MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS The Farmer Who Isn't "up" on Farm Bureau Activities May Unity of Action G e t "down" on Organization Sets the Balance Of Organization A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers Se venth Year, Vol. VII, No. 6 Issued Semi-Monthly. March 29, 1929 FARMERS REQUEST ACTION ON TOWNSHIP ROAD LEGISLATION USTRICT AGENTS Legislation The Obstacle—Indifference FEDERATED FRUIT ASK REEASE FROM COMMITTEE OF MM TO INCREASE At A Glance GROWERS SEEK TO THOMSON ROAD MEASURE IN HOUSE. INSURANCE MARKS Senator Phil O'Connell of Mc- Gregor claims a very satisfactory GET TRAFFIC MAN INTRODUCED AS HOUSE BILL NO. 284 measure has been drafted to take Series of Meetings Show a care of the drainage requirements of State Quite Sure to Get a the Thumb district and probably will State Aid For Roads Not In Trunkline System Is Higher Spirit Among Traffic Expert. T w o be introduced in the next few days. Plans Proposed Principal Involved In Measure That Local Workers The plan is to work with the exist- ing laws by making necessary Agricultural Leaders Say Should changes which would allow an indiv- While the administration is seek- DISTRICT MEN PRESIDE idual farm to be classified as a drain- ing to create a traffic division in the Be Given Favorable Support. age district but, to get action on ap- public utilities commission, the plications for individual drainage Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc., the Women Take Active Interest projects, the county drain commis- Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange, Action is being demanded by Michigan farmers to get In Writing Policies sioner would not be required to con- and other commodity organizations relief from the state in the maintenance of the township sider such applications oftener than are very much interested in securing For Farm Bureau twice a year, this giving him an op- legislation which will bring assist- roads. This Legislature is going to find it difficult to pass portunity to " bunch" several appli- ance from the state to the farmers' by the question of highway legislation, if the voice of the The Farm Bureau insurance de- cations together where possible, to organizations in securing relief from mrtment has just completed a series form a district and to issue bonds to burdensome freight rates and other farmer is heeded at all. Representatives from about 50 ,f six highly successful district pay for the work, just as county transportation charges. counties embracing the section of Michigan where by far the neetings of its agents. Over three drain projects are now handled. A bill has gone into the House uindred-fifty agents and their wives There seems to be little sentiment in The old thread-bare argument, "Farmers can't hang together" will seeking to revamp the public utili- greatest part of all vehicular traffic is carried on, demon- tttended these meetings, which have opposition to this proposal in the ties commission by making it a three strated, a week ago, at a series of district meetings, that some- >een full of interest and real peppy Upper House and there are farmers be proven to be a thing long dead but there is one big obstacle to paddle man body rather than to have five ill the way through. enough in the House of Representa- around, however, and that is—INDIFFERENCE.—Walter Getchel, members as at present, the plan be- thing must be done before the Legislature adjourns to pro- The meetings were held at Ann tives to iron out any difficulties that President Isabelle County Farm Bureau. ing to have a traffic expert employed vide a means of improving conditions on the highways of the ^rbor, for District No. 3; Kalama- may arise there when mention of After having guided the good boat tion to business rendered, a spirit of in the transportation division. With ;oo, for District No. 1; Ithaca, for "bonding" comes out. "Co-operation" for a decade on the mutual self help are course over enactments of this proposed measure, state which are not included in the trunkline systems. district No. 5; Albion, District No. (Continued on page two) stormy waters of opposition and hav- which co-operative endeavor cruises the present utilities commission will !; Cass City, for District No. 6 and ing missed legislative entanglements, most successfully. Should we di- cease to exist and the Governor will Petitions were being circulated at the close of the 3rand Rapids, for District No. 4. some good co-operators think they gress from these fundamentals the be required to choose the three man week and hundreds of communications sent, impressing upon The meetings were held in the order jiven. MICHIGAN POTATO see in the distance the calm waters future is doubtful. of the Harbor of Co-operation. Editor's Note: This is the second commission specified in the bill. Seeking to get the traffic division the legislators the imminence of the situation which the We point out, however, that like cartoon to be sent us by Mr. Getchel, under the department of agriculture, farmers seek to have remedied. At the first two meetings we had >erry H. Crane, Superintendent of Igents from our company headquar- GROWERS EXCHANGE the proverbial "Nigger in the Wood- of Mt. Pleasant, president of the pile" there may be some hidden Isabella County Farm Bureau. In the fruit growers and other commod- ity organizations, assisted by the Effort has been centered on getting favorable action in ters at Bloomington, 111. At each of Ihe other meetings, the district AIDS LEGISLATION danger behind the rock of Indiffer- addition to being able to tell his ence; a Niagara over which, when story with a pen and paper, Mr. Get- once you plunge, there is no chance chel is a firm supporter of his Farm Michigan State Farm Bureau, have been instrumental in having a bill the House of Representatives on the township road measure, drafted which is to be introduced in introduced by Rep. James Thomson, of Jackson, as House Igents from several of the other dis- Iricts assisted on. the program. Al- All Table Stock Potatoes Will to return. Bureau organization, in Isabella the Senate the first of the week. io we had many of the wives of the Service, quality, profits in propor- county. While the Governor has expressed Bill No. 284. T h e farmers of the state are requesting the Require Grading If Law himself as being not in favor of hav- House committee on roads to report out this bill, which is Igents present. We are very glad Ihe ladies came and hope they will lontinue coming to our district and }ur other agents' meetings. Is Enacted One of the most important legisla- Michigan Farm Bureau ing the traffic head under the de- partment of agriculture, he has, how- being held in committee with several other highway meas- ever, expressed himself as recogniz- ures. At all of these meetings, plans j^ere made for increasing the busi- tive measures of interest to agricul- ture, before this session of the Leg- islature, is the McNitt potato grad- Rally Day ing the need of a traffic division somewhere and his thought was that the utilities commission should be To help Farm Bureau members interpret the Thomson fess in the districts and many agents each, district took part on the pro- ing bill, H. B. 157, which requires the body to handle traffic matters bill, the sections of the measure have been taken up, one All Over Michigan—April 3. 1929—Uniform Program for because of the close relationship be- by one, in the following article in which an explanation of iram. All of those who went to the that all table stock Irish potatoes be Farm Bureau Rally Day (Quarterly Forum) |ig agents' convention at Blooming- sold on grade. tween traffic problems and other During the past year, particularly, OBJECT work of the commission. each section is carried. m, as reward for their work during le past year, gave account of their the sale of poor quality, ungraded To increase interest in all phases of Farm Bureau activities and Regardless of where the traffic .— — + lpression of our company as they stock by competitors of the locals of plan a program in each Farm Bureau County of the State. division is finally established, the How Fund Is Raised utilities commission is to undergo Sec. 1. A sum of money equal to iw it at headquarters. Also, at the Michigan Potato Growers' Ex- change has been a serious menace to PROGRAM the revamping anyway, according to Good Year To oiu-third of the amount deposited In »ch meeting, there was a good pro- (Prompt) Objects of Meeting—County Farm Bureau President. am of music and other entertain- these local associations. 10:00 Reading of message from president Michigan State Farm the governor's indicated attitude. Pool Wool the state treasury to the credit of tiw icnt features. It would take too The bill made its way through the Plans are under way to car- state highway fund under the provis- House without serious opposition. It Bureau—Secretary. ions of Act No. 150 of the Public mg to mention all of them, but we nd among our agent force a sup- ly of very good talent, so that we is now in the agricultural committee of the Senate, and no serious ob- 10:10 Special entertainment feature (Pictures, music, etc.) 10:30 Report of County Extension Board's Recommendations for 1929 CORN BORER LAW ry on the 1929 Farm Bureau Wool pool along the same lines as last year. Requests for Acts of 1927, is hereby appropriated from the state highway fund for six ;el quite able to put on a real gents' convention at any time. jections seem to nave arisen as yet to hinder its progress there. How- ever, every bit of help that can be program of each County Farm Bureau—President and Secretary. 11:00 In what way could our County Farm Bureau better serve the FACES A REPEAL wool sacks are coming in from many growers. Wool producers months beginning July 1, 1980, and ending December 8 1 , 1980, and for each calendar year thereafter, to the (Continued on page two) members? wishing/ to receive sacks can given this bill by the individual Measure in Each House of obtain them by addressing the counties, for use in the maintenance farmer, in the way of correspond- Discussions. and improvement of townsldp roads, wool department of the State Which of these shall we aim to do in 1929? Legislature Seeks to BUREAU FARMER TO ence with members of the Senate, urging passage of the measure, will help greatly in overcoming any ob- Discussions: How shall we get these plans under way? Check Clean-up Farm Bureau at the headquar- ters of the organization, 221 N. subject to the further provisions of tliis act. Act No. 150 of 1927, referred to Cedar street, Lansing. PAID UPMEMBERS stacles that may arise and which can- not be forseen at this time. Discussions: 12:00 Luncheon. Michigan's compulstory clean-up From every indication looks like a good year for 1929 in this section, is commonly known as the gas tax law. The above pro- law, regarding the European corn vision therefore provides for the ap- The Michigan Potato Growers' Ex- 1:00 Special entertainment feature. borer, is to be repealed if the Sen- pooling wool. Official Organ of American change, supported by its local or- propriation of a sum equal to one- 1:15 Farm Bureau questions asked and answered, (Leaders to ask ate and the Governor act on a House Farm Bureau Furnished ganizations and prominent growers third, of the gas tax receipts for use questions for persons in audience to answer.) measure as the House has done dur- have worked diligently to get this on the township roads. The commit- Michigan Members measure through the House, and in so doing are performing a real serv- 1:45 Our township road problem and legislation—'Local Speaker. 