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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, E. 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 :ye • bureau!; „the •Missis: to build? Çfx years ago'we suggested the epunty clerks, ; asking' them if a contract similar to the one previously made by the east to care for crop sippi ‘Valley Lumberman, a trade . the Idea; of using prison labor entire . demands was, more than ample, and paper,- add -Secrbtaries’ Bureau">o| Tfi v ly in bpilding our highways:^ : Wp are carried with the’ Detroit house of cor rection will be made with Kalamazoo “ no further trouble need be looked for - formation, an Illinois corporation. ..glad to see that at least one-1 county from this source. The government contend^ th%; retail-^ has worked but the-- system, fdund it; 'county. From sentigi.entAxpressed by erg have formed a - trust' to* fight the feasible, andMs now;, reaching out-;Jto various officials.of nearby;counties,*it A representative of this paper, af-^t. l competition- of the mail'' Order houses. help adjoining : ebuhties, being very is.'‘believed Kaiamazoo will' bp given ter a week’s trip through Illinois and : Testifying concerning- ‘the alleged glad,4hdeed, to secure the* services pf the care of all criminals in south Iowa, reports that the farmers of the > the prisoners for the purpose of mak western Michigan.’ Formal action will west have been rushing their live - tactics ■ of : the . retailers/ M r^/S^tt v stock to market, it is estimated that' A 'Saidf^T- : ing the county roads what they should ; be taken At the- next meeting of the ' "They employed, any moans shbrt' b®. The following ^ispafeh. frphi Kala-J supervisors on the question.’’ - the number of cattle, sheep and hogs ! of murder and fire and I am not sure mâzoo shows W^hat the officials think • in, the farmers’ hands at the present;; of that? gs onr-l plant- burned .down .. of the- plan 'aftej? a t^ïo- years’ trial m There. is little profit in .trying to v time is less than 'for the past two three Tears ago^They had detectives . r “This county ip but ’after the- crim- : make an extra amount of corn take years, and those who are in position Inal» of southwestern Michigan. the place of suitable shelter. to know, are looking for better prices,/' in our plant/ bribed/our employes, ' Although, but little / has .been saifi, > traced all of 'our shipments,- and then 'Ubput hog cholera, in Iowa, it is-es warped local dealers who dealt With timated that' a t. least 40 "per cént of >■ all hogs in that state have died front' 'I . . Witnesses testified that companies an fepideinic Of cholera which started.’, who shipped inmbpr fiir&ejutd farmers / At the time of going to press, the wires bring us the ' éarly in thé fsjJl. f • were blacklisted by ;the local uealpfs,- . The -rpceipt of 1 jVe stock in| the Ê who were backed by. their - state lum Chicago live Stock market Monday of I ber dealers’ this Week was exceptionally large. In form ' of persecutiQn was tp' send for’, S^hèat, No. 1 White (large mills paying) . .$1.13^2 lowá last we^k, fKe first sevpte weath^- M catalogs bythe wholesale, asking fof; | er of the .winter was expërieneed, the 1 /estimates Of goofis which; the dealers// Whe^t, Nt>. 2 Red (large mills paying) . | , thferipometpr ranging from zero to 18 ^ of course, 'had im, intention ofTmying. c below. Many farmers who had kept If a shipment Of lumber yv:as received thigix stock fii’the fields made plans §| in a tojvn,* tfie dealers watched until.! íúT immediatp shipment, ; and if thp;J’J the farmer came after his shipment Rye present week does not sliow a slump A , and . then Be” was made § tfye ■ of#' ln prices On" the ..Ohicago market, .,.. 2.20 will;bp -a,.wfirndpr.*tl-'A-?-“ It was proved that the retailers' -The aBvttOrmal demand for wheat ; gathered i'n state meetings and at : :'i|ay*.(beàt market 'today, ^ew' í ; 20.00Í; during the fiyst six months of the crop , their seCrpt sessions speakers,;, out-. ypár has been remarkable^nôt only in , lined ways and means, of fighting, the (best market todiGy> Philadelphia) at . , .62' iAi®A .country but in Europe. Thé un- ’ mail order , competition, and lists «SU Ustiaji absorption of the tremendofus ' names ’of blacklisted firms wfire pub-“y' moypmettt? o f, wheafcjn all directions.^ lished in „what-/was? Known# a • Is accounted for in iarg'p measure by / / “white bepli/* which was’ sent broadV ÿ Ê $ .281! the fact that supplies the world o ver • L- icaht to manufacturers. were practically exhausted at the find; It l would seem . that,Abe - - lumber-.' of the Crop year. Consequently not/T (Continued on Page -FHr®T:vv.t'*?