MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS F. B. Members In "Make Farming A Counties Read Business—As Well 62 The NEWS. As An Occupation." PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP THIRD YEAR, VOL. Ill, No. 10 MAY 29, 1925 ISSUED SEMI MONTHLY What'sDoing GOVERNOR VETOES PRESIDES COOLIDGE PRAISES Three More Counties Join in Among the County Bureaus TWO AGRICULTURAL FARM BUR. JULY Planning Rallies. Local Leaders Active. BUDGETMEASURES FOURTHPROGRAM Big Membership Enlistment Big Time This Summer. Denies Funds For Inspection Stresses Need of Community Arrangements for the membership campaign next August coming Service; Cuts Amount Life In Indorsing Attend TWELVE CO. BUREAUS NOW AT WORK; are progressing in all twelve coun- ties in a most encouraging manner. For T-B Work • The Idea These MACOMB, LAPEER, GENESEE START The County Farm Bureau boards are GROWERS PROTEST VETO WRITES P R E S T B R A D F U T E Meetings! shouldering their responsibility and showing an interest that is highly Hope Money May be Supplied Says Farm Gatherings Will There is now going on, in 12 WITH GREAT COUNTY CONFERENCES encouraging to the State Farm Bu- reau. From Emergency Funds Give New Significance County Farm Bureaus, a series of * * * * By State Board county conferences on the Farm Bu- interest and Attendance Convincing Evidence On May 12, the Macomb County To Day reau movement. They are most in- Farm Bureau board and members, Livestock, potato and fruit rais teresting. No Farm Bureau mem- That Memberships in Those Counties leading farmers and bankers in sev- President Coolidge says that the ber should miss hearing Mr. Lucius eral of the townships, and their wives ers all over Michigan have been shocked and grieved to learn that American Farm Bureau's plans for Wilson talk on developing a com- Will Make a Great Success held a conference and made plans for county-wide celebration of the munity. Members are asked to in- the big meeting held May 25. the executive veto has fallen upon Fourth of July by nearly 2,000 vite their neighbors to go along. Of Their Work two of the modest appropriation bills * * * * County Farm Bur< . line idea. These meetings are live affairs. No most desired by Michigan farmers. The Lapeer County board also held May 21, in a ii r. s. Hradfute one will be asked to join the Farm Rep. Brake's bill appropriating Twelve County Farm Bureaus will take part in the great a preliminary conference at Lapeer $50,000 for the State Dep't of Agr. of the Amerh i Bureau, Mr. Bureau at these meetings. They are the evening of May 22. That the in- Coolidge expr^'KHfd his satisfaction simply county conferences for giv- enlistment of community strength in the Michigan Farm for each of the next two years to ing information to the members and terest in Lapeer County is strong in provide funds for supervising and with the idea, as follows: Bureau movement, which will take place late this summer. to other interested farmers. Be Farm Bureau work, was shown by 70 enforcing the grades of farm products "It was with-'great satisfaction," the president wrote, f"that I learned sure and bring your wife. Meetings This was decided when the Lapeer, Van Buren and Kalama- Farm Bureau men and their wives was vetoed in its entirety. being present. Mrs. Wagar of the EL G. POTTS of the plans of the Farm Bureau to are scheduled as follows: zoo county organizations joined hands with the nine counties Rep. Espie's bill providing an Shiawassee c<>. State Farm Bureau board of direc- President of the Macomb County take the lead in stimulating an or- reported in the last edition of the Farm Bureau News. The emergency appropriation of $100,000 tors, A. M. Edmunds of the State to allow for continuing the bovine Farm Bureau presided at a big con- ganized nation-wide < clfin-ation on OWOSSO, ^Friday, May 29, 12:30 counties now in the membership effort are: Farm Bureau organization depart- tuberculosis eradication work dur- ference of leaders and members at Hit- Fourth of July. The gathering p. m., at Community Center. Lunch- ment and C. L. Brody addressed the ing the balance of the present fiscal Mt. Clemens, May 25. It was the together of our farm,-is and our eon as guests of Farm Bureau. Allegan Genesee Macomb meeting. first of a series of such county townspeople in theBe county-wide Allegan Co. Barry Ionia Muskegon year was cut down to $40,000 by conferences, to be held in advance ALLEGAN, Monday, June 1, 1:30 * * * * the Governor. celebrations will give a new signifi- Calhoun Kalamazoo Shiawassee of the membership week next August. cance to the day. fast time, at Methodist church. The Genesee County Farm Bureau This last action appears to be board held a meeting on the evening Macomb county has one of the best "Probably no activity is of more Barry County Eaton Lapeer Van Buren without precedent and certainly Farm Bureau organizations in the HASTINGS, Wednesday, June 3, of the 13tb. Recent reports from seems to lack any constitutional au- Stale. importance than the encouragement 2 p. m., fast time, High school. Glee All of these counties are now getting ready for the time there show that members of that thorization. The State Constitution and development of our community club and orchestra entertainment. this summer when their members will renew their member- board have been busy interviewing provides that the Governor may ap- life. In the early days, in this coun- ships on a permanent basis and will go out as volunteers to < alhoun Co, the leaders in the various townships. A large attendance was forecast for the big meeting on the afternoon of prove or reject appropriation bills or may reject any "items" in appro- priation bills. No power is confer- HOW AND WHEN try, the church was the center of MARSHALL, Friday, June community life. Times and condi- 12:30 p. m. fast time, at Brooke's tions have changed. We are in need Memorial church. 5, interest their neighbors in Farm Bureau membership for a bigger and better Michigan agriculture. Luncheon as May 27. * * ** red, however, upon the executive to change the amount of any such 1925 WOOL POOL of social, moral and spiritual, as well guests of Calhoun Farm Bureau. Ad- as economic community action. I vise Sec'y E. E. Ball, of Albion, or The County Conferences The first step is a series of county Farm Bureau confer- items. The Espie bill provided the Shiawassee County officers and di- rectors are starting off with a big dinner on May 29. Letters have lump sum of $100,000. The Gov- ernor's action in cutting this to $40,- WILL BE CLOSED members of Executive Board, four days in advance of meeting, so that ences, three of which have been held during the past week and they may know how many to pre- a number of which are scheduled to take place in each of the been sent to all Farm Bureau mem- 000 may be brought into the Su- pare for. Farmers not members are bers in the county requesting a re- preme Court if anyone raises a case Workings of Two Pool Plan membership counties during the next few weeks. The dates invited to this conference. ply in order to determine the num- against it. The $40,000 will about And Market Condition Eaton Co. of these meetings are published in this edition of the News. If ber of plates. Cards coming back to cover claims for indemnities already CHARLOTTE, Monday, June 8, at you are in or near a county having such a conference, don't the office show the finest kind of in- outstanding, leaving practically no Explained 8 p. m., place of meeting to be an- terest and indicate that the meeting funds to continue the eradication miss attending it. Hear Mr. Lucius Wilson on community nounced locally. Friday will be one of the largest work until July 1. Following is a statement of just Ionia Co. organization and what it means to the folks in any community. farmers' gatherings ever held in Of course, there can be no question It's one of the best addresses you have ever heard. Shiawassee county. as to the constitutional legality of how wool in the 1925 wool pool will IONIA, Wednesday afternoon, the veto of the funds for the inspec- be sold and how settlement will be June 10, place of meeting to be an- May 25, Macomb County Farm Bureau boosters from ev- ** * * made with the poolers, and when. It nounced locally. The Barry County Farm Bureau tion service on fruits and vegetables. is made by R. A. Hammond, treas- A! uskegon Co. ery sectiton of the county attended a big meeting at the Mt. board held a preliminary conference Such inspection service is essential Clemens High school. Owing to serious illness in Mr. Wil- if Michigan grades and standards of urer of the Ohio Wool Growers Co- MUSKEGON, Friday afternoon, of Farm Bureau leaders at Hastings, operative Ass'n, at Columbus, with farm products are to mean anything June 12, time and place of meeting son's family, he was unable to attend the first three county Thursday evening, May 28, to stimu- whom we are pooling. The state- to be-announced locally. late interest in the big meeting at either on the home or out-state mar- ment should be read carefully by Kalamazoo Co. meetings, so Dr. W. W. Diehl of Albion, one of the foremost Hastings, June 3. President E. C. kets. Yet the legality of the veto agricultural thinkers in the state, addressed the meetings. He Eckert says that the people in Barry does not make it any more pleasing every pooler. Mr. Hammond says: .IAZOO, Monday aften County are showing a keen interest to the fruit and potato growers. "The wools that come in to our June 15, time and place of meeting is a strong believer in rural organization. Mrs. Edith Wagar warehouse until the first of Septem- to be announced locally. in the work and a very successful These producers had urged that ber will be considered as one pool Van Buren Co. discussed woman's part in the Farm Bureau work and Sec'y outcome of the work is assured. $85,000 be allowed for the enforce- Brcdy spoke on the State Farm Bureau organization. Pres. ment of these grades, but the amount and as soon as these wools are sold, PAW PAW, Wednesday afternoon, * * * * was cut down to $25,000 in the the growers who shipped in before June 17, time and place of meeting R. G. Potts of the Macomb Bureau presided. Another such The Calhoun County Farm Bureau that date will receive the average to be announced locally. board met the 15th to further the House, but finally restored to $50,- pool price for their respective grades. meeting is planned for Macomb county, when Mr. Wilson big project in Calhoun County. Plans 000 by the Senate. The rejoicing of * * SPECIAL MEETINGS * * will be there to speak. the growers at this action was cut "This does not mean that full set- were made for working with the vari- tlement will be made for any of Second county meetings have been Delegations at Lapeer Meeting out local organizations and