MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS A communit> a s s e t is a A community's greatest farmer who accepts the liability is a non- a i d of qualified l e a d e r s . p r o g r e s s i v e soil r o b b e r P U B L I S H E D BY T H E MICHIGAN S T A T E F A R M B U R E A U F O R ITS M E M B E R S H I P FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 15 AUGUST 19, 1927 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY SIX COUNTY CONFERENCES ARE PLANNED FOR AUG. AND SEPT. STATE VALUE HELD FIELD SERVICE, COUNTY FINANCES, Picking Proper Leaders Is AT EIGHT BULLION. Rule Farmers May 'Go Gunning' On Own Land FARM BUREAU PROGRAMS ARE TO BE Essential To Life of Co-ops WAYNE WINS SLASH A f a r m e r may b e a r a r m s in defense of his property accord- ing to a r u l i n g of t h e attorney PRINCIPAL TOPICS OF DISCUSSION Equalization Board Takes 325 general's department. The Conference Is Aimed To Build Up A Movement DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVE MOVE DETROITER PICKED Million Dollars From opinion was given in response to a question as to whether or Capable Of Coping With Many Problems The Roll IN AGRICULTURE IS OUTLINED IN TALK FOR TAX CHAIRMAN not a f a n n e r may carry guns for the purpose of shooting (TOWS, h a w k s a n d o t h e r d e s t r u c - That Have Been Confronting The TOTAL IS $8,045,000,100 tive pests on his own land or State And County Bureaus BV EXECUTIVE OF STATE FARM BUREAU J. H. Morgan, Controller's Deputy, Succeeds Valuation At 335 Million on p r o p e r t y r e n t e d or leased by him. T h e question was a n - A series of six County Farm Bureau group conferences swered in t h e affirmative. Geo. Lord Above Last Year Is will be held at six points in Michigan during the last week in "Out of the struggles and experiences of the past decade August and the first week in September. These conferences is surely evolving a sound co-operative philosophy and prac- J o h n H. Morgan, d e p u t y c o n t r o l l e r Given Approval of t h e city of Detroit, has been a p - 83 PER CENT OF FARMS are a beginning of a comprehensive plan of strengthening the tice. pointed to t h e office of c h a i r m a n of W a y n e county won a decided vic- whole Farm Bureau program and the topics to be discusssed "The co-operation between the commodity marketing ex- t h e s t a t e tax commission, by Gov. t o r y a n d c h a n g e s from t h e recom- IN BERRIEN ARE BEING are of inestimable concern to County Farm Bureau officers. changes and the Michigan State Farm Bureau in the field of F r e d W. Green. m e n d e d v a l u a t i o n figures in 31 o t h e r WORKED BY THE OWNER The dates and places of the various conferences are: Grand T h e new tax c h a i r m a n succeeds c o u n t i e s were m a d e , it was discover- co-operative merchandising is only one of the many ways in George Lord, whose r e s i g n a t i o n be- ed, w h e n t h e final v a l u a t i o n of Mich- Rapids August 25, Marlette August 29, Saginaw September A federal survey, taking each which the farmers' organizations in our state are co-operatifig c a m e effective A u g u s t 1. T h e a p - igan p r o p e r t y for s t a t e tax p u r p o s e s ! county by itself, shows t h a t fully 2, Kalamazoo September 6, Marshall August 3 1 , Pontiac Sep- was a n n o u n c e d W e d n e s d a y by t h e to avoid duplication of effort and are supporting each other's p o i n t m e n t is t h e first step t o w a r d or- s t a t e b o a r d of e q u a l i z a t i o n . 83 per cent of t h e farmers of Berrien tember 9. ganization of a new s t a t e tax com- county a r e being operated by their activities for the highest general good of the Michigan farm- mission as provided by an act of t h e T h e board slashed more t h a n respective o w n e r s . The conferences propose not only to confer and discuss im- er." 1927 l e g i s l a t u r e . $335,000,000 from t h e t e n t a t i v e val- The p r o d u c t i o n of fruit and truck portant topics but to plan a course of action which will vital- In t h i s light C. L. B r o d y , manager** Alvin R i c h a r d s , of M a r q u e t t e , w a s u a t i o n figures p r e s e n t e d by t h e tax crops is the most i m p o r t a n t agricul- ize the Farm Bureau program in every County concerned. of t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u , explain- j p r i \ T n r | r i P I P P I H C T appointed to t h e position on t h e t a x d e p a r t m e n t , and $32.".,000,000 of tural i n d u s t r y of t h e county, al- this amount represented the reduc- though various special products such This is to be both a progressive and aggressive step. ed a n d o u t l i n e d s o m e of t h e co-op- board held by C h a r l e s Baxter, of e r a t i v e "grief" and successes as met tion m a d e in t h e W a y n e county to- L o r e t t p , at t h e e x p i r a t i o n of his tal. as mint, n u r s e r y stock, farm seeds, —— -r County F a r m Bureau executive 'by t h e F a r m B u r e a u a n d its subsid- iary organizations s p e a k i n g before a special school in in Michigan, TO DETERMINE ITS t e r m , about a week a g o . One m o r e a p p o i n t m e n t is expected T h e s t a t e b o a r d fixed t h e v a l u a - tion for t h e s t a t e a t $8,045,000,000 a n d flowers, a r e of considerable im- portance. In t h e n o r t h e r n and wes- MASTER FARMERS boards and officers in counties a r o u n d each m e e t i n g c e n t e r a r e ex- pected to a t t e n d . Sec'y-Manager C. L. c o - o p e r a t i o n at Michigan S t a t e Col- lege d u r i n g t h e first week of Au- TAX ONFARM LAND in a b o u t a m o n t h , upon expiration of the t e r m , of W i l l i a m C. L i n t o n , of Saginaw. i n s t e a d of t h e $8,380,500,000 rec- o m m e n d e d by t h e d e p a r t m e n t . The tern p a r t s of the county fruit grow- ing, including t h e production of grapes, apples, peaches, pears, bram- ORGANIZING CLUB Brody and C. L. Nash, O r g a n i z a t i o n Director, will be at the m e e t i n g s r e p - gust. equalized v a l u e r e p r e s e n t s an ir»- r e s e n t i n g t h e Michigan S l a t e F a r m " T h e d e v e l o p m e n t of large-scale Mr. Morgan first a p p e a r e d in p u b - i n c r e a s e of $33S,2*JL0,0OQ over t h e ble fruits, a n d s t r a w b e r r i e s , is the Farm Bureau Minute Men Do Bureau. co-operative m e r c h a n d i s i n g in Michi- lic life in 1921 when he was b r o u g h t p r e s e n t value of $7,709,790,000. principal a g r i c u l t u r a l pursuit, where- Preliminary Plans Are Made forward by Sen. J a m e s Couzens, t h e n as in t h e e a s t e r n a n d southern sec- The topics to be t h r e s h e d over a n d gan is i n t i m a t e l y a s s o c i a t e d wi*h Much To Help Compile I n s t e a d of t h e $4,275,625,000 sug- For The Organization settled a r e : A group plan of F a r m F a r m B u r e a u o r g a n i z a t i o n activities, m a y o r of Detroit, to t a k e a h a n d in gested, the b o a r d fixed $3,950,000,- tions g e n e r a l f a r m i n g prevails. In Basic Figures a c o n t r o v e r s y between t h e city of De- t h e general f a r m i n g districts, corn, At M. S. C. Meet Bureau field service; County F:>rtu for t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r - 000 as W a y n e ' s value. This will in- B u r e a u finances; m e m b e r s h i p m a i n - ship originally was sold to t h e farm- troit and t h e Detroit City Gas com- c r e a s e W a y n e ' s p e r c e n t a g e of t h e wheat, oats, and hay a r e the leading pany. t e n a n c e ; County F a r m B u r e a u p r o - crops. er, to a l a r g e d e g r e e , on t h e p r o m - ise of t h e c e n t r a l a n d m o r e econom- OTHER COUNTIES FOLLOW " T h e a p p o i n t m e n t of Mr. Morgan s t a t e tax from 47.66 which it now p a y s , to 49.098. H a d the original fig- P r e l i m i n a r y steps toward t h e or- ganization of a n a t i o n a l " M a s t e r g r a m s and i m p r o v i n g F a r m B u r e a u service. After these conferences it U ical p u r c h a s i n g of f a r m s u p p l i e s , " as a m e m b e r of the s t a t e tax d e p a r t - u r e s been a c c e p t e d , W a y n e ' s portion F a r m e r s ' c l u b " were taken at a ban- h e said. " T h e need of sufficient capital, Tax Research Expert From State College Makes m e n t is p r o m p t e d by t h e fact t h a t he is a man of o u t s t a n d i n g ability in all of t h e s t a t e t a x would h a v e been 51.01 per cent. POTATO MEN SEEK quet at Michigan S t a t e college, at- tended by r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from seven planned to call t h e P r e s i d e n t a n d Secretary of each County F a r m B u - ror.u t o g e t h e r to put into final s h a p e both local a n d s t a t e , is coming to be c o m m o n l y recognized by our farm- e r s as well as by t h e m a n a g e r s and Official Report tax m a t t e r s , ' " G o v e r n o r Green d e - clared in a s t a t e m e n t issued in con- nection with t h e a p p o i n t m e n t . "He I n g h a m c o u n t y ' s v a l u a t i o n was left a t $205,000,000, a s r e c o m m e n d e d in t h e Linton figures. This r e p r e s e n t s TO IMPROVE SEED states, including Michigan. The " M a s t e r f a r m e r s " h a v e been chosen in v a r i o u s s t a t e s as the most the conclusions a r r i v e d at. In t h j i way a state-wide policy will be w o r k - ed out and a plan of action o u t l i n e d . d i r e c t o r s , a n d m a n y of o u r o r g a n i z a - F a r m l a n d in Genesee C o u n t y was e n t e r e d t h e service of t h e city of a n i n c r e a s e of $5,000,000 from t h e tions e i t h e r h a v e r a i s e d t h e money t a x e d a t t h e a v e r a g e r a t e of $1.61 Detroit in J u l y , 1 9 2 1 , w h e n he be- 1926 v a l u a t i o n . Disease Control And Crop successful in t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r lines of a g r i c u l t u r a l endeavor. A. B. Cook Up-state counties will be m e ' with a t a later d a t e . t o finance t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s , or a r e per a c r e in 1926, a n d t h e a v e r a g e came a m e m b e r of t h e staff in t h e T h e r e c o m m e n d e d figure for Gen- Culture To Be Talked of Owosso, is p r e s i d e n t of t h e Mich- assessed v a l u a t i o n per a c r e was A strong Farm Bureau program p l a n n i n g to do so. c o n t r o l l e r ' s office. In s u b s e q u e n t esee county was boosted $5,000,000 igan Master F a r m e r s ' club recently in every county is being d e m a n d e d " T h e c o n t r i b u t i o n of new capital $ 6 1 . 2 5 , or 71 per cent of t h e c e n s u s y e a r s he h a s revolutionized t h e r a t e s which will i n c r e a s e t h a t c o u n t y ' s por- At Local Meets organized. Other Michigan f a r m e r s by the m e m b e r s h i p , a n d r i g h t l y s o . by t h e f a r m e r is i n v a r i a b l y followed v a l u e of 19 2"). S t a t e t a x e s were 16 of the public: utilities serving D e t r o i t , tion of t h e s t a t e tax. L e n a w e e was who were present ar the m e e t i n g in- Some counties have tackled such by r e n e w e d interest on t h e p a r t of cents per acre, c o u n t y t a x e s 37 cents, which has r e s u l t e d in a g r e a t saving cut $5,000,000 from t h e d e p a r t m e n t ' s Fifteen field d e m o n s t r a t i o n meet- clude M. E. P a r m a l e e , H i l l i a r d s : S. problems as t a x a t i o n , roads, etc., the stockholders and with an in- t o w n s h i p taxes 43 c e n t s a n d school to t h e city. By his experience a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , because a crew of ings will be held t h r o u g h o u t t h e po- Langdon, H u b b a r d s t o n ; ('. W. Oviatt, with o u t s t a n d i n g r e s u l t s . T h e f a r m - crease in business for t h e co-op. t a x e s 65 cents per a c r e on a n a v w - a s s e s s o r s is w o r k i n g t h e r e and DO tato section of Michigan by r e p r e - Bay City; F r a n k Kinch, G r i n d s t o n e d i s i n t e r e s t e d r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e er has become open m i n d e d r e g a r d - " T h e e d u c a t i o n a l w o r k done hy age. T h e total t a x p a i d by Genesee citizens he h a s shown himself to be d e t e r m i n a t i o n justifying the higher sentatives of t h e Michigan State Col- City; Paul C l e m e n t , B r i t t o n ; H. F . ing t h e application of science to t h e F a r m B u r e a u a n d t h e o t h e r gen- C o u n t y f a r m e r s in 192 6 on r e a l a n d e m i n e n t l y qualified for this position figure was available. O t h e r charges lege and t h e Michigan Potato Grow- P r o b e r t , J a c k s o n ; Garfield and Min- f a n n i n g and i.s today an efficient pro- eral services derived by t h e f a r m e r