MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Improve homelife Our goal this year by enlightening is one new member our agriculture. for every old one. PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 11 JUNE 10, 1927 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY GOVERNOR'S USE OF VETO CUTS MILUONS FROM TAX LEVY •"v ADJOURNMENT OF MICHIGAN HELPING GOVERNOR GREEN'S VETO REDUCED RATE CASE SEEN Washtenaw County Farm Bureau OHIO FARM BUREAU TAX CLAUSE ITEMS IN BUDGET OF f t FARMER VICTORY Sponsors Home Economics Work SEEK FREIGHT CUT STATE ABOUT 4 MILLION DOLLARS r - Railroad Sought To Get Big Carriers Have Appealed To I. C. C. Following New Record Was Made By State Executive For ( Freight Boost On y Shipments Recent Order Number Of Legislative Bills Vetoed. Thirty-Three House Bills And NO HEARING DATE SET MANY FILE PETITIONS 18 Senate Bills Killed Many Factions Combined To Expect Order To Fix Date Of Hearing Sometime After a fortnight of trimming and paring of the legislative j Thwart Move Of R. R. appropriations for the current biennial period, Governor Fred Concerns In Autumn W. Green signed the last of the Legislative measures thia Action of, the rate committee of Relief that had been anticipated week, leaving $48,1 09,416 on the budget to be paid by direct the Central Freight Association, be- in costs of fertilizer freight ship- taxation during this period. This was a reduction of fore which uody protest was made ments this season apparently is a $3,823,156—the amount slashed from various appropriations by the Farm Bureau against a pro- long way off yet, the railroad com- posed move hy the railroad compan- panies having appealed their case to by the governor's absolute or partial veto. ies to establish "LCL" rates on all the Interstate Commerce Commis- The total items in the budget with tax clause, for 1927 and freight car loadings where more sion after a reduction of about 50 than one stop was necessary to load cents a ton had been granted this 1928, as passed by the Legislature, amount to $28,997,085. or unload the car, adjourning the spring on petition of the Ohio Farm This was reduced $2,552,964 by vetoes, leaving in the budget hearing indefinitely, is taken as, a Bureau Federation. at the present time, $26,444,121. •victory for the protesting interests. The reduced rate was to have be- come effective about the middle of The items with tax clause for 1928 and 1929, as passed by The Michigan State Farm Bureau Rural women of Washtenaw county who were largely responsible for the success of year's program in was but one of many petitioners in home management extension project. These women acted as local leaders of 14 different groups with an May but the appeal of the carrier the Legislature totaled $23,935,487. This amount was re- the proposed hearing, which was to enrollment of about 300 members. A large percentage of these leaders are Farm Bureau members. companies means that a hearing in duced $1,270,192, making the budget for 1928 and 1929 First Row, left to right: Mrs. A. L. Bradbury, Lima; Mrs. I. R. Johnson, Salem; Mrs. Eva Farley, the matter, which will result before any adjustment of rates is made, $21,665,295. ]have been held on May 21. Practically qvery shipping inter- Salem; Miss Edna Smith, specialist from Michigan State College; Mrs. Frank Rose, Lyndon; Mrs. Irene Clark, Lyndon; Miss Sylvia Braun, Ann Arbor. will probably be held not before next In giving out the final count of budget requirements and est in the central west was interest- Second Row: Mrs. Albert Koch, Lima; Mrs. Dan Ilertler, Pittsfield; Mrs. E. W. Latson, Ann Arbor; fall. ed in the railroads' proposed move. Mrs. John Hoey, Webster; Miss Julia Gordon, Saline; Mrs. Guy Wheeler, Webster; Mrs. Jay Smith, Scio. allowances, the governor made the following statement: The Ohio Farm Bureau is being A victory for the carrier companies Back Row: Mrs. Roy Ives, Sylvan; Mrs. Hazel Seitz, Lima; Mrs. Koengeter, Freedom; Miss Dolly Fran- given considerable assistance in Governor Makes Statement "I have tried to the host of my would have resulted in an increase of approximately 50 per cent in freight rates, due to the "LCL" rates cisco, Scio. About three hundred fifty women leyan Guild orchestra of the Meth- Michigan, gave a splendid address on fighting for the reduced freight rates this time, the Michigan State LIVE STOCK MEN ability to keep this budget down and I shall continue in this effort and from all parts of Washtenaw county odist Church, Ann Arbor. This or- the social development of the child Farm Bureau, the American Farm that would have applied to practical- ly all commodities and supplies that met at the Masonic temple, at Ann chestra is composed of students from Community singing was led by Ru- Arbor, recently, and staged the an- the University of Michigan, under dolph Jedele, who also rendered sev Bureau Federation and other organ- izations aligning themselves with INSIST CARRIERS feel sure there will be a very ma- terial reduction in the amount neces- sary to raise when the 1927 and farmers use»or ship. The State Farm Bureau traffic de- partment, in addition to getting in nual home management round-up for the leadership of Miss Georgia Light- eral vocal solos. A trumpet solo was the county. The meeting was held in foot, a senior in the School of Edu- given by Prof. M. L. Byrn of the the dining hall of the temple, and cation. University High School. Mrs. E. W. Ohio in petitioning for rate reduc- tions. With Michigan Farm Bureau CLEANOWN CARS 1928 tax levy is made. I feel that it is possible to make substantial sav- ings in the conduct of the state's on the proposed hearing, sent out in- before the dinner hour, the assem- A feature of the afternoon's pro- Latson was chairman of the day's agents handling as much as six or seven hundred cars of fertilizer a Claim Filth In The Cars Is business and I shall bend every ef- formation and got other organiza- blage took on the appearance of a gram was an illustrated talk by O. program. fort to this end. tions to act in protest. political convention. Each woman I. Gregg, landscape specialist, Mich- At the business session the wom- year, an item of 50 cents a ton on Carrier Of Germs Of freight charges means a considerable "The so-called budget system in wore a distinguishing ribbon badge igan State College. Mayor Staebler of en elected Mrs. I. R. Johnson chair our state government fell down en- to identify her respective commun- Ann Arbor gave the address of wel- man of the home economics project saving to the farmers of the state Diseases tirely. The budget given to the State Don't Overlook ity and leaders carried community come which was. responded to by for the coming year. Mrs. Johnson banners. Mrs. I. R. Johnson, one of the local has been actively associated with ex and a matter that the Bureau is not overlooking. ASK COMMISSION'S AID Legislature was not at all carefully prepared; it was an inheritance and A musical program during the leaders. tension work in the county during Formal petitions have been pre- represented the maximum wants of Wool Pool Dates noon hour was provided by the Wes- Mrs. H. S. Mallory, University of the past three years. pared by the traffic department of the State Farm Bureau and are be- ing filed with the Interstate Com- Draft Formal Complaint; every state institution. "During the next year and a half, If the rate of increase this year Committee Calls On under a competent budget director, over last is carried through the co. operative wool pools of other states Public Sentiment Being VAN BUREN BUREAU merce Commission, making Michigan organization a party to the case when the hearing is called. the Utilities Board there will be prepared figures for the next legislature that will set as it is in Michigan for the 1927 crop, there will be some interesting figures for the co-ops to talk about another Awakened FavoringWork HOST AT MEETING EXPLOSIVES CAUSE The Middleville Cooperative Live- stock Shipping association, represent- forth in proper order the necessities of the state institutions. "It is also the intention to care. ing several hundred livestock ship- , season. Many new producers in Michigan have signed up to sell their fleeces co-operatively this season, in- Of Agricultural Agents Presidents And Secretaries Of Six Counties Are Its INJURIES THROUGH CARELESS HANDLING pers in Barry county, are petitioning the Michigan Public Utilities Com- fully work out a definite program over a poriod of years—say, perhaps, ten—for each institution. There has mission to issue an order compelling been little or no planning except dicating a steady strengthening of Guests the carriers to clean livestock cars Approximately 500 children are from year to year. This has not al- .the pooling idea in this state. Figured In Dollars, The Work Of The County crippled each year in the United after unloading each shipment in- lowed development along lines moat The U. S. Department of Agricul- stead of allowing the cars to go back Farm Bureaus Has Been The Life Of The Van Buren County Farm States by playing with blasting caps desirable. ture has issued some interesting data into the livestock producing sections Bureau entertained the members and which they have picked up in the "This "hit and miss" system that on the 1926 clip. A recent release by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- Extension Work In Michigan guests of the Southwestern Michi- vicinity of mines, quarries, or in the in filthy condition. has been pursued has made it pos- gan Farm Bureau Presidents and fields where agricultural blasting They urge such ruling as a neces- sible for some institutions that were nomics informs us that, By MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR. When the Smith-Lever bill became favored by strong personalities or Secretarys Association last Thursday, had been done. sary safe guard to the livestock in- "More than 25,590,000 pounds of In my last paper I endeavored to a national law which grants a sum strong political friends to secure from the federal treasury for exten- June 2. The meeting was held at Explosives are very useful in con- dustry of the state, and as a safe 'wool of the 1926 clip was marketed point out some of the high spots in the Farm Bureau office in the Court guard to the railroad's own business. more liberal appropriations than the Extension work among women of sion work in any county in the U. nection with agricultural work. It is .through farmer-owned or-controlled House at Paw Paw and was presided thoroughly safe to use them if a few When these dirty cars come back in- institutions loss favored along thia •co-operative associations. This wool Michigan. The thought came to me S., if matched by the state and the line. balance is provided by the county, over by J. A. Richards of Eau Claire, simple rules are followed; but care- to our rural communities the litter was delivered by about 25,000 pro- that perhaps some would like to Berrien County. know approximately how Extension there seemed no way whatever to lessness and unintelligent handling must be disposed of. It provides a "Our governmental weakness is ducers and had a sales value of ap- often result in terrible injury. It constant threat for transporting hog the fact that the board of each in- iproximately $8,100,000.' The as- work is supported in some of these get the county's share. M. H. Pugsley, President of the counties. The people at large did not real- Van Buren County- Farm Bureau, would be very unfortunate if these cholera and other animal dia stitution is privileged only to know sociations were located in 31 important agricultural aids