Our Purpose Is To Build a Prosper- ous Agriculture MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS PUBLISHED BV THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP ur Neighbors—That Is The Farm Bureau FOURTH YEAR, VOL. l\ . \ » . 1 7 AUGUST 2", 15>i»« ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY 8 MIDWEST FARM BUREAUS STUDY ORGANIZATION IN MICHIGAN PRESENT SYSTEM BUREAUS' WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER, OF TAXATION HITS Pioneers Visited Headquarters 8 States Say Yes THOSE EAST, FIND THEMSELVES AGREED FARMERUNFAIRLY ON THE VOLUNTEER WORKER PLAN E. A. O'Neal, Vice-President To These Things of A . F. B. F., Outlines To build a permanent and effective Farm Bureau Pres. Sam Thompson and Other Officers of the membership, eight Middle West Farm Bureau States, Our Tax Burden meeting at Saugatuck, Mich., Aug. 16 to 20, agreed American Farm Bureau Take Part in Five FARMS ARETCONFISCATED that our Farm Bureau program must recognize these Day Session; Michigan's Champion things, and pledged themselves to do so: Membership Team Makes a Hit Rural Property Can't Be Hid, ., • That a permanent membership is paramount if Farmer Can't Pass His tne Farm Bureau is to function in an educational, social and Eight of the Mid-West Farm Bureau state federations, in- Taxes Along economic capacity; and that the Farm Bureau—County, state, and National—must build its program, personnel and cluding Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Mis- A strong statement as to the un- budget with membership as the primary consideration. souri, Ohio and Michigan, held an organization school at favorable situation of farmers un- 2. That a membership policy must be built on an Camp Gray, Saugatuck, in Allegan county, for five days, Aug- der our present system of taxation appeal tor an adequate standard of living on the farm, and ust 16 to 20 inclusive. was made by Mr. E. A. O'Neal, Vice- President of the American Farm Bu- a farm income to maintain it. This organization school was held in order to give the rep- reau Federation and president of the 3 That membership work be based on volunteer "Great oaks from little acorns grow" thought these twenty Farm resentatives of these State Farm Bureau Federations an op- Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, Bureau pioneers when they visited their state organization headquarters at speaking recently before the Ala- effort. Lansing, July 27. portunity to more thoroughly study the organization and bama Illiteracy Conference. What he Seven years ago their home township of Addison, in the northeast cor- membership problems in which all Farm Bureaus are con- 4. That, to have a healthy and permanent farm or- ner of Oakland county, was the place where the first old-style Farm cerned. said on that occasion applies with T h e main topics considered were salesmanship and equal force to the unfortunate tax ganization, farm leaders must have the courage to teach the Bureau membershiip campaign started. Visiting state headquarters, these conditions confronting }Iichigart membership that each American farmer owes to his occupa- Addison Township folks were much impressed with what has been made psychology as applied to Farm Bureau organization work; farmers. In the course of his very tion and his community a decent contribution of money, possible by their dues and those of other members. publicity, considered from the same angle; and more particu- time and effort. Local groups of farmers would find it very interesting and worth while comprehensive address, Mr. O'Neal to follow the example of these Addison people and arrange an auto caravan larly the winning and holding men and women's membership declared in part, as follows: to drive to Lansing and see first hand what they have and what is being interest in the Farm Bureau and its program. "Under the tax system of Alabama, 5. That the future of co-operative marketing and done at their State Farm Bureau headquarters at 221-2 2 7 North Cedar the principal source of revenue for co-operative purchasing can only be assured through an ap- Street. The national Farm Bureau office was represented by Sam all purposes except highway con- preciation by the farmer, that such activities are only fac- struction, and almost the only source tors that help to make possible an adequate standard of liv- H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- of revenue for educational purposes is the.ad valorem tax on real estate ing ; and that he must recognize and appreciate the necessity of loyalty to, and an understanding of these fundamentals, VICTORY PICNIC IS GRAY PICTURES eration ; Frank Evans, secretary and general marketing coun- sel; E. P . Taylor, national director of organization; H . R . and tangible personal property, in- rather than a consideration only of immediate and direct tangible property being substantially exempt from taxation. Under this monetary returns. HELD BY SANILAC CONFLICT FARMER Kibler, national director of Publicity; and Mrs. Chas. W . Sewell, field director of home and community work for the 6. That publicity, properly adapted and directed, is indispensible to getting and keeping members; and its CO. FARM BUREAU HAS BEFORE HIM A. F. B. F . In order to give the greatest possible help to the represent- form and appeal nrust be of such character that it will create and maintain interest in the Farm Bureau. Mike L. Noon Presents Loving Equality for Agriculture Not atives of the State Farm Bureaus making up the gathering, Cup For Splendid Work A Matter of O n e the committee in charge arranged for some of the best men in 7. That all Farm Bureaus should adopt an adequate the field to give the instruction on the various subjects. uniform membership fee. In Campaign Measure Arthur Taylor, vice-president of the National Salesmen's 8. That financial support from commodity associa- Sandusky, Aug. 11.—Celebrating Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 25.—Agri- Training Association of Chicago, gave very fine instruction tions should be received only for specific services rendered, its victory in the recent membership cultural struggles are not all out on and should not be recommended as the principal source of campaign, the Sanilac County Farm the farms and homesteads qf our on "The A r t of Selling." George Metzger, organization di- Farm Bureau income. Bureau held a monster p"icnic at the land. Many of the battles of the rector of the Illinois Agricultural Association, discussed the County Park at Forester today, at- greatest concern to the farmers are "Art of Salesmanship as Applied to Farm Bureau Needs." 9. That prompt collection of dues is fundamental tended by several thousand farmers those little understood, but are far to the success of membership work; and that a dues collec- and their families. reaching and decisive controversies "Publicity" was discussed and illustrated by S. J. Duncan- tion program must be continually in effect, and particularly Ideal weather contributed to the which are waged in Legislature com- Clark, editor-in-chief of the Chicago Evening Post. Also by should a dues collection campaign precede a membership success of the event and an amplify- mittee rooms and chambers and in H. R. Kibler, director of publicity for the American Farm Bu- campaign. ing outfit enabled everyone present the other high places of the land reau Federation, and by E. E. Ungren, editor of the Michigan to hear distinctly the splendid speak- where the nation's basic and funda- 10. That we should look to the Organization depart- ing program which had been pro- mental policies are determined. Farm Bureau News. vided. Such, in part, was the new Vision ment of the American Farm Bureau Federation for- the fur- of the tremendous importance of the Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, director of Home and Community ther development of a National Plan of Organization and One member voiced the sentiment, Membership Maintenance, and that department should have evidently shared by all. when he legislative activities of organized ag- Work for the Michigan State Farm Bureau, gave a very fine said, "We have had good picnics be- riculture which was gained by the the assistance of a competent personnel made available to hundreds of Farm Bureau members talk on "What is a Community?" Lucius E. Wilson, pres- fore, but this is the best yet." train leaders and assist in the direction of organization work. M. L. Noon, Vice-President of the who attended the first few of the ident of the General Organization Company of Chicago, Respectfully submitted, State Farm Bureau, spoke on "Ac- series of 20 Farm Bureau Legislative taught the School for two periods taking up "Modern Psy- ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE tivities of the Farm Bureau and Its rallies now in full swing over the state, in accordance with the sched- chology as Applied to the Art of Selling," and "Developing Allied Organizations." He made a Mr. Martindale, Committee Chairman, and Mrs. Sewell of strong presentation of the necessity ule printed in the last issue of the One's Self in the Farm Bureau Field." >> E. A. O'NEAL Indiana; Metzger and Fox of Illinois; Sec'y Coupe and for organization of farmers for mu- NEWS. Two very valuable periods on "Simple Rules for Public Vice-President A. F. B. F. Mrs. Richardson of Iowa; Pres. Harper of Wisconsin; Mrs. tual benefit, greater profits and bet- system, the greatest burden of taxa- Benson of Nebraska; A. Bentall and Mrs. Wagar of Michi- ter communities. He complimented Speaking" were taught by R. E. Patterson Kline of Chicago, tion must necessarily fall on that gan ; Mr. Corbin and Mrs. Redford of Missouri; Murray Lin- the Sanilac County Farm Bureau C. L. Brody, secretary of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, cMass whose wealth is invested most coln and DePew Head, committee sec 'y, of Ohio. highly on its fine work in the re- spoke on "The Administration of the Farm