Orfranixrd Activity Of The Farm Bureau Haw 1'uruNrd The l.iiiifliu'ht On Auri.-uliure MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS The Nation HfoognUm Nee* Of Ontaniintlitn To Help The AR-rlcultural Inauatry A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers Seventh Year, Vol. VII, Number 15. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1929 Issued Semi-Monthly COUNTY FARM BUREAU EFFORTS BRING CUT IN STATE TAX COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST DISTRICT LEGGE EXPLAINS LEADS IN TAX STUDY FARM BOARD WOULD EQUALIZED VALUE AS WELL AS TAX PREPARING THIRD SERIES OF TRADE POLICY OF BOARD HAVE $20,000,000 PERCENTAGE IS GREATLY REDUCED : A DAY MEMBERSHIP WORK IN STATE IST0AID.C0-0PS NAT! CO-OP UNIT WHEN BUREAUS MAKE COUNTY STUDY Actual Buying and Selling Of First Official Conference Cen- Organization Leaders Numbering More Than A Commodities Will Not ters Around Grain Mar- Hundred Participated in Intercounty Rally Sanilac Farm Bureau President and Director Be Attempted keting Task Held at Fremont. Plans Are Made Initiate Move Within County Which Is For Building Membership ORGANIZATION NEEDED L. E. OSMER ATTENDS Meaning a Considerable Benefit to State Grain Co-operatives Rep- Taypayers Who Operate Farms More than one hundred Farm Bureau leaders met at Chairman Emphasises Need resented at Meet by Fremont, August 3, to participate in a nine-county Farm Of More Extensive Diligent research and persistent effort to " m a k e a Elevator Exch. Bureau rally of members of the district supervised by Co-operation showing" has resulted in a state tax cut this year for Earl Gale, of Mecosta. The first move of the newly ap- counties of the T h u m b district, based on about a nine Why agriculture, as an industry, point federal farm board was to as- T h e rally was an all-day get-together of the farm has not kept pace with other indus- semble at Chicago, recently, to con- per cent reduction in the equalized valuation in Sanilac bureau men and women of the district, the first of its tries was explained by Alexander sider the handling of the problem County, five per cent in Tuscola County and about four Legge, chairman of the new feder- of marketing grain. To this end it kind ever held ir^ the district and it proved to be a com- al farm board, as due to the fact that was proposed that a mammoth co- per cent in Huron County. plete success. agriculture has operated as an indi- operative marketing corporation be vidual enterprise, competing with established with a capitalization of This lowering of the equalized valuation has been Following this as an initial meeting, teams of workers organized effort in other industries JOHN W. GOODWINE possibly $20,000,000. due to the extensive work done by the County Farm are) preparing to meet and carry the gospel of Farm Bu- individual action and planning as Enlisting the help of his county The meeting was called with repre- compared with collective thinking and Farm Bureau, after getting a tenta- sentatives of some fifty co-operative Bureaus under the direct leadership of John W . Good- reau back into their respective counties as a move to- acting. tive plan of procedure laid out with grain marketing associations invited wine, president, and Phillip O'Connell, director, of the ward helping to build up the strong farm organization Mr. Legge explained the attitude of the assistance of Sfen. Phil O'Connell, in. Among those present was L. E. Sanilac County Farm Bureau. These two men initiated the new board and outlined its poli- of that district, who is a member of Osmer, manager of the Michigan so generally recognized as needed for obtaining the most cies quite in detail at the American the Sanilac Farm Bureau Board, Rep. Elevator Exchange, representing Mich- the move, several months ago, to show inequalities in for agriculture. Institute of Co-operation at Baton John W. Goodwine, president of the igan co-operative grain marketing Rouge, La., a week ago. He said: Sanilac County Farm Bureau, has led interests. the evaluating of the agricultural properties within San- Organization Needed '"The marked tendency in other the way to a greatly reduced state tax- The big general co-operative as ilac County and the move later extended into the other Organization to make the voice of agriculture heard has opened the ears 2,000 FARMERS GO industries is toward larger groups in which many minds collectively deter- tor his county and for other counties of the Thumb district where a study of the appraisal of farm lands and of proposed at the Chicago conference would serve as a medium through counties of the T h u m b district with a resultant show- of the thinking world; organization to make agriculture's needs under- TO OCEANA PICNIC mine policies and plans and follow them through. This distinct differ- ence between agriculture and other the state's evaluation of them was made recently and a substantial show- which the federal farm board could function with the various smaller co- ing which has brought a tax cut for 1929 from a per centage of .538 to .468 for Sanilac County; from .49 stood is now needed, J. R. Allgyre, ing of inequalities made. operatives. director of organization for the Farm County Bureau Plays Host industries is apparent pretty much all It is proposed that a chain of offices per cent to .445 per cent for Tuscola County and from over the world, although perhaps in Sanilac County has been given the Bureau of Ohio, explained in a very for collecting important data would .538 per cent to .5 per cent for Huron County. To Gathering During most countries it is not so pronounced biggest cut in equalized valuation of instructive talk on the possibilities any county in the state with a good be established in various countries. of American farming. Month of July as in our own United States. The board issued the following state- reduction in the county per cent of the These percentage figures are approximate, taken from Equality for agriculture, to the "For many years, farming generally state tax for 1929. ment, at the close of the Chicago con- average farmer, means more dollars has not shown an operating profit. ference: figures in the office of the state tax commission. T h e Close to 2,000 farmers attended The prices farmers have received for "The board has proposed to