MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS The Business of the Farmer Great Rural Advantages Can Be Protected Only Are Made Possible Through Proper Organization W i t h A Strong Farm Bureau PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP FIFTH YEAR, VOL. V., No. 18 OCTOBER 14, 1927 li% * * * ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY FARM BUREAU ACTIVITIES INCREASE AS WINTER APPRUACHES Report on International FARMERS INSIST MUSCLE SHOALS BE PUT TO WORK PRODUCING CHEAP FERTILIZERS ONCE STARTED, GROUP CONFERENCES Corn Borer Control Tour By R. F . B O W E R DO MORE TO STIR UP ENTHUSIASM IN Member Of President Coolidge's Muscle ShfyiU Inquiry COUNTIES THAN ANY OTHER MEETING Effects On Crops In Infested Areas Stand Out A s A Most Convincing A r g u m e n t In Favor Many Bureaus Follow The County Group Plan f Of T h e Control W o r k With Similar Discussions Arnone- Township By L. B. Palmer, Pits., Ohio F. B. Leaders, Calling In Co-op Managers Almost two hundred leaders and And Directors For Conferences officials of the different departments of government, extension forces, ex- Briefs periment stations, and farm organi- land Following the series of group conferences which were held zation leaders from all states of the during September quite a large number of county Farm mid-west assembled at the corn borer control headquarters, 615 Front Breezes Bureaus have held similar meetings, usually inviting in, aside street, Toledo, on the morning of from the board of directors and township committees, co-op September 21. QUARTERLY MEETINGS Muscle Shoals—The Farmer's Dream Of Cheap Fertilizers What good are quarterly Farm managers and the boards of directors of cooperative compa- The first field visited was a dem- What will be the next chapter In At the same time farmers are Shoals question In accordance with onstration of low cutting harvesting Bureau meetings anyway? If we just nies. go, listen to a speech, eat a lunch the long and hectic career of buying millions of tons of fertilizer the purposes adopted when the tax machinery where we not only saw Muscle Shoals? each year. The use of fertilizer is payers' money was appropriated for Recently such meetings were held in St. Clair, Clinton, Mid- and stay out till midnight and get The magnificent power dam stands slowly increasing hut it would go • this project; namely, for the pro the low cutting devices but also the a good case of headache the next day land, Ionia, Mecosta, Newaygo and Huron counties. Aside combine machine for low cutting with what's the use? fully completed; the $15,000,000 air forth by leaps and hounds tf cheaper duction of nitrates for explosives in an ensilage cutting attachment on the nitrate plant is fully equipped and fertilizers were available President ' time of war and fertilizers In time from this several other county Farm Bureau boards have been If your township men feel that ready to operate: the turbine- Coolidge's Muscle Shoals Inquiry re- ! of peace conferred with and are planning similar events. same machine which would deliver way after attending your quarterly generators, costing nearly half a ported that proper utilixation of i Congressman W F James, of into a wagon box one-half inch cuts meeting, something is wrong. Most million dollars each are in place Muscle Shoals would cut fertilizer j Michigan, acting chairman of the On Friday, October 21, Cass county is holding a quarterly of corn taken from a standing posi- often the thing that is wrong in such and electric current is being gen- costs 43 per cent. Military Affairs Committee of the tion through one operation with this a case«is that the committeemen had meeting and on October 25, Sanilac county is going to hold a erated, yet no nitrates are being Farm organizations have been House, has the chief responsibility machine. This combine will be used no chance to take part in planning produced able to work out with the leading for getting early action on this mat meeting for the purpose of discussing a county program of extensively in the sweet corn sections the program for the . County Farm Only a part of the electric current air nitrates producers of America— ter when the new Congress as- work. Other meetings are contemplated in Branch, Berrien, to destroy the stalks after the ears Bureau as discussed in these quarter- Is being utilized and this goes to the American Cyanamid Company— sembles in December Congress wa? have been removed. the power monopoly of that region a proposal for the operation of the ready to vote on a Muscle Shoal? St. Joseph, Tuscola, Jackson, Shiawassee and Calhoun coun- ly meetings. Perhaps no action was —the Alabama Power Company—at Muscle Shoals plants on a basis j leasing bill last session, especially ties and several other counties during the month of October The next inspection, that of field taken following the meeting and a price that fails by more than half even better than that offered by < the Madden bill introduced by Con plots of the experiment station, was all the discussion was useless. a million dollars a year to pay even Henry Ford and finally withdrawn j gressman Martin Madden of Illinois and early in November. very interesting. Three hundred plots In attempting to do any job, I per cent interest on the fair by him when Congress wore him chairman of the powerful appro At these meetings most of the time is spent discussing whether it be building a barn, a peace-time cost of the dam and out with its dilatory tactics priations committee But Mr showed* the difference in time of James committee adjourned with things that can be done within the county to promote the in- planting, different varieties, and the better tax system, or a community, power plant The«price received hy No wonder, then, that farmers Mie Government is only two mills are demanding of Congress quick out giving Congress the opportunin terest of Farm Bureau members. A definite drive is under effect of using different amounts and three steps and three steps only are •>r kilowatt hour and full disposal of the Muscle to vote on any bill. kinds of fertilizer. These test plots necessary, but three are necessary. way to have put on in each Farm Bureau county at least one showed that later corn did not have The steps are: (a) Investigation, concrete piece of work and push it to its completion during as great an infestation of corn borers getting the facts, etc. (b) Discussion as the earlier plantings. The next field visited was that of making plans, to- action. • (c) Putting plans in- BANQUET SHOWS 1890—1927 the winter months. A Farm Bureau quarterly meeting John Wolfe in which 74 per cent of then should have a program some- the stalks were infested and 5 per thing like this: CLINTON'S PART "Sunset and evening .bell and one clear call for me: May there be no sadness of farewell, when I put out to sea." NATIONAL WRITER SEES POWER IN FARM BUREAU REVIEW FUNCTIONS cent of the ears, with an average of 5 borers per infested stalk. By driv- 1. Definite time to call to order. 