Bureau," and M . entirely in tangible personal prop- cent membership campaign and pre- erty and real estate. The farmer is sented them with the silver loving L. Noon, Vice-president of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, the only class WIIOSQ entire wealth cup offered by the State Farm Bu- on "Relation of Co-operatives to the Farm Bureau." T h e is so invested and is the only class reau tp the county in the northern entire five-days' sessions, both mornings and afternoons, and that pays tax on everything he has. group signing the largest total of "Again, under the property tax laws of this and almost all other FARM WOMEN TO , Michigan's 1926 Wool Clip Slightly Smaller members in the recent campaign. Holds Many Honors the two evening sessions, were full of helpful suggestions for future Farm Bureau organization work. states, property is valued for taxa- tion according to its sale value and not in proportion to its earning pow- HAVE SCHOOL AT Sanilac holds many state and na- It is estimated that Michigan tional Farm Bureau honors. It has The Michigan State Farm Bureau was well represented at this school. In addition to those mentioned above were Presi- growers produced 7,928,000 pounds the largest county membership in er. Farm lands sell higher in pro- portion to earnings than any other NAT. DAIRY SHOW of wool this year as compared writh Michigan. Custer Township has the 8,008,000 in 1925. The average largest township membership in the dent M. B. McPherson; Alfred Bentall, director of organiza- tion; and several merribership workers who were present at kind of real estate. There are many weight per fleece this year was 8.0 State. Phillip O'Connell and W. J, reasons why thhf is so, but the ex- Health Food Show and Home pounds while last year it was 7.7 Martin, a Sanilac County volunteer different sessions, and a number of Michigan visitors from planation is not important. The fact pounds, the increase being due to im- team of solicitors, signed up the several counties were in attendance daily. is not disputed by any authority on Appliance Show Also provement of flocks and the unusual- largest number of members of any taxation. In discussing this question, John Martin, County Agricultural Agent from Sanilac, Scheduled ly long winter, according to a state- team iu the United States. and the United States Department of Ag- ment issued by L. Whitney Watkins, Brid^ehampton Township, with Win. came with the champion Farm Bureau membership team, riculture in a recent publication Detroit, Aug. 26.—Farm women Commissioner of Agriculture and Bettis as chairman, has the honor of Messrs. W m . Martin and Phil O'Connell, who have signed «aid: 'Almost everywhere property from every county in Michigan, and Verne H. Church, U. S. Agricultural the highest percentage of casli mem- over one hundred members during the volunteer campaign. used in agriculture stands out as the berships, having 5 2 members with from many other states, will meet Statistician for Michigan. Both of them gave short talks and we Michigan folks felt real most ill-favored of all classes when; 50 paid in cash. • the taxes are considered in relation in a Farm Women's School wJiich The production for the United W. E. Skinner, Secretary of the proud of our men. to earnings.',y In a study of 26 states will embrace lectures, demonstra- States is placed at 269,064,000 National Dairy Show to be held in including Alabama, the Department tions and meetings of value to farm pounds, or 1"),147.000 pounds more Detroit, October G to 13, made a A committee composed of the organization director and of Agriculture says that if valuation women in their actual home life, ac- than in 1925. The average weight splendid address telling of the bene- one other member from, each state represented was appointed was based on earnings at the current cording to an announcement made by per -fleece is 7.8 pounds for both fits derived from the show. He urg- rate of interest instead of being Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, of Carleton, years. C&ESTEB GRAY to bring recommendations on future Farm Bureau policies. ed farmers to enter the pure-bred based on s*le value, such valuations chairman of the Michigan State field and characterized the dairy "Equality for Agriculture is vastly At the left in columns 2 and 3 is the report presented by this would be reduced more than 50 per Farm Bureau Home and Community committee and adopted by those attending the school. Work Committee. SHIAWASSEE MEMBERS show as an enlightenment to farm- more 'than any one bill," declared cent. Just ,the reverse is true of ur- ers and the entire country, repre- Chester Gray, Washington represen- ban property. In this same study, the The School will be held iu con- PLAN PICNIC SEPT. 4 senting it as the "show window" of tative of the American Farm Bureau, Department found that urban prop- erty was "\Qalued for /taxation at less junction with the National Dairy Im- position at Detroit. October 6 to 13, Saturday, Sept. 4th, a Shiawassee the world's best cattle. County Farm Bureau Members' pic- John J. Maaher of ..Detroit discuss- who was the principal speaker at these rallies. "We are living in a NORTH HEMISPHERE casts still indicate crops gmaller than last year. These reductions may re- duce the production of the Northern inclusive. In addition to the school, than the Capitalized-value of earn- ings at the current rate of interest. "Another reason why the burden of much interest to farm women, will be the Health Food Show and the nic will be held at the home of Ar- ed the present political situation, thur S. Bridger. The Bridger farm particularly a? it relates to the rel- is located in Perry Township, 3% ative merits of the two candidates critical period in American history. The United States is going through the same transitional period which WHEAT CROP WILL Hemisphere below what it was last year. of property taxes falls so much the more heavily on the farmer is that Home Appliance Show. Dr. E. V. Mc« Collum, noted nutrition expert, will be in personal charge of the Health miles south and one mile east of for Governor. He urged citizens to Perry. .This picnic is arranged for vote intelligently at the approaching Shiawassee members and their fam- primary. England went through 150 years ago when her agriculture ceased to be of chief importance and she became pri- BE SAME AS 1925 The estimate of the Canadian win- ter wheat amounted crop as of August 1, to 16,122,000 bushels he alone cannot shift his tax or any part of it to those who consume his Show. ilies. A real day of social entertain- A talk by County Agent John D. marily a maritime and industrial na- Reports From Most Nations compared with 23,780,000 bushels products. The reason for this is that According to Mrs. Wagar, the pur- ment. Martin completed the speaking pro- tion. last year according to reports from all other classes sell on a protected pose of the school will be to teach Refreshments will be the usual gram which was presided over by Show Prospects Same the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. picnic basket lunch. Each member Lew Derby. County "There are two significant devel- The forecast of the spring wheat crop domestic market, while the farmer farm women the worth of profitable Farm Bureau opments in America today. We are As Last Year must sell on a competitive world producing cows, and how modern la- has been asked to bring enough Campaign Manager. is 300,838,000 bushels. This indicat- sandwiches for his family, and one becoming a great, consuming nation, ed wheat crop of 317,000,000 bush- market. The result is, as stated by a bor saving devices and appliances Music for the picnic was furnish- and we are also the world's fore- Special Investigating Committee of other article of refreshment. Also to ed by the McGregor band and a spe- A wheat crop for the Northern els is nearly 32,000,000 bushels less may be had from the increased in- most creditor. The metropolitan in- the State of Oregon, that the farmer provide his silverware and dishes cial feature was a jig put on by Hemisphere about the same as last than the forecast as of July 1 and* come. habitants of a great consuming na- 94,000,000 bushels less than the esti- not only payiTtax on all he has, but "The average farm home can and Neighbors invited to attend are a s k - ] J a m e s Sullivan of Marlette, and W. tion think in terms of cheap food. year is still indicated by revised must pay tax in part on all that he ed.to do likewise. Activities will be-i j . Martin of Custer Township, mem- forecasts for the crops of the United mated crop of last year. In the past, should have as many comforts as the The farmers who have loaned to for- eight years the August 1 estimate buys. town home. We want ow farm wo gin at 10 a. m. ber of the championship pair of team eign governments and foreign indus- States, Canada, Hungary and other countries reporting to date, says the has averaged about the same as the "The inequality of the tax burden men to have the latest appliances workers. tries want their loans paid back in United States Deparment of Agricul- final estimate of the crop, but it has under the property tax is apparent and there can be, in justice, no ex- conveniences and things to work Ftfankenmuth Picnic goods. In the face of these two ten- ture. The estimates total about 2,- ranged from nearly 29 per cent with," says Mrs. Wagar. The Frankenmuth Community pic- MIDLAND PICNIC dencies, agriculture will go the route above to 20 per cent below the final tension of that tax for additional "Of course, the general program of of the toboggan unless farmers are 2(>4,'.