JHV&74T MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS ••pin not Sufficient that Tne Farm Bureau wgomethla* outrht to in- Stand* For Kqualit? l).m«*": *Vt" W***M D o I t . For Agriculture. A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers Seventh Year, Vol. VII, Number 1 1 Friday, June 14, 1929 Issued Semi-Monthly STATE FARM BUREAU DISTRICTS LAUNCH EXTENSIVE DRIVE The fourth annual 12 STATES WILL Thousands Invited Midwest Farm Bu- MEMBERSHIP WORK GETS UNDER WAY To Sanilac Picnic reau Training School SEND DELEGATES Plans are announced by-the presi- will open here Mon- ~±aVI WITH MANY VOLUNTEER WORKERS IN TO MINNETONKA dent of the Sanilac County Farm Bureau for a big, annual farm bureau day, June 24, and continue through the TEAMS IN HALF A DOZEN COUNTIES county picnic to be held at Sandusky, week "by the waters Fourth Annual Midwest Farm June 27. of Minnetonka." Bureau School Opens This event, in the past, has attract- Twelve states will Exchange of Volunteer Services in Several Coun- ed as many as five thousand farmers Week of June 24 and their families and is one of the send Farm Bureau ties Serves to Create Enthusiasm for biggest meetings of the farmers of the officials and workers Thumb district during the year. This to this school, which Organization Within the Ranks of STATE LEADERS ENROLL year's affair is being planned to make is being put on this it an outstanding event in the history The Farm Bureau Membership of the county. year under direction Michigan To Be Represented of the Minnesota Committees are working on details "Participation makes success." By State and District of the big entertainment program. Farm Bureau Feder- Membership Workers Two outstanding individuals in the ation. This, in a way, sums up one of the most impressive ad- field of agricultural education in | dresses on the need of agricultural organization ever given Michigan have been secured to help P r e s i d e n t Sam Twelve states will send delegates make the "after dinner" program a Thompson of the before Michigan audiences and delivered on two occasions o the fourth annual Midwest Farm success. These speakers for the oc- American Farm Bu- during the past week by Dr. Eben Mumford, head of the de- bureau training school which will be casion are Mrs. Louise Campbell, state r e a u Federation, partment of sociology of Michigan State College, speaking ,eld at the Hotel Del Otero, Spring director of home demonstration Secretary M. S. Win- 'ark, Lake Minnetonka, Monday agents, and R. W. Gunn, extension der and other high i\t inter-county conferences of Farm Bureau leaders in the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, officials of the na- specialist in economics, both members tional western and in1 the eastern part of the state. une 24, 25, 26 and 27. organization of the staff of Michigan State College. are coining from About 1 50 farmers and their wives, representing the oi> Michigan State Farm Bureau is pre- Hundreds of Huron county farmers Chicago laring to send the largest delegation for this ganization leadership of six counties devoted an entire day to are expected to participate in this event. They will be o i his school it has ever sent with year's event as in the past. While the joined by three hun- Farm Bureau work at Kalamazoo, June 4, and about 80 more he exception of the first leadership picnic is sponsored by the Sanilac dred officers and di- raining school, which was held in took part in another all-day conference .at Lapeer, the day County Farm Bureau, it has become a rectors of state his state, three years ago, at Sauga- general farmers' picnic, with no lines Farm Bureaus. following. The Kalamazoo meeting was attended by Farm uck, in Ottawa county. drawn as to affiliations. All farmers Hotel Del Otero, Spring Park, Lake Minnetonka. Bureau representatives from Cass, Berrien, Calhoun, Kala- Those who will be going to the are welcome and are invited to at- linnesota school this month are, M. mazoo, Branch, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties. At Noon, president of the Michigan fate Farmi Bureau; Mrs. Edith M. tend. TARIFF BILL IS lARTICHOKE RECORD WILL ADVISE UPON Lapeer, Genesee, Macomb, Lapeer and St. Clair counties were represented. ^ager, director of Farm Bureau [oine and Community work in Mich- ran; Clark L. Brody, secretary- F. B. TRAFFIC HEAD PASSEDJJY HOUSE SUGGESTSCAUTION KILLING OF WEEDS Dr. Mumford, in emphasizing the need of further and con- tinued organizing of Michigan farmers, showed that the most easurer-manager of the State Farm ureau; Claude Nash, organization SEEKS TO PREVENT Measure Now Up For Senate Hasty Acceptance of Crop Calcium Chlorate As a Weed Exterminator To Be effective way of gaining the greatest benefits for agriculture Finance Committee's is through active participation in organization work by every irector for Michigan, and his dis- •ict deputies; A. M. Edmunds, of Bat- e Greek; Ehrl wQj&le, of Mecosta; FREIGHTjNCREASE Consideration May Result In Great Dissatisfaction Demonstrated Farm Bureau member. 'rank Wright, of Wacousta; C. A. A. P. Mills and Expert From "Everything rests upon group action and community By a vote of 264 to 147, with four- Some of the worst rogues in the heney, of Lapeer; Newell Gale, of teen not voting and two answering In the Quarterly Bulletin of the plant world will be identified and con- work," Dr. Mumfortl declared. "With the seasoned leader- ass City; Gilbert Scott, of Hastings, Utilities Commission "present," the Hawley tariff bill pass- Michigan Experiment Station f o r May, demned, and methods will be recom- ship that agriculture now possesses," he added, "the farmers iid David Woodman, of Grand Rap- ed the House of Representatives on 1928, Mr. C. E. Cormany reported his mended for their execution on the Is. Attend Hearing stand before all the people with a challenge which is gaining May 28. A motion to recommit the findings with the artichoke, and his special weed train which will be sent recognition from all sources. This great leadership needs These annual schools are conducted bill to the Ways and Means committee, article was concluded with a state- through southern and southwestern > bring out the best in methods of SEEK FARM PROTECTION offered by Rep. John N. Garner, ment to the effect that the Jerusalem Michigan by the Michigan Central the unfaltering support of a participating membership in such irrying on membership mainte- Democratic leader of the House, failed artichoke will probablyf never be of Railroad and Michigan State College, an organization as you have established. The Farm Bureau ance work by affording an annual by a vote of 157 to 254 with 15 not any great importance in; America un- July 22 to 27. iterchange of ideas among the Farm Carriers' Testimony To Get voting and one answering "present." less a cheap method of extracting the has pioneered the greatest move in all civilization and it has On such confirmed plant criminals ureau leaders of a dozen