2. Chairman who knows what is ing along the road, it would not be to be done and makes the meeting IN BUREAU WORK The clear call came and the young bark pulled out to sea this week and there was a sadness of farewell among those engaged in —Tennyson. William B. Monro, writing in the OF GENESEE GROUP possible to note the damage done to stick to its purpose. Farm Bureau work at headquarters. Atlantic Monthly, recently, offered this corn, but a close examination in 3. A short musical or entertain- County Is Set To Develop Willis Wahl, b< und to the Farm Bureau organization in Michigan this decision: 40 County And Township the field revealed the presence of a ment program. through five years of honest and faithful endeavor as an employe, "The fact is that the most formid- large number of borers wherever one Some Real Business answered that "one clear call,'' as that immortal poet has termed able lobby whioh has functioned in Leaders Stage Lively 4. Should use local talent. it, this week. Washington during the past half would look for them. 5. Discussion, by township com- During Year Quarterly Meet The afternoon was spent in in- mitteemen and members present, of Mr. Wahl first took up work with the Farm Bureau organization dozen years is the one which repre- specting the field laboratories of one major topic, such as: in 1922. engaging in membership work—the big task then at hand. sents the American Farm Bureau Michigan, near Monroe, and several 244 AT OCTOBER MEET He served in the organization department for two years and then Federation. It is the most formid- Members of the County Farm Bu- (a) The tax situation in the re- became a representative of the Farm Bureau Seed Service and the able because it has the widest rami- reau board and township commit' field plots in which were demonstrat- spective county. Supply Service, working out in the sales territory for the past three fications and least compunction in for Genesee county met at the Ma- ed the different methods of control- (b) The township road prob- Aim To Hold Meetings In years. putting the screws on Senators and sonic temple in Flint, Monday night, ing the spread of the corn borer and lem and what to do about it. Different Parts Of His straightforward, amiable manner won him friends and won Congressmen from the agricultural Oct. 3. in their quarterly meeting in studying the life cycle and habits (c) The membership situation. friends for the organization he represented wherever he worked. It The County was the type of friendship builded on confidence and the type that states. -The lobby of the Anti-Saloon with about 40 present to receive a of the pest. (d) Farm Relief. was of the greatest worth to the organization employing him. League runs it a close second and the report on the present campaign for Oh Thursday, September 2 2, we 6. Possibly one outside speaker American Federation of Labor, in members and plan future activities. started early from Detroit for the in- should be engaged. "One of the big Farm Bureau Just before becoming associated with the Michigan State Farm President W. W. Billings presided Bureau, in December, 1921, Mr. Wahl married and since that tim^ the extent and effectiveness of its spection trip through the counties of 7. Should plan course of action meetings of recent times," is a fair coercive power, deserves third place." and reviewed many of the t'unei Kent and Essex in Canada. I have and provide means for getting it. five children have come into the family: Marjorie, Robert, Mary of the Genesee County Farm Bureau statement of what happened in Clin- Olive, Phylis and Nancy B.. a babe of but a few weeks. visited this section every year for 8. Possibly a light luncheon pre- ton county. Tuesday, October 4, at and needs of the tuture. He was a farmer's son, born in Centreville. Michigan. Nov. 13, the past five years, with the excep- ceding or following the meeting can the Olive Grange hall when two hun- tion of last year, and was immediate- be served. dred and forty-four Farm Bureau Such a meeting needs to be prop- members of Clinton county sat down 1890, joined and the residing Farm on Bureau the farm staff. He until was the a winter graduate of of 1922, the when Centreville he BERRIEN LADIES A very pleasing program was ar- ranged in which Mr. Latourettc, of ly impressed with the few corn fields high school, class of 1908, and a post-graduate at Three Rivers, the Y. M. C. A., led the community that we saw in that section. This, as erly arranged for. Such matters as to a banquet. you know, is a very good livestock the followfng, need careful atten- The meeting was called to order class of 1910, later attending Michigan State College. Besides the parents and. the wife and five children, he leaves two ASSIST COLLEGE singing and Miss Dorothy Miller, of the Baker Conservatory of Music, section and is adapted for diversified tion in addition to the above pro- by J. E. Crosby who introduced Clair brothers, John and Carl, and three sisters, Hazel, Melva and gave a splendid reading, after which farming. gram: Blanche. Show Themselves To Be Good Mrs. Helen Hill enthused the mem- Burton as toastmaster. A few Farm 1. Well lighted and heated hall. Bureau songs were sung and after bers present with the women's work The corn borer was first discovered 2. Seats arranged to suit the size Co-operators In Home in Kent and Essex counties in 19 