tr t-^r .' P?T 5 *»5^ J? -*S! f"^r -r KfXW! •**$•£§ & *'t,•'^, f-i ,, "ir •'1 ,. .. IS1 ... £...... .... ji Thursday, June 2, 1921 MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN, Page Seven LIVE STOCK RUN CREAMERY MEN'S up 3%c at 65c. Minneapolis July says Mr. Rose, in standardizing varieties, 1 SEMI-WEEKLY wheat down 6%c at $1.26 Kansas and in otherwise preparing CONFERENCESET IS FAILING OFF City July unchanged at $1.21% Winnipeg MARKETGRAM for marketing to the best advantage. July down l%c at $1.64%. Mr. Rose says that the potato acreage I the Farm Bureau DAIRY PRODUCTS—Butter market in Minnesota will equal if not exceed FOR JUNE 6 AND 7 HAY—Receipts exceedingly light "S, fairly firm at existing prices, especially the acreage last year. The fact Sharp Breaks Curtail in central west but demand equally on better qualities. Consumption that seed is cheaper and that there limited. Prices steady. Trading very holding up well and limited Receipts Upturn is more labor available than was the narrow. Eastern arid southern mar quantities moving into stroage. Closing case last year, makes for a larger Plan Discussion of Sales by F. L. LIEBENSTEIN, in Hogs. kets inactive. Quoted May 27—No. 1 prices, 92 score: Chicago 28%c planting the present season. ~_ County Agent, Mower Co. timothy New York $29.50 Cincinnati New York 29c Boston 29%c Philadelphia Agency and Butter $22, Atlanta $31, Memphis $25, Chi 30c. By DON J. SLATER. Grading. cago $22 No. 1 alfalfa—Memphis Cheese market more active with! FARM LAND BARGAINS The Windom township unit of the Tuesday's Closing— $27, Atlanta $33 No. 1 prairie Kansas farm bureau will meet in Rose Creek prices at Wisconsin points ranging Cattle 600. Market mostly 1120 acre grain and stock farm. City $15, Memphis $16. PROPOSED PLAN hall Thursday at 8:00 o'clock, June 2. 13% to 14 %c. Some purchasing steady to strong, best killers Horses and machinery included A representative from the Minnesota for storage. Undergrades selling, some higher. Calves 700. Market FEED—Higher wheat prces caused MEANS SAVING at 37.50 per acre. Will stand Potato Exchange will explain its organization steady, best lights to packers slowly at lower prices. Dealers in increase* in flour buying and trade investigation. $6.50. Hogs 2,500. Market 15c distributing market follow closely and value. Farmers will looks for lower wheatfeed prices on to 35c higher, closing weak. Bulk prices in producing sections and are discuss the question and decide if 80 acre farm for dairying, in j. ariiig of Meeting on Future Welfare prospects of increased milling. Feed The ORCHESTRAL $7.25 to $7.75, top $7.85. Sheep they want to organize a local exchange. keeping stocks well cleared. Otter Tail County. of Industry Held market generally dull but not quotably 200. Market steady. TROUBADOURS those Every farmer in Mower Vital Says Expert. 160 acre farm in beautiful Golden lower. Cottonseed meal quoted singing, playing joy South St. Paul, May 31, 1921.—The Seed Potato Plot county is welcome to this meeting Valley County, North Dakota lower in Cincinnati and few other wizards— Memorial holiday and the severe and the neighboring township units Minnesota co-operative creameries markets as export demand dropped Work Going Strong breaks in the markets last week caused T. N. ROBLE,' and friends are urged, to attend so as ire about to take another step in cooperation off stocks in country dealers hands light receipts on opening days this pins Minnesota Second to understand the workings of the exchange. by organizing a state assoiation. 506 Oakland Avenue. heavy. Linseed meal steady with week, and due largely to the curtailment A call has been issued to the Austin, Minn. brokers offering about 50c per ton in supplies some slight reaction EDGAR MARTIN Remember the place and date and 00 co-operative associations of the under mill prices. Alfalfa meal neglected EVANS, Brilliant orator. was noted in both cattle and hogs. Bigger and better potatoes, and come. Bring interested friends. A state to send delegates to a conven,'on otferings and demand light. The best kinds of killing cattle because more of 'em in a hill, is the object vote will also be taken on the National to be held in the capitol at St. Corn feeds