Co-operation Between Co-ops Is As Essential As Co-operati Among T h e i r Respective Members MICHIGAN FARM A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers BUREAU NEWS Ob-operation Never Fails: It Is Lack Of It That Is The Real Cause Of Failur* SEVENTH YEAR, VOL. VII, No. 1 JANUARY 11, 1929 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY FARM BUREAU PREPARES FOR ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING GOVERNOR SOUNDS OFFICIAL VOTE IS BERRIEN BUREAU LIVESTOCK BOARD DELEGATES FROM ALL SECTIONS OF EFFICIENCY NOTE CAST BY MICHIGAN SUGGESTS STATE The Bureau's Tax Counselor RETURNS PROFITS STATE TO ACT ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS FOR LEGISLATION ELECTORAL SCHOOL TRAFFIC MANAGER I TO MICH. PATRONS WHICH WILL BE BEFORE LEGISLATURE Dear Sir: Aid For Poor Counties IS Presidential Electors Meet In Peach Inspection, Highways, My taxes have been very high in comparison with others and to make R e p o r t P a t r o n a g e Dividend Asked in Message to Lansing, Deposit Hoover bad matters worse, they raised my i Bureau Will Have 1,000 or More Representatives Tariff Adjustment Get valuation $2000.00. Could they do this Of $17,500 Will Go State Solons Ballots At Meeting; Only Farm Organization Which Place on Program without consulting me? la there any recourse, or must I pay. Back to Members Convenes While Legislature Meets; FIRM ON ROAD FUNDS The fifteen Republican electors of As a matter of fact our township is Michigan met at Lansing on Jan. 2, 150 AT ANNUAL MEET rather unequally divided, that is, the Reporting sales totaling 41 31-100 Is Interested in Legislation while the State Senate took recess, south half is so much better than the , per cent of the car receipts of live- Would Aid State Building By and cast their official vote for Her- Three New Directors Assume north, that the taxes have never been | stock on the Detroit market during Levying Temporary In- bert Hoover for President of the equally proportioned. This is a fact , the year, the board of directors of The next big event for Michigan State Farm Bureau mem- United States and for Charles Curtis Duties; Officers Are of almost common knowledge and the : the Michigan Livestock Exchange, bers is the eleventh annual meeting at State College, Thurs- » heritance Tax for Vice President. The election was south half have seen to it that they ,„, H Picked for Year got their man, so we in the north ha ( , a ] V ( 1 di.s(,.ibution (jf $ 1 - - )(m { day and Friday, February 7 and 8, during Farmers Week. A i; in accordance with the newest laws have had to abide by it. I don t Quality and not quantity of legis- on the procedure, recently enacted The annual meeting of the Berrien propose to* stand for it any longer if savings to patrons will be made to big program now being planned will be announced in the lation is expected of the State Legis- by congress. Cv>unty Farm Bureau was held on there is any possible chance. AVh.a the local associations of the Ex- lature during this session, Governor The state electors who cast their Saturday, January 5th, 1929, in Ber- about our State Tax Commission? change, representing 18 per cent of January 25 edition of the News. Fred Green asserted in his message votes are: Circuit Judge Ira W. rien Springs in spite of the rain, ice What can be done to adjust this in- the commissions paid during the With the State Legislature in session and the many mat- to the Michigan legislators as the Jayne, elector-at-large, and Mrs. and slush. About 150 had dinner to- equality? How snail I proceed? J year. 5")th session convened on January Mina H. Varnum and Charles T. Fish- gfcther, others came in for the after- am no sob, but do believe in a square This net profit is based on total ters of farm interest which will come before this legislature, third. In granting a liberal in- er, of Detroit; Albert E. Sleeper, of noon to hear the addresses and dis- deal. This same supervisor has V J amounting to $8,188,429 for crease in salary for the members of Bad Axe; Dr. James B. Bradley, cussions of the resolutions. Mr. Sam in office for fifteen consecutive years t h e y e a r including various demands for changes in our state highway both houses, the voters have a right of Eaton Rapids; Jesse H. Root, of K.'ifer, director of Public Relations and those who have met with the The Buffalo Producers Co-opera- building, maintenance and finances—this meeting of the to expect greater efficiency, he de- Monroe; State Senator Qeorgo for the State Farm Mutual Auto In- board of equalization have received nr tive Commission Association report- clared. Leland, of Fennville; Mrs. Clara surance Co., gave a v cultural products. -(Practically re- to the time the assessment rolls are j Get your resolutions material to Farm Bureau members. Tickets will be $1.25 per person. said, "have received the attention to Growing Business affirming the petition to Governor turned over to the township treasurer , in early so it can be studied which their great import entitles Fred Green, last winter as proposed for collection of taxes, and in fact | and put into shape before the as last year, which covers the whole evening's entertainment. them but the state is considerably in The local creamery at Scottville re- by The Michigan Fruit Growers). should be made immediately after the last minute rush comes at con- The demand for tickets is always great. The building can ac- arrears .with relation to its other ports the best year's business in its F. J. Thar, Hagar Township, was meeting of the Board of Review. In j vention time. building program features. During history for 1928 and has erected a re-elected to succeed himself as di- view of your failure to make such a commodate 1,000 and is always taxed to the limit. Again we the past seven years, of all expendi- modern receiving plant in new quar- rector. Wm. F. Dean. Berrien Town- protest, and in view of the fact that advise members to reserve or remit for your tickets now and tures for State building purposes, onr ters in the town to keep apace with ship, was re-elected to succeed him- the tax rolls are now in the hands of educational institutions have received its constant business growth. self as director. Ralph Ballard, Niles the collectors, you are shut off from be sure you have them when you arrive. Address your let- fifty-seven per cent and our hospitals nine per cent. The total butter sales during the past year reached the sum of approxi- Township, was elected as director to making any complaint on this score succeed F. A. Harrington. that would, in any way, affect your WACOUSTACLUB ter to C. L. Brody, secretary of the State Farm Bureau, Lan- The members, in laying aside all liability for the full amount of tax j sing, Michigan. Nearly twenty-four million dollars mately §400,000, it is reported. will be needed to meet the immediate This concern keeps several trucks requirements for state institutional on the road and receives cream from discussion of the road question, ex- charged against you on the tax ro ; pressed a desire to hold a special at present. MET IN LANSING Wednesday noon, February 6, several hundred Michigan construction, he showed. pcints as far north as Traverse City meeting for the purpose of discussing Now. as to the question of a gen- j Wacousta Farmers' club, of Clin- "Various thoughtful suggestions and as far north and east as Cadillac the Covert Road Act and the pro- oral unequal distribution of taxes jton county, held its January meei- Agents for the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance have been made for providing the and maintains big stations at Cope- posed road legislation resulting from within your township. There are t w o | Bureau head- company, for which the State Farm Bureau is state agent, lng at stato F;irm money for these building expendi- mish and at Reed City. the special road conference held by methods by which you may proceed quarters in Lansing, Jan. 10. tures," he recalled, "but the suggest- The new building of the concern is the P"arm Bureau in Lansing on De- In securing a review of the local will hold their annual meeting and luncheon program at the cember 27th. This is one of the strong Farm ed bond issue, a diversion of the cor- of tile construction with concrete Bments in your township. The Bureau locals of Michigan which Union Memorial Building at East Lansing. A big time is poration tax or a mill tax, would in (floors and foundation. Equipment This meeting will be held the latter first of these is to make the »P1 holds a meeting regularly every the last analysis be a direct property used is of the latest design and the part of the month. ai.cos regularly required as outlined month of the year and draws out a in store for them. These men are nearly all Farm Bureau tax. The fairest and most equitable best obtainable. Both steam and elec- The reports of the Secretary-Treas- above, and if unsatisfied to appeal l o \ g Q 0 ^ attendance each time members; they'll be on the job at the annual banquet Thurs- method of meeting this special need tric testers have been installed to in- urer. J. A. Richards. showed the the State Tax Commission for review. ; I n s p U e o f t h e g l j p p c r y r o ; 1 ( ] s t ] u would be to levy an income tax for Bure uninterrupted service. nS4nces to be in good condition. Spe- The second is for you to write di- d u b h a d a n a t t e n d a n c e o f a b o u ( :;, day evening and, again, we urge them and all of you to re- a definite limited period. The Scottville Creamery shipped cial meetings will be held during the rectly to the State Tax Commission serve your banquet tickets early. m e m b e r s a t ( h e Lansing- meeting. "During the past year we paid u several carloads of butter direct to year for the discussion of various federal income tax of more than on« New York City last year. questions of interest to the members. outlining the situation, much as you T h e y t o o k l u n c h e o n a t n o o n i n „ have outlined it to me. and requesting p r i v u t o ( ] i u i n g r o o m i n t n e new Y. W. Plan to attend your annual State Farm Bureau meeting. hundred and twenty-eight million them to make an investigation on c A b u i l d i n g a n d r e t u r n e d for an Information regarding railroad rates can be gained by writ- dollars. A tax of not to exceed five per cent of this amount for a period of four years would meet the require- More Activity Would their own initiative. They have t h e { a f t e r n o o n s e s sion at the Farm Bu- right to review local tax rolls, w i t h - r e a u offices. ing the Farm Bureau News. Delegates desirous of engaging ments. This revenue could be col- lected