The Business of the Farmer MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Great Rural Advantages Can Be Protected Only Are Made Possible Through Proper Organization With A Strong Farm Bureau PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 17 SEEPTEMBER 23, 1927 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY V FARMERS BANDING TO OPPOSE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX REPEAL Why Organized Farmers CLINTON BUREAU STATE TAX WILL BIG TAX BATTLE IN CONGRESS IS ALLEGAN COUNTY Favor the Cyanamid Offer BE $24,500,000 Regarding Muscle Shoals SET FOR ACTION HEAVY PRODUCER MICHIGAN ONIONS FORESEEN. STRONG UNITS MERGE $ r By CHESTER H. GRAY Clinton County Farm Bureau is More than half of the onion IN FISCAL YEAR INFLUENCE TO FORCE LAW REPEAL r 1 A. F . B. F. Washington Rep. The value to agriculture of the government's Muscle Shoals proper- planning to hold an "all member meeting" on October 4. This was ar- ranged at a quarterly meeting of the executive board and the township shipments from points in Mich- igan, originated at places in Allegan county, the compiled figures on the 1926-27 onion Part of Corporation Taxes Will Be Used To Ease Legislators Of Michigan Being Requested To Lend ties depends upon the delivered price committees at Bingham Grange hall, deal in this state by R. H. Shoe at which the fertilizer can be sup- at St. Johns, Wednesday evening of maker, federal and state mar- General Burden Aid In Farm Bureau Move To Save Tax plied to the farmer. Cheaper ferti- this week. ket reporter, show. lizers, intelligently used, mean lower It was also the consensus of opin- Out of 2,166 carlots from Law Provisions As They Stand. i production costs and larger profits. Michigan points, Allegan coun- TO ANTICIPATE INCOME The Muscle Shoals Inquiry, ap- ion among the members at the Wed- nesday evening meeting that a quar- ty is credited with 1.3 8 6 cars. Members Must Help In Fight * pointed \>y President Coolidge in terly meeting of the county executive Hopkins with 796 cars, had Three Million Dollars Have March^ 1925, after a most careful in- committee together with the town- more than one-third the state Complete repeal of the federal estate tax apparently is the vestigation, found that an average onion shipments. Martin is sec- Been Shaved From Total ship committees should be held at goal of all the allied forces of industry and commerce who saving in the delivered cost of com- state headquarters of the Farm Bu- ond in the state with 321 cars By Finance Body mercial fertilizers amounting to reau in the near future. Grant, Newaygo county, took are coalescing their influence to bring it to bear as a strong ^,16.03, or about 43 per cent of the third place with 193 cars. George Bateman, president of the The people of the state of Michi- arm during the next Congress. 1924 price is possible by the use of Aside from Michigan which Clinton bureau, presided at Wednes- gan will pay into the state treasury. Against such a move the farmers of this country must set concentrated fertilizers from Muscle consumed 505 cars of onions day's meeting. During the course in general property taxes for 1927. Shoals if the manufacturer's profit raised here. New York was the up the best machinery they can command if they are to retain of the evening's discussion of local $24,500,000, the tax levy recom- is limited to 8 per cent of cost and next heaviest buyer of the Wol- matters, the pathmaster system of mended by the finance committee of the estate tax as it is now set up or as much of it as they can t h e fertilizers are sold to consumers' verine product, the Empire maintaining township roads came in the state administrative board. save in the fight that is looming ahead. organizations. The figures have been state taking 394 cars. Pe*nr- for serious criticism. In one town- sylvania was next receiving 222 The state tax total is approximate- published for nearly two years and To this end the board of directors of the State Farm Bureau ship, where a survey of expenditures cars. Illinois and Ohio were ly. $3,000,000 less than the total never have been disputed. had been conducted by members, it close rivals, the former receiv- amount of tax clause-bearing appro- took action at the regular meeting of the board, September 8, In view of this saving and the de- priations passed by the 1927 legis- urging upon each member of the state legislature the necessity; clared purposes of Congress in es- was shown that some $37,000 has ing 1SJ cars and the latter OIK been spent for road work during the car less. The bulk of the Mich- lature and signed by the governor. tablishing the nitrate plants and the Yet every such appropriation will of using every bit of influence and pressure to protect the question Is, how can this result be past four years Avith no noticeable igan production was yellow on- improvement in the roads of that ions. be paid and honored, administration farmers' interests in the proposed legislative battle. secured and this relief brought to officials said. agriculture? township. More than 95 per cent of th_- Letters have gone out to each state representative and state Something definite in the way of The saving of $3,000,000 to the Government Operation Futile carlot shipments originated in general tax payers of the state is; senator, expressing the r a r m Bureau s approval of the Estate Certainly no benefits may be as- CHESTER H. GRAY developing a township road pro- the western half of Michigan, gram is planned. This followed a brought about by two moves, one on tax and opposition to repeal of the tax law and stating that sured if the government runs the although heavy truck deliveries the part of the auditor general, O. B. Fuller, and the other on the part the Bureau went on record in support of the Michigan Senate showing that was made wherein the from eastern counties were plants, for what government organ- ization can give any assurance that it can turn out the most economical MICHIGAN CATTLE county road builders were found to have been purchasing gravel at $1.31 made to Detroit. of the finance committee of the ad- concurrent resolution No. 19, passed by the state senate at ministrative board. last session of the Legislature which urged that 20 per cent of end desirable products at delivered prices that will mean any saving to MAKE GOOD RECORD per cubic yard while the cost to the township for gravel has been $2.85 during the same period because of The deficiency bill, as passed by the federal inheritance and income taxes collected each year the legislature, was for approximate- the farmer? What assurance can there possibly be that Congress will continue to furnish the necessary ap- Many Sections of State Repre- lack of proper organization of a road construction and maintenance pro- MICHIGAN TO PICK ly $5,000,000, which was the esti- be returned to the state where the state does not levy any in-< mate, at that time, by administra- come or inheritance tax for its own public funds. Some legis- tion forces, of the true state of the lators have responded to this letter and expressed themselves propriations to maintain such an in- dustry in the face of the powerful op- sented in High Herd Averages gram within the smaller unit. SMALL FRUIT CROP overdraft in the general fund. The exact amount' of the deficiency bill as heartily in accord with the Farm Bureau's stand in the position that such a plan would T\ as passed was $4,660,072.81. The matter. have? The experience of this coun- r Drought Shrinks Apple and actual deficiency later shown by the try with government operation of Good dairy cattle in Michigan are auditor general was $4,014,510.72, A letter from each member of the Farm Bureau to his own tailroads demonstrated clearly that not confined to any one section, ac- the United States government is not cording to reports compiled in the a business institution and that gov- dairy department of Michigan State 'Livewires Peach Prospects to Third Of Normal which is $645,562.09 less than was legislator would have a powerful influence when, as it has estimated. This was the first amount shaved been proposed, the state legislature is represented at a special ernment employees have no invest- College. from the tax levy. conference on the proposed repeal of the estate tax law at ment at stake and financing their Dry weather has reduced all Mich- The best producing herd among the Hillsdale County Farm Bureau igan fruit prospects to a third to one- The second amount was deducted Washington in November. operations out of the government 2,7 75 that were tested in dairy herd by the finance committee of the ad- treasury are no match for private ex- improvement associations in Michi- started the fall season off by holding half of a normal crop, Herbert E. It is claimed that the lobby formed by those interests which' a quarterly meeting, Sept. 1. The Powell, commissioner of agriculture, ministrative board. It was $2,446.- ecutives in the field of industry and gan during the past year was owned meeting was a success, from the rec- and Verne E. Church, agricultural 486.10 and this amount will be paid aim to have the estate tax law repealed is the most powerful commerce. by Arthur Fistler of Macomb county. out of the proceeds of the corpora- commercial lobby ever organized for tax legislation in this ord 'of attendance, ^and was held at statistican declared Thursday. Cyanamid IM'occss Satisfactory The twelve cows owned by Mr. Fistler tion tax fees, and sources of income country. Muscle Shoals Nitrate Plant Xo. had an average production of 564.1 the county fair grounds. Mike Noon There will be only 32 per cent of addressed the group. a normal apple crop or 4,436,000 other than the property tax. From 2 is built and equipped to use the pounds of butterfat. these sources there is an income es- Three Groups Cntte bushels, which is less than half of cyanamid process of nitrogen fixa- tion. Certain interests, for reasons of their own, have claimed that the Other herds which had an average production of more than 500 pounds St. Joseph County Farm Bureau, on Sept. 14, held its third quarterly the 192 6 crop. The commercial por- tion of this will be about 784,000 timated by the auditor general of $14,000,000." Non-tax clause-bearing LIVE COMMUNITY There are three distinct groups in" the lobby, each one with ideas la mind for removing certain object'.ou- meeting of the year. This is one appropriations are usually paid from cyanamid process is obsolete and that of butterfat for the year were owned the synthetic process should be used, by H. M. Atwater, Allegan county; of the counties taking the lead in the matter of quarterly meetings. barrels. Much undersize fruit will be picked and considerable is worm and scab infested. Seventeen per ceiu these funds, if there is sufficient money for that purpose. AT GRAND BLANC able features of the law which their particular group does not favor, but since it is being employed success- Henry Meyers, Oceana; and the Mich- Evidently much good comes from of the total harvest will be summer, The 192 7 legislature passed non- all are working with the one general fully in Germany and in a smaller igan Reformatory, Ionia. such gatherings in the county, for 25 per cent fall and 58 per cent win- tax clause bearing appropriations to Real community action was dis purpose: repeal of the law in full or way in other European countries. The remaining six herds among the played at Grand Blanc. Monday eve- in part. several communities have put in ter apples. the amount of $14,932,083.18 Con- The cyanamid process in its most ten high in Michigan were owned by their respective bids to entertain the sequently, about three million dol- ning, Sept. 19, when the Grand There are some more or less Im- improved form requires something O. J. Becker, Ingham county; D. J. Peaches are of good quality, but Blanc township members of the meetings on different dates. The undersize. The outlook is for 29 per lars thus appropriated will not be portant items of difference between less than two and a half times as Dinsen, Kent; A. E. Reading, Van third meeting was held at Sturgis. met. Farm Bureau assembled for a rous- them, as to the features of the rer- cent of a crop, or 493,000 bushels, much power as the synthetic process Buren; Wm. E. Hill. Genesee; Ed- CJreen Makes Statement ing meeting of their own planning. enue act the particular interests a m compared with 1,564,000 in 1926. in those forms which take their ni- ward Coupar, Sanilac; and Eddie The Clinton county quarterly Governor Green, in a statement They had arranged a program of most desirous of changing. But the trogen and hydrogen from coal, but Handrich, Oscoda. The drought had little effect on entertainment and called in several meeting was set for Sept. 21, at