&&i Fase, ;Fiveí ¿ :• - ; /«¿fæ Every ‘Btiígiffess:Eafi»tteT,Keedfi/®fcart|;iSfl^^ » f i l i l i I SD&lf HN^Iri e w lf r o m th e lr a rrtïél^s S t a n d p o in t a m w « o u r ! m a r k e t s i g n a l s n a B g ! gig m »S ¡||pf HE Weather ilaa tike« his bbServationp; ffetS his reports from other * stations and '’‘guesses the weather. we take ©hr observations, have 1 Reingmb^r, that ad- qur reports from other ^stations, and. with theSe as a basis we ,are going tjgfc We ,%re raising Flag( Nq. 5, foq take a chahee at the markets. We will;not hit ft every tittle; neither q*>es the' one purpose Of asking you vice ‘»yogsihtft»|p an the weather tn&n. - But if we, keep just a few farmers from getting . excess ■ j$ t ,6riUtK|Mv< ^3,c0|!jy00 tons "soaked”, it-will pay. Get op yflur "Slickeis” apd watch the signals: to make disposition-of. your po of hay tftifc potato) thilaiS^over 5 pei tatoes on a percentage basis,'as ,dena- cent Of I timothy. onstrajted in ohr. last week’s • issue. - We have abmething to overcome. It Not only disposition on a percentage is up tei- you; as an individual, to help '. basis "huf on à hie4 market, standard as set by.yoh, as producers. We set. solVe the problem.-- | V ^ ; *$\ vS® No. 1—Good, substantial demand and present conditions favor steady toqrketi; at profitable' prices. No, .2—Market clearing ^up "and better price»- ithis ' stahiqard.-. at 40 cents. We. th in k . cold baths s^etn predicted. No. '3—-Market, very quiet; has every appearance of being dyer- that with propet raanipulation of con-;; fed. «¡6. 'fr+-No profit at rilling prices. If you can hold, this is an .eleventh ditions existing -and prospects we are ; ffl to. have any effect on this pa- hour” proposition. No.' 6—Better keep in port. Storm on. Prices may go facing^ that it' would be possible to aljljPB, tient. ;We had hoped that with lower but we would take a chance. obtain; .thfe figure for every bushel of qur. present cold, weather snap that ¿potatoes xhâo still remain in» your the/hay market would show some, im time comes, along with the added f ea- _ pands. The damage which has been provement as a result* Possibly; we and which cohfinues ;to he done- to. are overanxious/;>nch in turn, look $ure .of ¿otnplete; organization at this.- 1 HAY—CHICAGO" MARKET. \ endi as producers, and complete' or- . Iw ,317.00 . thé situation comes. more from 4he- ing _for. a betterment 'of conditions, Choice, Timothy Wisconsin territory than any other. really before it is time, ,but. we d.O gauization on the other, -'end aa , con f o . ' 1 Timothy.jBSdm;, A*;,'.-. sumers; then, and hot until then;! yrill • No. .9! Timothy:;. . ; ...... ,18,00 . ,Ohlÿ': òne million bushels- have ihtlA know this; that based op the season Light .Clover Mixed. , '>. 5 in advance over last Season. The time and on,the weather conditions we are* we see conditions as they should be. , i i i î â s i This will' alloW the process of elimi f No. 2 «Mixed hay...... will very soon- bè with us when they now experiencing, that we must' ex will have made disposition- - of ' either, perience a ,better tone to the Situa nation to gO on, or to be more .defi Glover ii:o® nite, to start—elimination of the mid1,.. Threshed Timothy ..'. >... . . theft* entire crop or a sufficient amount tion or else 4here is no hope what dleman. We continue to have faith in , Marsh feeding hay.. OS 10.00 go. that they ;wlll have no hearing on ever for us in the future. We are ■ Backing raw 8.00 ■ - the situation. They have been dis- \ ; forced to admit that the situation does pur high qualities of timothy anil . 18.00 clover mixed' hay and to ‘ have abso No. X Alfalfa______posed to continuously place their com not look good at the present time. lutely np faith or hopes for the *low 'itye ■/;, -rVi .8.66 modity on the market and take wbst1> 5 There are no bright stars.-shining in. and common qualities. ' ‘ ever the .floating conditipns were., the market horizon, nothing seems to Wheat . A . 1 s They have’handled their crop' on Shat show; or suggest satisfactory condi DETROIT—The Detroit market ,OQh- basis,- We dp not catil;that up-tP-date tions existing on this Commodity this ;jtinues in 'an ¿verfed, condition. Owing ' BOSTON*—There te c no £eal im ' marketihl^'hy ahy means. Never in year. An .off-year is what a great to |ts position, it has been t^he center provement to give; out for this maf- - the world wilj we get on to any kina many term if, g it don't; seem possible of Are for Michigan hay shippers. / het; True it is, that since January of à marketing basis jf we go ’along 4 'that w« could not manipulate the Owing .to the market here, prior 46 ' 1 et movement has' been very much , ih .such a haphazard manner as the handling of our present crop in Such a recent dates, being very satisfactory, better., This is only natural; i based above would • suggest.; We m ust, s.et manner as to oyercom ethe* increase all eyes were turned to it The restili on thé hold-up prior to inventory time. some definite stakes, fight along some and its effect on the market, if we was that shipments were made far in ; The ge’heral situation has • no,: real well-defined line's, if We hope for any . only ’ exercised the most judicial exdess ;of tile ability of this market right to be Reported as better., . Influencé on the situation. Anyone means. Seventy-two million tons, and to take care of them. A continuous can take a. price. . What Ve -want is its effect on the natural situation •fight to make disposition and clean HAY—BOSTON MARKET* to be able io make One.; It is gener- ' ought to be overcome by the ad«- up the holdings on track is a condi Large Small ' ally conceded" that potatoes do not vanced steps of marketing. We can tion we are- experiencing at the pres bale«. hale«. shoV a change for improvement. That ' pot help but feel that If you, as pro ent time. Hay, choice...... may be true from some angles. We ducers, were organized, to the extent Hay, No, -3l;v';. 