The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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CALUME
BAKING POWDER
Best—because it’s the
, purest. Best—because
j[ it never fails. Best—
because it makrt every
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evenly raised. Best
f —because it is moder-
ate in cost—highest in
quality.
At your grocers.
RECEIVED
HIGHEST
AWARDS
Wo*M*a Pur* Food Eip*
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Port* Eapooitioa, Franc*,
March. 1912.
You don *I eaoe money token you buy
cheap or big-cam baling powder. Don’t
bo mitled. Buy Calumet, ft’* more
economical—more wholeeome—givea
beat reaulta. Calumet ta fat auperior to
aour milk and rode.
For Bint, Broke* sad Sore*.
The quickest and sorest cure for
burns, bruises, boils, sores, inflimms-
tion and all skin diseases is Bucklen’s
Arnica Salve. In four day sit cured L.
H. Heflin of Iredell, Texas, of a sore
on his ankle which pained him so he
could hardly walk. 8bould be in every
house. Only 25c. Recommended by
the Corner Drug Store.
HELP TO SELL FARM CROPS
{BEST PRICES FOR PRODUCTS
By Co-Opwrtlon 8m.ll Farmer. Can
SMI In Large Quantities, There-
by Attracting Buyers.
f There are three Important reasons
prhy the email Independent farmer
^cannot get the best prices for his
proddoL In the first place, he has but
pa small amount of any one thing to
pell, and It makes very little difference
So the dealer whether he gets his
email business or nof. In the second
place, the dealer who buys his prod-
ucts must also buy from a number of
ether farmers, with the result
iw what he gets tn any community
la, as a rule, not uniform and must sell
as mixed stuff sad at a low price; ooru
peqwenUy he oannot pay as much as In
penny Instances the product of the In-
gtvldual fanner Is worth. The third
•oo&itkm la that, aa a rule, the small
tggr^mr has his product at a town' or
terminal market where, tf he does not
eeil. he Is under considerable expense
so Mold hi* product or tb get It back tp
farm.
Farmers’ Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters /‘Especial Momeat to
the Progressive Agriculturist
Unnecessary Middleman’s Profits Will
Bo Saved by Establishment of
Co-Operative Bureau.
A berry grower In Cherokee county,
Kansas, sold his berry crop last spring
for ninety cents a crate. In one crate
he placed this note: “Will the buyer
of this crate of berries Inform the un-
dersigned. who grew them, how much
he paid for them?” In due time a re-
ply came from an “ultimate consum-
er" In Detroit, Mich., saying he paid
$2.40 for the crate. Middlemen got
$1.50 for finding a buyer for these ber-
ries, while the farmer, who did all
the work of growing them, received
only ninety cents.
The Kansas agricultural college, by
the establishment of a co-operative
buying and selling bureau for all Kan-
sas farm products, will undertake to
save the unnecessary middlemen’s
profits to farmers in that state. This
announcement, made by President
Waters before 1,000 farmers in the
“co-operative meeting” held in con-
nection with the state farmers’ insti-
tute, was greeted with cheers. By
resolutions, unanimously passed, the
meeting, after considering many plans
with a determination to “do some-
thing,” had Just asked the college to
establish such a bureau. The subse-
quent announcement by President Wa-
ters, promptly granting the resquest.
came as a surprise.
A co-operative bureau at the agri-
cultural college will be the first of
that kind in the United States. When
developed to its highest efficiency,
which may take several years, it will
mean a saving of millions of dollars
to Kansas farmers, annually. It will
shorten the distance between the pro-
ducer and the consumer, thus pro-
moting direct selling. For Instance,
a farmer with a carload of potatoes
to sell need not dispose of them to the
local commission man. Instead, he
would list his carload with co-opera-
tive bureau. This bureau, in touch
with markets all over the United
States, would Immediately place him
in communication with a market for
his potatoes. Whereupon the farmer
would ship his product direct to the
buyer.
The decision to Inaugurate the co-
operative bureau was not made with-
out due deliberation by the officers
of the college. It was an urgent de-
mand from farmers all over the state
thxt brought it about That such a
bureau would be successful was appa-
rent after the organization of a clear-
ing house for apple growers and ap-
ple buyers a year ago. The college
had helped farmers to find good seed
and .good breeding stock, bpt the
clearing house was the first assist-
ance offered in marketing produce.
Upon the announcement, last fall, that
the college was again prepared to
open a clearing house for apples, 140
letters from buyers and sellers were
received at the college In one day.
Between 300 and 400 cars of apples
were sold through this department of
the extension division last fall. Since
then plans for the bureau have been
under way.
A bore wears out his welcome the
minute he arrives.
Good plowshares are better than
shares of almost any other kind.
Whether a miss Is as good as a mile
depends altogether upon the miss.
A lazy man runs for office in order
that he may have a place to sit down.
‘ There is no modern tannery that
can tan hides the way father used to
do It.'
It takes good ground and good farm
lng to raise a mortgage, but (t can be
done.
The man with the hoe Is now the
most distinguished gentleman In the
world.
The grocer gets customers for farm
produce by advertising it; why
shouldn’t the farmer do the same?
The money you save by knowing
how to do things right the first time
counts in the profits at the end of the
year.
Putting the best on top of the bar-
rel may sell one barrel, but how about
the next barrel you want to sell that
man?
The farmer who . economizes too
much on help may save money, but he
will do It at the expense of the health
of himself and his family.
It may be necessary to ask credit,
but It’s a poor plan to ask It every-
where. Owe few people even if you
have to owe much to those few.
When a farmer smokes his pipe In
the haymow he can hardly find fault
with the hired man for throwing cig-
arette stubs ora the barn floor.