St. pear growth, as conditions point to issued at the time the report of the importance of uniting their efforts this is no objection where the cyana- Nine out of ten high herds have from the state organization to take has apparently been recognized for Johns, at which time the County a larger crop than was forecast a finance committee of the adminis- part in the event. mid plant is located in a region of been under test for production for Farm Bureau program of activities tration board was made public, said: the announcements of their activities month ago. The crop, however, will The high school orchestra furnish- surplus waterpower. This is the case two or more years in dairy herd im- for the next few months, at least, be about 200,000 bushels smaller "The books of the state of Michi- disclosed banded grotps under tins at Muscle Shoals for surveys now be- provement associations. ed music and several other musical leadership of experienced lobbyists. was to be formulated. Much in the than last year, or 668,000 bushels. gan are not complicated and are ing completed by the U. S. Engineers Last year, 1,072 Michigan herds numbers were rendered by individ- The three groups at present in the way of building up a membership The quality in most sections is un- open to the public. Any citizen can at a cost of more than $1,000,000 qualified for certificates of merit is- uals from the community. As a so* vanguard in preparing for the tax was included in the tentative pro- usually good. readily ascertain from them that on have established the fact that the wa- sued annually by the National Dairy cial gathering the affair was a com- revision campaign are: The Chamber, gram. The grape crop is unseasonably July 1, of this year, the general fund terpower resources of the Tennessee Exposition to owners of cows whose plete success. of Commerce of the. United States, late and in danger of being reduced was overdrawn $4,014,510.72. This Plans are in the making to have Valley will exceed 3,000,000 h. p., average production exceeds 300 lbs. An open discussion of the Midland overdraft was occasioned by the fact with membership from the other or- by early frosts. Indications now are similar meetings of this croup dur- and may possibly reach 4,000,000 h. of butterfat. County Farm Bureau program is for a crop of 51,000 tons, which is that the tax levy last year was $17,- ganizations and with an all-inclusive p., while the industrial needs of the ing the coining months with a defi- program for tax legislation; a group planned for the quarterly meeting cf about 10,000 tons below 1926. 800,000.00 and the state expended nite program of constructive work valley'are almost wholly supplied by- the Farm Bureau of that county on over $21,000,000.00. numbering hundreds of Industries Thirty-one per cent of a normal to be carried out. two public utility companies with a Wheat Pouring Into Sept. 27. The tax levy this year of $24,- under the direction of James A. Em- plum crop is forecast compared with Liu;ht refreshments were furnish- combined capacity of power plants 500,000 provides for making up the ery, general counsel of the National . And Out of Seattle 76 per cent a year ago. Melon matur- ed the guests after the close of the (both steam and water )amounting The year's program of the Ionia Association of Manufacturers; and a ity has been retarded by the relative- overdraft of $4,014,510.72 which program. to only 260,000 h. p. County Farm Bureau will be laid out tin.'in.'ing group working through two ly cool summer and it is expected fi- will balance the general fund and Muscle Shoals with Dam No. 2 and Seattle. Wash. — The greatest at a quarterly meeting of the execu- agencies, led by the American Tax- nal pickings will show a crop 50 per ieave for state expenditures $20,- Dam No. 3 both completed, and with quantity of grain ever received in its payers League, with Frank W. Mon- the Cove Creek Dam built and the history, totaling 1,000,5*00 bushels, tive board and the township commit- cent of normal. 485,489.28 which means we must Potato Consumption dell, former Republican Representa- tee members of the. county, Sept. 29. conduct the state's affairs with less steam power plant at Nitrate Plant is wow awaiting shipment by the The meeting will be held in the city expenditures than last year. This 3 Bushels Per Person tive from Wyoming as general coun- No. 2 used as an auxiliary, will fur- Seattle Port Commission Dock, and hall, at Ionia. NO REFUND PROVISIONS calls for drastic economy as the state sel and with an extensive staff in the nish only about 300,000 horsepower wheat is arriving daily. The average person in the United capital, and a states' legislative or- available continuously every year, IN3-CENTGASTAXLAW is growing and expenses are natural- States eats approximately 2 2-3 bush- ganization under the command nf. Ships from all parts of the world On October 7, St. Clair county will ly on the increase. Lee Satterwhite, former speaker o£ and some 280.000 h. p. is required are heading for Seattle, and nine ex- hold an open discussion of a defi- "While this levy is very burden- els of potatoes annually after allow- to produce the highest grade of con- porting firms, with another soon to There is no provision in the 3-cent ing for approximately 1 bushel per the Texas House of Representatives. nite Farm Bureau program for the gasoline tax for any "refund" and some. I firmly believe it my duty to These last interests are concerned centrated fertilizers in the amounts be added, are moving wheat through county for the ensuing year. see that Michigan's books are bal- capita of culls, spoilage and shrink- called for by the Cyanamid offer. there will be no preparation made to age. The average German eats about with the repeal of the federal estate Seattle. care for any refunds the department anced as it is necessary if we are tax. Synthetic operations Fail Sandusky is to be the "camp of state's office has indicated. going to conduct our affairs on a 7 bushels, and, the United State's De- No new process of nitrogen fixation grounds" for the Sanilac County sound business basis." partment of Agriculture reports, this Mr. Mondell is credited with hav- has any particular significance to If you imagine this is a cold, un- Attorney General W. \Y. Potter is only 28 per cent of the annual ing effected the material reductions Farm Bureau quarterly meeting said that under the law there is no agriculture in the absence of limita- sympathetic world, tejl people that which is scheduled to be held on way for a refund being made to a crop in Germany where the potato in the estate tax approved by ttu» tion of profit on the part of the you have a cold and listen to their (Continued on page two) suggestions. Oct. 2 5. A county-wide program for taxpayer unless a protest provision the Farm Bureau organization for is made in the tax law and the tax- THEN HE LOST HIS is used to feed livestock and for the manufacture of starch and alcohol. last Congress, particularly that fea« (Continued on page four) Farmers Get $300 Apiece the next year will be outlined and payer makes payment under protest. TASTE FOR EGGS discussed. This was taken to mean that the What is your County Farm Bureau state will collect and hold all the James Hall, a patrolman of Lex- Neptune Must Forfeit Through Organization Work doing as a unit? What are some of 3-cent gasoline tax and there is no your meeting dates? Mail them in, legal way for refund's, even should with whatever plans you may have. the state supreme court decide the ington, Ky., had two fried eggs for breakfast one recent morning. He Land to Plucky Dutch liked them so well that he asked tentative or final, anl let the other extra cent levy unconstitutional and for another helping. Mrs. Hall sent Fruit Growers Of Michigan Realize Valuable readers of the Farm Bureau News order the question placed on next him out to gather two more from Hollanders Renew Their Struggle To Expand learn about the progress your organ fall's ballot. the same nest in which a number of Return On Their Investment In State ization or local group is making. hens were in the habit of laying. Their Boundary, Planning To Reclaim Organization In Past Two Years What Hall found in the nest, how- Thousands Of Acres In Zuider Zee Bovine Tuberculosis Yes ever, was a large blacksnake guard- ing two snake eggs. He came back to 4 ' In the past two years approxi- in that area. Work Is Progressing A new Holland, which still is only tile soil for Holland. The feat wa« mately $600,000 has been brought to the raspberry and cherry growers The following figures bear sorqe He Knows the house in considerable haste and made some comparisons. The results on paper, will arise in the next dec-' P°*" * e W l t b t h e fjd •« which **}f t hpro- re9 significance and should be of inter- The campaign for eradicating tu- convinced him that he had already ade by a partial draining of the duced S ^ ^ the S f i S " - of ^ ^ "polders" Haarlem. of Michigan as an added through co-operative effort brought profit est, especially to those who may be fruit growers but who have never berculosis in domestic made exceptional progress livestock duriiiE; His Alfalfa eaten two of the snake's eggs. He Zuider Zee. Holland willl grow by "Polders." the Dutchman calls such a seventh when this land * recover- states that he has had a queer feel- about by the functioning of the given proper consideration to the the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927 ed from the sea and the^-danger of a piece of land which he gets by ing about eggs ever since, but it's Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc., the matter of joining with those who Records of the Bureau of Animal In- When P. L. Davis, formerly being starved during a blockade will damming it and draining inland records of the organization indicate. of Kalamazoo, wanted to sow too late to do anything about it marshes and lakes. have-been the boosters for the Mich- dustry show that 347 counties have then be averted, according to a cor- This money has come from other his field to alfalfa this season respondent of the Morgenpost. Two Dams to be Built igan Fruit Growers, Inc. completed the necessary official he ordered Farm Bureau alfalfa The same energetic people who sections of the country and has gone In 192") the growers received tests and have qualified for recogni- seed and he wanted the Michi- Peas Multiply 3 to 1 The earliest plans for draining out into the various channels of about one cent more per pound for tion as tuberculosis-free areas. This gan State Farm Bureau to sup- this lake are supposed to go back to produced the "polders" turn now to trade in thp Michigan fruit areas to raspberries and about one-half cent number constitutes more than 11 ply it. Aji acre of garden peas grown for the seventeenth century. These ideas that far greater task of gaining a help build up better communities. more per pound for cherries .than per cent of the total number of coun- seed will normally produce seed for were regarded as the dreams of en-\ broad piece of land from the Zuider From the middle west part of the He knew he could depend on They want to win back th« they would have received otherwise. ties in the United States. In addition only 3 acres of the canning crop. An gineers till it became possible, be-' country has come the money for can- this seed, even though he was shore which the North sea tore from But the striking results came in 9 45 counties were actively engaged acre yield of cabbage seed will pro- tween 1840 and 1853, to drain an' ned blackberries, since the bulk of 'way out in California. He them in a big flood in 1827, and 1926 and 1927. In 1926 with a rasp- in the area project at the beginning ordered a half bushel of Grimm. vide seed for at least 2,"00 acres of inland lake near Haarlem and there-! this valuable commodity is consumed continued on page three) of the current fiscal year. new planting. by to reclaim 18,000 hectare of fer-' they want to get a new piece of land 1 r I MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS SEPTEMBER 23, 1027 •nro - -^..