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                                                                                                                               A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers
              Year, Vol. VII, Number 20.
      nth                                                                                                                                                                        FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929                                                                                                                                                                                               Issued Semi-Monthly
      URANCE AGENTS                                                                                                              ^
                                                                                                                                     STATE COMMITTEE                                                                                   THE GREEDY SUITOR                                                            Excavators Unearth                                          DISTRICT RALLIES
                                                                              Restore Monument                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Historic Millstone
      j LIFE WORK GET                                                                                                                      GIVES OUT RULES                                                                                                                                                             W o r k m e n excavating for the cellar                       SHOW ENTHUSIASM
                                                                                 A m o v e h a s been s t a r t e d to
      OGETHER FOR DAY                                                       r e s t o r e t h e . first W a s h i n g t o n
                                                                            m o n u m e n t to its original con-                               ON NAME CHANGES                                                                                                                                                     of a new building on Clinton street,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Schenectady. N. Y., recently u n e a r t h -                        FOR ORGANIZATION
                                                                            dition.             This m o n u m e n t was                                                                                                                                                                                           ed a historic millstone which was in
       igan Life Insurance                                    Is            c o n s t r u c t e d in a single day, on                                                                                                                                                                                              use* 222 y e a r s ago. In 1706, Captain
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                                                                            J u l y 4, 1X27, by 400 m e n of
                                                                                                                                     Boards              of Supervisors To                                                                                                                                         Hendrick            Vrooman, a hero of the                   Wright And Newell Gale Set
      Rearing Half Million                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         F r e n c h and Indian w a r s , petitioned
                                                                            Maryland               w h o h a d served in                      Act         Upon Proposals                                                                                                                                                                                                               Up Successful Schools
           In New Concern                                                   the Continental Army.                         The                                                                                                                                                                                      that a g r a n t of land be given him
                                                                            m o n u m e n t was             built of field                             For Changes.                                                                                                                                                along Coehorn Creek, so t h a t he                                           For Volunteers.
                                                                            stones, f o r m i n g a s m a l l , cylin-                                                                                                                                                                                             might establish a mill for the benefit
        ATTENDED MEETING                                                    drical t o w e r on top of S o u t h
                                                                                                                                    AVOID                  DUPLICATION
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of the little frontier settlement. Per-
                                                                            M o u n t a i n , n e a r Boonsboro, Md.                                                                                                                                                                                               mission w a s obtained, and the c a p -                     WINDER IS ON PROGRAM
                                                                                With complete                    restoration                                                                                                                                                                                       tain and his friends labored so dili-
           President and Public                                             of t h e m o n u m e n t              a celebra-                                                                                                                                                                                       gently t h a t the mill was ready for
                                                                                                                                     Lake And Stream Names To                                                                                                                                                     operation in the spring of the follow-                        One Hundred Fifty Attended
      Relations Head Give                                                   tion is to be held, e o m m e m o r a -
                                                                            W a s h i n g t o n ' s b i r t h d a y in 1 9 3 2 .              Be Changed Only On                                                                                                                                                   ing year. The mill, which was known                                  Wacousta Rally, One
          Valuable Counsel                                                  ting t h e 2 0 0 t h a n n i v e r s a y of                                                                                                                                                                                           as "the mill in the woods," was still
                                                                                                                                                       Local Petition.                                                                                                                                            p r o s p e r i n g at the period of the Revo-                          Hundred at Cass City
                                                                     vi—                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           lution, and as the Mohawk and ScliO'
    isenting life i n s u r a n c e as the one                                                                                          The n a m e of any l a k e or stream in                                                                                                                                    h a r i e valleys were              k n o w n as the             One hundred volunteer membership
     which could be m a d e to bring                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               " ( n o n a r y , " it is believed t h a t much
    reatest direct relief to American
      •s by enabling them to wipe
                                                                     FLOCK INSPECTION                                               Michigan can be changed only upon
                                                                                                                                    a u t h o r i t y from the board of super-
                                                                                                                                    visors of the county in which that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of the flour which supplied Washing-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ton and the continental army was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               •solicitors and drivers and more than
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               half that n u m b e r of other guests par-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ed in one of the most enthusi-
    de entire m o r t g a g e indebtedness
     e farm in one generation, W. P.
    nclale, public r e l a t i o n s director
                                                                      SHOWS POOR LAYERS                                             p a r t i c u l a r lake or s t r e a m is located
                                                                                                                                    and the state of Michigan intends to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ground here.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The millstone weighs 1,200 lbs. and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   is four feet in diameter and two feet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               astic F a r m Bureau District
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                t h e year, at              Wacou-ta, in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               \lu\\
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Frank
                                                                                                                                    u s u r p no authority in this, according                                                                                                                                                                                                    W r u h t ' s district. October 23.                   The
    e State F a r m                     Life         Insurance       Proper Feed Is Important                                       to the s t a t e committee on changing                                                                                                                                         thick. T h e r e is a s q u a r e hole in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <i.iy previous, at Cass City, a similar
    a n y, addressed some 200 g u e s t s ,                                                                                         geographical names.                                                                                                                                                           c e n t e r for the power shaft. It is in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                rally was staged by about a bun.lied
    gan F a r m B u r e a u a g e n t s of the                                  For Greater Profit                                      This committee was appointed some
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  a perfect s t a t e of preservation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               m e m b e r s from three counties.                      The
    a n y and their wives, at a local                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  W h e r e it w a s hewn r e m a i n s a m a t -
    s' meeting at Michigan State Col-
                                                                                     From Farm Hens.                                time ago by Gov. F r e d W. Green to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ter of conjecture. It may have been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wacougta rally drew members front
                                                                                                                                    formulate             some system        by which                                                                                                                                                                                           six conn; I
     on October 15th.                                                                                                              n a m e s of lakes and s t r e a m s could 1)8                                                                                                                                 taken from the vicinity, which seems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Each of these big rallies will be
    his p r e s e n t a t i o n of the subject,                          By II, II. Aihly, F a r m Bureau Feed                     changed, principally to avoid dupli-                                                                                                                                            p r o b a b l e ; or b r o u g h t by boat        from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                followed up immediately w i t h mem-
   insurance, Mr. Martindale, who                                    Specialist.                                                   cation. The committee is composed                                                                                                                                               New York, unloaded at Albany, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bership            Trade-A-Day              solicitation
   'orm&rly organization director of                                     J. Alfred H a n n a h ,                   extension       of: George X. Fuller of the                    state                                                                                                                           d r a w n by oxen to Schenectady, 17
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   miles to the west.                                           within counties or between counties.
    ndiana F a r m B u r e a u F e d e r a t i o n                   specialist of the p o u l t r y d e p a r t m e n t           historical commission, c h a i r m a n ; R.                         • From    the Chicago   Daily      Ke:cs                          Courtscy  of Railroad    Data
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The forenoon sessions of the two
   >veral years, emphasised the need                                of State College, predicts that if the                         A. Smith, state geologist and L. R.                                                                                                                                                 In 1711, L a m b e r t S t e r n b e r g carried
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  to Schoharie Valley the first wheat in                        rallies \\<                       ed to i n s t r u c t i n g
   iiisidering the subject from the
    an interest" side r a t h e r t h a n as
    re monetary consideration.                                He
                                                                    r a t e of growth in the poultry business
                                                                    continues for the next five years t h e
                                                                    way it has in the last' five years, t h e
                                                                                                                                   Shoenmann, head of the land eco-
                                                                                                                                   nomic survey of the d e p a r t m e n t of
                                                                                                                                   conservation; and, acting in an ad-
                                                                                                                                                                                         RECENTLY NAMED MARKET IS UNSAFE                                                                                          the berry.             The       planting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  W h e n t h e wheat was r e a d y to grind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 thrived.       t h e workers who are to do the solici
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               ting.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  s City meeting was staged
   -1 it very closely with the g e n e r a l
     of organized a r g r i c u l t u r e to im-
                                                                    value of poultry p r o d u c t s and poul-
                                                                    t r y will exceed t h e value of dairy p r o -
                                                                                                                                   visory capacity a r e ;                 George E.
                                                                                                                                   Bishop, s e c r e t a r y of the Upper Penin-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  TAX COMMISSION [ FOR SPECULATIONS                                                                               into flour, both men
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  traveled in bands of 15 and 20 to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Schenectady, b e a r i n g it in sacks u p -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  women
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                for members in Newell C ale's dis-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               trict. The a t t e n d a n c e a t each of the.-e
   i the living conditions of the
   jr.
   it the F a r m B u r e a u local a g e n t s
                                                                     ducts in              the s t a t e and
                                                                    second place instead of third.
                                                                                                                      will hold    sula Development B u r e a u ; Hugh J.
                                                                                                                                   Gray, secretary of the
                                                                                                                                   T o u r i s t and Resort Bureau and T. F.
                                                                                                                                                                              Michigan                       ELECT OFFICERS W WHEAT & BEANS                                                                       on their backs. No person
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  m a k e the j o u r n e y alone, for fear of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   dared        rallies was very gratifying in view of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               t h e unpleasant                weather       that      pre-
                                                                        However, the factor of profit should                                                                                                                                                                                                      Indians            and wild        beasts.     Captain        vailed.
    e new company a r e displaying                                  not be overlooked and with the good                            Martson, secretary of the East. Mich-                                                                                   Elevator Exchange Sees No                                                                                                M. S. Winder, executive secretary of
                                                                                                                                   igan Ton rise and Resort Association.                 Farm Bureau Leader Honored                                                                                               Voorman's mill was their goal, as it
   derable i n t e r e s t in the business                          work t h a t the college poultry d e p a r t -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             t h e American F a r m Bureau Federa-
   leen in the fact t h a t some of t h o s e                                                                                      A complete system of routine by                                 With Chairmanship of                                            Prospects Of Early                             was n e a r e s t , and if the old millstone
                                                                    ment and the county agents are doing,                                                                                                                                                                                                         could speak, it would be eloquent in-                        tion, took part in the speaking pro-
   e meeting came from as far a s                                   it seems t h a t it is not being neglected.                    which names of lakes and s t r e a m s can                                                                                             Improvement.
   liles, r e p r e s e n t i n g counties a s far                                                                                 be changed, has now been formulated                                     Important Body                                                                                         deed with tales of h a r d s h i p , courage,                gram at each meeting, bringing a
                                                                    The factor of profit is dependent v e r y                                                                                                                                                                                                     and r o m a n c e .                                                    ige on organization activity in a
   it as Tuscola, Sanilac, Muskegon,                                largely upon the health of the flocks                          and announced by the Board.
                                                                                                                                                                                              An act of the 1929 session of the                                                   WHEAT                                                                                         national way. Stressing the need of
   en, Oceana a n d Monroe and e m -                                and it seems quite general to have t h e                           T h e state of Michigan h a s m a n y                                                                                                                                                                                                             ong membership he said. "Any
   ng all the counties within t h a t                               county a g e n t s r e p o r t that in p o u l t r y
                                                                    meetings in their counties a g r e a t deal
                                                                                                                                   lakes and streams which a r e dupli-
                                                                                                                                   cated in names, according to the com-
                                                                                                                                                                                         Michigan Legislature, provided for the                               The m a r k e t has been a sad disap-
                                                                                                                                                                                         appointment, by the governor, of a pointment to every f a r m e r who h a s
                                                                                                                                                                                         commission to study and r e p o r t on held his wheat. The crop, in North
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  DETROIT MOVES TO                                             organization, su< h as we a r e main-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               taining, requires a sense of personal
   i meeting, carried on as strictly
      insurance meeting, was held on
   tird a n n i v e r s a r y of the establish-
                                                                    of disease is found when flocks a r e
                                                                    inspected closely.
                                                                        No flock, diseased in any way, is
                                                                                                                                   mittee. There are i n n u m e r a b l e " G r a s s "
                                                                                                                                   "Mud" and                "Crooked"
                                                                                                                                   several "Trout", "Silver" and "Crook-
                                                                                                                                                                           lakes    and  all m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g to s t a t e taxes, America was short this y e a r almost
                                                                                                                                                                                         and to m a k e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s for the five h u n d r e d                  million bushels           from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         GET FIRST DIP IN                                       responsibility coupled with the idea
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                t h a t there is no substitute for mem-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                bership, in order to c a r r y on effective-
  f the State F a r m Mutual Automo-
    Insurance c o m p a n y a g e n c y in
                                                                    going to be able to m a k e the r e t u r n s
                                                                    on the dollar invested t h a t it should
                                                                                                                                   ed" creeks. This has often caused con-
                                                                                                                                   creeks. This ha soften caused con-
                                                                                                                                                                                         best methods of r a i s i n g taxe3 for t h e last year's crop. Everyone who own-
                                                                                                                                                                                         state purposes. In accordance with ed wheat thought it w a s good p r o p e r -
                                                                                                                                                                                         the act, the governor appointed the ty. Heavy carry-over from- last year,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           STATE ROAD FUNDS                                     ly."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    He stressed the need of b e t t e r
   gan. I n t h i s connection Alfred                               and would if the causes of disease                             fusion in the past.                 To avoid this                                                                                                                                                                                           m a r k e t i n g facilities for the improve-
                                                                                                                                   duplication the committee h a s form-                 following p e r s o n s as m e m b e r s of the combined with g e n e r a l business dull-                               Gasoline, Vehicle Taxes Are
  ill, state agency director for both                               w e r e eliminated. W h e n                      disease is                                                          commission and at the o r g a n i z a t i o n ness, h a s made for                                     unsatisfactory                                                                 ment of the agricultural situation.
   ins, explained t h a t during this                               present treatment                      should be given         ulated a system by m e a n s of which
                                                                                                                                                                                         meeting of the commission officers price levels. It does not a p p e a r as                                                       Causing City Hands To                                Co-operation in purchasing is needed
   - e a r period the Michigan a u t o -                            which will be effective in controlling                         changes in name are to be m a d e .