easily and cheaply by getting permission from the Federal Gov- B e c o m e Good Resolve out petition from local taxpayers, as; G ,, 0 1 _ ( , Baieman, president of the well No asmatter with petition. which of these plans .Clinton presidentCounty of the Farm local Bureau you may follow, you will find y o u r . ^ c n a r g e o f t h e meeting, assisted organization.and rooms for the annual meetings can communicate with Rev Biery, care of Peoples Church, East Lansing. Such reserva- ernment to bill each federal income standing much improved if you can , district repreeen tions should be made very early because of the big demand do all in his power to bring about a persuade a considerable number of b y F r a n k W r l g h t taxpayer for an amount equal to five Farm Equality Move in Need more equable standard for his job tative of the State organization. tor rooms during Farmers Week each winter. per cent of his payment to the feder- Of Greatly Increased when compared with that of others of your neighbors to join you in carry- al government. A Constitutional ing this matter through. My own aug- that a serious condition has arisen Act without delay. Membership the country. on would be that you and your amendment will be necessary before And that means mighty close neighbors write at once to the State which affects a large number of your watching at the present time. We can Tax Commission requesting a review local this plan could be adopted," he con- people, the chances of action o' tinued. Cites Educational Problems BY MRS. EDITH M. WAflAR Chairman Home Community Work see a tendency toward hasty, half-de- of the Township Roll. I would get \ veloped action by those none too signatures from every man in the hc gou the part of the Tax Commission wi; r e a t i y increased, can, no doubt readily see that MICHIGAN TO FARE Correction This occasion is taken for eorrect- Two great educational .problems "Happy New Year" we hear from Y exist in Michigan and these should be all sides and no doubt, it is the real tackled without further delay, th9 desire of all mankind, that his fellow- favorably inclined to grant justice to township that is dissatisfied with th j t t t € Commission cannot be expected tc the farmer. Let's insists on "hands present arrangement. After doin t i g a t e c v e r v co mplaint off" of the farm situation until our this, I would not sit back and wait m a d e t o i t s members for there are a that W E L IN ROAD AID ing an error which occurred In the last issue of the NEWS In which w« tated that four of the Master Farm- Governor asserted. men should be prosperous and happy. new national officers are in a position foi the Tax Commission to act, but ; l a r g e m m i b e r of cranks on the subject ers of Michigan this year arc Farm "The first of these," he showed, And when the American farmer com- .Michigan will receive $2,204,966 to serve and act. wculd urge every one of these men j o f t a xation, just as there are on every from the federal government during Bureau members. There were plx "is the inequality of educational op- pares his lot with that of the farmer And as a second resolution, let's to appear at the Board of Review • ( . t h e ] . s u o j e et. but a showing th members in the list of Master Farm- portunity offered the boys and girls of any other country, he finds he has the next fiscal year, beginning next promise ourselves that we will not meetings this Spring and protest un- j w l l 0 ] e neighborhood is involved in July, for highway construction. ers, we find, in comparing our report 'n the state varying as it does much to be happy over. The happi- leave the game of farming to others satisfactory assessments, after which. I t n e dissatisfaction which you report, with our revised membership list and from a poor country school to a ness turns to dissatisfaction only, Congress has authorized an appor- entirely, but that we will do our ut- if still unsatisfied, I would file a ; l s | j k , proper considers^ tionment of $73,125,000 for federal the two Farm Bureau members whose fine junior college. The second prob- when the comparison is made with most to help untangle the mess. That formal petition bearing every one o names were carried as non-members lem is the inequality that exists in other vocations of his own country road aid in the various states. Mich- will mean study, broad-minded think- the names of these appearing i , enclosing a pamphlet entitled igan's portion of this appropriation in last issue of the paper are CreTte the tax burden borne by the people and he has always had the faith that brothers, of Clinton county. These in the various districts. The school some day that will be remedied. ing and united action on the part of hearing, requesting the Tax Commis-, «« M l c n l g a n Farmers' Tax Guide," pre- ranks eighth in amount among the f ax varies from nothing to $62.70 on the farmers. We must see to it that sion to hold a review. The Commis- p a r e d 1)y Michigan State College, foi States. The money thus apportioned are, I). D. Creyts and J. W. Creyts, 51,000 of-assessed valuation. The And what should his New Year we understand the situation as it is sion is not bound to hold the , n . information. You will find on is for one half the cost of construc- who are listed nnder the J^ansing Problem of re-organizing Michigan's resolutions be? Well, resolutions are and that our neighbor is coming views on its own motion, or at the j p a g e 4> :-,, a n d ,;, „ s h o r t statement ot tion work on the main highways of the postal routes but who are members Program of elementary and second- nothing if not followed by determina- along with us. We must not leave request of taxpayers, but if you are the law as it applies to the questions nation, designated as federal aid of the Clinton County Farm Bureau. ary education is important and in- tion of action. Hence. I would say to others entirely the job of convert- able to obtain from your neighbors,' that you have rai roads. States pay the other half of This was the editor's mistake and we that his first resolution should be to (Contlnued on page three) sufficient backing to make it appear p. p, y c th' ' :i work. wish to correct it. (Continued on page two) TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUR EAC N EW 8 FRIDAY, . I X M A R V , , . JJ>2f) /T those to be presented by o t h e r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of agriculture. SUGAR COSTS marked and intimated that Michigan a g r i c u l t u r e has more than a passing interest in able financial support should be con MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS It is u r g e n t l y requested that every a g r i c u l t u r a l organi- the possibility of g e t t i n g a r e a d j u s t m e n t of tin- tariff which sidered for currying on the work of eradicating tuberculosis in cattle zation send r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s to W a s h i n g t o n and go over plans Published twice a month by the Michigan Stale Farm Bureau at Char- obtains on s u g a r importations. During the Legislature's hist We*k- [torial and general oifi.es at State Farm Bureau head- with those at W a s h i n g t o n who seek to present, this time, a This y e a r thousands of acres of land in Michigan that once in session bui little was done other quart* ng, Michii solid front in behalf of a g r i c u l t u r e on tariff matters. The than to organize and get set for So. i n t e g r i t y of our presentation can be broken down if some farm turned out as high as 14 to 20 tons of s u g a r beets to the acre 10 day recess for junketing. VOL. Ml J A M A R V 11, 1939 organization sends r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s who " u p s e t the a p p l e - c a r t " have gone into production of other a g r i c u l t u r a l crops. This For the first time in Michigan Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class history, the administration intro matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided by a p p e a r i n g before the W a y s a n d Means Committee with a r g u - means a d d i n g to the total s u r p l u s of many crops a n d leaving duced a bill at the opening 0 f the for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923. ments and r a t e s of d u t y entirely out of line with those which s u g a r producing to the Cubans a n d other insular interests session, setting forth the financial re Subscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau members, some Other farm g r o u p s will present. where labor is cheap and living conditions less desirable. quirements for all state departments 50 cents per year, included in their annual dues. and institutions and included all i n We say Cuban s u g a r interests, but these interests, keen and Our big job this winter as it is now developing is to pre- one appropriation measure. Also, as E. E. i \ C ; R E \ Advertising and Business .Manager closest competitors of the s u g a r beet g r o w e r s of Michigan a n d something new, it was proposed' i n sent facts to tlie W a y s and Means Committee so that the forth- I.KJ: < H I L S O X Editor the mid-west section of the c o u n t r y , a r e Wall Street interests this bill to take care of building re- FEBN l>WIS Circulation coming a d j u s t m e n t of tariff rates will actually put a g r i c u l t u r e quirements without burdening the into the A m e r i c a n protective system. It is realized, of course, who take the stand that they cannot afford to have Cuban s u g a r property tax payer by diverting 5 P e r t h a t the e n a c t m e n t of the a d j u s t e d tariff schedules will not be movements slowed by an increased tariff because their money cent of the annual income tax ^ICH|GAN SMgi&RM flUBEAU has built up the Cuban s u g a r t r a d e . collected by the federal government secured until the incoming a d m i n i s t r a t i o n calls an extra session so that a total of about $23,000,00') of Congress. Closely dovetailed with this work of tariff ad- In other words, the relief t h r o u g h an adjusted tariff, on will be available over a period of four j u s t m e n t is the farm relief fight. There a r e those at Wash- this i m p o r t a n t food commodity, which o u r a g r i c u l t u r e needs if years to meet building expenses for OFFICERS M. I.. NOON, Jackson President ington who seem to believe that the incoming a d m i n i s t r a t i o n the domestic s u g a r i n d u s t r y is to be revived and survive, is state institutions, according to then- W. W. BILLINGS, ! .Vice-President needs outlined in a 10-year building will seek to direct legislation this winter either to get certain being staved off. 80 to speak, by our own people in the east. program drafted by the commissions J)ireetors-at-Lurge F o r .Michigan a g r i c u l t u r e to go out of the beet busines> in charge. M. B. McPHERSON I-owell m e a s u r e s passed a n d out of its way, or to p r e v e n t other legis- MRS. EDITH M. R'AGAll .. i arleton lation being enacted. To those who u n d e r s t a n d the proprieties means going into other crops to f u r t h e r w e a k e n o u r m a r k e t s . This bill leaves the property tax for JOHN GOOD WINE .. ..Marlette the next two years relieved of about VEROLI) K. GORMELY .. .. Newberry a n d courtesies which an increasing a d m i n i s t r a t i o n owes to a H e r e the a g r i c u l t u r e of Michigan needs assistance. The event- .