~—:—~-—_L_L- -' ^ = 9 - had figures, also, showing that the f a r m e r requires more t h a n FARM RELIEF IDEAS eluded setting up the procedure to be followed and providing for the MICHIGAN FARM BUJREAU NEWS twice as many labor hours to complete thiai'productiou as other How many of you have read Mr. S t a u b i u s ' article on farm re- cancellation of the ontir' • 5 iatlon that are b r o u g h t back to the member no m a t t e r what co-operative ( C o n t i n u e d from p;iK« o n e ) a commercially successful nitrogen depends upon the ability, of the Unit- .7. Fl. M uilge manufacturer. For example, the ' by- fixation process, its use would mean ed States to collect for the regulated GEO. W. McCALLA, Ypsilanti vator Exchange organization he may pick. product coke ov.eus are obliged to the virtual scrapping of the J67.000,- flow of a navigable stream, and Tety M. i). BUQKIRK, Paw P a w Michigan F r u i t Growers, Inc. What is there w r o n g in singling out the Michigan F r u i t Grow- produce fixed nitrogen in the form 000 investment of the government in able authorities declare such a pay- ers, Inc., as an example of identified good that has r e d o u n d e d to of ammonia in order to protect their Nitrate Plant No. 2, and of an addi- ment to be illegal and uncollectible. STATE FARM B U R E A U ORG 3A|MIZATION apparatus and would continue to do tional charge for interest and depre- Company's Qualifications. L. Brody the membership.' so even if they were obliged to throw ciation on the $1."»,000,000 estimated Clark \ eas-Alanager The American Cyanamid Cqinpany In j u m p i n g on this institution we have merely scanned a few the ammonia away. But this fact has cost of the new synthetic plant which is the only producer of air nitrogen figures that represent part of the o r g a n i z a t i o n ' s business of the . not brought the farmer any reduc- would be added to the cost of the fertilizer in the United States. Jt DEPARTMENT HEADS tion in fertilizer prices since the by- fertilizer in addition to the carrying manufactures at Warner, N. J., on A. P. Mills past two y e a r s and from these figures Ave present a picture. i P Mlss N. B. K i r b y product coke oven people charge the charges on Nitrate Plant No. 2 what- New York Harbor, 40,000 tons of llSOM details of which are carried out t h r o u g h the news columns of farmer all he can be made to pay and ever they might be. ammonium phosphate annually con- export their surplus in the form of Proposal of Cyanamid Company taining 40 per cent to 61 per cent this edition. It is a p i c t u r e that the fruit g r o w e r s of the s t a t e Insui C. L. N ammonium sulphate rather than sell Opposed to this offer is the propo of plant food. This fertilizer is made Alfred Bcntall have h a d before them all season a n d , it is safe to assume, prob- it at home at a material price re- sal of th,e American Cyanamid Com- from nitrogen taken from the $ir by SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E . JMI.CH!<*AN STATE FARM BUREAU ably not more than a very few have paused to look upon. duction. pany in wnich the plants would be the cyanamid process at their plant . 0 . F. Barnum The only bidder for Muscle Shoals leased fqr 50 years on fair and at Niagara Falls and shipped to War- L. A. Thomas It is the picture which r e p r e s e n t s the dollar r e t u r n from agri- who has agreed to Limit' his profits equitable terms as follows; ool .Alfred Bentall c u l t u r a l co-operation. In this institution t h e r e t u r n is*measured ners by rail where it is combined 3 _ to 8 per cent and use the synthetic The company would lease Dam No with phpsphoric acid • manufactured in h u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s of dollars. process is a group of associated pow- 2 and proposed Dam No. 3 and both at Warners from phosphate rock Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations er companies whose nitrate plant is nitrate plants paying the government shipped from Florida by water. This As •). A. Richards, s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r of the Berrien C o u n t y 'located at Niagara Falls. This plant 4 per cent on the cost of Dam No. 2 concentrated fertilizer is the same Affiliated With Michigan State Farm Bureau Michigan i Cadillac Farm Bureau, s t a t e s i t : '"A great deal of the work of the several was built to use the Casale method complete (estimated a^: $53,500,000, as that which the company proposfes on « 707 Owen Bldg., D e t r o i t commodity exchanges is Farm B u r e a u work and the two should of nitrogen fixation and the Liljen- less $16,500,000 chargeable to navi- to make at Muscle Shoals with no Hudson roth process of phosphoric acid gation and losses due to shutdowns freight on the nitrogen and wjth the ' . ' . F a r m B u r e a u Bl,UOO, the F . S. Forest Service informs us. it should become obsolete, the Mus- trate Plant No. 1 in their present per cent plant food to meet the, com- Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac M i C H . L I V E S T O C K EXCEL petition, which will take the place of Smokers are found to have lead all others in the list of man- cle Shoals Inquiry has shown -that condition; free maintenance of a J. T. B u s s e y , V i c e - E r o s . P r o v e m o n t E. A. Be8 -1 Elissfield the cost of ammonia by the cyanamid .skilled force tor the operation of the more expensive, and lo-jver grade O. E. H a w l e y , Sec'y Shelby1 R. D.;' St. Joltti's" made forest fires with Hi per cent of the fires a t t r i b u t a b l e to this J. II. Hudson process would be only 6% cents per each department of Nitrate Plant No fertilizers now used. cause. pound. The nitrogen to be; produced under F . P. I l i b s t , Gen. M g r Cadillac F r a n k Obi' . Breekenridge 2; surrender of the property to the Nate Pattison nsider the immenseness of the fire p r e v e n t i o n The interests behind the associat- United States on the terms, to be de- the Cyanamid offer annuaUy is equal C. A. RlChner. Sales M g r . . . C a d i l l a . Mai re .1. R. | ed companies were also made defen-. termined by the U. S. District Court to 320.Q0O tons of nitrate of soda. 'George H e r m a n Edmore Charles Brown Sunfield problem •' dants in a suit in the Federal Court of Northern Alabama in time of war We. are unnecessarily compelling E . A. K a s m u s s e n Sheridan fidwai • Perry We have the problem in Michigan and this is a season when at Buffalo in which the validity of our farmers, to import from Chile Charles Woodruff Hastings Subject only to the condition that their synthetic process patents was the fertilizer will sell at cost plus 8 nitrates on which the dnty alone MICHIGAN F R U I T GROWERS, INC. much d a m a g e is done a n n u a l l y by s w a m p and forest fires. We contested. The result of their nitrat,e per cent profit, the company, agrees amounts to $3,6.46,800 annually M. D. B u s k i r k , P r e s Paw Paw Job; Amos T u c k e r , 1 V. P i t s Allai must give serious thought to the prevention of these fires and the venture, as reported in the trade pa- to produce 80,000 tons of plant food- merely because Congress, has not .South H a v e n P . J' B orth. .setting up of as efficient a fire protection force a n d fire preven- pers, was' that those interests (The annually. of which 20,000 tons shall accepted the Cyanamid offer. W'e are Hart Electric Bond and Share Co.) sold. be nitrogen and when now buying from Chile for fertilizer H e r b e r t Nafziger, 2 V. Pres W . J. S c l . u l t z . . . . . . the Cove Ludingum tion system as it is p r a c t i c a b l e to establish and maintain. Millburg L . A. H a w l e y Onekaffia out their process, and so far as Creek storage reservoir has been purposes about 670,000 tons QI nit- F . L. B r a d f o r d , S e t . - T r e a s ('. I. C h r e s t e n s e n . . , . . .Union Pier Let us consider some of the more recent figures the Forest known have no process to offer to built-, this obligation is increased to rate of soda per year on which we Benton Harbor 11. W. G o w d y P . I* G r a n g e r , Sales M g r O. R. Gale Shelby Service gives us • Congress should they attempt to 120,000 tons of plant food annual- pay Chile a duty of $7,630,300. Benton Harbor John Lant; Sodus qualify as producers of air nitrate ly, of which 50,000" tons is to be ni Congress .can relieve us of much of D. H . B r a k e Fr»-mont John Bottema . .Spring Lake In l!)2(i, fires burned over 34,3pO,CjQp acres of the lands of the fertilizers at Muscle Shoals. this burden. Lawrence trogen. This is approximately equiva Henry Namitz Bridgnian Be;*t Gleason country. Principles in Legislation A reduction in the. coet of. terttyizer .Munedb' C. L. B rBid;?., W a s h i n g t o n ,L aD. n s i nC. g lent to about 2% million tons of the J. F. Hlgbee Benton Harbor ody .Sodus More t h a n 72 per cent of the fires are known to have been Certain principles under which the ordinary low-grade fertilizer annual- leading to lower production costs of Mill."- O v e r t o n Bangor Harry Hogue farm crops, is the greatest relief that LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Muscle Shoals properties should be ly. American Farm Burean Federation caused by man and 12 per cent by l i g h t n i n g . The causes of a leased for private operation were can be offered to the farmers of the BAM H . T H O M P S O N President little more than K> per cent are u n k n o w n . S m o k e r s lead all recommended by the Muscle Shoals Guarantee of Operation East, South and Middle West. The F. ••' 58 E a s t W a s h i n g t o n St., C h i c a g o Inquiry and approved by Congress ir. Before the fertilizer plant can be greatest hope for such a relief lies others as s t a r t e r s of forest fires with over 10 per cent of all, T K R H. GRAY Washington Representative the Snell Resolution passed January shut down approximately 25,000 tons in the operation of tne Muscle. Siqals. r a i l r o a d s come next with ]'4 per cent, and b r u s h b u r n i n g t h i r d 7, 1926. These principles are: of ammonium phosphate must be plants as proposed in the offer of the with 12 per cent. 1. Muscle Shoals is to be used for placed in storage. The company can American Cyanamid Company. Within the protected areas as a whole the a v e r a g e fire b u r n e d the manufacture of fertilizer in time make no profit from the sale of pow- The Cyanamid proposal is not a of peace. er made available by shutting down power offer but a fertilizer offer and STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC 140 acres, as against an indicated a v e r a g e of -VM acres per fire on 2. There must be undivided re- the fertilizer plant but all' profit Congress should act on,, the situation l a n d s w i t h o u t protection. Of mir total forest land area n e e d i n g sponsibility .to carry out the guar- from the sale of such power must be promptly and make available; to the SERVItE PROGRAM protection only about 0o per cent is within the protected area, antees of the offer. In other words, credited t o the cost of the fertilizer farmer the advantages that t*ill the obligation to make fertilizer in storage and as soon as the ferti- follow its acceptance. LEGISLATION and the protection afforded ranges all the w a y from quite must be assumed by the company lizer begins to sell the plant must be •y ,,, of the Truth-in- t h o r o u g h l y fire-tight systems on some private. S t a t e and National which Jeasfcs the power. Power as- started again. When the plant is in ill; co sets and fertilizer responsibility full operation using 2&0,000 horse- forests down to the merest beginnings of e d u c a t i o n a l preventive must not be separated. power this provision would make it iump- effort. 3. The government must receive possible to give the fertilizer away tkttl • tax.; -tain- W i t h i n the a r e a s u n d e r protection the :!•'>.807 fires reported 4 per cent on a fair cost of the pow- free in about 8 months after it was E N A C T E D APR. 26, 1926 er development and an amortization placed in storage if the profit on the burned-over l.OoO.OUO acres of m e r c h a n t a b l e timber. 1.0S2.U0U fund to retire the cost. power ia only $8 per horsepower p^r "*ShLEioN Reli. 1 farm property acres of n o n - m e r c h a n t a b l e or i m m a t u r e tree g r o w t h and J,394,- 4. The fertilizer production shall year. A c t Ftequi,re« T h a t P o t & t p e a by i not be less than 40,000 tons af pure Fertilizer operations are further 000, acres with no tree g r o w t h at the time, the total area of forest guaranteed by a Farmers, Board Be Properly M a r k e d E N A C T E D J A N . 29, 1925 (a) 1 gasoline tax for highway nitrogen annually. f u:;. l a n d b u r n e d t h u s r e a c h i n g 4.110,OOD acres. 