HOLSTEIN HONOR ROLL EDITION FAKSt MICHIGAN KEEP UP NEWS On News Interesting to THE NEWS Farmers ThrouQh the A progressive Newspaper Farm News For Michigan Farm Homes FIFTY CENTS FIVE CENTS PER YEAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932 PER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly RUBBER MONEY IRON DEBTS BURN MichiganHolstein Ass'n FARMERS WEEK Straub Cows Make 10 FARM BUREAU'S BIG FARM GROUPS Includes 40,000 Cattle PROGRAM FOR 1932 Av. Yrs. Earnings In 1 ANN'L DUES CUT Farm Bu., Grange, Farmers' Secretary Hays Tells How 4,000 Breeders Have FITS THE TIMES Straubs Purchased First Purebred Ten Years Ago; FROM $10 TO $5 Union Agree on 6 Point Won National Prominence Since 1904; Good Management, Testing Are Responsible Program Meet At College, Feb. 1 What Farm Contributes To New Dues Are Effective Now;! Farm Living Is The For Their Success Include All Privileges, TAKE IT T 0 ~ CONGRESS By .7. (}. HAY8, Sec'y Michigan Holslcin-Friesian Association Theme By ('. A. Services For Farm Board; Tariff For , ftA.East Lansing—The Michigan Holstein-Friesian'Ass'n represents about NEW IDEAS IN EXHIBITS In Charge of Dairy v. State College, All or None; Want Tax 4.000 owners of 40,000 pure-bred Holstein cattle; about as many as all other dairy and beef purebreds in the state combined. East Lansing—Michigan dairyniui anc| farmers wil 1 lie pleased to TO CONTINUE LIFE PLAN Money Reforms The object of the Ass'n as set forth in the Constitution is "the advance- All College Departments To tli.it Doan Straub, of Galien, Berrien touJity, Michigan, a leading «l;iiiyinan Offer Educational Programs who believes in continued testing in order to a«sun> BTeatest profits, has ;i $ 1 0 Ann'l Payment Matures ment of the business of breeding and developing pure- herd which has produced remarkably we»ll this past year. Washington—January 9 America's bred and grade cattle, and the promotion of the best During Week A Pafd-up Membership In three big national farm groups, the Mr. Straub has a herd of purebred ar»d grade Hoi steins which Farm Bureau, Grange and Farmers' interests of the Holstein-Friesian breeders of the State." T 14,684 pounds of milk and 551 lbs. fat for 1.3 cows. In 1.9ft) this herd was 8 To 9 Years ° a c c o m P l i s h t h i s result, the Michigan Holstein- East Lansing—Next hip agr'l event of the leading herds in Michigan and in national competition "Was determined I'nion presented to Congress and the Friesian Ass'n, working largely through its field secre- in Michigan is the annual Farmers Lansing—Aniiounft'iiu'iu j i a s i,eeii nation a six point Congressional pro- by the Dairy Tribune of Mt. Morris, 111., as t h e leading her<] | 0 the U. S. tary, attempts to perform the following services: Week at Michigan State College Feb. made by the Michigan stat^ i gram on which they stand together. This year, according to the same paper, t he herd ranks third. (1) To form a connecting link between ttie hupp National Ass'n and I to 5. Last year it was estimated Bureau that the Board of Directors The three organizations represent breeders In Michigan, the fifth largest Holstein State. that 18,000 persons visited the The Straubs started farming fifteen years aero on a 260 acre sandy loam (2) To keep breeders- and county ass'ns acquainted with projects has reduced the annual membership about half the farmers in the United meetings and exhibits offered by the farm. Originally very plain cattle -were k «pt. T"en years ago the first pure- dues r,,r the County, State ami AmtM-- fostered by the National Ass'n. States. They have been drawing to- college. As many as 6,000 attend- bred animal was purchased for $140. Tli is tow made 50 pounds ot milk a (3) To assist county ass'ns in setting up and carrying out definite iian Farm Bureaus from $io to $5 gether for some time in their legis- programs of work. There are now 21 such county clubs. ed the evening general meetings, ad- day, a mere trickle, compared with Hi- yields t liat t h e Straub cow« would per war. effective at once. Farm lative programs. During the last few (4) To co-operate with all existing agricultural agencies in promoting dressed by speakers of national rep- yield later. A purebred sire was also P» rdiaseti and since then only pure- programs of work in connection with general dairy development. Bureau membership dues have been weeks they sat down together and utation. bred sires have been used in further developing t h e herd. (5) To aid in 4-11 Calf Club work—assisting in locating calves, coach- flO ji,r year pjnee th« organization ciime to an agreement, merging their The theme of the central exhibit was founded in l!»i!). ing members in judging, setting aside an annual sum for BPeclal prizes at active plans. State Fair. of the 193 2 Farmers Week will be l-J The $6 annual membership fee car- Saturday, January 9, the heads of There are about 1,000 4-H Holstein calf club members in Michigan, or "What the Farm Contributes Toward about 40% of the total 4-H enrollment. ! the privileges of the $lo Farm the three organizations presented Farm Living." The Home Econom- (6) To assist in better breeding by forming—bull clubs, by extending ics, Dairy, Farm Crops, Forestry and Bureau pasrabershlp, including the their six poiats, with some discussion the use of better bulls, through bull tests, bull trucks, bull trains. There all other dep'ts will contribute new right to patronage dividends, if earn- ever the National Broadcasting Co. are 26 active bull clubs. ideas in exhibits to show new uses, ed, on purchase! by members of Farm nKwork of 53 stations, speaking from (7) To encourage showing of cattle at local, county and State fairs, and in exhibiting a State herd at national shows. Six county herds were new revenues, new safvings that the Bureau commodities. Exception Washington. Saturday, Feb. 13, at shown at the 1931 State Fair. farm can have from its own The $f, annual Membership hai 12:30 eastern time, another such pro- (8) To stress better type through "Herd Classification", a new ven- products. connection with the Bureau's lite ram will be broadcast from Wash- ture whereby cattle are rated for type by an expert judge sent by the membership plan, bu1 is strictly an ington and Chicago. Following is the National Ass'n. With 647 head so rated owned in 23 herds, Michigan is General Program S|>eakers a leader in. this work. Prominent speakers on the general annual membership, unified program of American farm 'I'h,. Bureau's life membership plan (9) To advertise Michigan Holsteins so that breeders may find mar- program this year are "Farmer" organizations: kets for surplus stock. on tlie $10 basis will continue, it was Brown of the Federal Farm Board, (10) To give publicity to Michigan Holsteins through dairy and breed SIX POINTS publications. and Duncan Marshall, former min- suited, Members paying $10 an- Agricultural Marketing Act (11) And,—possibly most important of all—to encourage the improve- ister of agriculture for the province nually accumulate a reserve with We insist that the Agricultural ment of the breed through testing cattle for production in Advanced of Alberta, Canada, JTuesday after- the Farm Bureau in 8 to 9 years Marketing Act shall be continued in Registry, Herd Improvement Registry and Dairy Herd Improvement Ass'ns. noon. \vhi w /;v/// also .St,i(l by the Farm Bureau in one ulating co-operative marketing and University and II. W. I lsberger. advancing the cause of disposing of Organized in 1904 manager of the Great Lakes Fruit Highest in Herd Impr. }! ijicstry for- I. ST. In /•'••*/ or more Payments at $60. surpluses so that they will not de- The Michigan Holstein-Friesian Industries, speak Wednesday after- Leader in Michigan J>. fl. / . .