repre- in his bank account at the close of Sanilac County per cent of the state tax is .00467781 the season's work, he stated. Then he told how organization of the the Oceana County Farm Bureau picnic in July, at Campbell Lake, one of the Oceana county's many their products have not advanced in proportion to advances in the prices of other commodities. SEEDSMEN VISIT sentatives of the farmer-owned grain associations and pools that, as a part where we show it .468 and the same for the other of the long-time program for the de- farmers would work to increase their earning power by tending to eliminate beautiful lakes. The crowd assembled for the pro- As a business man, the farmer has not received a fair return on his in- ALFALFA FIELDS velopment of agriculture, all of them should join in the creation of a sales counties. some of the leaks between production While these counties have secured considerable re- and consumption. Some very interesting side-lights gram with a fife and drum corps playing some of the stirring tunes of a generation ago. The players were vestment, and as a worker he and his family have oftentimes labored for a IN UTAH REGION corporation with an ultimate paid-up capital of not less than $20,000,000. ductions at the hands of the state board, all agricultural grossly inadequate wage. which shall operate for all grain co- counties have fared favorably this year, according to the on the actual work of volunteer cam- Benjamin Frost, of Hart base drum Farm Bureau Salesmen and operatives in all markets of the "In the past, much effort and large paigning for new members was given mer; John Frees, of Hesperia, fife sums of money have been spent trying United States and foreign countries official count. by Garfield Farley, of Albion, in a player and Joe Dodge, of Ferry, to improve agricultural conditions, College Specialists Mak- for the collective selling of such por- short talk in which he showed that snare drumer. ing a Tour "just an every-day explanation" of the but much of this effort has been tions of the grain crop as are now or Counties in which the principal cities are located have Farmers of the eastern half of the directed toward improvement in may hereafter be marketed co-opera- things the Farm Bureau is doing is county played the western half of the methods of production. tively at country points. experienced a slight increase in equalized valuation. all that is needed to get neighbors county in a game of base ball. "However, all this effort meets TO STUDY" PRODUCTION There are 23 counties in this list. Twelve counties show Farmers' wives got a great kick out "The board has proposed that the interested in an organized move- only a part of the agricultural prob- of the part of the program where the new corporation shall be so organized no change in their equalized valuation and 48 show a ment for the betterment of the agri- lem. Obviously, nothing is gained by To Familiarize District Sales- men had to show their dexterity in as to be eligible for loans under the cultural industry. raising a larger crop of better quality decrease. sewing on buttons in a contest. men With Actual Pro- agricultural marketing act, and it ha3 Mr. Farley's story carried a weight if, after having done so, you are un- further proposed that the new cor- of sincerety that made it take well After the men had competed for duction End Tax Grows In 7 Counties able to dispose of it on a basis that poration shall be an intermediary be- among those present. He presented honors in a cow calling contest, their wives took part in a chicken calling will yield a reasonable Tetiirn for the tween the board and all grain grower Oakland F. B. Names In seven counties of the state there his points to show that this sincere- Seeking first-hand knowledge of the has been an increase in their propor- contest and a nail driving contest. effort expended. It is when we ap- co-operatives in financial transac- Winners at Picnic ness effort on the part of the Farm methods used in the production of tion of the state tax this year. Seven- Sack races for children, a tug- of-war proach this part of the agricultural tions." ty-six counties show a decrease. Bureau membership solicitor is what problem that the need for organiza- Utah-grown alfalfa, recognized as one actually wins the other fellow over and other outdoor sports filled the of the best Winter-hardy alfalfas pro- While contests were under way to The Farm Bureau News, in check- program. tion becomes imperative. There it is ing the tax figures for the various to become a sympathizer and a joiner and finally a booster for the organiza- Immediately following the basket luncheon at noon, several short talks that the problem of the farmer most closely parallels that of every othei duced in the United States, a group of seventeen seed specialists and seed LIVINGSTON SETS determine various types of "county champions," at the annual Farm Bureau picnic, at Davisburg county counties, has taken the counties in which the Farm Bureau is most active. tion. Mrs. Edith Wager, member of the board of directors of the State Farm were given. Among those introduc- ed by the chairman, Henry Hen- industry and it seems to us that the treatment to be applied can be des- salesmen from Michigan are making a two weeks' tour of the Utah alfalfa region from August 11 until August HIGH INDIVIDUAL park, recently, two women were win- ning their tests, hands down. Equalized values for these counties is shown as follows: Bureau, spoke briefly of the part women have to play in the big under- drickson, president of the Oceana County Farm Bureau, were M. L. cribed in one word, "organization". To illustrate, if a thousand farmers attempt to sell the same kind of 24, including in their itinerary, Price, Roosevelt, Vernal, Delta and Salt MARK FOR "TRADE" Mrs. Floyd Lowery, living at Oak Hill, north of Clarkston, displayed Allegan County, equalized valua- tion unchanged; per cent of taxation taking of building for a better and Noon, of Jackson, president of the Lake City. her ability with the old-fashioned reduced from .619 to .592; Barry State Farm Bureau; Earl Gale, of product at the same time in the s tme Two Divisions of County rolling pin. She tosses a "mean more substantial living scale on the market, and in most cases to a very County, equalized