10.00 Hay, No. 2...... 19D0 might concede it, but we want to tell that the average commercial channel HAY—DETROIT MARKET. Hay, No. 8...... 16.00 you right herb that it is possible and is, that it would be possible to place Hay. clover.... ,> 18.00 within yóur power to not only hold the market on hay in a most satisfac No. 1 Timothy. . . Hay, eldver mixed. . .. 18.00 18.00 No. 2 Timothy.’. . ■' Hay,, stock.. 16.00 16.00 thia. potato situation where it is to tory condition, even under the pres Light mixed ' ...... Long rye atraw..... day, ' but* to be able to advance it to; a ent most disappointing outlook. Hands Tangled rye «trbw.. .. 12.06 12.00 40-cent baste, if you on|y have the up,: is the condition practically all Ì - Rye Straw a ;... I ;., Out straw;.';,,.' ,.. .V 11.06 U.M Wheat and Oat Straw.... 9.00 ' right kind of stuff in you. The first , over the* state as reflects on the hay NÖTE—-I,arge bale«. weigh train" thing to do is to ^mrge yoursefves of dealer or buyer.- Practically 90 per' 200 vo 250 ÿoundfli. medium bale« PITTSBURGH—While we cannot from 80 to 100 pounds. ; selfishness, then yòù are in shape for cent of the hay dealers over the state, the medicine to act, to be able to qp j based on information we have learned, report that çeeeipté on this market afe Jiberal, still, the-amount actually vlay- NEW YORK—^The real trouble on predate that your neighbor producer have actually stopped operations for llyeth, that what you are fighting for the present. Some have continued to ing on rtradk is more than spiffeient the New Yorki 'market, seems ,4o be to meet the immediate, demands. This based on small baled hay; This seqms is a general principle of advance1 puy only those fancy, qualities of Np. ment for cônditiçns generally. Under 1 timothy ahd Jiigh colored, clover causés a fight on the, part of the trade to he a feature which adds to thp con tp make .disposition. The situation gestion of - the market situation all- stand, that getting 40 cents for your mixed, We believe every reader of potatoes alone does not solve the prob this, “Pink Sheet” will appreciate this seems to change somewhat from day along the line;' Large baled hay of to day; first, one class of hay will high qualities is moving very satisfac lem, .unless you have gotten it along to he' most true advice, as based on organized lines. the conditions existing on your local ;hpcpmjB fairly well cleaned up and con tory and at quite satisfaetpry prices.- market. .In a way, the local dealer ditions of a market nhture will he Appreciate, please, that this is a large has a right to be mostconservative sympathetic therewith;:’in turn show baled market, * naturally preferring POTATOES—MICHIGAN ZONE af the present tiiffe. Possibly, it is ing a little ' improvement. This same loose baled*hay, and-, accordingly, that PRICES. •just' as well that they have.»stopped condition seems to follow along on at all times, only when a severe short- Zone No. 2 Michigan. $. .35 the different qualities, but on the Zone No. 4 Bfftcitijflpu?.; « 4W' operations momentarily, so as to let Zone No;.* .0 M icbiw on. . . . .ss the market» get on to some' kind of whole* 'the situation on the Pittsburgh HAY—NEW YORK MARKET. Zone' No. 7 ■ Michigan... * ..;.. - ,40 market is in line with conditions gen , New Hay: ' Large V Zone No. ® Michigan. .. / .. .38 a basis. Some standard of market Timothy— Small level must be set for or by this com erally, bale«, bale«. . NOTE—From present market con Choice. per toh. per ton.*" ditions, local dealers in the freight modity. We think we ought to set , No. X ...... 21.00 ■ones should pay yon the price the market for it.v We; do pot like HAY—PITTSBURGH MARKET. No; 2» ...... 19.50 19.50 quoted above t o r NO, 1 sto c k de the' idea I In this advanced age of No. 1 Timothy Hay... No. 3...... 18.00 livered at ^ their stations» '.' These No. 2 Timothy hay.,.. 15.00 Shipping ¡ $ 15.00 prices .he Increased by ' taking marketing, to have it set by the com- No. 8 Timothy . Light Clover Mixed. . . 20.00 20.00 advantage of speelal carlot offers. fnpdity.other ^ords, fae wish to No. 1 Light /mixed hay»: , 15.00 No. X Clover Mixed. . 18.00 18.00 have the disposition Jhr marketing of No, 1 Ölbver mixed hay . . . 15.00 , No. 2 Clover Mixed. 14.00 15.00 No. 1 CloVer...... 17.00 ' % DETRQIT-t-This mhrket seems to our farm products so regulated, so No. 1 Oat straw. . . 