mobiliz- short by the veto. scheduled for Macomb, Lapeer and these Wools by September 1st, as it ing all forces in the county in sup- An imposing delegation of fruit may be even November or December PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Genesee counties so that Mr. Wilson Lapeer county members had a big meeting at the court port of the work. and potato raisers has waited upon will be able to meet with the mem- house May 27. A class of students from the Lapeer County the Governor and stressed the urgent before they are all sold, and it will truly think these Fourth of July A picture was taken of the "entire not be possible to make our remit- celebrations will play an important bers of those counties. The dates: Normal school and delegations of Farm Bureau directors and board which is being published in need of the inspection service to Macomb Co. tance until after sales are completed. part in the encouragement of such this issue of the News. these two important branches of And it looks like this might be the community spirit. It is particularly MT. CLEMENS, Tuesday after- members from Huron and Sanilac counties were present. * * * * Michigan agriculture. It is to be noon, June 9, time and place of meet- Pres. Noon of the State Farm Bureau, Dr. Diehl, Mrs. Wagar hoped that despite the veto, the,State case this year as the market will un- fitting that the farmers, through The Muskegon County Farm Bu- doubtedly remain very low for some your great organization, should take ing to be announced locally. and A. Bental were the speakers. Pres. S. G. Caley of the Administrative Board may see the Lapeer Co. reau board met May 19 and made time to come. the lead in stimulating this move- plans for selecting the county cam- necessity of this work and may sup- "The wools that come in after ment. LAPEER, Thursday afternoon, Lapeer Bureau was in charge of the meeting. Another meet- ply emergency funds to tide over June 11, time and place of meeting ing is plannd for Lapeer so that Mr. Wilson may be heard by paign manager and township lead- the period when the state would oth- September 1, or wools that are ship- "May I join with you in doing ers. Mr. Van Frank also called at ped in now and requested held for homage to the farmers of 1776, and to be announced locally. the Lapeer members. erwise be without this service. Genesee Co. State headquarters, May 25, and said Certain newspapers of the state the second pool, will go into the sec- may I express to the farmers of •4 Genesee Bureau held its meeting that the members of the board are FLINT, Tuesday afternoon, June each taking responsibility for their have given as the reason for the ve- ond pool and nothing will be done with these wools until after the first 1925 my appreciation for their part 16, time and place of meeting to be May 30th Has Lesson al the Hotel Durant, and it was very to of these two bills the desire on in this great country of ours?" well attended. President Billings section of the county and are busy the part of the Governor to keep wools have been settled for, and it announced locally. For Bureau Members led over a rousing meeting. Mr. interesting township leaders in the likewise will not be possible to pay Every time one man puts a new C. W. Otto, secretary of the Flint big meeting on June 12. down the appropriation totals. This * * * * is a laudable purpose if consistent- for these second wools until after the sales have all been completed, which idea across he finds ten men who Keeping Down Costs On Decoration Day we remember Chamber of Commerce, spoke of the ly applied and generally carried out. thought of it before he did. But that many heroic men have believed wonderful, success of the type of The Van Buren County organiza- However, it might be observed that undoubtedly will not be until late they only thought of it. Farm Bureau seeds, Milkmaker, that their country was worth dying membership campaign which the tion reports that arrangements there a total saving of $110,000 this year in the year or the first part of 1926." coal, fertilizers and other farm sup- for. Then certainly it is worth liv- State and County Farm Bureaus are are going forward and plans are al- and $50,000 next year on two agri- Not all advertising is truthful, plies are most valuable aids in keep- ing for. The Farm Bureau Move- planning. It is the type of member- ready well laid for the big gathering cultural appropriations will hard- we'll admit. But some perfectly ing down production costs and mak- ment offers a splendid opportunity ship effort that has built every other at Paw Paw on the 17th. The Van Bu- ly be noticeable when compared with Businessmen look after their in- good liars never advertise at all. ing for efficiency. Their use will of- for rural men and women to get to- type of organization that is strong ren County program is particularly a total of $94,000,000 to be expend- terests through the Chamber of Com- However, you can depend on the re- ten mean the difference between gether to make their communities and permanent—voluntary enlist- strong in that a number of prominent ed by the State during the next two merce. Does this offer any sugges- liability of the goods advertised in profit and, loss on the year's busi- better and to uphold the highest ment of the members, and the mem- local people will take an active part years! tion as to what farmers should do? the Michigan Farm Bureau News. ness. standards of Americanism. bers joining for what good they can on the program of the big county do for their communities and for meeting. themselves right along with it, and * * * * not for entirely selfish motives. The Eaton County Farm Bureau is making very thorough preparations for the campaign. The workers are visiting Farm Bureau leaders in the What Can We Expect From Our Farm Bureau Dues? Dr. Diehl presented a powerful pic- ture for the need of an organized agriculture which will enable farm- ers to meet other organized groups know that from these funds, state- work which has been done along; is a strong and well-founded senti community county and interesting them in the opening campaign meeting which will be held at Charlotte on Monday AN INSPECTION OF wide farmers' co-operative and selling ventures have been es- buying these lines would never have been ment that the county agent should possible had it not been for the pro- be financed entirely from public on equal terms. Mrs. Wagar brought In short, the County Farm Bureau the women's viewpoint before the affords the progressive farmer his group, and Mr. Brody spoke on the tablished and maintained through evening, June 8th, at 8 p. m., fast time. THE WORK BEING the trying period while they were becoming self-supporting. The mem- gressive spirit of the Farm Bureau funds. Farm Bureau leaders and members who paid in their dues to the members generally, will welcome make these services possible. It is this state of affairs whenever and leading opportunity to build up and necessity for further organized work serve his own community. Of course and therefore a paid Farm Bureau it is true that in many counties the membeship. * * * * Ionia County preparations are also going forward. The Farm Bureau DONE IS HELPFUL bers also realize that from its share of the dues, the State Farm Bureau pays fifty cents national dues to the equally evident to any unbiased per- wherever it is possible. son that big dividends have been re- However, the situation seems to be direct beneficial results may not be The interest and attendance at entirely recognizable in dollars and each of these meetings was a con- turned on this Investment, both di- such in many counties that unless cents, but it is equally true that vincing evidence that the Farm president and secretary tell us that American Farm Bureau Federation. rectly and indirectly. Bovine tuber- the County Farm Bureau puts up without the program of the County Bureau members in these member- quite complete plans are under way State And County Bureaus Another half dollar of the members' culosis eradication campaigns have considerable money for agricultural Farm Bureau, no economic farmer ship enlistment counties are going for the opening meeting which will Have Clear Cut dues, which goes to the State Farm cleaned up the herds of entire coun- extension, the work will have to be ventures can hope to succeed. to make the job a splendid success. be Wednesday afternoon, June 10th. Bureau, supplies the membership ties and reduced the infection to such discontinued. In some counties It is perfectly plain that local dues * * * * Programs with the Michigan Farm Bureau an extent that the U. S. Department where the supervisors see fit to fi- are necessary to provide and main- In Kalamazoo County, the Farm News every two weeks. of Agriculture has designated them nance the county agricultural agent, tain a local organization. It is equal- Your Neighbors Will Bureau secretary, Mr. S. P. Sexton, As the great Farm Bureau move- The remainder of the State's share as modified accredited areas. Swine farmers would no doubt favor using ly evident that a representative and reports that their preparations are ment in Michigan stands on the of the members' dues makes it pos- owners have been saved from tre- a portion of their County Farm Bu- serviceable State organization can be Like This Information well under way for the big meeting threshhold of a tremendously impor- sible for the Bureau to protect the mendous losses through timely pre- reau funds for promoting boys' and built and continued only on the basis there on Monday afternoon, June tant membership campaign which interests of the members in transpor- ventive i taken by county girls' clubs and home demonstration of alert, active and well financed lo- If you want your neighbors to 15th. Mr. Sexton, with the help of seems destined to place the organ- tation, legislative and taxation mat- agents. Much valuable assistance agent work. cal and county units. know more about what the Farm one of our field workers, is visiting ization on a most substantial and ters and provides the basis for a has been rendered farmers in com- .Members Determine Own Local Have you ever stopped to consider Bureau is and what it is doing and representatives in all parts of the fundamentally sound basis, it is well strong, permanent farmers' organiza- bat ing and controlling other danger- Program what it will mean to Michigan agri- the imperative need for such a farm- county so they in turn may invite to pause for a moment to consider tion in Michigan. ous plant and animal diseases. Farm- culture and rural life when we have ers' organization, why not write Of course, it is up to the members their neighbors to the meeting. what the members' State and County ers have been warned and advised re- locally to decide how they