u-frxz?m -mm .'?}-. *P r« V. ^v -~y-g^ fT^r^ *w*~ ,X" 1 MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Thursday, Mar. 23, 1922 Page Seven a 2|S LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWS OF INTEREST AND VALUE TO MOWER CO. FARMERS. Crops, Marketing: ami Raise More And Better Farm Bureau Notes* Pure Bred Livestock CATTLE REGAIN To Reproduce Photos and Drawings practically none of these are included ers largely at $2.50 to $3-50, a few cmcountry feeders on the fat cattle order sold in the receipts. old shells $2.25. account up to $7.00, -wxttt TO DAIRYMEN IN RECENT LOSSES A fair showing of sales of medium feedere$6.25 Bologna bulls cashed at $3.25 to $4 good and choice stockers and grade beef steers in small lota and a few medium to good beef bulls on to $6.75 relatively scarce, ImSc load lots have been made at $7.35 to up to $5.00!. from of stockers and feeders selling RAMATECASE $7.75. I'he market for veal calves remained $5.25 to $6.25, with commonest kii3d££ Losses of Last Week in Bulk of beef steers sold on opening steady. A few extra choice vealers as low as $4.50. Cattle Prices days from $6.25 to $7.25. Butcher sold at $6.75 to $7.50, bulk of best Farm Bureau, Creameries cows and heifers went largely from lights $6.50, seconds $3.50 to $4.50. Regained. The news twice a week $4.00 to $6.00, with best fat heifers Only a few selected load lots of News—less than 5c a week Association Win and young cows of light and handyweight Fight. Tuesday's Closing— selling on up to around $7.00. Closing Out Sale Cattle 1,700. Strong to 25c Canners and cutters sold to pack- higher. Calves 1900. Market BLOCK FREIGHT steady. Hogs 5,800. Weak to 25c Farmers' Meetings lower-, bulk $9.60 to $9.85, bulk RAISE ON BUTTER good pigs $10.00. Sheep 500. On account of renting the farm for a term of years and going into otbesr Steady to strong. March 29.—Closing Out Sale of business, I will sell all my goods at Public Auction on the George Wood Railroads Attempted to Make Shippers Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Chickens, By DOJ* J. SLATER. of Farm, 3 l/z miles due west of Waltham, 1 mile east and 1 mile south Oalf Grain, Farm Machinery, etc. of Perishable Products Pay South St. Paul, Mar. 21.—Receipts Dale Farm, 4 miles north and 1 mile east of Lansing, on On Geo. Wood farm, mi. Icing Costs. of cattle here and elsewhere on opening due W. of Waltham, 4 mi. N. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1922 days of the week fell off sharply and 1 mi. E. of Lansing. C. S. Prompt action by organized farmers Hartzell, owner. Auctioneer compared with a week ago and was SALE BEGINS AT 10:00 O'CLOCK SHARP FREE LUNCH AT NOO*T Coffman. has saved the co-operative creameries the main influence resulting in a generally 17 HEAD OF HORSES—1 pair Grey Mares, 5 and 7 years old, weight 30W" of the state more than $200,000 strong to 25c higher market, lbs.j-well matched and mated, full sisters, and sound 1 pair Grey Geldings, this year, by forestalling an increase 5 and 7 years old, weight 3100 lbs., good style and good hitching pair,, wiping out practically all of last The "Telehor," a machine to receive and reproduce photographs, handwriting sound Iron Grey Gelding, 4 years this spring, full blood Percheron, Spencer Jordan in freight rates on dairy products. week's losess, in spite of the fact that or drawings or anything placed before the receiver, Is the latest Invention plenty of style and lots of bone, weight 1650, broke and sound 1 Jroa Railroads serving ths territory proposed to come out of Europe. It was invented by Denes Mihaly, a young Hungarian demand especially for dressed beef Grey Mare, 4 years this spring, good style and sound, weight 1500 lbs. :. telephone engineer in Budapest, Hungary. to make shippers of perishable still remains of relatively small proportions. Funeral Director. 