p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y w a s $629,573.50 with the s t a t e tax d e p a r t m e n t . m a d e in t h e r e c o m m e n d e d values ers' Exchange from August 22nd to er Farley, Albion; Floyd Barden. ducer. A p r o g r a m to s t i m u l a t e a n from t h e p a r e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n , such or a b o u t $165 per f a r m . T h e s e fig- w e r e : B a r a g a . $50,000 u p ; Barry, September 1st. equal i n t e r e s t r e g a r d i n g t h e need of " H e a c t e d for t h e city in t h e Mich- South Haven. a s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , l e g i s l a t i o n , public- u r e s w e r e given to t h e F a r m B u r e a u $50,000 d e c r e a s e ; Berrien, $1,000,- In April of this year the Michigan organized a g r i c u l t u r e to meet the ity, i n s u r a n c e a r e all ties which News t o d a y by R. W a y n e N e w t o n , igan Bell T e l e p h o n e c o m p a n y case, 000 d e c r e a s e ; Chippewa, $500,000 In discussing t h e advisability of b o t h before t h e public utilities com- Potato G r o w e r s ' E x c h a n g e distribut- forming a n a t i o n a l Master F a r m e r s ' over-changing conditions on t h e f a r m hold t h e f a r m e r to t h e co-operative R e s e a r c h Associate at Michigan up; Delta, $50,00 0 d e c r e a s e ; Hills- ed 1400 bushels of t h e best certified association it was decided to elect a p p e a r s to t h o s e who a r e looking a t business v e n t u r e s . F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e S t a t e Callege. They a r e based upon mission a n d in t h e United States dis- dale, $100,000 d e c r e a s e ; H o u g h t o n , trict court, with r e s u l t s t h a t a r e a seed t h a t could be obtained to 14 a secretary who will draw up a plan the r u r a l problem in a broad way a s Michigan State Farm B u r e a u , i n f o r m a t i o n supplied by Genesee $5,500,000 d e c r e a s e : Livingston. | 2 , - one of the o u t s t a n d i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s local co-operative m a r k e t i n g associa- of organization to be presented at a t h r o u g h its Seed a n d Supply Service, C o u n t y F a r m B u r e a u t o w n s h i p com- credit to him a n d to t h e city." 000,000 d e c r e a s e ; M a r q u e t t e , $200,- tions as a s t a r t t o w a r d s a quality po- meeting in Chicago d u r i n g t h e In- to improve t h e condition of rural is t a k i n g a n active i n t e r e s t in t h e m i t t e e m e n to t h e S t a t e College, 000 d e c r e a s e ; Mason, $200,000 ds t a t o production t h r o u g h o u t their or- ternational Livestock exposition in people. welfare of t h e local m a n a g e r a n d his Taxes were h i g h e s t in Burton crease; Ontonogan. $500,000 de o r g a n i z a t i o n . In a d d i t i o n to supply- t o w n s h i p , w h e r e t h e a v e r a g e per a c r e ing t h e above numerous g e n e r a l w a s $2.7 6 on an assessed v a l u a t i o n SIX CASS FARMERS c r e a s e ; Saginaw, $500,000 decrease: Shiawassee, $175,000 u p ; St. Clair, ganization. Each of the 14 associa- December. Michigan Master F a r m - tions received 100 bushels of the seed ers will figure p r o m i n e n t l y in t h e The F a r m B u r e a u , t h r o u g h t h e s e conference;, proposes to get shape an organized m o v e m e n t w h i c h into which was p l a n t e d by one of their proposed association. services to t h e locals a n d t h e i r m e m - t h a t a v e r a g e d $79.01 p a r a c r e . Heavy bers, we a r e s e c u r i n g t h e best sales. o u t l a y s for t o w n s h i p r o a d s a d v e r t i s i n g , m a n a g e m e n t a n d o r g a n - l a r g e l y responsible for t h e B u r t o n were TO BEAUTIFY HOMES $2,000,000 decrease a n d St. Joseph, $250,000 up. T h e new values as equalized by the members u n d e r t h e supervision of H. C. Moore, P o t a t o Specialist of the will t a c k l e s o m e of these p r o b l e m s . T h e r e is a field of service h e r e n o t Michigan State College. Good Dairy Bulls Are being met by a n y agency at t h e p r e s - ization t a l e n t of t h e c o u n t r y to help t o t a l . F l i n t t o w n s h i p w i t h a v a l u a - Six farm h o m e s were visited a n d b o a r d , for v a r i o u s counties follow: ent time which it is believed C o u n t y t h e local m a n a g e r s a n d d i r e c t o r s tion of $103.06 per a c r e , paid t a x e s p l a n s d r a w n for t h e i r l a n d s c a p i n g on Alpena ...$17,000,000 The seed was treated, the soil Facing Heavy Slaughter properly p r e p a r e d , close planting was F a r m B u r e a u s can well afford t o solve t h e i r p r o b l e m s . T h i s is accom- of $2.59 cents per a c r e on t h e aver- t h e occasion of a r e c e n t visit to Cass Bay 77,700,000 spent some t i m e a n d money, if n e c e s - plished t h r o u g h s t a t e a n d district age. T h e levies in t h i s a r e a a p p e a r e d C o u n t y by O. I. G r e g g , landscape Berrien 108,000,000 observed for hollow heart control, A careful e s t i m a t e , says Dr. J. C. sary, in developing. The F a r m Bu- conferences. well b a l a n c e d b u t w e r e h i g h , on ac- specialist from M. S. C. T h i s w o r k Calhoun 133,000,000 fertilizer used, s p r a y i n g with bor- McDowell, of the F e d e r a l B u r e a u of reau t h e n would sponsor a plan t o " F a r m e r s ' co-operative b u s i n e s s c o u n t of t h e high v a l u e of l a n d and is p a r t of t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l extension Chippewa 31,000,000 deaux was done with a high pressure Dairy I n d u s t r y , s h o w s t h a t really m a k e a s t u d y a n d plan action in r e - o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e receiving g r e a t e r t h e n e c e s s a r y expenses i n c i d e n t to a p r o g r a m for t h e c o u n t y a n d h a d its Delta 24.200,000 sprayer and t h e field rogued u n d e r high-class dairy bulls a r e going to gards the w h o l e problem of an o r g a n - r e c o g n i t i o n in t h e b u s i n e s s world ev- s u r b u r b a n district. The assessed b e g i n n i n g at t h e t i m e of Mr. Gregg's Genesee 25 5,OO0,O0*» supervision of t h e inspectors from the butcher at the r a t e of one every ized a g r i c u l t u r e and the economic ery year a n d a t e n o w considered to v a l u a t i o n of F l i n t t o w n s h i p farms t a l k on A c h i e v e m e n t Day, J u n e 2. Hillsdale. 44,000,000 the Michigan S t a t e College. In fact eight m i n u t e s from d a y l i g h t to d a r k factors t h a t a r e p u t t i n g f a r m e r s o u t be a p e r m a n e n t p a r t of t h e business w a s t h e h i g h e s t in t h e dounty. Cost of p l a n t i n g s do not r u n high Houghton 50,000.000 the fields were to be handled just every day in the year. of business in one locality a n d build- m a c h i n e r y of t h e n a t i o n . Connec- T a x e s were lowest in A r g e n t i n e because of t h e wide use of n a t i v e Huron 46,000,000 the same as all t h e certified seed po- ing up large scale f a r m i n g in o t h e r tions with t h e best b u s i n e s s concerns t o w n s h i p w h e r e t h e a v e r a g e was s h r u b s . S u m m a c h , boxwood, b i t t e r - Ingham 205,000,000 tatoes grown in t h e State. The crop of t h e c o u n t r y a r e now available to $1.02" per acre on an assessed v a l u a - sweet, a n d eveen t h e lowly e l d e r b e r - grown is to be distributed to the F i r e protection is self protection. l)laces Ionia 45.000,000 (Continued on pag« two) our m e r c h a n d i s i n g o p e r a t i o n s . This tion of $47.59 p e r a c r e . F o r e s t town- ry a r e v a l u a b l e s h r u b s if rightly Iron 43,700,000 members of the organization for seed c o n t a c t w i t h t h e l a r g e s t a n d most ship h a d t h e lowest v a l u a t i o n , $36.27 placed. The c o m m o n five-leafed ivy, s u b s t a n t i a l business men is h a v i n g a per -acre, b u t t a x e s were $1.30 per m o s t beneficial influence on t h e acre t h e r e , d u e to high school taxes or woodbine, is highly r e g a r d e d a n d m u c h used, b u t could well find a Jackson Kalamazoo Kent 140 000,000 140,000,000 375 000,000 purposes the following year. At t h e field m e e t i n g s . E. J. Wheel- er, Potato Specialist of the College When an American Switches f a r m e r a n d his o r g a n i z a t i o n , a n d t h e in p r o p o r t i o n to o t h e r expenses. big b u s i n e s s alike. " T h e co-operative m e n a r e learn- School Taxes H i g h School taxes a c c o u n t e d for m o r e l a r g e r s p h e r e of usefulness. Those c o - o p e r a t i n g in t h e p r e s e n t landscape projects a r e Chas. E. Bon- Lenawee Macomb Marquette 90,000,000 124,000,000 70,000,000 will identify t h e v a r i o u s potato dis- eases t h a t a r e i n s t r u m e n t a l in lower- ing the quality and yield of our His Allegiance to a King ing t h a t t h e big b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s t h a n 5 0 per cent of all farm levies ine, P e n n : ; Glenn T r u e , P o k a g o n ; Mason 17,500,000 Michigan p o t a t o e s . The value of a r e not all crooks, a n d t h e big busi- in four t o w n s h i p s , A t l a s , Fenton, E r n e s t P h e l p s , Silver C r e e k ; Leslie Menominee 24,000,000 proper spacing for hollow h e a r t con- Lapeer Traveler in Canada Gets Explanations of n e s s m e n w i t h w h o m we deal a r e F o r e s t a n d Genesee. T h e school tax Haefner* Volinia; Elbert Harvey, Monroe 82,500,000 trol, the use of fertilizers and the l e a r n i n g t h a t we a r e n o t all Reds or w a s t h e l a r g e s t i t e m in practically P o r t e r ; a n d Clive Rockwell. New- Muskegon 96,000,000 effect of spraying for insects and dis- The Feel of Transplantation—Notes on the Bolsheviks, but a r e h u m a n beings all o t h e r d i s t r i c t s . H o w e v e r , farm- berg. Oakland 330,000.000 like t h e m s e l v e s . ers in two t o w n s h i p s , Clayton a n d Saginaw 151,000,000 eases will be discussed, Start of a Vacation Journey Davison, paid m o r e for r o a d s t h a n A r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the Exchange Sanilac • 46,000,000 " T h e s e b u s i n e s s c o n t a c t s afr-e a for schools, a n d ^Burton m o s t p o t e n t factor in b r i n g i n g a b o u t f a r m e r s paid a p p r o x i m a t e l y an equal township Kent County Day Is Shiawassee 52,500,000 will show how q u a l i t y has a big in- By W a l t e r P. Mcfiuire ticular s t a r in B r i t t a n i a ' s c r o w n : fluence on t h e price of potatoes in Publisher of Lapeer County Pi a b e t t e r m u t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t a m o u n t for each p u r p o s e . Set For August 19th St. Claire 108,000,000 t h e various m a r k e t s of the country. The t r a i n , eastbound from Lapeer, B r i t t a n i a w h o r u l e s possibly t h e waves but c e r t a i n l y a q u a r t e r of t h e will r e b o u n d to t h e g e n e r a l good Washtenaw 127,500,000 T h e figures s h o w n r e - e m p h a s i z e The first m e e t i n g is on the Fred dips into t h e d a r k n e s s of the t u n n e l land surface of the e a r t h . of every citizen of o u r c o u n t r y . F r i d a y , A u g u s t 19, h a s been set under t h e St. Clair river a t P o r t "Co-operative business methods the importance of maintaining a aside as Kent County day at t h e O. Olsen F a r m , Northwest of Fen- careful w a t c h over local government Huron a n d e m e r g e s into t h e l i g h t — t h e m s e l v e s , I believe, a r e u n d e r g o - i n g c o n s t a n t c h a n g e . In t h e begin- costs. N i n e t y per cent of t h e Gene- n i n g , we all t h o u g h t t h a t b e c a u s e t h e see C o u n t y farm t a x w a s raised for Pennsylvania Railroad tion F a j . u at H o w a r d City. Demonstra- This MENOMINEE BOASTS wick on Monday, Augivst 22nd at 2:00 p. m. T h e o t h e r s follow: R. L. Tisdel, Harwajrd, August 23rd, at of a new n a t i o n : a dominion of al- most i n c o m p r e h e n s i b l e geographic "So y o u ' r e going clear across C a n - a d a ? " said the c o n d u c t o r as h e t o r e t h e tails off o u r t i c k e t s . "You'll farm has been doing some n o t a b l e co-op was t h e f a r m e r ' s own organiza- local p u r p o s e s , a n d t w o - t h i r d s of t h e tion, no effort or expense need be t o t a l w a s a u t h o r i z e d within the work in-the m a n a g e m e n t of s a n d land p r o b l e m s and h a s achieved some real 3 CLUB CHAMPIONS 9:00 a. m., W a l t e r Nielsen, Trufant at 2:00 p. m . ; F e r d i n a n d Voss, How- size and variety, whose people, in- distinguishable from t h o s e in " t h e have your eyes o p e n