MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Organized Activity Of The Farm Bureau Ha* Focused The Nation Recognizes Need The Limelight On Agriculture Of Organisation To Help The Agricultural Industry A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers Seventh Year, Vol. VII, Number 16. FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1929 Issued Semi-Monthly FARM BUREAU ASKS EVERY MEMBER TU ADD UNE IN SEPTEMBER POTATO EXCHANGE WoolFederal Growers Advise Farm Board H o m e Talent Is Worth GOVERNOR SELECTS ORGANIZATION SET-UP IN MICHIGAN LOOKS GOOD AT Representatives of the wool co-oper- Much in Organization 4 AGRICULTURISTS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO FOLLOW OUT ELEVENTH ANNUAL atives appeared before the Board on ON TAXATION BODY Has One of Best Business August 9 to present the problems of that industry to the Board. No re- quest was made for funds at that time Building Community Locals* Is Easy W a y of Giving " NATIONAL PLAN VERY SUCCESSFULLY Three Members of Nine Man Meetings in Group's The representatives of the wool pro Bureau Strength. ducers were invited to appear before Commission Belong To Fifteen Recent Membership Days in as Many History the Board to advise it with respect to conditions in that industry. By Mrs. Edit* BL Wagar, Chairimm, The Farm Bureau. Michigan Counties Added 760 New Names Home, Community Work. 400 ATTEND BANQUET With the assistance of the Federal Farm Board, a nation-wide selling Woman's participation in the whole Farm Bureau movement has not been Appointment of a commission of in- Every Member is Invited to Have His and marketing agency for handling quiry into taxation and to examine Speakers Point Good Position any spectacular feature at any time the present situation in Michigan un- "Membership Night" in September the wool crop of the United States, is As Regards Federal in process of organization. It will be or in any place, yet she has made a der the direction of Governor Fred W. Farm Board contribution that has always been Green was announced Aug. 19. The owned and controlled by the wool needed and is appreciated by every- group will be composed of members The Farm Bureau can help get five things that every raisers of the nation and, although Members of the Michigan Potato one. of the legislature, and representatives details of the organization are not yet At the very beginning of the Na- of industry, agriculture, labor and farmer wants: efficient production, better merchandising Growers Exchange who attended the worked out, it will, presumably, be 11th annual meeting of the 73 local tional Farm Bureau the part a banking. methods, higher living standards, a well rounded com- closely similar to the Farmers Nation- organizations at Cadillac, August 21 al Grain Corporation, the $20,000,000 woman should play was recognized The commission is enjoined to com- munity and an equal opportunity for those engaged in and 22, found a new interest in their and women were urged everywhere to mence its work immediately and ren- the agricultural industry, if sufficient support is given in corporation which grain men are cre- organization. render assistance in formulating plans der a report to Governor Green with ating under the impetus of the Farm the work of building the membership in each commun- They have known that in 11 years and methods and in building up a its recommendations as soon as reas- Board's encouragement. of successful co-operative poitato The actual organization of the pro- strong Farm organization. onably possible. ity. To this end the month of September has been set marketing, in times of potato short- Mrs. Chas. Schuttler of Missouri The chairman of the senate and aside as a period in which every Farm Bureau member in posed corporation will be deferred was chosen as the first National chair- age and high prices, and in times of until October, but the preliminary house committees on taxation, the every state should devote at least one evening to the potato gluts and low prices, the ex- man of Home and Community work president of the Michigan Federation agreement made with the Board in- because she had wide experience as a task of interesting a neighbor in the work of the organi- change Has enahled member growers cludes the following points: of Labor, and the speaker of the to get a square deal, and the market leader among farm folks. She had a house are chosen among other per- zation. The iBoard is to bring together early most difficult task for the reason that Mrs. Charles Schuttler in selling their potatoes. They have in October at Chicago representatives sons to seek a solution for the ever seen the exchange establish low it fell to her lot to create a division Addresses Teachers troublesome taxation problem of the The Michigan State Farm Bureau is sending out to of all producers' co-operative wool of the whole scheme of the new organi- handling costs on potatoes and others marketing associations and all pro- During the early part of the year state. each member one membership application blank so that zation that would require, in particu- she was called to the Western Nor- Personnel of Com mission come to it. They have known the ducer owned warehouse associations lar, the thoughtfulness, tact and ma- mal school at Kalamazoo, to address he can actually go out and sign a new member as his in- lull return from their potatoes for the purpose of organizing a na- Membership of the commission fol- through the Exchange, and they have ternal instincts of the farm woman. jthe new graduate teachers and her lows : dividual contribution to the betterment of agriculture. tional co-operative marketing organi- Mrs. Schuttler did her part so well subject was "The Call of the Country." observed an improvement in potato zation for wool; the Board is to select Senator Peter B. Lennon of Gen- The fact that many counties of Michigan have recent- marketing conditions wherever the that her original plan has since served As the time is here when our rural esee county, chairman of the senate a wool advisory committee to advise as the nucleus around which a per- schools are opening their doors for committee on taxation; Senator Her- ly completed volunteer membership drives is seen by Exchange operates. with the Board, form the personnel of manent program has been founded /another year's work, it is but fitting bert J. Rushton, of Escanaba, chair- many as an aid in the September national Farm Bureau At the 11th annual meeting speak- the Chicago conference; the wool co- and her advice and counsel has al- that a few of the many good thoughts ers from Washington, and elsewhere operatives must unify under a com- man of the committee on finance and membership building scheme. The applications for mem- ways been sought by those who have of that talk to a large group of teach- appropriations; Rep. William J. told the new importance of the Ex- mon program; the question of finan- followed when the best interests of ers so soon to preside over many of Thomas of Kent county, chairman of bership that continue to come in after each of the Trade- change—an established grower's or- cial aid to aid the co-operatives in the the organization required straight /those schools be passed on. A-Day campaigns have been completed, indicate that the marketing of wool was considered un- the house committee on general taxa- ganization—under the new Federal thinking. Marketing Act, and the Federal Farm officially but no action taken. She urged the teacher to take up tion; Rep. Fred R. Ming, of Cheboy- canvassing done during each of these campaigns has Mrs. Schuttler has been called to her duties in the rural school not gan, speaker of the house; Rep. Frank Board, which is committed to the Michigan on several occasions during because that school must be a step- Wade, of Flint, president of the Mich- lasting results and points to the possibility of there being policy of securing financial equality many new members signed by volunteers who will give for agriculture with industry through farmers co-operative marketing or- LATE CROP NEEDS the past few years. She is interested j ping stone to something considered in all things that touch the farm better but because it was felt that woman's life and her sympathetic in- the country school offered more ad- igan federation of labor; John A. Russell of Detroit, editor of the Mich- igan Manufacturer and Financial an evening to the work during the coming month. ganizations. For an agricultural commodity to FOOD FOR GROWTH terest has reached many different vantages than other Igchools—that its groups. (Continued on page two) Record; Melville iB. JMcPherson, of Lowell, a member of the state tax County Farm Bureaus can do much by appointing committees to direct the September special membership benefit through the activity of the commission; Al. H. Peterman of Cal- Federal Farm Board, the growers of Crops Specialists Say Dry umet, attorney, and Raymond H. work and picking township or community leaders to that commodity must be organized, and their' organization competent to Weather Puts Alfalfa GROWERS INVITED GOVERNOR NAMES Berry, Detroit banker. Senator Lennon, Representative start the job off properly by enthusing men and women in their respective communities and encouraging them Behind for Winter handle their business. The Michigan Potato Growers Exchange is the po- The warning that late seedings of TO ORGANIZE OWN LAND COMMISSION Thomas and Mr. McPherson are mem- bers of the Michigan State Farm to meet their neighbors on an organization errand. tato Organization in .Michigan and has Farm Bureau women in many communities through- a long record of successful operation, and will surely represent Michigan's alfalfa are more subject to winter damage is made by the members of MARKETFORWOOL Special Body Is Appointed Bureau. out Michigan have intimated a willingness to get out potato industry before the Farm the soils department at Michigan Paper Money and tell the Farm Bureau story and sign a member or State College who advise the use of October Meeting T o Decide To Solve Relicted Board. fertilizer on seedings which have been two this month. The women, especially, appear eager The Federal Farm Board is looking delayed by the extremely dry weather Probable Course To Land Problem The new money has been released to have Michigan well at the top of the list among the forward to placing the marketing of through the banks of the country, and our major agricultural commodities this year. Be Followed it will continue to circulate along states in number or in percentage, at least, of member- on a co-operative basis. Under the The fertilizer should be placed in A commission to study the state's ship increase during September. the ground to a depth of at least three with the old money. The old bills correct conditions it will give power- Possibility of there being formed a troublesome relicted land problem? will not be retired from circulation ful encouragement to such large co- inches and the soil specialists advise was appointed Tuesday by Gov. Fred This is a fine spirit to show and gives promise of con- the use of a drill with a fertilizer national wool co-operative association