in poor demand. Stocks UR WELDING of their scarcity sold somewhat of a campaign now being directed Farm Bureau Rererendum on matters ?aul on Tuesday, June 7. of most feed remain larger than usual higher, half a load of choice steers from University Farm. According to plus now before congress. It is very The special purpose of the statewide WILL FIX IT for this season of year. Rain has and heifers mixed averaging 844 lbs., a recent collection of statistics, Minnesota important that every farmer vote on association wll be to help creameries improved pasturage in principal feeding topping the Tuesday trade at $9.00. A ranks second among the states The RICH-WERNO's this referendum. build up and maintain the best sections and feed sales are light, few loads of medium to heavy steers in the total production of potatoes those artistic entertainers— possible system of manufacturing quoted bran $15.50, middlings $15, A Farm Bureau meeting was held of a good beef grade sold from $7.35 and yield to the acre. New York is I butter, also to help the creameries Minneapolis No. 1 alfalfa meal $24 Friday, May 21 in Clayton township. to $7.65, with bulk of common and first in bulk production and Maine market their butter to the best advantage. Chicago, $22 St. Louis gluten feed The meeting was called to order by medium grades from $6.50 to $7.25. leads in acre yield, raising an average plus Uniformity and high quality $26.50 Chicago white hominy feed Director Bohn, and turned over to Butcher cows and heifers sold mostly of 190 bushels to the acre against of dairy products will be goals $22 St. Louis, $22 Chicago linseed County Agent Leibenstein. Mr. from $4.50 to $6.25, with a few small Minnesota's 94. GRANVILLE JONES, -^1 1^,- which the state association will meal $31.50 Chicago 36% cottonseed Leibenstein explained the program as lots of heifers on up to $7.50. Country that stirring, eloquent Since March 16, R. C. Rose, who! undertake to reach. meal $30 Atlanta, $32 Cincinnati. formulated by the township committee demand for thin she stock which has modern Abe Lincoln— A. J. McGuire, of University Farm has made a study of plant diseases and after a brief discussion it was been absorbing most of the so-called dairy extensionist, says: "The cooperative GRAIN—Prices advanced sharply and is connected with the extension j, adopted with the understanding that canners and cutters, is on the wane, plus creameries of Minnesota account bad crop reports and hot dry division at University Farm, has held work was to begin with hog and dairy and such kinds will again soon have to manufacture around one hundred million weather in winter wheat belt, but advance about fifty-six potato meetings in No matter how badly cracked cattle as leading subjects. Several travel the packer route. Veal calves pounds of butter yearly. Last terminated on the 26th on much twenty-five counties, all of which1 or broken the crank case may QUIN O'BRIEN, the members expressed ideas that the sold steady, packer top on lights year the sales of butter by these needed rains in Southwest. Export be, bring it to US for WELDING famous Chicago orator— are north of the twin cities, for the farmers were producing enough and $6.50. Stocker and feeder trade continues for it must be in exceedingly creameries amounted to sixty million demand for wheat and corn good at purpose of stimulating interest in not getting satisfactory prices to under light demand and light bad shape if our SKILLED, dollars. It is not necessary to mention times. On the 28th prices held within potato growing, particularly in the cover cost of production.. Clayton by receipts. EXPERIENCED WELDING -r5 the importance of this business comparatively narrow limits-on growing of seed plots. The work has plus-- will not make it WHOLE co-operation with three other townships Hogs have reacted somewhat after in Minnesota, because it is already evening up for double holiday. Crop now been organized, he says, to a and SOUND. will buy their twine in car lots reaching the lowest point in years well known. But it is necessary to reports now more favorable. In Chicago point equalling if not surpassing the the WEATHERWAX Auto parts of all kinds welded—see at $12.25 per hundred. The