A good many people pass your gate
every day. Have you a bulletin board
by the road on which to chalk the
name and price of things you want to
sell?
When a fellow finds himself crowd-
ed for barn room he might sometimes
find that it is due to the way his stuff
Is stored rather than to the amount
of it. '
Which farmer looks prosperous to
you—the one whose wagons and har-
ness are always dingy and muddy or
the one whose rigs always look spick
and span?
SELL HAMPER TO CONSUMERS
Drive Sick Headaches Away.
Sick headaches, sour, gassy stomach,
indigestion, biliousness disappear
quickly after you take Dr. King’s New
Life Pills. They purify the blood and
put new life and vigor in the system.
Try them and you will be well satis-
fied. Every pill helps; , every box
guaranteed. Price 25c. Recommended
by the Corner Drug Store.
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organise a Progress church. *“*->*,
church was organised with ten mem
bars. ft ^ * X' f
Mr, Tom Thompson has returned to
Planter sville.
J. W. Wade has resigned hi* job as
fireman at Crooks A Bull’s mill and re-
turned to Planters ville.
Mrs. Kate Knight’s brother and
eieter of Waller county were visiting
her Saturday and Monday.
Mias Mary Waller of Sulphur Branch
hare Monday*
paid Dacus a visit
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Munsen!
lout all over
f. Medium
sized stalk,
Each Basket Carefully Packed and
Paper Lining Serves to Keep
Ail Vegetables Freah.
The hamper Is a light carrier meas-
uring 24 Inches long, 14 inches wide,
10 inches deep, and weighs about 35
pounds. They contain six baskets
holding about one-half peck each and
filled with from 7 to 12 varieties of
vegetables, berries and fruit, accord-
ing to their respective seasons. Each
basket is carefully packed and lined
with green wax paper, which not only
adds much to the appearance of the
package, but also serves to keep the
vegetables In fresh condition. The
hamper is packed in the morning,
shipped at 7 o'clock and delivered in
Greater New York about noon, a
writer In the American Cultivator.
Our charges are $1.50 delivered to
the consumer’s door, within delivery
zone of Long Island express. To du-
plicate contents on the open market
would cost never less than the price
we charge and often,more than $2;
therefore, the consumer always gets
the market does not offer at all—
fresh, crisp, palatable table delicacies.
The average family uses two hamp-
ers a week, hence we have established
Tuesdays and Fridays as regular ship-
ping days. Many of our customers
send in their checks to cover ship-
ments for one or two months in ad-
vance, some for even more, for all de-
liveries are paid for in advance la
Lieu of maintaining open accounts.
The home hamper has been shipped
to Michigan, Chicago, Into the south-
ern states and to Wanes. Reports
of these distant shipments have invar-
iably come back: “Hamper received,
contents in perfect condition.”
To deal with satisfied customers 1*
a pleasure; to realise a just and fair
profit to business; to, pass along a
’good thing” la our custom.
Choosing Brood Sows.
Hit er
lUtsrs hr giving
II
ot pigs
If we stop The Courier when your sub-
scription expires dont swell up about it, and
worry over making the printer mad.
When your paper stops it is just a lov-
ing reminder to you that we wish to see
your dear face again and shake your hon-
est, friendly fist.
So when your Courier stops please
call and renew. We will welcome you.
W. C. MUNN CO.
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ANNOUNCES
a showing of the newest
Spring and Summer Wearables
• AT THE
Conroe Hotel
CONROE. TEXAS
FRIDAY, APRIL 4th
You and Your Friends are Cordially Invited >.
to be present
W. C. Munn Co.
THE STORE THAT GROWS
Houston
mlTkerT There fs as much difference
in the dairy capacity of sows as cows.
You want a sow that will not go dry
before time for weaning.her pigs.
Choose the future brood sow from ma-
ture stock when possible and then
give her every chance to mature into
a large, strong sow. Put all her sis-
ters that are unfit for breeding pur-
poses In the lot with the barrows.
No Calomel Necessary
The injurious effects and unpleasant,
ness of taking calomel is done away
with by Simmon’s Liver Purifier, the
mildest known liver medicine, yet the
most thorough in action. Put up in
yellow tin boxes only. Price 25 cents.
Tried once, used always.
Paris Green for Potatoes.
In some Arkansas experiments It
was demonstrated that by applying
two dollars’ worth of paris green pef
acre there was an Increase of 11
bushels In yield, or 13 % per cent
Admiral Eaton’s Widow Arrested.
Plymouth, Mass.—Mrs. Jennie May
Eaton was locked up in the county
jail Thursday pending a hearing on
the charge that she murdered her
husband, Rear Admiral Joseph Giles
Eaton, by poisoning him. She was
brought to Plymouth from Hlngham,
where she had been arraigned earlier
in the day following her arrest
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Declares Huerta Is Unpopular.
San Antonio, Tex. — Anticipating
that the biggest battle of the present
Mexican revolution will soon be
fought In the vicinity of Nuevo La-
redo, war correspondents of large
Eastern newspapers are hastening to
that city with all speed.
Patents
Two Cars of Strawberries. .
Alvin. Tex.—Two carloads of straw-
berries were shipped from Alvin Mon-
day for the Northern markets. These
were the first full cars of the season,
and were sold on the track for a good
cash pries.
i radc Marks4
Designs ,
Copyrights Ac/
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intokly isosrtslo our opinion fraewhether an
special notice, without t
Scientific
Is SEAL Brand Vine-
the ONLY kind
STi-wap
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label? Because It IS
Soil* at 15c per bottlo. A»A yc
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The Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1913, newspaper, April 3, 1913; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844134/m1/2/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.