Why Cattle Price Have Fallen
From Farmers' Review: I have
made some personal Investigations
concerning the cattle trade and its
demoralized condition as to prices in
the face of plenty of feed and find
that a very great many bought cattle
early in the fall to feed thinking at
the then high prices for fat cattlelt
would be good paying business to feed
cattle cheap corn and there was
seemingly no choice for the many
farmers with frost bitten corn except
to feed it to cattle Now under these
' conditions there was an unusual
amount of cattle put into the feed lots
with the expectation of marketing
them before the first of the year
Judging by the class of feeders used
which was invariably the 1000 to
1200 pound kind As there were a
great many young feeders forced into
the business on account of soft corn
it was necessary to borrow the money
to buy the cattle This money was
borrowed only for a short time Now
- these cattle ' all had to get to market
at about the same time as the men
could not hold -them after their corn
was fed out and money due So not
being fixed with shelter etc the cat-
tle were sent to market This ex
- plains for the soft corn cattle Now
for the men who could hold their cat-
tle They encounter ’ a still harder
proposition The close of every week
finds the market lower and as yet no
advance even under moderate re-
ceipts This means that the continu-
ous depression in cattle prices has
caused even the most long winded and
experienced feeders to lose faith and
ship cattle as It is impossible to hold
cattle after they are ready to go in
the face of the above facts '
- This trade has all been manipulated
to such a degree as to shut the feeder
out of his Just profits and Instead
cause practically all to lose money
and yet 'the consumers have almost
the same prices to pay as when cattle
on foot were bringing two to three
cents per pound more money To
prove this you have only to ask your
retailer the prices for your table
supply Furthermore you can see by
present quotations that the English
markets are paying almost exactly
the same prices for cattle on foot as
they were one year ago and the price
on this side is about 2 cents per
pound Iobs for export steers You
may then ask why the feeders and
shippers do not go into the export
business I can tell you it is not be-
cause they are not smart enough or do
not care to take the risk as you may
suppose' The reason is the 'space in
the cattle ship is all taken by a fa-
vored few and an outside man cannot
get space to export his cattle I know
this to be true as I have tried and
have been turned down with the
statement "No space to be had" or
"Space all contracted" - Then I have
had men of national reputation and
men who have exported use their in-
fluence to assist me to get boat priv-
ileges and they too have failed This
will prove my first statement that the
trade has been and Is manipulated
Until the feeders wake up to the situa-
tion and attract the public’s attention-
through the press and every other
channel there will be no stability to
prices But when all facts are gener-
ally known then the cattle men may
depend upon at least a steady market
for some time to come — H F Plnnell
Edgar County Illinois
American Chester-White Record As-
sociation
Members of this association held
the annual meeting at Columbus Ohio
and enjoyed a good time The Swine
Breeders’ Institute which was held
under the ausplceB of the association
organized under - the name of Ohio
Swine Breeders’ Institute and elected
for president I T Cummins Xenia
Ohio: vice-president C R Betts Stry-
ker Ohio secretary-treasurer Carl
Frelgau Dayton Ohio executive com-
mittee C A Kurtze Indianapolis
Ind E S Tusslng Canal Winches-
ter Ohio J J Snyder Paris Ohio
Officers of the Record Association
elected were: President F P Hardin
Lima Ohio vice-president W H
Pool Delaware Ohio secretary and
treasurer Carl Frelgau Dayton Ohio
Board of trustees E S Tusslng Ca-
nal Winchester Ohio I T Cummins
Xenia Ohio J LrBeringer Marlon
Ohio A L Glover Delaware Ohio
N j Kershner Ansonia Ohio W H
Pool Delaware Ohio Executive com-
mittee E S Tusslng J L Berlnger
I T Cummins
Illinois Corn Breeders
At the recent convention of corn-
breeders at Urbana the following of-
ficers were chosen for the ensuing
yqar: President J H Coolidge sec-
retary John A Cllsby Areola Mem-
bers reported the seed corn trade to
be In a very healthy condition
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Decoy ducks are the kind you
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ALL OP TO DATE HOUSEKEEPERS
uso Defiance Cold Water Starch be-
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The people who talk about money
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I do not believo Piso's Cure for Consumption
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Uotsh Trinity Springs Ind Feb 16 lBOOl
It takes more than a college diploma
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot-reach the
diseaed portion of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness and that is by consti-
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Inflamed condition of the mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube When this tube is Inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hear-
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tbo result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal
condition hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which Is nothing but to Inhumed condition of
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We will give One Hundred Dollsra for any case
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after nearly a quarter of a century of
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- - Taxation In Switzerland
For some years past taxes In Switz-
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Imposes 66 franca (81060) a year on
each Inhabitant -ar Income tx This
Is the highest assessment the can-
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francs (48-cents) There are many
other taxes
ucetssful Business Woman
Mrs A Lloyd Smith formerly of
Ban Francisco Is the president of the
Pacific Blue Point Oyster Co organ-
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to propogate Eastern oysters In Wil-
lapa Harbour Wash Mrs Smith has
interests In Mexican rubber planta-
tions and mines Her operations In
oil fields of southern California have
also been profitable
The Car-Coupler Law
' In 1893 the year the car-coupler law
was passed the number of casualties
caused by the coupling and uncoup-
ling of cars by the old llnk-and-pln
arangement was 11710 of which 433
were fatal Last year the first year
In which the law was In full effect
the total number of casualties from
this cause was 2266 of which 133
were fatal— -New York Commercial
Advertiser ' - -
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if the mapority of the audience ap-
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Is proposed to spread this means of
relief through New England and the
rest of the country A sounding
name the Federated Fellowship of
Forums has been adopted and now
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Dealers say that as soon as a custom-
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to sell them any other cold water
starch It can be used cold or boiled
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A lazy man is always anxious to get
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Prosperity is frequently the
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SENSIBLE HOUSEKEEPERS
will have Defiance Starch not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money but also because of
superior quality
An idle brain
factory
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YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNSIGHTLY
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue
All grocers sell large 3 oz package 5 cents
Buy what you don’t need and later
on you will sell what you do need
WHEN YOU BUY 8TARCH
buy Defiance and get the best 16 oz for
10 cents Once used always used
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“ was advised to try Peruna and although I had tittle faith i
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OMEN should beware of contract-
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rain slush and mud of winter
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Upon the first symptoms of catching
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Miss Rose Gerbing is a popular society
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"Recently I took a long drive in the
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