2:30 How shall we build our membership in 1929? ing the past week in passing a bill to repeal of 1927. the Horton corn borer law STATE TO INSPECT tee which drew up the bill preferred to ask for a fraction of the receipts Discussions: Arrangements have recently been ice for the potato growers. At the meeting of the State Farm ompleted "to have the Bureau Farm- Bureau board of directors March 15, 3:00 Adoption of plans from above suggestions. Discussions: The Farm Bureau Board of Di- rectors, in session March 15, by reso- CHICKENINDUSTRY from the gas tax rather than a fixed sum because it was believed that the gas tax would continue to increase r, the official publication of the the following resolution was passed: lution urged the House to repeal the in the future, as it has in the past, merican Farm 'Bureau Federation, TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLA- law which has made it compulsory Leading Poultrymen Favor and in this way they are providing miled to paid up Michigan Farm TURE: for the farmer to clean-up his corn Sureau memtbers, starting with the pril edition. This will bring to Michigan The Board of Directors of the State Farm Bureau, in ses- The T h o m s o n fields. The board's action was taken in view of the fact that Congress Licensing of Chick Hatcheries for a normal growth in the amount of money to be returned for town- ship road purposes. They favored ou each month a schedule of the sion March 15, 1929, wishes to re- again failed to provide funds this securing this fund from the gas tax rincipal activities of the American affirm the support of the Farm Bu- WILL make better township roads possible; year for compensating the farmer WILL reduce township road taxes in some townships; Poultrymen of Michigan are rather than from the weight tax he- 'arm Bureau Federation, with edi- reau, of House Bill No. 157 provid- for the extra labor involved in clean- watching with considerable interest cause of the' probability that the gas orial comment by the officials, a ing for the more effective grading WILL permit elimination of township road taxes in other townships; up work. The bill was in the hands two measures,—one in the House of tax will increase more rapidly In the iscussion of national legislation, of market potatoes. WILL NOT increase taxes on anyone; of the agricultural committee of the Representatives, and one in the Sen- future than the weight tax, on ac- rticles by some of the best writers WILL NOT take township roads out of hands of township people; House at the time the Farm Bureau ate; the first, a measure to regulate count of the increased mileage per ii the country on trends in agricul- willThegreatly enactment of this measure board met and made its appearance the selling of eggs by setting up vehicle, the increased tourist traffic benefit both producer WILL NOT compel townships to abolish office of township highway ure and organization, in fact, the and consumer. Under present con- commissioner; on the floor of the House shortly af- standards of grade, and the other, a and the possibility of further in- 5ureau Farmer covers the whole ditions, not only do ungraded, poor WILL NOT place township roads under control of the state. ter the Farm Bureau resolution was Ibill to license and regulate the baby creases in the rate of the tax. road field of organized agriculture quality potatoes lower the market Beginning July 1, 1930, money equal to one-third of gas tax to be turned in to the committee. chick industry and the selling and The provision of postponing the rom a national standpoint. This value of high quality, well graded The Senate now has two corn bor. producing of breeding stock and time when this appropriation will returned to counties for township roads. er measures, one a bill by Senator hatching eggs. ublication, with our Farm Bureau Michigan stock, but deprives the con- take effect, until July, 1930, was in- i>n MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS TWO is: two-thirds of this fund is to be ment of rural post roads while this distributed on the basis of the mile- act is in force, itjshall be the duty j NASHVILLE CO OP Insurance Agents MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS age of. the open roads in each town- of the state highway commissioner, Published twic« a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- ship. The method of determining as soon thereafter a8 possible, to is- J open road mileage is explained in sue such regulations concerning the CREAMERY TO BUY To Set N e w Mark lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, Lansing, Michigan. section 2. The state highway com- use or managemcut of the funds re- missioner is given authority to pres- ceived by the counties under the pro- cribe forms and regulations for re- visions of section 3 of this act, as are SITE & EQUIPMENT (Continued from page one) One of the things prominently noted in all of these meetings was the VOL. VIlT~ FRIDAY, HA lit'If 29, 19*29 Xo. 6 enthusiastic to way in which Michigan farmers by the the agents setting up spoke of £ e of the Bureau Farm great benefit broude- Insurance ght porting mileage of open roads so necessary to secure for each township sure the maximum benefit from such fed- Business Development Calls Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class an farmers by the setting up of the Farm Bureau Insurance de- that he will be able to make partment an- ^ - ^ w e ^ ^ a b l e tQ Qffer t h i g g e r v . c e tQ fojkg matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided that the results obtained are sub- eral law which it is possible to ob- and the arrangement with the State_^™^Mutua^Automobile for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923. For Plant Expansion our insurance agent 'force the finest kind o[ stantially uniform. It was realized tain within the limits of the sum o' Insurance company Subscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau members, by the committee that the varying money to be spent, in each townshi; To Serve Trade in our state. We find anion boosters. 50 cents per year, included in their annual dues. conditions in the counties might under the provision of section 4 o.' Spring New Idea Farm Bureau make it necessary for a different in- this act, and it shall bo the duty o' The Nashville Co-Operative Cream- T„ ,iutricts No 1 and No. 2, at the meetings at Kalamazoo and LEE CHILSOV Editor terpretation of the physical features all county and township officers to ery association of Nashville, has tak- A l b i o , respectively,'a new idea in awarding prizes was set up by district E. E. UXGREX Advertising and Business Manager of a road to be made in various sec- comply with said regulations in so 3n one of the most progressive steps agente Gibbens and Brown. Prizes were given to the agents wives, that FERN DAVIS Circulation tions of the state. The whole mat- far as is consistent, with the laws <>' in the history of the institution when hf The prize was awarded to the wife of the agent bringing the most ter is left with the state highway this state and the laws of the United its stockholders, meeting in a called $ g a S + the ~ j n ^ c a s . T^woal- ^ * * putti commissioner in the belief t h a t that States. session at the Nashville club auditor- officer is best qualified to secure an The provision of section 5 is to in- MICHIGAN STATHfilBM RUESAU equitable basis of determining the sure that each township will receive ium, voted to purchase a new site for t ^ E ^ S T ^ ™ ^ticfwilf become, but B. D. Bish^ the creamery, and install enough ad- brouUtn^neteln applications to the Kalamazoo meeting and J. mileage of open roads. the greatest possible benefit from r ditional equipment to take care of State and United States trunk line any road legislation which may be Carnes hrou'httwenfy-one applications to the Albion meeting. There OFFICERS whole milk. The building known as M. L. NOON, Jackson President highways were left out of considera- passed by the Federal government. the M. B. Brooks apple dryer will be W. W. BILLINGS, Davison Vice-President tion in determining road mileage be- Unless this bill in passed with sec- ^ ^ I f e * W S S l and their wives at these meet- purchased, according to instructions cause they are in no way an expense tion 5 included there will, at all ings and the statements made at some of them r e g a r d i n g the quota of Direct ors-at- Large 1 of the stockholders, and the present to the township through which they times, be the danger that Federa it would seem that our M. B. MCPHERSON Lowell office and equipment will be moved business they would produce during the year MRS. EDITH M. WAGAR Carleton run. Streets in incorporated vil- money, which might otherwise have into it, after remodelling the interior. quota written for Michigan would be much larger than the one already JOHN GOODWINE Marlette lages were also eliminated in the be- been available, \yill be lost to the Additional equipment to be installed promised to the company. VEROLD F. GORMELY Newberry lief that the municipalities should state through lack of legislation in J. J. JAKWAY Benton Harbor will include a drier which will be not be considered in determining the Michigan, setting up the proper ma- At the meetings at each place, assistance was given by Alfred Ben- W. W. BILLINGS Davison used to dry buttermilk or skimmed amount of money to be spent on chinery for taking advantage of the tall, director of insurance for the State Farm Bureau Commodity Directors HENRY CURTIS, Cadillac Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange township roads outside the corpor- Federal act. The importance of this milk for market in powdered form. District No. 3 is at present on top as to production for the current M. L. XooX, .lack-son Michigan Milk Producers' Association ate limits. County roads are, how- provision may be judged from the Separation of sweet cream at the CHAS. WOODRUFF. Hastings Michigan Live Stock Exchange ever, included in the milage. This fact that the State has already lost plant may also be done, in addition to year and a near race is being staged between Districts No. 1, No. 2, and M. R. SHISLER, Caledonia Michigan Klevator Exchange arrangement was considered neces- millions of dollars through failure churning butter from cream now be- No 5 for the second place. Every indication in our insurance work M. D. BUSKIRK, Paw Paw Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. sary by the committee in order to of our state inheritance tax law to ing sent to the plant. points to a very successful year with a much largely increased pro- STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION leave the county and township offi- include suitable provisions for tak- Will G. Hyde is president of the as- duction. CLARK L. BRODY Sec'y-Treas.