5. The prolit on fertilizer shall be which is to have access to the cost A^id G r a d e d (b S t a t e Income Tax in place of State'i limited to 8 per cent above cost data of the company so as to assure - 6. AH property shall remain in th^ that the limitation of pr.ofit will be Michigan's new potato grading Law forbidding any more tax exempt EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE ownership of the government and observed and is also to have su law now is in effect and- it is jsning LIS R E D U C E D ities. The United S t a t e s Bureau of Education issues the following be returned at the end of the lease pervision of the distribution of- the to be rigidly enforced by th»& state. •NNUALLV nt of f a r m a n d fertilizer S I N C E 1924 corda w i t h eale» d a t a : The University of Chicago shows that 42 per cent of t h e period. Truckers axe specifically mentioned Val ,/\ 7. Th.e plant shall be kept ready The company must waive all in the law, and no loop hole.has been (Farm Bureau ' Investigations brought 1!)7 student.s r e p o r t i n g out of the 242 g r a n t e d m a s t e r s ' d e g r e e for immediate use to manufacture ex- royalities on fertilizers and fertilizer equalization inJJfyiiho'i'^ii. Ingham, Wash- left for them to escape responsibil- from 11)24 to 1!)27 gave farming as the occupation of their fa- plosives. products and processes for making ity and liability for selling ungraded .', MonrotfTao'd .Kaiamazao counties, g farmef taxpayer* $67,S50 excess t h e r s . Missouri r e p o r t s lio per c e n t : Louisiana 30 per c e n t : 8. The l e n g th °-' the lease sjhall same and must credit the cost of or unmarked tubers. The law reads: taxes annually. be limited to 50 years. fertilizer with all byproducts pro- Truckers are specificly mentioned TRANSP ORTATION Michigan 34 per cent, and even in the industrial states of Mas- It was the concensus of opinion at duced. This is extremely important. for resale purposes must not havft E F F E C T I V E SEPT. 10, 192S Immediate application of Michigan s a c h u s e t t s and Pennsylvania * per cent and 1!> per cent re- the last session of Congress that the There are many byproducts that in their possession potatoes, which e decision to s a v e f a r m e r s h i p - in 6i* c o u n t i e s 1500,000 a n n u a l l y . spectively, of the normal s t u d e n t s gave a g r i c u l t u r e as the occu- decision under these specifications can be developed in a chemical in- axe not graded and properly mark- MARKETING lies between a power offer made by dustry using the cyananid process. ed." • on-operative m a r - pation of their parents. thirteen associated power companies The roya-lities waived have a value The only persons now exempt MIcl n now well u n d e r w a y i n The fact that pro.spect.ive Hatchers iu many S t a t e s are recruited and a fertilizer offer made by the of $2,500.000\ per year with the from the provisions of the act ar* American Cyanamid Company, the plant in full operation. to a g r e a t e r extent from the homes of farmers t h a n from those growers who are selling their own AI TOMORIEE INSURANCE original builder of the Muscle Shoals The company leases the Cove potatoes "direct to a consumer or E F T E C T I V E OCT. 20, •tion for t a n n e r s a g a i n s t 1926 ;. p r o p e r t y d a m - of any other occupational g r o u p emphasizes the need of public plants and which ia now operating Creek Storage Dam when completed, company." liability f u r n i s h e d a t r e a - educational a d v a n t a g e ^ second to none for farm children in order its own plants, using the same pro- paying 4 per cent on its entire cost, Miint Jaff All C o n t a i n e r s sonable r a t e s . cess, at full capacity in the manufac- exclusive of navigation facilities, Four grades are provided in the to supply the quality of prospective teachers needed. Consider, ture of concentrated fertilizers chief- not to exceed $^5,000,000. Payment law. They are: U. S. fancy, U. S. each y e a r elementary school teachers live, t h i n k , and behave ly for export. of $50,000 annually, is made fox the Power TompanuV Proposal repair and maintenance of the dam No. 1. U. S. No. 1 small and U. S. EQUIPPING THE FARM with their pupils a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1.000 of the best and most im- No. 2. The No. 1 grades of potatoes The power companies say that and free power is provided for th« are to be tagged with blue tags and President i now has some veP; igures with pressionable hours of their lives. Teachers have the opportu- they do not want Muscle Shoals pow- operation and lighting of the. leeks. the No. 2 grade with red tags. All h to proceed in ing a p r o g r a m for b r i n g i n g relief to nity to a t t a i n t h r o u g h their pupils the object of t r u e education er to make fertilizer but that in qr- Power not required for fertilizer containers, regardless af type, must is who a r c interested to a great which in the w o r d s of Huskin : i s to make people not merely do der to get the Muscle Shoals power manufacture for the company's be tagged according to the law, each for their own purposes they will purposes at Muscle Shoals is to be. tag declaring the grade and- giving io mami farm machinery and equipmenjt the right things, but enjoy the right things—not merely indus- make fertilizer by a nww synthetic distributed under the public utility the shipper's and trucker's name and I f a r m e r s ' present haiuli- trious, but to love i n d u s t r y — n o t merely learned, but to love process that does not need water- laws, and in addition the company address. knowledge—not merely pure, but to love .purity—not merely j u s t , power. If the new process does not is to organize a public utility compa- te lack of modern moans work economically the requirement ny to distribute power from three but to hunger and thirst after j u s t i c \ JPiGIMA GA«OLlXK TAX t to manufacture fertilizer is suspend- Clinch River dams below Cove Creek. Richmond, Sept. 6.—Gasoline, tax aeera waited — W m , F. -lohnston. Agl. Agt.. Van Buren County. ed until a commercially available fpr which the. company is to b#. piocess can be secured. This is simp-, granted a preliminary permit under collections during August and due, for mpposedly a> a ly a gesture to experiment in ferti- the Water Power Act leading to the July, broke all records for a single ieulture Unostentatiously and little by little, the horse has been super- lizer production in cartel to get Mus- construction of these dams at its month's income from thi-s source, litis in the past d by the motor until now t h e r e are only 4,162,000 more horses cle Shoals, and in the face of the own, expense* amount realized rroro the 4.V, cent collapse of the power companies syn- Forfeiture Clause. tax, including penahj-s ,n.i interest, i made . industries but they on A m e r i c a n farms t h a n t h e r e were in 1900.—Detroit News. thetic operations, the prospects for .Suitable legal provisions are In- totaling $725,487. REPTKMBFJl 2 3 , 1 W!7 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS 5SSC .HJR.ML.J. i ,JU~ .•**"~" : „ • -i,— '..: splendid palaces in the interior of J.V'erbaugh, C. W., Avoca Not Product of Panama Verbrugge, Edmond, Richmond Zentgrebe, Waiter, MaVine City A Propo&ed Farm Relief the town, which today is as aban- doned and empty as Ravenna, still are witnesses of the day of magn>lft~ Panama hats are not made in Pan- Seifert. CarJ, Abhott,sford ama, as popularly supposed. They which, once ruled in this city Ryan, M. J., Yale E. B. Stebbins, Carson City Banker A n d Mewher and which may come again when it are manufactured almost exolusiveh in Ecuador and Peru. The misnomer These few Farm Bureau folks, are Gamache, Fred, Hermansville Lindsay, Jno., Emmett i s the capital of the flourishing fu • recent comers into the organization. Halt. Edwin A:, Daggett Kelley. (Jeo., Emmett Of F a r m Bureau, Outlines His Views On ture "polderland." Golden fields of arose from the fact that such hats were introduced to the world through Their name? have appeared on the Kakuk. Stere, Stephenson Click, Wm.. Avoca Possible Relief For The Farmers wheat will undulate where now the the i s t h m u s of Panama. Pathfinder. roster since about t h e first of June. Marclhiak, L., Stephenson Carless, Harry M., Yale waves are beating, and free people Shake hands with them, friends; they Meintz, Wm.. Stephenson Bricker, OscAr, Yale Much advice has been handed out They shall also file with this office, will lead an active life, though sur- are with us because they hope to be Rasmussen, Henry, Stephenson Chase, Charley, Richmond to farmers by those who know little a bond for the faithful performance rounded by danger. able to accomplish something: worth- Rasmussen, Martin, Stephenson FlUuatrick, R., Emmett of their needs and desires. The un- o f their lawful duties. Failure to ^ while for agriculture. Hyde. Geo. T.. Emmett comply with the provisions of this None* Better Rasner. Albert, Wallace Here they are by counties. All Sager, Simon, Stephenson .O'Connor, Chas., Emmett ;Parrett. G. W.. Lenox |;eq,ual distribution of the national in- come is a subject that has occupied law, subjects them to the- prescribed, penalties. All dealers and farm or- "Is your car a good climber?" WHEN right, step this way, you new memr Steinbrecker, E. A., Daggett t h e attention of leading farm organi- "hfo, but you should see how bcrs from Berricji CVuinftp Stowell. W. W., Daggett Ppwera. James N., Emmett Qua in, Frank, Emmett zations for years. This study result- ganizations coming under this act, runs up a garage bill." shall display their license to do busi- YOU SHIP Swanson, Chas. G., Stephenson ed in the McNary-Haugen bill, which Stocker and feeder cattle or Chamber of Commerce, Benton 'Ryan. Wm.. Emmett failed to meet t h e approval of the ness, in their respective offices, sheep there are ecrtaiu r e q u i r e Vargo, George, Stephenson Sharpe, Fonce, Bnimettt where it will be open for public in- Harbor Peters, H. J., Benton. Harbor }Wery, Chas., Stephenson Vargo, Stere, Stephenson -Schriner, Walter A., Marine City Mich. Elev. Exchang., Port Huron president. ' Possibly I should apolo- gise for offering any suggestions for spection. SEED WHEAT nients that must be met to em- able you to benefit by the new < 'ass bushel lots; pter bushel, $1..">0; smaller lots, $1.60 stock. Genesee- County Thoney, Nick, Daggett Stuart, Chas., Milan tnany of his problems. I feel that ply of certified voucher blanks, to be per bushel. Ba^s extra a t cost. The traffic department of Cheney, Frank, Grand Blanc 9*yinan&ki, Frank, Stephenson ^ n k b e i n e r , C. D., Clinton f a r m i n g is not getting its just re- .used for the purpose of recording in This wheat averaked tT'j the State Farm Bureau is in Ticknor, D; J., Ann. Arhor •duplicates, each and every purchase bushels to Hie aere <>n a sanU Cousins, Marshal, Flint, R.-l Smith, Louis, Stephenson. w a r d . I know that every condition farm ami is an excellent Quali- position to render the neces- Dickey, J. S., Grand Blanc Shozypinsky, Tom, Stephenson f'McCalla, Chas., Ann Arbor Effecting those upon the farm, has a 'made from a bonafide grower. This ty wheat. sary service in arranging for Malott, Edgar. Grand Blanc Luckhardt, Geo., Ann Arbor direct bearing upon my business as 'office shall also provide copies of the these special class rates. Why Neuville, J. J., Stephenson not have this department assist Marshall, W. N., Grand Blanc Linhart, Carl, Daggett Ferguson. A. L., Ann Arbor Calkins, E- E., Ann. Arbor their banker, and' upon the welfare of'the community. I study farm prob- equalization schedule of rates ap- proved by congress. These certified Farmers Co-op you in getting these special Rayner, Milo C , Grand Blanc Leisrner, Peter, Stephenson G r a i n was a little lighter- than study, in the hope it may in some dorsement, or that of his duly au- r You can realize that profit Willoughby. Jesse, Shepherd W m J R . , Shelby* n 1$26. The cherries were a light small way help to hasten the time thorized agent, before payment can yourself, and why not ? Your We are showing the newest :crop also, but about 3000 tons were w h e n agriculture will ,get the recogni- be mad e - Upon presentation of such co-op organization carries your Smith, C. M., Mt. Pleasant ^ ^ 1 Oakland County Roethlisiberger, Fred, Shepherd Shipmau, D. F.. Oxford canned south of Grand Rapids, in tion and reward It deserves. a voucher, correctly computed, the stuff clear to the packer's, patterns and absolutely the Fisher, Charley, Shepherd | Michigan this year, at 1 cent higher bank shall issue to the grower or his hands and you get all it brings. best in all new wool suitings Ward, Adram, Thomas A plan to equalize National ineome agent, a draft upon the federal re- rice than would have been received Jackson County Hawley, Joseph S., Stockbridgg Ottawa Conuty Wa*tra, Jule N., CooperSviHe S the growers had not pooled: their m o r e equitably t o Agriculture, cherries. serve bank for the amount due him, Sec. 1. An act to create an ad- which upon his endorsement is im- Our salesmen are the best in the business. Ship your stock and overcoat materials for Griffin, Henry R., Napoleon to the— this Fall and Winter models. Saginaw County All of these results were obtained justed compensation or equalization mediately payable. The issuing, bank Kent County The farmers' own co-op com- Bickel. Erwih, Frankenmuth by the growers working together