                                                                                                                                                                                         were elected, the personnel of which if t h e r e will be much good to the                                                                                                            t a unite the farmers' buying power
             suranoe a g e n c y h a s issued                       it.                                                                A desire to change the n a m e ot a
                                                                                                                                   lake or s t r e a m must o r i g i n a t e with
                                                                                                                                                                                         is a s follows:                                                   wheat m a r k e t until well into next                                    Begin Itching.                             ,Or securing low r a t e s in the purchase
 r than 42,500 policies with the                                        Buying chicks from high producing                                                                                    Wm. J. T h o m a s , c h a i r m a n , Court spring unless the Federal F a r m Board                                                                                              of commodities, in the buying cl' in-
  rkable record of having better                                    flqcks and using good cockerels will                           the people of the County in which the
                                                                                                                                                                                         House, G r a n d R a p i d s ; Peter B. Len- comes to the rescue.                                                                                                                     s u r a n c e and in securing financial as-
   88 per cent of the policies issued                               tend to increase production and aid in                         body of water is situated. By peti-
                                                                                                                                   tion or request, the board of super-
                                                                                                                                                                                          non, vice c h a i r m a n , L e n n o n ; Ray-                                           CORN                           READJUSTMENT IS SURE                                         shstance, he declared.
  in in force. Some concerns, h e                                   keeping the flock in a condition of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "Speculation and wasteful practices
                                                                                                                                                                                         mond H. Berry, secretary, 1000 Penob-                                Corn down 15c per bushel from top
  eel, r u n as low as 50 per cent of                               health which enables t h e hens to con-                        visors may be asked by. t h e people                                                                                                                                                                                                        on the m a r k e t s have Increased tre-
                                                                                                                                                                                         scot Bldg., D e t r o i t ; A. F. Heidkamp, prices with prospects of a n o t h e r 5c
    policies r e m a i n i n g in force after                       tinue heavy production, m o n t h after                        to take some formal action t o w a r d
                                                                                                                                                                                         Lake L i n d e n ; F r e d R. Ming, Cheboy- per bushel cheaper before the m a r k e t                                    Big City                Motorists Seeking                                (Continued on page two)
  ation of the p r e m i u m period.                                month.                                                         changing             a name. This* petition
                                                                                                                                                                                         g a n : F r a n k Wade, F l i n t ; Melville B. hits bottom.                                                                     To Open Up Campaign
        Sold On Service Basis                                           It isn't always a question of feed                         presented to t h e s u p e r v i s o r s       must
 st as the automobile i n s u r a n c e
 taken on as an added service for
                                                                    alone, even when we a r e
                                                                    r a t i o n s which have plenty of protein
                                                                                                                         feeding   state the n a m e of the lake o r s t r e a m
                                                                                                                                   whose name it is desired to c h a n g e ;
                                                                                                                                                                                         McPherson, Lowell; Al. E. P e t e r m n n ,
                                                                                                                                                                                         Calumet and J o h n A. Russell, Detroit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   OATS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              More oats will be shipped into Mich-                                    Of     Publicity.                       WILL ROLL SNOW
                                                                                                                                                                                              It is the p u r p o s e of the commission igan this winter than will be shipped
 farmers of Michigan, life insur-
   is being offered, not as a n o t h e r
                                                                    and digestible n u t r i e n t with the o r d i -
                                                                    n a r y m i n e r a l s for supplying the cal-
                                                                                                                                   the reasons for desiring the c h a n g e ,
                                                                                                                                   and the preferred name.                               to m a k e a complete study of all the out of Michigan. P r i c e s should not
                                                                                                                                                                                         existing Michigan s t a t u t e s having to change m a t e r i a l l y from p r e s e n t levels                              W i ' h t h e noxt session of the 1.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ON RURAL ROADS
 aodity to sell the farmer, but as                                  cium t h a t enables a bird to produce                             If the board of s u p e r v i s o r s a g r e e s                                                                                                                          l a t u r e still more than a y e a r in the
                                                                                                                                                                                         do with taxation, as well a s the for some time to come.
 ler greatly needed service, G. W.                                  heavily. T h e r e may be some things                          and adopts a formal resolution ask-                                                                                                              RYE                           future,, t h e Detroit City Council fired                         A new plan of keeping r u r a l high-
                                                                                                                                                                                         statutes of and procedure in o t h e r
 >r, vice president of the company                                  lacking in the feeds raised in the                             ing t h a t the n a m e of the lake or                                                                                                                                         the o p e n i n g gun in t h e impending ways in condition for use is expected
                                                                                                                                                                                         states. T h e act                   further          contem-         A very s h o r t crop and not much of
 lined. Mr. F u l l e r                         was        given    c e n t r a l west, such as we use here in                     stream be changed, a copy of the                                                                                                                                               battle for State h i g h w a y funds at its t o be tried o u t in n o r t h e r n Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                         plates t h a t t h e commission will hold any price change indicated.
 ;ically the whole afternoon for a                                  Michigan, t h a t a r e necessary to the                       resolution may be sent to the state                                                                                                                                            meeting on Tuesday, October                           'll. t h i s winter.            T h e m a i n t r u n k lines
                                                                                                                                                                                         h e a r i n g s t h r o u g h o u t the state for the                                    BEANS
 led p r e s e n t a t i o n of the life in-                        continued h e a l t h of high producing                        committee.              The committee will con-                                                                                                                                v, hen two separate plans for securing iwill be plowed as has been t h e custom
                                                                                                                                                                                         purpose of a s c e r t a i n i n g the views, on                     While the Michigan crop was ex-
 nee set-up as adopted                                  by the      flocks. If this is t r u e , it certainly is                   sider the petition. It will determine                                                                                                                                          a siice of the State, money were pro- but the c o u n t r y ra:;ds used more ex-
                                                                                                                                                                                         state tax m a t t e r s , of v a r i o u s citizens, tremely short, the bean c r o p of the
 i Bureau.                                                          a problem for the p o u l t r y m a n in Mich-                 whether the preferred n a m e is dupli-                                                                                                                                        posed and referred to Clarence E. tensively by farm owners with their
                                                                                                                                                                                         organizations and groups, to the end United States is about one million
 e successful life i n s u r a n c e agent,                         igan to h a v e solved for him by some-                        cated any place in the s t a t e ;               and,                                                                                                                          Wilcox, corporation counsel.                                 i c o n s and sleighs will be rolled. It
                                                                                                                                                                                         t h a t t h e i r ideas may be p r e s e n t e d to bushels l a r g e r t h a n last y e a r and the
 aid, l e a r n s to advise with his                                one especially t r a i n e d in this par-                      w h e t h e r a change in n a m e is neces-                                                                                                                                         A motion by councilman William P. is said t h a t this would keep the road
                                                                                                                                                                                         the commission and prove of benefit crops of foreign c o u n t r i e s very much
 pective buyer and aids him in a r -                                ticular line.                                                  sary and desirable. If the s t a t e com-                                                                                                                                      Bradley proposes that a bill be initi- surface higher t h a n the b a n k s and
                                                                                                                                                                                         in its desire to work out suggestions larger t h a n last season. Beans a r e
 ing his financing problems. H e                                        E x p e r i m e n t s t a t i o n s are working            mittee considers the petition favor-                                                                                                                                                      by petition which would provide j Prevent drifting. - Chel aygan Thib-
                                                                                                                                                                                         for an equitable and fair s t a t e tax now coming into the United States
 lined t h a t F a r m Bureau a g e n t s of                        constantly on t h e problem and it is                          able, the petition together with t h e                                                                                                                                         for t h e r e t u r n of one-third of the g a s , u n e -
                                                                                                                                                                                         program.              T h e commission has not from all E u r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s and Can-
 State F a r m Life I n s u r a n c e corn-                                                                                        committe's recommendation, will be                                                                                                                                                                                                                    —
                                                                    hoped t h a t it will not be many years,                                                                             deemed it advisable to hold any h e a r - ada is likewise shipping heavily into                                          tax paid in each locality.                     Council-1                   ~                       #       ~9 '
    will r e n d e r the g r e a t e s t a m o u n t                                                                               sent to the national board on geo-
                                                                    at t h e longest, before we will have                                                                                ings as yet and, before h e a r i n g s a r e t h e United States paying a duty of                                       man J o h n C. Nagel moved t h r fur- T a X B o a r d                                         Maintains
                                                                                                                                   graphical names. This board, in t u r n ,
  nice to their neighbors and will                                  something definite on what supple-                                                                                   scheduled, it is the desire of the com- $1.75 per cwt.                                      Idaho f a r m e r s this     t h e r consideration be given the bill I
  the most success 'by helping their                                mental feeds to use t h a t will have a
                                                                                                                                   will consider the petition. Its de-
                                                                                                                                                                                         mission to o b t a i n the co-operation of morning a r e selling a t $5.75 to $6.00                                      introduced in the last L e g i s l a t u r e by                                 Levy to be Illegal
                                                                                                                                   cision is final. If the national board
 pects and t h e i r clients set up                                 tendency, at least, to supply any needed                                                                             as m a n y individuals, o r g a n i z a t i o n s per cwt and farmers in New Mexico                                      Rep. Ate Dykstra of Grand Rapid                                                          in.posed on the rental
                                                                                                                                   approves the change, then the n a m e
 Tpe of life i n s u r a n c e estate best                          factors to i n c r e a s e the health                     and                                                        and g r o u p s a s c a r e to assist it, sug- and Colorado are selling piutos at                                        This bill provided for a three-way; value of real estate occupied by the
                                                                                                                                   of t h e lake or s t r e a m will be formally
 I to their                       particular           require-     disease r e s i s t i n g ability of the birds.                                                                      gesting to t h e m t h a t they give serious $4.50 to $4.75 per cwt. T h e r e is                                        split of t h e license tax, o n e - t h i r l to: owner is unconstitutional, t h e Board
                                                                                                                                   changed and the new name will be
 s.                                                                     In the meanwhile, it is advisable                                                                                consideration to those state tax p r o b - nothing in the situation today to in-                                         t h e State, one-third to t h e counties.! of Tax Appeals has held. Such rental
                                                                                                                                   lisieri on all official maps and docu-
 itistics b r o u g h t out during the                              that every flock o w n e r attend the                                                                                lems which affect their p a r t i c u l a r in- dicate much of any a d v a n c e in price                                and one-third to the city, village >r \ .inc. according to the opinion of t h e
                                                                                                                                   ments.
 ing showed t h a t the a v e r a g e life                          poultry m e e t i n g s in his county, find                                                                          t e r e s t s , and likewise, in general, any of Michigan beans for the next two                                          township in which the owners reside, j Board, does not c o n s t i t u t e income
 "ance policy in other concerns is                                  out means of diagnosing disease and                                "Since the State Committee was ap- suggestions they may have to m a k e or three months.                                                                                   Cnder t h i s proposed plan many Detroit U n d e r the Sixteenth Amendment, a n d
 mounts less t h a n $2,000 while t h e                             then follow the suggestions of the                             pointed some time ago, the public has in connection with or a p p e r t a i n i n g to                                                                                          folks hoped to see several millio'n a tax thereon is therefore not. an in-
 •ge policy in the State F a r m                                    p o u l t r y d e p a r t m e n t of the college o r           obtained an erroneous impression as any phase of s t a t e taxation.                                                                                                           dollars r e t u r n e d to t h e City of Do- come tax, but. a direct tax, which,
   company is better t h a n $3,000,                                his county agent in controlling those                          to Sis' objects and purposes," Chairman
                                                                                                                                                                                              (NOTE: County F a r m Bureau units
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Life Guards Restore                                    trbit.                                                                out apportionment, is invalid.
                                                                                                                                   Fuller said, in announcing the formal
 e
   ting a g r e a t e r need of life in-                            conditions which tend to cause disease
                                                                                                                                   name-change plan. "The public h a s
                                                                                                                                                                                         having m a t t e r s of taxation                       which             43 Drowning Bathers                                  It quickly developed t h a t the dif-i
                                                                   a n d lessen the m o n e y - m a k i n g ability                                                                      might be b r o u g h t to the attention of                            Life g u a r d s on t h e b a t h i n g beaches     ferences between Bradley and Nagel t u r n a considerable s h a r e of t h e a u t o
                                                                    of his flocks.                                                 been under the impression t h a t the                                                                                                                                          were more a p p a r e n t t h a n real, how- taxes which                               Detroit        pays, and It
                                                                                                                                                                                         new commission on taxation should of four Michigan State P a r k s during
iTloiiCAm                                                                                                                          committee intends to change names
                                                                                                                                   of lakes and s t r e a m s wholesale and
                                                                                                                                                                                         p r e s e n t t h e i r views or findings to the the p a s t season rescued
                                                                                                                                                                                         State F a r m B u r e a u so that efforts may from drowning.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     43 people                   T h e Bradley m e a s u r e would seen i certain that by (lie time an-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   give to the city and villages a t h i r d : other year rolls around, t h i s question
         WILD LIFE AREAS FISH INDUSTRY IS
                                                                                                                                   without consent of the local residents.                                                                                                                                        of all taxes collected from gas sold! will have become a m a j o r issue,
                                                                                                                                                                                         be •co-ordinated                 through a             single         Only t h r e e of the 46 p e r s o n s taken
                                                                                                                                   This is not t r u e .
                                                                                                                                                                                         channel. A taxation committee of the by t h e life g u a r d s from t h e w a t e r                                       within their borders, and since t h e r e '                       Either of t h e two proposals suggest -
Ndard Type of Sanctuary
                                                                              GROWING RAPIDLY                                          "We will change no n a m e s on o u r s t a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n will be glad to con-
                                                                                                                                   own initiative. The initiative m u s t sider county suggestions and present failed to be brought back to con-
                                                                                                                                   come from the county in which t h e them to the commission.)                                                            sciousness          by v a r i o u s   methods of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   a r e c o m p a r a t i v e l y \'^\\ gas s t a t i o n s ' e d at Tuesday's session of t h e Detroit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   outside of cities a n d villages, these C o u n c i l a r e so d r a w n as to appeal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   u n i t s would profit at t h e expense of . s t r o n g l y to out-state city a n d village
                                                                                                                                   lake or s t r e a m is located.                                                                                         resuscitation.
                                                                         Fish taken from Michigan waters                                                                                                                                                                                                           the s u r r o u n d i n g r u r a l neighborhoods. - y diticans, since both propose a divi-
 Affords Protection To                                                                                                                 The committee is now ready                    for                                                                                                                           Detroit would profit from gas s a l e s ' sion of state highway funds                                             upon
                                                                    for commercial purposes last your had
            Every Animal                                                       :1 value of $3,397,428. Five years
                                                                    previous to this the annual market-
                                                                                                                                   action whenever formal
                                                                                                                                   from boards of supervisors a r e pre-
                                                                                                                                   sented to it for consideration.
                                                                                                                                                                            resolutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A Revitalizer                                                                                             to out-state          visitors, even! t e r m s which would virtually deprive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   t h o u g h 90 per cent of t h e gas they i the rural d i s t r i c t s of any participa-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   purc based would be used in t r a v e l i n g j lion. This feature                                  may, h o w e v e r ,
I(                                                                  ing of fish had a value of $1,673,667,                                                                                              The T r a d e - A-'Day is a real F a r m B u r e a u revitalizer because it p r e -
     % a n has now dedicated to t h e                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              t h r o u g h the open c o u n t r y back to j prove to be a boomerang. It will not
                                                                    figures taken from the stfcte conserva-                                                                                   s e n t s t h e F a r m B u r e a u to t h e public in a d i f f e r e n t w a y : r e a l f a r m e r s
ection of g a m e and o t h e r wild                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               their homes.               In addition, the plan .only solidify r u r a l s e n t i m e n t a g a i n s t
                                                                  j'tion department show.                                                                                                     and not professional s a l e s m e n and solicitors engage in the work and
Ul
  ••25,118 a c r e s of land.
