Existence Of The Fi'Tn Mic HIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS Bureau For So Sfjnv Years To Inform The Minds Of The Is lYoot Oi Its \nnreci- People And To Follow at ion Bv The Piihlie Their Will Is The Flan Of The Farm Bureau Seventh Year, Vol. VII, Number 19. . A Newspaper for FRIDAY, Organized OCTOBER 11, 1929 Michigan Farmers Issued Semi-Monthly A. F. B. F. SECRETARY RETURNS FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS PLAN TO ORGANIZE College Announces Let's Clear A Place INSURANCE MOVES P V E N COUNTIES PREPARING FOR '29 Short Courses MARKETING AGENCY INTO ITS SECOND TWO BIG MEMBERSHIP RALLIES IN GIVEN BOARDS OK -Michigan State College, in announc- Where They Can Land ing its 1929-30 short courses this year, sends out a brief statement by Presi- dent Robert S. Shaw in which the HUNDRED BILLION THEIR RESPECTIVE F.B. DISTRICTS Growers' Corporation With college executive pictures the farmer National Convention Brings Twenty Million Capital of the future preparing himself to do Four County Farm Bureaus In Thumb District his work a little better than the aver- Out Some Impressive Is Now Assured. age. Points of Study. And Seven In Central Part Of State President Shaw says, "In the future the notably successful farmers must Will Meet For All-Day Sessions WOOL MEN ORGANIZING be prepared to do things a lKtle differ- When the Michigan State Farm Bu- ent and a little better than the aver- reau recently announced its entrance At Cass City And Wacousta. Ohio F. B. Head Made age. in the field of life insurance selling, Conditions of production, bar- appearing as state agent in Michigan Chairman of Special vesting, storing, marketing, farm fin- for the State Farm Mutual Life In- Plans are being formulated for staging two of the biggest ance, and home living have under- surance Company, of Bloomington, rallies of the year of Farm Bureau members, on Oct. 22 and Wool Committee. gone a radical change in the recent 111., few people probably realized the Oct. 23 at Cass City, in Tuscola county, and Wacousta, in past and these processes are bound magnitude of the business field in to Plans for the organization of the to continue in. the future. This means Farmers National Grain Corporation an ever .inceasing need for special which the organization had launched Clinton county. The Cass City Farm Bureau Rally will in- with a capital stock of $20,000,000 training for the prospective farmer. until now, with the close of the an- clude members and their friends from four counties: Tuscola, have been completed and approved iNo agencies offer such excellent op- nual national convention of life in- Huron, Sanilac and Saginaw and the Wacousta Rally will by the Federal Farm Board and the portunities for suitable training in a surance agents, these sales representa- include members and friends from Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, grain growers' representatives. short space of time at minimum cost tives tell the world they are going out to get the second hundred billion dol- Gratiot, Shiawassee, Livingston and Ingham counties. Following incorporation, steps will as the Slior Courses of the Agricul- he taken to establish headquarters in tural Colleges. Michigan State Col- lars worth of business. Invitations have been sent out to close to 2,000 members Chicago and offices at other important lege offers a variety of well balanced The convention was held at Wash- to participate in these rallies. grain centers in the United States. courses, study them carefully." ington and representatives from all Eventually the corporation will open parts of the country were in attend- M. S. Winder, executive secretary of the American Farm The Short Courses for 1929-30, to- branch offices at advantageous points gether with the dates of each, are as ance. They had completed the selling Bureau, who participated in the speaking programs of several in foreign countries. Much of the pre- follows: of a hundred billion dollars worth of Rallies in other sections of Michigan earlier in the year, is liminary work has been done by the . General Agriculture, First year, ' ^ ^ • V ^ ^ ^ - rAASCPVICE life insurance and, instead of looking booked again to deliver an address at each of the October farmers' organizations, so that the Oct. 28 to Mar. 7. upon the field as "pretty well covered," corporation will be in a position to have set out to double their record. Rallies. The Farm Bureau of this state is unusually fortun- General Agriculture, Second year, Thus we find the Farm Bureau do- ate in securing the secretary of the A. F. B. F. for so many start operations at an early date, and Oct. 28 to Mar. 7. it is now hoped that some of this General Agriculture, Jan. 6 to Mar. RESTORE 35 ACRES CO-OPS FEDERATE ing its bit toward making up a $200,- occasions this season but his addresses at the spring Rallies THROUGH F.B. HELP TO HELP1ARKETS year's grain crop may be handled by 7. 000,000,000 sales business. were received with so much enthusiasm that the State Farm the new concern. Dairy Production, Jan. 6 to Mar. 7. One of the features of the conven- Bureau has been urged by many members to pull hard to get The final draft of the articles of Dairy Manufacturing, Jan. 6 to Mar. tion program was the reading of a brief message from President Hoover, him here again for the meetings this month. incorporation has been made and is .7. The tendency toward federation of 35 Acres of land belonging to the to be examined within the next few Ice Cream Makers, Mar. 10 to Mar. F. C. Morgan estates near Pittsfidd, local farmers co-operative marketing who was unable to attend the conven- Mr. Winder presents a picture of organization activities in days by George Farrand, legal coun- •21. units into large-scale organizations, in Washtenaw county were re tion in person. a manner fashioned out of a long period of service and devo- sel of the Federal Farm Board, along Poultry, Jan. 6 to Mar. 7. for more effective control of the to a state of productiveness, recently, Mr. Hoover touched upon this phase with the by-laws. The articles of in- Agricultural Engineering, Jan. 6 to after several years of idleness when merchandising of agricultural com- of American business in a very inter- tion to the program of the Farm Bureau. His connections corporation already have been ap- iMar. 7. modities, is growing, says Chris L. with the organization as an officer of his home local and the Michigan State Farm Bureau Christensen, secretary of the Federal esting manner. He said, "No one in- proved by officials of the Federal I Home Economics, Jan. 6 to Mar. 7. traffic Department filed complaint terested in the progress of the Amer- later as secretary of his state organization and, finally, as the Farm Board and co-operative market- Farm Board, in a circular just issued. Market Gardeners. Jan. 27 to Jan. for the property o\\:ur and the New- ican people could fail to be impressed executive secretary of the national body, has afforded him a ing officials representing the pro- 31. York Central Railr'oad made repairs "In developing co-operation among co-operatives," says Mr. Christensen, with the significance of the achieve- fund of experiences from which he draws in most interest- posed corporation. As soon as they Ornamental Horticulture, Mar. 24 along its right of way. ment which is marked by the distribu- are approved from a legal standpoint to Mar. 28. The owner of this land complained "the agricultural co-operative busi- ing fashion in his presentation of the subject of the needs and the articles of incorporation will be I Commercial Floriculture, Jan 13 to the Farm Bureau Traffic Depart- ness associations are following the tion of one hundred billion dollars of benefits of organized agriculture. filed and later made public. to Jan. 17. ment, stating that culverts and a trail blazed by industry, commerce, life insurance among them. and banking. In the past many small "There is no single device in our Pltf.n Noon Bnnquent Woolgrowers Org-s.iize Pickle Packers, Feb. 18 to Feb. 20, drainage ditch along the railroad business enterprises, whether owned Tentative plans for the formation company's property had been in need whole economic system which is great- Each Rally will be attended with Bee-keepers, Feb. 10 to Feb. 14. of a national wool and mohair mar- Veterinarians, Jan. 27 to Jan. 31. of cleaning for several years and that individually or jointly by a number of er in importance in safeguarding the a banquet of all members and their keting agency were unanimously individuals, have become parts of Seed Production and Marketing, the railroad company had paid no at- large corporations. Similarly, co- welfare of our women and children Fertilizer Meetings friends at noon, following the dinner tention to his requests to clean the than in this. The great institutions with an afternoon of entertainment adopted by .'56 co-operative represent- Jan. 27 to Jan. 31. operative marketing and purchasing A series of meetings is being which have been builded for this pro- and instructive addresses and discus- atives at the close of their two-day Farm Women's Week, July 26 to drain. associations among farmers were at scheduled for two weeks in No- sions. session at the Hotel Sherman. The Aug. 1. The Traffic Department took the tection against disaster rank with the matter up with the railroad company first local movements." vember and two weeks in Jan- On the program with Mr. Winder meeting was called by Alexander Farmers Week, Feb. 3 to