e d . " We told him we had covered a l - w a s t e d in t r y i n g to sell him t h e serv- f a r m e r s ' h o m e t o w n s h i p a n d school r e s u l t s . They have developed what a r d City, A u g u s t 24th at 9:00 a. m., s t a t e s , " swear, ( a n d feel) allegiance most t h e s a m e r o u t e a b o u t 20 y e a r a ices of his own b u s i n e s s . In this we d i s t r i c t . T o w n s h i p g o v e r n m e n t , town- is known as the Keystone R o t a t i o n In t h e s t a t e handicraft and gar i'Sam T. L a r s e n , Six Lakes, at 2:00 to a k i n g — a n d enjoy a g o v e r n m e n t ago. a r e discovering t h a t we were mis- ship r o a d and school district taxes a n d have worked it t h r o u g h four m e n t club c h a m p i o n s h i p s which were p. m.; F r a n k F o s t e r , Blanchard, as democratic as o u r own. " W h a t I said g o e s , " he i n s i s t e d : t a k e n . Old line c o m p e t i t o r s a r e not paid by f a r m e r s t o t a l l e d $420,859.75 y e a r s very successfully. decided recently, Menominee County August 2 5 t h , at 9:00 a. m.; Milo "'You'll h a v e y o u r eyes o p e n e d . " o n l y c a l l i n g on o u r local co-ops, but or $26.2 8 per capita of farm popu- boys and girls find tliree places. Gingrich, B a r r y t o n , at 2:00 p. m.; Canada! Undoubtedly. Mr. B. O. H a g e r m a n , t h e Agricul- liave r e c e n t l y s t a r t e d to call on t h e l a t i o n . It should be r e m e m b e r e d , al- C a t h e r i n e Good of t h e H a r r i s club Monte Hiddema, New Era, August Stretching from the maritime t u r a l Agent for t h e r a i l r o a d , appear- f a r m e r himself. T h i s m e a n s t h a t we so, t h a t t h e s e figures d o not include was placed first in fourth year work. 26th, at 2 : 0 0 p. m . ; George Rubingh, provinces on t h e Atlantic, w h e r e the s h a l l h a v e to r e s o r t to t h e s a m e gen- special a s s e s s m e n t s of benefit t a r e ? ed before several Kent County "A fellow g e t s to feeling a bit dif- a u d i e n c e s last w i n t e r with his Key- C a t h e r i n e has been an o u t s t a n d i n g ^Ellsworth, A u g u s t 29th, at 2:00 fisheries bring prosperity to the peo- ferent a b o u t it after h e ' s been h e r e e r a l practice t h a t c o m m e r c i a l men In for r o a d s or d r a i n s , but a r e confined club girl in t h a t c o m m u n i t y for t h e p. m.; F r e d Bontain, Provemont, ple; t h r o u g h t h e region of the all lines h a v e a l w a y s h a d to follow to t h o s e taxes s p r e a d u n i f o r m l y over stone R o t a t i o n i l l u s t r a t e d lecture. At past four y e a r s a n d it is very pleas- August 30th, at 9:00 a. m.; " F r e n c h s p e a k e r s ; " over heavily for- a w h i l e , " a t r a v e l i n g m a n told m e to get a n d m a i n t a i n b u s i n e s s . w h o l e t o w n s h i p s a n d school districts. every m e e t i n g t h e r e was much inter- soon after we had e n t e r e d t h e p r o v - Town P r o p e r t y Not Included est in a trip to t h e farm. ing to us to h a v e her work recogniz- Theo Esch, P r o v e m o n t , at 2:00 ested hills c o n t a i n i n g m i n e r a l s of in- ince of O n t a r i o . " I t is i m p o r t a n t to k e e p our wnre- T h e figures released by t h e S t a t e ed by a State C h a m p i o n s h i p . Among p. m.; Henry Dick, Falmouth, estimable v a l u e ; across the expan- h o u s e s a n d places of business in t h e College a r e based on a s t u d y of t h e T h e farm is located on U. S. 131 " I came over h e r e seven y e a r s a g o . t h e boys, Alvin Lewis of t h e H a r r i s September 1st at 9 : o0 a. m.; Andrew sive " m i d d l e p l a i n " where half a m o s t a t t r a c t i v e condition possible. tax rolls by Genesee C o u n t y F a r m (Old. M 13) two miles north o* Moved my family to T o r o n t o from club r a n k e d t h i r d in second year !J&. Johnson, T u s t i n , at 2:00 p. m.; million f a r m e r s from t h e s t a t e s and A fresh coat of p a i n t on t h e build- B u r e a u t o w n s h i p c o m m i t t e e s . H o w a r d City. Cleveland. My wife a n d I h a d a l - Vil- work and R a y m o n d S t e w a r t of the Henry M. Gingrich, Olivers, Septem- t h o u s a n d s from other lands a r e grow- i n g s would be one of t h e best invest- lage* a n d n o n - a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o p e r t i e s , lived in 'America,' a s we s a y Ninomile School club r a n k e d fourth ber 2nd, at 9:00 a. m.; George Mc- ing g r a i n ; over t h e Rocky M o u n t a i n s m e n t s for m a n y i n s t i t u t i o n s . t h e r e , a n d o u r f o r e f a t h e r s a s far o u t s i d e villages w e r e excluded from Outlook Is Bright For in t h e fifth year work. Kay, llersey, at 2 : 0 0 p. m. and down to the p i c t u r e s q u e s h o r e s back as we knew. W e t h o u g h t it " T h e general approach to t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n as far as possible, al- p l a c e of business s h o u l d be as pleas- t h o u g h t h e influences of city v a l u e s The Cattle Industry of the Pacific — a distance of more would be s t r a n g e , living in a foreign Prospects for t h e c a t t l e industry Jack Rabbits Present Problem Foui-t h Degree than t h r e e t h o u s a n d m i l e s ; s t r e t c h - land. B u t it w a s n ' t . It w a s j u s t i n g to t h e prospective c u s t o m e r as on t h e t o w n s h i p s a r o u n d F l i n t can possible. In m a n y places t h e sowing still be seen. T h e assessed v a l u a t i o n d u r i n g t h e next year or 18 months H e — " W a s J o n e s a popular m a n ? ' ing also n o r t h w a r d from " t h e invis- like h o m e , as far as we could se«, of a little F a r m B u r e a u l a w n grass and tax per acre for each t o w n s h i p a p p e a r decidedly favorable but do J a c k r a b b i t s a r e a m a j o r farming S h e — " W h e n he died the coroner's ible l i n e " to H u d s o n Bay a n d to the except of course for I seed, p l a n t i n g a s h r u b or two, pos- was as follows: Argentine town- not justify expansion in breeding p r o b l e m in m a n y p a r t s of South j u r y r e t u r n e d a verdict of 'justifi- Arctic O c e a n — t h i s land, l a r g e r t h a n flag floating on the buildings, a n d sibly w i t h some flowers properly lo- Dakota and other Western States. able suicide.' " the United S t a t e s , is a b r i g h t par- (ContinufcU on pa*« luutj (.Continiied on paye two) herds. (Continued on page two) i*Xt MICHIGAN FARM BCREAtt K£WS AUGUST 10. 10UT TWO hills. Let Die !)»' k e e u h sensitive to all l e a d e r and beautiful termined to the largest extent by tht degree in which co-operative man- MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS thoughts, all uplifting ideals, all soul b r o a d e n i n g day d r e a m s . agement exceeds in efficiency that of Make ma perceive the beauty of this. Thy world, and g r a n t me Michigan Farm Tax Calendar I, * , , i . . . V • • « i its old line competitors." Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau a t Char- lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at r State Farm B u r e a u head- ever deepening perception of the best in every man, woman a n d The school was arranged in con- quarters, Leasing, Michigan. junction with the Country Life week child with whom I come in contact. Help me to live each day SEPTEMBER at the college, and the State Farm V O l , . V. AUGUST 10, 1927 No. IS bravely, simply, j u s t l y — a n d at night give me the healing benedic- Bureau assisted in planning the pro- September 1. Auditor General determines the amount of tion of that sweet and dreamless sleep that follows a well spent gram. State taxes on or before this date. Apportions the tax among Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class Besides Mr. Brody, there were counties before the second Monday in October. matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided d a y . Amen.—Elizabeth j i u r g e s s Ilujrhes. First Tuesday. Regular meeting of the Commissioners of eral other speakers, including Mr. the State Tax Department. for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized J a n u a r r 1 2 , 1923. Ziuk. manager of the Eastern State* Commissioners of the State Tax Department continue visit- Subscription Price 50c Per Year, included in dues of Farm THE F A R M E E S ' BACK-BREAKING BURDEN Co-operative Merchandising .Associa- ing counties. Bureau Members. "The farmer who plows a n d sows and r e a p s is c a r r y i n g on tion, Prof. J. T. Horner of Michigan State College, and others.. OCTOBER LEE CHIL.SON .'. Editor a business just as vital to t h e welfare of t h e c o u n t r y as that of Co-op managers and board of di- the railroads, the public-service corporations, or other i n t e r e s t s : rectors took part in the school and . October 1. A State charge of one dollar is added to pen- alties on real estate delinquent for one year and ten months. but the f a r m e r feels that he is not given a fair show, lie knows joined in some of the other session? First Tuesday. A regular meeting of the Commissioners of j^CHIGANSTA ftVPEAU that the r a i l r o a d s are p e r m i t t e d by g o v e r n m e n t a l a u t h o r i t y t<» held during the week. There war7 Owen Bldg., Detroit his i n n i n g . " — F r o m t h e M a n u f a c t u r e r s Record. in use today and should be carefully "I admit that I have been a liar, The relation of successful farming to guarded against," says Mr. Bower. A Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson farm income, of the standard of life an editorial liar ever since I have Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing few farmers, and now and then a been editing this sheet, but I have ••The s t a g g e r i n g b u r d e n borne by the American f a r m e r d u r i n g to successful farming, the relation writer who should know better, are Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor between education and income, be- never printed a lie in these columns Directors and Officers of the Commodity Exchanges the past six y e a r s is responsible for reactions exprest in o t h e r fooled by this misleading propa- except to keep somebody's feeling* tween health and income, between ganda, but the great majority of MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. MICH. M^LKJPfiOpyCERS AS$'N d a t a . American w h e a t acreage has s h r u n k 12,000,000 acres d u r - recreation and income, between re- from being hurt. I am not afraid of farm leaders realize that Muscle any of you and I'll be dad-blamed if Carl Martin. Pres Cold water N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing ing that, period, cattle-raising h a s d r o p p e d by 7,000.000 head, ligion and income, of the family to Milton Burkholder, V. I'.. .Marietta iShoals is still the farmers' chief hope I don't print the truth from now on R. G. Potts, Vice-Pres. Washington income, of legislation to income, of H. D. Horton, Sec.-Treas ...Kinde and 19,U00,(KH> acres have reverted to u n c u l t i v a t e d waste. for really cheap fertilizers. or until you get out of the habit of John C. Near, Sec F l a t Rook agricultural extension to income, the L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing "One type of propaganda attempts calling me a liar every time I make .B. F. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit • ' A f t e r these y e a r s of distress, eased by occasional a n d im- interrelation of farm income and C. s. Benton, Bean Dep'l H. W. Norton, Treas.. Howell to show that since the development some unavoidable typographical er- Port l luron p e r m a n e n t economic i m p r o v e m e n t of his plights, the A m e r i c a n the standard of life. of the Haber-Bosch process in Ger- M. L. Noon Jackson rors. Now watch my smoke." Neil Bass, Bean l>e]>'t Lansing K. I,. Taylor Lapeer farmer t o d a y finds t h a t t h e p u r c h a s i n g power of his dollar, in many, cheap electricity at Muscle And here are some paragraphs of W. B. Phillips Decatur L. W. Harwood Adrian t e r m s of n o n - a g r i c u l t u r a l commodities, s t a n d s almost exactly County Conferences Shoals is no longer important. The his "smoke" in the next issue: Oeorge McCalla Ypsilantl magnificent cyanamid plant at Mus- "John Bennin, the laziest man in L. C. Kainiowske Washington W, J. Thomas Fred W. Meyer Grand Rapids F a i r Haven where it stood in 1920, out of all but s h o u t i n g distance from the Are Being Arranged cle Shoals is obsolete, they say. town, made a trip to Bellevue. yes- M. R. Shisler Caledonia Dr. W. C McKinney...D»avIsburg industrial dollar. (Continued from page one) "Equally misleading are the period- terday." F . M. Oehmko Sebewalng James J. Brakenberry B a d Axe ship, tax per acre $1.02, assessed val- ical announcements of huge new "Rev. Sty preached last Sunday at ' ' L a s t y e a r J>4!).000 farmers, discouraged, quit t h e land to flock uation $47.59; Atlas township, tax air-nitrate plants to be erected at one the local church. His sermon *tras W . J. Hazelwood M t Pleasant Elmer Powers Clio MICH. POTATO GROWERS MICH. LIVE STOCK E X C H . c i t y w a r d , t h u s swelling t h e i n d u s t r i a l population of food con- per acre, $1.51, assessed valuation, point or another in the United States. punk and uninteresting except some EXCH. $49.10; Burton township, tax per Henry Curtis, Pres Cadliiac E. -V Beamer, Pres Bllssfleld sumers while diminishing t h e n u m b e r of food p r o d u c e r s . E v e r y These announcements are generally stuff he quoted from Bob Ingersoll. K. 1'. Harper, VIce-Pres., S t . Johns acre, $2.7 6, assessed valuation so worded as to carry the implication for which he failed to give Bob any J . T. Bussey, Viee-rr«s. Provemont such m i g r a n t from f a r m to city r e p r e s e n t s a shift of t w o u n i t s : $79.01 Clayton township, tax per O. E. Hawley, -Sec'y Shelby 1. 