were to from one section of the state to an- the wants of the particular institu- of the four states. Nineteen of the In all counties where a county ize the need of a county agent, they welcomed the delegates and visitors agent is desired, the state and fed-, knew but little of his work, they from six counties in this section of acquire a bad name as a result of other and is an evil that should be tion that they have in control. associations were classified as large- such accident; and to avoid this out- stopped, their petition shows. "We must have a plan broad and scale ' enterprises, 3 6 were inde- eral governments provide $1,800 to- looked upon him quite often as one the state. Wm. F. Johnston, County ward his salary and the balance who dictated rather than one who come as well as to prevent injury The importance of correcting the comprehensive enough to take care pendent locals or local pools, 7 were Agricultural Agent, gave a resume of and loss of life, it is extremely im- of the wants of the state as a whole. must be met in the county where he advised. They did not appreciate the Extension methods, past and present, present situation from both the .associations handling wool as a side portant that everyone shall be taught Our budget system will be expanded is employed; if a home demonstra- fact that he was a genuine agent of showing the work being done in Van economical and livestock sanitary line, and two were sales agencies. the Agricultural college bringing tne to realize the danger that lies in and it must be so competent that tion agent is employed, the state and Buren county under the training standpoint may be seen from the fact 'The large-scale associations were federal governments pay $1200 of college to the people rather than tampering and ignorant handling. its findings will be respected. We :serving the wool producers of fairly leader method embracing four Read the directions that come with that scores of carloads of livestock will then do away with the present her salary and a club leader is grant- forcing the people to go to college. projects—Clothing, Soils, Poultry, arrive in Detroit, alone, every day. ilarge areas, in some cases entire ed the same, I believe, while the And so it was but very seldom that blasting caps and other explosives, difficulty of having favored insti- estates, and in a few instances several ajid Grapes—with 0 8 leaders and and heed them. Today those cars are unloaded and tutions. We have some in Michigan balance must be raised in some other any board of supervisors could be about 1300 members of classes pur- are sent rolling back into rural com- states. The local associations were way in the county. (Continued on page three) that have had their every want fil- furnishing shipping or marketing suing objective study along these munities. The possibility of trans- led; others are in a disgraceful con- service, or both, for the producers lines. RADIO STIRS FARMERS planting diseases from one section dition. of limited areas, such as a county or r Luncheon was had at the Dyckman TO ASKING QUESTIONS of the state to another is very great "I am hopeful that, hy laying out the territory about a shipping point. hotel, after wjiich a short trip show* and is a risk to which livestock ship- a ten year plan and carefully budget- The two sales agencies were located ing the alfalfa fields, vineyards, Of the various clases of farm ani- pers and producers should not be ex- ing the wants and necessities of the in eastern cities close to the mills orchards, etc., in the vicinity of Paw mals, poultry was the topic of more posed. different institutions, they all :and furnished sales s'ervice to many iof the associations located in the pro- ducing sections. Important Notice! Paw, was taken. C. L. Nash, director of organiza- inquiries than all others combined in communications received by the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry this A committee, consisting of F. D. Steeby, of Moline and L. G. Kaechele and Walter Lewis, of Caledonia, call- may be brought up where we may be proud of each and every one of them rather than just a few of the favor- tion, Michigan State Farm Bureau, ed ones." spring in response to radio lectures ed on the Utilities commission this The Michigan pool has just begun talked to the group on organization and reports broadcast by the Bureau. week and presented their points for The state tax for last year was t o operate this week and the dates REGARDING FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIPS matters as affecting the state institu- $17,800,000 and the new levy, if fix- There were many inquiries, never- that body to consider. .•and places for the next few weeks, tion. Mr. Nash has had 11 years' ed at the $26,000,000 figure, repre- experience as county agricultural theless, relating to cattle, hogs, Chairman Handy, of the commis- iiintil the end of the pooling season, 1. Effective July 1, 1927, all Farm Bureau Member- sents an increase of over $8,000,000. agent in Hillsdale, Cass and St. Clair sheep and horses. The corres- sion, said, following the conference, are: Milan, at Henry Hartman's, The new levy will be fixed in July J u n e 11; Durand or Gaines, June 13, ship dues are payable DIRECT to the Michigan State counties and has recently been ap- pondents were principally men in the that the commission would lend an proportion of more than 2 to 1, dis- ear to any formal protest or com- or August. with. Mike Cooney in charge; Farm Bureau, 221 North Cedar Street, Lansing, Michi- pointed to the position he now holds. Despite the record made by the M. L. Noon, president of the State proving the frequent assumption that plaint and that in this case the rail- "Brooklyn, at the Brooklyn Co-op gan. Governor for the number of billa Farm Bureau, gave a short talk the in the spring of the year farmers are road companies undoubtedly would June 16; Hillsdale, at the Hillsdale vetoed, we find the major bills on burden of which was the great im- too busy to write letters and dele- be glad to cooperate with the ship- Co-op, June 17; Union City, at the 2. All memberships start and dues are payable on the list of measures approved and portance of the home in all of farm gate much of their correspondence pers in keeping their rolling stock Co-op, June 18; Quincy, at the Co-op signed by the governor. >on June 20; Coklwater, at the Co-op, one of these dates: Jan. 1; April 1; July 1 or Oct. 1. operations and calculations. to the women of the household. in a sanitary condition. Among the more important bills •June 2 1 ; Marcellus, at the Co-op, Members will be advised in advance of the due date Berrien County extended an in- affecting agriculture, the one provid- •June 22; Cassopolis, at the Co-op, .June 23; Dowagiac, at the Co-op, .June 24; Hastings, at the Co-op, June by the State Farm Bureau. 3. Making membership dues payable DIRECT to vitation to the association to meet at St. Joseph which invitation was ac- cepted and the date left open to Ber- Dragon Fly and Larvae ing for a state tax commission was ratified and becomes effective about the first of September. On this com- :27; Charlotte, at the Square Deal Ele- vator, June 28; Oxford, at the Co-op, J u n e 29 and at the Co-op at Imlay State headquarters is a considerable improvement over previous methods. The plan has been endorsed by rien county's choice. The following presidents, secre- Driving Out Wild Ducks mission, the Governor explained, there is to be a direct representative of agriculture, something that the (City on June 30; Mount Pleasant, taries, and guests registered at the many members; we believe it will prove thoroughly state has not had heretofore. Two July 1; W. J. Hazlewoocl in charge satisfactory to all concerned. meeting: Berrien county, J. G. Boyle, Buchanan, and J. A. Richards, Eau Carry Disease That Has Ended Breeding Of Water other interests are to be represented and July 5, at Richland, with C. Bis- on this body, he said: a representa- sel in charge. Claire: Cass county, P. H. Saage, Mar- Foul on Michigan Lakes tive of the Upper Peninsula and one 4. On receipt of dues the State Farm Bureau sends cellus and J. C. Burgener, Cassopolis; Hillsdale county, Miss B. L. Keller, That the dragon fly and its larvae the carrier of the disease source. The for Wayne county, as a means of bal- the member a MEMBERSHIP RECEIPT, together with and the intermediary carriers of dis- disease itself ends the production of ancing the commission as much as | Rather Dry \ a Membership Card for the membership year. When Hillsdale; Jackson county, M. L. ease that has ended the breeding of eggs in both wild and tame fowls possible, are to be appointed. Noon. Jackson; Kalamazoo county, A doctor, leaving one of hid pa- the member pays a membership note, we return his wild ducks on some of Michigan's within whose bodies it attains a foot- This measure was introduced in ('. F. DeLano, Kalamazoo; Van tients on his death bed one evening, lakes is the conclusion of two mem- hold. the legislature by Rep. William J. ordered the patient's wife to take note stamped PAID, and a Membership Card for the Buren county, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. bers of the department of bacter- The first " t i p " to the scientists as Pugsley, Paw Paw; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and met with considerable his temperature every hour. In the year. Miller Overton, Bangor; Mr. and Mrs. iology of Michigan State College. to the carrier of the disease came opposition from Wayne county. morning, on his return, the physician Search for the cause has been going when they found that chickens along ltomovee Mill Tax Limit A. J. Dowd, Hartford; Mr. and Mrs. found the bed empty. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU on for two years. the border of the lakes were affect- "Yes," said the wife, "we didn't liave any thermometer, so I used the barometer and it showed up 'very L Lansing, Michigan ^K C. H. Cleland, Bloomingdale; C. E. Buskirk, Paw Paw; Wm. F. John- ston, Paw Paw and Miss Dorothy The two scientists, A. Notlan and W. L. Chandler, were called into the case in 192o. The disease has the ed by the same disease. Their first investigation led them to collect in- snails, frogs and larvae of the Although Governor Green slashed the legislative appropriations right and left, he signed the measure fa- voring restoration of the mill tax on Webb, Paw Paw and Mich. State name of "prosthogonimus." The two dry,' so I gave John two pints of ale dragon fly and the may fly. the basis that obtained formerly, al- Farm Bureau, C. L. Nash, Lansing. men were given the task of finding and now he's gone to work." (Continued on page two) (Contiuued o n«c« two) < **+ TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUREAtT NEWS JVSTi 10, 1027 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS eradication work to improve the dairy herd, the poultry flock, the swine and on down the line to us humans, giving Michigan LOSS PREVENTION Peasants of Russia Find Published twice a month b y the Michigan State F a r m Bureau at Char- lotte, Michigan. Editorial a n d general offices a t S t a t e F a r m Bureau h e a d - quarters, L a n s i n g , Michigan. all but eight counties that arc definitely in line with this im- portant undertaking. ASSOCIATION HAD ToymakingHas Much More VOL. V. JI X L 1 0 , 1 0 2 7 Xo. 11 The statistician shows a remarkable increase for the past year in the value of dairy cows in this state as result of this work. SUCCESSFUL YEAR Profit Than Tilling Land Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second claaa The average value per head for dairy cattle