Feb. 7. highest forms of our national achieve- uary, during wiiich Otto Voyle3, will he Clark Brody, secretary of the Legge, Chairman of the Federal Farm The 1929-30 Short Course catalogue is this summer and has just been in- ments." Michigan Farm Bureau; Mrs. Edith head of the Farm Bureau fertil- Board, at the request of the National 'now ready for distribution from the formed by the property owner that Wool Marketing Council. It was at- Short Course Office, Michigan State the Railroad Company has cleaned the U. STCANPRODUCE Some very impressive points, bear- ing on the life essentials of the Amer- izer company, is to appear twice daily in some forty communities Wagar, chairman of home and com- munity work for the state organiza- tended by five members of the Board. College, East Lansing, Michigan, and ditch, cleaned the culverts and rebuilt ican populace, were touched upon dur- Michigan co-operative wool interests will be forwarded free of charge to two culverts, thereby draining about were represented at the Chicago anyone wh'o requests a copy. 36 acres which will be availabie for JAP FIBRE PLANTS ing the three-day convention in the nation's Capital. Among these was to speak to farmers on the man- ufacture and use of commercial tion; a local representative of one of the counties in one of the other organized Farm Bureau districts of meeting by C. L. Brody, manager of farming next year. This drain serves fertilizers. the state and Claude Nash, the state Experiments conducted by the U. S. one point in particular dealing with the State Farm Bureau. a large area and where it crossed the The November meetings are director of organization for th|B department of agriculture have shown estates. In this,' Edward McMahon, The plan calls for the formation of a central selling agency with a CHICK HATCHERIES Morgan estate it involved four cul- verts maintained by the Railroad that Ramie, a fibre producing plant Company. Mr. A. P. Mills, head of the raised commercially in China and life insurance trust officer of- the! Equitable Trust Company, of New | to be held from Nov. 11 to Nov. 25 and will embrace about two Michigan Farm Bureau. Members planning to attend either capital stock of $500,000 to be used dozen communities. of these Rallies will facilitate mat- for operation purposes. An organiz- ation committee of 15 men was ap- ADOPT CHAIN PLAN Farm Bureau Traffic personally inspected the Department Japan, might prove a desirable crop property at for the southern part of the United York, presented figures of specific in- stances to show how estates often j Last winter Mr. Voyles made a similar itinerary, telling the ters by mailing in reservations for the banquet to the organization de- pointed and instructed to begin work the time the Farm Bureau interceded. States if it were possible to perfect a show "shrinkage," sometimes to the i complete story of commercial partment of the State Farm Bureau, Purchase of the Livingston Chick peculiar type of machine for stripping extent of leaving heirs with nothing ; immediately in the preparation of the Hatchery, of Howell, Michigan, by the the fibre from the plants more eco- fertilizer in a very interesting at Lansing, or by communicating di- but expenses even where the estate has articles of incorporation and by-laws Arrowhead Hatcheries of Lapeer and Organize Sugar Co-Op nomically than the hand stripping manner and bringing the tech- rectly with the district organization for the national wool and mohair Birch Run, as announced a few days been passed on as worth thousands director of their respective district. Under the leadership of A. H. Pack- methods used in the Orient. This nical side of its manufacture selling agency. This committee was ago by the head of the company makes ard, president of the Vermont Farm crop is found to be well suited to the and thousands of dollars and has been For the Cass City district, Newell accepted as such during the life of the out in simple terms so that the also authorized to act as the incor- this chain of hatcheries the largest Bureau, maple sugar producers of lowlands of the south but the applica- Gale, at Cass City, will handle reserva- person accumulating it. individual user could get a bet- tfons and Prank Q. Wright, of Wa- porating board of directors and to producers of baby chicks in Michigan that state are making a determined tion of hand stripping of the fibres ter understanding of why, how serve until their successors are regu- with a total capacity of 400,000 eggs. effort to build a co-operative associ- would be too costly an item of labor to For instance, Mr. McMahon showed cousta, for the central Michigan Ral- and where to apply certain an- ly. These reservations should be in a larly elected by the interested groups, ation which will have a commanding make the crop'profitable, it is claimed that a survey made during three alyses. His visits last year in- few days before the meeting so ade- the date of the election to be deter- The present St. Lawrence Canals influence in the marketing of this far- by the government experts conduct- months this summer, covering some of cluded trips to about fifty quate plans can be made. Earlier in mined after the agency has been in- have cost Canada about $43,000,000. famed New England product. ing the experiments. the larger estates, showed that items points in southern Michigan, the season, when farmers were very corporated. of shrinkage on mortgages, notes, roal busy in haying and cultivating, plana speaking to as many as 150 estate, stocks, bonds and cash amount- The organization committee of 15 is composed of the following men who represent the wool and mohair indus- A Farm Observation M A f ADD HEIGHT ed to more than 20 per cent of the average net estate. This shrinkage farmers in a place. Ask your local distributor of were made for a hundred in one place and then there were nearly twice that many who attended. This was most (Continued on page three.) Of Government Cost TO BOULDER DAM resulted from application of adminis- tration expenses, federal estate tax, transfer taxes, state estate tax and Farm Bureau fertilizer about the place and your locality. date of meeting in gratifying but early reservations make it more convenient for the group that prepares the dinner and for the dis- DRAINAGE PROJECT Farmers Should Devote More tion, let us divorce from it entirely the matter of a materially altered Reclamation Service Engineers are said to be studying plans for increas- other specific taxes and debts. trict director to arrange accommoda- tions. type of service. Consolidation, in its COVERS 110 MILES Consideration To Their Local Expense. simplest form does not imply more than a graded school. ing the height of Boulder Dam. on the lower Colorado River, by possibly 25 feet. This additional height would CASS DAIRY GROUP As with the other big Rallies, each member is expected to pay for his own Forty-three Mile Drain Is By Stanley M. Powell raise the dam to a height of 725 feet from the bottom of the foundation, MASON COUNTY IS AWARD HERD CUPS dinner, which is being arranged for at a very nominal charge. Program Planned For Eastern (Editor's note: This Is the second installment of ;i paper on tn\ati<»n presented by Mr. Powell bringing it to a point of 550 feet above the water level of the river. For MAKING PLANS TO The general program, as planned for each district, follows: Part Of State. What is designated to be the biggest at the national tax conference in September. Further treatment of the subject will appear In the next every additional foot built onto the dam a resulting increase in storage capacity of about 150,000 acre-feet HOLD TRADE-A-DAY Marcellus Farmer Is Winner In Individual A n d 10:00 A. M. Women's Section. For all Farm Bureau Women and Friends. issue) Mrs. Edith Wagar, presiding. drainage project ever put over in Right here would be a logical place would be effected. Herd Average. 10:00 A. M. Men's Section. All northeastern Michigan will be begun to comment regarding the consolida- County Will Divide Members members invited. Held especially to Within the next few weeks with the tion of rural school districts, but I Into Soliciting Teams letting of contracts for a drain 43 miles in length and serving an area tread on this ground with caution. In many communities ill-advised consoli- THUMBUN1TS PLAN During Campaign. Cass County Dairy Herd Improve- ment Association awarded two cups discuss plans with Board Members. 11:30 A. M. Banquet. Community Singing. to Claude Shugars, of Marcellus, as of approximately 110 square miles. The drain will be known as the Sebewaing Drain. dations have been carried out which have had undesirable reactions and have consequently regrettably retard- MEMBERSHIP TRADE Conditions appear very favorable trophies for highest production of butter fat for his diary herd during 12:30 P. M. Objects of the Meeting. Chairman to be chosen later. .