midwest Rate Increase Is Shown The bill is now before the finance sugars from it is developed. As a as Canadian thistles, quackgrass, and become so firmly founded that it cannot perish. ates. committee of the Senate which is ex- silage crop or pig pasture, it is not perennial sow thistles, the death General Guidance Needed Farm Bureau members generally To Be Unwarranted pected to spend about six weeks in now recommended, as compared to measure to be advised will be the use "Everywhere there is the tendency e invited to attend the conference considering the measure. SPEAKS FOR A . F. B. F. on the part of those connected with id participate in the deliberations better adapted crops; smaller yields of calcium chlorate. This chemical Seeking to prevent the western Bitterness over the failure of the co-operative endeavors to look some- xt discussions that will take place, trunkline railroads from tacking on a House to give adequate rates to agri- are secured and harvest costs are has proved effective in killing these where for that general guidance nluced rates have been secured for freight rate increase of from 10 to 25 culture and the large number of in- higher. weeds in experiments conducted by necessary to the success of the co- eals and lodging at the Hotel D e l i p e r c e n t on potato shipments over creases which were given to industry The Jerusalem artichoke will make members of the crops department at operative movement. Co-operative tero, on the American plan. T h e j r o u t e s affecting the Upper Peninsula appears to be growing. Some of the silage and the plant will grow farther Michigan State College. ily other expense is a small tuition I 0 f Michigan, the Michigan State Farm increases on agricultural products are north than the region where corn The professor of botany at the Col- marketing is now expected to control the achievements of the agricultural , Bureau and the Michigan Public regarded by farm leaders as highly yields are most satisfactory. How- lege, Ernest A. Bessey, will be on the industry. Sam Thompson, President of the utilities commission interceded in the satisfactory, but many other products ever, when the tops are harvested at train and will identify any weeds merican Farm Bureau Federation, interests of Michigan agriculture at failed to get the protection which it what appears to be the best stage for brought by anyone along the route. "It takes an alert organization ill head the delegation of national a hearing before the Interstate Com- is declared is essential in order to en- silage, the development of tubers is The use of seeds from other states membership and bigger men to meet ficers that is coming from Chicago merce Commission at Minneapolis, able the producers of those commodi- very limited. In the Michigan State has, in some cases, introduced weeds the problems that confront agricul- ture today than it did in years past. attend the school. June 11 and 12. ties to compete successfully with College experiments, when artichoke which are not native to Michigan and Many Make Reservation The volumes of testimony offered at foreign producers. tops were removed September 25th which are not known by the farmers When we consider that all our pres- ent-day type of machinery has come On the basis of advance reserva- the hearing by the carriers made it The Farm Bureau has demonstrated for silage, the tubers yielded only .84 of this .state. ons, it is expected that more than very evident that they would have it by a mathematical analysis that the ton per acre; but when the tops were Farmers who visit the train will be to us during the past hundred years ree hundred Farm Bureau folks will appear the big rate increases are ne- bill raises industrial rates as much allowed fully to develop, the tubers given a sufficient amount of the and with it the advanced methods of on hand for the school, when it cessary while agricultural interests, or more than it raises agricultural yielded 6.15 tons. The tops in the calcium chlorate so they can try the tillage and harvest and marketing, we )ens. r shippers and the railroad commis- rates, thereby leaving the industrial latter case were unsuited for silage. chemical on w eeds on their farms. grasp the need of organization as the The training school program this sions of Wisconsin, South Dakota, and rates far above the agricultural rates. Properly harvested, artichoke silage Calcium chlorate is not dangerous to biggest possible aid to the individual >ar will center around three major Minnesota and the Public Utilities Farm leaders are now looking to the appears to be about the equivalent of handle and is a comparatively econom- farmer in his effort to catch up with ibjects: 1—Rural Recreation. 2— Commission of Michigan and the Senate finance committee and the sunflower silage or about 90% as val- ical means of destroying weeds. the ever advancing movement of his desmanship. 3—Discussion and Pub- Michigan State Farm Bureau gave Senate itself to rectify the many de- uable, ton for ton, as corn silage. The counties through which the great industry. c Speaking. substantial testimony seeking to pre- fects in the bill so as to place agri- In the college plats, the yield of train will pass are Monroe, Lenawee, "With all the gains made in agri- Becky Eckhardt, of West Virginia, vent any increase, whatsoever, and on culture more on a parity with indus- artichoke tubers for the 1926 crop was Hillsdale, Branch, St. Joseph, Cass, cultural production efficiency." he as- ill head the discussion of Rural Re- cross examination of witnesses for the try in tariff protection. slightly over 6 tons per acre. This Berrien, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, and serted, "there still is need of at least lation. P! M. Russel, of Chicago, railroad companies, succeeded in M. s. Winder ill be in charge of the salesmanship breaking down many of the carriers' is comparable to several over-state Allegan. Combining inspiration with cold 40 per cent greater efficiency in facts, M. S. Winder, executive secre- production if co-operative marketing mrse, and Dr. F. M. Rarig, of the strongest points. : niversity dP Minnesota, will have in The freight increases sought would PREVENTION GROUP yields checked by E. J. Wheeler of (Continued on page four) Faint clout never won fair lady. tary of the American Farm Bureau is to be a thorough success." Federation, delivered an interesting It is the family type farmer that and the course on public speaking mean an additional burden on the id, discussion. three states represented and a par- Some of the best authorities in the ticularly heavy burden on the potato ELECTSJTS BOARD Highlights of Brodyys address at the District Rally at Kala- must succeed, Dr. Mumford declared; mazoo and again at the District Rally not the other type, founded on corpora- at Lapeer and is booked to return to tion principles. This family type ation will head up the round table shippers of the Upper Peninsula of Livestock Loss