21. of the gathering. some opening remarks by the toast- that is going on in 22 groups in the By 1923, thirty per cent of the master. F. G. Wright, field man for Extension Work county. fields were infested and by 1924 quainted. some of the fields were entirely des- 3. Provisions for getting folks ac- the Michigan State Farm Bureau, 4. Avoid interruptions during pro- was introduced. Mr. Wright gave a ST. JOE MEMBERS NAME SECRETARY By Mis. J. A. Richard* A. M. Edmunds, field worker fof the Michigan State Farm Bureau, troyed. It is estimated that the acre- gram. age planted in corn at present in talk, stressing the church, the school And above all else, get some sort and the home as the interests around these counties,is only 1-20 of what of report of the meeting, no matter which many Farm Bureau activities DISPLAY LOYALTY OF CONSERVATION The Berrien County Farm Bureau who has been building up the or- is co-operating with the extension de- ganization with the loyal help of partment of the state college in ad- members, gave a short review of the was planted under average condi- how big or small it may be, to the center. After Mr. Wright's talk sev- vancing the clothing project for the history of the Michigan State Farm tions, in this connection it is inter- Farm Bureau News so that your eral local people participated in a This County Farm Bureau J. Russell Jontz, Grand Rap- farm women of the county. The Bureau since it's birth, it's accom- esting to note that last year was the neighbors and fellow members car. brief discussion. A resolution was Holds 3rd Quarterly ids, Takes Post Formerly Bureau is not only lending its moral plishments and aims for the future. first that forced clean-lip measures read about it. That advertises your offered and passed, suggesting that. support and encouragement to this Mr. Edmunds also explained the work were put into practice. This is an local organization and stimulates inasmuch as agricultural extension Meet Of Year Held By Hogarth project but is also assisting in a fi- of the different departments and the object lesson for us folks for, if we reader interest in the News. Try it work in the county is for the benefit nancial way to boost this program in of members if best results are wait too long for results of scientific of all. farmers and business men The third quarterly meeting of Appointment of J. Russell Jontz its second year's work. There are obtained throughout these depart- research, the corn borer will so mul- alike, that it was the opinion of the St. Joseph County Farm Bureau of Grand Rapids, as secretary of the 12 groups receiving the lessons this ments, and the machinery which has tiply and the infestation be so great in a short time that it will wipe out MIDLAND MEMBERS those assembled that it should be was held at Sturgis, Wednesday eve- state conservation commission, was year. supported by an appropriation made ning, Sept. 14. Despite the extreme- announced Tuesday by George Ho- been set up. He also stated that so Each group is represented by two far in the campaign in nine town- our corn crop. Increase Was Rapid GET INTO ACTION by the county board of supervisors. ly hot weather at that time, nearly garth, acting director. Jontz was one leaders who relay the lesson to the ships about 100 members have been C. L. Nash of the Michigan State 100 members and friends attended of the first organizers of the Izaak local group after receiving it from added. Walton league in Michigan. He is the state extension specialist from Louis Selesky, county secretary, The Dominion officials stated that Farm Bureau gave a talk on the the meeting. the infestation has travelled 350 A Constructive, Definite Pro- trends of agriculture which included A pleasant social hour was enjoy- credited with having devised a plan the college. The leaders are divided urged the township committeemen In miles north of St. Thomas where it some facts pertaining to Farm Bu- ed and all sat down to a community of organization which later "Was into two groups, one group meeting townships not yet worked to be was first found seven years ago. The gram Of Work Is reau work. Olive Grange served the supper, following which a program of adopted by the national Izaak Wal- at the Long Lake Neighborhood Club ready to give every co-operation for Canadian officials were strong in Being Arranged banquet which was well worth re- entertainment was carried out. The ton body. House and the other at the home of building up its membership, and gave recommending compulsory clean-up membering. Mrs. Brooks rendered program consisted of musical num- To accept the state position, Jontz Mrs. J. A. Richards near Eau Claire a short talk on auto insurance and immediately as a means of restrict- two piano solos which added to the bers and group singing. leaves the Big Brothers' society of About 300 women received the as he has insured 106 cars in his Starting its quarterly meetings of ing the spread of the corn borer into township and executive committee- interest of the program. On the Dr. J. W. Will, of the Presbyterian Grand Rapids, of which he was ex- work last winter and although not community the folks believed ho other sections of the corn belt. whole it was said to be one of the church, of Sturgis, who very recent- ecutive secretary. Prior to his con- that many are enrolled this year, the knew what he was talking about. men with a successful meeting, Sept. finest Farm Bureau meetings so far ly returned from a trip to Europe, nection with this society he was a quota is full and the work started. We visited one farm that had the 27. .Midland County Farm Bureau as spirit and enthusiasm goes that Mr. Campbell, the county agricul- previous record of growing one hun- tentatively outlined its winter pro- has been witnessed in some time. spoke on the intensive farming meth- Y. M. C. A. secretary. Miss Edna Gleason is the state spe- tural agent, gave a short talk on his ods of the Europeans. Dr. Will has The new secretary is a graduate of cialist, havina had charge of the work, after which a splendid lunch- dred bushels of corn to the acre, gram of work and decided on a big. DePauw university. He succeeds Ho- •work last year. The leaders are