What Would Our F . B. MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Be, If Every Member The Bureau Affords Were Just Like Me? Your Host Means of Bettering Rural Life PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP FOURTH YEAR, VOL. IV, No. 20 OCTOBER 15, 1926 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY CLEVER IMPORTERS STILL ATTEMPT TO ANNUAL MEETING OF MILK PRODUCERS TO Corner-Stone of Democracy Agencies Prepare to Stem j MISLEADFARMERS BE HELD ON OCT. 19 The annual meeting of the Advancing Corn Borer Tide Barnum Focuses Spotlight on Deceptive Statement of .Micliigan Milk Producers' As- sociation will be held at East Lanshlff, Tuesday, October 19, CONTROL MEASURES CORN BORER RANKS j Seed Importers beginning at 10:00 a. m. Eas- tern Standard Time. ISSUED BY CARTON: AS WORST INSECT FRENCH SEED THE ISSUE It is expected that more TOLA&LE % than ;J75 delegates and alter- nates from 125 locals will at- GOOD QEADD^S. ISN'T DISCOURAGED PEST IN AMERICA Shows Government Stain of tend, as this is a most impor- SON] I French Clover Seed Is tant meeting and a very worth- Opines Man Has More Brains Farmers, County Agents and while program has been an- Than A n y Insect and Scientists Study Borer, Not U. S. Approval nounced. * - Mi0§ Gt~-UlnEt ppflf Speeches by the present of- Will be Master Plan Defense U I By CARL F. BARNUM ficers of the Association, and ' The following quotation, taken others, will cover all phases ot 13 STATES REPRESENTED from a circular letter recently sent the work of the organization. ONE MOTH—300 BORERS out by a wholesale seed'house, is in- Reports will cover past accom- dicative of the attitude taken by some plishments and new problems. To Quit Growing Corn Would Implement Companies Sho\y of the trade: Four directors are to be Spread the Pest to New Machines to War "French clover seed now having elected. The Association will provide dinner for all delegates Other Crops, on Insect Foe Government indorsem ant of adapta- bility, and identity of origin guaran- at the Union Building. V teed by Government staining, we pre- In furnishing the Michigan State By (LAHE IUHTOX dict a very large demand for this Farm Bureau with a copy of the reg- Monro*- County Agr'l Agent seed in view of the very short crop in ulations which have been adopted by The. Lake and Corn Belt states are America." WHY INCOME TAX the State Department of Agriculture for the suppression of the European rapidly waking up to the menace of the European Corn Borer if the Farm, Bureau members and their corn borer in Michigan, Mr. A. C. meetings held in Monroe and Wayne friends should get this matter CANT BE PASSED Carton, who has this work in charge, made numerous interesting observa- counties are any indication of tin* attitude of the people and scientists ON IS EXPLAINED tions among which were the follow- ing: over those areas. On September 23, about 200 En- tomologists, Agronomists, Agricul- "We cannot go out of the corn growing business because the corn tural Engineers, farmers, county Dr. Watson Points OuJ Why PROF. J. I . COY agents, etc., met at the new experi- borer will, then attack other crops. In mental laboratories at Monroe of the Men With Good Income order that farmers may produce corn, THOROUGH CLEAN-UP Michigan State College and the Bu- Fear This Levy cultural methods must be followed reau of Entomology, of the U. S. D. that will be inexpensive and the IS ESSENTIAL, SAYS A. for the study of the depredations handling of the crop must be along Farmers throughout the United such lines as to fit our present type PROFESSOR J. F. COX far of the corn borer. The weather was from ideal, as about one inch of States realize the injustice of the general property tax as the principal source of governmental revenue un- PAYMENT IN FULL ENTHUSIASM RUNS of agriculture. This we hope to ac- complish by low and early cutting, "We see the corn borer as the rain fell during the day, making it utterly impossible to demonstrate any shredding of stalks, husking of corn greatest pest now threatening Amer- of the machinery ^rought there for der present conditions. The idea of a state income tax is very popular MADE ON MEDIUM HIGH AMONG LIVE and burning of cobs or the putting of ican agriculture," the corn in the silo. The stubble Professor of Farm Crops declared J. F. Cox, that purpose. Low cutting devices of tho were shown, however, for three among rural citizens. It is felt that beater will destroy practically every Michigan State College in a letter to makes of binders which will cut just an income tax reaches each person in proportion to his tax paying abil- WOOL IN '26 POOL NEWAYGO BUREAU worm in the stubble and consequent- the Michigan State Farm Bureau. ly the fields should be comparative- at the top of the ground and do it "Thorough clean-up is one of the under average field conditions. ity and never confiscates any man's ly clean with the exception of any requirements of Jny control plan di- Makes Sawdust of Stubble property as the present property tax Co-operative Selling Again New Officers and Directors worms that might drop from the rected toward the corn borer," de- Two machines more or less ex- does in the case of an increasing stalks in handling them. clared Professor Cox. "If stalks and number of farmers. Shows Good Profit to Are Elected at Peppy stubble are allowed to go in infest- perimental, on which Agricultural "Michigan has held back the corn ed areas without some means of Engineers and Implement Companies It is therefore of interest to read Wool Growers Booster Banquet borer the best of any state in the feeding up or destroying, the corn worked co-operatively, were shown. the following forceful and timely ar- Union. In Western New York 111 borer rapidly makes corn growing One of these was a corn combine ticle written by Dr. John C. Watson, Growers who pooled medium One hundred twen:y-five Farm Bu- townships showed new infestations; unprofitable. made by the Deere Plow Company Director of Taxation and Statistics grades of wool with the Michigan reau boosters, representing every in Pennsylvania * 100 townships, in "Thorough methods of control which cuts, shreds and husks the of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- Farm Bureau Wool Pool this season part of Newaygo County, gathered in Ohio 147 townships, in Indiana, that for corn, blowing the cut fodder out be- CAUL F. BARNUM tion. Dr. Watson prepared this arti- received their final settlement checks the M. E. church at Fremont, Wed- never had the corn borer before, have been largely responsible hind to be plowed under. The other cle for the I. A. A. Record, but has late in September, according to an nesday evening, October 6. Every- there are 37 townships infested, holding the corn borer in check in straightened out and appreciate the which was built by the International fact that the staining of seed does given his special permission to have announcement by Carl F. Barnum, body was on time and supper was while in Michigan with a frontier Hungary, where it is well establish- Harvester Company, is called.a stub- it appear in the NEWS. • manager. The medium grades of served promptly at 7:15. A visitor over 125 miles long and extending ed. The parasites in that region are not in any way guarantee the origin, ble beater and literally makes saw- or put the government stamp of ap- Dr. Watson gives the following wool include b's and *4 blood wools upon looking this crowd over and from the southern line of state to responsible for trom 10 to 20 per dust out of stubble after the corn is able discussion of the topic, "Why and medium clothing wools. cent of the control. proval on the seed so stained. Red seeing the evident enthusiasm, par- Saginaw Bay, we have only found 49 removed. This machine was on ex- a Tax on Net Income Cannot be "A meeting was held Friday call- Clover Seed, which has not been of- Wool pool officials state that ow- ticularly in the business session, re- townships infested. Forty-nine other ed by Director Shaw, of the College hibition at many of the fairs over Shifted": ing to the condition of the markets, marked, "We need have no fears for townships have been examined out- Experiment Station, and a committee the state. ficially declared unadapted, such as "The most desirable feature of a not all of the wools containing De- the future of the Newaygo County side of the quarantine line and nc representing all departments of the The following day a trip was con- seed coming in from France receives taxing system is the fair distribution laine, Vjj blood and fine clothing Farm Bureiru." European corn borers were found. • State College brought into being to ducted through the fields of Canada an application of green stain, suffi- of the tax burden among the popula- have" been sold as yet, so final set- Take Heart to Fight Harder cient to stain one per ceq|, or one tion. Taxes cannot be fairly distribu- lien tall Re views Progress forward, in every way possible, re- where extensive commercial damage tlements on these grades could not "I am not giving you this informa- search methods and extension meth- to the corn crop has been done by Beed out of a hundred. By such ted if some people can easily shift After partaking of the fine supper be made at the same time that checks tion with any thought that we should ods of aiding in corn borer control. the borers, in fact, practically all staining the government, however, them to others to pay, and if some were mailed covering final payments which was served by the Methodist hold up on our battle, but to show does not guarantee that this seed was either cannot shift them at all or on the medium wools. Ladies Aid Society. Mr. Duncan Beck- you that we have done as well if "During the past few years, since the, corn In Kent and Essex County er, president of the County Farm not a iittle better than some of the the appearance of the corn borer* in is an entire failure and according to grown in France. It merely stains it have the greatest difficulty in doing to show that it came from France, or so. In a previous article it has been Fooling Proved Profitable Bureau, called the meeting to order other states. the state, the Department of Ento- the natives of those counties the shown that taxes on agricultural Returns to the poolers were made and introduced Alfred Bentall, Or- mology, the Farm Crops, Farm Me- corn-fed hog is a thing of the past. Germany, or England, or, in fact, any on the following basis: % and *4 ganization Director of the Michigan "There were ninety lines of in- chanics and Horticultural Depart- Through the courtesy of the Canadi- foreign country except Italy or Can- land cannot be shifted at all. The blood staple wools 42 M cents per State Farm Bureau, who briefly out- spection in Ohio and Michigan dur- ments have T>een actively engaged in an officials, the group was shown ada. same is usually true of taxes on ur- lb., medium clothing 3 8*4 cents per lined the history of the present cam- ing the past year. There were stop- directing experiments toward meet- over the experimental fields where Canadian Clover and Alfalfa is lb., and seedy wools 36 cents per lb. ped 1.504,768 c3rs and from those ing the situation. We see the corn an extensive study is being made of paign and explained the present stat- stained one per cent violet; Italian The service charge for Farm Bu- us of Farm Bureau work in Newaygo cars were taken 7,546 dozen ears borer as the greatest pest now the insect and in the laboratory at Clover Seed, having been officially reau members was % cent per lb., of corn; some of this corn was on its threatening American agriculture." Chatham where the parasite work 18 declared unadapted, is stained ten and to non-members 1 cent per lb. County. He showed that because of way to the deep interior of the state being conducted. per cent.red. It is a well established This covered promotional and super- the fine way in which the Newaygo where it might have started new in- Right here let me say to all visory expense. The commission for County folks had helped in the fol- festations. Everything that we knew fact that since the government has openly declared as to the non-adap- handling, warehouse, storage, insur- low-up work, we now have signed how to