increased from $64 matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided Enormous Shipping Losses for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized Jaouarv 12, 1923. to $7)5 or four dollars per cow more than the average increase S h o w n By Speakers At Undirected Manufacturer Brings In An Annual for the cattle of all the states. Subscription Price 60c Per Year, Included In dues of Farm He also shows that eradication work has cut down the per Convention Income Of About One Million Dollars Bureau Members. centage of infection among dairy animals from more than 4 per To The Peasant Farmers cent to about 2.S per cent in a few years. MILLIONS T0~BE SAVED Russian peasants are finding their There is scarcely a province in With it shown that the tuberculin test is the only diagnostic spare lime toy making more profit- Russia without a toymaking indus- N u m e r o u s Interests A r e R e p - able than tilling their farms. try of some sort. ^CJilGANS T v A QUPEAV agent by which tuberculosis eradication is being accomplished, resented By T h e New Agriculture there is in such a All of the old toys are of carved it is difficult to understand why even a few counties have failed primitive state that many of the wood oi clay. The arts of carving to avail themselves of the opportunity of carrying out the work, Directors and coloring are passed down from OFFICERS peasants use wooden plough shares M. L. NOON. Jackson President making it a state-wide venture in Michigan. generation to generation, thus at- Consideration of the economic loss and pointed wooden stakes for har- taining slowly an extraordinary de- W . W. B J I 4 4 N G 8 , Davison Vice-President This is made more emphatic with the facts indicating that caused by bruised meat is of great- rows. This requires a much greater- gree of skifl. Directors-at-Large some 15,000 Michigan dairy cattle were sold to buyers in other er importance than trade with most working population than in this coun- M. B. MCPHERSON Lowen foreign markets, this loss from One small district near Moscow states last year, largely on account of the tuberculosis eradication try where i'arm machinery is so uni- MRS. E D I T H M. W A G A R Carleton bruised meat amounting to a sum to- sses the secret of aihazingly versally used. Consequently the di- bright colors, with which small wood- J O H N COOL AVI N'E Marlette work conducted in the counties from which these animals were talling about $10,000,000 annually, vision of profits is so widely shared V E R O L D F. GORMELY Newberry members of the. Michigan Livestock en boxes about the size of a powder J . G. B O Y L E Buchanan shipped. thar the peasants are forced into tak- putt are painted. Loss Prevention association were in- W . W. B I L L I N G S Davison Authentic figures show that Michigan, with a total of 116^25 formed at the first annual meeting ing oh "sidelines", especially during Viatka, one of the provinces in Commodity Directors herds once tested and free from tuberculosis, has U!>.0:::> herds held in Detroit a few days ago. This the long Russian winters. tin- famine area, is noted for wooden GEORGE H E R M A N , Edtnore Michigan Potato Growers E x c h a n g e point was brought out in an address More than * 1,000,000 worth of toys, one within another. under supervision at present and 57,956 herds on the waiting by H. R. Davison, director of the M. L. NOON, J a c k s o n Michigan Milk Producers Association toys, made in peasant homes without Nzhni-Novgorod sends out in ad- J. H. O'MEALEY, Hudson Michigan L i v e Stock E x c h a n g e list with only 87 herds totally accredited as TB free herds un- Institute of American Meat Packers, any central direction, are gathered dition to toys painted bowls of wood, GEO. W . McCALLA, Ypsilanti Michigan Elevator E x c h a n g e der state and federal supervision. who spoke at the annual banquet up and exported each year, a large doubly lacquered so that they can be M. D. B U S K I K K , P a w P a w Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. which was held at Hotel Fort Shel- Rather interesting to note just what the task ahead really a- by. percentage going into Germany, used for holding hot soup or other which, before the World war, was liquids. Other items include wooden STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION mounts to. as we give thought to these figures, isn't it. Professor George A. Brown, of Clark L. Brody Sec'y-Treas-Manager supreme in the toy market. Russian spoons, gaily painted and hand-paint- Michigan State College, also address peasant toys have even taken prizes ed paper niache boxes of great del- IN A SHORT TIME ing the convention, explained how at exhibits in Leipzic. icacy, lacquered and polished. DEPARTMENT HEADS the travelling ability of live animals Traffic A. P. Mills I t doesn't take long for improved practices to show up on follows breeding and feeding prac- propriation of $100,000 for a sea- Clothing Miss N. B. Kit by the .surface, even,in agriculture. tices. He showed how care in' feedT Governor Uses Veto, plane harbor at Grosse. He. Publicity L e e Chilaon ing as well as proper breeding can Accounting E. E . Ungren In Michigan we have a record established through the effort be made to effect a considerable re- Cuts Appropriations The Oummings bill carrying an ap- Organization C. L. N a s h of Dr. Joseph Rosen, wherein the agriculture of the state is (l*ontimi<'(i 'tYicn page one) propriation of $20,000 for erection Automobile Insurance Alfred Bctuall duction of livestock losses now' suf- lowing t h e University of Michigan of a monument to Gen. Harry H. • U B 8 I D I A R Y CORPORATIONS OF T H E MICHIGAN STATE given a better variety of rye than was known a quarter of a cen- fered in shipping live animals to and Michigan State College to have Bandholtz. at Constantine, St. Jo- FARM BUREAU market. Michigan F a r m Bureau Seed Service C. F . Barnum tury ago. considerably more funds to operate seph county. Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service L. A. T h o m a s The convention was a complete on than under the system in vogue That's a short time in agriculture: a quarter of a century. success, from the standpoint of sub- The Sink bill authorizing appro. Michigan Farm Bureau W o o l Pool Alfred Bentall during the past four or five years, Today, as we look down across the country we find Kansas jects discussed, and the representa- priation of- $512,238 for improve- wherein there had been imposed a ments to the state hospitals. Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations in the limelight for a wheat variety started there about a quar- tion of interests affiliated with the million dollar limit for Michigan handling of livestock in Michigan. • The William J. Thomas bill au- Affiliated W i t h Michigan State F a r m B u r e a u ter century ago, about the time Michigan was establishing the State College and a limit for the IT. thorizing an appropriation of $5,- Michigan P o t a t o Growers E x c h a n g e Cadillac Fourteen directors for the ensu- of M. Under the new plan, with the Rosen rye crop for the farmers of the north. ing year were elected, representing 063,000 for various state purposes. Michigan Milk Producers A s s o c i a t i o n 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit limit removed, the institutions will The Palmer bill, authorizing the various organizations interested in K lchlgan iuhigun Michigan I J v e Stock E x c h a n g e Elevator Exchange F r u i t Growers, l n c F a r m Bureau Bldg., Benton Hudson I^nslng Harbor Two hundred tons of a wheat variety known as Kanrcd wheat were seeded in Argentine last season, federal statistics inform the prevention of livestock shipping have about a half million dollars and a million dollars, respectively, more state administrative board to estab- lish landing fields and airports on •» ! • I ! i • , N losses. These directors a r e : J. X. than under the limited tax law plan. us. This variety outyieldcd all other varieties by 50 to 100 Richardson, Detroit Livestock As- state-owned land and carrying an Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges This will give Michigan State Col- appropriation of $200,000 with no per cent, we are told. sociation; J. H. O'Mealey of Hudson, lege about $1,541,958 to operate on MICH. E L E V A T O R E X C H . MICH. MILK P R O D U C E R S A S S ' N representing the Michigan Livestock tax clause, was another measure Thus, through practising improved methods of farming, we this year and the U. of M. about $4,- signed by the Governor. Carl Martin, P r e s Coldwater N. P. Hull, P r e s Lansing Exchange; L. Whitney Watkins, Of 625,874. L. C. K a m l o w s k e , V. P. W a s h i n g t o n R. G. P o t t s , V i c e - P r e s . W a s h i n g t o n find a better crop made possible from a meagre start within a Manchester, representing the Detroit Municipalities are allowed to es- H . D. Horton, S e c . - T r e a s . . . K i n d e John C. Near, S e c Flat Rock Packers; J. C. Knapp, of Toledo, The Governor made the following tablish sewage disposal plants under L. E. OBmer, M g r Lansing comparatively short period of time. representing the railroads; H. W. explanation of his ratification of the C. 8. Ronton, Bean Dep't B. F. B e a c h , A s s ' t Sec Detroit the Karcher-DykstrUT measure which t Huron H. W. Norton, Treas Howell It was in 1900 that the Kansas, experiment station brought the Norton, Jr., Lansing, representing mill tax bills: the governor also approved. Neil Ba&S, B e a n Dep't I.arising M. L. N o o n Jackson seed from Russia from which the Kanred strain of wheat was de- the Michigan Department of Agricul- "It is conceded by the presidents Other bills signed included the W . E. Phillips Decatur R. L. Taylor Lapeer ture; P. M. Granger, of Charlotte, of both the Michigan State college Quinlan bill, requiring a physical ex- Qeorge McCalla Ypsilanti L. W . H a r w o o d Adrian rived. It was first grown commercially in 1917 in Kansas and representing the livestock produc- and the University of Michigan that amination of bus drivers, the Hor- Milton Burkholder Marlette W . J. T h o m a s Grand Rapids M. Jt. Shisler Caledonia Fred W. Meyer Fair H a v e n now more than 4,000,000 acres are growrn annually in that state ers; C. L. Brody, Lansing, represent- the outstanding need of both institu- ton school code, the Greene bill al- ing the State Farm Bureau; George tions is the restoration of the mill tax lowing for establishing of county F . M. Oehmke Sebewalng Dr. W . C. M c K i n n e y . . . D a v i s b u r g and adjacent states. Roxburg, Reed City, representing W . J. H a z e l w o o d . . . . M t . P l e a s a n t J a m e s J. B r a k e n b e r r y . . . . B a d A x e without the limitation placed upon health departments with the county MICH. P O T A T O G R O W E R S Elmor P o w e r s Clio Eight years after the wheat was first grown commercially in the State Grange; Prof. George A. it four years ago. I have signed the health director appointed by the EXCH. Kansas, the minister of agriculture of Argentine arranged for Brown and Prof. J. T. Horner, of bills that do this. I have also signed beard of supervisors, and the Engel H e n r y Curtis, P r e s Cadi line MICH. L I V E STOCK E X C H . Michigan State College; W. H. Hill, the bills providing for the exten- measure providing regulation of lab- J. T. Buesey, V i c e - P r o s . P r o v e m o n t E. A. Beainer, Pres Blissfield purchase of 200 tons of the seed and this was supplied through of the Bufalo Stock Yards com- O. E . H a w l e y , Sec'y Shelby sion fund of the Michigan State col- oratories handling live pathogenic R. 