MICHIGAN FARM BUREA U NEWS A community a ^ ' i is a A community's greatest farmer wlm accepts the liability is a non- aid of qualified leaders. progressive soil robber PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 13 JULY 8, 1927 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY ELEVATOR EXCHANGE AND FARM BUREAU PLAN BIG MEETING State College Wecomes You July 18 and 19 Seventeen Organizations TWO DAYS OF ACTIVITIES SLATED INCLUDE A PILGRIMAGE AND TOUR In Country Life Meeting A PICNIC, BANQUETS, CONFERENCES PICK THE COLLEGE TO ADDRESS MEETING MID-WEST STATES Event Marks The Close Of The Eighth Fiscal FOR INTL AFFAIR PLANNING SECOND Year Of The Michigan Elevator Exchange And Is The Third Annual Tour Of Conferences Are T o Extend TRAINING SCHOOL College Grounds By Bureau \ Throughout The Week, Tentative Program Is Fixed July 31-Aug. 5 Arrangements have been completed for entertaining five For Week, Aug. 1 5-20 New College Library The largest and most representa- or six hundred Farm Bureau members, members of the Michi- In Indiana gan Elevator Exchange and their friends and families at Mich-< tive conference in history, dealing GRAND BLANC CO-OP with the problems of agriculture and rural life, will he held at the Mich- MRS. SEWELLIN CHARGE REPORT INCREASES INCREASES SURPLUS igan State College on July 1 8 and at Hotel Olds, in Lansing, on July 19. igan State College this summer. Country Life Week, July 31 to August 6, will b e l h e occasion when Many Important Conferences IN 1927 PIG CROP WITH '27 EARNINGS The occasion is the third annual tour and pilgrimage for A $2,000 net gain in surplus over County Farm Bureau members and Farm Bureau Township 17 organizations, many of which are Are Scheduled Under the total of 192 5-2 6 was shown by representatives, on July 1 8, and on July 1 9, will be the eighth national and international in scope, Government Survey Shows State Leaders the Gran.l Blanc Co-operative Ele- will meet at East Lansing for spe- Gain of 3.5 Per Cent vator company for its fiscal year, annual convention of the Elevator Exchange. cial conferences. The second summer training For The Year 1926-27 at the annual meeting of Th is is the second time the Michigan Elevator Exchange Representative farm men and wo- school for field workers of the Farm the organization at Grand Blanc on and the State Farm Bureau will have joined in staging a big men from Michigan and other mid- Bureaus of the mid-west states is June- 25. western states, as well as nationally scheduled for the week of August The semi-annual survey of agricul- After allowing for a liberal 1 affair occupying two days. known authorities who have studied 15 to 20. at Cedar Lake, in Indiana. ture made by rural mail carriers and amount for depreciation and ex- The affair is to open on the college campus at noon, on farm problems from all angles, have The first school of its kind and one announced by the U. S. Departme' t penses, the company showed a bal July 18, with a picnic dinner for those who prefer this to a been listed as speakers and as lead-J that proved very successful, beinc, of agriculture a few days ago, shows ance of $3300 that is to be distribut- era in discussions in the various held at Saugatuck on the east shore that the spring pig crop of the Tint- ed among the stockholders. luncheon in a restaurant or cafeteria. Those who do not bring ;roups. of Lake Michigan, last summer. The ed States was 3.5 per cent larger On a gross business of $162,04*0 a basket lunch will find places where luncheon is served regu- Hon. William Jardine, who is first school was very well attended this year than a year ago. the company made a remarkable larly near the college grounds. scheduled for an address August 1, and every indication points to as heads the list of prominent speakers great if not greater attendance at Increases over last spring of three showing, its balance sheet showing: Family Picnic* per cent of sows farrowed and :!.•• no accounts payable and a surplus of Fur the picnic, tables will be pro- which includes Dr. Charles J. Gal- pin, R. G. Foster, Dr. E. L. Kirkpat- rick, J. Clyde Marquis, Dr. E. H. DR. FRANK KINGDON the Indiana conference this sum- mer, the committee in charge of ar- per cent in pigs saved in the United Dr. Frank Kingdom pastor of Cen- rangements claims. States and increases of about 2 per $15,143. The company is managed by W FARM BUREAU AND vided for family groups or for town- ship or county groups, if notice is Hhinn, and L. S. Tenney of the Bu- tral M. E. church, Lansing, is slated reau of Agricultural Economics. U. as the speaker of the day, to address of Mrs. cent for both sows farrowed and II. Marshall, who succeeded to the Charles W, Sewell, director pigs saved for the 11 com belt state* office upon the death of L. B. Ab- the Home and Community work GRANGE MEET FOR given a little beforehand. The program committee ha.s pur- 9. Department of Agriculture; Louis the big Farm Bureau meeting on July of the American Farm Bureau Fed- were reported. These percentage fig- bott, about two months ago. posely kept the events scheduled BO .1. Taber, Master of the National 18. His topic will be, "The World eration, is in charge of the arrange- ures for pigs saved are equivalent to Grange, and a long list of additional Today." Neil Bass, manager of the bean about 700,000 pigs for the corn belt department of the Michigan Eleva- INSURANCE TALKS as to eliminate the usual "heavy stuff." aiming to make of the whole ments for the school and reports that and 1,800,000 for the United States. tor Exchange, at Lansing, who wag affair one of entertainment and speakers of wide reputation. the tentative program has been prac- The School of Co-operation, Aug- MISSISSIPPI FLOOD All regions and nearly all states a guest at the meeting, lauded the Lenawee Pomona Grangers bearing a lot of valuable instruction tically arranged with a number of work of Mr. Abbott and the showing clone up in a manner that will makrt ust 1 and 2. will be of especial in- the most prominent Farm Bureau ex- showed increases, but the most sig- made by the organization under its Guests Of Insurance it readily digestible for the hot terest to members of co-operative as- CAUSES SUSPENSION ecutives and leaders of the mid-west nificant increases were in the south- weather that usually prevails at this sociations as well as to those in ern states. In south Atlantic states new manager. Dept. Of Bureau • barge of such organizations. As a OF SHELL CRUSHING slated to take charge of various ses- pigs saved increased 10 per cent and Ninety-six members attended the time of year. sions and to address the conference part of this program, the Supply and on special topics. in the south central states 12 per meeting.. Because it required a few One good talk in the evening on Seed Department of the Michigan If it had not been for the foresight Michigan State Farm Bureau is to cent. more than this number to consti- DISCUSS LOCAL MUTUALS July 18, is planned. The speaker 1* of the Oyster Shell Products Cor- tute a quorum for conducting busi- to be Dr. Frank Kingdon, of Lansing, State Farm Bureau will conduct a poration, the poultry raisers of be represented and it is expected special meeting on supply buying. L. America might have been forced to that county representation also wih TEACH RESUSCITATION ness, all officers are to hold over for County Is To Be Canvassed pastor of the Central M. E. church. S. Tenny, Chief of the Bureau of Ag- blame the Mississippi flood for still be registered at the conference from another year, no election of new of- Ho will address the banquet given ricultural Economics, U. S. Depart- one more trouble. TO REDUCE DROWNINGS ficers being possible at this meeting By Agents Of State by the Farm Bureau. various counties of this state. ment of Agriculture, will speak on (Continued on pape three) under the terms of the organisation's Farm Mutual Co. Reservations for the banquet al- "Co-operation in the United States." On May 23rd, the swollen waters In an effort to reduce the need- by-laws. ready have been made in consider- There will be an address on "Co-op- of the river took possession of the less sacrifice of life in water acci- The distribution of earnings to That the cost of mutual insurance able number, which aids materially eration in Michigan," given by a town of Berwick, La. It is in Ber- member of the staff of the M. S C. wick that the crushing plant of the Oyster Shell Products Corporation is EIGHT STATES IN dents this summer, the public utility stockholders is based on a seven per on automobiles has been found to with the work of the special com- information bureau at Ann Arbor has cent cash dividend. run comparatively* higher where the mittee in charge. All reservations an appeal to the citizens of Michi- Economics department. Group meetings of co-operative located. Naturally, production potato, creamery, milk, fruit, live- stop, as there were between four and had to TB CONTROL MEET gan to learn the prone pressure method of resuscitation. Bureau Directs Stockyards Act insuring company confined its ef- should be mailed in as early as pos- forts of to one county or a small group sible to eliminate; as much unneces- counties was asserted by J. G. sary exponas as possible. However, stock and elevator organizations will five feet of water in the plant. Swimming and boating 'mishaps Mercherle, Pres. of the State Farm arrangements have been made t9 be held at part of the school of co- This temporary cessation of pro- Much Progress Reported In need not end in tragedy, according The Packers and Stockyards ad- Mutual Auto Insurance company, of provide accommodations for all who operation. Special attention will be duction will, however, cause no no- Eradication Work In to the bureau, if someone is present ministration was abolished July 1. Bloomington, 111., in a short talk at come, so that those who cannot make- given to office and accounting prob- ticeable shortage of oyster shell. As who knows this simple method of re- and enforcement of the Packers and a special meeting of agents of his definite reservations will be taken lems of local co-operative organiza- the flood was expected to hit Ber- Michigan viving persons who apparently have Stockyards act was placed under the company from Lenawee county and care of if they will make their needs tions. wick, the plant had been working at drowned. direction of the chief of the bureau representatives of the Lenawee Coun- known as soon as they arrive at tho "Farm Income and Farm Life," top speed for some time in an en- The third annual Lake States Tu- "No equipment is needed to apply of animal