<. G. BOYLE ..Buchanan three and a half million dollars u . . . . Davison r e t i r i n g one, it seems r a t h e r improbable to expect t h a t our ual result will mean a slightly higher price for s u g a r to the year. The measure has gone to the W. W. BILLINGS Commodity Directors President-elect will inject himself into the legislative maelstrom consumer, if our beet s u g a r i n d u s t r y is to survive in any degree ways and means committee of the FRED HAKGIlll, Stauwuod Michigan Potato Growers Exchange of efficiency but the slight advance in price will n e v e r b r e a k House. this winter. W i t h o u t such injection of the incoming adminis- M. E. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers Association Representative Ate Dykstra, of .T. H. O'MEALY, Hudson Michigan Live Stock Exchange t r a t i o n it seems probable at the present time that tariff revision the consumer who is g e t t i n g this staple commodity n o w at an Kent county, introduced the first high- GEO. W. McGALLA, Ypsilanti Michigan Elevator Exchange a n d farm relief will be t a k e n up at w h a t e v e r time in the 71st u n r e a s o n a b l y low price of about five or six cents a p o u n d m way measure, seeking to split the M. D. BL'SKIRK. l a w Paw Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. pound lots. weight tax equally so that cities, vil- STATi: FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION Congress, special session or otherwise, that President-elect lages and townships would get a CLARK L. BRODY Sec'y-Treas.-Manager H o o v e r cares to signify. To maintain this low price to the consumer, millions of third, the state a third and counties This seeming trend of affairs at W a s h i n g t o n is exactly in dollars of Michigan money a r e tied up in idle machinery, equip- a third. DEPARTMENT HEADS ment and refineries, m a n y of which have n o t t u r n e d a wheel That the state's criminal code will Traffic A. P. Mills accord with the substance of Resolutions No. 2 a n d No. 7 a d o p t e d undoubtedly undergo some revision is Clothing Miss N. B. Kirhy recently at our tenth a n n u a l meeting in Chicago. You can be this season a n d m a n y m o r e of which u n d o u b t e d l y face a similar foreseen in the several bills intro- Publicity H. E. Ungren situation in t h e coming seasons. duced seeking to make a misde- Accounting L. T. Sinclair of the greatest help in these m a t t e r s by immediately conveying M i c h i g a n ' s nineteen s u g a r factories, built to accommodate meanor of liquor law violations, pro- Ogani/.ation C. L. Nash to y o u r members of Congress, in the House a n d Senate, s u p p o r t vide for mandatory capital punish- Automobile Insurance Alfred Bentall to the plan outlined in those resolutions of considering tariff the beet p r o d u c t i o n from t h o u s a n d s of acres of the s t a t e ' s best ment, provide for mandatory sent- SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU m a t t e r s a n d farm relief at a n extra session—the 71st Congress. land, r e p r e s e n t the investment of many million d o l l a r s and ences by jury instead of by judges and Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service L. A. Thomas Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service L. A. Thomas there is only one t h i n g that can be expected to save t h i s great a few other proposed changes. Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool Alfred Bentall The first insurance bill would per- a g g r e g a t e investment from virtually a total loss a n d t h a t is mit an insurance policyholder to MICHIGAN COMMODITY MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS HE BUILT CAREER AND ROADS sufficient d u t y on our s u g a r i m p o r t s and duties levied equally start suit against a domestic insur- AFFILIATED WITH MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU The name a n d fame of F r a n k F o s t e r Rogers is written so on C u b a n s u g a r so t h a t domestic production can r e g a i n t h e ance concern in his own county rath- er than require starting suit in the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac large and so p e r m a n e n t l y over .Michigan t h a t wherever print- position it once held as a reasonably profitable i n d u s t r y for t h e county where the concern is located. Michigan Milk Producers Association TuT Owen Bldg., Detroit e r s ' ink a t t e m p t s to add a n y t h i n g such an a t t e m p t will be large- Michigan f a r m e r a n d for the re liners. Divorce matters come in for con- Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson sideration in one of the early bills. Michigan Elevator Exchange ..Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing ly a superfluity. It may remain, p e r h a p s only to ink in some Consumers should rally to the assistance of t h e p r o d u c e r Michigan Pruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor This would prohibit re-marrying by of the large outline with a little more detail. in t h i s instance as a move to save a valuable i n d u s t r y for the either of a couple within one year DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGES There is something more to the service Mr. Rogers has state. The consumer might well accept an a d v a n c e of a cent after the granting of a decree of di- MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. M I C H . M I L K PRODUCERS ASS'N or two a p o u n d on his s u g a r r e q u i r e m e n t s as his bit t o w a r d the vorce, except that the two might be Curl Martin. Pros Cold water r e n d e r e d .Michigan t h a n is expressed in concrete and gavel a n d N. P. Hull, I'res Lansing remarried to each other within that Milton Burkhoider, V. 1'. .Marlette K. G. l'otts, Vice-I'res. Washington g r a d e stakes. H e has lived an ideal. S e v e n t y y e a r s ago he was r e h a b i l i t a t i o n of the s u g a r beet g r o w e r and a b e t t e r equaliza- period. IT. T>. Horton, Se< :-Treaa. . . . Kinde John C. Near, Sec Flat EVoel tion of conditions in the field of a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t i o n . The Speaker of the House of Rep- born a farm boy on a Lenawee county farm. He was born to L. E. Osincr, MgT Lansing B F. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit one of those families which held high belief in the honor a n d resentatives this session is Fred R. C. S. Benton, Beau Dep't 1 r. W. Norton, Treas Howell PROMOTING HOME INDUSTRY Ming, of Cheboygan. Lieutenant Gov- l'ort Huron M. L. Noon Jackson possibilities of American citizenship. It was a home in which ernor, Lurdn Dickinson, of Charlotte, Neil Bass, Bean Dep't . . . . L a n s i n g I:. L. Taylor Lapeer ideals of service and of c h a r a c t e r loomed large. So far as it seems that w h a t e v e r suggestion is made for h e l p i n g t h e again weilds the gavel in the Senate. W. E. Phillips Decatur I.. W. Harwood Adrian a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c e r involves him as the bearer of the g r e a t e s t George McCalla Ypsilanti schooling a n d right influence could serve, F r a n k R o g e r s was Other new officers are Myles F. W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids Gray, new clerk of the house. Rep. H. St! San/ord Battle Greek given a good send-off in life, but he had little else besides. share of the b u r d e n , no m a t t e r how the problem is a t t a c k e d , Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven William J. Thomas, Kent, speaker M, R. Bhlsler Caledonia Fred G. Beardsley Oxford but a suggestion made this week by Dean Joseph F . Cox, of Frank Gilniore 1 'arma When he g r a d u a t e d from .Michigan A g r i c u l t u r a l College, pro tern of the House, Frank B. Clem- "William Hunter Sandusky Michigan S t a t e College, while proposing a t e m p o r a r y addition- mens, Detroit, sergeant-at-arms of that W. J. Ha.'.elwood .\It. Pleasant Elmer Powers Clio as it was then, all he asked was a plain job a n d tha,t was all he MICH. POTATO GROWERS al load u p o n the farmer, has considerable m e r i t in t h a t it seeks body, and Sen. Augustus Gansser, Bay EXCH. M I C H . L I V E STOCK EXCH. received. In r u b b e r boots t h a t soon m a d e his feet sore he began. City, president pro tem, and Grove Hoary Curtis, ITes Cadillac E. A. Beamer, Pres Bllssfield Jt is not recorded t h a t he ever h a d a n y p a r t i c u l a r run of luck. to give him eventual control of a m a r k e t in which h e n o w M. Rouse, sergeant-at-arms of the 3. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres. Provemont It. I >. Harper, Yiee-Pres., St. Johns He. however, did have the acumen, at one of the ,plain stages p a y s out at the mercy of the seller, every season w h e n seed Senate. O. E. Hawlev, Sec'y Shelby J. If. O'Mealey, Sec'y Hudson F. .1. Hfirger, Treas Stanwood Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckenridge of his career, to realize that the d a y of r o a d building was at p u r c h a s e s a r e made. F. P. Hitwu, Gen, Mjjfr Cadillac Nate Pattison Caro Jt was Dean Cox's t h o u g h t , as expressed at a meeting of the h a n d . At that time it did not promise a fortune but it promised «•. A. Rlchner, Sales Mgr..Cadillac L«on G. VanLei Goor^'e Herman , ..Bcllaire [tenuis .1. K. Bettes Charles Brown Edward DIppey Sparti Sunfic-M Perry a career, and he tied to it. Out of h a r d , first-hand. ( poorly paid S t a t e F a r m Bureau B o a r d a n d a few others who met to con- sider possible tariff relief for a g r i c u l t u r e this winter, t h a t by MILK FEDERATION experience he came to k n o w more of r o a d buildh»g t h a n any '£. A. Rasmussen M I C H I GSheridan M. I>. Buskirk, Pres Paw Paw Charles Woodruff A N F R U I T GROWERS, John Miller INC. Hastings Coloma other man in Michigan. j u m p i n g the tariff on red clover seed from four cents a p o u n d to eight cents a pound, sufficient unfit foreign clover seed could be READY TO BATTLE Allan B. Graham .. So F r a n k F o s t e r l i o g e r s got in on the groiuad floor, or Amu* Tucker, 1st Vice-President.. South Haven Herbert Nafzlger, 2nd Vloe-Presi- I". 