(./'•»*/ •//;/-*•,• fear* Kxpluiiis Members' Privileges press the domestic price. Ass'n was organized in 1904. The noon. / The credit for developing this* All members Paying $10 per year The Marketing Act should be present Board of Directors includes Program L. J. Taber, master of the National splendid herd belongs equally to Mr. ke*ep t h e i r fingers on t h e annum du« s are automatically work- amended immediately by the inclu- J. E. McWilliams of Mt. Clemens, Grange, will address the Wednesday and Mrs. Straub. The Straub fam- ing toward a life membership, the 2Sth Annual Meeting night meeting, which will also be ily, including a boy and a girl, has puM anci in t u n e with the constant Farm Bureau said. They have ac- sion of the Debenture Plan, Equali- President; A. L. Jones, Three Riv- MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN ASS'N occurring I n feed prices, ers, Vice-President; J. B. Tooley, featured by the live stock parade, patiently cared for the cattle, zation Fee, or any other method State College horse pulling contest and other en- growing the necessary feeds and es- j>rices and Producing abili- cumulated credits toward a life mem- which will make it effective in con- Howell, Treasurer; J. E. Burnett, East Lansing Monday, Feb. 1 ty of a 'herd of dairy cows, t h e bership. Those Who elect to pay $5 tertainment features Thursday dur- pecially planning large acreages of trolling surpluses, in making tariffs Ypsilanti; E. P. Reynolds, Olivet; ing the day the Little International alfalfa, some soy beans for iihy- atid ita a r e continuing testing in annual dues from now on may do so effect Ire on farm crops and in secur- Cliff Mclntyre, Charlotte; A. H. Per- 1 P. M., Room 402, Ag. Bldg. Live Stock Show and judging will be silage so t,hat feed ousts have beeq the- local dairy herd improvement without the loss of life membership ing for American farmers cost of rine, Rives Junction; B. B. Reavey, Business session. Speakers: ;iickii, according: to t h e Dairy • cumulated to date, ser'y the feature at Demonstration hall. Brody saitl in u totter '*> tin- niiuib«r- oduction on those portions of their Akron; C. S. Baldwin, Bennington; S. J. BROWNELL, Ithaca, "X. Y., reduced to a minimum. This pro- Deaoartnit- we*.-. Kec'y of the New York Holstein The stock is fitted -it I shown by sold for consumption in our Robin Carr, Fowlerville. Ass'n, will speak on "Holstein students, and students manage the gram ihas resulted in the lai - ults o l>tainebe on parade 1 lie Federal Government should be sion work. Annual Banquet of the Ass'n. All and finals of the sheep shearing con- Purchased grain, especially 34 Ke\v members may join at the reg- • lerived from personal income, cor- Membership in the Michigan Hol- interested in Holsteins invited. test will be run off. per cent Farm Bureau Milk Maker ular |5 annual membership hereafter, a Notf—Tin* Straub poration and estate taxes. The upper stein Ass'n is easily obtained by—as Friday the various ass'ns will con- was used to supplement the 'home I'J i~.'7 record of 440 lbs. huti. or they may purchase a life member- urackets of the personal income, cor- the Constitution states—"any reput- tinue their meetings. Sheep sale at grown feeds. Silage was fed at the ship in $1<) annual payments, or in :::ad e on liome-nUxed rations. poration tax and the estate tax should able person who is interested in Hol- I I a. m.; live stock sale "at 1 p. m. rate of about 3 tons per cow por a lump Hutu or in several payments, be increased. The gift tax should be 'instated to avoid evasion of the stein-Friesian cattle." L'Sth Annual On Feb. 1 MICHIGAN ALFALFA Other Meetings year and 1 % tons alfalfa hay and As usual, every breed association soy bean hay was fed each cow. in the State will meet sometime dur- The Straub herd has always main- a n c a 621 lbs. l>utt.r fat w e r e m a d e rM h lion\e groAvu feeds a n d M»l*<- >vith 482, 572 Mr. Brody .said. Those on the $5 an- nual membership may change to the life membership plan anytime). * state tax. Exemptions, deductions, and re- lates have in recent years been too The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the State Ass'n will be held Mon- day, Feb. 1, at the State College, East ACREAGE UP 80,000 ing the week. The Michigan Crop tained a good test. During the past Improvement ass'n, Michigan Muck year the average test was 3.75 per Farmers Ass'n, Michigan Country cent. The milk produced on t he fee Sec'y Brody said that the efforts Of educational programs of exhibits herd improvement association. In East Landing—1-nst, v»~eek a American public through the unnec- a county Holstein Ass'n can be the Farm Bureau organization have and addresses every day of Farmers that year the six cows averaged ne«s item i n the state press essary delays in auditing tax returns brought to life and made worth-while East Lansing—Alfalfa took a de- proved worth while in many fields. Week are Agr'l Engineering, Ani- only 269 pounds fat and 7,235 lbs. said tb»at Sta Xe college h a d been which redtte'e the income of the Fed- for the members and for breed ad- cided step a.head in acreage last year, He called attention t o the Bureau's mal Husbandry, Dairy, Farm Crops, milk. This fat yield was 80 pounds paid $300 for a hen. only t o have eral Government, cause citizens much vancement. according to State college, which pioneer Work in championing the gas- Farm Management, Horticulture, more than that of the average Mich- it s!ai*ghtere-«J by mistake when trouble yeWrs after the reports have Holstein breeders will unite at 4 reports a gain of some 80,000 acres it w a . s delivered to t h e poul- oline tax to place the burden of fu- Agriculture, Landscape, Poultry,. igan cow. It showed that the prac- Kone in, and undoubtedly are a basis P. M. with other dairymen in a dis- in Michigan plantings in 1931. try disease invest!gating? sec- t u r e state highway construction and. Michigan, according to statistics Soils. tices sponsored by record keeping for much avoidance of the proper cussion led by O. E. Reed, Chief of tion instead of the Poultry retirement of State highway bonds General Information improved the production from each payment of1 taxes. These conditions the Bureau of Dairying, Washington, revised in conformity with the 1930 dep't. It w a s a jok't)iir membership," Mr. Brody, tion of credit and the deflation of she w ;as to t » e use*! for instruc- meeting and the banquet. Michigan farmers are said to have Demonstration Hall. pounds fat average for nine cows. il prices of commodities and property tion P x i r p o s e s . She vas a heavy shown a total of about five thousand The forenoons and afternoons up Marvelous Returns A t Washington Mr. Brody wrote, have gone to disastrous lengths; layer, but a . produ c e r of very to 3 o'clock will be devoted to sec- h e American Farm Bureau is stand- Believing further that the United Saginaw Meeting Correction acres of soy bean hay in the .harvest of last summer. The reader will be interested to tional meetings consisting of special know that this improved produc- 8iii*ll eggs a tid therefore a n ex- i n s behind the Federal Farm Board states does not have to wait on ample of wlissat a h i ^ h producing educational programs under the di- tion also resulted in increased AII«1 me future of co-operative mar- lOurope for a solution of its problems; Saginaw—Charles S. "Farmer" hen should not be. Market rection of college departments to- dollar returns over feed cost. The keting, jt is assisting the Federal Believing further that the United States' recovery can take place by Brown of the Federal Farm Board C. L. Brody Chairman of gether with the annual and business highest yield recorded in the herd valne, 8 e v e r ^ l dollars, s a 4 d the to th*e pres^ next day. Farm Loan banks to develop further will speak -at the Moose temple, meetings of some thirty farmers' books in Mr. Straub's possession Is recourse only to the soundest mone- Hamilton street, 2 blocks north of St. Bd. of Agriculture associations and organizations. credit advantages for farmers; sisting tt»at taxes should be levied in in- 'ary plans; for 1930 when each cow yielded the Fordney Hotel, Wednesday eve- Separate programs and exhibits accordance witli t ne ahility to pay, ia East Lansing—The State Board of $2 22 over feed cost. This pact Believing further that the United ning, Jan. 27, at 8 p. m. instead of are planned for the women w.ho at- seeking to relieve the tight money States' depression will not cure itself in the afternoon as previously an- Agriculture Jan. 22 elected Clark L. tend Farmers' Week. Making their year the returns over feed cost were Invites V^nBuren anti credit situation. Bordy chairman of the Board, the $158.79. hut that deliberate action must be nounced. The meeting is called by governing body of Michigan State headquarters in the College Home During these two years this herd Hear C.S- Brown taken by its leaders; the Saginaw County Farm Bureau Economics Building, they spend a and the Farm Bureau Supply store College. Mr. Brody succeeds Mr. L. week filled with interesting and has yielded almost four times more Present Winter Warmest We request of the president, the Whitney Watkins whose long ser- than the average Michigan Springs -R^rrien County Federal Reserve System and of Con- at Saginaw. vice on the board ended Dec. 31. valuable meetings and special con- yields in butterfat production w'hi 5'ireau » s inviti n g V£*n Bi> Since and Exceed* 1889 At Bay Ctty ferences. Kress: Mr. Brody, graduate of the college the returns over cost, of feed ex- Count, y fnvr\x nure>au B a y . c i t y—"Farmer" Brown will Special Railroad Kates East I-Hnsing—The U. S- "Weather That the Federal Reserve System in 1904, and executive secretary of ceed the average Michigan cow's re- ome t <> this tort Satardmy, address Bay county farmers at the Special rates are available on all r Bureau » t State College finds that the stop credit contraction and deflation the Michigan State Farm Bureau, turn over feed cost by ten times or to he*"*" Cb& i«i8 S. * "Farmer" Immanuel Lutheran church, Lincoln railroads for Farmers' Week visi- ! 