until they are worn out. The old operatives in the shape of loans and similar to the one proposed by the W. Green in fulfillment of a promise paper money has been issued in its siderable membership growth within the state. other help. The Board would solve attachment when it is possible to that was made when, he vetoed a —* Sign 760 In 1.") Days secure such a drill. The fertilizer federal farm board is foreseen in the present size since 1861. the problem of profitable disposition measure introduced in the last legis- Fifteen days of actual membership of crop surpluses by helping co-oper- atives handle and market such sur- may be sown broadcast and worked into the soil if a suitable drill can not calling of a special wool conference on August 12, at the request of the National Wool Marketing Council, at lature by Sen. Orville E. Atwood of Fremont. It involved the disposition of thous- ands of acres of land created through BOLONEE signing this summer in as many coun- ties has resulted in the direct sign- pluses in an orderly manner. The be obtained. The appointees arc Harry F. Har- the recession of the waters of the On sandy soils, the use of a fertili- which time the country's wool situ- The cow is a female quadruped with ing of a total of 760 new Farm potato industry frequently has a prob- per of Lansing, president of the Motor Great Lakes since the establishment zer rich both in phosphoric acid and ation was discussed. an alto voice and a countenance in Bureau members. This is an average lem of surplus. Wheel Corporation, W. L. Jenks of of a meander or survey line by the potash is recommended.On land where At the close of this conference, the Port Huron, Harry Jewett, of Detroit, which there is no guile. She col- of 51 for each day's work. This may Both Chester H. Gray, Washington federal government many years ago. no manure has been used recenty, the federal farm board stated that of this Laurence W. Smith of Grand Rapids, laborates with the pump in the be a surprise to some who volunteer- representative of the American Farm Real estate operators and resort use of 0-20-20 or 0-14-14 analysis is year's clip of about 300,000,000 and Clarence T. Johnston, professor of owners from several states and par- production of a liquid called milk, ed their services to help out once or Bureau, and Professor Theodore Mack- pounds, some 20,000,000 pounds are provides filler for hash, and last is twice during the past few weeks. advised. the University of Michigan. ticularly from the western costal sec- lin of the University of Wisconsin, handled by members of the National skinned by those she has benefited, The Farm Bureau membership has predicted an. enormous growth in co- Fertilizers with an analysis of 0-12- The commission is requested to tion of the state, appeared in large 8 are satisfactory on heavier soils Wool Marketing Council, about 7,000,- make a recommendation to the gover- numbers to lobby for the bill intro- as mortals commonly are. grown in addition to the members operative business under the Federal signed on these fifteen days until the P'arm Board. which are low in humus. If the heavy 000 pounds by co-operatives who are nor prior to the next regular session duced by Senator Atwood which would The young cow is called a calf, and soil has received applications of ma- not members of the Council, about of the legislature. have given upland owners control of used in the manufacture of chicken total addition of the new members Professor Macklin said that Ameri- nure within the past two years, 20 35,000,000 pounds by farmer-owned land to the waters edge. The state salad. since the last annual meeting is some- can agriculture will experience the The relicted land problem became, per cent superphosphate will furnish warehouse companies in Texas, Cali- during the last weeks of the past ses- contended that it controlled lands The cow's tail is rnpunted aft, and thing like 1,200, roughly estimated greatest era of prosperity in its his- the needed additional plant food. from the waters edge to the old me- and conservatively so. fornia, and New Mexico, and about sion of the legislature, one of the has a universal joint. It is used to tory if the Farm Board program can ander line. Hundreds of leases and The biggest gains were made in Alfalfa is one of the heaviest feed- 5,000,000 pounds by local co-operative most confusing and controversial ques- disturb marauding flies, and the tassel get past the political and economic titles would have been affected had ing crops grown on the farm and 300 pools in western States. This total, of tions ever raised, according to politi- on the end has unique educational those counties where the Trade-A-Day oposition that it will meet. the bill become a law. pounds of fertilizer per acre will be about 70,000,000 pounds, or 35 per cal and expert observers. value. Persons who milk cows and of membership work was carried on. The Potato Exchange meeting was ,needed to hurry along the late seed- For instance, the six counties in Art one of the best in its history. More cent of the total wool clip of the who come in contact with the tassel ings. than 400 attended the annual banquet Wednesday evening, August 21. Pres- ident Curtis and Secretary Hibst, in A mellow well fitted seed bed will aid the alfalfa seeding in getting Nation, represents actual or poten- tial wool which might be handled by co-operative marketing associations. Northern Michigan Is have vocabularies of peculiar and im- pressive force. The cow has two stomachs. The one Edmund's district, comprising Ber- rien, Cass, Calhoun, Branch, St. Joseph and Kalamazoo counties, have their reports showed the Exchange to be in good condition. well started before cold weather stops plant growth. Co-ordination of their selling efforts was stressed by the farm board as essential for the success of the sheep Growing More Alfalfa on the ground floor is used as a ware- house, and has no other function. When this one is filled, the cow re- added a total of 426 new members this summer with a quota of 406 for the district for the whole year. During the past two seasons there -:- has been a surplus of potatoes, and marketing conditions have been diffi RAISIN INDUSTRY industry. In order to improve this situation, it was agreed that some time early in Farmers of Upper Counties That northern Michigan has bright Profit By Using Only prospects as a producing territory for tires to a quiet place where her ill manners will occasion no comment and devotes herself to belching. The Trade-A-Day reports showed coun- ties averaged two or three new mem- bers for each team of solicitors that cult. The Exchange has maintained older in • Michigan potato marketing and has sought new markets and new TO BE HELPED BY October the Federal Farm Board would invite all producers' co-opera- Adapted Seed winter-hardy seed is seen in the suc- cessful efforts of such seed producers raw material thus conveyed for the second time to the interior of her went out, one team reporting 12 memberships to its credit. methods of marketing potatoes as a means of helping its growers. One FEDERAL FINANCE tive wool marketing associations in the United States, together with all By Gilbert Scott, t special field representative for the Michigan Sta.te as Lisle E. Berry, Fred Schmalzred, H. L. Ostrander and others in this particular section of the state. face is pulverized and delivered to the auxiliary stomach, where it is With a dozen or fifteen more coun- ties preparing to stage Trade-A-Day venture, which will be developed fur- producer-owned warehouse associ- Farm Bureau. converted into cow. work in membership signing, it is A loan of $9,000,000—half to be fur- ther this year, was the marketing of ations, to meet with it in Chicago for Eleven years ago Harry Vizina, of The Top o' Michigan Seed Growers The cow has no upper plate. All of anticipated that the total signing of nished by the Federal Farm Board Chief Petoskey potatoes in 15 pound the purpose of discussing and if possi- Afton, Michigan, sowed a field of al- Association is a development of the her teeth are parked in the lower part new members this year will reach out of its $150,000,000 revolving fund racks—a convenient retail package. and the other half to be advanced by ble, developing definite plans for a falfa, using seed he purchased from a seed growing business of that part of of her face. This arrangement was the goal of 3,000 set for 1929 by A carload of 2400 sacks, sold through the intermediate credit banks and national co-operative wool sales small concern doing business at the the state. Paul Barrett, county agri- perfected by an efficiency expert to Claude Nash, state organization grocers in Buffalo, netted the ship- other banking institutions in Califor- agency, which shall include in its time. The crop came up nicely but cultural agent of Cheboygan county, keep her from gumming things up. director. pers $123 more than the same potatoes nia—to aid the California grape and membership all of the various types soon turned yellow and died out. and Jack Brown, the agent for As a result, she bites up and gums In each county, membership ap- would have brought In large sacks raisin organizations to market their of wool co-operatives now engaged in One of the neighbors, S. A. Mc- Presque Isle county, have been re- down. plications continue to come in after and created a demand for more. This crops, was announced, August 17, by handling the product. Monagle, who had travelled through sponsible for organization of this im- The male cow is called a bull, and the campaign has closed, showing iH a step in raising the marketing the Federal Farm Board. It was further agreed that out of the alfalfa regions of the west visited portant association. Mr. McMonagle is lassoed along the Colorado, fought that a direct effect of each campaign standard for potatoes that apparently This loan, by the Farm Board, on the group of wool associations which the Vizina field and told of some of has been made president and Mr. south of the Rio Grande, and shot in is felt long after the actual work has wj H find public favor and be profit- equal terms with other credit re- participate in the Chicago meeting, the fields of the west he had visited Brown, secretary-treasurer of the Florida and California. been completed. able. the Board will at that time consider and of the sale of some of the western organization. sources of these industries, is to help A slice of cow is worth 8 cents in F seed to a new concern in Michigan, The purpose of the association is to or the season just closed the Ex- the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers of Cali- the selection of a wool advisory the cow, 14 cents in the hands of the change marketed 2,590 carloads of Potatoes in 17 states in a season when fornia, a co-operative organization, and the Federal Fruit Stabilization committee. The National Wool Marketing Coun- the State Farm Bureau, which had just opened its seed service depart- encourage the raising of seed of high quality and to be able to supply part packers, and $2.40 in a restaurant that specializes in atmosphere.