do up to date has been done, ance, grading, selling, etc., was 2% up this splendid present member- but there is much for us to learn. SHOALS IS VIEWED Farm Bureau News readers, the hope that is being placed on tho parasite work is entirely un- tation of the Italian Red Clover, vast quantities of Italian grown seed have been moving through French and cents per lb. Poolers' returns compare very fa- ed. ship and that every indication points All the forces, including the ma- to the present number being increas- chinery people and Federal and BYA.F.B.O0ARD justified as yet, and any con- f trol we may hope to get for f vorably indeed with the average price State authorities are massed in the years to come, by that route, German ports and anyone tempted to fight against this insect. The farmer Frank Evans Is Relieved From will be, at best, only partial, t b u y French seed should remember received by • Michigan farmers who Xoon Tells of Muscle Shoals Trip sold their clip to local buyers. Ac- The chairman then called on M. L. must do his part or the whole thine: unless thorough clean-up cam- that Italy lies very close to France, cording to Verne E. Church. Federal Noon, Vice-president of the Michi- falls. One borer hatching out a motl Secretarial Duties; paigns are carried on in con- that Italian farmers have not gone Agricultural Statistican for Michigan, gan State Farm Bureau and mem- will produce 250 to 300 more so it is nection with it. out of the Clover Seed business, and Noon Attends the average prices received by Mich- ber of the Board of Directors of the up to us to get the last borer in the Big Battle Ahead that Italian stocks are, without ques- igan farmers who sold their wool to American Farm Bureau Federation, field if possible. At the general conference held as tion, being shipped to this country "In closing, let me add a few On Wednesday and Thursday, Sep the local buyers during the months who gave one of his characteristic from French ports. tember 22 and 23, the Board of I)i a wind-up to the whole three days when most of the wool was pooled uplifting addresses drawing attention words of encouragement. Man has rectors of the American Farm Bu- of study, an attempt was made to Last year Professor Darst of North were as follows: March, 3 9 cents; of the members particularly to the more brains than any insect that at Florence, adopt a more vigorous plan of con- April, 36; May, 34 and June, 31; a^n bigness of the Farm Bureau move- ever came from Europe or originated Alabama, for the met Carolina, acting as Secretary of the reau Federation in this country, and man will finally third quarterly trol, but when fi§ures were submit- Federated Seed Service, sent an in- average for these four months of 35 ment and possibilities of its accomp- ted as to the cost of an extensive - session of the Board. quiry to fifteen experiment stations cents per lb. These prices w e y for lishments. He also told the story of be the master of any insect. ' clean-up campaign, it was decided all grades of wool. the recent conference held by the Following are the regulations cov- During the two days the Board of over the Corn Belt and eastern states Directors were at Florence they in that a little further study of the mat. asking as to whether or not they The Michigan State Farm Bureau's National Farm Bureau Board of Di- ering the suppression of the Euro- spected the power plants and nitrate ter would be advisable and commit- found French Seed adapted to their 1926 Wool Pool was the third which rectors at Muscle Shoals. pean corn borer in Michigan. tees were appointed for that pur- conditions. Thirteen out of the fif- it has conducted in co-operation with Mr. Frank Bennett, formerly Coun- 1. These regulations apply to the plants at Muscle Shoals. pose. The State Department of Agri- Unanimous' demand that Congress teen replied in no uncertain terms, the Ohio Wool Growers Ass'n. ty Agricultural Agent in Barry area as quarantined on account of be urged to take immediate action culture has announced its regulations that French Clover was not adapted JOHX C. WATSON General satisfaction is reported on County, and now connected with the the European Corn Borer January for placing Muscle Shoals properties which will be enforced during the to their conditions. One station was ban land. In theory, owners of land, the part of the growers who have pat- Organization Department of the 1st, of each year, previous to the into operation was the outstanding coming season. rather non-committal and in only whether agricultural or urban, can ronized these annual, pools. Michigan State Farm Bureau, gave planting of crop, or any other town- sentiment of the Board of Directors a splendid address and at the re- ships specifically designated. The consensus of opinion seemed one instance had French Clover prov- usually shift taxes on their improve- quest of the chairman, conducted the 2. ALL CORN STALKS. REM- after their personal tour of inspec- to be that this is without any doubt ed itself equal to domestic and this ments, but there are conditions un- erty tax and from a sales tax. NANTS OF STALKS AND COBS of tion of the entire project. No action whatever the worst insect to conquer one particular station was located der which this is not true. The own- "There are two principal reasons business meeting during which the each year's corn crop, in fields, build- was taken by the Board of endors- that has ever come to us from a for- following board of directors was where there was a heavy snow cov- ers of farms on which the buildings why graduated" taxes on net income elected: ings, stacks or elsewhere, if not fed, ing any of the existing proposals for eign country. As one that has lived ering all winter long. are unoccupied are one class of tax- cannot easily be shifted. » Duncan Becker, Dayton Twp. made into silage or shredded, shall the. disposition of this gigantic gov- in the infested area of Michigan for The seed staining law pretends to payers who cannot shift the taxes on "First, those who pay taxes on net Roy Twing, Lincoln Twp. be destroyed by burning or by PLOW- ernment project. The Directors the past three years and having seen do only one thing, and" that is to so their improvements. income cannot shift them because ING UNDER COMPLETELY or by a merely confirmed their demand for tlu> insect increase in numbers rap- Xot All Taxes Shifted they must compete with others whose Howard Slade, Big Prairie Twp. combination of burning and plowing, immediate development of the proj- idly during that time, to the point mark seed that the buyer can tell approximately from whence it came. "It is sometimes said that all tax- net Income is not high enough to be Mr. Johnson. White Cloud Twp. before May 15th of the following ect for the manufacture of fertilizer where commercial damage is very As long as French dealers handle es are shifted to consumers. The taxed. Those who pay the higher David H. Brake. Dayton Twp. year. (Where corn is fed from the in times of peace and for production evident, and this without creating quantities of Italian Clover, we have statement is not true. There is one rates on net income cannot shift Mrs. Carrie Waldo, Dayton, Twp. shock, remnants must be disposed of of war materials in times of war. any appreciable concern in the minds kind of tax which can be shifted only them because they must compete Mrs. Lola Zerlaut, Sheridan Twp. by burning.) Free From Commitment] of farmers in that area, I am won- no choice in the matter other than to with extreme difficulty, if at all. This with those who pay lower rates or A desire on the part of the Direc- dering just what is to become of the Inspiring Kiithnsiasm 8. Corn fields or premises not warn our farmers to leave it alone. is the tax on net income, especially pay no tax at all. A Farm Bureau worker in attend- properly cleaned by May 15th, may tors to hold the organization free corn crop of southern Michigan in Even the best French seed gives, un- the progressive tax* with graduated "Second, those who pay taxes on ance remarked that he had attended be cleaned at the discretion of the from definite commitment, in the the very near future. der our Michigan conditions, but rates increasing with higher amounts net income, or anticipate that they many Farm Bureau elections, but Commissioner of Agriculture, and a face of proposed new bids and chang- The entire conference was attend- slightly better than 50 per cent of of net income. may have to pay them, cannot shift never witnessed one with enthusiasm charge made against the^owner for es in existing proposals, withheld en- ed by representatives of some thir- results obtained by use of our own "The question is sometimes asked them because, by doing so. they Billy as displayed at this meeting. Evi- the same. dorsements. teen states and by one biologist from domestic seed. why one kind of tax can be shifted. increase the amount of their net in- dently the Farm Bureau membership DEFINITIONS: For the purpose "We do not wish to tie our hands a foreign country. while another cannot be shifted. The come and thus increase the amount in Newaygo County intends to make of this regulation, CORN STALKS re- only J o have a superior proposal sub- CO-OPERATIVES purpose of this discussion is briefly of their tax. The tax, of course, does things go. fer to the whole stalks or high stub- mitted subsequently which in nature A great part of the happiness of not increase as fast as the net in- After the election of officers brief ble left standing in the field, Or the of things we could more heartily en- life consists not in fighting battles, i to answer the question. come, but any taxpayer who tries to addresses were given b y Rev. Mr. portion of the stalks removed by cut- dorsed as more nearly meeting our but in avoiding them. A masterly To co-operative marketing associ- "A flat tax, the amount of which adopt this policy will not long be Hurd, pastor of the church, County ting. approval in the matter," is the way retreat is in itself a victory. ations allied with the Farm Bureau, can be anticipated with approximate able to continue it. He can shift the Agent Stinson, John Mathews and STUBBLE two inches or less in the Directors put it. —Longfellow. the Marketing Department of the A. accuracy, and which if shifted, does tax only by increasing his net in- Mrs. Duncan Becker. height complies with requirements of Frank Evans, who has served as F. B. F. offers a service of advice and not increase the amount of tax in a come. Under ordinary conditions he At the close of the meeting the regulation. General Marketing Counsel and Sec- ing appreciation of the A. F. B. F. counsel upon request of the co-oper- later year, offers the most favorable can increase his net income only by Board of Directors met* and perfect- BURNING is interpreted to mean retary of the A. F. B. F. since Jan- for his handling of this difficult task conditions for shitting. The general atives. The Marketing Department property tax, at least on some class- increasing the prices of his goods or ed their organization by electing the destruction with sufficient heat to uary 31, 1925, tendered his resigna- during the past two years. Mr. Evans will analyze and report on legal set- es of property, offers conditions fa- his services. Adoption of this policy following officers: President. David destroy corn borer larvae. tion at the Thursday night session will retain his position as General up of the association. Personal con- vorable to shifting. A sales tax also would very soon make it difficult for H. Brake, Fremont; Vice-President, PLOWING UNDER COMPLETE- of the Board meeting, asking to be Marketing Counsel. sultation with the officers of the is usually easily shifted. But a grad- him to compete with others who eith- Duncan Becker, Hesperia; and Sec- LY means leaving no debris on the relieved of the duties * of secretary. M. L. Noon, who is one of the A. er have a lower tax on their net in- retary-Treasurer, Mrs. Carrie Waldo, surface whatever. Mr. Evans' resignation was accepted F. B. F. Directors, attended this marketing association is also freely uated tax on net income differs by the Board in a resolution express- meeting at Muscle Shoals. come or have no tax at