1931-32 winter t o date is the "Warmest m\ inaugurate credit expansion to was appointed to the Board of Ag- 1,000 per cent. - ra c*»f the Fedf^M Farrn Board. tors. Round-trip tickets may be had affect the price level favorably by avenue and 10th street. Wednesday riculture in 1921, was re-elected in Expressed in another way the ineevtjng V^CJH be a t t h ^ I'nit ei] on record since 1889-90 and consider- for one and one-half times the regu- afternoon, Jan. 27. The meeting in:;•! and J92U for six year terms. . Pinner n» ay a b l e warmer than that year. such liberal open-market operations begins at 10 a. m. with Farm Bu- lar one-way fare, from any point in average cow owned in the etween Nov. X and Jan. 14 the cur- ; sl a 1 BBC period in 1889-90. and the other disastrous results of You are invited to visit Farm Bureau the round-trip tickets from your of feed, the average, cow owned b y !| ^ ^ u C'a ire, fc»efore Jan. 30. The Welland Ship Canal built by the Straubs returns in one year an Jl "«*i Hotter. ^he Ti«f "Her average has been deflation may bo halted and that the aud its clothing department at 221 N. local agent. Canada connects Lake Erie with amount equal to the amount tliat tJt=t • at>out 10 flegre^s above normal daily, whole trend of economic affairs may Cedar St., Lansing. Kootus and McnK Lake Ontario. It is a canal for•ocean iniiii»*S in whole wa» the sec- he turned. Such action, in the opin- Our exhibit of suitings, bed blankets, Rooms are available for Farmers' would be returned in ten years by ion of the soundest economists is ne- ships, 27 feet deep with eight 30-foot robes, etc., is well worth seeing. ( ( ' o i i t i m i f i l " " \KiKf 4) the average Michigan cow. o n d w a r r r i e s t ( > n record. cessary and will be effective In Btop- locks. (Continued on page two MICHIGAN FARM N E W S SATURDAY, JANUARY ±2. 193* STATE'S WORLD CHAMPION COW DEAD HIRAMS' MIND IS MADE UP (By Marthy) Buci rhe Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded By R. S. CLARK January 12; Vxs-\ TIIPSP winter days my business "Now, flirnm," she continued, • .nn< fourth Saturday of ea< h month by the I sit and pet the cat, — Is just for such as us!" 1 News Company, at is publication office at 114 Lovett Bui my favorite indoor rastimw iI kept on eat Ing popcorn :.:irlot.te, Mich. is to t h i n k of this a n d that. And didn't raise no fuss.) :.t 221 North Cedar St., Lansing, Mich- Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. And everting*, after supper, "Now don't you start to arj^ue, It is my natural beat The way 1 know you will, To sit and talk with Marthy That you've a couple cows to Klilk £. E. UNGREN Editor and Business Manager To l>oth our hearts' content; And seven ho.^s to swill. And lots of good Ideas That bulking boy of Hicks' Crop out at eveniiiK tinie, Will do those chores for you, That makes a fellow hanker Ami you shall go to I-'a liners' Week (Subscription 50 cents per year In ;M! like I tell you to. To dress them up in rhyme. Traverse City—Traverse Colantha that the official measuring sticks o Here just tlie other evening "And so's to keep in t o m b with li. Vol. X SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1932 No. 2 Walker, age 15 years, owned by thethe State. Dep't of Agriculture wer As we were sitting there I'm going to gd along. Traverse City State Hospital since a couple of feet short. She weighei A-monching mushroom popcorn, The crowds of folks who -o ea.Ii year Bays -Marthy, "I declare Can't all of them be wrong. her birth, died Jan. 8, 1932, in the in- over a ton. Her worst type featur As farmers live like oysters, A woman is a farmer terest of science, and took with her was a slightly sloping rump. Baen In his little shell, As truly as lie: man." 310 Dined; Dinner Check 8V2 Tons of Grain a world's record that will be hard Temperamentally she would scor And think we've done our duty Who farm our aeres well. ' < i. K.," Bays I. and reached around Reversing tli« usual procedure, fanners of Wood County, Ohio, to break. In her nine lastation per- one hundred percent. Her chief de And filled my popcorn pan. banqueted the merchants Of the county last month. To impress their iods she produced 7,525.8 lbs. of but- light seemed to be to consume bushel "There's now and then a fellow So both of us will be there, guests with the position of farm prices, the bill was paid in grain and Who seems to realize Marthy as well as me. terfat. of feed through her broad muzzle am And see with real perception We aim to take the meetings in brought into the banquet hall for all to see. Stacked in view were sacks Sophie 19th of Hood farm, that give milk in return. She was na What's right before his eyes— From A right through to '/.. totaling 4,8!H) pounds of corn, 5,447 pounds of oats and 8,895 pounds of great Jersey, beat1 her for life time •turally quiet, ' good natured and sel That farmers ought to cultivate i wanted to, like tunket, And tend, and raise, and swap And so do you, no doubt— wheat, all of which was sold that day to a local mill to pay the check for honors by 18.71 lgs. of fat, butdom sick. All she wanted was lots o Ideas, and means, and methods, Then pack your bag and meet us there a banquet for 310 persons. Sophie worked in 11 lacation periods feed and lots of milkers. 'Tis sai« Like any other crop. And join the merry rout. against nine for Colantha. she was not unlike Paul Bunyan' This Seed Warning Fits Michigan, Too It was agreed by State and national cow. Lucy, that required seven mei Warning that afeirgtocrop of red clover seed, not adapted to Indiana, authorities that it was impossible for to carry feed, fourteen men to milk schedules must be immediately re- ficiency as to enable them to main- The National Grange, was produced in the Willamette Valley of Oregon this year and that Colantha to freshen again, so rather and twenty-eight to carry away the than wait until she died a natural milk, this number working on each vised to a basis of equalization as be- tain a stable government. Continued JOHN SIMPSON, for attempts may be made to sell the seed in Indiana has been issued by tween agriculture and all other in- delay in granting independence to The Farmers Educational mid H. H. Kraybill, Indiana Seed Commissioner. death, it was thought better to kill six hour shift. her while her vital organs had some dustries. In no case should tariff rates them is the result of large invest- Co-operative Union, "Experiments ami farm experience have shown that Oregon red Colantha Walker was to be buriec resemblance of natural shape and on the grounds at Traverse City Stat be granted which breed monopoly, en- ments of American capital controlled E. A. O'NEAL, flh- rlover seed and altal seed produced in southwestern states are not size and to take their measurements. riching the few at the expense of the by a few American citizens. Until The American Farm Bureau sufficiently hardy to withstand the average winter conditions in Indiana. Hospital. A monument will be erect It is hoped that the information se- ed over her last resting place some many, and which encourage ineffic- independence is granted the present Federation. While the seed may be legally sold in Indiana if it is properly labeled cured will in some way serve dairy time next summer at a meeting o iency rather than efficiency in Amer-. situation compels farmers in the as to origin, farmers should guard against purchasing it, and reliable science. ican industry. We demand a "tariff United States to meet the unfair com- B^ed Companies should not offer it for sale," Mr. Kraybill said. state and national Holstein enthus for all or tariff for none." BEDROOM Y i : \ T I L \ T l O \ petition of Philippine products in our Native seed or that grown in northern states should be used lor Colantha was a large cow so large iasts. domestic markets. seeding next spring. Be sure you know the origin of seed before you Have good ventilation in the bed- The stabilization of American busi- We insist that independence be rooms, li an open window is not ad- buy it. lodging more than any other vari- Torch, and several