industry. ty Pomona Grange, on July 27, at ^College city. 3 the subject which will be dealt deavor to have a good supply of berculosis Eradication conference, the prone pressure method of resus- Adrian. Elevator Exchange Meets with in the joint session of the crushed shell on hand when the held at Lansing on June 26 and 27, citation," the bureau's statement Poultry Co-op Business Big The meeting of the Michigan Ele- American Country Life Association emergency came. Added to the marked the close of the first decade said. "Employes of the state's gas Mr. Mecherle, organizer of the vator Exchange marks the close of and the American Farm Economics amount already in stock at the deal- of bovine tuberculosis eradication in and electric companies are trained State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance the most prosperous year this organ- Amprican co-operative associations company, was called upon to tell of Association, the leading special ers, this supply will be sufficient to this country and was one of the to use this method, which is effec- engaged in marketing poultry o*- ization has experienced. It shows a meeting of the conference. take care of all normal demands for most successful conferences ever tive in cases of asphyxiation and eggs, or both, have a total member- the development of mutual auto in- gain in the aggregate tonnage of The International Country Life some time to com\e, the company an- staged by this organization. The at- shock, as well as drowning. They will ship exceeding 50,000 and do an surance for farmers only in this grains and beans handled and an in- Commission held its first conference ticipates. tendance was about 275, all special- gladly demonstrate the method to annual business estimated at morj country and cited two or three; in- crease in the earnings of the con- last year in Brussels, Belgium, and Every effort is being made to ists in their particular field of en- anyone upon request." than $40,000,000. stances of county mutual auto insur- cern. Five thousand cars of beans its meeting at M . S . C , this year will place the plant again on a producing deavor and all working under a gen- ance concerns in Illinois whose in- and grain were handled during the be the first in the United States. basis. It is believed that a few weeks eral eradication program aiming at • \ suring rates were said to compare year, which closed June 30, the re- Two meetings of especial interest will see the Berwick factory turn- the control and possible extermina- about equally with the rates of the port of the manager shows. to Michigan farm folks will be the ing out of its normal tonnage of Pilot tion of tuberculosis in every form in old line companies. Directors of the Exchange are to animals. annual summer Farmer's Day and* brand shell, it is claimed. the second annual Farm Woman's Institute. When one takes into account the In conjunction with the confer value of oyster shell in profitable ence was an annual convention of H a v e You Seen The The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the" possibili- be eelcted on the morning of July 19. following which officers will be named by the new board for the en- ties of local insurance in the county, suing year. Three directors are to be Farmers Day, the annual summer poultry raising, the importance of l he Michigan State Veterinarian as- the Grange having made quite defin- chosen to hold office for two years conference which has become the this cannot be over-estimated. sociation, swelling the total attend- ance by several hundred on the sec- ite preparation to issue and sell au- and the officers elected will hold of- outstanding meeting of its kind in the state, will be held this year on Palmer Is Secretary Thursday. August 4. New entertain ond day of the conference. Avian tuberculosis came in for Treasurer? tomobile insurance to its members fice for one year. in Lenawee county. A year ago, when a similar joint (1 Continued on patfe two) Of The A. F. B. F.more consideration than ever be- Mr. Mecherle explained thai his affair was staged, there were 525 L. B. Palmer, of the Ohio Farm fore, it being pointed out that tu-j Several thousand Farm Bureau company, by extending its operations guests registered for the banquet and Board^ll^ws $76,560 Bureau Federation, has been chosen transmissable berculosis in poultry is very readily, to a dozen states and working the committee this year hopes tni secretary of the American Farm Bu- to hogs and that an memberships for the year July 1, through the Farm Bureaus of these exceed this number, it reported this For College of Mines reau Federation to succeed Frank increasing per coinage of both chick- i 1927, to July 1, 1928, are now pay- states, has been able to maintain one week. The state administrative board Evans. ens and hogs show signs of having of the lowest insuring rates in effect The pilgrimage actually starts im- the disease. able. A few members are behind on previous quarters. has authorized expenditure of $ 7 6 - and declared that this rate was made mediately after die picnic dinner and 560 for the Michigan College of -Min- That avian tuberculosis as well as Read the following important directions: possible through volume business, has been so arranged that guests de- ing and Technology at Houghton, as Plan To Eliminate bovine tuberculosis can be and is which the county organizations could siring to inspect certain things first recommended by A. C. Thompson, transmitted to the human system not expect to obtiin. will have opportunity to go to the budget director, who recently com- Bad Highway Turns Nwas brought out in discussion of 1. Effective July 1, 1927, all Farm Bureau Member- He showed where his concern had poultry yards or to the livestock pleted a trip of inspection in the the probable relation of the various ship dues are payable DIRECT to the Michigan State barns or to the crops plots to study Trunkline highways are to be phases of the disease. maintained rates on certain classes experimental work with seeds, soils northern part of the state. Farm Bureau, 221 North Cedar Street, Lansing, Michi- of cars at around $5 for each six and fertilizers and each group will A bill containing appropriations Btr&ightened next year, according to Seventy-five of the 83 counties of months' period whereas, with certain be escorted by a competent guide or for Improvements for the institution plans outlined by Frank F. Rogers, Michigan wei e shown to be co-op- gan. county mutual companies, the rates, pilgrimage leader. died in the final hours of the 1927 highway commissioner. erating in the state-wide program of based on similar classes of vehicles, legislature and the college was left Hi' proposes to set aside $1,000,- tuberculosis eradication, there being 2. All memberships start and dues are payable on Arrangements for showing the dif- 000 to eliminate dangerous turns and 12 counties en the federal list of ranged around three times this ferent points of interest have been without funds for improvements and one of these dates: Jan. 1; April 1; July 1 or Oct. 1. narrow bridges. modified accreditation. Michigan \va a amount for each six months' period handled by Ralph Tenney, of the col- building repairs. the fiist state to actually get into Members will be advised in advance of the due date in the last few years. lege exetnsion staff. C. L. Nash, or- 1 One big point that the. insuring ganization director of the State Farm tin work of bovine tuberculosis erad- by the State Farm Bureau. p= —T ication, 10 years ago. and has made companiies too often overlook .Mr. Bureau, has had charge of the gen- Those planning t<> attend the big two (lay meeting wonderful progress since that time. 3. Making membership dues payable DIRECT to Mecherle stated, is that the farmer eral program for the opening day. are asked to so indicate by clipping out and mailing The states taking part in the con- who can afford an automobile and L. E. Osmer, manager of the Michi- ference at Lansing where Kentucky. State headquarters is a considerable improvement over carries full insurance protection of- gan Elevator Exchange, has directed the information asked helow. Fill out such part as Cits Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. Tennessee, previous methods. The plan has been endorsed by ten has a daughter in Kansas, a son the program for his organization for your case and mail to the Organization D e p a r t m e n t . Wisconsin, Michigan and Minneso- in Georgia or a couple of brothers in the afternoon of July 19. , Michigan State Farm Bureau, Lansing, IVJiehigan. ta. many members; we believe it will prove thoroughly Montana and he undertakes to make liiisiness Session F.arly 1 expec t to a t t e n d the above t o u r and will want A.Cffetilt S New Counties satisfactory to all concerned. the trip from his Michigan or his The business session of the Eleva- Eight new counties were in line Indiana home to visit one or all these tor Exchange is set for 10 o'clock 1. damping spare ( for accreditation as of July 1, in- 4. On receipt of dues the State Farm Bureau sends relatives in the fall after the harvest. on July 19. This will immediately 2. Tables for picnic dinner ( cluding Manistee, Missaukee, the member a MEMBERSHIP RECEIPT, together with This travel brings him into strange precede the big Exchange luncheon Branch, Genesee. Newaygo. Berrien. cities where his driving hazards are which is to be held at 12 o'clock at VanBuren and Allegan. This brings a Membership Card for the membership year. When very great and the result is, in the the Olds hotel, where the meeting :}. fcooms in Women "s Building ( I l>t 100 only can be accommodated the total of modified accredited the member pays a membership note, we return his aggregate, for the insuring concern, was staged a year ago. counties in Michigan up to 42 and that the losses mount unusually high Among the points of especial In- leaves 41 of the 83 counties in the note stamped PAID, and a Membership Card for the terest to be visited on the pilgrim- *. Rooms in private house for ) during the autumn months. state yet to be accredited. year. age will be the International Egg With but a limited working cap- Laying contest; •"'. Banquet tickets June 18 According to the 1925 census, the { the new college ital', the county organizations often buildings, including the new armorv. state of Michigan has 1,406,467 MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU cattle. Of this number 640,677 or find the per capita costs extremely the new women's building and the ("ouiit v Name high, due to this and other condi- new horticultural building; the