    Sbly this 125,118 acres of land
                                                                 <' The only species of commercial fish
                                                                    t a k e n in increasing quantities d u r i n g
                                                                                                                                   ROAD BUILDING TO                                           talk t h e i r propositions in a county-wide m a n n e r . This local influence
                                                                                                                                                                                              of the individual, coupled w i t h the m a s s appeal of having a n e n t i r e
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   would give t h e cities t h e benefit of; t h e measures, but m a y also lead to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   any further increases in gasoline tax. | opposition from                                     t h e powerful         auto
   three c l a s s e s ; those a r e a s owned
 c
ate
    °ntrolled by the s t a t e ;
      ly owned but .under special
                                                           those
                                                                    this five year period has been white
                                                                  , fish. Wliile the increase h i s been very                             EXCEED 1928 MARK                                     county " w o r k e d " at one time, does more t h a n individual s a l e s m a n s h i p .
                                                                                                                                                                                                        T h u s t h e F a r m B u r e a u i3 sold on a l a r g e r scale a n d t h e w o r k of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        T h e D y k s t r a bill in ail probability; m a n u f a c t u r e r s of t h e State, a n d of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   would yield the city less money t h a n I Detroit itself.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the m e a s u r e proposed by Bradley, but I Six million dollars spent in improv-
                                                                  i Blight the increase in valuation has                                                                                       t h e v o l u n t e e r s is m a d e e a s i e r a n d m o r e delightful w h i l e c o n s i d e r a b l y
" Protection; and those additional                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  it was pointed o u t by Nagel t h a t ; ing the roads t h r o u g h o u t t h e S t a t e
                                                                  'resulted              from         the gradual          rising      Construction work on State high-                       m o r e i n t e r e s t a n d e n t h u s i a s m a r e a r o u s e d a n d m o r e action is s t i m u l a t e d .
" set aside as refuges                                       and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    since t h e gas tax is collected from of Michigan will increase travel miile-
                                                                                       rice.                                       ways this season is expected to exceed                               T h e Trade-A-Day in F a r m Bureau m e m b e r s h i p w o r k paves the way
p a r i e s by legislative action or                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wholesale d i s t r i b u t o r s , it would per-, age, and t h e m a r k e t for c a r s m o r e
                                                                                                                                   the 1S»-S figure for milage of trunk-                      for follow-up activities, biiilda a s t r o n g e r membership by stimulating
                 iTvation Commission using                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          h a p s be impossible to divide t h e t a x ' t h a n if the same sum is spent in De-
                                                                                                                                   line highways completed.                  Last year
"•^retionary a u t h o r i t y .                                              Build Alfalfa Mill                                              State highway d e p a r t m e n t cam-
                                                                                                                                                                                              organization and serves to b r e a k down sales resistance. T h r o u g h it the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    on t h e basis of the points at which triot. Moreover, the m a n u f a c t u r e r is
' s even l a r g e " s t a n d a r d " refuges                                                                                                                                                F a r m B u r e a u morale is g r e a t l y improved and with this improvement                                        the gas is retailed.                                      I a w a r e that D e t r o i t and ot:
                                                                         An alfalfa mill is to be constructed                                          nsiruction of 468 mih
Rising a total of 58,000 a c r e s all                                                                                                                                                        t h e r e usually follows an increased volume of F a r m B u r e a u commodity                                            Before t h e session was over it b?- ! can and will m a k e t h e •                                          .* im-
                                                                  1                                                                t r u n k i i n e s and built or          supervised
|e i s protected.                         Six of           these in the Yakima valley to supply meal                                                                                           business and a s t r e n g t h e n i n g of. g r o u p consciousness within the indi-                                c a m e obvious t h a t all parties w e r e ! provements out of o t h e r funds it the
                                                                                                                                               met ion of 512 miles of surfac-
8es
         have large a r e a s of s t a t e own- j for members of the Washington C »-                                                                                                          vidual F a r m Bureau unit!                                                                                           m o r e concerned with getting some- State funds                                     a r e not         forthcoming,
                                                                                                              nation.               ing. Favorable \veather d u r i n g Oct-
J nd adjoining on which the public                                                                                                                                                                      This method of building t h e organization adds s t r e n g t h from within                                 t h i n g t h a n with where it should come while r u r a l d i s t i i c t s a r e com pell <
                                                                                                                                   ober and November will do much
r lvil
  f      eged to h u n t d u r i n g the o p e " , ;;.„.„.                                      .ill'alfa will be-used each
                                                                                                                                                                                               r a t h e r t h a n from without and d e m o n s t r a t e s there is no s u b s t i t u t e for a                   from. P l a n s have been discussed for depend upon Slate funds because of
   ns                                                                                                                              toward adding to the total mileage
k - and                     o n e is in a national                             on which a premium will he paid
                                                                                                                                   included in the 1929 program.                               loyal and well informed m e m b e r s h i p .                                                                        inducing or forcing t h e state to re- their present poor financial condi
                                                                     for quality, it is s:
WZ Equitable Legislative Programs Need Farm Organization                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Support
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1020
             TWO                                                                                                                                                   MICHIGAN           FARM        BUREAU           NEWS
                                                                                                                  Delaware, IOWJI. Michigan, Pennsylvania a n d Tennessee, m a k e
                                                                                                                  10 states with a three cent t a x . There still remain 10 states with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     self. W e r e the F a r m B u r e a u to permit its W a s h i n g t o n contact
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to e n g a g e in such unethical practices as this, the work of t h e or-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    "HYDTSAYS POLICY"
                MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS
            Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char-
                                                                                                                 a two cent levy.
                                                                                                                       .Massachusetts a n d New York entered t h e gas t a x field for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ganization would never he accepted with the balance of weight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     it h a s been c a r r y i n g in recent years.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                OF GOVERNMENT IS
        lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head-
        quarters, Lansing, Michigan.                                                                             the first time t h i s y e a r , with a two cent r a t e in each s t a t e . T h e
                                                                                                                  other s t a t e s collecting t w o cents p e r gallon a r e : Connecticut,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          E v e r y activity of o u r Washington office is rightly based on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     an orderly p r o - r a m of our great organization, worked out in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SELF REGULATION
                VOL. V I I                FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929                                No. 20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Improved              T r a d e                 Practices
                                                                                                                  Kansas. Mintu'sota, Missouri. New .Jersey. Rhode Island. Tex-                                      open meetings by thosv who a r e actively engaged in t h e impor-
              Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class                                     as, a n d Wisconsin.                                                                               tant industry which the Farm B u r e a u is designed to serve.                                                                Are         Suggested                    For
         mutter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided
         for In Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923.                                           The majority of states place motor vehicles upon t h e genera]                                                                                                                                                                    Meat             Industry.
              Subscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau members,                                          p r o p e r t y t a x I'olls in addition t o t h e license a n d g a s t a x col-                                               THE FIGHT PROLONGED
         60 cents per year, included in their annual dues.                                                        lections. Only l o states fail to levy all t h r e e taxes. These s t a t e s                          A feu- months a g o t h e whole nation gave voice to t h e senti-                                                      "Self-regulation is the best form
        USE CHILSON                                                                                 Editor        a r e : Michigan, Delaware, Idaho. Iowa, Minnesota, New H a m p -                                  ment. " A g r i c u l t u r e should he h e l p e d " a n d immediately o u r na-                                      of regulation. But let us not forg et
        E. E. UNGREX                                          Advertising and Business Manager                   shire, New J e r s e y , New York. North Dakota. Oklahoma, Ore-                                     tional legislative agencies began functioning in an a p p a r e n t el-                                                that it must in truth be regulati 0 „
         PERN DAVIS                                                                         :..Circulation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  You have already formulated a p ro "
                                                                                                                  gon. Pennsylvania, South Dakota a n d V e r m o n t .                                              fort t o re-adjust o u r tariff schedule primarily to benefit agri-                                                    posed code of practices. Self-regu]^
                                                                                                                       There is a s t r o n g sentiment to the effect t h a t it is b e t t e r to col-              culture. Political p a r t i e s and political leaders seemingly agreed                                                tion will be merely begun by the
                                                                                                                 lect ;i license t a x which is large enough to cover both the o r d i n a r y                       that a properly a d j u s t e d tariff system would p u t a g r i c u l t u r e                                        adoption of that code. It requir es
                                  MICHIGAN STAfjETARM ftUPEAU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               voluntary compliance with the re_
                                                                                                                  t a x on p r o p e r t y ;is well a s the value of t h e license t o use t h e                     on t h e r o a d to health.                                                                                            quirements of the code, and m Ust
                                                                                                                  roads, r a t h e r t h a n to try to t a x each s e p a r a t e l y . However, it is                    Our national tariff s t r u c t u r e h a s been giving to other than                                             persist through all the business prac_
                                                     OFFICERS                                                    noticeable that t h e Michigan weight t a x is not sufficiently high                                the a g r i c u l t u r a l i n d u s t r y well defined advantages, so clearly                                        tices of the trade'", said Secretary
        M. L. NOON, Jackson                                                                       President                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 of Agriculture, Arthur M. Hyde, j n
         W. W. BILLINGS. Davison                                                            Vice-President        to raise a sum equal to t h e combined yield of license t a x e s a n d                            that nobody questioned the need of a definite a n d equitable re-                                                      message to the conference of the
                                                I)irectors-at-Large                                               p r o p e r t y taxes, as applied in t h e majority of states which levy                            adjustment for the sake 0 f this one depressed industry.                                                              meat industry which assembled 0 n
        M. B. MCPHERSON                                                                              Lowell       both. In fact, there are seven states which t a x m o t o r vehicles                                    The re-adjustment began in earnest with* a special session <>i                                                    October 11, at his invitation, in Chi-
        MRS. EDITH M. WAG A Ft                                                                     Carleton                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 cago, to formulate and adopt j m .
        JOHN GOODWINE                                                                              Marlette       on the p r o p e r t y t a x rolls a n d at the same time levy license t a x -                     congress called this summer for this specific purpose.
        VEROLD K. GORMELY                                                                         Newberry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            proved trade policies for the volun-
                                                                                                                  es wh{ch a v e r a g e higher t h a n t h e Michigan weight t a x . These                              A g r i c u l t u r e was prepared to present its appeal. T h r o u g h the                                        tary s elf-regulation of the meat-
        J. J. JAKWAY                                      :                                Benton HarDor
        W. W. BILLINGS                                                                              Davison       states a r e : A r k a n s a s , Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts.                            F a r m B u r e a u Federation a definite outline of tariff policies and                                               packing and wholesale meat busi-
                                                Commodity Directors                                               Rhode Island. W a s h i n g t o n a n d West Virginia.                                                                                                                                                                    ness.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     tariff schedules w a s presented to t h e national legislature. This
        HENRY CTTRTIS, Cadillac                                 Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Dr. John R. Mohler, chief of the
        M. L. NOON", Jackson                                   Michigai Milk Producers' Association                    On t h e other hand Michigan substitutes a tax based on weight                                p r o g r a m o r schedule of organized a g r i c u l t u r e was designed by                                          Bureau of Animal Industry, repre-
        CHAS. WOODRUFF, Hasting*                                      Michigan Live Stock Exchange
        M. 11. SHISLER, Caledonia                                        Michigan Elevator Exchange               for a t a x based on value, a n d this places the o w n e r s of low                               sincere workers w h o really sought something good for their in-                                                       sented the Department of Agricm.
        M. D.          BUSKIRK, Paw Paw                                Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.              valued old vehicles at ;i d i s a d v a n t a g e in comparison w i t h t h e                       d u s t r y . They laid their program before congress as a suggestion                                                  tine, delivered the Secretary's mes-
                             STATE F A R M B U R E A U ORGANIZATION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         sage and presided over the meeting.
                C L A R K L. B R O D Y                                   .l.Sec'y-Treas.-Manager                  owners of high valued new cars. F o u r of t h e 15 s t a t e s which                              to be used for the basis of the tariff re-adjustment which all                                                         He explained to the representatives
                                                                                                                 levy no p r o p e r t y t a x on motor vehicles t a k e the value of t h e                          agreed w a s necessary. Immediately this program w as attacked.                                                        of the industry the powers of the
                                             DEPARTMENT HEADS                                                    c a r into consideration in fixing t h e license t a x . These state                                W e e k s a n d months of bickering a n d t r a d i n g have followed sine*'                                           department has in the regulation of
                Traffic                                                                   A. P. Mills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       meat packing through the provision
                Clothing                                                           Miss N. B. Kirby              a r e : Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, a n d Oklahoma.                                              the F a r m Bureau Tariff program w a s laid down.                                                                     of the Packers and Stockyards Act,
                Publicity                                                               E. E. Ungren                   The Michigan license t a x could he revised in such a w ay as                                      As t h e situation s t a n d s today, a g r i c u l t u r e sees no prospect of                                   which, among other features, trans!
                Accounting                                                             L. T. Sinclair
                Dganteatfon                                                               C. L. Nash             to g r a n t much needed relief to t h e o w n e r s of cheap obi ears a n d                        relief from an adjusted tariff schedule for months to come.                                                            fers to the Secretary of Agriculture
                Automobile Insurance                                                  Alfred Bentall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        most of the control of the meat busi-
                SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E M I C H I G A N S T A T E                                       t r u c k s , a n d at the same time increase the total yield from the                                  The selfi.sh motives which have been so manifest in all t h e at-                                                  ness previously exercised by the
                                                  FARM BUREAU
                Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service                                      L. A. Thomas
                                                                                                                 tax.                                                                                                tacks a g a i n s t the tariff program which organized a g r i c u l t u r e                                           Federal Trade Commission. He re-
                Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service                                    L. A. Thomas                   The possibility of i n c r e a s i n g both t h e g a x t a x a n d t h e license              m a p p e d out. lead one to helieve t h a t organization of a g r i c u l t u r e                                     ferred to the many conferences held
                Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool                                         Alfred Bentall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       by r epresentatives of various indus-
                                                                                                                 t a x in sueh a w a y as not t o o v e r b u r d e n t h e rural d r i v e r s , m a n y            needs to he s t r e n g t h e n e d and strengthened again in order to tret                                            tries and branches of the Federal
                 MICHIGAN COMMODITY MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS                                                       of whom a r e a l r e a d y o v e r t a x e d , will n o doubt receive t h e                        a t a i r b r e a k in o u r legislative halls at Washington.                                                          Government, particularly the De-
                AFFILIATED WITH MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU                                                       earnest consideration of farmers. A t t h e last session of t h e                                        bet u s consider t h e h o u r s spent i n t a k i n g testimony before t h e                                     partment of Commerce, to encour-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            age the adoption and use of ethical
        Michigan        Fotuto Growers Exchange                                                    Cadillac      Michigan legislature t h e plea of t h o u s a n d s of farmers f o r a dis-                        special committee on r e a d j u s t m e n t . AYe find t h e prb-ponents of
        Michigan        Milk Producers Association                       . . ...707 Owen Bldg., Detroit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            practices and economics in the con-
        Michigan        lave Stock Exchange                                                         Hudson
                                                                                                                 fribution of p a r t of t h e g a s t a x hack to t h e t o w n s h i p s w a s ig-                 a p r o g r a m designed f o r the benefit of a g r i c u l t u r e have t a k e n                                     duct of business.