\l< al.v, Sec 'hand Blanc Hudson pect a n y t h i n g but. scorn or pity'. sion which p a r t i a l l y offsets t h e d r a w - W h i l e all w a n t h o m e s and t h e t h i n g s b a c k s . t h a t go to m a k e h o m e s and t h e eco- judging contest. up r e m a r k a b l y well on r e t e s t . " This g r e a t increase in d e m a n d for T h e Second a n n u a l food show will Michigan dairy and b r e e d i n g cattle MARKETING READY C. A. Richner, Sales Mgr...Cadillac W a n t s to Do a n d to Have Leon G. VanLeuw George Herman Bella.it e I'.dmore Xate Patterson Edward Dippey (.'has. Woodruff Caro Perry Hastings n o m i c side of f a r m life s t u d i e d a n d T h e f a r m w o m a n w a n t s to do a n d p l a n n e d ami p r o t e c t e d , yet it \va.-: to have —to go a n d come—-to see a n d : be held u n d e r the p e r s o n a l direction h a s n a t u r a l l y resulted in m a r k e d of Dr. E. V. McCollum, J o h n s H o p - increase* in their value. Prices have k i n s University B a l t i m o r e , Md. Dr. a d v a n c e d s h a r p l y d u r i n g t h e past TO BE OF SERVICE E. A. Rasmussen Sheridan decided t h a t t h e g r e a t u n d e r - c u r r e n t enjoy all of t h e t h i n g s t h a t t h i s ever Ray D. Harper St. Johns .McCollum is a recognized a u t h o r i t y y e a r a n d good cows a r e selling at a MICDICAX PfeUtT GROWERS, Charles Brown IXC. Sunflekl of control for a h a p p y r u r a l life to c h a n g i n g w o r l d is d e l i v e r i n g t h e s e N e w Federal Activity Result M. D. Buskirk, Pres Paw Paw i t s fullest d e g r e e did not rest with days. W h e n t h e r e is work to do. she on n u t r i t u i o n . T h e i m p o r t a n c e of John Frank Miller Obtest .' Coloma Breckenrldge c o n s i d e r a b l y h i g h e r figure t h a n they Amos Tucker, 1 V. Pies Allan B. Graham Elberta t h e m a t e r i a l , but r a t h e r with t h e w a n t s to s h a r e it; when t h e r e a r e d a i r y p r o d u c t s a n d t h e i r relation to Of Measure Enacted w e r e IS m o n t h s ago. It would be an South Haven I'. 11. Leavenworth. .Grand Rapids- e m o t i o n a l side of life. P e a c e , love, p l e a s u r e s to enjoy,, s h e o t h e r foods in t h e diet will be stress- wants to u l t r a conservative s t a t e m e n t to say B y Congress Herbert Xafziger, 2 V. Pres W. J. Schultz Hart a p p r e c i a t i o n , expression, all mean s h a r e t h e m ; 'she w a n t s to live out ed. t h a t t h e value of dairy cows h a s been Millburg L. A. Hawlev Lutllngton m o r e to t h e woman'^s c o n t e n t m nt h e r n a t u r a l i n c l i n a t i o n s just the Mrs. W a g a r l u C h a r g e i n c r e a s e d by $10 per head t h r o u g h - F. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas c. I. <'in est.-risen duukuma t h a n p r o p e r t y or b a n k a c c o u n t s . s a m e while living on t h e farm a? A n o t h e r f e a t u r e of t h e show will out t h e s t a t e as a r e s u l t of this work A Division of C o - o p e r a t i v e Mar- Benton Harbor H. W. GOWdy I'uion Pier It was b r o u g h t out t h a t t h e farm would be h e r lot if she lived else- be t h e F a r m W o m e n ' s Division. This a n d in the tested c o u n t i e s this esti- p e t i h g has been c r e a t e d in the Bu- F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr O. E. Gale Shelby w o m a n w a n t e d to k n o w a n d partici- w h e r e . She simply w a n t s to live t h e e v e n t is s p o n s o r e d by t h e A m e r i c a n m a t e could be doubled a n d this is no reau of A g r i c u l t u r a l Economics of Benton Harbor John LCUng Sodus p a t e in b u s i n e s s affairs, b o t h do- life she most desires with h e r con- F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n and will be s m a l l a m o u n t based on t h e dairy cow the D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e , pur- D. H. Brake Fremont John Bottema Spring Lake m e s t i c a n d public. She w a n t e d to be nection to t h e f a r m being no h a n d i - in c h a r g e of Mrs. E d i t h M. W a g a r , p o p u l a t i o n of the s t a t e which is in s u a n t to t h e provisions of t h e Co- Henry Namitz Bridgman Bert Gleason Lawrence classed as p a r t of t h e m a c h i n e t h a t cap. We h a v e ~ m a d e a good s t a r t to- C a r l e t o n , Mich. Its p u r p o s e is to operative M a r k e t i n g Bill, which was J. F. Highee Am e r i c a nHarbor Benton F a r m Bureau Federation t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d of 800,000 head. c. L. Brody Lansing k e e p s t h e w o r l d going. She w a n t e d w a r d s t h a t end, let's stick to t h e job t e a c h farm wOmen t h e i m p o r t a n c e of approved a n d signed by t h e Presi- SAM H.Overton Miller THOMPSON Bangor Harry Hogue President Sodus GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F . . . ' 58 East Washington St., Chicago a s good e d u c a t i o n a l a d v a n t a g e s for until it's finisher;. efficient p r o d u c i n g cows, how h o m e THAT'S FATAL dent j u s t before C o n g r e s s adjourned. CHESTER H. c.R.W Washington Representative c o n d i t i o n s m a y be i m p r o v e d t h e r e - Chris L. C h r i s t e n s e n . who for the LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, 1 >. C. Present Tax System j l a r s , w h i l e t h e t o t a l net i n c o m e d a r - by, a n d t h e c a r e s of life lessened. T h e widow of a f a r m e r had some difficulty with h e r hens, and wrote past two y e a r s h a s been a t t h e head T h e r e will be an exhibit of h o m e ap- of t h e co-operative m a r k e t i n g work Hits Farmer Unfairly l i n g t h e s a m e five y e a r s w a s only 10 | billion d o l l a r s . In o t h e r w o r d s , t h e pliances in c h a r g e of t r a i n e d w o m e n . A g r i c u l t u r e : — t h e following letter to t h e Board of in the same b u r e a u will be in charge /?= (Continued from pa<£ one) loss in c a p i t a l v a l u e was twice t h r F a r m w o m e n will be s h o w n 'now bet- of t h e new division. T h e work and • ; \ p r o p e r t y laws, he is p a y i n g tax to net income a n d t h e tax d u r i n g these ter d a i r y h e r d s will m a k e possible " S o m e t h i n g is w r o n g with my personnel of the f o r m e r Division df t h e limit of his ability as m e a s u r e d five y e a r s was in p a r t , at least, paid t h e p u r c h a s e of t h e s e a p p l i a n c e s in c h i c k e n s . Every m o r n i n g I find two A g r i c u l t u r a l C o - o p e r a t i o n will be STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC by income. out of p r o p e r t y instead of income. a s h o r t t i m e from t h e increased in- or t h r e e lying on the g r o u n d cold a n d stiff, with their feet in the air. t r a n s f e r r e d to t h e n e w Division of " I n t h e A n n a l s of t h e A m e r i c a n This c o n d i t i o n , if c o n t i n u e d , a n d it is come. SERVICE PROGRAM A c a d e m y of Political a n d Social Sci- c o n t i n u i n g up to t h e p r e s e n t t i m e . T h e different • o r g a n i z a t i o n s con- Can you tell me w h a t is t h e m a t t e r ? " Co-operative M a r k e t i n g . for t h e new division h a v e All plana been ap- ence, J a n u a r y , 1 9 2 5 . it is shown t h a i Will u t t e r l y d e s t r o y t h e f a r m i n g in- After a little while she' received LEGISLATION* farm p r o p e r t y between the crop d u s t r y . Any a d d i t i o n a l t a x on prop- nected with t h e association will hold t h e following r e p l y : — proved by Secretary J a r d i n e . Passage of the Capper-French Truth-in- y e a r s 1 9 1 9 - 1 9 2 0 a n d 1923-1924 de- e r t y will h a s t e n this d e s t r u c t i o n . " t h e i r m e e t i n g s d u r i n g t h e week. Con-1 " D e a r M a d a m — Y o u r chickens are T h e research, e d u c a t i o n a l and Fajt>ri'c bill: completion arid operation ot ferences a n d d i n n e r s of c a t t l e clubs dead service work r e l a t i n g to co-operative the F. 8; MuS(le Shoals .Nitrates plant creased in v a l u e over 20 billion dol- Tit Bits. and manufacture ot fertilizer; opposition m a r k e t i n g will be c o n s i d e r a b l y en- to any form of sales tax OP of consump- larged u n d e r the p r o v i s i o n s of this tion tax: retention of federal'income ,;IX ': r Passage of Gooding-JCetcham Seed Stain- act. The d e p a r t m e n t , t h r o u g h the ENACTED APR. 26, 1926 ing bill. TAXATION Relief for sorely burdened farm property Team Workers Who Helped Win Trophy for Cass County new division, will n o w be able to give t h e same a t t e n t i o n to the de- velopment of c o - o p e r a t i v e marketing by enactment of: a m o n g f a r m e r s as h a s been extend- ENACTED JAN. 29, 1924 (a. Two cent gasoline tax for highway ed to p r o b l e m s of p r o d u c t i o n . This funds. (b state Income Tax in place of State's will be done by t h e collection, study .general property levy. and dissemination of i n f o r m a t i o n re- Law forbidding any more lax exempt g a r d i n g the c o - o p e r a t i v e movement TAXES REDUCED 3uflj Htm? in t h e United S t a t e s a n d foreign $67,350 A N N U A L L Y (d) I :-|iialization of assessment of farm and countries. Business technic and SINCE 1924 city property in accordance with sales values of same. m a r k e t i n g m e t h o d s developed W (Farm Bureau Investigations brought tanners' co>qperativje enterprises equalization in Calhoun, Ingham, Wash- tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, will be analyzed a n d s t u d i e d . The saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 excess experience and k n o w l e d g e acquired taxes annually.) by successful c o - o p e r a t i v e marketing TRANSPORTATION associations will also be. s t u d i e d and E F F E C T I V E S E P T . 