other beautifu ness, industry and agriculture is be-granted the Philippine Islands at the visable fit a board six or eight inches ety. and exciting displays. ing retarded by short selling opera- earliest possible moment sp that the The Best Holsteins in Michigan The only way to keep Spartan barley The liquidair lecture will be pre tions on the commodity and other ex- American market can be preserved high and as wide ;is t,h<> window, under the lower sash. This allows In this edition, by invitation o! the Michigan Holstein-Friesian Ass'n, up to high quality responsible for the sented on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 1:3 changes of the country for the reason for the American farmers. fresh air to circulate up between the the FARM NEWS presents the best. Holstein cows in Michigan. nt demand is the planting of cer- p. m. in the main lecture hall of th< that short selling creates a fictitious h. J. TABER, for two sashes yet avoids a direct draft. Breeders of purebred cattle test their cows for production primarily lit'ied seed, which will not contain Kedzie laboratory. supply and so interferes with the nor- : for their own benefit, secondarily, for the good of the breed, according to mixtures of other varieties or the com mal operations of the law of supply mon bailey. E. L. Anthony, head Of Dairy Department at Michigan State College. Rubber Money, Iron Debts and demand. We favor such legisla- Personally, the breeder wants to know whether or pot his row is a tion as is necessary to prevent short LIVE STOCK MEN Burn Big Farm Group selling on commodity or other ex- meritorious prodtt ine Independence SELL YOUR OWN Our government since the time of ducing ability. In building up a herd, known production records are a helpful guide. The breed benefits by testing in that the general production level of CHEMISTRY SHOW the return of normal business am the Spanish-American war, in vari- employment. ous presidential and congressional Unless such action is initiated we documents, has promised eventual in- them Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Sell finished . . . Co-operatively all the way. the cows is thereby determined. Quite largely the public opinon of a believe that even such measures as breed is established by the advertised production of the breed as a whole, College Chemists Mix Marvels dependence to the people of the Phil- You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and the Reconstruction Corporation are ippine Islands. sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- and of individual star producer*. With Educational doomed to failure, for with continued change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or For example, it .should mean much to lovers of Holstein cattle to Having protected and educated Exhibits contraction of credit on the part o them in principles of representative member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS from be able to claim that the average fat production of all purebred Holsteins the banking system they cannot be government for approximately one- your stock. ever tested in Advanced Registry is 508.8 pounds per year. Holstein successful. East Lansing—The Michigan State third of a century, it now is logical breeders may be proud of the fact that such an average would exceed College Chemistry Show, being held A stable price level is paramoun that inasmuch as the qualified' elec- Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to nearly 300 Michigan shipping that of all other breeds; that Holsteins would have the distinction of in conjunction with Farmers' Week, to prosperity. We cannot exist with tors of the Islands have demonstrated ass'ns, have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch holding every world's record in any class save one. Feb. 1-5, is to be one of a thousand rubber money and iron debts. There their ability to maintain a stable gov- salesmen, and the largest volume on both markets. Our business ia Testing is sure to play another role in the not distant future- Many and one wonders. fore, we demand the adoption of effec ernment under our contacts with to get you the most your stock will bring. thoughtful leaders in the Holstefn industry realize that no purebred A tap, suspended by wire and de-tive measures to stabilize the pur them through a Governor-General, the Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond Holstein should be registered until she is proved to be a meritorious void of any visible connections, chasing power of money. time is at hand when our govern- meeting U. H. Government requirements producer. Undoubtedly the time will come when no purebred female spouts forth water which burns with That in addition to these demand mental promises should be complete- can gain access to registration merely on the basis of being out of an amazing' light and without heat for immediate action, consideration ly fulfilled. MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. be given to the readjustment of the PRODUCERS CO-OP ASS'N registered parents. She will have to earn her way in; no bull will be enough to burn the hand! It appears that the Filipinos have Detroit East Buffalo, N. V. registered unless out of a dam of proven meritorious production. entire banking and h'scal policies an< A trick of the old alchemists and progressed to that degree of self-suf- structures of the United States, to conjurors which Inever fails to interest ;ind intrigue. A^tiny white pill, which the end that they may function in ac- Michigan Barley in Demand; on being ignited gives rise to a most cord with present day knowledge am lifelike snake. A vessel containing a needs and the constitution of the Recommends Itself for 1932 colorless solution will assume a red United States. Tariff "BUY CO-OPERATIVELY" Act is changed or not, there will be a or blue color in any desired period • . .Seed, Feed, Oil, Twine, So long as the American protection Price Tops Other Grains big demand for Michigan barley. of time! lilank papers which yield system is maintained, we favor such Supplies . . . Life and Auto- amazing secrets when properly treat- Market Prefers Spartan For the first time in 20 years, the led. tariff rates as will insure the Amer- Variety Exchange says, Michigan barley is be- ing shipped as far west as St. Louis, ican market to the American farmer An explosion resulting from a blow upon farm commodities which can be from whence one of the nation's larg- dealt* with a feather may explain that produced advantageously in any part I/i sing—Michigan barley has a lot est maltsters wrote the Exchange re- often quoted expression, knock me of our country, or substitutes there-^ mend it for 1932K. The Mich- cently: "If you have more barley like over with a feather! ' valor Exchange sales since the cars sold us, rush samples and we'll The show and exhibits will be open for, and further insist that tariff More about mobile I n s u r a n c e — a t a "Farm Risk Rate" What Price Oil- igan July 1 show it to be the best in de- send more business. We like Spar- to the public from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. mand of all Michigan grains and tan Barley.' worth more to the farmer. Michigan ley, is popular with malt making firms. lows: beginning Tuesday, Feb. 2, and con- tinuing through Friday, Feb. 5, in the Jan. 22 the Elevator Exchange was Kedzie Chemical laboratory. barley, and particularly Spartan bar- bidding its member elevators as fol- PROTECTION from farm fire Losses depends on two The high point of the Chemistry things. First, a real effort on the part Show is the traditional lecture on of every farmer t<> prevent fires. Mermash Another recommendation for Spar- tan barley for 1932 is that it is the Spartan Barley ideal companion crop for seeding al- falfa or other legumes. It's stiff straw- Corn Wheat Per Ton $19 $11 $18 Liquijl Air. This feature has been presented as the main event of the company Secondly, a l>road and liberal ••blan- ket" coverage insurance policy. Mich- igan's largest farm fire insurance offer* you most PROTEC- showj for a number of years and has TION at actual cost. For full in- 18°^ Remember, the cheapest is the most avoids lodging; the crop comes off never failed to assemble an enthusias- formation, write today to Farm Bureau Mermash 1*'/ is for the Oats $15 tic ajd interested audience. The lec- H. K. FISK, Secretary, earlier; it is smooth bearded and un- Maltsters like Michigan rye, large- t u r e ' a n d demonstration is presented 702 Church St., Flint, Mich. poultryman who wishes to feed more hard Expensive like oats, does not hog moisture from ly Rosen rye, said the Exchange, ob- by Professor A. J. Clark. The demon- the Boil near its maturity at the ex-serving that 7 • C o n t r a r y t o most i r r i g a t i o n sys- tems, w a t e r does n o t s p r a y from and especially so in slippery weather. Ask our local omitted, through error. t h e hose, b u t oozes o u t gradually, agent about our Stationary Object Collision policy. Ooio Unit, showing pump connection covering some t h r e e feet on either (lower right) canvas hose, metal stop cap ., - ,, , at hose coupling. side of the hose. The hose is laid in the field between the rows of crops, bushes or trees. See Your Local Farm Bureau Distributor Fifty and 100 foot lengths will be manufactured, as well as a smaller unit of STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INS. CO. 2.