-Manager cials as nearly as possible in the ing advantage of favorable federal sociation, T. J. Mason, secretary, and same position in which they now find legislation on that subject. If a sec- SET CLUB RECORD Legislation 0. \V. Pennock is manager. themselves with regard to the taking tion similar to this one had been in- DEPARTMENT HEADS •Some of the stockholders and pro- over of township road into the coun- cluded in some form in our state in- Traffic A. P. Mills spective patrons are sending whole Clothing Publicity Accounting Miss N. B. Kirby E. E. Ungren L. T. Sinclair ty system. It was found that in some sections there is a strong desire to have all township roads put into the heritance tax law,'money whieh has actually been paid to the government would have been paid Federal milk to other nearby markets, thereby doing away with the necessity of sep- arating. Most of these farmers could FOR STATE IN '28 (Continued from page one) The state administration seems Denization C. L. Nash to the state and our taxpayers fairly set to relieve the Michigan Un- county system while in other sec- be induced to send their whole milk Only Five Counties Had No Automobile Insurance Alfred Bentall would not have lost a cent in the ion, by absorbing the outstanding SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E M I C H I G A N S T A T E tions there is much opposition to this to their own institution under the bonded indebtedness on the Union FARM B U R E A U policy. If county roads were not process. Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service L. A. Thomas new arrangement, was the contention 4-H Club During The Memorial building at State College. considered those counties where Divide Weight T a x of many present at the meeting. In Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service L. A. Thomas township roads were taken in to the Sec. 6. A sum of money equal to fact, several who have been sending Past 12 Months State College would receive $850,- Michigan Fare; Bureau Wool Pool Alfred Bentall 000 in the next four years under the county system would be penalized by fifty per cent of the total weight tax their whole milk elsewhere expressed eight-tenths mill tax measure just a reduction in the amount of state A record number of 4-H clubs and MICHIGAN COMMODITY MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS collected under the provisions of Act themselves in favor of sending here introduced in the House to raise aid which they would receive as they Xo. 302 of the Public Acts of 1015, when arrangements could be made to a total membership of 19,022 boys and funds for institutional building dur- AFFILIATED WITH .MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU completed the work. On the Ither girls enrolled in those clubs in Mich- as amended, is hereby appropriated accept it. ing the ensuing four years. Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac hand, the provision has been retain- igan during the past year is reported from the state highway fund for the Senator Turner's bill to set aside Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit ed requiring that the entire sum be After considerable discussion of the calendar year ending December by the state club leader. two million dollars a year for poor Michigan Live Stock Exchange Hudson spent on township roads so that there proposed changes to be made, a vote Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing thirty-first, nineteen twenty-nine, All sections of Michigan are repre- school districts, that is, school dis- is no particular encouragement for was taken among the farmers on Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc Benton Harbor and for each calendar year thereaf- sented by the 36 state club champions tricts with more than 10 mills tax, the county to take over township whether to purchase machinery for ter, and shall belong to the several whose names have been announced by has gone through the senate un- DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGES roads in order to obtain the funds handling whole milk. This question counties of the state to be applied the State club leader, A. G. Kettunen. changed, carrying a tax clause. appropriated by this bill. was decided in the affirmative by a MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH. M I C H . M I L K PRODUCERS ASS'N to the building, improvement and Each of the champions is awarded Wayne county claims to be charged 93 to 48 vote. The second question— Carl Martin. Pres Coldwater N. P. Hull, Pres Lansing Use Township Area maintenance of highways by t h e that of purchasing the new site, on a scholarship at Michigan state col- with about $1,100,000 of this levy to Milton Burkholder, V. P. .Marlette R G. Potts, Vice-Pres. Washington county road commissions; seven H. D. Horton, Sec-Treas Kinde John C. Near, Sec Flat Rod The remaining third of the fund which the association holds an option lege by the State Board of Agricul- help the school districts of other eighths of said sum appropriated by L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing B. F. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit is to be appropriated on the basis of at $1,700, carried by a vote of 97 to ture. Many kinds of work, from mak- counties, receiving only a compara- the area of the townships. It was this section shall l>e paid to the sev- tively small amount of the total levy C. S. Benton, Bean Dep't H. W. Norton, Treas Howell three, giving the board of directors ing clothes to the management of a believed that the use of both mileage eral county treasurers in proportion for a very few of its school districts. ,., Port Huron M. L. Noon Jackson to the amount of said weight tax re- power to proceed in transacting such herd of dairy cattle, were successfully Neil Bass, Eean Dep't Lansing R. L. Taylor Lapeer and area would give substantial performed by the champions. The Turner measure, in effect, is VV. E. Phillips Decatur L. W. Harwood Adrian equality to all townships. Those ly- ceived from the owners of registered deals as will give them one of the a doubling of the amount that the so- most up-to-date creameries in this The clothing champions are: first George McCalla Ypsilanti W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids ing near the city, and carrying es7 vehicles within the several counties called poor school districts were to year, Florence Kober of Conklin; H. H. Sanford Battle Creek Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven pecially heavy traffic over their under the provisions of said Act Xo. section of the country. have been getting for the past two M. R. Shisler Caledonia Fred G. Beardsley Oxford township roads, will receive some ad- 302 of the Public Acts of 1915, as The Nashvi'.le creamery is one of second year, Anna Michaud of Wells; years and, with the tax clause at- Frank Gilraore Parma William Hunter Sandusky third year, Lillian Begeman of Flat ditional compensation equal to the amended; the remaining one-eighth the strongest institutions in thia sec- tached, will guarantee these districts V. J. Hazelwood Mt. Pleasant Elmer Powers Clio Hock; fourth year, Marguerite Knaupf correct mileage which they have of said sum shall be paid to the sev- tion of the state, having last year p-:id what the legislature intended they MICH. POTATO GROWERS of Rudyard; and fifth year, Isabelle EXCH. M I C H . L I V E STOCK E X C H . been compelled to construct. On the eral county treasurers a s follows; out considerably more than a quarter should get, two years ago. There is McKellar of Freeland. Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac E. A. Beamer, Pres Blissfield other hand, townships in thinly set- one eighty-third to the county treas- of a million dollars to farmers for little danger of the measure heing John Studebaker of Jones; Arnold J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres. Provemon* R. D. Harper, Vice-Pres., St Johns tled sections where very few roads urers as follows: one eighty-third to dairy produce. Officials have been turned down in the House because J. II. O'Mealey, Sec'y Hudson Neuchterein of Frankenmuth; Alvin 0. E. Hawley, Sec'y Shelby have been opened, will receive a con- the county treasurer of each county. progressive in their business dealings, the sentiment is quite favorable there F. J. Harger, Treas Stanwood Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckenridge Lewis of Harris; Clinton Corwin of siderably larger sum through the The secretary of state shall certify have dealt fairly with their stockhold- to do as much as possible to relieve F. P. Hibst, Gen. Mgr Cadillac Nate Pattison Caro Coldwater; Will Black of Prescott, consideration of area than thev-l t o t,u>> auditor general at the end of ers and the public and the institution the school tax situation. C. A. Richner, Sales Mgr. .Cadillac J. R. Bettes Spartl. and Laurel Painter of McMillan, won Leon G. ' t^anLeuw Bellalre Charles Brown Sunfield otherwise would. In many instances each quarter, after this act comes in is highly prized as an asset to the In the House, a move appears to handicraft championships. The win- George Herman Remus Edward Dippey Perry these are the townships which are to effect, or as soon thereafter as community. be under way to bring onto the state ners in the dairy projects are: Ono 1. A. Rasmussen Sheridan Charles Woodruff Hastings most seriously in need of assistance. possible, t h e amounts received from tax rolls certain exempted proper- Nixon of Grand Marais; Max Ross of No funds are to be distributed to the several counties for motor ve- M. D. Buskirk, Pres M I C H I G A N F R U I T GROWERS, I N C . Amos Tucker, 1st Vice-President.. Paw Paw John Miller Allan B. Graham Coloma Elberta cities and incorporated villages un- hicle taxes under the provisions of der the provisions of this bill. There said Act No. 302 of the Public Acts ROADS AND BRIDGE Ypsilanti; Victor Weller of Rockford, and Harold Strange of Grand Ledge. ties, such as the Y. M. C. A. proper- ties and other societies, especially where these institutions operate in a South Haven Herbert Nafziger, 2nd Vice-Presi- dent Mlllburg P D. Leavenworth W. J. Schultz L. A. Hawley .Grand Rapids Hart Lndington are practically no cities and very of 1015, as amended, for the preced- few villages which are not already ing quarter; the connected up with the state trunk shall thereupon draw his warrant on auditor general HOUSE COMMITTEE Championships in livestock produc- tion went to: Arno Weiss, Port Hope; George Wellington of Springport: business way, such with cafeterias, a s competing hotels and legitimate business concerns. other F. L. Bradford, Sec.