1 Black Percheron Mare, 5 years this spring, the low down blocky kind, full' blood, weight 1700 and well broke, sound 1 Pair Black Percheron Marses, products pay the cost of icing, when The Establishment of 6 and 7 years old, weight 3680, full sisters, the handsome kind, good life, Service. shipments are in less than carload Shall Corn Crop be Reduced? is Big Beef steers of a good grade are well broke, quick on foot and sound 1 Bay Mare, 3 years this spring* iots, according to information from quotable from $1.75 to $8.50, but weight and sound 1 Bay Gelding1, 3 years this spring, weight 1200 anS 1400 Problem Confronting Minnesota Farm the state farm bureau office. sound 1 Black Mare, 3 years this spring, weight 1200 1 Brown Gelding-,2 years this spring, plenty of bone, and the big kind 1 Bay Mare, 11 years It is cst'mated that this extra expense PROFESSIONAL old, in foal, weight 1600 1 Black Mare, 9 years this spring, in foal, weigSife would have increased the cost University Man gives His Opinion DIRECTORY 1400, sound 2 Coming Yearling Colts, 1 Mare and 1 Gelding. These horses meet would argue for having the land marketing the state's dairy products on Relative Value of are all fat and the best of quality—in fact the best barn of horses in the stand idle. CLIFFORD C. LECK, M. D. by about 12 per cent. Corn Crop. county. Come and buy the good kind and take pleasure in driving the goosl "Farmers must have something kind with plenty of snap and style. Much Butter Produced. Dial 2038 Courtesy a with which to pay their bills. If a Physician and Surgeon 5 HEAD OF CATTLE—2 Extra Good Roan Shorthorn Milch Cows, to Minnesota produces 139,000,000 lbs. Argues in Favor of Maintaining Hirsh Block, Austin, Minn. farmer wants credit at the bank he fresh soon, and fat 2 Extra Good Coming Yearling Heifers, Roan Shorthorns of butter every year. Corn Crop for the X-Ray and Laboratory Equipment 1 Coming 2-year-old White-Face Bull, full blood, the Cummingsherd. must be a producer. If corn is not to Principle It is estimated that 80 per cent of Assistants— Coming Season. be grown, what is to take the place the butter produced in the state is Ernest H.Morris, M. D. HOGS—2 Chester White Brood Sows, to farrow in April 1 Duroc Jersey of it 1 Mabelle Moore. R. N. marketed on*the big terminal markets Brood Sow, to farrow first of May. "Oats, which is the crop that usually The first thing in our business of the east, and that the average CHICKENS—100 Head of Full-blood Buff Orpington Hens 6 Full-blood BuiF accompanies the corn or replaces is to know all there is to be Orpington Roosters. freight rate is 2% cents a pound on W. R. EARL Shall the corn crop be reduced? known about the care and repair it, is also low in price. It is a feed What do you think of it MACHINERY, ETC.—1 McCormick Binder, 8 foot 1 McCormick Mower, & less-than-carlots. of storage batteries. FUNERAL DIRECTOR Mr. Farmer? What is your crop and a large supply is on hand. foot frame, 5 foot cut 1 Moline Hay Loader 1 C. B. & Q. Side Delivery On this basis, the co-operative opinion? Write to the Mower But we can't for a minute forget and Tedder Hay Rake 1 Osborne Disc, 8 foot 1 Drag, 4 section 1 Drag, S Why not discourage oats also Not Business Residence creameries of Minnesota pay the railroads County News and give your that it is not only we section 1 John Deere Gang Plow, 14 inch, just new 1 Moline Sulky Plorw^ what Phone 2512 Phone 2213 much of the good corn land is in sections do buttthe we do it that $1,700,892 every year for transporting ideas on this subject. They will way 16 inch 2 Moline Sod Breakers 1 Sod Breaker Bottom for the Moline Sal— AUSTIN, MINN. of the state where spring wheat counts. not only be of benefit to you but ky 3 Cultivators, 1 row, 6 shovel 1 John Deere Corn Planter and wii®51 butter in less than carload to the hundreds of readers of Hoover Potato Planter, just new 1 Hoover Potato Digger, just new does best. Barley can be substituted Our way is always the courteous lots. The News. Potato Cutter 1 Sulky Hay Rake 1 Van Brunt Drill, grass seed attachment DONOVAN & GOSLEE way. You may be sure to some extent. These are the main An increase of 12 per cent would Send in your opinion, Say 1 Broadcast Seeder, 11 foot, with grass seed attachment 