Prevention Michigan on July 13 to address a four- means organization of the individuals, iscussions which will follow formal Michigan, it was shown at the hear- resentation of the various subjects ing. The increases were sought to pfore the training school govern shipments going into the cen- Officers Are Named Speech at Conference county meeting at Grand Rapids. This he said. will be a meeting of members of the Speaking of farm leadership* he ex- For The Year Farm Bureau district embracing Kent, plained that it is necessarily a slow There will be a series of evening tral, southeastern and southern Farmers have, and they need, two general types of organization; one Ottawa, Barry and Allegan counties process building such leadership and rograms, in addition to the regular freight territories and would thus hit a purely business typo of organization and the other a membership type and directed by David Woodman. Mr. he showed that, in every walk of life, ay training sessions. practically all the Upper Peninsula A few changes were made in se- Woodman has. been conducting a com- no individual counts for much alone. lecting the board of directors of the of organization. On Monday night, June 24, an open shipments of potatoes. bined directorship in this district for That the city is not so well organ- ?ssion will be held to which the pub- Michigan is unfortunately situated Michigan Livestock Loss Prevention The general services afforded by the membership type organization about a year, directing organization ized, socially, as most of us are led is invited. Tuesday night, June in regard to rail facilities tand to Association for 1929 at the third an- cannot and are not supported by the co-operative units alone. and business activities in these four to believe was his most surprising re- (Continued on page 2) have any added freight burdens nual meeting of this organization at Either the farmer must go without the general organization services counties as one of the six State Farm mark but this was followed with the tacked on, just as a matter of, balanc- Lansing, recently. or he must support a membership organization such as the Farm Bureau. Bureau district representatives. The 1929 board picked the follow- statement that only about eleven per =T ing rates within any given territory would work great injustice on the ing officers: J. H. O'Mealey, presi- Operating on the narrow, competitive margin they operate, the co-ops cent of the farmers of Michigan are hare enough to function efficiently within their own lines without de- members of progressive organization*. Michigan growers, A. P. Mills, traf- dent; H. M. Bishop, vice president; NEWWAYTOMAKE LOST!The Clothing Dep't of the fic manager of the Michigan State O. B. Price, secretary-treasurer. Farm Bureau, showed in his plea for The new board consists of J. II. the protection of the agricultural in- O'Mealey, of Hudson, representing terests of northern Michigan. the Michigan Livestock Exchange; voting attention to the general services expected of a membership or- ganization. Membership dues are essential because the income from business ven- tures is speculative and uncertain. ROAD LAST LONGER Basing his statement on a survey of some 60 communities in southern Michigan, he asserted that all of thi» eleven per cent were found to be The Michigan Public Utilities Com H. M. Bishop, of Detroit, Detroit Twelve thousand dollars of membership dues in the Farm Bureau New developments in road con- Farm Bureau members and that the Farm Bureau in receiving near- mission was represented at the hear- Livestock Association; W. L. Pren- applied to the fighting of the famous Michigan Freight Zone Rate Case, struction and in truck design are eleven percent included membership ly 960 orders for Farm Bureau ing by Foster Wintermute, rate ex-tiss of Detroit. Detroit Packers; J. contributing materially to the life of in any one or several of the various, a few years ago, resulted in an estimated annual benefit of at least blankets to date, says that sev- pert, who did some very good work E. Burnett of Lansing, State Depar the road surface, says the United well-known organizations operating in cross examination of witnesses. ment of Agriculture; Gifford Patch, $375,000 to Michigan farmers. Earnings from business ventures alone did in the state, including, Farmers' e 'al postcards have lacked com- States Department of Agriculture. j Commerce Commission accord Mich- Jr., of East Lansing, Michigan State not bring about this great benefit to the farmer. Clubs, Granges, improvement associ- The effect of 6-wheel trucks on road ations, lodges and the like. plete addresses, as follows: Isentatives was that the Interstate College; George A. Brown of East Membership dues and not business profits made it possible this winter pavements is only half as severe as The plea of the Michigan repre- Lansing, Michigan State College; Dr. for Michigan sugar beet interests to have1 a Farm Bureau executive rush the effect of 4-wheel trucks of equal Member Participation Needed 1- Card received from George ! igan the same treatment as the other W. N. Armstrong of Concord, Michi- In studing all these various organ- L - Huntley, % A. C. Huntley, to Washington, on 24-hour notice, to offer some of the most valuable gross weight, according to tests by a | states in the western trunkline gan State Veterinary Association; testimony for increased tariffs given before the Senate Ways and Means the Bureau of Public Roads. izations and their activities it has nd no postoffice address given. (' ! freight territory. P. M. Granger of Charlotte, Live- been found that none of them achieves stock Producers; M. L. Noon of Committee. much where the membership is in- ^ 2. Card received about May Jackson, Michigan State Farm Bu- Automobile insurance, such as some 33,000 Michigan farmers have English Chain Store active and non-participating, he point- 7 > postmarked Owosso, and or-, Bering l corn and white blank- STATE TO CHECK reau; George Roxburgh of Reed City, Michigan State Grange; W. H. been glad to invest in through the Farm Bureau, never would have* been offered, were the Farm Bureau a loosely organized association. Buys Pacific Apples ed out. The part that Farm Bureau, state et ai - Writer forgot to sign name »d address. WASTING OF OIL Hill o\ Buffalo, Stockyards Compan- ies; C. H. Allen (G. T. R. R.) of De- Old line selling organizations never would have offered open formula feeds and fertilizers. Talking for eight minutes over and national, has played in assisting 7,000 miles of long-distance telephone the farmer to achieve some of the im- troit, Railroads; J. E. Thoman of wires between Yakima, Wash., and portant accomplishments of the past Mr. Colin C. Rae, petroleum engi- Chicago, Livestock Insurance Co; 3- Card received about May neer, formerly with the U. S. Geo- Burt Wermuth of Detroit, Farm Guarantees of adaptability of seed for Michigan growing conditions London, Eng., a deal was closed