valuation reduced Mecosta, Farm Bureau district dir- The tour for the study of production pin," as her record for that after- $100,000; percentage cut from .358 farm. At the opening of the rally, in limited number of buyers, the mere of high grade seed is being sponsored Exchange Day's Work ector of organization work, and noon shows. A life-sized figure of a to .341; Berrien County equalized the forenoon, she met with the women Carl Hemstreet, of Shelby, county competition among themselves puts by the Michigan Farm Bureau Seed With Volunteers mere male was the target at which value increased $2,000,000; percentage for a short discussion of problems agricultural agent. them at a disadvantage. But If these Service, of Lansing, Michigan. Mrs. Lowery successfully hurled the cut from .129 to .125; Branch County confronting the organization and for same thousand farmers place the The fact that the members of this rolling pin. value unchanged, percentage cut from Music was furnished by Mr. and When the southeast division of Liv- a half hour of social intercourse. same product in the hands of a sin- group distribute 60 per cent of all the .454 to .432; Calhoun County valuation Mrs. Robert Jones, of Hesperia, with ingston county met with the northwest Mrs. Lemuel Potter of South Lyon, Earl Gale, who supervised the plans gle selling agency, that agency at alfalfa seed sown in Michigan makes division for a Trade-A-Day of mem- increased nearly two millions; percent- community singing by all present. (Proved to the satisfaction of the for the rally, turned the chairman- once becomes an important factor in the tour an event of considerable im- bership work for the Farm Bureau, a age cut from .168 to .164; Cass County, The sports program was engineered judges that she had the rest of the ship of the meeting over to Henry the market. portance to the alfalfa producers of week ago, the members of both di- no change in value; percentage cut by Fred Bunnell and Mildred Wenk, field of chicken callers "beat a Henricksen, of Shelby, president of County Farm Bureau directors. Build Big Co-ops this region. visions went out to get members and mile," from .37 to .35; Clinton County valua- the Oceana County Farm Bureau. "Markets, after all, are made, to a Two crops specialists from Mich- "they didn't mean maybe." tion remains the same and the per- Both "champions" received prizes Following the rally, several days of considerable extent, by the process of igan State College of Agriculture are W. E. Allen, of South Lyons, work- .for their performances. centage is cut from .448 to .429; Eaton instruction for volunteer workers were decided upon with the members of the several counties preparing to TRAFFIC HELP IS bargaining. The prestige of any among the Michigan folks making the (Continued on page three) (Continued on page two) ing for the southeastern division of the County Farm Bureau, stacked up a total of 12 memberships to his credit Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lowery, of Oakhill Farm, northwest of Clarks- County, no change in valuation and percentage cut from .585 to .560. The Genesee County valuation in- trade a day's work of selling the Farm Bureau principle to farmers of GIVEN 5 IN JULY Brody Claims Quality in the campaign, having been on a team that signed up nine members in ton, were awarded the prize for the couple having been wedded longest. They were married fifty-six years ago. creased about $16,000,000. Its per- centage of tax increased from .376 to an adjoining county. The first Trade- Five Farm Bureau members were one day. His partner on this team, .391; Gratiot County valuation is cut A-Day in the district was set for August 12, between Mecosta and Newaygo County Farm Bureaus. This aided in collecting for losses and over- charges on freight shipments. during the past month through the service of Built Co-op Business which, by the way, is high scoring team for the entire state in this) sum- mer's Trade-A-Day work, was F. E. "There Is Membership." No Substitute For from $49,000,000 to '$48,000,000 with. a, tax cut from .60 per cent to .57 per cent; Hillsdale County, valuation cut the Farm Bureau Traffic Department. Copeland, of Fowlerville, in the north- $18,000; tax cut from .525 to .502; means Mecosta worker will solicit The claims collected totaled $156, State Farm Bureau Manager In his message Mr. Brody said: west division of the county. Huron County, valuation reduced a members in Newaygo County "We do not stop with merely meet- ranging from an overcharge of $6.48 Addresses American As a county, Livingston stands well million and a half and tax rate cut one day and the Newaygo volunteers ing the requirements of our state will "return the call" later, on August on one shipment of livestock from Avoca to a loss of $90.76 on stock feeding stuffs law. This requires only with its new membership work, hav- Approve Contract from .54 to .45; Ionia County value 19. Co-op Institute the the percentage of protein, fat, and ing written a total of 55 membership reduced $200,000; tax cut from .538 to shipped from Blissfield. applications during the two-day drive. During the forenoon of Fri- .512; Isabella County valuation In- fiber on a crude basis be stated, while Although this is not a record for new day, July 26, five men walked creased slightly with the tax per- "Experience through the years has the Farm Bureau rations are made members, the Trade-A-Day was car- into the Farm Bureau Supply centage cut from .335 to .327; Jackson France Would Stop TENNESSEE WOOL Exodus of Farmers demonstrated that it is in the field of quality merchandise and reliable and maxium service that co-operative up of ingredients having the highest possible percentage of digestible ried on entirely within the county, making it more difficult to get as store, at Saginaw, one of them a customer, of the place and the County, with a $3,000,000 increase in valuation, enjoys a tax rate cut from nutrients for' the money. For example, i; MEN POOL CUPS The French are seeking, through purchasing has its great and sustain- ing appeal to the farmer." with one of our dairy rations, com- pared with some commercial feeds of many teams out as in those counties where an entire county traded with another county. other four strangers from dif- ferent