11. O'Meuley, Sc-'y Hudson. that these new plants will eliminate credit. He also cited a few passages Fiank Obresti Treas., Brec-kenridge he no l o n g e r feeds himself; he no longer w o r k s to produce basic acre. $1.64, assessed valuation the need for Muscle Shoals. from William Gilbert Munsey's ser- F . J. Harger, Treas Stan wood F . P. Illbst, Gen. Mgr Cadlllat Nate Pattisoa Care commodities for others. The political effects of all this are re- $78.19; Davison township, tax per "Both of these misleading ideas mons and had the unlimited gall to J. R, Bettes Sparta acre $1.86, assessed valuation $70.09; can be quickly routed by pointing out palm it off as his own." C. A. Richner, Sales Mgr.. .Cadillac fleeted in steadily g r o w i n g restiveness t h r o u g h o u t t h e whole Fenton township, tax per acre $1.62. Charles Brown Sunlield a few facts: "Tom Spardin married Miss Caro- L,eon G. VanLeuw Bellaire assessed valuation $60.64; Flint Edward Dippey Perry middle a n d n o r t h w e s t e r n section of our c o u n t r y . "First, Germany is still using an 1 line Meadows last trades day at the George Herman Edmore township, tax per acre $2.59, assess- Charles Woodruff Hastings even increasing the use of electricity county seat. It wasn't generally E . A. Rasmussen Sheridan " W e l l , where do we go from h e r e ? William E. Dodd, profes- ed valuation $103.06; Flushing GROWERS, INC. to produce air nitrates by the cyana- known but the marriage was brought MICHIGAN FRUIT township, tax per acre $1.74, assess- John Miller- Coloma sor of A m e r i c a n history a t the University of Chicago, sees t h e mid process, wherever rather cheap about mainly by a Remmington shot- M. D. Buskirk, Pres Taw Paw Allan B. Graham Elberta t r e n d s of drift a n d indifference on t h e one h a n d , a n d t h e reck- ed valuation $70.77; Forest town- electricity is available. She uses the gun manipulated by the bride's fa- Amos Tucker, 1 V. P r e s P. 1). Leaven worth.. Grand Rapids ship, tax per acre $1.30, assessed other process where cheap electricity ther. Tom concluded that marrying South Haven less hostility to every effort t o w a r d solution by broad experi- W. J. Schultz Hart valuation $36.37; Gaines township, is not available and low grade coal was the healthiest thing he could do Herbert Nafziger. 2 V. l i e s Millburg L. A. Hawley L-udington ment on t h e other, c a r r y i n g tiie whole nation steadily away from tax per acre $1.88, assessed valua- is obtainable. The product of both until other arrangements had been F . 1* Bradford, Sec.-Treas C. I. Chrestensen Onekama its f o u n d a t i o n s t o w a r d a regime of eeommiie serfdom for t h e tion $48.93; Genesee township, tax processes is sold in the same made." Benton Harbor H. W. Gowdy Union Pier per acre $2.35, assessed valuation markets. . "Regan Lloyd, cashier of the State O. RJ Gale Shelby g r o w e r s of food and i n d u s t r i a l feudalism for t h e city w o r k e r s . $80.25; Grand Blanc township, tax F . L. Granger, Sales Mgr "Second, investigation shows that Bank of Willow Grove, died last Benton Harbor John Lang Sodus " O n e t h i n g is surely beyond d e b a t e ; he is r i g h t in u r g i n g t h a t per acre $1.21, assessed valuation Wednesday and was buried by the John Fejdeji'atioB Bottema S p r i n g Bake most of the announcements of new- D. IL Brake American Farm Burean Fremont $39.57; Montrose township, tax Odd Fellows at Pleasant Mound cem- Bert Gleason Lawrence this is the mightiest problem c o n f r o n t i n g t h e American people air nitrate plants to be established BAM H. Henry THOMPSON Namltz Bridgman President per acre $1.33, assessed val- etery. He had been taking this pa . Brotrates for fertilizers STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBUC "Patrons are subconsciously drawn whom he looks as leaders, to weaken $1.21, assessed valuation $52.20; Vi- is the American Cyanamid company ordinary girl who flirts with every or destroy his own organization. It enna township, tax per acre $1.84. traveling man she meets and never to attractive places of business. at Niagara Falls.—the company that SERVICE PROGRAM assessed valuation $67.12. "We are realizing, too, that wc should be remembered that the Farm offers to take the Muscle Shoals plant helped her mother three days in her must advertise and keep the advan- Bureau has pioneered in the intro- and operate it on an 8 per cent pro- life all put together. She is anything LEGISLATION tages and merits of our merchandise duction of northern grown, adapted Fifteen Hundred Attend fits limitation basis and in accordance but a beauty, resembling a gravel pit Passage of the Capper-French T r u t h - l n - FSftbrlc I>U1: completion anil operation of constantly before the farmer, erefl leguminous seed, open formula dairy Jamestown Co-op Picnic with a plan heartily approved by in the face and walks like a duck. the U. S. Muscle Sjioals Nitrates plant though he is a stockholder. and poultry rations, and other nu- farm organizations. The groom is a natural born loafer Jamestown Co-operative Elevator and n)ainifuc|i!e of fertilizer; opposition "We have all the facilities that merous advantages that never would "Most farmers appreciate that it and a bum. He never did a lick of to any form of sales tax or of consump- stockholders, families and friends to i tax; retention of federal income tax; any commercial line has to make our have come through old line channels, makes little difference how cheaply work until his step daddy ran him the number of over 1500 laid down Passage of Gooding-Ketcham Seed S t a i n - work successful, and besides, we co- and. the price with which the Farm fertilizers can be produced if a com- off from home last fall. He went to E N A C T E D APR. 26, 1926 ing bill. operative people have one advantage Bureau Seed and Supply Services their work and attended the annual the county seat and rather than picnic at the Jamestown township bination exists capable of maintain- TAXATION that our old line competitors do not have to compete, many times with ing high prices. That is why they starve, he accepted a job as cham- have. That is craft loyalty, or loyal- merchandise of a superior quality grove. Stanley Powell, of Ionia, de- bermaid in a livery stable. As soon a? Relief for sorely burdened farm property are particularly interested in the pro- by enactment of: ty of the farmer to his own organ- and reliability, would never have been livered one of the most interesting his ma found out where he was, she talks ever held at the picnic on the fits limitation feature of the cyana- ENACTED JAN. 29, 1925 (a) Two cent gasoline t a x for highway ization and brother farmers. Thh$ offered the co-op with the Farm Bu- mid company's offer. went up and got him and brought funds. (b State Income Tax in place of State's latter advantage, it seems to me, is reau out of the field. Furthermore, need and value of organization to 'There might be more room for him home. They now reside at the general p r o p « t y levy. one we should cultivate to a much the Farm Bureau departments are agriculture as an industry and to argument as between the two air home of his wife's father and he (c) Law forbidding' any more tax e x e m p t greater extent than we have in the furnishing information in regard to rural life. Mr. Powell- used many fixation processes if new plants had has no definite plans for the future. securities. past. price and market trends, and general illustrations and stories in driving Susie will have a hard row to hoe." to be built for each. But with a 7 AXES REDUCED •67,350 A N N U A L L Y (d) Equalisation of assessment of farm and city properly in accordance with sales "The bane of the local co-opera- business counsel, that is invaluable home the many good points he made niagniliicen't cyanamid plant standing tive manager is the practice of his to the local and would otherwise be in his talk. Farmers were very at- S I N C E 19^4 values of same. (Farm Bureau Investigations brought farmers and even his own members, unobtainable by the small local or- tentive and interested. idle at Muscle Shoals—a plant rep- Cass Women To Study resenting an investment of nearly equalization in Calhoun, Ingham, W a s h - tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, of trading with his old line compet- ganization. The Jolly Four colored quartette $400 per ton of nitrogen output per First Year Clothing saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 e x e a t * itors. It is his great desire that his "Fortunately, however, the vision were well received. The poultry dis- annum, or say $40 to $50 per ton taxes annually.) people remain loyal to their own of the good co-operative manager hns ease demonstration put on bv the Al- annual savings in plant overhead First year clothing is to be the local and give it their business. come to extend far beyond the mat- bert Diekman company attracted TRANSPORTATION charges—there is little excuse for Home. Economics extension project E F F E C T I V E S E P T . 10, Immediate application of Michigan "The emphasis of quality and re- ter of price alone or the mere sell- many poultrymen. further delay in utilizing these pre- for the coming winter season in Cass 1*29 /.one Rate decision to save farmer ship- liability as well as price, maintaining ing of goods. He is coming to realize Jamestown Grove is one of the sent facilities." county, according to announcement pers in tilt counties $600,000 annually. a 100 per cent stock of co-operative that he is something more than a most beautiful picnic grounds in the by Mrs. Louise H. Campbell, of Stat j MARKETING or Farm Bureau merchandise, and seller or merchandise. He is real- btate. Tall trees, dense shade, a College. This will be good news to Extension of so'und co-operative m a r - keting program now well under w a y In and unequivocal stand for the Farm izing his great responsibility In mold- large spring of clear cold water and Stack Stained Wheat 'many Cass County women as consid- Michigan. Bureau on the part of the local man- ing farmer opinion and sentiment in conveniences for picnics make it a erable sentiment in favor of this work ager, are the best means of holding a manner that will best serve the pleasant place to attend. Inferior For Milling was expressed on Achievement Day. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE: the farmer loyal to the local and great cause to which so many of us Wheat that is badly stack-stained E F F E C T I V E OCT. 20, Adequate projection for farmers a&ainst The Jamestown Elevator has been It is hoped to get the course start- 1926 loss by lire, theft,, collision, property d a m - keeping him from trading'elsewhere are devoting our lives. a prosperous and growing institution is also of inferior milling quality. It ed somewhat earlier than was possi- age and public liability furnished a t rea- every time he, by so doing, can gain "It is only by the farmer standing usually gives a low flour yield and ble last fall but no definite date45 sonable rates. under the direction of the manager, a temporary advantage in price. behind his local and the local jusl the flour has a high ash content. The can be given as yet. Formal notice Mr. Smallegan, who has been success- "I can name managers who are a:-, steadfastly supporting and patron- ful in directing the affairs of the or- bread made of such flour has poor will be sent to all local groups in the ucceedlrig because of this policy. izing the central seed supply and color, a bitter taste and an undesir- near future and any new localities ganization. The association does a THE PRAYER OF THE FARM WOMAN "In the same sense, it is just as other services that we can success- nice volume of business yearly, with able weedy odor. The greater the desiring to participate should begL» essential that the co-op manager be fully meet the competition before us. the State Farm Bureau and helps 'discoloration the more inferior the at orre to set up their organizations Ob, Cod, give me p a t i e n c e ' 1 >ut give me patience a n d insight. just as loyal in his relationship with "To the contrary of what has been flour and bread become. Stack- swell the volume of the Bureau's It is likely that a preliminary too, t h a t mine may not be the unseeing patience of the d u m b ani- the central Farm Burea-i business commonly talked, I look for co-op- business. stained wheat does not store well un- meeting will be held some few weeks mal that makes a .treadmill of its days. (Jive me s w e e t n e s s of (services. If he gives his business to erative management and administra- der slightly abnormal conditions; before the actual beginning of the the old line competitors of our Farm tion to continue to improve so that neither does the flour milled from it. clothing work as has been the prac- h e a r t , and s t r e n g t h , and loyalty, and increase my sense of serv- Bureau Seed and Supply Services, it will far exceed in efficiency and Father's Position A father is a member of the male tice in former years. ice, that I may realize the value of t h a i which I do d a i l y for the not only is he setting a bad example service to mankind, that based on s a k e of others. K e e p alive in me that s h a r p n e s s of vision which for his own patrons and taking a private gain or selfish motives. I can species who is supposed to spend one- Farm Flock Leads In Oiled liocks volume of business away from t'ie easily point out in this room and half his time doing the things h*s mak< rill to t h e early s o n g of the birds, the noon light on Farm Bureau, and correspondingly elsewhere over the state a num- family wants him and the other half Production Of Eggs Locks should be oiled frequently •increasing the cost of our selling op- ber of men identified with the ad- answering their complaints because In spite of the growing importance by dipping the key in oil and turn- l be fields, the d u s k y blue p#lace of twilight. he did it.—Baltimore Sun. ing it several times in the lock. erations, but he is following a prac-j ministration and management of our of the .specialized poultry farm and n my sold a sense of t! evtive, t h a t m y ket- tice that tears down and retards the; co-operative institutions who admir- the commercial farm flock the gen- Screws should be tightened after cloth may not obscure the beauty of the r o s « bloom- farmers' general organization move-' ably exemplify this high ideal. The •'Madge is sore on Jack. She calls eral farm flock is still the backbone rainy weather. meat, and thereby lessens the farm- ultimate success of co-operative mer- him a dumb-bell." of the poultry and egg industry from v door, the > valleys a m i p'ort*tion and taxation in all his re-" vately owned enterprises will be de- out of him, I suppose.'' tion. close shave. ArursT 10, 1027 M I C H I G A N FARM B C R E A t XEWfl THAttt Projecting Christian Motives L | IVESTOCK EXCH. Some Things Can't Be Bought, Here's Membership That Can't This bag of lime costs cents Into Agricultural Practice IS OPENING POOL c Fa mer but means DOLLARS touou I One of the features of the Countrv Life Week programs at Michigan * Farm products are bought and sold on grade. The producer of superior FOR LAMB BUYERS L-ousm W oTn t ; lake"MANPOWERWORTH ciimon 7\ A few cents spent for Solvay brings back many State College, the week of July 31 quality has a chance. There is more dollars from increased crops. Solvay sweetens Has Joined With National to Aug. .">, was an address by Mr. Noon, State Farm Bureau head, who spoke on the subject, "Projecting of economic justice in our marketing system than formerly. Truly much remains to be done but a long move Livestock Producers T o $.oo For Hi. 12 CENTS PER DAY Twelve cents per day is the exact sour soil, brings it quickly to rich productiveness. Be sure you order Solvay—it's the best lime dollar for dollar >ou can buy. High test, furnace dried, finely Irving, New York. Christian Motives Into Agricultural in the direction of righteousness has Aid Feeders August 19, 1927 valuejof a man's labor in terms of ground, will not burn—in 100 lb. bags or in bulk. Practice." been made by the welding together Erie County Farm Bureau, horsepower, according to figures worked out by Farm and Fireside. Write for the new illustrated booklet to So widely quoted was tuis article, of hundreds of thousands of farm- 68,000 LAMBS BOUGHT Buffalo, N. Y. SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION immediately following its delivery,, ers into local co-operative groups and Gentlemen: 'A good husky man can develop that it is being carried in full here- these small groups into large ex- I feel the time has been with the about one-tenth of a horsepower." with: changes taking their places side by This Year's Lamb Pool Is agriculturist for the past decade that writes J. B. Davidsou, farm engineer- For a few minutes we are to con- side with, and in many cases, entire- Expected To Exceed for a man to make any money farm- ing expert. "With horsepower at 1"> sider the relation of Christian mo- ly supplanting the old one-sided idea ing he must be an artist at the job. cents an hour, his value as a motor tives to life on the farm. By way of of distribution. Big 1926 Pool is about one and a half cents per The average farmer is not making hour. illustration, I am reminded of an The farmers co-operative market- what a common laborer's pay is in incident. A multi-millionaire was ing movement with all its limitations Sixty-eight thousand head of "Human labor in the form of the industrial world. He is only horsepower , once asked by a pastor of the de- (which are simply those incident to is not worth much. Pow- feeder Iambs from the western fooling himself, not others, if he er and labor amount to from 40 to nomination to which he belonged the growth of any great movement.» ranges have been bought for deliv- thinks his net income is above that 80 per cent of the total cost of farm "How do you reconcile the practice is today the greatest factor for eco- ery this fall to feeders of the mid- of a laborer. (Now w'bat is the crops. The American farmer's use ot of the great corporation of which you nomic justice in the handling of farm west through connections established remedy?* Better knowledge of his power has given him a notable ad- are the head with the ethics of the products that the world has ever by the National Livestock Producers own job. I mean not alone scientific vantage over any other farmer in the denomination of which you are a seen. A notable illustration is found association. but practical knowledge. How, is the world. member and in which I am a preach- in the history of the Michigan Ele- er?" The reply was, "I do not rec- Michigan feeders are expected to average farmer going to obtain this "In China a rice laborer gets 1". vator Exchange now selling on grade take a good per cent of these lambs, knowledge? His own experience, of cents a day and feeds himself. A Cali- oncile them. The corporation to and for cash at highest market price which you refer is a business affair, because of the satisfactory outcome course, will be a good tell-tale, but in fornia farm laborer gets $•"> to $6 a more than eight million dollars of the lamb pool a year ago, accord- this day of expensive undertakings, day and 'found.' Yet the California incorporated under the laws of our worth of grain and beans annually state for the purpose of doing cer- ing to Elmer Beamer, president of do not kid yourself, neighbor farmer, rice growers are each year exporting for the Michigan farmers connected the Michigan Livestock Exchange. that it does not .cost money apd,gray increasing amounts of rice to the tain business. The denomination to with it. And this service is being ren- which I belong and whose doctrines This method of purchasing feeder hairs to try things you are not sure Orient and underselling the yellow dered at a figure so small as would lambs and feeder cattle, Mr. Beamer of. In farming, my motto is this: farmers. The Oriental labor is hand you preach is a religious organiza- seem impossible. tion existing for the purpose of car- claims, affords a wonderful buying "If I am going up against something labor; the American is machine la- What is true in the matter of dis- opportunity for the co-ops. In this I am not sure of, I just call my Coun- bor. rying forward certain religious and tribution of products is equally so charitable purposes. They cannot be way they can render just as great ty Agent for advice and counsel," "Five Italian farm laborers with in the purchase of supplies. Until re reconciled, being two entirely differ- service to their respective communi- and I must say from the time our one horse get a farm production cently, the farmer was victimized on ent things, each having its own ties as through co-operative selling of Erie County Farm Bureau was first worth 145 per man. An Iowa farmer, every hand. It seems almost absurd- sphere in life." ly impossible to have been true, but any commodity, he believes. started, I have had 100 per cent effici- with an average of four horses per Every since the time when the the real fact is that previous to the It is the plan of the Michigan or- ency from its managers. Now, why do man, gets a production of $595 per Jewish hierarchy profaned the tem- organization of the Michigan Farm ganization to have him spend the I think that is my place to go to be man. You Pay next few weeks in the cattle produc- steered right? Not always that I "The possibilities of still larger re- ple to their own profit with their il- Bureau Seed Service there wae no legitimate business transactions and such thing as a Michigan farmer ing territory of the southwest where think the Manager or his Assistant sults in American use of power are on down the ages when men killed buying a quantity of seed and know- he will pick up stock for Michigan are so much wiser in farm problems enormous. At prasent, 18 or 19 hours and stole bringing, part of their booty ing from whence it came, or much feeders. than many good farmers are, but this, of labor are consumed in producing to the Church and received its bles- of anything about its adaptability. First Oi-gaui/.atioii Pool In '26 these men are in daily touch with the the average acre of Corn Belt corn sing, to the present day when men This was also true about many other Last year was the first time the practical problems that confront a up to harvesting. Yet there are many still "though more politely rob and farmer, by coming in contact with farmers who spend only three or four bring their gifts," they have persist- ed in thinking of the incidents of supplies, particularly of mixed dairy and other feeds. Only after applying the poWer of large group purchasing pooling plan of buying lambs and feeder cattle was undertaken as an organization measure apd it proved fellow farmers all over the County, hours to grow an acre of corn. With- in ten years, it will be possible for State and further, our whole country. one man to take care of 160 acres of for it—but don't every day life as one thing, and the on the part of organized farmers has very successful, especially so with Next, these men are educated from corn from plowing to harvest." matter connected with their profes-' it been possible to bring about the the feeder lambs. Michigan feeders the scientific part of our problems. Realize It sed religion as entirely another. Now idea of fair play and honesty in feeds. handled 23,000 of the lambs in the In closing, fellow farmer, look this idea with all its pernicious fal- sity unfortunately prevails as much among those engaged in the business These things are but illustrations among many others that might be 1926 pool and it is antioipated the pool will turn more than this num- yourself over, be fair to the dicta- tion of your own conscience. Do you think you know all you should about 2,500,000 ACRES Cited, of putting the Christian motive ber of range lambs into this state of agriculture as among any other group. into farm practice. Let it never be forgotten that it is more Christian to this fall when deliveries arrive. First shipment of Oregon lambs your own business? If you decide you do not, give the Farm Bureau a NOW IN SOY BEANS Christianity is "life" and not a sell honest seeds and feeds without will be made September 1, and con- chance, renew your membership this series of dogmas. An agriculture is fall. If you are not already a mem- Although the soy bean came to this any profession of Christianity, than tinue until the middle-of