—Farm FOREST FIRE LOSS 'here was over a 50 per cent over-pro- duction of potatoes. The market Corporation, newly created to stabilize the grape industry. The latter or- cil is a trade federation of wool co- operatives. Its membership consists ment and was buying only seed of known origin and adapted to Mich- of the needs of the State Farm Bureau Seed Service with seed known to be and Ranch. REDUCED IN STATE Price was too low for grower profit. ganization is headed by a former igan conditions. adapted to the soil and climatic re- To help matters the Exchange reduced Federal official, Lloyd C. Tenney, for of: The Ohio Wool Growers Co- operative Association; The Pacific Co- The new northern Michigan alfalfa quirements of Michigan. Farm Board To Deal Last year $59,664 damage was i( caused by forest fires in the state. Der s handling charge from 8 to 6 cents some years Chief of the Bureau of operative Wool Growers; The New grower decided he would make a Alfalfa growing, together with Direct With Co-Ops During 1925 the loss was $474,449. hundred pounds, which meant a Agricultural Economics, Department York State Sheep Growers Co-opera- second attempt at raising alfalfa so dairying, two industries that go hand These figures do not include the dan- dividend of $13,906.29, distributed of Agriculture. tive Association; The Wyoming Wool he and Mr. McMonagle ordered in hand, give promise of improving Announcement was recently made ger of lives and property or the In- among the growers. During the year Co-operative Marketing Association; through the Farm Bureau and secured the agricultural situation for the by the federal farm board that in all tangible losses to soil fertility. Any the Exchange purchasing department "There ' Is No Substitute For The Montana Wool Growers Co-op- good stands of alfalfa the next year. farmers of the northern part of the transactions with co-operatives, only measure tending to reduce the num- h °ug;ht $143,299.59, worth of potato Membership." erative Marketing Association; The This year, going over fields of al- state, especially with introduction by the officials of such organizations ber of forest fires, many of which are loading supplies, insecticide and Utah Wool Marketing Association; falfa that are nine years old, we found the Farm Bureau of open formula will be called in for conference, legal accidentally set by travelers, deserve* SOr ay materials and other commodi- he had gone out of the potato bus- the stand very good and the seed dairy feeds and the selling of seed of ness He was succeeded by O. S. The Idaho Wool Growers; The Minne- counsel and special representatives complete co-operation. The state law ties for i t 5 members, an increase of sota Co-operative Wool Growers Asso- prospects running high. Mr. Vizina known origin. The farmers of this not being needed to deal with the provides that any person who in any 9 Wood of Barryton. Officers for 1929- ~ Per cent in purchasing service ciation. had 120 bushels of alfalfa seed last section are anticipating an upward board. way molests a state sign shall be 0Vei 30 are Fred Curtis, president; J. B. ' the previous year. year, produced on his northern Mich- revision of the tariff on dairy liable for a fine of ten to one hundred A H officers and directors were re- Bussy, vice-president; O. E. Hawley products, which will still further im- "There Is No Substitute For igan farm and his neighbor, Mr. Mc- Quality creates demand for Farm dollars, or for imprisonment not n t e d , with the exception of Direc- secretary, and George Herman treas- Monagle, had 55 bushels. prove conditions for them. Bureau fertilizers. longer than three months. Membership." l0r Fred Harger, who resigned as urer. F R I D A Y , AUGUST 3 0 , 1909 TWO MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS \ *\ all o v e r 40 s t a t e s , o n e n e w m e m b e r a d d e d Bureau during September would be quite an accomplishment to each loeal Farm HOME TALENT WORTH ST. JOSEPH JOINS G a r l o c R - W i l l i a m s Co 2 6 1 4 O r l e a n s St. CONSIDERING IN THE Published twice a montli by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- for the A. P. 15. K. The federal farm board has openly announced a policy of LOCAL F. B. PROGRAM KAZOO IN PICNIC Detroit Your shipments of poultry •__ and veal are solicited. Tags anrt lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- (.Continued rrom page 1) market information sent on request quarters, Lansing, Michigan. l e n d i n g its aid only t h r o u g h p r o p e r l y o r g a n i z e d f a r m g r o u p s . s t u d e n t s came from homes where the Outing Planned at First T h e F a r m B u r e a u h a s a l w a y s m a i n t a i n e d a h i g h s t a n d a r d of family lived together and where regu- Membership "Trade" Vol. VII FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1929 No. 16 lar h o u r s were observed, where boys o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d e m p h a s i z e t h e n e e d of o r g a n i z a t i o n . and girls had home t a s k s and knew Is a Success E n t e r e d at t h e post office a t C h a r l o t t e , Mich., a s second class The Farm Bureau, offering an organized group through m a t t e r . A c c e p t a n c e for m a i l i n g a t special r a t e of p o s t a g e provided the first principles of responsibility. w h i c h e d u c a t i o n a l w o r k can be c a r r i e d on, accepts the responsi- She urged the teacher to be observ- Kalamazoo and St. Joseph County for in Sec. 1 1 0 3 , Act of Oct. 3 , 1 9 1 7 . a u t h o r i z e d J a n u a r y 12, 1 9 2 3 . Subscription price $1.00 p e r y e a r . T o F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r s , 60 cents per year, included in t h e i r a n n u a l d u e s . b i l i t y a t t h i s t i m e of c o n d u c t i n g a v i g o r o u s c a m p a i g n t o s w e l l i t s m e m b e r s h i p so t h a t a l l t h o s e w h o a r e d e s i r o u s a n d a r e e l i g i b l e ant of the beauties of n a t u r e w i t h i n the community of her work, to mingle with t h e patrons within the district, F a r m Bureaus held their first a n n u a l picnic at Fisher Lake, in St. Joseph- county, on August Zl with an attend- State ance of about 500. L E E CHILSOV E. E . U N G R E N P E R N DAVIS Advertising and Business Manager ^....Editor Circulation to become F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r s m a y h a v e the privilege, in o r d e r t h a t t h e m o s t e f f e c t i v e c o - o p e r a t i o n m a y b e h a d in b r i n g - i n g a b o u t a b e t t e r economic condition w i t h respect to agricul- not because it was best in the inter- est of her job, but because she appre- ciated the wholesomeness of farm The picnic was planned at the close of the Trade-A-Day of membership Farm folks. signing in Kalamazoo county, in June, MICHIGAN §TA fiUPEAU ture. She stressed the need of liking the country for its own s a k e ; of being able to give full appreciation to the and proved to be such an enjoyable affair that the members of t h e two sister counties have voted to continue Life B E H I N D T H E A. F. B. F. E M B L E M many a d v a n t a g e s of country living it as an annual affair. Ask your State Farm Mut- H u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s of f a r m f a m i l i e s — 6 0 , 0 0 6 v o l u n t e e r and of being able to overlook to a .\I. L. Noon, president of t h e State minimum t h e disadvantages. ual Automobile Insurance OFFICERS workers—15,000 organized communities—-1,800 county organiza- F a r m Bureau, and R. L. Olds, Kala- M. L. N( >ON, Jackson President T e a c h e r Attitude Iiui>ortant mazoo County Agricultural Agent, Agent about this new life in. W. W. BILI.IN'CR, Davison Vice-President tions—45 state offices—and a National Headquarters directing She emphasized the fact t h a t much Were called on to give short talks at surance plan. State Farm 0,000 s p e c i a l i s t s w o r k i n g o n e v e r y p h a s e of f a r m a c t i v i t y f r o m depends upon the teacher's attitude the dinner hour and Art Edmonds, in Jlirectors-at-Large toward country life and toward coun- Mutual men and principles M. B. M C P H E R S O N Loweii p r o d u c t i o n a n d m a r k e t i n g to h o m e economies a n d club w o r k — whose district the two counties are MRS. KDITH M. VVAGAR Carleton try boys a n d girls and r u r a l folks in located, led in community singing. of service are behind it. JOT IN (!(GODWIN K Marlette a n a l e r t W a s h i n g t o n office, k e e n l y alive to e v e r y l e g i s l a t i v e a n d general, if those same boys and girls Clinton Buell, president of the Kala- VBROl.D l<\ GORMBLY Newberry administrative tendency; Extension men—Department heads— are to g r o w closer to the farm or mazoo County F a r m Bureau, had away from it. She warned them that STATE FARM LIFE INS J. .). JAKU'AV Benton Harbor Research experts—all behind the E m b l e m . charge of the general p r o g r a m . F r a n k W. W. BILLINGS Davison to t h e m would be given a portion of Gerry, Secretary of the Kala- COMPANY Commodity Directors T h e D e p a r t m e n t of T r a n s p o r t a t i o n a l o n e h a s a l r e a d y s a v e d the credit or a part of the blame of mazoo Bureau and H. Bucknell, BLOOMINGTON, HENRY CURTIS, Cadillac Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange e v e r y A m e r i c a n f a r m e r m o r e t h a n $50.00 a year. T h e A. F . the future r u r a l life of these commun- ILLINOIS president of the St. Joseph M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Produce!*' Association ities they a r e about to enter and, if County F a r m Bureau, had charge of MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU B. F . is r a p i d l y n a t i o n a l i z i n g a n d m a k i n g m o r e e f f e c t i v e t h e a l - they can not see their way clear to ('HAS. WOODRUFF, Hastings Michigan Live Stock Exchange the sports and contest program. STATE AGENT M. R. SHISLER, Caledonia Michigan Elevator Exchange ready immense co-operative m a r k e t i n g activity. It s u p p l e - go there and t a k e up their job of STATE FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION Honor of being the oldest F a r m LANSING, MICHIGAN M. D. BUSKIKK, l a w l a w Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. m e n t s a l l a n d m a k e s p o s s i b l e m u c h of t h e e f f e c t i v e w o r k of building a stronger tie to farm life, C L A R K L. BRODY Sec'y-Treas.