re- ten years was pictured by M. S. 22 never were sponsored by any concern until the Farm Bureau entered the cently for the sale of 400 carloads of Winder, secretary of the American > Postmarked Stanton, and or- logical survey on the administration Press; D. L. Runnells of Grand Rap- dering l rose and white blanket, of Indian oil lands, has been secured ids, Daily Press, and O. B. Price of Yakima valley apples and pears. In- Farm Bureau Federation, who ad- writer forgot to sign name and Potato growers are seeking assistance in heading off further disad- volved in the transaction was a three- dressed the members at both meet- a(i by the department of conservation to Detroit, Director-at-large. vantages in freight rates on potato shipment. A special hearing is dress. year contract with a total consider- ings. take active charge of oil and gas slated for Minneapolis this month. Farm Bureau membership dues, not at ion of approximately $650,000 and a The greatest problem the farmer, If the parties interested see conservation work in Michigan. Mr. Rae who will report for duty on June They Kill Markets business profits from cooperative sales, will have to pay the expense $25,000 cash advance. The London as an individual faces, Mr. Winder this purchaser is the United Kingdom said, is his inability to control the notice, will they kindly It's the fellow who markets the of placing competent counsel on the grounds for this occasion. 15th will be accompanied by H. B. Stores, Ltd., said to be one of the factors which enter into the distri- Wl 'He the Farm Bureau Clotft- common product at a price below the Soyster, oil and gas supervisor of the SUPPORT A MEMBERSHIP OROANIZATION OR FOREGO T H E largest chain stores in the United bution of his products. When farmers in S Dep't, Lansing? cost of production who demoralizes Muskegon District, U. S. Geolo gl cal BENEFITS OF THESE GENERAL ORGANIATION SERVICES! Kingdom. the market. (Continued on page 2) ij survey. FRIDAY,_JrSlM4, iftsa TWO MICHIGAN* FARM BUREAU NEWS they profess to believe that thereby there would be some reduc- to sell her farm holdings Her hired man api teared more pros- RUUNG IS ISSUED MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS tion in the cost of jiving. They chose to ignore the p a t e n t fact perous th« Ms direction and an investigation ,nade which revealed the Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- t h a t when this work is performed by c h e a p labor a b r o a d r a t h e r t h a n by w o r k i n g m e n receiving a living wage in this c o u n t r y , fact that a mini MHWerinf his deseri|) lii.ii had sold some chick- BY SUPREME COURT lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, Lansing, Michigan. TOL. Til FKIftAY, .11'NK 14, 1929 \ o . 11 t h e r e is an i m m e a s u r a b l e loss to the American toiler which would f a r o u t w e i g h the a d v a n t a g e s o u g h t in the o p p o r t u n i t y ,,,s ,o a poultry buyer. The Hens were brought to_the womanj far,,, and released just about sun-down, the report st. tes, . IN BOYCOTT FIGHT to buy cheap foreign goods. „„. , h i„k,„s w e n t to roost in the most at-home s , of way, Three - Year - OH Live$t0 Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class k g f t t t * they had been I * before. The b u y r i d « -h mutter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided As a m a t t e r of fact the cheapness t h u s a t t a i n e d does not re- Market Controversy for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923. flect itself in retail prices in t h e I ' n i t e d States. The i m p o r t e r s t h e hired ,„a„ as , - who had sold the ch.eke s I , o „ r t hamh-d on. . sentence rf five years u n n n s o n m e n t , tin Finally Settled Subscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau members, of foreign merchandise, no m a t t e r what it costs, sell it only 60 cents per year, included in their annual dues. Boycotting in the stockyards enough below the prevailing A m e r i c a n price to c a p t u r e the following day. ... f . stitutes an unfair practice and th** LEB CHILSOX Editor m a r k e t . A n d when American p r o d u c t i o n has been destroyed This was .justice in Iowa ami compares l a v o r a b h M. 1. < S. Secretary of Agriculture h a s ^ K. E. L'NGRNN Advertising and Business Manager by these prices, the c o n s u m e r s of this country will be left at situation in Michigan. It is this sort of t r e a t m e n t of chick n right to prohibit such practices ^ PERN DAVIS Circulation cording to a recent ruling 0f then the mercy of foreign cartels which a r e r a p i d l y monopolizing t h i e v e s - t h e thieves who so often take the last means of s u p p o r t Supreme Court in a case whi(.], , S E u r o p e a n production. a woman on the farm h a s - t h a t makes the would-bc-tluct think been pending final settlement V * M MICHIGAN STAfgFARM flUPEAU The t r u t h is t h a t when the personnel of such o r g a n i z a t i o n s as twice before he commits the crime. March, 1926. N " T h e P e o p l e ' s L o b b y ' " is x-rutinized it does not a p p e a r t h a t its h, ( ,ther w o r d s : a stiff penalty is a means of p r e v e n t i n g . The Supreme Court handed ,i< its decision in the case of rjU(W p r o m o t e r s a r e passionately devoted to t h e welfare of t h e people crime r a t h e r than penalizing a small p e r cent of those who com- OFFICERS States vs. American Livestock rv * of the I ' n i t e d States. Prof. J o h n Dewey, head of t h e organiza- mit crime and are u n f o r t u n a t e enough to be caught. It W I n - mission Company et al., May 20, ja5 M. L. NOON, Jackson President W. W. BILMN* it has been noted by millions of Americans that foreign good meetings, is carried in this issue of pointed by President Sam Thompson per cent to the advantage of ind" gressiveness nnd i n t e g r i t y in their own c o m m u n i t i e s , enlist their the NEWS under special heading. Be of the American Farm Bureau Fed- trials. The weighted average of rat will is not created by such sacrifices. Because of lending billions own services to talk F a r m B u r e a u instead of h a v i n g professional sure to read it and study it carefully. eration as chairman of the committee on strictly agricultural and strictB for rehabilitation purposes in E u r o p e a f t e r t h e W o r l d W a r we solicitors " c a n v a s s the c o u n t y " . T h e local influence lent by Floyd Walworth, secretary of the in charge of the school. Geo. Metzger, industrial products shows a gai" have gained b i t t e r enmity t h r o u g h the existence of the d e b t s these f a r m leaders, coupled w i t h t h e mass a p p e a l with fifty or Shiawassee County Farm Bureau secretary of the Illinois Agricultural close to two per cent to the advantas t h u s created. picturing, from a local viewpoint, the Association, J. R. Allgyer, organiza- of the farmer while comparison sixty of them c o n c e n t r a t i n g t h e i