—*— for membership work in Mason coun- the past year. Mr. Shugars' herd 12:45 P. M. Address, M. 8. Winder, Present plans call for letting the ed the trend toward proper consolida- Four townships in St. Clair County ty this fall where the County Farm Executive Secretary of the American drain under nine contracts with one tion No consolidation should be averaged 433 pounds of nutter fat for took up the subject of Membership Bureau is making preparations for Farm Bureau Federation. year specified in which to complete effected without first giving careful one year. His high cow produced 696 Trade-A-Lay work at a special meet- staging a Trade-a-Day of membership 1:45 P. M. Michigan's Opportunity, the jobs. The big undertaking, which consideration to such factors as the work within its own bounds. The pounds of butter fat. C. L. Brody, Manager Ktate Farm ing in Community Hall at Fargo, Fri- Lynn Post, Counly Agricultural is estimated to cost in the neighbor- valuation of the proposed district, the north half of the county is to exchange Bureau. cost of the required school muldme day evening, October 11. Exchange Agent, presented the cups for ihe hood of $400,000 will be financed of membership work is planned to be work with the south half, on Oct. 28 2:05 P. M. Women's Position in the through a bond t»3Ue over a ten year and equipment, the expense of trans- and Nov. 4. association. Farm Bureau, Mrs. Wagar. porting pupils and far teachers carried out between Brockway and Period, it is claimed. Mason County Farm Bureau leaders Whefi asked for a speech, Mr. Community Singing. salaries and the resulting tax rate, Kenackee townships and between One of the big items of expense in are planning to meet for a supper at Shugars confined himself to a few- 2:50 P. M. How the Trade-a-Day where this arrangement is being Greenwood and Grant townships. connection with the drainage project Scottville on Oct. 24 to arrange final brief statements. He said, "Feed was Worked, to be arrant/- entered into deliberately and intelli- very simple—corn, oats, bran and, of will be the construction of concrete gently it is proving economical and State Sets Fireline details of their campaigns for these course, milkmaker 32 per cent. 3:00 P. M. Summing It Up, Claude bridges at 76 points along the drain two dates. X a sh. gratifying both to parents and tax- This county is the farthest north of proper and its branches. Stanley M. Powell Sixty miles of fireline are to be Community Singing. payers. any in the state to adopt the Trade- The second avenue by which we may constructed in the Lake Superior Such consolidation reduces the num- A-Day and, while there are fewer "Missing, a jersey cow with long Be moderate in everything includ- progress toward the goal of tax relief State Forest this year. The entire Campfires Are Costly ber of teachers and school officers is that of improved machinery for the mileage will consist of the standard farmers in the county than in some horns weighing about 750 pounds." ing moderation. required to serve a given area and of the lower counties, the leaders hope Camp fires started 54 forest fires in Should result In an improved quality administration of the general property lines brushed out sixteen feet wide, Michigan last year. A few shovels of of service at a lessened expense. In tax. There are important evidences grubbed fourteen feet, and plowed to show a favorable percentage of "There Is No Substitute For A corrupt judge is not qualified to flirt thrown over your fire may have considering this question of consolida- (Continued on page two) ten or eleven feet. membership increase after the Trade. Membership." inquire into the truth.—Horace. saved thousands of dollars. ^le^^ettCountyFarm Bureaus Will Rally Their Members October 22 F R I D A Y , OCTQBKK 1 1 , l 9 8 9 TWO MICHIGAN FARM B F R E A T N E W S from Stai • rtainp h o l d it f o r y o u a f e w y e a r s so t h a t if y o u w a n t it h a c k f o r the EDUCATING OUR C H I L D R E N is a most necessary function | , •> O n e of t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e s u b l e t s t h a t c a n be p i c k e d f o r d i s - vent discrimination and inj,. Ore. MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS s a m e p r i c e I s o l d it t o y o u . y o u c a n g e t it." c u s s i o n i n M i c h i g a n i s . t h a t of r u r a l e d u c a t i o n . \\ h e r e the con- tween t h e various classes of p r o D '*" T h a t w o u l d he a n e x c e p t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y a n d y e t t h e repre- and between distri. s o l i d a t e d s c h o o l h a s m a d e its a f p e a . a n c e t h e r e a r e t h o s e w h o c r y Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- s e n t a t i v e of l e g a l r e s e r v e life i n s u r a n c e h a s a c o n t r a c t to offer I oca I Road .W~eed 3tore Daylight York has taken an i m p o r t a n t step in O. R. Gale, 1st Vice-Pres were policied u n d e r state supervision, corn refuse was burned, We need more daylight shed a r o u n d velopment of inequalities both in the John Miller Coloma the direction suggested h e r e and the Shelby t h e handling, of all o u r public funds. city a n d in the country, but with Carl Buskirk Lawrence stuble was shredded and burned with special a p p a r a t u s design- farmers of other States a r e callingf^r H. H. Hogue, 2nd Vice-Pres In Michigan the g r e a t e r p a r t of all t h i s difference: farm assessments as L. A. Hawley Ludington ed for this particular purpose and farmer^ were taught new similar action. In Michigan, a legis- Sodus H. Nafziger Millburg farm taxes a r e spent t h r o u g h agencies a group tend to vary in the same di- lative bill, sponsored b y the Farm F. L. Bradford, S e c - T r e a s m e t h o d s of p l o w i n g a n d tilling their fields but the corn borer which a r e never subject t o a u d i t by rection at t h e same time, while city V. W a r n e r Mattawan Bureau, proposes t h e r e t u r n of one- Benton Harbor C. J. Chrestensen Onekama stayed. the State. New legislation providing assessments vary a m o u n g themselves, third of the gas tax receipts for use on F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr .'. M. I). Buskirk Paw PaW for a u d i t s upon the appeal of taxpay- some being high while others are low. township roads, u n d e r t h e joint super- Benton Harbor F. L. Bradford St. Josepli J u s t as p o t a t o p r o d u c t i o n has s u r v i v e d since the p o t a t o bug ers h a s been r e n d e r e d ineffective It is my personal opinion t h a t in vision of the county a n d township Miller Overton Bangor J. W. Prentice Saugatuak first made its a p p e a r a n c e and t h r e a t e n e d to w i p e o u t t h i s v a l - t h r o u g h the failure of t h e Legislature former years, when farm values were authorities. J. F. Higbee Benton Center O. R. d a l e Shelbjy uable c r o p a n d j u s t as the fruit i n d u s t r y has s u r v i v e d t h e a n n u a l to a p p r o p r i a t e funds needed t j carry steadily advancing, r u r a l lands were David Brake Fremont H. H. Hogue Sodus o n t h e work. This condition :< i- frequently under-assessed and that P. D. Leavenworth A M E R I C A N F A R M B U R EJames AU FE Nicol D E R A T I O NSouth Haveui r a v a g e s of i n s e c t a n d p a r a s i t e p e s t s , t h e M i c h i g a n c o r n c r o p w i l l viously indefensible. All puibl> m i ; 1 ^ d u r i n g t h e present period the falling LEGISLATIVE ETEAIJQUARTERS SAM H. THOMPSON Grand Rapids W. F.» Dean Munsey C. L. Brody Bldg., Washington,Eau Claile D. C. Lansin% President p r o b a b l y c o n t i n u e a s a n i m p o r t a n t g r a i n c r o p of M i c h i g a n w h e r e p r o p e r m e t h o d s of c u l t i v a t i o n a n d soil t i l l a g e a r e f o l l o w e d . should be left w h e r e it wo.ul" be a li- farm land values the s a m e lands are able tor audit at any t i m e bv ^ooerly q u k e generally over-assessed. I be- TOWNSHIP BUREAU GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F CHESTER H. GRAY 38 East Washington St., Chicago Washington Representative The destruction wrought by this insect cannot help but boost constituted State officers ac'lK/r'ities. » >:>'-'>lyt lieve t h a t this condition is fully known to State Tax Most assuredly t h e r e is need ror and State Boards of Equalization and Commissioners HAS DAY ON TOUR =/ t h e cost of p r o d u c t i o n b e c a u s e t h e r a i s i n g of c o r n u n d e r adverse g r e a t e r publicity in t h e preparation t h a t the major reason for its con- Adopting the sign of F a r m Bureau conditions attending the control of t h e insect calls for extra of local tax budgets a n d for adequate t i n u a n c e lies in t h e fact t h a t t h e mem- P o u l t r y feeds as i n s i g n i a of the Editorials labor and special equipment to a certain extent. b e e n m o s t a c t i v e in t h e w o r k of c o n t r o l l i n g t h e c o r n b o r e r Those who have are m a c h i n e r y to see t h a t t h e budgets b e r s of t h e s e boards do not (have in organization for one day a t least, 33 once established are respected by our practice the power they have (in theory members of H e n r i e t t a t o w n s h i p Farm local officers. T h e b u s i n e s s of secret- $0 m a k e their determinations of value Bureau, in J a c k s o n county, entered b e g i n n i n g t o l o o k u p o n t h e c o r n c r o p in M i c h i g a n a s q u i t e l i k e ly t r a n s f e r r i n g funds from one office purely upon t h e basis of the facts as Detroit with colors flying a n d spent PROTECTING OUR FUTURES t h e p o t a t o a n d t h e f r u i t c r o p s in t h a t t h e c a r e f u l f a r m e r w h o is to a n o t h e r should be stopped and they know them. t h e day looking over the sights at T h e r e a r c a1 least fiMir c o n d i t i o n s likely to arise in t h e life willing to t a k e necessary p r e c a u t i o n s and devote himself to the emergency a p p r o p r i a t i o n s should be In m a n y instances these hoards a r e Belle