fee to be paid tp bonafide growers can then forward the paid draft t p Peters, Emiel J., Ada mission houses at Detroit andi Blerlein, Gus., Frahkenhiuth .Nelson, Gus, Ada « | Bterlein, Wichman,'Frankenniuth with their respective organizations by t h e federal treasury, through the the federal reserve bank for credit, East Buffalo are getting farm- None but the best work- through the Michigan Fruit Growers t w e l v e federal reserve hanks. or t o its regular correspondent bank. ers better returns. slunshaw, Earl, Grand Rapids l)'rueT>er. Edmund, Frankenmuth l i n e , after its sales manager, Mr. F. Sec. 2. The Secretary of Agritul- All certified vouchers received by Your own experienced and manship enters into the mak- Furner, Wm., Ada LoObel, Wm. Sr., Frankenmuth L. Granger, had worked out the plan. ture-to be authorized to select an ad- paying banks and accepted, must be conscientious salesmen sell ing of our hand tailored gar- Dalton, Jno., Grand Rapids jNfebleB, Bernhard, Frankenmuth ; T h e Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.. v i s o r y board of six members, prefer- placed on file, and on the flrat of j-our stock to the best advan- Mora ments. f very, Noyes L., Grand Rapids lakeslee, Walter, Lowell Patterson, Byron, Grand Ra-pMs R^ddi, Fred, Frankenmuth Winchell. E: HM HJ&mlock ardt, Wnu, Sajtlnaw lie a commodity organization repre- ably men who are recognized lead- each month be sent to the federal s e n t i n g a great many of the fruit ers in national farm organizations, office of the state for the purpose growers, of the . Western shore of and well versed in general agricul- of auditing and reconciling with the Michigan Livestock Exchange Write for samples and prices* Let tage and you benefit. Kalamazoo, MJeh. Sanilac County Michigan. It was organized in 1923 tural conditions. These six men, to- federal reserve bank. After each Detroit, Mich. Bennett, C. L., Kalamazoo Mecost* Coujnty tr. Fred, Cro&well k i ' a stock corporation with 18 small gether with the national secretary, monthly audit is completed, the fed- or us send you our Blanket Citjcular • Weidnian, Hjenry J., Croswall associations as its stock holders. who shall b e an exoffico member and eral reserve bank shall credit or re- enneU, James, Stanwood t, Waiter, Stanwood- Shiawassee County Brown, Fred W., Morrica JSach association holds stock in pro- chairman portion to its t o n n a g e shipped. ThelV J ^ ^ J £ ^ £ a 5 e n ^ ^ ^ ^of^ ^its ^ ^ ^proceedings, ^ ^ ^ mit to the issuing banks, ten cents Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ shall h ^ r ^ h e for each draft issued, as compensa- East Buffalo, N. Y. Clothing Itapartrocnt i >otb, E. T., Paris ifurllgame, C. A-, Perry •combined membership of the asso-*^appointees **»-*B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B« to t h i s board shall be ap- tion for services. State Farm Bureau ? f r a m e , Wayne, Staawood- Chaffee, B e t t i s J., Byron | elation is about 2.U00. The Michigan proved by t h e senate and president. Crame, Wm.v Stanwood Hngnson, R a y A.. C a r l a n * Fruit Growers Inc. act a3 a sales Sec. 3. The duty of the equaliza- Sec. 8. To meet payment of the LANSING, MK1UGANI &$$it, Fred, Stanwood Kingsley. J«a», styron y for the association, shipping tion board i s to make a study of food equalization fee, salaries, bank serv- Guger, Fred Jr., Paris ..apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, supply, agricultural costs and income ices and other expenses, to place this \ Lobdelt, Chas'.. Byron g r a h a m , Ray, Paris feunyan, E. G., Byron [etc. The Sales manager is Mr. F. L, and to recommend to congress a proposed farm relief plan in opera- ar=r^ 'Mitchell. Jas., Stanwood ScptC W. Z.. Car land g r a n g e r of Benton Harbor. Its presi- tion and to maintain it, the U. S. Ilefnolds, Roy H.', Blanchard dent is Amos Tucker of South Haven, schedule of rates, per unit, to be paid Van Riper, Myron, Sharftsburg Treasurer shall deposit with each of S^artwood, Fred, Stanwood .-Treas, i s F. L. Bradford of a s an equalization fee upon the vari- Michigan Wood null, Dan, Laingsburg ous products of the farm. The sched- the twelve federal reserve bank*, an entoa Harhor. After the feirst S^arthout, Guy, Morley Pierce, Wm., N e w Lotbron- jyear the "Michigan" began to ule prepared by the board shall be amount t o meet the needs of t h e Sehievink, Herman, Big Rapids Dutcher, Duane, Owos3o .encourage the local associations In submitted to the congress for its ap- reserve district. The total amount Totten, Leon, Big Rapids "vValkington, Wm., Blanchard H-thbard, O. J. & D., Byron Stewart, Harry, Owosao 'cold packing cherries and otJher small proval before it goes into effect. required shall be determined by esti- fruits a n d the pooling of the cher- This board shall publish its reports mates prepared by the national bud- Farm Bureau Seed Service Wilcox, Melrin, Howard City at, dab- £«mtfci ries and small fruits as fresh fruit on food supply, from time to time, get bureau, assisted by the equaliza- Strandberg, E. J., Rodney Stephenson, Harry. Rodney Arscheene, Achille, Sniithf Creek B^»ei, Otto, Marine City "do that they might be sold to can- and recommend which farm products tion board. nfcra in large quantities, thus making should be increased or diminished, as The equalization tax thus deter- Is Now In the Market Olsen, Gilbert, Rodney Billings, Russell, Avoca it easier for the canners to get their a help in controlling a shortage or mined shall become a part of the na- for seed of medium and mammoth clovers. Kirschner, Robt., Rodney Brown. Byron, St. Clatr supply. As a result of t h e growers [surplus. tional budget for carrying on the af- Fjsher, L. E., Rodney pooling their agnail fruits, better Cameron, Jno. L., Smith Creek Sec. 4 The secretary of the treas- fairs of government. To meet the Send Samples For Prices Esierley, Henry, Rodney yHces have been s e e d e d for the Crawford, Eugene, Columbus ury shall be empowered to establish increased budget there shall be a Menominee County DemPBter, Buroh.-Avoca growers and a great many thousand readjustment of the present income 221-227 N. CEDAR ST. LANSIXli, MP'JJ. Allgeyer. A. A., Wallace Dreehsler, Herman, Columbus dollars have been brought into the in each state, an agency having au- tax schedules made by congress to fruit district of Michigan that have>,| thority to grant a federal license to B^rggren, Lome, Menominee Farr, A. A., Jeddo | raise the additional amount needed. Burklund Bros., Daggett Fairchilds, C. H., Avoca gone into the b a n k s and out through \ all wholesale dealers and co-opera- Those who have the privilege of the channels of trade. The "Michi tive farm organizations, who market Cappeart, Frank, Stephenson Ferffctt, Ernest, Jeddo . vast incomes should pay the most to- . g a n " believes in ro-operation of products directly from the farms. 1 Carleson, Victor, Stephenson FentOn, Orwln, Richmond ward an equitable adjustment of ' ifjirmers first and then the farmers JThis authority could be conferred up- agricultural income. Those with Clrbssck, j Jno., Stephenson Fuiler. Edwin, Jeddo co-operating with the canner. dis- on t h e sta^e collectar of internal small incomes should be exempt from Corey, U l l t h , Stephenson Fnller, Floyd, Port, Huron tributor and the ultimate consumer revenue, or if- co-operation with state Corey,'Homer C , Stephenson Frank, Robert, jfcarhie City the income tax as they now are. of farm products. It believes that the authority was permitted, it could be Erickson, Frank, Stephenson Fralelgh, W. J., Jeddo •consumer Is entitled to a good, well handled by the state commissioner of Fcich, Peter, Wallace Flynn, Patrick, WaJJace Fdrsburg, Walter A., Stephenson # t e i s , Adam, Wallace . f rayblll, Irwin, Capac ultlenstein, ,Qtto, Marine City Gre'en, Alex, Atkins HArt, Elmer J., Smiths Creek graded product because it is a good agriculture or through the office of article that satisfies and brings the the state secretary. return order and. money. .eventually, the Sec. 5. All dealers and co-opera- Holland T o Reclaim Land From The Sea . i i ' o n t i n u e d fnom pajce 1) tive farm organizations, marketing Gauley, John, Wallace Hitchings, M. O.', North Street beside*. Therefore, they will huihl farm products shall first procure first of all two big damB with the Gfomala, Anton. Wallace Hillock, Alex J., Jeddo Speaking of exasperating things, from the federal office in their re- necessary locks. One of these dams Kimmel, Chas., Menominee Hbffmarter, Everett, Marine City Ih.ow about trying to s m o k e a busted spective states, a license t o carry on Is Kipfcr, Albert F„ Stephenson Huild, Otto C , Marine City nearly completed, stretching cigar? business of buying farm products. from the Isle of Wieringen. where Klihe, A. P., Stephenson jVkubiak. Joe, Smiths Creek formerly the German ex-crown Kronsnoble. J. M., Stephenson Kelley, Roger. CapaC prince lived, to the mainland. The Landree, Henry, Stephenson Klumpp. Fred, North Stret bigger dam, which now is being fin- Larson, Martin, Stephenson l ^ B o d a , P., Smiths Creek ished, goes from Wieringen over to L i r s e n , Thowald, Menominee Leateck, Pat, Daggett Linsmeier, Chafc., Menominee Lanson, Henry, Avoca Lazon, James, Marin* City London. C. E., North Street it! Don't Shoot D o n ' t kiM a m u s k r a t . DerTt k i l l a raccoon. Don't kill a aquirrol. Friesland. When these ready people-will begin to drain thej lake and to rid the soil of its salt dama are Lofgreen, Fred, Stephenson Mackley, Geo., Richmond contents so as to get fertile soil for Mancl. EmU, Wallace Magary. M. D.. Richmond D o n ' t k i l l a m i n k . D o n ' t kitt a b e a v e r . D o n ' t kill a moose or »n elk pr a r e i n d e e r or a c a r i b o u . D o n ' t shoot a p a r t r i d g e or a q u a i l or a Unlets Your Car Is Fully Covered By Insurance fields. afuelter, Carl B., Menominee Maynard, Byron, North Street spruce hen or m o u r i n g doves or h o m i n g pigeons o r w o o d d u c k s . The firm soil is won foot by foot If y o u r ear is w o r t h o w n i n g , it is w o r t h Mullen, J. G., Wallace i Maynard, Fred, Blaine Aside f r o m these a n i m a l s a n d birds a n d a f e w l i m i t a t i o n s on t h e p r i v i l e & e of- s h o o t i n g , t r a p p i n g or kitlirtg a f e w o t h e r s , h u n t e r s a n d during the construction of the dam. insuring. In>un« it t o d a y . T a k e out a. ma, J. A. & Son, Stephenson Meypr, Fred W., Fair Hfven trapper*, m a y proceed into t h e woods t h i s f a l l a n d s l a u g h t e r t h o The workers begin with willow blanket policy t h a t c o v e r s fire, t h e f t , liabil- alters, Chas., Menominee McDonald, Jno., Blaine 4 g a m e a n d shoot one a n o t h e r as is c u s t p m a r y each y e a r . branches which they dip into mud ity and a c c i d e n t . MGGaw, O. J., Avocg T h o s t a t e l a w closes t h e season on several species t h i s y e a r as Maslund, Hjolmar, Stephenson w i l l bo n o t e d a b o v e . . H u n t e r s w i l l do w e l l ' t o f a m i l i a r i z e t h e m s e l v e s and clay. And on this soft but dur- Mo.Kenzie. Norman. North Street able scaffold the dam is built up., SO If the unexpei'ti'd h a p p e n s , y o u d o n ' t h a v e Nordquist Bros., Wallace w i t h aH of £he provisions of t h e l a w s and t h e n t h e y w i l l ge f e r t h fyberg, E d . , Stephenson Mckenzie, Edw., North Street k n o w i n g not Just w h a t t h e l a w m a y be. yards wide and faced with stones. to woryy. lt*s o u r r i s k — w e a s s u m e the loss. Mesen, Nete A Son, Wallace Osterland, Arthur, Marine City T h e l e g i s l a t u r e m a k e s some of t h e l a w s b u t it usually is so busy doing s o m e t h i n g s tf>at a r e n ' t j u s t e x a c t l y p u r e l e g i s l a t i n g t h a t Often enough the sea swallows at Don't Delay )lson, Olaf, Stephenson O'Leary Bros., Algonac m u c h of t h e * * a d m i n i s t e r i n g of c o m m o n sense" has t o be l e f t to c o m - night what man's hands built up in We m a i n t a i n an a g e n t and a d j u s t e r i n ev- Pearce Bros.. Columella missions w h o s e m e m b e r e mieet occasionally a n d do t h i n g s v^. day time. The high tide always at- Peterson Bros., Stephenson F o r in started t h e r e a r e a f e w p r a i r i e chickens in t h e s t a t e now ery .