r efforts on a c o u n t y - w i d e basis tion director of the Ohio Farm Bu- the weighted average of rates on > work of building membership, pointed " T h e P e o p l e ' s L o b b y " d e c l a r e s that the increase of tariff at a specific time is b o u n d to have a most impressive a n d bene- out the part that women in his county reau Federation, Mrs. C. W. Sewell, dustrials and on agricultural produc rates would proclaim to t h e w o r l d t h a t " A m e r i c a n m a n u f a c - ficial effect in t h e interest of this g r e a t f'arm organization. have taken in helping to strengthen chairman of the home and commun- including processed food stuffs sho the organization. He said that the ity work of the American Farm Bu- t u r e r s are suffering from senile inefficiency." Therefore, the Trade-A-Day. per cent of gain in membership in his reau Federation, and M. S. Winder, practically no gain or loss for eitn This is a fair sample of the p r o p a g a n d a against a p r o t e c t i v e This method, we might say, of selling the! F a r m B u r e a u to county under the district plan of secretary of the American Farm Bu- group. tariff in the United States. Such a r g u m e n t s are of c o u r s e not reau Federation, constitute the com- What organzied agriculture v_ t h e c o m m u n i t y , s t i m u l a t e s interest in t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n as no organizing has been most gratifying. 1 and that, under special, business set- mittee in charge of developing the j been seeking, is a retention of P sincerely pat forward, for few Americans a r e so i g n o r a n t as not o t h e r m e t h o d could because it s t i m u l a t e s actjpn on the p a r t of tically t h e s a m e s c n e d u l e of tar up of community Farm Bureau program and arranging details of t h e t 0l to know that the difference in living s t a n d a r d s and v^age scales those a l r e a d y " s o l d " to the idea. school. President Thompson, with the I industrial commodities with a rea Forums, farmers have actually re- a e at home a n d a b r o a d is the justification for tariffs. N o a m o u n t of It p r e p a r e s the w a y for follow-up a c t i v i t i e s ; b c i l d s a lasting quested membership in the organi- other officers of the American Farm j ° l increase on agricultural P intelligence or efficiency on p a r t of A m e r i c a n m a n u f a c t u r e r s m e m b e r s h i p ; s t i m u l a t e s organization by b r e a k i n g d o w n resis- zation, unsolicited. Bureau Federation, will be present nets, including certain processed , throughout the week. j products, with a resultant decrease^ can overcome the h a n d i c a p of competition based upon w a g e t a n c e ; improves t h e morale w i t h i n t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n ; s t r e n g t h - Extensive (anipaigus Planned _ _ the spread between the averaf scales from one-tenth to one-half t h a t of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , since ens g r o u p consciousness and e n c o u r a g e s a g r e a t e r volume of These big, district conferences pre- cede several Trade-A-Day campaigns "There Js No Substitute For on agricultural and industrial labor is the highest single factor in p r o d u c t i o n cot'ts. W i t h re- business because it builds o u t w a r d from Avithin r a t h e r t h a n in- Membership." ucts. for additional members in the several spect to any tariff schedule it will be n o t e d t h a t critics do n o t w a r d from w i t h o u t . counties. For instance, Kalamazoo a t t e m p t to show t h a t it a n y m o r e t h a n m e a s u r e s the difference T h e T r a d e - A - D a y emphasises t h e thought^ t h a t t h e r e is no and St. Joseph counties arranged to trade membership solicitors for a day between labor costs at home a n d a b r o a d . They; content them- selves with moral posfurings a n d h y s t e r i c a l c l a m o r . It is the contention of o p p o n e n t s of t h e p r o t e c t i v e policy t h a t s u b s t i t u t e for an informed m e m b e r s h i p . •t CHICKEN S T E A L I N G P E N A L T I E S i on June 13; Branch and Calhoun, on June 14 and Genesee and Lapeer counties, the same date; St. Joseph Camp Blankets $5 t h e American people should be given the o p p o r t u n i t y to buy W h e n one r e a d s of a recent sentence imposed by a court in county membership workers plan a return engagement with Kalamazoo p r o d u c t s m a d e in foreign lands at cheap p r i c e s made possible by Iowa for the crime of stealing chickens, the M i c h i g a n chicken workers in Kalamazoo county, June the c h e a p e n i n g of the toiler. T h e y seek a c h e a p n e s s a t t a i n e d a t stealing law does not a p p e a r too d r a s t i c , as some f e a r e d it would 17 and within St. Clair county a the sacrifice of h u m a n values. The m a i n t e n a n c e of A m e r i c a n be when the F a r m B u r e a u sponsored stiffer p e n a l t i e s for the Trade-A-Day of solicitation is sched- s t a n d a r d s of living means n o t h i n g to them... They would over- uled for June 18, Calhoun workers chicken thief, two y e a r s ago. returning an engagement with those Michigan State Farm Bureau whelm this c o u n t r y with t h e p r o d u c t s of KTuropean a n d Asiatic A c u r r e n t r e p o r t from the w e s t e r n state tells of a w i d o w of Branch county on June 19 and Clothing Deportment c h e a p labor, child labor, p e a s a n t labor, E 14, 1929 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS THRM GREEN AFFIXES A VETO TO PROTECT Lapeer County F a r m e r s Bureau Federation; George A. Fox, former secretary ^of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association; Henry H. Parke, supplied because of the insistent de- mands from many co-operatives which are not in a position to furnish it for Board Meets June 27 Garloch-Waiiamt Co. 2614 Orleans St. Give Views on Organization Genoa. Illinios, vice president, Nation- al Live Stock Producers Association; themselves economically or efficiently. As decided at the last meeting of By pooling resources it is felt that the Board of Directors of the Ameri- Detroit RIPARIAN OWNERS •.n„. , f 0Ur 3€ven mi,lion Davidson, R. F. D. farmers, no one has suggested any remedy Edward A. O'Neal, president of the Alabama Farm Bureau, Vice Presi- more effective results can be obtained. can Farm Bureau Federation, the summer board meeting will be held Tour shipments of poultry, eggs and veal are solicited. Tags and market information sent on request. f m dent of the American Farm Bureau June 27-2S at Chicago. Governor Rejects Measure ior the farmer except through co-operation and organization. Federation, president of the Alabama Bureau Markets Eggs AVe must organize to meet the opposition both in a legislative way Known As Relicted Cotton Producers' Association, and The Massachusetts Farm Bureau and others. I believe the time is coming when our whole marketing