wish their developed a substantial surplus in State Farm Bureau Headquarters for Farm Bureau dues have provided and Comities' Share of Dues PfcjrS * * • * Big Dividends garding various new pests as they county funds spent. They may de- the State Farm Bureau treasury and a speaker to come and address your for what purposes they should prop- were discovered. In many fruit sec- cide to conduct tax and assessment when we have that backed up with farmers' club or other local group? The Allegan County Farm Bureau erly be used in the future. Looking backward over the past officers report that there is every in- six years, it appears that thus far tions the best growers depend on ad- investigations and strive to secure 50 or 60 County Farm Bureaus, each It will be remembered that at the vice from the county agricultural more fair tax laws and property val- with its own independent war-chest dication that the turn-out from the last annual meeting of the Michigan the county's share of the member- The delightful feature of the radio 24 townships, Monday afternoon, ship revenue has been used quite agent as to when to spray. uations.and equalizations. They may always ready to defend its members June 1st, will be very large. The State Farm Bureau Board of Dele- largely in providing the local funds If agriculture is to be economical- determine to hold frequent communi- in any matter which might arise? is the ease with which you can tune Methodist church at Allegan has been gates, action was taken fixing the for maintaining such forms of agri- ly successful and prosperous, such as- ty meetings, featuring educational Such a combination would make a ;>ut without embarrassment to any- secured for the meeting. annual Farm Bureau dues at $10 cultural education and service as are sistance as that represented by the moving pictures and "talks, and pro- very formidable outfit which few body. and providing for an equal distribu- scalawags would care to attack. Or- * * * * tion of this revenue between the represented by the work of county above examples is absolutely essen- viding an opportunity for people to tial. But since the county agent is get better acquainted and to learn ganized labor and industry have long ie of us who laugh at the boob Prospect lists for all of the 12 State and County organizations. agricultural agents, home demonstra- tion agents and boys' and girls' clubs. a public servant, and should and to think together and work together ago taken similar action and are to- victim of the gold brick agent can campaign counties are being com- The members generally appreciate day in a very strong position. Why thank our lucky stars we weren't There is absolutely no question but must serve all the farmers, whether for the general good of agriculture piled and the equipment for public- what the State Farm Bureau does Farm Bureau membars or not, there and for the improvement of their should we longer delay? home when he call ity work is being put in shape. with its portion of the dues. They what a large portion of the splendid TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS MAY 29, 1925 2SS which should p r e v a i l in m a t t e r s of s t a t e s m a n s h i p and citizen- MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS ship. l Farm Folks Celebrate 68 FRUIT HIT HARD Published t w i c e * m o n t h by t h e Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u at Char- lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices a t S t a t e F a r m Bureau h e a d ' I t will be a b r i g h t d a y when m a t t e r s tled on their own individual merifs and not be determined as the result of omnipresent compromises, log-rolling, vote„swapping, station can be set- Yrs. of Agr'j Col. Teaching BY FROST INJURY V quarters, Lansing, Michigan. things of life served to us while our brow-beating ui\4 back-scratching. W h y should a m e m b e r ' s vote Continued Education For All home is still among rural conditions. Berrien And Van Buren To VOL. III. MAY 29, 192. r , No. 10 4>n any great question of public policy be influenced by t h e loca- Is T h e R i g h t R o a d We want the best possible for our Produce Short Fruit tion of an additional normal school or a tuberculosis sanitarium, growing children; we want the con- Crops, Is Report Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Xich., as lecond claw To Happiness tented twilight of life's span to be or a state job for some influential constituent, or a few miles of matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided enriched with the blessings of na- for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923. s t a t e road, or a court crier for one's home county, or a n y o t h e r By MRS. EDITH ST. WAGAR ture made perfect by man's careful Benton Harbor, May 26.—The form of pap, pork-barrel or " s p o i l s " of any k i n d ? W h e n such ( liairmnn, Farm Bureau Home & planning and earnest endeavor. We freeze in Berrien and Van Buren Subscription Price GOe Per Year, Included In dues Of Farm counties early this week reduced the Bureau Members. conditions arc allowed to go unchecked tin; very foundations of Community Work want our rural populace to secure the _4_ The second week of May of this generous fruits of their labor and strawberry crop to a third of a nor- .Editor popular government are undermined and our free institutions year was a memorable one for the mal production, grapes to AX 26 or 36 E. that each of us bo a part of the pro- .Associate Editor t o t t e r on the verge of impending disaster. It is interesting to Agricultural College, now to be per cent crop, peaches t o ' i half crop S. of development. known as Michigan State College, and apples to about. .",0 per cent nor- note t h a t some of the members stood up Tor their convictions in With the College working to these mal. for it was the 68th anniversary of ends" we know its blessings will pour spite of the p o r k - b a r r e l longings and tendencies of a few of t h e i r students entering it for study. This is the estimate of the Michi- yVUCHlGAN gTATjgFABM RUBEAU upon us in full measure. gan Fruit Growers, Inc., co-operat i, .• selfish and n a r r o w minded constituents. The present year has many re- markable anniversaries connected central sales agency with headquar- OFFICERS Second only to the man who will seek to influence his legisla- with this institution, such as the 70th Holstein Convention A t ters in this city. .President tive r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to t h u s violate his j u d g m e n t and his con- anniversary of the passage of the "It is impossble to arrive at any- U. U. L . NOON, Jackson B . MCPHERSON, Lowell Vice-1-resident act creating the college, the 40th Grand Rapids June 1-4 thing like an accurate estimate as to science, we must r a n k a m o n g the u n w o r t h y citizens the man who the possible damage to the fruit croo anniversary of t h e establishing a Direct or s-at-Large fails to keep intelligently informed as to w h a t is going on in leg- Grand Rapids, May 28.—The 40th in this section at this time," said V. course of engineering and the 30th M. B . MCPHERSON rlfiSS islative c h a m b e r s and who neglects to advise Ids s e n a t o r a n d year of home economics as a course. annual convention of the Holstein- L. Granger, sales manager of the ex- MRS. E D I T H M. W A O A K R„,I AT« Just 30 years ago a system of Friesian Ass'n of America is to be change. "It will be at least two or E A R L C. McCARTY NewberrS r e p r e s e n t a t i v e as to his views on the m a n y i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r s held at Grand Rapids, June 1-4. three weeks before anyone can tell Farmers' Institutes was establish- V E R O L D F. QORMELY ^ X Z a which are continually arising. If the official hears from only ed, and now the present method of- Headquarters will be at tho Hotel what may be expected in the way J. G. BOYLE DavCn Pantlind. The general sessions open of a fruit crop. W . W . BILLINGS Jjavison those w i t h u n w o r t h y motives, he cannot help but get a p e r v e r t e d extension service in continuing edu- cation is rounding its first 10 years, at 1 p. m., eastern time, Monday, "The best we can arrive a t "by put- Commodity Directors view of t h e desires of his constituents. June 1, at the Puntlind, with the W«FT> SMITH Elk RaDlds . . . . . . M i c h i g a n P o t a t o Growers E x c h a n g e having been made possible through ting together various estimates of F R E D SMITH, E g J U p M * . . . . . . , . , . ^ l . g, AssociaUon T h e price of l i b e r t y i,s e t e r n a l vigilance and w i t h our r i g h t s acceptance by our state of the fed- registration of delegates and visit- growers, the county agricultural J. H . O'MEALEY, H u d s o n M1 ^ . L ^ n n ^ v a t o r FxchSnle as citizens t h e r e come g r a v e a n d sacretj responsibilities which eral Smith-Lever act. Hence it was ors. Three big feeds are on the pro- agents and government representa- GEO W . McCALLA, Ypsilanti T ^ - M I S S ? Fruit G r o w e r s I n c fitting that some sort of recognition gram—a reception and dinner to all tives would be approximately one- M. D . B U S K I R K , P a w P a w Michigan Fruit g r o w e r s , inc. c a n n o t lightly be set aside. O u r s is not to condemn and criti- Holsteiners at the Blythefield Farms third of a normal strawberry crop; be given this month of the present S T A T E FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION cise, b u t to raise our voice and e x e r t our influence in favor of year; so the week was devoted to a Country Club, at 4 p. m., June 1; 2 5 to 30 per cent of a grape crop;* C l a r k L. Brody .Ase't Secretary those things which are f u n d a m e n t a l l y w o r t h y , just a n d r i g h t . series of conferences whereby many Tuesday at 5 p. m., a barbecue and possibly a haTT crop of peaches and a. M . Powell . . . entertainment at Dudley Waters' somewhat better than a half crop of rural leaders of Michigan and of DEPARTMENT HEADS other states were brought together Maryland Farms and at 6:30 Wed- apples. Purchasing -L- A- I"0!"!? B E F O R E A C H I L D S T A R T S T O SCHOOL nesday, the annual banquet of the "The frost damage was extremely •««rf C. F. Barnum to discuss the question of rural A p mHm A physical e x a m i n a t i o n of the pre-school child should be m a d e life from ei&ery angle. Ass'n at the Pantlind. irregular. Some orchards and vine- Traffic''''.'.' "7.7."." 7. - - yards were practically wiped out. FabriC, F- L. Kellner before he e n t e r s school. If the child is t o e n t e r school in Sep- Not only were present plans re- Listed among the speakers are PuDMciV•.