10, Immediate application of Michigan set forth to serve a s g u i d e posts in 1925 Zonff Kate decision to save farmer ship- pers in ti!i counties $600,000 annually. the movement. MAKKKTINO Commodity c o - o p e r a t i v e m a r k e d in Extension of sound co-operative mar- « specialists f a m i l i a r with the keting program now well under way in needs of c o - o p e r a t i v e organizations Michigan. f Not long ago a Michigan man who had just returned from a crop and m a r k e t i n f o r m a t i o n , data long business trip to Washington, which included considerable r e g a r d i n g price t r e n d s , a n d condi- tl0 » s of supply a n d d e m a n d , with time in Congress, made this observation to the Farm Bureau such analyses and e x p l a n a t i o n as arc i 1 necessary to m a k e t h i s information " T h e good hills d o n ' t alway.s b e c o m e law in C o n g r e s s . Very ol practical v a l u e t o t h e co-opera- tives and t h e i r m e m b e r s . often it t u r n * o u t 1o b e t h e b i l l s t h a t h a v e t h e beat a n d most The act enables t h e d e p a r t m e n t to cleverly persistent lobbying and are the biggest nuisance around co-operate with e d u c a t i o n a l agencies 11 until they are passed. Then someone else h a s to w o r r y about • Part of the plan, t h e r e f o r e , t" them."' assist a g r i c u l t u r a l colleges a n d co- operative a s s o c i a t i o n s in Avorking out \ few da.ws l a t e r w h e n t h i s o b s e r v a t i o n w a s r e l a t e d t o a f o r m - This i n n big uug b u uum n -cnh oVJI f "Go u o vGetters" acucis iiss ua part pan oofi the m e ssmall u m u carmy i i i i r y uofi volunteer v o i u m c e r team i c a m workers WOrKers w WHO h o putD U t the thf> C C f* " '" a c o m p r e h e n s i v e e d u c a t i o n a l program e r m e m b e r of t h e M i c h i g a n l e g i s l a t u r e , he a g r e e d and recalled L OUnt Bureau very much on the m a p during the past summer. D u e to their loyal and active efforts Case; r ' y Farm •a co-operative m a r k e t i n g . f r o m h i s e x p e r i e n c e a n u m b e r of u n f o r t u n a t e i d e a s t h a t w e r e p r e - loving cup presented by the Michigan State Farm Bureau to the County Farm Bureau in the south "™ 0 7 W n the silver ° Such a d d i t i o n a l p e r s o n n e l a s p H 1 s e n t e d t o t h e l e g i s l a t u r e in h i s t i m e b y v a r i o u s g r o u p s . g l U p enroll D6 needed by the b u r e a u in carrying the highest,percentage of its farmers in the Bureau during t h e regularly designated "sign-up" dav« r £ i n g out the provisions ot' t h e n e w act will y R e p e a t e d r e j e c t i o n id' t h e i r p r o p o s a l s meant little to these ers are still securing more members. ^ a s s County work- !l ected in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the i c q u i r e m e n t s of t h e U n i t e d States U v U Service C o m m i s s i o n . pjjpAV. AI'ftrST 2T, 192fi MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS fHRER > . Malcomb B. Dana Urges Rural Religious Co-operative Spirit HORSE FEATURES NEW MOVIE FILM HURCH MUST HAVE ^ Ju his religion the old Pionee- the ultimate-units of interest a n d ! came one of all rushing in pell mell TEAMWORK IF IT IS faimer was a traditionalist. When he dropped the seed into the soil he ac- cepted what came up as the will of value. Tin community is the end of] to occupy "strategic centers." But effort. He stands or falls as his i no one cared to serve the vast areas neighbor does and the individual of open country which might never Short Courses Announced; Service Rendered by Horse to Man to be Shown on TO LIVEAND SERVE God for him. , ] e worshipped the heredity bound up i„ the seed anu did not tamper with results. He profits by working for the common reach "self support." Religious com- good. In other words, the farm task petition is utterly selfish and most is that of preserving a sufficient pop- often ruthless. Wherever overr Poultrymen to Hear Brody Silver Screen knew little or nothing about rotation ulation upon the soil, building ther.j churched communities exist there being planned with the Poultry De- The horse is paid tribute by the partment. of crops or the relating of those a civilization which is the peer of will be found a neglect of the open Hatcherymen Will Gather at United States Department of Agri- ational Leader Challenges Crops to the soil or the market. He that found anywhere. This means country. Every denomination con- Following the Hatcherymen's culture in a uew educational motion was an intensely religious man and College Sept. 13-17; Short Course the Michigan State picture, "The Horse and Man." The Farm Bureau Members felt his co-partnership with the Al- co-operation and co-operatives. These - that it has not money or men Poultry Improvement Association God is waiting to bless. The church enough to man work already begun. See Schedule will hold its Second Annual Meet- film acknowledges the service which To Meet Crisis mighty. But he was a silent partner has never been able to present a It is only by freeing men and money ing on Friday and Saturday, Septem- the horse has rendered the human and God must do well nigh all. united front against the forces of un- from over-churched centers tha; ber 17 and IS. Mr. C. L. Brody, race throughout the ages, recalls That co-operation is too good America can ever be evangelized. The first Hatcherymen's Short Secretary-Manager of the Michigan some of the important roles he has for fftrmeri to apply merely to This calls for co-operation and co- Course to be conducted in Michigan State Farm Bureau, will address the played in the drama of American buying and selling problems operatives in religion rather than a will be held at the College the week assembly Friday afternoon, Septem- history, and directs attention to his and that there is a pressing need totally un-Christian competition. of September 13 to 17. A very in- her 17, on the subject "The Farm economic importance in modern in- structive and interesting program is Bureau Poultry Exchange." dustrial life. for »ts application to piesent- Pooling Religious Interests Other Short Courses will be conducted as follows at the College; day rural religious conditions In spite of the fact that gasoline The way out is perfectly clear. General Agriculture—Two Years—Sixteen Weeks Oct. 2 5 to Mar. 4. has driven the horse-drawn turnout was the pivotal point in the bril- It means doing in the name of General Agriculture—-Kight Weeks Jan. .', to Mar. 4 from our boulevards, and the belief liant and forceful address made religion what is being done in- Dairy Production—Ten Weeks Jan, 3 to Mar. IS which exists among most city dwel- bj Dr. Maleomb M. Dana, Direc- eieasingly in farm procedure, tor of Town and Country Work Dairy Manufacturers—Eight Weeks Jan. :l to Mar. 4 leis that the horse is doomed to fol- viz., the pooling of interests, of the Congregational Extension Ice Cream Makers—Two Weeks Mar. 7 to Mar. IS low the dodo, there are still more combining into larger units and Boards, speaking on the evening co-operating. Horticulture Eight Weeks Jan. :\ to Mar. 4 than l."> million horses providing banquet program of the Farm Market Gardeners—-One Week Jan. 24 to Jan. 29 power for American farms. The The sins of our churches are not Fruit Growers -One Week popularity of polo, the bridle path, Bureau Conference at East Lan- Feb. 7 to Feb. 12 the race track and the chase is wide- those of ignorance, but a persistants sing, July 20. in the face of known pr easily as- Ornamental Horticulture—One Week Mar. 7 to Mar. 112 spread and is increasing. His treatment of this import- certainable facts. For example, it is Poultry Course—Eight Weeks Jan. 3 to Mar. 4 Indian ponies, cow horses, thor- ant and perplexing problem perfectly well known how many peo- Bee-Keepers Course—Two Weeks Feb. 7 to Feb. IS oughbreds, plow horses, cavalry made such an impression upon ple and families can reasonably be Agricultural Engineering—Eight Weeks Jan. ;; to Mar. 4 mounts, race horses, high steppers, the -5n<> delegates who heard expected to support one minister and Mid-Summer Poultry School—One Week that will be received. him that, as promised in the last issue of the NEWS, we are church. The Home Mission Council, reptesenting thirty denominations, GETTING THE MOST July 6 to July 10 truck horses and bucking bronchos Various ways of recording expens- share honors in es are described, with particular at- Man." The film is one reel in "The Horse and printing here liberal extracts for the benefit (of, th« entire sets the figure at 1,000 folks. If the denominations, church of- FOR ONE'S INCOME tention to the needs of the farm length. Copies may be borrowed for home. The circular show:? how to short periods, or may be purchased Farm Bureau membership: ficials, and the individual churches, group the different classes of expen- a t the laboratory cost. A complete Mr. President, members of the are willing, the situation could be Foresight and Planning Help diture conveniently and in sufficient list of the department's films, with arm Bureau and friends: remedied tomorrow. It would call for detail, so that it will be possible later information ou the method of dis- 1 count it an honor to speak to an interdenominational team-play Family Revenues to Go to analyze them. It concludes with tributing them' is given in Miscel- ich a gathering as this, and for sev- willing to give up life in order to a number of questions, each suggest- laneous Circular 27-M, which may Farthest ing others, which will be found use- be obtained on application to the al reasons. I am a country life en- find it. The representatives of the usiast and have long felt that we churches could sit down in the pres- ful in reviewing these records at the department at Washington. D. C. ence of survey maps, figures and The development of a plan for end of the year when making a new Jk altogether too much about the rmer and too little with him. ln- findings and work o u t ' a system of spending the family income to best spending plan. Codies may be ob- A I F I :< TIOVS ESTIMATE ;ed, I rather think we do too much reciprocal exchanges, yokings and advantage means not only better tained free while the supply lasts by "What is the height of your am- consolidations, which would give ev- lipid management, but a mar- writing