-Manager Bureau member present was awarded because t h e y themselves a r e thor- t h e U . S . D e p t . "of A g r i c u l t u r e , t h e c o u n t y a g e n t s , a n d c o u n t - C. Bissell, of Richland, Kalamazoo oughly convinced it is the best life, Jess o t h e r f o r c e s . Largely t h r o u g h these efforts the f a r m e r ' s county. DEPARTMENT HEAD8 •she begged them to seek other em- Traffic A. P. Mills d o l l a r will p r e s e n t l y be on a p a r i t y w i t h i n d u s t r y ' s d o l l a r — ployment a n d leave t h e field clear for Clothing Miss N. B. Ktrby those who c a n contribute to county u p - s o o n e r , p e r h a p s , t h a n is c o m m o n l y a n t i c i p a t e d . building. Publicity EC. B. I'ngrcn Accounting L. T. Sinclair B e h i n d t h e E m b l e m is a b o d y of f a r m p e o p l e g r e a t e r t h a n Then the following day she gave Oganlzatlon C. L. Nash t h e e n t i r e p o p u l a t i o n of I o w a — m o r e t h a n i n t h e C i t y of C h i c a - a n o t h e r address on "Why F a r m Or- Automobile Insurance SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service FARM B U R E A U MICHIGAN Alfred Bentall STATE L. A. Thomas L. A. Thomaa go. T h e i n f l u e n c e of t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s is f a r i n e x c e s s of t h e c o m - b i n e d i n d u s t r i a l a c t i v i t y of a n y e i g h t s t a t e s . F u l l r e a l i z a t i o n of t h e A . F . B . F . p r o g r a m w o u l d a d d f i v e ganizations Are Needed." A synop- sis of t h i s fine talk w a s : other vocations are organized; because m a k e a progressive a g r i c u l t u r e ; to protect and develop farm life; to ad- to Fall Values Michigan F a n e Bureau Wool Pool Alfred Bentall billion d o l l a r s to t h e A m e r i c a n f a r m e r s ' i n c o m e — $ 7 5 0 to e v e r y MICHIGAN COMMODITY M A R K E T I N G ASSOCIATIONS f a r m e r ' s p u r s e . T h a t is t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n , t h e t y p e of a c t i v i t y , vise a n d co-operate w i t h t h e Exten- —Styles that Please sion d e p a r t m e n t of our agricultural A F F I L I A T E D W I T H MICHIGAN S T A T E F A R M B U R E A U and the aim behind the Emblem. colleges; to know our own job b e t t e r ; —Quality that Satisfies Michigan Totato Growers Exchange Cadillac to b r i n g out the best t h i n k i n g power Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 Owen Bldg., Detroit from w i t h i n our r a n k s so t h a t we Michigan I ave Stock Kxchange Michigan Elevator Exchange Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing Hudson Currency Comptroller might h a v e farmer minded represen- tation w h e r e v e r farm i n t e r e s t s were Our Michigan Fruit Growers, lnc D I R E C T O R S AND O F F I C E R S O F T H E COMMODITY E X C H A N G E S Benton Harbor Explains New Money involved. Mrs. Schuttler is a farm woman MICH. ELEVATOR Carl Martin, Pies Milton Burkholder, V. P. .Marlette EXCH. Co'dwater M I C H . M I L K PRODUCERS ASS'N N. P. Hull, Pres R. G. Potts, Vice-Pres. Washington Lansijjg By J o h n W. Pole. and p r i n t sue h securities work w a s done by them. In 1862 living the same life t h a t you and I and the live and s h e sees t h e great need of con- farm folks, not j u s t a faithful few New Fall Woolens H. D. Horton, Sec-Treas Kinde John C. Near, Sec Flat Roci T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n for reduction g r e s s authorized the s e c r e t a r y of t h e but every one of t h e m , u n i t i n g in a Are Ready L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing in size of p a p e r c u r r e n c y was a p - B. K. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit proved by S e c r e t a r y Mellon in May, t r e a s u r y , in his discretion, to p r o - single unit and b r i n g i n g farm life to C. S. Benton, Bean Dcp't II. W. Norton, Treas Howell the s t a n d a r d it should be on and Port Huron M. L. Noon Jackson 1927,—the new size to be a p p r o x i - vide for any part of the p r i n t i n g and would have been long before this W h y wait for snowfall before p r e p a r i n g for the chilly Nell Bass, P.ean Dep't Lansing mately the size of t h e Philippine e n g r a v i n g of notes a t t h e t r e a s u r y w e a t h e r . ' G e t s a m p l e s of o u r a l l w o o l s u i t i n g s a n d o v e r c o a t R. L. Taylor Lapeer if all were b u t willing to do t h e i r bit. W. E. Phillips Decatur L. "W. Harwood Adrian currency. Since t h e p a p e r c u r r e n c y d e p a r t m e n t in "Washington, which Then, a g a i n , Michigan h a s been materials a n d let us m e a s u r e y o u for a perfect f i t t i n g gar- George McCalla Ypsilanil W. J. Thomas Grand Rapids has been issued in its p r e s e n t form b r o u g h t about the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of honored by t h e presence of a n o t h e r ment. H. IT. Sanford Battle Creek Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven for about 68 y e a r s , t h e decision to r e - the b u r e a u of engraving and p r i n t i n g , nationally known F a r m B u r e a u wo- M. R. Shisier Caledonia Fred G. Beanlsley Oxford duce the size w a s a very i m p o r t a n t and on August 29, 1862, it consisted man. Miss Mary Minis, of Louisiana Our Bed Blankets Frank Gilmore Parma William Hunter Sandusky step. T h e p r o g r a m of r e d u c t i o n did of one male ami four females, occupy- State F a r m Bureau, accepted an in- Are strictly all wool—no cotton warp used—and are woven W. J. Hazelwood MICH. Mt. Pleasant P O T A T O GROWERS Elmer Powers Clio not at first include n a t i o n a l bank ing one room in the attic of t h e west vitation to come to Genesee county of the softest yarns in nine pleasing color combinations. EXCH. MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCH. notes, for at t h a t time, it w a s con- Aving of the treasury building. This to t h e i r a n n u a l banquet. Miss Mims E. A. Beamer, Pres Blissfield Henry Curtis, Pres Cadillac templated t h a t they might be retired. b u r e a u h a s grown into a p l a n t oc- is a g r e a t community builder and R. D. Harper, Vice-Pres., St. Johna Our Woolen Auto Robes Are the Best J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres. Provemont J. II.-O'Mealey, Sec'y Hudson In J a n u a r y of this year, however, it cupying 442,000 s q u a r e feet, o r a b o u t would l>e called a specialist if she O. B. Hawley, Sec'y Shelby Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckenrldga was decided to continue national ten a c r e s of floor space and accommo- were a physician or a surgeon. She F. J. Harger, Treas Stanwood Nate Fattison Caro bank c u r r e n c y and while the r e a d e r dates a b o u t 4,800 employes of which is employed jointly by "the F a r m Bu- 6 PER CENT DISCOUNT TO FARM BUREAU MEMBERS IN GOOD F. P. Ifihst, Gen. Mgr Cadillac J. R. Bettes Sparta undoubtedly h a s r e a d in t h e p r e s s about 55 per rent a r e women. reau of her state a n d t h e Extension STANDING C. A. Richner, Sales Mgr..Cadillac that the government issued the The average n u m b e r of c u r r e n c y d e p a r t m e n t of their S t a t e University Leon G. VanLeuw Bellaire Charles Brown Sunfield reduced size c u r r e n c y in J u l y of this notes delivered y e a r l y from t h i s a n d h e r methods of c o m m u n i t y build- George Herman 3. A. Rasmussen Renrr* Sheridan Ed ward Dippey Charles Woodruff Perry Hastings year, national b a n k n o t e s in the small b u r e a u is approximately 992,000,000, ing and her p r o g r a m s for commun- ity g a t h e r i n g s are nationally known. Clothing Department MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS, INC. size will not be r e a d y for issue until of a v a l u e close to four billion dollars, John Botteme Spring Lake the n o t e s delivered daily placed end Favors Local T a l e n t Herbert Nafziger, Pres afterwards. .Miss Mims always endeavors to W. J. Schultz Hart to end would make a s t r i p 395 miles Benton Harbor John Miller Coloma With the p r e s e n t o u t s t a n d i n g p a p e r circulation of about five billion dol- long a n d a year's printing would m a k e use of whatever t a l e n t one m a y Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u O. R. Gale, 1st Vice-Pres Carl Busk irk Lawrence m a k e four belts around the e a r t h at have w i t h i n a given c o m m u n i t y a n d Shelby L. A. Hawley Ludington l a r s for which t h e r e m u s t eventually the equator. Laid flat, a year's print- she tells us of w h a t g r e a t surprises 221-27 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. H. H. Hogue, 2nd Vice-I'res be substituted a like a m o u n t of new we m i g h t have for ourselves if we Sodus H. Nafziger Millburg ing would make a sheet l a r g e enough V. Warner M attawan c u r r e n c y in the reduced size, it will would but sift our h o m e communities F. L. Bradford, Sec-Treas he realized t h a t t h e t r e a s u r y has a to cover 37 farms of 100 acres each. ('. J. Chrestensen Onekama and b r i n g out the t a l e n t lying dor- Benton Harbor M. D. Busk irk Paw P a w gigantic task to perform and since Laid on top of each o t h e r , the notes mant, w a i t i n g for some one to coax it K L. Granger, Sales Mgr F. L. Bradford St. Joseph it is physically impossible to m a k e p r i n t e d in a y e a r would m a k e 555 out into the open where it m i g h t be en- WWIIHIIIlII IHilI'llllllil^l iHHN IIHII M ^ — Benton Harbor .1. W. Prentice Saugatuck a complete quick turnover, t h e r e s t a c k s , each as high as t h e Washing joyed by all. Miller Overton Bangor «». K. Gale Shelby necessarily will be a period in which ton m o n u m e n t . T h e weight of paper Miss Mims has accepted a n o t h e r in- .1. !•'. Iligliee Benton Center II. IT. Hogue Sodus there will be in circulation c u r r e n c y used in printing c u r r e n c y a m o u n t s vitation to be with u s at our next David Brake P. D. Leavenworth SAM II. THOMPSON GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F Fremont A M E R I C A N F A R M B U R EJames LEGISLATIVE TIKADQUARTERS Grand Rapids A U F ENicol Munsey \V. D E R A T I O NSouth Haven F. Dean C. L. Brody Bldg., Washington, 38 East Washington St., Chicago D. 0. Eau Claire President Lansing in both t h e p r e s e n t and the new size. Moreover, it will not be possible for a v e r a g e of 5 ^ tons. a s h o r t time to issue new c u r r e n c y y e a It r l y is to about--1,550 estimated t h of the reduced size in denominations c u r r e n c y program, t h e r e will be saved m u n i t y work. a t tons by the or a daily reduced state a n n u a l meeting a n d we are look- ing forward to h a v i n g h e r b r i n g u s a n o t h e r contribution for better com- ABerfectSeedBed! CHESTER H. GRAY Washington Representative above twenties. Consequently, it will enough paper Which, if expressed in be n e c e s s a r y for the public to be a r e a , would cover ten 100-acre farms women wrho are d o i n g patient and to co-operate w i t h - t h e or 440 tons of paper, 459 tons of ink work in their home s t a t e s and whose This is but two of the m a n y fine outstanding with the g o v e r n m e n t by not m a k i n g u n d u e de- or the capacity of about fifteen box influence is felt all over t h e F a r m Editorials m a n d s in o r d e r t h a t t h e p r o g r a m m a y c a r s , in addition to other be c a r r i e d out with the least possible which n a t u r a l l y will follow. savings Bureau field. Nebraska had a w o m a n , Mrs. D. A. interruption. T h e s e high lights give some idea Benson, as state p r e s i d e n t for several DOING OUR PART of the enormous w o r k involved in years and she did w h a t seemed to T h e r e a r e five kinds of p a p e r c u r - S u c c e s s of t h e F a r m Bureau's September campaign for in- c a r r y i n g out the g o v e r n m e n t ' s p r o - almost everyone a s a n impossibility; rency now being issued; United creasing membership depends upon every member of the or- g r a m for reduced size currency, she brought her s t a t e F a r m Bureau States notes, silver certificates, gold which will result in a c u r r e n c y of out from t h e depths of despondency g a n i z a t i o n d o i n g his p a r t . certificates, federal r e s e r v e notes and g r e a t l y improved a p p e a r a n c e from an into a live s t a t e organization, equal national bank notes. While the burden of the campaign falls upon the County a r t i s t i c point of view; vastly g r e a t e r to m a n y states considered on sure T h e r e will be other c h a n g e s in the Farm Buteaus, the work must be d o n e b y t h e i n d i v i d u a l s wljo convenience in h a n d l i n g , and a cur- footing. new c u r r e n c y in addition to t h e r e - Several states h a v e women as State rency Which will be infinitely more comprise these units. duced size. F o r instance, t h e face difficult to counterfeit and a very F a r m B u r e a u secretaries and in no W i t h i n t i n ' c o u n t y it w i l l b e t h e local c o m m u n i t y u n i t o r t h e designs which will be printed in black considerable saving in cost of m a n u - instance h a v e they fell down. Rather, DLOW *-* 5^*3r. will have c e r t a i n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s in they have assumed responsibility with -*- and harrow only ^ • ** township Farm Bureau organization, where one exists, that facture to the A m e r i c a n public. each demonination, while the back a d e t e r m i n a t i o n to m a k e good and start seed bed making. must bear the brunt of the battle, it will be the individual — " T h e Chicago Banker." Culti-Packer finishes the job they begin. Once over with this simple too! designs will be printed g r e e n and will bring t h e i r s t a t e a l o n g to the point m e m b e r , h o w e v e r , w h o will a c t u a l l y sign u p t h e new members. be uniform for each denomination, where it fills its p a r t in the whole and your seed bed is truly perfected — l u m p s pulverized, air pockets elimi- T w o o r t h r e e n e w m e m b e r s a d d e d by e a c h l o c a l u n i t w i l l m e a n m u c h in t h e a g g r e g a t e . irrespective of kind. T r e a s u r y seals and serial n u m b e r s will be in a dif- RAIL SERVICE IS united s t r u c t u r e a n d they a r e ac- complishing much. nated soil stirred, surface leveled and mulched and the e n t i r e bed com- pacted to just that mellow firmness which gives every seed a chance. If e a c h F a r m B u r e a u .member w o u l d d e v o t e one e v e n i n g to ferent color distinctive of each of the different types. E a c h denomination, w h e t h e r United OPENED TO FARMS We cannot all do s t a t e work or na- tional work and m a n y cannot do much in a county way b u t it is within the rtUNHAM WCULTl - HOE DUNHAM talking Farm Bureau with some neighbor or several neighbors, even though no actual m e m b e r s h i p sales were completed, much States notes, silver certificates, gold certificates, federal r e s e r v e notes o r IN ONION REGION power of each of us to do something within our local circle. We can keep good could be a c c o m p l i s h e d . W i t h this done, many new mem- national bank notes, will h a v e on the Twelve miles of rail service on t h e our neighborhood F a r m Bureau-mind- berships would come percolating in w h i c h might otherwise be face the s a m e p o r t r a i t selected for section of road of the Michigan Rail- ed if we but set ourselves to the task. C u l t i - P a c k e r does far m o r e t h a n roll lost. t h a t denomination. T h u s all c u r r e n c y way company between Richland j u n c - And it's just t h i s close-at-home p a r t t h e l a n d . I t s flexible f r a m e n o t only in the denomination of $1 will bear tion and Hooper, in the onion dis- that is going to m a k e the great na- m a k e s easy riding but k e e p s b o t h front If t h e T r a d e - A - D a y is a n y c r i t e r i o n , t h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s pf the p o r t r a i t of W a s h i n g t o n ; the $2 trict of the southern p a r t of Michigan, tional drive in September a success. and r e a r gangs w o r k i n g 1 0 0 % a t all -Must advanced type farm families that w o u l d be o n l y t o o g l a d to b e c o m e members note t h a t of Jefferson; $5, L i n c o l n ; has been restored to a s s i s t the farm- What a wonderful achievement it of Rotary Hoc. c u i - tunes. The I m p r o v e d D u n l t e Metal i ivatcs. li o e a a n d of t h e F a r m B u r e a u in M i c h i g a n , w e r e t h e y g i v e n a f u l l e r under- .Sin. Hamilton; $20, J a c k s o n ; $50, e r s of t h a t territory. Service is open- would be if every m e m b e r would get weeds in one opera- Wheels p e n e t r a t e 1 2 % % d e e p e r t h a n one new member! It isn't much indi- G r a n t ; $100, F r a n k l i n ; $500, McKin- ed temporarily u n d e r o r d e r of the tion. A u t o m a t IC o t h e r s ; scour b e t t e r ; r e t a i n t h e i r s h a r p standing of w h a t the organization is a n d what it r e a l l y has Commission vidually, but it would mean wonders dc pth regulation. edge longer. The staggered arrange- ley; $1,000, Cleveland; $5,000, Madi- I n t e r s t a t e Commerce Wheels do not bend meant to t h e f a r m e r s of Michigan. pending hearing before t h a t body to to every county F a r m Bureau and it m e n t of t h e rolls s t i r s a n d pulverizes son and the $10,000, Chase. or pick up stones. (permanent would be the most gratifying t h i n g Stronger, b e t t e r, those vital few inches of t o p soil so as Trade-A Day workers have gone out with the feeling that To p r o t e c t t h e public a g a i n s t raised consider necessity of more t li o r o u g h. to set every o u n c e of fertility to work. notes or m i s t a k e s in d e n o m i n a t i o n s , operation of the line as a s p u r of the that could come to our state organiza- -Made in 41/., 7, C u l t i - P a c k e r t r u l y p u t s i n t o y o u r seed t h e y t n i g h l p o s s i b l y s i g n u p o n e m e m b e r in a d a y ' s c a n v a s s a n d all should b e a r in mind these por- Michigan Central Railroad, over its tion now, if our s t a t e membership 10 Vfe and 11 feel bed " T h e W a v e of P r o s p e r i t y . " h a v e r e t u r n e d a f t e r a f e w h o u r s of s o l i c i t i n g w i t h s i x o r e i g h t Chicago, Kalamazoo a n d Saginaw would double; and one hardly dares lengths. Write for t r a i t s . F o r the p o r t r a i t of W a s h i n g - think what might be possible for our literature. m e m b e r s h i p a p p l i c a t i o n s filled out. The farmers w a n t to join ton a l w a y s will mean a one dollar branch. American F a r m Bureau Federation to denomination, p o r t r a i t of Lincoln a The Richland j u n c t i o n - H o o p e r sec- I I/II-I A( k ! M ; has added t h o u s a n d s of d o l l a r s to t h e value of a n d b e c o m e p a r t of t h e b i g m o v e m e n t when they are oiven an a t t e m p t if their s t r e n g t h would grow five dollar denomination, etc. tion was formerly o p e r a t e d a s a n to twice what it was a month pre- < ops in this s t a t e . The DUNHAM C U L T I - P A C K E R p r e s e n t s many o p p o r t u n i t y to u n d e r s t a n d w h a t t h e F a r m B u r e a u is a n d what w l l • ? n o t c o v e r e < * ^ a f a o t h e r type of r o l l e r cultivator, In addition to these c h a n g e s , a new electric line. The Michigan State vious. m i g g e a . s i m p l e — a proven success. Made in l e n g t h s of from 4 Vs its aims and purposes are. kind of paper h a s been developed, F a r m B u r e a u has been active for a It is worth t h e effort to a s k our *Lo- ' t 0 1 ' h o r s e o r t r a c t o r use. I n t e n s i o n a t t a c h m e n t s for E v e r y m e m b e r get a m e m b e r is a n i c e s o u n d i n g s l o g a n but which it is believed will be far more year in seeking rail service over thi3 neighbor to put his shoulder to t h e g a n g a r r a n g e m e n t easily a d d e d . T o n g u e t r u c k f u r n i s h e d at no durable t h a n t h a t formerly in use. route a n d resumption of service is t h e r e a r e c o m m u n i t i e s w h e r e t h e e n t i r e l o c a l u n i t of t h e Farm wheel and his s i g n a t u r e on a member- EXS« ? lS£ Se nd t o d u y , for literature. See y o u r n e a r e s t uis- It may be i n t e r e s t i n g to know some- welcomed as a g r e a t benefit to the ship contract and help us do the t n b u t o r ot F a r m B u r e a u supplies. B u r e a u m a y n o t be a b l e t o a d d m o r e t h a n o n e f a m i l y to t h e r o s - thing of the g r e a t p r i n t i n g p l a n t in o w n e r s of some 12,000 a c r e s of onion things we all see must be done. Let's t e r of m e m b e r s . E a c h m e m b e r m a y not be able to sign a m e m - which the work of p r o d u c i n g the new land. do it now d u r i n g September and have b e r , b u t h e c a n at least t e l l w h a t h e k n o w s a b o u t t h e F a r m Bu- c u r r e n c y is done and s o m e t h i n g of It is anticipated t h a t a crop of t w o families enrolled where but one Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service its growth. Originally and at the 1200 to 1600 car loads of onions will was enrolled before. Lansing, Michigan r e a u so t h a t t h e s e l l i n g of t h e m e m b e r s h i p w i l l b e e a s i e r when time the first issue of " g r e e n b a c k s " be handled over this s h o r t section of s o m e o n e else a p p r o a c h e s the p r o s p e c t , l a t e r on. was authorized, p r i v a t e bank note railroad this season with an increased "There Is No S u b s t i t u t e For W i t h s o m e 15 o r 2 0 t h o u s a n d l o c a l F a r m B u r e a u s scattered companies were equipped to e n g r a v e a c r e a g e expected for next year. Membership." F R I D A Y , AVGl ST 3 0 , 1929 MICHIGAN FARM BURFATJ NEWS "TORE* They Signed 8 0 3 N e w Livingston County H e n r y G. Hendrickson Fred Mclntyre M e m b e r s In 1 6 D a y s C. H. Copeland S. R. Holmes F. E. Copeland W. E. Allen E r n e s t Haight Claus J . J o h n s o n Roger Southwick Carl Wenk Ruben Sischo Archie Cowan Carl G r e e n b e r g J o h n Volker HARVEST Is n o w h e r e , a n d y o u ^€S t a t e mutual Roddcd Fire g l Insurance Co., oj Tllich. • HOME O F F I C E - F U N T . MICH. w i l l n e e d m o r e i n s u r a n c e . Our B l a n k e t F. E. Meyer William W e n k Raymond Wurzel P o l i c y c o v e r s a l l f a r m p e r s o n a l o n t h e p r e m i s e s a n d Lt\< P. M. Stein ture anywhere. T H E R E IS A REASON WHY w Below is a list of Farm Bureau members who par- H. L. Musch Louis Biegalle F A R M E R S M U T U A L F I R E I N S U R A N C E fcO. I X M I C H I t Thad Andrews Wilson Beam A r t h u r Fish ticipated in membership work from one to two days in Wm. E. F e a r Amil J o h n s o n Fred Brennan D i s c o u n t i n r a t e s whei^e d w e l l i n g s h a v e fire, r e s i s t i n g r o o f s a l s o for