•.:'....... E -HE-EnSHm viewed but a forward look was tak- Pres. Frank O. Lowden, 1>. D., Ait Others right along side or just across Accounting • • ; " • %\ " ' " tember the e x a m i n a t i o n should t a k e place in May or J u n e i n en into the future. • ken of Flint, M. W. Wentworth, the road are good for nearly full Produce Exch. (Detroit) W . O. Stelfler o r d e r t h a t defects m a y be corrected before the school y e a r Tl»e Woman's Conference president of the Michigan Holstein crops. Organization * • eentaii "We understand heavy damage al- Michigan Commodity Marketing Association begins. At the woman's section the topic Ass'n. Officers will be elected Wed- of education for women was the nesday. , On Thursday, June 6 will so has been done to the cherry crop Affiliated W i t h Michigan State F a r m B u r e a u The s u m m e r c a n be utilized to r e m e d y m a n y conditions. The theme for one whole day's program take place the 6th national sale, a in the Grand Traverse region as well Michigan Potato Growers E x c h a n g e fcjfX «,'^/-C£fi^ u n d e r w e i g h t child should be b r o u g h t t o normal. Bad habits and out of it all one could read the great event in the Holstein world. as the Sturgeon Bay, Wis., district. S ichigan ichigan Milk Producers Association Live Stock E x c h a n g e •• 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit .. ^,V,\;-'T " j ^ £ should be w a t c h e d a n d controlled, defective vision should be cor- conclusion that woman should be If you go, be sure and ask your This, taken in conjunction with the prospective 40 to 50 per cent crop Michigan Elevator E x c h a n g e F a r m B u r e a u Bldg., Lansing fitted thoroughly for, the job she un- railroad agent for a certificate. Bring Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc B e n t o n Harbor rected, diseased tonsils and adenoids should be removed, decayed dertakes. If she chooses domestic of loganberries, blackberries and red it to the convention to be endorsed raspberries in Oregon and Washing- Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges teeth should be filled. All conditions w h i c h may b e sources of life, she will be all the more success- If sufficient certificates are so vali ful if she has a thorough knowledge ton districts should .materially in- MICH. E L E V A T O R E X C H . MICH. M I L K P R O D U C E R S A S S ' N ills or w h i c h will r e t a r d t h e child should b e given a t t e n t i o n be- dated, you can return home for half crease prospective values for all N . P. Hull, P r e s Lansing of things about her that affect the fare. H. D. Horton, Pres Kinde fore he e n t e r s school, t h u s i n s u r i n g a healthy development of health of those of her family. She fruits in Michigan, particularly cher- L. C. Kamlowske, V l c e - P r e s J o h n C. N e a r , S e c F l a t Rock B. F. B e a c h , A s s ' t S e c . . . . .Detroit both mind a n d b o d y for the child in school. needs a training along financial man- ries and berries." Washington Carl Martin, S e c . - T r e a s . . C o I d w a t e r H. W. Norton, T r e a s Howell The physical e x a m i n a t i o n may be m a d e by the family physi- agement and she should have the Minerals In Rations L. B . Osmer, Mgr Lansing M. L. N o o n Jackson right conception of her duty along C. S. Benton, B e a n s Lansing C. R. W a t s o n Iinlay City cian, o r clinics m a y be held in May or J u n e in every community civic matters. And not by any means A n d What They Cost W. B . Phillips Decatur I,. W . H a r w o o d Adrian for the e x a m i n a t i o n of the pre-school children. should she be lacking in the usages George McCalla Ypsilanti W . J. T h o m a s Grand Rapids and advantages of social affairs. Of Speaking of mineral rations, Coun- One c o m m u n i t y of 10,000 population m a d e a 100 p e r cent ex- John Nicolson M. R. Shisler Marlette Caledonia Ray Potts Fred W . M e y e r Dr. W . C. M c K i n n e y Washington Fair Haven Davlsburg amination, in c o m m u n i t y clinics, of its pre-s«hool children be- course, the most worth-while of all accomplishments is a wholesome ty Agent Karl Knau*-of Menominee county says that the heavy produc- 'Whitele^or F. M. Oehmke Sebewaing O. I * Miner Marine City J a m e s J. B r a k e n b e r r y . . . . B a d A x e Elmer P o w e r s Clio fore they e n t e r e d school. More communities should follow t h e example. familiarity with everything that points to skill along affairs of every ing cow and hen require more min eral than is furnished in the ordin- CHICKS^ MICH. POTATO G R O W E R S day home making. ary ration. Ordinarily, this mineral PURE EXCH. MICH. L I V E STOCK E X C H . The pre-schoo] child a c c u m u l a t e s defects as he g r o w s in y e a r s . E. A. B e a m e r , P r e s Blissfleld If the woman wishes to be a busi- feed is in the shape of bone meal, a HOLLYWOOD Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac STRAIN Fred Smith, Vlce-Pres, Elk Rapids W . J. Perry, V l c e - P r e s The examination of 7,8f54 infants a n d pre-school children in clin- ness woman she most necessarily fact which the State Farm Bureau 260-290 Egg Pedigree Grand Blanc should have a thorough knowledge of has recognized in its Milkmaker S. E. Rogers, Sec O. S. Wood, Treas E a s t Jordan Barryton J. H. O'Mealey, Sec Hudson ics conducted by the Michigan D e p a r t m e n t of H e a l t h showed the particular class of business she dairy ration and in its poultry ra- PRICES Geo. Wagar, Sales M g r . . . Cadillac Alex L i n d s e y , T r e a s Edward D i p p e y Decker Perry 12,237 defects. intends to follow. tions, by including suitable amounts REDUCED J. D. Robinson Levering The principal defects of these infants und pre-school children Women of different professions of it to get the best results. FOfrJUNE DELIVERY. Chas. Woodruff Hastings. PROMPT SHIPMENT. J. T. B u s s e y Provemont E. A. Rasmussen Sheridan R a v D. Harper St. Johns w e r e : E y e and e a r defects, skin disease, u n d e r w e i g h t of t e n p e r were there to state their views on Lack of sufficient minerals in a H e r e is your oppor- Charles B r o w n Sunfield preparatory work necessary to fit a tunity t o get chicks Frank cent or more, decayed teeth and m a n y other m o u t h troubles, dis- ration^ says Mr. Knaus. is shown by MICHIGAN F R U I T G R O W E RObrest S , INC. Breckenridgs .girl for their particular types of goiter in calves when they are born, from direct descend- ants of hens with rec- If. D. Buskirk, Pres Paw Paw John Miller Coloma eased tonsils a n d e n l a r g e d adenoids, e n l a r g e d t h y r o i d , a n e m i a , work these days. They pointed out depraved appetites on the part of ords of 260-269, m a t e d to m a l e s from A m o s Tucker, 1 V. P r e s Allan B. G r a h a m Elberta many helps that a college such as dams Avith records of 283-290, a t reduced r e s p i r a t o r y troubles, h e a r t m u r m u r , rickets, hernia, bone a n d cows that chew bones, stumps or prices. South H a v e n P. D. L e a v e n w o r t h . . G r a n d Rapids Michigan State College could render Herbert Nafziger, 2 V. P . . . M i l l b u r g W . J. Schultz Hart muscle defects. boards, make holes in the ground O R D E R FROM T H I S L I S T during the^course of study that where ashes have been thrown, or Pure Hollywood W h i t e Per 100 F. L. Bradford, S e c . - T r e a s L. A. H a w l e y Ludlngton Leghorns ( L i m i t e d amount) $16.00 B e n t o n Harbor C. J. C h r e s t e n s e n Onekama A n y of these defects r e p r e s e n t s a positive h a n d i c a p to a c h i l d ' s would make that girl all the more where hens suffer from leg weak- Hollywood Mated 10.00 F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr H. W. Gowdy Union Pier enjoyment of life a n d to his m a k i n g t h e progress h e should i n efficient when she finally undertakes ness. Hogs need mineral food, too Utility 9.00 B e n t o n Harbor O. R. Gale Shelby her work. Anconas (Sheppard mated) 10.00 D. H. Brake Fremont John L a n g ..Sodus school or in n o r m a l , h e a l t h y g r o w t h . A pre-sehool e x a m i n a t i o n There are many commercial prod Anconas ( U t i l i t y ) 9.00 Henry N a m i t z Bridgman John B o t t e m a Spring Lake One whole day was spent in earn- would b r i n g to l i g h t defects which m a y have escaped notice a n d est thought on the" outlook from the ucts on tho market to furnish this Brown Leghorns (Grade A A ) 10.00 J. F. Higbee B e n t o n Harbor Bert Gleason L<» wTATir* lacking mineral material, says Mr. Brown Leghorns (Grade A) 9.00 Milter Overton Bangor C L. B r o d y Lansing also t h e cause therefor. Often it is a simple m a t t e r to correct t h e farm home toward the many agencies Barred Rocks (Grade A A ) 12.00 Harry H o g u e Sodus that really make that home a real Knaus, adding that they should cost American F a r m Bureau Federation defect. about $3 per hundred pounds. Prod- Barred Rocks (Grade A) N 11.00 home of the truest type. Mixed Broilers . . . . , 7.00 O. E. B R A D F U T E President If y o u r c o m m u n i t y has a pre-sehool child clinic, t a k e a d v a n t a g e ucts which cost more than this are y2 c e n t per chick l e s s in 500 lots. Wire G E N E R A L O F F I C E S A. F. B. F 58 Ea3t W a s h i n g t o n St., Chicago What They Considered usually^ no better, as the basis of orders a specialty. Live delivery guar- ffDWY B. R E I D W a s h i n g t o n Representative of it. If not, h a v e y o u r boy or girl examined a n d correct a n y What is required of that home to most of the mineral supplement is anteed. bring about a wholesome, livable T H E RURAL POULTRY FARM LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., W a s h i n g t o n , D. C difficulties t h e y m a y h a v e . bonemeal. J. Janssen, Prop. comimmj/y life? What is the neces- Member, Mich. State F a r m Bureau T sary attitude to have towards the Zeeland, Mich. R. R. 1, Box 112 schools in order that the educational outstanding economists of northern f? THE STATE FARM BUREAU'S PROGRAM CO-OP MOVEMENT Europe and a life-long student of the movement. He speaks English advantages are the very best in our locality for our young folks? Then TAXATION— Belief for. sorely burdened farm property by there's the church. In this day of FARM B U R E A U ALFALFA enaction o4: (a) Two cent gasoline tax for highway funds. TO BE THEME OF well and has a magnetic personality. automobiles, radio and other modern inventions, how much should depend W i t h liberal plantings of Farm Bureau B r a n d northern grown alfalfa during t h e past few years, Hillsdale c o u n t y farmers have had such good (ENACTED, J a n . 