all." Fremont. (Continued on page 4) offered and given. sharply from both the general prop- \ t OCTOBER i s , n2A rwo MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEW* MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS persistently h a n g crepe a n d paint the f a r m e r ' s lot as hopelessly dismal. Mrs. Wagar Sadly Punctures T-B FREE COUNTIES Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, I^ansing, Michigan. A l t o g e t h e r too n u m e r o u s to"be presented hetefare which we might d r a w from the lives a n d achievements of these 90ns Lordly Man's Inflated Pride HAVE NEW SERVICE Master F a r m e r s . One i n t e r e s t i n g observation is that six of these girl he had one day stood beside and Accredited Dairy Cow Market VOL. IV. OCTOBER 15, 1026 No. 2 0 eleven men are g r a d u a t e s of the Michigan S t a t e College, which Pleads Case of Farm Women, promised, "With all my worldly would tend to indicate t h a t a College education isn't an insur- goods I thee endow" even if these Has Now Been Opened Seeks a Fair Deal for Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class mountable h a n d i c a p to a farmer. And again, eight of t h e m goods were debts and hardships and At Buffalo Yards matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided Rural Mothers privations, for each one said he at- for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923. are members of the Michigan Crop I m p r o v e m e n t Association. tributed much of his success in life A new benefit for tuberculin test- Subscription Price 50c Per Year, Included In dues of Farm We might note f u r t h e r t h a t practically all of these men be- By MRS. KDITH M. VYAOAR to the wife who had been his help- ed counties has recently developed in Bureau Members. lieve in the teachings of their County Agents, use them liberally ( b a i l man Farm Bureau Home and meet. the announcement that October 5tj, Community Work Oh! How much better it would 1926 marked the opening of the and follow their advice with no little profit. 0. E. UNffUEN Editor Warning! This is for women only! have been to at least eleven women, "Accredited Dairy Cow Market" a t S. M. POWELL ^ Associate Editor NOT do these Master F a r m e r s make their profits and adhieve Any man reading this article does if they could have tstood by those the Buffalo Stock Yards. success t h r o u g h u n r e m i t t i n g toil and keeping their noses forever so at his own risk! I will not be re- Master Farmers of theirs and receiv- sponsible and he must suffer the con- ed their well-earned Joint reward. As is well known, large numbers on the grindstone sixteen h o u r s a day. They • ' m a k e their heads sequences. And dollars to doughnuts, I bet of dairy cows from the Middle West MICHIGAN yCTBpABM flUBEAJU are continually going east to supply save their h e e l s " and backs and supplement faithful i n d u s t r y There, now! We have the field to that the first thing those men did ourselves and I can spill out all I when they got home was to hand the demand of milk producers there with intelligent foresight a n d the application of a p p r o v e d busi- To prevent the movement of tubercu- OFFICERS have had bottled for the past week that medal over to the good wife and ft. B. McPHERSON, Lowell President ness methods to farm problems. Their faces are familiar a m o n g or two. In the beginning, let me de tell her to put it in some place for lar animals it has been necessary to M. L. NOON, Jackson Vice-President the crowds that a t t e n d local, county and state-wide f a r m e r s ' clare myself—I have never had any safe keeping. test the cows before shipment, and meetings. When there is a movement launched for the b e t t e r - patience with the woman who always But, of course, those women then after being sold on the market Directors-at-Large they had to be segregated for a sixty M. B. McPIlERSON Lowe*! talked about the men as creatures would not have enjoyed taking a trip ment of their industry, they are found in the forefront of it, giv- beneath her station. I always feel to the State College with their hus- day period and again tested before MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Carleton ing of their time and counsel, bearing responsibility, boosting like reminding her of the goodness bands and eating a meal cooked by being placed in the herds of the pur- EARL C. MeCAIlTY Bad Axe VEROLD P. OOR.MELY Newberry their craft. in her own father and of that man of some one else—they might have had chasers. J. G. BOYLE Buchanan men whom she had previously chos- indigestion. * Under the new plan, producers of H e r e in this g r o u p who have been acclaimed by a committee of en as the father of her children. W. W. BILLINGS Davison Women Thought of Last dairy cattle who are in accredited \ cql&petent j u d g e s as M i c h i g a n ' s foremost and most successful But there are times when. I feel counties will'have a public market Commodity Directors just like the little boy who had been And then, in the third place, I- farmers, we find eleven men each one of whom is a firm be- on which they can sell their cattle FRED J. HAROER, Stanwood Michigan Potato Growers Exchange curbed at every turn until in des- find that the women are the last to without the necessity of a quarantine M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers Association liever in farm organizations. As noted in the a c c o m p a n y i n g ar- peration he kicked his dog to save be considered when it comes to plan- O'MEAXJSY, Hudson ..Michigan Live Stock Exchange himself from "busting" although he ning a convention. With the National or retest. The action will undoubt- ticle, practically all of them are Farm Bureau members a n d m a n y edly stimulate the eastern demand (JKo. W. MdCALLA, Ypsilanti Michigan Elevator Exchange was sorry the next moment. This is Dairy Show right hfere in our midst, of them have served faithfully in positions of responsibility in let me confess that it has been no and result in higher prices for quali- M. D. BUSKIRK, Paw Paw Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. one of those times. their organization. In the first place, we've all been picnic to plan for the entertainment tied cows. STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION Clark L. Brody Sec'y-Treas-Manager It is a splendid t r i b u t e to the Farm B u r e a u Movement t h a t watching to see the outcome of the and comfort of the farm women com- Every precaution has been pro\M. S. M. Powell Ass't Secretary offer made £ few weeks ago by Sen- ing as guests. Let me explain that ed at the Buffalo Stock Yards for the it merits the whole-hearted approval and wins the active, self- ator Couzens to anyone meeting the there is no general feeling, as yet, protection of tuberculin tested co-,vs, DEPARTMENT HEADS Traffic A. P. Mills sacrificing support of men of the practical experience, t h e broad requirements in taking over his large that the woman of the farm is in- with specially provided barns, disin- Fabrics F. L. Kelner outlook, t h e sound business ability and the seasoned j u d g m e n t of farm to operate and manage a3 their terested Whatever in the Dairy Show. fected stalls, special unloading and Publicity E. E. IJngren very own. Everybody wondered whb Just why this is so, I do not yet loading chutes and other features M i c h i g a n ' s Master F a r m e r s ! would be the lucky one, and I truly know. I'm sure her part in the op- Accounting H. E. Hill made for the protection and comfort Organization A. Bentall believe Mr. Couzens has made no eration of the average dairy farm is of the animals consigned to the mar- SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E MICHIGAN STATE mistake in his choice. no small factor if the business is a FARM BUREAU success, so why vote her out from any ket. The Letters the Women Wrote Special provisions have been made Michigan Farm Pmcau Seed Service C. F. Barnum But when I read the article in the of the larger things connected with Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange L. W. A. O. Thomas Stelger October Nature Calendar Sunday paper telling all about it and it? came to that paragraph quoting Mr. And then, while I've found con- for the handling of mixed shipments of bovine animals from herds and Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool C. F. Barnum (Prepared for Nature Magazine by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History) areas where all animals have been Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations Couzens as stating that many of the tributions given generously for en- applications were written by the tertaining this faction and that tuberculin tested. This action makes Affiliated With Michigan State Farm Bureau wife of the farmer desiring to be group, and these representatives, possible the shipment of cows, bulls Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac Cricket&'are making As Mother Possum has three considered as a candidate, and for and steers, in the same cars., The Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit The merriest din. families a year of six to thirteen that very reason that candidate was and complimentary banquets and cows may go to the accredited Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson All the fields waking each, which she carries' about with thrown out, my interest was increas- dinners and entertainments, I've not market and other animals sold ou Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing With shrill violin. her in her pouch for five weeks, it ed. I was "riled to the core" when I been deluged with any offers for nice the open market. Michigan Fruit Growers, Jnc Benton Harbor would seem that the hunting read that the Senator had said, "No things of this sort for the ladies. Men Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges Piled up leaves smoulder, should be good each year. It is business man would let his wife have been cared for, boys and girls mmiiituiiiiMx said that a baby opossum meas- write his business letters, for it have been thought of, but Mother iiwmMitmiutiiMH MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS*N All hazy the moon; Carl Martin, I'res Coldwater N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing Nights have grown colder, ures about a half inch in length showed who wore the pants" and he comes dragging along, taking what L. C. Kamlowske, V. P. Washington R. G. Potts, Vice-Pres. Washington The frost will come soon. at birth, and it may attain about did not want any woman boss on she can find and almost regretting John C. Near, Sec Flat Rock —Edward Bliss Reed. twelve pounds. that she is there at all. H. D. Horton, Sec.-Treas ...Kinde his farm. L. E. Owner, Mgr Lansing B. F. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit Young red squirrels/ have now Well!