10.25 No. 2 Clover...... ■have Settled on 'about a . certain ’basis. systematized, so organized, that We No, 1 Clover hay:",Ä! ; - 16.00 A; Straw—'; i . Fine Prairie' Packing Hay . . ... 11.00 No. l Rye. *.; The general trade havd been selling can control and fiaake the supply and' No. 1 Rye «traw.. potatoes on one fixed standard for the dfemand conditions line up’ with us. No. 1 wheat «traw.';:;';/;' ... 10,00 No. l Oat...... 11.00 last three weeks. - During this time,. The time will come when the. produ No. 1 Wheat-.. . . I there ; was warranted | some1 / little cers of this state, and this United. CHICAGO—rMbst grades of timothy NOTE—Large bale« weigh from , 200 to 250 pound« ; medium bale« changes to hava taken place. This States will- so dispose- of their stuff hay . ( seem to ‘be fairly ; well; cleaned from 86 to v 106 pound«. demonstriitgs that we have, not been, th at the law of supply Und demand Up, this last week,, with a ¡ibod free experiencing heavy receipts—demon I will actually be regulated,;' When this I movement at a little advance over age . exists, loose baled wijl bring at strates that this market has been tak forjqey actual sales:. Ri might not be i least $1 more per toñ than medium., ing care of itself; There. is no con HAY—MICHIGAN ZÒNE PRICES. conservatiye to. quòte the market ao . Receipts will continue • to be very gestion, neither is there any spirited very much higher,*, possibly none, ,but !goue fro*|§ Michigan.U | Ê | . flO Oft heavy on ^his market, but continu- tone to the situation. It Is in shape Zone No, -3 . Michigan. 10.00 ; still, we do ' feel that the Chicago mar •ously, one -or m ore1 carrying lines so. that if anything should happen, it Z«ue « No. 3 Michigan. »,. 11,00 ket shows quite èome bettermentyof are in an embargoed ’ condition. This would be in position to take advan Zoue No. 4 Michigan 11:50 tone existing, that the situation:, i s .Kon« No. 5 M i c h i g a n 10 60 réally h.as.;a tendency to- hold up the tage of i t : There if no particular .Zone, No. -, 6 Michigan ..v.'. ;.... 11.00 spmewhat improved. change tp report. ; , .Zone N o .'7 M ich ig an . . . .. ¿» ¿ft.A2*00 ... NOTE—The price* given ire oa • sltift the Paper We Need ! Wantq It' a Daily!, POTATOES—DETROIT. MARKET. hasis of No.' 1 Timothy hay in the different " MichiganjSj freight nonce. “I “became^on# of the founders of ? "Ênciosed please find subscrip Bulk frum car, per big-.,, ; .40 to .45 This gire» yon the price that Mtcfeir Miphiffan-. Business: FàfminQ. It is tion to Michigan Business, farming. * Sacked from ear, per bn;; .50 to .55 gnn dealer* should be able to pay ' just the paper> we need and I am My only wish is ¿hi&jfyKsjpiti be, à Sackk ' must be even welgh^, 1M1 for this commodity* f. o> b. their sta pound«. ' ¿M-'V'"' tions, under existing market cont^-*; uxeU, pleased \w ith : it.’’—Mr*. ‘Robert; daily by a&oiher year."—Mr, Qhàs. Price quoted Include« coat of «neh:, tiens. - ' * Vi3 Jones, Williamston, Mich. ' W. Ellsioorth, Imlay City, Mfch. about lOVse each. BBSS CIpCAGO^Theie does ilot seèm^o feel that* this is only á mobientary1 ¿e any particular Change0 on this iaa% ; W HI At—C HICAGÖ lÿlA RK ETy|g conhjtidn, that thè genèrU ‘market fcet, neither) does it look pÒsBikle Tói No. a red^,*, .% $1.12% Wairänts nb. reported -the situaticelo show mam w c i .i#* Specu lative ¡ Prices. provement from one week to the ♦ D ecem ber- de liv e ry . . . . % . (. -, ¿ i. .86' other. We haVe hoped paatìy times •May de.lvery * • #1% i—^ Wecqntiflue to- appreciate the and expect to experience a- real ♦The price» gives for December I . ihannèr >in; which oats are flghtr and M>y delivery reprisent the fu change. Other markets havp, hpt not ture delivery price». Tbl» Informa ixwg theii- battle1 on the market Chicago. We appreciate the 'position tion merely ictvea you tbe future this year, continuing to either hold As pre viously adviSèd. it is ; im óf the Chicago, market às being- a bast» of thl» commodity as Hgtu-ed; their own or show a 'shade of improve* possible and unnatural to ex point, of advantage from a shipping by those who »peculate on future meht, has been the actual existing, pect: any. material change to the angle for three • offe our most pro- ■ prospect*. "~y m situation from the inception 'Of the seed situation for a t. lèast 60 days.* 1 noutìced potato, sections, òr states. ‘ l?*Faripers’ M ost Valuable Paperh’t | season. Don’t look for any spirited Hp to this' time the situation will be\ • Without question, this. market will be; * * ■■“Michigan Business Farming is advance, neither expect any, marked based on the future expectancy of kept in an overfed condition through highly appreciated, by all tcho read 'décline. W§ think that oats will; con the market. The tone to the situation out the season. There is practically it/ \ We wjill try ana send in more tinue on about their present level for continues to he most satisfactory and no «Scinge to report. subscriptions later; thus showing at least a month. We are a little.;; prosperous. V- ouf personal appreciation of the afraid now that the advance we men POTATOES—Ç HI CAGO M A RKET. farmer S’ most valuable market par tioned some Weeks ago will not be ex CLOVER SEED—DETROIT B ulk fyrom car* p e r btt* .