very eon was served. that now has 100 per cent infestation all-day meeting to be held on Dec. It may be Interesting to know travelled in some 20 states of this garth, who Was elevated from secre- much pleased to have her give the Of stalks and S8 per cent of ear in- 7. At the December meeting it is that back of this meeting were some country and has visited eight coun- tary of the commission to acting di- lessons again this year. festation on a 25 acre field. This planned to develop something def- carefully made arrangements. About tries of the Eastern Hemisphere, so rector in a recent shake-up. corn was planted as late as June 9. inite and practicable for the county two weeks ago a meeting of town- his talk was from first-hand infor- In the southern group. Mrs. Miles Slaughter Waste Is ship committees and the executive mation gleaned from his travels. He Murphy is the president and Mrs. A. (Continued on page two) organization to work upon as its board was called and a county pro- explained how and why many of the W. Eidson is the secretary. Good For Fertilizer winter program. gram was worked out. The first step various farming activities are car- FARMER'S TEAM PULLS In the northern group, Mrs. Virgil For years the great meat-packing in this program of work was the ried on as they are. 3,000 TRACTION POUNDS Blanchard is the president and Mrs. establishments of the country have Have You 4 4 Counties Placed holding of this big banquet which M. L. Moon, speaking for the Lowell Williams is the secretary. been pointed out as examph On Accredited List was to be for Farm Bureau members State Farm Bureau, compared the A team of Belgian brood mares, These officers together with the ciehcy because they were said to use only. Each of the fifty committee- American farmer with the farmers of belonging to a Pennsylvania farmer. county agricultural agent, Harry J. "all but the squeal" when a pig was Held Your men present at the first meeting ap- other nations, setting up the effi- has established a new official record Lurkins, and the county chairman of butchered. In home butchering, on The addition of two new T. B.-free parently went home and got busy. U A R T E R L Y meeting counties to the list of accredited There was also a series of three an- ciency of the first to offset the inten- for traction pulling, registering 3,- women's work, Mrs. J. A. Richards, the other hand, and in small retail areas in Michigan brings the total to nouncements, sent to all Farm Bu- sity of the latter's methods in agri- 000 pounds on the dynamometer at form the county committee. butchering establishments, th< ,in October? 4 4. The latest additions are Alger reau members, and some personal culture. Pennsylvania State College recently. edible offal of animals constitutes a and Baraga, both located in the up- work done by members of the board, The large number present and the Exports Bulk Heavy problem not only of advantav Many of the counties per peninsula. Bovine tuberculosis all of which goes to prove that some- interest, despite the . torrid atmos- disposal but also of sanitation. Sugar From Cuba Agricultural exports from the have kept to their original eradication work In these counties thing worthwhile can be done if we phere, speaks well for the loyalty United States during the past year BUS statistics indicate that more plan of holding meetings began last year with a complete teat only get at it in the right way and of the Faim Bureau members of this The completion of the St. Law- bulked the largest in five years. 19,000,000 cattle, sheep, and swine of all cattle followed by a retest of in earnest. county. are butchered annually on I of executive committee rence Waterway will make it pos- infected herds and a second complete Why put off having your seed ranges. A conservative estimal and township committee- test was made during the present Now Clinton county is planning on morale of the members of any or- sible for the sugar-refining industry cleaned. Seed cleaned this fall will the fertilizing value of the [of the Lakes region to secure raw- men regularly. Some summer. On the second test in holding some meetings in different ganization. The Farm Bureau folks sugar from Cuba direct by water, at be ready when you want' it next Baraga 23 reactors were found parts of the county at which members in other counties should watch the a saving ranging from $6.95 per ton spring. The Farm Bureau Seed Serv- to more than I counties have not. among 6043 animals tested and in and non-members are to be invited. results of the type of work now being at Lake Erie ports to $13.65 at Lake ice is equipped to give very satisfac- and more than 4.' Alger only five out of 4304 were A systematic plan like this cannot outlined by the Clinton County Farm Superior ports. t o r y cleaning service. phoric acid." Are You Set? found diseased. help but improve the knowledge and Bureau. * TWO THK O II A It L O T 1 is T K I B T W K OCTOBER 1-1, 1927 to get the members to a t t e n d . T h a t ' s about all t h e r e is to worry Editor Farm Bureau News: Report Corn Borer Dear sir: I am surprised that a MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS about to make y o u r q u a r t e r l y meetings a suc< OPEN FORUM The eounties tfiat seem to have the most real Farm Bureau International Tour The N E W S welcomes fetters man trained in banking and in a farm community should put forth Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau a t Char- (Continued from (Mtge doe) lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices a t S t a t e F a r m Bureau head- life d o n ' t complain about not being able to get township com- from the membership on questions such a plan as Mr. E. B. Stebbins quarters, Lansing, Michigan. In another field about 10 miles Interesting to the membership. proposes. The fundamental error of mittee members to meet with the executive board of the county distant, on a good livestock farm on Such letters must be signed and be reasonably short because of our his scheme, as well as the Mc. Nary- VOL. V. ) careless -use and s t o r a g e of gasoline port will be printed in full later, but the Coolidge administration. Even if the tax collector could