~> feet for lawn use. During 1931 the system wa« given thorough tests by Mich- igan farmers. H was found satisfactory, and that the water waste was hell to a very low minimum as compared to the furrow system of irrigation. July 25 the FARM NEWS in reporting the hose irrigation oystem for the Bloomington, III. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU Farm Bureau Services, Inc. smf out «d that weather reports at State College show tbat on an aver- - show one month in which less than half the u.v State Agent Lansing, Mich. Lansing, Michigan ,-uu. that irrigation at these important periods, whether early late in t] could In to help build a ci Ml NORTH CEDAR STREET S ATI'It HAY, .1ANTAKY ±2, JIICHIGAS FA It 31 NEWS Eaton Supervisors Say No Change In Lakes, • No; Farmers Say Yes Major Imrie To Speak CENTRAL PURE BRED CHICKS eiiariottc Relu Streams Regulations At Live Stock Annual In keeping with the times we are offering Central Pure Bred Chick the lowest price we have ever offered them. Why pay more? I'entral chicks propri«tion for carrying on county agricultural agent work by 13 to 9 Lansing— Regulations governing Lansing—Major Norman C. Imrie, NATIONAL BUTTERFAT CHAMPION come from the finest pure bred flocks with years of good egg breeding back, open and dosed inland lakes and Professor of History at Culver Mili- of them. Order at once to insure your shipping date. A hatch every Mon iriajonty of the Board of Supervisors streams as determined by the Con- tary Academy, noted Chautauqua day. $1.00 per 100 books order. a , thf October and January sessions, servation Commission, will remain IIMI 1,000 ootwith8tanding petitions from a unchanged for two years. and lyceum speaker, will make the principal address at the annual din- 6ig Type English S. C, White Letfhorna 18.00 J22.00 JS5.00 $70.00 majority of Karon's farmers for the 3 in the list of streams Barred Rooks—R. l. Reds K) •&.<*) appropriation, the organized ner of the Michigan Live Stock For u-ss tiiiin 100 add Ic per chick. Heavj Broiler chldW •;uh -l io trout fishing during sea change at Hotel Olds, Lansing, broilers 5c each the Eaton County Agr'l S( pike lakes, trout lakes and other Thursday evening, February 25. C HATCHERY Hex Mi ZKKLAND, >IU II. i',,e purpose of which is to matters were acted on at the Janu- jl f 000 by subscription for carrying President Beamer announces other ory meeting of the Commission. program features as follows: the 011 couni wovk, and take v important changes were made proper Btepa to insure the Hoard Of Loomis Michigan Union orchestra; by the Commission in lake and Twentieth Century N. Y. C. quartet; supervisors considering the will of am designations. "The Rounders," well known radio jIS constituents. In tbret> days the 1 K>40 in subscriptions by larni'M-s. c . p. u,.ynolds The 1932 Digest of Fishing Laws, Incorporating these changes as well male quartet from Chicago. Joe Fulkerson, president of the MICHIGAN BELL as changes in the laws by the last of olivet is president of the Bociety. legislature is now being prepared end will probably be available for St. Louis, Mo., Producers Ass'n will be toastmaster, and will speak at the business session Friday, Feb. ::'>. TELEPHONE CO* distribution about March 1. Where Further details of the Live Stock Exchange annual meeting program will appear in our Feb. 13 edition. Money Goes Farm Bureau Radio Program February 13 DAISY A iGGIE ORM'SBY Sr4, 5715& ' Farther Chicago—Second of the nation-wide MODEUMCHIGAJT This Holstein is the champion butterfat producer in the United States, over all breeds. Her record is 1,286.2 lbs. of fat from 33,140 Co-operative buying is to tanners what extensive pur- Farm Bureau radio hours over the National Broadcasting system of 56 COMBINE OF 1838 lbs. (1f milk in one year. Record made at Lakefield Farms, Clarkstmi, Michigan, i Lambert and Webber, owners. chasing departments are to stations Tor 1932 wiil come from AT FARMERS WEEK Bring Soils To College This farmer buys feed For Test Farmers Week BIG CO OP GROUPS large corporations. Chicago, New York and Washington Farm Bureau Products give Saturday noon, Feb. 13, beginning you dollar values not obtained at 12:30 Eastern Standard time. elsewhere. BUY and SELL Co- operatively. News from the various State Farm Bureaus will be given; Chester Gray Harvested 1,100 Bushels In East Lansing—One way that visi- tors at Farmers week, Feb. 1-6, can TO CONSIDER '32 by telephone... and BATAVIA Farm Bureau Bulk will tell what Congress is doing and progress of tha Farm Bureau- Single Day Nearly 100 Years Ago get direct benefit from the College is to accept the offer of the Soils De- FARMER'S WEEK Plant Casoline, Kerosene, Motor and Crange-Farmers Union program in Congress; national leaders speak; there will be'good music, and will East Lansing—Prof. H. If. Mussel- partment to test samples of soil for anyone who brings them in during Marketing, Finance Problems, saves money Tra.tor Oils, Greases, Alcohol, nan of the agricultural engineering the week. oilier entertainment. The tests will be made in the soils Credit Facilities On, Tires. ep't at Michigan State College, says hat the first combine harvester- laboratories, Room 201, Agr. Bldg., Program 35,000 AUTO DEATHS hresher was invented in Michigan from 1:00 to 2:30 each day. BAY CITY Farm Bureau T HERE are many ways in which the nd was here in 1838. To obtain fair samples, a slice of Supply Store Chicago - - The National Safety The United States government soil as deep at the ground is ordi- East Lansing—Michigan farmers' Cor. Henry & Main Streets Farm Bureau Seeds, Feeds, Fer- Pouncii estimates that the 1931 auto- ranted patents on the new inven- mobile traffic toll will reach an all- ion in June, 1836, Professor Mussel- narily plowed should he taken at co-operatives will consider their mar- five or six places in each field. The keting and financial problems Tues- telephone aids the farmer. One lilizer, Oils, Twine, Greases, etc., slices of .soil should be thoroughly day and Thursday of Farmers IVeok. > tc. We buy beans. time record of 35,000 fatal accidents. nan says, and the machine actually arvested 1,100 bushels of wheat mixed, and a pint of the mixture Tuesday at 9:30 at Room 209 dairy farmer tells us that when he is ready 9 should be placed in a clean can and Hall, the heads of Michigan's Milk, HART Farm Bureau Supply- Farmers Buying rom 30 acres in a single day, nearly hundred years befora this type of stored in a warm room. Ii fields Elevator, Live Stock, Potato Ex- to buy his winter supply of feed, he calls Store arm machine became generally ac- contain several distinct types of soil, changes, the Great Lakes Fruit In- Farm Bureau Seeds, Feeds, Fer- Guide epted on the major farms of the samples from each typ- should be dustries, the Michigan Fruit Growers, various dealers in surrounding towns, ob- lilizer, Oils, Creases, Twine, etc. Rates on Application ountry. t&ken. • One of the early Michigan com- State Farm Bureau will discuss their business under auspices of the Col- tains their best prices, and purchases the IMLAY CITY Farm Bureau ings was shipped to California, by Fowlerville Co-op Ass'n lege Economics Dep't. feed where the saving is greatest. Supply Store Grafting Wax— K W« use t h e b e s t of m a t e r i a l s , a n d mix vay of Cape Horn at the extreme The Tuesday meeting will be' ad-1 Farm Bureau Seeds, Feeds, Fer- well. Semi for price list. M. II. H U N T nd of South America. After its ar- Has Annual Meeting dressed by B. B. Derrick of the tilizer, Oils, Creases, Twine, etc. airy or general farm. Neat, < lean. Long time farms with fair buildings, new house on one. Good land, with or without stock, on those habits of thrift and saving which are es- fanner In Montcalm county. Knows the tools. .Mile from town. M. B. Kershner. work. Leonard F. Kollinger, 1507 East Paris, Michigan, R. 1. sential to the welfare of the people." (l-9-31-3t-s) Grand River Ave., Lansing, &lich. Tele- phone 52-281. The absolute safety of life insurance makes it the FOR SALE—15 ACRES OF LAND IN WANTKD—KAK.M WOTIK BY YOUNG city of Bigcity. Rapids.: A beautiful site ideal investment. It takes a long time for the average man to save $ 1,000 or $ 10,000. married man, 27, one child. Dairy in- overlooking Also some New general farm, month or year. Alfred i:. Swansoii, I'.is Rapid*; U-4, Box 111. .limes. 