sys- William H. Settle, president, Indiana Federation has begun the manufac- r tem is going to be changed and we must be organized to take advantage Land Measure of it when it comes. Farm Bureau, president, Central States 'Soft Wheat Pool .president, In- ture of a special cardboard egg box for the use of poultrymen in mar- FARM BUREAU OILS! Governor Fred Green has vetoed one "I believe the pooling system should be encouraged wherever possible diana Farm Bureau Purchasing de- keting "Massachusetts Special" eggs. F a r m Bureau (M. F. B.) Oils a r e 100% of the most controversial measures as, without question, the time is coming when our products are going to partment. paraffine, sharpies dew-axed. Stocked by be handled in like manner with a system worked out to take care of the co-opla and other authorized distributors acted upon by the state legislature Selection of the personnel to ad- of Farm Bureau supplies in 15, 30 ami this winter: the relicted land bill in- surplus. minister the work of the organiza- 55 gallon drums, which are extra, but "I consider the Farm Bureau is working for the solution of these returnable for credit. As an introduc- troduced by Senator Orville Atwood, tion will be madfe at the next meet- tion we offer 5 gallon cans, adding- 70 of Fremont. problems." ing of the board of directors in Chi- e d i t s for the container. Your giv savings is in 15 gallons or more. In returning the measure without John Bird. cago on June 28, just previous to the Find out from your F a r m Bureau Dis- his approval, the Governor explains board meeting of* the American Farm tributor how F a r m Bureau Oils will the bill in detail and his veto measure Bureau Federation. A budget will be save money and give you motor oil Brown City, Michigan. satisfaction. is carried in full herewith because of drawn up and • the operation of "I think the Farm Bureau's important achievement is securing the the widespread interest in Michigan American Agricultural Service, Inc., l Aim m u K v r si l'Pi.Y SBRYICS passage of legislation favorable to the farmers, such as the seed stain- will start at once? in legislation bearing on riparian I.nnsiiiu. >lichignii. rights. ing law." The service will also be availabe to The Governor's message explains Arthur W. Mortus. individuals or organizations on,a fee this as, "An act to provide for the basis. establishment and correction of boun- Lapeer, R. No. 2. The new co-operative service as r\ daries of lands bordering on Lakes I think that the Farm Bureau Seed Service is the greatest success of previously explained, is designed to Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie, and the bays, harbors and arms thereof; to establish the water's our organization; also, the open formula feed service has been of great benefit to the farmers." Arthur Potter. extend and augment the influence of co-operative methods of marketing farm products. The service is to be Fertilizer For edge as from time to time existing as the boundaries thereof instead of the meander line; and to confirm and establish as against the state the title Lapeer, R. F. D. "The Farm Bureau has accomplished its greatest good, in my estima- r Serving Agriculture -\ This is the worst season of the : year for shipping hogs, according to records kept at the Detroit Alfalfa of certain occupants of lands lying be- tion, through the introduction of seed of known origin." tween the meander line's and the water's edge. Ralph Davenport. Freight Audit Stock yards. April, May and ' June have been the three worst ' months for losses to shippers. Alfalfa is a heavy feeder on phosphorus and pot- "This bill seeks to recognize certain North Branch, R. F. D. Often Discloses Overcharges These first warm days take the ash. Proper application of fertilizer carrying these equities which unquestionably exist in made through error ingredients, in accordance with the fertility of the "I used your Milkmaker this winter and found it was the best and heaviest toll because of improper •favor of riparian owners along the cheapest feed on the miarket. My cows are in better shape and give more bedding, overloading and sudden soil, gives very beneficial results in starting new shores of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie and the bays, harbors and arms thereof. The milk than in any previous spring." Fred Kreiner. It Pays changes in temperature. Your local livestock co-op un- seedings. To let the Farm Bureau Traf- derstands how to handle ship- State of Michigan cannot afford to fic Service Department check ments to avoid heavy losses. Farm Bureau Super-phosphate 0-44-0 is a high stand on legal and technical grounds Hadley, Michigan. your freight bills; file over- when equitable principles call for "Distributing adapted seed is doing a vast service for the farmers of charge claims; watch freight Remember, your stock is "IN analysis, carrying more than twice as much plant rates on your farm products THE HANDS OF A FRIEND, food per ton as 0-20-0 and is especially recommended some adjustment of these important Michigan but the Farm Bureau is not receiving due credit for the same." and supplies and be your per- FROM BEGINNING TO END" rights. But after careful consider- Earl S. Ivory. sonal representative to the rail- when j'ou ship co-operatively. for alfalfa. Apply 100 to 1 50 lbs. per acre. If you ation of the effect of this bill, I am roads. use Farm Bureau 0-20-0 apply 200 to 300 lbs. per convinced that it does not accomplish Ship your stock to either the Columbiaville, R. F. D. }he desired purpose. On the contrary, acre. "I believe the progress of automobile insurance through the Michigan Claims Collected Free it would* Hesult in endless litigation, State Farm Bureau is one of the main accomplishments of the Farm Michigan Livestock Exchange would I Wot adequately protect the Bureau." for paid-up Farm Bureau Farm Bureau 0-J24-24 is a high phosphorus and people's interest and would defeat Members some of the equitable rights sought Robert C. Beattie. Detroit, Mich, potash carrying fertilizer suggested for soils that are No Charge for Auditing well supplied with nitrogen but are deficient in pot- for the riparian owner himself. Imlay City, R. F. D. or '"The title to this land outside of Farm Bureau ash. Manured sandy soils come under this classifica- the government surveyed meander "To my way of thinking, one of the greatest achievements of the Farm Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n. tion. Apply 100 to 150 lbs. per acre. If you use lines rests in the State in trust for the people for certain public purposes. Bureau is in what we have gained in a legislative way. The fact that we can go to state and national representatives through our organization Traffic Department East Buffalo, N. Y. Farm Bureau 0-12-12, apply 200 to 300 lbs. per acre. This title reaches back more than a Lansing, Mich. Farm Bureau 2-12-6 is suggested for alfalfa soils and make our wants known is surely worth something to us." > 