the month. a "life" for those engaged therein, to sell dishonest seeds and feeds and Lambs from the Montana ranges ber, don't let the opportunity get country many decades ago as an un- E v e r y time y o u buy automobile insurance t h e in- as Avell as any business. In all the va- sit in the "Amen corner" on Sun- will, be moved from Sept. 15 until away, join now. I say this and I known immigrant, it only recently s u r i n g company charges you a commission. ried spheres of human endeavor day. Oct. 10. will back it up. if, anyone sees fit to has won a recognized place in the there is no place where the things A third angle from which the The lambs are bought outright by call on me in person. "I would not cropping system o t American farm- You d o n ' t realize what this amounts to on the aver- of God and the business of men come projecting of Christian motive in the cooperative company and orders take $100.00 for my membership if ers. Recent interest in the soy bean age insurance policy b u t it is p a r t of the fixed cost so naturally together as on the farm farm life may be considered is the are filled from the purchase. When I could not procure it cheaper." I and its products together with the of t h e policy a n d r u n s from 25 to 90 p e r cent of t h e where man's best knowledge and life on the farm itself and the com- the demand exceeds the purchase, am a 100 per cent dirt farmer. If increased acreage devoted to it dur- greatest effort comes so closely in munity effort needed to maintain its you doubt it, give me a call. ing the past decade indicate, that face of t h e policy a n d must be paid annually. touch with the great forces of na- more lambs will be picked up but it is destined to become a crop of standard. The conduct of a mercan- the organization is not going into the Respectfully yours, "When you buy a S t a t e F a r m Mutual Automobile In- ture. The farmer ought by all means tile establishment, grovery, hard- considerable economic importance in to be the most naturally religious business on "order buying." Martin J. Krull. surance policy from the .Michigan State F a r m Bu- ware or any other, or of a financial the United States. man alive, and he probably is.—Much Through this scheme of turning Mr. Krull is a cousin of Bill Krull, institution such as a bank or trust of R. No. 6, St. Johns, Michigan. reau you k n o w just what the commission a m o u n t s more so than even he himself real- range lambs and cattle into Michigan, Both are prosperous Farm Bureau to You company, (and these are well known don't need to be in the army izes. the feeders are afforded a means of protect your country; put out that to because it is set u p as a separate charge and t h e business enterprises,) is entirely difr members. In these days much is being said ferent as to Its relation to the life saving considerable in the purchase camp fire. good part is t h a t you never have to p a y t h e com- price of their stock. In addition t6 regarding the need of bettering the economic positions of the farmer. Of this there is doubtless tremendous of those engaged therein to the con- duct or management of a farm. The family of the man engaged in these the 130,000 lambs handled last sea- son, there were 10,000 head of feed- SECOND SCHOOL IS mission hut once no m a t t e r how many years your car remains insured with the company. need. At the same time, however, lit- tle is being done to better his spirit- ual life. The advent of more money business enterprises as a yule knows little or nothing about the business er cattle turned from range direct to the feedlots of the mid-west, through this pool. HELD BY MID-WEST W h e n you pay your premiums on a S t a t e F a r m Mutual Automobile Insurance policy you p a y only and are not concerned except as to its into a rural community may or may not make for real betterment. Hu- man nature is much the same on the income. The same is largely true of the professions. On the other hand, farming is a "life" plus a business. A Tree In Georgia As this edition of the News goes to press, the second and greatest training school for Farm Bureau Wool the actual cost of the insurance which is based on farmer owned cars only. farm as in the city and the need for It is a family job. Everyone in the Is Owned By Itself Christian motive is as great in the leaders of the Mid-west is in session SUITS—("OATS—BL.A XKF.TS The FARM l M ' K E A F is S t a t e Agent family partakes therein and in a at Cedar Lake. Indiana, about 4 0 one case as in the other. sense not true in any other business. It is interesting to read what miles south of Chicago. The question might be asked, Every member is a partner in this was done by a man by the name "What are the principle parts of Michigan is fairly well represented farm life. of W. H. Jackson, to insure the Our garments are tailored to farm life into which the Christian life of an old oak at Athens, Ga., at the school. Clark L. Brody is Those living this farm life, while motive needs to be projected?" First, the duty of production. The farmer is and must always be a pro- dwindling in numbers, still amount to slightly more than a quarter of our population. They are today the the site of the oldest college, it is claimed, in the United States. The college was built in 1801. an institu- registerar and is assisted in Michi- gan's part of the program by Mrs. Edith Wagar, Claude L. Nash, Carl your exact measure by expert clothesmakers and are made from the best wool materials STATE FARM MUTUAL Barnum and Alfred Bentall. ducer. People must be fed and cloth- ed. The materials for these prime ne- "thought balance wheel" of the na- tion. The red flag does not flaunt, tion which has sent out many noted men. It is called Old College very fit- The school opened Monday with a obtainable. Let us measure Automobile Ins. Co. cessities of human life can come only itself over the American farmer's tingly, but the old oak is 250 yearn talk by Mr. Brody, telling of the aims you for a suit. o f B l o o m i n g t o n , 111. from the soil. The farmer, as best home. From these farms have come, old, older than the college by a h u i - of the institution, and closes Friday he may, fulfills his destiny in bring- and must continue to come, the real dred years. It is said to be the only evening, carrying a program of gen- W r i t e for our special cir- ing this about. How about the Chris- leaders. tree in the world that owns itself. eral discussions, groups conferences, cular on woolen bed blankets. tian motive here?—Whose is the What about this life on the farm' .tVtcWson played under it when a boy lectures, addresses and institutes land in the last analysis?—Whence SH8H Is it not of importance that the and io^ed it so much that he dedi- with some of the best talent obtain- Clothing Dept. come the sunshine and the rain?— cated the plot of ground on which it able appearing on the program dur- Christian forces of the nation hare Michigan State Farm What about the stored up fertility of stands to the tree, drew up a for- a serious care for this greatest an') ing the five full days of the sessions. generations past?—Whose responsi- Bureau most basic of al! our industries? Eco. ninl deed to that effect and had ap- Among the various subjects treat- bility is it to see that a little more nomic justice foi the farmer, and propriate markers erected and ^pn ed in the course of study were those Lansing, Michigan From Range fertility is left than when the pres- ent generation took the land?—What an American standard of living paid iron fence built around it. Although dealing with cooperative marketing about the sincerity of a man's prayer for from the income of an American this man died many years ago, the and cooperative merchandising; for the blessing of God when he per- farm is as much a subject for the tree has a clear title to itself and is training for rural leadership; put sistently and in the face of common expression of Christian motive as the carefully preserved by Athenians. ting organization into practice; the knowledge, robs the soil and thus enforcement of the Volstead act or The unhappy danger to any such principles of business administra- robs posterity? The Mosaic law as given in the Bible story of the migration of Is- any other reform. If the farm boy or girl cannot have reasonably near his home the same school privileges as those in Lansing tree on private property is that anv man who owns the place would have a legal right to cut it down, if he so wished, as matters now stand. tion; correlation of state organiza- tions and a study of common sense in salesmanship and in advertising in their application to Farm Bureau You Lose to Feedlot rael from Egypt to the promised land and in which pretty much all our own law (as far as it is good) "finds or other cities, how long will a real American stay on that farm? When the family with an American ideal The electric chair has something to do with checking criminals, but activities. When Hogs 68,000 LAMBS its basis, made every provision for Briquetting Sawdust Doubles Fuel Value Die in Transit will not stay, who will take their the proper place to start is the high the conservation of the land. Again place on the farm?—and when the Have been purchased for delivery t h r o u g h the co-ops for and again the phrase rings out, "the chair. other kind of people who will put up feeding this fall. land which the Lord thy God giveth HINTS TO SHIPPERS with a low standard of living takes Any man who wants to make win- By briquetting loose sawdust its thee." Strict laws regarding hygiene Supplying feeder lambs and cattle to .Michigan livestock were uttered because "the land" the farm, then let the rest of Amer- ter a short one can do so by signing value as fuel is more than doubled. 1. Hot spells come suddenly, must not be polluted. Laws regard- ica beware. a note that will come due in the Briquetted sawdust has three-fifths be prepared. growers t h r o u g h the National Live Stock P r o d u c e r s ing care in breeding stock and in se- What is true of the school is true spring. the fuel value of good coal. 2. Bed cars with sand—not Association was u n d e r t a k e n by the Michigan Live Stock lection of seed were promulgated in of the rural church. I have in mind straw. a county seat city, a beautiful little church in all its branches is, or gen- A briquette is superior to cord- Exchange a y e a r ago with such resultant success and sat- oi-der that "the land might be pro- ::. Wet car floors before place, its population barely 4,000, erally understood to be, the organ- wood, since the moisture has been loading. isfaction to the growers t h a t similar connections have ductive." To this end also the land ized agency of Christianity. The old removed; it is conveniently handled, had its sabbatic rest every seventh and even so. is the largest place in 4. Spray water on feet and the county. It has, unfortunately, ten type of country church is gone. With measured, transported, and stored; been made this season. year. We who have inherited t h K bellies of hogs. or more churches. The nearest place present means of travel the city and it is clean, and lacks smoke and the best domain on earth, are much county seat church is available to soot. Pine woods produce a rela- 5. Do not pour cold water Last y e a r 23,000 of a total of *80,fl00 feeder lamb* in danger of forgetting the old form- of any size is ten miles away. These on backs of warm hogs. ten churches are ekeing out a pre- the farmer and they will successfully tively dense briquette. The scarcity purchased through the national Livestock P r o d u c e r * ula, "the land which the Lord thy appeal to him when with their serv- of fuel supply in some parts of the 6. Handle animals patiently God giveth thee." carious existence and within a ra- —avoid excitement. Association were placed in Michigan. In addition to thi* dius of five to ten miles there lies ice and equipment they place them- country favors limited additional ex- A second phase in which the selves on a par with the other ad- pense in securing fullest heat value, 7. HAUL hogs to shipping there were 10,000*feeder cattle purchased direct from t h e an unchurched community. The coun- pens. thought of Christian motive in farm try churches in this area are either vances these same farmers are mak- and briquetting ..offers a means of range a t a great saving to the feeders. life may well center is that of the ing in their standards of living. securing better utilization of the S. Do not feed just before closed or might better be. The distribution of farm products, and churches in this small city exert lit- The farmer who practices the pool- wood waste now sold in loose form. or after loading. This season's shipments of lambs will begin S e p t e m b e r 1, its sister problem, the buying of farm tle or no