neighborhoods. The four strangers never hud been in- .175 to .171; Kalamazoo County also shows a three million dollar increase and its tax rate is reduced from .175 legislative action recently proposed, This, in brief, is the message Clark the same crude protein analysis there Livingston county is in the Farm side the store before. to .171; Kent County shows an in- Over 2,000 sheep growers of Tennes- to set up a national bureau of agri- Brody, secretary manager of the is an advantage in production of Bureau district supervised by Frank Without being canvassed, crease in valuation amounting to ten see sold 460,000 pounds of wool in SO cultural, economic and social re- search to devise some means of State Farm Bureau, carried to the 350 pounds of milk per ton of feed, Wright, preacher, from Wacousta. these five men had come into the million dollars with a reduction in co-operative pools this spring. This American Institute of Co-operation at which at $2 per cwt. would bring the store for the purpose of learn- tax rate from .461 to .453; Lapeer checking the movement of rural Wright says that if all he had to do was an increase of over 200,000 pounds Baton Rouge, La., a week ago, where farmer an increase in value of as for six days of every week was to get ing about the Farm Bureau feed County has a slight reduction in val- over any previous year of the ten that population to the cities. he was asked to tell of the purchasing much as $7 per ton in favor of the new members, he would show the dis- ?ontract plan and all five bought uation this year with a tax rate cut the pools have been conducted, ac- The National Bureau and its de- activities of the Michigan State Farm Farm Bureau ration. The facts show tricts that have directors working six Farm Bureau feeds and signed from .42 to .3*99. cording to A. L. Jerden, extension partmental sections would study all questions regarding the equipment Bureau. a similar advantage with Farm days a week. contracts that day. Livingston County is given a boost marketing specialist. That the Institute should recognize Bureau brand poultry and other This was unusual, according in valuation with a tax rate cut from The pools were conducted in co- operation with county agentu, Farm of rural boroughs with water, gas. and electricity and telephone; all matters pertaining to the improve- the Farm Bureau of this state in pre- paring its big program indicates the rations. Keep Quality Uppermost NAME CALIFORNIAN to Fred Harger, manager of the store, but it showed plainly that .418 to .408; Macomb County has a three million dollar increase and a Bureaus and county wool marketing it was a result of Farm Bureau committees. The wool consigned to each pool was graded and sold to the ment of legislation, especially as re- gards inheritance, access to small position this farmers' organization has attained in the eyes of the nation through its co-operative endeavors of "Again, in the case of commercial fertilizer, the matter of quality is kept uppermost. The State Depart- COUNSEL OF BOARD members "talking up" Farm Bu- reau commodities. tax rate cut from .157 to, .154; Manis- tee County experienced a slight re- duction in valuation with a tax per- highest bidder. Prices received were land ownership, and agricultural the past ten years. The Farm Bureau ment of Agriculture has ruled that The Federal Farm Board on These five men said they had centage cut from .203 to .191. somewhat lower than last year but loans; and finally a complete pro- of Michigan was one of but three or 66% of the nitrogen shall be avail- August 5 took another step toward heard something of the feed Mason Couty valuation was cut gram for the improvement of in- were considered satisfactory in view four institutions in the country called able, but the Farm Bureau is furnish- the completion of its organization by contract plan through their fifty thousand dollars with Its tax per- of tellectual life in the country with the neighbors and they came into the general wool market situation. upon to present the outline of co-op- ing its farmers with a fertilizer, the the appointment of George E. Far- centage reduced from .209 to .196. introduction therein of all the ad- the supply store to learn more. vantages which constitute so far the erative commodity purchasing and nitrogen of which is 92% available, rand, of Los Angeles, Calif., to bo ita County valuation is slightly Quality creates demand for Farm privileges of larger urban centers. distribution in the field of agriculture. (.Continued on page three) general counsel of the Board. (Continued on page two) Bureau fertilizers. ' FiupAr, Arcrsx o. iftOA TWo MICHIGAN FARM BtTREAtT NEWS jFsatssassi MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU N E W S % In a message appearing in the August issue of Bureau F a n n - er, official publication of the national organization, Mr. Thomp- MICHIGAN SEEDSMEN STUDY PRODUCTION IN Coolidge Would Pick P u b l i s h e d twjce a m o n t h by t h e M i c h i g a n S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u a t C h a r - lotte, M i c h i g a n . E d i t o r i a l a n d g e n e r a l offices a t S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u h e a d - J son appeals to every member of every unit of the Farm to step forth and help enlist non-member farmers Bureau behind the UTAH ALFALFA REGION (Continued from page 1) Men With Experience quarters, Lansing, Michigan. F a r m Bureau banners. tour. Their interest in the trip is much greater danger of The present, Mr. Thompson believes, is the time to capital- that of technicians, accompanying the Former President Contents action. Mr. Coolidge tells his i>a,| ( . r ; f %L. vir FRIDAY, AUGUST », UW H o . *«."