       Michigan         Elevator Exchange                              ...Farm Bureau Bldg., Lansing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Department of Agriculture,
       Michigan         Fruit Growers, Inc                                                  Benton Harbor
                                                                                                                 nored. Y e t if o u r motor vehicles Avere m a d e to p a y t h e same                              time of t h e committee equivalent t o about 28 hours of question-
                                                                                                                 a m o u n t of tux p e r e a r t h a t is levied in Ohio t h e full a m o u n t                                                                                                                                            he said, feels it perfectly proper to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     i n g w h i l e o u r " e a g e r f r i e n d s " of a few m o n t h s ago have t a k e n                              participate in such a meeting and to
        DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGES                                                        t h a t w a s asked f o r b y t h e f a r m e r s could b e given w i t h o u t t a k -             t h e equivalent of close t o 130 hours of t h e c o m m i t t e e s ' time f o r                                      offer suggestions and render assist-
              MICH. ELEVATOR EXCH.                               M I C H . M I L K PRODUCERS ASS'N
       Carl Martin, Pies                    CoUl water           N. P. Hull, Pres                  Lansing
                                                                                                                 ing a d o l l a r o u t of t h e present h i g h w a y fund.                                        voicing t h e i r objections. A t every t u r n they have a t t e m p t e d to                                         ance in disposal of the problems he-
       Milton Burkholder, V. P. .Marlette                        R. G. Potts, Vice-Pres. Washington                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         fore the conference.
                                                                                                                       So many a m i varied a r e t h e questions which arise w h e r e v e r                        insert clauses, provisions, a n d special schedules which would as-
        H. D. Horton, Sec-Treas                  Kinde           John^C. Near, Sec               Flat Roci
        L. E. Osmer, Mgr                       Lansing           B. F. Beach, Ass't Sec             Detroit      t h e subject of motor vehiele t a x a t i o n is discussed t h a t t h e                           sist a n y t h i n g b u t t h e g r e a t i n d u s t r y that w a s t o be benefitted b y
        Neil Bass, Bean Dep't                  Lansing           H. Wj Norton, Treas                Howell       News has a t t e m p t e d to p r e s e n t h e r e w i t h a sort of s u m m i n g u p             the proposed r e - a d j u s t m e n t .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            INSURANCE AGENTS
        W. E. rhillips                         Decatur           M. L v Noon                       Jackson
       George McCalla                         Ypsilanti          R. L. Taylor                       Lapeer       of some of the m a j o r p o i n t s most p r o b a b l e t o he b r o u g h t u p w h e n              H e r e w e have a p i c t u r e of t h e whole s e t - u p : Three-fourths of                                           IN LIFE WORK GET
       H. H. Sanford                    Battle Creek             L. W. Harwood                      Adrian       a definite F a r m B u r e a u road p r o g r a m is u n d e r t a k e n .
       M. R. Shisler                         Caledonia           W. J. Thomas                Grand Rapids
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the time devoted t o the s t u d y has been t a k e n u p w i t h objections                                                      TOGETHER FOR DAY
       Frank Gilmore                             Parma           Fred W. Meyer                 Fair Haven              If financial a i d is to he sought for t o w n s h i p roads, those w h o                     and only one-fourth of t h e time actually devoted t o construc-                                                              (Continued from page 1.)
       W. J. Hazelwood                 Mt. Pleasant              Fred G. Beardsley                   Oxford      would expect t o benefit t h e most s h o u l d b e the ones t o devise                                                                                                                                                    surance on the farm than in certain
                                                                 William Hunter                   Sandusky                                                                                                           tive efforts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            other lines of occupation.
                                                                 Elmer Powers                           Clio     some acceptable plan for g a i n i n g such aid. The question is b i g                                  Does t h i s indicate t h a t agriculture, w i t h t h e best organization
             MICH.       POTATO GROWERS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         That the Farm Bureau insurance
                            EXCH.
                                                                     M I C H . L I V E STOCK E X C H .
                                                                                                                 e n o u g h t o afford subjects f o r discussion b y County F a r m B u -                           it c a n establish, h a s only to a s k a n d it will receive? I n t h e face                                          business is set up on a more economi-
       Henry Curtis, Pres                      Cadillac                                                          r e a u s d u r i n g t h e e n t i r e w i n t e r series of meetings.                                                                                                                                                     cal basis than other concerns was
       J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres. Provemont
                                                                 E. A. Beamer, Pres               Blissfield                                                                                                         of wdiat h a s heen t a k i n g place in t h e p a s t f e w weeks, it i s very
                                                                 R. D. Harper, Vice-Pres., St. Johns                  R e a d e r s of t h e News h a v i n g ideas b e a r i n g on a s a t i s f a c t o r y                                                                                                                               brought out in one of Mr. Fuller's an-
       O. E. Hawley, Sec'y                      Shelby
                                                                 J. II. O'Mealey, Sec'y             Hudson                                                                                                           evident t h a t o r g a n i z a t i o n within o u r i n d u s t r y needs t h e s t r e n g t h
       George Herman,, Treas                    Remus                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        swers to the hundreds of questions
                                                                 Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckenridge              system of t o w n s h i p r o a d f i n a n c i n g s h o u l d present t h e m t o t h e           of g r e a t e r n u m b e r s .                                                                                        put to him during the conference
       F. P. Hibst, Gen. Mgr                   Cadillac          Nate Pattteon • . . . . <             Caro
       C. A. Rlchner, Sales                       iiliac                                                         editor so t h a t t h e y can he c a r r i e d out t o o t h e r r e a d e r s o r used t o              The fight is n o t e n d e d but will c a r r y o n into t h e n e x t r e g u l a r                               when he explained that this insurance,
                                                                 J. 11. Bettes                       Sparta
       Leon G. VanLeuw                         Bellaire          Charles Brown                     Sunfield      assist a n y committees t h a t m a y be a p p o i n t e d t o w o r k on r o a d                                                                                                                                           is not a C. O. D. business, where the
       O. S. Wood                          ..Barryton                                                                                                                                                                session of congress. E v e r y f a r m e r s ' organization, t h e F a r m Bu-
                                                                 Edward Dippey                        Perry      problems between n o w a n d t h e time t h e State L e g i s l a t u r e eon-                                                                                                                                              purchaser helps share the cost of
        62. A. Rasmussen                      Sheridan           Charles Woodruff                 Hastings                                                                                                           r e a u a n d all o t h e r s seeking t o h e l p raise t h e level of living                                           "turned down" business after the
                                   M I C H I G A N F R U I T GROWERS, I N C .
                                                                                                                 Aenes a g a i n next vear.                                                                          s t a n d a r d s for t h e farmer, m u s t r a l l y t h e greatest membership                                        policy has been delivered to appli-
                                                                                                         •
       Herbert Nafziger, Pres                                    John Botteme                Spring Lake                                                                                                             possible to meet t h e objections which t h e opponents of a n equit-                                                   cants who "back down" on their
                                   Benton Harbor                 W. J Schultz                          Hart                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 agreement, and that every sale of in-
       O. R. Gale, 1st Vice-Pres                                 John Miller                        Coloma                                  LOBBYING A N D LOBBYISTS                                                 able tariff r e - a d j u s t m e n t a r e seeking t o b r i n g u p a t every op-                                    surance is a cash sale. Like all other
                                                Shelby           Carl Buskirk                    Lawrence
       H. H. Hogue, 2nd Vice-Pres                                                                                     There a r e four classes of l o b b y i s t s : Those w h o h a v e money                      portunity.                                                                                                             cash businesses, he said, the cost of
                                                                 L. A. Hawley                   Ludingt^n
        • •••                                    Sodus                                                          invested i n a n i n d u s t r y f o r which legislation is p r o p o s e d ; o r -                                                                                                                                         operation is less than where the cus-
                                                                 11. Nafziger                     Millburg                                                                                                               i n their dealings w i t h a g r i c u l t u r e , o u r self-styled friends a n d
        F.. L. Bradford, Sec-Treas                               V. Warner                      Mattawan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    tomer pays after receiving the goods.
        • •••                     Benton Harbor                  C. J. Chrestensen               Onekama
                                                                                                                 ganized t r a d e associations which m a i n t a i n offices in AYaiShington;                       s y m p a t h i z e r s have s h o w n t h a t friendship ceases when t h e friend                                            Substantial Business Seen
        F. L. Granger, Sales M g r . . :
         •;.•• • • • •         • -Benton Harbor
                                                                 If. D. Busk irk                 Paw Pdw        professional lobbyists who t a k e any side of a n y case f o r p a y m e n t                        is in need.                                                                                                                Because the Farm Bureau life in-
                                                                 P. L. Bradford                 St. Joseph
        Miller Overton                         Bangor            J. W. Prentice                 Saugatuck       and t h e class of lobbyists which filches a n y b o d y t h e y c a n , claim-                          T h e r e is only o n e a n s w e r t o t h e whole t h i n g : A X A C T I V E                                    surance agents are farmers, the bulk
        J. F. Higbee               Benton Center-                O. R. Gale                          Shelby     i n g they have g r e a t influence w i t h m e m b e r s of congress.                                                                                                                                                      of their business will be farm busi-
        David Brake                          Fremont             H. H. Hogue                         .Sodus                                                                                                          M E M B E R S H I P , AVELL I N F O R M E D .                                                                           ness or business written in (small
        P. D. Leavenworth                                        James Nicol                 South Ha\Jfen            This description of a lobbyist is t a k e n from t e s t i m o n y present-
                                    Grand Rapids                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ~TI           "i——'                           '             T i communities, resulting in a healthier
                            AMERICAN FARM BUREAU
                                                                  W. F. Dean
                                                                 C. L. FEDERATION
                                                                            Brody
                                                                                               Eau Claire
                                                                                                   Lansing      ed at a senate investigation of lobbyist activities in W a s h i n g -                           ENTHUSIASM IS SEEN                                        quite evident apparently attempt to                                   ™             ^                                 wriUen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           head    off   legal aid winch land o w n e r s . J ^
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ie,al                                                                  insurance concerns.
        LEGISLATIVE HEADQUARTERSc
        SAM II. THOMPSON
                                                                   Munsey Bldg.; Washington, D. C.
                                                                                                 .President
                                                                                                                ton a n d w a s given by a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e domestic s u g a r in-               AT DISTRICT RALLIES seek in the oil leasing sections, byj While the Michigan State Farm                                              m
                                                                                                                dustry.                                                                                                                                                    paying capable local attorneys more B u '                                                                         ,
        n l S i ^ n ,<r)Fl;'.V;!':5 A - R B - F                   " 8 E a s t Washington St., Chicago                                                                                                                  OF F.B. ORGANIZATION as                                   retainer fees than the average j t
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     fcag      entered
        CHESTER H. GRAY                                                      Washington Representative               As t h e w i t n e s s w h o gave t h e above definition a s s e r t e d , every                     (Continued from page i.)                                                                                                            i c e (1                            t few
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           farmer could afford 0 pay for at- J ^ w i t n o u t ^                                               *          t h e agency
vi                                                                                                           ^  i n d u s t r y well organized a n d not u s i n g unethical m e t h o d s h a s a               mendously. Co-operative hiarketing'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  will correct this," Mr. Winder said. •torney"services                                   Lnder this set-up, f o r c e h M w r i t t e n c l o g e t Q a h a l f m i l .
                                                                                                                perfect right t o he in W a s h i n g t o n a n d to keep in c o n t a c t w i t h                                                                        t h  e  attorney         taking      the case for a l i o n d o l l a r 8 w o r t h f l b u g i n e s s i„ this
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Touching briefly on the subject of
                                    Editorials                                                                 legislation.
                                                                                                                     The A m e r i c a n F a r m B u r e a u m a i n t a i n s a legislative office i n
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 rural education, he -advocated a prin-                    farmer       probably]        ihfas   been retained s t a t e
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ciple wherein the commonwealth a s a for a few hundred dollars by some T h ' M i c l l igan business is being
                                                                                                                W a s h i n g t o n w i t h a full t i m e employee stationed t h e r e t o keep                 whole would contribute to t h e cost of •on concern, before hand, thus leaving | b u i u                                               around             fte         Mp o r d i n a r y
                     LET'S TALK ABOUT AUTOMOBILE TAXES                                                                                                                                                           education so that equal standards of the farmer to wait for action on h i s j l i f e i n s u r a n c e p l a n > I n M r . Fuller's
                                                                                                               our g o v e r n m e n t agencies informed t o t h e needs, t h e w i s h e s a n d                education, from the standpoint of case until tco late to benefit as he had p r e g e n t a t i o n Gf the whole set-up he
         Motor vehicles a r e taxed higher in 36 American States t h a n                                       the efforts of t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l i n d u s t r y a n d also t o p a s s back to       cost per unit, could b e maintained. •hoped to from drilling operations inUfrowed how the special features, such
    t h e y are in Michigan, according to figures released by t h e " O r e -                                  t h e leaders in t h a t i n d u s t r y a p r o p e r a n d unbiased i n t e r p r e t a -       He contended that it is just as es-                           s community.                   "                           I as endowment insurance and other
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 sential that a few millions* be spent                         Guests at both meetings drove f r o m j f e a t                           a r e m e r e i y . . r e . w o r k e d " onli-
    gon V o t e r " , a Pacific Coast publication devoted t o t h e interests                                  tion of the various g o v e r n m e n t a l activities. Some s a y this em-                       for the proper education of our farm a« far as fifty or sixty m i l e s t 0 devote n a r y m                                                insurance made to fit
    of t a x p a y e r s . T h e average total t a x per motor vehiele in M i c h i -                          ployee is a lobbyist. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e definitions given by this                       children as it is to expand the vast t h e entire day to strengthening their j p e c u l i a r circumstances Juvenile in-
    gan is estimated at $30.74, annually, when <_ras t a x a n d weight                                        p a r t i c u l a r witness f o r the s u g a r i n d u s t r y , t h e F a r m B u r e a u h a s sums now being used for law enforce- organization.                                                                       j surance, to cover the lives of chil-
    t a x figures a r e combined.                                                                                                                                                                                ment and defense. We spend money                              Besides the secretary o f t , h e -Nation-| d r e n u n d e r 1 6 y e a r s o f a g e > w i t h pro-
                                                                                                               a lobbyist a t W a s h i n g t o n . He comes u n d e r t h e second classifi-                    unhesitatingly on criminals; w hy not al organization and the secretary ofjt e c tion from date of birth, is a new
         Tlie low level of t a x a t i o n on the motor vehicles of this S t a t e                             cation, t h a t of the organized t r a d e association w i t h offices in                         open up our national coffers to pass tne state organization, the programs! r e a t u r e r e cently added he explained.