matter of have is known that this important industry late last week, range today. $6/75 to cash market No. 2 red wintejr BROS., male quartet— record made in 1919. Hundreds of us before buyng new buying coal and salt co-operatively $7.85, bulk $7.25 to $7.75, good pigs parts. may be seriously injured by wheat $1.68 No. 2 hard $1.68 No. 3 farmers are planting seed plots, came up and prices of same will be $8.60 to $8.75. Sheep and lambs about the importation of foregin butter and mixed corn 64c No. 3 yellow 64c knowing that they can fight potato University of plus investigated It was decided that the promotion of butter substitutes. steady, following recent declines. No. 3 white oats 39 %c. For the week diseases more efficiently by that Clayton would join in holding a picnic Southern Minnesota Good to choice lambs quotable $9.25 "There is need, therefore, for the Chicago May wheat up 4c at $1.69^ method and improve the strain of BERTHA KUNZ BAKER, with Eastern half of the county. to $70.50, good to choice ewes $3.00 co-operative creameries to get together May corn 4%c at 63%c. Chicago July their tubers for foundation planting in her dramatic Phone Main 702-F Methods of getting rid of the grub to $3.50. for self protection. The state wheat down %c at $1.28% July corn stock. Much work is also being done, recitals- worm were given by the county association will be chiefly for this agent after which the meeting adjourned. purpose. Every co-operative creamery plus in Minnesota should be represented at the convention June 7. Remember 16 Questions in Referendum. CARMEN PASCOVA, that the original call for the meeting, The sixteen questions, which will be FLORENCE HARDEMAN .June 6, has been changed to the voted on by farmers all over the and STEWART 7th WILLE, those world United States are as follows: Saving Would Pay Expense. famous artists— 1. Do you favor establishment of "If the co-operative creamery would means to finance farmers by using receipts consent to put a half a cent a pound for products, stored in bonded plus of butter produced into the hands of warehouses, as a basis of credit? competent men in a co-operative sales 2. Do you favor legislative action GOV. CHARLES H. iMIii/'liitHifatta agency for butter." Hugh J. Hughes, to provide means of financing livestock BROUGH, Arkansas brainy leader— director of markets for the state department production and marketing of agriculture, said, "it 3. Do you favor development of a would provide sufficient funds to cover personal rural credit system with proper plus the. outlay and in a year would not safeguards. cost the producers anything, as the 4. Do' you want authority given to DAVID D. VAUGHAN, money saved in grouping butter for the Federal Reserve Board to classify on the present unrest— shipment in car lots alone would pay rediscounts so as to give priority to the expense. The money which the loans to productions of basic commodities sales agency would save on freight of all kinds cylinder models will be carried alone would be more than enough for 5. Do you favor increasing the the co-operative agency, which could limit on federal farm land bank loans 'BROADWAY JONES' from $10,000 to $25,000? develop standardized grades and other the N. Y. side-splitter things for the benefit of the farmer. 6. Do you favor asking congress to with Wm. Keighley— thru the 1922 season "A greater market will have to be submit to the states a constitutional developed if the producer is to find amendment prohibiting the issuance plus sufficient buyers for his product. Even of tax exempt securities at present, butter is difficult to sell. 7. Are you in favor of continuing THE GONDOLIERS, The standardization of grades would the excess profits tax? directed by Arthur be of great benefit. 