_I have always said, and still I wonder if some of these nice C. S. Benton, Bean Dep't, Lansing H. W. Norton, Treas Howell This is the month of the Hunt- for the most part left, home and say, that a splendid arrangement on things were passed around and our W. E. Phillips George McCalla Decatur Ypsilanti M. L. Noon C. R. Watson Jackson Imlay City er's Moon, which is the first moon after the Harvest Moon, which is are scampering about r on their a farm was to have it a real co-op- women could have their share, if own. Woe t o ^ h e unlucky family erative concern with the husband the jnore rural women would not' look turn Milton Burkholder Marlette L. W. Harwood Adrian the full moon nearest September that was born late afnd whose business manager and the Wife the upon farm work and chore time with M. R. Shisler Caledonia W. .T. Thomas Grand Rapids 22. It brings long evenings in mother falls beneath the gun of secretary. I have never considered it a little brighter eye? I keep think- F. M. Oehmke W. J. Hazelwood MICH. POTATO GROWERS Sebewaing Mt. Pleasant Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven Dr. W. C. McKinney...Davisburg James J. Brakenberry... .Bad Axe Elmer Powers Clio which to get in the needful stores for winter. The snowy cricket has slowed the hunter. a crime or any infringement of ing of all of those farm women I've Fortunate are they who possess rights to write the business letters met around this state who have con- an old orchard with a family of of our partnership home life, and I fided in me that they've never eaten New Size Henry Curtis, Pres EXCH. Cadillac MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. down the rate of his chirps. On an evening in August one was found screech owls. Their call is "one of know of hundreds of others doing in a hotel, that they would love to the pleastantest things in nature" the same. stay just one night in a hotel, and OFFICIAL J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres. Provemont to be giving 156 a minute, which, (Lowell). Mi'e and insects are Is it any more of a humiliation for then I wish I could show our con- E. A. Beamer, Pres Blissfield O. E. Hawley, Sec'y F. J. Harger, Treas. ...Stanwood F. P. Hibst, Gen. Mgr C. A. Richner, Sales Mgr.. .Cadillac Shelby Cadillac W. J. Perry, Vice-Pres J. H. O'Mealey, Sec Grand Blanc Hudson according to the Dolbear formula Vould indicate a temperature of about 79 degrees F. If you sub- their principal sources, of food. r tians are in blossom. The closed . . . . a farmer All through the month the gp > his business letters than . it is for a, vention folks where they could do a to allow his wife to write wonderful job of brightening the ^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^H J outlook for the farm women Farm Bureau Nate Patterson Caro tract 40 from the number of are the most interesting; the city business man his? to keep a stenog-] It takes so little to hurt a woman Leon G. VanLeuw George Herman E. A. Rasmussen Bellaire Edmore Sheridan Edward Dippey Chas. Woodruff Ray D. Harper Perry Hastings St. Johns chirps, divide the remainder by 4 and add 50 to the result, you will be able to tell the tempera- rapher to write I have seen fringed, the most beautiful. The many letters put out by business sometimes, and at the same time it, closed have a distinct white mark firms that it certainly was a God- takes so little to make her happy. at the mouth of the corolla for send to the reader that the letter it- Button MICHIGAN FRUIT Charles Brown Sunfield ture without a thermometer. the guidance of the bumblebee, self was typewritten, for one could Equality for Farm Womanhood M. D. Bu&kirk, Pres Paw Paw In these days everybody is talk- Small enough not to Frank Obrest Breckenridge The locust tree is now showing and no other insect is strong not even read the signature scrawled Amos Tucker, 1 V. Pres GROWERS, INC. long pods, which will persist until . enough to break in and get the there by that same "business man" ing equality for agriculture and I be objectionable, large South Haven John Miller Coloma nectar. hope we can get it and along with it Herbert Nafziger, 2 V. Pies Spring. It was on the fruit of the and an entire letter would have been enotigh to be seen; and to Allan B. Graham Elberta Spanish locust, which is also a na- The stately teazel, with its like Greek to read. These same sig- I hope will come equality for farm Millburg P. D. Leavenworth. .Grand Rapids closely packed lilac or purple blos- natures looked all the world like the women. Both will come when folks P. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas tive of Syria, that John the Bap- say to the world "the W. J. Schultz Hart tist subsisted in the wilderness soms, is one of the most inter- marks left by the hens on the cement [begin to think—the lack of it is not Benton Harbor L. A. Hawley Ludington (Keeler). esting of the wayside Weeds. Few walks during a January thaw and caused by malicious planning, but wearer is a member of P. L. Granger, Sales Mgr C. I. Chrestensen Onekama know that the head contains a re- were just as legible. The farm man by thoughtlessness alone. Benton Harbor 1 i. W. Gowdy Union Pier The locust is the favorite abid- the largest, most power- ing place of the cicada, or harves: ceptacle, and that the dew or or woman who admits no education Now, I've told my story, perhaps I D. H. Brake Fremont O. R. Gale Shelby rain collected in it is said to be and even makes art (x) for his mark, can think of other things once ful farm organization Henry Namitz Bridgman John Lang Sodus fly, the big fellow with goggle American Farm Bureau Federation eyes that buzzes from early in a "sure cure for warts." is honest in having done his best, at more—and I hope if our sex must J. F. Higbee Benton Harbor John. Bottema Spring Lake Watch for Ofion between nine least. be snubbed that the epidemic can ever created"—that's the SAM H.Overton 'Miller THOM IVSON .Bangor Belt Gleaeon President Lawrence July until cold weather. No indi- GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F . . . ' 58 East Washington St., Chicago C. L. Brody Lansing vidual keeps at it all that time, and ten in the evenings of late Many Female Trousers be spread over greater periods of new official Farm Bureau CHESTER II. CRAY Washington Representative but there is a constant relay as October. The Pleiades, fleeing If writing the letters is proof of time. But I'm sure we are the same LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Harry Hogue Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. Sodus they are hatched, none surviving, from him, are lost in the ocean, "wearing the pants," there certainly willing helpmeets we always have lapel button. it is said, much more than three and travelers fare forth in ships are many pairs of female agricultur- been and we'll help our John on any weeks. at their peril. al trousers in the United States, and proposition even if the whole U. S. The exact size is shown Some day a killing frost will Capella, the third brightest of it is these same people that our wor- Senate and every newspaper or con- come and all the lovely red leaves the fixed stars, shines high in the thy Senator must understand when vention turns us down. We'll be like in the illustration. The of the staghorn sumac will fall al- heavens on the nights when birds considering national agricultural af- the weighted salt cellar—we'll come finish is a long-wearing STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC most at once. The velvety dark are migrating. fairs and we certainly hope he will up again. They may knock us over, red panicles, in which the fruit refrain from further snap judgment. but they cannot keep us down. bright gilt—a button you SERVICE PROGRAM is now mature, will remain for the The farm situation is so critical can wear with all of the LEGISLATION Ige of the Capper-French Truth-in-' birds. One need not fear mistaking the these days that it demands wise and sympathetic consideration by those Outline Subjects For pride in the world. Fabric bill; completion and operation of the U. S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant poison sumac for the innocent, as representing us. Accountants' Meeting and manufacture of fertilizer: opposition the poisonous variety has a gray- Then in the second place, my sense to any form of sales tax or of consump- tion tax; retention 01 federal Income tax; Passage of Gooding-Ketcham Seed Stain- ish-white fruit in clusters from the axils. The poison ivy also has of woman justice got another jolt the other day. Monday, October 25, and Tuesday, October 26, have been set as the defi- Special Pin for Women E N A C T E D APR. 26, 1926 grayish-white berries, while those You know a half century ago man nite dates for holding the meeting of This new Farm Bureau of the five-leaved ivy are a beau- was master of his own household. He accountants of co-operative^ associa- TAXATION tiful blue. emblem, with a special Relief for sorely burdened farm property was ruler, his say was law, he did tions. The meeting will be held in by enactment of: The ailanthus has been called P. the thinking for the family or he the offices of the American Farm Bu- pin mount, is available ENACTED JAN. 29, 1925 (a) TVP cent gasoline tax for highway glorified sumac, and it this sea- thought he did, and everybody mov- reau Federation in Chicago. This an- funds. (b State Income Tax in place of State's sort with its yellow leaves and ed as he thought. but gradually nouncement was made by Frank for the women of the great clusters of winged fruit it woman was given credit, bit by bit. Evans, General Marketing Counsel of general property levy. is indeed beautiful but it lacks the She was made more and more a part- the A. F. B. F., in a letter addressed Farm Bureau—the regu- Law forbidding any more tax exeihpt Sa uritles. glory of the humble sumac. ner, rather than a subordinate, un- to auditors of all co-operative mar- lar emblem has a screw T A X E S REDUCED (d) Equalization of assessment of farm and The bittersweet, which gives us til we began to fee! that all the keting associations of the country. $67,350 A N N U A L L Y SINCE 1924 city properly in accordance with sales values of same. the lovely red berries, has many world looked upon her as an equal back—and is made for a enemies besides the thoughtless and as a companion to share the Mr. Evans, in addressing the audi- ( F a r m Bureau Investigations brought equalization in Calhoun, I n g h a m , Wash- searcher for household decora- glory or the shame of the other. tors, presented the following sugges- coat lapel. tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, saving f a r m e r taxpayers $67,330 excess tion. Grotesque little tree-hoppers I wonder if we have been taking tions for subjects to he considered at taxes annually.) lay their eggs on the branches in too much for granted, or does the the meeting: Group Your Orders— the fall and cover them up with a A strange freak of nature is rep- public in general still look upon the "Following are some suggestions TRANSPORTATION cottony coverlet. In the spring resented in the above picture of twin gentler sex like oui* old-fashioned for your consideration. Please con- You Can Save Money E F F E C T I V E S E P T . 10, Immediate application of Michigan they hatch and spend their lives calves that were born absolutely German farmer who, when told that sider these and give us the benefit of 1925 Zone Rate decision to save farmer ship- pers In Gl) counties $&©0,000 annually. near whiere they began. without any tails. The mother of he and his wife had worked hard to your views at your earliest conven- Prices for the new Farm MARKETING Monarch butterflies are migrat these tail-less twins was an old half acquire their large farm and equip- ience. When your replies have been Bureau emblem, postage Extension of sound co-operative mar- ing to the south. Dense swarms Jersey and half Shorthorn cow that ment, readily replied that the wom- received and considered a definite prepaid, are: keting program now well under way in float down the Atlantic states, had always raised normal, single an only tended the young ones (they program will be made UP for this Michigan. and find the food they need be- calves annually before. Her owner had only 10) and did the cooking, conference. ^ ^ H ^ « « low the autumn frosts. It is hard was Robert Groves, who for many but "I done the work." Single button - - 17c each " 1 . The development of uniform to believe that anything so wa- years has been shepherd of the herd .XII tho Blame—None of fhe Glory accounting systems for various 25 to 50 buttons - lite each vering and apparently uncertain of Shropshire sheep on H. E. Pow- Is it still the universal opinion classes of agricultural business or- •>1 to 100 buttons - 12c each LESSONS FROM THE LIVES OF MASTER FARMERS as to destination should really ell & Son's farm, known as Ingleside, that when a man does not get along ganizations. I'M to 500 buttons - lie each achieve such a migration. at Ionia. and accumulate wealth, it is that 501 to 1.000 buttons-lOe each When skies are nofte too bright, when discouragement stalks "2. A study of federal and state The hummingbirds are off for The calves seemed normal in ev- "miserable wife of his who keeps statutes bearing upon the subject of a b r o a d , when most of our neighbors are b e m o a n i n g the t a n n - Central America. In this case al- ery way except for their fly swat- him down." but when he prospers agricultural accounting. so, it is hard to believe that any- ters, and developed into splendid and- acquires position and respect, ho Order Direct Prom er "s fate and saying that a man is a tool for t r y i n g to make a thing so tiny should have such en- veals, which Mr. Groves sold satis- is a "self-made man"? " 3 . What specific legal questions living 1 a n d a m o u n t to a n y t h i n g on t h e farm, -when the " t i m e s have you come in contact with, which n sadly out of j o i n t ' * from the a g r i c u l t u r a l point of view, how durance. factorily through the Ionia Farm Bu- The white-throated sparrow re- reau livestock shipping unit. Well! It almost looks as though you would like to have discussed at we are still there, for just recently this conference? American Farm Bureau mains in the latitude of northern It is only when we observe freaks when the first Michigan Master pleasant and soul-refreshing it is to be confronted with some- Ohio during the month of October like the tail-less twins pictured above Farmer Club was formed and the "4. What specific questions have Federation t h i n g so ehallengiugly inspiring, so genuinely t h r i l l i n g a n d en- and still sings. His "Old Man Pea- that we pause to wonder :»t the mar- successful contestants received their arisen in your experience g t h re- body, Peabody, Peabody," is al- velous processes of natur^ by which badges of award, the wives did not sped to the handling of patronage 58 East Washington Street c o u r a g i n g as the Master F a r m e r .Movement, whieli is presented ways a joy. in the great majority of cases "like even have the privilege of seeing the dividends? ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ M | CHICAGO _ ILLINOIS briefly on the opposite p a g e . Throughout the Mississippi Val- produces like." and only 8*t very r a r e | "better half" so honored. She was •".. Give list of department rul- These eleven men whose names and pictures a p p e a r over there ley, pawpaws are ripe.- Their ban- intervals does the unexpected and! given no recognition, by those in ings and court decisions which have ana-like fruit just escapes being abnormal appear. charge at least, as having any part arisen in direct connection with your at y o u r right a r e living e x a m p l e s of What i n d u s t r y , intelligence, something very valuable. in his farm, being one of the best experience. rifthi m e t h o d s a n d high ideals eau accomplish u n d e r widely The first frost will make the In the state. "R. Shall we form a permanent Mid fairly t y p i c a l Michigan farm conditions. They offer persimmon edible. This will bring For comfort, wear Farm Bureau It was with great joy we read that organization of accountants special- joy to the opossums ijUid opossum underwear this winter. Write Farm nearly every one of those illustrious izing in agricultural organization eonvineinsr r e b u t t a l to t h e gloomy p r o n o u n c e m e n t s of those who hunters. Bureau Fabrics Dep't ; Lansing, adv. charter members dirt remember the service?" * i^Hii^Hi^^^^^^mii^mj BER IS, l»2fi MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS TRUFH EVEN MEN SELECTED AS MICHIGAN'S MASTER FARMERS Hj ^S fid llph Arbogast Ftoyd M. Hard on Paul C. Clement A. H. Cook Frank Kinrh ('. S. Langdon O. R. Oviatt Garfield Farley BL B. Farley M. E. Parmelee H. F. PI-OIHH take pleasure in presenting The 11 men who survived the exact- charter members of the Master farm over a long • period of years C. R. Oviatt, Bay City, has all of Grange work, etc. Several of them above the pictures of the 11 manent agriculture." ing scrutiny of the judges' appraisal Short speeches in commendation of Farmers movement whose pictures without the aid of live stock, through his 135-acre farm under cultivation. are Sunday School superintendents who were honored by being and were awarded the honor of char- appear above is as follows: a unique system of green manuring He produces' certified grains and and prominent in all movements for ed as the charter members of the Master Farmers movement were ter membership in the Master Farm- made by Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, Ralph Arbogast, Union City, sells which he has worked out to meet his seeds a large acreage of sugar beets the betterment of their communities ichigan Master Farmers Club in ers Club, were presented badges of quality cream, certified grains, pork, conditions. and keeps Belgian horses and grade and their craft. |te-wide contest conducted by the President of the Michigan State Col- award at a banquet held in their lege, and by Congressman John C. registered Guernsey calves, eggs and Carfield and M. E. Farley, Albion, Oxford sheep. While Bay County The 192G class of Master Farmers gan Farmer, the well-known "honor at the Union Building at the broilers from his well equipped 600- are two brothers who in partnership does not have any County Farm was selected by the following three iltural weekly published at De- Ketcham. Michigan State Cbllege on the eve- Senator Capped Speaks acre farm. He uses electricity exten- operate 390 acres. They have been Bureau today, Mr. Oviatt is interest- judges: A. M. Brown of Schoolcraft, ning of September 22. The principal address of the eve- sively in the home and about the very successful in raising fruit, feed- ed in the organization and has at- Mrs. Edith M. Wagar of Carleton. [ese eleven men were picked by At the banquet program, I. Roy barns. Mr. Arbogast has been promi- ing cattle, raising sheep and hogs tended several of our State Farm Bu- and H. E. Powell of Ionia. As all imittee of three judges from a Waterbury, Managing Editor of the ning was made by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, President of the nent in Farm Bureau affairs. and producing certified grains. Both reau meetings. readers of the NEWS know, Mrs. list of nominations sent in since Michigan Farmer, presided as toast- Floyd M. Barden, South Haven, is are prominent in the Calhoun Coun- M. E. Parmelee, Hilliards, is prob- Wagar is chairman of the Farm Bu- irst announcement of this con- master. The first speaker was Burt Lawrence Publishing Company. Sena- tor Capper commented favorably up- noted as one of the leading fruit ty Farm Bureau. ably Michigan's champion potato reau Home and Community Work. ,-as made, early last spring. Ac-- Wermuth, Associate Editor of the growers of the state. Seventy acres Frank Kinch, Grindstone City, has grower, having averaged over 400 Mr. Powell is president of the Ionia |ng to the rules of the contest Michigan Farmer, who outlined the on the diversity of Michigan agri- culture. He told of the present in- of his 182-acre farm are devoted to over a thousand head of sheep on his bushels per acre for the past three County Farm Bureau. jne-sided or narrow-gauge farm- history of the Master Farmers move- fruit, mostly peaches. He has a ffhe thousand acre farm up on the thumb- years. He has a fine herd of Hol- It is the plan of the Michigan |ould get very'far. To rank high ment and sketched briefly his con- equality between farming and other lines of business, stating that the herd of Jersey cattle. Mr. Barden is nail of Michigan, at the very tip of stein cows and a high-producing Farmer to. have a similar class Of lis contest, a man had to be a ception as to its possibilities. He president of the Allegan County Huron County. In his pure-bred flock of Leghorn chickens. Mr. Master Farmers selected each year. [rounded * rural citizen. The said that farmers, like other peoples- farm dollar today has a purchasing power of but 85 cents. Senator Cap- Farm Bureau. flocks are found Rambouillets, Ox- Parmelee is treasurer of the Allegan The growing group of Master Farm- Wis contestants were scored on have more need of models than Paul C. Clement, Britton, is noted fords,, Shropshires, Southdowns and County Farm Bureau. ers will be organized into a perma- Joints grouped under fiVe head- critics and that people seldom im- per made a strong presentation of the need for constructive legislation as Michigan's outstanding producer other breeds. Mr. Kinch is a mem- H. F. Probert, Jackson, is recog- nent fraternity to which the am- as follows: operation of. farm, prove when they have no other of good seed corn. He has one of ber of the Board of Directors of the nized as one of the leading Jersey bitious and progressive farmers of points; business methods and models than themselves. By select- to place agriculture upon a basis with other business. He declared, the best seed corn houses in the state. Huron County Farm Bureau. breeders of the country. He has the state will aspire for membership. r, 200 points; general farm ap- ing "especially successful farmers and Corn that fails to measure up to his C. S. Langdon, Hubbardston, owns used for many years a liquid manure The practices followed by these mce and up-keep, 90 points; life designating' them as Master Farmers, "Much could be aetfomplished for agriculture by more active farm or- high seed standards goes into a fine 40 acres and rents 240 acres more. system on his 180-acre farm which Master Farmers will quite naturally J points; citizenship, 140 points. they immediately become examples herd of Duroc hogs. Mr. Clement is He keeps Holsteins and Poland Chi- is in a high state of cultivation. be imitated by their neighbors and Itable on which each man's stand- whose methods will be imitated by ganisations. Every farmer ought to get into one or more .of the great na- an active member of the Monroe nas and maintains his farm in a high An Kxample and Inspiration thus there will gradually develop a |appeared provided a searching farmers in the surrounding territory. County Farm Bureau. state of cultivation and does so at Not only are most of these Master successful agricultural program and /sis of his ability as a farmer tional farm movements. He never Mr. Wermuth declared, "Farming will get his rightful returns other- A. B. Cook, Owosso, has made a considerable profit. Mr. Langdon.has Farmers members of the Farm Bu- policy for Michigan agriculture. At business man and his standing in Michigan'ought to be going some- success as a general farmer, main- treen an active worker in the Clinton reau, but many of them are active in least this is the hope of the sponsors citizen and head of the family. where. Our goal ought to be a per- wise." A short sketch of the honored taining the fertility of hi* 160-acre County Farm Bureau. their local co-operative associations, of the movement. duction, but also in the matter of if it is 'open wiring* installed several IGING TEAMSOF community leadership and the future of such worth-while institutions as Samples of Stained Seeds TELS THE VALUE years ago; see that your fire buckets are in the handiest places, properly FARM BUREAU AND STATES ATTEND the country church. Concluding his speech, he said, "Have an. ideal and stick to it and may that ideal be On Display at Farm Bureau OF NATIONAL FIRE filled; that there is ample sand in the garage for smothering gasoline and oil fires; that the extinguisher CITIZENS PROTEST •BUREAUBANQUET high." J. Clyde Marquis, Chief of the Bu- Gooding-Ketcham Act Affords PREVENTION WEEK carrying carbon tetrachloride is also quickly available for that purpose; R. R. ABANDONMENT reau of Agricultural Economics, rep- discharge the chemical tanks and put impion High School Teams resented the United States Depart- Protection If Farmers EXHIBIT SHOWS THE President Sam Thompson of in a new charge and see whether Effort Being Made to Retain ment of Agriculture. He referred to RELATION BETWEEN they work properly; inspect the lad- Compete in Contest the fact that the last quarter of a Understand It A. F. B. F. Says Fire Tax Service in Four North- ders. At Dairy Show century had witnessed more real im- COWS AND HOMES Is $30 Per Farm "These things should all be done provement and progress in agricul- Samples of red clover and' alfalfa more than once a year, but Fire Pre- Eastern Counties tural methods than the preceding seed showing the various 'colors of In a Farm Women's Booth century. Mr. Marquis said, "You boys staining required by the Gooding- vention Week gives us a definite re- TORS RECEIVE PRIZES which had been arranged at FARM LOSSES MOUNTING minder which should be followed by On September 2 2 the Michigan have