> ize on the national interest in the condition of the farmer, and seed distributors to study conditions Artificial Limitations Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class in the Utah fields and to assist in matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923. make completely ture. effective the program of organized Success of this program, he says, depends on a majority agricul- bringing about a closer appreciation of the mutual interest that exists be- Hinder Appointment SHORT LAMB CROP Sabscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau members, SO cents per year, included in their annual dues. of farm people thinking and acting in unison. This principle, which has been advocated as F a r m Bureau tween the seed producer and the con- sumer. Ex-president Calvin Coolidge, in an article in the August issue of the REPORTED FOR'25 Six of the party are salesmen, American magazine, defends his veto U.K CHILSOM Editor gospel, since the creation of the organization, was recently jriv- of the farm relief measure of 1928 E. E. UNGREN Advertising and Business Manager having supervision over Farm Bureau Fewer Lambs Saved Durin fii governmental sanction by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. seed sales throughout th.e entire state with the assertion that the construc- PEKN DAVIS Circulation Of Michigan by districts. tion of the proposed legislation was Spring T h a n In Last Other public men, including senators and congressmen, in dis- cussing the agricultural situation, have stressed the necessity Their trip will be interrupted for virtually a usurpation of the powers Season's Crop (one day at Chicago, where they will and authority of the nation's chief flUPEAU of farmers organizing to make their demands effective. inspect the manufacture of dairy and executive in that the provisions for MICHIGAN STA- The Michigan lamb crop 0f 190, To assist in achieving the program of organised agriculture, poultry feeds at the mill which sup- appointments contained in the bill de- was about two per cent small the American Farm Bureau Federation has set aside the entire plies the Michigan State Farm Bureau prived the .President of the full ap- with its own brand of feeds, and a day than the crop of 1928 according* OFFICERS pointive power orginally vested in T month of September for a concentrated campaign to present to a report issued by the commissioner 4 M. I * NOON , J a c k s o n President at St. Loo*;, Mo., where they will visit him. W. W . B I L T J N G S , r>avison Vice-President agriculture. The 1929 crop ^ the farmers of the nation the aims and accomplishments of this thq refinery which processes lubri- "In the defense of the rights and however, more than four p e r 0 I )irectors-at-Large organization and to build the membership so that the jroal or or- cating oils distributed in a co-opera- liberties of the people", Mr. Coolidge larger than that of 1927. The I M. B. MCPHERSON Lowell tive way throughout Michigan by the states, "it is necessary for the Presi- dications show 854,000 head MRS. E D I T H M. W A G A R Carleton ganized farmers can be more quickly reached. Michigan State Farm Bureau. dent to resist all encroachments upon lambs for 1929, 869,000 for igoj JOHN" G O O D W I N K , Marlette In every state, executives and organization workers have V E R O L D F . GORM E L Y Newberry Heading the party will be Mr. and his lawful authority." and 818,000 for 1927. J. J . J A K W A Y Benton H a r b o r already pledged their full co-operation in putting over the mem- Mrs. Clark L. Brody, of Lansing, Continuing, he says, •'One of the The number of lambs saved W. W. B I L L I N G S Davison bership swelling project. Training schooU for these leaders Michigan. Mr. Brody is secretary- most important powers of the Presi- hundred head of ewes one year oh Commodity Directors manager of the Farm Bureau of this dent is the power of appointment. and over January 1 was 97.9 t H E N R Y C U R T I S , Cadillac Michigan P o t a t o G r o w e r s ' E x c h a n g e have been held throughout the Summer in various sections of state. Others in the group will be The more experience I had in making M. L. NOON, J a c k s o n Michigan Milk P r o d u c e r s ' A s s o c i a t i o n 1929 and 102.2 for 1928. ThL the country, where the technique of " s e l l i n g " the Farm Bureau T. C. Maurer, assistant manager of appointments, the more convinced I decrease in number of lambs savei CHA8. WOODKI'FK, Hastings M i c h i g a n Live S t o c k E x c h a n g e M. R. 8 H I S L E R , Caledonia Michigan Elevator E x c h a n g e lias been imparted. the Michigan Farm Bureau Seed became that attempts to -put limita- more than offset the increase M. D. BUSKIRK, P a w P a w Michigan Fruit Growers, I n c . Service; Roy Decker and Paul Miller. tions on the appointing power is a three per cent in the number It now remains for individual members to answer President STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION from the crops department of Mich- mistake. It should be possible to breeding ewes reported for the etati CLARK L. BRODY J Sec'y-Treas.-Manager Thompson's call to the colors and prepare to do their part in igan State College and the six district choose a well-qualified person where- this year. building a bigger Farm Bureau. sales representatives of the Michigan ever he can be found. When re- The United States lamb crop wj Farm Bureau Seed Service, accom- strictions are placed on residence, oc- one per cent smaller than a yes DEPARTMENT HEADS panied by their wives: Mr. and Mrft. cupation or profession it almost al- ago, but seven per cent larger thai Traffic A. P . Mills AN EXAMPLE OF CO-OPERATION Clothing Miss N . B . K i r b y David Woodman, of Grand Rapids; ways happens that someone i3 found for 1927. The number of lam], Publicity E. E. ITngren Agriculture has one thing to be grateful for. That is that Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbyn, of Mance- who is universally admitted to be the saved per hundred head of ew« Accounting i L . T. Sinclair men are not picked for leaders of co-operative organizations ex- lona; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Warner, best qualified but who is eliminated was 83.1 in 1929 and 89.2 in 193 Oganlzation C. L . N a s h Mr. and Mrs. Alfred George, Mr. and by the artificial specifications. The increase of six per cent | Automobile Insurance Alfred B e n t a l l cepl ,-is they have made records for themselves as true co-operative SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E M I C H I G A N S T A T E Mrs. Philo Frost and Mr. and Mrs. "The supposition that no one should number of breeding ewes report FARM BUREAU leaders within their own ranks. Ralph Brown, all of Lansing. ed for the entire country w, be appointed who has had experience Michigan F a r m B u r e a u Seed Service . . L . A'. T h o m a s One of the most outstanding selections