1>. Harper, Vice-Pres., St. J o h n s co-operative effort of the United States Department of Agricul- panies; Bert Wermuth, Detroit, rep- lege which President Butterfield says germs. P. J. Harger, Trea*. . . . S t a n w o o d J. fl. O'Mealey, S e c y Hudson resenting the farm press of the F . P. Hihst, G e n . Mgr CaMillat Frank Obreat, Treas., I h e c k e n r i d g e ture, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the farmers is the next most important financial No State Institution Tax state; Fred Henshaw, of Detroit, measure for this college. C A. Richner, S a l e s Mgr.. .Cadillac Nate Pattisou Car© who had raised the crop. That the continued benefits of representing the dailies of Michi- L e o n G. V a n L e u w Bellaire J. It. Bettcs Sparta gan and O. B. Price, agricultural Mill Tax Bills Liberal state institutions to the various cit- Oeorge H e r m a n Edmore Charles B r o w n Run field And this we say is wonderful, to have these extra quality ies where they are located constitut< •agent of the New York Central lines. "The mill tax bills provide very E . A. R a s m u s s e n Sheridan Edward Dippey Perry varieties of farm crops to our credit. But they are only the ample reason why the communities Charles Woodruff Hastings liberally for these institutions—more MICHIGAN F R U I T GROWERS, I N C . products of a more enlightened agriculture—more of the type of liberally than ever before—and they having such institutions should ab- M. D. Busklrk, P r e s Taw P a w sorb the local and special assess- A m o s Tucker, 1 V. P r e s South H a v e n J o h n Miller . Allan B. u r a h a m P. D. L e a v e n w o r t h . . G r a n d Rapids Coloma Elberta results to be obtained from putting more into agriculture than lias been put into it in the past in the way of development of WARNING-THE CUT are now assured of adequate and definite sums for their running ex- penses. The Michigan State college ments, was the belief set forth \ v Gov. Green in vetoing the Espie bill H e r b e r t Nafziger, 2 V. Pres W . J. Schultz Hart F. L. Bradford, S e c . - T r e a t Millburg Benton Harbor L. A. H a w l e y C. I. Chrestensen Ludlngton Ouekama ideas and principles, quite as have been developed in other in- dustries. WORMS ARE COMING will receive the coming year $1,541,- 058; an increase of $541,958. The which would authorize the state ad- ministrative board to investigate and settle the state's share of street and H. W. Gowdy Union Pier university will receive for the same F . L. Granger, S a l e s Mgr O. R. Gale Shelby It doesn't take long. , ' According to Professor Pettit of period $4,625,874; an increase of sewer assessments. Benton H a r b o r John L a n g Sodus He held that the proposed act the Entomology department of the $925,874. The mill tax in recent B . II. Brake enry N a m i t z J. F. Hlgbt-e Fremont Bridgman Benton H a r b o r John Bottema B e r t Gleason . . S p r i n g Lake Lawrence Michigan State College, cut worm* years, with itslimitation, has caused would open wide the gates to all cit- ies where state institutions are lo- C. L. Brody Lansing MUSCLE SHOALS AGAIN are already beginning to cause both institutions to run behind in op- Miller Overton Bungor a great ' deal of trouble, espe- cated, to come before the adminis American Farm Bureau Federation Harry H o g u e Sodus It is quite obvious that the" remarks dropped from time erating expenses. The bare neces- cially with mint growers, and of trative board with their claims for BAM H. T H O M P S O N President sities were not provided and their to time charging that the cyanamid process of producing air- course will undoubtedly cause dif- special assessments. G E N E R A L OFFICIOS A. F. B. F . . . ' 58 E a s t W a s h i n g t o n St., Chicago development would have been retard- ficulty with corn. As the only means The Watson bill which wonld have C H E S T E R H. GRAY W a s h i n g t o n Representative fixed nitrogen is obsolete, are not well founded, as evidenced ed if this policy had been continued. LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg.. W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. of combating this insect is that of given state highway department em- by the action of Germany in expanding her cyanamid processes If the present mill tax is not reduced, ployes police powers to enforce poison bait, it should be applied as there is ample provision for expan- during the past year or tAvo. soon as there are indications of the weight regulations, was vetoed, but sion for many years. It will enable was ratified later. 4P= presence of cut worms in a field. The both of them to remain in the front One German plant was greatly increased in 1925 and another The Pulver compensation measure formula for this bait is as follows: rank of American institutions of STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC is being financed m Poland. Stir one-half gallon molasses in five r providing certain exemptions from In this country, where the possibilities are greater than any gallons water and stir into this one learning. the workmen's compensation law al- SERVICE PROGRAM pint of arsenate of soda or one pound "The appropriations for buildings, so was approved. It exempts depend- place else in the world for producing nitrogen from the air— of arsenate of soda, crystals. After ent wives who remarry and reduces et cetera, were cut severely because LEGISLATION at Muscle Shoals—we find the biggest cyanamid plant in ex- this is dissolved, pour into one bush- of the state's financial condition, but compensation of injured workmen istence lying in disuse. This is one of only about 20 such plants el of bran and stir until evenly who return to employment. P a s s a g e of t h e Capper-French T r u t h - l n - there has been no cut that will cripple Fabrlc bill; completion a n d operation of moistened. When nearly mixed, add either the college or the university." Establishment of a state collection the U. S. Muscle Shoals N i t r a t e s plant in the world. two or three ounces of banana oil. agency under the direction of the at- and manufacture of fertilizer: opposition The McEachron bill, providing to a n v form of sales tax or of c o n s u m p - If other processes are more efficient then why haven't they This mixture is DEADLY POISON torney general, for the purpose of tion t a x : retention of federal income t a x ; funds for carrying on extension work and should be spread out thin collecting past due accounts and I'assage of G o o d i n g - K e t c h a m Seed S t a i n - been adopted in America? The facts of the case are that other in cooperative agriculture, was given E N A C T E D A P R . 26, 1926 I n j till. enough on th eground so that birds moneys due the state, is provided processes, when compelled to compete with the cyanamid process the Governor's approval. This bill in the Rushton bill approved by the TAXATION and fowls and other animals will provides $670,000 for the next two of nitrogen production, have failed and been forced to suspend. not be attracted to it. governor. Relief for sorely burdened farm property years. These collections would be large- by e n a c t m e n t of: There Is little wonder, then, that the farmers of this country From appropriations of $691,250 ly funds due the state from public E N A C T E D J A N . 29, 1925 ( a ) T w o cent g a s o l i n e t a x for h i g h w a y funds. continue to hold to their belief t h a t Musele Shoals should be CHARLOTTE CALF CLUB for 1928, for the college Governor utilities and for care of inmates in Green reduced the sum to $300,000. (b S t a t e Income T a x in place of State's general property levy. operated and a reasonable offer to produce nitrogen by the cy- ELECTS NEW OFFICERS For 1929, the total was originally state institutions where the individ- ual is in position to pay his or her (c) L a w forbidding a n y more t a x exempt anamed process should be given favorable consideration. $423,000 and was cut to $233,250. own expenses, the Governor said. securities. At a meeting of the members of Important items of the building TAXES REDUCED (d) Equalization of a s s e s s m e n t of farm and the Charlotte Calf Club on Monday Governor Green also disapproved 167,350 A N N U A L L Y city property in accordance w i t h sales and improvement bill which fell un- the Engel bill permitting villages SINCE 1924 v a l u e s of s a m e . " T h e cooperative movement affords a release of rural energy evening, May 23, the following of- der the executive's axe were $50,000 (Farm Bureau Investigations brought ficers were elected for the coming and townships to levy an annual tax equalization in Calhoun, (ngham, Wash- long pent by isolation. It translates this energy into a new for a poultry plant for 1928; $50,000 in excess of the regular tax limit year: for barns and equipment for 1928; tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, realization of freedom and strength. Through cooperation the for the support of a community band. saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 excess President, Floyd Gregarek; vice- $25,000 for other farm buildings for taxes annually.) farmer regains his importance and independence, which the president, Clifford Smith; secretary- The governor said such a move 1928; a similar amount for the same would be a bad precedent inasmuch TRANSPORTATION industrial age destroyed. This recovery passes beyond the plane treasurer, Linden Burton. purpoes for 1919; $20,000 for an ad- Plans were discussed for holding as the raising of the limit of taxes * F F E C T I V E S E P T . 10, Immediate application of Michigan of economic values into t h e realm of the social; for the coopera- dition to the gymnasium for 1928; for various purposes would entirely Z'jne Hate decision to s a v e farmer ship- summer meetings of the club and and $100,000 for recitation hall and pers in 69 counties $500,000 annually. for completing demonstration team destroy the value of the tax limit. tive movement does not make arrogant the successful, it teaches I MARKETING E x t e n s i o n of sound co-operative m a r - the individual that his strength must lie in teamwork with his on fitting. equipment for 1929. The Governor signed the deficien- Other bills vetoed were the O'Con- nel bill which would establish a k e t i n g program n o w well under way In fellows. This brings about a finer consciousness of social and cy appropriation bill which carries a bounty system for wolves, and the Michigan. spiritual values and results in a highetr type of community life." Dragon Fly Larvae total of $4,660,072 to cover various Reed measure providing that the- deficits. The total as passed by the county school commissioner be elect- E F F E C T I V E OCT. 20, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE A d e q u a t e protection for farmers a g a i n s t —Charles W. Ilolman, im Catholic Rural Life. Driving Out Ducks ature was not changed by the ed in the fall instead of in the spring. 