•oinmunity in M i c h i g a n and w.e in.sure Patterson. Jno.. Columbus tacks the dam and tries to draw It Rcuss. Hans. J., Wallace in c e r t a i n places a n d t h e l a w p e r m i t s a h u n t e r to kill five in a day only farmers. T h i s a f f o r d s s e r v i c e a n d l o w Prior. Elmer, Smiths Creek regardless of w h e t h e r t h e y a r e hene or cock birds w h i l e , w i t h , pheas- down into a wet depth. S&lander, Conrad S.. Stephenson insurance c o s t s in a d d i t i o n to o u r s a f e pro- Quinlan. Jas.. North Street a n t s d e s t r o y i n g t h i n g s for t h e f a r m e r s , t h e h u n t e r s can k i l l b u t t w o "Drowned" Towns to Rise Salewsky, Albert, Menominee cock p h e a s a n t s in a d a y . . T h i s is t h e l a w . tection w i t h a million d o l l a r s of a s s e t s built i Robipson, G. L., Anchorville Yet the gigantic task will be fin- Schank, Herman, Menominee But w h o e v e r m a k e s t h o l a w . t h e h u n t e r pr t r a p p e r m u s t proceed ished within eight years. As soon as up t h r o u g h f i v e v e a i s of o p e r a t i o n . Peder3^n. Jens. Menominee ' R e g a n , T. X.. Marine City v e r y c a u t i o u s l y if he w i l l a v o i d d i s a s t e r d u r i n g t h e h u n t i n g season. Rohdeman. Henry. Marina City You cap dig up ypur Old f i s h spear a n d use i t d u r i n g , newt J a n u a r y the closing dams are erected against Servais. Joe. Wallace the eternally attacking sea. the rest Bpitzer, Lawrence, Wallace Swanlngson. Swan, Stephenson Sutton. L. C . Smiths Creek Sullivan, Willie. Smiths Creek and F o b f u a r y a g a i n , t h e c o n s e r v a t i o n c o m m i s s i o n says. B u t you h a v e te w a t c h out a g a i n t h e r e or you m a y be v i o l a t i n g a local r e g u l a t i o n covering y o u r c o u n t y or some c e r t a i n s t r e a m or body of w a t e r . will be done rather quickly. It then will be a s4range sight to see the MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Wagner, Joe. Wallace Strieter. Wm., Avoca W h a t h a v e you done w i t h y o u r f e r r e t ? B e t t e r g e t h i m over to t h e formerly drowned mainland reappear Wangerin, Emii B., Stephenson Stevenson, Homer. North Street" s t a t e g a m e f a r m a t M a s o n , I n g h a m c o u n t y . T h e y say t h e y w o n ' t do w e l l unless t(|ey a r e Kept t h e r e . Jn order to use a f e r r e t even on again week after week. Drowned State Agent for White. M. L., Hcrmansville 3chneider, Jnb.. Marine City your o w n l a n d , n o w , you h a v e to get a p e r m i t f r o m t h e s t a t e con- towns and villages may arise again. Anderson. C. G., Daggett Clark, Nate, Daggett 'Scherrens. Leon, Smith Creek Sass, Ed., J.. Lenox r e r v a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t a n d therf y p u can get y o u r f e r r e t f r o m t h e g a m e a r m for t h e period specified in y o u r p e r m i t . An old town like Emkauizen. STATE FARM MUTUAL T h e n e w p t a t e l a w s a r e m a d e to p r o t e c t t h e p a r t r i d g e and t h e which then would lie in tbe center Deacon, Dan R., Banat IButton. Glenn. Smith Creek Squirrels, especially, t h i s y e a r . N o one w i n object to your h u n t i n g of the new land, would regain itsf Winn. Fred, Columpua red s q u i r r e l s b u t W h a t good w i l l it do you? L e a v e all o t h e r s alone Dolsky. Wencle, Daggett former importance and possibly Feher" Jno.. Btepheftsiou flail. Hearl R. Daggett Winn. Geo.. Smltha Creek Winn. Fred O.. Capae for f i v e y e a r s . If, a f t e r y e u r e a d over the g a m e l a w s a n d a b i d e « y t h e m as n e a r l y as you honestly can and t h e n you f i n d you h a v e v i o l a t e d one or t w o would increase its* population from 8roa<> today t o , ' l e t us say. 40,000 Automobile Ins. Co. Wilks. L o m e , North Street br a dozen provisions, w h y n e t s t a r t some local i n t e r e s t in a conserva- ? f B l o o m i n g t o n , 111. Johnson, Harry E., Stephenson tion p r o g r a m ? That's as many as it had during the Ua-lUriacJi, Jno., Stephenson Van Comberg, Afcx, Marine City seventeenth century. And many porn MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SEWS SEPTEMBER 23. 1927 MICHIGAN FARMERS N e w Refrigerating Plant U s e s " ^TOSBELONG S S r TO oM GOV'T V MONEY IS WASTED Information Bureau I n q u i s i t i v e Lady ( o n visit t o " a CLASSIFIED ADS. POULTRY b a t t l e s h i p ) — A n d did they p u t t h o s e ARE NOT QUITTERS Heat, Not Ice or Electricity Public o w n e r s h i p of a m o t o r high- way t o t h e s u m m i t of Pike's P e a k in ON CERTAIN CROPS rocks a t t h e b o t t o m of t h e ocean t o build t h a t b r e a k w a t e r ? 500,000 HIGH GRADE HOLLYWOOD Sired White LeKliorn Accredited Chlcka. Colorado, n o t l a t e r t h a n December. Materials For Hundreds of Assuring Gob—No, m a d a m ; they Males and females passed and banded by state poultry association. Sturdy and City Folk R e c o g n i z e T h e Farm H o u s e w i f e H o o k s N e w Device T o Kitchen Stove A n d 1935, is g u a r a n t e e d by a c t i o n of Sec- Products Aren't Being left t w o inches below t h e r o c k s so vigorous heavy producing breeders a s - r e t a r y .Jardine. who h a s accepted t h e t h a t t h e fish could swim t h r o u g h . sure chicks of quality and ability. Spe- Farmers' Struggle Sets U p Refrigeration That Continues D u r i n g Utilized Now- cial discount now. Catalog tree. Wyn- offer of t h e P i k e ' s P e a k A u t o High- Karden Hatchery & Farms, Zeeland, Mich. Against Odds way c o m p a n y to convey to t h e Unit- Big i n d u s t r y is ready t o form a n Box 25. 3-25-b Many Hours Afterward ed S t a t e s i t s p r e s e n t h i g h w a y t o t h e alliance with f a r m e r s w h e r e b y crops It s h o u l d be a p p r e c i a t e d by t h e Making u s e of o n e of t h e most in- sealed inside it a n d t h e vapor passes s u m m i t of t h e f a m o u s m o u n t a i n , t o - as known a t p r e s e n t will become 60 Hereford Cattle 60 f a r m e r s w h e n a city n e w s p a p e r .pays t e r e s t i n g e x p e r i m e n t s in t h e physics over into t h e o t h e r ball. As it e n - g e t h e r w i t h 500 a c r e s of privately merely b y - p r o d u c t s a n d w h a t is n o w owned l a n d a n d all s t r u c t u r e s a p p u r - For Private Sale The Farm Bureau t h e t r i b u t e t h a t is given below, as a p - l a b o r a t o r y now gives t h e farm h o u s e - t e r s t h i s ball, which is kept cold b y t e n a n t to t h e o p e r a t i o n of t h e r o a d , considered w a s t e will yield f o r t u n e s To reduce my herd of regis, Poultry Exchange peared in t h e G r a n d R a p i d s " H e r - wife d r y r e f r i g e r a t i o n for p r e s e r v i n g t h e w a t e r , t h e v a p o r c o n d e n s e s . to g r o w e r s , a c c o r d i n g t o Dr. George tered Herefords. subject to t h e r e s e r v a t i o n by t h e 20 bred cows of good breeding. ivlitch formerly operated a t 2610 a l d " a s h o r t t i m e ago. T h i s a t t i t u d e h e r foodstuffs w i t h o u t t h e u s e of W h e n t h e v a p o r i z a t i o n and c o n d e n s a - company of t h e r i g h t of u s e w i t h o u t E. B u r g e s s , d i r e c t o r of t h e United 20 calves to go with dams. Kiopelle Street, Detroit, has dis- on t h e p a r t of t h e city d w e l l e r s will electrical devices a n d by utilizing t h e tion process h a s c a r r i e d o n t o t h e competition S t a t e s b u r e a u of s t a n d a r d s . 15 open heifers, good quality. continued business. T&ls business a n d at prevailing toll Invisible F o r t u n e s 5 sires, Fairfax breeding. has been taken over by the have a t e n d e n c y t o b r i d g e t h e g a p kitchen r a n g e o r oil stove to " m a k e p r o p e r point, a w h i s t l e in t h e cor- r a t e s until t h e close of 1935. T h e of- t h a t exists between t h e p r o d u c e r s t h i n g s cold." r u g a t e d ball s o u n d s t h e signal a n d Giving a n e x a m p l e of t h e invisible 60 head of useful, well bred, reg- fer was accepted In preference t o t h e f o r t u n e s on f a r m s , Dr. B u r g e s s GnrlocK-William* Co. and c o n s u m e r s , a n d p u t t h e b u s i n e s s Crosley Radio c o r p o r a t i o n a n - t h e n this ball, which is very h o t , is proposal of W. D. Corley t o c o n s t r u c t istered Herefords to go at rea- sonable prices, at a time when 2614 Orleans St. of each o n a more e q u a l plane. T h e n o u n c e s t h e n e w device which is i m m e r s e d in cold w a t e r for^ a b o u t a second toll road to t h e sumit of t h e points o u t t h a t t h e p r e s e n t c r o p of the outlook for beef cattle is Detroit e d i t o r i a l , which we c o n s i d e r excep- claimed to r e d u c e t h e t e m p e r a t u r e in t h r e e m i n u t e s . 250,000 t o n s of c o r n s t a j k s t h r o w n very bright. P e a k , on t h e opposite side of t h e Call, Phone, Write tionally well w r i t t e n , is given be- a r e f r i g e r a t o r o r cooling chest t o Evaporation Causes Freezing a w a y a n n u a l l y a r e even now e s t i m a t - Tour shipments of poultry, eggs m o u n t a i n , with t h e understanding low exactly as it a p p e a r e d : many d e g r e e s below t h e a v e r a g e tem- T h i s s u d d e n c h a n g e of t e m p e r a t u r e t h a t a t t h e e n d of s i x y e a r s t h e n e wed to be w o r t h $5 p e r t o n to m a n u - W . H. McCARTY, R. 7 and veal are solicited. Tags and Bad Axe, Michigan market Information sent on request. A g r e a t t r a g e d y h a s been enacted p e r a t u r e m a i n t a i n e d w h e r e n a t u r a l s t a r t s t h e liquid in t h e s m o o t h ball road, t o g e t h e r with t h e p r e s e n t Cor- f a c t u r e r s for t h e p r o d u c t i o n of wall in s o m e f a r m i n g sections n o r t h of ice is used in t h e old i c e box. to vaporize and it is t h i s v a p o r i z a t i o n ley M o u n t a i n H i g h w a y from Colora- board, p a p e r a n d a n u m b e r of o t h e r G r a n d R a p i d s . In t h e midst of t h e in t h e s m o o t h ball t h a t c a u s e s a low do S p r i n g s to Cripple Creek would c o m m o d i t i e s . P e a n u t shells a r e list- season d u r i n g which n o r m a l l y w a r m temperature. become public p r o p e r t y w i t h o u t cost. ed a s a n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t w a s t e p r o - nights should be i n s p i r i n g rapid As soon a s t h e c o r r u g a t e d ball h a s duct, from which insecticides a n d car- In r e a c h i n g h i s decision, S e c r e t a r y g r o w t h of corn, tomatoes showing h a d chance to cool in t h e w a t e r , t h e J a r d i n e expressed t h e belief t h a t a bon black, used in m a n u f a c t u r i n g color a n d c u c u m b e r s r e a c h i n g m a r - m a c h a n i s m is r e a d y t o place in posi- single r o a d to t h e p e a k w o u l d be suf- tires, a r e o b t a i n e d . F u r f u r a l , a syn- FALL TRADE ! k e t a b l e size, t h e frost d e m o n d e tion in a n y ice c h e s t o r , p a r t i c u l a r l y , ficient to a c c o m m o d a t e t h e p u b l i c ; t h e t i c reein. is being m a d e from o a t The fanner's purchasing power is i m . gcended u p o n u n p r o t e c t e d l o w l a n d ? . in t h e chest m a d e for it, a s s h o w n in t h a t a second road would c a u s e need- h u l l s a n d c a n be m a d e from c o r n - Acre after acre of corn, b e a n s , torn** proving. More salt will b e u s e d t h i s t h e p i c t u r e above. less d i s t u r b a n c e of n a t u r a l c o n d i t i o n s cobs. toes, c u c u m b e r s a n d even potatoes In position, t h e cooling p r o c e s s and involve heavy e x p e n d i t u r e s foi fall. Specify t h e following b r a n d s : N o . T h e a d v a n c e of s y n t h e t i c c h e m i s t r y a r e today black a n d d e a d . T h e e n t i r e c o n t i n u e s for h o u r s , k e e p i n g t h e which n o economic j u s t i f i c a t i o n ex- is calling for basic m a t e r i a l s for h u n . 