of co-operative According to the itinerary schedul- insufficient to offset this reduction I in the field which he is to supervise Michigan F a r m B u r e a u S u p p l y Service j . . I y A. T h o m a s the number of lambs saved. Michigan E a r n ; B u r e a u Wool Tool , . . . Alfred B e n t a l l leaders in recent months is the choice of Klmer A. Beamer, of ed, the party will leave Lansing at is extremely detrimental to the public midnight, on August 11, and will service. What we need in appointive The smaller lamb crop this yei Blisstiehl. Michigan, for president of the National Livestoek for the country as a whole was da spend the following day in Chicago, positions is men of knowledge and ex- MICHIGAN COMMODITY MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS Producers Association. To.be president of such an organization, to the decrease in the western shea thence to St. Louis for a day at the perience who have sufficient charac- AFFILIATED WITH MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU conducting many millions of dollars worth of business every oil refinery and then to Price, Utah, states. Here the reduction amount ter to resist temptations. If that Michigan Potato Growers Exchange [ Cadillac ed to three per cent or GOO,0| year, is a mark of achievement for any individual. To be picked by way of Colorado Springs, on standard is maintained, we need riot Michigan Milk P r o d u c e r s Association 707 Owen Bldg., D e t r o i t head as compared with an increa August 10. be concerned about their former Michigan Live Stock E x c h a n g e Hudson president of an institution of this type on a record of co-opera- of four per cent or 300,000 head Michigan Elevator Exchange F a r m B u r e a u Bldg., L a n s i n g From Price, the party will drive by activities. If it is not maintained, all tive endeavor is an added honor to a Michigan dirt farmer. the native sheep states. The largei Michigan Fruit Growers, lnc Benton H a r b o r auto to Roosevelt and Vernal and re- the restrictions on their past em- decreases in the western states w« On the other hand, the type of consistent co-operation dis- turn on the evening of August 18. ployment that can be conceived will in Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, an DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THB COMMODITY EXCHANGES Leaving Price on the nineteenth, they be of no avail." played by a man of Mr. Reamer's calibre d u r i n g almost the Oregon. The largest increases MICH. E L E V A T O R E X C H . M I C H . M I L K PRODUCERS ASS'N will go by way of Salt Lake City to Mr. Coolidge claims that members Carl Martin, P r e s Coldwater entire history of eo-operative livestock bargaining, is certainly native sheep states were in Xort N. P . H u l l , P r e s Lansing Delta for a two day's study of the of Congress are, for the most part, Dakota, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wei Milton B u r k h o l d e r , V. P. . M a r l e t t e R. G. Pot,t«, Vi( <*-Pres. W a s h i n g t o n deserving of recognition. Mr. Beamer has been very fortunate ' H . D. H o r t o n , S e c - T r e a s Kinde alfalfa fields in that region, starting loyal patriots but that a few selfish Virginia. J o h n C ; N e a r , .Self F l a t Rool L. E . Osiner, M g r Lansing B. I'. ftsVt Sec Detroit in being chosen to the presidency of this very important co- their return trip from Delta on workers often make it difficult for the Available information indicate C. S. B e n t o n , B e a n D e p ' t II. W. N o n o n , T r e a s Howell operative organization but, with the record he has made far August 22 to reach their homes in President to make appointments. He that lamb losses after docking i Port Huron M. L. Noon Jackson Michigan on August 24. says that constant pressure is exert- some of the western states were coa Neil B a s s , B e a n D e p ' t . . . . L a n s i n g ft. L. T a y l o r Lapeer activities in co-operative undertakings, hks appointment to office ed by the Senators to make their own siderably larger this year than last W. E . Phillips Decatur L. W . H a r w o o d Adrian comes as an honor well earned. Geo*ge MeOalla Ypsilanti W. J . T h o m a s Grand Rapids VALUATION REDUCED, appointments and that Congress is and that the decrease in lami H . H . Banford Battle Creek Michigan agriculture can well be proud of the new presi- constantly making laws which would raised in these states will be moj M . R. Shisler Caledonia F n .1 W . M e y e r F r e d Q. B e a r d s l e y Fair Haven Oxford TAX RATE LOWERED deprive the President of appointive than the decrease in the lamb croi dent of the National Livestock Producers Association. It is F r a n k Gilmore W. J. Hazelwood Parma Aft. P l e a s a n t William Hunter Sandusky this type of co-operator that is needed in greater numbers than THROUGH F.. B. WORK power. Different governmental de- as estimated. Elmer powers Clio (Continued from p a g e 1) partments and bureaus often swing MICH. POTATO GROWERS Me lind them. reduced and the percentage cut from their influence in support of proposed EXCH. MICH. L I V E STOCK EXCH. .167 to .158. Midland County valua- legislation which would make self- Canada Increases Her Henry C u r t i s , P r e s Cadillac E. A . B e a m e r , P r e s Blissfield Much of the honor that goes with the appointment to office J. T . B u s s e y , V i c e - P r e s . P r o v e m o n t R. D. H a r p e r , V i c e - P r e s . , S t . J o h n s as chief executive of this great nath nal producers' co- tion increased nearly a million dol- perpetuating bodies of them so that Maple Sugar Export O. E . H a w l e y , S.