29, 1924) on the individual that the rural results t h a t they have Increased their a c r e a g e s one, two, three and even (b) State Income Tax in place of State's gen- eral property levy. FAM0JJS1EADERS 5 0 0 Van Buren Women church should be preserved and main- tained? Then the question of mat- five t i m e s in many i n s t a t e s . The county h a s tripled its alfalfa acreage. You see Farm Bureau alfalfa everywhere. L u x u r i a n t stands of it. Farm Bureau Brand alfalfas this year. At y o u r co-ops everywhere. Plant (c) Law forbidding any more tax exempt secur- Are In Sewing Classes ters political as they affect farm ities. (d) Equalization of assessment of farm and city Jardine, Hoover, Pinchot and life, and the relationship of the farm IN H I L L S D A L E COUNTY Lowden Among Speakers Paw Paw, May 20.—Miss Carrie home to rural organizations and co- property in accordance with sales values of V: same. Williams, clothing specialist from operative marketing agencies was TRANSPORTATION—Immediate application of Michigan Zone A t Big Institute the Michjgan State College, met with given serious thought. At the con- Bate decision to save farmer shippers in 69 her sewing classes in the county last clusion it was deemed best that the counties $500,000 annually. Washington, D. C , May 2 1 . — week. The group of leaders from College make a study of the needs, MARKETING— Extension of sound co-operative marketing Some of the world's most dis- the southeastern part of the county requirements and desired advant- KNOW W H A T YOU A R E FEEDING program now well under way in Michigan. tinguished authorities will partici- met at q*e Paw Paw High School last ages of all rural homes of our state W i t h Michigan Milkmaker, 24 per cent protein, good results are. n o t LEGISLATION— Passage of the Capper-French Truth-in- Thursday. The leaders invited the in ord.er that we may intelligently surprising. The feed ingredients are l i s t e d pound for pound on t h e pate in the firet session of the Ameri- tag. Kvery dairyman's knowledge of f e e d s t u f f s O. K.'s t h a t formula FabriG bill, completion and operation of the can Institute of Co-operation, which members of their classes to attend plan a system of educational devel- a.s an economical milk producer. 200 co-ops stock Milkmaker. A s k for It. U. S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant and will be held at the University of the meeting in the afternoon, to get opment whereby a richer, fuller and MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE, Lansing, Mich. manufacture of fertilizer; opposition to any Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, July the benefit of- Miss Williams' dem- more free life may be developed for form of sales tax or of consumption tax, re- onstration on the "one-hour dress." us. tention of federal income tax. 20 to August 15. Both Secretary of 0 •Agriculture William M. Jardine and There were 120 women at this meet- ing, which speaks well for the in- On the question of "Continued Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoo- LAWMAKERS REFLECT CONSTITUENTS' STANDARDS terest there is in this work and for Education," President Butterfield ver will speak during the opening the work the leaders have done in emphasized Use hope of a plan of week. Governor Gifford Pinchot of I t is ;i great law of N a t u r e t h a t w a t e r c a n n o t rise above its creating this interest in their com- education that will reach the youth source. By a similar token, it. hardly seems logical to expert our l a w m a k e r s to live and r e g u l a t e their official eonduet on a much Pennsylvania and former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois are also among the noted persons expected to munities. This was to have been the last between 16 and 20 years of age whereby some thought is given towards fitting them for their life Time to Consider discuss phases of the co-operative h i g h e r plane t h a n t h a t maintained by the folks back home whom t h e y r e p r e s e n t . In a representative form of g o v e r n m e n t , if a lcg- islat wrong and docs an u n w o r t h y act, it is not only a • movement. The Institute trustees are looking forward to having as their guest the meeting with the Specialist in this work, but Miss Williams finds it will be possible for her to give Van Bu- work; he presented many phases of self-instruction and broadening in- fluence. He mentioned the commun- Ensilage Corn ren Countv one more day. On June ity club and the subordinate Gra eral reflection upon the district from which he comes hut, more distinguished veteran of Irish co- 2nd she will meet all the 48 leaders the Boys' and Girls' Club work; the O n e of these high germinating, vigorous operation, Sir Horace Plunkett. Sir In the county at Paw Paw to give in- extension work as directed by the specifically, it is often hut a very revealing indication of the Horace was the founder of the move- structions on making dress forms. College; the Study Club; the ad- F a r m Bureau Brands will meet your needs. low plane of political t h i n k i n g which is c h a r a c t e r i z i n g the r a n k ment in Ireland and has been its moving spirit for half a century. He This has been the best piece of vanced Rural Library and the radio See y o u r Co-op Ass'n a b o u t : a n d file of those voters. • Extension Work among tho women cours< will be present, provided his health The methods and advanfages for Anyone familiar w i t h the inside workings of recent sessions will permit. Another great British ever conducted in Van Ilutvn Coun- F A R M B U R E A U B R A N D N O . 1 R E D COB ty. The 48 leaders who have re- self-acquired education are so num- of t h e Michigan L e g i s l a t u r e knows that reckless c h a r g e s of authority, Karl Walter, of London, erous these day6 that there seems no A tyig growing, deep kernel white corn, lias abundant foliage who has made a recent survey of the ceived these instructions from sthe and produces an enormous tonnage of fodder per acre. It is wholesale bribery a m i c o r r u p t i o n arc totally u n f o u n d e d . W h e n Specialist are carrying the work to reason whatever that the most un- too hit.- lo produce! any grain. co-operative movement in the Brit- fortunate cannot be of the educated s e n a t o r s and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s do go w r o n g and sacrifice .some ish colonies, will lecture upon the nearly 500 women, and in this way practically every community in the type. When one is made to see the FARM BUREAU BRAND NO. 1 YELLOW ENSILAGE g r e a t and f u n d a m e n t a l t h i n g on the a l t a r of t e m p o r a r y expedien- progress and plans of the movement necessity of improving every leisure in the British Empire. He was sec- county is receiving some of this A little earliefv than Red Cob. A vigorous growing, leafy cy it is usually because of s o m e t h i n g which t h e i r c o n s t i t u e n t s work. moment with something that tends retary of the colonial congress on variety. Yields a good tonnage per acre and will puirsonie grain h a v e done or have failed to do. Again, we say, t h a t t h o u g h it to make one more / useful and better in the ensilage. co-operatiou, held in London during the Wembley Exposition. Prof C. informed, the battle against ignor- has not commonly been recognized, the a v e r a g e l a w m a k e r does p r e t t y accurately reflect the intelligence, m o r a l i t y a n d integrity R. Fay of the University of Toronto PRICE TRENDS ance is half won. The habit of think- NEBRASKA GROWN GOLDEN GLOW (Canada), a careful student of Eu- ing is one that should be encouraged. A l e a f y v a r i e t y , e a r l i e r t h a n K i d C o b or Y e l l o w E n s i l a g e . of the people who sent him t h e r e to r e p r e s e n t them. ropean co-operation and author of . T h e great lesson that far sighted If we would but take some sort of a S h o u l d m a t u r e w e l l l o r h u s k i n g p u r p o s e s in s o u t h e r n M i c h i g a n . work upon the subject, has also been men learn about prices is that it is personal inventory whereby we could V e r y d e s i r a b l e t o r t h o s e w h o w a n t l o put. p a r t of t h o c r o p in Too often it has been true t h a t people r e g a r d e d as u p r i g h t and the probable price of next season— detect our own weaknesses and short- t h e s i l o a n d h u s k t h e r- engaged. h o n o r a b l e in their home communities will w r i t e or visit their sen- not last—that offers the real guide comings, we would be well on the How Denmark has developed her to production. As a working prin- way to radical changes. Order from your Co-opera 1 ive Ass'n. a t o r or r e p r e s e n t a t i v e in person u r g i n g him to violate his con- co-operative creameries, bacon fac- ciple, the thing that is very low in Altogether we hope that much aiul sell his vote on some vital issue in o r d e r to s e c u r e price can usually be expected to go tories and co-operative buying of good will develop from this week of Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service "\\ local a n d relatively u n i m p o r t a n t a d v a n t a g e . I t is a supplies will be told in a series of UP, while the thing that is very high conference and study. f t of philosophy of life which, will p e r m i t , condone and lectures by Prof O. H. Larson, of the is likely to gc lower. Hogs and po- ' \Ve are all desirous of retaining Lansing, Michigan Royal Agricultural College, Copen- tatoes have been too low; corn and the community spirit in our rural app* i despicable t r e a c h e r y a g a i n s t the high idealism wheat have been Exceedingly high. hagen. Prof. Larson is one of the cms. We all want the good MAY 20, 1925 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS THHKB SURPLUSES GONE, CALHOUN COUNTY DIRECTORS FRED BROESAMLE 40 Kent Women Visit East Lansing Campus MID-WEST BUREAUS HERE IS LAW ON FARMING OUTLOOK FIGURES HISROAD East Lansing, May 7.—That the ACCEPT INVITATION GAS TAX REBATES rural women of Michigan may re- BESTJN 5 YEARS TAX6^cAMlLE ceive valuable information and as- sistance from the Agricultural Col- ON FREIGHT RATES Can Get Back 2c Tax on Gas lege even though they are not so Used in Tractors and Our Supplies Costs Seem To Facts Reveal Great Injustice fortunate as to live in counties hav- File Your Complaints For ing full time Home Demonstration Farm Engines Have Nowhere T o G o Investigation, Says Of Property Tax For Agents, was clearly shown by the But Down presence on the College campus to- Congress So many requeetH h a \ e been re- Highway Funds day, of forty women from Kent coun- ceived at State Farm Bureau head- By BUREAU OF ECONOMICS ty, each one of whom has been act- Chicago, May. 20.