Isle, where a picnic dinner was m a d e with t h e same publicity and hampered by laws which prevent t h e i r served, and closed t h e i r taur- with a of e v e r y m a n . O n e o r m o r e of t h e m is f t t i t e s u r e t o c o m e s o o n - t a s k will p r o d u c e a c r o p in s p i t e of t h i s d e s t r u c t i v e pest. formality t h a t s u r r o u n d e d the m a k i n g placing t h e i r increases and decreases er or later, liec-iiisc of t h e m , t h e w i s e m a n m a k e s p r o v i s i o n for of t h e original budget. w h e r e they believe they belong. In t r i p of inspection t h r o u g h t h e eastern market. his f a m i l y in t h e e v e n t of h i s e a r l y d e a t h ; m a k e p r o v i s i o n for Farmers throughout the Nation Michigan, the State Board of Equali- FOR THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS h a v e heard of the so-called '"Indiana zation h a s power only to revise t h e Each member of t h e group w n 0 h i m s e l f in e a s e h e l i v e s to he t o o old t o i w o r k : m a k e s provision total valuations of counties. m a d e the t r i p tied a F a m Bureau BGG " W e h a v e a r e c o r d of a c o n s i d e r a b l e n u m b e r of f a r m organi- P l a n " of controlling bond issues and f o r his f a m i l y a n d h i m s e l f in e a s e he s h o u l d b e c o m e permanent- budgets. It is known t h a t farm or- MASH sack to t h e back of his car as z a t i o n s w h i c h e i t h e r i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r in c o - o p e r a t i o n w i t h other Tax Commissioners Power a means of identifying him in the hi? ly d i s a b l e d a n d he m a k e s p r o v i s i o n fori t h e t i m e of finaneial ganizations in the States of Indiana associations have worked on, or are w o r k i n g on, state fiscal I believe that the inability of most •city so t h a t t h e group could remain and Iowa, w h e r e the " I n d i a n a P l a n " is emergency which may arise. j State Tax Commissions to exercise a together w i t h o u t a n y stragglers get- problems. T h i s is c o m m e n d a b l e , b u t it is n o t e n o u g h . We have operating, are pleased on. the whole reasonable degree of control over local ting lost in t h e traffic. A l l a r o u n d u s a r e t h o u s a n d s of p e o p l e w h o h a v e m a d e no a d e - with t h e r e s u l t s t h a t have been ob- almost no record of a n y local farm organizations attempting assessors is also primarily responsible q u a t e p r e p a r a t i o n s to meet these conditions. But there is a p - tained u n d e r it. F a r m leaders in Using a F a r m B u r e a u branded sack a n y i m p r o v e m e n t in l o c a l fiscal c o n d i t i o n s . W h y is it n o t p o s s i - other S t a t e s a r e carefully studying for inequalities in assessments as a m a r k of identification on a motor p a r e n t a t r e n d of t h i n k i n g w h i c h is l e a d i n g t h e m o r e progressive ble for a c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d from a local f a r m organization the system to d e t e r m i n e whether it which exist between n e i g h b o r s : If vehicle is a r a t h e r unique method of a n d t h e m o r e s u c c e s s f u l f a m i l y h e a d s t o S e c u r e a m e a s u r e of fin- contains t h e germ of a n idea which by some means, we might obtain a spotting a Poms Bureau member in il a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e c o m m u n i t y to g o o v e r t h e c o u n t y or a n c i a l p r o t e c t i o n t h r o u g h t h e p u r c h a s e of life i n s u r a n c e . They can be transplanted a n d made to body of assessors n sponsible solely to ctowd and the H e n r i e t t a F a r m Bureau o t h e r local u n i t budget before it is f o r m a l l y approved If at flourish in new locations. F a r m e r s t h e State Tax Commissioners and se- members claim it is one of fitt« a r e b e g i n n i n g to see life i n s u r a n c e a s a n e s t a t e ; a s a p i e c e of p r e s e n t t h e r e is n o s u c h b u d g e t f o r m u l a t e d , t h e n t h e r e is all t h e a r e in a frame of mind to welcome cure in office .for as long as they ably " m a r k s of distinction" t h a t amy far111' r e a l p r o p e r t y , b e c a u s e t h e g o o d life i n s u r a n c e p o l i c y o f f e r e d to- amy well considered legislation which and honestly discharge their duties erf could aM.ieh to his car. X.>"e of m o r e n e e d of a n e f f o r t s u c h a s w e h a v e d e s c r i b e d . Representa- gives promise of i n s u r i n g greater u n d e r t h e supervision cf the (\>m- t'he 33 members and their fam Hi'* d a y c a r r i e s w i t h it a n a c t u a l v a l u e w h i c h m a y he d r a w n upon t i v e s of s u c h a n o r g a n i z a t i o n c o u l d b y v a r i o u s d e v i c e s w h i c h w i l l efficiency and economy in t h e use of missoners. : that would be the idea] got ltet from t h e rest, so there nm : a t a n y t i m e by t h e i n s u r e d person rather than serving merely suggest themselves to the careful and frugal farmer undoubt- public funds. " • ni;.' en m t , piovkled tba C >m- be truth in t h e i r at, t o r e p r e s e n t a cold c a s h s e t t l e m e n t t o o t h e r s a f t e r he h a s p a s s e d edly reduce local expenditures and perhaps keep the budget I realize t h a t in t h i s , t h e farmer is missioncrs themselves can -be placed at one with most o t h e r classes of tax- ui : n a s;;itnd basis. In Michigan, not on. d o w n to an a m o u n t which t h e c o m m u n i t y can afford. t h a n a half dozen Commission- payers and with the g r e a t majority of A reliable real estate b r o k e r installment plan with the following raighl o f f e r t o sell a f a r m on t h e options: " I f such local o r g a n i z a t i o n s w a n t s u g g e s t i o n s as to w h a t jects they might w o r k on. t h e r e can be m e n t i o n e d offhand sub- one public officials. It is because of this e r s have ever served out a full six- general sentiment t h a t taxpayers have year term of office since t h e Com- DIG OUT SKELETON m O p t i o n No. 1 : " I f y o u s h o u l d d i e b e f o r e t h e f a r m is p a i d I will c a n c e l t h e b a l a n c e d u e a m i i n v e y o u r w i d o w a c l e a r for, At'vd which is of nation-wide importance—reduction of overhead. organized into associations in a Hum- 1 mission was r ber of S t a t e and it is notable th.it ' i l ; ) n - h t suggests itself t h a t the aolished. The IN CASS MARL PIT T h e t e r r i t o r i a l b o u n d a r i e s of OUT p r e s e n t local g o v e r n m e n t units farm organizations have actively Commissioners should he made < associated themselves with these stitutional officers, removable only by The r e m a i n s of a skeleton of a " to the property." remain now practically as they were originally determined in associations in Indiana. California and impeachment before the Legislature. • lephant thought to have been hiirh'!l Option Xo. 2 : "if, after you have made some payments, pioneer days. With improved roads and automobiles, undoubt- 1,ei elsewhere. In many States, including That the system of annual a s s e s * at least 50,000 y e a r s ago are ""' y o u decide you do not want to continue, I will give you e d l y t h e r e a r e a n u n d u e n u m b e r of s u c h u n i t s in t h e r u r a l d i s - Michigan, the Legislature has provid- ments of farm property by the rural removed from , iie m a r l pit. on ' l u ' a d e e d t o t h a t p o r t i o n w h i c h y o u b o u g h t a n d p a i d for. You do tricts with the consequent superfluity of officers with their ed for an appointive commission of supervisors, a s , i s practiced in Mich- farm of George n. Wagoner, in Cass t h e ablest and most experienced men igan and some other States, is largely county. The m a r l is located <111 not f o r f e i t t h e w h o l e f a r m by not m a k i n g all t h e payments." salaries. W i t h o u t . s e r i o u s i n c o n v e n i e n c e t o t h e local i n h a b i t a n t s , available, to m a k e a thorough analysis a farce is indicated by t h e high per- ;ahly high land and the fit1''1 !" Option X o . 