I Hi m. mrnms mm? ^^"^^.4" M. .yL Page Seven? SOy, 1 ~, ,. J« V' MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN ~~?r' .U t-'I 3~ V-w'» a' "J »'VUs J" Federation. Selects Cashman, president of the Minnesota PRICES OF LIVE few as- low as $4.60. Butcher she MPROVEMENTSDECLINE •where the efficieicy of production is Livestock -Breeders asosdation, representing loss due stock shows relatively little Farmer-Banker Body seriously threatened, is due solely to the farmers, and three to scarcity, better kinds of offerings the absolute inability of the farmer to For Credit Meeting country bank presidents, Timothy O'Connor 80 PER CENT selling as $5.00 to $6.50 or better with buy. The farmer will not deliberately of Renville, J. P. Cooper of bulk $3.50 to $5.25. Canners and cutters 1 curtail production. Reduced production, Redwood Falls, and Thomas J. Meighan $2.00 to $3.25, bologna bulls mostly A committee of six, appointed by except in rare instances, means of Preston. $3.00 to $3.50, few heavies $3.75. the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation, reduced income for the individual farmer. Cattle trade weak to 25c Deflation of Farm Machinery Best light veals, are holding steady, is issuing invitations to county But unless the deflation that News Advertising brings results. lower under Increased bulk $10.50 to $11.00, few $11.50. Bulk Buying Cuts and city bankers, and to representatives has brot the farmers' production to of stockers and feeders are selling CLOSING OUT SALE of the federal reserve and federal Receipts. pre-war prices operates as effectively Production. from $4.00 to $5.75 with very few up land banks, to attend an agricultural on the supplies the farmer must buy, to $6.00 or higher. credit conference in St. Paul he will be forced by economic processes After a fairly steady start Monday I By DON J. SLATER. Having decided to quit farming will at 2:00 p. m., September 20. The over which he has no conttol, to St. Paul, September 22.—Sales of TESTING hogs dropped fully 25c today, some sell all my personal property at Public committee was appointed to lay before produce less. That eventually means farm machinery have fallen fifty to Tuesday's Opening— Auction at my farm better known more, range $6.00 to $8.15, bulk $6.25 the bankers of Minnesota the much higher prices for the consumer." ninety-five per cent below in Minnesota as the old Swen Benson farm, 3 miles Cattle 2,800. Market closing to $8.00, good pigs $8.00. Bulk native facts concerning the farmers' credit this year, and improvements on east and 1% mile south of Blooming steady to 25c lower. Calves 1,200. lambs sold at $7.75 under alight sort, needs. Another committee, authorized A careful reading every time The federation, in its summary of farms and farm homes have decreased Prairie mile west and Vz mile Steady. Best lights mostly $10.50 better grade ewes $3.00 to $3.75. the battery is watered means at a joint conference of farmers the surveys made by six county farm north of the Oakdale farm on the O.D. "almost to nothing," the Minnesota to $11.00, few $11.50. Hogs 5,700: a longer lived battery provided and bankers at state farm bureau T. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 11 a. m. bureaus, quoted typical reports as Farm Bureau federation asserted today, Tanglefoot Bands Will Market 25c lower, some 50c off, it is a COMPETENT TEST. headquarters, is to be selected to investigate sharp, the following: 5 Horses and follows: in announcing the results of a We test and water your battery closing weak. Bulk $6.25 to $8.00 Halt Canker Worm Mules, 23 Holstein Cattle under test, the possibility of establishing "Steam county—There is great demand statewide investigation into the effects FREE—avoid the dangers top $8.15 (one load). Good pigs 1 Holstein bull 3-yr.-old Village View a farm finance corporation in for farm machinery, but the of deflation on agricultural progress. }f neglect and inefficiency by Prilly Sarcastic No. 266802, 60 purebred $8.00, few $8.10. Sheep 4,700. Minnesota to help provide credit for farmers have no money with which iiaving US render this service Elms and trees, which basswood Hampshire Hogs, Extra good Lambs fully 50c lower, natives agricultural production and marketing. bi-monthly. to buy. Improvements are not forty The federation's review of conditions seem particularly suspectible to damage line of Farm Machinery nearly new, mostly $7.75. The committe of six is made up per cent of normal. Freight rates 20 acres of corn in field, 700 bu. oats as reflected in machinery purchases from the1 canker or measuring University of of H. B. Nickerson, president of the in bin. Terms—12 months on approved are eating up all possible income from worm, should be protected now by and improvements on Minnesota South St. Paul, Sept. 20.