effort to reach the un- ing of his products and the pooling 9. Do not crowd animals in from ,the Oregon ranges, and continue untiL S e p t e m b e r supplies. Until comparatively recent churched oopulaMon outside. These of his purchases, more and more is cars. times the farmer was not even con- same people come lit thousands to thr coming to believe in every sort of co- This Season's Grape Crop 10. Load Upper decks light 15; Montana lambs, September 15 to October 10. W r i t * ceded the right to say anything at county seat during the week! on operative effort. He is not attracted Greater Than Last Year's in hot weather. J. II. O'Mealey, Secretary, Michigan Livestock E x c h a n g e , all as to the distribution of his prod- by the wasteful and competitive ef- 11. Ice hung in cars keeps Hudson, Mich., for particulars. Saturdays hundreds of their cars con- ucts. The general understanding was forts prevailing among the rural and hogs in good condition. that the farmer produced crops, jest the entire central part of it. The This season's total grape crop of business men of the city Hve literal- smaller city churches of today. brought theni to the buyer who paid some 2,500,000 tons probably will be Ship Co-operatively to Representatives N o w I n T h e ly off these farmers, and in their It may well be that the next great at least 8 per cent heavier than last whatever he wished. With this sort forward move in projecting the year's large crop and about 20 per of regime there was little or no in- churches on Sunday make offerings Michigan Livestock Exchange Cattle T e r r i t o r y for missions in India and China, for- Christian motive into the farm life, centive for quality production and getting the while that India and Chi will be the pooling of religious en- cent above the average production of Detroit, Mich. unfortunately the state of mind in na are in the next township. terprises to a degree that the co-op- the last five years. Eastern grapes erative minded farmer can be at- may be a relatively short crop, com- or which many farmers found them- selves was that of "getting even with the other fellow." This is not to be taken as a whole- sale or sarcastic criticism of the tracted thereto. Moreover, from pres- pared with 1926, but the California ent indications, it is likely that the production has been increasing each Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n Michigan Livestock Exchange churches; nothing is farther from East Buffalo, X. Y. Co-operative farm organization ha11 the speaker's mind. But, we are talk movement will come from the farm- season. Growers are renewing their HUDSON MICHIGAN to a certain extent changed this; ing about projecting the Christian ers themselves rather than from the cooperative efforts in the handling of there is at least some improvement churches. Who'knowsf this important product. motive into farm life. The Christian M I C H I G A N F A R M B l ' R E A F N E W S AUGUST 10, 1027 roni Keeping Horses Shod FARM INTERESTS The Chinese Have Peculiar Condemned Dog Saves Increases Usefulness Tomorrow CLASSIFIED ADS. POULTRY Man From Mad Bull OFFER PETITION Methods of Hatching Eggs A small dog. which he was Using u n s h o d horses a n d m u l e s for (If H e n r y F o r d ' s prediction t h a t all farming will be m e c h a n i c a l ami t h a t a 500,000 H I G H G R A D E H O L L Y W O O D Sired W h i t e L e g h o r n Accredited Chicks. pulling heavy farm machinery wears scientific s u b s t i t u t e will hi- found for RAISING TARIFF And Hold to Primitive Ways to kill in a few m i n u t e s , a s an egg stealer, probably saved off t h e h o r n y w a l l of t h e f o o t a t t h e ground surface more rapidly than cows a n d pigs cornea Ve\ • " Y e s , s i r , " s a i d A r t e m u s V. Z i t h e r - Males and females passed a n d b a n d e d by state poultry association. Sturdy and vigorous h e a v y p r o d u c i n g b r e e d e r s a s - sure chicks of q u a l i t y a n d ability. Spe- t h e life of W i l l i a m P . P i e r c e , g r o w t h is s u p p l i e d f r o m a b o v e a n d winch, "I was born a n d raised on a cial discount now. C a t a l o g free. W y n - Grange, Farm Bureau Heads Every Chinese farmer keeps some are transferred to large trays about 60, a f a r m e r r e s i d i n g n e a r O r e - will r e s u l t i n t e n d e r feet. A well- farm and can show the electrical g a r d e n H a t c h e r y & F a r m s , Zeeland, Mich. Box 25. 3-25-b g o n , 111., w h e n h e w a s a t t a c k e d b u r n s t o p r o v e i t . I l o v e t o t h i n k of six feet l o n g a n d t h r e e i n c h e s w i d e , s h o d h o r s e n o t o n l y is k e p t i n s e r v i c e Of Best Hay States poultry. But o n e scarcely ever hears by a bull, r e c e n t l y . b u t h e is a m o r e e f f i c i e n t w o r k e r i n t h e old d a y s . E v e r y once in a w h i l e FOR SALE- ()X K 1500 W A T T W E S T - of a C h i n e s e f a m i l y r a i s i n g m o r e t h a n to a p l a t f o r m built a b o v e t h e k o n g s . I go down to some power plant a n d in ghouse light UK J'l nit. Good condition, Sign Petition two dozen chicks. In m a n y cases t h e Bach p l a t f o r m will hold a b o u t 10,- The bull h a d Pierce on t h e that he can better apply his strength w a t c h it i n o p e r a t i o n . It b r i n g s b a c k n a.som MI ( oilier & 1 bridge, t; !miles c r u d e s t of m e t h o d s prevail. Old ooo eggs. ' ^ ground when the dog came to because h e h a s a better footing. It \v •St Ot A in A •bor i n f. S. 1.'. »-!l-b the rescue, worrying the ani- t e n d e r m e m o r i e s of f a r m l i f e ! ' ' is i m p o r t a n t , however, that shod MOVE TO SAVE MARKET women have been known t o carry a Turned Twice a Day mal until h e turned his atten- * * * * n u m b e r of e g g s s t r a p p e d a b o u t t h e i r O n e e n d of t h e t r a y is left e m p t y tion from t h e m a n t o h i s tor- horses have regular attention—that about every four to six w e e k s t h e Mr. Z i t h e r w i n c h b e c a m e v e r y p e n - Breaking The Match Waists, u n d e r their o u t e r g a r m e n t s , for a b o u t t w o feet of i t s l e n g t h a n d C o n s u m p t i o n Decreases A s for i n c u b a t i n g . twice a d a y eggs a r e turned over a n d mentor. Pierce w a s dragged to safety by neighbors. Physi- shoes be removed, t h e hoofs t r i m m e d , sive. " A s a barefoot boy I used t o t a k e t h e 17.") h o r s e p o w e r r o a d s t e r t o Will Prevent Fires and the shoes refitted. Domestic Production, C a n ion a n d W u c h o w in t h e s o u t h rolled toward t h e e m p t y end, until c i a n s b e l i e v e d h e m i g h t live. t o w n e v e r y d a y a n d d r i v e h o m e thfl Watch a good woodsman light his a n d S h a n g h a i in c e n t r a l C h i n a a r e a l l t h e e g g s in t h e t r a y h a v e b e e n Imports G r o w scientific s u b s t i t u t e s for c o w s ! " pipe. H e s h a k e s t h e m a t c h o u t , feels Hie l a r g e s t Incubator centers. In rolled or turned. SEVEN CANNING CLUBS * * * * it w i t h h i s f i n g e r , a n d n i n e t i m e s o u t In v i e w of t h e d e c r e a s e in the D u m b e r o f l i v e s t o c k in t h i s c o u n t r y I l o n a n . a s u b u r b of C a n t o n , t h e r e a r e e i g h t of t h e s e s h o p s w i t h a c a p a c i t y of 4 0 , 0 0 0 t o 2 0 i i , ( i m i e g g s . Probably the most unique a b o u t t h e w h o l e p r o c e s s is t h a t n o thing CO-OP TAKES OVER OPERATING IN KENT CO. " M y f a t t i e r h a d o n e of t h e l a r g e s * of t e n w i l l b r e a k it i n t w o a n d t h e n h e r d s of H o l s t e i n a n d G u e r n s e y s u b - l o o k f o r a s a f e p l a c e t o t h r o w i t . A I h e r m o m e t e r is u s e d . Long practice s t i t u t e s i n o u r s e c t i o n of t h e c o u n t r y . m a t c h ( t i n n o t b e b r o k e n w i t h e a s e during recent y e a n a n d a constantly i n c r e a s i n g t o n n a g e of h a y p r o d u c - t i o n , tlie U n i t e d S t a t e s T a r i f f Corn- it is I n t e r e s t i n g t o l e a r n h o w t h e p r o c e s s of i n c u b a t i o n is c a r r i e d o n in has t a u g h t t h e c a r e t a k e r s to j u d g e the t e m p e r a t u r e quickly and accur- BERLIN F. BUREAU Several 4-H Canning Clubs a r e n o w u n d e r w a y in K e n t c o u n t y . T h e y M i l k i n g t i m e w a s a g r o a t t r e a t . I ' d a n d s a f e t y u n l e s s it i s t h o r o u g h l y o u t , drive t h e cow equivalents ( c u r i o u s a n d a m a t c h t h a t is t h o r o u g h l y o u t these large shops. are t h e Morse Lake, Vergennes ( t w o little tablets) into t h e l a b o r a t o r y , can n o t s t a r t a fire. ion i s b e i n g p e t i t i o n e d by r e p r e a t e l y by h o l d i n g a n e g g t o t h e closed T h e carelessly l e n t a t i v e s of h a y p r o d u c e r s of sey- H o w I t ' s D o n e in H a n k o w fyelid. Berlin Co-operative Company clubs), Oakfield, Algoma, Nelson, a n d a d d a c h e m i c a l called idiosylicos flipped w a t c h is responsible for a Spencer a n d Egypt clubs. Oakfield, T h e n I'd d u m p t h e stuff i n t o a n c o n s i d e r a b l e p e r c e n t a g e of t h e d i s - era] states to have t h e tariff on hay In H a n k o w t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o c e d u r e T h o s e in c h a r g e s l e e p in t h e i n c u - Now Operating Berlin Morse Lake a n d Vergennes a r e train- e l e c t r i c a l l y o p e r a t e d s h a k e r . I n five a s t r o u s f i r e s b o t h i n c i t y a n d f o r e s t . led f r o m $4 a t o n t o $t>. is f o l l o w e d : A f t e r • T s i n g - m i n g . " t h e bating room. S o m e o n e , thus, is on The petition, which h a s been sign- C h i n e s e festival for t h e d e a d , w h i c h duty constantly, regulating the bas- Farm Bureau Store ing for d e m o n s t r a t i o n t e a m s to c o m - minutes I'd have all t h e milk we When you have finished lighting your e d by M. L. N o o n , a s p r e s i d e n t of t h e pete for a trip to t h e S t a t e F a i r . could use or sell. t a k e s p l a c e o n t h e 1 5 t h of A p r i l , t h e kest a n d trays. pipe, your cigar, or cigarette b r e a k Michigan State Farm Bureau, The Berlin F a r m Bureau associa- V e r g e n n e s is also t r a i n i n g a c a n n i n g •r * * * w a r m h o u s e is p r e p a r e d f o r b u s i n e s s . On t h e 20th d a y t h e little chicks t h e m a t c h in t w o p i e c e s . C h a r l e s R. W h i t e , p r e s i d e n t of t h e tion at Marne, Michigan, h a s declar- judging team. T h e contest will be " O n e t a b l e t used t o give as m u c h As s o o n a s t h e h e n s b e g i n to lay c o m m e n c e to be lively and start New York State Farm Bureau Fed- ed a stock d i v i d e n d o n its m e m b e r - held s o m e t i m e d u r i n g t h e latter part milk as four cows!" d a i l y , t h r e e t o rive m e n from a n es- peeping. I t is a w i s e f a r m e r w h o k n o w s h i s e r a t i o n , L. B. r a i n i e r , p r e s i d e n t of s h i p p a p e r , t o t h e e x t e n t of f i v e of A u g u s t . * * * * t a b l i s h m e n t s t a r t off t h r o u g h t h e v i l - At t h i s t i m e e m p t y b a s k e t s in t h e own planting seed. the Ohio F a r m Bureau Federation, s h a r e s of s t o c k t o e v e r y original Mr. Z i t h e r w i n c h w a s w a r m i n g u p l a g e s t o b u y u p f r e s h e g g s in t h e kongs a r e being refilled with fresh a n d S i l a s L. B t r i y i n g s ; . M a s t e r of N e w York S t a t e G r a n g e , cites t h e fact quickest time possible. e g g s . T h i s c o n t i n u e s u n t i l t h e first membership subscription. This is An American Switches to his subject. for cows, t h o u g h . " I never cared much I liked pigs. F a t h - T h e b u i l d i n g s in w h i c h t h e e g g s h a l f of t h e . l o n e w h e a t h a r v e s t , w h i c h t h e first t i m e t h e a s s o c i a t i o n h a s d e - t h a t " t h e m a r k e t f o r h a y in t h e cit- National Allegiance e r h a d o n e of t h e first m e c h a n i c a l ies h a s b e e n g r a d u a l l y d w i n d l i n g a n d a r e t o - b e h a t c h e d a r e m a d e of m u d and are practically airtight. They c o i n c i d e s w i t h t h e t i m e of t h e s h e d - d i n g of t h e f e a t h e r s , a t w h i c h p e r i o d clared a dividend on its common m e m b e r s h i p d u r i n g i t s f i v e y e a r s of ( C o n t i n u e d from page o n e ) pigs in o u r country. It r a n by gaso- The Farm Bureau result t h e price h a s been very e x i s t e n c e a l t h o u g h it h a d p a i d a the white-helmeted 'Bobbies,' so l i n e a n d g a v e a b o u t 2 0 0 p o u n d s of Poultry Exchange s e r i o u s l y a f f e c t e d by t h e i n f