Charles Woodruff Hastings a few of the conclusions were: that it With the strategic location just MICHIGAN F R U I T GROWERS, INC. and kerosene, a n d ; (7) faulty w i r i n g installations a n d i m p r o p e r wring another billion dollars out of would be highly important to con- far enough inland to be easily avail- the rich, it would only mean $200 M. D. Buskirk, Pres. Paw Paw John Miller . Coloma use of electrical vhen p u t to t h e test, they could not half a year. e n t e r e d t h e association. T h e top O' T h e f a r m e r s ' own co-op com- s e r v e t h e r u l e s a n d play t h e g a m e r a n g e at a g r e a t s a v i n g to t h e f e e d e r s . • 11 w h a t they t h e m s e l v e s believed Michigan P o t a t o Show association mission h o u s e s a t Detroit and as it is w r i t t e n in t h e book. If all t h e b u i l d i n g s destroyed n. And w h e r e is it b r i n g i n g us to, now comprises t h e e t e h t counties of E a s t Buffalo a r e g e t t i n g farm- T h i s s e a s o n ' s M u p m e n t s of l a m b s b e g a n S e p t e m b e r 1. f r o m T h a t is why a u t o m o b i l e racing L by fire every y e a r were placed '\hat a r e we g a i n i n g by o u r radical E m m e t , Cheboygan. P r e s q u e Isle. ers better returns. the Oregon ranges, ;tnd continued until S e p t e m b e r ever an i n t e r e s t i n g sport. It is above on lots of 6 5 feet frontage, they iews of t h o s e who differ with u s ? Charlevoix. A n t r i m . Otsego, Mont- Your own experienced and M o n t a n a l a m b s , S e p t e m b e r 15 t o O c t o b e r 10. Write r e p r o a c h , t h e d r i v e r s a r e a l w a y s try- would line both sides of a street \ r e we m a k i n g t h e world b e t t e r ; a r e m o r e n c y , and Alpena. conscientious salesmen sell ing to t h e last ounce of physical e x t e n d i n g from Chicago to New J , 11. O ' M e a l e y , S e c r e t a r y , M i c i i f g t o L i v e s t o c k Efcchai ^e p u t t i n g s t r e n g t h a n d s t a b i l i t y in O t h e r c o n t r i b u t i n g agencies are your stock to t h e best advan- e n e r g y a n d t h e last shot of t h e i r York. H u d s o n , Mich., for particulars. >ur c o u n t r y ; a r e we exercising an l a t e D e p a r t m e n t of Agriculture, t a g e a n d you benefit. More m o t o r — a n d it a d v a n c e s y o u r com- A person w a l k i n g along this nfluence over the next g e n e r a t i o n fort, safety a n d t h e w o r l d ' s g r e a t e s t mythical street would pass" in the Michigan State College, a n d t h e Michigan C e n t r a l R a i l r o a d . Michigan Livestock Exchange Representatives N o w I n T h e o m a k e t h e m law abiding, Cod fear- industry. every t h o u s a n d feet a ruin from tig or, r a t h e r , God loving, u p r i g h t which a n i n j u r e d person was T h e p r e m i u m list this y e a r will ex- D e t r o i t , Mich, Cattle Territory nen a n d w o m e n with a respect for t a k e n . At every t h r e e - q u a r t e r s ceed $1,400. or A movie m o t h e r ' s hardest task eligion a s a t h i n g to be lived r a t h e r s e e m s to be k e e p i n g her children of a mile in t h e walk h e would The officers of t h e show a r e : presi- Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n han to be a d o p t e d ? And t h e n can- lot we analyze t h e s i t u a t i o n in o u r wn c o m m u n i t y a n d see if we too married. A 10-pound baby hoy can m a k e e n c o u n t e r the c h a r r e d r e m a i n s of a h u m a n being who h a d been b u r n e d to d e a t h . Indiana Fire dent, R. C. Bennett of Alba: vice-I p r e s i d e n t , Irvin Cob- of Alanson and j s e c r e t a r y , A . C Lytle of Gaylord. E a s t Buffalo, N . Y. Michigan Livestock Exchange ire classed with t h e o v e r c h u r c h e d m o r e noise t h a n a 2.10-pound m a n Prevention J o u r n a l . HUDSON , r roup w i t h m i n i s t e r s under-paid; I m p a t i e n c e g a t h e r s u n r i p e fruit. MICHIGAN can s u p p r e s s . . POTH MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS OCTOBER 14, 1027 A u g u s t . 4,573,809 t o n s of traffic St. Lawrence Traffic Big OVER EXPANSION IS Local IsAssociation A. F. B. F. PICKS h a v e pased t h r o u g h t h e St. L a w r e n c e RESULT OF BOOSTS Four Years Old On J u n e 16, t h e Sidney M a r k e t i n g With The County Agents UTAH EXECUTIVE Canals. T h i s figure s h o w s a n in- F r o m t h e o p e n i n g of t h e p r e s e n t c r e a s e of 1,000,S7!> t o n s over the season of n a v i g a t i o n to t h e end of s i m i l a r period of 1 9 2 6 . IN PROPERTY COST Association, Sidney. Mich., one of the 75 locals of t h e Michigan P o t a t o Growers' v Kxchange, concluded its at t h e N a t i o n a l Kent county will be r e p r e s e n t e d ing of t h e y e a r which is to be held Dairy Show at F r i d a y e v e n i n g . October 21st. FOR SECRETARY ,ifLl fourth y e a r of b u s i n e s s and at t h e M e m p h i s , T e n n . . next week by E m i i These meetings, the object of K o b e r of the A l p i n o - S p a r t a Calf which is to unify t h e activities of Land Prices Based On Wheat a n n u a l m e e t i n g d i s t r i b u t e d to its Club a n d by N o r m a n Ilolben a n d the c o u n t y o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d plan for Board Gives Endorsement T o m e m b e r s checks a m o u n t i n g t o 24 "More Milk w i t h More Cow At Two Dollars Is Big cents per h u n d r e d on 46 cars of po- K e n n e t h Klein, of Kent City Club. f u t u r e w o r k , have proven exceeding- Hardison As New Lett at the End of the Tear" t a t o e s shipped d u r i n g the 1926-2-7 E m i l is on the 4-H d a i r y j u d g i n g ly i n t e r e s t i n g and helpful in t h e past Cause of Failures Philippine Gov. Milkmaker, a Public Formula Ration. season. Advances amounting to t e a m that will r e p r e s e n t Michigan, a n d a full a t t e n d a n c e is a n t i c i p a t e d . Builds for the Future DEVELOPS SPECULATION practically t h e s t r e e t prices, w e r e lie is w o r k i n g with t h r e e o t h e r boys m a d e to g r o w e r s d u r i n g t h e season this week in p r e p a r a t i o n for t h e con- g