3 GoadWagons that we will treat just as we Funeral Directors you cash crops of the farmers. have meant adding $204,000 a year to what you have to say in 500 1 Quack Grass Machine 2 Extra Good Hay Racks 1 Fannixg£ would want you to treat us if and Embalmers "To be sure the grasses and clovers words. Communications of more Mill, just like new and all extra screens 2 nearly new Bob Sleds 1 Bote' the expenses of the co-operative were the battery service you than 500 words will be cut down. Day Calls—Phone 2188 Sleigh 1 John Deere Manure Spreader 1 Top Buggy Wagon Boxes 1" can well be substituted for a part of man and were the car owner. we creameries. Buckeye Incubator 1 Pump Jack Several Milk Cans 1 Heating Stove Night Calls the grain or- corn crops, but these are Bring your battery in. If it's a Hold Chicago Hearing. Table 1 Cream Separator 1 Feed Grinder 1 Extra Nice Set Driving Harness T: W. Donovan—5914 Willard Battery you're to be congratulated. feed crops and must be converted into 1 5 Sets of the Best Work Harness on any farm 1 Extra Good Saddle A hearing was held in Chicago before "There have been arguments," H. A. Goslee—6637 But you will get the cash thru the medium of livestock. the cow boy kind 1 Feed Cooker Gas Pipes Line Shaft and Hangeraj a group of railroad executives Motor and Carriage Service writes Prof. Andrew Boss, chief of same attention, the same courtesy Grindstone Feed Boxes for ground feed Hog Troughs Hay Slings Extra Livestock needs supplemental feeds early th,is month. Representatives and the same service whether the division of farm crops and farm Leather Collars and- Halters A lot of other things I can't think and of these corn and oats are in it is a Willard or not. of two of the biggest farm organizations just now. management of the Minnesota College greatest favor. Think this over before SCHMITZ AUTO in Minnesota were on hand to GRAIN AND HAY—500 bushels Year Before Last Oats, 20 per cent Wheats of Agriculture, to the Mower J. F. FAIRBANKS cutting down the corn crop." 2000 bushels Last Year's Oats 500 bushels Barley 50 bushels 2-year~dklt defend the interests of the dairy farmers. County News, "from many sides for ELECTRIC CO. Barley 500 bushels Ear Corn in crib 12 bushels Extra fancy Flaxseed H. B. Nickerson, president of a reduction of the corn acreage. 75 bushels Potatoes Seed Corn. Complete Electric Service The News—$2.50 a year—worth it. the Minnesota Co-operative Creameres "There is a possibility that the most Now Gentlemen, these horses are the best around and the Machinery is allin 216-218 East Bridge Street association, Inc., spoke on behalf first class shape, just as good as new, and the Harness is the best jctk effective argument has been the low AUSTIN, MINN. of the 30.0 co-operative creameries Dealer In will see if you will travel the county over. And I am quitting on aqpoa»& AUSTIN MARKETS prices which have prevailed during Representing Willard of other business. This is no Invoice Sale—everything is going to sell antg which have organized the new state the last year. positively no relations or other bybidders standing around. Come and twQF COAL, WOOD, LIME, marketing agency, and E. B. Heaton, Quoted by Peoples Service Store— Storage Batteries some good stuff and have a good time anyway. "Probably corn growing has been Dairy Butter 30 director of dairy marketing, and O. CEMENT, SEWER PIPE, sufficiently discouraged. Full cribs TERMS—November 1st, 1922, at 8 per cent. Eggs 20 W. Sandberg, traffic expert, of the Potatoes, per bu $1.25 and low prices speak more emphatically BRICK AND WALL C. S. HARTZELL, Owner American Farm Bureau federation, Beans 6% than resolutions drawn by well represented the farm bureau. Flour—retail, 49 lb. sack. .$2.25-$2.40 PLASTER. AUCTIONEER COFFMAN WALTHAM STATE BANK, OerE intentioned people at public gatherings. They bitterly opposed any increase POULTRY in transportation costs, declaring that Quoted by Smith-Wright Co.