to the United States Depart- bition?" Iking ourselves and might well steu to what the farmer himself ery* last man, woman a_nd child in gin with which to secure worth-while ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. "Don't know exactly. About five the state of Michigan pastoral over- things, and money for labor-saving C. ' feet three, 1 should say at a guess." ight say to u s / S o to-night, I would » regarded as talking with rather I>R. MALCOMB B D.1XA sight and religious privilege. Re- devices which help the homemaker to gain time for the children , for lan to this audience. But now the case is different. That righteousness. It remains for mod- ligion would thereby become a joy self-improvement, or for community umuxu.t/.iuui,u man's children or grandchildren are ern co-operation, on the increase ev- rather than a burden and the church activities. If I understand the Farm Bu- working on the farm. They went off erywhere else, to solve this problm, would no longer be obliged to apolo- MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU POULTRY FEEDS reau and its operation 1 do not to the Agricultural College and into replacing loyalty to church and de- gize for an intolerable situation. In This is the underlying thought in DEPENDABLE and ECONOMICAL hesitate to say that in my judg- the physical, biological and chemical nomination with a real loyalty to doing this no church or denomina- Miscellaneous Circular No. 68-M, Michigan Chick Starter with Buttermilk ment it is doing perhaps more to laboratories. They learned the laws Kingdom interests. Rural religion tion would suffer any loss or pres- "Planning Your Family Expendi- Michigan Growing Mash with Buttermilk integrate the rural community of mechanics, climate, atmosphere and the country church must there- tige or opportunity, nor would there tures," by Chase G. Woodhouse oi Michigan Laying Mash with Buttermilk and its life than any other aus- and the soil. Returning to the farm fore match the movement so well ex- be any financial loss. Money and men the Bureau of Home Economics, Make Chicks grow and hens lay pices. they say, "I do not have to accept emplified in the Farm Bureau. would be freed from places where United States Department of Agricul- For »ale by the local Co-op. or Farm Bureau agent. IiuuC o a ]n its close co-operation with the what comes up out of the soil. In A Rural Failure there are too many churches for use ture. All business concerns from Michigan brapd. Write for free Poultry feeding booklet. "Dept. £•* mith-Hughes agricultural teachers point of fact my business is to make This task set religion and the kin places where there are none. manufacturing plants to the United MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE id the County Agents, it is a dem- two blades grow where one would church is a tremendously big and States Government have budgets or Laming, Michigan ordinarily grow. I can cross my significant one. 32,000,000 folks, I am frank to say v however, spending plans, no different in prin-, iTmTiTiTiliiliivivrrrHliTiTit»*mTrf*fTf*w'^*l' There is no such thing as a stan- fort to solve the immediate prob- and the market." farms. 30,000,000 more folks live the people composing such or- ganizations as the Farm Bureau dard household budget, Mr. Wood- SAGINAW BLOCKS ARE BEST ms of the farm and the farm home. Co-Creator With the Almighty in villages and towns. Here is a pop- house points out. Each family must Remember that SAGp.AU BLOCKS are the,only demand and insist that it be make its own. The circular gives a blocks made from Medium Salt. The flat grained s program of work is largely made And here is the danger. These ulation larger than that of Franco1, made. A'ou have the power, to |r the people themselves with the young folks will say God is not in it England, Scotland, Wales and Ire- number of helpful suggestions for crystals in SAGINAW BLOCKS dissolve easier; the remedy the situation by refus- doing this. It is necessary to get the cattle get more salt. This means more milk and ;lp of experts employed by them, at all. "The might of my brain and land. And the importance of this ing to pay for it. rises, therefore, from the land and whole family interested. The prob- greater profits. my brawn getteth me the harvests." population is even more significant. A great proportion of the rural Only SAOINAW BLOCKS contain Calcium Chlor- democratic in spirit and policy, Now, woe be to the old traditionalist, One-half of that farm population is churches are middlemen between' able ihcome for the year must be es- ide in appreciable amounts. Thin helps to balance the ognizfng the services of experts the minister or the church that children. There are 4,000,000 more communities and God which might timated. The next step is to list all animal's mineral ration by supplying the UBual de- IK! employing them for its own pur- prates of a warfare between science children in it than among any like be done away with in the interest of the known needs of the family and ficiency in calcium salts. SAGINAW BLOCKS keep ees. and religion. Nor, need this be. Fof thirty million folks in any city of economy and efficiency. I am full of their anticipated cost. This total stock of all kinds in healthier condition. Farm Bureau Democracy here is a partnership and co-opera- America. It is because of this that hope that your committee on the must be compared with the estimated If cows could talk they would say, "Pass me an- The Farm Bureau realizes that income, and if necessary, pruned un- other SAGINAW BLOCK." tion with the Infinite no farmer of the country is called "The conserva- rural church will start something in til ly through the training and devel- it is evident that all expenditures SACINAW SALT PRODUCTS COMPANY history has known. For what are all tor of the head waters of religion." this direction which may be historic can be taken care of by the money mient of the largest number of en- these laws which the modern agricul- But -fchut have the churches Saginaw, Michigan and lead to results beyond our fond- usiastic, voluntary local leaders turalist has come to know and to use been doing for these peoples? est imaginings. Nor is this out of in its work rest upon solid founda- but the very mind, will, plan and Rural religion and the country line with the trend of things. O. J. ons. This is a real co-operation heart of God? In modern agriculture church must face their sins and Galpin says that the farm process, up ul amounts to something more than rganization. It is a movement, hicli recognizes these basic facts-* hat the interests of the individual re bound up in those of the commu- ity; that the individual concern lould be for the whole community the farmer is vastly more than a si- lent partner. He is actually a co- Creator with the Almighty. With God he is working miracles upon the soil as together they make the very deserts to blocm and blossom as the ask Divine forgiveness. Listen! .Alter one hundred and twenty- five years of preaching and evangelism only one out of ev- ery five farmers goes to church. There are 2,000,000 tenant farm- movement till now, has been a two-fold one. The effort has been to raise crops out of the ground and then to turn those crops into dividends. The genius of the car-operative is that it beholds the Safeguarding Your Interests QUALITY, FAIR PRICES and N O SECRETS are the corner- rose. ers on the land, 38% of them work- third, the most important objective nd human welfare rather than for ing on the one year lease basis. This in farming to be this one: To con- lere profits; and finally, that all Here is the new message for the new farmer which will dig- means a tenant population^ of 12,- vert those dividends into spiritual stones of the popularity of MICHIGAN MILKMAKER Dairy Feed. linking should be in terms of ''us" nify his calling as it has never 000,000. Surveys in forty-four states values. Or, as Theodore Macklin sug- Now that we are having this original open-formula dairy ration ml "ours" rather than in terms of been dignified before. Farming reveal the fact that the church has gests, the struggle to secure for the me" and "mine." is a Divine co-operative. "detou.red" around these folks. In farmer a bigger share of the dol- mixed at the Arcady Farms Milling Company plant at Chicago, we This is democracy in the social Not Meeting the Needs exactly the same proportion as the lar created by his labors is not mere- have taken an important step to insure that only the best of milk- nd economic relations of the farm With the new message must come tenant farmer exists on the soil the ly that he may have the additional making ingredients, fully up to the open-formula tag on each bag, tidustry. Because I covet the same new methods. For here is a tragedy. landless man is unreached by the money, but that he may have it so or religion and the country church, Some time ago I visited ten typical church. as to be able to get "the worth will go into each sack of MICHIGAN MILKMAKER and other may throw down a challenge to churches in a New England state. I Appalling Religious Illiteracy while things of life." his body of men to-night, asking it found them well nigh empty. A And a further fact! Thirty per Farm Bureau dairy and poultry feeds. o do and do quickly, what the lead- It will be asked at once—does dwindling band of elderly folks were cent of American farms are operated religious co-operation work? rs of a sectarian religion have not breaking their hearts over an appar- by new Americans, and the rural lone, and apparently are not willing church has no program for them. In Does it pay? Is it being increas- o do in any large way. The genius i the Farm Bureau movement ently impossible situation. No young folks were in the church and the rep- other words, there are 101,000 coun- ingly practiced? The answer is —unqualifiedly "yes." New Inspector Works for You resentative men of the countryside try churches In the United States. I might