8. Are jou in favor of enacting a Dunham of Chicago— June 1 the new series general sales tax? Advantage in Grading, 9. Will you be able to ship a materially plus "Now, a does not person know just larger amount of farm products of is If vhat quality butteT he to get. if the farm bureau federation jone goods by "FARMER" BURNS, buys grains or other obtains substantial reduction in and prices will be as follows f. o. the world famous he what he is grade, knows exactly freight rates wrestler- going to and can depend on the get 10. Do you favor putting the packing quality. industry under regulation by the "However, if a consumer could go plus federal government? f.o a store and ask for Minnesota A, b., Austin, Minnesota Do you favor putting this regu­ or grade butter and know that he HARRY WEBB FARRINGTON, lation in the hands of the U. S. Department would get exactly the same kind of author of of Agriculture "Rough and Brown"— butter, whether it was made in a 11. Do you favor building of farm Goodhue county co-operative creamery to market roads prior to building of or in Polk county, it would establish plus transcontinental roads? a market and demand for standardized 12. Do you favor the Great LakesSt. butter." RICHARD S. MARTIN Lawrence waterway project? OLD PRICE NEW PRICE Mr. Hughes expects that there will of Chicago— 13. Do you favor legislation making jbe representatives from nearly every the short selling of farm products Model 22-44 Three Passenger Roadster $1950 $1650 creamery in Minnesota to work out plus illegal the sales agency and butter standardization 14. Do you favor passage of a program, tho considerable opposition Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring 1950 1680 AL BAKER, YOUNA, truth-in-fabric law? from big creameries and centralization BILLY PRYOR, those 15. Do you favor legislation guaranteeing plants is anticipated. joy boys— farmers the right to market MoifleV 22-46 Three Passenger Coupe 2785 2335 their crops co-operatively on a nationwide PLAN LAUNCHED TO scale? plus Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan 3100 2640 FINANCE MARKETS 16. Would you favor establish­ 7 ment by congrses of an export corporation JESS PUGH and CO. empowered to loan $50,000,000 —enuf said! Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe 3213 Organization of a Farmers' Finance 2555 for the purpose of American corporation with a capitalization of farm products? plus $100,000,000 as a subsidary of the Model 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring 2235 1905 Meeting at Blooming Prairie. United States Grain Growers' Inc., The questions will be explained by and the proposed establishment by the "A MOTHER GOOSE county agents at a meeting of four Model 22-50 Seven Passenger Sedan PARTY" by the Junior latter body of terminal warehouses in 3535 2873 township bureaus of four counties, Chautauquans, and all the important grain cities including which will be held in Blooming Prairie Minneapolis this year, were announced on June 1, at 8:30 p. m. The from New York early this townships are Udolpho, Mower county :1 week. Newry, Freeborn county Blooming The organization was characterized Only $2.20 BUICK MOTOR COMPANY, FLINT, MICH. Prairie, Steele county and Westfield, by farm bureau officials as an important Dodge county. The meeting PIMMT step in the working out of one of Builder* of Valvc-ln-HMd Motor Can will be held in the Cooley Opera the most ambitious co-operative marketing house. v- plans ever launched, and the -v The agents of the four counties will For it Alf first attempt in America to organize 4 take part in the program as follows: farm marketing co-operative work on Cost of production as shown in the a national basis.. Steele county statistical route—County "The announcement is the direct Agent Schaefer, of Steele County. outgrowth of a movement initiated by 3K Principles of co-operation—County iS, 'fy- the Farm Bureau federation a year Agent Liebenstein. and a half ago," said L. E. Potter, Improving present conditions thru president of the Minnesota branch of I co-operation—County Agent McNelly, the bureau. of Dodge County. AS'- vi-\. Find Roads Impassable Fundamentals in agricultural progress—County Mr. McLaughlin of the Self Service Agent Reike, of Freeborn 508-510 North Main St'i€SyCt |-P CHAUTAUQUA Austin, Minn. County. Store returned from Perry, Iowa, Friny, Every bureau member, as well as where, he went to get his car. June 19-25! He found the roads south of Mason every farmer is urged to express himself City, Iowa, impassable and was compelled on the referendum, as the action mm of congress on agricultural measures to leave the car and come home I may hinge on this referendum. on the train. yf,