— "There is always a possibility in an increase now is absolutely unjust Heavy Hens i6 Office 301 East bridge St. Minnesota that frost or a cool summer Light Hens 12 and unwarranted. Regarding That may result in a short corn crop. Geese 13 Would Pay $204,000 More. Phone: Alain 32 Roosters 15 "Some of the states to the south NEW BARN Throwing the cost of refrigeration Leghorn Roosters 12 frequently experience drouths or wet charges on the shippers, they said, Eggs 19 Austin, Minn. seasons which also result in a short Ducks .'I!'.'.'.'.'.*.".'.'.!'.! 1'.'.!!!!!! 16 would force the co-operative creameries corn crop. Turkeys 1^25 of Minnesota to pay $204,000 a "An unfavorable year in the corn HOG MARKET. year more to ship their butter to market. belt would reduce the surplus beyond Medium and Butchers $9.50 the limits of safety in livestock feed- Packers $6.65 to $8.50 practical value of farm organizations Mr. Pep Again The Veal, Sheep and Lambs ing communities. was demonstrated this week, Fat lambs $8.00 to 12.00 "Wise livestock men will not be when Minnesota Farm Bureau the .Veal $3.50to$6.00 federation received a telegram from contented^ unless aUeast half a year's sheep $3.50 to $6.50 supply of corn is left over until the its national organization, stating that Cattle new crop is safely matured. the railroads' committee had decided Fat Steers $5.00 to $6.00 Cows and Heifers $3.00 to $5.00 to abandon the proposed increase, at "It would be well to ask those who Bulls $3.00 to $3.50 least for the prsent. argue for a reduction in the corp crop Canners and cutters $1.50 to $2.00 Means Big Savings. 4-3 'fit*. what is to take the place of corn. -1^ "Even if this proposed increase is There seem to be two alternatives. HOMMEL ELECTRIC revived and put into effect in 1925, Either the land must stand idle or it CO. the fact that it has been blocked at must grow something else. Tor the present time means $200,000 to "No one who understands the expense 203 NORTH MAIN STREET Minnesota dairy farmers this year," accounts that the farmers must for Expert Electrician KENT A. J. McGuire, manager of the creameries DIAL 2 6 7 9 association, said. "That one case saved more money for the farmers of the state than the total cost of mmMWrn^ operating both the creameries association and the farm bureau the entire They All World's year." Lowest Priced Smile University Expert FULLY to Tell of Care of We Orchards, Spraying EQUIPPED ouQfkt Ve After Eating a W^W\h Automobile Meal at the c&re?u\>«\\o "Partners" will Entertain the IDEAL Young Folks is Picture rent & h&W $ of Club Work. or VVftese Pruning, care and management of WE SERVE Don't You Think It Will Pay to orchards and spraying will be explained The Chief Thing About Us is that We o. b. Flint, Mick. ONLY THE at an all-day meeting at the Opera Try to Make Our Customers Our -BEST FOOD Friends. house at LeRoy tomorrow by R. S. The People's Car AT PRESENT SELLING GOOD Mackintosh of University Farm, also Remodel the Old One? See it Flour and Feed, Seeds, DAY PRICES secretary of the Minnesota Horticultural Compare it association. Dr. F. J. Alway Poultry Supplies and Try it as Our Guest will also speak. Beekeepers Supplies STRICTLY The meeting opens at 10:30 a. m. Remember we are willing to have Blue Prints madje of CO and the afternoon session at 1.30 p. ERDMAN GARAGE .AT RIGHT PRICES HOME m. At 3:30 p. m. the film, "Partners," your plans for that up to date Barn. Let us tell you of is the method we employ to accomplish 508-510 North Main St. which is a story of actual farm life our aim. BAKING the Experience of our other customers in building. AUSTIN, MINN. will be shown. It depicts the value of HARE & GOSS boys' and girls' club work and is very interesting. HIDES 6c to 10c DECKER BROS IDEAL CAFE FEED & SEED STORE Arrangements will be made for everyone Wool Wanted at 25c lb. RELIABLE to obtain dinner at LeRoy. Horsehides $3.50 Farm Bureau officers, under whose HARDWARE ROY CHRISTENSEN, CHAS. DUBINSKY Austin, Minn. auspices the meeting is being held, are 303 East Maple Street Prop. -making efforts to get a soil specialist "ii r# Dial—Office 6900-—House 5325 to speak at the meeting. £kiA£& mmmm