col 45.5 per cent are located in the 42 Lansing, Michigan accredited counties. In addition tions, the speaker explained. t nursery: the live- Address • there are 16 counties which have Although the Grange made no an- barns and special pens; clover and (Continued on page three) atinued on page three) (Continued on page two) MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS J U L Y 8, 1027 tWO n o i i c If put to a pinch, an ounce o\' loyalty is worth a pound of enough seed to be grown for seed business for 80 to 100 members, MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn a n d eternally d i s p a r a g e , PRODUCE MICHIGAN production. back farming'on Long Island 5s on a commercial scale, and ranches pro- why, resign y o u r position, and when you a r e outside, d a m n to Publlsfied twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- lotte. MlV::Jgan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- Quarters, Lansing, Michigan. y o u r h e a r t ' s c o n t e n t . But, 1 pray you. so long as you are p a r t of FIBRE FLAX WHICH Duck Growers Organized duce anywhere from a few thousand A duck growers' association is lo- to as many as 200,000 ducks annual- cated ou Long Island, with a sales ly. About three-fourths of the duck VOL. V J U L Y 8, Ur27 \o. 13 an institution, do not condemn it. Not t h a t you will injure the institution—not t h a t — b u t when you d i s p a r a g e the concern of DOES NOT RUN OUT agency in New York City. This asso- raisers are members of the associa- ciation handles a large volume or tion. which you a r e a p a r t , you disparage yourself. Ami d o n ' t for- Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class — - J — — ' M; get, " 1 f o r g o t " w o n ' t do in busine- Saginaw Valley Turns Out matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized January 12, 1923. Successful Strain O f Subscription Price 60c Per Year, included in dueg of Farm TB IN ANIMALS Fibre Plants Bureau Members. _^___________________— Welcome! While the r u r a l public was not given a general invitation to LEE CHILSON Editor p a r t i c i p a t e in the third a n n u a l conference of mid-west tubercu- NAME VARIETY SAGINAW losis specialists, some of the r e p o r t s at this big conference, which was held at Lansing, ought to get "'quite an e a r " from the Mich- Is Result Of Experiments EM VPEAV MICHIGAN S \ 4 i P B igan farmer since the raising of live stock ami poultry is such Extending Over More an i m p o r t a n t item in the a g r i c u l t u r e of t h i s state. Than 1 7 Years OFFICERS President It was shown, for instance, that eradication of tuberculosis Experimental work begun 17 years Michigan Elevator Exchange Managers, M. L. NOON, Jackson .Vice-President in p o u l t r y would, in effect, eliminate a b o u t 75 per cent of all W. W. BILLINGS, D;i diseases which the p o u l t r y m e n of this s t a t e now are combating. ago by the office of fiber investiga- tions of the United States Depart- Delegates and Farm Bureau Members— Directors-at-Large M. B. MCPHERSON ....Lowell ..Carleton The clean-up required for avian tuberculosis eradication requires ment of Agriculture has resulted in the development of a variety of fiber Let your Headquarters Hotel serve you MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR ..Marietta about three y e a r s of c o n c e n t r a t e d effort and, along with t h e flax adapted to conditions in the U. JOHN OOODWINB .Newberry control of this one disease, which is known to spread to hogs a n d S., where the climate is general- VBROLD F. GORMELY . .Buchanan ly warmer and drier than in th to man, there usually follows practically the absolute eon- THE HOTEL OLDS J. G. BOYLE ,. .Davison flax-growing regions of northern Eu W. W. BILLINGS trol of the majority of o t h e r chicken ailments ami diseases while, rope from which seed is generally Commodity Directors GEORGE HERMAN, Edmore Michigan Fotato Growers Exchange t h r o u g h the culling and cleaning up necessary, the production obtained. The new variety known as M. L. NOON, J a c k s * Michigan Milk Producers Association of the flock is improved sometimes as much as 20 or 25 per cent "Saginaw" was grown on 1,000 acres J. H. O'MEALEY, Hudson Michigan Live Stock Exchange in Michigan last year and produced in a season. GEO. W. McCALLA. Ypsilanti Michigan Elevator Exchange approximately 8,000 bushels of seed. Direction Continental-Leland Corporation M. D. BUJ3KIRK, Paw Paw Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. When the public comes to realize the importance of controling The few groovers who have been George L. Crocker, Manager tuberculosis in chickens and in hogs the farmers of .Michigan fortunate enough to try Saginaw say STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION will reap a decided a d v a n t a g e over farmers of certain other areas it is the first fiber flax they have Clark L. Brody | . .Sec'y-Treas-Manager ever grown that does not "run out," due to the p r e m i u m s t h a t a r e bound to follow with the improv- a characteristic of the imported seed DEPARTMENT HEADS ing of the h e a l t h of t h e herd or the flock of the producer. which makes it necessary to import Traffic A. P. Mills fresh supplies of seed at least once P e r h a p s one of the most important links in the chain of effort every four years. In a dry season Ctothinir . Miss N. B. Klrby in the cleaning up of avian tuberculosis is the b r a n d i n g or Saginaw make3 an exceptionallV pSScify::::::: irtgffiS C. L. Nash t a t t o o i n g of t h e live animals with n u m b e r s d e n o t i n g the pro- good showing compared with the ORDER BINDER TWINE .Alfred LBentall Accounting *• *• Blue Blossom Dutch or other Euro- Organisation SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E M I C H I G A N S T A T E ducer. This permits a definite check on t h e animals as they a r e pean flaxes. Automobile Insurance FARM BUREAU slaughtered and leaves t h e p r o d u c e r of diseased animals open Nearly all of the fiber flax of the Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service C. F Barnum world is grown at present from seed Michigan Farm lint can Supply Service 1 T . - A . Thomas to inspection and eliminates necessity of calling on the p r o d u c e r originating in the region of Psokof, NOW- Michigan Faun Bureau Wool Pool Alfred Bentall who has cleaned up his premises to eradicate the tuberculosis in- in Russia. None of the Russian seed, fection. however, is of a pure type. Some of Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations it produces tall slender stalks with Affiliated With Michigan State Farm Bureau This t a t t o o i n g is made possible in the h a n d l i n g of hogs be- a small amount of seed that ma- Michigan Potato Growers Exchange ..-. •••••• - ^ " J * * cause the indelible m a r k s are imprinted in the skin Avithout in- tures late; other seeds in the same Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit j u r y to the animal. I n the ease of other animals, where dress- lot produce shorter stalks that bear Michigan Live Stock Exchange .. •• ••• • • • • •• H i u i*°" more seed which ripens earlier T h e d e m a n d for M i c h i g a n State Industries binder Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing ing removes the skin, this idea is not workable. When such seed is grown in Michi- twine, m a d e a t J a c k s o n , is a l w a y s h e a v y . Some- Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor W h e t h e r the t a t t o o plan or w h a t e v e r other plan is accepted, the gan the time of harvesting result 0 Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges work of e r a d i c a t i n g tuberculosis in chickens as well as in hogs in the gathering of seed from only times the supply becomes limited. Therefore, we MICH. MILK PRODUCERS ASS'N should be carried out with fully as much concern as ha.s the the short, earlier-maturing plants, MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. s u g g e s t that y o u s e e y o u r co-operative ass'n m a n a g e r N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing with the result that following crops Carl Martin, Pres Coldwater fight against bovine tuberculosis. deteriorate within a few generations L. C. Kamlowske, V. P. Washington R. G. Potts, Vlce-Pres. Washington at o n c e a n d order y o u r 1 9 2 7 n e e d s . H. D. Horton, Sec.-Treas ...Kinde John C. Near, Sec Flat Rock All in all the fight against tuberculosis is a worthy one and one to nothing but short plants. The L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing B. P. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit seed is said to "run out," and fresh T h e Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service handles C, S. Rent on, Bean l>c!>'t t h a t has n e t t e d inestimable profits to the 'agriculture and the supplies of seed must be imported. H. W. Norton, Treas Howell Port Union M. L. Noon Jackson health of this state in even so short a . p e r i o d as the first 10 Saginaw was developed to meet J a c k s o n t w i n e b e c a u s e it i s t h e b e s t . It i s o n e o f t h e Neil Baas, Bean Dep't Lansing R. L. "Taylor Lapeer y e a r s of the work. these conditions. In 1909 the depart- W. E. Phillips Decatur few S T A N D A R D Y U C A T A N SISAL T W I N E S con- L. Wa Harwood Adrian ment gathered 1,200 tall plants from George McCalla Ypsilanti The u n d e r t a k i n g has been limited in scope because of lack of the flax fields of the Saginaw Bay t a i n i n g l o n g fibre. W. J. fThomas Grand Rapids Milton Burkholder Marlette Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven funds. F u n d s are made available only as public sentiment is district in Michigan. Plantings of M. R. Shlsler Caledonia Dr. W. C. McKinney...Da\isburg these selections and subsequent se- F. M. Oehmke Sebewalng built up in favor of an u n d e r t a k i n g . Let the farmers of this We are offering Jackson twine in James J. Brakenberry Bad Axe lection of desirable specimens re- W. J. Hazelwood Mt. Pleasant Elmer Powers .Clio state do their bit to create more favorable sentiment for this sulted in a type that grew taller and t w o s i z e s — t h e o l d five p o u n d ball a n d MICH. POTATO GROWERS EXCH. MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. work. This is really their first d u t y . Their second d u t y is to better than others in dry seasons as E. A. Heamer, Pres Blissfield well as in moist years. It was a light t h e n e w 8 p o u n d ball, illustrated here. Henry Curtis, Pres.