'century and a half to French grants, James Shepherd. i/ l that are a little low in nitrogen. Apply 200 to 300 'traceable through a treaty with the English, came to our country through lbs. per acre. ^ Lapeer, R. 2. the American Revolution, followed the "It is hard to say just what is the most important achievement of the The above Farm Bureau fertilizers may be applied cession of the Northwest Territory by Virginia and passed to the State of Michigan on her admission to the Farm Bureau but I believe it to be the demonstration of the value of organized effort of farmers. Ten dollars per year of one farmer's income SUMMER SEEDING at the time of seeding the alfalfa. Union. "When the waters of the lakes re- cede, it resulted in leaving a strip of would not go far in securing service for him but ten dollars per year from several thousand farmers can hire men of ability to devote their entire time to looking after the business end of farming." OF ALFALFA Lime must be used where needed. Application of 6 to 8 tons of manure per acre when fitting the seed dry land between the meander line Frank Myus. bed, or applied to the previous crop, is important in and the actual water's edge. The ri- Is widely practiced in Michigan between July 1 estabilshing alfalfa. When manure is used weeds are parian owner, finding himself inland, These are testimonials sent in to the Farm Bureau News by the secre- and August 15. This summer we expect a very instead of bordering upon the actual a problem and more fitting is necessary in order to tary of the Lapeer County Farm Bureau to show how some of the farmers heavy seeding. Many acres intended for other crops water's edge, endeavored to extend his kill all the weeds possible before seeding. Well rot- possession to the water itself, under of that county look upon the need of organization in agriculture. and not planted this spring are going into alfaflfa, ted manure helps solve the weed seed problem. the belief in most cases, that his tkle conservation, hunting and fishing in assuring their owners a good, clean crop of alfalfa followed to the water. On the other Michigan. hand, the public, finding a strip of dry land unobstructed, or "Contrary to the common under- unoccupied standing, the title to lake bottom land CORPORATION FOR next spring for pasture or hay. i Ask your authorized distributor of Farm Bureau products to supply you with Farm Bureau Fertilizer. Now is.the time to be getting 1 your seed bed in the along the shore line, considered it outside the meander line on the common property and proceeded to en- Great Lakes, was decided by our Su- ASSISTING CO-OP best possible condition. Alfalfa likes a clean, firm joy these beaches for recreational preme Court as early as 1843, as be- UNITS NOW READY seed bed. ; It is easier to kill the weeds now than it is Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service purposes. It was inevitable that these longing to the State and not to the after the seeding is made. Fertilizer can be applied two interests should clash sooner or riparian owner. As far back as 1899 Lansing, Michigan later and necessitate legislation to set- our legislature declared these lands Files Papers For Operating As now to the best advantage. tle their respective rights. FERTILIZER INCREASES NET INCOME to be a public park and said that suit- National Body; Names Equities Not Recognized "But in attempting to solve the able portions should be used as public hunting and fishing grounds. The de- Board of Directors The Choice of Seed =^ problem involved, this bill does not, cisions of our Supreme Court have in my opinion, recognize the several been uniform in upholding the State's Farm Bureau Brand Grimm and Utah alfalfa seeds equities involved. It seeks to extend title as against the riparian land own- OUTGROWTH OF 10 YEARS are the first and only choice of thousands of alfalfa the title of riparian land owners to er. In more recent years, because of growers. They know Farm Bureau seeds are of the actual water's edge, but leave both the owner and the public in doubt as to their reciprocal rights and obliga- the rapid recession of the lake waters Offers Advisory Counsel T o the question became more acute and has been again and again before our Fill Need Of Strictly guaranteed adapted origin and therefore winter hardy. They know Farm Bureau seeds are true to Cultivates. Hoes and Weeds tions toward'one another. Both par- ties are entitled to know definitely and without ambiguity- what is meant by er's edge, without requiring litigation Supreme Court which each time has 'adhered to the same rule of law, cul- minating in the case of Kavanaugh vs. Baird last year. Commercial Co-ops Papers for the incorporation of the variety, are of high purity and high germination. See your co-operative ass'n or local distributor of Farm Bureau seeds for your supply of Farm Bureau ** yUlinOne and with ambiguity what is meant by "I am mindful that this bill would American Agricultural Service, Inc., Brand Alfalfa. the *right to walk' along the water's convey this land to the riparian own- as a national organization for the as- edge, and also how far from the wat: er and that legal rights would imme- sistance of agricultural co-operative er's edge, without requiring litigation diately vest which could never be re- organizations, have been filed with MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SEED SERVICE to enforce their respective rights pealed by a subsequent legislature. Ac- the Secretary of 'State, Springfield, whenever questioned. cordingly, as much as I recognize the 111., it was announced this week, by Lansing, Michigan "The bill would seek to confine own- justice of certain claims involved, I Frank Evans of Salt Lake City, gen- ership in this land to the riparian cannot approve this bill in the hope eral counsel for the American Farm owner but then proceeds in a proviso that future legislation will correct Bureau Federation. HUNHAM to create another class of ownership, some of its shortcomings. based upon what it terms 'possession Incorporation of the service organ- LSCULTI - HOE "Fortunately, the situation is not ization is hailed by American agricul- and control.' This likewise injects an now acute because of the recent high tural leaders as the greatest forward K EEPING the fields in tilth after the seeds ambiguous term and its indefiniteness lake levels. The need for such legisla- step yet taken by the organized agri- leaves every such parcel of land, as tion is not so pressing as to prevent cultural industry for co-operative or- well as every riparian owner, to adequate time for consideration. To ganizations. It is theoutgrowth of France A g s t o n e are planted, is a big job. Once over with the improved DUNHAM Culti-Hoe and you leave the ground clean — weeds uprooted, speculate or else to litigate their re- the end therefore that the equities of more than 10 years of study and ac- crusts broken and top soil stirred. It gives spective