The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 1, 1920, Page 12

=== R Pe:- ADVERTISEMENTS Is our “JOHN BAER.’”, Worth 25¢ per packet. 'To introduce our HARDY NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, we will send packet of the above and ono each of the following, for 10c: 1200 to 1°* Beans, Beet, Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, Par- snip, Radish and superb Asters, Due bill for 10c, with each order. Money ack if not satlsfled cmflox ct‘ Seed . 0 Randolph, Wis. * blue bird and floral design; and hundreds of other valuable i i ! Btatlon [ PREE Beautiful.31-plece CHINA DINNER SET; g i presents- for sell- 1 { Send no . money —just DEPT. P NATIONAL SEED CO,, Lancaster, Pa. CLOVERG2RENN .Red Clover Timoth: c-n;%g be m&.? ly o) rm xoo¢por ccnt elover gut it prnnl unb ctm:ovammantmt A-x lor all Fgal -nd G lndblolno« y nuog write for free sam ox 64:: Cl dl. Towa R. A. BERRY SEED CO., SWEETGLOVER 62 ng i oney for the g‘rog g‘. Greatast Money Builds up land rapidly and produces heavy money makmg crops while doing it. Exce]len v&mstm’e and hay. togtart. Grows in all soils, hite Blossom unhulle Our scarified, highly germinating tested Seed is the best Write today for buz Seed Guide and FREE Samples* American Mutual Seed Co. Dept 976 Chicago, Il A NEW HOT BCD Controls Heat and Moisture Costs less than a nickel a day to operate. Capacity, 40,000 plants. Cheaper than a manure ~hotbed Guaranteed. ' Send for eircular. BROKEN BOW MFG. CO, Brokeq Bow, Neb. Enormous ylelders and Globe a: A our ne:w illustras have been made the past season wm: our Minnesota Red Globe, Minnesota While nd Ysllow Prizetaker Ontons Spectal—send 15¢ tor 3 large 10c ncke one of each of the above varieties, also atratod ares anih Gardon Soed ook Oataion sren. E FARMER SEED & NURSERY co0., Can Cdmmunity' 'Millé Come Back? Milling Combine Possesses Artificial Advantages Which - Farmers Can Break by Organization BY A. B. GILBERT. mOMMUNITY milling catches the imagination with its possibilities- of higher-wheat prices, sav- ings on freight and mill feeds kept to promote di- versified farming at home, and lower flour prices to such an extent that the dangers in it are likely ‘to be over- looked. s The practical disappearance of the community mill ‘and the rapid reduc- tion of the number of small mills out- side of the large centers would indi- cate that there was something swrong. There were only 336 mills operating at interior points in the Northwest in 1916, as opposed to 509 in 1906, a de- cline in 10 years of 173, or 34 per cent. What is the explanation? All the evidence seems to show that ‘| the concentration of milling at. a few points is artificial, but that up to the present ‘tHis power making for con- centration has been stronger than the natural factors making for community milling. In other words, the milling combine flies” in the face of natural efficiency, and it may be that the time has arrived when its power may be successfully challenged. Part of this power consists in abil- ity to secure freight rates which dis- criminate against local mill purchases and local sales of .mill products. An- other is the general market control which enables it to make up in other parts what it loses in price-cutting at a particular place to eliminate the in- dependent. General advertising has also played a'large part. Many house- wives, even a_large percentage of those on the farms, have developed the idea that they can not make good bread or pastry unless they use some well-advertised brand of flour, The y flavored northern grown Onfons. Fortunes 130 First Ave., Faribault, Minn. WE WILL GIVE ABSOLUTELV FREE this Oriental Jade Bead P Gold ~plated . RINGS, ENDANT and NECK CHA IN, these this =~ stone-set 3 BRACELET (opens to fit any wrist), \‘.hl.s %y nair sparkling Pilerceless EA BOBS this Gold plated Secret LOCKET and NEcK AIN to everyone who sells only 12 Write today to 8. CH o1 our Jewelry at IOo eaoh. Be in style. ST. PAUL, MINN. TRACY, WOOL - TALLOW = runts during dry: seasons is by dee; the sofl. ep plowing and th six or seven' inches. Is ‘the ideal dry farming toof, two diseseplaced one above the other. . hard it Is, und L GET FULL complete informuuun and THE R. E. COBB CO. cream, Poultry, Veal Largest Cash Buyers of Farm Products In the Northwut. Established 1883, Capital $500,000. CATTLE and HORSE HIDES Write to our nearest house for special prices, tags and can seals. The best way to hold the moisture and make it xvaflnbla to the plant Hundreds of Eaflsflo(l users of the 3palding Deep Tfll‘%;" utfsuty that they have increased their yields from 20 to 100 machine you ecan plow 18 inches deep, where you are now plowing only THE SPALDING DEEP TILLER From the chture shown 508 thoroufhly ’fulverlze and mix: the tnp s joil - with subsol —Find out all-‘about the Spalding Dup Tiller. E. F STRESE CO. - Mention the Leader When Writing Advertiaera oo 86N . DALE Mr@. CO., Providence, M. I. DEVILS LAKE, N. D. Incorporated 1912, PELTS - FURS BEANS - POPCORN- * Unlimited guantities wanted, hly pulverizing per cen b seo that this machine has Tio‘g:\ ?nl: fiigm the' goil, no matter how Write at once for 1301 Central Ave, ' - N Minneapolis, Minn, e combine, too, probably reaps cqnsider- able advantage through large storage capacny and ability to finance the buy- ing up of large supplies of wheat in early fall. The natural advantages of the com- munity mill offset these somewhat so that a few new factors on the other