close.this address by de- Roscoe E. Larson has been employed by the night well be injected into the situa- were-not there. And the reason was Two-fifths of them are standing still scribing a dozen religious co-opera- ion. A fine definition of the import not hard to find. There were plenty or losing ground while only -one-half Farm Bureau Supply Service as inspector at the >f democracy or religion is what you tives which are succeeding. I will Chicago mills. He will be always on the job pro- of young folks in the homes and of them are making a ten per cent just name one—the Aroostook Larg- an do with and for the other fellow. trained men and women working the gain in membership yearly. .38,000 er Parish—which was started at the his is a good description of the spi- tecting the interests of users of Farm Bureau feeds. farms. The farm homes were fast rural churches, or 42% of them, same moment that Aaron Sapiro was lt and practice of the Farm Bureau. getting the conveniences of the city have no pastors at all. and seven out Mr. L a r s o n s previous training has especially fit- 1 want, therefore, to speak on organizing the potato industry in ted him for his new responsibilities. He was born and every up-to-date machine and of ten of the total number have only that northern-most Maine county. In- the topic assigned me, RELIGI- method was being used in agricul- a fraction of a minister apiece. And deed, the slogan was "Do in religion OUS CO-OIMIIMTIYKS. I'or co- what of the children? 1,600,000 live on a farm in North Dakota and spent the early ture. operation seems to be coming But in the Lord's business, which in communities where there is no just what you propose to do in years of his life on a farm in northeastern Iowa. He faster in every other line than spuds." This enterprise was put over took his college work at the Iowa State College is the biggest of "big business," the church or Sunday school and 2,500,- very largely by a series of farm home that of religion. In leading up methods of seventy five years ago 000 more children do not go to Sun- gatherings. In 192 2 an area of five to my theme, I wish to speak of at Ames, graduating frqm the Dairy Husbandry were still in vogue. Nothing was day school for other reasons. And hundred square miles had only one the new age in which we are liv- geared up to the Twentieth Century. hear me! The average Protestant Course in the spring of 1924. In September of that ing, ii new man on the soil, and What wonder that the scientifically child of the country side gets less resident Protestant pastor and on° year he came to the Michigan State College, and for a new vision |M>sscssed by this trained farmer, and (he modern than twenty-four /hours of religious Catholic priest. ^Through the effort the past two years has spent one half of his time new farmer. It is this concep- youth were not interested in the instruction from the church from one of the people who had caught the tion of the modern farmer that church. The minister was thought end of the year to the other! new vision, a religious co-operative teaching and the other half doing experimental needs to IK' matched by rural re- of as a "back number" and the insti- We call America :t Christian combining four churches and tci work at the, college. In his experiments he has ligion and the country church. tution he represented was not "a go- nation! Do such conditions school districts over a parish of 250 warrant the assertion? .And if square miles was established, and is worked with Professors Reed and Hoffman on the ing concern." The religious enter- The New Age the land is Christian, how long going forward successfully. mineral requirements of dairy cows. We are living in a new age. for prize could not stand comparison with farm procedure. The people will it continue to be so in Hie Are there, hot communities America is no longer an agricultural } «t an industrial nation. Rome fell still believed in religion and the lace of such neglect? I hail with here in Michigan where similar All of Mr. Larson's summers except one have church, but wore not interested in delight the'fact that the Farm m e t h o d s woubl find the fields been spent on the farm and with this practical ex- because she became urbanized, a na- Bureau of Michigan contem- "white unto (lie harvest"? ioii of cities, with little or no either as they were functioning in perience and his long training in matters relating these places. plates grappling with the prob- "ought for agriculture or the farm- lem of the rural church. to dairying, he is exceptionally well fitted for hia '•• hoth of which are fundamental to There is a modern rural tecb- BRAND ORANGES nic in the church which is suffi- The \Vay Out—Co-operation new work. he welfare of any nation or people. What are reasons for the above America is today facing in a very cient for bringing' things to A resolution was recently adopted ROSCOE K. LARSON e pass. It involves co-operation state of afftirs? The answer is, re- al way a problem which has vexed ligious competition. The two great by the board of directors of the Cali- »e greatest minds of the past. viz.. just as modern farming does. J The New Vision sins of our churches are those of fornia Fruit Growers' Exchange, Los ow to preserve a sufficient populu- »on upon the soil. Scientific agricul- ur e and machine farming are going The modern farmer has a new vi- sion which must he matched by rural del (lurching and consequent tin Angeles, approving the practice of -(Murching. When settlors push- stamping the brand "Sunkist" on MICHIGAN oranges which conform to»the grade 0 require fewer and fewer people in religion urn the ountry church. Th'.s ed westward and established a com specification. While it is not anti- vision lias developed through several munjty they said first "we must have he country. All the more then ef- cipated that stamping alone Will ma- °rt must be made to maintain a stages in the history of the American a school" and then, "we must have terially increase the sale of Sunkist l! farmer—the Pioneer stage, when he a church." They cared not for the gh quality of population over the It was fruit, it is believed that it will be .of '"nitiyside. This task is going to was an individualist; the era of the particular kind of church. only after a considerable while that value in connection with national ''•mandT a co-operation on the part 3f Householder.' when the family be- folks began to remember that back- advertising as a means of identifica- T h e Original Open-Formula Dairy Feed all those forces making for rural come the unit of interest and value; tion and also as a protection against and the period or the Speculator, home they were Presbyterians, Bap- betterment. the sale of inferior fruit as Sunkist. The New Farmer when the farmer was most interested tists or Congregationalists. See your local distributor now. If you have no local distributor write ua. in quick profit. And then the tragedy began. There is a new farmer upon Dicky—My dad is an Elk, a Lion, Happily, a new age is dawning, the Churches and denominations became a Moose and a_u Eagle. »' ' II 111 FRIDAY, ArC.VST 27 FOFR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS AM) THEN! argcd to reply p r o m p t * airthe tort* i read an account of a man TEAM WORKERS A Balanced Ration Needed EXTENSION WORK Michigan And Taxes Compared Farm Rents so secured a r c to be used b» Michigan S t a t e F a r m .uui"B«" » Bureau , : , , „ , ....ronn pro- in ilept past the time for his weddj * That's nothing. "That's nothing. Lots Lots 00ff START WORK ON K n o w l e d g e of production alone may m a k e a man a slave, < ACCOMPLISHMENTS A study to determine the amount (grain of farm rents, cash and share, in ,-ii-i\inir*1or\\artl its tax u i u i i u i '",,inK iont wake up till after marrij, ui ^ ~ CAMPAIGN AGAIN K n o w l e d g e of d i s t r i b u t i o n alone m a y m a k e a m a n a plu- tocrat. GIVENJN REPORT Michigan for a series of years; to determine the trend of land values; K n o w l e d g e of consumption alone m a y m a k e a m a n a par- and to ascertain the relation be- 30 Counties to Complete Their 1926 Membershpip Program asite. K n o w l e d g e of all t h r e e m a k e s a man an effective citizen of democracy.—-Glenn F r a n k , President, University of Wisconsin. In Past 10 Years Extension tween farm taxes, farm values and Workers Have Made a Great Record farm rents has been undertaken by the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the Michigan State College in co-operation. R. Wayne Fall Grains Newton will represent the College By ALFRED BENTAXL Extension work, as it has been and Nils A. Olsen and L. C. Gray, 31. M. F. B. Organization Director conducted during the 10-year period m o v e m e n t Ass'n v a r i e t i e s : from 1914 to 1924, has helped farm- the Bureau. When we met with the representa- tives of the other states in the Or- ganization school at Saugatuck last GRAY SPEAKING TO GrayNow Pictures Conflict Before Farmers ing people to think about the busi- About 30,000 questionnaires will ness of the farm and to act on their be sent to owners of rented farm K I D K O C K — T h e old reliable bearded r e d w h e a t . Holds p r a c tically all Michigan records for yield. week, there was considerable inquiry as to the results of our thirty-county COUNTY BUREAUS (Continued from page one) is a gigantic proposition which will conclusions, says the United States and to an equal number of owner- Department of Agriculture in the farmers requesting data on rents, B E R K L E Y R O C K — W a r d e d , b a r d red w h e a t , stiff s t r a w , win. ter barely, smut r« sistant. membership campaign. stand as a barrier against the his- tenth annual report of co-operative taxes, land values, etc. The answers Just so tihe people from the other A. F. B. F. Man at Washing- toric tide which is now beating agricultural extension work. Th<- will be tabulated and the relation- * A I I . R I < \ \ B A N N E R — W k i t e W h e a t , b e a r d l e s s , stiff, winter against agriculture. fact that 49,464 community pro- ships worked out. ,umly b ^ v y ^ i e l d e r ; Bert variety for l i g h t e r w h e a t soils. states could see how we had been do- ing it, we were proud to introduce to ton in Michigan For , "Although equality for Agricul- grams were developed in 1924 in ROSEN R Y E — O u t s t a n d i n g heavy y i e l d i n g r y e , l a r g e ,,| UU11) ture, a permanent agriculture policy which farmers themselves devised Farmers receiving any such in- them our Champioiiship team, Mes- Two Weeks berries, well filled beads. srs, Phil O'Connell and William Mar- for America, is vastly more than remedies, selected 18 2,917 local lead- quiries from these investigators are tin of Custer Township, Sanilac any one bill, yet it is true that the ers, determined upon 1,134,750 dem county, who as a volunteer team, Ypsilanti, Mich., Aug. 24.