£. Cad Iliac give physical s u p p o r t to the w o r k of c a r r y i n g out the p r o g r a m J. T. Buseey, Vice-Pros. Provemont K. D. Harper, Vice-Pres., St. Johns seed producer, however, and much T h e 8 p o u n d ball fits a n d w o r k s n i c e l y on their own premises. O. E. Haw ley, Secy Shelby I. II. o'Alcalcy, Scc'y Hudson difficulty was encountered in in F. J. Harger, Treas Stanwood Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckeni i'lpe A clean house harbors no infection. creasing the seed supply. One means in a n y c a n that h o l d s a 5 p o u n d ball. F. P. Illhst, Gen. Mgr Cedilla* Pa.tti.son of hastening the increase was the New 8 lb. ball W e r e c o m m e n d it. C. A. Uichncr, Sales Mgr...Cadillac Leon G. VanLeu w Bellaire ,J. K. Bettes Charles Brown Sparta Sunrield Elevator Exchange And International M e e t planting of a winter crop in Porto Rico and in Alabama to secure a George Herman . . *. Edmore Edward Dippey Perry Farm Bureau To Meet ToBeHeldAtM.S.C. seed crop twice in the same year. FOR SALE BY B. A. Rasmussen Sheridan Charles Woodruff Hastings (Continued from p*&e one) Sufficient seed was finally obtained (Continued from page one) M. T>. Busk irk, Pree MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS, INC. Paw Paw John Miller Coloma alfalfa trial plots and other experi- mental plots and pens. ment features will be added to the to distribute small quantities to com- Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau program this year. A special com- mercial growers who have increased AmoB Tucker, 1 V. Pies Allan B. Graham - Elberta One of the things of greatest gen- Distributors mittee is making plans for a plow- it carefully and kept it pure. Sou th Haven 1*. J). Leaven worth.. Grand Rapids eral interest will be the results of The Saginaw variety is strictly a Herbert Nafzlger, 2 >V. Pres W. J. Schultz Hart five years of feeding on test, known ing contest, and the Grange baseball tournament finals will be played off fiber flax. It does not produce Millburg L. A. Hawley Ludington as the college mineral feeding ex- F. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas C. r Chiestensen Onekama periment with livestock and dairy during the day. The morning pro- Benton Harbor H. W. Gowdy Union Pier cattle. gram will include the town and F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr O. R. Gale Shelby country church choir singing contest, John Lang Sodus Recreation for those who seek it a horseshoe pitching contest and « Benton Harbor John Bottema Spring Lake will include swimming in the bis tour of the crops experimental plots, D. H. Brake Fremont American Farm Bureau Federation Bert Gleason Lawrence pool in the college gymnasium, in- the orchards and livestock lots. Henry Namitz p.ridgman SAM H THOMPSON C. L. Brody President Lansing door baseball and lawn sports. The committee in charge of the J. F. Hlgbee Benton Harbor GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F . . . ' 58 East Harry Washington St., Chicago Hogue Sodus On the evening of July 18, the Farmers Day program promises a Miller Overton Bangor CHESTER H GRAY Washington Representative banquet will open at 7 o'clock sharu. speaker of national reputation for LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS MunseJ Bldg.. Washington, D. C. .M. L. Noon will preside. Farm Bu- the big general meeting in the after- • reau members will provide must! noon. There will be a band concert and entertainment. at noon. Meet at F. IJ. Office Farm women of Michigan will The assembly room at State Farm meet at M. S. C. July 27 to August STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC Bureau headquarters will be the 1, for the second annual Farm Wo- SERVICE PROGRAM meeting place for the morning of men's Institute to study the prob- What Better Railroad Service Has Meant to Business •July 19. Mr. Noon will again pre- lems of the rural home. Important LEGISLATION side at this affair, which will open problems which will be considered Passage of the Capper-French Truth-In- at 9:30 o'clock. A general discus- include home improvement, child agricultural commodities have shown an upward tendency Fabric Mil: coanpletian arid operation of sion of methods of perfecting and training, citizenship, nutrition and in prices during the current year, while the course of industrial and th« C S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant strengthening the county organiza- the farm income. Mrs. Dora H. am) manufacture of fertilizer; opposition tions; making quarterly meetings Stockman, member of the State . raw material prices has taken a downward trend. W e have been to any form of sales tax or of consump- tion tax; retention of federal income tax; successful and choosing township Board of Agriculture, will be gener- going through a period of price re-adjustments—always a critical time ige of Gooding-Ketcham Seed Stain- ing bill. committees and getting them to act al chairman of the conference. Dis- for business—but, in this instance, there were not the usual accom- ENACTED APR. 26, 1928 will occupy most of the forenoon on cussions will be led by outstanding this date for Farm Bureau mepj- panying shocks to business peculiar to such periods. TAXATION farm women of the state and mem- Relief for sorely burdened farm property bers. Michigan Elevator Exchange bers of the home economics staff at KNACTED JAN. 29, 1925 (a) by enactment of: Two cent gasoline tax for highway members will assemble at 10 o'clock to conduct the business of their an- the college. Th e major reason for this absence of disturbances in business funds. nual meeting and at noon all will In the expectation that many is that smaller inventories are being carried nowadays since the rail- (b State Income Tax in place of State'* meet at Hotel Olds for the annual Country Life Week visitors from dis- general jvroperty levy. luncheon with the program that is tant points in Michigan and from road service of the country assures certain and speedy delivery. (c) Law forbidding any more tax exempt securities. to follow in the afternoon. other wid-western states will arrive Traders carry smaller stocks, and business, therefore, is carried on TAXES REDUCED (d) Equalization of assessment of farm and by automobile, special tourist camps with less capital and with fewer hazards. $67,350 A N N U A L L Y city property in accordance with sale* Arrangements for tables for fam- are being completed which will ac- S I N C E 1924 values of same. ily or county groups can be made comodate hundreds of cars. All (Farm Bureau Investigations brought equalization in-Calhoun, Ingham, Wash- through the office of Mr. Nash, at modern camp facilities will be made M ore stabilized business conditions are assured American tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, State Farm Bureau headquarters or business, and with these, consequently, failures become less likely saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 excess upon.arrival at the picnic grounds ai available. taxes annually.) State College. Group conferences to be held dur- and less frequent. TRANSPORTATION Guests who wish to camp out dur- ing Country Life Week include the E F F E C T I V E S E P T . 10, 1925 Immediate application of Zone Kate decision to save farmer ship- Michigan ing the two days will find suitable camping grounds on the college following: American Country Life Association. American Farm Econom- What the workings of the Federal Reserve Act proves to be pers in 69 counties $500,000 annually. campus. ics Association, International Coun- to business, through the stabilizing of credits, the improved steam MARKETING Lodging and accommodations cais try Life Conference, National Cath- railroad transportation service is accomplishing through its regular Extension of so'und co-operative mar- he secured for about 100 individuals olic Rural Life Conference, World keting program now well under way In and its prompt deliveries. So the large outlays to better the service Michigan. in the Woman's building at a cost of Agricultural Society. Michigan Farm 50 cents a night for each person. Woman's Institute. National School have justified themselves. Both expedients work to the same end EFFECTIVE OCT. 20, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE Adequate protection for farmers against Guests are required to bring their of Leadership for Students Interest- in their respective spheres. They avert the shocks. 1926 1081 by fire, theft, collision, property dam- own sheets and pillow slips. Early ed in Rural Life, Conference of Mas- age and public liability furnished at rea- reservations will assure you of ac- sonable rates. commodations Accommodations in ter Farmers. Citizenship Conference In Michigan, this is particularly true. Vast sums, in recent for Women, Michigan Country Life years, have been expended to achieve this new standard of service. private residences can be provided Association, Summer School for »Cx= a night, Mr. Biery. at Peoples Town and Country Ministers, Rela- Seven of the nine railroads serving Michigan alone are expending HORSE S E N S E church, East Lansing, will handle this year nearly $26,000,000 in new engines and cars and in improve- such reservations. tion of Town and Rural High Schools Some one luis r e m a r k e d that horse sense is just plain stable Those desiring to visit the capitol to the Community. School for Man- ments and betterments which will continue these stabilizing forces. agers and Directors of Local Cooper- knowledge but w h a t e v e r it is, a little horse sense is an essential and other state buildings in Lap- ative Associations. Regional Confer- factor in maintaining and in s t r e n g t h e n i n g the F a r m Bureau. sing will have opportunity if they ence of Community Church Workers, 1 hese expenditures, too, were made right at home, and at a arrive early Monday morning. J u h time when the lull in industry, through which we have just passed, Elbert H u b b a r d , who. as 0 w r i t e r has had a great following of IS. Conference on the Michigan Country reader enthusiasts, gives us this little bit on what he t r r m s horse The coupon on page one of the Church and a Christian Program for was at its low ebb. Therefore, these $26,000,000, going largely to NEWS should be mailed in to help khe Rural Community. County Y. M. labor, raw materials and manufactured commodities, served appreci- the committee complete the arrange- 'C. A. Secretaries, Michigan Rural " I f you work for a man. in heaven's name work for him. If ments as early as pssible. Education Society. ably to buoy up conditions. he |' hat supply you y o u r bread a n d b u t t e r , work for All Farm Bureau members