-Treas Louie C. Webb of Nashville; Victor A. Benton Harbor C I. Chrestensen Onekama line system of highways. At least the state treasurer for such amounts John P. Rorick, 403 Toledo St., Senator Howell's bill, to make a so- H. W. Gowdy Union Pier F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr 90 per cent of the, trunk line traffic as a r e due the said counties under Adrian, Lenawee county, chairman; Sanborn of Morenci; Dan.Gordon of called uniform traffic law operative O. R. Gale Shelby Benton Harbor lohn Lang Sodus today originates in the cities or the provisions of this section. H. Earl McNitt, Cadillac, R. F. D., Saline; and Hollis Carr of Saline. in Michigan, has gone through the D. H. Brake Fremont John Bottema Spring Lake outside the state. It is only in rural Section 6 is, in effect, a restate- Wexford and Benzie counties; Shel- Thomas Detwiler of Chesaning; Henry Namitz Bridgman Senate. This provides for renewal Bert Gleason Lawrence districts that any large part of the ment of the present law with regard don Coleman, Lawton, Van Buren Tryne Salo of Ironwood; and Clayton of drivers' licenses every three years J. F. Higbee Benton Harbor Miller Overton Bangor C. L. Bi-ody Lansing population is cut off from enjoying to the distribution of weight tax county; William C. Birk, Baraga, H. Blackmer of Chesaning, were the and requires that the parent or Harry Hogue Sodus these roads for a considerable pro- money among thejeounties. This re- best poultrymen. Championship Ontonagon, Baraga, Keweenaw coun guardian of minors under eighteen AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION portion of each year. As the cities are statement was considered advisable; t i e s ; J o h n Dykstra, 821 Grand Ave., awards in crop production were given LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERS Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. years of age must sign applications the principal beneficiaries of the in order to eliminate the ambigui | Muskegon, Muskegon county; Joseph to: Josephine Fowler of Mayville; SAM H. THOMPSON • • ; • • • ; • • •'•'" a\ nu K for operators' licenses and that they GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F 58 East Washington St^Chicago state system now, and as they al- ties and omissions in t h e present Green, Crystal Falls, Iron county; William Tullock of Omer; Peter Ra- become jointly responsible with the CHESTER H. GRAY Washington Representative ready receive $2,000 per mile for law. The harmful effects upon the Gus Braun, Elkton, Huron county: dak of Milan; Cleo Loyd of St. driver in case of injury or damage trunk line mileage within their bor- state and the counties of a decision James E. Lawson, 1212 Washington Charles; and Francis Schell of Battle resulting from operation of the mo- ders, it is considered equitable to use setting aside the present law would Ave., Royal Oak, Oakland county, Creek. tor vehicle by the minor where negli- the funds provided in this bill for be so great that the passage of a and Luther E. Hall, Ionia, Ionia Lydia Altman of Rudyard; Alice gence is the cause of the injury or Editorials the benefit of the townships. Money T o Counties more accurate statement seems to be county. highly advisable. Attention is also called to the fact-that section ti, as If you have no local representa- tive on the above committee, write a Roberts of Ypsilanti; Ruth Gingell of damage. Johannesburg; Elberta Holmden of Harvard; and Catherine Hakes of Al- the highways, where Operation of farm machinery on it is being Sec. 4. All sums of money receiv- stated in this bill, provides for a MICHIGAN MUST SAVE HER BEET ACREAGE ed by the several counties under the quarterly settlement with the coun- letter to Mr. Rorick, the chairman, at the House of Representatives, bion, won championships in canning temporarily moved from one place of provisions of section three of this ties, thus adopting the terms of a The winners in food study were Anna- operation to another, would not E v e r y Michigan f a r m e r should be ,-is much i n t e r e s t e d as t h e State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan. belle McKellar of Freeland, and Mar- come under provisions of this meas- act shall be subject to the control of former weight tax/law which proved s u g a r beet g r o w e r in the m a i n t e n a n c e of a n o r m a l beet a c r e a g e Tell him to report out the Thomp- garet Connon of Hillman. ure. the county road commission of each quite satisfactory to county officials. son road bill because the farmers The minimum of 14 years for driv- as a l o w e r e d a c r e a g e will m e a n more l a n d d e v o t e d t o general county, to he used for the building, Sec. 7. The sums of money here- need relief on township roads. ers is maintained under the terms crops. improvement and maintenance of in appropriated to the counties for township roads, with especial consid- use on local roads shall be in lieu of Write your own representative MICHIGAN POTATO of the Howell measure. Chauffeurs even though he is not a member of Beet soils, while especially adapted to the production of eration for post roads; Provided, t h e sums heretofore appropriated the road committee. You must get GROWERS EXCHANGE must he at least 18 years of age. That all sums of money received by from t h e state highway fund under Senator Horton's milk bill has had that crop, will r e t u r n good yields of m o s t crops g r o w n in t h e the counties under the provisions of the provisions of (subsection (c) of after your representatives if you ex- AIDS LEGISLATION some rough sliding on the edges but State. The average acreage planted to b e e t s in M i c h i g a n i s pect to get any action on highway 'Continued from page one; most of the obstacles seem to have section 3 of this act must be spent in section 19 of Actty>.150 of the Pub- legislation. Write a letter or a pos- Minnesota and other states instead been worn away to the point where 115,000 a c r e s . the township to which they are al- lic Acts of 1927, and in lieu of the tal card. Better address you letters of our home grown product. pasteurization was the topic for a located by the state highway commis- specific sum of six million dollars The g u a r a n t e e d c o n t r a c t price offered b y the factories this to the representatives at House of This measure is of the utmost im- special public sioner, and must he used for pur- which heretofore pas been returned hearing when the y e a r is a b o u t the highest in the history of t h e i n d u s t r y , a n d t h e Representatives, State Capitol, Lan- portance to the hundreds of co-op- measure was up on general orders poses and according to plans mu- to t h e county treasurers of the sev- sing, rather than at their home ad- erative marketing associations of the in the Senate, this week. The House contracts contain a liberal bonus clause. The manufacturers tually agreed upon by the county eral counties under the provisions of dresses. state and to the Michigan Potato bill to license and hond milk deal- road commissions and the township section 34 of Act No. 302 of the Pub- a r e a t t e m p t i n g to assure themselves of a t o n n a g e of beets w h i c h Grower's Exchange in their efforts ers, the bill introduced by Represen- hoard of the township in which the lic Acts of 1915, as amended. will keep all of the .Michigan factories busy throughout the to improve the quality of Michigan tative McBride, remains in commit- sugar season. money is to he spent. The effect of section 7 is to dis- The funds provided by this bill are place the old weight tax law in fav- to be) definitely appropriated for the or of the new statement as included FRUIT RINSED FOR potatoes and bring added returns to tee, awaiting outcome of the bigger the farmer. The Michigan potato bill in the Senate, the Horton bill. Beets a r c n o r m a l l y one of the most profitable field crops a n d a shift to other crops by .Michigan f a r m e r s this chance for profit a n d w o u l d p e r h a p s a d d to t h e would remove marketing use of each township although^ the in section 6. money is to be retained by the coun- Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts in- SPRAY KEEPS WELL Grower's of the state. Exchange 12,000 of the leading potato growers comprises Beet Growers Urged ty road commission to be used only consistent with this act are hereby This measure was also endorsed problems which face all g r o w e r s of f a r m produce. for such purposes as are agreed upon by the county road com- mutually repealed. Washing acidulated apples and pears water, as practiced in with the last month by the annual meeting To Use Fertilizers of open roads in each township M to remove spray of Michigan State Farm Bureau, FARMERS REQUEST determined under the provisions of missions and the township boards. This Is Better Pacific Northwest Michigan sugar beet growers are Each township, therefore, retains a residue, apparently does not injure comprised of delegates from fifty of in a favorable position to us8 com- ACTION ON TOWNSHIP section two of this act; the state large measure of control over the We got type together In poor their storage quality, according to a the leading agricultural counties of mercial fertilizer on their crop and highway commissioner shall certify the state. ROAD LEGISLATION to the auditor general on or before roads within its boundaries. No work fashion last issue so that, in our survey recently made of apples in to secure the increased profits which We respectfully urge your favor- result from the use of such plant (Continued from page one) can be done by the county with these story about activities in Monroe storage. February 15, 1081, and on or before able consideration and support of to mako a return of mileage of open funds until the township has agreed county, we had Rev. W. A. Cutler In this survey, which was made in foods, according to a statement by August 15, 1931, and on or before roads for any township or townships, both as to what shall be done and connected with a paper mill while the latter part of January and the this measure. members of the soils department at the same dates in each year there- Eugene Betz, wholshould have been first part of February, this year, 184 Directors present: M. L. Noon, Michigan State College. or if such returns are found by the where. after, the sum of money allocated to state highway commissioner to be The provision in section 4 refer- mentioned as connected with the pa- cars of western apples which were in Jackson; Henry Curtis, Cadillac- The department advises the use of each county under the provisions of r incorrect, he shall have power to ring especially to post roads, if en- per concern., w as left out of the pic- storage in} five of the principal mar- Mrs. Edith Wagar, Carleton; W. W*. greater amounts of fertilizer than this section, and he shall certify to ture entirely. Now. the paper com- Billings, Davison; V. F. Gormely^ t o make any and all corrections and acted into law, will show the inten- kets, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, have commonly been applied to the county treasurer of each county Newberry; John W. Goodwine, Mar- additions to the reports by this sec- tion of the Legislature that post pany didn't object to having a Philadelphia, and New York, were beets by Michigan farmers. Beets the sum allocated to that county, tion required as he shall deem neces- roads shall be given first considera- preacher working for them nor the inspected. Of these lots, 113 or 73.2 lette; M. R. Shisler, Caledonia; respond very readily to increased itemized by townships; immediately preacher hasn't said anything about Chas. A. Woodruff, Hastinngs; M * . sary in order to cause said reports to tion in the use of these funds and per cent showed no evidences of de- amounts of plant food, and, as the