—Cattle Southern Minnesota Minnesota Co-operative Qreameries notes at 8 percent. the little grain, potatoes and livestock farms is based on reports from tanglefoot bands, says State Entomologist marketings show signs of the usual association, Inc., R. A. Wilkinson, W. F. VANDERWALL. Owner. we have to sell. A car of potatoes sixty-nine county farm bureaus. The A. G. Ruggles of University fall increase, the local run for, the DIAL 7502. farm bureau federation dircetor from shipped from Avon, Illinois, Col. Albert Hopfe, Auctioneer. reports of the county bureaus, federation Farm. The worms, which appeared two-day period this week showing a Washington county, and Thomas E. E. O. Habberstad, Clerk. sold at $1.45 a hundred the freight in great abundance last spring, are officers said, were based on gain of around 4,000, seven large was $1.05 a hundred, leaving the farmer inspections of a majority of the now in the soil, says Mr. Ruggles, but markets an increase of about 21,000 forty cents." farms in the counties reporting, and will proably emerge about the first of Government over the generous marketings of the "Itasca county—This is anew county, on statements obtained from retail October and change to moths. The same days last week. Prices at all and improvements must be made, dealers in lumber, tile, fencing and female moths have no wings, but will markets show moderate loss, the decline but they cannot be paid for. For the farm machinery. crawl up the trunks of trees, preferably locally measuring around 25c. time being, they must be financed by Three of the sixty-nine placed the elms and the basswoods, Beef steers for the most part show a lumbermen and real estate men." purchases of farm machinery at fifty to deposit their eggs on the smooth full 25c loss compared with last 4 "Rock county—One new house in per cent of normal the other sixtysix I bark. Not only should the tanglefoot week's close. Market toppers in this Luverne three new houses and four or declared that decreased buying bands be put up now, but they class were some grain and grass fed '4 five new barns in the entire county power had lowered their machinery should be cleaned and renewed irom steers averaging around 1350 pounds little or no repairing, no new fences, purchases to twenty-five or even five time to time, or otherwise the living at $7.25 to $7.75. B^st grass beeves no new floors, no tiling." per cent of normal. moths may move over a bridge were some Montanas at $6.90, bulk of 'Mower county—Inability to buy Only Koochiching and Mille Lacs formed of dead moths. the grass beef steers $5.00 to $6.25, a machinery will not handicap farmers counties estimated farm machinery Closing' OutSale next year because less land will be sales as large as in normal times. tilled. Four retail dealers give machinery In thirty-eight counties, the farm Gasoline Do Not sales as seventy-five, seventy, bureau reports predicted, inability to eighty and eighty-five per cent buy equipment will be a serious handicap less than a year ago. Improvements On account of moving to the northern part of the State, I will sell to in the planting and harvesting of are ninety-five per cent less than in the highest bidder at Auction, on the farm known as the Ed. Kenevan next year's crop. In many of the place, 12 miles northwest of Austin, 5% miles north and 1 mile west of normal years almost no improvements other counties, farmers said the lack Vz Vz Oakland, 3 miles north and mile west of Moscow, 3 miles west and mile at all." of new machinery would hamper south of Corning, the following described personal property on them, because they are exchanging "Mahnomen county—Very little Tuesday. September 27 Mention Gravity machinery can be bought by the farmers. both machinery and labor, and repairing Upkeep is sixty per cent below every serviceable bit of equipment normal. Many families are being with parts taken from cast off Sale Starts at 10:30 Sharp Without Fail. Be There at The Opening forced to leave their farms altogether." implements. FREE LUNCH AT