fire e x t i n g u i s h e r s a n d o u r p o l i c y g i v e s m o r e p r o t e c t i o n t h a n m o s t p o l i - 16 Trade A Day campaigns between the County Claud Winegar Y. J . Veenstra J o h n Cook c i e s . O v e r ?200,000 C a s h A s s e t s a n d o v e r $75,000,000 a t r i s k . Farm Bureaus listed below. T h e Berrien County Gale Hoisington Charles J e n n e F r e d Beach AV. T. L E W I S . S I U ' V , 702 C h u r c h St.. F H n t . MiohiKan. * 0. H. Holmes J o h n McLeod "Trade A Day membership workers, for example Ottawa County Chester Shirkey C. C. Olsen 1). H. DeKleine went into Cass County and in company with Cass coun- Paul Vekweger J. G. I s b i s t e r Myron Drew ty workers, called on Cass county farmers who were Geo. H. Switzcr R. A. Balfour good membership timber. Later the Cass county crew came into Berrien and repeated the process. They sign- August P u t m a n A. H. Donaldson & Son Ray Harwood Alexander Klooster Maurice Luidens Ben L. VanLente • F . A. Petz F. J . Sass E. N. Clark Why Farm Bureau A r t Dyksterhouse ed a total of 803 new members, as follows: W J. Witty T. G. Gllkes Charles H. White Joe E l e n b a s s Henry Gunnemau C. A. Cheney Chas. E i s e n St. Joseph County Mashes Do Better Mr. Yerkes Fred Graham Do You Know that 400 pounds of OAT FLOUR has 120 (alhoun A. J . Knight Will H. Munson more pounds of egg making food than the same amount of F. T. Street Stanley K u r e k (Continued on page four) J. W. M a r r ground oats, commonly used in egg mashes? F r e d Meyer C. P . Read Fred Nibbelink That 400 lbs. of FLOUR MIDDS has 60 more pounds of Kent egg making food than a similar weight of standard midds, Lapeer Mecosta County Gerret S. P o t g e t t e r Muskegon A. J. Whaley James Mitchell J. K. Hatfield Adrain Van F a r o w e Albert Huizinga Derk TenBroeke Let Us used in most egg mashes? That Whole Yellow Corn Meal is best because the whole meal includes the germ with its vitamines and high food Newaygo Oceana Alex Paulsen Herman A. Schiffer W. F r e e m a n Kempf H. R. Andre Seth Coburn Bert Sweet Help You value in corn oil? Farm Bureau Egg Mashes are made largely of these sup- St. C l a i r St. J o s e p h TOTAL. Guy Hornby Raymond Bennett Mr. VanCheck Clarence Ulberg Chas. J. Clayton F r a n k I. Stephen-; Service erior ingredients because they produce more eggs economi- cally, and, they give the farmer the most egg making food for his feed dollar. W. Wiltse R. E. Bredeweg C. E. E m m o n s Let o u r traffic department J. G. J. VanZoeren MICHIGAN EGG M A S H M I C H I G A N EGG M A S H WITH Membership Workers H o m e r Springsteen Nels Nelson H a r m Sietsema handle your railroad problems (Guaranteed Analysis} BUTTERMILK D. E . H a r v e y Berrien County D. M. Beane G. H. Robison C. Andre for you. (Guaranteed Analysis) Noah Anderson John Benson Abe DeKleine Protein 21% Protein 20% M. H. T r u i t t H a r r y Young Roger M. Carroll J a c o b L. Hop Station Facilities Fat 4.50% Fat 4% Lewis R u n k l e Fred Brack Fibre 7% J. G. Boyle J o h n H. Young R. M. F e r r a l Equipment Drains Fibre 7% Dean Clark Fred Gurbow W. B. E a s t o n A. J . B Ian chard H e r m a n Garbow Freight Rates Lbs. P e r l e y Morley Gerald Bos Lbs. Corn Meal, Wht. Yel 400 ,' Robert B u r n s Orville Miller Glenn Haslett M. J . H u n z i k e r Farm Crossings C o r n Meal, W h t . Y<1 400 Oat Flour 460 I r a Neiswender Sam Thomson H e r m a n N. Rogers St. Clair County Fences, etc. Oat Flour 100 W h e a t , Stand. Bran 400 John Fleisher S. W. Corey H u g h Hodgins WMeat, S t a n d . B r a n 400 W I I K A T F L O U R MIDDS...:!(i(l C. E. Rockwell F. A. 'Harrington A. M. Denniston S. B. Ban- Have Your Freight Kills W H E A T FLOUR MIDDS...100 Meat Scraps WO Fred Paul Dried Buttermilk loo W. 'R. W h i t t a k e r Albert J a m e s Audited for overcharges. Loss Meal S c r a p s 860 W. J . Akerly E. L . Redner Salt ^0 Salt 20 Dan Zeiger J. N. C u r t i s and damage claims handled by Cal. C a r b o n a t e 30 John Thompson Cal. Carbonate 20 F r a n k Ireland E. E. Bishop this department with no charge F . J . Higley J. A. R i c h a r d s B a r n y Kaiser Sam Bolton Winfield Leach Lucius Calkins E. H. Gale Muskegon County Cool Today to F a r m Dtareau m e m b e r s — nominal charge t o non-member 2,000 Ask your nearest distributor of Farm Bureau Supplies 2,000 F. J . T h a r Ray T h o m a s George F r a n k W a l t e r Dillman Asa Bent Paul Marvin Oscar P e t e r s o n Hot Tomorrow farmers. for Farm Bureau Poultry Feeds. Ask too for our free booklets, "The Proper Feeding of Poultry" and "Feed- Paul J . Kull W. H . B r e n n e r F r a n k Brown Fred Reum J a y Moyer M. N. Stephenson Christ Aslakson Joseph P a r k e r R. B. Trygstod Be Careful! Farm 'Bureau Traffic Department ing Directions for All Farm Bureau Feeds." Wm. E g g e r t Leon Phillips Alvin Woodard Hot w e a t h e r always sees a n Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service F . A. H a r t man Paul Savage 1. J . Bennett increase in dead stock a t u n - 2 2 1 X. C e d a r S t . L a n s i n g , M i c h . Lansing, Michigan A r t h u r Prilwitz D. X,. F i s h e r W. F . Dean * Thorley Rice Genesee County W. M. Blank Henry Peterson Milton Van F r a n k loading crowding docks, due to over- animals, hogs. Such losses can r u n very especially I rrrTi Russel F i l e C h a r l e s Bird J e r r y Sikkenga high. They c a n also be avoid- tJeo. Olds W. W. Billings Louis Selesky Henry Behler ed. Vern Pockett Cool today. Blistering h o t R. H . Sherwood J. J . J a k w a y B. D. Bishop W. A . Gale William W r i g h t J a m e s Pollock Charles Doney Newaygo County J. H. Hindes tomorrow. B e careful. overcrowd. Don't Farm Bureau E a r l West Fred Ackland Hogs suffer most. INSIST J. F . H i g b i e on clean cars." Accumulated H e r b e r t 'Nafziger Earl Hemingway R. A. Steinke Vernon Morrish Claus Tiedeman J o h n 0 . Berlin Art Meeuwenberg J. C. Wabeke Carl Abel m a n u r e p r o d u c e s heat. Bed c a r with sand o r cinders and wet. Fertilizer F o r F a l l Grains E. W. R i c h a r d s Many s h i p p e r s find it profit- J. A. Tillstrom H a r r y R. B r i n k N. A. Gifford able t o place several c h u n k s H. A. Bishop D. N. Becker Glenn Clark Jesse Blow David H. B r a k e of ice in the c a r t o keep the a t - These Farm Bureau Fertilizer recommendations for fall grains George Leach m o s p h e r e a n d floor cool. D e - Rl. S. F u l l e r Elias Bennett liver hogs so theV may cool and will give you good results on your investment and save money because: Douglas Dean Louis P a r t r i d g e F. H. Douma P. F . Shriver L. C. Ketzer r e s t before loading. Do n o t They are based on the type of soil; the recent crops on that soil, and H a n s Hansen Geo. Shaffer J o h n Tiedeman Koor K a r n e m a a t rill before shipping in w a r m whether or not the grain is to be seeded to hay, especially alfalfa or Newell Gale w e a t h e r . I t ' s better to fill o n H e n r y Swem H e n r y Kolk the other end. W e give your clover. CHOOSE FROM ANALYSIS GIVEN BELOW ACCORDING S. P . Sexton E. G. Stephens R. A. F a u l k n e r shipment every help o n this TO YOUR JUDGMENT AS TO NEED FOR NITROGEN, PHOSPHOR- Bert K e i t h Kalamazoo County George R. W a r r e n Fred Hayward end. US, OR POTASH. Branch County F. J . G e r r y L. A. Wilcox H a r r y Baldridge Timen Wolfsen Ship Co-operatively to G. A. Himebaugh H. H. Chamberlin Joseph Z e r l a u t R . C. W a r n e r E. 0 . Goldsmith Herman Zerlaut Michigan Livestock Exchange H E A V Y SOILS Stacey Case Roy Weinberg F. J. Z e r l a u t F r e d Soules Detroit, 3Iich. For Grain With Legume Seeding Clyde C. Barnes Oceana County E. E . WithingWn C. D. Buell Delbert E n z i a n a Austin Ackley or 1. Heavy soil where legumes—alfalfa, sweet or red clover or vetch—were Clarence Smith D. T. Bascom H a r r y Snow F. F . D u n h a m Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'ri plowed under recently, use Farm Bureau 2-1 2-6 or 0-14-6. ( Val B u c k h a m Mavoric F a r m e r East Buffalo, ft Y. Chas. Gruner Mr. Quimby Clark Mason I r a Gifford 2. With manure plowed under, use Farm Bureau 2-14-4, or 0-14-6 or Claire Brown 0. R. Gale 0-20-0*. Mr. Smith E l m e r Do"bsoh R o b e r t Gibbens W a r r e n Dobson D. G. Ebinger 3. W I T H O U T legumes or manure plowed under, use Farm Bureau 2-12-6, F . C. B u r b a n k C. F . Bissell or 4-16-4 Lewis Zeller Kent County J a m e s Bates J. R . Bettes W. R ; Corliss Eli G. Roberts For Grain Without Legume Seeding Calhoun County Russel H a r d e n b u r g Earl Johnson A. F . Bfechting Arthur Haradine Charles Momver 40,000 POLICIES 1. With legumes plowed under, use Farm 0-20-0*. Bureau 2-14-4, or 0-14-6, or Roy Brazee N o r m a n Whitney E. D. Boothe 1 Louis Weaver George H e r m a n L. D. Kaechele Written In Michigan! 2. With manure plowed under, use Farm 0-20-0*. Bureau Super-Phosphate, C h a r l e s T . Voorhees John J . Luneke E. E . Boyer E. W . Ruehs 3. W I T H O U T legumes or manure plowed under lately, use Farm Bureau J o h n Bradstreet M. R . Shisler 4-16-4. Charles Stinekouse B. B. J u c k e t t Garfield F a r l e y Thomas W. Davis Clayton C. Davis A. W. inwood Fire Liability LIGHT S O I L S E . E . Ball Fred Houseman Reed Schultz Leon W. Ketson M. H . Bowman Carl E. Hessler Theft Collision For Grain W i t h Legume Seeding Legume seeding on grain is N O T recommended on the poorer light soils D^Loyd Schell E. G. P a r m e t e r Are Always Unexpected. Everything You as they do not hold enough moisture for both crops. Robt. H u n t i n g t o n S. J . Cowan F. H . McDermid Clarence Ford & Son Own or Hope to Own is at Risk Unless M. J . Reed G. A. F r o s t 1. Light soil with legumes plowed under recently, use Farm Bureau 2-12—6. E u g e n e Bradley P . S. Davidson A. H . S h e r m a n F r a n k J . Walsh M. B. MoPherson Carl P . .Bradford You Are Insured or 0-14-6, or 0-12-12. i Alva H a k e s Lynn Bradford The State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co. offers 2. With manure plowed under, use Farm Bureau 0-14-6, or 2-14-4, or L e s t e r Weaver J. F . Kardley you protection against R. M. F e r r a l l 0-20-0*. | L. J . Decker J. E. C h a n d l e r R. V. Bettes Fire Property Damage J. L. Trick For Grain Without Legume Seeding W. S. Frost L. E. P e r r i n e Clair W. Allen Collision Liability Lynn Wilder Windstorm Theft 1. Light soil with legumes plowed under recently, use Farm Bureau W. J . Bishop H a r v e y Wiselogel Wm. Thomas 2-14-4. Mr. R u t z Chris Kropf at very low annual rates for farm risks in a strong legal reserve company. More than 280,000 policies written 2. With manure plowed under recently, use Farm Bureau 2-14-4 or 0-20-0*. Floyd Mandey Lapeer County R. E. H u l b e r t A r t h u r Potter in 24 states. 