1926 loss by lire, theft, collision, property d a m - (Continued from page o n e ) a g e and public liability furnished a t r e a - governor. sonable rates. All of these proved to be non-car- Signs Other Bills AYhen one sincerely considers agriculture in its relation to the riers of the "flukes," causing the dis- Other bills signed by the gover- Coyotepropf Fences VJcac human family, it is hard to understand why everybody isn't ease, but in the "naiads," as the lar- nor included: Used In New Mexico ^J vae of the dragon fly are called, sci- deeply interested in its success, for upon its healthy condition The bill containing the Hoover entists discovered what they thought The difficulty of securing the serv- IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE were the beginnings of "prosthog- traffic code which eliminates the depends the health and happiness of the world. ices of competent ranch hands at onimus." Experiments of feeding state speed limit of 3 5 miles per Kvon the cold figures of the statistician sometimes are in- hour and sets up instead require- any price is such that on some ranch- these naids to hens in the flush of -ting. Jn the matter of tuberculosis eradication we 1'iiiil that CREED OF THE FARM HOME ments for reasonable driving. es where both sheep and cattle are egg production brought almost imme- diately a cessation of laying, and la- The Karcher bill requiring that run, coyote proof fences are being conditions found by the statistician arc very interesting and im- We will establish higher standards of living on the farm, and ter, killing and dissection disclosed 25 per cer.t of the stockholders in constructed at great cost, in order :hoy pertain to Michigan and the problem of bovine then demand that the Income from the farm pay the bill. drug store corporations be register- that the sheep can be efficiently the presence of the disease. Later ex- TB work here. periments with feeding newly-emerg- ed pharmacists. grazed without the services of a ed dragon flies was followed by the The Quinlan bill providing for ap- herder, the New Mexico Extension I • persistent workers have kept up a strenuous battle and Let us not forget that a good deal of our prosperous appear- Service has found in a survey of the finding of the disease in the chick- pointment of a new board of con- have succeeded in adding to their following in this struggle ance is due to driving a mortgaged ear over a bonded road.— ens so 'fed. trol for the Mackinac Island state situation. until now we find the attitude of the public more favorable and American Lumberman. All efforts to find some other in- park. By this method, during the ma- termediary carrier of the disease The Wood bill requiring all pawn- jor portion of the year, at least, one mot* ready fance of sonic of the teachings of those who hand can care for five to ten times have failed, says a publication of the brokers to file daily statements, ex- apparently understand the subject best. Every time the farmer puts a poor quality product on the two bacteriologists. They do not at- cept Sundays, of their transactions. the number of sheep that he former- We find that in April there were two more counties of Mich- tempt to point out how the situation The Main bill requiring marking ly could when one herder was giv- market he decreases the demand, reduces the consumption, and en the care of a band of from 500 to may be cured in the case of ducks, of milk bottl igan added to the list now engaged in or ready to carry on lowers the price. however. 1,500 head. 1>- — i - ^ "> The Darin bill authorizing an ap- J T \ E 10, 1 0 2 ? MICHIGAN FARM BTREAU NEWS THRER eradication campaign. Hillsdale JACKSON MAKES FIRST ELECT NEW OFFICERS CONGRESS GATHERS GREAT IS ORGANIZATION County Agsnts' Work Gains Public Favor c o u n t y did real pioneering in the T. B. project a n d t h e e n t i r e state owes ANNEXATION RECENTLY OF LOCAL SHEEP CLUB DATA ON NITROGEN By J O H N ii. K K A l ' T H -Millefsbursi, Mich. " W h i l e t h e inexorable law of " s u p - a b r o a d , flirting with poverty while o t h e r s wax fat, s e n s i n g an occasion- al r a y of hope upon t h e failure of (Continued from paee on*) p e r s u a d e d to g r a n t any a p p r o p r i a - m u c h to t h e m a n d courage. for t h e i r A similar story could be t o l d . a b o u . example W i t h o t h e r cities of Michigan iu At a m e e t i n g of t h e m e m b e r s of t h e i n d u s t r i a l area t a k i n g on land the C h a r l o t t e Sheep Club held a t t h e tion for his s u p p o r t . AT MUSCLE SHOALS ply a n d d e m a n d " is p e r m i t t e d to es- t a b l i s h t h e price of m a i n products in t h e h o m e m a r k e t , agriculture's crops a b r o a d , t h e A m e r i c a n farmer m u s t soon realize t h a t if o r g a n i z a - several To be s u r e d u r i n g t h e w a r period counties did grant a a l m o s t every county Michigan where extension work has of southern from year to year, d u r i n g t h e past C h a r l o t t e High School, Monda> 1"» years of u n u s u a l i n d u s t r i a l prog- niug. May 28. officers were el- tion fattens t h e s h e l t e r e d goose in small portion of his s a l a r y as an been in practice. I n t h e Upper Pen- Jackson has remained within the s a m e law in no way r e g u l a t e s the its gilded cage, o r g a n i z a t i o n should P r e s i d e n t . Verness W h e a t o n ; vice- Cyanamid Lease Issue Is Not price of factory p r o d u c t s , t r a n s p o r - aU;o f a t t e n t h e g a n d e r or, a t least, e m e r g e n c y practice that he m i g h t as- insula it h a s been supported wholly b o u n t s until t h i s s p r i n g . w h e n , for sist on the e x e m p t i o n board. by public funds from the very first. t h e first t i m e since 187;}, a t r a c t em- president, H e r b e r t A m e s ; s e c r e t a r y - Dead. Committee Mak- t a t i o n r a t e s , or t h e w a g e scale of keep it c o n t e n t e d while g r a z i n g in But someone m u s t t h e n find t h e In fact o u r county organizations b r a c i n g 843 a c r e s was a d d e d t o t h e t r e a s u r e r , R o b e r t P a r r . e m a n c i p a t e d labor protected by t a r - the m e a d o w s . h a v e sponsored every form of exten- c o r p o r a t e limits of t h e city. A r r a n g e m e n t s were completed fpr ing Study b a l a n c e of his s a l a r y , m u s t provide iff walls, u n i o n s and gentlemen's " A s long a s our f a r m world con- sion w o r k and h a v e really contribut- T h e city limits were e s t a b l i s h e d a d e m o n s t r a t i o n by Vern F r e e m a n , an ofice and office e q u i p m e n t a n d a g r e e m e n t s to i n s u r e r e a s o n a b l e re- tinues cocained into t h e idea t h a t ed from t h e i r funds until many of m o r e t h a n half a c e n t u r y a g o to in- Specialist for t h e Michigan S t a t e Col t h e expenses a t t a c h e d to such a n of- w a r d s . G r e a t is O r g a n i z a t i o n — w h e n STILL UP TO CONGRESS it is perfected from t h e bottom up. its m e m b e r s a r e indirect holders of dividend-paying stock in t h e highly fice. t h e m have become actually financial- ly e m b a r r a s s e d a n d at t h e same time clude a t h r e e - m i l e s q u a r e a n d t h e s e lege, on t h e farm of H. C. W h e a t o n H e was not like other c o u n t y of- limits have o b t a i n e d until t h e pres- in Cheater t o w n s h i p , T h u r s d a y , J u l y " A g r i c u l t u r e , t h e basic i n d u s t r y , tariff subsidized i n t e r e s t s , to t h e m , neglected some of t h e i r fond hopes ent c h a n g e was m a d e . 14. Farmer Organizations Insist obliged from time i m m e m o r i a l t o em- ficers who occupied t h e i r office a real o r g a n i z a t i o n for t h e purpose of of service a l o n g lines of tax surveys ploy cheap labor, t h e one industr> c e r t a i n n u m b e r of h o u r s , five Or six s e c u r i n g direct p r o t e c t i o n for t h e i r a n d legislative activities. They have On Plant Operation t h a t should have been protected from own firesides will be t h e last t h i n g s d a y s a week, b u t r a t h e r his type of Cull out t h e h e n t h a t is p e r s i s t e n t - Tis not What man does which ex- of w o r k n e c e s s i t a t e d his visiting all so needed t h e i r funds t h a t they ly broody. halts him, but w h a t m a n would do. Without Delay e x t o r t i o n at all h a z a r d s , has been to g r i p t h e i r m i n d s , or t h a t of t h e i r p a r t s of the c o u n t y w h e n e v e r r e q u i r - m i g h t be r e p r e s e n t e d at hearings compelled, by political a n d economic political pilots who yearly lead t h e m a n d at conferences and annual meet- laws, to exchange its p r o d u c t s upon ed if h e p e r f o r m e d his duty, a n d h e W h e n Congress t a k e s up t h e Mus- to t h e s h a m b l e s , innocently or other- ings. They have needed funds t h a t a n u n e q u a l bosis, while t h e o t h e r in- m u s t m a k e visits t o the college once wise. t h e y m i g h t build up their own or- cle Shoals problem a g a i n next De- cember, m o r e detailed i n f o r m a t i o n t e r e s t s w e r e free to prey upon it " i t ' s a sad s p e c t a c l e : America, t h e in a while so a s t o k e e p in t o u c h w i t h a c c u r a t e i n f o r m a t i o n for his ganization into a substantial county For Your Outing— from t h e c r a d l e to t h e g r a v e . wealthiest c o u n t r y in t h e world, and unit, r e a d y to s p e a k and do for t h e will be a v a i l a b l e to show t h e cost people. CAMP BLANKETS! of building t h e Cove Creek s t o r a g e " T h e r e is no o t h e r cause so re- sponsible for t h e decay of a g r i c u l - 90 per cent of its f a r m s begging for buyers. Someone m u s t supply t h e bal- f a r m e r whenever it was necessary. $ These Farm Bureau blankets are all wool, sixty by 5 dam a s a p a r t of t h e Muscle Shoals We are rejoicing that public eighty irtfches and we offer them especially for camp d e v e l o p m e n t which the American ture. " I n defending a high tariff for ance a n d as t h e F a r m B u r e a u w a s s e n t i m e n t is g a i n i n g rapidly toward blankets. They are soft and fleecy but firmly woven C y a n a m i d c o m p a n y offers to lease " A s a rule, m a n s h o u l d e r e d with "Infant Industries," James G. m a d e up of f a r m e r s who were a l e r t relieving us of t h i s responsibility of dark Oxford grey yarns. Postage Prepaid On Them. from t h e g o v e r n m e n t for t h e pro- responsibility becomes satisfied in Blaine, over forty y e a r s ago, used to t h e fact t h a t farm people m u s t and t h a t it will soon be considered a CLOTHING D E P A R T M E N T duction of cheap fertilizers. This is almost any e n v i r o n m e n t , if fie is do- these words, which I q u o t e v e r b a t i m : o r g a n i z e and w o r k t o g e t h e r for a public service in all respects. MICH. STATE FARM 111 Kl \ t t h e offer which t h e A m e r i c a n F a r m ing well. " T h e tariff, perfected as designed, c o m m o n good, it j u s t simply fell to 221-27 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. W h e n one considers t h e valuations B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n a n d o t h e r farm " A l t h o u g h t h e city will always does not a d m i t of foreign competi- that organization to s p o n s o r the of t h e counties as something like g r o u p s u r g e d congress to accept last l u r e i t s q u o t a of new blood from the tion but is based upon t h e c o n t r a r y County Agent a n d his n e e d s . $130,000,000 which, I believe, is the session. s u r p l u s population of r u r a l c e n t e r s , principle t h a t p r o t e c t i o n a t home If t h e r e was space available in t h e estimated valuation of Jackson Major Lewis H. W a t k i n s , in however, given equal o p p o r t u n i t y for stimulates competition, prevents c o u r t house he w a s usually given a County, we can a g r e e that, it is only c h a r g e of t h e a r m y e n g i n e e r s corps r e a s o n a b l e r e t u r n s for l a b o r and in- monopoly and e x t o r t i o n and insures r o o m t h e r e or s o m e t i m e s Jie was giv- fair and j u s t t h a t t h e county at l a r s e ,it C h a t t a