—Traffic repre- quarters for information as to U. S. Department of Agriculture Michigan Farm Bureau News, ing as a local leader to bring the Col- sentatives of the Mid-west Farm Bu- Whether or not gasoline used in Lansing, Michigan. lege teachings to a group of her reau states met here at the offices of tractors and stationary engines is Washington, May 20. -— Reports neighbor women. subject to the 2-cent gas tax, that from farmers ail over the country Gentlemen: the American Farm Bureau Federa- Am simply sending you my expe- The plan which has worked out so tion recently and discussed the ad- we ate printing herewith Section 5 last month indicated intentions to in- successfully in Kent county is for a of Act 2 of the Public Acts of 192.r>, crease the acreage of spring ""wheat rience with the present road taxes, visability of taking action on the for the year. 1924. Home Demonstration specialist from resolution adopted by Congress for which explains this proposition. 14 per cent, corn, 2.3 per cent'; oats, the College to spend two days a "The purchaser of gasoline used 5.6 per cent; barley, 23 per cent; My taxes were on a valuation of the purpose of investigating rates on $9,350 as follows: month in the county giving the in- agricultural products including live for any purpose other than the Op- grain sorghums, 11 per cent; sweet structions to these leaders, who in eration of motor vehicles on the potatoes, 30 per cent; tobacco, 10 pir $18.79 Road repair stock. 18.79 Highway improvement turn took the ideas back to their lo- The conference was attended by streets and highways of the state, cent; rice, 11 p e r cent; and to de- cal groups. In this way from 300 and municipalities and the federal crease flaxseed 3.3 per eent, white 70.96 County road at large C. S. Long, traffic-manager of the 14.77 Road bond to 400 county women are reached Ohio Farm Bureau Federation; L. J. government using gasoline in mu- potatoes, 4 per cent this year as com- each month. nicipal and federal owned motor pared with last year. This is the first 34.53 Special on road No. 7 Qausey, transportation representa- 11.25 Ford license The Kent county delegation mo- tive of the Illinois Agricultural As- vehicles, respectively shall be en- spring in five years with any evi- titled to a refund of the tax paid tored from Grand Rapids to East sociation; A. P. Mills, traffic man- dence of general stimulus in agri- thereon upon filing a sworn claim Above are the folks who are Balontine, Clarendon twp; Mrs. E. E. $169.09 Total | Lansing today in two large busses ager of the Michigan State Farm Bu- culture. with the Secretary of State, on fornm charged with directing the work of Boyer, Bedford twp.; A. H. Smith, (I do not know whether our town- chartered especially for them by reau; C. B. Steward, sec'y of the Ne- As to the season's early outlook, Kent County Agricultural Agent K. prescribed by him, within GO days the big central fact is that a new the Calhoun County Farm Bureau. Newton twp.; Mrs. Reed Carty, Mar- ship and state tax has anything to braska Farm Bureau Federation; The members of the Calhoun County engo twp. add to this or n o t ) . K. Vining. The day was spent in an Frank Evans, general marketing from the date of purchase as shown chapter has been opened in the gen- inspection of the College grounds, by the invoice. It shall be the duty eral after-war situation. Indeed, Farm Bureau Executive Committee Front row, left to right—E. D. I run my Ford about 1,500 miles council and sec'y of the American are: Bushnell, vice-pres., Leroy twp.; E. per year, and so am paying about 11 buildings and equipment, and in lis- Farm Bureau Federation and of the dealer to furnish any such events are moving so rapidly that it tening to talks and addresses. Presi- purchaser with an invoice showing is difficult to catch their signifi- Back row, left to right-—L. J. E. Ball, sec'y-treas., Albion twp.; cents per mile for each mile travel- O. W. Sandberg, director of trans- Decker, from Eckford twp.; Vern Pres. F. B. Garrett, Penfield twp.; ed. dent Kenyon L. Butterfield was portation of the American Farm Bu- the amount qf gasoline purchased, cance. Only a short while ago the among those wh6 addressed the Kent the date thereof, and the amount of country was seemingly loaded down Voorhees, from Clarence twp.; Geo. A. H. Sherman, Homer twp. I travel alone about one-half of the reau Federation. The Farm Bureau time and that makes 750 one man county ladies. transportation men went over the tax paid or to be paid thereon, and with surpluses of fiber crops, of such dealer shall send to the Secre- situation very carefully, mapping out WHAT ONE WOMAN WHY THINGS LOOK] grain, and of livestock. For four suc- miles. Two of us ride about one- fourth of the time and that makes the procedure to be followed in tary of State at the time he shall cessive spring seasons, farmers have made their plans against a back- 750 one man miles. Three of us ride about one-fourth of the time and ANYONE PLANNING bringing before the Interstate Com- merce Commission the transporta- render the statement above, specified duplicate copies of any such invoices ground of distressing surpluses in the open country, with most of the time fat prosperity in the cities. DID IN 3 MONTHS GOOD FOR FARMING that makes 1,125 one man miles, or a total of 2,625 one man miles a t a TO PLANT BEANS tion problems which particularly af- .-fect agriculture. Each State Farm issued and delivered by him during the period covered by such state- cost of $169.09, a fare of,about 6 &e Bureau was urged to immediately ment. Such claims when approved We open our eyes this spring to something different. There are no big agricultural surpluses left, save the Her Experience in Kitchen Sheep Near T o p ; Hogs and Contest Is Very Cattle Coming into per one man mile. If we all weighed 200 pounds, this SHOULD READ THIS file with the Interstate Commerce Commission all transportation com- plaints covering their particular ter- by the Secretary of State shall be paid out of the State highway fund upon the warrant of the Auditor partly fictitious one of cattle. More- means 3 & cents per 100 pound mile. Interesting At this rate I am furnishing my own ritory. General." over, the great city industries, ex- Good Prices Reasons Given For Remark- panded by a boom period,' are al- transportation, with its attendant ex- In this connection the Michigan A farm woman* in Kentucky who penses, which of course, are some- able Yields of Robust State Farm Bureau has filed com- What is done this year in the spirit ready bracing their feet against, that Washington^ May 20.—The live- dull aftermath wherein security lived on a rented place decided to thing. These may not look so bad to plaint with the Interstate Commerce of adventure is done next year as a enter the county-wide kitchen con- stock industries, although slow to the city driver, but when we come to Variety Commission, outlining the present matter of habit. markets, profit, property values— right themselves, are in a much bet- and finally wages—have nowhere to test and see what she could accomp- put these figures into comparison, situation as affecting agricultural ter general position than .00 $ 9 $40 a medicine! cabinet was made for tb*i the roads, and some of them claim All growers of certified Robust feed dairy cows." Extra selected mating 6.00 tl 50 ON STRONG BASIS bathroom, shelves 'put in closets, an iceless refrigerator made to store estimated that its 1925 revenues from the 2 cent gas tax and the weight tax would amount to about the nuts and fruit that may happen to be growing by the side of the beans for seed secured an average of 2G bushels per acre on nearly 300 (1 K n . k s Mixed chirks of Brokers. .4.00 Prices after June IB, one cent per chick 7. on I.'! 60 8 40 leftovers. The refrigerator was $18,000,000 instead of $23,000,000, road. If any man from the city can acres. These performances are all Poultry Shippers Pullets-. 8 and 10 weeks, and breeders, Reorganization Nets 306 New moved 15 feet nearer the kitchen, as first estimated. Unless these esti- show me that his taxes for roads the more remarkable when it is con- nd two years, ready for shipment. equal ours, I should be pleased to For results and service send Members And $41,140 and other large equipment was mates are added to by summer busi- sidered that the season of 1924 was your future shipments of Live T O W N L I N E POULTRY F A R M placed so as to save steps. The back ness, which seems , probable, the see it. not particularly favorable to bean Poultry to J. H. Geerlings, Prop. Capital porch floor was painted and the table State will have about $5,000,000 less Yours truly, production. Anthracnose, blight FARM BUREAU POULTRY E X C H 2610 Riopelle St., Detroit, Mich. Zeeland, Mich., R. R. 1-Box 15 and chairs moved out there for warm for road building than it anticipated. FRED BROESAMLE. and bacterial wilt ravaged many Member Michigan State Farm Bureau Holland, May 28.—That the pro- weather meals. A piece of canvas From the above monies, $6,000,000 fields of the common varieties. The gressive farmers living around Hol- from a grain binder was made into overdue state reward monies must be general yield of beans for the state land are true co-operators and dem- an awning. An old settee was up- paid to the counties and a sinking was only 10% bushels per acre, ten THIS SALT NEVER CAKES onstrate their loyalty to their own holstered for use on the side porch. fund started for retiring the road 400 MENOMINEE BOYS per cent below that of 1923. Beans N-C (non-caking) pours—white and smooth business ventures in a very practical Every drawer and closet in the house bonds, leaving the state with perhaps of the Robust variety, resistant to from sack or barrel the year round and under manner was proved when they re- was cleaned out and put in order. less than $5,000,000 for actual road AND GIRLS AT ROUND-UP disease, actually outdid their excel- all kinds of weather conditions. It never cakes cently put across a big program of Storage places were found for such building unless the above estimates lent performances of 1922 and 1923 because it is made from natural brine and not re-organization and refinancing for things as clothespins, saucepans, are increased. when the average yield for the va- from rock salt. And X-C costs no more! Over 400 school children, mem- Ask your co-op or local dealer for N-C salt. the Holland Co-operative Associa- mops and brooms. An old bucket^ bers of Menominee county boys and riety was 21.6 bushels per acre. Packed in 140, 100, 70, 50, 25 lb. sacks. tion. Originally this co-op had 368 was fixed for a garbage can, and an 12% LESS CATTLE girls clubs of the past winter, at- Keep Their Leaves Our BIG FOUR stock salt (medicated) is a members, but as time passed, some incinerator was made out of heavy tended the big round-up i|nd county The variety, one of the outstand- wonderful tonic, conditioner and worm ex- of them had moved away and so the wire. Missing door knobs and locks Twelve per cent less cattle are on exhibit and awarding of prizes at