1). Leavenworth W. J. SchHltz .Grand Rapids Elberta Hart p e r h a p s it should be the s u b - g r a d e , of r o a d building. .Mich- i g a n ' s problem a n d Michigan schools a n d Michigan farm-boy held out of t h e market by the increase of cost t o t h e f a r m e r t o m a k e possible a r e t u r n to a f o r m e r condition wherein all t h e FOR HIGH TARIFF L. A. Hawley flfint Millburg . . . . Lndington red clover seed requirements in the c o u n t r y Avere met b y do- F. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas C. I. Chrestensen .. p r o d u c t coalesced into the Michigan r o a d system we h a v e to- 11. W. Gowdy Onekama mestic p r o d u c t i o n . Seek Relief For Producers Benton Harbor .. .Union Pier day. The r o a d s of Michigan a r e not yet a complete job, but the O. R. Gale F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr John Lang Shelby everlasting f o u n d a t i o n is in. This would appear to be t h r o w i n g up a p r e t t y high wall Through Flexible Duty: Benton Harbor Sodus to k e e p o u r i n d u s t r y at home, t h e Dean explained, b u t t h e sur- I> fl, Brake Fremont iohn Bottema .. Spring Lake In a p p o i n t i n g Mr. Dillman to succeed Mr. Rogers it would Provision of Laws Henry Namitz Bridgman Bert Gleason a p p e a r that G o v e r n o r Green has seen professional r o a d b u i l d i n g est w a y of getting the q u a l i t y of seed Michigan n e e d s is to c. L. Brody Lawrence '. !•' High •AMERICAN Benton IHarbor ARM B U R EHarry AU FE DEBATION Lansing as having a higher claim t h a n polities.—State J o u r n a l , L a n s i n g . e n c o u r a g e home production. This is sound logic. .Mill.r Overton HEADQUARTERS LEGISLATIVE Bangor Ilogue .Munsey Bldg., Washington, Sodus D. C Not alone does importation of foreign seed m e a n seed t h a t STRIKE AT SUBSTITUTES SAM H. THOMPSON President cannot s t a n d the rigors of our severe w i n t e r s b u t we h a v e GENERA I, OFFICES A. F. B. F 58 East Washington St., Chicago Would Erect Barrier For CHESTER H. GRAY Washington Representative FARM TAXES AND IMPROVEMENTS learned by sad experience that these foreign g r o w n seeds h a v e Farm taxes have increased n e a r l y 160 per cent in the last 15 carried m u c h of the foul stuff t h a t r u i n s m a n y a f a r m e r ' s Curbing Philippine Oil y e a r s , w h e r e a s land values are now a p p r o x i m a t e l y 20 per cent meadow w h e n sown. Likewise, i m p o r t a t i o n s of seed h a v e intro- Importations Editorials h i g h e r t h a n in 1!»1". Most farmers do not pay a n y direct t a x e s to the federal duced insect pests that m i g h t have been avoided, h a d we groAvn seed at home. A vigorous fight in behalf of Amer- g o v e r n m e n t , a n d a r e little affected by c h a n g e s in thf federal in- I t m a y be a suggestion that will hit h a r d at first b u t , as ican dairy farmers to secure adequate TARIFF LEGISLATION intimated, t h e r e would be n o one to blame for poor seed but tariff protection on all dairy products come tax. They p a y taxes on their real estate, and in most cases and all vegetable and animal oils and The forthcoming t a rill' legislation should be ;m " a d j u s t - on personal p r o p e r t y to the local c o u n t y or t o w n s h i p t r e a s u r e r . ourselves if we produced .all our own seed. fats that directly or indirectly com- m e n t " nol a " r e v i s i o n " of tariff fates. I n d u s t r y does not They pay license fees on t h e i r automobiles, and a tax on pete with dairy products, and for need, and should not seel;, except in regard to a few commodi- tariff protection against the Philip- ties, u p w a r d revision of rates. A complete revision of the each gallon of gasoline they buy. unless they live in one of the Governor Sounds Favors Highway System That the present division 01 high pine Islands on vegetable oils, has Tariff Act of 1922 is not necesstiry to continue the well-being t h r e e states where no such lax is levied. In some states they Efficiency Note way money is equitable was empha- : been launched by the National Co- pay a small poll t a x . and in a few states a small amount of state sized by the state's chief executive in operative Milk Producers Federation. of i n d u s t r y : adjustment is necessary as one method to secure income t a x is paid by farmers. For Legislature treating of state highway matters. This action follows months of agita- the stability of a g r i c u l t u r e . (Continued from page ope) He made it very plain that he would tion by the Federation to get Con- Most of the direct taxes that a farmer pays are based on his ti'ieat!-. It is recommended that a not favor making any change in the gress to consider the agricultural A complete revision or r e w r i t i n g of a tariff act always land and buildings and on his a u t o m o b i l e ; he u n d o u b t e d l y pays commission be appointed to study gas or weight tax at this time or tariff problem. Last May. the Feder- upsets the business equilibrium of our nation and h a r m s agri- o t h e r taxes in the price of goods that he purchase*, but their Michigan's educational situation with taking any money from the highway ation in co-operation with other com- c u l t u r e ami i n d u s t r y alike. Business should not be d i s t u r b e d special reference to a co-ordination construction fund. a m o u n t s a n d kind are m a t t e r s of d i s p u t e . program of the secondary school modity groups, urged Congress to n e x t y e a r hy a complete o v e r h a u l i n g of tariff schedules. Agri- Continuing his message, he said, pass a special emergency agricultural The first item of expense in the a v e r a g e c o m m u n i t y is the and report its findings. "For the first time in the history "Costs of road construction have act. The effect of this drive made it- c u l t u r e needs to have the rates of d u t y applicahle to farm school, from one-third to one-half of all public money spent been materially reduced because of self apparent in the Presidential elec- crops more nearly broughl io an equitable basis compared to of the state we are presenting to this going into schools. Uoads probably account, for about a f o u r t h legislature a balanced budget," h^ our strict adherence to the policy of tions, and leaders of both parties those rates which industry has been securing for itself t h r o u g h - explained, using the term, balanced full publicity and awarding to the made promises of tariff protection to of the total. The salaries ami expenses of local and county lowest bidder. out the last century. budget, because the figures on ex- agriculture. officers a r e a small part of t h e total e x p e n d i t u r e s , and finally "Trucks and busses necessitate the penitures are limited to the revenue The House Committee on Ways and Much is said about c o m p e n s a t o r y d u t i e s ; that is, w h e r e v e r there is the amount that goes to m a i n t a i n the state government. available under the state's present heavy type of road construction. Means has announced that it will con- . an article of raw material secures a d u t y , a like d u t y of com- There are several reasons why both schools ami roads cost system of taxation. The, budget con- Legislation should be passed provid- sider a general revision of the Tariff tains the amounts requested by the ing for a substantial increase in theiv Act of 1!)22 with hearings scheduled p e n s a t o r y n a t u r e must he placed on the m a n u f a c t u r e d product more than they did 1"> y e a r s ago. In the first place all prices various departments and activities contribution to the road revenue. to begin January 7, 1929. January 7, m a d e from t h a t article. Generally s p e a k i n g , the fairness of have risen, so that if we were only g e t t i n g the same amount of in one column and the amount rec- "In H»27 the legislature made p>v- 8 and 9, the committee wall consider c o m p e n s a t o r y duties is recognized; hut generally speaking schools and the same kinds of r o a d s now that we had in 1913 ommended by the administration in vision for the return to the counties schedule 1 which includes casein, again, a d e q u a t e compensatory duties on many industrial prod- a corresponding column. annually of an amount equal to one- vegetable and animal, and fish oils their cost would be higher. The n u m b e r of children a t t e n d i n g half of the weight tax. As th<> resuit and fats. On January 2 4. 2.~> and 2S. ucts a r e a l r e a d y in force and effect although the raw ma- "We shall present to you a single school has increased by over one-third, .due p a r t l y to the fact of this legislation there will be pail appropriation bill based upon this terials for such p r o d u c t s produced on our American farms are \ that the states have been raising the ages of children covered by budget analysis in which is incor- to the counties this year approxi- the committee will consider schedule inadequately protected. porated appropriations for state- pur- mately $3,500„000 more than they II which includes dairy products and compulsory school laws, and partly because parents want their had received in any year prior to other agricultural products. On Feb- poses," he said. The adjustment of the tariff schedules early in the 71st children to receive more education. this legislation. Taking into consid- ruary 20. 