^ed .even the hulls ntUSAL PUBLISH ING CO./SS-W FORT SpP. WB!S!f; D BTK On1, ‘MIOH,- «i # y the. strength of the market, -’fla-'l pink sheer Help Boost! . tiirally tho ttptpm in, wheat, anij corh ' DEAR has had much influence,; bqt there has v a ! fifty, cents ill stamps, money orders or Currency, fo»- Ask on a postal card for^ been a surprising lack Jof pressure in which send “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING”, fifty weeks to— . , vleyr Of 'Jbe1 enormous fiuàniity of Oats « p | copies tó hand to your ^ttppOSed^tb; be ' nvnllab’le/ . Apparently f ;:oatg as weli. as. qora hgve ip g';K/ 1 neighborly J , tain-measure ' discounted the big crop,. There- ^Jms^been m tremenhetts' mhve- ment' of oats, but as-to wheat there ! -/IB if ^ o u pece W| tL^s^ilelW i

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The results-of years of ^peripieDting/Df failures and- sUcoessfeS,in dealing with the problems of getting. product# of:; the fatm to ; market fop profit^ adapting the conditiorfA as they exist today, eoufdihg with the „expferienpe*-of nineteen years from the standpoint :'Of; the farmer,, with the best advice fi^ip capable and practical produce buyers pnd • ¿riRgittg this technical knowledge down to- plain everyday suggestions^ was the task which Grant Slocum set abdut when* he started in some nine months ago to,compile this new bopkj “HOW TO-JdARKET FARM PRODUCES

How well. he. has succeeded in boihng dowfi into ;^t pocket-size b,ook of sixty-four pages valuable information ■vyhich mighty have filled vplumes of. space, you may ---- JPHOTO OF COMPLETED VOLUME— decide for yourself whemone of the 5,000 copies of the First-hidition reach your hands. S a - Sixty-four Page? oq pgg-Sfvell Book ¡Pi from being complete, wantonly lacking the eai-marks of perfection^which Bound, in Tough. Canvas, Size 4^x7* ONE DOLLAR PER COPY, POSTAGE 8c EXTRA ¿.might,-have hoped,fo-r the covers -of itfris book, CHAPTER HEADINGS SUGGEST CONTENT^ Of1 THIS believe that' between Michigan Business Farming much which hap never PRACTICAL. GUIDE FOR BUSINESS FARMING w é hávé ’’condensed ¡g lp f WHAT IT IS m $ the iúáividual farmed,” MARKETING THE PRODUCT OF YOUR FARM FACTORY— ;1 before been given to K ; A:. complete, i detailed - aid accur­ ÇAR LOT SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN-i-Marketing WheSt'j Securing ft says.Mr. Slocum, “apd ate report • of' market conditions at tiiy only, hope is th a tu t Car; Examiné.ihè Car CareÎdlly ; Ready ta Lpad;. Ready to Ship.; ML points . reached by- Michigan 'stone In lfhc búiídiitg Oats; Barley ;1 Rye; Capacity of Cars ; Look Out fof' Small Cars. may be at least a single shippers, with prices given §Cby Zones which show instantly ju$t. business^ farming in MARKETING HAY IN OAR LOTS—Site of Oar to Order; Don^: ; of that: coming era Of What the products aré worth«' at Waste Room ; The Only. Séeret.i ■ ■ . • • , ; ^America,; when every any point in the state. Being pub­ farmer will lUok to the REACHING THE POTATO MARKETS—Local Sliipménts in Sack«;, lished solely for the business farm­ Remember the S h ip p in g B ill ; A Word About. Freight Charges sale of the products of er and hot written to profit the his farm / as carefully > Shipments of potatoes dn Car Lots; Read .tjns Paragrap.li Care- market gambler,’ this little £ ‘ pink- turMr to the Gale qf-the ■ 'fully.;■1 V, '.1 ~ ■ WJ 'Ü . as does the mahufac sheet *’ as it is called?