ing achievements in plant breeding peller. total number of stockholders had were replaced. The hogs and chick- feed for market in corn belt states the Menominee Agr'l school, recent- given to agriculture by the late F . SAGINAW SALT PRODUCTS COMPANY dwindled. New members and more ens were moved further from the as compared to one year ago, says ly. They had a big program and a A. Spragg of the Mich. Agr'l Col., Saginaw, .Michigan working capital were needed. I house and fenced in, flowers wetfa the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture. big time. / doubtless owes its productivity to its To meet this situation, the ser- planted and whitewash used plenti- I disease resistance. When other va- vices of Mr. H. J. Connery of Gobies fully. rieties have largely lost their leaves were secured. He has aided the Every week should be "Better in mid-summer, due to blight, Robust State Farm Bureau in signing a Home Week" throughout the nation. beans will likely be green and vig- My Cows ^ r e Doing THeir Very Best large number of Farm Bureau mem- A satisfactory kitchen is a good orous, retaining the leaves and their J. Hoy R u c k h a m , o w n e r of C e d a r L a w n D a i r y F a r m a t K a l a m a z o o , bers in many counties. Mr. Connery functions in growth throughout the w r i t e s u s : " I began feeding Michigan .Milkmaker in S e p t e m b e r , 1923, a n d starting point. Send to the U. cJ. started work among the farmers around Holland, on March 2. In two months' time he had reorganized the Dep't of Agriculture for free circti- lar No. 189, "The Well Planned Kitchen", and ask yourself the ques- Wool Pooling Dates entire season, losing them only with- in a few days of maturity. Specialists from the Crops Depart- h a v e only s t r a y e d from t h e M i l k m a k e r p a t h once—for one m o n t h — f o r w h i c h I did p e n a n c e in higher cost of production. My cows keep in b e t t e r flesh a n d c o n t i n u e d production t h a n with a n y o t h e r r a t i o n I have ever u s e d . " Get Michigan M i l k m a k e r , 2 4 % protein d a i r y r a t i o n , a t your co-op. T h e public f o r m u l a tells p o u n d for pound w h a t you a r e feeding. co-op under the name of the Holland tions you will find in it and see how ment of the Michigan State College MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE, Lansing, Michigan Co-operative Company ,^and 306 you can make your kitchen conform. point out that the variety te a bit farmers had taken out a total of Following are th^ points which have arranged for wool jpool- later than some of the common $41,140 new stock under Act 84. ing dates for carload shipments ftr more. If you are within strains throughout the state. Plann- As a result of this adequate fi- Must Label T. B. Cattle hauling ^distance of one of these points, you may pool your wool ing Robust beans four days to a nance and the marked loyalty of the When Sent To Market there and get the advantage of the carlot rate to Columbus. week earlier than commons, and fer- members, the Holland Co-op is now Otherwise, ship direct to Columbus, freight, collect. Pooling tilizing with a broadcast application in a very strong position. Last year The State Dep't of Agriculture is contracts will be available at the pooling points. Wool accepted of 200 to 250 pounds of acid phos- it did a business of $285,000, and advising all who ship con- on contract only. The pooling dates: phate per acre, will speed up the made a profit of more than $7,000. demned tubercular cattle to market maturity of the crop, and make for Besides the elevator and grist mill to be sure to placard the car or truck A cleaner and better beans. on Seventh Street in Holland, this with cards not less than 7 x 8 inches, Dexter, Washtenaw, May 28, Thurs., Dexter Aj;r'l Ass'n. When properly handled. Robust, Outfit also operates a large branch having printed thereon in letters not Delton, Barry, May 29, Fri., Delton F. B. Elevator Assn. beans have been increasing farmers' of Fourteenth Street, which handles loss than one inch high, "This Car Nashville, Barry, June 1, Mon., Nashville Co-op. Elevator incomes by $10 to $40 per acre. In c*ai, cement, lime, fertilizers, spray Contains Tuberculous Cattle." I'n- Charlotte, Eaton, June 1, Mon., Square Deal Elevator fact the average crop grown by a 'materials and other staple farm sup- less shipped in carlots, reactors must member of the Michigan Crop Im- Jackson, Jackson, June 5, Fri.,. N. Y. C. freight house plies. Other branches are also main- be partitioned off from other ani- provement Association was worth tained at Harlem and West Olive. In Union City, Branch, June 10, Wed., Union City Co-op. Co. $45 more per acre than the average mals. Coldwater, Branch, June 11, Thurs., Coldwater Co-op. Co. addition to handling all the regular Failure to comply with these pro- beanr crop of the state last season. farm supplies usual to a cflHjp, the Richland, Kalamazoo, June 16, Tues., Mr. C. F. Bissell The added income which users of visions of the law bars the State Harlem branch c a r r i e r a complete tram, making any appraisement of Portland, Ionia, June 16, Tues., Portland Farm Bur. Local certified Robust beans have been Stock of lumber and building sup- i attic and the indemnity cannot Mt. Pleasant. Isabella, .lune 19, Fri., Mt. Pleasant Co-op. Elev getting is one of the results of Mich- v plies. ' be paid. Furthermore, it laya the Hastings, Barry, June 20, Sat., Hastings Co-op Elevator igan's three-fold better seed p r o - shipper open to legal action. It is the Coleman, Midland, June 20, Sat., Coleman F. B. Elev. Ass'n gram-. The Farm Crops Department DRIVING TO COAST? desire of the Department that the Brooklyn, Jackson, June 23,_ Tues., Brooklyn Co-op Ass'n of the State College developed the Make the soil sweet and release all the fertility , More than 1,000,000 tourists, owner of tuberculous cattle rettive variety; the Michigan Crop Improve- to hasten growing crops to full and profitable A Hillsdale, Hillsdale, June 24, Wed., Hillsdale Coop Ass'n among them many Miclygan folks, the best possible returns from such ment Association, through its mem- maturity with Solvay Pulverized Limestone. Oxford, Oakland, June 25, Thurs., Oakland F. B. Local bership, grows it in a large way and crossed Arizona in 1 f>24, taking ad- animals, hence this suggestion from Guaranteed high test, non'Caustic and furnace' vantage of the low passes, dry cli- B. J. Killham, state veterinarian. keeps the seed pure, and this pure Wool is being received at State Farm Bureau headquarters at seed is distributed co-operatively by dried. Because it is finely ground and readily mate and better Foads, according to absorbed, it will produce results the first year. the Automobile Club of Arizona, at. 221 \ . Cedar Street, Lansing, at all times except Saturday af- the growers through the Michigan There seems to be two big prob- ternoon. Whenever a carload is accumulated it is shipped to Farm Bureau Seed Service. Every farmer will be interested in the Solvay Phoenix, Arizona, which offers road lems today—where to park and Columbus. Quincy Co-op at Quincy, Branch county, is planning Booklet on Liming—sent FREE op request. information. where to jump. Write! a carload shipment and pooling date for Monday, June .16. Do not feed chicks until they are THE SOLVAY PROCESS COMPANY M. T. Cooncy at Gaines, Genesee county, has shipped one ear GO to 72 hours old. For best feed- 7501 West Jefferson Ave. and Will ship another from Dnffield June I. W. W. Billings a t ing practice, send for Farm Bureau Detroit, Mich. MICHIGAN MILKMAKER DAIRY FEED Davison, dienesro county, will ship from that point. Supply Service's free booklet, "The •j l protejh Proper Feeding of Poultry". Sold by Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool I Y o u r local c o - o p o r F a r m B u r e a u a g e n t c a n supply y o u . If y o u w a n t t o k n o w w h a t s u c c e s s o t h e r * h a v e h a d w i t h it, w r i t e In spring the young man's fancy M i l IIICA.N 1 A R M B U R E A U S U P P L Y S E R V I C E , L a n s i n g , M i c h . lightly turns from thoughts of work. LOCAL DEALERS V—Arkansas (la/otto. *0rVf FOUR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS MAY 2 9 , 1025 He who has a thing to sell, and ALFALFA ASKS THESE GRANGE FOLKS OF THINGS FOR GROWTH BATAVIA PASSES BUSINESS NEWS goes and whispers in a well, is not so apt to get the dollars, as he who 3 COUNTIES TALK QUARTER MILLION 8c a word per Insertion for 8 or climbs a tree and hollers; or uses SCHOOL AND FAIRS Alfalfa is very particular • about the conditions under which it will grow. In the first place, the soil must be neutral or sweet. If the Ships Stock and Potatoes; mure Insertions; 3 ^ c a word for earn of 2 Insertions; 4 e e n t s a word for one Insertion. cluding words In words. Cash must Count each word, abbreviation and figure, In- ftignature, order. Mich. Farm Bureau N e w s . accompany aa the Farm Bureau News N e w s column. Business New Price List soil is sour, lime must be added be- Buys Supplies For B R O I L E R S W A N T E D fore alfalfa will grow successfully. ON Several Hundred Visit New Now is t h e t i m e to sell your The soil must also be well drained as Farmers poultry for t h e top prices aa Consolidated Near alfalfa will not grow with wet feet. POULTRY the m a r k e t will soon decline. Vacuum Ypsilanti Second, the seed bed must be pre- By E. H. W A L K E R , President WHITTAKBR'S T R A P N E S T E D F o r results and service s h i p pared and made quite firm by re- Batavia Co-operative Company Rhode Island Ueds at bargain prices for to t h e L peated packing with a drag, roller the rest of the season. Chicks and e g g s Several hundred Grange folks and The Batavia Co-operative Com- from Michigan's Greatest Color ami Egg FARM BUR. POULTRY E X C H . or eultipacker. Third, the seed must pany was organized about ten years Strain at very little more than you would 2 0 1 0 Riopelle St., Detroit friends were entertained at the new pay for common stock. -Mrs. Floyd AcUley be northern grown. The Grimm va- ago. It has had to struggle hard, Lincoln Consolidated School near of Coleman reports hatching ;V> chicks Cup riety is best and should be seeded at but there is no doubt now about the from an order of 50 eggs. Write for our Ypsilanti on Tuesday, May 12th. bargain prices and catalog. Both Combs. the rate of ten pounds per acre. success of this organization. One. T h i s was a day given to the cause of Interlakes Farm, Box H, Lawren<*e, Mich- Northwestern Common is successful of the biggest t h i n g s it has accom- igan. better s c h o o l s and cleaner fairs by in many cases, but requires from plished is to change the manner of t h e rural folks of Wayne, Washtenaw QUALITY BABY CHICKS—SPECIAL