this accumulated experience Ketcham Bill have been received by the National Dairy Show by Public Utilities Commission heard available to you whether you are in the Michigan State Farm Bureau, action. One evening might well be ys, Coaches and Teachers Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, chair- the application of the Detroit and school or not. We have more and from the Bureau of Plant Industry man of the State Faun Bu- Annual Rural Fire Loss Totals devoted to considering just what Mackinac Railway for permission to Are Banquet Guests of better agricultural literature today of the U. S. Dep't of Agriculture and could be done if fire should start on abandon its Lincoln, Au Sable River than ever before. Develop the habit are on display for the information of reau's Home and Community $ 150,000,000—Enough to the farm, for it is largely an indi- St. Farm Bureau members and others interested. Work, was one large poster and Rose City branches in Ogemaw, of reading." Build 75,000 Barns vidual matter when fire starts in the which ntt'racted especial atten- Oscoda, Iosco and Alcona counties. Showered with Good Advice Similar samples were sent to each country, because of the isolation. In tion. This chart showed in a The railroad claims that the oper- ate Champlfirfi Dairy Cattle Judg- The principal address Of the eve- State Farm Bureau at the request of In calling attention to the desig- a number of communities, town and most c h a r and eonvin'c'injr way ation of these branches is unprofit- Teams representing the pick of ning was given by C. F. Mcintosh, the Washington representative of the nation of October 3 to 9 as Fire Pre- country, however, people have joined the intimate relation between able and that they are in such physi- thousands of High School stu- Agricultural Representative on the American Farm Bureau Federation. vention Week, Sam H. Thompson, in maintaining the fire department good dairy cOws and better cal condition that immediate large s taking vocational agricultural Federal Board for Vocational Edu- It is hoped that this will better ac- rural homes. The message of President of the A. F. B. F., ad- in town which is now serving the sur- ning in 22 states participated in cation. Mr. Mcintosh emphasized the quaint farmers and agricultural lead- rounding country as well as the expenditures should be made for im- this artistic poster went about dressed to all Farm Bureau officials provements, but that such expendi- Nathenal Judging Contest at the importance of the dairy industry say- ers throughout the country with the like this: a general statement which urged the town. There is no reason why this ional Dairy Show at Detroit, Sat- ing that it equalled in returns the actual operation of this important act should not be a universal practice. tures would not be justified by the participation of the organization to earnings from the branches. ay forenoon, October 9, and that four major farm products exclusive and enable them to know more cer- The Average Michigan Dairy the fullest extent to the end that the Just as the automobile and truck ling were guests of the Michigan of corn-. Speaking of the perplexities tainly when they are purchasing Cow Yields About 4,000 lbs. annual fire loss on American farms have annihilated distance for pleas- Considerable opposition to the e Farm Bureau at a banquet in involved in modern agriculture, Mr. adapted red clover seed and alfalfa of Milk and 140 lbs. of Butter- ure and business, so it can be of abandonment is developing. The Mcintosh said that farming puts one seed. fat. might be curtailed. In his message^ Detroit Y. M. C A. great service in materially curtailing protest of Alcona and Oscoda coun- ach of the 22 teams in the con- to his wits' extremities to make a to Farm Bureau officials President' The Bureau is supplying county The Avcragd Dairy Cow in Thompson said in part: the great toll which the fire demon ties will be led by Herman Dehnke had previously won a state cham- success. He declared that mere de- agents and other agricultural lead- Michigan Cow Testing Associa- exacts from the farming industry an- of Harrisville and George Bennett of lship which entitled it to com- velopment of one's talents was nbt ers with these sets. Accompanying "Fire Prevention Week—October tions Yields 7,.lCJO lbs. Milk 3 to 9 inclusive—calls attention to nually. Local Farm Bureau officials Mio, while YVm. T. Yeo of West for national honors. Michigan enough and illustrated his point by each set is a copy of the regulations and 202 lbs. of Buttci tat. and members here* have an opportu- Branch will lead the protestants on i schools were represented by a stating that the paths from schools of the Department of Agriculture every farmer of the gigantic waste The Better Cow Gives Better wrought by fire on farms, $150,000,- nity to initiate a co-operative fire the Rose City branch. George J. n from Howell which was picked and colleges are strewn with human concerning the administration of the fighting arrangement with the near- Bolender of Kalamazoo and Arthur wreckage. He urged boys to develop law so that its operation and mean- Milk—Wore Profit. The Cost 000 annually, and should bring home n about 600 contestants from 41 by towns or among themselves which O'Connor of Detroit are fighting the erent schools at the time of the tact, common sense, judgment and a ing of the staining may be generally of Upkeep Is Less Thau The to individual farmers everywhere the Poor Cow—Less Labor. necessity for more adequate protec- should be instrumental in reducing abandonment on behalf of other pro- ior Farmers' Week at the State practical outlook upon life. He said, understood. greatly the annual tax of about $30 testants. lege. The teams from the other "Don't take the second or third step The Farm Home Where tion of their property and the lives It is hoped by this method to ac- Better Cows Are Kept Can En- of their family. Unfortunately, farm per farm, the average fire bill which The Michigan State Farm Bureau es were picked in a similar man- on the ladder until you have taken quaint agricultural leaders through- the first." Although admitting that out the nation with the significance joy More Comforts, Such As fires in the Mid-west have been in- farmers are now paying. is represented in this case by D. F . Judged Eight Rings of Cattle The Judging Contest was held in marvelous progress has been made of the different colored seed and In This Exhibit, Out Of The creasing, and this is an additional "The stupendous significance of Murphy of Alma, special traffic coun- Coliseum at the State Fair in agricultural matters, Mr. Mcin- through them acquaint the farmers Increased Profit. reason for checking up this week on the destruction of $150,000,000 sel, and A. P. Mills, the Farm Bu- muds where the National Dairy tosh inspired his audience with a generally, it being recognized that fire hazards. worth of farm property, if reduced reau's Traffic Manager. w was in full swing. The boys prophecy that there is still more to the law will be of full value to the "Give the lightning rods a thor- to actual items and if we take the When the railroad rested its case e required to place eight rings of be learned along these lines than farmers as individuals only when MIDWEST PRESIDENTS AM) ough inspection at all joints and average farm building as valued at on September 24 the hearing was ad- ry cattle—heifer and cow classes has yet been discovered. they understand clearly and fully SECRETARIES TO MEET connections and see that they are $2,500, the value of buildings burned journed to October 25 at Bay City each of the following breeds: Jer California Took First Honors just what each color signifies when well grounded; clean the old chim- up on American farms last year when shippers and other protestants, Guernsey, Holstein and Ayr- Although the California team took they are offered seed stained that A notice was issued last week by ney and look for cracks which should equals 60,000 of such dwellings— including the Michigan State Farm re. These cattle had previously first honors in judging all four color. E. L. Corbin, director of organiza- be filled. If very old the whoje chim- enough dwellings to house a city of Bureau, will show why the branches n placed by a group of national- breeds of dairy cattle, they did not tion of the Missouri Farm Bureau ney may require rebuilding or it may 240,000 inhabitants. should not be abandoned. The farmer who knows that any Federation, that the next meeting of recognized judges and each boy's rank first in judging any of the in- red clover seed or alfalfa seed that stand upon brackets instead of a "Expressed in terms of barns, tak- fing was compared with the dividual breeds. The New York team the Midwest State Farm Bureau ti&to foundation. Check up on the ing an average farm barn 36 by 50 Farm Bureau blankets make splen- is stained red has been imported into presidents and secretaries will be gment of these experts and his was first in judging Ayrshire^ ?«n$m c o u u t r y a n d is n o t a d a p t e d for roofing and see if it is in a condition feet in size and to cost $2,000, our did Xmas gifts. adv. >ng thus determined, nessee in the Holstein class; Illinois, seeding in this country, will be able held in the offices of the American inviting a fire if sparks fall upon $150,000,000 would build 75,000 of aturday evening all the boys par- Guernseys; and Georgia, Jerseys. to protect himself from an unscrupu- Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago, t a wire netting over the chim- these barns. CORN KINO Pating in the contest, and their The Holstein Friesian Association of lous deader who may tell him that it on October 21 and 22. The theme of ney to keep down sparks; give the "Or again taken in the tern*ls of ches and teachers, as-well as sev- America, the American Jersey Cattle is domestic seed or who may have this conference will be "Organization SEED RACKS and Publicity," and will be a follow- stores and furnaces a thorough the lumber destroyed, the best esti- Herd Corn dried in 1 Michigan high school agricultur- Club and the DeLaval Cream Sep- mixed this seed with domestic seed overhauling; remove the old oil mate indicates that farm fires last these r a c k s gvowe teachers, were guests of the Mich- arator Company presented the schol- in an attempt to sell the whole lot up meeting of t i e work that was b e t t e r , a n d yields done at the Midwest Farm Bureau soaked rags from the garage and year burned lumber requiring 7,500 State Farm Bureau at a arships of $400.00 each to three as domestic seed. The law requires ihOT* per acft; t lintl Training School Meld at Camp Gray, or shed; see that the oil and gas acres of our woodland wealth to re- by a n y o t h e r mct.li- liquet held at the Detroit Y. M. boys picked for these special hon- that at least 10 per ceu.t of unada'pt- are stored where a match is not like- place. A. Nationally known agricultural ors. The J- B. Ford Company pre- ed seed be stained red. Saugatuck, Michigan, in August. iliyhiK. W r i t e find them; check up on the "I urge every unit of the Farm for c a t a l o g u e a n d ders and celebrities of the dairy sented a gold watch and chain to the ins and where you hang them; 6. high ranking man on the victorious The farmer who desires Canadian Write for blanket circular, pric Bureau to give Fire Prevention rid spoke on the banquet program. IflB to the electric wiring, especially Ross V. Richards & Sons, N. Manchcster,Ind. team from California. Each boy on seed can be sure when he is getting F. B. Fabrics Dep't, Lansing. a< Week full support." ose who had won prizes in the the first five teams, judging each it if he is familiar with the regula- >'s judging events were announced tions issued by the Department of • I , • , i (1 the awards and scholarships breed and the ten individuals rank- Agriculture, as these provide, that re presented. ing highest in each class, will receive one per cent of Canadian red clover a certificate which will be a per- and alfalfa seed be stained violet. Hoys Seen as Future Leaden manent reminder • of his splendid If the farmer is not desirous of se- E. E. Gallup, State Supervisor of achievement. curing Canadian seed but