'A: " I f y o u d e c i d e , a f t e r m a k i n g s e v e r a l payments many of these units might be c o m b i n e d with the consequent of tax conditions and recommend to centage of assessments t h a t remain I to extend over at letfil 1 2 0l, r e d u c t i o n in o v e r h e a d c o s t a n d a c o r r e s p o n d i n g s a v i n g in t a x e s . the Governor and Legislature such re- unchanged from year to year. Copy- h"> h u n d r e d a c r e s . Small knives am' t h a t y o u d o n o t l i k e t h e l o c a t i o n a n d w a n t t o sell o u t o r m o v e forms a s they deem advisable. ing t a x rolls of previous years is a spoons a r c used in extricating the away 1 will give you y o u r money back, provided you pay me "in the" c o n t r o l of l o c a l e x p e n d i t u r e s t h e r e is a d i r e c t chal- R u r a l Assessments High practice which unfortunately in not from the marl deposit ami a such rent for the time y o u have used m y p r o p e r t y as I could h a v e l e n g e t o t h e f a r m e r s of t h e c o u n t r y . Local taxes comprise the Next to seeking means to control confined to Michigan. A careful on each bone is uncovered it is g i y e U f t h e total volume of public expendi- I ) r c > J l l , i l n h a d b y r e n t i n g it t o s o m e o n e e l s e . " m a j o r p a r t of t h e i r t o t a l t a x p a y m e n t a n d t o a n a p p r e c i a b l e e x - " nt made once [p Of of plaster of I'.iris to pr«ve» tures, t h e average farmer is perhaps O p t i o n Xo. 4 : "If. a f t e r several y e a r s , y o u d o not w a n t to con- tent t h e y h a v e a direct r e s p o n s i b i l i t y as to t h e i r a m o u n t . Here most concerned with securing equit- four years would be superior to our it from b r e a k i n g . t i n u e t h e p a y m e n t s o r w i s h t o sell y o u r e q u i t y , y o u c a n l i v e on is o p p o r t u n i t y for real c o n s t r u c t i v e work." able t r e a t m e n t under the general prop- present superficial annual appraisals. erty tax. I have already referred to Co-ordinate in importance with the A Whoopee! —Dr. Blaine F. Moore, Finance D e p t . , V. S. D e p a r t m e n t of A whoopee is a blowout hut a *>'° t h e p l a c e u n t i l y o u h a v e u s e d u p y o u r e q u i t y in r e n t . " t h e evidence of grass Inequalities in (matter of assessment is that of n .yiew Commerce. equalization. The out on a lonely road at night is t " Option X o . •>: " A f t e r y o u h a v e g i v e n ^ u p t h e p r o p e r t y I will . v a l u a t i o n which regularly exists be- and method 7 T h i s p L e s T ^ a H ^ i f f n " " ' i ? ^ i ui u n a process v a n e s J from a whoopee F R I P A T , O C T O B E R 11, 1020 MICHIGAN FARM B U R E A U N E W S THREE TOP 0' MICHIGAN Kalamazoo Members LIVINGSTON PICKS Calcium Helps Hens ACCREDIT LENAWEE Turkey Shipment Is North Dakota Wheat Visit State Office Growers Given Loan POTATO SHOW SET Kalamazoo County F a r m Bureau QUEEN OF ALFALFA Produce Egg Shells AS CLEAN AREA IN Small From Montana The Xonh TO OPEN OCT. 30 m e m b e r s made a day's tour, on Oct. ( 1 », spending t h e major part of the People wonder way leoding hens oyster shells makes so big a difference MOIGANTB WORK Montana's t u r k e y crop is about 25 per cent less t h a n last y e a r ' s and if Qrow< ation. Grand qualifying for a loan from the Federal Fork day inspecting the various d e p a r t - Sixteen Townships \?ie f o r in egg pi )di!c,-,ion. T h e a n s w e r is is pilbbable that s h i p m e n t s to Thanks- Farm Board, C h a i r m a n Alexander Seventh A n n u a l Exhibit Is ments of the S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u at Honors In Unique simple, plain chemistry. Tests Show A n Appreciable giving and C h r i s t m a s m a r k e t s will be stated September IS. Mr. L a n s i n g . Members of the Kalamazoo Pltre oyster shell is rich in calcium than 40 c a r l o a d s as compared Planned As Big Event Beauty Show. carbonate. Hens must have calcium Reduction In Percent lent was made in an unit w e r e joined by employ, with about 50 carloads in 1928, ac- nounqlng that ihe Board would ad- In Top Counties. several of the d e p a r t m e n t s of the mute in the dirt to make th< Of Infection. cording to Miss H. E. C u s h m a n . ex- v a n v e t h e association 10 cents a bush- s t a t e office at a luncheon at Hotel Calcium carbonate has exactly tension poultry specialist at Montana Considerable interest in alfalfa el, p r o v i d i n g that funds already K e r n s a t noon after which they re- irae chemical p r o p e r t i e s a s egg- State college. Miss Cushman says 12 COLINTIES UNITING t u r n e d to the h e a d q u a r t e r s of the was stimulated in Livingston county during the few weeks prior to t h e shell itself. T h u s , t h e hen manu- Lenawee county has qualified for accreditation in the state campaign t h a t j a l t h o u g h the crop is short, the i from the Federal I n t e r m e d i a t e Credit Banks, taken with the Board's f.ictii! ell from t h e "calcium birdf are m a k i n g good g r o w t h with organization where d e p a r t m e n t h e a d s county fair when a contest was for the elimination of Bovine tuber- lean would no |1, s'ates which had been declared vanes in l o t * of l e u or m o r e . Market information, and s h i n n i n g t h e State TB Sanatorium, just out about t h e r e in your b a r n ? " tiiKS ."sent on r e q u e s t , f r e e of e l i a r g e . , ota'o a n d apple growers of Northern side of Howell, the editor of the Small Boy: "Ma's t r y i n g to set a modified tuberculosis free accredited <; l u r . o t K - w n . i . r A M S t o . INC., M14 Orleans St.. Detroit. Michigan. F r o m this show 'goes Ihe N E W S found a t h i r d crop of alfalfa hen, and pa's county agent, and h e ' s areas. Such designation indicates best to t h e S t a t e Show at E a s t Lan- sing, w h e r e t h e g r o w e r s of t h e Top TWELVETUREBRED this fall that was as thrifty as any t r y i n g to tell her how." seen on some of t h e heavier soils. T h i s i xtent of tuberculosis a m o n g the cattle in the county does not ex- IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ()• Michigan always place high in Com- petition with growers from o t h e r sec- SIRES ARE BOUGHT was sand that would raise practically n o t h i n g but a sand storm in a wind B u y F a r m B u r e a u feeds a n d seeds. ceed .5 of one per cent. Fall Values tions of the State. until alfalfa was t r i e d as a cover crop. This Show is not conducted for Farmers of County Aim T o T h e soil was well limed before plant- ing and the first two cuttings in l!i2't profit. T h e r e are no e n t r y nor ad- Improve Conditions mission c h a r g e s of a n y kind, Boards of Supervisors in each of t h e Top 0 ' In Their Herds. produced about five tons of h a y to t h e acre. Owing to the continued ex tremely dry w e a t h e r after the second Poultryman Selects Michigan counties and other interest- —Styles that Please ( d agencies. T h e officers serve with- out pay. T h e p r e m i u m list, rules and regulations a r e printed in conform;iy F a r m e r s of Ostego county made ar- r a n g e m e n t s a week or so ago to pur- chase t w e l v e purebred herd sires fiom crop was cut, t h e t h i r d growth, while quite evenly distributed over t h e field, was not so heavy as the other two. Feed For Results —Quality that Satisfies In addition to picking t h e alfalfa with the ideas of the v a r i o u s com- t h e P U R E B R E D S I R E T R A I N which mittees in t h e association in an effort to please and interest the exhibitors r a n t h r o u g h the county as an a n n u a l event o n t h e county's a g r i c u l t u r a l ex- queen for t h e county, the contest was expanded to p e r m i t four alfalfa farm- Grand Rapids, Michigan, S e p t e m b e r 13, 1929. Our ers to win 40 tons of lime furnished as welt a s t h e visitors, and to constant- ly 'improve t h e Show. At t h e t i m e of organization, t h e Top tension p r o g r a m . The better sire train makes a tour of several counties each season for by the F r a n c e Stone company, of Toledo, Ohio, a n d two more to win 10 tons of lime furnished by the Solvay J r a i u l R a p i d s Gfrowers, G r a n d R a p i d s j iSfichigan. Dear Sirs:— I n c . , New Fall Woolens 0' Michigan Potato Show w a s a new t h e purpose of improving d i a r y con- ditions and* t h e Ostego f a r m e r s t h i s P r o c e s s company, of Detroit. Gladys F a y e Hill, of Osceola town- Are Ready idea. I n s t e a d of r e q u i r i n g t h e potato H a v i n g boon a b r e e d e r of p o u l t r y f o r o v e r f i f t e e n y e a r s and apple producers to travel outside year headed t h e list of p u r c h a s e s by ship was crowned the alfalfa beauty t a k i n g a dozen purebred bulls or queen of the county. a n d f e e d i n g a l l k i n d s of food, inelndiu.ix s o m e of i h e m o s t I W h y Wait for snowfall before p r e p a r i n g for the chilly thieftr t e r r i t o r y t o g a i n inftarmation relative to t h e production and market- placing o r d e r s for t h e m . The four farmers who shared the e x p e n s i v e f o o d s on t h e m a r k e t , J d e c i d e ^ Io t r y t h e K a m i weather? © 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 The herd sires purchased were ani- 40-ton a w a r d were, C. A. Huff, Leslie B u r e a u .Mash a n d S c r a t c h . I n N o v e m b e r , 1928, 1 p u r c h a s e d m a t e r i a l s a n d let us m e a s u r e y o u for a p e r f e c t f i t t i n g g a r - ing of t h e s e crops, the Show b r o u g h t m a l s with good records back of t h e m R. Hoffman, Fred E. Browning and ment. t h e direct benefits w i t h i n easy reach my first F a r m B u r e a u F e e d . A l l t h r o u g h t h e fall a n d w i n - and t h e y include various well k n o w n F r a n k Hill, of Osceola township. The of everyone in t h i s district. two winning t h e 10 tons of lime were, breeds, including t h e Holsteins, Jer- t e r o u r f l o c k s a v e r a g e d o v e r 5 0 $ a n d t h i s sprin'- . ingham, of Marion township. h e a v y s h a k e r k n i t w o o l s w e a t e r s in all c o l o r s a n d fine weave apples, so t h a t it has become necessary F a r m B u r e a u f e e d s k e e p o u r f l o c k s in g o o d flesh with- sport style, all wool, eoai sweaters in appropriate shades. to add p r e m i u m s in 'this p a r t i c u l a r class. KENT SENDING SIX STATENUT TREES o u t t a x i n g t h e e g - g - l a y i n g o r g a n s of o u r l i e n s a n d pullets. | ) n r h e a v y s h a k e r knit wool s w e a t e r at < £ £ T'flj cannot he T h e Top O' Michigan Potato and Apple Show was designed to benefit the potato and apple producers as BOYS TO NATIONAL YIELDFINE CROP It a l s