21 and 22. the committee Congress must not he a case of a g r i c u l t u r e being out manoeuv- "This appropriation bill." he con- eration this liberal division and also will consider articles on the free list. The a v e r a g e length of the school term has been increasing. tinued, "is the result of careful study e r e d ; which is to say that if we in a g r i c u l t u r e get our rates the payment that is made for the which includes a number of vegetable More children are going to high schools than formerly, and the of the state's requirements as shown maintenance of trunk line highways oils and raw materials which come increased, industry likewise will get her rates more than pro- education of a high-school s t u d e n t costs over twice as much as by the experience of the past and is within cities and villages, the state in competition with dairy products. p o r t i o n a t e l y increased so that the ha lance, or lack of balance, tendered as the administration's rec- itself had remaining for highway con- On Feb. 25 it will begin hearings on that of one in g r a m m a r school. Ail of these items have been ommendation. It has been drawn is as had as. or p e r h a p s worse than formerly between agricul- struction in the year 192S only forty administrative provisions of the bill factors in calling for more money for education. Fvery effort up with every economy in mind. It per cent of the total expenditui es which includes the levying of duties t u r a l a n d industrial products. has been made also to raise the quality of education, and with is subject to your further redactions made possible from the highway on the Philippine Islands, and the ex- O u r W a s h i n g t o n offices will have r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s before but it caunot be made the subject <>;' revenues." such changes have come increased salaries. material additions and kept with- tent to which the present flexible the W a y s and Means Committee on various dates r u n n i n g from Much the same story is true of increased e x p e n d i t u r e s for in the present state incoin.-. While he went to some length in tariff provision (section 315) is ade- J a n u a r y 7th to F e b r u a r y 25th, seeking increased duties on fully a summing up of things accomplish- quately serving the needs of the roads. Labor and materials cost more. We a r e building vastly "A survey of the budget and the ed for agriculture in recent year*, country. one h u n d r e d and fifty farm commodities which a r e scheduled b e t t e r roads, and giving them much h a r d e r usage. It costs more appropriation bill show that they Governor Green had but little to of- Under the flexible tariff provision, in ten of t h e sixteen dated hearings of that committee. make no provision for the la-g. fer for aiding the farmer of Michi- the President is authorized to make to maintain them. building program that is necessary. At W a s h i n g t o n we are w o r k i n g in a b s o l u t e correlation with gan this winter. Strict observance changes up or down in articles on the Taxes have gone up p a r t l y because of the general rise in "If we expect to bring the neglect- of the grading laws will be helpful protected list to the extent of 50 per other a g r i c u l t u r a l g r o u p s so that w h a t e v e r d a t a , facts a n d pro- the price level a n d p a r t l y because the a v e r a g e community w a n t s ed facilities of the State up to date, he explained. Legislation to sai. cent following investigations of com- bresented bv us will be in accord with it will require a separate source 0! guard the high standards of Michi parative costs of production by the t h i n g s which require more and more t a r e s to b u v . - revenue." gan beans may be necessary, he , , - r . S. Tariff Commission \Y. JAKUABY 1 1 . l « a o Il> MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS JUKI I IMPLETE PLAN Kitchen Sink Drain wells and spread of sickness. Plac- ALFALFA LETTER More Activity STATE FARMERS ing and construction of cesspool DRAWN FOR 1 9 2 9 Would Become TO SHOW CROPS Source of Sickness urease traps should be given thorough Proper care of the kitchen sink study before installations are CORN BORER WORK CONTEST Good Resolve (Coistjnyed from page one) drain and trap is necessary to avoid authorities on farm sanitation advise I ing that neighbor to be an ally to our possible contamination of shallow us. in thTs^nf fn11^C11e eFd2a nm B1Mu r eUa U0 fS et he ed News Service announces that Competitive Exhibits Are T o cause, but, rather, day by day in notice it I SU T1 6 p n 2 eSs o f L ?5 3 a n d > ™* S 3 further many a way, we should prove to him Be Feature of Farmers higan Will Conduct Work Zt^: f! $ ' *> $2 for the best three that he is a part of the program of 3f Research Along With letters received from the News readers on the subject Mv farm betterment and if he is not Week ^perience With Farm Bureau Alfalfa Seed " T e l 1 us aU working with his fellow farmers he Six Other States about it—up to 500 words. is then enrolled on the other Bltfe as Michigan grain and potato pro- The prize winning letters and others, if space permits a hindrance. ducers will compete for nearly $1,000 ORDINATE EFFORTS will be published in the News. Letters published in a d d S Should Assi.si Oi-jiani/.a'tiou in prizes in the annual competitive to the prue winners will be awarded $1 each. The contest Then we should resolve that we show, sponsored by the Michigan starts now. Send your letters to the Editor, Michigan Farm will help to make our organization Crop Improvement Association, to be n practical Methods of Bureau News, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. stronger in numbers and also in in- held at the Michigan State College in fluence in the county and in our own connection wiih Farmery Week, Feb. Combating Pest and communities. 4 to 8. Checking Spread Let's take an inventory of ourselves Both the potato and the grain ex- complete program of research Prize Winners This Issue and see if we are letting chances slip by in doing our Farm Bureau organ- hibits will be housed in Demonstra- tion Hall and will be supplemented ization a good turn. with educational exhibits. The grain controlling the European corn was presented and adopted at third annual conference of corn First Prize Winner Lone Oak Farm, Have we always spoken the good word for the seed advantages made show will also include alfalfa and corn, and winners of the annual five- Suppose You r interests in Washington, D. C , possible by the Farm Bureau? acre corn contest will lie announced 2 .More than seventy represen- ts from the corn borer infested Belmont, Michigan. My experience with Farm Bureau alfalfa seed is such that would convince anybody seeing the field which I have that Farm Bureau Did we tell our brother dairyman just why the Farm Bureau went into the feed business and why tbe farm- during the week. The barley exhibit, introducing the new Spartan barley, which received Collide With a Post e s and the corn oelt, including seed is the seed to buy. ers should stand by this service? favorable comment at the Interna- m0 logists, administrative offi- or any other stationary object, such as the road bed, a and others interested in th< It was a field of about four acres all sown the same day. on Have we told our neighbor the tional Grain Show at Chicago will be iexa, attended the meeting. August 5, and during the following years the crop from Farm Bureau reason why be should carry auto in- a part of the show. Another educa- ditch bank, a bridge, the curbstone, or have an upset, ,. A. F. Woods, director of Bclen- brand seed produced two good crops each season for three years while surance and the protection we have tional exhibit will deal with crop im- and damage your car? work, United States Department the crop from the other brand cut one short crop and after that it made possible for him? provement. griculture, as chairman of the got yelloAv and disappeared. Have we showed him what com- Exhibits should be addressed to Against such a probability, which certainly is as high erence opened the day's session bined effort has brought the farmer Paul ft. Miller, superintendent of ex- as colliding with some other car, wouldn't it be a good This was experience enough for me when I had to plow after hibits, and should reach the college brief address in which he urgejd three years. in legislative ways and in transpor- idea to ask our agent to explain to you our e discussiou of the many angles tation problems And then, have we not later than the morning of the \\ie problem and explained the Now I buy seed that's adapted to this state with a guarantee pointed out to him the many things first day of Farmers Week. Exhibits ose of the conference was to ido for a complete co-ordination which acts as an insurance on my crops. Yours truly, which we would like to do even local- ly but cannot do now because our may also be delivered in person. Any Michigan farmer is eligible to Stationary Object Collision i . various research projects George GTyka. Jr numbers are too low? exhibit. All exhibits must have been ughottt tbe affected states and da. Have we even convinced ourselves that the women are real adjuncts to grown in the state during the season of 1928 by the exhibitor on his own Policy Second Prize Letter our cause and that when the good farm or one on which he is employed. Such accidents are expensive, as is shown by several e program as adopted for 1D2H R. 7, Nilcs, Michigan. des definite research work by wife is interested we have doubled stationary object collisions just paid: Claim 2428 at In the spring of 1927, I prepared fifteen acres for alfalfa. I our influence? Croswell, Mich., for $810.33 for repairs; Claim 3518 ureaus of the United States De- !ment of Agriculture. Entomolo- plowed it deep with a tractor in April. The soil over the field varied greatly with sandy loam, some sand, a black, sticky flat and some Then let's do some serious thinking about having more meetings in our Home at Benton Harbor for $72.57; Claim 3503 at Rockford Plant Industry, Chemistry and By NAM Y Bvim TI;K.