    seems to he d u e t o t w o principal causes. First, t h e Michigan                                        AYashington.                                                                                      back some of those millions of dollars included short addresses by the chair Although these special features are
     gas t a x is only t h r e e r e n t s per gallon while a m a j o r i t y of fetates                                                                                                                         for the good of our farm children, lie man of ihonie and community work made available to those desiring in-
                                                                                                                     So f a r as the Farm B u r e a u organization is concerned i t s Wash-                      querried.                                                 for Michigan, Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, surance in different forms, the bulk
    are now t;ixiiiii gasoline at higher rates. Second. Michigan has                                           i n g t o n office h a s been m a i n t a i n e d solely for t h e p u r p o s e of                                                                        of Carleton, Michigan; by the organi- of the company's business is expected
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Likes Michigan Rosul iMan
    no p r o p e r t y tax on motor vehicles,                                                                                                                                                                                                                              zation director for the State Farm to be built up of ordinary li f e i n s u r *
                                                                                                               c a r r y i n g information t o a n d from the f a r m e r a n d t h e legislators.                  The program aid out by the Mich-
        T a x p a y e r s a n d public officials a r e e v e r y w h e r e a s t o u n d e d a t               A n y u n e t h i c a l move on t h e p a r t of i t s employee i n t h i s office                igan State Farm Bureau for making Bureau, oiaude Nash, and community ance.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 a definite study of road problems singing and a few remarks by the One of the most interesting features
    1ho rapid rise of t h e gas t a x a n d its universal p o p u l a r i t y . I n                            would not be tolerated.                                                                           with an aim at equalizing t h e spread local County Farm Bureau president,' i n connection with the life insurance
    1919 the gaa t a x existed in but t h r e e states, Colorado, N o r t h Da-                                      The only logical m e t h o d of h a n d l i n g i n f o r m a t i o n f o r a n or-         of costs so that agriculture W JU be Mvlng as chairman of the respective set-up, as brought out at the meeting,
    kota, and Oregon and the t a x w a s only one cent p e r gallon in                                         ganization of t h e type and w i t h such w i d e - s p r e a d a c t i v i t i e s as t h e      called upon to hear its proper pro- meeting.                                                                               is the fact that in building up a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 part ionate share of t h e costs of the                                                                                    strictly policy-holder-owned company,
    each. As late as 1924 there w a s only one state where t h e t a x                                         F a r m B u r e a u before o u r legislative b o d y at W a s h i n g t o n , is t h r u                                                                                                                                     the vast amount of money which or-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  rural roads was looked upon by Mr.
    exceeded three ceiiis per gallon. T o d a y a gas t a x is collected in
    every state of the Union a n d there is no state where tire r a t e is
                                                                                                               the m a i n t e n a n c e of a n information office. The one i n c h a r g e of
                                                                                                               this office may be, a n d often is, t e r m e d a lobbyist b u t , so f a r a s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Winder as a fit program for all the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  State Farm Bureaus to consider.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          FARM MORTGAGES                                                    dinarily would go into the East, part
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            of <t t o be divided among stockhold-
    less than two cents per gallon.
         South Carolina, this year, increased her t a x from four cents
                                                                                                               F a r m B u r e a u a c t i v i t i e s a r e concerned, t h i s type of l o b b y i n g is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clark Brody, secretary-manager of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the state organization, speaking for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SHOW INCREASES                                        ers, and then to be loaned back to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           farmers at high interest rates, will
                                                                                                               not unethical n o r is i t a n y t h i n g t o he k e p t a secret f o r none of                   a few minutes on the position of the T l l o »^• '                                                                     ! remain in the Mid-west and earnings
    to six cents p e r gallon, t h e highest rate in t h e country. N o r t h                                  t h e w o r k of t h e office is o r is expected to he c a r r i e d on u n d e r                  farmers in Michigan, pointed to the                         The total farm mortgage indebted-1 0n it and the savings made in con-
    Carolina increased from four cents to five cents, a n d M o n t a n a                                                                                                                                         need of getting in better shape, m an $9 4fi S onnn t h e                            i       * S t a t e S ^ I Acting the business, will revert to
                                                                                                               cover.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  organized way, for presenting our $9,468,000,000 on January i , 1928, an I the purchasers. With the life insur-
    from three cents to five cents. A r k a n s a s , F l o r i d a . K e n t u c k y ,                              C o n t r a s t e d directly with the work of t h e F a r m B u r e a u office               point of view on tax matters when mcrease f ?1o8,000,00o over the debt | ance'business g a i n ^ h e a d w a y as the
    .Mississippi, New Mexico and Virginia were a l r e a d y t a k i n g gas a t                               at Washington is t h e t y p e of work c a r r i e d on b y t h e lobbyist                        the newly created state taxation com- B u r M „                            \        • o          TeportS          thG State F a r m
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       !                       Mutua
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          l Automobile In-
     five cents. Six states Indiana. Ohio, O k l a h o m a , Oregon. Ver-                                                                                                                                        mission asks the farmers where they ? h e tot.,° f A 8 , " ? r a l E c o n o m i c s - F r a n c e has in the past few years,
                                                                                                               who w o r k s u n d e r cover. H e r e we refer to a situation w h i c h has                                                                               t h  e  total   indebtedness                               i
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 stand, as the commission n o doubt                                                             o n J a n  u a r y         spreading through half the states o
    mont a n d W y o m i n g — i n c r e a s e d from three cents to four cents                                been b r o u g h t t o light by a senate c o m m i t t e e i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e        will do.                                                 1920 was $7,857,000,000. 0 f the total the country, the concentration of
    t h i s year, and t w o states—Louisiana and N e b r a s k a — f r o m t w o                               activities of lobbyists in w h i c h an i n d i v i d u a l , posing a s a p o w e r                 Michigan farmers must have more debt for 1 9 2 8 , that on owner-operated funds in the Mid-west will mean con-
    cents to tour cents. The four cent g a s t a x w a s a l r e a d y in effect                                of influence in the ship b u i l d i n g world is found t o h a v e placed                        than wishes and prejudices 0 n -which farms, including debt on that portion siderable while the return o f t n *
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 to rely for obtaining what they need, or part-owner farms 0 w n e d b y t he company earnings directly to t
    in t e n states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, I d a h o , .Maine. M a r y -                                 his request for $300,000 a s payment f o r t h e p a r t he claims to                                                                                     operator, w a s $5,560,000,000- the debt Policy-holders will mean considerably
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 he said.
    land, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota a n d West Virgin-                                               h a v e played ni r o u n d i n g out a n eight y e a r ship b u i l d i n g p r o -                 A situation which h a s beep brought on tenant-operated farms'was $ 3 - ir» the aggregate to agriculture, sin
   ia—SO t h a t then 1 a r e now 18 .states with a four cent t a x . Utah                                     g r a m in which contract f o r construction w o r k ' t o t a l i n g millions                   to the attention of t h e Farj n Bureau 44.00,000, and the d e b ^ n ^ n a g e r - the majority of policy-holders UI
   collects a tax of t h r e e a n d one-half cents per gallon.                                                                                                                                                  organization recently, he said, arising oterated f a r m s was $264,000,000.                                             doubtedly will be farmers.
                                                                                                               of dollars went to a single s h i p building c o r p o r a t i o n .                              frcm the finding of oil a &d' natural                                  said Mrs J o n e t o her
         Illinois finally succeeded in passing a g a s t a x -which wou\tl
            i t h e test of c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y this year, m a k i n g t h e r a t e t h r | e
                                                                                                                     From t h e t e s t i m o n y s u b m i t t e d in tin- case, this p a r t i c u l a r lob-
                                                                                                               byist had n o other p a r t in t h e steering of c o n t r a c t s t h a n to t a k e
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 gas in certain sections of the state is                  JSST                      * -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 placing the farmers quite a t t l i e ni: h . MJ ^ you are around again wrong isn't it?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       «                       Teacher—I have went-                               That'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    J r
   cent                    !i Dakota a n d W a s h i n g t o n also increased their r a t ^ s                                                                                                                    mercy of the big corporation^ that are wttfc another                            little Oarr"                                  Johnny—Yes, Ma'am.
                                                                                                               a d v a n t a g e of e x i s t i n g s i t u a t i o n s . He w as the t y p e of lobbyist        actively interested in t h e oil industry.                   "Yes, a , l o t n e r m t i e ^       .fc J g          ^         Teacher—Why is it wrong ?
   f r o m tw                     o t h r e e cents. These, with California, Colorado,                         who is in t h e p i c t u r e t o t a k e o u t all t h a t he can g a t h e r u n t o him-       These big concerns, it has be e i l m < l e                                                                              yet.                                                      went
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            FHIDAY, OCTOBER 2o, IJfcif)
                                                                                                                                            MICHIGAN                   FARM           BUREAU              NEWS                                                                                                                           THRKB
                                                                                                                                            . .. m.
  CO-OPERATION MEN A Farm Observati
       ARE PUNNING FOR                                     _ ^                                                         ion                       IHENRYFORDBUYSA jDEER HUNTERS ARE
              SIXTHINSTITUTE| New Revenues                 U f G o v e r n m e n t C o s t COMPLETE LOG CAMP! TO WEAR BUTTONS D R A I N S — and
                                                                                                 all who                                                                                                    Flaming red buttons will grace the
                                                                          Should Serve                       share with the farmer his' Old Lumbering Methods A r e
   National Institute to Meet at                        To Lighten Burden
                                                                                                 firm belief in the principle of private
                                                                                                 ownership of property. If there are
                                                                                                 subiuarginal     farming    communities    let
                                                                                                                                                            Preserved for Future
                                                                                                                                                                                                         caps of deer hunters in Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                         woods next month.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           The department of conservation is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      farm crossings
         Columbus, Ohio in July                            Of Agriculture                        us deal with them in a frank and                                  Generations                           distributing 70,000 resident and 2,600                                                                    Let us handle your railroad
                  Next Year                                                                      open manner. But above all let us                                                                       non-resident licenses.                                                                                 problems lot- you.
                                                        By Stanley M. Powell.                    not corrupt our tax system by usin--                 Henry Fold, through his represen-
                                                    (Note: This is a concluding                  it deliberately as a club with which tative, lias purchased a complete lum-                                                                                         Station Facilities nml                        Have Your Freight Bills
        WILL ENTERAIN 2 0 0 0                    article on taxation, prepared by                to strike either the rich or the poor ber camp outfit to be placed in hisScreen Makes Good                                                                            r.qiiipmont.          Drains             Audited    for overcharges. Loss
                                                 Mr. Powell and presented at the                       LIGHTEH8 TAX BURDENS                        museum at Dearborn, from the Johan-                             Protection             for    Tree                      KrciK'ht R a t e s                   and damage claims handled h>
                                                 National Tax Conference in Sep-                    Perhaps I have surprised some of
  Officers Will Serve Until tember. Mimeographed copies of JfOU l» proceeding thus far without nesburg Manufacturing Co.. who com- Galvanized screen of one-fourth or                                                                                                     Farm Crossings                        this department with no charge
                                                                                                                                                   pleted their lumbering operations                                                                                        F e n c e s . «•(<•.                to Farm Bureau members—
                                                 the   entire  tax   discussion    by  Mr.       once  referring    to the   question   of new
         Winter. Michigan Not                                                                                                                     about two months ago and are rapidly one-half inch mesh, obtainable in                                                                                        nominal   charge to non-member
                                                 Powell have been mailed out in sources of revenue. That is a subject cleaning up their property.                                                       rails IS inches wide, makes the best
               On Directorate                    answer to about a hundred re-                   which I have purposely avoided until                                                                                                                                                                           farm* is.
                                                                                                 now. I believe that the problem of                   The lumber camp outfit purchased tree protector. 'Made large enough
                                                 quests for copies from tax re-                                                                   by Mr. Ford includes sleeping bunks, the protectors will last several years.
                                                 search workers and agricultural                 new   revenues    should    not  be  consider-
      A conference of 2.000 representatives
  of farm co-operatives and allied agri-
                                                                                                                                                   gray blankets, bed ticks, ox yokes. Hog rings make good fasteners.
                                                 leaders in various parts of the ed until it is first determined how big wheels, complete with chains, old                                                                                                                Farm Bureau Traffic Department
                                                 country.                                        much    new   revenues       are    absolutely                                                                                                                                         221 \ . Cedar St., Liming, Michigan.
  cultural and educational agencies to                                                                                                            log watering trough, water barrels, Holstein Association, for the Black
                                                 The second costly item appearing needed and what Jurisdiction will re-
  be held at Ohio State University, on the farmer's tax receipt i s 7 h a 7 f o r ! < i u i r e , t h e n i - Recent years have wit- neck yokes and eveners, spike skid, and Whites; Roy Weinberg, presi-
  Columbus, next summer, was an- schools. As we approach this paase nessed two significant movements,— draws,                                                    loader,      sleighs,       harness, dent of the Michigan Jersey Cattle
  nounced here today by Charles W. of the subject we should first agree the increase in local government cross-er.t saws, axes, log markers, Club selling for the Jerseys and \Y.
  Holman, secretary of the American that education is not a local, but a costs and the developenient of newgrub hook, loader crotch, blocks tor D. Burrington. secretary of the Mich-
  Institute of Co-operation, under whose state proposition. Indeed, in many sources of revenue by t h e State loading anchor hooks, comealong, igan Guernsey Breeders Association,
  auspices the meeting will be held.          of is aspects it is national in scope.             central      governments.         Frequently skidding tongs, anvil, wheel hubs, for Guernseys.                                                                                                    More            than
      Special interest is attached to the In many rural sections, the title state funds were spent to secure new fellies, heating stoves, cook stove,                                                      The train was a cooperative enter-
  conference because it comprises the "local school tax" is in reality a mis- services, while property owners were complete set of dishes, kitchen sink, prise conducted by the railroads men-
                                                                                                                                                  kitchen table, dining table, benches,
  farm groups through which the nomer.                      The so-called local rural hard put to it to meet the constant floul barrel, meat block, office equip- tioned above, the North Eastern Mich-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   350,000
  Federal Farm Board announces it school is often a school established increase in local tax bills. The result                                                                                          igan Developenient Bureau, the Mich
                                                                                                                                                  ment, cant hooks, snow plow, canary,
  will bring about relief for farmers, pursuant to state law and operated has been a general belief among farm- towel rollers, two dinner horns, feed igan State College, the State Depart-
  and the Institute itself, last summer down to the last minute details under ers and others that new taxes did not box, water jug, hay wire.                                                           ment of Agriculture and the breed as-
  was designated by farm board mem- State supervision, Courses of study, lighten old burdens, but onlv added                                                                                            sociation interested.
  bers as representing the national length of scihool term, ages of com- new ones.                                                                   This outfit is one such as was used                   Ivofibre grain ration for the bulls
 voice of the co-operative marketing pulsory attendance, qualifications of                                                                        in lumbering camps since the begin- was furnished by the Michigan State
                                                                                                                                                  ning of lumbering operations in Mich- Farm Bureau. Those in charge of
 associations.      Its deliberations are teachers, miniumn salaries of teach-
 therefore expected to have at least ers, heating equipment, lighting and
 an indirect influence upon President ventilating devices,—all of these and
                                                                                                HIGHER TYPE ROAD                                  igan. Every article necessary to the animals reported that none re-
                                                                                                                                                  carry on the operation is included in fused their rations and none of the SI                                                                      Automobile owners have select-
 Hoover's farm program.                       many      other    items
     The Columbus conference, beginning dictated from the state Capiol.
                                                                           are    frequently       MADE BY COUNTIES                               the    equipment      bought     by  Mr.    Ford.     were   thrown     off
                                                                                                                                                     Mr. Ford will move the entire outfit frequently the case when a sudden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               their  feed,  as is  quite                                           ed our insurance as a matter of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    absolute protection based on our
 Monday, July 7, will be the sixth
 annual summer session of the Insti-
                                                 Evidence is abundant that in many
                                              states   the   rural  school   districts   can-
                                                                                                     U.S. SURVEY SHOWS                            in two big freight cars to Dearborn, change of this nature is made.