upon receiving the certification of the show the true mileage of open roads yet the provision is so worded that, working at the mill but the "neigh- cay whatever and 3 lots or less than D. Buskirk, Paw Paw, and M B. price of the beets is determined in state highway commissioner as pro- McPherson, Lowell. in each township. if it is found absolutely necessary bors did talk something awful" so we 2 per cent, showed injury which advance, increases in tonnage re suit vided by this section, the auditor gen- wish to correct our statements. to use some of these funds upon might be attributed to washing. in a lessened cost per ton of b e e ^ ' See. 8. It shall be the duty of tike eral shall draw his warrants on the state highway commissioner to de- state treasurer for such amounts as roads which are not post roads, that At the Monroe County Farm course will have the sanction of reau banquet, Rev. Cutler spoke on Bu- It is found evident that there is no Excursions To Run and a consequent increase in pr°" termine for each county, by town- are due each county under the pro- legality. It is, of course, true that "A Broader Rural Life". Eugene danger of injury from the dilute solu- Up To Isle Royale ships, its share of the fund appro- priated to the counties for use on visions of this section. in most instances it will be the first Betz, a former Monroe county farm tion of hydrochloric acid used in it is This summer, for the first time, a Congress Is Given Section 2 and section 3 provide a desire of the townships to improve boy, but now officially connected washing the fruit, provided township roads under the provisions of section 1 of this act, by allocating method of distributing the fund after post roads. with one of the largest paper com- handled with reasonable care. This Copper Harbor resident isfittingout applied a powerful motor launch that will Thousands of B»J* it is appropriated. The money would panies of the world, (located at Mon- method of cleansing was There were more than 17,000 bins said fund among all townships, one- go to the townships in a way which Looking Ahead roe), spoke on "The Farmer as a with satisfactory results to approxi- make excursion trips to Isle Royale introduced in the House of R e p r t third in proportion to the total land the committee, after careful study, Sec. 5. If t h e congress of the mately 30,000 cars of apples and during the last two weeks of July Business Man." sentatives at Washington and aimo a r e a of each township, and two- believed would give t h e greatest United States enacts a law providing Sorry, folk down in Monroe, that pears this past season under a wide Copper6 H a l o r 1 Z V t ^ * A U g U 8 t ° 6,000 in the Senate during the P» thirds in proportion to the mileage measure of justice to all. The plan funds to be used for the improve- we had to "ball ygur( story up so". range of field conditions. resolu potartor^XC ^"^Vour11 i Q a d d U i ° n ^ m a n y ___—__ MM. FRIDAY, MAHCH 2», l?»ail MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS THRKK REGISTRATION TO Disease Eliminated Jackson county, Jackson, chairman; NOT TO HIM From Seed Potatoes FARMERS CAN CUT SPARTA LIVESTOCK PICK COMMITTEES R. P. Quinn, Gobebic county, Iron- The argument had been all on Mrs BECOMEPERMANENT Potatoes do not "run out" until LOSSESON GRAIN SHIPMENTS AMOUNT FOR SUPERVISORS wood; Charles E. Moon, Berrien county, Niles. Program committee—Arthur C. Brown's side for the most of the night, and Brown was distinctly ted THRU PENDING LAW the stock of seed which is used by the grower is badly infected with diseases such as mosaic and leaf Simple Treatment Will Stop TO 84 CARS IN YEAR Frank L. Dodge, of Lansing, newly elected i president of the state associa- Whitcomb, Wayne county, Detroit, chairman; John R. Ferguson, Ingham up. "You seem to think a cold in the county, Haslett; Fred W. Fuller, head means nothing to a woman," 'omen Pledge Their Support roll, and seed stocks have now been Spread of Diseases tion of supervisors, has just an- Kent county, Grand Rapids; W. E. stormed his wife. "I don't know of produced which are free from these Causing Loss Co-Op Makes Enviable Rec- nounced the committees of the as- Culver, Iron county, Iron River; Wil- anything more annoying." To Measure as Move to diseases, according to an announce- ord for Year's Volume of sociation for the current year. The lis M. Brewer, Oakland county, Pon- Her husband peered over the ment by plant pathologists at Mich- complete list of appointments is as newspaper he had been endeavoring Purge Politics The annual tax levied by smut on tiac. igan State College. Shipments Made follows: to read. " N o ? " he countered, with a the Michigan oat and barley crops These specialists in plant diseases Legislative committee— William J. rare flash of spirit. "How about can be "stricken from the tax rolls" have spent six years in building up the lockjaw?" IS. WAGAR APPROVES a strain of disease-free stock of and payment avoided if farmers will GROSS SALES INCREASE Thomas, Kent county, Grand Rapids, chairman; John P. Espie, Clinton Use Farm Bureau Se*>ds. spend a little time and a lew cents three varieties of potatoes common- county, Eagle; David E. Lord, Ingham for chemicals to be used in treating : a r m Bureau Board Membei Sees Oppostunity to Prevent Fraud ly grown in Michigan. These seed stocks have been built up from single tuber selections and as many as 1,000 bushels of the disease free seed grains, according to the state- ment of plant pathologists at Michi- gan State College. ,The treatment recommended for Nearness to Big City Makes Year* Total Vastly More Impressive county, Lansing; James L. Donald- son, Genesee county, Flint; John M. Bush, Marquette county, Negaunee. Executive committee—John C. Nag- ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 _ f ^ S t a t e I t l u h i a l R o d d e d Fire ( J I n s u r a n c e Co., of l l l i c h . ^J HOME OFFICE—FLINT. MICH Listen Larger and better than ever. Safe as a bank; $75,000,000 at risk, strains are now available for in- le, Wayne county, Detroit, chairman; 5200,000 in banks, secured by bonds. $200,000 resources; $20,000 real e»rtate. cease. oats is the one known as the formal- f- We endeavor to furnish the best Farm Fire Insurance Policy wr'leten. dehyde spray method in which one George F. Scott, Oakland county, A postal card mailed us will bring you information about our blanket By Mrs. Edith M. Wagar. It is not possible to keep potatoes Few farming communities near pint of formaldehyde will kill the Royal Oaks; W. L. Middlebrook, polity or we will have an agent oall with no obligation on your pai;t. When equal suffrage was the topic free from the virus diseases unless large industrial cities'can boast a bet- smut present on 50 bushels of seed Schoolcraft county, Manistique; Nel- W. T. Lewis, Secretary, 710 F. P. Smith Bldg.( Flint. Mich. (,f discussion in this country the they are kept isolated from other ter livestock shipping record than grain. For smaller amounts of grain, Sparta. lie M. McPherson, Kent county, Ver- Lason given in favor of such a fields where potatoes are grown. proportionately dcereased quantities genns; Nel L. Nelson, Muskegon [rivilege was not only that it was Insects which suck plant juices will Sparta is only 14 miles from Grand ?k of the chemical are needed. county, Muskegon; Otto R. Garber, L h t and just, but that it might be jcarry the diseases from infected Rapids, a city of 160,000 or more con- Bay county, Bay City. means of better and lethods of government and while lometimes we hear the results cleaner plants to healthy ones. The intention of the plant patholo- The formaldehyde is placed in a small hand sprayer and is sprayed upon the oats as they are shoveled sumers, yet the Sparta Co-operative association has shipped 6,204 head of livestock to Detroit during the past Resolution committee—E. J. Ellen- wood, Menominee county, Menominee, FREIGHT RATES gist is to maintain a supply of dis- chairman; J. R. Snody, Presque Isle uestiioned along the latter line, we Low that there are groups of ease free seed which will be avail- able for increase when the seed in over and over. After the oats are sprayed, they should be shoveled in- year. All its shipments—84 cars— were sold through the Michigan Live- county, Onaway; W. H. Lovejoy, Ing- ham county, Perry; Sumner G. Hor- On Farm Commodities romen all over this land of the free to a heap, covered with a canvas or stock exchange, central sales agency Sometimes have overcharge errors. Do you have your bills, audited? the grower's hands becomes infected blanket for four hours, and then for a large number ' of co-operative ton, Genesee county, Flint; Lucy Lit- [nd home of the brave, who are with disease. spread out for a thorough airing. shipping associations.' tle, Kalamazoo county, Kalamazoo. THE TRAFFIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT Lrnestly and conscientiously striv- , The three varieties which have Of the Michigan State Farm Bureau will check up the charges on The oats should be sown as soon as The Sparta association served 751 Finance committee—G. C. Wissman. l g to correct some of the mistakes been distributed for increase are, your freight bills; file overcharge claims; file loss aud damage improve some of the methods possible after they are aired. farmers. Its shipments were classi- claims; watch all freight rates on your farm products and supplies Russet Rurals, Green Mountains, and The grain drill and the sacks in fied as follows: Cattle, 453; hogs, and be your personal representative to the railroads. Claims col- low used. Irish Cobblers. All available seed At present the League of Women which the oats will be placed should 1,247; sheep and lambs, 2,234; veal GarlocK-Williams Co. lected free for paid-up Farm Bureau members. for 1929 has been distributed but be disinfected with a formaldehyde calves, 2,270. The total weight of all No Charge For Auditing foters of Michigan is sponsoring a growers who are interested in get- 2 6 1 4 O r l e a n s St. (ill before our Legislature regarding solution made by adding two table- animals at terminal markets was [ermanent registration of voters, ting some of this stock for 1930 should write to J. E. Kotila, botany spoonfuls of the chemical to a pail of 1,242,345 pounds, an ^increase of 81,- Detroit Tour shipments of poultry, egg* Farm Bureau Traffic Department fhe rural folks of the state do not water. The sacks may be soaked in 435 pounds over the } previous year. and veal are solicited. Tags and 221-227 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. department, Michigan State College. the solution and it may be poured Gross sales were $138,007.69, rep- market information sent on request. ay very much attention to registra- Ln because we are known thruout through the drill. resenting an increa§e of $13,025.23 fur township or polling precinct as For the treatment of smut, scab, over the preceding year. permanent resident and when once roperly registered but little atten- CALHOUN PASSES and stripe of barley the college plant pathologists recommend the use of In order to reach the Detroit mar- ket all shipments passed through - *\ is paid to that part of one's )ting privilege so long as one does SIX RESOLUTIONS