—When McNary-Haugen bill was most prom- onstrations, carried them to comple- Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service have signed over one hundred mem- the bill for handling farm surpluses inently considered in connection tion and reported the results, shows P o u l t r y SKIppers Lansing, Mich. bers. We told them of hundreds of is re-introduced at the next session what was called farm relief. The the co-operation farm people are giv- For results and service send other loyal Farm Bureau workers of Congress, officials of the Ameri- goal of this bill was to set up gov- ing extension work. your future shipments of Live t who had given their time and use of can Farm Bureau Federation will ernment machinery by which the Judging by the experience of the Poultry to their cars to put the campaign demand that the subsidy feature be farmers, through their co-operative past 10 years, the future trend of the FARM BUREAU POULTRY EXCH across. The two men above mention- eliminated, it was indicated by Ches- institutions could dispose of their influence of co-operative extension 2610 Riopelle St., Detroit, Mich. ed spoke to the representatives of ter H. Gray, Washington representa- surplus in such a way that it would work will be toward: the eight states assembled at Sauga- tive of the federation, at a confer- not be such a depressing factor on tuck and while we had lots of other ence here last night at which he ex- good members on the program that plained the legislative situation to day, their own personal story of how Farm Bureau members from Wayne, the market price of the whole crop. Though this bill was defeated, the t l ) Increasing group thought and action as a habit in the country neighborhood life. Detroit Poultry ~a\OOt &&&PI broad question of Farm Relief Is the work was done created a very Washtenaw, Monroe and Oakland great deal of interest. counties. still pending. This is too big an issue to be settled by the fate of a single (2) Encouraging conscious effort on the part of country people to re- Market tain and capitalize the best features. As given by Mich. Farm Bureau We were glad to be able to say at "Some of the organizations with bill. and attractions of country life and Poultry Exch., 2610 Riopelle street, that time, and we are saying it ev- which the American Farm Bureau "Equality for Agriculture and a to work out tor themselves the sound- August 20, 1926: erywhere, that in spite of the fact Federation was associated in the permanent agricultural program for est way in which to make available that many folks told us it couldn't fight for farm relief embarassed us America is a bigger question than to their young people and to them- market Prospects are for an extra good be done, and that farmers would not by their tactics," he said, "though merely that of intelligently handling for heavy fat hens, large selves, the best in education, recrea- white spring ducks, and fancy, heavy leave their work to give their time they were perfectly justified in do- our surplus production, important as tion and so< ial life which the coun- yellow skin springs, arriving here This is not an advertisement of a get rich and use of their automobiles, over ing what they did. They were or- this is. Proper attention must be paid try and town afford. during the coming week and up to quick promoter—it is just to tell you three thousand loyal Farm Bureau ganized to get just one bill passed, not only to legislation and taxation, (3) Expanding boys' and girls Tuesday evening, Sept. 7th. that thousands of farmers have increased folks did this very thing during the and could use methods which the "but to production, marketing and club work and developing supple- Labor Day will be Sept. 6th, and busy days of June. Farm Bureau could not. We support- transportation. The Farm Bureau is their crops 5 0 * —100% — and more,— mentary agencies that will make the the Jewish Holidays will be Sept. 9th Because of the rush of farm work ed the subsidy on cotton as a tem- grappling with all these phases of practical influence of extension as- and 10th. Heavy reecipts will be much more, by spreading Solvay Pulver- for the last few weeks in many of porary expedient, but our members the rural problems." sociation, teaching and training as needed, and Extra Fancy Poultry ised Limestone. the counties, campaign activities have been opposed to a subsidy in "Outlining some of the%important available as public school education should bring a premium. have had to be postponed, but just principle. When the bill is re-drawn pieces of legislation of interest to The holidays will not affect the Solvay sweetens sour soil.xefeases all the to all country boys and girls. as fast as possible the work is being the subsidy on cotton will have to farmers which will come before Con- market on Leghorn and light stock. (4) Furthering opportunities for Springs. Fancy Baited Rocks, 3 lbs. up 33c fertility to hasten crops to full and profit- resumed in all the territory. Ber- come out." gress this December, Mr. Gray dis- the economic and social development Springs, Fancy R. I. Keels and White able maturity. It is guaranteed nigh test, rien and Cass, the counties that won Holds Series of Meetings cussed the Merchantine Marine, Ship Subsidy. Muscle Shoals, Inland Wa- of the farm woman that will place Rocks, :: lbs. up 81c non-caustic, furnace dried, and so finely the membership cups for the largest Last night's meeting here follow- terway Development, the Standard her on a more equitable footing with Springs, Leghorn, 2% lbs. up 87-28 ground and readily absorbed that it brings number signed and the largest per- ed one at Coldwater in the after- the modern, wage-earning woman of Broilers. Barred Rocks. 2-2>o lbs. ..30-32 centage signed in the southern noon, opening a series of rallies at Container bill, Federal Taxation. results the first year. Truth-In-Fabrics, and the Long and the city in standards of living and in Broilers, R. I. Keds, 2-2& lbs 29-30 group of counties, are taking up the which Mr. Gray is taking up legis- opportunities for community activi- Broilers. White Rocks and Buffs W r i t e for the Solvay Lime Book! Free! campaign work again, August 30th. lative matters with Michigan farm- Short Haul Freight Rate bill. At each meeting the members lis- ties and personal improvement. I'-iM. lbs 28-30 St. Joseph and Branch counties are ers. His policy is to explain the vari- <>A THE SOLVAY PROCESS* COMPANY working now. Hillsdale and Washte- ous bills in which they are inter- tened with the utmost interest to the (o) Stimulating ambition for a Broilers, Leghorn, l%-2 lbs 24-26 more satisfying home and neighbor- Hens, fat. .". lbs. up 2S Detroit, Mich. naw counties have their plans ready ested, so they may voice their wishes to the excepionally informational ad- to resume as soon as threshing is intelligently later on. dress of Mr. Gray, and to the discus- hood life on the part of the farmer Hens, ordinary, 6 lbs. up 27 completed. Saginaw and Midland Members of the Michigan State sion of the Farm Bureau's state leg- and his family based on healthful Hens., medium , -'T counties are at work, as well as Me- Farm Bureau, while on record in fa- costa, Newaygo, Kent and Ottawa. vor of "any sound plan" for dispos- islative and taxation program as pre- sented by S. M. Powell. and sensible tastes and ideals and on Hens, Leghorn a commanity of thought, apprecia- Co* «i 18 Sold by I, Montcalm and Isabella counties will ing of surpluses, were not active last At th,e first rally, which was a pic- tion and .action. Ducks, spring, 5 lbs. A copy of the report may be ob- Ducks, spring, colored and small ...23-24 up, white 26-26 LOCAL DEALERS begin in a few days. The other coun- spring in support of the Haugen Bill, nic held at Quincy, 500 farmers ties have definite plans laid to take which dealt 'with "basic commodi- braved a drizzling rain for more tained, as long as t the supply lasts, CJeese. young 20 1 \ up the work a little later on. ties" not grown in quantity in this than an hour, listening to Mr. Gray's by writing, to the United States De- Kabbits, ;. lbs. up 20 partment of Agriculture, Washington, EGGS F I R M There is no inclination anywhere state. The Michigan members of the analysis of agricultural conditions Fancy White Hennery 35 and legislative proposals. A chance D. C. to stop, but there is a very fine real- House of Representatives evidently ization on the part of the Farm Bu- concluded their rural constituents reau folks that the work must be were not interested, for, with the ex- to hear a man as well informed as Mr. Gray is along these lines is an I'M A FARMKR Golden Fresh Receipts 30-31 opportunity that comes rarely: Mem- (Tune: "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby,") finished and particularly that it is ception of the three from the north- our job and that nobody else will do ernmost districts, they voted against it for us. We are sure that the num the bill. bers will do well to make a special effort to liear him. The remaining Oh, yes, I'm a Farmer Oh, yes, I'm a Farmer Oh, yes, I'm a Farmer now. Rules Meet Your Friends! ber in the old membership will be Farmers Confused meetings in the series are given un- (Chorus) Members of Michigan Co- Increased in all the counties; in five Leaders of the state Farm Bureau der the map diagram of meetings, By the way, operative livestock shipping as- A t The of them it has already been increas believe the failure of the rank and shown on page 4. By the way, sociations when marketing hogs ed. file of the membership to voice their Within the la^st few days we have opinions was caused by confusion HARD TO BEAR I'm the most important man of my day. can profit by observing all of the following «10$ "Golden STATE FAIR] Sept. 5th t o 11"' * (Repeat) conferred with workers in fifteen of over the multiplicity of bills and She: "My husband certainly does Oh, yes. I'm a Farmer. Rules." the campaign counties. The story is amendments, rather than lack of in- enjoy smoking in his den. Has your Oh, yeB, a real dirt Farmer, 1. Haul or drive your hogs the same everywhere; namely, that terest. The present series of con- husband a den?" Oh, yes, I'm a Farmer now. into shipping station in ample in every township there are farmers ferences is intended to clear away Other She: "No, he growls all » • • • • • • • » » » • • • • • • • • • • • » • • time to allow them to become The primary purpose of the Greater ready and willing to join the Farm this confusion. over the house."