NOON While five counties reported sales 7 HORSES—1 Bay Mare, 11 years old, weight 1600 pounds 1 Span Gray of farm machinery normal or at least Horses, a good big team, smooth mouth and as good a work pair as anyone 2,000,000 POUNDS fifty per cent of normal, not one wants 1 Gray Mare, 6 years old, weight 1200 pounds 1 Buggy Horse, 4 county reported its farmers making OP WOOL IS years old, weight 1000 pounds 2 Bay Mare Colts, 2 years old, well mated. the usual amount of repairs and improvements 54 CATTLE—12 Extra good Milk Cows, all coming fresh soon 5 Heifers, on their land and buildings. SOLD FROM POOL 2 years old 1 Steer, 2 years old 17 Head of Yearling Heifers and Steers Reports from eleven counties 18 Head of Spring Calves 1 Hereford Bull, 3 years old, a good one. When the Government buys gasoline for estimate upkeep expenditures at 25 HOGS—25 Extra good Shoats. Two million pounds of wool has POULTRY—60 Chickens, 13 Young Geese. Army or Navy use, it does not consider gravity. more than half of normal fifty per been sold from the farmers' national FEED—12 Acres of extra good Hill Corn Some Oats in Bin. cent such expenditures are from wool pool in the last three weeks, according MACHINERY—1 Mc Cormick Corn Binder 1 Mc Cormick Mower 1 Deer- It specifies various temperatures at which fifty to ninety-five per cent less than 1 Minnesota Hay Rake, 10 foot 1 Emerson Gang Plow 1 Walking to a message received by the .. -.r. -r-r -n s\ _o_ T7I /"I 1 ing Mower normal. Plow, 14-inch 1 Sod Plow, 14-inch 1 Moline Disk 2 Corn Cultivators, Minnesota Farm Bureau federation definite amounts of the gasoline shall vaporize "Decreases and increases in the 6-shovel 1 Tower Surface Cultivator 1 Narrow Tire Stoughton Wagon, from C. J. Fawcett, wool marketing purchase of the equipment necessary like new 1 Wide Tire Wagon 1 Milk Wagon 2 Single Buggies 2 New Hay director for the national federation in other words, it fixes the low and high to produce crops, and in the upkeep Racks 1 Pair Bob Sleighs 1 Buckeye Seeder, 9-foot 1 Tiger Seeder, 9 foot Fine and fine medium staple brought 1 New Spring Seat 1 Hog Rack, with cattle stanchen 1 Stone Boat 15 of farm homes and farm buildings reflect 28 to 30 cents half blood staple, 26 boiling points, and specifies that the intermediate Cords of Wood in piles split and in good shape 1 Range Stove 1 Heating the agricultural progress of the to 28 cents three eights staple, 23 stove 1 Washing Machine All kinds of Furniture,. Tools and a thousand state as nothing else can," the federal to 25 cents quarter blood staple, 21 boiling point fractions must be so things too numerous to mention. tion said in announcing results of itsinvestigation. to 23 cents low quarter, 16 to 18 TERMS:—One year's time on approved notes at eight per cent. All sums "The fact that improvements arranged as to boil off at the correct temperature cents, and braid 12 to 14 cents. under $10.00, cash. Nothing removed until terms are complied with. on farm homes virtually Andrew Anderson, Owner have ceased, and that in half the There is no accounting for human to insure a maximum of service. counties of the state purchases of machinery nature and some of it doesn't even Red Grown have fallen off to a point need accounting for. AUCTIONEER LOVELL. CLERK, A. A. SORENSON. •1* 1 For Economical Transportation I —the High-Grade Gasoline "1 Has a Perfect Chain of Boiling Point Fractions F.O.B. FACTORY HEVROLET "Four Ninety'' is not an automobile built to sell at a certain price, but Red Crown more than meets Government specifications. Its initial is about 40 degrees F. lower, meaning cosier a completely equipped, car at a price unusually starting than the Government requires. !.!• Red Crown has the correct range of boiling point firao* associated with small, not fully equipped cars. tions to insure quick getaway, smooth acceleration, and the correct range for tremendous power and speed* ERDMAN GARAGE CO. Red Crown is fast gas. Red Crown is the best gasoline you can buy. It will give you better service, more power, more speed, and greater AUSTIN, MINN. 508-510 NORTH MAM STREET. mileage per gallon.. It is a waste of money to pay more than the price of Red Crown. 20.5c a GALLON Men than 4j000De»Uni Store* and Svrrloa in Vntt&d Stmtma qnd Cmnmdm At the Following Standard Oil v- Service Station: rttu-uui: S.W. Con Main and Oakland if 3?^ r. 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