\KK for $69.20; Claim 3050 at Clio for $268.04. , Public Roads, Animal Indus- gravely knolls and hillsides. The fertility of the soil was good. The county. I want to have a little house and Agricultural Economics. subsoil was alkaline but the top soil was acid. Let's do our best toward placing With sunlight on the floor The State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. offers you n states:—Illinois, Indiana, We applied lime early. The disc was used frequently and after our own county on the honor roll. A chimney with a rosy hearth, igan, Ohio, New Hampshire, Perhaps we cannot do it all at this stationary object protection at very low annual rates. rains to kill weeds and pack the soil. * And lilacs by the door; lsylvania and New York—also time but we can make a substantial With windows looking east and west, W e are a strong, legal reserve company. W e have an I have a home-made drill with seven hoes which can be spread start. It we cannot have four quarter- carry on research and education- any distance apart. There is a float ahead of the hoes and bolted to And a crooked apple tree. agent near you. Don't delay in seeing him. If you don't ork in the numerous phases of ly meetings, let's have two a year any- And room beside the garden fence them. way; let's have something doing in know him, or want further information, write us. orer problem. For hollyhocks to be. The seed was planted in rows nine and one-half inches apart, at some way that will give our members long the thousands of major and a very uniform depth, in nice, warm, moist soil on July 20. This a chance to get together once in a Oh, all my lif« I've wandered round, Be protected before you start on a trip. r lines of investigation all of Hut the heart is quick at knowing was during a drought. The seed "was registered Farm Bureau Hardi- while and then, when we plan on get- I have an important bearing on ting them out, let's also plan, on hav- Its own roof and i s own bush Michigan State Farm Bureau inal solution of the problem wili gan. And its own houghs blowing. ing a rousing good time so they will Lansing-, Michigan udies by these Federal bureaus We had thirty pounds of seed to start with and four pounds left want to come again. And when 1 lind that little house— tates on feeding and otherwise at the finish. This figures out just about one and three-quarters pounds If no attempt is made to' interest At noon or dusk or dawn— MICHIGAN \(ii:\T cornstalks, breeding experi- to the acre, so I knew just what I was doing. the membership within any county I'll walk rigiit in and light the fire s to produce strains that may I know this amount will seem too small to most of you readers, there's something wrong with those And put the kettle on! STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. tolerant to the borer, studies chosen to govern that county and the but if you will count out a pound of alfalfa seed and use your pencil, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL. tility treatments to hasten de- sooner they are jarred to their duty .Meat brine or too much salt will ment of the corn plant so as to you will find that a pound to the acre, evenly distributed, will give you five and one-half seeds to the square foot. oi a change is made, the better that kill pigs, also old hogs. Watch where the maximum moth flight, and county can function. you throw eien the water from boil- s on the possibility of dis- Now, you will say, this is all theory, but I say come and take a ing a sail' <1 ham. Follow I'p Resolutions g the corn plant with other look at my field where we put the above into practice. There's nothing so disheartening as of equal value. On one end of the field where manure was spread we failed to an inactive official board. If . Selling livestock direct to packer buyers in the country permits the packers to pick out Your nearest F a r m Bureau supply service was made. This analysis tag WHEAT—After selling down to the good stock and dump the d i s t r i b u t o r can show you DCXllAM imple- should always be saved. When I U I I - _ the lowest price in five years mar- Accompanied with a small sam- n light ones on the public market ments. Write today for circular a n d price ple of the seed, the seed tile is Calhoun r a r m Bureau maK.es ! kfive e t s h o w s s o m e lirm jng Up and prices cents higher than a week ago. where the livestock prices are list. Easy payments if; desired. complete for that crop. Plans To Hold Several Look for higher prices during bal- fixed. This reflects on the pro- ducers' returns by working to The. Farm Bureau Seed Ser- During the Year ! ance of this crop year. vice encloses with its alfalfa, < lover and timothy seeds a RYE—A very dull market with the advantage of the packers. Ship your livestock to either Michigan Farm Bureau Xoarlv every township in Calhoun • prices holding steady. small printed envelope, de- O.VTS—Should sell five to ten scribing the seed and provid- count? was represented at th* annual cents higher before another crop. the Co-operative Commission Association, at East Buffalo, Supply Service ing storage for a sample. meetljtf ot the County Farm Bureau. CORN--Prices hold very strong X. V., or to the Michigan Live-i spike Tooth and Spring Tooth Marrows in a full The growing crop is the linal a1 Marshall. Jan. 4. This was a quar- and there is no indication of any stock Exchange, at Detroit, to Lansing, Michigan r a n g e of sizes for t r a c t o r or horse operations. test by which all seed is juog- terly meeting of memhers and the very cheap corn this season. obtain the most satisfactory re- Rugged, all-steel construction. •'l- If mixtures or foreign were 200 persons at the dinner. The BBANS—Growers are being hid turn and to safeguard your in- weeds are fuoud in the field dinner was served by the Ladle Aid ; nine cents but are generally sitting terest as a producer. These Disc Harrows 'I'e tile sample can be referred Society of Brooks Memorial •hurch. tight. This market will, no doubt. two concerns are co-operative A complete line. Horse to tor a re-analysis. On the where the meeting was held. continue very tight. selling agencies serving the drawn models ".. C. and ' other hand, on a good stand Addresses w*#e given by Mrs. Btfdthj Michigan Livestock Exchange. l'cet. single or tandem °no has all the information M. Wagar, oi Carlton, director of Nothing In A Name ! Double Gang Heeded to get similar s c d for home and community work for Midl- Tractor mod- sowing next season. and by Robert Addy, dairy feed - Varietal names ol corn mean little, els. 6 7. and S Michigan Livestock Exchange rcc . Electric A small sample of the sou sow and the analysis tag Service. Reports on the annual meet- been grown and how it» has been se- Heat Treated •nay not be needed but onc< or iug of the American Farm Bureau lected is all important ll] choosing discs. Gangs tw ice in a lifetime. That once Federation were given by Efcner Ball, .seed for planting. angled from or twice may repay the cost of Karl Johnson and Elmer Royer. dele- Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n tractor s . a t . Other quarterly meetings are to be m a u y othfjr keeping such samples from gates. Mrs; Ha/el Rarningham, of beld during the year, it was decided, East Buffalo, X. Y.' year to year. Marshall, gave a reading and features entertained'Tentative plans for the next one were Save some Med. Dresseau. of Marshall Save the tug. made. •' with songs. F«M R MICHIGAN FARM BUBKAL NEWS FRIDAY, JANUARY t l lOat Mrs. Wagar Speaks JTTnM y s e c t i ? of the ^ s ^ CO-OP MGRS. AND Highway Data Given Kent Bureau Set to Hold Annual Meeting Ottawa Institutes „ r -_ . I the tenth annual c o n v e n t i o n * New Plan For Meet A t W e s t e r n M e e t i n g Minnesota Farm Bureau Fed BUREAU SERVICES B y State C o m m i s s i o n The annual meeting of the Kent With M. L. Noon, president of the County Farm Bureau will be held Michigan State Farm Bureau, as Mrs Fdith M. Wagar. of Carleton, I w l l i ( ' h convenes at Hotel St. p w Michigan, is to have charge of the I h l s t - P a u l . «»>Xt Monday. n Friday. Jan. 18, at the Association of j speaker of the day, Ottawa County CONFER JAN. 14-24 R e v i s i o n of D i s b u r s e m e n t s Commerce in Grand Rapids. The pre-, Farm Bureau is planning its annual Safety for other purposes, will necessarily gram will start at 10 o'clock with the! meeting for January 24. { Stale mutual Rodded Fire M i g h t Cripple P r o g r a m , all come out of new construction. report and election of officers and j The Ottawa Bureau in doing this [f Insurance Co., of m i c h . • Scores of A s s ' n s Interested In A permanent license plate or an election of delegates for the state i is broadening the scope of its annual ^~~\ HOME OITICC-FLINT. MICH R o g e r s Explains annual license plate at a nominal convention. Dinner will be served in! meeting to include all of the mem- Nine M e e t i n g s at V a r i o u s rate would necessarilly produce the the Association of Commerce dining j bers. In the past only representa- Poverty is staring you in the face if you are carrying your own same results. Fire Insurance. Many a farmer has lost his farm or labored under Points room at noon. tives from each township have at- a mortgage the remainder of his life by neglecting to buy a good By Fran* P. Rogers, State Highway In the first place it is very desir- Commissioner. On the program in the afternoon' tended but it is thought that in in- fire insurance policy. able, to prevent the stealing of auto- will be Lee Bierce, secretary of the jviting in the entire membership a Let us protect you. We have more Insurance in force and more Scores of co-operative associations Since it is impossible at this date mobiles, that the owner of each car managers throughout the State will to got a complete report on the at least once a year prove his title Grand Rapids Association of Com- larger and better Farm Bureau meet- cash assets than any Farm Mutual Fire Insurance Co, in Michig an be attending one or more of nin> weight tax collected for 192S, which to the car and secure a new license merce, Clark Brody. secretary of the ing will be held. W. T. Lewis, Sec'y, 710 F . P . Smith Bldg., Flint, Mich. district conferences which the Michi- will approximate $18,800,000, the plate. Michigan State Farm Bureau, David Each director is taking upon him- gan Farm Bureau Supply and Woodman, district agent for the Mich- self the responsibility of calling as percentages used are based on the Personally, I do not see how a igan State Farm Bureau, Agnes Sor- many Farm Bureau members in his Services are holding in various cities tax collected in 1927. That year in the period January 14 to -"* I Wayne county paid 89.15 per cent permanent license plate, were it enson. Kent County Home Demon- township as he can, urging them to inclusive. sales staffs have been Of the total weight tax collected and Co-operative managers and their Wayne and the four counties bor- legible year after year. invited to deripg Wayne paid almost one-hall meet with the seed and supply serv- of this tax. namely 4S.1 per cent. ever so desirable, could be made Further, if the average value of automobiles in the state, including trucks, is estimated at $800 per stration Agent, and K. K. Vining, be present at the meeting. Kent County Farm Agent. David Woodman, district M. B. McPherson. president of the sentative of four western Michigan Kent County Farm Bureau, will pre- counties for the Farm Bureau, will repre- Satisfaction ice representatives to discuss As compared with the state prop- side. also be present and speak. C o m e s from b u y i n g w h e r e q u a l i t y n e v e r changes. the important news for 1929 »u erty tax in 1927, Wayne county paid vehicle, which is lower than some farm machinery, the seed situation, 49.09 per cent of the state tax and estimate, the value of motor vehicles T h a t is w h y t h e r e a r e so m a n y satisfied c u s t o m e r s who in Michigan is at least $1,000,000,- Shakespeare Stuff timely information on dairy and Oysters Top List w e a r F a r m B u r e a u c l o t h i n g a n d w h o c o m e b a