rights. It would result in the public, the riparian owner and complishment by officials of the removing all safeguards from the ri- the State may all be carefully re- American Farm Bureau Federation. It parian owner's exclusive ownership viewed and some more comprehensive came as an answer to a nation-wide Meal you a real speed weapon for fighting both weeds and drought. Culti-Hoe is remarkably easy to handle—no and allow someone to contest all or a plan worked out, I shall appoint a appeal of co-operative organizations levers to shift or shovels to guide. You can portion of it upon some undetermined commission to start work immediately for national co-operative service to ground. The bill also sets up an arbi- to adopt some more suitable sugges- specifically aid in research, tax, legis- trary period of fifteen years to obtain tion for either a special or the next lation, transportation, legal and other any rights in such parcels of land. regular session of the legislature. I phases of co-operative work. HIGHEST QUALITY LIMESTONE AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES DUN HAM CULTI-FACKER cover 15 to 20 acres a day with team; 50 to 80 acres with tractor and extension attach- ments. Quick and clean — it g«ts the weeds and leaves the crop roots unharmed. A real profit maker on corn, beans, potatoes, mint, This whollv departs from the princi- recognize the justice of the funda- grain, alfalfa and similar crops. Members of the first board of di- ple of the bill, which is to recognize mental principal involved and ap- rectors of American Agricultural France Agstone Meal is raw crushed limestone screened The strongest rotary hoe on the market. individual rights and not set up a prove of it, but for the objections ex- Service, Inc. follow: Sam. H. Thomp- to that fineness determined to be the most efficient for cor- Wheels of the famous Dunlte metal. general legal barrier to defeat the pressed I veto this bill. recting soil acidity. Prongs do not bend or spring. Lengths son, president of the American Farm ends of equitable dealings. 4% to 11 ft. Extension attachments for Respectfully. Bureau Federation; Frank 0. Low- gang arrangement, give 2-, 3-, 4-, or 5- "Nor is the bill broad enough to FRED W. GREEN, den, Oregon, 111., former governor of It has not been necessary to dry Agstone Meal, for that row combinations with flexible frames. recognize countless other equities. Governor." Illinois, president of the Country adds nothing to its efficiency but would add materially to The famous tillage tool which Depth regulating or transport wheels, pulverizes, firms and levels the Michigan has 26 State parks border- Life As?ociation, president of the its cost. Therefore, Agstone Meal is shipped in open top seed bed; mulches and cultivates as shown below, while not necessary to ing on the Great Lakes. One of these Ultra Modern H o 1 s t e i n-Friesian Association of cars at lower freight rates than liming materials which are growing crops and saves many satisfactory operation, can be furnished a stand of frost-heaved winter would be partially land-locked from First Indian: "Let's go on the war- America, leading advocate of agri- dried and must be shipped in closed cars. wheat. For horse or tractor use. if desired . The prices on the improved the water by this bill, while several cultural equality and supporter of Sizes 4Vi to lift. Prices $34 00 to Culti-Hoe beat anything ever offered. path." $09.95. Literature on request Prices quoted are F. O. B. factory, com- others depend for their utility upon Second Indian: "We can't. It's been co-operative marketing; M. S. Winder, Agstone Meal can be stored in the open for months plete with tongue and tractor hitch. adjoining beach property which is re- executive secretary, American Farm without injuring its quality or efficiency. licted land and now used by large paved." numbers of the general public. Mu- France Agstone Meal is limestone of known purity, Other DUNHAM Tillage Tools—includ- nicipalities have pipe-lines for water quarried at our plants in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. ing the famous CULTI-PACRER, CUL- supply crossing such land, and there are numerous beaches being used by 'he people of our cities along the Or-Gan-Ize! Mail our Testing Laboratory at 816 Summit Street, To- ledo, a two ounce sample of soil from several sections of TI-HOE, Disc, Spike and Spring Tooth Harrows, Sprocket and Single Gang Pul- verizers, at the lowest prices ever of- Great Lakes. It seems to me that Industry depends upon mass production to combat competition. your field for a free soil acidity test. fered. All regular sizes and combina- there must be countless individual equities of this same nature which Commerce depends upon mass buying and mass selling to combat The Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service handles :ions are included. Write today for cir- are not taken care of by this bill. competition. France Agstone Meal. Ask your co-op or authorized dis- cular and price list. "Then, also, in changing the legis- The church depends upon mass thinking to maintain its stronghold. tributor of Farm Bureau Supplies for it. lative policy of thirty years standing, The honey bee depends upon the work of the entire swarm to carry See your nearest local co-operative association or distributor of expressly reserving public shooting Ihim through the winter. F a r m Bureau Supplies for information on these machines. ASk for ground, duck marshes and fishing i THE FRANCE STONE COMPANY descriptive literature. areas, it would materially interfere It is just as essential that every influence bearing on agriculture be raobolized for mass actioi* to secure the most for the agricultural 1800 Second National Bank Bldg., with their interests and even bar Toledo, Ohio. Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service Public access to them. The Conserva- industry. tion Department has expressed con- There is no substitute for membership. Lansing, Michigan cern over this and other possibilities for interference with the future of ™>TmT. j n r c 14,1929 rent MICHIGAN FARM RTRFAT NEWS . W e mutualRodded Fire J | A $50,000,000 Pest HARVEST All $1,000 bills a picture of Cleve- MICH. E E V . EXCH. Farm Bureau Awards Trophy land. All $5,000 bills a picture of Madison. It costs in the neighborhood of F Insurance Co., of TtUch. HOME omcg-ruNT. MICH. MARKET OPINION In Chick Show Sweepstakes All $10,000 bills a picture of Chase. 150,000,000 a year for cattle owners, dairymen, feeders butchers, and tan- ,..,n need more insurance. Our Blanket Most people have never seen a pic- ture of Chase, and never will see ners to support the cattle grub, yet By Micliitfiin F i x a t o r Exchange one. this pest can be destroyed. l.nnslntf. Michigan, under date of F A K M & K B .MI . 1 I i n e - s have fire resisting roofs also for The treasury believes that there Jane 14, 1929. will be no possibility of raising bills fire Discount in rates where