wants to national Education, declared tthat The following states were repre- be sure that the iriiported seed he is chigan was honored by playing sented by teams which had previous- buying is supposed to be adapted to ost" to these teams whom he re- red to as representative of the m leaders of the future. He called ly won honors in competition with this country, he merely needs to look teams from other Vocational Agricul- for the seed that is stained green, as tural Schools in their respective the regulations provide that one per 1 HE King of Optimists is the Man ention to the fact that the ban- states: California, Connecticut, Geor- cent of imported seed other than Ca- et was being given by the State r m Bureau and asked Clark L. °dy, Secretary-Manager of the gia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mary- nadian seed and which has not been land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min- officially declared unadapted for nesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New seeding in this county, shall be stain- Who Expects a Crop from Seed York, North Carolina, Ohio, Okla- ed green. e rm Bureau, to introduce the toast- *ster. In expressing his pleasure at opportunity of the Farm Bureau homa, Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The sets of samples being serif out by the Bureau of Plant Industry con- of Unknown Origin! entertain the Club Champions. sists of six small round tin contain- r - Brody declared that agricultural ers put up in a neat fibre-board box n a t i o n and farm organization go PROGRAM HELP »d in hand and that when you The Home and Community De- which can be carried conveniently v e taught men to work together partment of the A. F. B. F.. upon re- from place to place by county agents " have taught them how to do quest, will supply the following pro- or others desiring to demonstrate them. Three of the cans contain al- °st other things. Mr. Brody Iri- gram helps: falfa seed stained in the three col- FAfiM BUREAU MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU "duced Dr. C. H. Lane, Chief of the 1. Simple parliamentary rules. ers authorized, namely, f red, green SEED SERVICE 'ricultural Division of the Federal 2. Lists of songs; how to get them. and violet. The other three cans con- >ard for Vocational Education, who 3. Suggestions and material for tain red clover seed similarly stain- Cjualit y- Pur ity- bervjee Lansing, Michigan tp d as toastmaster. debates. ed. Charles L. HilL President of the 4. Lists of suitable motion pic- A study of these samples will en- ftional Dairy Association, told the tures. " , able the farmer or the purchasing )v « that the Dairy Show aims to agent of a co-operative organization f high ideals for the dairy industry. 5. Mock trial material. p told of the chance which every fi. Ideas for games and contests. to recognize similarily stained seed r when it appears on the market or to mer has to contribute to human 7. Lists of plays, pageants, read- detect it when mixed with other seed. 'ogress, not only along lines of pro- ings. _ _ • .n . . . I — 8. Recipes for refreshments. "CTOBEn i s frptrtt MICItlflAX FARM BUREAU NEWS growers are advised to equip, them- GRAY ATTENDS OHIO GEORGE LORD, C H I STATE TAX DEFT selves with corn binders and all own- VOICES FROM THE RUINS! LEGISLATIVE RALLIES ers of corn binders are advised to equip their machines with low cut- Stick By URGES ALL FARMERS TO ORGANIZE TO Following the example of the Mich- ting devices now available. igan State Farm Bureau, the Ohio LOW CUTTING is especially neces- Farm Bureau Federation has secur- sary in fieids which are to be SEED- Your Co-op IMPROVE THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION ed the services of Chester H. Gray, of ED TO GRAIN, as high stubble con- the Washington office of the A. F . B. tains many borers and practically no F., to take an active part in ten leg- suppression is accomplished. Shipping Ass' islative rallies to be held in Ohio in HOGGING down corn and allow- State T a x Official Agrees Present Economic November. ing stalks to remain in the fields ov- You fill know how- havo worked since th Condition of F a r m e r s Is Bad, But Says These ten conferences have been er winter as a practice is condemned, i so scheduled as to give opportunity as they make clean plowing difficult. livestock co-op came j n ^ stock buyers took on ' W h o l e Trouble W i t h O u r Industry for a large percentage of the Ohio lease on life and hav** ' Farm Bureau membership to attend. paying nearer the market ^ Is Lack of Organization AH Ohio County Farm Bureaus have to get your business. " No man in Michigan has as much power and influence in been asked to name legislative com- A Full ycartoPay mittees'to be responsible for secur- The wonderful skimming effici...- ing attendance from their respective of Viking bowl addf dollars to your" Suppose your co-op ceasie business, what wouJj State tax matters and probably no one else has as broad and counties. dairy profits. Easy monthly pay- pen? Conditions would/ ments at prices within reach. ably soon be back on abo comprehensive a knowledge and grasp of these affairs as Members of the Ohio General As- Viking Discs—*»»T to Clean—Handled sembly as well as Ohio Congressmen si_ likekeysonaring—easy old ibasis. George Lord, Chairman of the State T a x Department a n d by have been invited to attend one or /UO^k. to wash—saves drudg- You believe in the co-on •J U k H F S n r L°r,S disc surface virtue of that office also chairman of the State Board of Equal- more of these rallies. The Ohio _A^M=Pget«morecream. Siaaa 100- now; carry it one step fa J Grange officers and legislative com- Sizes. *m^ZZr. tooo lb.. Caosdry. F.ve See that your stock i s se ization. mittees have also been invited. Hand.electric, power. Sturdy frame. Best Swedish steeL Now-*** for Help the co-operative commk At the conclusion of the recent annual meeting of the State A discussion *of national legisla- Your Cows Make Cash" and pnees. Dept. „ j houvses at Detroit and East i tion will be led by Mr. Gray and will UNITED ENGINE COMPANY, Lansing, Mich. fala- ] Board of Equalization, after listening to the pleas of the repre- include the topics of tariff, Musck These firms have grown j sentatives of the various counties and to a strong presentation Shoals, inland waterways, long and _ , , , i r • • - • • • - » » ' idly in popular favor and j n of the distressed condition of Michigan agriculture made by short railroad hauls, farm relief, ume of business handled ! ship subsidy, and farm finance. BUSINESS NEWS perienced and capable " J | M. B. McPherson, president of the State Farm Bureau, Mr. At these rallies will also be dis- agers and salesmen insure t" Lord voiced the following opinions and observations: cussed state legislative matters. This Five cents a word for one ln*e r " you will get the top prjCe tion: 4|/2 cents per word for each of "It is always expected, of course, that the Chairman of the discussion will be led by C. A. Dyer, two insertions; 4 cents a word per uniformly good service. of the Ohio Farm Bureau. insertion for each of three inser- State Board of Equalization make a few remarks relative to tions, and at the 4 cent rate for Furthermore, your stock Mr. ""Gray recently addressed a taxation. succeeding insertions. Count eacn handled at actual cost. You series of twenty legislative rallies word, abbreviation and figure, in- in Michigan, sponsored by the State cluding words In signature as the regular commission to J "I just had handed to me by Mr. McPherson a statistical words. Cash must accompany co-op, but it returns any Farm Bureau. ! order. Michigan Farm Bureau table taken from the reports of the Census Department at News, ings j to you as a patroaJ Washington, showing a material reduction in the value of dividend. Corn Borer Control Next time, ship to the- farm lands, and while I do not approve of some of the con- clusions of the Census Department, I do not hesitate to say Measures Announced MISCELLANEOUS MICH. LIVE STOCK EtrJ (Continued from page 1) CO-OP COMMISSION MCljj W R I T E FOR PRICE A N D D E S C R I P - that from my observations throughout the State, farm lands CULTIVATION after plowing that tion of ft-ramid poultry shipping coops Dix Ave., Detroit have a much less value today than they had a few years ago. drags debris to the surface, or the Farm Bureau Poultry Exchange^ 2610 discing of stalks or high stubble does Riopelle street, Detroit. ?"..**? PRODUCERS CO-OP f o>Dn Farmers' Life Blood Being Squeezed Out not meet the requirements of the SION ASSOCIATION "The economic condition of the farmers is far from good. There seems to be some unseen force that is squeezing the life- 60-DAY LEAVE OF $150,000,000 FIRE regulations. RECOMMENDATIONS: REGISTERED, SILVER F O X E S A T $650.00 a pair for a limited number. It EARLY you want Foxes, don't let this opportuni- 065 Williams St., E. Bufi AND LOW CUTTING J s strongly urg- ty pass. McComb's Silver F o x kani-li, blood almost out of the m a n that tills the soil. Now, I think ABSENCE GRANTED COST EACH YEAR ed and recommended, as by so doing Remus, Mich., R. F . D. No. 2.—11-12*26 the largest number of borers possible the blame for this economic condition can be laid at the doors STANLEY POWELL is removed from the field. All corn REGISTERED JERSEY CATTLE SALE AT MILLER JERSEY FARj of the farmers. In other words, they lack a proper organiza- TOUAFARMERS Kfc EATON RAPIDS, OCTOBER 26, 1926 Eaton county's greatest herd. Over 70 head of Registered cattle, tion and system for handling their own products. A two-months leave of ab- cows open and bred heifers, heifer calves and herd bulls. " A few years ago I happened to be in one of the large cities sence, beginning October 16, Proper Precautions Can Cut Senior Sire Foxhall's Dandy Boy 20086; Junior Sire Majesty's Cold of the Central West, and I went to a fruit stand to buy some has been granted Stanley M. Fire Loss of Life and Raleigh 236999. • . Powell, assistant secretary of Sale starts at noon. Located by going east from Charlotte, Mich, fruit. I said 'Where did this fruit come from?' 'Those are the Michigan State Farm Bu- Rural Property west from Eaton Rapids and following arrows. Michigan peaches', was the answer. I made some inquiries reau. Mr. Powell will attend and found that fruit from the Western part of this state would to personal affairs, especially President Coolidge, in designating the large purebred livestock October 3 to 9 as Fire Prevention be shipped to Chicago, and then a considerable part of it would and general farm near Ionia, Week, called attention to the enor- be shipped back into Michigan to the wholesalers. That sys- tem is wrong. T h e commission merchant in Chicago or Illi- nois gets his profit; the wholesaler gets his; the retailer gets known as Ingleside Farm, which he and his father, H. E. Powell, operate. Stanley Powell has served as mous losses suffered by this country from preventable* fires. The fire waste for last year has been placed at $570,000,000, and it is estimated Sptvadlimel Sweeten soil! hie; and the farmer gets practically none. that $450,000,000 of this amount Legislative Representative for represents the losses from fires on Self-Help Imperative * ' the State Farm Bureau during farms. It appears that the losses "What 1 would like to see in "There isn't a thing bought by the the regular sessions of the Leg- from farm fires are increasing each Michigan would be one organiza- State today that goes into govern- islature in 1921, 1923 and 1925 year and little attention has been ment that doesn't cost almost twice and the several Special Sessions tion that would promote mid pro- as much as it did ten years ago. You tect the agricultural industry. have to pay more for labor and ev- which have been held during given to the problem. In this day of competition the You GET BIG CROPS-BIG PROFITS The whole trouble with the farm- erything, just the same as in your this period. He has been As- American.'farmer finds it necessary Can't Make Bricks Solvay Pulverized Limestone is helping thoov sociate Editor of the Michigan to employ, business principles and Without Straw q ing industry in the United States private business. Then again, peo- Farm