are him. el! of him. think well of him. stand by him and stand "And is the ship perfectly safe?" urged to take advantage of these con- ferences by attending as many as pos- M ichigan railroads have, therefore, been more than local Ticket Agent: "Madam, in all the by the institution he r e p r e s e n t s . I think if 1 worked for a man, history of this ship, she has never sible. Like all other undertakings common-carriers. They have, through their service, removed some 1 would work for him. f would not work for him a p a r t of his once gone to the bottom." of the kind, the greater the attend- of the hazards inherent in business in former years. "Oh, then, it must be all right. Let ance the more beneficial they are for tinn II of his t i m e ; I would *iv* an undivided service or mo have a cabin, please." those who attend. MICHIGAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION JULY 8 , 1 9 2 7 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS trly all feeds a r e selling a t 50 The men w h o g e t t h e lower cost of Eight States In Meet . Midwest States Plan Four Speeds Ahead For T . B. Eradication Big Training School MEXICAN LOCUSTS per cent of their f o r m e r v a l u e a n d production arc* usually t h e b liberal feeding m a k e s d a i r y i n g a good m e n ; t h a t ' s w h y they get t h e lower Four Wheel Brakes (Continued (rom page one) had o n e o r m o r e complete t e s t s of (Continued Horn i>aj,re one) Clark Brody is t o serve a s regis- STRIP FARMS BARE busin all c a t t l e . T h e s e , 16 counties have t r a r a n d will open t h e conference 229,803 c a t t l e and" m a k e a total of with a s h o r t t a l k o n its purposes a n d A locust plague, which i n t e r m i t - And Only a Flivver 58 tested counties in Michigan with a i m s . O t h e r Michigan speakers a r e tently h a s swept t h e s o u t h e r n sec- a combined cattle population of scheduled for t h e affair, including tions of t h e country, is a s s u m i n g t h e •*V*fcy^$, <§ %k fy»W*s. Z,\,v>. B> MIJS EDITH M. WAGAR beyond t h e possibilities of those pro- 870,480 head of practically 62 p e r Carl B a r n u m , m a n a g e r of t h e F a r m g r e a t e s t proportions. Enormous v i d i n g for t h e s a m e ? H a s t h e custom cent of t h e t o t a l n u m b e r of c a t t l e in B u r e a u Seed Service, who will t a k e s w a r m s of insects a r e reported t o be Well Developed Pullets Necessary " S h e ' 3 s u f f e r i n g a n e r v o u s break- down." of t o d a y been t r a i n i n g t h e m t o t a k e the s t a t e . p a r t in t h e discussion of co-operative d a r k e n i n g t h e skies, literally e a t i n g f o r H e a v y Egg P r o d u c t l o a all t h i n g s a s j u s t a p a r t of life a n d -\0.00 p e r head g a n i z a t i o n e x p e r t s . America. Many t h o u s a n d s of men o u t maturity by feeding a well balanced ration, Now, w h y ! T h e r e ' s a l w a y s some D o n ' t you t h i n k i t ' s t i m e t o c u t m o r e this s p r i n g t h a n t h e y were 12 V i r t u a l l y a l l p h a s e s of- F a r m B u - in t h e fields a r e t r y i n g to fight t h e furnishing all necessary types of protein. This r e a s o n for t h e u n u s u a l a n d we can o u t t h e schemes of money m a k i n g to 18 m o n t h s ago. As a r e s u l t of this r e a u e n d e a v o r a r e given place on t h e a d v a n c i n g peril a n d save t h e crops growth and development is necessary for the ferret it o u t if w e set ourselves even if t h e a c c u s t o m e d t r i p is sacri- m a r k e d increase in value a n d t h e p r o g r a m of l e c t u r e s a n d discussions pullets to maintain heavy egg production. Ask a b o u t to do s o . t* ficed? P e r h a p s t h e t r i p will be more s t e a d y d e m a n d t o supply t h e e a s t e r n W e a r e living in a hetic a g e ; i t ' s t h o r o u g h l y enjoyed a t s o m e t i m e la- m a r k e t , s h i p m e n t s a r e beginning to so t h a t every F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r h u r r y a n d h u s t l e all d a y , every day t e r i n life. How m a n y of t h e par- a r r i v e in Michigan from o t h e r s t a t e s . who a t t e n d s o n e o r all of t h e ses- sions will gain s o m e great helps in CLASSIFIED ADS. POULTRY for a pamphlet of our poultry feeds containing valuable feeding suggestions. of t h e week. W h e n we older ones e n t s , even a t past m i d d l e a g e , h a v e In most cases these cattle a r e were school children w e h a d r e g u l a r h a d t h e m e a n s or t h e t i m e t o m a k e b r o u g h t in to t h e s t a t e by d e a l e r s a i d i n g in t h e s t r e n g t h e n i n g of t h e FOR SALE BY h o u r s most of t h e t i m e . T h e r e were t h a t t r i p ? Don't you t h i n k J o h n or for t h e purpose of r e s a l e . Some of o r g a n i z a t i o n a t h o m e . 500,000 HIGH GRADE HOLLYWOOD n o movies, no r e c e p t i o n s , no ban- Mary will more fully a p p r e c i a t e t h e t h e s e cattle a r e from badly infected • R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of different State Males Sired White Leghorn Accredited Chicks. and females passed and banded by Co-op Associations and F a r m Bureau q u e t s , b a s k e t b a l l g a m e s or class par- o p p o r t u n i t i e s of e d u c a t i o n a n d life's counties a n d a r e exposed a n i m a l s . F a r m B u r e a u s a r e t o have c h a r g e vigorous state poultry association. Sturdy and Distributors ties. of t h e conferences on different days sure chicksheavy producing breeders as- of quality and ability. Spe- a d v a n t a g e s if t h e p a r e n t s s h a r e t h e T h e y h a v e been t e s t e d before ship- d u r i n g t h e week. cial discount now. Catalog free. Wyn- And how i n c o n s i d e r a t e we a r e get- t r i p s a n d v a c a t i o n s a n d a few of t h ? m e n t to comply with federal r e g u - t i n g to be! -We a r e i n t e r e s t e d in child new t h i n g s ? I k n o w t h a t some p a r l a t i o n s covering i n t e r s t a t e s h i p m e n t s A m o n g t h e s p e a k e r s slated for t h e garden Box 25. Hatchery & Farms, Zeeland, Mich. 3-25-b r welfare w o r k ; we s t u d y a n d talk e n t s in t h e i r k i n d n e s s of indulgence but m a y develop t h e disease a n d r e - m e e t i n g s a r e : Lucius Wilson, of t h p n u t r i t i o n ; we employ a c o u n t y school a r e a d d i n g misery a n d s a d n e s s a n d act to t h e next test. W e do not General O r g a n i z a t i o n company, of *. JSSLA. & n u r s e ; we believe in i m p r o v e d meth- q u i t e often selfishness C h i c a g o ; L. M. Downes. president of to those w a n t these c a t t l e b r o u g h t into t h e t h e Illinois C e n t r a l r a i l r o a d ; J o h n ods a n d g r a d e s in a l l t h a t we d o ^ -y o u n g folks so d e a r t o t h e n i . state and scattered out among the 4 'More Milk w i t h More Cow even o u r livestock a n d o u r crops all h e r d s a s t h e y m a y s t a r t n e w c e n t e r s Davis, of t h e Griswold a n d Eischel- Left at t h e End of t h e Year** show it. W e enjoy t h e blessings of Let's u s e s o m e of t h e t i m e t h a t of infection in t h e clean a r e a s . On m a n A d v e r t i s i n g agency, t h e concern we a r e s a v i n g t h r o u g h o u r modern t h e o t h e r h a n d , we do n o t w a n t t h e m t h a t conducted a F a r m Bureau s u r - MUkmaker, a Public Formula Ration, t h i s new d a y . CHICKS for July 13c, delivery S. C. W. Builds tor the Future m e t h o d s , in k e e p i n g ourselves fit; sent east a s Michigan c a t t l e . O u r vey of t h e State of Ohio; E. L. Hill, Leghorn, 8c. 8 week old pullets—75o HE important part that Mifkmaker plays N o n e of u s w a n t t o go back to t h e s c y t h e a n d c r a d l e h a r v e s t t i m e ; we l e t ' s p r i d e ourselves on t h e physical c a t t l e have t h e r e p u t a t i o n t h r o u g h - d i r e c t o r of t h e W L S radio s t a t i o n , did condition of o u r y o u n g folks r a t h e r out t h e e a s t e r n d a i r y sections of b e - H. M. Scott, sales m a n a g e r of t h e each: 14 week old pullets, (1.00 each; year hens', $1.00 each. BYRON CENTER POULTRY FARM T in Michigan dairying is probably best set forth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich- w a n t all t h e l a b o r s a v i n g a n d time igan's leading dairymen who have used Milk* t h a n on t h e i r social s t a n d i n g . Let's ing h e a l t h y a n d i t is very seldom A t l a s C e m e n t c o m p a n y ; A r t h u r Tay- Byron Center Michigan s a v i n g a p p a r a t u s possible to possess; maker continuously for one or more years. use j u d g m e n t in w h a t e x t r a w r ork we t h a t a n y of t h e m fail to pass t h e lor, g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of t h e National These dairymen tell us that they have secured we w a n t electricity a n d t h e radio e n c o u r a g e t h e m t o t a k e on a n d n o t r e t e s t . This r e p u t a t i o n m e a n s a great S a l e s m a n ' s T r a i n i n g association, of , the following results by the use of Milkmaker, a n d good r o a d s - a n d a u t o m o b i l e s a n d d o s o m e t h i n g s simply because t h e deal t o t h e f a r m e r s a n d d a i r y m e n of Chicago, a n d o t h e r s p e a k e r s of n a - viz: * furnaces a n d r u g s a n d r u n n i n g wa- t e r a n d b a t h r o m s a n d v a c u u m clean- rest d o t h e m - — t h a t ' s no r e a s o n a t all, Michigan a n d should be p r o t e c t e d tional r e p u t a t i o n i n their respective The Farm Bureau 1. Cows have kept up in betterfleshand better physical condition. its simply a p e i n g s o m e o n e w i t h o u t in every w a y possible. W i t h t h e s e fields. Poultry Exchange 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more ers, a n d oil stoves a n d screened thought. objects in view, t h e Commissioner of Beautiful C a m p s i t e even flow of milk. p o r c h e s . O h ! T h e r e ' s a n y n u m b e r of which formerly operated at 2610 t h i n g s we h a v e in this d a y t h a t some A g r i c u l t u r e h a s seen fit t o establish T h e conference g r o u n d s a r e lo- Riopelle Street, Detroit, has dis- 3. Calves better developed and stronger »t of u s d i d n ' t h a v e when w e first es- a new r e g u l a t i o n which provides t h a t cated on t h e s h o r e s of Cedar Lake.' continued business. This business t a b l i s h e d a h o m e of o u r own a n d F a r m Bureau, Grange all b r e e d i n g or d a i r y c a t t l