organic mercury compounds accord- ing to the directions of their manu- facturers. Grand Rapids. All Lubricating Oils! move or die. But in the cities id rapidly changing towns and AT ANNUAL MEET LIVESTOCK MEN GO Wool— A Farm iburban districts it is & far differ- it matter and it is the total result MICHIGAN FARMERS TO VISIT DETROIT such conditions that should con- Farm Bureau Urges Stricter S U I T S — C O A T S — l i l >AN K E T S Bureau Service giR all of us. The bill in the egislature provides for one registra- Law Enforcement for GROW MORE BARLEY Charlotte Co-Op Members Go Our source of supply is a company al- )n for life except upon change of Liquor Traffic most fifty years in the lubricating oil Special Markets Help Keep Our garments are tailored to business. bidence or otherwise disquali- For Trip Through Big sd. In case of moving away a trans- your exact measure by expert This company is supplying lubricating [r may be made in writing. This SEEK AID FOR ROADS Price Levels Up On Detroit Yards clothesmakers and are made oils to the Iowa, Ohio, South Dakota, Irtainly would be of great conven- This Uram from the best wool materials Tennessee, Wisconsin and Missouri Farm foce to the city voter for we hear Recommend Other Legisla- The Square Deal (Co-operative As- obtainable. Let us measure Bureaus, and is giving excellent satis- and read about long lines of sociation of Charlotte, managed by you for a suit. faction. t i o n and Organization of East Lansing, Mar. 29—The acreage P. M. Granger and John May, had kople waiting every so often to re- of barley which is grow on Michigan about one hundred of their farmer WRITE FOR SAMPLES Michigan Farm Bureau Lubricating oils gister that they may be allowed to bte at the next election. When once Shipping Association farms is rapidly increasing and spec- members at the Detroit stock yards are 100 per cent paraffine, Sharpies.de- ial markets maintain a good price on Wednesday, Mar. 13, as guests of waxed. We guarantee their high quality. jgistered, identification at the polls by signature just the same as Members of the Calhoun County level on the grain produced, accord- the Michigan Live Stock Exchange. MichiganStateFarm M. F. B. Oils can be had in 15, 30 and ing to a statement by members of the ?ntification is made at one's bank. Farm Bureau, at their annual meet- farm crops department at Michigan In the morning they were shown through the yards and in the after- Bureau 55 gallon drums, which are extra and are returnable for credit. As an introduction, The lists are corrected and kept up ing held at Brooks' Memorial Meth- state college. odist church in Marshall went on noon they visited the plant of the De- Clot lung Dcpt. we offer oil in five gallon cans, though date by checking with authentic The popularity of barley has in- record as reaffirming their belief in troit Packing company. we must add 70 cents for the container. |ath reports and other reliable in- creased because a large quantity of At noon, dinner was served for Lansing, Michigan rmation and by cancellation for the "ultimate triumph of the eigh- Your greatest savings is in buying 15 excellent feed can be grown per acre, them at the restaurant in the Ex- llure 'to vote for two years. teenth amendment" and that the gallons or more. it will grow on many soil types, it is change building. permanent Registration Operative country's welfare depends upon its a good nurse crop for legume seed- Mr. E. A. Beamemof Blisefield, Ask your co-operative association or 'ermanent registration is now in adequate enforcement, also as re- ings, and new varieties are not so un- and J. H. O'Mealey of Hudson, Mich- local distributor of Farm Bureau pro- Oration in sixteen states and others questing the state legislature to enact pleasant to handle as some of the old igan, president and secretary of the ducts about Michigan Farm Bureau contemplating adoption of the laws to "further control this menace." varieties. Michigan Live Stock Exchange, were Lubricating Oils. stem. Many large cities, such as Six other resolutions concerning on the market and helped entertain income tax, local shipping associa- Yields of from 40 to 45 bushels of MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU kston, Milwaukee, Omaha and St. barley are obtained by Michigan the crowd. \u\, have used the system success- tions, agriculture surplus legislation, Supply Service. farmers and several crops exceeding The Square Deal Co-operative As- Jly for several years and, thru the St. Lawrence waterway, tubercu- sociation is one of t i e largest ship- Lansing, Michigan. 60 bushels per acre are reported each jir complete satisfaction, it has losis eradication and township roads, ping organizations in Michigan. year. Barley weighs 48 pounds to the (tally become a general custom were passed by the farm bureau as bushel, and 40 bushels contains as They are 100 per cent co-operative, roughout their respective states. follows: many pounds of feed as 60 bushels of as all of their stock is shipped to ;ot only does it offer greater con- "Expressing our belief that in- oats. either the Michigan Live Stock Ex- lience to the voter, especially those comes are possible because of gov- change, at Detroit, or to the Produc- Feeding experiments at Michigan [ cities, but it is a means of prevent- frauds as well as being far more gnomical, the latter item being ernment protection and that they are a more certain index of ability to pay the costs of government than State college prove that barley may be substituted pound for pound in the ration for dairy cows, and in locali- ers Co-operative Commission Asso- ciation, at Buffalo, i The Michigan Live Stock Exchange H o w Many D o now has at the head of the cattle de- lething all are looking for. It is startling in the extreme when [e cheeks up on some of the prac- are real and visible personal property valuations; resolved that we call up- on the state legislature now in ties where the production of corn is endangered by early frosts, barley can be used to replace it. While corn partment, Mr. Earl .Rea, who was formerly connected with the Produc- When you market your stock You Raise ? \es within our state. session for their utmost efforts to seemed to slightly excel barley in hog ers Commission Association at Kan- sas City, Missouri. Mr. Rea has had through a local shipping ass'n Mrs. Frank Zerlaut Raised 1,151 Out of len one suburb was annexed to enact legislation of this kind." ^troit it was found, thru the report "Whereas we find practically all fattening experiments, barley ripens early enough so that it can be used to considerable experience in handling which is connected with and sells through the Michigan Live Stock 1,200 Baby Chicks on Farm live stock, and is very capable of the election commission that al- i 1300 names were on the ten year of the county served by livestock shipping associations, and whereas finish hogs for the early fall market. handling the position. He would be Exchange's co-operative commis- Bureau Chick Feeds Many Michigan growers seed 12 to very pleased to meet any of the ship- sion houses on the Buffalo and You pay 10 or 15 or 25 cents each for day old chicks,—but poll list, only 300 voters still we find a large amount of favorable 15 pounds of sweet clover with the Detroit terminal markets, your pers or truckers. how many do you raise? Your answer largely determines your \ed there. And in another small city sentiment for the organization of barley, and then plow down the clover stock is in the hands of a friend the state, 8% of the presidential one in the territory around Mar- from beginning to end. success,—doesn't it? the next year. Records at the college action ballot was cast by "absent Iters", a great many of whom no figer had any signs of residence shall, we recommend the calling of a meeting for such purpose and pledge our support to the same." "We also recommend that some indicate that barley should be sown as early as the ground can be proper- ly fitted. 511 RATS KILLED At One Baiting—Not a Poison Your local ass'n, and our men at the terminal markets are in- terested in so handling and March 26, 1928, Mrs. Frank Zerlaut of near Holton, Newaygo county, bought 1,200 white Leghorn chicks and raised them on Farm Bureau Chick Mash, Growing Mash and Scratch Feed. Aug. ire or any apparent interest in the marketing your stock so that it 20 the flock laid 20 eggs. Nov. 1 she had sold $409 worth of eggs m. Many instances have been found way be settled upon for handling "First night I put put the new Rat will bring you the best return. and 533 pullets had laid as high as 247 eggs per day. Nov. 1 her lere women are registered under |th married and maiden names. seeds and other articles obtainable through the service department of the Michigan State Farm Bureau." REALIZE A PROFIT Killer, I counted 282 dead rats," writes Pat Sneed of Oklahoma. "In three days' time I picked up 511. The business of thousands of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana farm- records showed 533 pullets on hand and 618 broilers sold. Would Eliminate Unqualified ers' has made us leaders on our Farm Bureau Feeds—Chick Mash, Growing Mash and Scratch j these loose methods were correct- |, there would be no opportunity for We believe the control of agri- culture surpluses is the dominant ON FARM W00DL0T c £=?.- ~- ^ . Greedily eaten . . < ^ . r f P " bait. \ ^8&UIBIHHN2L Brown Affects Rats. respective markets. Try us. Feed,—or CHICKALMASH, our new complete starting ration, will do all that feed can do to lower your pullet cost by building over enthusiastic voter to be economics question which faces us Barry Farmer Learns That ^£5 9 H g Mice and Gophers onl healthy, happy chicks that will produce moey for you. mistered in more than one place. at the present time. We also be- «• ^ • M R U >". Harmless to Michigan Livestock Exchange Woodlot Yield Equals ^S| rnfru1 titlier animals, Full directions for using Chickalmash (the all mash ration) ien nearly 6,000 foreign born resi- lieve this to be a national issue and not of concern alone to agricul- Cleared Lands ^ m Bl^^^^ jpoultry or hu- Detroit, Mich, or our Chick Starter will be sent on request. [nts of Detroit were found to have mans. Pests die len voting on first papers or no ture." "We express the hope that outside, away from buildings. Ask yonr local Distributor of Farm Bureau Supplies So confident are the distributors that or Ipers at all, it seems that the pro- the coming special session of Con- Accurate records on the returns Tempto Rat Killer will do as well for ved change would bring about a gress will solve this question with from farm woodlots are hard to ob- you that they offer to send a large $2.00 For Farm Bureau Poultry Feeds. eaner polling list and tend to affect satisfactory results and we request tain but Glen Ingram, a Barry county pkg. (Farm size), for only one dollar, on 10-Days' Trial. Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n. earlier citizenship desire among that a copy of this resolution be farmer, has kept accounts which ?how Send no money—just your name and address to Imperial Laboratories, 1553 E a s t Buffalo, N . Y . Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service wiy of our residents not native to forwarded to Representative Con- that his 10 acre woodlot has returned Coco Cola building, Kansas City, Mo., LANSING, MICHIGAN [r country. gressmen Hooper, and United States him an average of $36.50 an acre for and the shipment will be made at once, by C. O. D. mail. If it does not quickly It was somewhat of a shock to me Senators Vandenberg and Cousins." the past 18 years and he has been of- kill these pests your dollar will be cheer- fered $2,500 for the mature timber fully refunded. So write today. learn of so many men of regis- "Resolved that we hereby approve ition age during the last war of the development of the Great which is now in the woodlot. Iriod Who had voted for years in Lakes-St. Lawrence tide water chan- The lumber obtained from this Mage and township elections, who nel and a nearly completion of treaty woodlot was 14,000 board feet of bass- |nie face to face with the propo- negotiations between the United wood, whitewood, and red oak in |ion of having never become a States and Canada." 1910; 13,000 feet of elm in 1913; 7,000 Mzen after reaching America for a "Resolved that we insist that leg- feet of basswood in 1918; 27,00 feet in fme. And some of us can even re- Vj- instances of people not yet islation which contains the prin- ciples embodied in the present law 1926; and 2,000 feet in 1927. All fuel burned on the farm except during the past three years was cut T h e safe w a y to get k n o w n origin, adapted clover fizens having been elected to public of tuberculosis eradication, be con- fice. These instances were not common, tinued." "We approve of the present atti- from the woodlot, as were poles and posts used on the farm. Maple trees and alfalfa seed is to buy guaranteed Farm Bureau |t whenever they have been brouglit light they have emphasized the tude of the State Farm Bureau, and the co-operation of the Rural in this stand of timber have furnished an average of 100 gallons of syrup. Mr. Ingram rented a nearby woodlot Brand Seeds in Sealed Sacks. S e e your distributor | c t that the election laws are not as Mail Carriers' Association, in their ;i( l as they should be and also that efforts to cause a portion of the state highway tax funds, to be di- three years ago and has cut his fuel from those woods since he rented of Farm Bureau Seeds now. are too many persons willing them. disregard the duty of protecting verted to the improvement of vari- ous township roads throughout the The soil on which the timber stands |^ ballot from fraud and corruption. is a good loam and Is fairly rolling. Y° this bill should become a law, counties." Mr. Ingram says that the 10 acres has F it has been so recommended by yielded as great a return as any sim- MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SEED SERVICE |° Section commission appointed by appreciation of voting privileges. It ilar area on his farm. [e governor, it will be established is thru the results of such methods a as permanent registration and prop- He states that he always has pas- Lansing, Michigan U communities of the state, June tured the woodlot but now sees that l> 1932. erly conducted primaries and elect- this practice has killed out the seed- I e all are hoping for cleaner and ions that such corrections will be lings and prevented the growth of L r e accurate election methods. We made possible. young trees to replace those which ] a d 1 1 r g e d by the state and national are cut, so he plans to keep all live- ers tit to encourage a more intelli- Buy Farm Bureau Seeds. stock out of the woodlot in the future. v °te, as well as a keener \ I'RIDAY.O 1 Vl{ < H ail. i929 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NKWS rovn FeecTMo*^ Salt 5 MILLION DOLLAR Use C o n s i d e r a t i o n In »Are you losing profits by under saltii»ng y 0Ur f « ., PRODUCE TERMINAL Buying Alfalfa S e e d FARM stock? Salt is the most valuable and one of the cheapest of all feed materials. Feed -enoUgIl salt and your stock will take on - weight faster PHOEIIJS give more milk and stay healthier. TO SERVE DETROIT Short Crop Last Season May or Hardigan alfalfa per acre, or ten to twelve of the hardy common and Ttleasure GENUINE >-< non-caking salt is strictly non-caking and practically non-freezing Packed Work Under W a y on Gigan- Put Inferior Seed O n The Market thus get a good alfalfa seeding at as low a cost as in any previous sea- your Success in barrels, 140, 100, 70, 50, and 25 Pound aon. sweating sacks. tic Undertaking. Opening son. Buy Cautiously PREADING Solvay Pulverized Lime- feed More Non-Caking Salt Date In July Despite what many Michigan farm- ers believe to have been the most This is a good season for farm- ers to use extra caution in cheeking S stone is good business for you. It gets more profits from your investment. AND AVOID HARD FEELINGS CO OPERATIVE PROJECT severe winter on alfalfa which they up on their alfalfa seed beyond The high lime content of Solvay replaces had ever experienced, the farmers of what they can see in the bag. The the lime which rain and previous crops have Facilities Planned to Care For this state cut more acres and more shortage of domestic seed evidently 75 Million Dollar Yearly Business tons of alfalfa for hay in 1928 than ever before. The increase in acre- age over 1927 was smaller than us- has encouraged the importation of certain kinds of alfalfa seed that Michigan farmers do not want to removed from your fields. I t sweetens sour soil and increases the yield of your acreage. Solvay Pulverized Limestone is high test, furnace-dried and is ground fine enough to FREE.' Send today for your copy of the YourBoyCan Hoe ual because of the severity of the 1927-'28 winter and spring but A model plant for the distribu'ion Michigan is said to have been about of food-stuffs which is now under the only state in the country to n- plant. 140,600 pounds of alfalfa seed of Argentinian origin arrived in this country before November 16 and it is reported that much more has get results the very first year. In bulk or bags it offers you the most lime for your dollar. Solvay Limestone Booklet. New Edition 20Acres construction on a 38-acre site at Fort crease her acreage last season. street and Green avenue will pro- Most Michigan farmers can well af- vide terminal facilities for an indus- ford to make still further additions been on the way from the Argentine this winter. Both Turkestan and Ar- gentine seed have been found to be SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION of Corn. try with an annual volume of to their alfalfa acreage and there $75,000,000. At a cost of $5,000,000 the are many who have no alfalfa on co-operative venture known as the the farm at all. By following the Detroit Union Produce Terminal will right cultural practices and soils unadapted over a large portion of the United tates and must be stain- ed ten per cent red or orange red DETROIT MICHIGAN perDay! on July 1 begin operation in what is treatment there is no reason why designed to be the finest unit of its practically every farmer in Michi- gan should not be growing sufficient when brought into this country. Michigan farmers should not buy al- falfa seed containing any trace of red stained seotl. It is not sufficient- LIMESTONE Trv a DUNHAM Culti-hoe this year and you'll be astonished at its rapidity, ease and thoroughness of operation. Any boy can handle it. kind in America, Participating in the Produce Ter- alfalfa for the needs of his own ly winter hardy for use in this state. No levers to shift; no shovels to guide. Just drive the team and minal's program are five railroads livestock, while many will find a Seed from Arizona and Now Mexi- LOCAL DEALERS Culti-Hoe will do the rest. and both sellers and buyers of vege- surplus production of either hay or co are even less winter hardy than tables annd fruits in the local mar- seed a profitable proposition. seed from Argentina and such seed With new seedings for the alfal- is apt to be on the OJMMI market with- UNHAM DCulti-Hoe ket. The Produce Terminal is not a profit-making organization, but has fa which is to be broken up this out any means of identification. for its goal the speeding of per- coming spring, new seedings to re- By buying their alfalfa seed from ishable foodstuffs to the ultimate place any acreage which may have Michigan companies or dealers op- winter killed, and new seedings for consumer, with the elimination of those who have never grown alfalfa erating under the Michigan law, farmers in this state will find that unwarranted costs and delays which before or who have never grown each lot of seed will be labeled to now prevail. Survey Embraces >ation. enough alfalfa in the past. Michi- show the state in which the seed was gan can use well over 3,000,000 grown. Alfalfa seed may be listed FIRE! will keep your fields weed free and thoroughly mulched with less effort than any other method of cultivating. Unequalled for corn. Works perfectly in soy beans. Helps produce super-yields of grain Obsolete methods in the local pounds of alfalfa seed this coming in three groups, according to its de- produce field with consequent eco- spring and summer. This article is sirability. nomic losses led Frank N. Isbey, being prepared with the hope that president of the Detroit Union it will be of some service to the Three Groups of Alfalfa COLLISION! THEFT! and alfalfa. No other type of rotary hoe ap- Group 1. Variegated alfalfas are proaches the DUN- Produee Terminal, and his associ- Michigan farmers who are going to winter hardy and good yielders and ates to a national survey taking buy that seed. should be Michgian farmers' first Always Unexpected and Everything Y o u O w n or HAM in quality. It is stronger In nearly a year before final plans for Price Has Advanced choice. These include: Hardigan, Hope to Own is at Risk Unless every part, culti- the Fort street plant were evolved. Alfalfa seed of both the common Grimm, Cossack and Ontario Varie- vates more thor- <*\ffpi"" •< 4f\ * ' At the Fort street site will be and the very hardy varieties, such as gated. located: Grimm and Hardigan, is already Group 2. Fairly hardy common ""YOU ARE INSURED oughly and can )>'! safely weighted J-x$*- Two terminal houses designated higher in price than a year ago. alfalfas should do Avell in short ro- for deeper p e n e t r a - "A" and "B." The "A" house will This is due to the fact that the alfal- tations when conditions are favor- The State Farm Mutual A u t o Insurance Co. tion. Extension a t - be 1,080 feet long and 70 feet wide. fa seed crop in the principal seed able. Seed costs less and yifelds tachments for g a n g offers you complete protection against or tractor hitches, The "B" house will be 670 feet long producing states is not nearly so more than red clover. These ' in- —quickly unhook- and 70 feet wide. The contents of large as last season. Both govern- clude: Michigan Common, Montana Fire Property Damage ed for tatting t h r u 300 cars can be displayed on the ment and private estimates agree Common, Dakota Common, Idaho floors of these houses simultane- that the production in states like Common, and Utah Common. Collision Liability narrow gates. Of- $34.00 ^F fered to you t h r u Utah and Idaho is, very much small- Group 3. Alfalfas grown in re- ously. Modern auction