o g r e w o u r y o u n g b i r d s v e r y r a p i d l y . f e a t h e r e d a t t h e a g e of f o u r w e e k s . They were fully e x c e l l e d at a n y p r i c e . follows: F I R S T — T o enable t h e individual SHOW ATST. LOUIS Contest At State College I can t r u t h f u l l y say t h a t F a r m B u r e a u F e e d s a r e the best M3 t h e m a r k e t r e g a r d l e s s of p r i c e . E v e r y s a c k is t h e s a m e . Our Bed Blankets /rower to see the types, v a r i t i e s , and . Are strictly all wooL—no cotton warp used—and are woven Shows Quality In OUT p o u l t r y y a r d s art 1 o p e n for y o u r inspection at any of the softest yarns in. nine pleasing color combinations. quality demanded by t h e c o n s u m i n g Michigan To Be Represented m a r k e t s ; to see the proper methods Nuts Entered. time. »• of g r a d i n g and p r e p a r a t i o n for the By Fifty Boys At Big Y o u r s for b e t t e r feeds. Our Woolen Auto Robes Are the Best m a r k e t , a n d t o find o u t proper meth- Dairy Show. ods of production. Samples of h i c k o r y n u t s and wal- DB FOHKFST PECK, n u t s already entered in t h e prize con- b PER C E N T DISCOUNT TO FARM BUREAU MEMBERS IN GOOD SECOND—To develop a m e d i u m B r e e d e r of W h i t e & B u f f Minorca*. I] STANDING Six m e m b e r s of K e n t County's 4-H test conducted by Michigan State col- for securing publicity for t h i s a r e a ft F. D. No. 11,"Grand Rapids, Midi. Calf Clubs will attend the National lege prove that Michigan trees bear and t h u s a t t r a c t the a t t e n t i o n of the buyer a n d consumer. T H I R D — T o develop a m e d i u m for Dairy Show at. St. Louis, Missouri next week. crops equal in q u a l i t y to any previ- ously found in America, according to N o one can w r i t e a b e t t e r a d v e r t i s e m e n t for F a r m B u r e a u Clothing Department F e r r i s Church and H a r o l d Wolven s t a t e m e n t s by m e m b e r s of the col- P o u l t r y feeds t h a n those w h o use t h e m a n d w r i t e from their sales contact between t h e buyer and grower of table and certified seed of the Rockford Club will r e p r e s e n t Michigan as a d a i r y d e m o n s t r a t i n g lege h o r t i c u l t u r a l d e p a r t m e n t . The men in c h a r g e of t h e contest own experience. Michigan State Farm Bureau stock. team. Adelbert O'Dell of t h e Vergei*- say t h a t t h e r e is still opportunity for J221-27 N. Cedar St. Lansing, Mich. F O U R T H — T o develop a g r e a t e r in- S e l d o m d o w e h e a r of a p o u l t r y m a n c h a n g i n g to Farm nes club won the t r i p offered by the prize winning e n t r i e s before the close terest i n 4-H Club Work relative to B u r e a u feeds a n d then going back again. The n a t u r a l con- W e s t Michigan P a r i s h J e r s e y Show. of the contest, November 15. Prize potatoes. T h e Holstein, Guernsey and Jersey- w i n n e r s will be a n n o u n c e d at the c l u s i o n is t h a t a l l u s e r s find F a r m B u r e a u f e e d s profitable. c o u n t y breed associations offered a State H o r t i c u l t u r a l Show held at the PLAN OF ORGANIZING t r i p . T h e y were awarded to t h e college at that t i m e . T h e y a r c s o l d b y n e a r l y 3 0 0 d i s t r i b u t o r s of F a r m Bureau MARKETING AGENCIES following 'boys: F i r s t and second prizes of $25 and $10 a r e offered for both hickory n u t s Supplies throughout .Michigan. R i c h a r d Fowle of the Rockford IS GIVEN BOARDS OK club won the J e r s e y trip, Norman 0 1 - and w a l n u t s , and a special prize of (Continued from page 1) a set of h o r t i c u l t u r a l reference books Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service fry t h r o u g h o u t the United States: is offered to the S m i t h - H u g h e s higli Lansing, Michigan L. B. P a l m e r , Columbus, Ohio, chair- man; Byron M. Wilson, Kinley, Wyo., Together school whose pupils send in rue best collection of Michigan n u t s . vice c h a i r m a n ; James A. Hooper, Each entry submitted for prizes Salt L a k e City, Utah, s e c r e t a r y ; R. A. The more we get together, together, m u s t be accompanied with directions Ward, P o r t l a n d , Oreg.; F. H. W a g a r , together, for locating the t r e e which bore the Syracuse, N. Y.; M u r r a y E. Stebbins, Helena, M o n t ; R. E. J o n e s , W a b a s h a , Minn.; F. J. H a g e n b a r t h and F. R. The m o r e we get together The h a p p i e r we'll be. For your friends are my friends. n u t s . T h e college d e p a r t m e n t is at- tempting to locate especially desir- able t r e e s which can be used to de- IHE JUfT Marshall, Salt L a k e City, U t a h ; Roy Davenport, Uvalde, Tex.; Floyd W. And my friends are your friends. T h e m o r e we get together velop commercial p l a n t i n g s . W a l n u t trees come info b e a r i n g in HAS TO Lee, S a n Mateo, N. Mex.; A. A. J o h n s , Phoenix, Ariz.; Roger Gillis, Del Rio, Tex.; J. H. Lemmon, Morristown, S. T h e h a p p i e r we'll be. T h e more we pull together, together, from five to ten y e a r s depending on the soil and Hickories a r e slower in other conditions. reaching HAVE IT Suppose You Dak.; A. B. Sawyer, Lexington, Ky. The co-operatives t h r o u g h t h e aid of the F e d e r a l F a r m Board will feder- together, T h e m o r e we pull t o g e t h e r The m o r e success we'll see. For your cares are my cares, b e a r i n g age but probably will bear profitable crops in from 10 to 15 years. Run into a Culvert ate the existing co-operative wool and A large acreage which is not mohair m a r k e t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s using And my cares a r e your cares. adapted to g e n e r a l farming can be A H E N can't put shell on her or any other stationary object, such as the road bed, a The more we pull together the existing grower-owned a n d c o n - T h e more success we'll see. used profitably !for n u t c u l t u r e in eggs unless she h a s shell mate- ditch bank, a bridge, the curbstone, or have an upset, trolled facilities as far as possible. Michigan. r i a l t o m a k e i t . A n d t h a t ' s PILOT and damage your car? The principal object of the n a t i o n a l The more we sell insurance, insurance, agency is to g r a d e and, t h r o u g h one He who laughs last—has no spon- BRAND OYSTER SHELL itself. It agency, sell all wool and mohair insurance, Against such a probability, which certainly is as high The more we sell insurance, taneity. i s o v e r 99 /o r pure calcium car- PILOT BRAND does m o r e than which is handled co-operatively, and The safer we will he. as colliding with some other car, wouldn't it be a good thus eliminate competition among /? honate—the material that makes m a k e e g g s h e l l r e g a r d l e s s of s e a - Producers' collective selling organiza- When you're driving your car, idea to ask our agent to explain to you our tions.'At t h e m e e t i n g the co-operative And I'm d r i v i n g my car Let Us egg shell. son* I t b u i l d s s t r o n g b o n e s a n d Representatives s u b m i t t e d to the Fed- eral F a r m Board the n a m e s of 21 men T h e m o r e we sell insurance The safer we will be. I F e e d i t a n d y o u ' l l know. PILOT m a k e s t h e pullets lay early. Stationary Object Collision from- which the Board is asked to s d e e t a wool a n d m o h a i r advisory These verses were submitted by Mrs. May Lewis, of Greenville, when the Help You BRAND i n c r e a s e s e g g p r o d u c t i o n h y at least 30 eggs p e r h e n p e r C a r e f u l p r e p a r a t i o n m a k e s PILOT BRAND f r e e from waste, dirt, i Policy "unmodity committee of seven. T h i s local State F a r m Mutual Auto Insur- '•unmittee will be selected to comply ance agents of the district assembled Let our traffic d e p a r t m c u t year. T o get t h e hest results it moss, and rat-gathering odor. S u c h a c c i d e n t s a r c expensive, a s is s h o w n by s e v e r a l with the p r o v i s i o n s of t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l last week for an evening's confereuce. handle your railroad problems should be before your birds S t a t i o n a r y object collisions w e h a v e p a i d : Claim 2 4 2 8 a t It contains no magnesium. To marketing act. The Federal F a r m The insurance department h a s asked for y o u . C r o s w e l l , M i d i . , for 8 8 f 6 \ 3 8 for r e p a i r s ; Claim :jr>18 Board officials have declared wool t h a t the song be carried in these every d a y in t h e y e a r . It's a per- get p u r e o y s t e r s h e l l , i n s i s t o n Ut a t B e n t o n H a r b o r for $ 7 2 . 5 7 ; Claim W 0 8 a t R o c k f o r d 'd mohair a commodity as provided columns so t h a t other local insurance Station Facilities a n d m a n e n t necessity j u s t like food PILOT BKAND. I t p a y s r e a l c a s h for ' 9 0 0 . 2 0 ; Claim M S O a t Clio for $ 2 0 8 . 