3. W I T H O U T legumes or manure plowed under recently, use Farm Bureau Harry Hunt F r a n k Myus S. E. Noakes John Bird Then, should the unexpected happen, you don't 2-12-6, or 4-12-4, or 4-16-4. Cass County Earl Ivory have to worry. It's our risk. We assume the A. J . E h r e t Robert Beat tie loss and defend your interests. • Where F a r m Bureau 0-20-0 i s r e c o m m e n d e d , about half a s much F a r m Ben Bohnsack B u r e a u Triple S u p e r - P h o s p h a t e O-14-0 may he used. T h e s a m e applies t o F a r m H. G. S h a n n o n Ralph Davenport There is a State Farm Bureau Mutual agent near you. Hurrau 0 - 1 2 - 1 2 a n d 0 - 2 4 - 2 4 . Y o u get m o r e plant food per dollar i n b u y i n g h i g h L. L. Chamberlain a n a l y s e s goods. Y o u s a v e freight, hauling, labor, ete. George W. B r o w n Clinton Smith Don't delay in seeing him. If you don't know him, or Kniest P h e l p s A. P. Stocker AIMM.K A T I O N — 2 0 0 p o u n d * o f h i g h a n a l y s i s t o ;*(><> p o u n d s o f m e d i u m \ \ \ K. Bristol want further information write us. a n a l y s i s f e r t i l i z e r p e r a c r e i s s u f f i c i e n t f o r best r e s u l t s o n t h e i n v e s t m e n t . Ralph Moore Leonard J e r u e Roy S. Spanjder S P E C I A L N O T E — T n pra< t i e a l l y a l l t h e a b o v e c a s e s , a n e a r l y s p r i n g t o p Guv H u n t Fred Kreiner Michigan State Farm Bureau A r t h u r W. Martus d r e s s i n g o f SO t o l O O l b s . o f F a r m B u r e a u S o d i u m N i t r a t e , o r 4 0 t o 7 5 p o u n d s M. V. H u n t e r of F a r m Bureau Sulphate o f A m m o n i a p e r aere should increase t h e yield •Ips.se Green Albert Martus Lansing*, Michigan materially. Soil n i t r o g e n i s s l o w l y a v a i l a b l e in early spring. Martin Pierce William Blackmore R. E. Dixon John Sisson MICHIGAN AGENT Edward Boughton Pearl Myus See Your Nearest Farm Bureau Dealer For Farm Bureau Fertilizers J- C. B u r g e n e r Edith Sisson Adrian P a r k e r B. D. Sisson State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service Leo Tase Wellington Dennis OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Berne Benedict Mr. Xavis J. Covert Lansing, Michigan Fred Wells H - D. Gleason T. C. Selby C E. Bonine W. J . Kennedy FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1Q 2 I > _ FOIR MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU tfJEWS 7,000 MILES OF CUT BR00MC0RN THEY SIGNED 803 NEW MEMBERS I We Will Buy Clover and FEDERAL ROAD IS WHILE IN MILK (Continued from Page 3) II. E. Crow Alf alia Seeds ,- IMPROVED IN'29 Many broomcorn growers believe that the brush will increase in weight Ernest R. York \ M. N. McGregor - S. C. Kline "We are in the m a r k e t for all varieties of clover a m i alfalfa seeds. Send samples r e p r e s e n t a t i v e ot each lot i o r prices. During the fiscal year 1929, the if left until the seed is ripe. A 9- year test at the United States Dry- Ervin D. Fairchild federal government co-operated with Elmer Tobin the States in the improvement of Land Field Station, Woodward, Okla., Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service 7,022 miles of Federal-aid highways, showed there was no increase in the Wm. Whal & Son , , a4 Lansing, 31ichiguu bringing the total mileage of the sys- weight of brush after the seed reach- A. C. Hibbard s u U21 \ . Cedar St. " tem improved with Federal aid to ed the milk stage. The value of the C. V. Woodard 78,096, according to figures of the brush cut when the seed is in the milk W. W. Friesner Bureau of Public Roads. The year's averaged a third higher than when C. E. Lincoln mileage was improved in the 48 states cut in the dough stage, and nearly Reuben Bent and Hawaii by state highway depart- twice as high as when left to ripen. Claude Curtis ments working in co-operation with Buyers prefer the brush cut when the seed is in the milk. Education helps those who haven't the federal bureau. There are ap- much natural intelligence. proximately 188,000 miles of main interstate and intercounty highways County In Alabama Buy Farm Bureau feeds and seeds. In the federal aid system, of which the above mileage and approximately an Signs 200 Members equal mileage built by the states with- The Alabama Farm Bureau has set out federal assistance is now im- proved. a goal of 8,000 new Farm Bureau mem- bers and, according to E. A. O'Neal, Classified Ads Classified Advertisements w i l l be The 7,022 miles improved include president of the organization, that ob- jective will be reached during the charged at the rate of 5 cents a w o r d . Where the ads are to appear twice, the rate w i l l be 4'/ ? cents a 7*°& 1,056 miles of graded and drained g t o ^e ar9 M ^ ^ campaign for members in September. word and for ads running three a\5 a&& earth roads, 563 miles of sand-clay, times or more, 4 cents a word, each 3ve* t aiti& One county, the first to report on its Insertion. 1,293 miles of gravel roads, 189 miles progress, he claims, has signed up of waterbound macadam, 728 miles of BRICK BY BRICK 200 new members with the member- bituminous macadam and bituminous FOR SALE—WHITE COLLIE PUPS W h a t tin' Republican platform said was t h a t the G. O. P . ship work just getting under way. NINE W E E K S OLD. Eligible for re^te \\tfle \oe\-etv* * 0 £fe e „ r o o ^ l \j&»m concrete pavements, 3,101 miles of registration. J. E. Bukowski, Ubly a concrete pavement, and 48 miles " b e l i e v e s t h a t the home m a r k e t belongs to t h e American farm- Small Boy: What is college bred SR-2, Mich. paved with vitrified brick. Forty- pop? FOR SALE— SIX HIGH GRADE £0V t/e** er. Pop (with son in college): They e four miles of bridges and approaches W h a t H e r b e r t Hoover said was that " t h e first a n d most make college bred, my boy, from the GUERNSEY HEIFERS. Ten months to a year old: Cow-Test dams. Nash . u > * It' Tt'»^ were constructed. farm, two miles east of Coldwater. *eA#— t>*cC* complete necessity is that the Amerieaii f a r m e r have the Ameri- flour of youth and the dough of old B e r t Van Kampen. In addition to the improved mile- age. age, at the end of the year there were can m a r k e t . T h a t can be assured him solely t h r o u g h t h e pro- I-t,nc. under construction with federal aid tective t a r i f f . " 9,526 miles, 8,358 of which were ^ undergoing initial improvement, and 1,168 were being given a higher type W h a t the enemies of the American f a r m e r — a n d too many of his half-hearted friends—arc saving, is excellently illustrated in FARM BUREAU OILS of surface than was provided in F a r m Bureau (M. F . B.) Oils are 100% JNIr. McGonigle's d r a w i n g on this page. paraffinc, Sharpies dewaxed. Stocked by original construction. The estimated co-ops and other authorized distributors To p r o t e c t American f a r m i n g , there is a tariff wall to be cost of the mileage under construction built, a n d t h e method is to t a k e the materials of t h a t wall, t h e of F a r m Bureau supplies in 15, 30 and 55 Sold by is $238,158,495, which includes federal gallon drums, which are extra, b u t r e - funds in.the sum of $96,500,347. At the end of the year there were pile of u n l a i d brick, a n d show t h a t each brick is a very small turnable for credit. As an introduction we offer 5 gallon cans, adding 70 cents LOCAL DEALERS t h i n g , a n d c a n have only a trifling effect in k e e p i n g out competi- for the container. Your g r e a t e s t savings also approved for initial construction, is in 15 gallons or more. 1,833 miles of highways and a further tive i m p o r t s . Find out from your F a r m Bureau Dis- 1,065 miles to receive a higher type of T a k i n g u p the tariff schedules one by one, they show t h a t t r i b u t o r how F a r m Bureau Oils will save surface. The total cost of the ap- t h i s one o r t h e other a m o u n t s to only a few million dollars in- money and give you motor oil s a t i s - proved mileage is estimated at $61,- faction. 500,674 to which federal funds in the crease in the American farm income. Therefore, they a r g u e , FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE sum of $24,137,546 have been allotted. w h y b o t h e r with this it is of so little i m p o r t a n c e ? • LiAiiMing, Michigan. I t is a clever m e t h o d — p e r h a p s t h e only one by which ade- Save These SANDBERG WARNS q u a t e protection to f a r m i n g can be defeated. E a c h brick is indeed of limited effect—some p e r h a p s of no Feeding Directions AGAINST DANGERS effect. T h a t is t r u e . B u t t h e completed wall is n o t negligible. Because it is built of u n i m p o r t a n t bricks, it does not follow t h a t H a v e You Ever Used "Great care should be taken at this season of the year by rail and truck shippers in loading," says O. W. Sand- berg, director of transportation for the A. F. B. F. "Stock should be it is a n u n i m p o r t a n t wall. As Michelangelo said of a r t i s t i c a c h i e v e m e n t : " T r i f l e s m a k e p e r f e c t i o n ; b u t perfection is n o t r i f l e . " We w a r n the friends of a g r i c u l t u r e to be on t h e lookout f o r Farm Bureau Coal? Milkmaker Y o u w a n t coal t h a t kindles quickly, b u r n s h o t , loaded without crowding because ris- ing temperatures exact a heavy toll of stuff that is loaded too heavy." t h i s line of a t t a c k , a n d t o recognize a n d c o m b a t it w h e n i t a p - pears. N o item of a g r i c u l t u r a l i m p o r t s is trifling o r negligible if it evenly, long, r e g u l a t e s easily. Is p u r e a n d clean, l o w in a s h , w o n ' t c l i n k e r o r g i v e s t r i n g y s o o t . W e h a v e Means A few simple and common rules as outlined by Mr. Sandberg follow: 1. Do not overload any kind of stock. * r e p r e s e n t s t h e p r o d u c t i o n of something in a foreign c o u n t r y t h a t could a s well be p r o d u c e d b y ourselves. The p u r p o s e of t h e F a r m e r s ' Tariff is n o t p r i m a r i l y to coal like t h a t . A s k y o u r c o - o p a s s ' n for t h e s e F a r m Bureau coals: Moneymaker 2. Load stock in clean, newly Quick H e a t — R e d J o c k e y — Fire Brand sanded cars or trucks. 3. Hogs should be wet down, and raise prices piecemeal, b u t t o e n c o u r a g e t h e g r o w i n g of profit- able specialties, t h u s c u t t i n g d o w n t h e p r o d u c t i o n of u n p r o f i t - T h e y a r e fine c o o k i n g , h e a t i n g s t o v e o r f u r n a c e Directions for Using if possible, the cars in which they are shipped should be iced. able staples. I t is n o t strictly a tariff for protection, b u t a t a r - coals, in p r i c e r a n g e s i n t h e o r d e r n a m e d . produced from the same mines in Southeastern Kenr Always With Various Roughages 4. Do not load stock in cars with iff f o r diversification. t u c k y , w h i c h a s s u r e s u n i f o r m q u a l i t y of c o a l . an accumulation of heavy winter bedding. W e do n o t k n o w w h e t h e r we can get s t a t e s m e n to compre- h e n d t h e difference, b u t we shall keep t r y i n g . A n d a t t h e J Milkmaker 2 4 % 5. Truck drivers should cross same time we shall k e e p m a i n t a i n i n g t h e i m p o r t a n c e of every Toastmaster Range Nut Use M i l k m a k e r 2 4 % w h e n corn, oats o r b a r l e y a r e crossings cautiously and avoid bumps and ruts. single b r i c k t h a t goes t o m a k e t h e tariff wall, no m a t t e r h o w C h e f s of f o u r l e a d i n g r a i l r o a d s u s e T O A S T - scarce a n d high priced. I t is t h e favorite d a i r y feed of "Every stockman knows that he is humble it m a y a p p e a r u n d e r t h e microscope.