Burean News for several sands of farmers to get more from their land. guard' against losses. He does all that today is that proper organization ple are not satisfied with the same is lacking. And then you go to kind of government that we had ten the Federal or State Government years ago. They are demanding bet- years and two and a half years ago he was advanced to the position of Assistant Secretary he can to protect-his crops and his livestock from disease. It. is just as important to protect them from N EITHER can hens males eggshell with- out Calcium Carbonate. Solvay is produced in only one grade—there is no second best—every bag, every bulk ton is ground to the same f*r>^nffl#t Ho effort is and ask for aid. If you'fhad a ter roads and more of them. of the state organization. fire. It is even more important to PILOT BRAND OYSTER spared t o make Solvay of greatest benefit to proper system of marketing your Since July 1 of this year, Mr. protect dwellings. Of the people who SHELL-FLAKE contains the farmer. products, you would not need aid Powell has been Acting Editor lost their lives in fires last year it 98% Calcium Carbonate. Solvay produces results the first year—and from the government. The State, is estimated that one-fourth or 3,- of the.NEWS. Reallyi it's all eggshell ma- v. its good effects accumulate from year to year. maybe not iully, but to a large 500 were residents of farming comr munities. terial Hens and poultry Spread Solvay this year—it's high test, rap fjxtent,' has recognized the condi- Every farmer should make a spe- men prefer it to any other nace dried, safe—will not burn, tion of the agricultural counties of this state, and for several years the valuations placed upon your GAS TAX BRING cial effort to eliminate the fire haz- ards from his premises. should be set aside in which to make A time form of eggshell mineral. It increases egg produc- Write for the Solvay Lime Book THE SOLVAY PROCESS COMPANY tion, makes harder shells Detroit, Mich. farms in Michigan have been such that the state tax has been IN $85,000,000 IN a careful survey of all the buildings and an inspection of all equipment. and healthier birds. Screened for adult fowls materially reduced each year. Any fire hazard found should be "I am inclined to think that may- he we are a little high on some agri- 6 MONTHS PERIOD eliminated at once. Defective chimneys, stoves, flues and chicks. A t dealers everywhere. .*..* cultural counties, and we intend to and furnaces, together with hot ash- OTSTIR SHELL PRODUCTS Local Dealers find out and make sure about it. Be- All But Four States in U. S. es and sparks from chimneys, were CORPORATION cause of all the industries in Michi- responsible for approximately one- Shell Building St. Louis. Mo. Now Raises Road Funds third of the farm J i r e losses. It will gan we should see that the agricul- tural counties get fair play. When By Gas Levies be time well ; spent to see that the the farms are prosperous all our in- heating equipment is in. good repair, dustries are prosperous. You may the ashes p'roperly cared for and the Taxes on. gasoline used., in motor roofs protected from sparks. | The >rir^ PILOT/ think it strange that a man from the largest city in Michigan will talk to vehicles' amounted to $84,93-$,373 in use of open lights, the ignition of the fiist six months of 19s26, accord- rubbish and litter, smoking and the OYSTER SHEU-J FLAKE The Truth in Feeds you in this way. I do it because I ing to the Bureau of Public Roads of careless us& Of matches are some of have always endeavored to be fair in HON. UKOHCiK LOUD the United State Department of Agri- the other causes of fires which the matters of taxation, and when condi- "Another reason for the increased culture. This amount was made farmer can prevent. tions are such that I cannot be fair cost of government is the necessity available as follows: $54,981,677 to 1 1 will retire from public life. for additional buildings in our State State highway departments, $19,338, The farmer must rely largely up- on his own efforts to protect his FOR POULTRY. ,"I want to say a word about this Institutions in order to accommodate 976 for county and local roads, $6. property from fire, and the greatest matter of public debt—I hope you the large increase in their population. 329,413 for State and county road results can be obtained by directing 'will take it home with you. Michi- "So I say, there is not much hope, bonds, and $4,140,998 for miscella gan today, in all its political subdivi- in my opinion, of lessening to any neous purposes. sions, is in debt over $500,000,000. degree the cost of government. We these efforts toward fire prevention through the elimination of fire haz- Detroit Poultry A total of 3,560,987,586 gallons of ards and the maintenance of an ade- In 1911, when I made a survey of are up against this condition. We gasoline were taxed and it is estimat quate number of effective fire ex- public debt in Michigan, we had a must face it and pay the bill. Market ed that an additional 856,450,000 tinguishers. Fire protection, where As given by Mich. Farm Bureau debt of approximately $38,000,000 "I am very glad the gentlemen gallons were consumed in the four it is possible to obtain it, is very de- Poultry Exch.. 2010 Itiopelle street, so that the debt since that time has from Genesee County spoke of the re- States in which taxes are not collect- sirable and in many cases farmers October 14, 1926: increased nearly one-half billion dol- lation of the atate tax burden to the ed. All of the States except Illinois, have organized to*: purchase com- Springs, Fancy Barred Rocks 28-27 lars. That means not less than $20,- local tax burden. The state tax bur- Massachusetts, New Jersey and New munity fire fighting equipment. 000,000 in interest charges the tax- den is very small compared with the York imposed A gasoline tax, the payers of Michigan must pay every levy for local government purposes. rate ranging from one to five cents Sprinps;, FHIKV K. I. Rods Springs, Medium and White Springs, Leghorn, large 2«>26 :'o-:'4 20 Dairymen of Michigan! year. And then you people wonder Last year we levied $191,000,000 up- with an average of 2.39 cents per gal- Jim Richards Has 2 2 Springs, Leghorn, small :':......20 why government costs keep mounting on general properties in Michigan. lon. Since 19,69^7,832 motor vehicles upwards. Of that amount, $17,800,000 went to were registered in the six months Oz. Bunch of Grapes Springs, Leghorn, black Hens, E lbs. and up 17 H9 Do increased profits from your dairy herd interest "The trouble with the average man the state government. In other words, period, the gasoline consumption per An interesting exhibit at the Van Hens, 1 to E lbs 27-28 you? Buren County County Fair was the Hens, Medium 2H-27 and woman in Michigan is that when 9.3% went to the state and the rest vehicle averaged 225 gallons. Hens, Small and Leghorn 18-19 twenty-two ounce bunch of Camp- Cox Profits are governed by production. a bond issue comes before the people to local governments. Gasoline taxes were first imposed bell's Early Grapes produced on a Ducks, Spring, 5 lbs. and up, white 24-2o 16-11 for approval, they go and vote for it "That does not mean, and I don't in 1919 when four States adopted the Rabbits, .". lbs. and u p . 18 without considering as to whether want you to misunderstand me, that tax and derived a revenue of a little vine in Jim Richard's clay loam vine- Geese, Ducks, Spring, small and colored 22 Production depends upon the working condition of they can afford it. These promises oi local governments have been waste- more than one million dollars. The yard, just east of Eau beautiful improvements and wonder- ful or extravagant. At the same time, practice is now general and the large of the plots of a pruning experiment Claire, on one Young T- .» go the herd. This means that the* cows must be kept in ful things they swallow whole. Then it behooves local governments, parti- revenue derived is one of the most conducted by Dr. N. L. Partridge, of Poultry Shippers good physical condition. For results and service send when they are called upon to pay cularly in the agricultural districts, important sources of highway in- the Horticultural Department of the your future shipments of Live Michigan State College. Poultry to their share of the cost of these things to practice the strictest economy. I come. A well balanced grain ration supplemented with the Mr. Richards calls his farm "Just- FARM B U R E A U POULTRY E X C H they howl their heads off, and blame speak of the agricultural districts in The^revenue derive!! by Michigan the administrative officers of govern- particular because I have seen hun- from tne gasoline tax in the first stx amere Farm." He is secretary of the . 2610 Rlopelte St., Detroit, Mich. proper minerals in the proper proportion assures this Berrien County Farm Bureau. condition. ment. It is a peculiar thing. This dreds of instances where the farmer, months of 1926 was $4,373,598. debt is incurred by the people of after working all year tilling his land i...i,nj.i.iMii.niiiii..,u,,i. Michigan, and not by the officers of harvesting his crops, has been oblig- aiiummniHW MOTION PICTURES These requirements are met by feeding government. These interest charges ed to borrow money with which to MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU POULTRY FEEDS must be met, and the only way you pay his taxes. So that I say. don't Complete lists Of available motion DEPENDABLE and ECONOMICAL can meet them is by levying a tax up- spend any money in the conduct of pictures suitable for Farm Bureau on property. That is one of the rea- government that you ought not to meetings are obtainable through the sons why the cost of government is spend, and which is not in the inter- Department of Information of the A. Michigan Chick Starter with Buttermilk Michigan Growing Mash with Buttermilk MICHIGAN est or welfare of your people. Many F. B. F . Michigan Laying Mash with Buttermilk constantly increasing. Milkmake Make Chicks grow and hens lay "Iu our own state government, we of the departments of the state gov- For sale by the local Co-op. or Farm Bureau agent. Insist o a have only to look at the increase in ernment did reduce expenses. I don't cities in the state it constitutes about Michigan brand. Write for free Poultry feeding booklet. "Dept. F " the population of our State Institu- say that they could not be reduced 6 5 % . I am not going to say that t h e MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE tions alone for one of the prime rea- more. But they are trying hard to money is not needed to educate your Lansing, Michigan sons for the increase in cost of gov- keep expenses down to a minimum, children; I am not going to say that Ti*iyi'.-iTrf|ViTiYI'mHiMl«'i'iVi,fi,»'t'i,nw,"l"*«TlTmTT ernment. As a matter of fact, we and this is what we all should do. it \s not a good investment to spend The Onginal Open-Formula Dairy Feed. have T>000 more inmates in our public "The big cost in the conduct of lo- that money to educate your children, institutions today than we had five or cal governments, particularly in the but I am placing these facts before SALESMEN ATTENTION: See your local distributor now. If y o u have no !*•> six jrears ago. Figuring at one dollar rural districts is the cost of schools. you so that you can consider the mat- Many of our s a l e s m e n are receiving weekly commission checks from distributor write us. per day. we are paying for the sup- The cost of our schools to the proper- ter and see if there is any place you $:.IM»II to 1125.00 selling our high grade Nursery st»< k. W e still have room for H number o l real salesmen in Mi« hifian territory. If you are a hustler port of these inmates approximately ty owners of Michigan constitutes can save or conserve the public funds > more annually than we approximately 3 5 % of the total cost in your conduct of local govern- were paying in 1920. of local governments. And with the ments." am'. Interested in developing a paying business, write in a t nnoe for our lib- eral proposition. Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Servi<*| THE MONROE NURSERY, SALES DEPT, MONROE, MICHIGAN Lansing, Michigan