e coming w h i c h lies a b o u t 4 0 miles o u t of has been taken over by the 4. Freedom from trouble with cow* i t calving time; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble. t h a t o u r f o r e f a t h e r s n e v e r dreamer; Discuss A u t o Insurance into Michigan, except those from C h i c a g o a n d easily accessible .by rail GarIocK»Williams Co. The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con- would ever come to t h e i r p r o g e n y - - (Continued from pase one) clean h e r d s u n d e r supervision, shall or a u t o m o b i l e from a l l parts of t h e tinuously since it came on the market in 1922. j r 2614 Orleans St. Buying a Better Herd a n d w e like t h e m a l l . W e w o u l d n ' t n o u n e e m e n t of j u s t h o w far i t h a d "be held in q u a r a n t i n e for 60 day.x mid-west a r e a . Michigan F a r m B u - Detroit These men have realized that in buying and using Milkmaker they are assuring themselves . go back to soft soap a n d t h e spin- g o n e in t h e m a t t e r of providing m u - and then r e t e s t e d . T h i s q u a r a n t i n e r e a u m e m b e r s c o n t e m p l a t i n g t a k i n g became effective J u l y 1st. of a better herd of cows two or three years hence. n i n g wheel a n d tallow candles, much t u a l a u t o m o b i l e i n s u r a n c e t o i t s p a r t in t h e school a r e urged to m a k e Your shipments of poultry, eggs In buying a bag of dairy feed you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the as we h a r p a b o u t t h o s e "good old m e m b e r s , those who w e r e p r e s e n t and veal are solicited. Tags and As a control m e a s u r e in connec- t h e i r r e s e r v a t i o n s a s early a s pos- market information sent on request. ultimate results obtained. The results to be bbtained are not necessarily determined by the price of the feed. The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible days." sible so t h a t hotel accommodations a t t h e m e e t i n g indicated t h e o r g a n - tion wiith t h e g e n e r a l c a m p a i g n t o protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results. B u t I w o n d e r if we a r e n o t Some-, ization w a s p r e d i c a t i n g i t s p l a n s on e r a d i c a t e t u b e r c u l o s i s from t h e s t a t e , can be h a n d l e d expeditiously. Res- A common phrase among users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more cow w h a t foolish in t h e m a n n e r in which t h e belief t h a t t h e c a s u a l t y r a t e w a s this r e g u l a t i o n is r e a d i l y justified e r v a t i o n s should b e in the h a n d s of left at the end of the year. we crowd o u r days. It m a y n o t be sou n u s u a l l y low in L e n a w e e county. when w e consider t h a t 42 of t h e t h e c o m m i t t e e n o t l a t e r than Aug. 1. Ask for booklet on "How to Feed for Economical Milk Production." i n j u r i o u s t o u s older ones to over- TO* expression of t h i s belief, Alfred 83 c o u n t i e s a r e a l r e a d y modified a c - T h i s provides a n u n u s u a l oppor- FOR SALE BY r e a c h a bit, b u t even for us we will B e n t a l l , Michigan agency m a n a g e r credited a r e a s a n d t h a t t h e work is t u n i t y for m e m b e r s a n d their fam- pay d e a r l y for a n y a b u s e of h o u r s for t h e S t a t e F a r m M u t u a l A u t o In- in p r o g r e s s in 23 o t h e r s , leaving only ilies to combine a week of o u t i n g on FOR FIVE Co-op Associations and F a r m Bureau and recreation. J u s t stop a n d t h i n k w h a t we a r e s u r a n c e company, r e s p o n d e d by cit- 18 counties in t h e s t a t e w h e r e t h e i n g s t a t i s t i c s s h o w i n g t h a t 94 p e r work is n o t yet u n d e r way. a beautiful l a k e w i t h a week of lead- e r s h i p t r a i n i n g a n d conference work DOLLARS Distributors doing for, o r r a t h e r , a g a i n s t those P r o g r e s s in t h e Field w i t h l e a d e r s in co-operative work you can buy an all wool cent of all a u t o m o b i l e a c c i d e n t s have from a half dozen of t h e s t a t e s of c h i l d r e n of o u r s . They a t t e n d school e a r n p b l a n k e t , s i z e 60 b y 8 0 T h e first test in Macomb c o u n t y r e g u l a r l y now (for which w e a r e tru- been found to occur in t h e h o m e t h e mid-west. R e s e r v a t i o n s can be ly t h a n k f u l ) b u t t h e y do n o t stop s t a t e of t h e t h e i r activities a t four o'clock a s we cent occur n e a r t h e d r i v e r ' s h o m e once did a n d r e t u r n h o m e to help town. d r i v e r s a n d t h a t 5 3 p e r is n e a r l y c o m p l e t e d ; St. Clair a n d L a p e e r counties a r e well u n d e r w a y and work is being s t a r t e d in Iosco, h a n d l e d t h r o u g h t h e Michigan State Farm Bureau office or direct inches, offered w i t h t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u g u a r a n t e e of satisfaction. Doyoufeed% 0 M o t h e r g e t t h e s u p p e r a n d care for P r a c t i c a l l y no effort h a d been m a d e Isabella, Lenawee, O a k l a n d a n d Sag- W a s h i n g t o n s t r e e t , Chicago. t h e c h i c k e n s or help D a d do u p t h e to d a t e to sell i n s u r a n c e in t h e S t a t e chores a n d t h e n , after a r e a s o n a b l e F a r m M u t u a l A u t o I n s uvr a n c e com- inaw counties. T h e first complete t e s t of Luce t h r o u g h t h e A. F . B . F . office, 58 E . L a s t y e a r t h e idea was experiment- al w h e n t h e first school was held t h e w o T h e y a r c fleecy a n d f i r m l y v e n of soft, O x f o r d g r e y gyourland / t i m e , a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r a g e , r e t i r e p a n y in L e n a w e e countj , owing to county, j u s t completed, covered 207 t h i r d week of A u g u s t a t S a u g a t u c k , yarns. We prepay postage herds including 1963 cattle and re- on them. to bed so a s t o be r e a d y for a n o t h e r t h e p l a n s of t h e G r a n g e a s r u m o r e d Michigan. But a l i w h o attended were day. Of course, t h e r e w e r e excep- a m o n g t h e f a r m e r s , Mr. F o w l - vealed 36 r e a c t o r s or 1.8 p e r cent t h o r o u g h l y convinced t h a t one of t h e C l o t h i n g Dopt. infection. tions t o t h e r u l e b u t t h e m a j o r i t y er, d i s t r i c t a g e n t of t h e company, best m e t h o d s of b r i n g i n g about a h a d some s e m b l a n c e of r e g u l a r i t y in a n n o u n c e d . However, h e a s s e r t e d , T h e first test of K a l a m a z o o coun- closer co-operation between states Michigan State Farm t h e i r living. a t t h e close of t h e m e e t i n g local ty i n c l u d i n g 2 1 3 3 h e r d s a n d 16,740 a n d a m o r e uniform p r o g r a m of e n - Bureau B u t h o w is it n o w ? The school a g e n t s of t h e c o m p a n y a r e being in- n u r s e n u r s e says all "structed a n d schooled w i t h t h e plan fection w a s L I S . c a t t l e located 198 r e a c t o r s a n d 136 infected p r e m i s e s . T h e p e r cent of in d e a v o r w a s j u s t such a school a n d all w e r e a g r e e d on l e a r n i n g from Lansing, Michigan m>.*"<* ITS A FACT! You need to feed your land the same u n d e r twelve y e a r s s h o u l d h a v e fully In m i n d of giving t h e i n s u r a n c e to a l l o t h e r successful i n d u s t r i e s . Hence, as you do your cattle. But the land In t h e second test of Allegan t e n h o u r s of sleep a n d t h r e e balanced f a r m e r s of t h e county w h o need a u t o - feed is L I M E . Solvay Pulverized county, 4,737 h e r d s i n c l u d i n g 3 7 , - f o r „ i n s t r u c t o r s , t h e very best t a l e n t Limestone will restore t o t h e soil m e a l s e v e r y d a y . A l l o t h e r s need mobile i n s u r a n c e a n d who c a n n o t af- 437 cattle were t e s t e d a n d 238 r e - from o u t s i d e sources w a s obtained. the lime taken o a t by crops, make e i g h t h o u r s of sleep if t h e y expect to ford to w a i t l o n g e r on t h e G r a n g e . a c t o r s were found on 192 infected T h e s a m e p r o c e d u r e will be followed sour soil sweet and bring you large live t h e i r a l l o t e d t i m e . More t h a n t w e n t y had. been signed f a r m s . This test s h o w e d onlv .63 p e r t h i s year. To defray expenses of profits. I h a v e a t t e n d e d several P . T. A. up, h e said, w i t h o u t a n y solicitation cent infection a s c o m p a r e d to 4.-6- s e c u r i n g this expert t a l e n t , a tuition Are •JPl m e e t i n g s a n d have been so disap on t h e p a r t of h i s local a g e n t s a n d Solvay is finely ground—brings re- per cent in t h e first test. fee of $10 each for t h e term of five sults the first year—is high test, fur- pointed a t t i m e s w h e n I would find m a n y o t h e r s were r e a d y t o sign u p a s a real e n t e r t a i n m e n t p r e p a r e d for soon a s they w e r e given t h e oppor- T h e second test of Berrien includ- days o r single days of $2 each is c h a r g e d all those a t t e n d i n g sessions. You Paying nace dried, will not burn. In easy to handle 100-lb. bags and i n bulk. t h e evening, mostly by t h e boys a n d t u n i t y . ed 4220 h e r d s a n d 18,981 cattle a n d 95 r e a c t o r s were found on 73 farms Last y e a r ' s school was pronounced Excessive freight charges? Write now for prices and the Solvay girls. The little t o t s were p u t t h r o u g h G r a n g e m e m b e r s a t t h e m e e t i n g This test showed 5 p e r cent infection t h e very best post g r a d u a t e course Lime Book—free o n request. d r i l l s a n d songs a n d s p o k e for t h e explained t h a t t h e G r a n g e h a d in older folks when, t o m y n o t i o n , they as c o m p a r e d to 2.75 p e r cent in t h e a n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d in t h e F a r m B u - SOLVAY S A L E S C O R P O R A T I O N s h o u l d have been in bed a n d t h e par- m i n d a plan of i n s u r i n g i t s o w n first test. ^ ~ r e a u m o v e m e n t could t a k e . W e The State F a r m Bureau.will Detroit, Mich. e n t s a n d t e a c h e r s s h o u l d h a v e coun- m e m b e r s w i t h o u t t h e expense of D u r i n g t h e m o n t h of May a n e w know t h a t , in o r d e r to p u t t h e farm a g e n t s ' c o m m i s s i o n s a n d t h a t a b o u t r e c o r d was s e t when 7.198 h e r d s a n d on a n e q u a l footing with other voca- d e t e r m i n e this f o r you by a u d i t - selled t o g e t h e r for t h e b e t t e r m e n t of