^.,.' .45 to .52 per.”—¿ft*.- A. B. Schlecten, Glad perienced during the allotted time set. MARKET. ♦Sacked from car, per bu.,: .50 to .56 win, Mich. ,' v, The material change in the hay situa ♦Sack» must be' even weight, 150 tion and1 the abundant corn crop will jrune >,$ .. .$11.30 pound». : ''zÆÊBBÊJk ':v!§K ■' have a tendency to make tne same ‘ Price quoted include» cost of »qek, . Alslke ]; ' “M M *ii'. *'13.00 iippossible* If oâts are able to mainv< Timothy Seed ’'. . ; 2.10 a b o u t 10ÿ|e'. enèjb,! tain themselves, they will really be. BEANS doing all that we should naturally éx-' GlNGINNATi-^-There was only> a Hits the Nail on the Head! moderate movement on .this. market It has certainly developed that p'éct. •’ ■ during the past week. The tone to the' the bean situation has every • “in the issuing of the Michigan situation continues oil.. about i‘last right to ' give us good substan OATS—DETROIT MARKET. Business Farming I think you have: week’s.. basis. Wisconsin shippers ...... *36 hit phe n aif on the head, as it is ■tial Returns this season. . We think what the farmers need to wake continue to supply liberally this .mar 'the situation has proved to be tin a 1 'No. White...... 35 ket. facing the prqsipect of liberal most healthyconditlom Tbe supreme them . up!"-ry-Mr. N. V.' &bomfr, . MU- receipts, it can not be looked forward test has been used and found wanting. Ne. 3 Mixed...... Pleasant, Mich, ' < $ *$-/» -Ps to for an advance in the near future. The píícé was reduced and held for- sonje days, reports of the very easy CINGINNATI-rOfferings were mod POTATOES—CINCINNATI conditions given out, but the real erate*; an improved demand existing. fMjBBrçrç.' ■MA.«,kETl>:ÿ' tenor of the situation would not allow A firm tone prevailed on the market Bulk from car, per bu.. . . ,48 to JKft •the ’market being held on its reduced With the better , elass of oats in best ♦Sacked from ear, per bu. .50 to 58 -level)' ¿ You Snow the nature of thè request. However, practically all This cold weather spell should crop; You have been- advised from grades on the market moved rapidly?; have an inflirepce' toward mak ♦Sack» must be even welfhtt 1 5 0 . ing the corn market show an pound». the very inception of the season re Offerings were really below the Qe- m . Price quoted includes cost of sack, garding the different angles of the mand. fe improvement. We (jo nqt feel that about 1 0 %o each. same. All of these advicea^and sub- there is any well warranted possibil* * sequent tests being made simply gó #0. OATS—C IN Cl N N ATI MARKET. ity of much of an advance existing. • PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh sit show that the actual tone to the situ Standard ...... Iri the face of ;the abiindant crop exist- -. uation is comparatively healt;hy. Thefe No. 3 White...... ing and also being subject, to the re ation must bé satisfactory • unless we No. 4 White...... ------34% is not anything particularly | wrong make a decidedly bad mov,e in the No. 2 Mixed....,,...., ih m m ' .35 flection from the present hay situa with the situation in general; ' receipts way. of disposition; These beans are .No. 3 Mixed...... • ...... 34% tion and the* present' oat situation,. it I are just about' in line with the de ,not where they ought\to | be today. : would be unnatural to expect vèfÿ mand. We believe it would be easy; We, and also the dealers over,, the PITTSBURGH—No material change much of an improvement to later, ¡possibly, to draw longer ^prices on state, have not handled the bean situ to report on the Pittsburgh market;. exist. Qf course,- we appreciate, an d , this market Were' it not for the sym ation as was)possible to handle it at reports continue to be in excess of in fact the only hope we have is for pathetic > influence that. . ptheç, sur, any time during- thè season - so >far., the natural demand ;; tone to 'the. situ some- ^venue- of escape to yet show rounding markets produced.. We know As producers, you were disposed to. ation just a little below normal.. We up.. This must be of a satisfactory of quite,'a number.-of inquiries having dump" your beans just as fast as the nature; in other words, an increased come from this section in the past Lord would let you. Up to thè break OATS—PITTSBURGH MARKET. demand must be made or else we see week.' We believe there is ah a,dded in price, the dealers were dumping ■ Standard . . ;... . . no possibility for very much of an ad tone along this line. . * : - on to the outside market jn the same No. 3 White...... 