3805 South Cedar street, Lansing, Michigan. Michigan. (1-23-lt) ' ai rea in orchard. Zeeland • ed rabbits. (1-21 E. Objections to the Contrary By means of life insurance he can create such an estate by making reasonable annual cash payments. He has good chances to live to, complete his contract and W;A NTK) >—STKA I >Y family. Have always lived on farm. Write David Crotty, % Michigan Farm WOR K dairy or general farm, married mnn with F.\K.M FOK RENT WILL RENT 210 ACHE LENAWEE Notwithstanding News 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing, .Mich- county farm on shares, half and half. igan.' (1-23-lt) duces isgood Land rolling. Good stock farm. enjoy the money or a guaranteed income when he needs crops. Partly in alfalfa. Near Wamplera lake summer resort. We've been advised against saying that it's stupid not to save it most. If he should not live, it is the only investment WANTED—TO WORK FARM ON Renter must furnish to.,is, team, own shares or would work by month or year. half the live Btoek. N'n other deal pos- money. We've been told that people don't want to be told that. that he can make that will pay his family 100 cents on Furnished farm wanted. Experienced. sible. Write I'.ON II. Michigan Farm But here is the advertisement just the same. Here it is because Married BllTreH Uetitley, Hhaftsl.mg, News, 2£1 X. Cedar, Lansing*, Mich. the dollar,—and the whole amount contracted for. it B-2, Michigan. (l-23-lt) •MO we are convinced that most people do want to save money he should be buying real estate or bonds, the estate WANTED—FARM WORKBY MONTH The best food obtainable shouldn't cost you much nowadays. In Or year by married man, 1 children. 20 Dairy or general FARM MACHINERY the sections where it is grown# the best food is selling for less than might owe unpaid balances, but not so with life insur- farm. 1 >. C. Wliit.'imne, Hox 113, R-3, it has in mahy years. FOR SAI.K-- MKl.<'o L l«: II T I N Q ance. WANTED BY SINGLE .MAN. [8, plant. No. 1 condition. Largp si/.e. II. If you are not saving a whole lot on your groceries today, the farm work by month or year. Dairy and W. Birire, CAarkston, Mich. (1-22-lt-p) Life insurance enables us to complete our plans if we general farm experience, Good milker. saving which is due you is going — not to pay for food — but to Good haiuis. Reevefi BWiag, 3805 South FOR BALE—ELECTRIC POWER 110 live- it comes to the rescue if disability or death inter- et, Lansing, Mich. (l-^-'.-lt) volt Alelr)tte Separator. •'. i;. Banner- pay high profits on the food before it reaches you. nian, 1 mile west of WilliflnnsrVm, • Midi., The price of food is always low in A & P stores because A & P venes. State Farm Life policies are especially adapted WANTED—FARM WORK BY MAR- on .\I-lfi. !-lt-pj to farmers. ried man. by month Or year. Will come buys its food direct from the producers and sells it to you at one to any lob alone if necessary. George K. Smith, 'Sheridan, ft-1, Mich. FOR SALE—NEARLY X i : w WOL- (1-23-lt) verine Greyhound Hay Press lT.xi'J. small profit.1 Charles H. Montague, Clio, Michij WANTED TO RENT FARM ON (l-23-2t-13-p) STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE CO. shares by year Or work by year. Mar- tied with family. Furnish references. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Experienced. A. L. Rtardy, IVWitr, i:-i. engine FOR BALE ONE H IT. I'. [HC ELCO LIGHT AND Michigan State Farm Bureau Bellevue, .Michigan. WANTED WORK ON FA1J.M BY power plant cheap. I will sell my 110 volt, •",\ battery Delco plant, complete, Lansin year or month by young married man. in ex l>.c. State Agent «' Experienced. Write John Wekley. Port- tnotora for I !00. < 'os( approximai • I Ihambei lip, l;, 11. i, Michigan, or telephone William I'.»i i laud Exchanga mul ask for .UvUunuru, Li-J, Mi> • Mr. Wekley. (1-23-lt) (l-23-2t-41 inv) SATTftTUT, .TAXrAKY 22, rom MICHIGAN FA KM To take a grease spot off wall Farmers Week Program Offers Equalization Fee Paper napkins or towels are useful Holstein Advanced Registry paper apply a paste of eornstareh and water. When dry brush off and the For 1932 Fits Times To The Marketing Act to wipe out greasy pans before wash ing them. This practice makes di sh " washing easier and keeps the l stain will be gone. Testing Was Established 4 7 Years Ago (Continued from page T) Week visitors in East Lansing and Washington—Rep. Norton of Ne- out of the drain. Advanced Registry was set up in 1885 by In long time testing some cows are milked FOR SALE ! Lansing homes, as well as in Lan- braska has introduced an amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Act, Registered Holstein Bulls. Hod Fed* sing hotels. Rooms in private houses the Holstein-Friesian Ass'n of America to en- four times a day throughout the period. Such ei-al accredited Abortion tested and may be secured at a cost of about under which the Farm Board acts. VISIT a record is called " A " . If after 45 days from Officially classified. D. H. 1. Ass'n and able Holstein breeders to prove the production Holstein Herd Improvement Res. Ree- one dollar n night per person. The The amendment provides for incorpor- of their cows. calving a cow is milked only three times a day, ords. Nat'l Dairy Honor Roll yearly College Housing Office will have a ating the McNary-Haugen equaliza- THAT NATIONAL RECORD Blnce 1926i her record is labeled "B"—if only milked Registered Livestock: Duroo Jerseys, representative at the Union Building tion fee plan into the Marketing Act C. T. A. HOLSTEIN HERD Since that time over 27,000 cows have been twice a day " C ". Holsfin-KriesiaMs and Sliropslnres. during the week. Information as to to provide machinery to sell surplus- See Our New Milking Barn tested in the Yearly Division, with an average eheron stallion MICH1GO, Reg. No. available rooms may be secured at es of certain crops outside the United All records are supervised within Michigan 204354. Satisfaction guaranteed. this desk. States and pro-rate the losses, if any, WUBZEL DAIRY CO. FABHg of about 16,750 pounds milk, 570 pounds fat. by the Dairy Department of the State College. Pedigreed Seeds: Wheat, barley, oats Meals will be available at reason- back on that portion of the crop con- 3.4 per cent test. and corn. li Miles North of Port Huron National supervision is by the Superintendent INCREASE PROFITS Ume purebred able cost at various East Lansing sumed in the United States. The do- In the Ten Months' Division the average for of Advanced Registry, located at Madison, live stock and certified seeds. and Lansing restaurants. Light mestic consumption, it is believed, about 9,500 cows is practically 14,000 pounds Wis., H. W. Norton, Jr., a former Michigan FABIUS FARMS lunches will be served in booths at would then sell at a domestic price milk, 475 pounds fat. The short time, or man. M-60, 7 mi. W. of Three Rivers some of the exhibit buildings on the established by the tariff, rather than HONOR FOLKS Phone 737W T H R E E R I V E R S , Mich. campus. at the world price for the particular "Seven Day" record although not officially There was a total of 347 Michigan cows re- commodity. Owners of 100 head that out of 347 withdrawn by the breed association is virtual- ported out by Supt. Norton during 1931. Of admitted in 1931 from Michigan. ly discontinued. these, 55 were tested in Ten Months " A " , 52 Advanced Regis/try of the Holsteinl The difference between the Yearly and the in Ten Months " B " , none in " C " . HOLSTEINS DUROCS SHROPS Friesian Association of America Ten Months' Division is that, besides the In Yearly Division there were 155 tested in A Premier Herd of Each Holstein ceeded the entrance requirement's by at least fifty per cent. length of the record, in the "Ten Months" the "A", 84 in " B " and 1 in " C " . An even hun- Now offering ready for service grandson of America's champion butter cow—Daisy Aaggie Ormsby I I I . Classified Ads HONOR cow must qualify by producing a calf born dred of these cows produced 50 percent or LAKEFIELD FARMS CLARKSTON, MICH. Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemen?W.