fifteen to sixteen pounds per acre, and Monroe counties. marketing for the farmers in that high grade White Leghorn baby chicks There Was Tires thus m a k i n g it almost as expensive community. At first they were very offered from flocks mated to m a l e s from A thorough inspection of the Eckard's strain. Holland Strain S. C. to seed a s Grimm. Fourth, if the much opposed to hiring a man to sell Brown Leghorns. Barred Rock baby school and Its advantages and its possibilities w a s m a d e during the m o r n i n g hours. After a splendid dinner nerved by the h o m e economics field has not previously grown sweet clover or alfalfa, the seed should be inoculated. Inoculation can be se- their produce and buy some of the commodities. However, around Batavia are realizing the farmers clucks from prize winners at the Holland Poultrv show. 100% live delivery guar- anteed. Our flocks are carefully super- vised and Hogan tested. (Jet June bar- A Time This list Cancels All Previous Quotations cured from the Michigan Agricultur- gain prices and descriptive matter. Hill- r l a s s of the school a m o s t profitable benefits derived from an efficient view Hatchery, C. Boven, Prop., B o x A, W h e n t h e privately-owned afternoon was given over to the mat- ter of clean fairs. This subject w a s presented by Mr. L e w i s , Lecturer al College at a cost of 2.J cents per bushel. Fifth, alfalfa should not be seeded earlier than May 1st or later man on hand at all times to take care of the sale of their produce and the buying of various commodities K. K. 11, Holland, 'Mich. Member Mich. S t a t e Farm Bureau. R E D U C E D PRICES ON CHICKS FOR 5-28-tf-74 live stock commission served the purpose for which it was intended. firm But the es- Farm Bureau Members Get than August 15th. Best results are for them. the rest of t h e season. Rocks, Reds and tablishing of producer owned of the Ohio State Grange. The fol- lowing resolutions were unanimously adopted: secured when seeded with barley or oats as a nurse crop. The total amount of business transacted during the year of 1924 W h i t e Leghorns. Write for prices. Koons, Homer, Mich. LIVE STOCK H. 6-26-25 and controlled live stock mar- keting systems — co-operative 20% Discount From These The Rural School was $266,634.96. There were 144 farmer, local co-operative ass'n Unsolved, t h a t we, the patrons of rural ochools of W a s h t e n a w , Mon- roe and W a y n e counties, recommend: HURON PLANS BIG decks of live stock shipped, valued at $ 1 9 0 , 3 0 0 . 0 0 ; 110 cars of potatoes valued at $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 ; and the following SHORTHORNS: THE GREAT B E E F and milk breed. Beef cattle prices have turned upward and rising values should continue for several years. B u y Short- and the ass'ns State exchanges, and t h e State and National Co-op Live Stock banded Into Low Prices horns now and reap the benefit. Write carloads of various commodities Ass'ns operating their own co- This is a wonderful buy on a tire and tube everywhere F I R S T — R u r a l School supervision a s an i m m e d i a t e need. SECOND—Teacher's salary based COUNTY-WIDE BUR. were bought for farmers: 30 cars of coal, 8 cars of feed, 5 cars of fertil- the Secretary, Michigan Shorthorn Breed- ers' Association, East Lansing, Michigan. 6-12-25 operative commission compa- nies at the principal terminal known as a standard for high quality and for long, trouble- free service, even over roughest roads. Extra ply construc- on three facts as a means to encour- a g e experienced teachers to remain MEETING JUNE 2 2 izer, 2 cars of fencing, 2 cars of fence post, one car of lime, and two cars of salt. FOR S A L E — REGISTERED J E R S E Y calves; also bull calves not related to heifers, out of heavy producing dams.' B e s t of breeding. C. E. George. UnioM m a r k e t s , — t h e s e things have made new standards of service and returns which stockmen tion, double thick, non-skid tread. Tubes are ton-tested. Our Pennsylvania Vacuum Cup Tires are No. 1 stock, ex- in the rural s c h o o l s , — A—Training. Besides the above, they handled City, Mich. 4-23 tf have been quick to appreciate. actly as you would get from any Pennsylvania dealer, except B—Experience. 100 Delegates to Convention $4,000 worth of seed, 10,000 lbs. of I MISCELLANEOUS If you have stock to ship, our prices are lower. The big savings on these tires and tubes C—Difficulty of the school. Are Elected at Local binder twine, and a few cars of you should investigate the ser- means something. Read these prices, then order from direc- CAN YV)I YOU USE A MAN WITH S P E - T H I R D — Consolidation where cement, and other things too numer- E ^ C - i f c c a r t y , Bad With respect to New Zealand, said Robusts instead of common beans brings much better returns. 30x5 SS 38.06 4.00 v i t e s his neighbors t o scald their Axe, Huron Co. 8-16-25 Mr. Edwy. B. Reid of the American Robust beans (certified) are recommended by the Michigan 33x5 SS 41.12 4.37 h o g s for winter butchering. They Farm Bureau legislative dep't to the Crop Improvement Ass'n and the Michigan F a r m Bureau Seed 34x5 SS 42.12 4.56 c o m e for m i l e s around. Another hot Reg. Duroc Jersey Boars, Bred S o w s A Service. Ask for t h e m at your local co-op. If not obtainable SS 43.19 4.69 Gilts. L. O. Klaty. Carsonville. Mich. 6-26 U. S. Tariff Commission, New Zea- 35x5 spring on a farm near Bliss, Idaho, locally, w e can supply you at these prices: 37x5 SS 45.31 5.12 land has a fine milk climate, cattle u s e s the water for incubator and FOR S A L E — R E G I S T E R E D S I L V E R C E R T I F I E D ROBUSTS->-Lots of less than 10 bu...$5.50 per bu. 32x6 SS 59.75 7.62 are pastured the year around and C E R T I F I E D ROBUSTS—Lots of 10 bu. and up $5.25 per bu. g r e e n h o u s e heat. Black Foxes. McCombs Silver Fox 36x6 SS 66.44 8.62 Ranch, R e m u s , Mich., R-2. 8-27-25 dairy barn investment is very low. IMPORTANT—Above prices F . O. B . shipping point. These 34x7 SS 88.25 10.37 If Michigan or Wisconsin farmers SS 98.12 11.56 beans a r e shipped in 1 0 0 lb. bags, t h e bags E X T R A at value. 38x7 were to wipe out the value of their 36x8 SS 113.75 12.75 land, they could not produce butter at the figure considered adequate in Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service 40x8 38x9 SS SS 126.50 183.56 14.12 17.69 Two Largest Records on Milkmaker New Zealand. Denmark is said to dump butter on the American mar- Lansing, Michigan 42x9 SS 203.50 18.69 "My t w o largest records of 30.84 and 31.80 lbs. butter were made w i t h Michigan Milkmaker a s 7 5 % of the ration, s a y s H. B. McMurray, of Kala- ket at a loss now .and then s o as to Balloon Cords To Fit Regular SS Rims mazoo, o w n e r of Imperial I'ontiac Segis Burke 511155, first in the senior four avoid breaking her English market. USE CORD T U B E y e a r s old class, seven day division, in the 1924 Michigan Holstein Honor SIZE F I T S REG CASING Roll. I h a v e been feeding Milkmaker one year. It took but one small For these reasons, t h e American SS RIMS TYPE TUBE dose of other feeding t o bring me back to Milkmaker. A s k your co-op ass'n Farm Bureau is a strong advocate 31x4.40 3 0 x 3 Ijj $15.62 31x4 $2.81 for Michigan Milkmaker, 2 4 % protein. The public formula tells you exactly w h a t ' s in it, pound for pound. for increasing our duty on butter 32x4.95 31x4 20.94 32x4 ft 3.37 33x4.95 32x4 21.56 33x4 ft 8.44 ORDER YOUR BINDER TWINE MICHIGAN FARM B U R E A U S U P P L Y SERVICE, Lansing, Michigan imports. 34x4.95 33x4 22.19 34x4 ft 8.56 33x5.77 3 2 x 4 >•;. 31.56 33x5 4.37 AGRICULTURE'S GREATEST N E E D 34x5.77 3 3 x 4 ft 32.50 34x5 4.56 Who's ever going to help the 35x5.77 3 4 x 4 ft 83.44 35x5 4.69 farmer if he doesn't help himself? 35x6.75 33x5 40.81 35x6.75 6.25 •ppsgggg*. ^•'gSaCfr'Vj^KfiSBK*' The need today is for farmers w h o will think individually, but w h o will place confidence in their fellow- farmers and act collectively t h r o u g h their o w n organizations. —NOW— SIZE Balloon Cords For Special Wheels 28x4 40 REGULAR ' CASING $14.44 EXTRA PLY CASING CORD TUBE $2.50 fflFsl HBOP^ The demand for Binder Twine is heavy, the supply 29x4.40 30x4.75 29x4.95 30x4.95 14.81 17.31 19.37 19.69 2.75 3.12 8.25 8.37 ft • tA y^ OuickJEasy limited and raw materials are going higher. There- 31x4.95 30x5.25 31x5.25 20.31 21.87 22.50 25.31 8.50 8.69 3.81 BHBF> ^ • •'jrfP"! WavjtoCaii fore, w e suggest that you order your twine at once. 30x5.77 3 2 x 5 77 32x6 25.62 28.44 • 30.62' 4.50 4.64 4.94 at Home O u r brand is the only 33x6 32x6.20 33x6.20 29.06 29.37 30.31 •> 5.19 5.37 5.69 P-R-O-F-I-T S a y good-bye t o the slow, hot a n d messy way of Canning in glass. 33x6.75 34x7.30 38.75 38.14 43.14 5.81 6.56 is what you want and you can get it with hens of this type from ( Let u e tell you of the STANDARD SISAL TWINE Byron Center Poultry farm. Our Barron Strain S. C. W. Leghorns quick, pleas- ant, easy way have been bred by us for 8 years. of canning in . Tin, and the SAVE This Ad for Future Reference Pullets - r e s u l t * are b e t t e r , too. containing long fibres. This W e are raising 1,000 pullets on our farm that w e are selling a t You easily can 75c each at 8 w e e k s . jt p u t u p is your plant; patronize TO ORDER: Do not send any money to us. Write us the CHICKS 8 0 0 Can* a D a y type and size tire and tube you want. We ship parcel post I OK MAY 2 0 .11 XE 3 J U N E 9 . 1 6 - 2 3 DELIVERY Don't let a single fruit or vegetable ^our own industry. Write s . C, W. Leghorn lOe Oc 8c rot when the market prices are too or express (as you prefer) C. O. D. and you pay the delivery low t o make i t worth while picking Brown Leghorn 8c them. Put u p every bit of it and sell for prices and terms. agent our low price and the transportation charge. Prices are Barred Rocks 12e 12c He all of your fresh home canned foods, that you can spare, at a handsome P. 0. B. Grand Rapids. Immediate shipment made. To get R. Island R e d s 12c 12c lie profit. We tell you how. i t ' s the the discount be sure and give your County Farm Bureau 'Burpee Way" of making We prepay all shipments in lots of 1 0 0 or more. Our terms are Big Spare Time P a y ( membership. 10 per rent with order but if more convenient w e will send C. O. D. Eat all you w a n t a n d sell the rest at We guarantee s a t e delivery. from 10c t o 15c a can. That makes $50 t o $75 profit for every day that MICHIGAN STATE INDUSTRIES * MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE BYRON ( E N T E R POULTRY 1 ARM, Byron Center, Mich. you put up 500 c a n s . Write us for Jackson, Michigan r, Prop.—Members Mich. State F a r m Bureau full particulars. There i s n o obliga- Lansing, Michigan tion. Write today. BURPEE CAN SEALER CO., Dept. Rfi 218 W. Huron St.. Chicago. 111. ^^t^B^HH