36% vance to bè possible. ; We have sug No. 4 White...... gested the possibility and the feasible manner. • We never saw less nerve No. 2 Mixed...... POTATO E 8—PI TTSB UfiGH displayed pm the part of the average No. 3 Mixed---- ...... feature of feeding extensively this ' MARKET. dealer than was in evidence this sea Continued on Pave Six son,^ but when the crucial -moment Bulk from : car, , per bn.. .4 5 to .5 4 ♦Sacked from car, per bu .5 6 to ,5 8 carnè, they began to show what they' ♦Sacka must be even welsbt, 1 5 0 Were made of and accordingly did not, ’pound». move a bean on thè decline. There is Price quoted Include» coat o f sack, practically no question but what ypii Michigan Freight Zones about 1 0 %e each. - could put these beans, on a $2.4.0 basis to yoti, as a producer,. if you were ' VEST BUSINESS . FARMER ' Fine- for. the.Fpfme^i ' should know the freight rate E from his shipping, station to I “Z consider the Michigan Busi i BEANS—DEtROiT MARKET, the leading market centers. With ness Fanning 'pretty fine for the e White, hand-picked basis..... $2.20 fhi» key yon are In a position to farmers, k Wishing you success, I* Red Kidney. .•.•1 know whether your local dealer is mê giving you a square deal or nqt. * remain, Clyde Cooper, Sherman, ; ! MICHIGAN ZO N E P RICÇS. Below we give you the “Business MichF , V V -,K * ’.. MaKE Zone No. 2, Michigan. . .¡., i 2.15 Farming Zone Map of Michigan.” vyl.TH Z one No* 3, Michigan...... 2.20 - Tou will notice that In connection, MICHIGAN Zones 4, 5, 6 and 7, Michigan*-, 2.25 with the map We give you the ap APPROXIIiAtE. ■v , NOTE—W>_ i give you above the proximate rate per hundred pounds FREIGHT: ■ RATÉS TQ price» that Michigan dealer* «honld for shipments hy freight to the , LEADING be able to pay yon- for bean», hand- ' ' markets named on most of the prod Z0NE5 NMWÎKETS picked baala, In the different freight ucts of your farm. These rate* »ones of Michigan.. The Pink Sheet will vary a little at different points, haa set the price foè benna, hand therefore we advise you to go to your ( see ;• The effect of the foreign politi- > picked basta, at the average Michi local railway agent and get the rates I TABLE cal situatioú continues to b.ave gan points, at $2.40 pgr bushel. from himi He is obliged by'law,to, below) its influence on the wheat situ- give yoU the rates, and with these m only disposed to exhibit ^ reasonable rates and the “Fink Sheet” yon are amount of brains andfnerve. , We con seoure. . I ;.: WHEAT—DETROIT MARKET« tend that the possibilities are of such Zone 1—Sault Ste. Marie. m m ■ i ■ W hite* Æ Ê Ê S ^ k New York City...... 11 No. 3 R ed ..'v ¿ , a promising natdre as to warrant the Pittsburgh ...... «28i4 • i ; Speculative Prices. above supposition.. We belieye that^ Cincinnati ¿29 % is right up to you and the manipu WM-: Chicago , . v A * ■' ,22 ♦ December dellvery.t 1% ,^. ÿ; .$1.12% D etro it ...... 22 .♦’May. .dèUvery ■ lation you make, as to. whether you •The ..prices give» for December ; experience a $2.4(1 market or not. You Zone 2—K alkaska. and May delivery represent the fu ' New Y ork C ity A , . i * . . . . ;;84% ture delivery price». Tbl» Infor s àffé'5 marketing these bëans plenty Pittsburgh ...... 22 mation merely give» yon -the future fast enough nght novf. Let ; it not . | Cincinnati .. ..,'./vi...2 ,19% busts of tbltf commodity us 0cured be yotif disposition to crowd the mar- Chicago ..,.V...... 16 by those who »peculate on inf,are >ket—hold up a .littler—go ' J siowly. ; D etroit A .. .14 prospects. Zone '3-MBay City.' There: are nôt too many beans. They New York C i t y >. .27% ;, ^ Cineinnati;, * ; - .1* ?íá S,tioh from day to day. In other will all go bqfOre the new crpp and ■ Chicago ,:V...... ,r ' t $ :'Í- i .'P ittsb u rg h ; .'v ,17 Detroit V,';?*.*,..,,. ., $ ,i j . words, this is the ^ prime factor in at a much longer price if you bold Cincinnati ' ’ };: Chicago Zone 6— 1Vicksburg. use for the bears.|| We feelthat there back a little, than as if marketèd. in >.■. D etro it ...... A'. ' / ; New « York -City, sLì'ÀI .2 9 II is very little;;.hope for the hears o n . '¿ ah àYalanche manner. 'I s HS k I '• Pittsburgs . the market at .thei.pyesent timp. The Zone 4.—Greenville. /, ‘ Cincinnati •y.Viyi i';.,; * m iJk ' . New York City.., .v,*.'.. .29 . " Chicago .10%* volume of trade, professional qr other Fart Better Than He1 Expected, v i Pitt'sburgs tyX. ft'* - ,- . r a B H Ii* Detroit ^¿s «1**; .is ” wise, has been comparatively' narrow Cincinnati . . 1.*., ii.*,,. *16 'fie little pink sheet is^ jiisi Chicago itJln Zone 7—Pontiac. frbm the start and continues to, be. what we needed,- far better than I , Detroff "• I TOrk*" City ''¿ ¿ 1 ik The actual, situation for hhe.;Tecbntiy S ■■■' JPittsb'urgh , , '4ÊP, had 'psspeppedif^ '-Find fenclosed rfr, zone • 5 —Sandusky. . im m js|''jf®hcinnati 'h<>. .Ä-*. ; I'M? - Mmmi revived bullish feature seems to tie newal.v-—Mr, . August Fass,. Ashley', New York’f^|K.:4ivi, v vf .27% ■ :;.-,jChte.ago -:'ïi * 4 .i$ £ ß ■fully as substantial as at any- tinie 'kich-;*« lliillllilii H m m ^ v8 te Pittsburgh)' "Détroit. ï, .06% during the season. 