- marks a néW HOW»TO LINE A OAR FOR SHIPPING POTATOES—The Cost and product» of his fact epoch in the selling conditions, dry thé Profit ; Look the Gar ovei Carefulh , Not Difficult tò Line a whiéh existed when the farmer was ife Car.; The Necessary Majterialr Laying the- Floor; Sides and Ends ; The books bound left M the mercy of the .local spec­ ip p tou@i canyas as Extra Precautions ; ; Arranging fpr Heat, a* »' ulator arid the inefficient: market from the hooldiindhr’s they; Will begin coming- reports which operated universally NOT ONE SHIPMENT, BUT MANY—A Big Exçe»se; Don’t Wprry, presses by December against fifteenth: ’ and will sell ’ 'about thé Cost., i vpV MICHIGAN - B U S | N E S S BEANS—LOCAL SHIPMENTS AND OAR. LOTS—The Finished Pro­ at retail fori One Doll FARMINGS* is today, just a little ar pigj: duct;, Clean Bags for,Local Shipments; About the Weight, -.r ; 8-page weekly, » published every mqre successfully. com- WOOL—Look Out for the Gradé ;; A Little Adyice ;x About .Wool Sacks. N o . volumè; could Saturday a»’ OnA. Qerit per Copy, SHIPPING PERISHABLE/PRODUÒT&r-Berrieà; Family and Com­ píete thé; triangle*: with (SO weeks or mbre)', or a Trial THil GLEANER, as munity Canneries.; Vegetables j CherriBs ^ Peaches and Plums;’ Subscription, (5 wSeks - 10c) or azine, of help, inppira- , 'A pples ; TP acting, Cold Storage. the monthly home mag (15 weeks 25c) is the most con­ POULTRY-ABUTTER ANO EGGS—Poultry; handling and 'Prppar- t'ipn, .ahd .education foir vincing argument we can offer as eVery\. member : of the 'at,ion for Shipm eiit; A Few Suggestions; Preparing for Market; tV-lts merit. teaching' practical ce* Shipping Crates : Getting Ready for Shipment !: Weighing and family on the - famf, Billing ; Broilers Find a Ready Marketi Oressing Poultry for operation and : organi ; zation afid putting into thé Market, g I ;. i '• ’’fit And the new weekly, market and ' crop reporter, IF YOU MUST SELL VEAL CALVES—Just a Word on the Side: practice what it teaehesl Preparing for Market;, Preparing for Shipments; Making the ‘‘MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING/* the lítele ‘‘pink-sheet!’ born in October qf . Shipment, r ’■ ifwto this' year, a neW idea, telling when, where and what to sell from the farm for profit, DRESSED PORK—Dressing ; Shipping Direct. I DRESSED SHEEP—Our Experience; Preparing for Market. * already is “filling a- long felt want” as. hundreds Of business farmers in this State LAMBS SHOULD BE NICELY DRESSED—-AA Few Pointers. A naarkétin?,; U V E STOCK IN OARLOADS-r-The Local Buyers. MAKING EXPRESS SHIPMENTS-!— LOCAL FREIGHT SHIPMENTS— ■ ■) iV*1 *- M A’: r;; not. HO^W YOUCANGETj■ ■ ■ MEWBOQK ‘ FREE 1new a subscriber to “MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING”:; if for :fifty weeks ot. more) send 50c for ;your own subsciiptiop fifty Weehs ond a. CLUR OF TEN TRIAL SUB­ SCRIBERS at 10c each for five weeks’ trial, $I.'50 in money-O’tder and we will enter your name, m rotation as receiygd', for shipment of one of the| F irst Edition Volumes, (boand in cloU) to a«ll regular^ T i — / , i . 'A „-S:"i . im l * . iff ■ (F YOU ABE ALBEADY A 50 weeks '■i&t ^ iSubs(iid^i^^Auh^ ^ balance to complete you*1 own subscription for*50 weeks of ipoife, AND A CLUB Or lENi t^O) IK iA L toUBbCKlJi- ERS AT 10c EACH foiffive weeks’ trial and we wilj send you a copy, of this volume, as above. ,' ^ ¿fc, ■ ■: c | •• * ' NO GHARGE UO'R POSTAGE. OR PACKING IN THESti OFFERS. SEND A POSTAL: gAR.p TODAY for a hunch of 10, 25 or. 50+ Sample Conies of the “pink-sheet” w> distribute among, Yotir neighbors and see how- readily they wiiV hand you ten cents for a Tria^: Subscription. If they |ike the paper and what'^Tegularly, the,tten cents they send wiU'be applied op their fifty-week subscriptiqn at fifty cents. ^ ■- ^ \ gE y B THIS FREH.CWPfeUPEH,, if you want one W S t m . o « sending for the samples