n o o g a , T e n n e s s e e , r e p o r t s v e s t m e n t , few established farmers high w a g e s . " en room in t h e post office build- should bear t h e b u r d e n r a t h e r than t h a t b o r i n g s a t t h e site of t h e p r o - with a n y a m b i t i o n will descent a self- " I d o n ' t d o u b t t h a t Blaine was sin- ing, if space allowed. This was be- a few h u n d r e d t h i n k i n g men, just posed Cove Creek d a m a r e proceed- s u p p o r t i n g fireside to toil in some cere in his a s s e r t i o n s . Many to this cause he was p a r t l y a federal em- because t h e y do t h i n k . ing r a p i d l y and to d a t e a r e s h o w i n g factory for h i g h e r w a g e s . T h a t de- day believe t h a t 'bass will s h e p h e r d ployee. But it t h e r e was no place And we, as an organization, should a very satisfactory f o u n d a t i o n for sire i n h e r e n t in m a n to possess is too minnows.' " of t h i s n a t u r e a v a i l a b l e , it behooved expect fullest co-operation from al! d a m c o n s t r u c t i o n . A full r e p o r t will g r i p p i n g for t h a t . "In my opinion, 'Organization' t h e County F a r m B u r e a u s to provide agencies connected with the exten- be r e a d y by t h e t i m e congress con- " S u r r o u n d e d by tariff-built walls, w a s — i s — a n d will continue to be a c o u n t y office, usually s h a r e d by sion force of o u r s t a t e , that the venes, Major W a t k i n s a n t i c i p a t e s . b u t a l w a y s exposed to free t r a d e in t h e f a r m e r ' s m a i n reliance for p r o - h i m and t h e i r o r g a n i z a t i o n . They f a r m e r s ' i n t e r e s t s can be protected m a r k e t i n g his m a i n crops a t h o m e or tection." w e r e provided a s t e n o g r a p h e r and a n d a d v a n c e d until it reaches the C o n t r a r y to t h e i m p r e s s i o n gain- f u r n i s h e d t h e office with t h e r e - level with o t h e r vocations. ed by m a n y , congress did n o t def- quired equipment. initely reject t h e C y a n a m i d p a n y ' s offer as b a c k e d by t h e farm o r g a n i z a t i o n s . Congress, in fact, had com- FARMERS JOIN TO BIG MEETING HELD In most of t h e Michigan counties t h i s p l a n took all of t h e funds of Bee's Short Life The Solvay-Iimed farm, no o p p o r t u n i t y to consider t h e m a t - t e r . A c o m m i t t e e of congress was un- able to a g r e e on c e r t a i n f e a t u r e s oi PREVENT CLEAN-UP IN MASON COUNTY t h e county o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d m a n y a County F a r m B u r e a u board of di- six weeks. At the end of that time its r e c t o r s borrowed m o n e y over t h e i r wings are frayed and it dies, not of s i g n a t u r e to- r a i s e the A w o r k i n g bee lives only about n e c e s s a r y a n y p a r t i c u l a r disease, but apparent- is the successful farm/ T h e farmer spreading Solvay Pulverized Lime- t h i s offer, it is t r u e , b u t definite pro- State- Fights Injunction In First Achievement Day Is funds to keep t h e w o r k going on. ly from s h e e r exhaustion. stone is bound t o be successful because he is vision was m a d e to k e e p t h e way Hillsdale County. Awaits One of t h e first missions of t h e sure of sweet soil, productive soil. That means clear for acceptance of t h e offer by Very Successful One County F a r m B u r e a u s was t o help bumper crops—large profits. t h e next c o n g r e s s . Decision For Workers create public sentiment strong Spread Solvay this year—sweeten sour soil, release T h e c o m m i t t e e r e q u e s t e d t h e Fed- e r a l W a t e r P o w e r Commission to re- T h r e e whole days w e r e occupied e n o u g h so t h a t t h e board of supervis- Are plant food and you'll have ferule, product! ve fields. Solvay gives you more, dollar for dollar, than any frain from leasing t h e power sites Mason county has every reason to ors could be a p p e a l e d to for a m p l e other lime you can buy. High test, furnace dried, involved u n t i l congress h a d h a d an t h e first of this m o n t h in a test case, feel p r o u d of its first Achievement a p p r o p r i a t i o n s to s u p p o r t t h i s w o r k involving a writ of injunction to re- day held in C o m m u n i t y Hall, W e d - a n d relieve t h e B u r e a u of t h i s r e - You Paying finely ground, safe to handle—will n o t burn. In o p p o r t u n i t y definitely to dispose of s t r a i n t h e Michigan D e p a r t m e n t of nesday, May 2~). I t s success was due sponsibility. easy t o handle 100-lb. bags and in bulk. Muscle S h o a l s . F u r t h e r m o r e , it r e - A g r i c u l t u r e and t h e U. S. Depart- in no small p a r t to t h e spirit of t h e Excessive freight charges? Write for the Solvay l i m e Book—free, q u e s t e d t h e S e c r e t a r y of W a r to T h e State F a r m B u r e a u at t h e SOLVAY S A L E S CORPORATION m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e from enforcing l e a d e r s u n d e r t h e generalship of s a m e time was l e n d i n g its s u p p o r t m a k e t h e n e c e s s a r y s u r v e y a n d bor- t h e corn b o r e r r e g u l a t i o n s provided Mrs. F r a n k Barclay. It was e s t i m a t e d in s e c u r i n g t h e n e c e s s a r y a p p r o p r i a - Detroit, Mich. i n g s a t Cove Creek to e n a b l e t h e in t h e H o r t o n Bill which passed in t h a t 400 viewed t h e exhibits. T h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u will c o m m i t t e e to consider m o r e intel- tion from t h e L e g i s l a t u r e to k e e p u p t h e r e c e n t session of t h e s t a t e legis- d e t e r m i n e t h i s for you by Audit- ligently t h e feasibility of construc- T h e p r o g r a m for t h e day included t h e s t a t e ' s p a r t . lature. I t was at a t r e m e n d o u s sacrifice i n g y o u r f r e i g h t bills free. tion of t h e Cove Creek d a m as t h e t h e exhibition of w o r k , d e m o n s t r a - C y a n a m i d c o m p a n y ' s offer contem- T h r e e f a r m e r s of Hillsdale county, tions, b a n q u e t , t a l k s by p r o m i n e n t of plans for a d v a n c e m e n t t h a t t h e O v o i r h a r g e s Located plates. P r a n k , Lloyd a n d R a l p h B a r n u m , county and s t a t e l e a d e r s and m u s i - S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u counties six d o l l a r s out granted of t h e the t e n LOCAL DEALERS w e r e t h e plaintiffs in t h e case. cal p r o g r a m m a k i n g in all a full dav. Loss nntl d a m a g e claims col- F a r m o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e insisting T h e i n j u n c t i o n w a s s o u g h t a f t e r All details w e r e well carried out and dollar a n n u a l m e m b e r s h i p for t h r e e lected a t cost. that the American Cyanamid com- c o n s i d e r a b l e clean-up w o r k had been t h e m a n y visitors found only w o r d s y e a r s , b u t it w a s absolutely neces- pany, t h e c o m p a n y t h a t g u a r a n t e e s s a r y if E x t e n s i o n w o r k were to be done on t h e B a r n u m p r o p e r t y by t h e of praise. to produce at Muscle Shoals 48,000 tons of nitrogen per year—an federal agents. Nine county clubs completed t h e i r r e t a i n e d in m a n y of o u r counties. Mich. Farm Bureau T h e f a r m e r s w e r e s u p p o r t e d in first y e a r ' s w o r k including detail T h e people a t l a r g e do n o w u n - a m o u n t e q u i v a l e n t to t h e n i t r o g e n in m o r e t h a n 2,000,000 t o n s of or- t h e i r effort to h i n d e r t h e control work, dresses and a p r o n s , a n d h a d d e r s t a n d the r e a l need of such a Traffic Dept. I'/fffti Tr gffllrVWaL d i n a r y f e r t i l i z e r — b e given t h e op- w o r k of t h e corn bore s q u a d by a n t h e i r sewing, fully " e q u i p p e d work w o r k e r within e a c h county. Our wo- LANSING. MICH. o r g a n i z a t i o n which "chipped i n " b a s k e t s a n d o u t l i n e n o t e books on m e n a r e rapidly l e a r n i n g t h a t t h e r e p o r t u n i t y to g e t to w o r k w i t h o u t funds to fight t h e case. T h i s is the display in a t t r a c t i v e g r o u p s . m u s t be a t least a . c o a n t y a g e n t in f u r t h e r delay and use t h e magnifi- "More Milk with More Cow only i n s t a n c e of organized opposition E x p r e s s e d Need of a n A g e n t t h e county, if t h e y w a n t to keep on cent $1.1,000,000 cyanamid plant Left at the End of the Year" Mrs. E d i t h M. W a g a r , director of w i t h t h e i r classes in Home E c o n o m - now s t a n d i n g idle in n o r t h e r n Ala m e t a n y w h e r e in t h e s t a t e , t h e s t a t e Milkmaker. a Public Formula Ration. ics. They a r e b e g i n n i n g to realize bama. d e p a r t m e n t of a g r i c u l t u r e said in re- p o r t i n g t h e i n j u n c t i o n suit. the S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u , first spoke of t h e c o u n t y ' s need for a county w h a t a big t h i n g the F a r m B u r e a u h a s done for t h e m by helping to k e e p The Price T Builds for the Future HE important part that Milkmaker playi in Michigan dairying is probably best set Occassionally, as t h e w o r k h a s been a g e n t . She u r g e d t h e women to con. t h e i r county a g e n t , b u t t h e r e a r e forth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich- ADD TWO COUNTIES c o n d u c t e d in several c o u n t i e s t h i s e e n t r a t e s p r i n g , t h e r e h a s been a n individual en can get a n y t h i n g t h e y upon t h e m o v e m e n t . " W o m - w a n t if t h o u s a n d s of people t o d a y accepting t h e s e services, w h o k n o w n o t h i n g Depends igan's leading dairymen who have used Milk* maker continuously for one or more years. These dairymen tell us that they have secured they j u s t go after i t . " she said. FOR TB TEST WORK w h o s e e m i n g l y h a d been m i s i n f o r m e d and who h a s raised s o m e little objec- W . J. Cook s p o k e in t e r m s of w h a t e v e r of t h e F a r m B u r e a u ' s sac- rifice and in m a n y cases the sacri- \ j , the following results by the use of Milkmaker, ' viz: *b Total of 75 Counties of State tion t o t h e effort to enforce clean-up w o r k b u t t h i s opposition h a s t h e p r a i s e of t h e extension d e p a r t m e n t of fice of t h e i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s of t h e t h e Michigan S t a t e College. " T h i s is county board. , on the fleece 1. Cows have kept up in better flesh and better physical condition, i 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more been m e t fairly a n d h a s u s u a l l y been one of t h e m a n y t h i n g s t h a t M. S. C. Even in W a y n e C a u n t y w h e r e t h e T h e best m a r k e t price is paid K i even flow of milk. Have Adopted Area e l i m i n a t e d w h e n t h e f a r m e r h a s been can t e a c h y o u , " he s t a t e d . In speak- l a r g e s t a p p r o p r i a t i o n of t h e s t a t e is for wool t h a t is properly grad- * 3. Calves better developed and stronger at ing of Mason c o u n t y ' s p r o b l e m s , h e ed and free from chaff and dirt. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Stkirth. schooled a little in t h e Work. It is Test Plan s a i d : " W e can d r a w from M. S. C , m a d e , every m e m b e r Of the Farm Wool t h a t is pooled is sold 4. Freedom from trouble with cows at g e n e r a l l y r e g a r d e d as a n e m e r g e n c y B u r e a u board went down into his on g r a d e a n d b r i n g s t h e top Calving time; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble. men who k n o w t h e s e p r o b l e m s a n d m o v e a n d w h a t e v e r opposition m a y t h e y . can h e l p us solve t h e m . " own pocket for $100 each to m a k e price. The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con- Two new counties, Montcalm and h a v e a r i s e n from t i m e to t i m e , h a s tinuously since it came on the market in 1922. *. G r a t i o t , w e r e added to t h e waiting Mrs. J e n n i e Buell of the H o m e up t h e deficit t h a t occurred d u r i n g Y o u r application for pooling Buying a Better Herd died a n a t u r a l d e a t h in t h e face of t h e year. It s e e m s too bad t h a t a will b r i n g you sacks for your R e a d i n g d e p a r t m e n t of t h e College, These men have realized that in buying and using Milkmaker they are assuring themselves list for bovine e r a d i c a t i o n t e s t s in i n t e l l i g e n t o p e r a t i o n s on t h e p a r t of s t a t e d t h a t in Michigan handful of faithful s u p p o r t e r s of a fleeces. Write Without delay the name of abetter herd of cows two or three years hence. April. The b o a r d of s u p e r v i s o r s in t h o s e w h o h a v e t h e c o n t r o l Work to given to t h e extension w o r k is " C o n - public cause s h o u l d s h o u l d e r the a n d h e l p s t r e n g t h e n t h e farm- In buying a bag of dairy feed you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the t h e s e c o u n t i e s took a c t i o n in their ers' m a r k e t by pooling your direct, t h e d e p a r t m e n t r e p o r t s . t i n u i n g E d u c a t i o n , " which conveys b l u n t of t h e s h o r t a g e . This deficit ultimate results obtained. The results to be obtained are not necessarily determined by April sessions favoring t h e t e s t i n g W i t h t h e flight of t h e corn b o r e r t h e i m p r e s s i o n of going on a n d on. s h o u l d have been s h a r e d by every wool with tin- the price of the feed. The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible of all cattle and a d o p t e d r e s o l u t i o n s protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results. m o t h s expected to c o m m e n c e a b o u t " T h e s e courses, r e a c h i n g t h e r u r o i g r o u p w i t h i n t h e county t h a t r e - WOOL Dl.IWUTMKXT A common phrase among users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more cv*» p r o v i d i n g for t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n of J u n e 15 in t h e s t a t e , a c c o r d i n g to t h e c o m m u n i t i e s , s t i m u l a t e e n e r g y and ceived t h e services of t h e extension left at the end of the year.** t h e n e c e s s a r y funds a t t h e r e g u l a r w o r k e r s ; G r a n g e s , clubs, milk locals, Ask for booklet on "How to Feed for Economical Milk Production." October session. Seventy-five coun- e n t o m o l o g i s t s , a final a p p e a l is m a d e a m b i t i o n , she said. by t h e a u t h o r i t i e s to f a r m e r s in t h e cow t e s t i n g associations and o t h e r s , Michigan State Farm ties h a v e now a d o p t e d t h e a r e a plan of t e s t i n g a n d e i g h t a r e still off t h e b o r e r infested a r e a to c o m p l e t e t h e County In New York all should h a v e been called upon. Bureau FOR SALE BY clean-up of t h e i r corn fields. W h e n we t a b u l a t e t h e a m o u n t of list. T h e counties w h i c h h a v e so T h e e n t i r e s u r f a c e of t h e q u a r - Employs A Forester m o n e y t h a t t h e v a r i o u s county F a r m LAN SI NO MICHIGAN Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau f a r failed to a d o p t t h e plan are a n t i n e d a r e a m u s t be free of all corn B u r e a u s h a v e s p e n t for t h i s type of Distributors Ionia, Midland, Bay, H u r o n , Alcona, refuse before this d a t e if a 100 per w o r k d u r i n g t h e short life of our or- A l p e n a , Mackinac a n d Chippewa. C h a u t a u q u a County, New York, is g a n i z a t i o n , w e a r e ' a m a z e d . In m y cent c o n t r o l j o b is to be accomplish- t h e first count}' in t h e c o u n t r y to em- T h e L a k e S t a t e s Conference on ed. T h e need of t h o r o u g h n e s s is ap- b a r k upon a f o r e s t r y p r o g r a m for own county, Monroe, a b o u t $20,000 Bovine Tuberculosis E r a d i c a t i o n will p a r e n t w h e n it is realized t h a t t h e farm woods a n d idle l a n d s with a spe- h a s been c o n t r i b u t e d i n t h i s way. It be held at H o t e l Olds, L a n s i n g , J u n e 27th a n d 28th. This conference will be the third annual w o r k e r s connected w i t h t h e g a t h e r i n g of cam- b o r e r s w h i c h a r e t r a n s f o r m e d into cial forest officer in c h a r g e , it is a n - is n o t an e n o r m o u s s u m over a pe- female m o t h s a r e c a p a b l e of laying n o u n c e d by t h e U. S. F o r e s t Service. 400 eggs. T h e s e eggs in t u r n h a t c h riod of eight y e a r s , but it is j u s t t h a t a m o u n t m o r e t h a n all o t h e r o r g a n - J a m e s E. Davis, a n a s s i s t a n t c o u n . izations w i t h i n t h e county h a v e giv- Help You Never CanTell out i n t o b o r e r s . ty a g r i c u l t u r a l a g e n t , h a s been select- en. paign to e r a d i c a t e bovine t u b e r c u l o - sis from e i g h t s t a t e s i n c l u d i n g Ohio, A corn b o r e r m o t h is able to fly ed by t h e local b o a r d of s u p e r v i s o r s I n d i a n a , Illinois, Wisconsin, Michi- g a n , W e s t Virginia, K e n t u c k y and observed, and by laying eggs at in- effective f o r e s t r y t h r o u g h o u t Now why s h o u l d n ' t t h e F a r m B u - a t least 20 miles, e n t o m o l o g i s t s have to serve as c o u n t y f o r e s t e r to p r o m o t e r e a u folks expect the c o u n t y a g e n t t h e to be i n t e r e s t e d in t h e i r p l a n s ? W h o Build t e r v a l s is able to infest a wide ter- county. This will include t h e ulti- in t h e county could b e t t e r serve on T e n n e s s e e , F e d e r a l , s t a t e a n d coun- t y v e t e r i n a r i a n s e n g a g e d in t h e area t e s t i n g p r o g r a m as well as local vet- r i t o r y . It is evident t h a t every b o r e r m a t e r e f o r m a t i o n of a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h e g o v e r n i n g b o a r d for t h e county which escapes d e s t r u c t i o n c o n s t i t u t e s 150,000 a c r e s of idle land a n d t h e a g e n t t h a n m e m b e r s of t h e one or- Cooperatives e r i n a r i a n s a r e expected t o attend, a m e n a c e to control w o r k . effective m a n a g e m e n t of a b o u t 120,- g a n i z a t i o n w h o h a v e g i v e n up t h e i r To p r o t e c t t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h o s e 000 a c r e s of w o o d l a n d in f a r m s . T h e co-ops a r e doing every- and all o t h e r s who a r e i n t e r e s t e d in own p l a n s t h a t t h i s w o r k m i g h t go t h i n g to help reduce t h e losses t h e c a m p a i g n a r e cordially invited. f a r m e r s w h o h a v e cleaned up t h e i r In o r d e r to finance t h e county for- on, a n d who h a v e helped with cam- on livestock s h i p m e n t s by en Two full days will be devoted to dis- p r e m i s e s in a satisfactory m a n n e r , it ester, a b o u t 60 o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e co- paign after c a m p a i g n t h a t t h e funds c o u r a g i n g t h e use of extra c a n cussion of t h e v a r i o u s p h a s e s of t h e is essential t h a t those w h o have not o p e r a t i n g . These i n c l u d e t h e New m i g h t be sufficient to s u p p o r t his in h a n d l i n g , especially at this w o r k , a n d a b a n q u e t will be given •completed t h e i r clean-up o p e r a t i o n s York State College of A g r i c u l t u r e , w o r k ? season of t h e year when fat tec on t h e e v e n i n g of t h e first day of t h e should do so w i t h o u t f u r t h e r delay. t h e E r i e R a i l r o a d , t h e New York Cen- T h e n , when we go over t h e list, hogs can n o t s t a n d any great conference. Only t h r o u g h t h e cooperation of ev- t r a l R a i l r o a d , t h e County B o a r d of we find the Allegan C o u n t y F a r m e x e r t i o n d u r i n g the brief hoi ery f a r m e r in t h e a r e a will t h e b o r e r Supervisors, t h e J a m e s t o w n F u r n i - B u r e a u h a s expended $31,.i00 in sev- spells. be c o n t r o l l e d , a u t h o r i t i e s say. t u r e M a n u f a c t u r e r s Association, and en y e a r s a n d B a r r y a p p r o x i m a t e l y BIG BEET ACREAGE H e l p the co-ops reduce ship-1 the United S t a t e s D e p a r t m e n t of $20,000, a n d Livingston over $12,- Nearly 10,000 acres of b e e t s have ooo and Clinton over $19,00Q a n d ping losses. Ship your live- Agriculture. been c o n t r a c t e d for t h e c o m i n g sea- INSURANCE COMPANY Since 1909 i n d i v i d u a l s and g r o u p s Cass a b o u t $20,000 and Branch stock co-operatively and build a f a r m e r s ' m a r k e t in your com- son by field m e n of Caro p l a n t of a b o u t $12,000 a n d Tuscola over $18,- t h e Michigan S u g a r C o m p a n y . SETS UP AGENCIES in t h i s county h a v e planted 684,000 000 and Sanilac actually c o n t r i b u t i n g m u n i t y . Dividends a r e r e t u r n - It m a y b e t h e u s u a l c a s e Y o u a r e n e v e r 100 p e r Seven n e w agencies for h a n d l i n g t r e e s furnished from t h e n u r s e r i e s $3.").000. In H u r o n county a b o u t one- ed to your co-op ou all ship- of t h e o t h e r f e l l o w ' s f a u l t c e n t safe when you d r i v e S t a t e F a r m M u t u a l A u t o I n s u r a n c e of t h e New York S t a t e Conservation t h i r d of t h e t o t a l cost h a s m e n t s at t h e end of t h e year. been w e r e set up in Delta, Luce a n d Chip- Commission. Last year 2")6,000 trees b o r n e by t h e s t a t e and federal gov- o r it m a y be a s l i g h t d e - a n automobile. Weasel's Snooze pewa counties t h e first p a r t of t h i s were planted and t h e C o u n t y Board e r n m e n t s t o g e t h e r with t h e county Be a c o m m u n i t y booster a n d fect in y o u r o w n e a r t h a t Insure and g u Cost Him His Life m o n t h w h e n Alfred B e n t a l l , head of of S u p e r v i s o r s s t a r t e d a county for- at l a r g e , while t w o - t h i r d s h a s been r e a p t h e a d d e d benefits through s h i p p i n g your livestock to will cause a m i s h a p . a g a i n s t p o s s i b l e losse t h e i n s u r a n c e w o r k in Michigan {.or t a k e n from t h e County F a r m B u r e a u either the A blood-thirsty weasel at- t h i s concern, spent a week n o r t h of t r e a s u r y . Ionia County F a r m B u r e a u the s t r a i t s , in t h e i n t e r e s t of t h e or- SM.\LI.-T\LKI:B gave t h e i r all. In fact, prior to 1923 1TRF. THEFT. COLLISION, P E R S O N A L INJURY, tacked a n d killed a brood of 20 young t u r k e y s belonging to ganization. Special w o r k was done at " W o u l d yuu call Mrs. C h a t t e r s a t h e y paid t h e e n t i r e county bill — Michigan Livestock Exchange P R O P E R T Y 1>AM A O E Mrs. .1. ('. Halderson of P o r t - E s c a n a b a , N e w b e r r y and Sault Ste good t a l k e r ? " t h e n for t h r e e y e a r s t h e y g a v e all but land t o w n s h i p , Ionia county, Marie. "No. Good t a l k e r s get t h e i r $500 per year a n d at last they said D e t r o i t , Mich, F a r m R i s k s At F a r m Costs but his g l u t t o n o u s escapadc, A u g u s t Severinsen, of E s c a n a b a ; t o n g u e s a n d t h e i r brains, to collabor- s o m e o t h e r way m u s t be provided. or was his u n d o i n g . He imbibed and J. C. Mullen, of W a l l a c e , h a v e ate." been a c t i n g as special a g e n t s in cov- In J a c k s o n c o u n t y over a period State Farm Mutual Auto Ins. Co. so freely of t h e blood of t h e of five years s o m e t h i n g like $11.