a n i z a t i o n ' s a i m s , t h a t of i n f o r m i n g In f u r t h e r a n c e of one of t h e or- REPORT EUROPE TOUR T HE important part that Milkmaker plays in Michigan dairying is probably best set forth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich- as they shipped t h e i r p o t a t o e s , and test Monday, October 17th, at its m e m b e r s h i p , an e d u c a t i o n a l t a l k igan's leading dairymen who have used Milk* final p a y m e n t a t t h e end of the y e a r . M e m p h i s . N o r m a n a n d K e n n e t h a r e is featured at each m e e t i n g . E c o n o m - maker continuously for one or more years. ' Eagerness of Banks to Lend m e m b e r s of a d a i r y fitting d e m o n - ics is the s u b j e c t for discussion t h i s Plans Were Discussed For These dairymen tell us that they have secured Expenses have been r e d u c e d to a , the following results by the use of Milkmaker, Was Added Factor; West s t r a t i o n t e a m t h a t won first place at t i m e and will be handJed by Prof. minimum. Local h a n d l i n g c h a r g e s t l ! 0 other e x - ! Michigan S t a t e F a i r , giving t h e m R. V. C.unn of Michigan S t a t e Col- Linking F. Bureau And viz: w i n c l u d i n g s a c k s and all 1. Cows have kept up in better flesh and Learned Lesson penses a m o u n t e d to only 1'.' c e n t s ' a c h a n c e to d e m o n s t r a t e a t M e m p h i s . lege. Q u e s t i o n s a n d g e n e r a l discus- Extension Work V better physical condition. They, with C o u n t y Agent V i n i n g . sion a r e t o follow t h e a d d r e s s . \ 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more per h u n d r e d p o u n d s . T h e association ' . even flow of milk. • F R A N K L. P K K R I X leave for Memphis next S u n d a y . o w n s its own w a r e h o u c A p o t l u c k s u p p e r a l o n g with a Chicago, 111., October 7.—M. Shir- 3. Calves better developed and stronger at While m a n y c o n d i t i o n s have con- F o r t y d a i r y calves w i r e s h o w n by s h o r t p r o g r a m of e n t e r t a i n m e n t will Kent County 4-H dairy calf c l u b s at supply t h e social f e a t u r e s of t h e ley W i n d e r , of S a l t L a k e City, U t a h , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ • ^ ^ ^ ^ J birth. t r i b u t e d to e m p h a s i z e t h e necessity 4. Freedom from trouble with cows t t of r e a d j u s t i n g the economic b a l a n c e t h e West Michigan F a i r last w e e k . e v e n i n g . T h e h o u r for s u p p e r is a n - h a s been selected s e c r e t a r y of t h e calving time; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble. g a t i o n it was discovered t h a t t h e T h e s e with 2 0 from Newago and A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u ^Federation. in a g r i c u l t u r e in the United S t a t e s , it The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con- county r e c o r d s i n c l u d e d u n d e r t h e M o n t c a l m and O t t a w a c o u n t i e s m a d e nounced as 7 o'clock and the place, Selection of Mr. W i n d e r to fill t h i s tinuously since it came on the market in 1922. is doubtful if any single influence t h e Methodist c h u r c h p a r l o r s , a t i m p o r t a n t post w a s m a d e by t h e "foreclosure" h e a d i n g all a c t i o n s a most c r e d i t a b l e s h o w i n g , Buying a Better Herd h a s been m o r e p o t e n t t h a n t h a t of Cassopolis. b r o u g h t t o recover possession of per- ( a s s Count)' board of d i r e c t o r s in session h e r e These men have realized that in buying and using Milkmaker they are assuring themselves the inflation of land v a l u e s d u r i n g Van IJuren C o u n t y of a better herd of cows two or three years hence. sonal p r o p e r t y , such as a u t o m o b i l e s , A goodly n u m b e r of Cass C o u n t y this week. and i m m e d i a t e l y following t h e World T h e H o m e Economics E x t e n s i o n In buying a bag of dairy feed you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the for i n s t a n c e , which had been sold on boys a n d girls d o i n g 4-H club w o r k Mr. W i n d e r is s e c r e t a r y of t h e ultimate results obtained. The results to be obtained are not necessarily determined by War. t h e d e f e r r e d p a y m e n t plan or o t h e r - e n t e r e d t h e i r p r o d u c t s in t h e club Work in Van B u r e n County was or Utah S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u . He is also the price of the feed. The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible The high prices o b t a i n a b l e for all wise pledged or h y p o t h e c a t e d . classes at the H a r t f o r d fair a n d ganized u n d e r t h e H o m e Manage- s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r of four different protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results. the p r o d u c t s of t h e land sent t h e A Kind of S p e c u l a t i o n m e n t p r o j e c t last m o nth. A common phrase a m o n g users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more am m a d e a m i g h t y good s h o w i n g . One state-wide co-operation m a r k e t i n g as- left a t t h e end of the year." m a r k e t value of farms in all s e c t i o n s While of c o u r s e t h e failure of five of t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s of T h e following l e a d e r s have t a k e n sociations. D u r i n g his t e r m a s sec- 4-H club Ask for booklet on "How t o Feed for Economical Milk P r o d u c t i o n . " h i g h e r t h a n at any p r e v i o u s t i m e in o u t of 100 f a r m e r s r e p r e s e n t s a con- w o r k is that t h e m e m b e r m u s t ex- on the w o r k in t h e i r respective com- r e t a r y of t h e S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u he (he c o u n t r y ' s history. T h i s result dition of m e a s u r a b l e d i s t r e s s a n d hibit the r e s u l t s of t h e i r efforts eith- m u n i t i e s ; P o r t e r township, Mrs. h a s specialized in t a x a t i o n w o r k a n d FOR SALE BY wiis logical e n o u g h , because it was h a r d s h i p , a p a r a l l e l may be found in e r at a local