—Williams Purple rested and cool before loading Michigan State Fair is educational— Bureau as soon as the. workers can Mr. Gray exclaimed that "farm re- them. but the Fair Grounds is a place where Cow. get to them. So now in all the cam- lief" means more than simply one paign field we are asking these same bill and that the American Farm Bu- BUSINESS NEWS 2. Insist upon a clean car bedded with sand- you can have a royal good time. Thousands are planning their vaca- loyal folks who have already done reau Federation is interested in any Five cents a word for one Inser- 3. Wet down the bedding tions during Fair Week Sept. 5th to tion; 4'/2 cents per word for each of and interior of the car before such good work, to give just one measure Which will help agriculture. FARM BUREAU DISTRICT two insertions; 4 cents a word per loading. 11th at Detroit, so they can visit the more push and so put the job over to He suggested that while the com- Insertion for each of three inser- exposition this year. For they will see NO. 1, HEADQUARTERS tions, and at the 4 cent rate for 4. Give only a light feeding completion, and they are responding modities produced in quantity in eucceeding Insertions. Count each before shipping. Heavy feed a bigger, better, more interesting Fair. splendidly. If there are any team Michigan, such as beans an$ dairy at 22S Paterson BIdg., So. Sagi- word, abbreviation and figure, In- cluding words in signature as means more body heat generat- Come on the trolleys, busses, railroad*, workers who are out of supplies, ask products, were not included in the naw St., Flint, opposite City words. Cash must accompany ed. or in your own car — but come! your township chairman or get them measure, any relief for the produc- Hall. Lapeer, Shiawassee, order. Michigan Farm Bureau 5. Load not more than one ALWAYS LABOR DAT WEEK Newa. from the county Farm Bureau office. ers of "basic commodities," such as hour before the train is to' de- S«pttmb«r 5th Xm n t h There's a Big Treat If there is anything the State Organ- wheat and hogs, will be reflected Genesee members address. all part. DETROIT communications* there* Tele, 6. Load slowly and careful- In Store For You! ization Department, or any other de- sooner or later in the upbuilding of POULTRY partment of the State Farm Bureau agriculture all over the country and ly. Avoid excitement and do can do to help, do not hesitate to that after the plan has been tried on write and let us know about it. We the basic commodities, it may be ex- phone Number 1739. H. G. RATERING, Dlst. M*r. TANCREP BRKD *VHITE LEGHORN cockerels from special pen mating'; also not beat or bruise the animals. 7. Load not to exceed 16.- The Greater some fine pedigree cockerels at reason- 000 pounds in a standard 36- panded to include the others. will do all we can. The Farm Bureau is made up of its membership in the counties. It is able prices. Harry Burns, Millington, Mich. TRIO OF FULL BLOODED 3-YEAR- old toulouse geese $20. D. L. McAvoy, 9-24-26 foot car during warm weather 8. Have the cars drenched at every available point, imme diately after the train stops. Michigan State Fair organized for service; it is a better Farm Bureau than ever before be- cause the men and women of whom Where Rallies Will Be Held Laingsburg, Mich. LIVESTOCK 7-30-lotfb 9. Use ice bags suspended from the car roof whenever Is YOUR FAIR possible, or placed on the floor. it is composed are doing the job for THHE UNDERSIGNED WILL Dis- Six bags to a car will suffice. themselves. perse his accredited herd of twenty regis- ^T^f. tered Holsteins, at public auction at the At a meeting held in Lapeer a few Imlay City Fair. September 16 at 12:00. weeks ago, Mr. McGuire, editor of Cows have good type, milking from fifty MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. Follow the A r r o w s the Lapeer County Press, said some- to eighty lbs. milk per day or some over twenty thousand lbs. milk per year Will CO-OP COMMISSION MCHTS. — the Safety w a y — thing to us which we are passing on: Chrliscinske. Owner & Auctioneer. 8-27-26 Dix Ave., D e t r o i t to the Fair Grounds "What would be the consequence if Detroit nobody joined?" On the other hand, MISCELLANEOUS P R O D U C E R S CO-OP COMMIS- SION ASSOCIATION "What couldn't we do if everybody WRITE FOR PRICE AND DESCRIP- tlon of Pyramid poultry shipping coops. 9 0 « Williams St., E . Buffalo Reduced Rates On ALL Railroads joined?" It is unthinkable that af- Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange. 2110 ter all the work that has been done Rlopells street. Detroit. I-lt-tf and the wonderful results obtained, that the farmers will take any back FOR SALE—CERTIFIED BERKELEY Rock Wheat winners at Aurora, 111., De- track regarding organized effort. We troit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Marshall, are sure they will not, but all of us Lansing and Charlotte last fall. G. P. Phillips, Auctioneer, Bellevue, Mich. sometimes fail to get the full appre- ciation of the possibilities and of the things that can be accomplished by a FOR SALE 8-27-26 GOT SOMETHING TO SELL? USE THIS FORM Btrong, well organized and working 120 acres southwest of Owosso, on state Farm Bureau membership. road, fine buildings. One of the best producing farms in Shiawassee county. Tell 86,000 Farm Bureau News readers by using D. L. McAvoy, Laingsburg, Mich. a Business News Ad. Mail this handy coupon to the Your Count of this Ad Words MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS, 221 N. Cedar No. times to run Ice Cream Lauded As Boon to Human Race Those Sacks Street, Lansing, Mich., CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING RATE. 5 cents ner word f«. 1 • Amount enclosed $. "Ice cream is the philanthropist of the dairy family," declared J. J. Surely Are Hon. 4% cents per word for each of J insertions 4 cents cer worrf n serlion for each of 3 insertions, and at the 4 cent rat-.for . w o r d P e r n sertions. Initial, name, address. a b b r e i a t l l n r ^ T a s V p X ? ' " - ? , * '' FILL THIS, PLEASE Schmidt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, address- ing the American Institute of Co- operation, held at University Farm, Going Fast R E M I T T A N C E MUST ACCOMPANY ORDER. Your Name Route Count Name a n d Address Your St. Paul. Minnesota recently. "It We are offering the following at- Town , ERIE .State bestows benevolence toward the • W • I A M tractive bargains in once-used, best whole human family by its excellence quality grain sacks. in food value and palatability, and The above map shows the route to be followed by the State and Good Standard Brands, 34c each also toward the dairy family, in that National Farm Bureau officials who will be the speakers at the big in any quantities. it absorbs a large part of its out- series of 20 legislative rallies announced in this issue of the NEWS. These p r i c e s are all f. o. b. Lan- put during the period of greatest The circuit ajtarted near Quincy, Branch County, Monday noon, sing. You can send check with or- production. It is a balance wheel in August 23, and ends at MarshaH, Calhoun County, Thursday eve-5 der or we will ship c. o. d. ning, September 2. Afternoon and evening rallies will be held each the intricate mechanism of supply, day. The sacks priced above would demand and price. It consumes por- Study the map, decide which meeting would be most conveniently probably cost you &0c through your tions of the milk supply that other- located for you and then look at the schedule printed elsewhere on local dealer. The reason why we are wise would be wasted and large this pag and see just when and where your rally will be held. making such an offer is that while quantities of butterfat at a time The schedule for the remaining rallies its as follows: Thursday, we receive large quantities of seeds when it is cheapest to produce, thus Aug. 26, Midland and Big Rapids; Friday, Aug. 27, Hart and in the new grain sacks, we market stabilising prices by diverting these Scottville; Saturday, Aug. 28, Muskegon and Rockford; Monday, all our seeds in the smaller, sealed products from the ordinary channels Aug. 30, Ionia and Owosso city hall; Tuesday, Aug. 31, Charlotte trade-marked sacks. and Hastings; Wednesday, Sept. 1, Allegan and Lawrence; Thurs- into a comparatively new and fertile day, Sept. 2, Kalamazoo and Marshall. Place of meeting will be an- FARM RUREAU SEED SERVICE Xitld."- nounced by County Farm Bureau offices. Lansing, Mich. Prin l Name and Address.