                                                                                                                                                  where it will be placed in his muse-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    record of reliability and prompt-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ness in the settlement of claims
                                                                                                                                                  um     as   something      that    did   so   much
 tute. Previous meetings were held not meet even the lowest standards of Surfaced                                 Roads Increasing toward developing the entire state,
 at the University of Pennsylvania at        the    state   without     resorting    to  tax-                                                                                                                                                                                                       during     more than seven years of
                                                                                                                                                  and preserve for prosperity such a
  Philadelphia, University of Minnesota ation at confiscatory rates. In Mich-                         With    Tendency         Toward                                                                                                                                                               business activity as a legal re-
 at Minneapolis, Northwestern Univer- igan, there are 280 grade school dis-
                                             tricts,—districts without high schools,
 sity at Chicago, University of Cali- —where the tax rate for school pur-
 fornia at Berkley, and Louisiana State poses alone runs from $30 to S60 per
                                                                                                        Good Construction.
                                                                                                                                                  valuable addition to the former crude
                                                                                                                                                 methods of workmen as against a
                                                                                                                                                 machine age.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Do Your                                                                                     serve company.
                                                                                                                                                     At the time that Mr. Ford started                                                                                                                 We insure automobiles, trucks
 l"Diversity at Baton Rouge.                 thousand of assessed valuation. These                  Reports obtained by the Bureau his big museum, the general publit-
      The organization of the 1930 ses- figures a r e especially significant of Public Roads from authorities took it as another vain hobby of a
 sion includes:
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Own Selling                                                                                  and tractors against any traffic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    hazards, including stationary ob-
                                             when it is remembered that t h e of selected counties indicate a tend- rich man who could find no better                                                             When you bill your stock to
      1. Two weeks of general sessions United States census has listed Mich- ency toward a higher type of local use for his money, forgetting the                                                               the Michigan Stock Exchange                                                         ject collision. Forty-three thous-
 and trade conferences devoted to igan among those states where as- and county road construction in the great good it would do if used for the                                                                 Co-op Commission Merchants or
 national and regional problems of sessed valuations are most nearly United States. With each succeed- progress of humanity.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    and policies issued to Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                               the Producers at East Buffalo,
 marketing and public relations, dur- equal to true values. In Indiana, a ing year the percentage of graded                                                                                                    you do your own selling in the                                                       motor vehicle owners.
                                                                                                                                                     Since then,          however,          thinking
 ing which about 100 marketing ex- special fund set up to relieve districts and drained earth roads decreases people have taken another view and £"$                                                           terminal market.
 perts and farm authorities will ad- with school taxes in excess of $10and the percentage of surfaced roads realizing that only through the inter-                                                                You get all the stock will                                                           Our assets exceed $3,000,000.
dress the delegates and lead discus- per thousand has been bankrupted.                          increases, says the bureau, on theests of private people, can many                                             bring. You get the advantage
sions of current interest.                      Farmers, the country over, feel the basis of the reports.                                                                                                      of having your own co-opera-                                                         W  e    operate in 2 5 states and
                                                                                                                                                 things be safeguarded for the com-
     2. A series of meetings of theinjustice of an arrangement whereby                             The reports indicate that there ming generation.                                                            tively   employed     salesmen    at  the                                           have     a local agent IN EACH
directorates of specific farm market- the state, by regulatory legislation, was improved in 1928 in the entire                                       In connection with the Johannes-                          Terminal markets sell your                                                          FARM COMMUNITY to serve
ing bodies and of representatives of largely determines the cost of rural United States, exclusive of state burg Manufacturing Company, lum-                                                                   stock to the best advantage.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               They are here in your interest                                                       you. If you don't know our lo-
commodity groups.                            schools, 'but does not take appropriate roads, a total of 45,531 miles of lo- bering operations were begun 27
               To Tour Mid-West              measures to equalize the resulting tax cal and county, roads, of which 29,- years ago. The town of Johannes-                                                      and    take    pride    in  getting   the                                            cal agent or want further in-
     3. A special automobile tour through burdens. I t is true that most States 888 or 66 per cent were surfaced, burg was built up through their big                                                          top or as near to it for you as                                                     formation, write our Lansing
                                                                                                                                                                                                               they can. Through them, you
the Middle West for the purpose of do advance some form of aid to local and 15,643, or 34 per cent were mills, which employed! from 100 to                                                                                                                                                          office.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               go into the terminal market and
studying at first hand the methods of districts, tout these funds do not                       graded and drained earth roads. In 250 men. Every year the Company
                                                                                                                                                                                                               deal   with    packers    through    our
Ohio farm organizations in dealing equalize the remaining (burdens, as a 1927, the estimated mileage improv- gave its employes a bonus according                                                               salesmen who are experienced
with milk, wool, grain, cattle, hogs, rule. Some of the money is held out ed was 59,732 mi., of which 33,852 to the length of service, and with its
and other products.
     4. A number of academic courses
                                             as bait to encourage the local district or 57 per cent was surfaced and 25,- shuting down a bonus of $12,000 was
                                             to   raise    more   and    more     money   in   880    miles  or  43  per   cent   was  graded    divided among the 100 .men still left
                                                                                                                                                                                                               in  those markets.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Why should you let go of your
                                                                                                                                                                                                               stock at any point between you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   State Farm Mutual
dealing with the organizing and local taxes.                    Most of the rest is di-and drained. In 1926, the total in its employ.
"derating of co-operative associations       vided    equally   on   the  basis   of*school    mileage      improved
                                             attendance, or the number of chil- which 36,027 miles, or 41 per cent,
offered jointly by Ohio State Univer- dren of school age residing in the
                                                                                                                          was    89,026,   of       Thousands of acres of hardwood
                                                                                                                                                 have been cut in the past 27 years.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               and .the packer when it isn't
                                                                                                                                                                                                               necessary for you to do so? You                            Auto Insurance Co.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              and your co-operative neighbors                                              OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL.
sity and the American Institute of Co- district. Neither plan gives consider- was surfaced, and 52,999 miles, or Much of this cut-over land has been                                                          can get together on a carload.
operation. These courses 'begin June ation to varying educational costs or                     59   per  cent  was   graded    and    drained.   protected from fires and now has a                           Make your next shipment to us.
1G and end July 23 and are intended to differences in the taxable wealth                           At the end of 1928 the estimated good second-growth, which will make
                                                                                               total length of county road systems mtore forests in a few years.                                                  Ship co-operatively to
tor college students and others who of the various districts.
seek graduate          or undergraduate RURAL CHILDREN BECOME! URBAN                           was    2,709,839     miles,   according     to                                                                                                                               MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU
credit.                                                                                        the bureau.                                                                                             Michigan Livestock Exchange
                                                The situation is further aggravated
     5. Special daily conferences for by the fact that while the rural dis-
rural high school teachers connected tricts bear an excessive expense in
                                                                                                   The reports from t h e selected
                                                                                              counties     indicate   a  total   expenditure
                                                                                                                                                GOOD FEED HELPED                                                       Detroit, Mich,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                $21-37 X. Cedar Street
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   A g e n t for Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Laasinffi Michigan
with the vocational education system, educating their children, a consider- for the entire United States in 1928
conducted jointly by the institute and 'able proportion of the graduates of of $282,314,715 for county and local
the federal board for vocational rural schools migrate to the centers road and bridge construction, $259,-
                                                                                                                                                    KEEP ANIMALS FIT                                   Producers Co-Op Com. Assn.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   *:«ist Buffalo, > . Y.
education.                                                                                     753,188 for maintenance, $79,806,-
                                            of population when they reach the 915 for interest on bonds and out-
     6. Special conferences for county productive age. As the farmer sees
                                                                                                                                                       ON TWO-WEEK TRIP
agricultural agents and marketing it, he is over-charged in the first in- standing notes, and $37,347,326 for
specialists affiliated with the agri- stance, and then loses most of what miscellaneous expense. They all in- Better
cultural extension service of the fed- he paid for.
eral department of agriculture and
                                                                                               dicate that the counties paid out
                                                                                               $103,281,707 in retirement of the
                                                                                                                                                                 Sires Train Visited
                                                                                                                                                         By Five Thousand On                             POULTRY-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MEN'S                                  ALL-WOOL
                                                I believe this is also a subject principal of outstanding bonds and
the vai-ious state agricultural colleges. which should receive the careful
                                                                                              notes, and transferred $69,638,156
     Transportation of delegates to the study of the National Tax Associa- to the states for work on state roads,
meetings at Columbus will be largely tion. In its larger aspects it involves making a grand total disbursement
                                                                                                                                                                Northern Trip.
                                                                                                                                                    The better Sires Train operated in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MEN                                    SWEATER COATS
by automobile caravans, according to the question of whether the more of $832,142,007' and leaving an un-
Mr. Holman.. Co-operatives from Da-          general      branches       of   government                                                         North       Eastern 'Michigan, September
                                                                                               expended balance of $176,082,089 23, to October 5th, closed with a rec-
kota to New England are assembling should, by indirection, set the cost of for all counties in all states.
cars in which to transport community services which the subordinate juris-                                                                      ord of 81 bulls sold from the train. Of
                                                                                                   At the beginning of 1928, the re- these 37 . were Holsteins, 28 Guern-
                                                                                                                                                                                                         GET THIS! AND PULL-OVER
                                             diction    must   render    and  then    calmly
leaders, teachers and farm advisors in
co-operative marketing and co-opera-
tive purchasing endeavors en route.
                                            fortunate     localities  to fry in  their  own
                                                                                              ports indicate, the counties had an
large groups which will investigate sit back and permit the more un- estimated total of $1,008,224,096 seys, 16 Jerseys.
                                                                                                                                                 moved
                                            juice. Can the state legitimately fix available funds for local road and at beef prices toward purebred bulls
                                                                                              bridge     construction,      this   consisting    taken
                                                                                                                                                             from
                                                                                                                                                            from
                                                                                                                                                                     the
                                                                                                                                                                   train—totaled
                                                                                                                                                                                Scrub bulls re-
                                                                                                                                                                          territory—traded
                                                                                                                                                                                      35.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The standard                            SWEATERS
     The names of speakers and the sub- minimun costs on a plan entirely of an unexpended balance of $172,-                                                                                                       oyster shell for
                                            above the ability of the poorer dis-                                                                    Holsteins bulls sold at an average                                                                    Heavy Deluxe quality. lOOOi
jects with which they will deal are tricts to pay and then confiscate the 897,145 carried over from the prev-
to be selected by the program com- property of the inhabitants because ious year and a total income of $835,-
mittee. I t is not known what part they do not pay? It seems to me
                                                                                                                                                 price    of   $143;    Guernseys,
                                                                                                                                                 seys, S128. There was more of a de-
                                                                                              32 6,951. Of the total income, mo- mand for Holsteins than anticipated,
                                                                                                                                                                                       $133;      Jer-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  more eggs and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          wool fabric from wool and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          worsted yarns. Set-in i>oekots;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          $4.25
the federal farm board will play, but that this is a question well worthy tor vehicle license fees and gasoline                                                                                                                                           wide, double thick shawl col-                     Heavy Worsted Sport                Coats
                                                                                                                                                 it   being    necessary     to  send   for   10   ad-            better fowl i s                         lar, sleeves  and   shoulders          loop-      A   sturdy,   heavy-weight   worsted rib
it is believed the board established a of your most thoughtful considera- tax receipts, $50,322,055 and $53,-.
precedent when four of its members tion.                                                                                                         ditional bulls when the original sup-                                                                    ed by hand. \ o cumbersome                        sport coal thai will stand a tremen-
                                                                                              778,852 respectively, contribute 12 ply of 27 ran out.
last summer attended the institute                                                            per cent, receipts from local bond                                                                                                                          seams.                                            dous amount of abuse. Best quality,
meeting at Baton Rouge in order to              There has been a tendency in some                                                                   The schedule of the train covered                                                                                                                       Preach spun worsted y a m blended
                                                                                              sales      of    $150,222,357         represent
make their first public appearance be- .quarters to view this situation com- nearly 18 per cent, and the local 12 stops on the Michigan Central
fore its 1279 registered delegates.         placently      and  to   murmer     that   it  is                                                    Railroad north of Bay City to Che-
                                            merely a question of survival of the road tax of $416,812,566 is 49 per boygan and 10 stops on the Detroit
                                                                                                                                                                                                              PILOT                                       Slip-Over                              $5.2$
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            with   fine gauge, full combed Peeler,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Knit witb a firm stitch to assure max-
            Council Opens Offices           fittest,—that       these poor          farmers cent. Of the total estimated income and Macinac Railroad from Cheboy-
     It was also at the 1929 sessions of ought to be eliminated anyway. This, for 1927 of $840,613,923, motor ve- gan to Bay City. Each stop was one-                                                         BRAND                                              1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1082 Navy Blue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   1084 Jockey Red
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            imum elasticity and exceptional wear.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Elastic rib wristlets.
this body that the National Co-op- gentlemen, amounts to nothing less hicle license fees and gasoline tax re- half day.                                                                                               NO W A S T E
erative Council, representing a mil- than the subversion of taxation to ceipts, $40,239,856 and $46,860,509                                                                                                                                                                                                 1082 Oxford Grey       1037 Camel Buff
lion members of American co-opera- serve as a potent leverage for alter- respectively, represented 10 per cent,                                     4,850 people visited the train, ex-                                                                   Sweater         Coats                  $6.7$
                                                                                                                                                amining         exhibits    in   three      coaches                                                                                                                       1031 old Blue
tes,        was launched.      The latter ing the existing social order. It dif- sales of bonds ($181,080,953) 2 1 %                                                                                                                                                S1070 J e t Black                       1033 Rich Brown 1086 Platinum Blue
°i'Sanization will open a Washington fers from Socialism only in that it per cent, and local road taxes ($405,- boosting better diary products practi-                                                                                                             S 107:2 Navy Blue
                                                                                              219,774)      48  per  cent.    In  1926,  mo-    ces,      particularly      the      use   of  good
office this winter to represent its advocates beginning on the minnows
members in matters of legislation. It instead of the whales. It is a danger- tor vehicle license fees and gasoline bulls; listening to the short talks on
will co-operate closely with the Ameri- ous doctrine to turn loose in the world               tax    receipts,   $37,861,018      and    $39,-   dairy     subjects    given     from      the   flat-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                K1073 Dark Maroon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   SI07J Jockey Red                                       $6.50
can Institute of Co-operation, which with official sanction and may lead 733,227 respectively, contributed 10 car, and thronging through the three                                                                                                                  S107« Soft Duff                          Finest Worsted Sport              Coats
is
      exclusively an educational organi-    to   most    regrettable     consequences    to   per   cent  of the   total  income    of $775,-   baggage        coaches     that    contained     the
                                                                                              423,682, sales of local bonds ($168,- bulls. The sires averaged in age                                                                                                                                        Guaranteed 1 0 0 ' , virgin wool worst-
zation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ed, men's sport coat. Stock used in
                                                                                              575,423)      more    than    21 y2  per   cent,   about       eight   months.        Each     animal
     The American Institute of Co-opera- vice chairman, Columbus, Ohio; S. D. and local road taxes ($357,263,356)                               had      his   own    pen,  over     him    being  a                                                                                                        this coat is conceded the best quality
   io
* n was incorporated in the District Sanders,               vice chairman,          Seattle,
                                                                                              46 per cent.                                      copy of his pedigree, name of con-                                                                                                                          obtainable in a sweater coat and rep-
of                                                                                                                                                                                                                     FOR POULTRY                                   Sizes 34 to 50
       Columbia in 1924 for educational Washington; Charles W. Holman,                                                                          signor      and   the   price.