0 1 . f() r in the new law. groups m a y become familiar with the Equipment, Drains words a n d include the song in their Freight Rates and water. dividends. c o m m u n i t y singing programs. The State Farm Mutual A u t o Insurance Co. offers Meat From Sick Cow F a r m Crossings Fences, etc; you stationary object protection at very low annual Screened for Adults Kills Ionia Porker Income Earners Seek H a v e Y o u r F r e i g h t Hills rates. W e are a strong, legal reserve company. We -Marion CasseJ of Ionia county and Chicks 1 two year old heifer afu.r she Reduction Of Taxes A u d i t e d for o v e r c h a r g e s . L o s s have an agent near you. Don't delay in seeing him. If ll:i a n d d a m a g e c l a i m s h a n d l e d by you don't know him, or want further information, 'l gorged herself with green corn. He and two n e i g h b o r s divided t h e car- T h a t a n c . h e r income t a x reduction this department with no charge OYSTER SHELL PRODUCTS write us. to F a r m B u r e a u m e m b e r s — ( ls : ' " d fed it to t h e i r hogs. One of ' sel's hogs died and ihe others were is quite probable for next year it seems in .ho repori of income tax r e t u r n s nominal charge to non-member PILOT CORPORATION BRAND 'aken sick. T h e h o g s of t h e o t h e r for 1928. T h e r e t u r n s for the calen- farmers. Shell Building, St. Louis, Mo. Michigan State Farm Bureau ne 'ghbors also became sick after dar year to date show an increase of OYSTER SHELL- MICHIGAN AGKXT ln € the meat. close io s.! )o,000,000 and may reach FLAKE For Sale by- sr.o.oon.ooo for the entire year. T h e r e •'s a s t r o n g movement for a reduction Farm Bureau Dealers Everywhere Lansing, Michigan „ » K HAVi: I K K \ TEM, TOO freak on my farm. It's in tax on tarnc.l iiicone Traffic Department State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Nmer lot your birds be without PILOT BRAND legged calf." 2 2 1 N, C e d a r St. L a n s i n g , Mich. OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL. 1 Use cotton flannel of medium —thin little attention pays. know it. He was over to call on 2 daughter last night." weight in m a k i n g a jelly bag. M FRIDAY, OCTOBER i t . iftn MICHIGAN FARM B U R E A U N E W S worn Why Certain Gentlemen COLLEGE TO SELL ! Bird Takes 21 Trout BLIND ARE AIDED BY THE RED CROSS We Will Buy Clover and Show Farm Preference VALUABLE HORSES Twenty-one fingerling brook t r o u t were taken from a C.reat Blue Heron, killed by Guy Lincoln, overseer of t h e Alfalfa Seeds "A Wisconsin woman says that it Blue Ribbon Stock Of State Odea Fish Hatchery, according to a Volunteer workers of the American We are in the market for all varieties of clover and alfalfa Federal Student Reports O n report made by Lincoln to the Fish Red Cross pricked out 175,000 pages seeds. Send samples representative ot each lot for prices. is the problem of t h e farmer and Exhaustive Survey Of ally of t h e farmer's wife to raise College Herds Are T o Division of the D e p a r t m e n t of Con- eff Braille for the blind last year, re- servation. T h e fingerlings were be- ports from Washington indicate. Farmer M o v e m e n t . andard of living on the farm by Sell A t A u c t i o n . lieved to have been taken from the These 175,000 pages have been bound Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service removing the inglorious s t i g m a of Oden r e a r i n g pond. into 1.S49 volumes and consist of 221 X. C e d a r S t . L a n s i n g , Michigan diit and vul;;ari:y Irom a g r i c u l t u r e . Horses with t h e same blood lines I recently asked 10,000 men why topics classified under 422 titles. Here a r e h e r very words: which enabled herd m a t e s to win Quality c r e a t e s d e m a n d for F a r m These books are to be distributed to •they left the city life and went out to Need tilnrityiiig c h a m p i o n s h i p s in State and National Bureau fertilizers. Public Libraries and Schools for the the farm to wrrk and live. I t h i n k , "As in every occupation, so in farm- shows will be sold at auction at .Mich- blind. t h a t you will be interested in their j ing, there a r e bound to be some dis-; igan State college, November 0th. BuV F a r m B u r e a u feeds a u d seeds. replies, especially on account of t w o | T h e Red Cross stylus used for prick- i h i n g s : T..e first li r l u t 7.700 of 10,000 men had been f a r m e r s j agreeable aspecis which nothing c a n ; T h e s e Belgians and P e r c h e r o n s a r e e n t i r e t y do away with. As in surgery, a part of the college herd, and 25 ing the Braille by hand has taken the place of the Knitting needle in t h e FARM BUREAU No. 105 denti.s.ry, nursing, t h e r e a r e diseases animals, brood m a r e s , yearlings, two- hands of volunteers who feel the urge Is t h e oil for Model A F o r d s . Sales- before, and 1,000 more of them h i d , m e n c o v e r i n g l a r g e m i l e a g e s every to be dealt with at first hand. AM year-olds, and draft teams, a r e in- to "do something" for somebody. been born and brought up on farms; j week tell us t h a t it s t a n d s up splendid- the second tiling is tha! these 10,Odd ar;rsts, sculptors, printers, must work cluded in the s u r p l u s stock which will wi.h dauby p a i n t s , clays and i n k s ; be sold. men with their families have been] as • lectriciane and engineers must T h e s h o r t a g e of h o r s e s on Mich- State While t h e y were busy pricking the Braille o t h e r volunteer workers en- gaged in shellacing the pages and ly. T h e y a r e satisfied t h a t it's good for 1,000 miles or m o r e . We have an oil for all c a r s . Y o u r d i s t r i b u t o r of changing from city to farms d u r i n g t h e handle oil and g r i m e ; so on the great general movement of 2,000-j every last <'i'il ' years, the exact peri > i of farm there are stables to be cleaned, igan farms d u r i n g the past year has induced d e a l e r s to ship many west- are chickens to be picked, t h e r e ern h o r s e s into t h e state. Most of 000 of farm people a year from farms j a r e weeds t o be pulled, t h e r e a r e Farm binding t h e m into volumes. F a r m B u r e a u s u p p l i e s h a s our Oil R e c o m m e n d a t i o n C h a r t . Get t h e num- ber for your car a n d t r y F a r m Bureau SEVER Oil. T h e price a n d service will cut to cities. Well, tl s is w'.iat they toldl kitchen floors st caste from dirt. The I c l o d s - t h e farmers, medium have been! soil, t h e J a n u a r y 1. 1!»28 to J a n u a r y 1, 1929. Shipments of western horses this Own Selling "One thousand said, "We like the too much in the public eye; t h e life- year have probably not exceeded the STATE FARM LIFE INS. farm because we a r e independent giving wheat, the fine cattle, the n u m b e r of a n i m a l s which have died I beautiful fruit, t h e farmer's "Two thousand said. "We a r e tired products, h a v e been too little glorifi- of ('. y work and city life. In fact, we ns who had had farm experience have m a n y of t h e modern convenien- top or as near to it for you as of pxmie kind before they went to the > e s . For instance, we use electric they can. Through them, you Every dollar you spend for Solvay Pul- power for l i g h t i n g and r u n n i n g OUT go into the t e r m i n a l m a r k e t and verized Limestone brings you 6 6 > more actual lime for cities. deal with packers t h r o u g h our your money. High test. Furnace-dried. Shipped in bulk You see plainly enough t h a t these household machinery such as t h e , men had gone to t h e cities seeking to churn, t h e r a i s e their s t a n d a r d s of living. They machine and small farm tools. separator, the w a s h i We n g A Fine Farm Bureau Coal salesmen who a r e experienced in those m a r k e t s . or in bags. Order yours today. Why should you let go of your SOLVAY SALES CORPORATION had tried and had failed; and after a have hot a n d cold water in t h e house W h e n y o u w a n t flour, coffee or other household stock at a n y point between you DETROIT, MICHIGAN period of considerable disillusion- and farm buildings, and a r e equipped necessities of satisfactory quality at a right price, y o u a n d t h e packer when it isn't m e n t , had m a d e up their m i n d s t h a t with carpet sweepers, vacuum clean- necessary for you to do so? You Write today they would improve t h e i r s t a n d a r d ers, fireQeas cookers, coal oil stoves,, order B Y N A M E . and your co-operative neighbors for price3 of life by a r e t u r n to farming. I be- dust less brushes, o'cedar and oil mops, can get together on a carload. and free lieve the experiences of those 8.700 food choppers, patent fly traps, screen- Likewise, ask your co-operative ass'n for Farm illustrated Make your next s h i p m e n t to us. f a r m e r s and t h e i r families, n u m b e r i n g ed porches, ice cream freezers, ice Bureau RED JOCKEY coal and you'll get booklet on all-told some 35,000 persons, y o u n g boxes, pianos, phonographs and old from every state in t h e Union, patents, as well as t h e latest of t h e A high grade, southeastern Kentucky coal for cooking, Ship co-operatively to Michigan Livestock Exchange lime. ^LVERfeEBj heating stove, or furnace. Easy kindling, burns vigor- moreover, is so typical of t h e experi- improved sewing machine*, kitchen ence of all farmers who have tried cabinets and ranges. But why s.iy t h e two modes of life a n d labor that. more? Most p a r t s of t h ' s county ously and evenly. Red Jockey doesn't have to be coaxed to get under way Detroit, JHeli. sou*, LIMESTONE or 1 | ••int on* some of t h e elements in have their women's clubs, and one and puts up a big blazing, heat-radiating fire under very t h e American f a r m e r ' s s t a n d a r d of would have to look far to find m o r e ; little draft. Is long burning, holds fire—an all night coal. Producers Co-Op Com. Assn. LOCAL DEALERS living which a r e too valuable to go congenial groups of women. We h a v e ; Red Jockey leaves no stringy soot. It is naturally clean Bust Buffalo, > . Y. tinrecognized. OUT parties, too, and