show or c o u n t y fair. By W. G. C r o n i n w e t t , L a w t o n . and Mrs. h a s m a d e an o u t s t a n d i n g r e c o r d in a provable fact, as s i m p l e as an ex- o t h e r i n d u s t r i e s a n d o t h e r b u s i n e s s s h o w i n g a t H a r t f o r d Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau t h i s r e q u i r e - E. G. H a r d y , M a r c e l l u s . P a w Paw t h i s p a r t i c u l a r field. a m p l e iu m u l t i p l i c a t i o n , t h a t l a n d s u n d e r t a k i n g s , even in n o r m a l y e a r s . m e n t was met, in a d d i t i o n to com- t o w n s h i p , Mrs. T h o m a s J. S m i t h . Distributors which would produce w h e a t at a In t i m e s of s e r i o u s depression t h e p e t i n g for p r e m i u m s . Mr. W i n d e r succeeds L. B. P a l m e r Mrs. C. E. B u s k i r k , Mrs. F e r n H o p - profit when t h e price was $1 a b u s h - p e r c e n t a g e of failures in the cities is of Ohio who was selected by t h e Corn b o r e r s in Monroe c o u n t y k i n s , a l l of Paw Paw. Waverly board a s s e c r e t a r y of t h e n a t i o n a l el were worth twice as m u c h with m u c h g r e a t e r . w h e a t at $2. T h e s a m e was t r u e of corn land, stock and d a i r y f a r m s . w e r e paid a second visit r e c e n t l y by t o w n s h i p , Mrs. Mabel Dillon, And it is i n t e r e s t i n g , in t r a c i n g t h e Cass C o u n t y f a n n e r s who a r e im- P a w . A l m e n a t o w n s h d i r e c t or i m m e d i a t e c a u s e s of m a n y p r o v i n g t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o b e c o m e M a s t e n , Mrs. F r a n k A u s t i n a n d Mrs. cause of his m a n y o b l i g a t i o n s to t h e i p . Mrs. Paw Olga o r g a n i z a t i o n in J u n e b u t found it impossible to accept t h e office be- Two Profitable Things It is i n t e r e s t i n g , in this connec- of t h e s e i n v o l u n t a r y failures on t h e i n f o r m e d c o n c e r n i n g the pest before Cora Belle K e t c h u m , all of P a w tion, to pause long e n o u g h to con- f a r m s , to discover t h a t in a g r e a t it m a k e s its a p p e a r a n c e h e r e . T h e P a w ; A n t w e r p t o w n s h i p , Mrs. H. M sider t h e figures which have been n u m b e r , if not in a m a j o r i t y of cases, p a r t y consisted of W. H. B u r k e y , J. Avars, P a w P a w ; Mrs. Volney Glid- Farm g r o u p s in Ohio. Bureau and co-operative for Poultry Raisers compiled, showing the level of prices they h a v e been d u e to a form of w h a t C. B u r g e n e r a n d H. H. B a r n u m of den a n d Mrs. R. O. S m i t h , M a t t a w a n . T h e b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s of t h e for farm lands in the principal g r a i n m i g h t be called excusable specula- C a s s o p o l i s ; C l a r e n c e Ruhl of K e s - D e c a t u r t o w n s h i p . Mrs. J o h n Lewis A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n • -s at two r e p r e s e n t a t i v e p e r i o d s , tion a n d a l a u d a b l e desire to i n s u r e , s i n g t o n ; and R. D. W a r d , lit 1(1 and 1920. T a k i n g t h e c o u n t r y if possible, a g r e a t e r m e a s u r e of m a - T r u e . J e s s e Green, Glenn a n d Mrs. J. C. DuBois. D e c a t u r . a n n o u n c e d this m o r n i n g , d u r i n g t h e i r J. W. S t r a u b , H a r t f o r d t o w n s h i p . Mrs. A. J. Dowd, session, t h a t t h e y had e n d o r s e d t h e 1 •— Culling as a whole, the a v e r a g e value of farm t e r i a l p r o s p e r i t y . land in 1910 was $19.81 a n a c r e . In I n f l a t i o n , itself t r a c e a b l e a l m o s t J o h n H o r s t m a n , all of D o w a g i a c As before, 1920 it was $("><».::s. By f»25 it h a d u n f a i l i n g l y to what is e s t i m a t e d to be t r o u b l e in finding p l e n t y of b o r e r s Goss, Covert, t h i s p a r t y h a d no Mrs. Mabel W. Minshall. H a r t f o r d . c a n d i d a c y of Allen Crosby H a r d i s o n Bangor township, Mrs. Winifred of S a n t a P a u l a , California, for a p - Mrs. F r e d S t r a c k a n - p o i n t m e n t to t h e position of Gover- X — Pilot Brand gast. B a n g o r . L a w r e n c e t o w n s h i p n o r - G e n e r a l of t h e P h i l i p p i n e I s - T h e r e are some hens t h a t even Pilot Brand declined to $53.87. m a t e r i a l p r o s p e r i t y , which is o u t - a n d c a m e back convinced t h a t w e can Mrs. Owed Long. L a w r e n c e . H a m i l - Land Value C o m p a r i s o n * continlie to g r o w corn if f a r m e r s lands. can't help. T h e y are just n o t g o o d layers, a n d w a r d l y m a n i f e s t e d in t h e liberal cir- B u t this fluctuation is m o r e g r a p h - c u l a t i o n of m o n e y , r e g a r d e d popu- will, w h o l e - h e a r t e d l y , follow t h e ton t o w n s h i p , Mrs. May F u l l e r , Law- Mr. H a r d i s o n , w h o h a s s e r v e d as a they represent a positive loss t o you in feed a n d r e n c e . S d u t h H a v e n t o w n s h i p , Miss m e m b e r of t h e b o a r d of d i r e c t o r s of ically s h o w n , and c o m p a r i s o n s of val- larly as t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of w e a l t h r e c o m m e n d e d c o n t r o l p r a c t i c e s which care. Agricultural college agents everywhere will ue m o r e clearly indicated, by t h e fol- a n d have as t h e i r objective t h e d e s t r u c - E r m i n a Moore, S o u t h H a v e n . Deca- the A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a - show you how to cull t h e m o u t and sell t h e m the barometer distinguishing lowing Mi t i o n , each y e a r , of 98 per cent or t u r t o w n s h i p , Mrs. Elsie B i s s i n g e r , tion for s e v e r a l years,, is u n a n i m o u s - for the market. " g o o d " t i m e s from " h a r d " t i m e s , was Decatur. In P e n n s y l v a n i a , for i n s t a n c e , land r e s p o n s i b l e , in a l a r g e m e a s u r e , for m o r e of t h e b o r e r s . It is a l t o g e t h e r ly e n d o r s e d on t h e Pacific coast for Keep Pilot Brand Oyster Shell-Flake before t h e likely t h a t a f a r m e r ' s corn a c r e a g e T h e w o r k of t h e P