tions, o u r f a r m l e a d e r s m u s t under- ing y o u r freight bills free. t h e i r school. two y e a r s h a d elapsed w i t h n o defin- 6 2 , 9 8 3 c a t t l e were tested a n d 2,- i t e plan of i n s u r a n c e being a n n o u n c - 689 r e a c t o r s found. Most of t h e r e - s t a n d business m e t h o d s a s practiced O v e r c h a r g e s Located T h e children h a d done t h e i r d a y ' s ed a s y e t on a c c o u n t of a n a p p a r e n t a c t o r s came from Macomb C o u n t y , by o t h e r g r e a t i n d u s t r i e s . w o r k in school a n d t h e older folks lack of selling i n i t i a t i v e , m o r e t h a n which is r u n n i n g a b o u t 18 p e r cent, T h i s y e a r ' s p r o g r a m will consist Loss and d a m a g e claims col- Sold by p r o b a b l y h a d m a n y m u t u a l problems by a l l odds t h e w o r s t infection y e t of lessons a n d lectures along admin- lected a t cost. t h a t s h o u l d n o t be discussed before a n y t h i n g else. I t w a s b r o u g h t o u t Local Dealers e n c o u n t e r e d in Michigan. W a y n e i s t r a t i o n lines, s a l e s m a n s h i p , financ- t h e s c h o l a r s . A n d t h e n , to cap t h e t h a t several h u n d r e d G r a n g e m e m - b e r s h a d i n d i c a t e d willingness t o with 12 p e r cent a n d O t t a w a w i t h ing, collection, publicity a n d com- whole affair, quite often a m e a l is 8.28 p e r cent were t h e w o r s t cen- m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t . T h e Mid-West served a t a l a t e h o u r a n d t h o s e bovs s u p p o r t t h e local i n s u r a n c e m u t u a l t e r s of infection until work wa > g r o u p e m b r a c e s 12 s t a t e s and all a r e Mich. F a r m Bureau a n d g i r l s will "fill u p " on sandwich- 'company a s soon a s a p l a n of i n s u r - es a n d s a l a d s , cake a n d coffee. ing was perfected a n d p u t into oper- s t a r t e d in Macomb. expected to p a r t i c i p a t e . Traffic Dept. a t i o n . T h a t a plan q u i t e similar to Accredited counties, 4 2 : Allegan, A n e w hotel h a s been secured with LANSING, MICH. At t h e s a m e t i m e those same c h i l d r e n w e r e t r y i n g t o fill o u t a n t h a t of t h e S t a t e F a r m M u t u a l com- A n t r i m . Barry, Benzie. B e r r i e n , a c c o m m o d a t i o n s for t h e whole a s - s e m b l y if s p o k e n for in time. This h o n e s t record on t h e i r daily h a b i t s — pany w a s t h e o n e m o s t g e n e r a l l y B r a n c h , C a l h o u n Charlevoix, Cheboy- favored w a s i n t i m a t e d by G r a n g e gan, Clinton, C r a w f o r d , Dickinson. hotel is u p - t o - d a t e , comfortable a n d " I sleep t e n h o u r s a d a y , I d o n o t E a t o n , E m m e t t , Genesee, Gogebic, h o m e like a n d t h e r a t e s a r e a s fol- e a t b e t w e e n meals, I do n o t d r i n k m e m b e r s a t t h e m e e t i n g . tea or coffee, etc., e t c . " H o w c a n we t o b r e a k a l l r u l e s of c o - o p e r a t i o n ? T h e r e w e r e a b o u t 25 g u e s t s a t t h e G r a n d T r a v e r s e , H i l l s d a l e , I n g h a m , lows: E u r o p e a n plan, single, $1.75 expect t h e best r e s u l t s w h e n we plan m e e t i n g , a b o u t half of w h o m w e r e Iron. K a l k a s k a . K e n t , L e e l a n a u , Liv- per clay; d o u b l e , $3.00 per d a y ; ingston, Manistee. M a r q u e t t e . Mis- E u r o p e a n p l a n , cots, $1.00 p e r d a y ; G r a n g e m e m b e r s a n d m e m b e r s of ? a u k e e s Muskegon. Newaygo, O c e a n 0 , A m e r i c a n plan, each, $4.00 per d a y ; A Question And t h e n t h e g r a d u a t e of today is t h e P o m o n a G r a n g e i n s u r a n c e com- a different girl t h a n some days m i t t e e a n d t h e r e s t w e r e a g e n t s of back. To be s u r e t h e y ' r e j u s t a s love- t h e S t a t e F a r m M u t u a l c o m p a n y a n d ly, j u s t a s s m a r t a n d j u s t a s happy, c o u n t y a n d s t a t e F a r m B u r e a u of- Ogemaw, O n t o n a g a n , Otsego, O t t a w a . with b a t h , $5.00 p e r clay; 2 in room P r e s q u e Isle, R o s c o m m o n , craft, Shiawassee, St. J o s e p h , Van week. School- with b a t h , A m e r i c a n plan, $45.00 p e r Don't of Values b u t no m o r e so. ficials a n d employes. B u r e n , W a s h t e n a w a n d Wayne. When o n e c o n s i d e r s t h e accom- Counties with first t e s t completed, m o d a t i o n s t h a t a c c o m p a n y t h e s e of- Deliver Your J u s t t h i n k w h a t t h e senior year means today. I t ' s class plays a n d senior p r o m s a n d j u n i o r hops a n d e n - t e r t a i n m e n t s of m a n y k i n d s for t h e 2 2 Cities Cited For 13: Alger, B a r a g a , Cass, Delta, (ilarl- f e r s , o n e m u s t a c k n o w l e d g e they a r e win, H o u g h t o n , K a l a m a z o o . Kewee- v e r y r e a s o n a b l e . naw, Luce, Mason, Menominee, Mon- ium is a t o u r d i s p o s a l — w i t h music roe a n d Wexford. A large a u d i t o r - Livestock T HERE are two ways oi' Learning the value ol in- surance: One is by insuring your automobile in a concern that you have reason to i«*+* 1 sure is fi- s a k e . of s e c u r i n g m o n e y t o m a k e a a n d e v e r y t h i n g necessary for con- trip to Washington or T h e Falls c Pollution Of W a t e r s Counties with first test in prog- d u c t i n g a school. T h e hotel proper To t h e p a c k e r - b u y e r . Sell nancially safe and morally secure: llie other is by D u l u t h o r some other attractive ress. 1 0 : Iosco. Isabella. J a c k s o n , h a s a l a r g e living room well furnish- T w e n t y - t w o cities h a v e been cited L a p e e r , L e n a w e e . Macomb, O a k l a n d . e d ; music, electric lights^ etc., a n d a cooperatively if you will keep bitter experience. place. They m u s t h a v e p i c t u r e s of t h e i r class a n d . t h e i r a t h l e t i c t e a m by t h e d e p a r t m e n t of h e a l t h a n d d e - Saginaw. St. Clair a n d TtfsCOlft. porch l a r g e e n o u g h for classes if d e - y o u r own m a r k e t . T h e pack- a n d of t h e i r e n t e r t a i n m e n t s t a r s . p a r t m e n t of c o n s e r v a t i o n for con- Counties on w a i t i n g list, 10: Are- sired, all a t o u r disposal. There's ers b u y direct from p r o d u c e r s Sn many have Learned by the second mat-hod that it T h e n when c o m m e n c e m e n t time t e m p t of s t r e a m pollution o r d e r s nac, Clare, G r a t i o t . L a k e , Mecosta, a m p l e p a r k i n g space for those com- because they h a v e a p u r p o s e in a p p r o a c h e s , i t ' s p l a n t h e d r e s s , a n d a n d a r e q u e s t h a s been s e n t to W . \V. Montcalm, Montmorency, Oceola, ing in a u t o s . F o r r e c r e a t i o n t h e r e ' s no lonocr is a question of "SHALL I IXSIRIv.'" but Oscoda a n d S a n i l a c mind. Help defeat t h a t pur- t h e b a c c a l a u r e a t e dress, a n d th<* par- P o t t e r , a t t o r n e y g e n e r a l , t o advise a good b a t h i n g beach, with ample rather, "With Whom Shall 1 Insure.'" ty gown a n d all t h e frills t h a t go with t h e s e cities of t h e i r d e l i n q u e n c y a n d Counties in which no action h a s b a t h h o u s e s — t h e r e a r e boats a n d pose. e a c h ; t h e n i t ' s class d i n n e r s a n d r e - s t a r t c o u r t action if necessary. been t a k e n , 8 : Alcona. Alpena. Bay, l a u n c h e s . T h e r e ' s fishing a n d there Increased sales to t h e co-ops WE CAN effect economics in the cost of insuraiici c e p t i o n s , e t c . , e t c . . until t h e poor T h e l e t t e r signed by G u y L. Chippewa. H u r o n , Ionia, Mackinac a r e spacious l a w n s for g a m e s , e t c . girl is tired out, listless a n d u n a p p r e - Keifer, h e a l t h c o m m i s s i o n e r , a n d a n d Midland. m e a n increased control of t h e A b u n d a n c e of s h a d e also is a n o t h e r through legitimate methods of cutting costs. ciative of a n y t h i n g . Leigh J . Young, c o n s e r v a t i o n direc- Good K r s u l l s in Genesee asset. m a r k e t s by t h e p r o d u c e r s . Not only does school d e m a n d of t o r , d e c l a r e s t h e cities were advised Area testing w a s s t a r t e d in (Jen- W h e n t h e d e t a i l s of t h e p r o g r a m Increased Bales to t h e pack- WE CANNOT AFFORD to jeopardise our standing t h e t i m e , b u t t h e c h u r c h a i m s to h a v e at a series of conferences, s t a r t i n g County in December, 1925, a n d s o m e t h i n g g o i n g on r e g u l a r l y a n d J a n u a r y 12, 1 9 2 6 , of u n s a t i s f a c t o r y t h e first test showed 3/82 per cent a r e w o r k e d out, a complete copy will er buyers will m e a n increasing in the business Iry attempting to sell a policy that a g a i n t h e y o u n g s t u d e n t is caller s a n i t a r y c o n d i t i o n s a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y infection. F o l l o w i n g t h e completion be given t h r o u g h t h e News. t h e i r control of t h e livestock upon to assist w i t h t h e p r o g r a m . h a v e ignored o r d e r s to a r r a n g e for of t h e first test all infected h e r d s market. would not stand up un The cost e s t i m a t e s on p u t t i n g up This shows the W o m a n ' s building cial m e e t i n g , J u l y 1S-19. Even t h e " T h e McXaughton System" of s u b s t a n t i a l post and is the right 'oeaiis by " T h e M c X a u g h t o n S y s t e m " at State College where at least 50 "old m a n " o u g h t to be satisfied w i t h c u r i n g beans m a k e s it possible tc height for a stack. Poles can be used average, much alike. The r a n g e is successfully harvest beans even d u r - but they must be s t r o n g . W h a t e v e r from two to five acres per m a n per women will be given sleeping accom- such Quarters for a s h o r t t i m e . ing a d v e r s e seasons at a m o d e r a t e of post is used, it must be well day. d e p e n d i n g upon t h e cleanlines•• m o d a t i o n s for the F a r m Bureau a d d i t i o n a l expense per acre. This to set to prevent leaning. of the bean field. The posts cos: system will m a k e b e a n g r o w i n g in The post having been driven into $:;.7i> per acre on the a v e r a g e . Michigan m o r e s e c u r e . the g r o u n d , a fork full of s t r a w is Preliminary experiments carried This m e t h o d of c u r i n g b e a n s is placed a r o u n d it. The s t r a w should on at t h e Michigan State College d u r - called " T h e M c X a u g h t o n System" form a pad about four feet in d