—Courtesy of The M A S T E R a s t h e c l e a n e s t a n d h o t t e s t r a n g e coal. It t h e d a i r y m e n w h o m a k e money from cows. taking a chance when he overloads Farm Journal. is t h e finest a n d m o s t e c o n o m i c a l c o o k s t o v e c o a l t o Corn, Oats, Hominy cars at any time of the year. And as or Barley, or any far as hot weather advice regarding be h a d i n t h e S t a t e . Q u i c k t o ignite, b u r n s long, mixture of tbeflfe the use of ice and sanded cars is concerned, the saving of a hog or two BOARD CALLS HALT BORER SPREADING w i t h intense heat. L e a v e s little m o r e a s h t h a n w o o d . Free from soot a n d clinkers. A s k your distributor Milkmaker - 4 % With Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. with i r , 0 - 2 0 0 lbs. Cereal G r a i n s will pay the cost of taking these pre- cautions on several shipments," Mr. Sandberg explained. ON LOAN HEARINGS1, TO NEW TERRITORY of F a r m B u r e a u S u p p l i e s t o g e t s o m e T o a s t m a s t e r R a n g e N u t so y o u c a n t r y it. With Clover Hay 100 lbs with With Mixed Hay 150 lbs With Timothy Hay with 90-125 lbs. 75-100 lbs. » ^or^ Corn ^ ^ ^ Stover ^ ^ ^ ^ ^200 ^ ^ lbs ^ ^ with 75-100 lbs. M o r e A t t e n t i o n Is D e v o t e d Claim Public Is Relaxing MICHIGAN FISH T o T h e Board's O w n Organization In Its Fight With MICHIGAN F A R M B U R E A U SUPPLY SERVICE Milkmaker 32% National Pest Lansing, Michigan WORTH MILLIONS No further hearings on applications Lansing, Aug. 23—The Tecords of for loans will be granted by the,Farm In spite of the gradual and increas- M i l k m a k e r 32% is t h e l a r g e s t selling 3 2 % p r o t e i n feed in Michigan. I t s p a l a t a b i l i t y w i t h corn a n d oats h a s helped t h o u s a n d s of cows m a k e profitable r e c o r d s of the fish division of the conservation Board, except in emergencies,' until ing spread of the European corn production. Use when corn, oats or b a r l e y a r e plentiful. department show that if all the nets further notice, it has been announced. borer, the public is losing interest in used by Michigan commercial fisher- Thus far the Board has been function- combating this pest, it was stated Corn, Oats, Hominy or Bailey, or any men operating on the Great Lakes ing with a skeleton organization, orally on August 12 at the Department mixture of these were placed end on end they would hastily gathered together, and has de- of Agriculture. It was pointed out Teach from Pittsburgh to Paris. All voted its attention to conferences with that when the toll of casualties as a told, there are nearly 20,000,000 feet groups of producers, in order to ac- result of the activities of the corn of nets, 3,663 miles, which help to quaint itself with the problems and borer begins to come in, the public SUPERIOR FALL With With With Milkmaker 3 3 % Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. with Clover Hay 100 lbs. with Mixed Hay 100 lbs. with Cerent Grains 300-425 lbs. 200-275 lbs. 125-175 lbs. make the state one of the leading pro- needs of agriculture. It is now pro- will wake up to a realization that the ducers of fresh water fish. posed to devote attention to organiz- pest is still actively at work, and will During 1927, a total of 32,503,073 ing its staff. urge the Department to do something GRAINS With or Timothy Hay Corn Stover 100 lbs with 75-110 lbs. pounds of fish, valued at better than "The Board feels that the tinie has about it. three million dollars, or an average come when it can best serve American Although people seem to think the Certified w h e a t a n d r y e seed give so m u c h b e t t e r r e s u l t s Milkmaker 34% of slightly over nine cents a pound, agriculture in general, and the co- Europeon corn borer is no longer a t h a n o r d i n a r y stock t h a t t h e difference in cost is only a sound M i l k m a k e r 3 4 % meets t h e need of those w h o w a n t a were taken by commercial fishermen operative associations in particular by source of worry, it was stated at the business i n v e s t m e n t . higher p r o t e i n feed t h a n o u r 32% M i l k m a k e r . Only h i g h of the state. setting aside a period in which it Department, officials of the Depart- will hold no further hearing* except ment of Agriculture are working protein i n g r e d i e n t s used. Splendid t o m i x w i t h home T h e increased seeding cost p e r a c r e should n o t exceed $1.75 g r o w n feeds. in distress or emergency cases, and Fruit Exports Grow will instead devote itself to tl|e per- more strenuously than ever to curb on w h e a t . T h e a v e r a g e increase i n y i e l d is 3 t o 5 bushels. Corn, Oats, Hominy F u r t h e r m o r e , this disease free, noxious w e e d free seed p r o - During Past Season ery," fection of its own operating machin- the spread of the borer. Quarantine or Barley, or any the official statement issued by territory, it was explained, has been duces a h i g h q u a l i t y crop. The foreign trade in apples both in mixture of these the Board explained. extended as far west as Lake Mich- Milkmaker 3 4 % Cereal G r a i n s boxes and barrels more than doubled igan for the 1929 season. The M i c h i g a n F a r m B u r e a u offers certified seed of t h e With Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. with 325-450 lbs. during the past fiscal year compared "Only in this way can the Bosfrd get s t a n d a r d M i c h i g a n v a r i e t i e s developed b y M i c h i g a n I S t a t e 1 Extension of the quarantine as far With Clover Hay 100 lbs. w i t h 225-300 lbs. with a year ago. Shipments of or- itself quickly into a position to re- as Lake Michigan, it was explained, College p l a n t b r e e d e r s . T h e seed is p r o d u c e d b y M i c h i g a n With .Mixed Hay 100 lbs. w i t h 1 5 0 - 2 0 0 l b s . anges nearly doubled, and every other spond actively to requests for loans With Timothy Hay has especially to do with regulations Crop I m p r o v e m e n t Association f a r m e r s u n d e r rigorous variety of fresh fruit shows some in- or for other assistance. The Board is forbidding the shipment of shell corn or Corn Stover 100 lbs. ^ ^ M E ; 7 5-12 5 lbs. attempting to organize a staff, whose s t a n d a r d s of inspection as t o p u r i t y , q u a l i t y of g r a i n , t r u e - crease. The fiscal year just past also shows purpose will be to furnish facts con- out of borer-infested regions. Princi- ness t o t y p e . There is none b e t t e r for Michigan. NOTE—In each set of feeding directions, if the hay is of a favorable increase in the exports of cerning the co-operative movement pal regulatory work, it was stated, W e offer t h r o u g h o u r local d i s t r i b u t o r s t h e following Crop the best quality, use the larger amount of cereal grain. As dried fruit, shipments of every vari- and its needs in respect to every com- consists in the inspection of automo- the quality of hay is poorer, reduce the cerfeal grain toward the lower amount recommended. ety being heavier than the previous modity in every locality. The Board biles going from State to State in the I m p r o v e m e n t Association v a r i e t i e s : year. Dried apples show the greatest is attempting to create a loan divi- corn belt, to make sure that they are Balance Your Cow's Nation for Greatest Profit gains, both quantity and value being sion of financial experts and apprais- not carrying the insect to non-infested RED ROOK—The old reliable bearded soft red winter In using any of the above grain mixtures or Milkmaker more than double that of 1927-8. ers who shall be able to pass intelli- regions. wheat. Holds practically all Michigan records for yield. Stiff straight, the grain ration should be fed as follows- 1 lb. of Prunes, raisins, and apples respec- gently on requests for financial assist- At present it was announced, the straw; doesn't lodge. grain mixture to each 4 lbs. of 3 % % milk; 1 lb. of grain tively lead in importance, with the ance. Department is investigating the ex- BERKLEY ROCK—Bearded hard red winter wheat, stiff mixture to each 3 % lbs. of 4% milk; 1 lb. of grain mixture United Kingdom, Germany, Nether- Open For Emergencies tent of spread of the borer. As soon to each 3 lbs. of 4 % % milk. straw. Exceptionally winter hardy and immue to smut. lands, France and Canada the princi- "The Board is endeavoring to set up as this has been ascertained, the De- a legal division which can, under the partment stated, information will be AMERICAN BANNER—White soft winter wheat, beardless, If you know the amount of butterfat the cow produces pal purchasers. daily feed 7 to 8 pounds of the grain mixture daily for each The total' quantity exported during law. protect the funds that have been complied showing how much increase stiff straw, winter hardy, heavy yielder. Best variety for pound of butterfat produced. the past year aggregated €05,433,000 entrusted to it by the tax payers of there has been in spread of the pest lighter wheat soils. Growers in good localities have been get- ting 30 to 40 bushels per acre. pounds with a value of $41,695,000. an the United States. All of these oper- this season in connection with which F a r m B u r e a u M i l k m a k e r d a i r y feeds, Michiflex 2 4 % , increase of 15.2 per cent in quantity ating divisions are completely neces- the Department proposes to issue the ROSEN RYE—Outstanding heavy yielding rye. Large Service D a i r y 2 0 % a n d Lofibre 1 6 % r a t i o n s , a n d t h e and 16.8 per cent in value. sary in order that the Board may annual map graphically illustrating plump berries, well filled heads. l u l l line of F a r m B u r e a u E g g M a s h e s a n d Scratch efficiently serve American agriculture. the increase.—United States Daily. +e t Z Public f o r m u l a feeds of h i g h e s t q u a l i t y — a r e To develop them and at the same Keep 'em Tied time develop uniform policies of oper- PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH OUR LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS to be h a d from y o u r n e a r e s t d i s t r i b u t o r of F a r m B u r e a u A dog can watch your chick- ation will demand the full efforts of Quality creates demand for Farm NOW feeds. en house if on a chain or wire the Board for some time to come," Bureau fertilizers. Write f o r our free booklet, "Feeding Directions f o r run better than he can out run- continued the Board's statement. ning around over the country. "For these reasons, the Board emergency character. The Board fur- MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SEED SERVICE Farm Bureau Dairy Poultry, Horse and Hog Feeds." And if allowed to run at large wishes to announce that until fur- ther asks that no delegations come to Lansing, Michigan at night, there is where you ther notice it will not be able to grant Washington expecting hearings except Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service will find most of the so-called hearings to applicants for loans ex- where appointments have been previ- Lansing, Michigan watch dogs, cept when such applications are of an ously arranged."