facilities are em- er than a year ago, in some cases gions of mild climate. These should Windstorm Theft Farm Bureau Ser- vice at a r e m a r k - to «jpo«/««/o there being considerably less than not be planted in Michigan: South ably low price. bodied in the "A" house with special half the production of 1927. Seeds- American (Argentine), Turkestan, daylight construction which pro- men are predicting that even higher South African, Southern California, at very low annual rates for farm owned cars. W e Other DUNHAM Tillage Tools—including the famous CULTIPACKER, vides for proper display at all hours. prices for alfalfa seed will prevail New Mexico, Arizona and Hairy are a strong, legal reserve company. More than CULTI-HOE, Disc Harrow, Spring Tooth Harrow, Spike Tooth Har- On the second floor of building "A" before planting time next spring. Peruvian. rows and Pulverizers—a ttlie lowest prices ever offered. All regular there will be 91 offices for the con- However, this situation need not 25,00© Michigan farmers are enjoying this protec- Recommendations Given sizes and combinations are included. venience of sellers in addition to the cause a curtailment in alfalfa seed- At a recent alfalfa seed confer- tion auction auditorium and a suite of ing nor need it necessarily cause a ence in which seedsmen, farmers and Your local distributor of Farm Bureau Supplies seven offices tor the auction company. greater expenditure on the part of members of the Farm Crops depart- Then, should the unexpected happen, you don't can show you these tools of highest quality. Write On the second floor of building " B " Michigan farmers for alfalfa seed ment of the Michigan State College have to worry. We protect your interests. today for our free booklet, The Dunham Line. there is space for a modern restau- for a given acreage than has been took part, the following recommenda- rant besides rooms for repacking made in past! years. tions met with the favor of the en- There is a State Farm Mutual agent near you. Write today for circular and price list. tomatoes and washing celery. Should Not Cut Average tire group. Served by Eight Tracks. The average rate of seeding in ( 1. It is to the interest of Michi- Don't delay in seeing him. If you don't know him, Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service These terminal houses a r e to be vogue in Michigan has been about gan farmers to maintain or increase or want further information write us. Lansing, Michigan served by eight tracks, with a ca- ten pounds^ per acre of Grimm alfal- their alfalfa seedings. pacity of 240 cars at one placement. fa and fifteen pounds per acre of 2. In order to be sure of a desir- In addition to the "A" and " B " common. With higher prices pre- able supply, early purchase of neces- Be protected before you start on a trip. houses present plans call for five vailing it would be much more ad- sary seed supplies is advisable. covered platform tracks with a ca- visable for farmers to economize on 3. To offset higher seed cost it is Michigan State Farm Bureau pacity of 175 cars for highly perish- the amount of seed used per acre advisable to reduce the amount of Lansing, Michigan able goods. rather than on the acreage put into seed used per acre rather than to There will be 20 inspection tracks alfalfa. Experiments conducted by reduce the acreage. Six to eight MICHIUAN AGENT with 10 covered concrete platforms Prof. C. R. Megee, of the Michigan pounds per acre of Grimm and Har- with a capacity of 984 cars. There Experiment Station, have definitely digan, and ten to twelve pounds per STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. will be a banana shed where 25 car- shown that alfalfa may be seeded as acre of common are recommended loads of this produce can be han- low as 1 five pounds per acre with en- rates of seeding. OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL. ichigan dled. A yard for the sale of juice tirely satisfactory results. In recent 4. Michigan farmers are warned years a number of Michigan farmers against imported alfalfa seed which grapes and watermelons is also in- have been putting this information contains red stained seed, such seed The Motorist Will Stop for the Signal Light cluded in the project. into practice and a lot of the more being unadapted to this state. They Several acres have been held in recent Grimm alfalfa seedings have also should avoid seed from South at the Street Intersection Where He Will reserve for future expansion. gone in a t the rate of six to eight California, New Mexico, and Ari- The total capacity of tracks, and pounds per acre rather than ten to zona. Not Slow Down for Oncoming Train display floors is put by Terminal twelve as was formerly the custom. 5. Alfalfa seed production in officials at 1,949 cars at a single At present prices, seven or eight Michigan is to be encouraged, with placement. Special arrangements have pounds of Grimm alfalfa will cost emphasis laid on handling the fields been made for parking and spotting less than did ten a year ago and so as to eliminate serious weed pests. trucks whioh haul produce from the this lower rate of seeding may be Feed Milkmaker T T is o n e of t h e s t r a n g e e x p e r i e n c e s o f r a i l r o a d s i n d e a l - ing with traffic at the highway crossing that a large number of motor vehicle drivers are indifferent to all danger. Terminal to smaller distributing employed by Michigan farmers with The Original Open Formula T T is a n a n o m a l y of t h i s s i t u a t i o n t h a t t h e m o t o r i s t w i l l centers, such as Eastern or Western every assurance of success. Californians Favor markets. Driveways serving the build- Dairy Ration for stop for the red light at the street intersection, where he will Strict attention should be given to ings will be 100 feet wide. Green the needs of alfalfa from the stand- Farm Trademark Bill give no heed whatever to the signal at the railroad crossing on | avenue will have at this point a point of assuring it plenty of lime California has a legislative farm Economical Milk Production the highway. width of 120 feet, while Fort street, and plant food in the way of super- bloc and its members are fighting J ^ A N G E R l u r k s a r o u n d t h e c o r n e r i n b o t h places* serving "A" house, is to be 152 feet phosphate and potash fertilizer: Pot- vigorously for a state trademark wide with a possible extension of 220 ash is particularly important on the bill, designed to improve the market- feet. sandy type of soil, while- an applica- ing conditions as they affect Cali- g E H I N D t h e automatic signal a t the street intersection The steps leading to the promotion tion of super-phosphate will pay on fornia's fruits and vegetables. there is generally the police officer and the police ordinance , and construction of the new Produce most any Michigan soil. With lime The farmer representatives in the with its inevitable fine to back its message. ( Terminal were outlined by Presi- and plant food assured and with a state legislature are determined that dent Frank N. Isbey. seed bed well prepared there is no J g E H I N D t h e a u t o m a t i c signal o r t h e c r o s s i n g w a t c h - > the foolish and costly mishandling man there usually is no such force of law, but there may be j "Detroit," said Mr. Isbey, "has reason why the Michigan farmer can- of the grower's crops after they injury or death. been for years the laughing stock not seed six to eight pounds of Grimm leave his hands must stop. They of the country so far as produce feay that the streaky and whimsical ' J ' H E Motorist, t h r o u g h some perversity i n m a k e - u p , terminal facilities are concerned. posing loss to the grower, to the mis-routing of California products stops at the Street Intersection for the Signal Light which in- We have been trying to operate by middleman, and to the ultimate con- into glutted markets, with neglect dicates possible peril or a police court fine, where he often will \ the ancient practice of spotting cars sumer. How these losses will be re- of hungry markets, must come to an not be awed by the oncoming train with its infinitely greater J all over the various railroad yards, trieved Mr. Isbey explained by end. Canners, i packers and ship- danger in the event of a mishap. attempting to sell from the cars and announcing the new Terminal's mode pers of California's agricultural then trucking produce after sale of operation. output must accept their responsi- "Where we handle perhaps 80 cars bility as the state's promoters. They M i l k m a k e r is M i c h i g a n ' s leading d a i r y feed, in the ' J ' O O often this certain type of motorist seems t o set a from the side tracks and spurs to other markets or distribution points a day under our present schedule," insist that California's crops get the amount fed, for p r o d u c t i o n a n d economy of p r o d u c t i o n . higher value on his pocketbook than on his life. I of chain and retail stores. said Mr. Isbey, "and with these cars recognition and the money return This information w a s o b t a i n e d b y a s k i n g o w n e r s of cows r recorded in t h e Record of Performance, an a n n u a l H o n o r J , H E American railroads a r e doing everything within "What did this mean? Simply that scattered all over the tracks, we will which their quality deserves. Roll of gooiS cows in Michigan, compiled by the S t a t e Col- their power to prevent casualties at the crossings. it took from 4 o'clock in the morning be able after July 1 to spot 250 or until night to effect the sale of a car more cars at building "A," unload lege Dairy D e p ' t . .Milkmaker lead all other feeds more f H E A m e r i c a n r a i l r o a d s h a v e n o t t h e m o n e y t o elimi- of lettuce, that is if it was sold at all, them and have all produce on display and then trucking it away to be un- on the Terminal floor at 6 o'clock Classified A d s Classified Advertisements will be t h a n two to one. nate all of the grade crossings, for this would involve $20,000,- 000,000 additional investment. loaded and resold. It might be three each morning. charged at the rate of 5 cents a Ask y o u r d i s t r i b u t o r of F a r m Bureau feeds days before supposedly fresh produce "From a produce exchange board word. Where the ads are to appear for .Milkmaker, now made in '2-1 per cent, 32 p e r twice, the rate will be 4'/ 2 cents a cent or :!4 p e r cent protein to meet various feed- g L I M I N ATION of crossings would not be necessary, if was in the hands of the housewife. every buyer will know on his ar- word and for ads running three the motorist and other, were made to take reasonable care in And probably she bought a second- rival just how many cars of each times or more, 4 cents a word, each insertion. ing r e q u i r e m e n t s . crossing railroad tracks at grade. rate article at a second-rate price type of produce are in the market that day. He will also be able to because of this ridiculous situation. To Retrieve (ey, is a very im- be sold and consumed the same day. Transfer' FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES—MOLINE All models. Mann & Storage Co„, i:.':: \V. Merrill MICHIGAN RAILROADS St., Indianapolis, li\d. S-29-P. *- ASSOCIATION ^