°»-2t-p) I>akeh"eld Farms, Ciarkston.....!.. Michlgan Reformatory, Ionia r t Carrying blood of the Highest Honor Roll cow of 1031, Maida Michigan Honor Holsteins Veeman Korndyke. S4G706. Age 7 years, produced 28,415.6 lbs. milk, D84.7 lbs. fat in 1931. Out o« dams with Herd Improvement Registry. FOR SALE—TWO Holstein Cows with D. H . I. A. Records REGISTERED .1. H. Brewer, Grand Rapids. Ionia State Hospital, Tonia.. Sarah V. H. Jones, Rochester. 4 4 "Farm-made" records. See the youngsters at the farm, 3 miles east 499.7 lbs. and 545.1 lbs. fat as four year Traverse City State Hospital .[ •• Advanced Registry of Howell on US-16, or write to J. G. HAYS East Lansing, Michigan olds. Price $l.°.5.00 each. L. E . Camp- bell, Charlotte, R-ti, Michigan. (1-23-25-p) V.. M. Bayne, Romeo A. H. Buhl, Oxford State College, East 1-ansing...!"""" <> Z".!"Z"" 2 The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports for 1931 FOR SALS—REGISTERED K. P. O. P . Marquette Prison, Marquette F. B. Ainger, .lr., Northville ' •» 1 the following Michigan Holstein cows that produced Fifty Percent, What Holstein bull year old. Good type. Sires two nearest dams average 1200 lb. but- .1. G. Mays, Howell Estate of J. H. Remiek, Detroit.."" 1 Z"Z 1 or more, ABOVE entrance requirements to Advanced Registry, DO You Want ter. High record Henry Miller, Remus, Michigan. dam. A bargain. C. E. Schmidt, Oscoda Estate of D. E. Waters, Grand "'[ ± In Purebred Holsteins? (1-23-lt-p) Rapids j which are as follows: Bull calf, proved sire, one cow Minimum Pounds Fat Production Required for Entry to Advanced or a carload of heifers? For help Registry in Various Age Classes write, MICHIGAN HOLSTKIX-FRIESIAN Honor Holstein TEN-MONTHS' DIVISION YEARLY DIVISION ASS'N IN MICHIGAN DAIRY- HERD IMPROVEMENT Milkings Daily Milkings Daily P. O. Box 1018 E. Lansing, Mich. ASSOCIATIONS 4 3 2 4 3 2 Holstein herds that for the D. H. I. A. year ending June >: yi-s •s ^ :•-'> 340 -::• 290 226 -1'" 390 I",-. 830 346 27n 286 30, 1931, produced an average of OVER 400 PQUNDS BUTTERFAT: ::-:(>'• !lJ£-4 yrs yrs 366 370 806 820 i'.v, 270 120 435 8«0 i'.T.". 300 316 DETROIT CREAMERY4 FARMS No. 4-4% vis 335 :;*.-, -J.'.O 390 330 *Rank Name—Address Cows Milk Test FAT . MS 400 ::.".(> 300 4H.". 405 Ml 1 Doan Straub, Galien 13.08 14,684 3.8 552 6 y i s . up 4i*i ::•;:> ::i:» 480 420 SSfl 2 Raymond Wurzel, North Street Sta. I.G8 14,991 3.9 • 523 Mount Clemens, Michigan 5 I>ee Gale, Sears 4.5S 16,836 BJ 607 * 8 O o . Olmstead, Galien 7.75 U'.IJJS 503 TEN-MONTHS DIVISION—CLASS LEADERS 9 Paul Schiffer, Remus 7.00 13,897 i::,8iis 3.5 491 11 L. C. Hunt, F.aton Rapids 10.41 480 I4,:;r,s TO QUALIFY IN THIS DIVISION THE COW MUST GIVE BIRTH WITHIN FOURTEEN BREEDERS OF 1 I .1. H. Chamberlain, Mason 7.00 14,173 ::.:: 3.2 475 24 Clayton, Hobart, Gagetown 9.67 447 MONTHS OF PREVIOUS FRESHENING TO A CALF, WHICH WAS CARRIED FULL -S L. 1". Campbell, Charlotte It.lti 12,O8« 443 GESTATION PERIOD. PURE BRED HOLSTEINS :'.'• .t. W. Kipfmliler, Auburn 31 c . K. Hoaklns, Mason 7.00 7.80 11,518 12,235 3.9 442 441 Breeding Stock For Sale 32 H. Olmstead, Bronson '•'•'> Henry .Miller, Remus 16.16 5.33 12,450 12,270 8.4 439 435 Name and Number of Cow Age Milk FAT Owner 36 H. E. Helms, Flint ^6.60 IL',7:,!) 3.5 ::.! 434 CLASSIFICATION A (Milked 4 times a day) 40 Geo. Harte & Son, Bath 9.92 11,527 3.7 429 4:! Victor Ganin, Crystal Falls 7.66 It),.it;.-, 4.0 428 AI.B.B. F o h e s M a r a t h o n , 847697 C L'^SO. 0 ,.; 70?..S Detroit Creamery Co., M$. Clpmens 44 Dale Flgg, Vermontville 6.00 12,191 3.15 427 Echo Sylvia Do Kol C o l a n t h a , ]0-ir>t;4;; •; :•:;,«•>:.'.;, T.s::.r. Detroil Creamery <'.,., M i . Clemens 45 Arthur Meier, Ida 10.58 12,156 3.5 426 Pleasant Ridge Pauline Daisy S e ^ i s , 852255 7 26,110.2 7is.:; petrolt Creamery <"<>., M i . Clemens 46 P>. W. Spencer, Quinnesec 9.33 12,11(1 426 K.-format my Alenp Inka, 9i:;r>44 i; 21,10$.] 70S.9 •Mich. Reformatory, Ionia 47 J. Blue, Falmouth 6.33 3.7 424 I * Kol Creston Pontiac, 889795 NV wherry cii.. Colantha, 1004184 Newberry Lady Colantha, 921661 6 r, 5 27 485.7 21,604.8 17,589.8 696.8 686.4 II24.7 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens •NewbeTry State Hospital *Ne\vl>erry State Hospital MICHIGAN STATE HERDS 55 Baron Arnold, Marcellus 58 C. J. Zeeb & Sons, Bath..- L 10.00 6 25 11,578 11,513 11,829 3.6 3.6 420 420 418 59 Theo Priehs, St. Clair 6.00 12,828 3 2 Traverse Marathon Clothilde, 1096262 4 L'o,479.f" 681.7 Btate College, Bast Lansing GO McPherson Village Farm, Howell 21.75 12,567 ;• ;> 417 Havnewood Rosewood Posch, 97%87 4 i'H,7t;2.:i c-is.c *i:. .\i. Bayne, Homeo 61 Morton Hampton, Galien / i:!.5it Reformatory Pontiac Wlnona, 1066001 4 is,tisiu :.!•::..". •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia ARE HEADED BY SUCH SIRES AS <;."> E . M. Parsons & Sons, Linwood. 21.33 11,670 12,304 sit 416 413 Traverse Ona Inka, H4:;:.'!i2 nV£. 18,1:.::.:: .v.n.7 ' T r a v e r s e City State Hospital 6S Henry Nemitz, Bridgman 13.00 10,030 3.4 411 Newberry Heen c o l a n t h a Champion, 1166863 ?, 17,934.8 578.2 •Newberry State Hospital 70 Fisher Bros., Crystal Falls 15.83 10,802 4.0 411 Kfformatory Lunde Kaastra, 1118143 :: is.^rs.:: 56S.0 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia 74 State Sanitarium, Howell 45.91 13,046 3.7 407 Newherry Anna Prometheus, 1094587 :: 17,583.8 :.:::.."> •Newberry State Hospital Marathon Bess Burke 32nd 75 J. Wolf gram, Freeland 5. its 12,::27 ::.! 407 Xewherry Aaggie Pauline Colantha, 121247.". 2 I'D 5«0.7 B66.4 'Newberry State Hospital 77 .lohn Soderman, Crystal Falls 11.33 11,29!) 3.3 405 Pontiac I'.arine Pietertje, 1248470 2 15,826.7 M8.2 •Tontiac State Hospital Sir Bess Ormsby Fobes 50th 78 Paul Steinaoker, Fowler ville 5.16 12,555 3.6 405 Pontiac K-lna Hartog, 121S467 2 u;,?:',*.:•. B46.7 J'ontiiu- Slate Hospital 7!) I I . Schroeder & Son, Owosso 7.08 10.55 1 4(t;: King Ormsby Ideal 39th «* 84 Waldo Wixon, Amadore 8.56 11,880 3.4 401 < ! OSSIFICATION 1! (Milked 3 times a day) Carnation Inka Valdessa *Rank among over 2,400 herds, all breeds. Content Korndyke, 851232 6 17,48^.1 f.no.s Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens De Kol Edgeriver Segis, C600.".2 tCliarlevoix Ormshy Zephyr, 1183691 8 4 le.'.ioL'.L" 16,ftlS.6 r.ss.i 589.2 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Wayne County School, Northvllle De Creamco Bess Burke Fobes LakotieM Traverse Colantha Lady Ona P i e t e r t j e , Michigan College Doreen, 1ll2:;Kii Ascalon. 11)129,1 1112292 3V& .°. :: 15,«;;7.4 11,468.:? 1S.1M.3 .">(iit.4 49 498.8 'Lake-field Kalamazoo State Farms, Kalamazoo State Hospital ciarkston Hospital A l l thousand pound butter bulls. W e have some Michigan Leads In Michigan Mutual Kdith, 120306P Miss Canary Wayne Se^i*, 12:»44!s:( Lakefleid Fobea Creamelle Faypj*, 11 T:u;i::: 3 :: 2V6 14,100.0 IJ.:.K2.7 13,867.5 479.4 iTl.l 522.9 ' S t a t e College, Kast Lansing Wayne County School, Northville 'Laketleld F a r m s , Ciarkston promising young bulls for sale. Write for catalog. Herd Improvement Registry Niobe Creator Aa^gie, 1247188 L''.. 12.C49.1 17!t.i> Lakefleld Farms, Claikston By j: G. HAYS, of East Lansing Velvet O. S. Wayne, L153JB] 2% 12,f».8 ITS.t; ' D e t r o i t Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Sec'y, Michigan Holstein-Friesian Associa-tion Kalamazoo Edwina Alcartm, (228186 2 15,026.6 468.9 'Kalamazoo State Hospital BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY s Herd Improvement Registry was set up in 1928 by the Holstein- be Cream Co Ormsby De K<>1, lL'27ii2!i 2 1 4 . •_'»;:..1; 443.-7 'Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Glencllff M.B.B. Coquette Bessie, lL'not;?* 2 13,108.2 426.9 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Friesian Association of America as a means whereby a Holstein tStafe Record lor Fat E. T. Amos, Director breeder could test his herd as a unit for production. One of the prime objects is not only to praise the good producer in a herd but to spot ^Breeder Lansing Michigan out and condemn the poor producer. It is provided that the low production of any poor cow can be kept out of the herd average by the owner cancelling the registration r- certificate of such cow. Such cancellation must be before the end YEARLY DIVISION—CLASS LEADERS of the eleventh month of the testing year. Worthless, or "counter- >ame and Xnmber of Cow Apre Milk FAT Owner feit", purebreds have been weeded out of Herd Improvement Registry CLASSIFICATION A (Milked 4 times a day) 28,415,6 984.7 .1.1. G. <;. Bays, pays, Howeii an Aid to herds to the extent of over 11 per cent of all the cows entered U the test. Maifla Veeman Korndyke, 840706 ." 