-cy Shelby J. H . O'Mealey, S e c ' y Hudson lars and its percentage of tax is re- no new appointments to office within F. J . H a r g e r , T r e a s S t a n wood F r a n k Obrest, Treas., Breckenridge operative agency WSJS earned through t i r e l s s effort in the set- duced from .282 to .275. MonToe these bodies could be made unless the Canadian maple syrup and sugw 1 F. P . H i b s t , G e n . M g r Cadillac Nate Pattison Caro ting up of Michigan's great livestoek exchange; the big pro- County valuation shows a very slight appointments had their orgin with ports during 1928 reached a valuei C. A . R i c h n e r , S a l e s M g r . . C a d i l l a c J. R. B e t t e s Sparta increase. This county was reassess- those in control of such departments. $1,244,000 compared with $1,167,11 Leon G. V a n L e u w Bellaire Charles Brown Sunfleld d u c e r s ' co-operative commission association, which operates to ed this year and the tax rate shows The President is the champion of the preceding year. Practically O«orge H e r m a n XtMBtM E d w a r d Dippey Perry an increase from .986 in 1928 to .104 such great advantage for the farmers on the Buffalo market: the people while in Congress, with a the exports are made to the Unite S. A. R a s m u s s e n Sheridan Charles Woodruff Hastings this year. the National Order Buying Company; the National Producer division of responsibility, there is States. M I C H I G A N F R U I T GROWERS, I N C . The equalized value of Montcalm Herbert Nafziger, Pres John Botteme Spring Lake Feeder Pool: the P r o d u c e r s ' Credit Corporation and several County was reduced eighty thousand Benton Harbor W. J . S c h u l t z Hart other successful f a r m e r s ' co-operative units. dollars and the percentage of tax cut Q. R G a l e , 1 s t V i c e - P r e s J o h n Miller Coloma from .370 to .353. Muskegon County Shelby Carl B u s k i r k Lawrence In a word, the new president of the National Livestoek valuation increased five million dol- Fertilizer Makes A H. II. H o g u e , 2nd V i c e - P r e s L. A. H a w l e y Ludington "Producers Co-operative Association is an able executive fitted lars and the percentage of tax in- Sodus J I. N a f z i g e r Millburg F. L . B r a d f o r d , S e c - T r e a s V. W a r n e r Mattawan for this position of honor t h r o u g h fifteen years of devotion to creased slightly, from .1147 to .1155. Benton Harbor ('. J . C h r e s t e n s e n Onekama Newaygo County valuation dropped .. F. L. G r a n g e r , S a l e s M g r Miller O v e r t o n J. F . H i g b e e Benton Benton Center Harbor Bangor M. p . B u s k i r k F. L. B r a d f o r d J. W. 1'rentice Paw Paw St. J o s e p h Saugatuck the cause of improving the condition of agriculture through the ?pplication of unstinted To say that co-operation. Elmer Beamer has been repaid for his efforts slightly and the percentage of tax re- duced from .203 to .193. Oakland County, with a large increase in valua- Big Difference o . It. G a l e Shelby tion gets a boost in tax percentage David B r a k e Fremont H. H. H o g u e Sodus is u n f a i r ; tendering him the office to which he Jias just been P. D. L e a v e n w o r t h J a m e s Nicol South Haven from .460 to .578. Oceana County val- Grand Rapids W. F . D e a n E a u Claire elected is but recognizing t h e spirit of devotion and the applica- uation is reduced slightly and the I AMERICAN FARM BUREAU C. L .FEDERATION Brody Lansing percentage is cut from .167 to .157. tion of self 1o the big tasks that he has helped to accomplish in LEOfSLATIYK H E A D Q U A R T E R S M u n s e y B i d s . , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C. Ottawa County valuation is reduced SAM H. T H O M P S O N President the held of co-operative m a r k e t i n g . nearly a half million and the percent- G E N E R A L O F F I C E S A. F . B . F 08 E a s t W a s h i n g t o n St., C h i c a g o age of tax is reduced from .848 to C H E S T E R H . GRAY Washington Representative Increase is Showing in .806. Saginaw County valuation jump- ed about five million dollars and the percentage of tax dropped from .188 Editorials P r o d u c t i o n of Wools to .186. 'Sanilac County realizes a reduction in valuation from $44,092,000 to $40,- Big Crop Anticipated This July 1 were but little larger than a 092,000 with a tax percentage cut from LISTEN TO THEM year ago. Stocks of wool tops in con- .537614 to .467781. Everyone with any whit of interesl in agriculture is liying- Year In Australia a n d tinental conditioning houses at the Shiawassee County lost about a mil- end of June were nearly 9 per cent lion dollars in valuation this year and ing to lay stress on the need of organization. We hear it from the States larger than they were a year earlier. the taxpayers will realize a reduction leaders in the industry all the way up to the secretary of agri- "Imports of combing and clothing in the percentage of tax from .622 to The long-time outlook suggests wool into the United States during the .595. . St. Clair County valuation in- culture, in the President's c a b i n e t / Why not heed the advice.' the need for caution in regard to fur- first six months of 1929 were 11,000, creased more than a million dollars Secretary Uydv. in urging stronger organization of farm- ther expansion in the sheep industry. but its tax percentage dropped from ers, said, at the American Institute of Co-operation, at its fifth The United States Department of Agriculture points out in a state- 000 pounds greater than those for the same period last year, but 23,000,000 .131 to .127. St. Joseph County val- V annual session, that, while agriculture has its inherent difficul- pounds less, than the five-year aver- uation remains about the same as last ment on the wool situation as of year and the tax percentage is re- age for this period. Imports for Jan- ties, these difficulties cannot be overcome by the individual pro- August 1. duced from .5197 to .4970. uary-June, 1929, exclusive of carpet ducer. This means that only a banding together of producers The department claims, "World wool, amounted to 77,000.000 pounds,' The valuation of Tuscola County wool production in 1929-30 will pro- as compared with the 66,000,000 for has been reduced by two million dol- can accomplish the desired end. bably be at least as large as that of 1928, and the live-year average of 100,- lars this year and the taxpayers of Let's listen to what he s a y s : " N e a r l y L'.OOO.OQft cotton grow- 1928-29. Demand for wo«ol in this thaf county will realize the benefit of a 000,000 pounds. SlRI\(i PHOTOGRAPH OF MICHIGAN STATE COUM* ers compete for the markets of the nation and the world. Corn country is expected to be well main- cut in the tax percentage from .4898 "Imports of carpet wools for the FERTILIZER EXPERIMENT tained and some improvement in the .to .4454. Van Buren County valua- is produced on nearly 5,O0O,OOG farms. All of these farms are first six months of this year amount- demand in foreign countries may oc- tion remains unchanged while its tax Shows beneficial effect of fertilizer in carrying wheat seeding in competition with each other. Imagine, if you pan, the manu- ed to 88,000,000 pounds, compared cur within the year. rate is cut from .478 to .457; Washte- through the winter to a vigorous start in the spring. with 73,000,000 pounds, for the same facture of automobiles by L\00(),(H)() small independent factories. "•Production of wool in the United naw County- valuation jumped twelve High costs, price-cutting and financial distress would be the in- States has shown a matei ial increase period of 1928, and 7T.000.000 pounds, the five-year average. million dollars and its tax rate also To^SSi u ?