a w P a w K i w a n - a p p o i n t m e n t to t h i s high position, left v a l u e s a d v a n c e d from $.">6 in 1910 t o t h e s e b u s i n e s s f a i l u r e s a m o n g t h e rest of your flock and y o u will know that t h e in t h e f u t u r e will be d e t e r m i n e d , not is 4-H E x t e n s i o n P o t a t o Club w a s vacant by t h e d e a t h of G e n e r a l Wood. $75 in 1920, a gain of ;54 per cent. f a r m e r s . In a n y n u m b e r of in- m a x i m u m n u m b e r of eggs will be produced. by how m a n y , acres h e can c u l t i v a t e , placed on e x h i b i t i o n a t t h e M i c h i g a n In Ohio the increase for t h e s a m e s t a n c e s , in Iowa, N e b r a s k a , K a n s a s b u t r a t h e r by how m a n y a c r e s of District C o n v e n t i o n at B a t t l e C r e e k To I n f o r m Coolidge Pilot B r a n d gives t h e m t h e extra Calcium C a r ' period was from $62 to $ 1 1 3 , or 64 and t h e D a k o t a s , t h e ease with which s t u b b l e he can s a t i s f a c t o r i l y t a k e a n d a t t r a c t e d a g r e a t deal of a t t e n - C h e s t e r H. Gray, W a s h i n g t o n r e p - bonate they need for eggshell material. I t is per c e n t ; in I n d i a n a , $75 to $126, c r e d i t w a s o b t a i n a b l e at t h e local or tion. c a r e of. r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e A m e r i c a n F a r m over 9 8 % p u r e Calcium Carbonate. . or 68 per c e n t : in Illinois, $109 t o c o u n t r y b a n k s afforded t h e i n d u c e - T h e fifth year of o r g a n i z e d Cow ( At a m e e t i n g of the E x e c u t i v e B u r e a u , h a s been i n s t r u c t e d t o c a r r y I t is n o t a grit, b u t a mineral t h a t builds strong $188, or 74 per c e n t ; in Iowa, w h e r e ment which p r o m p t e d f a r m e r s who T e s t i n g Association w o r k in Cass C o m m i t t e e of t h e V a n B u r e n C o u n - the e n d o r s e m e n t of t h e A m e r i c a n bones, meaty, healthy fowls, a n d makes egg- t h e inflation was g r e a t e s t , from $96 were out of debt a n d in fairly com- C o u n t y w a s b r o u g h t to a h i g h l y suc- ty F a r m B u r e a u held on Monday F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n to P r e s i - to $227, or 1*!7 per c e n t ; in N e b r a s - f o r t a b l e c i r c u m s t a n c e s to invest in shells. cessful conclusion a t Hie a n n u a l Sept. 12, the following m e m b e r s d e n t Coolidge. k a , from $4 7 to $SS. or 87 per cent, a d j a c e n t or a b u t t i n g l a n d s a t a t i m e m e e t i n g held l a s t F r i d a y e v e n i n g at e r e p r e s e n t : M. H. Pugsley. presi- J. F . Reed, p r e s i d e n t of t h e Minne- I t is less expensive t h a n o t h e r s , because there is a n d in K a n s a s , from $40 to $62, or when t h e s e w e r e s e l l i n g at the h i g h - the Whitmanville C o m m u n i t y d e n t ; A. J. Dowd, vice-pres.; Carl E. sota F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n , w a s n o waste a n d because it contains n o impurities. 55 per cent. est prices. c h u r c h . A new a s s o c i a t i o n h a s been B u s k i r k . s e c r e t a r y - t r e a s u r e r ; a n d di- e n d o r s e d by t h e b o a r d for a p p o i n t - It Is i m p o r t a n t to n o t e in t h i s con- E x p e c t e d P e r m a n e n t Prices o r g a n i z e d with t h e new y e a r begin- r e c t o r s , Miller Overton, Chas. E. m e n t to t h e I n t e r s t a t e C h a m b e r of Dealers everywhere nection that a l t h o u g h in 1920 t h e L o a n s w e r e m a d e on m o r t g a g e s n i n g a t once. R o b i n s o n , - S t a n l e y C o r n i s h a n d C. J. C o m m e r c e a n d t h e W a s h i n g t o n r e p - OYSTSJt SHELL P R O D U C T S a v e r a g e price of farm land in Ohio c o v e r i n g t h e n e w l y a c q u i r e d t r a c t s Before b e g i n n i n g t h e s e r i o u s b u s i - L e i s e n r i n g , a n d m e m b e r s of t h e r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e A m e r i c a n F a r m CORPORATION w a s a little less t h a n h a l t t h a t of as well a s t h e o r i g i n a l h o l d i n g s . ness of t h e e v e n i n g , a potluck l u n c h B o a r d of S u p e r v i s o r s , Clinton H. B u r e a u w a s also i n s t r u c t e d t o con- Shell Builuing S t . Louis, Mo. s i m i l a r land in Iowa, Ohio in t h a t T h o s e m a k i n g t h e a p p r a i s a l s accept- w a s served in t h e b a s e m e n t , t o p p e d Cleland a n d Geo. L a n d r u s . A b s e n t : vey t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n t o P r e s i d e n t year produced 43 b u s h e l s of corn t o ed t h e c u r r e n t q u o t a t i o n s as t h e basis off by ice c r e a m , t h e t r e a t of t h e W . J. R i c h a r d s , H u g h L. Cory a n d Coolidge. t h e a c r e , while Iowa p r o d u c e d 46 of v a l u e . T h e s e v a l u e s w e r e pred- t e s t e r , R a l p h O x e n d e r . A s h o r t p r o - Chas. J. P a l m e r . C. W . W a r b u r t o n , d i r e c t o r of ex- bushels. •1 on t w o - d o l l a r wheat a n d dol- g r a m of e n t e r t a i n m e n t w a s t h e n lis- Livestock 4-H Extension C l u b t e n s i o n , U. S. D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i - T h i s fact is cited m e r e l y t o s h o w l a r corn, and u p o n t h e t h e o r y t h a t t e n e d to, followed by t h e t e s t e r ' s r e - W o r k does not seem to d r a w t h e a t - c u l t u r e , a t t e n d e d a l l s e s s i o n s of t h e that the basis of land values is not t h e s e p r i c e s would c o n t i n u e for an in- p o r t . t e n t i o n in Van B u r e n , C o u n t y t h a t board of d i r e c t o r s m e e t i n g a n d t o o k a l w a y s fixed upon p r o d u c t i o n or u p - definite p e r i o d . F o r t h e fifth t i m e d u r i n g t h e y e a r o t h e r lines of club work does, b u t p a r t in t h e discussion of p l a n s for on a s s u r e d net I , ' t u r n s . T h i s em- F u n d a m e n t a l l y t h i s was an u n - M u r r a y a n d E v e r e t t ' s h e r d of p u r e - t h r o u g h t h e efforts of L. B. 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