7 Maid Llllth Pride, SSS!»64 5 938.1 A. \. n. H. Buhl, Oxford 26,100.8 932*0 Marquatte Prison General supervision rests with the Superintendent of Advanced D Host Burke Colantha, 685369 9 Co., Mt. Clemens Charlevoix Ormshy Martha Karen, 919499 6 2«,»13.2 920.9 Detroit Creamery Registry of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America H W Onal Princess Colantha Ormsby, 790728 7 jr,,»;:::,.!• Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Mary Glen Jewel Colantha, 505056 11 920.5 Marquet-te Prison Norton, Jr., of Madison, Wis. Records are published in an annual Winterthur Ormshy Christiana, 699568 7 21.757.7 902.2 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens volume called the "Red Book". Gertrude Pinertdge Sylvia, 1305991 8 31,313.5 S9I;.L' Detroit Creamery <"o., Mt. Clemens 'Echo Sylvia De Kol Colantha, 1045643 Velvet Burke Homestead Walker, 932448 l'.e> lywood Queen Pontiac, 97,8639 Daisy Queen Fobes Ormsby, 974030 M.P..K. Fobes Marathon, S47607 65 & 6 «s 25,338.1 23,309.2 28,484.6 25,158.2 24,101.3 851.9 850.8 837.4 834.3 806.4 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. .1. II. Brewer, Grand llapids Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Clemens Clemens AIRY Herd . In Michigan the Herd Improvement Registry test is administered by the Dairy Department of Michigan State College. The conduct of the test rests upon a monthly visit of a "cow-tester" who, -determines the yield of each cow. Most Michigan, herds are run hi ^'junction Walcowis cift Rose, 785249 804.8 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Pleasant Ridge Pauline Daisy Segis, 862255 Idlewild Begifl ,lohan, 845483 Traverse Segifl Sylvia, 884992 Avon Oaks Dorothy Segis Ormsby, SL'T^'45 De Kol Creston Ponttac, 889796 6 « •> 6 28,693.2 2::.r,s2.5 24,368.8 30,336.8 803.7 794.4 790.9 782.4 780.5 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens .1. 11. Brewer, Grand llapids •Traverse City State Hospital Sarah V. H. .Tones, Rochester Detroit CCreamery Co., Mt. Clemens Improvement with the familiar Dairy Herd Improvement Association work. Records made by Herd Improvement Registry herds for I ' m in Michigan which is the leading State in point of numbers o c o w s under test, are reported below. 20,897.5 724.7 Sarah V. II. Jones, Rochester Stonyhuret Ona Colantha, 1203101 « Velvet Ormsby Payne, 997542 .Meadow Bess Ormshy Cirl, 1169425 Newbeny Colantha Peldora, 1004186 l.illiberk Emellne Hengervetd, 1015626 *M" 4% *n 4Vfe 28,574.6 21,777.1 22,152.5 22,148,4 29,376.4 931.9 772.1 741.0 717.2 847.9 'Detroit •K. M. Bayne, Romeo Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens A. H. feuhl, Oxford •Newberry State Hospital Wayne County School, Northvillo Work HERD IMPROVEMENT REGISTRY J 1 ! ^ « er< ! S t h / t , h a v e completed records in Volume 3 of the Red Book, of the Holstein-Friesian Association of t T o n i a AaKKie P a u l i n e , 10.45170 4 2t,145.:; 684.9 •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia America. Reformatory Sylvia De Kol Echo, 1066002 4 704.0 Sarah V. H. .Tones, Rochester Avon Oaks Lady Retta Belle Segis, 104*671 .'. 3% -21,860.9 :;l 21,579.2 701.8 Wayne County School, Northville Cnafrlevolx Ormsby Eleanor Pet, 1183715 j •Ionia State Hospital Ionia Aaggie Sylvia. 1070263 Pon$lac Cyclops, 1164184 Reformatory Queen Korndyke, 1118141 3% ;; - 3% 18,301.6 1!»,S12.1 19,469.2 tifHt.7 693.6 661.7 •Pontiac' State Hospital •Michigan Reformatory, Ionia i sss ;,r Ionia Aaggie Reuwerd, 1045171 fai.st Creator Julia Spofford 2d, 1195057 3% 3 20449.9 20,550.4 652.8 •80.7 •Ionia State Hospital Kst. .1. JI. Remiek, Detroit With every outstanding dairyman, the work of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association is the hub around which his 442154<29 - 2c 048.8 648.8 •P. B. Ainger, Jr., Northville 1-a lira Huron Hill Christmas, 1114197 J •Ionia State Hospital R. C. Woodard & Sons, Elsie Ionia Duchess Aaggie, 1106901 -: 18.6T7.6 641.3 7no.:i •Pom Hospit.11 success revolves. With it his choice of proper supplemental McPhereon Village Farin, Howeii 12474 20,295.1 A r t h u r Perrine, Rivea Junction 3 - 4 Pontiac Kieffer 3d, 11«R498 2% 19,091.3 691.9 *Kst. of D. B. Waters, Grand Rapid! dairy feed is a real factor for profitable production. Feed ::is 10686 403.8 Maryland Aaggie Veeman Dixie, 1246041 -'-• Richard I). B r o w e r , Hoj>kin, 3.8 19,464.7 021.1 •Traverse City State Hospital McPherson Oakdale Farm, Howeii 317 Traverse Colantha Walker Sth, 1259980 Ionia, Fayne Barine, 1146985 *».~ 4 IS, _'72.2 619.6 •Ionia State Hospital dollars must be invested wisely. William Geiger & Sons, R U sht O n nui 3.6 397.3 20,(122.7 781.0 •Newbercy State Hospital >'• C & M. A. Parsons, Linwood S47 10826 392 4 tNewb'erry Canary Girl, 125C796 ....; I 18,785.0 077.0 *.l. H. Brewer, Grand Rapids Dollars spent for Milkmaker bring back many dollars dntonagon County Farm. Ontona*«n 11IS1 387 ! ' Itlythelield B e r t h a Nig Ormsby, 12:"J4(il 316 5< -' .-wherry Aaggie Pauline Colantha, 1212473 2::,5 I S . 5 656.6 'Newberry State Hospital McPherson Prospect Fa m- H u , n 357 8 " Pontiac Barine Pietertje, 1248470 17»826.B •Pontiac State Hospital profit. This is provepa by the fact that several champion! Ben L. Smith, raves .1Wtirn, B338 342 4 m - :'. 11 640.8 "Pontiac State Hospital herd winners have successfully used and are still using Milk- Blissveldt Farms, .lenison ' 'i Pontiac Kdna ^artog, 1248467 ' 232V •'••' n Hoosen Riverside Ormsby, 1350814 20.526J "Sarah V. H. Jones, Rochester Chas. Timreck, ./,-., Taw s ' c h 308 10614 maker. Both Milkmaker 24 % and 32'; were used. Results •D Btraub, o 77!>7 ^\ CLASSIFICATION B (Milked 3 times a day) Charlevoix O K June, 1191500 Serradella Colantha Kohes, 1028782 4% 4 4 21.07S.3 15,943.9 20,355.1 017.:: 083.3 Wayne County School, Northville •c. K. Schmidt, Oscoda, •Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens —butterfat production climbed and climbed until their well known records were attained. Good management, good I 116.3 tDe Cream IV Ormsby Ladoga, 1047236 4 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens sires and good feed are the three essentials in herd improve- IS : Swastika Velvet Begis Ptospect, II1S1U 18J46.fi 601.0 Wayne County School, Northville $ s The Larrowe Woman Pontiac De Kol Lass, 1185926 Charlevoix Ormsby Alma Zwelle, 1183697 10.207.5 574.7 571.7 Wayne County School. Northville ment. 19,327.7 •.I. H. Brewer, Grand Rapids niythettHl.l HeiiKeiveld Pietje, 1141023 619.3 "All Over Michigan" Milkmaker means Moneymaker. I Wayne ^County School, Northville - Veeman Piebe Sef,M«, 1233868 21,598.4 011.7 •Pontiac State Hospital Ponjtac Prime. 1159450 593.1 Ask your co-op for Milkmaker folder and complete details. Traverse Ona Duchess Pet, 1111284 De Cream Co Swastika 1'iebe, 1062426 1 1,185.8 11,.">4!i.!" 685.3 5 is.:: Kalamazoo state Hospital •Detroit Creamery ' Co.. Mt. Clemens Kalamaaoo State Hospital Farm lonia |}g ft Michigan rollege Doreen, 1112366 Charlevobi OrmBby Marion Ti'ly, 11S8722 012.0 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Milkmaker Means Moneymaker WA-1»B-1C MA111I:M 315 M -474.8 4542 ESS - -' g3l-3 B.B.P. Bessie, 1146037 15,170.1 •Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens ^ 17,960.0 ville Mt. Clemens i Qtencliff M.B.B. o r m s b y Jessie, 117:1747 2% Detroit Creamery Co., 12884 n.:: 15,757.0 640.1 l vtroit , Creamery Co.. Mt. Clemens 18819 Olenchff M.B.B. Vernon Sesis, 1173755 17,874.8 3.2 •Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens 11828 im Co Ollie Alice, 1262155 •n Co Pauline Sensation, 1227624 16,626.8 16,285.8 13,498.1 584.9 516.9 507.0 * Lakefleld Farms, Claikston •Detroit Creamery Detroil Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Co., Mt. Clemens Farm Bureau Battle Creek Sanitarium........!..!! 12A-30B-4C •'• I- Alngw, Jr., Xorthville 31A-2B-5C 101J03 ::.:* ::.:: 8.3 \. nation Fobes, 1203499 i, lift' M.B.B. Johanna Ormsby, 1242162 Swastika, 1215401 14.?::7.O 15,256.4 15,386.7 502.3 .".'•0.2 4!>6.7 Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens •Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Detroit Creamery Co., Mt. Clemens Services, Inc. Arthur H. Bubl, Oxford.... Dudley_E Waters E s t , <;,, l U p i £ " « l J A - S C •I. <«. Hays, Howell l 5 A -,. IA-8G 293 uS 10614 ::.l 3.3 481.5 359.6 •uliif M.B.B. Coquette Bessie, 1200678 Lansing, Michigan Newberry Btate Hospital aiA HB 13118 A •> 426.1 « I VSSIFICAT1ON C (bilked 2 times a daj) 18,r.02.2 606.8 •Lakefield Farms, Ciarkston Btate Eiouae of Correction Mara .,,„ iSJsS ::j 423 2 370 5 - - * Pontiac State Hospital .' 4G9.0 'BUY CO-OPERATIVELY' Tonia State Hospital Si 1^(17'' ?,A 3.1 374 6 - Beeord for Milk Michigan state Prison, Jackson! tstate Record for Fat High herd for U. S. A.