l u x of a r e o n a n a v e r a g e 50 feet l o n g a n d no fresh eggs a r e t o be h a d . y e a r l y d i v i d e n d of s e v e n p e r c e n t o n m u c h m o r e spiffy t h a n o u r police- pork to t h e gallon. Later that went foreign h a y . It; feet w i d e . K o n g s a r e p l a c e d a l o n g As soon a s t h e c h i c k s a r e h a t c h e d which f o r m e r l y o p e r a t e d a t 2610 men, and the words 'Royal,' ' I m - o u t of s t y l e a n d w e u s e d t o g e t a l ; Riopelle S t r e e t , D e t r o i t , h a s d i s - t h e s i d e s of t h e b u i l d i n g s . they a r e placed into circular b a m b o o its i n v e s t m e n t notes. " I t is c e r t a i n t h a t t h e m a r k e t will perial', 'Dominion,' a n d so forth on our bacon by a chemical formula." continued business. This business T h e s e k o n g s c o n s i s t of r o u n d , b a r - baskets. Then they a r e peddled on T h e d i v i d e n d is w a r r a n t e d b y a h a s b e e n t a k e n over b y t h e continue to dwindle a n d t h e Ameri- surplus which has accumulated dur- m a n y of t h e b a n k s a n d t r a d e h o u s e s * * * '* c a n f a r m e r m u s t be p r o t e c t e d a g a i n s t rel-like m u d a n d brick walls with the streets. ing t h e past y e a r s a n d is n o w passed — a l s o t h e b i t of E n g l i s h a c c e n t i n "Yes, dad w a s a great poultry GarlocK Williams Co. t h e i n f l u x of f o r e i g n h a y . It is i m - earthen jars set into them very much Chickens "Arrive*' Kn Route f a n c i e r , t o o . Q u e of m y f i r s t b o y - ou t o t h e s t o c k h o l d e r s . T h i s is in t h e s p e e c h of m a n y w e m e t . B u t 2614 Orleans St. p o s s i b l e t o c h a n g e t h e t y p e s of c r o p s a s a n o l d - f a s h i o n e d f a r m e r s ' boiler is Sometimes a large number of h o o d m e m o r i e s i s of o p e r a t i n g a hip. addition to t h e benefit t h e p a t r o n s otherwise—well, a s I said, just like Detroit to be produced rapidly e n o u g h to en- set i n t o t h e b r i c k w o r k . chicks m a y be c o n t r a c t e d for by a 25,000 volt machine that used to lay h a v e r e c e i v e d of g e t t i n g t h e i r f e e d home. a b l e t h e f a r m e r of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s The Procedure p u r c h a s e r w h o lives s o m e distance " T h a t is, it w a s u n t i l w e h a d lived over 500 dozen eggs a d a y . " T o u r s h i p m e n t s of p o u l t r y , e g g s and poultry supplies a t a basic r a t e ; a n d v e a l a r e solicited. T a g s a n d t o g e t a w a y f r o m t h e p r o d u c t i o n of T h e eggs a r e k e p t in b a s k e t s , m a d e from t h e i n c u b a t o r shop. In that * * * * at cost plus e n o u g h profit t o t a k e •here a few y e a r s . T h e n a c h a n g e m a r k e t i n f o r m a t i o n s e n t on r e q u e s t . h a y . L a b o r boats a r e c h e a p e r in C a n of f i r m l y - p a c k e d r i c e s t r a w , w h i c h a r e c a s e t h e e g g s i n t h e l a s t s t a g e s o f " F a r m life p r o d u c e d s o m e of t h e c a r e of o v e r h e a d a n d g i v e a s u f - came. It's hard to describe. It's a ada a n d o t h e r foreign countries than placed within these jars. T h e eggs incubation a r e started for their des- b e s t m e n of o u r c o u n t r y . A l l f a r m f i c i e n t a m o u n t of w o r k i n g c a p i t a l . s o r t of r e a l i z a t i o n y o u g r a d u a l l y g e t in t h i s c o u n t r y a n d t h e l a n d v a l u e s h a v e b e e n p l a c e d i n t h e b a s k e t s in t i n a t i o n i n b a s k e t s , a c c o m p a n i e d b y raised boys were smart. They h a d to This h a s been possible because t h e r e t h a t y o u ' r e a p a r t of s o m e t h i n g e l s e are less. be or they'd get electrocuted. layers o n e e g g deep, each layer be- caretakers. By t h e t i m e t h e boat have been n o private interests work- — a p a r t of a n e m p i r e t h a t ' s t h e Horses Show Increase ing s e p a r a t e d by a t h i n , s q u a r e cloth. h a s r e a c h e d i t s d e s t i n a t i o n t h e c h i c k s g r e a t e s t t h i n g of i t s k i n d in t h e " I tell y o u t h e b o y h o o d d a y s on a ing for personal gains.' " T a b l e s s h o w t h a t t h e n u m b e r of horses a n d mules h a s been reduced O n t o p of t h e w h o l e a r e p l a c e d t h r e e h a v e o b l i g i n g l y a r r i v e d . t h i c k n e s s e s of w a d d e d q u i l t s . This primitive hatching process re- A year a g o at a directors' meeting, world. An empire that grips your i m a g i n a t i o n because it includes Can- f a r m a r e t h e g r e a t e s t in a m a n ' s life. There was a trout stream that ran Are it w a s d e c i d e d t o h i r e M r . D . R . E d - b y u p w a r d s of 3 , 3 7 0 , 0 0 0 s i n c e 1 9 2 0 a n d t h e n u m b e r of c a t t l e o n f a r m s By shifting t h e baskets, u n e v e n n e s s quires a little experience, m u c h a t - of t e m p e r a t u r e i s p r e v e n t e d . During tention, and a greater patience, the g e r l y of J e n i s o n a s m a n a g e r . was a m a n well acquainted He with adians, Englishmen, Scotchmen, Aus- tralians, East Indians, Malayans, t h r o u g h f a t h e r ' s place. It w a s elec- trically driven a n d stocked by t h e You Paying has been reduced 4,365,000. T h e h a y American Scientists' Association with t h e first f i v e d a y s t h e e g g s m u s t b e l a s t of w h i c h i s o n e of t h e C h i n a - South Africans, New Zealanders, a c r e a g e d u r i n g all t h a t t i m e h a s in- t u r n e d a n d shifted from their posi- m a n ' s stock v i r t u e s . f a r m e r s a n d their p r o b l e m s , by vir- Rhodesians, Borneoans, Fijis, Zulus s y n t h e t i c t r o u t . I u s e d t o fish for Excessive freight charges? c r e a s e d . T i n 1 n u m b e r of c a r s o f h a v t u e of h i s m a n a g e r i a l p o s i t i o n o v e r trout by r a d i o . " tion four t i m e s daily. This the at- T h e chickens " w a r m e d o u t " in Chi- Benj. Hanchett's farms and his —yes, and Irishmen; includes them s h i p p e d o u t of N e w Y o r k s t a t e h a s t e n d a n t does by a skillful m o v e m e n t nese fashion a r e perfectly normal •all i n o n e a l l e g i a n c e j u s t l i k e o u r s . * * * * g r a d u a l l y decreased since 1 9 1 8 from t r a i n i n g a t M . A. C . Mr. Edgerly "I can hear the synthetic bumble T h e State F a r m B u r e a u will of t h e f o r e a r m . a n d a r e in n o w a y i n f e r i o r t o t h e h a s m a d e g o o d at t h e F a r m B u r e a u . " Y o u g e t a t h r i l l o u t of it w h e n 50,400 in 1 9 1 8 to 3 9 , 0 0 0 in 1 9 2 4 . bees buzzing around the artificial On t h e sixth d a y t h e eggs*are test- h e n - h a t c h e d chick. your roots g e t r u n down into a n e m - determine this for you by audit- T h e i m p o r t a t i o n of f o r e i g n h a y by He h a s increased t h e inventory a n d rose bushes." e d i n d i v i d u a l l y in r e g a r d t o t h e i r p r o - I t is t h e g e n e r a l o p i n i o n t h a t b e t - pire like that, especially when you ing y o u r freight bills free. customs districts in the United l i n e of s t o c k s o t h a t n o w t h e f a r m e r States h a s increased from 12I;.IMIU ductiveness. T h e w o r t h l e s s eggs a r e ter sanitation, ventilation a n d con- may g e t everything from seeds to can see, as w e do here, h o w t h e Brit- "I can see t h e old mechanical a p - Overcharges Located t o n s d u r i n g t h e ('. S. f i s c a l year, q u i c k l y b r o u g h t t o m a r k e t a n d d i s - s t r u c t i o n of b u i l d i n g s w i l l m a k e t h i s hardware. Just recently t h e com- i s h f o r m of g o v e r n m e n t w o r k s o u t p l e o r c h a r d w i t h i t s c a p a c i t y of 2 3 4 . - 1 9 2 0 - 2 1 , t o 4 3 0 , 0 0 0 t o n s in t h e y e a r . p o s e d of a t a l o w p r i c e . J n e t h o d of h a t c h i n g e g g s i n w a r m p a n y t o o k o n a full l i n e of f e n c i n g in e v e r y d a y life. S o w e n o t only- 5 0 0 a p p l e s a m i n u t e , a n d b e s t of a l l , Loss a n d d a m a g e claims col- 1925-26. T h e farm price for hay h a s After t h e eggs h a v e been k e p t in c l i m a t e s c o m p a r e favorably with o u r materials a n d paints. Besides t h e feel a t h o m e h e r e b u t h a v e a love I c a n still s e e t h e o l d well a n d t h e lected a t cost. r e d u c e d f r o m a n a v e r a g e of a b o u t t h e b a s k e t s f r o m 1 1 t o 14 d a y s t h e y u l t r a - m o d e r n i n c u b a t o r s . F a r m B u r e a u ' s h a n d l i n g of f e r t i l i z - for o u r n e w h o m e l a n d q u i t e like t h a t moss covered bucket." $2:J in N e w Y o r k i n 1 9 2 0 t o a n a v - e r a n d l i m e a s in t h e p a s t , t h e m a n - w e felt in O h i o . * *. * * e r a g e of $ 1 4 . ( i d in 1 9 2 5 . ager h a s t a k e n upon himself to give "Of c o u r s e , " h e a d d e d , " y o u w o n ' t " W a s it a fine old w e l l ? " a r e - Mich. Farm Bureau " T h e C a n a d i a n price h a s reflected t h e i n c r e a s e in duty t o a v e r y l a r g e Alfalfa Provides Mulch free soil t e s t s for l i m e r e q u i r e m e n t s t o a l l f a r m e r s , p a t r o n s of t h e c o m - understand, just traveling through." porter asked. " W a s i t ? " cried Mr. Zitherwinch. Traffic Dept. e x t e n t . I n IML'L' t h e C a n a d i a n p r i c e pany or not. T h e response to this The train pulls into. Toronto a n d " W h y , it w a s installed by t h e Gen- LANSING, MICH. was $13.4G before t h e $2 i n c r e a s e of t h e F o r d n e y t a r i f f w e n t i n t o ef- For Tree Fertilization service h a s been great a n d has w o n Mr. E d g e r l y m a n y friends. by p r e - a r r a n g e m e n t w e meet, in t h e eral E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y ! " train shed, another transplanted — T h e S u n Dial. f e c t . I n 1 9 2 4 it w a s $ 1 1 . 0 7 . A m e r i c a n — a m a n to whose engineer- C l e a n soil c u l t u r e for y o u n g or- Apples produced o n t h e clean cul- During t h e past year the associa- " T h e N e w York price h a s held ing skill t h e beautiful r a i l w a y t e r m - chards produces slightly larger t u r e plot were t h e largest in size, tion handled 38,700 bushjls of a b o u t t h e l e v e l of t h e 1 9 2 2 p r i c e b e - inal building, just completed at a cost " I t Never Sweats' c a u s e of t h e d u t y . g r o w t h of t r e e s t h a n m u l c h m e t h o d s b u t i s m o r e e x p e n s i v e , a n d u s e of a l - b u t h a d t h e p o o r e s t finish, M r . H o o t - man conciudes. T h e clover-straw wheat, 22 cars pf coal, a n d over 2 0 0 of $ 6 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , s t a n d s a s a monu- MON-CAKING SALT IS NOW " W i t h t h e t r e m e n d o u s i n c r e a s e in t o n s of f e r t i l i z e r b e s i d e s s u p p l y i n g I ' n o n - s w e a t i n g ; in bags with moisture falfa, in w h i c h o n e c r o p is r e m o v e d m u l c h p l o t p r o d u c e d a p p l e s of e x c e l - ment. Canadian importation, unless the du- t h e r e g u l a r feed a n d p o u l t r y t r a d e . for h a y a n d t h e o t h e r g r o w t h s used e n t finish, b u t of s m a l l e r s i z e t h a n I n t h e l i t t l e t o w n of B e r l i n , W i s . , proof liners—th*e greatest i m p r o v e m e n t t y is i n c r e a s e d w i t h t h e s t e a d i l y d e - L a s t y e a r t h e c o m p a n y h a n d l e d five a s m u l c h m a t e r i a l w i l l a b o u t p a y t' C o n s u m p t i o n o f t e n b e e n n o t i c e a b l e b e c a u s e of t h e — R . L. aim t o have all Michigan C o u n t y to t h e provincial A m e r i c a n — t h e will- for a pamphlet of our poultry feeds containing The a n n u a l c o n s u m p t i o n of cof slightly yellowish cast p r o d u c e d by Farm Bureaus represented a t t h e i n g n e s s of s o m a n y A m e r i c a n s t o valuable feeding suggestions. a b o u t 1.- its leaves. T h e foliage in t h e alfalfa I n d i v i d u a l i t y in C o l o r c o n v e n t i o n t h i s y e a r , if p o s s i b l e . shift t h e i r allegiance t o a k i n g . ds. T h e a n n u a l c o n - p l o t h a s b e e n of g o o d c o l o r b u t n o t A m o n g t h e f i s h e r m e n of B r i t t a n y FOR SALE BY J nine so dense as w h e r e tillage w a s prac- poun ticed." m a i d e n s , wives a n d w i d o w s have each Grow trees while you wait; t h e i r o w n d i s t i n c t i v e c o l o r of s h a w l . a r e g o i n g t o w a i t a n y w a y . you To keep well p l e n t y of f r e s h a i r . and fair, breathe Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau , -~ Distributors A* %