c k for poultry feeds and the sale thereof. in 1928 will pay 49.24 per cent of! 000, whichMs approximately one- the"The worm is yet to be," quoted Oysters are more valuable titan anj the state tax which shows that this eighth as much as the entire assess- weiner as it slid into the sausage repeat o r d e r s of F a r m B u r e a u p u r e w o o l b e d blankets, and other Farm Bureau matters. machine. other single product of the fisheries. Motion pictures, exhibits and lunch- particular county gains about 11 ed valuation of the state. a u t o b l a n k e t s a n d a u t o robes a n d soft w o v e n , woolen eons together are part of the pro- per cent when it pays for road build- The average property tax in 1927 (7- gram. ing through the weight and gas tax as determined by the State Board underwear. Meetings open at 10 o'clock at the following through the afternoon: places and instead of by general property tax. of Tax Commissioners for the pur- continue This assumes that the gas tax is pose of assessing railroads and tele- proportional to the weight tax in phone companies, was $29.10 per FREIGHT RATES FILE Y O U R M E A S U R E M E N T S F o r suits a n d o v e r c o a t s , a n d m a k e p u r c h a s e s at Jan. 14—Grand Rapids at the each county. Grand Rapids Growers Assn., centra! thousand. The average weight tax The gas tax in 1928 will approxi- paid per motor vehicle in 192 7 was O n Farm Commodities a n y t i m e b y mail order. Parcels a r e s e n t o u t , prepaid, standard time. mate $17,000,000, possibly a little $14.58. If these cars had been Sometimes have overcharge errors. Do you have your bills audited? Jan. 15—Kalamazoo at Park- more, whereas the combined weight taxed on an ad valorem basis valued for cash or C. O. D. American hotel, central time. and gas tax. from which all the state at $800 per car with a tax rate of THE TRAFFIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT Of the Michigan State Farm Bureau will check up the charges on Enclose A Signed Patronage Dividend Coupon Tor 5 Per Cent Discount. Jan. 16—Ann Arbor, at Whitney road building revenue comes, except $29.10 per thousand, they would your freight bills; file overcharge claims; file loss and damage hotel, eastern time. Federal Aid, will approximate $36,- have paid an average of $23.28 per claims; watch all freight rates on your farm products and supplies Clothing Samples O n R e q u e s t Jan. 17—Port Huron at Chamber 000,000. vehicle' or $8.70 per vehicle on the and be your personal representative to the railroads. Claims col- of Commerce, eastern time. This total sum is the same as I average more than they are now- lected free for paid-up Farm Bureau members. CLOTHING DEPARTMENT Jan. 18—Saginaw at Bancroft have been estimating for some paying. There are only 12 states No Charge For Auditing hotel, eastern time. months past, but it has now develop- which do not assess motor vehicles Michigan State Farm Bureau Jan. 21—Lansing at Kerns hotel, ed that the weight tax will be as personal property in addition to eastern time. Farm Bureau Traffic Department 221-227 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. nearly $2,000,000 in excess of the the annual license. 221-227 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. Jan. 22—Big Rapids, at Western gas tax for the current calendar year. At least 23 counties will have re- hotel, central time. The fixed charges cannot be ma- turned to them, a sum greater than Jan. 23—Ludington at Court terially changed and are: To the the whole weight tax collected in House and Stearns hotel, central counties from the weight tax, $9,- those counties. time. 400,000; interest and sinking fund G M Tax Jan. 24—Traverse City at Park on road bond issue, $4,200.00; state The law providing for a gas tax. Place hotel, central time. rewards, $2,000,000; maintainance, specifically Wise Men will Buy provides that it is a $5,.".00,000; departmental expenses, privilege tax which means that it ia An Experienced Farm $300,000 and to the cities, $500,- paid for the privilege of using the 000; totaling, $21,900,000. Since highways and is in no sense a tax the maintenance ths year was ap- on the vehicle using them. Hand is Seeking Work proximately $5,600,00 it is safe to In 1926, the last full year in which James S. Miller of St. Johns, deducted from Michigan, R. F. D. No. 2, a married leaves only $14,000,000 for a con- call this total sum $22,000,000 which the two cent gas tax was collected, man with a family, wants to get work struction fund which will be sup- 503,687,600 gallons of gas. As- at once on a general farm within plemented by Federal Aid amounting suming that each car traveled an the $36,000,000 the motor vehicles of the state used Farm Bureau Alfalfa NOW reasonable moving distance nf Lan- to approximately $2,250,000. average of ten miles on a gallon, they must have traveled 5,036,876,- There is a shortage of seed adapted to Michigan and the northern United States. sing or St. Johns, work by the year that can become a permanent loca- Since our last financial statement 000 miles over Michigan highways. Drying winds and early frost cut Utah's 1928 alfalfa seed crop, a principal tion. Mr. Miller is a mature man showed roads under contract amount- Had they paid a toll at one-half the with thorough farm experience cover- ing to $15,361,680.08, it is appar- old toll rates or one cent a mile, source of supply, from the past three years'average of 16,000,000 lbs. to 4,000,000 ing twenty years. ent that so far as the present fiscal they would have paid to the state for lbs. of cleaned seed. Other seed producing areas harvested short crops. If Interested, write him at tha yeai is concerned, about as many the use of the highways in 1926 more above address, stating the kind of roads have been placed under con- than $50,000,000 while as a mat- Alfalfa acreages are increasing. Seed prices are advancing for 1929. W e work, probable wages, house foi tract as should be before mid-sum- ter of fact in 1926 the total tax col- family and other items that would mer, 19 2 9. lected for the use of the highways expect additional advances as seeding time approaches. be furnished. Also how and when Should Protect liuihling Fund (weight and gas tax combined) you can be reached for an interview. The point I wish to emphasize is amounted to only $27,027,436.86, or W e advise getting your Farm Bureau alfalfa seed from your local distributor Telephone call to Reverend Cross, at that any money diverted from the about one-half cent per mile. AT ONCE and taking advantage of his present price. New stocks of seed St. Johns, will reach Mr. Miller. gas or weight tax for other purposes than those now provided in the undoubtedly will cost more. If you have no local distributor, write us. present law, will all have to come Put Appropriations from the construction fund. In 1928, we completed 4 00 SPUD MEN DISCUSS FARM BUREAU SEED DISTRIBUTORS Into Single Measure miles of pavement and a total of A move to eliminate politics from 515 miles of improved roads. POTATO SITUATION Akron— Scears. Albion Elevator Company Allegan Farmers Co-Op. Fife Lake—Gleaner Farm Pro. Company. Flint—J. H. Taylor. Fowler Farmers Co-Op Elevator. Marlette Farmers Co-Op. Marine City Farmers Elevator. Quincy Co-Op Company. Ravenna Inc. Butter Company. Of course it is.a problem for the Amble Marketing Association. Fowlerville Farmers Co-Op. Marcellus—Four County Co-Op. measures for appropriating funds for legislature and the administration to Ann Arbor—Chas. McCalla. Frankenmuth Farm Bureau Co-Op. Marne—Berlin Co-Op Company. Reading Co-Op Company. Reese Farm Bureau. state institutions has been undertaken settle as to whether the state shall G r o w e r s , S h i p p e r s , Carriers Atwater Co-Op Elevator Company. Auburn Farmers Co-Op. Fremont Co-Op Produce Co. Martin Farmers Co-Op. Remus Marketing Association. with the compiling of a single appro- settle down to a mere maintenance Avoca—Kerr & Collins Mason—Ingham County Farm Bureau. R e v i e w Big P r o b l e m at Gagetown Local. Maybee Farm Bureau. Richmond—Weeks Brothers. priation bill which the State Legis- policy or whether the insistent de- Galien—Lynn J. Pardee. McBride Marketing Association. Richland—C. F. Bissell. Bad Axe—Farmers Elevator Company. Gaylord Otsego Co-Op Association. lature will act upon this winter. mands tor new construction shall be Special M e e t i n g Bangor Co-Op Association. Gladwin—Farmers Shpg. Association. McBain—Farmers Whse. Association. Rives Junction—Rives Co-Op Associates. Rochester Farmers Elevator. Having all appropriations listed in heeded and the work continued, at Barryton Potato Association. Goodrich Coal Company. McGregor Farm Bureau. Rockford Co-Op Company. Gowen Marketing Association. Memphis Co-Op Company. a single measure will be advantag- least at the present rate of approxi- Batavia Co-Op Company. Grand Blanc Co-Op Elevator. Rodney Co-Op Association. Grading, shipping and the orderly Battle Creek Farm Bureau Association. Mentha—A. M. Todd Company. eous in that it will give the law mately 5 500 miles of new road per Grand Haven Farm Bureau. Merrill Shipping Association. Rogers City Co-Op Mktg. Association. marketing of Michigan's surplus po- Beaverton—Sam Asch. Grand Rapids Growers, Inc. makers a more concise idea of the year. Belding Co-Op Company. Grand Ledge Produce Company. Metamora—Hadley Agrl. Association. Romulus Farm Bureau. funds required and will serve to curb I have already said enough to in- tato crop were made the subjects of Bellevue Co-Op Elevator. Grant Creamery Company. Grayling—Crawford Co-Op. Middleville Co-Op Association. Roscommon—Earl Carlson. Ruth Co-Op Company. an old practice of "bantering and bar- dicate that any material reduction discussion at a special joint meeting Bellaire—Farmers Marketing Association. Grass Lake Farmers Elevator. Midland Farm Bureau Supply Store. Saginaw Farm Bureau Supply Store. tering" for appropriations for various in the weight tax or diversion from of the potato committee of the Great Benton Center Fruit Association. Greenville Co-Op Association. Millington Farm Bureau. Saline Mercantile Company. Lakes Regional Avisory Board and Beulah—Benzie Co-Op. Milan—Henry Hartman. Sandstone—Fred T. Sackridcr. purposes, it is claimed. either the weight tax or the gas tax Hamilton Farm Bureau. Millburg Growers Exchange. Saranac—Fred E. Cahoon. Big Rapids Co-Op Association. the Michigan division of the national Birch Run—Bryan J. Smith. Harbor Beach—Geo. Wruble. Minden City—Farmers Elev. Company. Saugatuck Fruit Exchange. Harrison Elevator Company. Schoolcraft—Geo. H. Stuart. potato committee, recently organized, Blanchard