if we want to go Women L i k e F a r m Life to the t h e a t r e we h a v e our cars a n d in the mine and is carefully prepared for shipment. You'll "Instead of using my own words on can run into town." T h e r e are some! be pleased by the absence of slate, and other impurities. t h i s m a t t e r . I am going to t a k e t h e wonderful elements for you in a Very low in ash; no clinkers. liberty to use words I have gathered s t a n d a r d living on farms. R e d J o c k e y is o n e of our m o s t popular general pur- by r e a d i n g t h e letters of 7,000 en- " I t is an old saying t h a t in t h e long thusiastic farm women—letters which r u n all we get o u t of life as producers pose coals. It A L W A Y S c o m e s from the same mines have come u n d e r my eye d u r i n g t h e is what we use u p a s consumers. T h a t in that field, w h i c h assures uniform quality. (Ship- last ten years. T h e s e women repre- is, applying t h i s doctrine t o farming, sent every state, north, east south and •wise farm communities learn to put west. their surplus profits into t h e m e a n s of j "Listen to this West Virginia wo- living better r a t h e r t h a n all t h e time i ments of any coal from different frequently differ in performance.) W e k n o w y o u will like R e d Jockey. In e g g and l u m p sizes. parts of the same field The Cline's Know m a n wiho puts into h e r standard of into production. If farm communities life t h e land scape of her farm. constantly produce much and con- "It as almost sinful how I love these stantly consume little, they tend to a c r e s here, h o w I lay store by each lower their own standard of living in- F a r m B u r e a u R e d J o c k e y , Quick H e a t , F i r e B r a n d , P o c h o n t a s , Coke, A n t h r a c i t e a n d Toast m a s t e r R a n g e Nut a r e MILKMAKER means MONEYMAKER inch of t h e land, how I cherish and en- stead of rais-ing it, and the benefits Selected, H i g h Q u a l i t y Coals. A s k Joy each tree, each blade of grass or of the farmers' h a r d work and thrift for Them by Name They tell us too how Milkmaker 32% has compared on test with grain it grows." go to the c o n s u m e r s of t h e t a n n e r s ' MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE two widely advertised feeds. "One Western woman said she felt products.—C J. Galpin, U. S. Depart- about t h e farm a good deal life J o h n m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e . Lansing, Michigan Burroughs, t h e n a t u r a l i s t , w h o while Union City, Michigan, b a n k examiner of t h e Federal Govern- m e n t spent every free moment in t h e open country on a little place he own- VIOLATION COSl^r Farm Bureau Supply Service, September 12, 1929. Lansing, Michigan. ed; and in a letter to a friend said, ARE GIVEN BOOST Gentlemen:— "Away from the farm I am like a fowl with no gravel in his gizzard. I a m h u n g r y for t h e e a r t h . "A woman in Minnesota declares A p p e a l O n Conviction {Adds WKat i s Your Idea tion, We are Writing to report on our experience with your Milkmaker 32$ Dairy Ra- Much T o Fisherman's t h a t on t h e farm s h e is a real p a r t n e r O u t i n g Expense. Though we have 27 head of Jersey cows and heifers now, during the winter of 1927 L Seed Bed with her husband in every affair of life: "We have one common pocket- and 1928 we were feeding and milking 8 Jersey cows. We were feeding 100 pounds of book at our house," she says, "and 32% to 300 pounds of ground oats. W h e n F r a n k Myers, Schoolcraft w h e t h e r it is a dozen eggs or a bunch OOIL well turned, clods county, was a r r e s t e d before J u n e 16 of fat steers t h a t a r e sold, the pro- ^ cut and broken — those by conservation officers for rowing a ceeds go into t h a t pocketbook and are jobs for plow and har- 100 to 300 Pounds Oats vs. 100 to 200 Pounds boat for a companion who w a s fishing each feels t h a t t h e other h a s a right for blue gills in a closed season, h e ^S3?S row. But think of the other to draw from it for farm, household, An agent of one of the most widely advertised dairy feeds asked us to put on a test of or personal use." W h a t do you think was convicted in justice c o u r t a t things you want — lumps Manistique and was ordered to pay a crushed, air pockets elimi- his feed for comparison with Farm Bureau 3 2% Dairy Feed. We consented, bought a sup- of that s t a n d a r d ? P a r t n e r s h i p . fine of $10 a n d costs of t h e s a m e nated, soil stirred and mixed, ply of his feed and fed it according to his instructions for 30 days. The ration consisted "A widow I h a p p e n to know was left a m o u n t . >:- io support herself and children on a , & . ' then packed to a mellow firmness, sur- of 100 pounds of his feed and 200 pounds of ground oats. Of this ration we fed one pound Myers refused to pay and appealed Maryland t r u c k farm, s a y s : "No opera to the circuit court. -f* face leveled off and a deep, moisture for each 31/<> pounds of milk. music (and I love music dearly, too) preserving mulch over all. This m o n t h t h e lower court con- could be sweeter to me t h a n the call viction of Myers was affirmed From the start there was a marked falling off in production. All milk was weighed and U N HAM D of my boy to the team as t h e wagon J u d g e H e r b e r t W. R u n n e l s assessed s t a r t s off to the c a n n i n g factory well additional costs of $100. Myers' total and records kept. We continued to the end of the 30 days then started feeding the BOW* loaded with t o m a t o crates t h a t I costs for violating the fish laws w a s the Milkmaker 32% ration we had been feeding before the change to the other dairy h a v e worked hard to fill. I am tired, $120, besides his a t t o r n e y ' s fees. CULTI-F&CKER feed. The cows at once began to gain and recovered most of the loss and held their gain. yes—but proud of my work, and proud E d w a r d Crondine, Manistique, fish- t h a t m y little son is l e a r n i n g on t h e ing from the boat Myers w a s rowing, Made in 4%, 7, 8, 9, 10% and 11 ft. lengths. Prices complete with seat and forcarriage or On a m o u n t when he was convicted of t UN HAM wood pole. F o r h o r s e or t r a c t o r use. Extension advertised dairy feed but results were very unsatisfactory when compared to the 32%. growing hoy to become a useful m a n . fishing for blue gills before t h e sea- 'CULTI - HOE a t t a c h m e n t s for g a n g a r r a n g e m e n t add 7 ft. We belong to the cow testing association and with the tester are watching feeds and f - to rolling capacity. T h e American farm woman since son opened. ing very carefully and its effects on profit and loss. Colonial days has been a worker, but Perfect seed bed construction r e q u i r e s six or seldom a peasant d r u d g e . Abigail seven t h i n g s t h a t t h e plow a n d h a r r o w leave We note with much interest your progress in the line of feeds and from our exper- Foote, of Connecticut, i n t h e year of Co-Operative Work undone. Yet you can accomplish all of these with ONE implement and ONE operation. The ience believe them to be the most economical and reliable of anything we have tried. 1775, wrote in her d i a r y a story of w h a t h e r h a n d s and fingers had done Being Co-ordinated famous DUNHAM Culti-Packer finishes the fob Wishing you .success, we are t h a t other tools begin. t h a t day. Note t h e pace she has set Most advanced type i * for a modern w o m a n : The F e d e r a l F a r m Board h a s a n - of R o t a r y Hoe. Cul- nounced t h a t initial steps have been tivates, h o e s a n d Rolls, pulverizes, packs, stirs, levels, cultivates I Yours very truly. "Fix'd gown for P r u d . mended weeds In one opera- and mulches in one operation b e t t e r t h a n a n y taken to c o r r e l a t e the w o r k of t h e tion. Automatic other tool or combination of tools. T h e most ROY 15. CLIXK. mother's ridinghood—spun short depth regulation. Federal F a r m Board, F e d e r a l and useful tool on the farm—before seeding, after t h r e a d — F i x ' d two gowns for Walsh's State extension forces, and land g r a n t Wheels do not bend LEWIS II. CLINB. girls—Carded tow—Spun linen, work- or pick up stones. seeding and on growing crops. Pay big divi- colleges a n d universities in a national Stronger, better, lends on winter heaved wheat. T h e exclusive ed on cheese basket—Hatcheld'l flax more thorough, Quick Detachable Wheel m a k e s it useful also educational m o v e m e n t in a g r i c u l t u r a l lengths. W r i t e for 24% w i t h H a n n a h , we did 51 pounds apiece co-operative m a r k e t i n g . literature. for cultivating row crops. J U T O U I T F I ^ ™ ^ !, ? * or 34%, Lofibre I 6 S and Farm Bu- P be —Pleated and ironed—Read a sermon The Board announced that " s e v e r a l F a 7 m B ^ ^ " ^ ^ fr° m V*? r a r e s t local distributor of of Doddridge's—Milked t h e Od m e m b e r s of t h e F e d e r a l F a r m Board DUNHAM Tillage Tools have an a d m i r a b l e r e p u t a t i o n for quality S p u n ilinen, did 50 knots—Made a will attend the meeting of the land of t h e highest sort. T h e famous DUNHAM Culti-Packer is said to broom of Guinea wheat s t r a w — S p u n be useful for a g r e a t e r n u m b e r of purposes t h a n a n y other farm im- g r a n t colleges (Chicago, November 12 Write, or ask y o u r local dealer for > t h r e a d to whiten—Set a Red dye— plement. 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