                                            secretary, Washington, D. C ; I. W.                                                                                                                                                                                  Sold Postage Prepaid                       resents    the finest possible value in
Purposes. It is controlled by 33                                                                                                                                                                        OYSTER SHELL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
                                                                                                                                                    In each car was a "salesman"—J. Shell Building                                                                                                          this class of garment.
 Participating organizations and has Heaps, treasurer, Baltimore, Mary-
t!l
    e endorsement of President Hoover, land; Wm. P. iBullard, Albany, Ga.;
 Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and the Tait Butler, Memphis, Tenn.; C. B.
                                                                                              FEWER CATTLE ARE                                  G. Hays, secretary of the Michigan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         St. LouU, Mo.               Order by .Number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Five attractive colors which are most
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            popular a t this time.
fe
   deral farm board. Its purposes, as Denman, Farmington, Mo.; E. R.
                                                                                                       PUT ON FEED NOW
 stated by* the incorporators, are toDownie, Wichita, Kansas;
 Col
      lect and disseminate knowledge Evans, Salt Lake City, Utah; A. W.
 concerning the co-operative movement Gilbert, Boston, Mass.; Roy M. Hagen,
 m
                                                                                      Frank
                                                                                                  Some reduction in fall and winter
                                                                                                                                                Fire and                      . State Ulutual Rodded Fire 7 ) 1 . # r L 1 M . w% -*
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1232 Oxford Oray 1237 Camel Buff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1233 Rich Brown        1288 Navy Blue
       the United States and abroad, to San Francisco, Calif.; Robin Hood, cattle feeding this year as compared                                        h.vp«r„.P^?„n            A T I of farm property each year. Make sure you                                                                                         1234 Powder Bin*
 Ser
      ve as a means of clarifying thought Memphis, Tenn.; C. E. Hough, Hart- with last year is indicated by a 20 per                                   have protection. A good policy at an honest price give satisfaction
                                                                                                                                                        and   saves   worry       \\ e have     178,000,000   at  risk;   over    1200,000   assets
 *n(1 Promoting harmony among the ford, Conn.; C. E. Huff, Salina, Kan- cent decrease in the number of cattle                                           Information gladly furnished.
 'arm groups, to train leaders and sas; John D. Miller, Susquehanna, and calves shipped from markets into                                                       W. T. LEWIS. Sec'y, 702 Church Street, Flint, Michigan.
 Workers in farm, co-operation, and to Pa.; J. S. Montgomery, S. St. Paul, August, and September, as compared
 as
     sist other educational institutions Minn.; W. S. Moscrip, Lake Elmo, August and September, as compared
 '^Proving their teaching courses and Minn.; E. G. Nourse, Washington, D. with the movement during the cor-
 J"Vestigational work. Each year it C ; W. H. Settle, Indianapolis, Ind.; responding period last year.                                                             POULTRY WANTED                                                                              Clothing Department
            on the campus of some J. W. Shorthill, Omaha, Nebr.; L. J.
    'ominent American university.
                                            Taber, Columbus, Ohio; C. C. Teague,                  An unsigned Want Ad— For Sale:                       canes
                                                                                                                                                             We nre In the innrket daily for your shipment)* of live poultry,
                                                                                                                                                       rabbits, egRK nml veal. * • * We also have for sale good used egg
                                                                                                                                                               in lots or ten or more. * » * Market information, and shipping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Michigan State Farm Bureau
                                            Santa Paula, Calif.; Dan A. Wallace, A full blooded cow giving milk, 3 tons                                tags sent on request, free of charge.
     T
       he officers and trustees, who serve                               Ward. Portland, of hay, a lot of chickens and a cook                                   GARLOCK-WILLIAMS CO. INC., 2«14 Orleans St- Detroit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           221-27 N. Cedar St.                                                  Lansing, Mich.
    " U l this winter are: C. O. Moser, St. Paul, Minn.; R. A.
           an,Dallas, Texas; L.B. Palmer, Ore.; George R. Wicker, Chicago, IU. stove.—Chicago Tribune.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 5 , * 0 2 »
                                                                                                                               M I C H I G AN F A RM B U R E A U                           NEWS
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     Corn Raising B e c o m e s RURAL FIRE LOSS SEED GROWERS ARE FARMERS BUY FAKE                                                                                                                                                                     W e W i l l Buy Clover a n d
                   Difficult In Michigan Farm Fires                                                         THIRD OF TOTAL TO HOLD FESTIVAL POULTRY MEDICINE                                                                                                                            Alfalfa Seeds
                                                                                                                    Consume About             Improvement                  Association Is             Michigan p.uiltrymen are warned
                                                       One can readily see that our ex-                                                                                                                                                               We are in the market for all varieties of clover and alfalfa
     Corn Borer Control Calls                       perimental friends have been buoy                Hundred Million Dollars                                                                       by the poultry department of Mich-                 seeds. Send samples representative of each lot for prices.
                                                                                                                                                     Sponsoring               Affair    At         igan                 ilege that at least one
             For Co-operation In                    in their job and they are bringing
                                                    forth results that in years bo come                  Every Twelve Months.                                                                      man has defrauded State fanners by
                                                                                                                                                              State       College.                 selling them a medicine supposed to                                      Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service
                 Grower Ranks.                     may prove to be one of the greatest
                                                          tigs to our corn producers. We                                                                                                           cure almost every disease which af-                                          " „.                                       Lansing, Michigan
                                                   truly hope their work may continue                According to figures of the Na-              Michigan growers of quality seed                          paultry.                                  321 N. Cedar St.
               By Mrs. Kdith M. Wairar             and that they get the appreciation            tional Board of Fire Underwriters, corn, oats, barley, rye, wheat, beans,                            The salesman claimed to represent
         Much printers ink has been used in        they deserve. But it is going to take         the total loss from fire, exclusive potatoes alfalfa and field peas will                          Michigan State College when he n.ild
     the past few years in telling the story       time to breed corn to that extent             Of forest losses, in the United States hold an old-time festival at Michigan                      the remedy to one poultry raiser in
     of the corn borer and in sounding             that our seed com will be revolution-         in r.»l'N exceed..,! $450,000,000. Be- State College Wednesday evening,                                  'lair county. Af other points in
                                                                                                 cause of the fact that comprehensive j November •;.
     warnings to the farmers as to its ravu-
             if allowed to roam at will. Our
                                                          rom the present types into a com-
                                                   plete change and it behoo.                    statistics are not available showing             'Ihe Michigan Crop Improvement
                                                                                                 what proportion of the loss occurs Association, which now has nearly
                                                                                                                                                                                                   the State, he has posed as the repre-
                                                                                                                                                                                                   sentative of the Michigan Poultry l.ab-                   FARM BUREAU No. 105
     agricultural colleges and experiment          one of us to do our part in keeping                                                                                                                    • ry.                                                                                        Is the oil for Model A Fords. Sales-
     stations did their utmost to inform the                • my down until such time.           on farms and in rural communities. l.lou members, is sponsoring the                                  A sample of the remedy, when an-                                                            men covering large mileages every
     producer as to the borer's activities            Why can not we have the spirit of         CpnsiderabllB effort has been made festival and is inviting everyone l i -                         alysed at the college, contained re-                                                           week tell us that it stands up splendid-
      and thousands of farmers attended                    ration ;ha! was shown a few           and is being made by various inter-                 sted in. the production of better             ground bran or middlings, wood char-                                                           ly      They a r e satisfied that it's good
     meetings and watched demonstrations           years hack? Why can not we send               ested organizations to arrive at an field crop seeds.                                             coal, quassia, limestone, salt, and                                                            for 1,000 miles or more. We have an
     as to methods of combating the                the doubting Thomas' back home to            estimate as to what share of the                                                                                         X.me of these ingredi-                                                   oil for all cars. Your distributor of
                                                                                                                                                 The evening's program will in-                                                                                                                   Farm Bureau supplies has our Oil
     £nemy. All were anxious to find               their own business?           Why can not     loss is suffered by rural districts.         clude a banquet, speeches and music                  ents have a marked remedial effect                                                             Recommendation Chart. Get the num-
     some remedy, even if it required dif-         we wipe out that feeling of suspic-              At a meeting in Chicago the latter by an orchestra to be organized by                          upon diseases of poultry and any of                                                            ber for your car and try Farm Bureau
     ferent methods of farming, for it ap-         ion and distrust that only hinders           part «t September the committee on C. 1). Finkbeiner, Clinton. The or-                             them can be purchased at local scores                                                          Oil.     The price and service will cut
     peared to be a serious proposition            progress and in the long run reflects         Faun Fire Protection of the Na- chestra will furnish music for an                                 if they arc warned.                                                                            your oil bill.
     that bad fco be courageously met.             on our prosperity? We know mis-              tional Fire Protection Association, old-time dancing party.                                           C)lk>ge poultry specialists ad\U®e                                                               Farm Bureau Oils are 100% paraf-
         Something happened about that             takes are made in all new movements          the leadership of which has been ac-             The production of certified seeds                 flock owners to call the local veterin-                                                        fine base, Sharpies dewaxed. Sold by
     time which caused a halt in the fight.       but we must learn to he big enough            corded to the l*. S. Department of has become one of Michigan's regu-                             arian, the county agricultural agent,                                                           the quart and in 5, 15, 30 and 55 gallon
         A few, and but a very few, such as        to overlook those that could not be          Agriculture, endorsed the following lar enterprises, and the festival is                          or the College department beforein-                                                             containers.      The savings increase with
     always has been the case and perhaps          helped and help to make thing                         ments:                               planned to bring together the people                        ns money in poultry aemeuies                                                            the quantity bought.
     always will be, began to breed dis-          .right without tearing down or block-             ' I n the opinion of the Farm Fire who are making this, business a suc-                        sold by strangers.                                        FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE Lansing, Michigan
     content among the farmers by sow              ing progress.                                 Protection Committee, the loss from                      A similar party held several
     ing suspicion in their midst. While              constructive criticism is always          files on farms in the United States years ago was attended by a large
     all authorities of our agricultural           warranted and should be welcome;             is approximately $100,000,000 an- number of the association members.                              More Agricultural
     colleges and all scientific research         destructive criticism has always been         nually.                                                                                                             Stocks in Storage
                                                  and will ever be a menance to any                 "It is the opinion of the committee
     experts along' agricultural lines),
     were as one in opinion as to the                      group or project.                    that the fire loss on farms and in
                                                                                                rural communities i^r.uu population
                                                                                                                                             FEWER CATTLE ARE                                         Stocks of diary products, poultry.:
     introduction of the pest into this
     country and as to the actual danger to
     the production of corn if allowed to
                                                      Let's he firm in our appeals for
                                                  justice but at the same time let's be
                                                   willing co-operators among ourselves
                                                                                                and under) may exceed $1 ".",'MIH.
                                                                                                annually.
                                                                                                                                                           ON FALL FEEDING                        and meats in cold storage on October
                                                                                                                                                                                                   1, this year were larger, and stocka
                                                                                                                                                                                                  of case eggs, were, smaller, than on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Farm Bureau Mashes
     go unchecked and also as to the best
     available methods of combat, yet in
     the face of all that, these few de-
                                                  and with those whose mission is to
                                                  help us overcome our troubh
                                                                                                    "In addition to this extensive
                                                                                                property loss there is a large rural
                                                                                                loss of life estimated to be as high as
                                                                                                                                             Less Speculative Activity H a s
                                                                                                                                                          Its Effect O n Beef
                                                                                                                                                                                                  October 1, a year ago.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     A girl will wear skirts that hardly
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Make More Eggs
     clared the pest had been here for de-
                                                  ROADSIDE VENDING                              5,500 lives a year", say David J,                                                                 come to her knees, and then insist
     cades and that no stringent methods
     were necessary as it was no menace
    whatever.                                            BRINGSOBJECTION
                                                                                                Price, engineer in charge of the di-
                                                                                                vision of chemical engineering, Bu-
                                                                                                reau of Chemistry and Soils, U. S.
                                                                                                                                                                  Business.                       that the barber leave her hair long,
                                                                                                                                                                                                  enough to cover her ears.                           Because—                                                                   .
                                                                                                Department of Agriculture,           chair-      Some reduction in fall and winter
        And isn't it strange and lament-                                                                                                     cattle feeding this year as compared
    able as well, how some of our folks Property                    Owners Are Said man of the committee. "These fig-                                                                                                                                      They contain m o r e egg m a k i n g food per Ion t h a n d o or-
     will fall for the story that they like                                                     ures suggest that practically one-           with last year is indicated by a 2 0                      Oat Flour Has 30%                              dinary egg mashes. DO YOU K N O W -
    to hear? Now we all wanted to find
                                                         To Have Authority                      third of the total fire loss in the          per cent decrease in the number of
    some easy way of killing of the pest;                                                       United States occurs on farms and           cattle and calves shipped from mar-                           More Food Value                                  THAT 400 lbs. of Oat Flour in F a r m Bureau E g g Mash
                                                              To Oust Stands.                   in rural communities, and emphasize          kets into the Corn Belt feed lots                            Than ground oats commonly                   has 120 lbs. more egg making food than the same a m o u n t
    we wanted to believe that we had                                                                                                         during July, August and September,                       used in egg- mashes. That's w h y
    nothing to ifear; we wanted to go on                                                        the importance of making concerted                                                                     in 400 lbs. of oat flour used in               of ground oats, commonly used in e g g mashes I
                                                                                                organized efforts to reduce the loss-       as compared with the movement dur-                         Michigan        Farm       Bureau   Fg£
    with our established way of carina                Complaint has been made to the es."                                                    ing corresponding months last year.                      :Mash you g e t 120 lbs. more oat                    THAT 400 lbs. of F l o u r Midds in F a r m Bureau E g g Mash
    for our corn crop; in fact we would state highway commission of huck-                                                                        Shipments from markets into the                       food material. It replaces hulls
                                                                                                                                                                                                      and fibrous material, etc., in                  lias tit! lbs. more egg m a k i n g food t h a n a similar weigbt of
    rather not have even heard of the sters usurping the sides of the road                                                                   Corn Belt were 13 per cent smaller                        ground oats and sives you a.                   s t a n d a r d midds. used in most egg mashes.'
    corn borer at all. But "wanting a for vending purposes. As pointed out
    tiling and having it is quite often a by one of the commission officials,                  GREEN NAMES NEW                              than the five year average shipments
                                                                                                                                             during the three months period, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                      h i g h e r quality, b e t t e r p a y i n g
                                                                                                                                                                                                      mash.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           THAT Whole Yellow Corn Meal is used in F a r m B u r e a u
    different matter. And this seems to however, this i3 a proposition up to                                                                were the second smallest in twelve                            ASK FOR FARM BUREAU
    have been one of those times. For no the owners on whose land the huck-
    matter what our would-be agitato              sters stop. While the commission
                                                                                                    SANITORIUM BOARD                        years. The falling off in shipments
                                                                                                                                            is attributed to the much poorer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      EGG MASH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   zU
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      E g g Mash because t h e whole meal includes the germ with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      its vitaniines a n d high food value is corn oil:'
    about it there is "nothing to fear" and has asked for release of land fronting                                                          prospects for the corn crop this year                                                                          THAT nearly all p o u l t r y keepers w h o get s t a r t e d on Farm.