Wholesale Association. Hart Co-Op Association. Montrose—J. J. Hill. Scotts—Walter Horsfall. schedule to convene at Hotel Pant- Boyne City Co-Op Company. Hartford Grain Co-Op Elevator. Monroe—Monroe Farm Bureau Local. Scottville—Mason County Co-Op. Hartland—W. C. Wakeman ft Son. Montague—White Lake Marketing Shelby—New Era Association. lind, at Grand Rapids, Thursday, Bridgewater—Farmers Produce Co. Harvard Marketing Association. Association. Sherwood Co-Op Association. Jan. 10. Britton—Paul Clement. Haslett Elevator Association. Montgomery—Tri-State Co-Op. Silverwood—M. D. Lynch. Compare Them! Bronson Co-Op Association. Hastings Co-Op Elevator. Morrice—F. E. Church. Sidney Marketing Association. Grading laws, tariffs, means for im- Brown City—M. W. Frey. Hemlock Co-Op Creamery Company. Mt. Clemens—Farmers Milling Co. Smith Creek—B. H. ft H. E. Neal. Hersey Produce Association. Mt. Pleasant Co-Op Elevator. Snover Co-Op Elevator. proving the quality of potatoes, edu- Brooklyn Co-Op Association. Highland Produce Association. Muir Farm Bureau. Sodus Fruit Exchange. cation of the public to the value of Brunswick—Tri-County Farm Bureau. Hillsdale Co-Op Company. Munith Co-Op Association. South Lyons—J. B. Calhoun. Buchanan—St. Joe Valley Shipping Hillman Marketing Association. Muskegon Heights Co-Op Dairy. South Haven Fruit Exchange. the lowly spud and ways of avoiding Association. Holland Co-Op Association. New Lothrop—G. C. Dillon. Sparta Co-Op Association. the acute price depressions of recent Burr Oak Co-Op Association. Homer Farmers Elevator. Springport—Croel Elevator Company. Hopkins Co-Op Creamery. New Boston—Huron F. Bur. Association. What a Good Dairy What Our months were other topics slated for Byron—J. Fred Smith. Byron Center Co-Op Company. Howell—Livingston Co-Op. Hudsonville Co-Op Association. New Haven Farmers Elevator. Stanton Elevator Company. Stanwood Marketing Association. this meeting. Cadmus Farm Bureau Association. Newberry—V. F. Gormely. Sault Ste. Marie—Chippewa County Ration Must Milkmaker Feeds The Michigan State Department of Cadillac Co-Op Company. Hudson—Farmers Co-Op Association. Nessen City—Buckley Mktg. Association. Co-Op Company. Stephenson Marketing Association. Caledonia Farmers Elevator Company. Niles—St. Joe Valley Shipping Sterling—Farmers Co-Op Association. Have Carry Agriculture, the State Farm Bureau, Michigan State College, farm papers, Carland—Lloyd Purves. Ida Farmers Co-Op Company. Ironwood—Raymond Dick. Association. North Star—Roy Wolfe. Stevensville—St. Joe Michigan Fruit Association. Caro Farmers Elevator. North Street—Guy B. Sischo. growers, shippers, dealers and others Carsonville Farm Bureau. Jackson—Geo. Loomis. St. Charles—W. C. Terry. Northport—Leelanau Township Farm St. Johns Agricultural Association. Capac—Chas. Stiehr. Jamestown—Farmers Co-Op. Bureau. !• R a l a n c c — T h i * im-niiH more having an interest in potatoes were Jeddo—Edw. J. O'Connor. North Adams—F. I. Williams ft Son. St. Louis—F. L. Sonley. \ n niMortmcnt of p r o t e i n s Caseville—W. A. Gwinn. Jones Co-Op Association. St. Clair—Jno. Mau ft Company. m i l k p e r hundrrri pounds flint bnlnnccM t h e e n r h o h j - invited to take part. Cass City—Farm Produce Co. Jonesville—Grill Hardware Co. Norway Farm Bureau. Sturgis Co-Op Association. of f e e d HM»MI. drntcM nnd fnt in t h e r o u g h " North Branch—Webster Elevator Co. Sunfield—Fred Jackson. Samuel Metzger, of Greenville, Cass City—Greenleaf Farm Bureau. Okemos Elevator Company. n«;e t o foewt u d v n n t n g e In p r o - Kalamazoo—Farmers Produce Company. Suttons Bay—Leelanau Potato Growers. -*. I'n In t a b i l i t y — i t mnHt hf. fitable m i l k p r o d u c t i o n . president of the Michigan Potato Cassopolis—Central Farmers Association. Kaleva—Co-Op Merc, ft Pro. Co. Onekama Farm Bureau. Swartz Creek—Harry Jennings. Ortonville Shipping Association. (Flint R-l). t h e r e In insur.- j o u r uono* T h e finality of M i l k m a k e r Shippers Association, was on the pro- Cedar Produce Exchange. Kent City Farm Bureau. Ottawa Lake—Whiteford Township Swartz Creek—Wilbur Short. «»Wa entiiiK e n o u g h jjrtiin iiiKrcdients i s s u p e r v i s e d by gram to present resolutions "which Cedar Springs—Harry Shaw. Kingsley Co-Op Association. Farm Bureau. Parma Co-OpV. Elevator Company. Tekonsha—Farmers Co-Op Company. to m i l k w e l l m i d m a k e j o u r representative. This Centreville Co-Op Association. Owosso—R. Beardslee. Tfiree Oaks Shipping Association. quality plus the variety in- were adopted at a meeting of potato Central Lake Marketing Association. Lake Odessa Co-Op Association. Paw Oxford Paw Co-Op Co-Op Association. Elevator. Three Rivers Co-Op Exchange. the profits t h e y s h o u l d . Lakeview Marketing Association. Pellston—Jno. D. Robinson. sures palntnhility. interests, recently. F. P. Hihst. man- Charlevoix Co-Op Association. Lapeer—C. F. Smith. Perry—C. H. Arnold. Traverse City—Farmers Co-Op Assoc 3. I M « e * H b i l i t v — W i t h o u t it Lawrence Co-Op Association. ation. Our p r o t e i n iiiK'redieuts a r e ager of the Michigan Potato Growers CharhMte—Farmers Elevator Company. Petersburg—Farmers Marketing ft Traverse City—Ruthardt Growers t h e c r u d e niinl.vsl* 0|* n Cheboygan—Hub Mercantile Company. Lcnnon—Earl West. Supply Company. r a t i o n in. inis l i t t l e . c h o s e n w i t h hi^li d i g e s t i h i l i t y Exchange, was assigned the topic, Leonard Farm Bureau. Pewamo Farm Bureau. Association. in m i n d . Many run from fn> Chelsea—F. W. Merkley. Leroy Marketing Association. Trufant Farm Bureau. per c e n t t o 9 - per cent rii- "The Need of Close rCo-operation Be- Chesaning—Lee D. Ferden. Lcwiston Marketing Association. Pinckney—J. B. Livermore ft Son. Tustin Co-Op Association. ttestihlc. Plainwell Farmers Co-Op Association. 4. n u l k — lOtiough fiber is tween Michigan Potato Interests." Clinton Grain Company. Linden—Claus Tiedman. Plymouth—Levi Clemens. Union City Co-Op Company. n e e d e d to aid d i l u t i o n . Litchfield Shippers Association. Pontiac—Quality Feed Store. too m u c h decreaseM d i - M i l k m a k e r f e e d s carry but P. B. Dukesherer, director of the Clio—W. C. Price. Ludington Fruit Exchange. 0 per cent fiber. T h i s is t h e Coldwater Co-Op Company. Luther—F. A. Smith Produce Co. Portland Farm Bureau. Van—David Inglis. g e s t i b i l i t y and l o w e r s p r o - most efficient amount if bureau of foods of the State Depart- Port Hope—Farmers Co-Op Association. Vernon—W. H. Sherman. duction. Coleman Farm Bureau Association. Prattville Co-Op Association. health and p r o d u c t i o n are ment of Agriculture, was chairman Coloma—Berrien Fruit Association. Mancelona Marketing Association. Prescott Co-Op Association. Vestaburg Marketing Association. assured. of the meeting, assisted by W. H. Vicksburg—E. W. Southworth. 5. V a r i e t y — M a k e * it e a s i e r Colon Elevator Company. Manchester Roller Mills. Provemont Co-Op Mktg. Association. for t h e e o w a to n e t t h e Esslinger. supervising inspector of Constantine Co-Op Association. Maple Rapids Produce Company. Pullman Farmers Co-Op Association. nssor.m.n, „, proteins M ilk m a k e r 'Z\ per cent lias Waldron—Raymond B. Laser. ."• hinh p r o t e i n ingredients. fruits and vegetables for the state de- Concord Co-Op Company. Walled Lake—Ray H. Riley. that m n l . e s " B | v i i , K ,„Uk Wallace—J. G. Mullen. a pleasure." M i l k m a k e r :t^ per cent h a s « partment. Coopersville Co-Op Elevator Company. hiifh p r o t e i n i n g r e d i e n t s . Wallace Potato Exchange. Corunna—F. F. Walworth. Warren Co-Op Company. Croswell Co-Op Company. Washington Co-Op Company. Davison—Bert Stimson. Watertown Co-Op (Sandusky). i W M I m m : \ i. roil/no MASHJsa Agricultural Agents Decker Farm Bureau. Deckerville Farm Bureau. BUREAU Watervliet Milling Company. Waterford Farm Bureau Supply w>» _ Decatur Elevator Company. BRAND , pany (Pontiac). ... X ^ ^ ^ ^ : ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ «« - a t a b l l i t y n ak, S Cited For Activities Delton Elevator Company. Deerfield Co-Op Association. Are in big demand be- ^^SsR^^ cause they have given Wayland—Fred D. Hilbert. e g g . p o s s i b . e for e a c h h u n d r e d T p o u n d s l e d " ' ' 'h- ,UO ", Dexter Agricultural Association. West Branch Farmers Elevator. Dorr—Salem Co-Op Association. splendid results for the ^ « * ^ p a s t e i g r i t years. They White Pigeon Co-Op Association. Two county agricultural agents of White Cloud CO-OP Association. Doster Farm Bureau Exchange. Dowagiac Farmers Co-Op Association. are carefully selected, tested domestic seed of guaranteed Whitney—R. A. Aldrich Company- m o r e e g g s for e a c h dollar's w o r t h of feed. ""-"Mr a s s u i es , ou Michigan were awarded cups, recent- East Jordan Co-Op Association. northern origin and are fully adapted to Michigan's climate. Whittcmore—Iosco Elevator Compa ly, for conducting the most effective Eaton Rapids Shipping Association. Willis—Gorton ft Wright. Eau Claire Farmers Exchange. Their purity, high germination and vitality are fully guaranteed Woodland Farm Bureau Exchange- I l u r e a u ^ l s V H b u V o r r ^ "" ^ "> * * * " m t l r . A s s o c i a t i o n s and f a r m program in their respective terri- Edmore Marketing Association. _ * to be as represented. They are delivered to the farmer in Wolverine—Harry Sowton. tories. The western Michigan agent to Elk Rapids Marketing Association. Ellsworth Co-Op Association. sealed, trade-marked bushel sacks, exactly as they leave the Yale Elevator Company. .,fion. be honored was R. L. Olds of Kalama- Elmira Wholesale Association. Farm Bureau Seed Service warehouse. Ypsilanti Farm Bureau Association Make Your Cows Better zoo County, who has served as county Elkton Co-Op Farm Produce Co. 1 Elsie—H. F. Lewis. Zeeland Farmers Co-Op Assoc! atio" By Feeding Milkmaker agent for the past thirteen years. J. Erie Farm Bureau Local (Serves Temperance). G. Wells of Ingham County, who is Escanaba—Delta County Farm Bureau. serving his first year as County Evart Marketing Association. Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Lansing, Michigan Service Agent, but who has been in extension work in northern Michigan for some time, was the agent for eastern Mich- igan to be so honored. The cups Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service Fairgrove—Otto Montei. Falmouth Co-Op Mktg. Association. Fenton—Jno. B. Hoffman. Fcnwick Marketing Association. Fennville Farm Bureau. liiliii hi •: i, MIJI i i . ... HI: i| . . . . . !i;i were presented by the extension de- M 7 N. Cedar Street LANSING, MICHIGAN partment aw