The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-08-05
Bull Stock Company Cleans Up
Nearly $4,000 in Selling
S5 Bulls to Farmers

You near so many people talk
about the great profit that the
farmers are making today, but it
seems that If one wanted to get
rich quick, there would be more
money in farming the farmers
than in doing the actual work.
1t seems that when company
can sell bulls at such unheard of
prices for inferior stock that all
the goats among the farmers are
not dead vet. 1t is that same old
Stallion Stock Company plan ap-
piled to the sale of bulls. / want
to warn all the farmers to beware
of the proposition.
This enterprising firm buys
bulls in Canada from $145 to
5000 and sells them to groups of
farmers in Michigan at 5000
each. This organization had be-
come active in Tuscola county.
Mr.. McVittie, manager of Tuscola
County Farm Bureau made a per-
sonal investigation and found
the following facts to be true. He
went to two of the farmers in
Tuscola County and got the
numbers of the pedigrees of the
animals, and then visited the
men who sold the animals in Can
ada. One animal had been pur-
chased for $145 and the other
for 5000. According to the farm
ers in Canada they refused to
buy anything worth more than
5000 You can see by the follow
ing advertisement in "The Farm
ers' Advocate" published in Lon
don, Ont, in its issue of July %,
1920, that they are not after
quality -
"Wanted-To buy a number of
Shorthorni bulls; not particular
about fancy breeding; must be
fat, straight individuals, reds
and roans, from IL to 18 months
old. Palmer Bros, Belding,
Michigan"
Mr.. McVittie also makes the
statement that from what he has
seen of the animals they are not
very particular to have them
even straight.
Mr.. McVittie just returned
from Canada last Thursday,
July 29th, and he personally in
terviewed many farmers near
Guelph, and all agreed that Palm
er bought only registered stock
of inferior quality. Many of them
were indignant that such ami
mails had been brought to Michi-
gan at the price received by
Palmer, as samples of the stock
raised there, when in fact much
better ones are produced. Bulls of
desirable lines of breeding are
in liberal supply there at prices
ranging from $500 to 400 each,
and Michigan farmers should
know that outright sales or syn
dicates deals figures to net 5000
each are expensive.
Their plan is to charge $500
service per female. A farmer
owning three cows would pay
5000 per year for six years. He
would give his note for $54.00 or
pay that amount in cash. When
ever they can get so cows signed
up, bull is placed in this COM
munity. The notes are taken to
the bank and cashed in immed-
lately.
They have a contract with the
farmers, but the contract is so
written that if the farmers fail
some unimportant part of the
contract the company is relieved
of all responsibility. They have
your money and are gone.
Better bulls in community is
proposition that the Sanilac
County Farm Bureau encour-
ages, but farmers. be little pa
tient. Do not put your money in
this proposition and tie up the
live stock industry for six years.
If you will wait until winter,
and you can, we will have time
to get better bulls for you at
reasonable prices and we give
choices of breeds. Under the San
lilac County Farm Bureau meth
cd you can go over to Canada
and pick your own bull and get
your choice for less than half
price.
II interested, come in and see
me and make arrangements to
form one of the bull associa-
tions. Get the best from $500 to
S400 instead of paying 5000 for
inferior stuff.
JOHN ID. MARTIN,
County Agent e. Manager, Sani-
lac County.
p. S.-One other thing which
is very important to know
These men on an average sell
one bull day. They usually
have farmer friend along with
them who also is very interested
that his neighbor friends should
buy. II is more than a personal