side would probably put community mills across in: good shape.. It is said that manufacturers have now perfect- ed small unit rolling mills to such an extent that an efficient flour mill can be opened at low cost, and if these prove out well in experience, they might well be the crucial factor. Successful moves to break the arti- ficial advantages of the milling com- bine, however, would not only make these mills that much: more certain of success but would save the interior mills still in operation and would make the opening of large mills at some in- terior points practicable. Here we run into the necessity of the co-operative spirit and political power. TheCo-operative spirit will give the small mill the local flour market. Po- litical power will adjust freight rates to help local industry and North Da- kota has already done much in this direction. The plan to allow. the bor- rowing of money on receipts for prop- erly warehoused wheat will allow the local mill to store up wheat in consid- erable quantxty. Senator Gore of Oklahoma is fathéring a bill to make this wheat receipt plan advanced by North Dakota nation-wide. Again a state controlled by the peo- ple and : perhaps operating several mills. of its own, could provide the wholesale market for the surplus flour and feeds of the community mills. With careful state regulation, includ- ing flour grading, this flour might be put out as brands which would be guarantees of quality and secure a T premium tharket. A state- governed by the people could likewise: effective- ly prevent underselling at one »oint to, kill independent competition, - just as North Dakota put a crimp into the unfair competition against co-opera— tive elevators. * GOPHER KILLING PAYS Through the poisoning of gophers and grasshoppers, McLean county (N D.) farmers saved $1 645,324.76 in 1919. This estimate is based on the report of over 700 farmers of the county as to the money saved them through these campaigns. The savings from poisoning- the gophers is estimated by the farmers at $124.21 per quarter section, or $865,106.84 for the parts ef the county covered. The farmers also report that before the county furnished the poison it cost them $6.47 per quarter section, while now, with the co-operation of the county. comm1ssloners, the county furnished the poison at a cost of only 65 cents, or another saving of $5.82 per quarter section, or $40,686.30 for the county. The saving due to the grasshopper poisoning was $274.69 per, quarter section, or $780,217.92 for the territory covered. - SHEEP ARE PROFITABLE With present prices of wool, sheep should be a profitable flock, especially in the Dakotas. They will utilize shoxt and dry hay, corn fodder and silage, they will thrive/ on screenings, even those not good for hogs, and will clean out the Russian and sow thistles. It is reported that sheepscan now be hought 1;1 ea]:idontana for from $1. 50 to $5 per ' PAGE TWELVE ADVERTISEMENTS Army Goods| Purchased From the ;5:. i U. S. GOVERNMENT Uaed army tents, pyramid shape, lflxls. ................................... $35.00 oY .y Used army tents, pyramid shape, 9x9, elch 25.00 i § Used army tents, pyramid shape, 7x7, each 15.00 | R Tarpaulins, 9x10, ACH ......icevonsiivans 16.00 i L Sepné:ton, manufactured by *Starch’ Bros., ook L e 1%-inch - breeching _government = hamess, S with 13- R 'Stap” work and I%- snnh 1 lines, per set . 80.00 ‘ . 'l}éew l!lc’snlhorb Jermum each . g.g 1§ ew hip rubber P B E Steel ‘hospital cots, 4.50 N e, 4 1812 model officers alddles .M% } BeRaa e eAivenland, per il a0 i 8 w alvanized, per ro! - X . Humane meu!shom coliars, each 48\: Pr +..5.00 ea < Army blankets, ©ACH +.s.sevevsre ceeesass 6.00 Mail orders srompt.ly filled. Send draft or money order along. Include postage if by parcel post, and where -necessary specify pslzes D€Ve do not issue uulon “ No C. 0, D, orders accepted. . BARRETT & ZIMMERMAN Midway Horse Market, 8t. Paul, Minn, Wo Are the Largest Dealers in Army Goods USED 0. D, wool overcoats, fine condition 0. D. wool breeches, no rips or tears Khaki breeches, washed, pressed ....... Wool-drawers_or undershirts, good a8 n 0.. D. wool hlankets, good condition wool shirts, sizes 13 to 16% 0. D. wool trousers, full length .. Mattress covers, heavy white canyas Russet shoes, new soles and heels NEW W B ND = D eBzazl BREaRBRAR all woal 80Cks Cotton Bocks black dozen pairs Horsehide leather mi 00l lined Horsehide Jeather dguumle: gloves ..... Two-piece wool un erwalr, per garment A Sy Russet. shoes (inspect g S O e .fi % ; : .50 .50 y 25 = -~ .25 nE of & . We te £ ?n.fln M;lrld&r srev oprom mled.l td d.rnftd or 2 e arce - over $10.00, b e *""‘3.' Reference: National Bank of Commerce, U. S. SALVAGE CO. Dept. E, Wabasha 8t., Cor. 10th. St. Paul, Minn. Rawhide Shoes Cut Out the Shoe Prohteer On Approval—No Honey in Advance Why we_actually DO ¢ out the PROFITEERING MIDDLEMAN: W 0. D. APPROVAL. No back number styles but anly one standard RAWHIDE work shoe, something that = will outwear anything you have had. Double Send Your Size, Not Your Hmy. Sizes 6 to 12 EQUITY SHOE COMPANY s e Boston Block Minneapolis, Minn, o = ik . 3 » A*W ¥ Dickey Glazed Tile Silos * “The Frait Jar of the Field" R SAVE 8% °"wn:‘n“°“ ORDERS, ; d for catalog No 28 W.S. Mex‘ IHIg. Co. Kanlu City, Mo. Chntanooza Tenn. 7580 4 m:&‘.“a:‘f.i‘éh lfilaug e af«"g@ 8000 Ifllu. 'S smgm ; *% r'rff =~ Rty 'WMW@ mn':tmmefi'%; N e 530 25 L i t&nunnng&.‘ \ Mention the Leader When Writing Advertisers