    "no such animal anyway," we find we farms and rural property for highway                       Governor Fred W. Green has an-           than last, the lower level of fat cat-                                                                    B u r e a u feeds stay w i t h them, a n d t h a t they are one of t h e
    still have the borer in great numbers purposes, this is all the interest the nounced that the members of the com-
    and to our sorrow we find that dam- commission has in the property.                        mission, previously in charge of the
                                                                                                                                            tle prices this year, the much less
                                                                                                                                            profitable results from cattle feed-'
                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Trend of                                  largest selling lines of p o u l t r y feed in Michigan today .'
    age is the result. We find that early            The landowners who leased to the state Tuberculosis Sanitorium at                      ing during the first half of 1929,
    planted, corn is its home and agaip state surrendered none of their other Howell, will comprise the commission                          and to the absence of speculative ac-                     Life Insurance                                       If y o n a r e not using F a r m B u r e a u P o u l t r y Feeds, it will
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      be well w o r t h y o u r while to investigate. Your local dis-
   we find that late plantings are used rights, it is pointed out, and may which is to function in accordance                               tivity in cattle that was generally
   as harbors also. We find that the oust anything undesirable. Owners with an act of the 1929 legislature.
   borer will suck the vitality from the rights, except for highway purposes                       The Tuberculosis Sanitorium com-
                                                                                                                                             prevalent in the summer of 1928.                         Salesmanship                                    t r i b u t o r of Farm Bureau Supplies can supply you.
   '',alk and in many instances the ear as leased to the state, extend to the mission has control of all state sani-
   itself is weakened. And what is this middle of the road.                                    toria. Its purpose, according to the         Robin Hunters Pay                                           Today Is                                                                      an Farm Bureau Supply Service
   leading to? What will it mean to the              Therefore any huckster or other legislative act creating this commis-                                  Heavy Court Fines                                                                                                              Lansing,        Michigan
   corn section of our state? What does purpose taking a stand on property sion, is to bring under single super-
    it mean now?                                 fronting the highway is subject to vision all tuberculosis patients under
                                                                                                                                                A year ago the Robin was voted as
                                                                                                                                            Michigan's most representative bird.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Toward the
                                                 oustment      unless permission is granted state care.
                 Situation Is Serious
  ' One cannot shut his eyes to the by the land owner upon whose land
                                                                                                   The commission is composed of
                                                                                                                                            Because Nonzo Tasti and. Vincenzo
                                                                                                                                            Ecuinozio killed eleven of them they                      Presentation
                                                 the    huckster    may    wish  to park  and  Ernest J. Browne, Howell, Edwin R.           are spending 60 days in jail and at
   •fact, no (matter how he -would
    like to, that the situation is alarming do business.
                                                                                               Vanderslice, Lansing, E. J. O'Brien,         the end of that time they must pay                        of Life
   •When field after field of Monroe                 The same authority exists when Detroit, Eugene N. Nesbill, Grand
i •o*unty corn fields this lyear show tourists dump rubbish, or remove
                                                                                               Rapids, Schuyler L. Marshall, St.
                                                                                               Johns      and Mrs. E. D. Stair, Detroit.
                                                                                                                                            $100 fines each or remain in jail for.
                                                                                                                                            90 days m / a . In addition to that"
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Insurance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Production Costs
    from 70 to 100 per cent infestation of trees or shrubs, or gather nuts or                                                               punishment their automobile way
   X or more borers to the stalk. Some fruit from trees outside of enclosures
 * tell us a similiar cry arose when the fronting highways. Nine times out
                                                                                               Dr. Guy L, Keifer, state health com-
                                                                                               missioner, is an ex-official member
                                                                                                                                            seized.
                                                                                                                                               The two men wore arrested near                         as a                                                 Often 2 5 to 4 0 % Lower
                                                                                               and chairman of the commission.
           10 bug made its first appearance of ten, however, the land owner gives                                                           Detroit.
   here and now everyone knows how to permission for use of his land when
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         T. E. Lux & Son of Union City Tell Us
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Property
   handle it—but there seems a differ- asked in the right spirit by persons
   ence at that, for with the potato bug desiring temporary use of such high-                  O'CONNELL CLAMS Fish Food Costing                                                                                                                                        Their Experience with Milkmaker
   the individual farmer can controll way land.                                                                                                           Thousands Monthly
   those on his own farm and that is                                                                TARIFF INCREASE                             The state now spends between                                                                                                                                        Union City, Michigan,
   nil that is necessary but with the
   corn borer going through the moth"
   stage and being susceptible to wind
                                                 HAVE NEW PRODUCT NEEDEDJY FARMER                                                           $2,500 and $3,000 a month for meat
                                                                                                                                            alone to feed the baby fish it is rear-
                                                                                                                                            ing to plant in Michigan streams and
                                                                                                                                                                                                       We have a Policy that is Par-
                                                                                                                                                                                                       ticularly adapted to such a                    Michigan Farm Bureau,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       September 12, 1929.
   traveling, no farm is immune no
   matter how thorough it's owner
                                                        FOR HORT EXHIBIT                       T h u m b Senator Addressing                 lakes. Practically all of this money
                                                                                                                                            is spent for sheep's liver, known to be
                                                                                                                                                                                                      program.                                        Supply Service,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Lansing, Michigan.
   cleans up his premises if he lives                                                                Community Club Urges                   the best food obtainable at the lowest
   among the careless and lawless kind. Display of Nuts                           Arranged                                                  cost in the state.                                                                                        • i r i l t l i ' l l i c l l :—l
       The situation seems to be getting                                                                    Tariff Changes.
   more serious every year and it is to                  For       Annual        Show                                                                                                                          State Farm                                   We have been feeding your M i l k m a k e r dairy feeds f o r
   be hoped that our farmers will re-
   turn to the frame of mind when they                       November 15-17.
                                                                                                   Senator Philip O' Cormell of Mc-
                                                                                               Gregor waxed hot in his advocacy of
                                                                                                                                               Classified Ads
                                                                                                                                                   Classified Advertisements w i l l be
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Life Insurance Co.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      live years, keeping earel'nl record of costs of p r o d u c t i o n .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      By observation and a eomparison with the costs pea p o u n d
   are willing to work with one another               Products of Michigan          orchards, a high .protective tariff for farm               charged at t h e rate of 5 cents a                                           of. •
   for the good of all.                                                                                                                        w o r d . Where the ads are t o appear                                                                 of milk and fat with other dairymen delivering t h e i r milk
                                                 gardens, and apiaries will .have to products in a speech before the Bad                       t w i c e , t h e rate w i l l be 4'/ 2 cents a                   Bloomington, Illinois
       Farmers are discouraged over the move over and make room for a new Axe Community club in the Irwin                                      word and for ads running three
                                                                                                                                               times or more, 4 cents a w o r d , each
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to t h e same creamery, we find our costs never r u n h i g h e r
                                                 entiant at the twenty-first annual hotel, Wednesday noon. Members of
   heavy taxes, they object to the
   ing extravagance in public affairs. State Horticultural Show, November the county board of supervisors were
                                                                                                                                               insertion.                                                    Michigan State                           and often 2f>% to 4 0 % lower than t h e costs of those feed-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       ing other feei's.
 • they feel the discriminations against 15, 10, 17, when all species of nuts guests at the luncheon.
                                                                                                   "Farm relief will be brought about
                                                                                                                                               WANTED T o RENT— FURNISHED                                      Farm Bureau
   their class in earning a living and native to the state will compete for                                                                 Farm, 100 acres up                by man who
                                                                                                                                            had lite long experience at farming.                                                                            We are often solicited by the a g e n t s of other d a i r y feeds,
   they have a right to resent any in-           prizes    for  the  first time.               largely     by a protective tariff," he de-  Has two boys i s and 20. Iteady In                                       State   Agent
                                                      The show will be held in Demon- clared. The need of a higher tariff on                take possession any time. For further                                                                     but none of then) have been able t o point u s to a herd w i t h
   justice imposed upon them by anyone                                                                                                      particulars write Clair Brown, 410
   in any way. But why kick them- stration hall and the two main rooms sugar was mentioned. "Sugar is one                                   East Hillsdale St., Lansing, Michigan.'                   LANSING,                     MICHIGAN           records showing lower costs of production nor s t r o n g e r
   selves? Who can cstimaie the actual will be used to give space to entries of the cheapest commodities on our                                                                           1 t-ne,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      calves at birth. O u r cows have no trouble at freshening
   loss the ravages of this pest has cost of fruit, flowers, vegetables, honey tables and we can well afford to pay
   the f'anmers of any corn producing and nuts.                                                more money for it so that the farmer                                                                                                                   time a n d we have no trouble with cows off feed. We be-
   country and who can forsee what we
   stout our eyes to the job we have
                                                      Two contests, vegetable judging can raise beets at a profit."
   are runniug into if we continue to and identification and judging of
                                                 apples      by  Smith-Hughes        students,
                                                                                                   Referring to the farmer as the life
                                                                                               blood     of the state the senator urged
                                                                                                                                                    m Get MORE LIME I                                                                                 lieve this is due to t h e feed more than a n y t h i n g else.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            We a r e milking 22 head of (iuernsevs and have 14 heifers
   before us'.'                                  will be conducted during the show. the need of helping the' agriculturist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      coming on. We are glad to be a b i e to obtain a d a i r y feed as
       I regret very much that every farm- An educational exhibit prepared by out of the rut he is in. "It is just
   er of southeastern Michigan did not the State Department of Agriculture as logical for the government to aid
                                                                                                                                                               for LESS MONEY                                                                         economical and reliable as Farm Bureau :Vl'< .Milkmaker.
   visit, this fall, the corn borer station will go on display.                                the farm as it is to pass legislation                                                                                                                   From trial find observation it is superior to a n y d a i r y feed
   in Monroe county established and
   controlled by our State College.
                                                      Students    in   the  horticultural
                                                 partment at Michigan State college said.
                                                                                          de-  aiding the railroads and labor," he                              Wyou   HEN you buy Solvay Pulverized Limestone
                                                                                                                                                                                get two-thirds more actual lime for your                              we know about. We prefer the 3 2 % because we have o u r
                                                 are in charge of the local arrange- i Senator O'Connell pointed out that                                       money than you get in burnt or hydrated lime.                                         own grain and use t h e 3 2 $ to supplement it.
            . Marston, its director, has made ments for the show. H. E. Chicker-
                                                                                               the tariff on dairy products had help-                             Your farm needs this lime to sweeten sour soil and replace
   some interesting experiments this ing, Belding; M. J. Backofen, Battle                                                                                                                                                                                   We believe t h a t t h e m a n u f a c t u r e and p l a c i n g of good
                                                                                               ed wonderfully. Butter remains now                               the lime removed by rain and harvests.
   year which were far enough advanced Creek; and G. H. Poesc.h, Monroe,
                                                                                               at near 50 cents a pound as compared                               Solvay Pulverized Limestone supplies the necessary lime                              feeds at t h e call of f a r m e r s a n d d a i r y m e n over t h e s t a t e of
   so that anyone could understand are the officers of the student's
                                                                                               to a wide fluctuation in price before                            and gets results the very first year because it is ground                              Michigan is one of t h e o u t s t a n d i n g services of t h e Michigan
   them. For a few years he has been horticultural club.
                                                                                               the tariff was effective.                                        exceptionally fine. High test. Furnace-dried. In bags or
   breeding corn, trying to find a type                                                                                                                                                                                                                Farm Bureau, a n d w e a r c glad to lake this o p p o r t u n i t y of
                                                      Committee chairmen for the show              In a brief discussion of taxes the                           bulk. Order yours today.
  that might be immune to the attacks are I,. A. Zillman, South Haven; R.
                                                                                               senator told of the needs of state in-                ,^=~%^g-r-<>                          Write for your copy of the latest                          expressing onr appreciation for this service t o o u r business.
  of the borer*.                                 It. Toles, Romeo; W. J. Woodman, stitutions, the greatest cause of the
       lie has introduced a corn from Paw Taw; H. E. Chickering, Beld- increase this year. He intimated that                                                                              Solvay Limestone booklet. It's free.
  South America called Maise Armago ing, and F. E.* Dorman, Cedar .while some improvements to state
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Yours trulv.
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  that the borer refuses to stop with. Springs.                                                                                                                                                   DETROIT, MICHIGAN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   T.E. LUX & SON.
                                                                                               institutions are necessary many pro-
  This corn, would not be satist.                                                              posed changes are not needed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  •»
  to our purposes in its original type
                                                 Scientists           Promise                                                                                                                                                                                       Farm Bureau Milkmaker 24 r /r, 32% or 3 4 ' ' ,
  but when crossed with the Duncan,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Lofibre 16% and Farm Bureau Poultry Feeds may
  the Red Cob Ensilage and (iilden
          v, three types of corn are being
                                                               Thornless Berries State Divided Into                                                                   HESSDHrBtaUI1                                                                         be secured from your nearest local distributor of
  developed that will fill the needs of                                                                     Enforcement Units                                          SY.ACUSI NY
                                                                                                                                                                       tLiHOiT. MICK j                                                                      Farm Bureau Supplies.
  all Oif Michigan. These new breeds                 Blackberries and dewberries with-
  have been bred to retain their corn out thorns has been a .subject of in-! i The state is divided into 19 conser-                                                                                                                                                                    Write, or ask your local dealer for
  quality characteristic yet take on terest to plant breeders for a number >vation districts with a district con-
            particular borer resistant char- of years.
                                             (
                                                                                               servation officer in charge of each.
                                                     Two thornless varieties—the Cory In 14 of these districts there is an as-
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                            'most ui             blackberry and the Austin t h o r n i e r sistant conservation -officer who is
                                        \ arlety dewberry—placed on the market in immediately in charge of tire fight ins                                                       LOCAL DEALERS
                          • <rer and right in                  us have met with fairly in that district as a primary duty.                                                                                                                            Mich. Farm B niceu Svjply Sfilftc
                                                 good                                              Under the district officers are coun-
                                     two of the
                                                                                               ty conservation officers, with one or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lansing,        Michigan
                                :i and SO per are adapted to certain southern local- two in each county of the state.
                     on.                         ities only.