(too Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n birds t h a t he fell asleep, in e r i n g p o i n t s n o t r e a c h d e d by Mr. " H e t h r e w his slipper at me and h a s been r a i s e d by F a r m Bureau Michigan Agency Bentall. told me to go to t h e d e v i l , " sobbed m e m b e r s h i p s . And in Hillsdale over E a s t Buffalo, X. Y. which s t a t e he w a s discovered FARM HI REAP HEADQEARTF! by Mr. B a l d e r s o n . T h e n e w agencies h a v e shown con- the u n h a p p y d a u g h t e r . $24,000 is t h e s t o r y of F a r m B u r e a u The weasel was killed. s i d e r a b l e activity from t h e s t a r t ami " Y o u did r i g h t by c o m i n g h o m e tp Extension s u p p o r t , J.T.Q^OO of this be- Mich if an a r e on t h e i r way to a good y e a r ' s answered the mother. i n g s p e n t in p u t t i n g on t h e T. B. r e c o r d of business. FOITl MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS J I V E 10, 1927 GERMANY BEMOANS EARLY ATTENTION UNIVERSITY AND STORKS' DEPARTURE CURES PICKLE ROT With The County Agents COLLEGE SHOULD Over The Counter A d v e r t i s e m e n t s classified In these c o l u m n s w i l l be c h a r g e d a t t h e r a t e Famous Birds Decrease in Mosaic probably causes the cu- cumber growers and pickling sta- The most effective and economical method of making alfalfa hay will (3) Add the water and syrup solution to the mixture of bran and AVOID OVERLAPS • f 5 c e n t s a w o r d . W h e r e t h e ads a r e to a p p e a r t w i c e , t h e r a t e w i l l be 4^2 c e n t s a w o r d and for ads r u n n i n g t h r e e t i m e s or m o r e , 4 cents a w o r d , each insertion. F a r m Bureau members, who actually own this publication, Numbers; Poisoned In- tions more bother and loss than any be demonstrated on the farm of poison, stirring slowly all the time. h a v e t h e a d v a n t a g e of a r a t e of 50 cents for any ad of not m o r e t h a n 25 w o r d s . W h e r e t h e ad c a r r i e s m o r e t h a n 25 w o r d s , t h e r a t e to t h e m is other one thing connected with this Ernest Ruehs, in Caledonia Town- Large quantities of water added at Dr. Little, In Address In West, sects Cause of ship, Kent county, north and west one time will wash the poison from t h r e e cents a w o r d . C a s h m u s t a c c o m p a n y all orders for a d v e r t i s e m e n t s . industry, consequently, the follow- of the village of Caledonia, Tuesday, Gives His Ideas O n *• • •• ***** Deaths ing should be of interest: the bran, resulting in an uneven mix- The most effective means of con- June 21st. ture. Education Germany, classic home of the trolling the mosiac disease of cu- This work is put on in co-operation Caution with the implement dealers of Cale POULTRY LIVESTOCK stork In Europe, is faced with the cumbers consists in the elimiuatiou Add only enough liquid to make fear of the bird's leaving the spot ol" the agencies by which this de- donia and the Farm Crops Depart a crumbly mass. It is a good plan FAVORS EXTENSION PLAN 500,IHIII HIGH GRADE HOLLYWOOD REGISTERED SHORTHORN co\Vs, where he has been welcomed annual- ment at State College. Different Sired Wliite Leghorn Accredited Chicks. calves by side. Splendid individuals for structive disease is carried over the to set aside a little of the mixture of .Males and females passed and banded by heavy milking foundation. Chance for ly for so long. winter. makes of rakes, mowers and loaders dry bran and arsenic so that if too Says It's Difficult To Teach State poultry association. Sturdy and beginner at small cost. Some youn^ I Empty nests once occupied for will be seen in operation. vigorous heavy producing breeders as- bulls. Write Joe Moriarty, Hudson, Mich The cause of the disease is un- much water lias been used, this dry generations, are reported in such known, but diseased plants contain The demonstration is put on to . ,• can be added to bring the Agriculture To The sure clucks of finality and ability. Spe- cial discount now. Catalopr free. Wvn- 6-10-27 numbers from the different prov show how a better quality alfalfa garden Hatchery & Farms, Zeeland, Mich FOR SALE—TWO REG. JERSEY | inces favored by storks that in 20 a form of infection which may be mixtuie up to the proper consistency. Undergraduate Box 25. :;-2.j-b Heifer calves ami one bull calf mostly transmitted to healthy plants by bay can be put up. Alfalfa is the Large quantities can be made up in Island breeding, also one ;'. yr. old cow years their number has decreased by such insects as the melon aphis and most valuable roughage crop on the galvanized' iron or wooden washtubs, MICHIGAN ACCREDITED BARRED due to freshen in Sept. to the service ol figures varying from 50 to 75 per farm and is a crop that oftentimes Two new ideas, so far as con- Rmk Chicks, we specialise in this breed. Majeetys Ganibage Had 3rd whose daugh- the striped cucumber beetle. The dis- and small quantities in buckets or cerns their application to education, Special price, after June 15th, $10.00 per ters are milking as high as -ID lbs. a day rent. But if Schleswig-Holsteir • loes not live in the soil and is is poorly harvested. similar containers. ffO. Order now. Howe's Accredited anil making more than 50 lbs. fat a month I gives 50 per cent as the local esti- were presented by Dr. Clarence Cook Hatchery, Essexville, Mich. with first calves. Write for price and,| not carried in the seed of the cul- Everything will be ready to go at The purpose of the banana oil is Little, president of the University ot pedigrees or come and look at them. R mate, the neighboring country of tivated cucurbits, but is known to 10:00 o'clock that day and the dem- BARRED ROGK PUDLETS, GEN- D. Bancroft, Alto, Midi. U-lo-h-lit; Denmark is said to have reckoned merely to scent the bait which can Michigan, in an address delivered ifine Parks strain, received from Parks live *from year to year in certain onstration will start at 1:00. Talks either be broad cast or sown along this week before the graduating class this spring as baby chicks, one dollar Lime is a bulky product. The eco- the number of unoccupied ne.st.s at wild plants, some of which occur in and discussions will be given. Lunch each at ten weeks old. Howe's Accredited nomical way to handle it is to haul as much as 80 per cent. the rows or at the base of the plants. of the University of Iowa. Hatchery, Essexvllle, Mich. most of the cucumber-growing can be secured on, the farm for A writer in the Frankfurter Zeit The above mixture is sufficient for His first idea was that the mas- direct from the car to the field. Ex-I lions. those who desire to stay all day. The, field of the university and nng gives interesting theories con- about an acre. Evening is the best ter's degree should be considered as tra handling means added expense. The known wild plants which car- time to apply. the end of information getting edu- the college should also be distinct, cerning the wholesale reduction of ry the disease are the wild cucum- Dr. Little declared, continuing to say To grow careless in watching out the storks spending their summers Kent County's fifth calf club has For a small number of tomato or cation, as far as the college of lib- ber, milkweed, pokeweed, two spe- been organized at Dutton in Gaines cabbage plants a collar of stiff pa- eral arts is concerned, and that add- that there was "no more excuse to- for the various pests may mean a se- in Europe. He says that, although cies of wild ground cherry and cat- day for a so-called agricultural col- rious crop loss. The spray should not they are protected in South Africa Township. The president of the club per placed around each plant extend- ed work leading to the doctorate nip. The disease is carried over win- is Carroll Kraft; vice-president, Don- ing into the soil an inch and above should fall within the realm of in- lege, or land grant institution, tak- be idle long. as in Europe, the strong measures ter in the roots of these plants, ex- ing up and establishing in competi- taken against the locust plague there ald Heniou; secretary, Ruth Holly; the ground an inch and a half will vestigation. He also advanced the be- cept in the case of the wild cucum- and treasurer, Olive Holly, Phyllis lief that the work of the agricultur- tion with the state university inside sadly affect the health of storks afford ample protection as the cut of its own state, courses leading to ber which carries the infection in Huyser is the other member. The worms do not climb readily. al colleges was in extension work who are inordinately fond of this in- sert. They gobble locusts dying or the seed. Insects feeding ou these in- fected wild plants in the spring, and membership of this club is expected and not in attempting to teach the the bachelor of arts degree or to graduate work for the master of The Farm Bureau dead, from arsenic, and succumb to to increase at the next meeting. The elements of agriculture in the class Poultry Exchange on the cucumbers in the field, spread The Home Convenience truck, room. arts or doctor of philosophy degree, the same poison. Another reason fo • the mosaic disease. In a number of advisory board is composed of Henry than there would be for the state their reductions in numbers is to be fields where the average mosaic in- Holly, A. Huyser and Oliver Kraft. which toured Menominee county in Dr. Little divided the worrk of university in that state to ask for which formerly operated at 2B10 Riopelle Street, Detroit, has dis- found in the wholesale drainage of the spring of 1926, will make several education into three distinct sec- continued business. This business fection had been approximately 40 stops in the county on July 13, 14, tions; the first, the arousing of in- money in order to run an experimen- lias been taken over by the marsh lands now going on in Ger- per cent, eradication of the wild Kent County's Guernseys sold and 15. Schedule of the stops has tal herd of cattle or for poultry many. terest, ending with the beginning of host plants in and near the fields well at the annual consignment sale not been made as yet, but an effort houses in which to conduct investi- GarlocK 'Williams Co. the junior year, next, the obtaining Storks who breed only in their reduced it to 3 per cent. of the State Association at State Col- will be made to so place them so that of information, ending for some at gations upon the effects of the vari- 2 6 1 4 O r l e a n s St. third or fourth years have been seen lege, May 26th. at least one meeting will be within graduation and for others with the ous factors upon the laying of eggs." not only to push eggs out of the Before planting, the field itself Detroit Robert Holmes of Walker town- easy reach of everyone in the county master's degree, and above these, nest in times of drought, but also to and all land within 76 yards should be carefully inspected and all wild ship sold a three year old for $1,000 The truck carries a very simple wa the creative scholars. Your shipments of poultry, eggs dispose of the newly fledged young Many a woman's idea of the truth and veal are solicited. Tags and host plants, whether healthy or di