i a m - ing the fall of 1926 affirm t h e m e t h - because Mr. O. J. McXaughton of eter and four to six inches thick od. Beans t h a t w e r e s t a c k e d late in Mulliken, Michigan, was t h e first to when settled. S e p t e m b e r , after c o n s i d e r a b l e dam- use t h e m e t h o d on a field scale in By getting the beas up e a r l / , d a m - age h a d been done, and t h r e s h e d t h e Michigan. A similar m e t h o d is em- m e which might result from rain^ middle of October, picked four ployed in s o u t h e r n s t a t e s to c u r e is p r e v e n t e dand t h e pick is g r e a t l y p o u n d s less of d a m a g e d a n d s t a i n e d p e a n u t s , soybeans, a n d cowpeas. reduced. T h e beans can r e m a i n in beans t h a n t h o s e pulled a n d t h r e s h - After t h e beans a r e in windrows the stack until some godo day l a t e r ed t h e first of October. T h e s e ( beans they a r e s t a c k e d four w i n d r o w s at a on in t h e fall when e v e r y t h i n g has shoul have been poled two weeks time, A wagon loaded with s t r a w and been c a r e d for and it is convenient e a r l i e r for best results but it was c a r r y i n g steel fence posts or poles it to t h r e s h . shown t h a t t h e d a m a g e was m o r e se- driven across t h e field between two The beans should be pulled and vere in the beans left s t a n d i n g in t h e of t h e l a r g e w i n d r o w s . T h e first post stacked t h e same day if w e a t h e r is field an d t h r e s h e d the first of Oc- t a b o u t two a n d one-half r o d s t h r e a t e n i n g . If fair w e a t h e r prevails tober t h a n those t h a t were s t a c k e d . BEES Crossing T h e C a m p u s ; T h e Red Cpdar Song and story, s t u d e n t verse a n d w a t e r s a r e just a little p e r t u r b e d a l u m n i m e m o r i e s have been woven h e r e , w h e r e they t u m b l e over what a b o u t . t h i s t r a n q u i l little river which r e m a i n s of an old d a m . Here m a n y w e n d s its way quietly across t h e c a m - a " s t u d e " h a s - t a k e n a d u c k i n g as he 1—Get t h e b e a n s i n t o t h e s e s t a c k s stack over t h r e e and one-half to four p u s of Michigan State College. The tried to shoot t h e r a p i d s in his canoe. as soon a s t h e y a r e r e a d y in t h e fall. feet in d i a m e t e r . 2 — B u i l d t h e b o t t o m s n a r r o w , not 4 — K e e p t h e b e a n s a b o u t t h e bot- r jver t h r e e or t h r e e a n d one-half feet in d i a m e t e r . 3—Do n o t h a v e any p a r t of t h e tom of t h e stack picked up a n d h a v e the straw protrude beyond the beans. 5—Make, s t r a i g h t or v e r y s l i g h t l y b u l g i n g s t a c k s with well m a d e caps.' You w o n ' t h e a r much " b u l l " at t h e j r e a l bulls to look at for those who a r e m e e t i n g but t h e r e will be plenty of i n t e r e s t e d in livestock. T h e clovers f u r n i s h an i m p o r t a n t s o u r c e of n e c t a r for t h e rapidly g r o w i n g honey i n d u s t r y of Michigan. Bee c u l t u r e h a s m a d e its g r e a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t in r e g i o n s w h e r e r e d . m a m m o t h and alsike and white clovers a r e h a n d l e d for seed p u r - poses. Bees, b o t h h o n e y bees a n d b u m b l e bees, aid in t h e pollination of clover Some f a r m e r y o u t h s go to, S t a t e y e a r s back. flowers, a n d hence a r e d e s i r a b l e in College, pick a chicken a n d forget With t h e p o u l t r y i n d u s t r y g a i n i n g a i d i n g in t h e i n c r e a s e of seed yields. t h e i r s t u d i e s : o t h e r s learn to cull in v o l u m e of business to the point, t h e m a n d m e e t with success e v e n t u a l - w h e r e it is o n e of t h e principal The home demonstration truck, s h e w i n g a completely equipped model ly. This s h o w s a typical chicken cull- sources of i n c o m e of t h e f a r m e r of kitchen. J u l y 25, office at M a r q u e t t e ; J u l y ing d e m o n s t r a t i o n . today, even the s t a t e l e g i s l a t u r e is How to save time a n d effort in Oceana, J u l y 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 3 ; Midland, July- 2 6-2 7, O n t o n a g o n ; July 28-29; That t h e chicken business in .Mich- lending an e a r to t h e college's re- p r e p a r i n g meals for a h u n g r y fam- 2 6 - 3 0 ; a n d S a g i n a w . Aug. 1-2. H o u g h t o n , J u l y 30, en r o u t e to Luce igan has come to be an inclusi q u e s t s for funds for developing t h e ' ily, is being d e m o n s t r a t e d to s e v e r a l Schedule for t h e u p p e r p e n i n s u l a c o u n t y ; Aug. 1-2, L u c e ; A u g . 3-4-5, d e r a b l e i m p o r t a n c e is seen in college p o u l t r y d e p a r t m e n t . t h o u s a n d r u r a l h o u s e w i v e s in s o u t h - t r u c k follows J u l y 8-9. M a r q u e t t e ; C h i p p e w a ; A u g . 8-13, r o u n d - u p at the development, of t h e p o u l t r y de- ern Michigan this s u m m e r , by mean? J u l y l l - l l ' . D e l t a ; J u l y 13-14-15. C h a t h a m ; Aug. 17-18, E m m e t t coun- Culling t h e flocks for t h e poor p a r t m e n t of S t a t e College. Poultry- of a h o m e d e m o n s t r a t i o n t r u c k spon- M e n o m i n e e ; J u l y 16, office at Mar- ty; Aug. 19-20, C h a r l e v o i x ; A u g . 22- p r o d u c e r s a i d the non p r o d u c e r s (8 sored by the Michigan S t a t e college q u e t t e ; J u l y 18-19, Dickinson; J u l y 2 3 , A n t r i m ; A u g . 2 4 - 2 5 . e n r o u t e to men who h a v e not visited t h e college r e c o g n i z e d as one of t h e best means agricultural engineering a n d h o m e 20-21, I r o n ; J u l y 22-23. Gogebic; M a r q u e t t e . g r o u n d s in ^he past few y e a r s will of i n c r e a s i n g the p o u l t r y m e n ' s net demonstration extension depart- find much of t h e more m o d e r n equip- ments. ment and i m p r o v e m e n t s t h a t w e r e income. The truck started its t o u r of s o u t h e r n Michigan in X e w a y g o coun- ty, May 3 1 . At each of t h e stops all the f a r m e r s a n d t h e i r wives in t h e county a r e invited to a t t e n d t h e d e m - o n s t r a t i o n s which show t h e v a l u e of a scientifically equipped kitchen and of a n indoor w a t e r supply sys- tem. X. A. Kessler and Miss Edna V. S m i t h a r e i c c o m p a n y i n g t h e t r u c k and e x p l a i n i n g its p u r p o s e to t h o s e Ask t h e g u i d e s to show you some from v a r i o u s sources have been m a d e who a t t e n d t h e m e e t i n g s . )f t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l seed plots at at t h e Michigan E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n . Sides of t h e t r u c k unfold and dis- Michigan S t a t e College. at E a s t L a n s i n g in c o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h play a k i t c h e n completely furnish- The plot a t t h e t o p shows a poor ed, even to t h e stove, c u p b o a r d s , lin- the B u r e a u of P l a n t I n d u s t r y of t h e d a n d of clover from u n a d a p t e d seed United S t a t e s D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l - oleum a n d k i t c h e n sink with r u n n i n g if u n k n o w n o r i g i n while t h e lower hot a n d cold w a t e r . Such q u e s - t u r e . T h e s e tests show t h a t Michigan licture shows a plot of clover from tions as p r o p e r l i g h t i n g and ven- g r o w n red clover seed a n d red clover J i c h i g a n g r o w n clover seed, afford- t i l a t i o n a r e discussed by t h e special- ng an excellent c o m p a r i s o n as to t h e seed from o t h e r n o r t h e r n s t a t e s and ists in e x p l a n a t i o n of the model esults to be expected from use of n e i g h b o r i n g corn belt s t a t e s and work r o o m . C a n a d a is best a d a p t e d a n d m o s t de- i n c e r t a i n seed a n d seed of definitely Plan Second T r u c k d e t e r m i n e d origin. p e n d a b l e . Michigan seed o u t y i e l d c d A second t r u c k is being p r e p a r e d i i inn izius KOK OI.O\ 1?K to s t a r t from M a r q u e t t e in the u p - On a College .Mail Inspection T r i p Extensive p l a n t i n g s of clover seed ; from o t h e r sources. Cqnih)ercial ferl ilizers are fre- T h e picture was t a k e n t h e sixth per peninsula J u l y 8, with Miss Mar- quently of great value in s e c u r i n g a y e a r of the e x p e r i m e n t ; h e n c e two g a r e t H a r r i s a n d George A m u n d s o n fertilizer a p p l i c a t i o n s w e r e m a d e on On loams silt in c h a r g e . This t r u c k is s i m i l a r to w h e a t d u r i n g ; lr.it period. loam?, a n d clay loams, an applica- the first, except t h a t t h e indoor wa- To get good loams early seeding usually best. Top dress was not a f e a t u r e of last y e a r ' s t r u c k been found ach grain ad s e e d i n g s with ma- which was t h e first e v e r r u n in t h e fertiliser c o n t a i n i n g p well ill O - n u r e or s t r a w . Tile d r a i n poorly s t a t e , a n d was o p e r a t e d in t h e u p p e r n 0-14 t fertilizer is r< d r a i n e d soils. I n c l u d e clover in good p e n i n s u l a , proving in such g r e a t de mended r o t a t i o n . Cure clover hay in wind- m a u d t h a t the college decided to out- Clot r use I n c r e a s e seed yields fit t w o this year. by c u t t i n g first crop in full bloom T h e home c o n v e n i e n c e t r u c k for b e a d s are b r o w n to r e d u c e t h e lower peninsula will be in Alle- •n t h e clover m i d g e injury. Produce d e a n gan county J u l y 2. leaving on t h a t A with seed b\ growi an crop. Pull •key after a stay of t h r e e days. Kent ' c o m p a n y s t r e e t " in the I n t e r - y e a r - r o u n d test. ly tell you a n d show you all you care t h e crowd at S t a t e College on J u l y I weedy p a r t s of field for c o u n t y will be covered from J u l y n a t i o n a l Egg Laying contest p o u l t r y Here s e v e r a l t h r e e h u n d r e d e g g to see a n d l e a r n a b o u t t h e s e c o n t e s t s 18 a n d m a k e this g r e a t t o u r of t h e | Control weeds by p r o p e r 5 to 9; O t t a w a . J u l y 1 2 - 1 3 ; Mug- h o u s e plat, s h o w i n g one row f of t h e r e c o r d s w e r e hiade in t h e 1 9 2 5 a n d turn a n d c u l t i v a t i o n . k e g o n , J u l y 1 4 - 1 6 ; a n d J u l y 1 9 - 2 0 ; h o u s e s used a t S t a t e College for t h i s 19 2 6 c o n t e s t s . T h e g u i d e s will glad-1 a n d a b o u t p o u l t r y p r o b l e m s . J o i n campus. L