1 ; . tb track On the western -slope near the tunnel) because ¡¡I successive landslides. L A slide today near ly e coVered' five men, andL^Onq was i l l «I$S$ «¡¡S v * . Fra^fil >j GRANT SLOCUM and compiled under his direction. So our Michigan • b/pther i:s going to . locate in California': Is - TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION: ! 'going fcp take,up- his,abode ip the''Golden West, wberer one càn lie Fite We*!»'. ■ Trial. »¿Wwl4:,¿'¿-í-3/á&,,-v/.Ten ' 'Cents. Fifteen Weeks’ THai:. i\ . jâ':*t:ÏV. tSifWe pupprr/he'lawn in winier^ where flowers,bìoòm, bh*dé andf balmy Ilm; p ’ ■ ‘FiF ^ y . w e e k s OR M$RE/,p-NÊ ; _ breezes blow—always. ■ Where a living càn be biade a'little e^sièr, /; rétnitting ■gíVe; full 'haájifc,, poáft-0mcé/aiptl 'ifed'• advise jBfcaffi ■. i-’* you aÉe JS^1,vid yr -neÿ âubscribertp raeiliUte^ ackiiinwi'edgnién^ - _.-■■'■ > > : :’• and. where eon di t i qn s are no t ■ cfiii t e’. - so tin c ef tain : There’s’ a surprise ;/ Entered as' S-econd-tla#* Matter, October .18, J^i¿ÍÍ;«'ifost0|Bce\at Detrofty Michigan, tmd^/thíé I in stèjrejfdr ,the/farme^ ^ure Enough. He has-started out determined ■ Act (ft 'M atcjtfi', # 0 9 " ; jto find' the pc$ 'gold at'the end of, the rainbow—|but when be ^ PUBLISHED EVEJftY SATÜftpAlÇ. AT, D ETROIT ‘b y ; :wf l 1; >l|iiìW^feL^À‘rL% ”^ b f '/by; raipbbW'p 1 J $ \ ; w THE RURAL PÜBLÍSíIIÑO COMPANY, Inc. MÉM V /rests - vtiré^ A lso P u b l is h e r s of T h e G lea n er, M o n t h l ÿ F arm 9 5 'F d jt Street ■West. ” i / will-, firid ; ■ B ew York ,. Chicago . > / . St. ÌLpuis Porc H uron ,V . \/he smallest matches and fhe biggest fiacs ipn earth./ True; ft 'a a. S i i, Madlispn Avei É |U M | m t! Bstfïk W d* % ■ : .Srri: Na«.' Barik..~M«iÀa|i|w .’’ffl great state* in many wàys^ but./ts disadvantages are just as numer- 1 HONEST ADVERTISING, SOLICITED AT THE' PÒ I&O WING RATES;: ■ uus. as those.-.of any .other state. ' But they are .a loyal bunch -■ ou)li/ :Ten, cents per agate « £ . fliéENo discounts for tiroe ’^r space, and no' contract at this rate he cèpted lor a longer period than six taonths. Attractive cpnibinatioh rate with The Cíieaner} monthly," ! there Von^the^ coast! | Once ¿settled in AC^lifornia, ^ u ’ are like a, fly rA j,oji a sheet, óf < tan gl e|ótìf-^ò.u goinf’W:'theycKorU's'arid flap youf ^fancied wings Jo attract other humans. No mention is eVer mudò e ^û ; j mp m My,the p ^ p —mgs, fleas, ^nd' freeze^—that'''llWftys harass the^ thin-v ' (4 A FTER having spent twenty .years of m)r life op a farm : skinned hitman's of the Golden West. • ', : " ■ • • ’ ’ • /v *n Michigan, ï have decided to locâte where conditions- When opf I brother I ha$^ a lijtje experience with Smudge-pots ; I ^ ’-.Av A* are not quite ^sq q-ncertain, and where a/living can be 'wheb he1' is?practically worn op(t itifhis dong fight to keep- a freeze "^' made a little easier. -, I' have sold the ojd farm, my stock and to^ïsj ffom. the- lahd^ I n p it’s never too cold andhever .-and next month We pii -start' fôr our future horfie/ih where he 'haft'/shiver'ed' tnt the fog and perspired--in thè sun.;, when he ha^ J puchased a ten-aOre orange grove a year agU.-J.'No tfiore .¡Michigan viohghf. the wihteré -for ’me.”. ,/SjV able .'fpr : both man • arid be'àèt, for afflili .six months bf 'fheyvear^/i . / V / ^ • \ y , Wjhen he has and earth- W I f ' - / “RIGHT but;! was in Lds Angeles duringrthè- mdriths .pf February and March last year, % Why,y one ■ He w;Xll realize that there is something quite as bad »as;a' Michi-; / HERE IN fiiorning I remember that I was lying Upon the-' gà^ Winter/' are 'quite, as uncertain/ 1 MICHIGAN!' lawn, reading the', morping paper-r—¿tin,; shining,, l.andf ehafice^* of .ultimateyshccess far; mOre .remote.- ' ' • | V: birefs singing, balmy breezes blowing-—and whept I There, is a place/ só We the birds sing, yl I read of the blizzards raging and the zefo/wèatiier prevailing, back*’ i fidWers blophi apd balmy breezes biówr-^ALW'AYS. We Ixave nò. in. Michigan,' right - then and . there I; said; -‘This is good'enough?, reason to; doubt the existence, of such a place / we hayè evéry" reason -foi* me.’ ” ta:‘bdlieye that such à place dòei exist. Mèut -it -Js hot in the- Gol.den- - ¿/¿‘ The speaker was a gehial fellow; a farmer who,had • îjved in. M;estf' nay/jmethifiks there -are/no* Californian^ there—^ f ' ! ‘ - Michigan /or twenty years,' and besides' raising a family of six çhil-j dren, had accumulated perhap§ fifteen thousand dollars.' The coii* ' ^o, brother, if you aren’t readyt to go/ to Heaven just,now/ yoti/^ yersation took place dn a train which Was speeding’ its Way..across can hhd no: place -where- i M southern?' Michigan, earning the writèr to- fowà to attend several jou win find‘more comfort and happiness thap ? farmers’ meetings:. This explanation is necessary as a proper back -. K ' U ' W m m à ^ S tó H T -HBEE S I MICHIGAN-f: ground for the picture we are to paint. Thé farmer leaves the train at his home town; thé day closçs, and the Scene changes/- ' *\ "i, KALAMAZOO SUPERVISORS , > Are yboj keeping a record ;of the VETO BEFÒRMATORY PLAN : .