^S!?Sl T:Ur see that social and of the fleeces. The mtmber of sheep year average for this period. Con We offer formulas for Michigan, high in evailabk shorn was 4 per cent larger than in sumption in June, 1929, was 3,000,000 industrial adjustments do not bear too heavily upon h i m . " 1928. pounds larger than in June, 1928." Larvae Kill Bollworm plant food, in perfect mechanical condition, packed in That sounds good enough to be worth <»' fair try. The Farm "Available information as to sheep Injury to cotton squares and bolls harm Bureau Brand bags, and ready for you at our local ' B u r e a u offers an opportunity for the f a r m e r who is far-seeing numbers in 1929 in important countr- Milk On Draught by cotton bollworms, or corn ear worms, is to a great extent restricted distributors. and progressive; it is an organization w i t h a decade of exper- ies indicates that world wool product- ion in 1929-30 will he pft least as large by cannibalistic habits of these Write us for a copy of Farm Bureau Fertilizer ience behind it and able leaders directint; its activities. Mem- City Lad—"Say, Dad, how many worms, it has just been stated by the bership in such an institution means affiliation with the type as that of 1928-29, wihioh was 6 per cent larger than that of 1927-28. If kinds of milk are there?" Department of Agriculture. ' As the Kecommendatioijs. It advises proper formujw f°r of agriculturalists who are bound to succeed in the readjust- fleece weights in 1929 30 should equal Father—"Well, there's evaporated eggs hatch, the larvae destroy one an- wheat and other crops on our various types of soils, or milk, buttermilk, malted milk, and— other to such an extent that few of those of 1928-29. production would see our local distributors. ment that lies ahead. but why do you want to know?" the many that hatch survive. probably be somewhat larger but it is not expected that the average weight City Lad—"Oh, I'm drawing a Pan,, Bnrean r\rtiiizer, Seeds a n d F r e d s H a v e Set of fleeces in Australia the coming picture of a cow, and I wa\it to know N e w S t a n d a r d s of F A e e l l e n e e VOLUNTEERS NEF.DED how many spigots to put on her." Publicity Helps Out year will equal the heavy weight of A call for volunteer recruiting officers to serve during the last year. nation-wide September drive for n e w members of the Farm "Stocks of raw wool at markets in A sound program of care combined Publicity is one of the most effec- Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service with the right kind of feed will bring tive methods used hy agricultural ex- Bureau has been sounded by Sam II. Thompson. President of the leading foreign producing countries most of the pigs through in good tension agencies Lansing, Michigan which accumulate froTJ the large 19*28 in "selling" new American F a r m Bureau Federation, j shape and put them on the market clip have recently been reduced and on at least expense. ideas on farming and hpmemaking. FRIDAY, AUGUST 0, 1020 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS TURKU CO OP STABILITY LEGGE SAYS POLICY m a r k e t i n g has on o t h e r agencies now Big Volume Helps HARVEST existing? T h e a n s w e r s e e m s to me to £T Slate Illutual Rodded Fire OF BOARD WILL BE Engine's Birthday Our total volume of all m e r c a n d i s e GAINING MUCH IN TO ASSIST CO OPS be simple. It is purely a question of efficiency. Any efficient, well-man- aged o r g a n i z a t i o n t h a t is satisfactor- August 9, of this year, m a r k s purchased for 1928 was $3,700,O<» this volume has been built up, the r^ Insurance Co., oj ItUch ^">V HOME OFFICE—FLINT. MICH. d e p a r t m e n t h a s wiped out its early NAfUTTENTION (Continued from page 1) t r a d e r in m a r k e t depends largely on the volume of business which he h a s ily serving t h e public at a r e a s o n - able cost will in s o m e way work in- to the p i c t u r e . The inefficient, the 100th a n n i v e r s a r y of the use of t h e first practical railway lo- comotive in t h e United States. losses, and earned an operating sur- plus of *103,000. since 1925 the Is now here, and you will need more insurance. Our Rlanket Policy covers all farm personal on the premises and Live Stock a; t u r e anywhere. T H E R E IS A REASON WHY WE ARE THE LAROEST FARMERS MUTUAL F I R E INSURANCE CO. IN M1CHU: to transact, whether he be a seller w h e t h e r they be co-operative o r g a n i - organization h a s returned $92,633 to Membership Relation Through The "Stourbridge Lion" was the Discount in rates where dwellings have fire resisting roofs also for or a buyer. If we c a r r y this a little zations or individual o p e r a t o r s , can name of this q u a i n t little engine its local co-operative distributors fire extinguishers and our policy gives more protection than most poli- and to individual F a r m Bureau mem- cies. Over $200,000 Cash Assets and over $75,000,000 at risk. Personal Contact Seen further, say t h a t 100,000 farmers cen- not hope to c o n t i n u e p e r m a n e n t l y , and, although its .-dze and speed and w h e t h e r t h e passing of t h e in- were insignificant beside those bers. Generally, it has not been our W. T. LEWIS, SECY, 702 Church St.. Flint, Michigan. tralize the m a r k e t i n g of their pro- As All Important ducts in the s a m e way, such an efficient o p e r a t o r is b r o u g h t a b o u t by of the giant locomotives of to- policy to cut prices. In our p r e s e n t agency at once becomes a leading VF t t i o n t a k e s place on A u g u s t 17. $10.00 or §15.00 woud give t h e m invested in some other fashion."