1, M e d i u m , X o n - C a k i n g (full g r a i n e d ) ; hopes of a farm season for lowland t e m p e r a t u r e in t h e c h e s t very low for isted. E c o n o m y Salt (reasonably priced); d r e s of p r o d u c t s . V e g e t a b l e oils a r e f a r m e r s lacking n a t u r a l protection 2 4 t o 36 h o u r s , t h e m a n u f a c t u r e r s lodo-Blox ( e x c e l l e n t for s t o c k ) . , rapidly r e p l a c i n g m i n e r a l l u b r i c a n t s . have been blasted. It is t o o l a t e n o w claims. All of t h e s e c a n b e o b t a i n e d from for p l a n t i n g of new crops. T h e f a r m - Since t h e b a l l s a n d t h e c o n n e c t i n g Big Tax Battle To farm p r o d u c t s . Last year 17,400,- er m u s t t a k e h i s loss a n d bear it. SAGINAW SALT PRODUCTS CO. These blackened a c r e s w e r e e x - t u b e a r e sealed t i g h t , t h e liquid i n - Confront Congress 000 b u s h e l s of corn went into the SAGINAW, MICHIGAN pected to p r o d u c e s u s t e n a n c e for t h e side is designed for u s e indefinitely. (Continued from page one) p r o d u c t i o n of corn s u g a r . T h u s o n e T h e signal w h i s t l e on t h e ball t h a t ' t u r e which m a d e t h e lower r a t e s ret- process b e c a m e a n a p p r e c i a b l e fac- » ••; coming winter. They r e p r e s e n t a l l that some farmers had. Long days is h e a t e d is o p e r a t e d by s t e a m . I m - roactive o v e r a period of y e a r s . M r . tor in t h e price of corn. of plowing a n d h a r r o w i n g , seeding m e r s i n g t h i s ball in cold w a t e r , af- S a t t e r w h i t e c o n c e n t r a t e d h i s efforts Big Industries Interested and c u l t i v a t i n g now a r e gone for tor h e a t i n g it, r e p l e n i s h e s t h e w a - on c o m p l e t e repeal. This session he "Big industries," says Dr. Bur- * ^ HE-ir ^ ^ - ^ - - * - w . n a u g h t . B u t in t h e t r a g e d y of it a l l ter s u p p l y for t h e specially c o n s t r u c t - a n d Mr. Mondell c o n t e m p l a t e j o i n gess, " a r e i n t e r e s t e d in g e t t i n g c h e a p - -TrVfsM the Michigan f a r m e r is facing h i s ed s t e a m c h a m b e r . T h e few d r o p s ing forces for t h a t c o m m o n p u r p o s e . er r a w m a t e r i a l s a n d t h e r e is a g r e a t of w a t e r used h e r e m a k e s t e a m for Governors to Be Enlisted loss w i t h s t e r n r e s i g n a t i o n . W i t h n o hope of profit from t h e farm, o r with t h e signal only a n d n o t e n o u g h s t e a m d e s i r a b i l i t y in h a v i n g t h e s e m a t e r i a l s T h e f o r m e r ' s p l a n s c o n t e m p l a t e a grown in t h e United S t a t e s . At p r e s - Whites are the Limiting a s s u r a n c e of profits tremendously to m a k e t h e c o n t r a p t i o n d a n g e r o u s . p o p u l a r d e m o n s t r a t i o n a g a i n s t t h e e n t t h e y a r e being i m p o r t e d in h u g e Factor in Egg Production reduced, t h e farmer a l r e a d y is plow- T h e a c c o m p a n y i n g p i c t u r e shows T h e liquid used a n d t h e g a s e s t h a t e s t a t e tax, it being proposed to have q u a n t i t i e s . A w a r a n y place on e a r t h ing h i s tields for next y e a r and a t t h e t h e r e f r i g e r a t i n g unit being placed a r e p r o d u c e d in t h e process a r e per- a g r o u p of G o v e r n o r s come to W a s h - a n d a shift in a n a t i o n ' s t r a d e policy s a m e t i m e h o p i n g t h a t r o a d w o r k o r in t h e cooling c h e s t . Inset shows t h e fectly h a r m l e s s , it is claimed, even i n g t o n a n d m a k e personal pleas with is b o u n d to affect i n d u s t r y seriously O NE hundred pounds ordinary grain rationij produces 4 5 % more yolks than whites. Hensj need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg some o t h e r form of d a y labor will e n t i r e r e f r i g e r a t i n g m e c h a n i s m . were t h e r e t o b e c o m e a l e a k in t h e t h e i r d e l e g a t i o n s for repeal of t h e or p e r h a p s c u t t h e m off a l t o g e t h e r Mash with Buttermilk supplies the proteiw provide t h e necessities for life m e c h a n i s m a n d allow e i t h e r t h e g a s tax. A m e e t i n g t o f u r t h e r p l a n s for from r a w m a t e r i a l s . ingredients for whites in the proper proportion' To o p e r a t o t h e device, the ball with to balance the yolks for maximum egg produc-j t h r o u g h t h e w i n t e r . Of course, m a n y the c o r r u g a t i o n s is set over a fire t o or t h e liquid t o escape. t h i s e n t e r p r i s e h a s been called f o r " T h e a g r i c u l t u r a l d e p r e s s i o n of tion. The public formula for Michigan Egg* can bear t h e loss w i t h o u t w o r r y i n g h e a t while t h e o t h e r ball, t h e o n e T h e Crosley c o m p a n y h a s i n t r o - an early d a t e in W a s h i n g t o n . T h i s t h e past few y e a r s h a s d e c r e a s e d t h e Mash with Buttermilk is your assurance of con-, i a b o u t f u t u r e s u s t e n a n c e . B u t just a s with t h e hole i n t h e side, is placed duced this device o n t h e m a r k e t a n d g a t h e r i n g , i t is said, is t o be a t t e n d - stant high quality feed and production records j ability of t h e f a r m e r t o buy t h e prod- m a n y c a n ' t . T o this l a t t e r class t h e into a t u b of cold w a t e r . ed by r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from t h e legis- H e a t i n g is t u r n i n g it o u t on a p r o d u c t i o n ucts of factories. If m a n u f a c t u r e can Send for pamphlet of our Poultry Feeds con-| frost of early August r e p r e s e n t s a t h e one ball v a p o r i z e s a liquid t h a t is basis. . l a t u r e of from 15 to 30 s t a t e s , each provide a new s o u r c e of farm i n c o m e s taining valuable feeding suggestions. . blasted f u t u r e . Yet no b e a t e n w a r - d e l e g a t e a t t e n d i n g In a n official ca- they will h a v e m o r e a n d b e t t e r cus- Distribution all over the State. 1 rior e v e r took defeat w i t h finer pacity a s r e p r e s e n t i n g his State's t o m e r s in t h e best m a r k e t of all, t h e s p o r t s m a n s h i p . N o w h e r e in t h e frost Legislature. b i t t e n a r e a will t h e r e b e found d e - Twenty-two s t a t e s have a d o p t e d d o m e s t i c m a r k e t . " FOR SALE BY * i spair d o m i n a n t . These Michigan r e s o l u t i o n s , v i r t u a l l y t h e s a m e i n ev- Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau f a r m e r s a r e not q u i t t e r s . T h e y a r e s a l v a g i n g such of t h e corn a s m a y October Nature Calendar ery respect,' a s k i n g C o n g r e s s t o with- d r a w t h e federal g o v e r n m e n t from A PigTale Distributors v» be used for ensilage, l a y i n g p l a n s t h e field of i n h e r i t a n c e t a x a t i o n . for t h e f u t u r e and k e e p i n g a stiff u p - Mr. Mondell's o r g a n i z a t i o n is a n A l l e g a n c o u n t y will h a v e s e v e r a l o u t g r o w t h of w h a t w a s originally pig c l u b s d u r i n g t h e c o m i n g y e a r ft per lip. But t h e y m u s t not m u c h l o n g e r b e " W h e n t h e m a p l e flames with c r i m s o n And t h e nights a r e still with frost. k n o w n a s t h e A m e r i c a n B a n k e r s ' t h e p l a n s of o n e of t h e m o r e p r o g r e s - /EL * ftff^ r-flL left to t h e m s e l v e s in t h i s a n d kin- Fro t h e summer's luring beauty League. The name was changed sive F a r m B u r e a u members carry dred a g r a r i a n t r a g e d i e s with which Is in a u t u m n ' s glory lost. w h e n t h e B a n k e r s ' Association o b - T h r o u g h t h e m a r s h e s a n d t h e forests through. "More Milk w i t h More Cow t h e " f a r m p r o b l e m " is c o n s t a n t l y jected on t h e g r o u n d t h a t t h e two t i - c h a p t e r e d . Here is j u s t o n e more An i m p e r i o u s s u m m o n s flies tles were very s i m i l a r . Besides i t s T h e Maple Grove F a r m , j u s t out- Left at the End of the Tear* 9 A n d from a l l t h e d r e a m i n g n o r t h l a n d side of M a r t i n , in A l l e g a n county, Milkmaker, a Public Formula Ration, proof t h a t t h e f a n n e r ' s h a z a r d s — i n t e r e s t in repeal of t h e e s t a t e t a x , Builds for the Future T h e wild b i r d s flock a n d r i s e . " h a s been t h e b r e e d i n g place for t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n is also in favor of b o r n e by him in behalf of all t h e rest of u s — a r e too g r e a t to be ignored b y T h o s e w h o s e e a r s a r e t r a i n e d t o recognize t h e " h o n k i n g " c r y of r e d u c i n g t h e c o r p o r a t i o n t a x from thoroughbred hogs a n d c a t t l e for m a n y y e a r s a n d it is from t h e o w n e r T HE important part'that Milkmaker plays' in Michigan dairying is probably best set forth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich- organized society. A m e r i c a n s t a t e s - 13*4 p e r cent t o 10 p e r cent, a n d wild geese, will s e e n u m e r o u s flocks of t h e m m i g r a t i n g s o u t h w a r d of t h i s f a r m , R o b e r t R. M o n t e i t h , igan's leading dairymen who have used Milk* m a n s h i p faces n o g r e a t e r obligation in g r e a t V - s h a p e d f o r m a t i o n s . slashing all surtaxes to a maximum maker continuously for one or more years. t h a t t h e s u g g e s t i o n comes for e s t a b - than to ameliorate these conditions. of 15 p e r cent. These dairymen tell us that they have secured l i s h i n g p i g clubs t h r o u g h o u t the T r u e , we c a n n e v e r hope to m a n u - Male b i r d s h a v e m o u l t e d o r worn off t h e i r g a y s p r i n g p l u m a g e Opposition is I*repared t , the following results by the use of Milkmaker,. county. viz: •» f a c t u r e s t a t u t o r y reliefs which w i l ' a n d a r e flying s o u t h in s o m b e r f e a t h e r s m o r e like t h o s e of t h e T h e drive on t h e e s t a t e t a x will be It is M r . M o n t e i t h ' s Idea t h a t a n y 1. Cows have kept up in better flesh and .vholly repeal t h e laws of supply a n d females. of l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n s . In a d d i t i o n t o better physical condition. boy o r girl in t h e c o u n t y c a n h a v e a d e m a n d a n d t h e laws of N a t u r e . But t h e s e two g r o u p s , n u m e r o u s b a n k e r s ' 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more' Now is t h e t i m e for those w h o d e s i r e t o k e e p b i r d b o a r d e r s good l i t t e r of pigs f o r t h e i r own n e x t even flow of milk. a g e n i u s w h i c h h a s gone far t o w a r d associations a n d i n t e r e s t s , c o m m e r - t h r o u g h t h e w i n t e r t o open u p t h e i r bird l u n c h c o u n t e r s a n d o t h e r s u m m e r if t h e y will u n d e r t a k e t o do 3. Calves better developed and stronger at' s t a n d a r d i z i n g m i n i m u m s of p r o s p e r - cial a n d i n d u s t r i a l organizations, feeding stations* a l i t t l e club w o r k . All t h e y a r e r e - birth. _ . ity for i n d u s t r y a n d c o m m e r c e a n d a n d political a n d t a x a s s o c i a t i o n s a r e 4. Freedom from trouble widi cows at; q u i r e d t o d o is t o t a k e a s o w from finance c a n surely b r i n g s o m e use- seconding t h e project. Calving time; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble. Keep w a t c h for t h e g r a y b i r d s with w h i t e o u t e r tail f e a t h e r s , t h e Maple Grove F a r m a n d r a i s e a lit- The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker' con*; ful e l e m e n t of s t a b i l i z i n g p r o t e c t i o n T h e effort will, however, e n c o u n - little j u n c o s . T h e s e birds come from t h e n o r t h a n d s p e n d t h e win- t e r of pigs a n d give t w o of t h e pigs tinuously since it came on the market in 1922. m to A g r i c u l t u r e . T h e r e is n o a d v a n c e ter feeding on seeds in t h e fields a n d in p r o t e c t e d wooded hollows. t e r t h e m o s t d e t e r m i n e d o p p o s i t i o n to Mr. M o n t e i t h n e x t fall. N o c h a r g e Buying a Better Herd warranty that a n y particular scheme from a g r o u p t h a t is p r e a p r i n g C is m a d e for t h e s o w ; t h e r e t u r n of These men have realized that in buying and nsing Milkmaker they are assuring themselves! of s t a t u t o r y relief will succeed. B u t K i n g l e t s , w h o s p e n t t h e s u m m e r f a r t h e r n o r t h , have r e t u r n e d to w a g e a d e t e r m i n e d contest a g a i n s t of a better herd of cows two or three years hence. t w o pigs n e x t y e a r being t h e price since p r o g r e s s in this direction roust t h e i r w i n t e r h a u n t s . They a r e a l r e a d y busily p i c k i n g insects off repeal or f u r t h e r r e d u c t i o n of J h e In buying a bag of dairy feed you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, butfor thel t h e b o y o r girl will h a v e to p a y t o ultimate results obtained. The results to be obtained are not necessarily determined by/ he e x p e r i m e n t a l , a t best, it is doubly twigs. tax. T h e i r position in t h e S e n a t e , vir- get h i s s t a r t . the price of the feed. The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible) vital t h a t t h e e x p e r i m e n t s should be t u a l l y t h e b a l a n c e of power, a n d i r E v e r y sow t a k e n for club w o r k protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results. gin. T h i s is t h e p r i m e d o m e s t i c d i a l Leaves a r e r i p e n i n g . This m e a n s t h a t they h a v e Btopped m a k i n g t h e H o u s e , w i t h i n a vew v o t e s of b e - A common phrase among users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more c o i r s u g a r a n d a r e s h i p p i n g a l l of t h e i r p r o d u c t s into t h e t r e e . will b e a full-blood a n i m a l and l e n g e on t h e d o o r s t e p of t h e A m e r i - ing s o , gives t h e m a n i m p o r t a n t a d - left a t t h e end of the year." b r e e d i n g will h a v e t o be for p r o d u c - can C o n g r e s s . v a n t a g e from w h i c h t o conduct t h e i r Ask for booklet on "How to Feed for Economical Milk Production." Now t h a t t h e g r e e n chlorophyl n o longer h i d e s t h e o t h e r pig- t i o n of p u r e bloods a n d t h e best opposition. m e n t s , t h e l e a v e s h a n g flaming in t h e s u n , d r e s s i n g t h e t r e e s in t y p e s possible. FOR SALE BY \ T h e i n d u s t r i a l g r o u p of t h e N a - g o r g e o u s r e d s , yellows, a n d r i c h b r o w n s . T h i s is a m e a n s of a f f o r d i n g t h e t i o n a l Association of M a n u f a c t u r e r s Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau FIND REMAINS OF W h e n well r i p e n e d a n d dried, t h e leaves come s w i r l i n g down to b l a n k e t t h e e a r t h or form beautiful mosaic m a n t l e s or ponds a n d u n d e r t h e l e a d e r s h i p of Mr. E m e r y , in a d d i t i o n t o a c o m p l e t e r e w r i t i n g boy or girl a s t a r t t o future financial g a i n s a n d will give t h e C o u n t y F a r m Distributors of t h e i n c o m e t a x . p r o p o s e s , accord- B u r e a u a p o i n t of g e n e r a l c o n t a c t TUSCOLA MONSTER streams. B e e c h n u t s a r e r i p e . Those w h o h a v e t h e p a t i e n c e t o t a k e t h e m ing t o a c o n f i d e n t i a l m e m o r a n d u m , a n d i n t e r e s t in t h e w o r k to d e m a n d t h e following p r o g r a m oi y o u n g folks. I n a s m u c h a s Mr. Mon- of t h e c h a n g e s in t h e r e v e n u e l a w : t e i t h a s k s n o o u t l a y of m o n e y t o A pre-historic monster, weighing out of t h e i r three-sided shells, will find t h e flavor of t h a t t i n y nut well w o r t h a l l t h e trouble. A n e w s t a t u t e of l i m i t a t i o n s f o r s t a r t t h e club m e m b e r s in t h e i r 60 t o n s , s t a n d i n g 30 feet h i g h a n d work, t h i s s h o u l d b e t a k e n a d v a n - r e - o p e n i n g cases. m e a s u r i n g 120 feet in length w a s t h e e s t i m a t e m a d e of t h e a n i m a l whose bones were r e c e n t l y found on t h e farm of F r a n c i s McDonald, n e a r Cass City. T h e opinion w a s express- S q u i r r e l s m a k e good foresters. Many of t h e n u t s which t h e y b u r y for w i n t e r u s e a r e forgotten. T h e s e g e r m i n a t e t h e following s p r i n g a n d n u t tree seedlings grow t o help r e f o r e s t t h e l a n d s . If m a n y frosts occur this m o n t h , t h e c h i p m u n k s will r e t i r e f o r t h e funds. E x p e d i t i o n of t h e p a y m e n t s of r e - t a g e of by t w o or t h r e e dozen boys No p u b l i c i t y — n o t even t h e p u b l i - c a t i o n of r e f u n d s . a n d g i r l s , a s least. H e h a s said t h a t he will give a w a y 25-'sows t h i s fall but will increase t h i s n u m b e r if t h e From Range Simplified p r o c e d u r e for t h e b o a r d i n t e r e s t in t h e u n d e r t a k i n g w a r r a n t s w i n t e r . T h e i r winter q u a r t e r s a r e u s u a l l y holes b e n e a t h s t u m p s . to Feedlot ed by Mr. S a u n d e r s , a m e m b e r of t h e of t a x a p p e a l s . it. scientific society of Cleveland. Mr. T h e b u r r o w s a r e deep enough t o t a k e t h e i r o w n e r s f a r below t h e reach of frost. A shortened period for d e a l i n g E x h i b i t s of t h e pigs will b e s h o w n S a u n d e r s called at t h e farm S u n d a y with d i s p u t e s . at t h e c o u n t y fair next* fall, w h e n a n d e x a m i n e d t h e h e a d , limb joint A s u b s t a n t i a l r e d u c t i o n in t h e cor- a w a r d s will b e m a d e . An effort will The g o r g e o u s coloring of t h e - d o g w o o d l e a v e s is c h a l l e n g e d by and t u s k of what h e claimed to b e p o r a t i o n t a x r a t e , n o w 13 Vz p e r ceut be m a d e t o g e t t h e local b a n k s a n d t h e bright r e d b e r r i e s which c l u s t e r a t t h e e n d s of t h e twigs. t h e r e m a i n s of a d i n o s a u r , a giant other business interests to award r e p t i l e of pre-historic t i m e s . As m a n y a s 400 v i s i t o r s a day h a v e Over t h e g r o u n d in t h e woods, t r a i l i n g euonymous* o r s t r a w b e r r y vine d a n g l e s i t s r e d b e r r i e s from b e n e a t h f u r r y c a p s . o n c o r p o r a t e profits. A clear definition of e a r n e d i n - special prizes in t h e pig r a i s i n g con- c o m e , a l l o w a b l e d e d u c t i o n s , e x e m p - test. 68,000 LAMBS ' visited t h e farm w h e r e t h e bones t i o n s a n d o t h e r t e r m s in t h e p r e s e n t Boys a n d g i r l s i n t e r e s t e d in s t a r t - were r e c e n t l y found in a low s w a m p y Wintergreen, partridge vine, spikenard, and jack-in-the-pulpit law, n o w held t o be v a g u e a n d o b - ing a l i t t e r of p u r e bred pigs for Have been purchased for delivery, through the co-ops for? place. A m o n g t h e v i s i t o r s w e r e W. add more r e d fruit t o t h e floor of t h e w o o d s . scure. their own should write t o Mr. feeding this fall. II. B u e t t n e r , who m o u n t s fossils for An e n t i r e l y n e w plan of a u d i t i n g M o n t e i t h or call on him p e r s o n a l l y Many fence rails a r e d e c k e d w i t h b i t t e r s w e e t b e r r i e s which a r e T h i s is h i s hobby, h e says, a n d h o p e s the University of Michigan, and C h a s . just b r e a k i n g o u t of t h e i r yellow c o a t s . business returns. Supplying feeder lambs and cattle to Michigan livestock, F. Deiss, assistant i n s t r u c t o r a t A n n Many I n t e r e s t s Iteprespnted t h a t h e will h a v e m o r e a p p l i c a t i o n s It is of i n t e r e s t t h a t b u t o n e of for brood sows t h a n h e c a n fill t h i s growers through the National Live Stock Producers Arbor. B a r b e r r y h e d g e s a r e g a y with s c a r l e t b e r r i e s . S c a t t e r e d t h r o u g h P e r m i s s i o n to e x c a v a t e f u r t h e r in the d a r k t w i g s a n d t u r n i n g leaves, t h e y glisten like r e d b e a d s , o r these items r e l a t e s directly t o t a x fall, a n d t h a t w o u l d be g o i n g s o m e Association was undertaken by the Michigan Live Stock t h e s w a m p hole in s e a r c h of m o r e cinnamon drops. r e d u c t i o n , a l t h o u g h a l l a r e of t h e b e c a u s e h e h a s a l o t of h o g s t o i s e - Exchange a year ago with .such resultant success and sat* bones was denied t h e University men greatest; i m p o r t a n c e in l o w e r i n g t a x lect from. Seeds a r e t r a v e l i n g a b o u t in s e a r c h of n e w h o m e s i t e s . T h o s e of p a y m e n t s . It is said t h a t t h e s e pro- isl'action to the growers that similar connections have by Mr. McDonald. t h e milkweed* a n d c l e m a t i s a r e r i d i n g with t h e wind on t h e i r silky posed revisions a r e t h e p r o d u c t of Pheasants Eat Worms been made this season. p a r a c h u t e s . B u r d o c k a n d b e g g a r tick seeds w i t h t h e i r p r i c k l y c o a t s m a n y m o n t h s ' s t u d y by a j o i n t com- a r e h o o k i n g r i d e s on passing a n i m a l s . Ash t r e e s e e d s g l i d e o n t h e i r m i t t e e of officials r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e Last year 23,060 of a total of 1M,000 feeder lambs Girls To Be Included monoplanes. mother. T h e seeds of Humble weed a r e t r a v e l i n g with t h e i r following o r g a n i z a t i o n s : A f a r m e r in O n t a r i o t h o u g h t t h a t t h e p h e a s a n t s w e r e e a t i n g h i s corn. purchased through the national Livestock Producers As College Shorthorns L o n g c i g a r - l i k e pods d a n g l e from t h e c a t a l p a t r e e s . T h e s e a r e N a t i o n a l Association of Manufac- T h e g a m e d e p a r t m e n t killed t w o of t u r e r s , w i t h a m e m b e r s h i p of m o r e t h e b i r d s a n d e x a m i n e d t h e i r c r o p s , eiation were placed in Michigan. In addition to this lilled w i t h seeds e q u i p p e d with a c o m b i n a t i o n flying a p p a r a t u s con- there were 10,000 feeder cattle purchased direct from the s i s t i n g of t w o wings fringed witri silky h a i r s which a c t like a p a r a - t h a n 40 s t a t e m a n u f a c t u r e r s associa- in w h i c h w e r e found 2 0 0 c u t w o r m s Girls will have a short course of t h e i r o w n at Michigan S t a t e College chute. t i o n s ; N a t i o n a l L u m b e r M a n u f a c t u r - a n d n o corn. range at a great saving to the feeders. e r s Association. National P e t r o l e u m It is a well k n o w n fact that this year, according to a n a n n o u n c e - O r a n g e p u m p k i n s large a n d s m a l l glow like l a n t e r n s in t h e corn Association, N a t i o n a l Coal Associa- p h e a s a n t s p r e f e r insects t o g r a i n food This season's shipments of lambs began September 1, from m e n t from t h e Short Course office the Oregon ranges, and continued until September 15; fields. It is t i m e for t h e g l i s t e n i n g b r o w n tops of p u m p k i n pies to t i o n . A m e r i c a n Mining C o n g r e s s , N a - w h e n e v e r t h e y c a n g e t t h e m . and t h e Division of Home Economics. be seen on p a n t r y shelves.-, The new course will be a n eight t i o n a l Boot a n d Shoe M a n u f a c t u r - Montana lambs, September 15 to October 10. Write weeks' c o u r s e in Home Economics e r s Association, American Cotton J. H. O'Mealey, Secretary, .Michigan Livestock Exchange, f T h e seven sister P l e i a d e s a r e well in view in t h e e a s t e r n s k y . M a n u f a c t u r e r s Association. Stopped Traffic for D u c k Hudson, Mich., for particulars. N ginning J a n u a r y 3. T h e subject F o r t h o u s a n d s of years, a m o n g m a n y peoples, t h e y h a v e m a r k e d T h e s e g r o u p s of i n t e r e s t , d e c l a r e d m a t t e r will be given by m e m b e r s of the t i m e of a n n u a l c e r e m o n i e s for t h e dead by t h e i r l e a d e r s t o r e p r e s e n t h u n - Traffic on & b u s y m a i n r o a d n e a r Representatives Now In The the he Home Economics Di- ^ _ _ _ _ _ ;—, . d r e d s of b u s i n e s s firms, l a r g e a n d B o u r n e , E n g l a n d , w a s held u p for vision, according to Dean K r u e g e r . These courses a r e designed for t h e ; s h o r t courses t o be o t t e r e d d u r i n g s m a l l , w i t h invested capital r u n n i n g t e n m i n u t e s while a duck laid an Cattle Territory and will be open to g i r l s oyer six- m e n i n t e r e s t e d in g e n e r a l a g r i c u l - t h e p r e s e n t school y e a r will be t h e into t h e billions, a r e e n g a g e d in p r e - egg. A p o l i c e m a n h a d h a l t e d a u t o - without e x a m i n a , t u r e . h o r t i c u l t u r e , d a i r y p r o d u c t i o n : two-year, sixteen w e e k s c o u r s e in p a r i n g to p r e s e n t t h e i r case t o Con mobiles w h e n t h e duck s t a r t e d t o tion or e n t r a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s . manufacturing, agricultural en-| general agriculture w h i c h b e g i n s g r e s s . T h e i r first effort will be di- w a d d l e a c r o s s t h e road. Half way Th« court*. ,: i eu o t h e r s h o r t : g i n e e r i n g . t r u c k a n d t r a c t o r , p o u l t r y . ' October 24. | at t h e college w h i c h ' bee-keeping, f l o r i c u l t u r e , o r n a m e n - T h e new c o u r s e in h o m e economics C o m m i t t e e w h i c h rected t o t h e H o u s e W a y s a n d Means over s h e s a t d o w n . After s h e h a d laid will begin t h e t h e e g g . s h e c o n t i n u e d h e r j o u r n e y . Michigan Livestock Exchange *'" Mended by some f i v e j t a l h o r t i c u l t u r e , fruit g r o w i n g , a n d a s well a s a n u m b e r of t h e o t h e r w o r k of d r a f t i n g a n e w t a x bill l a t e Th*> e g g w a s s a l v a g e d a n d t h e p r o - j m a r k e t g a r d e n i n g . T h e first of t h e s e ] s h o r t courses, will begin J a n u a r y 3. in October. " a of h a l t e d c a r s ^ p r o c e e d e d . HUDSON MICHIGAN