-performance d f ehch ■- sow? / * m At ' a ” meeting of the Kalamazoo Breeding pwes and fattening stock' V, | With , the dawn of the morrow> comes 'the hews from the .board Of supervisors last August a. S!hodjld''’'b.d kept separate, /y $ |g .'.Gulden West.: We are in the land where birds- sing, the sun always, proposition »was-: offered j«vhich .called a,, t^'i.ecoac^i for the' building of a reformatory in mize :*>vefhead space when building ’shines and balmy breezes blow; the’' place where a living can be Kàlajnazoo county for the detention a barn. More room means better air., made easier and where conditions/¿ire not quit^ so uncertain. Lisfenl- of - southern : Niehigan crooks and bums|ythe sanie to be made ushlul in, ^ /À ;gbbd warm l)ed is ;a '* pacing ■ in :5 We ate reading 'the '-PLSsdciated press’/ despatches: ' f b £'l¿j thé building of rokds thifeughdat’the -vestment,/When pigs ‘squeal with the * Ha K.y ./yprom San Bernardino to Eos Angeles every ‘ acre of branges /county: ..¿T,11© v idea. met^the'' favor, ut cold all night they arë rn'ot getting^, and • lemons has been, frozen Less thaii One-fifth ,of tfie crop will / the. board; fayoràbîÿ at- the time, so. along- Very w elk/ BSach. squeal repre- - committees were appointed to look Sfents jm. ear of çôrn<’,''-:/ be /salvaged. The total. los.s so far- reported will -reach more thafl. into, the matter. This special com/ - .forjty .million ; mittee made their fiûdings and report-. SPECIAL NOTICE " “The fruit growers/Wofn.opt by a forty-Oight hour fight agaifist- wgm favorably/ but#the&upérvisórs last' To the Founders of - Tving Frost, are^ well nigh discouraged. The . frniit growers havet. opposition doveloped .after- careful kept their smudging ’ pot;s going f5r* many hjghts/{and í.ás the sun stucly Of the . matter, it being feared, MICHIGAN BUSINESS 'that such-, an /institution, would,, prove ' went down last night félt ^/hát/if they could keep/the. frost nw;-ay ’ té be a, heavy burden on the county ; FARMING ' another twelve hours, the danger- would p | pa^t. They Wofked as for the first two or three ’years. Ihie | 1/Itf/ you■ P weret;\one 'o f' the' loyal :|hey never wprked before, Tfit ^ah ;tp fid Veto.-^catised a conflnuahco then qf farmers who helped / found/ this 1 “The outlay expended by the fruit growers fn labpf and ’ fuel* in the past system of working the eounty Sveekly ; Market and Crop Reporter • prisopers under the ."Bryant .system/* in the face of the 'combined oppo-. tliejir fight against frost will reach more than a halfmillion dolfers-’’ .,Mr. W. N.‘ Bryant, as ohairman pf thé Bitioa o f the Market Gamblers and and this amount must now be added tp 'the total loss of the crop// good roads commission, being/the. : the Parasite Produce Buyers,, by /founder ^pf the plan that has -worked Bending Ton or Twenty-five cents >;Whet.hef the older -trees ajrp damaged -6ir not, .it is 'hard, to téll, but handling: of Kalampsioo’s * to apply oti a full FIFTY WEBKë ninety peneent. of thé ^mall trees ^.nd nursery .stock has been killed. prisoriers. '.Conjmissiouer 'BHryànt wiil- BBBBCRIPTION. / „ / . y ;Thps all the work of yeafVmay have, beeh swept a way, in a éingíe Mayei 'ckurget of aill1 oôühty. prisoners I from aow- om/. They will he employed | night.” ' - ' k 0 Í d.ayreounty roads 'i from now pn.^and I Ask as a Personal Favor: ifll From the^san^e Source a Foporl frpm Seattle^ Wasbingtori/the M K busy* Æt that, will put In ••that ,you sqnd - th e. balance|p| oujv their, rtimè making.’ file or doing ! farm rency, or stamps in an early mail/ pieccatoward '■ which . the thoughts of .many middie-west ;|armi;rfe wojfk on A small farm now owned by Remember every issue of thg little are turning: 'the county: . , , ; - SÉi® "pin)c-sheet'’ if going ,tô’ grow h^ti ter, more practical.And when yon IllThe' tTnited States weather ; ^efvidd/issued> - a- flood ; warning send in the - balance, be sure to ask; Today to .dwellers in the lowlands western Washington; pointing I^Never dí^w /a dead hog . over' the ground. Put him ^in a pox and take 'a neighbor or tw6 to join with yipn out: that tb© melting of the .moutítáin 'snows must cause the . over* \hy sending fdr a’fhll.year or trial /nina off ápd‘ burn, |he»whole business, subscription. Right- now fs when /flowingsof /fivers already á,t, the. danger point,/Rain fell all day in, • Don’t-stop watering your, stock Just we nepd your help .roost and we Jthfe lower altitudes of - Western ^ AVáshingtori and, melted the, snpw ’ imeause ¿Ms eolji. - An abundant sup- will certainly appreciate yduf' ,ply /pf water is ’necessary in; winter in the mountains. -' .The- Great Northern- railway, '■ whose-* easc.ade: -jMtóMfiP;,asr to|I|Ì3È M prompt response to . this requeeL» : M IC H I h A f4 B U S I N E iS S IF' A k M Í N G'
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 LETTER 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'oe;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